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Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-27

! lAOUu CESVHSSe at HONOF0SS 10
miles sOMt hOf New Orleans, fr
the mississippi river threatens 10
hIunulate that city.
NEW ORLEANS, April 2S R-,rhe
city of New Orleans sitting in the
crescent bend of the Mississippi di-
rectly in the path of the hightiest
flood in the history. of the valley
tonight was awaiting development
of plans for saving its half million
Inhabitants at the sacrifice of 100000
cres below the city.
| A general evacuation has been orr
dered in the parishes Of ST. Bernard
and Plaquemine before Friday that,
the levees may be cut to insure the
safety of the city at the expense OF
the farmers and trappers.
| Violent opposition to the plans
aroused at the first announcement
TO citizens of the parishes were
transformed this afternoon at a mass
meeting into % desire for adequate
compensation for the sacrifice. Burly
trappers whJ came to the meeting
armed with confidence and shot
guns returned to their patrol of the
levees to remain there until they
receive their guaranty Definite
announcement from Governor Slmp-
son still was withheld tonight.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, April 26 vR--
Desperate measures to protect New
Orleans from the force of the floods
that daily are laying waste new
areas in Arkansas ana mississippi
We're agreed today by the fedorar
government subject TO the approval
of the army engineers and the
Mississippi river commission The
plan to remove the menace from the
scuths largest city put forward by
Governor Simpson, CT louisiana, and
Mayor OKeefe of New Orleans, is
fer the blasting of wide breach
in the east levee of the Mississippi
ter miles below the city. This
brought an immediate protest from
the inhabitants of the 80 square
miles that thus would be flooded
as well as from the business inter-
ests of Natchez who demanded u
cut at Morganza, so as to protecy
that city as we'll as New Orleans
To that Baton Rouge, objected on
the ground that it would flood 1900
square miles of rich country, in
cluding Louisiana's sugar cane grow
ing section
The whole question was left with
the river commission and the army
engineers at Vicksburg, where. Sec
retary Hoover and Major General
,1adwin, chief Of army engineers, ar
rived tonight to participate in the
conference.
While the danger to New Orleans
IL not thought to be imminent.
engineers all along have been app
prehensive for the safety of that
Iort when the crest of the FLOOD.
located today off Helena, Ark, pass.
cd Vicksburg, to join with the Red
river@from Arkansas and the Yazoo
CONTINUED on Page Eight
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-27
NItNIA ROM ISSIrI1

YUMA, April 26 QP)--The proposal
to bond Yuma county to the extent
"f $4,000 one half Of the cost of q
proposed bridge over the ella river
at Dome, voted upon today appear
ed tonight to have been carried over
,Whelmingly.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-27
DIR. HARPER RESIGNS

DENVER, April 26 R1-Announoe-
ment of the resignation of Heber r.
Harper, as chancellor OF the Uni
Hersity of Denver, effective January
J., next, was made here today DR..
Harper will accept a post with COL
umbia university, New York City,
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-27
BL0VI8OP
10-M|.
OF.C|TV
Civil War Threatened Be
tween Trappers and the
State, Report.
PLAN OPPOSED
General Jadwin- Approves
Proposal of the Emer-
gency Crevasse.

VICKsBURG, Miss. April 20 (A9
Major General Edgar JadwIm,
chief of army engineefls, an
nOunced tonight he will approve
the proposal of am emergency
flood crevasse at POydrn~. 70
miles sOMt hOf New Orleans, ir
the mississippi river threatens 10
hIunqIate that city.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-27

Copper easy; electrolytic
spot and futures 10. Lead
steady; spot Z. Bar silver
Sc.
Evening star., 1927-02-16
Wavy Hair.

