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Evening star., 1927-03-08
LITTLE BENNY
BY LEE PAPE.

got a pritty bum of a report from
skool today, me thinking, G, if ma
reeds this she'll make me give it to
pop to sine insted Of signing 1t her
self, holey smokes I hope I can catch
her wen she's in a hurry so she'll
hurry up sine 1t without reading it.
And I went in the house and ma
was quick coming downstairs look
ing at her rist watch, me thInk1ng, q,
herray. Z e*' - .+s%
And I sed, Ar you IN a hurry, ma?
Well, thawt was. but / see by
my rist watch that have half an
hour'sto spare, why. wat do you
wug1t? ma sed. .~@'e
Maybe your rist watch is rong, I
sed. and. she sed. II it's enything it's
fast, unless its suddinly decided to
change it's whole caracter, waits q
matter, wat do you wunt?
o. nuthing, never mind, l thawt
maybe you wasent in a hurry, I,sed.
Well neither am. dident / jest
tell you I've got plenty of time?
ma sed.
I meen I thawt maybe you was in
a hurry, I sed.
Do you realize your tawking like a
crazy persin? ma sed. Now I wunt
you to stop beeting around the bush
and out wit it whatever it is or Ill
give you a good shake and see If that
will help you to cullect your sentses,
she sed, and / sed, Well, if you got
time I thawt maybe you could sine
my report, wat time is it, it must be
neerly half a hour later by this
time.
Let me see it. ma sed. and sed,
Wat, the report? and she sed, Are
you. starting in all over agen?
Meening certeeny the report, and I
handed it to her slow. and she ony
looked at about half of it and handed
it back, saying. Give this to your
father.
Proving the werst. is yet to come.
Evening star., 1927-03-08
DEDTTNTE CT0DTEC BY THORNTON
DILL 1NAL ~ lO1N1IIO w. BURGESS
BY BRIGGS

"Come on over there now," said
Jumper. They are funny balls
Hooty drops them from his mouth.
have seen him do it. Yes, sir, I've
seen him do it. Come on"
Very cautiously Jumper led the way
and Peter tiptoed along behind him
They took care to rustic no leaves nor
to make any sound whatever. Every
two or three steps they stopped to
look up at Hooty to make sure that
he didn't see them. But Hooty was
half asleep. and when they saw this
they felt better. So presently they
came to the foot Of the tall dead tree
Jumper began to poke about among
the dead leaves at the foot of the tree
He kicked something over to Peter
1t fell near Peters feet. He examined
it curiously. ''It is a fur ball" said he
Yes said jumper. "What kind oi
fur Is it?"
Peter looked sharply. "It looks like
the fur of Whitefoot the Woodmouse, u
said he.
Jumper kicked another one over to
him. "How about this one?" he in.
quired.
Peter looked at it carefully and he
had a funny feeling. There's rabbit
hair In this" said he.
Again Jumper nodded Fright" said
he. 81 suppose you know what that
means?"
Peter hesitated. He wasn't quite
sure just how to answer that.
Break it open!' commanded
Jumper.
Peter pulled 1t apart. "Why," said
he. there are bones inside.
Jumper nodded. He nodded very
vigorously YES" said he, there are
bones inside. Those bones are rabbit
bones at that"
Peters eyes opened very wide.
You mean" he began, and then
stopped.
II mean." said Jumper, that Hooty
the Owl has dined on a rabbit some
time or other. IL 1t wasn't one of your
children you are lucky. Peter"
Peter looked curiously at those little
balls of fur. He wouldn't have known
that they were balls of fur had he not
known that that was what they were
going to see. He had seen similar
ones before and not given them a
thought. But now as he examined
one after another he began to under.
stand. He was learning Just what
Hooty the Owl had been living on OF
late. He was learning to use his eyes.
tCopyright. 1927
The Canadian Parliament has de.
cided against the employment OF
women as stenOgraphers until they
have reached the age of 80
Evening star., 1927-03-08
Mathematical Principles i'm Dress
BY MARY MARSHALL.

That dressmaker should be a geo.
metrician was the opinion expressed
year or so ago by Madeleine Vionnet,
head of the well known French dress.
making house that bears her name
She further expressed her opinion that
the human body makes geometrical
figures to which the materials should
correspond" One who has made a
study of the work of this celebrated
designer says that underlying the
mysteries of her creations are the
6oundest mathematical principles,
Evening star., 1927-03-08
Effect of Water on Hair.

