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Evening star., 1926-10-05

wearing the clothes worn by the
women of the time. There were slim
f1appers in the days when Greece was
in her prime, just as there are today.
But Venus was not and never has
been Of the fiapper type. The clothes
we wear today wouldn't fit the figures
conceived by modern sculptors.
Imagine one of Robins heroic mascu-
line figures trying to wear a ready
made tuxedo.
One thing, however, that ought to
crafty the lovers of classic ideals is
the rather classic aspect of many of
the present day fashions. Vionets
deep cut sleeves are spoken of as
quite Greek and the fashion for TERED
skirts is certainly of classic aspect.
Jeweled girdles and girdles of gold
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It is a fact not generally known
that the majority of cocoanuts drop
from the tree in the night after hang
ing for period of about ID months
for ripening. The action of the
heavy dew loosens the seal with
which nature has provided the nut
and allows IL to fall.
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BEAUTY CHATS BY EDNA KENT FORBES.

and glossy. But no amount OF hot
water rinsing will make it so II your
soap merely sticks to the hair. You
can't rinse off one soaping. your
brush will show a gray deposit for
days. and your hair will be sticky and
dull.
Gratefu1.-Cocoa butter Is very
nourishing and quite safe to use in a
massage for any part of the body that
is not exposed to soil. 1t is q very
heavy oil and not always fully alb
sorbed by the pores. which give II a
tendency to attract soil. 1t is this
combination that tends to the growth
of superfluous hair with some people.
so it is best not to take any chances
with this oil by using it on the face
or throat. Try cucumber juice on the
dark line around the neck. Some
times a sluggish liver causes this
trouble.
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CREAMED BRUSSELS
CppOTyTC

Soak one pint brussels sprouts
one hour in salted water, re-
move any wilted leaves. boil
until tender and drain. Score
shells of pint chestnu's. put
them in frying pan with one
teaspoon butter, shake over fire
until butter melts, then place
In hot oven, let remain five
minutes and remove shells and
skins together. Cook in slight
ly sailed water until tender,
drain. add sprouts and moisten
with we'll seasoned cream sauce.
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What Do You Know
About 1t?

/. What is the troglodyte?
2. What are stalactiteS and
stalagmites?
3. Out of what two kinds of
stone are caves most often
formed.
4. What was a recent disaster
in a cave?
S. Were the cave dwellers the
most ancient of men?
6. Are any caves being used as
dwellings now in the United
States?
Answers to these questions in
tomorrow'S Star.
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MENU FOR A DAY.

MENU FOR A DAY.
BREAKFAST.
Sliced Bananas.
Hominy With Cream.
Baked Sausage.
Potato Cakes.
Spider Corn Cake. Coffee.
LUNCHEON.
Nut Loaf, Tomato Sauce.
Graham Bread.
Marshmallow Custard.
DINNER.
Clear Tomato Soup.
F'illet of Beef, Mushrooms.
Drowned Potatoes.
Creamed Brussels Sprouts.
Lettuce Hearts, French Dressing.
Pineapple Tapioca Cream.
Coffee.
POTATO CAKES.
Peel eight good-siZed potatoes
and drop Immediately into cold
water to prevent discoloration.
Crate on coarse crater, add
four beaten eggs, two tea.
spoons salt and about one-half
cup -four mixed and sifted with
one teaspoon baking powder.
Mix thoroughly and bake on hot
buttered griddle.
NUT LOAF. TOMATO SAUCE.
Boil one-half cup rice and
drain and take as much bread
crumbs as you have rice, one
level teaspoon salt and little
pepper, one cup chopped nuts.
either walnuts or pecans, one
egg and little chopped parsley.
Mix well. bake in loaf and serve
with tomato sauce.
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Safeguarding the Rails.

