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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-06

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-06
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Evening star., 1926-09-07
BOLT OF LIGHTNING
IS FATAL TO TWO
Many Hurt When Severed
High Tension Wire Falls
on Circus Parade.

BY the Associated Press.
ALABAMA CITY. Ala, September
1.-Two persons were killed and sew
eral persons severely shocked here
yesterday when lightning struck a
high-tension wire and dropped it into
the midst of a circus parade. The
dead are Miss Tmogene Isaacs, II,
Alabama City. and 7. l.. Bowling, 46.
Alabama City.
The more seriously injured were
Miss Willie Trafensteadt. Alabama
city. who is not expected to live: Joe
Brown. Alabama city; Miss frankie
stanley. Alabama city: j. T.. Brown.
address unknown. a circus musician,
and Will Harris. negro, Watson, w.
Va. circus employe.
Fifteen lead horses in the parade
We're killed by the force of the bolt.
More than 100 persons were knocked
to their knees, while thousands were
thrown into a panic. Rumors of loose
circus ANIMALS added to the confusion.
Bowling lost his life when he made
an attempt to save lives of those
watching the parade, it was learned
last night. The man, who is a line
man for the Alabama Power Co, no.
ticed that the high-tenSion wire sag
Ged after the bolt struck, and he ran
across the street and cut the line.
When one end of the wire touched
the ground there was a binding flash
and Bowling and others standing near
We're knocked to the ground.
Evening star., 1926-09-07
F0NCK FLIGHT PLANE
OWNERSHIP SETTLED
Argonauts and Sikorsky Represent
ative Reach Agreement
in Dispute.

ny tho Associated Press.
MINEOLA. \. Y. September T.
The controversy over the ownership
Of the Sikorsky plane $50. in which
Capt. Rene Fonck. French ace. hopes
Ia fly to Paris. was settled yesterday,
/: was announced by Col. II. f.. Hart
neN. vice president of the Argonauts,
financial hackers of the flight.
capt. Fonck will he I'm charge of the
flight. as first planned.
Agreement was reached at a con-
ference between Col. Hartney. John
r. Jameson. a contributor to the VEN
ture, and Arnold G. Dickinson, who
represented Igor Sikorsky, designer
and builder of the plane.
Evening star., 1926-09-07
LABOR DAY FRACASES
BRING INJURIES TO II
Policemen R. S. Smith and T. R.
Beckwith Are Hurt in
Making Arrests.

Eleven persons. including two police
men. were injured in a number Of
Labor day fracases in various PARTS
Of the city. police reported today.
Policeman r. S. Smith Of the ninth
precinct station reports that he was
attacked by James Pinkey. colored
32 years old. of Brewers court north
east while he was in the court last
night. He says Pinkey struck him
a glancing blow with an ak and
resisted arrest. The policemans con-
dition is not serious.
Policeman T. r. Beckwith was at
tackled by Leslie S. Steuart, % years
old. of Great Falls. and lost a. good
deal Of his uniform in a restaurant
at 3603 NJ street last night, 1t is re-
ported. Beckwith says he sustained
his injuries when he tried to arrest
S'euart after the latter had attempted
to beat up three patrons of the lunch
room. Steuart was charged with
drunkenness and three cases Of as.
sault. He was fined $40 in Police
Court today.
None of the other victims. nine of
whom were colored, was seriously
hurt.
Evening star., 1926-10-29
LITTLE BENNY
BY LEE PAPE.

We had lemmin merrang pie for
wish to imply that this pie has eny-
thing to be ashamed of, as pies go, in
fact it has proberly led very good
life. but Jest the same there is ony
one persin in the Werld who can make
a perfeck lemmin merrang pie, and
that's my sister IZZabel. Why don't
YOU call her UP and get her recipe? he
sed.
will. Ill call her up tomorro. ma
sed.
And tonite wat did we have fir diZ-
zert but another lemmin merrang pie,
pop saying, Well, don't tell me this
was cut out by Izzabel's pattern?
l called her up this morning for the
recipee, how does it taist? ma sed.
Wich pop taisted it, saying. Very
nice. in fact it's as good as it could
possibly be without aXually being the
reel thing. Because naturally the per-
sinai touch is something you cant get
over the telefone. eny more than you
could ixpect Misha Elman or some
body like that to explain how he gets
his marvelliss tones. I'm a crate
bleever in the persinal touch in every
form of art, pop Sed.
We'll considering tne TACT tnat your
sister Izzabel insisted on coming over
this afternoon persinally in persin and
making that pie with her own per-
sinai hands, how do you iXplain that?
ma sed.
had sispicion that Izzabel made
this pie herself and I jest thawt Id
draw you out with a little innocent
remark, and You fell in the trap all
rite. ha ha. DOD Sod.
O yes. tell that to the marines, do
you see eny green in my eyes, hee
hee, mad sed.
And she keep on tawlling about the
persinal touch till pop had to go over
70 the bowling alley In self defents.
Evening star., 1926-10-29
The Black Hole.

