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LITTLE BENNY
BY LEE PARE.

/ was up on the deck ware the life
boats are, watching sailers painting
the ratings, being 2 Frentch sailers
with long mustashes, and some kid
came up and started to watch them
too.
Being a F'rentch kid with a round
Frentch hat with thing on top. and
we looked at each other vile and
] sed, Polly WOO Inglish? and he shook
his he'd no, saying, Polly VOC fran
say?
Meening did l speek Frentch, and
shook my he'd no, and we kepp on
looking at each other as If we each
thawt the other one was the dummest
kid we ever saw. Proving If other
people don't know wat you know it
seems to make them mulch hummer
than wat you are for not knowing
wat they know, and pritty soon / took
my tennis bali out Of my pockit and
started to bounce it, and [ looked
around at the Frentch kid to see how
jelliSs he was looking, and heer wat
was he doing but sticking his tung out
at me, and / stuck mine cut at him
even fertilizer and kepp on bouncing my
tennis ball. and the next time ! looked
at him he was making fearse
F'rentch face at me, and ] made d
fearSer one back ana he ran up and
grabbed my tennis ball and threw it
way up the deck.
Being a invitation to a fife, and I
grabbed hold of him and we started
to ressle and push and grab each
others hats and throw them away. and
he nocked the back of my he'd agenst
a iron wall and | gave him a fearse
kick in the shins to show him whose
he'd he was hooking. and he stopped
to rub his shin and | stopped to rub
the back Of my he'd, neither of us feel
ing like fighting eny more on account
of herting too mulch. and he took a
Frentch puzzle out his pockit, being
round thing with 3 little imitation
mice in it and a hole to make them
go through if you could, and he let
me try to werk it and / got my ball
and we had catch and then we went
in the jimnaZium and had a lot OF fun
Proving 1t takes trubble and pane
10 make people friendly.
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Problems of Makeup.

Dear Miss Leeds--D Will you
please print list of the creams,
powders and rouges necessary to a
young girl? I have blue eyes, blond
hair, very white skin. t2) How often
should one have a facial massage? (3)
How should the complexion be treated
before going out? Also for evening?
"a My skin is not very smooth and
have many blackheads and sometimes
l have pimples. / never use cream. Is
that the cause of my troubles? t5)
How should person who uses rouge
and face powder take care of the skin
before retiring? t6) l tried using van
ishing cream as a powder base. but it
makes my face look challky. What else
could | use instead?
KATHLEEN G..
Answer--The girl in her teens
should not make a practice of using
rouge and powder because their daily
use tends to coarsen youthful skins.
those of the blond type. A
discreet amount of makeup Is desir-
able for evening wear. however. %
Rouge and powder to use in the eve
ming may be of a warmer tone than
that used under natural light. In your
case you might use a naturelle or ivory
face powder and raspberry rouge for
day time but flesh powder and orange
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-30

would get q raise. and finally I came
to a store Il friend Of mine owns, and
he is decorator, and window dis
play of wallpaper never did get me
excited, but ! stopped to look at It
for friendships sake. and l am glad
did, on account of l had good
idea.
Well the place was closed, of
course. but ! went to a drug store
and called this guy up at his home.
l said: II want to get something
What's the chance of your coming
down and opening your store?" and
he said: well, to be frank. there
isn't any chance. What is it you
want. or think you WANT"
l said, well. you see. my wife's
away and" and he said: And
you're drunk. Well, my wife's right
at home and l can't go out"
[ said II am not drunk" He said,
Then what's all this about opening
the store at this time of night?"
/ said. II want to pick out some
thing and have it up on the wall
before my wife gets home Wednes-
day" He said. Have what up on
the wall?" and I said: Wallpaper.
darn it. I want to fix up the spare
room for the baby. and you have a
display Of nursery wallpaper, and I've
only got till Wednesday night and
I've got to hurry if I'm going to put
it on by myself, and" And 1 hate
to think he hung up on me, but. any.
way. we were disconnected, and now
| have to wait until tomorrow morn
ing. on account of ! had already spent
one nickel calling him. and if he did
hang up on me, why spend more
nickelSp
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-30

