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The Stars Say
For Thursday, August 7.
Bv CENEVIEVE KEMBLE-

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 TO them or 70 feminine interests
under a 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 businesslike.
Those whose birthday 1t Is may
tarn sharply and enthusiastically TO
nurely personal affairs during the
wear. although the mind will be
shrewd. spacious and discerning.
Substantial progress may be made
IA either feminine or artistic inter
esfs or In those more material prof.
ects OF mining. machinery or real
estate, although new projects or
writings have a hint Of treachery or
duplicity
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 be practical as
well as artistic and mentally keen.
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Another Furtive Advance

But eat It he ala. I think he must
have been uncommoniy hungry. And
rs my own hunger had been given q
flip by the uncomfortable quarter
hour I had accorded him we made q
good breakfast
Please do not let me keep you"
| said when we had finished the
last Of our griddle cakes. I'm going
70 sit here for a little while and make
a rough sketch Of this room. 50 that
can plan my decorations"
He rose abruptly.
Then l take 10. / am only In your
way" he said. and there was childish
offense In his tone.
"Pleasei" l said softly. smiling up
at him. for I was not yet ready 10
hurl a direct gage OF battle in his
direction. You know ] did not mean
IL IN that way. But l know-no one
knows better-how cry busy you
are. and / did not feel that / could
waste your time In Just sitting by
while | studied this out"
Just sitting by and watching you
study things out" he repeated softly.
putting out his hand and touching
mine with furtive swiftness. IT can.
not imagine anything more delight
full"
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Undisguised Annoyance

"Conceited puppy" he said.
Thinks himself a genius in his line.
l am told. But l don't take much
stock in him. Are you going to let
him run your party7"
mot wholly" smiled. for his un-
disguised choler was highly amusing.
III have a few ideas which ! arm 20
Ing 10 have carried out "Oh." rs
noticed his untouched plate. II am
afraid your breakfast Is cold"
II could not eat until you did" he
said quietly. and as | flushed | found
myself wishing that he and his pune.
~tili0usness were miles away. But
could not utter that wish aloud. and
instead ] exclaimed c~oncernedly:
But you really must send that
dish back"
TO return warmed over" He
gave a little shudder. mo. thank
you. I prefer It cold n J eat Il all"
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The Party Plans

ceptible signal 70 a waitress hover
ing near. In another minute che
was on her way to the kitchen
with our orders on her pad. and Mr..
Seibel was bending toward me atten-
lively. while Mr.. V~eritzen tried hard
to look as though the situation were
an everyday one with him.
Il want to give a dinner and an
after-theatre dance here either to-
night or tomorrow night, Mr.. Seibel =
! said Preferably tonight. Mrs.
Underwood tells me thai your floor
here is marvellous for dancing. and
that the back part OF the room be-
hind those screens would be quite
secluded for a private dinner even
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shall DO. Road Number One Is 70
sink down into a nothing and q no
body. and be N doormat for the rest
OF my life-and he didn't marry a
doormat.
He wouldn't have liked me ~ 7
had been a doormat. He liked me
because ! was different--sc he said
and because I had a mind OF my
own. and q heart or my own. and q
way OF my own. and I know II /
turn into a doormat he'll be tired
OF me in a year-so I'm not 80
strong for the dcormat idea-but
I'm considering II Just III same.
I've got TO find some way out.
and maybe I'll have 70 take the
doornat way.
Read Number Two-Oh. II I take
that. III throw up my head In a
temper and bang thu door. and 70
home 10 Mamma
"Of course, I'll come back again.
but in a little while I'll bang the
door again and 60 home 10 Mamma
again. and by the time have done
that three or four times there won't
be any husband left-or any wife,
either.
4@0&4 ANAAAADNE 4AA~C-W GAAF AAA4N q
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 Abb Road the smooth,
easiest way. Fib a little. lie a good
deal. live your own life and hide IL
I don't like the third road as well a
either OF the other two. but ] may
be driven 20 II after all.
You see. ! really love my hus
band. or ! would love him II he'd
be q husband and not try 70 be q
jaller."
And the Prettiest Woman meant
every word she said.
I 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 to re-
out OF iail himself.
In the meantime. which road d
you suppose she'll take 20 the Free
dom that II the honest route OF every
honest soul. man or woman. borr
under the SUM-
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Home Making Helps
BY ELEANOR ROSS

