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ngs Which Are Of Interest Younger Readers
Riddles.

725. Why is cat sitting on fence
like a penny?-Tom Newell.
726. How can you see Europe with
out crossing the ocean Amos Pom
der.
727. If your uncle's sister is not
your aunt what relation is she to
you?-Aleta Taylor.
728. When is a wall like a fish?-
Erwin Brown.
729. What contains more feet in
Winter than in Summer B.
730. Why should a bowling alley
be the quietest place on earth Rob
ert Stalls.
731. What is it that has a comb,
but never uses it?-Lillian McPhillips.
1872. What kind of timepiece should
a sentinel never have?-Jack Fraser.
733. If a bird was sitting on a
branch you wanted, how would you
get the branch without disturbing the
bird ?-Isabelle and Clara Heck.
734. Why are you and l alike?-
George E. Reynolds.
735. What animals drop from the
clouds Vivian Card.
736. If a farmer raises corn in dry
weather, what does he raise in rainy
weather ?-Mallie Maude Dukes.
737. What two letters do boys de-
| light in, to the annoyance of their
elders ?-Garvine Harrington.
73S What is it, which by losing an
eye, has nothing left but a nose?-
Gene Vaughan.
739. What is the best way to find
man out?-Alice Rapp.
740. What trade is the sun?-Ray
Martin.
TAI. What kind of ants do they use
for hauling logs in India?-Richard
Davis.
TAP. Why does a woman ring the
car bell left-handed, and man right
handed Edna Johnson.
743. Who is great Irish inventor?
John Roberts.
744. When is a kitten rooster p
Robert Fuller.
745. What great virtue does the
North Pole remind us of?-Sadie
Pamplin.
Answers.
and a tail on the other 72e Look into
the mirror when. you awaken in the morn
ing Ing and you viii see you're & up iEuron1e93 a1e9
hear a pin drop, 731: 4 chicken. 732. A
watch because, he's liable, to sleep on i
TSey ae sif are both ' personal @ proneuns s55 The
rain dear .3reilndeerl; 1855 "a An nm pmorelad nsd
'no:i-se." 73e Go to his house when he's
an anss nane sGs Because thss to gel
nfsst. naa man Pa, 9asa'iee 9a%fe Fat renoins' "
Evening star., 1925-08-09

evening hats are seldom without some
important sort of trimming.
There is something very subtle
about many of the present-day trim
mings-they are so made and so ap-
piled to the hat as to give the ap-
pearance of being part of it, not some
thing applied after it has been shaped,
and as much as possible conform to
the characteristic line of the hat.
Wooden and metal beads. bits of
leather or shell, are applied to the hat
with a clever blending Of colors that
makes them look as If they had
evolved there-attached as securely as
barnacle on the side of a ship.
FIRST and foremost of the trim
mings to be considered, more
through the promise they give than
through actual use at present, are os
trich feathers. Some one said that
every prominent milliner in Paris had
his or her own characteristic way of
using ostrich in the new hats designed
for early Autumn. If that be the case,
it is pretty safe to bet that there win
be no possible way in which ostrich
will not be used for Autumn. Lewis,
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Swimming Diving Lesson.
BY JACK GIHON.

Diving is simply the athletic feat of
controlling the body in the air. No
dive should be attempted in water
less than four feet deep, and when
diving from a springboard, or from
a high dive, the water should be at
least eight feet deep.
If you have never dived before,
begin by squatting on the edge of the
pier or the diving raft, putting the
arms straight out in front, joined at
the hands, and simply falling forward.
Your body will naturally straighten
out as you fall.
When you have done this several
times, stand up and jump little bit
forward and outward allowing the
legs to rise behind you so that you hit
the water head first. The body
should be stiff, shoulders thrown back,
arms and legs straight, and toes
pointed. Practice this until you gain
full confidence. Then try making a
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running dive. For running dive.
take three easy running steps to carry
you a little past the middle of the
diving board, and jump to the end,
landing with both feet. You. will be
thrown into the air, and your feet, if
you will let them. will rise behind you
and let your body come down head
first. The arms should not be put
over the head until you are in the
air.
Do not try any other dive until you
have learned the straight front. Then
you can take up the swan, the jack
knife, and the more elaborate dives
which you will be able to do by watch
ing others.
If you will write me a letter in care
of The Star. l will be glad to hear
how you are progressing, and will
answer any individual questions on
swimming, providing YOU inclose a
stamped and Self-addresSed enveI0pe
Evening star., 1925-08-09
BY MARY MARSHALL.

