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Milford chronicle., 1926-12-17
169 CITIES NOW PROHIBIT WOOD
SHINGLE ROOFS

Predictions have been heard for
some time now that the wooden
shingle as an American roof cover
ing would one day become as hard
to find as a ripe banana on a fruit
steamer. Whether or not this will
really come true-and without paus-
ing here to rehearse all the reasons
why it would be eminently desirable
the fact remains that the number
of cities banning the combustible
roof does continue to grow year by
year.
The National Board of Fire Under
writer's Committee on Construction
of Buildings, in it's recently revised
"Cities Prohibiting Use of Wooden
Shingles Within Their Corporate
Limits" lists total of 1863, which
represents an increase over the 1924
edition of so.
Milford chronicle., 1926-12-17
DOGWOOD AND PERSIAIMON
HAVE MONEY VALUE

The textile industry of the world
finds dOgwood and persimmon trees
indispensable in the making of shut
ties. There has been a tremendous
destruction of these trees which has
led to attempts to find substitutes for
them, either in native OF foreign
woods, but without success. A gov
ernment bulletin says that the many
owners of dogwood timber, because
of it's small size, have not realized its
value, and have either not made eff
forts to market 1t or have allowed
the dogwood and persimmon to be
injured when the larger timber as
sociated with it was removed.
Milford chronicle., 1926-12-17
BRANCHES FOR NATIONAL
BANKS

The National banking interests of
the country are going to get permis-
sion from Congress to extend their
branch banks, or bust G string try
ing. They seem to think they have
the argument all on their side, but
there are a lot of community banks
being run on small capital that don't
appreciate having one of the cOlos-
suses stuck up alongside of them, as
the little fellow knows that the
chances are that they will put his
little enterprise out of business.
Milford chronicle., 1926-12-17
NO ATHLETE

Office Boy: "My brother has a gold
medal for running five miles, an one
for 10 miles; a silver medal for
swimming; two cups for wrestling,
an badges for boxinfi an rowing!"
"He must be a wonderful ath-
lete."
"He's no athlete at all. He keeps a
Good Hardware.
Milford chronicle., 1926-12-17
BOOtlegging LObsters Should Be
Stopped.

Baby Holsters, understood, are
sufficiently tasty to delight even a
jaded palate. But the law has
wisely decreed that none less than
four and a half inches in length
it used to be six inches down
East may be taken or sold, under
penalty of 20 fine each. Hence
for bringing in twenty dozen I'M
dersized Holsters a gentleman from
Jersey has just been fined $4,000.
Milford chronicle., 1926-12-17
CUT-RATES

A man stepped up to a grocer's
cigar counteh and bought two 10
cent cigars. A Scetchman who was
waiting to be served pushed for
ward.
"You sell those cigars three for
quarter, don't you?" he asked.
"Yes," replied the grocer.
WELL" said the Scotchman, pro-
ducing a nickel, "I'll take the other
one. The Progressive Grocer.
Milford chronicle., 1926-12-17

and happiness more than anything
else.
Detailed statistical data is fully
given in tables accompanying the
reports.
Evening star., 1926-10-23
What Tomorrow Means to You
BY MARY BLAKE.
BY ROBERT CULLEN.

TomorroW'S planetary aspects are
adverse and do not reveal, during the
day, any signs of brightness or stimu-
lating vibration. 1t is rather fOrtu-
nate that it is Sunday. as conditions
are very discouraging. Usual observ-
anceS can be indulged in. as religious
exercises will mitigate, in some slight
degree, the feeling of depression that
will be sensed. 1t will require will
power and determination to overcome
successfully the atmosphere of pes
simism that will envelop you, and as
a cOunteracting influence congenial
associations should be sought Re-
course can also be had to recreative
relaxation. Under any and all cir
cumstances it promises to be a
drab day.
Children born tomorrow will during
infancy enjoy fairly good health, and
this happy state of affairs will con-
tinue throughout early childhood. In
their teens, however, they will suffer
from at least one serious ailment,
which. if not promptly and properly
attended to, may end in serious con-
sequences. In disposition they will
be bright and entertaining. They will
possess a quick wit and Il ready
tongue. They will not be endowed
with exceptional intelligence, but will
acquire, chiefly by observation, a. re-
markable fund of useful information.
They will be rather conservative in
their tastes and, although very popu-
lar with their friends. will often seek
the pleasure of self-communion.
Copyright, 1926
Evening star., 1926-10-23
Your Baby and Mine
BY MYRTLE MEYER ELDRED.
Letting the Baby Walk.

