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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-02
LITTLE BENNY
BY LEE PAPE.

Ma took me down town this after
noon to get me pair of shoes, and
we was wawking along and we start
ed to so pass some old man holding
out a buntch of shoe strings in one
hand and nuthing in the other hand.
meening for people to put money in
it if they felt Ike it. me saying. Hay
ma, can l have cent to give that
poor old man?
You certeny can. and I'm very glad
to see that you feel that way about
people who are less fortunate than
you are ma Sed. And she gave me a
cent to give him. and l gave 1t to
him and we kepp on going. and
pritty soon there was a fat lady
playing a ACCORDION with her hat on
one side, and l sed, Can have cent
to give her, ma. l don't wunt to pass
single persin that's less fortunate
than l am without giving them a
cent.
All rite. we'll now we'll find out
wether your charity RELY begins at
home of wether your ony bluffing,
ma sed. know you have severed PEN
MES of your own in your pockit be-
cause you have bin driving me neer-
ly crazy ratteling them. so Suppose
you give one of them to that poor
WOlIldII, tIldl "OOIO no ICCi Slldl AlS
and not meerly robbing Peter to pay
Paul, she sed.
G., all rite. sure. I sed.
And I gave her one of my cents
and then ony had left. and after
vile we started TO pass colored man
with one reguler leg and one wooden
one holding pencils. me not happen
ing to notice him. and ma sed.
There's another one, Benny, you
dident wunt to pass a single one.
you sed.
G, that's rite, l sed. And stuck
my hand i'll my pockit. saying. Well
jimminy crissmas. ma. If everybody
that goes pass gives him cent I'm
less fortunate than he is because I'm
lucky If have cents a day gave to
me.
Well for land sakes maybe he'll
give you a cent if you ixplain that to
him, ma sed.
WITCH l dident.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-02
SUB ROSA
BY MIMI.
This Wedding Business.
The Summer days seem to produce
more orange blossoms than any other

The Summer days seem to produce
more orange blossoms than any other
season.
And the mail is full of questions
about the ceremony: Should it be an
elaborate one? Will the young bride
regret it in later life If she neglects
this opportunity for really gorgeous
affair?
Lots of the girls tell me that they
themselves don't want big. smack
up party with all the trimmings, but
their future lords and masters de-
mand it.
one and all they want to know;
Whats the best thing to do? Advise
me as to which course will make me
happier" 80,
Well. that's impossible. l can't tell
all of you the same thing because
you're Of different temperaments ana
your ideas about weddings are very
dissimilar.
For instance, Pamela all her life
has dreamed OF a wonder Wedding
white satin gown, shimmering train,
impressive music. gorgeous MOVERS
wouldn't seem the real thing unless
pageant in the world.
And she should have her ming.
Even though she may have to give
up other things for 1t later on, she
should indulge this fancy OF hers.
She's the kind Of girl to whom that
sort Of wedding seems important and
consequently 1t Is worth the time ana
effort and money to her.
But Agnes Is another matter She
4. l. - <Nf y n
longs to sneak off and get 1t over with,
far away from a curious throng of
spectators Still. because her Roger
wants q big show, she feels she ought
to humor him.
She hasn't much money, and what
little she has ought to go for the
many necessary trOu6Seau Things.
Still, she wants to do the right thing.
She doesn't want to miss anything
that Is important.
1t would be sheer folly for Agnes. in
this frame Of mind, to spend a lot OF
time and money on a big wedding.
and her mind would be filled with
doubt and worry over financial mat
tiers. She'd continually be regretting
the money she might have spent TO
make her home more beautiful.
Nowadays girls don't expect their
fathers to do the big thing. They
don't feel that it is fair to burden
him with the expense Of an enormous
party and so they take some of that
burden on themselves.
Consequently. no man has right
to demand of his sweetheart that she
shall have an elaborate wedding cere-
mony.
Agnes will look back on her we'd
ing as big nuisance and an unneces.
sary expense.
Pamela will remember hers with a
glow Of happiness, forgetting all that
1t cost her.
And you girls who are trying to
decide just how you will say the fatal
words must decide what your real
feelings are about a big affair.
Is 1t worth the trouble TO you? If
so, by all means go ahead.
Otherwise. a quiet home ceremony
Is advisable.
Copyright. 1926J
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-02
Anemia.