A ND you might make an even
~ longer enumeration of the col
"A ors that have come into high
4 L favor with the milliners If
there were more room in the
heading. Indeed, never were colored
hats more highly favored or more
diverse, and never before did the
black hat have to give way SO fire.
quently to the hat of color. For years
certain well dressed women have kept
TO the rule of never wearing anything
but dark, monotone hats-principally
black. To go with light Summer af.
ternoon frocks the picture hat of black
has been a safe choice for decades.
But now at last the black hat some
times fails of the mark. There are
times when it looks a trif1e heavy, a
trifie clumsy with the light clothes
that women have been wearing this
Summer, and there are times when
the monotone hat of dark brown or
navy blue or gray strikes a discordant
note in the perfect daytime ensemble.
Something clearer, vivider. more
spirited is needed. OF all colors ever
Evening star., 1925-08-09

separate occasions on which she visit
ed the Empire exhibition at Wembley
the Queen wore hats of some one of
her favorite blue tints-the Queen
whose eyes are said to be a perfect
pervenche blue. Princess Mary, also.
is partial to the light soft shades of
blue. Soft blues, delicate pinks, grays
and beiges seem TO be the favorite
millinery colors for the three women
in England whose clothes are watch
ed with the keenest interest-the
Queen, the Princess Mary and the
Duchess of York. So while the smart
women in Paris have been wearing
hats of strange. exotic. brilliant
colors, these three women have kept
alive the feeling for soft, pretty colors
that are far more apt to become the
English woman with blue eyes and
fair skin than the French woman
with her mellow, olive face and brown
eyes.
Evening star., 1925-08-09
To the Rescue.

Mother tproudly)-This is my son
Freddie. Mrs. Higgins. Isn't he
bright little fellow?
Freddie accustomed to being shown
in public|-What was that clever
thi;:s i said yesterday, mother?
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braid assists in putting final touches
to this gay little apron.
The design may be traced right
from this paper onto the material
used, with the help of carbon paper.
Cut the color patches a seam larger
for hemming.
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The Question.

Here's dat quatah ah borrowed
from yuh last year" .
"Yuh done kept it so long dat ah
doan know If it's wuf while for me
to change nah opinion of yuh jes' fo'
two bits
Evening star., 1925-08-09

Most any family scrap bag will
have two kinds of material large
enough to make this pretty apron.
which you can use yourself or make
as "A gift The center panel may be
unbleached muslin or checkered ging-
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ham, with plain color side panels. The
applique flower is of material like the
side panels, whatever color that may
be, with two green applique leaves
and a finish Of black outline stitch.
Bias tape or some similar finishing
Evening star., 1925-08-09
Good at 1t.

You're the slowest boy in any of
my classes" said the teacher. Aren't
you quick at fanything?"
Chuck-"Yes'm can get tired
quicker than any one else"
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Hot.

Chemistry student (hunting all over
shelves for an ingredienteI can't
find 1t anywhere.
Professor-What are you looking
for.
Chemistry student-F,xpired air.
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Do, Re Mi.

Gimme a sheet of music paper, will
you?'
Why foro"
i wanna write d friend note
Evening star., 1925-08-09
Serious.

Mrs Dee-Are you all settled in
your new home?
Mrs. Cee-All but the children
they can't sleep a wink. Ny huspand
hasn't had time yet to connect the
aerial for the bedtime stories.
Evening star., 1925-08-09
Strange.

The advertisement read: Lecture
on Fools
And the ticket said; Admit one"
Evening star., 1925-08-09
Horrible.

Teacher--To morrow we will take
The life of Emerson. Come prepared.
Evening star., 1925-08-09

I ARGE hats. you know, were worn
at the French races. The fashion
prophets had predicted them for
smart Summer wear and their propl-
ecies came true. Now word comes
from Paris that fairly large hats are
to be worn this Autumn-of course,
not so large as the hats worn this
Summer. because cool weather hats
Evening star., 1925-08-09

