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Evening star., 1926-12-17
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By MIMI.
Etiquette of Introductions.
BY MIMI.

Have you ever seen the poor dam
sci struggling with. a terrific attack Of
| etiquette?
It's a pitiful sight. Perhaps she's
| just decided that she doesn't do
| things properly--and she's taking
stern measures to put herself right.
| Perhaps she has secretly invested
| in one Of those books of etiquette
which instruct the social aspirant in
good manners for every occasion. Or
perhaps she is just self-consctous
/ about the right way to do the right
thing.
both for her., and for those whom
she's trying to impress with her social
The thing that gives the etiquette
scholar away is her rigid adherence
to the rule,
cial occasion--she simply consults the
old book and faithfully follows the
rule contained therein. And she is
perfectIy confident she has done the
right thing, just so long as the book
has written instructions on the
subject.
In tho matter of introductions. all
the good books are most emphatic on
the subject of introductions: If you're.
with q friend, and some acquaintance
comes up to speak to you, first be
sure to introduce your friend to the
acuuaintance, before proceeding with
the conversation"
That's a perfectly, good rule for
most occasions, but the poor girl who
follows that rule blindly often Gre
ates an awkward situation for her
self. ~e. :r e,~' ess :.
isabel works in an office where the
force is mostly foreign. She is. on
good terms with the other girls, and
being in a slightly executive position
is able to do them favors.
One of the girls, Rose Glass, little
Italian who barely mumbles q few
words ~ of English, is particularly.
fond of the American girl. And so
one afternoon, Sunday. when Isabel
and Chet are strolling down the ave
nue.. they meet Rose, who beams with
delight at seeing her office friend.
and bursts into a volley OF excited
chatter. ...e
IF Isabel has any sense she'll talk
to Rose quietly and easily about. OF
fice affairs. There will be absolutely
no need for her to introduce Chet to
the little foreigner, who can have
nothing in the world to say to him.
If she sticks rigidly to the rule and
insists on going through with the
usual Introduction, Chet will have to
enter the conversation in the ordi.
nary course OF events. And what in
the world can he have to say? He'll
lust stand there looking foolish and
embarrassed, feeling that having
been introduced, he ought to make a
speech of some sort. =.
| This is distinctly an occasion IN
which the good old rule should be DIS
carded firmly.
There are dozens of similar occao
sions arising every day. We often
meet people with whom we have only
| certain definite connections, outside
that of ordinary friendship
/ there is no need for us to insist on
our friends meeting these people and
] chatting with them. =
| We should learn to apply etiquette
| rules with caution. '~
! Copyright. 1926.l
| Mimi Will be glad TO answer any In
quiries directed to this paper. provided a
stamped. addressed envelope Is inclosed.
Evening star., 1926-12-17
$50 YEARS AGO TODAY
BY JONATHAN A. RAWsON. JR.
Story of the u. S. A.

pint of peas, one.half gill Of rice and
one-half ounce Of butter, for every
three days. They had to sleep on
bare floors, with no straw or hay.
The weekly fuel supply for the build
ing was one CARLOAD of wood. Long
before he escaped, says Pvt. Dar-
lington, his companions were begin
ming to die like rotten sheep, with
cold, hunger and dirt" and the few
who were so fortunate as to have
good clothing were beginning to sell
1t in order to buy food.
Pvt. Samuel Young was one OF a
group Of 500 men who were first
housed in a stable, where their guards
gave them for their first meal on
Monday night "a quantity of old bis.
cult, broken and in crumbs, mostly
moulded, and some Of it crawling with
maggots, which they were obliged to
scramble for" This meal" for 500
men was thrown into the stable in a
confused manner, as If to so many
hogs. These poor fellows were con-
fined for two weeks in cold church.
then led aboard prison ship and
thrust below deck, where sanitary
conditions were most revolving.
Gen. Washington will protest to
Gen. Howe against such treatment
Of his soldiers. He refuses to believe
that such practices will be approved
by the British commander.
Copyright. 1o26)
Evening star., 1926-12-17
BEDTIME STORIES 'T Y. TH1szse' sHScSss

