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Evening star., 1934-08-25
Bedtime Stories
BY THORNTON w. BURGESS.

for some reason have given 1t up be-
fore finishing the job." thought Wig
glenose. "Oh dear, what pity! And
he must have been almost out. 1t
can't be very far to the surface"
Half-heartedly he began to scratch
at the end of the hall. The sand was
loose and came away easily. Wiggle-
nose began to dig with more interest
and suddenly he guessed what had
happened. There had been q back
entrance, but it was so long since 1t
had been used that it had filled in,
Yes, sir, that is what had happened.
WigglenoSe settled down to work. He
would dig his way out.
In q little while he found dead
leaves mingled with the sand. Then
he knew that he must be near the
end. Soon there was little but leaves
closely packed. Then he go o Whit
of fresh air. He was almost out. He
worked carefully now, pulling away
the leaves one by one so as to make
Evening star., 1934-08-25
Sound Growth
BY ANGELO PATRI.


- TRONG growth and the power
it bestows Is never an over
night affair. Time and expert
- ence must enter into the mat
ter, time and experience and
sound preparation. The finer the
preparation the sounder the growth,
and the more powerful Shortcuts
are the privilege of the arrived, Of
the masters. Before they arrived at
the heights they underwent long
and thorough preparation.
We in the United States seem to
be cursed with a desire for haste.
We are impatient with the long,
steady, day-by-day preparation. We
take no joy in the labor of prepara-
ton. Our eyes are on the heights,
and we stumble along In q frantic
effort to arrive there without painful
effort, and, above all, without delay.
"The sooner the quicker" Is a slogan
with more root than we like to admit.
This Is especially true in education.
skip along, children, skip along.
Don't waste precious time in nibbling.
Take it in your stride. Why wait
until you're gray? Be a success In
your youth" And by success Is
meant place, money and the power
they bring.
Time is precious and youth is not
to be wasted. But Is this hurry
scurry time saving2 Not In my ex-
perience. The child who arrives in
the upper grades Of the elementary
school with q weak foundation in
tables, in reading power, in his habits
of preparation Is at q loss. He Is
required to have certain facts at the
end Of his pencil. II he has not made
them his own he must stop now and
Evening star., 1934-08-25
Precocious Child
BY MYRTLE MEYER ELDRED.

BY MYRTLE MEYER ELDRED.
~ ECAUSE it is so easy to stuff
- the gifted child with knowl-
edge, we are inclined to do so.
- We must, as parents, recog-
nize that a child needs de-
velopment from all angles, not from
the mental alone. When it is appar-
ent that his interests are weighted
one way or the other, the wise mother
will manage in some way to shift the
emphasis and achieve better bal
ance.
Mrs. G. has a 5-year-old who has
been in kindergarten for three weeks.
At first he was enthusiastic to go, but
now he Is reluctant He does not mix
with the children, but stays solitary
and alone. He says the teacher Is
mean-she says he is timid-and he
tells his mother he is lonesome. At
nome he plays with other children.
At 2 he could recite so Mother
Goose rhymes. At 3 he knew all the
stories read to him by heart. He Is
now having read to him, by his
grandmother, stories suitable to older
children.
He is very curious and anxious to
learn. He can spell and print his
own name, that of companion and
two pet dogs. He reads all the letters
of the alphabet, most numbers up to
10 and can count to 100.
We need not go much farther to
recognize that this is definitely pre-
cocious child. Learning and memo
riZing are easier than for most. The
mother has an intelligent grasp Of
her problem, but is now at the point
where she must do something about
1t. The grandmother in the home,
who has nothing to do but devote
herself to the small child, has been
largely responsible for the wealth of
reading to which the child has been
exposed. The father thinks his boy
somewhat of a Sissy" because he
shows less interest in rough-and-
tumble games than in placid mental
sports.
Probably kindergarten isn't ter
ribly exciting to a child so far ad-
vanced, yet he needs to take part in
the physical activities kindergarten
has to offer. He should play roughly
with his father. His shrinking from
companions may indicate a too
sheltered and protected childhood, SO
that he fears the physical conflict
with his schoolmates. He needs chill
dren Of his own age to play with.
He must learn to mix with children
of his own age, take what they have
to give, learn to protect himself and
be at home with them Unless this
is made an objective, the child may
turn more and more to mental
achievements as q satisfaction In
world that Is physically terrifying to
him.
Evening star., 1934-08-25

