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Evening star., 1926-12-18
THE SPIDER WOMAN
BY HAZEL DEYO BATCHELOR.

John Henderson mdrrtcs Helena
Ford tcithout telling her that he has
tired Of her. When they return from
their honeymoon. Helend's youn ger
sister. Natalie. married John has
become interested IN charming
1cidotc. Nina Price. on their trip to
Hdrdnd. and Helena confdcs to
Natalie that she is sure he no longer
lores her. Natalie advises her to
fight for him ii she cares enough. In
an effort 10 hold him she begins TO
ne1re .Ueb about him. pretending
Indifference. 1t does no good because
he departs on q business trip to the
coast and risits Nina. tcho Hres In
Denrcr. She encourages him to make
lore TO her, and he returns uith the
determination to ask Helena TO free
him. she is prepared. and before he
can say anything she tells him she
is no longer in lore rith him. She
foilo1rs this up By going TO stay 1rtth
Natalie. John is irrit0ted bv her in
Inference aud the knorled1c that she
has tired Of him, but it does not df-
feet his lo1'c for Nina. On the might
Ndtdle's baby Is born, Hclend's s
mother telephones John. and tells him
they arc dfrdid Natalie trtH not HUe.
Evening star., 1926-12-18
DELI 1v1E OIOlAl1LC W. BURGESS

to keep them alive, but not enough
to keep them from feeling hungry.
So most of the time while they were
awake they spent hunting.
Now as a rule Reddy makes sure of
what he is hunting. He doesn't take
any chances unless the way seems
very clear. He will visit a henhouse,
but you won't find him visiting the
same henhouse two nights In success
sion as a rule. When he decides he
must have chicken he very often and
very wisely goes to distant chicken
yard instead of to one near where he
lives. In the same way he is very
careful when he is hunting on the
Green Meadows or in the Green For
est. But an empty stomach some
times upsets judgment, and it hap
pened so with Reddy. 1t seemed to
R~dy that never had his stomach
been quite SO empty. When he was
awake all he could think of was food.
When he was asleep all he could
dream of was food. He was so hun
cry that he was ready to take almost
any chance to get something to eat.
1t was moonlight. Reddy was hunt
ing along the Old Stone Wall on the
edge of the Old Orchard. Here and
there in the Old Wall there were holes
had not drifted in and frozen. Reddy
knew that Peter Rabbit often made
use of these holes, and he hoped he
might surprise Peter outside one of
them. OF course, Reddy was taking
the greatest care To make no noise as
he trotted along, and was using those
eyes and ears of his as Old Mother
Nature meant they should be used.
SO it was that he caught sight OF
something moving in one of those
holes between the stones In the Old
Wall. He paused an instant to make
sure. Yes, there 1t was again. There
was some one right at the entrance
of that hole.
You should have seen Reddy then.
He moved quickly. He almost crawled
on his stomach off to one side and
around so as to come up from behind
10 that hole between the stones in the
Old Wall. When he reached the place
where he was sure he couldn't be seen,
he began to creep inch by inch, and
inch by inch, with his feet ready for
swift jump. He had feeling that
it was Peter Rabbit, and he meant
that IL Peter so much as poked his
head outside he never would draw ii
in again.
He was within jumping distance
| now. His eyes glared. His mouth
watered. He almost held his breath.
He didn't intend to waste any time.
If there was the least chance he
meant to make. the most OF il. Some.
thing came up out of that hole. Red.
dy didn't even stop to see what 1t was,
He jumped. But before he landed he
knew he had made a dreadful mis-.
| take. And when he did land he
jumped again just as quick as he
could make his legs take him. You
see, the thing that had come up out
of that hole was the tail Of Jimmy
Skunk. Reddy had been too hasty
Yes, sir, he had been too hasty and
he knew 1t. He actually fell heels
over head when he landed after that
second jump. and he kept right on
rolling until he was sure he was far
enough away. The last thing in all
the Great World that Reddy Fox
wanted was n quarrel with Jimmy
Skunk.
sCspyriGht. l926.l
Evening star., 1926-12-18
CHAPTER XLII.
Facing It.

