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Evening star., 1932-08-22

T HERE is such a thing as being
too ready to take a chance and
such thing as being too slow
i to take a chance. Those who
never take a chance never get
far in the Great World, for chance en-
terS into everything, in some degree at
least. The wise will avoid taking a
chance when there is no need, but will
not hesitate when the need is great,
for, after all it often happens that
what seems like chance is in reality
opportunity
Peter Rabbit, just inside hole un-
der Farmer Browns hen house, was in
a bad situation and he knew it. Just
outside were Flip the Terrier and
Bowser the Hound who had chased
him there. Inside was Robber the Rat,
the outcast, ugly and dangerous, doer
of evil deeds Against him Peter would
have no chance at all. He might not
attack. but Peter didn't like the way
in which he was sneaking around and
gradually getting nearer. Peter was
frightened, afraid to stay and afraid
to go.
He was close to that entrance hole
where he could peep out without him.
self being seen from the outside, Flir
the Terrier was still dancing about
Just outside and barking. Bowser the
Hound seemed to have lost interest
He sat down and scratched his head
He yawned. Presently he got up anc
began to walk away toward the farm
yard Out Of long experience he knew
the uselessneSs Of wasting time there
There waS no getting uncer that hen
house and no chance that Peter Rab,
bit would come out while they were
about. He said as much.
When you drive a Rabbit into
hole and there is no one around II
get him out for you, you may as vel
save your breath and go off," said he
Evening star., 1932-08-22
Exploring the Solar System.
THE PLANET PLUTO.

The PLANET PLUIO.
IL aboard for q trip around our
n solar systemi All aboard for
II Pluto. Saturn, Mars and other
4 i planets!
We climb aboard our trusty
rocket-you and I. We have supplied
ourselves with plenty Of food and water,
also With oxygen. We know that we
shall need oxygen because We shall pass
through millions Of miles of space in
which a person could not breathe.
New inventions have made our rocket
ship proof against loss of heat. That
is well, for space is very cold except
near the sun, the stars or some Of the
planets.
We set out first for very cold
planet-a place where your breath
would freeze If you tried to breathe on
its surface.
The name OF this far planet is Pluto,
and it was discovered only two years
ago. 1t was named after Pluto. the Ro-
man god of the dark underworld.
The planet Pluto is far. far away
more than 1000, 900 900 miles-but our
rocket goes as fast. as light
We do not care to land-what Is the
use Of freezing your breath If you don't
have to? Just the same, we look around
with great interest-using telescopes
which We have brought along.
Pluto goes around the sun at slow
Evening star., 1932-08-22
|DorothyDix
Shall We
Criticize
Our
Children?
Deplores
Our
Unintentiondl
Cruelty

greatest
govery of that
a its whole life
experience.
childhood fear OF criticism.
looked stood
pnes 10 Especially clclo
us
it. whole
parents public They made fame shame We literally
and outh bitter hopeless
being swallows
Intentionally children.
batting
chidrens
the
made aware able them.
NE problems parents trying to why their
~ at home School girls
spend their premises
their children to the
the comfortable homes
boarding
little apartment yet onook the plain The children
fleeing from parental criticism
result criticism
than girls boys
o those who do It,
Also knowing be picked on they
tell
their what they thinking doing
material possible
which to hang their structures DOROTHY
"- w 7 1920
Evening star., 1932-08-22
UNCLE RAYS CORNER

rate, as compared with other planets
If we call each trip around the sun "ons
year." the year of Pluto lasts as long a.
$50 Of the years we count on earth. 4
man one-half year old on Pluto woulo
be as old as q man l25 years old on the
earth!
There are no people on Pluto-that
we can safely say. A man on the
planet would feel worse than South
Sea islander at the North Pole. In fact,
he would not "feel' for more than .
second or two-he would be frozen sond.
We look toward the sun! How small
it looks! Hardly as large as a yellow
plum!
Pluto Is about the same size as the
earth. 1t is the farthest planet now
known. Possibly there Is another planet
Evening star., 1932-08-22

