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Evening star., 1926-04-15
LITTLE BENNY
BY LEE PAPE.

Me and Puds Simkins was wawking
along jest wawking along and we
started to go pass a big candy store
withabout so different kinds in the
window, and we stopped to look in and
leeve our mouths water, Puds saying,
G, If you had your choice of eny D
kinds, wich would you take?
Id rather have my choice of jest one
kind, watts a use of making it so hard?
| sed.
G. winnickers look in the store, there
aint a single persin in there buying
enything, Puds sed. Holey smokes if
I had as mutch money as lot of pee
pie have you wouldent catch me out
of that store, he sed.
Well gosh. maybe people go pass
and they don't see enybody elts in
there so that's wy they don't go in
themselfs, | sed. Giving me a CRATE
ideer. and | sed. G. l know let watts
do, let's go In and try to get job per
tending to be 2 customers, looking
erround buying candy, so wen other
people go pass and see us in there
they'll think its a popular store and
come In themselfs.
G.. an rite. and if they don't wunt to
pay us reel money wy they can pay
us In candy, wat do we care? Puds
sed
Sure. gosh | sed.
And me and him wawked in and the
candy lady sed. Well. boys? Meening
wat did we wunt to bay. Being long
skinnie lady looking as If she dident
hardly ever smile, and | looked at
Puds and he looked at me and we
both looked back at each other, and
Puds sed, How much are these?
Wich? Wat do you meen by these
the lady sed.
Those, Puds sed. And he waved
with his finger and the lady sed For
goodnis sakes how can l tell wat you
meen wen you point In a circle with
your theses and thoses. now do you
know wat you wunt or don't you?
No, Puds sed. And me and him
wawked out agen, Puds saying. G win.
nickers no wonder nobody goes in that
store, and me saying, G roozalem |
wouldent go in there If | wss a mil
lionaire with million dollers.
Evening star., 1926-04-15
Too Much Ornateness Condemned
By MARY MARSHALL.

server who wrote about Is years ago.
and il would be well II we prof1ted by
the advice. For many years now our
clothes have been severely simple.
Frocks have been made with almost
no ornament and we have grown
weary of the unadorned chemise
frock, as bare and characterless as
meal sack. Realizing our state or
mind, the dressmakers have offered us
a different type of apparel. They have
given us first little trimming, then
q little more and in some cases trim
ming piled so thick that 1t is hard TO
see the frock to which 1t is applied.
But because this is all a novelty we
see only its merits.
No, as IS years ago, dressmakers
are cutting dress goods up into little
bits ard sewing it together into ian.
tastical shapes called trimming. And
there is danger of the same air OF
fussiness that there was then. Dust
catchers, too, these clothes may be-
come.
Still, so long as we do not carry
trimming to extremes it is welcome:
II provides novelty at least ana
makes clothes more becoming for the
woman of average good looks.
Copyright 1927
Evening star., 1926-04-15
Adamses Urge Break Now.

PHILADELPHIA, April Is, 1776.-
Why wait longer to break with Great
Britain? Are we not already inde-
pendent? Then why not say so? This
is the attitude of Samuel and John
Adams, cousins, who are in the Mas
sachusetts delegation In the Cont.
mental Congress, as expressed in let.
terS written today. SamueIs letter
was to Joseph Hawley in reply to a
letter reporting that sentiment in the
Bay Colony is overwhelmingly for in
dependency. Says the father of the
town meeting"
Il am perfectly satisfied with the
Reasons you offer to show the Neces.
sity of a puhlick & explicit Declara.
ton of Independence. I cannot con.
ceive what good Reason can be as
signed against II. viii it widen the
Breach? This would be strange
Question after we have raised Armies
and fought Battles with the British
Troops. set up an American Navy,
permitted the Inha bitants of these
Colonies to fit out armed Vessels to
cruize on all Ships, &C., belonging to
any of the inha bitants of Great
Britain declaring them the enemies
of the united Colonies, and torn into
Shivers their Acts of Trade, by al
lowing Commerce subject to Regula.
tions to be made by our selves with
the People of all Countries but such
as are Subjects of the British King
1t cannot surely after all this be i'm
agined that we consider our selves OF
mean to be considered by others In
any State but that of Independence.
The younger Adams writes to his
wife, who has written the Congress
man from the Adams home in Brain
tree, Mass, asking why a declara
ton of independency need be delayed
longer. He says:
I'VE are waiting. it Is aid. for Com
missioners, a messiah that will never
Evening star., 1926-04-15

