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Evening star., 1926-10-23
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philosophy.
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means a light meal.
3. The largest club in the world
(abbreviated).
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means one who is not learned.
5. Abbreviation often found on in
vitations.
(NOTE: AS may be gathered from
the definitions Of the missing rhymes
they are in the form of letters. in.
stead of words. Can you put them
in correctly? If not, look for the
answer-as well as another "Puzz-
lick"-here on Monday)
Yesterdays "Puzzlick."
A certain young man Of great
gumptiOn,
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tiOn
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Evening star., 1926-10-23

These three -shelved cabinets, with
their glass doors and stretcher style
legs, have about them characteristics
of the present dreSSerS found in some
styles of dining room sets. The Sim
plicity is accented in each and the
feWneSS of the shelves. They differ in
that the glass doors are omitted today.
the older type holding sway.
Secretary Cabinets.
1t was in a later century than 1860
that the cabinets took the form of sec
retaries. with the cabinet for dishes
above the writing desk section. 1t is
these oldtime cabinets that give US
the precedent for using what we have
been pleased to consider combination
bookcases and desks or secretaries.
as furnishings for dining rooms, done
in antiques or in reproductions. 1t is
true that these secretaries were book
cases and writing desks, but they
were also china cabinets and desks, so
they have the right to be used as
china cabinets today in dining rooms.
They should hold choice examples Of
old potterieS and heirloOmS in china,
however, if they are true to type.
When they do this and are used with
old furnishings, they are decorative
assets, decidedly.
Show Choice Wares.
It is to be regretted that the china
cabinet of the past decorative era was
so elaborate and ponderous. 1t be-
came store closet for all sorts of
dishes, glass and silver, whether
choice or ordinary. The things were
huddled together, as if in a closet out
of view, instead of being rare things
set out with the idea of making each
article an ornamental feature. 1t is
no wonder that when cabinets be-
came cumbersome and contents com
monplace the vogue of the china cab
met waned. Today few pieces are
exhibited on the open cupboards and
these should be choice wares or inter
Evening star., 1926-10-23
Grapefruit Salad.

Cut the stem ends from three green
and three red peppers. Remove the
seeds and refill the shells with the
pulp Of finely cut grapefruit, chopped
celery hearts and broken English wal
nut meats, allowing twice as much
grapefruit as celery and two whole
nut meats to each pepper. Cover with
mayonnaise and serve on lettuce
leaves,
Evening star., 1926-10-23
DOROTHY DX'S LETTER BOX
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to Parent of Stage-Struck Girl-Henpecked
Husband Deserves Little Sympathy.

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Evening star., 1926-10-23
Lettuce Cocktail.

Cut one crisp head of lettuce fine
with scissors and shred four hard
cooked eggs and four small onions.
Melt two tablespoonfuls of butter.
when cool add four tablespoonfuls of
tomato catsup, two tablespoonfulS of
Worcestershire sauce, three table
spoonfuls of sugar, four tablespoon
fuls of vinegar and salt to taste. AT
serving time pour this sauce over
the lettuce, eggs and onions. Serve
very cold In cocktail glasses.
Evening star., 1926-10-23
Celery With Spaghetti.

Trim and wash four heads of
celery. boil until tender in salted milk
and water, then drain and cut the
celery into three-inch lengths. Boil
one-half package of spaghetti for
80 minutes, then drain and cut in
short pieces. Heat one cupful of
white sauce, put in the spaghetti and
the celery, season with pepper and a
crate of nutmeg, and cook slowly for
80 minutes. Serve hot.
Evening star., 1926-10-23

with those Meadow Mice for daring to
come II live on the Green Meadows.
He was angry with Nanny Meadow
Mouse tor SO much as looking at them.
Then he became worried. What if
Nanny Meadow Mouse should so away
with one Of those strangers. Skinner
had said that everybody on the Green
Meadows thought Danny dead. OF
course. if that was the case there
was no reason why Nanny shouldn't
fall in love with one of those strang
ers. Al the mere thought of such Il
thing Danny gritted his teeth.
I'm going home. I'm going home
this very minute" he declared. IN
show those strangers that they have
no business on the Green Meadows.
III give Nanny a piece Of my mind
Evening star., 1926-10-23
Danny Starts On at Once.
Jealousy has some excuse
When 1t is rightly put to use.

