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Smyrna times., 1932-06-01

What regiment of engineers is
surveying the proposed Nicaraguan
canal?
Who is the assistant secretary of
war?
What is General Ely's first namei
When does the next army trans
port sail and how many troops will
she carry?
Here's a Puzzler.
How long will it take a transport
sailing from New York to arrive at
Manila and how many stops are
there?
What division in the World war
was the first to enter the lines as
a whole unit?
Where can locate copy of the
Army and Navy Register in New
York?
When was the present cut of the
military uniform authorized by law!
What is the present ration for en-
listed men per day? When was 1t
highest? When was it lowest?
How can my son get an appoint
ment to the United States Military
academy?
What is the strength OF the army?
What is the pay?
What is the insignia of the camOu-
f1age corps?
What are the requirements for a
candidate for the air corps school?
Where can 1 get a list of all the
army posts in the United States?
Is a major general higher than a
lieutenant general?
Is retired officer entitled to have
his laundry done at the army base?
How can 1 secure a copy of an
honorable discharge that was
burned?
Where should l go to report a
deserter from the army?
Whom should 1 see about a firing
squad for a former soldier?
When you display the American
flag at half staff, should the com
pany flag also be at half staff?
What is the uniform size for g
flag to be flown at the top of a
building?
1 want my son discharged from
the army; how should I go about it?
Can a soldier travel on the rail-
road for one cent a mile?
Where's John Smith,
Where is John Smith stationed
now? l think he is a lieutenant or
colonel.
What is the name of the military
attache in Berlin?
When can I enter a sealed bid for
medical instruments?
Who is the supervisor of the har-
Dor of New York?
How many gold star mothers made
the pilgrimage to Europe?
How many air ambulances are
there in the army?
Can a soldier enter Mexico in
uniform?
In order to answer these Ques-
tions promptly the information clerk
must know his army. The major
ity of the questions asked are an
swered Immediately, without con
sulting sources. for it is the pride
of the army information service that
its personnel shall be well in
formed Frequently, however, some
seeker after knowledge of things
military will present a poser.
Then the information clerk must
consult files both current and an
cient. or even in rare instances, re
sort to calling upon some bureau of
the War department in Washington
for the information desired. Once
a question is asked, however, the
army information does not put 1t
aside until 1t has been answered.
Smyrna times., 1932-06-01
b,,,.d Meaning Of Names

! nlnlng Of words is always
b. md one reason for this Is
. We adopt a word from an
! nsusge and incorporate 1t
! Tl giving a different inter
III 10 It's meaning. This word
b used 50 universally In
ksn example Of this. The
/ word temps, means time.
4 be parts or divisions Of mu-
! nS but We do not use
b G tempo in that sense.
b b the Germans. Their
b vie worker" means, the
! Fna the former speed Of
II not the division Of notes.
Smyrna times., 1932-06-01
Trash Worth $1,000 a Year

Memphis. Tenn.-Trash piles care
fully saved at Memphis jewelry
factory. the largest in the South
net the company $1,000 annually IL
gold and silver recovered, the mana
ger explained.
Smyrna times., 1932-06-01
Will Gixes Mourners Feat

Swansea, Wales.-Morgan Curtiss
provided In his will for a hotel BAN
quet to mourners who attended his
funeral.
Smyrna times., 1932-06-01

IT, pea season in the is
= d the state which il
4, this season, due to
.,,+ssr, will be on next week
! saIy one cannery' how
s,sIrg peas in seaford sec-
! !, heated at Bridgeville
snt,d by H. ?. Cannon ana
n, aid this firm will put
L. $1,000 cases Of peas this
nj, firm gives employ
n, large number Of hands
j. god money while the
sln.
Smyrna times., 1932-06-01

n the National
rsn'l. ~ for the fiscal year
i Delaware a, u INC eonita, ac-
y > |, statement recently is
= sgurss were based on
.l'.,, y made by the Bureau
'sI'l,n and upon the 1880
,..,,dipg - to this census
b !, . population Of 2sS'-
Smyrna times., 1932-06-01

Allen Johnson q
dHss,, s.. . issued invita-
lass s.rriage Of their
b BE- .ia la,'S Esther, to Mr..
s Vrs,,'.p a,aI Of Miami, Fla
lfan,I giiI take place Wed
4b'ly ,sis. ", At four o'clock
June l't-' : q. Anne's P. E.
Smyrna times., 1932-06-01
'''sa1zA NEWS
.y' !. I''a, ,ss q Around s"pSI'
{r.. .i',.a1a p a'1a Towns
|. Or EXCHANGES

u,.tv Of Penna., has J
fta .,-,s Of land located
ssia '',ss l,'5r from McDon-
mi Penn
Evening star., 1932-09-24
The Will to Be Blind.

