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or this business, and even vance, mo-
tives all in hand, is driven to very
odd expedient indeed to discover the
truth. This expedient is q game Of
poker-but 1t turns the trick. And
you will accept 1t just as Vance did.
Temperament, acting under tremen'
dous pressure.
HALF.FORGOTTEN ROMANCES OF
AMERICAN HISTORY. By Elisa.
beth Ellicott Poe. Washington
The Stylus Publishing Co.
A LITTLE book of short stories
10 of them all told A good art
of storytelling projects these stories
They have action. color. the human
touch Of sympathy and understand
ing. Moreover. they are about men
of history, around whom general Gu
riosity Is ever keen. Moreover, again,
these tales have to do with the essen
TALLY private life of their subjects. AS
matter Of fact, with their romances
and with the women who inspired the
prodigious illusion Of love. PromiS.
ing from every point Of view, you see
And the author, In a marked industry
OF research coupled with clear intelli-
gence in the use of her findings. has
abundantly lived up to the promise
set by the conditions as whole. SO
here you have chance to read Of
many we'll known men and their
loves-of Washington and jefferson.
of William Penn and Benjamin Frank
lin. OF Edgar Allan Poe (forbear Of
the writer herselO and of many an
other famous man OF history who well
coined romance as q part Of the ad
venture of life. Reading here, one Is
reassured as to the quality of great.
ness in the past. Here are no tales
of brigandage In the domain of love
Instead, these are a law-abiding lot
Of great ones, in private life confining
their affections within the legal bond,
| with no rumor of a wandering eye or
vagrant heart to dull the luster Of
their fidelity. Charming little stories
OF excellent form and spirit that are
calculated to round out to true human
proportions these men of American
history.
BLIND MAN. By Reginald Wright
Kaufman. New York: Duffield &
Co.
| HERE is a novel that deserves men.
ton because 1t offers the case of
| a good man gone wrong. I'm speak.
| ing of the author. Mr. Kaufman, as
everybody knows, has done a lot of
good work in novels of romance and
adventure. Here, however, it is clear
that he took day off. Let us say
instead that he took a night off, and
this book Is the nightmare that beset
him then. Fantastic. illogical and
unbelievable at every point. This,
| too. In face of the fact that every
days paper offers material for ter
rible stories, terribly true stories of
human behavior. This goes beyond
| all Of them. 1t starts off with the
classic case Of the kidnapped child
Charley Ross case. 1t jumps to the
World War and a shell-shocked
| young man. The child and the
soldier are the same, though this fact
Is kept in the background Such is
the foundation for a plot that might
! have served fairly we'll the purpose
of certain scamps to get hold of a
fortune. But here Reginald Kauff.
man throws logic, purpose, discretion
! sequence over the moon. In their
place he jumbles together a weird
and fantastic set of plots and counter.
plots-just nightmare, set down al
random.
Evening star., 1927-09-25

THE ROAD TO ROME. BY Robert
Emmet Sherwood. New York:
Charles Scribner's Sons.
ALMA. Novel. BY Margaret
Fuller. New York: William Nor
row & Co.
IRENE IDDESLEIGH: a Novel. BY
Mrs. Amanda M'Kittrick Ros. In
PRODUCTION by Thomas Beer. New
York Boni & Liveright.
OVERTAKEN. BY Lawrence Rising.
author Of Proud Flesh" etc. New
York: Cosmopolitan Book Cor
poratiOn.
TWILIGHT SLEEP. BY Edith Whar-
ton. New York: d. Appleton &
Co.
SAINT IN IVORY; the Story of Gene
We've of Paris and Nanterre. BY
Lorine Pruette New York: u.
Appleton & Co.
LIPSKY. In three volumes. Pub
Co. for the Louis Lipsky Jubilee
Committee.
BILL MYRON. BY Dean Fales. New
York: T.. +. Dutton 4 Co.
THE GLORIOUS ADVENTURE. By
Richard Halliburton, author OF
The Royal Road to Romance >
illustrated. Indianapolis: Bobbs
Merrill Co.
BESSARABIA; Russia and Rumania
on the Black Sea. BY Charles
Upson Clark. author Of Greater
n;n
Dodd, Mead & Co.
SUN AND MOON BY Vincent Fl
Gowen. Boston: Little, Brown
Il Co.
THE MYSTERY OF SAINTS
ISLAND. By Harriette r. Camp
bell, author of The Little Great
Lady" New York: Harper
Bros.
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Collegiate Advantages.

