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iddes and Other Things of Interest to Young Readers
With the Riddle Editor.

403. Why is drawn tooth like
things forgotten?
4O4. What is the difference between
a bottle of medicine and a trouble
some boy?
405. How were Adam and Eve pre-
vented from gambling?
406. When was beef the highest?
407. What has a heart, hut Is not
alive?
4OS. What sometimes kicks, but has
no feet?
400. When do small apples taste
the best?
41O. When is girl like a two.
wheeled vehicle?
= Answers.
391, the beams: 1872. head on one
side and tail on the other: 1913. saw;
3S4. Maryland tmerryla nd: 395. car
pet: 3a6. the letter 81: 397. because
they are both ready to settle down:
39S. first in pity. last in help; 399. be-
cause they both make both ends meet:
400. because it works both ways.
40l. Because they always need new
lids 402. An elephant carries a
trunk and germ carries the grip.
403. Because it's out of your head.
4O4. One has to he we'll shaken before
taken and the other has to he taken
and then shaken. 405. Their pair o
dice tparadise) was taken away. 406.
When the COW jumped over the
moon. 407. A valentine. 40S. A shot
gun. 400. When all the large ones
have been eaten. 410. When she is
a little sulky.
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in the fashioning of the new shoes.
The extremely pointed last has been
discarded because. after all. this does
not produce just the result we desire.
1t arrentuates the breadth OF the mid
die Of the foot and adds much addi-
tional length. The very long foot,
even when slender, has never been
especially admired in Paris and the
ornamentation of many of the new
shoes copied from French models Is
pla ced across the lower part of the in
step in way that detracts from the
length of the foot without making it
look chubby. The extremely loW-cut
vamp is no longer characteristic of
French shoes-the vamp section is
fairly long but it curves gracefully to
the instep and in that way eliminates
the effect of fairness.
Whether shoes should match the
frock or not--this Is question that
has been much discussed by fashion
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Hopes for Simpler Womens Shoes Are Unlikely to Be
BY MARY MARSHALL.

IN UYfNC shoes today n a. inter-
- estinR and complicated a busi-
ness as buying hats. At the
IL smart shops where shoes are
made to order there IL a be-
wildering array OF colored KIDS. lux
urious brocades and new and curious
trimming devices. There are women
who would welcome back an era OF
simpler shoes. They cling TO the old
feeling that. however striking ones
frock or hat may~b he, good taste calls
for inconspicuous shoes. hut TINS
surely is minority opinion. How
ever. YOU may he as simply shOd as
YOU like and still he in the picture.
Some women are choosing simple
slippers-sans straps or buckle-in
coiored kid for evening, with black
patent leather for afternoon.
What we Americans called high
shoes" and orr English cousins spoke
Of as their boots" have entirely
passed from the stage. TO he sure.
YOU find them in some of the shoe
shops-kept there for the benefit Of
older women. who feel some prejudice
or other against the lower type OF
shoe They Iear they will catch cold
on chilly DAYS if they wear low shoes.
or that they will sprain their ankles.
Still others fear that they will sacri-
flee slenderness Of ankles if they wear
low shoes or slippers all day ] ns.
Anyway, they want to wear high
shoes despite the present fashions,
and so high shoes persist in some Of
the shops.
From the point Of view of fashion.
the only sort of high footwear Is the
Russian or Wellington boot. For
some reason or other this has never
been generally esteemed here in
America. You may have heard wom-
en- refer to IT as rather commonplace.
But commonplace II certainly never
has been in this country. because 1t
has not been worn enough for that.
Perhaps in matters Of taste in dress
we are temperamentally nearer Paris
than London. In London the Wei
unEton boot has enjoyed immense
favor. In France II has never been
received with much enthusiasm. The
French woman explains that this is
because she adores fine stockings and
shapely ankles and hates to hide
them Still YOU know very well that
there are women in Paris who habit
ually wear substantial cotton stock
ings and have Indifferent ankles who
wouldn't want to wear A Wellington
boot.
Black satin oxfords we're worn by
number of smart Parisians at the
races during the Summer. but the
fashion has not spread. Yon would
have had difficulty in finding a shoe
of this type ready made at any of the
shoe shops in Paris. Women who fol
lowed this fashion apparently had
them made to order. There are Sev-
eral oxfords among the new shoes for
Autumn. But II is as a serviceahle
sort of shoe that the oxford seems to
find favor. American women will
choose II to accompany their tailored
street costumes rather than for. the
more formal sort of afternoon wear.
You may have heard that heels were
going to he lower. Possibly-but it
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NLEY AT LAKEVIEW

