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mother. 1t might be after eight be-
fore they got home!
'B-but, daddy, what will I do?"
gasped Anna. the lump in her throat
getting bigger and bigger. 1t wasn't
as if they knew any one in the town.
The Fishers had just moved there
and they were still unacquainted.
Surely you're not going to be a
baby about staying alone" Daddy
had said little impatiently. TRY
to show Mother and Daddy what
fine, brave girl they have. You
know, you're growing up" Anna
hung up the receiver, feeling that
both her parents had turned against
her.
Suddenly the doorbell rang. At
first Anna was almost afraid to go,
ter to let in tramp or burglar
than to stay there in that empty
house alone minute longer
How do you do. I'm Lucille
Evans" he visitor announced, "and
it's my mother that's sick. Your
mother said for me to come in and
spend the day with you while she
took care of mother. l think your
mother Is just lovely. She let me
come all alone and treated me just
like a grown-up. i brought you a.
box of chocolates that Daddy gave
me-"
Just then the telephone rang. 'Is
this Anna Fisher" a pleasant, deep
voice asked. This is an old college
friend of your fathers. Your father
said maybe you'd give me the pleas
ure of going out to dinner with me
tonight. I've got tickets for the
Blue Bird too. Don't you have
little friend who might like to go
along?"
"Oh. isn't II wonderful to be
grown-up." Anna cried.
Evening star., 1923-07-15
!. SHORT STORIES
- FOR I5OrSANQ GIRLS q
& 9k-zAAA3
STUNG!

usually happy as he skated down the
street. Marshall stood on the porch,
his hands full of packages of seeds
"What'll you give me for all these
garden seeds?" he asked Dave, as he
came up the street.
"What'll 1 give you! Why nothing,
of course. What do / want with your
old garden seeds? Did Ralph give
them to you? He can't even and
any one who will take them for a
gift, let alone buy them. There's
been so many kids around selling
seeds that people groan when they
see them coming"
Marshall went slowly into the
house. He guessed he was stung!
What could he do with the old things
anyway? Ralph thought he had put
one over on him. Suddenly he had
an idea. dad. can 1 have a piece
of the garden?" he asked.
Indeed you may" answered his
father. land I'll buy you any seeds
you want" He was surprised when
his seeds. Marshall planted his seeds
and he worked hard this spring tend
ing to his vegetables. Now they are
grown, and he sells them to the
neighbors.
Gee, who would have thought it?"
he says. as he skates down the street
with a big basket of vegetables on
his arm. When i sell these I'll
have enough money to buy Sis a new
pair of skates, too
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'T wish I could live on the ground"
The Tadpole said, swimming around.
I'D chortle with glee
If frog could DO

The Tadpole said swimming around.
I'D chortle with slee
If frog could be
And travel along with 4 bound
RENJAMIN TADPoLE swan list
lessly across the pond. He looked
with envy at the frogs playing on the
bank. "Oh. how / wish i were a
frog" he sighed. My, wouldn't it
be lovely to be able to live on land
as we'll as in water. All my life ]
have longed to be able to hop. 1t
is so common just to be able to swim
around in pond"
Benny could think of nothing else.
One day he was swimming along
when he met old Mr. Bass Now,
Mr.. Bass taught a school of fishes.
and Benny imagined that he must
know a terrible lot. II guess Ill ask
him what l can do to become a frog"
thought Benny.
Mr.. Bass scratched his scales and
thought deeply. Well" he said, II
have heard of cases in history where
Just wishing hard enough has brought
about the thing desired. I would ad-
wise you to wish and wish every day to
be a frog. In the morning when you
crawl out of bed you must pat your
head three times and say, every day
and in every way l want to be frog
After three weeks of such wishing,
there ought TO be some result"
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Black Rain.

