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Evening star., 1926-06-15
Your Baby and Mine
BY MYRTLE MEYER ELDRED.
CONSTIPATION.

\
To Mrs. II. b. H.-There are SO
many reasons why baby might be
constipated that it is one of the trick
! lest ailments to advise upon. You
| have given me not a single clue to the
underlying reason in I b6 case of your
! baby. He is an excellent weight for
| his age and so undernouriShmen
would not seem to be the cause; and
| he is not SO overweight that one
would suspect too rich a breast milk.
! 1t seems to be just a condition of slug
eish muscles. as you say the stool is
! in no way constipated when the baby's
bowels do move.
1t would be best to stimulate a
natural movement every day, me-
chanically, by the use of soap or
glycerin supposltory and encourage
regular bowel movements. Use the
SuppOSitOrV at a regular hour every
day, and in a weeks time it is more
than possible that the baby will need
only TO be put on the stool in order TO
have an evacuation without resort TO
the suppository. This is better than
giving laxative medicines. though
orange juice may be given, as the
baby does not seem to need a laxative
so much s he needs regulating.
Mrs. J. B. TIT is not uncommon
!
breasts for some months after wean-
ing the baby. II you do nothing about
ii and do not in any way stimulate a
! further supply by trying to express it.
II should give you no trouble. Coffee is
never a milk maker, though any
: liquid. even water. has slight tend
ency to increase the supply. 1t is pos
sible that all you need TO do at this
period is TO forget it.
To readers: We want to answer your
| letters and reuests for leaflets as
! speedily as possible. but sometimes il
happens that we are temporarily out
of the leaflets asked for and letters
have TO be held until a new supply is
printed. Please don't write a second
letter in two or three days. or even a
week. complaining Of a failure to re-
ceive an answer. If your letter has
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ed envelope you will receive your
answer with as little delay as possible
We are much more anxious to give
you this service than you are to have
1t. and, of course, letters can be lost.
but give us more than just a few days
before becoming impatient. At our
end sometimes it would seem that
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CHAPTER Xiv.
COWardiCp.

Florence was exultant Before her
bland self-assurance Kitty was furi.
ously helpless. although she weep
ingly persisted in her accusation.
You We're there; I know it was
YOU" she kept saying over and over.
"Who was supposed to be with
me?" Florence emanded Of the cry
ing girl.
Il don't know" Kitty faltered. CON
scious of losing ground. II didn't see
you till the pounding began outside.
but l know It was you. You were
wearing your green hat. and Miss
Jean is the only one in town who has
one like it,
"Ah." said Florence significantly
And Kitty went pale with the knowl-
edge Of what she had said. Before she
could speak again, however, Florence
continued:
THAT will do. You can so now.
Tomorrow I'll pay you your wages
and you can find another place"
Kitty departed without her defiant
manner, and the minute she was gone
Richard said gravely:
Then it was jean"
Il don't know" Florence returned.
her heart leaping in her breast. If
she could make him think it was Jean
she could get out of this scrape. It
wasn't as if it We're going TO hurt
Jean. No one would ever know. But
to her amazement Richard strode to-
ward the telephone and before she
could stop him had given Conrad S
number.
Florence flew across the room.
What are you going to do, Rich
Evening star., 1926-06-15
Women Who Have Interesting Tasks
i'm Government Service
BY ALICE ROGERS HAGER

field, Mass. She loved sports as we'll
as society, and twice she was semi
fnalist in the national Women'S golf
tournaments.
In 1914 the war found her living in
Philadelphia, and she volunteered for
work with the Emergency Aid there,
in the Women's Employment Service
and in the home service section or the
Red Cross. Later she joined the Mo-
tor Messenger Service as private,
but her natural energy and her ability
to handle people and carry through
difficult undertakings soon raised her
to a lieutenantcy and the direction or
the Motor Corps Service of Pennsyl-
vania and Delaware for the Red Cross.
When the war was over, by accident
she met one night the first director
of women's relations, who had just
been appointed. She asked Miss
Phipps to become supervisor OF the
Eastern Department III this new work
with the ARMY, her headquarters to
be at Governors Island. Miss Phipps
had had no thought of continuing in
any sort of public service, but the
idea of having the opportunity to
build up an entirely unprecedented
job interested her tremendously, and
she finally said yes. In less than
year the other director resigned and
Miss Phipps was made her successor.
Her work is difficult to describe be-
cause of it's necessarily intangible ma
ture. The smallest part of it is the
supervision of the hostesses who are
installed in the various Army posts
Aside from this, everything which
pertains to women employed by the
Army, excepting always the Nurse
Corps. which is exclusively under the
medicak staff, or TO women who seek
information from the Army, as do, for
example, the mothers OF boys who at
tend the Summer training camps, or
any other problem whatsoever in
which women are concerned. Miss
Phipps is called to ADVISE upon with
the General Staff. Her duties are al
ways advisory, never administrative
She is, in military parlance the Off
clal channel" through which women
may come for any matter which af
fects them.
She has leCtured in various clubs
at their request, on the work of the
Army in peace time, and has Travelled
among the posts TO inspect the host
esses. At present she is engaged par
ticularly in compiling material for
report on the adartability of women
10 help in national emergencies.
Evening star., 1926-06-15

