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Evening star., 1933-12-19

Gus kinds are eagerly consumed. and 1t
is not beyond the stronger brethren to
prey upon their weaker kin.
LobSters. as you know. molt. This Is
an experience which indicates growth.
The old coat is shed in June or Sep
tember, the time of shedding being a
matter Of climate and temperature Of
the water Shortly after the tight gar
mere increases ss ee in size zef before the he coat Of
armor has had a chance to harden. The
increase at each rolt is said to be
1873 per cent. and during the first year
of the Holsters life it may molt as many
as II times. The male, it Is said,
changes his coat more often than his
The mother lobster sheds her coat
every two years, and once in two years
she lays her eggs The eggs are laid
swimmerets until the following Summer,
when they hatch; then she sheds her
coat and rests up bit The number
of eggs varies with the age and the
state of health of the mother. An
8-inch mother is likely to lay 5000
and one 10 inches long, 10000, while a
12-inch mother will lay 10000 eggs.
The eggs, when freshly laid, are dark
green, almost black. AS they develop,
they increase in size, become elongate
in shape and light -colored.
When the young lobster. called larva,
matches, it is one-third of an inch long
and a free swimmer. Until 1t Is 8
weeks old. it remains at the surface of
the water. then drops to the bottom
and travels shoreward. If fortunate,
1t will establish residence among the
rocks in the inlets or harbors, where
it remains until the ice comes along in
the Fall. This is too much for the
baby, and it goes down among the loose
stones, burrows into the soft mud. and
waits until April rolls around again.
When captured, the lobster amputates
his own weapons of defense rather than
have his whole body taken. This prac-
tice is characteristic Of the lobster. In
some mysterious way. it is well aware
of the fact that it will be supplied with
another in due course.
In 1912, The citizens OF prOvlncetOVr,
Mass, took steps to protect the lobster
fishery. The fishermen of this State
we're benefited by this law, and another
one had to be passed to protect the
lobster.
tCopyrisht. 1933D
Evening star., 1933-12-19
Conquering Contract
BY P. HAL SIMS

Mr.. Sims Is universally acclaimed
the greatest lipsng contract and auction
player. He Wds captain OF the renowned
-Four H0rSemen" team, nOW disbdnded,
end has Uon "a national cham mpionships
since 1924. These articles are based on
the Sims system, Dhich includes the
one -0per-One principle Which the Sims
group OF players toas the first to employ
and deUelop.
Responding to Minor Suit Opening
Bids.
7 N EARLIER articles I discussed the
/ responses OF weak hands, when you
are merely giving the opener a
chance and intend to sign of at the
lowest possible level In the safest
denomination unless your partner rebids
now is with strong hands with good
trump support and outside values
hands with which one would almost or
even actually give jump raise if the
opening bid had been in a major suit
Some Reminders to Guide You.
1. If able to give a one-over-one re-
Sponse, give preference to that response.
Your partner may have bid his minor
suit specifically to make such response
easy for you-a bid in that major suit
may be for him the immediate key to
the hands destiny. As you know, with
a hand not quite good enough for a no
trump, with a weak spot in one ma jor,
one bids short minor suit in prefer
ence to a short major suit to make 1t
easy for the partner to give one-over-
one in the weak suit, If that be his bid
dable suit, as with
sp. A. oJx Dt. AKJx
Hts. J CT. K @ o
where diamond is a better bid than
a spade because you want to hear
hearts from your partner, even on
barely biddable four-card holding. so
that you can next bid two no trumps
Keeping in mind that your partner
diamond bid may have been made on
some such hand as the above, your best
response with
sp. 1Ox Di. Q1Oxx
Hts. A Ok CT. AK
the one heart-not two or three dia-
monds. Presumably knowledge about
the heart suit is the key to the openers
later bidding To some extent you must
now bid his hand by bidding a heart
Later you can support diamonds and
(after he has bid spades no trumpS
vigorously. If the hand is not to be bid
beyond three no trumpS, as would be
the case if openers hand were weaker.
that declaration will be well placed in
your partners hand; you have no great
inducement to have the lead come to
you or to conceal your holdings. while
he probably will gain in both respects
At least, no advantage has been lost as
Evening star., 1933-12-19
LITTLE BENNY
BY LEE PAPE.