Jerry fooled around a while. Then
he swan under the ice over to the
castle in the bank and up to the back
door of that same castle. He poked
his head out into the tunnel under
the snow, "I WISH" said he, ct dared
60 out there again. II move very
quietly I should be ableFto get out
there without any one up above
hearing me. Whoever 1t was who
tried to catch me must have heard
me, and I certainly would like to
know who 1t was"
But before he started out along
that tunnel another idea came to
him. THAT tunnel may be watched,
said he to himself. whoever it was
who tried to catch me may nave
come back to look for me. L believe
I'll dig a little tunnel off to one
side and then dig up until l can put
my head outside and look around: l
know What III do. remember tnat
there lis a big bunch of grass on 70
one side. I'll tunnel over until / find
that. Then I'll dig up right IN the
middle of that bunch of grass"
90 Jerry went to work at once. He
dug and dug, and finally he came to
the bunch of grass. Then very eau
tiously he began to dig up until ne
touched the crust that covered all the
Green Meadows. He had to use his
teeth on this. All the time he was
doing it he was in fear. that some one
would hear him. So 1t was that 1t was
some time after he had gnawed
through that crust before he dared
to poke his head up outside. When
he did he poked it up quickly and
drew it back just as quickly. But
it. was UP long enough for him to take
hasty glance in all directions Vand
he saw that the way was clear. So
right away he poked his head up again
and this time he kept it up. 4
Now Jerry's eyes are not the best
of eyes, but they were good enough
this time for him to see at no very
great distance an old acquaintance.
II was Reddy Fox. Reddy was walk
ing slowly and carefully on the crust
Suddenly he gathered his back feet
together, jumped high in the air and
came down on the crust with all his
might. The crust broke and he began
to dig.
Jerry grinned deIightedly. $50 that
was the fellow!' he exclaimed. "He
must be hunting Meadow Mice now.
| But I was the one he was after the
other day. Now I know, how he did
it and I'm satisfied. No more snow
tunnels for meP
Evening star., 1926-12-17

woke up he was wondering who it
was that had so nearly caught him
in his snow tunnel on the Green
Meadows.
IL don't know how he knew / was
there. and wish l did know" Jerry
would say to himself. He couldn't
have seen me and he couldn't have
smeIled me. Yet he knew exactly
where I was, for he broke right down
through that crust and almost got
me by the tail" Then it came to
Jerry that eyes and nose were not
the only instruments for finding out
things. "It must have been his ears, T"
exclaimed Jerry, and he exclaimed
right out loud.
s'It must have been whose ears
demanded Mrs. jerry, who had walked
up from a nap just in time to hear
what Jerry was saying.
al don't know" replied Jerry.
ssThat is what want to find out"
"Why don't you know?" demanded
Mrs. Jerry. "You don't talk sense,
Jerry Muskrat. No, sir. you don't
talk sense"
Now, Jerry hadn't told Mrs. Jerry
about that narrow escape he had
had, In fact, he hadn't told her that
he had made a tunnel under the snow
ON the Green Meadows. Now he told
her all about it. i've just got to hno
ont who II was" said he.
.sFor goodness sake, Jerry Muskrat
don't he anv more foolish than you've
been already" letorted AIRS JeFtF
and, yawnlng. resumed her nap,
Evening star., 1926-12-17
LITTLE BENNY
By LEE PAPE.

had a Engagement to 80 to Shorty
Judges house after suppir last mite,
ony wat did it do but start TO rain like
cats and dogs, pop saying, pity the
moor sailers on a mite like this, but at
the same time am thankful that all
the members Of my own family are
high and dry at home.
Well G. wizzickers. pop, got a fnF
gagement, to go to Shorty Judges
house, sed.
Then telefone to the gentleman in
question and inform him that owing
to the inclemency of the weather and
so 4th and so 4th and so 4th, pop sed.
and I sed, Well G whizzikers, pop,
gosh, don't get wet easy. :
Your a very talented young fellow,
I'm sure, and you better get your tele-
foning done, pop sed. :
Aw G, pop, holey smokes, G. rooza-
lem, gosh, sed. and pop sed, don't
doubt that. And he took a cigar out
of his vest pockit. saying, Yee gods.
ony one cigar, and a long rainy eve-
ming ahed of me. '9.~
I'll go out and get some: pop; Ill
bring them on my way home from
Shorty Judges, / sed. and pop sed,
out In eny Sutch weather, espeshilfy
for my own selfish perposes.
And he kepp on smoking his cigar
with little puffs and looking at 1t to
see how mulch was still left to smoke,
and after O vile he sed, Are you quite
sure that you are by nature a persin
who gets wet slowly IL at all? y
Yes sir, and even If do I dry quick.
sed. SO 49,
o we'll in that case all you han to
do Is put your rubbers on and you'll
be absolutely, safe, pop sed., And mas
mulch as you are going out enyway
heers money for a half a duzzen Queen
Billy cigars but I'd hate to send a hu.
man. bean out for me on a"nite like
this, do you ixpect to stay at Shortys
house more than an hour? he sed.
No sir, not hardly even, l sed. And
came back In about a hour and 20
minnits with. the cigars, 2 of them be-
ing almost dry. ,....a
Evening star., 1926-12-17
Prison Abuses Reported.

