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Evening star., 1934-07-28
Dorothy Dix Says
ANY Man VIII Do, Just So We Get Mar
ried," Is Slogan of Foolish Grls-Tell
Child He Is Adopted.

- EAR MISS Dr-what do you you your
snoas 70 se married
he nave me nv ring We were to be married
Then was this sprins turning
but family before So And
RUTH
marrias. man ho0s. s.
Especially you seem to have no preference
husbands Any port in stoam
CERTAINLY the greatest mystery that mania
have for setting married i. passion % tha develops @ in
all the married they know few have
9hss5 S.: about @ has Nor dS r IN the % 's
Of their lives and they have to have It, no
what price they have TO pay for It,
You can understand woman desperately n
particular wanting to marry him 50 that she can always
% h !. cb and can 9,ve her life Of luxury You
maid who lonely marrying man for whom @ she v has
earth and popular and has good JOB
Who isn't so s9en in her class
every
IIA1r the the world women
married they didn't love just to De @ anS'
why they patience put with their husonos pec
s narse and entn f Of the .acTihc they
gid matrimonial letters and they haven't It,
And there are the poor struggling wives who brought
tn get msrried they wouldn't
v hurried their men into for
tn. chance to get ahead
NEAR MISS DIx-In discussion the subject of adopt
s sn oua s be Sg a o We his were o h adoption not
your this matter? AnI ohA70
Answer An adopted child told of its adoption
and told while knowledge makes no particular
impression on familiar fact that Of no more
tS Sss Black I ye sha No n sense hnd
even be proud Of it. & as @ 5ns @ " wished on their his
father picked him out For child TO gro grow % up S 70 M Is
nearly grown that it child gives shock that seems to
ment that hard to understand
Evening star., 1934-07-28

HE HEADED STRAIGHT FOR
THAT HOLLOW LOG, AND OLD
JED THUMPER WAS RIGHT AT
HIS HEELS.
Then Old Jed Thumper appeared
again. This time WiggIenose ran un-
til Old Jed had to give up the chase.
He was too big and heavy to run long
at a time. From then on life was
made miserable>for Wigglenose. His
favorite resting places we're discovered
by Old Jed and time and again he dis
covered the gray old Rabbit hiding
near one Of them. but he always dis
covered him in time.
He could no longer eat in peace and
comfort He would snatch a mouth
ful and then sit up to look and listen.
ready to run at the first suspicious
sound. Time and again be had to
run. Old Jed found his bramble-
tangle and cut paths large enough
10 get In there himself. More than
once WiggIenose returned home to
and Old Jed waiting for him there.
II ever there was a worried young
Rabbit that one was Wigglenose. still
he stuck 10 his resolve not be to driven
away
Evening star., 1934-07-28
Daintiness and Good Taste in Baby Layette
Must be Made With Absolute
Simplicity and Guarantee
Comfortable WeIcome.
sY BARBARA BELL.

%<Hg assembling OF n iayette for
a baby brings forth all the
latent talents We have 10 give
in tte way of daintiness. good
taste and refined ,aiscrtmina-
tim Our decisions must BE- wise
ones when the matter Of weights and
fabrina, aees and embroidery come
up. for the subject Ia an important
on. calling for scientific knowledge
far In excess Of our accomplishments
NFitb the needle. The question. there
fore. IA one that must be approached
With A very thorough understanding
that lacy aplendor and Over-elabors-
ton have no place In modern theories
On baby care.
To greet the babies Of today (and
tomorrow one should have a modest
layetts that will assure them OF a
eIeanly and comfortable welcome, and
above all Il must be made with abso-
mts simplicity. baby should always
b. kept warm and fresh. To ac-
canplish this the smallest layette
that II a safe 10 start of with should
include three dresses. three night
gowns. three petticoatS. two kimonas
and two sacks. Little knitted shirts.
bands. boots and ineidentah should
be gotten in ses Of three. II one
can manage to have constant laundry
work done It will be an economical
advantage, since babies grow quickly
and 1t seems no time before they are
ready for the 6-nonth-old size. Two
dozen diapers, size lsxls inches. are
recommended. These can be pur-
chased, already hemmed, in the de-
partment stores.
Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1868 Ia
designed In infants size only The
yardage requirements are moderate.
They win be found in the pattern
listed separately.
Every Barbara Bell pattern includes
an illustrated instruction guide that
Ia easy 10 follow.
Evening star., 1934-07-28
Natures Children
By LILLIAN cox ATHEY.

