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Good Health Test.

lis distance robes the mountain
In It's azure hue. Every good mer-
chant knows how that goes.
learned the lesson years ago. when
80 cents was worth aS cents. I ship
ped my 80 cents far, far from home,
TO purchase kitchen scale. I waited
two or three weeks for the delivery
of the rare bargain, and when 1t
was delivered | paid some more for
the delivery. But / still thought 7
mad bargain, and, as a matter Of
TACT, L had, for the scale has given
20 years service and Is still in perfect
order, but the wind was knocked out
or my sails when the hardware mer-
chant right around the corner filled
ms window with an offering of the
Identical article at 90 cents per, with
no charge for delivery and credit
gladly extended to any honest Gus
toner.
In the course of recent conversa-
ton my first and finest medical
teacher. my preceptor. who. Ike
Mayo and Mackenzie, is a country
doctor, told me how he had canvassed
the merchants of the village for con-
tributions of money, materials or
services for the erection of a log
cabin for the Boy Scouts, and how
every one of them dug down for
cash contribution, or sent "a load of
stone for the fireplace, or a concrete
mixer, or a crew of workmen-but
the mammoth mail order concern
which had drawn many an order ont
of the village. contributed not so
much as a bunch of excelsior to
light the fire with. This popularity
my preceptor was at pains to point
out to certain of his patients who
had the habit and perhaps a Scout
or two In the family.
In the old days, you see, the medi-
cal student was required to have a
preceptor, that IS. physician in
practice who would take the student
into his office and help him In his
studies. With all due respect for
higher education. l believe it would
be far better to do away with a
year or two of the college course
now required and revive the pre-
ceptor arrangement. Not that
think | am 50 good (by reason of
my good fortune In having a pre-
ceptor), but that I can see now now
fine and how much needed the In
fuence of the preceptor is.
MY preceptor has a library which
would put the library of the average
city physician or specialist To shame
We Cravitated there along toward
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-04
PERSONAL HEALTH SERVICE
BY WILLIAM BRADY, NJ. ID.