From the Boston Herald.
Every foot ball stadium in the coun-
try is being thoroughly repaired and
braced so that it will be able to stand
the strain that will soon be put upon
it by higher education.
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Second Sight.

From the New York Herald Tribune.
The man who said the next war viii
be fought in the air seems 10 be vim
dicated There is going to be a radio
war
Evening star., 1927-09-25

The lifted face may make a woman
more beautiful. but not the elevated
nose.
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OF course, Phiio Vance Is the agent
of this business, and even Vance, mo-
tives all In hand, is driven to a very
odd expedient indeed to discover the
truth. This expedient is q game OF
poker-but 1t turns the trick. And
you will accept It just as Vance did.
Temperament, acting under tremen'
dous pressure.
Evening star., 1927-09-25

WE LIVE BUT ONCE. BY Rupert
Hughes. New York: Harper &
Bros
Evening star., 1927-09-25

LOST ECSTASY. BY Mary Roberts
Rinehart, author of The Amazing
Interlude," etc. New York: George
II. Doran Co.
Evening star., 1927-10-31


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LITTLE BENNY
ny LEE PAPE.

Sundey afternoon me and Puds Sim.
kins was taking wawk with Mary
Watkins and / started to tawk about
how things are diffrent in Paris from
wat they are heer, and diffrent things
| did ana saw vile I was there, max.
ing Puds jelliss as enything, and he
sed, Aw, who cant go to Paris? Eny
body that's got enuff money to buy a
ticket, that's who. That's no CRATE
honor, he sed.
Hee hee, Mary Watkins sed laffing
and / sed. Well why dident you &C
if it's so darn easy?
Because / dident feel like it, I did
ent have the inclination, Puds sed.
Being a heck of a ixcuse, and Jest
then Mrs. Sprockett went pass say.
ing, o hello, Benny, so your back from
Paris, you must be quite little
Frentchman.
Yes, ] am, / sed.
Making Puds even more jellis, and
he sed, Good mite watts Frentch about
you?
Wich Jest then Mr.. Eckels went
pass, saying, Welcome home, Benny
hows Musselliny and the president Of
France?
All rite, sed, and Puds sed, Go
on. you never even saw them.
Do you wunt to bet on it? I sed.
Not axually saying I did, and pritty
soon Mrs. Hemminway went pass, say.
ing. Well well heers Benny back, you
must of seen lots Of wonderful sites
Benny.
Yes nam, sed, and Mary Watkins
sed, My goodniss Benny your quite
famous.
o. that's all rite, ! sed modest. And
L kepp on taWking about things I had
saw in Paris and Puds dident say eny.
thing elts on account of not dasting to,
Proving public opinion is powerful
Evening star., 1927-10-31

mended too highly for it's educational
value is the study of colors as shown
in books on art, in designs from ia.
nous art treasures, in fancy work.
ceramics, tapestries, rugs. choice tex
tiles, etc. Such books are available in
all libraries. Visiting art museums
with the definite idea of studying color
will be found Illuminating. Expert
needleworkers. those who design fancy
work and create ideas, use these meth
DDS to guide their color sense. Even
the study of color plates in magazines
and books with good colored illustra-
tionsNxill be found invaluable to those
who find it difficult to de reasearch
WORK ifMnuseums, etc.
Color Criterions.
Every woman who has any Idea of
entering a fancy work competition
should know something about color
combina tions. Her stitchery may be
exquisite, the amount of work done
prodigious, but if the colors are inar.
tistic she cannot win. The judges
know what to look for, and color is
one Of the essentials. Simple work in
choice colors often wins over more
elaborate stitchery well done. 1t takes
the combination of elements to indi-
cate excellence,
Evening star., 1927-10-31
YOUR MIND
BY PROF. JOSEPH JAsTROW.
And How to Keep 1t Fit