Swimming Instructor-Can you
swim very well?
Frosh-No, sir; but I can sure
Made.
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who never goes half way in the ap-
plication of any fashion, frequently
uses what we used to call ostrich tips
and demi-plumes, going back to the
mode of a generation ago before So
called ostrich fancies had been
thought of and the only time that q
woman wore ostrich that wasn't neatly
curled was when she had been caught
out in fog or rain and hadn't had
time to curl the plumes over again.
No one had thought Of burning or
"drenching" ostrich then, and the
glycerined ostrich trimming was un-
thought of. too.
But while Lewis uses 1t in old-time
tip and plume effect, some of the milli-
tell 1t is ostrich. They clip 1t and
work 1t into fat ornaments that some
times look for all the world like arti-
fetal flowers. This clipped ostrich.
known as "autruche rase" is sure to
play a leading role in Autumn trim
mings, though, from the point of view
of the ostrich fancier, it is little short
of vandalism and certainly very re-
nlarkable taste to distort the natural
plume in this way. The "autruche
rase" appears in all sorts of interest
ing guiSes-starS and triangleS, pom
pons, sunbursts, etc.
The ostrich is not the only bird
whose plumage is playing an impor
tant place in the trimming of hats
designed for late Summer and Autumn.
Quills are still used for trimming little
felt sport hats and goose and peacock
are worked into all sorts of interest
| ing shapes for the service of the milli
| ners These humber feathers like
those of the ostrich, are often glorified
| by a coating of gold or silver.
Ribbon, velvet. silk, satin are all
used in an infnity of ways to make
compact little ornaments for the hats
that are to be worn. Crescent -shap ped
ornaments made of rolled ribbon or
velvet are attached TO the sides of
some of the close-f1tting little hats
and compact little rosettes and CO.
cardeS are also used.
The Summer which was ushered in
| midst a shower of artificial flowers
seems to have wearied of this pic
| turesque trimming rather sooner than
the milliners expected. You saw many
| flower trimmed hats at the beginning
| of the season, always with the predic-
| ton that there would be more when
| Summer was well upon us. But ex-
| cept for the very picturesque garden
| party hat the fiower-laden hat is sell
| dom seen. And usually where flowers
are used they are used sparingly-a
| single large and lovely artificial rose
| is thrust through the brim of a wide
| erin hat with the blossom hanging
down to the shoulder and just the
| tip of the stem and a leaf or two
showing above.
III hot L.
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THE TWO EXTREMES ARE SHOWN IN THIS GROUP OF HATS.
THE BIG ONE THE TOP IS OF PINKISH BEIGE GRIN EDGED
WITH CHIFFON. A ROSE STEM IS STUCK THROUGH THE
BRIM WITH THE FLOWER FAILING ON THE SHOULDER. THE
TWO SMALL HATS BELOW ARE OF FELT ONE OF GREEN AND
BLUE FELT STRIPS WOVEN TOGETHER. WITH GREEN FELT
BROWN SATIN. THE OTHER BIG HAT HAS A RED VELVET
CROWN WITH A NATURAL STRAW BRIM, BOUND WITH THE
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-11-24

From the Middle Georgian.

Cotton goes up or down, down up, day
by day. A hidden power behind the scenes
seems at will to manipulate the market and
dictate the price that shall be paid for a COM
modify that means food, raiment and shelter
to the humble toilers who grow it.
The producers take what is offered them
upon a luctuating market that is as restless
as the sea Theirs not to make reply, theirs
not to reason why; theirs but to do and die
their hopes, at least, if the market breaks
against them
Few of them, for that matter, ever put
themselves to the effort OF trying to Inquire
out the cause They are used to it-take it
as matter of course
If the rank and file of cotton producers
the fellows who sweat in the sun and who
depend upon the product of their toll for food
and shoes for their children-would only do
some thinking for themselves instead of let
ting others do their thinking they would in
sist upon-and get cost plus" price Tor
their cotton, just as the public service cor
poratons, the manufacturers, the organized
big business interests, etc, insist upon and
get, rightfully and justly enough, cost plus
prices for what they have to sell. But the
cotton producers don't do that; and that is
why they are slaves to the money changers
and cotton gamblers.
If it is right for government to forbid
gambling with cards or dice it would be
right for government to forbid gambling with
paper cotton. There is law against playing
roulette or poker for money; there ought to
be law against gambling with the products
OF farmers toil-with the commodities upon
which the welfare of human beings, the hopes
and opportunities for boys and girls, depend.
Ii it is morally wrong for a gambler to
bet money that the marble will fall in the
red or in the black or in the green pocket,
or that the next card, drawn will FLIP
straight, it IS equally as wrong, morally, for
gambler bet that cotton will go up or
that it will go down between now and next
Tuesday AS a moral proposition there is no
difference between the two forms Of gam
bling.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-11-24
Mussel Shoals Again.