A very soft wave would be becom-
ing to 8 women out of 10; real wave
to less than out OF 10. Yet the per-
manent waving business thrives and
more women are turned out weekly
with curly hair.
When I say a very soft wave, I
mean a wave so slight it Is hardly
noticed. I know a woman, rather
small and slim and boyish looking,
who wears her hair about four or five
inches long all over her head. and
done SO it looks like the slightly
touseled head of a curly.head boy. 1t
is ever so carefully waved, that slight
ly touseled effect Is achieved by the
most expensive of permanent wave
specialists and a highly competent
lady's maid. 1t Is wonderfully becom-
ing and it looks natural.
Now it is possible for you to give
your own hair that very slight wave
il you'll experiment a bit. You can't
do a real marcel yourself, some one
must stand above you and use the
iron; you simply cannot get your own
hands and arms into the proper posi-
ton to make the sharp edge Of the
marcel. But, when an occasion comes
that makes a wave necessary-perhaps
because you are tired and want to
break or soften the draggy lines of
your face, you can take a moderately
hot iron, turn under the ends of your
short hair. holding the hair loosely in
the iron and turn 1t round and round,
which will make the soft turning you
want.
Also, you can take separate strands
and twist them I'm the iron, turning
the ends under after you have combed
the hair out. IL you do this very
lightly and the iron Is barely warm
enough to make the curl, the result
Evening star., 1927-02-16
LITTLE BENNY
BY LEE PAPE.
BY ROBERT CULLEN.

Sid Hunt and Sam Cross are so mad
at each other they wont speek to each
other unless the other. one speeks to
them ferst, wich the other one hardly
ever wont, and this afternoon Sid was
coming out of his house and he found
note stuck underneath the frunt
door, and us fellows was standing
around the lam post and Sid came up
with it, saying. Hay. il / catch the guy
that stuck this under my door Ill beet
him up and then sue him for dam
midges.
The note saying, Who do you think
you are, you ignorant dunn bell, If you
start to get fresh around heer you'll
land in the hospital so fresh you'll
think you must of had wings. Sined
The Black Hand.
All us fellows except Sam Cross
saying G good mite, watts you know
about that, and Sam Cross sed, Well I
got a note myself, and bleeve me If 1
find out for sure who stuck it in my
joggriffy book III make him look so
different his family will think he's
somebody elts, heer it Is rite heer
Meening the note, saying in 1t, Get
Off the erth you mizZrible shrimp, or
you'll get kicked off so hard you'll think
you never was born. Sined Poison
Ivory.
All us fellows except Sid Hunt say
ing, Holey smokes, that heck of q
note, gosh.
End Sid and Sam kepp on saying
wat they would do if they found out
who sent them to them, without say
ing enything to each other, and the
Benny and Artie Detecktive Bewro,
being me and my cuzzin Artie, is werk-
ing on the mistery.
Evening star., 1927-02-16
Shall I Eat Desserta
eve never have dessert" amour

eve never have dessert" announces
Mrs. Brown virtuously. IA dessert
after hearty dinner is entirely un.
necessary, l think. Besides, we are
both en- reducing diet, so we
shouldn't eat pastry" the good wom-
an continues.
"Well, we always have dessert at
both luncheon and dinner says Mrs.
Jones 1.-The meal really doesn't seem
complete without some kind of des-
sert."
There is no reason in the world
why even the Browns on a reducing
diet should not have dessert. Pastry
cake and ice cream are not the only
desserts. There is first and foremost
fruit-both fresh and cooked. There
are gelatins and ices. Even little
cheese and q hard cracker can be
used by the overweights to top off the
meal.
The Browns do not have to forego
all the pleasures of taste and salts
faction just because they are over
stout and are trying to reach normal
weight
For the members of the Jones fam
lily who are of normal weight, the
dessert offering can be more varied
If the dinner has been a simple one
the dessert can be substantial. After
a small chop, one potato, spinach and
lettuce salad, q fruit pudding or apri
cot tapioca or similar hearty dessert
would be all right. After a heavy din.
ner, a plain fruit dessert would be
better for even those normal in weight.
After a vegetable dinner, nuts and
raisins or nuts and figs would be an
acceptable dessert.
For the underweight, dessert can be
a means of adding extra energy value
to g. meal. For instance, Mr. and
Mrs. Brown, being too stout and hav-
ing to watch the fat-making foods.
should take their gelatin or fruit
plain. But Mr.. and Mrs. Smith, be-
Evening star., 1927-02-16
SUB ROSA
BY MIMI.
BY MIMI.
Jumping Into Trouble.

