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house and tell them they are to come
for the house raising. What do you
say Nancy?" Nancy was always glad
for opportunities to be sociable, so the
invitations went out. Most of the
guests had to look up early American
lore to see what house raising really
was. Then they began to ply Peter
with questions, do you want us to
anything?" Peter laughed and told
them the tools would not be needed.
On the grounds of the house was a
big tree. Peter hung this with electric
lights concealed in Japanese lanterns.
Nancy brought some red and white
tablecloths, some fringed napkins. In
the center of the table was tin pail
with cider. She had succotash, pota-
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Make Speciality Of Holidays.

Central American natives omit no OPP
portunity to properly celebrate a holi-
day. The calendar is filled with them
and nothing is allowed to interfere with
an enthusiastic observation. In Panama,
for instance, they not only celebrate
their own holidays, but they ring in
some from the United States, France
and Spain, and few origins of which
are little uncertain. II any of them
fall on Sunday, Monday is taken of
to celebrate.
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NANCY PAGE
House Raising Precedes
House Warming.
By FLORENCE LA GANKE.

The Page home was taking shape.
When the frame work was up Peter
suggested they give a house raising
party. He remembered reading of the
neighborly way in which the early
American settlers helped one another.
"Of course. we don't want sny help, but
the evenings are light and pleasant and
don't see why we could not ask our
friends over to the grounds of the new
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One mother says:
The children consider 1t their special
privilege to buy my birthday gifts, but
they have always found the decision
quite q momentous problem, with the
result that would probably be pre-
sented with useless or gaudy articles. OF
course, am expected to make quite a
fuss of appreciation. So this time when
they were overheard saying they did
not know what to get for mothers
birthday, suggested making out a list
from which they might select. prom
ised to be greatly surprised and pleased
with whatever they took from the list,
and they seemed quite happy with the
plan.
copyright. 1927
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! I y Ill MdI yldllO,
just barely got in.
For the man who
defeated the veneer
able William Cabell
Bruce in the cleo
tons of last No
vember occupies
the most remote
desk in the cham
Der. 1t is No. 60
the last one on the
last row of the
crowded Repub-
lican side.
His Is one of the
desks moved over
from the Demo-
cratic side to care
for the Republican
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Movement in a Piece of Stone.

Theology is the science Of flow. Such
substances as steel, hardened glue,
paint, ETC., flow. AS a matter of fact,
there appears to be no material which
is totally immune from flow. Sealing
wax, brittle as it is, when cold, will
flow. There are even records which
show that stone will flow. Thin stone
seats with supports at either end have
been known to sag in the middle. Boards
flow when they warp.
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Every, homemaker is glad to know
of ways in which to make familiar
vegetables appear like something new
and different. Heads of cooking schools
are busy experimenting with vegetables
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account of your underweight condi-
ton. Perhaps you do not eat enough
butter. milk and cheese. Build up your
weight. Use cold cream to cleanse your
face at bedtime. then wash with mild
soap and warm water. Rinse very
thoroughly. If the skin feels dry after
washing. rub little bit of food cream
into it before you retire for the night.
Next morning cleanse the skin with
cold cream, wipe it off and pat on a
skin tonic. I think a thin film of cold
cream would make the best powder base
for your type of skin.
LOIS LEEDS.
(Copyright, 1929
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-30

The pearl button industry of the
United States centers around Musca-
tine, Iowa. and depends for its raw
material on the shells of the river mus
sells of the Mississippi and its tributar-
les. The industry represents over ST.
600 900 annually.
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DOROTHY DIX'S LETTER BOX
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of Happness-What Can Woman Do
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Reducing Hips and Legs.