midnight. It was about > am. when
we hofsted anchor and moved on into
the consulting room. There he
showed me some Of his records per
tanning to health work. particularly
records of periodic health examina-
tions. and, as always, he taught ne
some practical things about thai
field of work. He had a considerable
number of records in which the eX
animation had disclosed evidence OF
incipient artericsclerosfs, such as
high blood pressure, urinary casts
or functional impairments; these in (
dividuals he had advised about the
regulation of their lives, their eating
drinking. smoking, exercise. work
play. occupation; and some of them
had needed the advice and their sub
sequent tests told how well their.
needing had paid; some had ignored
the advice, and to follow their pros
ress by preceptor had to refer 10
his case records.
Now. reverting to the mail order
business, suppose all these clients
Of my preceptor had preferred fire
works with their health examinations
the enchantment of distance and all
that. They would have paid proba
bly, a little more for the fun and
they would have received in retu-r
bundle of cryptic reports and abou,
20 cents worth of fine health maxims
tCopyrlght. 1890
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that something disagrceablr is to fol
low? Is it always unpleasant to be
frank? Are there no fine things that
one could frankly say that would be
delightful to hear and good to tell?
Why should one Immediately brace
ones self TO hear the worst when Il
conversation is prefaced by the seem
ingly harmless phrase just quoted, or
words to that effect. such as Nov
I'm going to be perfectly frank with
you," etc.
Pleasant Truths.
Suppose "A woman started with some
such frank words and then said:
But | do 50 want to tell YOU that
YOU have beautiful taste in cl1thes,
or finished with. "Hut You certainly
are looking charming today, or But
| do like the way you are doing your
hair" how amazed every one would
be,
AS II matter OF fact. there aCe lust
as many things tha- are agreeable
To be fra nix in expressing as disagree
able to contemplate. The woman who
makes a point OF saying the pleasant
rather than the unpleasant things IS
likely to oe sought for her charm.
while the one who brides herself on
speaking frankly" is likely 10 BE-
stunned.
Avoid Fiattrry.
There is "A great difference between
f1attering another ami speaking we'll
of him or her. The expressions of
tiatterer are sure to he taken with
the proverbial grain OF salt and dis
counted. The conversation of one
who accents the good points of people
Is Il JOY to hear. There is n sincerity
about the latter that is quite equal
to that of the one who is frankly"
unpleasant III what sh" says.
Speak Sympathe'ically.
Mothers can help then young folk
to see the good In others and 10 speak
we'll of them ana agrceahly to them.
Preface the remarks, If You like. with
the phrase with which I started this
little chat. but follow up the words
with something good ~ hear. There
are times when thoS,- who are re
Sponsible for the good behavior OF
others and who are guiding them
have to say things that are not as
please Mt to hear as could he wished.
The things can be sy'mpathetically
and kindly spoken. and indeed they
il not a mistake - create the impress
sion that dislgreeahle things alone
are frank, and that when you speak
agreeably YOU are not frank The
nice things you say should be, and
probably are, quite as true as the
words you dislike to say because they
sound harsh or oensorious. Both
should be frank.
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SHE SAW HIM LAST.
; When she did realize that Reddy
Fox had passed so close to her with
out discovering her she gave just the
fullest sigh of thankfulness. Then,
o. she recovered from her fright, she
once more thought of Peter Rabbit.
''Oh, run. run, Peter. do rum she
kept saving over and over to herself.
3ust as If she thought Peter could
hear.
But no one needed to tell Peter to
run. The way he was bounding
along over the snow, lipperty-lipperty-'
lip, was wonderful to see. But it
was lust as wonderful to see how
swiftly Reddy Fox was running be-
hind Peter. Nanny watched them
riisa appear in the direction of Farmer
Browns barnyard. She hoped that
S.eter would find hiding place over
there where Reddy could not get at
hinl.
snendous noise over In Farmer
Erown's barnyard. "BoW, WOW. wow.
WOW, vow" roared great voice.
Nanny knew that voice; 1t was the
voice of Bowser the Hound. She
wondered what It meant. But she
fidn't have time to do much wonder
ing: il was only a moment or two
before Reddy Fox appeared once
more Reddy was running even
faster than he ran when she saw
him last. Once more he was headed
straight toward her. But this time
Nanny did not fear him. She did
not have time to fear him. He went
past her, running as only Reddy can
run. \ moment later Bowser the
hound passed. Bowser would put his
poso down to the snow where Reody
had hesn, then hit hts head and hts
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DEnTNTME CTInDTEG BY THORNTON
DILL lIVlL ~ OlNlLO y. BURGESS