INASHIoN demands now that
radiators be invisible. In the
newest buildings they are sunk
In the wall, and the row Of grllls
permitting the heat to flood into the
room are scarcely 70 be seen. But
II the radiator Is already a perma.
nent and immovable fixture OF the
room. then there are ever SO many
ways OF concealing its real nature.
Not only aesthetic demands. but
practical reasons make Il rather de.
sirable to envelop the radiator in
some covering. The specially made
radiator covers come equipped with
water pan inside So as 10 lmpart
some moisture to the air that Is
steam heated-very beneficial to fur
niture. as well as TO those who find
steam heat unpleasantly irritating
But its appearance recommend
itself mostly 70 the ~housekeeper with
an eye for harmonious decoration.
The right kind OF cover can trans
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Dams romance seems to be
swimming right along. She
wrote today that she was IN
vited TO a very interesting house
party this coming weekend and must
have a new hathing-suit. parcel post.
special delivery. BY the way she
rushed through the letters and saved
her words ! might have thought II
was q telegram, but I managed 10
CLEAN that the party was 10 be at a
charming estate on one OF the lakes
up in the hills. When she added a
postscript saying hat Bob's married
sister and his brother Dob being the
beaux OF the hour were 70 be present
! realized that this was indeed TO be
an important event. Luckily ! didn't
have TO look far for q smart new
model as there We're several in the
shop.
Choosing a bathing-suit Is such an
important matter though that I could
not quite choose my own judgment
or course. IL In much simpler this
year TO ave a f~1attering suit. one
that reveals and concezls to the ex-
press advantage OF the weare 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 IL n OF those for
tunate damsels blessed with n figure
that can YEA anything. and | chose
q one-piece model that was slightly
fitted In AZ the waistline. II was the
color hat really worried me as the
one I wanted TO send was white.
When 7 asked Nadame's advice she
questioned me about PANS skin
was II a pretty tan or one or those
fair skins that simply gets a bright
pink from too much sum- When I
assured her that PANS skin tanned
a luscious nut brown. not too dark.
she urged me to send the white suit.
I understood why when she x
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 I Sc
iected for her. The satin blended
right into her skin both as to tex
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Answers TO Health Queries

Dorothy. o.-what do you advise
Tor moles?
A.-Moles may be made less no
t1ceable 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.
E. H. A Q.-How much should a
girl Is years old. 5 feet tail weigh?
2-Is vegetable soup fattening?
5-Which is more ~fattening, ice
cream or ~coco-cola?
A.-She should weigh about 112
pounds.
Mot very-depends on stock.
3-Ice cream.
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form unbeautiful steam-pipes into a
handsome console. or a window seat
or a g~ood-looking stand FOR books or
flowers.
Metal covers are most practical, or
course. and they are now being fin.
ished 70 resemble any kind OF wood
destred-oak. walnut, mahoghany-
or. II painted furniture Is used IN
the room. the radiator cover can be
finished to blend with the rest of
the color scheme.
Now. while radiators are not IL
use. is a good time to have them
measured and fitted for their Winter
covering II should Fit well-cover
the radiator generously. The grills
or openings should be in front. not
at the top las some experimenters
with homemade radiator covers
found outl. II desired. the top OF the
can be a lid to be raised-tc
permit extra heat to fill the room.
n also for easy cleaning OF the
radiator from time to time
For the small room. where spaces
Is precious. the radiator cover has
the additional advantage OF furnish,
ms more surface Of table height.
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stomach is about five pints. Food is
not properly prepared for the
stomach until it is chewed and
thoroughly mixed with the saliva.
In the process, a great deal of
saliva or "spittle" is required. Per.
haps you will be astonished when /
tell you that the glands OF the mouth
supply an amount OF saliva equal 70
the capacity of the stomach. five
pints. During the entire twenty-four
hours this liquid pours into the
mouth and ultimately reaches the
stomach.
The salivary fluid is more than
80 per n 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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nj r. sEIBEL. the proprietor Of
WI the hotel restaurant. is one
OF the most poised men /
have ever seen. II the Prince Of
Wales and Colonel Lindbergh should
appear In his restaurant. each de-
manding 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
at the thousand and one petty wor-
ries which fall 10 his lot every day.
Serene. just. marvelously controlled,
he moves through his little kingdom
with the air OF a benevolent despot.
How can l serve you this morn
ing. Mrs. Graham" he asked. Have
you and Mr.. Veritzen given your
orders YETI"
mo. and we viii 90 that row be
fore ] talk 10 you" 7 decided. and
Mr.. Seibel made an almost imper-
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The Breakfast Meeting, Which Phil
Verifsen Had So CIererIy Planned, Re-
suits in a Complete Tictory for Modge

