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New Britain herald., 1926-06-15
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SYLVIA STARR has hecn engag ed 10 RANDALL PHELPS for a year when he asks her 10 free him. because he's fallen in love with her chum. FAY SHIRLEY.
 Heart broker, Sylvia gives him up, to the great satisfaction of her
 AUNT AGONY. the old maid who reared her. Aunt Agony calls Fanny good-for-nothinE. and predicts | that he'll never be true to any wom- an.
 Her op ion Of him seems 10 be the correct ono, too, when he and l Fay suddenly decide not 10 marry, and Sylvia elopes with him and marries him after all. For shortly
 after that the pair settle down in the tiny flat that Sylvia calls The Nest, he begins 10 stay out nights with his poker-playinE Cronios, and has second filtration with Fay Shirley.
 This however. ends abruptly when Sylvia breaks the news that
 shes going 10 have a baby. and Fay announces her engagement to one of her old baaus EDDIE CARTER,
 and marrics him, But shortly after the birth Of FANNY JUNIOR. he's back at his old tricks, and Sylvia
 gives music lessons to help pay the household expenses. And in Ran Inv's watch she finds snapshot of little FUSS MARCH, a tlapper friend of Ranny's young sister. JOLLY. Lolly has married the fami- lv chauffeur. THOMAS BOYLE, and finally persuades her father to take him into the real estate firm Of JAMESON PHELPS X, SON. And MOTHER PHELPS sorrowfully tells Sylvia that Ranny's father is deeply disappointed in Ranny as busi- ness man.
 One night Ranny comes home and rhapsodizes over q nov salesWoman
 for the firm. MRS. JANE BRACK- EFT. q divorcee. He wants Sylvia
 to ask her 10 the house, and sylvia
 invites her for Sunday night sup
 per. Acting on an impulse Of pure
 mischief. she invites Fuss March,
 too as well as Fay and her new
 husband And finally she dccldeds
 10 invite PETER WILK. sober
 minded bachelor who was once in
 love with her, for an extra man.
 Rannv is apparently fascinated by
 Mrs. Bracket. but Peter attaches
 himself 10 her that evening"
New Britain herald., 1926-06-15
Gypsy Heart

tNpSY HcRr1 I'd love 10 be a gypsy With brown feet bare, And dance like flame Through night-hlack woods With starshine in my hair" But she has B house and she
 cant, SO she ends And so I hush my wayuard heart, And cook and serve the meals. But neishbors wonder Why I wear Gay slippers with red heels!"
 --Lexi4 Dean Robertson
New Britain herald., 1926-06-15

You all know how very curious Peter .abbit is. You all know how
 he is forever poking that wahbly little nose ot his into all sorts Of places and into the business of all sorts of people. But Peter says that if h. wasn't curious he wouldn't know so much. That sounds as if he were bragging, but he doesnt mean il that way. He means that curiosity leads 10 trying to find out
 things, and finding ont things is gaining knowledge. Of course. there are some things that it would be
New Britain herald., 1926-06-15

AU.traIia's drought that caused iisastroU- hush fires and threatened the crops has been broken.
New Britain herald., 1926-06-15
The Squeaky Butterfly
By Thornton W. Burgess

bE HOTUTOU ", bUTEISs Strange things youll find, but bear in mind That there are stranger things to find.
 Old Mother Nature.
New Britain herald., 1926-06-15

The next story. At Last Peter
Evening star., 1926-01-28
ODD FACTS ABOUT YOURSELF
BY YALE S. NATHANSON, B. Sc, M. A.
Department Of Psvchoo0p. Unrersitv Of Pennsylvania

are born deaf, it rs claimed, have
rather short thumbs
The second. or index finger, is the
finger OF sight If you wish some one
to look in d given direction you point
with the index finger and the indi.
vldual looks In the direction indicated,
rather than listens. as in the case OF
the thumb. Further, 1t is pointed out
that II you wish to see something at
a great distance you place the hand
against the forehead, 50 that the SEQ
ond or index finger is closest to the
eye. EskImos in the far north often
place the hand below the eye, as a
probable shield from the glaring
light, but in all cases the index finger
is placed so that it Is closest to the
face.
The middle finger Is the sense of
touch. When you wish to feel some
fine fabric you touch it with the
middle finger. Show somebody q
piece Of wood and ask him to tell YOU
whether 1t is smooth or rough. You
will observe that he rubs his middle
finger across 1t. 1t Is quite plain, tho
scientist explains, that this should be
the finger to come in contact with
any object. Among the silk sorters
in India this finger is highly de.
veloped. These people have the abil.
ity TO differentiate between the finest
grades of silk, and an examination
of their fingers shows that the little
ridges in which the nerves are 10.
Gated are more highly developed in
this finger than In any other.
tCopyriRht. 1826.)
Evening star., 1926-01-28

