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Evening star., 1925-08-08

the marble was somehow to blame.
Instead it was the lines of the furni-
ture and the glued-on embellishments
that were at fault.
Good Old Pieces.
Those families who have marble
topped furniture are fortunate, provid-
ed the style is good. Now is the time
to let it come into its own again in the
home. If the marble is black, take
pride in it. If it is beautifully veined,
appreciate its beauty. Do not try to
conceal the marble under table covers,
nor dresser scarfs. Realize it's value
and that marble has returned to fash
ion. Unfortunately the vogue has
scarcely touched the once prevalent
white marble. The rage is for black
and dark marble. 1t points the way
toward a return of marble in lighter
shades, however. The novel and gay
f1gurines that are in high favor dress
up dark marble attractively. / shall
tell you more about these figurines
later.
Substantial Furniture.
One reason why handicapped fur
niture is expensive is that the other
portions must be strong and finely
built. 1t must be substantial to hold
Op AIlt "SlSHl Vi tLe MUCH
lighter effects are possible when
wrought iron, and not wood, is COM
bined with marble. The metal can be
in slender proportions and be very
strong.
Care of Marble.
Marbletopped furniture requires
special care to keep its beauty of pol
tsh. Few persons appreciate that acid
mars marble. A glass of lemonade,
for instance, may be set on a highly
polished marble surface. Drops of the
beverage may leave pin points of dull
finish. and if the bottom of the glass
had any lemonade on it, a rim will
be seen later. A very mild lemonade
may not be disastrous.
To keep marble-topped furniture
looking its best 1t must be washed oc.
casionally with some fine sand DOW.
der or cleanser, like pumice. II
should then be washed with soapy
water and dried until it shines. Dc
not place anything on the marble
until it is thoroughly dry.
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title eBenyS
Note Book

Me and Leroy Shooster and Sid
Hunt was sitting on my frunt steps
this afternoon and Shorty Judge came
pD with a packidge sticking out of
mis- coat pockit. saying. Well, so long
fellows, l may not see you agen all
your life.
Wy, watts a matter. ware you 60
ing? I sed
I'm going TO run away, Shorty Judge
sed. Do you see this packidge in my
pockit, there's sanwitches and a
tomato in that, he sed.
Well q WIZ, holey smokes, watts
you going to do that for, ware you
going to run to? us fellows sed
/ don't know, the werld Is full of
places. maybe Ill join a circus for a
few yeers till I get time to lock err
round, Shorty sed
Wy don't you be a jockey, your a
good small size for a jockey / sed.
I've thaWt of that, ony l don't ad-
mire horses mutch. Shorty sed.
Well @ WIZ there's enuff horses in
circus, aint there? Leroy Shooster
sed. and Shorty sed, Not ware I'm
going to be, away up on the trapeez.
Watts you going away for, Sid Hunt
sed.
o. I've ran enuff errands. Shorty
sed, and Sid sed, Wy don't you wait
about a week and maybe Ill go with
you
Wat do you wunt to wait for, all
you need is. q cupple of sanwitches
and tomato, Shorty sed.
Wich jest then 3 fellows ran past
with packages sticking out Of their
pockits, yelling, Hay Shorty hurry up,
the Wagon is waiting down at the
corner.
Shorty quick jumping up and run
ming after them. Proving he was a
darn storyteller and the ony place
he was going being the Sundey skool
picknick.
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PERSONAL HEALTH SERVICE
BY WILLIAM BRADY, NJ. ID.

which considerable share of the pop
ulation takes the best seller" in the
fiction line is further proof of the
utter lack of any real sense of humor
in the Wisenheimer family.
Wisenheimer, perhaps l should
repeat, is a person who knows a good
many things which amt so-he suffers
from Billings complaint. Often he is
high hat. Always he is complacent. He
is the fall guy for the legitimate
crook. He patronizes the plausible
charlatan, plain and gilded, in health
and sickness. He supports the agencies
through which the charlatans reach
his pocketbook. He hasn't enough
brains to know when he is being done
good, grammatically or ungrammati-
cally. In short, he is a perfect boob.
and l repeat that the psychological
tests of drafted men at the time of
the World War proved we have many
millions of such boobs in the United
States of America, physically grown
up men and women with minds of 12-
year-old children.
Evening star., 1925-08-08
SUMMERTIME
BY d. C. PEATTIE.
Dodder.

