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Evening star., 1927-05-03
Your Baby and Mine
BY MYRTLE MEYER ELDRED.

Worried Mother writes: "At the
age OF months my baby started
saying ma BY the time he was
8 months old he could say 'ma-monl-
mama-da-da.' For the last two
months / have not heard him men
tion these words, but he started say
ing goo and boo,' which seems TO
me as II he were going backward. Is
1t possible that there is something
wrong with him that he can't or
won't say mama? The baby fell
off the bed some time ago. He cried
for some minutes, but was bright and
smiling the next. Could the fall have
affected him? He eats and sleeps
regularly and his habits are good,
He is now year old"
Answer--It is always so easy for
mothers to exaggerate the effect of
falls. IL the baby shows no iH-effects
of 1t right after the fall one may rest
assured that none will develop later
AS for the speech, it is only be-
cause the early efforts of the baby
learning to speak have a meaning
for us that we think the baby knows
what he Is talking about. Mama
and dada" mean nothing at all to
him; they are his early attempts to
use his lingual muscles. Later,
when we make a great fuss over
him when he says this, he endeavors
to repeat the. pieasurable perform
ance. Inevitably he comes to asso-
ciate the sounds with the person who
answers to them. lie is not going
backward when he essays to goo
and boo" he Is just trying some new
ones. Babies do not speak at 5
months. or even at l year. Some of
them are lucky to be saying more
than or words at 1S months.
A 3-month-old baby who has gained
six pounds since birth, and who spits
up lot between feelings, is obvious
ly overfed. Nurse but once in four
hours and give a tablespoonful of
boiled water before the nursing. You
can substitute tomato juice for
orange juice, but il the latter is given
in the proportion of three teaspoon
fuls OF water to one of the juice,
there should certainly be no reason
for it to disagree.
Evening star., 1927-05-03
LITTLE BENNY
ny LEE PAPE.

was sitting on our frunt steps jest
sitting there, and Shorty Judge stop
ped going pass, saying, Come on to
the store with me. will you, you amt
doing enything.
Sure I aint, that's wat makes me so
comfortable, / sed.
Meening If 1 went to the store with
him Id be doing something, and
Shorty sed, All rite, wat / care. you'll
be sorry wen you see wat I come back
with. go ahed and sit heer.
Wich I kepp on doing, and Shorty
went and came back carrying bag.
me thinking, G, wonder If he got
something good, l wonder IL this is
my unlucky day.
And Shorty stopped in frunt of our
steps agen and opened the bag and
took a strawberry out and ate 1t with
a IMPRESSION as If 1t was the greatest
thing he ever ate in his life me say
ing, Go on, you cant make me feel
bad, if there's one thing / wouldent
eat If you payed me It's strawberry
without sugar on 1t.
Being true, ony Shorty dident bleeve
it, saying, O yes, like nit, if l bleeve
that you'll tell me another one. o boy
maybe these aint good.
And he ate about more with
Enjoyable IMPRESSIONS and I kepp on
sitting there as if T. dident give darn,
wich I. dident. and Shorty's mother
looked out her frunt door and saw
him and hurry up came down and
grabbed him. saying, Why the very
ideer, you know very we'll cant get
you to eat a strawberry for love or
money. you know you don't like them
and they make you sick enyways, are
you going crazy or wat?
And she pulled him home and I
kepp on sitting there feeling better
insted of verse.
Proving 1t was my lucky day.
Evening star., 1927-05-03

closed a stamped, self-addressed en-.
velope in your letter you would have
had my reply sooner. There are so
many letters to answer through this
column. that some delay is unaFoid-
able. LOIS LEEDS.
Dear Miss Ieeds-I have very stub
born freckles Would you advise a
skin-peeling preparation? ROSE.
Answer-No. my dear, do not use
anything Of this sort. Deep, persist
ent freckles cannot be removed with
out injury to the skin. Bleach the
lighter freckles with a mild lotion and
use makeup to cover the others. Al
ways protect your skin with cream
and powder before you go outdoors
in strong sunlight and wear a broad.
Evening star., 1927-05-03