Anemia, malnutrition, undernour,
ishment are proof that something is
wrong with the diet.
John Brown may eat three meals
day, but if they do not supply his
body with the elements necessary TO
health he is undernourished.
Generally people ohio are under
nourished are below normal weight.
Other symptoms may be paleness'
dullness, listleSsness, fretfulness. Inc
victim may suffer from lack of appe-
tite and proper sleep. However, fat
man can suffer from malnutrition.
Occa sionally you see a fat man with
pasty skin and a decidedly unhealthy
look.
In one famine in India nine-tenths
of all deaths were due to famine
dropsy. dysentery, diarrhoea and de-
bility. The government attempted TO
operate a system of rationing by de
termining the Calorific needs calcu-
lated on the basis of body weight.
This system proved failure because
those who appealed for relief were
found TO be either emaciated or APP
parently very fat. They were not fat,
but dropsical. Another condition was
where persons fiat" were diseased
and really suffering from lack of nour-
ishment.
Anemia comes from food deficiency
NOT lack of food, but lack of the
right kind of food.
Those who are anemic and thin,
with their blood lacking in iron. are
often short-winded. Climbing up a
few stairs or short, brisk walk
makes them puff, thin as they are.
This is because they do not carry
enough iron in their system to get
hold of the necessary oxygen from
the air for their lungs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-02
EAT AND BE HEALTHY
Dinah Days Daily Talks on Diet
The Right Food Is the Best Medicine

The consequence Of undernourish-
ing young children leads to very bad
results. This is because Of the great
er demand on the part Of the body
for food, in the serious business Of
growing. It is not only in Armenia.
Belgium and other war-ridden coun-
tries that the children are starving.
Right here in America thousands of
children from average homes are half
fed.
Anemia causes decrease In bodily
resistance. Colds subdue the under.
nourished very quickly. tuberculosis
develops easily in ill-nourished per-
sons. Poor digestion is another result
Of undertaking.
There is the remote but really pres
ent danger Of the influence of under.
nourishment on the mind. In this
connection there is, first, the feeling
of dissatisfaction, discomfort and
gloom. A hungry man is a good
subject for the blues. Famine. which
is really undernourishment in the
worst degree. calls out violence, III.
temper, avarice. lust and cruelty"
Almost any kind Of food will main.
tain life. But 10 maintain health
every one needs a properly balanced
diet.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-02
Fashions at the Paris Restaurant
BY MARY MARSHALL.

afternoon. Included in the first
classification there are always
many Americans who have been
looking forward with considerable
eagerness and possibly anxiety to
the great event. They have chosen
their costumes with deliberation and
carefully considered each accessory
There at a table to your left are
several Parisians-young and old.
Obviou .ly they are persons OF wealth
and assured position, but they all
wear small, unoStentatious hats. You
see no deliberately conceived color
scheme, and they are completely
oblivious of their surroundings. They
have dropped in to this World-famous
restaurant merely as matter or con-
venience, as you might drop INTO any
little tearoom at home. And they
would no more wear their smartest
clothes for the occasion than you
would think Of dressing up for the
little tearoom at home.
There are other Parisians VINO
dress in much more striking manner
doubtless because they know That
all the world comes to that place at
that hour to see smart fashions-anu
they enjoy the thrill Of being OBJ
served. And there are many Amerl-
cans who advertise the skill and
artistry of their dressmakers better
than any paid mannikin could pos
sibly do it.
Among these tea drinkers in Paris
one in interested to see how many OF
all classes present wear the simple
two-piece suit. And this suit when
worn to best advantage is accomp-
anied by a simple hat. With the
more elaborate afternoon costume
one sometimes sees one of the wide
brimmed hats.
(Copyright 1920
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-02
Lessons in English
By W. L. GORDON.

