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Evening star., 1927-05-07

Nyra Warren and Sally Bates, ttco
sisters Of tHdeIy different temperd-
mcnts, decide to take long sea trip.
Tom Bates hates the idea OF losing
Sallu. and she breads leduin0 him.
MurG doesn't care uery much arhdt
her husbdnd thinks. but he lores her.
Paris, together 1cith Myrd's influence,
changes Sally. on the ship taking
them to South America she fails m
lore 1cith Mr.. Richard Alden, and ne
1rith her. Myra interests herself IN
Mr.. John RigbU. Tlco nights oeJofe
then reach Bucnos Aires both sisters
discover that they are faced 1ctth the
same problem. Both men tCdnt them
to remain in Buenos Aires, pending
q dirorce. Sally is shocked, but NUrG
consents. Sally makes MyrG belieue
that she has consented, too, and then
MurG acukes up and agrees to 90
home as planned. she realizes the in
huencc she has had Orer Sally. They
reach Nelc York, aud Tom and Sally
qre rec0nciIed.
Evening star., 1927-05-07

ming / said, Gosh, I'm tired. I'm
going to smoke one cigarette and go
to bed" and l sat down, and Joan
was sitting down, too, and she was
looking kind of sad, and l said.
What's the matter?" and she said,
I'm lust wondering whether we are
making a mistake in buying house
at this time" and before l could say
anything there was a knock on the
door, and it was the Stewarts from
across the hall, and Mrs. Stewart was
all excited.
Well, these Stewards are what give
me bad luck all the time, and they
are just like death and taxes, and
when / bought the new bungalow and
thought / was getting away from
them. why they bought the bungalow
next door to it, and l like them not
quite as much as / like carbolic acid.
Mrs. Stewart said, "Well. can you
imagine what my husband has done"
and / didn't try to and Joan couldn't,
and Mrs. Stewart said. HE has just
remembered he forgot to have the
water and gas and lights turned on
in the new house, and we're moving
in tomorrow, at the same time you
are"
1 said, "Ha, ha,p on account of
when they have some bad luck l get
the only fun ever get out of them,
and Joan said. "Oh, isn't that too
bad" Mrs. Stewart was standing
there frowning at her husband. and
she said, II would just like to know
what we are going to do" and Joan
said, "Why. / know! We can all
have our meals together at our house
over the week end, and they probably
will turn on your lights and things
the first thing Monday morning, If
you put in your order tomorrow"
Well, ! had made up my mind to
try to discourage the Stewards from
calling on us every night, the way
they have been doing here at the
apartment, by giving them an ice-cold
shoulder whenever they put their well
matched, but homely, faces in our
door, and now they will be taking
baths and eating meals in our house
until everything is ready in their own
place, and / never thought 1 could
dislike that couple more than I have
been disliking them since / met them.
but I can, all right, and when I said
"Ha, ha," 1 was saying something too
soon, and so was Joan when she said
maybe it was mistake for us to
buy a house just now, but she did not
know the half of it, and If l was sent
to the penitentiary for life, i would
find Mr.. Stewart in my cell serving
SO years.
Evening star., 1927-05-07

, lights to feel that there she can find
! quiet also, and can snatch a few mo-
mentS at time away from the vivid
| duties of the household.
Cheerful Dining Room.
A dining room should reflect cheer.
| 1t is room where the family meets
at regular intervals during the day,
and where thoughts should center
about the pleasant things of life-of
which eating surely is one when the
home-maker is good cook. The din
ing room therefore requires sunshine
and light and bright touches in deco
ration.
ReposefuI Chamber.
A bedroom should have an atmos-
phere of repose 1t should be differ.
ent from that of library for there
should be a genuine soothing charac-
ter to the bedroom that is conducive
to sleep rather than rumination. The
bed should be well placed and the
lighting should be carefully thought
out.
Children'S Rooms.
A child's room should be youthful.
There are many kinds of furniture
for a child's bedroom and play room.
All one has to do is to go to some
housefurnishing place and select the
things that suit ones taste or espe-
cially that of the child if he or she
is more than a wee baby. Or the
home-maker can use ingenuity and
with paint, chintz and paper, bring
about the atmosphere she wants to
instill-and at the lowest cost.
Atmosphere.
A mans room should be decorated
in a mannish style. Feminine frills
and daintiness should be given a bou-
doir. Each room needs to be appro-
priately decorated. A boys room is
often best when it contains sporting
hints or a touch of sea and shore in
pictures, in paper or in accessories.
Suit the decoration to the use of
the room and if you couple this with
good decorative taste, results will be
successful.
Evening star., 1927-05-07
EAT AND BE HEALTHY
Dinah Days Daily Talks on Diet
The Right Food Is the Best Medicine