serves. A reform in her habits would
soon set her straight. Elsie's reserves
have to be carefully and wisely built
up. She hasn't a good basis for
energy.
Isabel at IL is in the first year Of
high school. She is ambitious, gets up
very early and studies two hours be-
fore breakfast. goes to school, and
practices two hours on the piano after
school. Her mother encourages all
this. and Is proud to have so indus.
trious daughter. But she admits
that Isabel, though feeling well, isn't
eating properly. gets excited and cross
when she talks to her, and until a
year ago was good-naturad and
healthy. Substituting exercise and
play for too much study and piano
brought Isabel back to her former con.
ditiOu.
The story Of David Is a tragedy. A
boy of poor physique forced by an
ambitious father into the career of n
prodigy az a violinist and breaking
under the strain. And Paul is another
child tragedy through failure of par
ents to recognize that what nature
made weak couldn't he nagged or
scolded into strength. And Vera was
plainly nervous. with many sings Of it
that the infant shows for wise parents
to read. But they weren't recognized,
and as she grew she grew worse Vera
was redeemed by careful attention to
diet. health. habits, and. most of all,
large doses of rest and recreation.
Mary was a heahhy-looking girl. but
a victim of headaches. poor sleep and
resort to sleeping powders. Her school
work went down. You can't Judge by
looks; only by behavior. BY reducing
her output of energy and increasing
her income Of rest, Mary was able to
get along on the allowance that ma
ture provided.
Such are the stories of the tired
child" selected from the book of that
name by DIR. and Mrs. Seham. They
carry their own moral. The load that
a normal, healthy child can carry will
break one with less resistance. Chill
dren can easily be pushed beyond their
strength. Energy is the clue to health.
Children are sensitive creatures, or at
least the sensitive among them easily
become the victims of too stimulating
surroundings. Fatigue and what is
called nervousness are so closely re-
lated that you can't tell which causes
which. Fatigue makes you irritable
and despondent. 1t takes the joy out
of life. To be happy you must be
rested.
Evening star., 1927-10-31
MILADY BEAUTIFUL
BY LOIS LEEDS.

cannot be altered, although their effect
may be modified to a surprising de-
gree. These three things are color,
size and position in the face. There is
no way to exchange brown eyes for
blue ones, but the color Of hazel or
gray eyes may be made to appear
hrowner. greener or bluer by choosing
the right color for hats, jewelry or
frocks. A good way to bring out the
blue in gray eyes is to wear a blue
gray costume with touches of brighter
blue or blue and orange on it. Tan
with small medium blue figure in it
IS also becoming. Clothes of green and
yellow tend to make light eyes seem
sreener. Red, brown, pink and tan
emphasize the brown in hazel eyes.
In general, when an all-blue costume is
worn, it should be either the shade of
the eyes or a duller shade. Navy blue
may be worn, but any blue that is
brighter than the eyes tends to make
them look faded If it is used in large
quantities.
The size Of the eyes is another
fixed characteristic, yet the eyes may
be made to seem larger if the lashes
are long, dark and we'll groomed. The
judicious use of q little grease paint
on the lids also may increase the ap-
parent size of the eyes. One must be
careful not to overdo the use of make
up around the eyes, however, because
If it is put on unskillfully it merely
calls attention to their defects. A blue
or violet shading may be used around
blue or gray eyes, and brown may be
used when the eyes are brown, black
or hazel Small, light-colored eyes
with blonde lashes will look larger and
more interesting if the lashes are
darkened. White vaseline may be ap-
piled daily to the little hairs to encour-
age their growth and gradually darken
them.
The ideal space between the eyes is
equal to the length of an eye. Wide
spaced eyes give an innocent, peaceful
expression. Close-set ones are not so
pleasing. Although nothing can be
done to change the position of the
eyes, one may avoid wearing the coif-
fure and clothes that emphasize ones
defect. For example, the girl whose
eyes are too far apart should not wear
her hair smoothed straight back away
from her brow and fluffed out at the
sides. A more becoming coiffure would
have a center or high side part, with
the hair brought down over the tenn
pies and waved q little over the ears
A center part is not becoming with
trimming down the front of a dress.
In general, what is becoming to the
first type Of face is not becoming to
the second.
fCopyright. 1927
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thing that belongs to you and put
1t where it belongs. And I won't tell
you twice either. And more than that.
When you get through in the bath.
room leave it SO somebody else can use
1t after you. You're not the only one
who uses that room, if you are the
dirtiest one.''
Henry was fiat on his front trying
to rescue his hat and his bat from
under the couch. He turned a face
red with effort and did his best to
shout and succeeded fairly we'll under
the circumstances, I'm just as clean
as any one else in this family. Just
you wait" Here he squirmed to his
feet and busted his knees wrathfully.
I'm going to run away the very first
chance / get. Seems E"
He heard fathers step on the porch
just then and fled for the bathroom
Half an hour later he appeared as
sweet and as blithe as lad of healthy
habits and growing appetite can be-
His mother looked at him grimly, but
smile twitched her mouth into a
crooked line and Henry knew the
storm was over.
What's the good Of the row? A
child, boy or girl, must be told time
after time an endless line of times
before he learns to do things with
the sureness of habit. 1t is exactly
| time after time," that Is going to
teach him. Save the energy and tell
him another time.
Copyright. 1927
Evening star., 1927-10-31
Everyday Law Cases
What Is the Significance of
Phrase "T1 Consideration
Of One Doldr"?
BY THE COUNSELLOR.