0NE of the services of science isein
~ destroying superstition, and no.
table example of this was afforded
not long ago in Ireland. On an Oc-
tober night fall of black rain, 1eav-
ing inky pools in the roads. occurred
In many parts of the island. 1t was
noted at the famous observatory at
Birr Castle, and an investigation OF
the meteorological conditions prevail
ing at the time followed. The. result
was to show that there had been a
movement of the air over the central
part of the British Isles such as to
carry SCOT. from the manufacturing
districts OF England over the Irish
channel. Examination of the black
rain showed that its color was due to
the presence of an extraordinary
amount OF SCOT.
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The Tadpole's Wish

Benny did as Mr.. Bass suggested
and. sure enough, in even less than
three weeks he turned into a frog.
My, but he was happy. He decided
to tell others of the wonderful miracle
that happened TO him just because he
wished so hard.
Now Benny Tadpole had a little
friend. Carmen Minnow. Carmen had
no desire whatever to become a frog.
But she longed with all her might to
be a bird. She hated the water. She
wanted to fly through the clear blue
sky. Benny knew of this wish of his
little friend, and after he had become
a frog he did not forget her. He told
her of how he had worked the won
derful change.
Carmen decided to try the same.
So every morning Carmen repeated,
I'm every day and in everJ way !
want to be bird" Then she patted
herself on the head not only three
times. but six times! But poor little
Carmen. 1t had no effect. Three
weeks passed and she was still the
same little minnow. Six weeks passed
and still she hadn't changed bit. At
last she gave up hope.
"Oh, it's just because you don't wish
hard enough" shifted Benny, not the
least bit enthusiastically. Look at
mel got what I wished for. Tn
sure if ] wanted to be a bird ! could
be"
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Lesson Five.

(This is one Of series Of eight articles
by Pierson L. Maxwell. q swimming expert
who has taugh boys and girls to swim at
| municipal beaches. ocean bssehes and private
pools. Mr. MAXWELL has been lifeguard and
| racing swimmer for . number Of years. He
knows what he Ii talking about when 1t comes
to swimming. Clip these articles and follow
them If you want to become . good swimmer.
There are several little tricks in
the racing swimming game which
can be given to the fair swimmer to
make him much more efficient. If
you are going to do free style rae
ing and wish to meet with any sue
cess You must swim the American
crawl, which has been described in
the preceding articles.
The start of race is one impor-
tant thing. The starting dive is a
shallow, fast dive. in which the body
barely goes under the water. The
shock of the dive is absorbed by the
chest and hands, not the stomach.
When starter says. "Swimmsrs
ready" have your feet about eight
inches apart, be standing on your
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How to Make Fireless Cooker and Base

ber. The clsats for supporting the
tray boards are .-inch thick by
inches wide. The we'll liner is
tin pail tackled to the tray. The
space between the top of the we'll
and the cover OF the box should be
filled with cushion when the
cooker is in operation. Use excel
sior and shredded newspaper for
packing Stones may be purchased
and used. as In regularly bought
cookers, if the wells are OF the corr
rect size to receive them.
The base, figure 2. is the right size
to support a standard cooker. but
the dimensions can be heightened
or shortened to fit individual needs
Evening star., 1923-07-15

This base is made by mailing the
ends and back together ana then
fastening the bottom to them. Next,
the Ss-inch pieces are BRAIDED to the
corners to add strength and to give
the appearance of paneling to the
ends and back. a Pinch frame is
made and nailed to the ends and
back piece. on which the casters of
the cooker rest.
Casters should be placed on both
cooker and base, and the top of the
cooker should be fastened with a
catch which keeps II tightly closed
when food is being cooked. In Sc
lecting varnish for the cooker, Sc
lect one which will not be harmed by
steam or hot water.
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toes, with the toes clamped over the
edge of the pool hands swung in
back Of the body. and eyes watching
the starter. When he fires the gun
or says "Go"-you go. getting as
much spring as you can and making
a shallow dive. Just as soon as you
leave the bank start the legs NOV
ing. but coast for few feet before
starting the arm movement.
One of the best ways of develop
ing yourself into a good racing
swimmer, if you have a fair stroke,
is to enter races. Enter them even
If you know the other fellows are
much older and much better than
you are. Competition is the fastest
way in the world of seasoning up a
racer.
Another thing which will improve
your speed is to swim with your legs
alone. using the crawl kick, keeping
the hands out in front of you and
breathing when necessary. This is
really hard work, but is an efficient
way to gain endurance and speed
Evening star., 1923-07-15

