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Evening star., 1934-02-24
DELI lNlL OlOlNALO W. Burgess.

snow to the stone wall and up to
fat stone on top and another line led
back to that hole. Reddy knew those
tracks and he knew that hole.
so" said he, Johnny Chuck was
out during the day. Wonder If he
came out TO look for his shadow, and
here are Striped Chipmunk's foot
prints. He was out, too. Wish I had
been over here. Peter Rabbit, Johnny
Chuck and Striped Chipmunk all here
at the same time-what a chance
that would have been! That Is the
first time Johnny has been out this
Winter. Must be the warm weather
of the last few days brought him out.
Now he has gone back to sleep and
goodness knows when he'll come out
again. Those footprints look as II he
is heavy SO he must still be fat. I'll
remember this and the next mild days
we have I'll come over here for a
look. My, my. how good a fat Wood
chuck would taste these daysl Well.
none was frightened SO, perhaps, some
day they will have another meeting.
If they do I hope I may be on hand.
So Reddy Fox read the signs as he
hunted and by the time he got back to
his home in the Old Pasture he knew
much of what his neighbors had been
doing The stories of their movements
was written in the snow for any one to
read who could. And for that mat
ter the story Of Reddys own doings
was also written there. Soft snow
tells many tales. Just try reading
them some time.
tCopyright, 1934.)
Evening star., 1934-02-24

play it would have been without any
interest in the bidding, though the
same play for slam would come up
if, having bid only four hearts, one
were careful enough to go for the
end-play for six instead of spreading
the hand for five-odd.
I sat North and played this in a
duplicate game with Sir Derrick
Wernher, who is associated with me
in all my writing on bridge as my
partner. He was dealer and bid no
trump. 1t is true that one might con-
slider minor suit opening bid. as the
no trump might play better with
North as declarer since a. major suit
lead is likely. South has no major
tenace while North might have some
thing of the kind. and South's minor
holdings are both very strong pro-
tectively. However. Wernher ex-
planned afterward that he would have
to insist on playing in no trumps for
the $50 aces, and felt that If held
a weak distributional hand I might
be more ready to leave him in no.
trump contract If he had bid 1t at
first than If he only shifted to no
trumps after I had bid and perhaps
rebid long weak suit, and think his
reasoning, in principle, sound-though
the bidding developed differently. One
no trump by South. both oponents
always pass. two hearts, two no
trumps, three hearts, three no trumps,
four hearts by me as it looks hopeless
in no trumps, but sure in hearts.
Now Wernher felt that many other
pairs might stop at three or four no
trumps and win the board from us
by the honors; so that we must either
insist on no trumps and risk being
set in view of my denial of two entries
in no trumps or else he must slam in
hearts and so trust the slam pre-
MUM to smother the $50 honors. He,
therefore, bid six hearts. In rubber
play one would, of course. abandon
the aces and play at four hearts. But
here he had bear by the tail and
could not let 60.
A spade lead (but no other lead)
Evening star., 1934-02-24

middle Of February. Every pot and
kettle was ready, with the low sleighs
for hauling the product and every
thing necessary for the trip into the
woods.
One morning, the owner of the
maple lot found that all was just right
for the trip. Even the children were
delighted to go. They were OF great
help in carrying the smaller buckets
of sirup and it was Compromised
treat, always. The augers bored clean,
half-inch holes in the trees and metal
spouts were placed in the holes, from
which buckets hung.
The sap flows fast during sunny
days, and the buckets filled quickly
The smaller buckets were emptied into
the large cans holding 40 or so GAL
Ions.
Maple sap must not be allowed to
stand. So it is placed over hot
fire at the sugar house to boil. The
faster it boils, the clearer the sirup
and how fragrant the boiling maple
sirup is. As it grows thicker and
thicker. the experienced sugar maker
draws it from the siruping-off pan
Day and night the work goes on
Some sirup is poured into pals for
shipping, and portion stirred into
cakes or poured into blocks. The
sirup until it will wax" then it is
poured in thin stream over a pure
sheet of ice or snow. This candy
never has the flavor made anywhere
else When the sap runs a deep red,
the tree is through giving her sirup
away. She needs it for her buds and
leaves. The sugar season Is over.
For a long time, Vermont led in
supplying us with maple sugar. New
York produces more maple sugar now
for the markets. Ohio, Pennsylvania,
Michigan and New Hampshire pro-
duce maple sugar and sirup on a COM
mercial scale. There are half dozen
more States that have a small supply.
There are about 70 species of maple
trees. About a dozen of them grow
in the United States. All of them
supply us with a sweetish sap, but
only the sugar maple and the black
naples yield enough for commercial
purposes.
There are about $4,000 900 trees
being tapped today. and their sirup
is made into something like 5000, 900
pounds of maple sugar. Skill and
strict adherence to the rules, followed
by their parents and ancestors, ac-
count for the difference in the maple
sugar found on the market today.
(Copyrieht, 1s34)
Evening star., 1934-02-24
DOROTHY DIX'S LETTER BOX
Will Cultured Girl Be Happy Married to
Man From "Other Side of Tracks? How
Does Good Husband Treat His Wife?