cordance with the building-up diet
suggestions.
For dinner, a serving of meat can
be provided for each. If lamb chops
are served the wife can eat a little of
the fat on the chop. but the husband
must not eat the fat-only the lean
meat. He must not have ham or
pork in any form. A baked potato
would be good for both. This is per-
missible on reducing diet. And such
method of cooking retains the valu-
able mineral salts. A generous pat
of butter can season it for the wife.
but the husband should use only one
half pat of butter for his dinner. A
green, leafy vegetable, properly cook
ed. should be provided for both, served
plain. The wife can season her serv-
ing with butter, but the portion for
her husband would be best plain. If
the taste blended a little lemon juice
or catsup could season his share. A
non-fattening mayonnaise or French
dressing can be prepared and kept in
separate jar for use on the hus-
bands daily salad, and the wife can
have her dressing made with an olive
oil base.
Fruit is a good dessert for both
the wife using cream and sugar and
the husband taking his plain.
He should have one glass of whole
milk a day and all the skim milk he
wishes. This can be used in making
cream soup" and other dishes for
him. The wife can add extra cream to
her portion Of such a soup. She
should have quart Of whole milk a
day.
Patience and planning and a will
ingness to follow the diet" will make
it possible to harmonize the reducing
and building up diets at the family
table.
Readers desiring personal answers to their
questions should send self-addressed stamped
envelope to Dinah Day. care of The Star
Evening star., 1927-05-07
DILL 11V1L ~ O1O1O11LO ". BURGESS

come as I please on the Green
Meadows"
My Lord the Elephant sighed.
Would that / could go and come as
I please" said he and sighed once
more. And the breath of that sigh
almost blew Peter over.
Peter looked up at him with eyes
round with amazement. Are you
prisoner" he asked.
My Lord the Elephant lifted great
hind foot and clanked a chain that
was fast to it. Then Peter saw that
the other end of that chain was
fastened to a great stake driven into
the ground and he knew that in
truth My Lord the Elephant was a
prisoner. Peter gulped two or three
times. 1t was hard to believe. How
could such a great mountain of an
animal be made a prisoner? 1t seemed
to Peter that he must be dreaming.
Have you always been a prisoner"
he inquired.
Again My Lord the Elephant sighed,
and again his breath nearly blew
Peter over, for it was mighty sigh.
NO" said he. "Once /, too, came and
went as I pleased and where l
pleased"
OlQ-uIQ you i've OH the ITTeGn
Meadows?" asked Peter hesitatingly.
Ny Lord the Elephant slowly shook
his great head from side to side and
in his eyes came a far-away look.
which was also look of great long
ing. mo" said he. 'I lived in
great forest, far away, a great forest
such as / have never seen since
There were many of us. ! was young
then, and small, one of the smallest
of great herd. We tore off branches
from the trees as we fed. We trampled
paths where none could pass save our
selves. All the people of that big
forest, which is called a jungle, bowed
before us and none dared to touch us,
| not even Striped-Coat the Tiger. And
then these two-legged creatures called
men came. They did not bow before
| ds. They dug great holes in the
| ground and covered them, and into
| one of these ! fell. And since that
| day / have been prisoner, the
| prisoner of these two-legged creatures
called men,"
| Ny Lord the Elephant stood sway
| ing from side to side. Peter said
nothing, but great pity filled his
| heart. 1t seemed a terrible thing to
| him that this great animal should be
prisoner. Gradually the far-away
| look died from the eyes of NV Lord
the Elephant and a twinkle took it's
| place. Anyway" said he, now ]
always know where the next meal is
coming FROM" and he reached for a
wisp of hay.
tCopyriRht 1927
Evening star., 1927-05-07
THE DAILY
HOROSCOPE
Sunday, May s.

Forbidding stars will frown on the
earth tomorrow. according to astrol-
ogy, which finds many aspects ad-
verse.
1t is a day in which there may be
a sense of being thwarted and for
this reason it is wise to assume a
negative attitude of mind.
Despite what appear disappointing
conditions. where religion is con-
concerned, there is to be great inter
est in spiritual things.
For the lake region and the Pacific
Coast, extraordinary intellectual in
terests are to develop. it is foretold,
and education is to be encouraged by
princely bequests.
There is a good sign tomorrow
for outdoor recreations and especially
for motoring or for aviation.
Inventors will reap large rewards
within the year, but they must be
wise In guarding their brain secrets.
for there will be much robbery of
ideas
Persons whose birth date 1t is may
have a year of much test, but it
should be finally successful.
Children born on that day probably
will be large-minded and generous.
They should have all the qualities
that command success.
-. lCopyright. 1879
Evening star., 1927-05-07
Lessons in English
BY W. L. GORDON.

