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And I'm going to be secretary to the
sales manager. That will only take a
little part of my time. though, and the
rest of the time I'm going to be in
charge of a big department of girls.
Hurry up and come back so we can
celebrated Bet l can find job down
there for you If you want it, you
Stacker.
When went in to see my new boss.
Mr. Hannibal, TO apply for the job, he
gave me the once-oyer and didn't say
word for minute. Then this is what
he asked:
Are you an experienced stenogra-
pher?"
yes" I said.
How long?"
-Four years"
How well do you get on with other
people?"
Fine" said.
"All right, you'll do. can see by
looking at you that you'll get on with
the girls. You are supposed to manage
about fifty Of them. Would you like TO
try it?"
you bet!" I said. Anyway I'd like
to try. But" I said, "how do you
know that can take dictation fast
enough"
"Oh, I'm sure you can by looking at
you. don't believe in all these tests.
When a girl comes into an Office to APP
ply for a job and has TO take a test
she is always nervous and never does
her best work I'd rather take you on
a weeks trial and l won't pay much
attention to what you do the first day.
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Reddy's Small Cousin.
A true home may be anywhere
so long as you find love is there.
Old Mother Nature.

Kit the Desert Fox and Mrs. Kit had
slept through the heat of the day. So
had the four little Foxes of whom Kit
and Mrs Kit were so proud. They had
not minded the heat, although 1t had
been very great so great that sand
around their home was actually hot.
You see, they we're in a comfortable
room far enough down in the ground
rs be coel- Not once had one of them
SO much ~ poked nose outside. It
wasn't until Jolly, bright, hot MIR. Sun
had gone to bed over the edge of the
Great World that any of them stirred.
Then the little Foxes began to get I'M
easy. They were hungry and they
wanted to play and they didn't see why
father and mother kept them down
there where there was nothing to do
but sleep.
Presently Kit yawned "I guess. "
said he. ut is time to go hunting. I'll
look out and see that all is we'll"
DO" said Mrs. Kit. we have four
hungry little mouths to feed besides
our own, and the night will be none too
long at best"
So Kit went up the long hall and
poked his sharp little face outside. His
sharp little ears were pricked forward
to catch every sound and his keen lit
tie nose was turned this way and that
way to catch any stray scent the Wan
dering Little Night Breezes might
bring. Satisfied that all was we'll he
stepped outside and a moment later
was Joined by Mrs. Kit. She, too,
tested the air and then turned and
called softly. Then out tumbled four
little woody babies and began to roll
and tumble over each other about the
doorstep.
The sand was still warm, but the air
was cool and overhead the sky was
crowded with stars that twinkled and
somehow seemed very near and bright
OF course, they were not near. It was
merely because the air was so clear
that they seemed near. They flooded
the Dry Desert with soft light and
made beautiful what in the glare of the
sun had seemed a dreary waste.
For few minutes Kit and Mrs. Kit
fondly watched the babies play Then
Kit trotted away. Mrs Kit spoke
rather sharply to the tumbling little
balls of wool, and instantly they
stopped playing and turned their sharp
little faces toward her. Listen" said
she, land don't forget what I say. Your
father and I are going hunting to get
you your dinner. AS long as you stay
right here by the doorway you will be
safe II you don't forget to watch for
moving shadows. The shadows of those
big cactus plants are always still. There
is nothing to fear from them But If
you see anything moving, even though
1t seems to be only a shadow, go into
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The Woman Who Makes Good
HELEN WOODWARD
the highest paid

But, my lady about the third day, If
you're not doing first-class work, that1l
be the end of it."
THAT suits me fine"
Well then. what do you suppose he
said to me.
Listen, young woman, don't care
anything about what you do outside this
office. Understand? That's your own
affair. But in the office-understand
mcguire supposed to be an example
to the rest of the girls Get it?"
I'm so excited I'm just about to burst.
I go to work on Monday. Forty dollars.
Can you see me bossing around a
lot of girls? I wonder If I can do it.
Well, I won't be any worse off if l
make a mess Of it. And if make good,
I'm going to be so upstage with you
you won't know me-
How would you like to say Eyes,
Ma'am to me? If any girl did that
in an Office I'd fall dead.
KENNEDY.
Copyright. 1917
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-22
FOOD PROBLEMS
BY SALLY MONROE.
Poor WAYS to Economic.