tween these two that he was begin
ming to sense and to resent.
Yet she was lovely, he thought,
watching her as she lay back against
the cushions of the big divan. Lovely
and desirable. Worth anything-yes.
as Rogers had intimated worth any
kind of a. fight.
But the young clubman was shrug-
ging with his usual supercilious ease.
Il can't suggest" he said. Suppose
we each lay our possibilities at her
feet?''
Il have already done that" Jimmy
murmured. He was averse to even
an allusion to his love in this mans
presence.
Hes offered a profound acquaint-
ance with the we'll known world"
Frances laughed II don't know what
I should do with it. And you, Austin?
Don't. tell me that your possibilities
are limited to an Introduction to the
Sultan of Timbuctoo-or whatever it
is that rules Timbuctoo!"
Rogers looked UP speculatively at
his rival
I'LL offer" he said quietly, slowly,
"everything that Mr.. Brandon offers
he shrugged. aside from London,
Paris and the Riviera, it's closed
book to me. But think 1 have the
key that will open the book"
He waited. Jimmy stood silent for
a moment. There had been a tone in
! the others voice which was a direct
challenge. Money, he meant; money
would open every door for him. But
could it?
Suddenly Jimmy Brandon straight.
ened and his gray eyes frightened for
the first time that afternoon as he
turned to the girl.
he exclaimed. Suppose l offered
you fame. Frances; would it be
enough? Suppose, with this knowl-
edge of the world that Mr.. Roger s
/ scorns, break every record for cir
cling it?"
She stared. Every record! You
Around the world! 1tll prove to
you that my knocking about is worth
something, after all. VIII it be
enough-fame?"
Frances hesitated. But it was easy
to see that she was pleased. She
! looked at last at Rogers, who was
leaning back against the fireplace.
i've read Jules Verne and that
Around the World in 80 Days. the
latter drawled. "Is that what you're
getting at-youll break the record for
completely circling the globe?"
Exactly. The present record is 35
days. I'll bring it down to 80 at least
Do you think that key you spoke of
can do that?" Jimmy challenged.
Rogers smiled family. " "Of course !
do! The little key was money. I think
you've got a great idea, Brandon" he
drawled. How much do you care to
stake that you can beat me?"
Rogers shrugged. IF 1t would
please you" he drawled, of course
Why not make the race interesting,
Frances, and promise the winner the
supreme reward?"
She flushed. Jimmy waited. He did
not approve Of the turn the conversa.
ton had taken. Her hand-to the
winner? 1t seemed like sacrilege to
make love the stake. But Frances
was less disturbed.
II don't see," she faltered at last
"how could fail to love the man who
broke all records-for met
Rogers smiled. He turned back to
Jimmy.
Fair enough" he said. To-day. is
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Dear Ann.

Jean Ainsley and Conrad Morgan
elope. They are so much in lore that
they do not stop to consider the con-
sequences. and il isn't. until later that
Jean diSCOrerS her mOther-iH lac
must make her home Nth them Mrs
Morgan has taken q dislike to Jean
and is constantly ertoNing her O1Cn
daughter Florence. She has no idea
that Florence is bored 1Cith her huS
band and f1ncieS herself in tore 'rith
Merton ThOrRe. u college senior. Jean
has knOtn Merton before her mar
ridge. and Mrs Morgan succeeds in
planting the seed Of jealousy in Con-
rdd's heart. Merton and Andy Pat
ferSOn take Florence end Cynthia Ell
dredge to a place called the Red Lion
TGTern. ON the same night Jean goes
to Boston to sec IN old school friend
IT happens that Florence has made an
enemy Of KjttU. her maid. 1rhO is also
there. The police brodk into the place,
and. GlthOu0h the boDs succeed in me-
TING the Girls ont thrOuGh 1rindO1r,
Kitty sees Florence. Later she tells
FIorence's husband Richard 6ut Flor
encc denies hdrinG been there.
Evening star., 1926-06-15
SUB ROSA
BY MIMI,
BY MIMI.
Simmer Clothes.