Had she really made up her mind
to stay in Buenos Aires with Richard,
or had she pretended to do so? Myra
longed to know, but hesitated to ask
because she wanted Sally to forget.
The next day they reached Barba-
dos, and there was another long day
Of glaring sun and very green trees
and shrubs. Here they bought beads
made of seeds. Back-polished ones
that looked like ebony, red ones, gray
ones But it was very hot! Both
girls We're glad to get back to- the
ship.
Thus far the trip back had been so
strange. Neither Myra nor Sally had
mingled with any of the passengers.
Each day had been just like another.
They awoke in the morning, had their
breakfast, walked a few times around
the deck and then settled themselves
in their chairs.
Sometimes Sally put down her book
and looked out at the sea. She tried
to realize that they We're actually on
the way home. She tried to visualize
Tomy What would it be like to see
him again? But the thought of Mar
jorie was always thrilling. Small Mar
jorie, with her clinging hands and her
warm, wide smile. Marjorie who had
all her life before her!
Both Myra and Sally had plenty of
chances to have good times, but Myra,
who took charge of everything. always
vetoed them. They remained remote,
exclusive, and Sally didn't care. She
was too listless to protest. Sally, who
had danced with Richard every night
on the trip down. Sally, who had
thrilled to the tune of Love Sends
a Little Gift of Roses. Sally, who
was on her way back to her husband
and baby, but who couldn't realize it
as yet because she was just emerging
from romance into reality.
But the interlude was preparing her..
She was learning. And Myra was
wonderful. She was like bulwark
on which Sally confidently leaned.
Continued in tomorrow's Starr
fCopyright 1877
Evening star., 1927-05-03

Myrd Warren aud Sally Bates, ttco
sisters of fCidely different temperd-
nents. decide to take q long sea trip.
Tom Bates hates the idea Of losing
gdlIu and she breads ledUing him,
MIRA doesn't care Tery much achdt her
husband thinks, but he lopes her
Paris, together 1cith Myrd's influence,
changes Sally. on the ship taking
them to South America she falls in
lore arith Mr.. Richard Alden and he
Nth her. MIRA interests herself in a
Mr.. John RiGby. Taco nights before
they reach Bnenos Aires both sisters
are faced fcith the same problem.
Both men qrant them 10 stay in
Buenos Aires, pending dirorce. Sally
is shocked, but MIRA consents. Sdllg
makes MgrG beliere that she has con-
sented, too, and then MyrG aCdkes ap
and agrees to 90 home as planned.
Evening star., 1927-05-03
Readiustment.

Until they reached Trinidad, Sally
remained in kind of stupor.
She would go up on deck in the
Z morning and sit in her chair with a
book on her lap, but it meant moth
ing.
She never lifted the cover nor even
1eafed through the pages. She was
inert, numb, she felt stupid.
The sea, of course, was kind, and
she loved it. The morning they reached
Trinidad Myra asked her If she
wanted to go ashore and she said no.
But she relented later. 1t looked so
beautiful.
With crowd Of people from the
ship, they took the tender which
deposited them on the wharf. Sally
could not help but be interested.
There was so much to see.
Englishmen with pith helmets
walked about side by side with wo-
men who We're primitive enough to
wear rings in their ears and even
their noses. And the beauty of the
place!
Red hibiscus blossoms spilling over
waxen green leaves. Color, color,
everywhere, and back of the small
town, which was called Port of Spain.
the mountains rising to a great
0eiSnt. OT, yes, II was loVeiy!
Myra was marvellous.
She comma andeered a car, and, they
drove to the Cafe de Paris. 1t wasn't
bit like it's name, but was low and
long and rambling and even shabby
There they ordered the famous drink
of the island--the green swizzle. Tt
tasted of lines and something
q little stronger.
A beautiful girl offering wares on
large basket made of plated grass
came aupstR them. She was selling
jewelry.a. Bracelets of diamond-cut
silver, other things.
Myra bought, while Sally looked on.
She was still amazed at Myra's at
titude. She seemed so strong
sure Of herself, while Sally felt so
pitiably weak. 1t was so hard to for
get. 1
The cargxcarried them up in the
mountains.
Myra made 1t seem more exciting
by talking a great deal. She knew
more than Sally realized. She knew
how much Sally had cared for Rich
ard
Evening star., 1927-05-03
Answers to Today's Test
Questions.

