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over close to his crib, but l couldn't
see him. / hollered out: Good heav-
ems, where is the baby?" Joan said:
S-s-h-in bed, you idiot. Did you think
we had pawned him?" said: There
is a pile of blankets in the bed"
Joan's grandmother said: 1--WE keep
him covered" naturally.
So pulled off a half dozen blankets,
and sure enough. there was the baby
asleep at the bottom of the pile. ard
the bedroom window was closed.
opened 1t and covered the baby as
he should be covered and went out.
1 said: "Who put the baby to bed?"
oJan's grandmother said: II did"
said: "He has been a fresh-air baby
the whole six weeks Of his life, and
you were smothering him." Joan's
grandmother said: well, have been
afraid of drafts the whole 70 years Of
my life, and / don't intend to let that
baby catch pneumonia or something" I"
l said: "It's my baby Joan's
grandmother said: THAT doesn't make
it legal for you to kill him with a
draft"
I didn't say anything. I'm getting
to know about women.
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Gaining Weight.

The mail has just brought a most
appreciated letter. Results demon
strate the efficacy of proper diet. The
young lady, whose identity | hold in
confidence, writes a very courteous
letter saying:
do you remember about six weeks
ago I wrote anti asked you how l
could gain in weight. Twill tell you
Of my results. Perhaps 1 did not
follow your instructions as closely as
I should have. but / did carry out the
most important ones, including not
smoking before meals.
IT think weighed 105 when I wrote
you for help. l weighed myself yes
terday for the first time since then
and how much do you think
weighed-115 pounds. Isn't that won
derful? l knew l had gained because
1 don't have that emaciated feeling
any more. All my thanks and appre-
citation go to you"
Naturally 1 am warned by the
thoughtfulness of this letter. The
young woman was benefited. But it
was gracious of her to go to the
trouble of saying SO.
Her first letter stated that she was
much underweight. That she had no
appetite. That she smoked from two
to eight cigarettes a day. That she
liked my articles.
/ sent her a weight chart and some
building-up suggestions, and urged her
to do her best to eat the nourishing
foods suggested; that a midmOrning
and midafternoon lunch of egg and
milk in addition to the nourishing
meals would be beneficial. i also re-
marked that smoking kills the appe-
tite and with a great many people
interferes with digestion: that 1t
would be best not to take cigarette
shortly before meals.
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LITTLE BENNY
BIZ LEE PAPE.

was sitting on our frunt steps be.
fore suppir, and pop came home, say
ing. Greetings. hows the sun and air?
Meening me and not the weather,
and sed, All rite.
Ill say your all rite, eny sun and air
OF mine has got to be all rite, it's ony
naturel, pop sed.
And he took out his key and started
to start to go In, saying. This con.
founded door seems to be stuck.
And he kepp on trying to open it,
saying, The key seems to werk all
rite, wat the dooce Is q matter heer,
something Is radically rong wen a
man cant get in his own house, open
up. ding bust you.
And he started 20 shake the door
and tern the key and push with his
shoulder all at the same time. and
jest then I remembered something.
saying, o G, pop, maybe its bolted
on the inside.
Why the dooce should 1t be, how
the dooce could it be? pop sed. and 1
Sed, Well, maybe 1t aint, maybe some.
body has unbolted 1t by this time.
Do you meen to say that you bolted
this door for some unholy reason? pop
sed. and sed, No sir, meen not for
eny unholy reason. I was playing I
was holding the fort all by myself, and
the frunt door was sippose to be the
big iron gates. and bolted them and
shot at the enemy through the key
hole, and the next time I went out it
was out the back way.
Yee Gods, and the next time you
go in 1t will he BY the same way, and
if your not in unbolting this door in
20 seconds Ill do some firing on the
enemy myself, pop sed.
Me running around the back way
and unbolting the frunt door in about
- ao0ooAA
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EAT AND BE HEALTHY
Dinah Days Daily Talks on Diet
The Right Food Is the Best Medicine

