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proved his undoing. His irate
mother was also behind him.
Shortly thereafter she carried him
into the house kicking and
screaming.
"You'll drive me crazy yet!'
she said, loud enough for Mrs.
Middle-Age to hear.
IF he does, 1t will be after he
IL out of your reach" said the
older woman, who had q way Of
talking to herself.
These pitiful young mothers"
she continued. ST feel sorry for
them; but you can't tell them any.
thing. They think they are hav.
ing trouble-and they could be
happy IL they tried. When their
daughters are gone and their sons
are here, there and everywhere
they will wish their children were
back under their feet and in their
way. When they are little they
are on your toes; when they grow
up they are on your heart. It
isn't half as bad to be bored to
tears with nursing as 1t is to be
lonely-wondering where and how
the children are"
So It goes. Each mother has
to learn her own hard lessons.
Though it IL q pity that the
young ones can't see that there
is real joy and contentment in
just having the children around.
The Washington times., 1927-11-23
TlHE first Of all blondes was
i Eye-aa "hIopdA .. -,h..4 :,

HE first Of all blondes was
4 Eve-as blonde az wheat, ("
so tradition tells us.
Inasmuch as Lilith-Adam's
first wife, according to the Tai.
mud--was blonde. as we'll as Eve,
1t appears that the human story
began with two blonde women.
The blonde type has been a DO.
tent factor in making history
ever since, and has been Dor.
trayed with gorgeous richness in
art, literature and drama, saws
the Mentor.
The most famous Of all blondes
was Venus. Poets have sung of
her as "the golden, sweet.smiling
Aphrodite, who rules the hearts
Of men," The ancient Greeks
were authorities on beauty and
1t is significant that their god.
dess of love and beauty should
have been blonde.
In slightly more modern times
Don Juan" the perfect Spanish
lover and invlncible connoisseur
Of beauty. is said to have deemed
the blonde most desirable of all
womankind. Spain we naturally
think Of as a land of brunettes,
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CORRECT
MANNERS
Mrs. Cornelius Beeckman-


Monogrammed Paper
nEAR MRS. BEEcKMAN.
u I have paper monogrammed
like this In gray and lavender. Il
the monogram correct for my
initials?
2. Are lavender and green per.
missible to an intimate friend?
3. Why are two spoons tea
and table, put at a dessert dish?
I. Should one thank ones es-
cort when arriving home?
think she has shown her pleasure
and enjoyment in her manner.
r.
Yes, the monogram IL correct.
And, too, there is the form in
which the last initial is made the
long middle initial.
2. Yes, though a. a matter Of
fact, unless you can have your
monogram engraved on your letter
paper, it is really better taste to
use your paper plain. There are
certain definite places for using
engraving, and in these places
nothing else will do. For instance,
wedding announcements and invi.
tations must be engraved; they
simply must not be printed. It is
vastly better not to have any--to
write the invitations, than It Is to
have them printed. The same
thing is true OF visiting cards. 1t
Is better no. to have any than to
have printed ones.
Your letter paper itself il very
good, albeit the figure watered in
1t is a bit overdone. Why not
have your monogram engraved on
your paper?
3. I have no idea. What was
the dessert? I should be inter-
ested in knowing. Are you sure
that the dessert spoon was not
intended for the dessert. and the
other spoon perhaps for coffee?
4. Why even IL she has, should
she be niggardly about expressing
her thank your" The welI.bred
persons il very generous with
thank you's, very liberal in intii.
eating her or his appreciation. ana
very careful never to omit the
spiritua! thanks for a material
gift. l can't approve Of girls of
being so "snooty" that they think
their presence Is thank-you
enough. II her presence IL 40
precious, it will be more charm.
ingly so with a gracious expires.
sion Of her appreciation OF cour.
tesy.
The Washington times., 1927-11-23
GIANT INDEX
SYSTEM

HE United States Patent Office
= has q card index system on
the 1.S31.111 patents already Is.
sued. There are S. divisions and
S0S classifications under which
patentable ideas or plans are ex.
amined. These include almost
every device that can be thought
OF, from household aids to huge
electrical and other power ma
chines-all usually improvements
on old ideas. At the present time
electricity and radio improve
ments constitute the largest single
classification.
= Whiskers and mustaches are
taboo for policemen in Turkey.
The Washington times., 1927-11-23
Fashion Fads and Fancies
BY Mildred Ash

