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Evening star., 1934-09-11
tained a foothold, except in a few Sec

tanned foothold, except in few Sec
tionS.
Horace Mann, O public minded
Boston lawyer, took leading part in
the fight for free public schools. He,
himself, had had a hard time obtain
ing an education before he graduated
with highest honors from Brown Uni
versity, and he felt strongly that
schools should be free. Every boy and
girl, he declared, ought to be able to
attend schools paid for from public
funds.
There were many who opposed the
idea.
81 have no children of school age"
said some. why should pay taxes
to help educate other peoples chill
dren?"
Let the children Of the poor go
to charity schools!' said Others
Think of the high tax bill if the
public pays for schools for all boys
and girls!"
1t was not an easy struggle, but in
the course of years it was won: and
because there were men and women
Ieduy " OsCdIIy IL W d uIllSl, we have
the free public schools of today.
Seven Wonders of the Worldl Do
you know what they are? Would you
like to know more about them? If
so, write Uncle Ray to ask for his
Seven Wonders" leaf1et, and inclose
Scent stamped envelope addressed
to yourself. UNCLE RAY.
(Copyright 1934)
Evening star., 1934-09-11

Mr.. Sims is universally acclaimed the
greatest living contract and auction
PLAYER. He was captain OF the renowned
-Four Horsemen" team, '1loD dtsodnded,
and has 1uon "a national champion
ships since 1924. These articles are
bdsed on the Sims system, siohich
includes the one-oper-one principle,
,phich the Sims group OF players tods
the first to employ and .deUeiop.
~HIS Is national safety play
week. All over the country
bridge players are making
l. their contracts with astonish-
ing regularity. OF course,
they may lose one or two overtricks,
but the peaceful and satisfied express
sions on the faces of thousands of
dummies Is sufficient recompense in
itself.
Today's hand is fairly simple, due
to the fact that East had worked as a
bookkeeper in a large Eastern con-
cern for many years and could count
from l to l3 with almost incredible
rapiditv
Evening star., 1934-09-11

~ EAR MISS LEEDS-I would
greatly appreciate advice
from you on the follow
~ ing beauty problems of
mine: Cd I am in my
early twenties and 1 notice that my
eyebrows and lasheS are very thin,
scanty and short. What can I do to
make them grow in thicker and long
er? I am blond and they are very
light and make my face look insipid.
Would you advise the use of an eye
brow pencil? My eyes are light blue;
what kind of shadow would accen-
tuate their coloring? (2) With light
blond hair, light blue eyes and fair
complexion, what colors would you
suggest for daytime, evening and
sports wear? 60 am % years old,
5 feet 3 inches tall and weigh lib
pounds. Is my weight correct for my
age and height? MISS JUDITH r.
Answer-Q) 1t is natural for some
types to have short, scanty eyebrows
and lashes, especially the light blond
type. You may try applying the fol-
lowing eyebrow stimulapt two or three
times a week: l ounce olive oil, so
grains spirits of camphor, so grains
cologne water, l grain tincture of
cantharides. Or use warmed vase
line. Apply it with a small eyebrow
brush or the tip Of the finger. Equal
parts of castor OIL olive oil and alco-
hol make another good eyebrow stimu-
liant, but be careful not to get any of
it into the eyes. Use a dark brown
eyebrow pencil to accentuate the eye
brows or have them dyed at a first
Evening star., 1934-09-11
Conquering Contract
BY p. HAL SIMS.

