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surprise, on account of Joan Just
renting 1t instead of buying 1t.
When | came home Joan met me
at the door and kissed me. and we
have been married two years, and l
thought, oh, oh, what's the matter
now? and she said, Look in the
living room, dear" and | looked and
there was a piano. and l said, well.
you went and did it, didn't your" and
she said, Yes. but just wait until you
hear how little it is going to cost"
and / said, Where did you get the
idea that several hundred dollars is
just a little?" Joan said, "It won't
be several hundred dollars-it's just
rented and we only pay $4 a month,
and If we decide to buy one within a
year, the rental money will be sub
tracted from the cost of the new one"
So l thought, well, that gives me
one more year to keep hoping l will
get even with the world, then, and
Joan said, ''And / am giving you
liver and onions and pumpkin pie for
dinner, just to celebrate" and /
thought, well, that alone is worth 81
month for year, guess, and Joan
gave me another kiss and / thought,
heck, it is cheap at the price, what
is 1t [ have been grabbing about?
Joan was getting dinner ready. and
then we fed him and put him TO bed.
and then we had dinner, and Joan
piled the dishes up in the kitchen,
and ! said, Gee, what's wrong with
this picture? Aren't we going to
wash them?" and she said, Not this
evening I'll do them in the morn
ing" and l thought, that cheap piano
is actually paying papa profits, and
Joan said, "I'll play for you tonight"
So we put the floor lamp by the
piano and Joan got out some of the
music she used to play down home,
and she started playing, and lit my
pipe and sat down in the overstuffed
chair, and took my shoes off and
put my feet on the radiator, and l
thought, If a piano will make guy
so happy, why don't i buy pipe
organ? and Joan said, II made some
fudge this afternoon. You'll find it in
the refrigerator.
So / got 1t and put it on the piano
where she could reach it. and stood
there, and she said, Come on and
sing, Bob" and / said, 81 can't sing"
and she said, ''Why, ! like your
voice." and so I did, and we sang
II Dreamt That l Dwell in Marble
Halls" and / never sang in opera or
anything, but | guess | can make
four syllables out Of marble as well
az anybody. IL I do say so myself,
and we sang "Silver Threads Among
the Gold" and / sounded pretty damn
well in that, too, and Joan kept on
playing and ] Kept on singing, and
finally she played kiss Me Again"
and l did. and I am getting all that
for 81 month and the piano COM
pany is getting fooled. on account Of
it being worth a million.
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desk, giving added stationery and ac-
cannot be large drawer.
Comfort Certain.
The corner desk is an open-top
style. of course. There is ample
breadth at the wide side (the hypot-
enuse of the triangle) for a person
writing at it to feel freedom OF space
to have plenty of room for comfort
when sitting before it. and to permit
of a desk chair being slipped closely
beneath it. A desk in a corner near a
window gets excellent light, occupies
otherwise lost space. and is a con-
venience.
Appeal to the Eye.
Looking at it from the decorative as
well as the practical side. a corner
desk adds grace to a room. 1t gives
a sense of well rounded decorative
treatment. 1t must be in corner
that lends itself to such use, however.
Never put a desk in a dark corner.
The appropriateness is Immediately
apparent. and modern treatment Of
rooms stresses the fitness of furnish
ings decidedly.
Well Placed Desk.
Put a corner desk where it gets
good light both b. day and night. 1t
may be a simple desk that is merely
corner table fitted with writing
utensils. If so. be sure that it is of
wood like that of the other furniture
or painted or stained to accord with it,
In chamber such a simplif1ed corner
desk would be excellent. 1t may have
an upright stationery holder instead
OF pigeonholes. The quill pen Is deco
rative and a pleasing adjunct.
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MyTG Warren aud Sally Bates, tlco
sisters Of tCidety different temperd-
ments. decide to take long sea trip.
Tom Bates hates the idea Of losing
Sally, and she breads leaUiag him.
MIRA doesn't care UerU much lchdt
her husband thinks. but he loUes her.
They stay ttCo tceekS in Paris, and
By the time they take the boat qrhich
IS to carry them to South America
Hyrd'S influence orer Sally is marked.
She meets a Mr. Richard Alden. and
feels q strange neto reckleSsness in
the attraction he has oUer her. Myrd
DISCOVERS that he is enormously
1ccdlthy. In the meantime. she her
self is attracted By a Hr. John Ri1by.
Neither Sally nor Richard likes John.
Richard has fallen in lore acith Sally
and she Nth him.
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SPlellNCTIME
----st -
nv D. wAA-e.M
Crane HYacinth.