Finding their Way Home seems
q gift all too rare to be pos.
sessed by umbrellas. no matter
how smart they may be. The
smarter they are, the less apt to
return. One Of the latest prac.
teal novelties IL an umbrella
with an old ivory composition
handle. which has an ornamental
tassel that encloses an address
tag. Beneath the silken sheath.
which finishes the wrist.cord, IL
an ivory strip upon which should
be written the owners name and
address. Many of these UNI.
brellas. with imitation old ivory
handles are decorated with pig.
skin bands or inserts Of water.
snake.
WOrshipping the Golden Calf
has never been more openly done
than now when gold and silver
lowered kidskin in Fashions
The Washington times., 1927-11-23
By L. Lamar Matthews

MRS. FLAPPER was stuffing
4V4 her baby boy into one of
those little push.cart affairs that
you see on sidewalks near homes.
There was the suggestion Of q
scowl upon her face and q peculiar
mixture OF renignation, Impotence,
affection and boredom in her voice
and manner. Mrs. Middle-Age,
across the street, watched her
with a sympathetic smile. Then
she came over in neighborly
fashion to offer a word of consola.
ton.
That's an all-time job you
have" she ventured.
I'LL sry it is" answered Mrs.
Flapper, and her eyes flashed.
But he is worth it," declared
the older woman.
"I sometimes WONDER" was
Mrs. Flapper's reply.
"Some day you will know for
sure" said Mrs. Middle.Age to
herself as she went on down the
street.
AS she turned the next corner
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tics, be overlooked. She had, we
read. "a golden crown Of such
respondent hair as brought to
mind the tresses Of Gods angels"
The favorites Of Louis XIV, the
Grand Monarch, were mostly
blonde. There were the fair La
'Valliere, and Mile. Fontanges,
fair and flaxen, with pink
cheeks and large blue eyes," who
finally supplanted Louis former
favorite, the famous Madame de
Montespan, who was herself a
blonde.
Again, Madame Du Barry sue.
ceeded the notorious Madame de
Pompadour, for a long time the
favorite Of King Louis the Fiji.
teenth. That was while cher fair
curls were. allowed to slip down
her rounded, shapeIy waist"
Later she lost her King and her
blonde hair besides, although at
% powder dimmed not the Rol.
den tinge'' OF the locks that had
now darkened to light brown,
st. Therese, canonized as late
as 1925, the Carmelite sister Of
Lisieux and 1.-THE Little Flower"
OF France, was a delicate type
OF blonde, blue.eyed beauty.
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offering upon the altar Of shoe
purse styles for evening use.
Purses and slippers Of the same
glistening leather supply the &C
cessories of the formal dinner and
dance costumes Of the fall and
winter.
According to their lights shall
the new jeweled fobs be judged,
for they are destined to enliven
afternoon frocks of the best types.
Set in rhinestones. crystals or
colored stones, fobs are made
both with and without pins, and
frequently they are matched by
belt buckles and sleeve links.
Fitted as II They Were
Moulded" Is not an exaggera-
ton in describing the snugly.
fitting moulded bodlces that are
the rage in velvet and in beaded
type dance frocks. All OF these
gowns have full skirts, with un.
even hemlines, that have a de-
cided dip at the back or sides.
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cordingly. Why should a self
respecting girl care to run such
q chance?
know a woman who Is thor.
oughly good, although uneducated.
She permitted her three daugh.
trs to 60 to public dance halls,
declaring that because they be.
haved themselves properly they
were quite safe anywhere. Only
a few days after she had given
me her opinion of the dance halls
as safe this good woman received
a shock which sent her to her
bed. Two OF her daughters sud.
denly disappeared. For weeks the
The Washington times., 1927-11-23
NEW AFRICAN
EMBLEM

