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Evening star., 1926-08-31
LITTLE BENNY
BY LEE PAPE.

Yestiddy / was looking over the
bottles in the medicine. closit and 1
found a little one saying on the label
Luxurio, Guaranteed to Grow Hair.
G, if / wunted mustash, heer
would be my chance, / thawt. And
went in my sister GladdiseS room and
she was laying down taking a nap,
and had a ideer and put some LUX.
uric on my finger and rubbed II on
her top lip under her nose. and Glad
dis made a little sneeze as If she thawt
a fly was on her lip without waking
all q ways up, and / put the bottle
back In the medicine closit and forgot
about it till we started to eat dinnir.
thinking. G WIZ. and I quick looked
at Gladdises top lip to see If enything
had happened yet.
Wich nuthing hadent. and Gladdis
kepp on eating her soop and 1 kepp
on looking at her to see if the hot
soop would start to bring 1t out, and
after a vile she sed, Ny stars, Benny
wat are you staring at me for, YOU
give me the creeps, is enything rong
with me?
Do you feel enything on your top
lip? | sed.
Wat? Gladdis sed And she felt 1t
with her finger, saying. Certeny not
wy should J?
o. no reason, I sed. and Gladdis sed
Your getting sillier and sillier every
day.
And we kepp on eating, Gladdis say.
ing after vile, Benny Potts If you
don't stop gawking at me III throw
something at you. do you wunt me
to brake out with the nerviss twidgittso
Aw, VINO Wunts to look at you?
sed
And this morning before she woke
up peeked in her room and nuthing
hadent started growing there vet so
CESS it's all rite.
Evening star., 1926-08-31

was impossible to think Of him seri-
ously.
Back in the sick room she filled a
small rubber bag with ice and put 1t
to the top of the patients head. AL
most miraculously the frown between
his brows relaxed. and, as she watch
ed. his lids futtered back, and she
found herself staring down into a
pair of very dark eyes. At first they
were vague, as though they scarcely
made out the outlines of her face as
she bent over him, then conscious
ness crept into them, and he smiled
family.
Would you like q cool drink she
asked softly.
He nodded.
Again she lifted him, and held the
glass of cold orange juice while he
drank. When she laid him back on
the pillows. his eyes did not close at
once. They remained fixed on her
face, and after d moment, he said
family:
Are you going to take care of
me-?
There was a little boy appeal in
those words that affected Betty
strangely. 1t made the relationship
between them suddenly personal. 1t
made her want to fight for his life.
not only because it was a human life,
but for him, and for what he was
and could be.
She knew nothing about him save
for the fact that his name was James
Cornell. She did not know what he
did, nor even if he were married. But
his appeal had gone straight to her
woman's heart. Those few words had
touched her as nothing else ever had.
Yes, I'm going to take care of
YOU" she said very firmly. land
you're going to help me. will you re-
member that?
"I'll remember" he said family.
Then his lids dropped weakly. and he
sank once more into a lethargy. Betty
stood and looked down at him for a
long moment. The strangest impulses
were yelling In her. She wanted
suddenly to cradle his head against
her breast. to hold death at bay by
the force of her own vitality.
You must live" she said suddenly,
aloud. Then she went scarlet at the
sound of her own voice in that quiet
room.
Copyright. fe26l
Continued in TOnorrow's Star1
Evening star., 1926-08-31

Shivering a little in the icy air.
Betty went over to the bed. In the
dim light she could just descry the
features of the man who lay there.
Regular, as if carved out of a piece
of stone. 1t was the handsomest face
Betty had ever seen. And he was
young, too, rot more than 81 or two,
If he were that.
With firm cool fingers she picked
up the inert hand that lay on the
counterpane. The heat of that hand
scorched her, and when she released
it, it fell back on the bed as though
life had already gone out of it.
With a suppressed sigh. she pre-
pared to go to work. First. there
was the temperature TO be taken and
recorded on the fever chart. The
chart had already been started by
one of the floor nurses. 1t lay on
the bedside table and rs Betty picked
1t up, she saw the ominous figures
105. A fever of 1875 was very high
Two more degrees and life itself
could not he maintained. 1t was her
work to bring that fever down. She
must do everything in her power to
conquer 1t.
Again her fingers touched his hand
this time to take his pulse. The fever
In his blood was making his heart
beat like a trip hammer, 1t made his
breath come pantingly. She leaned
over him, holding his head eXpertly
with the pillow back of 1t while she
gave him the heart stimulant the
doctor had left. Then she flew down
to the diet kitchen for orange juice
and ice and, other things that she
needed.
On the way back she met the floor
inferno, DIR. Craig. lie stopped her
with a pleasant Good evening. Miss
Ames." but she only smiled at him
absently and hurried on. Since Miss
Abbott and one or two of the other
nurses had teased her about DR.. Craig,
she had been rather reserved with
him They insisted that he was in
love with her and she resented this.
She liked DR.. Craig, but he was only
an inferno with his way to make. 1t
Evening star., 1926-08-31

