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$50 YEARS. AGO TODAY
BY JONATHAN A. RAWS0N. JR.
Story of the u. S. A.

suspicion arising from a general line
of conduct unfriendly to the Ameri-
can cause, l have given them reason
/ to expect from you every indulgence
which your good Judgment will per-
NIT you to allow them consistent
with the public safety. They express
a very earnest desire to be permitted
to choose their own lodgings and &C.
comodationS, to which l see no OBJ
lection. But as I have referred them
entirely to you, J do not choose to
enter into any engagement on this or
any other point; only adding gener-
ally that / could wish they might
enjoy every accommodation and indul-
gence, having respect to their rank
and education, which may be deemed
consistent with safety. And they are
given to understand that your hui
mainly and politeness will most eff
fectually prevent their being liable to
any unnecessary hardships."
New Jersey Tories are becoming
more insOlent and active daily, with
the arrival of the British armies.
They are even talking about forming
military companies which will enlist
under the enemy colors. The Provin-
cial Congress has recommended to the
county committee that they take pos
session of the estates of those who
abscond from their homes and join
the enemy. Property thus seized will
be kept safe for the present or left
with representatives of the fugitives
if ample security is given.
Copyright. 1926,
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new hat or two. possibly some shoes.
a new flower for the buttonhole and
one of the new velveteen jackets. It
is for such little things as this that
we'll dressed women run up to the city
from country or seashore or down
from the mountains. In large Amerl-
can cities II is the same now as 1t Is In
Paris There are always women In
the shops. They have stolen day or
so away from their Summer holidays
to get a few such triftes to exc OUT
their Summer wardrobes.
The velveteen jacket is really no.
too warm for August. 1t IS nght
weight and, of course, entirely OF cot
ton. Some women wear these little
jackets over light, fluffy frocks-geor
gette or figured wolfe. The contrast Is
charming Other women make SIM
pier ensemble. The sketch shows
brown velveteen jacket worn over a
beige flannel skirt and beige striped
sweater. a beige felt hat banded In
brown and beige rose in the lapel or
the coat complete the two-toned color
scheme.
These velveteen jackets are not very
expensive. even at the best shops. The
price is money well spent. for after
serving to add distinctive touch TO
the Summer wardrobe a velveteen
Jacket of this sort makes an admirable
house Jacket for informal morning
wear at home on chilly Autumn or
Winter days.
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Miss Margaret M. Hanna.