- ONE admiring, oh. yeh? reader
wrote in to inquire whether I
had been crossed in love or
~ cheated out Of my inheritance.
She thought there must be some
thing that had soured my outlook on
life. No. no, I just spent 10 years at
the general practice of medicine, fam
lily dOCtOring.
One of my early patients had a
Coles fracture-the familiar break of
the forearm bone Just above the er wristi sd
then broke the sad news that / re-
uuired S25 as my fee. To this the pa
tient demurred. He opined ten bucks
was pIenty I called his attention to
the perfect functional result and the
short period of disability and all that.
But he was quite firm that ten berries
was suficient for hay for my horse.
NV goodness that would buy enough
hay to run the horse for a month OF
more. Besides, wasn't I just young
doctor and didn't I make my money
easily? But I still argued that some
of the old doctors might have kept the
arm in splints two weeks longer and
left it 20 degrees sitter and still asked
as much as l did for the job So finally
the patient settled the argument by
showing me that the wrist was per-
cep.ibly thicker than, the uninjured
one. which proved that my repair work
was a shade less beautiful than the
Creators original sculpture-so we had
, to settled for $18.75.
Cataract patients-not my patients,
wouldn't know what to do with q
cataract patient In any case-often re-
mind me Of the frac0re patient who
Evening star., 1932-09-24
PERSONAL HEALTH SERVICE
BY WILLIAM BRADY, M. ID.

was not satisfied with my job. They
write in to tell me all about it and
how some friend knows a man who
once heard of miraculous cure of
cataract after all the doctors had given
the victim up as hopelessly blind . 4.
and even if one should have the opera
ton the doctor advises. isn't it true the
patient has to wear strong spectacles
in order to see well?
Yes, 1t Is true. When you remove
the crystalline lens from the eye, you
can't expect the eye to FUNCTION rs sat t.
take the place of the natural one you
have discarded.
Patients operated on for cataract
after the older method which Is still
used by many eye surgeons In this
country must wear not only strong
spherical lenses, but usually cylindrical
lenses, too, to correct the astigmatism
due to the distortion of the cornea by
the scar of the incision. Patients OPP
Grated on after the Smith Indian meth
cd, which is used by many of the more
progressive oculists, often do not re-
quire the cylindrical lenses because
there is little or no astigmatism left
by the Smith incision, but all must put
on their strong spherical lenses when
they wish to read or do close work in
comfort.
This is a pretty poor excuse for post
poning or avoiding cataract opera
ton, however. 1t is too much like the
attitude Of nv Coles fracture pa
tient It is unpleasant to realize it, but
there are people who rather like to be
helpless, dependent and recipients OF
pity, when they might regain their In
dependence and seN respect.
Evening star., 1932-09-24
Everyday Psychology
BY DR.. JESSE ". sPROWLs.

There are two kinds of thieves
those who steal because they want
something, and those who steal be-
cause they can't help it. The former
type of thief is we'll known. There are
ways Of detecting him because his mind
is usually an open book. There is
something normal about the person
who steals for the sake of gain.
Thieves of the second class are rela-
lively unknown persons. They possess
mental traits that are not found in
the average mind. So they are said
to be abnormal, and are treated now
adays as sick persons rather than
criminals. They are called pathology
cal thieves.
The queer thing about pathological
thieves is the fact that they can't give
any reason why they do their stealing
If they have a motive. that motive is
tucked away SO completely in their un-
conscious minds that all they can say
is, Il didn't steal"
That sort of answer, along with an
innocent expression, is the thing that
puzzles their accusers With a per-
fectly open face they unblushingly
offer one misstatement after another,
apparently unaware of all inconsistent
cieS
Evening star., 1932-09-24