Words often misused: Say HE sat
silent" if you mean that he was
silent, the adjective having reference
to the subject. He sat quietly" lad
verb), If reference to the verb.
Often mispronounced: Bequeath.
Pronounce the tn as in this" not
as in think"
Often misspelled: Menu.
Synonyms: Appreciative, compli-
mentary, approving, flattering, COM
mandatory, eulogistic. laudatory.
Word study: Use a word three
times and it is yours" Let us In
crease our vocabulary by mastering
one word each day. Today's word:
Detection: depression; lowness of
spirits. HE withdrew from the con-
test in disgrace and detection"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-02
HOW 1T STARTED
By JEAN NEWTON.
A "Hoax. :

If words had sleeves they would be
laughing up them at how little we,
who think we are their masters, really
know about them! Doubtless they say
to each other or to their syllables. In
a language which we do not hear,
THE stories we could tell!'
Here is one, the word hoax" for
practical joke, or any sportive trick
or deception. Most people regard II as
a dignified, legitimate term, not to be
used in the same breath, for instance.
with such an expression as "hocus po-
Gus" which we know to be pure slang,
old as it is.
The fact Is, however, that the more
dignified seeming hoax" gained its
place in the dictionary not through
any genealogical derivation. that IL
has no legitimate right there, and that
it has not even the standing OF orig
inal slang, being merely the offspring
of slang, For it is from the despised
"hocus pocus" that hoax" came into
being, being a corruption or contrac-
ton of it's first part.
Copyright. 1890
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-02
Buttered Beets.

Be sure the beets are young and
fresh. Old beets will never cook
tender. The time for cooking beets
depends upon the age and freshness.
Cut off the tops to within an inch of
the tuber. Scrub with a vegetable
brush and do not cut. Cook in boil
ing water until tender. When done,
plunge in cold water to remove the
skin. Serve whole or sliced, seasoned
with butter, salt and pepper.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-02
Salmon Box.

Line a bread pan which has been
buttered with warm steamed rice. Fill
the center with cold. faxed salmon,
seasoned with salt, pepper and nut
meg. Cover with a thin layer of
rice and steam for one hour. Serve
with an egg sauce made as follows:
Melt one-sixth cupful Of butter. add
three tablespoonfuls of -four, salt and
pepper and pour on gradually one and
one-half cupfuls of hot water. Boil
for five minutes and then add the
beaten yolks Of two eggs and one:
sixth cupful Of butter cut in small
pieces One-sixth cupful of butter is
little less than three tablespoonful,
as there are 16 Of the latter to a
Gun me3 sure,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-02
Cinnamon Drop Cookies.

Combine one and one-haf cupfuls
of sugar, one cupful each of butter
and milk. three cupfuls of -four, three
eggs we'll beaten, one level teaspoonful
of soda, one cupful of dried currants.
one cupful of raisins. one cupful o:
chopped walnut meats, a touch of
cloves. allspice and mace. and one
tablespoonful of cinnamon. Make ii
batter and drop into buttered pans
by SnOnnfnlS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-02
Meat Stuffed Tomatoes.

Choose large. smooth tomatoes and
cut a thin slice from the blossom end
of each, which reserve. Scoop out
the inside and chop fine with a few
cracker crumbs a little green corn,
salt, pepper. one teaspoonful of but
ter a little onion and several table
spoonfuls OF chopped cold meat, such
as chicken. tender beef or veal.
When mixed well. fill the tomato
shells. fitting each top on. place in
the oven and bake for IS minutes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-02
Fish Dressing.

To make good dressing for fish
salad, take one fresh, ripe cucumber,
leave it in cold water for an hour.
then pare and CRATE it. Drain off the
water and add teaspoonful Of fresh
horseradish and enough salt and
white pepper to season. Thin this
with cold sour cream. 1t is very
white when done.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-02
HOME NOTES
BIZ JENNY WREN.

Even in their furniture did the
colonists find an expression
for their fierce spirit of freedom. This
fine Colonial tambour secretary desk
is ornamented with the symbolic
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-02

PARIS.
When you drink tea at any of the
restaurants where the most fashion
able women are said to congregate
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-02
Women
Use
Then dispose Of this new
hygienic help easily as
tissue no laundry

VX7OMEN by the millions are
w discarding the old-time "sani-
tary pad" for a new and scientific
way.
A way that offers protection TN
known before. A way, too, that
solves the old embarrassment OF
disposal.
1t is called "KOTEX." Eight in 10
better-class women now employ it.
./Discards as easily as a piece OF
y tissue. No laundry. No embar-
rassment.
It's five times as absorbent as
ordinary cotton padsl
You dine, dance, motor for hours
in sheerest frocks without a seconds
doubt or fear.
1t deodorizes, too. And thus ends
ALL danger of offending.
You ask for it at any drug or
department store, without hesitancy,
simply by saying "KOTEX."
Do as millions are doing. End
old, insecure ways. Enjoy life every
day. Package of twelve costs only
q few cents.
No la~mdry-discard like tissue
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-02

eagle, an exact copy of an eagle
carved by the great patriot McIntire
similar desk.
This desk is, of course, of modern
manufacture. but it follows closely
the lines of the old desks of long ago.
A dignitied and picturesque desk Of
this type is most at home in living.
room furnished with stately ma
hogany pieces of colonial design. The
bookcase top is most useful. The desk
section Is nicely fitted and the lower
drawers offer storage space for a
variety of articles, from fishing tackle
to household linens
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-02