about the weather, and then speak fur
ther or not, according to the manner
of her reply.
Dear Mrs. Postr-Your answer to the
question in this paper recently: Isn't
it ill-bred to ask ones age?" prompts
me to ask your help in answering this:
When are you going to be married?"
This question is asked so many girls,
whose friends are practically all mar
ried or engaged have always found it
embarrassing and not little irritat-
ing"
Answer-I agree with you, but what
to do about it I do not know! I re-
member one of the great beauties Of
my day (as long ago as that wrote
on the picture side of locket, mo. I
am not engaged to Freddy" And
when the inevitable question was asked
she turned the locket. But this Is not
etiquette!
Evening star., 1932-08-22

forth fine streams of vile-smelling musk,
which floats into the air. For miles
about, those who are gator" wise know
the old patriarch is shooting OH
steam"
Alligators fear only man, and IL cor
nered, gut up brave fight. II you can
catch hold of the tip of snout, when
the Jaws are closed, you can manage
one. But remember, when once those
mighty hinged jaws, filled with sharp
cruel teeth, are open, they crash to-
gether with a loud noise and the VIC
tim is crushed between them.
Because the alligator has such short
neck, the whole body curves IN DOW
fashion. He makes side-swipe with
his tail as he goes for his enemy, and
this often sweeps the victim into the
open mouth or brakes his bones. In
the water alligators are very quick and
/ active, and nothing disturbeS them SO
much as to have human beings IN the
same swimming hole"
Easking in the sunshine is their IA
vorite outdoor sport. If you approach
their playground, they amble aWkWaroly
! to the water and tumble in.
| For large creatures they have very
small eyes. After they become used to
YOU, they blink them in your face, and
10 OH lOOklIle llltO SpdSC'
Their apeptite is enormous, but they
can fast 1t is water they must have.
Fish, toads, mammals and birds supply
| them with food and along the marshes
many water fowls are caught. When
| they get something too large to swallow
whole. they shake it to pieces, then con-
sumo the food leisurely as they go about
picking the scattered pieces that often
| are Is feet away. If the hunting is
done in the water, they drag it down
| into the deep water to kill it. On the
return to the surface the head Is raised
and the food is swallowed with gulp.
! The alligator mother constructs a
nest in the sand, and in 1t places a
great number of eggs. They are the
shape of hens egg. but longer. Those
laid in August hatch in September or
October. The baby gators are black
or brown. with bright yellow cross
! bands, which fade as they grow older.
The little fellows are usually 8 inches
long and weigh Il ounces. When one
| year old, they are 10 inches long, If the
! food supply has been abundant, and
weigh 10 ounces The old timers grow
TO be and sometimes 10 feet long.
They live to ripe old age and get more
cross each year.
Thousands have been killed, and the
hides used for making pocketbooks,
travelling bags and shoes. There is a
| law now protecting the alligator which
was becoming scarce because of indiS-
criminate shooting.
Copyright, 1922
Evening star., 1932-08-22

contrasting color other than white. The
quilted pads come In white only, but II
the rugmaker wishes, she can easily dye
it to suit any preferred color scheme.
The cherry tree design for applique
can be developed in checked red and
white gingham, or in red polka-dot tex
tile for the tree top. 1t is cut in one
triangular piece. The tree trunk, also
cut in one piece, should be of brown or
some wood tone and the sloping lawn
talso one piece should be in some
shade of green. The colors should
match those in the quilt, whatever they
are. As will be seen but three pieces
are needed for the applique forming a
complete cherry tree.
A pattern with directions for the
cherry tree in pieced and applique
patchwork can be had for 10 cents
(please send COIN and self-addreSSed
and stamped envelope. Direct request
to Lydia LIE Baron Walker, care of this
paper. Patterns for the quilt blocks
are 10 cents each and a self-addressed
ana stamped envelope. Four designs
are used in the quilt, of which the
cherry tree is one.
Arrange the trees with tops toward
edge of rug and trunks toward center.
Basic the turned-in edges and run them
down through the quilted foundation,
as this accents the indented stitchery,
characteristic of quilting
Following the old Persian use of
quilted rugs, bath mats are recon-
mended for their softness and alb
sorbent quality. Make them as de-
scribed. Here is a fine idea for a
Christmas gift, or for bazaar to which
one wants to send in something distinc-
tive, quickly made and inexpensive. yet
for which good sum can be realized.
ANY color scheme can be used for these
quaint rugs, but the tops should always
suggest cherries in colored squares.
polka dots or sprigged textiles. the last
giving the impression of the tree in
blossom. rather than full of clustered
fruit.
Copyright, 1922
Evening star., 1932-08-22
My Neighbor Says:

