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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-05-03
Mrs. Fannie E. Hawkins
Is Suing for Divorce

Mrs. Fannie e. Hawkins, Of 1926
Sixth st. N. W.. had to cut off
her skirts at the knees or give up
her husband. and today ahe asked
the District Supreme Court to help
her get rid Of the latter.
The husband. Berkeley Hawkins,
an elevator operator at the Interior
Department. the wife AYERS. was
abusive toward her ana demanded
that she cut off her dresses at the
knees and go out to the movies
with him. Being q good Baptist,
the wife declares, she refused to
comply with his demands.
The couple were married In May.
1926. The wife IL represented by
Attorney Almond W. Scott.
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ward the retirement Of the pro-
vincial debt.
He announced tax reductions to.
falling $2,4OO, 000-of which $780,
900 will be effected through a re-
duction in the rate Of motor IL
cense fees and $685. through the
abolition Of the amusement tax on
theater tickets which sell for Is
cents or less.
Reductions in income tax are al.
50 to be put into effect by the Fer
guson government at the present
session Of the legislature. The
exemption from taxation granted
to married men will be increased
from $1,000 to $4,000, and that
granted single men from $500 to
$4,000.
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Aany snaprS modsls q eood used
eaRs are listed fer sale N The Times
ana Herald classified Ads--Automo-
tllss Eer Sale Columns.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-11

CHOCOLATE PUDDING.
Mix thoroughly q cup sugar,
"a tablespoons melted butter
and l beaten egg. Add u cup
milk alternately with Ia cups
bread flour mixed and sifted
with q teaspoon baking pow
der and Il teaspoon salt; stir in
/ square chocolate melted over
boiling water, flavor with l tea
spoon vanilla and steam ~
hours.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-11
EAT AND BE HEALTHY
Dinah Days Daily Talks on Diet

that hangs on for weeks is very bad.
- persistent cough calsl for proper
Lung examination.
Very often the cause of a cold can
be. traced to stored waste products
in the intestines. When these waste
products are not promptly gotten rio
of poisons are spread through the
body by the blood. Bodily resistance
is lowered. The cold germ, floating
around, lands and makes itself at
home. OF course, the wise course IS
to keep all the functions working
properly and keep health at top
notch.
BY caring for a. simple cold imme.
diately it manifests itself 1t may be
nipped in the bud.
Go to bed if possible. First take an
enema, then a warm bath. Drink
hot lemonade. Go to bed and stay
there. If this treatment does not seem
to help the cold, and if fever should
be present call the doctor. 1t might
be influenza, with pneumonia waiting
around the corner.
II only a simple cold has developed
and the treatment outlined has re-
lieved 1t, keep the bowels open and
for several days eat only very light
and easily digested food. Then as the
cold symptoms begin to disappear
gradually go back to a normal diet.
For few days accent the building-ur
foods, so that resistance may be fort
fed and health completely restored.
Readers desiring personal answers TO their
questions should send self addressed stamped
envelope TO oman Day. care of The Star.
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Nutrition Nuggets

The two chief reasons why milk Is
so essential in the diet, especially for
children. is because of twos facts:
First, the substances it contains are
those especially required by the grow
ing body; second, milk is digested with
unusuGl ease.
Although a quart Of milk a day Is
the standard suggested amount in the
diet authorities agree that this should
be absolutely fixed. For example, 1t
may be that little children, especially
those under 6. should have more than
a quart. Milk must be used to sup
plement a diet of very carefully
selected solid TODD.
Probably if we were allowed to re-
tain but three types of food we should
have the most satisfactory diet If we
held on to milk. and eggs and fruits
and vegetables. These latter are
classed together
Why not use your imagination in
cooking as we'll as in writing a novel
or painting a picture? The law of
association has quite q broad applica-
ton in matters of food If we will only
think about It. Take the common
food. oatmeal, for example. Most of
us think of it as cereal" and stop
there. AS a matter of fact. the
breakfast porridge Is only one item
in a long list. Oatmeal cookies, oat-
meal soup, oatmeal as the basis for
a steamed fruit pudding, oatmeal
waters, oatmeal mullins made from
leftover cereal and as many more as
you can think of. Try this exercise
over on all YOUR foods.
If some one IN the family has been
ordered plenty of fat in the diet so as
to be built up quickly choose his
foods from the following: All dairy
products such as milk, cream, egg
yolks, butter and cheese, animal fats
such as fat meat, cod liver Noil. mar
row and margarin and lard to be used
in cooking. OF the pure vegetable
fats, the patient may have olive oil,
peanut butter and various forms or
salad oil.
If you find yourself stuck with
bananas not ripe enough to serve,
bake them without the skins ana
haste with a syrup made with either
white or brown sugar. Prepared In
this way, they should be served as a
dessert.
When the food allowance must be
cut down to the minimum give the
entire dietary plan careful study. For
example, margarin is as satisfactory
fuel as butter. Perhaps limited. sup
plies of fresh butter should be saved
as q spread for bread.
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Apple Compete.

