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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-12-03

Most baseball men believe
SChalk did the best possible
with what he had in 1927. He
hustled and had his players
hustling. None other could
have done more.
SchaIk couldn't pitch for lame
pitchers, hit for poor hitters nor
field for poor fielders. He lost
Johnny Mostil in the training camp.
Roger Peckinpaugh's ancient under.
pinning gave away altogether,
leaving a yawning gap in the
infield. Lyons and Thomas we've
the only really successful pitchers
he had. They did their best and
when they were done, so was the
team. That wasn't Schalk's fault.
Comiskey says he's willing to
pay real money for proved players.
He shows that by paying $123,000
for Chalmar Cissel, the Portland
shortstop. throwing Dan Boofe
and King Cole into the deal. CisseI
may make the grade, but he alone
can't make the White Sox a con-
tender.
The success of the Cubs has put
life into Comiskey. The Cubs were
contenders until late in the season
and made something like $4,000
out of the campaign, The White
Sox were never serious contenders
and lost plenty. This explains
Comiskey's sudden springing to life.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-12-03

The Beeques have been spilling
an average of 488 naples a game,
which is 10 pins better than their
nearest rivals in that respect, the
Commercials, who are in third
place.
Rena Levy, of the Columbians,
IL the leading individual, with an
average of 101-1S for 81 games,
and Lorraine GULL Of the Beeuues,
Is second with 10O.17 for "a strings.
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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-12-03

The Beeques, named for that
popular pioneer among girl
bOwlers. Bronson Quaites. are
In a fair way to repeat their
pennant victory of last season in
the Washington Ladies Duckpin
League. They have a three
game lead over the secOnd.place
C0lumbians and a pin average
that marks them clearly as the
strongest team in the league.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-14

Facial packs are very helpful, espe-
cially when made on a basis of al
mond, oatmeal or cornmeal. Since
meal or starch packs have a tendency
to flake off when dry, little fuller's
earth may be mixed in to give them
firmer texture. Of course, the flax
ing off does not detract from the
value of the treatment, but some
women are annoyed by the untidiness
of it. Two tablespoonfuls of the meal
may be mixed with one tablespoonful
Of the earth. three drops of tincture
of benzoin and enough witch-hazel to
make paste.
Before applying the pack the skin
should be cleansed with cold cream
and steamed lightly with one or two
hot towels The paste is then spread
thickly over the face and remains on
until dry. During the drying process
one should lie down, close the eyes
and relax the body. Tepid water may
be used to remove the pack after the
face has been steamed once more to
soften the paste. Thoroughly rinse
and dry the skin and pat ON a skin
tonic. This may be a simple mixture
of equal parts of rose water and
glycerin, or If a mild astringent is
desired the following recipe may be
used: Is grains of sulphocarbolate of
zinc; drains 80 per cent alcohol: |
dram glycerin; 1 II ounces orange
flower water, and rose water ltriple)
to make three ounces.
Facial packs of the kind just de.
scribed may be taken every day
Once a week bleaching pack OF
buttermilk and cornmeal may be had
Copyright. 1927
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-14
WHEN WE co SHOPPING
BY MRS. HARLAND III. ALLEN.

ably deal more advantageously with
them.
In many secondhand book shops
there are fragments of sets; often part
of a set can be picked up cheaply.
The way to measure the value of
such broken sets is to determine the
value of the individual books. You
shouldn't pay more than each book
in it's found condition would cost
, Singly.
Many fine bindings appear on sec
ondhand bookstore shelves. Dust
accommodates on their backs and COW
ers, but if you have q seeing eye, you
may pick up real bargains. AT home
little cleansing and polishing will
| reveal the treasure. Don't buy the
! binding alone. If you do not care to
| own the book, 1t is a waste of money
and library space to buy the book for
| the binding.
Volumes that have been torn from
! their binding may be had frequently
| for a song. In cases where the paper
and printing are of a high order, buy
! the book and have it bound in cloth
at "A small cost. Many women have
/ never been courageous enough to
| brave the dust of a second hand book
store, and are unacquainted with the
| bargains awaiting them. Books that
/ you have wanted or looked for for
months may be just inside the door
But do mind the cautions;atheyll save
dollars and dollars.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-14
A Cup of Hot Water.

