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Evening star., 1933-08-03
UNCLE RAYS CORNER

the Amundsen! Now we must build the
biggest bonfire we've ever built
Drftwood u precious in the North
land, but the Eskimos were kind in per-
hitting their supply to be used for
the signal FIRE within . few minutes,
Uncle Tim looked at the ship once more
through the field glasses.
They've turned their course toward
shore!" he cried in high glee. They're
coming to get us!"
If you have a vivid imagination, you
may picture In your mind the scene
when the Amundsen cast anchor near
shore and sent forth . lifeboat. DR..
Barstow was among those in the boat,
and his face glowed with delight when
he saw Uncle Tim and the young ad-
venturers.
I'VE were just about giving you up
for lost" he said. For seven days
we've been running along the coast
looking for you"
That has kept you from doing work
for science, hasn't IT." commented
Allen.
ITO be sure; but I'd rather find you
three alive than to discover the bones Of
all the three-toed horses In the North
land"
"Oh, DR.. Barstow!" said Allen sud-
denly. I've got something In my
pocket to show you!"
(To Be Continued)
The Surprise Leafet" will be mailed
without charge to readers who send me
a stamped, return envelope This leaf
let contains riddles. and tells how to
perform magic tricks. UNCLE RAY.
(Copyright, 1880
Evening star., 1933-08-03

South dealt and passed; his side
took no part in the bidding; all were
vulnerable. The hand was decided by
the bidding; in the play either seven
diamonds or seven no trump are made
without difficulty. North has to un-
guard his club or blank the king Of
hearts in discarding on diamonds and
spades, the squeeze developing auto
matically, since the declarer has no
other way of playing the hand.
How Would You Bid the East-West
Hands?
Strangely enough, some Of the mas
ters did not reach q slam. Playing
it in no trump, they scored 245 for
tricks and 500 for game, total 745. The
old scoring was then still in force, so
no trump counted IS per trick. One
pair played the hand in five diamonds
Evening star., 1933-08-03
SUMMER TIME
THE presence Of the American
white or bald eagle around George
By D. c. PEATTHR.

THE presence Of the American
white or bald eagle around George
Washington's estates at Mount Vernon
is an ornitholoeical circumstance so
pat as to be suspected of not being
absolutely coincidental It makes one
think of those bagpipers that turn up
in every bush along the Cooks tours
route between Loeb Lommond and
Loeb Katr1ne. I never believed in
those bagpipers: and as for bagpipers,
lieve them I tell myself it's a night
mare and presently III wake up. Re-
turning to eagles, the best Of ornith-
ologists set forth that the bald eagle
is a permanent resident, most COM
monty observed In Summer, around
Mount Vernon.
I like an eagle in the sky, but I
find it hard to tell one from a hawk
at any distance. On the ground an
eagle Is q disillusionment They are
seen then for what they are-birds of
prey. offal and carcass eaters. In the
old days Of ornithology our bird man.
uals always opened with the eagles
and falcons; these, being the kings of
birds. headed the list: then followed
the owls, second In order Of importance
wise. and you then went through the
whole bird sub-kingdom till you reached
the Ions, boobies, aukS, dOdOS and other
stupid birds. Since the idea of evolution
struck us all is changed. You begin
with looms. boobies and the like as the
most primitive (not necessarily, how
ever, as witless as their names imply
and you 60 onto other water and
marsh birds; then the eagles, hawks
and owls chow are the mighty fallenD
until you end up with thrushes, robins
and bluebirds as the most modern and
evolved types. Or If you like, call
them highest" but scientists avoid
highest" and Lowest" as sentimental
provincialisms Of thought and speech.
The eagle, in short. is not today the
noble creature he once was. Formerly
we admired size. might. warlike dis
position, and the ability of kings, or
nations. or animals to rob, drive away,
or kill weaker species. This spirit
was still going strong when we adopted
as the national symbol bird which has
appealed to such predatory institutions
as the Cars Of Russia the Kaisers of
Prussia and of Austria. most belIicose
party of Italy, the despot president of
Mexico. and others.
I can say in favor Of our particular
national species that 1t Is indeed q
very handsome bird, with robust, pow
erful physique; the white head and
neck give the bird q look of cleanu-
ness; nor must one blame the eagle
for being q bird Of prey; creatures of
prey are necessary to the balance Of
nature. And I might add that the
biggest creature of prey in creation is
homo sapiens
Recently the white -headed eagle has
begun to nest in the vicinity of Great
Falls. One Of the charms Of this ace
Of the skies Is his faculty for picking
out wild and picturesque and appropri-
ate spots for his hangers. Indeed.
eagles are not 80 rare as we think.
The appearance Of an eagle is gen.
orally cause for an item Of news in
the local journals; superstitious moth
ers snatch their babies indoors when
they read of it, and sportsmen get out
their guns eager to vaunt that they
have overcome the King of the Birds.
Evening star., 1933-08-03
By
Margaret
Warnsr

