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Suspender Buttons.

6uSpEuQCI ouLbOnSs
The physician Of large industrial
plant, complaining that white collar
men do not follow his advice about the
care of health, says he urges upon these
skilled work dodgers three essentials,
namely, attention to the cultivation OF
good posture, brisk exercise every day
and the wearing of SuSpenders.
Not so many years ago nearly every
man wore suspenders. He had no par
ticular reason for wearing 'em, only
that pants usually came equipped with
suspender buttons. Then came a change
of administration. I forget whether 1t
was the Democrats or the Republicans
that got in, but anyway hard times came
along, and some great economist In the
clothing trade conceived the idea OF
omitting suspender buttons from certain
STYLES of neither garments, and not q
few of us we're compelled to put our
trust in belts for time, because the
very models we affected came through
buttonless. 1t meant great deal OF
discomfort and even chagrin, but what
was the alternative? Could a man ask
his wife to sew on six (6) half dozen
buttons all at once? Faced with such
a quandary there is just one alternative
course a man can take. He puts on
belt. pushes out his stomach and hopes
there will be no disaster. And this tells
hardest on the white collar class.
In the next quadrennial effort to de-
termine what is the matter with the
country, attention should be called to
the alarming growth of the lunch club
evil. It is getting SO prevalent that If
you want to see businessman or any
of his departmental heads, you have to
catch him out of bank hours, for on
Fridays, Mondays, Wednesdays, Satur-
days, Tuesdays and Thursdays he is out
to lunch at other times. That is one OF
the surest ways to distinguish an execu-
tive from an operative. The operative
lunches in from 80 to go minutes. The
executive lunches from 10 to 3, except
Saturdays.
Athletic, physically fit young lads may
wear belt without showing much harm
from it for years. But man past 80.
who is slipping bit, beginning to take
an interest in girth control, perhaps
outgrowing some of his clothes, losing
the wind he formerly had, making
fine progress in an executive position,
makes a sad mistake when he leaves OIL
suSpenderS.
Not that it is bad thing for such
man to push out his stomach, as he has
to in order to make sure his belt is full
filling its purpose, but the trouble is the
lack of SuspenderS unconSciously in
hibits any faint impulse there may be
left in the mans automatic system to
pull the stomach in again, once he has
Evening star., 1928-12-24
Everyday Law Cases
Is knowledge of RewGrd a Con-
dttion of the Right to
Obtain 1t?
BY THE COUNSELLOR.
By THE COUNSELLOR.

While passing the Peoples Bank of
Centerville Tom Platt saw a man
crouchip" close to the SIDE wall. Sus-
pecting 1ething wrong, Platt crept
behind fell on him with full force,
calling Il help.
Subsequent events developed the fact
that Platt had frustrated an attempt
to burglarize the bank. On being COM
mended for his feat, Platt learned for
the first time that 'the Bankers ASso-
citation of the county had standing
reward of $500 for the arrest of per-
sons attempting to rob banks.
Platt claimed the reward. but the
association refused to pay on the
ground that Platt did not know Of the
reward and his action was not done
in reliance thereon.
The court, when the controversy
came to trial, decided the case against
Platt, in accord with the following rea-
Soning, which represents the majority
rule:
THE liability for reward Of this
kind must be created by contract. A
mere offer does not give rise to a con-
tract. That requires the assent Of two
minds and, therefore, is not complete
until the offer is accepted. Such an
offer may be accepted by any one who
performs the service called for when
he knows that it has been made and
acts in performance of it. If he is
ignorant of the offer he cannot be said
to have acted in performance of it.
I'm Delaware, Indiana, Kentucky,
Vermont and Pennsylvania the oppo-
site rule prevails"
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Evening star., 1928-12-24
Today in
Washington History
By DONALD A. CRAIG.