PLENTY Of time. Is there anything
more ] can do for you now?"
Nothing save to tell me about the
piano. In what shape Ia it?"
lit needs tuning. nothing else. IL
has an unusually good tone. Shall
I attend TO having II tuned for your"
"If you will be SO kind. yes"
III will see 10 il Immediately" Mr..
Seibel rose and bowed himself away
from the table. Mr.. Veritzen looked
AFTER him.
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; The body cannot handle starch. II
Is too complicated a compound to be
absorbed. Before the food or starch
can be digested Il must De changed
into sugar. To make this change the
engines are given US b. nature.
Our foods. such as fruits. vegeta-
bles and cereals. all consist largely
OF starch. as do potatoes. bread.
beans. pea and many OF the common
foods. Some OF the grains OF starch
are packed away 10 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 pours into the mouth. and with
the chewing motion OF the Jaws il is
thoroughly mixed with the food. You
car see why IL is necessary not to
bolt the food.
You will notice that as you chew.
the food begins TO taste sweet. That
Is 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 60 70 work. Then,
whatever starch Is left Is taken up
by the fluids OF the organ known
as the pancreas. or "sweetbread."
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 OF gener-
atoms ago in order that we may use
u jaws more vigorously.
IL 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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1T Ia n Duck They Agreed
then? 1t can't quack. II can't wad.
die. IL can't swim. IL has TAO feathers.
you can't roast tt"
See here" broke In o tiny voice
at that moment. you're going a
little too far. young man. You may
think you know q great deal about
tin ducks. but you don't know any.
thing AZ all. I can quack as well az
the best OF them. and ms for wad.
ding"
"Humph. you can't even move your
legs. How can you expect 70
~waddle?" the s~hadow-boy demanded
Very easily. Do you see that
little screw on the end OF my tall
Just give 1t q few turns. will your
Knarf did as he was told. Ne
sooner did he do SO than. to theii
establishment. the tin duck began Il
waddle about the nursery. utterinE
curious little tiny quacks. Knari
was dismayed. III was the first tins
he had ever seen a tin duck waddle.
and he simply couldn't believe his
eyes. He stood on one leg and
watched IL with his mouth wide
open. unable to say a word. After
taking a few waddles II stopped.
You didn't wind me up enough"
Il said. But I can waddle
can't II"
There was no more question abcas
Il. and they Rll clustered about IL
asking eagerly. "WHl you take Ia
for a ride? May We sit On you1
back2"
Certainly. certainly Just give the
crew q dozen turns. That win b
Just enough to ret ma across the
room. which r. d long enough r1de.s
All right, sit ON it's back" Knmrf
directed. and Ill wind 10 up"
Instead OF giving the screw q
dozen turns. ne gave II two dozen
for he didn't think hat across th
was a long enough ride
Then he spranE lightly upon iti
back. and the duck (which hadn'i
noticed what he had done) started or.
toward the opposite wall. which wa
hidden In darkness.
"Quack. quack, Quack-we're yer.
near the end OF the ride now" IL m
nounced suddenly. Just one mort
waddle and Wen be ~ the wall"
CONSERVATION ~ kept right OF
waddling. straight into the Ink-blacl
wall. which all at once seemed u
be melting away In front of them
az though they were going righ'
through IL. They were going righ'
through IL.
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Wherever its told tot
Quack. quzck. quack.
Shadow Song.
"HE clock struck twelve. One
by one Mi. Flor. Hand. Yam
and Knarf-the shadow-chll.
dren with the turned-about names
crept out or their masters and mis-
tresses' bedrooms. and slid silently
down the dark corridor until they
reached the nursery door. II was
shut. so. making themselves very
tiny. they walked In through the
keyhole.
once they got inside the nursery
they were very happy. IL meant the
beginning OF their adventures. All
day long they had TO be on duty
dixie policemen beside the real
children. going wherever they went
and doing everything land more)
than they did. At midnight when
the real children were fast asleep.
their duty was done. and they were
free to 20 where they pleased until
dawn.
So they immediately-for they
didn't want 70 lose q minute-set
about looking for adventure. Now.
you may imagine that "a nursery is
hardly the place in which 10 find IL.
You're quite wrong. It's exactly the
place In which To find II. as you win
soon see.
Look" Knarf exclaimed. all az
once. i've discovered something. II
looks like a duck"
1T lis a duck" agreed the others.
running over. "a tin duck"
only a tin duck. What a pity"
said Knarf. unable 70 hide his dis.
appointment. What good IL ~
q taste to eggplant. Even In appear
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nEAR NANCY LEE