AS an aftermath of holiday eating
many suffer digestive disturbances.
Hospitality, good fellowship and good
eating-then, alas. a good pain in the
stomach.
There's the story of the little girl
who went up to a bazaar booth To buy
her sixth ice cream cone. The lady in
charge demonstrated. Sadie, you're
going to be sick. Does your mother
know you are eating so much ice
cream" That's nothing" replied
Sadie, I'm always sick after parties. "
It's the old story of lack of common
sense and moderation. Most foods are
all right in themselves. It's the gorg-
ing and excessive eating that over
work the digestive system.
A cup of hot water before break
fast is very beneficial If the stomach
is awry. slipped slowly, it is soothing.
In fact, a cup of hot water also before
luncheon and before dinner would
prove helpful if there is difficulty of
digestion.
In cases of bad digestive upset it
is best to fast for "a hours. Every
hour of the day a cup of hot water
could be slipped. This will have Il
cleansing effect. The next day, two
tablespoons of bran, softened with
boiling water and sWeetened with
honey. may be taken at breakfast.
The hot water treatment should be
continued until noon of the second
day. Then a cup of broth and two
pieces of toast may be given. The
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-14
EAT AND BE HEALTHY
Dnah Days Daily Talks on Diet
The Right Food Is the Best Medicine

toast should be well chewed. More
hot water should be taken until eve
ming, and then perhaps pr'ine juice
and a very soft cooked, poaChed or
coddled egg. For a day or two
plenty of hot water should be taken
and very. very simple and easily Iii
gested food should make up the ra-
tion.
The hot water is not a cure. ThOugl
it soothes the stomach and stimulates
it's workings, normal digestion Will
not follow unless a careful and re
striCted diet is taken for several days
The hot water drink also tones UP he
| circulation. 4 quarter of teaspoon
of baking soda in Il half glass OF moi
water the first thing in the mornin-
some people. However, proper diet
at all times Is the best means BY
which to avoid suffering from con
stipation.
1t should. of course. he remeln-
| bered that the state of peoples lin.
nards" differs very much. John
| Brown may be much benefited By
taking q cup of hot water before his
! three mealeS But it does not follow
| that everybody else must do the same
/ If state of chronic Indigestion Is
present, examine your mode of living
and eating. II the reason for this
| state cannot be determined, it would
| be best To consult a reputable doctor
/ The hot water before meals is 70 psi
| liative; but it Is not cure.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-14
Among Second Hands.

Buying second hand books is a
necessity for some but a pleasure for
all. There is a distinct delight in buy
ing a book at half price or less. De-
light consists in finding the book, not
ing it's price and acquiring it. Good
books are not all new books and II
YOU are going to buy an old book, why
not buy it as advantageOusly as pos
Sible?
When buying secondhand books for
school or study purposes be sure that
il is the edition desired or required.
often a book becomes obsolete and II
is brought up to date in new edition.
Many of the classics of literature have
been edited by different authors, and
any one won't do. Before setting out
to browse and buy, take the full title,
edition and publisher Of the book
wanted.
Many books seem cheap, but eXaml-
nation will show that there are pages
missing, or pages have been torn OF
mutilated. Very often in the case OF
Schoolbooks and text books INK has
been spilled on the leaves, or whole
pages have been scrubbed over. A
book that is difficult to read or that
is entirely or partially useless Is never
a bargain.
Secondhand dealers are used tc
bargaining when they buy books foI
their collections, and they may be
bargained with when you buy from
them. Most of them will accept rea
sonable offer. If they perceive that
you are after first editions or sup
posedly rare volumes they are quite
apt to capitalize on the information
If you impress them with the fact
that you are chiefly interested in the
book for itself alone, you will prob
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-14
BEDTIME STORIES BY = T a"ScSSe

