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Evening star., 1934-10-23

make it possible to get the logs into
water without having to haul them
long distance This saving of labor
would in part make up for the labor
of digging the canal. So it was neces-
sary that that canal should be dug in
Just the right place.
Paddy had already begun digging
when Mrs. Paddy finally Joined him.
She nodded in approval as she took
note of where he had started and the
direction in which he was digging.
The ground was level for some dis
tance and the canal would carry the
water from the pond back to the trees
they wanted to cut.
We will dig it so that it will go be-
tween those two clumps," explained
Paddy. Neither will be too far from
1t to be cut safely. That will be better
than TO dig it straight to one clump
for then the other would be too far
from water. BY digging between them
We can harvest both with the least
risk and the least work in getting the
logs into the water"
do YOU think there will be enough
within easy reach?" asked Mrs. Paddy.
and she sounded bit doubtful.
We can tell better when We have
cut them" replied Paddy, and went
right on digging
Mrs Paddy said no more but joined
In the work The mud was piled up
along one bank and as the canal grew
longer the water came in from behind
them so that they felt at all times
safe. especially as one or another was
always on watch while the others
worked. The canal vas wide enough
for easy handling of the logs TO be
fioated through it and deep enough
for good swimming and safety.
Evening star., 1934-10-23


IL hickorieS were the athletes of
the woods? Have you heard
L L that their strength and form
show they are fitted for a
long race for survival?
1t is too bad to think that these
| lovely trees are becoming scarce. Too
many have been cut down and none
planted in their places.
Again We repeat that Eastern North
America has all but one of the known
hickorieS of the world.
We have every reason to believe
that the great hickory forests of one
hundred thousand years ago, that
flourished in Europe, were wiped out
when great sheet of ice came down
from the north.
Hickories were the first trees to
be found by the early settlers, who
cut them down in order to use the
rich, fertile soil to be found in the
bottom lands, where these trees
fouriShed.
This tree is tall and slender, with
straight trunk. 1t grows to a height
of 60 to a 100 feet. The stout
branches and slender twigs form a
broad, symmetrical crown. The trunk
is sometimes "a inches through.
The bark, as you will notice. is
grayish- brown, smooth and close. The
twigs are yellowish brown, with pale
dots on them. The wood, like all
hickory wood. is brown, heavy, close
grained and tough. 1t is used to
make hoops and for fuel, and at one
time OK yokeS were made of it.
This tree is familiar sight in most
of the Eastern part of the United
States and Ontario west to Mime
sofa. Nebraska, and Texas, and in
Florida. When it is given low, wet
soil cit is usually fond of swampy
places, the tree becomes large and
fruitful, though the fruit has no COM
mercial value.
You can recognize this tree all the
year round. by its bark, which be-
comes roughened in old age, although
it is not so shaggy as its neighbor and
cousin, the shagbark, our well-known
tramp Of the woods. Don't confuse
it with the bark Of the white { sh. al
though the light gray bark. roughened
by shallow assures, resembles it some
what.
Look for the orange brown twigs,
covered with their fine hair coat, and
you may be able to see the elongated
breathing pores. In the Winter you
have the buds to guide you as to
Identification. Unlike the other i'm
po-tant hickories, these are yellow in
color. fiat and blunt in form, and 10
matter what the season. there are
some on the tree. Besides, they are
longer than they are wide, and are
covered with four dotted yellowish
scales. which are found in pairs. The
buds stand one above the other on
the twigs. The one on top Is the
largest, and grows on stalk you can
see without your lens.
Look below the lateral buds for the
portly heart-shaped leaf-scars. You
cannot miss them, because they are a
shade lighter in color than the twigs
and contain many bundle scars, ar
ranged, as a rule, in three groups.
The flowers and the leaves appear
about May. The tree Is bearer OF
both types Of flowers. The staminate,
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winged seams, which reach a part of
the way to the base There is a
golden fuzz on the husk, and the nut
itself has thin coat, which is marked
with dark lines.
The kernel is bitter and white. 1t
has been used by many country
boy in initiation rites. The kernels
are as bitter as gall-ask your dad
No woodland creature eats them. The
nut babies roll away from the tree.
and being safe from the woodland
creatures. lie there until covered with
leaves. Now one sticks out a weak
foot and sends its rootlets into the
rich soil below.
This is an ideal park tree. a rapid
grower and a handsome figure. I am
sure you will appreciate the hitternut
more upon closer acquaintance.
Copyright. 1934)
Evening star., 1934-10-23
Brides-To-Be
BY EMILY POST.

