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BAR SILVER QUOTATIONS.

NEW YORK, May IL P.-Bar silver
steady and "a higher ct 2SH. dealers
reported offerings light.
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Washington Stock Exchange
SALES.

Potomac Electric IS 1953-s500 at lC9.
Washington Rwy. g. Elec. 4s-Sl 900 at
9024.
Capital Traction Co.-l9 at 81, 10 at g.
2 at 81.
Washington Gas Light Co.-l0 at 116.
10 at 116, Is at ll6.
Riggs National Bank-l0 at 37l, 10 at
$40.
Columbia Sand & Gravel pfd.-1o at 80,
at 80.
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Great Britain is making a drive to
entrench itself in the Argentine motor
car market. Evidence Of this fact IS
seen in advices to the Department OF
Commerce which report 40 models OF
passenger cars and IS models Of trucks
were displayed by II British car and
truck manufacturers at the exposition OF
British arts and industries at Buenos
Aires.
Since 81 per cent Of automobiles in
the Argentine are American, the Ma
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Galoshes shipped from Poland to Lat
via last year weighed nearly "a tons.
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DOROTHY DIX'S LETTER BOX

TEAR MISS married three
~ devoted dutiu husband
them with deadly
passion Before marriage business girl and long to be back
competition activity life. making
miserable all spirit feel
though simply this making not
be job resigned domestic for e
Please give DISTRACTED.
NSWER The problem depends whether
husband the
situation which
eaV save your putting foundation it.
BY which disaefu
has got
must old office
go somebody domestic
SO ae You must competent to take of
child
stimulates you and that enjoy.
)F course 1t misfortune
when
by the subtle of
Also child
snip OF Its mother at the most formative time of its life
as IS and better home hreling
happiness beatsa
nars as 1t aa After ALL
always SO good as that which at the bakery
most Of the day
IN family elderly mother
mother and would thankful
children
and thus follow
fair with tell
Kick out bungalow
marrying for he had better look elsewhere DOROTHY
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~ LINGING with all four feet and
his funny little tail to the tree
which he had climbed, Runty,
~ the smallest of the IL little
Possums, looked down at his
father, Unc' Billy Postum, as he lay on
the ground apparently dead. Flip the
Terrier had caught Unc' Billy, and
right before Runty's terrified eyes had
shaken him to death. Anyway, ne
thought he had, and Runty thought he
had. Do you wonder that Runty was
as badly frightened a small Postum as
ever was?
He didn't dare come down from that
tree, lest Flip the Terrier be somewhere
near. So all he q lid do was to cling
where he was Ad whimper IS he
looked down at Unc' Billy, lying there
where Flip had thrown him.
"Ah didn't suppose anything would
happen to him.: whimpered Runty.
mo, sub, he was so smart All didn't
reckon anything ever could happen TO
him. All didn't suppose the Great
World was such a terrible place. All
want nah nanny, and All don know
how to find her"
Runty began to cry. You know, he
was. after all, a very little fellow anc
frightened and alone.
Suddenly he stopped crying. He
stared long and hard at Unc' Billy. BE
let go of the tree with one hand and
rubbed his eyes. Then he looked again.
He was sure, absolutely sure, that Unc'
Billy's eyes had been closed all the
time, and now one of them was open.
What was more, one Of Unc' Billy's ears
had twitched. Yes, sir, that ear GER
tainly had twitched. Then Unc' Billy's
mouth closed and his lips drew back
over his teeth. Runty'S eyes looked as
if they might pop right out of his head
Slowly, very slowly and cautiously
Unc' Billy raised his head and looked
all around. Then he scrambled to his
feet, shook himself and looked UP at
Runty and grinnec.
"Ah reckon it is safe TO yo' to come
down now" said he.
Runty lost no time in scrambling
down He was still having hard work
to believe his own eyes. he was almost
afraid to approach Unc' Billy. He
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The Woman Who Makes Good
HELEN WOODWARD
authority problems of the