quickly inverted. as you would the
finger Of q glove.
Should the snail wish 10 see over
some object or get . better view. he
stands on his toe, stretches his eye
stalks to their limit and surveys the
landscape Had we such wonderful
sight we could see ball game through
knothole
The way a snail folds UP into his
castle Is another thing hard for one to
take in. The foot folds up lengthwise,
The end on which Is the head retires
first and the tail end OF the foot Is the
last to disappear. Then the wise fell
low makes a glass door to seal himself
in, so that moisture viii not escape.
For the snail Is pretty much ell mois-
ture and It takes a lot Of mueilsge TO
aid the snail In his daily hikes.
His table manners have been hor-
ribly neglected. He goes full face into
his dinner. The sharp, eficient teeth
make q hole in the fruit or vegetable,
the round tongue pokes out. and you
Evening star., 1934-07-28
1868
Conquering Contract
By r. Hal SIMS.

except diamonds. South refused 20
be cut out of his bid.
Fourth. South should pass three
hearts, but the decisions very close.
Fifth. North should pass four
diamonds, but as long as the bidding
was up to the four level, North had
an idea that there might be play
for game.
In the actual play of the hand
East opened the 10 of spades. West
took his two high spades and returned
a SPADE North now supinely gave
up his contract He discarded q pre-
sumably losing diamond. East ruffied
with his singleton trump, laid down
the ace of clubs and returned dia-
mond. North eventually lost the
queen and 10 Of hearts, going down
three tricks.
After West makes the favorable play
of the ace and king of spades and a
third spade return, North has q very
fine play to make the contract. If he
just used the brain he had inherited
he should see how to play the hand
West doubled four hearts, showing
trump strength. Since he only held
four spades originally. he can't have
f1ve hearts, or ne would have bid
hearts first. Four hearts to the
queen Is more like it. Queen-what? !?
That's what North must decide. In
stead of arbitrarily assuming that
West has the king of diamonds, let
him ruff the spade with the nine OF
hearts East can't over-ruff. Now a
small heart to the king in dummy.
The fall. of the eight spot from East s
hand places West with four hearts to
the queen-ten. Another spade is led
from dummy, on which North discards
one Of his clubs West must trump
the fifth spade in order to prevent
North from getting another discard.
North over-trumps, and leads the
jack of diamonds. The finesse hold
ing, he continues with a small dia-
mond, playing the queen from dummy.
On the lead of the ace Of diamonds
West has the same problem confront
ing him. If he doesn't trump. North
discards his last club. II he trumps
North overtrumpS, picks up the last
heart and comedies a club, thus max
ing his contract.
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Mr. Sims will ansutr all inouirias a.. nan
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Uncle Ray
A Little Saturday Talk.