December "a, 1855.-Many members
of the House of Representatives are
quite evidently disappointed because
they are compelled to remain in wash
ington during the Christmas holidays,
owing to the fight over the speakershlp.
This does not mean that they dislike
Washington as city, but that they
would like to spend Christmas at their
own homes.
This occurrence is very unusual, es-
pecially with those who reside in Mary
land and Virginia, within striking dis
tance of the Capital City since Con-
gress usually completes its organlza-
ton and adjourns over the holidays.
But, as one writer in the local press
expresses it today, more or less, all
parties will still leave us for the time
befng-'pairing off, of course. We
doubt whether any of them will be alb
sent day without previously effecting
such an arrangement"
There was great excitement III the
House today, as the ballot1ng Tor
Speaker proceeded 1t may take several
DAYS to reach a result. The outcome
of the first ballot today was as follows:
Banks, 102; Richardson, 70; Fuller, 81,
and Seaton, IL.
Nothing has come to light in recent
years to show more clearly the ma
terial progress of the country than the
statement of the Baltimore e. Ohio
railroad, just made public, telling of
the amount of freight this railroad
has carried and has contracted to carry.
For this season it has been unprece-
dentedly large.
The company's receipts for October
and November amount to 100000 more
than the receipts for the correspond
ing period year ago. Judging from
the immense trade now going on, and
the contracts made by the Western
agents of the railroad for this season,
the revenue of this railroad will show
an even greater gain for this and the
succeeding Winter months.
Evening star., 1928-12-24
Everyday Psychology
By DIR. JESSE W. sPRowLs.
Good Rest Ye Merrie." "

Every celebration is binding
custom perpetuated by succeeding gen.
erations for some social worth.
Some historians say that Christmas
was first celebrated in the year 180
A. D. Others mention the years 202,
353, 440 and 534. No one knows when
or why. One thing is certain, Christ
mas has always Signi1ed a season OF
good will, an escape from the usual
"round of irritating concerns and du-
ties" The psychological effect must
have been. and for that matter still
is, enormous.
Supernaturalism holds an important
place in the celebration of Christmas.
According to the immortal Shakes
peare:
''And then, they say, no spirit can
walk abroad;
The nights are wholesome; then no
planets strike.
No fairy takes, no witch hath power
to charm,
So hallowed and so gracious is the
time
From the psychological point of
view, Christmas is a ghost-laying cele-
bration, friendship season
Out of it come peace, contentment
Democracy.
God Rest Ye Merrie."
Copyright, 1929
Evening star., 1928-12-24
WINTERTIME
By ID. C. PEATTIE.

A little knowledge is a dangerous
thing, and for that reason I have al
ways refrained from acquiring any.
Ignorance, however, is no bar to enjoy
ment, and without knowing anything
about astronomy one can, l find, divert
himself immensely with watching the
stars on Winter nights. 1t is some
what chilly business to go out on a hill
top in Winter and study the stars,
although astronomers are unanimous IN
telling you that this is the season. They
say this because the atmosphere is clear,
and the nights are long. But they, sit
in a nice, warm observatory, and sleep
all day. In short, they know too much
about astronomy.
But we mere mortals can do our
Winter astronomizing best from bed, and
I find, with little practice, that I can
steer my course through insomnia by
the stars as well as ever Casco da Cana,
outward bound for India. Orion Is
beyond doubt the most magnificent
constellation in the skies, and by his
position you may tell the time of night.
At this season he is seen half way up
the eastern sky before midnight, the
celestial doe that he hunts is apparently
in the west, for he ploWs his way
through an underbruSh OF stars IN that
direction, his arrow ever pointed. If
you wake up at 2 o'clock, and note how
close he is to the margin of your range
of vision (bounded, say, by your VIM
dow, you may, thereafter, learn to tell
the time of night by his passage across
the stage set by your window.
1t is astonishing that there is really
anybody who does not know Orion. Yet
because I am continually meeting them,
I will babble once again a thing known
to the Greeks of long ago-known, I
think, even to their little children.
When you see three stars in a row, of
the most brilliant magnitude, you may
know that you are gazing on his jeWeled
belt. Three more stars are flying leg,
two others one half-bent; star glows
in his helmet and his bent bow and
arrow are sketched, for the imaginative
to read.
Evening star., 1928-12-24

