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Evening star., 1933-09-03
RAILROAD CREDIT CORP.
HAS REPAID $3,732,174
By the Associated Press,

By the ASS0clated PreSS.
NEW YORK, September 2.-The
Railroad Credit Corporation, estab-
hshed by the railroads to administer
funds derived from emergency freight
rates and now 1iquidating its affairs,
had repaid s3.732,174 to the participate
ing carriers up to September l, the
corporation announced today. The first
distribution was per cent of the
amount paid in and the second repay
ment was ! per cent.
Evening star., 1933-11-11
Conquering Contract
BY P. HAL SIMS

partner has an ace, you can immediately
see that YOU should have q f1neSSe, or q
choice Of illnesses, for a small slam. II
he has only one high club honor, there
will be a f1nesse to take In that suit;
but in that case he must be very strong
in both red suits, probably A 9 and K
@ 10 or A @ and A ]. The slam de-
velopment, though so promising, must
not be rushed. No blunders over aces
must be risked. No Jump bids by you
which would show four primary tricks
and give him a wrong idea of your top
cards.
Bidding the Hand.
Opening bid of course, one spade.
Two no trumps from your thrice blessed
partner Three clubs from you, show
ing either a five card second suit or pos
sibly some extreme distribution such as
5-4-4-0. Three no trumps from your
partner Four clubs from you-a slam
try, as we all know that three no trumps
Is a sure contract. This says, Il have,
you see, real twu-suiter, so that my
opening bid may be shaded below three
primary tricks. especially since I had
five-card spade suit. Do you fill out
my second suit as I hope from your
earlier bid? Can you take care of the
two unbid suits Immediately? That Is
to say, do you control the time factor in
them so that whichever of us becomes
declarer can get in before they can take
two tricks, and get rid Of his losers on
one or both of my long suits?"
Plainly, the responding hand must
now sign off in a game contract in the
suit he prefers, If he has no ace or If
his holdings in the unbid suits are A J
X and @ 10 x-a possibility or really
almost a certainty of two immediate
losers. Permit him to stop the bidding
short of slam if he now signs off. He
must have a good reason, and you have
already bid your hand fully. However,
with, say,
sR, s3s. ]H Ko TO-. 81 81 ( GxA % X
he should now bid six no trumps. With
zPs. 81; Es kox q, 81 ksax k5s4
he should, without further ado. bid
seven clubs over your four clubs in a
rubber game. In a tournament, seven
no trumps, as this bid should be almost
as safe as seven clubs with the added
probability of a very helpful heart lead
coming up to the ace-queen. II dia-
mond lead comes, he must gather in the
10 tricks in your suit-at worst with q
finesse but this is unlikely-and finally
take the heart finesse. A good chance
to take any day Of the week for SO rich
a reward.
(Copyrisht 1880
Mr.. Sims will answer all inquiries on
contract that are addressed TO this news
paper with sel-addressed. stamped envelopes.
Evening star., 1933-11-11
Uncommon Sense
Imagination
BY JOHN BLAKE.
BY JOHN BLAKE.

.//V YHAT you don't see, doesn't
80 n worry you" runs the old
v v adage.
For the past 10 years
or more there has been crime epidemic
in the United States. Well organized
bands Of criminals, with intelligent men
heading them, have had practically
their own way in many towns.
The police have been unable to cope
with them, because, in some instances,
they are inefficient, and in others their
number is too limited to watch crooks
and direct vast volumes of traffic at
the same time. The real fault is that
of the public.
I talked the other day with man
whose place Of business had been
broken into by a gang of robbers He
was wild with rage
It was a disgrace to civilization that
his establishment should be raided by
burglars. Only ineficiency and heed
lessness could make such a thing
possible.
Now II everybody, In the city where
that man lived, had lost his money in
such fashion, robbery would come to
a speedy end. But the majority of the
people have not the imagination to en-
vision how they would feel II their own
places were looted. or their own fam
lilies threatened, perhaps wounded by
criminal invaders.
II you, MT Reader, should be held
up tonight and robbed Of q large sum
Of money. you would probably appear
at the police station tomorrow and
furiously demand that something be
done to put an end to gangdom. But
II you merely read about hold-up In
a newspaper you would move calmly on
to the next story, thanking your stars
that you still had your own wallet in
your pocket.
\
The honest, law-abiding people in
any country outnumber the criminals
many times. But they lack the imagina-
ton to be stirred by shootings and
lootings. II such things happen 10
others, well, it's all life. But to the
people to whom they happen, they are
really terrible affairs.
Evening star., 1933-11-11

