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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-06-21
LOVE AND LONGITUDE
The Romance of Race Around the World
BY LINTON WELLS
Of The
Alliance engaged break
for circling the globe.
f a Race Around the World
BY LINTON WELLS

they came down to the field. Night
had set in. The motor of the plane
was snapped off and the pilot relaxed.
Jimmy grabbed his bag and leaped
with a sigh of relief from the cockpit.
Good work old man." he told his
companion. Heres to another flight
together
Good luck" erinned the pilot as
he took his passengers hand
Jimmy turned with a smile He had
taken two quick steps forward when
he broughtup short a cry of mingled
amazement and incredulity on his lips
He stared
There. not 90 yards away. at rest
with covers over It's propeller and
engine coWling. stood the CX-9-the
mysterious plane which had picked
him UP and carried him into MAY.
wood the night before!
For a moment he stood quite still
in establishment. Then he collected
himself and his eyes narrowed with
spe culation. If that plane was here.
there was no question at all but thai
its occupant. who had picked up a re
lief pilot at the air mail field. was
boarding the Adrlenne for the Orient
a quick survey Of the men on duty
at the air fie ld-Jimmy's first thought
revealed nothing. II was the SUI
perintendent who summed il up.
she just came here--that's ALL"
he declared. 1.-The pilots from May
wood. and he's got orders to take 'er
back in the morning. The passenger
whoever he was. he hoped right
out and beat It,"
Jimmy tried in vain to discover the
pilot. but the man had disappeared
and was not due TO reappear at the
field until noon of the following day
| He might be anywhere in the city of
Sea tile. either enjoying a we'll earned
rest or equally well earned recreation
So he turned away in disgust, and
finding a taxi, headed for the Adri-
enne's pier.
little later, after bath and shave
and all the other details which con
tribute to a very tired mans peace
OF mind. Jimmy looked upon the
world with new eyes. He appeared
on deck in fresh clothing and stood
lea ming on the rail to watch the on
coming passengers.
1t was nearing midnight. The Adri
enne blew a warning whistle. The
last of the passengers friends were
eaving.
"All ashore that's going ashore
l. piped from aft
JiiIlIiE iHuSeu idHgulCly. HAD ROE
ers come aboard? Was the pilot Of
the mystery plane aboard too-and
why? Could there possibly be a dark
horse In this race against time? Was
II some sportsman who, seeing his
plight. had given him a chance and
then rushed on ahead?
He shook his head and then ierked
1t up with surprise. A slow grin ap-
peared on his features A lone taxi
had Just torn up TO the pier.
| tCopyrlght. 1926. by North American News.
paper Alliance
CONTINUED Tomorrow
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-06-21

Hanging book shelves have returned
to popularity. They have been de
cidedly out OF date until quite re-
Gently. when they put in an appear
hnce again and became vogue. II
may he thai this is the reason for
the use Of brackets under low book
cases. so that they. ZOO, become wall
bookshelve%. i, may be that con
Henience in getting AT all the volumes
ON" each shelf may be responsible
solely. Whatever The reason, there
IS much to be said in favor of using
brackets under low bookca ses. and il
is fortunate that fashion faVors their
use.
The great advantage OF low book
Eases over the old-time secretary
bookcases is that books on top shelves
are available without stretching un-
comfortably to reach them. or per
haps having to stand on library steps
10 he able TO get the especial booi,
wanted. While il is true that the
books on the top row are conveniently
placed in the low bookcase. those on
the first shelf certainly are not handy
You have to get down on your knees
to read the titles. or bend over SO
low that you nearly break your back
In the effort to see what the volumes
are. Even If you sit before the book
case. you find that YOU have to take
the volumes out OF the first row to
read the titles unless the type is I'M
usually large. Otherwise you still
have to stoop over intentionally.
Bracket supports.
The one way 10 relieve This situa.
ton is to elevate the bookcase so
that each shelf is equally accessible
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-06-21
More Scots Taken at Sea.

