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BEDTIME STORIES
BY THORNTON
". BURGESS

kind, but kept perfectly still. She re-
membered that Farmer Brown often
had said that a Skunk will never
offend if not offended, and the surest
way of not offending is to keep STILL
Mrs. Skunk finished the milk in
Black Pussy's saucer and then very
calmly, quite as If she were used to
houses of this kind, began a thor
ough inspection of that kitchen. Mrs.
Brown squatted in front of the oven,
hardly daring to breathe, until sud-
denly she smelled something burning.
Then she forgot all but those cookies,
MY gracious!" she exclaimedy
throwing open the oven door and has
tily pulling out the pan of cookies.
Only two or three of them were
burned. When she had made sure of
this she remembered her caller and
hastily looked for her. Mrs. Skunk
was standing in the middle of the
kitchen, shifting inquiringly toward
those cookies. Suddenly Mrs. Brown
recalled that always she had rather
prided herself on her hospitality.
She broke off a piece of cooky and
tossed it to Mrs. Skunk. The latter
tried it and approved it.
And so 1t was that when Farmer
Browns boy came whistling into the
house he nearly lost his breath at the
sight of his mother entertaining a
morning caller.
Copyright, 1925, by T. W. Burgess)
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dooryard. She went where she
pleased, for though Bowser the Hound
met her the very first night he was
most polite-that is to say, he got
out of her way and made no attempt
to interfere with her. He growled a
bit, but he was too old and knew too
much to bother her. He had never
forgotten a lesson in his youth and
since then had taken pains not to dis
turb a member of the Skunk family.
Mrs. Skunk soon knew all about the
barn. She had been under it and in
it, fon she had found a door open one
evening. She knew all about the door
yard. She even had poked her head
in the little house of Bowser the
Hound. There was just one place she
didn't know about and wanted to know
about and that was Farmer Browns
house. At times there were delicious
odors which her nose told her came
from that house. But though on more
than one night she went all around
that house she could find no way in.
Now Mrs. Skunk likes twilight and
moonlight best, but it really doesn't
make much difference to her whether
it be day or night So if she happens
TO feel like it she takes stroll in the
middle of the day. 1t wasn't long be-
fore she discovered that it was in day
time that she most often smelled those
= delicious doors from Farmer Browns
house. OF course, she also found out
that 1t was also in daylight that those
two-legged creatures were most often
about But she was so Independent
that she cared nothing for them. So
one morning she decided that she
would make a call. She would go up
to that house and make a call.
Mrs. Brown was very busy that
morning For one thing she was bak-
ing cookies. It was warm and she had
left the outer door open. She had
just peeped in the oven to see how
those cookies were baking when she
happened to glance toward Black
P,ssy's saucer on the floor. A rather
good looking person dressed in black
and white was finishing that milk.
Mrs. Brown caught her breath quickly
and opened her mouth to scream.
Then she wisely did nothing of the
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Ma got another letter from my Ant
Fanny about my little cuZzin Herb1t
today, saying in it, 'Deerest Pawleen
my husband and / were all reddy last
week to make up our minds to decide
to have little Herbit follow the pro-
fession of medicine, or in other verbs
to make a doctor of him.
We have always noticed that wen
our cat duzZent feel very well Herbit
takes an exceptional intrist in him
and pulls him this way and that like
a confirmed osteopath or something,
but one day last week he went even
a step fertilizer, apparently, and we
were sure he had a natural leening
lords a doctors life.
1t happened this way. One of the
naybers children, Bobby Russell by
name, came in to see Herbit and
braWt a hole box of chocklits with
him that somebody gave him for his
berthday or some sutch reason.
Well anyway, the 2 of them got off
together in one corner of the house
and gorged themselfs with these
chocklits like a cupple Of cannibals,
until SUDDENLY but naturally Bobbys
sistem could stand no more and he
was taken violently i'll.
Well, we put him to bed and tele-
Toned his mother and she rushed in
with a doctor. but the strange part
was we couldent keep little Herbit
out of the room by fair meens or
fowl. OF corse he wasent RELY in the
way and only got under the doctors
feet 2 or times, but the doctor
seemed to be a naturally clumsy man.
Enyway, Herbit kepp following the
doctors every move with the greatest
attention, and my husband and I kepp
nudging each other, and finally Her
bit sed, Do you think he will get bet
ter, doctor?
Imagine that. jest as serious as the
grave, the doctor sed, Yes, but he
must be careful of his diet for a week
at leest." and Herbit sed, well the
candy would be stale by that time
And he rushed out to hide the rest
of it, and that showed US our mistake
and my husband thinks his Jennings
may be more political than medical
after all. Write soon your loving sis
ter Fanny.
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Thirty-First Day.

