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Evening star., 1926-11-10
LITTLE BENNY
BY LEE PAPK.

Pop was smoking and thinking and
| was jest starting to get reddy to do
my homework, and my sister Gladdis
came in the living room with her hat
on going out. pop saying, Well for
Peet sake aren't YOU afraid of getting
chilblains of the knees?
Meening on account of her skert be-
ing so short, and Gladdis sed. O, this
is nuthink. father, YOU awt to see
some of the gerls.
On the contrary, | don't think awt.
the genrel publick seems to have rites
nowadays they never dreemed of a
few yeers ago. pop sed. Has your
mother seen that dress yet? he sed.
No. but this izzent ixtreme, father
Gladdis sed.
No, it's past that. its the limit, pop
sed For your sake l hope we're 60
ing to have warm winter, that's the
best | can wish you. he sed.
O father. how can you be 40 old
fashion? Gladdis sed. and pop red,
Old fashion, wee gods old fashion. you
better get ont of the house before your
mother sees you. that's ali.
Wich jest then ma came in and wat
did she have on but a new dress with
the skert almost az high a. GlAddises
saying. How do you like 1t, Willyum?
| like 1t a cupple Of yards lower
yee gods let me out before the house
la pintched, il enybody wunts me Ill
be around at the bowling alley gasp,
ing for breth. pop sed.
And he put on his hat and 0at
and went cut. saying Zee gods.
Evening star., 1926-11-10
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We Never Know the Love and Tenderness
of Others If They Remain Dumb.

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EVERYDAY QUESTIONS
Anscered by DIR. s. PARKES CADNAN

Omah ha, Neb.
Please explain the mea ming of the
name Easter and it's relation, If any,
to the pagan names that preceded it.
Answet-East ster as a title is derived
from Eostre, the Anglo-Saxon god
dess of Spring, in whose. honor the
fourth month of the year was called
the Faster month
After the conversion of the early
Britons to Christia nifty, which took
place during the fourth century, they
commemorated our Lords resurrec-
ton In the Easter month, hence the
name this festival has borne for 500
years.
But the original Christian name
for the Easter festival was 'the
Pascha," derived from the Jewish
Passover. since Christ's death oc-
Cured during the season when the
Paschal lamb was slain. There were
many Jews in the Apostolic Church
to whom this transfer was perfectly
natural The French name for
Easter. "Paques.' and the Italian
"Pasuua" show their Hebrew deriva
ton quite plainly.
New York CITY
My husband is a civil engineer and
Is HDOuL 10 take cfldlEe ol Il .DlS CoIl
struction job in the Northwest. We
shall he in a camp many miles from
town | do not mind the loneliness
for it will he great adventure. but
am worried because it will be impos
sible for us to get fresh vegetables
and milk.
Do YOU think it will he safe for me
to take the children where they will
have to depend almost entirely on
canned food? I have a boy I and a
girl and l cannot bear the thought
of leaving them behind. but, of course
their health is everything.
Answer.--Yes. An affirmative re
sponse comes from thousand camps
and hamlets in that very region
where children and adults live and
prosper on milk, fruits, vegeta bles
meats and lands of every descrip
ton. all of WHICH are canned. The
heaps of discarded cans outside every
village, town and city in the Nation
bear their silent witness to the i'm.
mense strides which this method of
feeding the people has made in the
last 20 years.
In truth it is more than a method
and far more than large and in.
creasinE industry: 1t is also scien
tific arra ngement which transfers
Summer to Winter and the vast va
riety of its preserved products to
sterile or uncultivated localities.
Every vessel on the seas and every
expedition on the land depends upon
canned food ! am assured by those
who know that it's quality is quite
equal to its quantity. which, while
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| saying much. does not contradict ones s
personal experience.
The hygienic precautions of the best
canning factories are shown by the
nutritious foods they produce. Medi-
cal authorities are far more anxious
about the sanitation of a great deal of
so-called home cooking than they are
about that of canned foods.
| Go to the Northwest assured of
your health and welfare so far as can
ned diet is concerned and accept my
congratulations upon the glorious
country awaiting" YOU
| Pittsburgh. Pa.
! Why not drop that misleading
phrase, He descended into hell
from the Apostles Creed? Since
preachers announce that hell il a
| place Of fiery torments. what right
have they to say that Jesus submitted
to such a penalty?
| .Answer.-The word "hell" refers to
the Internal regions. especially as Il
durance vile for lost spirits. But al
though now almost universally ap.
piled to the state and place of eternal
punishment, ii was originally used
in the same sense as Hades. meaning
the underworld, the dwelling of the
departed.
In ancient Morse mythology he'll
was the unlovely goddess of the sun
less regions to which the souls of
those unworthy of Valhalla were con.
signed
In the Apostles Greed the word to
which you object has double signifi
canoe. The first is our Lords actual
descent into Hades, the residence of
the discarnate; the second, and per
haps the most important, is that He
| fathOmed the uttermost depths Of hu-
man anguish in this world and the
next. Only by the fullest reaches OF
such an experience could He he made
perfect in suffering In order that He
might become a faithful high priest
| for the race.
| The figurative use Of the word sup
ports the second interpretation My
self am hell cried Lucifer; Henry
Drummond speaks of the sin which
separates from God as he'll. and Henry
George declares that poverty is the
open -mouthed. relentless hell which
yawns beneath civilized society.
| / trust you see more in the preg
nant phrase of the creed than appears
upon it's surface. As for torments of
| fire and birthstone. what are they or
any other materialistic penalties com
pared to the anguish of distracted
minds and broken hearts? Such primi-
| tive imageries of punishment were in
tended to enforce the spiritual desOla
| tion from which Chrsts redemption
delivers the souls of believing men
| and women.
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The Hygienic Bus.

