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after school for spelling president
with an a instead OF an !. three
times in succession.
What's ever become Of that boy
that was so dead in love with
Mary Ellen's mother2 My. what
freckles he had And what big
pieces Of slippery elm bark he used
70 bring her to chew In the spring
and teacher made Mary Ellen's
mother stand on the floor before
the whole class all alone just for
chewing 1t. and Mary Ellen'S
mother cried and the freckled face
boy muttered that the teacher
was a mean sneak and he had TO
stay after school for that.
We waited for him in the shadow
Of the big maple tree at the school
gate and we all went home past
the meadow where the Spring
Beauties grew, and the freckled
face boy picked a bunch of them
for Mary Ellen's mother and we
went home and dilda said we
tracked up the kitchen with our
muddy feet but we got some dough-
nuts anyway. and the freckled face
boy and another boy and another
boy who had mysteriously appeared
from somewhere all at once put up
a swing and 1t was no time at all
until the III went down and you
could fairly hear the lilac bushes
whispering to themselves in the
soft dusk and saying It was almost
time to bloom.
Well. WE'LL Mary Ellen's mother
didn't have a soul TO teach her
to play. poor little thing.
No wonder Mary Ellen is sorry
for her.
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Menus
9Me
BY MRS. ALEXANDER GEORGE
A Lunch in Menu

BY MRS ALEXANDER GEORGE
A Lunch In Menu
Congressional Chicken Salad
Cheese Bars Ripe Olives
Buttsred Green Beans and Cream
Buttered Green Beans and
Dreamed Sauce
Strawberry Dessert Coffee
Congressional Chicken Salad, Serv-
ing Eight
2 IL cups diced cooked chicken,
l cup diced apple, . cups diced eel
cry. 2 tablespoons lemonjuice. IL
cup blanched almonds. IL teaspoon
salt. ! cup salad dressing, IL cup
stiffly whipped cream.
Mix and chill the whipped cream
and salad dressing. Mix the rest OF
the ingredients. which have been
thoroughly chilled. Add IL the
salad dressing mixture. Add 1-2 the
Of crisp lettuce leaves and top with
the remaining dressing. Serve at
once.
Cheese Bars, Serving Eight
, 16 bars of stale bread. 2 L. inches
long. 10 inch wide, IL cup grated
cheese. 4 tablespoons soft butter. Ia
teaspoon salt. IA teaspoon paprika.
Mix the cheese. butter. salt and
paprika and spread upon the bars
OF bread. Toast in a moderate oven.
Strawberry Dessert. Serving Eight
8 two-inch squares Of sponge cake.
2 cups of strawberries. 4 tablespoons
sugar. 2 cups stiffly whipped cream.
4 tablespoons powdered sugar. l ia
blespoon vanilla, IL cup red cher
rieS.
Mix the berries and sugar. Chill.
Mix the whipped cream. powdered
sugar and vanilla. Chill. When
ready to serve arrange the berries
on the sponge cake. Top with the
whipped cream and sprinkle with
the red cherries. Serve at once
with a fork.
A May Luncheon Menu
Chilled Diced Fruit In Orange Cases
Dreamed Chicken and Broiled
Mushrooms
Buttered Potatoes
Hot Rolls Currant Jelly
Stuffed Tomato Salad Mayonnaise
Strawberry SherbeTt
Cocoanut Balls
Sailed Nuts Coffee
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IrAR-INGEN

The officers and special guests oil
the Federated Women's clubs were
entertained by the club women OF
Harrington with a lovely luncheon
Tuesday ct the Woman's building.
Spring flowers in attractive bas-
kets were placed at intervals
throughout the club room giving q
spring atmosphere. Several Of the
officers made talks on u Magic
Valley" Mrs. Ernst Wright de-
lighted the guests with a piano Sc
lection and Miss Vera Letzerict
gave a reading.
BRIDGE HOSTESSES
Mrs. A. w. Frank and Mrs II
A. Lilly were hoStesses to a num-
Der of friends ON Thursday of last
week, when they entertained with
bridge and five hundred. Plans
for bridge scores went to Mes
danes Z. "A. Shipman. A. r. Con-
nell. Jack Walters and l.. Hankinst
Mesdames w. M. Bryant and l.
Gildersleeve were winners at five
hundred.
Candy and punch from an Ice
punch bowl we're served through
out the afternoon, with a salad
and sweet course following the
games.
Guests present were Mesdames
z. "A. Shipman, L. r. LeWald. w.
M. Bryant. Jack Wolters. A. No
vota. Terry. A. Maley and L. Han
kins. l.. Gildersleeve. and L. Lilly,
Mercedes. and A. r. Connell, G. z
McClelland. r. +. McCarty and
Clifford Carey. Harlingen.
PERSONALS
v. r. Brady left Wednesday
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Hi-Lo Club With
Mrs. Clecl,ler

