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Evening star., 1927-02-15

the dark, she moved suddenly toward
him. He looked up and saw her.
In her riding breeches and white
shirt, open at the neck. she seemed
very small and slight. but as she
came nearer, he saw her eyes. wide
open and terrified. She had caught
her lower lip between her small white
teeth in an attempt to stop its trem-
bling and as she came nearer he saw
that she was not looking at him. Her
progress forward had the stiff mech
anism Of a doll.
He had an absurd impulse to draw
her into his arms and hold her close.
Not because she meant anything to
him, but because he saw how badly
she needed comforting. Above the
roar of the storm he spoke to her.
''Jessica, don't be frightened. The
worst is over Listen to the rain; it
isn't nearly as heavy as it was. Why
Jessica, didn't know you were afraid
of thunderstormS.'
bantering note into his voice and in
stantly she responded to it.
Her head went back on her shouI-
ders and she smiled waveringly.
WAS it bad on the mountain road?
| don't mind thunderStOrnS so much
not at home--but / was asleep and
the noise woke me up. Did you attend
, to your errand?"
Outside the rain had abated and
the last clap of thunder had been
little more than a. threatening growl
1t was growing lighter, too, and the
Jessica of a moment ago, the Jessica
of the frightened eyes and trembling
mouth, had changed into the fiippant
Bunny who had faced him so def
antly at lunch.
Marks face hardened.
Perhaps you'll be interested in my
errand. l drove into town to send a
wire to Miss Martin"
asking her to come here for u
visit?"
| Yes
"How nice,'' Bunny drawled pro-
vocatively. II was wondering this aft
ernoon how 1 was going to keep from
| being bored to death. You think
she'll come, don't you. Oh, / do hope
so"'
| Jessica was grinning at him impu-
IDENTIFY from under her eyelashes, but
+! If the light in the room had been bet
| ter and Mark had looked at her more
closely he might have glimpsed flash
| Of anger in her eyes.
| So that was why he had dashed off
so precipitately after lunch Doubt
less he had thought of nothing else
ever since the idea had occurred to
him. 1t would be more stupid than
| ever once this woman arrived. What
could be worse than watching two
Evening star., 1927-02-15
Utilizing Odd Pieces of Fine Old Lace
BY MARY MARSHALL.

on a formal reception or ball gown 10
show them as they would diamonds or
other precious stones.
Many of US have pieces or lengths
of old lace that are probably not quite
precious enough to be used for an
altar cloth, but are still too attractive
to he allowed to lie forever between
sheets of tissue paper in a. trunk
And though we cannot make use OF
them in quite the way that was Tor
merry the custom, there are ways OF
using them even now. The Sketch
shows how five or six yards OF hne
cream Swiss lace were used to trim
frock Of navy blue georgette. Lack
ing enough for the trimming on the
skirt and down the front of the bodice,
YOU might use shorter piece or lace
in the same way to make collars anu
cuffs. Lace is frequently used TO trim
TIE lower parts of bell sleeves this
year.
Lace is used with chiffon or seor-
gette in many of the new frocks, ana
il may be possible for YOU to edge ami
trim a tunic of one of these light ma
terials with your bits of lace. To give
a note Of unity the lace and chiffon or
georgette should be of the same tone.
You can have beige or cream mate
rial and have the lace dyed TO match.
Lace may be dipped in strong coffee
to give it an attractive ecru or beige
tone. and the other material may he
chosen to match this shade.
fCopvrieht 1927
Evening star., 1927-02-15
CHAPTER XXXVIII.
Marks Errand.

