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THIN ICE : By HAZEL pryo BACHELOR

then aS the two girls stood surveying
the place, Rose turned to her with
an impulsive: Isn't it adorable, and
all mine"
It's sweet" said Madeline gener-
uuslN. and it wasn't until she was
ready To 80 that she turned to Rosa
lind with bit Of news.
oh, by the way. Rose. I'm moving,
too
You're moving. but Why | thought
You liked the place So well. Where
are you going, and why didn't you
tell me before
Well. YOU see. l." She stopped
as though She found it difficult To ex-
plain Her cheeks were scarlet. and
Rose. looking at her closely. suddenly
knew why Madeline was embarra ssed
oh, she said suddenly. "Oh. Mad.
| m sorry. | never thought Of that
Why didn't YOU say something?
might have known that YOU couldn I
swing the rent alone Oh. what a
selfish pig l am"
It's ali right" Madeline returned
quickly. You've always hated living
uptown. and l couldn't expect YOU to
think Of my side Of it. Anyway. now
that you're gone. | won't need more
than one room. m going TO look next
week. I'm sure 10 find something"
she spoke cheerfullY. but as a mat
Ter Of fact. her heart was heavy. She
loved the little place. 1t was home TO
her and the thought of living alone in
one room was not a pleasant prospect.
II had hurt her, too, that Rose could
depart 50 thuughtleSsly from the
apartment that had been home to both
OF lhem for quite some time She
couldn't have treated her that way.
hut then, of course. she was different
from Rose: she didn't look at things in
the same way.
After Madeline had left. Rose had
several moments Of conjunction.
Poor old Mad, living alone in some
drearv room. 1t was too bad Rur
after ali. was she 50 very much 10
hlame2 She had her own life to live
Just as Madeline had hers Sooner or
later they would have reached the
parting OF the ways. 1t was all newt.
able.
lose was Curled up in a corner of
the day-hed. the light from the two
shaded lamps threw shadows on the
polished floor. The curtains swaved in
the breeze. and there was a Quiet
charm over everything. She forgot all
ahout Madeline in the Joy of posses.
SION mat Surged up in her This wa
her own place to do with as she liked
This was her home. where she would
entertain her friends 1t was sipple
hut she would not he ashamed to bring
any one here. How wonderful il wa
TO be independent, to he able to do $
one liked. And yet. what friends had
she to invite to her home? Thus far
she had met no one save the girls in
the South Sea Island act and they
we're not the type she wished to cut
waite.
"Oh. but I will meet people. Thing,
are bound to happen, they always do, :
she told herself confidently.
And sure enough, something han
pened that very night Rose was the
kind of girl to whom things Just nat
urallv happened. Perhaps it was he
cause she was so sure of herself.
Copyright 1920
Continued in tomorrow's Starr
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WHEN WE co SHOPPING
BY MRS. HARLAND III. ALLEN.

so that You don't get them too small.
Hockey skates are usually closed
al both ends 50 that they won't be
caught by sticks. Racing skates are
exceptionally long. in order To increase
the skating surface of the blade
Don't buy racing skates for ordinary
wear. Many skating Kinks bar them
for obvious reasons. and they are not
practical for general use. Figure
skates have slight rock to them, and
their front ends are teethed so that
YOU can stop easily. and pivot. They
can be easily used for general skat-
ing purposes. For figure skating
high shoes. which furnish extra sup
port, are advisable.
No skate Will give satisfactory
service unless it receives the right
attention. Don't walk on stone or
wood with your skates unless the
blades are guarded. Wipe them dry
after using, TO prevent rust. If the
nickel wears off, they should be re
nickeled. No skate is good one
when it needs sharpening. Get the
skate that was made for you, with
shoes that fit snugly, and keep your
blades sharp, if YOU want to get the
greatest joy out Of play and travel
on the ice.
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metal or enamelWare and the
tumblers arc laid in it on their sides.
Never let the water more than half
ill them. Turn the tumblers, Goblets
or cups around in the hot water So
that each part is under some of the
time. When taken from the hot Watel
do not stand them on marble or any
thing extremely cold. for the sudden
change may cause breakage or crack
ing. One young housewife broke a
large, handsomely cut punch bowl by
standing ii on marble after being eX-
tremely cautious in washing the bowl
in what she considered tepid water.
BY this it will be seen that it is not
always the expansion caused by heat
that breaks articles. Sometimes il is
the too quick contraction caused by
sudden cold.
Temper Dishes.
Another thing to avoid in fine china
or glass is putting very hot food on
cold dishes. This cools the food and
makes il less desirable as well as
sometimes breaking containers. Ten
per the dishes by placing in Il warm
spot or washing in tepid water before
serving Nod on them.
Dry Heat CraclIles.
Beware of putting dishes in hot
ovens to warm. Dry heat will crack
wares quicker than moist heat. If il
does rot actually crack and break
hem il does harm the glaze. oven
heated dishes frequently get cracked
look. When this happens, the lines
turn dark. indicating that grease has
been absorbed into the paste clay or
kaoltn which is below the glaze.
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BEDTIME STORIES
BY THORNTON
". BURGESS