TIAHUANACO, Bolivia, February
25.-The train goes Gathering along
over the roof of South America. The
Altaplanici of Bolivia, the Republic of
the Clouds, is the toof OF the New
World, as Tibet is THAT of the Old. A
region of $4,000 square miles raised
over $4,000 feet above the level of the
sea. A little world alone
Here nothing seems new, and all
is different-life, scenery, climate.
The tropics can be seen 10000 feet
below The west side of this lofty
tableland tumbles down abruptly to
a rainless coast. The other side
slopes down into unmeasured miles of
tropical forest and jungle-the heart
of South America.
South America, not Africa, is the
Dark Continent. The largest unex
plored and unoccupied fertile space on
the earth's surface lies in its center.
A Lost World" indeed
But here we are in thunderstorm
Tiahuanaco-13,00 900 feet above the
sea.
Ancient monuments of a mysteri-
GUS past rise up out of the broad
plateau and scattered about are
broken remnants of pre-Incaic civil
zation that fiourished here at the time
when King Tut was building his tomb
in faraway Egypt.
No doubt one day a great earth
quake brought down these immense
walls, which are supposed, when
erected. to have been on the shore Of
Lake Titicaca, now ~ miles distant.
few hundred yards away is a
great terraced mound of earth, sup
ported by stone walls, which occupies
an area $40 by $50 feet, and is so feet
high. Once upon a time this was a
palace of some prehistoric king, who
no doubt took himself seriously
little thinking that he and all of his
people would soon vanish from the
earth and leave but a few tumbled
stones to tell their tale. Truly, all is
vanity-time the only lasting thing.
All about me are immense walls
with doorways and archways still in
tact; human figures and animals
carved from solid rock; doorways and
archways covered with carved images,
figures and designs, the significance of
which no one has been able to dis
cover One such archway, which is
near the railway station, is used by
the boys of the pueblo as a target for
rifle practice.
The size and extent of these ruins
and the immense size of many of
the stones make all conjecture as to
their origin futile, as there are no
known quarries of similar rock with
in many miles and it is beyond the
possibilities that such immense stones
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-04-20
My Neighbor Says:

The pockets of kitchen aprons
handles, nails, etc. Try putting
the pocket in the center of the
apron. The pocket can be
reached by either hand and can
not catch on anything and tear.
When making up a cushion
spread a thick sheet of wadding
over it just under the outer
cover, lacking 1t down with a
stitch at the corners and in
the middle of the sides. The
cushion feels. softer than it
otherwise would. The wadding
also shows up the work and
makes even a plain cover look
well.
A little cornstarch added to
the salt in the salt cellar will
preventahardening. Proportions
are half a teaspoonful of corn
starch to two tablespoonfuls of
salt.
Should milk burn, remove it
from the fire, place the sauce
pan Immediately in a bowl of
cold water and throw into the
milk a pinch of salt. Stir with
a spoon and the burnt taste will
entirely disappear.
When cooking by gas always
place small pan of water in
the oven. A bowl of vinegar
and water placed beside the
stove will prevent the smell of
cooking from spreading through
the house.
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What TomorrowMeans to You
BY MARY BLAKE.
Taurus.