To make this, pare and core some
apples. Cook them in a syrup made
by combining water and sugar in the
proportion of two cupfuls of water
to one cupful of sugar. Color the
syrup with red commercial coloring,
or cinnamon candies. Be sure there
is enough syrup in the pan to cover
the apples. Use a deep pan, and
remember that the same quantity of
syrup needed for one apple will cover
a number of apples. Cover the pan
and cook until the apples are tender.
Take them out Of the syrup. and use
the syrup in a fruit punch. Serve
the apples hot, with a spoonful of
tart jelly in the center, and hard
sauce.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-11
Beware of Colds.

Changeable weather, poorly venti-
lated rooms and rundown health make
a condition for the fiourishing of the
cold germ.
The pesky villains are very busy
right now The germs are spread by
contact, by sneeZes, by coughs, by
kisses.
If you should have a cold, cover
the nose and mouth when you cough
or sneeze. Teach the children to do
this. The best handkerchief" is a
piece of gauze which can be destroyed
instead of going into the laundry.
Do not kiss any one with a cold. Be
very careful about washing the
hands and face before preparing food.
I'm not feeling very well. Just a
cold" But colds are very costly in
time and impair health. They also
weaken the bodily resistance. Though
a cold may come and go as a cold, &C.
casionally the cold symptoms" are
the beginning of some real disease. If
cold does not break in "a hours get
the doctor. Influenza in grown-ups.
scarlet fever or measles I'm the young.
sters, may be coming on. Also, a cold
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-11
GRAHAM CRACKER
RD

NIN<tCINIAIN
CUSTARD.
Beat together until light 3
eggs, 1-3 cup sogar and 16 tea
spoon salt. Pour over them,
slowly, 3 cups scalded milk,
flavor with II teaspoon vanilla
and turn into buttered baking
dish. Cover with lightly but
tered graham crackers Ut may
be necessary to cut some of
these into halves in order to
make them fit in dish). Put Gus
tard into pan containing hot
water and bake in slow oven
about 325 to $50 degrees Fun
til firm and set.
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FOOD AND THRIFT IN THE HOME



Prunes with Lemon.
Oatmeal with Cream.
Scrambled Eggs.
Bran Gems.
Coffee.
LUNCHEON.
Gelatin Cheese Salad.
Hot Rolls.
Graham Cracker Custard.
Tea.
DINNER.
Cream of Corn Soup.
Broiled Slice of Ham.
Baked Potatoes. Boiled Spinach.
Cabbage Salad.
Steamed Chocolate Pudding.
Coffee.
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Dark Cup Cakes.

Dissolve one level teaspoonful of
baking soda In one-fourth cupful Of
sour milk. Dissolve two tablespoon
fuls of cocoa in hot water. Beat one
egg. Sift two level teaspoonfuls of
baking powder and one and one-half
cupfuls of sifted -four together. Add
one cupful of dark-brown sugar. Mix
well and bake in moderately hot
oven. To make the icing, mix thor
oughiy one and one-half cupfuls of
Xxx sugar, a lump of butter the
size of an egg and two atablespoonfuls
of cocoa. Add vanilla to flavor. A
little hot coffee added to the icing
will help it to spread easily.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-11
Soft Molasses Cookies.

Cream one and one-half cupfuls of
brown sugar and one cupful of lard.
Add two eggs and one cupful of mo-
lasses, then beat well. Sift together
five cupfuls of bread flour, one tea
spoonful of soda, one tablespoonful
of ground ginger, and one teaspoon
full of salt. Add to the other ingredi-
ents. Now add one cupful Of boiling
water very gradually and beat well.
Drop by spoonfuls onto creased bak-
ing sheets and bake in a hot oven.
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MARYLAND Chicken.