Have you noticed, these Midsummer
days, curious plant with sickly col.
ored orange or yellow stems, twining
around other plants beside the roads
in Maryland or Virginia, or even in
some vacant lot in the District of Co.
lumbia? 1t is the dodder, and a
stranger, more evil or more fascinat.
Ing plant does not exist.
The dodder resembles some people
we have all meta parasite, beautiful
in it's way, related to a respectable
highly evolved family. admittetllv Very
clever, but getting it's living from
others; too lazy to come by it's daily
bread honestly.
The dodder Is, in fact, close kin tc
the morning glory, but it has given up
the hard-working lot of the morning
glory and has neither leaves, green
coloring matter, roots nor any power
of Independent maintenance.
Its seed does send out a feeble root
tnat helps the plant to get established
Then the slim, coiling, worrny threads
creep forward till they meet the stem
of some other plant and then climb
up around 1t. AS they go they send
tiny, colorless, sucking organs into
the tissue of the victim plant. and
suck its life juices
AS result of this parasitic life, the
green colortng has become obsolete, the
leaves are reduced to scales and the
yerv flowers, while recognizably like
the others of the morning glory fam
lily, have degenerated to small, f1abby
blossoms that have no merit except a
deceptively sweet odor.
When dodders attack a garden or
field they are really no joke. People
who keep their property free of weeds
seldom have dodder trouble, however
1t is curious fact that many dodders
just like one kind of victim. Thus
there Is a flax dodder which. in Eu.
rope, preys on the plant which gives
us linen and lfnseed oil. 1t has spread
to this country with the introduction
Of the fax plant
Evening star., 1925-08-08

so was feeling in very good spirits.
He had told the Merry Little Breezes
that he guessed he could find some
way of getting back He knew he
could swim if he had to, but it would
be a long swim, ED a very danger
Gus one. So Danny decided it would
be much better to try the Laughing
Brook, and see if he couldn't find a
way across that. Danny started along
down toward the lower end of the
Smiling Pool. BY and by he came to
where the Smiling Pool ended, and
the Laughing Brook once more start
ed on it's way toward the Big River.
There were grassy banks, and Danny
always likes grass. He likes it to eat,
and he likes it because he can travel
about in it quite hidden from sharp
eyes looking for him.
Danny looked across the Laughing
Brook. 1t was quite wide here. Danny
knew he could swim. but he hadn't
forgotten that pickerel he had seen in
the Smiling Pool. And so the very
thought of swimming made him shiv-
cry. Perhaps l can find a place
where it isn't so wide" thought
Danny.
The Black Shadows were creeping
across the Green Meadows, and jolly,
round, red Mr.. Sun was disappearing
under his rosy cloud blankets as he
went to bed behind the Purple Hills.
Danny liked it. Danny is one of those
people who really do not care whether
it is day or night. He sleeps when he
is sleepy, eats when he is hungry, and
lust runs around when he feels like 1t.
Being very small, as you know he is,
he feels a little safer at night, when
the black shadows have come creeping
across the Green Meadows, than he
does in daylight. There are so many
sharp eyes looking for him, and then
it is not as easy for those sharp eyes
10 see him. So when Danny has any
Evening star., 1925-08-08