The famous "Black Hole Of CAL
cutta" was a small subterranean
dungeon into which nearly a hun
dred men were confined during the
Sepoy mutiny. After one night in
this spot the majority Of the Eng
lishmen were found to be dead. 1t
has generally been supposed that
they died of carbon dioxide poison
ing, a gas given off by the lungs.
Modern research has shown. how
ever, that the same air that these
men breathed, If It had been taken
out and dried and famed, would not
be poisonous. In other words. the
air became so saturated with the
water vapor given off by the lungs
and bodies, and so hot, due to the
tropical conditions and the presence
of many men in a small space. that
they died of humidity.
Now, what do you know about
that?
Answers to Yesterdays Questions.
1. A yak Is a Tibetan OK with
long hair.
2. A gnu is an African antelope.
3. An ant lion is a four-winged
insect.
4. Elephants are wild in tropical
Africa and India.
5. There are no really white ele-
plants, but some that are grayish
pink are called white and are con-
sidered sacred in Siam.
6. mantis is a predatory insect
having habits that resemble some
human actions.
(Copyright. 1926.)
Evening star., 1926-10-29

only for dress occasions. For prac-
tical purposes they wore dark gloves
black gloves or gray gloves or
brown dogskin gloves which were ap.
parently considered wearable even
when they got quite grimey. This
was curious inconsistency for faS-
tidious woman--to wear dogskin or
gray castor glove long after it showed
black streaks and marks on the fin
gers. They would have blushed to
wear white gloves after a bit of black
had appeared, but went on wearing
these darker street gloves-never
thinking of sending them to the
cleaner.
But women have become much
more fastidious in this matter. Gloves
that will not put up with washing in
water are sent to the cleaners, whether
white or of some darker hue.
Light gloves have become as much
an established fashion with some
women as light stockings. With beige
stockings they wear beige gloves: with
gray stockings, gloves Of a matching
gray. They take stockings with them
when they buy gloves or carry new
gloves to the counter to match them
in stockings. White gloves are con-
sidered appropriate only for rather
formal wear and some women never
wear the pure white tone-following
the rule at all times of wearing gloves
and stockings to match.
iCopyright 1920
Evening star., 1926-10-29
Your Baby and Mine
Why We Give Water to Babies.
BIZ MYRTLE MEYER ELDRED.

So much Of the human body is
made up Of water that a baby needs
a definite amount Of water in Its
daily diet in order to furnish the
necessary fluids. The nursing moth
er's milk has a high percentage of
water, as does cows milk. but some.
times even xthen the baby does not
get enough fluid and this fluid must
be given in the form Of water; that
Is. extra to the nursing or the milk
formula.
1t has been figured that a baby
during the early months needs three
ounces of fluid per pound of body
weight Therefore, an eight-pound
baby would need "a ounces Of fluid
daily. During the later months a
baby will only need two ounces of
fluid per pound of weight. so that
when the milk and other more concen-
trated foods are given after the first
six months the baby will not suffer II
not given such large quantities OF
water.
Especially is it necessary to con
slider water drinking when a baby is
getting small amounts of cows milk.
undiluted, because Tactic acid has
been added to help digestion. Then
the amount of water taken daily may
be just the difference between a good
gain or no gain, even though the
baby is getting all the actual food he
needs for gain.
In the case Of the eight-pound baby
we will say, who is to get "a ounces
Of LIQUID, his needs can be figured
this way HIS formula would be for
naturally he IS a young baby eight
ounces Of milk, nine and a half OF
boiled water This makes only 1712
ounces Of fluid and he needs "a. Sc
the rest of his allotment should he
given as just plain drinking water
Perhaps If the baby takes more in
ounces per feeding. say three ounces
at a meal instead Of two and one
half, then he would need only three
ounces Of water daily to make ur
what he lacks.
While we can actually figure for
mulaS so that one knows exactly
what the baby is getting in water, ii
Is not always SO easy when the baby
is nursing If the mother weighs a
baby before and after nursing for the
whole day she will know exactly how
many ounces of fluid he Is getting
and she will know whether it is
necessary to give much or little
water between feelings.
Incidentally, this is the newest
viewpoint on water drinking. hereto
fore doctors having differed in their
opinions, some advising all the water
a baby would drink. some advising
not any at all, on the premise that
the breast milk contains all the water
a. baby needs. At any rate, this seems
less like guesswork. or merely ar
opinion, and decidedly more scientific
Mrs Eldred has leafet on the correc
diet for the child of months to ;? year
which may be obtained for self addressed
stamped envelope.
Evening star., 1926-10-29
CHAPTER LII.
The End of a Dream.