Some lady came to see ma today, be-
ing a red headed lady with little red
headed gerl to match, ma saying, Ben
ny, I want you to entertain little Mu-
riel while I tawk to Mrs. Gordon.
Me thinking Heck, and I said to her,
What's you want to do? and she said,
Show me around your house.
Wich started to do, taking her back
in the dining room and saying, This Is
the dining room.
My, is this all the bigger it is, our
dining room is 8 times this big, Mu-
riel said, and I said, Well, there's
enough room to eat. The living room
is bigger, I'll take you up and show you
that, I said
Wich I did, and she said, My, is this
what you call big, why you could put
this In a corner Of our living room and
not notice it.
too polite to say SO, and showed her
the bath room, saying, This is the bath
room, and she said, How many have
you?
One. how many did you expect? I
said, and she said, My. didn't hardly
expect any in this little house. we have
in our house and all the bathtubs are
big enough to swim in.
Being the darndest lie yet, and
said, o we'll, G, this is ony our Mon
day house, we have a diffrent house
for every day in the week and they
get bigger and bigger till o boy, G,
you aWt to see our Sunday house, its
40 stories high and you half to take
elevator up to the roof where we
keep our aireoplanes and ponies and
things, and you can imagine the view
we get from up there, it's bewtiful.
You're a big story teller and I'm 60
| on you, Muriel said.
Wich she started to, me quick sneek-
ing out the back gate for safety ferst
Evening star., 1933-12-19
DELI Il lV1E OlOllllIO ". Burgess.

watch for enemies. They did not see
Black Pussy come out from the barn,
listen for a moment and then start
for the Old Orchard. She ran swiftly
until she was near that tree. Then
she crouched low and began to creep
forward slowly. carefully, her yellow
eyes agleam with excitement and fierce
desire.
Over in the Green Forest another
hunter heard that racket. 1t was Hooty
the Great Horned Owl. He had had
poor hunting the night before and the
night before that. He was hungry
very hungry. Although he is a bird
of the night, he has no trouble in
seeing in daylight as many people
think. He prefers to keep out of sight
in the darkest place in the Green
Forest during the day, but when as
hungry as he now was and there was
a chance of getting good meal, he is
willing to take a chance OF hunting In
broad daylight.
He listened for a few minutes. Happy
Jack and Chatterer are quarreling and
when they do they usually forget every
thing else said he to himself. They
are over in the Old Orchard. That
isn't so good. I wish they were here in
the Green Forest What racket! And
there is Sammy Jays voice. OF course
that buSybody would have to be around
Evening star., 1933-12-19
UNCLE RAYS CORNER

large telegraph pole had fallen right
across the tracks!
The meaning of this came to him as
he pulled in the reins and brought the
horse to stop. 1t meant danger to
might be derailed and hurled into the
small river just a short distance be-
yond the fallen pole Scores Of passen-
gers (on the way, perhaps, to spend the
holidays with their relatives) might be
killed!
What could he do? There was no
one in sight who could help him remove
the pole from the tracks. He must get
help quickly as possible.
Through his mind flashed thoughts
of the farms of the region. There was
the Maher farm, but Matt was the
only man there, The Dempsey farm
was the one to go to! There he could
| find three husky brothers, all full
grown.
He must hurry The boy decided
that he could go faster riding horse
back than in the sleigh, so he un-
hitched the horse and took off most
of the harness. In a moment he was
with good cid Horace in a gallop.
(To Be Continued)
If you would like the new leafet,
"F1fty-flve Riddles and Answers" send
stamped return envelope to me in
care of this newspaper.
UNCLE RAY.
(COpyright, 1887
Evening star., 1933-12-19
Everyday Psychology
BY DR.. JESSE W. sPRoWLs.
Personality.

There are two kinds of personality
physical and mental Some persons
imagine they can tell what the mental
personality Is by looking at the physical
cal personality is a symptom or clue to
the mental personality, which is the
real personality.
If you would like to have the real
clue to the real personality, you must
study the mental groupings of the in
sane In normal mental life the real
personality is covered with a thick film
of convention. With the insane or men,
tally sic.' this incrustation OF social
conventir brushed aside, and the
real personality is revealed. According
to their logic, their own egos represent
the interpreters Of the world. Their
egos assign values. meanings. Some of
them will argue for hours in support
of their convictions. Others will say
nothing. For they feel that anything
and everything they say must by neces-
sity be misunderstood.
Perhaps you have not noticed this:
Those among your acQuaintanceS that
seem to you to have personality are
the very ones who happen to be diff
ferent."
To some extent personality may be
acquired. But this acquisition must be
so genuine that the casual observer
imagines it is real. Some acquire their
personality by not saying much. One
of the worlds greatest lawgiverS was
unable to read or write: So he kept
quiet. After at least Is centuries, he
is still regarded as great personality.
Evening star., 1933-12-19
Your Baby and Mine
BY MYRTLE MEYER ELDRED.
Rest Period.