. UTlOe was lacking
the first glimmer of taste under the cir
cumstances. AS 1 have complete faith
In your good taste. would like very
much to know your opinion"
Answer cannot wonder that YOU
were shocked. In fact, it suggests that
If an innate sense of good taste can be
as lacking as in your example, who
Knows but that soon a bride at the altar
Have you a match, John?" As a mat
ter Of fact, 1t would be scarcely more
shocking than cigarette between lips
under bridal veil Had she worn a
riding habit or country tweeds, and had
she been merely married without any
wedding surroundings. the cigarette,
lighted as soon as the ceremony ended,
would have fitted unnoticeably into the
picture. Proving once again that suit
ability Is always the first requirement
Of taste.
Dear Mrs Post: I have been married
and divorced and am still under 30.
am going to marry man now who has
never been married. For this reason I
would like 20 have as 'bridey' q wedding
as is allowed by convention, because it
so happens that both our mothers live
according to the code prescribed by it. -
Answer-Your wedding can be very
much the same as a first one. 1t should
of course, be reasonably small, and prop
erly you should have only one attend
ant. You can wear white with hat, or
you can wear a colored dress with a
matching veil. or whatever you please,
except white veil and orange bios
SONS.
(Copyright, Io33O
Evening star., 1933-11-11

wholesome and nutritious vegetables.
In less than hundred years the berry
that was considered sure death to the
consumer is now fed to babies.
Thousands of people make their nv-
ing either by planting this vegetable,
picking it or by distributing it after 1t
has left the great cannery.
The tomato is an annual and must
be grown from seed each year. 1t Is set
out in rows, especially prepared hills"
1t is vigorous grower, If given the
right conditions. 1t has strong smell
ing. hairy stem, that is sticky. This Is
from S to is inches long and inclined
to climb. There are from seven to nine
leafletS The flowers are small, yellow,
nodding bells The fruit is large and
juicy, with many small, kidney-shaped
seeds.
After the plant has been transferred
to the 'hill'' from the hotbed, where
it was grown from the seed, 1t takes
from go to 80 days for 1t to develop for
the market. Most of the tomatoes seen
in the stores have been picked green,
in order to have them reach the market
in sound condition. OF course, the
tomato is not a storage crop but the
perfect refrigeration Of today enables
us to have this favorite vegetable much
longer than its season lasts, and trans
portation also brings the wintergrown
tomatoes from Florida.
No plant Is free from enemies, and
the tomato has its full share. The great
tomato worm, fearsome- looking crea-
ture, wakes fat on the leaves, and other
caterpillars go after the fruit.
The portly looking tomato worm costs
the industry several million year for
his board. II you have ever picked this
vegetable, you have more than likely
encountered this worm. He marches
along the stem with lordly air, his
head held high and his demeanor
naughty. The horn on the body is a
bluff and intended to frightened his
enemies, the birds.
Besides the pests Of many types,
there Is our old friend, the box turtle,
who loves to amble In the dark and
bury his face in the cool depths Of
luscious tomato.
(Copyright, 1880
Evening star., 1933-11-11
OUR CHILDREN
BY ANGELO PATRI.
WordY instruction.

