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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-21
CHAPTER XLIII.
Fencing.

"Was she wildly happy" Irene
wondered These youngsters like Jes-
sica always exaggerated everything.
Wildly happy! What did that mean?
She was rather certain of kind of
happiness with Mark. But wildly
happy. No she could hardly admit
that.
What do you mean?" she asked
guardedly.
Jessica got up from the bed and
piouetted around the room recklessly.
"Oh, just that. Do you feel like cut
ting capers and things like that? Do
you feel like singing and laughing
foolishly? Do you feel like quoting
poetry"
Irene's beautiful brow wrinkled per-
plexedly
Poetry makes me feel foolish. 1
don't think / appreciate it"
Jessica whirled suddenly and con-
fronted her.
What? Do you know what you're
saying?"
II think So
Mark adores poetry"
docs he?"
"Yes, he does. You don't really mean
that you don't appreciate it. Mark has
a sort of feeling for it. if you know
what I mean. You probably don't be-
cause I'm not being a bit coherent.
But to me poetry has lot to do with
love-
But why?"
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ooh. I don't know. l can't give you
u definite reason
You love poetry, then?" E'M
"Oh, yes, I'm a 1901 d., at II.
and are you wildly happy? Mark
tells me you're engaged and expecting
to be married SOON
Yes Jessicas reply was soft.
That's true
well? You've been engaged longer
than have. Are you wildly happy
yes, l am" Jessica returned
quickly
Hes the ideal man. then?"
Yes, he is He speaks my Ian.
guage, If you know what l mean. He
likes the things / like
"Poetry?"
The innocent question brought a sud
den hot flush to Jessica's cheeks. II
don't know" she faltered. II never
tried him with poetry. Not that it's
essential. / didn't mean that when
mentioned it. 1 guess l was just be-
ing facetious. Tell me about you and
Mark. To me it seems such a sensible
arrangement. You ought to De very
happy. You are so eminently suited to
each other"
I'm very happy Irene said
quietly, but not wildly So
But Mark is, of course. He could
hardly wait to get you here. / sup.
pose he's told you about me. I'm a
prisoner. Mark is my guardian and
he doesn't approve of my choice. Not
that it matters. excepting for the fact
that I'm bored. I'm going to be u
before long, and then I'll do as /
please. In the meantime, I'm ma.
rooned here. L don't mean this as a
criticism exactly. but Mark is too set.
tied to get my viewpoint. I'll marry
Ray no matter what happens. Not
only that, but he'll discover where /
am eventually. and come and get me.
But I'm still talking about myself and
you haven't said thing about you
and Mark. / love romance, and you
must be very wonderful if Mark wants
you"
why do you say that"
Because he's rather a wonderful
person, and from what I can gather
you're the first person who has inter.
ested him at all. / don't really bear a
grudge against him, in spite of the
fact that he railroaded me off here.
I want him to be happy. / suppose
it's largely because of our mutual in.
terest in poetry, and then, too, he's the
first older person I have known who
actually has a sense of humor.''
You're sure you're not in love with
him yourself?' Irene hardly knew
that she was asking so important a
question. 1t had leaped into her
thoughts and she had given voice to
it. And now she waited with an omi-
nous quietness, her eyes fixed on Jes.
sica's small, expressionless face, hardly
knowing what to expert.
tCopyright. 1927
Continued in tomorrow's Starr
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bang, and at once Mother Brown had
come to see what it meant. After that
Mrs. Jimmy did the same thing when
ever she came up to the house and
found no food waiting for her.
OF course, you can guess that
Farmer Browns Boy took pains to see
that no food was put out for Mrs.
Jimmy. He liked to hear her bang
the door. After she had banged it two
Il or three times he would go to the door
and invite her in. Inside he always
had plate of food awaiting her. His
friends used to come up TO the house
just to see Mrs. Jimmy do that little
trick. for, OF course, he had told
everybody about 1t.
One night Farmer Browns Boy was
awakened. How long he had been
asleep he didn't know, but it seemed
TO him that it must be i'll the middle
Of the night. AS a matter of fact, it
was. 1t was a little later than the
middle OF the night. 1t was in what Is
called the wee, sma' hours of the
night" A sudden noise had awakened
him. 1t had been so sudden that
Farmer Browns Boy had sat right up
IN bed and his eyes had flown wide
essr; .,,...,,, ,,,,,..,,.,, :, j.,
A.. was still. You know how very
Sill it can be in the middle OF the
night? That is the way it was then.
Farmer Browns Boy could feel his
heart humping as he sat there listen
ing. Then, with startli 1g suddenness.
a door banged. In the stiffness Of the
night 1t sounded veg loud indeed
What could it mean?
Son." called Farmer Brown, ''are
you up?"
No" replied Farmer Browns Boy
did you hear that noise?"
Before Farmer Brown could reply
there was that bang Of a dor again
1t made Farmer Browns Boy jump
It's queer how much louder things
sound in the night than in the day
time.
THAT was the back screen door,
said Farmer Brown.
II don't see how it could have
been,'' said Farmer Browns Boy
There isn't any wind"
~ Bang This time there was nc
doubt about it. 1t was That screeI
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-21
DIARY OF A
NEW FATHER
Sunday Night.
DY ROBERT E. DICKSON.

