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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-29
FRATERNITY RENTS
| HAUNTED MANSION
Old Hollywood Home of Many
Mystery Stories to Be De-
populated of Spirits.

by consolidated Press.
HOLLYWOOD. Calf, August IS
Ghosts that tor years have had free
possession of the haunted house ot
Hoflywood' have been served with
quit notice, and mournful ruStilnS
among the old olive trees in the dead
of night Indicates to those who under
stand the way of spirits that an
exodus of the disembodied Is under
way.
Ordinary human beings who have
tried to inhabit the nocturnally ais.
turbed house heretofore have fed
after a few nights, but the new ten
ants are youths of high courage Tor
whom stories of floating faces, grim
shapes and blood curdling noises noid
no terrorS.
The Phi Kappa Sigma FRATERNITY
Of the University of California, south
ern branch has leased the mysterious
mansion as a home and posted formal
notice that spirits-all spirits-are
forbidden entrance or occupancy.
Situated at High Point.
The haunted house for years has
been pointed out as one OF the nm
citv's attractions 1t rests near the
summit of the Mount of owes,
huge heavily wooded area in the
heart of tOWn.
The trees planted by the padres
have ceased hearing and have matted
themselves into "A jungle, through
which a few tortuous narrow alleys
lead to the intriguing old house. vi
Spanish and Egyptian architecture IL
was built, legend relates, by daugh-
ter OF a Don whose lover was killed.
by A "gringo' and who consequently
bore an eternal hatred toward all
Americans.
Weird stories are told of mysterious
disappearances of Americans seen IN
the buildings vicinity ana 81 strange
happenings in and around the empty
house Unearthly noises, errle lights.
shapeIeSS shadows. the tolllnE oi a
bell and other aWe-inspirins phehoih-
ena have been reported. Ponce We're
never able to discover any trace OF
human agency behind the freaklsh
happenings.
Formal Notice Served.
The tree shrouded old house had
gone begging for tenants at any price
until attracted by cheap rent and the
lure OF a ghost hunt, Phi Kappa Sig
ma negotiated trial lease and VIII
move in September |. The Greek let
ter organization has posted this for
NAL notice:
Spirits aNaunt.'
Any and all spirits. ethereal or al
coholic. are strictly forbidden admit
lance within these walls. Any spirits
now on the premises having powers
Of locomotion are hereby ordered TO
yacafe at once. Spirits lacking Volt
ton must be deported by owners. Read
and heed
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Waiter Slashed to Death.

Special Dispatch to The star.
EASTON Md, August 2S.-julius
Fisher. waiter at the Hotel Avon,
who was cut in the stomach, the po-
lice say, by William Gross at a dance
ON Fort street Thursday night. died
ut the Emergency hospital, Easton.
Friday. simon DeShields is held as
an accompliCe.
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Corsets, Etc.

ST and $1.5O Oddments
sec
r G. G corsets, Marvel Fit CIR
dies and Ferris waists in sizes 10.
20 and 81.
Corsets, $1.95
Discontinued numbers or r & G
C-B, MarvelFit and American
Lady corsets and girdles. Flesh
coutil fancy brocade. Broken sizes.
Formerly $3.50 and $500.
Brassieres, 39c
Also bandeaux that formerly
sold for 81 and $50. Brocade jer-
sey, plain and striped satin. Elias
tic inserts. Broken sizes.
ST Blouses, 29c
Dimity in white and tan. Tai
lored and neatly trimmed styles.
Broken sizes.
Overblouses, $5.98
10 extra size blouses of crepe de
chine, beautifully trimmed IN
beaded Navy, gray and black.
Sizes 4s. so and So. Formerly $10.9s.
Second Floor
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Piece Goods

