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Evening star., 1926-12-14
Wholesale Punishment.

Peggy came with plodding feet, up
the walk, into the house, up the
stairs, with never word, never a
hint of the laughter that came so
readily when her heart was light
She was slow about coming down TO
the dining room for her afternoon
bite and at last mother called,
"Peggy. what's the matter? Are you
feeling bad? Why don't you come
DOWN."
mo. I'm all right. I'll be right
down."
But when she took the proffered
ielly sandwich there was no JOY IN
the action and the munching, usually
punctuated by 20 mother, today in
school, went on in dull silence.
BY and by mother couldn't stand IT
any longer and said, peggy, what's
the matter? ! know something Went
wrong. What is it?"
"T don't like Miss Marie. She's not
fair
s'Why, Peggy. And you always
said YOU liked her. What happened?"
II did like her, but now i don't.
You can't keep on liking a person
who doesn't know you are trying 70
please her. Gives you bad marx
because the worst boy in the whole
| school makes noise In class. Some
idea, that is. You sit up straight and
pay attention, and sing, an every
thing as good as you can and then
Just because Woody is such a fool
that he can't behave himself for
single minute, she says, Class take
q failure
Can you imagine such II thing?
Glass take q failure" And us all try
ing like anything to get an "A on our
report cards for Christmas. All our
fathers and mothers'll think we don't
try. Just on account of Woody
Class take a failure. That's the Sec
ond time this month. Can you imag-
inc what hlark We'll get? Well, just
to get even we're all going to be as
bad as we can be. Bet she'll know
| what it means when class earns a
failure. The very idea. And us try
ing hard for Christmas"
Maybe she won't count it?"
Huh. She's got to count it. She
| wrote 1t in the report book and 1t goes
to the office and the principal will see
| 1t and how can she rub 1t out?'
Evening star., 1926-12-14
Short Fur Coat Wins Popularity
BY MARY MARSHALL.

the woman who drives car the slibrt
fur coat is, of course, far better than
the longer one, and many women pre-
fer this type of coat for walking. If
it is worm with q fairly warm cloth
skirt and wool stockings or the new
wool CATERS then there is warmth
enough.
There is every reason to believe
that these short fur coats Will 30
smart next Winter, so that you can
well afford to take your coat to u
good place for the alterations. The
lining should receive careful consid-
GRAFTON. Do not economize by buying
light, cheap lining. 1t will wear out
quickly and will not stand the rather
strenuous cleaning process to which
your remodeled coat will probably be
subjected at the end of the season.
Even shorter than these new fur
jackets are some of the new fur
boleros that have been seen in Paris.
They are made only of the very thin.
fine furs and are part and parcel OF
some interesting Winter costumes.
If you have not enough old fur tt
be used for a remodeled coat then you
should make use of it for collars, cuffs
and other ornaments on some other
garment this season, for never was
there time when fur trimmings
were SO numerous or so varied.
Copyright, 1026.l
Evening star., 1926-12-14
MILADY BEAUTIFUL
BY LOIS LEEDS