The day before Christmas is one Of
happy activities, for it is given over to
preparations for the great holiday.
These preparations may consist of cook
ing goodies for the Christmas dinner
so that as little work as possible will
have to be done on the day itself. Or
it NAV be given over to putting finish
ing touches to gifts "all but" ready,
and in wrapping them when they are
completed, as well as others waiting for
their dainty coverings. Or it may be
combination of these and other pleasant
tasks, one of which is sure to be filling
stockings or trimming tree, or ar
ranging gifts attractively for the fam
ily. Whatever the duties, there is al
ways an element of merriment about
1t. if there is true Christmas spirit.
There is something so picturesque
about hanging up Christmas stockings
and so jolly about diving down into
them in the morning! What can make
such strange and weird bumps and
Jumps that alter the usually smooth and
even contours? Excitement runs high
and is constantly piqued, until the en-
tire contents have been explored. Young
and old enter into the spirit of the oc-
casion so heartily that it seems a mis-
take to omit the feature whatever other
forms Of presenting gifts are also in
cluded.
Do not let the regulation stufdng OF
apple and orange in the foot prevent
some things Of interest being tucked
there also. There should be a present
as far down the foot as it can be tucked,
for this prolongs the suspense. Supply
plenty of nuts, raisins and popcorn to
scatter in the stocking to fill in crevices.
It is well to have plenty of jokes to
add to the amusement. There are al
ways family jokes to stress, just as
there are. class-day jokes at colleges,
with gifts to go with them. These
should cost but trifling sums. cents
a piece or 10 at most, or they can be
made at home with the things on hand.
If with them go verses, however crude,
or some sayings understood by all the
family, the fun will be greater.
Evening star., 1928-12-24

out his hand. And the mother drew
| back and cried, who are you?"
He answered nothing, and she looked
up between his eyelidS. And she said
What can you give the child-health?' ?''
And he Said THE man / touch.
there wakes up in his blood a burning
fever that shall lick his blood as fire
The fever that will give him shall be
cured when his life is cured"
You give wealth?"
He shook his head. "The man whom
I touch, when he bends to pick I'D gold
he sees suddenly light over his head
In the sky; while he looks up to see it
the gold slips from between his fingers,
or sometimes another passing takes ii
from them"
"Fame?"
He answered: Likely not. For the
man touch there Is path traced out
In the sand by finger which no man
sees. That he must follow. Sometimes
1t leads almost to the top and then
turns down suddenly into the valley.
He must follow it, though none else
sees the tracing"
"LoVe?"
He said: "He shall hunger for it,
but he shall not find it, When he
stretches out his arms to it, and would
lay his heart against thing he loves,
then far off along the horizon he shall
see light play. He must go toward it.
The thing he loves will not journey
with him; he must travel alone. When
he presses somewhat to his burning
heart, crying Mine, mine, my own!' he
shall hear a voice, 'Renounce! Re-
nounce! This is not thine!"
"He shall succeed"
He said: "He shall fail. When he
runs with others they shall reach the
goal before him. For strange voices
shall call to him and strange lights
shall beckon him. and he must wait
and listen. And this shall be the
strangest: Far of across the burning
sands where to other men there is the
deserts waste he shall see a blue sea.
On that sea the sun shines always, and
the water is blue as burning amethyst
and the foam is white on the shore. A
great land rises from it, and he shall
see upon the mountain tops burning
gold"
The mother said, "He shall reach it?"
And he smiled curiously.
She said, 1T is real?"
And he said, What Is real?"
And she looked up between his half
closed eyelids and said, Touch"
And he leaned forward and laid his
hand upon the sleeper and whispered
to it, smiling, and this only she heard:
"This shall be thy reward-that the
ideal shall be real to thee"
And the child trembled; but the
mother slept on heavily and her brain
picture vanished. But deep within her
the antenatal thing that lay there had
a dream.
In those eyes that had never seen the
day, in that half shaped brain was a
sensation of light! Light-that it never
had seen. Light,-that perhaps 1t never
should see. Light-that existed some
wherel
And already it had its reward-the
Ideal was real to it.
Evening star., 1928-12-24
With Bangs and Without.

