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Evening star., 1927-05-08
BY j. l.. BUCK.

w YE had fought our way
n / through thorny paths, over
wv swaying llama foot bridges,
on in the heat and the
dust till we trudged down
the hill to the village of COnju, in the
Kono country of Sierra Leone. The
drum telegraph had already signaled
our approach.
Chief Ansummana, a tall. stringy
old man, with suspicious eyes and
deep silences, received me in the open
space before his grass hut. l called
Hector, my chief boy" and interpre-
ter, and offered the usual presents:
collar buttons for a man who never
wore a shirt, a tiash-light, some
timed salmon and a pound of sugar.
Chief Ansummana smiled, DULY,
then motioned me TO the palaver
seat, reed bench outside his house.
We sat, with my boys at a distance;
Hector, brighteyed and earnest, at my
feet. ] watched, raptly, as Hector
began the interview, talking with his
arms, eyes and eager lips. At last
he turned TO me.
'T tell old fool-you come-catch
snakes, / say my master sell-him
country plenty copper 49, chief, he
turn up him nose. He says if you
come kola nuts-that good business.
But who buy snakes? Bah
So I told the chief, bit sternly,
that I would tolerate mo big hum
bug" Then I asked for the use of a
native house. This he gave me cheer
fully enough. and I dashed" him
6 francs, coast money.
"But why your master want
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the bowl, so that the lamp was be-
coming more unsafe every moment.
Soon / was conscious Of a new
movement behind the box. My hyena
was rubbing his heavy nozzle against
it, going through the first slow mo-
tions of a dog when he is making up
his mind. Again l shouted, as the
smoky stencil of the lamp and the
foul odor of the hyena pressed about
me- And then the latch of the door
ratified about me. Not the boy but
Malta, his wife, stood on the thresh-
old.
Go get massa a lamp, quick. one
time"' l shouted to her. Then, In
distorted Portuguese and Spanish,
DONNIE una luz"'-"Get light"
In a moment she was back, just as
the wicked little flames of my lamp
were beginning to lap the oil spilled
about the bowl. / threw it on a pile
of sand. She came toward me with
another lamp: as she passed 1t to me,
q puff of her breath down the Chin
ney made the light flicker and go
out.
WE were left with a blaze on a
sandpile. blaze that any moment
might set fire to the dry boxes and
chips. Through all this the hyena
was nosing at the box. getting ready
for action. / gave my order to
Malta as cody as could, again in
bits of three dialects.
Crush it out!' l ordered. going
through the gestures with one hand
as the dizzy light famed between us.
Matio bent quickly, scooped UP sand
with her hands and threw 1t upon the
| flames. In a moment we were in
| the dark. The change seemed to
shock the hyena into quiet. He
| stopped his paving at once. That
girl saved my life. Soon she started
for the door to get another light.
Now for the final tragedy! She had
broken the string to the old-fashioned
latch on the door. 1t could be
opened only from the outside. We
were locked in,
Never mind" I told her. keep
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boots and trousers and went down
hurriedly, carrying the lamp.
Ny hyena had made his way out of
his cage. He had half-chewed. half
bent the wires apart. Still and grim
he stood facing me in the middle of
the room. My lamp must do! AS
walked down the three steps into the
room, holding it straight out in front
of me, ! brushed off the chimney. 1t
fell to one side, but | never felt the
| heat Of the glass as 1t crashed.
All through me was a courage I
had never known before-a courage to
go slowly, to make the hyena just be.
yond my flare understand that my
will was stronger than his. The odds
favored me. ! was in familiar terri
tory; he, in strange surroundings,
far from his jungle. l could see him.
but, at I pressed the flaming lamp in.
to his whiskers, until he was almost
singed, l know l must have been a
blur to him. All of this l felt rather
than reasoned out.
l shall never forget how he looked
to me that night. as 1 backed him
inch by inch toward his cage. He
was actually about three feet high
and not more than four feet long from
tail to head, but he seemed as big as
horse. He did not cry, did not vim
! 'er, hardly showed he was alive ex
cept by his slow retreat. almost
wished he would yelp once or twice,
Just as alligator's eyes used to be in
the flare of my lantern, his eyes We're
blood-red. cleaning.
1t could not have been more than
three minutes before / had the hyena
through the hole in, the wires back
in his cage. Still holding my lamp
l reached with my free hand fol
one of the many boxes all about. The
nearest I hraced against the opening
with one hand and both knees.
1 called loudly for my sleeping boy
BY this time the smoke and fumes oi
the lamp were getting uncomfortable
in the stuffy room. and feared that
any moment the flame might suck
down into the wick. Moreover, some
oil had escaped through the opening
used for pouring the kerosene into
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number of these girls were under Il
wears of age.
\ \ e
OF course large majority of chill
dren are overweight because they
eat too much; therefore, under wise
supervision and proper precautions.
they can reduce. In a small but inn
portant minority, however, obesity is
due to disturbance of the ductless
glands, particularly of the thyroid
gland, the pituitary at the base of the
brain and the adrenal. Some of the
other glands, in various combinations,
are also partly responsible for excess
fat and weight.
Competent physicians have been
able to show a gratifying improve
ment in a good many of these children
through the careful use of glandular
medicines. Some young ones of this
class however, after part of the de-
sired reduction is accomplished, must
be content to remain. for their best
health and safety, distinctly larger
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tate. In the province Of Espina, Ven
ezuela, Baptismo, Spanish, black ey-
ed, sallow- checked, was my host.
His plantation house was one large
room, set high from the ground and
encircled with balcony. The house
was built of rough lumber, sawed
out with a rip saw.
There were six of us about the
crude wood table set in the center
of the room. We sat playing Seita
Medic, a Spanish card game, like the
English seven and a half. | had re-
turned to the room after a moment
on the Veranda. Baptismo' six half
breed children were asleep in their
hammocks, in the far corner of the
room. His Indian wife, in her red
wrapper, was also turning in. l sat
down earnestly to the cards, for Seita
Medic is fast game, at which a man
loses quickly.
Suddenly soft, padding noise came
to us from outside on the balcony.
Then there was a rustic at the win
dow, as something fairly heavy came
into the room. We none of us turned
our heads, for the game was at the
crucial point. 1t was the dog, we re-
allied, when greaat furry object
brushed past the legs of two of us to
go under the table and at once to come
out again, on the other side.
Then through that peaceful room
howled the bark of the dog. / looked
up. Baptismo looked up. The others,
| half-bree poems, looked up. And the
sight we saw has never been seen
again, I am sure, in Espino County.
A great. ugly jaguar was leaping
| toward the window to the balcony,
the dun -colored dog suspended from
his mouth by the back of the neck.
! The poor beast uttered one howl
it's last. Outside there was a single
struggle, then stiffness, as the power
full jaguar loped off with the dead
animal into the darkness. The six
half-breed children wakened at their
mothers cries.
X y X X
A LII of us grabbed our rifles and ran
to the balcony. One Of the flerc-
est animals of the South American
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rweght Children Require Careful Expert Study and Care