1. From Lord Lonsdale's
estate near Whitehaven, Eng
land.
2. Because the river valley is
rich in brick clay, which was
freely utilized.
8. Lime from pulverized
shells found in beds beneath the
waters Of the Potomac inlets. 1t
was mixed with one.third part
sand.
4. Low walls in trenches, In
visible from the house side. but
serving to keep the cattle from
the lawns encompassing the
mansions.
5. The Ark, one of the two
ships which brought the Mary
land pilgrims, also brought IL
pipes of Canary wine" and more
than 1905 ton" Of beer.
C. $500 acres. divided into
five farms.
7. Yes: he had two water
grist mills, which made more
than his farms could use and
he shipped a considerable guam
tity to England.
8. The plantations were so
large that river and creek shores
formed a great part of the
boundary lines.
Evening star., 1927-05-03
SPRINCTlME
Lilac Time.
BY n. c. PEATTIE.

If anybody knows sweeter time
than lilac time, let him speak now or
forever after hold his peace. Every
land. almost every State in the Union,
seems to claim the lilac as it's own
especial flower.
When I think of lilacs, I Imagine
at first that they remind me of sea-
side gardens in New England. on
second thought, they seem to go with
Michigan farmyards quite as well. |
can remember an enormous lilac bush
that grew in pure sand on Lake
Michigan's shore. But what, If It
comes to that. is like the lilacs OF
washington and its parks and door
wards? The English. the French and
Germans claim the lilac as though IT
were native with them.
This all goes to prove that the lilac
is the hardest, least finieky or par
ticular towering shrub in the world
1t, grows anywhere and everywhere,
stands neglect, stands the breaking OF
its houghs. Though it comes to US
from the Near East, from Persia,
probably, where it has been beloved
OF the poets for thousands of years,
It stands our climates and soils as
most of the Near Eastern plants Will
not. To be sure, in the dusty days
OF Summer the leaves grow grayish
and less lustrous. This is due to
mildew which infects all the leaves
of almost all lilacs. 1t does not. how
ever, do any particular harm. is diff
cult to combat. and not worth the
trouble.
Evening star., 1927-05-03
Veal Loaf.

One pound lean veal, one onion.
Cook the veal slowly in boiling
water until very tender. After drain
ing, chop the meat finely and season
with pepper and salt. Have ready
mold lined with slices of hard-boiled
eggs and parsley. Place a layer of
he meat in the bottom of the mold;
add another layer of hard-boiled eggs.
Sprinkle with parsley and let the top
layer be one of chopped veala Have
the liquor reduced to one cup and
pour this over the veal loaf. Press
and set away to chill and turn out on
platter. Garnish with parsley.
Evening star., 1927-05-03
Lessons in English
BY w. L. GORDON.

Words often misused--Don't say
''this is him" Say this is he"
Often mispronounced-P Protege. Pro-
nounce pro-ta-zha, o as in mo-" both
as az in day" accent last syllable.
Often misspelled-Ad two
t's.
Synonyms-Ahuse, yituperate, as.
perse, reyilei vilify. reproach, calumi.
nate, defame, slander, malign, dispar-
age, ill-use.
Word study-'Use a word three
times and it is yours" Let us increase
our vocabulary by mastering one word
each day. Today's word; Mordant;
biting; pungent; sarcastic. They
were discussing and ridiculing their
enemies with mordant zest."
Though she is past so years of age,
Mrs Susan Eppes of Tallahassee. Fla.
has just completed writing her second
novel
Evening star., 1927-05-03
MILADY BEAUTIFUL
brimmed hat or carry a parasol.

