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CHAPTER VII
Mistress and Maid.

Leila was given tiny room az the
tar end of the second floor corridor
and to her delight she had a bath TO
herself. Besides herself there were
four servants in the Kingsley menage
Ingeborg. the Swedish cook and
Marie. the second maid. The maids
and the chauffeur went home each
evening. but kuwa slept in the
apartment.
From the very first. kuwa treated
Leila with n curious respect. His
bland Oriental face displayed no eX-
preston of any kind, but he seemed
to sense the fact that she was TO ordl-
nary maid and he showed ii in his
manner.
On the day that she arrived. he
showed her to her room as II she had
been a princess. and she accepted his
homage gracefully. 1t made her feel
as if she had friend at court.
She closed the door behind him and
whirled around TO take stock of her
room. II was very tiny. but very
fresh and clean. with cretonne cur
tains at the windows and small
narrow white iron bed. A chest Of
drawers with mirror hung on cord
above il served as a dressing table,
and this with one chair and rag rug
completed the furnishings. Leila was
frankly delighted. She could MAKE
the small place very Hvable with
some books and pictures. and it WAS
so much better than anything she
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-05
When Should
A Young Man
Marry?
.D0r0thyDix
Says Wait
Until Good and
Ready
Don't Propose Until You Have Money, the Desire
For a Home, and Girl Who Is Pal
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LITTLE BENNY


/ was laying awake insted of asleep
last mite on account of the Jonses ra.
do going next door. and ma and pop
was down stairs and herd ma say, o
my goodniss graycious land sakes I've
red the same sentence over a duZzen
times and I don't even know wat 1t is
vet, how can ] reed with that radio
going like n perpetual motion ma
chine. there awt to be some law
agenst playing the radio after II
o'clock If the government Expects
people TO get eny reeding done.
Maybe If I called them on the tele-
fone and told them their house is on
fire il mite distract their attention
from the radio for vile at leest, pop
sed
I don't care wat YOU do as long as
that dredfill radio stops ma sed
Well then | think III start conserva-
lively and tap on the wall with my
slipper and see if they can take a
hint. pop sed.
WITCH he started to do, me herring
the slipper going agenst the wall, ony
the radio dident stop and pop started
to keep time to the music with his
slipper, sounding pritty good. and
after vile ma Sed. o for land sakes
Willyum If your trying to drive me
out of my mind intirely your succeed
ing PERFECTLY, izzent that radio had
enuf without you making it 10 times
Verse?
Iee gods give up / serrender. I'm
going to bed and berry my face in the
pillow and cry myself to sleep. pop
sed. Or no, on'2nd thawts ! bleeve
i'll berry my face in your pillow, !
hate damp pillows, he sed
And he went to bed and prittv soon
the radio stopped by itself and ] went
back 10 sleep and dreemed was the
radio operator on "A boat and the boat
sank with everybody on it and the ony
thing left was me and the radio ma
chine floating on top Of the water
with me still sending out S o s mes
sidges for help.
Being pritty good kind of dreem.
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SUB ROSA
BY MIMI.
You've Agreed; Don't Whine.