There is no set time when any one
can assert that now the baby should
be walking" With strong and vigor-
Gus infants it is possible that they
will begin to pull themselves to their
feet as early as the eighth month and
falls and bumps won't keep them
down. Fat children, children whose
bony development is defective, won't
at any such early age be up and walk
ing; in fact, they may be ID months
old or older and will still be sitting
about on the floor or led around the
room by willing helpers. In this case
the mother usually says that Will
liam is afraid; he will walk when some
one holds him up, but he won't try to
go it alone" This is probably far from
being Williams emotion. It Is not
fear of falls that keeps him hanging
to his mothers hand, but the shaky,
uncertain feeling in his weak legs
which warns him that they aren't
strong enough to support him.
When a child Of past Is months is
still unable to walk the mather may
feel fairly sure that all is not we'll
with him and that he does need some
change and correction in his diet.
So many mothers feel that they are
at fault when their babies do not
walk, perhaps because they haven't
taken the time to teach them. Babies
don't have to be taught to walk. 1t is
a natural instinct and when the time
arrives to walk, II WE'LL they will stag
ger about. even if given no encourage
ment at all, until they learn the art.
If babies are not kept strapped in
carriages or highchairs and are al
lowed from the early months to lie
on a bed or on a mattress or comfort
on the floor and roll and toss and
exercise their small legs, walking will
come as naturally as crying, an art
which no baby has to be taught
Evening star., 1926-10-23

RettU lmes nurses James Cornell
through pneumonia and they fall in
lone Dr. Amos craig is also IN lore
irsth Betty and is hurt at the netcs
Jim is the type Of man UhO IS dHcdyS
talking about WhGt he lriH do tchen
he makes his "milliOn." and at St.
Martins Hospital the nurses cdH
Betty the "hliHiOn- dollar ictfF. Al
though he seems to haze plenty Ot
money. jim, is in no hurry to oct mar
ried, aCHich puzzles Betty. At has re-
quest she 0il,es up night cases, p'hich,
Of course. curtaus her income. In
spite Of that fact. Jim erpects her to
be Snartly dressed nIlcdys. At a dance
Dr. Cr0ia Shotrs his lOue for her open
ly and kisses her in the tGci on the
,rdU home. Naturally Betty is furious,
particularly as his lore for her seems
more unSt'lfSh than Jimmy'S. Jimmy
keeps poStpOnin0 the time for their
marriage, but at last sets tentative
date. Gai Betty begins to buy her
troussedu Jim does not realize that
the late hours Betty is keeping. to-
gether arith her acOrk and the emo
tiOndl strain. are 1CPdrfH0 her out.
And then he comes to her ertth the
neqrS that instead of being married IN
June he is going abroad. Betty tries
to adjust her mind to the fact that
they lcaH surely be married in Septen,-
Der, and then comes q letter tcith Gn-
other postponement. During all this
time the strain is telling on her, and
DR.. Crdi0, tehO sees her at the hos
pitdl. realizes it. He asks her to haze
dinner utth him on Christmas cre.
and through loneliness and the belief
that he no longer cares for her Betty
consents. They hare an enjoyable
evening together In the meantime
Jimn,y has set February as the final
date for the 1peddinO.
Evening star., 1926-10-23
Extinct Monsters.

In past geological ages there have
walked upon the earth and swum IN
its seas some startling creatures
None were larger than some or the
largest whales of today, and for lana
animals the biggest Of modern eie-
plants is almost the equal or any
creatures that have ever lived. but
it is not in size that the monsters or
the past were so remarkable, but IN
their curious appearance. Some nao
necks 20 feet long; others had great
horny plates standing upright on
their snouts: birds once had teeth and
climbed by claws at the tips or their
wings: giant lizards flew about on
webbed wings like bats and probably
were ferOciouS animals; and elephaNts
had long, hairy coats like horses
name.
Now what do you know about that?
Answers to Yesterdays Questions.
l. Elm. pine, maple and ash have
winged fruits or seeds.
.. Thistle. dandelion, milkweed and
dogbane are common wildfQwers hav-
ing winged fruits.
3. Cedars sometimes grow wild in
straight rows because birds eat the
berries while sitting along telegraph
wires or fences and spit out the seeds
where they sit.
4. Insect -pollinated plants have such
heavy pollen that it seldom floats on
the wind. and hence does not reach
the nose to cause hay fever.
5. Hay fever is so called because of
the choking dust of a barn when hay
Is being pitched. and perhaps, too.
some pollen In the dead grass flowers
often causes inflammation in the nose.
s. Though most people have hay
fever in Summer and Autumn. some
get it from pine pollen in the Spring
tCopyright. 1920
Evening star., 1926-10-23
CHAPTER XLVIII.
The Date of Sailing.