the knees. For the woman who likes
the flattery Of white chiffon near
the throat to relieve a black frock,
there Is a lovely effect produced by
a pleated chiffon blouse top with
rufi1es covering the shoulders This
model has a V-neck with bouquet Of
white flowers at the point The
black satin of the skirt extends above
the waist to meet the chiffon. This
dress could be worn satisfactorily by
the person to whom all black. is not
| becoming.
A MOTHER interesting black and
I white combination has white
satin bodice top, high and round in
| front which ties at the back over an
open " Extending down the shoulder
| and arm from the neck to the wrist Is
band of white satin with black jet
| buttons at regular intervals. Under
| the upper portion of the sleeve Is a
satin that produces quite novel and
exciting effect. The long tight portion
of the sleeve from puff to wrist Is
black satin.
Among the Fall materials is noted a
tendency to emphasize the cross weave,
as in faille. A smart street frock us
ing this material has straight long
sleeves covered at the shoulder by a
wide band graduated toward the waist
in Gibson style 1t is edged with a
fold Of white blistered satin, which
opening of two small white revers.
There is no belt. but waistline Is in
dicated by a girdle section Of the ma
| terial cut with points up and down,
thus suggesting revival Of the 1910
| princesSe line, which We will be hear
ing more about.
A good looking travel crepe in black
with fine wavy lines Of white giving
an effect not unlike woolen material,
has three-quarter loose coat over a
dress with white silk pique vest and
| model in black faille with short loose
coat edged at the bottom with Pinch
band of silk lambs wool trimming. The
sleeves are long and straight with epau-
lets of lambs wool. A large bow of dull
ribbed silk almost like velveteen, fin
ishes the batteau neck.
If you are interested in the new
| knitted sport suits for Fall, there
| are some exceptionally smart ones
| that have already arrived in town.
| They are wonderful to take along
| on trips to the mountains where the
| mornings and evenings are always
| so cool. They come in the lovelieSt
| colors, too a beautiful medium
green with lots of life in it. rich
| dark red that We may expect to
see lot of as the season progresses.
and black, of course. Most of these
are three-piece models. coat, jacket
| and blouse of contrasting color.
| The green one has tuckS to widen
| the sleeves at the top, a suede belt
run through casing of the material
that is cut here and there to show
| the suede. The skirt has a round
| yoke and kick pleats. and the blouse
| is white trimmed with green.
THE red suit has unusual designing
L employing rounded yoke and an
odd fold of the material at the shoul-
der to give width. In the back the
yoke is straight and shallow. 1t is
trimmed with wooden buttons and buc-
kle. The blouse Of white has draw
string neck with a narrow tie of two
Evening star., 1933-08-03
.eUTToNBUsH.