eight tricks. An attempt to set up
a thirteenth heart would be useless.
BY that time South would have set
up his club suit, which was, in all
likelihood, five cards in length.
Surely there was some happy me-
dunn in the hand which would net
East four no trumps, or at least
three no trumps. There was! East
laid down the ace Of diamonds. and
then played the queen of diamonds,
overtaking with the king in dummy.
BY this safety play he assured him.
self of four diamond tricks. It was
simple enough, then, to drive out
North's jack of diamonds, setting up
the ten, nine and eight, while dummy
still held the re-entry Of the king Of
spades.
North returned a club, which East
won, and now knowing that South
had held no more than five clubs
originally, he put South in the lead
with another club, hoping to pick
up an extra trick by this play.
Despite the fact that East dis
carded hearts and hung on to spades
bait, and laid down the queen of
spades, after running three good clubs,
hoping to kill the king in dummy.
BY this play East made four no
trumps-top on the board!
1t is interesting to note that East
can make three no trumps with either
South or North as partner, although
the game-dependent on distributional
breaks-should not be bid with North's
holding.
(Copyright 1934)
Mr.. Sims will answer all inquiries on
contract that are addressed to this news
paper with . self-addressed. stamped en-
velope.
Evening star., 1934-09-11
Everyday Psychology
BY DIR. JESSE w. SPROWLS.
Alcoholic Alertness.

THERE are some people who still
believe that alcoholic beverages
make for mental alertneSs. That Is,
If these beverages are taken in doses
of just the right size
Personally, I have no prejudices on
the question. I turn only to the facts
that have been established by pains
taking experiment. These facts are,
I believe, sufficient to render final
anti-alcoholic verdict regardless CT
when, where or how much. 1t seems
to me these facts are so conclusive
that even the take it or let it alone"
consumer must admit their validity.
Alcohol goes to the head almost
Immediately. 1t begins at once to
change the working conditions of the
mind, the most important aspect of
other words, alcohol slows down one'S
memory powers.
Keep on taking 1t even in small
doses and a general confusion will
follow. Confusion is the psychological
name for intoxication. When one Is
confused one has lost the ability to
compare what is going on in the
present with what has gone on in
the past.
1t is true that one may appear
cheerful, may feel exhilarated, may do
a lot of talking. You should not. how
ever, confuse verbosity and a general
feeling Of well-being with mental
alertness.
Evening star., 1934-09-11
(Copyright. 19340
Little Benny
BY LEE PAPE.

BY LEE PAPE.
NY sister Gladdis and Harvey came
around after supper and ma and
Gladdis started to tawk about differ
ent subjecks such as the movies, ma
saying, OF course they have all the
forces of science at their fingers ends,
but Just a same it's an unfailing Won
der how some actresses keep the
seeming bloom of apparent youth
while generations come and go. Now
for instants take Maxine Markle, she's
a grandmother if she's day, and yet
the fountain of youth seems to be
2nd nature to her. I was reading a
little account of her in Sparkles from
the Silver Screen that claimed to re-
veal some of Athe inmost secrets Of
her perpetual bewty, ma said.
think I read that, Gladdis said. 1t
seems she's never been to bewty sur
geon in her life, and her big secret
is all IN her diet of uncooked oatmeal
and roasted peenuts boiled over mite.
And she never wears anything next to
her skin but cellofane. Gladdis said,
and ma said, Yes, that's the article I
mean, and she keeps that mervellous
figure by sleeping in practically
standing position.
It's uncanny, Gladdis said, and pop
said, o ] don't know, heard of an
old fellow 100 years old who was just
raising his ferst mustach, and he
claimed it was all due to a steady diet
of the caps Of ginger ale bottles and
to his habit Of sleeping on his head
down an artesian well, haven't you
heard of him, Harvey? and Harvey
said, No, but personly met an old
boy 204 with 81 children, the oldest
106 and the youngest months, and
when I asked him how he got that
way he told me he never used any
bed covers except his whiskers and
his diet consisted Of picking his teeth
with q sharpened cucumber when
ever he felt the pangs of hunger.
Are we going to play bridge or
listen to nonsense all mite? ma said,
and pop said, Let's take the greater
Of the evils.
Meening bridge.
Wich they did.
Evening star., 1934-09-11