Tomorrow's planetary aspects indi-
cate that the day will not pass with
out some untoward events. 1t seems
that 1t will be difficult day on which
to avoid some mistake, some error or
something that will cause regreat. This
fear, however, can be minimized, If not
completely obliterated, by exercising
that care and elaboration which such
a condition demands. In the evening
especially there will be a tendency in
the home circle to create an atmos-
phere which will not favor peace or
contentment, owing to the lack of re-
straint that usually prevails in all
such places. In order to avoid a dis
cord, a disagreement and lack of har-
mony, it will be necessary to restrain
yourself from acting on any foolish or
regrettable impulse.
A child born tomorrow will possess
great physical strength and will
cause no worry to it's parents as re-
suit of sickness or ailments. Never
theless, as much care should be exer
cised over the bringing up of this
child as shown in that of the weak
ling or the sick one. It's disposition
will be a happy one, and 1t will be
jovial and contented at all times. It's
character will be rather stubborn, but,
on the other hand, it will always be
considerate of others feelings and will
never Intentionally do anything to
hurt anybody else. 1t will be perse-
vering and to a certain extent ambi
tious, but it will not set out for itself
any task which could not be accom-
plished by person of normal intelli-
genie
If tomorrow is your birthday ami
verSary, you are not very practical,
but theoretical, and you care more for
culture and refinement than you do
for the ordinary, everyday rewards of
life. You will obtain moderate de-
gree of success in any of the fine arts
If you would only devote your time
and attention to them. You are not
only kind-hearted, but tractabIe and
generous as well. Your convictions
are we'll rooted, but If you should be
rebuffed at the plans you have in
your mind designed you will be dis
posed to take, regardless of your feel
ings, the next one that offers, and
thereby you may be creating for your
self a world of unhappiness and
misery.
Well known persons born on this
date are Henry w. Shaw C'Josh Bill
ings'), humorist; James r. Kendrick,
clergyman and educator; John Muir,
naturalist; Charles S. Bull, physician;
John r. Spears, journalist and author,
and Henry K. Bush-Brown, sculptor.
Copyright 1925.)
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Massage of Ear Drum.

Considerable benefit is often derived
from massage Of the tympanic mem
brane-the ear drum-in cases OF an
moving head noises (tinnitus), verti-
go. faintness, and deafness. impress
siye apparatus Is frequently used
for this purpose, the psychological eff
feet being perhaps of some value in
the cases of persons who like to try
novel treatments. But the actual
physical effects of the massage may
be obtained nearly IL not quite as
we'll by the use of ones own hands
as by the use of apparatus. Sell
massage by hand is more likely to
be applied regularly. 1t can scarcely
do any harm.
One method is this: Insert the pulp
of the middle finger in the opening
of the ear canal Gone or both ears),
drawing the tragus Chat little tab in
front of the opening) forward and
pressing the finger as deeply into the
canal as possible without discomfort.
The idea is to get the pulp of the
finger firmly seated in the opening of
the ear canal. Now by very slight
vibration or pumping movements in
and out you furnish a massage which
influences the ear drum chiefly by
suction. The movements may be car
ried on as slowly as one in a second
or as rapidly as eight or ten in sec
ond, and for a period of one to two
minutes, regularly two or three times
daily.
Another method not quite SO effec-
tive, though easier to use, is this:
Place the fat of the hand over the
ear as you would IL you were trying
to shut out all sound, and alternately
press the hand against the ear and
release the pressure with a pump
ing movement. If the palm is in
contact in just the right way this
will influence the ear drum, chiefly
by air compression.
These methods of massaging the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-04-20