A FTER a fight Of two years in
"A South Africa over the design
Of a new flag for the country,
two flags will be used. The
Union Jack is to fly from public
buildings at South African ports.
and as the South African flag
abroad. The other is the national
South African flag. a design of
three horizontal stripes Of orange,
white and blue. In the white
stripe, there will be the Union
Jack and the TransvaaI Vierk.
leur placed horizontally with the
Orange Free State flag vertically
between them. thus forming a
cross Of the three.
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in going to such q place. A girl
who deliberately rushes up to
dangers will most likely have to
face the consequences sooner or
later. And she is not apt to re-
ceive much sympathy when she
does.
Custom and convention alike de.
clare that nice girls shall not
60 unescorted to cabarets and
dance halls. AS a result when a
nice girl does go, some IL not all
the men she meets there are
likely to take her for q girl who
Is not nice. not particular, and
treat her and talk about her &C.
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dance halls are no place for
young girl"
His daughter went once or
twice. then came to her father,
You're right. Dad; they are no
place to go.'
A wise philosopher has said. in
substance, there are two things
each of us can do: choose the
best for ourselves and help others
to choose the best.
Here's hoping. dear girls, you
will one and all choose the best
company. the best standards, the
best kind Of good times, and even
tually the best man in the world
for husband.
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Distinct Dangers
Face UnescOrted
Young Girls
By Beatrice Fairfax
An Authority on the Problems Of
Love and Marriage.

~sS9Ce
BOUT once in so often the
"A dance hall problem comes
bobbing up through letters writ.
ten to this column.
Without doubt some mice" girls
do go to public dance halls unes.
corted, as well as to snowy cab.
arets, and dance with unknown
men. But a girl whose enthusiasm
Tor q good time leads her to such
places alone usually assumes
either an apologize or defiant
manner in admitting she does so.
And she Is always careful to state
that she pays for her own IRE.
reshments.' and goes home alone.
Peggy and Bobby bring up the
old discussion in the following let.
ter, taking opposite views of the
question::
Dear Miss Fairfax:
A friend and / have argued
very often on a certain subject
and now we leave it to you to
decide for us.
Is it proper for girl 16 years
old to attend public dances un-
escorted? Peggy says it Is, be-
cause she meets many young men
she knows at these dances.
say it isn't, because she doesn't
know what kind of a crowd she
gets into. and when she Is once
there she will naturally dance
with anyone who asks her. Will
you please decide this question
for us2
PEGGY AND BOBBY"
Dear Peggy and Bobbie, that's
Just the one thing I'm not willing
to do-settle the question for you.
In the long run you will have to
settle this and all the other ques.
tions that come along according to
The Washington times., 1927-11-23

age, day after day, knows the
wearisomoness and the aggrava-
ton OF the task.
Red'H Head, with pouting lips and
the sullen eyes, acknowledged the
older woman's greeting and went
disconsolately into her pretty bun.
galow. = 3%
The Washington times., 1927-11-23
Tired Mothers Win Sympathy of Child Expert

she met a red.haired young mother
with a baby in her arms.
Red.Head carried her youngster
as though It might have been a
pillow. She was tired. Her mouth
dropped and her eyes were a little
sad. All day long she had nursed
that CIR ths-old. And any woman
who has tended q child that
The Washington times., 1927-11-23
your own conscience and convic.

your own conscience and convic.
tions.
But I will gladly tell you what
think about girls going to pub.
lie dance halls. And If my line
Of reasoning happens to clarity
the question for you I shall be
very glad.
A nice girl-like Peggy, for in.
Stance--may go to public dance
halls and escape from harm. She
may be clever enough to be able
to distinguish between decent
young men who attend and those
who are cads.
But she faces distlnct dangers
The Washington times., 1927-11-23

Isn't 1t better, under all the, cir
cumstances. girls, to choose some
other form OF good time even
though 1t may lack the thrill that
comes from skirting the brink
of danger?
can't decide the question for
you. Nor would I care to. Your
own cleverness and sense of val.
ues will decide for you.
l agree with the policy of q
well.known American. who said
to his 19-year-old daughter: 81 do
not forbit you to 20 to public
dance halls. But / would rather
not have you go, because public
The Washington times., 1927-11-23

girls were listed by the Bureau Of
Missing Persons.
Finally they returned home.
One had eloped without marriage
and was in dreadful trouble. The
other had married a member OF
another race. They had met
these men at dance halls.
Even though a girl may escape
actual harm in attending cheap
dances and cabarets, yet she low
erS her standard OF values by
doing so. And just to that extent
she loses her respect for herself
and cheapens herself in the eyes
OF others,
The Washington times., 1927-11-23

ears the voice Of a woman q half
block away.
Put that down. Don't you
touch it! Ach! Ach! I'll spank
you. Do you hear me?"
Looking in the direction of the
voice, Mrs. Middle.Age saw a
half-clad fodder running away
from the water.hose that had
The Washington times., 1927-11-23
You Cannot Go Wrong on Blondes

but Isabella, Queen Of Spain, who
helped Columbus to equip him.
self in 1892, was o fair Shapely
woman with a clear complexion
and eyes between green and
blue
Even black.haired Italy has con.
tributed glorious blondes to his
tory. OF the pair immortalized
by Dante, Paolo and Francesca,
Paolo says about his loves golden
The Washington times., 1927-11-23

