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watched until he knew Just which way
they went and how they went, as they
hurried to and fro, now with their
pockets filled and again with their
pockets empty. Then he bided his time.
It came soon. Impy, with both cheeks
stuffed with b7echnuts until he couldn't
get another one in, started for home.
He was so intent on getting there that
he didn't even look around for possible
danger. He forgot that there was such
a thing as danger. i
Look outl" shrieked Striped Chip
munk suddenly. Look out, Impy!"
Impy didn't stop to look. He simply
lodged behind tree and he was none
too soon. There was the sharp whistle
barely missed him. Sharpshin turned
quickly and came swooping back. Striped
Chtpmunk lodged around to the other
side OF the tree. Once again he was
barely in time. Then Impy did a wise
thing. He emptied both pockets of that
nuts they contained. He realized that
he couldn't dodge with his cheeks
pockets full. Neither could he run aS
he might have to run. He did it none
too soon, for Sharpshin was joined by
Mrs. Sharpshin and Impy needed every
bit of his spsed and lodging ability.
For a few minutes 1t was breathless
WorK. SnarpSnln would SWoop ana 1mpy
would dodge around the tree, only to
be swooped at by Mrs. Sharpshin. It
began to look bad for Impy.
1t was just about this time that
Buster Bear came along. He came
shutting along lazily. for he is given
to being lazy He was feeling extremely
good natured. He had had his fill of
sweet beechnuts. There was nothing
more he wanted. He stopped close by
the tree, around which Impy was dodg-
ing. Impy saw his chance. He dartedl
out right under Buster Bear. Buster
was back to him at the time and
didn't see him. Sharpshin and Mrs.
| Sharpshin screamed their rage and dis
appointment. They didn't dare swoop
at Impy there. Buster Bear thought
they were shrieking at him, so he
| growled at them. AS for Impy, he
, watched his chance and presently got
safely away. AS soon as he dared. he
went back to those nuts. They were
not there. You see, Chatterer, the Red
Squirrel, had watched the whole per-
Torrance and he had taken those nuts
ct fNa very first opportunity.
Copyright 1900
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NANCY PACE
Learns How to Get Along
With Peter, Jr.
By FLORENCE La GANKE

Nancy's son Peter was an active,
sturdy child, who had developed a
sturdy will as well. Fortunately his
father and mother knew that such a
will was an asset properly controlled.
But how to control it? That was the
question. Both parents failed at times,
but basically, they made progress. For
instance, Peter could do more with his
son than could his mother because he
spoke more slowly, more emphatically
and less often.
When Nancy was tired her CONVEX
sation was usually q mass of "don'ts'
and because there were so many of
them Peter Page, jr., paid little at
tention. Consequently Nancy went on
reapeating them, working herself up to
nervous pitch and finally antagonizing
the small son. But his father said,
"Peter, listen to me. You must not
touch that again." and Peter did not.
Or If he did, his father punished him,
right then and there. In other words,
the punishment followed the disobedi-
ence so quickly that the baby learned
to associate the two. Because the
struggle to make the boy obey had not
been prolonged the father was not eX-
asperated and therefore did not punish
the child as an escape valve for his own
irritation.
Take the matter of eating. If the
small boy refused to drink his milk, his
father said: Drink the milk and then
you may have the apple sauce" Cor
whatever the favored food of the mo-
ment might be-. If Peter. jr.. refused,
his father said, "All right, then there
is no apple sauce" And he put his
attention, elsewhere. When the baby
learned that coaxing and fussing got
him nowhere with his father, he took
the milk, rather sureptitiously, it is
true, but he took it. Then his father
put his attention back upon his son
and gave him the apple sauce. The
seeming indifference of the father won
obedience, whereas Nancy's pleading
and coaxing only made the child more
stubborn.
many
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Learning to Like Food.

