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Evening star., 1926-09-09
Women Who Have Important Tasks
i'm Government Service
BY ALICE ROGERS H.AGER

post -gra duate course along institution
al lines. and became. at it's conclusion,
superintendent of the Boston Infants
Hospital.
Then. in 1917. she coined UP" as an
Army nurse. via the Red Cross route.
and went overseas with Base Hospital
No. 5. There she saw active service
in the British area, the .ArgOnne, and.
after the ar1nistice in Luxembourg.
When the troops came home. she
went back to Boston, to Simmons, and
added a course in public health nurs-
ing to her already diverse experience.
AS soon as she finished the Red Cross
wanted her back in its public health
division. and sent her first into the
rural district of New England and them
most auspiCiously onto the Rosebud
Reservation in South Dakota, in CO.
operation with the Indian Bureau. Two
years she spent in learning the ways
of the tribes. and then the commits
sioner asked her to organize a new
nursing service that would work for
the Indians alone.
That was in July, 1924. and in the
two wears since she has developed a
full-f1edged orga MIA ton. with 1886
nurses, in reservation hospitals that
boast 5000 beds, and with 1c inStruc-
tive visiting nurses. who go directly
into the homes of the people. Appro-
priationS this year provide for an in
crease in this most important preven-
tive work, and will permit an enlarge
ment also of the combination school
nursing and maternity and infancy
hygiene teaching. While the emphasis
is different on the different reserva-
tions, according to the local needs,
these branches and the work on ira
Choma and tuberculosis are the prin-
Cipal ones at present. Also. with the
help and interest of the nurses
throughout the country. many Indian
girls are taking up the study of the
profession, so that they may go back
to their homes us efficient helpers
among their own.
Miss Gregg has written several ar
ticles for the Public Health Nurse and
the American Journal of Nursing, and
she is frequently asked to talk about
her work before various clubs.
Evening star., 1926-09-09

That's what called real romance.
DO nurses often fall In love with their
patients, Miss Ames? Well, Jimmy,
l certainly congratulate you, and just
think Of the money you'll save when
you are sick and need attention"
II was figuring on that" Jimmy
said lightly, ''and now l suppose I'll
have to obey orders and crawl into
my downy cot. If you people want
anything to drink, help yourselves.
You know where the things are kept,
Bob, and if there's anything you want,
just ask Mrs. Martin
Alice and Bob vanished into the
kitchenette, and Betty helped Jim into
the bedroom and ensconced him with
pillows behind his back and the covers
tucked in carefully, so that no cold
air could reach him. He looked very
handsome as he lay there and very
young. Betty's heart melted with
tenderness as she bent over him.
You will be careful. dear and not
take any chances. So much depends
upon it. I wish I were going to be
there to look out for YOU
1t struck her in that moment that
if he wanted it so, it would be quite
possible for her to go with him. They
could be married at once. very quiet
ly. and then she would be with him
and take care of him. 1t wasn't as
if he were poor and not able to af-
ford it.
But even as this thought occurred
to her, Jim was laughing at her wor-
ried face.
"Of course. I'll be careful" he said
lightly. You don't think I want to
be back where / was, do you? I never
want to see the inside of that dreary
place again. Come now. smile for me-
I should think you'd want a good
laugh. Did you ever see anything as
funny as Alice's face when l broke
the news? She got quite a shock. and
I was glad OF it. She thinks she's so
wonderful that no man can resist
her"
Betty smiled. but somehow she
didn't feel like smiling just then. She
wished Jim hadn't said that. 1t made
her uncomfortable just as it had when
he had first told her about Alice. Not
that there was any reason why she
should champion the girl, but Jim had
not responded when she had said she
wished she were going with him. He
might have said some little thing, but
instead he had been gleeful over
Alice's discontinue. 1t was a small
matter. but just the same it hurt.
Copyright. 19o6.l
Continued in Tomorrow's Starr
Evening star., 1926-09-09
HOW 1T STARTED
BY JEAN NEWTON.
"Other Fish to Fry"

A well known phrase in modern
speech to signify that one has other
matters to attend to. the implication
being usually that they are more in.
teresting or more important than the
matter in question, is ''other fish to
fry"
II am sorry that I cannot join you
in that little venture a man was
heard to say the other day. but /
have other fish to fry
At first glance the phrase would
smack of modern slang-but it is the
province Of ''How IT Started" to delve
deeper than a f1rst-or a second
glance! And the revelation is that If
the expression is slang it Is not mod
ern slang, barking back, as 1t does.
four centuries.
1t is in book 5, chapter ~. of the
works of Rabelais. the famous French
satirist. who lived from 1895 to 1853.
that we find the first recorded use of
the phrase, I'VE have here other fish
to fry
The expression was not unknown
outside of the pages of Rabelais, and
in the second book of Ceramics Don
Quixote." published in 1915, we find
again, II have other fish to fry"
Evening star., 1926-09-09
LITTLE BENNY
Pop was smoking and thinking, and
BY LEE PAPE.

