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for holding hands, but / knew better
than to start an argument about 1t at
that stage of the game, and We were
waiting for the spirits to come in and
knock the table over, which would be
a good trick If you could see it done,
except that it would probably bust the
table. on account of me getting cheat
ed when bought It.
So we sat and sat, and nothing hap
pened, and then one of the women
could not stand so much, silence any
longer, and she said, II wish we could
get Aunt Minnie to talk to us, don't
you, George?" and George is her hus-
band, and he said. You've got to think
up trouble all the time, don't your
and she said, George. don't forget
that Aunt Minnie is dead and he
said. well, for the love Of Mike let
the old crab stay dead
Joan said, I'VE all have to be quiet
and concentrate and / said, well,
lets getsthe election contests over with
first. Decide what spirits we want to
entertain here, and then we won't
waste any time paging some that won't
be welcome" and Joan said, BE quiet,
Bob
some more, and nothing happened, and
finally one of the men said. II feel hike
a damn fool" and his wife said,
Please be quiet, Arthur, unless you
have something of interest to say
Well, we sat there for another thou
sand years, and nothing happened, but
finally thought heard a little knock,
and everybody else seemed to hear it,
too, and Joan said Ssh" and every.
body sat up like it was the police, and
there was another knock, and pretty
soon another one, and the women
looked like they were sitting down in
an electric chair or something, and |
thought, my gosh, is there something
in this spirit stuff after all? and we
waited and listened, and waited some
more, and finally there was a yell, and
we almost tipped the table ourselves
on account of jumping, and then we
heard the yell again. and the baby was
tangled up in his bed clothes and he
was kicking and hollering about It, and
Joan had forgotten to take his bottle
away when he finished 1t at o'clock,
and every time he kicked he knocked
it against the side of the bed, and /
feel like laughing yet, but / do not
think Joan feels like laughing, on ac-
count of the way laughed last night,
and so am not laughing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-04-02

Matters pertaining to the lighting
of rooms are sure to prove fascinating
TO interior decorators, whether they
are experts or home decorators. In
terest centers definitely about win
dows and how to treat them, and
about lamps and lighting fixtures,
where they should be placed and how
they should be dressed up. One has to
do with the best illuminative decora-
fion during the day and the other
during the night, though each is con.
spicuous at times when the light does
not filter through them, but when 1t
shines on them. Both as lighting
agents and as ornamental elements
their Importance is significant.
1t is in connection with lamps that
q new idea has been tried out that has
proved sufficiently successful to be
worthy of comment and of use.
Lamp shades of velvet are the fashion.
At first this sounds odd. How can
a@fabric so thick and apparently un-
suited to the transmission of light be
successfully made into lamp shades?
The answer is that it has been used,
and is both excellent for the purpose
and artistic in appearance.
Color and Texture.
Al velvet that is so fine and silky
that IT. is scarcely heavier than silk
itself is selected. The color is light
as wen as the texture. It is put on the
Rmp shade frame, smooth and tight.
The lining is white. cream or pale
amber AS these are shades de luxe,
they are made to conform toethe style
of the base and take on enough sim.
liar tones to make charming ensem.
BILE. For example, one of the hand
soonest Of these shades that / have
seen was of creamy-hued chiffon
velvet, hand-toned from the rim to
the peak of the cone-shaped shade in
coIors exactly matching those found
IN the pottery vase base A marvel
GUS lacquer-red faded quickly into
more delicate red, then pink which
took on the creamy tones until they
melted into pure cream at the top.
The shading was so perfect that il
was intriguing to the eye.
A Mellow Illumination.
There is peculiar mellowness about
light that filters through these velvet
shades. The nap of the velvet is so
short that it is illusive Some of ii
requires to be touched to satisfy one
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frock with difference. In this day
when clothes are supposed to be quite
shameless, the peek-a-boo has been
robbed Of all its oid-time naughtiness
and is worn over perfectly adequate
underslip.
1t is the effect Of the underslip In
fact that makes the peelca-boo frock
seem especially attractive at present.
Fine openwork embroidery and hem
stitching can be best displayed If
shown over a contrasting color. Even
the delicate tracery of fine lace can be
shown to better advantage If it is
posed over another color. So it is
that we see black lace and openwork
worn over pink, pink may be worn
over mauve, mauve over blue and
green over yellow.
A season or SO ago you may have
had a feeling that the underslip of
frocks that were at all transparent
should be chosen to match. Now
when the transparent frock shows
fine embroidery or drawnwork, that
would in truth be like hiding your
candle under a bushel.
tCopyright. 1927,
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DIARY OF A
NEW FATHER
BY ROBERT f. DICKSON.