TINE sleeping habits of children
change drastically after the first
year. change which is seldom
L gratifying to a mother comfort
ably accustomed to fixed rou-
tine 1t is unusual for a baby to nap
twice a day after the first birthday.
There are but three meals a day, usual
ly at 7, II and $50 to 6 o'clock and
the long nap comes most conveniently
right after the noon lunch.
Another shift takes place about the
second year. At this time the child
stands up in bed and hoWls to be re-
no nap at all is desired. Mrs. w. w.
has encountered this difficulty some
| what earlier than usual.
My baby is u years old and she
has always been a good baby After
her bath and lunch, when she should
lie down and sleep. as she always has
| heretofore without the aid of rocking
she is beginning to stand up and yell
Mamma, and Get up, until she is blue
| in the face. Dare 1 let her scream this
out? Some days, when I have worked
| particularly hard, I am tempted to rock
her in order TO avoid this crying. AT
night she goes to bed without a whim-
per I shall appreciate your advice"
1t would be worse than foolish to try
to end one bad habit by substituting
another which is even worse. Very
| shortly you would discover that at both
| her naptime and bedtime she would de-
mand to be rocked. That would in nc
way solve your difficulties, would it?
| Instead, make it unnecessary for the
child to have to fight against the nap
Open her door, provide her with some
toys. and merely ask her to play in her
| bed to rest for time You will have
| time to rest at this hour yourself, and
| If she knows that you have gone into
your room to lie down and she is to be
! quiet while you both rest. she should lie
! quietly enough so that she may fall
asleep. Complete inaction is the pref
ace to sleep. You may have copy Of
my leaflet. "How Many Hours Should
| Baby Sleep" if you will send me a self
addressed, 3-cent stamped envelope with
your request.
When you realize that If she we're
| tired. the very force of habit would send
| her to sleep, you know that to demand
that she sleep when she isn't sleepy is
! futile proceeding. Offer no compul-
| sion that she go to sleep. but merely
make it daily habit for her to lie in
bed and play for a while. An hour is
long enough. With all necessity fol
| sleeping removed. the child may cease
to rebel against sleep and WOO nap.
Evening star., 1933-12-19
WHO ARE YOU?
The Romance of Your Name
BY RUBY HASKINS ELLIS.

themselves first In Dorchester, Mass,
in the year 1880. From Dorchester they
went to Hartford, Conn, and later
moved to Pennington, Conn.
John Steele was prominent In all the
affairs of the stirring times in which
he lived. He was appointed to govern
the Hartford Colony and was men,
ber of the Upper House Of the General
Court of Connecticut.
Nicholas Steele was another settler
in the New England States. We find
him to have been resident Of Taun-
ton. Mass in 1884.
The name of Steel, Steele stands in
modern times for the characteristic
principles Of patriotism and personal
achievement which have made it note
worthy always.
Copyright, 1933)
Evening star., 1933-12-19
DOROTHY DIX'S LETTER BOX
Why Do Intelligent Men Marry Stupid Wives?
Stop Fighting Husbands Craving
for Pleasure.

.'sy sfssr b could g' @ sdss s over 9n her
him out Of his mind intelligence brains
ss9.: fsa .S
ussnos s'
ssH s he @ % Why ssv vi" Up s ss and and
amount to much Can you answer th' AN ADVOCATE.
for wives They don't know themselves in
the sna s ha a'R % a 5
s with dss no purpose life than sdh select
pretty s I 'ss
e.. n e ;ss sss:. s Il:
Ing with her and pettng her, as If she were a kitten
M % I there are 5 ed s ely any r. "a.
Qualities a helpmeet "" ''D'
and 4 y "s sa is at stss x
% that a ~ via fass @ to % anags @ than % smart % 1 They
will simply sit at their feet and yesyes them and be generally
NEVER greater intelligent is
s
certain standards
faults and do thousand things that make her livable
her. Hr The she f With se her the nd
ss r @ as thai sea h as IN s
that a xh9t makes such an nsss ssy M that
man OF the same age we have darling baby old
baby while
always stays out all night He seems to get restless fit and then
while thinking such awful things about him that
mad he loves and he all his money
badly 1t?
stion. She would mind baby for c. C. L.
Of the tragedies of tooeay marriage
invariably tires wedock the of
o
HE DOESN'T doesn't
want spend his evenings nailed to his 3 hde sid Wi With h nothing %
and things pander little joyridng to make
perfectly Of mind just because ne Is
still a and the o
He except
wife who left lonely and foron and who Is
the and he S
otering And
married before he ready assume the obligations OF
a husband and father DOROTHY DIX
1881
Evening star., 1933-12-19