necks stiff. Sit in a chair. Throw
your head back and relax the neck
muscles. Slowly roll your head from
side to side and around to the front.
Please send for my leatiet on How
to Gain Weight" that gives diet sug-
gestions for your type.
LOIS LEEDS.
What to DO for BowIegs.
Dear Miss Leeds-I am Il constant
reader of your beauty column, but
have not yet seen any advice in it
on how to prevent legs from becom-
ing bowed. l am feet inches tall,
1873 pounds in weight and am II
years old. My right leg is becoming
quite bowed. but the left Is not bad.
EDNA.
Answer-All of us start life as
bowlegged babies, but If our mothers
give us the right food, fresh air and
sunshine. and ii they elo not allow
us to walk too soon, our legs nat
urally straighten out. Bowlegs may
be corrected by diet and massage up
to the sixth year. AT your age the
leg bones should be hardened suf-
fciently to support your weight with
out bending. If your bones really
are becoming bent, as you think, 1t
Is IL lCdl CclioiticiA SAiAS ~.
a doctors care. If you wear high
heels it may be that your leg looks
bent because you have allowed the
heel to be runover. A well groomed
woman always keeps her heels
straight. There is no way OF
Strengthening your leg now except a
surgical operation. Wear comforta-
bic. iow-heeled shoes with footwear
of inconspicuous design and color, so
that the shape of your legs will not
be noticed. LOIS LELDo.
Colors for Ashen Blond.
Doreen R.--A girl whose hair is
between a golden blond and light
brown. with gray-green eyes and me-
dunn fair skin with some color comes
within the rather broad classification
of ashen blonds. She may wear
creamy flesh, yellowish-pinks, bur,
gundy, soft, pinkish lavender. dun
brick, rust, dark green, reseda, dark
and medium blues. palest yellow.
bronze, medium tan, cream and black
if relieved with color. Your weight
is correct.
(Conyright 19Sf.)
Evening star., 1926-12-14
WHEN WE co SHOPPING
BY MRS. HARLAND II. ALLEN.

ing at all for the service or a very
nominal fee. Where there are not
such services many women will learn
by inquiry that the stores themselves
employ shoppers whose duty it is to
do the shopping that their customers
haven't the time to do.
Gift certificates may also be used.
In that way the recipient of ones
gift may do her own shopping. Often
she can please herself more satisfac.
torily than ones own most conscien-
tious shopping could. So much the
better. Women who are handy with
the needle or other domestic utensil
can buy the raw materials and make
their own gifts, thus obviating all
Christmas distress.
A few Of the shops stay open later
during the Christmas shopping period.
Some remain open until or 10
o'clock and thus accord one the oppor.
tunity to do her own shopping in the
normal way. 1t is worth ones while
to look about ones neighborhood for
the shops that remain open. Shops
in town that remain open in the eve
ming usually advertise that fact The
woman worker can do her Christmas
shopping very satisfactorily if she
will only plan and reason.
Evening star., 1926-12-14
Orr Children By Angelo Patri

But / can't see yet why the class
got a failure il 1t was only Woody.
Why did the teacher give all fall
ure?"
'It's this way. She says that you
have to have class spirit and class
pride and if one child does wrong he
spoils the whole class. She says we
have to stick together. Why should
we stick to the worst boy in the whole
school? ! don't see. He's as bad as
he can be and his mother had to come
to school, But all of us got the fail
ure."
"But you children won't get the
same conduct mark that he will? Hoy
can you? 1t couldn't be-"
"Well, if the teacher says, Glass
take a failure you got to take the
failure and it counts on your report.
If you got a failure you haven't got
a good mark: you've got the worst
mark. What's the good? Tomorrow
we're all going to be as bad as we can
be. She'll see something. She ought
to take failure herself. See how
she likes it,
When father heard the story that
night he said, Him. / suppose if q
sentry went to sleep she'd shoot the
whole army? Simple but expensive" :"
Copyright. 1920
Mr.. Patri will give personal attention to
the care and development of children. Write
him in care of this paper, inclosing self
addressed. stamped envelope for reply.
Evening star., 1926-12-14
My Neighbor Says:

Oilcloth should be washed
with warm water to which q
little starch (made with boiling
Water) has been added. Soap
should on no account be used.
Scorched fabric can be re-
stored if the threads are not in
jured. Wet the spots and
expose the material to the sun.
Repeat until the spots dis
appear.
When frying onions always
put a saucepan lid over the top
of the frying pan to keep in the
steam and flavor. This also
makes the onions cook more
quickly.
When making an apple pie.
simmer the peelings and the
cores together until they are
soft, then strain the juice into
the pie plate, making the pie in
the usual way. This greatly
improves the flavor.
When cutting figured material
for curtains, make certain to
have the pattern in each cur
tain come exactly at the same
place. Remember that machine
stitching will pucker the cur
tainS and that the best drap-
cries are made by hand.
One should keep kitchen scis-
sors for cutting raisins and figs,
lettuce, parsley, etc.
Iron pillow slips lengthwise in
stead of .crosswise If you wish
to iron the wrinkles out instead
of in.
Evening star., 1926-12-14
What Do You Know
About 1t?
Daily Science Six.