AVE you seen a stick" walk
this Summer? After you have
once made the acquaintance
Il Il of this interesting fellow OF
the trees, you will be sur
prised how often you really see him
hereafter. It is, of course, the same
with all Of natures children. Once
you are onto their habits and little
tricks, you find yourself meeting them
in all sorts of places.
It is-not that the outdoor children
have suddenly arrived. It is that you
have become aware of them. Needless
to say, the trip in the open is made
thrice as interesting when you are
pretty sure to meet some Of your new
friends-and most of them are friends,
This slender-leg stroller is well
distributed over the greater part of
the country. The males are the
smaller members Of the family and
do not take the trouble to change
their color as often as the mothers do.
Oh, well, they have the serious busi-
ness Of settling family, though it
must be admitted the walking stick
mother is about as careless a mother
as you would meet.
Walking leisurely over the trees, the
mother walking stick drops her eggs
as she walks along. Down they pat
ter to the ground. About q hundred
Of them. They are most unusual and
look like tiny seeds belonging to some
leguminous plant. They are a glossy
black, rather plump and have q
whitish strip on one side.
All through the Winter the little
eggs lie on the ground. They are COW
cred with q blanket of leaves for a
while and sometimes a comfort of
fleecy snow.
Along about May, if the season is
normal, the young walking sticks step
out. You should see them. They
walk out of the top of the egg, which
Evening star., 1934-09-11
Bedtime Stories
By THORNTON W. BURGESS.

Not bit of it. He continued to stamp
his feet and make threatening move
ments, just as he had at Black Pussy.
He was afraid, of course. Who wouldn't
have been, in his place? But he didn't
show 1t.
"You plucky little rascal" said Far
mer Browns Boy, drawing nearer
slowly, with care to make no sudden
movement. you're nothing but a baby,
and you must have lost your mother,
but you are as independent as they
make them. Now put that tail down
and stop stamping at me. You can't
bluff me as you did Black Pussy"
Talking in soothing tone, he SLOW
ly stopped over and picked up Little
Jimmy. Strangely enough, Little
Jimmy didn't resent this. Perhaps
he was smart enough to sense with
that first touch that here was a friend.
He didn't even scold. Instead, he cud-
aled down on that friendly arm, and
his little tail hung Imply down as
Farmer Browns Boy stroked him
gently and lightly scratched his head.
Not once did he struggle. If he had
realized that he was being rescued he
could not have behaved better.
Copyright, 1934)
Evening star., 1934-09-11
A Chic Shirtwaist Frock for General Wear
A Practical Answer to the
Question of What to
Wear in Autumn.
SMART shirtwaist frock simply

SMART shirtwaist frock simply
n cut and not too tailored in
IN line. This is the answer to
4 4 the perennial question OF
what is chic for general wear
for Autumn days.
We have pictured in the sketch one
of the Fall versions Of the shirtmaker
dress. Its general lines show ten
dency toward soft tailoring and
complete absence of the mannish de-
tails that characterized similar dresses
of this type last Summer. The simple
construction of this model is relieved
from plainness by deft little feminine
touches, placed at just the right angle
to give the silhouette its proper dating.
The round turnover collar is soft
and fiattering-very different from
last Summers severe ones. In the
front there is an intriguing little cut
out which is not so large as not to
permit of concealment by a bow
should the wearer so wish. Pockets
at the hip-line give interest in that
quarter. The new sleeve is here seen
to good advantage. Action pleats
provide the means of supplying the
wide look at the bottom. In sports
and informal daytime dresses, this
type of sleeve is both new and popular.
At the wrist it is finished off with
shirty cuff-very comfortable to wear.
The skirt, like so many of the new
ones, is quite without excitement,
but for the optional slash in the front.
Tie-Silk designs are perhaps the
most intriguing Of the new silks for
dresses that will see hard wear. The
latest designs come in wealth of
smart colors, the leading ones of
which are greens, ranging from moss,
empire, veronese, artichoke and
bottle, to Kelly and chow-chow. In
browns we find beautiful warm shades
including Malacca and mahogany.
These combine attractively with the
very popular beige touches. Garnet
red, cardinal, brick red and all the
wines are important together with
terra Gotta and burnt orange.
Barbara Bell Pattern, No. l441-B,
Is designed in sizes IA to AZ. Size l6
requires 3A yards of 3s-inch ma
terial
Every Barbara Bell pattern includes
an illustrated instruction guide that
is easy to follow.
Evening star., 1934-09-11
Brook Trout.