she always had the chance to escape
by the use of her stout wings and
quick wits. 1t was dreadful enough to
have to f1y for her life as she often
had had to do but that was nothing
compared with the dreadfulness of be
ing held A prisoner under the crust
by Jack Frost. Do you wonder that
she felt quite helpless?
Then Mrs. Grouse did the most fool
ish thing she could do, a thing that
she knew was foolish because she had
done it before. She began to beat
against that crust. She beat and beat
and beat. but only hurt herself. Final
ly she had to stop to rest. She was
tired out. Later she tried pecking at
that crust. But 1t was difficult to peck
straight up, and she couldn't do much.
Once as she was feebly pecking at
that icy crust she heard a scratching
sound just above her. She stopped
pecking instantly and crouched mo-
ionless in the snow. She knew that
Reddy Fox or Old Man Coyote or
was trying to scratch hole to get to
her. Right then she was glad that
crust was so thick and so hard But
whoever it was didn't waste much
time trying to scratch hole through
the crust. They had no intention of
wearing out their claws that way.
After a while Mrs. Grouse tried
working her way along under the
crust and trying ii at different points
in the hope that she might find a
weak place. But working through
that snow was slow work and hard
work and she was so very hungry
that it seemed to her that she must
she simply must get food or her
strength would fail
Poor Mrs. Grouse was almost hope
less, but not quite. She had been
caught that way before and escaped.
Farmer Browns boy had found her
and set her free. Perhaps something
would happen this time
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Why Does He =?
why does he do such things?"


Because
A great many Of the things a small
boy does he does for no other reason
than just that. Because. There's no
sense iii clutching him by the elbow
and demanding his reason for such ac-
tons. The psychologist will reply,
impulse" and the harried child will
say, Because, and both come as near
the truth as they know
Five-yearold Betsy, left alone for )
minutes, occupied herself with throw
ing everything within reach out of the
open window. Pillows, monographs
records, books. pa ers, ink, ornaments,
all sailed out Of the window and took
their prescribed places on the lawn,
not always for the advantage Of the
lawn or the ousted article.
Why in the world did you do such
a thing"
Cause" muttered Betsy.
| laughed out loud in the street car
the other day as ] read picture story
of a small boy. This little boy follows
tempting impulses and this particu-
lar picture showed him with the traces
of recent battle on his face. What
happene d. the sympathetic adult in
quires. and after couple of unsatis-
factory attempts, gets the boys
answer, Il blew in the cats ear
Were YOU ever tempted to blow in
the cats ear? That's the answer TO
the riddle of childhood. \ boys spirit
riding about the world on fresh.
eager mind. Most of the time the
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Meat Roly Poly.

Cut into small pieces one and one
fourth pounds Of lean beef add to it
one small onion chopped fine. one
tablespoonful of chopped parsley, one
teaspoonful Of salt. one-half teaspoon
full of pepper and moiSten with little
sauce or gravy. Do not make the
mixture too liquid. Now roll out some
suet pastry into an oblong shape one
fourth inch in thickness. Wet the
edges of the pastry with cold water
and then spread with the meat mix
ture. Keep the meat one inch from
the edges. Roll up and place in a
creased mold. cover and steam steadily
for three hours. Turn out and serve
with hot sauce or gravy. To make
the suet pastry, mix together two cup
fuls of -four, one cupful of chopped
suet, one teaspoonful of baking pow
der, and then add enough cold water
to make a rather stiff dough. Roll out
ar
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SUB ROSA
Are You a Discourager?
BY MIMI.