Words often misused: "Sidewise"
is preferred to Sideways"
Often mispronounced: Jocose. Pro
nounce, jo-kos, both o's as in mo-"
as in "so," accent last syllable.
Often misspelled: Diaphragm;
phragm.
Synonyms: Difficult. arduous,. per
picking, intricate, hard, involved, OBJ
scure, laborious, onerous.
Word study: "Use a word three
times and it is yours" Let us in
crease our vocabulary by mastering
one word each day. Today's word:
Spontaneous; proceeding from natural
disposition or impulses. II admire
her spontaneous manner OF doing
things
Evening star., 1927-05-07
DANGEROUS INNOCENCE
BY HAZEL DEYO BACHELOR.

ra's kisses. as though she were inn
natient and wanted to dispense with
them as soon as possible. OF course,
he had always known that he couIdnt
keep her for himself alone. She was
too brilliant, too full of witchery. He
was too dull, his mind worked 100
slowly for her.
Now she was saying the most a1naz-
ing things. He could hardly believe
the evidence of his own ears.
In the apartment she stood for
moment at the living room door. look
ing around. The perfection of 1t. Ihe
soft lights spilling in reflection against
old mahogany. Bill had given her all
of this. And what had she given him
in return?
She turned to him impulsively.
In her whirlwind way she rushed at
him. fiinging herself into his arms:
"Oh, Bill, I've learned lot about life.
I've learned how much you mean 10
me. do you know that?"
She realized that she was being as
childish as Sally. she who had always
flattered herself because she possessed
so much self-control. Sally had taught
her. Sally, with her clear-eyed inno-
cance. Sally. who thought OF life IN
terms of romance!
Bill had no eloquence of words. In
the presence of emotion he was nearly
always dumb. Besides, Myra's sur
render was too sudden and too wonder
full. He could only hold her and try
to realize his good fortune.
Myra, in an effort TO keep from cry
ing, was pressing her lips tightly to-
gether. Over his shoulder she saw
flowers everywhere.
Her gray Chinese vase held long
stemmed roses. There were violets in
a low bowl on the refectory table.
And then she found herself crying,
after all. She was sobbing foolishly,
childishly, and clinging to Bill with
eager hands.
He held her as If she had been
child. Dimly he wished that he were
different. He longed for the magic OF
speech. He wanted to tell her how
much he cared-that she meant more
than anything in the world to him
that anything she cared 10 do save
take herself out of his life forever
would be all right.
But he couldn't speak impassioned
love words. 1t wasn't in him.
He could only hold her close while
she wept her heart out and her eyes
grew swollen and her nose very pink,
and he thought her the most adorable
in the world. and she didn't
care whether she needed powder or not
because she had Bill.
The End
Evening star., 1927-05-07
DIARY OF A
NEW FATHER
BY ROBERT f.. DICKSON.
Friday Night.

Friday Night.
Well, we are all packed and ready
to move, and l ought to be put away
in a box myself on account Of feeling
so dead, and tomorrow l am going to
take the day off to do the moving.
and I would rather go downtown to
work as usual. but Joan will not let
me, on account of your wife thinking
you ought to stay off the job as often
as she wants YOU to and still get
raise whenever she needs more money,
and I guess women are the weaker
sex not so much on account of their
muscles as on account of the way
their brains work.
When we finished packing this eye-
Evening star., 1927-05-07

The decorative atmosphere of room
should coincide with the purpose to
which the room is put. Therea are
rooms that should be restful. There
are rooms that should be inviting
above all else. There are rooms that
should be stimulating. There are
rooms that should be dignified and
others that should be mannish. cheer
fuI, dainty, youthful. have sporting
trend, etc. 1t is essential for the home
decorator to realize this element in
interior decoration. 1t is when she
does that she can instill into the home
the variety of atmospheres that should
he happily combined. Nothing is more
deadly in decoration than monotony.
The essential for living room is an
inviting character. The moment you
or a guest enters it, a feeling should
be in the very air that welcomes. This
can be stressed in the position of chairs
so that they suggest conversation.
Never have the back of chair greet
you on entering a room from the front
hail. See that books are conveniently
placed, and that there are occasional
tables with tops unincumbered so that
a book or work could be laid down
without disturbing the arrangement of
the room or making it appear out of
order.
Dignified Hall.
A hall should be dignified. 1t should
have a certain stiffness suggesting
formality, since it is only those who
pass beyond the limits of the hall who
enter the informality of the home. 1t
is a place for strangers, and dignity
should be stressed. This is true in some
degree of reception rooms and of all
formal rooms by whatever name they
are called.
A Peaceful Library.
A library should stress quiet and
peace. Whoever reads realizes to what
extent these elements are needed for
thorough enjoyment of books. 1t is to
the library that a man is apt to so
for quiet smoke and meditation and
as a rest from the many whirling and
busy duties of day. A woman de-
Evening star., 1927-05-07
MILADY BEAUTIFUL
Growing Taller.
BY LOIS LEEDS.

