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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-12
Everyday Law Cases
What Is the Negotiable Instru-
ments Actf
By THE COUNSELLOR.

The law of negotiable instruments
deals mainly with promissory notes
and checks.
Because of the large volume OF In.
terstate business Involving the use OF
negotiable paper, q uniform law mas
been enacted by nearly all the States
and IL known al the negotiable In
struments act.
Several important pointers pertain.
ing to negotiable instruments are here
with cited:
1. Negotiation" is the term used to
designate the means Of transferring
title to notes and checks. The en-.
abling words are bearer" or order. ;"
without these terms being present on
an instrument there can be no nego'
tiation.
2. An innocent holder of a nego.
table instrument takes 1t free OF any
defenses that the maker may have as
against the payee. One taking a note
after maturity is not an innocent hold.
err and he is bound by whatever de-
lenses the maker may have.
8. The absence Of a date does not
affect the validity Of the instrument.
Antedating or postdating a note does
not invalidate It.
4. A signature in pencil, or mere
initials, are sufficient to bind the
maker.
S. An indorser may limit his liabil-
ity by indorsing the note without re.
course"
The Counsellor:
Before accepting or indorsing any
note II Is advisable to observe the date
of the instrument. prior Endorsements
and any notation outside OF the ordi.
nary printed matter"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-12
Hand Cosmetics.

From now on, and for the next three
months particularly, you will have to
take especial care Of your hands. The
very early part Of the winter they are
all right, but daily exposure over
weeks and weeks Of raw and bitter
weather will dry the skin, chap them,
make them red and ugly.
The first rule always is to keep the
skin supplied with oil. when the
weather or your daily work takes
away the normal amount. There are
all sorts Of lotions on the market;
usually mixtures of honey and al
mond or of glycerin and rose-water
one Of which should be kept handy
In your own section of the medicine
cabinet. Aside from these quick-dry.
ing lotions, good oil should be rub
bed into the skin now and then. when
there 10 a chance for the hands to
take It up.
I find that any period when have
to keep my hands immersed In water
In the best time, for then smear my
hands well with olive oil or cold cream
or lanolin or some good oily substance
of the sort, and pull on loose rubber
gloves. For instance, this can be done
when washing the hair; process that
otherwise spoils the best manicure and
dries out the hands. DISTINGUISHING
time, laundry time, scrubbing time
these periods can be turned into beauty
treatment rather than beauty destroy
ing periods by rubbing the hands with
oil and then working with protective
rubber gloves on.
A good general lotion to bleach the
hands and keep them smooth in bad
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-12
YOUR MIND
And How to Keep 1t Fit
By PROF. JOSEPH JAsTROw.

or alarms. They have a hard fight to
keep them down. For others it takes
heroic courage to cross a railway tres
tie when you can see the road or the
water below.
The next order of so-called fear is
an avoidance of unpleasant sensations.
Some persons would be heroes if they
let a caterpillar walk up their arms.
No one is really afraid Of that harm.
less creature. The very sight of bugs
or reaches disturbs or, as some say,
makes you sick. That shows something
of its source in disgust. You are not
afraid Of rotten apple: you avoid it
as you do the caterpillar or the roach,
with the added fear" of the moving
J things. You have the same avoidance
Of cold, clammy things, and handling
snakes would in many cases cause a
| spasm. The disgust avoidances and
the touch avoidances offer another
clue to fears. The fear Of mice is per-
haps mixed with a touch Of possible
harm.
The true fears are breads. They
bark back to actual situations. The
child is afraid Of the Gagged lion at
the zoo as a big, fierce, attacking
beast, and more so when it roars.
Fear of injury and pain are present in
the threat. The fear of going to the
dentists is q true dread; it's that pain
you dread, and often worse in antici-
patton than in reality. Once started
on the road of imagination, fears
know no end. You fear robbers, you
fear contagion. you fear ghosts, you
fear the loss of your investment, you
fear anything, even bad weather
| (which is not dangerous), which you
| would rather not have happen, as 1t
interferes with your comfort or your
plans. Your whole life proceeds in a
balance Of fears and hopes. But your
major fears remain to be noted. You
fear for your reputation. for your
showing at an examination, for your
success in love or war, in making
friends or making money. Life is a
venture from the first step Of the in
FAINT to the last move. The fear thread
runs through it and makes the tangle
Of our psychology.
Copyright. 1927
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-12
LITTLE BENNY
BY Lee Pape