carved and also painted styles ol

carved and also painted styles Of
reaG-board- -and-knife sets, etc.
There are also many articles which
l-:tchcn d0co-rt:on. ano which are de-
cided additions when the room is Nlso
dining room. For example bright
colored curtains can have applique
trimming of fruits or special orna.
1ts. Hot dish holders can be OF
rather coarse canvas quickly covered
with cross ctitch embroidery. A win
COW sill can have pots of herbs such
as mint parsley, sweet marjoranls. etc,
to spDply their decorative elements as
well as eod ze@t to cookery.
1t should be the home decorators OBJ
:ect to MAKE the useful articles con-
tribute to the decoration and at the
-2me tine feature the duplex room. In
the kitchen pictured. the decoi ative
stitchery on curtains and other tex
tiles is of the Dish Ran Away With the
Spoon design The pattein with direc-
tions is 10 cents with lf-addreSsed
cnd S 2irpcd envc,cpo with request di-
re-ted to Lvtia LIE Baron Walker. care
CT this paper. TIE dish and the spoon
cre in applique il a color contrasting
with the founicticl. Cut the bowl of
tie spoon anc also the dish from the
ceccnhary textile. Baste to formation
crd run Gown with outline stitches.
ch s-e also used to complete the
sim~le and easy stitchery which proves
so decoratively effective.
copyright. 1880
Evening star., 1932-09-24
N A T u r E S
CHI IL d r E N
BY LILLIAN cox ATHEY.

Ladybird Beetle.
"Ladyblrd. Ladyblrd, fly away home!
Your house is on fire, your children
will burn"
A ND would you believe it, she has
~ no house to burn and her chill
~ dren are SO busily engaged in
4 \ lessening the hordes of plant
lice, also known as ants cows,
they would not pay any attention to a
fire alarm in fact they don't even have
ears to hear one.
Ladybirds are our most important
friends in the insect world In fact,
we even send them through the mail in
large capsules, when a special need
demands it. At night, one creeps under
leaf and sleeps until daybreak, when
she is to be seen racing about hither
and yon, placing her children in most
advantageous spots.
She is a tidy soul, and takes much
time at her toilet. Not speck of
dust will she tolerate on her legs. She
bites off every grain from the front
ones and rubs the hind ones against
each other Besides having six very
efficient black legs to get her about,
she is also provided with strong
wings. They are protected by outer
wing cases.
In her hurry to get going in the
morning or after flight, you must
have noticed that she forgot to tuck
the tips of her wings in neatly. 1t
looks as If her "nightie" was sticking
out from under the covers.
Disturb this busy woman and she
appears to drop dead at your feet;
Here she remains on her back until
she decides all danger is past. Then
her legs work SO fast that they soon
have her right side up, and she goes
merrily on her way.
In the early Spring. you will see
ladybirds creeping from their hiding
place under the bark or trash. Here
the mother shows that she knows just
where fine healthy aphids are pump
ing the life out of our plants. In
few days her eggs will hatch-and
what queer looking black babies they
are. They have orange or red dots on
them. and on each segment there are
six warts. The six wooden-like legs
hold them firmly to stem. Are they
hungry? You never saw such raw
enous appetites. The aphidS, too bus
lily engaged to pay any attention to
danger, are furnishing meat and drink
to the ladybirds children.
After feasting and outgrowing tight
garments for several days, the con-
sumer strollS about, seeking a quiet
place in which to hang himself by the
Evening star., 1932-09-24
MILADY BEAUTIFUL
answer in your column for me? I would
BY LOIS LEEDS.

