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Evening star., 1927-04-21
DOROTHY DIX'S LETTER BOX
Shall He Marry 19-Year- Old Girl Who Still Has
Baby Ways and Seems to Be Unable to Follow
a Consistent Course?

DEAR MISS DIX: a in
childish
things telling the whoppng She aWful
When she machine davenport with
that feel could wife think
she would make What o j. A. c.
re
divorce mill grinding along speed night and
Who
his angel seng
TO complexion
niue ways that VIII hm nate
Try n squarey
To with of Girls
going to be able change What be
Any girl of 10
She under mentally
for wife and
Also while these bayan while
old and hone
a girl and in he
would her
When name n
trust her. and he
believe
As for this girls being aht
admiration and evidently
would
the
aduation the the
deeply loves and the
The who travel light
If this girl will live
Evening star., 1927-04-21
HAND NO. -
South is the deoler. What is the
OroDer bidding and play?

Each Gay we shall publish a com
plete hand presented by Mr. White
head, together with a chart upon
which the bidding and play may be
noted. These hands may be played
with cards by one, two, three or four
players before filing in the chart,
Tomorrow we shall publish Mr.
Uhiteheads explanation OF today
hand, with the important features EN-.
phasized.
Fill out your own chart and com
pare it tomorrow with Mr.. White
heads method DO this each day and
carefully read Mr.. Whitehead's ex-
plantation. and you will find that your
knowledge of the game will progress
rapidly. Compare your bidding and
play with that Of your friends-the
comparison may be Illuminating.
Record the bids that each player
should make, assuming that he does
not see any Of the other hands.
These hands must not be bid or played
''double dummy. e., as though all
four hands were exposed.
Note-In recording the auction. or the
play. use 's' for spades II" for hearts,
ID for diamonds and "C' for clubs. Use
"N T." for no trump. DBL" for double
and "REDBL" for redoubie.
Evening star., 1927-04-21
THE HOW-THE WHEN-THE WHY
BY ANNE ARDEN.

",'Tis as easy TO be right as to be wrong
and TO ones glory
MY dear Miss Arden: Two days ago
a friend of mine from my home town
came to Washington, and is stopping
with me for little while--10 days.
! want to ask a few friends in to have
sandwiches and tea one of the days
while she is here, and one of my good
friends here also comes from my home
town and also is working for the Gov.
ernment. as I am now The girl who
is visiting me used to know this girl
and like her well, but they have had
a disagreement in the last few years
and do not speak to each other. / feel
very badly about this, as | do not
want to hurt this friend, who is my
guest, by asking her to be in the room
with this other girl, whom she says
she can't stand, and | also hate to
hurt the friend who lives here and
whom | see often and am very fond
of. What must l do? Please answer
me soon, for I must do something
about it. Very truly and gratefully,
yours. M. B."
You are in an unfortunate situa.
tion, my dear. but there have been
others Just like it. IT would seem to
Evening star., 1927-04-21
SPRINCTIME
BIZ d. G. PEATTIE.
Woodeock,

Every Spring there comes mys
terious moment in the early morning,
when the lights and shadows are long
on the wooded hill near my house,
when / hear the woodcock sing.
Yet singing is not precisely the
word for it. Compared to the whistle
of the song sparrow and the gay notes
of the blue birds, the woodcock may
be said more exactly to pipe on a soft,
melancholy whistle. Somewhere, the
woodcock's mate is hidden when he
spirals up like the European lark,
twittering; then as he descends, he
utters a sweet sound, like ''Who?
Who? Who? Who? Who?" The notes
descend in a chromatic scale, but as
the tones grow lower in pitch, they
do not soften, but grow bolder and
more insistent-surely one of the
strangest love songs in Nature.
The woodcock, I believe, is not
especially common, probably because
his flesh tastes sweet to mortal
mouths and sportsmen engage in the
noble sport of popping the little bird
with a rifle the minute his presence
becomes known in neighborhood of
hunters.
Fortunately, the bird hunters of
this region are chiefly bird-lovers, not
bird haters, and SO, year after year.
this little fellow returns to the oak
grove near my house.
Evening star., 1927-04-21

