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Evening star., 1925-10-21
BEDTIME STORIES
BY THORNTON
". BURGESS

be cousin 70 Danny Meadow Mouse :
said Peter.
My goodness how smart we are
getting" declared the stranger. "Of
course, l am cousin to Danny Meadow
Mouse. am cousin to Whitefoot
the Wood Mouse too"
You haven't told me YOUR name
yet" said Peter.
You haven't asked me for It yet
replied the stra niger.
Peter grinned. Then he chuckled
Excuse me said he. Il guess / am
most impolite. You sort of surprised
the poiiteness all out OF me. My name
is Peter Rabbit. May / ask your
name?"
My name" said the stranger, ''is
Ruddy. ! am Ruddy the Red-hacked
Mouse, cousin to Danny Meadow
Mouse and all the other Mice. Now,
if you'll excuse me, Peter Rabbit, l
must so about my business"
Certainly I'll excuse you," replied
Peter. May l ask what your bust
ness is. Ruddy?"
Just now it is collecting seed
replied Ruddy. Winter will soon
be here and / must have a good sup
uly of seeds. Then when the weather
is bad there will be no need of worry.
ing about food There Is nothing like
being prepared, Peter Rabbit, nothing
like being preiS red. l hope you'll
excuse me now
Certainly" replied Peter.
tConvright lQ05)
Evening star., 1925-10-21
ATEST EXPERIMENT OF THE CENTURY
ted and of Today
Via Modern Are Accomplishing gin the Land.

the care Of the education department
of the Zionist executive, and the
school has adopted Hebrew as the
language of instruction.
Since its foundation in 1919, over
400 pupils have received instruction
at this school, and good number OF
the pupils have gone on with their
studies at the large conservatories In
Europe.
AS broad course of study as Is
possible with the limited funds at hand
is given The latest innovation IS Il
children's class i'll ear training
rhythmic culture and musical appre-
citation. There is a chamber music
class. and among the subjects piano
instruction. violin. singing, theory of
music and harmony are taught.
The school has been very fortunate
recently In receiving from Benno
Moisewitch, the famous European
pianist, an endowment for "a piano
scholarship at .he school. Others sup
porting the school include Miss Myra
Hess, who has become a life member
and Mrs. Isaac Harris of Boston, VINO
has also donated a scholarship.
(CopyrIEht. 1920
Continued i'll Tomorrow's Starr
Evening star., 1925-10-21
WHEN WE GO SHOPPING
BY MRS. HARLAND ii. ALLEN.

preted your good taste, much as the
label Is read TO Judge the contents Of
the package or bottle of commodities
that we buy.
OF considera BILE significance, too, is
the economic Importance of writing
paper. The value of the writing paper
produced in 1920 amounted To Si30.-
900 900. The United States leads the
world in paper making, producing
about one-third of all the worlds sup
ply. We also use more paper than
any other country. our import of rags
for this purpose reaching into the
hundreds Of millions OF pounds each
year.
Not every shopper, as she handles
the fine, white sheets at the stationery
counter realizes that the best pape"
is made OF rags. The medium grade
and all very low priced papers con
stst wholly. or at least partly. of chem
ical wood. The rag papers are
stronger than the wood. pulp kinds.
but of course durability Is not ordina-
rily the main consideration when the
average consumer shops for letter
paper. Strength is a factor to he
taken into account when one is bur
ing bond. ledger stock or drawing
paper.
In order to purchase paper intelli-
gently it is necessary for us to know
the common varieties, sizes, quantities
and finishes generally sold.
Every woman should be able to
identify bond. nnen-vellum and parch-
ment writing paper. Much Of what
is known as linen or linen-finish paper
| is really made Of wood pulp, with the
design of the linen fabric printed on
1t. Real linen paper is made entirely
from lineh rags. Bond is the standard
commercial paper, strong. and of little
weight, parchment paper is glossy,
translucent paper made to resemble
parchment; vellum is a thick paper
resembling prepared calf-skin; II is
made from a good quality Of rags
which have been carefully treated.
Do you know in how many different
finishes you can get correspondence
paper? Besides the regular linen and
ripple, there are limitations of the
popular weaveS of fabrics, such as
batiste, organdv madras, and gros-
grain; chamois and angora finishes:
antique, which has a course, rough
surface; egg shell, which has a fine,
rough surface: birch bark, a thin
silky, light-brown; granite, a gray
paper, with loose fibers washed
through it to resemble granite, and
many others.
Many people think that the only
way to buy letter paper is in decorat-
ed boxes. containing twentv-four
sheets and twenty-four envelopes. AS
a matter Of fact, the best papers are
not sold that way. Paper bought thus
Is twice as expensive as that bought
by the ream or pound.
Evening star., 1925-10-21
BEAUTY CHATS BY EDNA KENT FORBES