A rather pathetic letter this morn
ing from a Young woman who signs
herself Reader" She tells me that
because of many hardShips and severe
ills her general appearance has under
gone a change for the worse. so that
she looks rather peaked and scrawny.
Il wouldn't think about myself or
waste time in self-pity, Mimi she
writes, but. honestly. nobody ever
lets me forget how | look. ! am
greeted with such remarks as What
have YOU done to yourself? You look
perfectly terrible. It's pity you
hohhed your hair when you're so thin.
Gee, You are in bad shape. Why
don't they give me a chance to get
we'll? If they'd let me alone, I'd be all
right, but this constant discouraginG
attitude gets on my nerves.
Now, girls. you're all interested IN
getting ahead. in making the grade of
popularity. but it's to be hoped that
YOU don't mind giving the other fellow
lift. too.
If your desire to shine socially is
binding YOU to others need of SYM
pathy and encouragement. then you're
doomed f6r big spill some day.
You can't so around refusing to
help others and expect to he helped
yourself.
prpha l,tS of 1-,I, null "A stunt
H. ~ a.;,>i -. npaado,, ana
never reaIizo ~ you're eivinr. a
shove to son,o ono ,vLo Moods a Iift
GirIs ara ca hrur1lIv frank when
+be,. u.,n+ ,oIo sn,a+ir,as tbe,, fae1
~ tbei, d,,t,. ~ ,aI1 ,,arrie thar shes
Iool,inc' a siab, ana o,,f,bt 70 do some.
Thing 3ho,,t If
/, pcya, anI.,,,., 60 than, that Carrie
may ba sarSiti,.a .,hnI,t ber altered
apnearance. tbot sh. may he uniting
mn a brave tiobt tn carry II off with.
ont lettino any ope know how worried
she is.
They tell her with od-natured
candor and ga AWAY feeling comma
cent.
How would they feel if they knew
that they'd left their noor friend in a
de iected frame. of mind which will do
morning. 10 innrovc her physical con.
ditionp
surely ALI of Won don.t want IN he
tonlN selfish enough to re ioiCe over
he fallinrr off of apot her Urls looks
-, ''i+'i7 oii ~ ''ii''i,i 81 " io'h9'
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Motto for 1926
BY FLORENCE DAVIES.

"A good bit of engineering. He
will bear watching"
Said of some man who built a sky
:scraper or a giant bridge? A dam in
the mountain lake, perhaps, or a sub
way beneath a congested city street?
No. The one who would bear
watching" was a youngster in his
teens. Dressed in blue jeans, he
swept the platform of a railroad Off
calls private car.
He swept II so thoroughly, so hand
lily, that the president of the road.
who happened to see him at it.
screened by the Pullman shade as he
watched. gave orders to have the boy
observed from time to time. All this
was so long ago that the wearer of
the blue jeans is himself a railroad
president now, and has often been in
terviewed as to the secret of his
success"
The secret seems to be that when
ever he had anything to do he tried to
do it as we'll as he could
We hear a great deal about eff.
cheney these days. Much of it seems
to concern making somebody else
step lively" or observe more rigid
routine.
We know of one efficiency expert"
that had 50 many somebodies to watch
he had to wear roller skates to cover
the entire plant in the required time.
He finally skated himself into a sana.
torium, a broken-down man, victim
of too lively" schedule.
The boy in the blue jeans seems to
us to have chosen the wiser course.
He was personally responsible for his
own job. and the word efficiency"
hadn't yet doomed up in business jar
,npha merely did If os uoll nc he
could
A New Year calendar bears this
quotation from James A. Garfield,
soldier-President: Whatever | have
tried to do in life, l have tried with
all my heart to do WELL
A pretty good New Years motto. it
neeyna IN 1IS
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was designed as u unit Of the dining
room set. matching the side chairs in
general design. These chairs are es-
pecially nice for a corner of the
colonial hallway.
The spindlebaCk was one of the
earliest types of chairs made in the
American Colonies. II was commonly
made of the native woods-cherry
walnut, oak. maple and pearl wood.
The colonial furniture maker employed
the spindle in his chair backs rather
than the carved splat of his English
contemporaries because he was a
simple tradesman. better acquainted
with the workings of the lathe than
the wood carver's tools
copyright. 1920
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Probably he will look for me this
morning, so ! guess the best thing for
me to do is to get out early and eat
breakfast before he comes around
One thing | like about nice deep. soft
snow is that always there is a place
to hide no matter where | may be. If
| We're to he surprised right out in the
open | could plunge out of sight in the
snow. Yes. sir. | do like il. | do So
Well, I'm getting hungrier every min
ute. SO here goes to see what | can find
for breakfast"
Mrs. Grouse gave an upward jump,
as is her way using her stout wings
and expecting to send the snow flying
AZ she sped away. But she didn't send
the SNOW flying. She didn't speed
away. She bumped her head and
bruised her stout wings against some
thing hard. something that kept her
right down there i'll the snow. Instant
~ Mrs. Grouse knew what ii was, and
the fright of her discovery made her
quite helpless for a minute or two.
She just sank right down in the snow.
She was caught under the crust which
had formed in the night. she was the
prisoner Of Jack Frost. She had been
caught that way before and she knew
just what it meant. She knew that it
must have raincd While she knew moth
ing about it. and then Jack Frost had
come along and made that crust. She
knew that unless the weather should
turn warm. and that crust melt very
soon, she would he almost certain to
starve to death. From other enemies
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OlIe .fIUIHsT
II is quite an ordeal to get sick
child to take medicine. To avoid
struggling with and exciting my young
patients / use an old clock that no
longer runs. which we call Nurse
Clock and which is placed beside the
bed alongside running clock. l set
the hands at the hour for the next
dose. or If the child is not too sick,
when he finishes one dose, he puts
the hands forward the correct number
of hours. Then the game is to watch
the hands of the working clack get
around to the time marked by the
nursing clock and to remind Mother
Medicine again" of course, Mother
has to do the reminding sometimes,
pointing to nurse clock as proof, but
by this method, medicine has been
made much easier.
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Take loaf of freshly baked bread
preferably within an hour after it is
baked Loosen and tear off the crust
Pull the white part of the loaf into
strips, using silver fork and han
ding it as lightly as possible. Place
these we'll apart on a fiat, slightly but
tered pan and place in a quick oven
until a golden brown all over.
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10 ,Hliad Nash 0jTeS up her JOb as
SftHoDrdpkSr Ia Tdhe q position ~ II
cohdrei. .Had6i;He BrotrHinV. ,ciih 'rhOm
~ sbdrS> gh dpdrtnten3 d'SdDDroreS
~ rcdsfia9 Re, iiN4e. and fkJJ 0'OHeB da.G
rrcifrm>HS Hrr irOriE mOTe than SdfeIv.
lack 4yH1sfrOhg TRENT Of LON Gjrjs.
tore. R0sr bHt ,he do~s not c0re far
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Ham and Egg Salad.

