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Evening star., 1928-11-12

BUT WHEN HE LOOKED STRAIGHT
ACROSS HE COULD SEE A GREEN
FOREST THAT LOOKED VERY
INVITING.
on him. But such enemies he could
laugh at.
Each day saw Rusty further from the
Green Meadows and the Green Forest
at Farmer Browns. Sometimes ne mao
an old stone wall to travel along. some
times he had to cross open felds
Sometimes his way led him through
pieces of woodland. There he always
stopped to hunt for mice. But at last
Rusty came to a great body OF water
When he looked one way there was
water as far as he could see. When
he looked the opposite way, there was
water as far as he could see. But when
he looked straight across, he could see
green forest that looked very invlt-
ing.
Il almost know that will find nuts
over there" said Rusty to himself, as
he sat looking across. There just must
be nuts over there. But how am 60
ing to get over there? I can't &c
around, for 1t would take too long
Oh, dear, 1 do so want to get over
there!"
The longer Rusty sat looking across
this lake-for that. is what 1t was
the more he wanted to get on the other
side. At this particular point the lake
was not very wide. That Is, you or
would not have thought 1t very wide
but to such a little fellow as squirrel
it looked very wide indeed. So Rusty
hesitated and hesitated. He would pu'
Evening star., 1928-11-12
WHY WE Do WHAT WE DO

the sound. Suppose you had never
heard a dog bark. You hear 1t now
Tor the first time, and are terrified
because YOU have no way .of knowing
how far the animal is from you. The
loudness of the bark is relative to the
bark of a dog close by. And If you
have never heard dog bark at close
range you cannot tell how loud dog
should bark. There is no medium n
basis of comparison.
Strange sound cannot be accurately
located, in addition to the disadvantage
of not being able to judge its relative
distance. This is very important.
There is real cause for fearing a possi-
lie source of danger that cannot be
located. For If you decide to run away
you might accidentally run toward 1t
instead of away from it. And If you
decide to fight you are compelled to
strike blindly, not knowing where to hit.
The greater danger of strange sounds
over strange sights consists in the de-
fectiveness of the ear in locating sounds
accurately as compared with the eye.
which y fairly accurate. Strange
sounds frighten us more than strange
sights, because they strike the weaker
parts of our defensive armor.
(Copyright, 1929
Evening star., 1928-11-12
BY J. p. GLASS.

Yet she and Arthur, with admirable u1-
c-~-'2nding. preserved their fe..city.
The future President had his faults.
but he was notoriously honest and
low He was deeply in love with his
wife and remained so to the end Of his
davs.
From the wCr onward his career was
one of rapid political advancement.
Bui intermitted sorrows mitigated the
happiness that might have come to Mrs
Arthur firm his rise. In the midst OF
the war she buried her first born, 2l2-
year-old William Herndon Arthur. In
1873 her mother died while travelling In
Europe. Mrs. Arthur went over to
bring the body back, and the shock Of
the whole experience was so great that
her health from then on was badly inn
pneumonia and within three days died
TWO children survived her-ChesteI
Alan, jr then 13, and Ellen Herndon,
onlv Z.
That same year Arthur was nomi-
mated for the vice presidency. A yeaI
later with his children, he moved into
the White House Mrs. Mary Arthur
MoElroy. the Presidents sister, filled
the position Of mistress of the White
House that would have been Mrs. Ar
thurs had she lived.
The President continued his devotion
to her. He had a memorial window Il
stalled in the church at Washing IN
where he wershipsd. He hung pic.
tura of her in the White House. and
fresh flowers we're pVt under it daily
Her room end belOnengs il their New
York home were Kept undisturbsd
When he died in 1875 he was buried
beside her at Albcnu, n. Y.
Copyright, 1897
Evening star., 1928-11-12
Your Baby and Mine
BIZ MYRTLE MEYER ELpREp.