Whether man or woman can ar
ford the time to walk to-work is a
question that depends on earnings;
one who is underpaid probably cannot
afford this healthful luxury; one
whose time is very valuable can
scarcely afford to do without the
walk to work. You will see how that
is. without any allusion to the mat
ter of keeping fit. maintaining ones
efficiency, pep. health and 80 on.
DiscountinE the ubiquity of the
private automobile. it seems to me that
the sensible reaction to an increase IN
fares by the transportation corpora
tion should he a healthful str1ke-a
vast increa Sc in the number OF people
walking to work. at least those who
reside within 3 or 3l2 miles-an
hours walk-from their place of
work. With such A movement afoot
on wide scale several new problems
would arise. At present. one esti-
mates from some census figures taken
in New York City plants, about 70
per cent of the workers walk to work.
Suppose in a riders strike so to 80
per cent Of the workers should take
to their hoofs At once the amount of
tar1iness would jump far above the
present average and some employers
might feel inclined to oppose the
strike or even import strikehreakers
But not 80 fast. Wait till we see
what we've got here.
The worker who comes trailing in
Is minutes late in the morning be-
cause he has hoofed 1t all the way In
stead Of riding brings to work some
thing the more punctual rider can't
coptrive tn carry through the crush
ing and crowding Of subway or surface
cars, namely. a clear head. Crowded
in car which is seldom properly
ventilated, workers are subject TO all
the effects Of vitiated air. and brain
fag is one of them. Not very good
condition in which to begin the days
work. A worker SO doped needs A
handicap of 15 or 90 minutes on the
worker who starts in with nice big
dose Of oxygen in his system.
But there is a still more important
Evening star., 1926-11-10
Women Who Have Important Tasks
i'm the Government Service
nv ALICE ROGERS HAGER