Have you ever been asked to make
a fourth at bridge when you simply
yearned to be left all alone In an easy
chair with book?
Have you finally. after much per-
suasion. given in rather grumpiy
and followed your tormentors to the
table,.
Then have YOU devoted Yourself
seriously to playing the best game
possible in order to give the other
players pleasure, or have you
whined?
Most of us whine. I'm afraid. We
can't seem to understand that we
might just as well refuse to play en-
tirely. as to consent and then make
others miserable with our disagree
able attitude.
Helen always considered herself
the best natured person In the world.
She was constantly eXclaiming with
an expression of mock despair: "Oh.
we'll. I'll never amount to anything.
I'm too easy. People can talk me
into doing anything just to oblige
them"
But none of Helen's friends ever
thought of her as one who unSeltShly
sacrificed herself to please others.
made any one happy. She showed so
plainly what an ordeal she was suf-
fering just to give them pleasure.
Perhaps there would he the ques-
ton of the theater party. Every one
asked would be awfully keen To see
The Purple Gloom" a fascinating
mystery play. Helen hates mystery
plays. They brighten her, annoy her
with unexpected noises, spoil her
evening for her.
This she told the party at great
length. but there being seven of
them. all anxious to go. they united
to convince her that THE Purple
Gloom would he great exception.
She'd Just love it.
Finally, because she hated to miss
a good party, she gave in and con.
scented to he tortured by Witnessing
the detective drama. But having
gracefully given in. she did not
gracefully submit to her torment.
She ViSibly writhed under the treat
ment She fdgested and yaWned and
made audible remarks about how
bored she was
She let every one know for several
miles around that she'd Just come to
be good natured--if she'd had her
way they'd be seeing Il nice, senti-
mental love drama
That sort of giving in satisfies no
one. The only sort of sacrifice that
really worth while is the sacrifice
that is made cheerfully, happily,
ea silly.
Unless you're prepared to give up
your personal desires in the real
spirit of unseltishness, you'll never
make any one happy.
When you agree to do something
YOU hate doing. you've tacitly agreed
to he pleasant about ii.
Don't back out on that unwritten
promise. 1t marks YOU AS "a wilmer
Nobody loves a wilmer
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had expected that her spirits rose.
Then her eyes wandered back TO tie
bed and she noticed for the first tine
that pile of what looked like freshlY
Numbered clothes had been placed
there. Going closer TO examine them,
the hot color leaped into her cheeks.
The pile of linen turned out 10 ',e
frilly aprons and crisp. sheer cap~.
They We're the badge of her serVitude
a low knock on the door broke in
on her thoughts. and when she went
10 open il, kuwa stood outside in the
hall.
Mrs. Kingsley would like 10 soc
YOU in her room as soon as YOU are
| ready" he informed her without Il
change Of expression Then he van
ished noislesslv down the corridor.
| and. with a stifled sigh. Leila began 70
take off her outer things.
She wore a very simple black dress
cut on straight lines. and over this
she tied one of the white aprons. II
was of point d'esprit with tiny bin
and ruff1ed straps. There was a tiny
| cap that matched It. and when Leila
had adjusted this on her cinnamon
colored hair. she could not repress a
smile. II seemed too absurd to he
true. II was like dressing UP for pri-
waite theatricals in which she was to
have the part of French maid.
Her heart was heating very fast
when. five minutes later. she Knocked
on Mona kingsley's door. But she
lifted her head proudly as she turned
I the knob and entered. although her
cheeks were scarlet.
Mona was seated before her dress
ing table wrapped in negliSe Of
pale blue satin. She whirled around
as Leila entered. and for a moment
stared at the girl. Then she said
sharply.
You're late"
I'm sorry" Leila said simply.
BEING sorry doesn't help matters;
| you'll have 10 learn to be prompt
want 10 lie down before dinner, but
| I'd like my hath first. Have the water
| warm, not hot. and the bath crystals
are in bowl on the lower shelf"
| Leila went into the bathroom and
| turned on the water in the cream
sunken tub. While il was running.
Mona called TO her.
DO YOU know anything about dress
ing hair? Come in here and sec. what
you can do. The last maid had was
very good Al it. hut | couldn't bear To
have her touch me.
Mona's golden hhir was spread over
her shoulders in heavy masses. Leila
had never seen such hair and she ut
tered an involuntary exclamation.
How beautiful"
| Mona's face relaxed into smile.
at is nice, isn't it," she said com
| placently. Somehow | could never
make up my mind to cut it. l like IL
bound tightly around my head. See
what YOU can do with it"
Leila stepped forward, and at the
same moment the door was flung open
and man strobe into the room.
Continued intomorrow's Starr
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SUMMERTIME
RY ID. c. PEATTIE.
Sweet Peas.

