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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-18
THE DAILY
HOROSCOPE
Monday, December 10.

Tomorrow will not he an important
day in planetary direction, according
10 astroIogy, which finds minor as
poets active.
The morning hours should be favor
able to investigating new projects and
outlining new fields of action.
Fuel now comes under a sway max
ing for rise in prices and in certain
places a coal famine.
The latter part of the Winter is to
be severe, marked by unusual storms
and likely to cause much suffering.
The seers declare that the period of
upheaval marked by the World War
will continue to be reflected in many
physical conditions.
There is again sign of promise for
builders, architects and engineers.
Immense structures will rise in
many cities, and artistic bridges will
add TO the beauty of many centers of
population.
: Even though there will he a wide
spread awakening TO the Importance
Of civic art. new monstrOsities in the
way of advertising will appear to
prove that in America the DeoDle gre
not yet truly loyal to the finer things,
astrologeis iOtetell.
In England a scandal concerning
frauds in managing trust funds Is
foretold.
Persons whose birth date it is have
the augury of a quiet year Loss
through a letter or document may be
: sustained.
Children born on that day usually
proeper through their own talents.
They are lovers of the sea, which
!, brings them good fortune.
lEnpyrirht InoT
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-18
Everyday Law Cases
Man Federal Trade Board EHJoin
Firm From disappearing
Its Tppe Of Business?
nv THE CnI7NSEIInk
ny THE COUNSELLOR.

Thomas Armstrong, desiring to in
crease sales in his hosiery business,
decided to adopt the name OF the
Nice Silk Hosiery Mills" for his estab-
lisment and circularized the public,
Offering hosiery at bargain prices.
The response to the circulars was
pleasing to Armstrong, who thereupon
began to send his letters into differ
ent States. The letters contained the
statement that the Mice Silk Hosiery
Mills" were manufacturers and by rea-
son of direct sales the public was able
to purchase for $3.50 three pairs of
hosiery which in the usual course of
business would be worth 81 a pair.
Competitors of Armstrong started to
take notice of his volume of business
and complained to the Federal Trade
Commission when they ascertained
that he was not a manufacturer or an
owner of any mills Armstrong de-
Tended himself on the ground that he
was offering fair value to the public
and that his method of doing business
was therefore not Objectionable.
But the Federal Trade Commission.
duly authorized by Congress to declare
unfair competition in interstate COM
merce unlawful. issued an order to
Armstrong to desist from using his
methods, declaring:
THE use of the word Mills under
the circumstances of this case is cal
culated to deceive the purchasing pub.
lie and is unfair to those manufac-
turers who in fact sell their product
direct to the public as well as to deal
ers in hosiery
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be made to find the best place for the
light.
When the shadow plays are given
the audience sits in the dark on the
other side of the sheet and the cast
remains behind the sheet, with no
lights save the one used for the shad-
ows During the performance it is, of
course, necessary for all not actually
taking part in one of the acts to re
main at the sides so that their shad-
ows will not be inadvertently thrown
on the sheet.
If You decide to give nursery tales
for the benefit of the younger mem
bcrs, you may have some one with
talent for expressive reading sit at
one side behind the sheet and read the
story as it is represented on the sheet
\ very simple act may be given of
Little Miss Muffett. She should come
on the scene dressed in Summer frock
with wide-brmmed hat, carrying a
| bowl then sit down on a "tuffet" and
/ proceed to eat her curds and whey.
The spider may be impersOnated by
! some agile member of the cast willing
| to walk on all tours. spider fashion
! that is, bending over backward, with
/ face uppermost, AS the spider sits be-
side Miss Muffett she must jump up,
! throwing down her bowl, and scamper
| out of the scene.
| Most of the properties and costume
| accessories may be made from card
| board, since the only role it plays is
| to throw shadows of the right shape
and form. Thus. if you need to rep
resent a wolf pasteboard VOLTS head
may be cut out and attached to the
side of your head toward the audi
ence. Crowns. swords, etc, may be
| similarly constructed
If you choose to present the story
of the Four and Twenty Blackbirds,
| you may draw clothesline across the
stage" for the scene with the maid.
She may then proceed to hang out
clothes with real clothes pins, and
when il comes time to have a black
/ bird nip off her nose. the property
/ man at the side may manage the eff
/ feet by holding forth a pasteboard
| blacllbird with wings Outstretched
hanging by thin thread attached to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-18
Walls Harmonic With
Furniture.