w YHO isn't willing to work for
n I what he wants deserves
wv nothing and in the end
usually has nothing. There
! are smart people who for q
time live without working, depending
on their wits to get them what they
want, but in the end they fail and
have nothing. Those who best sue
ceed are those who combine wit with
work.
For young Rabbit so short time
out in the Great World Wigglenose
had learned fast and made the most
of what he had learned. Now, safe In
a hole under q stump in the Old Pas
ture, he had the wit to know that
Reddy Fox, who had driven him there,
would, beyond o doubt, be watching
for him to come out again. He saw
clearly that to 60 out the way he had
entered would be anything but safe,
for should Reddy be hiding anywhere
but in front of that hole there was no
way for him to find it out. What he
needed was some other way out. Was
there one? He didn't know, for he
was not as yet familiar with that old
home dug long ago by one of Johnny
Chuck's relatives. So he started to
explore, and discovered leading from
the snug, dry bed room deep down
in the ground another little hall lead
ing in quite another direction. Could
it be that this led to another en-
trance? With high hopes Wigglenose
started along it.
1t was soon clear that this little
hall had been very little used, but
this didn't matter If only it led to the
outside. Slowly, but with high hopes
he crept along 1t. 1t was quite a long
hall. In places he had to stop and
dig sand out Of the way. At last that
hall ended. Such a disappointment!
There wasn't back entrance after all.
whoever dug this must have
planned to have q back door and then
Evening star., 1934-08-25
Sanderling.
Calidris Leucophaea.


LONG the sandy beaches in
n September the sanderlings,
"A true beach birds, are to be
4 \ found on shores near the sea.
In fiocks they squat just on
the upper beach at high tide. AS
soon as the water recedes they race
along the shore, agilely retreating be-
fore each wave, and quickly following
the retreating one. Should their
minds be intent upon the catch they
are about to make, and a more
boisterous wave come suddenly upon
them, they fly away quickly. In a
trice they are again searching among
the fiotsam and jetsam that is always
washed up by the sea.
Nothing daunted by the incessant
waves, the sanderling wades out
almost to his breast, searching for
food. It is thrilling to watch these
nimble birds avoid collision with
a fine breaker. Sometimes flock
of these beach combers will fly along
the shore line and try to beat the
backwash.
Many have confused the sanderling
with the little "sand-peeps," which
resemble them very much in colora-
ton. This can be cleared up in your
mind quickly, when you take into
consideration the size Of the bird and
the difference from other sandpipers
in its light-colored crown. If you
can get close enough to the sander
ling, look at his feet. There Is no
other member of the family of our
snipes having three toes.
In Summer the feathers Of the
upper parts have black centers, which
are bordered and sometimes barred
with a pale tan and tipped with
grayish white. The tail is a brown
ish-gray, with narrow band Of
white. The upper breast and throat
are washed with a pale rufous and
spotted with black. The under parts
are a pure white, with few occa-
sional dark spots. In Winter the
upper parts are pale brownish gray,
with a slightly blush tint; otherwise
the coloring is the same as in Sum-
mer.
The sanderling raises his family
from Melville Island, Ellesmere Island
and Northern Greenland to Point
Barrow, Alaska; In Iceland and In
Northern Siberia. In Winter he Ia
Evening star., 1934-08-25

grope for them, worry about whether
7 times is 40, whether there are 9
quarts in a gallon-or maybe it's q
peck? That pupil is lost, no matter
how high an !. @. he can claim. He
will have to go back and repair the
gaps left by his faulty preparation.
Children in the elementary schools,
students In high schools and colleges
lose heart, lose courage and faith and
fail because they were not thoroughly
prepared for the work they are try
ing to do.
The waste in time and money and
human effort Is heartbreaking. Why
can't we save time and energy and
money and power by making thor
ough preparation for the end In view?
A musician must know his scales, his
lingering, his music with certainty.
The professional man must read with
sure, swift eye and mind. The artist
must master his technique before he
can be truly creative. That Is what
few Of us are willing to do Never
mind the preliminaries. Just drive
for the finish" But those prelimi-
narleS are Wnat make the dlnerence
between failure and success.
Whatever we teach should be
taught thoroughly. and to the last
child in the class, to the last student
in the laboratory. The teacher who
knows and respects his own work
will not be wiling to lend himself to
q shoddy, slipshod job. His work is
teaching. and until the pupil learns,
that work is not complete.
We save no time by sliding over the
fundamentals. We lose time. Along
with the burden of ignorance such
pupils carry they must shoulder q
load Of fear. Fear always goes with
uncertainty. Only the sure child Is
brave, and only the brave can hope
to win. The price Of real success Is
thorough preparation.
(Copyright. 1934.l
Evening star., 1934-08-25

be very sociably inclined. Though
you rarely see great hocks Of them,
you will see many groups of what ap-
pear to be family parties.
You gather from seeing and hear
ing them they are happy and con-
tented. The sand fleas and tiny shell
fish seem to be the only food they
desire, and they apparently get much
fun chasing their meals back and
forth into the sand. AS sand feas
are the most pesky creatures along
the beaches, it is usually with feel
ing Of gratitude one watches the nim-
ble-footed sanderling gobble them up.
In flight, you can identify the bird
by the line of conspicuous white spots
on the wings. 1t often makes flights
over the water and swims with the
ease of q duck. Its call Is n series
Of notes, which are uttered singly or
In groups Of "ket, ket, ket."
(copyright. 1e34.)
Evening star., 1934-08-25
Dress Boasts Economy From Every Angle
Comfortable Little Garment
Will Take Swift Tubing
and Snappy Pressing.
BY BARBARA BELL.