Dear Miss Leeds-Wont you please
tell me some ways to reduce my hips
and legs?-F. F.
Answer-If you are overweight you
will probably need to restrict your diet
in addition to doing the exercises that
am going to suggest for you. Walking
and stair climbing arc among the best
and simplest exercises for keeping the
hips slender. Here are a few special
exercises for you: % Sit erect with the
left leg crossed over the right knee.
Stretch the left toe and trace circles
in the air with 1t. The motion is
rotation Of the leg at the knee. Repeat
20 times, then cross the right knee over
the left and circle with the right toe
90 Stand erect with one foot several
inches in advance of the other. Hold
your figure tall with chest out, chin
and abdomen in. Rise on the toes,
swinging the weight Of the body on to
the forward foot Now let the weight
swing back on the heel of the foot be-
hind. This Is q rocking movement.
Repeat 10 times. Now add deep knee
bending to the forward rocking move
ment. Strengthening the knees on the
backward movement. Repeat 10 times.
80 Lie on your back on the floor.
Swing the right leg over the left leg.
twisting the hips over to the left as you
do SO. Keep the upper part of your
body fiat on the floor. but roll from the
waist only. Repeat the rolling and leg
swinging 10 times to each side.
LOIS LEEDS.
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Developing a Thin Figure.

Dear Miss Leeds-O) I am almost
II years old and weigh only S71a
pounds. My measurements are: Calf,
10; ankle, III: bust, 20; waist. 81. How
can I develop my legs and gain weight?
ca Do you advise the use of a f1axSeed
curling fluid when waving the hair
with combs? 90 Is 1t harmful to use
powder and rouge daily? a. have
brown hair. medium complexion and
gray eyes. What shades Of powder and
rouge are becoming? (5) How can 1
darken my hair without injuring It?
60 What is good for chafed face?
ANXIOUS SIXTEEN.
Answer-CD You forgot to state your
height. but If you are five feet tall you
should weigh at least 104 pounds. Your
bust and waist measures seem very
small, but the measurements are not
exceedingly thin. I do not think that
you can build up a good figure and
more shapely legs until you have gained
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"A S far as the seating arrangement
"A in the United States Senate
chamber is concerned, Senator Phillips
Lee Goldsborough, the new member
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toes roasted in the ashes of big fire.
They had pickles and baked ham and
"sody" biscuit.
There were doughnuts and cottage
cheese and generous pieces of buckle
berry pie. Coffee was ready for those who
wanted a hot beverage, and for a few
children who accompanied their parents
there were glasses Of foaming butter
milk and little saucer pies. After the
out of doors supper they sat and told
imaginative yarns of their most thrilling
experiences with Indians and bears and
other providers.
They might have had sandwiches. too
Write to Nancy Page. care Of this paper,
incloeinE a stamped. self-addressed envelope,
asking for her leafiet on Sandwiches.
(Copyright, 1921
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Disappearing year ago, a pet hedge
hog recently returned to its owner at
DormanSland, England.
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MENU FOR A DAY.
BREAKFAST.
Gooseberries, Wheat Cereal with
Cream, Bacon. Poached Eggs
on Toast. Coffee.

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LUNCHEON.
Clam Bisque, Ham Omelet, Bak-
ing Powder Biscuits. Date
Charlotte, iced Tea.
DINNER.
Casserole Of Lamb, Baked Pota-
toes, Green Beans. Tomato
Salad, Banana Dainty,
POACHED EGGS ON TOAST.
Put u cup milk, u teaspoon
salt, dash pepper, scant " table,
spoon table sauce in chatting dish,
cover and when boiling drop in
3 eggs, sprinkle with "a table
spoon butter in small bits. dash
salt and pepper. Serve on but
tered toast.
DATE CHARLOTTE.
One and one-half cups cream,
u cup dates, " cup coconut,
teaspoon salt, "a teaspoon
orange extract, lady fingers,
whip cream, add dates, coconut.
salt and extract; top with
chopped walnuts.
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BANANA DAINTY.