No one single asset which a mother
can bequeath to her baby is so impor.
tant to his perfect physical and mental
| development as breast feeding. A
mother does know this, but the discour-
agement Of crying baby and the
fatigue incident to walking the floor
with him night after night sometimes
drives her to look upon bottle feedinrs
as her only salvation
If, in addition, she has the breast
milk tested. or even expresses some of
1t and takes one look, she is sure to feel
that it can't possibly nourish her baby,
Breast milk Is not like cows milk,
Each contains the same elements. but in
different proportions. and they do not
look alike Both are complete foods and
suitable to sustain life, but one is de-
signed to develop young calf and the
other young human.
Cows milk contains more protein
than breast milk (because the calf grows
more rapidly and needs more cell
building materially, while it also con-
tains less sugar than breast milk. There
is more fat in cows milk than breast,
milk, and 1t may be teeming with bac-
terra, if not MIXED and handled in the
most careful manner, while breast milk
is practically sterile
An analysis of the mothers milk is
ofe,n mistake, for the absolute knowl-
edge that her milk differs in any way
from the average Is not conducive to a
mental placidity that will make the
mother good nurse.
Suppose her milk does contain a high
per cent of cream? An alteration in
her diet and less feeding periods will
help that. Suppose it has too little
cream? There is no harm in making
up this deficiency with cows cream,
Suppose there isn't enough to satisfy
the baby? One can always use COM
Elementary feelings until the supply is
improved. One must be convinced that
whatever it's individual faults and fail
ings, it still remains the one and nat
ursl food for infants. It is not on the
right food and food at the proper tenn
perature but the manner of its getting
is essential to baby's development.
Weaning a tiny baby from breast to
bottle should be a serious matter.
viewed from all angles for there is
often more at stake than the mother
understands or realizes,
Evening star., 1928-11-12
SUB ROSA
By MIMI.
By MIMI.
Teaching Man His Place.

A girl can't be pursued unless she runs,
| but in the grand n1ix-up Of today you'll
| find both sexes in similar knickers rum
ming along side by side. The modern
girl is a pal, which means that the
lollygagging courtship of We olden days
is as much out of date as horse car
How is man to be taught his place
when girl doesn't park herself out
| long enough for man to play hide and
I seek with her? When woman was dis
| tant and liked to teach man his place,
she could tell what he meant when he
moved over in her direction, for his
| intentions were serious and there was
| ring in his voice, if not in his pocket
| But when you are chummy with a man
| now. you don't know whether he means
| anything more important than a dance
| invitation or JOY ride.
The famous frau of history had a
way of making man go the distance
before he could grab her. The cave
woman made him swing a bat before
she succumbed to his charms. Hero,
which was flapper's name, called out
| from the other side of the bank and
made Leander swim the Hellespont
Brunhilde surrounded herself with a
| fence of fire so that the man who got
her would be some fire chief. Juliet
hope of attracting a second-story man
| who could scale the trellised walls in a
romantic fit
The big idea with these gay girls of
antiquity was to make themselves seem
scarce and hence desirable. Now when
We are in evidence all the time and
| the men can't get away from us we're
not so likely to be sought after. Tye
crowd streets and subWays and then
| wonder why the men aren't chasing us
as in days Of yore.
| What man wants Is some obstacle to
overcome, for he's naturally a hurdle
racer. AS long as the way is clear he's
not interested The women no used
the way of their swe- 5ies were not
trying to keep those boys at distance.
They were only Turing them on, but
tk-E knew that the thing to do was to
make themselves hard to get.
I'm afraid we are in danger of max
ing ourselves too easy for the man
folks. They don't want whatN they
know they can he. When girls are
around all of the time and when they
dress in public for ttc world, the way
they might attire themselves privately
for their genuine admirers, they can't
expect to maintain that good, old-fash-
ioned halo of mystery.
The trouble with the women of the
day Is that they are too obvious. When
they were hard to find and as hard to
understand there was that certain lure
of the unexplainable. But now that
we've put in very definite appear
ance and show men what we are they
don't seem to register just right.
Mans real place is in the home at
the head of the family. Now that
everybody is on the run. it's hard to
get him into the coop.
Evening star., 1928-11-12
BY SARA HILAND.

Plain glazed chintz takes on quite
an air of superiority If carefully ham
died so that windows treated with 1t
have all the dignity of those draped
with silk or satin.
In the accompanying illustration Is
a window which would grace an in
formal room with all the elegance of
its finer cousins in a richly furnished
drawing room.
The glass curtains are of fine
quality French marquisette in rich
ecru shade, finished with narrow frills
of the same material picoted on each
edge. These curtains are put up in
criss-cross fashion, which adds to the
attractiveness of the window
The overdraperies are of plain glazed
chintZ of a heavy quality (Which has
a rich shine) and lined with light
weight ecru sateen. From the top to
the center of each side of the curtains
large scallops are arranged so as to
fall at the end of every pleat to which
the curtain ring is fastened. This is
simple, different and very decorative
touch.
The pole and ringe are of wood
painted in two tones, the pole being
the same as the chintz and the rings
and ends being in a contrasting
shade
Evening star., 1928-11-12

