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The Washington times., 1926-04-15
ARLINGTON co.
NEWS NOTES

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ARLINGTON COUNTY. April IS
The Washington4V Virginia railway
will petition the Virginia State Cor
poration for permission to discon.
/ tinue freight service between Wash.
/ ingtorl, Alexandria and Fairfax, u
is reported. An appeal VIII Dt
made to the State corporation com
mission urging that the request De
denied.
Mayor c. L. Zoll. of Fairfax, at
the Falls Church town council meet
ing Tuesday night. urged the town
council to join with Fairfax TO
fight the movement. II the petition
is granted Fairfax county viii be
without means of getting freight
except by motor.
The special road committee rec
commended a bond issue of $50. OOO,
divided $50, 900 for road constrnc-
ton and $4,000 for maintenance.
The council deferred action.
darlington county is in position
; to obtain the greatest water system
available in the country as the re.
suit of the passage Of the Dale
carlia water bill by Congress-, SAID
Representative r. Walton Moore or
Virginia, at the fifth annual banquet
of the Ballston volunteer IRE de-
partment last night.
The banquet was served by the
woman's auxiliary headed by MIS-.
waiter Uphold as chairman. She
was assisted by Mrs. Howard Fields,
Mrs. Harry Hunt, Mrs. Elmer Speer,
Mrs. Catherine Roger. Mrs. Elmer
Jacobs. Mrs. Howard A. Smoot,
Mrs. John Shipman, Mrs. w. A.
Sealock Mrs. John Crack, Mrs. w.
GUSTAV. Mrs. John Allison. Mrs.
Edith Roger, Mrs. Frank KIRBY,
Mrs. Charles Crump, Mrs. Helsh-
man, Mrs. Winters and Mrs. van.
sise.
The Arlington County Bar Asso-
citation was organized last night at
the courthouse. Frank l.. Ball was
Other officers are Charles 4.
Jesse. vice president: w. Thomas
French, secretary, and Claude Y.
Thomas. treasurer.
At the monthly meeting Of the
LYON Village Citizens Association
last night Prof. Fletcher Kemp,
county school superintendent, stated
that i'm the last year Arlington
county has broken all records in
the increased number OF school
children.
The president, Monroe III. Stock
EFT. appointed a special committee
comprising Amos G. Crounse, chair
man; Horace Benton, j. r. Chinn
and German Hendricks, to investi-
gate the proposed belt line railway.
HOLY NAME SOCIETY
GOING TO FREDERICK
Evening star., 1926-12-10
EAT AND BE HEALTHY
Dinah DAVIS Daily Talks on Diet
The Right Food Is the Best Medicine

the mineral salts present in natural
These essential life-giving vitamins,
A. B and c. are closely associated
with the mineral salts and are packed
by nature in food.
Calcium is present in milk and
leafy vegetables. Also in whole
grains. Iron is in egg yolks and many
| vegetables and fruits. Phosphorus is
in whole grains, egg yolks, fruits and
vegetables. Iodine Is in sea foods,
whole grains, milk and certain veg
etables.
Besides food there must be daily
provided sufficient water to drink. Six
or eight glasses a day should be
taken.
The days menu should provide
some food from each group with par.
ticular stress on milk, whole grains,
fruits and vegetables.
l.. NJ B.--I am IL years old. 63
inches tall and weigh 155 pounds.
What should do? Answer-It
would be best for your mother to
take you to 81 competent physician
for a complete examination. There
might be some gland disturbance
causing your excessive overweight.
Also In addition to your quart of
milk day for proper growth. you
should have an abundance Of vege-
tables and fruits.
NJ Docs corn bread contain as
much nourishment as whole wheat
bread? Is it harmful for Indigestion?
Answer--As whole ground corn meal
Is hard to get. most corn bread Is
made Of the refined corn meal, which
is deficient in iron and lime. Whole
wheat bread contains the minerals
lime and iron. and also vitamins.
However, as corn bread Is made with
milk and eggs. 1t has high food value.
II eaten hot, it might cause indiges.
ton to those OF delicate digestions.
Readers desiring personal answers to their
questions should send self addressed stamped
envelope to Dinah Day. care Of The Star
Evening star., 1926-12-10