/ was sitting on Mary Weakness
fruit steps tawking to her about diff.
trent subjecks, and Pubs Simkins
came up with one thum all tied around
like a axsident, Mary Watkins saying,
o mersy watts q matter, . goodnlss
wat did you do?
I cut myself fearse cut, I bet II 1t
had Of bin more intches deeper bet
I would of cut my thum on, PUBS sed
o my goodniss how terrible, 1t must
bert something awful, Mary Watkins
sed, and Pubs sed, 1t does. @ wiz
zickers 1t does, 1t don't stop herting.
o deer, how dredfill, Mary Watkins
sed, and Pubs sed, It does, G wizzick.
ers. Pubs was a grate hero shot in
the war or something, and Pubs kepp
on acting as IL he admitted he was.
and l sed, Well bleeve me II you'd
ever of saw the way I cut my arm
once, then you'd of RELY saw some
thing werth Dragging about. / fell
down on some broken glass and broke
it verse, and a big hunk stabbed me
in the arm and it bled and bled and
bled till nobody knew weather was a
white man or Indian on account OF
all the blud / bled.
o you terrible boy, how can you
mention sutch things in front Of me,
do you wunt me to go rite in? Mary
Watkins sed, and sed. Why holey
smoke bet Pulses thum bled like
enything.
1t did not enything Of the kind. I
should say not. Pubs sed. It dident
bleed a speek of a drop, and anyways
1 never bleed anyways, I'm too meet,
he sed.
o, think you a perfeck gentleman.
Mary Watkins sed, and sed, Like
heck he is, IL he. don't know how to
bleed he amt even a human bean, so
good by, I'm going somewares ware /
can associate with human beans.
And I wawked away independent
pretending not to heer wat they was
saying about me, sutch as o my, don't
he think he's CRATE. and Leeve him
go, wat do we care.
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WHAT, WHY AND WHERE

1. What was the Thescelosaurus?
2. Where was the habitat Of the
great cave bear?
8. What was the simopa?
4. What were the entelodonts?
s. What was the merycoidodon2
Answers.
1. One of the bird-footed dinosaurs,
an extinct reptile, about IL feet long,
which was a plant eater and walked
chiefly on it's hind legs.
2. The great cave bear was abun-
dant in Europe about 100000 years
ago, and probably was a cotemporary
of the first men.
3. A small flesh-eating mammal OF
an extinct family known as the creo.
donts, which flourished about 100000
years ago. Fossils have been found
in southwestern Wyoming.
4. An extinct family Of mammals re-
motely related to pigs, which were
abundant in Europe and North Amer
lea about 100000 years ago and
which survived approximately 1,000,-
900 years.
s. A mammal, fossil remains Of
which have been found in South Da-
kota, and which apparently was dis
family related both to the cud-chewing
animals and to the swine.
fossil exhibits of all these animals
are to be seen in the division of pale
anthology, new National Museum.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-12
BEAUTY CHATS BY EDNA KENT FORBES

weather Is two ounces of glycerin,
two Of rose-water and two of lemon
juice mixed and rubbed well into the
skin. Dust with powder before put.
ting on street gloves, however. Van.
ishing cream can be used at night
after cold day.
Mrs. c. r. R.-Your case is excep-
tional, as you suggest yourself, and
when you reduce you should have the
doctor advise you throughout the proc.
ess. You would not need to lose 100
pounds, and with frame as large
as yours, fl you reduced until you
weighed about 10 pounds, this would
most likely be the natural weight for
you. Don't try to lose more than five
to ten pounds a month, and you will
be building up your health while the
fatty tissue is being absorbed.
r. L. B.-Bleach the freckles with
lemon Juice whenever they appear to
be too dark, but you cannot get rid
OF them entirely because they are
natural.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-12
The Sidewalks of Washington
By THORNTON FISHER.