The flivver bumped along the road.
down Main street. and into wider
avenue lined with trees. F'red's tense
young face above the steering wheel
interested John. How he cared. 1t
was terrible to care like that and
then have the dearest thing in the
world taken away.
The car swerved sharply to the
right. and then they were drawing up
by the side of the house. John re-
membered the last time he had been
there. Natalie had been knitting on
a small pink sweater. She had said
provocatively, do you remember the
night ] cut you out with Mrs. Price?"
And she had laughed. 1t couldn't be
possible that she was going to die.
They entered the house and there
was a hushed stiffness over every
thing. Mrs. Ford came out of the
living room with redeemed eyelidS.
She went up to John and without a
word he took her in his arms. He
felt a pity and sympathy that he
could not put into his words.
You were sweet to come" she
whispered.
Il had to come" he said tenderly.
"Is there anything in the world / can
do to help"
NO, the doctor is there. and the
nurse. Helena is in the kitchen.
Don't you want to go in and speak
to herr"
"In a minute. How is Natalie?"
"She seems to have rallied a little
since | telephoned you, but she's very
weak. Go and speak to Helena, John;
she'll want to see you"
John went into the kitchen unwill-
ingly. He didn't want to be alone
with Helena. He found her very busy
and unable to talk to him save in
monosyllables. He had been there
only few minutes when she left
him to take something upstairs.
There was a quality about her tonight
of sanity and competence that was
like a rock. The others had gone to
pieces, but Helena, at least outward
ly, was calm.
And then at last as the clock
chimed the doctor came downstairs
rubbing his hands professionally.
Things had taken a turn for the bet
ter and he thought Mrs. Parsons
would be all right. What she needed
was rest, and plenty of 1t. He had
given her a heart Stimulant, and she
had fallen asleep. The nurse was
watching her and would telephone if
he were needed again.
Instantly the tension in the little
group relaxed
Helena came downstairs and went
into the kitchen to make coffee. Dorrie
Evening star., 1926-12-18
Ice Plants.
BY BRIGGS.

We get our artificial ice from ice
plants, but there is another kind of
ice plant, a living vegetable, that pro-
duces it's own ice. In late Fall, when
the water vapor in the air is be-
ginning to freeze, and the plumbing
systems of plants are subject to pipe
burstings, certain plants, such as the
dittany and the frostweed, which are
common little wildfiowers, shoot out
great fiat curls of ice from the
broken bark three and four inches
long.
Now what do you know about that? ?
Answers to Yesterdays Questions.
/. The amoeba is the simplest and
lowliest of animals, being bit of
living jelly found in stagnant waters.
2. "A fiagellate is one of a class of
primitive water animals having tail
like hairs.
3. Protozoans are microscopic,
primitive, one-celled animals.
4. An echinodern is one of a class
of animals of which the star.fish and
the sea urchln are typical.
S. A coelenrerate is one of a group
OF marine animals having radial
symmetry, such as the jelly-fish, coral
and sea 'anemOne.
6. A rotifer is small, many-celled
animal with leg-like hairs which
whirl around it in motion; they are
common in sragnant fresh water.
(COoyright. 1926.)
Evening star., 1926-12-18

Christmas comes just one week
from today, and SO let us consider
interesting ways of decorating the
rooms for the greatest of all holidays.
The color schemes are prescribed
green and red--red for gayety and
festivity, green for the evergreen that
keeps its verdure and color. and is
typical of enduring beauty. To these
can be added white for snow, typify-
ing purity: silver for moonlight tones
and gold to represent plenty and also
the glow of the sun. Many other gay
hues are found in tree novelties.
Christmas Trees.
It is because house without Christ
mas decorations Immediately i'm
presses one as lacking in the Christ
mas spirit that the emblems of the
holiday are so desirable If not indeed
necessary. These decorations may be
simple or costly, it matters not, for
both carry the same message of joy,
cheer and good will. A little tree
glistening with wee ornaments may
be on table or mantle, or a big one
may fill an entire corner and be laden
with trimmings, but in each instance
the symbolic evergreen tree is in evi-
dence. A house without a tree seems
to- be shorn of the chief Christmas
decorative motif.
Candles.
Candles on Christmas eve carry
their shining significance to all who
pass by and their glow on Christmas
evening seems to consummate the
beautiful idea. On Christmas trees the
strings of small many-colored electric
bulbs are found so much safer that
they are taking the place of the more
Fascinating flicker of tiny candles.
Baskets for Windows.
Instead of the customary wreaths
for windows, baskets filled with ever.
green, pine cones, holly and the as
sortment of Christmas flora often of
pods painted in various colors with
fieckS of gold and silver added and
Evening star., 1926-12-18
MILADY BEAUTIFUL
By LOIS LEEDS

