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down at his own fingers, smiled up with
a glance into her face.
"My dear child, there's no more the
matter with my lungs than with yours?',,
s "There's-what9" Gail demanded
blankly.
II haven't got con-" Van reiterated.
"I fiunked cut Of college at Easter, that
was all. or no." he remembered con-
scientiously, II did have heavy chest
cold, coughing, all that. That was part
Of It, you see? I had to stay home a
week at Christmas, and what not"
In his incorrigibly gay manner he
finished the sentence with shrug.
You're not sick at ALL" Gail said in
so disappointed tone that they both
laughed outright.
well, if you feel that way about it
I'll see what i can do. I can lie out in
the wst gras a few nights
"Oh. honestly, think you are the
biggest liar ever heard of"
mo, I'm not. IN not deceive you
dear. These are the days Of heavy COM
petition and there are better liars
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Spanish War Veterans
MEETINGS THIS WEEK.

MEETINGS THIS WEEK.
Monday-Astor Camp, U. s.
Soldiers Home; Dewey Auxiliary.
Northeast Masonic Temple.
We d n ay-Ureu Camp.
Pythian Temple; Urell Auxtliary.
Pythian Temple.
Thursday Harden Camp,
Pythian Temple.
Camp visitations.
Monday-Miles Camp at Aston.
Observation-Disclosures Camp at
UreIl.
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to the shortness of the time, but it was
suggested to Naval Reserve officers that
they take the matter under advisement
AMI make a thorough study of the
7robl<n
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While she confusedly considered IL,
they had reached the gate and she was
out of the car, Van making no move
ment to get down.
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INSTALLMENT vi.

v YAM came to supper the next
" night and everything was
" happy, unpretentious and nat
, v urai. The kitchen was just
ul,af = kitnben should he when
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Lieut.. Kendall S. Reed, recently de-
tached from the Asiatic Station. has
been ordered to report to the bureau as
relief of Lieut.. William p Terrell. ss-
sistant fer education and training who
will be ordered de ached and detailed
to the U. S. S. Saratoga, airplane car
rier.
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one "insulted" her, no one was rude TO
her, everybody was gentle and constd-
crate. But when she got past the clerks
to the employment managers, she found
a different kind Of people. Nearly all
of these were men. And she says:
THE first thing noticed about them
was a hard mouth. They were polite
enough, but so cold they gave me a
chill. AS soon as looked at them I
lost hope. One place they told me that
they no longer needed workers on for
eign films. They weren't making them
any more. Another told me that
should have my picture taken and bring
that back to show them.
Il thought Of doing that, but found
that it was just way of getting rid Of
me. Lucky for me, the photographs cost
so much couldn't have spent the
money If I'd wanted to.
"One woman employment director
finished me of. I'd told her that
wanted a job as commercial interpreter.
ANY experienced she snapped. No,
mA'am,' I said. How much do you
want?' she asked. I said, Twenty dol
lars q week Young lady, she said,
first you have to make your bread and
butter. Then your cake. You'd be
lucky to get ten week
Then I realized that big money was
for big stars. II I'd known about the
ten q week, I'd have asked for it in the
first place. I suppose had q big head.
But it's setting so little. my brains feel
pinched."
Copyright. 1872
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Some Foolish Questions

them, honestly" declared Louise. II just
wanted you to say something"
We'll, I did say something, didn't
I? What did I say?"
"Oh, you said not to bother you and
I think you acted kind Of Jealous Of
Mrs. Gregg"
SILLY! I'm never jealous of anybody.
Come on, I'll show you. Ask me some
thing"
'Why-why is the moon round?"
mother fixedly.
The latter thought deeply. IT think"
she unused, that 1t must be because .
square moon would look very queer"
Louise shrieked with delight, and her
mother laughed, too.
Say" said the yousgster, that's the
way I want you to act. I'd rather
you'd say that than "Oh. go way and
don't bother me. Go and ask Mrs.
Gregg next door.
This conversation reveals one truth Of
childhood that Is too little understood
Children do ask questions for tnforma-
ton, but far more because 1t Is the
way they make conversation. And they
love nonsense and merriment.
II our children are always trekking
of to the neighbours, We may be sure
there is more fun over there; the rea-
son of LouiSeS visits We suspect were
not Mrs. Gregg's dictionary, but the
black pup. Mrs. Grier was very wise
after all, in spite of her pretense at
stupidity. She knew enough to guess
at the reason behind her small daugh-
ter's conversation and seized her cue.
Children love people around them to
be light-hearted and gay, rather than
wise. The average family takes life
much too seriously.
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Household Methods
BY BETSY CALLISTER.

