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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-10
You Can Make Your
House Seem Cool

YOU know, of course. that you can do
wonders in making your house and
yourself seem cool, even with the ther-
nometer standing at 80.
And it is worth doing. For the in
fiuence not only on yourself but on
those about you is quite wonderful.
To begin with, never were women's
clothes better adapted to GOODNESS than
they are today. We can be clothed in
the fashion, clothed modestly-though
the fashion doesn't require that-and
yet clothed with minimum of gar
ments that insures GOODNESS.
A combination foundation garment
of the step-in variety, combination
overgarment II stays are worn-and
none, If you wish, when stays are dis
CARIBBEAN opaque -skirted frock, shoes
and stockings of light weight-and
there you are, cool and comfortable.
But even So remember that the color
Of your frock makes an impression for
or against GOODNESS on others. White is
always good. Thin black is cool look
ing. Gray and mauve are suggestive OF
GOODNESS There are cool shades or
blue and green that also are most at
tractive for Summer.
So much for yourself. Now your
house. It is no longer the fashion 10
keep the windows closed so that the
inner air may be cooler than the outer
air. We have too much realization OF
the value of fresh air, all the time, even
If 1t is warm air. But still If you keep
awnings down and shades drawn
against the scorching sun you VIII
make the house seem cooler, even II
the windows are themselves open, Ana
if YOU can create a draught by opening
doors and windows opposite each other:
you will create further appearance OF
GOODNESS.
Things moving in the breeze always
SUGGEST GOODNESS. A flower in a vase
swaying in the moving air is cooler
looking than a flower standing rigid
and still in motionless air.
Fastidious cleanness and neatness
make for q cool look. So do fresh
sheets and table linen and towels. Even
If at other times you cannot be lavish
in the use of household linens, because
of that ever-present dread of big laun-
dry bills, use them generously when 1t
Is warm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-10
BY BETTY CALLISTER.

M OST people set higher value
M on the books they own than
WI the mere price they have paid
4 L for them. And book that
has been read once or twice
or oftener is priced more highly than a
book that has merely been glanced at
and put into the bookshelves.
Most of us like to lend our books to
our friends, but we like to have them
returned to us fairly promptly and in
good condition. So if you borrow a
book, try to send it back to its owner
at least as soon as you would a book
borrowed from the library, and try to
send it back unblemished.
In order to protect the cover of your
own or borrowed books you will find it
most convenient to have on hand a
number of removable book covers OF
various sizes, to be slipped over the book
you have borrowed without detracting
from its attractive appearance. Book
covers Of this sort you can make from
pieces of glazed chintz or. from
pieces of figured paper Of the sort sold
for covering boxes and wrapping gift
packages.
Another sort of book cover that is
useful to any book lover is made OF
substantial cotton or linen or light
weight leather, with straps of the mate
rial arranged so that the book may con-
veniently be carried to while away the
time when travelling.
Il u
IF you are in the habit Of borrowing
- or lending books, you should keep
somewhere in your desk a small note
book in which to make note of the
dates when books were lent or borrowed
and to whom they were lent or from
| whom they were borrowed. II few
months after you have lent book you
have occasion to refer to 1t and find Il
missing, it will be helpful to know al
least to whom 1t has been lent. If thu
borrower is a friend whom you know
we'll, you need have no compunction;
about asking to have the book returned
From your own little record book yor
can easily check to see that books that
you have borrowed have been duly re-
turned.
Some book lovers also list all the new
| books they buy, recording the dates
| when read and when reread. Certain
| books of only passing interest may bt
given away or even destroyed II the
owner does not find them worthy o.
being passed along, and dates of sucf
occurrences also may be entered in the
little record book. Some people ever
| ~ blACL t41CA 0OOh 1CSOANo e1A4N
paste clippings of reviews of books they
have bought in a scrapbook kept fol
that purpose, together with notes o.
personal impressions. Such book, L
conscientiously kept, will prove i'm.
mensely interesting in years to come.
X X X X
MOST people buy books in an aim
AVA less, casual sort of way. spending
most of their book allowance on &C
knowledged best sellers. And, of course
one does have to read some best sellers
and buy them if one is to keep abreast
with current conversations and discus
sion. But the really interesting collec
ton of books should contain at leas
one shelf where the books selected show
some special sort of interest of thu
owner General though our reading
may be, we should have at least on
l1obby-buying books as they are pub
| lished that bear upon 1t.
One woman we know has a. collection
of cook books, many of which are nov
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-10
Gloves Are Worn
After Candle Light