Mix 2 tablespoons cornStarch
with little cold milk. boil ! cup
milk in chafing dish or double
boiler, stir in mixed cornstarch.
Add 2 tablespoons sugar and stir
till 1t boils, then let cook very
slowly is minutes, stirring all the
time. Stir In 8 egg yolks, grated
rind u lemon. Cook until 1t
thickens, but do not allow 1t to
boil. Peel and slice 4 ripe
bananas, place slices in glass
dish, sprinkle with sugar. When
custard is cold, pour it over
bananas and let set.
Milford chronicle., 1929-12-20
Bethel

The Ushers Union was entertain
ed on Saturday evening, December
IA, by Horace G.. Serman, Jr., at the
home Of Mr.. and Mrs. Uric Smith.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elishua Lynch and
son, Jimmie, of LAUREL; Mrs. Harry
Bell and son, Bobby, of Philadelphia,
were guests of Mr.. and Mrs. o. L..
BeBll on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Melbane and
son, George, visited Mr.. and Mrs.
VIM. Friedell on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Benson Allen and
Miss G. M. Bardsley, of Seaford, were
Sunday guests with Mr.. and Mrs.
Harley Hastings.
Mr.. Thomas Knowles, Mr.. Taylor,
Mr.. Sullivan, of Wilmington, while
on cunning trip visited Mrs. Mollie
Wright.
Mrs. Harry Williams spent last
week with her husband in Jersey
City, N. ].
Mrs. VIM. H. Williams, Jr., left
Sunday to spend the week in Nor
folk, Va, with her sister, Mrs. John
Wheatley.
Mrs. Matilda Phillips is very sick
at the home of her daughter, Mrs.
John Beach, near Laurel.
Mr.. and Mrs. Emory Serman, of
Springfield, Mass, spent part of
last week at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. H. G. Serman, near town.
Little Peggy Furness has returned
home after spending some time in
Clayton with Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond
Mabrey.
Mr.. Oakley Eskridge and Miss
Mollie Massey, daughter Of Mr.. and
Milford chronicle., 1929-12-20

teams. The local teams can now
play their scheduled home games in
the d. /. A. A. in Milton instead of
at Milford, where they have been
compelled to hold their games. The
lack of a home court has forced
Milton to play all games on strange
floors. The newly established court
will mean practice under actual
conditions and remove a heavy han
dlcap from the locals. Milton has a
very good girls team and the boys
team is improving in efficiency.
Dogs got into the chicken yard at
the Collins Hatchery and killed sew
eral broilers before they could be
frightened away by Mrs. R. M. Col
Inns. Milton seems to have an unus-
ual number of stray or homeless
dogs, and large number of dogs
are allowed to roam the country by
their owners, which is strictly
against the law and such owners
are financially responsible for dam
age done by their dogs. A heavy as
sessment of damage against viola
torsof this law would have a very
SaIuLatOry erect mere.
H. E. Conwell, Inc, received last
week carload of tobacco stems, to
be used in muching their lockwood
stock in their nurseries here. Re
Gently this concern received seven
carloads of handsome lockwood spe-
cimens, which have been set out in
their nurseries awaiting shipment
next spring to New York and New
Jersey estates.
Elisha Parker has moved from
the Castle farm to the Guyer farm,
near Georgetown.
William T. Collins, one of Millions
Oldest citizens, is seriously ill at the
home of his son, Robert M. Collins,
on Union street. Mr.. Collins is 81
years old and until a few weeks ago,
has been very active.
The Christmas entertainment and
treat Of the Milton M. P. Sunday
school will be held on the evening
of December 9th. A program by
the scholars will be rendered. All
are invited to be present.
Milford chronicle., 1929-12-20
Stockley

Several Of the people from here
attended the meeting of Midland
Grange Monday evening.
The P. T. A. meeting Tuesday
evening was well attended and a
very splendid program was given.
The pupils displayed the excellent
training of the teachers.
James Goslee, who is attending the
military school at Valley Forge, is
expected to arrive here Wednesday
evening to spend the Christmas
holidays with his parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. Marvel Toomey and
daughter spent Sunday with Mr.. and
Mrs. e. F. Toomey.
Mr.. Stanley Baker, of Wilmington,
spent Tuesday evening with his par
ents here.
The kiddies are anxiously waiting
the coming of Santa Claus. Little
Jennings Thompson plans to hide
outside and surprise Santa.
The Ladies' Aid will meet Thurs
day evening, December 26. Every
one cordially invited.
The Christmas entertainment of
Bethesda M. e. church will be held
Friday evening, December 81. A
very good program is being pre-
pared. Everyone cordially invited.
Milford chronicle., 1929-12-20
Vernon

