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Evening star., 1926-06-19
THE MARRIAGE MEDDLER
BY HAZEL DEYo BACHELOR

Richard startled her by appearing
suddenly in the kitchen door and
speaking her name. She jumped and
the hot color flooded her cheeks.
Kitty has gomez" he asked.
"Yes, Just a little while ago"
He crossed the kitchen and stood
looking down at her for a few min
utes. In his expression was a mixture
of conmisseration and tenderness that
went to Florences heart and sob
welled UP in her throat.
You look tired, dear" he said very
softly.
II am tired" she returned, her
breath catching. Very tired"
Usually she repulsed any advances
that he made toward her and he had
grown chary Of offering her caresses,
but this morning she seemed more ap-
proachable. There was something
softened about her; 1t was almost as II
she wanted him to caress her.
Gently he reached for her and
gathered her up into his arms. and as
he did so all the agony of soul that
she had endured during the last few
hours reached a climax, and she burst
into racking sobs.
He soothed her with tender words,
but she only shook her head wildly
have anything to do with me, you
wouldn't want to touch me, tell
you.''
I'D want to hold you In my arms
no matter what you had done" he re-
assured her. Surely you know that,
Florence"
Even II I told you that 1 lied 10
you last night?" she burst out wildly,
would you still love me If 1 told
you that?"
His kindly face grew grave and into
his eyes there crept an expression of
pain.
Don't look at me like that"
walled Florence. II know / deserve
your scorn, but I can't bear to hurt
you. oh, Richard, I've been terrible
fool, but I never did anything really
wrong until last night when | let you
suspect Jean. / don't ask You to
forgive me: I just want you TO be
tolerant with me. If you can. You
see ! never dreamed you would tell
Conrad until you had taken up the
receiver. thought 1t would be just
between U.S."
She clung to him. sobbing wildly
until she was exhausted, and he con-
tinued to hold her. In spite Of the
shame and bitter humiliation of her
confession they were nearer together
than they had been in years. probably
because for the first time in her life
Florence was humble.
CCovynEht. l926)
(To be continued in Mondays Starr
Evening star., 1926-06-19
Women Who Have Interesting Tasks
i'm Government Service
BY ALICE ROGERS HAGER

sifytng, searching up and down the
lengths of rot only our country, but
of many of those abroad, for one
thing, in all its complexities.
Born in Iroquois County, ILL.,, edu
Gated in the Chicago schools, taking
drawing" at the Lewis Institute
there, and certain elective courses at
the University of Chicago, she arrived
at her first real job, as assistant bot
tanist in the Field Museum of Natural
History in 1901. She stayed until 1908
and in that two.year period classified
and arranged THE Grasses and Sedges
of Yucatan" and The Compositae
Sunfiower Family of Yucatan." Before
this, she had made trips at her own
expense through the dune regions ot
Indiana and the northern to middle
areas of Illinois, as always, to study
grass.
In 1903 she was appointed agrostolo-
gical artist TO the United States De
partment of Agriculture, and here
she was one Of the first women to be
sent out on a field study by the de-
partment, going into North Carolina.
In 1907 Mrs. Chase was made as
sistant systematic agrostologist, and
the promotion TO her present place.
as the associate of DIR. A. s. Hitch
cock, came in 1918. Her trips nave
taken her, as I have said, over near
Y the entire United States. Abroad, she
has been into Sonora, Mexico; to Porto
Rico: in 1922, TO Europe, where she
spent much time in VieLn>I. with
collection OF unusual importance and
size. She also journeyed 20 Geneva.
Berlin. Munich. Brussers, Paris and
London. making photographs in each
place of their specimens.
Last year Mrs. Chase went into the
eastern highlands of Brazil, bringing
back a remarkable new collection for
the Smithsonian, with some new spe-
cies and others little known. Dupli
cate sets of these have been sent 10
the herbaria OF the Field Museum in
Chicago. the Missouri Botanical Gar
den in st. Louis; the New York Bo-
tanical Garden and the Gray al Har-
ward.
Mrs. Chase and DR.. Hitchcock have
worked out together the most elabo.
rate. cross index system of grasses
| in the world, covering the Smith
sonian exhibit. They have also col.
laborated on two large reports, and
Mrs. Chase has to her individual cred
| II numerous published papers, as
well as a text book used by range
students in the forest service, The
First Book of Grasses"
Evening star., 1926-06-19
$50 YEARS AGO TO-DAY
BY JONATHAN A. RAWSON, JR.
Story of the u. S. A.