"DEAR MRS. POST: I am middle
aged and have been q widow for
many years, but am marrying soon,
with no attendants and with only q
few members of our families present.
AS I wear black and white most Of
the time, it would seem very strange
to choose something in color, even for
my wedding dress, but friends warn
me that black is sure to be the har-
binger of bad luck in this new venture.
Is such thing true?"
Answer-It is true that black on q
bride or her attendants, when there
is wedding picture, is looked upon as
unsuitable. But in your own case.
would wear black and white as you
always do, and perhaps pin on a few
dowerS-n you want to-for color.
Dear Mrs Post: I am being married
in suit, and would like to have my
three sisters for bridesmaids. Must
they all wear suits, too, and how
should we walk?"
Answer-Your sisters should wear
suits or very simple day dresses, but
it would be unthinkable to have a
procession dressed in such clothes.
You could have one sister as maid of
honor, or all three might stand near
you at the service, If you are married
in house. In church, this would not
do very well, either. If you really
want to have them as bridesmaids,
you ought to wear a wedding dress of
white or cream, and have them dressed
In effective dresses that match.
Dear Mrs. Post: My sister and ]
are having double wedding, and we
can iron out all the other difficulties
but the wedding cake. Should there
be two, because there are two brides?'
Answer-At the only double
wedding that I can remen enber, there
were two sit-down bridal tables and
a cake on each. But if you are not
having separate bridal tables, I think
that one large wedding cake, with
four little figures on it, two brides
and two bridegrooms, would be verv
suitable. Both brides, in turn, cut
the first slices to share with the
brldegrooms. If you are having the
individual boxes of cake for guests
TO take home, it would be practical to
have these marked with a double set
OF initials. Otherwise you will have
TO order two boxes for each guest in
stead of one.
Copyright. 1934)
Evening star., 1934-10-23

These hands are interesting merely
because one wonders how any normal
ly intelligent human being could be
guilty of such defensive play. West,
under Heaven knows what system.
bid one no trump, and East jumped
right to three no trumps. Neither
North nor South dared double. AS
usual, South, the innocent bystander,
sent me this hand. He said. and
swearS that it's true, that North opened
the eight of diamonds. Having the
nine and ten, South didn't cover. but
instead played an encouraging six
spot. West, that old champion QUICKER,
refused to win the trick. At this
point, much to South's surprise-sur-
prise tinged with horror-North laid
down the queen of clubs. West won
the trick with the ace in his own hand
and returned club. North went
right up with the jack, South'S nine
dropping.
These tactics baffled West. He won
the trick with the king in dummy,
and then played the ten of clubs,
looking for the eight to drop. 1t
didn't. The spade suit was now at
tackled West, being only trifle bet
ter than North, entered his hand with
the ace, and played the ten back.
He got just what he deserved-the
ten of diamonds pushed through.
North. with a happy smile at his
brilliant defense, proceeded to run
four diamond tricks. On the last dia-
mond South threw the jack of hearts
in order that there might be no mis-
conception in North's mind. Want
hearts, do you?" said North cheerily,
leading his singleton heart, and neg
lecting to take the high eight of clubs
in the general excitement. And lol
West was set two tricks at three no
trumps.
Personally, I don't believe the
story. But possibly one of my read
ers has had a similar experience and
can reaSsure me on this point.
Evening star., 1934-10-23
Who Are You?
The Romance of Your Name
BY RUBY HASKINS ELLIS.