1t is now pretty well known to all who
can learn, that child is not born with
an instructive fear of snakes. If you
give your baby playful little snake as
a pet, the baby will accept it and get
along with it quite as happily as he
would with any other plaything. OF
course, if you let the baby see that you
or others in his environment fear the
snake or feel any repugnance for the
pet, the baby will soon learn to regard
it just as you do. That's the whole
secret of the snake and many other
phobias.
If you, wish to give your child cod
liver oil, or even castor oil, the child
will take it as readily as he takes his
food if you or others in the environ
ment do not teach the child that the
cod liver oil or the castor oil is unpleas-
ant. There are more and better ways of
teaching a baby things than just tell
ing him. The baby learns to interpret
your unconscious facial expression be-
fore he learns to understand your Oral
or verbal expression.
I have Just learned to eat, If not to
like particularly, caraway seeds in my
cookies, buns and similar dewdads. II
has taken something like 40 years to
break down my repugnance for caraway
seeds in or on anything edible. Just
how I got that way in the first place
I am not sure, but vaguely recall that
Mrs. Kindneighbor used to make the
grandest cookies, but besides being SUBJ
ject to eye trouble the good woman
always peppered her cookies with a
sprinkling of caraway seeds.
Mashed potatoes-well, it is compare
lively safe to serve 'em to me that way
if we're eating some place where it is
not permitted to throw things. But it
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-04
BEAUTY CHATS
BY EDNA KENT FORBES.
Beginning a Diet.

AS I have often said, the best way
to begin a diet is by fasting. think
this must put off lot of the people
who intend going on a diet day after
tomorrow, or week after next, or when
ever it may be. But I am not much
interested in such weaklings; they can
all go on getting fatter and fatter, and
older and older, and uglier and uglier,
and it makes no difference to me!
But if woman really wants to get
thinner
Going for day, two days, on liquid
diet is wonderful. The stomach, which
has expanded to hold more and more
food and which demands more and
more at each meal, as a result gets
itself properly cleaned out and 1t
shrinks. 1t shrinks and expands very
readily and very rapidly, but in two
days, 1t will really have shrunk quite
decent amount. So you can take
inches in If you wear a corset. A lot
of the fullness around your waist is
gas, you know; and a liquid died helps
get rid Of that
First day-Coffee with hot milk
and no sugar for breakfast. Mid
morning, the same. Lunch, consomme
or clam broth or chicken broth. Mid
afternoon, two cups of weak hot tea
with lemon. Dinner, same as lunch.
Bedtime, hot water. And I forgot to
say that on waking in the morning,
good half-hour before breakfast, take
two glasses of hot, salty water.
Also, drink as much hot or cold
water during the day as you want. This
Pushes out your whole system, most
especially the liver, but incidentally,
stomach and intestjnes. And if you
suspect some colonic trouble, better be-
gin this fast with two teaspoonful
dose of castor OIL taken first thing on
waking, in orange juice-you won't
taste 1t then. This gives you good
house-cleaning, and when followed by
two days of a liquid diet, it leaves you
pretty well scrubbed out inside. Also,
it makes the first day of the fast easy
for it does take, away your appetite.
Try it-then eat lightly for as many
weeks as are necessary.
Yvonne S.-The reducing lotion is
made by dissolving a piece of gum
csmphor in alcohol or bay rum. Cam
phor cake should be about two inches
square, and three-eighths of an inch
thick, to a pint of the alcohol The
kind sold for bathing will do very
well. The camphor dries the fatty
tissues under the skin which is reason
for the reduction. Since camphor is so
drying, however, this lotion, or any
other with camphor in it, should not
be used on the face or thoat, neither on
the bust. You are all right in using
it for fat thighs and knees.
Katharine B.-Rub plenty of cream
or oil into the warts on your face, and
trust to gradual sloughing off in a
natural way.
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New Type of Suspender Dress
By MARY MARSHALL.
Every little girl in school this Autumn

Every little girl in school this Autumn
wants to wear separate blouse. 1t
makes her feel grown up and important.
but If you are a wise mother you will
persuade her to wear her separate blouse
with q skirt Of the stispender sort be-
cause then there will be no question
about keeping the blouse from pulling
up.
The sketch shows one Of the newer
sort of suspender dresses, which may
best be made from one of the new light
weight challis materials in a small
figured design which doesn't show the
spots that one must expect now and
then. To make the skirt portion you
will need to buy two widths of the ma
terial, which should be Of the proper
length for the skirt plus 4 inches each
for hem. 1t is good plan to make
hem as deep as this so that 1t may be
let down another season. The skirt Is
simply gathered at the top and Joined
to the upper portion which hangs from
the shoulders. No placket opening is
needed
To make the upper portion follow the
diagram. For child of about the
dimensions should be as follows:
Alb and C-D@9 inches.
A-C and Bids inches.
A-E-34 inch.
BIZ and Ans inches.
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Home in Good Taste
By SARA HILAND.