garage man who slipped @ handbir in
our car some time last Friday. He
comes right out In print saying, IF
your car is running unsatisfactory or
IL you find your car barely able to
make the hills call on us and we will
stop IT entirely" Can we depend on
that?.
Descriptive writer's are not all en-.
gagged in manufacturing novels or
short stories. We are in receipt of a
highly priced piece of literature adver.
Using q Summer resort. The clipping
sent to US by a reader was taken
from an otit-of-town paper and Is EN-.
belIished with a highly idealized pic.
ture Of tho said retreat. We shall de-
1ete particulars as to names and loca-
ton. Read. IL you will. this exquisite
bit Of prose:
- House commands view for
miles around over the adjoining coun-
try. Gazing from the veranda to the
west. mountain tops billow up one
upon the other. and after the eye has
crossed the valley OF the River
1t wanders on in rapture until 1t
strikes the haze of the far horizon.
To tho north mountains rise upon
mountains. TO the south the lesser
hills can be seen in dimuendo, and
the east looks down upon the re.
nowned valley Of the -. Leaving
the veranda, one almost immediately
treads a path which is strewn with
leaves and arched by trees, with the
natural beauty of the forest in profu.
sion on all sides, until the lake bursts
upon the vision! In the evening
one Is moved to involuntary exclama.
lions of admiration and surprise at
the beautiful sunset. At other times
when the heavens are fleeced and blan.
keted with clouds, marvellous pictures
are painted by the Divine hand
through kaleidoscope cloud forma.
lions. with the rays Of the sun rim.
ming the clouds and here and there
striking through"
Well, by crickety, we're going there
and see those mountain tops billow
up next Summer.
y ~
It was just before the theater hour
the other night when pedestrians in a
downtown street heard the screech Of
brakes and saw an auto driver pull up
to the curb. A policeman approached
and leaned over the car door. 'Well,
you big false alarm" said the driver,
what's the big idea of stopping me
in this traffic? haven't got any time
to wait here and argue with YOU"
The policeman remained silent.
Furthermore" went on the owner,
1--WE got good mind to get out and
take sock at you, just for luck.
Take your hands off this car"
No reply from the cop.
And another thing" continued
the apparently irate motorist. In the
meantime a crowd began to gather.
Then the cop spoke. Are you all
| through talking?" asked the bluecoat.
IT just wanted to tell you, Charlie,
that the wife and I can't get over
| Wednesday night"
well, what night can you make 1t,
| you big egg?" asked the driver.
| "Oh, Thursday night, guess, will
be o. X. with the wife,"
Then they held a whispered CONVEX.
sation and laughed. The disappointed
group of spectators drifted away. We
wish we knew cop as well as that
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-12
Shocking on Children's Frocks
BIZ MARY MARSHALL.

of course, many, many smocks that
are not shocked and much shocking
not found on smocks.
In fact, the. usual place for smock.
ing nowadays is on the finer sort or
children's frocks. Among the lovely
little handmade crepe de chine frocks
sent from Paris fine shocking Is often
employed, and it is surprising to see
what a variety of effects can be gained
through the simple shocking stitches.
Narrow gathered ruffies are some
times used for trimming on the new
children's frocks. mean little ruff1es
less than an inch wide that may be
used in scallops, rings or loops by way
of ornamenting the little frock. These
ruffies may be successfully employed
in organdy, crepe de chine, wolfe or
even taffeta silk. And the best effects
are perhaps obtained when the ruff
fling is of the material of which the
rest of the frock Is made.
II you are interested in shocking
lust send me a stamped, self-addressed
envelope and will send you explicit
directions for making the sort of
used in the frock sketched
and a number Of other sorts Of smock-
ing.
(Copyright. 1877
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-12
PERSONAL HEALTH SERVICE
By WILLIAM BRADY, M. ID.

stands on the radiator. This holds q
few gallons of water, depending on the
size of the radiator. Suspended over
the water Is a kind Of wick with many
folds exposed to the air. From this
wick the water readily evaporates and
the vapor readily passes into the air of
the room through row Of Sits in the
box above the water level. The whole
device makes a not unsightly shelf or
cover on the radiator. and each such
humidifier evaporates an average of
2h gallons of water in each "a hours,
SO that the use of such q humidifier
on all or most Of the radiators in the
building will readily add 20 or 80 gal.
Ions of water daily to the atmosphere
Of the average dwelling, and this is an
approach to the necessary amount Of
moisture for comfort and health.
Forty gallons of water a day must
be evaporated in an average eight.
room dwelling when the air is heated
to So degrees, in order to keep the
humidity at a fairly comfortable point.
tCopyriRht. 1927
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u s. 5 and Locked d the t s
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and a 9 nt e s keep S i sAs s a
noTs the s tSe Used dealing
mo :uEAs quarter Of century ago than they could use the same
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upon problem dealing girls '''A ' '
virtually helped little
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the to
They shoulder shoulder with There nothing
older hadod mother
job fierce competition
- a painted
kneength would the police
Today it makes a conspicuous cosmetics
until
possy for those attend them home in
things
when they
crooked according principles
Finally,
well this truth
honestly
parents pleasant
will
the
In
halls pleasure And girl
Is IN
modern methods 1t is the DOROTHY
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Fcars-What Are Theyl