So Satin Charmeuse
S1.79 Yard
10 inches wide. Satin back quail
itv. Permanent dye.
81 Crepe de Chine
$1.39 Yard
All.silk quality 80 inches wide in
Main colors and smart printed pat
terms.
Wash Fabrics, 29c Yard
Formerly sold for 39c to 9sc
ward Choice of silk and cotton
creme. rayon broclde, Eng llsh
broadcloth, plain rayon crepe anu
printed crepe. Also plain Voiles:
Numerous colors. patterns anu
weoyes from which To choose.
$1.5O Rayon Crepes
49c Yard
"A inches wide. Splendid col
ors with self border in satiny ef-
feet.
Csc Bookfold Percales
19c Yard
Dainty. small prints on light
grounds. Splendid for children
frocks and pinafores. womens
house frocks and draperies.
So English Longcloth
1O-Yard Piece, SIPS
Fine quality for women's nm
cerie and infants wear. 30 lnches
35c Imperial Chambray
29c Yard
Dress quality in all plain colors
and nretty checks. 80 inches
wide.
Street Floor
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Door Screens, Ha'Price
Formerly s2.25 to Sb45. nov re-
duced y. sizes 3ox7S to 3sxs4.
continental make and splendid
quality.
CSC Certainteed Floortex
Ate So. Yd.
Perfect quality. in patterns suit
able for any room in the house
SIS Mating Rugs, $3.45
Measuring 9x11.6. Green and
tan. in various neat patterns.
ST Cushions, TIC
Fancy Cretonne-covered Cush-
ions. in round and square shapes.
ST Window Shades, 55c
Slightly imperfect. Light and
dark green. in oil opaque grade.
$2.25 Couch Covers, $1.69
Linene. in tan with blue or
green stripes.
ST Rag Rugs, 79c
25x5O-inch size 1Iit-and-miss
patterns Made of clean. new rags
and washable.
39c Table Oilcloth, 27c Yd.
Seconds, in blue, tan and plain
white.
S9c Boston Bags, 69c
Black only Good size. Really
unusual quality.
81 Blankets, 1888 Ia.
66xS0 Cotton Blankets, Beech
mont quality, in blue, tan or gray
plaidS.
Flapper Bags, SIC
Small Shopping or Bathing SUIT
Bags. of black composition.
Third Floor
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For Girls
Silk Dresses. 1898

Silk Dresses, 1898
Formerly $59S to $10.9S. Crepe
de Chine and tub silks in smart
colors and prints. Nicely trimmed.
Sizes Z to IA years.
Polaire Coats, $2.9S
Just s i'm the lot. Tan. brown,
and rust with contrasting color
trimming and buttons. Formerly
S5.9S and $6.9S. Sizes 3, 4. Z, and
years
Raincoats and Hats, $2.98
Just sets in plaid or navy. Sizes
10 and IL Formerly $5.75.
All-Wool Sweaters, $2.9S
Slip-over. buttonfront, coat and
lumherjacket styles in plain and
novelty effects. Sizes to IA. Form
erly S4.9S.
Tots Sweaters, 49c
Atwood Formerly $1.19. White
and combination colors.
$1.9S Sweaters, ST
s all-wool slip-overs, in tan,
copen. green and brown. Sizes
and 10.
Second Floor
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Mems Furnishings

$3.50 and So Pants, CSC
Durable khaki and white duck.
Well tailored wide cut leg. five
pockets. Broken sizes. 80 to 46.
ST Union Suits, sec
Fine quality madras, rayon
striped crepe madras. genuine
broadcloth and fine checked main
sock. Well made. webbing back
and yoke. Sizes sc to AZ.
$3.50 to SIS Knockers, SIS
40 pairs. Slightly irregular. I'M
ported linen in plain colors with
few fancies included. Broken sizes
80 to 46.
Gee Athletic Shirts, 29c
72xS0 checked nainsook. Sizes
rs TO 46. Also knee-length draw
erS in sizes 30 and 81 only.
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Knit UndertDear

