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The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1926-12-11
NOT so PURE

John Bulls famous beers are sometimes
adulterated in spite of their boosted pur-
ity. The Ministry Of Health, according to
London Associated Press Dispatch of
November 5, reports that out of 387 sam
pies Of beer which were taken at random
for analysis, 9 samples ,sontained one of
three adulterants, Lead, boric acid, or an
excess Of salts.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1926-12-11
DRY VETERAN OF KANSAS
Has Fought The Traffic so Years
And Shows No Signs of
Encouragement

The writer of the following article, Mr..
]. e. Wood, of Topeka, Kansas, has been
a resident of this pioneer prohibition state
for more than fifty years. He was city cd
itor of one of the Topeka newspapers In
the days of open saloons in Kansas He
worked for prohibition. He saw the law
wxitten into the Constitution and also
saw it poorly enforced In the early days
at the time when Senator Curtis as =
young county attorney began cleaning up
Topeka and started the ball rolling for
law enforcement. Mr.. Wood has kept
tab on the whole liquor crew for these fifty
years. The following attests the ability
of this 85-year-old temperance warrior to
think straight on the prohibition issue.
Can the people of this country afford
to return to any system of license of the
liquor traffic, which the Supreme court of
the United States has declared to be an
"unmitigated evil" and that no municipal
ity has a right to license an evil The
promoters of the drink-trah6c were law
less under the old license system; they
are lawless now, and always will be law
less, because the drink-traffic can only be
successful by lawlessness. Bootlegging ex-
listed under the license system and exists
under prohibition. No matter who pro-
notes the drink-traf6c, directly or indi-
rect1y, such an one is a bootlegger Ne
matter how wealthy or prominent in So
ciety, if he gathers shekels from the drink
traffic he Is a bootlegger-a lawless cid
zen.
This country has tried licensing the
drink-trafic and it was signal failure.
Can the country afford to return to Il
and virtually place the interests, intellee-
tua1, moral and political in the hands OF
men who have always been lawless and
continue to be such2
The business of selling Intoxicating liq-
nor as beverage is evil and cannot be
regulated, never has been and never will
be- The only remedy is prohibition and
a continuous fight along that line.
The strongest argument in favor of pro-
hibition is the kind of men and women
who are promoters of the drink-trathc.
This country can i'll afford to make any
concessions to that class of citizens. The
bootleggers as a class are the lowest type
of citizens and their "high-up" abettors
are no. better, and cannot be trusted. The
swine and beer" suggestion is simply
camou1age of the real intent-as stated
in a circular several years ago-"Give us
v,;ne and beer and 0-10th of the old saloon
business will be restored. When would
the other 1-10th go in? Concede the Eight
wines and beer" and the old saloon would
be full-hedged at once. The promoters OF
the drink-trafic cannot be trusted when
the traffic Is concerned.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1926-12-11
CANADA CO-OPERATES
Canadian Royal Commission Wi
Close Ports to Rum Cargoes
Destined for u. S.

Rum smuggling into the United State,
is being hard hit by two powers. VIVA
America has done is to be supplemented
by vigorous Canadian action.
Action that may mean life or death to
the liquor-smuggling interests operating
out OF British Columbia ports will be tax
en- by the Royal Commission, which has
been investigating the rum trade in the
vicinity of Victoria, B. c.
The commission is expected TO make
recommendations to the customs depart
ment at Ottawa which will continue to is.
sue clearance papers to hquor-aden YES
sells in British Columbia ports when Their,
is evidence that their cargoes are intend
ed for eventual delivery in the United
States.
The commission had before it the dis
position of the steamer Chris Moeller
held there with 10000 cases of liquor
aboard. N. w. Rowell, counsel for the
commissioners, suggested that no clear
ance be granted the vessel until the Man
itoba refneries of British Columbia
shipper of the liquor, gives an $4,000
bond as assurance that it will not be land
ed in the United States.
Rowell asserted that it is impossible to
fulfill the terms of the anti-smupglinp
treaty with the United States if Canada
permits liquor to be loaded here for that
country upon representations of the ship
pers that it is consigned to Mexico or
Central America.
J. w. D. Farris, representing the Man
itoba Reineries, declared the assumption
that the liquor was going into the United
States was not pertinent
Secy. Davis Sees Progress
The newly organized border patrol of
the Labor Department of the United
States has practically eliminated whole
sale smuggling and kept organized
smuggling within very narrow limits, Sec
rotary Of Labor Davis says today in a Sec
ton of his annual report. The patrol has
not only been a deterrent to alien SNUG
Cling but also has been a great aid in pro-
hibition enforcement.
"The second year of the existence of
the coast and land border PATROL" Secre-
tary Davis said, "has fully justified expec-
tations. 1t has been possible to enlarge
this force from Az to 632 men, an increase
of 100 during the period covered by this
report.
"As result of its activities, the whole
sale smuggling of aliens practically has
been eliminated and organized smuggling
kept within very narrow limits. Substan-
tial progress has been made in organizing
the force, an additional 300 miles of coast
line Is now being covered by patrol In
speetion. A supervisor now is assigned to
the northern boundary and one to the
southern boundary to coordinate activi-
ties. Seizures valued at $4,000 were
made, and $3.50 persons were apprehend-
ed. There were 331 smugglers arrested
and conviction followed in 100 cases."
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1926-12-11

