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CHAPTER XIX.
An uncannY Change.

xuh.r. 7 Ella. Was once more up and
.rn.,,,d she noticed a change In the
= tr,nanhere OF the Kingsley menage.
n yras an IL from merely accepune
l,ers a = niece OF household furniture
TIA family were aware OF her az
nerson. Mona would sit and Watcn
her from under lowered white uos,
naTticularly after the talk they nao
had on the first day that Lena was
back at her duties
She WAS in Monas room neiplns
her TO dress when the iailer 80 ~.
about Barry's annoying you the DAY
Cameht of guard. Leila flushed
scsriet. but she hastily recovered her-
self. 81 don't know, Mrs. kingsley.
why?" Ia
'imrafiently. "Mr. Kingsley informs
me that YOU were running away from
barry when you fell. Now, don
w. nj to seem severe, but always
think that q girl must have Done
something to encourage q man be-
fore he gets as far as chasing her
through the hall. Barry Is human.
and you're quite pretty. suppose
it's q temptation for you to hirt, put
I don't want any more Of TINS
I.s,iass small head, with its close
rings az curly hair. went back on
her slim shoulders. She was smartng
All over with Indignation. ana Tor a
moment she was tempted TO tell the
truth. The next moment she decided
to do no such thing. Mona wouldnt
believe her. no matter what she SAID.
B,,t her reply vas given IN tense
voice and she spoke with a dignity
that proclaimed her at once Mona 8
equal. e
I have no desire to encourage your
son. He isn't the type OF man who
could ever interest me In the least. "
Her gray eyes met Mona's blue ones
leyelly. and there was something IN
her proud attitude that brought the
pink to M0na'g cheeks. 49,
THE next minute she threw back
her golden head and laughed.
"WelL upon my word, you are an
extraordinary lady's maid. So Barry
isn't the type Of man who could ever
interest you, you. who are servant
In this house
Leila made 10 complaint to the
taunt. and Mona felt curiously dis.
rruntied. She knew that Leila had
managed the Incident with more dig
nifty than she herself had. But she
said nothing more. and Il was after
Mat conversation that Leila had the
feeling Mona was observing. her con-
stantly. AZ
changed. Whenever he encountered
her, instead Of passing her by as II
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r b y Z. q
sprays are small and are few and
far between. hut are In the same style
as the larger. motifs, as if' bits had
fallen from them and were caught
here and there and held, like falling
loose petals, only In this instance the
scattered motifs are sprays, not petals
merely.
To reduce the cost Of such hand
some work, mercerized crochet cotton
may be employed for the entire ScaTf
and for the cross-stitch embroidery.
Or lightweight single strand wool
may be used with the embroidery done
in silk. This latter is perhaps to be
prefGrred. since 1t does not pretend to
be silk, and because wool, with silk
embroidery, is decidedly chic.
How to Make Fringe.
The fringe is made by winding
strands of the silk, mercerized cotton
or wool four times around cardboard
20 inches wide Tor more, If the fringe
is to be knotted several times). Cut
along one edge only. Draw the loop
formed at one end of the cardboard
through an edge stitch in the scarf.
Draw the ends through the loop.
making an eight-strand fringe. Con-
tinue this. along each end land one
length II you wishl. putting the fringe
into every other stitch or every third
stitch. Knot by dividing the fringe
evenly and tie half -FOUR of one with
half of the next one 10
How to Wear Scarf Wrap.
There is an art In wearing the
scarf, for 1t 4naist be thrown over one
shoulder. lightly, no that Che width
In not narrowed too much. but forms
a shawl wrap. When properly adj.
justed the scarf wrap is smart indeed.
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Lessons in English
nY v. I. aoRDoN.