many as 80 firms You can apply to
one after the other without going out
side the buildings.
All of these firms need models, and
it is only a question of finding the one
whose line best suits your proportions.
Each house carries the same measure
ments throughout all its garments. One
house may use a long wasted figure.
Another house a shorter waist, longer
lines, and so forth-and may ut you
perfectly.
Don't try the Fifth avenue retail
houses. They are the hardest of all to
get work in. If you live in the suburbs,
you may be able to get job in small
department store in your own neigh
borhood. The work is seasonal You
would be busy in the Winter and have
practically nothing to do in the Summer
But get it clearly in your head be-
fore you start in that this modelling is
hard work. 1t is far different from
putting on a pretty dress in front of
your own mirror and walking up and
down and showing yourself off. After
you have put the same dress on for
the same customer four or five times in
one day, you will find it pretty tiresome
Your feet will be swollen and tired at
night, for seldom do you get chance
to walk about in comfortable shoes.
And you can't relax and look tired and
doWdy for moment.
(Copyright, 1917
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a certain type of beauty that is truly
distinctive and not unfeminine. The
very thin, plucked eyebrow is entirely
out Of date now, and the natural eye
brow, perfectly groomed and glossy,
has come into It's own. There is
very practical reason for this change.
When eyebrow hairs are plucked they
grow in again very fast so that their
removal becomes quite a task. I think
your daughter will soon become tired
of plucking hers unless she finds the
improvement in her personal appear
ance SO great as to justify the trouble.
Chemical dcpilatorics should not be
used for this purpose, if the hairs are
to be removed. Plucking is the best.
LOIS LEEDS.
Variccsc Veins.
Dear Miss Lccds-P!ease tell me
what to do for my legs. have aching
pains in them continually and vari-
coSc veins. Is there any exercises that
you can suggest that will help me?
/ am a housewife and do all my own
homework and c2ok for a family of
seven. Do you think I need special
exercises? Thanking you for your
advice, I am
MOTHER OF SIX.
Answer-No indeed, dear woman,
I do not think that you need special
exercises for your legs. To overcome
you. trouble I think that you need
rest and relaxation after your days
work is over with legs elevated and
the body in a reclining position in the
most comfortable chair in the house or
q couch arranged with comfortable
pillows. A large number of women
suffer from yaricose veins. In the
carly stages the only symptoms may
be aching pains in the legs, which be-
como verse on standing or being on
the feet too long at one stretch, and
only in the latter stages do the swollen
We NJ become obvious. Your trouble
il due to the breakdown of the valves,
tiny folds OF. tissue which in normal
veins prevent the blood from travelling
in the wrong direction. In mild cases
the wearing of elastic stockings, which
must be put on while lying down, to-
gether with rest periods during the
day, may give sufficient relief. When
the condition becomes more severe,
however, like yours, operative treat
ment or injections into the veins af-
ford the best chance of cure. The lat
ter is a modern treatment and in the
hands of reliable physician has SO
far given satisfactory results. Consult
your own physician without delay.
LOIS LEEDS.
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OF course, 1t was made plain that
Dawes was not sent to Paris actually
to sit with the Council in considering
the warlike situation in Manchuria.
Dawes merely was ordered to stand
by, or, as Secretary Stimson put it, to
be ain a position to confer with the
representatives of the other nations
present in Paris in case such confer
ence should seem desirable"
That perhaps will hardly satisfy
Senator Hi and those who share his
feelings. One can almost hear him
roar" when he read that and describe
it as diplomatic circumlocution.
1t appears to some that Dawes pres
ence in Paris is graphic evidence of
the administrators desire to partici-
pate efectually in preserving peace in
the Far East. Substitution of an AM
basSador for consul general tends to
warrant such a belief at any rate.
England sent her new foreign secre-
tary, Sir John Simon. Japan had her
Ambassadors at London and Rome pro-
coed to Paris to help YoshiZawa, the
Emperor'S delegate to the League, de-
fend the Japanese case.
A man of Dawes ability and expert
ence should make things a lot easier
for Secretary Stimson.
Meanwhile johnson and his group
will fume. He contends there is no
real war in the Orient, because you
can't have a war between a chopstick
and a machine gun" And he'll have
lot more to say when the Senate
conVeneS
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of kerosene. So also should the frames
of all furniture be busted. Do not have
enough of any of the oiling agents on
the cloth so that a cloudy surface re-
suits. When furniture becomes cloudy
it is generally because of superfluous
oil, Rub briskly with very soft, dry
cloth.
Marble is now used both in the re-
vival of Victorian furniture and in the
wrought-iron pieces. Beware of getting
acid on the marble; even lemonade will
leave a dull mark. Wash the marble
frequently with fine sand soap or pow
der of any preferred kind. Coarse
cleanser will scratch as it cleans, so be
sure it is fine All curves and crevices
of the wrought iron must be kept we'll
busted. A damp cloth is advised. Oc-
casional washing of the iron will be
necessary.
Heat will not hurt wrought-iron fur
niture, but it is ruinous to wood. 1t
dries it so that it cracks, parts come I'M
glued, veneer warps and peels up and
the wood itself becomes brittle. So be
careful not to have rooms overheated
nor to allow furniture to be too close
to heaters. Humidors help to keep air
moist and so less harmful to furniture
as well as more healthful to breathe.
(Copyright, 1872
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and short, jointed antennae. The bee
fly's eggs are placed in the cells of the
solitary bees. This mother neither builds
a home for her children nor gathers
food for them. True, she does place
them where the food supply is ample
and handy.
When her egg matches the larvae eat
the little egg of the true bee. Then,
weaving a cocoon, the baby takes a
nap and awakens bee fly. Sometimes
the mother bee places her eggs near the
pod of eggs Mrs. Grasshopper has
buried in the ground. The bees eggs
hatch first and the strong little grubs
hasten to dig into the earth and locate
their food, which is sure to be near by.
They live on an egg diet from now on
and become very strong and buxom.
At last they feel the urge to come
to the surface of the earth and complete
their growth. They weave cocoon
and push themselves partly out of the
ground. Here they continue to grow
and change into the bee fly.
There are about 400 species OF these
flies known. Some are more handsome
ly marked than others. The adults
never touch anything but pollen and
nectar. The children are known to en-
Joy a diet Of tender grub meat as well
as bees and caterpillars.
There is normally one generation a
year. Should the climate be extremely
cold, the grub will delay his appear
ance for a year. AS grasshoppers are
in no way friends of ours and have the
habit of placing hundreds of future
little hoppers in neat little eggpods
under our meadows and lawns, it is with
a feeling of gratitude that we acknowl-
edge our debt to the bee fly for placing
her own coming family so near the
famous jumpers egg basket. Cater
pillars are also our avowed enemies and
we always have a kindly feeling toward
the grubs or bees which make this little
pest their daily meat dish.
(Copyrght, 1917
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Everyday Psychology
Individual Differences.
By DIR. JESSE ". sPRowLs,