oven let the waters cool a minute or
two before removing them with wet
Spatula. If you take them of too soon
they will crumble and II you leave them
too long they will break You may.
to soften slightly if they get ahead of
you" These waters must be kept in a
tightly covered tin box to prevent their
softening and sticking together.
Perhaps the easiest cookie of any to
make for holiday time is the one known
as date bar. The batter is poured into
a shallow pan and after 1t is baked it is
cut in thin strips with a sharp, wet
knife. Some people prefer to bake this
mixture in very tiny muffin pans or
paper cups.
Now word about meringues. Mer-
ingues are also very easy to mix, but
they need long, slow baking. Pans
must be creased very well and you must
keep your own temperature at its
lowest point. For Christmas time you
may like to decorate them with candied
cherries, citron or angelica. BY the
way, in case you wish to make mer-
ingues to fill with ice cream, you may
bake them on a wet board in order to
keep the centers soft. Macaroons are
merely a meringue mixture to which
almond paste, chopped nuts or coconut
has been added. By the way, in order
to keep your meringue soft, put piece
of fresh bread in the tightly covered
tin box in which you store them.
Evening star., 1933-12-19

far as you can Judge. As against this,
If your hand were
rs. r. 4 oss ci ii 4 5OA'
you should reject the one-over-one heart
response and bid two no trumps. If the
hand is to be played in no trumps-
whether for game or slam-you must
assure yourself of the declaration as
you have in every suit holding which
requires the lead to come up to it. The
opening bidder will know that you have
good heart shoppers to justify this en-
phatic forcing response, and subsequent
bidding will in no way be impeded by
your refraining from mentioning hearts.
The play on the other hand may well
be helped decisively-you will probably
get heart lead.
2. The two no-trump response Is to
be preferred. as just explained, when
the no-trump declaration must inme-
diately be placed in the right hand.
Bidding hearts or diamonds is likely to
cause your partner to bid the no trumps.
This is the dominant consideration
when you have choice of responses
with hand which you intend to take
to game.
8. With a higher ranking suit not
strictly biddable, in a hand not suitable
or powerful enough for two no trumps,
raise your partner in his suit and make
it easy for him to bid second suit or
two no trumps. Your next bid will be
a reply to his rebid, and should steer
you to the right haven. For instance,
with
Sp. 10 x Or K Jxx
Hts. 10 OK D. Qxxx
I would respond to one diamond with
two diamonds. The hand Is too weak
for any jump bid and too strong for one
no trump If opener now bids two
spades, bid two no trumps If he has
not got the clubs under control one of
two situations are probably:
(a) If his hand is short suited the
suits he has bid are solid SO that you
In, possibly with one flneSse to take in
| spades. You must take the chance that
there are not five clubs in one hand to
| be run of against you. With no five
card suits in your two hands the odds
are in your favor.
(b) He has five diamonds and four
spades; then he will rebid diamonds
and now you can bid your unbiddable
suit-three hearts over three diamonds.
He can now make the right decision
from his own hand-three no trumps or
four diamonds Ito sign off as the clubs
are now evidently not stopped. or five
diamonds as a strain taker. You cannot
bid again. but on your partners bidding
SO far four diamonds should be quite
! safe.
(Copyrieht. 1933)
! Mr Sims will answer all inquiries on con-
! tract that are addressed to this newspaper
With seH-addreSsed. stamped envelope.
Evening star., 1933-12-19
Sauces for Goose or Turkey
BY LYDIA LIE BARON WALKER.