! should be taken daily, either as a bev.
erage or in prepared food.
In all Of this discussion it should
be remembered that while the weight
of children Is in itself very practical
and important index of their health,
it is not the only one and should not
be so considered. Extensive study of
children of wide range of types has
shown that large majority of boys
and girls who are to 10 per cent
or more under the standard weight
for height and age are undernourished,
and are not so healthy as children
who come nearer the average weight
But it is equally we'll known that
many of the youngsters who are up to
or even above the average weight for
their height and age are under
nourished and are not in the best of
health. Each child needs to he con-
sidered as problem by himself
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snakes?" was the chiefs last ques
ton to Hector.
MY master be big witch-doctor-
you give no snakes-he give you the
evil eye" Hector made a "Snout" as
the chief turned away.
The next move was Ansumma ma S.
| was awakened at dawn by Karuna,
the witch-doctor, dancing up and
down before my hut. banging his
rattles, shaking his beads. Hector and
! crawled out through the low door.
There stood the mediCine-man, in a
mask made of delicate rattan, on
which hideous human features had
been painted in red and green. In
one of his hands he churned a. dried
gourd filled with pebbles in the other
he tangled a naetal rattle.
What all this humbugging?"
asked Hector.
"Oh. master''--his eyes rolled, you
he big witch-doctor, l told chief. Now
he brings out his witch-doctor. His be
bigger pass you, master, chief he
says" 7
mo time now-for humbug," l told
the chief. Let your medicine ma n
show me his snake grounds-tonight
| show my medicine.
Old fool says, good--perhaps," "
Hector translated
X X X
THE sulky chief ordered his witch
doctor to accompany me. He also
went himself, with a score of villagers.
Not half an hour later l came upon
the scene which furnished me my
medicine" 1t arrived so pat, / hesi.
tate to explain it.
We had reached a stream running
through the woods east of Conju, still
swollen from the rains of the wet sea-
son just ended. l went nearer to look
at the fish. And then, through my
mind flashed the whole scheme. like
fever. Ny medicine!
Karuna the witch-doctor, was still
beating his gourd rattles. / turned to
him. looked at him as though he
were a small boy, who annoyed me.
Can you catch fish," l asked him,
through Hector. karuna replied that
when he wanted fish, he sent out his
wives. Then l tried to seem as much
like a statue as a short, slender man,
bush-broken, can seem in the African
wild. spoke, in a deep voice Of
mystery.
But" said I, can you catch fish
man Style?"
Evening star., 1927-05-08
One Hundred-Caloyie Portions.