GAINS DURING PROHIBITION PERIOD
Board of Temperance Prohibition and Public Morals of
Church
HEALTH IMPROVED
This year every important of death showed Mutual
decrease from the year before"
"The health of the Nation is in all probability better report
million lives saved, by the death u S.
Infant Mortality showed definite decline Ch1dre
CRIME DECREASED Dept {
Every age group has fewer commitments in proper
ton to population In 1923 than in 1910.
Rate of decrease in commitments for all crimes is u S.
1786 letn g.
DRUNKENNESS DECREASED
Commitments prison for drunkenness decreased u. s.
$3.50 letn
for drunkenness decreased 100000 Report
Alcoholic insanity reduced 60 per first A1coho
years. Traffic
Deaths from alcoholism in the six dry years as
compared with the six years by $500 year,
1890 persons in six years.
Six crrhosis the liver u s.
in 1923 in 1915. (This disease is due chiefly en g.
to alcohol)
Salvation Army Drink reduced from sOes Comm.
10 Booth
DRINKING IN COLLEGES DECREASED
"The poll of college publication editors, and that of
College Presidents indicate decrease In drinking in
the colleges by the youth at large" Literar
Only editors almost 100 report Increase. July
Two hundred thirteen Presidents report improvement.
ECONOMIC CONDITIONS IMPROVED 1o2o-1925
Savings Bank depositors increased by q million
persons.
Amount In Savings Banks increased by billion dol
lars
Increase in Life Insurance 1o13-24 81 billion dollars
1o18o25 the counys Wage Account increased Girard
billion dollars Phil
THIS MEANS
MORE HOMES
The sale of small houses has tipled since 1919 Report
Building and loan association increased BIZ Acoho
lion dollars Traffic
BETTER HOMES
Homes better furnished.
wives and families the saloon, get the income. The S.
children better clothed. from
Sanitary and health conditions improved" so ciie
LESS POVERTY
Applications for relief reduced pex The s.
MORE FOOD (Not Wine and Beer) MILK and MEAT from
M1k-Years consumption increased 600 million gal 30
Ions.
Meat-Per capita consumption increased from l3o-165
pounds Illinois
Sugar. grapes vegetables grain report Assoca
nation
NO MODHICATION-NO RETREAT
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1926-12-11

Girard Trust Company
of Philadelphia.
Authority
Report of Com. aa
Alcoholic LiQu6T
Traffic of 6Sth Cong.
The Salvation Army,
from \ report from
so cities.
The Salvation Army.
from . report n0w
30 cities.
Illinois Agriculture
Association, from q
nationwide poll
Evening star., 1926-05-11
SPRINCTIME
BY ID. G. PEATTIE.

In the cool woods, in the low, wet
ground by the little runs and brooks,
the mayapple arises on its stout shin
ing stem, lifting first a quaint UNI
brella leaf that opens, slowly out.
And now, under it's shelter. the flow
ers expand, delicate. cleaning petals,
with q heart of gold, the cluster of
stamens and pistils. 1t Is hard at
first to convince ourselves that the
mayapple belongs to the barberry
family, but IL you will look at the tiny
flowers of a barberry under lense.
even an ordinary library table magni-
fying glass. you will see that they
do not differ so largely from mayap-
pie flowers, after all, except in the
matter of size.
Soon the mayapple flowers will be
followed by big fruit which is edible.
indeed quite delicious in a. soft, acidu-
lous way and. better than a fruit for
eating fresh. will make delicious Jel-
lies of a clear amber color. in taste
rather like crabapple and lemon. But
the root OF mayapple is a bitter phys
tors used to administer: few physi-
clans now would think Of prescrib.
ing anything SO unpleasant.
From the resemblance OF the root
of our mayapple to the mandrake
root of Europe. our plant is often
called mandrake. There is no uni
formity in common names anyway.
so one may call it mandrake If he
wishes. but il should not be supposed
that our mandrake" is the mandrake
which Shakespeare speaks of as utter
ing human screams when its roots
were torn from the ground.
Evening star., 1926-05-11
DOROTHY DIX'S LETTER BOX
Shall He Marry the College Graduate:-Ih
Halfway Girl Can Be Wholly Worth While.