THE past Spring I was planning
TO make journey to Mexico, TO
spend the Summer in Mexico City.
That would not have been such a
strange place TO go for the warm
season as some might think. The
lowlands of Mexico are hot during
much OF the year. but Mexico City is
set in the midst of mountains, and
Is cool In the Summer as well as the
Winter.
AS 1t turned out, however, post
poned the journey. and now I find
myself beside a Northern lake, where
am enjoying myself swimming and
boating. playing croquet, tennis and
base ball, reading and writing-and
from time 10 time, gazing at the
glorious stars.
hundreds of letters have been for
warded TO me here, and have been
clad 10 learn what Corner readers are
doing and thinking this Summer,
Strange as 1t may seem, ! am writ
ing these words by candle light. There
has been lightning this evening. and
Is or 20 minutes ago the electric power
gave out. am glad to have candles
---one at each side OF my typewriter
but they make me think of how much
would be taken from cur lives II we
did not have electricity.
Candies and oil lamps 60 back
thousands Of years In human history,
but the electric light for houses is not
much more than SO years old. and did
not coEnc into general use until the
present century. During my boyhood
/ lived n mile beyond the city limits
of a city, and our house was not sup
piled with either electricity or gas. We
used kerosene lamps. Once up
set one In my bed room and that
almost (but not quite) caused a serious
FIRE.
Yes. we owe much TO electricity! It
not only supplies us with light, but
il also helps those who wash and iron
clothes. It runs our vacuum cleaners,
toasts our bread, anc turns water into
ice in refrigerators. Some railroad
trains are run by electric power,
and many factories could not get
along well without it.
What has come thus far. think,
Is Just a small part of what electricity
will do for us in the future. We shall
make wider use of running water to
supply us with cheap electric current.
Maybe We shah capture" the light
ming and obtain help from vast
supply Of electric power which now
goes to waste. Some young reader OF
the Corner may be the one to show
the world how to do that.
Just as was about to close this
article. the electric light suddenly
came back again! Workmen, some-
where. have repaired the damage
perhaps with that old and beautiful
thought. Let there be light"
UNCLE RAY.
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4
- are annually consumed In
Greater New York" reads
l. news note in the paper.
Do you use them in your
household? Do you order them at
restaurants? I am very fond of this
delicacy, but do not associate 1t
particularly with New York. l asso-
ciate frogs legs with an exciting hunt
by night, when we followed the bank
of stream by the light of a lantern
which was designed to show us our
way and to attract or blind forget
which-the game which was scarcely
given fair chance before it was
speared.
More recent associations, however,
are with the Midwest. One OF the
specials on the diner of one of the
Western railroads is saddle frog"
In Michigan have often been asked
to share the catch" Of a midnight
hunt and have furnished the recipe
for the preparation by the hunters
themselves of the tiny tender legs
which we picked by the dozen. Pick"
Is the word in connection with frogs
legs. which are much bone and little
meat-much work, but well repaid
by flavor and tenderness.
While there are always persons who
admit to food prejudice by insisting
that they could never eat frog legs,
any one who has ever tasted them is
at once a convert to their delicacy of
flavor, which Is rather like that of
chicken and OF its tenderness.
looked through q dozen or more Of
my collection of cook books and found
that some Of them do not mention
the preparation of the food at all
AS a food, 1t is perhaps the only one
omitted from the encyclopedia of food
In the standard cook books, one, or,
at the most, two recipes for prepara-
ton are given. In one of my foreign
books there are several recipes.
There are two, perhaps three, at
tractive ways Of cooking them. The
commonest is to dip them In egg and
crumbs and to fry them in deep fat.
prefer them dipped in seasoned flour
and sauted in butter. The other
method can have many variations
the legs are boiled in salted water
until tender. drained and served with
q sauce which is usually q rich one
made with eggs and cream. They are
often seasoned with lemon Juice;
sometimes with tomato Juice.
Mushrooms are sometimes COM
bined with frogs legs, and one foreign
recipe calls for cooking them with
oysters, seasoned with tarragon; an
, other suggests oysters and crabs,
which are, of course, a luxury in New
York.
Another delicate way OF serving
them-I initiated it myself to ceIe-
brate the gift of mess" of frogs
legs: I sauted then in butter and
then added lemon juice. a dash of
anchovy paste and sprinkled them
with grated Parmesan cheese.
Fried Frogs Legs.-wipe frogs legs
and sprinkle with salt and pepper,
dip in crumbs. egg and crumbs again
and fry three minutes in deep fat
and drain.
Frogs Legs and Mushrooms-12
pairs frogs legs, salt and pepper to
taste; tablespoonfuls' lemon juice,
"a pound mushrooms, "a cup water,
tablespoonful butter, tablespoon
ful flour, Il cup tomato juice. eggs.
u cup cream. Wipe the legs, put
them in a bowl with salt. pepper and
lemon juice over them. Let soak half
an hour. Add the mushrooms sliced
and half cup Of water. Melt butter
and -four and stir over FIRE until
smooth. When blended stir In the
tomato Juice. Add this mixture TO
Evening star., 1934-07-28