great voice would ring out. In no
time at all Reddy had disappeared
with BoWSer after him. But Bow
ser's voice could still be heard, and
in it there was a joyous note. 1t
was clear that Bowser was enjoying
that chase of Reddy. AS a matter
of fact. Reddy would have enjoyed it
too had it not been that he was
hungry. There are times when
Bowser.. This did not happen to be
one of the times. and Reddy was
feeling quite upset. He was feeling
the more so because he had been
right at Peter Rabbits heels when
Bowser interfered. This would have
been bad enough had it been mere
chance. but Reddy knew it wasn't.
He knew that Peter Rabbit had DELHI
erately run almost into Bowsers little
house, and had done ii so that Bowser
would be sure to see Reddy.
My" said Nanny to herself. this
is a most exciting night. l wonder
what will happen next. 7 do wish
Spooky the Screech Owl would so
away
Just then, way over in the Old Or
chard, on the other side Of Farmer
Browns house. she heard the voice
of Spooky. She knew then that he
had left that tree without her know
Ing it. With a little sigh of pure
tina nlfulness Nanny stretched and
then darted away from that tree: and
because she felt quite certain that
il was the safest direction in which
to go, she headed toward Farmer
Browns barnyard. She felt that it
was the safest direction because
Bowser the Hound had just chased
Reddy Fox from there. and he had
made such noise about it that she
was sure no other enemies would be
likely to be about. Besides, she had
an idea that somewhere up in that
direction Danny Meadow Mouse had
gone, when Black Pussy chased him
out from under the porch at Farmer
Browns house.
Copyright. 1860
icts
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provised after the almost forgotten de-
sign had a different arrangement Of
stripes, but later on one Of the origi.
nal Lopez banners was found and his
design finally adopted by the Cuban
Constituent Assembly April IL. 1869.
1t was many years before Cuba II
independence was won, and an.
! other flag day. February a. celc-
brates the anniversary of the inari-
suration in 1895 Of the insurrection
against Spain.
The Star Spangled Banner" foated
for a time over the old palace at Ha-
vana. but on May 20, 1902. as "a sign
that Cuba was ready to assume the
reins of government, the United States
flag was solemnly lowered and its
place taken by La Estrella Solit:,ria :
fCOpyright 1926
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The banner whose design was fixed
by law 40 years later as the flag of
Cuba, was first displayed in New York
City i'll front OF the office of the New
York sun. May II. 1850. A writer in
the Bulletin Of the Pan-American
Union says that a flag to be carried
by an expedition to assist Cuban pa
triots was discussed by Gen. Narciso
Lopez and some friends in New York
in lS49. They believed the flag should
have q lone star like the old Repub.
lie of Texas. The equilateral triangle
was suggested by Lopez. who was a
Free Mason, and the color red was
chosen to symbolic the blood OF he
rocS and martyrs. The blue III the Lo.
pei flag was the blue of the Sky in
stead OF turquoise. as at present
Lopez became one of the martyrs in
the cause OF Cuban liberty. for he was
executed by the Spanish government
in 1851, scarcely more than Il year
after he unfurled his banner in the
harbor of Cardenas. Eighteen Years
later, Carlos Manuel CeSpedeS. the
first president of revolutionary Cuba.
favored the flag of Lopez for the flag
of the revolutionists. The flag i'm
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hind the mirror. has frightened the
bedroom IN which the dressing table
stands. 1t is rich in both color and de-
sign. The background is a light Chi
nese red. The scattered motifs display
tones of peacock blue, bright yellow,
Jade green and mauve.
The dressing table skirts are apple
green with mauve banding top and
bottom. The mirror frame has been
painted peacock blue.
The use of linen and cretonne wall
panels is very generally favored by the
smart decorating shops Of the East.
Often, as here, they are hung behind
mirrors, but sometimes alone.
Copyright. 1920
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Shrimp Sauce.

Into a saucepan put one tablespoon-
tul of butter, one tablespoonful and q
half of -four, one-half a teaspoonful of
salt and a dash of paprika When
mixed and melted add gradually one
cupful and q half Of boiling water.
stirring until smooth and thick. Boil
for five minutes, add one heaping
tablespoon of butter cut into bits and
one half Il cupful Of cooked shrimp
cut into small pieces Beat the yolk
of one egg with one tablespoonful OF
cream, add TO the sauce, take instantly
from the fire and stir for a minute.
Serve with boiled or baked fish
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Nanny Meadow Mouse nearly died
Of fright. Anyway, she thought She
did. which l suppose amounts to the
same thing. First, Peter Rabbit had
saced past her; then, almost at
Peters heels. Reddy FOX had raced
past: and SO close had he passed that
his big. bushy tail had almost
touched Nanny. 1t was all over in
an instant. 1t was all over before
Nanny realized what had happened
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Tor thirty years Americas most distinguished
men and women returned his welcoming smile

guests. A special blend was served there
SO rich, SO mellow that they could not
forget it.
Soon this coffee was known and used
throughout all the South. In distant
states those who had tasted it or heard Of
it, secured it for their own tables.
Today this same blend of fine coffee,
with all its rare goodness, is on sale il.
scaled tins in every section of the United
States. 1t is today America S largest sell
ing high grade coffee. In long list of
leading cities it is the first choice above
all other blends. And the same firm of
coffee merchants who perfected it years
ago, still blend and roast it today.
The rich fragrance, the smooth, full
flavor of this same, wonderful blend are
now offered to your family. Until you
first taste it, you cannot realize why it
has become SO celebrated. Your grocer
has Maxwell House Coffee in sealed blue
tins. Cheek-Neal Coffee Company, NASH
vile, Houston, Jacksonville, Richmond.
New York, Los Angeles.
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To Clean Marble

NiA together two parts OF crushed
carbonate of soda, one part of pumice
stone and one part of tine chalk. Sift
the ingredients and mix them with
little cold water. Rub this mixture
over the marble, removing II finally
with warm water and soap. 1t will re-
move most stains.
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La Estrella Solitaria" of Cuba.