Each revolving year brings back
sweet pea season. though. of course.
the marvellous florists can purvey
sweet peas in the dead of Winter-if
YOU feel like paying the price. But peo-
pie who dine on dollhouse StraWber-
rieS the year round find no thrill when
the stra wberry season comes. and the
same is true of the fragrant weeks
when the sweet pea reigns supreme.
Many names dear to gardeners, but
all too little known to most people,
are linked with the lovely old ia sh-
Toned sweet pea. The earliest of these,
| think was Father t'ranciscus
Cupani. devout Italian monk and
an enthusiastic botanist. who grew
the sweet pea first in 1899. One hun
dred years later the English gar
deners had something new to offer
in sweet peas besides Father Cupani's
Italian plant brought in from the
wild.
The strain known as painted lady"
was brought from far-away Ceylon
and hybridiZed with the European
plant, and from then on the history
of the sweet pea has been a dazzling
one of mixtures and inbreeding and
outbreeding, producing the wonderful
shades we know today. However,
some of the strange copper Colors that
to standing the sweet pea stems in
colored inks.
The name of Henry Eckford, the
greatest sweet pea breeder in the
world Is all too obscure. But it was
he who did more than any one else
for English and American sweet peas
Strangest of all is the story Of Gregor
Mendal. another monk this time an
Austrian, who lived in great obscurity
and grew sweet peas for pleasure.
He discovered that the descendants Of
a hybrid had a curious way of revert.
ing To the parental type. In fact they
did this with such regularity that he
was Able to formulate a little law
| about the effects of cross breeding in
sweet peas. He read paper on it
| to little scientific club. and published
| his paper in the club journal. Then
| he tried his han nd at hybridizing some
cereals. He got negative results. was
/ discouraged, and duties in the mon
astery took up his time. He died in
obscurity. In 1900 this paper Of his
was simultaneously discovered by
! three famous botanists and repub-
| lished to the world Times had
caught up with AIendel's great dis
| covery, and the dead man became
| famous.
/ Since then. a great library of stud
| les in Mendelian heredity has been
published. some of it foolish, to be
sure. hut much that carries on the
tradition of Mendel's immortal work
with sweet peas.
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BEDTIME STORIES BY THORNTON
RI RECESS
". RJ RECESS

and out popped Nanny Meadow Mouse
hurrying along one of those little
paths.
Hello. Nanny" cried Peter How
are YOU? What are YOU in such IA
hurry about? What is the news"
Nanny stopped abruptly.
oh. Peter" she gasped. how YOU
startled me. Tell me. Peter have you
seen anything of Danny"
Peter picked up his ears. 1t struck
him that Nanny was really worried
Her voice sounded as If she were very
anxious.
No" said he. isn't Danny at
home"
That's ii silly question" squeaked
Nanny. IF he were at home
wouldn't he asking YOU if you'd seen
him. would -"
Peter had to admit the truth of this
Has he been l6ng gomez" he in
quired
K Nanny nodded as well AS a Meadow
Mouse can nod. You know. a Meadow
Mouse has a very short neck
Yes" she said. ''He has been gone
two whole days. and that is Il very
long time He never was gone so
long before. Oh. Peter. am SO afraid
something dreadful has happened to
him. | am afraid some one has caught
MN 4 Hu SHAH never see Illtll dSdlH
That's what I'm afraid of. Peter Rah-
bit | am afraid some one has eaten
my Danny"
Has any one been hunting around
here lately?' inquired Peter Il
haven't noticed any of the Hawk fam
lily around. and Old Man Coyote and
! Reddy Fox have been keeping up in
! the Old Pasture lately or over in the
Green Forest OF course. | suppose
/ Hooty the Owl or some of his relatives
may have picked Danny up. but if I
! were YOU | wouldn't give him up for
| lost yet By the way. that big Man
Bird was over here the other day,
wasn't it,
! OF course. Peter meant an airplane.
Nanny nodded.
/ Yes" said she land haven't seen
I Danny since it few away. Do--do
| YOU suppose. Peter. it could have
! taken him with it?"
i Peter scratched long ear with a
long hindfoot.
1T took you both away once, didn't
it," he inquired
| Nanny nodded.
And it brought YOU back again
didn't ito"
Again Nanny nodded.
We'll. then. I wouldn't worry about
Danny if that is what has happened
to him" said Peter.
| But I don't know that it did take
+ him away, and-oh, Peter, its
dreadful to have some one you love
disa ppear."
/ Copyright. 1920
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Directions for mixing fruit punches
ere in demand in hot weather and at
no time more than on y holiday. The
recipes given below can he made at
short notice and are delicious. To.
gether with the rules for mixing
drinks am giving "A recipe for max
ing ginger ale. 1t is especially Inter
eSting. for it comes from one uf our
readers.
Simple refreshme that are sure
to he enjoyed are homemade cakes or
or a plain lemonade. y sirup made
by boiling lemon juice with some
pieces of the rindl and sugar. diluted
with water sufficient to permit of its
cooking, is q fine foundation for lem
onade. 1t can he bottled. kept on the
ice and he ready To add to water or to
punches Another recipe for lemon
AIDE that is simplicity itself and which
has a peculiarly delicious flavor is AS
follows: cut M lemons in thin slices.
add sugar and water enough tn give
the desired strength. Let stand for
an hour and serve with cracked ice.
One lemon will give sufficient strength
for three half pintS of water. This is
aneconomiCal recipe. stir we'll before
pouring out.
Ginger Ale Punch.
Five lemons. one cupful sugar, one
quart water and one quart ginger ale.
Slice the lemon very thin and sprinkle
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Ny Neighbor Says:

10 mend wolfe or other thin
material get piece IF court
plaster as near the same color
as possible. dampen il. place 1t
under the torn part and press
under weight until dry.
a lump of sugar in teapot
which Is seldom used will pre-
vent the musty smell which is
so often found in metal teapots.
The lid should be left open.
To save time. cook enough
oatmeal for two or three morn
ings while you are cooking din
ner. put il in a glass jar and
keep in the refrigerator. In the
morning mix the amount needed
with milk and reheat.
When your kitchen sink is
rusty rub it with kerosene.
A lump of sugar added to
starch will keep clothes from
sticking to the irons. but there
should always he a piece of
beeswax sewed in the top of an
old stocking on which to rub the
latter.
If two teaSpoonfuls of cold
water are added to egg whites
before heating them to froth
for frosting they will not fall
To stiffen malines use Il solu-
ton of gum arabic. Try one tea
spoonful of powdered gum in
one pint of hot water. let il cool
and dip the maline in it. Dry.
and If not stiff enough dip
again. Press with a warm iron
while damp.
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Ragged Hair.

If you are going in for the short
bob that is. the shingle or the Elton
crop YOU must he prepared to go to
the hair1ressers and have it trimmed
a least once month, and preferably
once in three weeks. Don't try to trim
your hair Yourself. for you can't pos
sibly do il. and don't let any we'll
meaning friend try to do 1t for YOU.
The result is sure to be ragged bits
and ugly short patches that will take
two months to grow out SO that
barber can trim them properly.
If you have thick. fluffy hair that
curls under or that can he made to
curl under. you can trim it sufficiently
we'll Yourself so YOU ned not have ii
done professionally more than once in
two months, for the irregular edges
will twist under and not show. Here
are few suggestions about trimming
the hair that you may find useful If
YOU are coura geous enough to try do
ing ii at home.
You can clip off the short hairs that
grow down the back of the neck by
laying the scissors fiat against the
skin and cutting: the beNel on the
blade prot ects the skin. so that YOU
would have to he very awkward inded
to cut yourself. If you keep the neck
clear of these short hairs il will add
much to the neatness of your appear.
ance.
If YOU wear fringe in front you
can trim it yourself by first wetting
the hair and then combing it straight
down over the forehead and cutting it
while Ii is wet. If 1t has a tendency
to slip, tie a piece of tape around il,
that is around the head. to hold the
hair fiat against the forehead.
If YOU do want to try to shorten or
thin your hair yourself so as to make
il better shape the professional way
Is to comb the hair backward. which
roughs and tangles it slightly. and
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BEAUTY CHAlo BY EDNA KENT FORBES

then to clip an inch or so from the
ends combing out the tangles after
ward.
Il and F'lossie-Unless your vision
is normal you should not discard your
glasses You may think that your
eyes will he better looking without
the glasses. but they will not he if YOU
need them: they will appear weak and
strained. while now you say they are
admired. even though YOU are wearing
the glasses
Jane-USe very cold water or ice
after cleansing your skin to contract
the eniarginG pores. There is nothing
better for bleaching the superf1uous
hair than ammonia and peroxide.
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He hadn't seen either of them for
some time. and. as they We're living
not far away from where he then was,
this seemed like a good chance TO find
out how they We're getting along.
When Peter reached the place
where he knew the Meadow Mouse
home to he he sat down beside one of
the private little paths that Danny
Meadow Mouse had made through the
grass. He knew that If he moved
about trying to find Danny and Nanny
he would be likely to scare them 50
that they would remain hidden. 1t
would he better to sit and wait. If he
waited long enough. one of them would
be sure to use one of those private
little paths. and Peter was sitting
where two or three Of these met. He
didn't have long to wait. In fact, he
had been there only Il few minutes
when he heard n rustlng in the grass
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HOW 1T STARTED
BY JEAN NEWTON.
A Dark Horse. -