Danny Meadow Mouse was jealous
He wouldn't have admitted it, but it
was SO. Jealous people never do ad-
nit they're jealous. jealousy is a
thing that is plainly visible to every
one but the one who has it. If Skim
mer the Swallow hadn't mentioned the
fact that there were two strange
Meadow Mice living near Nanny,
suspect that Danny wouldn't have
been troubled at all. AS it was, he
was very much troubled. First he
became very angry. He was angry
Evening star., 1926-10-23

One Mother Says:
My little girl insisted on chewing
gum in public. although l tried to
make her feel that the habit was only
permissible in private. One day
invited her to go with me to call
on friend who also had daugh
ter On the way 1 stopped at a
drug store and sent Jane in to buy
some gum. She was amazed to see
me stuff two pieces into my mouth
before we rang the bell OF my friends
house, although she, of course, had
done the same. The child's horror
at my loud chewing during the cell
was so intense that for once she
forgot to chew. Afterward we
talked things over and neither of
us has since chewed gum in public.
Evening star., 1926-02-17
BUSINESS
WILL EXCEED 1925.
Richard B. Mellon Notes Gain
in Steel Trade-Rail
Head Optimistic.
By the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, February 17.-Present
indications point to better business in
1926 than last year, said Richard B.
Mellon, president of the Mellon Ma
tional Bank. Pittsburgh. on his depar-
ture for Europe today. Fundamental
conditions are sound. The steel bust
ness in Pittsburgh is showing great
improvement over a year ago. Steel
rolling mills are operating at greater
capacity and railroad orders are in
larger volume Grain prices have
fallen off, which is as it should be-
Daniel Upthegrove. president of the
st. Louis s-Southwestern, says agricul-
tural reports and position OF the farm.
ers in the cotton belt territory are
as good. if not better than last year,
and there is every prospect OF a well
balanced period of agricultural. indus
trial and general business activity.
In east Texas, Louisiana and parts
of Arkansas conditions are particu-
larly improved. Many debts Of long
standing have been paid and the banks
throughout our territory are in bet
ter shape than last year"
Evening star., 1926-02-17
Noon Cotton Prices.
ATTACK ON TELEPHONE
RATES IN BALTIMORE
Reply From c. & P. Company May
Be Request to Raise Pres
ent Charges.
Special Dispatch TO The Star.

Special Dispatch TO The Star.
BALTIMORE, February 1.-THE
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone
Co. of Baltimore may ask for an in
crease in rates, according to Harold
L. West. chairman of the Public
Service Commission. Vests state
ment came in reply to an attack on
present rates here by +. NJ. Rowe,
Baltimore publisher, who asked that
business and individual interests here
be protected from the telephone
monopoly"
Rowe contrasted the rates in Chi
cago and Philadelphia with those pre-
vailing in this city, and pointed out
that bill for Isl calls presented to
the Chicago branch of his firm
amounted to only S6.S4, while the
same number of calls in Baltimore
would amount to $9.O4.
West said the telephone company
is making less than 8 per cent on
the present valuation. Under the de-
cision of the Federal courts. the
Public Service Commission cannot
cut the rate to give a return of less
than per cent, he declared.
Evening star., 1926-02-17
EVERYMAN'S
INVESTMENTS
BY GEORGE r. HUGHES.
First and Second MORTGAGES.

Continuing the discussion of secured
bonds as distinguished from the unse-
cured, there are two points to be en-
phasized The first is the nature Of
the property which is put up for se-
curity and the second is the position
of the claim upon that property which
the bondholder would have in the
event of default.
Now all kinds Of properties are
pledged as security for bonds With
railroad it may be a certain number
of miles Of track or it may be terminal
properties, yards, station buildings or
other improved real estate. With an
industrial corporation it may be the
factory or any kind OF real estate. The
ton as it is useful in the business A
mortgage upon a branch line of a
railroad that carried little or no freight
would be valueless, while a mortgage
upon q profitable main line would be
very valuable. In the same way with
a corporation, the plant which is
pledged as security for a bond is of
value only as it can be employed in
production.
The second point relates to the order
in which the claim of the bondholder
dpOH luc plcu6Co PioPOiSy CoulCS AL
comparison with that Of other cred
itors In other words Is the bond Sc
cured by q first, second, or a third
mortgage, OF is it secured on part of
the property in one way and upon part
of it in another? All good many
inexperienced investors ask in this
connection is whether or not their
bond is q first mortgage. OF course, q
first mortgage is better than a second
upon the same property, but a second
mortgage on one piece of property
may be vastly superior to q first mort
gage upon another. 1t all depends
upon the size of the mortgage in COM
parison with the value Of the property
The best illustration is to take two
mortgaged pieces Of real estate. Say
one is worth $4,000 and has q first
mortgage against it Of $500. Com
pare it with another property worth
$50 900, which has first mortgage on
it of $4,000 and second mortgage of
$4,000. The second mortgage on the
500, 900 property is better secured than
the first mortgage on the $4,000 pro-
perty. The same rule applies to rail-
road and corporation loans, although
it is sometimes harder to get at the
facts. A bond is not to be accepted
simply because protected by first
lien, nor is it to be rejected simply be-
cause there are other claims ahead
Of It.
(Copyfight. 1926A
Evening star., 1926-02-17
COKE PRICES SMASHED.
Flood of Orders Cancelled as Coal
Strike Ends.