Ny dear Miss Leeds: 1 would like
your advice on how may grow taller.
Some people advise me to do some ex-
ercises that will. "loosen my chords"
Others tell me to eat enough foods OF
the kind / like best. I am IL years
old, feet inches tall and / weigh
lis pounds. My friends have begun
to call me Shorty" What can l do to
grow taller? SALLY PAL.
Answer.-Well, my dear, / would
advise you to combine the suggestions
of your friends by taking daily exer-
cises and by eating nourishlng FOODS.
Remember, however, that one 1nherits
ones physical structure from ones
forbears. If your parents and grand
parents are short people the chances
are that you will be short, too. You
are still very young and have about
eight years of growth before you are
mature. 1t is quite possible that you
may add a few inches to your height
during that time. Avoid unhealthful
habits that may stunt your growth,
like lack of sufficient wholesome foods
and nightly rest. You should sleep
nine or nine and a half hours each
night. Every day eat some fresh
fruit, salad and several kinds of vege-
IdDiGS IIhc CetiIOboS oPAiioShb uAiAtPot
beets, cabbage, string beans, etc. You
also need some meat or meat substi-
tute and starchy vegetables in your
daily diet Another thing that will
help you grow taller is habitual erect
posture. Do not allow your shoulders
to droop and your head to sag for.
ward. Hold your chin up, chest out
and abdomen in. Here is stretching
exercise that you may do daily to
make your spine supple: Lie on your
back in bed or on the floor. Stretch
your right arm above your head and
stretch your left leg downward at
the same time. Give the muscles a
good stretching. Now stretch the
right leg down and the left arm up.
Repeat the exercise lying on one side,
also standing. LOIS LEEDS.
Couture for Large-nosed Type.
Dear Miss Leeds: / have an ex-
tremely prominent nose. Please tell
me what style OF coiffure and hat l
should wear to minimize this defect.
Ny Less are very thin; how nay ! Iss.a. e.
Evening star., 1927-05-07
BY JENNY WREN.

Doesn't this fine old four-square Co.
lonial home sheltered by its giant elm
look as though it might stand just
back from the Boston post road most
anywhere between Hartford and Bos'
ton? 1t doesn't, though; it's strictly
Michigan product.
The elm has stood where it is for no
man knows how many years. The ola
house was built by an early settler
who carried a memory of his old home
in New England to the new country
and built his home there to give reality
to his precious memory. Very wisely
he built 1t under the same sort OF giant
elm that sheltered the old home, and
he completed the picture by building
all around the property a low wall OF
stone.
There Is a moral in this house and
tree and wall to be taken to heart by
all of us: First choose your tree and
then build yeu house to suit il jsssss s.s
Evening star., 1927-05-07
Stuffed Trout.

Take three.pound trout, wash and
bone it. Sprinkle with salt and press
into shape. Make stuff1ng with
bread crumbs. Soak the crumbs in
milk and add seasonings and beaten
egg. Fill the fish with this and fasten
together with skewers or toothpicks.
Make four or five double incisions on
the fish and insert strips of fat bacon.
Season with salt and pepper and
dredge with -four. Bake for about
one houca = - - ", 50 n u ffiszA
Evening star., 1927-05-07

the twinkling little eyes high above
him that My Lord the Elephant saw
him. Then Peter didn't dare move.
Ny Lord the Elephant reached out
with his trunk and picked Peter up.
Peter thought he would die of fright,
but he didn't. Then he discovered
that he was being handled very
gently. Then he was put down right
in front of this mountain of an animal.
well, Long Ears. what are YOU
doing in here?" asked My Lord the
Elephant.
Peter couldn't reply to save him. He
couldn't find his voice. He trembled
so that he fairly shook My Lord the
Elephant saw this. ''Fie!" said he.
Don't be afraid. / won't hurt you,
and / won't allow any one else to
hurt you. Now, tell me where you
came from"
Peter found his voice. II came
from out on the Green Meadows" F"
said he.
Are you a prisoner" inquired My
Lord the Elephant. Have these two
se~Eed creatures called men made a
prisoner of you?"
Peter shook his head very hard.
"N," said he. mo, indeed. / go and
Evening star., 1927-05-07
Peter Meets the Elephant.
Nothing in your dreams can be
As strange as things you really see.
-Pefer Rahhif