BREADS.
Baking powder biscuits 2 small or
large.
Boston brown bread. slice II inch thick
Cornnleal mullins, l small.
:. Graham bread. l thick slice or Q thin
Griddle cakes. l.
Mullins white tour). l small.
Popovers; ~:
White bread. thick slice or . thin slices
Whole wheat bread. L thick slice or
SOUPS.
esisay esfa SOUP soup. /. cup. cup.
Corn SOUP, II cup.
Pea (fresh) soup. u cup.
Pea tsplit) soup. u cup.
spinach soup. a cup.
tomato soup. = cup.
MEAT SUBSTITUTES
Cheese souffie. q cup.
cHsi' cresmed dried fqSaf BEEF. Il cup.
Cre1med Goldfish. !. cup.
Macaroni and cheese Il cup.
Oyster stew. u cup
Salmon Loaf, IA cup.
Welsh rarebit. 3 tablespoons.
SAUCES.
Hard sauce. 1 a tablespoons.
Stirred custard. Il cup.
Tomato sauce. u cup.
White sauce (thinb. 4 cup.
White sauce (mediuml u cup.
White sauce tthick). l-5 cup.
BEVERAGES.
Chocolate. a cup.
Cocoa. n cup.
VEGETABLES.
Creamed potatoes "A cup.
Mashed potatoes "a cup.
ScalloDed potatoes. "a cup.
cAVAn nprccTNcc
Boiled dressing a cup.
French dressing. / u tablespoons.
Mayonnaise. l tablespoon.
CEREALS.
Cornmeal mush, cup.
Cream OF wheat. Y cup.
Macaroni. cup.
Rolled oats. n cup.
Grape juice. II cup.
Orange Juice. l cup.
DESSERTS
Apple pie. / n inch piece
Apple tapioca, IA cup.
Blanc mango tchocolateD. 4 cup iscantl.
Bread pudding q cup.
Brown Betty. Z cup.
These vary greatly with the richness of
cake. Small pieces OF medium rich cake.
custard lbaafd K cup. CUP.
Evening star., 1927-05-08

and heavier than the average of their
companions.
Remember that If any attempt is
made to restrict the diet of growing
children because of overweight or fat
it is most important that the ele-
ments in the diet which are necessary
for health and growth should be
guarded and maintained. In other
words, disturbance of the balanced
diet for growing children is consider.
ably more serious than 1t is for adults
though it is serious enough for them
Any attempt to reduce the weight of
child by diet should be carried on
under the careful direction of a physi.
clan.
In a ma jority of cases. children who
are markedly overweight can safely
reduce. The restricted diet which will
help without hurting them should
show a marked reduction in sugar and
sweets especially candy and sweet
desserts which they love so much);
moderate reduction in the starchy
vegetables. such as potatoes, rice and
white bread and also in fats, such as
rich dressings and sauces; reason
Evening star., 1927-05-08
Ph NormlHs AdvaaeO eOTh anon
tTyAn of Conference

able amount of protein-bearing foods,
such as meat, fish and chiken, but
little If any reduction in the leafy veg
etables and fresh fruits. Generous
portions of the latter should be eaten
for the sake of the vitamins which
they contain and which are so vitality
essential for the satisfactory growth
and health of children. In particular,
the full needed quota of milk and
milk products should be maintained,
even in the diet of the child who is
reducing. At least a pint of milk
Evening star., 1927-05-08

In his article last week, the
first of n series Of three, Mr..
Buck recounted some of his eX-
periences while trapping leop-
ards in Africa. An unusual
occurrence followed the capture
of a full-grown leopardess.
While his native boys were
transporting the animal by boat
TO place Of shipment, the leop-
ardess struggled free Of her
bonds. The terrified natives
covered In the stern OF the frail
craft while the leopardess
crouched on the prov. When
the boat touched land, she
leaped ashore. scattering a
whole village in her flight to
inc woods.
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larly important now, when so many
girls are dieting for the sake of being
thin, and are often injuring their
health thereby. A recent study made
in one junior high school in the West
showed that, out of 1,400 pupils, 130
were going without breakfast because
they were afraid that otherwise they
would put on flesh and become un-
fashionably stout. A considerable
Evening star., 1927-05-08
BYTH0MAs d. WOOD, NJ. d.
College Physician, Teachers College.
Columbia University.