continues, there seems to he no de-
sire among smart women to appear
mannish and in some respects clothes
are as frivolous and as coquettish
and as feminine as when Eugenie
wore curls and crinolines and shared
the imperial throne of France.
The revival this Summer of para
soils might be taken as good proof
that fashions are getting away from
mannish severity. Many women who
hesitated at adopting the fashion ear
lier in the Summer have later ac-
quired the trick of carrying frivolous
little parasols. And to give a dis
tinctive touch to new parasols for
these last days of Summer and bright
days of Autumn there are velvet par
asols. A manufacturer of parasols
for smart Parisians shows parasois
In two shades of velvet and on others
he uses velvet-covered handles.
The ornate parasols this Summer
have left their impress on the UNI
brella fashions for Autumn and Win
ter. fashion that the umbrella
dealers regard with approval is that
of having not one umbrella to do for
every rainy occasion. but umbrellas
as varied and as numerous as the
events of the day and the colors of
ones wardrobe.
For the severe tailored mode there
must be a. crooked handled umbrella
of silk TO match the material of the
suit or the accessories worn with ii.
If you play golf, then there must be
an umbrella to slip into your golf
bag, with a handle bound with leather
to simulate ono of the clubs. For
travel you must have one Of the fold
ing umbrellas that are only 16 inches
long when the handle is folded down.
If you wear tortoise-shell ornaments
or carry a tortoise shell cigarette
case. you must have an umbrella
with tortoise shell handle. For quite
sumptuous occasions you should have
an umbrella with one of the new
teweled handles. and. just to show
that you are up to date in the choice
of accessories. you should have one
of the new animal head umbrellas
that are now shown in many of the
smart shops.
(Copyrght 1885,
Evening star., 1926-08-31
Our Children

Children live In world of fantasy
where the fairies and genii and magic
boots and cloaks abound. The Ian
guage of the fairy tale is their own.
Often they are deaf to the speech of
adults because it belongs to a world
they know nothing about. They can
hear best when we talk In their own
language. Try 1t some time when
seven years is doing something that
Is not good for him.
Susie was giving her mother lot
Of unnecessary trouble by strewing
her belongings about the house. She
put nothing she touched into its
proper place and she touched about
everything in the house. Talking to
her did no good. She seemed deaf to
persuasion and scolding. Depriving
her of things she misplaced was
cheerfully ignored or placidly accept
ed. Then her mother thought of the
play way.
Yes. I'll tell you q, story. Once
there was a little kitten whose mother
loved her dearly. She was such a
nice little kitten--blue- with fluffy
brown and gold hair and the loveliest
white teeth and the sweetest smile.
Yes, indeed, her mother lover her very
dearly.
But she was very thOughtless
kitten. She left her things about the
room and the garden and the porch
so, that her mother had to keep
following her all day long so that the
house might be tidy and restful for
the rest of the family. You see there
was a daddy and q nanny and a
grannie and a baby brother
Just like us. Go on, mother.
What happened?"
One day when the nanny was
sleeping because she was all tired out
picking things up and putting them
away for the thoughtless little kitten
there came a fairy godmother to the
house. She stepped right out of the
cabbage rose by the porch and said
to the little kitten, I've come to take
YOU home so you can be taught some
of the things you have to know"
and before you could say. 'Meouw.
meouw.' away went the fairy god
mother with the little kitten under
her arm
Evening star., 1926-08-31
By Angelo Patri