Friday Night.
Having some spirits in to knock on
your table may be great sport, but
did not hear any knocks at our table
last night except the kind that hus-
bands and wives hand each other, and
if that gang Joan invited thought they
were giving their genial host good
time with their private fights, they
have another think coming, because |
can hear a row any old night and not
have to pay the bill for a lot of re-
freshments, either.
1t is funny how a bunch of people
will come over to your house to spend
an evening in the hereafter and still
want to eat as much as ever
Well, when the gang finally showed
up we all sat around the table holding
hands, and I did not know the reason
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-04-02
CHAPTER XIV.
Aftermath.

Myra was in bed when Sally re.
turned to their stateroom. The eve.
ming had been a total loss to her.
She put down the book she had
been reading to greet Sally, and a
vague fear smote her as she saw the
look of dreams in her little sister S
eyes.
'Have a good timer" she asked care.
lessly. Where were your"
Down on G deck near the bow OF
the boat"
Sally was being deliberately indiffer.
ent. Myra's appraising glance made
her feel uncomfortable. And tonight
she didn't want to think or remem-
Der anything, but the moon and the
sea-and Richard Alden.
She was pulling the fragile black
lace dress over her head when Myra
spoke again, very evenly.
You like Richard Alden, don't
your"
Yes, very much
well, he certainly likes you, and
doesn't mind letting everybody know
about it, either He made it conspic-
uous enough not dancing with any
one else Every one noticed it"
Sally didn't answer. She was max
ing a great fuss about getting ready
for bed in an effort to seem nom
chalant. But Myra, the relentless,
pursued her.
so, you were down on c deck. ]
suppose you were alone?"
Yes" Very softly Myra was tear
ing the bloom from the evening, and
Sally didn't want that. She wanted
to get into bed and turn out the light.
Then, in the darkness, with the sea
swishing outside of the portfolios, she
would live over everything that had
happened.
do you know who Richard Alden
is?' Myra's voice kept pursuing her.
He's one of the richest men in Eng
land. He can afford to do as he
pleases. He's just taking little trip
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to Buenos Aires to see about some in
terests he has there. What do you
know about that?"
Sally didn't answer. AS If 1t mat
tered! What did she care about his
money? 1t didn't matter to her!
His face was dancing before her.
that proud. insolent face with its
spoiled lines. OH he was wonderful
wonderful What difference did Ii
make whether he had money or not?
He had said, Goodnight, little
Sally" when he had left her, and once
again he had lifted her hand to his
lips. She had left like a princess.
He's just divorced his wifer' My
ra's voice, crisp and relentless, still
pursued her.
And then Sally turned on Myra.
She was white to the lips.
'Myra, please don't talk any more.
I'm terribly tired, really" With a
swift gesture she turned out the light
over her bed. The next moment she
was lying straight and slim and mo-
tionless, just as If she were asleep.
Myra's words kept echoing through
her mind. He's just divorced his
wife" So he had been married. But
what difference did it make? She was
married. AS this thought occurred to
her. she pushed 1t resolutely away.
She mustn't think about that, she
didn't want to think about it.
Myra reached up to snap Off her
light. The small stateroom was in
darkness. But Sally could not sleep.
The moonlight was flooding the
portfolios. Outside there was the
swish-swish of the sea.
He had said. Goodnight. little
Sally" and his voice had been little
unsteady Again she felt the touch
of his lips on her fingers.
And tomorrow she would see him,
again, and the day after that, and
the day after that, until they reached
Buenos Aires. But she mustn't think
of that time. 1t was still a long way
ahead of her.
tCopyriRht. 1927
Continued in Temorrow's Starr
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LITTLE BENNY
BY LEE PAPE.

Sunday after dinnir pop started TO
reed the Sunday paper, saying, Yce
gods, nuthing to smoke, how can j
reed the Sunday paper without
cigar, / wouldent be able to under
stand a werd, Benny, run around to
the drug store and run back with
half duzen Queen Billie cigars.
And he gave me the money and In
about a hour I came back with the
cigars. pop saying, Well for Peet sake
why dident you wait for next week to
bring them, the weather mite of bin
nicer.
Well G winnickers, pop, it was
mostly politeniss that made me late, L
Sed
zee gods, politeniss? pop sed, and
/ Sed, Yes. sir, there was some lady in
the drug store wen l went in, so of
corse / had to wait till she got waited
on, and then another lady came in and
sed, Would you mind waiting on me.
I'm in a hurry. and / dident say eny-
thing so the man waited on her and
jest then another lady came in and
sed, / half to catch a train. could you
wait on me rite away? and i dident
say enything about the cigars and the
man sed, Certeny, and he waited on
her and G rooZlem she wunted about
10 different things. and jest wen / was
going to ask for the cigars another
lady came in and sed, Id Jest like to
have a cupple of stamps in hurry,
please, and Fkepp on not saying eny-
thing out of polfteniss. and after she
got the stamps holey smokes she
thawt of about other things she hap
pened to think of, and then the man
asked me what / wunted on account
of me being the ony one in there ex-
cept him, so told him.
zee gods, it's a wimmins werld. l
Suppose Ill half to Excuse you under
the circumstances, pop sed.
Me thinking, G herray. On account
of If he had asked eny more ques-
tions mite of had to tell him about
stopping about 20 minnits to watch
Persey Viewer falling off of his new
bisickel trying to Tern to ride it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-04-02
THE DAILY
HOROSCOPE
Sunday, April 8.

