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Evening star., 1926-09-29
The Good Old Days.

A million years ago, as geologlStS
say, or some think only a hundred
thousand years ago, a great glacier
crept over the northern United States.
When it melted back the water that
it formed collected in gouged-out
basins and formed the Great Lakes.
The outlines Of these glacial lakes
were strangely unlike the present
ones. however. A boat could have
begun at New York and sailed up the
Hudson and then along the present
site of the Erie Canal and right into
Lake Erie. Thence it could have
passed into Lake Huron and then
right across the State of Michigan,
beginning at Saginaw and ending near
Grand Rapids. where it would have
gone right into Lake Michigan. 1t
could then have sailed south to the
Chicago River, which then flowed out
of the lake. not into it, as it did when
the white men found it, and SO by de-
grees the boat would have reached
the Mississippi and the Gulf of
Mexico.
Now what do you know about
that?
Answers to Tuesdays Questions.
l. A doctors thermometer must be
shaken down because it Is a self
registering maximum thermometer,
having a sharp bend and construction
in the tube which prevents the mer-
curry from flowing back into the bulb
unless Jared.
.. Water is not used in a thermom-
eter because it takes very long tube
to register the expansion and contrac-
ton of water when heated or cooled;
also water does not expand and con-
tract at the same rate at all tempera-
lures as mercury does.
3. A hygrometer Is an instrument
for measuring humidity. 1t has been
found that the best possible thing for
this purpose is a human hair. which
expands (straightens) and contracts
(curls) in proportion as the air is wet
or dry.
a. An thermometer Is an instrument
for measuring wind velocity. Essen
TALLY it is little windmill. which, as
it turns, operates a SpeedOmeter.
s. Temperature is not measured in
sunlight Ordinarily, because If it
were temperatures in different places
could not be faily compared, because
the amount of sunlight varies from
moment to moment, while shade Is
always shade; also special sort OF
thermometer Cblack bulb, which alb
serbs the suns rays) is required to
measure sunlight. The ordinary ther-
mometer. II left in sunlight, measures
the temperature of the glass. not the
sunlight.
8. A sling thermometer is one ar
ranged on rope and protected
against breaking. so that 1t can be
whirled around 1t measures air tim
perature more accurately than sta
tionary thermometer, as 1t takes, so
to speak. the average temperature of
many cubic feet of air, instead of the
temperature Of a special spot.
Copyright. 1926
Evening star., 1926-09-29

The flatter, thinner, less luxurious
furs are used for the fur side OF these
coats. They are made, of course. so
that they can be worn fur side out,
but usually women find it more desir-
able to wear the cloth out. Kids OF
various descriptions are used for the
fur-with various tweedlike materials
for the outsides
Bechoff, the great furrier OF Paris,
has lent his influence to this new
fashion. He actually shows more OF
these new twosided coats than or
the older sort of fur coats. This Is, OF
course. not as a means OF erecting
economy. Women who buy coats
from Bechoff presumably do not have
to take that into consideration.
Sometimes the lining fur is used SO
as to show in line down the front
and the same fur is used for. the
collar. More often, however, a longer
fur is used for the Collar-sometlmes
also for the cuffs.
So we'll have these coats been re-
ceived even thus early in the season
that coatmakerS are making cloth
coats lined or reversed with a sort of
plush. colored and stamped to initiate
one of the fiat Kid peltries.
Copyright. 1926.)
Evening star., 1926-09-29
LITTLE BENNY
BY LEE PAPE.

We was having langWidge In skool
TODAY. and Miss Kitty Sed, l wonder
how meny of you boys could rite a
good biZnss letter, the modern age Is
the age of bizniss and you cant begin
too Young to lern something or the
rudyments of biZniss correspondents.
And she gave out paper saying,
Now Suppose somebody wrote you a
letter offering you Il position, L Wunt
YOU ali to write an anser to that
imaginerry letter, and the ideer is to
make Yourself seem very desirable SO
YOU will be offered a good salary.
Wich we did for about 90 minnits.
Miss Kitty saying, That's enuff now,
bizniss letters mussent be too long, l
will ask Howerd Judge to reed his
ferSt.
Wich Shorty Judge did, his biZniss
letter being, Deer Sir, 1 see by this
mornings male that you offer me a
position to werk in your office for 200
dollers a week to start and / wish to
state that this salary is perfeckly re-
dickuliss for enbody as smart as l am
and l spend more than that on ice
GREEN and candy alone, however !
mite consider a offer Of 500 dollers a
week but l wont promise, Respec-
lively. Howerd D. Judge.
Well, you certerny dident fale to
put a high value on your services,
Benny Potts will now reed his, Miss
Kitty Sed.
Wich l did being Deer Gentlemen.
Your offer intrists me slightly altho
| alreddy have about 20 positions l
can take if I wunt to as l am very
mutch in demand on account of my
abilities. but l would give you a trial
for a salary of 80 thousand dollers a
year payable weekly, Thanking you
in advants, B. Potts. Esquire.
Well well. 1 certeny seem to have a
modest class, Ill collect the rest of
the letters and reed them later, Miss
Kitty sed.
And she started joggriffy.
Evening star., 1926-09-29
REALTY CHATS BY EDNA KENT FORBES.

