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Loves R~eawakening
The Breakf fast Meeting, Which Phil
Terif=en Had 50 CIererly Planned, Re-
suits in n Complete Victory for Madge
BY Adele Garrison

al the regular dinner hour"
Mr.. selbel took a pencil and 4 tiny
pad or paper from his pocket.
How many covers?' he asked
quietly.
Twenty. probably one or two less.
but we will count or twenty"
Dinner at what time?"
About e:15."
Your dance is an after-theatre
one. You will be back for the dance
then about il?"
approximately that hour. yes
THAT will give us plenty OF time
TO get the floor waxed after ~.
dining Don closes. You Will wish
refreshments at the dancer"
Yes. a buffet supper and plenty OF
fruit punch. And | should like a
special dinner"
Anything YOU choose. y, can
have your order this morning" ~
said with tpe air OF being able u
produce niEhtingales tongues ~ Y
day : notice. and | remembered what
Lillian had told me on the harquefs
he had engineered In his hevday
IT viii be possible fer nae to have
Il this evening"" I said hopefully.
"Oh, yes. BUT 1 must remind YOU
that the dining room ~ only closed
from 2 until s Any decorations 0r
plans for musical instruments being
moved in or anything else will have
TO be attended to within those hours.
We Will see that everything l. in
readiness for the decorators. If YOU
wish anything outside i ~resorces
IN china or silver will you let me
know as soon as possible this morn
ing?"
IF / let you know AT 10 O'Clock.
will hat be time enough?"
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The Stars Say
For Thursday, August z
Bv CENEVIENE KEMBLE.

N HE astral activities for this day
accent the possibilities OF pleas
ant and profitable social. do
nestle and affectional affairs and
with those business matters pertain
ing 20 them or 10 feminine interests
under u fortunate sway. New prof.
ects and letters may give minor con-
Germ, but substantial gains may also
be looked for In railroads, travel.
mining. machinery or real estate.
The mind may likewise be shrewd.
cautious. profound and b~usinesslike.
Those whose birthday Il Is may
turn sharply and enthusiastically 70
purely personal affairs during the
year. although the mind will be
ehrewd. SPACIOUS and discerning.
Substantial progress may be made
in either feminine " artistic inter
ests or in those more material prof.
Gets OF mining. machinery or real
estate. although new projects OF
writings have a hint OF treachery or
dupiicity
"A child born on this day may be
extremely versatile. with many so
ciai. intellectual and cultural posi-
hilities. which should receive excel
lent training and opportunity for
DEVELOPMENT. Ii may b. practical as
well as artistic and mentally keen.
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REAR NANCY LEE:

NEAR NANCY LEE:
~ Can you tell me what to do
to be popular with boys?
| am in my middle teens. and
am liked a lot by girls. / have
loads OF wonderful friends among
girls. but boys seem TO dislike ms.
have wonderful parents. am
the only child. A great many Of
my friends are inconsiderate OF
their mothers In particular.
Mother and I enjoy each others
company and have many wonder
full times together.
Any child without brothers or
sisters cannot help but be a little
spoiled. ! think.
For the past year I've been 60
ing out a good deal and have con-
~sequently have met boys. The
ones | know well think I'm "a
good sport" IL they think at all
l love sports and participate in
them all.
I guess the only thing to do Is
forget my unpopularity until ! get
older. although it's continually
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gether she told me about it.
II wasn't joking when ! said
that about my husband" said the
Prettiest Woman.
II meant the really isn't my
husband: he really IL my jailer.
He doesn't want me 70 70 a step
anywhere on earth without him.
He doesn't want me to read a
book unless ! tell him all about II.
and II ! 60 TO a matinee with a
friend he wants to know why |
didn't tell him I wanted to see that
play. and he would have taken me
10 see II himself.
"He wants to know every soul I
know. and hear every word ! hear.
When anyone calls me on the
telephone IL he Is there he picks up
the receiver upstairs and listens in.
and he's always trying 10 catch me
fihbing.
I'm not going 10 stand II more
than a week longer.
Il can't endure IL. and hold UP
my head like q sane human being.
I'm just trying 20 make w my
mind what TO do.
"One OF three things 1 certainly
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form unbeautiful steam-pipes into a
handsome console. or a window seat
or a good-looking stand for books or
flowers.
Metal overs are most practical. or
course, and they are now being fin
ished 10 resemble any kind OF wood
oeSired-oak. walnut. nlaboEhany-
or. II painted furniture is used in
the room, the radiator cover can be
finished % blend with the rest Of
the color scheme.
Now. while radiators are net III
use. lis a good time TO have them
measured and fitted for their Winter
covering IL should fin well-cover
the radiator generously. The grills
Or openings should be in front, not
At the top tas some experimenters
with homemade radiator covers
found QUIZ II desired. the top az the
cover can be a lid 70 Dc raised-to
permit extra heat to fill the room.
and also for easy cleaning or the
radiator from time to tire
For the small room. where spaces
Is precious. the radiator cover has
the additional advantage or furnish
ing more surface or table height.
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Home Making Helps
BY ELEANOR ROSS