I thought, good heavens, why isn't
there anything to talk about in this
darn paper, anyway? But | had hit
on something and didn't know it,
Joan said Il certainly would like to
take a course or two in the extension
SERIES" and / said, What do you
want to learn?" and she said, "Oh,
several things" After while she
said, "If | can arrange to get the
janitor's daughter, or some other COM
petent girl if we move, to spend few
afternoons each week with the baby,
can l enroll for q course or two?"
and 1 thought, why should | say no
when she has me where she wants
me on account of that darn real
estate agent? and l said, why. GER
tainly. dear"
So / guess my wife is going to be
schoolgirl again, and we will have to
eat at the restaurant around the cor
ner most of the time. because she
will never be home from classes early
enough to get dinner, and If want
her to go to the movies in the evening
she will say no, because she has to
get her lessons. But it is all right,
because the more she has to do the
sooner she will forget to keep on
laughing at me over this real estate
agent mess. and il is worth a lot to
get your wife to stop laughing about
something that you do not laugh
about yourself.
Evening star., 1927-04-21
THE DIARY OF A
NEW FATHER
BY BOB DICKSON.

Wednesday night.
Some people have made themselves
rich selling automobiles instead Of
riding in them themselves, and some
other people have piled up consider
able money just selling new oil every
500 miles, but nobody has as much
money as / would give to make Joan
quit laughing over my thinking that
real estate agent was having dates
with her when he took her to look
at some apartments, and ! guess
can't ever make her stop laughing;
it viii just have to wear off, like
when you painted your arms and face
with walnut juice when you were
little.
Wen, the only thing I can do Is
bear it, guess, but l will be darned
if I grin, and I will just have TO
ignore her laughing as much as possi-
BILE and try to get talking about other
things, so she will forget little
faster.
After dinner this evening we were
sitting here, and l was reading the
paper and Joan had her sewing bas-
ket out, and / thought I'd better get
started talking about something be-
fore she begins laughing again, and l
said: What are YOU making, Joan?
It certainly is pretty?" And she said:
This? Oh, I'm just mending an old
tabecIoth."
So / thought, try again, better luck
itext time maybe. and ! said II see
where the French cabinet has quit"
and Joan said: Cabinet? Oh, yes.
Would YOU mind getting my scissors
out of the cabinet, dear?"
So 1 got them and l started look
ing through the paper again, and l
said, The next term of the univer-
sity extension opens pretty soon" and
Evening star., 1927-04-21

me that your guest need not have ex-
pressed her dislike, knowing that this
situation would arise, for it further
embarrasses you, but since she has, it
makes things a bit harder to get
around. Had she not spoken of the
matter, I should have suggested that
you ask the other girl and chance
that they are both sufficiently well
bred to do the courteous thing at your
home. But since the party is for your
guest and since the other girl knows
this, she may possibly rather not at.
tend at all.
l think I should chance that she,
the friend living here, will understand
your predicament and feel as YOU do
Certain it is, however, that your first
obligation is toward the guest under
your roof, for whom you are having
the party that she may find pleasure.
Had your first consideration not been
her pleasure, you should not have
asked her to your own home and,
frankly, l think the other friend will
understand. but l deplore that such a
situation can exist between gentle
women-don't you?
Miss Arden answers questions in the
How. When and Why Of good taste. Ad-
dress all communications care The Evening
Star.
Evening star., 1927-04-21
Bring to
your home
the splendor of a
great hotel

PERHAPS it is just hurried luncheon or mid
week dinner of your own immediate family
and you want to lift it above the monotony of
'just another meal"
Or dinner on Sunday night when good
friends come to gather with you. Or very,
very special and formal dinner when every
thing must bejust SO and the question of what
to-serve is especially important.
Whatever the day or the occasion, you will
welcome Canada Dry" for the proud pres
tige and distinction it brings. For its wonder.
full flavor. For the COOL brisk refreshment
that is in it,
You will find that the simplest meal takes
on a new joyousness-a new zest-a new
sparkle when this Champagne of Ginger
Ales" comes to grace your table. Try it some
day soon.
Evening star., 1927-04-21
Spinach and Potato.