Words often misused: Don't say
"EIer whereabouts are unknown. :
Say lis whereabouts" rs singular.
often nnispronounced: Nihilist.
Pronounce ni-hii.ist, the first 1 as in
..ice." the other Is az in 'itr;; accent
first syllable.
OFTEN mlsspelied; Synagogue.
synonyms: Result, effect. conse-
quence, sequel, outcome, outgrowth,
conclusion.
Word study: Use a word three
times and It is yours Let Us In
crease our vocabulary by mastering
one word each day. Today's word:
Repughant; offensive to taste or feel
ing. His words were repugnant to
her feminine delicacy."
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LITTLE BENNY
u LnE eArk.

Pop was smoking with HIS feet up.
and ma sed, Mrs. Jones certeHy made
faA mad this morning.
Meening the lady next store, and
p0p ed. Watts she bin doing. making
faces at you?
Certeny not, i happened to be
standing at the Er.unt door and she
came oiit ON her sters and looked up
and down the street, You know wat y
prying thing she Is, bleeve she could
make her fortune ~ q private deteck-
tive Or 3 p,iiIiek spy, ana she told me
one Of her hotties 81 milk was missing
from her frant steps This morning,
ma sed.
zee gods, pop sed, ana ma .sed.
Naturally I ixpfeseed serpfize, and
she kepp hafping on that bottle Of
milk as IL she ixpected me to know
sclhething about It 40 II knew eny-
thing about her bottle Of milk the.
fdeer, tim finely red. I'm sure its =
total MYSTERY 10 me, Mrs. Jones, jest
Hike that. but she kepp harping on II
and harping on It till persin would
of tllawt she. had lost o whole cow with
p silver bell on it, the ideer, II she
ever mentions the subjeck to me agen
Ill present her with q bottle OF milk
with my compliments.
Maybe yoH better had, pop sed, and
mn Bed, Why, Tor goodness aaiaes?
and pop red, eileen forgot all about
1T, but this morning ] went out very
erfy and our milkman hadent left eny
milk but hers had, and dident think
1t was fair TO myself or my family to
go out without brekfist 20 ! took a
bottle OF hers thinking she could have
q bottle Of ours. but like meny crate
thinkers neglected to arrange the
details. E,5s
o my goodniss for hand sales.
wouldent tell her now Tor enything In
the werld. III jest put the price Of q
quart or milk In her vesterbuie and
IL she wonders how II gpt there she'll
Just half To wonder, that's an. ma sed.
The snooping Suspicious thing. III ge>
rite down and DO It now vile it's dark
she sed.
Witch she did.
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PALE HANDS
BIZ HAZEL DEYO BATCHELoR.
DE- DOROTHY sTOTE.

r.. HADN'T seen her. he never called
- sneak to her. On her FIRST day
haelr at work he had stopped ana sald
3 few words to her, and She hao
T.aisefl her eyes to his face 70 nnO
those piercing blue eyes Of his m Up
with kindly interest. In thinking
over afterward, she remembered With
a warm feeling in her heart the rev
simple words he had spoken Fhe@
had been uttered with no connescen-
sion. and his face had worn an ex-
preston As though he were actually
saedu1 her as she, was for the hrst
time. Leila could not help wondering
At this, and strangely enough. II was
then she, remembered for the frst
time that Richard had caught her
on the day she had fallen. he must
have carried her to her room.
Strange that she hadn't thought OF
this before, but now she understood
why he had been 50 kind. He was
sorry for her.
But IL Mona's and Richards atti-
tudes toward her were chsngeo, the
change in Barry was the most sig-
nificant. He no longer tried 10 way
Law her In the halls. In fact, for
several days she did not see him at
all, and then one afternoon when she
was I'm her room. there came q knock
at her door. She went To open II.
expecting to hnd Kuwa. summcning
her to Mona's room, but TO her amaze
ment Barry stood on the threshold.
She was about to siam the door in
his face, when he spoke. Tor the
first time since she had met him his
tone was not insolent, and ne held
out square white box TO her.
fCousright. 1922
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shell until it gets hard. Anyway,
those crabs have a soft covering
which later becomes hard II 9is more
like a. skin firstsand later 1t becomes
/ q shell. I'll show you IL we have any
kind Of luck"
#It was some time later and after
Danny had forgotten all about the
subject In his Interest in. other
things that Jimmy skunk came to- a
little tide pool from whiehsthe wafer.
he'd not run out when the tide went
out. There was a rock on the enge
of It and seaweek attached tn the
rock and lying in a mass hi the water:
I Jimmy pulled away this seaweeds ard
suddenly scooped something out onto
the sand. Here's one!" he cried.
Here's WHAT asked Danny, hlir-
rying up to see what was that
! Jimmy had.
IA soft-sheIied crab, replied Jinit
my. Just touch him and you'll see
that he hasn't any hard shell.
1t was. small crab, and Danny Ct
last ventlired to touch it Sure enough
& it was soft. There was no hard shell
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Chocolate Apple Pudding.