NO ROOM is beautiful if the walls
clash with the furniture. That
is why the treatment Of your walls
is one of the most important things
to be considered in the decoration OF
your home.
If the treatment is tasteful the
walls either remain quietly in the
background to furnish m artistic set
ting for the other features of the
room or come forward modestly to
he a feature themselves But if the
treatment is careless the walls either
look dingy or they set up a silent
din that ruins the effect Of the finest
fl niture
The rough-finish plaster wall is
good in the house of Old World
atmosphere A soft -textured finish
gives much of the atmosphere,
when the tone is a rich cream. tan
or soft gray. or even some more
vivid color to match the gayety Of
Spanish or Italian effects In its sim
plicity it attracts and gives dignity
that sets off period furnishings to
advantage.
Paneling Of wood makes a charming
wall finish in the playrOom also as
we'll as in some other rooms of the
house, such as the hall and the
dining room. Enamel in gray or
white is attractive and still newer
is the use IF two colors where boards
are lined in contrast to the general
finish. Such combinations as dun
blue with gray, or pale yellow with
green are artistic and natural finish
is pleasing with the use Of some
woods
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Sensible TOYS for Children.

Il HE average adult turned loose in
the bewildering labyrinth of a toy
department goes temporarily insane.
lie may have had the most excellent;
intentions when he entered the place
but, amidst the noise and clatter and
motion of a railroad train. the dizzy
ing whirl of mechanical dolls. and the
perpetual nodding Of comic zebra, he
is lost, He forgets child. purpose ana
good sense, and his purchases run
riot. Then when his bewildered rela-
tives pull a hdeous noddinS animal
from baby's Christmas stocking you
can't wonder that they say: What
on earth possessed Uncle Tom TO send
the baby such a thing. 1t will
Brighten him into fits
The tiny baby who is just begin
ming to play with toys. has 10 he pro
tected from those which have any
swallowable" portions. Paint and
hair and 'dingles" make a poor diet
and while these toys are usually con-
sidered prettier, or more amusing
from the adult standpoint. from the
baby's they are distinctly bad. Every
thing is new and entertaining for the
baby. and because he has TO learn a
great deal about his new world
through experimental bites and sucks,
ton and furnish him with the kinds
which are washable and unbreakable
and which can be nibbled as well as
viewed
The old standbys have proven their
worth. Stick to good quality cellu-
> l6id; implanted wood and rubber.
Leave off the imperfectly fastened
bells and the bead eyes and the woolly
hair. The baby viii never miss them.
Between the ages of two and four
the child needs toys which he can use
in his business of playing, and which
will stimulate his creative energies.
He'll like square blocks for building
small stone blocks of various sizes
for fitting together; small wagons to
pull; rubber boats to sail; balls to
bounce; all the dozen and one toys
which call upon his own ingenuity
and increase his skill
The mechanical toy is the natural
outgrowth of Z mechanical age. APP
roach q window where some of these
ingenious inventions are in agitated
motion and you'll find more staring
interested adults than children. The
child sees only completed toy into
which he can put nothing of himself.
He wants to he part of the show not
just the audience.
All of us know well the week after
Christmas wreckage, with not a me.
chanical toy with an iota of motion
left in it. If the small boy is bent on
investigation he won't rest until he
knows how the toy works, and if he
isn't he'll man-handle it until there is
nothing left.
The child who has toys which he
can turn and twist and alter as his
fancy and mood dictate Is learning
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Gus plays and poems and other works
of literature were first inspired by
such occasions.
In the introduction of Thackeray's
famous CHI istmas tale, THE Rose
and the Ring" he tells US that it was
written for fireside pantomime at
Christmas time for the entertainment
of number of little English chill
dren off in foreign city where they
could not even get a magic lantern
to provide amusement for their
Christmas party. With the aid of the
coverness, "a lady of great fancy and
droll imagination" Thackeray tells US
that he made a set of Twelfth Night
characters and wrote the history about
them that has since become so ia
nous.
You may not possess the talent of
Thackeray or even the fancy and
droll imagination of the governess,
but you may still be able to contrive
some sort of Christmas pantomime or
play that will give the members Of
your household an unusual sort of
Christmas entertainment
Christmas charades are always
amusing, and may be made especially
interesting if sides are arranged some
days beforehand and real preparations
made for the various acts to be given.
The words enacted may be associa-
ted with the Christmas season. Saint
Nicholas would do very nicely-With
the first act given by means of a
tableau consisting of some member of
the cast dressed to represent stained
glass window saint with a pasteboard
halo on his head. Mick, 20" and
lass" could all be enacted ingeniously
enough and the final act might con-
sist of a tableau of all the members
of the side, representing some act in
the life of the patron saint of chill
dren. Mistletoe--there's another good
one-Miss-the letter toe. And
the obvious final tableau of kiss
under the mistletoe.
Much amusement can be provided
by means of shadow pictures--and the
subjects of these may be taken from
popular nursery rhymes or tales. To
20 about these pictures you must
arrange to have a large white sheet
stretched up at one end of the room.
Better still, stretch the sheet across
the opening of a large, wide doorway
of the sort usually found between
dining room and hall or living room.
You may stitch two large sheets to-
gether to provide this. The important
thing is to have the space entirely
filled. A light must be arranged some
distance behind the sheet in such a
way that it casts clear shadows on
the screen of figures passing between.
Some experiments must, of course,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-18
Body.Types and Mind Types.