Women's Union Suits, 59c
Double extra sizes in splendid
quality ribbed cotton. Buiit-up
shoulder, tight or loose knee.
Union Suits, 45c
women's regular and extra size
suits with tight knee.
Double Extra Vests, 35c
3 for ST
Perfect quality, in double extra
large sizes.
Street Floor
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Don1estics

SIS Rayon Bed Sets, $3.9S
crinkled rayon in rose, blue and
gold. Separate bolster. Double
bed size.
So Beds|preads, $1.79
White crochet in marseilles de-
sign. s1x9o-inch size.
SITS Dimity Bedspreads
$1.69
White. washable. S1x90 inches.
Csc Huck Towels, 19c Ea.
lsx36.inch white or with red bor-
der
ACC Turkish Towels, 35c
Large size, heavy. white absorb
ent terry.
$1.29 Seamless Sheets, 81
s1x9O full double-bed size. Hand
torn. ironed and ready for use.
Bleached.
Csc Pillowcases, 19c Each
42x36-inch full hleached cotton
cases. Excellent grade.
15c Crash Toweling, sac yd.
Irnbleached crash with blue Dor.
der. Bleached easily and is very
absorbent.
CSC Table Damask, 45c I'd.
Plain and colored border Table
Damask. 60 inches wide. Smart
for lunch cloths, too.
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Children's Hosiery
IL Snort Hose. SEC

70 Sport Hose, SIC
81 Perfect Quality Sport Hose, OF
nure thread silk or silk with raEon.
plain and derby ribbed patterns.
All colors, but broken size range.
"a Sport Hose, Csc
Rayon, Derby Ribbed Hose, also
mercerized isle with fancy rayoh
tons. Broken sizes. Perfect ana
second qualities.
Street Floor
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Trimmings, Laces, Etc.
Lace Dress TUNES Reduced

Lace Dress Tunics Reduced
. reduced from $S.9S to $3.50.
3 reduced from $10.9S to $3.50.
Very desirable for dance and
dinner frocks. Entirely made up
and to he worn with a silk COS
tune slip.
Fancy Georgette, $1.39 Yd.
Figured and ombre toned crepe.
5 pieces in the lot. Formerly $3.50.
Lace Bands, 35c Yd.
Formerly soc to 75c yard.
Edges and bands in white, cream
and ecru. to ) inch widths. Fine
and heavy mesh.
Calais Walls, &c Yd.
Formerly 12c to 19c. Cream.
white. ecru and cocoa edges and
insertings. Not matched sets.
Splendid for lingerie.
Dress Ornaments, 39c
Fancy Bead Ornaments in vari-
Gus shapes, colors and styles. For ;
merly 75c.
$1.49 Scarfs, 75c
About AZ IN the lot. RdNOil
crepes in ! q yard lengths. Fringed
or hemmed ends. Various colors.
Handkerchief, SC Ea.
Mems, women's and childrens.
Solid colors and colored borders.
Windsor Ties, 21c
Formerly Csc. For children.
Solid colors and printed patterns.
Lace Flouncing, $1.59 Yd.
Formerly $3.50. Black. white.
cocoa, gray, in fine and heavy
mesh.
Baby Yokes, Csc
Formerly 59c. Yokes wit h
sleeves and neck finished with val
lace. Three sizes.
$1.49 Ceorgette Crepe
$1.O9 Yd.
sc inches wide. Black and coll
ors. Good, firm texture. For
dresses, trimmings. lamp shades.
Street Floor
Jewelry and Bags
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81 Festoons, SOC

Sterling chain, combined with
dainty French Gmitation pearls
and drop. Pink, white, green ana
orchid.
sec Chokers, Csc
Bead and metal festoons. AL
tractive colorS and styles.
$1.59 White Bead Bags, 81
Pouch style with loops and CIR
cular design of white satin beads.
Street Floor
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-01