election In an electrolyte-i. e.. p
substance decomposede by an electric
current-there Is bodily transfer of
atoms with their charges; in a metal
lie conductor the charges are handed
on as electrops from atom to atom.
In the discharge through highly rare
fed gases the electric current is in
its most simple form, for here there
is a flow of electrons, travelling by
themselves, of disembodied charges or
electric ghosts. Eiectrons, 1t should
be added, arc the fastest moving of
all known terrestrial objects, their
speed being one-tenth that of light,
which is 10000 miles per second.
Evening star., 1923-07-15
Summer Time Jewelry Making

"P INGs on my fingers and"-well.
maybe not bells on my toes in
these modern times, but there are
buckles that YOU can make with
sealing wax to put on your slippers
which will be prettier than bells.
For a foundation for your ring get
a little brass ring at. the hardware
store to At your finger loosely. Cover
II with gold or silver wax. Draw a
design for the top of the ring and
cut two patterns Of it from thin
cardboard Gig. %, leaving tabs at
the sides the width of the ring. Cow
er one pattern with wax and while
still soft press the second one
squarely on, top, bending them TO
sides well with wax and press into
place on the ring. Hold over the
fame until the wax 10 smooth at
the Joining places.
For decoration you can dot the top
here and there with melted wax of
contrasting colors and heat until
blended. The ring in Fig. is black
with an Imitation diamond in the
corner. The buckles are made with
foundation of a cheap metal buckle
covered with wax and decorated with
small stones.
(If you have never worked with
sealing wax before, this Is the way
1t is done: First, get regular sticks OF
sealing wax Of the colors you like,
and small piece OF glass for ths
table to catch any wax that might
drip when It Is melted. Hold the
tip of d. stick OF Wax over tho flame
of either a gas burner. alcohol lamp
or canned heat, and when it begins
TO run dauh II on~the foundation yes
are using. When blending colors. do
Evening star., 1923-07-15

INNER cooking is made twice
as easy with fireless cooker.
L Such q cooker Is not hard for
the '.handy-one- with tools" to
put together.
In making the cooker, figure /.
start on the box. Use y Inch lum-
Der for the sides. ends. top. and
bottom, Cut the parts out sepa-
rately and then assemble. with
screws or finishing nails. The cover
is fastened with 212 Inch hinges TO
the rear edge. A chain or rope may
be fastened to one end and the top
to prevent the top from falling all
the way back to the ground.
The inside partitions. separating
walls and tray, are of y Inch lum-
Evening star., 1923-07-15

In the of Typical Girls LOU the student
She keen thinker and applies herself most admirably Are
learner Lou. pa type such
Teddy whose portrait will be shown here next week?
IN EMMY LOU BY GEORGE MADDEN MARTIN ONE OF THE
INCEST BOOKS EVER GIRLS is THIS REMARK
YOU CAN'T BE PRETTY, YOU MUST BE SMART
LOU PICTURED HERE, is PRETTY AS YOU CAN SEE BUT
DOES NOT CONSIDER EXCUSE TO SEIRK
KNOWLEDGE, TOO
GIRL OF LOUIS CHARM COULD NEVER BE PRIC OR
A BOOKWORM. BEAUTY, COMBINED WITH KNOWLEDGE,
MAKES HER AN ADMIRABLE PERSON INDEED. WHO AMONG
READERS is AN HONOR STUDENT? CHEERS FOR YOU!
Evening star., 1923-07-15
A Lonesome Girl
Said Anna, "I'm sorry for me:
I'm lonely and sad AZ can be-
There's nobody near me
To comfort and cheer me-


