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much the same way but have the add
ed trouble of dipping each slice in
melted butter or other fat, sprinkling
with salt and paprika and baking in
a casserole at 350-40O degrees Fahren-
heit until brown. The extra delicious
ness of each piece justifies the effort,
however.
Spanish potatoes are almost new
variety of hash if it were still possible
to discover something new in the hash
line. Whether new or old they make
a most satisfying supper dish.
SPANISH POTATOES.
cups boiled potatoes, diced.
IL cup cold cooked ham, chopped.
1 tablespoon minced onion.
tablespoons chopped green pepper,
= tablespoons chopped pimiento.
tablespoons fat.
l teaspoon salt.
IL teaspoon paprika.
Fry the onion, pepper and pimiento
in the fat until light brown, add the
diced potatoes, the chopped ham and
seasonings and cock until thoroughly
heated through.
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LISTEN, WORLD!
The Single Standard
By ELSIE ROBINSON

why does the woman always have
to pay while the man goes frec?" asks
Another Pal, who has a very low
opinion of our moral code.
Most of us have low opinion of
the moral code ut some time or an
other. Most of us would like to see
it temporarily abolished now and then
for our personal convenience. And
we'll doubtless read with relish some
of the mean things she says about
Convcntionality.
"Conventionality is the poisonous
reptile. the hydra-headcd monstrosity
that turks in the associated mind OF
man and says that if a girl makes Il
false step-'hcr act is irretrievable"
and henceforth she can no longer hold
herself in esteem or respect.
Our moral code. our moral stand
ard. what are they? Are they not of
mans invention? Is there anywhere
in the Divine order Of things 4 place
where sex impulses are so often beset
with such dire results. heartrending
experiences and death and catastrophe
as among us mortals? Yet among no
other specie is there a code of morals
or code of standards. and apparent
ly they are the better without them.
ITO fly into the teeth of conven-
tionality is a daring risk, but l am
prepared to say that in my opinion
our present codes and standards will
crumble in the dust and when they do
there will he n single standard to gov
ern us males along with the weaker
spx" ANOTHER PAL.
Your enthusiasm is commendable.
Pal. but your knowledge of natural
history is n bit weak. 1t is true that
no other specie has a moral code as
concerns sex Indulgence and transgrcS-
sion. But it is also true that no other
sIsecie NEEDS ONE. Man, alone,
has exploited sex for his amusement
and profit. In the life of the lower
animals, sex merely serves the purpose
of propagation.
1t is not for me to decide whether or
not man has improved on the natural
plan by the development of this func-
ton of his mind and body. But since
he has developed it thusly, it is easy
to understand why our conventions
and the moral code came into being.
THEY CAME FOR THE MUTUAL
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with the handkerchief and then
shouted:
1--WE got him, Come over here and
look at him, Foxy Grandpa"
/ got up from the table and went
over to Bobby. Bunny was at my
side, of course. l leaned down as
Bobby carefully lifted one corner Of
the handkerchief for me to examine
his prize.
Little by little he lifted the corner.
First the very tip of the lizards tail
appeared. Away he pulled the hand
kerchicf to show me the rest of him.
How carefully he lifted that hand
kerchief. More tail and more tail
but imagine our surprise when where
the body of the lizard should appear
we saw nothing.
Hes escaped and left his tail be-
hind him and never saw him ~ cried
Bobby in disgust.
1--WE heard of lizards who can break
off their tails when they are in danger,
and then grow a new one," l ex-
planned. What a wonderful provision
Of nature"
would be a great thing IL any
family could do that" said Bunny,
giving his own little powder-puff Of a
tail an emphatic Jerk.
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Meditations of
a Wife
Confessions of the Tooth
Wife
BY Helen Rowland