Mrs. John q. Gragg ard Mr.
Reed Williams were rut-uf-clmh
guests on Tuesday a~fternoon
when Mrs. Lindsey Checker enter
tanned the Hi-Lo bridge club
Trophy for high score went - Mrs
Robert Ernst Mrs NV. E Kendall.
Jr.. rec we'd the consolation. srd
Mrs. Gf@$g was lucky ln the cut
An ice course was served hy thn
hostess. Zinnias and cannas were
the decorations.
Mrs. Kendall will be hostess Co
the club next week.
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Comings, Goings.
OF Local People

Mr.. and Mrs G. r. Smith and
children who have been here fur
several days visiting Mrs. smiths
sister. Mrs. %. X. Mason. left We'd
nesday morning for their hrrne ln
San Antonio.
Mrs. "A. e.. Jones ard daughter.
Luella. OF Becville. will arrive
Thursday 70 be the guests ~ Mrs.
Howell McCampbell.
Mrs. z. A. Rosenthai has re-
turned from d visit KY several wrrka
with her mother at Shreveport,
Ia. She also spent a few days a.
Dallas with Ter son. XXI IA. Rnurl-
thai. Jr.. who A. attending tha
Terrill School for Boy
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morning for Eagle Pass on a bus
mess trip.
Mr.. and Mrs. ". ". Pernoud and
sons Victor and Billy have return
ed from a visit to Houston.
MIR. and Mrs. Harry Evans Of
Corpus Christi were weekend
guests OF Mr.. and Mrs. John
Floore.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. Z. Deakins
spent the week end In San Antonio.
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a May Luncheon Menu
Chilled Diced Fruit In Orange Cases
Creamnh Chicken and Rrniled
O COUNCIL WILL
HAVE ANNUAL MEETING
Special 70 The Herald.)

10 1IC
RIO HONDO, May 8-The spring
conference Of the Valley scout
council will be held at Camp Perry
near Rio Hondo on Sunday. May
10. beginning at 2:45 p. m. The
meeting will continue through the
afternoon and at $50 there will
be a picnic supper.
There will be discussions on the
councils program for 1929 and the
work of the council will be ex-
planned. according to o. Z. Van
Berg. council president.
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Valley Society
phnr


Ill Jardin bridge club members
win entertain their husbands mt
the hcme OF Mrs. A. Z. Harper.
City federation or womcn's
clubs will have luncheon for Of
ficers and delegates nc the fifth
district convention, No the eonn
try club, I p. II.
Regular meeting OF the Public
Health Nursing association nc
city hall, $3.50 a. m.
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BY ANNIE LAURIE
K A ANNIE LAURIE.

! notice that your column is en-
titled Advice 10 Girls" I wonder
If you would advice boys too. II
seems to be a very common idea that
boys never have trouble and never
need any advice.
When at the age OF sixteen. I be-
came acquainted with a girl. Things
went well for about two years,
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Goldsmith the other day and there was a man
named Kipiing, she hears. Oh, yes. Mary Ellen Is
quite literary.
She knows the difference between free verse and
the old-fashioned stuff right now
And Mary Ellen Is learning TO swim and TO
dance and to ride and to drive a car. and she can
make chocolate fudge with the best Of Us already.
But finest Of all she's learning to play. Her
teacher stays right on the playground every minute
Of the play time so she won't play wrong and be
sunethical~ or non-social or something.
Well. WE'LL Just think Of 1t. Isn't Mary Ellen
luckyI
Whisper knew Mary Ellen's mother WREN she
was a girl and the way Mary Ellens mother could
play-well 1t would surprise you, that's all.
Ring the goal and prisoners base and Pom. Pom
md SQUAT tag. and cross tag. don't YOU know. where
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IN Colorado for an indefinite time.
Mrs. Lamar Stewart and baby are
in R~obstown. visiting relatives.
Tom Campbell left Saturday night
for the purpose or visiting San An
tonic. Chicago and points In Mich
igan or a business trip. He expects
to return in about ten days.
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SAN BENITO

Mrs. ID. +. Dunn left Friday night
for Denver where she was called by
the death Of her brother. william
Davidson. Mrs. Dunn may remain
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A Fashion Models Diary
BY GRACE ~THORNCLlFFE
She Discusses a Spring Coaf.