AMERICAN HEADQUARTERS,
BUCKS COUNTY, Pa, December II,
a776-Distressing stories come 10
headquarters about the cruel treat
ment Of American war prisoners by
the enemy in New York City. where
the men taken at Fort Washington
are in confinement. The stories are
told by soldiers who have escaped and
succeeded in finding their way to head
quarters. The British army officers
who first took the prisoners in charge
were gentlemen of refinement who
made the comfort of our men a mat
ter Of Importance. But that good for
tune ceased, 1t seems, when the pris-
oners were handed over to the prison
keepers in New York.
William Darlington OF the Pennsyl-
vania Flying Camp has arrived here
in a pitiful condition after one month
in prison. He says that from the
time Of their capture on Saturday
until the following Monday night 500
men had not a morsel Of food. They
were thrust into a cold, open house
with no glass in the windows, called
the New Bridewell. where the He's
sian guards put out the fires every
might at o'clock, when there were
any fires. Their rations. when at last
provided, were one-haK pound Of bis
cuft, one-half pound OF pork, one-half
Evening star., 1926-12-17
MILADY BEAUTIFUL
BY LOIS LEEDS

be accounted for by her bones and
muscles being heavier than the aver.
age. Some people are made on solid
lines, like the mastiff, while others are
more like the greyhound or whippet
In build. Girls who have large ankles
WIDE hip-bones and broad shoulders
are naturally heavier than those
whose bones are small and 1t would
be foolish and dangerous for the for.
mer to try to reduce themselves to
the weight that Is normal for the lat.
ter type. Heavy, broad bones need
sturdy and strong muscles to support
them.
An excess Of only 10 pounds over
the figure given In the weight chart
should not, therefore, be considered q
cause for alarm. Even a greater
excess Is permissible for growing
girls. as the vital statistics of life in.
surance companies have proved.
While do not advise young girls to
put themselves upon strict reducing
diets, I certainly do not recommend
overeating. for them or for any one
else. Faabby fatness is as unhealthful
as extreme thinness. Many girls and
women go through life putting on
excess of weight year after year Just
because they lack the common sense
or will power to resist the temptation
to "overeat at meal times and nibble
sweets all day. One should always
leave the table before the appetite is
satiated: to do so is good manners as
well as good hygiene; Eating be-
tween meals is permissible for under
weights and invalids. but not for the
normal or overplump individual. =
Even In reducing diet 1t is not
wise to eliminate all the starches,
sugars and fats that are classed as
fattening foods, but the consumption
of them may be limited. Usually the
stout girl is especially fond of these
types of comestibles, so that she takes
too much of them. Eternal vigilance
must be exercised t0fkeep her from
Evening star., 1926-12-17

In mending china use white
paint such as artists use in OIL
paintings. Use as you. would
glue, and let stand for three or
four days. T'hes thus mend !
ed NAV be wa .aed in hot water
with no danger of coming apart:
Automobile grease, tar and
ordinary grease spots can, be
removed by soaking the ma
terial in gasoline and then
washing with soap in the usual
way.
When polishing the stove.
place paper bags on your hands
to keep them from getting
soiled.
Heat a lemon thoroughly be.
fore squeezing and you will OBJ
tain nearly double the quantity
of juice. -.
Baking soda gives instant re.
lief to a burn or a scald. When
it is applied either wet or dry
to the burned part Immediately,
the sense of relief is magical. Ii
seems to withdraw the heat,
and with it the, pain.
Before placing sponge cake
in the oven to bake, try sprink'
ling a little fine white sugar
over the top. This forms the
rich, brown-looking crust that
makes sponge cake you buy
look so tempting. .,.-
Evening star., 1926-12-17
Chestnuts in Maple Sirup.