This is a bad time of year for the
over and under weights.
| The shops are full Of the most allur-
| ing frocks of every description and
color.
The Summer wardrobe is simply
crying to be replenished, and so Miss
| Too Plump steps out to buy herselr
l. some glad rags. But oh, she has 10
be careful! She has to shut her eyes
to snares and Temptations. She looks
yearningly at the bright yellows and
gay geranium pinks, but her good
sense must tell her that those shades
are not for her.
Even the orchids and heavenly
green's are Stunned by the plump
woman Of good taste. Still, she doesn't
have to creep away home in misery
and shame. She doesn't have to spend
the Summer attired in a dark blue
horror. She may do herself proud
with a nice beige frock, cut on
straight lines. With this she can
wear a gay.colored hat and look quite
as attractive and smart as her more
| fortunate sisters.
She can choose any quiet shade
perhaps dull green or soft gray
blue-and get away with 1t Gnlcely.
But she mustn't let her mind stray
to crisp orga andies-or to amusing high
collars and trick cuffs. And the too
thin maiden has to watch her step.
too. For her the one piece dress of
all white is out of the question
The thin, aristocratic-looking dam.
sci sees straight smart frock of
creamy white and says to herself:
That's my style exactly. I'll look
like the retired Russian princess in
that outfit" And she buys it. And
she looks like nothing more nor less
than a bottle of milk. Which Is a
great pity. For if she'd only taken
one Of those charming two-piece
frocks in two tones. she'd have looked
both smart and aristocratic.
There are so many styles to choose
from today Mat it's easy to go wrong
but at the same time it's easy to get
just the right thing, if you'll use your
head little bit. Summer clothes are
much more dangerous than Winter
things, because you have such an in
finite variety of colors to stumble
over.
Your favorite flower may be an or
child, but if you're built on rather sub
stantial lines the loveliest lavender
gown in the world won't make you
look like anything but a full-blown
peony.
And in the same way, If you're in
clined to scrawniness. you mustn't
hope to achieve sartorial success in a
straightline dress made of one piece
of material and artfully draped at one
side.
You will look exactly as if you were
| wearing a neglige.
Beware of Summer clothes. They're
delightful, but dangerous.
Evening star., 1926-06-15

Monday. Wen start from our club,
right around the corner here, on
| Fifth avenue, on whatever day you
say"
"wednesday suits me. At what
hour?'
Noon exactly We travel by which.
ever route we please, of course, COM
pletely independent of each other
And now," Rogers added, the bet?"
Jimmy hesitated. rejecting on his
| thinning bank account. He had
| been almost ready to accept a job as
foreign correspondent which had been
aunt was expected to die in a few
years; but Jimmy f7ad never con.
| sidered that. He had made a good
deal of money; but in making it. he
had learned to spend it, too. How
much did he dare bet with Rogers?
How about fifteen thousand?" he
ventured.
! Rogers shrugged. Haven't you
more faith in yourself than that?" he
demanded.
Jimmy flushed. Double it, then~
he exclaimed. rs that better?"
| Rogers bowed briefly. "Donew he
cried. "Noon Wednesday,. Till that
moment, Brandon-good luckr'
! Jimmy found himself outside a few
moments later, in the midst of the
golden sunshine of late May after
noon.
| He was broke! Austin Rogers
taunt had drawn from him almost the
last penny he had in the world. Two
or three thousand remained in his
bank A certified check, of course,
would have to be deposited with the
club in the morning as his share of
the wager.
In the meantime, where to get the
money to take him around the world
money enough. added with his
knowledge of the globe, to beat Austin
Rogers careless millions!
| (Copyright. 1926. by the North American
| Newspaper Alliance.)
Evening star., 1926-06-15
What 7 TomorrowMeans to You
BY MARY BLAKE.