Columbia University.
~ VELLO, Fatty is a greeting
- to a fellow mortal more
frequently land safely Of
/ i fered by children than
adults.
The nickname is usually given TO a
child considerably above the average
in weight. Sometimes, however, fol.
lowing the law of opposite, Of con-
traries- or. perhaps, of contrariness-
it is applied to the underweight child.
Just as the nickname skinny" is
given, with fine irony, to the over
plump youngster.
The fat child is proverbially good
natured, ready to laugh and easy to
get along with. In popular under.
standing the young one who gains in
weight, even to a point considerably
above normal for his age and height.
also is supposed to be thriving in
health.
But is overweight really an advan-
tage TO a. child? This inquiry is of
special Importance now because recent
interpretations of life insurance sta
I tistics indicated that after the age of
80 overweight is a distinct liability
TO life as well as to health. The an
swer, in the case of children, seems
TO be that, although a moderate de-
gree OF overweight is. from the health
standpoint, distinct advantage to a
growing child, excessive fat is unde-
sirable, for reasons l shall explain
later.
One of the difficulties, Of course, lies
In deciding what is excessive fat The
weight-height-ag tables SO generally
In use for children al the present time
are misinterpreted by a great many
people, including health workers.
They overlook the fact that the health
weight standard is a zone, rather than
an actual point or number Of pounds.
It is not supposed, for example. that
all boys of the same age and height
should weigh exactly the same num-
ber Of pounds TO be in the best health.
The boy who is 8 years old and so
inches tall might weigh anywhere
from. "a pounds to 70 and be in per
feet health so far as his weight is
concerned. Neither parents nor chill
dren, therefore, should be disturbed
at all about excessive weight in boys
or girls until this excess goes beyond
is or 20 per cent above the average
for their age and height
One reason for this wide variation
Is the difference in racial types. Chill
dren; for instance, from some Of the
southern and eastern European ma
tions are relatively shorter, steckiei
and broader in physique and larger
of bone at the same age than those
of other national stocks; consequently
they are often relatively heavier, with
out having any more lat than others
X X X X
DHYSIOLOGICALLY, fatty tissue i!
rather interesting. II is. in gen
eral, evidence of good digestion. 1
provides storage for heat and energy
Fat also is actually. as we'll as II
popular understanding, a useful pad
ding for the body. A moderate amoun
Of fat, at least. is considered by SOM
eminent medical authorities Il yer.
useful protection for the nerves
which may explain the proVerbia
good nature Of Fatty"
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Custard tapioca. n cup.
Doughnuts. Il doughnut.
Fruit cocktail. II cup.
Fudge. inch cube.
gingerbread. 1 small piece.
Ice cream (vanilla). Il cup.
Ice cream (ehocolatel l-6 cup.
Ice (oranEel. n cup.
Ice (lemonD. u cup,
Lady fingers. 81.
Lemon Jelly q cup.
Junket. II cup.
Macaroons. ..
Mince pie. 1-inch piece.
Prune whips. II cup.
Indian pudding. Il cup.
Rice pudding. n cup.
Sherbet (milkl. Il cup.
Sponge cake. / small piece.
Lemon jelly. q cup.
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are underweight youngsters who are
conscious of their deficiency and want
to "eat and grow fat" These atti-
tudes of the young ones are particu-
Evening star., 1927-05-08

A Ii of us grabbed our rifles and ra
to the balcony. One of the flerc
est animals of the South America
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-10-21
By BEATRICE BURTON