"HE trend toward simplicity in
street clothes is grand news
to the wearers Of house
L dresses Domestic slaves are,
to a woman, all interested in
having as few seams as possible in
their frocks to cut laundry bills to
minimum.
The place for the model shown is
home, of course, and the time for it,
early morning It is wonderful
little dress-comfortable and econom-
ical from every standpoint, one that
takes q swift Tubing and snappy
pressing, and looks graceful. This is
the type of dress that women, ex-
perienced in the ways of wisdom,
stock up with in late Summer just
to be prepared for those fireside emer-
gencies that await the average house
wife annually, when one season turns
into the other. october brides, with
smart inclinations, are taking an in
terest, too, in simple house dresses.
showing how down-to-earth we've
come In the matter of trousseau
clothes.
This particular frock is made Of
finely finished cotton, not too heavy
to iron easily, even when starched.
The only trimming on it is the col
ored rick-rack, stitched on to indi-
cate a yoke in front. 1t also makes
a double outline around the sleeves,
and edges the neckline where, for
good measure, enough is left to make
the bow in front.
The obvious simplicity of this de-
sign is tempered by the pointed yoke
in the front of the skirt, and the
straight one in the back. Every de-
tail that could possibly be omitted
has been, and the results, we feel,
are not too plain to be interesting.
A variety in brightly colored rick
racks has given us fresh interest in
this standard finishing braid, the zig
gag design of which will be found
copied in gay woods to be used for
touch of contrast on next Winters
tweed frocks.
Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1424-B
is designed in sizes "a to 48. Size
l8 requires 3K yards of 36-inch
material AZ yards Of contrasting
fick-rack.
Every Barbara Bell pattern has an
illustrated instruction guide that is
easy to follow.
tCopyright 1934)
Evening star., 1934-08-25
Who Are You?
Romance of Your Name
BY RUBY HASKINS ELLIS.

sisted in restoring King Fergus II in
the remote year 404. He was given
the name Of Cameron, or Cam-shron,
because Of his crooked nose"
Some authorities, however. maintain
that this family belonged to the an
cient Scots or CaledoaianS. who eares-
peopled the Highland country. con-
cluding that the Clans Chatton and
Cameron had a common origin. The
first known chieftain Of the Clan
Cameron was Donald Du (about
14ID. He left two sons, Allan and
Even, who were progenitors Of q
numerous race Of Camerons in Scot
land. Even Is regarded as the founder
of the Camerons of Strone.
The Cameron plaid is an attractive
design In red, green and white stripes,
the background and predomiuating
color being red. The Cameron warcry
was. Sons of the hounds. come here
and get flesh"
The coat of arms illustrated dates
back to the Camerons Of Glasgow,
whose representative, David, was Nv
ing in Wilmington, Del. In 1895.
(Copyright, lo34.)
Evening star., 1934-08-25
Nature Children
BY LILLIAN cox ATHEY.

seen in Central California, Texas. vir-
ginia and Bermuda, to Patagonia,
Hawaii and other warm climates.
The sanderling Is q trusting beach
bird and you can get close to 1t In
Winter. The birds seem to know
that by going to the far-away Arctic
coast they can rear their families
with safety.
There are three or four babies tc
be found in the nursery. 1t is usually
slight depression in the ground
that has leaf mattress. The eggs
are an olive brown, with many specks
and spots Of brown on them.
AS soon as Autumn draws near
the birds fly toward their favorite
Southern resorts, 1000 miles one way,
to be in the bright sunshine
Among themselves they appear TO
Evening star., 1934-08-25
Grab Stuffed Tomato
Salads.