900. Did she do anything to the
little kitten?"
''She took her back where the good
little. kittens come from and she gave
her to the teacher, a wise gray cat,
with specs and a long blue apron
and smart white cap with blue rib.
bons over the ears. Very neat
My dear little kitten, in this
room you will find everything you
have put out Of place today. You
must put each thing back in exactly
the place from which you took It,
When you have done so, you shall
have dish of cream and go back to
your nanny. But now get to work. ;
"The teacher-cat opened the door
of big room and such a mess YOU
never saw. There was a pile of night
clothes right in the middle of the floor,
doll on her head in the corner, a
shoe under the couch and another one
under a chair. There was q picture
book Topped on it's face in the window
seat and one ball was on the bed. one
under the bed, two on the floor and
one on the dresser. Little bits OF
paper that kitten had cut lay every
where. My. 1t was d mess.
1T took kitten all day long to clean
up, just as 1t did her nanny. She
got so tired the tears ran down her
face, but the wise old teacher-cat did
not notice them.
It's getting late said she toward
evening when the kitten had picked
and picked. Maybe you could hurry
little and get home in time for.
supper
kitten scurried about to pick up
the last scrap of paper and didn't
even wait for that spoonful of cream,
although she was almost starved
Very good kitten-cat. I'll take
you home again, but if there is the
weeniest scrap on the floor tomorrow,
back you come"
Susie Is much more careful Mother
just says, 'Meouw. meouw,h and
Susie smiles and dashes to pick some
thing up
Evening star., 1926-08-31
EAT AND BE HEALTHY
Dinah Days Daily Talks on Diet
The Right Fcod Is the Best Medicine

moderation, easily faxed fish, pota-
toes and wholewheat products. Even
though whole wheat products do fur
nish moro mineral salts than white
-four products and old age does not
require 81 much lime. etc, as youth,
still whole wheat products are the
best FOR an" age. The amount of
food should he less than youth de-
inands.
Old people should eat in modera.
ton. They should cat simple foods.
But If younger people eat i'm modera =
tion they Will not have to be pamper-
ing themselves when the years have
registered so, 80. GO. If the heart, +,
lungs and kidneys are working
smoothly years do not mean decrepit
age.
The growing child needs food rich
in lime. iron. potash and other min
eral salts. These must he taken in
profusioIt. to insure healthy growth.
The growing body cells must have a
large supply OF energy foods. At
about % years a man has fully de.
vcioped. \ woman develops slightly
earlier. II is the part of wisdom to
check up on the bodily needs, and at
the period of full development he
sure the food intake does not exceed
body needs. Overweight, indigestion,
heart disease, rheumatism, hardening
OF the arteries are the penalty of
wrong diet.
Moderation and simplicity in diet
for the middle.aged means health in
late years.
Readers desiring personal answers tee
Evening star., 1926-08-31
Women Who Have Important Tasks
i'm the Government Service
RY ALICE ROGERS HAGER

many medical articles, the most
quoted being Carbon Monoxid Poison
ing" written during tho war and
much reviewed both here and abroad).
"IiydrUthcrapy in the Treatment OF
the Insane" and several on psyche
analysis She is a member and past
president OF the District of Columbia
Medical Society. the Women'S Medical
Society. the American Psvchiatric AS
SoCiation. the American psychological
Association, the American Medical So
Ciety and she is on the advisory
board of Trinity College. Her two
brothers. Edward Il. and James OMai-
ley. are judges of the supreme Court
of New York State
Evening star., 1926-08-31
Your Baby and Mine
BY MYRTLE MEYER ELDRED.
Various Feeding Problems.

Mrs X. G.. S.-Your 1S.month old
baby is being fed very we'll indeed.
If YOU can somehow manage to In
troduce a pint of milk into his diet
daily you need not worry but that he
can get along without having milk to-
drink. You are using u lot with his
cereal and vegetables and the rest
you can use in the form of cnstard.
as the baby needs eggs now. too. and
you have not mentioned that In Your
diet list.
II is likely that the cod liver oil
spoiled his taste for the milk. / think
1t a great mistake to put cod liver,
oil in any food which the baby must
have for many years 10 come. 1t iS
better to give the oil plain or with
some fruit juice, not so necessary as
orange: juice. SO that if the baby re-.
fuses this particular fruit juice be
cause of it's association with the oil
it won't he much of a. loss. ..
1t seems possible that il your baby
is susceptible to eczema the pineapple
juice, which he had never had before,
caused the inexplicable rash. Per,
haps he has an intolerance for fruit
juices. About the other subject
would say that the article YOU men,
ton is harmless If one doesn't overtlo
It's 1eedlnS.
Cod Liver Oil.
Mrs. X. W.-Cod liver oil for your
22-month-old twins is optional with
you. If the babies have no symptoms
of ricketts, and never have had. they
will so soon he on n general diet that
the oil does not seem necessary.
Mrs. F.. NJ. B.-Your baby seems so
perfectly normal in every respect that
there is really nothing to alter in
your method, one way or the other.
If there were anything at all to- criti-
cize it would be your hours of feed
ing. which are not the ones usually
followed. Seven, II. s and seem
to me better than starting and end
ing at 9.
Evening star., 1926-08-31
Lessons in English
~ IS. l.. GORDON.