make herself at home. Cultivation en-
hances her charms and the gay little
pin cushions" will be a delightful ad-
| dition to your other flower children.
1t is really in July that this flower
is its loveliest. The flowers have long
styles of the pistil jetting out like yel-
| low-headed pins. The separate, four
| parted blossoms that make up the
cleverly packed pin cushion" have a
| long, slender tube at the base. The
| nectary is located here. Long g-tongued
guests seek the sweet offering eagerly,
of course, getting well powdered with
pollen, which they unknowingly trans
port from hostess to hostess. The
countless number of insects that seek
| refreshment from these flowers made
country people refer to the flowers as
| honey balls
These balls, with their fairy pins,
are gayly perched on long. stiff pedun-
cles that grow out from leaf axils
These are from the long main stem
and often grow to be IL feet high.
The leaves grow opposite, along the
stem or in small whorls. They are
oval and tapering, with neither lobes
nor toothed edges.
After the blooming season Is over,
the mother develops her seed babies.
They are found packed in hard ball
Of dull green and red. where the
cushion was seen during the Summer
This plant belongs to the madder fam
lily and is next of kin to the coffee
plant 1t is the only member to be
| shrubby and the balls make a lovely
| addition to your Winter bouquet.
Under a lens you may see the per-
| fection Of this flower Some one count
ed over $50 florets packed closely to-
gether and that means each honey
ball had that number of wells! You
can readily see why the plant has so
! many visitors A naturalist may well
sigh with delight when he comes
across this flower. for here will be
found butterflies by the dozen. humble
bees. beetles and flies of almost every
species.
Evening star., 1933-08-03

to score the honors; total TAO Those
that bid six diamonds scored 1,49O.
They reached this contract mostly by
the following bids: One diamond. two
no trumps Clearing partner might pass
a minimum take-ou), four diamonds,
four no trumpS, six diamonds. West
would infer from his partners first re-
sponse that he had either @ or x X
in diamonds. and so on account Of the
honors it seemed obligatory to slam in
the suit. as, II six-odd can be made in
both diamonds and no trumpS, the
honors would bring the former up to
1.470. as against 1.460 for six no
trumps On this bidding. Vests con-
clusions were absolutely sound and he
cannot be blamed for insisting on the
suit declaration.
The Top Score.
Two pairs shared top on the hand
by bidding six no trumps and making
seven, this amounting to l.495, as
against 1,490 for Nx-diamonds bid.
seven made. with 100 honors. will
not say what system these players used,
but this was their reasoning:
West-One diamond. Automatic bid;
the two weak spots rule out no trump;
moreover, the diamond honors make 1t
length must be made clear at once.
East-Two clubs. He knew that his
partner, having opened in second posi-
ton. had rebid material in his hand,
so that even over a minimum response
he could be expected to bid two dia-
monds or two in another suit, possibly
two no trumps. East preferred to make
the modest but informative bid Of two
clubs. forecasting possible playing de-
velopments, rather than bid two no
trumps with a weak doubleton in his
partners suit and only one high card
in each major.
West-Three diamonds force
showing very powerful hand and .
diamond suit Of at least five cards.
East-Four no trumps. Accepting the
slam try on his high cards having been
conservative on his first response.
West-Six no trumps. He feared
that diamonds might be massed against
him, as his partner refused to support
them even after they had been rebid
with q jump. He now looked to the
clubs to constitute the main play Of
the hand and judged that six no
trumps might be made, allowing for
one or no diamond losers, whereas six
diamonds might be beaten if that suit
were stacked against him, so that two
tricks might be lost in it If it were
trumps.
Luck Rewarded Good Judgement.
In this instance, fine bidding was
rewarded, as you know. Had six-odd
been the most that could be made in
either declaration, the diamond bidders
would have been top. Under the pres
ent scoring, they would tie, Is seven
no-trump tricks now score 240 instead
Of 245. I believe these two pairs
drew the proper 1nferences from their
bidding. though in this particular case
these differences did not actually apply.
SO the Goddess Of Cards stepped in and
arranged that North's 9 Of clubs, the
critical card, should be subjected to q
squeeze in order that her loyal votaries
might continue in the true faith.
(Copyright, 1881
Evening star., 1933-08-03
Ny Neighbor Says:

When stewing fruit, add one
teaspoonful Of vinegar or lemon
juice to every pound of fruit.
This will save you one-third the
quantity Of sugar you would
otherwise require.
1t Is advisable to purchase your
household linens and cottons Of
standard makes and you will be
more assured of their wearing
qualities
A feather brush is the best to
remove dust from gilt picture
frames. On no account use a
linen cloth, as it wears the gilt
of and deadens its brightness.
If you get cake too stiff never
add more milk. but heat an egg
and add it gradually until the
desired thickness Is attained.
Copyright. 1933D
Evening star., 1933-08-03

homes for themselves; but this place Is
so far North that the only wood which
can be obtained is driftwood."
This conversation took place on the
second day after Uncle Tim Roberta
and Allen reached the Eskimo village
They had been well treated by the ma
tives but they were wondering about
the future. 1t was all very well to
spend few days in the Eskimo village,
but they did not like the idea of living
there month after month, possibly year
after year!
The morning Of the fifth day in the
village. Allen went to the waters edge
with the field-glasses, and half an hour
later he came racing back
Uncle TIM" he shouted. Il see
boat, and it's sailing southwark, and it
looks like the AmundSen!"
Uncle Tim went with him to the
shore and looked through the glasses.
Sure enough!" he exclaimed. 1T Is
Evening star., 1933-08-03

TWO INTERESTING KNITTED SUITS.
THE UPPER ONE IS OF GREEN,
AND THE LOWER IS A RICH
RED. SKETCHED IN A WASH
INGTON SHOP.
ent, and many of them would be en-
tirely suitable for the vacation trip,
If that trip is taking you north.
Among these may be classed the
black satins. And how quickly satin
has taken its place among the popular
fabrics. All Of sudden we see it
everywhere-for evening, for street. for
hats and accessories. It's shiny supple
ness has sophisticated look that
makes large appeal. The costume
may be all shiny, or shiny and dull as
shown in a street ensemble of short
sleeved dress with short, rather close
fitting jacket of thin black woolen ma
terial. The costume which is sketched
has several excellent new style features
in addition to the newneSS of the ma
terials. You will notice the soft, round
jabot made Of tiny rows of lace. This
Is very smart. and is the sort of thing
that Mainbocher is introducing in his
suits Another point is that the sleeves
have interest at the top without being
extreme There Is pleated fullness and
q swinging line of saw-tooth binding In
black satin. This trimming also edges
the bottom of the jacket and the line
Of closing.
A very stunning black satin eve
ming gown has heavily padded cord
outlining the neck. round in the
front and deep oval in the back.
From this radiate inverted tucks,
back and front. A graduated bias
ruffle makes a graceful cascade over
the shoulders and extends to the
waistline The skirt appeared to be
extremely well cut as it was modelled
on a youthful figure, with the full
ness from the knees, according to
the latest dictates of fashion. Anoth-
er black satin for evening has the
drawstring neckline in front. From
the shoulders at the back are at
tached two long sashes which meet
and tie at the waistline and hang to
Evening star., 1933-08-03
Boys Fondle Snakes.

The boys Of an orphan asylum in the
upper part of New York City some time
ago formed a naturalists' club and it
has developed into q snake lovers club,
for the lads have generally become
greatly interested in capturing and
keeping snakes. The snake fad has
been developed by Roy Pinney, who has
travelled all over the country gathering
snakes, with the result that he has a
collection of 200, including a few bad
ones. such as rattlers and moccassins
but he handles them without the least
resentment on the part Of the snakes.
Evening star., 1933-08-03
Conquering
Contract
by P. HAL SIMS

Mr.. Sims is universally acclaimed the
greatest lining contract and auction
player. He Uas captain of the renowned
-Four Horsemen" team, notU disbdnded,
and has Don "a national championships
since 1924. These articles are based on
the Sims system, Thich includes the
one-oper-one principle, mhich the Sims
group of players was the first to employ
and deUelOp
Evening star., 1933-08-03
Interesting Slam Hand.