of America marks him out as an
enemy whom any friend of this
country should delight to apprehend
and deliver over to the authorities.
Early IN the present unhappy
quarrel with the British ministry.
kirkland professed to he a stout
Whig. He is still stout, but no
longer a Whig. When the Pre-
vincial Congress of South Carolina
overlooked him in making it's military
appointments kirkland took this as
an excuse for changing sides. and he
not only went over TO the enemy
himself. but he took along with him
a troop of rangers which he conf
manded. although he had just been
appointed to an important patriot
committee.
His treachery was first discovered
when it was found that he was con-
spring with enemy agents in the
Southern Colonies to stir up the
savages in those parts and muster
them into the service of the King.
In this project he worked with
Stewart, the Indian agent of the
British authorities with the Chero-
KEGS and Creeks.
In furtherance of this Conspiracy
he took ship for Boston to set before
the enemy COHlHldHuSIS Ifictc a piddi
for a united attack upon the Caro-
linas, Virginia and Georgia by the
British army, the Tories and the In
dians. Lord Dunmore, former COVER
nor of Virginia, was one of the authors
of the scheme. But happily for the
oppressed people OF this country. the
vessel In which he took passage was
captured when approaching Boston.
AS important as the taking of the
man himself was the seizure of all
the papers which outlined the whole
wicked plot. Kirkland was first
turned over to Gen. Washington, who
in turn sent him under heavy guard
for the thoughtful attention of
Congress.
(Copyright l026)
Evening star., 1926-06-19
LITTLE BENNY
BY LEE PAPE.

Nobody knows jest wat elecktricjtv
is ixactly, but on the other hand M.
body even use to know there even was
eny sutch of thing, and wen thew
looked up and saw lightning thew lest
thawt 1t was part of the thunder.
Electricity Is like standing in q
draft. on account of being easier n
feel than wat 1t Is to see. No matter
how tuff you are you cant take q hold
of a live wire without getting a sboci,
so no matter how silly you are vo,,
don't take a hold of one if you can
help 1t.
The ferst man to discover elecktri.
city was Benjamin Franklin by going
out In the rain and flying a kite, be.
ing a good thing he wasent mutch
younger or elts his mother proherlv
wouldent of left him try it even il
he had the ideer.
Wen people push the buttin an q
doorbell they never stop to think that
nuthing would happin If it wasent for
electricity, but the ferst people that
had elecktric doorbell in their house
proberly felt crate every time thev
herd it ring. Proving It's too bad we
haff to get use to things.
One of the greatest blessings is the
elecktric lite on account Of all the gas
and matches 1t saves. Wen vou pc
into dark room all you haff to do is
push little buttin and 1t stops being
dark room, unless you never bin in
it before and then you are libel Ia
haff to feel erround on the walls and
mock your shins agenst strange ferni
ture, and IL enybody elts was there
and started to tell you electricity was
blessing you would insult them to
their face If you could see it.
Evening star., 1926-06-19
Your Baby and Mine
BY MYRTLE MEYER ELDRED.
Our List of Leaflets.