Sunday Night.
Joan has not said one single word
to me since last Thursday night on
account of her not knowing whether
to, let her hair grow long or keep it
bobbed, and although it is not very
cheerful having a wife who will not
talk to you, it would not be so bad if
thinking, but you cannot tell what a
woman thinks when she does talk, let
alone when she does not talk, and she
may be thinking all kinds Of insults
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-21
Chill Sauce.

Chop four quarts Of ripe tomatoes,
four green sweet peppers, and four
onions. then add four tablespoonfuls
of brown sugar, one hot pepper, one
tablespoonful of ginger. two table
spoonfuls of salt, one teaspoonful of
cinnamon, and one-half a teaspoonful
of nutmeg Cook until tender. Add
two cupfuls of vinegar, boil for five
min as, then seal. If you don't like
this ombination of spices, try one
tablespoonful of celery seed and two
tablespoonful of mustard seed in
stead
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The Midnight Scare.
How silly tits that in the night
A little noise occasions fright.
Farmer Browns Boy.

Farmer Browns Boy, Farmer Brown
and Mother Brown were greatly
pleased by the smartness of Mrs
Skunk in slamming the screen door
when she wanted to attract their at
tention. Jimmy Skunk had not
learned this clever trick, but Mrs.
Jimmy had learned it by accident.
She had happened to catch a claw in
the screen and pulled the door open a.
little way. 1t had swung back with a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-21
CHOCOLATE CAKE.

Two squares chocolate and
one-third cup milk. Place on
stove and cook until it thickens
q little. Beat yolks two eggs
and add one-third cup milk. Add
chocolate mixture to eggs, two
tablespoonfuls melted butter,
one cup sugar, one teaspoOnful
vanilla, one level teaspoonful
soda in one-third cup milk. max
ing full cup of milk in all. one
and a half cups flour. Bake in
three layers and frost with
whites two eggs.
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Beauty From the Sun.

Living in sunshine. both literally
and meta phorically. is one of the best
ways to keep away the microbes of
disease and mental depression.
Plenty of sunlight is the cure par ex-
cel'enCe for many beauty problems,
too.
Every one recognizes tire fact that
a child needs quantities of fresh air
and sunshine i'm order To grow healthy
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-21
BEEF AND MACARONI.

BEEF AND MACARONI.
One pound beef free from
bones (chuck, round or flank
steak), four small onions, one
cup macaroni broken in inch
lengths, one teaspoonful salt,
dash pepper, one tablespoonful
drippings. Cut meat into pieces
suitable for serving. Season.
dredge with -four and brown in
hot drippings. Place in Casse-
role surrounded with well
washed macaroni and onions.
Cover with boiling water and
bake slowly about three hours.
The gravy should be thickened.
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OATMEAL MUFF'INS.

Three.ouarters cup scalded
milk. quarter cup sugar. nan
teaspoonful salt, quarter yeast
cake dissolved in quarter cup
lukcwarm milk, one cup cold
cooked oatmeal. two and half
cups flour. Add sugar and salt
to scalded milk. When luke
warm, add dissolved yeast cake.
work oatmeal into -four with
tips of fingers and add to first
mixture. Beat thoroughly, cover
and let rise over night. In morn
ing fill buttered iron gem pans
two-thirds full, let rise on back
of range, that pan may gradu-
ally heat and mixture rise to fill
pan. Bake in moderate oven 20
to 80 minutes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-21