Gloves are not among the small for
malities of life that smart women have
foregone for the Summer. Gloves for
evening are not worn merely at the ex-
tremely formal sort of occasion. Some
times they are long enough to extend
well to the elbow, but for the most
part one sees the four-button suede
glove worn casually wrinkled and ex-
tending only few inches above the
wrist.
Artificial flowers are among the al
most indispensable accessories of eve
ming dress and usually they are worn at
the waistline in the center or little
forward from one hip. Bunches OF VIC.
lets or garden fiowers-artif1cial, OF
course-are sometimes tucked into the
narrow ribbon belt little to the side
of the front.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-10
Morning Is Best Time
for Such Events, and
Lunch May Be Made
Important Feature.
Card T a bles on
Porches or i n d e r
Trees.

IF you are the mother of a younsster
about two or three or four years old
and want him to play with the children
Of some of your friends, don't you find
1t rather hard to arrange it?
The morning is the best time. Yet
morning is not decreed the proper time
for social calls. Do it anyway. Only
start the ball rolling by inviting your
friend and her child in at about 10
o'clock Then the children can play
until noon, have little lunch together
and then be ready for snaps-in their
own homes and their own beds.
Lunches for children are, of course,
the simplest in the world. So don't
fuss for the grownup either. You and
she might just as well have what the
children have It wont be elaborate,
but you will enjoy the change.
About the table. Don't use your best
linen Use the plainest you have, so
long as it is spotless. It is good plan
20 have a pretty oilcloth piece to put
ut the children's places. If it is about
the size of an ordinary napkin, 1t serves
ms an excellent tray-cloth and can be
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-10
Give Youngsters a Chance

/ and I was almost too late. Don't 60
down."
what are those little devils up top
Mamma hesitated. why, it's a sur
prise. Don't go down"
Her daughter glanced at her wrist
watch.
TITS 20 minutes after and If /
don't hustle Bob's dinner will be late as
1t is. / want to have scalloped pota-
toes and chops, and I have all that
spinach to fix"
Please It's surprised told them
couldn't keep you out, but I hoped
you wouldn't come home till later"
Mamma Hodges, l smell meat
burning. Those chops cost so cents a
pound. I must go down. I'm going"
Mamma sat down and started to fan
herself with a newspaper. We'll, 60
on, but If you do I'm going over to
Charles and stay till morning, can't
stand the sight of those children's dis
| appointed faces"
They're getting dinner"
Silence.
Suddenly mother united her apron
and lay down on her bed. Il have a
headache for a fact, and that kitchen
isn't fit for a puddler to go into. Let
the worst happen. All I ask is for you
to stand between me and Bob and not
cry your eyes out If he disappears for
an hour tonight to get square meal
down at Sellers"
Mind, Ella, I didn't tell. You will
be surprised, won't you?"
'Ill say will. Heavens, there's Bob
| now" The hungry husband had ar
rived.
A stately procession, hot, smeared and
smiling, filed into the room. Gretchen
first, then Bobby, then Linda.
please come to supper" said Linda
very consciously. They had drawn
broomstraws for the honor of making
this precious announcement and Linda
had won.
Dads genuine surprise made up for
mothers doubtful one. well, I de-
clare" he spoke up manfully. Amt
that somep'n!"
They descended.
And there were the chops, the seal
loped potatoes and the spinach with egg
on top.
We'll, that is what I call wonderful"
declared mother heartily--too heartily.
The food had yet to be tasted. But as
dad pulled out mammals chair and
she leaned toward the gray figure and
whispered accusingly, you helped"
II didn't" came back the happy
tremulous reply. II just suggested and
explained a few things"
The dinner was bully" Every bully"
and Bob, whose children's watchful eyes
were on him, didn't stroll down to
Sellers at all. He said it was the best
meal he ever ate.
We shall lower the asbestos on the
kitchen that took two days to rescue.
But two people-no, f1ve-learned a
lesson. Children can do a lot more
than we think they can If they have
the strong incentive and intense inter-
est that we can cultivate In them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-10
Rules Tell Us How
To Set the Table