The American Farm Bureau Federation has
recommended to President Coolidge's Mussel
Shoals commission that the government plant
be leased to private capital under terms that
would permit the establishment of a farmers
supervising board and the production Of
nitrates for fertilizer" Nitrates would be man
ufactured almost exclusively under the plan
OF operation. the federation suggests, but
urges that safeguards should be erected to
insure that the fertilizer would be sold at
reasonable prices. An annual production OF
some 10000 tons could be undertaken the
first year with the amount increased until the
Weld would be around 10000 tons.
Farming conditions would be greatly i'm
proved throughout the south and the middle
west the Musse Shoals commission was told,
il highly concentrated fertilizer at greatly re-
duced prices were made available. Meanwhile,
of course, the ownership of the plant would
be vested in the government and its control
and operation could be provided for to meet
the needs of national defense in the produc-
ton OF nitrates for which it originally was
constructed.
The Mussel Shoals commission is expect
ed by the administration to file unanimous
report on the disposal Of the plant The SEN
ate has been unable to settle the question
of what to do with it. Mr.. Coolidge is now
said to be hopeful that the commission 5
forthcoming report not only will be accept
able to the administration but to the senate
as we'll, which, considering the sharp divis-
ion of opinion that developed in the upper
house is ambitious and optimistic to say the
least
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-11-24
Gold and Other Toothpicks.

A cartoonist has revised recollections of
that once popular institution, the gold tooth
pick. Time was when the gold toothpick
dangled from the watch guards OF men as
commonly as the lodge emblem. 1t was both
used and displayed fearlessly. Common as
if was, however, it wasn't everyone who
could afford to own gold toothpick. 1t set
them apart from their fellows, just as glitter
ing lodge jewel puts them into somewhat
exclusive and privileged class. Men equipped
with a gold toothpick were enved by the
less fortunate. That was when it was not
social crime to pick ones teeth in public,
when people went about with toothplck
projected at jaunty angle from the corner
OF their mouths Indeed, to be discovered
manicuring the teeth with a gold toothpick
was then regarded as a mark of distinction.
But the gold toothpick long since disappear
ed into the limbo of things obsolete and for
gotten. It's disappearance illustrates how
conventions change and time passes. Picking
the teeth is no longer a fashionable pastime.
Indeed, in our most polite circles it is set
down as vulgar. Society has placed the seal
of its disapproval upon the toothpick, and
the manicuring of the teeth now is cere-
niony to be observed in the strict privacy OF
ones apartment. Furthermore, the dental sur
eeon has condemned the toothpick as being
harmful instrument. Thus do our notions
about what is right and proper change No
one ever sees a gold toothpick nowadays, of
course, but there are plenty OF the quill and
wooden varieties available and, occasionally,
even in the politest circles, one sees them
employed .surreptitiousN, behind sheltering
hands, in a refined sort of way. This prac
tice suggests the need of toothpick man
ual chapter on the etiquette of the tooth
pick that will tell us how to use it and
when For the toothpick seems bound to
persist, in spite OF the disapproval OF society
and the condemnation of the dentist But the
gold toothpck-indeed it was the thrill OF a.
lifetime to be discovered demonstrating its
uses before envious spectators!
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-11-24
The Spirit of Thanksgiving

On Thursday the country will again OBJ
serve Thanksgiving day. By the president
and the governors OF the various states the
people are admonshed to render thanks for
the blessings of the year. The proclamations
issued by these executives enumerate some Of
these blessings, but not all of them.
Often it seems that the personal, the in
dividual phase of thanksgiving is entirely lost
sight Of What everyone has enjoyed is GER
tainly cause for gratitude. There is no ques
ton about that But what each one of us
has enjoyed is, after ALL that which puts in
to thanksgiving the individual gratitude
which expressed puts us into personal touch
with the "Giver OF all good things" When
we feel this special personal gratitude we
are more than likely to receive benefit from
observance OF the day.
And personal gratitude can be expressed
for what we have escaped as we'll as what
has come to us. Not in the negative way
enjoyed by the Pharisees of old but rather
in the manner of the Publican Blessings re-
garded as mercies are much more likely to
inspire genuine gratitude, such as should be
expressed on Thanksgiving day
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-11-24
Hotels in Small Towns.
From the Atlanta Georgian