When applying a liniment. in
stead Of filling ones hand with
liniment and slapping it on the
patients skin, the proper method
is to remove the cork and. care
fully pouring away from the
label side of the bottle (to save
it from being stained), pour a
small quantity Of the liniment
directly upon the affected area.
Then, with firm. but gentle pres
sure and a smooth circular move
ment. the liniment should be
rubbed into the skin until it is
absorbed.
One-fourth cup of bread
crumbs and two tablespoonfuls of
water added to each pound of
meat when preparing hamburg
steak make much lighter mix
ture. For seasoning use one tea
spoonful salt, one-ouarter tea
spoonful pepper and one-half
teaspoonful onion juice to each
pound Of meat.
Copyright, l!32)
Evening star., 1932-08-22
Scalloped Potatoes.

Two hard-boiled eggs. two cups diced
cooked potatoes, one-half cup minced
ham, one and half cups white sauce,
three-quarter cup bread crumbs, one
tablespoon butter. Slice the eggs and
arrange in a baking dish in alternate
layers with the diced potatoes. Sprin-
kle each layer with minced ham ana
cover with white sauce. Sprinkle the
top with crumbs, DOT with butter and
bake in a moderate oven until the
crumbs are brown. One-haf cup OF
grated cheese may be substituted for
the minced ham.
Evening star., 1932-08-22

TH HE quilted rug is one of the very
latest to be revived. To the un-
initiated this style Of rug seems
of modern invention, but this Is
far from the case. In ancient
Persia there were quilted prayer rugs
and bath mats. The few which are
eXtant are in museums and private COL
lections. The stitchery on them is ex-
Quisite and the colors so artistic that
they are JOY to the eye.
Modern quilted rugs can scarcely
claim the distinction of these rare old
specimens, although they can have a
like charm. For the rugmaker of today
one great element in favor Of these
modern quilted rugs is that they take
so little time to make. A few hours
can see one completed. This is when
the foundation is bought ready quilted
and the decorations are in applique.
Even when the rugmaker does her own
quilting as well as sewing on the ap-
pliqued motifs, the time required for
making q rug is very little.
The simplest method Is to purchase a
quilted pad such as comes for baby's
crib It Is bound as we'll as quilted and
heavy enough to lie fat on the floor.
Cut the motifs from different colored
textiles, cotton or linen, and turn in
edges. BaSte and fell these motifs
down in correct positions on this foun-
dation and the rug is done.
When a quilted coverlet is used on a
bed, an interesting novelty is to have
one Of these soft rugs made to match
the quilt. Position it by the bedside
and the ensemble is smart and unusual
as we'll as practical Those who are
making the washington anniversary
in, fIfc PiaopfanvioI will 1ynI
this bedside rug a delightful accom-
panying accessory. Use the cherry tree
patchwork design and develop it in ap-
plique for a border on a ready-made
quilted foundation, or make 1t in pieced
patchwork as border around a plain
textile after being quilted. If made in
the latter way the center can be OF a
Evening star., 1932-08-22

that she would
like to talk to me,
too. But our Gus
toms do not allow
me to talk to her
before being intro
duced. Will you
please tell me
whether it is good
etiquette to talk
to her or not?"
Answer - Ques-
tions such as this
are impossible to
answer definitely,
because they are
not concerned with
C on ven tion. 1t
would seem, how
ever, t b a t you
,,,iohf cafpIv cnPqk
Evening star., 1932-08-22
DLD ASAL NJ O1OAOALO W. Burgess.