I. Where did a destructive tor
nado recently occur?
.. In what direction is the tor
nado belt" said to be spread
ing?
3. From what direction do the
regular meteorological disturb.
ances of the northern part or
our country come?
4. Why does the east wind gen
orally precede storm?
5. What sort of weather Is gem
orally brought by the west
wind?
6. Do the prevailing meteoro-
logical disturbances of Europe
move In the same direction as
those on this side of the world?
Answers to these questions IN
Tomorrow $ Star.
Evening star., 1926-12-14

plenty Of simple, nourishing food.
plenty of sleep and relaxation. Did
you know that there We're such things
as relaxation exercises? This is the
type of exercise you should have.
Give 10 minutes night and morning
to exercises like the following: %
Lie fiat on your back on the bed.
Stretch your right arms above your
head and stretch your left leg down
as far as possible. Relax completely.
Repeat stretching and relaxing with
left arm and right leg. (2) Stand with
one foot in advance Of the other.
Relax from your waist UP, letting
trunk and arms swing Imply down
ward Swing gently from side to side,
being careful to keep the muscles re-
laxed. 81 1t is very important to
learn to relax your neck. Most un-
derweight. nervous types waste a
great deal of energy In keeping their
Evening star., 1926-12-14
Vegetable Plum Pudding.

Take one cupful each of grated
carrots, raw potatoes and apples, one
cupful of chopped suet, one cupful of
raisins, one cupful of sugar, two cup
fuls of flour, a pinch of salt, one tea
spoonful Of soda and cinnamon and
cloves to taste. Sift the flour. soda
and salt together, add the raisins, mix
the carrots, raw potatoes, apples and
suet and add to the flour and spices.
Steam for three hours or longer
Evening star., 1926-12-14
How to Gain a Few Pounds.

Dear Miss Leeds am feet .
inches tall, 90 years old and weigh
only 95 pounds 7 want to develop
my legs and bust especially. My ankle
measures 8 inches and my calf only
L.. Do you think that going up
and down stairs lot and doing the
Charleston would develop or reduce
my legs? Why doesn't my bust de-
velop? MACDlE -.
Answer-You need to gain % pounds
to bring your weight up to normal.
Violent exercise will tend to keep
your weight down rather than de-
velop your figure. What you need is
Evening star., 1926-12-14
Butter Cakes.

Mix together one quart Of white
-four, one teaspoonful of salt and two
teaspoonfuls Of baking powder. Rub
in three tablespoonfuls of butter. Mix
to soft dough with milk, roll out
three-fourths of an inch thick. then
cut in round cakes. Lay on mod
erateiy hot creased griddle. and when
pale brown turn and brown on the
other side. Tear open, butter literally
and send to the table.
Evening star., 1926-12-14

inkstand, pen, paper knife and blot
er holder finished in delicate French
enamel. Obviously these pieces are
intended for the dainty bedroom desk
of girl
A quill or plume pen is another dec
orative touch for the desk, and as the
color variety is large they can be Sc
lected to harmonize perfectly with the
room they are to grace.
A pretty box for stamps, paper clips
and other trinkets that accumulate on
u desk is another suggestion. The one
shown is covered with glazed tan
leather and has a petite pointe medal
lion set in the cover.
Evening star., 1926-12-14

The revival of the short jacket
ought to be good news to the woman
who has a rather worn OF out-of date
fur coat that she wants to turn to
account, for she can have 1t made
over short. Among the furs that
lend themselves best to the new
treatment are caracul, antelope. mar
mot, gazelle, imitation broadtail and
various goat or sheep furs.
The short fur coat is primarily q
sports earment-using sports in its
Evening star., 1926-12-14
"PuzzEcks
.Linlericks.