PHILADELPHIA. Pa, June Il,
of naval news come
floating into the marine committee
almost daily from points along the
coast. The Navy Of the United
Colonies is a. present of little value
rs a fighting machine. because OF
difficulty in enlsting crews and other
causes. Three or its highest officers
commodore Hopkins and Capts. sal
tonstall and Whipple) are awaiting
examination on charges of disobedi-
ence 10 orders and unsatisfactory con-
duct In action with the enemy. But.
despite these difficulties. individual
captains in the Navies of the Con
tinent and the separate Colonies. as
we'll as an increasing number OF
privateersmen, are picking off mer-
chairman and troop ships. and bring
ing her into port thousands Of dollars
worth Of captured provisions and mill:
tary stores, as we'll as hundreds of
British soldiers.
On the 10Th Continental cruisers
and Connecticuat's brig Defense took
the British ship Lord Howe, near Bos.
ton, with 100 naughty grenadiers. also
a. store of provisions and military
eouipment. Total. captures Of enemy
troops in Massachusetts, waters, within
two weeks now number more than
400. What pleases the New England
ers immensely Is that they are bag
cling the Britishers wholesale, before
those proud hirelings of the ministry
can set foot on our shores.
Yesterday Capt. James Barron OF
the Virginia Navy brought into
jamestown, as a gift to the cause OF
American freedom, choice consign
ment of 200 Scotch highlanders of the
famous 42d Regiment or the Royal
Highland Watch. These fiery Scots
had. indeed. had merry time on
their journey to our shores. They
had sailed from Greenock. Scotland
for Boston. not knowing that Boston
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-06-21

1t is such satisfaction TO consult
volumes thus conveniently placed
Those who have already used bracket
supports for their shelves appreciate
their value.
The size of the brackets and their
height depend upon the size and
height OF the bookcase The supports
must be securely screwed into the
wall and into the bottom OF the book
case to prevent any slightest chance
of the case slipping. The lowest tip
of the brackets should rest on the
pa seboard-that is. unless the case is
A very small and low one. The low.
est self should come high enough for
the titles OF the books to be read
without difficulty and without any
bending over being required if YOU
sit before the case to consult the
volumes. \ chair should stand before
the case or close to it.
Handy Shelves.
Cases thus raised will he found
especially desirable in studies. dens
and in rooms where persons are
busted with books or have to consult
them frequently while pursuing
studies or doing research work. In
home library one such ARA ngenlent
will be found desirable for reference
books. a table should be close by
the bookcase and the top should be
unencumbered with other books but
be ready always for this use. Such
bookshelf close by a writing desk
used by a student will be just as
handy as the more commercial look
ing revolving bookcase once so pop
uldr. but now comparatively seldom
found except in offices.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-06-21
$50 YEARS AGO TODAY

Story of the U. S. A.

had been taken from Gen. Howe by
Gen. Washington in March.
On June |, their two transports
were captured By the Continental
cruiser Andrew Doria, Capt. Nicholas
Biddie commanding. Capt. Biddle
took aboard the Andrew Doria 40 OF
their officers. natigators and sailors,
all the small arms and baggage of
value. Then he manned the captured
transports with his own men and kept
them Ill his own company while
cruising off the coast for two weeks.
Fiddle and his prizes were then
chased by five British warships and
the prizes were lost sight Of.
The next thing that happened was
that the British sailors and highland.
ers overpoWe:ed the small American
prize crews. took things into their
own hands and steered away in search
or the British feet now off Soutf,
Carolina. White thus engaged they
were discovered off Virginia by CAPT.
Barron and captured the second time.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-06-21

his way, but the woman who is follow
ing In his footsteps could have given
him pointers about his technique.
DR.. Hazel E. Munsell nutrition
chemist in the bureau. charms her
rats. which are white ones. out of
their lairs Tor wherever scientific rats
are obtained into neat little cages. md
there she feeds them as If they were
human beings Feeds them and
watches them thrive or perish with
painstaking patience in noting their
reactions to various forms of diet.
Because white rats are much like peo-
pie in their physical makeup, and
experiments can be made upon them
with degree Of accuracy in result
that is comparable TO human reac-
tions under similar conditions as in
no other animal. And all DR.. Mum
sells studies are directed at present
to determining vitamin values in
various foods. so that in the end she
may be able to add a little bit more
to the knowledge of what we all
should eat II we would live most
happily and efficiently.
Laboratory methods are. of course.
too technical for most of us. but a
walk through the rat rooms at
the bureau with DR.. Munsell is a
truly interesting experience. And to
realize that the little creatures fed
on seemingly hearty rations. with
comparatively diversified menu, but
without vegetable. except potato. and
without milk. are apt to develop
ricketts, at first. and usually fnd by
dying in their fifth week. or close to
It. makes the layman sit up and take
notice. DR.. Munse!l says 1t is from
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-06-21
SUB ROSA
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By MIMI.
One of the Things You Don't Get
Used To.
BY MIMI.