dear! How ever can / get across
therei Whitley can fly faster than 1
can run: But if I stay here, Reddy
Fox will catch me. What an awful
Situationi 1t looks as if to stay is to
be caught, and as if to run is to be
caught. l don't see why some folks
are so anxious for rabbit dinner
anyhow. 1t isn't fair for two to hunt
one. No, sir, it isn't fair. What
chance has one got against two? Here
comes Reddy and I've got to run.
don't see Whitley anywhere, but
suppose he is sitting up in a tree
watching. Of course, he may have
given up and flown away, but such
good luck as that is too much to ex.
pect."
Just then Peter made a dreadful
discovery. Reddy Fox, instead of fol
lowing him under the hemlock boughS,
had been clever enough to run around
on the outside and now was almost
within jump of where Peter sat.
There was nothing for him to do but
run, and run with all his might. With
a big jump he started, and Reddy
Fox after him, and so close that
Peter was sure he felt Reddy S
breath. OF course, he didn't, but il
seemed SO. And then, all in q flash
it seemed, a great white bird was how
ering over Peter and reaching down
with great curved claws. From the
tail of his eye, Peter saw the great
bird just in time and he lodged in
that sudden way of his which has
become famous. Whitley the Snowy
Owl missed Peter by hardly more
than an inch. His great wings brush
ed the snow right in front of Reddy
Fox.
This was more than Reddy could
stand. He felt that Whitley was in
terfering with his hunt. With ar
angry snarl. Reedy sprang forward
and seized one of those great white
wings. In an instant, there was q
terrible mix-up of red and white
Over on his back went Whitley. The
other great wing pounded Reddy and
pounded him hard. The great claws
tore Reddy's coat, and Whitley snap
ped that great hooked bill of his ii
a way that was quite dreadful Il
hear.
AS for Reddy, he was doing his best
to sink those big teeth of his into the
wing of Whitley, but all he could get
was a mouthful of feathers. He
couldn't get his teeth into the flesh
anywhere. So for a moment Of two
there was a terrible mix-up of rec
and white. Peter Rabbit fairly
chuckled to himself. He would have
liked to watch that miX-up, but thi:
was his chance and he made the most
of it. BY the time Reddy and Whitley
had had enough of fighting Peter was
safe in the old bramble-tangle.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-14

one as il arises The master key is
silence.
1t is when we are quiet and not &C
lively bustling about, but when we are
silent that our minds work best. Then
we are receptive and our thoughts
gather power and force, ability and
strength New light comes to us on
perplexities; new methods of dealing
with adverse matters: new grasp of
subjects; new viewpoints reveal diff
ferent facts. We see things in their
proper proportions, and it is only
when we do this that we can come to
any correct solutions.
Quarrels.
When it comes to disputes, silence
is the immediate solution, 1t takes
two to make a quarrel, and If one re-
mains silent there can be no alter
cation. Do not confuse silence with
Sulking. A sulky person is apt to be
solent, it is true, but it is the silence
of bitterness, and not of receptivity or
thought. The sulky person is merely
silent in speech, and not in action, for
he Tor she) is actively expressing HIM
self. and actions speak louder than
words. And so true silence is not be-
ing kept.
Aids Judgment.
The silence that is the master key
to solving problems combines inactiv-
ity with taciturnity. 1t might be
called constructive silence, for it builds
roads to success in solutions of veX-
ing problems. No two persons have
precisely the same difficulties, of
course, and each demands its own
special and individual solution. ABut,
without thinking things over quietly,
few find right courses of action, and
wrong course plunges us into
further annoyances.
Solution Possible.
1t is when the homemaker is beset
with anXieties and has engrossing
work to do that time for silence seems
hard to find. 1t is then, however, that
she absolutely must havet a few
moments of mental relaxation. With
out it sickness results. Then long
hours of cessation from work plus
pain and increased anxieties are her
portion. Is it not better to deliber-
ately take little while, perhaps mere
ly a half-hour daily. and sit down, re-
Taxed and quietly, in silence? Realize
that there is a solution for your
troubles, for there is a right solution
to every problem; mathematics teach
us this. Danish all QuerulouS and re-
belliouS thoughts about them, for
these never lead to the right road. Let
your thoughts be neutral, at least, for
it is then that ideas have an oppor-
tunity to penetrate. Do not revolve
annoyances in your mind: this is
worrying. 1t will get you nowhere,
and you waste your time, and time is
precious. 1t is when time is spent in
relaxed silence that solutions come. If
you haven't tried this method, let me
recommend it, for it is like a master
key unlocking many doors leading
into pleasant prospects.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-14
SUB ROSA
BY MIMI.
BY MIMI.
Too Funny to Be Lovable.