"They don't mean anything to
you?" Jimmy's face was blank.
What do you mean by that?"
"Just what 1 said. I want you to
take them
For a long moment he stared at her,
and then his face relaxed into a smile.
Darling, you're not well, you don't
know what you're saying. III wait
till you're stronger before we argue
about anything and then I'll take you
away somewhere. You need a long
ocean trip and we can afford 1t. just
think Of the two of us on ship to-
gether."
Betty turned her face on the pillow.
How she had longed for a trip with
Jimmy! But now 1t seemed long ago
She wondered how she could have
cared so much, how it could have
meant so much to her when now II
meant so very, very little.
I'm going now" he went on, and
I'm going to tuck these boxes under
your pillow. They're quite valuable
YOU know, dearest. It's foolish to
leave them around carelessly.'
She wanted to tell him it was use
less, but somehow she was too tired
She could send them back to him by
messenger later. Somehow she could
not combat Jimmy'S. hard gayety az
this time; she had been through toe
much for that.
1t was so that he left her and she
suffered his kiss before he left. He
did not dream that she did not want
it. How could he? He was fortunes
favorite, a darling of the gods, and
In spite of Betty's strangeness she
couldn't be anything but in love with
him.
But the next day when q messenger
delivered a small parcel to him, a par
Gel for which he had to sign, he was
terrified. Betty, hanging like ripe
plum within his reach. had never beer
so desirable as this remote Betty who
smiled at him strangely and seemed
not the least bit impressed. What hat
happened, and what was she think
| ing of. to treat him like this?
He went out and ordered flowers
lavish, expensive things. But that
night when he went to the hospita
word had been left at the office thai
| Miss Ames could not see him.
Evening star., 1926-10-29
Vegetables in Casserole.

Use leftover freshly cooked vege
tables from vegetable dinner and cut
in dice or otherwise prepare for at
tractive serving. Combine according
to taste as to flavor and variety OF
favors. The type of sauce used will
depend on the vegetables chosen. Ger
tain vegetables such as peas, potatoes
and chopped celery will be very good
served with cream sauce. On the
other hand. in a mixed dish such as
casserole of vegetables tomato sauce
is perhaps more digestible to all fla
vors and varieties. Prepare this sauce
precisely as you do a cream sauce,
using strained tomato juice in place
of milk. Bind with butter and flour
rubbed together.
Evening star., 1926-10-29
HOW 1T STARTED
By JEAN NEWTON.
LIQUID Fire.

This was one of the new inven-
tions" which wrought horror during
the late war. Because it was not
generally known before it was regard
ed as a product Of that war, modern
invention. AS a matter Of fact, how
ever. this unique messenger of death
had It's origin long before this war
was ever thought of.
The Byzantine Greeks used in war
fare an inf1ammable compound which
they poured from caldrons through
long copper tubes or flung boldly
from pots and phials. The formula
for it's composition was carefully Sc
Creted at Constantinople. and aside
from the supposition that naptha, sui
pher and inter were among them its
exact ingredients have not been dis
covered. Modern ingenuity, however.
took the ancient idea and went one
better"
(Copyright. 1e26.)
Evening star., 1926-10-29

By j. O. ABERNETHY.
Romantic Eyes.

The expressive beauty of dark
yelled eyes thrills and lures with each
coquettish glance And all the dreams
of the ages are caught and held in
the shadowy sweep of dark lashes.
Black hair and black eyes are in.
dexes to great intensity Of the pas
sions and emotions. Those who wear
them are romantic; they weave
strange spells over you. They love
with an intensity unknown to the
lighter types and they hate with 8
vengeance that leads men and women
to kill.
Black haired and black eyed men and
women make the most ardent lovers.
wives and sweethearts. They are most
steadfast and enduring In their affec.
tions. More often they are possessed
of a great religious fervor and high
moral qualities. But when they are
bad. they are most dangerous in In
trigue and conspiracy and are more
secretive and enduring in their plots
and schemes than the lighter types.
(Copyrirbf 1904
Evening star., 1926-10-29