They go together. But how Is
long ory, hard TO put in short one
The body types that YOU see-the
stocky, the spare and the muscular
are more than skeletons differently
clothed by nature with fat and skin
and muscle They are indicators Of
the running machinery that keeps you
going. Chemistry has much to do
with It. The body is a more compH.
Gated chemical laboratory than any
you'Il find in industry But it's Il liv
ing laboratory, biochemical Your
breathing works Nhe breath Of life),
your digesting works. your circulation
department Ghe blood of life1, the
muscle machinery, the work and
dance of life, your walking. talking
handing appliances, the managing
office, Your nervous system with its
exposed and secret organizations
that's Your physiology. Your body
type reflects the kind Of energy fac
tory that YOU are. What shows on
the outside is partial display Of the
important golngs on inside. Your
bOdyform both supports and is n
sign of your working pattern Any
body who tries to read your character
minutely hy your looks is n faker
Carefully trained men who devote
their lives to studying with all the
aids Of the laboratory how these com
plicated factors work together are
scientists.
The most important thing because
OF its human-intereSt value. is the
| mind works Appearance and working
80 together as part Of one nature made
organism. Your body-type the spe-
cial pattern Of your physiology, is one
with your mind-type. the special pat
/ nf
: they shape what manner Of man YOU
/ are in appearance. in working ca
| pacitN, in mental ability, in person.
| atty.
! When it comes to filing in the de
| tails, deciding what is most important
| and what less so. doctors differ
! Here is one answer. right in spirit if
| not in letter. Accepting the stocky,
| the spare, and the athletic as three
| fairly marked varieties of build. and
! looking to the pattern of output of
/ energy as the clue to mental type,
| we have first the expressive type If
| YOU belong there, and it is the ma
| jority type, you are on the whole in.
| terested in doing things, active, per
! haps strenuous, a good liver. good
! sport, good talker, good mixer. open
/ generous, with all the channels of
| expression running freely without
much friction or clog. The mind of
| the expressive is turned outward to
/ his job, TO people at work, at play.
! There are more eXpressives among
| the stocky than in any other build.
/ In common opinion, the fat jolly and
sociable. There are fat mems clubs,
but no thin mems picnics. While not
all comedians are fat. you find it hard
to picture fat man in tragedy.
Opposed is the repressive He lives
more in a world inside himself. He
is thoughtful. reserved. perhaps brood
| ing and troubled. He may keep
much to himself. he shy. finds it hard
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-18
Designs for Christmas Packages