Dinah DAVIS Daily Talks on Diet
The Right Food Is the Best Medicine

form. Tomatoes peeled. Potatoes
mashed. Fruits cooked to a jelly in
pie crust. The poor molars seemed
to be considered only an ornament.
Following this kind Of a schedule
will surely bring on indigestion and
constipation. The teeth and the sail
vary glands must do their Job. The
food, after 1t arrives in the stomach
and is duly cared for. passes to the
intestines. 1t is here that the nour-
ishment Is carried to every cell of
the body by the blood stream and the
waste is then eliminated.
There must be some residue from
our food or constipation will follow.
Complete assimilation Of every parti
Gle of food and no cellulose or fiber
remaining means that the body is
unable to dispose of the waste. Con-
stipation causes the toxins or poisons
of intestinal putrefaction to re-enter
our bodies. AUGMENTATION. this Is
called. One food expert styles this
condition involuntary suicide.
The way to prevent constipation Is
to eat the right kind of food, drink
six or eight glasses Of water a day.
acquire the right habits, breathe good
air and take some exercise.
The bran of whole grains. the fiber
of fresh fruits and vegetables not only
contain precious. mineral salts and
vitamins, but this residue is absolutely
necessary to prevent the terrible men
ace of constipation.
A. BIS 1t necessary that there
be some iron in every days food
supply? Answer-Yes. The body re-
quires only a small amount Of iron
a day. but that small amount IL es-
sential. One experimenter has shown
that If young animals receive only as
much iron as adults they become
anemic.
their questions should send self-addressed
stamped envelopes to Dinah Day. care OF
The Star.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-01
Your Baby and Mine
By MYRTLE MEYER EIpREp.

Mrs. NJ. s. writes: "will you please
answer my questions In the paper?
My baby Is months old and weighs
IS pounds and IS ounces. 1 have
him weighed every week. have
wonderful baby when I have him
home and will lie and amuse himself
and not cry except at feeding times
I'm addition to nursing him ! give
him cod liver oil and orange Juice
and water from a cup.
What / can't understand is that
when | take him to see friends he
cries the minute he gets in the house
and until he gets home and IL his
grandmother or any one takes him he
screams. But at home he is different
Could you tell me why it is? My
friends think he is q cry baby"
Answer-Evidently this baby is by
nature a stay-at-home and I see no
reason why at this tender age he
shouldn't be humored l am all for
letting him be as exclusive as he
pleases. and if friends must see him,
let them come to him. II his mother
wants to go away and visit she
would be doing much better for the
baby to leave him when he is asleep
(of course in the care of some trust
worthy person. and then she would
enjoy her visit and the baby wouldn't
be unnecessarily irritated.
No doubt all this discomfort arises
because when the mother goes away
from home she upsets the baby's
regular schedule and he resents IT.
l don't blame him. He Is far too
young to be dragged about. be paved
over by admiring friends, deprived Of
his maps in his regular bed. and all
for the sake Of being sociable.
Some babies dislike strangers and
fear them. Keep strangers away
from him, or any one Of whom he is
afraid until he outgrows this fear.
He will eventually, and forcing him
to accept the attention, even Of his
grandmother. won't help him over
come his fears. 1t will only increase
them.
The fact that you handle him very
little is probably the reason that he
fears handling from other persons.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-01
SUMMERTIME
BY ID. C. PEATTIE.
Berrying.

Is there any delight in the world
like the old.time sport of berrying?
| like everything about it, from the
smell Of the Ieaky old lard bucket
and the smell of the surnburned grass
where berries are thickest to the
merry. rafting sound of the first Der
ries that run into the pail and the
angry caws Of the crows who see me
taking their dinner from them.
This is BURBERRY season, and black
berry season is almost upon us. You
may see the country boys and girls
going now, with their pals creaking
in their hands, to the berry patches
up on the dry hills where the arbutus
grows. Then, on bare feet, they pad
die to your door and ask in shy
voices If you want to buy any berries.
And as you slip a quarter into their
palms you wonder whether the chill.
dren are selling you their property
or somebody else's. For there are
rights in the matter of blueberries,
and wrongs. too, and some people
help themselves to a farmers blue
berry patch who would never dream
Of helping themselves to his purse.
You are the luckiest II you live in
the country yourself and can go out
and pick blueberries before breakfast
and have your wife stir them into the
batter for a batch Of light. hot muf-
fms. Personally. / like huckleberries
even better. You can tell them by
their larger size, dull black skin and
their 10 stable seeds, where blue
berries have many tiny seeds.
There is a wild tang to buckle
berry that is not met in the com.
moner BURBERRY. But when cooked
the BURBERRY is the soul and charm
of the breakfast muffin.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-01
Mrs. Mildred J. Gordon.