There Is always a certain amount of
glamour attached to the State Depart
ment. even in so humble a matter as
the granting of passport. The sense
of the adventurous days OF diplomacy
still colors the name, even II not the
fact. The picture of Rlcheiieu cry
ing to a beaten boy, I'm the bright
lexicon Of youth there Is no such word
as failv might we'll have been en-
blazoned on the coat-of-arms or the
corps diplomatique. And there are
adventures yet, though we hear less
about them, and upon the surface all
is polite humdrum.
Miss Margaret NJ. Hanna, who
wears the prosaic title of Chief or the
Once or Coordination and Review, Is
one of those who know the glamour as
we'll as the humdrum. Her position
involves the more or less intangible
supervision of all the outgoing mail
of the department, in order that forms
may be kept correct. according to es'
tablished procedure. and that the work
of the different bureaus may not over
lap, with resulting confusion.
While it does not sound like a par
ticularly exciting task, it has wide
possibilities for disaster in the hands
of less we'll trained person than Miss
Hanna Only complete knowledge or
the habits and policies Of the depart
ment over a period of years and
background of the racial customs and
ideas of the nations with which CORE
spondence is held could anticipate the
consequences of some slight slip in an
apparently inoffensive letter and COR
rect it in time.
Miss HannaS background has been
such as to give her this very neces-
sary training. Born in Ann Arbor,
Mich, she was educated in the schools
of Washington, with a private tutor
through several years. 1t was in 1895
that she was appointed confidential
clerk to the Chief of the Bureau of
Indexes and Archives. beginning her
work in this way at the very heart OF
the department.
Promotion followed rapidly. To
quote her official record: She was con-
fidential clerk to the Second Assistant
Secretary of State, 1896; clerk from
class l to 3, 1897 to 1907; clerical as
sistant to the Pious Fund Arbitration
at The Hague. 1902; clerical assistant
to the Venezuelan Claims Commission
at Caracas, 1908; clerical assistant to
the delegates Of the United States at
the Second Peace Conference at The
Hague. 1907; clerical assistant to the
delegation of the United States to the
Fourth International Conference of
American States, BuenoS Aires, 1910;
chief of bureau in 1918 the same as at
present, except that the title of the
office has been changed; special as
sistant to the delegation OF the United
States and special disbursing officer at
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MiddletoWn, Conn.
III st. Matthews, vi.27, we read.
(Which of you by taking thought
can add one cubit unto his stature?"
Is not this question by Jesus con-
trary to the statement of modern
science that abundance of food. to-
gether with other factors, causes
animal races gradually to increase
the size Of the individual?
AnSWer-Let me say, first, our Lord
is here using prOverbial speech.
Further, there are no reliable data
for the exact evaluation of the cublt.
Estimates vary from Is to 25 inches.
The Greek word translated taking
thought" means to show needless
anxiety and should be so read in the
verse YOU quote. The context clearly
shows that our Lord here pronounces
against the excessive care for food
and raiment, which ends in pamper-
ing the body at the expense of the
soul.
The sustenance of physical existence
is subordinated to factors over which
God alone has complete control. Man S
chief concern is to crown his toll for
bread and clothes with implicit conf
dence in the Fathers benevolence. He
will not allow seed time or harvest to
fail
Further, should this saying of Jesus
be taken to mean that no person can
attain physical competency II he or
she is continually worrying about it..
surely the Interpretation would be in
complete harmony with modern medi-
cal science.
Newark, n. j.
Why do preachers emphasize the
claims Of the Kingdom of Christ as
being supreme? Is not their putting
Of the case an injury to our patriot
ism? And are we not bound to place
our country first in all our thought of
the world?
Answer-The Kingdam of Christ Is
not of the world, or 1t would be linn
tied by the restrictions which fetter
other social and religious organiza-
tons.
1t embraces all ranks and conditions
of men, regardless of race. sex or
creed; accepts all corners and treats
them alike beneath the spiritual SOW
ereignty of it's LORD. No priest.
preacher or layman loyal to Him can
accommodate His claims to local de-
mands and remain obedient to His
will.
Yet so far fran being injurious to
patriotism, the kingdom fosters its
wise and permanent forms ana pro-
notes the continuance of nations
which respect the laws of the Master.
Violation of His precepts at the in
stigation of hate, greed and cruelty
has wrought the havoc which devas-
tates states. Christians who feel their
immediate responsibility to their Di-
vine Head will not weaken or betray
their country. On the contrary, they
will Steadfastly maintain its strength
and honor as they do their own.
New York City.
Assuming, as many believe, that
telepathy is a fact, is there any valid
reason in science or religion why we
should reject the eventual possibility
Of communication with the discarnate?
We have as yet no uncontroverted
facts upon which to base the certainty
of such communication, but may not
it's possibility be one of the many
whispers of God" which have not yet
reached our dull ears?
Answer-Telepathy is a fact. No
body can doubt it after reading the
account of Prof Gilbert Murray's ex-
periments. But communications with
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Variety in Diet.

Some one remarked sarcastically
that every advertisement was a piece
Of health propaganda. The vendors of
milk, toothpastes, antiseptics, break
fast foods. sirups, meats, breads filled
their selling talks about how very
beneficial to every ones health their
particular line of goods was.
The mere fact the advertisers use
this argument shows where the public
interest lies. Undoubtedly proper
eating and living are great factors
for happiness.
The great food associations are out
to sell their goods. If they have
something good to sell there Is every
reason why the food should be used.
They often contribute a new way OF
serving an old standby.
Variety in diet is a good thing. In
all probability those who eat a variety
Of food are supplying the needs Of
their bodies. They are not getting too
much protein and too little vegetable
fiber. They are not getting too much
starch in potatoes. macaroni and bread
and too little fruit.
The banding together of food rails
ers and scientific transportation have
laid before the American housewife
the year roun a. countless array Of
good things to eat. Fresh fruits and
vegetables continually fill the market.
People will buy cathartic pills. but
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Happiness-Hunger
BY FLORENCE DAVIES.