Poor little tired mothers" said
Mrs. Middle.Age.
II wish could swap my heart.
ache for their back.ache. They
could throw off the heart.ache and
wouldn't mind the hurting Of
mere muscles"
Before she could get her eyes
clear again, there came to her
The Washington times., 1927-11-23

tresses, II, like q miser, run my
fingers through your hair" Let
US not forget Isabella d'Este, pop
ularly read about of late, who
had fair hair and white skin, as
we may see in Titian's portrait
at Vienna. Nor can the great
Lucrezia Borgia with the red gold
hair, sister Of the powerful and
unscrupulus Cesare Borgia, her.
self skilled in intrigues and poll.
The Washington times., 1927-11-23
Queer DOings

A crusade against the improper
wearing of kits is being waged
In Scotland. due to the growing
practice, of foreign visitors in
donning the Highland costume
without a knowledge Of the cor.
rect way to wear It,
The Washington times., 1927-11-23
Do You Know

Highway construction IL one
Of the oldest arts of which scien.
lists have any knowledge. Among
the materials used In modern
road construction are cement.
asphalt, tar, brick, steel, fine.
hydrated lime. calcium chloride
sodium silicate, ligno-sulphate
liquors and q few others.
The Washington times., 1927-11-23
In The Home

To Remove Fruit Stains
Fruit stains that do not yield
to cold water are difficult to re.
move from silk without injuring
the material. The safest remedy
is warm water and borax.
The Washington times., 1927-11-23

To "Make-a-Book" Of "a pages, cut six
strips AZ inches by inches. Fold these
like pages of book. Cut a cover from stiff
paper S inches by 10. Sew pages into cover
with a big stitch.
The Washington times., 1927-11-23
StOrks Are Dying Out

THE sork Is dying out in Germany twenty years the number
Of occupied nests has decreased by approximately 40 per cent
This regarded bad by the peasany, who think
themselves twice blessed stork builds on their roof
The Washington times., 1927-11-23

Paste Mondays first picture on the out
side Of your book cover. Cut out pages from
strip and paste in your book. Page opposite
cover is page l. Read your story and
color your pictures.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-22
VIRGINIA BUS LINE
FIGHT is IRONED OUT
w. & Va. Railway Co. Gets Right
to Carry Passengers
Interstate.
By a Staff Correspondent.

by "a StdH 1ofIehDOHuSHt
RICHMOND, Va, March 22.-The
State Corporation Commission has
just advised the Washington & Vir-
ginia Railway Co. to separate inter
state and intrastate passengers in OPP
Grating it's buses over the Lee High
way, it was announced here today by
Lester d. Hooker Of the commission.
The commission was notified yester-
day of agreement of the company to
comply with this suggestion, which
amounts to an order.
The line, beginning today, will op.
crate two distinct bus services, Mr..
Hooker said. One line will carry inter
state passengers exclusively and will
operate between Fairfax and Wash
ington, while the other will transport
interstate passengers TO and from the
area between the Glebe road and the
Key Bridge and points west of that
area.
The change is the result Of the re-
cent issuance to the company of q
new certificate giving il the right TO
operate as an interstate bus line. 1t
already was in possession Of a Ger
tificate permitting intrastate opera
ton, with certain restrictions con.
corning passengers residing between
the Glebe road and the Key Bridge.
The latest move of the commission.
1t is predicted, Will end the contro-
versy over operation of two compel.
ing bus lines on the Lee Highway.
The railway bus line may not. how
ever. transport intrastate passengers
between points intermediate between
the Glebe road and the Key Bridge.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-22
WASHINGTON MEN AS
HELD IN RUM CASE
Brothers, One ex-Dry Agent, Ac-
cused in Baltimore Of Using
Smoke Screen.
Special Dispatch to The star.