A lady who liked to +
Had a manner vivacious and ,;
Peoples names she 3,
But that bothered her 4.
For she calmly addressed them az
-"
I. Form of knitting.
2. Joyous.
8. Did you remember.
4. Negative.
). To make known in words.
(Note.-And this habit is by no
means confined to ladies who like TO
i: lots of others have it as we'll
What habit? Complete the limerick
and you'll find out. The answer will
appear here tomorrow, together with
another "PuzZlickI'0
Evening star., 1926-12-14

Mrs. Foster Welch. who is the first
woman to be elected sheriff in any
county borough of England or Wales,
has Just taken Office at Southampton,
England.
Evening star., 1926-12-14
Yesterdays "PuZzlick."

Go on and let Annabelle rave
Your deeper compassion i crave;
When / took a nap
In his chair, the poor sap
| Went and gave me a permanent wave.
! Copyright. 1026.)
Evening star., 1926-12-14
HOME NOTES
by JENNY WREN.

Desks have become such popular ar
ticles of furniture in the last decade
that desk fittings are pretty sure to be
welcome Christmas gifts.
Shown in the lower section are an
Evening star., 1926-12-14
Across.

Across.
I. Miners.
6. Heroic.
9. Color.
10. Masculine proper maine.
IL. Bone.
IA. Generator.
16. Female fowl.
II. Front.
IS. Part of a circle.
19. Consumed.
81. Personal pronoun.
%. Special player in a game.
"a. SINNERS.
26. Last month (abbr.).
2S. River in England.
90. Exclamation of disapproval.
81. Accordingly.
80. Southern State (abbrl.
80. Rounded mass.
SO. Place.
38. Ailments.
80. Belonging to us.
Al. Treating of morals
43. Top of the head.
a.. Regular.
as. Floor covering.
46. Very small.
AZ. Articles of furniture.
Down.
/. Ornamental belt.
=. Published.
8. Writing instrument.
4. Masculine nickname.
5. Fright.
6. Eagle.
Z. Entreaty.
8. Tribe of Indians
II. Time of life.
13. Fervency.
IA. Cut down.
10, Prefix: Three.
20. Water pitcher
%. Too.
"a. RiStrust.
%. Compass point.
26. Higher.
q. Inlets.
80. Border on.
80. Not at home.
SO. Organ of secretion
"a. Every one.
Evening star., 1926-12-14
Baked Apple Dumplings.

Make a pie crust of two heaping
cupfuls of flour and one scant cupful
Of lard and little salt. Cut the lard
into the flour with a knife. Add
enough cold water to make a soft
dough, or about one cupful. Use q
knife to mix. Roll out medium thick
and cut in squares. Peel. quarter and
core the apples. Put four quarters to-
gether and fill with sugar and little
cinnamon. Wet the edges of the crust
and fold over. Set in tin to bake. Do
not let them touch. Serve with a
sauce.
Evening star., 1926-12-14

Straying into railway tunnel near
Cowden, England, young bull de
layed all traffic for nearly two hours
until two plate-layers drove 1t out and
let the trains proceed.
New Britain herald., 1926-08-12
JUNIORS COMPETING FOR
 NATIONAL TENNIS TITLES
Four Youngsters From California, One From Texas, One From
 Chicago Remain.