The most striking fact about human
beings is to be observed In their indi-
vidual differences. How can these dif-
ferences be accounted for?
One theory is that individuals differ
because they are born different. This
is the famous heredity theory. Your
attitude toward this theory Is pretty
likely to be determined by your re-
spect, or lack of respect, for your an
cestry. know of nothing about which
the average person is more likely to
form a mental complex.
AS a matter of fact, few OF US
know very much for certain about our
ancestry. You might try to write a
biography of your great-grandfatherr
just as test of what you know ABOUT
your hereditary makeup.
The heredity theory as an explana-
ton of individual differences is fast los
ing its prestige. 1t is being replaced
by the theory that we are what we are
because of our surroundings. And the
most important of our surroundings are
our habitual human associates. Many
a character has been made on the
school Fairgrounds. For the most part
our real character traits are about
what they were at 20. If you would
like to make yourself over. change your
associates. Put yourself in competition
with strong. clear thinking people, ana
your old friends will not know you
after awhile.
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AN ANECDOTE IS A BILLY GOAT
WITH HORNS.
Dew is formed on leaves when the
sun shines down on them and makes
them perspire.
carafe is a skinny-necked animal,
living in Africa It has a long neck,
so it can look around and see when
things are coming and warn the other
animals.
It is a we'll known fact that a de-
ceased body warps the mind.
The vanishing point is the dot you
erase off.
When you haven't got enough iodine
in your blood you get a glacier.
The idea of March is the day when
people are "out of luck" Julius Caesar
went to the forum on that day and
came back dead.
(Copyrisht, 19sI.S
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Handwriting
What 1t May Reveal.
IL ~.S1~m,
BY MILDRED MoCKABEE.