cream. This is perfectly harmless,
good for them in fact, and accentuatcs
them wonderfully.
Daisy-I will be glad TO send YOU
q formula for hair tonic If you for
ward a stamped, self-addressed en-
velope for mailing and repeat your
request!
The tonic will not affect the dye
in your hair, and it will help the con-
dition of your scalp to some extent.
l think your hair is falling out and
the scalp becoming dry and scalpy
because you have dyed it so much: if
this is the case, nothing much could
help.
Miss F. J. H.--In the large cities
it is possible to play golf indoors at
the golf schools" where you drive
into a net, and have the length of
your drive measured by chart. You
might find bowling good indoor
sport at the club you mention. Posi-
bly, you could get this pastime intro
duced If the club has no alley.
Evening star., 1925-10-21
"EH, WHAT'S THAT" CRIED Pc
TER. LOOKING VERY HARD AT
THE SPEAKER.

without moving. Peter has a great
deal of patience at times. When he
IS curious enough he can be very,
very patient. He was curious now.
Right in front of him lay lot of red.
dish brown leaves newly fallen from
the trees. Presently one of these
leaves moved, although at that mo-
ment there was no wind. Then Peter
saw a familiar little form. At least
it seemed familiar.
why, Danny Meadow Mouse, what
under the sun are you doing way over
here in the Green Forest?" cried
Peter.
Were you speaking 10 me-" in
quired a squeaky little voice, which
sounded much like Danny's voice.
Il certainly was" replied Peter.
when did you come over here and
when did You get that red coat?
never have seen you wear that coat
before
That's funny" replied the squeaky
little voice, ''for 1t is the only coat
have ever worn"
"Eh? What's that?" cried Peter,
looking very hard at the speaker.
Il said replied the speaker. that
II is the only coat l have ever worn.
What is more. I'll thank you not TO
call me Danny Meadow Mouse
Peter hoped a step nearer and
stared with all his might. 1t was
most impolite of him. Yes, stree, it
was most impolite of him. Why"
said he, talking more to himself than
to the stranger, you aren't Danny
Meadow Mouse at all. Your ears are
just a little big bigger than Danny's
and your tail is just a little bit
longer
of course" said the stranger. L
should hope so.''
why should you hope so?" de-
manded Peter.
Because l don't want TO look like
Danny Meadow Mouse retorted the
stranger.
But you do look like Danny
Meadow Mouse" said Peter, "only
you have a red coat
Then, l don't look like Danny
Meadow Mouse" said the stranger.
Anyway, you're Mouse" declared
Peter.
"Yes. I'm a Mouse and proud OF
it," replied the little stranger.
Then if you're a Mouse you must
Evening star., 1925-10-21
Degrees Of Feeble Mindedness.