Pop was smoking and thinking, and
l sed. Hay pop.
Yes indeed, pop sed.
I got something in my eye, l sed
That's one of the werst places to
have something, come heer and let's
have look, pop sed.
And / went over to the window and
pop started to look in my eye saying,
/ know ixactly how you feel. because
once wen | was your age l got some
thing in my eye. and | dlsllked the
sensation so mutch I've never allowed
enything to get in since. But / don't
see enything, ware does 1t seem to be?
he Sed.
In the other eye, I sed.
Yee gods, for a son OF mine you
show remarkably small degree of
intelligents, pop sed.
And he started to look in my other
eve, saying, l cant see a thing in heer
either.
Well as a matter Of fack, pop its in
both eyes. / sed.
Say, young fello, if your not reely
in trubble Jest now, something tells me
YOUR going TO be. pop Sed, and | sed.
Well G. wiz, pop. there is something
in there. | ment my pupils, its Supposed
to be a joke.
SO is this. pop sed.
Meening a fearse slap. WiCh If my
Joke dident seem eny funnier to pop
than wat his seemed to me, no wonder
he kepp from laffing.
Evening star., 1926-09-09
Your Baby and Mine
BIZ MYRTLE MEYER ELDRED.

Vor one mother who is Intentionally
cruel there are dozens who do many
things which may seem cruel but
which are merely acts of thoughtless-
ness. Every mother. unless she has
servants, is busy mother, and
though she may want to do all of
the things which are necessary to the
comfort and happiness of the baby,
she sometimes errs, because she is so
busy and tired that she literally can't
think
Mother props her baby up lovingly
in the carriage and takes him for a
walk Perhaps she has only a small
carriage with inadequate springs, and
the baby is 'jounced and bumped over
hard pavements. with consequent in
Jury to his back. ~ Perhaps without
thinking, and because she so likes
to look at the baby, she has him ride
facing her, and she talks and laughs
at him, while the baby turns to look
over the side of the carriage and see
what is coming. One mother asks
Don't you think when child is old
enough to take notice that he should
sit facing the direction he is going?"
/ most certainly do.
Io Then there is the mother who be-
cause she is proud of her daughters
wee feet forces them first into bootees
that have shrunken up to dolls size
and then buys shoes that look as II
they were designed for a fairy. She
doesn't do this deliberately to hurt
the child, and she can't understand
why the child cries when she has to
walk any distance and always seems
fretful and whiny when she is on her
feet any length of time. Often the
shoes are good and new and the
mother doesn't realize that in the
month or two since she bought them
the baby has taken on several pounds
in weight and that her feet have
grown In nrOnOrtiOn.
Evening star., 1926-09-09
Love Apples.

When tomatoes were first brought
from South America, where they are
native, to Europe, they were con-
sidered poisonous, perhaps because
people took their red skins to be
danger signal. More probably 1t was
because new things, especially new
foods, are greeted with hostility by
everybody. For a long time people
grew tomatoes only for ornament, In
greenhouses, and 1t was considered,
once the poison" idea was banished
from the popular mind, that tomatoes,
IL eaten lightly. turned a young mans
fancy Tor a girls to thoughts OF love.
Until the last few years 1t was still
believed that tomatoes were nearly
fatal for young children, but now doc
tors are prescribing them as q substi-
tute for the daily glass Of orange
juice.
Now what do you know about that?
Answers to Yesterdays Questions:
/. Unlike the European cuckoo.
which says cuckoo! like a clock. the
American cuckoo has a rapid rattling
cry, like Observation-Disclosures
which dies away slowly.
2. Initiative song birds are mocking
birds. catbirds and thrashers.
3. The cat bird repeats every phrase
of his song three times, the thrasher
twice.
4. The rain crow does not cav, not
being a crow at all; 1t is merely an
other name for the yellow-billed
cuckoo.
5. Three night-calling birds are
owls. whippoorwills and mocking
birds.
8. True 1arks (skylarks) are not
found in America; we have what we
call meadowlarks, however.
(Copyright ie26)
Evening star., 1926-09-09
PERSONAL HEALTH SERVICE
BY WILLIAM BRADY, Nj. ID.