know a little and not know more was
more than Peter could stand. He felt
that he just must find these two
strangers and make their acquaint-
ance, but he didn't know where TO
look for them! He hunted every
where he could think of, but all in
vain.
Then, as early one morning he sat
on the edge of the Green Forest, try
ing to make up his mind to go home
ta the dear Old Briar- patch, as he
knew he should, he heard sound that
caused him to sit up very suddenly
and prick up his long ears. It came
from far across the meadows, toward
the edge of the Old Pasture. It was
a voice. OF this there was no doubt.
It was a voice, but it was one that
Peter did not recognize. Never had he
heard it before. In way it reminded
him of the rooster UP in Farmer
Browns henyard. Could it be that
this was the voice of one of those
strangers?
There 1t was again Whoever it
was, was Growing. There was no
question about that. ut must be one
Of those strangers" cried Peter. 1T
must be, because l do not know Of
any one else who crows. I'll hurry
right over there" Away he started.
lipperty -lipperty-lip.
But Peter didn't go far. That voice
had been heard by others: Reddy Fox
was one. Just in time. Peter saw Red.
dy and squatted down behind a little
bunch Of grass. Reddy was standing
motionless. looking toward the Old
Pasture, his black ears cooked for
ward. Again Peter heard the voice.
At once Reddy Fox began to move
rapidly toward the Old Pasture. Peter
knew just what Reddy was thinking
He knew that Reddy was thinking
that any one who could crowd like
Evening star., 1926-04-15
DILL 1V1L - O11lLC ". BURGESS

that must be good eating. Peter
sighed. He would be crazy to go over
there now, and he knew it. And he
did so want to see and meet those
strangers. Peter sat up to watch Red
dy Fox.
Again came that growing voice
Huh said Peter. That fellow
hasn't any sense. He may be very
proud of himself but ne hasn't any
sense. No one with any real sense
would crow like that. and so tell
everybody Just where he is. l wonder
If Reddy Fox will get him. / hope
Reddy won't until have had chance
to see him
BY this time Reddy was so far away
that he was only red spot. He was
no longer moving fast. BY this Peter
knew that Reddy was near the crow
ing stranger. or. at least. thought he
was. He listened eagerly for the
stranger to crow again, but the
stranger didn't Reddy disappeared In
the Old Pasture. Peter waited and
waited. The voice of the stranger was
not heard again. Did Reddy Fox
catch him, oS didn't he? 1t seemed to
Peter that he would go crazy if he
didn't find out.
Copyright. 1926
Evening star., 1926-04-15
$50 YEARS AGO TODAY

Story of the u. S. A.

come. This story of Commissioners
Is as arrant an Illusion as ever was
Matched in the brain of an enthusiast,
a politician, or a maniac. / have
laughed at it. scolded at it, grieved at
it, and don't know but / may. at an
unguarded moment, have rip'd at It,.
But 1t is vain to reason against such
delusions. My opinion Is that
the Commissioners and the commits.
sion have been here Il mean in Amer
ica), these two months. The Govern
ors, Mandamus Councillors. Collectors
and Comptrollers, and Commanders
of the army and navy, | conjecture,
compose the list, and their power Is
to receive submissions. But we are
not in a very submissive mood. They
will get no advantage of Us. We
shall go on to perfection. l believe y
tCopyright 1929
Evening star., 1926-04-15
NY Neighbor Says:

When polishing floors make
thick pad of felt or velvet ana
fasten it over an old WORKOUT
and hairless broom. This makes
an excellent polisher and saves
the trouble of kneeling on the
floor.
A steak intended for grilling,
if suspected of being tough,
should be we'll rubbed with olive
oil an hour or so before using.
People who do not like the idea
of oil may use melted butter,
but oil Is much more effective.
Wash your kitchen wall with
baking soda. using the soda the
same as soap. then rinse well
with clear warm water. Rub
your vanished woodwork with
oil tany good oiD and polish with
a dry cloth. No water is needed
on varnish.
When starting housekeeping
buy bed and table linen all mod
erately good. The cheap things
do not wear well, but neither do
those that are very expensive, If
they have to be sent to an ordi-
nary laundry.
II is difficult sometimes. when
using essences for cakes, etc,
to measure correctly the num-
her of drops required. Try this;
Dip the finger in water and wet
the rim of the bottle in one
place. and the essence will be
found to drop quite easily.
Evening star., 1926-04-15
HOW IT STARTED
ny JEAN NEWTON.