hope our readers will take ad-
vantage Of the leaflets offered in this
department. Leaflets service is much
speediet. naturally. than personal
answers, and most ordinary questions
and answers have been anticipated
Here is the list choice OF which may
be had for just a selt-addressed and
stamped envelope and 81 request for
them. Remember. II Is easier for you
to address and stamp your own en-
velope than it is for this busy editor
to do 1t for you. Put on both city
and state: this is absolutely essentiai
or YOU may not get your leaflet.
I, Prenatal Care and Diet for
Nursing Mothers; 2. Constipation
8. Feeding and Weaning," covering
periods from months to 3 years; 4.
Eczema: 5, "Layets": s, "Forcible
Feeding" infants and older children:
g. Generally Useful; 9. various
Questions, which include teetning.
sleeping, thumbsucking, sitting ana
walking, training in cleanly habits
periods Of nursing, etc.
Summer Diet for the Baby.
The fear OF the second Summer Is
so implanted in mothers that IT Is
in the Summer time from natural
causes than in the Winter, that Is
true. chief of which Is the danger
from old or dirty milk which has
been allowed to get warm; and from
the danger OF over.ripe or under-ripe
fruits and OF some vegetables.
One can overcome the danger OF
the milk by boiling all milk used for
babies during the hot Summer
months. regardless of where II comes
from. The milk may be boiled Tor
minutes and then rapidly cooled and
kept cold on ice until used. This
kills harmful bacteria. and II the milk
is as fresh as one has a right 70
expect It to be there should be no
danger from that source.
Another danger may arise from
the use Of milk bottles which have
not been properly cleansed and
sterilized before putting the baby's
milk In them. All nursing bottles
should be rinsed in cold water. after
use, and washed In hot soap suds and
boiled In clean water daily. MIX
should be cold when put in them and
kept cold until ready to use.
Nipples should be reversible,
washed and kept in boric acid water
or soda water and boiled once weekly.
Fruits if over-ripe or under'ripe
may cause diarrhea. Changes of milk
or drinking water may cause II. Too
many vegetables may cause undue &C
tivity of the bowels.
In keeping the baby will during the
Summer months one must remember
to be careful of all these natural
agencies which during cool weather
may not be harmful, but when com.
plicated by extreme heat may result
in illness. Keep the baby cool.
Watch his milk and water supply,
boiling both milk and water for
greater safety. Don't overfeed and
don't try out strange and unusual
foods for the baby during the hot
months. Feed him the usual things
and during the hottest days 1t is wise
to cut the amount OF food given him.
just as one would tend to cut ones
own diet during days of extreme
temperature.
Mrs. w. T.-The above answers
your query. I shah be delighted to
send you the feeding leafiet If you will
send the required stamped, self.
addressed envelope.
Evening star., 1926-06-19
SUB ROSA
The Folly of Trying to Be Wild.
BY MIMI.

No. this isn't one of the customary
dissertations on the wild modern girl
and the bad end she's coming to!
The folly Of being wild Is we'll known
to every reader Of the newspapers
and magazines today. That problem
had beet be left to the moralists But
the folly of trying to be wild hasn't
been dealt with In this column yet.
Now there are--no getting away
from it-lots of really wild girls at
large today. The woods are full OF
deluded young things, who drink and
swear and pet as easily and naturally
as they breathe. They seem to have
the temperament for being careless
and lax in their morals. Something
In their home environment, or per-
haps just in their own consciousness,
has made them absolutely immoral,
without a vestige of responsibility or
common sense.
On the other hand, the majority
OF young girls-no matter how grave.
~ the older generation may shake
its head-are fundamentally, deep
down. moral. And it's these damsels
who fail most dismally when they try
to be wild. Take Mae Richardson.
Mae went to high school, had some
when she left school and had a pretty
good time with the one or two men
she knew. She was just an average
attractive. nice kid. Men liked her
fairly we'll. but they didn't rave.
When Mae met Lucille she consid.
cred herself fortunate with nice
home, good mother and one or two
good times a week. But Lucille gave
her something to think about. Lucille
was out every night of her life-7she
rode around in stunning cars - she
saw the best shows in town--she made
Macs good times sound Ike church
socials. Mae watched Lucille In ac-
tion-heard her swear saw her drink
heavily, watched her pet with new
boy every evening.
Lucille, you see, was one OF those
people to whom It was no effort at
all to act in the most unrestrained
fashion. But little Mae was Of a diff
ferent caliber. And when she started
in a pathetic sort of way to initiate
her new friend she was grotesque.
She secretly hated drinking-still she
but she deliberately strove to make a
hit by this method.
However she didn't deceive any one.
Even the boys who went out with her
and Lucille saw through her decep-
ton. THAT Richardson kid is trying
to be wild" they told one another de
risively. She's about as wild as a
marshmallow frappe."
Mae went on until Lucille dropped
her. Then she drew long breath Of
relief and admitted to herself sheep
ishly that she'd never had such a mis-.
cradle time in her life. You see, II
you're fundamentally decent and
sound, the business OF being wild
won't bring you any Joy. You'll be
miserable in your attempt, and what e
more you'll look ridiculous to those
very people whom you're trying to
impress.
The minute you start pretending to
be something you're really not-you're
letting yourself in for a good laugh
from others. and lot Of unhappiness
for yourself.
Copyright. 1s26D
Evening star., 1926-06-19
DEDTVNTE CTNODTEC BY THORNTON
DILL 1V1L - OlN1LtO ". BURGESS