Girls very often jump into trouble
when they marry. With their eyes
blinded by loves rosy glamour,
they're incapable Of seeing the pit
falls ahead of them and they go ahead
unseeing, happy till they meet with
disaster.
Other girls are deceived by the
promise of the One Man. He tells
them confidentially of a bright future
promises ease and comfort-holds
out beautiful pictures of a life OF
luxurious idleness. These girls take
the leap confidently through blind
trust.
There's something to be said for
both these types of girls. They're not
always to be blamed for the trouble
which comes after. Their youth and
love and happy confidence trapped
them into the wrong kind of mar
riage.
But there's little to be said for the
foolish dame who writes me that she's
jumping into trouble with her eyes
wide open, her brain working clearly.
OF course she doesn't put 1t quite
that way. She just has a little prob
lem she wants to discuss with me.
She's out of the schoolgirl class-a
grown young woman with an excel
lent position and family to help
support.
Her chief trouble in life is a man
10 years her senior-an attractive
man with wistful eyes who adOres
her and regularly once a week asks
her to marry him.
He is dear, this wistful-eyed man,
but he is also a failure He is Is at
the present moment and his job isn't
as good as that of the girl he pro-
poses to marry
Nor has he any prospects. He talks
vaguely of the time when a big op-
p0rtunity will come whisking along,
but his hopes are as vague as his
conversation.
He hasn't much ambition, but he
knows how to make love beautifully.
In fact. the lady who writes me is
disregard the advice of family and
friends.
She loves him. She says she is old
enough to know her own mind. Why
shouldn't she take chance on marry
ing him?
She is certainly old enough to
make up her own mind. She should
be wise enough to have her own
opinion and stick to it.
But she mustn't think for a
minute that she's taking any
cnance on marrying him. She
jumping right Into trouble and she
knows it-Or she ought to know it.
She's marrying a, poor man who has
no ambition--who has nothing, in
fact. but a capacity for making love
divinely. She won't find the latter
accomplishment of so much value as
the years go by.
She isn't giving herself the slightest
chance. With her family to help sup
port, and shiftless husband to keep
toeing the mark, she's picking out
about as dull and unpleasant an
existence as could be imagined
She Is old enough to decide this for
herself. No one has any right to
forbid a girl of her age to marry
whom she will.
But there will be no excuse for the
poor thing. Nor will there be much
pity for her when she runs into the
| first bad spots of what looks like a
hopeless marriage.
The only advice / can hand to this
young woman Is to pray hard for a
little common sense before it's too
late.
Mimi will be glad to answer any in
Quiries directed to this paper provided a
stamped. addressed envelope inclosed
tCopyriKht. 1927
Evening star., 1927-02-16
Lightning Cake.

a meas Iring cup, but do not let it be-
come hot. Add two unbeaten eggs to
the melted butter. fill the cup with
sweet milk and beat the contents of
the cup for two minutes with an egg
beater. Add one cupful Of sugar and
beat again. Then add one and one.
eighth cupfuls of -four which has been
mixed and sifted with two teaspoon.
fuls of baking powder, then beat the
whole mixture again. The cake made
from this recipe may be baked as drop
cakes and sprinkled with powdered
sugar, or it may be baked in one loaf
in small bread pan or in two layer
cake tins. Grated orange peel or or.
ange extract may be used for flavor.
ing or nuts may be added. Frost the
cake with fruit-f1avored frosting.
Evening star., 1927-02-16
THE DAILY
HOROSCOPE
Thursday, February II.

Until late in the evening tomorrow
s an unfavorable day, according to
astrology. Again caution in business
and pleasure should rule.
Discomfort and unrest may be ap-
parent while this rule prevails, for 1t
is supposed to encourage double deal
ing and deceit.
There is a sign read as indicating
a tendency on the part Of men well
as women to de indirect In their deal
ings with one another and exceedingly
unreliable.
Friends may be tempted to betray
one another while the baleful infiu-
ences of the days malef1c aspects have
power.
All the aspects appear to favor the
care OF children and the progress of
young folk.
Merchants may have rather dull
trade under this rule. but they have
the forecast of improved trade.
Persons whose birth date II is have
the augury of money which will come
Unexpectedly.
Children born on that day may be
imbued with big ideas and be able to
realize them. Many f1nanciers are
born under this sign.
(COpyright, 1877
Evening star., 1927-02-16
MILADY BEAUTIFUL
BY LOIS LEEDS.