SOHI cSSlOHS Oh the SOOtn
Wife.
My Daughter, liveth there an hus-
band who hath never said in his
heart: Il love my wife-but oh,
these charming flappers!"
"verily, Matilda is n worthy wo-
man and a good wife and l must not
part with her for all the beauties OF
Babylon Yet, n man MUST have
diversion for his spirit and inspira-
ton for his vanity! And alas, / am
BORED unto distraction"
Yet, what man hath looked into
his WIFE'S eyes and perceived the
boredom therein?
For, behold, there cometh a time
In every woman's life, when she
wearieth secretly of the eternal same
ness of a mans ways and the eternal
monotony of his kiss.
When she knoweth all his jokes
by heart and can foretell his thoughts
before they are spoken.
When her ears are smitten with
hearkening unto his advice and with
listening to his judgments and his
complaints.
When it filleth her with cnnui to
behold him eating his eggs at break
fast and TO pretend interest when
he readeth the paper aloud to her at
dinner.
When the sound of his snoring is
as rivcting machine in her ears and
counting of his linen is a weekly pen
ance to her soul.
When she is weary Of trying to
understand when he discusseth his
business and fatigued with applaud
ing when he boasteth of his golf.
When she closeth the door behind
him with a sigh Of relief in the morn
ing and is not displeased, when he
spendeth an evening at his club.
When all life seemeth but monot-
ony, and all joys seem stale and
there is nothing NEW under the sun.
Yet, she saith in her heart:
$50 to. This is MARRIAGE! Behold
this is HE, whom have chosen out
of all the world-and there is none
other for whom I would exchange
him!
"He shall never know that he is
not, as always, the Prince Charming
of my youthful dreams. Nay, ] shall
never shatter his vanity nor dim his
illusions about himself! And, neither
he nor the world shall ever see that
L am BORED!"
Thus, my Daughter, do women pre-
serve the self-complaccncy of men, all
the days Of their lives.
.
And, every good husband thinketh
in his heart that he, alone, knoweth
the secret boredom of matrimonyi
SELAH,
Copyright, 1925, King Features Syn, Inc.
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Yes or No?

Is there any very satisfactory sub
stitute for bristles in brushes?
2. Is there any reason why ade-
noids cause lack of appetite?
3. Are Brazil nuts picked like other
nuts?
4. Did the ancients make imitation
gems MS we do today?
5. is the weakfish lacking in
strength?
Answers to these questions may be
found
1. No. There is a fiber known as
tampico which is used as substitute
for bristles in brushes, but it does not
have all the desirable qualities of the
bristles.
2. Yes. Adenoids cause mouth
breathing, which not only dcadens the
sense Of smell, but also the sense of
taste. Experiments have shown that
tGsteless foods do not call forth the
saliva and after a short time the ap
petite for them disappears.
8. No. Brazil nuts grow in a large,
woody case on tree which does not
begin to branch till it has reached a
height of 20 or IS feet. These fruits
fall with such force that they bury
themselves in the ground. Indians
who gather them carry shield of
skins to protect them from the falling
nuts.
4. Yes. Venice owed much of her
wealth to the manufacture of pearls
and gems Of colored glass, which she
exported.
5. No. The weakfish owes its name
to the fact that the bony processes Of
its mouth are soft and tender.
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THE MAKING OF A HUSBAND
A SERIAL BY Ann Isle
Chapter los.

lures Syndicate incorporated.
to indicate he was ready to offer nil
things to all women-and that he was
willing to be sane and practical on
demand.
1--WE never seen you in such n clear
light before" said boldly to Nicholas
Perry-but really for Jeanie's benefit
II suppose that white glare out there
Eliminates everything But you
look like a cavalier out of Floren-
tine Intrigue or Pirate of Penzance.
And you talk like-a poet. not paint
er. Can you keep it up?"
"Your lovely sister inspires me"
said Mr.. Perry, sending me a long,
level glance in which / fancied that
there was actually challenge.
'Oh, does she !" cried a brittle voice
that l hardly recognized as belonging
to Jim.
And then my husband appeared on
the scene wearing his look of remote
distaste-the look that always bodies
i'll for anyone who has to deal with
Jim while his black and carping mood
lasts. Jim strobe into the room with
nod for Nicholas Perry to whom he
flung:
Come to call for your little serv.
ing maid?"
"For your little friend-and your
big, glorious sister," was Mr.. Perry's
somewhat startling reply.
He and Jeanne exchanged glances.
felt the current Of suspicion and ac-
cusation surge toward me as Jeanie
said gaily:
"My brother and my husband are
making q great fuss about your little
Arlette. Stub. They say she has
gorgeous voice."
"She can keep a tune" said Mr..
Perry CURLY and in n tone that sug-
gested resentment at any ones having
discovered his protegee. Lets run
along now. while the light is so Won
derful. Those fcathery clouds to the
north look as il it might start to snow
again in an hour or so-and it would
be hard to break trail with q coating
of new snow to hide the treacherous
spots"
"And how will jeanne get back If
il SHOWS again?" Jim asked CURLY.
"Why really I--Mr. Cruikshank
could put your sister up at need" Mr..
Perry said.
1 didn't know il he was speaking
matter of factly or suavely-too suave-
ly or merely with great and uncon-
scious simplicity.
"My sister is not going with you
under the uncertain weather condi-
tions," Jim said with hidden menace
in his tone.
"How silly" Jeanie laughed. "Of
course I'm going"
''Of course you are-not going"
Jim replied.
Jeanie's eyes met his-and wavered.
Was she going to defy him? Almost
breathlessly / waited to see.
ITO Be COntinued)
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Copyright, 1925, by !,