first she let one or two out. These
were the strongest and smartest. Then
one evening she took them all out.
That was the night that Peter Rabbit
saw them. She had charged them that
they must stay together. and that un-
der no circumstances must they fail
to obey her.
when you hear a slap on the water
like this said Mother Muskrat,
bringing her tail down sharply on the
surface of the water, you must at
once dive and swim to hiding place
That is a danger signal. You will
never hear it unless there really is
danger. So don't forget"
All the little Muskrats promised her
they wouldn't forget. So then Mother
Muskrat began to play with them.
What she really was doing was begin
ming to teach them. but they didn't
know 1t, They thought it was all play.
She would dive and swim under water.
Then the seven little Muskrats would
dive and swim under water after her:
but they never could swim as far as
she did. At first they could swim only
a very short distance before having to
come to the surface for air. But as
they did it more and more in the
splendid game which they played to-
sether. they swan farther and farther
before having to come up, until at last
they could swim almost as far as
Mother Muskrat. When they thought
they were simply playing game Of
tag" they really were learning how
to swim and how to stay under water
for a long time.
Another game they liked very much
was hide and seek" It was lots Of
fun, to hide among the rushes with
nothing but little nose above the
surface. 1t took bright eyes to find
one then. So they played hide and
seek" and here again they were learn.
know 1t.
Evening star., 1926-06-19

made of plain pine boards, 1-inch In
thickness, and inches wide. This
one is painted white to accord with
the woodwork so it is quite inconspic-
uous.
This particular set of shelves has a
very special advantage in the drawers
which are built into the lower section.
These drawers make splendid storage
space for n1itts, base balls, tennis
balls, fishing tackle. swimming suits
and other athletic accessories which
boys are prone to accumulate.
The Bar Harbor willow chair shown
before these shelves is an excellent
choice for a boys room, as 1t is
good looking and comfortable and will
stand any amount Of hard usage.
Evening star., 1926-06-19

yet all the time really be going to
school, is the best way of learning
that know of.
Those seven little Muskrats, Jerry
Muskrat's children, were as lively a
lot of little folk as you will often see.
That evening when Peter Rabbit saw
them all together with their mother
was the first night that they had all
been out for look at the Great World.
Now, to them, the Smiling Pool seemed
q. very great and wonderful place. 1t
really was the Great World to them.
They had been born in a snug nest in
a house in the bank, with an entrance
under water. When they were born
they were quite as helpless as any lit
tie babies could be. Their eyes were
shut and they didn't have any little
fur coats. But they had a mother who
knew how to take care of them. and
is was surprising to see how rapidly
they grew. Their eyes opened and they
got little fur coats. But these little
fur coats were not brown like the
coats of Jerry and Mrs. Jerry; they
were a sort of grayish color.
Not until they were about a third
as big as their parents did Mother
Muskrat allow them out of their house.
BY that time they pretty we'll filled it.
and they were getting impatient. At
Evening star., 1926-06-19
FrOcks for the Little Girls
BY MARY MARSHALL.

bare in cool weather. Perhaps this
is only a prejudice.
To the American taste, usually.
white washable frocks or frocks OF
light shades are most appropriate
for little -giris-but no shades seem TOO
bright or materials too elaborate Tor
little frocks here. Tiny little sleeve.
less frocks of the brightest plaids ana
checks tempt the French mother from
the shop windows, and one or the
leading children's dressnakers here IS
now making little sleeveless frocks OF
high -colored crepe georgette. The tiny
skirt is covered over with shirrings
of ribbon ranged in horseshoe enect
and there is a flower on the shoulder
made of ostrich.
There are of course, many smart
French mothers who follow the Eng
lish or American plan in choosing
washable simple froeks for their chl.'
dren. and there are exquisite hand
embroidered and drawn worked frocks
for them. But even there the Amer
lean mother does not find just what
she wants, for so many of these elabo-
rately worked frocks seem too dainty
and exquisite for the every day hearty
American child.
(Conyrirht 1QC6A
Evening star., 1926-06-19
Water Spouts.