/ times used in lace making. 1t is a darn
| ing embroidery, and can be done in the
| same color as the mesh or in contrast
to it. A soft-finished embroidery thread
is recommended. for it fills in the spaces
smoothly and evenly without the weav'
ing being too much in evidence. The
ends of the thread must be concealed
in the weaving or darning stitch. To
start with, this is done by keeping an
end long enough to follow the post of
the mesh while the stitches are inter-
laced about it. Each post of the filet
is a division stitch in the f1let mesh in
technical term.
When a thread is ended it should be
run through the darning embroidery
enough to make a strong finish and to
conceal any vestige of the thread,
which must appear to end with the
final stitch completed in the embroid-
cry.
Method of Work.
After starting the work by laying
the working thread along the post of
the first stitch take wee buttonhole
stitch to secure the thread to the post.
Run the needle under the opposite
post across the space of the mesh and
over the post where the stitch started
Continue to weave thus until the en-
tire space is filled in. This makes
block or Dix" as it would be called
if the work was filet and not embroid.
cry. Fill each space thus, that is indi-
Gated as filet block. Where there are
two or more blocks extending the same
way the darning embroidery is being
worked the thread can be woven over
and under each successive post and all
the squares be worked at one time in
stead of individuality
This work is attractive for marking
sheets and pillow slips and for max
ing dainty embroidered initials.
Letter z in Filet.
First row-21sp. sch. turn.
Second row-1sp, 1bk, 10sp, 5bk, Asp.
sch. turn.
Third rows sp 2bk. lisp. 1bk. Tsp.
5bk, 3sp, 3bk. Esp. sch, turn.
Fourth row-3sp, 1bk, lisp, 3bk, lisp,
lbk, lisp, 1bk, lisp, 4bll, lisp, 2bk, lisp
sch. turn.
Fifth row-1sp. 1bk, esp. 6bk, esp,
lbk, Esp, ) CHI, turn.
Sixth row-5sp, 1bk, lisp, 1bk, Esp,
Sch. turn.
Seventh row--14sp, 1bk. esp, sch,
turn.
Eighth row-7sp. 1bk, lisp, CHI,
turn.
ANIillI lo"~1GSpi 1bhb -Sp, cNli, buI Ia
Tenth row-9sp, 1bk, lisp, 1bk, esp,
sch, turn.
Eleventh row-7sp, 2bk, Tsp, 3bk,
Ssp. sch. turn.
Twelfth row-9sp, 1bk, Tsp 1bk, esp,
sch. turn.
Thirteenth row-9sp, 1bk. lisp. sch.
turn.
Fourteenth row-12sp, 1bk Ssp, Sch,
turn.
Fifteenth row-7sp, 1bk. Tsp. 1bk.
5sp. Sch, turn.
Sixteenth row-4sp. 1blS, 9sp, 1blk,
esp. Sch, turn.
Seventeenth row-5sp, blk, 10sp,
2bk. 3sp, sch. turn.
Eighteenth row-Ssp, 1bk, lisp, 2bk.
3sp 3bk. Esp. 3bk, Esp, sch, turn.
Nineteenth row-1sp. 2bk, lisp, 2bk,
lisp. 1bk, Esp, 4bk, lisp, 1bk, Asp, sch,
turn.
Twentieth row-5sp. 2bk. esp 2bk.
Tsp. 3bk, Esp, sch. turn.
Twenty-first row--21sp.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-30

Were you ever very greatly diSap-
pointed? Did you ever set your heart
on a thing, be sure that YOU were go
ing to have it and suddenly have it
taken away from you? If so. YOU
know how Cubby, that little black imp
of mischief in the pantry of Farmer
Browns house, felt when at last he
reached the cookie Jar and found it
empty. That little cub just couldn't
believe it. Such sorrowful little face
as he presented, In the cookie jar
were only few crumbs and the most
provoking smell of cookies. Cubby
licked up those crumbs. Yes. indeed,
he licked up those crumbs. They
were just enough to tantalize him.
Somehow Cubby just couldn't believe
that that jar was empty. He would
start to walk away rom it and then
he would turn back. He did that half
u dozen times. Then, when he Enally
made up his mind that there were no
cookies, he began to be curious about
other things. He shifted. n variety of
odOrs tickled his nose. Some of them
were very delicious odors. All Of them
vere interesting. If he couldn't have
cookies, perhaps he could find some
thing else to take their place. If some
of those things he smelled tasted as
along nicely without cookies SO
Cubby started to follow up the smells.
The first thing Cubby did was to
climb up the side of the flour barrel.
1t didn't take half a minute for him
to find out that the cover on that
barrel was movable. In two minutes
he had that cover off. lie poked his
head as far down in that barrel as he
could, hanging on with his hind feet
to the edge of the barrel, and gave a
quick, hard sniff. The flour went up
his nose. He withdrew hastily. He
sneezed and blew and did his best to
get that flour out Of his nose. This
was nothing good to eat. He would
look elsewhere. There must be good
things on some of those shelves.
Once more he climbed up on the
barrel. 1t was the easiest way of
reaching the first shelf. On this shelf
was dish of jelly. Cubby didn't
waste any time. He licked that jelly
dish clean. This was better. This
was even better than cookies. He
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-30
Stuffed Cabbage.

