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Evening star., 1926-04-23

which has a nearer destination than
the SaleSmanS first, stop.
The robber rides the train with his
unsuspecting victim, alights at the
nearer station, claims the salesman $
baggage bearing his own switched
checks, and vanisheS.
Evening star., 1926-12-14
DOROTHY DIX'S LETTER BOX
Will Man Get Better Wife If His Mother Does
the Picking ?-Should Woman of 80 Marry
Man She Respects, But Doesn't Love?

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have the PRIVILEGE of the girl who fires his wife who thrifty
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personality somehow.
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who has never had an unselfsh thought in her life
than if he followed mothers counsel
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she will the
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gust of passion
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andd on her husband " : " ~
Therefore for woman marry man and trust to
falling in love with him than for for whom
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Evening star., 1926-12-14
LITTLE BENNY
BY LEE PArE.
BY FANNY Y. CORY

Me and pop was taking a wawk
before suppir and we met Mr.. Simkins
and him and pop stopped and started
to tawk to each other about polliticks
and wich Is the best safety razor and
diffrent things, Mr.. Simkins saying.
It's bin a bewtifill day for this time of
the year, hasent 1t?
If we had weather like this all the
time 7 wouldent care wat time OF the
yeer 1t was. pop sed. The joke Of /
is. the weather man predicted rain for
this evening, ha ha. he sed.
1t is to laff. ha ha. I wonder how
those weather men get their jobs,
CESS they Jest put on Il stupid iXpres-
sion and go in and ask for it, Mr..
SimkinS sed.
Wich jest then Mr.. Rorer came up
saying Good evening. gentlemen. this
has bin one perfeck day. am / rite?
Simlzins and I have jest bin giving
it credit for that very thing and pan
ming the weather man for predicting
rain, pop sed, and Mr.. Rorer sed, o,
the weather man, If the rest of IA
weren't eny better fitted for our jobs
than that berd, the country would
soon be in n bad way. say, thawt
I felt drop of rain then.
So did /, by George 1t Is starting to
sprinkle, pop sed, and Mr.. Simkin
sed, Well can You beet that? and ]
sed. G, the weather man was rite al
a time after all. wasent he. pop?
II you gessed often enuff you'd be
rite yourself sooner or later, pop sed,
and Mr.. Simkins sed. Nobody can ges
rong all the time. even a weather man
and Mr.. Rorer sed. Sure. If those berd:
dident hit 1t on the he'd about once
munth there would be no sutch thing
as luck
And me and pop quick started 70
home to keep from getting wet.
Evening star., 1926-12-14
Leather as Material for Presents
BY LYDIA LIE BARON WALKER.

should not begin where the flap folds,
but about half an inch below that.
The flap is the same width as the
purse for this distance after 1t turns
over. The purse should be lined with
kid, If for a man. Either silk or kid
can be used for woman. Leather
makes change purses for men. but
both kid and leather are right for
women. The kid can be white gold
or silver. or any fancy kind. for
women. The purses make nice
presents for children, especially II
they contain a few coins. A fastening
for the flap of the purse can be put
on Mt a harness and leather shop for
trifiing sum.
Card Cases and Folders.
Card cases can be made in much the
same way. A card case and change
purse make an attractive set Tor
woman If they are in a fabric ana
o,-namented with kid stlhouettes, the
gift assumes an expensive character
though costing but little. You Will
remember that the hunting scene
and the basket and butterfly designs
were offered recently to readers.
They certainly were in demand
Extra printings Of them make It pos
sible 10 offer them now. Let me
suggest change purse ana Dill
folder for mans present.
In connection with the silhouettes.
let me remind you that the directions
give a variety of uses for them ana
also tell how to use them for fabf1c
and paper silhouettes. II these
directions are wanted. an immediate
renuest should be sent in. accom-.
nanled by a self-addressed and
stamped envelope. directed to Lydia
- Baron Walker, care Of this paper.
Evening star., 1926-12-14
Your Baby and Mine
BY MYRTLE MEYER ELDRED.
The School Age Child.