What kind of table linen shall
buy?" asks Edna r. II am going to be
married in September, and though I
haven't a great deal Of money, to spend;
still I can buy enough to make good
supply. I have time to do some work
on 1t in my vacation"
Never has table linen been more at
tractive than 1t Is now. It Is possible
to buy most attractive sets at very low
prices. There is linen from all coun-
tries that carries with 1t the distinctive
style and color Of the places 1t comes
from.
Stripes are the very newest things in
table linen. Bright colors are striped
linen. Sometimes the stripes run
through the center OF the cloth instead
of at the edges. These striped cloths
are good for luncheon and breakfast,
and many women use them very ef-
fectively for the informal home dinner.
They do not, of course, go with fine
French china. but they do go with the
heavier, brighter sort Of peasant china.
Every brides chest should contain
several white damask table cloths. fine
ly hemmed by hand, with napkins to
match. These are much cheaper If
hemmed at home than If bought ready
hemmed and would supply good deal
of vacation work. One might be big
enough to cover the dining table at its
biggest, and should then be kept for
holidays or company days when big
table is needed because of guests.
Attractive breakfast sets are made OF
cotton crepe with table cloth and nap
kins machine stitched neatly an inch
or an inch and a half from the edge
and then frayed out into fringe up to
the stitching. Colored crepe is used
any color that fits in with china and
dining room decorations.
(Copyright, l93l).
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strong legs. long feelers, big eyes and
mouth parts which they can insert I'M
der the bark of the tree to suck up the
sap.
They settle down for business, and
as they mott they lose their legs and
wings. Tiny beads of wax ooze from
the body, and at first you can see
the little determined sucker through
this fluid. Soon it hardens and the
insect is lost to sight, but not the
home. The insects keep drawing the
sap. The effect on fruit and leaves is
to give them a mottled appearance
and to affect the growth of the tree.
II many scales infest the branches
the tree will die.
There are many, many scale insects.
They build strange-Shaped houses.
Sometimes a tree will become so in
crusted with these scales as to re-
semble rough bark. Upon examina-
ton you can see tiny holes and this
fact shows you that the busy little
parasite belonging to the hymenoptera
family has been lodging there. We
are grateful for this visitation.
The larger. round, scale homes be-
long to the ladies, and those raised in
the center and nearly oval belong to
the gentlemen. You see, they build
one room each and live close to each
other.
Millions OF dollars are lost yearly.
Great orchards have. been destroyed
and many young trees badly deformed.
Control measures have been taken
and the fight still goes on.
(CopyriEht, 1880.
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LITTLE BENNY
By LEE PAPE.