the only thing that will help me.
nave started using your oatmeal.
glycerin and rose water pack. (2)
My hair used to be glossy, but now
1t becomes dull and dry a few DAYS
after the shampoo. / use warm olive
Oil before washing my hair. NJ. d.
Answer-W From both your ques-
tions / would judge that your general
health Is not SO good as 1t was. Sal.
low. coarse skin and dry hair usually
point to some internal cause which
may be mental (as worry or physi-
cal. think. too, that you are not
giving your skin the right care. First,
apply the cold cream. leave 1t on for
about 20 minutes, then wipe 1t all
off carefully with pad of clean abb
sorbent cotton that has been squeezed
out in an astringent lotion. Do not
leave the cream on over night. Next
morning, wash your face with cold
water, dry thoroughly, apply pow.
der base and face powder. Liquid
powder Is more suitable for evening
wear than for the daytime. because
it gives the skin an artificial look
under natural light. I think you will
find that you can use the dry pow
der after you have been using the
above treatment for a week or so. l
should be glad to send you my spe.
cial leaflet on the care Of your type
OF skin If you will write again, in
closing a stamped, self-addressed en-.
velope and describing your complex
ion as dry" or oily" The oatmeal
pack will help you If you use 1t faith
fully. See that your weight Is cor.
rect and that you have plenty of
fresh air and outdoor exercise daily.
(2) Massage your scalp for 10 minutes
a day. Twice week apply the fol-
lowing tonic before you massage:
Two ounces white vaseline, two
ounces lanolin, one and one-half tea
spoonfuls flowers of sulphur, ten
grains quinine sulphate: enough witch
hazel to make a smooth liquid. Keep
on with the hot oil treatment before
the shampoo. LOIS LEEDS.
lCopyright. 1026.l
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40 iOC w 40 111lo O1NES.
to refuse, because Helena had asked
him before the others, and 1t wasn't
so bad. after all, because Fred couldn't
seem to stay away from the small
room they were using as nursery
and followed him upstairs.
The nurse was not there when they
tiptoed In. and they stood for a mo-
ment looking down at the tiny.
wrinkled face. John had never seen
baby as young as this one. 1t had
the wisdom of the centuries in it's
face. and for all that was only few
hours old. It's little fists were clench-
ed. and ii was very, very red and
quite ugly. But for all that John felt
a certain thrill as he looked down at
the baby. There was something ma
jestic about birth and death-some-
thing strange and mysterious that
made other things seem unimportant.
AS this thought occurred to him,
Helena leaned down and put her
finger against the baby's fist. In.
stantly the fingers relaxed and a
moment later were wound about her
own.
"It never fails" she said in whis-
per. they always do that" And then.
quite absurdly, John thought. she
turned to Fred and said softly, He's
going to look just like Natalie"
tCopyrixht. 1926,
CONTINUED in Mondays Starr
Evening star., 1926-12-18
Physical Specifications.

Dear Miss Leeds-I am II Years
old, 5 feet l inch tall and weigh 100
pounds. Are my weight and measure.
ments correct? My neck is IL inches,
but 3ois. waist 26h, hips "a. calves
49, ankles s, thigh 18 and wrist 6
inches. I have never worn high heels:
should begin to wear them? I have
light brown hair, brown eyes and a
natural complexion. What colors
should I wear? BETH.
Answer You are about nine
pounds too light for your age and
height. Your thigh, calves and bust
are rather too small for beauty. When
Evening star., 1926-12-18
HOME NOTES
BY JENNY WREN.

1t really seems as though there
were never SO, many clever-looking
little smoking accessories in the gift
shops as there are this year. A few
selected articles ar shown here:
AT the upper left is a business-like
little stand suitable for mans Office.
At the upper right Is a decorative
ash tray with bright yellow glass
rabbit crouchtng over It. This, like
Evening star., 1926-12-18
Goldfish Crouuettes.

Take one-half a pound Of salt cod
fish and shred or pull apart In pieces.
Put In cold water to soak. Peel four
large potatoes and cut in four pieces.
Put the fish and potatoes on to cook
in a saucepan and cover with fresh
cold water. Cook until the potatoes
are done, then pour off the water.
Stand on the stove to dry and steam.
after turning of the gas. Add a
tablespoonful Of butter and pepper to
taste. Then mash. and after cooling
beat an egg slightly and add. then
beat all together until light as feath-
ers. Shape without much smooth
ing. each time dipping the spoon in
hot fat. then it will not stick. Have
ready kettle of boiling fat. drop
about five at a time and fry untH 3
nice brown. Drain on paper napkins.
Evening star., 1926-12-18

laughed as she cut bread for sand.
wiches. Mrs. Ford. tired ou, with the;
long vigil. fell asleep on the living
room couch. and Fred and John
smoked cigarettes on the porch.
Helena carried a cup of coffee up
to- the nurse, and came down again
with the news that Natalie was sleep.
ing quietly. There was apparently no
need for worry. She was quite easy
and natural with John, and on i'm.
pulse she said lightly:
Would you like to see the baby?
He's a darling"
John didn't want TO see the baby.
He had never liked small children.
they terrified him. But he didn't like
Evening star., 1926-12-18
THE DIARY OF
A NEW FATHER
BY ROBERT e. DICKSON.