To carouse is to 'celebrate"-in
every sense of the word. And though
we do not hear the word "carousa1"
so much these days as before prohi-
bition, we all know it as the term
applied to a particularly jovial cele-
bration. usually one where a good deal
of liquor is consumed; indeed, one that
assumes the nature of a revel or an
orgy.
In its very interesting origin the
word had to do with drinking. and
yet syllable for syllable it means
literally only "all out
'Carouse" is corruption of the
German gar aus''-all out-meaning
empty your glass as the Germans
would eXclaim in drinking a health.
In it's rather checkered history the
term became French word before it
gained admittance to our language,
the French carrousse, formerly
carous, signifying the finishing stroke,
the entire emptYing of a cup.
Evening star., 1926-04-15

One Of the joys of the English gar
den is its timepiece--the sundial
They have been popular there for
centuries, and both Charles l and
Charles II enjoyed collecting them.
Many of the old English dials have
Scriptural passages or quaint verses
engraved upon them. A favorite is:
Let others tell of storms and show
ers,
I'll only count your sunny hours.
AS yet sundials are seen only In the
more extensive eand formal gardens
in this country but there fs no real
reason why any of us should not en-
joy their quaint charms, no matter
how tiny our garden plots.
Dials of old English brass can be
purchased today in most gift and an
tique shops The pedestal shown is
beautiful one of snowy white terra
Gotta, but a wooden post would do.
(CopyriKht 1927
Evening star., 1926-04-15

quarter-pint of the most wonderful
skin whitener, softener and beautifer.
Massage this sweetly fragrant
lemon bleach into the face, neck,
arms and hands. 1t can not irritate.
Famous stage beauties use it to bring
that clear, youthful skin and rosy
white complexion; also as freckle.
sunburn and tan bleach You must
mix this remarkable lotion yourself
1t can not be bought ready to use
because il acts best Immediately after
it 10 prepared.
Evening star., 1926-04-15
BEAUTY CHATS BY EDNA KENT FORBES

oil when you must use your hands
at once). as they evaporate quickly
and leave the skin without any trace
Of oiliness.
You can also cleanse and soften the
skin II you rub table salt over your
hands after you have washed and
dried them. 1t is best to use the coarse
salt for this, as it acts much like
pumice.
Evening star., 1926-04-15
Imitation Turkish Bath.

If your skin Is not as clear as you
would like 1t, but still isn't too bad
that is, If you've the ordinary sort OF
Indifferent complexion-try what call
an initiation Turkish bath at home.
1t isn't too relaxing, as is a real Turk
ish bath, so you can have one every
day, and your skin will benefit encr-
mously.
Run the tub as full as you can with
hot water-as hot as you can stand II
comfortably. II the water in your dis
trict Is hard use a little soda. or bath
salts to make 1t soft. Buy yourself a
stiff -bristled. long handled bath brush
and any good quality bath soap.
Lie in the tub covered with hot wa
ter for a minute or so. Then soap the
brush well and scrub yourself all over
as hard as you can-particularly on
the back of the shoulders: your skin
will turn red under the heat and the
friction of the brush. That is what
you want. for the heat opens the pores
and begins releasing the waste matter
that is always in them. and in too
great quantities when the skin isn't
nice looking. And the friction not
only continues the clearing-out proc
ess. but induces fresh blood into all
the tiny veins just under the skin s
surface.
You make your skin unusually &C
tive by such a bath. Large pores will
close and eruptions disappear; for
given half a chance. the skin will be
beautiful. It's always our own fault
| if we haven't the sort of complexion
we want. You improve your health
by this sort of bath. too, for the &C
tive skin throws off it's waste matter
! Ini1 fbar fe cI, ick,
Follow this bath by a cold sponge
off
| Myrtle d. B.-Lemon juice will re
move most housework stains from the
hands. After you have removed the
stain rinse the acid off with plenty o.
water and rub q little cream or oi
into the skin. Honey almond lotions
! may be used in the place Of cream ol
Evening star., 1926-04-15

Peter Rabbit was only partly salts
fed. There was no longer doubt in
his mind that two strangers had ar.
rived on the Green Meadows. That
much he felt quite certain Of. 1t was
clear to Peter that Blacky the Crow
really had seen them. However, he
couldn't quite believe all that Blacky
had said about them. and he still
didn't know who they were or where
they had come from.
Now, Peter Rabbit is possessed of
great curiosity, as you all know. To
Evening star., 1926-04-15
JUICE OF LEMON
WHITEflS SKIN

The only harm
less way to bleach
the skin white 10
to mix the juice
of two lemons
with three ounces
of Orch ar d
White, which any
druggist will sup
ply for a few
cents. Shake we'll
Evening star., 1926-04-15