For luncheon broil a thin slice Of
ham. While hot cut it in half inch
dice and marinate with a French
dressing. Chill, and just before the
meal mix ii with two hard boiled eggs
cut fine, one pint of WaterCress, and
more dressing. Garnish with a third
egg cut in quarters and surmounted
by pimolaS-
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STEM ~ Nh. H. .,f.LICATELY
FASHIONED AND NEEDS FAR
TICCLAR CARE WHEN WASH
ING
tumhlers. or cups. Perhaps the only
sign Of cracking is a slight noise, rs
the steaming water heats the vessel
too quickly. Later on n line will he
found marking the place where the
crack : visible. But again the con
tainer flies. apart as il rorn asunder
by the pressure of the steam which is
increased 10y contact with the cold
substance. If the container is gradu-
ely warmed. such breakage need not
occur. Perhaps the damage might lie
:Ne"tel by putting a metal spoon or
fork into the vessel before attempt
ing 10 pour in the hot liquid The
metal takeS the heat first and in This
WAY divertS from the glass 4 little
IF the intensity of the warmth. This
lets the ware expand more gradually
and danger of breaka%e is minimiZed.
When washing tumblers very hot
water can be used if the diShpan is
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Jack Frost's Prisoner.
JOY despair. or nlavhe sorrow
May be ours on the morrow.

Mrs Grouse is one of those who be
lleve in the old saving Early to bed,
early u rise" She gets UP with jolly.
round. bright Mr.. sun. and she is very
regular in her habits. AS usual she
awoke early the morning after her es-
cape from Terror the GOShaWI. She
was very warm and comfortable. over
and around her was a blanket of snow.
Right away she remembered how she
had plunged into the snow the after
noon before to escape Terror the Cos
hawk. She chycllled.
IF he waited for me to come out he
had long wait" said she TO herself.
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HOME NOTES
By JENNY WREN.

Two interesting types of chairs now
seldom seen are the rounda bout and
the spindle back. Both are comfort
able. sturdy and worthy of revival.
The rounda bout chair was origin
ated by Chippendale about 1873 and
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Delicious Egg Dish.