Lucy from the time she was old
| enough to talk convulsed people with
her overwhelmingly funny remarks.
| She had "a ready sense of humor
and a remarkably quick wit. Also
| she had one of those faces just meant
| for comedy.
don't mean that she looked like
Caricature-or that she was in the
| least ugly.
on the contrary, she was rather a
good-looking girl--tine skin, pretty
| ewes. good even teeth, cute smile, etc.
But she had lot of tricks--such
as drawing her face out of shape and
dropping one eyelid disdainfully-
which made her look screamingly
ridiculous
People loved having Lucy around.
| She succeeded in making everything
joke-including herself.
OF course she was the life of every
party. OF course she got invited con-
stantly to parties and dances.
But she remained good Old Lucy
! until way past the hopeful twenties,
right into the dangerous thirties~-no
| one ever tried to persuade her to do
anything about changing her name.
No one stammered words of love
into her ear--no one pleaded for
! little bit of affection.
All the bCEys patted her on the back.
| said fondly, Lucy, old gal, you're a
| riot and continued to ask her to
parties.
But this didn't rate her very much.
1t made hen" youth happy and bright,
but it didn't provide for the cosy,
sheltered. romantic future she secret
ly longed for.
And the truth was that her chief
attraction was also the chief reason
for her unsentimental career.
Lucy was SO blamed funny. no boy
could be romantic about her. He
, might be very fond of her--might sus-
pect that behind the laughing clown
! lurked a let of worthwhile things
which would make a good wife, but
he never had chance to find out
| about her real self
She was so persistently droll-So
eager to make herself the laughing
| stock.
AS Edgar remarked one evening,
IF any one ever tried to make love
to Lucy she would be sure to burst
out laughing. and then, by putting on
q trick face or somebody's derby hat,
she'd effectively take all the romance
out of the situation entirely"
i Which is exactly why nobody made
to Lucy.
She attracted loads of boys, but she
convinced them all that she was in
the world to laugh, and that any
serious or sacred words were out of
place in a. conversation with her.
By this | don't mean to criticize
her | don't mean to imply that she
should have abandoned that bright.
quick wit, that happy chuckle-that
knack of making herself a good Joke.
But she should have given others
little glimpse of the sweet, wistful.
nice kid she was, down underneath
the foolishness.
She should have let the boys realize
that she had a serious, appealing
side, too.
No girl should destroy her chances
of romance by appearing too much
the perfect clown
Copyright. 1927
. Mimi will be glad to answer any INQUIRIES
envelope is inclosed P0"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-14
LITTLE BENNY
BY LEE PAPE.

Sattiday afternoon me and Sid
Hunt started to take a wawk and we
herd Sids little brother Bert running
up in back of us, Sid saying, Aw
heck heer comes that darn kid, cant
L go enywares without that darn kid
following me, darn that darn kid.
Lets jest pertend we don't even
know he's around, 1 sed.
WITCH we started to, Bert catching
up with us and saying. Hay Sid, ware
you going? and Sid saying to me, 1
wonder ware Bert is. l haven't saw
! him lately and watts more l don't give
a darn.
I'm glad he aint heer, anyways, war.
ever he is, I sed.
Hay Sid, ware you going, how long
you going to be? Bert sed.
I think I heer a berd singing, Sid
sed.
| think / heer it too. it's got bew.
Ifill voice like a parrit, / sed
Hay Sid, you better anser me, Bert
sed
/ certeny injoy taking a wawk
without having that darn kid Bert
trying to follow me, Sid sed, and l
sed, its certeny a relief, all rite.
Aw beloney, Bert sed.
And he termed around and went
DoCh anu Hie ana SlQ IaHed Tor about
blocks, Sid saying, That was a good
one all rite, and me saying, Sure, that
| was my ideer.
| And we waWked around a vile with
| out enything mulch happening ex
| sept us getting tired, and wen we
came back Bert was standing on Sids
| frunt steps, saying, Hail., hah, you
mite as well go and take another
wawk because all the ice GREEN is
gone, | tried to tell you mama was
saving you some but you thawt you
was smart, ha, hah.
G WIZ, darn the luck, that was
your ldeer. Benny, darn your dun
ideers, Sid sed
| Proving you cant judge without
| knowing all the Jacks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-14
Fig Frappe.