The old Indian grandmothers used
to tell the little Indian boys this story
of ugly Boy" Perhaps old Nokomis
told this very story to young Hia-
watha.
Here is a picture of ugly Boy"
himself. He was little Indian boy
who lived with his grandmother in
wigwam deep in the woods. His face
was so very ugly that none of the
other little Indian boys wished to
play with him.
Ugly Boys clothes were made of
the skins Of animals which he him.
self had caught. He wore feathers
in his long black hair. Color his suit
tan with green and orange trimming
Make his feathers bright colors, too.
His skin should be a coppery red.
After you have colored Ugly Boy,
mount him on lightweight cardboard
and cut him out.
Copyright. 1925)
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Having learned something OF now
to do 1t, the amateur who seemed TO
be doing nothing but asking questions
was now eager to hear Of Mr.. Bur
banks experiments with corh' polh
useful and ornamental.
my first experiments with corn
were in 1870 and 1872, about the ume
of the creation of the Burbank po-
tato." he said one morning. ON
raising corn for the market I soon
realized the value of an early variety
from a commercial point OF view, and
so I soon devised a method OF forcing
corn which / continued profitably for
several years. The method was
simple enough and consisted in ger
minating the corn before planting,
after making careful selection OF the
earliest ripening ears and saving them
year after year.
1.-The corn was planted in leaf mold,
was kept in the right condition OF
heat and moisture and soon sprouteo.
When the roots were from two to six
or eight inches long and the tips an
inch high, the corn was planted In
drills, by dropping 1t in without re-
gard to the position of the roots"
"On their heads or their heels?
And upside down? Did they grow
Just the same?"
lust the same. They were covered
with a half-inch layer of loose soft
soil, and the next day some of them
had already sprouted through the
soil. The ears of this forced corn
ripened a full week earlier than any
other corn, and reached market long
before any other variety.
1.-THE growth Of the corn was also
stimulated by bone meal or by some
Fertilizer containing nitrogen and
phosphates cultivated into the soil
about the roots.
This was, of course, result of
selection and special sprouting. but
i'm the case of the Burbank" corn
and the Rainbow corn, the same prin-
principal of selection was pursued.
The Rainbow corn was the result
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Women Who Design Own Clothes.
BY MARY MARSHALL.

or freakish in this failure to dress in
the mode. 1t requires either the CO.
operation and advice of a master of
dress or very rare, good Judgment of
oneself.
The sketch shows a dinner frock
worn by a well dressed American
woman who designs her own clothes
according to her own taste rather
than in slavish following of the latest
fashion. There are draped long sleeves
and the skirt is made of black chiffon
draped over chiffon of differene colors.
The woman who shows a bit of in
dependence in her clothes is quite apt
to select mode that she likes and
that is becoming and have 1t repeated
in different colors. Thus some women
this Spring are having a number of
linen frocks all alike save the color
of the linen from which they are
made, and one woman has selected a
becoming model for a simple geor-
gette dinner or afternoon frock and
has had this made up in four frocks,
pervenche, orchid, green and mauve
Some women display the same fond.
ness for individuality in the selection
of their shoes. They choose type of
shoe that Is comfortable and becom-
ing and have it repeated in different
combinations of leather
Copyright, 1880
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culverts; thus does this commercial
age progress.
The train moves on across the
broad plateau at almost an even
grade, rising only about 1000 feet in
the 40 miles.
Suddenly we seemed to come to the
edge of the horizon. A jumping-of
place. The whole world before US
fell away and tumbled down into a
huge chasm. AT the bottom, 200
feet doWn-lay the colorful city of
La PaZ.
It was as though some giant hand
had picked up Reno, New, and
dropped it into the Grand Canyon
of the Colorado.
Rising in awesome majesty behind
was the hoary head of mighty Hi
mani, reaching 24,500 feet into the
clouds.
Altogether the most startling sight
/ have ever seem
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-04-20
Strawberry Pudding.

Beat one-third cupful of butter to a
cream. Gradually beat in one cupful
of sugar, one well beaten egg and
half cupful of milk and
one cupful and three-fourths of -four
sifted with two slightly rounded tea
spoonfuls of baking powder. Bake in
a shallow pan for about half an hour.
Cut in squares and serve with a bas-
ket of strawberries, washed and
drained, then crushed with a cupful
and a half of graduated sugar or two
generous cupfuls of powdered sugar.
Cream may also be served if liked.
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the latest style. Other women look
forward to an increase of income as
an opportunity to become more indie
pendent of these fads and fancies-a
chance to steer their course in dress
off the crowded channels.
Strange as it may seem, the promi-
nent French dressmakers to whom we
look for new developments are often
the very ones who advise women to
dress less in the accepted style and
more to their own style. One needs
to take this advice about dressing to
ones own style with a grain of salt
however. There is always danger of
making oneself conspicuous or dowdy
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-04-20
HOW 1T STARTED
"Crisscross."
BIZ JEAN NEWTON.