There seems to be such a persistent
demand for coiffure suggestions that
1 am going to give extra space to Illus
trate several today. Milady is always
looking for variety in clothes and hair
dressing, and with the return of long
hair 1t Is possible for her to crafty
her taste for change in hair dressing
more easily than when her hair was
short.
Full bangs are used in two Of the
cotffures illustrated above. They are
becoming to a tall girl with an oval
face and rather bold features, but as
a rule do not suit round, fat faces with
the small noses.
Couture No. Is brushed forward
from the crown Of the head In long
bangs that curve under just above the
eyebrows. The side hair Is also brushed
forward in two strands, the upper one
is curled under on the cheekbone and
the lower strand covers the ear, giving
the effect of two scallops at the sides
of the face. This hair need not be
very long. The back hair is twisted
together and looped In q horizontal
figure across the back of the head.
Couture No. 2 is for bobbed hair, but
may be adapted to hair that is being
allowed to grow long. The hair is
parted in the middle and then brushed
forward in long bangs the part being
almost obliterated. The ends of hair
are turned under as in coiffure No. l,
the side hair is brushed forward, cut
short and curled upward about the
upper part of the cheeks and temples.
The lower half of the ear is exposed.
The back hair is cut to a point. This
coiffure is becoming to a short girl with
a long face and well shaped head.
Couture No. is a center part ar
rangement. Another part is made from
ear to ear. The front hair on each side
of the part is divided into an upper
and a lower layer. The lower layer is
short, and when curled makes a fringe
covering the ears and coming forward
on the cheeks. The upper layer Is
lorner and is hr1Ished smooth over the
Evening star., 1928-12-24

there will be no question of the out
come.
In the illustration is shown a pillow
which would lend an air of dignity to
any living room. 1t is of striped satin
with dull surface and is embroidered
in WOOL The design is somewhat along
the English print motifs, and the seam
is finished by inserting an uncut fringe
Of wool in colors to match those en-
ployed in the embroidery.
The motif may be done in satin
stitch or a fine chain stitch, and the
back Of the pillow should be of the
same material as that chosen for the
top.
Copyright, 1927
Evening star., 1928-12-24
NANCY PAGE
Books and Diaries Are
Always Acceptable.
BY FLORENCE LA GANKE.

Twas the night before Christmas
and Nancy and Peter were checking
their list OF gifts. That morning
Nancy had remembered that she had
forgotten a gift for Janet, the 16-year-
old sister of Lois. She telephoned Pc
ter hesitantly, knowing how he hated
to go into shops on a day when they
were as crowded as she knew they
would be today. He answered quite
briskly and cheerily. Her hopes went
Evening star., 1928-12-24

up. IT have forgotten a present for
Janet, dear, and wondered whether
you would stop into the book shop and
get one of those diaries with lock and
key. She is just at the age where
secrets are thrilling things. I know
I adored mine when 1 was her age"
She paused "Sure thing, have to
go in anyway to get a book for George.
I have seen two or three good ones
on business and I have an idea that
will suit him better than anything
else. I'll get the diary for you"
Later that evening. Nancy brought
the two books to him. She had
wrapped Janet's in dull blue paper
with deep blue seals. 1t was tied
with silver ribbon and JanetS name
Evening star., 1928-12-24
Home i'm Good Taste
BY SARA HILAND.

The selection of pillows for the living
room is often trying task, for of the
hundreds shown in the stores very few
seem suitable for first-floor room.
Light silks with metal or silk lace
and flower decorations are too char
acteristic Of boudoir pillow to warrant
their being used in the living room, and
those of deep, rich tones seem to be so
scarce.
The best solution Of the pillow prob
lem is to fashion ones own so that
Evening star., 1928-12-24
Banana Cream.