We was eating supper and ma sed to
pop, had little Willie out for q wawk
today. He RELY wawks quite well for
q child not quite 2 years old. I would
ent say he strides along with complete
confidents, but at least he seldonN quite
falls when he StumbleS, and he seems
to OF gotten over his ideer Of the i'm
portance OF wawking in circles Any
way, who should I see taking the air
on his frunt steps but old Mr.. Shoo-
ster, little Mildreds rich grandfather,
and RELY was on the point Of tern
Ing back. told you Willie pulled
the old gentlemans wiskers yestidday
because the little scamp had an intui-
ton that old lady Shooster and were
trying to arrange a romance between
him and little Milderd, ma sed.
Yes yes go on, pop Sed, and ma sed,
Well, finely decided the very incest
thing would be for Willie to apologize
to the old gentleman, of corse not In
SO many verbs because the child has
ent got that many verbs, but perhaps
by offering him a flower or something,
and luckily I happened to have o car
nation pinned on my dress and took
Now Willie, give the pretty flower to
Mr.. Shooster to show him you're sorry,
and Willie seemed to understand just
what ment, because he took it and
held It behind his back so as to make
the presentation more Of q serprise.
Yes yes 60 on, pop sed, and ma sed,
Well, old Mr.. Shooster looked quite
forbidding when he cawt site of Willie
and took hold Of his beard in a pro-
tecting sort Of way, but I held Willie
rite up quickly and sed, Little Willie
is sorry for what he did yesterday, Mr..
Shooster, and he wuntS to make you
a little present, and with that Willie
whipped the carnation from behind his
back and hit Mr.. Shooster in the nose
with it with force incredible In a
child Of that age, though Of corse it
couldent RELY Of hert him, so I was
serprised to hear him cry out as
though in the last throws of the ut
most pane. but 1t seems that he is sub
ject to hay fever and that nuthing
gives 1t to him except carnations, and
now he is sure the whole thing was a
plot to give him hay fever, so II he
ever leeves little -Milderd any Of his
money I'm sure it will ony be on con-
dition that she has nuthing to do with
Willie.
And we kepp on eating supper, the
best part being lam stew with dump
lings and the werSt part being not
enough dumplings.
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UMOTTER. has this little flower
got name?"
"I suppose 50. But don't bother me.
I haven't any idea what it is
Mrs. Gregg always tells Eleanor the
names Of things. Mrs. Gregg knows
everything"
well, Suppose you go over and ask
Mrs. Gregg, then. I'm sorry I'm such a
dummy"
why, you're not a dummy. mother.
You're just as smart as Mrs. Gregg, and
I love you better than any one on earth.
Don't be mad"
I'm not mad" laughed Mrs. Grier.
Come here, dear, and give me a kiss.
But you are sort of-of nuisance, you
know. with all your questions"
After few minutes:
Mother, why do the birds like our
mulberry trees so well?"
II don't know, darling. Perhaps Mrs.
Gregg could tell you. Why don't you
ask her?"
she wouldn't know"
IT thought you said she knew every
thing?"
oh, I don't think she'd know that
They haven't any mulberry trees.
think I'll go over and see Eleanor,
though. She has cute little pup. Did
you see II? It's all Dlack ana II mas
whiskers Imagine baby dogs having
whiskers! Why do they. mother?"
Don't be silly. Louise. You can ask
more questions in a minute than I can
answer in an hour"
We'll, do you know" said Louise,
seriously, screwing up her small face
into a thoughtful pucker, IT don't be-
lieve Mrs. Gregg knows so much, either.
believe she just bluffs. But I'll tell
you, when she doesn't know anything
she goes to the dictionary or some book
or other and reads about it. I think
that's awful"
mo, that's a fine idea. I'll buy q
book on puppy dogs whiskers at once"
Say, mother"
WHAT"
II know you are just fooling, butt
don't know. When 1 ask questions
don't expect you to know. just ask
questions because I just want to talk. I
don't know how to talk any other way
except by asking things"
That's a big relief. How on earth
could be expected to know the names
of all the wild flowers, or why birds
like mulberry trees, or why puppy dogs
have whiskers?"
II don't care about a single, one OF
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to describe him. And Edge Is that. In
both politics and business.
In business he started out as a
printers devil In the composing room
of an Atlantic City newspaper and
came to be reputed many times q mil
lionaire in the advertising field.
He started in politics as a journal
clerk in the New Jersey Senate, and in
turn became a member Of that body,
Governor Of the State, United States
Senator and Ambassador.
He quit the Senate to 60 to Paris,
and, strangely enough, at the time he
was negotiating with the French min
istry in Paris on the proposed mora
forum, the man who succeeded him in
the Senate - Dwight Morrow - was a
guest at the White House In Washing
ton. advising the President.
Edge had a business office In Paris
for IS years before his election to the
Senate, spending several months Of
each year there. He speaks French
fuently, and after severing his con-
nections with his old firm was q fire.
quent visitor TO the French capital
before he went there as Ambassador.
An enthusiastic huntsman, a good
swimmer and golfer, he works and plays
with the same zest. While he was in
the Senate he was known as one of the
most tireless workers on the Hill.
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Tongue Fillets.