This word, used today to describe
writing or markings which cross each
other, owes its beginning to an inter-
esting circumstance.
"Crisscross" is corruption of
"Christcross," the reference being to
the old English school system of
teaching little children their letters
In the "a B C Horn Book" as one
of the earliest primer text books was
called, the letters of the alphabet
were arranged in the form of cross
This was "Christcross. Later, when
the letters formed lines, a cross was
placed at the beginning to remind
the pupils of their sacred guidance.
In a poem called 1.-THE Hornbook,'
by the old English poet, Tickell, we
find the following:
g. mortals never shall know
more than contained of the old in
Christ'-cross row."
Copyright, 1921
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Sardines or Herrings.

Take the sardines out of their cans
and drain them on soft paper or cloth.
Place them in a small dish, sprinkle
them with salt and pepper, pour over
little salad oil and garnish with
sprigs of parsley and chopped capers.
Small fillets Of sailed or smoked her.
rings or kippers may be used in the
same way after washing, soaking and
cooking them, or they can be bought
ready prepared in bottles.
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Bean Rarebit.

Melt two tabiespoonfuls of butter
in a pan. Add one cupful of cold
mashed baked beans, then beat
thoroughly. Add one-half a cupfu1
of hot milk, mix well, then add one
scant cupful of soft American cheese
cut fine, and one teaspoonful of Wor-
cestershire sauce. STIR until the
cheese is melted. Pour over toasted
bread or crisp crackers.
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MOCHA PIE
BAKED PORK CHOPS

Fry the chops a light brown
in a frying pan, then remove to
a creased baking pan. Now
make a dressing as for turkey
and spread it over the chops,
then sprinkle with salt and pep
per. Put a small strip of bacon
on each chop. Pour water in
the pan and bake about an
hour, basting frequently, so the
dressing will not get dry. Don't
use fat chops. When done, re-
move the chops and dressing
and use the liquid in the pan to
make gravy.
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Beet Jelly.

Soften one-fourth of a package of
graduated gelatin in one-fourth cup
full of cold water and three-fourths
cupful of boiling water. one-fourth
cupful of lemon juice or vinegar, half
a teaspoonful each of salt and pap
rika, and one cupful and a half of
cooked beets sliced or chopped. Mix
thoroughly and turn into mold.
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Ramble Around South America
BY Ripley.

were ever moved long distances and
placed in position by mere man-power.
1t is said that in the building Of
this railway hundreds of carloads OF
these priceless ruins of an unknown
civilization were broken up and used
in the grading and in construction of
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Mrs. Skunk, having made her home
under Farmer Browns henhouse,
wasted no time in getting thoroughly
acquainted with the neighborhood.
"One should know all there is to know
about ones surroundings" said Mrs.
Skunk, talking to herself for lack Of
any one else to talk to. at Is neces-
sary in case something unexpected
happens. I cannot think of anything
happening to me, but something
might. 1t always is possible"
So every night Mrs. Skunk explored
all about Farmer Browns barn and
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PERSONAL HEALTH SERVICE
BY WILLIAM BRADY, NJ. ID.
Noted Physician and Author.

ear drum are not likely to work any
miracle and I suggest them only for
the use of persons subject to chronic
deafness, vertigo, or head noises due
to ear trouble.
Copyright, 1921
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Some women look forward with
eagerness to the time when their ship
comes in, SO that they can follow the
fashion more closely. More money
to spend on dress with them means
closer following of the assemblage of
new fads and fashions that we call
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ing chairs, fancy lace curtains and
figured wall paper, for at that time
our homes had become so hopelessly
frumpy and overcrowded that the
decorative vogue suddenly went to
the opposite extreme of conventlike
severity. Now that we have learned
to appreciate the beauty of simplicity,
we can afford to let these old friends
reassert their claim on our affections.
Today's sketch shows three of
these newly fashionable and coveted
footstools. The oblong stool (top),
with carved mahogany frame, is used
with eighteenth century English fur
niture. The round one (middle) is a
little French aristocrat, it's graceful
frame of pale walnut and brocaded
upholstery suggesting Louis XIV fur
niture And the sturdy little maple
stool Cbottom) fits into the early
American interior.
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WELL DRESSED WOMAN WHO
DESIGNS HER CLOTHES AC.
CORDING TO HER OWN TASTE
RATHER THAN TO THE LATEST
FASHION HAS DRAPED DIN
NER FROCK WITH SLEEVES
AND LONG SKIRT MADE UP IN
BLACK AND DIFFERENT COL
ORS,