Prices realized on Swift & Company
sales of carcass beef in Washington. ID. G.
for week ending Saturday. February 10.
1927. on shipments sold sOut ranged from
13 90 cents to 1880 cents per pound and
averaged 1888 cents per pound.-Advertise-
ment
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Famous Old Recipe
for Cough Syrup
Easily and cheaply made at home.
but il beats them all for
quick results.
Thousands of housewives have

Thousands of housewives have N
found how to save two-thirds OF IN
the money usually spent for cough III
preparations, by using this we'll III
known old recipe for making cough II
syrup. 1t is simple and cheap but II
it has no equal for results. 1t gives
immediate relief. usually stopping |
an ordinary cough in II hours or |
less.
Get 21a ounces of Pinex from
any druggist, pour it into pint
bottle, and add plain graduated
sugar syrup to make q full pint.
If you prefer, use clarified honey,
instead of sugar syrup. Either way,
1t tastes good, keeps perfectly, and
lasts family long time.
It's truly astonishing how quick
ly it acts, penetrating through
every air passage of the throat and
lungs-loOsenS and raises the
phlegm, soothes and heals the men,
branes, and gradually but surely
the annoying throat tickle and
cough disappear entirely. Nothing |
better for bronchitis, hOarseness or |
bronchial asthma.
Pinex is q highly concentrated /
compound of Norway pine extract
and palatable guaiacol, known the
world over for its healing effect onIjl
membranes III
Avoid disappointment by ask Sill
ing your druggist for "21a ounces AU
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Guaranteed to give absolute -SSNG,
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MENU FOR A DAY.

MENU FOR A DAY.
BREAKFAST.
Sliced Pineapple.
Dry Cereal with Cream.
Spa nish Omelet.
Oatmeal Mullins.
Coffee.
LUNCHEON.
Cheese Souffie.
Caramel Sweet Potatoes.
Graham Biscuits.
Sliced Bananas.
Chocolate Cake. Tea.
DINNER.
Casserole of Beef and Macaronl.
Dreamed Carrots.
Boiled Potatoes.
Romano Salad, Russian Dressing.
Baked Indian Pudding.
Coffee.
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Willie Willis
BY ROBERT CULLEN.

II was a good boy, once for three
months to get goat, but he wasn't
worth it,"
(Copyright. 1877
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-21

Mimi would be glad to answer any in
auiries directed to this paper. provided a
stamped addressed envelope is inclosed. =
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-21

Copyright. 1927
Washington telegraph., 1927-12-23

Here comes another order from a
little girl want you to bring me a
little doll and a set of dishes and a
littlc trunk and piano, nuts fruits and
Washington, Arkansas
December 161927
Dear Santa Claus;
your little friend
a Hazel Atkins
Iello Santa;
How is the weather at the iorth
? 1t rs kinda cod down here.
Santa think have been a good littr'
yirl for the past year and am expect
'ng a lot of things.
7 want a doll a iumplnS jack, car
bed, balloon, storJ book and plen
Washington telegraph., 1927-12-23
And then the Linotype
broke.
STRAY MULE

STRAY MULE
Dark bay horse mule, branded with
a seven on thee right jaw, J. K. on
right hip, 7X7 on left shoulder, please
notify. w. E. Handy, Pike City, Ark.
Washington telegraph., 1927-12-23

Dear Sant.. Claus;
| am little girl ten years old and
In the fifth grade at school. Santa
want you to bring me a pencil box
with a pen and staff nlace for my
drinking cup and colors, violet bowl
4 bottle of perfume, a leather music
colder. also want you to bring me
nj KIND of nuts firecrackers sparNers
and one roman cannon. Santa if you
think there is anything else that
would be nice for me, please bring 1t
to me, Say Santa don't forr' my sis
,or mother and daddy.
Your f.
City.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-09-14
Hoover and the Presidency.
Engineering and Mining Journal