NEW YORK, February II P).-
Cancellations and suspensions of con
tracts for domestic coke following in a
flood the settlement OF the anthracite
strike, broke coke prices severely"
Iron Age says. BY it's virtual indie
pendence of the coke market. steel was
not affected, but pig iron was weaken.
ed. A week ago the strike was thought
likely TO last long enough to bring
higher second quarter coke, and thus.
in spite of the low ebb of buying, to
save pig iron from a decline.
Surplus foreign iron at Atlantic
coast ports has had a weakening eff
feet on the Eastern markets. In steel
new buying is disappointing on the
whole. It's seasonal character. now ac.
cented by short-range purchasing,
gives no promise Of an expansion be-
fore mid March -
Evening star., 1926-02-17
COMMODITY NEWS
WIRED STAR FROM
ENTIRE COUNTRY

ST. PAUL, February 17-Value of
milk produced on Minnesota farms
during the last year is set at $l54, ,19S,-
600, which is slightly less than for
the year before. The gross farm
value Of milk is ass per cent of the
combined gross farm value in Mime
sofa.
JACKSONVILLE. Fla, February
17-Florida capitalists are looking for
Georgia. on which to establish a dairy
farm and creamery, the products from
which would be marketed in Florida
cities.
NEW ORLEANS, February il.
The mills of the Southern Pine AS
sociation received orders for S5,000,0 600
feet last week, a gain of 1917 per cent.
Production remained unchanged at
10000 900 feet and shipments We're
1900, 900. Total untitled orders ag-
gregate 265 600 900 feet.
ANTIOCH, Calf, February II.
Delta celery growers have finished a
profitable season, shipping over 1900
carloads to Eastern and Middlewestern
points. Close to $1,000 boxes of
asparagus will be packed during the
season now beginning.
NEW ORLEANS, February II.
The foreign commerce of this port
for the last year totaled $685., ,OOO, 900.
This was an increase OF 13 per cent
over the previous year.
Evening star., 1926-02-17
ANOTHER UTILITY DEAL
IN GEORGIA PREDICTED

~ NEW YORK, February II R).-
Recent acquisition of the Georgia
Railway & Power Co. by the South
eastern Power & Light Co. is ex-
pected in Wall street to be followed
by the purchase OF Georgia Light,
Power & Railways, negotiations for
which are reported to be in progress
Georgia Light controls the Macon
Railway & Light Co.. Macon Gas
Co. and Central Georgia Power Co.
The holder of large block of Georgia
Light stock is said to have made an
offer to Southeastern, but discussion
over the price lis understood to have
delayed actiopl
Evening star., 1926-02-17
STORMS PUT CHECK
ON HARDWARE SALES

Special Dispatch to The star.
NEW YORK, February lizard
ware Age says:
Activity in the various important
wholesale hardware markets centers
on preparation for Spring business
Jobbers are delivering Spring orders
now. Many of these We're placed last
October. Distributors freely predict a
substantial Spring business.
Heavy snowstorms in the northern
markets have curtailed buying &C
tivity by dealers and consumers. due
to the difficulties of transportation
Snow goods are completely sold out.
Heaters. weatherstrip saws, axes and
kindred lines are active.
Collections generally are only fair.
Prices have been very firm"
Evening star., 1926-02-17
WASHINGTON POWER
HEARING NEXT FRIDAY
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, February 17.-F'ri
day has been set tentatively as the
day on which members of the public
service commissions Of Maryland and
Pennsylvania will confer with the
Federal Power Commission in Wash
ington relative to approving the finan
cial program Of the S52,000,000 Como
wingo superpower project.
Hearings were held in Baltimore
last Friday by the Maryland commis
sion, so far as the Maryland com
panies in the project are concerned
and by the Federal Commission, rep
resented by o. c. Merrill executive
secretary, which acted in lieu of the
Pennsylvania Commission, which has
no Jurisdiction over security issues.
Evening star., 1926-02-17
bN WILLIAM f. HEFFERNAN.