: Fear il so important in human be-
havior that it's worth close study. 1t
makes an admirable lesson in the COM
pick concerns of the mind. Fear is a
tumble name for q variety Of states
Of mind. 1t applies, first, to an ill-at-
ease feeling that has a threat about
it, and Of which the loss Of sense
Of support is the example. Loosening
your hold or dropping an infant evokes
an original fear, IL you can call 1t
such. The nightmare fright when you
dream of falling and wake up with
your heart racing may be Of the same
order. Let us call it a sense of
alarm. 1t happens whenever you are
startled out OF an at-ease condition
into disturbed one. A sudden, loud
sound viii do 1t, an unexpected touch
or push win do It; being aroused from
sleep will do 1t. Infants show all
these and the catching Of the breath
and closing the yesand clutching that
90 with it.
We think Of the typical fear behav-
Tor az stunning, avoiding, hiding, run
ming away. But In these primitive
alarms there is and can be little of
that. You come to fear and avoid
situations that threaten your safety,
disturb the sense OF security and pro-
duce alarm. You are in a constant
state Of fear when walking at the
edge Of q precipice. when looking
down from height, when skating on
thin ice. You come to say that you
are afraid Of falling. You have the
same palpitation when you look at
worlmen on rooftops and fiagpoles;
you avoid thinking about such things.
The fear has travelled far from the
original alarm of the infant, yet in
the direction first set.
Az the mind element enters, you
are reader to call it fear. The fear
of the dark and Of being alone il an
ill-at-case situation, relieved in the
young child by the presence OF the
night light and Of the mother. When
we are i'll or nervous, our timidity in
creases. Some persons have an ex-
IRENE tendency to these safety fears
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-12
Beware This Aridity.

This has been a delightful Autumn
surely. Day after day OF ideal Au.
tumn weather, such as even the con-
firmed pessimist could not complain
about, until well on toward election
day. The clothing dealers were bitter
about it. The coal dealers were little
anxious-some of 'em even went so far
as to send cordial letters to pro-
spective customers. Now what made
the Autumn weather so ideal?
Humidity. Had the air been less
damp than it was the weather would
have been unpleasant. The tempera.
ture had less to do with it. It doesn't
matter SO much whether the temper
allure is IS or Ga. 1t is the degree of
humidity that determines the weather
or the air condition.
With the lighting Of the furnace in
the Autumn we enter upon a season
Of aridity, abnormal dryness Of the air
in the house. Every householder
knows how this abnormal dryness of
the air in the Winter time affects fur.
niture, linoleum, book bindings, plants.
But nobody seems to care how 1t af.
fects the comfort and health of human
occupants of the house.
Heating the air, no matter what
method Of heating you use, dries the
air out. This Is fundamental fact
that defies the ingenuity of the com.
mercial mind. Neither this special
system nor that patent scheme of
heating can alter the fact. If physics
were an essential part Of every pub.
lie school course everybody would
know this.
with every degree Of temperature
increase goes an increased dryness,
and the extreme dryness or aridity
Of the air in a building is the main
factor in the injurious action the at.
mosphere has upon occupants.
Many schemes for the addition of
desirable moisture to the heated air of
the house or other building have been
tried, but 80 far as can learn. nearly
all of them are Of practically no value
because they add only an Insignificant
amount of water to the air-a gallon
or two a day is not worth the trouble.
One very simple and inexpensive
humidifier that humidifies consists of
plain box. tank or reservoir that
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-12
LIKE Az AFnsfegEt,
BApBER PcL-E.