Select young chicken and cut in
at the joints, rolling in -four and sea-
soning with salt and pepper; fry in a
very hot frying pan, one or two pieces
at a time. Let stay in the fat until
each piece is we'll Drowned. Lower
the heat and cook slowly for about
one-half hour. Serve the fried chicken
on toast and pour around a nicely
seasoned white sauce. Serve corn
fritters with the chicken.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-11
IRAN GEMS.

BRAN GEMS.
One cup bran, cup whole
wheat or graham flour, l Il cups
milk, ] teaspoon salt, egg, /
tablespoon sugar, IL teaspoons
baking powder, 2 tablespoons
melted butter. Bake in a hot
oven in well creased gem pans.
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beware THE
COUGH OR COLD
THAT HANGS ON

Persistent coughs and colds lead
60 serious trouble. You can stop
them now with Creomulsion, an
eraulsified creosote that is pleasant
to take. Creomulsion is q new
medical discovery with two-fold ac.
tion: Z soothes and heals the in
famed membranes and inhibits
germ growth.
+ 0g all known drugs, creosote is
recognized by high medical author.
titles as one OF the greatest healing
agencies for persistent coughs and
colds and other forms Of throat
troubles. CreomuIsion contains; in
addition to creosote, other healing
elements which soothe and heal
the infected membranes and stop
the irritation and inflammat ton
while the creosote goes on to the
stomach, Is absorbed into the blood,
attacks the seat Of trouble and
checks the growth Of the germs.
yCreomulsion l. guaranteed salts.
factory in the treatment of per.
sistent coughs and colds, bronchial
asthma, bronchitis and other forms
of respiratory diseases, and Is ex.
ceIlent for building UP the. system
after colds or flu, Money refunded
AZ any cough or cold Is not relieved
a.ser taking according to directions.
Ask your druggist.
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or less what you're up against.
In fact. through him the cabinet
might be persuaded to consider
Steel's invention.
Father tried that way" put in
Mary, quietly. But it failed. Mr..
Brown said he could do nothing
unless he were provided with the
fun details OF the invention, and
these Mr.. Steel refused to give"
Jefferies swept his eyes over the
little company and nodded his head
slightly. He was still pulling at
his empty pipe, but at motion
from Mary he proceeded to fill it.
At any rate said Enderby,
after a pause. which seemed to
emphasize the difficulties that
Steel's timidity created. Curwen
Brown is very appToaella
chap given the right infroduction
and you might do worse thar
seek his advice"
III remember your suggestion =
said Jefferies, lighting his pipe,
and sending out thick clouds Of
smoke.
"All this talk is futile" put In
Steel, whimperingly. Don't you
realize that you're too late-that
to pit ourselves against such an
organization is hopeless. Here, in
this lonely house, surrounded by
enemies viii will stop at moth.
ing"
"Jefferies waved his hand
through the smoke and spoke
steadily.
(TO Be Continued Tomorrow
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-02-21
LIGHTNING,
FREAK
CoMPAssEs were seriously at.

GoMPAssES were seriously af-
y fected on the motorship "Nar.
ragansett" not long ago when
bolt of lightning struck the yes
sci as 1t was. cruising in the
north Atlantic, says Popular Me-
chanics Magazine. The needles
spun about rapidly, then settled
down but with marked devia-
tions.
One indicated westerly
course. another an eastern, the
difference being as much as 20
degrees. To meet the unusual
situation and regain the proper
course, the officers had a plat
form erected above the wheel
house sufficiently high so that
the magnetic influences induced
in the house by the lightning
would not be communicated to
the instruments placed on the
elevation.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-02-21
GUM FOR AIR
PILOTS

CHEWING gum is recommended
- for pilots by the Royal Air
Force flying-training manual. pub
lished in England. as it provides
saliva and helps overcome the
difficulty experienced in swallow.
ing during descents as result Of
parched threats, says Popular Ne.
chanics Magazine.
Swallowing aids in equalizing
the air pressure within the ears
when descending from a high
altitude as 1t opens the narrow
passages leading from the back
Of the throat to the inner side Of
the eardrum. In sudden down
ward flights. authorities recon-
mend clicking the ears" which
means pinching the nostrils and
forcing air from the chest into
the nose until a clicking sound is
heard in both ears.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-02-21
STRUGGLETO
SURVIVE