Marble Is again coming into vogue
In furniture. 1t has been many a
long year since it was popular. At
present it is seen in exclusive articles
only, and is not used in any general
way. However, this is the fate of all
styles that return. They appear in
expensive and occasional pieces, and
then gradually become popular, until
the renaissance is established. After
the return of anything so pronounced
as handicapped furniture there is
apt TO be a lull before the storm of a
prevailing vogue actually breaks. We
have become so accustomed to think
ing it outre that we blink our eyes
when we see thhe marble, and gasp
a bit, and then prepare to settle down
to the appreciation of il.
Marble and Iron.
The Handicapped furniture that is
the fashion today follows the vogue of
wrought iron furniture. This kind of
house furnishing was limited at in a
previous article, and will be dwelt
upon more at length later. Wrought
iron is the sort that fits in with def
mite period decoration. and cannot be
used appropriately in every home. To
degree this is true of the marble-top
ped furniture seen today. 1t comes in
choice designs, with prices in accord.
Many articles to grace homes of the
wealthy are what come under the
title of Occasional" furniture, odd
and distinctive pieces.
Luxurious Furniture
1t must be remembered that in pre-
vious periods when handicapped fur
niture was in style 1t was even then
expensive. That was one reason why
families who possessed such furniture
felt a distinct pride in ownership. 1t
never was cheap. Marble isn't now,
nor was it ever. The only time when
It could be bought low was when it
was so out of fashion that people rid
houses of it. Today some can be had
cheap for this same reason. But be-
ware of buying these old pieces. unless
you know the style is good. So much
marble-topped furniture came out in
the mid Victorian era, when elaborate
and ugly designs had their day. that
a stigma was cast upon all the marble
tops. In a curious way it seemed that
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Safely Home.

AT once the mirror became a hill
of glass, so steep IND smooth that no
one could possibly climb it. With the
aid of her cloak of swiftness the
water-sprite t-ied to climb it, but
no sooner had she gone up a step or
two than she slipped back three. At
last with a shrek of rage she gave
up the attempt and turned and fled
back to her castle. That was the
last any one ever heard of her. From
that time on she lived alone with
her water-cat and bothered no one.
But the children went on their
way, and the road led them straight
to the upper world and the door of
their home. You can imagine their
mothers joy at having them safe at
home again. After that they were
always careful to keep away from
the edge of the well.
(Copyright, 1e25)-
Evening star., 1925-08-08
Where's Our Sense of Humor :

In the list of diseases which the fall
guy fatuously fancies he can treat
with violet ray''-a list which appar-
emily covers about every ailmeflt i'm
aginable-I note "catarrh, falling
hair" rheumatism, 'colds, 'eye dis
eases" skin diseases" The magazine
| in which the shady ad appears is one
of the popular ones selling for two bits
the copy. The magazine sells big.
Along with the violet ray hokum. its
! important pages are completely filled
| with all manner of appeals to the gul-
libility of the great American Wisen-
heimer family. And when / think OF
the innumerable magazines of this
same category and the grand total of
Simple SimonS they reach, l wonder
what has become of our boasted sense
Of humor. Evidently there is born
every minute prospect of some such
snide as a nose shaper, secret cure
for drug habit, solid brass ear drum
or short cut to success. AS have tried
to intimate heretofore, there's a reason
why our popular education system
does not limit this particular birth
rate.
A blatant illegitimate or unlicensed
healer, appealing to the Wisenheimer
family through the columns of an OBJ
scure weekly newspaper" in the
same breath denies the germ theory"
and offers as one objection to vacci-
nation as a prophylactic peasure the
danger of infection" forgetting in his
eagerness that he has just asserted
that belief in infection is absurd
However. the share of the popula-
ton that takes such quacks seriously
will never notice any little discrepan-
cies like that. The mental tests of
drafted men at the time of the World
War showed that a considerable pro-
portion of the population belongs in
the moron class, and the very signif1-
canoe of the term moron is just nat
urally misunderstood by large share
of the population.
Morons writing for the magazines
and morons writing popular novels
have contributed toward the popular
misunderstanding of the significance
Of the term. The very serious way In
Evening star., 1925-08-08
Velvet for the Late Summer Hats
BY MARY MARSHALL.

