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Evening star., 1926-09-16
SUB ROSA
BY MIMI.
By MIMI.
Why Is She firing?

We were discussing Joan, a new.
conner in the crowd. She's a sweet,
demure little person, with large
brown eyes and a happy smile.
Her disposition is sweet, her man.
ners charming. Like all newcomers,
she enjoyed a certain amount of pop
ularity when she first made her ap-
pearance on the scene. But as time
went on, the rush didn't persist. She
retained friends. for she is a very
nice young person indeed, but she
didn't impress people as strongly as
she had at first.
She got to be rather left out Of
things, and we all felt guilty about
1t. None of us could say exactly why
we didn't rave about her awfully.
No one had any fault to find with
her It was Diana who announced
suddenly: II don't know what there
Is about Joan, but she simply ex-
hausts me. / go up to call on her for
a few minutes, and when leave I'm
all tired out Yet we just sat there
and talked. She's been awfully sweet
and friendly. It's always that way.
If take two boys to see her, we
three have jolly time and go away
saying what a nice kid Joan is. But
somehow, she's tired US. What's her
trouble? She's much too nice to be
left out of things"
Joan's trouble is that she takes all
and gives nothing. She does this
quite unconsciously, but she does it
continually, nevertheless.
She has very little Imagination, and
no real liking for conversation. She
has little enthusiasm for anything.
She likes people 'awfully, but she
has nothing to say to them. She's
perfectly contented to listen to them
for hours, but she contributes abso-
lutely nothing herself.
You tell her an amusing anecdote
of the day and her eyes widen with in
terest. She listens attentively, then
chuckles as you finish. Perhaps she
says something like That's awfully
funny" but that's the last word from
her.
She then relapses into silence, not
from shyness, or from moodiness; SIM
ply because she has no real wish to
| continue the conversation and she
doesn't realize there should be some
effort on her part.
She is never rude or sulky--never
nervous or i'll at ease, but at the same
| time she is never entertaining or
even helpful.
The entire weight Of an interview
with Joan rests on her companion.
And consequently the companion is
bound to get tired after a while.
No matter how sympathetic a lis.
toner Joan may appear. she's bound to
wear out the person, for the latter
tries one conversational opening after
the other without eliciting more than
a polite response from Joan.
| Have you ever tried to carry the
burden of an hours conversation on
| your own slender shoulders? Then
perhaps you will understand why
| friend Joan tries even those who are
fond Of her--why her presence on a
party Is merely Of negative impor-
tance.
With q nature as sweet as hers, she
should be popular If this handicap
could be overcome
tCopyriRht. 1926)
Mimi will be clad to answer any inquiries
directed to this paper. provided stamped
addressed envelope is inclosed
Evening star., 1926-09-16
$50 YEARS AGO TODAY
Story of the U. S. Il.
BY JONATHAN A. RAwsON. Jr.

10 men. Gen. Washington then or.
dered some Rhode Islanders to
threaten an attack on the Britishers,
who had chased Knowlton, in order
to draw them still further forward.
At the same time he sent Maj.
Leftch's Virginians and Knowlton's g
Rangers to catch them in the rear.
The plan worked perfectly except
that Leitch and Knowlton met the
enemy flank instead of their rear.
There was brisk encounter In which
Knowlton was killed and Leitch
mortally wounded before the British
were driven back to a large, level
buckwheat field, where the main ac-
ton took place after both sides had
been reinforced. Here the fighting
lasted nearly two hours when the
Britishers retreated once more to an
orchard to reform their lines. and
then ended the contest by their final
retreat to their camp.
The Kings soldiers had won the
retreating contest by registering four
retreats to our one, and our one re-
treat was a case Of 12O men getting
away from 400. while their last two
were cases of 5000 men running from
1900. Further pursuit of the enemy
would have brought our 1900 up
against perhaps 10000. That might
have been too many. We were quite
we'll satisfied as it was. thank you.
(Copyright. l926)
Evening star., 1926-09-16
How Do You Stand?