The knife should be placed at the
right Of the plate with the sharp side
of the blade turned in. The fork OF
forks should be placed at the left. The
soup spoon should be laid beside the
knife away from the plate, the base
of the bowl toward the cloth; other
spoons should be placed at the left
The butter knives should be placed or
the bread and butter plates.
II many courses are served, 1t is not
well to place enough silver for them
all at the outset. This gives the places
an overburdened appearance and ad-
ditional silver may be distributed as
the courses require. II small coffee
is served at the end of dinner, 1t is
customary to serve the small spoons
at the side of the cups on passing It,
The water tumbler Is placed just
beyond the tip of the knife, the bread
and butter plate just beyond the tip
of the fork
1t is best to have individual open
salt dishes. They should be freshly
filled before each meal and should be
accompanied with small silver or glass
salt spoons. Pepper boxes need not be
individual.
Perhaps the reason why salt shakers
are not in such good form as open salt
the salt hardens and makes it impos-
sible to liherate 1t without first knock
ing them on the table, practice which
Is certainly not to be tolerated.
1t is not in good form to have the
napkins folded in fancy shapes. Al
most they should have the top far
turned under in order to form pocket
for the dinner roll, which is often the
only bread served at an elaborate din
ner. 1t is extremely bad form to have
the napkins arranged fanwise in the
water goblets.
If the meat is carved on the table, 1t
Is customary TO have the carving set
brought in when the meat is brought
in. If you begin dinner with soup or
appetizer. do not have the carving
knife and fork on the table.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-10
They Can Do Much in
the Household, If
They Have Strong
Incentive and In.
tense Interest Which
Should Be Guilt.
waited by Family.
BY OLIVE ROBERTS BARTON.

"MoM" took off her hat and laid it
AVA on the bed YEARLY. If only peo-
pie wouldn't give bridge parties in
August! And If only women would
learn to talk about something else than
their children and laundresses.
AS she'd said to mamma on the front
porch she felt as though she'd been
yanked through a keyhole backward.
Everything had rubbed her the wrong
way.
Now there was dinner to get.
Mamma, dear soul, had offered before
she left, but she knew that while she'd
been gone the older lady had been busy
every second and that the fresh gray
Swiss dress and glossy white crimps
were but half an hour old. The cool,
sweet person on the porch was only
cool, sweet and relaxed for her benefit.
But Nom knew. Mamma was to sit
exactly where she was until Bob came
home at 6.
She slipped on a house dress. tied on
an apron and started down the back
stairs, but a hot blast struck her like
fumes from an iron mill At the same
time she heard busy, excited voices in
the kitchen. If the back stairs were
such a fiery furnace, what could the
kitchen be like? And what on earth
were the children doing?
Don't go down, Ella"
Mamma had slipped up the front
stairs and stood smiling behind her.
81 thought you'd lie down minute
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-10
New Ideas.

An all-white dress of organdie, silk
crepe or chiffon with light jade green
suede gloves and shoes of the same
tone of green.
Black suede gloves with all-white
dress.
Crystal or diamond bracelet worn
over the white or black evening glove.
Beige faille or satin slippers and
matching stockings with any sort Of
evening dress you choose. -..-..-..
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-10
Tied Necklace

WE were much interested in new
w necklace for the vacation ward
robe consisting of large beads strung
on a silken cord which was tied in
bow at the back of the neck. This gives
suggestion to the girl who likes to
string her own beads The silken bow
knot may take the place Of the usual
clasp -. ..s---.--.-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-10

out Of print. Another woman buys
every book that appears that deals with
native wild flowers, and still another
woman has a collection of books on
birds that any specialist might be glad
to own. Yet collections such as these
represent no great outlay of money
merely a little discrimination when 1t
comes to buying new books.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-10

Notebook Combines With This Practice in
Making 1t Easier to Keep Track of Vol
umes-Favorite Material Is Glazed Chintz
or Figured Paper-Some Book Lovers
Make Covers of Substantial Cotton or
Linen or Lightweight Leather.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-10
Black Belts.