~ Can you tell me what 70 do
to be popular with boys?
I am in my middle teens. and
am liked a lot BY girls. ! have
loads OF wonderful friends among
girls. but boys seem 10 dislike me.
I have wonderful parents. am
the only child. A great many or
my friends are incons.derate OF
their mothers in particular.
Mother and I enjoy each others
company and have man 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
mes know well think I'm a
good sport" IL they think at all.
I love sports and participate in
them all.
/ guess the only thing 10 do is
forget my unpopularity until ] get
older. although it's continually
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[ 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 e 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
I were alone 20
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The Jailer> Husband
Is Due for a Shock
Unless He Gives His Wife Some Leeicay
And the Strange Part OF IL Is, She Lores Him, But These
Are Days Of Personal Liberty and She Insists
Upon Hers
wINIFRED BLACK
Upon Hers
YTyHE PRETTTEST

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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White Silk Jersey Swimming Suit
ture and quality. These white frocks
hat Paris ID sending us now are ex-
ceedingly charming but must be
worn with discretion - particularly
In the Summer when Old Sol IL I'D
10 such colorful tricks"
And s. 7 sent the white suit to
Pam with my blessing. II was OF
silk jersey and moulded to the figure
by tucks above the waistline and
flares Just a mite below. A rubber
cap made like a turban went with Il.
The whole costume was particularly
weet for such a youthful charmer as
Pam.
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NOO MANY of US disobey the
rules Of right living through
ignorance. II more persons
understood why they feel miser-
able, why poor health pursues
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7 And that figurative rejection OF aid
by the aged philosopher was as sin
cere as was A~lexander's prefer OF
service.
There was nothing that Diogenes
wanted from kings-that was his
philosophy. He preached the doc
trine OF simplicity In life-and he
practiced IT, He denied himself all
luxuries and developed a self-control
that made him apparently immune
to privations. He held that men
should live in virtue and should to
that end avoid undermining pleasures
and indulgences.
In all this. Diogenes was a good
Snowman. He recognized the effect
iveness OF precept by dramatic play
and action. And IL was In following
out this line that he moved among
men with long. shaggy locks and in
ragged dress. II was in enacting the
same role hat he lived for a time in
a tub and went abroad in daylight
carrying a lighted l~antern--in quest.
he explained. OF an honest man.
| But these things were not cheap
p~lay-acting. Many OF the people
around him were childishly impress
sionabIe and he sought to drive his
message OF philosophy home 70 them
by such plays.
And such dramatic action and at
titude enabled MIN 10 gain for hts
doctrines a depth OF reach into the
minds OF those around him and a
width OF spread hat could not other
wise have been effected. Those plays
were simply his method OF teaching
By his course Of action and by his
precept and practice Dlogenes won
respect from high and low-and ne
exercised a good effect on the world
in which he lived.
Kings and common people alike
recognized the greatness and the
virtue Of Diogenes.
And Alexander the Great, might
lest among the men OF his time.
voiced such respect-with admiration
Of the highest added-when. in com.
menting on the old philosophers
curt reply TO his tender OF service. he
said: "If ! were not Alexander ]
would be Diogenes."
Diogenes was born az Sinope,
Asia Minor. about fI2 B. c.
He went 10 Athens in his youth.
He was a pupil of Antisthenes
and later won fame as a Cynic
philosopher. He taught doc
trineS of virtue and seIf-controI.
On a voyage from Athens 10
Aegina he was captured by
pirates and was offered for sale
as a slave Ia Crete. There he
was purchased BY Xenfades. =
wealthy Corfnthian citizen. who
restored him TO 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 IL.
Shakespeare.
Whoever does not Enotc hosc
10 recognize the faults OF great
men Is incapable cf estimating
their PROJECTIONS. -VoEtuire.
We may concede any mon a
right. wtthoHt doing any man a
i1ronc; but TOE can fGror no "
lcithout injurinC someone.
Cotton.
Extreme edCerness 20 return
an obligation is q kind or trA
gratitude.
La RocheroEcauId.
~ you DO q tdpcr % a bad
man. the TaUor Is lost; " you d.
iH 10 q good man. 70 lasts for x
length OF fint6 -Pldutns.
Better die once for all than
lire IN continual terror.
-Aesop-
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, billie" Q-Is il dangerous for
me to visat the home where n MEM
Der OF the family has tuberculosis?
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A-Not at all II you avoid contact
with moist secretion OF patient.
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A-Cheese IL constipating An some
instances. due TO richness. but in
moderate quantities It Is one OF the
very best OF foods.
c. NJ. H. Q.-What should a girl
OF 10. 5 feet ? inches tail weigh?
A.-She should weigh about lis
pounds.
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