AS a people we seem to be just
young enough to enjoy problems.
Older nations, like those in the Orient,
have grown philosophical and leave
the reforming to western uplifters.
But we still love to wrestle with
life and try to change the face of
the world as it is.
If we must have a problem, then.
why not tackle the problems of
amusement? Americans, they say,
are amusement mad.
The impulse back of the craving for
amusement is natural enough and not
wrong in itself. For it Is only a nat
ural reaching out after joy and hap
pinesS, for something outside our
selves, something we haven't got
which we hope to find in gayety and
dazzle and excitement.
But the phrase amusement mad"
carries a reproach, because so many
forms of pleasure seeking seem
tawdry and cheap.
Throngs of people crowd into
amusement parks and cafes, listening
TO noisy music, spending money on
games of chance, buying thrills for
dime in some hair-raising. nerve
wracking, giant toboggan slides or
whirligig, all In search Of happiness
But If any of them find it they do
not show 1t in their faces. Instead Of
Joy they carry with them only a look
of WEAKNESS: they are distraught,
empty, lacking in contentment.
At the bottom of the trouble is the
fact that 80 few Of us really know
what We want.
So we wander about and take a
chance" a chance of winning a doll
baby or a painted hair receiver or, If
you will, a chance at happiness.
But, judging from the face of the
amusement seekers, they seldom draw
the lucky number marked happiness.
Here, then, Is a problem. People have
a right to be happy. to have fun, to
be gay. But the search for these
things ought to bring better re-
wards than the amusement seekers
seem to find.
How are they to find it? Is there
anything better than the kind of
amusements modern civilization is
offering them? That Is a hard prob
lem. But it's one that is worth
thinking about. II there is a better
way, why not try to find it? There's
a problem for a problem-loving race.
If people honestly want to ride roll
er coasters and squander nickels. by
all means let them do It. But II they
only do these things for lack of some
thing more truly satisfying, why not
search for something that would
mark their faces with real happiness
and not merely excitement hunger
and WEAKNESS? Perhaps We will And
q way in the next hundred years.
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More Tories Sent to- Conn.

NEW YORK, August IL, 1776.-
Necessity obliges me to trouble your
Honor with some more suspected per
sons whose characters are such as to
make it unsafe for them to remain at
their usual places of abode on Long
Island"
So says Gen. Washington today to
Gov. Trumbull of Connecticut in a
letter which accompanies a fresh con-
signment of Tories whom the Gen
eral is sending TO the Governor for
safe keeping. The interior sections
of Connecticut are becoming Veri-
table concentration camp for enemies
of the country. Tories. captured sol
dierS. and even one depoSed royal gov
ernor are now objects of the hospital
fly and the close observation of the
people of that state.
The General sends the Tories to the
Governor primarily for the good of
the country. but he is not unmindful
Of the welfare of the Tories them
selves. His associates marvel daily at
the compoSure and torbearance with
which he deals with thes" traitors to
America, considering what he con
stantly suffers at their hands and the
damage they are forever plotting to
our great cause. OF this particular
group of Long Islanders he writes to
Gov. Trumbull:
LAS they are unprecedented only on
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Your Baby and Mine
BY MYRTLE MEYER ELDRED.
Fatigue in Children.