Why is 1t that so few people nova
days grow grape hyacinth In the early
Spring gardens. unless the garden be
an heirloom from ancestors with sim
pier tastes? The old colonial garden
of Virginia or Maryland was never
without its grape hyacinths (Which
are not hyacinths at all. but belong to
the lily family
Perhaps the Shower blossoms of the
real hyacinth have eclipsed the fame
of the little grape hyacinth. Perhaps
it is but whim of fashion, But i
could wish the fashion would change
back again from the sophisticated and
tender gardening i'm pots to the hardy
little Spring garden. with it's rows OF
white. dark. blue-purple or rare true.
blue or yellow grape hyacinths.
Perhaps one objection to grape hya-
cinth is the heavy, musky odor. but
there again. 1t seems to me, taste has
grown to saccharine. An odor to be
lovely need not be a honey -sweet odor
any more than all harmonies need to
be In thirds. Musicians as early as
Bach discovered that apparent dis.
cords could be wrought into wonderful
h@rmonies. A jays screaming cry
may be as beautiful as the too-sweet
warblings of a gilded canary. The
dark fragrance of grape hyacinth
pleases me as we'll as the odor OF
Easter lilies.
Gardeners with a neatness complex
object to the grape hyacinth because
it will not stay servilely in its border,
but spreads out into lawn and walk
and roadside. Personally. I do not
care in the least about a garden so
trimmed and clipped and militarized
that not one blossom with yagrant
impulse is allowed to stray. The per-
fectly regulated, modern garden diff
fers from the untidy charm of an old
colonial plot where the grape hya
cinths spreads abroad in just the way
that a milliOnaire's new palace differs
from Florentine villa or a machine
made rug differs from Persian
a Mt iot1o
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about her the dangerous innocence Of
| unsophistieation. There were times
| when Richard looked at her and felk
as if she were child at a masque-
rade party.
| Little Sally!
The dancing started-magic dane
ing. lighted by dim lanterns and &C Z
companied not only by the orchestra
but the sea. "a
She drifted into Richards arms. Her
feet hardly seemed to touch the floor.
She was MISUNDERSTANDING And then.
as the music stopped, the orchestra,
the eyes of the leader smiling tolers-
antly on Sally and Richard. struck up
Love Brings a Little Gift of Roses
They swung into the famous waltz,
Sally's small head turned against his
shoulder. her lashes sweeping her,
cheeks. ObliVious to every one around
her. she gave herself up to the
rhythm.
As the orchestra played the last few.
! bars Richard murmured something
i'm voice that was almost unintellts
gible.
Perhaps her imagination had been
playing tricks on her, hut she fancied.
that he said. Sweetheart - sweet,
liz. hoor4 to.a Sr
~.
her along the deck. Without speaking"
he gathered her wrap from the chair
where they had left 1t, and flung it
across his arm. She followed him
without a word. careless Of where be
took her. But she knew where they
were going. Down to deck where
they could be isolated from the rest.
And there was something about him
/ tonight that II she had allowed her:
| self 10 think might have warned her.
| A certain "reminiscences OF purpose
/ a determined expression around 6iSe
mouth that completely obliterated the
| spoiled lines. 20
| But she would not think. She.
/ couldn't! She felt heady. intoxicated!
| The music was still humming i'm her
brain. and down on c deck there was
the sea, and the round luminous moor
on the water. and the steady swish,
swish as the big liner pushed its way
farther and farther south.
He folded her wrap around her and
settled her In her chair. His hands
left her Hngeringly. regretfully.
No woman had ever stirred him as
this girl did. He was half afraid be-
cause OF the wonder OF IL. He had
ceased to reason very much. What.
he wanted was to know whether 81
not she caEed. and how much, To
have her look up at him with those
starry eyes. filled with love, was the
one thing that mattered.
Copyright 1927 an
CONTINUED in Mondays Star.)
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Oriental Triangles.