Slice thin two small boiled tongues,
either calf or beef, and cut in slices
croSswise. Marinate for half an hour
In two tablespoonfuls each Of vinegar,
tomato catSup, and table sauce, then
drain and reserve the liquid. Dip in
cracker powder, In beaten egg. and
brown on both sides. Heat two table,
spoonfuls of butter in a double boiler
smooth one and one-half tablespoon
fuls of -four. stir in the reserved liquid,
half a cupful Of beef extract or stock,
and half cupful of pea pulp or toma-
to pulp, and bring to boil while STIR
ring constantly. Serve the tongue in
pastry shells or timbales and garnish
with sauce
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Fashions of Today
BY MARIE sHALMAR.
New Handbags.

New handbags are made of crocheted
straw, mounted in composition, some
times in wood. These frames are most
attractive. They are plain, uncarved,
but smooth as driftwood, sometimes I'M
stained just natural soft, light brown
or grayish color.
The tricolor, which seems to persist
through the Summer, is evident in
handbags. The red, white and blue
Of the French flag has given this COM
bination to the fashion woodland, OF
course, it fits in with the flag color Of
other countries. Tricolor bags are made
Of crocheted silk, in broad, vertical
bands. There are scarfs to match, the
center section Of white. with end
stripes Of the other colors. White, for
instance, for the middle section, with
red, white and blue band at each
end.
There are interesting bags with big
polka dots, too Made of silk crepe,
with scarfs to match. White, with big
dots of red or blue or yellow or green
and worn with dresses either Of white
or Of the color Of the dots.
Owners Of large urban estates in the
Philippines are selling parts Of their
holdings in order to avoid taxes on OBJ
solete buildings commanding low rents.
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IF I will have
to practice t h e
diplomacy that you
read a bout in
books" he said,
smiling, II don't
suppose I'll be very
successful. But If
it's a matter of
applying horse
sense as the best
way to approach
our international
problems, I i'm
agine I shall get
along all right"
Ambassador Edge
with Secretary
Mellon W a S in
trusted with the
task IF dealing
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Potato Chips.

Pare some white potatoes and cut them
crosswise into very thin slices. Cover
with cold salt water and leave for 90
minutes, then drain In q colander and
wipe with q towel. Drop one by one
taking care not to crowd the slices
into a generous amount Of hot lard and
remove as soon as they become a golden
brown. Drain on brown paper and
sprinkle with celery salt.
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fish. Perhaps they would give her q
chance to work on scenarios.
These are the notions most Of us
take away from school. It takes us a
year or so to realize the long road be-
tween knowing thing and getting a
job at it. Mildred, bright as she is, did
not know how to put any of this knowl-
edge Of hers to real use. Nobody at
school told her that. They sent her
out proud and flushed with high marks.
She made a list Of the movie studios
and went Systematically from one to
another until she had seen them all. In
each one she found the clerks courteous
and kind. None of the things you'd ex-
pect from foolish fiction happened. No
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Moths.

A housewife who has had IS years
experience living in hot climates says
that very effective moth exterminator
is just ordinary black pepper. Sprinkle
clothing and furs with light coating
of the pepper before putting the articles
away. No harm will then come to the
material so treated, as moths will not 60
near
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(Copyright, 193D.
Asparagus Fondu.