narrow strip of long haired. fur and
widowed ostrich makes one of the
most graceful Of fringes.
A fringe may be effected by the
frayed edges of silk, and clever sort
of fringe consists OF rows Of long. mar.
row tabs cut from the silk of which
course, left with raw edges and are
tab being sewed in place with a
colored bead or so. For evening you
might make n fringe of narrow tabs
of rose taffeta silk used on a frock
of pink chiffon, the tabs being attach
ed with bit of diamante.
Chanel among French dressmakers
has done most to revive fringe, and
Chanel's fringed frock has been
much spoken Oft has been made
in black, red, pink, bright green or
white.
interestingly enough, fringe is used
by the milliners as well as by the
dressmakers. Chenille, ribbon or rib
bonZine fringe is used to twine about
some of the close turban and toque
shapes now being offered in Paris.
Some of the wider brlmmed hats show
clever bows of fringe that are quite
delectable. Meantime accessories bor-
row fringe from the frocks with which
they are worn. Scarfs for Spring are
fringe edged. Chanel, / belive, has
been making fringed scarfs to go with
her fringed frocks. and there are
clever little handbags that show long
ends of fringe as thick and long as
horsetails.
(Copyright 1861
Evening star., 1926-01-28
THE DANNEBROG OF DENMARK.

camp and almost overcome. One story
| has it that at this perilous time King
Valdemar saw q cross in the heavens
and the sight 80 revived his courage
that he was able to lead his army TO
victory. Another version Is that sac.
red banner fell from heaven among his
troops and gave them new strength.
In still a third version II is related
that when King Valdemar's own stand.
ard had been beaten down by the
enemy, he rallied his troops under the
ConseCrated banner Of the silver
cross. In connection with these diff.
ferent stories 1t might be we'll to re.
call the historical statement that in
olden times troops were melted to re-
newed effort by tossing their flag
ahead of them.
King Valdemar. having gained his
victory, made the white cross on a red
background the national emblem.
Since that day the "Dannebrog' has
been known as the strength or pro-
lection Of the Danes. Denmark's great
strength was in her navy, and the nag
adopted in 1919 is now the man-of.war
ensign
An order of knighthood named after
the Dannebrog Is said to have been
instituted by King Valdemar. At any
rate, the Dannebrog cross. which is
sometimes given even TO foreigners as
an order of merit. bears 1919 as its
earliest date.
Copyright. 1926t
Evening star., 1926-01-28
CHAPTER XXXIV.
Nicky Returns.

THAT night, after her act, Rosalind
= Joined Dorothy. Tony and two
other couples in the restaurant. To
her ANA cement, Nickv was present.
She had not expected him home from
Washington for couple of DAYS and
II did not tighten her mood to see him
tonight. Besides he had been drink.
ing. His face always grew sullen and
sank into heavy lines when he drank
"Helio, Nick" she said lightly. I'm
Hello. Nick" she said lightly, I'm
glad to see you
He looked at her narrowly.
Didn't expect me back tonight. did
YOU? Thought I'd surprise YOU" With
hands that were not quite steady, he
was pouring LIQUOR from n flask into
glass Of seltZer. He raised II to
his lips eagerly. Rosalind shivered
slightly.
Dorothy was flirting lightly with
one Of the men i'll the party. Her
face was flushed. her voice slightly
shrill as 1t always was when she took
anything to drink. There was a slight
eullness under her eyes AS though she
had been crying, and Rosalind won
dered if she and Tony had been hav-
ing one of their quarrels.
Tony was leaning toward one of the
rying on conversation in whispers
he girl giggling a great deal Rosa
ind knew what that meant. Tony al
ways grew audacious when he felt he
could get away with it The girl was
not objecting. so he was evidently hav-
ing good time. Somehow Rosalind
felt revolted.
Its because I haven't had any
thing to drink" she told herself des-
perately. And because she felt so
wooden, she leaned toward Nicky and
asked him to pour one for her.
He laughed
That's the girl. Rosalind Join in
the fun. We have only one life you
know. so loosen up a bit; you'll never
be sorry
She slipped the drink. while he
watched her narrowly. Rosalind felt
the hot color creep into her cheeks
and in avoiding his glance she looked
across the room directly into the dark
eyes Of Allen Norris. He was watch.
ing her closely, a strange smile how
ering about his lips, and as Rosalind
bowed, coldly. almost hostilely, he ac-
knowledged her greeting and turned
away. She felt as if he had snubbed
Evening star., 1926-01-28
Thread.