name Of De Croy, which was later
changed to De Gray. 1t is quite GER
tain that the De Grays crossed the
English Channel and established
homes in various sections of Great
Britain, for families of this name are
found to have lived there at a very
early period.
The Grays who used the coat of
arms reproduced were of Galcraig,
Scotland. John Gray, the son of Will
liam Gray, was the pioneer of this
family to the United States, but not
until the colonies had gained their
independence. He arrived in 1854
and purchased a home in Stafford
County. Va. His family silver bore the
coat of arms shown.
Among the Grays who settled at
an earlier period in the New England
States were Ebenezer. in Hartford,
Conn. in 1888; Thomas and Edward,
brothers, in the Plymouth COLONY in
1913; James Gray. who took the oath
Of allegiance in Providence. R l., in
1871: Samuel, goldsmith in Boston,
and John and his brother Henry who
settled in Fairfield, Conn. in l643.
Families of this name are now
spread throughout the country. They
are honored for their industry, sta
bility and patriotism.
(CopyriRht 1o34l
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sleeves-long and short If your
house dress turns out we'll, as it will,
you might try making the model in
wool, or silk. using the long sleeves
and emitting the pockets. The vest
might be of white, on a black wool
crepe Another fabric which could be
used to advantage is satin back crepe
featuring both sides of the material
Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1483-B is
designed in sizes SO to 48. Size SO
requires 33s yards of 36-inch material
* yard 36-inch contrast.
Every Barbara Bell pattern includes
an illustrated instruction guide which
is easy to follow
Evening star., 1934-10-23
Nancy Page
Worn Linoleum Becomes Fresh
As Paint With Paint.
BY FLORENCE LA GANKE.

IT DON'T know what to do with this
linoleum. We borrowed some
money to renoviZe and moderniZe our
kitchen. The national housing act is
great for people like ourselves who
have wanted to make repairs but have
lacked the money. With the reason
able rate of interest and three years
in which to pay it back we are having
number of things done. But even
so, the money will not do all we want
ed it to do So am trying to decide
what to do with this linoleum, which
we can't afford to replace" A painter
told her just what to do:
Get bright but rich blue paint.
Put two coats on the floor. Now mark
off a finch band all around the
floor next to the wall. Divide this
band into one that is inches wide
and one that is l inch wide. Draw
line with chalk.
Paint the 6-inch band close to
the wall a darker blue than your
center part of the floor That leaves
a 1-inch band between the dark strip
and the lighter center When the
pdl1lI ID oly. Pdhlt t111S
1-inch band a brilliant red.
Now dip sponge in white paint
and stipple the center part. When
this is dry. apply one coat of linoleum
varnish. And see how effective that
floor covering really is.
Then, for the window. get white
organdy and make full, plain curtains.
Buy cotton cord about as thick as
your little finger and sew it on the
edge To finish off the ends near the
heading, roll it round and round, sew
ing the coils down fiat to the hanging
This cord may be blue or red or
white. You might try this same effect
in a different material. Use Argen-
tine cloth in blue and sew white cot
ton cord on for an edging. Set a pot
of red geraniuIns in the window and
wrap the cleaning cans with the oil
cloth covers, trimmed with fiat flower
applique"
Evening star., 1934-10-23
Natures Children
BY LILLIAN cox ATHEY.

or male, ones are m catkinS, 3 or
inches long, in groups of threes. The
female. or pistillate, ones are on ter
minal peduncles, one to three flowers,
about three -fourths of an inch long,
with green, spreading stigmas.
The leaves are alternate and COM
pound. They are from to 10 inches
long, of to IL narrow leaflets. These
are willow-like in shape, and hang
from downy stems.
In Autumn you must use your ac-
quired knowledge of the forms of
hickory nuts to name your tree by its
fruit. They are pea-shaped, three
fourths to one inch long. The husk is
thin, and there are four easily seen
Evening star., 1934-10-23
Cherv Pie.