There's nobody near me
To comfort and cheer me-
And nothing to do or to see."
DIG tears rolled downAnna's cheeks
and splashed on her worn copy
of "Alice in Wonderland" Even
Alice could not cheer Anna up today.
Mrs. Fisher had been called to the
country to care for an old school
friend of hers. Anna was very lone
some, and just little jealous, too.
Never before had her mother gone
Off and left her all alone, and for
someone that Anna didn't even know,
too!
But what shall I do, all alone q
she asked, when the news came.
ooh, you're big enough to get
along" her mother had answered.
And Daddy will be home early"
Then she had grabbed her hat and
rushed out to the taxi, forgetting in
her haste even to kiss her little girl.
Poor Anna decided her mother must
not love her like she used to.
And then, at noon, Daddy had
called to say that he couldn't possi-
bly, get home early. He had to go
out to the country on business and
he might as well drive on out after
Evening star., 1923-07-15
Electric Ghosts. !"

TN. an address to electrical engineers
i in London distinguished scientist
thus defined an electron; An atom Is
ordinarily associated with charge,
and force is required to separate the
charge from the atom. The atomic
charge when separated Is called an
Evening star., 1923-07-15
Hawi Hawi

Two farmers met on country road
and pulled up their teams. Sir
said one. I've got. mule with dis
temper. What did you give that one
Of yours when he had it?"
6 ".Turpentine; giddap."
A week later they met again. Say,
81, I gave my mule turpentine and
It killsd him. 4 - NJ s.
KILLED mine. too: giddap."
Evening star., 1923-07-15

not let the wax get too hot. Dip the
article in cold water once or twice
to cool. but be sure to dry it thor
oughiy before returning to the fame
or the wax will blister. The illustra-
tions suggest number of designs
that can be worked out in any color
combinations you choose.)
Evening star., 1923-07-15
Keep Moving.

Jimbleberry went into a depart
ment store and asked a floor walker,
DO you keep stationery"
mo-" replied the floor walker. IF
I did, I'd lose my job @f
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S'pose They'd Been Cocoanuts.

The boy sat on the burning deck,
Eating peanuts by the peck.
His father took him by the shin
And shook the peanuts out of him.
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Some Acrobat.

Movie Director-"You have to. do q
number. OF falls. How are you on
falls7' Z
Applieant1 rank nsxt To- Ms
agara. y
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YOUR DOG THANKS YOU

He thanks you for ridding him of feas.
Sergeant's Skip-Flsa Soap quickly kills
Heas and lice which torture dogs and often
infect them with disease. Soothes tender
skin, greatly improves coat and lathers
freely in any water. Strictly high
grade soap, effective for human use.
Serxsant's Skip-Flea Powder, for dogs
and cats-will not irritate or nauseate.
Price 7sc each. at drug stores, toilet counters.
eporting goods stores, seed stores and pet shops.
Evening star., 1923-07-15

Carrots take very funny shapes The
you in this drawing with the help of and little
Notice that the feahey leaves of the shaded
to form the inside of the animals ear.
Evening star., 1923-07-15
Such a Silly Diet.

Mary had little lamb,
Its fleece was black as ink:
It ohswed The paper on the wall
And spat II In the sink.
Evening star., 1923-07-15

IN VOW. Bang. Biff! There's
M! risnty of Tciso sna actic:
Y in this war game. It's a
! group of boys, and the
more that play the better the game
works
Divide the group of players into
two equal numbers and let the cap
| tain of each side toss q coin to see
which team will be tho defenders
and which will be the raiders. The
defenders choose fort, which
should be located on the top of n
hill, II, possible.
The raiders must leave the terri
tory around the fort and not attack
it for at least ten minutes. Each
one of the defenders must have a
piece of chalk and a penny toy bal
loon, blown up, and fastened on him
somewhere.
When everything has been pre-
pared. one boy, who is to act as
referee, gives signal by blowing
Gait of the Ostrich.
\ MAN who has been engaged in
1 ostrich farming In South Africa
for some years corrects a prevalent
misconception concerning the manner
in which these great birds run. 1t is
generally stated that, when running,
the ostrich spreads out its wings and
thus skins lightly along the ground.
but, according to the authority men
toned, this Is not correct. In reality,
when an ostrich settles itself to run,
it holds it's head lower than usual and
a little forward. with a deep loop in
the neck. The neck vibrates sinu-
ously, but the head remains steady,
thus enabling the bird. even at top
speed, to look around with unshaken
Glance In any direction. The wings lie
along the sides about on level with,
or q little higher than, the back, and
are held loosely just free of the
plunginE thigh. There is no attempt
to hold them extended, or to derive
any assistance from them as organs
of flight.
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PLEASE KILL nv FLEAS'
Free Dog Book e.: e.. I:sss; !: + :