her had the whole hearted support of
nearly every pupil in the school The
annual classic. the game with Blen-
ton, came closer and closer.
Twill we beat Benton? Laugh
that off," the boys were in the ha hit of
saying Yet Coach Dale might have
had harder time laughing it off than
the steely fiber of his team would in
dictate. Reports from Blenton We're to
the effect that there, too. a great foot
ball machine was being made. If
Lakeview had not been scored against
all season. neither had Rlenton. If
I.akeview had rock-like line. so had
Blenton. If Lakeview's backfield was
fast and shifty, so was Blenton's The
teams seemed to he evenly matched.
and there was certain to be terrific
ba tile.
Coach Dale was wont to talk to his
boys after practice each afternoon. He
did not discourage them. for he told
them only enough about the prowess
Of their old enemies to make them
thirst for the fray Meanwhile. day
after day. he brought them closer to
perfection in signal work. in line
plunging. in shifts, in the intrica cies
Of the aerial game. And Uncle Joe"
Thomas went over each Of his charges
as an engineer goes over his motors.
No Charley horses" were allowed to
appear on the muscles of any of the
boys this year: he took more care of
them than man would take of his
first automobile. And so Lakeview con-
tinued to win all Ats games. The
school would undoubtedly he cham
pion of the prep class this year-pro-
viding they defeated Blenton.
1t was a week before Thanksgiving
-Iakeview's next foot ball game
would he against Blenton, for the
championship of the prep class. But
there was more than mere cham
pionship in this game. Ancient rivals
as the two schools were. it is likely
that Lakeview would willingly have
lost every other game of the season
for the pleasure of winning from
Blenton.
Yet there was one other event to
come. even before the Blenton game.
On Saturday night preceding Thanks
giving Immediately after dinner the
annual class rush was to take place.
Coach Dale's first impulse was to for
bid members of his team to participate,
for he wished to take no chances that
any of them would strain muscles. or
injure himself in any way. before the
big foot ball game of the season. On
second thought. however, he decided
to let them join. The boys had had
nothing but foot ball all ason. Every
afternoon they had practiced. every
evening they had talked nothing but
foot ball during dinner at the training
table. The coach feared that they
might go stale. so he announced on
Friday evening that there would be
no practice Saturday, but that the
team could join in the class rush.
Had he known what the outcome
Of that rush was to he. however. and
had he been able to listen to pla MS
being made in Dude" Rimley's room,
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This Hen Sings!

Myrian Dunn OF Deatsville. Ala.
has hen for her pet 1t Is an An
coma hen with white dots. Every
morning the hen comes to the hack
door and sings" until Myrian comes
out and gives her her reakfast. She
lays one white egg every day and
IL very peaceful and contented un-
less you bother her when she is on
her nest. Myrian says that she can
GO out into the yard and call the
hen and she will come, and allow her.
self to he picked up. Myrian says
that dogs and cats make very nice
pets, but she would rather have her
hen.
Dot Is TickliSh.
Charles Herring Of Nichols. s. G.,
has a pony Of which he is very fond.
He has taught Dot" many tricks.
She can stand on her hind feet, and
kneel down as though she were say
ing her prayers. Charles says that
when YOU tickle her she squeals. He
said that he would not take $3.50
for her. He is very proud OF his
pony and is always anxious to show
her off to his friends.
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The Puzzle Column.
BY CECILE LYON.