Mix together one and one-half
pounds of hamburg steak, one egg
slightly beaten. one cupful of milk.
one and one-half teaspoonfuls of salt
and one-f fourth teaspoonful of pepper.
Remove the center from one large
cabbage. stuff 1t with the meat mix
ture, tie with a string or put III a
square of cheesecloth to hold in shape,
and steam for about one hour, or until
the cabbage is tender. Place on a
round platter. remove the string or
cheesecloth, garniSh with parsley and
serve with white sauce. Potatoes may
be steamed around the cabbage.
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smacked his lips. There must be some
more around somewhere. He reached
up TO the second shelf and poked his
inquistive little nose over the edge of
1t. His greedy little eyes looked this
way and that way along the shelf.
Right in front of him was a big pan
Of sour milk. OF course, Cubby didn't
know that that sour milk had any
thing to do with cookies, but it did.
Mother Brown had left that milk
there to sour. in order to make a new
batch of cookies. But Cubby didn't
know this. and it wouldn't have made
any difference If he had known it,
Despite the fact that that milk was
sour, it looked good to him. He poked
a greedy little nose into the edge of
the pan and he reached up with one
little black paw and hooked onto the
edge of that pan.
1t was just one minute later that
Mother Brown, busy upstairs. heard
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-30
Baked Sweet Potatoes.

Select some sweet potatoes and boil
and mash them through a sieve. To
one cupful Of the mashed potatoes
add four tablespoonfuls Of fat and
one-fourth cupful of sugar strip and
beat until smooth. Add the beaten
yolks Of three eggs and three-fourths
teaspoonful of flavoring extract or
one teaspOonful OF cinnamon. then
add one-fourth teaspoonful Of baking
powder, fold in the beaten egg whites,
add two tablespoonful of milk or
water, one-half cupful Of chopped
nuts, and place in buttered baking
dish and bake. When just beginning
to brown dot over with halves Of
marshmallows and finish browning.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-30
BY THORNTON
". BURGESS

such q racket downstairs that for A
moment all she could do was to stand
and listen. There was a banging and
gathering and the sound of things
breaking. and altogether such noise
as never in her life had she heard in
her house before.
Mother Brown rushed downstairs
and out to the kitchen. Everything
was all right in the kitchen. but it
sounded as if the whole pantry We're
being torn to pieces. Mother Brown
hesitated. Then she threw open the
pantry door.
copyright. 1877
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-30

fiat wooden frames to cover the win
dow molding. They are rounded at
the top and the curtain rod is mounted
inside. The frame is painted black
and makes a stunning contrast with
the dull gold of the walls. which are
covered with tea chest paper.
The curtains are very light and
sheer-of pale jade green silk net.
They are caught up very simply at
the corners with slender crimson
cords.
The bookshelves between the win
doWs are lined with crimson and on
the top shelf jewel tree in jade
jardiniere makes a pleasing picture.
Copyright 1927
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-30

ed. II is tilet embroidery. The mesh is
made of rows of squares. There must
be II rows in he square itself. and
thege can be as many more as the
worker wishes. to suit the size that she
wants for the finished square. Or a
long strip OF filet mesh p or more
spaces high can be made and the COM
p!ete set of initials he worked on it
instead of the last letter merely.
The embroidery stitch is that some
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One Mother. Says:
My children save all the gold and
silver candy wrappers throughout the
year and use them to decorate the
Christmas tree. They cover paste
board stairs, old toy tops, long nails
which when covered look like icicles
tiny dolls and animals which may be
bought very cheaply at variety stores.
They then cut the wrappers of choco-
late bars into narrow strips to- make
their own rain" for the tree. They
have great fun making these orna =
ments, and they also learn lesson in
economy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-30
DIARY OF A
NEW FATHER
BY BOB DICKSON.