Directions have already been given
for combining spinach with mashed
potato, but the idea is valuable enough
to merit further amplification BY
way of variation Of the little potato
mounds, why not use creamed or but.
tered green's of any variety. The
green's should be chopped fine and
stirred into a rather thick cream
sauce The potato mounds are made
by forming little "steeples' Of mashed
potatoes. The top is carefully remov-
ed the center filled in with the
creamed green's and the top replaced
The potato mounds should be rough,
and this viii make the browning
processes at once easier and more at
tractive. Another variation is TO place
the little mounds on a serving platter
and then to arrange a border of the
Creamed green's If, however. the
chief purpose is TO hide the greens
from children who may not like them,
then the green border should be
emitted
Evening star., 1927-04-21
Steak With Penners.

Use slice Of steak cut from the
rump, round or sirloin, cut one and
one-half inches to two and one-half
inches thick. Wipe the meat, then
pound and shred it, as meat pre-
pared in this way cooks quicker and
more thoroughly than by any other
method, the juices permeating the
Crevices. Place on a hot creased
broiler and broil over a clear fire for
about 10 minutes. turning every few
seconds. Serve on hot platter.
spread with butter, season with salt
and pepper, and garnish round the
dish with stuffed peppers.
Evening star., 1927-04-21
Checks Offensive Odor
of Perspiration-Instantly
A Supreme Toilet Soap

Every wife, woman or girl can be
--@Aluring every hour in a.
Any one may have bromidrosis-of-
fensive odor-at times and not suspect
it. Pitiful, but even our dearest friend
won't tell US! The skin helps rid the
system of waste; more so when other
eliminative organs are sluggish.
BE SURE you don't offend BY us
ing Chex Soap daily, for toilet and
bath 1t beauties and improves any
complexion.
Try this! Wash or bathe with ex-
quisite Chex Soap. Instantly, every
trace of perspiration odor, under-arm
odor--or any body odor is CONE
banished for 50 hours.
Over 600 600 cakes used the first year
Try Chex and you'll agree it's the wonder
soap Of the age. Chex ia sold and recon-
mended by all Peoples Drug Stores and all
good drug and toilet counters.
Evening star., 1927-04-21
Across.
fCopyriRht 1927.

/, MoYing through water.
7. Brazilian city.
s. Gold (symboD.
8. stupid person.
II. Corded fabric.
12. Betting term
IA. Rebel (colloquiaD.
16 Printed notice.
IT. Four CRoman).
1S. Mixed type.
20. Wing Of house.
81 Guiding
"a. Lesser demon.
&c. Room (ab).
o. Three-toed sloths.
%. Openings.
80 Indefinite article.
81 Child
32 officers of corporation.
So. Exist.
81. Conjunction.
| SO. Road (ab.l.
80. Upon.
40. Stay behind
| AZ. Goddess of strife.
45. Hang down.
46. Smear.
| As. Upon.
40 Armed conflict.
so. Relied.
Down.
I. Drink slowly.
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3. Angry.
4. Mire.
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6. Kind of fish.
z. Color.
10. Charge.
H. Sane.
12 instrumental prelude,
49, Those who spin.
Is. Blowing UP.
H. Pronoun.
49, Within.
81. Quarrel.
%. Printers measure.
%. Inlets.
25. Form of address (abl.
%. Maiden loved by Zeus.
80. Proposition.
33. Proposed language.
"a. Mans nickname.
SO. Enraged.
80. Instrument for moving a boat.
al. Run about.
43. Deer of Europe.
Al Tavern
Evening star., 1927-04-21
Deviled Almonds.

Fry two ounces Of blanched al
monds until we'll Drowned, using olive
oil for frying to prevent burning. Mix
together one tablespoonful of chopped
pickles, one tablespoonful of chutney,
one tablespoonful of table sauce, one
fourth teaspoonful of salt. a few
grains of cayenne and a piece of but.
ter the size of an egg. Pour this over
the nuts and when thoroughly heated
Evening star., 1927-04-21

THE BIDDING
salient Points Of the Bidding.