People for miles around took in
Santa Claus day at Denton. Among
those who attended were Mr.. and
Mrs. Robert Stafford and Mr.. and
Mrs. r. Wesley Ross.
Miss Belle Williams is recuperat-
ing from an illness.
Mrs. Nora M. Harrington by re-
painting and repapering has greatly
beautified her jewelry store.
Prof. Mabel Carney, of Teachers
College, Columbia University, has
invited Mrs. Alice H. Ross and some
of her college classmates to accom-
pany her and her sister, European
history teacher, on a trip to Europe
if the professor is able to secure an
instructor during her absence. The
tourists are to visit the schools of
England and Denmark for the month
of June and to go up in Scotland and
down in Germany, Switzerland and
France, Credits for Columbia will
be awarded for the floating college"
Miss Laura Smith and brother,
John, recently entertained large
number of guests at a dinner party.
Rev. r. w. Sapp and wife have
been entertaining his sister at the
M. P. parsonage.
Revival services are in progress
at Wesley M. E. church.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Clancy have
been visiting Mt. Vernon and Canary
Island.
r. Wesley Ross has been on a
business trip to Dover.
Mr.. Ellers and family recently en-
tertained a large number of guests.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles e. Bailey
and Mrs. Spry and children, of
Chesterville, Md, at a duck dinner.
The abscess on the jaw of B.
Frank Ross is much better.
Milford chronicle., 1929-12-20

of the trucks displacing them would
approach, according to the National
Automobile Chamber of Commerce,
from whose figures these truck esti-
mates are taken, S5,0O0,OO0. |
Could this enormous horsepower
be used In a single effort 1t would
be sufficient to lift a building 222
times the weight of the Woolworth
building In New York City; the
same force would propel the Bremen
almost 81 times across the Atlantic
Ocean. The total air pressure per
square inch In the tires Of this vast
feet would equal 60O,000,0O0 pounds.
The nations trucks during the
Christmas season will use about
272,0GC,00e gallons Of gasoline,
which, II poured out. would form q
lake about 5000 feet long, 750 feet
wide and 36 feet deep. The value OF
this gasoline would be approximate
ly $54.4o0.OOO.
The total original value OF our
great truck fleet is, roughly, $780,
O00, 900, which is equal to more than
twice the national yearly road In
vestment. And OF this yearly road
bill motor vehicle owners pay $685.
100000. or 81 per cent, OF which
owners Of commercial motor vs-i
hicles pay approximately $2s0,ooo.-
OeO. The railroads, for which every
new or resurfaced road Is q feeder,
pay S35,000,0 900, or slightly ever
per cent. Also. motor trucks are
today practically the sole means Of
supplying the railroads with the
freight and express which they
carry.
This may be the day Of Youth, as
one is told SO frequently, but no one
will dispute that st. Nick is a most
modern old gentleman. In his old
age he has gone into the trucking
business on an almost unbelievable
scale, while his reindeer browse con-
tentedly In the far Arctic meadows.
-
Milford chronicle., 1929-12-20
IMPROVE FARM
MARKET ROADS

Good roads have reduced the av-
erage automobile operating cost
from 10 cents a mile to six and one
half cents in the last five years, ac-
cording to an authoritative report.
Savings are effected in gasoline and
wear and tear on tires and machin-
cry. AS we'll, the good road pro-
vides greater comfort and safety.
1t has long been observed that
good roads pay for themselves many
times over. They are not an ex-
pense, but a misunderstanding in
veStment.
Wider trunk roads and waterproof
surfaces on thousands Of miles of
secondary or farm market roads is
Of main importance today in any
well balance road building program.
Milford chronicle., 1929-12-20

Mrs. John Massey, were quietly mar
ried on Tuesday night, December TO-,
at Princess Ann, Md.
Mrs. Nolia Phillips spent part
of last week with Mrs. Peter Mes
sick, near Sycamore.
Miss Flossie Serman spent part
of the last week in Philadelphia, the
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Everett Davis.
Milford chronicle., 1929-12-20