cup OF coffee somewhere?"
Sally Shook her head. "No. /
don't want you to spend money
on me for q long. long time"
she said soberly, rinsing out the
coffee cups with cold water.
BEAU must have forgotten to
give you that hundred lent
him last night. So III just let
him keep it for a wedding present
and I'll make good that check of
his, too. Only you'n have to give
me some time on it. ! can give
you couple of dollars at least
every week"
She figured that she could.
Now that Beau was gone. the
household expenses would not be
nearly 80 heavy an they had been.
Beau could eat q pound Of meat
at a meal. and his laundry bills
were terrible.
Seer she asked. looking IN at
Ted from the coffee-cake that
she was wrapping in q clean tea
towel.
He laughed shortly. "oh. sure,
I see perfectly" he told her
grimly. Beau just pocketed that
money that you gave him and
walked off with it-and you're Ro-
ing to let him get away with it.
and pay all his debts for him be-
sides, Well. this is one
debt you won't have to pay!''
While she watched him with
wide eyes. he took the two checks
out OF his trouser pocket and
tore them into bits. He came
over to the sink and dropped the
torn bits into the waste basket
under it.
Go Be Continued Tomorrow
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room right now. this very NOR.
ming, so there won't be any
place for them If they DO comer'
ooh. we might keep them for
two or three days until they find
a place of their own" said Sally,
that looks so cruel. Mile. Turn
ing Beau out of his own room"
They can go and live in
Mabel's old boarding housep'
broke In Mile stubborn1y, that's
the place for them until they get
a flat or something. We may
just as well let them know that
they can't sponge on us!-- They'll
be here for meals most of the
time anyway, you can just bet!'
AS Sally picked UP the coffee
tray and started down the hall
with it, she called her back.
She was leaning back against
her pillows, her face radiant, her
eyes shining. and her hair catch.
ing the light in the sun-flooded
room.
Sally she said in her de-
licious drawl. Speaking of wed.
dings and love Affairs. I've asked
John Nye to supper tonight. He's
been wanting to meet mother for
long time, so asked him up
for tonight-Fix up something
fussy, and get some flowers for
the table. Ted's mother will give
you some Of her asters If you ask
her for them-Will you? And
make your chocolate cake with
the white icing"
But mother won't be here to
meet him If she stays out at
Aunt Emily's to go to church
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with her." Sally reminded her.
Il hope she does stayw Millie
replied pertly. 81 hope she doesn't
come home. She'll talk a lung
out of him II she's here, telling
him about her headaches, and how
her feet go to sleep, and how
cucumbers give her heartburn!
I'D like to have him to myself
tonight. I may as well tell you
frankly. with a little encourage.
ment, think he'd ask me to
be Mrs. John Nye, darling"
Sally could only stare at her.
dumb with hurt and jealousy.
$50 II you'll straighten ND the
living-roon. and put some flowers
in it IL Old Lady Sloan win give
you some" Miles voice ran on,
"I'll be very grateful to you--
And then after supper, just beat
1t. and let me have my sweetie
to myself, will your"
Sally nodded. To save her life
she could not have said a word
in answer just then. Her heart
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CHAPTER xx1r


1t was not Sally Jerome's way
to run away from things that
were unpleasant.
True enough, she might long to
run from them--thousands Of
miles away from them.
But she faced them anyhow.
For so young and gay and ten.
der creature. she had a mar.
velous courage. A courage worthy
of q strong man instead Of q
little girl of 20.
And 50 this morning, when she
faced Ted Sloan in the kitchen.
her head was held high, her chin
was UP. and there was q smile
in the corners of her mouth.
Don't think that you're being
asked to q wedding support she
flung the words at him cheerfuIly,
We haven't heard a word from
Beau and Mabel. We, don't even
know whether they managed to
rout out some minister or other
to marry them. last night"
She smiled again az she filled
the tea kettle for her dishes. But
Ted, perhaps because he cared
FOR her as he, never was to
care for another woman so long
as there was breath in his body,
saw that there was no laughter I'm
the blue eyes. A man always
watches a woTnan's eyes when
he Il in love with her.
Then why bother to ask me
to supper" he wanted to know,
draping his BODY over the back Of
a kitchen chair. wouldn't you
rather 20 for q drive with me
and pick up q hamburger ana 3.
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S6T THOUGHT there were two
i checks" began Beau's twin,
but Sally cut her short with a
brisk shake Of her head. She never,
never was going to let anyone
not even Millie-know about
that other check. The one that
Beau had raised from $40 to
$40.
"Besides that, / think Beau
ought to have a home of his
own right from the start-a
place to put his money into"
she said seriously and gently.
81 think it would be a great
mistake for him to bring Mabel
here at all"
ME too" Mile spoke quickly
ana excitedly now. 1T would
be just terrible to have them
here! Why, every time / had
a man here to see me they'd
be sitting right there in the
sitting-room all evening! Why.
it would be just too awful-No,
they can't come here IL I have
to tell them so myselfr'
Her little blonde face darkened
as she spoke.
For Mile always had insisted
upon having the living-room all
to herself on the evenings when
men came to call upon her. She
drew the curtains then and shut
the rest of the family out.
mo, I'll not have those two
living here! she declared again,
and Sally could tell, from the set
of her chin, that she meant. bust
ness. It'll move all my clothes
and things right into Mr.. Beau's