Tho number If weak wits in our
population i- ry tremendously large
mat i heCr.l7Is necessary 10 CLASSIFY
them, and L. this end The experts have
IVed bE AN arbitrary measurement
three degrees # feeble-mindedneSS, to
Wit. 50 to speak. idiocy, imbcctllJy ana
I1uruuitv w must remember that
these are merely Artificial distinctions
made for convenience ia dealing with
the condition Of feeble mindedness,
and that highsgraGs moron or 4
low-grade idiot is simply IN individual
whose mental deVclGpment has been
arrested from some cause early IN NE.
In the dark ages insane people
we're cruelty malueated by the gen.
cral population which itself was of
rather low Intelligence. Feeble-mind
cd persons were ridiCuied and abused
and employed as clowns or court Jest
ors by the general mOronic popula-
ION. The mpFcuS in our population
lodav sJii ind much amusement in
TidiculNig or exploiting the imbeciles
and idiots Activities Of m0rons-prob
ably account for the exploitation of
feeble -rnindedneSs b. III many public
-uectaCles such IS the dip Of death. :"
Bosco who eats 'em alive" and the
numerous depraved daredevil" eX-
lihitions which our moronic public
encourages.
According to the classification Of
'eeble-mirdcdness an idiot is a per-
son so defective III mind from an
early age, if not from birth. as to be
unable TO guard himself against com
mon physical dangers. An idiot has
10 be taken care of in every way
yad, dressed, addressed and washed.
An idiot lacks even the rudimentary
instincts which belong to the animals
An idiots speech is generally unin-
1clligible, merely grunts or at most
~ few monosyDables. The mental age
uf idiots does not extend beyond two
.ea.s, ~ measured by HE EinA.
Evening star., 1925-10-21

by herself AS this thought occurred
TO her her mind leaped into the fu-
ture. She saw herself arriving at
some strange place, not as Miss Fay
Carson. but as a delectable young
widow. She would take on Kitty
Carlyle's personality; she would in
vent a shadowy background of expe-
rience that would fortify her. give
her Sclf-assurance. 1t was a delicious
idea, a thrilling idea, IL only she
could do IT,
Once the thought occurred TO her
Fay could not Danish IL from her
mind. 1t was SO romantic, il offered
such marvellous possibilities, and even
II she failed no one need know any
thing about II. But she wouldn't fail
she simply couldn't. She must do H.
she couldn't afford to let such q
chance slip through her fingers. II
was too wonderful.
She got out the volume of Kitty
Carlyle" and once more SKINNED
through the most illumina ting pas
sages. Then before she could tell her.
self again that she could never In
all the world put the thing through,
she had a sandwich and a cup OF
coffee at a soda fountain one noon
and took her lunch hour in which
to shop.
She had gone first TO the lingerie
counter. The gossamer stockings and
cobwebby lingerie worn by Kitty Car
lyle must be hers before she could
make any further plans. Besides, she
felt that the sooner she possessed the
clothes worn so casually and so de
hghtfully by Kitty. the sooner she
would become possessed of Kitty s
personality which was important
That dHy she purchased nothing but
lingerie, and she spent the Afternoon
shtvering deliciously ut what she haC
done
Thirty -eIght-flfty for few pieces ot
chiffon and lace. 1t was terribly ex
travagant. particularly when she
might decide At the last moment that
the whole thing was impossible.
But the Idea of possessing those
lovely things was comforting. TIL,
colors danced before her eyes like {
rainbow of hope. Nile green, peacf
and orchid little pleat.
spreading fanlike over her fingers
already she felt like the heroine of {
sensational novel
Continued in Tonorrow's starr
Evening star., 1925-10-21
PERSONAL HEALTH SERVICE
B4 WILLIAM BRADY NJ. ID.