one may steam the hair lightly or run
a wet comb through It. To noisten
the hair by the steaming method,
comb and brush your hair perfectly
smooth and then wrap your head in a
towel wrung out I'm hot water. The
towel is wound I'm turban fashion and
allowed to remain until cool. Now
the hair Ia ready for the water
waving combs.
The first thing to do is to put q part
in your hair where you want II TO be
in the finished coiffure. If you do not
want any part. just brush your hair
straight back. AS most coiffures have
a part on the side or in the middle. /
shall take one of this type to H.
lustrate our lesson in waterwaving.
Comb the hair away from the part
and obliquely forward over the fore
head. Insert the first water waving
comb at a distance OF about two
inches from the part with its teeth
pointing toward the part. Push It up
gently toward the part, thus making
low ridge in the hair. Insert second
comb with its teeth pointing away
from the part and interlocked with
those of the first comb.
Hold this first wave I'm place while
you comb the hair obliQuely upward
to make a dip on the forehead. insert
third comb in a similar manner as
the first. with fourth one interlock-
ing with the third to hold Il In place.
Just as the second comb held the first.
Hold the first two combs in place
while you comb the hair down and
repeat the process. using a fifth and
sixth comb facing each other. Make
the waves deep and smooth. Repeat
the process on the other side Of the
head and. IL desired, in the back also
After the combs have been adjusted
draw a net cap over the hair and
allow 1t to dry.
When the natural wave in the hair
Is quite definite. finger-waving may
be used with good results. The hair
is at first dampened and combed back
fiat against the head, then 1t is
pushed forward and coaxed into
waves with comb and fingers. The
ridges Of the waves should be pinched
between the fingers to make them
sharper.
toopyriRhA 1e27.)
Evening star., 1927-02-16
My Neighbor Says:

Hot water is ruinous to real
silk stockings. while to secure
the best results in washing the
rinsing must be thorough and
the drying should be effected
without wringing.
Silver and gold laces may be
cleaned by washing with a white
soap suds. Lay the lace down
and scrub lightly with a soft
brush Rinse well and dry
quickly to prevent rusting.
In case of fire, wet silk hand
kerchief tied over the nose and
mouth provides complete secur-
ity against suffocating from
smoke.
Suede jackets may be easily
cleaned by going over the entire
surface with very fine sand
paper.
stove pipes may be cleaned by
placing a piece of zinc on the
Goals of a hot stove. The vapors
arising from this will carry off
the SCOT by chemical decomposi-
tion.
To freshen and toast stale
tea cake, put it whole into a
steamer and steam for 90 min
utes: it will then be thoroughly
warm. Split in two, toast and
butter well.
Evening star., 1927-02-16
How to Launder the Narrow Frills
BY LYDIA LIE BARON WALKER.

| The frills must be stiffened trifie
| either before they are ironed, as
| smooth and straight as possible. Then
| they should be pinched to give them
| the undulations that take care of the
| fullness satisfactorily. This is rapidly
done and it is surprising how the
| smartness is restored to the ruffie.
Taking Out Folds.
If the fullness has been pressed into
tiny folds, these should be gently
separated. 4 good way to do this Is
to run the goods between the thumb
and fore finger preparatory to the
work of pinching the frills. The two
processes are done quickest when
worked in conjunction with each
other.
Crisp, Not Too Stiff.
1t is not necessary to have the frills
starched stiff. Indeed, i'm these days
of soft folds and supple fabrics. even
ruffles must not be too firm. There
should be a definite crispness that is
associated with the finish given goods
from the factories, where great care
is taken to make them perfectly sized.
Various stiffening agents can be en-
ployed to advantage.
Starching Agents.
Gum arabic is excellent, because it
has a transparent quality not pos
sessed by starch. The former is
better for laces and for orsandy frills
than is the latter. Cold starch does
not coagulate as quickly as boiled
starch. IT must be used very thin
and the goods lroned before the starch
dries The water in which rice has
been cooked has a stiffening quality
and can he used instead of starch. So
save Your rice water, and If not used
in soups or for other cooking pur-
poses, let it help out in laundry work.
The water In which potatoes are
boiled has sufficient starchy quality
to make it good for delicate stiffening
of materials
Evening star., 1927-02-16
Everyday Law Cases
Letter Requests Acceptance of
offer Prom pity; Is a Delay of
TtCo Days UnreGsOnableP
BY THE COUNSELLOR.