IN EAR DIARY: Little Gracie's'
all excited againl I've always
had stage ambitions. and fin
aI% I'm to appear on a real honest
to-goodness stage with ar audience
really q theatrical performance
nor anything like it-but I'm very
much thrilled about IL. There's 70
be a very smart fashion show In
town all next week in the ballroom
OF one OF the largest hotels in town
and Madame has been asked IL she
won't send some OF her costumes
over 70 the show. Madame generally
doesn't like 10 do this. but since the
show Is 70 be so exclusive she's con
scented. and not only that but she's
going TO send me Owe to show the
clothes.
Helene was a little peeved at first
because Madame didn't choose her
and I can't honestly saw that /
blamed her. Because Helene Is
really q much more striking type
than I arm. and I think she would
attract much more attention. But
Madame explained that some OF our
best customers are due in town next
week. and one or two ar them con-
slider Helene a particular pet and
they'd probably be annoyed II she
weren't there. However. she prom
Used Helene that IL business slowed
up toward the end Of the week. as
IL generally does. II go v
Tor a day. too
Helene says I'll probably have n
grand opportunity TO meet some nice
people.
Madame has changed her mind
every day about what models she
will send over 10 display. I've had
everything IA the shop on. and she
still hasn't decided definitely on Just
what will show UP TO best advantage.
She did choose one Spring coat
which. because or It's very sim plicity.
Is rather striking. and I'm sure IL
VIII make a hit. It's made OF navy
crepe with q darling capslet
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FdIIIIlB uOWI-
Falling down"
Why I can hear the voice Of
Mary Ellen's mother this very min
ute. No, not the way it sounds now
when she Is playing bridge or say
ing Madam President" but as it
vas then. when she wore her hair
in two tight little pigtails each
tied with a big bow Of bright red
ribbon. and when she had TO STAY
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MUST CHILDREN BE
DIRECTED AT PLAY?
1Vinifred Black Compares Mary Ellen's Supervised Re-
creation With the Spontaneous Run and Carefree
A Gayety Of Her Mothers Generation
By A

Mary Ellen is getting an education She's learning to read and she's
learning 10 write and she's learning who was king Of what in what year
And who had his head cut off and who went to the throne In his stead
and what happened to Washington at Valley Forge
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CHICAGO.-James Benson was
arrested for pulling the ears Of sew
eral women shoppers on State street.
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WHO WILL no ITO

NOTTINGHAM. Eng.-The cur
rent issue Of the News containing
this advertisement. Respectable
widow wants washing at home
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over the left shoulder and this
terminates into A reverse lapel on
the opposite side. I'm going To wear
a small navy felt hat with 1t and
navy shoesg
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pull away and tag and squat tag. and cross tag. don't you know, where
you cross your fingers and dare the other one to touch you. and London
Bridge Is falling down
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Science AMS.