Chicago, Aug. 12 tP - Four youngsters from California, one of Texas, one from Chicago, and two from the east today went into the quarter-finals of the national junior tennis championships
 Led by Bergeley Bell of Austin, Tex, favorite to win the title, all of the players in the bracket were seeded stars with one exception.
 He was Dolf Muehleisen of Los Angeles, an unexpected flash yester- day. John Doeg of Santa Monica, Emmet Pare of Chicago. Julius Se- ligson of New York City, Robert Seller of San Francisco, Donald Strachan of Philadelphia and Ben Gorchakoff of Los Angeles were the others matched in the round.
 Warren Coeh of Kansas City re- mained the favorite as survivors in the battle for the boys crown were paired in the semi-fnals. Sidney Wood of Forest Hills, ILL. William of Pittsburgh and Keith GIendhill Of Santa Barbara, Cal. were semi-f1nalists.
New Britain herald., 1926-08-12
JENNZS AND ZAPAKA TOP
 EATERS N FIRST ROUND
Showing Way to City League Sluggers At HalfWa; Mark-Zalesk Leads in Runs-Cormier and Za- patka Make Most Safe Hits - West Ends Best Team On Offense-Some Poor Marks Made Along With Good Ones-Compete Averages to Date.

With the first half of the city league season completed, batting av- erages are beginning to fall, al. though many of the best hitters continue to pound the ball for ab- normal percentages. Of those who have played in enough games to be considered, tennis of the West Ends continues to lead the process sion. He did not play last week and his .5S3 average for four games re- mains. Pete Zapatka, slugging out fielder, battered his way into second place with four hits out of five tries and is now right behind tennis with .529. Budnick of the Burritts las kept his mark of 800. while Luke of the Speedboys is also clinging to this, although his team has as yet played in only two games.
 Huggie Carlson, Pirate pitcher, is fifth with ACT. while Luty of the Burritts and Duke McCabe of the West Ends are tied with .444. Most of the others are maintaining about the same percentage as before. Several, however. who were listed last week among the 300 hitters have fallen from that class; they are Gaida of the Rurritts, Witham of the Rangers and Rubon of the Robins. Several others have stepped o1- ci q hlt- ('lif ford Cowlcs of the Robins. along with three Speedboys Levin, J. Van Deck, and Pongratz. Several poor marks have been made along with good ones. Begley, young Pirate se- cond baseman. is hitting for only .O67: Klepacki. third baseman of the Burritts, is below him with .065, and Cherry of the Rangers is at the tail end with a perfect and flat zero in l , times at bat.
 Menjou Zaleski's ten runs still are more than any other player has scored. Zapatka and Cormier are tied for first place in the number of hits. having lined out nine apiece.
 The Burritt batting averages went to smash Monday under the pres sure applied by Pongratz. and they have been supplanted in first place for team honors by the West Ends. The Rangers are hardly hitting thelr average weight, having at present the pitifully low mark of .192. The figures for the first half of the sea son are as follows;
New Britain herald., 1926-08-12
DAVIS CUP TRIALS
William T. Tilden and William NJ. Johnston Play Richards and
 Williams to StandstilI.

New York, Aug. 19 (P - Will liam T, Tilden and William NJ. Johnston, the big and little Bills" of tennis. have played Vincent Richards and R. Norris Williams, national doubles champions, to standoff in the tests for Davis cup team selection.
 Richards and WiIli""1s won the first two matches "" nc tourna- ment but yesterE te singles stars made the seis al even by taking the third and final contest, 6-2, 6-4, 17-15, the last set stand ing with the famous Mclaughlin Brookes battle as one of the long est on record.
 George Lott of Chicago, and Alfred H. Chapin, jr.. of Spring field, Mass, junior aspirants to Davis cup honors. also turned yes terday on their conquerors of the previous two days and defeated Edward c. Chandler and Lewis White, western representatives. 6-4, 6-4, 1-6, 7-9, 6-4.
 Mclaughlin and Brookes had their long drawn out tilt in the Davis cup play of 1914.
New Britain herald., 1926-08-12
BOY 0F l5 LEADS
 l JUNIOR GOLFERS
Sam Albert, Chicago High
 School Lad, a Leading Contender