As look on the moment when
Nicholas Perry came striding up the
snowy path to the Birches, realize
that it was a critical one for all of
JUS. It caused Jeanne to face her at
Z titudc toward the artist in whom she
had dramatically confided to me that
she was deeply interested. think she
must have seen that there was neither
confidence nor faith in an attitude so
easily shaken ms hers. For as Arlette
Valleau rushed from the kitchen to
greet the master to whom she had so
much reason to be grateful and loyal,
Jeanne became sarcastic and scornful.
I hated to face the fact that my
sister-in-law really was so much alb
sorbed in Nicholas Perry that she
minded his interest in some other
feminine person. ! was fairly disgust
ed BY her jealously of little Arlette.
But when heard her first instructive
remark anent Arlette's attitude to-
ward Nicholas Perry, l was treasured.
"Maybe that's why he doesn't invest
in her future. Maybe he wants to en-
joy the present." said Jeanne.
Women in the throes of great emo
tons don't make epigrams. And wom-
en- who are growing and refining
through n mans influence don't make
cheap comments on other women. SO
in that moment I ceased both to fear
Nicholas Perry-and to value him. j
became certain that he was only a
passing cloud on Jeanie's horizon. j
wonder il / am right to be so sure.
Neither Jeanie nor I moved while
our guest was out in the hall talking
to Arlette in q low voice. ut l could
see that Jeanic had TO make an effort
to remain passive when he came into
the room looking more than ever like
Viking as he appeared glowing rud-
dily from his walk through the snow.
II had to make sure you were safe,
he said to Jeanie with an almost pos
sessive tenderness after he had greet
ed me in neighborly fashion.
"Did you worry" she asked with
annoying archness.
~ was sure-and still I worried,
said the man in tone in which de
tccted an almost professional skill. 81
knew I'd find you here. But i can't
wait until ] see you therein my
home-again."
I took myself to task for my crit
ical streak, and said with a firm con.
viction that my naturalness would
clear the air of its theatricalism
"There's wonderful light, isn't
there? / suppose you hate to think
of losing it, and so you came to per-
suade Jeanie to break trail with you
and go over to The Hedgerow for an
hour of posing"
''Can / get through" Jeanic asked
ccstatically.
81 came to take you and Arlette
back with me-" said our guest, send.
ing me an amused glance that seemed
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hams Vegetable Compound was
surely the right thing for me. j took
four bottles then and in the fall Of the
year took three. / had been treated
BY doctor but he gave me an iron
tonic and that did not help me. 1t
seemed that the tonic did not have IN
it what the Vegetable Compound did.
That gave me the strength and ambi
ton | needed and / have gained In
weight. This year before started TO
clean house got four bottles OF the
Vegetable Compound and am taking
it right along. / tell all my friends
about it and how much good it does
me. They can notice it because ] have
gained in weight. weigh lib now
and do all my work myself again. -
Mrs. EMIL o. BRAHDENBURG. COL 9th
Street, Milwaukee. Wisconsin.
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DEAR MRS. BEECKMAN:
Will you kindly advise me If n
wing collar and black bow tic are
proper for the groom and best man
ut a morning church wedding when
the bride is wearing n dress and hat,
and the groom and best man business
suits. A.
With a business suit the groom and
best man should wear the kind Of col
lar and tie that are usually associated
with a business suit. A wing collar
is proper. They may wear bow tics.
il they wish and especially if they are
becoming TO them (they are not, l
think. becoming to all men). A black
bow tie would be proper, although ]
think one of little lighter kind would
be better, for instance, n black and
white or dark blue and white. But
don't have them choose white bow
tie. As the usual thing. think that n
four-stripc (eithcr sin-'y or in grOups)
is the most becoming tie for most men
to wear with n business suit.
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WHO SAID IT AND WHERE