Words often Inisused; Don't say
Il had ought 10 have gone" Omit
had"
Often mispronounced: Omelet.
Pronounce as three syllabl not
ON let.
Often misspelled: Advice (noun): /:
advise (verb).
synonyms: Emblem, sign, token,
image. symbol.
Word study: Use a word three
times and 1t Is yours" Let us in
crease our vocabulary by mastering
one word each day. Today's word !:
Inveterate: deep,rooted habitual.
lie is an inyeterate smoker"
Evening star., 1926-08-31
Okra Omelet-Potato Balls.

Take one cupful of steamed or
boiled okra pods, and place them in
u frying pan with two tablespoonfuls
OF butter or nlargarin. Make up an
omelet mixture with three eggs, beat
ing the yolks and whites separately.
Stir into the yolks one tablespoonful
OF cornstarch and three tablespoon
fuls OF cream or milk. Stir well and
then fold in lightly the whipped
whites. Season with salt and a little
paprika. Pour this over the okra
pods and cook over a slow fire until
the eggs set, then brown inside the
oven. Serve with potato balls.
Evening star., 1926-08-31
DR.. Mary O'Malley.

The sacrifice of self in the devotion
to cause is never an ordinary pho
nomenon. but it is still to he found.
And no finer example of it has come
to the writer's attention in a long
time than that of DR.. Mary OMalley.
clinical director OF the women'S divi-
sion Of ST. Elizabeth's Hospital.
1t is only n little more than Il cen
tury ago that the insane were re-
gartled as the enemies of society and
Evening star., 1926-08-31
What Do You Know
About 1t?
Daily Science Six.

!. Are there any other suns
beside ours?
.. Are there any other moons
beside ours?
3. Are the canals of Mars
really canals?
4. Is there any water on the
moon?
5. Is there any water on
Mars?
6. Does the earth travel
around the moon as ii does
around the sun"
Answers to these questions
in tomorrow 3 Star.
Evening star., 1926-08-31

realizing 1t. she was dominating the
whole family by going into q cough
ing spell whenever she could not have
exactly what she wanted. But as
soon as this was pointed out to me
cured her OF TIE disease by con
trolling my own feelings Children
are very quick to discover and make
use OF any ailment which brings sym
pathy TO them
Evening star., 1926-08-31
MOTHERS
AND THEIR CHILDREN.

One mother says:
I had allowed my sympathy to get
the better of my judgment with my
little daughter. who was suffering
from whooping cough. Without my
Evening star., 1926-08-31

TWO :PARASOLS FROM We.
DRENNE. THE UPPER ONE Is
IN TWO TONES OF VELVET.
PINKISH BEIGE AND BROWN.
THE LOWER ONE IS OF BLUE
GEORGETTE, WITH GREEN AND
PINK VELVET FLORAL APPLI-
QUE.
the new frocks. wraps, hats and ac-
cessories as presented for Autumn.
Though the fashion for short hair
Evening star., 1926-08-31

Betty AmeS. q nurse. IS Gircn
pneumonia case at St Martins
HOSPITAL
Evening star., 1926-08-31

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so. Exist.
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81. Employs.
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Evening star., 1926-08-31
Drift Away From Mannishness
By. MARY MARSHALL.