There is a knack in tying even the
simplest sort of bow in whatever ma
terial it happens to be, from ribbon of
the richest and widest sort to ordinary
narrow bundle tape used instead of
string to tie up packages, or the fancy
paper tape that resembles ribbon. The
latter has become one of the usual
mediums for doing up Christmas par
cells. Unless it is tied right the first
time. 1t gets rumpled and into such
sharp creaseS that it has to be ironed
out to make it appear fresh and neat
again.
The important matter is to have the
how straight. There is one sure way
of making it so, and it is so simple
that it is wonder every one has not
discovered the knack for herself. But
by the many bows that are askew or
aslsnt, it is quickly appreciated that
this is not so. The trick is In using
the upper length for the. transverse
vertical part of the bow.
Make the first loop of the bow from
the length of ribbon (or whatever the
nediuni) that falls below the knot.
After tying this first knot 1t Is easy
to discover that one end OF the ribbon
naturally comes below 1t and one
above it.
The lower length of ribbon should be
Q little shorter than the upper one
to insure both ends of the completed
bow being even. If you take note of
what is required of each length, you
will find that the lower length is used
for the loop alone, while the top length
has to be used to tie the second knot,
as well as form the second loop for the
bow. Therefore, extra length is neces-
sary for this.
The full method of tying bow that
will remain straight is first to tie a
knot by bringing the left-hand length
Evening star., 1928-11-12

A review of the lives of the wives of
the Presidents shows the great major
itv of them moving over in the shadow
of tragedy. An appalling number Of
them we're invalids. Many lched the
White House only to die or to witness
the death of their husbands, sometimes
by assassination. Some were childless
and any. number OF them survived cnll-
dren whose deaths also were tragic.
Several did not live to see their hus-
bands in the presidency.
Ellen Lewis Herndon, the wife OF
Chester A. Arthur who entered the
White House through the assassination
of James A. Garfield, was no exception
to what has been almost rule.
Her first ~reat sorrow came when she
was a girl in the death of her father.
Lieut.. Comdr. William Lewis Herndon
of the United States Navy had notable
career, perhaps his greatest service be-
| ing his exploration Of the Amazon
! River for the Government in 1851. In
| 1857 under permission from the Navy,
| he commanded a mail and passenger
| steamer, the Central America, running
between New York and Colon. In
| September of that year a hurricane
4
! vana, taking toll of hundreds of lives
Hern6on supervised the removal Of
women and children to a small brig
which stood by, sent his watch and a
message to his wife in Fredericksburg
Va. stood by his ship and went down
with it. One account says he went
calmly to his death smoking cigar"
| In the Winter of 1858. about year
after Comdr. Eerndon's death, his
widow and Ellen Lewis Herndon aC-
| peared in New York. The Herndons
were, of course, prominent socially :,
| Virginia. In New York they were we'll
received, and Miss Herndon at once
attracted attention bv her beauty and
out of her teens.
! Chester A. Arthur at this time IVES 2S
years old. Son of DIR. William Arthur
pastor of Calvary Baptist Church, he
| had taken up law and already had
made name for himself.
| He was a splendid figure of q man,
| tall, handsome and fastidious in dress.
| A German journalist in this country
described him as looking more like an
Englishman of noble birth than sl
American
Arthur and Miss Herndon met, fell
in love, and on october 30. 1889, we're
married in Calvary Church. 1t prob
ably was a concession to Miss Herndon
that the Episcopal service was used.
The marriage flourished under un-
usual circumstances. The fame that
Arthur had achieved to this date rested
largely upon his legal efforts in behalf
of negroes.
1t was he who won for them the
right to ride in the street cars of New
York His father was an out-and-out
abolitionist. and the young man him.
relf was bound. of course, to range him
self on the side of the North in the
disputes over the slavery question that
soon were to precipitate the Civil War.
Mrs. Arthur never forsook her allegi-
ance to her native State of Virginia.
She sympathized with the secession
movement. Her relatives fought in the
armies of the Confederacy. Her posi-
ton in the North was a trying one.
Evening star., 1928-11-12
Seventy-Five and Ninety-Five.