ure." asserts that it is pleasant to
find our tastes do not differ from
other mems.
From seeming evil still educing
good"
God knows how to bring forth good
from what seems bad. Thomson sings
in one of his Hymns
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THE RHYMING OPTIMIST
The Seeker.
BY ALINE MICHAELIS

less trust and love? Oh, not in
Wcalth's serene retreat, and not on
Fame's fair heights, not where Pride
goes on naughty feet and Beauty's self
delights; but yonder, where the chill
dren play all day in careless glee while
happy hours drift away, there dwells
felicity. There only can 1 glimpse my
goal, released from every pain. for only
in a child's glad soul can perfect glad
ness reign.
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If l should look for happiness, COM
plete without alloy, where would I
seek through all life's stress to find
this perfect joy? If 1 should, search
ing, wander far for merry moods and
gay, for hope, that glows like some
great star and pales not, night or day,
where would l go to capture this, to
find such treasurc-trove, such match
less store of human bliss, such bound
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NOW DOES
ALL Her WORK
Has No Backache, NoBadF Feelings
Because Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg
etable Compound Drove Her
Illness Away
Milwaukee, Wisconsin. twas in
q badlyrun-down condition andIwould

get weak spells
and terrible head
aches. l felt so
badly last year
that | could not do
any houseclesn-
ing. The minute /
would lift or stoop
it seemed as if ]
was going to fall
to pieces. l told a
neighborhowIfelt
and she said that
lydia +. Pink
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Wedding Announcements.

Dear Mrs. BeeckmGn:
am to be married soon. The cere-
mony will take place at the minis
ter's home, with just the immediate
family present.
Would it be proper TO send an
nouncement cards TO my friends and
relatives before or after the ceremony?
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Do You Knoru That

From only 250O a quarter of a
century ago, the population of Ed
monitor. the capital of Alberta, one
of Canada's prairie provinces, has
become 6J.3TS.
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Colby aged daughter Of Mrs Russell Morgan Dayton
who by court decision
Heirs Of Colby have made
exhaustive fight for the millions and the settlements effected when
Colby in which he
acknowledge child Mrs Morgan who had been
houseep within months after the date Of the signing Of the
The little girl after the months had
eapsed-nternationaI Newsreel photo.
Evening star., 1925-01-03
EVERYMAN'S
INVESTMENTS
STOCKS AS INVESTMENTS
BY GEORGE r. HUGHES.

This article is devoted to a dis
cussion of common stocks as invest
ments. There are authorities who
would deny that common stocks had
any claim to- investment rating. But
this, in my opinion, is going too far
There are stocks representing simply
share in the profits of the business
which have paid dividends for so long
a period of years that they are en-
titled to consideration by genuine in
vestors. 1t is true that the market
price of these stocks varies over
wide range and that profits of the
business involved are also subject to
large fluctuations. Yet, because OF
conservative management and large
surpluses stored Gp in good times
for use in depressions, stockholders
receive about the same return one
year as another.
The great msjority- of common
stocks arc not of this class. Most
Of them are pure speculations and
this is invaria bly, the case with shares
in ID new enterprise Avoid all such
unless you are prepared to take eX-
treme risks. Apply the same rule 10
shares in enterprises which do not
cater TO an essential human need. In
hard times" people get along with
out luXuries whether they want TO or
not and the incomes Of the corpora
tions which supply the luXuries melt
away. But there are certain services
and certain products which the civil
lied world cannot get along without.
When you find a corporation engaged
in these activities and which has been
so engaged year in and year out, it
is not outside sound investment prac
tice to consider it's shares from the
investment standpoint
The trouble is that such stocks look
most attractive when they are sell
ing at the high prices of a market
cycle and look most unattractive
when they are selling at the low. The
shrewd investor buys, when he buys
for investment, not when every one
else is buying nor does he sell when
ever yone else is sellin. In other words,
his rule is exactly the reverse of that
followed by the successful speculator.
/ do not want to convey the impress
sion that there is no risk attached
to shares in companies of the kind
have described but on the other hand
| do not want it understood that all
such stocks should be invariably ruled
out of a sound investment program.
IConyriyht 1924 lIy Consolidated Press.)
Evening star., 1925-01-03
WEEK SEES SHARP
SETBACK IN WHEAT
Reports of Foreign Ship
ments Break Prices-COrn
and Oats Also Down.
By the Associated Press.