An engaged girl Is rather apt to
find, during the months before heS
marriage. that the long wait Is show
| ing up numerous little traits In her
man which she hadn't noticed before.
| She finds that he's cross after q BAD
| dinner-that he Ia much more tender
and solicitous after a good cigar
that he's careless about the little
| things she values most highly. She
runs into a number of unexpected
| flaws in her hero and she begins to
worry. And nine times out of ten,
she hasn't a thing In the world to
worry about. Older people tell her
wisely: You'll get used TO those
things. dear. They won't seem ins'
| portant to you after a while"
Usually they are right. But just
once in a while they're all wrong In
their advice. Amelia is worried about
Rod Il know I'm getting 10 tina.
stage where. I'm fussing over trifes.
! but still can't bear Rods sloppiness.
A soilcd shirt. a careless shave. dirty
| fingernails don't mean a thing to him.
| OF course, I love him and realize this
is just a passing phase. Probably I'll
get used to it in no time"
Here's case where the comforta-
BILE older people can't say: ut will be
all right in time"
The effect of personal uncleanliness
on some girls is more than mental.
1t IL an actual physical revulsion after
while. Amelia. at present. Just
wrinkles her nose in d!staste when
Rod shows up In q spotted. greasy
suit, showing an inch Of dirty cuff be-
low his coat slecves--shoWing another
| inch of dirty fingernail.
She may pass Il off now with sigh
and a shrrg. But, oh boy. in the
future years OF married life. she won't
get over IL that easily. There'll come
time when she'll learn to despise
her husbands careless. sloppy habits
OF dress-wher his inattention to
| small details of cleanliness will get
seriously on her nerves. And when
that bright day arrives. her reaction
will be entirely physical
When things get on The nerves of
very sensitive girls the effect Is one
reform her little Pod right now il she
wants to avoid married life with a
man who steadily shows less and less
attention to matters of cleanliness
! II you're ma turally sensitive about
| dir and filth, you're not ever going
10 get used to living with it. Constant
association with careless. untidy
! person won't teach you to love un-
| cleanliness more--it will teach YOU to
love your companion less. If mans
untidy when he's young there ism t
much hope of his growing more me-
| TEDIOUS with increasing age.
| Look ahead and picture Rod at so.
| Won't he be a pretty sight II he con.
| tinues to ignore the details Of his
personal appearance
| Don't try to get used to slovenli-
nesS--change II.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-06-21
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-06-21
BEDTIME STORIES By y ' sSSeFsS

| day, is going to have a Muskrat
dinner. a dinner of tender young
Muskrat, and you are going to fur
nish that dinner" She said this very
severely.
1t didn't make any impression on
Little Mister Know tan. II guess
know how to take care of myself"
said he. II don't worry. why should
YOU"
Now, that was rather saucy. But.
then. Little Mister Know It-All was
apt to be saucy. People of that kind
usually are. Mother Muskrat never
knew where he was. When the. fam.
ily went out together he was sure
to wander away or to lag behind. or
to go poking into something he had
no business to poke into. He was
more trouble than his six brothers
and sisters together. Mother Musk
rat always sighed with thankfulness
when she got him home.
II don't know who he takes after"
said Mother Muskrat. He certainly
doesn't take after me or my family.
Huh" said Jerry Muskrat. '"I
suppose YOU mean by that that he
takes, after my side of the house"
81 didn't say So" said Mother
Muskrat. But there never was such
headstrong. willful youngster in
my family. You can take it as you
please. Just look at him now. right
out there in the middle of the Smil.
ing Pool and paying no attention to
anything. If Hooty the Owl should
come along he could pick him up as
easily as not. That youngster is
homeless"
Then Mrs. Muskrat squeaked
sharply and commanded Little Mister
Know It-An 10 return, and Little
Mister Kn0W-It-Al'. pretending not
80 hear. deliberately swan straight
away from her.
IGOnHriCht. l2HE.l
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-06-21
"PuzzHcks"
-Pu.-le.Linerick.