answer in your column for me? I would
like to know what Is a good mixture Tor
a hair-waving lot. on, I would like to
set my hair IN m nnEes ger wave wave ,nfornaH oanN
tion, and wishing you every success with
your good work. JEANNE.
Answer-Several good recipes for
homemade curling lotions have been
published from time to time in my
beauty column; probably you have
missed them. Here are two favorites
that many of my readers have found
helpful. One-half ounce ounce seed or
fax seed. one pint distilled water, one
and one-half ounces alcohol or cologne
water, two ounces rosewater. Boil the
seed and water slowly in double boiler
until the liquid is reduced to one-half
pint. Strain through cheese cloth,
then add to the resulting mucilage the
other ingredients. More rosewater may
be added If the mixture seems too thick,
until the desired consistency is obtained.
Lotion 20 Gum arabic, one dram (or
gum tragacanth, one dram); glycerin,
one teaSpoonful; borate of soda, one tea
spoonful; rosewater, one pint. Dissolve
the gum In hot water, add the glycerin
and soda to the rosewater. Then mix
the two solutions together thoroughly.
Place in large bottle and saturate the
hair thoroughly with the lotion before
putting in the finger wave. There are
several other good homemade curling
lotions but I think you will find either
of the above two suitable. Or you may
buy good curling lotion ready pre-
pared from any drug store cosmetic
counter or hairdresSer's, II you wish.
Thank you for your good wishes.
LOIS LEEDS.
No S. A. S. E.
Bright Eyes, Thank You. Me and
Worried-Please watch for my talk on
The beauty problem that you refer to.
In the meantime send me self
addressed, stamped envelope and ask for
my leaflets on beauty exercises and re-
ducing the lower limbs. The exercises
that you need are given in detail I
have not the space to give them in de-
tail at this time. You need to build
firm. supple muscles by regular daily
exercise. LOIS LEEDS.
(Copyrisht, 1882
Evening star., 1932-09-24
Z \
TINE kitchen has been occupying

THE kitchen has been occupying
a central place in schemes for
decorative irte-icrs for many
CT Our g-o~d:no -h-r-, fli in
many ins lnCeS Of grC '+-o~' 1(mOth-
ers. since his room has been so promi-
nently fea ured. Then the kit~hen was
both living room ana Kitchen. and the
one, of course, but with the kit,hen so
warm in Winter. and usually cool in
summer since the stove was releg2ted
to some outer kitchen, the room held
its cwn in all sea-ons.
Today the kitchen does coutla Cuty
almost as oftcn as in tho,e "a. {. l.
is merely that nowadays thu doLbl:ng
is with the dining room 1t may be
that the room is the lave Win the
kitchen as side element. or 1t NAV be
the kitchen has for its size feature a
dinette. or dining room atnc-nnere i'll
troouced. Therefore today the deco
rations combine dining room and
kitchen rather than ki, hel and liV-
ing room. and there my be no sep
arate kitchen or dining room.
There are SO man. o.ct-nctly nece5-
sary articles which can b rla|e orna-
mei1tal that eXtran"Cus thing co no.
have to he inc,uIed. Gcrc o. these
things come ready ID u-e, IS il
stanced in the reilly artistic painted
sets of tin containers. The-e are many
degrees finer, decoratively, than the
enameled tins in fat tones. There are
Evening star., 1932-09-24
LITTLE BENNY
BY LEE rAPE.
ny LEE rAPI.
The Weakly Eews.

Weather Yes.
SISSIETY PAGE.
Mr.. Per4y WeeVer announces he l
mad at so many Of the fellows that he
has decided to have general revendge
by not having any party on his berth
day.
Miss Maud Jonson's grandmother Is
enjoying a site cold as a result Of go
ing around without any stockings and
not being use to 1t.
FREE MEDICAL ADVICE.
BY DIR. b. Potts, eskwire.
Deer doctor, I often feel sick at the
thawt of going to school and things but
never at the thawt of going to pick
hicks and things. What's that?
Answer: A sine of helth.
POME BY SKINNY MARTIN.
A Swell Life.
The pleeceman raises up one hand
And all the traffick stops.
But I'm pritty fairly satisfied,
But envy trafick cops.
SHORT STORY BY
LEROY SHOOSTER.
The Young King.
ct don't want to take my medicine"
yelled the young king.
Now king" said the royal doctor,
you're ony I years old and you're only
human after all as far as your helth
is conserned, you got to admit"
well I'm king just a same and that
makes my werd law and I wont take
it," yelled the young king.
Wich he didn't, and he grew up to
be a champeen wresseler, boxer, SWIM
mer and base ball player.
The end.
Evening star., 1932-09-24