THAT is what am going to do now"
And he did.
Flip stopped barking and stood still,
looking after Bowser, his back to the
hole He was undecided what to do.
Should he 60 with Bowser or stay
and keep Peter prisoner under that
hen house? He knew he couldn't get
Evening star., 1932-08-22
MENU FOR A DAY.

BREAKFAST
Orange Juice, Dry Cereal,
Top Milk,
French Toast with Bacon
Coffee.
LUNCHEON
Salmon Souf1e, Potato Cakes,
Fruit Salad,
Cookies, Tea.
DINNER
Julienne Soup, Hamburg Steak,
Brown Gravy, Macaroni,
Green Beans,
Tomato Salad, French Dressing,
Fruit Gelatin Coffee.
TOAST WITH BACON.
FRY three slices bacon until
slightly brown. but not crisp.
Remove to platter. Make batter
Of one egg, one tablespoon sugar,
two rounding tablespoons -four,
one-quarter teaspoon salt and
one-half cup milk. Beat well
with eggbeater. Cut four slices
of bread in half, dip in batter
and fry in bacon fat until nicely
Drowned. Serve hot with butter
or sirup.
SALMON . sSOUFFLE.
Three tablespoons butter, one
half cup milk, one teaspoon salt,
three tablespoons flour, three
eggs, one cup salmon, one pinch
cayenne pepper. Mix butter,
-four, milk, pepper, salt, together
and cook as for white sauce, then
remove to back of stove and add
beaten yolks and salmon. Fold
in beaten whites of eggs, put in
buttered dish. Bake one-han
hour.
JULIENNE SOUP.
To one quart brown soup stock,
cleared, add one tablespoon
cooked green peas and one-quar-
ter cup each carrot and turnip
| (cut In thin strips one and half
lnches), cooked In boiling salted
water until soft.
(Copyright, 1s32)
Evening star., 1932-08-22
N A T u II E. S
C. IL ID r E n
BY LILLIAN COX ATHEY.
ALLIGATOR. A
A, Mississippiensis.

n. NIISSISSIPpiCkhslss
~ OWN in the glades and the
swamps of the South you can
hear an old great-grandfather
~ alligator voice his sentiments.
The "grunt" is SO loud 1t has
been taken for the mooing of a COW.
Should you be close to the performer,
it reminds you of thunder or great
bass drum. If perchance his feelings
have been badly hurt, he opens his
scent glands under his chin, and sends
Evening star., 1932-08-22

Mrs. Norrie Of Aberdeen, Scotland,
who has just celebrated her 10lst birth
day anniversary, worked as weaver
until she was 10 years old.
Evening star., 1932-08-22
Good Taste Today
BY EMILY POST,
Famous Authority on Etiquette.
Man and Girl.

Man and Girl.
III EAR MRS. POST am a
~ foreigner and came to
America to study. I take
~ q walk almost every eve
ming through the park and
always meet a young lady. Sometimes
she is walking and sometimes sitting on
a bench. 1 do not know here and she
does not know me. but it seems to me
Evening star., 1932-08-22

Women in England buy an average Of
eight pairs Of gloves a year.
Evening star., 1932-08-22
Peter Takes His Chance.