Have you plenty of closet accessories
in your home? You may think that
this means that there will be just a
lot of additional stuff" to receive atten-
ton in the way of busting and keeping
them clean, but if you once learn Of
their value in keeping your wearing ap-
parel neat and clean, you will find that
you viii have plenty of time to give
them (the accessories) the necessary
care in return for their splendid service.
Now the idea is to have the acces-
series match your closet color scheme,
and If you haven't color scheme for
this tiny room in your house, this will
be your Fall "job"-to get one, and
match everything in it.
A dozen coat hangers covered in ging-
ham, chintZ, calico or silk will take care
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1t is time to be putting the house in
order for the Winter season and to give
the rooms new decorative touches. This
may come through having rooms re-
papered and painted, the furniture done
over and the whole aspect changed.
Usually some one room undergoes such
decided renovation. In the main, how
ever, it is by slight alterations that
rooms are given changed appearance.
Rugs that have been taken up during
the hot season, when replaced give
warmth and ornamental comfort to a
room that is in accord with the cold
weather necessities The heavy hang
ings for windows which were undesirable
in Summer when rehung dress up win
dows. Choice wall hangings that have
been put to one side, cleaned and re-
hung lend cheer and gayety to Offset the
atmosphere of bleak November days
soon to come. When to these regular
changes from Summer to Winter deco
ration is added the removal of the cool
looking furniture coverings, unneeded
now, the rooms appear quite different
and actually refreshed.
If one feels that this season calls for
special restrictions in outlay for re-
decoration, the home decorator will
have to look to her own ingenuity and
skill to supply the desired added notes
Of decoration. If a new rug is sorely
needed, she can make it as easily with
her own hands as she can do other
fancy work. The subject of rug-making
has been taken up in this department
recently, and advice has been given in
the making of knit rugs in particular
Directions for making a tile rug in
plain knitting will be sent any reader
who incloses a self-addressed and
stamped envelope. Direct the outer en-
velope to Lydia LIE Baron Walker, care
Of this paper.
Handsome patchwork and applique
quilts can be made for beds, for old
fashioned rooms. Wad quilts with wool
and they are light and warm as fine
blankets. Discarded frocks can be used
for the quilt tops as well as for rugs
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-04
MOTHERS
Hide and Seek.
AND THEIR CHILDREN.

My children had been frightened of
the dark by nurse, and planned a
game to break them Of the bad habit,
for fear is q habit. We played hide and
seek in the dark, and when all were
hid, the child who was cit" snapped on
the lights and then hunted for the
others. BY hiding in the dark they soon
grew accustomed to it, and their fear
vanished very quickly, but their fond
ness for the game remained. OF course,
ing this game.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-04
Autumn or Fall.


TT is common thing in English es-
says to hear our American habit Of
calling the Autumn the Fall spoken of
with amusement. Apparently it has a
buggy" for carriage, or "critter." or
word in better standing. It comes from
the Latin "autumnus," which has n
grand, sonorous ring in 1t, like q piece
of old bronze.
Fall is also a poetic word, 1t seems
TO me. In this season 1t Is not only
leaves that fall, though that Is the
most imposing phenomenon; the fever
of Summer also falls, seeds fall, the
empire of life falls and crumbles at
the approach of Winter.
We accept the simple fact of falling
leaves as the result purely of gravity.
The wind tears the dead leaves from
the tree. But If you will go out in
the woods, or even the city streets. on
a MINDLESS day you will notice that
leaves are falling quietly and steadily.
I counted 80 leaves to the minute on
an ash tree this year. At that rate the
ash tree might easily be denuded COM
pletely in "a heurs, though perhaps the
rate of leaf fall would not be kept up.
But the interesting thing was what
made them fall.
The answer is not so simple as it
looks. 1t is not sufficient to say that
the leaves were dead; for. in the first
place, they were probably not quite
dead. They were still soft, moist, glow
ing with color, and probably If tests
were applied we should find that they
were still slightly breathing (for leaves
are the lungs Of a tree).
Even If they we're dead, 1t would not
explain why they fingered, since dead
oak leaves often cling on all Winter
Dead pine needles sometimes stick tt
the twig for years.
The fact Is that If we could examine
the leaves under a microscope We should
find that at the base Of the leaf stall
row of callous, fragile, detachable
cells had wedged themselves in between
the normal tissue cells, and these
brought about leaf fall. In short, the
tree has deliberately cut its leaves
adrift. It is part of an Intentional plar
that the leaves fall and neither wind
frost nor the death OF the leaves
causes it.
So the deciduous trees prepare them
selves for Winter, and by sheddint
their leaves they cut down, as 1t were
expenses; they avoid the upkeep of I
vast and useless series of rooms.
Cat-TaiI Seeds.
Where in the marshes all was greer
now suddenly is nothing but the brown
and the yellow Of decay. Few people
save the duck hunters visit the marshe
In Autumn, yet they are worth laz
hour in a rowboat. If only for the SAX
of seeing the haste of the departing
water birds and the strange, magica
fruiting of the league on league of cat
tail heads ranked like an army through
the shadows. One by one the grea
velvety brown spikes begin to turn t
q white down at the tip. The win
passes over the waters with a laz
power. Away blows the tip, hundre
seeds, a thousand seeds, ten THOUSAND
are set In motion, like sailboats at
regatta, by the breeze.
The cat-tail has adapted the sam
method of seed distribution as the dan
delion, or rather should have sal
that the dandelion, one of the newes
OF the earth's plants, II we look at tn
evolutionary clock, has gone back t
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STRIPED