"A statement issued by the chairman
Of the automatic train-control commit
] tee of the Association of Railway Elk
ecutives is somewhat reassuring to
| the travelling public of this country.
1t shows that progress is being ac-
tually made In the installation of de-
vices on the lines covered by the In
terstate Commerce Commissions
orders first issued four years ago.
Ninety-eight per cent of the installa-
tons first specified in 1922 are either
in actual operation or under construc-
ton. covering 1903 miles of track out
of ITO. Thirty-four roads. with 5.s41
miles of track, have the work COM
pleted. with the exception Of the COM
pletion OF installation of apparatus on
few locomotives. Construction work
is under way on sixty-two per cent of
the mileage specified.
These figures are indicative of an
actual, IL tardy, accomplishment of
the work covered by the commissions
orders. 1t cannot be too vigorously
pressed to full completion. Every lit
tie while collision occurs that takes
many lives and does enormous dam
age. The travelling public is keenly
apprehensive of the risks entailed in
riding on trains operated under the
old visual signal system. There are
no safeguards in the findings Of cor
oners' jurors fixing the blame upon
signalman, or engineman. or flagman.
Penalties applied to blunderers when
they survive the accidents do not re.
store the lives of victims or heal the
wounds of those who are injured. Only
the actual installation and operation
of automatic train-control systems will
guarantee security.
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French merchant fleets are on the
increase. They are increasing be-
cause these nations are expanding
more and more money for the con-
struction of new ships.
With it's great fleet of merchant
ships constructed to meet war neces-
stiles still lying idle in considerable
proportion, the construction of new
ships in this country for the over
seas trade has practically ceased.
This is the problem which Americans
must face Other countries ! are
building improved ships, ships that
will offer better service, and quicker,
than many OF the ships flying the
American flag. The time is coming,
and coming soon, when there must be
requirements of the old tonnage in
this country. It is a problem which
Is giving much concern to men in
terested in keeping the American flag
on the seven seas. A plan to meet the
replacement needs should be worked
out as speedily as possible by those in
control.
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Traffic Changes.


Changes in various traffic regula-
tons are being contemplated by the
traffic Office. These changes include
parking and the possible addition or
subtraction of one.way streets and
other minor alterations. The tradic
couhcil has urged that the extension Of
automatically lighted streets in the ul-
"a .congested section be deferred until
further study of the situation has
+ been made, and also that one-way
st reefs be not added until that system
is proved certain to have q beneficial
s eject.
Regardless of the merits Of the va
rious proposals for changes in the
Negotiations, has the time not arrived
for a period of complete cessation OF
a .ativity in the making of additional
..tiaffic rules for the purpose of a gen
.Ieral survey of the entire situation?
E6Ias not the time arrived for both the
8hohce Department and the Traffic De-
4bartment to concentrate on enforce
4hnent of present regulations rather
Khan the making of new ones?
Washington traffic has just passed
through a state of confusion. Passage
the amended traffic bill by Congress
las been the remedy which will grad
ally show results. There is so much
f back time" to be made up, however,
h,at q period of concentration on pres
pnt regulations appears to be more
necessary than the making OF new
pnes.
As the first step in this campaign
motorists should be taught that they
ca.t.not disregard the automatic hgnts
u-ith impunity; that they must keep to
s,,9 right of the street; that they must
have properly adjusted headlights;
hat they must give right of way at
Intersections: that they must observe
ne sneed limit over bridges and in all
kections of the city; that they must
come to a complete stop before coming
but of an alley or driveway; that they
mist respect boulevard stop signs and
alnost of all. show courtesy ana con-
federation at all times to other users
Hbf the street.
The traffic Office, on its part snouio
see that all plans begun by 1t are com
oleted. Boulevard signs should be put
40 at all intersections OF this chaT-
after. safety zones should be painted
and kept OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES 1T Is
heemed wise, speed limits In the out
wing sections should be raised With
prt further delay and the whole sys-
err. as it now stands, should be mace
function with smoothness and ex'
nedieney before other changes or ad-
NGtions are contemplated.
Only in this way will Washington
ne able to regain it's equilibrium after
most trying period. With the pres
mt machinery running properly ana
knowing the results that it surely VIII,
additions and subtractions can be
made with little fear that confusion
sssill follow in their wake.
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large attendance. Apart from any pa.
triotic motive the people will go in
great numbers to Philadelphia to see
the largest fair held In this coun-
try for number of years. They win
go to be instructed and entertained,
particularly the latter. In these days
Of motoring there will be little diff
Guilty about hundreds of thousands
moving "Sesquiward," and in these
times of prosperity multitudes will be
able to spare the time and the money
for such a journey. 1t may be that
with even record attendance later
in the season the losses will not be
balanced, but the present rate of loss
surely will not be long continued If
the exposition management will soon
announce that the last nail is driven
and the last exhibit installed.
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THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