Nominating conventions are always
expected to produce a dark horse
candidate who is not only unexpect-
ed but who has never been considered
for the place.
The first dark horse was literally So.
though even he was not A live horse
He lived only in fiction. This is how
it started
In Lord Reaconsfield Ids novel. The
Young Duke we find description Of
a horse race as follows: The first
favorite was never heard of: the sec.
ond favOrite was never seen after the
distance post: all the l0to-ls were in
the rear. and a dark horse. which had
never been thought Of rushed past
the grandstand in sweeping triumph"
Copyright. 1920
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"PuzzEcks'
PuzzIe.Limerick,

| There once was young lady i,
Who owned a had parrot that =;
He would likewise 3,
Using language 4,
All of which, SO the lady said. >.
]. Practitioner of medicine.
.. Made fun of: feminine pronoun.
objective two words.
3. Curse.
I. Far advanced.
). Horrified last word of second
line 1.-TWO worlds.
(Note: II is quite evident that this
young lady's parrot had a past. as
YOU will see when you have com
pleted the limerick by placing the
right words. indicated by the mum.
hers. in the corresponding spaces
The answer and another Puzzlick
will appear tomorrow
Saturdays "PuZzlick."
A certain old maid of COhOes
In despair taught her bird to propose;
But the parrot. detected
AT being accepted.
Shrleked words too profane 10 disclose.
tCopyrisht. 1920
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Lessons in English
BY W. L.. GORDON.

Often mispronounced: Audacious.
Pronounce aw-day- shus, accent on
second syllable.
often misspelled: Syringe.
synonyms: Love. devotion. affec-
ton, attachment, fondness. tender
ness. regard.
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:
Resentment; anger and i'll will in view
of real or fancied injury. I'VE shall
overcome their resentment by kind.
ness"
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Soft Drop Cakes.

Take seven ounces of butter. five
ounces Of sugar. three eggs. seven
ounces Of -four, and half a teaspoonful
Of lemon extract. Weigh the in
gradients carefully. Cream the but
ter and sugar. heat up the eggs and
add them gradually. sift in the -four,
and add the extract. Drop the mix
ture from a teaspoonful or put j.
into forcing bag and tube and pipe
il in small drops onto a buttered and
papered tin and bake.
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Sugar Pies.

Take pieces Of biscuit dough about
the size Of a biscuit and roll thin.
Spread half the round with butter,
put t~o teaspoonfuls of sugar over
the butter. and sprinkle with CHINA
mon. Fold over press the edges to-
Gether, prick with a fork. aud fry in
hot fat. Good for school lunches or
the midday lunch at home.
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PALE HANDS
BY HAZEL DEYO BACHELOR.
by DOROTHY STOTE.

Leila Marsh rho has ARRAYS been
UrcnstoHaed 10 j6isHsss ~ Ter ,rjtkOHt
money she finds her rich friends are
Of the tair Veofhsr rorietv. and is
Ggency srIere sic m.ets Morv Bramdr
ne manager o. ne DInce A(fer u fnIh
Hnry Ofers hey q pOsition as 'ddys
maid 1r,tk q rich Pccenfric ,ront1p
LeiO decides ~ accept IL 1rhTe she is
getting on her feet and is engaged by
Mona HiU0sisD.
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Peter Rabbit was hopping lipperty-
lippertY-lip across the Green Meadows
toward the dear Old Briar Patch. He
knew he ought To be there by the time
Jolly. round. red Mr.. sun should kick
his pSy blankets off and begin his
daily climb rIp in the blue. blue sky.
But there was still plenty IF time, SO
Peter turned aside To make call on
Danny AMI Nanny Meadow Mouse
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Prices realized on Swift & Company
sales of carcass beef in Washington: p. C..
shipments sold out. ranged from l4.5O cents
e 90 cents per round snd ~ averaged