To buy unbottled milk for drinking
raw just because you save a few cents
on each quart. 1t is impossible to keep
down the bacteria count in loose" milk
OF this sort, and unless you are going to
use it for cooking it IS a bad invest
ment.
You cannot afford to pay for second
rate eggs when you are going 10 use
them for cooking. A stale egg is quite
capable Of spelling the texture of cake
or the favor of an omelet. Better use
fewer eggs and have them strictly fresh
You cannot afford 10 pay low price
for fruit because it has remained too
long in market. There is actual danger
from eating stale fruit. and it quickly
spoils, 50 that you actually pay as much
for each piece Of fruit as If you bought
the best quality.
You cannot afford TO buy timed
goods for lower price because the
covers Of the cans are little battered
unless you are perfectly sure of your
grocer. Sometimes canned goods car
ried over from other seasons are offered
for sale, but it is not economy to buy
because of the chance of staleness. Old
canned goods, even though not actually
bad have an inferior flavor
You cannot afford to buy inferior
beef for beefSteak or tough mutton for
la21b chops. But you can economic
by buying tougher cuts Of beef and
lamb for making stews and pot roasts
when you cook them so as to MAKE
the fiber tender
You can economic by buying brown
eggs in a part of the country where
the notion prevails that an egg with a
pure white shell is better.
You can economic by buying yester-
days bread when you can make use of
it in toast or some one of the many
good dishes of which breadcrumbs are
a foundation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-22
By Thornton
W. Burgess.

the house instantly. Don't stop TO ind
out what 1t is. Go into the house and
stay there until we return Thus only
viii you be safe"
The four little Foxes promised to
obey and Mrs. Kit trotted of in the
opposite direction from the one taken
by Kit. The four babies resumed their
play, but always one or another was
watching with bright eyes for a moving
shadow, and all four were ready to
dash into that underground home at
the first hint OF danger.
There were four doorways to that
home. Thee were short distance
apart, for Kit and Mrs. Kit had planned
that home carefully with safety always
in mind. The doorway around which
the babies we're at play was the main
entrance 1t was the only one in daily
use. The others were for use If any,
thing should happen to make the main
enc unsafe. Thus II an enemy should
surprise them and get between one Of
them and the main doorway there was
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showers the spiders are making ready
for the Journey through the air. A
mover. deciding she has gone far
enough from the old home starts draw
ing in the silk and gradually makes
her descent. With her buoy lines
shortened she often comes in contact
with some object which stops her. she
will take an inventory of her surround
suss and eSten decides TO stay.
There are baby spiders whose satin
homes VIII burst with the hot August
sun. The surprised infants find them
selves scattered oyer hedge and lawn.
They begin at once to spin silk and
the breeze lifts the tiny babies, carry
ing them IN all directions ana seon
they have found new home.
These balloonists are not troubled
with gas or ballast problems They,
too, meet with many accidents and
often come to grief Still in many
ways the spiders balloon is a vast i'm
proyement over ours.
copyright, 1919
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-22
NANCY PACE
Works in Plaid Pajamas
in Her Garden.

BY FLORENCE LA GANKE.

1t may be a moot question as to
what Maud Muller wore on that famous
day when she raked the meadows but
there is slight doubt as to what the
modern woman wears when she gar
dens. This year it is pyjamas. That
does not mean that she must rise at
crack of dawn either, to do her gar
dening, since pajamas are accepted for
every hour of the day and evening and
for every activity
Nancy had a pair of plaid bingham
ones. They were cut in one piece. With
these she wore short-sleeved guimpe
or blouse. And to protect her neck
and face from the suns rays she put on
a large beach hat of foppy straw.
Young Peter thought his mother was
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-22

most enhancing. So did older Peter
and paSsersby. But Nancy was quite
used to that.
For one corner of her garden she
chose a white color scheme. She had
had a blue garden one year and en-
joyed that thoroughly. Then she had
had great success with her rock garden.
Now she thought she would try white.
Since white was having such a vogue
in rooms and in clothes she did not
see why it could net be used in gar
den, or part of it at least. Here is
her white list
A border of sweet alyssun. She chose
white phlox and verbena, Shasta daisies,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-22
LITTLE BENNY
By LEE PAPE.