The skill of Agnes Thompson as a
milliner was known to an out-of-
town hat shop. When an opening oc-
Cured, Agnes received a letter from
the concern offering her the position
at a certain price and for certain
time. The letter concluded with a
request that Agnes make prompt re-
ply.
The terms of the offer suited Agnes
and she was not averse to leaving
the city. She resigned her position
to take effect at once, but her reply
accepting the offer was not sent by
return mail. 1t was mailed two days
after.
Agnes reached her new place of
employment shortly thereafter ready
to work. To her dismay, she was in
formed that she had not made a
prompt reply as requested and the
position had been filled by another.
Admitting that she had mailed her
letter of acceptance two days after
she had received the Offer Agnes
still believed that she had been
prompt enough III replying and de-
manded that the employer engage
her. When she was refused. she
brought an action in damages for
breach of contract.
But Agnes was unsuccessful. the
court stating:
AN offer may lapse by the ex-
piration of time. What is a reason
able time for such lapse depends
upon the circumstances of each case.
In the matter before us, the delay is
unreasonable and the contract is,
therefore. rendered ineffective"
(CoDyright 1897
Evening star., 1927-02-16
BEAUlY CHAlS BY EDNA KENT FORBES

Will be natural looking. All you do Is
to break the straight-up-and-do down
lines of the hair, giving it little va
riety.
But don't make the amateurs mis-
TAX of OVERRIDING it. The iron must
not be very hot, and the curling OF the
hair must be SO slight It almost Is not
curled at all.
d. o. TIFF you omit most of the
starch and sugar from your diet you
can lose the 30 pounds in six or eight
weeks; however, 1t is better for your
health to lose about five pounds a
month. as you build up tissue then as
you consume fat. Weigh yourself daily
and omit or increase starches and
sugar, as your needs will be indicated
each day by your weight.
Evening star., 1927-02-16
EAT AND BE HEALTHY
Dinah Days Daily Talks on Diet
The Right Food Is the Best Medicine

ing underweight. should add cream
and sugar to the fruit and cream to
the gelatin. Even ice cream could be
used by them. 1t should be taken
slowly and It will not chill the stom-
ach.
Even the children can have dessert.
For what else is the apple sauce or
prunes at the end of the 2-year-old' S
meal?
For the older children, the simple
sweet at the end Of the meal Is not
only treat, but it furnishes food
value.
Rightly used, dessert can be eaten
by every one.
Evening star., 1927-02-16
Cornstarch Cakes

Take four tablespoonfuls each of
cornstarch, -four, sugar and butter
one teaspoonful Of baking powder, one
egg and little milk. Beat the butter
and sugar to a cream, then add the
well beaten egg, next the cornstarch
and the flour, to which has been added
the baking powder. and lastly the
| milk. Grease well 2-pound jam jar
pour in the mixture and bake in hot
| oven for half an hour. Being baked
In a jam jar. it cuts up into nice little
rounds of cake
Evening star., 1927-02-16
Curling Without Heat.

AS every one knows. constant
curling with hot irons will make the
hair dry. brittle and prematurely
gray. The nightly use OF kids Is also
bad for the hair on account of the
strain put upon each strand in the
curler. In some cases when the front
hair Is curled In this manner every
day the hair-line on the forehead is
Evening star., 1927-02-16

pushed back by the gradual loss OF
hair
Those who are fortunate enough to
have a natural wave, however slight.
in their hair, and also those who have
had successful permanent waves, may
dispense with the hot curling iron and
use heatless waving methods. Water
waving, when skillfully done, may be
made to give as regular a. wave as a
marcel and 1t may be handled in a
much freer manner. The fairly loose
wave that has no sharp edges Is to
be preferred.
Some of my readers have asked for
detailed instructions on waterwaving.
and I am glad to comply today. This
sort Of wave must be put In while the
hair Is damp. After the shampoo is q
good time to use the comb. But
when q wave Is desired at other times,
Evening star., 1927-02-16
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New Combination Of Yeask
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Evening star., 1927-02-16

THE RIGHT CNDUL TING
"RUFFLE" is QUICKLY GIVEN
FRILLS BY PRESSING WITH
THE FINGER, AND THUMB. AS
DESCRIBED.
difficult to give the frflls the smart
touch after laundering, there is bit
of a trick" to it--that is, if the finish
is done by hand and a crimping iron
is not used. These irons give an un-
dulation to ruffies that cares for the
fullness evenly and smoothly. Such
irons are a good investment where
women have many frills to launder.
However, a satisfactory finish can be
given without and it takes but little
trouble to give It.
Evening star., 1927-02-16

Now that little frills of material or
lace are again in evidence on neck.
wear. vestees. handkerchiefs and OH
frocks for little folks, it is important
% have them daintily laundered. Un-
less they can be kept in the original
pristine beauty, the articles lose much
OF their effectiveness. While 1t is not
Evening star., 1927-02-16
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