| Tomorrow's planetary aspects are
variable. Until noon. they are dis
! tinctly favorable. In the afternoon.
! they become adverse. In the evening,
| they are negative. 1t is. therefore,
quite clear that any task of impor-
tance, involving any fresh departure,
should be attempted only during the
early hours, as, at that time. there
viii be sensed those vibrating emo
tions that conduce to success. RelaXa-
| ton should be indulged in. as far as
possible, during the rest of the day,
and nothing, outside of customary du
ties, should be attempted. In addi-
ton, a strong effort must be made to
counteract the influences of discon
| tent and Indifference that will be at
work
Children born tomorrow will not
escape all the ills that are usually
associated with infancy. They will,
however, only suffer slightly and in.
| frequently, and all their puerile all
ments will yield very readily to or
dinary treatmsnt. They promise, so
| the signs say, to attain normal
adulthood, without experiencing any
serious physical set backs" Tempera-
! mentally. they will be very introspec-
tive. and their mental processes will
| produce none too enviable state of
mind They should not be permitted
| to study too hard. and the books that
| they read should be carefully chosen,
| so that their outlook on life may be
| turned from morbidity to joyfulness.
! If tomorrow is your birthday, your
| character is of retiring nature, and
| you. fail, by lack of aggressiveness, to
make the most of your opportunities.
| Blatant self advertising is, of course,
| Objectionable. Hiding ones light
| under a bushel," however, leads no.
where. 1t is not necessary to agree
with every one in order to succeed.
Conviction, and courage to carry out
a conviction. Is always productive Of
| results. You are inherently afraid to
| assume responsibility. although well
equipped, from the mental standpoint,
to carry out the obligations that in
creased responsibility would entail.
Your education is not a superficial
! one. On those subjects that you
have studied your knowledge is pro
found. You, however, allow very few
people to suspect this condition, as a
result Of your timidity and shyness.
| Your nature is very affectionate,
and gentleness and forbearance char
acterizes all your actions. Your home
| life is surrounded by an air of con.
| tentment and peace, as you always
control your temper and strive only
! to please.
Evening star., 1926-06-15
LITTLE BENNY
BY LEE PAPE.

Me and Puds Simkins was wawking
to skool tawking about diffrent sub
jecks sutch as how they get the lead
in pencils and If our skin would Of
bin a diffrent color If we had of bin
born in the middle of Africka, and
jest then a aireoplane went pass up
in the air, Puds saying, o boy, l wish
| was up there insted OF down heer
Jest think of sailing along up there
a thousand miles a minnit and not
skool In site, o boy, he sed.
Aireoplanes don't go eny thousand
| miles a minnit. watts you tawking
about, even a streek Of lightning don't
hardly go that fast, 1 sed.
How do you know it don't, was you
ever streek of lightning? Puds sed.
No, but how do you know 1t does.
was you? | sed. and Puds sed, Well
enyways, bet n aireoplane could go
erround the werld in about days.
days, good mite, your crazy, G.
WIZ. 5 days. how do you get that
way? I sed and Puds sed, Yes, you
herd me. days.
And we stopped in the middle Of
the payment and kepp on argewing
about it. proberly making a good eel of
noise on account of some messenger
boy going pass on a bysickel yelling,
Hay, hire a hall, and by the time we
got to skool it was late already, Miss
Kitty saying, Well now izzent this too
bad. l hope at leest that you 2 boys
have "a good ixcuse
Yes nam, / sed.
Yes mann, Puds sed.
Well wat is it. feer the werst, Miss
Kitty sed and l sed, We was argew.
ing about how fast aireoplane can
fly erround the werld, and it made us
Il little slow
My feers are realized, you may both
remain a half hour after skool, Miss
| Kitty sed.
Nich we did.
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the counsels of the military-not in
the sense of coming az an individual,
but as a representative of women in
general. The late war showed how
many places women were capable Of
filling and how eXcellently they could
cooperate with men when necessity
arose for joint action. In recognition
of this, in 1919, the place on the Gen
eral Staff was created. Miss Phipps
received her appointment to it in
March. 1921.
She is the daughter of Brig. Gen.
Phipps. and was born in the arsenal
at Augusta, Me. Hers is truly the
story Of an Army child. educated by
governesses until she was IA, attend
ing Miss Porter's School in Farming.
ton and later travelling abroad, to re.
turn and make her debut in Spring.
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CHAPTER |.