| The keenly understanding mother
| is quick to recognize that most or the
naughtiness of children Is due In most
cases to Just being tised. Instead of
scolding and nagging and making
them worse, she talks to them IN
quiet voice, suggests that they take
a nice cool bath, and insists on rest
period. Unless the child Is absolutely
abnormal, this scheme, If carried out
| in the right spirit, will make over the
child completely, and he will get up
from his hour of rest and be as good
as gold.
Now an eminent doctor puts an
official aspect on these observations
made by every mother. he lists
fatigue as one of the chief causes of
poor school work, of the failure to
grow properly, and of abnormal
emotional reactions.
This doctor suggests that while the
actual amount Of fatigue Is hard to
| measure, the fact that a child is over
tired is not difficult to determine. -Four
things make this apparent. The child
complains Of being tired. He falls to
make the progressive gains in weight,
or fails to measure up to standards of
physical development, and he does not
keep up to the average pupil in his
school work. In addition he Is the
victim of emotional disturbances that
show his unbalance.
In simple terms. If your child COM
plains of being too tired to play, If
he wants to sit about languidly, If he
is not up to his grade in school and
| is cranky and quarrelsome and hard to
live with, his trouble is fatigue. What
he needs is more rest, day and night.
| He needs to go to bed earlier and
! sleep later. He needs to have a nap
| period every day. This is difficult, l
know, but when one is dealing with
conditions which can be cured by more
sleep, there is not a mother that will
! consider any efforts to gain that sleep
| too hard for her.
After four years of age most chill
dren outgrow their maps. For no rea-
son that any one can see, a child, who
has formerly been sleeping every
afternoon, will refuse to sleep and will
cry and fuss If kept in bed.
1t is fine idea, when this first starts,
for the mother to devote some time to
keeping the child happy for this rest
period. Do not insist that he sleep.
Put the child, undressed, in a dark.
ened room, and sit with him, reading,
or telling a story in a quiet, droning
voice. Most children will fall asleep.
Right after lunch is the natural time
Ior children to be sleepy. So make
this the nap time.
After the child has school periods
both morning and afternoon the diff.
Guilty of getting in rest period is in.
creased. If the child is put to bed
at at night he may not feel the loss
OF the nap, but if he is a highly nerv-
Gus, thin, wire type, who can't get
fat no matter what food he eats, insist
on rest period at least before the
dinner hour. A half or three-ouarter
hour Of complete rest will do much
for the child in helping him to assin.
1late the food he eats, as we'll as in
giving him an appetite for that food.
Mrs Eldred will be glad to answer all
Questions pertaining TO babies and chilIre,,
A self addressed. STAMPED envelope FOR.
wardcd to The Star will bring a persona Al
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NV Neighbor Says:

Iodine should not be used
when it has been kept for any
length Of time. This is because
the alcohol i'm which iodine Is
dissolved evaporates rapidly and
the tincture thus becomes con-
centrated and the strength Is
increased. 1t is best to buy
iodine in small quantities and 10
use it sparingly. :.
An excellent polish for mahog-
any IS a tablespoon of olive Oil
mixed with a teaspoon of vine
gar. Apply the fluid with a soft
flannel after the wood has been
busted. Then polish thoroughly
with a soft, clean buster.
Strongly Favored vegetables
such as onions, cabbage and tur-
'nips should be cooked in an I'M
covered vessel in a large guam
tity of water.
The bread box should be fire.
quently washed out. dried and
thoroughly aired by keeping the
lid open a little. Thus the bread
will never get Il musty taste.
To keep it from becoming too
dry, place a small washed po-
tato in the pan. Moisture is
given off by the potato, but not
enough to cause mildew.
When making marmalade.
grease the preserving pans well
with butter and the marmalade
will never burn; also skim well.
This makes the preserve beau
tifully clear.
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EVERYDAY QUESTIONS
Answered by DIR. S. PARKES CADMAN

the discarnate by telepathy are an
other matter. In the first place, as
you say, we have no uncontroverted
facts to Substantiate them, and, in the
second place, they have been con-
demned by the historic churches of
Chrstendom.
Presumably, these churches are the
proper sources for this kind of thing.
But they have not encouraged it. On
the contrary, they have resolutely set
their faces against it. Are they right
or wrong?
From a psychological and religi.
GUS viewpoint they are right. The
habit of seeking communication with
the discarnate often plays havoc with
the seekers mind, mainly because he
or she never gets into the other world
atmosphere. They simply poke about
in the debris of their subconscious
selves. with negligible results.
Perhaps you accept this interpreta.
ton and your question means that,
given the possession of an extremely
delicate mental constituencies, it may
be possible to avoid the hazards of the
seance by establishing a direct and
convincing means of conversation with
the departed. One must not say that
because a thing has never happened
therefore it cannot happen. But, so
far as 1 know, the presumption is
against your idea.
If the so-called dead wish to speak
to us and. as alleged, can use the
mocha nism of a medium, why have
they hitherto rejected the radio. an
instrument having those subtle quail
ties which are apparently far better
adapted to discarnate communica-
tons? Yours is poetical nature, and
l should like to encourage your i'm
pressions about the whispers of God"
which "our dull ears" fail to register.
But this revelation is not yet, though
the possibility remains.
Copyright 1920
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Opinionated Dog.