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Evening star., 1926-05-11
BEAUTY CHATS
Reduce the Waist.

The day OF the straight -up-and
down Waistless figure has definitely
gone. Corsets are coming back into
fashion and outlines are once more
feminine. In slender figure the
waist measures 10 to II inches less
than the hips. If your waist has
spread too much don't cramp and
pinch it in, but take the flesh off by
exercise.
The very best waist reducing exer.
else / know is this one. Stand with
your hands on your hips. of course
without corsets on, and with low
heels. or better yet. in stocking feet
Bend forward. keeping the knees and
spine stiff, bend sidewise, then back.
wards. then to the other side. Re
peat half dozen times. This will also
help make the abdomen fiat, although
there is another one especially for
that.
There is another exercise called
the windmill which not only improves
the waistline but helps develop the
shoulders, and is guaranteed TO make
you carry yourself better. Stand with
your feet close together. toes pointing
straight ahead, hold the arms out
shoulder level. the right arm stretched
straight ahead. the left stretched out
behind. Begin q circling motion of
the body from the Waistline, bending
forward as you make this circle. Your
Evening star., 1926-05-11
DTnTTNTNETV CrTIADTEC BY THORNTON
DELI lW1L - O1O1NlLAC w. BURGESS

Folks do get that way sometimes, espe-
cially the little folks who wear fur,
He felt that If he could sink his teeth
into something he would feel better.
Now, there wasn't a thing for
Johnny to bite but that young apple
tree. so he bit the young apple tree.
That is what he did, he bit the young
apple tree. He just set his teeth right
in and pulled off a big piece of bark.
He didn't care much for that bark, al
though it wasn't bad tasting. lie
reached around and bit again. He was
taking out his anger on that hopeless
Young tree. BY the time he felt better
he had pulled off bark way around
that young tree, and that meant that
that young tree would die. You know
that is what Peter Rabbit has some
times done and what Danny Meadow
Mouse has sometimes done in Winter
They have gnaWed the bark all the
way around a young tree and the tree
died. When bark is taken off a young
tree in this way it is said TO be
girdled, and a girdled tree dies.
SO Johnny Chuck had been in the
very worst kind of mischief, although
he didn't know it. He didn't know
that tree would die. Probably he
wouldn't have cared if he had known.
his head that he had really hurt that
tree. He had done it more to show
Chatterer what he would 90 to him if
he could only catch him. Chatterer
continued to cling to the top of the
tree and keep his mouth shut and his
tongue still.
Johnny Chuck, having taken out on
the poor young tree the anger which
Chatterer had so provokingly aroused
felt better. He stopped growing. He
stopped biting the tree. He stopped
grinding his teeth. He looked up at
Chatterer and grinneed. lie saw that
Chatterer was anything but comforta-
BILE This is what made him grin. He
decided that he would make himself
as comfortable as possible and keep
Chatterer out there for a while. So
there he sat and sat and sat, and up
above him Chatterer clung and clung
and clung.
They were both there when Farmer
Browns Boy came along. Johnny
Chuck saw Farmer Browns Boy com
ing. He waited until Farmer Browns
Boy was quite near, then he jumped
down and scampered for home as fast
as his short legs could take him. The
last that Farmer Browns Boy saw of
him was a pair of black heels disap-
Evening star., 1926-05-11
Your Baby and Mine
BY MYRTLE MEYER ELDRED.
First Few Weeks.