Two and one-half cups fresh ti4>
one cup whipped cream. one-half cup
sugar, one-quarter cup powdered
sugar.
Peel and slice the figs and add the
sugar. Let stand until the sugar is
dissolved. Have ready the cream
mixed with one-quarter cup OF pow
dered sugar. Place a layer of whipped
cream in the bottom OF d pudding
mold. Add a layr of figs and fill the
dish with alternate layers of cream
and figs. Cover and let stand packed
in ice and salt for three hours
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-14

my corresp ,ndent gives most of the
credit for her escape from the middle
aged appe arance that most women
dread is {. very simple facial pack
and / am sure that she will be glad
to pass on the secret to others. 1t is
made by mixing starch to paste
with equal parts of olive oil and
witch-hazel and a pinch of boraX. She
found from experience that packs
made principally of fuller's earth were
too drying for her type of skin.
It is usually the case that, as one
grows older the natural oil in the
skin diminishes and this is partly re-
sponsible for the formation of facial
wrinkles, hence oily lotions and
creams are valuable for cleansing and
nourishing the skin.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-14
Cheese Soup.

one cup grated cheese, one egg.
four cups milk, one-half teaspoon salt
few grains pepper.
Heat the milk and stir in the sea
sonings. then the beaten egg, Cook
three minutes in a double boiler. Have
ready the cheese and stir this slowly
into the first mixture. Stir constantly
so as to avoid Jumping and cook until
creamy and smooth. Serve with
crOutOnS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-14
Hot Cheese Sandwiches.

Cut some stale bread in one-fourth
inch slices, remove the crusts and cut
cheese in slices the same size as the
pieces of bread and sprinkle with salt
and cayenne pepper. Put.a slice of
cheese between each two slices of
bread. Saute in butter in a hot iron
frying pan or omelet pan until deli
cately Drowned on one side, then turn
and brown the other side. Serve very
bNf
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-14
.MILADY BEAUTIFUL
BY LOIS LEEDS

1t does me good to receive letters
like one / had from a woman of SO,
who says she is often taken for 35
years of age. A generation ago
women past 40 were considered eX-
tremely vain if they tried to keep
their compilations smooth and their
figures youthful; but today no woman
is expected to submit passivelX to
wrinkles and rheumatism. The knowl-
edge of the correct care of the body
is prolonging youth for everybody.
The particular beauty aid to which
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-14

by, he would have been all right. But
the nearest bramble-tangle was still
some distance away. 1t was to this
that Peter was trying to get.
If only there had been low-growing
hemlock trees, with their boughs
weighted down with snow, growing
all the way over to that bramble-
tangle, it would have made it much
easier for Peter. He wouldn't have
had TO worry SO much about Whitley.
When he was under those hemlocks,
Whitley couldn't get at him. 1t was
when he had to cross open places
that Whitley had his chance. And
Peter knew that there was one long
open place before, he could reach the
safety of the old bramble-tangle. How
he did dread that! He knew he would
have to do some very lively lodging
TO avoid those great curved claws
with which Whitley would reach for
him.
"Oh, dearr' said Peter TO himself
as he peeped out from under the lit
tie hemlock tree and looked across
to the distant bramble-tangle; "oh,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-14
Stuffed Figs and Dates.

Simmer some figs in grape juice
until soft but not soggy, then cut
them open on one side and stuff with
half a marshmallow and bit of nut
meat, then roll in powdered sugar.
Clean and stone some large dates and
fill the cavities with peanut butter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-14

wealthy the person. the more these
problems increase. Take problems
away from the life of people and in
terest in it becomes dulled. Life lacks
zest, and development is cramped.
No one wants a. dull and uninterest-
ing life, yet many persons shrink from
solving problems. Then they merely
add another problem TO their own lives,
which is, how to cope with situations.
And so, since there is no escape from
problems in life, puzzling, yet inter
esting. the first matter to solve is how
to deal with them as a whole. When
we get key that will unlock the first
door that bars the way to this we are
started on the road to solving each
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-14
HOME NOTES
BY JENNY WREN.

The Spanish type of house is becom
ing more and more generally appre.
ciated. and Spanish furnishings and
decorations are making a very popu
lar appeal. The Spanish note is ex,
pressed by plain, almost bleak back.