THE following hand was played in
the masters individual cham
pionship in 1882, for the Will
i lard Karn Gold Cup. Twenty
five ranking masters played
once with, and twice against, each
other contestant in this grueling three
day contest, which was won by Howard
Schenken. who played on my team Of
four last year.
Evening star., 1933-08-03
Adventure Of Northland.

The Re0Cuc.
ri EXPECTED that II he saw EsE-
- mos they would live In snow
houses, but don't see any snow
i houses here. They are all made
of stone and earth"
1t was Roberta speaking, and she
was addressing Uncle Tim.
1T is true" he said, that many
Eskimos live in snow houses, but that
is not the custom in Summer except in
the northernmost places. There are
some Eskimos who have never seen a
snow hut. In some parts Of the North
land. small trees grow, and Eskimos use
wood from the trees when they build
Evening star., 1933-08-03
Moon Affects Clocks.

Although pendulum clocks keep per-
feet time over q period Of "a hours,
their mechanism is affected slightly
twice each day by the gravity pull OF
the moon.
Evening star., 1933-08-03

y00
to lose q load Of unhealthy fat that
you don't need and don't want and
at the same time feel better than
you have for years?
How would you like to lose your
double chin and your too prominent
abdomen and at the same time make
your skin so clean and clear that it
will compel admiration?
Get on the scales today and see. how
muGh tb.n y, you Teigh-meaiu.e me SURE, yourself toSm
Salts which will last you for 4 weeks.
Take one half teaspoonful in 2 glass Of
suits cut out pastry and fatty meets-so
light on potatoes butte, cream and sus4r
-ana when you have 1ni1hed the eontents
Evening star., 1933-08-03

7 IIDE and seek is a lovely game
when played in fun. but when
it is played. as it often is, with
i i life at stake. it is a dreadful
game. At least 1t Is for the
one who Is hiding. Yet very, very
many of the little people OF the Green
Forest and the Green Meadows play
that dreadful game every day Of their
lives. 1t isn't because they want to
play it, but because they are forced to
play it by those who seek them. So
some Of them seldom move without
first making sure that there is . hid
ing place close at hand.
Peter Rabbit knows all about that
game He has played it for fun with
little Mrs Peter, and he has played it
the dreadful way many, many times
with Reddy Fox. Old Man Coyote,
Hooty the Owl. members Of the Hawk
family. Shadow the Weasel. and others,
Evening star., 1933-08-03
N A T u r E S
C. H IL ID r E N
Buttonbush.
BY LILLIAN COX ATHRY.

Buttonbush.
Cephalanthus occidentalis.
NJ TITLE cushions full of pins "
- Is pet name given to this
most fragrant and dainty
IL wildhower, found blooming
on the edges Of ponds, the
borders of streams, In swamps and IN
low, moist places. From June until
September. the delicious perfume of
these flowers is often mistaken for the
delicate odor Of the jessamine. You
may find the gay little buttonbush from
New Brunswick to Florida and Cuba,
then westward to Arizona and Cali
fornia.
Few people realize what they have
missed in not taking few seeds of this
plant and sowing them In damp places
in their gardens to bring . bit Of the
woods there.
After you have shown that you de-
sire her company, the buttonbush will
Evening star., 1933-08-03
Hide and Seek.