For her age and height around lis
pounds would be normal weight. In
about eight weeks she has nearly
reached that weight. This young lazy
has benefited her health and has
built up her bodily resistance.
An underweight person needs a
great deal of fuel food. Carbohydrates
or starch and sugar foods and fat
foods form the group Of energy or
fuel foods. Whole grain cereals. pota-
toes, brown rice, marcaroni and hom-
my grits furnish this energy. Maple
sfrup and sugar, honey, molasses.
pure fruit jellies are also good for
this purpose. Butter, cream, boiled
bacon. olive oil. egg yolks are val
liable fat foods for a building-up diet.
With cold weather just ahead. It Is
good time to make the weight for
wrestle with Jack Frost.
e. j. F.-Thank you very much for
your kind letter. I appreciate greatly
your courtesy in acknowledging the
help l was able to give you. Your
gain is wonderful and I wish YOU
more good health
ID. ID. Els bran a fattening food?
Answer-No. 1t is very valuable
for its laxative qualities. 1t Is, of
course. present in whole-grain prod
ucts. Wheat bran heads the list of
iron content foods
K. D.-Please tell me how my legs
can be corrected. | am a girl 26
years of age and very handicapped
In my physical attraction. Answer
II there is something wrong with
the bone formation II is possible
that an orthopedist can help you
If you need either to take on or takS
off weight, diet will help you. Dane
ing, swimming and walking properly
are aids to grace.
Readers desiring personal answers to their
questions should send self addressed, stamped
envelope 70 Dinah Day. care Of The Star.
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PERSONAL HEALTH SERVICE
BY WILLIAM BRADY. M. ID.

chapter No. COS of the laws of 1926.
amending the penal law In relation
TO reports of treatment Of certain
wounds. This new law makes Il a
misdemeanor for a physician attend
ing or treating a case Of bullet wound.
gunshot wound. powder burn or any
other injury arising from or caused
by the discharge of gun or other
firearms, to fail to report such case
at once to the police authorities.
This new law was enacted. n news
paper man tells me. as a result of n
notorious case in which an escaped
convict was treated for gunshot
wounds and the doctor never divulged
the facts. The law appears to be a
somewhat hysterical "outburst" Of the
New York State Legislature.
1t will take more than such a sam.
pie of legislative hokum to make In
formers or stool pigeons out of medi-
cal gentlemen, 1 venture to prophesy.
Until this humorous New York Legis.
lature repeals the Hippocratic oath,
which will be some time after the
paramount issue Of alcoholic content
will have been settled, any man, wom-
an or child in need of medical or
surgical care may conf1de in a doctor
of medicine.
tCopyright. 1926.)
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Not So Confidential.

Referring to the assurance OF Sc
crecy which one has as IL patient in
the consulting room of regular
physician | said here recently: mo
matter what crime a fugitive may
have committed. If he consults
physician, that physician is morally
bound not to betray him to the police;
in fact not to divulge any informa-
tion hint or clue which may come
to the physicians notice necessarily
or incidentally" In other words,
no one should ever hesitate to con-
fide in his physician.
The physician is morally bound
to absolute secrecy, / said. BY that
1 meant that he is bound by the most
sacred oath, the Hippocratic oath
which is administered to every physi-
clan at the time he receives his de.
gree, doctor of medicine. He swears
to this: Into whatever houses I en-
ter / will go into them for the bene-
fit Of the sick, and will abstain from
every voluntary act of mischief or
corruption Whatever in con-
nection with my professional practice
or not in connection with it, l see or
hear in the life of men, which ought
not to be spoken of abroad, will
not divulge, as reckoning that all
Sucn SnOulO De kept secret.
One of the chief reasons why the
regular medical profession enjoys the
confidence of the people today is that
doctors of medicine have kept the
faith throughout history. Show me
a healer who betrays the confidence
of patient and II show you an ir-
regular practitioner, q faddist, a
faker assuming the title of doctor
by grace of popular credulity.
Morally bound," l said, for in the
back of my mind was an uneasy sus-
picion that maybe some fool law had
been enacted to harass the doctor Of
medicine-and sure enough, it is just
I so.
A New York attorney fears some
members of the medical profession
may be guided by the statement
made unless the attention Of New
York State nhIsician is called to
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AUTUMN
BY ID. C. PEATTIE.
Leaf Mold.