Do you stand correctly? It's most
important. not only to your health,
hut to your looks, that you know
how. And it's all important if you
cannot get much exercise.
If you have any doubts as to how
You are standing, try the old grand
mothers test Of standing fiat against
81 wall. Heels. calves of the legs, back.
shoulders and back of the head should
rouch the wall. Your shoulders should
lie as fat against it as possible. That
gives you the correct position. Try 1t
a against a door. then push the door
away. and watch yourself carefully as
you relax You can learn a lot about
the faults of your ordinary position
that way.
You must have your back fiat, your
chest up. your head up. You can al
ways take the correct position for
standing by simply raising your chest.
pr by pulling in the abdomen. which
systematically pushes up the chest.
You cannot be too round-shouldered
that way. The worst fault you can
have is a protruding abdomen, for II
means the back sways in and the
shoulders out, the chest is sunk. and
Nou can't really breathe a whole de-
cent breath of air. You'll also look
badly. Whether you are a man or
woman, your figure Will be awkward
If your health is bad or your back
weak, you'll slump when YOU stand
and when you sit. Exercise is one of
she best ways of overcoming this, and
one of the best exercises is deep
Evening star., 1926-09-16
The Boy That Never Existed.

The diary of healthy boy con-
tanned so many good health sugges-
tions that printed it just as the boys
mother wrote it.
A Brooklyn reader, b. f.. wrote:
Dear DR.. Brady:
"In your fake letter you describe a
boy that never existed. He is not hui
man. He is either a god or the devil
in disguise. Look out for him.
On receipt of Bills protest l turned
up the article again. The boy, I find.
is 13 years old He has always en-
joyed getting his feet wet. going with
out his cap, leaving his coat open in
the coolest Winter weather hitting
the hay early at night, getting up
about o'clock mornings, doing some
radio exercises with his dad and fin
ishing off this matutinal sport with
shower. This last does seem a little
too good to be true. 1t might have
been better had mother told how they
have to use moral suasion about the
bath I'm inclined to doubt the reality
of the boy on this score myself. Go
ing in swimming would he different.
This healthy boy never ate meat
until a year ago and now takes it
once or twice a week. l know good
many sturdy lads. some of them ath-
l6toS VI eACcDILOIidI dDllIty, WIN AIdNC
never liked meat and seldom have
eaten any.
The healthy boy has no sweet TOOTH.
his mother AYERS. He cares not at all
for ice cream. sodas, chocolate or CO.
Goa. He even prefers cake without
frosting. But he can put away lot
of fruit, sometimes consuming half a
dozen oranges at gulp, so to speak.
His mother says they always keep
fruit on hand. according to the season
and market.
Strangest of all, this healthy boy is
rather bored by most movie shows.
He never attends movies at night-he
is pounding his ear by or $50 O'Clock
at night. Ordinarily, he would rather
play outdoors than sit through a
movie show in the afternoon. But he
is a gr eat reader. and he says the
books his mother selects for him (she
was formerly a librarian) are a little
dull-not enough people killed in them.
notwithstanding Brooklyn Bills
scoffing, l still think this boy is a
healthy, real and well raised boy. He
Evening star., 1926-09-16
SUMMERTIME
BY d. c. PEATTIE.
Cornfower.

Who has not heard the old tale
that Queen Louise of Prussia, flying
before the armies of Napoleon and
delayed with her frightened children
while horses were being changed,
kept them good and happy by string
ing chains of cornfiowers. The corn
flowers. like the cornpoppy and the
corncockle, makes brilliant the corn
fields of the Old World (by corn they
mean wheat or rye or barley or any
thing but our corn). but very
Troublesome they seem to the peasant.
however picturesque they look to the
idle traveller.
A glorious tribe. indeed. is the end
lessly varied species that are united
under the genus with the lovely
fashioned cornflower the bachelors
button with it's gay, long-lasting
blooms, there are the beautiful sweet
sultans, looking. with their prickly
leaves and the soft pastel shades OF
their flowers, like innocuous and
civilized thistles. And Dusty Miller,
or at least one of the plants pass
ing under that name, is a Centaurea,
too. having soft, woolly, silvery gray
leaves.
Centaurea jacea has flowers of
deepest purple red, very somber and
striking, while the mountain corn
flower of Austria has both the cot
tony leaves of Dusty Miller and
flowers of matchless beauty. the
rays clear blue and the disk deep
violet
Of them all, though, the little COM
mon cOrnfiower is dearest to those
who love best the blooms of old
fashioned gardens.
Evening star., 1926-09-16
Ny Neighbor Says:

The continual ripping off of
buttons by the clothes wringer
can be prevented by folding the
buttons inside the garment and
holding it flat as you turn it
through the wringer.
Before shaking down the
ashes in your kitchen range in
the morning empty on them the
damp leaves from the teapot.
If you then proceed as usual
you will find there will be no
dust to smother you, and thus
you will save time and temper
When making up a cushion,
spread a thick sheet of wadding
over it just under the outer COW
er, tackinS it down with a stitch
at the corners and in the middle
Of the sides. The cushion feels
softer than it otherwise would.
The wadding also shows up the
work and makes even a plain
cover look well.
Never buy anything il a hur.
ry and don't buy everything at
one establishment, and on one
day-or you will get so tired
that you will take almost any
thing.
Make a funnel out Of a piece
Of wrapping paper for pouring
sugar. tea, coffee and cereals
into their proper receptacles.
These tunnels prevent waste.
Evening star., 1926-09-16
BEAUTY CHATS EDNA KENT FORBES.