Jack has resolved to keep out Of
mothers kitchen. 1t was almost sup
per time and he thought it would be
nice to help set the table. But he
forgot that dishes aren't base balls.
and that they must he handled with
care. rather than stacked ceilingward.
You. puzzlers, know the rest-don't
you? Anyway, only two were broken
in the crash.
Breaking Up Housekeeping.
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seems much. more probable that
women who have been wearing mod
crate heels will go on wearing them,
while those who have become accus-
toned to the higher sort will stick to
them. Fortunately there is very little
inclination even on the part of the
school and college girl to wear the
extremely fiat sport heel-save for
actual sports wear.
Our feet must follow the fashion of
our f1Gures-and appear to he slender
even when they are not. The "svelt
silhouette" is as important in the cut
of shoes as it is in the cut of frocks
and wraps. But mere skinninesS IL
no more to he desired in feet than in
body. There must be graceful con-
tour withal.
To the end of attaining the effect
Of such graceful Slenderne SIS the shoe
makers have shown great ingenuity
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he might have rescinded his order. But
he did not hear them. and blithely the
members of the team went to bed.
Sophomore shouting to Junior. Senior
shouting to both of them. the direst
of threats az to what they were going
to do to one another at the class rush
next evening.
ITO BE Continued Next Sunday)
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navy blue costume you will find
charming navy blue shoes-and there
Is no longer anything extreme in their
appearance. There are shoes of vari
Gus shades of mauve for the cOnven-
fence Of the woman who has an
afternoon frock of this color.
You will find that the straps on
new strap pumps are narrow. and
even when there are two of them they
are placed both rather high--tOward
the ankle. The strap that crosses over
the full part of the instep is as rare
now as it was usually uncomfortable.
fCopyrIcht 1921
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Growth Acceleration.
CIX-FOOT children at 6 years {

GIX-FOOT children at years old
will he possible If scientists can
ever apply to human beings the
process used on some white rats re-
Gently. Two New Haven food scien-
fists have succeeded in speeding up
the growth of rats by special diet so
that they attain full growth in only
% days. as compared with the ordi-
nary time Of 81 days. The special food
ration contains liberal amount Of
lettuce. liver and yeast, and is espe-
cially rich in protein.
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Cold Bunk.

Snorty-My uncle had q fire in his
popcorn bin the other day. The corn
popped and few all over the country.
Joe-That's too bad.
Snorty-But that isn't the worst of
II. His cows thought it was showing
and froze to death
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Answers.

This Is No. S Horizontal.

Robert was sitting listlessly in
class. chewing gum. He was reclin-
ing on the back of his spine. and as
he sat in the front seat. his feet
reached out almost to the teachers
desk. Suddenly the eacher exclaimed
angrily: Robert. Take that gum out
of your mouth and put your feet in"
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Slight Remembrance.

Mrs. Stingy-Dear. the baby has
swallowed penny. What on earth
shall | do?
Mr.. Stingy-Oh. let him have 1t.
His birthday Is next Thursday any.
how.
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The Wrong One.

They kicked Tom az the foot hall
team.
For being such a rummv:
You gee. poor Tommy tackled coach,
When told to try the dummy.
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Works Both Ways.

Father said I'd thrash you II
this occurred again. And didn't you
promise never ID do it again?
Johnnie-Yes. father. but as |
didn't keep my promise I won't hold
you to yours?
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Three Good Ones.

Teacher lin physiologyt-What are
the three foods necessary I" keep
the body in health?
Pupil-Breakfast lunch and dinner.
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The Musician.

IL don't know why il is. but I'm
always breaking into song"
IF you'd ever get the key, you
wouldn't have to break in
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1t Runs

What kind of an instrument is
that"
Shoe horn"
What does il play?'
Foot notes"
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No Talent.

John-You say Bert doesn't have
much of line?
Don-No. he can't even string a
banjo.
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What's the Matter?

Many people depend on library
books for important knowledge. Do
not disfigure them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-09-19
Stiff Question.

Miss MarSh-Name three things
that contain starch.
Gordon-Two cuffs and a collar
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Not a Chance.

Paul hear you and your girl had
some words.
George had some. but didn't ret
to use them.
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observers. Shoes of beige or gray
With stockings to match are still worn
with frocks of other colors by we'll
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Change form" to hive" in Ave
moves. I'm changing one word to an.
other. change one letter with each
step. forming a new word with each
novel
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dressed women. but many women are
following the fashion of having shoes
exactly matching the frock. For the
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KID BOOTS WITH APPIIQUES OF BLACK PATENT LEATHER.
SWITCHED At RIGHT THE kNEELENCTH CATER IS OF
CLARETGOLORED CLOTH TO MATCH A CLOTH COAT. SHOWN
BY PHILIPPE EFT CASTOR OF PARIS. THE PATENT FASTENING
SIDE EDGED FUR.
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Fill the ba nks in this sentence with
two words of like pronunciation. but
differently spelled and of different
mea ninss:
AN ----. III ----- you letter as
soon as | arrive"
4
Guess this word diamond. The Sec
ond word is used in base ball. the fifth
is a pronoun and the rest-fgure out
for yourself!
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IS; IS: T.: i:
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SHOWN NOW L,
ONE OF THE
SMART SHOE
s H PS IN
LONDON IS
THE. BROWN
Imperial Valley press., 1926-01-25
LAST WEEK OPENS
ON APPLICATIONS
FOR 1926 PLATES