If we were to write of some OF the
absurd things we know about, no one
would believe us, so here goes! Each
one OF the following little stories from
real life is as true as Truth, although
the reader may have a hard time
crediting some of them.
The Painter.
This actually happened In a north.
west residence section. A painter was
Hired to go over a house, and he came
up one morning to look the property
over. After carefully inspecting it
fore and aft, he announced that he
would return in the afternoon to start
the work
About the middle Of the afternoon
he came back in his small car, bring
ing ladder. paint and plenty of
brushes. He unloaded his equipment
and materials, carefully looked over
the house he had selected, and set
to work
Two hours later some friends Of the
people who had made the contract
with the painter called at their home,
and, in the course of conversation,
mentioned they had seen a painter
three doors down the block taking
shutters off a house, busily painting
away.
why, that looks like our painterm
said the woman, peering out. "He
said he would be back but never
showed up
Maybe you had better go out and
see If he is your man."
Absurd" declared another. "He
couldn't make a mistake on these
houses-this one doesn't look at all
like that one. This house has no
shutters"
II believe I'll go out and ask him,
anyway" said the woman, so she set
forth, followed by a small gallery
Are you the man who was to paint
our house?" she asked the tanned
individual on the ladder.
The man looked down, brush sus-
pended in air.
"Why---''
A foolish look overspread his face.
Yes" he grinned, IT guess / got
the wrong house. My mistake"
We'll, | never" exclaimed the
woman.
AT that" unused the painter, de.
scending, II amt so foolish as the
man who put a whole new roof on the
wrong house"
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WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS

! closed his hosiery. So he knows
whereof he speaks when he protests
the hardships of the coal consumers.
Treadways hobby is accommodating tea
pots. His collection now numbers
753. all different,
The dog booklet printed and dis
tributed by the Department of Agri-
culture is about the most popular Gov
eminent publication Of the moment.
Requests for them are fairly swamp
ing the publications Office. The idea
originated with Representative Harry
E. Halves of Missouri, an enthusiastic
admirer of dogs and their eloquent
protagonist in House debate. Uncle
Sam conducts surveys and prints
much about horses and hogs, cattle
and sheep. Why should not dogs be
accorded like treatment? argued the
Missourian. So he prevailed upon
Congress to direct the Department of
Agriculture to study the subject and
report. The bulletin now published
sets forth that there are 46 breeds of
dogs recognized as regular purps"
by the fanciers. 1t is held by others
that there are so breeds, including
NUTS, mongrels and mixed bloods,
but the Government sticks to 46,
and it may be right. 1t further
solemnly declares that the total
present canine population of the
country is 1000 900, which strikes the
average man as a rather low estimate,
since it allows only one dog to Is per-
sons.
The activities of the Republican
cn fnr-i01 hue 70 tn laA
present campaign have not been
visible to the naked eye. Members
of the committee, however, give as
surances that the groundwork" of
vigorous and far-reaching committee
activity is being laid. The commit
tee chairman, Senator Lawrence c.
Phipps Of Colorado, staunch Repub.
lican regular and one Of the Senate
millionaires, has been sojourning in
Alaska during July, but is due back
|, In the States next week and is ex-
pected in Chicago in time for con-
ference of leading Republican Sena-
tors tentatively scheduled for August
80. After that date 1t seems likely
that the battle will be on in earnest
The Republican congressional COM
nittee, of which VIII r. Wood, men,
Der of the House from Indiana, is
chairman, maintains permanent head.
quarters in Washington the year
round in charge of Earl Venalble, a
political veteran of many hard-fought
campaigns. Mr.. Venable is going to
Chicago the middle Of August to re-
main until election.
X X
A handsome black velvet jacket,
white silk waistcoat and black velvet
knee breeches are the latest addition
to the costume" collection in the
Smithsonian Institution Along with a
pair of silver buckled patent leather
pumps, black silk hose and black tri-
corn hat, they repose in a glass case
adjoining the cases which contain the
gowned plaster replicas of the wives
of the Presidents. The little placard
which labels the exhibit reads: "Diplo-
matic costume. Worn by Hon. Henry
Cabot Lodge on the occasion of a re-
ception at Buckingham Palace, Lon
don, 1895. Presented by the Lodge
estate"
tCopyriGht. 1920
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Arsenal Problem Stirs Public
To Demand Minimum of Risk