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and peases that herself
alone And he should realize that by her the
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who makes his wife happy glad married him husband
DOROTHY DIX.
Evening star., 1934-02-24
UNCLE RAYS
CORNER
A Little Saturday Talk.

A Little Saturday Talk.
v vERE is a letter which brings
I'D problems which come be-
fore me from time to time:
l. l. Dear Uncle Ray: 1nclosed
with this letter is stamped
envelope for your reply. I am in
grade six and We have finished
Europe. so the teacher picked out
certain children of our class to make
project books. was picked to make
a book on Finland.
"I could not obtain any pictures
of it, and also we were to write
composition on our project. l could
get no information about Finland,
so could not write composition.
Several friends who were members
of your club advised me to write to
you for information.
Daddy buys another newspaper
but almost every evening I GO to
friends house and read your sto-
ries. I am relying on you because I
am to turn in my composition very
soon. I hope to join your club. SIN
cerely yours,
JOHN BURKE-GAFFNEY."
Even though. as matter of policy.
I do not promise to send personal
letters to readers who write to me.
I shall look through my files and
try to find a duplicate of an article
about Finland which I wrote many
months ago, in order to send 1t to
John. Since his father does not take
this paper, we could not expect that
he would have a scrapbook contain
ing all the back numbers of the
Corner. I am glad that he likes our
department well enough to borrow
the newspaper of a friend in order
to read 1t.
Other boys and girls have written
me for help in their school topics
and projects; and when have had
printed material on the subjects men,
toned. I have been glad to send
1t forth.
There Is a time element, however,
which must be remembered. Some
times the postman brings me more
than a thousand letters in a single
week. How would you like to handle
= such a number in week. Of course,
I have assistants. and most letters
ask only for leaflets which are Of
fered. but there are a goodly num-
ber of others which require special
attention. If a reader asks for as
sistance on topic which he must
turn in next Monday" it is likely
that any duplicate printed material
which I may be able to send him
will arrive too late.
During recent days I have been
thinking about my plans for the COM
ing Summer. I may go to England
or to Northern Italy. but more likely
1t will be Mexico. Wherever I travel,
you may be sure that shall keep
on writing the Corner as long as
the editor will give us space for it.
In the fast, have mailed hundreds
of stories from foreign lands, and in
every case the stories have reached
this country safely. UNCLE RAY.
tCopyright 1934)
Evening star., 1934-02-24
N A T u r. E. S
CHILD R EN-
BY LILLIAN cox ATHEY.
Maple Sugar.