Boil the chestnuts, peel them care
fully. then put them into hot maple
sirup. Serve cold in a border" OF
boiled rice prepared as follows: Wash
and. pick over the rice, boil 1t very
fast In three pints Of water, until ten
der.' strain well, then put it back on
the stove with enough milk to moisten
it. Sweeten, it,, add little butter and
flavor with: vanilla. Boil for FIVE min.
utes longer, add a little gelatin, pour
into border mold and serve with the
chestnuts heaped inside, The chest
nuts absorb more of the flavor of the
maple. sirup. if they are put into lit
while hot.
Evening star., 1926-12-17
Sunburst Jelly.

Prepare q quart Of orange gelatin
and set it in a ring mold to harden. To
serve, place large round of sponge
cake about an inch thick In the bot.
tom of the serving dish,, and on top
place the gelatin which you have un.
nodded. Fill the center with sliced
canned peaches and cover with marsh
mallow cream. piping the cream in
strips around the jelly mold. Around
the bottom arrange slices of peaches
and pipe the cream between each
slice The decoration on top is a
cone Of the jeily that is made in a
separate mold. -, -,
Evening star., 1926-12-17
DIARY OF A AZ .. r..
.. NEW FATHER
BY r. E. DICKSON,

Letter from Joan to the new father:
Dearest: It is so cute to see the
baby smile and laugh. He laughs
only for your father. but he smiles for
everybody when he is feeling right.
He is sleeping now-I am at your
folks for the day-he's just worn out,
the poor little fellow. He has played
so hard. Your Dad came home at
Evening star., 1926-12-17

The fact that hats are very simple
nowadays does not mean that they
are easy to make. In fact. any anna
teur who has tried to copy one of
these simple shapes will tell you that
the complicated work of covering wire
frames and buckram shapes was
much easier than the task Of making
ono of these apparently simple soft
shapes.
Don't let any one tell you that stiff
frames should or may be worn this
Sear. A hat must be Of soft con-
etruction to be really smart. If you
Evening star., 1926-12-17
HOME NOTES
BY JENNY WREN.

Quaint accessories for the fireplace
are the Christmas gifts most appre
ciated by home-loving hearts.
This little sketch shows several arti
cles, any one of which might be
chosen. The andirons themselves are
especially nice ones, being of dull black
iron topped with balls Of shining brass
a way that is fascinating to watch.
The firescreen, vered with leather
Evening star., 1926-12-17
Cranberry Catsup.

To one quart of ,cranberries add a
cupful of water and two cupfuls ot
vinegar. Tie in piece of muslin o
few cloves, three or four allspice
about a dessertspoonful of broken Gin
namon and some mace. Simmer all
together in a. preserving kettle until
the fruit is perfectly soft. Press
through a colander, and one pound OF
brown sugar. simmer for 10 minutes
longer and seal. Grape catsup may
be made the same way. a....#
Evening star., 1926-12-17

weight chart ana find out from It
the average weight for girls Of her
age and height. II she has, for ex-
lmple, passed her 18th birthday,
;he is now in her 18th year and
her ideal weight may be found be-
tween the Is and '16 year column on
the chart. ). Let us suppose .tfat her
actual weight is 13O pounds, but the
chart gives 120 pounds for her age
and height. should she Immediately
begin starving herself down to the
latter figure?
Not; necessarily. After, adding sew;
eral pounds fog her clothes and shoes
to the 120 pounds an excess OF only
8 to pounds viii remain. This may
Evening star., 1926-12-17
When to- Reduce.

To reduce or not to reduce is a
question that seems to be troubling
many of my younger readers. Path,
illogical slimness appears to be IN
fashion among girls in their teens ana
twenties, and normally developed
young women of these ages are
tempted to sacrifice their health IN
order to be like their thin friends.
Before embarking on q reducing
program q girl should consult d
Evening star., 1926-12-17

taking more than one helping of her
favorite dishes. She should make an
agreement with herself not to over
indulge in these foods and to use
sugar and cream mayonnatse and
thick gravy In moderation.
lCouyright. le26.l
Evening star., 1926-12-17

Jerry Muskrat. having had mar.
row escape. began to wonder whom
he. had escaped from. The more he
wondered, the more he wanted to
know. He tried not to think about
II, but the more he tried not to think
about IT the more he did think about
it. That is the way in this world.
80 the last thing before he went to
sleep and the first thing when he
Evening star., 1926-12-17