Public discussion that has followed
the disaster at the Lake Denmark
Arsenal of the Navy, with the result
ing demand that accommodations of ex-
plosives should not be at such places
that communities are endangered.
has raised several questions, chief of
which is: Where is the ideal site TO
be found?'
"Above the smoke and ruin of the
fearful disaster" declares the Nash
Vile Banner, '1ooms a warning to the
effect that storage depots and manu-
featuring plants for high explosives
should hereafter be built far from
centers Of population Of any size. 1t
is to be presumed that the GROUNDS
of Lake Denmark were sufi1ciently
removed from villages and towns
when the purchase was made, but
IL would have been a comparatively
easy and inexpensive thing at that
time to acquire territory enough to
have obviated much of the horror
that has attended the recent catastro-
phe. Hereafter, at any rate, 1t is to
be hoped that all possible care Is TAX
en- to put these potential menaces so
far from thickly settled communities
that a repetition Of the current in
ferno will be out of the question"
The Schenectady Gazette also insists
"it is the duty of the Government
to protect the people by surrounding
its death caches with ample safe
guards, especially in the form of un-
inhabited areas"
There may be explosions under
the most careful safeguard" says the
st. Louis Post Dispatch, but steps
should be taken to prevent the spread
ing of fire and explosions, and to
make sure that when they do occur
they will be limited to military prop
erty. We do not intend to say how
this shall be done. The question of
location must be decided by Army and
Navy experts" The Lynchburg
News feels that "all that can be
done is to minimize the danger as
much as careful storage and the
exercise Of precaution can minimize
it, though it is convinced that
there viii always be such explo-
sions so long as high explosives are
in storage for USE The Des Moines
Tribune advises giving attention
once more to lightning rods" 1t
quotes an Army officers statement
that there is no complete protection
against the more violent lightning
bolts" and adds that cit seems curl
Gus thing that with all the great in
crease in knowledge of electricity At
Is not possible now to provide secur1-
ty from these bolts from the blue.
~
ut is only reasonable" the Louis
vile Times agrees, that New Jersey
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The Shipping Problem.

The British are worried over their
chipping. The latest figures show
lat their percentage Of the world s
merchant tonnage has dropped from
forty-one per cent in 1914 to little
more than thirty per cent today.
For centuries the British flag has
i7owil on every sea. British ships
have carried British trade and the
rade of other nations into every nook
Ind corner Of the world. From a
period shortly before the Civil War
slntil the World War, the Stars and
Stripes had vanished In large part
Prom the overseas merchant trade.
Much of the commerce to and from
This country was carried in British
bottoms.
During the World War, however.
he United States answered the call
FOR ships and more ships, until a. vast
|onnage had been acquired at cost
bf some SO .00O. 100000. Americans, as
whole, had a severe lesson. The
retirement of the United States from
The ocean-carrying trade left this
Z. dntry helpless against increased
Height rates, and even at times with
but the carriers 50 much needed for
|Asnerlcan trade, when British and
bther ships were needed for war pur-
poses.
This American tonnage in part is
Inc cause Of the lessening OF the Brit
ah percentage Of the world tonnage
bf merchant ships. The British look
with disfavor upon the rivalry of
America in the ocean-carrying trade.
kt is natural that they should. But
they should not delude themselves
with the idea that America is ever
gain to relinquish, as it did in the
bast, it's grip upon the overseas ship.
hing business. Nor should Americans
Forget the lesson which they learned
|,nd for which they paid through the
hose in the years following the open
Ing Of the World War.
The same list of merchant tonnage
which shows British predominance In
shipping to be lessening shows also
khat the Italian. the German and the
r Z
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consistency after it has been sepa-
rated by too much beating.
O. How many bodies are AFFILIATED
with the Federal Council Of Churches?
B. r. s.
A. This is an INSTRUMENTATION
| body OF Protestant denominations in
the United States and at tire close
of 1926 had 20 constituent bodies.
Q. Has there ever been a Chinese
bishop of the Roman Catholic Church?
j. o. D.
A. Until this year there were no
| Chinese bishops. In June, 1925, three
Chinese prelates were made bishops.
Q. How fast has a wheel been
| turned?-P. NJ. 8.
A. Probably the fastest turning
wheel In the world Is the turbine
wheel on the special supercharger of
the airplane used by Lieut.. John Mac.
ready in attempting to break the
worlds altitude record. 1t makes
40 900 revolutions in a minute-about
700 a second.
Q. What is the Mexican Blue
Cross?-T. G. B.
A. The American Red Cross says
that there are a million Mexicans
within the boundaries Of the United
States, concentrated chiefly In the
Southwest. Only per cent of them
speak English. They are Mexican
citizens, and they live in the Mexican
way, pursuing national habits and Gus
toms. Were they not in alien terri
tory, this million might be cared for
by the Mexican Red Cross. The task
being one purely Of social welfare, is
not exactly in the line of the ordinary
activities of the American Red Cross.
This people forms a special problem.
for which Mexico feels itself response
BILE. Thus there was organized at San
Antonio, Tex. in October, 1919, the
Mexican Blue Cross. Its service in
cludes the distribution of food and
clothing to those in want, the furnish
ing of physicians and medicines for
the sick, the transportation of the
sick or needy to Mexico, and the
burial Of the INDECENT or friendless.
dead. 1t also looks after Mexicans
who are In trouble.
Q. When and where was the first
Safety Congress heidi. r.
A. The first Cooperative Safety
Congress was held in Milwaukee,
Wis, from September 80 to October s.
1918.
@. What is a coalition cabinet
G. L.
A. A coalition cabinet is one in
which members of all parties are
represented.
Letters are going eUery minute from
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ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC }. HAsKIN.