TESSICA was in a panic. She could
not stand being alone in storm.
She would find Mrs. Morse and stay
with her until the worst was over and
trembling uncontrollably, she flew over
to the door and flung 1t open.
The rain was drumming on the roof
like a cannonade of bullets. The light
ming and thunder were incessant and
practically simultaneous. The win
dows in the living room had been
closed. but outside the trees were
moaning in an eerie fashion. Through
the windows she could see the
branches bending back and forth in
the queer unearthly fare made by the
lightning, but as she went toward the
kitchen, the door was flung open
suddenly and Mark entered. He wore
an ulster and cap and was dripping
with rain. Even in the short distance
from the car to the shack he had be-
come drenched and in the dim light
he did not see Jessica.
She covered against the wall and
watched him divest himself of his
outer things. Strange how his pres
ence comforted her in that moment.
He seemed so big, so dependable. so
sure of himself and because in that
instant she was like a child afraid of
Evening star., 1927-02-15

Mark Burton returns from
abroad because Of a letter re-
ceiued from, Mdude Maynard, the
aunt of his aCdrd, Jessicd Bartlett.
Jessic0 is about to inherit the
principal Of her fathers estate,
aud a acorthEess bounder named
Raymond TotonIey is preying on
her affections. Although he Is in
terested in another aconiGn, Mark
drops his affairs to attend to Jes-
sica's. At first he tries to reason
1cith her. and they quarrel. Later
Aunt Mdude suggests that he carry
her off until she has come to her
senses. At first Mark ridicules the
idea, but finally he does carry her
off to his shack in the Shdacdn-
ounk Mountains. Of course, she is
furious, and they are stCOrn enc
mics. When he suggests that he
inrite Irene Martin, the tComGn in
1rhom he is Interested, to pay
them risit Jessicd ridicnIes him.
Her light scorn stings Mark, and
aUhen they 90 fishing he SGues her
from bad fdll, and yielding to an
impulse, Kisses her. She ridicules
him again. and he is furious Ndth
himself. After lunch he goes dtcdy
in the car. and in the Gfterono
thunderstorm TOuses Jessicd
from a nap.
Evening star., 1927-02-15
THE HOW-THE WHEN-THE WHY
BY ANNE ARDEN.

And. too when a business concern
is patronized constantly by the same
customers, or a small group OF the
same customers, they become more or
less known to the keeper of the shop.
Frequently the lady who enters a
small shop to purchase lingerie,
dress, a coat or hat, will ask for the
shop -owner-either from friendly
motive or because she fancies she
gets better service. Little would-be
intimacies are apt to spring up in this
manner, and it is the wise keeper of
a shop who is able to remember, at
all times, that this customer is no
different from other customers, as far
as the business relation is concerned.
When. or if, there is an occasion to
, write to one of these seemingly spe-
cial customers. the usual formal tone
should be manifest in the communi-
cation. DO not begin the letter MY
Dear Mrs. Jones" without heading or
address, and on personal stationery
with your own pet pen. Mrs. Jones
is not cotemporary-she is a Gus
toner, and should be regarded as
such. Begin the letter by first head
| ing it with the name of Mrs. John
Jones and her address. Follow this
with MY Dear Mrs. Jones'" and then
| proceed to the matter at hand, but
| proceed rapidly, state the business
| briefly and close the epistle formally
! that Mrs. Jones may feel no laxness
! in your relations at any time, either
| in your unfailingly good service or
at the particular time of the month.
that should call for the paying of
| bills, but sometimes does not. Does
! this help you?
| We answer questions on the how. when
and why of etiquette. Address all comnluni-
! cations TO Anne Arden care of The Star, and
dressed envelope
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If YOUTH BUT KNEW
~ WALTER r. CHRYSLER
Automobile Manufacturer.