Cut some whole wheat or white
bread in thin slices and remove the
crusts. Mix one-fourth cupful of
chopped preserved ginger, one cupful
Of chopped dates and two tablespoon
fuls of chopped cocoanut, with enough
grape juice to make a smooth paste
that win spread easily. Butter the
bread lightly. spread half the slices
with a thick layer of the filing, cover
with the remaining slices of bread and
press firmly together. Cut into small
triangles and garnish with a piece of
date or a crescent shaped piece of
maraschino cherry.
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Salient Points Of the BINDING.

salient Points OF the Bidding.
Following South'a pass, West bids
CLUBS instead of No Trump, because
Of his weakness in Sp;:des. North's
Diamond suit falls below the required
strength for a defensive bid. East
properly bids his Spade suit rather
than No Trump. Lacking normal
support for East's Spade bid, West
BIDS No Trump. ending the bidding.
Salient Points of the Play.
Trick ,. West refuses to cover the
10 with the Queen and North plays
low, realizing that should South have
another Diamond to lead, the entire
suit can be made. But If South have
no more Diamonds, then West must
have held four to the Queen oriSi-
naliy, in which case, should North
overtake The 10 with the Jack and
lead the Ace, he would establish the
Queen in the Declarer's hand BY al
lowing the 10 TO run, North remains
in tenace position over Vests Dia-
monds.
Trick 3. South leads Hearts.
though the weaker OF his two five-
card suits, obviously avoiding Spades,
with Dummy's tenace in sight.
Trick 5. Assuming South's lead of
the 5 of Hearts, with the missing,
to mean that South held five Hearts
originally, in connection with South S
failure TO follow suit on the second
| round Of Clubs, or 10 lead a third
Diamond, West marks South with
precisely five Spades. Acting on this
justiaable assumption, West. the De-
clarer, planned his subsequent play
for game.
Trick s Assuming Declarer's count
at Trick 5 to have been correct, North
must now be out Of both Spades and
| Hearts.
Trick 10. Deciarer now throws
| North in the lead to establish long
| Club and at the same time force a
| lead up 10 the Queen of Diamonds for
| the game-winning trick.
tCopvright. 1927
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South Is the dealer. What is the
proper bidding and playg

Each day we shall publish com
plete hand presented by Mr.. White
head, together with a chart upon
which the bidding and play may be
noted. These hands may be played
with cards by one, two, three or four
players, before filing in the chart.
Tomorrow we shall publish Mr..
Whitehead's explanation Of today's
hand, with the important features
emphasized.
Fill out your own chart and COM
pare it tomorrow with Mr.. White
heads method. Do this each day and
carefully read Mr. Whitehead's ex.
PLANTATION, and you will find that your
knowledge of the game will progress
rapidly. Compare your bidding and
play with that OF your friends-the
comparison may be illuminating.
Record the bids that each player
should make. assuming that he does
not see any of the other hands
These hands must not be bid or
played Double Dummy" I. e., as
though all four hands were exposed.
Note-Im recording the Auction, or
the pIGY. HSe IS" for Spades, "'H' for
Hearts, ~" for Diamonds, and "C''
for C!ubs Use On r." for No Tyun ps
"DBL" for double, "REDBL" for re-
double.
Yesterdays HAND AS PLAYED
BY MIR. WHITEHEAD,
HAND No. %.
The Correct Bidding and Play.
(Bvackess6 card skoSrs Isad 70 each tysek) (
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never did see but one member of the
Lizard family and that was a long
time ago. In fact he wasn't much
more than half as long as you. and,
excepting for his shape, he didn't look
the least bit like you. For one thing,
he didn't have a red head"
Skink grinned. MY head is rather
red, isn't it?"
Peter nodded. Il don't know of
any one with as red a head, excepting
Redhead the Woodpecker," said he.
That Lizard | saw didn't have a red
head. There wasn't any red on him.
And he didn't have plain brown
coat like yours. either. He had a
handsome coat. He is the only Lizard
have ever seen close to. and you and
he look no more alike than black and
white"
Skink turned suddenly and darted
away so quickly that Peter didn't
see where he went. Secretly he was
pleased, because he thought it meant
that Skink had given up the argu-
ment. At the same time he was dis
appointed because he fairly ached all
over to ask more questions. He sat
up and looked this way and that
way in41he hope that he would see
Stink somewhere. But all his looking
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Flabby Cheeks.