Senator etoa
q
Polk Miller Drug Co, Inc IA Governor st, Richmond Va
Evening star., 1923-07-15
How About Ulysses?

Professor-"Who was Homer"
Student Dumbell--"The guy Babe
Ruth made famous"
Evening star., 1923-07-15
The Fun Maker

w VOW. Bang. Bir. There's
M! rienty of Tciso sna actic:
in this war game. It's a
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AL que Ie Interese

ST desea I'd. invertir bien So dinero
10 pierde esta oportunidad. Sc oesea
yender la mejor finca de Mayagti"z.
Esta compuesta de 356 cuerdas y me-
lia hora de la ciudad.
Esta situada cinco kil5metros par
iendo del kiiometro No. carreSera de
Mayagiez a Las Marias, en el barrlc
de Leguisamos. Dicho camino estara
afirmado para 1924.
Esta hacienda cosecha de 400 Assoc
luintales de cafe cole 2 600 cajas de
chinas, con abund antes rnoEtes para
hacer carbon en- abundancia Sus esta-
blecimientos estan compuestos por casa
de maquinas, con despulpadora mo7lda
por un motor de tres caballos de
POGO uso y con buenos tanques para
lavar ell cafe sus g-asis para orear ei
.afe. Tiene resecadora de vapor, casa
q vivienda, 18 casas para arrimados,
dos cuarteles, tambien para arrlmadcs,
almacenes Y casillas para guardian Ell
cafe.
Esta finca Sc verde por tener que d.
vidirla sus herederos.
Infornlara en- Mayagiiez barrio Pa
ris, Gale Paz No. 10.
Arturo TORRELLAS.
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Las opiniones expresadas por Woo
drow Wilson en- muchos problemas aul
insclublos. han sido revividos en- III
librol acabado de publican intituIads
woodrow WILSON,
Su case ante la Liga de Naciones
compuesto de discursos y documento'
p1blicos del gran presidente que tn
vieron los Estados Unidos durante l.
guerra, y que han sido compilados POI
Hamilton Foloy, editados por la PREF
sa de la Universidad de Princeton, N
T., y con prefacio del mismo Wilson
que ha dado su aprobacion al nbro
que dice que la guerra europea Sc ex
tendi6 por celos del comercio univer
sal.
"Yo aguardo confadamente que. e
libro sera de utilidad a todos los que
deseen comprender la Liga de Nacio-
nes los problemas whales que Sc han
suscitado de la actitud de los Estado:
Unidos hacia ella, escribe Mr.. VIII
son &af
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1923-11-27

~Haga sus fotograbados en- los
talleres Gle Puerto Rico IIustra=
do, y gastara POGO dinero San
Jose No. 2, San Juan, P. r.
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Confianza en- las buenas intencio-
nes del Japon