Simon scale for intelligence-that is,
the mind never develops beyond what
IS normal for n 2-year-old infant.
An imbeCile is a person in whose
mind there exists from early child
hood a defect which makes the IN
divituai incapable of managing him
self or his affairs or of being taught
to do SO. The mental age of imbeciles
by the Binet- Simon scale is from to
Z years. Imbeciles know enough to
avoid ordinary physical dangers, they
may wash, dress and feed themselves,
they may be taught their own names
and perhaps a few other simple words,
and they may be taught to do many
simple things like Scrubbing or rough
cleaning under supervision, but they
must be guarded at all times against
situations in which the use of judg-
ment is required, and therefore an
imbecile is menace to himself and to
his associates if permitted 10 be at
large in the community.
A moron Ghis term is derived from
Greek word meaning Il fooD is a
person whose mental age or intelli-
gence never develops beyond that of
a normal child of to Il years. Lay
men sometimes use the term moron
in Il way that betrays their misconcep-
ton of its significance; it has no moral
meaning; the majority of morons are
morally all right and some are veri-
table saints. 4 moron Is no more in
sane than an imbecile or an idiot is.
Morons may appear normal, even
beautiful-many handsome sheiks and
beautiful dolls are morons-and be
able To talk fiuently-mauy morons
do Wen in politics-but are prone to
be somewhat silly in their erdless
chatter--listen to 'em at the movies
delivering illustrated lectures to their
unfortunate companions and the ad-
jacent involuntary audience-and, like
the mental children they are, morons
are easily led astray and they figure IN
the great ma 3iority Of the scandals and
crimes uf hisJ lie and low life
Evening star., 1925-10-21
LITTLE BENNY
BY LEE PAPE.

Pop was taking a nap on the sofer
and ma WAS darninS holes out OF
stockings and ! was wishing my
homework was did insted of waiting
to he did and I sed. Hay ma, did pop
ever tawk In his sleep?
Not vile I was lissening, ma Sed
and I sed, Well hay ma, ! herd eny-
body will tawk in their sleep If you
jest tawk TO them and ask them
questions.
Thai sounds redickuliss. ma sed.
Well wy don't you try 1t on pop.
ask him something and see If he an
sers in his sleep. I sed.
/ bleeve I will. jest for curiosity,
science is a wonderful thing and a
persin never knows wat Will happin
til they try. ma sed. l cant think OF
enything to ask him, she sed
Ask him if he's injoying his nap.
that good question, sed.
Yes. he awt to know that If he
knows enything, ma sed. And she
leened over. saying. Willyum. are
you injoying your uap?
Pop jest keeping on sleeping, and
ma Sed. Are you inioying your nap
Willyum. are you, Willyum?
Pop not doing enything but sleep
ing and l sed You haff to keep on
asking ma, till II gradually sinks in.
NVich ma did, saying. Did you heer
me. Willyum, are you injoying your
nap. are you injoying your nap, Will
yum?
Wich jest then pop opened his eyes
mad, saying, No I'm not. certeny I'm
not, on the contrary, yee gods, wat a
question 10 keep firing at a man Wen
he's trying 10 get a little rest, l thawt
[ must OF bin dreeming 1t at ferst
holy jumping Jukiter if a man cant
snatch 40 winks in his own home
ware can he? Am / injoying my nap
yee gods, wee gods. he sed.
Well if you'll show a little common
pa tieuce Ill ixplain wy l asked you
that, ma sed, and pop sed. III show
a little froth erround the mouth il
| | stay in heer eny longer.
{ Nicb ha didpDt
Evening star., 1925-10-21
Ounce Jam.

Wipe the ounces. but do not peel
them. Cut them into small pieces,
put them in preserving pan and add
enough water to come half way up the
ounces. Bring to the boil, skin, then
simmer until the fruit is soft Rub
through fine sieve and measure the
pulp. To each pint allow one pound
OF preserving sugar. Put the pulp
into the preserving pan. bring to the
boil, add the sugar, stir until II has
melted. then boil fast until the Jam
sets when tested by putting a little
on plate and leaving 1t to cool. 1t
takes about 80 minutes or longer to
set. Be careful not to let the jam
burn, but stir Occasionally.
Evening star., 1925-10-21
nv Neighbor Says:

To remove the feathers from
wild ducks din them in boiling
water. then wrap in thick
cloth. The feathers are steam
ed loose In a very few minutes
and the pins" will give little
or no trouble.
To remove tea. coffee or
chocolate stains from table linen
sprinkle with boraX and soak
in cold water. Then stretch the
linen over a bowl and pour boil
ing water directly upon stained
places.
II, when making coffee, you
run short of milk a good SubSti-
tute is TO beat up an egg and
put Il little in each cup with
little milk. You will find this
greatly improves the coffee.
Before making up new flannel
put II In a bath and pour boil
ing water over it. Let It stand
until cold. then wiring out ana
dry. Flannel treated like this
will never shrink III the wash
ing.
The best cover for an ironing
board is heavy cotton felt. such
as is placed over a dining table.
Fold piece of the cloth and
sew the edges together 50 that
YOU will have two thiCknesSes
on which To work.
Evening star., 1925-10-21
CHAPTER III.
The Big Idea.

Fay was n reader in a publishing
house. She had surprised her family
some months before by walking out of
the house one day and returning with
a job. What she wanted was independ-
encc. She was tired of doing what
the family did; she resented being SO
much part of them that she could
never do anything on her own ac.
count. And certainly with her new
Job, that paid her fairly good salary,
the family attitude had changed from
acceptance to something like respect
Fay was a wage-earner now; she re
ceived a salary for work that was Inys-
teriouS and interesting. Not only that.
but her salary had been raised after
she had been three months with her
concern. on her suggestion they had
published novel that had gone into
second edition three weeks after It
had been put on the market
THAT girl has real Judgment Mr.
Martin remarked TO the senior mem
Der, Mr.. Scott. She's worth some
thing to us. She ought to have more
money; we want her to be contented "
And so Fay's salary had been
raised, and the extra money was de.
ightful, but Fay wanted more than
money. She wanted romance; she
wanted the thrill of being popular,
she wanted to be like the fascinating
heroine. Kitty Carlyle
1t was about Il week after she had
finished THE Adventures of Kitty
Carlyle" that the big idea occurred to
her. II did not dawn on her gradual
ly. 1t flashed upon her in burst of
revelation that left her tremblinl;
with a sort of delicious terror. One
moment she told herself that the idea
was absurd, ridiculous, that she could
never do 1t. but the next moment
things would occur to her that made
the plan seem feasible.
For one thing, there was her vaca-
ton. This summer she need not go
away with the family, as she always
had before. She would have bur two
weeks, anyway, and there was no
reason why she SholIld nor po aura {,
Evening star., 1925-10-21

and, yes, the permanent wave has be-
come q vital institution even in Pales-
tine. It is a grand life, and nobody
weakens. While it is all new to them
and joyfully SO, it is welcome-most
welcome indeed.
Embroidery FOrsaken.
A charming mother who has reared
her daughters in Jerusalem confided
to me the other day: Dear me!
What with the moving picture and the
Jazz my daughters have quit their
embroidery and sewing. There is not
enough time to do il all, and the
things they love the best they do.
SO it is jazz and pictures and mani
curing and all the other new-fanSled
business. / used to wish they would
leave Jerusalem alone to go It's old
way, but somehow l am getting used
to it, and sometimes, although / do
not tell the girls, I feel like taking
a few steps myself" she concluded.
Evening star., 1925-10-21
The Colorful Cranberry.