When young son and daughter trot
off to school the importance of their
daily diet Is paramount. Once the
children are out from under the juris-
diction of the mother for long hours,
and play out for the most of their
time at home, the mother is apt to
relax her vigilance over what they
eat, with the result that the five
years of careful feeding are forgotten
and the child thinks that now he can
eat how and when he pleases. Too
much munching between meals Is the
cause for many of the nutritional all
ments of this period, especially when
the child has pocket money and can
buy candy when he pleases.
Five to Six Years.
BREAKFAST.
Cereal and cream, four to six table
spoonfuls.
Two or three slices of bacon or one
egg.
Buttered toast.
Orange or grapefruit. Juice from
one whole orange or one'half grape
fruit. Stewed fruits, prunes, apples
or baked apple.
One cup of milk, or cocoa made with
milk.
l. Variety of vegetables with slice
of buttered toast, whole wheat or
graham bread with jelly. Milk to
drink or cup of cocoa. -.
2. Rice ard tomatoes with slice OF
bacon. Cooky and glass of milk.
8. Fruit salad, whole wheat bread
and butter, plain cake and milk.
A. Macaroni and cheese, slice of
bacon Milk to drink.
5. Cottage cheese, stewed fruit,
milk to drink.
6. Vegetable salad, bread and but
ter. milk to drink.
(These combinations are not arbi-
trary. but merely suggestive)
DINNER.
Soup-Milk or vegetable or clear
broth.
Meat-Lamb, beef, chicken or fish.
VegetableS-Potato and one green
vegetable two or three tablespoons of
latter. Or lettuce and vegetable
salad.
Bread and butter.
Desserts-Any simple dessert, pud-
dings (rice, cornstarch. bread. farina.
geletin, junket, custard), or stewed
fruit and simple cake or cookies.
Glass of milk to drink.
When the child attends only the
morning session of school the din
ner" Is preferably served at noon and
the lunch described at night. When
he attends both sessions he should
have the lighter meal at noon and the
dinner menu at 6.
If he needs extra nourishment he
may have a lunch after he comes
from school of fresh fruit and a piece
of bread and jelly or glass of milk.
Evening star., 1926-12-14
THE SPIDER WOMAN
By HAZEL DEYO BACHELOR.

John Henderson mdrries Helena
Ford acithout telling her that he has
tired of her. Whey they return from,
their honeymoon. Helend's younger
sister, Natalie. mdrries. On their trip
to Hdpdad, John and Helena meet
charming aridotU. Nina Price. John
shotcs rery eUtdent interest in her.
Helena admits to Natalie that she is
sure John no longer loUes her, and
Natalie advises her to fight for him
II she cares enough. In an effort to
hold him. she begins to acedre aceb
1bout him. but 10 seems to do no good.
In the Spring, after their mar
rage, he departs on q business trip
to the Coast. and renetcs his friend
ship 1cith Nina, trho liUes in Denrer,
Nina encourages hin. to make lore to
her, and he returns to- Neto York de-
termined to ask Helena to free him.
Before he can say anything to her.
she tells him she Is in Lore acith some
one else, 1chich, of course, is not true.
He tells her about Nina, and she
1fects matter-ot- fact attitude that
irritotes him. she tells him, also,
that she thinks she had better 90
out and stay 1cith Natalie until they
can decide 1chGt to do.
Evening star., 1926-12-14
BEDTIME STORIES By y 1Masyse" s"seas9