Consideration is an important factor
In the law of contracts, as it is a
requisite for the validity and enforce
ability Of contracts.
The consideration is that which In.
duces one person to agree to perform
certain specified obligations. 1t may
be in the form Of benefit to the one
making the promise, such as, for ex-
ample, the receipt of money; or it may
be detrlment to him, such as for.
bearance to smoke or travel.
For example, an uncle promised his
nephew to pay the expenses of the
relying upon the promise made the
trip and expended his own money for
expenses. He sued the uncle for the
money he had spent, and the uncle
defended himself on the ground that
there was no consideration for his
promise, as he had received no benefit
from his nephew's trip. 1t was held,
however, that the nephew could com.
pei the uncle to pay, as the nephew
had done something. which he was
not legally bound to do. relying on
his uncle's promise.
A promise without consideration is
invalid. Thus, one promising to make
gift, or one giving a note merely as
a gratuity cannot be compelled to
carry out his promise or to pay the
note.
Inserting in a contract "Tn con-
sideration OF one dollar, etc." does
not make a contract valid, when in
fact. there was no actual considera-
ton.
The counsellor:
ut is advisable in drawing con.
tract to state first the basis for the
agreement, SO that the presence or
absence of consideration can be de-
termined more readily, even though
the term consideration" Is not actual.
ly used."
SconyriSht. 192Z, ->------
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"Henry, 90 out and hang up your
sweater. put your books on the shelf,
set your rubbers where they belong,
close the door of the pantry closet.
I'm sick and tired of telling you this.
Time after time. And time after time
you leave them the same old way"
I'm sorry, Nom, l forgot"
II know you forget. What Tn try.
ing to tell you is that you ought to
remember.
"Yes'm."
An hour later Henry came In from
the playground. His hat went flying
under the couch. his bat fell down
with a thump and rolled after the hat,
his mitt was slammed into the chair
nearest him, Dinner ready. Mom?"
Mother looked at him Indignantly.
Words were inadequate. Just an hour
before and now here he was and worse
than ever.
whats the matter? What'm I
doing dow?, Seems 4 I can't ever
come into the house without raising
trouble. What've / done?'
"Done? What haven't you done?
Look at this room. Before you came
into 1t things were in their places and
the room looked fit for human habita-
ton. Now look at it. Time after
time"
That's what you always say. I
dom care. I'm not coming home for
dinner any more, that's all. I'm going
to go somewhere's where everybody
isn't forever picking on you. Seems
+ can't come in or go out without
raising trouble. Seems E.
You go right upstairs and make
yourself presentable for dinner and
before you 60 pick up every single
Evening star., 1927-10-31
Have You an Elsie i'm Your Home.

Have You an Elsie I'm Your Home?
Elsie opened her eyes wearily and
closed them again. In her dreams a
giant figure "5" had been squatting
on her chest and her mother was say
ing, when you have done your arith-
nietic, you'll be an educated girl"
Now, her mother was calling her to
get ready for school. Elsie didn't
hurry to dress. Then her mother
wouldn't bother her to eat breakfast,
and she was never hungry. She took
bite Of toast and dragged herself off.
Her legs and back ached and her ears
buzzed.
Elsie was a tired child And when
you are tired by nature you feel every
bone and muscle in your body
Healthy children don't know they have
any bodies. A tired child has no re-
serves. and has to he coaXed to dc
what healthy children enjoy as a re-
lease of their animal spirits. Elsie
was thin. poorly developed girl. with
Il bad posture, cold, clammy hands
and feet, rings under her eyes. She
was usually listless, lolling, resting
after every exertion, slow in move
ment. wandering in attention, at times
excitable. Elsie lacked the Joy of
living
Then there was Florence, who was
better equipped and active enough. but
tired by habit. Dull in school. cross
at home, a poor eater, often sleepy,
with frequent headaches and a CON
slant complaint of being tired Flor.
ence often went to the movies five
times week, and always STAYED up
late. Florence was wasting her re-
Evening star., 1927-10-31
Lessons in English
BY w. L. GORDON.