Following North's no-trump take
out in denial of normal support for
his partners heart bid, East passes,
content to defend against a possible
game at no trump by leading out his
club suit. South naturally rebids his
hearts. His twoheart bid passing
around to East, East now bids three
clubs. South oyercalls with three
hearts, his hand justifying the bid
Evening star., 1927-04-21

Salient FONTS OF the Play.
Trick /. 1t is clear to East that
Vests four of clubs was a single
ton and that South. therefore, must
hold another club, the nine.
Trick 2. East leads the seven of
diamonds, because, holding the act of
trumps, he is in position to take ad-
vantage of the partnership holding of
two singletons.
Trick 4. West trumpS his part.
ner's good queen of clubs in order
to give East the desired ruff in dia-
monds, as East's seven, led up to the
double tenace in dummy, must have
been a singleton. Had East been
absolutely certain that West held two
hearts he would have forced the ruff
by leading the eight of clubs instead
Of the queen.
Trick S. A ruff gives East West
the essential trick to save game.
Copyright. 1927
Evening star., 1927-04-21

The Woman's Universal Alliance
announces 13 foreign countries are to
have exhibits at the World Welfare
Conference. here the first week in
Nav
Evening star., 1927-04-21

Rubber building blocks are a recent
novelty to make house building safer
for children.
Evening star., 1927-04-21

Salient Points of the Play.

without reference to his partners
holding
Evening star., 1927-04-21

For Every Household Use
Once yOg'Oe worked zOitb Daz
Oxygen SHds yoE'H neeer be
satisfied sOitb ordinary soap
sEdS.
Evening star., 1927-04-05
CHEVY CHASE.

CHEVY CHASE.
$l0,950.
New Detached Home.
This new English type colonial home is
on "a i0t fronting go feet 0u a paved street
10 contains a living room of unusually large
size lth open fireplace. dining room 0ueu-
ing uu large living porch. modern kitchen
and pantry, three well puTpOrt0ned bed
rooms and tiled bath. hardwood floors. hot
water heat gas aud electricity. There is q
garage 70 match the home.
NJ. g. K. b. WARREN,
OFFICE MAIN qT7n
EVENINGS CLEVELAND 1QTS
Evening star., 1927-04-05
FOR SALE--HOUSES.
--,i7,-,---,7-,5i -r57T 37I3rT ~ OcT ~ =

COLORED-CLOsE N Sc.
6 rooms and bath. Newly decorated.
From owner. No agents. If YOU want a
real home at very low price address
Box 4S-Z. Star Office
Evening star., 1927-04-05
FOR SALE--HOUSES.

SI2,750.
For Colored.
DOWNTOWN.
A centrally located. three-story brick
dwelling that is offered at n greatly re-
duced price. 10 contains eleven large
comfortable rooms, two complete modern
baths porches new hot.Water heating
system, electricity. laundry. etc. Third
floor Is arranged into four-room apart
meut. including complete kitchenette
Large two-story two-car brick garage
Moderate terms can be arranged. and for
appointment TO inspect phone Potomac
a. 50 q TO 5 30
Evening star., 1927-04-05
SALE--SURURBAN PROPERTY.
WOODBRIDGE, D. c.

New house. 1920 s. d. ave. / square
from cars; large rooms bath. h..w. h.; one
piece sink, refrigerator, large porches; beau
tifully decorated: price SS.95U; easy terms.
f. SONNEMANN, owner bS
Evening star., 1927-04-05
TAK0MA PARK HON..

T.room dwelling. newly papered and
ready TO occupy, lot 75XI95 plenty fruit.
ysar schools stores cars. nice lawn. 2-car
garage, one trust for quick deal, $500.
Could take as part payment building lot,
trust note or good auto. Also apt. rooms
and bath. entire 2ud floor. private home
excellent location
TAKoMA PARK REALTY co.
Col 95OS 321 Cedar ST.
rAKnMA PARK N q
Evening star., 1927-04-05
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. PROP'Y.