ip-something that seems to have ex-
istence quite apart from what men
or women most admire. No one has
ever been able to analyZe it, to figure
out Just what elements enter into its
makeup. 1t is a sort of norm which
every woman who is part and parcel
of the period in which she lives strives
to approach, regardless of what she
herself, or her husband. or her fiance.
or the man who most admireS her, or
her next-door neighbor. or the woman
she most dislikes finds most attrac-
tive.
And, oddly enough, men normally
want their women to attain that pre-.
vailing norm of fashion, too. So It is
that while the majority Of men would
insist, If you asked them and II they
spoke truthfully, that they find
shapely figures more enticing than
those that seem to be straight up and
down---it Is the bobbed haired girl
with a boyish, or apparently boyish.
figure who dances all her dances. and
the quantity dressed damsel with an
oldfashioned figure. long skirt and
long hair who is in danger Of sitting
among the wall flowers.
Now. we are told, fashion is firing
OF the perfectly straight figure. But
the new curving waist will not be like
anything that women Of the present
day remember. And when and If 1t
comes, then the up-to-date woman
wears It. regardless of what she her.
self or the neighbors or the men she
knows say or think.
tCopyrieht. 1926D
Evening star., 1926-12-10
The Dark Continent.

Although when Egypt began. che
light of civilization first glowed on
the continent of Africa, as q whole
Africa remains the dark continent.
The deadly climate Of parts Of Africa
that of the Sahara on the one hand
and that of the tropical forests and
their diseases on the other--has been
partly responsible for the reign of
night over African peoples. The dwell
ers of North Africa always seem to
have been out of luck-Carthaginians
Berbers. Saracens. Riff1ans. In the
end they have never prospered very
well. And the predicament that all
the peoples who got into South Africa
found themselves in (before the com
ing Of the white man, who could
reach the place by seal was that they
were at the end of peninsula, with
nothing nearer to them than the
South Pole and the jungles behind
them. Thus cut off from all cultural
influence they remained in some ways
the most backward Of all peoples.
Now what do you know about that?
Answers to Yesterdays Questions.
/. A laughing Jackass is a bird with
a mocking call. dwelling in Australian
forests.
2. A hoopoe is a peculiar bird of the
Old World having a curved bill and
brilliant plumage.
8. The buzzard is a scavenger bird
Of the Southern States.
4. A macaw is q parrot.
S. An avocet is a shore bird with
an upwardly curved bill.
6. A toucan is a big-billed bird
which eats fruit.
Copyright. lo26)
Evening star., 1926-12-10
THE DAILY
HOROSCOPE
Saturday, December IL.

Astrologers read tomorrow as rather
an unimportant day In planetary di
rection. The sun and Mars are both
adverse. Under this rule there may
be betrayals OF confidence on the part
of those who have been most trusted
This is sway that may encourage
discomfort and quarrels OF every sort.
Egotism vii! be strongly manifested
in offense on account Of trif1es.
Among legislators there may be
clashes regarding disarmament and
militarism.
1t is not an auspicious day to claim
any sort of political reward. for the
sun is in an aspect encouraging for
getfulness OF promises and contracts.
1t is not lucky day for seeking po-
sitions, and there may be an unem-
ployment problem in many cities.
There is sign indicating much
work for physicians under this sway,
and some sort of epidemic appears to
be foreshadowed.
Women are to come much to the
front. and they will make many i'm.
portant demands for reforms in ad.
ministering public affairs.
Changes in court procedure are to
be much discussed, if the stars are
read Alright.
Persons whose birth date it is have
the augury that the year is to bring
them many important opportunities.
Journeys are indicated.
Children born on that day probably
will be of Sanguine nature and strong
character. hTese subjects of Sagitta-
RUS often make good builders.
Copyright. 1920
Evening star., 1926-12-10
SUB ROSA
BY MIMI.
There's No Glory in It.

