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Evening star., 1928-10-17

with having failed to stop at boule-
ward stop sign.
"Pull over to the curb" he said.
Our friend obeyed, and upon hearing
the cops complaint, replied that he had
observed the regulation. Another COM
panion, believing in efficacy Of soft
answer, accompanied by dose of
banana oil. said: You're right, officer.
John, the officer Is perfectly right. He
wins. See. the officer wins. If he says
so, 1t must be all right, and I'm sure
he'll overlook the transgression this
time. Absolutely, we will not argue with
you and say you are wrong. We're not
that kind of guys"
The officers silence was disconcerting
He didn't want to discuss anything.
"Of course. the gentleman Is right,
went on another occupant of the car.
81 know we stopped, but If you say
we didn't, we didn't, that's all. You're
only performing your duty. Ha-ha
(weaker) ha-ha (much weaker) ha-ha. i"
The officer at this point was giving
an imitation of the Sphinx, only more
SO. Finally. he said, curtly, You didn't
stop!"
"But you're perfectly right. You win.' y
replied the man with the soft answers.
The officer Gid win. It cost our friend
five smackers. A soft answer may turn
away wrath, but we are not so sure of
1t as we once were.
Evening star., 1928-10-17
PERSONAL HEALTH SERVICE
By WILLIAM BRADY, M. d.

negligible as compared with all these
advantages 1t has over hard smooth
twine.
A few days later the same clerk wrote
from Ogden, Utah, saying that in his
haste perhaps he had too strongly de-
Tended the present twine. He merely
did not want to see the wartime kind
provided again. Up to few years ago,
he goes on, the Government provided a
jute twine similar to the present shoddy
stuff but of better quality, with all the
advantages he had mentioned, yet 1t did
not throw of fuzz and create the dusty
condition that the present twine does.
The dust is probably just as bad as I
had painted it, for in most post Offices
and mail terminals they still practice
dry sweeping, and thus the fuzz from
the twine floats in the air.
That's two of 'em.
The third Is a note from nurse who
declares spoke the truth about the
dirty post Office and counterfeit
economy.
The last is from a postmaster, whose
identity I had better keep secret. He
writes:
The post Office force here wishes to
express thanks and appreciation for
your article on Counterfeit Economy
Ever since this so-called economy has
been in force our Office has been dusty
sweeping has raised clouds Of dust that
make us all cough and sneeze. The
force all suffered excessively from colds
and throat trouble last Winter, and we
look forward with dread to the coming
Winter. The worst feature of this
shoddy string is that the string that
comes around bundles of letters must
be tied into balls and used again to tie
outgoing bundles. This handling seems
to raise most of the dust. We are con-
sidering the idea of buying our own
string this Winter to save on doctor
bills !. =. :"
And so for a stroll with Tony the
P. P. If you do good turn or say a
good word for Tony he doesn't be-
grudge wagging his tail.
would like to know, though, whether
the postal clerk uses the ordinary
granny knot or the surgeons knot.
Copyright, 1929
Evening star., 1928-10-17

u
Washington has many able speakers
men who do not pose as such. These
men are not engaged in public work.
They are the Woodworking sort, who
sit in obscure offices in the daytime and
scintillate only when called upon to put
a crowd in good hunor.
The diners no longer like to hear a
man rise and say, "Mr. Toastmaster,
ladies and gentlemen, did not expect
to be called upon this evening"" because
they knew ding-dong well he did ex-
pect to be called upon, and probably
would have been peeved if he hadn't.
Unless it Is meeting of business
specialists, very few persons care to hear
that Sin 1906 the number of calories
consumed by the section lying southwest
of the Mississippi was 1,955,001, which
was % per cent more than the net
consumption in 1903. In 1927 the net
as compared with the gross consumption
was 400 to l." If the guests are not
particularly interested, they will wake
up when the lights go out.
An interesting and amusing speaker
Is in demand. About all he receives at
local functions is his name on the pro-
gram and prolonged applause" Some
times his name is omitted from the
program.
Not long ago a man well known at
social functions was tipped off that he
would be called on for a speech. The
information was not official-merely
hearsay. The result was that he preened
himself for the occasion by going to the
library and busting off some good
stories and anecdotes apropos of the
affair. In fact, he devoted a week to
polishing up a 15-minute speech.
The night of the dinner arrived, and
he found himself seated at the speakers
table. Each time the POSTMASTER arose
to make an introduction. our friend
expected his name to be called. And
each time it wasn't. Speaker after
speaker said his piece. Finally the
postmaster said, land now, last but
not least, my friends, we ere going to
hear from a man we all know and have
learned to love. / am sure he needs no
introduction. refer. of course, to our
genial friend, John Blank"
It happened that the man who had
prepared his. speech for week was not
named Blank. Was our friend angry?
Not exactly, but he was peeved He is
not vain person, but he was disap-
pointed. All because some one suggested
that he would be asked to speak.
So far we have escaped being tagged
Evening star., 1928-10-17
DAILY DIET RECIPE
SPINACH BROTH.
Sriuarh one nnlInd