stand in the doorway as II 1t were
your own private exit or entrance.
Other people want to get in and out.
Don't put your luggage down Just
anywhere. Somebody may trip over
1t or stumble. Don't go up steps or
across passageways In diagonal
manner. You block the way for peo-
pie behind you--or for people pass
ing or coming toward you.
Don't honk the automobile horn
to call other people. 1t is quite
possible that some one close by is
trying to sleep, and the horn disturbs
him. Don't come in late at night
or early in the morning and yell
or shout your 'gc Dd-bys Other
people have gone to bed and have
the right to quiet spot. Don't
bang doors when you get in late
or at any other time, for that matter.
Don't leave a trail of papers or litter
on the beach or picnic grounds.
Don't leave a smoldering fire. Be
sure that everything has turned to
ashes before you leave. Many dis
Evening star., 1934-07-28
Who Are You?
Romance of Your Name
BY RUBY HAsKINs ELLIS.

Fleet is traceable to Sir Henry Wyatt
of Arlington Castle. Kent, privy coun-
cilor to King Henry VIII.
Three brothers Of Henry also set
tied in Virginia and Maryland and all
of them, Edward. Reginold and John,
served as members Of the Maryland
legislature
The coat OF arms shown is used by
the descendants of the Fleets men
toned.
fCopyright, 1q34D
Evening star., 1934-07-28

never saw so much SOLDERING In your
life. The teeth look as II the fellow
were q tobacco chewer. He Is covered
with his dinner, and his skin looks like
that of an alligator.
Mother snails lay their eggs In the
Spring, under rocks, leaves or In any
moist place. They are about the size
OF pea, almost transparent. soft
shells, and they are fastened together
with mucous. As soon as a baby snail
matches, 1t has spiral with one turn
in 1t. AS the infant grows it adds
layer after layer TO the shell at the
lip. There are right-hand and left
hand spirals. You can see them for
yourself.
AS Winter draws near the snail
closes his home with q series OF three
doors. There is a tiny hole through
which air can come. He is buried
under humus and leaves, or some
object that suits his fancy, and here
waits the call of Spring.
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Common Snail.

Common Snail.
IT%RAvELING at q snail's pace"
- Is not 50 slow when you
realize it Is accomplished
n with one foot. Have you
ever had the side OF your
house or all OF your sidewalk dec
orsted with intricate patterns traced
in transparent silver? A snail de-
cided TO stroll over your property and
left mis- calling card. Suppose he had
had two feet with which to record the
story Of his wanderings.
Few creatures, indeed, have such
effcient equipment for getting along
in the world as this snail has. He
takes his house with him, wherever
he goes. He can withdraw from the
world into his castle, and stay there
until it suits his pleasure to emerge.
And II you please, he can live behind
a closed door that he has built him
self for years.
How does he breathe? Look at the
center of his spiral. There you viii
find his breathing pore. and by close
observation see 1t work. The snail
sucks the fresh air into this small
opening, it passes over his lung and
is forced out through the tiny hole.
He breathes somewhat as we do.
The famous foot of the snail is
the entire lower side OF his body.
Along the sides of the foot is a fiange,
which secretes a sticky fluid that en-
ables the traveller to hold his posi-
ton on any object upon which he is
walking. Try to remove one Of these
fellows from your property, and see
how stubbornly he elings, yet If it
suited him to let 90, he could at once.
The actual walking is truly wonder
full. The creature pushes forward his
whole body, weighted with the un-
calmly shell. There is no apparent
muscular effort. yet you will see the
one-legged pedestrian make pretty
good speed.
II you turn the snail over on his
back he goes way back into his house
at once and will remain indoors for
some time. Finally, he decides that
hostilities must be over and he eau
tiously pokes the hind end Of his foot
out. Then come the head. feelers and
horns. These are not really horns,
but hollow, rubbery eyestalkS. Finally
the snail is ION his way again" Now
you see him with feelers touching the
surface upon which he Is walking.
They are being used as the cat does
her whiskers. Then you notice the
slender horns. At the tip of each Is
little black eye. 1t is fastened there
so cleverly that If you touch 1t it is
Evening star., 1934-07-28