DIR. Helen NJ. Strong OF the United
States Department OF Commerce is
this country's foremost woman map.
maker.
Evening star., 1926-12-17

Santa Claus know'd me first f1ng-
he say Hello. Sonny!" Men 1 put
my money in the pot an told him not
to mind bout bringin' my 1opsipeed
cause I knowed he couldn't ford it.
An he say he amt poor. He just
standin' there to mind folks to mem
Der the poor children at Christmas
He say he goin' to see gets at losi-
peed!
(Copyright. 1926.)
Evening star., 1926-12-17

painted in fantastic design, is another
suggestion. Being richly colorful, it
affords a splendid mask for the open
ing when the fire is not lighted. :
Painted bellows are O. picturesque
addition to the fireproof furnishings.
A Cape Cod fire lighter Of brass is an
other thought, and an English trivet
of brass completes the group. Eng
lish people always set the teapot on
= the trivet close to the fire when they
are brewing 1.-THE cup that cheers
Evening star., 1926-12-17
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Foolish Curiosity.

The curious are sometimes mulish
And will persist In being foolish;
Brother North Wind.
Evening star., 1926-12-17
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New Britain herald., 1926-08-30
ORIOLES SWAMP
RANGERS in GAME
Series at ODe-All Is Called OH by
Rangers After Contest

Playing better ball than they did
last Sunday, the Orioles eyened up
the count with the Rangers in the
series for the junior semi-pro cham
pionship of the city yesterday at the
old Pioneer grounds on Ellis street
taking the game by the score of %
to Z. The Orioles started the fire.
works in the first inning with two
runs. The Rangers then tied the
score and this was the total of their
efforts for the day.
Larson who started for the Ran
gers, pitched wonderful ball until
the fourth when he weakened and
his offerings were pounded to all
corners of the lot before he retired
the side. The Rangers tried hard
to tie the score in the fourth when
they got to AL Anderson for seven
hits and four runs but after this
frame the Oriole southpaw was
never in danger.
Tommy Anastasio took up the
pitching burden for the Rangers in
tn sixth but he walked the first
three batters to face him. A single
by Chick" Charlow scored two.
Kennedy took Anastasio's place. but
h, couldn't stop the slaughter. The
game was called in the seventh
through an agreement between
Managers Abe Aronson and Jack
Argosy.
The final game will be played at
a date to be set later as the Orioles
have a game scheduled with ALI
Plainville next Sunday. Charlow
has signed with the Orioles for the
rest of the season and with few
more games on the slate the Orioles
will try to win them all.
1t is probable that the Orioles and
the Burritts will meet in a series.
This will be for blood as the two
have been bitter rivals all season
long. The score:
New Britain herald., 1926-08-30
PIRATES MEETING CRISIS
IN FIGHT FOR PENNANT
Pittsburgh Leading By Half Game Are Deadlocked
in Contest With Cardinals-Tough Week Ahead
for Championships Conquer Cincinnati-Brook-
lyn Downs Giants-Senators Beat White Sox-
Cleveland and Yankees Win Their Games.

The world champion Pirates, with
only a half game lead are engaged
in finish fight this week for Ma
tional league supremacy.
The third place st. Louis Cardi-
nails yesterday deadlocked them in
the first game of vital series on the
Cardinals playground to . after
Vic Aldridge had doled out just
three hits in the ten inning fray.
Alexander, although plastered
for ten, kept them scattered
throughout the five dragging hours
OF elepsed time necessary to reach
the draw decision. Rain halted the
contest twice and darkness finally
ended it.
Should the Buccaneers escape un-
scathed from st. Louis the Cincin-
natl Reds holding game game lead
over the Cardinals will be at their
throats for a single game Thursday.
Then comes Joe Mccarthy with his
battling Cubs to make life misera-
Die LOT the flIaees III " LII CO e''Aio
series.
Many fans believe Chicago offers
the greatest threat 10 the ! iraeeS'
Molding a steady team OF piussers
from an admitted second rate as
sembly, Mccarthy mas injected ll'p
his players the spark OIL COMBAT tiiat
brought nun Ialue as lnah"se q VI
the Louisville Coionels IN the Amer
lean Association All season 'he
Cubs have been plugging alons'
steadily building team ana gam
ing a measure OF praise Tor thelr
fine showing, put searcely cohs'oei-