0plIldCIl, OliC pOukius
Sugar, two teaspoons.
Onion juice, one teaspoon.
Butter, two teaspoons.
Boiling water. two cups.
Salt, one-half teaspoon.
Pepper. one-fourth teaspoon.
Cream, one-fourth cup.
SERVES TWO PORTIONS.
Thoroughly wash spinach until
free from sand. Put through
food chopper. Save the juice
which flows. Brown sugar slight
ly in a saucepan. Add butter and
juice from a grated onion. Add
spinach and boiling water. SIM
mer 20 minutes. Season with
salt and pepper. At time Of
serving stir in cream and beat.
Do not boil it. Canned cream
can be used. If desired broth
could be strained before cream
is added, though the spinach
fiber is good for the health.
Serve with oatmeal crackers or
peanut butter fingers.
DIET NOTE.
Recipe furnishes a little fat
and much lime, iron and vitamins
A and B. Can. be given to chill
dren over 8 If pepper were omit
ted. Can be taken by adults of
average or under weight, and by
those wishing to reduce If amount
of butter were restricted at the
meal and if milk were used in
stead of cream.
Evening star., 1928-10-17
Twine Situation.

Recently got of my chest some OBJ
servations about false economy, in the
course of which paid my respects to
the post Office authorities and called
their attention to the evident duStineSS
of post Offices since the cheap grade OF
twine was adopted as an economy"
measure. I believe this sfoddy stun,
or the dust from it, may account for
the undue prevalence of respiratory
diseases among post Office employees.
think the head of the budget. or who
ever the Washington man may be that
puts on the annual radio talk about the
wonderful economics effected by such
innovations. ought to figure in the high
cost of preventable sickness, and then
his savings for the Government will not
seem so important.
At best, all post Office employees who
serve or deal directly with the public
are necessarily exposed when on duty
to whatever respiratory infections the
public has. The microscopic injuries
of the delicate lining Of the respiratory
tract by particles of dust or fiber from
this miserable twine must greatly in
crease the susceptibility of the employe
to respiratory infections, for these mi
croscopic wounds of the mucous men,
brane permit invasion by germs that
would otherwise be entangled in the
mucous and destroyed by the germicidal
Secretions.
When I had published that item ]
felt pretty good about it. I am not a
Boy Scout, regret to say, but !
thought had done a good turn that
day to the post Office workers. But no,
It was nothing like that. Four post
Office workers passed Judgment on it,
and maybe there is room to tell what
they said, to wit:
Cheyenne postal clerk writes: did
you ever stop to think it might be a
twine that was found most practical,
not the most economical? All the clerks
know prefer this twine. 1t is easy to
handle and one knot is suficient in
tying package. Other twine requires
two knots. This fuzzy soft twine stays
put. The one disadvantage you men,
ti0ned--tfa fI1zz that comes off its
Evening star., 1928-10-17

back On and on went the roll call
And the amazing part was that most
of these old-time chairs were still being
copied and used. New lines in chairs
have appeared only recently with the
coming of the modern art
The harp, Tyre and medallion back
chairs are distinctly of Phyfe inSpira-
ton, but, as Nancy pointed. out, other
was rather amusing to hear the flood
of "reminiscences which the Boston
rocker called forth. Nearly every men,
ber had been rocked to sleep in one at
grandmothers home.
From this point on the meeting was
mostly series Of do you remember
Evening star., 1928-10-17
NANCY PAGE
Early American Chairs Are
Good Today
BY FLORENCE La GANKE.