There seems to be some apparently
absurd connection between velvet
hats and the warm humid days of
August. Even though for a season or
so we see fewer velvet hats in mid
summer, there seems to be an ire
sistible yearning on the part of wom-
en- to wear hats of this material in
these dog days. What happens, of
course. is that the milliners begin de-
signing hats of heavier fabrics in view
of the coming of Autumn, and i'm
patient women start right in to wear
them.
The important thing is that hats
Evening star., 1925-08-08
MOTHERS
Ann THEIR CuIJ nREN
The Cooling OFF Game.

One mother says in hot weather
when / see the children playing too
hard, perhaps losing their tempers
because of the heat, or becoming
overexcited, / call them in for
lemonade or something cool, and
suggest that they play the cooling
OFF, game. One child begins a story,
the only requirement of which is that
1t be about something cold. AS they
take turns, they vie with one another
in mentioning the coolest things that
they can think of. and from the very
suggestions they become cool
tCopyright 1921
Evening star., 1925-08-08
Apple Charlotte.

i, Butter a mold and line the bottom
and sides with strips of bread that
have been dipped into melted butter.
Pare and cut UP six apples, add one
cupful of sugar, some water, and one
tablespoonful of lemon juice. Cook
until the apples are soft. Add one
fourth cupful Of chopped almonds,
one tablespoonful of butter, and pour
into the lined mold. Cover with slices
of buttered bread and bake for half
an hour. Serve with any kind Of
pudding sauce.
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summery shape. though it can hardly
be cool hat to wear. Large velvet
shapes Of this sort were seen at the
Paris races earlier in the season
worn with the sheerest, filmiest of
frocks-and the fashion has had some
following on this side Of the Atlantic.
Quite simple the trimming, merely a
glldsd feather at one side, laid on like
an inverted question mark.
Evening star., 1925-08-08

United States, but in Canada there
is still much virgin soil.
This interesting lamp is made from
an old green pickle jar. 1t vas found
near Montreal in one of those quaint
old houses which nestle close to the
roadside and remind one of the peas
ant homes of France. And 1T was
purchased for. such a small amount
that we dare not risk your envy by
quoting it. Because it was over 100
years old it could be brought into the
United States without duty.
tCopyriEht. 192b.)
Evening star., 1925-08-08
Whipped Lemon Jelly.

Soak two tablespoonfuls of gelatin
in one cupful of cold water for five
minutes. Pour on one and one-half
cupfuls of boiling water. add three
fourths cupful of sugar. and stir un-
til dissolved. Add one cupful of lemon
juice. Place the mixture in bowl
on ice. When it is cool but before
it begins to harden, beat with a beater
until white and frothy. Turn into a
mold and set in a cool place to harden.
Serve with boiled custard or preserved
fruit
Evening star., 1925-08-08
MODE MINIATURES

Are you vacation bound? To you,
then, 1 commend the new revelation
expanding suitcase.
Open the case a notch or two and
your week end bag assumes vacation
Evening star., 1925-08-08

Danny Meadow Mouse was on the
wrong side of the Smiling Pool. There
it lay, the dimpling Smiling Pool, be-
tween Danny and home. Danny Is
such a little fellow that the Smiling
Pool was as big to him as a lake would
be to you. But Danny didn't worry.
You see. he had just had one narrow
escape after another, and he was SO
thankful to be alive, and not in some
ones stomach, that he didn't waste
any time worrying over his present
difficulties.
Danny had filled his stomach, and
Evening star., 1925-08-08
"PuSslickS"
zzle-LimericES