Soften half q pound of finely cut
bitter chocolate. Place In q saucepan
with three Tablespoon fulg OF sugar and
q pint of sweet milk. Let come to
boil, then cool ana add the beaten
yolks of two eggs, then the Stifiay
whipped whites. Place IN buttered
apple sauce. Pour the chocolate mix.
ture over It and put the dish In q pan
of boiling water until the pudding IL
well set. When Arm. let cool, turn
out and serve with sugar.
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The Right
Breakfast
for Workers
Eat Food that Supplies
Balances" Ration After
Nishts Fast

IF you bel tired, hungry, shdgety
hours before lunch don't Jump
70 the cOnciusion Of poor health.
ThOusznds have unenefGetic morn
hrs because they ttart days With
bFeakfasts hacking n certain food
elenents.
70 feel night, ycu fnust haye I
Weli-baiSneed, complete breakfast
ration. Al most other ineals-iunch
and dinner you get Il. But break-
fast IS hurried neal often badly
chosen.
Thus Qnaker Oats, containing
l6% protein, foods great tissue
builder, seeb eafbchydrake, is great
energy element plus Ail.importaft
vitaimines and the '.bnil<" that makes
lAxatives seldom needed, = the die
tetic urge Of the world to-day.
ii ID food that Stands by yOu
through the morning
Get Quaker Caks today. ifOcers
have two kinds 9uiEk Quaker,
which cooks N 5 10 S minutes, and
Quaker Cats;
Dual ats
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Lisia MorsA. wAo ms asteeNs b0en &C.
oESsOnaed 10 tdieness. - left sOstA0Ge
IA ~ y,sirs,psnfker vartetV. and becgpes
shs Xdsy nerer been fau0ht 20 - g!gtAtgg
q forced 10 rake D position - tQ1H fRose
k;exnri mi Barn., the SON Mona Ggeuses
Hss1siY % krnsiIiGtiR1 LetLn .0etoke
Others and BGrry. bscGuse o. her os6utg.
cTsissG from rim one day she oatchSe hey
foSf IN q rug and tcoutd hars tguem y
~. .nIIe Gnd Rie6drd. trho IL s0yrg. I0r
ne GirT and sNre TINT gayy Aae per e,
GMspving her. 0pgs fO Mono @eoIs y;
MoHG soM0hs dnd refuses 70 taSe
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Learning About Crabs.
Learn to live and live to learn.
And no chance for knowledge spurn.
Old Mother Nature.

1 what is a soft-shelled crab?" de-
Hnanded Danny Meadow Mouse:
lf lust that and nothing more" re-
,torted Jimmy Skunk. 1t is a crab
qwith soft shell.
q How can it be q. shell IL 1t is soft?"
demanded Danny. "AIl shells that
1--WE ever seen are hard. How can a
/ shell he soft?''
! Jimmy skunk" thoughtfully scratch
aed his nose. Il suppose you are
right" said he. 1T does seem queer
j about soft shell. Perhaps 1t isn't
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BEAUTY CHATS y rDs1 xrsr ro,srs