Put into a saucepan a piece of but
ter. add to 1t two finely chopped onions
and fry them a golden color. Add a
spoonful of flour and stir, add a little
stock, season with salt and pepper
then put them in hot oven for about
a minute, then serve,
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Effect of Moist and Dry Heat on China
RY LYDIA LIE BARON WALKER.

sudden change OF Temperature is
IahIe TO damage china as we'll as
glassware. The most usual way for
harm I" come I'm This way is by pour
inS E"' Waf az iGtu cold uitchprS
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Mimi will he glad 10 answer any inquiries
directed 10 this paper. provided stamped
addressed envelope is incloscd
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Pulled Bread

Continued in tomorrow's Star.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-01-25
Fifteen BOOZE
ARRESTS MADE
over WEEKEND
Two Women Burned While
Trying to Dispose of
Evidence.

Alleged liquor possession caused
the arrest of fifteen persons over
the weekend, police reports showed
today. Two women were burned
when they tried to dispose of evil
iience, officers said.
When deputy sheriffs raided a soft
drink parlor at 400 Speedway Rd..
Miss Beatrice Kleneff. 26. proprie-
tress, threw some white mule into
the, furnace and the flames which
shot back burned her hands and
face. Three men and two other
women there were charged with
vagrancy.
A small explosion followed the
tossing of white mule into the stove
by Mrs. Myrtle Farmer, 3d. Negro,
at her home, 332 Douglass st. Her
husband, Jewell, 80, Negro, also was
slated, charged with operating a
blind tiger.
Others charged. were: Dan Saylor,
81, of r. r. 2, Bloomington, Ind;
Ray Simpson, 81, of 1888 w. Thrift.
eth ST.; Alex Pope, 80. Of 739 w.
Vermont ST.; William Elsberry, S3,
of i25 N. Meridian ST., Albert Cross,
%, of 234S N. Sherman Dr.; Harry
A. Swisher, 40. of Gil N Pennsyl-
vania ST.; Thomas Kopcer, a.. Of 712.
Arnolda Ave; Richard Baldwin, $50
OF 726 Virginia Ave; BArtha May
Bolden, "a. Negro, 315 w. Fifteenth
ST.; Ruby Clark, rs, Negro. 413h w.
Fifteenth ST.; Stella Brewer, 4S.
Negro, S22 Athon St., and Betty
White, "a. OF 2010 N. Meridian st.
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SCHOOL, THE THISTLE - Ma
- q tional Emblem Of Scot
RI X IN land.
Copyright Encyclopedias Feature Service

HEN King Alexander III was
M/I king of Scotland Q241-12S5l,
King Haakon of Norway
landed an army on the. shores Of
that kingdom and attempted to con-
quer it. But in his night attack on
the Scottish camp at Largs, a bare
foot Norsemap trod on a thistle and
cried out in pain. The Scots took
the alarm, the attack failed and soon
afterward King Haakon had to with
draw his army and surrender the
Hebrides Islands to Scotland. In re-
membrance of the battle of I4args,
the Scots adopted the prickly purple
thistle for their national emblem. In
1910 an order of knighthood, called
the "Order Of the Thistle" or "Or-
der of St. Andrew" was established
by King James V of Scotland.
Several varieties of this vigorous
plant are distributed over the United
States. They are mostly weeds,
although many of them, with their
stout stems and spiny leaves. sur
mounted by soft silky fiowerheads
of purple, pink, yellow or white.
are very handsome. They are very
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hard to eradicate, however. and are
q source Of neverending annoyance
to the farmer.
The Canada thistle especially
known also rs corn thistle, creeping
thistle and Scotch thistle-is a great
nuisance in the New World, to
which it has found its way from the
Old. This variety grows from one
to three feet high, and has rose
colored flowers Like all thistles
the flower heads from large downy
seed balls, which the wind scatters
far and wide. The long, fleshy
underground stems, found just be-
low the level usually reached by
the plow, are hard to tear out, and
any little piece of root left in the
ground will form a new plant.
The beauty of a few varieties of
thistle has won for them a place in
many gardens. particularly the blue
, lowered globe-thistle, and the cotton
thistle, a tall branching plant with
large spiny leaves covered with
white cotton-like hairs. The latter
variety grows wild in some parts of
the United States. The milk thistle
is sometimes cultivated for its root
stalks. which are eaten as satisfy.
The teasel, native of southern
Europe. but cultivated in the United
States and elsewhere, is widely used
in cloth-mahing. The heads are cut
off when in flower and dried. Their
oblong hook-pointed prickles are
used for "fulling" or. raising the nap
Of cloth, and do the work better
than any mechanical device which
has been so far invented.
A number. of plants similar to the
thistle are sometimes called by that
name, among them the spiny Rus
sian thistle or tumbleWeed, a curl
Gus and common plant Of the west
ern United States.