Dissolve one package Of lemon
favored gelatin in one cupfu1 of boil
ing water add half a cupful of cold
water and cool until it begins to thicken.
Mash five ripe bananas until very
smooth add two tablespoonfuls of con-
fectioner's sugar and then one cupful
of cream whipped stiff. Fold into the
cold gelatin and pour into a wet mold.
Chill, turn out and garnish with little
whipped cream and chopped candied
cherries or pistachio nuts.
Evening star., 1928-12-24
Silver Sponge Cake.

Beat five egg whites until stiff and
dry. Beat in gradually three-fourths
cupful of sugar and half teaspoonful
of cream of tartar mixed together. Sift
enough pastry flour twice to make
three -fourths cupful and fold into the
mixture with one teaspoonful of vanilla
Fill buttered small pans thirds full
of the mixture, sprinkle with powdered
sugar and bake for about Is minutes
in a moderate oven.
Evening star., 1928-12-24
PERSONAL HEALTH SERVICE
By WILLIAM BRADY, M. d.

got it out there on guard against fall
ure of the belt to function.
Far be it from me to insinuate that
a successful dodger of work is preparing
for a funeral when his waist measure
ment overtakes and passes his chest
measurement, but I do aver he Is no
longer as good man as he was before
he acquired the near-Falstaf1an sill
houette.
In case the innuendo annoys the ex-
pert work evader, he may find consola-
ton in the last six movements of the
Third Brady Symphony, a copy of
which the author will be glad to pro-
vide.
Copyright, 1921
Evening star., 1928-12-24

children to have their stockings just as
son as they wake in the morning. This
satisfies the little tots until after break
fast, when the whole family gathers to-
gether about the fireplace to hunt
through their stockings hanging jaunti-
" before it, or to take the presents
from the gay tree. or the festively ar
ranged pile of packages.
Copyright. 192S)
Evening star., 1928-12-24
MILADY BEAUTIFUL
BY LOIS LEEDS.

top Of the had. The 0As aan divided
into three parts and each n usAdo into
a round curl which h NattNneA and
pinned against the head a. q sculpture
curl. These three curls are grouped
around the top Of tho ear. The back
hair may be treated tn tAs sAms way
that is, brushed smooth, and the ends
made into sculpture curls pinned fiat
at the back In two rows running from
ear to ear.
Couture No. 4 n becoming 70 4 girl
Evening star., 1928-12-24
Copyright, 1929

Willard Wander Veer, who Is the
camerman with the Byrd Expedition to
the South Pole, is said to have pho
tographed more curious places and OBJ
jects than any one else in the world.
He will use the same camera with
which his North Pole photographs were
taken. ......-.- 49,.
Evening star., 1928-12-24

Sir Wired Grenfell, the well known
missionary who has lived for many
years in Labrador, recently defeated
Andrews University Of Scotland.
Evening star., 1928-12-24

with high forehead and round face.
The hair is parted just to one side
of the center. The larger section of
hair has the merest suggestion Of
wave across the top Of the head, but
is waved deeply at the side. The smaller
section of hair recedes from the top
of the forehead, comes forward In a
wave above the eyebrow. recedes again,
showing the temple. and comas for
ward in a wave on the cheek. The ends
are tucked under and fastened with
wire clip behind the ears. The back
hair is twisted into small cou on
the back of the neck.
(Copyright, 1921
Evening star., 1928-12-24

was printed on a card which was past
ed on the wrapping.
Georges book was done up in tan
paper with ribbon of tobacco brown.
A seal in dull greens and red was
the only ornamentation. 1t looked like
man, sturdy, transformations. And
the wrappings did not belle the con-
tents nor the recipient. Tying up the
package was the payment Peter had
exacted from Nancy for doing her
shopping for her. So twas fair all
around.
Evening star., 1928-12-24
Lists Four
Qualities
Husbands
Rejoice .Over.
DorothyDix
Eouanmity, Congeniality, Vast Admiration tor
Husband and Appreciation of His Efforts
in Her Behalf.
What Makes
q Wife
Easy to
LiUe With?

Of wfey virtues she De as
devoted Grda domestic as gas range ana ana cg
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life torment group " men "ha quay
I in theirw wives made them to live Wih
Evening star., 1928-12-24

Chicago public schools employ $4,000
teachers.
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