Frequently guests have to be turned away
in Dawson. The time has come when a mod
ern hotel that not only will meet the de-
mand of the transient public, but will fur
nish storage facilities for their cars as well,
is needed in Dawson. Such a hotel would be
profitable both to the owner and to the city,
says The Dawson News
Ample hotel accommodations in the small
er towns means a great deal more today
than it meant in the years gone by. The
ever-growing popularity of the automobile
and constantly expanding good roads pro-
grams have made it imperative upon cities,
both large and small to provide for tram
sent guests. Albany has two thoroughly
modern, up-to-date commercial hotels, and
third one is to be built Immediately.
Owners and managers have found that
hotels may be made to pay better today than
ever before-in fact this is rather golden
era for hotel men. There are many splendid
little cities in Georgia and some of them
have excellent hotel accommodations, but
many OF them are far behind the trend of the
times in respect OF that.
The Dawson News is right; there proba-
bly, is nothing that would work so imme-
diately to the benefit of Dawson as new,
modern, up-todate hotel.
Many people thought when the great At
lanta Biltmore hotel was opened that At
lanta had bitten off more than it could
chew" AS matter of fact however, Atlanta
already has absorbed the Biltmore hotel into
its community life. 1t is an established, pay
ing institution.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-11-24
Bonds for Paving.

In recommending that bonds be issued for
paving the principal roads the grand jury
gave its endorsement to one of the most time
ly and forward-locking steps that have been
taken in Terrell county in a long while, and
the thing to do now is for everyone to get
behind the movement and put it over with
out delay.
Paving the roads OF the county is merely
matter of enlightened self-interest 1t is
conceded that there is no better county in
the whole state OF Georgia than Terrell. Her
lands are rich and her opportunities are in
wiling. But where there is no building Of
any kind going on it can be set down that
no progress is being made and the people
are dying of dry rot.
The best advertising that any town or
county can get IS that which goes forth tell
ing the world that something is being done.
So let's gets busy now. put the bond issue
over unanimously and begin paving as soon
as possible.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-11-24
Something Else That's Wrong.
From the Atlanta Constitution.

Georgia is not in the so-called corn belt"
of the United States. And yet, according to
government estimates of this years produc-
ton, based largely upon the harvest records,
and therefore approximately correct Georgia
has produced 100000 bushels in round fig
ures. Spot corn in Chicago is worth around
80 cents. This would make the Georgia crop
worth between $30000,000 and $35000000,
with the actual figures more closely approx
mating the latter by reason of the fact that
many thousands OF bushels of corn harvested
in small quantities very probably not in
cluded in the governments harvest report.
At any rate, we are confronted with the fact
that Georgia can grow corn proftably for
home and localized consumption, and could
ship it probably a money crop if the
freight differentials were not against the
southeastern farmers in this respect. The lat
ter situation, however, is an astounding one,
and needs resolute action to remedy it.
To illustrate, south Georgia today has
corn to SELL North Georgia, by reason Of
the drouth, needs to buy corn. On market
basis OF +. 0. b. Chicago elevators the north
Georgia farmer can buy western corn at his
home railroad depot cheaper than he can
buy south Georgia corn at the same depot.
The reason is the freight dfferental in ia
vor of the long-haul interstate shipment.
That is to say the interstate rate is higher,
say, from Triton to Athens than is the inter
state rate from Chicago to Athens. This is
a rate situation that obviously needs read
iustnent
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-11-24
Government Daddy and Granddaddy.
From the Pearson Tribune.

when we accept federal aid for our
schools here in Georgia" says Editor Hard
wicks Free Lance, I'VE must be prepared for
federal interference and probably federal con-
troll of the management and administration
of our schools" Local self government has
practically lost its meaning in the United
States. The state and federal governments
have assumed the parentage, daddy and
granddaddy, of all the children of the coun-
try, and assuming responsibility for their
education The real pas and mas of the chill
dren sit back complacently and satisfied with
the education their children can get through
the means of public funds. 1t is a travesty
on the spirit of local self government. 1t
was President Grover Cleveland who laid
down the democratic principle, Though the
people support the government, the govern
ment should not support the people" Pater-
naism is no part of government functions in
republican form of government.