Engineering and Mining Journal)
 Following President Coolidge's terse statement that he does not choose to be President for an- other term, other available candidates have re- ceived no little discussion in the press. In the front rank is Herbert Hoover, whom mining en- gineers still think of belonging to their own fraternity, though his work since the out break of the war has been of social and politi- cal rather than of engineering nature. Each of the possible candidates will doubt be dis cussed at length during the coming year Scrib- ner's in it's September issue, is perhaps the first magazine of general circulation to give bio- graphical sketch of one of the leading candidates, since the Presidents announcement It is signifi- cant that Hoover should have been selected as the subject
 That Hoover can do difficult jobs according to the best engineering standards, and with per haps more than the usual engineers regard for diplomacy and tact is unquestioned. He took Cabinet place that had little prestige and made of it one of the most important and respected Government departments. Only recently he has done a work in the flood districts Of the south that few have any conception of, and he has done it without any subsequent suggestions of graft or incompetence Even the press that is antagonistic of the Administration had no qualms about the ability of Hoover to do this job, nor as it looking for any weak spots in the work that was done Further Hoover's work is not unap- preciated he is held in high esteem by the President who places the greatest confidence in his abilities and judgment, and who would nc doubt feel that the Presidential duties could safely devolve upon him.
 Hoovers weakness lies in this lack of politi- cal training and in not having the politician temperament. things in which Wilson was also weak but in which Coolidge has been strong He is a poor speaker and has not the personal mag netsm that is supposed to command votes And yet Coolidge himself has rather a cold person ality and his immense popular vote in the last election was based confidence rather than on personal popularity On the basis of trust and respect for his achievements, Hoover should certainly go equally far.
 If Hoover chooses to be President, and what he has done in the past indicates that he has nc particular aversion to the idea, his chief barrier will be the Republican Convention of 1928. Poli- tieians control the selection of nominee, and with these Hoover is none too popular His lew attempts to play the political game have not been so outstandngly successful as his social and busi- ness achievements.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-09-14
HOOVER AND LOwDEN LEADING.

Richard V. Oulahan of the New York Times. who Is making a tour of the country and writ ing to his paper about the Republican Presi- 1ontial outlook. has concluded that the battle noxt spring will settle down to conflict be- &Woon Herbert Hoover and Frank o. Lowdsn. Mo nnds close aniliation between the followers ok Lovden and those who prefer Dawes and a clrong undercurrent among those who count o1 Tor Hoover in favor of Hughes, but Hoover and LoWdsn, generally speaking have the right of z n the meantime the Chicago Journal is r nIucting poll in it's City which shows Dawes 61ne by . plurality approximating two to one
 Hoover, who is just ahead of Lowden
 kos is running less than 50 per cent. as Gng n Hoover or Lowden and Mayor Thomp-
 n bohind Hughes. but we'll ahead of Long
 Dsnssn is getting few votes in tho
 the Democratic side the Chicago papers,
 6x0 omith is getting about four to ons
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-09-14
America or Columbia.?
Manchester Guardian )

It is ill work tinkering with name that has history and tradition behind it, as Lenngrad may remind us and it is unlikely that the world will be persuaded to substitute Columbia for America" some peopel are suggesting oi course there is real grievance at the bottom of the suggestion and it is felt both by Latin Americans and by Canadians. Many people, now adays, when they say America" and "Ameri- can" mean the United States and it is natural that those who belong to the continent at least as much as anyone in the United States should resent the misuse According to the Observer , someone has taken the opinions of the Consular Body in San Francisco, and all the members Of it. except the Pervuian Consul, would approve of America" being changed to columbia How would it be, as an alternative, to say United States when we mean that and to keep America" and American for their proper use as descriptive of the continent?
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-09-14
More or Less True

More or Less True A pessimist is any father whose
 income doesn't cover the outgo of
 the family.
 The wife of a poor clerk can
 get as disgusted with her husband as the wife of film star with hers, but she hasn't as much in
 centive to divorce him. Even when daughter knows ia ther will have to support him, she isn't considerate enough to pick a husband her dad won'. want to commit murder every time he looks at him. When one woman is boastins about how perfect her husband is all the other women around are
 wearing an amused expression
 that says as plain as can be: "'d
 like to be around to hear tha
 bawling out the angelic creature
 gets when he let's one of her best
 china cups drop"
 The reason father doesn't forget to mail the letter mother has given him to post is because he
 can't forget the trouble he got into the last time he forgot to mail one.
 If you don't think Nature is strong for variety, just lamp th,. diversity in the style of legs she has provided for the dear ladies. It is getting so girls idea of getting dressed is to decorate her figure with few little jimcracks. When there is company presens those who do not think that as a story teller father is as much
 of comedian as he thinks he is are mother and the guests. When girl is unusually we'll favored by nature in the battle between modesty and vanity. mod. esty hasn't any more show than
 the well-known rabbit.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-09-14