The Lone star OF Cuba. which -
also a trtcolor of red. white aud blue,
of the republic January Is. 1906 II is
displayed on Cuban holidays at the Gu
staffs at the Pan. American Union One
tlagstaff Ut this building always carries
the United States flag. aud the other ear
ries the flag Of the country which il to
br honorsd ON its special holiday.
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Avoidance of Disagreeable Truths
BY LYDIA LIE BARON WALKER

Now l hope you won't mind
and then there is rather a long
pause when the speaker looks car
nestly at the one whom she is ad-
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HOME NOTES
BY JENNY WREN.

How deity an experienced interior
decorator can touch a room with the
magic of color. 1t is difficult to give
you here any adequate idea of how this
square of gay, printed linen, hung be.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-04

Work on the Casa Blanca section
of the Santiago-Nalparais highway
in Chile is To be started soon
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Sudden Return.

Surprising it's and passing strange
How tickle fortune loves a change.
old Mother Mature.
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Success consists Of buying expert
ence and selling it at d profit.
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WHAT notable men, what beautiful
w women he has bowed to in that
doorway!
Gray-haired, long since retired, Willis
Banks loves most of all to tell of the long
picturesque years when he was head
waiter at the old Maxwell House in Nash
Vile. Beaux and bellies, soldiers and states
men, generals and presidents-they all
came to be welcomed by him.
AT the old Maxwell House, Willis Banks
met and knew three Presidents of the
United States. And there he served them
the food and the coffee which had made
it the most famous hotel in all the South.
No one wbo tasted this coffee
could epsr to,yet it
"One of my greatest pleasures, says
Banks, was to hear the praise from our
guests for our dishes, especially for our
Coffee
For many years at the Maxwell House
it was the coffee which remained as the
most vivid memory Of it's departing
New Britain herald., 1926-10-05
Observation On He Weotker

Washington, Oct. 5.-Showers probably tonight and Wednesday, slightly cooler in interior Wednes- day, fresh. southwest shifting to west winds.
 Forecast for Eastern New York: Showers tonight; cooler in central and south portions; Wednesday fair and cooler; fresh southwest and west winds.
 Coniitions: The disturbance of the interior has advanced north eastward to upper Ontario and the Hudson Fay region with a long trough extending southward into the southern states. Showers were reported generally over the Lake districts as far east as Buffalo and southward over the Ohio and central and southern Mississippi valley states to the central Gulf coast region. The western area of high pressure has advanced it's influence eastward and southcastward over the plains states and centers over Utah.
 It has caused low temperatures generally eastward to the Ohio valley.
 Conditions favor for this vicinity unsettled weather with local showers followed by fair and cooler.
New Britain herald., 1926-10-05
QUESTIONS ANSWERED

You can get an answer 10 any question of fact or information by writing to the Question Editor, New Britain Herald, Washington Bureau, 1922 New York avenue, Washington, D. G., enclosing two cents in stamps for reply. Medical, legal and marital advice cannot be given, nor can extended research be undertaken. All other questions vii receive personal reply. Un- signed requests cannot be answered. All letters are confdential.-Edit Q. How long has glass been made?
 A. The process of making glass
 was known to the early Egyptians. Tombs of the fourth and fifth dynas-
 ties, about 4,OO0 years before Christ, contained blown glass vessels and glazed pottery in the form of beads, have been found in prehistoric | ruins. True glass did not appear
 until later in the form of opaque
 paste" and finally as transparent glass.
 o. Do more deaths occur from
 heart disease than from tuberculo- sis?
 A. Recent statistics show heart disease to be the cause of the great CT number of deaths.
 Q. Did Rudolph Valentino marry Winifred Hudnut before he was le- gally divorced from his first wife?
 A. He married Jean Asker in November, 1919, and she obtained an interlocutory decree of divorce in January. 1922. He married Winl- fred Hudnut, May IS, 1922, at Mexi- cali. Lower California. He was ar rested and charged with bigamy and released on bond. Later the charge was dropped. The couple were remarricd March 15, 1923 at Crown Point, Indiana.
 0. Where is Block Island?
 A. The island formerly named Manisees is in the Atlantic ocean about 10 miles from the mainland, and is part of Newport county Rhode Island. It is miles long, has a light house on it's northern end and is a popular resort. Q. What is water composed or i! 4. Two volumes of hydrogen to one of oxygen. By weight water IS onc-ninth hydrogen and eight-ninths oxygen.
 Q. How do fish breathe? A. Through the gills which sep arate the oxygen from the hydrogen.
 Q. Are prunes and plums the same? 4. Prunes are the dried fruit or various species Of plums.
 Q. Who wrote the following; ] am the master of my fate, l am the captain of my soul'?
 A. This is from Invictus' by Nll- liam Ernest Henley. Q. Who was Jeff EricssonF A. Probably a historic parsonage whose adventures arc described in inc Icelandic sagas. He was the son of the Norseman Eric the Red ana about 1000 A. D. discovered \ land to the west which he called Vine land
New Britain herald., 1926-10-05
INTERSTATE TAXES nN nI.S IT'D AN-II