a red spot. That's Reddy Fox, said
Sammy to himself. "It must be hard
hunting for Reddy these days. What
is he up to now, I wonder. That's a
queer performance.
Reddy was too far away for Sammy
to see clearly what he was doing. He
had jumped up in the air two or three
times. and 1t certainly looked queer.
Sammy watched for a few minutes.
then, spreading his wings. he flew over
to where he could see more clearly
what Reddy was doing. Reddy was so
intent that he just didn't notice
Sammy at all. He ran along on the
snow for short distance with his
nose down as IL he were following a
track. He wasn't, however. Then
Sammy noticed that his ears were
cooked forward as II he were listening
for something. Once or twice he
stopped and seemed to be listening to
something under the snow. Suddenly
he jumped up in the air and, with all
four feet punched together. came down
hard on the crust. The crust cracked.
Sammy could see 1t cracking. Instant.
ly Reddy began to dig furiously down.
breaking through the crust and max
ing the snow fly. He buried his head
in the snow. In a moment he pulled
his head out, shook 1t and blew the
snow out of his nose. He looked dis.
appointed. But he didn't waste any
time. He ran forward few steps
and jumped again just as before. OF
course the higher he jumped the
harder he would come down, so he
seemed to be jumping as high as he
1aA ~N I.te
were punched right together, and this
time when he struck the crust he
broke right through. How he did
make his forepaws fly. The snow
came out between his hind legs in q
cloud. Then once again he lifted his
head. looking disappointed. blew the
snow from his nose and went on to
do the whole thing over again.
Sammy Jay stood on one foot and
scratched his topknot with the other.
| Now what" said he, talking to him
self, lis Reddy Fox up to? must
| look into this. have never seen him
| do that before. but he did 1t just as II
| he had done 1t often. There must be
a reason. Yes, sir, there must be a
reason. Reddy Fox never does a thing
| without a reason for Ii. He can't be
doing that for fun. I guess II keep
WaCCn III Hnu out WHAT HAo TodSoh iS'
But just then Reddy Fox turned
| and trotted away toward the Green
| Forest He was through with jump
| ing and breaking the crust. Sammy
was disappointed. He knew 1t would
| be of no use to ask Reddy what he had
been about, for Reddy wouldn't tell
him. Sammy few down to one of the
places where Reddy had been digging
He looked all about very sharply with
those bright eyes Of his. But he didn't
see anything to explain why Reddy
had done this thing. Disappointed
Sammy few back to the Green Forest
"I'N watch" said he. What Reddy
has done once he'll do again. Sooner
or later I'll find out what 1t all meas
It's a queer performance. Yes, sir
it's a queer performance"
fCopyrtKht 1026.)
Evening star., 1926-12-14

Dorrie was here. there and every
where. Carrying plates into the din
ing room, fixing iced tea in n tall
glass pitcher.
We're not really having dinner,
John" said Mrs. Ford apologetically.
II do hope we have enough for you
Dorrie and I have taken to eating
supper on these hot evenings and nav.
ing our regular meal In the middle OF
the day. Do you mind?"
Not a word about his having burst
in on them unceremoniously. They
showed only too plainly how glad they
were to have him. And the supper
was delicious.
Jellied consomme, tomatoes out or
the garden stuffed with chicken salad,
little hot biscuits, jelly and spiced
peaches.
He drank quantities of the iced tea
favored with mint and lemon and.
when he was ready to light his cigar
felt stuffed to repletion.
He offered to help with the dishes.
but they laughed at him.
ut doesn't take minute after such
a light meal" said Mrs. Ford. why
don't you stroll over to Natalie's" T"
coming down tonight. She'll be sur
prised."
"I didn't know whether could
make it," John offered in explanation.
First day back at the office, you
know"
"Of course, I'd forgotten that. Well,
you go on and Dorrie az will stroll
over later. It's gooc to have you
back, john"
He wondered what she would think
IL she knew the truth. Somehow he
could not help feeling that Helena
wouldn't have ceased to love him If
he had not been so Indifferent. He
certainly could not blame her for what
had happened. 1t had been just q
little over a year since he had come
out here to dinner with the idea of
telling her that he no longer loved her.
Why hadn't he done it?
Copyright. 1926.)
Continued in tomorrow's Starr
Evening star., 1926-12-14

Natalie's porch would be cool with
it's green and white striped awnings.
Even if he were late for dinner Nat
allie would fix him up something. But
then perhaps she wouldn't be very
cordial to him. Perhaps he had bet
ter go directly to Mrs. Ford's. She
knew nothing about the coming sepa-
ration,
The more he thought about 1t the
more he wanted to go. and when Min
ME appeared in the doorway with the
information that dinner was ready
he sprang impulsively to his feet.
II think I'll go out to the country,
Minnie. It's a shame. too, after
you've cooked dinner and have every
thing ready"
"Oh, that's all right, Mr.. Hender-
son." Minnie returned, showing her
white teeth in a grin. II can use
everything I've cooked for tomorrow
night"
He looked up trains and saw that
he could just make one if he had any
luck at all. He decided to go to Mrs.
Ford's rather than to Natalies. He
could telephone Helena from there
later. 1t would convince her that he
had no desire to pursue her.
His spirits mounted as the train
emerged from the tunnel ana SpeQ
out across the Jersey plains. The air
blowing through the car was already
cooler than it had been in the city,
and the country was green and beau
tiful.
At Manhattan Transfer he changed
for another train, and almost before
he knew it he arrived at his destina-
ton.
Dorrie rushed down the steps to
meet him, flinging warm young arms
around his neck. She had been water
ing the lawn, and the whirling spray
of water made a cool swishing sound
1t was all very pleasant and just as
he had expected.
You're just in time for dinner
Dorrie told him. Were late tonight
because we were over at Natalie's
How did you happen to come here in
stead of going to Natalie's? Mother,
here's John. Isn't it great?"
John stopped to kiss Mrs. Fords
sweet faded cheek. It made him feel
like dog to hear her words of greet
ing.
He sat in the kitchen and told her
about his trip. answering questions as
she dished up the dinner. He paid
no attention to her suggestion that he
go out to the porch. He wanted to be
where he could talk.
Evening star., 1926-12-14