Amos would have asked Betty To go
out with him again. but he was afraid
of spelling the friendship that had
sprung up between them on Christmas
eve. He did not want to frighten her
with his attentions; 1t wouldn't do to
let her know how much he cared, and
so he kept his distance, although he
watched her closely. He was still
fearful about her health. There were
times when she looked so white and
frail.
January came in cold and blustery
and about the middle of the month
Jimmy wrote that he would sail on q
certain steamship. Up to this time
Betty had not been feeling well. Per
haps she was subconsciously aware of
the fact that she could not quite be
sure that Jimmy would come in Febru-
ary, and was under a nervous strain.
But at any rate. her circulation was
low, and although she wrapped up
warmly when she went out, she found
herself constantly shivering.
The news. however, brought a good
reaction. Jimmy had written what
steamship he would take and this time
he would keep his word. 1t was all
quite definite. and she began to make
her own plans.
OF course she would meet him at the
steamship, and the very thought sent
Evening star., 1926-10-23
SHE WENT AND FINGN(i IT OPEN, DREW II
' ' BREATIIS COLD, DAMP AIR.

a shiver Of expectancy down her spine
Actually to see him again, To look
into those laughing brown eyes or his
and feel lis arms closing about htf.
why she could hardly visualize 1t.
One night about four days before
the steamship was due. she came home
unusually tired. Outside it was rain
ing hard and there was a. wind that
seemed to cut into ones very marrow
1t reminded Betty of the night she
had been called to take Jimmy's case,
and she found herself shivering as she
climbed the stairs to her apartment.
On the landing she paused. IL was
ridiculous, of course, but she was shori
of breath. There was absolutely NJ"
reason for 1t, none whatever. AS u
one short flight of stairs should do this
to her. just a short time ago she had
taken the whole two flights at Il run
On her own landing she paused
again before fumbling in her bag for
her key, and then as she unlocked tn"
door and entered the dark apartment
the light from the hall showed a small
square Of yellow paper lying ON the
floor. 1t had been pushed under the
door during her absence.
She stopped to pick il up, and snap
ping on the overhead lights, scanned
II hastily. 1t was Il printed notice that
cablegram for her had been deliv
cred in her absence and asking her To
call up regarding it.
Before her call was put through she
knew exactly what had happened
Jimmy was not coming on the steam
ship he had named, and some un
nameable feeling that she could not
explain surged up in her. Then she
was taking the receiver from the hook
and giving the number. Three miu-
utes later she replaced 1t on the hook
and turned away.
A calmneSS that was more like
numbness held her In it's grip. A
lethargy of the physical and mental
and spiritual that made it impossible
for her to think. She walked about
the room hardly aware OF what she
was doing. Mechanically she straight
ened a cushion, or fiicked a bit of dust
from a piece of furniture. and gradu.
ally she became conscious of the fact
comfortably hot.
She went to the window and fiinging
1t open drew in long breaths of the
cold damp air. But the minute she
withdrew her head and closed the,
window a wave of heat swept over her.
Alarmed, she went to her surgical
kit and took out her thermometer. she
couldn't remember when she had had
fever, but she was suddenly afraid.
Her hand shook as she inserted IL pro.
fessionaliy into her mouth. and then
with her eyes on her watch, she
waited.
She couldn't be sick. She simply
couldn't afford to be, She was on q
case. And she mustn't let herself get
so frightened about it, either. The see
Onds licked away and at last she drew
| out the glass tube. and with practiced
eyes examined 1t. A hundred and one
Oh, well, that wasn't so bad, and then
too. she had worked herself into il
She would be all right tomorrow aftei.
81 good nights rest
tCODyright 1926l
Continued I'm Mondays STAR
Evening star., 1926-10-23
OLO 1IAL ~ Il O1k1EIO ". BURGESS