But remember that as a nation We
tend to overdo the eyeglasses. so much
so that every foreign country carica
lures us by drawing us with glasses.
large ones with thick horn rims. Very
few people have perfect vision. That
does not mean that eyeglasses are the
cure. Before you murden yourself
with spectacles that may be unbecom-
ing and that will certainly make you
look older, be absolutely sure thar
you need them. Try everything else:
but II you do need them, get them
fitted at once.
Many doctors are trying eye exer-
cises, using glasses only temporarily
to relieve eye strain.
Lillian G.-With greenish gray eyes
and hair Of a medium shade of brown.
your best colors will be dark brown
and blue. You should also wear bright
shades of blues. henna color. rose or
dark wine color. Aim to select colors
that will make your eyes appear dark
er than they are.
John TRY a cold bath every
morning followed with friction from a
coarse towel to increase the circula-
ton. Some setting-up exercises each
day will be helpful also.
Evening star., 1926-09-29
She Stayed Away
BY FLORENCE DAVIES.

Two old friends who had not met
catch UP in their condolences.
You'll be surprised when / tell
you one thing" said placid Mrs. Day.
Elton and I are on the outs"
"Why, but you set such store by
his advice" marveled her friend.
"Yes, and showed it too plainly"
Mrs Day returned. ELTON just got to
thinking he owned me-"
"Well, for a woman who has man.
aged her own affairs as we'll as you
have since Mr.. Day died that wouldn't
just set right" agreed the other.
But I've always been SO glad you
your daughter died. and then after he
married again. too. Not many ex-
sons -inlaw would look after a woman
as he has looked after you"
II know that And Belle has been
just as friendly and cOnsiderate. and
little Bob is the dearest baby. That's
really been the hardest thing. missing
Bobby so. But it got so Elton seemed
to think I couldn't turn around with
out his permission. and l just said to
myself I'd stay away and let them
see 1 was an independent human be-
ing"
lie tnOuSnL ne OWIleu illo. nat
has been the cause of many rift be-
tween an exacting lover and his lass.
"She thought she owned me" might
be said of many an old friend who,
with only the best and kindest of in
tentions, urges advice and warming
on one who, for reasons Of her own,
takes a path at right angles to the
one the friend would choose for her.
No one. relative, friend, even
chosen counselor, can see another s
| viewpoint exactly. Each of us has
reasons and opinions, likes and dis
| likes, hidden back of the wall that
protects his or her personality.
Some old memory, some deep senti-
| ment, incomprehensible to hard
headed adviser. may shape ones
course of actions. At all events, 1t is
| well to remember we don't "own"
even our nearest and dearest.
Evening star., 1926-09-29
Sweet Potato Pie.

After putting one cupful of boiled
potato through a sieve, add two table
spoonfuls of butter and rub smooth,
then add two egg yolks we'll beaten
and one cupful of sugar. Stir in one
cupful of milk gradually. then fold in
the stiffly beaten egg whites. Bake
in. a pie crust or in custard cups. This
is enough for two small pies or seven
small custard cups. The amount of
sugar used may be reduced if the po-
tatoes are very sweet. Orange peel
dried and powdered makes an excel
lent f1avOring for this pie.
Evening star., 1926-09-29
What Do You Know
About 1t?
Daily Science Six.

!. What is the highest coun-
try in the world?
2. What densely populated
country has much land below
the sea le'.el? i.
3. What are the chief bodies
of water which are below sea
level?
4. What river important in
Biblical history never reaches
the sea?
5. What is the SaltOn Sea?
6. Are all the Great Lakes on
the same level?
Answers to these question in
tomOrrow'S Star.
Evening star., 1926-09-29
Turnips Tasty.

Peel and dice three turnips, cover
with boiling salted water and cook
until tender. Drain and press the
water we'll out of them. Return to
the pan and add three tablespoonfuls
of butter, one teaspOonful of salt and
a little white pepper. Beat and mash
them we'll together. When thoroughly
hot turn into a vegetable dish and
serve.
Evening star., 1926-09-29
Reversible Goats for New Season
2Y MARY MARSHALL.