There was a young man from the
Who went to a funeral and -
When asked who was -3
He stammered and - A -,
81 don't KNOW just came for the
1. River in southwest Scotland.
2. Wept.
3. Devoid of life.
4. Announced.
5. Excursion by means of con-
veyance.
(NOTE: Insertion of the proper
words, indicated by the numbers, will
form a complete limerick. The an
swer and another "Puzzlick" will
appear tomorrow
Yesterdays "Puzzlick."
There once. were some learned
NJ. DIS
Who captured some germs of disease
And infected train,
Which, without ca D ing pain,
Allowed one to catch it with ease.
Evening star., 1925-08-08
HOME NOTES
BY JENNY WREN

If you should happen to be touring
through parts of Canada this Sum
mer or next, be sure to keep your
eyes open for good antiques. Col
lectors have left scarcely a stone
unturned in the eastern part of the
Evening star., 1925-08-08

capacity. A little more and you will
find room for that new frock collected
in New York. In fact, 1t can be ex-
panded or contracted to IA various
sizes. Its practicability is estab-
lished, but of equal significance is
the fact that they are seen in con-
vincing numbers at smart continental
resorts.
Evening star., 1925-08-08
Across.

Across.
/. Digits.
6. Prepared for eating.
IL. Not the whole.
II. Friendly associate.
13. King of Bashan.
Is. Sailor.
16. Mans nickname.
II. Affirmative.
18. Ultimately tabbrJ
20. Depart.
q. To act.
%. Constellation.
23 Island of the Ladrone group.
25. Nothing.
26. Grew old.
81. Cutting.
29 To ornament with raised work.
81. Cutting implement.
36. Nothing.
Al. To carry on the person.
AZ. Number.
43. Back part.
A. To make a mistake.
As. Greek letter.
46. Supposing that.
48. Period of time.
49. To act.
so. Number.
81. Large body of water.
SO. Note of diatonic scale.
"a. Hollow horned ruminant.
55. Unit of cloth measure (pluraD.
81. Discharges.
So. Horses.
Down.
!. Notwithstanding the fact that.
2. Above.
5. Floor covering.
4. Boast.
o. Powerful.
6. Light.
Z. Artificial butter
s. Aged
8. A State (abbr.).
10. Wood-nymphs.
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Copyright. 1926,

IA. Sticking material.
II. Greek god of war.
10. A choice marble.
%. In the past.
"a. Note of diatonic scale
26. Fifth Hebrew month.
%. Negative.
80. Cry of a COW
81. Scandinavians.
80. Brave man.
SO. Auditory organ.
"a. Metric unit of area.
50. Tricks.
Sc. Sounds.
81. Chaldean city.
38. Turn to the right.
80. Hurt.
40. Teaches.
As. Trim.
At. Sensed.
so. Also.
90. Malt drink
54. Depart.
30. Point of the compass.
Evening star., 1925-08-08
Danny Finds a Bridge.

A bridge somewhere you're bound TO fine
Unless you quit or lag behind.
Dandy Meadow Mouse.
Evening star., 1925-08-08

Copyright. 1925.)
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1925-06-04
NoTAs DE. RIO PIEDRAs

(De nuestro Corresponsal]
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1925-06-04
|NOTAS DE LAS NLA

actos, Ell selio de su unci6n apostle
hca. De espir1tu noble 3 desin-
teresado, para 81 es pr'mero el
bien 90 las almas que su propio
interes = Vega Alta que ha visto
este ie atiende , le rodea para
proporcionarie 10 que necesita Ell
sacerdote: cooperation ) ayuda sa
biendo que IA Religion es necesa-
ria para la vida y espiritl de los
pueblos.
La fiesta SO cerr6 con una hermo-
sa manifestation de ts cat6lica ro-
deando ia inmensa muchedumbre
a la Reina del Cielo que sah6 a
Las GALES de Vega .A:sa en- medic
de LAS bendiciones de I'm pueblo
que la sclamaba como Reina del
Cielo. como Reina de Il Soc1edad.
como Betna del Hoga-.
Los generosos donantes de la
imaseu, .sefor Juan Renondo y su
esposa Pepita Sanjurjo tuvieron La
inmenss satisfaction do llevay a
sus tiernos nifos d rce1bir las
agnas bautismales > ala f,imos g
81 hogaz felicitaries por tan
agradables impresiones recibidas,
multipuc4ndose una vez MIS- en-
obsequios los asistentes.
coNCURRENTE.
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PERO A PESAR