the beaten eggs; add cream, and pour
over frogs legs and cook 10 to Is
minutes until tender.
Sauted Frogs Legs-Wipe frogs
legs, dredge with seasoned -four and
saute in butter until brown on all
sides. Add 4 cup of butter and 2
tablespoonfuls of lemon Juice and
heat. Sprinkle with minced parsley.
Frogs legs with Parmesan Cheese
Saute frogs legs in butter Add / tea
spoonful anchovy paste to u cup of
butter and cream well. Spread over
frogs legs, and when on platter ready
to serve, sprinkle with grated Par
mesan cheese.
Evening star., 1934-07-28
Sour Cream Cookies.

Two-thirds cupful fat. two cupfuls
sugar, two teaspoonfuls cinnamon,
one teaspoonful cloves, one teaspoon
full nutmeg, two eggs, one teaspoon
ful vanilla, one-fourth teaspoonful
salt, one-half cupful so~i cream.
three and one-haf cupfuls -four and
one teaspoontul soda.
Cream fat and sugar. Add spices,
eggs, vanilla, salt and cream. Beat
well and add rest of ingredients,
mixing lightly. Chill dough. Drop
portions from tip of spoon onto
creased baking sheets. Bake IL min
utes In moderate oven.
Evening star., 1934-07-28
Banana-Cheese Split.

Dissolve two teaSpoonfulS OF red
cinnamon candies in two teaspoonfuls
of hot water. or use red vegetable
coloring in sugar sirup favored with
cinnamon. when cold. beat the
colored sirup into four ounces OF
cream cheese, Split six bananas
lengthwise. but only half through
their thickness. Fill the center with
the pink cheese. Serve on lettuce
nest with pineapple or French dress
ing.
Evening star., 1934-07-28
Bedtime Stories
Br THORNTON W. BURGESS.

old log until long after Old Jed
Thumper had gone back home and
when he did come out he was 50 lanae
that he limped all the way TO hin
bramble- -tangle and there he stayed
until he once more felt quite himself.
leaving IT only TO get little food now
and then.
When at last he had fully recovered
and began to 20 about again he was
constantly watching for signs OF Old
Jed Thumper. He had learned . las
son he never would forget. He never
would be caught again in that manner.
For several DAYS he was left in peace.
Evening star., 1934-07-28

aster has been caused by careless
camper. Don't dress too conspicu-
ously-even If camping. Be lady:
I know that sounds like the advice
Of 'prunes and prism sort of per-
son, but I really mean it. You are
members of the Good Taste Club,
and I expect you to remain in good
standing all Summer"
Nancy Pase has a leaiet on Intro:
ductions" which she will be glad to send
you on receipt OF stamped, self-sd-
dressed envelope. Write her care OF this
paper.
Evening star., 1934-07-28
Frozen Mayonnaise.