Today marks the opening of the
last week in which 1926 automobile
licenses can be obtained without the
payment of penalty for delin-
quency.
All automobile owners who have
not yet made application for their
1926 licenses are urged by the city
police and the county traffic office
to do so at once Cars which are
not equipped next week with 1926
license plates are liable to be stop
ped and the owners required to pro-
duce evidence that they have ap-
piled for their licenses.
There are still several thousand
ears in Imperial Valley being operat
ed with 1925 licenses, the traffic Of
flee stated this morning, and many
owners have been Negligent in ap-
plying for their new licenses.
Within a short time after Febru-
ary it is expected orders will be
received from Sacramento to arrest
all persons operating ears with old
license plates on them.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-01-25
PRELIMINARY WORK FOR
L. A. ALREADY ANNOUNCED

Preliminary work on a canal
aqueduet to bring water from the
Colorado river to Los Angeles was
announced last week by William
Mulholland. chief engineer of the
Los Angeles municipal power bu-
reau. This canal-aqueduct is a
separate project from the one re-
ferred to in the above dispatch.
Bids on the Mulholland project
will be opened on February 2. The
work to be done under this con
tract was authorized in a $2.000,000
bond issue voted by the people Of
Los Angeles in the city election last
June. 1t is estimated that the
canal will furnish a sufficient
quantity Of water to supply 1000
0cO people in Los Angeles and vi
cinity.
Formation of metropolitan wat
er district, to distribute the water
obtained through the canal, is
planned. This idea was defeated at
the last municipal election in Los
Angeles. though its adherents be
lieve that il will be successful il
again presented To the voters.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-01-25
WORK ADVANCES
ON IMPROVEMENT
OF CANYON ROAD

Work on Strengthening and Wild
ening the Mountain Springs grade
continues to make considerable prog
ress, though it was hampered during
the past week to slight degree be-
cause of cold weather.
The work is being conducted in
two sections, one crew working ION
the upper grade and one on the low
er. With the exception of short in
tervals when blasting is in progress,
traffic over the grade is not inter
rupted.
Several of the more dangerous
curves on the grade are being ehmi-
mated and others are being widened,
so that the cold timer in the val
ley, who recalls the single track
road up the grade few years ago,
is likely to have difficulty in re-
memberiag just where they were.
Providing sufficient funds can be
obtained from the federal govern
ment, it is planned to pave the gKade
this year.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-01-25
DEPUTY SHERFFS
CATCH INDUSTRIOUS
BASS AT LAB0MBA
Oswalt and Nice Land Big
Fish After Terrific
Struggle on Saturday.

Persons living in the vicinity of
the county jail, who imagined this
morning that one of the fish can
ming factories which rile San Diego
residents, had moved operations to
Imperial Valley, were mistaken in
their belief, the strong fish odor
being caused by a monstrous sea
bass which was caught at La Bomba
Saturday by Deputy Sheriff Ster.
ling Oswalt and Chief Deputy Char.
les Nice, with Undersheriff Bert
Underwood also present to give ad.
vice in landing the fish.
The latter was a monster, being
over six feet in length and he
weighed over 300 pounds. La~Bom
ba is 1877 miles south of the interna
tional line, and after landing theil
fish, the Officers started for the
line with thier prize. According tc
Oswalt they prayed every foot OF
the way for gas masks, having had
their fill of fish smell after the
first ten miles.
Bass Was Real Fighter
It took over an hour of har6
fighting on the part of Oswalt and
Nice before the fish was finally
landed. Both men were sore al
over from their struggle with the
monster. They reported that Ber'
Underwood ran out of English cuss
words while advising them, and hat
to resort to Spanish and Chinese
with a smattering of montana cow
boy lingo. 4.
Arriving in FL Centre this morn
ing the Officers brought the fisl
to the jail and hanged him to !;
tree outside, just like cold Johr
Brown" while the monster was be
ing cleaned and prepared for cook
ing. Before these preliminaries Lee
-Hetzel was summond to take photo
graphs of the fish and his captors
so the latter would have proof OF
their story when they start to tel
about it.
TRUSTEES Weld Hoe
Two TRUSTEES at the jail used a hoe
and a heavy chisel to get the scales
off the fish. The latter was viewed
Continued on Page g.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-01-25
Five Are Nabbed
By Traffic Cops
For Wild Driving