It would surprise you to know how
very many women are satisfied to let
their knowledge Of thread buying be
limited to ability to guess about what
number" they want in the cottons
and linens, and a great many do not
know that there are different sizes of
silk thread, indicated by different let
ters. The salespeople also tell US that
relatively few women make any effort
TO find out how much thread they are
getting on q spool.
The decadence Of the art Of home
sewing Is, Of course, the explanation
of much of the above. Some women
disdain these things so much that
they Just buy "a spool of thread
when they find they must do little
patching or basting.
But the good housewife, however
modern, wants to know how to get
appropriate thread of the size she
needs, and surely wishes to be able
TO ask for the quality Of thread that
will give her good service.
Besides Sewing cotton" and darn
tically everybody. there are two other
-"basting" and millinery" Then
of sewing cotton; soft finished, glaoe.
mercerized and waxed.
Quality in cotton thread depends
upon two things, the quality of length
of cotton fiber used Ia thing which
you can't always recognize for your
self), and the number of strands or
Evening star., 1926-01-28
What Your Hand Tells.

Do you believe In palmistry? Can
YOU tell how many children you are
going to have by the lines in your
hand? Are you going to lead long
and happy life? Are these things
written in your hand?
Much energy has been devoted
throughout the centuries in an effort
to determine whether or not the lines
of the hand mean anything. Recent
" scientist, Dr.. B. King, who ex.
perimented with many children, came
to certain conclusions concerning not
the palm, but the hand itself. The
savant explained that there is some
connection between the shape and
length of the fingers and the five
senses.
The thumb, he explained, is the
index to hearing. Suppose somebody
asks you, (which way Is north?" If
YOU don't wish him to look. but mere
" listen, you are apt to point your
thumb in the direction he has asked.
Again, have you ever seen any one
trying to hear some faint noise? He
is most apt to cup his hand and place
1t against the ear. 1t Is to catch the
sound. you explain. Notwithstanding.
the scientist says. he always places
the thumb against the ear, and it is
by this contact that the hearing is
made more acute. This means, then,
that the longer the thumb is, in pro-
portion to the rest of the hand, the
keener is your hearing. Persons who
Evening star., 1926-01-28
Your Baby and Mine
BY MYRTLE MEYER ELDRED.
A Sensible Baby.
Copyright, l92G.l

When an otherwise healthy baby
gaining normally, suddenly begins to
waken four and five times at night
and cry to be nursed, the mother
should be aware that this Is an indica
ton that said baby is now ready for
q fuller diet.
This happens usually when the baby
is about seven months of age and al
most always to nursing babies. AT
this time the mothers milk shows a
real deficiency and the baby mirrors
this essential lack in his diet ty grow.
ing irritable at night and demanding
to be nursed many times. when here
tofore he has been sleeping without u
whimper.
The sane and wise thing is for the
mother to make up her mind that the
beginning of weaving has arrived. She
may add to the child's diet by giving
small amount of well cooked cereal
at the 10 o'clock and 6 o'clock nurs-
ing periods, in addition to the breast:
or she may substitute one bottle feed
ing for one breast feeding, once a day.
The last nursing at night is usually
the unsatisfying one and the mother
had best give bottle feeding at or
3 o'clock according to whether the
child Is being fed every three or every
four hours), and this will increase the
amount of milk IN the breast for the
last nursing. II necessary to satisfy
the child she can give compliment.
airy feeding after each nursing period.
In addition the child can have vege.
table juice at Q o'clock and a piece of
dry toast or zwieback after his nurs-
ing.
If these changes and additions are
made to the diet the child will go
back to sleeping again in time-hon-
ored fashion.
Mrs. d. L. Z. and w w w.
Mrs. b. XVIII you please send a
self-addressed envelope and ask me
for the leafiet on prenatal care?
Mrs. D. l.. E.-Your condition is
quite natural and no cause for alarm.
Evening star., 1926-01-28
Are You Getting Your Iodin :