SNAKESKIN Is USED FOR
TRIMMING. HERE 1T FORMS
THE COLLAR AND CUFF BANDS
ON A GREEN kASHA COAT, THE
INITIAL ON THE ROUND POCKET.
AND THE HANDLE OF THE
UMBRELLA.
YOU cannot but observe two distinct
classes of women, those who have
dressed specially for the occasion and
others who have arrived most
casually, wearing whatever they
happen to find appropriate for the
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-03-02
LOST IN BROOKLYN

We don't of course know in what
condition of sobriety the printers
were, who boarded a Flatbush car
after getting out the last Of New
York's Sunday morning editions. nor
for that matter the quality Of sleepi-
ness possessing the motorman. but
the Associated Press informs us that
the entire party got on the wrong
tracks in Brooklyn. lost their way
and were wandering in the street car
for four of the I'VE sma' hours" until
at dawn they found themselves back
at Brooklyn Bridge. Probably by that
time the fog had lifted.
Here would seem to be a sugges-
ton to the Maine guides. who find
employment in the winter months
somewhat slack. Undoubtedly their
woods skill would enable them to
thread the mazes of Flatbush with
unerring feet. Lost or strayed
denizens among the tall building
could trust them to lead forth as
surely as out from the tall timber.
So might printers arrive home and
pass under the magic spell of sleep so
profound the raucous call of the
newsboy or the d is tr b u g
peregrinations of the morning milk
man would fail to arouse them.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-03-02
TAKING HEART WITH POUND OF
FLESH

What organized railroad labor
thinks of the publics right was
strikingly shown when 1t held up the
Government in time of war and en-
forced its demands. Presumably its
attitude has not changed. Those,
who cringe before 1t now. haven't.
however, the excuse offered by those
who yielded when the threat of war
hung over the country.
The number of railroad employees
for the year 1925 numbered on the
average 100000 and their monthly
compensation Appropriated $780,
100000. Evidently they are not
starving. The Railroad Labor Board.
which these employees are frightening
Congress into destroying. granted last
year some increases IN wages
amounting to s3.7O0,oo0. but that was
only a mere drop in a great bucket
which these employees are out to have
filled. They propose to eliminate the
Board and then proceed to demand Of
the railroads an increase. estimated
at around half billion dollars.
With the Board out of the way the
public will have no chance to say
it's say. What the railroads pay in
increased wages will come out of the
public, the same public that was
threatened by these same labor
organizations with tie-up of all
transportation when the demands of
war were clamoring for help. If this
be evidence of reasonableness of the
demands of railroad labor we fail to
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-03-02
BINGHAM

PLEASANT RIDGE-Warrants are
posted for the annual town meeting
to be held Monday, March s, at l
o'clock at the River. school house, A
traverse juror will also be drawn to
serve at the Supreme Judicial Court
for the term commencing the first
Tuesday in April.
Philip Palmer passed few days
last week with his grandfather, John
Quimby, and family in Starks.
Mrs. Floyd Hunnewell and son Rob-
ert were the guests last week of Mrs.
Hunnewelps sister, Mrs. Lee Ellis, at
North Arson, and while there attend
ed the carnival on Washington's birth
day.
Miss Hazel Borden of Starhs is Wis
iting with her sister, Miss Florence
Borden, at Mrs. Perley Bickford's.
c. c. Rollins, ST., has 81 husky
young lambs added to his flock of nice
sheep.
Mrs. Ada Steward went to Moscow
Sunday to help care for her son Harry,
who has been seriously i'll with blood
poisoning in his knee.
Fred Beane has purchased of J. B.
Mckinney the large farm which Nc
Kenney recently bought of Mrs. Ada
Steward.
Mrs. Lester Steward will teach the
Longfellow school which opens March
l. Her sister, Mrs. Norma Rolf of
North Arson, with her little son are
to pass several months in the Steward
home and will keep house for Mrs
Steward.
Mrs. Emma Healy has been suffer
ing severely with neuritis in her arm
and hand the past week, but is some
what better.
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BENTON