Many women who start forth bent
on buying new fur coat this Winter
Will end by buying one of the new re-
verSible coats-fur on one side and
cloth on the other. These coats are
compromise candidates that are easily
elected. They have the warmth of
fur coats and the smart wearableness
or cloth coats and-a matter of great
tmportance-they are usually not so
dear in price as the conventional sort
Evening star., 1926-09-29
Caramel Sauce.

Mix one cupful of sugar with two
tablespoonfuls of flour. Add two cup
fuls Of sweet milk and cook. Cara
nellie one cupful Of sugar and stir
this into the sauce. This sauce is ex-
cellent with bread pudding.
Evening star., 1926-09-29

The Mexicans have q superstition
that whoever partakes of food that
has been gnawed by rats will be
falsely accused Of wrongdoing.
Evening star., 1926-09-29

Berlin Is to have an exhibition Of
German cars exclusively.
Evening star., 1926-09-29
Women
Lose

les tane, hpsp charm under
trying hygienic oonditionA
New way provides true %
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Evening star., 1926-09-29

0LDTIME sanitary methods
bring unhappy. fsetful days.
Now the insecurity Of the hazardous
"sanitary pads" has been ended
Yoa wear sheesest SownA meet
every and an social o. business ex-
sctmunas in peace of mind say
tmse any dry.
It !. called 'KOTEx. fvs
sines as absofbent - the Ordinary
cotton padi
Th0usghly dsod~iss -. osas
esding ALL feas of o6ending.
/Diseards as easily A. piece of
y tissue. No laundry. No embar-
raszmenk
You ask for 4 without hesit2ney
simpiy By saying "KOTEx" at any
drug or depastmeat store Costs
oniy . few eent& Rsoves Old wsys
On uunecessaav eisk
k0T.ex K
No lassnds,-diseasd like tisssse
Evening star., 1926-09-29
tCOpyrlght. 1921

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! 3. Bind.
| 4. Terminates.
5. Article worn on the foot.
| 6. Make a mistake.
Z. Point of the compass.
| 8. OF higher rank.
u. Indian memorial post.
| IA. Electrified particle.
! IS Part of the foot.
| 10. Western Indian.
IS. Upon.
| 20. Hail
% Incline the head.
| "a. A minced oath.
| %. Sailor.
| 81. Paddle-like implement
%. Upon.
! 81. Meadow.
80. Roman household god
33. Father
.35. Small, secluded valleys.
81. Carries on the person.
| 80. Goddess of earth
| Al. Exclamation.
| AZ Kind of monkey.
43. Small island.
! Al. Salt.
J 45. Japanese coin.
46 European deer
! ~. Saint (abbr).
! 50. One hundred and one (Roman).
/ 81. Proposed international language.
Evening star., 1926-09-29

OF fur coat That is. for given mod
crate sum YOU will find that YOU can
buy reversible fur coat of decidedly
better quality than that Of the con
ventional fur coat of the same price
Evening star., 1926-09-29

Across.
l. Flat utenstl
&. OyercomeS.
2. WickedneSs.
10. Swedish coin.
Il. out of.
18 one who prepares publication.
16. Toward the top.
u. Juice of a tree.
10 Black Substance.
20. Devoured.
21 English school.
% Point of the compass
"a. Above.
% Negative.
-. Poem.
2S Prefix. together.
80 City Of Texas.
81 River in Italy.
"a Finish.
&C. Raise.
81. Armed conflict.
So. For example (abbrl.
40 French unit of square measure.
~. Himself
A.. Disposals of goods by selling
45. Floats aloft.
a. BE i'll.
40 Unit Of square measure.
So. Decay.
So Belonging 10 it.
81. King of beasts.
55 Observe.
l The act of being present.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-06-12