breathing, raising the arms from the
sides, so the hands touch the shoul-
ders, elbows bent. fists clenched. This
brings chest and shoulders and abdo-
men into proper position. Try this
every morning and evening.
Nannie-I do not, know why you
failed when using the henna, but the
way to give yourself henna sham.
poo is as follows: Mix the contents Of
one of the small packages Of Egyp-
tian henna that comes for a shampoo,
with enough lather to cover your en-
tire head. Let this stay on your scalp
for 20 minutes or even 30,<depending
upon the hair, as fine hair takes the
color more quickly than coarse hair.
Continue then as with any other sham
pooling method. In your case, it is
we'll to have the lather as hot as you
can stand it, since your hair does not
take up the color easily.
Evening star., 1926-09-16

OF late years it has been possible
for the busy woman to put off the
buying of an Autumn hat. The soft
felt hat that was worn all Summer
didn't seem out of place for Autumn.
Besides for several seasons the mode
in hats changed very, very slowly. A
real change has taken place this sea-
son, however The velvet hat has to
great extent superseded the hat of
felt, and what felt hats remain are
of quite a different shape from those
that have gone before. There is some
thing rather extreme about the new
hats-or at least there seems to be
after the very moderate sort of hats
that We have been wearing. They are
very high in the crown or else they
extend far out at the back. For the
American girl who showed such fond
ness for the large, poke-shaped straw
hat this Summer there are. felt or vel
vet hats with high. rounded crowns
and brims very wide at the front and
very narrow. turned up. or absent at
the back. y
Copyright. 1926) .-<
Evening star., 1926-09-16
Army Turns on Invaders.

HARLEM HEIGHTS. n. Y, Sep
aember 16. 1776.-Histories will in
wears to come call what happened
today the battle Of Harlem Heights,
end q right royal battle it was. Both
sides lost heavily in killed and wound
ed, the British invaders more heavily
than our people. At the end both
eInies were exactly where they were
Rt the beginning. But the great
thing about 1t was that l 800 Ameri-
cans drove nearly 5000 British and
lIessians off the field after an open
fight with no breastworks on either
side, and these were the same Ameri-
cans who yesterday were running
away from these same British and
1Iessians as fast as their legs could
rasry them. The defeat on Long
island and the retreats from Long
Island and New York had left the
patriot soldiers thoroughly discour-
ged. Confidence and spirit were not
tn be found in the American camp
1ast night Today has changed all
that.
Before daylight Gen. Washington
sent Col. Thomas Knowlton with 120
of his Rangers on a scouting trip to
locate the enemy's lines. The
Hangers soon faced 400 British on the
datter's picket lines. The Rangers
fought until nearly surrounded and
were chased back to camp after losing
Evening star., 1926-09-16
PERSONAL HEALTH SERVICE
BY WILLIAM BRADY, NJ. ID.

may not be quite regular. as boys 60
these sad days, but | am inclined to-
well. adopt a boy just like that if
ever / come across one in need OF an
old man. OF course, there is nothinG
the matter with girls-Seriously-bu
oh. boy. In keeping with my practice
sent the boys mothers letter TO th,
incinerator as soon as / finished read
ing it, and so l now recall onl,
vaguely where IL came from. II thn
boy or his mother will communicat
with me again. have a dandy book 10
send the boy. one / am sure he Wi,
enjoy reading.
One of the healthiest things abott
this boy is this: Our son sleeps ever,
night in draft. We think our son
proves the correctness of your teach
ings about the harmlessness am
healthfulness of exposure Tha
was the closing entry in the boy
diary as written by his mother.
Resides the challenge from frien
Bill of Brooklyn. / received an anOny-
nous post card from a Buffalo reade,
who urges me to tell us some mos
about that hoy that never was"
.tCopyriEht 1926.l
Evening star., 1926-09-16
"puzzEcks" "
-PuzzLe.Limericks.