Monday night.
This evening l ate dinner downtown
and then I Just bummed around. on
account OF Joan and the baby are
away. and if you sit at home too many
evenings you will shoot yourself. and
l was looking in store windows and
wishing they would stop making so
many nice things I want or else l
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-30
HOME NOTES
BY JENNY WREN.

Unusual and striking window treat
ments are the shortest and surest
route to giving a room an air of in
dividuality and smartness.
The effective window drapery shown
here was made possible by making
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Filet Embroidery for Initials
BY LYDIA LIE BARON WALKER

Today we come to the last letter in
the old English alphabet designed for
readers Of this paper. and with it / am
going to tell you of a different way of
making it from any hitherto mention
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Across.
Copyright. 1927

Across.
/. Not bad.
5. Proceed.
{. Conduct.
Il. Exist.
70. Railroad (abbr.).
13. Letter of Hebrew alphabet.
a. Self
-. Equality of value.
is. Babylonian deity.
il. Printers measure.
1S. Recent.
10. Devoured.
g. Inhabitant of Rome.
%. Provide scantily.
%. Makes a preliminary bet.
%. Leaves out.
33. Acts wildly.
81. Meet and salute.
81. Solitary.
90. Possess.
IS. a continent (abbr).
A. Prefix: two
a.. Cry Of a sheep.
a. Constellation.
As. Comparative suffix.
40. -Four Roman).
80. Small island.
81. Make an impression.
-. Toward.
So. Makes a mistake.
Down.
J. Yawn.
.. Openings.
3. over.
4. Drain (dialecu.
5. American general.
6 Musical drama.
:. Fruit.
s. Even.
g. Grow old.
10 Toward the bottom.
20. Proposition.
81. Note of the scale.
%. Mount (abbr.).
"a. Diphthong.
-. Thus.
q. Steamship (abbr.).
%. Form Of address (abbr).
80. That is (abbr.)
81. Doctrine.
81 Begin
30. Wireless.
"a. Living.
81. Proceed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-30

An individuals pulse rate taken
when he is at rest and again after
exercise is The most reliable single
test of fitness, says DIR. j. +. Rogers
Of the United States Bureau Of Educa-
ton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-30
Reducing in Moderation.

Dear Miss Leeds-I am 20 years old.
5 feet inches tall and | weigh 145
pounds. My measurements are, bust,
3612 inches; waist, 80: hips, "a; thigh,
21*, calf. las; ankle, 8. Where
should | start to reduce and should
! go on a strict diet or just go away
from the table Il trihe hungry after
every meal? A READER.
AnswerAYou need to lose about II
pounds to bring you down to the aver
age weight for girls of your age and
height. You should be able to lose
this amount in about six weeks time
if you learn to control your appetite
and If you take a few reducing eXer-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-30
WORD COLF-Everybody's Playing 1t
BY BRIGGS.
BY JOHN KNOX.

o You'll
yards ime on
Go from to call
simple trick but they get lots of money for it,
him
riders would what theywan and stick to
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rouge under artificial light. One should
use some sort of powder base, either
a cream or lotion. Besides this you
need cold cream to remove the make
up at bedtime. t2) Usually once a
week. 80 Before going out-of-doors
apply the powder base and powder to
protect your skin. When making up
fol- the evening, first cleanse your face
with cold cream, steam it lightly with
hot towel, pat on an astringent
lotion or skin tonic and then apply the
foundation cream, rouge and powder.
az Your complexion troubles may be
partly due to your failure to remove
all makeup thoroughly with cold
cream every night before washing
your face. Your diet may be at fault
also Eat plenty of fresh fruits. salads
and vegetables. ~ See previous an
swer (6) Use thin film of cold cream
or a milky skin lotion as powder
base. LOIS LEEDS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-30
Disappointment.