Dear Miss Leeds--t) have straight
bobbed hair and use much water on
it. / have been told that my hair
will rot and that it will grow gray
quickly from using 80 much water.
Every time / comb my hair wet the
comb and can give myself "a water
wave. Is this harmful? (2) 7 am :
feet inches tall and weigh 1875
pounds. I do not think that am
overweight. but my limbs seem Iarsye
Evening star., 1927-03-08

wherein triangles. squares. circles and
every geomerrical figure are employed
In the adaptation of the gown to the
human FORM
To some of us this relationship be-
tween geometry and dresSmaking Is
not so easy to see-and surely dress.
maker must possess something more
than a mere knowledge of the mathe-
matical sciences. Still the application
of geometrical figures to designing Is
Evening star., 1927-03-08
Little Balls of Fur.
OF eyes that see there are but few:
I hope they are possessed by you.
Old Mother West Wind.

1t is true that real seeing eyes are
about as scarce as the proverbial teeth
of a hen Folks have eyes, but most
folks don't know how to use them.
They think they do, but they don't.
All sorts of interesting things are
right under their noses and yet are
not seen. There is an old saying that
People see what they look for" 1t
means that il you start out to look for
Evening star., 1927-03-08
Whipped Cream Filling.

Combine one well beaten egg yolk
with one-haif q cupful of whipped
cream, and three tablespoonfuls of
powdered sugar. Add one-half a cup
full OF chopped nuts, one half a cupful
OF marshna lows. cut In pieces and
onA, hall III teaspoonful OF. vanilla. Let
Etaiisf am hour or,.two 4 to soften the
marshmallows. then spread on cake
layers and ice with any preferred
icing. A simple boiled icing is excel
lent. This cake should be served the
day 1t is made, as the. filling viii then
be at it's best.
Evening star., 1927-03-08
Egg Benedictine.

Separate two eggs. Break the yolks
add a cupfuI of milk, some salt. one
and one-half cupfuls of flour and a
tablespoonful of melted butter. Beat
well, add two Jewel teaspoonfuls oi
baking powder and fold In the well
beaten whites. Bake on a griddle In
large muffin rings. Broil thin slices
of ham. Dish the mullins, put a square
Of ham on each, then poached egg
and pour on them some Hollandaise
sauce and decorate with well chopped
trtifies. pepper and salt. The trufles
may be omitted.
Evening star., 1927-03-08
Oatmeal Brown Bread.

Mix one pint OF rolled oats with one
pint of rolled wheat. Add half a pint
of yellow cornmeal and half pint Sf
whole wheat flour, Dissolve a ten
spoonful Of baking soda in two tabls-
spopnfuis Of warm water. add this 10
half q pint of molasses land then aasd
quickly to one pint Of thick sour milk.
Mix these with the dry ingredients.
Turn into a brown-bread mold, cover
and steam for four hours. >
Evening star., 1927-03-08
II the lips are badly chapped, cam
phor cream may heal them.

Amy.-Take more fruit, especially
oranges or grapefruit. and if you can.
not get your system regulated this
way, consult the doctor about it. If
the cereals in which there is some
husk do not irritate you may get
good results from these.
Your complexion will improve as
you overcome this sluggish tendency.
Take q full warm bath every day and
always use very cold water as a
final rinse for your face and neck.
Your pores will clear and refine grad
uaIly as you improve your condition.
Evening star., 1927-03-08
$1,000 in Cash Prizes

What 10 the incest way to serve
Grspelade7 just send us your f.
vorite recipe for using Welch's
Grapelade. We will pay $25 for
the best one, $40 for the next best
$40 for the third, and s. each for
the next nine IL prizes in all,
Evening star., 1927-03-08

making 500 20 be given away.
Write out your recipe and mail it
with your name and address 60 The
Welch Grape Juice Company,
West6eld, NY.
Win cash prize! Contest closes
April 3Oth. 1927.
Evening star., 1927-03-08

The Canadian Parliament has de.
cided against the employment OF
women as stenographers until they
have reached the age of So
Evening star., 1927-03-08
Reducing at 16


Dear Miss Leeds--(U am IS years
old, feet 6 inches tall and weigh
about 143 pounds. What reducing ex
ercises should ] take? (2) What do
YOU think about dieting at my age"
t3) have blue eyes. brown hair and a
fair skin. What coiors should I wear
to make me look smaller 4) Please
give me recipe for lotion ia whiteu
the hands. LUCIA.
Answer--tD You are somewhat heaN-
ier than the average girl of Your age
and height, but doubtless Your bones
are heavier than the average. do
not advise growing girls to put them.
selves on severe reducing programs
for fear of injury TO their health
Keep your figure firm and supple by
plenty of outdoor exercise. For your
daily setting-up exercises do trunk
bending and twisting. high kicking, leg
raising, lying down. heel-raising and
rm-f1inging movements. t2) | do not
advise dieting to reduce i'm your case
1t will do you no harm, however. Ia
omit all candy and rich pastry from
your diet. t3) Dark colors will make
YOU seem smaller. You may wear
brown. navy blue. dark green. wine
| red and rust. t41 ounces strained
lemon juice. ounces gfycerine. l.,
te"sn"onf'' @"raX. Apply before dry
ing your hands.
Evening star., 1927-03-08
MILADY BEAUTIFUL.
BI LOIS LEEDS.