that he did not lose his life as we'll
He might have. Yes, indeed, he might
have.
You see, this was Impy's first harvest
He was working very hard indeed to
fill the storerooms N his snug home.
There were many other nut harvesters
and so ImrsT worked fast, wholly intent
on getting his share. AS matter of
fact, he had his share and more, too.
Now, there were other people inter-
ested in that harvest-people who them
selves did not eat bsechnuts. They
were not interested in the beechnuts,
but they were interested in some of the
little people who were gathering the
beechnuts. One of these was Sharpshin,
the Hawk He was especially interested
in Striped Chipmunk and Impy and
little Mrs. Impy. Unseen by them, he
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Oysters With Spinach.

Scald six large oysters in their own
liquor and chop six more oysters fine
Press out all water from one quart
of cooked spinach and chop fine. Add
to this one tablespoonful of minced
onion, one-fourth teaspoonful of butter,
half teaspoonful of salt. little pepper
and one tablespoonful of cream Put
this into double boiler and keep hot
Add the chopped oysters and one beaten
egg and mix well. Put one whole oyster
in each ramekin and add the spinach
mixture, then cover with half a cupful
of buttered crumbs Bake in a moder-
ate oven for 10 minutes.
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Milady Beautiful
By LOIS LEEDS.
OILY Sin.


Dear Miss Leeds-Will you please give
me your advice on the following ques-
tons?
ID What can do for an city skin?
ca Will Witch-hazel close the pores
after squeezing out blackheads?
MISS TROUBLED.
Answer-Q) Gently massaging the
face will tend to break up the fatty
tissues and thus reduce the oil. First.
of course, you must pay strict attention
to your diet, and If you are eating
pastries or fried foods, give them up
altogether until your skin is in better
condition.
The following toilet water is especial
ly good for an oily skin, particularly
If the pores have a tendency to be en-
larged: One-half pint rose water, one
teaspoonful borate of soda, 20 drops
tincture of quillaya, 20 drops essence of
lavender, one teaspoonful tincture ben
zoin. Mix we'll and place in bottle.
Use this after cleansing the face with
soap and water and also after cleansing
or massaging with cream. If the lotion
proves too strong, dilute with more rose
water. Please watch my beauty column
for a future article on oily compilations,
as it will give you further help with
this problem.
(2) Yes. LOIS LEEDS.
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Curling Lotion.