OF course you didn't realize il, but
away back in July the cranberry b6gs
were beginning to get ready for the
Thanksgiving feast! And they weren't
slow about ii. either. For while the
vines were only blooming in late Sum
mer, they We're ready to harvest in
September, That looks like good
American efficiency.
Crauberries come in various shapes.
Some are round, some like a little
bugle, others are oblong and some
oval like an olive. While a few mar
ket men call their berries by their
shapes. they are all generally rlassed
as lust cranberries."
Cranberries vary in color as they
do in shape. Some are very dark
red, some are pinkish and some almost
white. AS you look across the coun-
ter at the grocer's and see the various
colors beckoning to you. keep In mind
that you need for your jelly a ripe
berry Of deep color. Choose a berry
that is a very dark red and very firm
to the touch. For while there are
berries that look particularly large,
luscious and tempting, ii Is the dark.
compact, medium sized berry that is
going TO give you the best results.
Very large berries are likely to be
soft and watery. The extremely light
berries are so disassociated In our
minds with what we think cranber
ries should look like that we rarely
buy them unless there are no others
TO be had.
There are dried cranberries on the
market which are just as good for all
cooking purposes as fresh ones.
Soaked overnight and then made up
into sauce or jelly, they are in every
way satisfactory.
These Winter berries will make in
Vulnerable delightful things besides
the traditional sauce and jelly. Our
greatest care should be to avoid cook
ing them too much. A good method
Is to make a boiling sirup. put in the
cranberries and let them boil until
they crack open. Then put out the
fire and let them cool. This conserves
all their high flavor and that valuable
substance called pectin.
For the city housekeeper II is al
ways best to buy supplies In small
quantities. For although cranberries
are very reasonable in price and keep
well in a cool place, the market mans
facilities are better for keeping any
amount. large or small, than the linn
tied space of an apartment kitchen.
Evening star., 1925-10-21

TIMED At home Of an evening the nrst
thing YOU hear is. "Oh. lets have 4
little jazz, and the phouograph is
turned on, just as in our own Ancri-
can homes.
IN fact. they arc Jazz mad" The
latest steps, the last word in tcrpsi-
.hoFcan art, direct from Broadway.
have reached these ancient habita-
lions. Teachers are making money
At il.
Movies, Permanent Waves.
And the motion picture craze is in
full swing here. Only few days ago
they marveled Al Charlie Chaplin in
The Kid Although il took a cou
ole of years To get here, 1t was none
the less w5'eume. le was "TIumor-
"sque." the Jewish story. which drew
the crowd just as in america
The Arabs, too. come to the moving
picture house. They cannot believe
II is just pictures and so, when the
villain starts to pursue, they make
Evening star., 1925-10-21
Lessons in English
BY w. l.. GORDON.

Words often Misused.-Do not say.
Every one of the 30 men were
questioned" Say was"
Often Mispronounced.-H
Pronounce the first o as In no" the
as in ice" accent on the i.
Often Observation-Disclosures.
Synonyms remembrance,
retrospcCtion, reminiscence, recollec-
ton.
Word Study.-'Use a word three
times and il is yours" Let us in
crease our vocabulary by mastering <
one word each dty. Today's word !.
discordant - contradictory; inhar-
monious. Let us exchange disCord-
ant thoughts for those Of harmony.
Evening star., 1925-10-21
"PUZZLICKS"
.Puzzie-Lfmeyicks.

There was an old woman Of j,
Whose nose spread all over her =.
She had very few >
And the reason for this 4
There wasn't a suitable >.
l. Southeastern part Of Bulgaria.
.. NiSage.
3. Alfecuonate salutations by con-
tact of the lips.
/. Form of the verb Ito be-
5. Definite portion of space.
(Note.-That tho Bulgarian woma n
was rather unusual in appearance will
be apparent when the limerick has
been completed by putting the right
words, indicated by the numbers. into
the corresponding spaces. The answer
and another ''Puzzlick" will appear
tomorrow
Yesterdays ''Puzzlick."
The Reverend Henry Ward Beecher
Called hen a most elegant creature.
The hen, pleased with that,
Laid an egg in his hat
And thus did the hen reward Beecher.
Copyright. 1920
Evening star., 1925-10-21
HOME NOTES
BY JENNY WREN

Every mother knows how upsetting
it Is to have the children play indoors
during the Winter. Why not, then,
let them have a room all their own in
the attic? This upper region Is often
used only for storage space, its posi-
bilities sadly wasted.
Isn't there sunny window in your
Evening star., 1925-10-21

Peter Rabbit was still wondering If
Danny Meadow Mouse was laying up
seeds. He had started TO go over 70
the Green Meadows 10 find out You
remember he was over in the Green
Forest. He had gone but little way
when he heard the rustic of little feet
in the leaves. He turned quickly but
there was no one TO he seen He
waited. All was still. Still Peter sat