| This is written for the benefit OF
| inexperienced" and others like her
who are wrestling just now with the
| problem of the baby under 6 weeks
| old
/ First OF all, don't think of nursing
a baby every two hours. II takes at
, least three hours to digest milk and
the baby's stomach is entitled to some
rest. II is better If the baby can be
! accustomed from the very first to an
ryfour-hour nursing period, and
| most babies can, as ii seems quite
as natural for baby to sleep four
| and nVe hours as to Waken Tor
| feeding every two hours.
| When a baby cries and fusses after
! nursing and seems dissatisfied and
| when he wants to be nursed as
often as every TWO hours. the fault is
in the milk, and for this baby it would
| be better to give Il complementary
feeding of one-third- milk and two
thirds water after the nursing. This
| will keep the baby satisfied the full
| length of time and when the mother
Is less nervous, better rested and the
! milk more stabilized II is likely that
this additional feeding may he
| dropped. Just an ounce or 50 should
satisfy the baby.
It is perhaps more satisfactory at
| first to nurse the baby on both breasts,
TO 10 minutes on each breast. Later
alternate breasts may be given. for
one feeding. Using both breasts at
each feeding gives them very neces
sary stimulation and the result will
be "a better supply of milk.
Just in the beginning it may be
necessary to Waken the baby for his
regular feelings, otherwise it is inn
possible to get him regulated to any
particular schedule Six feelings a
day for the first two months: then
five feedings eliminating the 3
O'Clock am. feeding). and after four
months most healthy. well nourished
children will sleep from six TO seven
hours without q nursing.
The newborn baby will sleep 20 to
| 80 hours out OF the "a, with an aver.
age of 20 hours daily at 6 weeks. ii
the baby Is extremely wakeful and
fretful it is certainly due to his food.
as the small discomfort Of being wet
seldom botherS a baby nearly so much
as it bothers his mother. II the bab!
| is making an average gain weekly of
four to eight ounces one can feel that
he is getting enough to eat. while If
the gain is less than four he is not
being well nourisned. and more than
eight, or even a steady gain OF seven
OF elghL ounces, Nou!u iHuicdte over
feeding.
The bottle baby. until Well started
on cows milk. will not make such a
consistent gain, but after he is we'll
started he may make larger aver
age gain than the breast-fed baby
Babies of this age may cry, but 1t
is hardly from temper. Crying is
the baby's one method of expression
and he uses it for everything. A con
tented, we'll fed baby cries for short
periods during the day and this is all
right; but a fretty, whiny baby is just
plain dissatisfied and in most cases
needs more to eat. which doesn't by
any means indicate that he should be
fed oftener but that he should have
his bottle formula changed or com
Elemental feodings added to the
breast feelings.
Evening star., 1926-05-11

al the wrong time. Early invitations
help to obviate this annoyance.
Reminder Notes, Etc.
1t is always a good thing TO write
shortly before a guest is to come and
let her know she is expected. II an
invitation has come some time prior
TO the trip. there is apt to be bit
of uneasiness NJ the mind Of the guest
as the time draws near. Her hostess
may have forgotten or something may
have come up to interfere with the
visit. The thoughtful hostess sends Il
note Of expectancy. line only Is
needed saying My Dear Mrs. Brown
am looking forward with pleasure
10 greeting YOU on tname the date).
Cordially yours. etc. or adding by
what train: or enclosing time table
with a request to know what train to
meet or giving explicit directions how
to reach the destination. X is the well
VerSed hostess who never fails to write
such a letter to put her friends at
ease. Even when invitations are sent
at the last minute land there is real
JOY in unexpected pleasures as well
as those OF long planningl explicit di-
rections should be sent. and the guest
should be punCtilious To let her host
esS know when she will arrive.
Evening star., 1926-05-11
BY EDNA KENT FORBES.

right hand which has been pointing
forward, goes down toward the toes.
while the left is automatically raised
high over the head. As YOU continue
this circular sweep OF the body the
left hand comes down toward the
toes while the right hand swings up
md back. DO this exercise slowly
until YOU are used TO il. then fairly
rapidly. You can feel the benefit TO
all the muscles around your waist and
to all the muscles up and down your
back.
Five minutes vigorous exercise a
day will take q lot of fiabtfness from
your waistline. You might also wear
a light semi-elastic girdle.
Evening star., 1926-05-11
Lessons in English
BY W. L. GORDON.