Among the nutrients indispensable
for normal growth and health OF the
human body. particularly for young
ones, must oe reCkoned iodin---we
leave off the final e nowadays to save
time and space.
Now, as everybody knows and folks
with Billings complaint warn me from
time to time. iodin is a poison. SO is
phosphorus. yet we have to have a
certain amount of these elements for
normal nutrition. How much iodin a
growing boy or girl needs Is still an
unsettled question, but probably one
grain a month Is an ample idoin ra.
ton and many individuals get along
very we'll on much smaller ration
of iodin. Say 10 grains year. Not
m enormous quantity. A teaspoonfIl
of iodin would serve the requirements
of an honest to goodness or Roose-
veltian family for year. SO one NAV
say we don't need very much iodin.
but we need that little very much.
A nd without rehearsing all the morbid
conditions which an iodin shortage In
ones rations may account for. save
TO mention simple goiter in children
and a condition of "staleness' in
grown-ups. l beg to inquire whether
you are getting your iodin?
II you nave IreSn SeaIOou TWO OF
three times week you are getting
your iodin. If you live far from the
sea twhere all the iodin in the world
come from) II is not unlikely that you
are getting too little iodin in your
food and water.
Through the initiative Of some
health authorities in regions where
goiter prevails extensively, and nota-
bly, the Michigan State Board of
Health, numerous salt manufacturers
in various parts of the country now
market table salt which contains the
minute quantity of iodin which the
health authorities recommend, gener
ally in the form of potassium or SO.
Evening star., 1926-01-28
PERSONAL HEALTH SERVICE


dunn iodin, of which about 0.02 per
cent is Incorporated in the salt. This
iodiZed salt is now sold by grocerf
everywhere, and families can use II
instead OF ordinary salt, to insure an
adequate iodin ration for everybody.
The salt, OF course, tastes like ordi-
nary salt. and II costs, or should cost.
little. If any, more than ordinary salt
for 0.02 per cent means only about
/ grains of the iodid in each pound Of
salt, which quantity means an addi-
tional cost of from to 10 cents q year
for each person.
Another way In which an adequate
iodin ration may be insured, either
for the purpose of preventing goiter
In a child or for preventing stale.
ness" in an adult. is by taking one
drop Of the ordinary brown tincture
of iodin once a week, in not less than
a glassful OF water.
Still another way to get your iodin
Is by talking a tablet of sodium iodii
or potassium iodid or calcium iodid.
one or two grains, once a week. best
dIss olved in a glass of water.
There is still concerted effort on
the part of some manufacturers OF
ethical nostrums and their friends in
the medical profession to discourage
the use OF these homely forms of
iodin and persuade the simple public
to pay an enormous price for "or-
ganic" iodin tables or candy" or
other elegant preparations. But I re.
peat. and / challenge any one to cor.
rect me If this is not the whole truth,
there Is no evidence that any "or.
ganic" form of iodin has any advan-
taSe over the simple homely forms of
iodin l have here mentioned, for the
purposes indicated. l do not mean to
suggest that physicians who dispar-
age the homely forms OF iodin and
boost the fancy goods are financially
interested in the sale of these, but I
do think they are a little too much
intrigued by the mystery of the nos.
trumS.
fConyrirht lQo8l
Evening star., 1926-01-28

her, and in her present mood she felt
that she knew the reason for It. He
mad sized up the crowd at her table
and was evidently disGusted Because
she was with them. he felt no doub.
that she was skating on thin ice. He
would be just the type OF man to
Judge her without giving her a
chance. and Rosalind wondered sud
denly why 1t made any difference to
her.
The blood was beginning to run
faster in her veins, she began to feel
eKhilarated- Her old mood Of gay
recklessness was returning to her.
and with sparkling eyes she turned to
Nicky. instantly he leaned toward
her.
You and are going to have q little
showdown tonight, Rosalind," he said
thickly. I'm getting tired of being
led around by the nose. / want things
settled. one way or another"
Don't be silly. Nicky." she said
iightiy Besides you're in no condi-
tion to talk about anything tonight
You've had lot to drink"
Il talk better for few drinks. i"
ne went on quickly. Il know what
want then. You'd be better If you'd
take little more yourself, Rosalind
come on, let me fix you another little
drink. want you in a good mood for
our little talk
He leaned toward her and put his
hot hand on her arm. Rosalind suf.
fered his touch because she felt that
his mood was ugly, but she could not
repress an inward shudder. She
shook her head. however. when he
would have poured her another drink.
She wondered If he intended to pro-
pose to her tonight. and If there were
not some way that she could postpone
the issue.
Copyright. 1921
Evening star., 1926-01-28
WHEN WE co SHOPPING
BY MRS. HARLAND H. ALLEN.