Last mite we had liver and onions for
supper in pops honor, and after supper
he leened back in his private chair with
satisfied expression. saying, Yes, by
gollies, this is the mite I'm going to
smoke my La Fanita cigar that I've
been boarding for just such an occa-
sion, but ferst think III gloat a while
and taiSt the joys of anticipation. Just
think of il, so cents werth of golden
brown ambrosia from the laps of the
gods will soon be porting out its per-
fumed sole in pale blue smoke from be-
tween my cherry lips, he sed.
For goodness sakes do you mean To
say you payed so cents for one cigar?
ma sed.
No, it was given to me by rich man
who esteems my, caracter and values
me as customer. pop sed. And in a
few minnits I shall be posing its grace
full form between my fingers and raw
ishing its delicate charms. Imagine it,
pure satiny Havana tobacco grown in
the shade of silk awnings in tropic
Cuba while beautiful native women fan
ned 1t with beautiful native fans and
specially trained native tobacco herds
sang to 1t in soft encouragement, and
all for me, all for my private delecta-
ton, he sed. The crucial moment has
arrived he sed
And he reached for his box of cigars
and looked in, saying, Where the mis-
chiff is it?
My goodness Willyum, it wasent that
big cigar with the fiat end, was it? ma
sed, and pop sed, That and no other,
and ma sed, Well my goodness it was
such cumbersome looking thing and
seemed so out of place amung your
other nice meet looking cigars that I
gave 1t to the whitewash man for max
ing such a. good job of the celler For
land sakes I hope he injoyed it, she
sed.
hope he choked. pop sed. I'm 60
ing around to the cigar store and get a
50-cent cigar even if I half 10 pay a
dollar for it, and Furthermore I'm going
to smoke it in the manly confines Of
the bowling alley, he sed.
WITCH he went out and rroberlv did
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-22
Brunswick Stew,

Cut up a boiling fowl, remove the
skin and put into a saucepan with
three slices Of fat bacon and enough
water to cover. Let simmer for four
hours, then add three sliced tomatoes,
the contents Of a can Of corn, half a
pint Of well soaked butterbeans, some
pepper and salt, teaspoonful of sugar
and a tablespoonful of butter. Cook for
an hour longer and serve with macaroni.
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always another through which to dash
for safety. In the same way If an
enemy should enter by the main door
way while they were inside there were
three other ways by which to escape.
1t was very carefully planned, wat that
desert home, and Kit and Mrs. Kit were
very proud of it.
To you it would have been Just a
hole in the ground. To them it was a
perfect home, for it gave them protec-
ton, and love made 1t the most beau
tiful place in all the Great World. All
true homes are like that, no matter
how humble they may be. Reddy Fox
Of the Green Meadows would have
scorned that home out in that sandy
waste with nothing to hide 1t, but to
his small desert cousin it was perfect.
It was all that home should be.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-22
TAKE A
VACATION FROM
CONSTIPATION

WHEN summer comes, you
take two weeks off to recharge
your enthusiasm, and to rest
your body. Suppose you could
obtain a delicious cereal that
would give you this same va
cation-vigor all year round?
The chances are 8 to 1 that
it will. For more than ninety
people out of every hundred
are suffering from constipa-
ton many without even re-
alizing it.
The name of this tempting
cereal is Kellogg's ALL-BRAN.
1t brings the roughage that is
needed to sweep the body clean
Of all poisonous wastes.
ALL-BRAN helps you get rid
of the headaches, the dizziness,
the depression, the loss of ap-
petite and energy that follow
constipation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-22
Silk or Wooden.