IT what you want is not for you.
You'll find that something else will do.
Old Mother Nature
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tCopyright. 1927
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-04-08
CHILD PRODIGY DEFENDS FLAPPERs

A pre-flapper has appeared to de-
fend the much maligned-and envied
younger generation. Miss Elizabeth
Benson, aged Is, who at the age Of 8
qualified technically as a Los Angeles
school teacher, gravely assures us in
"Vanity Fair" that her elders, the
present younger generation, are real
ly not as bad as they're painted and
rouged, She finds them diverting oft
en-, but never vicious nor harmful.
All the intriguing stories of cocktail
parties and wild dances that scandal
lied elders delight in retelling have,
according to Miss Benson, originated
in the brains Of flappers who enjoy
"stringing old ladies along" Adde'S
cents, she confesses, love to exaggerate
and they deliberately manufacture evil
dence Of their wildness merely to hold
the attention of their audience.
"Of COURSE" she admits, "they talk
about sex. Everybody does. That's
the fashion and no self-respecting
member Of the younger generation is
going to be thought mid-Victorian."
And for the same reason asserts
Miss Benson, who as Barnard Col
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lege Freshman is in a position ito
know, they drink and smoke and
meek"
But in these innocent diversions
they're no worse than their grand
mothers who spanked" and "spooned"
and were taken for buggy rides" In
fact, points out Miss Benson, essen
TALLY the younger generation of today
is the same as that Of yesterday, of
day before yesterday, and Of a mil
lion years ago."
Speaking for the generation to
which she belongs by age she says,
1--WE, the coming younger generation,
are a good deal amused by the wild
ness (even if pretended) of the pres
ent younger generation. Our vices,
whatever they may be, will certainly
not be those Of the present day flap
per. And although five years from
now, the yellow journals of the coun-
try may denounce us-the terrible,
wild, younger generation-I am quite
sure that underneath our vain little
masks Of sophistication and 'wildness'
we will be pretty normal, decent
youngsters after ALL"
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Reasons for Low Prices Of Certain
Farm Products-Similar Condi-
tons in the Past-Advance of
Food Values and the Effect
of Same Upon Produc-
ton and Prices.

There are good reasons for believ-
ing that the state of agriculture is
not as bad as represented by the adj
vocates of McNary-Haugen bill
now before Congress. 1t is we'll
attested fact that agriculture was
stimulated to expansion during the
war;. The Department of Agricul-
ture, reviewing census figures, has
said that largely as result Of war
time prices about 40,000,0GO acres OF
pasture land had been plowed up and
put into crops between 1909 and 1919,
and about 100000 acres of forest
land had been cleared for crops. Had
there been the same rate of increase
from 1909 to 1919 as during the pre-
vious decade relative to the increase
in population, only about 23,OO0,GO
acres additional Of crop land would
have been brought under cultivation"
A similar expansion occurred in other
countries outside of Europe and a
readjustment of acreage and produc-
ton was inevitable after the war.
1t is not a cruel judgment to pass
upon agriculture to say that it must
adjust itself to the worlds needs,
for that is no more than every in
dustry must do. Moreover, there is
no help for it.
The position of agriculture is in
herently sound, for the population of
the world is always growing and soon
catches up with any expansion which
temporarily outruns. requirements. 1t
has done so repeatedly. One Of the
most serious periods of depression
agriculture ever has known was in the
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when extensive railroad
building not only in the United States
but in Canada, Australia, India, Ar
gentina and Russia opened up large
areas of new land to settlement. The
prices of farm products fell and an
agitation was worked up which almost
overturned the monetary system Of
the United States.
Conditions in the Nineties
In December, 1890, Governor Boies
of Iowa made an address at a dinner
of the Reform Club OF New York
in which he stated that an official in
vestigation under his administration
had shown that III every one of the
five years the average mark
ct price of corn in Iowa had been
less than the average cost of pro-
duction. That is as bad as anything
that has been said about present con-
ditions. And yet one of the most
prosperous periods in the history of
American agriculture followed the
nireties. The situation was temper
arily unbalanced, but when farm ex
pansion was checked it soon righted
itself. There is no more reason for
thinking that the present situation is
.perlnan mt than there was for think
ing that the situation i'll the nineties
was permanent, OF for thinking that
the McNary-Haugen bill is the only
means of salvation than there was
for. thinking that the free coinage of
silver was the only means at that
time.
We gave recently the census figures
for farm land values in Iowa from
1900 to 1925, buildings not included.
The information as to land values
alone is not available back of 1900,
and we give herewith the figures for
land and buildings from 1890, the
year in which Governor Boies made