Dear Miss Leeds-With the aid of
your good advice have finally learned
how to arrange my hair in becoming
waves without using the iron. But
here's my trouble-the waves don't stay
but q day or two, and sometimes not
more than a few hours. Is there such
thing as liquid which can be put
on the hair to make them stay In? If
there is, will you please tell me where
could get It? r. E.
Answer-Yes, indeed, there is such a
thing as curling lotion, which. when
put on the hair will induce the waves
to stay in much longer. You may pro-
cure it at NEST any drug store or make
your own of the following ingredients:
One half ounce ounce seeds or flaxseed,
one and one-half ounces alcohol, one
and one-half ounces cologne water, 10
drops oil of cloves, IL drops Oil Of
lavender. Boil the ounce seeds gently
in a pint of water until half of the
liquid has evaporated. Strain through
cheesecloth and stir in the other in
to pour easily, thin 1t by adding rose
water until the desired consistency is
obtained. Moisten the hair with this
lotion before arranging the waves.
LOIS LEEDS,
Attention, readers-Every day re-
ceive a great many letters from my
readers asking for advice or for one
or more of my beauty leaflets, saying,
II am incloSing self-addressed, stamp
ed envelope" In numerous letters
there Is neither stamp, envelope nor
address-just an oversight on your part.
Won't you please make sure that this
rule is complied with when you send
your requests for leaflets as we'll as for
personal replies, and that the necessary
addressed. stamped envelope hasn't
been forgotten? LOIS LEEDS.
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1t never does to be so intent on one
thing that everything else is forgotten.
1t is dangerous. 1t has cost the lives
of many of the little people of the
Green Forest and the Green Meadows.
1t caused Impy, the black Chipmunk,
to lose two pockets full of sweet little
beechnuts. He was lucky, very lucky,
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of as many dresses and blouses, and
the little shoe trees should be covered
in the same material.
The two hat stands, one carved
flower and the other an ordinary one
covered in satin ribbon will be big
help in keeping hats straight and out
of the dust of the shelf, and OF course,
for the "Sunday-go-to-meeting" hat
there is nothing like hot box covered
in wallpaper and decorated with fash
ion print, the entire box being shellacked
to make it waterproof
Copyright. 1907
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MENU FOR A DAY.

MENU FOR A DAY.
BREAKFAST.
Baked Pears.
Holniny with Cream.
Lamb Chops.
Baked Potatoes.
Waffles, Maple Syrup.
Coffee.
DINNER.
Consomme.
Roast Beef, Brown Gravy.
Baked Squash. Sweet Potatoes.
Fruit Salad.
Crackers. Cheese.
Coffee.
SUPPER.
Chicken wiggle.
Toasted Crackers.
Pear Sauce. Brownies.
Tea.
wAFFLES.
Two cupfuls flour, four tea
spoonfuls baking powder. two
teaspoonfulS sugar, one-half tea
spoonful salt. Put into sitter,
sift twice. Separate two eggs,
beat yolks, add one and one
quarter cupfuls sweet milk. Put
with above dry mixture and beat
well, then add four tablespoonfuls
melted butter (beat), then the
whites folded in lightly. Cook on
hot irons creased well. All
waffleS to be good must be eaten
right off the iron.
FRUIT SALAD WITH GOLDEN
DRESSING.
Take equal parts of peeled,
seeded white grapes, sliced canned
peaches and sliced pineapple, cut
in small bits. Arrange beds of
lettuce leaves on the salad plates
and mounds of each separate
fruit upon them. Serve with the
following dressing:
Golden DreSSing.-Heat one
quarter cupful each of orange and
pineapple juice with one-quarter
cupful of lemon juice in double
boiler. Beat two eggs light, beat
In gradually one-half cupful of
sugar and cook in the fruit Juice
until the spoon is well coated.
Remove to a dish of cold water,
beat smooth, and when cool fold
in one-half cupful of heavy cream
beaten firm.
BROWNIES.
Cream together two eggs, one
cupful sugar, one-half cupful
melted butter and two table,
spoonfuls of cocoa or one square
OF chocolate melted and one-half
! teaspoonful vanilla. Add one
half cupful bread flour, one-quar-
ter teaspoonful baking powder
and pinch of salt. Beat well and
then stir IN one-half cupful
chopped walnuts. Pour into but
ter tins to about 3s-inch thick
ness and bake in moderate oven
about IS minutes, or until top
springs back when depressed with
the finger.
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ABE MARTIN SAYS

So many folks seem to be gittin' so
much oft o. Their unemployment that
1 expect they'll be sorry when times
pick up.
Women are about the only simpler
things o. life that still attract US.
(Copyright, ls30)
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A PRACTICAL SORT OF SCHOOL
DRESS FOR THE 8-YEAR-OLD
GIRL Is MADE OF SOFT LIGHT
WEIGHT CHALLIS WORN OVER A
WASHABLE BLOUSE.
CHI inches.
B-3-8 inches.
A-3-1 inch.
Al and 3-24 inches.
1-2-1 inch.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-04

Although India is the largest cane
producing country in the world, nearly
$50 000, 900 worth Of sugar was imported
in the last IL months.
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Impy Spills Load of Nuts.

Danger turks where least suspected,
And oft appears when least expected
Old Mother Nature.