Some things are fun when done in play.
But dreadful done another way.
Peter Rabbit,
Evening star., 1933-08-03

No, I never pulled these feathers
out OBJ Truman's rooster's tall just
held hold OBJ his tail on one side OBJ the
pen, an Tommy threw some feed on
the other-the rooster pulled his own
tail feathers out
Copyright, 1889
Evening star., 1933-08-03

TIE SKETCHED IN A WASH
NGTON SHOP.
shades OF red. These two models are
sketched
A lovely black boucle suit has q
straight skirt, sleeveless blouse and
plain belted cardigan jacket. 1t is very
conservative and very smart. The
blouse is divided into three sections
pointing upward, of black. gray and
white, the white being at the top. The
jacket may be worn with or without
the belt.
Rabbit hair is again mentioned
among the Fall woolens which show a
tendency to soft hairiness. This Is
exemplified in utility frock Of soft
green with f1aring gored skirt, long
sleeves with wing sections at the shoul-
der to broaden them out, and q neck
line that is both square and v. This
Is accomplished by square filled In
with checked white silk to form q v.
! A very large bow of the white Is placed
below the neck and a little to the side.
| A large wooden buckle finishes the belt.
Evening star., 1933-08-03

- HOPPING is already at this mid
season becoming more interest
ing with many hints and fore
casts Of what we will be wearing
later on in the Fall One notices
the shops devoting portions of their
window display space to few dark en-
sembles and some shops are even divid
ing up evenly between the Summer and
Fall presentations. 1t Is hard to hold
back these new models even If they
are unreasonable to wear. Anyhow we
like to see something new and differ
Evening star., 1933-08-03

Mr.. Sims will answer all inquiries on
paper with self addressed. stamped envelope.
Evening star., 1933-08-03
Table Telh How
Much Women
and Girls
Should Weigh

How would you like
to lose "a pounds Of fat
In q month and at the
same time increase
your energy and i'm
prove your health?
Evening star., 1933-08-03

yourself again.
Now you can laush at the people who
pay hundreds Of dollars to lose Q few
safe. swift and pleasant way to lose un-
slightly fat and you'll also know that the
9 salts OF Kruschen have presented you
with glorious health
If one inexpensive Jar Oasts 4 weeks)
doesn't joyfully satisfy money back from
chen-prescribed by many physicians and
recosnized the world over as the SAFE
in health and physical charm.
Mrs. G. L. Of Shepardsville, Ken
lucky, writes: II have reduced ~
pounds in 81 days with Kruschen and
I ate three meals . day."-Adveftise-
naent.
Evening star., 1933-08-03

(Copyrisht. 1933.)
Evening star., 1933-09-10
Wrenn, Mrs. Allen H. Kirk and Mrs W

Wrenn, Mrs. Allen H. Kirk and Mrs. W
B. Harrison; Refreshments. Mrs. E. NJ
Armfield, Mrs George r. Bready and
Mrs. B. F. Mcclure; Entertainment,
Mrs Harold F. Hanes.
Mrs. Harrison has also named the fol-
lowing committees to serve throughout
the 1933-34 school term: Library, Miss
Sadie Detwiler. chairman; Mrs. Gran
vile White, Mrs. Russell A. Lynn and
Mrs. Raymond N. Wrenn; Grounds,
Mrs Arthur H. Buel, chairman; w. r.
Crabill, Frederick w. Robinson: Enter
tainment, Mrs. Harold F. Hanes, chair
man; Mrs. Ernest Gibson and Mrs.
Annie Robey Walker; Publicity. E. j.
Heglar, chairman; Mrs. E. Barbour
Hutchison and Mrs. Harry Mitchell;
Membership. Mrs. B. F. Mcguire, Mrs
Mack Crippen, Mrs. Frank Peck. Mrs.
Beulah Anderson and Mrs. Henry
Steele; Ways and Means. Mrs. George
r. Bready, chairman; Mrs. E. M. Arm
field, Mrs. William H. Dawson, Mrs. j.
L. Nachman, Mrs. Allen H. Kirk and
John H. Rice; Health and Sanitation,