pAsTURE plants are in contin.
\ ual war to see which win
prove fittest and survive, accord.
ing to DR.. Herbert @. Hanson,
associate professor of botany at
Colorado Agricultural College in
Popular Mechanics Magazine,
Timothy, rsd-top, alsike clover
and white clover cannot with.
stand the competition of orchard
grass and red clover and will be
crowded out if their enemies are
not held in check, he has found.
At the same time, however,
Kentucky blue grass, working
under the shelter of the other
plants and extending it's subter.
ranean foothold under their roots
eventually will drive out the VIC
tors. Smooth bronze grass and
meadow fescue often hold their
own when cattle are barred.
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motive behind all this?" asked
Jefferies.
Jack Enderby blew a smoke
ring into the air and watched it
with musing eyes.
II don't know" he admitted.
"But there have been queer ru-
mors going about lately in diplo.
matte circles. Curwen Brown said
something about Europeans who
were traitors to Europe. Coun.
tries that would unite with ma.
tons Of another creed, even of
another color. If by DOING so they
could further some damnable
scheme of their own. There are
people who would employ any
means to accomplish an end that
they consider great. There are
people who have become used to
war, and unfortunately there are
thousands who have learned a
terrible lesson that war brings
great commercial profits, even
though 1t means the suffering
and misery of the masses. An
alliance of INSCRIPTIONS men, cum.
ming and greedy. with a lust for
power, with vast hordes of ignor.
ant people ready to do their bid
ding under the urge of skillfully
prepared propaganda-what might
that not mean?"
Quite Puzzled
''But where do we come in?"
asked Jefferies, keenly interested.
THAT is what / could not see"
said Enderby slowly. But while
/ was waiting out there in the
dark an idea came to me. /
thought / saw where, perhaps, we
come in. SteePs discovery. A
synthetic substitute for petrol,
easily manufactured at a low
cost. Might not the people who
gained control Of that delude
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HIS DARK SECRET

themselves into thinking that they
could make themselves masters
Of the modern world?"
Jefferies looked grave, while at
the same moment Steel leaped to
his feet.
You are right. Mr.. Enderby, ("
said Steel. ''Tnat is the reason
for my relentless persecution. That
is why / never have peace day
and night. Somewhere are great
and deadly powers at work. What
their plans may be / do not know,
but that my discovery Is essen.
tial to the furthering of them l
am certain. They approach me
under the guise Of q commercial
concern, but there is more behind
it than that. / would stake my
life"
IF I were you, Jefferies," said
Enderby, quietly, 81 would 60 and
see Curwen Brown. / can intro.
duce you to him IL you like, or
my sister. Madge Aldhouse. knows
him well. Unless ! am mistaken
he will be able to tell you more
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-02-21
N0l0 GO on WIN 7IIte Storju.

he tried to sit up on the bed, but
fell back again Immediately.
There" said Mary quietly.
You must keep quiet"
After a minute, Enderby turned
over on his side. and looked at
Jefferies.
A "Gink"
I'm a gink," he repeated,
solemnly. Il let the blighters
knock me out. What's more,
they've put the old bus out of
action. Three of them were there.
They got me while 1 vas having
a cigarette and doing sen .ry.go
to keep up the circulation. 1
only hope it doesn't mean any.
thing serious for you. l came to
warn you, but my heads been
giving me gip.
Ao
That's all right, Enderby,"
said Jefferies. "If the cars done
for, We'll stop here for the night.
It's of no consequence"
Of no consequence" Steel
cried. This is all part Of a plan.
They wanted to get us all to.
gether here. What did Carniflex
say-we should none Of us leave
this place ="
"Cut it out" said Jefferies
harshly. What does it matter
what Carnifex said. Be a man.
We can look after ourselves. You
don't want to be scared by every
DIT OF bluff that's put, up to you.
II this gas stove will light here,
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you'd better put a match to it,
and make yourself useful"
Under the complusion Of the
others voice Steel complied. He
lit the gas fire and soon the room
took on a cosier appearance. En-.
derby seemed to revive in q re.
markable manner, and was soon
smoking a cigarette, and joining
in the general conversation. Luke
Jefferies made a round OF the
house and made certain that all
doors and windows were fast. The
window he had crashed through
was broken beyond repair. and
he contented himself with locking
the door of the room on the out.
side and putting the key in his
pocket.
He found some food in the
kitchen, and the party had light
meal by the fire in the bedroom,
while Enderby was given milk
and brandy.
Odd Business
II say, Jefferies,' said Enderby
a little later. 1--WE been thinking
over all this business. and it
strikes me as being rather odd"
"Indeed?" said Jefferies. ironic-
ally.
What I mean to say is that
these people are behaving very
peculiarly If all they're out for is
to acquire an invention which
I threatens to reduce their sales. :"
Jefferies nodded and felt in his
pocket for his pipe.
That's what I think, !" he said.
"Carnifex is not the ordinary
business agent pursued Enderby.
i believe he is rather a big pot
in his own part of the world. /
met a fellow the other night who
has rather an important job in
the Secret Service. The o. /. D.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-02-21
MILEAGE OF
BUSES