IN K OTHER, do you want me for
- Nu anything2 Hurry up, cause
WI they're waiting for me-"
4 Il "Of course want you
Didn't I call you? Now
listen to me. John George. / want you
to go down street for me. First I want
you to tell Mrs. Smith that she needn't t
come this Thursday, but to come the
following Monday. I can't have her
washing here this week with Aunt Eliza
coming. She can't bear any confusion.
And the smell of Soapsuds makes her
sick. Tell her to come next Thursday" !"
81 thought you said next Monday?"
IF you listened to me, If your mind
was not on. foot ball, you'd hear what
1 said. I don't want Mrs. Smith this
Thursday. want her next Monday.
Then you go and get the screwdriver
from George. Your father left It with
him to get the handle fixed It has
come loose and it pinched your father.
really don't see why he makes such
aefuss about little thing. Mr.. Harris
said he would Ak 1t. But anyway, go
and ask him for It,"
Shall ask Mr.. Harris or Mr.
George?"
mot Mr.. George. What's getting
AASO yO&s WHY 0OA yOu noJCI1 W u1CE
I never said q word about Mr.. George.
What could Mr.. George, the minister
Of the Baptist church, have to do with
the screwdriver? George has it. Your
Uncle George. Now hurry along and
on your way back don't forget the pack
age from the dairy"
Does he know I'm to get it? What'n
I ask for?"
I'm worn out trying to get you to do
q simple errand. Now listen and I'll tell
you all over again"
That's what wears mothers out and
sends children into fits Of angry tears.
When you have to tell q child to do
something pick good time. The
middle OF q ball game Is a very
poor time. Then when you have his
attention give him the directions In q
few clear words. Don't make any un-
necessary to-do about ii. Don't use an
unnecessary word. After you have told
him what to do. ask him to tell you
what he Is to do and correct any mis-
taken idea he may have. That's all.
When you say great many words,
and say them as fast as your tongue
can GO the child does not hear you.
The hearing that he must have in order
to DO the errand is q mental process.
His ears catch the sounds but his mind
interprets the sounds and takes ideas
from them. II you make q lot Of noise,
II you pour out river of words. you
drown out that mental hearing. The
child win not do the errand wen, be-
cause he has not heard you well.
We talk too much when we instruct
children. We think that the more We
say and the louder We say 1t the bet
ter. That Is o mistake. The less we
say, the more pointed the words. the
better the child win hear. Shouting
deadens hearing. A clear, soft tone, q
direct word, q cheerful smile and the
job is done and the child is ready to go.
tCopyright. 1e33l
Evening star., 1933-11-11
WHO ARE YOU?
The Romance of Your Name
BY RUBY HAsKINs ELLIS.

like corner. In wales, the meaning
OF the name Is round, circular.
The Kents were prominent In various
parts of Great Britain and attained
eminence in that country at a very
early period.
This family has been a distinguished
one in America also. The Pennsyl-
Vania KentS and their descendants, TO
whom the coat Of arms is ascribed, are
descendants of the Kents of County
Berks, Gloucester, Lincoln, Warwick
and Yorkshire, England. There are
several coats Of arms granted to various
branches of the family.
In New England, John Kent was an
active colonist who settled In Dedham,
Mass, In l645. His brother Joshua had
arrived earlier but returned to England
and brought back with him his two
brothers, John and Joseph. The latter
settled In Bristol County, Mass, There
are many descendants Of these brothers
IN the New England section TODAY.
kents in Connecticut were represented
by John Kent. John Kent, Jr.; Thomas,
Samuel and Cephas Kent.
(Copyright, 1933)
Evening star., 1933-11-11
Pleasing the Man
By CHLOE yAMIsON.

ONE Of these days, when you're feel
ing particularly impelled to please
the head of the house, try this recipe
for cream cake with blackand white
icing. It Is a never-to-be-forgotten
dessert, I assure you. and not too ex-
pensive For the cake, whip one cup Of
heavy sweet cream and add the stifiy-
beaten whites of three eggs, folding
them In carefully. Add one-half cup
of water and one teaspoonful vanilla.
Then, little at a time, add the follow
ing dry ingredients which have been
sifted together twice: Two cups pastry
-four, three teaspoonfuls baking powder,
one-half teaspoonful salt, one and one
half cups sugar. Beat well and pour
into two buttered and Toured layer cake
pans; bake IN a medium oven for 80
with a simple white butter icing.
Spread 0 thin layer Of butter icing over
the top and coat with melted bitter
chocolate.
comes to icing is to pour the cake into
shallow oblong pan and bake it in one
sheet. Cover the top with a layer OF
the white butter icing and coat with
the melted chocolate.
This Is a wonderful cake to serve with
lemon Sherbet or one Of the fruit des-
serts like diced fresh pineapple, baked
pears, or peaches. If bitter chocolate
is not a favorite, then use the white
icing only, garnished. II you like, with a
sprinkling Of ground nut meats, or
shaved hazelnuts.
Evening star., 1933-11-11
(CopyriEht. 1e3S.)
BONERS
Selected from school papers.