So eager has Connecticut been to levy indirect taxes upon every thing in sight that the last Iegis- lature saw fit to assess a tax upon interstate busses. These interstate husses are being taxed at the same rate as those doing business within the state, or three per cent of their gross receipts within the state. II Is small wonder that the inter state bus owners are Up In arms against the law, and intend to make 1t pass the lest of federal constitutionality.
 As things now stand we will not have long 10 wait for a verdict. or at least, for the hearing, which is 10 take place in New Haven on October 2S before a constitutional court of three federal judges. It will be remembered that about year ago the moving picture inter ests' objection 10 the state film tax tried their case before such a court and lost. Whether there is anything in common between the bus and film laws so far as the right of the state to levy the tax is concerned is still in doubt,
 If every state through which in tcrstate busses travel Is to be privi- legged 10 levy a special tax it will be a fine thing for the railroads, who look upon long distance bus competition with critical eyes. It is safe to assume that the railroads in Connecticut - the one railroad doing most of the business - did not look with keen dfsfavor upon the interstate bus tax law, although few of its interstate lines will have to pay the tax in line with the independents. IL is the indea pendent interstate lines which are hardest hit because they have the chief interstate routes.
New Britain herald., 1926-10-05

nations, For instance, the strength of the United States is to be con- sidered from the standpoint of DO. teltial armaments, population, in- dustry. political and geographical conditions, and so forth; while the strength of a European nation is 10 he considered In relation to it's lack of these things. Such . Euro pean country, it was agreed, Is en- titled 10 armaments strong enough to guarantee lines of supply sea routes. and a defensive establish ment in proportion to its lack of national resources, etc.
 In other words, 1t is a case of the consideration of tides, storms, winds. and climate" all over again the theory that Americans at the preliminary conference strongly opposed,
 According to the experts, 2 country such as Holland. with few national resources, would be en- titled to a large army In any dis armament scheme that might be considered; and the same holds true for any of the other small na- tions. In fact, the larger the na. tion, the smaller the army and navy that would be needed 10 make all things even.
 It perhaps is pity the experts 1 have no power to change thu boundary lines so that all nations could be made the same size ant having the same natural resources Such an evening-up process would simplify matters enormously. As i is, the report of the experts 1! worth just as much as the papel it is written upon - perhaps less
New Britain herald., 1926-10-05
TIT. RANK AND FILE IN NEW HAVEN

That the so-ca)led reconciliation between the factions of tho Kopub- lican party in New Haven is not what 1t is claimed fer it can he learned from the crumhling heard among the rank and file in the Elm city The political leaders may agree to agree, but that isn't say ] tho votes of their followers are ]. -cessarily delivered over in the process.
 Then there is the assertion, heard more frequently since inc first report Of reconciliation origi- mated in Hartford, that inc uu- mans have not submitted 10 oyer Iordship by the Roraback wing of the party. The claim is made in New Haven that they haven't bow ed down before the Rorabach llinrship and do not intend 10 do so. What seems 10 have transpircd is merely truce during the pres ent campaign, predicatod upon the promise Of some important legis- lativo committee places and pa- tronage generally. This suits the Ullmans for the time being. but probably not permancutly
 The boys in the raU"s, however, don't see much of this patronage. This Is for the highor-ups, and il is easy to realize lhe rank and file will not be overly pleased with any equalization after having devoted some years 10 the work Of fighting the organization. The chances are that some of them are going 10 vote the Democratic ticket
 When Hiram Bingham ran for governor he was beaten in his adopted home town of New Haven