has faced opportunity. but lacked the
ability or energy to take advantage
of it.
But, given ability, capacity. energy
and opportunity. and you will have
success. To this most young men will
agree, and invariably they ask:
Where will / find opportunity"
Some men create opportunities.
Others go to where opportunities are
to be found. America is q land of
opportunities. That is not an idle ex-
preston. 1t is literally true. And
the energetic man who isn't discour-
aged by a couple of refusals will con.
tinue in search of Congeniai and profit
able employment until he finds it.
I like impatient. discontented men.
| don't mean men who allow that i'm
patience and discomfort to interfere
with their usefulness to their en-
ployers. but instead men who are ever
ambitious to do better work and make
themselves more useful and valuable
1t is tragic when q man loses his am
bition.
| believe, too, in man having some
kind of an objective. AS soon as pos
sible in life he should try to deter
mine what he wants to do and then
should try to march straight to that
goal. And u man should do what he
is happiest in doing.
Young men of today have greater
opportunities than ever before. Look
to the extent TO which great corpora
tions turn to colleges and universities
every commencement. There are in
variably more positions than compe-
tent men to fill them.
And, finally this is an age which
likes resourceful men. men with ideas
who have the courage to express them.
To be idea a-resourceful is to have ad-
vantage of the man who hasn't any
ideas of his own.
CCoDyright. 1927
Evening star., 1927-02-15
Chocolate Nut Cake.

Put into a double boiler two ounces
of unsweetened chocolate, one-half a
cupful of brown sugar, onehalf a cup
full of cold water and the yolk of one
egg. Cook until thick. then add one
teaspoonful of vanilla extract and one
cupful of chopped nuts, either pecans
or walnuts. Set aside to cool. Cream
two-thirds cupful of butter or other
shortening, add one cupful of brown
sugar and two eggs beaten light. Dis
solve one teaspoonful of baking soda
in one-half a cupful Of sour milk. Add
with two cupfuls of flour. Fold in
the chocolate mixture and bake in a
loaf or layers. Cover with white
frosting.
Evening star., 1927-02-15

Sc. 'Tis as easy to be. right as to be
wrong-and to ones glory.
We have had a letter-too long to
uuote-from a young woman about TO
set herself up in business, and this
woman wishes very much to discover
something of the etiquette associated
with the sending of bills, business
communications. business relations
and so on. She feels, she says, that
although she has long been accus-
toned to writing letters that were
probably not other than correct, busi-
ness mail varies considerably from the
social sort, and that help before she
makes blunder would be advisable.
We hear all the time of business
college courses, which would lead us
to believe that there is a decided dis
tfnction between social and business
correspondence. But courtesy is the
first and paramount requirement of
business letters as we'll as of the
trivial sort.
The writer of this letter that ] have
before me would have made my an
swer less general and easier for me
had she told me with a bit of exact
ness Just what she wanted to know
Just what problems were unsettled in
her mind-and what sort of letter
writing she refers to. | cannot be
other than general in my reply to you,
NJ. S., but If I can be of assistance
again let me hear from you, and more
specifically.
Checks in payment of bills to Gus
toners always come. of course, signed
with the Christian name of the
sender-that is, they usually do, and
should. But regardless of this fact
the bill must have gone out to the
customer addressed and made out te
Mrs. John Smith, and not to Marie
Elliot Smith, although she may have
signed herself Marie Elliot.
Evening star., 1927-02-15

Fashions nowadays do not lend
themselves SO well as they once did to
the utilization of odd pieces of fine old
lace. There seems to be very little to
do with the yokes and collarettes that
we're once SO much admired. Once
small lace insets could be laid on
stiff little yokes, where they We're
shown to good advantage.
Perhaps the fact that fashion has
little use for these precious titbits OF
old lace has something to do with the
fact that not long a go a well known
American bishop had the task of dedi-
rating an altar cloth to be used in a
great cathedral. It was entirely made
up of pieces Of very fine lace that had
Evening star., 1927-02-15
Your Baby and Mine
By MYRTLE MEYER ELDRED.