under her incompetent charge. Ger.
tainly she did not learn in any
reputable or recognized school, nor
NAL school or college that vaccina-
tion is a humbug. She derived that
notion from bad reading.
I am an opponent of compulsory
vaccination. I believe this country
is now sufficiently literate. or. rather,
the population is. to understand plain
language or even to read simple
words. Let the State advise vaccina-
ton for everybody and provide the
vaccine for the purpose and give the
best assurance it Is possible to give
that the vaccine is suitable for the
purpose. Then let the people be vac
cinated or not, as they prefer. Per.
sonally. l like to keep well vacci-
mated and to keep my loved ones well
vaccinated. I advise every parent to
sec to it that his baby is we'll vac
cinated, best in the first six months
Of life. OF course, there is a certain
amount of risk involved in being
vaccinated even under the best pos
sible conditions and care. l prefer
to take any such risk. Smallpox Is a
loathsome disease to have. even II
one RECEIVERS from 1t. Pock marks
are a sad badge of ignorance or
neglect-an unpleasant stigma to
carry through life.
This incompetent physical director
or teacher-how did she get her job?
Politics? Pull? Unfortunately that's S
the way a great many teachers get
their jobs. Speed the day when even
the physical education teacher will
be expected to have some schooling
to fit her for the responsibilities she
takes.
(Copyright, 1Qo6)
Evening star., 1926-09-09

seriousness hold large place among
his chara cteristiCS And those people
who would go out to work among
the tribes must take along before all
else, IL they are to succeed, an appre-
ciation of those characteristics.
II is very fortunate that the Indian
Bureau has chosen Miss Elinor Gregg
to head it's nursing service. because
there Is no part of it's work that must
come more intimately into the lives
Of the tribes. and Miss Gregg both
understands and sympathizes with the
psychology of the red man.
This is the newest branch of the
Government nursing services, and so
far the smallest But it has a peculiar
~ difficult piece of work before It,
Miss Gregg is not willing to build 1t
any way but through the winning of
the confidence of those whom she
would help, and that takes time.
She began her own nursing career
in the Waltham Training School, in
Massachusetts,, having gone back
there from her home In Colorado
Springs because she wanted TO gain
experience in industrial nursing. Wal
than is a cotton-mill town, is we'll as
the birthplace of the watches, and
Miss Gregg did her first pratical work
in one Of the cotton mills. Later she
went to Massachusetts, General for
Evening star., 1926-09-09
It Is Better to Play Safe.

a young woman who has charge of
the physical education of a group of
girls. but apparently has not had the
proper training for her position,
writes that smallpox has been preva-
lent in the vicinity and there has been
some talk of having the girls vacci-
mated. Is vaccination worth while
she asks, or is it. as she believes, a
humhug? She says, Of course, she
has no medical reasons for her belief,
but she Understands" that quite a
number of doctors share her views.
A serious fault with the pioneer
physical education program at pres
ent being established here and there
about the country is that the school
authorities arranging the program do
not comprehend the value Of impor-
tance of this part of a common educa-
ton, and so they are prone to en-
ploy instructors who have not been
properly trained. The school boards
are inclined to look upon physical
education very much as they gen
orally look upon physiology and hy
giene" in the common school-it is a
matter of no Importance, rather a
a few nuts in the community. That
is the view the average politician
educator takes of these subjects.
That is the explanation for the com.
mon practice Of designating any old
teacher who has some spare time
as the physiology" teacher-no mat
ter at all if the teacher hasn't the
first notion of what physiology or
hygiene means. "It Is all the bunk
anyway. If the taxpayers want to
pay for it, let 'em have a good imi-
H@
ference"
From the context Of this young
woman's query 1t seems that she is
going to have something to say about
the question Of vaccinating the girls
who are unfortunate enough to be
Evening star., 1926-09-09
"PuzzEcks" p"
-PuzzLe.Limericks

a railway official at +
Met an engine one day that he =;
Though he smiled and he j.
That engine was f
1t cut hint cut him j.
/. English town named for a ia.
nous statesman.
. Was acquainted with.
g. Made a gesture of recognition.
q. Naughty.
S. Cube root of eight.
Note: Yet they say it always pays
to have good Manners comments J.
F.. II. of Boston, Mass, who sent in
this "Puzzlick." If you'll complete
the limerick. you will see the reason
for the statements. There's another
"Puzzlick" here tomorrow, as we'll as
the answer to this one.)
Yesterdays "Puzzlick."
He once wrote novel of passion
Which he fancied to take in some
cash on;
But 1t was no success
For the heroine's dress
Was fully year out of fashion.
tCopyright 1920
Evening star., 1926-09-09
CHAPTER Y.
Getting Even.