"HE Indians knew about the
delectable sap Of the maple
tree long before the first
i settlers came to the new
world. In . very crude FASH
ion they were turning the sirup into
sugar and cutting greata slashes into
the tree, then collecting the sap by
letting it run down a trough made
of bent bark and into . large piece
of the curved bark which acted as
a tank. The sirup was taken to the
camp and the squaws heated stones
until they were red hot and dropped
them into the sirup. Some OF the
Indians even strained their sap
through blankets, while others let 1t
freeze several times until all that
was left was the sirup.
They learned that a ration made
Of powdered sweet corn and maple
sugar was very satisfactory on long
journey and they also used the maple
sirup to pour over their roasts OF
venison. The Algonquin tribe be-
came so fond OF the sugar and made
so many things Of it, they finally
became known as the "tree eaters" !"
When the white settlers found this
wonderful supply Of sweet they fol-
lowed the Indians method of taking
it from the trees, though they soon
evolved better methods for collecting
it. They found that 1t was much
better to bore holes into the bark,
place a spout in the hole and let
the sirup drip into wooden bucket.
The boiling and evaporation process
was in the open. and whatever fell
in was fished out If it was of any
size. while the wee bits were left in
as unavoidable trifleS.
White sugar being luxury, gener-
ations used the maple sugar and in
the Northeastern States it was con-
sidered a necessity. White sugar
being used on State occasions, finally
came to be thought necessity, too
and the use Of sugar cane as low
priced sweetening commodity came
into use SO fast that today maple
sugar Is the luxury.
In the old days when maple sugar
was in such demand, the owners Of
sugar naples watched the condition
OF the weather very closely after the
Evening star., 1934-02-24
Miracle Of Simplicity Attracts Mothers
Newest Trend in Selections
for Juvenile Spring Wear
Is Dominant Here.
Refer Silhouette Is Adapted
to Finger-Tiip Jacket and
Smartness Rules.
BY BARBARA BELL.

BY BARBARA BELL.
UT of wonderful assemblage
Of dashing and youthful
STYLES for the very young
~ miss we have chosen the en-
semble sketched as typical
of the newest trends in juvenile
fashions for Spring.
Whether your daughter is going to
camp, spending the Summer IN tne
country. staying at home or travel
ing with you this is a model that
YOU should include in her wardrobe,
for she will need II wherever she goes
The REFER silhouette, very new this
season. is nicely adapted to the finger
tip Jacket. And there is suggestion
of windswept motion about the col
lar and revers that should satisfy
even the most fashion-wiSe young
person.
The sleeveless frock is made with
light contrast in the waist that is also
used in the facings of the jacket.
Though giving an impression OF IN
tricate construction, the dress Is made
in lust four pieces. 1t is a miracle
of simplicity which will be appre-
ciated by mothers who take entire
charge of their daughters clothes.
Though novelty fabrics combined
with plain colors are meeting with
great success, two shades of one color
are more popular. Other combina-
tions that are favorites Of the mo-
ment are navy with Mexican rust,
porcelain blue with dusty pink, or
two graduations of the new yellow
which Schiaparelli calls 'tokay.''
Children's accessories follow closely
upon the styles set by adult fashions.
In the matter of shoes. while we
know that growing feet require all the
consideration possible, it is interest
ing to note that smartnesS is being
allied with comfort in the shoes for
Spring, and that some OF them are
made with a scientific arch support
which will prevent future discomfort.
Most all the gay colors seen in the
adult department are also available
for children.
Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1254-B Is
designed in sizes 6, 8. 10, II years.
Size years requires l23 yards of 54-
inch material. y yard Of 54-inch
contrast.
Every Barbara Bell pattern has an
illustrated instruction guide that Is
easy to understand.
fConvrirht, 1n34l
Evening star., 1934-02-24
Conquering Contract
BY P. HAL SIMS

would beat the hand. as you see; but
there were three other suits to lead.
and East led the jack of trumps. /
took in the two high trumps and now
realized that I could make my slam
If Cd West had the king of spades;
(2) East had the king of diamonds;
go the diamond suit we're split 3-3:
(4) West had only three clubs. So I
ruffed myself in with a club, finessed
the diamond and played out that
suit, throwing small spade on the
fourth diamond. I now ruffed third
round of clubs and then at the tenth
trick threw West in with the queen Of
trumps He had to lead away from
X j of spades and thus I made six
hearts-a top on the board. We de-
rived great satisfaction from this very
lucky hand, yet If the same hand
came up in rubber play we would, I
trust, be playing it soundly at four
hearts.
(Copyright. 1934)
Evening star., 1934-02-24