There was a CLINT In the superin-
tendents eye as she delivered the
edict. She. too. knew some OF the
events leading up to Betty's decision
and despised Jimmy accordingly. She
was glad to tell him that he could
not go up.
Miss Marshall told the news to the
other nurses.
shes turned him down." she an
nounced, dramatically. Can you i'm
agine that? She must be crazy"
81 don't blame her." Miss Abbott
retorted with tight lips. "a man like
that, You could never depend on him
in an emergency. She's found him
out in time, that's all. | think she's
lucky"
Am0s Craig heard the news and his
professional heart skipped a beat.
Betty was not going to marry Jimmy
after all. Not that 1t signified any
thing as far as he was concerned. He
wasn't a lucky person, anyway. But.
at least she was free. Why had she
thinH he had to offer? And yet
hadn't he known all along that she
was not the type Of woman to be
bought? She had existed for time
in a sort Of fairy-tale life. She had
been dazzled and infatuated. Then
she had been hurt and her eyes had
been opened. Amos had no idea when
it had happened. but, thank God. It
had,
With Betty things were quite clear
1t hadn't even hurt her to give up
Jimmy. The hurt had come in the
past and the Jimmy she had loved
or fancied she had loved was dead.
She saw him now with practical eyes.
He was still adorable. but he was
thoroughly selfish. 1t was strange,
of course. that she could feel as she
did. 1t was strange, too, to feel that
he had been so close and that now
she would probably never see him
again. But the strangest thing OF all
was that she was not exactly unhap-
py, just tired and willing to rest.
(Copyricht. 1929
Continued in tomorrows Starr
Evening star., 1926-10-29
Creamed Scallops.

Even if we do not live in New Eng.
land try cooking scallops the New
England way. Instead Of following
the New York plan Of frying scallops
in butter and serving with a rather
rich sauce prepare a plain white
sauce. Season this white sauce deli
cately with pepper and salt and serve
the scallops. Prepare the scallops by
cleaning. draining and heating to the
boiling point. They should then be
drained again. The liquor is added
to the white sauce. Pour the COM
bined white sauce and liquor over the
hot scallops and serve at once. There
is that undescribable ''sea flavor"
about scallops served in this way.
Evening star., 1926-10-29
Lessons in English
BY W. T.. GORDON

Words often misused "Siander
means 10 speak false report noel
20 the written or printed defamation.
often mispronounced: Orient. Pro
nounce the 70" as in mo. not as In
'or" 49,
Often nl;sspelled: Indiscreet Om-
prudent) o;+
synonyms: Vanity. pride. concert
arrogance. ostentauon. Presu'ilp'i'ii'
haughtiness. disdaln.
Word study: Use a word three
,;p,es and II is yours Let US in
crease our vocabulary by mastering
one word each day. Today's word 1;
Suhiection: the state of being under
the power or control of another Her
subjection to his tyranny was pa
thetic."
Evening star., 1926-10-29
Our Children
School Breakfasts.

Children who are attending school
are likely to dislike eating their
breakfasts along about the middle Of
the term. They would rather stay
| in bed than rise, and they would
| rather do other things than go to
school, and this protest, unconscious
as it often is, makes them fret about
eating breakfast.
Yet they ought to 'f1ave a good
breakfast before starting for the day
| If it Is possible to get them to eat 1t.
I believe they would do better If the
| meal was served with a little more
| thought and If there was bit of
variety about it. Nobody likes to eat
the same thing every day and If the
service is not nice it is more dis
| heartening.
An orange served on blue plate
| is a far different orange from one
| laid on white saucer. Toast that
| has been, cut into rounds or diamonds
| is more tempting than the usual slice
off the loaf, and if it is golden brown
and crisply GRUMPY so it crunches
will under the teeth it is lots more
fun. Besides, it need not always he
| American toast. Sometimes 1t can
he English and sometimes it can be
French. Cinnamon and nutmeg and
i sugar turn the plain bit of toast into
these delectable sorts.
| Eggs can he cooked in as many
ways as there are school mornings
and it is rather jolly to have a chance
| to guess whether it will be an Omelet,
| or poached egg, or scrambled. or cod
died, or plain boiled for breakfast. Tn
| certainty sharpens interest and in
terest gives the most calloused palate
an edge.
Bacon is very good for breakfast
and if it is crisp and curly so one
can take it in ones fingers it is much
more enjoyable. I think sausage and
pancakes are rather heavy for a
school breakfast unless the children
are going to walk a mile or so or ride
a good distance in the school bus on
a frosty morning. Then they are
fine. Cocoa warns things up a bit
and warm milk with a dash of nut
meg is great.
But no matter what the breakfast
may be, though it be the daintiest
most nourishing breakfast ever
served. it will be useless to the chill
dren unless 1t Is served with a smile
under conditions that expand their
souls with their stomachs.
That means that there is no hurry
no scolding, no unpleasant noise
Everybody interested rises early
enough to get his part of the jot
done easily and gracefully. Nobody
is to come tumbling into the dining
room grumbling about the hat he
can't find, about the blouse that is
huttonless or the shOestring that
broke. The atmosphere of serenity
and harmony must be preserved
sacredly, or the start of the day is
Evening star., 1926-10-29