Mrs. J. o. X. writes: "Wil you
please tell me what to do for a boy
of 4 years who constantly cries and
complains that a double tooth hurts
him? Shall pull it or have a dentist
pull it?"
Answer. This tooth is evidently
decayed. and perhaps it is not time
for it to be lost. In that case, have
the dentist put in a temporary filling
that will relieve the boys pain and
keep the tooth until such time as it
loosens up and be pulled by you.
Mrs. c. o. writes: MY baby is 8
weeks old and was born tongue tied
When would you advise me to get
the tongue clipped?
Can Whooping cough be carried
on clothing? l know of family who
have this disease in the home and
the three children are going TO school
at the time"
Answer. If the tied tongue does
not prevent the baby's nursing sue
cessfully 1t need not be done right
away. After all, this is {. matter
which you should put up to your doc
tor and let him advise you. 1t depends
on the child's health at the present
time, as no doubt clipping the tongue,
While not dangerous. would prevent
the baby from taking food while the
tongue remained sore.
Whooping cough germs are not
carried by a third party. One must
come into contact with the person
who has it in order to catch it. The
danger that comes from having chill
dren go to school while one of the
family is suffering is that one of
them may contract the disease and
continue TO attend school while in the
first stages. of it,.
Mrs. B. F.. s.; shall be delighted
to send you leafiet on feeding. but
first of all must know some nlace
to send it, and you failed to include
an envelope with your name and ad-
dress or even to mark it on your let
ter Diet causes rashes, except those
caused by diseases characterized bv
a rash
Evening star., 1927-02-15
Pork Cake.

Put one pound of fat salt pork
through a food chopper and pour
over the pork two cupfuls of boiling
coffee or water. Put one pound of
raisins and one-fourth pound of cit
ron peel through the food chopper,
using a coarse knife and add to the
pork with one cupful of currants
and two cupfuls of brown sugar. Stir
one teaspoonful of soda into one cup
full of molasses. Sift six cupfuls of
flour with two teaspoonfuls each of
cloves and cinnamon and one tea
spoonful of salt. Add one more cup
full of -four if necessary. Bake in
four loaves in one pound bread pans.
If wrapped in wax paper and put
into stone jar it will keep for a
long time.
Evening star., 1927-02-15

We often hear the expression, "the
secret of success
There Is no secret of succese. The
elements OF success are we'll known.
To begin with, a man must have
ability. The extent of 1t will deter
mine largely the success he will enjoy.
In addition TO ability he must have
capacity; that Is. capacity to grow. TO
increase his ability. Men who serve
best serve increasingly better.
Thirdly, he must have energy. If
he possesses ability and capacity and
fails to use them. he won't succeed.
Energy alone accomplishes little. Too
many men have the capacity 10 work,
but they can't do any one thing we'll
Finally. he must have opportunity.
A man may be able, possess capacity
and be energetic and yet fail because
of lack of opportunity. Many ii man
Evening star., 1927-02-15
CONSTIPATION
IS The ENEMY
OF HEALTH
Kellogg's ALL BRAN
brings prompt, natural
relief!


Rid your system Of constipation
and help yourself to health. Head
aches, bad breath, insomnia, muddy
compilations are only few of the
symptoms of this widespread evil.
Constipation is the actual cause
Of more than forty diseases. No
wonder good health is impossible
when it is present. Guard against
it! Protect your health!
Kellogg's ALL-BRAN is guaran-
teed to relieve constipation. Two
tablespoonfuls eaten daily-in
chronic cases, with every meal. Doc
tors recommend Kellogg's because
it is 1000 bran. Because it works
as no part-bran product can do.
Delicious with milk or cream
and add fruits or honey. Mix it with
other cereals. Use in cooking. Sprin-
kle over soups. Recipes on the pack
age. Made by Kellogg in Battle
Creek. Served by restaurants, hotels,
cafeterias. Sold BY all grocers.
Evening star., 1927-02-15
Drop Cakes.

Cream one tablespoonful of but
ter, add one cupful of sugar and one
egg. Mix one-fourth teaspoonful of
soda in three-fourths cupful of sour
cream. Sift the baking powder in
one and one-fourth cupfuls of flour
and add pinch of salt. Stir in the
cream and flour alternately. Bake in
q hot oven.
Evening star., 1927-02-15
Lessons in English
BY w. l.. GORDON.