Infinite patience is the first req
uisite of the research worker. no
matter in what line the research is
done. 1t may be through the lens Of
q microscope or a telescope; in the
diagnostic laboratory or the social
service office; frequently it leads
through dusty library tones. or the
files Of old census records. But al"
ways there must be patience brought
to the searching, and a clear head
and a trained experience.
Mrs. Mildred j. Gordon, research
specialist of the Women's Bureau in
the Department of Labor. has these
necessary qualities. Where others in
the bureau make studies of wage
earning women in primary sources
which is the official way of saying
that they 60 into the field for first
hand information-She does the cor
relative Investigations into secondary
material.
For example, survey was to be
made of a group in a certain city,
and in the preliminary ground work
1t was discovered that there was no
photography on the subject So Mrs.
Gordon's help was enlisted, and she
studied foot notes In books and re-
ports. newspaper files, State reports
ana SO lOTtH, uHlll she HdO d Gun
siderable amount of information
ready to present to the field workers,
so that they might make their start.
In one of her most valuable studies,
Of the cost of living for working
women here in the Capital, done for
the Minimum Wage Board. she COW
cred every possible angle of neces-
sary expenditure and reported her
findings in charts and analysed
statistical tables. At present she Is
engaged in minimum wage study, for
which she has been twice to Cali
fornia, to the State of Washington,
to Oregon. Kansas. Minnesota. Wis
consin and Massachusetts,, or all the
States, except North Dakota. where
minimum wage boards have operated
at some time. Her visits have been
for the purpose Of gathering together
all pertinent. unpublished findings
from the records of the various
boards, and she is now writing a
bulletin concerning the legislation
involved and its resultant activities.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-01
LITTLE BENNY
BY LEE PAPE.
Horses.

Wen everybody in the werld has a
car horses wont half to work eny
more, ony by that time there proberly
wont be enuff horses to celebrate 1t
with a perrade.
A little baby horse looks ixactly like
its father, being more than you can
say about a little baby human been.
Horses can trot or gallop or stand
still and think, but they cant skip
and the ony way they ever slide Is AK
silently.
Fire horses are the luckiest because
they can see all the fires without get
ting pushed back, ony they would be
still luckier if they axually injoyed
watching fires.
Horseback riders have their horses
tales cut off to make them look more
fashionable, being funny thing to do
for enybody that claims to despite
flies. A horse with a short tale has to
do the shimmy to get the flies off,
proving necessity is the mother Of in
vention.
The most Exciting horse to watch is
a runaway horse unless it starts to
run up on the payment. This proves
most people wunt comfort with their
Excitement.
The most popular way to try to stop
a runaway horse is to wave your arms
and yell Wo from the payment, but it
genrelly makes the horse run away
even faster on account of it proberly
thinking you are trying to incour-
age it.
Horses hardly ever use their voice
and wen they do they sound jest the
opposite from herds.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-01
Follow the Hunch When Buying Hat
BY MARY MARSHALL.