Mrs, Walter Draper. widow of the
first Congressman from Indian Ter
ritory, now, at the age of s6 years, is
a clerk and telephone operator in the
Old Soldies' Home in Oklahoma City.
Evening star., 1926-04-15

Dress goods cut up into little bits
and sewed together into fantastical
shapes called trimmings are apt, if too
freely used to give an air of fussiness
Evening star., 1926-04-15
Millions Of women
get a whittier wash
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What is Rinsos
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Wonderfully easy on hands - never
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Contains no acids, bleaches or harm.
full chemicals. i
Clothes last longer v
Clothes last longer with Rinse. It's so
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clothes threadbare against board.
Rinso whitens better than boiling
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Try it this week. Get Rinse from your
grocer; follow easy directions on package.
Best In washers
If you use a washer, by all means try
Rinso. You'll be delighted! Recommended
bymakersof27 leading washingmachines.
Evening star., 1926-04-15

In Jugoslavia five railroads have
been completed in the past year. four
have been started. eight oficially rec
commended and s are being planned.
Evening star., 1926-04-15
Goodbye washboard !!

Already these millions have given UP
washboards for good. Now they do the
family wash the quick way, the easy way
the wonderful sodk-and-rinse way!
They just put the whole wash to soak
In Rinse suds. The ground-in dirt and
stains loosen and float off in the water.
Then they rinse-and the wash comes
out whittier, brighter than hours of hard
rubbing could get til
The most grimy hens and edges need
Evening star., 1926-04-15
"Wear-EVerI'
ALUMINIUM
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At these "Wear.Ever" stores NOW
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Berlin q Freeman, 500 Pa Ave. Sc.
Brightwood Hdwe. Co., 5416 Ga. Ave. NV.
Cavanagh & Kendriek. 3271 NJ st. NV
NJ. Cohen, 4811 14th st. NV.
Edw. Cooper, 1902 14th st. NV.
W. A. Finch. 2414 18th st. NV.
NJ. b. Flynn. 651 Pa. Ave. Sc.
VIRGINIA.
ALEXANDRIA, B. E. Knight & Sons.
CREME. Sydnor Grocery Co.
CULPEPER, Yowell 4 Co.
DANVILLE, Va. Hdwe. d Mfg. Co.
ELKTON, ]. @. Heard.
FALLS CHURCH. II. E. Brown
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FREDERICKSBURG, WA. Bell & Bro.
HAMPTON, Lee Hdwe. Sporting Goods Co.
HARRISONBU RG, Hawkins Hdwe. Co.
HERNDON, C. NJ. budding.
LEXINGTON, r. S. Anderson e. Co.
LURAY, Smiths Hdwe. Store.
LYNCHBURG, Bailey-Spencer Hdwe. Co.
LYNCHBURG. McGehee Furniture Co.
MiDDLET0WN. r. A.. Kline & Bro.
NEWPORT NEWS. G. g. & j. W. Robinson.
NORFOLK. Fowler Stove & Roofing Co.
NORFOLK, Miller. Rhodes & Schwartz. Inc.
NORFOLK. Max Schwan. Inc.
PETERSBURG. Joyner Hdwe Co.
PORTSMOUTH. Harry Land.
PURCELLVILLE, Edw. E. Nichols.
RICHMOND, Miller 4 Rhoads
RICHMOND. ]. 7. Abbott & Son.
Evening star., 1926-04-15
A New Voice.

Ere they crow most folk will pause:
But some will crow without q cause
-Blacky the Grow.
Evening star., 1926-04-15

Each l5-cent pack.
age contains dlrec-
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silks, ribbons, skirts,
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sweaters, draperies,
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everything !
)yes-no other kind
Il Il
Evening star., 1926-04-15

Buy Diamond Dyes-no other kind
and tell your druggist whether the ma
terial you wish to color is wool or silk,
or whether it is linen, cotton or mixed
goods
Evening star., 1926-04-15

THE news Is too good to keep. One
! l neighbor tells another.
mo more hard rubbing for mel See
howwhite and clean my wash is this week
and all did was soak and rinse!'
Millions are saying it. Thousands have
written to tell us. Read above what one
of many right around here says.
Evening star., 1926-04-15
THE PALAIS ROYAL
COLDENBERC'S
WEST VIRGINIA.

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MORGANTOWN, Morgaptown Hdwe. Co.
SHEPHERDST0WN,A A. Z. Boswell,
Evening star., 1926-04-15
MARYLAND.