Two brothers go to the same school
They are both in the same class. The
elder one gets rs by hard work and
the younger one gets 95 without much
effort. When the report cards come
home father fingers his fountain pen
and scowls at Seventy-five.
Here you are again, Seventy-five
What's the matter with you? Aren't
you ashamed of yourself? Here's your
brother, two and half years younger
than you are, getting 95 and you get
ting IS. Now, look here! Don't ask
me to sign another card for you with
that mark on 1t. I'm not going to do
It, Understand"
Next month Seventy-five looked at
his card. and it said 70. So the boy
slipped the card into the mail box and
boarded freight that was going to the
coast, long journey.
where's Seventy-fve?" asked father
of Ninety-five.
II haven't seen him since he got his
card. Maybe he is upstairs"
b. and by they found the card In
the mail box, and then
1t was several weeks before they
found Seventv-five. He was sick and
in the hospital when they found hin
and took him home.
why did you do such thing my
boy?" asked his mother. Didn't you
know that no matter what mark you
had you were still our boy and that ye
still ie"-| you?"
Evening star., 1928-11-12

You wake up in the night and hear
q strange noise. You are terrified ana
cannot sleep until you find O.. what
made the sound This procliv-,..y OF
ours to special fear Of strange sounds
is not confined to night noises, all
though the night sounds have the adj
ditional element of darkness to add to
their terror. In the woods, at your
work, anywhere, strange sound startles
YOU. The start is signal OF quick
mobilization to meet an immediate
emergency. Our savage ancestors could
not afford to be Indifferent to strange
noises.
A strange noise is more terrifying
than a strange sight, because you have
no way of knowing how far the maker
of the noise is from you. He may be
close enough to pounce upon you the
next moment In other words, our
faculty for judging the distance of
sound is not nearly as effective as for
Judging distances of objects We see.
This better ability to judge strange
sights gives you better chance to run
away or to prepare for combat.
We can Judge familiar sounds fairly
accurately by the known intensity OF
Evening star., 1928-11-12

of ribbon under and then over the
right-hand length. Make a loop of
the ribbon falling below the knot. This
loop should be carefully formed and
be approximately the size wanted in
the completed bow. Bring the top
length over the loop just above the
knot in such way that the ribbon
is right side out and fairly smooth.
If the first knot is made by bringing
the right-hand length over the left,
reverse the order of directions given.
The next step is to form the second
loop, which is done by bringing the
same length up under the first loop.
Make this second look approximately
the same size as the first and pull the
loops gently but firmly to tighten the
second knot just formed.
In order to have the right side of
the second loop come on the outside,
the ribbon must be carefully turned
near the knot as this second loop is
formed. BY so doing the twist in the
ribbon is hidden beneath the trans
verse vertical line of the bow.
A bow tied as described and as
illustrated In the diagram will have
both loops on a line and both ends fall
ing beneath them. It will not twist
or turn. If the ribbon is stiff the loops
will stand out well. To make a good
bow of two-inch ribbon three-quarters
of a yard is required. Narrower rib
bon takes less and wider ribbon more.
Now that the great gift season is
approaching, these directions may be
found especially useful not only for
fashiening ribbon bows to put on
articles themselves, but as a time
saver when doing up packages. Wrap
ping presents up attractively Is a
feature that cannot be overlooked or
sighted in this era
(Copyright, 1929
Evening star., 1928-11-12
BEDTIME STORIES BY =. TM9sase' s"ss4s2

| first one paw and then the other paw
| in the water. Then he would shake
| them and sit up with the two little
| paws buried in the fur of his breast
and gaze longingly across TO the other
| side.
At last his courage became great
enough. or perhaps it was his longing
overcame his fear. Anyway he waded
into the water and started to swim
across. You didn't know that Rusty
the Fox Squirrel could swim? OF course
he can Happy Jack the Gray Squirrel
can swim. Chatterer the Red Squirrel
can swim. Most, If not all, animals
can swim when they have to. Straight
out he started and how he did make
those little legs of his go! The fact is,
he made them go too fast. He made
them go so fast that he soon began
to grow tired
Now. happily the wind was not blow
ing, so the water was smooth. Rusty
padded along, padded along, and drew
further and further away from one
shore and nearer and nearer to the
other shore. BY and by there came a
time when one shore was Just as far
away as the other shore You see, he
was just in the middle of the lake BY
this time he had grown very tired.
His big, plumy tail had became wet
and was a drag.
"Oh, dear!" exclaimed Rusty under
his breath II wish I hadn't tried to
| come across. Whatever shall I do? I
can't go on and can't go back. What
ever, ever, shall I do? guess I'll
drown. I wish hadn't left the Green
Forest. wish had stayed with Happy
Jack and taken nay chances of getting
| food enough. ! don't want to drown"
just then Rustys nose bumped some
thing. 1t was stick of wood. It
wasn't very big, but 1t was big enough
to give Rusty a chance to rest a little
and still keep afloat How thankful
Rusty was! He got his head and his
| forepawS on that stick and there he
rested. Meanwhile he was getting no
| nearer to either shore, but was drifting
| down the lake little. He still wished
ne hadn't undertaken to swim across
| that lake.
(Copyright, 1927
Evening star., 1928-11-12
Lessons in English
BY W. L. GORDON.