for several years, and between times
collaborated with friend In writing
1.-The New Orleans Book" which was
adopted for use in the city schools.
In 1917 she took leave of absence
and came to Washington for n lark"
and to see how she would like work
ing for Uncle Sam. She happened to
he assigned to the Tariff Commission
as clerk and she found suddenly
that many new interests and oppor-
tunities were opening up to her. Her
principal subject in teaching at home
had been commercial geography, and
now she realized that it led naturally
into economics and that that would
supplement her new work very valu-
ably. SO she went to American Uni
yersity and the Brookings Institute
for special courses.
These courses and her flair for
authorship brought her small writ.
ing assignment from her office. and
she made good at ii. Gradually she
drifted into more and more speclal
tasks. and it was here that her cot
ton plantation days came INTO tnei,
own. In August, 1922. she was asked
for by the Institute of Economics, ana
she was set to work there on research
in cotton tariff problems, staying
until July, 1925.
The Tariff Commission called her
back in that month as speciai ex-
pert i'm knit goods. in the textile diNi-
sion, and that is her position now.
She has done field work in the KNIT
ting mills. to learn the processes used
in the making of glove SILK hosiery
and the various cotton threads anu
fabrics. When necessary. she super
yises the collection of cost
figures: and she has been To New
York several times to get Unpublished
information from experts in the IN
dustries there. The statistics gather
ed. she prepares her text after a
careful evaluation of their sienlfl-
canoe. Her published surveys include;
Cotton Knit Goods Wool knit
Goods Cotton Wearing Apparel.
Silk Wearing Apparel and Silk Small
Wears and she assisted one of the
other experts In the writing of Finer
gency Tariff and Long Stample
Cotton. Her most surprising dis
covery, however. has been that very
few manufacturers. in any given In
dustry, have either interest or knowl-
edge as to what is happening in their
industry outside of the immediate
needs of their own factories.
In addition to her duties with the
commission. she keeps up her per-
sonal writing, doing occasional maya
zine articles. And she is an enthu-
siastic sportswOman.
Evening star., 1926-11-10
THE DAILY
HOROSCOPE
= Thursday, November ii.

Mercury in benefic aspect will
dominate tomorrow, according to
astrology. The sun, Mars, Jupiter and
Uranus are adverse
Advertising and publicity are excep-
tionally we'll directed on that day and
should bring unusually good returns.
1t is an auspicious date for the pa
ing of bills and facing ones financial
status. 1t IS not lucky day to seek
employment or promotion. 1t is diff.
cult to make good impression on
those who WELD power over human n
destinies, no matter how humble their
positions may he.
Under this sway the mind may be
restless and easily disturbed. Domes-
tic peace may be shattered by the
slightest mistake while this conf1eura-
ton prevails.
Much wrong thinking on all sub.
jects may mark the Winter, when
new religions as we'll as strange eco.
nomic theories may be taught.
Initiative should he delayed until
more auspicious day, for Jupiter
frowns on the beginning Of enter.
prises.
Again the most remarkable weather
changes and conditions are prognos.
ticated. The Winter is to be memor.
able for freak storms.
New York Ia to be disturbed by this
lunation, the seers again prophesy
and sensational events appear to be
foreshadowed:
Health should be cultivated assiGu-
ously and sanitation should occupy
attention, for epidemics have been re-
peatedly foretold for the coming Win
ter.
1t is prognosticated that a crime
will bring Canadian officers of law to
the United states.
The tongue should be curbed under
this planetary government. Persons
whose birth date 1t is should be eau
tlous to avoid any sort of entangle
ments in the law
Children born on that day proba BY
will make money in real estate or
farming. Girls may make brilliant
ma rria ges
Copyright, 1920
Evening star., 1926-11-10

for the baby, then?" and / said that
was a hot one--insurance for kid
lust over 3 weeks old.
But sure enough they issue poll.
ties from l day of age up, and he said
we ought to have an endowment for
the boy.
So i talked 1t over with Joan this
evening and she liked the idea, and
we decided to get him policy. He
has to pass a physical examination
and everything. Imagine that little
fellow being examined!
Joan said, 1T will be wonderful for
him to have that money when he is
starting college, together with the IS
week out of your raise we are say
ing for him and all the interest and
l said. with that pile Of money he
will probably want to get married in
stead of go to college"
Joan said: "Oh. l don't know that
money makes any difference! You
married me without cent saved
! said. There you go. grabbing about
that again." She said. "Why wouldn't
l crab?" and / said. You've been eat
ing regularly. haven't you?"
It's another of those arguments I
never hope to win.
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"PuzzHcks
e.Limericks.