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Wright & Lowe.
COTTAGE CITY. n. G. johnson & Son.
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ELKTON. james Alagia Est.
ETCHISON, N. E. Hawkins.
FEDERALSBURG, Long & Short.
FREDERICK. Henry K. C. Fox.
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GAITHERSBCRG, j. Forest Walker.
HAGERST0WN, Eyerly's Dept. Store.
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ROMANO E OF
PEARLS

II ~ /. 80
TDEAIRIls have been found Al the
burial. places Is ancienk man.
They have assumed ! proeres-
sivSIy greater Importance as
civilization advanced writes Paul
Bartsch. 81 the United States Ma
ttonaI Museum. III Nature Max
azlne, Of washington. There IS
scarcely i people which DID O.
does not count them their most
valued possessions.
Some 0f the ancient tales date
back Tor more than 5000 years
ii Chinese hiaturgs One o4 their
leggndss tells of 10 eTtain pear %
brilliant that it, dance made
Il possible TO cook rice
dred yards away. They are men.
toned III the 'V0das. while the
Old and New Testament. the ~
mud and the Koran all exalt them
as symbols Of beauty and purity.
The Persianss long before Christ.
valued them.
Z The Romans were particularly
fond Of these RennB, and Caesar.
TO stop race suicide ancng the
batter classes, Issued q decree that
no wOman without husband OF
children, under rs years, might
wear pearls. Il Is recorded that
Catherine de Medici, when mar
ried to the Duke of Orleans "a
1886, brought to France, almpnR
her other treasures, the most
precious pearl then known ia all
Europe.
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period Sometimes there was b
drop 70 normal between the grad
ua1 rise and the fever ITSELF
The age The constitution, the
intensity oG the local reaction ann
the number Of the scabe seemed
to have mo bearing &c all on the
course Of the sefnperature.
Two children whose scabg were
partly knocked of showed 4 rash,
bat this disappeared In three days
and had no effect on the temp err
tIre.
The fever period produced the
usual increase III pulse rate and
resniraf i0n. but otherwise these
were net a9fected. The pulse rose
to 40 IN 8 child with o temporal
k11rs ~. 102 degrees and the res-
pirakory curve did not seem To
vary So much, but lay between
IS and 30 At tho time Of the hign-
est temperature.
Only few az the children,
whose local reactions were ex-
ceptiOnally lively, showed any
swelling Of the glands under the
arms and then only on the side.
Of the incubation.
Not one OF the children SUIT
Tered from xnalalSe or 8eneraA
unfItness or lack Of appetite, not
even the two with the rash.
Weights rose steadily through
out the test.
a few .of the chiIren who had
digestive trouble lost weight
slightly during the fever period
but made II up again ii q few
days.
Al. similar test on . number Of
newly-born infants showed that
the operation produced hardly
any fever, even IN those who
took well. and this seems the
most favorable time to vaccinate.
These results show how slight
the effect -, and how. little cause
parents have for anxiety about
their children from this cause.
The method Of injecting . dlIu-
tiOn Of lymph beneath the skin
produces the same results, and ID
q good one when it IL desired to
avoid sears or when the child II
suffering from Ue1ne skin disease.
II Is valuable In urgent cases,
Tor it gives Immunity q few days
earlier than the ordinary method.
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automcbile can't make nearly the
speed that an airplane can"
49," I continued smiling,
poor Psyche wandered all over
the world and finally came to the
palace Of Venus. She thought i
she remained In the palace az 9
servant that she might have, .
chance TO see Cupid.
Then the revengeful Venue
laid plot against Psyche. She
ordered Psyche to take q golden
caslSet to the Queen Of the Dead
and to ask her to I'LL Il with 9
magic ointment which was called
the Ointment OF Beauty.
Now Psych knew full well
that no one who ever yentured
into the Land OF the Dead ever
returned alive. In .1er despair
she climbed to the top Of a tower
and was about to throw herself
down and die. But even the
stones took pity on her and told
her what to do. They said that
she would find . way to the
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GROWTH OF
THRIFT

ONE wayyto judge of The crow.
ing standards of thrift a
America il by insurance figures.
-Tte So IeadiAg companies. which
hold S. per cent 81. III xunds o.
All legal reserve Insurance. insti-
tutions, have grown "a resources
81 the last IA years from $4.164,-
$4,000 TO S1I. 500 ,OOO, O00an.
{ amount equal 70 about 800 for
each inhabikant
During the last year the In.
crease was over one billion doll
lars. or this fund 40.6 was In
vested In real estate mortgages
IN 1895.
Insurance loans on city prop
erty more than doubled during
the last five years. reaching
81, S4a. 900 last October In4
Vestnnents III farm loans Rt the.
same time totaled 31.S71 900 ] 900.
or more than twice their amount
sir years before. Thrift Magazine.