WANTED 10 RENT UNFURNTsHED
house in neighborhood OF College Park: pos.
session September /. p. o. Box 81. College
Park Md. 7s
Evening star., 1927-04-05
CT-ENFT AND PARK

Located in the older part OF Cleveland
Park. on a paved street. close TO transporta-
tioE and John Eaton School. we offer q spiefl-
did S-rOom house built on English design,
with ) complete tiled baths. h.-w.h.. cleo.
open freplaces, sleeping pOrches and abun-
dant closet space. This house has been newly
decorated, Is vacant and ready for occupancy.
IL Is situated on 50-foot lot. having mature
shade, a variety of shFubbery and garage.
The property Is priced well under $50. 900
and is worthy OF the inspection of any one
desiring to live in this beautiful section.
Inspection by Appointment With
n. r. Dept Nj $780, N
lContinued o. Next Page.l >.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-23
Business First

For ourselves, we believed in ma
jority. For Nicaragua, we are not
so sure. Small wonder that other
people find it hard to distinguish be-
tween what we preach and practice,
especially those in Latin-America.
Having established the Monroe
Doctrine to keep Europe out, we
make things doubly sure by moving
in ourselves. What can a Latin
American republic possibly care
whether it loses its sovereignty to
some European nation, or to us?
LatinAmerica is beginning to sus-
pect that we stand for national sov.
ereignty only so long as it does not
interfere with business.
During the war we could think Of
all kinds of reasons why Poland
should be free and why Turkey
should grant Armenia the right of
self determination. Now we can
think of just as many reasons why
Nicaragua should not be free to en-
joy the right of self-determination.
The reversion to primitive ways,
about which DR.. Slosson talks, is H.
Illustrated by nothing so wildly as
slogans. We have slogans for every
! occasion. Sometimes they consist of
a phrase, but more often of a mere
word.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-23
A PROTECTORATE FOR
NICARAGUA?

The Administration intends to establish pro-
tectorate over Nicaragua. This fact became clear
yesterday, somewhat by accident.
The purpose had been to keep the plan under
cover another two weeks, or until Congress should
have adjourned But the news leaked in Nicaragua.
Following conferences at Managua between the
American minister and President Daz the latter sent
a note to the State Department proposing treaty
under which this Government would protect the Diaz
regime and it's successors against alleged foreign
and domestic enemies.
Such treaty would "reguarze" the present
intervention in Nicaragua and provide a formal
right" for future military occupation in connection
with American financial and diplomatic management
of that country.
Well there the program is. There are still ten
days of life left in the present Congress. Establish
ing protectorate over another country is not a
minor matter 1t is more than detail of executive
duty 1t is a grave step in foreign policy, that
may affect Latin American relations for the next
hundred years. 1t is step that should not be
taken without the consent of Congress-the policy
making branch of the United States Government.
The State Department doubt, will postpone
publication of the Diaz note, in effort to avoid
discussion The department announces that the note
is being mailed from Managua to Washington and
pending receipt that there will be official comment.
But the department has full summary Of the note.
by cable of course. All this the generous as
sumption that the puppet president of Nicaragua
really devised the note himself and that it wasn't
actually drafted in Washington in the first place.
In the absence Of the published text, it is widely
reported that the Diaz proposal is similar to the
military alliance treaty which negotiated by the
State Department with Panama and then rejected by
the Panama Legislature as violation of Panama s
sovereignty.
Why should Diaz be so anxious to negotiate an
agreement like that? Why should he wish to turn
his government and his people over to the United
States? He explained this two months ago when he
said only American troops and money could save him
from the liberals. Money in plenty, troops number
ing 5000 battleships otaling fifteen, have been used
to this end by the United States Government. Dazs
desire to continue the arrangement that keeps him
in office is understandable.
But what about the Nicaraguan people?
And what about the American people?
Are ready to embark an imperial policy,
with all it involves foreign entanglements respon-
sibilities and dangers?
Any such basic change in American foreign
policy demands full consideration by Congress and
the American people, before the State Department is
permitted to drag us deeper into an unexplained
situation.