Add one tablespoonful Of powdered
sugar to one eupful of whipped cream.
and two tableSpoonfuls of lemon juice
TO one cupfal of msyonnaise. Com
bine the two. Leave in the refrigerator
trays until frozen. This Is very nice
10 serve on fruit combinations. The
fruit may be chopped into small pieces
and folded into the mixture when half
frozen and served as q frozen salad.
Evening star., 1934-07-28
To Keep Pie Pastry

Perhaps YOU have small piece Of
pie dough left and no time to cook it
for next days pie. You need not
waste it. just drop it into a tin bak-
ing powder can. fasten the lid and set
aside in a cool place until the next
day. There win be no hard crust
formed on II as there would be II II
we're left exposed tn the air.
Evening star., 1934-07-28
Nancy Page
SITS Dont's For Good
Taste Girls.
EY FLORENCE la GANKE.

THE Good Taste Girls were meet
ing on Nancy's porch. First
one. then another. had tale to tell
of her vacation hopes and plans.
After they had finished talking. Nancy
said. Girls. I'm going 10 give you
some travelling hints. They are sim
pie at best. and yet am amazed to
see how few people practice them.
Here they are:
Remember. there are other people
in the hotel, on the street. In the
train besides yourself and your party.
Don't block the line of traflc; don't
Evening star., 1934-07-28

THIS name was first assumed as
l. surname by a celebrated jurist
during the time of Edward II. VINO
was held as prisoner in the "neot,
the. AngIo-Saxon for feet. the haroor
for vessels. He spelled the name
Fleta. In London 'the Fleet" is a
tributary of the Thames River and
gave the name to Fleet street in that
city.
The first representative of the name
Fleet in America was Capt. Henry
Fleet. the son OF william and Deborah
Scott Fleet, born about 1000. He
came to the Virginia Colony before
1923. He was active in the campaigns
against the Indians and was captured
by them and held until 1927. He be-
came a prominent merchant and
trader and in 1852 was Burgess for
Lancaster County, Va.
The maternal ancestry OF Capt
Evening star., 1934-07-28
MENU FOR A DAY.
BREAKFAST.

BREAKFAST.
Cantaloupe.
Wheat Cereal With Cream.
Baked Sausage.
Griddle Cakes. Maple Sirup.
Coffee.
DINNER.
Fruit Cocktail.
Roast Beef, Brown Gravy.
Mashed Potatoes. Green Beans.
Cucumber, Lettuce and Radish
Salad. French Dressing.
Blueberry Pudding. Lemon Sauce.
Coffee
SUPPER.
Lobster Salad.
MayonnafSe Dressing.
Parker House Rolls.
Orange Gelatin. Almond Cookies
Tea.
GRIDDLE CAKES.
Beat one egg light, then add
one and one-half cups sweet milk,
two cups -four with three tea
spoons baking powder sifted with
-four and q little salt. If batter
is too thick add q little more
milk. Fry on hot griddle and
sprinkle on . little sugar or serve
with sirup.
FRUIT COCKTAIL.
One cup diced pineapple, one
cup diced apple. one cup diced
orange, one cup diced grapefruit,
one-half cup cherry or pineapple
Juice, one-half cup lemon juice.
Mix. Put into sherpet glasses.
Put a spoon of whipped cream on
TOP of each and on top OF the
whipped cream place a cross
made from a cherry. For the
whipped cream use two-thirds
cup heavy cream, one and one
half tablespoons sugar, one-quar-
ter teaspoon lemon favor, one
drop almond fisvoring.
ALMOND COOKIES.
Cream one-half cup butter
with one-han cup butter, add one
cup blanched and chopped
almonds, one teaspoon cinnamon,
the beaten yolks Of three eggs,
one teaspoon vanilla and one
and one-half cups -four mixed
and sifted with two teaspoons
baking powder. Chill. roll, cut
into rounds, brush with white OF
egg. sprinkle with granulated
sugar and bake In quick oven.
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Evening star., 1934-07-28

Mr.. Sims is universally acclaimed the
greatest HUNG contract and auction
player. He tods captain Of the renowned
-Four Horsemen" team. nol0 disbGssded,
and has t0on "a national champion
ships since 1924 These articles are
based on the Sims system, which
includes the one-oUey -one principle,
Uhich the Sims group Of players tDas
the first to employ and deDelop.