light is being absorbed within the
globe. 1t would be much cheaper to
throw away the bulb and install a
new one.
Nancy and Lois discovered on one
Of their trips downtown that there
was an instrument called a sight
meter" which could be used to meas
ure the amount of light given of at
any spot in the house. The amount
was contrasted with that needed to
do good work. In nearly every case
the light proved inadequate.
Nancy and Lois both installed a
lamp with indirect lighting facilities.
The strong 200 or 300-watt bulb was
in the aluminium reflector and had its
brilliancy increased thereby. The
light was thrown to the ceiling and
back down. Both Lois and Nancy
discarded the bedside lamp which is
on a low table and on a low standard
and never can throw the light where
needed for reading in bed.
Evening star., 1934-02-24
WHO ARE YOU?
The Romance Of Your Name
BY RUBY HASKINS ELLIS,

very nice, sounding word
meaning leader in battle. And so are
the Cadwaladers when the occasion Is
warranted.
This is q most distinguished name
in America. In Colonial days, DR..
Thomas Cadwalader was chairman of
the famous tea meeting" held in
Philadelphia, in l775, the fNerunner
Of the Boston tea party" and the
American Revolution. DR.. Thomas
Cadwalader was prominent In every
public movement Of his time. He held
the Office of provincial councillor,
chairman of Provincial Commission
ers in the wars Of 1756-1763, and
many other important trusts were i'm
posed upon him.
Gen. John Cadwalader, eldest son
Of DR.. Thomas, was one Of Wash
ington's close friends and ablest
officers
The Cadwaladers were among the
Welsh settless Of Pennsylvania.
The coat-of- arms reproduced above
is borne by the descendants Of DR..
Thomas Cadwalader.
(Copyright, 1934)
Evening star., 1934-02-24

TINE moon was shining and the
light reflected from the snow
made it seem almost like day.
i Reddy Fox was over In the
Green Forest. Reddy long
ago learned to take notice of little
things and to read such signs as he
comes across. So when presently he
came to the footprints of Jumper the
Hare in the snow he paused to look
at them and smell of them. His nose
told him at once that those footprints
were made early in the evening and
this meant that probably Jumper was
nowhere about, for 1t was now late.
"Still you never can tell" muttered
Reddy as he started to follow the
tracks. Jumper was in no hurry
when he passed this way. He was
making short hops, getting bite here
and there. Wish had been around
then. Here is where he sat down for
a while. When he started on again
he still was in no hurry. Perhaps l
will catch up with him after all. Ha!
Some one or something gave him a
fright right here! Just look at the
length of that next jump! And he
kept right on the same way. Phew,
how that fellow can Jump when he
wants to-
He was doing some lodging along
here. This jump was way to one SIDE
Evening star., 1934-02-24
Washington Pie.

One-third cup butter, one cup
sugar. two-thirds cup milk, three
eggs, one teaspoonful vanilla, two
and one-third cups pastry flour, three
teaspoonfuls baking powder, one
eighth teaspoonful salt. Cream but
ter and sugar. Add remaining in
gradients, beat 3 minutes. Bake 20
minutes in two-layer cake pans. Cool,
add filling.
Fflling-One-half cup sugar. one
third cup flour, two eggs, one and
two-third cups milk, one teaSpoonful
vanilla. one-eighth teaspoonful salt,
one tablespoonful butter, one-quarter
teaspoonful lemon extract. Blend
sugar and flour. Add eggs and milk.
Cook in double boiler until thick and
creamy. Add rest of ingredients.
Cool.
Evening star., 1934-02-24

ding methods required to obtain the
small advantages are equally sound
for the big swings. We know we
are bidding for match point results,
and adapt our procedure to it. When
we revert to rubber play, or to
cumulative total point scoring (as
in team of four Knockout matches)
we let the rubber" angle predom-
mate and subordinate the small ad-
vantages to the big swings. This
does not cause any confusion of
method-it means that there are
two forms of the game, and indul-
gence in both of them adds variety,
versatility and adaptability to ones
repertoire, while affording highly
instructive card experience. 1 am
certain that application to the fine
points brought out by match-point
scoring improves ones rubber play
enormously-it adds polish to any
ones game. stresses good card play
ing on weak hands as well as strong
ones. I know of no first class player
who has not earned his ranking by
great amount of duplicate play. The
following hand is amusing, in rubber
Evening star., 1934-02-24
THE RIGHT
WORD
Fifth Sentence.
BY w. CURTIS NICHOLSON