Who never takes a chance you'll ind
To opportunity is blind.
Peter Rabbit.
Evening star., 1932-08-22

APPLIQUE MATCH
WASHINGTON ANNIVERSARY QUILT INSERT AT LOWEf
SPRIGGED
Evening star., 1932-08-22

ONE-HALF YEAR OLD ON PLUTO.
THE YEAR OF PLUTO EQUALS
$50 OF THE YEARS WE COUNT
ON EARTH.
beyond Pluto: but we must wait for
time to tell us about that.
After gazing at Pluto again, We feel
more certain than ever that we do not
want to settle there. We turn our rocket
ship in the direction of Neptune. a much
larger planet.
(For Science" section of your scrap
book. UNCLE RAY.
Evening star., 1932-05-20

planks similar to those that made "the
great issue" then.
Cleveland, standing on the Demo-
cratic platform, pledging reduction OF
the high tariffs enacted during Har-
rison's term, defeated Harrison, VINO
sought reelection as an advocate OF
protection.
Depression of 1893.
Cleveland found himself In the
famous depression of 1893, the business
slump being the main front page news
Of the time. Cleveland stood Tor golo'
but the Democrats decided to PACK
BRYAN and silver in the 1896 campaign.
Mckinley. the Republicans choice.
was known as the Napoleon OF
Tariff" and he supported gold.
Leader of the preconvention fight
for Mckinley in Illinois was none
other than Charles Gates Dawes, young
business man of Evanston, who was
later to become the Hell and Maria
director of the budget, Vice PRESIDENT
Of the United States and Ampassaoor
to the Court of St. James.
Samuel Gompers was just beginning
to hit his stride as an organizer OF
labor, and lady bicyclists had tool Kits
mounted in silver.
Bicycles in Parades.
Mckinley and Bryan bicyclists car
ried fi2mbeaus and red, white and blue
lights in night parades, trolley cars
were embellished for pageant pur-
poses.
In many stanch Republican house
holds the popular inscription, There
is no place like home" was supplanted
by patriotism, protection and pros
Evening star., 1932-05-20

says development of preventive medicine
will have fewer obstacles to race than
did many methods of practice adopted
In the last so years.
Average public intelligence has in
creased, superstition has steadily been
erased, and public health education has
blasted away many careless methoos
of the past, he says He cites handling
OF the public milk supply in most mod
ern cities as notable evidence.
when Napoleon retreated from MOS
COW, typhus killed his men by hun
dreds," DR.. Mayo says. "In our own
Civil War, the Northern armies lest
5000 by disease and $4,000 in action
No country has been spared its periods
of pestilence, and such diseases re-
spected neither those In palaces nor
In novels.
ION December 81, 1920, 102 Pilgrims
landed at Plymouth and by the end Of
March, 1921, A were dead of epidemic
disease. With lack of scientific con-
troll 1t Is not strange that plaques were
blamed on black magic and the evil
curse of witches"
I'VE have learned from science where
our foes are encamped and we can, by
cooperation, control to large extent
their devastating spread. We can pro-
tect not only man but orchards, grain,
flowers, cattle, hogs. sheep and horses.
What remains to be done is to make
use of our knowledge"
Evening star., 1932-05-20
Picking the Presidents
William Jennings Bryan Rode to Political Fame in
1896 on Free Silver Issue, but Was Unable
to Defeat William Mckinley.

Gratis. and the Republicans. under the
expert guidance of Mark Hanna, NOM
mated William Mckinley on a gold
standard plank. Mckinley won easily
in the electoral vote, but the popular
vote was close.
The Great Commoner," lambasting
corporate greed" before large audi
ences, hung up record of "a speeches
in "a hours. Even the less strenuous
Mckinley, inaugurating the front
porch" campaign style, made a total
OF 214 speeches. His high mark for a
day was 81.
Four years before Bryan entered so
strongly into the national political pic
ture, Honest Grover" Cleveland had
emerged from retirement to re-enter
the White House. Cleveland had been
defeated in 1888 by Benjamin Harri-
son, only to stage a successful come
back in the 1892 campaign.
Tariff Issue.
The tariff issue stood out in 1892
and the Democratic and Republican
platforms of this year may carry tariff
Evening star., 1932-05-20
DR.. MAYO PREDICTS
new MEDICAL ERA
Believes Many Diseases Will
Be Eradicated by Pre-
ventive Practice.
ny the Associated Press.