Words often misused ed-Don't say
every one Of the boys have gone.
Every one is singular. Say has
gone
Often mislronounced II e + u S g
moun). Pronounce the @ as in bet. -
u is i'll unit IS in us accent
the f.
Often misspelled---Cod not sill.
synonyms bic. Unpardon-
able. unjustifiable, incapable.
Word study-"Use word three
times and It is yours" Let us in.
crease our vocabulary by mastering
one word each day. Today's word:
lnadequacy-insu Its in
adequacy has been demonstrated by
IT'S failure"
Evening star., 1926-05-11
Fillet of Beef,

Procure about four pounds Of fillet
Of beef. Wipe and trim It and wrap
il in thin slices of fat bacon. Put o.
sliced onion, carrot and turnip, a
bunch of herbs and two slices OF
bacon cut In strips into a. pan. Pour
in enough stock 10 cover the vege
tables. Add the beef. Cover the pan
or casserole and cook in q. fairly hot
oven for about one and one-haH
hours. Take out the meat. remove
the bacon, then press the meat be
tween two dishes with weight on
top until cold. Brush oven with glaze
and garnish with butter ptut through
a forcer or with grated hoEseradish.
Evening star., 1926-05-11
APPLE PIE.

Into deep pie plate without
slice apples. add
. tablespoons sugar. little CHINA
mon and bits butter. Bake with
rich top crust. In serving turn
each piece upside down and
serve with whipped cream.
sweetened and Favored, or with
an ice cream sauce made OF |
cup confectionery sugar, u cup
butter crcamed together, yolll
] egg beaten stiff. Set on ice
TO harden.
Evening star., 1926-05-11

Johnny Chuck sat up in the crotch
made by the lowest limb of the young
apple tree. 1t was a small tree. Prob
ably he wouldn't have thought of
climbing that tree had it not been that
Chatterer the Red Squirrel had teased
him until he lost his temper. Now as
he sat there his temper was still lost.
Isn't it funny how people talk about
losing a temper? Really they don't
mean that at all. No one with lost
temper has really lost II. In fact. the
temper is very much in evidence. 1t
Evening star., 1926-05-11
Foods for the Fat.

Don't eat starches, fats and sugars
if you wish to reduce. These are the
foods that put on flesh.
When Mary Jones INDUCES freely in
these things and still stays slim, it Is
because she uses up every bit of the
energy these foods produce and none
of the energy is left TO accumulate in
fat If YOU indulge in these foods and
the pounds keep piling on and you can
no longer buy your clothes in the
misses department. but still want to,
the solution is: Don't eat the things
that make fat
An iienzed list Of the don't eats for
the fat will read: Rice. corn. nACa-
roni. white bread pie. cakes, sweet
potatoes. white potatoes. fried or boil
cd; pork in any form, ham, bacon or
: lard. olive oil, cream cheese. grapes,
FIGS. raisins. dates. bananas. chest
nuts. Walnuts, grape Juice. alcoholic
drinks. candy. sugar s!rups. jams. iel-
lies, nlarmalades and cream on cereals.
as ice cream or whipped.
This list may seem appalling TO
somebody who has been indulging i'll
q dinner of fried ham. sweet potatoes,
c0rnbread and banana split. with its
whipped cream and nut trimming for
dessert. But the list Of foods the stout
person who wishes to reduce can eat
is far longer than the forbidden list.
After little curbinG of the taste and
exercise of the will. the desire for the
| heavy starches and sweets will go
away. AS a reward. there is the hap
py prospect Of looking and feeling lots
better.
For the very stout. lunch of salad
and fresh. ripe fruit several times a
week is particularly good. A slice of
lemon and dash of nutmeg will give
taste to baked or steamed apples or
pears.
A French dressing made of tasteless
mineral oil bought at the drugstore)
combined with lemon juice or vinegar,
salt and paprika is very good for the
stout to use on salads. Also this min
eral oil can be made into mayonnaise.
Eat freely of the fruits and vegetables.
Eat them raw. Eat them cooked. Eat
them served a III vegetable ana in
salads.
Keep in mind the foods which the
person trying to reduce must not eat,
and that the foods allowed must be
cooked and served in such a manner
that fattening qualities must not be
added to them. A most appealing
menu can be provided:
Breakfast-Orange cut in half,
served plain: poached egg on unbut-
tered wholewheat toast; coffee, with
milk and no sugar. if possible tother-
wise one-half or one teaspoonfun.
Lunch-Cup of clear consomme:
sliced tomatoes and cucumbers. either
with salt or with mineral oil French
dressing; wholewheat or gluten bread.
one slice: butter pat; one.half large
apple.
Dinner-Clam cocktail roast lamb
without any of the fat; peas: car
rots: lettuce salad with dressing of
chopped celery and chiisauce; fresh
st strawberries, or strawberry gelatin.
Miss Ais fried food inadvisable
in a diet for a tubercular person?
Answer-Yes.
Mrs. ]. X. C.-Yours is a, case of
malnutrition. Your table is too boun-