NEW YORK, February 1.-THE
ImuiinesS that prevailed on the Curb
1NchdhSe i.Se today was furt' '1er evidence
oiial recent operations on both buying
WV unrI, 'eliils sides were principally the
work or professional operators.
Fools operating in certain issuas did
hotnlng more than support their ia
Norltes and stocks which had been un-
usudilE active recently fiuctuated over
a marrow range within fractions of
tuesdays final prices.
mere We're a few exceptions to the
seherai tendency. however, and where
NEW YORK, February 17.-Fol-
lowing Is an official list of bonds and
STOCKS traded in on the New York
curb Market today:
Evening star., 1926-02-17
NEW YORK CURB MARKET
Received by Private Wiz. Direct to The Star Office

price changes were wide they were for
the most part on the side of advance
Richmond Radiator came in for more
attention at an Improvement of more
than a point in response to the report
for 1925, which showed $6.65 share
With the floating supply of this stock
comparatively small, it was not diff
cult matter to bring about higher
prices.
Industrial Rayon was another spe
cialty that was active and high follow
ing the announcement that the com
pany had completed so per cent ad
dition to its Cleveland plant.
Evening star., 1926-02-17
GAINS IN BUSINESS
SHOWN IN JANUARY

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, February 17.-An ex-
animation of indices of local trade ac-
tivity for the first month of the cur
rent year shows increases in prac-
tically all lines, according to figures
of the Baltimore Association of Com
merce.
The following percentage gains were
noted:
Bank clearings, 11.S per cent
+ Debts to individual accounts, 7.3
per cent. Value OF building permits,
10.1 per cent.
Building contracts, 1858 per cent.
Post office receipts, 22.S per cent.
Evening star., 1926-02-17
Washington Stock EXCHANGE
SALES

SALES.
Southern Building 6 1a-S1 900 at lOl
S4 900 at 10l. SO 900 at 1O1
Potomac Electric Power pfd.-10 at 1Os.
10 at 10S.
Potomac Electric Power pfd.. int ctf.-
10 at 107l4.
Liberty National BanE-1O at 211. 80 at
211. 80 at 2l3.
American Security and Trust Co-9 at
Mergenthaler Linotype-3 at 215.
National Mortgage and Investment pfd.--
40 at rs.
AFTER CALL.
Washington Gas 5s-S1 900 at 100, $500
at 100.
Potomac Electric Power pfd.-3 at 1os.
Lanston Monotype-15 at 81 r. 10 at
81 ssbins, Z; 10 At ,oS 81 ~: * at setn >. -
at 991a.
Washington Railway and Electric Is
siSo2 Norfolk ii az and q washington Steamboat CO.
9 at 300
Merchants Transfer and Storage pfd.-2O
at 1O1. 10 at 101. 90 at 101.
Money-Cau loans. and per cent.
Rid and Asked Prires
Evening star., 1926-02-17
A Fool and His Money.

The fact that a stock certificate is
printed in fancy green scrollwork is
no proof that it is worth any more
than ordinary wall paper. Thousands
of people in Washington would have
saved their money If they simply had
asked their banker to tell them what
he knew Of some supposedly wonder.
INl investment,
Evening star., 1926-02-17
CENSUS BUREAU REPORTS
ON CRUSHED COTTONSEED

Cottonseed crushed in the six
month period, August l to January
81. totaled 3.SO8,597 tons, compared
with 324S.452 tons in the same period
a year ago, and cottonseed on hand
at mills January 81 totaled 1,099,371
tons, compared with 90O.S9 tons a
year ago. the Census Bureau today
announced.
Evening star., 1926-02-17
FLOUR MERGER REFUSED.

WICHITA, -kans. February II P)
Stockholders of the Kansas Flour
Mllls Co., representing about 50 per
cent of the stock, have turned down a
proposition to merge their properties
with the Il. h. Sheffield interests of
Minneapolis, and the Faier & SHES
Co. .of st. Louis
Evening star., 1926-02-17
EARNS $5.O6 PER SHARE.