Words often misused: Discriminate
between borne" the past participle of
bear" and the adjective born"
Often mispronounced: Desolate; as
in let" s as in So" as in no." a
as in ate"
Often misspelled: Franc fcoin).
synonyms: Fiction. legend, romance,
story, allegory, novel, myth.
Word study: Use a word three
times and it is yours" Let us in
crease our vocabulary by mastering
one word each day. Today's word:
Predict: to make known beforehand.
Rain has been predicted for 4tomor-
row night"
Evening star., 1927-10-31

Needleworkers when they employ
color in their stitchery have to appre
ciate that the tones must accord with
the work, that balance of color is as
essential as in the decoration of a
room, that the scale of hues must be
kept uniform and that beauty of
shades is a decided factor in making
or marring the work.
Within the past few years needle
work mediums have undergone radi-
cal changes in their adaptability to
fabrics. Once fine materials called for
ffne mediums; now coarse mediums are
often employed, such, for instance, as
heavy worsteds on sheer goods, and
with effective results. But there is a
limit to this, and we should scarcely
consider jute adapted to such pur-
poses any more than we would find
fine zephyrs adaptable to many of the
various kinds Of handicraft rugs. The
reverse order would be correct. So we
realize that mediums must be in ac-
cord with materials embroidered upon.
Balance of Color.
The balance Of color is of prime i'm
portance, for without this color
schemes are ruined. Colors may be
distributed in fairly even proportions,
as found in Dresden china and in some
Of the italian potteries, etc. designs
from which are frequently adapted to
needlework. There may be predomi-
nance Of one color with others to
accent beauty, or there may be two
chief colors with others secondary, and
even a dash Of some vigorously differ
ent tone, such as strikingly brilliant
note deftly flecked in, or black used
to bring out the colors by contrast.
Self tones may be employed-that is.
used in gradations, but for patterns in
either the darker or lighter against
the reverse tones, and all in the same
stipulated color. Color experts con-
slider the balance of color of more i'm
portance than the actual colors them
selves. Too much of any strong color,
for instance, viii kill the scheme, while
just the accenting rightly done may
consummate 1t.
Scale of Colors.
Keeping colors in scale Is of vital
significance to the perfection Of color
work. The difficulties that the anna
teur needleworker may have in this
matter are minimized by consulting
color charts. Yarn manufacturers fire.
quently get these out. Also there is,
or always should be, person with a
knowledge of color harmony, ETC.. at
art embroidery stores or departments,
and their business is to help purchas-
ers to get artistic mediums for any
piece for which the worker is buying
the yarns.
Another way that cannot be recon-
Evening star., 1927-10-31
WORD GOLF-Everybody's Playing 1t
By JOHN KNOX.

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dictionary
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Evening star., 1927-10-31
DAILY DIET RECIPE
Round Steak (Francais.)

Round steak, 2 pounds.
Minced onion, 2 tablespoons.
Garlic minced, / teaspoon.
Flour, 2 tablespoons.
Fat, tablespoons.
Tomato soup, y cup.
Bay leaf, /.
Thin slice lemon, 1.
Water, cups.
Salt, l teaspoon.
SERVES 4 PEOPLE.
Put fat in deep frying pan. Add
onion and garlic. browning slightly
and simmering minutes. Add flour,
browning this slightly. Add tomato
soup and other seasonings. Blend
we'll. Add water. When this is
thoroughly mixed and hot, put in the
steak in one piece. Simmer for or
hours, when it should be tender and
gravy thick. Good with rice or
mashed potatoes.
DIET NOTE.
Meat furnishes protein. The to.
matoes, onions and lemon give lime,
iron and vitamins A, b and G. Can
be eaten by normal adults Of average
or under weight.
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Danish Pastry.

Cream one-half a cupful of butter
with one-fourth cupful of sugar, sift
two cupfuls Of flour with three.
fourths teaspoonful of salt, and COM
bine with two or three beaten eggs to
a smooth paste. Flavor with extract.
Cut into fancy shapes after rolling to
one-half an inch in thickness. Bake
in a hot oven for about Is minutes.
Evening star., 1927-10-31
Sweet Potato Salad.

Slice two stalks of celery fine, chop
one white onion and add to two cup
fuls of cubed cooked sweet potatoes.
Add fourth cupful of boiled dress
ing or mayonnaise with one table
spoonful of mustard salad dressing
and two tablespoonfuls of evaporated
milk or cream. Let marinate for an
hour in the refrigerator. Serve on
lettuce leaves garnished with stuffed
olives and parsley.