Philip Tejedore has returned home,
after passing the weekend with
relatives in Madison.
Several from here attended a meet
ing of East Kennebec Pomona at
Clinton, Tuesday.
Miss Pearl Richardson of Fairfield.
was guest Tuesday, of Mrs. Ida
Wiley.
Harry Plummer has returned from
Springfield. Mass, where he attended
the eighth annual meeting of the
Eastern States Farmers Exchange
Miss Alice Wyman, who is train
ing at the Augusta hospital, has re-
turned to her work after passing
few days with her parents. Mr..
and Mrs. Franz Wyman.
Mrs. Ivan Small was Wednesday
guest of her sister. Mrs. Howard
Linnell.
Mr.. and Mrs. Otis Brown were in
Clinton, Wednesday, where they
were guests of Mrs. Browns sister.
Mrs. Ruel Lamb and aunt, Mrs.
Martha Moore.
Miss Sylvia Wyman, who has been
teaching in West Pownal, is enjoying
a weeks vacation at her home.
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COMMUNISM AND FULCRUMS

The Russian communist yet en-
tertains hopes, that is to say he pro-
fesses to see the way clear to pry the
old world loose from it's foundations
and talks of fulcrums on which to
work the pry.
Zinovieff, chairman of the Com
munist International, while admit
ting the need of seeking new sources
of strength, that in the United States
the task is a difficult one and in
Japan is not making Roadway. re-
Gently expressed confidence in secur-
ing new fulcrums" in China. where
he claims the cause has succeeded.
also in South America. where it is
hoped to mobilize the peasantry
along with the wage workers.
There have been not few leaders
before the day of Zinovieff. who
struggled long and fruitlessly buoyed
up by whatever of inspiration they
were able to extract from saying that
while there is life there is hope.
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| HSs by David Cory

Mother DEAR" cried Little. Jack
Rabbit one morning as he stood on
the back porch watching eagerly
for Bluebird, the little messenger
of spring, "there he is! There he
Isl"
'Who?" asked Lady Love, the bum
ny boys pretty mother, stepping
outside.
"Why, Bluebird, Happy Bluebird,"
replied the little rabbit, pointing to
his pretty feathered friend, with the
sky tinge on his back and the earth
tinge on his breast, as he warbled
from the old apple tree in the
Pleasant Pasture.
ooh, I'm SO pleased" laughed
sweet Lady Love. Nov l know that
spring is here. In few days the
female Bluebirds will arrive, for the
males always comes several days in
advance. Then they will choose their
mates and look for homes"
where will they build their
nests?" asked the little rabbit.
'In hollow tree in the orchard,
in stump root, or in the Old Rail
Fence. Or, maybe. in box which
some friendly hand has fastened to
a post" added Lady Love, with a
twinkle in her eye.
ooh, oh. OH" exclaimed her bunny
boy, may I nail the empty starch
box to the old clothes post?"
YES, if you'll be careful not to
hammer your fingers instead of the
nails" answered his mother. Il mean
the iron nails, not your little pink
finger tips" she added, with a smile
The next minute the little rabbit
was carrying the box, nails and ham
mer over to the old post. Then
climbing up on the step ladder, he
carefully faster ed the box sideways
to the old post. After that he hoped
back to the porch and waited to see
If Happy Bluebird would discover it.
Sure enough, that wise little bird
did. But not right away. No, in
deedy. 1t was almost four days
before the little rabbit saw him with
Mrs. Bluebird looking it over.
"a very nice place, my DEAR" she
was saying to Happy Bluebird. safe
'and warm, well made to keep out the
rain. Now the next thing to be done
is to make a nest of dried grass. We
must not delay if we are to raise two
or three broods before midsummer
Although Happy Bluebird left
most of the building to his willing
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mate, he did his part to cheer her in
her work by his joyful Song. But,
Oh dear me! Before it was half
finished these two pretty birds nearly
lost their home. Yes, sir, bustling
pair of English Sparrows decided
they would like the box that the
little rabbit had so carefully nailed
TO the old post, and 1t was all that
Happy Bluebird and his mate could
do to drive them away. With all
their gentleness of manner, Hap
py Bluebird and Mrs. Bluebird could
fight fiercely for their rights, and