Peter is quite right. There are in
the world stranger things than were
ever dreamed of. Peter felt sure of it
when he looked out from under a
wagon inside the animal tent of the
circus and saw before him My Lord
the Elephant. He felt much as Danny
Meadow Mouse had felt when Danny
first saw My Lord the Elephant. He
wanted to run, but he was too fright
ened to run. And as he was trying to
get up his cour, ge to run Lc saw by
Evening star., 1927-05-07
Answer to Today's Test
Questions.

/. "In Stafford County from
Col. William FitZhugh's landing
on Potomac River over to
Maryland" established by the
Virginia colonial government in
1905.
.. Robert Jelley's Tavern at
St. Mary's City, Md.
3. A law was passed in 1868
limiting "tippling houses" in
each county to one at the court
house and one at a public land.
ing or ferry.
4. To Chantilly on the north
lip Of Nomini Bay, whence they
were sent by private carrier to
Philadelphia.
5. Fort Warburton. because
1t was built on Warburton
Manor.
s. In the Potomac River
about three miles above Cabin
John Bridge.
Z. Chesapeake Junction.
s. Through the Anacostia
River by first flowing into its
northwest branch.
Evening star., 1927-05-07


feet inches tall. REM.
Answer.-You should weigh between
126 and 129 pounds. 1 judge that you
are considerably underweight and this
thinness makes your nose seem larger
than it Is. Wear your hair long, with
fairly large knot at the back of
your head to balance your nose. Use
a high side part and wear your hair
fluffy over the top of your forehead.
If bang Is becoming to you, wear
narrow one curled under at the part
in your hair. Avoid hats that slope
back abruptly from your brow. Wear
a large or medium brim and a soft,
creased crown. Light-colored hats
should be especially becoming to you,
in light tan, misty blue or rose beige.
Please send a stamped, self-addressed
envelope for my leaflets on "How to
Gain Weight" and Care of the Legs"
The latter gives exercises that will
help you. LOIS LEEDS.
Evening star., 1927-05-07

The sacredness with which all ami
NAL life is regarded by the Hindu is
illustrated by the story of a wealthy
and pious banker of Central India
who has left 100000 to build and
endow in perpetuity three rest houses
in which insects may withdraw from
the world ID n: ses III ~
Evening star., 1927-05-07

tanned with white dotted Swiss edged
with that old-fashioned ball fringe.
There will be no curtain at the mid
die window. Then I'll put our glass
bottles on the shelves and the light
will bring out that wonderful violet
and green. The two sturdy brown
ones will be on the bottom shelf.
Can't you just see it, Peter?" 81 can
see more than that; I can see I have
a mighty clever wife"
Evening star., 1927-05-07
NANCY PAGE
Glass Shelves Show OFF
Collectors Luck.
BY FLORENCE LA GANKE.
BY FLORENCE LA GANKE.

Nancy looked up from the maga-
zine of house decoration with CLEAN
in her eye. Listen to this, Peter
Glass shelves placed at windows make
an effective display space for glass
bottles, tumblers, vases and other
Evening star., 1927-05-07
Final Bid ............ Played BY

Final Bid ............ Played By ..........,-
favor Of No Trump. East's lead d.
recting Diamond bid enables South 10
show his secondary bid OF Spades,
which closes the bidding.
Salient Points Of the Play.
Trick l. East reads the situation
as follows: Souths Spade suit must
lack either the Ace or King, because
with both of these honors he would
have bid a Spade originally. Therefore
West must hold the Ace or King.
West cannot hold the King alone.
since then South must hold six TO the
Ace, with which holding he would also
have bid Spades originally. There
fore, assured of Vests sure trump
entry, East plans to shift to his sin
gleton Club after two rounds Of Dia.
monds.
Trick 5. East secures the planned
ruff that saves game.
Copyright. 1927
Evening star., 1927-05-07
WHAT Do YOU KNOW ABOUT
YOUR OWN LOCALITY?
TODAY'S QUESTIONS.
Test Your knowledge Washington Nearby Regions
Maryland Virginia.
BY DONALD A. CRAIG.


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Evening star., 1927-05-07
Salient Poiunts of the Bidding.

SALIENT POIuHtS OF the bIuuIHE,
South has the choice of an initial
bid of Spades or No Trump. 1t is q
close question between them. The
weakness of the Spade suit in top
honors influences South's decision in