THIS writer is apparently keen
lover of the artistic. Her rhyth-
mic, curving ms" display a
Il natural bent to express beauty
even in the commonplace things
of life. Seemingly she would find en-
joyment and profit in the field of in
terror decoration. Here her talents
could find desirable outlet.
Apparently she Is not emotionally
fitted to work at routine tasks for
others. Without an opportunity for
creative self-expreSsion, her efforts
would be only half-hearted and unsat-
isfactory. If interior decorating does
not appeal, then Short-Story writing
would seemingly be logical career.
1t is probable that she is lacking in
self-conf1dence when in the company
of others. This feeling of inferiority
perhaps reduces her to silence, thereby
influencing her friends to believe her
less capable than she is. Possibly her
overanxiety to please Is greater him
drance than help in her social con-
facts. An aggressive expression of her
own opinions would tend to emphasize
her personality.
With children she is apparently very
much at home. Possibly her ability to
influence them could be utilized to her
financial advantage. 1t is probable
DIG COulu OlBdAALAC anu ISdu OdbuIOdy
nature-Study groups of girls. Such
semi-educational picnic ventures into
the out of doors could be a hobby
that is both pleasant and profitable
Her seeming aptitude in short-story
writing might be utilized to advantage
in the preparation of series of articles
on camp-craft for girls.
She should guard against tendency
to spend too much time in day-dream-
ing. She may, perhaps, allow her
imagination to affect her more prac-
tical nature to disadvantage at times.
Note-Andlvsis of handwriting Is not
an enact science, according to World in
and lots Of fun. The Star presents the
above feature In that spirit.
II you Uish to haze your tDTittno
GnGlvsed, send a sample to Miss Mocka-
2-cent stamp. It nil be either inter
preted in this column or you iDtH recetue
handwriting analysts chart which you
will find an interesting study.
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MILADY BEAUTIFUL
BY LOIS LEEDS.

them just as nature put them there.
1 have always loved that tendency of
her eyebrows to meet, and considered
it a mark of beauty. Perhaps it is a
trace of male conceit-since mine are
exactly like hers. In this day Of
skinned eyebrows I realize that I am
asking q whole lot Of my daughter to
refrain from tampering with hers
yet I can not help feeling that their
real beauty can not be improved upon.
What do you think? DADDY.
Answer-EyebrowS that meet over
tho bridge of the nose are usually less
becoming to girls than to men. On
some faces, however, they may give
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LITTLE BENNY
By LEE PAPE.
The Weakly News.
WSather: Rain with possible showers.
STSSTETvY PACE

WSather: Rain with possible showers.
SISSIETY PAGE
Mr. Shorty Judge. has Seen giving
himself tyQewriting lessons on his big
sisters typewriter in her absents when
she fcrgets to lock the case, until she
Unexpectedly comes back and Interrupts
him by force, Mr.. Shorty Judge sayif.1
he's getting along pritty good consid-
ering what nerviSs Strane he's working
under.
Miss Mary Watkins the well known
charity Werker saves the core to give q
horse every time she eats a apple, hold
ing it out on the end of stick half on
account of being partly afraid and half
On account of being too ladylike to in
Joy the sensation Of a horses nose on
her hand.
POME BY SKINNY MARTIN
Don't
Herray for universal peace
And down with the horrers Of war,
Unless you wunt to salute lot Of OFF,
GERS
You never saw before.
QUESTIONS WITHOUT ANSERS
Why do new shoes always get trod
on more than old ones?
Why do the best smells always come
out OF other peoples kitchins?
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DILL 1N1L % OANACO ". Burgess