ENAsHION demands now that
radiators Be invisible. II the
newest buildings they are sunk
in the wall and the row OF grills
permitting the heat to flood into the
room are scarcely to De seen. But
If the radiator is already a perma-
nent and imnovable fixture of the
room, then there are ever 50 many
ways or concealing its real nature.
Not only aesthetic demands. but
practical reasons make II rather de-
sirable 10 envelop the radiator In
some covering. The specially made
radiator covers come equipped with
water pan inside 50 as to impart
some moisture to the air that Is
steam heated-very beneficial TO fur
niture. &s well as 70 those who find
steam heat unpleasantly irritating
But IT'S appearance recommends
itself mostly TO the housskeeper with
an eye for harmonious decoration.
The right kind Of cover can trans
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A Fashion Models Diary
By CNALE IHOTuNCLITT
Pam's Romance Goes on SirimniingIy

nAM's seems TO be
swimming right along. She
wrote today tina she was in
vited to a very interesting house
party this coming weekend and must
have . new bathing-suit. parcel post,
special delivery. BY the way she
rushed through the letters and saved
her words ! might have thought Il
was a telegram. but / managed 70
CLEAN that the party was to be al a
charming estate on one OF the lakes
UP in the hills. When she added a
postscript saying that Bob's married
sister and his brother Dob being the
beaux Of the hour were TO be present
] realized that this was indeed 10 be
an important event. Luckily ! didn't
have to look far for q smart new
model as there were several IN the
shop.
Choosing a bathing-suit Is such an
important matter though that / could
not quite choose my own judgment.
or course. IL is much simpler this
year to have a flattering suit. one
that reveals and conceals TO the ex-
press advantage OF the wearer. than
In previous seasons. For those who
do not look well in the athletic one
piece suits there are the shorts with
fitted waistline and pleated trousers
that give the effect OF short skirts.
The little bolero jackets that attend
some Of the models are attractive.
too. But Pam Is n Of those for
tunate damsels blessed with q figure
that can e anything. and ] chose
a one-piece model that vas slightly
fitted in at the waistline. II was the
color that really worried me as the
one | wanted to send was white.
When I asked Madame's advice she
questioned me about PANS skin
was Il a pretty tan or one OF those
fair skins that simply gets a bright
pink from too much sun? When !
assured her that PANS skin tanned
a luscious nut brown. not too dark.
she urged me to send the white suit.
| understood why when she ex-
planned.
do you remember the Junior
League girl who was here last week
with the rich. bronze-tinted skim
Now think back for a moment and
recall how beautiful she looked In
the ivory satin evening gown ! Sc
lected for her. The satin blended
right into her skin both as to tex
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snail do. Road Number One Is to
sink down into a nothing and a no
body. and be a doormat for the rest
OF my lfe-and be didn't marry a
doormat.
He wouldn't have liked me II /
had been q doormat. He liked me
because i was different-so he said
and because l had a mind of my
own. and "A heart OF my own. and "a
way OF my own: and / know II /
turn into a doormaf he'll be tired
OF me In a year-so I'm not 30
strong for the doormat idea-but
I'm considering II Just the same.
I've got 70 find some way out.
and maybe TIL have 70 take the
doormat way.
"Rsad Number Two-Oh. II / take
that. IN throw up my head IN 4
temper and bang the door. and 70
home TO Mamma
"Of course. III come back again.
but in a little while Ill bang the
door again and 60 home to Mamma
again. and by the time have done
that three or four times there won't
be any husband left-or any wife.
either.
Road Number Three-wen. that's
the simplest road OF all, and the one
that most wives and many husbands
are driven 10 pursue when they are
in this sort OF a box.
The 'Alibi Road the smooth.
easiest way. Fib a little. lie a good
deal. live your own life and hide Il
/ don't like the third road az well as
either OF the other two. but ! may
be driven TO II after all.
You see. | really love my hus
band. or | would love him II he'd
be a husband and not try TO be q
iailer."
And the Prettiest Woman meant
every word she said.
| do wish she'd have a plain
simple. Unconditional talk with Hus
band. Maybe he'd let her take of
her handouts and help her 70 gel
out OF Jail himself.
In the meantime. which road Dc
YOU suppose she'll take to the Free
dom that Is the honest route of every
honest soul. man or woman. born
under the sun?
Copyright 1889. BY Newspaper Feature Serves. Inc
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TndisEniSed Annoyance