In making a CATCH the open trap Is lowered
over the plants to be examined. The plants
are then loosened from the bottom and the
mouth OF the trap is closed. The trap Is raised
to the surface with its mouth upward and
hauled into the boat the water being allowed
to drain out through the gauze before 1t is
taken on board. The plants are transferred to
. pail containing some water which then -
removed to the laboratory where the curious
little animals are washed of and enumerated.
BY the supplementary use OF q diving hood.
this trap has been operated successfully at
depths of 16 to 20 feet.
DR. Birge and his aides have used collapSible
rubber boats, which weigh 10 pounds apiece
during their amazing fishing trips on isolated
northern lakes. These unique craft which
look like huge automobile tires when inflated
for service, are easy TO portage from one lake to
another and in certain instances have been the
only boats seen on several remote Wisconsin
lakes since the Indians abandoned that ter
ritory and removed their birch-bark canoes.
DR.. Brge is also the inventor Of q remark
able mud thermometer. This apparatus is
used when q lake is covered with ice. It
sists Of q large tripod set up on the ice linked
to q piece of 4-inch pipe 10 feet long by
means of q rope attached to q windlass The
rope Il fastened to the ring on the upper cap
Of the pipe. the cylinder being open at the
bottom The pipe is driven into the mud by
a hammer-like weight. which Is raised and
dropped until the desired depth Is reached
Then the pipe and its core OF mud are lifted TO
the surface, laid OH the ice. and the tempera-
ture Of the mud Is taken by thrusting ther-
mometers through small holes In the metal
contatnar. These tests showed temperatures
which rose from &c degrees centigrade at the
surfaes Of the mud TO 8.8 or degrees at points
10 feet below the surface. Subsequent expert
ments verified these results, In which o remark
able electrical thermometer was attached Sc
curely 70 the pipe. being driven into the mud
Of the lake bottom and recording the varying
temperatures at one-hah meter intervals, the
temperatures being registered automatically ut
the MwfAOe.
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Continued from Seventh Page.
amount of sunlight will penetrate to depths
ranging from 6k to 90 feet.
The electrical light recorder measures the
intensity Of solar radiation below the surface OF
a lake. The registering device is set up on
shore and Is linked by means OF 325-foot
cable with the detecting or receiving device,
which Ia lowered from q boat. The light de-
tector consists Of O number OF electrified Their
mo-couples mounted in a brass box which is
lowered into the water and is kept in a hor-
izontaI position by special leveling devices. One
control line Ia used to open the sunlight de-
tectOr and another to close it when the OBJ
servatiOn is made at 3 given depth
A NJ efficient dredge which is employed in Sc
"A curing mud samples in lakes that range
anywhere from IS to 225 feet deep is another
unique piece Of fishing" equipment. 1t is q
brass box equipped with special jaws and con-
trolls for opening and closing at any depth that
It used in obtaining mud samples from known
area Of the lake bottoms. so that the animals.
worms and larvae may be studied and identified.
When the device Ia lowered to the bottom,
the jaws Of the dredge are released by means
of q brass messenger sent down the line. They
remain shut while the specimen is raised to the
surface and removed from the container.
Another bottom dredge consists of canvas
and silk gauEe strainers, attached to a quad
triangular brass frame. 1t is designed for organ
isms which live ON the lake bottom, but which
do not burrOw into the mud The arrangement
is such that the organisms enter the dredge and
are then unable to escape. being raised to the
surface and stored away as valuable expert
mental material by the scientific fishermen.
Many minute aquatic animals dwell upon the
larger plants which grow in inland lakes. The
Wisconsin anglers who are throwing the light
on piscatOrial mysteries have originated q spe-
cial trap made Of brass heavy grit game ana
canvas for obtaining specimens Of these va
rietieS of fish, food
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The thought OF all that slipping away
from Spurred me to heights I have never
reached before or since. And gradually, little
by little. made Roadway.
The old boy tried TO shake of and edge
through the French windows, but it is pretty
hard to shake me off when am at my best.
I grabbed him by the buttonhole and steered
him back into the room. And when, in dazed
sort OF way, he reached out and took slice Of
cake, knew the battle was won.
1.-THE way I look at Il IS this" said get
ting between him and the window. "A man
like my uncle would no doubt have number
of accounts in different banks. The one on
which he drew this check happened to have
insufficient funds In it, and the manager, with
gross discourtesy-"
well, yes possibly"
"I shall tell my uncle of what has occurred"
At this moment somebody behind me said,
"Hai" or it may have been "Ho!'-and spun
around and there In the French window was
standing another perfect stranger.
This new addition to our little party a
long. lean, Anglo-Indian looking individual
You know the type. Beige as to general color
scheme and rather like vulture with white
muStache.
"Uncle Philipi" cried Myrtle. ....
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"THEREs lot to be done about lit" said