Oh, dear. Oh, dear me. wish l had
wings"
"Why do you wish you had wings?"
inquired Neighbor Chuck, who had
come up just in time to hear what
was being said.
so l could get home quickly" re-
piled Danny. Skinner says it is a
long way there, and however l am go
ing to get there 1 don't know But
I've got to get there and I'm going to
start this very minute. Good-by.
Neighbor Chuck. Perhaps III see you
again some time, and perhaps
won't" Before astonished Neighbor
Chuck could find his tongue, Danny
had run away.
Danny's way led him across the
market garden where he had been
finding such good living. 1t was a
very big market garden, for it sup
piled vegetables and fruit to a town.
Crossing that was really a journey in
itself for such little fellow as Danny
Meadow Mouse. He travelled just as
long as he could Then he stopped to
rest. 1t was while he was resting that
he was discovered by Mr.. Blacksnake.
Now. Mr.. Blacksnake wasn't very
hungry. If he had been, this probably
would be the last story about Danny
Meadow Mouse. The fact is, Mr.
Blacksnake already had dined. Still,
fat Meadow Mouse is tempting at
any time. So, in a sort of hearted
way, Mr.. BlackSnake started after
Danny. Danny forgot he was tired.
He forgot everything but the fact that
he didn't want to furnish a dinner to
Mr.. BlackSnake. So away he raced
without looking where he was going.
So it was that suddenly he came out
in an open place where men and BOYS
were at work gathering and preparing
vegetables for market. AT the edge
of that opening Mr.. Blacksnake
stopped. He knew what would hap
pen if one of those boys should see
him. So Mr.. Blacksnake stopped. He
decided that he wasn't as hungry as
he thought he was.
But Danny didn't know that Mr..
Blacksnake had stopped. On the
ground were some big bags filled with
potatoes that We're to be taken into
market. One of these had not been
tied up. Danny crept into that bag,
in among the potatoes. 1t was the
only safe place that he could see. 1t
was just after he crept in there that
a boy came along and tied up the top
of the bag. This didn't worry Danny
as much as it might have had he not
known that he could gnaw his way
out Of that bag any time he pleased.
After a while that bag was picked
up and put on a truck with a lot of
other bags. Danny was on his way to
market. He was on his way to mar
ket and, at the same time, he was on
his way home. He didn't know it, but
that was the case. 1t was very for
| tunate for Danny that the bag of po-
tatoeS in which he was hidden was put
on top of the other bags. But then,
as you have found out by this time,
Danny was just naturally lucky.
Copyright. 1926l
Evening star., 1926-10-23
SUB ROSA
BY MIMI.
BY MIMI.
Growing Old Quickly.

Between the ages of 16 and "a a
girl is so sure of her youth, her fresh
complexion, her natural charms. that
she doesn't struggle to keep them.
Instead she often works in the op-
posite direction. She deliberately
sets out to make herself look old.
She does this because she figures
that any one can look young and
cute. She longs to appear more So
phiSticated-more neutrality-suspicious.
the diSilluSioned adventures.
She resents bitterly her mothers
admonition to stay young just as
long as possible. When mother in.
sists on a rather girliSh style OF
coiffure, she raises the roof.
1t seems to her that she won't ever
be able to attract just the type OF man
she wants. if she's going to look like
a fresh country schoolgirl all her
life. And to avoid this dreadful ca
lamity she calmly goes behind her
mothers back - draws deep lines
under her eyes, wears hats that make
her look 10 years older than mother
herself, affects a style Of hair comb
which she considers "vampy," and
considers herself great success.
If some one tells her that she looks
three times her age, she's simply de-
lighted-that's a big compliment for
her.
The danger of it all is that she
grows old too quickly. No, 1 don't
mean that she ought to stay babyish
and giggling all her life. But she
ought to stay her own age. She
ought not at 21 to belong to the ''old-
timer class.
The old-timer is the girl who has
been running around for years-whOm
every one has seen about for ages
and who should be getting married
pretty soon, if she's going to maintain
her reputation Of being a popular sue
cess.
When a girl has been dolling her
self up to look 25 ever since she was
IS. people don't remember her real
age. Boys remember that five or sx
years ago, she looked 20; therefore
they deduce that she must be getting
up in thu dangerous twenties.
The 21-year-old, who tried too hard
to be worldweary and sophisticated
when she was 16, finds herself on the
shelf long before her time. Simply
because she herself has given the i'm
preston of being much older than she
need have appeared.
She's put herself in a class with the
older girlS-then she must expect to
find herself included with the older
girls in the boys classifications.
1t is unwise to take on any more
years to your age than already belong
there. Some day you'll have great
desire to lop them off again, and no.
body will let you.
Mimi will be glad to answer any inquiries
directed to this paper, provided a stamped,
addressed envelope is inclosed.
Evening star., 1926-10-23
Why the Iron