NEW YORK. February II CP.-The
American Metal Co. earned s5.06 a
share on the common stock in 1925.
after preferred dividends, with net in
come Of s3,353,S66. This compares
with net income of s3.311 046 in 1924.
or SIS a share on the common
Profit and loss surplus was s10,-
1853, against s9,264.945 the year be-
fore.
Evening star., 1926-02-17
Luxury Loans Are
To Be Discouraged
By Credit Men
Special Dispatch to The Star.

DENVER, February 1.-THE
loan group of the Denver Retail
Credit Mems Association has
pledged itself to discourage max
ing of loans to persons who de-
sire to spend the money on lux
uries. The group declared that
the borrowing of money for unnec-
essary purchases by persons whose
incomes cannot stand the burden
has frequently led to disaster and
crime.
Evening star., 1926-02-17
Fruit and Vegetable Review.

Today's market report on fruits
and vegetables compiled by the Mar
ket News Service. Bureau of AGri-
, cultural Economics says:
Apples-Supplies moderate: demand
slow, market dull: barrels, Virginia
and West Virginia, A Il inches. Stay
mans. 5.50a6.50; A 2la inches. Yorks.
5.00ao.50; Virginia, \ pa inches up,
Ninesaps, very few sales, 4.50a5 90;
A 212 inches, Romes. 500; \ ~ inches,
$50: Pennsylvania, A pa inches up.
StaymanS and Black Twigs. 500: A
pa inches up. Black Twigs and Stay
mans, mostly 800. few $50. Boxes,
Washington, medium to large size,
extra fancy StaymanS, 2.75.
Cabbage - Supplies moderate; de-
mand moderate, market firm: new
stock, Florida, 1ia -buShel hampers,
pointed type. 3.OOa3.25: New York,
bulk per hundredweight, Danish
type, $50
Lettuce = Supplies light; demand
light. market steady; Florida. 10-inch
crates. 4 TO dozen 4.50.
Evening star., 1926-02-17
Today'S Wholesale Prices.

Butter-Fancy one-pOund prints
6la52: tub, 49a5G; store packed. 30.
Eggs-Avera ge receipts. 29a32: can.
died. 32a33; hennery, 34a35; storage.
, 22a23
Poultry-Alive, turkeys. top, 43a45;
Spring chickens. 36a4o; fowls, 2Sa3O;
leghorns, %; ducks. 25a27: geese. 15a
20: keats, 40aI0. Dressed. turkeys, rs
a32; Spring chickens, 3Sa42: gowls. goa
81; Leghorns, %; ducks, 2Sa30' geese,
20a25: keats. GOAL 90.
Live stock-Calves. top. 14a15; hogs,
heavy and medium. 1872; light, choice,
I41a
Meats-Beef. 16: lambs, 20a25: veal,
23; dressed pork. heavy, l4a14l2; me-
dunn, Ii; light. Il; loins. 32a34; shoul-
OerS, 22a23; fresh hams. 30a32.
Evening star., 1926-02-17
TREASURY CERTIFICATES.
(ouotations furnished by Redmond 4 Co
LIVE POULTRY MARKET.

CHICAGO, February II @.-Poul.
try-Alive, hens, weaker; balance
steady. Receipts, six cars; fowls, 26;
Springs. 80: turkeys. IS; roosters, 81;
ducks, 30a32; geese, 20.
Evening star., 1926-02-17
EGGS ARE LOWER
|NLOCAL MARKET
Storage Product in Very Poor
Oemand-Price of Beef
Unchanged.

All sorts of prices We're quoted in the
egg market this morning, 90 being the
lowest and 81 the highest for average
receipts. There are plenty storage
eggs still on the market, according to
reports, the stock on hand in New
York, Philadelphia, Chicago and Bos-
ton yesterday totaling 1900 cases. n
decrease of 1900 compared with
figures of the corresponding day last
year.
Storage eggs are not in demand,
dealers reported supplies going beg
glng at 22 cents. 1t is believed that
such stock is being offered in certain
quarters for the fresh product, ac-
corning to dealers
Evening star., 1926-02-17
Heavy Losses in Eggs.

Packers are reported to have lost
millions of dollars on the storage
product this season. 1t is said that
no eggs We're put away last Spring
under 81 cents, the highest price re-
ported being SS, and a local dealer
said he had heard of seven suicides
committed III the West this Winter as
n result of despondency over losses
in eggs.
Dealers say low prices for the
fresh product at this season suggests
the possibility of high prices in May
and June. Prices of other commodities
this morning We're practically the
same as reported Yesterday.