Black patent leather belts are worn
with sports and street dresses and are
smartest when accompanied by a mar
rover band of patent leather on the
hat
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-10

Time Willingly Spent
on Details Which
Make for Charm.
Dressmakers u S e
Them to Achieve De.
sired Feminine Eff
feet, and Additional
Trim m n & for
Dresses Already on
Hand May Be Pro-
vided in This Way.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-10

Plaid ribbon
ethand upper blue and uhe printed silk
0te ribbon, and beop this
left eghe hantung dress toh NARROW bright green osgan
ribbon Aboue fohie trimmed 10Th
of red and e printed ribbon At center right sed and s
h hand Of bown uelpet ribbon the left
aLeere and right shoulder
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MUrder at z1.;|,,s,
slAi ghTdeseoIz'

carpet. His left hand was clencfied
against his chest.
Annersley, Johns and pushed in.
Kirk let Mrs. Parados enter-but the
others were kept back.
"Stay here" Kirk commanded. Don't
leave the house, none of you."
Mrs. Parados looked at her husband
with hard, expressionless eyes.
so this is the end of you, Dan," she
said quietly. And We turned 1t into a
game"
The doctor was holding up the left
hand of the dead man. A common
price ticket with a cotton string dan
gled from it. 1 didn't think we actu-
ally would find the price ticket Flique
had introduced into his game" Sam
uels removed the ticket and I noticed
figures on it.
"Thirty-five cents" Samuels muttered.
"A small sum TO intrigue so rich a
one" Flique murmured.
YES" Samuels said, that hits me,
too We can't trace 1t. They make EN-
by the billion. You found him?"
Yes, monsieur"
THE body hasn't been touched?"
ITO satisfy myself he was dead"
What time did you find him?"
AT precisely 4 minutes of T."
Samuels grunted. ANY idea how
long he had been dead?"
Perhaps 20 minutes. M. Hunt left
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-09
ClOSe-WOVef1
Fernery, AS

Fine quality, round fiber, closely
woven; decorated with plated top
and bottom finish. In caramel or
green.
PALAIS RoYAL--Fourth Floor
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-09

"are both latched, but neither is bolt
ed. That door there is locked" and he
nodded toward the billiard room door.
There's no key. How about the phone,
a'am?" he asked Mrs. ParadoS.
1T is part of the house system. We
are not connected with the mainland"
Samuels turned sharply toward
Flique.
what brought you here at 4 min
utes of ~"
THE housekeeper informed me that
monsieur desired my presence. First I
library was unlocked. / entered. Mon
sieur lay as you found him"
"And you came out by the same
door?"
"No, monsieur. locked it, oui. but
T-um-emerged by the billiard room"
"Why?"
Flique shrugged his plump shoulders.
What does one look for when a muir
der has been committed? I went to
see If the Brent collection was-as you
say-intact. And it was"
''You found nothing-material here?"
"The price ticket, monsieur"
Nothing else?"
stain on the carpet. Samuels touched
the stain.
"Well, that's not much"
Samuels now drew his arrogant eyes
over the group.
"a shot was fired in this room or
from lust outside It. Any Of you hear
ANYTHING that sounded like a shot?"
There was no reply.
"If any Of you know anything you'd
hotter snill It." Samuels continued.
GT 1,navd M Sh0t - I said
"Nor T." Mrs. Parados told him.
The rest were equally positive IN
their denialS.
'Does monsieur believe we are In
secrecy?" Flique murmured. "One or
two. perhaps, but not six or eight.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-09

Come, my friends you are q man Of
intelligence"
Intelligence enough to believe no
more than I can prove" Samuels
grunted.
"Parbleu. but to assume that only
the solid and seen are real: that, mon
ami, is the grave error. You do not
believe these people are in the con-
spiracy?"
"Not exactly" Samuels said dryly.
"a silencer may have been used"
Gould he have been killed with a
rifie?" Annersley asked suddenly.
"Flique said the patio window was
shut" Samuels replied.
"I suppose a pistol couldn't have
been used with any degree of accuracy
outside of hearing ranger"
''No," Samuels grunted. ''He must
have grabbed that price tag from the
person who shot him. How about the
bullet, doc?"
Against the left scapula," the doc
tor answered casually. Il imagine ]
can get It,"
do you mind, Mrs. Parados?" Sam
uels queried.
when a mans dead he's Dead" Mrs.
Parados answered.
Continued tomorrow
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-09