A table showing the composition of
the adult human body Is very inter
esting. In man weighing $50 pounds
! there are 16 elements. There are 97.5
pounds of oxygen, 3 pounds of calcium,
| only l ounce of iron and just trace
/ of iodin.
Since all the elements are being con.
stantly consumed they must constantly
be replaced. In general, when lime
and iron are present in sufficient
amounts the other necessary mineral
salts also are present.
Every one knows he cannot live
without air. II the supply Of oxygen
is cut off man cannot breathe. Oxygen
is obtained chiefly from the air, but
also from food. The purer the air the
better 1t is for health. The mineral
salts, among. them calcium and iron,
are present In food.
Sometimes. if Jim Brown gets so
! sick he has to call a doctor, the doctor
may possibly prescribe a tonic-then
Jim Brown gets his iron in pills COM
pounded by the druggist. But inves
tigation has shown that iron in food
is better utilized than medicine iron.
1t might be supposed that. because
there Is 50 little iron in the human
body. 1t Is not very important. Just
the opposite is the truth. Iron Is found
in all living vegetable and animal or
ganisms. In plants iron makes the
healthy green color of the leaves. Iron
Is the chief ingredient of the red blood
corpuscles in man and beast. No IRON
no red blood. When we speak of a
| healthy, virile man, we say hes red
| blooded." Iron also possesses a quail
ity by which 1t is able to absorb oxygen
from the air. When a person is anemic
the red blood cells are reduced in num-
Der. Therefore the oxygen absorbing
and carrying element of the blood is
reduced. The reason why anemic Jim
Brown Is short of breath is that though
he breathes air into his lungs. the
blood, being deficient in iron, does not
take up and absorb the oxygen. Also
because there Is no good red blood to
attract oxygen, which Is needed to
burn up the body wastes, Jim Browns
skin becomes sallow.
Anemic Jim Brown constantly feels
all in. He is tired business men be-
cause he has no red blood to harness
the oxygen which must rush along the
| blood stream and release the energy
supplied by food. This explains why
a fat man can be anemic. Mr.. Aviordu
pois has eaten plenty-in fact. too
much-of the carbohydrate sugar and
starch and the fats which are termed
energy foods" He did not include
Evening star., 1926-10-23

A fascinating revival of antique fur
niture is found in the quaint open
dreSSerS that are now so popular for
dining rooms. They are known un-
der many different names. Some call
ihem Dutch dressers. This is a faVo-
rte name in this country. In France
they are called Brittany dressers and
command a high price. Another name
in America is the old colonial or pine
cupboard. An all-embracing name is
;he open dresser, for it includes all
styles of these open-Shelved dressers,
cupbOards or cabinets for holding
china, pOrcelains and potteries, silver
and pewter.
We think of these dressers as SIM
ple affairs even while we recognize
that there is a certain dignity about
them. Once upon a time, however
such dreSSerS, of the finest sort, were
the delight of queens. who found as
much satisfaction in them as do the
modern home makers. Since the orig
inal purpose of these cupboards was
to hold and display. fine examples of
the wares mentioned, it is quite in
keeping with a queenly fancy to cher
ish such dishes and the furniture
built to contain them. While the ar
ticles were actual household wares
they We're apt to be rare treasures
used only on state occasions, if they
were even then permitted to be taken
from their places in the cabinets. Mu-
scum pieces, these, in olden as we'll
as modern days.
Foreign Dressers.
The Brittany and Dutch cupboards
and the earliest English china closets
and cabinets were severe in style, per-
mitting the beauty of the fine wares
to hold the attention rather than the
dreSserS. Walnut of fine grain was a
favOrite wood for the cabinets in Eng
land. When glass doors were added
they We're given as slender setting of
wood as was practical. so that the line
where the doors opened would not OBJ
scure the view of the things behind it.
Evening star., 1926-10-23
EAT AND BE HEALTHY
Dinah Days Daily Talks on Diet
The Right Food Is the Best Medicine

enough iron in his menu. however. IIe
put on excess weight, but ne did not
supply the absolutely essential iron
Ills blod is shy on red-blood cells
There Is not enough of them to at
tract the oxygen needed TO release the
"energy" furnished by the food eaten.
The very little bit of iron needed IN
the human body must be supplied in
the right amount or i'll health follows.
The necessary iron ration is figured a :
about one-quarter of a grain a day
Women and girls. i'll proportion to
their weight. require more iron than
men and boys. But men must have
| their iron. too.
Iron is present in large amount in
wheat bran. egg yolks, lentils, beans
peas. wheat. mustard greens. turnir
tops. dandeliOn greens, spinach. olives
| barley, rye. beef. almonds. graham
bread, maple sirup and molasses. Also
| In raisinS, dates, prunes, dried figs.
matted nuts and malt sugar.