Words often misused Don't say
leach of the girls have been requested
to attend" Say has been"
Often misspelled: Obeisance.
Synonyms: Negligent. careless, heed
less, thoughtless, Indifferent.
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
Impetus, impulse, momentum. Our
action will lend impetus to the COM
pletion of this matter"
Evening star., 1927-02-15
Date and Walnut Cakes.

Break one pound of English wal
nuts in quarters and cut one pound
of dates in quarters. Beat four eggs
separately, then with one cupful of
sugar. add one-half a cupful of sift-
ed -four and one teaspoonful of bak
ing powder. Bake in one layer on
waxed paper and cut the cake in
strips while warm
Evening star., 1927-02-15

silly niddle.aged people make fools of
themselves? And yet there was one
thing worse. infinitely so. She would
be the third party, the fifth wheel.
She, who on all occasions was sought
after, besieged for dances: she, who
was the most popular girl in her
crowd,
And then another thought occurred
to her. Once Miss Martin arrived,
Mark would find it difficult to play the
vigilant watchdog. Given a chance,
it would be a simple matter to steal
the car and drive off in it. What a
joke to leave them here together.
Copyright 1927
Continued in tomorrow's Starr
Evening star., 1927-02-15
Using Chex-To Shampoo
Reveals Alluring Beauty
Never Suspected

Note a new gleam to the hair
find alluring stylish hair-dressing
made possible!
Chex does more for the hair and
scalp-it cleans, beautihes-and de-
odorizes to perfect purity.
Amy scalp may have offensive odor
due to decomposition of the waste
secretion or natural oil. Such sub
stances destroy the gleam and beauty
nature gives to human hair.
Chex contains a lasting, odorless
deodorant, not used in any other soap
or shampoo liquid. This rare puri-
flying agent in the creamy abundant
lather, penetrates to the very bottom
of the tiny scalp-pores. dissolves the
secretions, including dandruff-des-
troys the odor of perspiration, and
stops the unhealthy deadening of the
hair follicles.
You'H Fall in love- with Chex--and be
"Alluring, every hour in "a.
Chex Is the wonder soap of the age. but
costs no more than other fine soaps at drug
stores and toilet counters. Oyer a million
cakes used the first year Physiclans are
Chex is sold and recommended hy al
PEOPLES Drug Stores and all good drug ana
toilet counters.
Evening star., 1927-02-15
COFFEE PARFAIT

Two cups heavy cream, one
cup sugar, one cup strong
coffee, one teaspoon vanilla ex-
tract. Whip cream, add sugar.
coffee and vanilla. Wet mold in
cold water and fill it; pack mold
in salt and ice and let stand
two or three hours.
Evening star., 1927-02-15
MOTHERS
Mothers Miniature.
AND THEIR CHILDREN.

One mother says:
/ find that there is a psychological
Evening star., 1927-02-15

been contributed by women of wealth
and presumably of fashion. 1t con-
tanned collars, cuffs, barbs and preci-
GUS bits Of old lace that had once been
used ON wedding gowns and wells and
christening robes. The value of the
lace contained in that altar cloth was
estimated at a figure exceeding $780,
600. for practically every piece was
exquisitely fine and many of them
We're very old
Once women of fashion who pos
sessed such precious bits of old
duchesSe, Valenciennes and Venetian
point would have had them displayed
Evening star., 1927-02-15

effect III letting my small daughter
represent a duplicate of me on Sat
urday mornings. | made her dress,
cap and apron of striped gingham,
trimmed in bands of white, exactly
like the tidy uniform which l wear
about the house. She was captivated
with her neat appearance, and when
wearing this outfit she pitches in and
gladly helps me without any urging
on my part, although she had always
evaded doing things for me when
dressed in her ordinary frocks.
lCopyriCht 1927
Evening star., 1927-02-15