though | hold my shoulders up. Mv
bust measure is 33 inches. waist So
and hips Al. How can improve
my figure? MARY
AnsweF--Y Your posture defect IL
known as lordoSis. Yon must learn
to hold your body correctly with
hips back and abdomen fiat Usually
unprecedented knees accompany
lordosis--that is. knees bent back
ward so that there is quite a pro,
uounced curve backward from hip
bones 10 ankles. Practice standing
with knees straight. The following
exercises will also help you overcome
the condition: III Stand erect with
heels together and arms hanging nj
sides. Keeping your trunk erect and
knees together. bend knees to "A squat
ting position. Slowly rise and repeat
10 times. t2) Sit down on the floor
with legs extended out In front and
feet together. Place hands behind
neck. Slowly twist trunk to right
then front and to the left. Repeat 10
times in each direction. Your waist
and hips are too large in proportion
to your bust. Please send stamped
selfaddressed envelope for my leaflet
on Beauty Exercises" which gives
special exercises for correcting this
defect. LOIS LEEDS.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-08-23
Most OF The Fish Off Jersey
Shore Are Summer Res0rterS
They Visit The Resorts Just Like Humans in Summer and
In Winter Are Off For Southern Waters

| Most of the fish that abound IN
1.-THE bays and off the shore of New
Jersey are summer resorters-
| Everybody knows that birds
migrate. But few realize that fish
are as fashionably fond of winter
| ing in the South and frequenting
lCape May or Barnegat Bay in sum-
tmertime as are migratory humans
with ample leisure and money at
their command. Even if fish
haven't money they have all the
leisure any one could desire
There are some sorts of per-
manent fish-residents of the New
Jersey coast, but more kinds are
fish-summer visitors" William E.
Meehan, superintendent of the
AQUARIUM in Paramount Park,
Philadelphia, and former Penn
s,gvania State Commissioner of
Fisheries, says. Sea bass and tau
tog frequent the shores of New
Jersey all the year around. Both
summer and winter founders, too,
are permanent residents.
Crackers Come in May
"But it is not till the middle OF
May that members of the croaker
family begin to show up. Not till
after Memorial Day are they really
numerous-the croakers, weak
fish, spot or Cape May goodie, and
the kingfish. June sees the arrival
of the porgIe. black drum and red
drum or channel bass. About the
middle of June come the tuna,
bluefish and bonito-the two latter
usually journeying together in
schools.
"Where the Isthmus of Panama
now stretches, open sea once con-
nected the Pacific and Atlantic.
This is proved by the fact that
exactly the same species of tuna
are found in both oceans. The
tuna dislikes cold water and never
would make the chilly journey
through the Straits of Magellan.
'.In the days, years ago, when
the tuna fishing in the neighbor'
hood of Catalina Island became
famous, fishermen used to cross
the continent TO enjoy that sport
unaware of the fact they could
enjoy the same sport, with exactly
the same fish, right here at home.
Yet our horse mackrer is nothing
but a tuna, Some weigh 500 pounds
or more.
Big Tuna Are Caught
'fTwelve or fifteen years ago
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-08-23
PROCLAMATION
FROM MAYOR

1t is my pleasant privilege as
Mayor of Atlantic City to pre-
sent to the public the announce
ment of the seventh annual Pa
geant, which will be held in our
city, September 6, z, 8, 8 and 10.
| am glad to take this oppor-
tunity to ask the citizens, at At
lantic City for their hearty CO.
operation in making this Pag-
cant the greatest that has ever
been held. The benefit to At
lantic City accruing from the Pa
geant is revealed in two ways.
First, through the publicity that
comes to our city, and secondly,
by the business that comes in
through the Pageant.
The business interests of AT.
lantic City are earnestly reques-
ted to make the Pageant an OPP
portunity whereby they shall
place before both the residents
and visitors in a floae their own
business ideals and ideas that
will work out to the advantage
of the spectators of the parade
and to their own advantage
through the advertisement.
All citizens of our city will get
directly or indirectly some of the
benefit that comes to all through
the Pageant, and therefore, we
should all have part if nothing
more than the buying of tickets
to see the parades, which trust
the citizens will do as speedily
as possible, SO as to make this
Pageant a greater success than
ever.
In loyalty to our city and to
this great institution which is
put on by the painstaking labor
OF self-sacrificing citizens, let us
rally to its support.
A. NJ. RUFFU, JR.,
Mayor of Atlantic City.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-08-23
HOME GARDEN SPOT
ADDS TO BEAUTY
Summer Season Made
More Enjoyable With
:.
FlowerS