The super-ef6cient Knie Git
sleeve-valve engine 10 pat
ented. But two makers Of
privately-owned PASSENGER
cars are entitled to build
il. WHY'S knight 10 ons
of the two.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-06-12

ident John N. WHY'S. April earnings
of the WHY'S Overland company be-
fore taxes amounted to $2.112,1S5.11,
the company's balance sheet reveals,
This is nearly $1,000,000 more than
the first quarter and started the
second quarter of son a stride that
promises to be the greatest In
WHY'S Overland history.
Basing his estimate on current
sales and production, with last min
ute reports from dealers, WHY'S
states that earnings for May will ex-
coed $2,500,0o0
If June continues this high aver
age or near 1t, second quarter earn
ings will exceed 100000 II not close
to $S,000,000.
Production Of WHY'S knight and
Ov Ind six cars for May continues
to make new records.
Retail sales of Overland six models
as shown by dealers reports on May
20 exceeds the total sales for the en-
tire month of April.
WHY'S Knight production exceeds
400 cars per day. Retail sales con-
tinue to exceed production, WHY'S
said.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-06-12

ways kind to the child with white
blood in its veins. The custom pre-.
valent in the Orient OF placing the
fate OF the minors of family in the
hands OF the most important male
relatives leads to many hardships for
the young mestizos.
ITO anyone who knows of, the dens
Of infamy that exist in the East, II
seems need Of the most urgent
kind to keep girls Of our own blood
safe guarded from their horrors. The
American mestiza is often a girl oil
great beauty; she is in danger from
very early age.
There are 1876 of these children
in the Philippine Islands under the
care of the American Guardian AS
ISOLATION; but there are thousands in
dire straits. Properly cared for
trained and protected, they will be-
come an asse8 to the American gov
eminent; neglected. they will become
menace"
The above is from the appeal made
by Katharine Traub, in support OF
that recently made by Leonard
Wood, Governor General of the Phil
ippines, in response to which the
American Guardian Association" In
corporated in Manila. the volunteer
chairman of which is Col. Peter E.
Traub, who, with the approval of the
Sec'y OF War. takes leave of alb
absence to devote himself to this
work.
Col. Traub writes Governor Brew
ster for cooperation. saying:
mot one cent will be made by a
living soul out of the contributions
received during this campaign of
mine in tits worthy cause. Every
cent contributed will go to benefit
these needy youngsters. / am able
to announce this because friends OF
mine have donated the overhead IN
kind and money.
"All we ask Of the people is con-
tribution of &c per person. Generous,
but not onerous, when it is a ques-
ton OF rescuing our own unfortunate
ones in one of our own possessions
we, who have been so generous to
appeals for help from almost every
other nation on the face of the
globe!"
This campaign for funds in the
United States has headquarters at
122 Hudson street, New York City
Every dollar contributed, 100 cents
will go to benefit these children,
since through the generosity of big
hearted New York men all overhead
has been taken care of.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-06-12

ing "Tennessean" as he slipped his
coffee.
Mr.. Burnell, in telling Of the race
he drove after the Derby race had
been run--his race against time--dc-
ciared that, in spite of heavy rains
that had turned some of the Ken
lucky roads into rivers of mud, he
did not stop except for gas.
This was no surprise to Mr.. Burn
ell, OF course, because he had made
similar runs In Chrysler cars on
previous occasions. Last autumn,
for example. he drove from Birming-
ham, Alabama, to Nashville, a dis
lance of 226 miles. In five hours and
II minutes. to get pictures of the
Vanderbilt-Auburn football game. to
ms paper in time for the edition. of
the following morning.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-06-12
Send Picture of
Motor Cars by Wireless

The remarkable new system Of
sending photographs by telephone,
recently perfected by the American
Telephone and Telegraph company
and known as the "telephotograph"
was used for the first time In
broadcasting new picture CENTER
ing about motor car when the
presentation of the first new Pontiac
six was made to A. P. Sloan, Jr.,
president of the General Motors Cor
poration IN New York City, by A. r.
CLANCY, president and general man.
ager ct the Oakland Motor Car
Company.
The picture of this news event was
sent across the continent from New
York 20 San Francisco-in q period
of Sc. en minutes. The speed of dis
patching this pictorial event may be
gagged from the fact that it takes
considerably more than one week to
send letter by first class mail.
These pictures were mailed from
San Francisco to Los Angeles. Port
newspapers in these cities O few
days after they had arrived.
The dispatching of photographs
by this new method will undoubtedly
revolutioniZe the handling Of news
pictures by newspapers. The inven-
ton is the outcome of work covering
several years and provides a simple,
accurate and rapid picture trans
hitting system which will operate
over a telephone circuit A unique
feature of the system is the fact that
a print or negative can be used
while still wet. thus saving hours in
transmitting.
The picture is received on a COM
mercial negative film which after
ordinary Photographic development
Is practically indistinguishable from
for newspaper or other reproduction.
Photographic work at either sending
or receiving city consumes from
one-half to three quarters Of an
hour.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-06-12
"Our Waits and Strays
In The Philippines''