more than three of them during the
year. Every one of my family suffers
this time of the season with the hal.
lucination that my neck was con-
structed for no other purpose than to
hang dry goods on. Christmas isn't
a day of surprise for me any more.
NY i've kids and the wife each give
me q tie and when / wear them / look
like an animated barber pole strutting
down the street. When they find that
I have already stocked up with these
they may get me what I need-a COM
Portable pair of slippers. If l men,
ton slippers, though, I'll probably re-
ceive six pairs. That's what I'm up
against at my house"
The clerk, however, wished his Gus
toner "A Merry Christmas"
y X X
During a noon concert broadcast
through a local station the other day
the announcer said, This number will
be, I Don't Believe YOU The next,
Some Day You'll Know"
X v y
George Fl. Combs, jr., Democratic
member of the House from Missouri,
is married and the father of one child.
He served in the Navy during the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-12
MOST "8ABES GROW
Up TO De 400
FOUNDERS

He finds himself in the same boat
with a red-headed boy who goes
through life known as Red" Incl
dentally, how many boys do you recall
named Babe" who grew up to be
less than 200 Founders? The most
docile kid in school bore the ingenius
sobriquet of "Biff." 'Skeeter" was. a
tiny chap. faster on his feet than a
greyhound. Piggy" would scrap at
the drop of a hat. George Coombs,
il he reaches threescore and ten. will
never live down the appellation at
tached to him. When the frost is on
his ancient head he will be known as
the baby of Congress.
y x X
We are going to patronize the honest
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-12
Lima Beans-Shallots.

Put six shallots or three small
onions in q saucepan with two table
spoonfuls Of butter. Stir and cook for
2 minutes, add one tablespoonful Of
-four, mix well, add one-half q cupful
Of stock, and stir until the sauce boils.
Add two cupfuls Of cooked lima beans.
season to taste with salt and pepper.
and simmer for 10 minutes. Sprinkle
with one and onehaf tablespoonfuls
IL parsley finely choppeda - -.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-12
DAILY DIET RECIPE
Carrot Straws.
Sliced carrots, 3 cups.
Water, about 2 cups.
Salt, " teaspoon.

Sliced carrots, 3 cups.
Water, about cups.
Salt, " teaspoon.
Butter, 2 tablespoons.
SERVES SIX PORTIONS.
Buy sweet tender carrots. Wash.
Scrape. Slice lengthwise in thin
pieces and again cut each slice in long
straws or strips. Cook about Is to 20
minutes in as little boiling sailed water
as possible. The water should be all
absorbed at end of cooking period. If
it is not, drain carrots, season well
with butter. Save water for sauce or
soup If any was left. Serve hot.
DIET NOTE.
Recipe contains lime, iron, vitamins
A and B. Can be eaten by children
six years and over, adults Of average
or underweight. Also by overweight
adults IL they do not use too liberal
an amount of butter on them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-12
HOME NOTES
BY JENNY WREN.

Fashion and custom dictate that
the photographs of ones family and
friends shall never be seen outside
ones own sleeping room or dressing
room. However, 1t is by defying Gus
tom, that original DECORATIVE effects
are often achieved. oa'+t
In this case custom has been dis
regarded with most attractive results
by a man who has a large circle Of
theatrical friends whose photographs
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W ~& -
lawyer, and was
once an Assistant
District Attorney.
He has been as
S | & n e d to the
use District
Committee. II e
was born in 1899,
which makes him
% years old. His
a C c omplishments
during those years
would seem to In
dictate that young
Mr.. Combs Is no
longer in the in
FAINT class, but he
is already known
as the baby mem
A.pD "a No. 1.Aoa
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Beets With Mint.

Melt one.haf Q cupfui Of butter, ado
three cloves, two tablespoonfuls OF
of sugar. Add one and one.hah cup.
fuls Of small beets cooked and left
whole or cut in slices. Simmsr for
10 minutes or longer, spriuikle with
six mint leaves cut In bits with Acts-
eoES cd ssrys ect $1,000.
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simplicity in color
and design. with a
tendency toward
browns and blacks.
The q g r Q e q b ] Q
salesman, exuding
the spirit of Christ
mas, asked the
customer IL h e
wanted the ties
wrapped In sepa-
rate p a C k a G Q ..
my frie n d."
said the purchaser
sadly, these are
not gifts. They
are for me. al
though, to tell you
the truth, / prob
aJ@Ixy xvnr,,f xvoQr
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-12

Bird's-nest soup, a dish beloved Of
the Chinese epicure, costs at its best
about $40 for a small bowl, though
there is an inferior article eaten by
the masses of the Chinese which Ia
comparatively cheap.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-12

The word sinock implies one thing
to modern ears-and shocking quite
another. Yet both smocks and smock-
ings are in favor. To most of US now
adays smock means the straight full
sort of overlook that women wear