Connected puppy" he said
Thinks himself a genius In his line.
I arm told But l don't take much
stock in him Are you going to let
him run your party?"
Not wholly" ! smiled. for mis- un-
disguised choler was highly amusing.
II have q fewfidess which arm 90.
Ing 70 have carried put. oh" as
noticed his untouched plate. u am
afraid your breakfast IS cold"
i could not eat until you did" ne
said quietly. and as | flushed | found
myself wishing that he and his pune
tiilousness were mics away. But ]
could not utter that wish aloud, and
Instead ! exclaimed c~oncernedly:
Bat sou really must send that
dish back"
ITO return warmed over" He
gave "a little shudder. mo, thank
YOU. prefer IL cold IL ] eat II ALL
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IN NE day about the middle OF the
third century ID. c.. a white
haired a unkempt and in
tattered raimcnt. sat n a house n
COrinth. Greece. reading a scroll
which he held before his aEe-weak-
ened eyes Ia the rays Of the u en-.
terlng through an open door Pres
emily 2 figure stood between the old
and the sun and the visitor asked If
there was anything he could do for
him.
Yes" replied the white-haired
reader. stand out Of my light"
That was a famous meeting. for
the old man was Diogenes. a great
~phiiosorher Of Greece. and mis- visitor
was the mighty Alexander. world
conquefor. statesman and ruler.
Alexander the Great truly admired
Diogenes Though ne was himself
hailed ~ the mightisst az men. he
y true reverence for greatness or
intellect such a. that which was EN-
bodied I'm the bowed figure before him.
and his offer 70 he OF service 10 the
philosopher was sincerely made.
But Diogenes was not awed by The
greatness OF his guest. TIC the "a
nous cynic Alexander "a just an
other man-and besides he was alb
sorbcd III the scroll he held before
him. 60 he curtly replied with the
Fords: Yes. stand out OF my light
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stomach is about five pints. Food is
not properly prepared for the
stomach until il is chewed and
thoroughly mixed with the saliva.
In the process, a great deal Of
saliva or ''spittle'' is required. Per-
haps you viii be astonished when /
tel o that the glands OF the mouth
supply an amount or saliva equal to
the capacity OF the stomach. five
pints. During the entire twenty-sour
hours this liquid pours into the
mouth and ultimately reaches the
stomach.
The saiivary fluid Is more than
80 per cent water. while one-half OF
one per cent consists OF solids.
Among these solids are substances
known as engines" Their full func-
ton is not fully known. but the en-
zymes Of the saliva have the power
TO produce chemical changes IN food
taken into the mouth.
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1T II a Duck" They Agreed
then? It can't quack. It = wad-
die. II can't swim. Il has no feathers.
you can't roast tt"
See here" hgoke In u tiny voice
at that moment. you're going a
little too far. young man. You may
think you know a great deal about
tin ducks. but you don't know any
thing AZ all. ] a quack as well as
the best OF them. and as for wad.
ding
"Humph. you can't YER move your
legs. How can YOU expect &c
waddle?" the s~hadow-boy demanded
Very easily. Do you see tina
little screw on the end OF my tall
Just give IL a few turns. will your
Knzrf did as he was told. Nc
Don did he do 50 than. to theia
establishment. the tin duck began te
waddle about the nursery. utterins
curious little tiny quacks. Knarf
was dismayed. Ii was the first time