morning and evening. using either
paste or powder, 1t doesn't matter
which. Once In ak months, have q
dentist clean the teeth TO remove all
tartar, and you need never worry
about pyorrhea or similar tooth trou-
|hleS. 4. N II II ssssss ss
Diane The wax you read about
That 81 used sOn superi1aDus hair IL
|probabiy Just ole Of the many depila-
tories ON the market. All of these
remove the hair. but do not destroy
the roots. 80 there cannot be any dis
couragATierit o. the growth as you
understand IT.
Brown Eyes You had best dress 20
that sy0lif bust does not appear 30
large r2ti1et than try any method OF
reducing It's Yol can gain q great
deal In this Eegpect Il YOU wear the
right sort 81 stays. AT any Of the
good shops your win find an expert
who Will advise Won about the choice
tOf a corset for your needs.
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HOME NOTES
" JENNY WREN.

ARAfiesh ana colcrful NJ a flower
garden at dawn II this Delightfully."-
ola -tfmey bedroom with. its wallpaper
in blue. greens and mauges. The pat
tern of the paper createB an Illusion
OF an sarbor entwinkd with morning
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Rioriep. One almost expects a butter
~ 10 come sailing blithly through, or
a bee 10 drone prosaica1iy In and out
among the blossoms.
The quaint little field bed OF maple.
with fits draperies and spread OF pure
white net, seems q very gem OF cool
comfort. The floor ~ covered with
plain gray-green linoleum, quite like
oss-grown stones, and here and
there Il q gay hooked rug In mauve,
yellow, rose and green shades.
The upholstered slipper chair. has
a slipcover OF lattice design chintx in
rose and black.
tcopyrisht. 1s2B.5
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Do not use ordinary soaps b the
treatment given ADORE. Do not think
any green soap, Of. represented a. OF
calm and olive oils, 10 the same.
Remember that before Palmclive
came, women were told, use no
soap .on your faces Soaps then
were judged too harsh. Palmolive
il ! beauty soap made for enc ptlt-
pose only: to safeguard your con-
plexiou. 50 years Of soap stnAy
stand behind It. Millions ot pretty
skins prove its eifectiveneV beyoAd
all doubt.
BE SURE YoU GET THE
REAL PALMOLIVE
II costs but i0c. the calel - s.
little that millions let Il do for their
bodies what il does for their fAees.
Obtain Paimciive today. Note what
ode week Of it, use brings goa. The
paim6ivs Company tDek CefDA
Chicago, lilineiA -
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Z ] < ~ & = r. = + x Z
IT ERE Is the simplest Of al
i j beauty methods. Yet--the one
credited with giving more w0nien
the charm Of natrral sl<in clezrness
than any other method known.
In yOur own interest, give il :
triai--say for oue week. FOfenaost
skin specialists urge it. Thousands
employ II. Most Of the pretty COM
piesions ysu see today are due to It.
itspeOses that : clear slrin comes
froma pores kept clean and the skin
free of blemish inviting matter.
Proves, above all things, common
sense skin ere Is the correct and
shortest road to beauty Just the
geMtle olive and palm lAther q
Paimoiive used this way:
THE RULE 70 FOLLOW
AS URGED BY EXPERTS
Vash your face gently with
paimoiive Soap, massaging il softly
into tie skin. Rinse thoroughly, FIRST
With warm water, then with cold.
III geuf slin Il inclined to be dry,
apply I tSuch Of good cold cream
thst i 81.
Do his regularly, and particu-
larly ID the evening Use powder
and rouge II you wish But never
4 leave them on cver night. They clog
the pores, often enlarge them. Black
< 4 |E.IE
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Prices realized ON Swift d Company
sAlea 81 CARCASS beef in WAshingt0n p: o..
shinmofltg, eUld out. ranged from 16 90 cents
"a 1900 cents per p0und and aVera9ed 1864
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Git,es VgesCs
- Essg
Divorce Laics
|DorothyDi9|
Matrisl0MiaI
sIdckers
Which Are Expected 70 Reduce the
Number Of Grouchy Husbands and Siovenly
Wives III the Near Future.