America has left her mark upon
the East. What are we going to do
about it? Thousands of soldiers. Of
sailors, Of government clerks, of
members Of commercial houses have
gone from here to the Philippine Is
lands in the past twenty-fi five years.
They were lonely and homesick; they
met there few women Of their own
race.
Mixed blood creates q problem.
Unions with Filipino women were
they took place just the same-that
was inevitable. The consequence
was that the ranks of the mestizos
were enlarged by many children Of
American blood.
THE problem was not so great Ii
earlier days when all the children
were young. In many cases the white
fathers had settled down to make
their home in the islands and look
after their families there. But the
tropics took its toll Of the lives Of an
alien race and many Of the white
men died. Some of them went home,
deserving wife or Querida and the
mestizo children.
I'm his travels through the islands,
General Wood was struck by the
numbers OF white skinned children
and Mortified by seeing the condi-
lions under which some Of them were
living. 1t Is asserted that in the
small barrios generally the most mis-
cradle of the children are tn, Sc ot
American blood. Such q child Is al
ways hungry. Those elements in his
body that are white require more
nourishing and more plentiful food
than the handful of rice and dried
flsh that suffices to keep his little
Filipino neighbor alive. The child of
American parentage Is keen Wit, l;
he II ambitious at school. He re.
fleets with pride that he IL "a Meri-
cano."
I'm an American. said one such
child to me. but you see I've always
lived here where the sun 10 hot and
so-Tm darker and he glanced 1t q
group Of white boys at play nearby.
7 think the case Of the girls is
even sadder than that OF the boys.
At one OF the plays now running In
New York the audience IL revolted
by scene that shows q golden
haired, blue-eyed girl, confined in O
cage, sold to one of mob of bid
ding Chinese. There are such girls
as this in the Philippine Islands. Can
we not save them from such a fate?
'The Filipino parisnts is not al
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-06-12
New Willys-Knight
Uses High Speed Motor

The adaptability of the knight
sleeve valve motor to the require
ments of the present trend toward
high engine speeds is convincingly
evidenced in the recent accomplish
ment Of a French built Panhard
which recently established q new
worlds record for 100 miles on the
Montlhery track at Ortmans in Eng
land.
This knight sleeve valve motored
car covered the distance In 48 min
utes, 80 and 50-100 seconds or at an
average rate of 1850 miles per hour.
The fastest lap was made at the rate
of 1851 miles an hour.
The car used had a motor rated at
1880 horsepower with special detail
changes In the power plant adapting
it to high speed work.
Thus the Knight engine adds a
fourth accomplishment to it's past
records of the longest sustained rur-
ming at maximum speed, the Eu-
ropean hill climbing record and the
achievement of developing greater
power per cubic inch Of piston dis
placement throughout it's entire
range than any other type of stock
construction power plant.
The knight sleeve valve motor in
the new WHY'S knight Six Seventy
model, develops a full So brake horse
power from piston displacement of
$50 cubic inches. In its construction
1t follows the general practice of high
speed motor design which results in
a brake horse power greatly in ex-
cess of the actual rated horse power
based on cylinder dimensions.
The results of high speed motor
construction are felt in operating
economy. high motor tongue, fast &C.
CELEBRATION and power on hills
The sleeve valve motor OF the
Knight type makes 1t easy to utilize
the principles of high speed engine
construction since the designers are
| not restricted by size and weight II
the valve mechanism.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-06-12
MOUNT VERNON

Mr. and Mrs. Bert Fairbanks pass
ed a night with relatives in Wilton
recently.
The many friends of Mrs. Ella
Leighton of Denver, Col, will be
pleased to hear of her arrival for the
summer
Mrs. Charles E. Weber who has
been in the Augusta General Hospital
for treatment has returned home and
is improving in health.
Charles Hamilton who was grad
uated from Bangor Theological Sem
mary last week has arrived at the
home of his parents, Rev. and Mrs.
G. M. Hamilton.
Miss Erma Pierce Of Pennington
Normal school passed the week end
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-06-12

order that readers may have the
news while It still IL news.
The automobile has proved In.
dispensible in such cases and many
are the record runs that have beer
made by newspaper mon rushing te
deliver pictures before the form.
close.
One very interesting run OF thi,
kind was made just the other night
when c. ]. Burnell, staff photog.
rapher of The Tennessean, raced
from Louisville to Nashville in !
Chrysler go" carrying pictures O.
the Derby race to be published in hi.
paper the following morning.
A record run of more than 20t
miles. over roads OF all kinds
brought the pictures to The Tennes.
sean office shortly after clever
o'clock that evening. There they
were quickly developed ana turned
over to the engraving staff, wAicl
rushed them through in time for Mr.
A. Citizen to see them in his morn