Windsor" said Mrs. Alden when her
name was called. Carver" answered
Mrs. Douglas. Mrs. Hitchcock, appro-
priately enough, said, Hitchcock" when
her name was reached in roll call. The
Nancy Page Club was meeting. and
we're answering the roll call with the
name of an early American chair.
Later each member was asked to give
the distinguishing marks of her type of
chair.
They mentioned banister back, fiddle
back. Slot back. splat shield and Phyfe
Evening star., 1928-10-17
BRAIN TESTS

In everyday speech a great many
words are used to describe various types
of mind. These words are used in a
figurative sense, some refer to special
dimensions, some to numbers, etc:
Some of the distinctions between the
different meanings are rather fine and
the successful selection of the adjec-
tive applying to each type of mind in
dicates well developed powers of dis
elimination.
Allow yourself three minutes to
match the descriptions in the two COL
umns below by writing in the paren-
theses the number of the correspond
ing description in the first column.
Evening star., 1928-10-17

" 1AA4S W" ~@Ao.
and smack our
knuckles on a piece
of lumber.) We
have accompanied
friends who have,
however. Until the
other night, we be-
lieved that a soft,
gentle reply turned
away, the wrath of
a minion of the
law. Louder, the
engineer didn' t
hear you. Now you
tell one! At any
rate, a certain
motor cycle officer.
whose name and
number we have.
Evening star., 1928-10-17
One mother says:

One mother says:
MY girl and boy. and 5 years of
age, both have calendars. I keep on
hand an assortment of little stars
silver, blue, red and gold. Silver stands
for 'peace'-a lack of quarrels between
sister and brother; blue means 'obedi-
ence' to mothers wishes and red indi-
Gates a 'red-letter day. when both
peace and obedience have ruled supreme.
Each day the proper star is placed on
the calendar. At the end of the week,
II red predominates, an extra star OF
gold is given. The children take great
pride in this and gold-star weeks are
certainly increasing"
Copyright, 1929
Evening star., 1928-10-17

we concur heartily
in the observation.
Really excellent
speakers are paid,
in some instances,
fabulous fees for
entertaining BAN
queteers. Most or
ganizations, how.
ever, are unable or
unwilling to COM
pensate speakers in
a monetary way.
On the other hand
there are not a few
men who are fiat
tered to be asked
to address their
fellows, and glad
Evening star., 1928-10-17

picture making and half year Of pri-
vate life. This followed her marriage
with JaScha Heifetz, and at least a
quarter of her year will be spent with
her husband abroad.
Josephine Dunn chatters charmingly
and necessarily. While she was driving
to the studio her police dog went mad
and she was forced to lock him in the
sedan and go in search of policeman
to shoot the animal.
Josephine was telling the story at o
party. A Hollywood wit asked:
How long were you In the car when
this animal went gaga?"
about 20 minutes"
well. even a dog would 60 mad
after listening to you 20 minutes"
Said Josephine sweetly:
"They call you the wit Of Hollywood,
I believer"
"Yes," said the gentle with modest
bow.
"I think that half-wit would suit you
better
(copyright. 1928. by North American News
paper Aliiance.)
Evening star., 1928-10-17
Lessons in English
BY W. L. GORDON.

Words often misused: Do not say
"This is between the four of us" Say
among the four" when more than two:
Often mispronounced: Humidity. Pro-
nounce the h, not u-mid-it-i.
Often misspelled: Caffein, or caffeine;
two f'S.
Synonyms: Implore, pray, supplcate,
beseech, beg, entreat, adjure.
Evening star., 1928-10-17

-" While the stories were at their
height the hostess brought in refresh
mentS.
II suppose you will think am using
a low form of wit when tell you your
refreshments are based on a pun. This
is chair day, so we have cherry refresh
ments-cherry gelatin, cherry pound
cake and form of cherry bounce"
I'VE forgive you just so you bring on
the food"
Evening star., 1928-10-17

In the formalities of introduction 1t Is
the woman to whom difference Is paid.
It Is her prerogative to extend the gra-
ciouS courtesies and for the man to
follow her lead This is, of course, In
the ordinary run of friends and ac-
Quaintances, and has nothing to do with
Evening star., 1928-10-17
Stuffed Shoulder of Lamb.