twice-told tales here as in America
Yet in no other hat does she feel so
contented as in this rakish little felt
that seems as much a part of her
personality as her eyebrows or her
chin.
The important thing, then, for the
woman who must content herself
each season with only two or three
hats is to select those with great
care. Sometimes it is even best to
have them made to order-so as to
make sure that they will feel comfort
able and be a bit distinctive.
Usually it is a good thing to fol-
low your first bunch regarding what
YOU want. For that bunch comes
from the heart-and If you follow 1t
YOU will have something that really
suits you. Follow fashion, but don't
be misled by it. Don't believe any
one who says or writes that every
one in Paris" is wearing. a high
crowned hat or beige hat or any
other sort of hat. All the world
even all the world of fashion-in
Paris never wore any one particular
fashion-for that is just what the
we'll dressed French woman does not
do-she is not so prone to sacrifice
her own personality to the newest
mode as are Americans who look to
Paris for leadership.
Copyright 1920
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-01
Constipation.

II am very particular to eat only
the most digestible foods, even peel
ing apples and eating only the pulp
of grapes, in order that I may not
take anything coarse into my stom-
ach. Yet very often l have attacks
of what I call indigestion. My head
aches dizzily. Black spots dance be-
fore my eyes. l am then so con-
stipated that l find it necessary to
take a purgative. Do you think my
diet can be at fault?" writes Mrs.
NJ. s.
Undoubtedly the very base of this
trouble is constipation. 1t Is very
plain that this good lady Is being too
careful about having her foods COM
pletely "digestible." For any one not
suffering with ulcer of the stomach
ordinary food as nature grew 1t Is
the best food.
In order that food might appear
refined" there was for a while
perfect ma MIA for serving everything
in a form that would practically melt
in the mouth and with one swallow
be carried down to the interior cavern
of the stomach, where the body was
supposed TO forget it. Sandwiches OF
thin slivers of pure, delicate white
bread, with the crust neatly trimmed
off and filed with some soft concoc-
ton so the teeth could not get hold
of a bite, was the accepted sandwich
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-01
My Neighbor Says:

If postage stamps have be-
come glued together lay a thin
paper over them and run hot
iron over the paper. The
mucilage will not be hurt.
The refrigerator should be
thoroughly scrubbed frequently
with a strong solution. of hot
borax water and left open to
air.
Watch your gas stove and
electric lights. When you leave
a room shut off the light.
Make bags of cheesecloth in
WHICH to put small pieces of
soap. Oatmeal added to the
soap when used in the bath
makes the skin soft and smooth.
In boiling or roasting meat
that Is not tender. treat In this
simple manner: Mix two table
spoons of oil and one table
spoon of vinegar. Brush this
over the meat and let the meat
stand for half an hour before
cooking it.
When fruit juice runs out in
the oven or on the stove, If salt
Is thrown on it there will be
no odor If allowed to burn to n
crisp. 1t can then be easily
removed.
Water in which vegetables
are boiled should always be
saved. as 1t contains the most
valuable minerals and vita
Minis. 1t may be used as stock
in. making soup.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-01
Home Life of tho Ant.

AS every one knows, the ants are
the most remarkable Of all insects In
matters of social organization, with
their queens and soldiers and slaves.
Besides this caste system, however.
ants are remarkable in being perhaps
the only living things to domesticate
others, including plants. They col
lect and tend a certain kind of fun
gus, which they like to eat, keeping
it free Of weed fungi and carrying
it's spores as men SOW seeds. Also
they keep aphids the way we keep
cows. Certain aphids exude a sweet,
sticky Juice, of which the ants are
fond. They bring the aphids into the
nest and feed them like pets. When
they want drink they go and stroke
the aphids with their forelegs and
squeeze out a little of the home brew.
Now what do you know about
that?
Answers to Yesterdays Questions.
/. Five kinds Of swallows are: Cliff,
bank. tree. barn swallow and purple
martin.
2. Swans mate for life.
8. Buzzards and kites are scaven-
ger birds.
4. The oriole makes a long. pouch
like nest. tied to a twig and having a
double wall.
8. Four common woodpeckers are:
Downy, red-head, hairy and flicker.
6. Three nocturnal birds are:
Night hawk, whippoorwill and owl.
(Copyright 1926.)