he had ever seen a tin duck waddle
and he simply couldn't believe his
watched X with his mouth wide
open. unable to say q word. After
taking q few waddles IL stopped.
You didn't wind me up enough
II said. But 4 can waddle
can't III"
There was no more question about
4. and they all clustered about it
asking eagerly. "Will you take ua
fo- q rtds? May We sit on your
back?'
Certainly. certainly Just give Tire
screw N dozen turns. That win IL
Just enough to ret ma across thu
room. which is O. long enough ride
All right. sit on its back" Knar-
directed. and I'll wind IL up"
Instead OF giving the screw q
dozen turns, he gave * two dozen
for he didn't think hat across this
D was a long enough ride
Then he sprang lightly upon iti
back. and the duck (which hadr'i
noticed what he had done) started Of
toward the opposite wall. which wal
hidden in darkness.
"Quack. quack, quack-we're YER
near the end or the ride now" IL an
nounced suddenly. Just one mors
waddle and Wen be nj the wall"
CONSERVATION 10 kept right Oh
waddling. straight into the ink-blacl
wall, which all at once seemed u
be melting away In front OF them
as though they were going RICH
through II. They were going RICH
through II.
C~spyriEht. 1850. sy NevHpap-r Feature Service. lac
Tomorrow: Behind the WALL
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= The body cannot handle starch. II
is o. complicated a compound 70 be
absorbed. Before the food or starch
can be digested it must be changed
into sugar. To make this change the
enzymes are given us by nature.
Our foods. such as fruits. vegeta-
bles and cereals. all consist largely
OF starch. as do potatoes. bread.
beans. peas and many of the common
foods. Some OF the grains Of starch
are packed away in firm envelopes
OF fibrous material. Probably one
half the things we eat are made up
OF starch.
Our strong teeth grind and cut the
food up fine. At the same time the
saliva p0urs into the mouth. and with
the chewing motion OF the Jaws il Is
thoroughly mixed with the food You
can 2 why 1t is necessary not to
bolt the food.
You will notice that as you chew.
the food begins to taste sweet. That
ls because the starches have been
transformed into sugar On swal-
lowing the mass Il passes into the
stomach. where the ~salivary engines
Of the stomach go TO work. Then.
whatever starch is left IL taken up
by the fluids Of the organ known
as the p~ancreas. or "sweetbread. 4"
But the more carefully you chew
your food the less will be the demand
made on the stomach and the better
you viii feel.
Thousands Of persons suffer from
Indigestion because they bolt their
food without proper chewing. We
all need the coarser foods or gener-
atoms ago in order that we may use
our jaws more vigorously.
II you have this bad habit OF eat
ing hurriedly and not chewing your
food thoroughly change your habit.
Eat slowly and be free from the mis-
cries OF Indigestion and poor health.
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billie" Q.-Is Il dangerous for
me to visit the home where a mem
Der OF the family has tuberculosis
A.-Not az all II you avoid contact
with moist secretion Of patient.
A. z. Q.-Is cheese binding?
A-Cheese is constipatinE IN Some
instances. due 10 richness. but in
moderate quantities II is one OF the
very best Of foods.
c. NJ. H. Q.-What should d girl
Of 10. ; feet . inches tall weigh?
A.-She should weigh about lis
pounds.
Copyright. Isse. - NswspapS Feature ssrYiss. Inc
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The PARTY Plans