Have the shoulder blade removed and
I'LL the cavity with stufing made
as follows Melt four or six tablespoon
fuls of butter, add two cupfuls of dry
bread crumbs, half teaspoonful of
salt, little pepper, half teaspoonful
Of onion juice, one teaspoonful of
parsley or celery tops chopped fine.
and a small quantity of thyme. Mix
well together. After stuffing the lamb
shoulder with this mixture place it
in a baking pan. Sprinkle salt, pepper
and flour over the outside of the meat
and scar in hot oven. Reduce the
temperature and cook for one and one
half hours. Serve hot.
Evening star., 1928-10-17

Residents of Queenstown district, IRE
land, are protesting against the insight
ly electric light poles being erected in
connection with the Shannon River
power project. &
Evening star., 1928-10-17
The Sidewalks of Washington
BY. THORNTON FISHER.

It is said that the art of after-dinner
speaking is deteriorating. After having
listened to the efforts of scores of
speakers, as we'll as having bored few
n,ircnlt,ac
Evening star., 1928-10-17

An Australian recently sent IS cents
in stamps to the station agent at Meath,
England, to pay for railroad trip from
that station, which, the man wrote. he
took several years ago without paying.
Evening star., 1928-10-17

1T IS THE woMANs PREROGA-
TIVE GRACIOUSLY TO EXTEND
HER HAND WHEN ONE OF THE OP-
POSITE SEX is BEING PRESENTED.
celebrities and persons of rank. Whether
such a one is man or woman, he or she
always then is the one to whom defer
ence is paid.
In America. with its plan of equal
freedom for all, there is not the same
social regime as in foreign countries
with their definite scales of ranks and
prescribed customs. But this does not
mean that all order is cast to the winds.
Etiquette dictates here as well as abroad.
1t is, for example, very bad form for
Evening star., 1928-10-17

with a police notice. Which has prob
ably been the result of good luck rather
Evening star., 1928-10-17
DISCOVER Chief
CAUSE OF TIRE
'BLOWOUTS"
Find Oil on Garage Floors
Attacks Tires and Eats
Them
Simple New Method Now
Recommended for Prevent
ing Tires From Rotting
Away While Cars Stand
Idle

Oil Is the enemy Of rubber. It
rots the best tires. Blowouts are
its offsprings. II you have ever
changed a tire on a boiling hot sum-
mer day, you know what blowouts
mean. Also the price Of a new tire,
5000 to 5000 miles too soon, is more
than annoying.
The only sure. simple way to
keep your garage floor free from
oily drippings is to take 5 minutes
whenever necessary to swab out
these spots with an old broom and
a solution Of Red Seal Lye and
water-one can of lye to gallon
Of water. Use Red Seal Lye because
it is 979o pure lye-by far the :pur-
est, quickest, most economical lye
made. It melts away grease like
snow from hot stove.
Stop at your grocer's and pick
up a can of Red Seal Lye today.
Save this article as reminder.
Evening star., 1928-10-17

The annual milk consumption in
Sweden is now 265 quarts, in Germany
235. in England. 80 and in Italy only is.
Evening star., 1928-10-17

Huntington CIV. Va) has an s0-year-
old school teacher
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1928-02-09
CHAPTER X

Manon wandered out into the night,
more alone than ever. The darkness
was bewildering and she had no idea
where to go. An arched passageway,
seemingly deserted, offered momen-
tary shelter. With pounding heart she
sought it's seclusion and leaned against
the wall, to collect her thoughts.
When her eyes became accustomed
to the darkness she recoiled in panic.
The pasty face of hawk eyed apache
was leering at her from the opposite
wall!
He also was seeking shelter, but
glad enough to have such sweet COM
pany thrust upon him.
Manon's knees collapsed and she
sank in terrified heap on the cold
stones. Too frightened to move, her
horror mounted when the repulsive
creature crawled forward and pressed
his ghostly face against her shaking
arm. Summoning every ounce of
strength Manon whirled quickly about
on hands and knees and regained her
feet just in time to escape two long
arms reaching up to pull her down.
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1928-02-09
PROSPECTS BRIGHT
FOR SUB TOURNEY
Eight Teams To Comnete At
FrOmberg Sub-District
Tournament