MADAME, Flique interrupted, II adj
init everything. My game told me many
things. But here are the police"
Three men strobe into the room. A
thin, wiry man was in the lead. The
second man was short and stocky. The
third, a tall, elderly man, obviously was
o doctor.
What's happened2" the wiry man
demanded. I'm Frank Samuels, q
deputy district attorney"
ASK M Flique," Mrs. Parados replied
angrily. "He sent the message"
''F1iquel" Samuels calculated. "Are
Nou--"
The principal agent of La Surete Of
Raris," the little man bowed.
where's the body?"
"Come with me, M. le Deputy"
Flique pressed down the hall. The
key ratified as he thrust it into the
lock. A light switch clicked.
Hes dead-the master" Man
ming was hysterical.
Keep those women back, Kirk"
gamueIs muttered.
Parados lay In front Of the patio
window, which was closed a F1ique had
said. The fingers of his right hand and
the toes of his shoes were dug into the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-09

SYNOPSIS: Dan Parados wealthy un-
scrupuious. tyrant % secluded island
and his entire retinue OF servants. Al
Ian Hunt, coming to inspect Parsdos'
art collection. stumhles into this web Of
Parados absent. q game OF murder" is
PLAYED with PRrados the subject Of q
mythical murder. Anatole Fliuue. q
sons unknown. acts as investigator.
The guests include Mrs. Parados. Celia
Ferris, Parados' pretty secretary; An
custodian Of the island fort. and Caro-
line Brent, who has won Hunts atten-
tion. All deny any motive for murder in
the game" As dinner ends Flique as
tounds the group by announcing that
Parados actually has been murdered.
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steamers on the crossing from Naples,
according to an announcement yester-
day by the Lloyd Sabaudo Line.
The steamer left Naples on August
80, Gibraltar on September / and
locked in New York Sunday afternoon.
Never in past history" the an
nouncement stated, did q Mediter-
ranean steamer land passengers from
Italy on eighth and from Gibraltar on
sixth day of crossing"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-09
Election "BookieY Is Jailed.

DENVER, September 9 R).-Some
election bets may have been lost even
before the voting began here today.
Max Samuelson was arrested last
night, charged with operation of
contests, Authorities said Samuelson
accepted a bet from an undercover
agent of the district attorneys ONCE.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-09

him at half-past o. Is that not so, M.
rAntiQuaire?"
nodded.
Between $50 and $50" Samuels
muttered. THAT pins it down pretty
close. Have you looked at the windows,
Kirk?"
1.-The west window is bolted," Kirk
answered "This window" indicating
the one by the writing table, land that
one" pointing to the patio window.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-09
CHAPTER VII.
THIRTY-FIvE CENTS.

~ ARADOS was so detested that no
one, not even Mrs. Parados, was
moved TO grief.
How long have you known
about thls?" Mrs. Parados de-
snanded.
"Since minutes of Z, when found
him, madame" Fliqus said.
1t was now ESQ.
Mrs. Parados retorted furiously. you
keep from me knowledge Of my hus-
bands death-you inveigle us into your
adiotic game"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-09
SHIPS SPEED RECORD
Conte Grande Makes Mediterra-
mean Trip in Seven Days.

The steamer Conte 0rande locked
in New York Sunday after establishing
a new speed record for Mediterranean
The Washington times., 1930-06-02
GIRL s Staying
LAID To GANG

NEW YORK, June 2 (U.SO.
An interviewer pattern Of muir
der and attempted murder in
four States today appeared back
of the gangland drowning of
pretty Margaret UrbaS, VIII os c
body was found in the Harlem
River last week.
The history of a dozen MUIR
ders, all woven about the gangs
for whose security Miss Urbas
was slain, was pieced together by
New Jersey police, with the
statement that the capture of
the killer of the girl and her
gangland sweetheart. Eugen e
Moran, is expected shortly.
Shot in Cleveland
Into the mystery the name OF
Danny Ahearn, New York rack
eteer, crept for the first time.
He was shot-but escaped death
in Cleveland last September at
tn very time that Miss Urbas,
pursued by gangs, had hied her
self there for safety.
Moran, former $1,000-a-week
bodyguard for Arnold RothStein,
millionaire gambler and racketeer,
was shot and his body placed in
the blazing pyre of his own auto.
mobile on the Newark city dumps
last August 9.