Dear Miss Leeds: l am 25 years
Old. The skin on my cheek bones and
beneath my eyes seems to draw to.
getheT toward my nose. 1t looks as
though / needed face-liftinG opera
ton. | have been very much over
weight and have reduced about II
pounds in the last two months, but
am still above normal. / hesitate to
reduce any more if it has caused this
condition. What can l do? D. Nee.
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DIARY OF A
NEW FATHER
BY ROBERT &c. DICKSON.

Friday night.
Well Joan promised me a surprise
for tonight but she did not tell me
the half of it on account of there
being two surprises and the second
one being bigger than the first, and I
was surprised all right but after all
] guess | don't mind it on account
of music being essential--the adver-
tisements say so-and Joan certainly
can play the piano. and it is the piano
that was the first surprise, but it is
not going to send me to the poor
house after all, and that is the second
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Pastry for Tarts.

Mix ard sift two cupfuls Of flour,
one-half a teaspoonful of salt, one tea
teaspoonful of sugar. Rub in one
teaspoonful of sugar. Rub In noe
third cupful OF shortening until well
blended, then add one beaten egg and
enough Ice water to make a stiff
dough. Use for fruit tartaA
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DAAI A1TAG ~ O101EiO ". BURGESS

was in vain. Just as he had decided
he would move on and trust to luck
to see Skink some other day, there
was rustic in the leaves and out
from among them popped Skink'si
red head "Ah!" said he. st was
afraid you might be gone" 80
Il was just going" replied Petek,
once more sitting down. 10
want you to meet some one"
said Skink. coming out where Peter
could see him. Then, to Peters pops
eyed surprise, another Lizard fo1-
lowed him out. a Lizard that was.
only about half SINKS size. "That'S
the fellow" cried Peter. That's the
one | saw
Skink shook his red head vigorous
ly. mo such thing" he declared.
You saw me. This is one OF my.
children ~
Peters eyes popped right out. II.
don't believe it," said he bluntlv.s
He doesn't look the least bit like
you. and he does look exactly like
the one that / saw a long time ago"
He doesn't look like me now" re IS
piled Skink. but he is the living
image OF what was a long time ago.
and that is when you saw me. I had
a black coat with yellow stripes justA
like his. He won't keep that black
coat and those yellow stripes and
that blue tail when he Is as big asst.
He viii have a brown coat and a red
head. Now, what do you think about
it, Peter Rabbit" -ss
BY this time Peter was almost bers
yond thinking. "Of course" said hes
IF you say it is so, 1t must be so, but
1t is very, very hard to believe" hoS
Skink's eyes were twinkling. Move
Peter Rabbit. I'll tell you just where
1t was and when 1t was you saw me,
said he. and proceeded to do just that
thing. 80
If Peter wasn't really convinced be-.
fore, he was then. But at that, he,
kept looking from one Lizard to the
other and blinking his eyes and
swallowing just as il he were trying
to swallow the facts. Meanwhile the
young Lizard darted away. He was
too lively a fellow to sit still loBE
at one time. Then, too. he was
hungry and was off to look for food;
Skink prepared to leave. "Remep1n
Der. Peter said he, sit is never safe
to be too sure OF a thing" 1ss1
And with this he disappeared. ~
(Copyrixht. 1927 81
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WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT
YOUR OWN LOCALITY?
Test Your knowledge Washington Nearby Regions of
Maryland md Virginia.
TODAY'S QUESTIONS.
BY DONALD A. CRAIG.

BY DONALD A. CRAIG
What OF which
rolling roads of colonial
o OF an
o Philadelphia?
in
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Witch Hazel for the Hair.

Dear Miss Leeds: / have golden.
brown hair. and wash it every two
weeks. l use one tablespoonful of
witch hazel in the water to keep nv
hair from getting too greasy. viii
that harm my hair? / have been told
that witch hazel darkens the hair. l
am 27 years old. 5 feet inches tall,
and weigh 1856 pounds. NJ. r. r.
Answer-The witch hazel is harm.
less, used as you employ it. Your
weight is ideal for your age and
height. LOIS LEEDS.
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Answers TO To-day $
Test Questions
Tohogae.
BelllaVen,