Ahora que Shantung l1a sido resti-
tuido China por ell Jap6n, la decla-
raci6n de Mr.. Wilson, puesta EN- ell Ii
bro, de su confanza en- las buenas in
tenciones del Jap6n, parece tonar Ell
color de una profecia. veamos'a:
Es la primera vez en- la historic del
mundo que Sc ha hecho algo por Chi
ma, Y al sentarnos alrededor de nues-
tras mesas diplomaticas de Paris GUAM
do ell armisticio. yo puse sobre el Ia
pete esta pregunta: tIPuedo esperar
cue este habra de ser ell comienzo de
la restitution a China de los excepcio-
males derechos que otros gobiernos ex-
tranjeros han disfrutado en- Ell terrific
rio chino?'' Los Representatives res
ponsables de los otros grandes gobier-
nos respondisron:
"Si, risted puede esperarlo'.
&C. i. En- cuanto a mi personalmente
Sc refiere, estoy listo para hacer 10 que
pueda cooperar conforme mi fuerza
para ser un amigo, un valioso amigo
de ese grande, pensador, antique des-
ayudado pueblo, en- capacidad, imagi-
naci6n. industriosidad en- niimero de
habitantes, uno de los mas grandes
pueblos del mundo, acreedor a la ri
queza que esta bajo sus pies inexplota-
da todo 10 que les pertenece en- su
TERRA, que no han sabido todavia CO.
mo hacerla producer prodigiosamente
''No tengo la menor duda que ell
Jap6n cumplira su promesa de devol-
Continda en- la pag. 12
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DIvoRcIo
EMPLAzAMIENTo

Ell PUEBLO DE PUERTO RICO, a
Rosa Gomez Grajales, sea la deman-
dada mencionada, cuyo paradero Sc 4g-
nora:
Por ell presente Sc notifca a I'd. que
el demandante, representado por srl
abogado Luis B. B asco, ha radicado en-
la Secretaria de esta Corte una de-
manda, con sfplica de que Sc declare
roto d'suelto el vinculo matrimonial
que n11e al actor, con I'D alegando sus-
tancialmente: Que contrajo matr1-
motio con ustsd en- Aguadilla, ell 12 de
abril 1908, del cual no han procreado
hijos, nj aduuirido bienes de fortuna.
Que ell demaiidaate ha rssidido en- esta
isla sieInpre. Que desde Ell dia de
agosto de 1922, I'd la demandada, de-
serto de- hogar conyrgal, abandonan-
do al acSor, sin motive nj causa algu-
ma, y desprendiendose de su actitud Ell
rropts:to frme la idea decidida, de
no volver a vivir jamas juita y mari
ta!mcnte con el actor. Que desde enton-
ces Ell actor ignora su paradero.
Y HABIENDosE ordenado por ell
Hon. Juez de, esta Corte, que Sc empla-
CO a us ed por medic de edictos, por
ignorarse su paradero, por ell presente
Sc le totiica qre de no comparecer a
contestar la demanda, dentro del plazo
de cuarenta dias, ell demandante podra
obtener ssntencia, previa la tramlta
cion de ley, de acuerdo con la slplica
de su demanda, y Sc declarara roto y
disuelto ei vincn,o matrimonial que 10
une con I'd.
Dado bajo mi frna, por orden de la
Corte, y con ell sello del tribunal en-
Aguadilla, hoy Nov. 16, 1928.
A. MENDEZ LICIAGA.
Secretario Corte Dtstrito.
Advt.
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Filipinas un problema

En- un capitulo de la liga ell expres1
dente discute ell asunto de Filipinas
que su entender constituye un profile
ma que Sc habrfa sinplifcado 81 los
Estados Unidos Sc hubiesen adherido
q la Liga. oigamoslo:
t'Nosotros enfrentamos un case que
tiene que interesarnos en- la trascen
dencia de los negocios inportantes de
estado. Hemos prometido al pueblo
de las 1slas Filipinas que 10 constitui
remos en- nacion independents; y ha
sido una de nuestras perple jidades CO
mo 10 hariamos SECURE para un gobier
no s6hdamente republican, y cu
bierto de extrafo dominic despues de
concederles la Independence. Antes
de esta conferencia de Paris, la dnica
cosa cue podia sugerir era que nos
otros deberiamos adquirir una garantia
comin de todss las naciones del nun
do del que las Filipinas serian consi
deradas neutrales, en- igual forma que
Belgica una vez Sc lie consider6 neu
tral; que SUI inviolabilidad deberfs
ser garantizada, porque no Sc podia
esperar que los .filipinos negasen SCI
tan poderosos que pudieran proteger
Sc por 81 propios de los que abrigaseD
Ell deseo de agredirlos.