Mix one rounded tablespoonful Of
white -four with one cupful of sugar,
then moisten with the juice of one
can of red cherries. Pour over the
cherries. which have been placed in
pie plate lined with cheese crust,
dot with butter and bake with an
upper crust made as follows: Mix
half a cupful Of shortening with one
fourth pound of grated cheese, one
fourth cupful of boiling water, one
and one-half cupfuls of white flour
and a little salt. Roll out as for
ordinary pie crust.
Evening star., 1934-10-23
Today's Hay Diet Menu.

BREAKFAST.
Shredded wheat biscuit with
sliced banana and cream.
Coffee with cream and sugar
LUNCHEON.
Cream of asparagus soup.
Cabbage, apple and nut salad
with cream mayonnaise dressing.
Dessert: Grapes and cream.
DINNER.
Tomato-sauerkraut juice.
Heart of lettuce, pimento,
mayonnaise dressing.
Ham baked in pineapple juice.
Steamed caulif1oWer.
Steamed baby green lima beans.
Dessert: Apple whip.
Coffee with cream and sugar
may be added to any starch meal.
Coffee with cream and no sugar
may be added to protein or
alkaline forming meal.
Evening star., 1934-10-23
The Hay Diet
The New Way to Vibrant Health.
BY WILLIAM HOWARD HAY NJ D.

those foods that We most enjoy eating,
missing none of the pleasures of
taste, We need then only make sure
that the thing eaten is actually food
that is, that it is not refined or
emasculated or in any way changed
or spoiled or denatured or poisoned.
If We we're to follow the teachings
of Epicurus fully, we would then find
that eating has become a far more en-
joyable function than ever before; and
we would be freed from all the dan
gers that accompany the table gen.
orally.
We very much need a vastly more
simple philosophy than We are now
experiencing in our complex manner
of living, and our heterogeneous man
ner of eating. Indeed. we could do
no better than to emulate Epicurus
in thiSl
Evening star., 1934-10-23
Savory Baked Sausage.

Sift four cupfuls of white flour with
five teaspoonfuls of baking powder
and one teaspoonful of salt. Work
in four tablespoonfuls of lard. then
add one and three-fourths to two cup
fuls of milk to make a soft dough.
Turn out onto a Toured board and
knead lightly. Roll to about one
fourth inch in thickness and cut into
three-inch squares. Brush one pound
of smoked link sausages with pre-
pared mustard. Lay one sausage on
each square Of dough. Roll up and
pinch together securely. Place side by
side allowing little room for expan-
sion and bake in a lot oven for 20
minutes
Evening star., 1934-10-23
Hot Potato Salad.

Boil five white potatoes in their
skins until easily pierced with a fork.
Remove and pare. and slice very thin.
Line buttered baking dish with slices
of the potatoes; dot with cream. and
sprinkle with salt, pepper. chopped
onions. and celery Repeat until all
the potatoes have been used. Cover
the top of baking dish with strips
of bacon. Bake in a moderate oven
for about 80 minutes.
Evening star., 1934-10-23
BY BARBARA BELL.

~ OTHERS, preparing to pinch
M hit this winter for large
wv family, will find they can
1 i make the grade twice as sue
cessfully if they wear the
right clothes. Their dresses must be
comfortable, and should be attractive
and versatile enough to meet the
exigencies of a domestic career. Eff
clent housewives like to look as
charming when they clean the attic
or kitchen as when they answer a
ring at the doorbell. Our model in
today's sketch is perfect for typical
day OF indoor work. The most critical
prospect will cease to eye it with
doubt when she hears it is made in
one of the new dirt-resisting percales,
patterned all over with a diverting de-
sign. The collar and vest of white
give the required touch of nghtness
to the face. Busy women find these
serviceable cottons more satisfactory
than the daintier and more de luxe
ones. They iron up well, and always
look as crisp as the first day you got
them.
This pattern includes two pairs of
Evening star., 1934-10-23