BY LOIS LEEDS.

brimmed hat or carry a parasol.
LOIS LEEDS.
Dear Miss Leeds-Please tell me
what to do for an oily skin. My nose
is always shiny and / cannot get the
powder to stay on. F. NJ.
Answer-To correct an excessively
oily skin it Is often necessary to
change ones diet and stimulate the
skin of the whole body by taking cold
morning baths or friction baths. Omit
heavy fried foods, rich pastries and
meat more than once a day. Drink
five or six glassfulS of water daily
between meals. Eat plenty OF fresh
fruits, salads and succulent vegeta-
bles like spinach cabbage, onions, car
rots, beets, string beans, caulifiower,
asparagus, etc. Wash your face well
with pure soap and warm water every
night. Rinse thoroughly in warm,
then in cold water. Before applying
face powder pat on an astringent
lotion such as camphor water. Please
send a stamped, self-addressed en-
yelope for my leafiet on Care of Oily
Complexions' that gives further sug-
gestior1s. LOIS LEEDS.
Dear Miss Leeds: Please tell me
how to put on more flesh and gain
more strength. Loads Of good luck to
you. A READER.
Answer-Thank you for your good
wishes. Gaining weight is a matter
of eating the proper foods, relaxing
nervous tensions so that you can as
similate food thoroughly and exercis-
ing regularly. My leafiet on How to
Gain Weight" gives menu suggestions
and exercises that will help you.
Please send, a stamped, self-addressed
envelope for it. Add quart of milk
to your daily diet and eat plenty of
dairy products, potatoes, rice, maca-
roni, bread, custards, dates, figs,
chocolate, nuts. oil dressings and
cereals as we'll as succulent vegetables
and fruits Have thorough physi-
cal examination by doctor to see il
there is any organic trouble that Is
keeping you thin. LOIS LEEDS.
Copyright 1927
Evening star., 1927-05-03
OUR CHILDREN By Angelo Patri

No scrambIing this time. Micky
went sedately as the rest. The
teacher delayed one boy an instant.
81 saw YOU had no part in that, Dom
aid. How was that?"
II wouldn't mix mp with such n
thing" said the lad proudly. IT'S
too low. Shameful. Good afternoon,
sir"
"Snob, High hat stormed MiclIy.
"The stiff. he makes me sick"
That wasn't exactly what was maxi
ing Micky sick. He knew that the
teacher had seen and heard and that
he was in for something unpleasant.
He might lose his place on the team.
Very likely. lie might have to pay
the most Of the candy bill. Very
likely. And his father would hear the
story. More than likely. Altogether
it was not so good. He took it out
on sneering at Donald who had been
too proud to put himself in Micky's
position.
A boy rarely has a high moral
code--an honest boy, that Is. He is
usually very immoral. But he has
his pride, and that serves. We shotld
make more of the pride-that per-
sonal pride of character that holds
girl or a boy to what he considerable
cent.
Copyright. 1927
Evening star., 1927-05-03
Bleach for Neck and Shoulders.

Dear Miss Leeds--I am going to
formal affair soon and would like so
much to know a good bleach for my
neck and shoulders. If you will give
me a recipe / shall appreciate it.
G.. B. Y.
Answer-Give the skin a bleaching
pack with the following: Three table
spoonfuls cornmeal, two tablespoon
fuls Of butternill or lemon juice,
enough witch hazel to make a paste.
Spread this over the skin, cover with
bands of gauze or muslin to keep the
mixture on and allow it to dry before
rifsing 1t off. Use this bleaching pack
once a week. The following lotion
may be patted on the darkened skin
oSce a day: Two ounces glycerin, two
ounces rosewater, one-half ounce
s@cnted alcohol, one-quarter teaspoon
full carbolate of zinc. If you had in.
Evening star., 1927-05-03
WHAT Do YOU KNOW ABOUT
YOUR OWN LOCALITY?
TODAY's QUESTIONS.
knowledge Of Washington Nearby Regions of
and Virginia.
BY DONALD A. CRAIG.