In Peru the postal system is owned
by private individuals and not by the
government.
Evening star., 1927-02-15

ESCALLOPED OYSTERS
Roll cracker crumbs fine, place
in buttered casserole. alternat-
ing layers with oysters. Season
with pepper. salt and butter:
pour over them the oyster liquor
and enough milk 10 moisten
crackers. Bake till knife blade
comes out clean.
Evening star., 1927-02-15

Mimi will be glad TO answer any in
quir1es directed to this paper provided Z
stamped. addressed envelope is inclosed.
Evening star., 1927-02-15

FIVE YARDS OF FINE OLD
CREAM SWISS LACE WE'RE
TURNED TO ACCOUNT TO TRIM
THIS SPRING FROCk OF NAVY
BLUE GEORGETTE
Evening star., 1927-02-15
GRAHAM MUFFINS

GRAHAM MUFF'INS
One and one-half cups gra-
ham -four, one-half cup molas-
ses. one.half cup milk and one
heaping teaspoon baking pow
der.
Evening star., 1927-02-15
MENU FOR A DAY

DINNER
Lamb Stew, Rice Dumpliugs
Buttered Carrots
Boiled Potatoes
Hearts of Lettuce,
French Dressing
Coffee Parfait
Coffee
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-24
BRANCH libraries
LACKING IN D. c.
Dr.. BoWerman Says II 10.
CaIitieS Need Facilities.
Must Wait Year.

A wear from next July is the earliest
prospect of n branch library for Wood.
ridge. Dr. George r. Bowerman, Dis
trict librarian last night told members
of the Rhode Island Citizens AssocIa-
.tion at their monthly meeting at SHEER
wood Presbyterian Church. Rhode
Island avenue and Twenty second
street northeast.
DR. Rowerman said that only one
other city of over 100000 population
in the United States has fewer branch
libraries than Washington's three. in
outlining the recommendations for
future congressional appropriations.
as contained in the Gibson five-year
library extension bill, for library de-
velopment IN the District. He stated
that II localities had been selected
as needing branch libraries. including
those of Woodbridge and lexington.
Seek e5 School Libraries.
The bill also provides for IS junior
high and suburban school libraries
and eight branch libraries in rented
quarters, to be put in this years esti.
mate He stated the initial years
cost of a school library would he
$4,000 for books, $1.75O, furniture. and
$4,000 salaries. A resolution indorsing
the Gibson bill was adopted by the
ASSOCIATION.
Upon the recommendation of
Thomas J. Llewelyn, chairman. com.
mttee on streets and sidewalks, the
following street paving and grading
projects for the 1929 District budget
were Endorsed by the associa ton:
Street paving: Eighteenth street
Rhode Island avenue TO Irving street.
Twenty street, Quincy to Shep-
herd streets. Vista street. Twenty.
sixth street to South Dakota avenuf.
Claiming street. Bladensburg road to
South Dakota avenue. Carlton avenue,
South Dakota avenue to Central ave-
nue.. South Dakota avenue. Rhode Is.
land avenue to Twentieth street.
Twenty fourth street, Rhode Island
avenue to Newton street Thayer
street. Rhode Island avenue to
TWentyfourth street. Sixteenth Street.
driving to Monroe streets. Central ave
nue., Rhode Island avenue to Carlton
avenue. Eighteenth street. Lawrence
TO Otis streets. Seventeenth street,
Rhode Island avenue to Douglas
street. Mills avenue. Rhode Island ave-
nue. to Franklin street. Monroe street,
Eighteenth to Twelfth street.
Grading: .Hamiln street. Kings place
to Mills avenue. Irving street, Eight.
zenith street to Nineteenth street. This
also involves condemnation. Evarts
street. Seventeenth west as far as
improved
The readoption of a resolution