A certain young gallant named i
Rode his steed back and forth in the
=;
When they told him 8
Is no place for a -
He replied, 'Well, you see. it's my
s."
L. First name of Scotland's most famous
poet.
2. vestibule. ..-..
}. Inside a building.
4. Large animal
5. Pet interest
(Note-The rhyme between the third
line and the fourth may not be SO
good-in fact, it's far from good-but
this limerick as a whole is distinctly
clever, as you'll see if you complete it.
If you can't, look for the answer to-
morrow. Therell be another ''puzZ-
lick" as well.)
Yesterdays "PuzZlick."
There was 8 young lady named Kate
Who was learning on rollers to skate;
But her friends for game
Quickly gave her the name
OF Niagara" her falls were so great.
Copyright. 1920
Evening star., 1926-09-16
Lessons in English
BY w. L. GORDON.

Words often misused: Don't say
"She adapted herself for the work. ="
Say "to the work"
Often mispronounced: Dilemma.
Pronounce di-lem-a, the / as in 'it,"
e as in men: accent second syllable.
Often misspelled: Although, one l.
Synonyms: Disgrace, dishonOr,
shame, humiliation, disrepute, igno-
miny.
Word study: use a word three
times and it is yours" Let us in
crease our vocabulary by mastering
one word each day. Today's word:
Defiance; contemptuous disregard; a
challenge. "He stared at him in bold
defiance
Evening star., 1926-09-16
Baking Powder Biscuits.

Sift together two cupfuls of flour,
four teaspoonfuls of baking powder,
one teaspoonful of salt and one table
spoonful Of sugar. Rub in two table,
spoonfuls of lard or butter and mix
into a soft dough with three -fourths
of a cupful of milk and water in equal
parts. Roll about one-half an inch
thick, cut in shapes. prick with a fork
and bake in a quick oven.
Evening star., 1926-09-16
Extreme Types Shown Among Hats
BY MARY MARSHALL.

Correctly speaking. Summer isn't
over Autumn won't be with us for
almost another week--and vet 9
women out Of every 10 you see are
wearing or have already bought hat
that would be quite suitable for Win
teIf 1t Is ever thus. We wear Spring
bats before we think of discarding
Winter frocks and wraps. With hats
wei rush ahead of the season and
abfeast of the newest modes. while in
the matter of frocks and wraps and
emAll accessories we often lag behind
II ts likewise true that extreme new
Wrench fashions in hats are much
Evening star., 1926-09-16
Eggs in Tomato.

Cut a slice from the stem end of a
fine tomato, remove some Of the pulp,
set in a buttered ramekin, and
sprinkle with salt and pepper. Drop
one egg into each tomato cup, sprinkle
with more salt and pepper, and place
little melted butter on top of both
egg and tomato. Prepare as many
individual servings as may be requir-
ed and bake in moderate oven until
rr11
Evening star., 1926-09-16

sooner adopted here than is the case
with new and extreme fashions in
frocks.
Perhaps this is because women
many of them--cl1ng to a childish feel
sng that they are what their hats
make them. A little boy dons a min.
iature policeman's hat and fancies
himself a perfect counterpart of the
traffic cop" Three-yearold daughter
puts on her mothers hat and fancies
that her disguise is perfect. 1t Is so
easy to forget the Importance Of other
parts of dress when one is we'll salts
fled with ones hat
Evening star., 1926-09-16
Very Afectionate.

From the Progressive Grocer Magazine
~ hear your cook has rather low!
ing disposition"
Yes If she can't get up a flirta-
ton with the milkman she starts
mashing the potatoes.
Evening star., 1926-09-16

Germans are giving up the blunt,
heavy Teutonic shoe for the longer
and more pointed footwear for this
Fall and Winter.
Evening star., 1926-09-16

Part of the railroad between Sac
Paulo and the Santa Antonio is to
be electrified and nearly so electric
locomotives will be used
Evening star., 1926-09-16
(Copyright. 1926.)

%. King Of Bashan.
"a. Scoff at.
81. Staggers.
20. Spanish general who laid waste
the Netherlands.
80. Mohammedan prince.
81. Fowls.
33. Sea eagle.
SO. Song.
81. Hollow stalk
3S. Sweet potato.
Down.
1. Seed bearing vessel
2. Byways.
8. Pointed spikes.
4. Mans nickname.
5. Morning.
6. Young sheep.
z. Father.
s. Negative.
, 1926-05-05
Substitutes for Liquid
Lime-Sulphur Not Good