Letter from the new father to
Joan:
Dear Joan: Well, everything Is
going along the same old way. l had
dinner at the Andersons' last night
Very nice meal. but think you ought
to give her your lemon pie recipe.
Hers was a little tough.
Tell Dad the baby probably will
laugh only for him because he doesn't
see anybody else as funny looking.
Evening star., 1926-12-18
Milk Toast.

Melt three.fourths tablespoonful of
butter and add one and one half tea
spoonsfuls of -four. When blended
add one cupful of sca1ded milk and
stir constantly until the mixture
boils. Add one-fourth teaspoonful
of salt. Cut two slices of bread and
toast thoroughly on both sides. Dip
the toast in the sauce. remove to
plate and pour over it the remain
ing sauce. Serve at once with
small s,n,, cubs OF jelly in a separate
Evening star., 1926-12-18
Fried Bread With Sirup.

Roll out some bread dough until
one-fourth- inch thick, then cut in
strips inches long and inches
wide. Let these rise on the bread
board for Is minutes then drop them
into hot fat and fry a delicate
brown. Serve with hot maple
sirup. '~.
Evening star., 1926-12-18

you have gained your normal weight
your figure will be much improved.
Wearing high heels Is an unhygienic
custom which intelligent young peo.
pie are tending more and more to dis.
card. 1t thickens ankles and throws
the weight of the whole body out of
it's natural alignment. If by natural
complexion" you mean q medium
shade, the following colors should be
becoming to you: Bronze. medium
tan, cream, pale yellow. dark and
medium blues, dark green, reseda,
pink gray, silver gray, purple, dull
brick, rust, flesh, peach.
nTS YyY-Dc
Evening star., 1926-12-18

Reddy Fox is quick, but as a rule
he is too clever to be overhasty. He
knows quite as well as Old Mother
Nature the truth of that saying of
hers. But the most careful of people
are sometimes hasty. They do thing
and think afterward. instead OF think
ing first. Always keep this rule in
Evening star., 1926-12-18
Complexion Problems.

Dear Miss Leeds-tD Right now
feel thoroughly discouraged about my
complexion. 1t is a poor color and
the pores are enlarged. I use cleans
ing cream at night and no matter
how thoroughly l wash my face next
morning, coating of cream remains
On Ii. A liquid powder seems to be
Evening star., 1926-12-18

the comical duck ash tray at the
lower right, would make gay touch
for the living room.
In the center is a smokers complete
kit mounted on a black glass tray and
fenced in with a tiny brass rail.
Obviously this is to stand on a small
table beside a mans easy chair.
At the lower left is a nest of bright
red glass ash trays in a little brass
holder.
tCopyright. 1926)
Evening star., 1926-12-18

mind: Think before doing; never do
before thinking. 1t will save you a
lot Of trouble.
AS you know. the Green Meadows
were green no longer. They were COW
cred with snow and the snow was
crusted. That crust meant safety and
comfort for Danny Meadow Mouse
and Whitefoot the Wood Mouse, but
that crust meant hard hunting for
Reddy Fox and Old Man Coyote and
Yowler the Bobcat. All of them went
hungry most OF the time. They sci.
dom knew what it was to have full
stomachs. They found enough food
Evening star., 1926-12-18
Reddy Is Overhasty.

You'll often find that overhaste
Both time and energy will waste.
Old Mother Nature.
Evening star., 1926-12-18
"puzzEcks
Puzzle. Limericks-

A clever young pitcher named i,
Was chucking some spuds in a >;
Though hard on his ),
The work had It's a,
For It wasn't a strain on his --5-.
1. Familiar abbrevation of a mans
Christian name.
2. Vehicle used for hauling over
snow.
g. Part of the body most used by a
pitcher.
4. Appeal.
6. Vital part Of the human body.
(Note--Complete the limerick by
placing the right words. indicated by
the numbers. in the corresponding
spaces and you'll see why the work
was well suited to the young man in
question. The answer and another
'Puzzlick" will be here on Monday.)
Evening star., 1926-12-18
tCopyright. 1895,