The great botanist, Linnaeus, was
very religious, but he sometimes
deemed the sermons too long and went
home. When he could not go to
church at all, his dog went for him
and sat on his accustomed pew. AS
soon as the minister got up to preach
the dog walked out. When the min
lister complained of this to Linnaeus,
the great man replied that the ser
mons must certainly be too long when
even a dumb animal knew 1t.
Now what do you know about that?
Answers to Yesterdays Questions.
1. Lord Kelvin was a famous
physicist.
2. Steinmetz was a great German
physicist.
5. Ampere was a great french
electrician.
4. Galen was great doctor OF
ancient times.
5. Calico was a great physicist
and astronomer.
6. Lord Lister was a great sur
geon.
Copyright. 1921
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Vegetable Dinners.

Hot weather is no time for meat
Grown-ups and children alike will rel.
ish the vegetable dinner. But my
plea is for the children. If you want
to see a beaming, contented smile IL.
lumine the faces of perspiring chill
dren set them down to a vegetable
dinner.
The color of it alone Is enough to
make them hungry. Picture to your.
self table set in shaded dining
room, bare shining floor, blue and
white spread table, shining forks and
spoons-we won't need any knives
a low bowl of forget-me-nots and
baby's breath in the middle and
dishes Of vegetables set about.
First some baked potatoes, the kind
YOU scoop out and mix with butter
and pile up in the shell again to brown
them. Each get a dab Of something
red on it's top-the paprika we get
doesn't taste at all and is lovely to
look at, so we can have that.
Then We'll have green peas. nosed
about in the school kitchen so l could
learn how to cook peas that tasted
like peas instead Of boiled hay. The
teacher shelled them as soon as they
came in from the garden, put only
about a large spoonful OF water In
them, q large bit Of butter and started
them cooking on low burner. When
they were we'll started she put them
on the boiling water in the other part
Of the pot. a double boiler she called
it. Then a pinch Of soda went in to
keep them green. She kept the lid
off so the color would not be bleached.
she said.
Carrots 60 with peas. They must be
little young ones, so tender that you
can scratch their skins with one OF
those stone cleaners. Can't afford to
lose any part Of them by scraping and
peeling. They get just the same treat
ment as the peas, but no soda. Just
keep the lid off once they are we'll
started to cook. They come out gold
en- like the California peoples in the
garden.
I'd have baby beets with the tops.
You cook the tops like spinach, with
lust the water that lies on them after
YOU have soused them in three baths,
20 minutes in the double boiler. and
there they are. You must not cut the
tail Of the beet too close nor shave the
crown too near, but handle it gently
and boil 1t tenderly, give it cold
plunge when it's soft and skin it, and
it will rest on its green cushion like
a king of the purple.
Then crisped lettuce, please. 1t
isn't any use Offering it to the chill
dren il it Is wilted. Wash it early in
the morning and put it in q bag on the
ice. Slice the chilled tomatoes Just
before serving the salad and lay them
in rings on the green gold leaves. Two
plates Of brown bread and two dabs
of butter and glasses full of spring
water, and the feast is spread.
OF course. we will have ice cream.
You make the custard in the morning
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EAT AND BE HEALTHY
Dinah Days Daily Talks Diet
The Right Is Best Medicine

think the purchase of a 10cent apple
an extravaganza. But the fruits and
vegetables slightly out Of season do
not have to be bought to add variety
to the diet. The market Is always
full of fruits and vegetables. One
may prefer asparagus to boiled car
rots. But carrots can be served in
other ways. When the eve is tempted
the appetite often follows Spinach
does not have always to appear hot
chopped and garnished with egg yolk.
Potatoes and rice are both starchy.
But 1t is better to use both in menu
|, making than always to serve rice or
always serve potatoes as the starchy
vegetable. Even spaghetti can occa-
sfonally do duty as the starchy
vegetable
Cheese, eggs, fish and meat are
protein. Every meal does not need
to revolve around meat. Public
knowledge generally accepts this fact,
for In the majority of homes meat is
served but once a day. Oftener than
that Is harmful
Puddings and pies should not be the
only dessert. Fresh fruit is ideal.
Tomatoes and lettuce need not be the
only salad combination
A balanced diet employing a variety
OF foods means health for the normal
adult.
questions should send self addressed stamped
envelope 10 Dlnah Day, care of The Star