Hortlculturists and orchurdlsts who
are obliged to fight the san Jose scale
again will find It 10 their advantage to
stick 10 the liquid l]lme-sulphur or min.
eral oil sprays which they have used
I'm the past. rather than To depend up.
on the use OF dry" substitutes. That
Is the conclusion reached by the
Unl,ed States Department OF Agrlcul
ture after three yenrs Of trials OF o
number Of dry l"imp-sulphur substitutes
now offered commercially. While the
value of these dry substitutes, which
have been ON the market for a mum
Der OF years. IS "A disputed point. the
departments tests found them unsut
isfactory when compared with the
liquid llmcsulphur.
The departments experiments IN
clude 30 tests with dry cnlclum-sul
phur. IL tests with dry sodlum'sulphut
and II tests with dry barlum.sulphur
They were conducted under practical
orchard conditions In four different
stutes and a period 81 three
years. Both apple ana peach trees
were used aud conditions varied from
a moderate lnfcstatlon to lncrustation
Conditions IN the different orchards
were such TINT the natural Increase of
the scale varied from rapid 10 moder
ate.
These tests showed that the com
merclnl samples Of dry calcium, sodl-
um. and barlum sulphurs. even when
used at strengths much greater than
ordinarily employed. do not furnish Il
satisfactory control of the San jose
scale.
, 1926-05-05
Some Psychology

81 was introduced to a stranger as
ny partner in Il bridge game last night
W n gentleman who was friendly to
10th of u.s." said a Leslie avenu resi-
tent. "Our friend characterized me
IS the worst player loose at this
ime,' and my partner as the man who
)ut the spots on the cards. The eff
ect of this introduction, banterlngly
given, caused me to hold down my bid
ling tendencies while it caused my
partner, who was really a bit flattered,
o 20 so high with his bid on two oc-
'aslons that we were down three
ricks on each. lie was a good bridge
player, too, and I'm not good, but the
Introduction ruined him, and spoiled
ne besides. That's how psychology
,nters into a card game."-Detroi
News.
, 1926-05-05

way to do this is by means OF a sur
face cooler, using the coolest water
available, and then setting the cans of
milk In a well-lnsulated tank, the wa
ter of which is below 40 degrees
Fahrenheit.
Other measures that are employed
by these dairymen for safeguarding
the milk supply are yearly testing of
cows for tuberculosis by a capable
veterinarian; exercising proper care
In the disposal of wastes from human
beings and domestic animals; giving
especial attention to the purity of the.
water supply, especially that used for
washing utensils, its purity or impu-
rity being determined by u laboratory
examination allowing only healthy
people to handle milk or anything
with which it may come into contact (;
and permitting no one coming from a
sick room where an infectious disease
exists to take part in any dairy oper-
alton.
, 1926-05-05
Take Precautions
in Producing Milk
Dairymen Adding Safe
guards to Protect Material
From Contamination.

prepared by the United States Department
OF Agrtculture.)
Up-to-date dairymen are using the
most sanitary methods known for pro-
ducing market milk. They realize that
milk is easily contaminated and are
adding to their systems of production
such additional safeguards as are nee
essary TO protect this essential human
food from contamination.
Such dairymen no longer permit
large numbers of flies In the milk
house. They clean the utensils thor
oughly, wash their hands before milk
ing and even sc so far as to clip the
under part OF the cows body so that
loose dirt and dust that might cling
to long hairs will not find a place to
lodge and later fall into the milk.
Groom Their Cows.
Practically every farmer grooms his
horse; and good dairymen now groom
their cows because they know 1t is
beneficial to the health of the animals
and especially Is IT a means of remov-
ing dirt that might get into the pail
when the cows are being MIXED. In
addition, just before milking, these
dairymen wipe the udders and TANKS
of the cows with a damp cloth. Such
precautions r sure to reduce the
number of bacteria that would get into
the milk.
The best dairymen also see to It
that cows are wen bedded. They re-
move the manure often, and in every
way possible prevent the cows from
getting dirty. Ample ventilation is
provided, and the barn is so construct
ed as to allow as much sunlight as
possible to get into the stalls. A con
crete floor is one essential of an up
to-date dairy barn because 1t can be
easily kept clean and does not absorb
liquids that cause bad odors in stables
, 1926-05-05
Secure Best Yields
From Native Seed
Advantages Clearly Shown
in the Fields.

Despite the higher cost of red clover
seed produced in the United States,
such seed is better for use than for
eign imported seed.
e. c. Blair, extension agronomlst at
the North Carolina State college, finds
that red clover seed grown in the
United States now costs about five dol
lars a bushel more than the French
grown seed. But" he says, THE ma
tive-grown seeds are best and well
worth this difference in price. Al
though the French seeds are among
the best of the foreign seeds brought
into the United States, our native
seeds have several advantages over
them. These advantages do not show
so much in a test for termination and
purity, but they do appear in the
field"
For instance, Mr.. Blair states that