A home without flowers does not
measure up to most peoples ideal.
Your flower garden will be an at
tractive spot even in that bleak
time before the seeds spring UP If
you mark the rows with brightly
painted markers. Not only in the
spring time but all summer long the
markers will add bright spots to
your garden and will make them
selves useful by forming supports
for vines and for struggling plants.
These markers are the shapes OF
birds, flowers or animals, cut from
wood and fastened to the ends of
sticks. You can buy them ready
made. but you can make them
yourself if you care to take the
time.
The materials will cost very
little. You may have something
on hand that will do. You will
need the wood from which to cut
the shapes, little poles or sticks
on which to fasten the shapes and
paint or waterproof enamel in sew
.eral colors. You should have
little bracket or coping saw and
two small paint brushes of differ
ent sizes; a cheap water color
brush is just the thing for fine
work.
The simplest way to make a
pattern for shape, if you are not
handy at drawing, is to trace it
from a picture Hunt through bird
books, nature books or children's
books for pictures of birds about
life size and for pictures of rab-
bits and squirrels smaller than
life size. Lay piece of tissue
paper around the shape of the bird
or animal, then trim the shape
from the paper and mark around
it on a piece of thin wood.
Cut and shape with a coping
saw. 1t could be whitfield out with
a pocket-knife, but this would
take much longer 1t is often con-
venient to include a part of a
branch on which the bird stands.
Cut around the little branch, but
do not cut out the wood from be-
tween the birds feet.
The length of the pole or stick
on which to fasten the shape varies
greatly, depending chiefly on the
use to which the marker is to be
put. The most common size is two
feet. If the marker is to be used
as a support for vines or for tall
plants it may have much longer
pole and perhaps cross pieces
along it for the plants to cling to;
but if the marker is to be used
only to mark the rows the stick
may vary from two feet to only
long enough to be stuck into the
ground. Fasten the shape Of the
bird or animal to the upper end OF
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-08-23
Durability
OF Materials
Frame and Stucc0 Survive in
Ann Hathaway's Cottage at
Standardization
ENDURANCE OF
BRICK AND TILE
By BENJAMIN r. FOX

By BENJAMIN R. FOX
Under ordinary conditions con-
struction materials such as are
used in the building, transportation
and utility industries will last for
ever.
1t is remarkable in spite of a
vast accumulation of knowledge on
many other subjects, engineers are
hopelessly ignorant upon the life
and endurance of nearly all basic
structural materials.
Frame and stuccO are thought
of as perishable building materials,
yet Ann Hathaway's cottage at
Stratford- on Avon, made of them,
is in as perfect condition today.
We talk as if brick building
would do well to last century
There is the old priory, near the
country home of Wolsey, the great
Cardinal. The brick cellars were
old when Wolsey was born. Wolsey
is dead 400 years and the cellars
are as good today as when they
were built.
And even this does not remotely
indicate the endurance OF common
brick. for across Eastern Asia
stretches the Great Wall of China,
much of it brick, fifteen hundred
miles long and two thousand years
old. The copper roof of the Cathe-
dral of Notre Dame has stood for
700 years. There are wrought iron
floor beams still in service in Cey-
lon 1900 years old
Few people would credit a tile
roof with as much as half OF CEN
fury of life. Yet the tile roofs OF
Oxford University are five hundred
years old. The whole study or
Assyriology comes down to US IN
the form of writing on clay tablets,
done by fine incisions as with a
knife, as clear and sharp today as
If they had been done yesterday.
Our knowledge of civilization dat
ing back 1000 years rests on the
extraordinary endurance of COM
mon tile.
Neglect, lack Of use, and the de-
structive effect Of the actinic rays
in sunlight, are the principal
causes of decay and deterioration.
OF these, sunlight is the most des-
tructiye.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-08-23
Pledges
Support
To Airport
Atlantic Chamber of Com
merce Endorses Develop
ment of Rader Field
NAME AIRPORT
COMMISSION
Kenneth B. Walton and Paul
Bradley Appointed Commis-
si0ners-Invite MeCracken
to September Meeting