A pretty young girl of i,
" Tho was constantly weeping for =
Saved the drops in a )
Which was kept in -
Til safe blowers burst into 3.
l. Country in Northern Africa.
2. Long periods of time.
3. Reception for liquids.
4. Where money is safe.
). Signs of sadness.
tEOTE: The key to this "Puzzlick >
is the play on words apparent in abe
last line, and it's clever enough TO be
we'll worth figuring out. However. il
You cant get it. he sure to lock for
the answer tomorrow. Therell be an
other "Puzzlick" as well)
Saturdays "PuzzliCk."
Two dance hall musicians in Butte
Were paid TO play cornet and flute
But they drank lemonade
And the whisky which made
These two tooters too tight to tOOt.
tCopyrEht 1926
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-06-21
Continental Radio Interference

a radio expert on his way from
form of interference that had not yet
been explained. He heard the ANA
teur North American radio signals
distinctly as the boat sailed for Cape
Horni with increasing clarity unit
near South America. AS the boat
rounded the Horn these became in
audible and were not picked up again
until we'll out in the Atlantic, when
they were again quite clear. Appar-
emily the continent of South America
acts like wall shutting of the sound
waves. SO far no good explanation
Of why this should he so has been
,nt'-rrtI.
Now. what do you know about that
Answers 10 Saturdays questions.
!. AS water cools IL contracts until
near the freezing point. when it sud
denly expands. which is why on q cold
morning the frozen cream pushes the
top off the milk hotties: If very cold
however, contraction again takes
place.
.. Liquid air is air cooled below
the boiling points of nitrogen and
oxygen~-that is. 1914 degrees G.. 1t is
blush and limpid.
81 Absolute zero is the theoretical
temperature at which there is no heat
II is 469 degrees r.
4. 1t takes longer TO boil an egg OF
mountain top. because the boiling
point of water is dependent on the
pressure of the atmosphere. which is
less on mountains.
:. Water can get colder than the
freezing point 80 degrees F.. without
freezing it salt or other soluble sub
stances is added
6. The ocean does not freeze over in
Winter because of the lower freezing
point of salty water. also because of
the influence of currents from tropical
seas and for minor reasons.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-06-21
HOW 1T STARTED


The watchword of the provident.
the admonition of the extravaganza,
the first principle of thrift is, cut
your coat after your cloth. the
saying is a popular one In common
speech. And in an age when so many
people spend more than they can ar
ford. cut their coats. go to speak
without regard TO the material at
hand, il Is Il very valuable one. the
allusion to cutting inadvisediy into
material and then finding 1t made
uuate to complete the garment. Is
Obvious.
The saving Is said to he a relief of
the SUMMARY Laws which we're
common In ancient legislation and In
England from the time Of Edward III
down to the Reformation. These
were laws designed to prevent extrav-
agance in private expenditure with a
view To preventing poverty and i'm
morality in the natien. In the reign
of Edward HI. for instance. there was
an act prohibiting more than two
courses at "A meal and more than TWO
kinds of food at a course. Another
prescribed the kind of clothing the
people of certain classes might wear.
1t is from literature that the EXPIRES
sion cut your coat after your cloth
found it's way into modern speech.
The earliest recorded instance is as
far hack as 1880. in the interlude of
Cody Queen Hester" We find it
in that early collection of English
colloquial sayings called proverbs"
b. John I1evwood. which was pub
iished in 1886 and which established
its use at that early date in the figura-
tive sense In which we use II today.
It's form in Proverbs" Is. cut my
coat after my cloth
nCopyright. 1922
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-06-21
Chicken Peppers.