More feminine"-''less tendency
toward mannishness. These are COM
ments made by two fashion authori-
ties who have made a close study of
Evening star., 1926-08-31

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s. Moved by air.
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lence.
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Evening star., 1926-08-31

Readers desiring personal answers to
their questions should send self addressed.
stamped envelope to Dnah Day. care Of
I ne Star. L.
The Washington times., 1926-12-06
CATHOLIC BODY
MEETS HERE

The second annual convention OF
Federated Colored Catholic Churches
of America, meeting In st. Angus
tines Church, will close today.
Senator David |. Walsh of Massa-
chusetts spoke at the opening ses.
sion yesterday. He said:
Il always have been proud to De
member Of the trus. ee board OF
the Cardinal Gibbons Institute. and
now that am back In the Dis
trict. look with pride on the
opportunity again to engage IN the
work. !,
ut Isl in this connection that I
have learned that colored Ameri.
cans are broad. are liberal. open.
minded, humble and sympathetic.
without scintilla of bigotry OF
spirit, and that they possess the
great natural virtues on which the
fai h may be built.
The Rev. Norman e. Duckett,
coIored priest, of Detroit, and for
mer altar hoy at st. Augustine's'
The Washington times., 1926-12-06

teen -year-old boy Is on trial here
for the murder of seventeen year
old girl, the State declaring that the
killing occurred following a pettins
party.
The boy is Hal Howard. who sat
n court Sand smiled sardonically
when County Attorney Lucas told
the jury of eleven men and one
woman what he expects to prove.
The girl was pretty Patsy Turn.
bull. member O. one of the most
prominent families of Clearfiel9
where the murder is ALLEGED to
have occurred during carnival.
The Washington times., 1926-12-06

preached the sermon. High mass
was sung ~ the Rev. Robert r.
Froelich before the session.
The convention lYas opened by the
Rev. j. Z. Olds and yesterdays
session was presided over by 4. W..
TURNER
The Washington times., 1926-12-06
ASKS SIS, 900 DAMAGE
EoR LOSS OF I TEETH

NEW YORK Dec. 8 Asserting
the loss Of seven front teeth was
worth SIS 900, James Keao1. 81.
went to trial In his suit Tor that
amount against Frank Riley. AZ
front or whose home at VerplancKs
on the Hudson, he fell INTO an ex.
The Washington times., 1926-12-06
Arlington Chapter Party

A benefit card party will Be
given by the Arlington Chapter
No. 80, o. e. s. Of Cherrydale. Va
tonight at 8:15 o'clock in the
Masonic Temple, Eighth and r
Streets Northeast.
The Washington times., 1926-12-06

Solution To Friday Puzzle
Evening star., 1926-04-25

! comparatively recent times, though
it was probably practiced with the
utmost secrecy and only when vol
canic disturbances of exceptional vio-
lence occurred.
Even within the time of the present
generation some of the older natives
insisted upon offering living sacrifices
to the irate Pele, but instead of vic
timizing their young women they
slaughtered white chickens and hurled
them into the midst of the approach
ing streams of molten lava And, If
the lava should happen to halt soon
afterward, the "kahuna men" would
declare with glee that the sacrifice
had accomplished the miracle.
Another even more human method
of catering to Pele was with the hula
dance. That custom Is followed to
this day, or at least 1t was practiced
In 1919. Although the modern young
Washingtonian may look upon the
hula as a rather bold demonstration
of terpischorean art, it was religion
to the old Hawaiian natives, and was
no more suggestive to them than the
Sunday morning church services are
to a confirmed Presbyterian.
Not very many years ago kilauea,
one of the greatest volcanoes in the
world, although it is only a compare
lively small crater on the slopes of
Mauna Loa, let loose a stream of
lava that approached to within a
mile or so of Hilo, the largest city on
the Island of Hawaii, having a popu-
Evening star., 1926-04-25

laticn Of about 10000 persons. All
of the dark arts of the "kahuna men"
failed miserably.
On and on came the crawling river
of white hot lava. The town al
| ready rocked with it's sulphur fumes
and several structures in the sub
urbs were devoured in flash. Pele
seemed determind to destroy the cita-
del of the accursed white man and
his vices. Finally the "kahuna men"
turned in desperation to the young
women. A score of the prettiest
marched solemnly out to the very
edge of the oncoming lava.
Redecked in the rarest leis and clad
only in the ancient grass skirt, they
danced the old, old hula until the hot
ground scorched their feet. Then, 10,
as though some magical power had
raised up an impossible wall, the lava
step of the frenzied kahunas would
have been no person can say. But
some providence halted the molten
death before 1t was too late, and there
is scarcely a visitor who stays in Hilo
overnight who is not marched out to
see the black fringes of the now cold
and hardened river of lava.
That was a close shave. Even among
the white residents of Hilo there are
many who speak with profound re-
spect Of that event. Only those who
had stood and watched a mighty vol.
cano vent it's temper upon a defense
less atmosphere and countryside can