| cords" which have been twisted to.
gether. The standard quality thread
| is a siX-cord, and if such, the fact is
| usually stamped on the spool. Other
points of grade, such as elasticity and
strength, are not so clearly desig-
mated, but can be known by the vari.
GUS trade names of the largest scale
manufacturers, just as different grades
| of -four by the same producer usually
have different names. In case you
always buy the thread of q certain
maker 1t will pay you to write to the
manufacturers and ask the meaning
Of their different trade names, unless
the salesgirl at the notions counter
can give you the information.
Basting thread Is in all ways a
| cheaper thread than the standard
sewing cottons, for it is not designed
for wear, but only for one brief usage.
Where there is any amount of sewing
done in home 1t certainly is an
economy to have a few spools of this
less expensive thread.
Millinery thread is a highly glazed
| thread which isn't easily cut by the
edge of straws when using it on such
material. Occasionally every house.
wife needs thread with that char
acteristic, so she should know that it
is available
And. finally, get the habit OF know
ing now much thread you are getting
for your money, just the same as any.
thing else. Don't be guilty of shrek.
ing over an imaginary bargain in
thread at third less than the usual
price, when it is stamped right on the
spool that you are getting one.half
less than the usual quantity.
Evening star., 1926-01-28
HOW 1T STARTED
BY JEAN NEWTON.
Calling It q Ward. T"

"Why should the rooms where pa
tients are placed together in a hos
pital he called a 'ward'?" one of our
readers wants to know. And in the
answer we find an interesting exam.
pie Of the strange ways OF words!
Ward" is derived from the Anglo
Saxon "weard," meaning a warder or
guard. In modern speech we use the
word for one who is to be guarded or
protected, your ward" meaning "the
ono for whom you are guardian" '"
That, Of course, is a complete reversal
of it's original significance of one who
guards, which survives. however, in
the reference in question to a place of
division, as that of a hospital, where
people are guarded or protected.
1t was in that sense, too. of di-
vision set aside for specific guardian
ship that the word came into modern
use for election districts, as "the
twenty-seventh ward.,,'
So there you have a word. inquir-
ing reader, that made complete
esange in meaning from a "guarder"
to one who is guarded, and then took
another right about face to signify q
place where people are guarded.
(CepyrjghA 1924
Evening star., 1926-01-28
The Girls Career.

This is the time of the year when
the girls and boys wrinkle their brows
in anxious thought for the morrow.
What will they be? Which road of
life will they follow? l want to offer
n suggestion to some girl who likes
work, who likes to study, who Is
strong physically and spiritually, who
wants to make her life count, count
r. whole lot, in the lives of other
women.
The country townus need woman
doctors. 1 mean the towns far back
in the hills where the houses are scat
tered miles and miles apart and where
there Is no hospital within a half a
day's Journey. or more, towns that
are spread over great distance,
xpanned by bad roads, and part line
telephones.
or course there are few girls look
mig for that sort or service. But there
might be a few. I see groups Of little
children isolated, liz the hills, their
faces marred by sores. their voices
choked by adenoid erowths and swol,
len tonsils, their eyes red trimmed and
sore. Surely here is q field for a
woman doctor.
She would teach hygiene and sani-
tation and baby culture and be up on
the best way to exterminate pests or
propogate better kinds of crops. She
would know all about roads and fences
and draining and schools and life in
the country In general.
Not Just in the beginning, Of course,
but as the years went by. Steadily
she would grow with the town or the
village until she was a very part of
its bricks and beams and fireplaces.
until all the children in the neighbor-
hood knew and smiled when she
passed by, and all the women blessed
her name.
/ know a couple Of man doctors like
that, but / haven't found a woman
doctor of that kind yet. The hills
are waiting for her. The career does
not offer much money to start with,
nor perhaps to end with. Country
SoetoG1 never die rich. But they do