nations in the size of their potato
crops. Together they produce about
three thousand million bushels each
year. Poland ranks third and the
United States fourth.
Sweet potatoes are not nearly so
important as white potatoes, but they
are widely grown-in India, China,
Japan and Southern Europe, as well
as in the New World. North Carolina,
Georgia, Louisiana and Texas lead
other American States in sweet po-
tato crops.
Sweet potatoes form the roots of
the plants, but white potatoes grow
from underground branches of the
stem, and are not roots.
Though classed together, white po-
tatoes and sweet potatoes belong to
different plant families. Many sweet
potatoes weigh from to 10 pounds.
Some of great size, up to so pounds,
have been reported by farmers on the
Island of Java.
(For Geography section of your
scrapbook)
Seven Wonders of the World! Do
you know what they are? Would you
like to know more about them? If
so, write to Uncle Ray to ask for his
Seven Wonders" leaf1et, and inclose
3-cent stamped envelope addressed
to yourself. UNCLE RAY.
Copyright. 1934)
Evening star., 1934-10-23

distinction between need and desire,
and showed that what we need and
what we desire are not at all closely
related, and we have mistaken desire
for need during most of our lives.
He said: Give thanks to nature
that the things needful are most easily
obtained, and those things hard to OBJ
Evening star., 1934-10-23
Cheese Loaf.

Put through a food chopper one
pound of American cheese, six stuffed
olives, four dill pickles. one red pep
per, and one cupful of walnuts; mix
thoroughly. Press into a loaf. Keep
in a cool place and cut in thin slices
for sandwiches, or serve on toast with
cream sauce.
Evening star., 1934-10-23
Cabbage Omelet.

Cook four cupfuls of shredded cab
bage in a small quantity of water until
tender; drain; add three eggs we'll
beaten, half a cupful of milk, half
a teaspoonful of salt, and one-fourth
teaspoonful of pepper. Melt one table
spoonful of butter in a frying pan.
and when hot add the cabbage COM
bination. Cook until well Drowned.
Serve at once.
Evening star., 1934-10-23
Beef-and-Bacon Casserole.

Shape some ground beef into balls
or patties and wrap them with bacon.
Brown on all sides to a golden brown
in bacon fat Place In casserole
and add slices of onion. green pepper
and fresh tomatoes, seasoned with
salt and pepper. Cover and let bake
slowly for one hour.
Evening star., 1934-10-23
Marshmallow Cream.

Scald IL cupfuk Of milk. drop 20
marshmallows in the hot milk, and
whip with an egg beater until the
marshmallows are dissolved. Cool,
add one cupful of cream whipped,
one cupful Of crushed fruit, or other
davoring, and q pinch Of salt.
Evening star., 1934-10-23

lowing OF in1ti-
ates who had ac-
cepted his theo-
ries Of life and
his manner of
living.
He fourished
at a time when
aSceticiSm W a S
t h e prevailing
trend of philoso-
ply, yet Epicurus
taught a system
that allowed the
individual tn e
most perfect free
dom in his living.
He TAUGHT the
Evening star., 1934-10-23

THIS name does not, as may be
supposed, have its origin in gray
"a color. It was derived from the
name of a town called Croy. on the
banks of the Saone in Burgundy,
France. Rollo, who was chamberlain
to Robert. the Duke of Normandy,
received from him the castle of Croy
in Picardy. His family assumed the
Evening star., 1934-10-23
How 1t Started
BY JEAN NEWTON.
Behind His Back.