Alice's words had yelled insolence
in them, but Betty could afford to be
generous, and she was.
I'm not officially on tha case, but
DR.. Roberts wanted me to see that
Mr.. Cornell went right to bed. think
he'll be ready to see you in a few mo-
ments: he's getting ready now"
Betty spoke pleasantly, but a feel
ing of anger surged up in her when
she saw Alice exchange q glance with
her companion. 1t was as though that
glance was meant to imply that Betty
had done something indelicate and not
quite nice In coming home with Jim
and 1t made Betty smart with humilia-
ton. She was just about to retort
when the bedroom door opened and
Jim stood there wrapped in a purple
dressing gown.
Hello, Alice; hello. Bob: how's the
boy? l thought l heard voices out
here. Say, it was mighty decent of
you to drop in like this
He was advancing into the living
room when Betty spoke, very quietly
and very evenly.
II really think You ought to go to
bed at once. There's always danger
Of taking cold, and THIS room isn't any
too warm
Jim laughed in that hearty way of
his. and his eyes were teasing as he
came up to her and put his arm
around her shoulders.
This is sample of what I'm 60
ing to be up against from now on"
he said gayly. II don't suppose I'll
be able to call my soul my own.
have a piece of news for you. Miss
Ames has promised to take me for
4
Bettys cheeks were flaming. but she
had the satisfaction of seeing Alice's
blue eyes narrow and her face grow
very white. It was only for a mo-
ment, and she wondered if Jimmy had
noticed it, for almost at once Alice
came forward with an outstretched
hand
Evening star., 1926-09-09
Miss Elinor Gregg.

In the Indian Bureau of the Depart
ment OF the Interior is kept the record
of what Is probably one of the most
interesting experiments in race history
that is known. 1t is not dead history,
but our heritage, acquired with the
spreading Of our own Nation into the
farthest hooks and crannies of these
United States.
Because the Indian has his own
heritage. dignity and fine race con-
Evening star., 1926-09-09
Lessons in English
BY w. l.. GORDON.

Words often misused-Dont say
I'VE use to go every day" Say
used to-
Often nounCed--Defalcatio
Pronounce def-al-ka-shun, ~ in
let" first a as in at" second a as in
day" accent third syllable.
often misspelled--Chief, not Ell.
synonyms: Ordinary. common. Gus
tomary. usual, regular. normal.
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
Condone, to pardon. Such an attitude
is not easily condoned.'
High price Of rice in China is caus.
ing labor troubles there
Evening star., 1926-09-09
Fresh Corn With Peppers.

Scald two green peppers in water
to which onefourth teaspoonful of
soda has been added. Put one table
spoonful Of butter in a hot skillet and
add 12 ears of sweet corn and the
peppers cut fine. Pour in one cupful
Of milk. add salt and pepper. and
cook slowly until done. 1t should be
slightly. Drowned. If there is not
enough moisture, add little more
milk or water. Before adding the
corn wash it and cut the kernels from
the ears, then scrape so as to get the
milk.
Evening star., 1926-09-09
Potatoes and Cheese.

Cook four medium sized potatoes
until tender. then drain and mash.
Add two tablespoonfuls of butter. salt
to taste, one.third cupful Of milk, and
beat until light. Spread half of the
mixture in the bottom of a CREASED pie
pan. cover with one cupful of grated
cheese. and spread the remainder of
the potato mixture on top. Brush over
with milk and brown in a hot oven.
Evening star., 1926-09-09

Betty Ames is giuen pneum onia
case at st. Martins Hospital. and al
though the patient, James Cornell, Is
not expected to Hpe, she helps sdre
his Hfe. They fall in loue 1Uith each
other, and DR.. Amos Craig. an in
terne, 1Ch0 loUes Betty, Is hurt achen
he hears the ne1cS On the day
Jimmy returns home Alice Griffith, a
girl he has once been interested in,
drops in to tCelcome him. She Is rude
to Betty.
Evening star., 1926-09-09
Egg Outlets.

For these use four hard boiled eggs
chopped. one cupful Of sweet milk,
one raw egg. one tablespoonful of
flour. two tablespoonfuls of butter,
one teaspoonful ,of onion juice. one
teaspoonful of salt, and sprinkle of
parsley and red pepper. Shape into
outlets. dip in egg and bread crumbs.
and fry in hot fat.
Evening star., 1926-09-09
New BlOused Fullness at Back
2Y MARY MARSHALL.