Woven artificial silk or wooden gar
ments will keep their shape better II
laid fiat while drying. At the same
time they should get plenty of air. To
dry, stretch strong sheet between two
clotheslines so that it is we'll stretched
out, fastening with clothespins, and lay
the garments on this to dry.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-22
XI.
THE BALLoONING SPIDER.


TINE first balloonist was spider.
Desiring a change Of residence,
the lady climbs to the top of
a post or rail- or some high spot
and begins to work her spinnercts.
FIRST she shrows out guide-line as
Il to test the direction OF the breeze,
then she raises her body % a 45-degree
angle and sends out many silk thread
which harden in the cir. Her eight
legs hold her firmly TO her support.
you can see by her tense body that
the breeze catching her threads make
II most difficult for her to hold on.
Suddenly you see her turn her body
feet upward and let go. She is OIL!
High up in the air we see her ficating
and then lose sight Of her Sometimes
a building or tree impedes the jour
Ney and the traveller decides 10 set up
housekeeping On the spot The wind
has often blown a spider across a mar
row river. Sometimes she has been
caught in sails and travels the high
seas.
In october when the dew is on the
grass you can see the many go5saan5r
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Lands a Job.

Miss Kennedy. the stenographer, is
writing another letter to her friend
Bettina Norman, who is away recuper-
ating from an illness.
Dear Bettina: I'm SO excited I can
hardly sit down to write this letter
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-22

And mere 8 the big
news. I've Just
grabbed eff a new
job. And what do
YOU suppose it Is?
You won t believe
it.
No more stenog-
raphy for me. I'm
going With the
Bin ken Dress
House - you We
heard of them
you know - t h e y
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gypsophilia or baby's breath, white Pc
tunias, white airy fairy columbine,
candy tut, dusty zinnias in off-white
shades hardy pinks and white pangies.
She could see a garden poisoning
early in the Spring with white tulips,
lily Of the valley, snowdrops, crocus,
narciSsus and white iris and lilac. The
more she thought Of it the more en-
Unused she became over her white gar
den patch But rest assured she want
cd scarlet peoples and gorgeous dahlias
and zinnias in another part Of her
garden.
fCopyright l93iD
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-22
Design for Sports Handkerchief
BY MARY MARSHALL.

Once upon q time we waited until
Christmas time to replenish our stock
Of dainty handkerchiefs. We never-or
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Just eat two tablespoonfuls
daily. Guaranteed to prevent
and relieve both temporary
and recurring constipation.
Milk or cream brings out the
delightful nut-sweet flavor Of
Kellogg's ALL-BRAN. Delicious
with honey or canned peaches.
Cook it into fluffy bran mullins,
breads, omelets, etc.
Kellogg's ALL-BRAN also
furnishes needed iron for the
blood. At all grocers in the
red-and-green package. Made
by Kellogg in Battle Greek.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-26
THEY TELL NE

"He was just like a country boy
coming to the city, who, upon seeing
ten-story building, believed it to be
the largest in the world, because he
had seen no larger"
r II t.
Every few of the members of the
general assembly buy liquor, if any.
7 never do" said Senator Handout.
1.-THE lobbyists are supposed to
supply the liquor. That is why we
allow them to be around.
But by midnight this year they
saw that House Bill 6 had been
passed (under a cloud, of course)
and had sent the ok to the Gov
ernor on the bill, so they went home
and took their liquor with them.
(The cheap skates" he added in an
aside.
"And another thing which kept
the amount of drinking down was
the fact that one speaker in favor
of the medicinal whisky bill had
pointed out that whenever a notable
dry victory was won, the staunch
adherentS of that cause in both
houses certainly believed in a wet
celebration. as witness what hap
pened in 1925, 1927 and 1929" and
here Senator Handout licked his
lips in delight.
There was certainly some swell
liquor on tap those years"
But that speech put the fear
into most of the boys and the dry
leaders were around to keep tab on
the faithful he added with a wry
grin.
"Of course some of the members
drank. They just had to, to have
strength for the conferences in the
wee hours of the morning which
usually wind up the session"
There was lot of drinking early
in the session, especially at the
poker games. but it sort of tanned
down after the holding company
bill was killed. ,
"Of course Chasey could have
said something about the girls, but
I guess he realized he talked toe
much already"
Senator Handout reached out fol
match to light the borrowed
cigar, then. with a sigh, looked
around and asked:
Which of you fellows viii buy a
cokes"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-26
WLW (7OO) Cincinnati
THURSDAY
BY BEN STERN