De ccntar Ell MuNDO con el
mayor ndmeroY de lectores su
anunciO puede que no surta el
efecto deseado debido La name
"a en- que fue redactado, pues el
mismo earece de los detalles esen-
ciales, porque no es adecuado,
porque no tienen el poder. para
lamar la atencion al lector. Po-
demos dar q usted nuestra expe-
riencia sin rnsto adicional alguno
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1925-06-04
oBDULIo B. BAUzA.

La pr6xina semana partira pa
ra el hist6rico y pintoresco pueblo
de Lares, el culto e inteligente
joyen, amigo nuestro, Sr. obdulio
B. Bauza, donde permanecera una
temporada de dos meses disfru-
tando del aire salutifero de aque-
La region.
Despedin1os cordialmente al ami
go Bauza, desedndole una feliz
estadia en- Lares.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1925-06-04
FIESTAS DE LA PATRoNA EN-
VEGA ALTA

| Esta simr&tica y progreststa po-
blaci6n que cuenta con elementos
entusiastas qua Sc prestan para to-
do movimiento de cultura, ACADIA
de cerrar con broche de orc La fes
ia rehgiosa y social con que ha
honrado a su excelsa patrona Ia
Immaculate Conception.
Podemos decir sin pecar de exa-
gerados que todas las classes socis-
les Sc movteron para dar vida y ca
lor esta fiesta: seforas, seHoritas,
caballeros, j6venes, nihos, en- una
organization adecuada y con entu-
siasmo vivo, prestaron fsH concurso
para el mejor 6xito, viendo todos
colmados sus esfuerzos, con la sa-
tisfacci6n de haber contr1buddo q
levantar Ell sentimiento relig1oso
necesario para La vida y progreso
de Los pueblos.
Un nuevo altar mayor levantado,
artfstico y elegante, servfa de mar
co una bellfsima imagen de La
Conception traida de Barcelona y
regalada La parroquia por don
Juan Recondo, siendo este acto
generoso y bAllo, el centro de toda
La fiesta que uen6 de jIbiIo q Ia
poblaci6n por tener en- su temple
una imagen tan linda ante La cual
SO postraran de hinojos Las nifas
y sehor1tas de este pueblo a i'm
plorar de la Reina de los Cielos
las gracias para imitarle en- su pu-
reza y santidad.,
FL novenario celebrado estuvo
siempre muy concurrido asistiendo
un coro de niiias que ofrendaba a
Ia "Mfstica Rosa las flores de
su inocencia.
FL acto mas importante fu6 La
fiesta del domingo 81; La bendt-
ci6n de la rmagen y la solemrc
misa celebrada. Tras un velo de
azul transparente Sc veia Ia ina
gen, que habia de ser descub;erta
por el donante: en- Ell presbitario,
portando las cintas que como torren
4 4
tes de gracia partfa de Las nsas1os
de Ia Inmaculada, estaban los pa
drinoS que eran distinguishes niiom-
bros de La Sociedad vegalte5a: Ell
temple. como nlllca, Sc vl6 lleno
de una concurrencia extraordina-
ria y va bendecida Ia imagen, ape
reci6 ante los concIlrrentes radiar-
to y bella, para dar comien1o a Ia
Santa Misa que fue solemne y bri-
lante; ali vimos acercarse al San
quote del Sefor un gran ndmero
de nidos y nifss vestidas de- ntR-
fas y sehoras y seaoritas que le-
ctbieron tambi6n el glorioso Pan
de Ia Vida Eterna.
81 Rev. Padre Gregorio rernan-
dez ilustrado. enthusiastic y anna.
File ha impreso en- todos estos
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