DEPoRTS of the Interstate Com.
~ merce Commission show that
there are more than $4,000 auto
busses in operation in the United
States, the mileage represented
by the routes being nearly $50, 1000.
says Popular Mechanics Magazine.
The great majority Of the lines
are operated by motor transport
companies.
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CHAPTER vi

The journey to the house was
accomplished in silence. Arriv.
ing at the front door Abraham
Steel was trembling SO violently
that he was unable to insert the
key in the lock. and Mary vickers
was obliged to open the door
herself.
Enderby was laid on bed in
q spare room, and a nasty wound
on the back of his head was
carefully washed and dressed.
Mary Vickers, who had learned
enany useful things in the war,
presided over the patient, whilst
Jefferies and Steel fetched and
carried the things she required.
Presently Enderby opened his
eyes, and at sight of the anxious
faces bending over him, he
grinned cheerily.
II am a gink," he whispered
with rueful emphasis.
Never mind" said Mary, has
THY. Don't try to talk, there's
q good boy"
ooh I'm all right. Got a
cigarette?"
TO prove that he was all right
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kind Of politics in the Near East
for some years past. This friend
Of mine Curwen Brown is his
name-was as guarded as most Of
our big bugs are, but / think he
knows good deal more than he
cared to tell me-"
what Is your theory about the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-02-21
THIRD YEAR
HARDEST

TUE presiding judge of the do.
\ nestle relations court IN New
York recently summed up his
experiences in an epigram to the
effect that 1.-The first year Of mar.
ried life is the hardest
His conclusion is challenged by
Eleanor Blake. writing in the
Woman's Home Companion, who
declares that 'the dreadful third
year" is the crucial test of mar.
ried life.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-02-21
Thrills Abound in This Pulse Tingling
Serial Of International Intrigue
and Romantic Love
Read This First:

Luke JefIerie walking dscOnsOaey along London street Is
co 9ea ~ Nary Ncss ag1tstea M in evening
e Whom he can sntrust mission He explains
sr Ola en has discovered an efficient substitute
RS eq n e protect Steel He offers gefferes
Dands e traitor Js.Ier he IS leaving house
Man ~ sns pas gone e I've and Jack Enderby
lore Jeffs starts he has escapes and a he enters the
c ne sees CaFnex He urges EndeTby top speed.
NOU Go on Within Storu.
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It's a Fact!

When child dies in some
parts of Greenland. the natives
bury a live dog with it to guide
the child to the other world, as
it is claimed dogs can find their
way anywhere.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-02-21
BUGS DODGE
GUNFIRE

HIANT locusts have been invad-
N ing the countryside in In.
dia. three different swarms hav-
Ing descended upon territory in
the Bombay presidency. says Pop.
ular Mechanics Magazine.
One army" was 90 miles long
and 80 yards wide. When the
insects had settled, heavy gun.
fire was directed upon them, but
did not dislodge them, and sew
eral fertile tracts were devastated.
Another swarm was five miles
long andg half a mile wide.
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u 9TH AMAZED-We were both
ID amazed, but wondered why this
sudden right about-face on my
guardians part? Why this sudden i'm
pulse to play Santa Claus? / longed to.
believe in the old, kindly, generous man,
yet the notion persisted that perhaps he
HAD hired that French girl to make her
ugly scene that his generous offer was
a sign he was ashamed of a dirty trick.
After he'd gone sat for a moment pom
dering.
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we call II. The Oriental InteIli.
gence Department. You knew,
didn't you, that / am employed
at the Foreign Office-very much
as an underling," he added with
a grin. He knows Carnifex. He
told me the Brighter had been
mixed I'D in most Of the shadier