thought I would write another letter
to Joan before the days work, but
the boss arrived five minutes after
did, and he said he was glad / was
there because he had a lot of work to
do on a contract that had developed
over the week end, and he and
could get an early start on 1t.
And he wasn't through with me
until half an hour after closing time
tonight! That's the reward of in
dustry, I guess.
But there wasn't anything to do this
evening. anyway. I had dinner down
town, but ! didn't enjoy it. and came
home right away. I stopped at the
neighborhood movie house to see what
was playing, but I could tell from the
posters 1t wasn't any. good, SO came
on up to the apartment and wrote a
letter to Joan. Then I turned on the
radio, but I couldn't get a program
worth listening to, and then I played
solitaire for an hour. but / couldn't
win one doggone game.
/ don't want to be single again.
Evening star., 1926-12-14

gifts when Christmas allowances are
low and time is short.
Tags for travelling bags can he
made from two scraps of leather Cut
out the center of one of the rectan-
leather This forms "A frame for a
card slipped between the two leather
portions, which are hand stitched
together on three sides. One end is
left open, SO that the owners card
can be slipped in. The name is
clearly visible through the ut-out
part. If this cut portion is lined with
mica, the card is protected. A strong
piece of paper treated so that it is
transparent can be substituted for the
mica. 1t is better than nothing,
though not nearly so serviceable as
the mica.
Strap for the Tag.
Run n stitched double strap OF
leather with a wee buckle on one end
through a slit in the back of the tag
near the top and stitch through 10th
straps to hold in place. Or put II
crosS-band of leather over the strap
so that when the tag strap is slipped
about the handle of a bag it can be
fastened there securely.
Change Purses.
A length of either kid or leather
about 3 by inches can be converted
into a purse by folding up one end to
form a pocket, and stitching down the
edges. The other end should be cut
pointed or be rounded. The shaping
Evening star., 1926-12-14
Onions in White Sauce.

Peel the onions and cut off the
roots, dropping them into cold water
as fast az they are peeled. Drain
from the cold water and put into a
saucepan with boiling water to cover
generously. Add teaspoonful Of salt
for each quart of water. Boil rapidly
for ten minutes with the cover par.
TALLY off the saucepan. Drain off the
water and cover the onions with hot
sweet milk. A quart of onions will
require a pint of milk. Simmer for
half an hour. Beat together one table
spoonful OF butter and one level table.
spoonful Of -four. Add one teaspoon
full Of salt and one.fourth teaspoonful
of white pepper. Gradually beat In
about half a cupful of the milk in
which the onions are cooking. When
smooth. stir the mixture, into the
onions and milk. Let the dish cook
for ten minutes longer and serve.
Evening star., 1926-12-14
To Remove Tar,