AS day after day the leaves drift
deeper upon lawn and garden, orderly
people come out with their rakeS and
rake away the leaveS-the golden
beech and tulip tree leaves, the Grim
son and scarlet of oak and maple,
the nauve of ashland burn them as
though they were so much trash.
They drag them off flower beds and
out of hedges and then put fertilizer
around the roots Of their plants.
This seems to me a very bad bit of
garden practice. 1t is not natures
way of keeping her flowers safely
Over'wintered. Instead of burning up
the leaves, she lets them go to mold
All Winter long they form a warm
blanket on the flowers. BY Spring
the lower layers Of leaves at least
have rotted into leaf mold-rich.
black. wonderful. Leaf mold is the
finest fertilizer and mulch in the
world. If you have more fallen leaves
than you can use for bedding on your
garden, then pile the leaves up in
some corner (but not against any
buildings and let time do the rest.
Strictly speaking, it is not time that
will convert your leaf pile into a heap
Of rich, black earth, such as you pay
money for if you have it carted in, but
the action of fungi and bacteria and
air and water. Any dead leaf is gen.
orally covered with little black specks
colonies of destroying fungi These
microscopic scavengers may not be
very beautiful to look at or think
about. and their task Is not uplifting,
but literally degrading. They and GER
tain bacteria of decay, as we'll as rain
water and some of the acids Of earth
and water, are all busy tearing down
the abode of former life that we call
a leaf. Without bacteria and fungi
and destroying acids. we would all be
showed under, not only by leaves, but
by all the other carcasses and refuse
Of the process of life. We wouldn't
be able except by burning to get rid
Of dead and disused things.
Silently, miraculously. with no
trouble or expense to any one. the
beautiful forces of decay burn away
the wreckage of this feverish process
we call life. Most gently, most thor
oughly. with a soul-satisfying perfec-
ton. they return to the elements the
particles that were theirs, to be used
again in new biological structures.
Nothing is lost; nothing stays dead;
nothing can weary the Creator by liv-
ing too long.
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Renaissance would have deemed mi
raculous belong to that river of God
which we call progress.

Renaissance WOUlO nave OceIQcO MI
raculous belong to that river of God
which we call progress.
Railway, N. j.
Why should ones religion, be it
what 1t may. require so much restric-
ton and discipline?
Answer-The Protestant churches
know are. not usually strict about
discipline. On the contrary. their
generous Interpretation Of church
vows reminds me of the inclosure Rob-
inson Crusoe made for his goats. 1t
was 50 spacious that the animals in.
side it were as wild as those outside.
The vows they impose are intended
to further the conservation of life, and
not. as you seem to suggest, it's mu-
tilation.
Nor is the discipline Of the older
churches at bottom chiefly restrictive.
1t 1t rather constructive, a remark
ably wise adaptation to human nature
freedom than 1t takes away, since
what 1t forbids cramps spiritual lib
erty and what 1t enjoins contributes
to that liberty.
You will probably object to the hos
tility which theological dogma. shows
towards'knowledge. Here there Is rea-
sonable ground for complaint. But
the intellectualism which rebels
against dogma makes big demands
upon credulity and presents some
lively infernOs of its own.
If religion is not a mere emotional
product: if it Is a divine revelation of
saving verities otherwise unknowable
man, it is logical that we should
take it on its own terms, and not
attempt to dictate the conditions Of
It's acceptance.
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every trace of body odor is gone.
Alluring charm follows for "a hours.
The most cleanly may Offend
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And, the jnsidious thing is, we
may never suspect it and our dear
est friends won't tell US.
Chex contains a lasting. odorless .deodor-
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;rouse. picking up a grain of buck

;rouse. picking up a grain Of buck
wheat.
Anything I don't know is news"
etorted Mrs. Grouse. "And I don't
now a thing about what is going on
yer in the Green Forest since I left.
las that hunter with the terrible gun
cen back?'
Mr.. Grouse nodded. Once" said
@. He came back the day after you
.'ere shot. but Farmer Browns Boy
haSed him away and he hasn't been
,ack since. But one never knows
hen a hunter may appear. There
re some dreadful things happening" p"
Tell me about them," commanded
lrS. Grouse.
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DELI IIlE OlOll1LO ". BURGESS