Sinister influences are rather strong
tomorrow according to astrology,
which reads in the stars certain Ill
omens.
Under this sway OF the stars women
may be exacting and men may be
difficult to please.
The clergy Is well directed at this
time when there is to be a revival of
interest in life after death.
Under this rule the mind is likely
to be open to good suggestions of
every sort and preachers should
benefit.
Tomorrow is a day in which to take
account of ones personal assets in
the way of mind and morals, for the
coming years are TO test human char
acter the seers warn.
| The sun, rising in square to
Uranus and Jupiter. is read as pre-
saying for New York and the whole
| country great increase in trade.
The West is to attract increase of
population and to focus national in
| terest. Chicago and Milwaukee as
| well as San Francisco and Los
| Angeles are to be centers of ire
| mendous interest.
Persons whose birth date 1t is have
the augury of many pleasant expert
| ences in the coming year, which Is
| suspicious for courtship.
Children born on that day probably
| will have artistic talent. Singers are
born under this sign.
fCoDymSht. 1922
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Lessons in English
BY w. {. GORDON.

Words often misused--Dont say
Can We go with your" Say may
we."
pronounced as is preferred.
Often misspelled-Agonize;o one e, re.
Synonyms--Relieve, soothe. assuage,
alleviate, allay, palliate, abate, miti-
gates
Word study-"Use a word three
times and 1t is yours" Let us increase
our vocabulary by mastering one word
each day. Today's word: Ravage: de.
struction by violence or decay; ruin
THE ravages Of time have left their
| mark"
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Perspiring Feet.

Dear Miss Leeds-Please tell me a
remedy for perspiring feet. !. S. S.
Answer-When the feet perspire ex-
cessively the cause Is some internal
trouble that requires medical treat
ment. See physician about the con-
dition I'M such a case. Sometimes
nervousness and general physical de-
bility cause an unusual amount of
sweating. If you are in good health,
however, you will find the following
local treatment sufficient to correct
the trouble. Every night at bedtime
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-04-02
IA LAMP THAT is A SYMPHONY VELVET SHADE
DECORATION
CONESHAPED SHADE. THE RIM BOUND WITH FOLDED
TX.

that it actually has nap and is not a
high grade of silk. There is genuine
charm of texture that is gratifying.
1t softens and subdues every faintest
hint of glare about the light, how
ever strong the power.
Velvet Panels.
Panels of velvet can be inset in silk
shades, as well as the shades being
entirely of velvet. The panels are
smooth and straight They may have
some painted decoration, but SIM
plicity is accented.
Finishes for Edges.
AS for finishes for. edges there are
many stunning new ideas. One is to
have a strip ofsdark silk lined with a
pale tone. This is so folded that 1T re-
sembles modified pleating. Each edge
is folded back toward the center where
it meets the other edge similarly
folded and then it is folded back again
This makes what appears to be a
narrow banding with unbroken
straight edges.
The tall lamp shade is the style of
the moment with a leaning toward
closed tops, perhaps coming to an
actual point, like cone.
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Girl Should Boys Like

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Answers to Today's Test
Questions

THE King of Patawomeke.
Fort Stevens on the Seventh
street road, now Georgia
avenne, little north of
Brightwood.
3-Statuary Hall.
FIRST Battle of Bull Run.
5--Anacostia.
6-The Supreme Court of the
United States holds its ses-
sions there. and it embrac-,
ed the present Law Library.
7--Twenty.nine years old.
S--They were murdered by the
indEBs of Virginia.
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Hard Sauce.