OF all young people who ought to
be thoroughly spanked and sent to
bed without their suppers, those idi-
otic maidens who fancy themselves
irresistible vampieS come first on the
list.
They are the cause of more trouble
and misery than they're worth
There's absolutely no way of punish
ing them, and they thrive while their
loss fortunate sisters moan over faith
less loves and broken romances.
But the cunning little love pirates
should understand that however clev-
er they think they are they're not!
There's absolutely no glory in the
feat of stealing man away from
some other girl. Very often it's the
simplest kind of thing to do.
Anna Mae has always been the
bobbed-haired bandit in this village.
With a look she has lured faithful
suitors from .heir fearful Sweethearts.
At countless dances she has worried
young wives by disappearing with
flighty husbands for several dances.
And always she tosses her head
proudly on one OF these occasions
Contemptuously she watches other
girls less alluring or sirenlike. She
patronizes all those of her sex who
haven't her great gift.
1t isn't a gift at all. If half a doZ-
en- girls in Anna Macs set wanted to
emulate her example, they could do
so tomorrow--but they have too much
common sense.
You see, when n boys been trotting
around with the same girl for year
or so, some of the romance and CLAM
our has faded out Of the picture. A
nice, steady love remains, but the
Pou n tcr0
Mae, slim and white and red-mOuthed,
flirting openly with the steady. sober
young man who has looked at no 9th
er girl but his Judith for n year. flat
ters him and causes him to follow her
for awhile.
The poor youth may be the soul of
honor. but the hint Of mischief and
spice in Anna Macs eyes makes him
Just little bit dizzy.
He feels like a gay dOg-a new SEN
sation for a quiet young chap with
honorable intentions. He's fattered.
His head is turned. He pauses a
while, and his Judith. watching
breaks her heart and the engagement.
Anna Mae has another great tri.
umph to add to her list. She hasn't
done anything eXtraordinary-just
held out to q rather prosaically mind
ed boy hint of gay. irresponsible
nlrtatlOn.
She's taken a mean advantage-for
any unattached girl, pretty and smart,
can make herself attractive for lit
tie while to the boy who's all tied
up with just one girl.
Anna Mae herself, once she settled
her wandering affections, will have
cause to remember the unsporting ad-
vantages she's taken in former years.
She'll find herself at the mercy of
any brainless little coquette who
wants to take the trouble to attract
her man.
Anna Macs type cannot work last
ing ruin. But it can cause unhappi-
ness for two young people. You who
consider yourself a gay young siren,
get over It'll You're playing mean
game and an easy one.
Mimi will be glad to answer any in
ouiries directed to this paper. provided
stamped, addressed envelope is inclosed.D
Copyright. 1920
Evening star., 1926-12-10
Food Classifications.

Meals planned to supply the ele-
ments the body needs will give health.
vitality and happiness. = Food groups
comprise the following:
l. Proteins or body building foods
TO make muscle and bone. These
protein foods are milk. eggs, fish and
meat and the vegetable proteins, peas,
beans and nuts.
.. Carbohydrates or fuel and energy
foods. In this group are both the
starch and sugar foods. The starch
foods are cereals, such as corn. rice,
oats. wheat. barley, used both as
cereals and in the form of breadstuffs
made from the cereals. Macaroni,
spaghetti. vermicelli and such pastes
are starch foods made from wheat.
Potatoes are also a starch food. Cane
sugar is pure carbohydrate. In this
group also fall the other sweet foods
sirups, jellies, honey, molasses. These
foods are quickly converted into en-
ergy by the body and are valuable for
that reason. There is also present
sugar in fresh and dried fruits and
these natural sugars are the best for
the body. Sugar rightly used at the
end OF a meal which was low in
energy value supplies fuel quickly.
Sweet foods rich in sugar must be
used in moderation and with regard to
the necessity of the body. Children
particularly must be guarded from a
liberal use Of sugar or a developed
craving for sweets will lead to the ex.
clusion Of simpler and more whole
some foods and a consequent wreck
ing Of the health.
3. Fat foods. These are also energy
or fuel foods, but they are slower fuel
providers than foods in the carbohy-
drate group. Under this head are
butter, cream, oils vegetable and fish
oils, as olive. codliver Oil, etc.. suet;
fat meat, as bacon. salt pork; choco-
late and rich or oily nuts.
4. Foods to furnish mineral salts
and vitamins. Foods to furnish fiber
or cellulose are also necessary to give
bulk and furnish residue for the prop
er elimination Of waste from the
body. Under this group come most
conspicuously fruits and vegetables.
There are several mineral salts in
mans body and these must be in his
food so that he can daily replace what
he loses Calcium, iron, phosphorus
and the other mineral salts are neces-
sary to health. But If there is suf-
ficient calcium, phosphorus and iron
in the diet the other minerals which
are closely associated with these
three will be supplied. In addition to
Evening star., 1926-12-10
My Neighbor Says:

When pressing black ribbon,
put II in cold water, then
straighten II out and press i'm
mediately with n hot iron. The
stiffening will remain almost as
If the ribbon were new.
Shin of beef makes q good
beef a la mode. Cut it up the
same as for a stew. brown the
pieces in hot fat, then add wa
ter; cook in a pot. the same as
for pot roast and serve with
gravy. Meat thus Drowned re.
tains It's juices. and this adds
greatly to the flavor of the dish.
The pockets of kitchen aprons
are continually catching on
door handles, nails. etc. Try
putting the pocket in the center
Of the apron. The pockets can
be reached by either hand and
cannot catch on anything and
tear.
When making up a cushion,
spread thick sheet of wadding
over it just under the outside
cover, tacking it down with a
stitch at the corners and in the
middle of the sides. The cushion
feels softer than 1t otherwise
would. The wadding also shows
up the work and makes even q
plain cover look well.
Rings left in clothing after
il has been cleaned with gaSo-
line may be avoided if a pad Is
put under the spot before gaso-
line is applied. Rub from the
circumference Of the circle to-
ward the center. Rubbing
around a spot is more neces-
sary than rubbing on It. Al
ways rub dry.
Evening star., 1926-12-10
MILADY BEAUTIFUL
BY LOIS LEEDS

girls are all that are required for the
simple little Irish dance that may be
used as a substitute for daily setting
up exercises. The steps are very easy
and are taken in the following order:
First. A and B stand in front of
each other. Both romp forward for
four steps. The romp consists Of a
bounce forward on the right foot with
the left foot brought up quickly be-
hind the right, another long bounce
forward on the right foot, etc.
Second. Take three skip-hops for.
ward. bending knee of free leg up
high on each step. Right face.
Third. A abruptly crouches down
on the floor. making herself as small
as possible, while Il stands on right
leg and swings her left leg, knee
straight, IN a wide circle over A
Next, A jumps up. B crouches and A
swings her right leg over B. Repeat
once more.
Fourth. Both take four romps for
ward, going abreast, and three step
hops backward.
Fifth. A and Z stand side by side
and do little clog step with the right
foot To do this, stand on left leg,
bend right leg back at knee; let the
right foot swing forward brushing the
floor as 1t does so. tap the floor In
front with the right toe and then
bring the foot back to starting posi-
ton beside the left. Now hop on right
foot. raising the left knee high. Step
down on lett foot and repeat the,
swing. tap. hop again with the right.
Sixth, A and B left face and play
leap frog over each other: A leaps
twice while B leaps three times.
Seventh. Right face and romp for
ward four steps. step-hop backward
three steps and finish by pirouette
hop.
Ten minutes enlivened by this sort
Of exercise twice a day will do more
good than the perfunctory perform
ance Of any number of daily dozens"
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Evening star., 1926-12-10
"puzz7cks"
Underscoring.
-Puzzle.Limericks.

ucIeCO1luS'
A siddy young cat named i
On the back fence sang higher and
=;
It'll she hit high s.
Which got stuck in her a.
She now has to play on a ..
/. Feminine name often applied to
cats.
2. At a greater altitude.
3 The length OF tone in music.
4. Esophagus.
S. Stringed instrument now seldom
used.
Note-Most OF us who have suffered
from cats on the back fence wish that
the same fate would overtake them
which befell this one. What this fate
was you will see when you have COM
pleted the limerick. There'Nl be an
other "Puzzlick" here tomorrow, as
we'll as the answer to this one.
Yesterdays "Puzzlick."
There once was a maiden from
Florida
Who slipped as she walked in the
corridor;
She cried out, "Oh, fudge!
/ really can't budget
Now could there be anything hOrrider?
Evening star., 1926-12-10

household work OF art in the early
American period.
The shade is of white frosted glass
with floral design cut and polished
on it's rounding sides. II is trimmed
all around with square-cut crystal
pendants to sparkle in the lamplight
The bowl, which in the old lamps held
whale oil. is dark blue glass. The
base is a golden. finny dolphin stand
ing acrobatically erect on a base of
white and black marble.
Don't YOU with some one would
choose this to be your gift?
(Copyrisht. i926.J
Evening star., 1926-12-10

have abandoned their physical cul-
ture programs after a week or so of
waning enthusiasm. 1t Is for these
especially that I have a suggestion
that viii help make exercise more In
teresting.
TO the average gir:. doing calisthen~
les by herself Is a rather stupid bust
ness, but II exercise may be sugar
coated by turning 1t into lively
dance with a partner, her attitude to-
ward il is completely changed. Two
Evening star., 1926-12-10