A breakfast or supper Of brook trout
is a vacation special made to order.
Dress the trout and wipe them off.
Roll them in flour or fine cornmeal
and fry them, turning once carefully,
so that they won't break If you broil
them, oil them; don't dredge them;
oil on both sides, so that the skin
won't stick to the broiler; fry or broil,
and have them brown and crisp:
dress with salt and pepper and garnish
with lemon and cress; serve with
crisp bacon curls, and you may want
tartare sauce, too; serve with coffee
and hot rolls
Evening star., 1934-09-11
Dorothy Dix Says
Shy Widower Fears to Pop Question-Youth
Who Scoffed at Old Standards Finds New
Rules Leave Him Up in Air.

does "a shy s s,s 60 ssqt 1sasnt nsps T s
Two children % both dns mssd @ and s away @
Prefer woman between years of Not younger.
xg % w9nd dn S d b d She T F m the S
my acquaintance acquaintance Of wife and
'mh0" can't think Of any one of them ns M nsr MAN
these of matrimonial depression
ny s trick @ be for an s s ySn .7s s a @ e | sss 3
will call for police protection from the women who will storm
doors
and Lonely and mould % s m demand S hsy @ @an h G am
and @ ons and pS @ % do Let
but look willing and they will do the rest So you desire IRE to marry
f. viii answer your prayer for wife
Doubtless the shy married by who
picked took the initiative in the love
making But he is only proves that women know good thing
as tnsy ran and ssd get it, Fr the tmd man preferred
S as Ssg I r to oe ns 6 9a
Once captured domesaed
satisfactory Of household pets.
give a. tn1s as'.1 man 45sf for
fooardy that has to be born in one like the
doing stunts 10000 feet up in the air in plane
The best advice can give you hardhOod
goa meet @ the % @ and You
so you pick don't try tell her of love and
y sf. % es to % ~a b but @ @ days
teeth gold dollars proposal proposal and
the lady won't be choosey
your your aquaintances eligible candidates
hearhstone neighbors homey daughter
moonlight like the starlight is the handsomest OF strangers
sang poet And true There are no more comfortable people
to marry none who are likely satisfactory husbands and
wives thanth men known all our lives
your expect revive the passions youth
or romantcay but have friendship
will be comfort and soace to And what
habits
and traditions the people who the
knows how to cook and keep house the way
your a accustomed to?
So think you cannot sensible widow
old maid who was your marry you. DOROTHY DIX
Evening star., 1934-09-11

satisfactory quilts were selected from
small patterned prints.
In this case the birds could all be
made of blue and white with the
pool in plain white or in soft green
or yellow.
The blocks may be set together in
all-over fashion or they may be set
together with sashing or strips.
Nancy advises the use of No. so
white thread for both piecing and for
quilting. All seams are taken one
quarter inch deep. That means that
an extra half inch must be allowed
when cutting the blocks and pieces.
Copyright. 1934)
Evening star., 1934-09-11
Who Are You?
The Romance of Your Name
BY RUBY HAsKINs ELLIS.