Chicago, ug. II P-Emereing from his second round of play as q leading contender for the western junior golf championship, Sam AL pert, a Chicago high school lad. who will not rate his 18th birthday cake until next October, faces to- days third round and semi finals with glittering hopes, based as he says, upon the conviction that these old birds will feel their years"
 Sam is one of the eight second round survivors in the tournament which began Tuesday at Edgewater
 with a field of 250 ambitious golfers under 19 years of age. After qualifying with a good 79 Tuesday, he lifted his clubs yester- day in the first round and smote Donald Carrick, the former Cana
 dian amateur champion with a hole, returning in the afternoon round to sink John Ferbos, of Ken osha, Wis. one up.
 All of this he did with a remark
 ably reliable southpaw manipulation
 of a bewildering assortment of clubs, some of which had padded ends, to save wear and tear on his
 chin. He plays in civies and gray
 shirt, by reason of which he might
 be lost among the pop-eyed caddies
 were it not for his broad -brimmed fisherman's straw headpiece. Reminded after his brilliant play
 that he had eliminated two favor
 ties, Alpert smiled modestly, shrug-
 ged his shoulders and whispered his
 secret:--"I had the advantage of youth"
 He was matched in the third
 round pairings with Jack Lamphier of Springfield. Ill.
 Alex, the younger member of the
 noted Carrick brothers, Toronto, the
 only entry from beyond the borders
 of Illinois remaining in the run
 ming today. was paired with Francis
 Clary of Chicago.
New Britain herald., 1926-08-12
 
RANGERS ID PLAY
 REIDVILLE TEAM
Locals to Stage First Home
 Game Since DiSbandInent

The Rangers A. c. baseball team which is entered in the New Britain City league, will take on an outside team Sunday when the Rockville team of Waterbury comes to New Britain to show its wares against the locals on the old Pioneer grounds on Ellis street. The Ram gers showed up to great advantage last Sunday against the Plainville team and Coach Jack Argosy de- cided to hook up for another con- test this Sunday.
 The present team is rated better than the former Ranger team which disbanded last June because the players failed to show up for prac- tice sessions and Coach Jack Ar gosy is getting good support from it's members. The team is prac- ticing hard every week and is shap- ing into a real baseball club.
 The Rockville team is top notcher in Waterbury and has been cleaning up in and around the Brass City this season. Its record for the year is 13 wins and three losses and the last three games have re- suited in consecutive wins for the outfit.
 Sundays game will be the first contest for the Rockville team on foreign diamond in four weeks and the Rangers are going to try to stop the Brass Cityites Sunday This will also be the Rangers first home game since the other team broke up in June and the club officials are hoping for 3 large turnout.
 The Rockville team will lineup as follows: F. Calcna, 3b; Ctewart, ss! R. Dunn, If; J. Calena, 1b; Kearns. Of; De Abrossi, 2b; Colos- anto, c; J. Dunn, D; Bergin, If. and Galloway and Travers, utility men.
 The probable lineup Of the Ran gers is as follows: D. Cosgrove, 2b; Lindgren, Sb; Casey, If; Jack Ar gosy. 1b; J. Cosgrove, If; F. Hayes, of; Recano. ss; Joe Argosy. c: Tur- her. p. and D. Anastasio, Witham. Middleton and Billy .Preisser, utili- ties.
New Britain herald., 1926-08-12
INDUSTRIAL LEAGUE
Stanley Rule-Fafnir Game to Be Played Tonight and Corbin- Russ win Tomorrow Night.

Two games in the Industrial league which were originally sched- uled for Saturday afternoon will be played in advance this week, accord ing to information emanating from the managers in charge of the teams.
 The Stanley Rule-Fafnir game will be played tonight at o'clock on Diamond No. at Willow Brook park. This was originally scheduled to be played on Diamond No. 1 at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. but be- cause of various reasons the teams were unable to carry out their con- tract tomorrow afternoon.
 The other game scheduled for Saturday afternoon in the Dusty" league on Diamond No. 1 is between P. & F. Corbin and the. Russwin teams. Upon agreement of the two managers this game will he played tomorrow night at o'clock at Will low Brook park.