"Well,'' said Mr.. Grouse, II suppose
you know that Mr.. and Mrs. Longbill
the Woodcock have lost three of their
children"
What" cried Mrs. Grouse. What
happened to them?"
Hunters" replied Mr.. Grouse. DO
you need to ask? Then 1 ran across
one of Bob Whites children hiding in
the edge of the Green Forest. He had
only one leg, and you know that is
pretty tough on bird that lives on
the ground as much as the Bob
Whites do"
Mrs. Grouse sighed. II suppose that
was due to the hunters, too." said she.
"Of course replied Mr.. Grouse.
That leg was shot off. He gets along
after a fashion. but it's pretty hard
work That is the worst Of these ter
rible guns. If they always killed it
wouldn't be SO bad; but this hurting
folks and leaving them to suffer is
what makes it so terrible"
"Have-have you heard from any
Of our children" inquired Mrs.
Grouse, anXiously.
have kept to the Green Forest" said
he, land of course they are safer
there than they would be outside,
where the hunters are. Two or three
who have foolishly failed to heed my
advice and have gone off Farmer
Browns land have had terrible
frights, and one of them was pretty
sick for two or three days with a
shot from a terrible gun. However,
so far, none has been killed"
Mrs. Grouse sighed. I'm thankful
for that" said she. II do hope they'll
have sense enough to stay where the
hunters cannot find them until after
this terrible hunting season. Now you
see why I am not so badly off. I
have no hunters to fear here. Hello,
here comes Farmer Browns Boy. He
must be bringing my breakfast"
Mr.. Grouse turned and looked has
tily, and with a roar Of his stout
wings he whirred away through the
Old Orchard to the Green Forest.
Copyright. 1920
Evening star., 1926-11-30
Tomatoes With Bananas.

Choose six good-sized tomatoes. wipe
them. then scoop out the center very
carefully, without breaking the skin.
Cut three bananas in slices and a
peeled and cored apple in dice. Sprin-
kle these with salt, pepper and dust
of cayenne, add a teaSpoOnful Of
chopped capers and mix all with two
good tablespoonfuls of of mayonnaise
dressing. Fill the tomatoes with the
mixture Arrange on a bed of dressed
lettuce on a glass dish and garnish
with slices Of hard-boiled egg. The
scooped out portion of the tomatoes
may be used in soup or stock.
Evening star., 1926-11-30

Mr.. Grouse was very nervous. He
was having a wonderful breakfast of
a handful of buckwheat that Farmer
Browns Boy had dropped just out
side the pen where Mrs. Grouse was
living, but he wasn't enjoying that
breakfast as he would have enjoyed a
good breakfast In the Green Forest.
Each time he picked up a grain of
nuckwheat he looked all about him
lnXiously. He was so nervous that
ne made Mrs. Grouse nervous.
whats the matter with your" she
demanded.
Nothing" replied Mr.. Grouse.
stretching up as high as he could and
looking all about.
You act to me as if you We're
afraid" said Mrs. Grouse, tartly.
You needn't be. Nothing is going to
iurt you over here. Now tell me the
news of the Green Forest
"There isn't any news" replied Mr..
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Utica, N. Y.
Did God know when He created man
that a large majority Of the human
race would be endlessly wretched? If
so, why did He commit us to such a
fate?
Answer certainly do not think a
large majority of Gods creatures are
endlessly wretched l prefer to believe
that they are nobly happy. Nor am
1 certain that the balance Is In as
deplorable a condition as you suggest.
The theory voiced here was spun in
defiance Of the facts. These show that
countered by the miracle Of painless
ness. For every human being who is
wretched I incline to think 20 are com.
Portable.
Good health and the will to live
are normal; disease and despair are
abnormal. Men are quick to remem.
Der their sorrows and slow to reckon
their joys because the instinct for
self-preservation emphasizes the sad
characteristics Of life in order to safe
guard the race against them.
Surely your comment on endless
wretchedness Is too hypothetical. The
Bible gives us very little advance in.
formation about life beyond the grave.
1LS SISC 10 -HdL WO 0AO away o
to trust God and carefully cultivate
the love and Righteousness which He
approves in this world and the next.
There the matter rests. except for
it's elaborate embroideries by both be-
levers and non-believers. 1t is scarce
ly consistent, however. for one who
Identifies God with the portrait Of the
Father painted by Christ in the prodi-
gal son to conjure up the being your
question presupposes. Why not take
that portrait as your guide? Then
you do not have to be impaled on
the horns Of your dilemma. which. as
/ see the issue, is a purely theoretical
one.
Ogdensburg. N. Y.
Have we truly progressed since the
fifteenth century?
Answer.-Yes. A comparison be-
tween the fifteenth century and our
own is convincing Of human progress,
provided you mean by progress an
Increasing realization Of physical. So
cial, mental and moral wellbeing. !
think there can be no serious doubt
that there is infinitely more such we'll
being now than there was 500 years
ago.
1t may be possible to point out GER
tain achievements Of the fifteenth
century and truthfully declare that
we cannot duplicate them. But how
many more achievements belong to
our century which the fifteenth did
not even imagine! Take medical sci
ence and public education as con-
crete instances. To say that the
fuller life they have introduced In
the last 100 years is not progress Is
to beg the question.
Prodigies of genius are intermit-
tent. Nations may produce no poets
or painters for ages. There has been
but one Dante. one Michael Angelo,
one Shakespeare, one Rembrandt. one
Leonardo da Vinci. But the currents
which have washed away a mountain
Gus ignorance and brought to every
mans door the benefits OF organized
knowledge in thousand conveniences.
comforts and remedies which even the
Evening star., 1926-11-30
Chocolate Nut Pudding.