Tar splashes on cars and motor
cycles can be removed quickly with
eucalyptus oil. The oil, when applied
with a soft cloth, Immediately softens
old and dry tar splashes and effective
ly removes them without in any way
injuring the surface which the tar
disfigures. During the cleaning proc
ess, the tar-stained cloth should be dis
carded for a new one as soon as soiled
The oil should be applied literally and
the cleaning commenced at the bound
ary of the stain and proceed to the
center.
Evening star., 1926-12-14

return. If some natural handicaps
imposed by i'll health or moderate
ability are beyond society's reach, this
condition should stimulate right-mind-
ed people to attempt the reconciliation
Of separated groups by social justice.
Society can never be. as some
thinkers would have us believe, the
sole interpreter of your needs. The
claims of religion that you have a
divine dignity and destiny must also
be considered. These claims have in
troduced new ethics into human af-
fairs with dynamic force from above.
The churches everywhere are en-
deavoring to keep it in working rela-
ton with you and others situated as
you are. Help it along, sympathize
with its aims and methods. Do this
believing that so long as you are
honorable you are free, and that in
your freedom you can strive for the
cultural wage which gives you and
your loved ones a chance in life.
The inequalities which battle you
also challenge the best wisdom of
statesmen and social experts. But
they furnish openings for that co.
operation which Is humanity's finest
trait.
Pittsburgh, Pa.
What is your definition of a mali
cious person and who in your judg.
ment was the most malicious person
in history?
Answer should define malicious
person as one who takes positive pleas
ure in causing pain and distress to
others, and who is actively engaged
in that pursuit. Pleasure as a feel
ing frequently obscures the nature of
the proceeding which arouses the pleas.
ure. and for that reason malicious
people are often unaware of the vile.
ness of their propensity.
Voltatre was a mocker; it was his
pleasure to be SUCH no matter how
many people he narrowed. But his
motive was not malicious in the ac.
cepted sense; 1t was rather the joy
OF the cynic. The truly malicious are
found among those who inflict the
greatest sufferings on the world-the
conquerors who have put whole popu-
lations to the sword. the plotters who
have sacrificed everything and every.
body to gain their ends.
cannot select "the most malicious
person In history" since there are
sadly too many candidates for that
infamy, but notorious characters will
readily occur to you, whose delight
was in torturing and mutilating other
peoples souls and bodies. Shake
speare portrayed the type you have in
mind in Iago, Dickens in Daniel
Quilp and Will<ie Collins in Count
Fosco.
Copyright. 1920
Evening star., 1926-12-14

1t is because Sammy is always look
ing for the reason for things that he
on on the Green Meadows and in the
Green Forest and in the Old Orchard.
If Sammy sees thing he wants to
know the reason for it. He isn't sat
isfied until he finds out that reason.
There is no use in seeing a thing
IL you can't find the reason for it,"
says Sammy. You don't learn any
thing from just seeing things; you
must understand them"
Undoubtedly Sammy is right in this.
There is no knowledge without under
Evening star., 1926-12-14

It is surprising what attractive
gifts can be made from scraps of
leather and kid and from old dogskin.
mocha. and long kid gloves, using the
best and strongest parts only. The
leather and kid should be cleaned so
that it looks fresh and new. but this
can be done easily with cleansing
agents that come for the purpose.
The parts of gloves that are most
soiled and worn are tips of fingers
and thumbs. and palms of gloves. and
these should be discarded. The ar
ticies described take little time to
make and cost almost nothing. They
are just the things for last-minute
Evening star., 1926-12-14
Grapefruit t-Tomato Salad.

Remove the tops from some firm
tomatoes and scoop out all the pulp.
Mix the tomato pulp with the pulp
of two grapefruit, one stalk of diced
celery and one chopped pimento. Fill
the tomato shells with the mixture,
garnish with nut meats and serve
with mayonnaise dressing.
Evening star., 1926-12-14

standing. So when Sammy is puzzled
by a thing he keeps studying and
studying until he finds out all about it.
Now it happened that there was a
light crust on the snow. Sammy had
stopped in the top of tree in the
Green Forest where he could look
out over the Green Meadows. He saw
over toward the edge of the Old Pas
ture, but out on the Green Meadows.
Evening star., 1926-12-14
SNOW PUDDING.

So&NoN X OD1A&$N.
Three tablespoons cornstarch.
"a cup sugar. Dissolve corn
starch in little cold water, add
sugar and stir into ! pint boil.
ing water. When cooled little
add whites eggs beaten stiff.
little salt and flavor to taste.
Beat 10 minutes and pour into
moldS.
Custard-Yoiks 3 eggs, tea.
spoon cornstarch, 2-3 cup sugar
and little salt. Beat all to-
gether, stir into 1 pint boiling
milk: favor to taste, cooking
until It thickens.