Words often nisused: DO .ot say
Her departure from the room was un-
expected. Say exit" when from a
room or building; departure" when
from a city.
Often mispronounced: Alibi. Pro-
nounce "a" as In "at," first 81" as in
"it" last 81" as In 'lie" (not as in
it, accent after the 81"
Synonyms: Abolish, annul recall,
repeal, revoke, abrogate, nullify, re-
seind, cancel
Word study: "Use word three times
and 1t is yours" Let us increase our
vocabulary by mastering one word each
day. Today's word, Anonymous; of
unknown name. Who Is this annoy
NOUS heuefaetor2"
Evening star., 1928-11-12
Savory Chicken Ragout.

Cook together for five minutes FIVE
tomatoes, peeled and chopped; one
green pepper chopped fine, one onion
also chopped fine, quarter of cup
full of seedless raisins and the juice
of an orange. Cut up chicken, roll
the pieces in seasoned -four and brown
in hot fat. Place the Drowned chicken
in a casserole, add the tomato sauce,
teaspoonful of salt and cupful OF
hot water Bake in moderate oven
for about three hours, or until the food
is tender. Serve on hot platter with
a border of curried rice nodded in tim
bale moldS.
Evening star., 1928-11-12

Breakfast consisted of half grapefruit,
bowl of cooked cereal with "a cup milk
or thin cream, slice bacon, 115 slices
whole wheat toast with p tablespoon
butter, l tablespoon marmalade, coffee
with cream.
For lunch she had large serving
cream corn soup, large serving vege-
table salad with l tablespoon mayon-
naise, 2 toasted graham rolls, butter,
jam and l glass milk
Her dinner consisted of broiled
steak or chops, stuffed baked potato
large serving creamed caulif1ower. I
slice bread, butter, dish canned fruit
or cottage pudding with vanilla sauce,
after dinner coffee.
Perhaps you would like to know some of
the salads she ate. Write to Nancy Page,
care of this paper. inclosing a stamped. self
addressed envelope, asking for her leafiet on
Salads No. 2.
(Copyright. 1927
Evening star., 1928-11-12
DAILY DIET RECIPE
GREEN TOMATO PRESERVES.

GREEN TOMATO PRESERVES.
Green tomatoes, four and one
half pounds. Lemons. three;
granulated sugar, eight cups; pre-
served ginger, one-half cup and
cold water, one-half cup.
FILLS 9 EIGHT-Oz. JARS.
Wash tomatoes. Cut In thin
slices without peeling. Cut out
stems. Wash and slice lemons
thin. Remove all seeds from
lemons. Put sliced tomatoes,
lemons, sugar and water in
preserving kettle and let boil for
half an hour. Be careful not to
burn. Then add preserved ginger
sliced thin and simmer about 312
hours till preserve is very thick.
Be careful not to burn. STIR
occasionally.
DIET NOTE.
Recipe furnishes sugar. Lime,
iron, vitamins A, B and c present.
Can be eaten In moderation by
adults of normal digestion who
are of average or under weight.
Evening star., 1928-11-12
NANCY PAGE
When Lois Eats Enough
She Is Not Irritable.
nv Ell InRENrE Ia GANKE
BY FLORENCE LA GANKE.

Lois had worked so hard in setting
her new home in order and in enter
tainiig that she was growing painfully
thin. She found that as she grew thin
she became nervous and irritable Be-
Evening star., 1928-11-12
My Neighbor Says:

To shorten the sleeves or hem
of a raincoat, use gum tissue. The
taller will do 1t for you
A quick way to MAKE fuel of
newspapers is to take 12 single
sheets and fold them twice, then
again and you will have a long.
narrow strip. Turn over so the
open part is underneath and di-
vide in three parts. unfolding
the ends under into a bow knot.
If all folds are we'll f1attened. the
bowknotting is easily and quickly
done. Sheets must be used singly.
I use five of them in place of the
larger pieces of wood when start
ing a fire, two at each end and
one in the middle. Saves wood
and uses up the papers. They
also are fine for livening up either
a range or a furnace fire. Try
them. =
1t is an excellent idea when
sending cut flowers IT, q hospital
to send an inexpensive vase with
them. Nurses ofJen flnd it diff
cult to find vases enough to hold
flowers.