couldn't find his tongue. Unc' Billy
knew just how he felt, and grinned
again.
"Ah done fool that Dog" said he.
did yo' see me?"
"Ah saw him kill yo'," replied Runty.
Anyway. All thought All did"
Unc' Billy chuckled.
$50 All fooled yo' as well as the Dog"
said he. "Yo' have had one of the most
important lessons a Postum can learn"
Runty looked the surprise he felt.
What leSson?" he demanded.
Again Unc' Billy grinned
The lesson Of using wits" said he
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promptly. "Ah didn't have a chance to
run, did Ah?"
NO replied Runty.
"Ah tidn't have a chance to climb o
tree. did Ah?" demanded Unc' Billy
NO replied Runty
"Ah couldn't fight because that Dcsk
was too big and strong TO- me-" Unc'
Billy continued. so ALI just fooled
him. All made him think All was 6aid.
That's an old trick of the Postum FAM
lily. All cone saved nah life many
times that way. Yo' nanny done saved
her life the same way mo- times than
she can remember. When there is no
chance TO yo to run or climb or moe,
lust pretend that yo' are daid, and stay
that way until yo' are sure the carre~
is over"
Didn't that Dog hurt yo' when he
shock you?" 3unty wanted to know.
1T wasn't just comfortable" grinned
Unc' Billy but what does that amount
TO when it is a matter of saving yo'
life?s Just notilin' at an.''
(CopyriEht, 1879
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juggled" into the League. In his char
acteristic fiery manner a few days ago
he declared:
ut was not necessary for us to join
the League Of Nations to write an in
dividual note to Japan about the KEEL
logg piff1e pact"
Harsher words than these may be
uttered by the Senator as a result Of
Ambassador Dawes entering the pic
ture. And they will come, too, say
those who know johnson.
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cies that specialize in jobs for NAME
quins. Many of these enroll you on
payment of $40 or so. They don't guar
antee you a position, but will naturally
do all they can to place you. After you
get position you pay them 10 per cent
of your wages. But don't go to an
agency until you have had more expert
ence. Their waiting lists are already
full of girls who are experienced. These
will get first chance. 1t might be
months before they reach you.
The best place for a beginner to get
experience is in a wholesale house.
wholesale houses use far more models
than do the retail shops and they don't
care so much about your walk or your
clothes.
Go directly to the wholesale district
In the West Thirties. Walk down Sew
enth avenue and apply to one dress and
coat house after another This isn't as
hard as it sounds, for some of the large
buildings in that neighborhood hold as
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NANCY PACE
Good Taste Club Teaches
Manners Negatively.
By FLORENCE LA GANKE.

The Good Taste girls answered roll
call at their November meeting by act
ing out some incorrect table manner
they had seen practiced during the past
week First came Alice, who took a
tea cup and held it to her mouth
crooking her little finger in what used
to be considered elegant" fashion, but
which is now in the worst of taste. 1t
looks so affected.
Dorothy came next. She passed a
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plate to a pretended host and removed
her knife and fork, brandishing them
aloft while she waited for her plate to
be refilled and returned. She should
have put the silver on the plate she
passed to her host.
Grace spread an imaginary slice Of
bread by laying it down on the table
and applying butter carefully across
its whole surface. She showed the
correct fashion a moment later when
she broke off a bit of bread, buttered
that and then put her bread and butter
knife back on the plate.
Frances held her fork as II It were
a pick. Instead of duplicating the
position in which she held her knife
she stuck her fork straight upright.
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ACH of the many types of fur
l. niture in a home requires its
special treatment and care in
IL order for it to look its best for
the longest period. For ex-
ample, upholstered furniture should be
brushed with a stiff -bristle brush or
with a soft whisk Never use one that
will catch in the weave or be so harsh
It will injure the surface. Satin finished
textile should be busted with cloth as
we'll as brushed with brush no sitter
than hair.
If upholstered furniture is in con-
slant use, have arm and back covers.
These can be of the same material If
one has had the furniture specially up
holstered. Pieces can be bound with
black. brown or gilt gimp, or color
closely matching the textile, and so be
very inconSpicuouS. Or fancy covers
can be used such as lace or embroidered
theatrical gauze. If the latter, match
1t is as nearly as you can and work in
the same color. These are smart fur
niture arm pieces and head rests. If
any grease spots come on the textile
take of Immediately with some cleanser
that dries rapidly.
Furniture entirely of wood should be
busted with a cloth very slightly damp
ened with furniture polish, linseed oil
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Mutton Sausages.

Chop one pound of cold cooked NUT
ton, three ounces of beef suet and six
raw oysters, then mix them with enc
egg slightly beaten, one-fourth tea
spoonful of mace, half a cupful of
breadcrumbs, one teaspoonful of an
chovy paste, and salt o1d pepper to
taste. Mix all together thoroughly in
Gaall, round cakes and fry in butter.
q I'VE with tomato sauce.
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Macaroons.

Beat two egg whites with pinch of
salt until stiff. Add one cupful of sugar
and beat thoroughly. Fold in one cup
full of shredded cocoanut and two cup
fuls of a faxed toasted breakfast food
which have been crushed in the hands.
Add some almond fiavoring Place by
teasroonfuls onto oiled paper and bake
in a moderate oven for about 20 min
utes, or Until delicately Drowned and
we'll set e