tIe courted gem of n i
And he told her that she was his
=;
But when they were 5
Her ma came and +.
Though he didn't like -
I. A young woman.
2. A jewel found in the sea.
g. United in matrimony.
T. Stayed.
s. The hard, iridescent layer of GER
tain shells.
(NOTE,-This limerick might he the
sequel to yesterdays "Puzzlick."
which appears below. IT you can MI
in the missing words you will admit
that the situation described often de-
velops The answer to this 'Puzzlick.
as we'll as another one, will appear
tomorrow
Yesterdays "PuzZlick."
A certain young man named Pete
Once thought he was very discreet,
Till he met a sweet girl
Now his brains in a whirl
And he can't tell his head from his
feet.
(Copyrieht 1891
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ity to repel an attack or withstand a
siege.
Demont was an ensign in Magaws
regiment under appointment of the
Pennsylvania Council of Safety. He
was of a somewhat sullen disposition
with no intimate associates. and he
had rather forbidding countenance
which discouraged his compa
from seeking his company. There is
no suspicion that he had confederates
In the garrison.
The Information which he has car
r1ed to Earl Percy will beyond doubt
be Of no little value to Gen. Howe If
the latter plans an assault on these
works. The impression prevails on
our side that Gen. Howe has had a
somewhat exaggerated idea of the
character of this fort and it's ability to
stand off determined assault. Now
that the enemy knows the whole story
no harm can be done by stating that
the fort is merely series of breast.
works encircling an open space where
the barracks and storehouses are
located. The strongest side of the
fort is the outside, where the ap
proaches are steep and rough and the
emba nkments. or walls Of the fort
are well constructed to withstand in
fantry attacks, but might not Stand
Indefinitely in the way Of a few bat
teries Of artillery.
tCopvrieht 1920
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A1A~A~ AA'AAA ~ l. OANAAAO ". BURGESS

those Squirrel cousins were quarreling
and their unpleasant voices rang
through the Green Forest. Peter
began to understand why it was that
that lone hickory tree had not bean
found. "They are so busy trying to
keep each other from getting what
they have found. they haven't the
time to look anywhere else" thought
Peter And this was exactly the case.
Peter found a comfortable place to
sit and watch. He could afford to be
patient. He knew that sooner or later
Happy Jack the Gray Squirrel would
come his way. Finally Happy Jack
did In fact, he buried nut under
the leaves just back Of Peter Don't
YOU tell'' said he to Peter.
II won't replied Peter. II won't
tell anybody. But don't you think it
Is lool1sh to try to hide nut so close
to the tree?"
al haven't time to carry it awav
any further" replied Happy Jack,
I've hidden a lot around here under
the leaves. BY and by. when there
is no one to see me. l will dig them
up and carry them away" He rushed
off. Hardly was he out of sight
when Rusty the Fox Squirrel came
running up and dug up that nut that
Happy Jack had hidden. He carried
II little way off and in his turn hid
IT. Then he. too, hurried away.
Hardly was he out of sight when
Chatterer the Red Squirrel came
along, and his sharp nose soon found
that very nut. He. too. carried it off
a short distance and hid it. Peter
almost laughed aloud. He watched
this foolish game for some time. At
last Happy Jack once more came near
enough for Peter to speak to him. II
know where there are many hickory
nuts and no one has found them. y
said Peter
Where" cried Happy Jack ex.
citedly.
When no one is looking, slip awav
and follow my TRAIL replied Peter
This Hapnv lack did
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Miss Evelina P. Kean.

Chance still plays great part In
the development of a career. although
there must, of course, be added the
necessary qualities of ability. per-
sonality. ambition and adaptability.
Down in Louisiana some years ago
A little girl went to live for while on
the cotton plantation that belonged
in her family. She loved it; loved the
white pods bursting on their stalks
and the songs of the cotton pickers
in the heat. She grew to think of
cotton as something familiar and
Evening star., 1926-11-10
Scalloped Lima Beans.