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z. OF great stature.
s. Writing fluid.
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10. Keeping amused.
I'll. Put out
Is. Erudition.
II. Object in chess.
Is. Arabian peninsula.
20. Prefix. again.
81. Liquid measure.
%. Eggshaped.
"a. Fly.
25. Name of a lake.
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1 %. Precious metal.
! 90. Cease.
| 80. Chinese monetary unit.
32. Exact.
33. Stitches.
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| 81. Compass point.
j SO. Sharp point.
/ 40. Southwestern tribe of Indians.
~. Vegetables.
| 43. Hold a session.
| 45. Postscript (abbr).
| 46. Unsorted type.
At. Engineering degree (abbr.).
Evening star., 1926-12-18
Yesterdays "PuzzIick ;"

There was a young lady named Lulu,
Who was running away with a Zulu;
When her grandfather caught her
And drenched her with water,
And said, Now hope that will do.
Lu."
(Cnuyriphl I436A
Evening star., 1926-12-18

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%. Poem.
%. Wrath.
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25. Eternally.
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81. Piece of skeleton.
%. Concede.
30. Membership.
80. Labor.
81. Absolute.
33. Auction.
81. Prefix, two.
80. Metal.
36. Tall grass.
81. Descendant.
3S. Have supper,
80. Cry out.
40. Prefix, half.
Al. Personal pronoun.
AZ. Lengthens unduly
43. Likewise.
A. Measure of type.
45. Persian elf.
As. Hollow rod.
4S. Reasons for being unable.
Evening star., 1926-12-18
DOROTHY DIX'S LETTER BOX
Exceptions to the Rule That Best Husbands Are
Men Who Are Kind to Their Sisters-Bride
Whose Husband Hides His POcketbOOk

TlEAR DOROTHY a a
he sweet and lovely that strangers are always telling
a
Seward daily gateway., 1926-08-17
MRS. GAINES BEFORE
 COURT FASTENING
 DEFENSE HUSBAND
DR. ROYAL B. TRACEY, ALIENIST CALLED TO GIVE TEsTI-
 MoNY DlPSOMANiAC

SEATTLE, Aug. 17(P)-Mrs. Gaines testified. "That about midnight of November "A, I got a message to go 10 the New Arctic hotel, but l did not respond to it because I knew that Wallace was there in good hands. already had taught Sylvia how to care for him." It was said she and Sylvia had an unders landing whereby, "Elth- CT Sylvia or would get Wallace into a taxicab whenever he was down town intoxicated and couldn't drive home safely. If he refused to come home we were to take him to hotel and stay with him." Under cross examination she denied she shot herself because of improper relations between Sylvia and her father. 'T did not tell my neighbor, Mrs. Agnew Quigley last Christmas, that Wallace had stayed with Sylvia at hotel, and that it was wrong, because Bob and Sylvia want ed to be together.' She denied she told Mrs. Quigley that Wallace and Sylvia slept together on couch, But I might have said he laid down beside her for the first two or three night when my shoulder was hurt"
 SEATTLE, Aug. 17 (R-Doctor Royal B. Tracey, alienist, testified yes terday, even tho Gaines may be dip somaniac, this fact, probably, would not establish cause for unnatural re- lationship with his daughter. Doctor Tracey was not asked hypothetical questions concerning Gaines when Colvin cross-eXamined the doctor for an hour Doctor Guy Sherman Peter kin was rushed to the courtroom, to advise Colvin during the. cross ex animation.
Seward daily gateway., 1926-08-17
REG|MENTAL REUNION
 AT t. A. R. MEETING
HEROIC DEEDS NUMEROUS UNI ION ARMY UNITS TO BE
 ACCOUNTED

DIES MONIES, Aug. IT (P)-Civil war veterans will have still another opportunity to recount the old stories of heroic deeds at the special reunions of numerous Union army units which will be a part of the Sixtieth National Encampment of the Republic, here, Sept. 19 to 24.
 Among groups that will hold re- unions are the Iron Brigade, Survivors of Vicksburg, Survivors of Shiloh, National Association of Civil War Mu- sicians, Prisoners of War, Burbridge's Brigade, Hornets Nest Brigade, Ma tional Association of. Naval and Civil War, Second Iowa Infantry, 52nd H. linois Infantry, 2Oth Wisconsin infan- try, 3rd Iowa Cavalry, 10th Iowa h. fantry, 33rd Iowa Infantry, 2Sth Iowa Infantry, 23rd Iowa Infantry, 23rd Ohio Infantry, 17th Indiana with Wild CTS Brigade, and Colored Troops of the Civil War.