THE SKETCHES SHOW SHEETS
OF DECORATIVE WRAPPING PA.
PER OF THE NEW SORT, REELS
OF GAUZE AND PAPER RIBBON.
SEALS IN THE SHAPE OF STARS
AND POINSETTIAS AND BOXES
ALL WRAPPED IN THEIR CHRIST.
MAS COVERINGS.
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IN
NV and tying them with trim
gay ribbons or cords is like
serving meals on choice
dishes and on a table spread with
fresh attractive linen. Your presents
may be ever so we'll chosen and worth
while and your cooking may be be-
yond reproach. but if you give your
presents tied any old way in ordinary
wrapping paper or serve your good
cooking on uninteresting dishes and
on a table carelessly set the good inn
preston will be greatly marred.
The ability to make attractive
Christmas bundles calls for character
istics that are pre-eminently feminine.
You can hardly expect a man to do
that sort of thing. and yet almost all
men appreciate the daintiness and
good taste displayed in neatly
wrapped and cleverly embellished
Christmas package. And If you are a
really feminine sort of woman you are
not only able to make pretty Christ
mas packages, but you enjoy making
them. And you enjoy shopping for
the wrapping paper and ribbons or
cords and the pastors and cards and
other needfulS quite as much as you
enjoy shopping for the presents them
selves.
Some women go TO great pains to
achieve a note Of originality In their
Christmas wrappings, and this effort
is usually well spent. One woman /
know went to considerable pains to
get green wrapping paper of just the
right shade and then spent an after
noon in the woods getting sprays Of
fresh green cedar. At Christmas time
all her packages came wrapped in this
lovely green paper. tied with bright
red ribbon, under the bands of which
were thrust spray of fiat cedar.
A clever young woman with u knack
at painting wrapped all her packages
with white paper and then carefully
lettered the names of those to whom
they were addressed on one side Of
thu package. And then around each
lettered inscription she painted a
charming red and green holly wreath
in water cOlOrS.
In days of old, when there was no
radios or monographs or motion pic
lures or automobiles and people had
to lrovide their own Christmas en-
tertainment within the four walls of
their own homes or castles at the eX-
pense of their own wits or the wits
of ingenious members of their own
household--it was customary to give
Mosques or pageants or pantomimes
in which various members Of the
household took part. And some fam
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DIET NOTE
All-Metal Fighting Plane.

Correspondence of the Associated Press.
LONDON.-Builtf for the purpose Of
attacking enemy bombing planes, an
all-metal fighting machine tested by
the air ministry will maintain a speed
Of 175 miles an hour at an altitude of
10000 feet.
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q long pole-held forth above the door
line behind the sheet. The huthor of
the effect is heightened if the actor
taking the part Of the queen has
false nose of cardboard which with
a quick gesture of her heand, she
may remove as the bird appears to
pick il off.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-18
DAILY DIET RECIPE
Potato Pancakes.

Grated raw potatoes, two and one
half cups.
Flour, one-half cup.
Baking powder, two teaspoons.
Salt, one teaspoon.
Egg, one.
MAKES y PANCAKES.
Crate three large potatoes. Sift
together -four, baking powder and
salt. Add to potatoes. Add egg.
Mix well. Cook on griddle same as
ether pancakes.
DIET NOTE.
Recipe contains protein in the egg
and starch in the Hour and potatoes.
Some iron and lime present. Can be
eaten by adults of normal digestion
who are Of average or under weight.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-18
BY BETSY CALLISTER.

w WRAPPING Christmas pres
n ents in attractive papers
wv and tying them with trim
gay ribbons or cords is like
serving meals on choice
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-19
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

William Fl. Moran, veteran chief of
the United States Secret Service. will
arrive in Geneva this week as an I'M
official observer at the conference on
counterfeiting called by the League
of Nations. The purpose of the con.
ference is to discuss international
measures to suppress .counterfeiting of
currency all over the world. Dele
gates, consisting Of judicial and tech
nical experts. will be on hand from
many countries in both hemispheres,
The conference will assemble June %
and sit simultaneously with the three.
power conference on naval limitation,
convened at the instigation of Presi-
dent Coolidge. France is the prime
mover in the effort to find ways and
means of curbing the worldwide crime
OF manufacturing false money.
The United States, for several rea-
sons, has primary interest in bring.
Ing about correlated measures for cop.
ing with counterfeiting. In the first
place, we are the only country on
earth that has always held it incum.
bent upon ourselves to protect foreign
currency In America as zealously as
we safeguard our own. The State
department, in asserting to the at.
tendance of an American unofficial OBJ
server at Geneva, said:
AS long ago as 1887, the Supreme
Court of the United States declared
that the obligation of one nation to
punish those who. within it's own iurs-
diction, counterfeit the money of an
other nation has long been recognized
as a right secured by the law of ma
tons to a nation or its people,
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i. S. Not to Barter Naval Rights