DONALD A CRAIG
'pazz at Mount Vernon?
ong the
o he home n Lower
of
the
alcoholic
and?
the Mount plantation washngtons timer
did Washington
Republican
Answer on his page in
Evening star., 1927-05-03

Mrs. Rhoda f. Graves is New York's
first third consecutive term woman
legislator and first woman appointed
to a committee chairmanship.
Evening star., 1927-05-03
Copyright. 1877

Mr.. Patri will give personal attention TO
INQUIRIES from parents or school teachers on
the care and development of children. Write
him in care of this paper, inclOsing self-ad-
dressed stamped envelope for reply.
Evening star., 1927-05-03

DR.. Emma Acosta is Argentina's q
woman government attorney and VIII
officiate as the government defender
for minors. absent parties and defec-
tiyes. 1
Evening star., 1927-05-03
K }
Flash
drives spots
from rugs
and
carpets

UNslGHTLY grease stains or
spots need not ruin your
rugs. FLASH will make them
look like new. FLASH kills
grease actually dissolves it
the most revolutionary
cleaning fluid ever made.
Use FLASH to bring back the
luster of upholstered furni-
ture too. Always keep FLASH
on hand. Getit at drug de-
partment or shoe stores.
FLASH is unburnable. Does
not injure the finest fabrics.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-08-25
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|CA.1llIFQRNIA: CA.1llI
\ TmN ENuRa .
PRECIOUS GEMS

As further evidence of being tho
"Land of Heart s Desire,' Cali
fornia offers her people diamonds
rubies, sapphires, turquoise, tour
maline and bery.-precious gems
the lure of all ages. In the pas
20 years, gem production has
amounted to a total of $2,l74,4 ,4s7
the year of 1906 holding the annua
record, with gems valued at $497,
O9O. The diamonds have ALWAYS
been found in the gold localitiee
when working the stream gravels
for gold. and at present. Cherokee
Butte county, is the most produc
tive district. California tourmali
mes are far superior to foreign one
in their distinctive coloring anC
50 fire - These are found in Sar
Diego county, as are the hvacinth
pink and aquamarine beryls an6
the blue topaz.
i What is the meaning of the nam,
Tia"a Paes?
TioP1 Pass in Mono county de
rives its nan'o from Tiogq county
New York. TioPa means "where i
forks . and is an Iroquois Indiar
name.
How hioh was the rate Of popu
lation increase during the gol,
rush,
From ls41 to 1850 the inereas,
Imperial Valley press., 1927-08-25
To Set Date For
Dickinson Trial

An effort to set date for tn,
trial in the ease Of John l.. Dickin
son against Mrs. Edla Dickinson wi!
be made in superior court tomorrow
Notice to this effect was filed al
the county clerk 5 office this morn
ing by counsel for the plaintiff
The suit revolves about the title to
an apartment house in Calexico
the plaintiff bringing suit against
his mother and asking that he be
given halfinterest III the pro
perty. ..
In his complaint he alleges that
he advanced certain money toward
the purchase and construction of the
property. declaring that the defend
ant had promised to give him half.
interest in the property but had
later refused. The defendant has
filed answer to the charges and a
cross complaint in which she alleges
that the plaintiff advanced none of
his own money but that the building
was erected out of ''familv 9 fund.
She also asks that he be made t.
give an account of the money placed
III the family fund and of which
he was in possession following the
death Of her husband
Imperial Valley press., 1927-08-25
WHAT THEY TELL INQUIRING REPORTER
NEWS PUBLIC SERIOUS AND NEAR-sERIOUs