Heat one pint Of milk in q double
boiler. Mix thoroughly two table.
spoonfuls of flour and two and one
half tablespoonfuls of granulated
sugar. pinch OF salt and two table
spoonfuls of cocoa. Add enough
water slowly to- make thin paste.
Beat until smooth. pouring slowly into
hot milk, stirring constantly to keep
from Jumping. Cook for ten minutes
add one cupful Cf chopped nut meats
and pour into small molds dipped in
cold water. Serve turned out on
dish with mounds of whipped cream
On top.
More people are employed in Can.
ada than at any time in the past six
years.
Evening star., 1926-11-30
DIARY OF A
NEW FATHER
BY r. T.. DICKSON.

MONDAY NIGHT.
The street cars were tied up tonight,
and l reached home late. The baby
had been fed and put to bed for the
night, and Joan and my mother and
Joan's grandmother were trying to
keep dinner warm until I arrived.
While the three Of them were get
ting in one another's way, putting the
food on the table. tiptoed into the
bedroom to get glimpse of the baby.
It was dark in the room, so I bent
Evening star., 1926-11-30
Ways of Warding Off Indigestion
BL LYDIA LIE BARON WALKER.

Indigestion Is one Of the common.
est of ailments. 1t is easy to con.
tract and may be difficult to over
come. 1t is distressing and may
even prove disastrous. Yet it Is some
thing that can be guarded against
with a large degree of success. IL
person will use care tempered with
discretion. Mothers have to cultivate
Evening star., 1926-11-30

right methods Of eating in their chill
dren as well as providing them with
the food suited to their needs, for the
manner in which food is eaten is of
decided importance. To guard against
indigestion. therefore, there are three
essentials-and many minor things.
These three are suitable food. slow
mastication and good cheer.
Evening star., 1926-11-30
MOTHERS
AND THEIR CHILDREN.
Moving Pictures.

One mother says:
For an occasional rainy day pastime
my small son and daughter get an old
window shade from the attic. where
we store such things. They paste
Evening star., 1926-11-30

Offering to shake hands with all who
would give. $1.25 toward a charity,
Sir Alan Gotham raised $1,000 for the
cause in very short time in Belfast,
Ireland, recently.
Evening star., 1926-11-30

group of soldiers trained in over
seas settlement work in England art
being sent with their families to west
ern Australia
Evening star., 1926-11-30
EVERYDAY QUESTIONS
Ans,cered by DIR. S. PARKES CADMAN

by Dr. S. Parkes Cadman. president Of the
Federal Council of Churches Of Christ in
America. DR.. Cadman seeks to answer
inquiries that appear to be represen tative
Of the trends of thought in the many letters
which he receives
Evening star., 1926-11-30
Mr.. Grouse Tells the News.

No matter how old the facts may be.
If still unknown. they're news, you see.
Mother West Wind.
Evening star., 1926-11-30


q much He
Would dott? l..
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-02-20

| that it was hers. She had a right
to it. And she tried to spring from
the bed.
So they brought it in little dress
of white. 1t was lying on pillow
with its hands that were so perfect,
dear little hands, folded one over
the other, the small pointed fingers
spread.
And some one had put a single
spray of lilies of the valley in its
hand.
Sandy looked at it. She said to
the nurse: Put it down here"
She kissed it's fingers. She laid
her cheek against it's face. She
whispered to it, ooh, you're dead
you don't hear ne-you're dead!'
It's face was so cold against hers.
She wanted to warm it. She said
wildly: Its cold-oh, it's so cold"
And she chung to it, folding it in
her arms, holding it a long while,
smiling ever so sweetly at it, speak
ing to it. The chill of its small,
quiet body went through her. She
put it against her breast and she
said: This won't do any good. Oh,
I know it won't do any good. Be-
cause you're dead"
Finally they took it from her.