Cream one-fourth eupful of butter
with one-fourth cupful of powdered
sugar. When it is White and creamy
add one-half a teaspoonful of vanilla
and a pinch of nutmeg. The secret
of making good, creamy, hard sauce
consists in long beating. Chill before
serving
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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-In recording the AUCTION,
or the play, use "S'' for Spades, "H''
for Hearts, I'd" for Diamonds, and
&c" for Clubs. Use an r." for No
Tr@mps. DBL for double, "REDBL"
for redouble.
Salient Points of Bidding.
South's four-card suit bid is compen-
stated by side ace. Vests two
bids of Diamonds was fairly Justi-
fled by his holding. North jumps
his assist of Spades to three to show
more than normal length In Spades
in order to provide for the possibility
of South's Spade suit being one of but :
four cards, and thus encourage a re-
bid by South in case he holds any,
side strength. East refused to be
shut out from showing his Diamond p
assist. and therefore bid four Dia-s,
monds, an eminently sound bid In
view of the previous bidding and his
own holding. .rss4
Salient Points Of the Play.
With fair distribution, South can
count ten tricks, losing Spade, q =
Heart, and a Club. The difficulty =
of getting into Dummy to finesse,,
compels South 70 lead the Ace Of
trumps to the second trick When
the King of Spades drops, all the.s
trumps must be drawn, and a lcS1
ing Heart discarded on the Ace Of !
Diamonds. If West. when in with =
the Club should lead a Heart, De-.
clarer will make a Small Slam. If
East had held four Spades to the
King, the game could still be wons-
After winning the second round off
trumps, East could lead either a
Spade or a Diamond. II the Ola.
mond, Declarer would take another
round of trumps and then set the Il
Clubs. East would be permitted to-
make the low trump, but would be
forced to lead the Heart for the iaes
OF q trick
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-04-02
WHAT Do YOU KNOW ABOUT
YOUR OWN LOCALITY!
ToDAY's QUESTIONS.
Test Your knowledge Washington and Nearby Regions OF
Maryland Virginia.
BY DONALD A. CRAIG.

l.
English?
2 Where President Lincoln under
its
o ~,
It's
is
the Chesapeake Bay region?
Answers on his page oday's Star
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4 Mellow Illumination,
Peek-a-Boo Frocks in New Form
BY MARY MARSHALL.

What a lot of old time fashions
have been revived this Spring. The
Interesting thing-and the unusual
thing--is. that the dressmakers and
designers have not turned back far
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South Is the dealer. What Is thu
proper bidding and play?

Each day we shall publish a
complete hand presented by Mr..
Whitehead, 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.
Monday we shall publish Mr..
Whitehead's explanation of today's
hand, with the important features
emphasized. q
Fill out your own chart and
compare 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
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What do you suppose he meant?"
Lois asked. why, one thing, goosie.
He wonders whether your position
means more than home He can't
offer you a wonderful one yet,
but But never have had much,
and he can't see anything in plain
little me-" "Oh, can't he? They say,
my dear, that the modern gentleman
prefers blends, and--well, draw your
own conclusions"
fCopyright, 1927
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NANCY PACE
Negligees and Emotions
Are Discussed
BY FLORENCE LA GANKE.

Saturday night found Nancy and
Lois before the open fire in the Pages
living room. Peter was out of town.
Joan was in bed. They had the house
to themselves.
They had slipped into negligees after
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THIS MAUVE GEORGETTE FRoCK
ID WORN OVER A PALE PINK
Slip WHICH CAN BE SEEN
THROUGH THE OPENWORk OF
THE EMB RO1DE RY AND
0RAWNWORk
efcugh in the book of fashion to get
fashions that we really consider
quaint or historic or picturesque or
romantic. They have gone back to
the SOS and the 70s and the SOS and
The 90's and discovered all sorts of
tricks that seem hardly far enough
out OF date to be interesting.
Ostrich feather boas. elbow sleeves.
b3shop sleeves, tHckin "shirtwaists, -
leather belts, have been brought TO
light and now here comes the peek
nsboo frock. Only il is the peeka boo
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he talking hi
would
to
Kitchen
han a grand have yet to meet him.
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have
to
would simply eat t
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and honey but interested the boys enough
aroun of today
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of spending the evening anpd
at home without
'A" 49, " G.
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girl
nd
of
and read aloud And the
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SO methods friend An
supplement with the photograph and the radio
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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-07-09
AI III BY Charles
w NV INK Fitzhugh
Talman
h/44 Il o.>O Authority on
w EL[LHEY Meteorology
"CONROY''

The late Clement L. Wragge, who
organized the Australian weather
bureau in 1887, with headquarters at
Brisbane, introduced the unique
plan of giving individual names to
all the storms that appeared on the
daily weather map of that region.
Instead, for example, of referring to
"the storm central yesterday morn
ing over the Timor Sea-" he would
call the depression "Eline," or
''Luita," or "Braddon," etc. These
names were used in his official bulle-
tins, and also in the newspapers in
descriptions of the storms and
their effects.
Most of Wragge's storm names are
now forgotten, but one of them lives
in the history of meteorology. There
was prominent politician, Mr..
Conroy, who, as a member of the
Australian Parliament, had opposed
the plan Of granting free telegraph
service to the weather bureau and
had further incurred Wragge's dis
pleasure by ridiculing his forecasts.
When an exceptionally violent and
nasty storm made its appearance,
during the year 1902, the meteorol-
ogist saw his chance to get even.
The troubler of the Australian at
mosphere was named "Conroy," and
its misdeeds were reported in appro-
pirate language day by day, while
all Australia-except Conroy' -
chuckled.
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