MT bowman, who has just taken charge of the fight to enforce Prohibition, admits that it will require fifty years to make enforcement of the Eighteenth Amendment and the Volstead Act eff fective. Then why all this cost and turmoil :? Why not wait about forty-fye fifty years be- fore trying to do something that cannot be done before half-century? real campaign of edu- cation might make many teetotalers before that time that law would not be necessary.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-09-14

Miss Megan Lloyd George daughter of the famous David Lloyd George, time Premier of Great Britain has been invited by the Lib eral Association of Welsh constituency to become it's candidate for Parliament. Miss Lloyd George has been her fathers almost constant companion, and recently made a Liberal Party spech in Wales that attracted a lot of favorable comment She is 25 years of age.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-09-14
The Ananiaa cIuh

Hang it." said the husband to his card playing wife, "I wish you wouldn't waste time alarming my socks-the darns hurt my feet and I'll buy new ones and you devote all of your time to bridge after this"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-09-14

over the field, with Ritchie the high man in the field and Reed and McAdoo running neck and neck in the rear
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-09-14

Next years campaign of education is getting under way so early that guess we'd better begin to practice up on proving that there isn't a particle of unemployment from coast to coast and from the Great Lakes to the Gulf-lOhio State Journal)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-09-14

We do not hesitate to admit that we are among those who feel that prohibition enforce ment has ceased to be a joke and is rapidly assuming the proportions of national tragedy - (Alaska Weekly.)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-09-14

Wisconsin Senators propose repeal of all the laws against liquor The bootlegger vote in Wisconsin must be smaller than in ohio.-(Cin- cnnita Enqurer.)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-09-14

Amoug the other astounding political develop ments of the times is that Len Small chooses to run again. despite the $610,000, or whatever the exact amount he proved he didn't steal by finally giving it back was--( Ohio State Journal)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-09-14
ALONG LIFE's DETOUR
 By SAM HILL
By SAM HILL

Observations of Oldest lnhabitant It is getting so every luxury now is considered necessity.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-09-14

An economist makes the plaintive inquiry What will follow all this wave of buying auto mobiles on instalments?" What will follow probably, is installment buying of airplanes.- Detroit Free Press)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-09-14

The women will get that twentieth amend ment about the time man gets his rights. too, which isn't an encouraging thought for either of Philadelphia Inqurer.)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-09-14

FIRE ALARM CALLS
 1-3 Third and Franklin. IA Front and Franklin. Is Front, near Ferry Way.
 1-6 Front, opp. Film Exchange. 1-7 Front, opp. City Wharf. IS Front, near Saw Mill. 2.l Wi'lougbby at Totem Gro.
 2-3 Wllloughby. opp. Cole Barn. 2-4 Front and Seward. 2-5 Front and Main. 2-6 Second and Main. 2-7 Fifth and Seward. 2-9 Fire Hall. 3-2 Gastineau and Rawn Way 3-4 Second and Gold. 3-6 Fourth and Harris. 3-6 Fifth and Gold. 3-7 Fifth and East. 3-S Seventh and Gold. 3-9 Fifth and Kennedy. Al Ninth, back of power house Az Calhoun, opp. Juneau Apts. 4-3 Distin Ave-, and Indian St. 4-5 Ninth and Calhoun. 4-6 Seventh and Main. 4-S Twelfth, at Northern L'dry. AS Twelfth and WillouGhby. 4-s Home Grocery.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-09-14

In saying that as soon he yacht he will challenge for the Americas cup Sir Thomas Lipton is the personifcaton of hope - Pittsburgh Gazette-Times)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-09-14

Twelve words at Rapid City made Presiden- tal candidates out of eight times twelve Senators and four times twelve Governors--tNew York Times.)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-09-14

The Chinese war seems to be about where it was at the commencement of the campaign Detroit Free Press.)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-09-14
A Youthful Prodigy

Apropos of the headline in a Hamilton paper that told of Walter Johnson's fifth century of work on the mound, Constant Reader sends us a clipping from our own that stated "the funeral services for 2 years old, widely known river man, Sc" Mistakes are not so funny when we make 'em.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-09-14
Approprlate

Mabel: Why do you call your boy friend, Detour?"
 Ethel: Hes so rough"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-09-14

Lost and Found at Home When wife has found She's gained pound" said Kem-
 per, "I know it means She's gonna lose her temper"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1927-09-14
Passing Observation

Divorce is the ladder couples use to climb out of the hole they got into when they fall in love.