Q. Was Christy Mathewson col
lege man?-H. T.
A. He waS q graduate Of Bucknell
University, where he was both a base
ball and foot ball star.
@. How many golf balls are sold or
used in a year in the United States?
j. w. Mel.
A. The American Golfer says there
Is no way Of getting any accurate
figures on the number of golf balls
used or sold in the United States. AS
near as can be estimated there were
approximately 100000 used last
year.
@. Is the Grand Duchy of Luxem-
burg affiliated with Belgium ?-M. c.
A. 1t has an economic union with
Belgium, In force since May, 1922,
which is to last 50 years. Under this
agreement there are no customs bar
riers between the countries and Bel
gian currency is circulated in Lux
emburg.
@. In considering the horsepower
of horses and mules on farms, what
size horse Is the basis of computation?
N. E. w.
A. A usual basis of computation Is
a 1,200-pound horse or mule. 1t is
considered equal to one primary horse
power. and larger and smaller work
animals are computed on the theory
that their power Is proportional to
their weight.
@. What is meant by being hon
ored with the degree of Druid by the
Gorsedd?-G. w. r.
A. The Gorsedd is an assembly, an
essential part of the modern Eistedd-
fod, the National Bardic Congress of
Wales, whose objects are to encour-
age bardism, the Welsh language and
customs, and to foster and cultivate
patriotic spirit. 1t Is divided into
three orders. the Bards. the Druid
Bards and the Ovate Bards. The
first are the poets; the second, re-
ligious teachers, and the third, per-
sons interested in literature, science
and art. The Druid Is the highest
grade. Women and men are eligible
for all degrees. The first Gorsedd
was held in America in connection
with the Worlds Fair Eisteddfod at
Chicago in 1893.
O. When do leaves drop off maple
and oak trees?-C. C.
A. Trees leaves and defoliate at
daHerenJ perlO0S IN dlHerent. sections
of the country. Generally speaking,
maple and oak trees defoliate in Oc-
tober and November.
Q. What is the hardest element or
ore next to the diamond?-G. A. NJ.
A. Corundum ranks next to the
diamond in hardness, the relative de-
gree Of hardness being as to 10.
@. What is burgoo?--C. II. D.
A. This is an oatmeal pudding or
thick Cruel served to seamen on ship
board.
Q. When cream has been acciden-
tally beaten until 1t separates. can 1t
be changed back to cream consistency
In some way?-G. L. Mel.
A The Bureau of Home Econom-
les says there is no way that cream
may be beaten back to its original