Hale. The English ancestral home Of
the Hales was in Hertfordshire.
One Of the earliest settlers in Amer
lea bearing this name was Thomas
Hale of Hertfordsire. He came to this
country in 1887, bringing with him a
letter of introduction from his uncle,
Francis Kirby, asking the Governor
to advise and counsel his nephew in
establishing his home in the New
World to Gov. winthrop of the Massa-
chuSettS Colony, to whom he was re-
lated. The nephew was granted prop
erty in Newbury. Mass.
Thomas Hale became an influential
citizen in his community and was
representative at the General Court.
There are many descendants OF this
ancestor now living in various parts
Of the country.
(Copyright. 1934)
Evening star., 1934-09-11

May courage truly measured be;
old Mother Nature.
" TITLE JIMMY was lost. There
was no doubt about this. He
could hardly have been more
IL completely lost. He hadn't the
least idea in the world where
his home was or where his motner
was, and the latter had no more Idea
where he was. He had wandered away
from his home while his mother ana
his brothers and sisters were asleep.
He hadn't intended to. 1t was just
the result of being hungry, and at
the same time venturesome and inde-
pendent enough to think that he could
find food if he went to look for 1t.
Life is full of ifs. If Little Jimmy
had gone in the opposite direction; II
his mother had come out before his
trail had grown cold; If she had cir
cled q little farther around while she
was looking for him; If he had re-
mained right where he was when ne
drst discovered that he was lost; If any
one of these ifs had happened, Little
Jimmy might have been reunited with
his family before that long night was
over.
As It was, daylight found him still
wandering about, very tired and
somewhat weak little Skunk, for he
had had almost nothing to eat. But
young as he was and weak as he was,
he lacked nothing in courage. So
when Black Pussy, the big cat from
Farmer Browns house found him he
backed up against big stone, threw
up his little tail in approved Skunk
fashion, and stamped with his front
feet in the most threatening manner.
And Black Pussy, many times his size,
was afraid to spring at him. Yes, sir,
she was afraid. She had had one ex-
perience with a Skunk and his power
full scent and had never forgotten it.
To be sure, that was big Skunk, not
much smaller than herself, but this
Evening star., 1934-09-11
Nut Dessert.

Melt two tablespoonfuls Of butter
and mix with one cupful of bread
crumbs; mix two-thirds cupful of
brown sugar with one teaspoonful of
cinnamon or nutmeg; butter a baking
dish and cover the bottom with
chopped apples; sprinkle with sugar.
chopped nuts, and bread crumbs: re-
peat this until all the ingredients
are used; you will need three cupfuls
of finely chopped apples in all. two
thirds cupful of chopped nuts, and
one cupful of bread crumbs; bake
for As minutes in a covered dish; un-
cover, and let brown the last Is
minutes; serve with cream.
Evening star., 1934-09-11
Ny Neighbor Says:

Cover decorative candles with q
thin coating of shellac. 1t pre-
vents them from bending and
they burn evenly.
When stuffing a duck, add a
chopped apple to the bread
dressing. The apple removes the
strong taste that some people
object to.
Add a little bluing to the soap
suds and your cut glass will be
clean and sparkling.
Two or three minutes after you
have started your gas or electric
oven, open the door for a second
or two to let out the damp air.
The oven will then heat In q
much shorter time.
(Copyright, 1934)
Evening star., 1934-09-11
Uncle Ray
The Story of Schools,

The Story of Schools.
VII-The Rise of Free Public Schools.
NOAH WEBSTER is famed because
he composed the original edition
of great dictionary, but he did other
important work as we'll After grad
uating from Yale he became a school
teacher, but he did not like the text
books which were in use In an ef-
fort to make them better he COM
posed the American Speller. Like
other textbooks of the time, it was
small, but it became popular and was
printed in edition after edition. The
royalties were so large that he was
able to use them to support his fam
lily while he spent years in working
on his dictionary.
Other men besides Webster turned
to the work of writing better text
books, and boys and girls came to
have a better course of study.
Blackboards came into use, some of
Evening star., 1934-09-11
ROYAL Clock to Strike.