bases. They find, too, that with the Limitation
to 5000 tons may come a proposal that the
caliber of guns be limited to 6-inch, instead
of the Sinch guns now authorized under the
terms of the Washington treaty. And, finally,
they find that the great, speedy merchant YES
sells of Great Britain, capable of conversion
into cruisers in time Of war, are constructed
so they can carry 6inch guns, where they
would have to be reconstructed if they were
TO attempt to carry 8-inch
Proposal I'm New Light.
When it is remembered that the British
vastly surpass the United States in the matter
of swift merchant vessels, vessels that might be
called into service in the event of war, the
proposal to limit the size of the cruisers as
sumes a different aspect. AS matter of fact,
a comparison of the merchant marine strength
of the three nations attending the Geneva con-
ference shows that the British Empire has a
total of S.443,543 tons capable of IL knots and
over, the United States has 1,669,S50 and Japan
has 921,763. Not all of these vessels, of course,
could would be used as auxiliaries of the
navy in the event OF war. But many of them
would For the history of wars has shown
that merchant vessels are capable of CONVEX.
sion to war purposes and that the nation which
possesses strong merchant marine has dis.
tnct advantage.
Subdividing the tonnage given, it Is found
that vessels capable OF Is to IS knots an hour
are owned follows Great Britain, 2,109,S 800:
the United States, Gil 067; Japan, 1648SS. 1t Is
found that vessels ca pable of 10 to 20 knots
hour are owned as follows Great Britain, $780,
4SS tons; the United States, ,62140, and Japan,
1887. 1t is found that vessels capable of over
20 knots an hour owned follows: Great
Britain, 235.995 tons; the United States, 1858
tons, and Japan. none.
When the United States went into the Wash.
ington conference with the naval powers in
1922, this country had naval building pro-
gram that IL carried through would have given
America the greatest navy the world had ever
seen. With generosity that astonshed the
world, the United States announced willing.
ness to throw this program into the discard.
5-5-3 ratio was proposed for the three
strongest naval powers-the United States,
Great Britain and Japan
Plan Adopted i'm Part.
This proposal covered capital ships and
auxiliary craft 1t was adopted so far as the
capital ships and aircraft carriers were con.
cerned. Because of the unwillingness of France
at that time to accept the proposals regarding
auxiliary craft the agreement halted there. But
both Great Britain and Japan at that confer
ence through its representatives accepted the
proposal regarding auxiliary naval vessels, as
disclosed by the records Of the conference.
1t may be well to recall the entire proposal
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frontiers to be put in circulation else.
Where. France has been the victim
or widespread and wholly uniustified
depreciation of franc currency i'm vari-
Gus European countries because of
counterfeit notes in traffic.
Not long ago the United States Sc.
cret Service nabbed nearly f1O0, 900 of
counterfeit English bank notes in cir.
culation at San Francisco and other
coast points. Chief Moran's men go
out to apprehend and punish those
guilty OF foreign-currnecy taking as
reientleSsly as they pursue persons
who tamper with the United States
bills or bonds. Canada is the only
other country that systematically CO.
operates with the United States i'm the
pursuit of counterfeiters. The famed
Northwest Mounted Police Service
has been of particularly valuable as
sistance.
The length to which counterfeiting
abroad has gone was illustrated early
this year when the cables brought
over the amazing story of how the
chief of police of Budapest and Prince
Windisch- Graetz confessed to the coun-
terfeiting Of 10000 100000 French
francs. The acknowledged purpose
was to bring about a Fascist ''putsch"
to set up Archduke Albrecht of Haps.
burg as Kaiser of Hungary. The plot
was nipped by French detectives.
Counterfeiting in the United States,
thanks to the sleepless zeal of the Sc
cret Service, decreases steadily. Dur
Ing the fiscal year ended June 80, 1926,
an aggregate of fraction over $780,
900 was captured, along with 800
plates for the printing of counterfeit
securities; 20 dies and AS molds for
coin. and a miscella- |
neous assortment Of implements.
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