'He was not to blame for John
taking such liberties when every one
of us have been negligent in our re-
sponsibilities and are as much to
blame as him."
How many errors did you find in
this sentence? There were five. Let
us see how the sentence looks when
corrected:
He was not to blame for Johns
taking such liberties when every one
of us has been negligent in his re-
sponsibilities and is as much to blame
as he"
Him" has been changed to "he"
because che" is the subject of ''is'
understood. To illustrate: And is as
much to blame as he ds).
Have" has been changed to "has"
because the subject Of has" is the
indefinite singular pronoun every
one" "Of us" is just a modifying
phrase. The only duty 1t has in the
sentence is to modify the pronoun
every one"
"Our" has been changed to ''his"
because We are talking about every
one," a pronoun in the third person
singular. His refers to every one,
not to ''us."
Are" has been changed to SIS
because the subject Of sis" happens
to be every one" This pronoun has
q compound predicate made up OF
has been" and ''is."
Finally, why has John" been
changed to "John's?" The object OF
"for" is the verbal noun taking. u
and the possesive pronoun Johns
modifies taking"
(Copyrisht, 1934)
Evening star., 1934-02-24

THICKET.
and the next Jump was way to the
other side. Now, what was the
trouble? There are no other foot
prints. Yowler the Bobcat wasn't
after him. He would have left big
! round tracks If he had been. Well,
here is the answer These marks on
each side were made by big wings. So
1t was Hooty the Owl. Wonder II he
got old Longlegs."
Reddy followed the tracks until
they entered a thicket. He circled this
| cautiously until he found footprints
leaving it. His nose told him that
these were much fresher. AS before
Jumper had been merely hopping
Reddy grinned. 'Hooty didn't get
him." said he. "He stayed in that
thicket until Hooty gave up. Then
he went on his way. 1t is waste of
time to follow him further. Having
had one fright he will be on guard"
So then and there, Reddy turned
of from the trail of Jumper the Hare.
He had read the signs and knew just
what had happened. Some time later
he left the Green Forest and followed
the old stone wall along the edge OF
| the Old Orchard. There he found the
| footprints of Peter Rabbit. They
were cold, as they say. That is there
| was no scent in them which in turn
| meant that Peter had made them too
] long before for them to be of inter-
est because probably by this time
Peter was far away. However, they
| led in the direction Reddy was going
so he kept an eye on them just to see
! what Peter had been about.
Presently he discovered other and
different footprints. Then he did take
interest. They led from q hole In the
Evening star., 1934-02-24
Hand Which Will Interest Tour

. soundD bidding
Ind is. therefore
a u undesirable
phaA Of t h e
game. Afeel that
though Nth e s E,
charges are IN a
way true as re-
CARDS the facts,
t h e conclusions
drawn from them
are one-sided and
/ a C k j n g i n
breadth OF view,
True, we must
bid some hands
diferently-b u t
49, LzI.1okA L;J
Evening star., 1934-02-24

is getting near the end Of its days
the interior Of the bulb becomes dingy
and gray. almost black. The amount
of current being used is just the same
as in the beginning, but most of the
Evening star., 1934-02-24
Cherry Cocktail.

Two cups seeded white cherries, one
cup seeded red cherries, two-thirds
cup diced pineapple, two tablespoons
lemon juice. four tablespoons sugar,
one-half cup orange juice. Mix and
chill ingredients,
Evening star., 1934-02-24
Export Trade Pushed.

The government of italy is con-
sidering ways of increasing export
trade, which has dropped 50 low
that it Is affecting italian industry.
Evening star., 1934-02-24

to some people that electric lights grew
dusty. Many a lamp is rendered in
efficient because the bulb has been
busted months and months ago but
not recently.
In addition to that, when the bulb
Evening star., 1934-02-24
NANCY PACE
Lights Clean, Bright land
Strong Enough.
Ii THE progressive families In
By FLORENCE la GANKE
town were becoming concerned
\ regarding the amount Of light

4 a they were getting IN their
homes. When electric lights
had first come in, the people believed
that any light, no matter how low
its wattage, was sufficient so long as
it was electric light. Consequently,
there had grown up carelessness which
was almost criminal when the value
of human eyesight and the necessity
of conserving it was considered.
Then 1t had never seemed to occur