BELOW AT THE LEFT is SHOWN
A PAIR OF WHITE WASHABLE
SUEDE CLOVES. IN THE CEN.
TER Is A BLACK KID GLOVE
EMBROIDERED IN RHINE
STONES, SUITABLE FOR AFT
ERNOON WEAR. AND IN THE
UPPER RIGHT CORNER OF THE
SQUARE A PAIR OF GLOVES OF
DARK BLUE on THE OUTSIDE
WITH LIGHT BLUE ON THE IN
SIDE. THEY ARE EMBROIDER-
ED IN THE SAME SHADE OF
LIGHT BLUE. AT THE TOP Is
a SET CONSISTING OF GLOVES,
PURSE, HANDkERCHIEF AND
UMBRELLA HANDLE. THE
GLOVES ARE IN THREE
SHADES OF GRAY. THE UNI
BRELLA HANDLE Is OF MOTH
ER-OF-PEARL PAINTED TO
MATCH THE DESIGN ON THE,
GLOVES, AND THE PURSE AND
HANDkERCHIEF SHOW THE
SAME COLORS AND DESIGN.
probably little realize how varied and
how fine washable gloves have be
come. There are, indeed. washable
gloves of all descriptions and for al
most all occasions. But if YOU want a
pair of gloves to wash satisfactorily,
first make sure that the gloves are
good-so good that they cannot pos
sibly be sold for low price.
Once most women wore light gloves
Evening star., 1926-10-29
By Angelo Patri
By BRIGGS.

spoiled, and you know what that
means.
falls has to keep her head and hands
busy for about two hours, two of the
hardest hours in the day. But when
the door closes after the last child
and the last good-by is waved from
the window, she can go to some quiet
corner and rest there in meditation
for at least half an hour. That rest
is part Of the cheerful breakfast hour
and is part of the. duty attached to it.
A good morning start means a good
school day
Mr.. Patri will give personal attention to
inquiries from parents and school teachers
Write him in care of this paper. inclosing
self lf-addressed. stamped envelope for reply.
(Copyrjght I926)
Evening star., 1926-10-29
Across.


1. The hall of the slain.
8. A varying measure OF length.
g. Small perforated spheres.
H. A river in Russian Turkestan.
~. One of the Great Lakes.
13. Bolshevists.
is. French unit of square measure.
IS. Township tabbrl.
II, Great (abbr.l.
IS. A paddle-like implement.
20. A Rumanian coin.
%. Senior (abbr).
%. A point of the compass.
25. Iron chemical symbol.
rs. A size of type.
o. An image.
80. A small point.
81. Brother of Moses.
33. Withered.
~. Wonder worker.
Down
/. A eentleman's bodyservant.
2. Dry.
3. a southern state tabbr.).
4. A Hebrew month.
5. To look obliquely.
g. Roman household god.
z. An entrance.
S. a state.
10. DiSSeNer.
IL. Thus.
IS. Exist.
10. A beverage.
21. Toward the top.
22. Disdain.
-. A town in Holland.
%. Chastise with a whip.
81. A mental image.
2e. Openings.
SO. Nickel (abbr0.
SO. A note of the diaton'c scale.
Evening star., 1926-10-29
What Do You Know
About 1t?
Daily Science Six.

1. Is any dust found at sea?
2. Why Is forest air SO
pure?
3. Since plants give or
carbon dioxide. which Is pol
sonous. is 1t unhealthy to have
flowers in a sleeping room at
night when they give off this
gas?
4. What Is relative humid
ity?
S. Why is charcoal a dan
rerous fuel for house heating?
6. Why Is a bad smelling
gas added to Illuminating
gas?
Answers to these questions
in tOmorrow's Star.
Evening star., 1926-10-29
Quality Found i'm Washable Gloves
BY MARY MARSHALL.

Some women have adopted the rule
OF wearing washable gloves Winter as
well as Summer. Unless you have
locked into the matter recently you
Evening star., 1926-10-29

Joseph Zalesky went to work on
farm near Nancy. France. at the age
Of 8 and has worked it 81 years con-
tinuously He is still able to do a full
DAVIS work