Wash and soak over night one cup
full of dried lima beans. Drain and
cook in boiling salted water until soft
Drain. and to the bean liquor add
enough milk to make UP two cupfuls.
From this make a white sauce with
four level tablespoofuls of -four and
four level tahlespoonfuls of butter.
blending the flour and butter and add
ing the scalding milk slowly. Pour
over the beans and serve.
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friendly. not az yard goods on shop
counter or hospital roll at a drug
gists.
Then came time for school, and she
went to the Sacred Heart Academy
the one in New Oreleans, and two
others in other parts of Louisiana,
coming back to graduate at the
Rosary, where she had started. And
when she had done that. instead of
going to college she heard that New
Orleans was short of teachers and she
decided to have a try at the normal
school examinations. even though she
was not prepared for them. Eighty
eight others took the minatiOn.
Two passed. Evelina kean was one
of the two.
That was the beginning. She taught
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9. A Good Turn.
Who does a good turn every dar
Will neer lack friends along the way
Mother West Wind

Peter Rabbit is Just like great
many people; he is happy.so so.lucky,
never worries about anything. and in
many ways is needless and thought
less. But he is always ready to do a
good turn for others when he can or
when he thinks of it. So Peter has
many friends.
While all the Squirrel cousins We're
busy hunting for food to fill their
storehouses, while Jerry Muskrat was
mending the roof of his house to make
it ready for Winter. While Paddy the
Beaver was cutting food logs that he
and his family might not go hungry
when the ice should come. while
Johnny Chuck was stuff1ns himself
to make sure that he had a thick
coat of fat underneath his fur coat
before going to sleep for the Winter,
Evening star., 1926-11-10

Peter Rabbit was wandering about
trying to find some one to play with.
There was frost in the air. just
enough to make Peter feel good. 1t
was splendid weather to 60 friskinG
about SO ii was that Peter did lot
of roa aiming. He spent most of his
time over in the Green Forest. and
there one day he discovered in place
be had seldom visited a hickory tree
that seemed to have been overlooked.
Anyway. there were lot of fine
hickory nuts on the ground. and, al
though Peter hung around for some
time, he could not see one of the
Squirrel family.
This is funny" thought Peter. Il
wonder how it happens that no one
seems to know about these hickory
nuts. III go and look up Happy Jack.
He ought to know about these. They
are no good to me. but they certainly
ought to make Happy Jack feel
good"
So Peter went to look for Happy
Jack. II didn't take him . great while
10 ana Happy Jack. just - usual.
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Helping Children to Overcome Fear
BY LYDIA LIE BARON WALKER.

Fear and respect are often confused
In the minds OF children. This NAV be
because the parents have not a very
clear idea of the difference themselves.
or 1t may be because the child finde
that n11nding, whether it is the result
OF FEAR or respect. brings the same de-.
sired results. Such a child is sener-
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1 Homemade Supply
of Fine Cough Syrup
Better than.ready- made cough syrups
Il and saves about S2. Easily
IL prepared.

If you combined the curative N
properties of every known M
"ready made" cough remedy, you VI
probably could not get as much Y
real curative power as there is In
this simple homemade cough syrup
Get from any druggist = ~ ounces
of Pinex, pour it into pint bottle
and fill the bottle with plain granu-
lated. sugar syrup or clarified honey.
The result is a full pint of really
better cough syrup than you could
buy ready-made for three times the
money. Tastes pleasant and never
spoils.
This Pinex and Syrup prepara-
tion gets right at the cause of a
cough and gives almost immediate
relief. 1t lOosens the phlegm, stops
the throat tickle and heals the
sore, irritated membranes so gent
ly and easily that it is really as
tonishing
A days use will usually over
come the ordinary cough and it is
splendid for bronchitis, hoarseness
and bronchial asthma.
Pinex is a most valuable concen- |
trated compound of genuine Nor
way pine extract and palatable
guaiacol. which has been used forI
generations to break up severe
coughs. III
To avoid disappointment ask EW
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Guaranteed to give absolute -<ssS-
satisfaction or money re- rsstSS-s
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DIARY OF A
NEW FATHER
BY Il. +. DICKSON.

Tuesday evening.
This is getting to be some world
The agent who sold me insuran nee
came in the Office today and said he
had heard l had son. and congratu-
lations, and didn't l need some more
insurance? l said, Not a cha ance."
and he said, "Well, how about some