ceptible sigma 70 a waitress hover
Ing nea~. n another minute she
was on her way % The kitchen
with our orders Oh her pad. and MIR.
Seibel was bending toward me atten.
lively. while Mr.. Veritzen tried hard
TO look as though the situation were
an everyday one with him.
Il want 10 give q dinner and an
after-theatre dance here either to-
night or tomorrow night. Mr.. SeibeI.
said Preferably tonight. Mrs.
Underwood tells me that your floor
mere Il marvellous for dancing. and
that the back part of the be-
hind those screens would be quite
secluded for a private dinner even
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Plenty or time. IS there anything
" ! VI do for you now2'
Nothing saw 70 tell me about the
piano. I'm what shape II it?"
-Lt needs tuning. nothing else. IL
has ar unusually good tone. Shall
] attend to having il tuned for your
IF you Will be so kind. yes"
II viii see 70 Il Immediately" Mr..
Seibel rose and bowed himself away
from the table. Mr.. Veritzen looked
after him.
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Answers 10 Health Queries

Dorothy. Q.-What do you advise
FOR rnoles7
A.-Moles may be made less no
uceable by the use OF the electric
needle. handled by an expert. There
are chemical preparations which
may be used, but must be admins.
tered by a skin specialist.
z. H. A. Q-How much should a
girl is years old. 5 feet tall weigh?
2-Is vegetable soup fattening?
(Which is more f~attening. ice
cream or ~coco-cola?
A.-She should weigh about 112
pounds.
2-Not very-depends on stock.
3-Ice cream.
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AL r. SEIBEL. the proprietor Of
the hotel restaurant. Is one
OF the most poised men !
have yer seen. II tho Prince OF
Wales and Colonel Lindbergh should
appear In his restaurant. each de-
handing a dinner for a hundred at
a half hours notice. I am sure he
would display no more pertu baton
in dealing with them than he does
az the thousand and one petty wor-
ries which fall 70 his lot every day.
Serene. just. msTvelously controlled.
ne moves through mis- little kingdom
with the air of a benevolent deSpot.
How a | serve YOU this MORN
Ing. Mrs Graham" ne asked. Have
you and Mr. Veritzen given your
orders yet?"
NO. and We vii % that now be-
fore ! talk to YOU" 7 decided. and
Mr.. Seibel made an almost imper.
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ture and quality. These white frocks
that Paris Is sending us now are ex-
ceedingly charming but must be
worn with discretion particularly
In the Summer when Old Sol Ia up
10 such colorful tricks"
And 30 7 sent the white suit TO
Pam with my blessing lii was OF
silk jersey and moulded 10 the figure
by tucks above the waistline and
flares Just a mite below. A rubber
cap made like a turbzn went with X.
The whole costume was particularly
sweet for such a youthful charmer as
Pam.
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The Jailer> Husband
Is Due for a Shock
Unless He Cires His Wife Some Leeray
And the Strange Part Of Ii is, She Lores Him, But These
Are Days of Personal Liberty and She Insists
Upon Hers
SAYS A

UHE PRETTIEST Woman in.
the room laughed. There
was something not quite
pleasant in her laugh.
my husband" She said. "How
is he?
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[ h e m, e y
would change
their methods
Of living.
A c o m m o n
cause for ill
health begins in
the mouth. /
should like to
explain the pro-
cess of chewing
the food so that
you can see its
important bear
ing on digestion.
The average
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"Wel, I'll tell
you some news.
| have no hus-
band. The man
you think is my
husband isn't
that at all. He's
my ~jailer."
And we all
laughed and the
prettiest woman
laughed again,
but when the
party was over
and the pref
test woman and
| were alone to-
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Diogenes was born at Sinope,
Asia Minor. about AZ B. c.
He went TO Athens in his youth.
He was a pupil of AntiSfhenes
and later won fame as 4 Cynic
philosopher. He taught doc
trineS Of virtue and SeIf-control.
On a voyage from Athens 10
Aegins he was captured by
pirates and was offered for sale
as a slave in Crete. There he
was purchased by Xeniades. a
wealthy Corinthian citizen, who
restored him 10 liberty and. on
his return TO Corinth. gave him
shelter in his home where the
philosopher passed his old age.
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Words of the Wise.

Condemn the fault and not
the actor OF IN.
Shakespeare.
Whoever does not kHotD how
10 recognise me faults OF great
men ~ incapable ~ ESTIMATING
their PROJECTIONS. -Voltdire.
We may concede any man a
right. without doing any man a
tCronC: but zoe can favor no one
tCithoHt iHjuriH0 someone.
Cotton.
Extreme ea0erness TO return
an obligation Is q kind OF in I
gratitude.
La RochefoHcauld.
II yoa do q Idror 10 a bad
man. the fGror Is lost: If vow Dr.
LIZ 10 q good man. II lasts for 4
length Of fime -Pl1ufus
Better die once for oil fbor
lire in continual terror.
-AesOp.
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Goodnight
Stories
BY MAX TRELL

Qu7ck, quacks quaCks
Water on my back.
Where does IL roll to?
Wherever it's told tot
Quzck. quack. quaek.
Shadow Song.
"HE clock struck twelve. One
by n Mil. Flor. Hand. Yam
and Knarf-ths shadow-chIl-
dren with the ~turned-about names-
crept out OF their masters and mis-
tresses' bedrooms. and slid silently
down the dark corridor until they
reached the nursery door. IL was
shut. SO. making themselves very
tiny. they walked In through the
keyhole.
Once they got inside tins nursery
they were very happy. IL meant the
beginning or their adventures. All
day long they had To be on duty
like policemen beside the real
children. going wherever they went
and doing everything land mOrel
than they did. At midnight wheS
the real children were fast asleep.
their duty "a done. and they were
free TO 20 where they pleased until
dawn.
So they immediately-for they
didn't wan to lose "a minute-set
about looking for adventure. Now.
you may imagine that "a nursery In
hardly the place in which 10 find IL.
You're quite wrong. It's exactly the
place IN which 10 find IL. as you win
soon see.
Look" Knarf exclaimed. all AZ
once. I've discovered something. "
looks like a duck"
"It Is a duck" agreed the others.
running over, IA tin duck
only a tin duck. What o. pity"
said Knarf. unable 10 hide his dis.
appointment What good Is il
a taste 70 eggplant. Even IN appear