are made into sauce in precisely the
same manner. There will be no rosy
tint IT. such a sauce.
An apple sauce more ike a compote
is made from cored, peeled and sliceo
segments of apple, cooked in an already
boiling sirup of sugar and water, with a
tight cover on the kettle. The art Is
not to overlook the sauce, but have the
apples in whole but tender segments.
This sauce is cooked slowly, so as not
to let pieces disintegrate from active
boiling. A minimum OF water Is
advised.
Cranberries in sauce may appear on
the table whole, pulverized after pass
ing through a colander, or jellied. hav-
ing been strained in a bag All are
delicious. The first style Is made by
using one-half as much sugar as cram
sugar, placing over flame in cold con-
dition, in uncovered kettle, bringing to
boil. Continue the boiling for exactly
five minutes. 1t is we'll to be near the
stove and see sauce does not boil over.
A half teaspoonful of salt is recon-
mended as combined with the sugar,
to bring out flavor
A cranberry sauce, made as de-
scrlbed or with little additional
water, may be. strained through sieve
or colander to suit some tastes The
seeds, with their delicate pungency.
pass into the sauce, but the tougher
skin portion is eliminated. Save any
excess liquid for a Christmas fruit
punch.
A still more delicate cranberry jelly
is made as follows: Stew cranberrieS.
two quarts or more, without sugar in
porcelain kettle, with enough water to
let berries float; cook until soft. pass
through a sieve, discarding the skins.
Add two parts sugar to three of the
strained berries. boil until they reach
jelly stage, as they will in few min
utes: remove from fire. strain through
muslin jelly bag and pour into heated
glasses. Such jelly is good for period
of roonthc
Evening star., 1933-12-19

with interesting uneven edges. Some
times these waters are sprinkled with
finely chopped nuts before they are
baked. Be sure to make plenty OF these
cookies because tasting one invites
every one to eat second, third or
even fourth.
Walnut waters are something like
that famous lace wafer which Is a
speciality of one or two French pastry
shops. These are easy to make, but the
mixture must be dropped so far apart
on the cookie sheets to allow for spread
ing that the baking Of large number
takes a good deal Of time There Is one
trick about making walnut waters sue
cessfully which I must emphasize:
Grease your pans very, very well, and
after you have taken them out of the
Evening star., 1933-12-19

I wish he wasn't. If only those two
SQUIRREL cousins were over there I would
get one of them as sure as my name Is
Hooty. don't like going over there
in day time, but I'll have to take the
chance. Those who never take chance
get little in this world. My, my, my,
how they do call each other names!"
He snapped his bill couple OF times
and then spread his great broad wings
and headed in the direction of that dis
graceful quarreling. He alighted in the
top of a tree on the edge of the Green
Forest and, sitting very straight, list
ened.
They are over on the other side OF
the Old Orchard he muttered. Yes.
sir, that Is where they are. wish they
were on this side. hope Blacky the
Crow isn't around. If he should see me,
he would give the alarm and wouldn't
have a chance to get breakfast"
Just then he heard faint cawing
| It was from far behind him in the
Green Forest. Hooty chuckled. THAT
settles that" said he. "Blacky is too
| far away to see me before get over
there. Now if have any luck at all
/ will have squirrel breakfast. Happy
Jack preferred, because he is SO much
| the biggest. I ought to be able to catch
him for he isn't as quick as his small
cousin
Once more he spread his big wings.
They made no sound. In a moment
or two he could see Happy Jack and
Chatterer. Also he saw Black Pussy
almost at the foot of that tree. His
| great eyes glowed. He flew a bit faster.
He must get there before Black Pussy.
New Sammy Jay seldom forgets to
keep watch no matter how excited he
may be. He had seen Black Pussy, but
he was waiting until the last minute
before giving the alarm. Then he saw
Hooty. Instantly he screamed a warn
ing and as instantly that quarrel was
forgotten. -
| (Copyright, 1889
Evening star., 1933-12-19

THIS old house, at the corner of
jackson place and H street, has
a past-it has been occupied by
i many interesting men who have
-rade history.
1t was the house of Commodore Ste
phen Decatur, who died in 1920 from
wounds received in a duel with Comdr.
Barron.
Other distinguished men who lived
there were Henry Clay, Martin Van
Buren, and Edward Livingston.
If these men could return to their old
haunts how changed everything would
seem to them.
Instead Of the queer looking street
cars drawn by horses, they would see
electric cars go by the corner at such
speed that no doubt they would think
them most unsafe, and prefer to travel
in the old horse drawn victoria of their
day.