Describe an abstract noun. II Is the
name Of something which has no exist
ance. as goodness.
The boy who looks at the future be-
fore it arrives can then look back at
the past.
Seafaring men in the habit Of drink
ing are liable 10 collide with other YES
sells.
The Eskimo are Gods frozen people.
mfintty Is place you can't get TO
where lines meet
Chaplets are places Of worship Ike
chapels only smaller.
Cecil Rhodes was q great inventor.
It was him who invented gold In Africa.
There Is great deal Of nothing In
the center Of Australia.
The earth Is round and iattened at
the corners.
Virgil was In love with q girl called
Enid and wrote o lot OF books about her.
An octet Is diagram that has eight
SIDES
The climate Of the island Is wet but
embracing.
Evening star., 1933-11-11


Il Il started to write stories for boys
and girls:
"I read (almost) all your stories Of
different things in the Corner, but ]
have missed the ones you wrote about
the Earth's Large Cities. We are study
ing these in school. want to know II
you would send me the back copies that
I have missed. am saving the ones
you are writing now"
The last line of the letter pleases me,
for that is the only way reader can
make sure that he will have particu-
lar Corner story when he needs 1t. I
am able to send the writer of the letter
the stories which were missed, but I
cannot promise to do that at all times.
Often look through my files and md
that have sent out all my duplicates.
Yes. have duplicate files" and
keep them in an effort to help readers;
but so many write to me that I must
make a suggestion:
"If you miss copy Of the Corner,
please do this flrst-write letter TO
the circulation manager of the news
paper, telling him the day and date Of
the paper, and, If possible, the title OF
the story. For each back number you
want inclose the cost Of the paper with
your letter. Write very plainly your
complete name and address. If it proves
impossible to obtain a back number
from the circulation manager, write to
me with full information"
Out of the thousands of letters which
have come to me this year, only small
number have come with incomplete or
Evening star., 1933-11-11
UNCLE RAYS CORNER

incorrect address; but those few are
enough to cause worry. You may have
sent letter and may have waited for
an answer which did not come-and
that would worry you. Now and then
an envelope reaches me without any
thing In It'll The one who mailed 1t
must have thought it contained the let
ter he wrote-and how can ] tel him
that there was no letter inside?
A mistake of another kind Git hap
pens only once In great while) Is for
a letter to be signed Just John" or
Mary" without the last name, even
without a street address. The writer
may think that I can obtain the ad-
dress from a previous letter; but he
should remember that there are many
Johns and many Marys.
In general, however, am delighted
by the care which readers use when
they send me letters, giving full name
and full address, and being most kindly
and thoughtful about the words they
send to me. My helpers and do our
best to handle the letters which come
TO us. Please always remember that.
UNCLE RAY.
Evening star., 1933-11-11
Everyday Psychology
BIZ DIR. JESSE W. sPRowLs.

Abilities.
We are now living in peculiar era
in the history Of human understanding.
The thing that makes this q peculiar
era is the fact that psychologists have
started out to dnd out all they can
about human abilities. They got their
cue from the public at large. the
average man imagines that he can
recognize the difference in mental
ability between two individuals Nine
times out Of ten he acts on his judg-
ment
But what do the psychologists find2
That very few persons can recognize
mental abilities even when they are
supplied with the best measuring sticks.
This means that snap judgments
amount to little more than mere guesses
What is more important, few persons
are able to recognize their own abilities
A few years ago. some 1000 hign
school seniors were tested for their
ability to pursue a still higher grade
of formal education. Take the 10 per
cent that ranked highest-200 pupils.
About one-third Of these thought that
they had enough ability to risk the ex-
pense of going farther and TO make a
90 Of the venture Take the 10 per cent
that ranked lowest-200 pupils. Every
one of them doomed to failure accord
ing to the standards of formal higher
education. Yet one-fourth Of them as
Sumed that they had the requisite men
tai ability.
Evening star., 1933-11-11
AUTUMN
ny d. O. PEATTH