great menace o ety which divorce
- almost any na excuse Y 500 o 8
80
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tContinued in tomorrow's star.l
Evening star., 1926-03-30

Printing" and If they look farther out
to sea he says. Potomac River" All
of this, of course. occurs at the ground
level. At the top he let's the visitors
fight il. out among themselves, and
what "they do to L'Enfant's plan Is
caution, he has found.
Jones has survived all pioneer
guards at the Monument, and Is still
hale and hearty. despite his more
than threescore and ten years.
Younger men than he have been un-
able to withstand the unhealthy atmos'
phere Of the great stone structure.
but, swathed in Arctic clothing the
whole year round. the veteran guard
nonchalantly braves the icy breath
from the tombike interior.
In Again, Out Again.
"That cold. damp air in there has
gotten plenty of en-" Jones re-
marked yesterday. IT'S colder In the
Springtime than it Is in Midwinter.
too. That's because the frost is COM
ing out of the stone. See this under
coat, and see this thick sweater
wear 'em all the time. II ! come out
side I'm too warm. and If | stay In
too long, I'm too cold, so have to
shift hack and forth. 1t doesn't seem
To nurI me any, tnbuSn. III Jus' uSVN
to it. that's ALL
Excuse me, here come some folks
to ask some questions. No. you can't
go up now. Read that sign in front
of you--they'd rather ask questions
than read a sign. 1t says right on 1t
that the Monument is closed during
repairs on the elevator. hut they don't
believe it until | tell 'em. Yep, | an
swer lots of questions, all right
He excused himself aeain to answer
some more, several before they were
half asked. as is his custom.
1t is said, by the way, that the only
person who ever stumped Jones in
his psyche Of Monument
uuestioners was a cock-eyed gentle
man from Wichita. kans. He was
looking upward and northeasterly at
one and the same time.
And Jones refuses to answer two
questions at once.
Silk weaving concerns of France are
investing in new raNon plants.
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Los ANGELES PUT
IN SHAPEFOR TRIP
First Flight of DirigibIe Since
Shenandoah Crash to Be
Made April 10.
By the Associated Press.


LAKEHURST. \. j.. March 3O.-
After an idleness of 10 months. the
diriGible Los Angeles. sister ship of
the Shenandoah will make a test
fight on April 10. under the command
of Lieut.. Comdr. Charles r. RoSen-
dahl senior surviving officer of the
Shena ndoah. The Los Angeles has
undergone extensive alterations.
A number Of Shenandoah survivors
viii he included in the crew Of this
first flight Of a dirigible in the United
States since the Shenandoah went
down on September 8. 1925. at Ava,
Ohio. Lieuts. Rowland e. Mayer.
construction officer; Charles r. Bauch.
engineer officer. and Thomas r.
Hendley, intelligence officer. are the
other surviving officers who will take
part in the flight 1t also is expected
hat Capt. George Washington Steele
comma ndant of the national air sta
tion here. who is soon to leave for sea
duty. will sail on the test flight. Capt.
Edward 6. Jackson. who has heen
transferred from Langley Field to
succeed Steele. may he on the ship.
The girderS and cross beams of the
duraluminum frame Of the vessel
were inspected and a number Of those
along the catwalk in the center Of
The ship were found to he corroded
from the splashinS of the anti.freez-
ing solution used in the water ballast
bags the Winters Of 1924 and 1925.
Tests showed that these were slightly
weakened and they were replaced
Girders not touched by the solution
We're found to be in excellent shape.
The five giant Mayback motors
which viii drive fhp Sb n on hot- Aiob
were overhauled Al the naval aircraft
factory. Philadelphia
Inspection the helium gas cells,
q IN number. showed two Of them To
he in 2 weakened condition They
were replaced with extra cells which
were intended for use In the Shenan-
doa h.
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VETERAN GUARDIAN
ANSWERS QUERIES BEFORE ASKED
w. S. Jones Sees Mouth
Open and Flashes Back
Right Reply.
Reads Questions in Eyes,
But Cock-Eyed Man
Fooled Him.