By the Assoca ted Press.
CHICAGO, January with reports
current that vessel charters aggre-
eating a huge total are in force to
bring supplies of wheat from the
Southern Hemisphere, wheat this
week has undergone a decided set
back in price. Compared with week
ago. wheat this morning was lower
&c to sc a bushel, corn "a to rs down,
oats 25s to 3ss off and provisions
varying from 25 decline to y ad-
vance.
Advices about heavy chartering of
vessels for wheat shipments from
south of the Equator were accom-
panied by assertions that Argentina
and Australia were underselling
United States wheat in Europe. Fur
thermore, one of the largest grain
companies here issued a statement
suggesting that producers in this
country should accept present prices
rather than see Argentina and other
competing countries successfully sup
ply the needs of Europe. Enlarged
estimates of the Australian crop were
also Of some bearish effect, and so
likewise were reports of drastic Eu-
ropean economies.
Declines in wheat values led to
sudden enlarg ement of export bust
ness at times. but of insufficient total
volume to make price rallies hold
we'll Word that 81 a bushel had
been paid for No. . red Winter wheat
at ST. Louis failed to check persistent
selling out of future deliveries here,
and so, too. did announcement that
some choice wheat at Minneapolis had
brought as high as 1921 a bushel.
Continued anxiety, however. was ex-
pressed about the effect of ice re-
ported as covering a broad stretch of
domestic Winter crop territory.
Increasing stocks of corn and oats
tended to pull down the price of both
cereals \ greatly improved outlook
for the Argentine corn crop was
noted.
Provisions, in line with the hog
market, reached new peak prices, but
later were eased by big deliveries of
lard.
Evening star., 1925-01-03
CHICAGO GRAIN PRICES.

CHICAGO, January 3.-Indica tons
of larger export business overnight
led to material upturn in wheat
prices today soon after the opening
The rise in values here was facilities
by the fact that the spread between
Chicago and Liverpool quotations on
May delivery of wheat was the widest
in weeks. considering advances i'm
sterling exchange rates. Upward
swings Of the market were accom-
panied by a good deal of covering or
the part of shorts and by some rein
statement of lines recently unloaded
The opening, which ranged from "a
decline to y advance. with May 176
to 1.7615 and July 1.51%4 to 1.51Hs. was
followed by an all-around advance to
about cents above yesterdays finish
Corn and oats sympathizcd some
what with wheat strength. but were
under considerable selling pressure on
account of increasing stocks. After
opening unchanged to q off, May
1.2Sss to 1.2S@, the corn market
scored moderate gains. but soon eased
back.
Oats started unchanged to "a down
May 62A to 62ss, and then averaged
lower.
Provisions were easier. Influenced
by further heavy deliveries of lard
here.
Evening star., 1925-01-03
COMMODITY NEWS
WIRED STAR FROM
ENTIRE COUNTRY

NEW ORLEANS, January S.-All
local department stores are holding
pre-inventory and clearance sales,
with heavy cutting of prices on heavy
apparel, novelties and millinery, re-
ductions in some instances running
from 25 to so per cent.
SAN FRANCISCO, January 3.--The
oil production of this State has
slumped about 100000 barrels a day,
as compared with last year, and total
drilling operations in the last year
fell off slightly.
LANCASTER, Pa, January S.-Lit-
tie of the 1924 crop of tobacco has yet
reached consumers Buyers have been
holding off only to meet firm demand
on the part of growers.
ATLANTA, January 3.-The Georgia
COOPERATIVE Cotton Growers Asso-
Citations have 100000 bales on hand
with several thousand more still to be
warehoused. Contracts for at least
10000 bales are expected to be
written this season.
ST. LOUIS, January 3.-One-third of
the 100000 fruit trees OF Missouri
were DANA ged by the recent blizzard.
Evening star., 1925-01-03
RECORD BANK CLEARINGS.
Year End Operations. Reach Amaz
ing Total in New York.

NEW YORK. January 3.-The New
York Clearing House was called on
yesterday to handle record volume
of bank clearings. The total was
81 $50 100000, topping by $oo,000,oOO
the previous record set on December
Is last and coming within s207, ,062, 900
of eoualing the total value on all
paper currency in circulation in the
United States.
The record was attributed to the'ex-
tremely large year-end operations,
which called for the cashing and ex-
changing of more checks in New York
City than ever before had been turned
into the bank of any city in the world
in a business day.
The nearest approach to the New
York record was made in London.
where the total clearings reached
200. .0OO.00 pounds, or about $1,000
100000, seven times last year.