n YOT all the glorious Autumn
coloration is confined to trees
and bushes. AS a matter Of
4 fact, some of the little herbs
guard their bright flecks Of
color longer, at least in this climate,
than do the trees themselves. For In
stance, nothing could be more gorgeous
than the scarlets of the pokeweed, that
some of my country neighbors call
gargets. With its vivid purple stems,
its blue-black berries and its flaming
red leaves, it is a thing OF barbaric
splendor, as it marches, coarse and
common, but brave and familiar, along
the fence rows, on the edges OF old
fields and meadows, in the roadside
bitches and even in vacant city lots.
The pokeweed is one of the relatively
few American plants that have become
weeds in Europe-in revenge, perhaps,
for all those thistles, dandelions, hawk
weeds, bluedevils, FrenchweedS, char
locks and scores more that Europe has
sent to plague us.
Everywhere in Europe I, met the
pokeweed; in England they call 1t
American inkplapt, in France the
that, when young, it was edible as
greens, nor that when it had purpled
UP it was poisonous. But I did see 1t
on sale In the markets for Autumn
coloration, which shows more appreci-
alton of its beauties than it has at
home.
Beautiful flecks of color, orange and
scarlet, are seen in the whorled leaves
of the towering spurge that troops
over the sandy open spaces, in the light
thickets and hedgeroUs, and in the sis
ter species, the wild ipecac, that drug
gists often 60 to collect at Suitland bog.
Deep red is the color Of the pinweed's
tiny leaves, where 1t spreads every
where In the dry, sterile woods, and
here and there an evening primrose,
with stin last fleck of bloom upon it,
drips scarlet leaves from its aging stalk.
On the milkweed pod last bright leaf
twirls hstlessly, here golden yellow, and
there red, and the willow herb and fire.
weed sometimes make gorgeous splashes
Of color around the burned-over bogs.
There is a sort of Autumn coloration.
too, that suffnses the whole plant In
the SaltWort or Russian thistle, that
has established itself around Alex
andria. The same is true Of some OF
the tumbleweed grasses. The tumble
weeds, of course, have very little chance
to multiply. or make pests Of them
selves here, as they do on the great
plains, but since they are scarce ! al
ways get q little thrill out Of them,
when find them rolling and blowing
about, in the rubbishy vacant spaces
around the edge of our city, for they
bring back to me the spirit Of the West
or at least what little saw Of 1t, with
its sense of emptiness, Of imminent ad-
venture and its strange, monotonous
but impressive vegetation.
Evening star., 1933-11-11

GOOD EVENING, PETER" SAID
REDDY IN HIS PLEASANTEST
VOICE.
He knew just where to look for Peter
Rabbit. You see there is a certain
tangle of brarnbles and briars under
which Peter can be safe yet peep out
to see what is going on outside the
dear Old Briar-pstch. There he de-
lights to sit and sometimes to nap.
And there when he Is at home he may
almost always be found.
1t was there that Reddy Fox looked
for him and found him. Good eve
ming, Peter" said Reddy in his pleas
antest voice How goes the thrift
these days?"
Not so good" replied Peter honestly.
Reddy appeared to be surprised. At
least he pretended to appear so. I'm
sorry to hear that" said he. What
seems to be the trouble?"
"The trouble is," replied Peter, that
I don't eat thrifty food"
Thrifty foodl" exclaimed Reddy.
who ever heard of thrifty food?"
Peter grinned. What I mean" he
explained, 'is that do not eat the
kind of food that I can store up for
the Winter and thus be thrifty. All
that clover and grass I cut spoiled"
Evening star., 1933-11-11
My Neighbor Says:

A paste made Of starch and
buttermilk spread over an ink
spot on a rug will remove the
spot. Let the paste remain on
until 1t is dry. then rub off.
If bread is too fresh to cut for
sandwiches put it in the re-
frigerator for about an hour. 1t
can then be easily cut.
To remove candle grease from
clothing or furniture lay piece
of clean blotting paper over the
spot and. press the paper with a
very heavy, hot iron. The heat
viii melt the grease and the blot
ting paper viii absorb it.
II you like peppermints. add
drop TO chocolate or white FROST
ing used on cakes.
To clean windows In cold
weather, rub over them with q
cloth dampened with kerosene,
then polish with cheese cloth.
Fruit stains on table linen may
be removed by rubbing spirit OF
camphor on, before washing, TO
make them disappear quickly.
To prevent milk set In an OUT
side ice box from freezing, tie an
old magazine around the bottle.
This viii prevent its freezing N
the coldest weather.
tcopgright. 1889
Evening star., 1933-11-11

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