! Walter $. Jones. veteran guard al
| the Washington Monument. has the
| right to claim the GueStion-answering
championship of these United States
/ He began answering questions in
! October, 1888. on the day that the
monument first was opened to the
! inquisitiva public. and he has been
answering them ever since.
Jones has learned TO anticipate the
| nature of questions before they are
put and often he surprises the in
quirer by replying to a query before
it has graduated beyond the stage of
an idea.
He knows what visitors are about
to say by their expression or by a
preliminary gesture. however uncon-
sciously made Sometimes he just
guesses what they will ask next, eN.
ercising an uncanny ability horn OF
years Of professional answering at
the Capitals most prominent shrine.
In Means "s55 Feet"
For instance. a person who is about
to ask that old one about the height
Of the shaft invariably glances up
ward before voicing his inquiry. Ere
the eyes have had a chance to re-
.urn to their normal position Jones is
lntoning, almost automaticallN
Five hundred and tiftNtive feet.
For nigh onto 40 years people nave
been lifting their eyes preparatory 10
asking the height of the Monument
and Jones has come to know 1uSt
what is going on in their minds as
they do so, consequently he saves
them the trouble of telling hlm
verbally.
similarly. when visitor GlanceSS
inteptlv at the stone Of the shaft ana
begins To -move his lips inquisitlVelN.
Jones beats him to ii by remarklnG
Marble
Jones has two stock answers readN
for questions beginning with When
He knows he is going to have to an,
swer Started in 1S4s, completed
1885," or 1.-The elevator will be down
in three minutes.
1898" and "5 Up and ) Down"
-"How many" usually calls for the
reply There are S9S steps to the top.
although OCCASIONALLY the proper one is
Five minutes up and five minutes
down" referring to the elevator.
Siehtseers at the Monument always
want TO know about surrounding on.
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Rice's Rich Loaf

Espsrish 1926 by The City Baking Company
Evening star., 1926-03-30
BARBARA BENEFITS GEM
THEFT STORY is DOUBTED
Police Check of Jewelry Shows
None Missing-Dancer to
Sail in May.


LOS ANGELES. March 3O.-Charce
of Barbara Bennett. dancer, that cash
and jewels 10 the value of SO 600 had
been stolen from her apartment while
she was being treated at the
Receiving Hospital saturday for
poison are not given much credence
by the police robbery squad. check
of valuables received by the police
property clerk disclosed nothing mis-
sing. the officers said
Miss Bennett. who declared the
poison was taken by mistake sal
she would make one more profes-
sional sppesra nee in Los Angeles be-
fore leaving for London in May to
rejoin her mother. Later, she said.
she will meet her fiance, Louis Basu-
aldo, in Paris.
The dancer is the daughter of
Richard Bennett, well known actor,
and at one time was the dancing
partner of Maurice Mouvet.
Evening star., 1926-03-30
.DENOUNCES "3D DEGREE" "
Crime Survey Committee Con.
demns Grilling of Suspects.

/ PHILADELPHIA, March 80 CP.
Third degree sinquisitions of persons
suspected. of crime were denounced in
a report submitted yesterday by the
crime survey committee appointed
four years ago by the board of judges
Of the Common Pleas Court.
Citing confession of 14.year-old Will
liam Canalier of .Pottsville, said to
have been obtained by police late at
night after long grilling, and as a
result of which he was sentenced to
life imprisonment for murder. the
committee recommended that similar
confessions be prohibited in favor OF
examinations supervised by high Jul.
:dicial officials.
The committee also recomme nded
the abolition Of peremptory chal.
lenges of jurors and the compulsion
OF talesmen to jury duty unless ex-
empted for legal CAUSE