The simplest of all primitive gar
ments is the straight tunic extending
to the knees or below First ii was
sleeveless. then in more Northern
Evening star., 1926-09-09

Leading manufacturers of Germany
are combining to eliminate the max
ing of the same product in many
plants by permitting only those able
to specialize in a certain article to
turn it out.
Evening star., 1926-09-09

One mother says:
"A very satisfactory and simple
molding clay may he made from one
cup of -four. one cup of salt and one
teaspoonful Of powdered alum mixed
with enough water to mold easily
BY wrapping it in damp cloth after
the children are tired Of playing with
it the clay can be used again and
again."
Copyright. 1926l
Evening star., 1926-09-09
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Across.
/. Loaded to capacity.
6. Inhab bitants of ancient Britain.
II. Tardy.
II. Body Of soldiers.
13. Aquatic mammal.
ID. For example (abbr.).
Is. Vigor.
II. Before.
10. Prefix: again.
20. Reddish coloring matter.
%. Afternoon.
"a. Declaim.
26. Conjunction.
q. Appear.
20. Note of the scale.
80. Make a mistake.
81. Annoy.
SO. Shaft Of light.
"a. Raise up.
36. Cleansing substance.
SO. Water jar.
80. Make dirty.
40. Stomach.
Al. Musical instrument.
a. BE Ill.
46. Exclamation.
49, Garden tools.
40. Within.
so. Burdened.
53 Never.
81 Leavings.
56. Part of y. Y. State (abhr).
81. Bronze of ancient Rome.
SO. Confusion.
60. Proposition.
81. European river.
63. False god.
Ga. Back of the neck.
Sc. Wallow.
67. Members of the laity.
Down.
I. Covering of a sheep.
Q. Character in "Othello.'
3. Lieutenant (abbr.)
4. A husbands brother.
5. Obstruction.
6. Change color.
Z. Those who employ.
s. That Is tahbr).
9. Pointed missile.
10. Tired.
Is. Within.
18. Proposed international language
21. Was unhappy.
90. Footlike organ.
%. Encountered.
Evening star., 1926-09-09

%. Flying machine.
81. Angel.
2S. Confused jumbles.
81. Chums.
81. Underground part.
35. Spanish definite article.
81. Three-toed sloth.
40. Ripen.
AZ. Electrified particle.
43. Born.
As. Harken.
AZ. Core.
40. Sarcasm.
81. Attendant officer.
50. Point of the compass.
54. Theological degree (abbr).
SO. Tawn.
5S. Form of address.
SO. The whole
81. Wing of a house.
66. Exist.
Evening star., 1926-09-09

countries sleeves were invented to
provide greater warmth. This tunic
was the foundation of Greek and
Roman dress for both men and wom-
en-. The same sort of garment as
worn by the Anglo-SaXons was known
as the gwn or gunna. from which we
derive our word gown. The first ac
cessory of the tunic was the girdle,
which we can easily imagine was at
first a strip of material or a cord tied
round the waist TO prevent the gown
from slipping. Once the girdle APP
pears the blouse follows as a matter
Of course. To pull ones tunic up
above the grdle would give freer mo-
tion to the arms or shorten the tuniC
Evening star., 1926-09-09

What Do You Know
About 1t?
Daily Science Six.
I. What is a cotyledon?
2. What Is a spathe?
3. What Is a spadix?
4. What is a ray-flower?
s. What Is a CORN?
6. Is a tuber a root?
Answers to these questions In
tomorrow Star.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-24

TINE secret is out. Any chance
passerby can diagnose your
personality now, If there is
Il truth in what certain scien-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-24

Oracle would think Of these nights in
the New Paradise. She probably
pictured him at home, in his furnished
room on Railroad avenue. working on
his play. 1t was a little unfair to her,
he thought. for him to be running
around, having q good time, when she
was a prisoner. Oracle must be 10
years older than his wife. You could
tell she was unhappy.
When the film came to its end and
the lights flashed on, H. George and
Lena got slowly to their feet and. in
a daze. wandered down the steep aisle
toward the exit. They didn't talk
about what they had seen: that was
contrary to usage. 1t was all right to
say, Some pictures!' and to that the
other might reply, "I'll say" Further
than that no comment was expressed
or would have been understood.
One was expected to move in a kind
Of trance down the block to the Sugar
Bowl and there consume in silence a
Double Nut Chocolate Banana Split"
The Sugar Bowl would be full of other
Lenas and their boy friends" all hav.
ing Double Nut Chocolate Banana
Splits" with perhaps a disillusioned,
world-weary young man OF "a or so
having a cherry coke instead.
Fl. George and Lena strolled toward
tho shining front Of the Sugar Bowl As
a matter Of course. Lena slipped her
arm through his ana walked ~ Hinu.