The Atlantic City Chamber Of
Commerce has endorsed the de-
ve1opment of Atlantic City's air.
port at Bader Field, West Atlantic
City.
A membership meeting of the
Chamber will be held early in
September for the purpose of
discussing this important project.
An invitation has been extended
10 Assistant Secretary McCracken,
of the department of commerce,
in charge of aviation and airports,
to address the meeting.
Kenneth B. Walton; who has
bden advocating large airport
in this city to accommodate regular
aerial visitors and encourage
travel by air, and Paul Bradley
were named members of the air.
port commission of the Chamber,
and were authorized to organize
an aviation committee to further
the cause of aviation here.
The Chamber pledged its sup
port to the city commission in the
exercises to attend the visit of
Colonel Lindbergh here in October.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-08-23

the stick with two small nails or
screws.
1t is not necessary to work up
much detail when painting mar
ker; just put the general colors
on it, and let them be bright. Paint
both sides of the shape often they
may be just alike-and give the
pole two coats of green, brown or
gray paint. Birds are quite easy
to paint because no shadows need
be made. Their natural bright
colors are all that are necessary.
Squirrels and rabbits are not so
bright, but they make a pleasing
contrast.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-08-23
Many Buyers
Learn Too Late
Buy Houses Before They
Know Whether or Not They
Are Well Built
CONSTRUCTION DE-
TAILS COUNT

The ultimate cost of homes il
increased from rs to 1-5 by the
ignorance Of the home owner
alone. This applies whether q
house is built to order or ready
built, according to Arthur Bates
Lincoln, consulting architect of the
Home Owners Institute in an
address before the teachers in the
industrial arts educational classes
in Columbia University.
.'The one great mistake that the
homeseeker is apt to make is TO
buy or build before he has been
adequately informed as to what
constitutes the difference between
well constructed houses and badly
constructed ones. The simple mat
ter of the use of Turing strips in
stucco frame houses may make a
large amount of difference. Few
people, when they start TO build,
know what these are; fewer still
realize that when an Insulating
sheathing is applied to the frame
work that the metal lath should
be nailed to Turing strips and not
to the sheathing. From cellar to
garnet, in every type of construc-
ton, there are points like this OF
which the home-owner-to-be is
blissfully unconscious. When it is
too late, he learns. through fast
shrinking valuations, and exees-
sive upkeep costs, the costliness OF
his ignorance
In the West Atlantic City Casino
there is a very interesting build
ing exhibit. 1t shows just how
West Atlantic City Homes are
built and just what constitutes the
construction. Prospective buyers
are instructed by this exhibit, and
their confidence is increased in
the lasting quality of Fox building
One particularly interesting
exhibit is that which shows wall
construction. Sheathing, compost.
ton board, Turing and metal lath
make a wall strong enough to
support a skyscraper. and flexible
enough to prevent cracking and
warping.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-08-23
Holland Hudson
River Tunnel
Yearly Capacity of Tubes
100000 Vehicles Be-
lieved Sufficient
OPEN TO PUBLIC
OCT. IL OR BEFORE

The finishing touches to sections
of the Holland tunnel under the
Hudson river are being completed
and all of the other work in other
sections is approaching the point
when the completion of the work
can be estimated. 1t is now hoped
that the tunnel will be ready for
public use by Oct. IL, the seventh
anniversary Of the beginning of the
construction.
During the last few days the feel
ing has grown that if the work is
completed and the tubes thrown OPP
en- on this anniversary date all of
those connected with the work
would be content. E. w. Bloom
ingdale, of the New York Commiss-
sion, says:
''Fhe turning over Of the tubes
to the public will not be delayed
because of feeling of sentiment
regarding any particular date, but
if the delay would amount to only a
day or two, | think the opening
should occur ON Oct H. That will
be holiday, and whatever ceremo-
MES are decided upon for the open
ing could perhaps be made more
successful on a day when the re-
Quirements OF business needs did
not prevent the presence of impor-
tant guests" N
There has been no recent count
Of vehicles using the ferries, but it
was said that the estimated yearly
capacity of the tubes of 100000
vehicles would be sufficient to ac-
commodate the public until other
similar tubes were constructed at
points further north. What the toll
will be has not yet been decided,
but it is not likely that it will vary
greatly from the fares now charged
the various types OF vehicles using
the ferries.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-08-23

Work was started during the past
week on the erection of a store
and apartment building at tae
northeast corner Of ventnor and
Nartindale avenues for William
Freebooter, Philadelphia and Allan
tic City baker. 1t is being con-
structed by Hampton Brothers.
ventnor builders, and win cost
about $4,000.