Wash six green peppers and scald
them in boiling water for Ave minutes.
Rub off the skin with wet cloth.
Cut a slice from the stem end for a
cover. remove the seeds and stuff the
peppers with chicken forcemeat. Re-
place the tops of the peppers. place
the peppers in small deep dish. pour
in one cup of stock or cold gravy and
bake in moderate oven for one.half
hour. Sausage meat or cold meat
with equal measure of bread crumbs
may be substituted for the chicken
forcemeat. Serve in the dish in which
they were baked
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-06-21

opinion of himself. He WAS quite
unpleasant about it.
If one of his brothers or sisters
told him a thing he would turn up his
nose and say, II knew that long
ago If his brothers and sisters
were uncertain about the wisdom of
doing a certain thing. Little Mister
knoW-1t-All never was. He was al
ways sure. II know it, was his
favorite expression.
Now. of course, Little Mister
Know.It-All didn't mind. Children
who know it all never do mind. They
always think they know more than
father and mother. They do as they
please. And children who do as they
please are most disagreeable. So
Little Mister know-It-Ail wasn't liked
ut all.
Now, really, he wasn't a bad little
Muskrat Right down deep inside he
was a good little Muskrat. 1t was
just this unfortunate way of his that
made him disliked. And, really, you
couldn't blame folk. Mother, Musk
rat scolded and scolded and punished
and punished, but apparently it did
no good.
You'll come to a bad end, Little
Mister Know It-All." said she. Zone
of these days you'll make a great
mistake. and when it is too late
you'll discover it. Somebody. some
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-06-21

Put one cup Of good. brown gravy
in baking dish and break into 1t
four eggs, being careful not to spoil
the shape of the yolks. Sprinkle
them over with seasoning Of salt
and cayenne pepper and a little
bread crumbs. Bake In a moderate
oven for five minutes, then, lift out
the eggs with an egg spoon and place
them on a round of buttered toast.
Turn the gravy from the pan into a
saucepan and stir in one tablespoon
full of tomato catsup. Let this boil
up. then pour over the eggs and serve
very hot.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-06-21
Grandmother's Cookies.

Cream one-half cup of shortening
and one cup of sugar until smooth
Add one-half cup of sour milk. then
one teaspoonful of baking soda dis
solved in one teaspoonful of boiling
water. Sift four cups of flour. or
enough 10 handle. and add TO the
mixture. Dust a baking board with
-four. turn out the dough. roll one
fourth inch thick. then cut with I;
cruller cutter. Sprinkle with sugar
and bake for Il minutes i'm hot
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-06-21

Most of the naturally clear
compilations you see today
are due to it l.. sCl,at to do
THERE are both proved ways
i and improved ways ia skin care.
The wise woman chooses the proved
way. A good complexion is too
priceless for experiment.
The simple rule below is one any
girl or woman owes herself to try.
More beautiful compilations are
credited to it than to any other
method known. Its results are seen
on every side.
Follow it If only for one week. 1t
is natures proved way to skin clear
ness and to Youth safeg,nrded: Lead
ings skin specialists urge it widely
correct skin cleansing with the
soothing olive and palm lather Of
Palmoiive, in this way:
THE RULE AND HOW TO-
FOLLOW 1T FOR BEST
RESULTS
Wash your face gently with sooth
ing Palmolive Soap, massaging i
softly into the ski. Rinse thor
oughiy first with warm water, thel
with cold. If your skin is inclined
10 be dry. apply touch of good colo
creana-that Is all.
Do this regularly, and partieu
= larry in the, evening. Use powde
and rouge if you wish. But neve
leave them on over night. The,
clog the pores, often enlarge them
Biackheads and dishgurements ofte'
follow. They must be washed away
Follow these rules day in and, da
out. Your skin will be soft an
.loveiy-sossrolly eolo,fM 40 des'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-06-21
SYNOPSIS.

Jimmy Brandon. young newspaper man, and
Austin Rogers millionaire. are racing around
the world for the hand of Frances Lassiter
and bet of $40. 000---Jimny's last cent
After making the bet, Jimmy has borrowed
sister, Natalie. an adniirer Of Jimmy. is a
licensed flying pilot. Natalie learns that
Frances loves Rogers and that Rogers viii
employ any means to win. Jimmy 10 posted
at his club for knocking Rogers down. after
Rogers has toasted Frances in the bar
room Natalie learns that moth halls have
been put in Jimmy's motors to clog them.
hut too late to stop him. Jimmy smashes
to Seattle but is picked up - a speed plane
operated by an unknown pilot. He c"tches
his relay plane in Chicago and sees the mys-
terry plane follow and pass them.