Jimmy Brandon had supposed, in
his casual way, that for Frances
Iassiter to turn him down when the
great moment came would be the
next thing to tragedy. But possibly
she hadn't really turned him down;
perhaps that was why his disappoint-
ment was tempered.
It's a perfectly corking idea -
marrying you. l suppose. Jimmy.
she was musing. the while her red.
pouting lips brushed lightly the petals
of one of the dewwet roses ne mad
sent. But, then, l can't get Wild
about it. I'd feel as though l were
marrying an international time
table"
she hesitated. then a slow smile
grew. Though at that. time table
is useful, once in a while"
Jimmy Strengthened from his po-
sition before the fireplace and a little
crease appeared above his cool gray
you wouldn't say that if you knew
time tables as l do" he retorted.
But at that, I think you're, laying
II on a bit thick. I'm quite useful.
Get stuck some time in Port SAID, or
Hongkong - or Zanzibar. and men
ftion nv name. I'll admit I'm rather
fiivver in New York, but I've not
been entirely useless in other cor
ners."
IT suppose So she murmured.
"You've been a good newspaper man.
they say. And you've made money
some wav--a little. But Fort Saiq .
and Zanzibar aren't New YORK. 1T
were to marry you, what would you
be offering your wife-Just past per
formances in dubious ports?'
.Then | must offer you something
!, heside-love?" he demanded.
sbe shrugged. ITS customary
,sn't if? Why not do something
something big, and then.
She laughed and broke off. Ihe
nortieres inclosing the deep Library
in the Lassiter mansion had JUST
narted. and framed there stood tail
rarefully groomed figure. Jimmy
Brandon frowned He had no par
ocular love for Austin Rogers. and
the latter's present appearance iaiieo
TO arouse any enthusiasm.
Rogers was his most asslduous
rival, Rogers was also quite hand
some and enormously wealthy he
had q manner, too, that irr1ratec
Jimmy, a kind of careless. ccnte 'ip''
nous confidence. as though ne kHe"
.that his wealth could open for nm
any door he chose.
Austin! Come IN, fTahce' va.
trilling. 1--WE just been denlandlns
of Jimmy what he has to offer, ana
he tells me he has acquaintances IN
port Said and Hongkong, or some
such awful places. Won't you help
me convince him?" =,
Jimmy frowned. Rogers smiled
coolly, crossing the room to bend
tremendously over the girls hand.
What he has to offer?' he re-
peated. "In what market?"
"Any market!' Jimmy interposed
quickly. II have just asked Miss
fassiter to marry me, but apparently
nv credentials are poor"
IAN estimable idea" unused Rog'
ers. st think I've begged the honor
myself once or twice, haven't l,
Frances? You know, Brandon,
Frances is really worth quite fight.
what would you suggest?' de-
manded Jimmy who, in spite Of his
cool poise. was stiffening. There was
= an pndercurrent of understanding be.
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"PuzzEcks"
-Pu.zIe.Limericks-

Once frisky young maiden named
Attempted the shy ski to >;
With many wide 5
The skis showed their 4
And i, In the spill. did the j..
l. Familiar abbreviation of Mary.
2. Render less wild.
g. Swoops.
4. Arcs of circles.
g. Identical.
NOTE-Of course, it's quite possible
that the young lady did not object to
the skis showing her their 4 and
if she We're dressed in the modern
fashion, the chances are that she dis.
played some herself. You'll be better
able to judge when you've completed
the limerick. The answer and an
other "Puzzlick" will appear tomor-
row.
Yesterdays "Puzzlick."
There was an old sailor of Crete
Whose peg legs propelled him quite
neat:
Strong liquor" he said.
Never goes to my head
And l know it can't go to my feet"
Evening star., 1926-06-15

saving the shell to be used as a bowl
from which the salad is served Shred
the cabbage. measure and for each
cup of cabbage add three -fourths cup
of diced celery. one-half cup of
grated carrots, one-fourth teaspoonful
of salt and few drops of onion juice
Mix with a silver fork. adding enough
Russian dressing 10 bird the mixture
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AND THEIR CHILDREN.

one MOtner says:
/ often think of some little direc-
ton to the children when they are
not present. which is invariably for
gotten when they come bouncing in.
finally decided to use a bulletin
board. l tackled a large piece of brown
sacking on the wall in the back hall,
and when I want to remind a child of
something. l write out the hint on a
slip of paper and pin it to the cloth.
The children rush TO the board the
first thing when they come in, to see
if there is q message. | often tack
up little surprise notes of pleasant in
terest, so the board does not become
merely a reminder of tasks to be done.
Evening star., 1926-06-15
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4. Mountain tabbr).
6. District adjoining Siam.
10. Atmosphere.
II. Metric unit Of square measur
II. Part of the face.
13. Culinary herb.
Is. Ammon.
16. Rod.
IT. Paying office with few duties.
IS. Street (abbr.).
19. Eskimo hut.
%. Song Of praise.
27. Attach.
28 Perfume.
29. European river.
32. Perching.
35. Raven.
81. Thus.
38. Devours.
40. Not in.
Al. Indefinite article.
~. Pastry.
43. Eradicate.
"A. Pronoun.
As. Turn aside.
/. Strip of wood.
2. Falsehood.
8. God of war.
4. Female horses.
S. Short treatise.
Z. African shrub.
s. Lubricate.
9. Hurried.
IA. Former German protectorate.
16. Primordial.
10. Exists.
20. Great (abbr.).
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Beef Tongue in jelly.

Cook a beef tongue until tender, cool
and slice and fill a wet mold with
alternate layers of the tongue and
aspic jelly made of beef stock. When
firm, unmold onto lace paper dolly
and garnish with tiny gherkins and
olives