The most dreadful looking phe.
nomenon at sea is the water spout.
which consists In slender spiral
reaching from a low cloud to the
surface of the sea, which whirls rapid.
ly and at the same time moves for.
ward in a generally erratic course.
The surface Of the sea. beneath the
spout boils violently, and it Is pop.
ularly supposed that the cloud is suck.
ing the sea water up. but the water
In the spout consists only of spray
of the waves, and when a water
spout passes over a ship a terrific
wetting is all the damage that it
actually suffers from water, though
the wind may do great damage.
There are no real whirlpools accom-.
panying a water spout. In the days
when vessels sailed more slowly and
might not escape a water spout easily
it was customary to fire cannon shot
into the water spout in the hope of
breaking it. BY the force of the ex-
plosion the air currents OF the water
shouts were indeed sometimes so in
terrupted as temporarily to break the
spout in this way.
! Now what do you know about that
Answers to yesterdays questions:
/ A drumlin Is a large lens-shaped
l-slacial hill of unstratified glacial drift
and boulder clay.
2. A cirque is q small lake left in
a depression formed by glacier, gen.
orally a mountain glacier.
An esker Is a serpentine ridge
running across hills and valleys. Of
eIacial formation, but the compIete
explanation Of its strange form is un.
| known.
4. An estuary is broad mouth of
a river without deposits of earth from
the stream, at least not above water.
S. A delta Is a triangular deposit of
earth where a river enters the sea or
| a lake, and is generally crossed by
numerous mouths of the river.
i s. A morain is q deposit Of rock
and earth left by q melting glacier.
Evening star., 1926-06-19
"PuzxEcks
-PuzzIe.LimeYicks

Two dance hall musicians In i
Were paid to play cornet and ,;
But they drank ),
And much whisky, which 4
These two tooters too tight to >.
l. City of Montana.
Q. Tubular wind instrument with
holes along the sides.
3. Beverage made from citrus fruit.
4. Produced.
( Make a noise by blowing.
Note-One thing is certain and that
is that If you had had as much )
and whisky as these dance hall mu-
sicisus had you wouldn't be able to
recite the last line of this limerick,
for It's a real tongue-twister. The
= nswer and another "Puzziick' will
appear on Monday.
Yesterdays "Puzzlick."
There once was fellow. named James
who was adept at all sorts of games;
He remarked: I can play
The races all day;
can play. too, the hose on some
flames"
Evening star., 1926-06-19

Jean Ainsley and Conrad Morgan ,elope;
They are so much in love that they do not
ISN'T until later tha. Jean discovers her
nnother.in-law must live with them. MRS.
Morgan has taken q dislike to Jean and 10
constantly extollng her own daughter. Flor:
ence She has no idea that Florence is bored
with her husband and fancies herself in love love
with Merton Thorne college senior. jean
has known Merton before her marriage. and
Mrs. Morgan succeeds. in planting the seed
of Jealousy in Conrad's mind. Merton and
Andy Patterson take FloTence and cynTthis Tida
Tavern. On the same night Jean goes .,oso TO
not al home The police break into the
rosdhoqso and the boys succeed = R,ozssn Esttin:
m Aid Kitty js there and later tells Richard
Florence's husband. Florence denies having &
been there and manages so that the blame
falls on Jean. Richard calls Con ON the
telephone and. egged on by his mother and
his own Jealousy, Con believes that Jean hae
deceived him. The next morning when he en-; she
returns from Boston he accuses her Witnout
giving her a chance TO explain. She leaves
the house without vindicating herself andd
nv chance happens on her own father ano
mother. who have planned surprise VISIT
Evening star., 1926-06-19

the study Of their structure and their
habits is the most interesting work
in the world"'
Such enthusiasm is contagious, and
1t has been the foundation Of one of
the most successful scientific careers
that has come to a woman in the
United States. Tucked away in an OBJ
scure corner of the Smithsonian here
In Washington, with rows of huge
filing cases forming the approach, are
the modest Offices In which Mrs. Ag.
nes Chase spends her working hours
with her collections. She Is associate
agrostologist of the Smithsonian, "a
specialist in grasses"
The word specialist may mean many
things here in the Capital, sometimes
much and sometimes little. With Mrs
Chase, 1t means that since about 1900,
she has been studying, picturing, clas-
Evening star., 1926-06-19

BATHING SUIT MADE OF FIG
URED SILK. WITH BANDS OF
PLAIN COLOR. THAT MAKE ITS
WEARER LOOK LIKE A BIG
BUNCH OF FLOWERS DIPPING
INTO THE OCEAN.
that respect. If they were going to
live in France they might sagely
enough let their little girls wear the
tiny French frocks. but if they are
not, then they are wiser to spend their
endless francs in other ways. How
ever closely American women may
follow the mode of France, American
children do not. and to the child used
10 American clothes there is some
thing rather absurd and monkeyish
about these little frocks that end
nearer the hips than the knees.
Even well dressed little children
here wear closely fitting knitted wool
suits that leave almost the entire leg
bare and swaddle the body closely.
Even on damp. cool days these chill
dren play about in these little mon
key suits-ot white or bright, light
green prefera bly,. Such costumes would
he too warm tor US in Summer, and
few American mothers would feel
content TO leave little legs SO very