"THERE'S a lot to be done about it," said.
uncle. He thinks pinched all those things
myself"
Does hep" said the Stopper thoughtfully.
Does he indeed?"
And the least you can do is to go up to the
Hall and explain
Precisely what was about to suggest my
self III walk over now and put everything
right. Trust me-. my boy. I'll soon fix things
up"
And he trotted out. And that, Corky, Is the
last ever saw Of him till today.
It's my belief he never went anywhere near
the Hail. I am convinced that he walked
straight to the station no doubt pocketing a
couple of telegraph poles and five barred gate
London
Certainly there was nothing in the o. B. Els
manner when met him next day in the village
to suggest that everything had been put right
and things fixed up I don't suppose q jute
merchant has ever cut anybody so thoroughly.
And that's why wish to impress it upon
you. Corky, that that snaky and constituencies
old Stopper Is best avoided. No matter how
gGttering the prospects he may hold out, say
to you-rshun him!
Looking at the thing in one way, taking the
short, narrow view, am out q lunch-poSsbly
a good lunch. But do I regreta No. Who
been called to the telephone at the eleventh
hour leaving me stuck with the bill?
And even supposing he really has got money
now-how did he get it? That Is the question:
shall make inquiries, and IL I find that
some one has pinched the Albert Memorial,
shall know what to Think
.'. Copyright, 1927
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The vulture gave kind of nod in her direc-
ton He seemed upset about something.
Don't talk 10 me-" he said II haven't time.
Many happy returns of the day. and so forth.
but don't talk to me now. child. There's the
man I want to talk to"
"You know Mr.. Ukrdge?"
mo, don't. And 1 don't want to. But
know he's stolen"
He broke off with hideOus rattle in his
voice, and I saw that he was staring at the
table. 1t belorged to my aunt and was the
only thing In the room that the Shirt-sleeved
birds had left, it was fairly conspicuous.
LIE switched an eye round and let it play on
me like oxyacetylene blowpipe. don't
know what the treatment for liver is at Har-
rogate, but they ought to change 1t. It's in
effective. 1t had obviously done this man no
good at all.
The O. b. z. came to the surface.
whats the matter. Philip" he asked. an
noyed. He had only just finished coughing,
having swallowed bit of cake the wrong way.
"Ill tell you what's the matter. was in
my garden just now. and found 1t looted
lootedl That there has stripped it OF
every rose possess. My rosesI The place is
q desert"
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roses? Answer that"
My uncle gave them to me-
The O. B. E., having now disposed OF tho
cake, uttered nasty laugh.
. Your uncle!" he said.
What uncle?" cried the Vulture where's
. this uncle? Show me this uncle. Produce
him!" ...
I'm afraid it would be little difficult to
do that, Philip" said the o. B. E., and didn't
at all like his manner. 1T appears that Mr..
Ukridge possesses mysterious uncle. Nobody
has ever set eyes on him. but it would seem
that he buys furniture and does not pay for it,
steals roseS-"
And sundials,' put in the vulture.
That's what said. After I'd had look at
my garden went to the Hall. and there
in the middle of the lawn my sundial
They told me this fellow here had given 1t to
Myrtle"
wasn't in any too good shape by this time,
but collected enough of the old manly spirit
to come back at him.
How do you know it your sundial1" 7
said.
Because it had my motto on it. And, as if
that wasn't enough, he's stolen my Summer
housed"
The o. B. E. gulped
Your Summer houSe?" he said in low.
almost reverent voice. The spaciousness of the
thing seemed to have affected his vocal cords
How could he have stolen a Summer house?"
D. L
suppose. It's one of those portable Summer
houses. had it sent down from the Stores last
month. And there it is, standing at the bottom
of his garden. tell you, the man ought not
to be at large. He's menace. When I was
in France, during the war; platoon of Austria
lians scrounged one of my cast-iron sheds one
night, but never expected that that sort of
thing happened in England"
Sir Edward" I said "1et me explain MY
uncle"
But it was no use, Corky. They wouldn't
listen. The o. B. E. gave me one look, the
Vulture gave me another, and rather fancy
Myrtle gave me a third, and then they pushed
of and was alone
went over to the table and helped myself to
q bit of cold toast, a broken man.
About 10 minutes later there was a sound
of CHEEKY whistlng outside and the Stopper
walked In.
Here am my boy" said the Stopper 1--WE
got the eggs" And he began shedding them
out of every pocket. 1t looked as if he had
been looting every henroost in the neighbour
hood Where are our guests?"
Gone"
Gomez"
He looked round.
"Hullo! Where's the furniture?"
- Gone"
"Gone?"
I explained.
Tut TUT" said the Stopper
Don't make shifting noises at me, my boy"
said the Stopper reprovngly. 1.-The best of men
have checks returned from time to time"
And 1 suppose the best of men sneak eggs
and roses and sundials and Summer houses?"
I said. And spoke bitterly, Corky.
"Eh?" said the Stopper. You don't mean
to say"
II certainly do"
Tell me all"
I told him all
Too bad" he said. II never have been able
to shake off this habit of scrounging. Wherever
Charles Percy CuthbertSon Is, there he
scrounges. But who would have supposed that
people would make fuss about o little thing
like that? I'm disappointed in the old country.
Why, nobody in Australia minds q little
scrounging:''' What's mine is yours and what's
yours is nine-thats our motto out there.
Oh. we'll there's nothing to be done about H. I
suppose
LOT To no