The modern Santa Claus makes
his deliveries by motor truck. Rein
deer may have been all right when
there were only 15S,5S0 miles of sur
faced roads in the country. as in
l1904, and only s5,00O.000 people
lalong them. But today the old fell
llow would be anything except his
traditionally jolly self If he had to
serve 12O,000,000 people over $4,000
miles Of surfaced roads.
So he uses some 100000 motor
trucks, with a combined tonnage of
l4,5O0,O00. The reindeer, meanwhile,
rest contentedly in far-off Arctic
meadows after long ages Of service
Ito the little Kings and Queens of
this earth.
Yet Santa must be judicious in
1.-THE use of his feet Of motor trucks,
III they were all out upon the roads
lat the same time the resulting con-
Igestion would make the average
traffic cop roll over and play dead.
If they all issued from st. Nick's
stronghold, one after the other. they
would fern ah unbroken line $500
miles long-twice the distance from
New York to San Francisco.
st. Niek's Helpers, 100000
Piloting that vast army Of trucks
this Christmas will be approximate
lly 4,eee, eco men, Indispensable help
ers OF the Jolly Saint. Their total
wages during the Christmas season
will be in excess Of $3.50. 100000 or
the approximate equivalent In
wealth Of a city OF 10000 inhabit-
ants, or twenty-four times the
amount the United States paid Ma
poleen for the vast territory OF
Louisiana, or fifty times the price
we paid Russia for Alaska. 1t would
also equal 10 percent Of the National
Executive Budget just announced by
President Hoover.
The resting reindeer need feel no
shame. The combined horse power
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cred that fresh air furnished an in
dispensible measure for the fight
against tuberculosis, hundreds Of san
atoria, open-air camps, open-afr
schools and other open-air places have
been established in this country to
take care of those who have tubercul-
osis or who have been exposed to 1t.
tuberculosis is rapidly decreasing, al
though it still remains one of the lead
ing causes of death. But more people
now get we'll than die of tuberculosis.
1t is no longer regarded a hopeless
disease, but is spoken Of as durable
and preventable.
The method of cure points the way
to prevention. If fresh air will cure
the disease it will also do much to
prevent it. Outdoor workers seldom
contract tuberculosis, while house.,
wives have high mortality rate from
it. Does this not indicate the need of
more education constantly for open
windows and for good ventilation in
all indoor places?"
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a few weeks ago to be with her
daughter in the hour of her great
triumph.
Killed by Fall.
Fred Jensen, the owner of paint
ing business in San Francisco, was
helping his men work on a. 4O-feet
high scaffold the other day when
suddenly. for reasons unknown, he
lost his balance and fell to the
ground. He was killed instantly. Mr..
Jensen came to San Francisco from
Esbjerg, Denmark. some twenty years
ago, and enjoyed wide popularity
among his cOmpatriOts at the Golden
Gate. He was prominent in several
of the Danish organizations in San
Francisco, and had always been very
active in promoting their work.
Sonia Comes.
Sonia Henie is a young Norwegian
woman who in recent years has been
acclaimed the champion skater of the
world. and several attempts have, been
made to persuade her to come to the
United States. She has until now
consistently refused but word comes
from Oslo that her father-who acts
as her manager-has authorized a
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statement to the effect that Miss He
ME will come to the United States in
December and will take part in skat-
ing tournaments in various parts OF
the country. A German and a French
paper recently said that Miss Henie
far outdistanced all other woman
skaters who ever lived.
Goes to Brooklyn.
Rev. A. TIL. Dorf, at the present
time librarian in the Chicago Uni
versity Libraries. has been called to
fill the pulpit of Our Savior's Danish
Lutheran church in Brooklyn, N. Y.
and is reported to have accepted the
charge. Mr.. Dorf at various times
has been pastor of congregations in
Nysted. Nebr., Perth Amboy. N. j., and
Chicago. but in recent years he has
devoted himself chiefly to library
work. He was the principal Danish
speaker at the recent National Festi-
val in Minneapolis.
Business Man Dead.
Nelson Bark, born in Malmo, Swe-
den. 65 years ago, died last week in