TO have something done behind
ones back connotes sneaky per-
formance in ones absence, or an act
accomplished surreptitiously and with
out ones knowledge.
That this reprehensible practice is
not a modern manifestation is indi-
Gated by the age of this expression,
which has been in general use for at
least $50 years.
We have it from a play by Lilly"
published in 1884.
Evening star., 1934-10-23
Jolly Polly
A Little Chat on English.
BY JOS. ]. FRISCH.

]. M.-''My uncle said" is the cor
rect form, not MY uncle he said"
This error is very often made by chill
dren and sometimes by grown-ups who
have been unable to shake of this
bad speech habit. Say My cousin
saw you." not My cousin she saw
you" Billy went, too." not Billy
be went, too"
Evening star., 1934-10-23
Contract
BY P. HAL SIMS.

Mr.. Sims is universally acclaimed the
greatest liuing contract and auction
player. He Uas captain of the renowned
-Four Horsemen" team, noW disbanded,
and has Uon "a national CHAMPION
ships since 1924. These articles are
based on the Sims system, zuhich
includes the one-oUer-one principle,
uhtch the Sims group of players was
the first to employ and deuelop.
Evening star., 1934-10-23

w WHILE Mrs. Paddy and the
A young Beaver, whose twin
wv brother had been caught
by Yowler the Bobcat, cut
up and towed to the food
pile the trees that had been cut,
Paddy carefully looked over the
ground and planned canal That
canal would require a lot of hard
work, but this din't worry Paddy in
the least No. sir, it didn't worry
him at all. He never was afraid of
work. And that canal, when it was
finished, would do two very important
things. First, it would make the har-
vesting of those trees much safer, and
this was the most important. The
second thing it would do would be to
Evening star., 1934-10-23
Defense Still in Darkness,

w WHILE am concentrating on
a palooka plays as contrib
wv uted by my correspondents,
Y Y might as well give the
following hand:
Evening star., 1934-10-23
(313E5isa3
When Y0urC0ueh
Hangs On, Mix
This at Home
Saves Good Money! No Cooking

II you want the best cough remedy
that money can buy. mix it at home.
1t costs very little, yet it's the most re-
liable, Quick-acting medicine you ever
used. The way it takes hold of stub
born coughs, giving immediate relief.
is astonishing.
Any druggist can supply you with
2h ounces of Pinex. Pour this into a
pint bottle, and add granulated sugar
syrup to make full pint. To make
syrup, use 2 cups of sugar and one cup
of water. and stir few moments until
dissolved. No cooking needed. It's no
trouble at all, and gives you four times
as much cough medicine for your money
"A real family supply. Keeps per.
fectly and tastes fine.
1t is surprising how quickly this
loosens the germ-laden phlegm, soothes
and heals the infamed membranes,
clears the air passages, and thus ends
a severe cough in a hurry.
Pinex is a compound OF Norway
Pine. in concentrated form, the most
reliable healing agent for severe A
coughs. 1t is guaranteed to give
prompt relief or money re- -
funded. ~
z; $g!5E!Y
Evening star., 1934-10-23
Copyright. 1934.)

=, Mrs. Post has prepared a leafiet called
Dance Can Be Simple" which She will
pe elad to send you if stamped (}-centJ
seH-addressed envelope is inclosed with
your request to her. in care OF this news
Evening star., 1934-10-23
Epicurus.

Eplcurus.
~ YER two centuries before the
Christian era young man
Of the Island of Samos be-
~ gan to attract attention as
philosopher. When 48
years of age he moved to Athens, then
the center of all culture, and bought
a garden. Here he accepted students
of his philosophy and built up q fol-
Evening star., 1934-10-23
Canal Is Dug.

First plan your work. then see 1t through
The very best that you can do.
Paddy the Beaver.
Evening star., 1934-10-23
Bitternut Hickory.
HicOria CordifOrmiS.

7 AVE you ever heard that the
~ hickories were the athletes of
the woods? Have you heard
L L that their strength and form
Evening star., 1934-10-23

(Copyright l934.)