"NERTAINLY there was drinking
~ the last night of the 1881
legislature" said Senator Handout
today, as he borrowed a cigar from
the pocket of the blacktop lobbyist
sitting next to him in one of the
deep-cushioned leather chairs of a
downtown hotel.
But there was less drinking this
year than ever before" he added.
"Of course Lewis ChaSey, the
Governors secretary, never had
been around any of the previous
sessions, so he had no standard of
comparison by which to gauge the
amount of liquor consumed,"' the
senator explained.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-26
OF
JAPAN IS DEAD
HamaguChi in III Health
Since Attack on Him.
By United Press

By United Press
TOXIC, Aug. 26.-Former Pre-
mier Yuko Hamaguchi, victim of
an attempted assassination last
spring, died here at 3:O5 p. m. today.
Hamaguchi had been in i'll health
ever since he was attacked by the
would-be assassin. He was forced
to relinquish the premiership and
was succeeded by Premier Wakat-
suki.
Hamaguchi underwent two OPP
erations after the shooting and
never fully recovered his health.
His assailant, Tomeo Sagoya, %
was captured after he had fired
one shot, which penetrated Hama
guchi'S intestines. The assailant
confessed that he hoped to kill the
premier in an effort to end his
country'S economic depression.
Hamaguchi was known popularity
as "the Lion" because of his shaggy
hair and eyebrows and booming
voice. He was the third son of
poor parents.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-26

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part:
when I received Mr.. Dreiser'S
letter Of March 10, which was the
first criticism received from Dresser
of script which he had then had
in his possession for several weeks,
1 Immediately communicated with
the studios and discussed Dreiser's
letter with the general manager in
charge of production at Hollywood,
and gave him instructions that the
criticism of the script should be
carefully considered.
This, am advised and believe
was done, and after seeing the COM
pleted picture, fully edited in the
shape of the recent print which has
not yet been seen by Dresser Or any
member of his so-called committee,
whose letters are attached to his
affidavit, I am convinced that
Dreiser's suggestions and criticisms
have received the most careful con-
sideration and many of them have
been accepted and incorporated in
the picture.
1.-THE adopted suggestions include
Introductory scenes showing Clyde'S
early life, explaining the develop
ment of Clyde's character, and what
in our opinion constitutes proper
dramatic ending.
st personally gave the most care
full consideration to all the Sugges-
lions of Dresser, either made to me
through his correspondence or COM
municated to me through the per-
sonnet of defendant, and commune
Gated my reactions thereto promptly
to those in charge of the production
at the coast.
1.-THE principal suggestions and
criticisms of Dresser were, am adj
vised, delivered personally by him to
the director and script writer and
supervisors in charge of the produc-
ton of the picture, while it was
actually being filmed in Hollywood,
Cal, where Dresser was sent at the
request and OF the expense of de-
PENDANT for this purpose"
Lasky continued that the reason
the first script of can American
Tragedy" which was prepared by
Sergei Eisenstein and approved by
the author, was not used was that it
twas wholly unsuitable for the pur-
pose and represented rather the
script for a series of motion pictures
than for a single motion-picture
photoplay.
He added that at no time had
Paramount promised Dresser to pro-
duce the picture in any other man
ner than "as a high-class, feature
notion picture and that every effort
would be made to make it successful
both artistically and financially"
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indianapolis theaters today offer:
Judith Lowry in "Skidding" at Eng
lish's, "The Star Witness" at the