ny the Associated PresS.
ROCHESTER, Mimi, May 90
Development of preventive medicine IN
the next so years will equal or better
the progress medical science has made
In the last half century, DR.. Charles
w. Mayo believes.
And this progress In the last so
years is regarded by the famed Mime
sofa doctor as the greatest in civiliza-
lions history.
Protection against disease has be-
come feasible in so manv fields that
there Is little excuse ;or the continued
existence of some diseases, he says.
Simple steps he points out, can now be
taken to prevent epidemics which IN
past centuries wiped out whcie armies
within short periods.
DR.. Mayo, who with his brother. Will.
has become world famous as surgeon
Evening star., 1932-05-20

Thirty-six years have passed since a
young man In a black cutaway coat
with a mop Of hair hanging over his
collar stood in a stuffy little 81 room
in a farmers hotel in Chicago and
shook hands with a multitude Of free
silver" enthusiasts.
That silver issue carried that young
man-William Jennings Bryan-to po-
litical fame and almost to the presi-
dency.
Next month in Chicago the two
parties in convention may recall
Bryan's famous wordS-wordS that
made 10000 convention listeners back
in 1896 sit spellbound as the last
period fell from his lips: you shall
not press down upon the brow Of labor
this crown of thorns; you shall not
cruelty mankind upon a cross OF gold.
Bryan was nominated by the Demo-
Evening star., 1932-05-20

perity." When Bryan spoke at Mar
tinsburg, w. Va. he was escorted by
ra cavalcade Of Southern horsemen who
gave the rebel yell"
Mckinley, wearing high silk hat and
frock coat, sat in rocking chair on
his porch the day after election and
smiled graciously at the plaudits Of
his supporters" Frightened by the
date horse that drew the Mckinley
carriage ran away.
Bryan. seeming little fatigued by his
strenuous campaign, said, THE fight
had just begun"
Evening star., 1932-05-20

When more than 1000 dancers attend
ed the Strathspey, Scotland. carnival,
held recently in large distillery gran
airy, the first special train ever run to a
highland ball had to be requisitioned.
Evening star., 1932-05-20
HOOVER TO SEND MESSAGE
Will Greet Yeshiva College Glass,
First of Kind In q. 9.

President Hoover viii send q mes
sage of greetings to the Yeshivs Col
lege Of New York upon the occasion OF
its graduation exercises, June Is.
Assurance of this was given yester-
day when Dean s. r. Safr and Rev. DR..
Bernard Drachman of the college fac
ulty, accompanied by Rabbi Simon Of
this city, called at the White House.
1t was explained that this graduation
class on June 16 would be the first one
to receive B. A. and B. S. degrees from
university in this country sponsored
entirely by Hebrews.
Glasgow, Scotland. Is segregating its
male and female prisoners into separate
prisons
Evening star., 1932-05-20

(This is the fourth OF series OF
articles describing national political
conventions and campaigns OF the
p1st)
Evening star., 1932-05-20

ANYONE who gives little thought
to non-skid safety must quickly con-
clude that there are only two kinds
of tire treads.
One has straight, smooth, sled-runner
ribs of rubber where the tire contacts
the road.
The other has tough, stout, sharp
edged, sure biting traction blocks in
the center of the tread.
Virtually all tires fit the first de-
scription and the one important
exception is the Goodyear AL Weather
Tread.
1t is interesting to note in this con-
nection that more people ride on
Evening star., 1932-05-20

Goodyear after its tread
center has yorn smooth in use.
And judging from aver
age driving experience,
Goodyear All-Weather
Tread Tires keep their
clean-cut center traction
their non-skid safety for
Evening star., 1932-05-20

GOODYEAR Tires than on any other kind.
lHEY must find by experience that
center traction makes Goodyear Tires
safer - but you might like to ask
show much?"
The answer, as nearly as we can figure
about 10000 miles,
A new tire with smooth rubber in the
center of the tread is no safer than