/. lOhOgae.
?. Belhaven.
s. In the house Of Col John
Carlyle, in Alexandria, Va.
4. Roads over which hogs
heads of tobacco were rolled to
the beat landings.
5. Commodore keppels fleet
bringing BraddOck's army to
Alexandria in March, 1855.
s. Three and one-half times
the height of an average man.
Z. John Perry. who began an
eight-times-a-year service in
1695.
8. Hooe's Ferry from Lower
Cedar Point. Md, 10 Col. Rice
Hooe's place on the opposite
Virginia shore. a
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MILADY BEAUTIFUL
BY LOIS LEEDS

to tighten the skin. Once week YOU
may have an astringent clay pack.
Build up good health by plenty of ac.
tive outdoor exercise to tone up your
whole system, including the muscles
OF your face. You do not need a face
hit. LOIS LEEDS.
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Answer--It is quite the usual thing
for the face to show a loss or gain in
weight before other parts of the body
do. This is why it is advisable to re
duce slowly but steadily. When the
simultaneous fat melts away the skin
on the cheeks becomes fiabby If you
have been reducing on a limited diet.
/ would suggest that you resume a
well balanced, normal diet and try to
remove the excess flesh by exercising
the parts that are too heavy, as the
abdomen. hips and legs. After cleans
ing your face at bedtime, give it a
tapping or gentle slapping massage
for several minutes to stimulate the
circulation. and follow with an ice rub
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CONVERSATIONS BETWEEN
FANfOITS CHARACTERS

Mrs. Potts. / thawt l told you to
come in the house as soon as it got
dark.
Benny Potts. / started to, but all
of suddin the moon came up and it
wasent dark eny more. Owtch
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Young Mans Beauty Problem.

Dear Miss Leeds: L am a young
man. 81 years old s feet tall, and
weigh 1877 pounds. Am under
weight? / am much troubled with
falling hair. 1t ia curly, but seldom
use water to comb it, A BLONDE.
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Answer-your should weigh about
162 pounds. Massage your scalp well
for 10 minutes a day. Grasp the hair
near the roots and pull gently all over
your head. Use the following scalp
tonic three times a week: One dram
tincture of cinchona, one dram tine
ture Of rosemary, one dram tincture
of jaborandi three drains castor oil,
two ounces cologne water, six ounces
white bay rum. Use this tonic also
directly after your shampoo before
your hair is quite dry. When you
have built up your weight to normal
your hair will be in better condition.
LOIS LEEDS.
aSsnaseaaA fcopyrisht. 1879
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full, although an English print riyaled
it In practically A shaped round
yoke had two lengths of material at.
tached to 1t. The back length was
split lengthwise to allow the apron to
slip over the head. Straight pieces.
six inches wide, extending from waist
to hem, were inset at the sides. Pock-
cts were on these insets Yoke, peck
cts, armholes were finished with rick.
rack braid in gay color.
Copyright 1927
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Proves He Is Right.
AVV~S 4AU 40 4tL6 NJ
To prove a point is satisfying
And often very gratifying.
Ofd AFothaY Na+t,r

Peter Rabbit was positive that he
had never before seen Skink the Liz
ard. Skink on his part declared that
Peter had seen him before.
It's no such thing" said Peter. 81
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POME BY SKINNY MARTIN
A Mystery.
Cows give loose milk in bottles
And condensed in cans for our shells,
But the MYSTERIOUS part about it is,
They never drink eny themselfs.
Lern to play the saxafone in 2
weeks for 10 cents. For 5 cents a
week we will loan you book Untitled
Saxafone Self Tawt in so lessins. The
Lew Davis and Ed Wernick Music Co.
Advertisement.
LOST AND FOUND.
Neither.
WEATHER.
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BY FLORENCE LA GA>KE-

II never have a clean apron when
| want one" was the complaint of
NanCy's cousin. On her birthday
Nancy saw 10 it that she had aprons
to spare. Each guest who came to
the birthday cake was cut these par
GELS were opened. An apron of pink
organdy had hemstitched insets Of
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LITTLE BENNY
BY LEE PAPE.
The Weakly News.
SPORTING PAGE

OIOtN I4NO 4 AUIA.
Shorty Judge got new base ball
bat for his berthday and he carries it
around with him warever he goes.
thus getting even more exercize out
of it than il was intended for.
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sIssIETY AND FINANCIAL.

SISSIETY AND FINANCIAL.
Mr.. Pubs Simkins took Miss Mary
Watkins to see the IHut Up Komedy
at the Little Grand Sattiday, having
enuff money to pay her way in all
but 2 cents. and Miss Watkins went
in her house and got them from her
mother.
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Broadcasting has now passed the
infant stage. but many neighbours
infant has, not passed the broadcast.
ing stage. fda