Special Dispatch to The star.
BALTIMORE. March 22.-George
B. Fowler of 437 Fl street. Washing
ton, former prohibition agent. and
his brother. Russell r. Fowler of Ben.
ming. ID. c.. were released in $4,000
bail each by United States Commits
sioner J. Frank Supplee yesterday on
charges of Volstead law violation. The
two men are said to have laid down
a smoke screen in an effort to escape
State police who chased and overlook
their automobile.
The brothers were arrested SUNDAY
about eight miles from Upper Mari.
boro by State Policemen Paul NJ. Hart
and Frank Jochim.
The two officers said they chased
the Fowler automobile eight miles be
fore they stopped it. after they had
seen it speeding on Prince Georges
County roads. They overlook the
men after they had tried to elude
capture by running their machine up
u side road, the policemen asserted.
According to the officers. the Fow
lers spread a smoke screen behind
them as they sped along the road.
The white cloud pouring from the
pursued machines exhaust is said to
have caused the ditching of two
wagons along the highway during the
chase.
In the automobile the police say
they found IL gallons of liquor. Com
missioner Supplee held the FowIers
for a hearing March %.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-22
GEORGE l.. WELLINGTON,
EX-SENATOR, BURIED

Special Dispatch to The star
CUMBERLAND Md, March a.
The funeral OF former United States
Senator George l.. Wellington, Repub-
iican leader in Maryland 80 years ago,
was held this afternoon from St. Paul S
Lutheran Church, of which he was a
member, Rev. DIR. II. T. Bowersox,
pastor, officiating. The funeral was
conducted with Masonic rites with all
past master as pallbearers and all
past masters conducting the burial
service. Antioch Comma ndery, No. s.,
Knights Templar, acted as escort.
Burial was in Rose Hill Cemetery
Senator Wellington was affiliated
with Potomac Masonic Lodge and was
the second oldest past master.
He was frequently sought as "a pub
lie lecturer, his principal subjects hav-
ing been Martin Luther" "Gustavus
Adolphus' and Abraham Lincoln"
The possibility of Mr.. Wellington
once was frequently discussed It Is
believed that had he not fallen out
with Mckinley and remained regular
he would have been the vice presiden-
tial nominee when Mckinley was
named for his second term. He had
frequently been discussed in that CON
nection previous to the break
Besides his three children, Senator
Wellington il survived by two sisters,
residents of this city. They are Mrs.
William +. Eppler, mother of George
Louis Eppler, member of the State In,
dustrial Accident Commission, and
Mrs. Anna NJ. Knieriem.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-22

change her story. after trying to re-
fresh her memory about a converse
ton between the two.
Smith, a short, aggressive man,
then took the witness in hand and
brought out that he had visited her
at the penitentiary at her own re-
quest and that he had accepted from
her sum of money for probing the
present attitude of citizens of Colo
NAL Beach with regard to seeking a
pardon for the gray-haired nurse. He
emphasized that this money was not
given nor accepted for legal services:
Returned to Prison.
Mrs Knox was brought into the
room by an attendant of the penal
institution. She was dressed in the
customary prison dress of blue ging-
ham, with white tie at the throat, and
black shoes and hose. Her rudy
complexion was the antithesis of the
prison pallor" supposed to result
from long confinement. Her low,
well modulated voice seemed more
fitted for Il woman of slight build
than one of Mrs. Knox's stout and
sturdy lines.
Failing to substantiate Senator VIII
lis assertions that she had told him
SHlltn nad promised 10 BRING lnf1u-
ence TO bear to get her out of prison,
the committee excused Mrs. Knox
from further testimony after she had
been on the stand but few moments.
She was taken back under escort
to the State Penitentiary, there to
continue penal servitude for one of
Virginias most notorious crimes. 1t
was not known here to what extent,
IL at all, effort has been made to ap-
proach residents of Colonial Beach
regarding a pardon petition.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-22
NOT CHRISTIAN NATION,
DR.. ABERNETHY SAYS
Many in United States Have No
Interest in Religion, Keith's
Len ten Speaker Declares.

Reminding his hearers of the many
who have no interest in religion, Rev.
William S. Abernethy, pastor of Cal
vary Baptist Church, speaking in
Lenten services in Keith's Theater
today, declared that by no means can
we call this a Christian nation
DIR. Abernethy said it is true that
many people go to church. and that
several million children attend Sunday
school. but added that often three out
of four people encountered have no
particular interest in religion. He en-
phasized that every one needs religion.
Prayer was said by Rev. Frank
Steelman, and Daniel G. Roper pre-
sided. A vocal solo was sung by Mrs.
Mary s. Bowie.