plain John smith, thought bru.
nettes made the hest wives.
81 think as general thing a
brunette is more domestic than any
ether type of woman. | know the
vamps' in pictures are always
dark women, just as the villain is
always pictured with dark hair and
black eyes-but think they are
wrong. My wife is a brunette and
nobody could come nearer to being
Ideal than she. OF course we have
our differences-bu that doesn t
mean anything to a married couple.
She is lot more indulgent than /
deserve most likely. | think wives
are apt to be. | know Ia hate to
put up with a lot Of things we men
ask Of our wives. Good John
SMITH
q think the woman with the
strong maternal instinct is the ideal
wife, said Ralph Robson of
Bra wiley. Wifehood and mother
hood go together, and the wife who
mothers' her husband is to my
way Of thinking the most likely to
make a success of the business of
being married.
And as the reporter was cranking
up the flivver to 90 home she
thought of an old song that is such
q good answer TO her own question
that she added it to the other inter
views ~ want girl lust like
the girl who married dear old dadl'
Imperial Valley press., 1927-08-25
McCABE
BY Press Staff Correspondent


McCABE, Aug. 25.-Mrs. Weston
NanDerpoel, with her son Everett
and daughter Margaret, drove tt
the coast Saturday. Mrs. Wander
poel and Margaret will stav with
Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew Van DerpoeI
at FL CaiOn until school opens. Ev
orett will drive on to Ocean Beach
where he will be the guest of Wal
ter Wetsell for several days.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Paine return
ed home Saturday after a month ;,
vacation on the coast.
Mrs. j. l.. DuBoise has given uT
her apartment at Coronado, an5
with her two sons has driven to San
Francisco, where she will make 6
short visit then drive back to San
ia Maria and visit her parents un
til school opens.
Weston NanDerpoel and j. 2
Wagner and son Russell werJ
guests of the George Austins Sun
day.
johnny Goss came down from tho
mountains where he has been work
ing all summer, to spend the week
end with his parents. He will re-
turn to the Kelley ranch unit
school opens.
Word has been received of the
birth of daughter, Gilberta Louise
to Mr.. and Mrs. Sohnon, Aug. 20, in
San Diego. Mrs. Sohnon was a
teacher in the MeCabe school last
term.
Mrs. H. II. Hoppin and daughter
Mary returned home from San Di-
ego Sunday after a short vacation
Imperial Valley press., 1927-08-25
THEATERS
Clara Bow is now q "keike wahi.

Clara Bow is now q "keike wahi-
nj Lalau. -
Sounds terrible, but that is the
part she portrays-a flaprcr o. Ha-
waii-in her latest starring Para
mount vehicle "Hula' which comes
to the Airdome tonight and tomor-
row nigh.
"a, = il Il story of social lie
on Hawai-. Of an America girl.
born and raised on "the crossroads
Of the Farifit' who remains hers i.
amid artificial atmosphere Great
hV an Irresponsible set of fast
ivers.'
'n this interesting but strange
situation comes Give Broo,i, leading
man. The troubles of lvn'v Miss
Bow in obtaining her real love make
up one of the most fascinating
screen tales of the day. Romance,
color. smiles ad tears are all rolled
together in this fast moving story
The production was directed by
Victor Fleming, famous for his slc
cess with Mantrap' then H'The
Rough Riders and more recently
1.-The Way of All Flesh starring
Emil Jannings. In addition to Mr.
Brook. who has demonstrated him
self one Of the most popular lead
ing men Of - l'v, Miss Bow IS
supported hv hand picked cast
consisting Of fr'etta Marcilal. Ar
mold Kent, A'tsrt Gran and Agos.
tino Borgato r"ris Anderson adan
ed the novel The screen play was
prepared by Ethel Dohertv.