Members of the Imperial county
traffic squad had a 'sfield day.
yesterday, five men falling victims
of traffic law violations in the vi
cinity Of FL Centre, while three
more were reported from the Fort
Yuma station.
Those who were arrested here
were: l.. Clarke. Plaster City,
charged with reckless driving on
the Calexieo highway. arrested by
Officefs Hunter and Williams; J.
Luna, Brawley, driving while drunk
on the Calexico' highway. arrested
bv Officer Williams; William c.
Thompson. FL Centre, arrested on
Calexico highway by Officer Will
lams. charged with reckless driv-
ing; Eugene Garcia, Brawley, charg-
ed with driving while drunk on
the Calexico highway. arrested by
Officer Hunter; J. l.. Grinier, I'm
perial, arrested by Officer Brouse
for driving while intoxicated.
All of the men were held in the
county iail pending n hearing before
Judge Mavfield in the FL Centre
township court.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-01-25
COAST TOLL
Is Il DEAD,
81 INJURED
Suicides, Drowning and
Auto Mishaps Account
for Nine Fatalities.
Ny United Press Leased Wire

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 25.-sui-
eide, drowning and automobiles &C.
counted for nine of the II lives
snuffed out on the Pacific coast in
week end tragedies, a United Press
survey showed today.
Thirty four persons were reported
injured, 81 of whom were victims of
automobiles.
The deaths included:
Fred l.. Cleland, So, Yreka, suicide
over i'll health.
Captain John Wahlman, 81, Oak
land; suicide over i'll health.
Gerald +. Westfield, 81, San Fran
cisco, suicide over i'll health.
Three Are browne
Unidentified man, Portland
drowned.
Chester flanagan, 26, and Luther
Edwards, IS, Tillamook, Ore; swept
from ocean rocks and drowned.
j. A. Olson, so, Portland; auto
mobile overturned.
William T. Nelson, 48, Portland
street car hit by automobile.
Joseph Costa, %, Oakland; traffic
a@eiuent.
Fred Creighton, Baker, Ore, ac
cidentally shot while hunting.
Luther Hulburd, IS, Fresno. Cal.
airplane fall; Kenneth Neese iniur
ed in same accident.
Killed By Gas Fumes
= Mrs. Ida NJ. Smith, Al, Sacra
mento; gas heater fumes.
Harry Cabiness, II, Sacramento
skidding motorcycle.
Carl Heine, IA, Colusa, CAL; ah.
cidentally shot by own gun.
Mrs. Mary Ann Kelley. 20. Oak
land; gas furnace explosion.
DR.. J. ii. Ayres, 30, San Francis
60; suspected poison liquor.
Chester F. Lynch, GA, San Fran.
cisco; fall down stairway.
At Santa Rosa, Cal, IL year old
daughter saved the life of Mrs
Margaret Hunter who took poison
after quarrel with her divorced
husband, and in Los Angeles Nell
Parr shot herself in the side and
may die.
Ben Torrey, Oakland. and w. A.
Goary. Alameda, escaped serious in
jury when the airplane piloted by
Torrey fell 1000 feet TO the roof of
a farm house near Irvington, Cal.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-01-25
NAB FIVE IN
RAID ON RUM ,
POKER PARTY

Following raid on n poker and
linuor marty. held on the east side
last night. Officers Tackctt and Ap-
plegatc of the Fl Centre police ar
rested five men who gave their
names as TONY Gomez, Joe Barros,
Frank Fonts, Ed Blaneo and j. A.
Ruiz.
Gomez was charged with having
liquor in his possession and con-
ducting n gambling house. The
others were charged with gambling.
Bail in the sum of $500 was depOs'
tied bv Gomez. the other men being
required TO produce $25 each to in
sure their appearance in the police
court.
As there was no session of the
court today. their eases were con
tinued. the bail still remaining in
force until the cases are called.