u lIlc SItcIl MtdUUNO. GUIIltS
Of a family famous for wit
and cunning. This also is true Of
Lightfoot the Deer and his family.
as cunning and clever as Reddy, and
there are times when Mrs. Lghtfoot is
even more cunning
cunning Yes, sir she had need of
every bit of cunning she possessed
She had precious secret to keep from
certain hungry people who, if they sus-
pected it. would do their best to find
it out. She knew that one already
suspected it, and that one was Reddy
Fox. She knew that he suspected that
she had babies carefully hidden in a
thicket in the Green Forest and that
although she had driven him away
once he would return. She suspected
that when he did return Mrs. Reddy
would be with him. They would be
very cunning in their efforts to find
those precious babies and she must
be just as cunning in keeping her
secret.
To begin with, she had each Of those
little fawns move to another part of
the thicket which was their home.
There they crouched with their necks
stretched out along the ground and
their ears laid back Lying motionless
they might readily be mistaken for
two small logs on which the sunlight
or moonlight, as the case might be,
broken by the leafy branches. made
little spots. In reality they were the
white spots of the little coats.
Then Mrs. Lightfoot went to another
thicket not too far away, yet not too
near, and there she browsed or lay
down and chewed her cud, but always
with nose, ears and eyes on guard. 1t
was there that Reddy and Mrs Reddy
found her They discovered her be-
fore she did them and for while they
watched and noted that she never went
far from certain spot in that thicket.
Reddy and Mrs. Reddy looked at each
other knowingly. Those babies must
be hidden in that part of the thicket.
Reddy got to his feet and walked out
in plain sight of Mrs. Lightfoot. In
stantly she dashed at him, her usually
Evening star., 1932-09-24

he has a mother or other suitable
chaperon, yes Otherwise, very much,
no!
Dear Mrs Post: I expect to be mar
ried in two weeks and find myself fac
ing problem. 1 have young nephew,
years old, who would like to be in
cluded in the wedding. party. We do
not wish a ring bearer, and do not
know what to do with him. Is there
any wav he could be included? Could
he act as usher to the little 7-year-old
flower girl?"
Answer: He could, of course, walk
with the flower girl if you would like
him to- My suggestion would be that
he wear a wedding boutonniere on his
coat. and that he take the ribbon down
one side and fasten it, and then down
the other side. In this way he would
take part and be useful. The other
way. I think, he rather spolls the
picture.
Dear Mrs Post If a girls parents
object to her being married, and if the
Evening star., 1932-09-24
UNCLE RAYS CORNER

as I can, I find it a great delight; but
this strange thing called Time" pre-
vents me from going everywhere and
meeting more than a fraction Of the
Corner family. That is why I am glad
when readers tep me that they feel as
II they know me, even though we have
met only in the columns of the news
paper.
As a postscript to another letter,
find these words:
In some of your Saturday Talks,
could you publish addresses of boys
and girls who like to correspond, so
that your Corner members could write
to one another? That would be fun,
think"
I like the idea of Corner readers
writing to one another, and should be
glad to hear from those who would
like to have their names and addresses
on file for this purpose. Be sure to
state your age.
1t would hardly be wise, however, to
start printing the names and addresses
because the number might prove so
large as to leave little or no space for
other things. Sometimes receive
more than 1000 letters in a single
week.
UNCLE RAY.
Evening star., 1932-09-24
A Little Saturday Talk.

7 HAVE Just opened q letter from a
reader, Betty Felt. who asks for e
copy OF the "Funmaker" !eadet
i which is being given without
charge 10 those who send Q return
envelope. OF course there are hun
dreds Of other letters asking for the
leaflet, but I mention this one because
Of the words see at the beginning.
when writing you this letter" says
Betty, II feel as If I had known you
all my life"
That is Just how I like to have
readers feel. Day by day, write little
stories of science, travel and olden
times. I hope very much that they
are bringing interesting knowledge to
those who read them; but want them
also to contain "the human touch"
All Of us are comrades in the jour-
ney Of adventure which the earth Is
making around the sun. We are here
for q little while-to breathe, to see,
to enjoy, and to help others enjoy We
are fellow travellers on the good ship
Earth.
When I go forth and talk with boys
and girls in schools, listening to their
/ questions and answering them as well
Evening star., 1932-09-24

tail Here he begins to transform into
his pill-shape His last cast-of skin
hangs about his neck. and through the
transparent pupal case you can see his
wings. eyes and legs. In short time
he breaks through this veil covering
and is off
There are many families a season
and the work they accomplish makes
them of untold value to man. In the
late Fall, when the insects are less ac-
tive, and in the Winter, when they are
harmless, the ladybird is sleeping.
Under a bit of bark or some place out
of wind and snow, she abides, and
when we need her the most, she will
be on the job, faithfully providing
hungry babies to feast upon the
green pumping multitude to be found
in every garden.
tCopyright, 1922