Carbon's basketball squad left for
Fromberg today to enter the sub-dis-
trict tournament. This district
tournament was planned last year by
the coaches of the high schools in the
Yellowstone district.
The following teams will partici-
pate: Carbon County High, Edgar,
Fromberg, Joliet, Roberts, Belfry,
Bridger and Bearcreek. Each team
will be required to play at least two
games. The teams that come out sue
cessful will play a third game for
first and second places. After a team
has lost two games it is eliminated.
This tournament will by no means
be easy for Carbon so we should all
attend and give as much support as
possible from the sideline. We should
at leasts go to the finals Saturday eve
ming. Bearcreek and Carbon should
be in the finals, which promises
good game, as Bearcreek won the
tournament last year.
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1928-02-09
OUR SCHOOL AND ITS AIMS

Mr. Joseph Durfee is at the head of
the English department. Miss Myrtle
Fisher and Miss Margaret Sullivan
are assisting in this course Of study.
The greater part of the work in the
Freshman English consists Of gram
mar review, and the study Of the fun
damentals of composition, chiefly
those Of description.
The second year Of English, mainly
covers the study of Shakespeare's
plays and novels of other authors. A
great deal of composition is also
given.
American Literature is the study of
the English III classes. More advanced
composition, including all four forms:
description, narration, exposition, and
augmentation are taken up.
The Senior year is devoted largely
to English Literature, as a forerun-
ner of American Literature. It's chief
aim is to bring about a comparison
between them.
Three years study Of this course is
required in our high school, but four
year course is required for entrance
into most colleges and universities.
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1928-02-09
CARBON WINS One
WEEK END CONTEST
Game On Hardin Floor Goes
To Opponents; Is No Indi-
cation Teams Strength

After dropping a game to Hardin
Friday night on Hardin's floor Car
bon's basketball quintet staged a
comeback and trounced the Billings
Polytechnic at Billings Saturday.
The Hardin game was fast through
out but the efforts of the Carbon boys
proved in vain for as the gong sound
ed the half, Hardin led 1910. Hardin
increased her lead the last half and
the game ended 29-18 in favor of Har-
din. Buzzetti of Hardin was high man
with 10 points. Thompson led for Car
bon with s points. Durham of Hardin
The Polytechnic game was marked
by slow playing. The Polytechnic led
through the firsts half but Carbon re-
covered and took the game 1911. Tof-
fer scored points. Griffin of Billings
refereed.
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1928-02-09

With a terrified cry and throbbing
temples, Manon sought the lighted
streets and any safety they might af-
ford.
Almost hysterical with fright she
stumbled along, fighting with herself
to keep down the sobs. The lights
from a cheap cafe seemed to signal a
safe resting place and she sought Gag
erly their brilliance.
A huge, heavy set man with brutal
features came along the street and
watched Manon with interest. His
days work being over he was in the
mood to find diversion with a pretty
girl. Manon was the best looking one
he had ever seen. Walking close to her
he paused, Hello, dearie" he said.
Looking for me?"
A quick glance at the coarse fea-
tured brute and Manon was galvaniz-
ed into action; but before she had
taken two steps big rough hands
reached out and grabbed her arms.
With a strength born of terror the
harassed girl tore herself free and
darted down the alleyway, leading to
the inside cafe door.
The pleasure seeking laborer knew
that she could not escape, and with
satisfied laugh he numbered along in
her wake.
Manon tripped and fell. Before she
could get up derisive laugh rang in
her ears, she was conscious enough
to struggle and beat her small fists
madly against the brute's face as he
carried her through the back door of
the dowdy cafe.
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1928-02-09
THIS SPEAKING BUSINESS

Extemporaneous speaking, branch
of public speaking, is now being stud
led in high school to prepare the pu-
pills for the extemporaneous speak
ing contest.
By the term eXtemporaneous IS
meant, not speech without prepara-
tion-for that is impromptu-but a
speech which is not written out IN
full.
Solindirect and monotonous is much
Of the speaking by the memorizlng
method, that it is widely condemned.
The extemporaneous method is the
most popular of all. The effort of
thinking out a point not thoroughly
mastered before, or consideration OF
a point now, first presenting itself,
is the basis of this kind of speaking.
The extemporaneous speaker, there
fore, needs strongly fixed habit of
always holding his mind firmly to the
matter in hand and of speaking direct
Nv to his audience.