One Mother says:
My little boy. who is not naturally
good spelier, used to come home
much discouraged over long list of
words which he was given to learn.
He would sit down and go over them
again and again with equal stress on
each word, regardless of whether he
already knew some OF them. I hit
upon the plan of giving him these
words to spell before he had studied
them at all. Nearly always he could
spell many Of them at once. These !
checked off. His encouragement over
the shortened list aided him In learn.
ing the others
(Copyright 1857
Evening star., 1926-12-10

THE HIGHER, MORE SHAPELY
WAIST LINE IS INTERESTING
LY ACHIEVED ON THIS F'ROCK
OF CREPE GEORGETTE TRIM
MED WITH TUCKS AND EN-
BROIDERY.
what some one is pretty sure to say.
Very well, says some one else, If this
is so why do women Of today cut their
hair and wear straightline frocks,
when the majority of men are weak
minded enouhg to admire long hair
and curving contours? 1t seems as If
the question had been settled But the
matter is too complex to be settled
quite so easily.
There is that highly complicated
thing known as fashion. the prevail
ing mode or what you will, that steps
Evening star., 1926-12-10

"Slimming" stockings. so woven
that shadows cast about the ankle
make the legs appear slender, have
been SO popular in Paris that they
have made black stockings, the only
kind on which the shadow may be in.
serted. the height Of fashionable ap-
parel.
Evening star., 1926-12-10
Down
Plum Tarts.

If you live near the sea, gather
beach plums in the late Summer and
Autumn and use these for making
your jelly. There Is an indescribable
tart and appetizing flavor given 20
the Jelly. and this served as a filling
for tiny tarts or puff paste is deli
ciouS If you cannot procure beach
plums, any desired jelly may be used
in these simple tarts.
Evening star., 1926-12-10
A Dance Exercise for Two.

/ suppose that almost every one
who reads this column has at one
time or another made more or less
successful attempts at physica. cui-
ture through daily setting.up exer-
cises. Many Of my readers, I hope,
have learned to enjoy their morning
and evening exercise period so much
that they would no more think of
omitting it than Of neglecting to clean
their teeth or brush their hair. But
there are pretty sure to be others who
have become weary in well doing and
Evening star., 1926-12-10
Straight Lines Versus Contours
BY MARY MARSHALL.

Every problem that confronts us as
we study this more or less important
question of women's fashions is COM
plex. and the more closely we study
these problems the more complex they
become. For centuries the question
whether women dress to suit them
selves, other women or men has been
proopunded, and you can usually start
a heated argument on this subject,
hackneyed though 1t Is. 1t is the ma
ture of women, now as ever, to dress
to please and attract men. That is
Evening star., 1926-12-10
What Do You Know
About II?
Daily Science Six,

Daily Science Six.
1. What part Of Africa has
volcanoes?
2. What is the driest part Of
Africa?
3. What is the wettest part Of
Africa?
4. What are two great rivers
of South Africa?
3. What is the great river Of
North Africa?
6. What is the largest river
system in Africa?
Answers to these questions
in tomorrow Star.
Evening star., 1926-12-10
HOME NOTES
BY JENNY WREN.

For a Christmas gift Of oldfash
ioned cheer we enthusiastically sug
gest a fine astral lamp like this. This
one. if not true and exact copy Of
an old lamp. at least embodies all the
elements that went to make up q
Evening star., 1926-12-10

Readers desiring personal answers to their
questions should send self addressed. stamped
envelope to Dinah Day. care OF The Star.
Seward daily gateway., 1926-09-23
HUNDREDS OF WORKMEN TEARING DOWN STADIUM
 FUR RAILROAD MEET

AS soon as the DempseyTunney scrap was over, 45O workmen started to clear the field. It was estimated this will take not more than 30 hours so that the track will be ready for the preliminaries of the world cham pionship railroad meet Saturday morning, September 25 If it rains the night of the fight the track events will be held on Sunday"
 It is expected that 1900 contestants will take part in the Pennsylvania railroad meet, which will include every sport The athletes will repre- sent every region of the system. In the world championship railroad meet there will be 25O0 contestants repre- senting every large railroad system in the United States and Canada.