Scald one cupful Of milk in double
boiler. Pour it over one cupful Of soft
bread crumbs. Beat three egg yolks
slightly and add to the milk mixture,
together with one tablespoonful Of fat,
a good pinch Of salt and one and one
half cupfuls Of finely cut asparagus tips.
Fold in the stifiy beaten egg whites.
Pour into a creased baking dish. Place
in a pan of hot water and bake in
moderately hot oven for about 40 min
llteS
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N A T u r E , S
C. III IL ID r E N
BY LILLIAN cox ATHEY.
Illustrations by Mary Foley.

st LVI,
SCALE INSECTS.
Eaua;Iv CnccidaA

as LVI,
SCALE INSECTS.
Family Coccidae.
THIS insect is one of the most
dreaded visitors to our trees and
bushes from Europe. In 1870
Il many plants were imported
from China and were set out
on q large estate at San Jose, Calf.
The San Jose scale got its name this
way.
One mother scale can have, in a hot,
dry season, over 100000 descendants,
The tiny mites may be carried from
tree to tree by birds and insects, or
very often by the wind. This scale in
sect has spread rapidly all over the
country. Look at your trees. II you
see a scale on the bark looking like wet
wood ashes, get your spray gun ready
and use 1t.
Some Of the females lay eggs and
others give birth to their young. The
scale insect lives under house Of wax
during the Winter. The females never
leave their home once they are grown.
The baby scales have two wings, six
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according to the following dimensions:
AB-2334 inches: AC-1H inches; AID
--134 inches; EB-2 inches; ALL
inches: GLE inches: BH and Bib
Is inches; HI-3 inches; hi-3 inches;
IG-and ig-3 inches. Make curved
lines as indicated between G. and H and
q and h, and between H and E and h
and e. Make a slightly curved line
between d and F and between D and t.
The right side Of the pattern indi-
Gates the back and the left side the
front. Cut out the paper pattern and
cut two pieces precisely alike, one for
the right side of the garment and the
other for the left. Join the two pieces
together in French seams along the
two sides FG and the two pieces fg.
Then join with a French seam along
HG, hg. Heb on either side will be
the opening for the leg. This should
be finished with a narrow hem and
edged with lace If you like. Make
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A WASHINGTON DAYBOOK
BY HERBERT PLUMMER.

WHEN Walter Evans Edge was sworn
w in as American Ambassador to
France more than year ago, he an
nounced that he intended to apply
horse sense" to diplomacy when he
took over his most in Paris
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Simple Design for Enlargement
BY MARY MARSHALL.

hem or facing along the top and insert
q strip of elastic tape In 1t.
Step-ins Of this sort may be made
of crepe de chine or other soft silk ma.
terial. or Of soft. fine cotton.
The pattern as given here Is for an
average figure but 1t will be simple
matter to alter 1t for larger or smaller
figures. Simply begin by making the
whole pattern wider and somewhat
longer If necessary. Make Hi and HI
a little more than 3 inches and lib and
hb wider also.
(Copyright, 1880.
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Baked Fish.

Use white fish, such as haddock.
Bone it and spread the inside with
mustard. Dot with butter or buttered
crumbs Grease well, season and bake
in a hot oven for 30 minutes, or until
tender, basting frequently with the fat
In the pan.
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JOLLY POLLY
A Lesson in English
BY JOSEPH J. FRISCH.

L. B. HIN strict usage, were" not
was" is used after las it," thus: 1T
seems as If the tale were the biggest
part" 1T looks as If she were imitat-
ing him" There is a growing tend
ency on the part Of some writer's,
however, to use was" in such cases.
For a complete explanation Of all the
uses of was and were" send stamped
return envelope to Jolly Polly.
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with France on the Presidents plan
for war debt moratorium. 1t would
be interesting to know to what extent
Edge applied horse sense" In his con-
versations with the French.
Those in Washington who observed
him as Senator from New jersey and
a member Of the powerful Committee
on Finance are inclined to believe that
it played a big part.
The French appreciate this trait in
the American Ambassador. When he
was being talked Of as the successor
to Herrick, the French press empha-
sized the success of a newspaper man
in rising from modest beginnings to
high rank. They even used the good
old English phrase, "a self-made man"
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IOT I.eT III LIlOJLOIl
pictures. She had
pretty hair and fig
ure, SC perhaps she
could get q small
part. She could
speak French well;
perhaps she could
be an interpreter
in the foreign films.
She could type
write. Maybe she
could get an office
job. She had had
hinh v1,orLxc IN tyr