LENINGRAD Op).-A seventeenth
century clock which belonged to Cath
crime II, and which has been silent
since 1918, is being repaired here.
At noon a peacock spreads q golden
tail, a rooster crows and an owl, sit
ting on o tree branch, strikes q chime.
Evening star., 1934-09-11

ING a DUNCE CAF.
them portable and others fixed to the
walls. Tablets of slate, upon which
pupils could write with pencils of
slate or of soapStone grew popular
and made up for the lack of enough
paper. Quill pens remained in COM
mon use until about the middle of
the past century. They were made
from wing feathers Of geese, and were
sharpened at the ends by the teachers.
Steel pens, which had been invented
abroad, slowly but surely took the
place of quill pens At first they were
handmade and very expensive, but
ways were found to cut them with
machines and turn them out at low
price.
A hundred years ago there was
much talk as to whether schools
should be free to all, and paid for at
public expense. Before that time
there had been schools which were
open to members of certain churches
and private schools which charged
parents for teaching their children.
but free public schools had not OBJ
Evening star., 1934-09-11

THIS is q 'plsce name" and signi-
fies "a corner" In Welsh and Cor
nish British 1t is q moor. The name
is found in very old records in many
diversified forms, the most frequent
spelling being de Ia Hale. We find
1t written de Hale, at-Hale, Hales and
Evening star., 1934-09-11
MENU FOR A DAY.

MENU FOR A DAY.
BREAKFAST.
Chilled Cantaloupe
Cereal With Cream
Bacon
Hot Corn Cake
Coffee.
LUNCHEON.
Cream Of Tomato Soup
Crackers
Pear Sauce Sponge Drops
Tea
DINNER.
Tomato Juice Cocktail
Beef Loaf, Baked Potatoes
Summer Squash
Sliced Cucumbers
Orange Crumb Pie
Coffee
HOT CORN CAKE.
One egg, 2 tablespoons sugar.
/ tablespoon butter, melted; little
salt, 2 cups sweet milk, 2 cups
cornmesl. 2 cups -four, l teaspoon
soda and 2 teaspoons cream Of
tartar. Bake three-quarters hour
in moderate oven. This is fine.
Bake it in cupcake tins and serve
hot.
SPONGE DROPS.
Whites of eggs, 70 cup pow
dered sugar, yolks Of 2 eggs, 4
cup flour, pinch salt and y tea
spoon vanilla. Beat whites, add
sugar, beat well, add yolks of eggs
and fiavoring, then fold in -four
stfted with the salt, drop on un-
buttered paper, sprinkle with
powdered sugar and bake about
8 minutes in rather quick oven.
ORANGE CRUMB PIE.
Pour IL cups Scalded milk over
u cup cake crumbs. Let stand
f1ye minutes, beat until smooth
and add / beaten egg, l/6 tea
spoon salt, juice of / orange,
l teaspoon lemon juice. !. cup
sugar and grated yellow rind of
half an orange. Turn into pie
plate lined with paste and bake
in moderate oven until firm in
center.
tCopyriEht, 19341
Evening star., 1934-09-11

Little Jimmy Is Rescued.
BY age, size, strength. nor by all three
May courage truly measured be:
Old Mother Nature.
Evening star., 1934-09-11

of the jack of clubs. North covered
with the queen and East won with
the ace. At this point East paused
to take stock of things. Providing
the diamonds broke, he could take five
diamond tricks, two clubs, heart
and if the spade finesse worked-three
spades; a grand total of II tricks.
On the other hand, assuming that the
diamonds failed to break, and the
queen of spades was in the South
hand, East could win three diamonds,
two spades, two clubs and a heart
Evening star., 1934-09-11

- EAR MISS q about finding wife?
wdower So old, but my health is excellent Fair
/ children both married and living away from
~ home Fairly with University graduate
between As and SO Of Not younger
Evening star., 1934-09-11
Natures Children
BY LILLIAN COX ATHEY.
Walking Stick.
Diapheromera Femorata.

Dlapheromera femorata.
v AVE you seen stick" walk
this Summer? After you have
once made the acquaintance
Il of this interesting fellow of