-Four firm tomatoes two-thirds cup
crab meat, two-thirdS cup diced celery,
two tablespoonfuls chopped sweet
pickles, two tablespoonfuls chopped
pimentos, two tablespoonfuls chopped
green peppers, one tablespoonful
chopped olives, one-fourth teaspoonful
salt, one-fourth teaspoonful paprika,
one-half cup mayonnaise, three table
spoonfuls chilli sauce.
Wash, peel and chill tomatoes. Mix
three tableSpoonfuls mayonnaiSe with
all rest of ingredients, excepting chill
sauce. Remove centers from tomatoes
and stuff with crab mixture which
has been we'll chilled. Arrange on let
tuce. Top with remaining mayon-
naise and chilli sauce. Serve imme-
diately.
Evening star., 1934-08-25
Dorothy Dix Says
Girl Should Learn Facts at Mothers Knee
Wives No Longer Servants
Beware of Flapper's Love"

and social world without telling her Of the things she
- and the girl does which the more to blame the
The oth of s @ n and
call he pes of great city without making
ssr s % s. hs ' s's sd
failed to call out a warning.
Tn highly improper.
world to he G r was believed that their
know that the path they would have to tread in life was
they did how to protect them
selves.
tn. he ss
but s ,n and @ 1 many pG sas e a nov M 10 a M
movies and the plays but this at least can be said in their favor
should oS d have E learned T ' '-'
NO best Sellers
movie FAM however tender her years. but knows all there is
the seducer So the modern girl wrong
beyond belief because she Just naturally
primrose path.
the stage and in literature
tas rar to Know what
to those who fall into and to realize that they are eod ed
found i in the s't N'
RuT thing for which mothers seriously to blame
in no mns I % not Sy m sn $ n 'aa that @
danger within that from without that ther real temp
Wicked % but their own weak
be warned against
long girl cares nothing for 1 man as long as o he has N. no
the path she safe from all the Caanova IN
falls head heels in love with man;
cocktails; when she wild parties
parties
quits job while protect her against
wicked men. her fromh herself DOROTHY
DEAR umpire this fight between husband
~ MYSELF thinks that mother should make slave of
should their beck and call hour
night? instance daughter capable college
lately at nearby pleasure resort kept her dinner
all right she having innocent
husband thought that when
should and her hot meal which
right? This incident merely illustrates
mother should be servant to her children What
think? A MOTHER
exactly right and that husband is
wrong take the only possible Of retaining
them accept their share of
responsibility in family life 1t is the mothers who do all OF the
will that the who have
invariably
about the peordand fate of doomats
DOROTHY DIX
DEAR a married with three children Am
~ IS years old Recently girl of 6 who fell in love with
and asked to write to her told
this affair she because told her
and In love with
doing this will her out Of the trouble
she Is headed for
do right and also If want to
trouble will take wfes advice girl
to handle dynamite bomb
safety keeping far from her possible
DOROTHY DIX.
Evening star., 1934-08-25
MENU FOR A DAY.

MENU FOR A DAY.
BREAKFAST.
Stewed Prunes
Farina with Cream
Poached Eggs
flashed Brown Potatoes
Oatmeal Muffins
DINNER.
Fruit Cocktail
Roast Duck, Apple Sauce
Mashed Potatoes
Baked Squash
Tomato Salad, French Dressing
Peach Shortcake
Coffee
SUPPER.
Tomato Rabbit on Toast
Lemon Jelly, Custard Sauce
Brownies Tea
OATMEAL MUFFINS.
Pour one cup scalding milk
over two-thirds cup raw rolled
oats, let stand five minutes; add
salt, two tablespoons sugar. one
and-two-thirds cups -four, two
teaspoons baking powder, one
tablespoon melted shortening
(butter or lard) and one table
spoon milk. Makes IL mullins.
Bake from IL to Is minutes.
ROAST DUCK.
Wash and dry duck carefully.
Make q dressing Of breadcrumbs,
onion. salt, pepper, poultry dress
ing and butter, with just enough
hot water to moisten. Insert
and sew up completely that the
seasoning may not escape. If
tender. ducks do not require more
than an hour to roast. Keep
them well basted, and a few
minutes before serving dredge
lightly with -four to make them
look plump and frothy. Send to
table hot, with a brown gravy
poured not around, but over
them. Serve with apple sauce
LEMON JELLY.
| To a package Of gelatin add a
pint of cold water, the juice of
four lemons and the rind of one.
Let it stand an hour, then add
one pint boiling water, pinch
of cinnamon, three cups sugar.
Let it all come to a boil. Strain
through a napkin into molds, set
away to get cold. Nice poured
over sliced bananas and oranges.
Evening star., 1934-08-25

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Evening star., 1934-08-25

Wigglenose Is Rewarded.
When wit and work are well combined
fair reward you'll surely find.
old Mother Nature.
Evening star., 1934-08-25

THERE is q tradition in the Cam
l. eron family that they are de-
scendants Of q younger son Of the
royal family Of Denmark, who as
Evening star., 1934-08-25

EAR mother girl out into the business
social world without telling her of the things she
temptations
and the girl does which is the to blame the
mother the daughter? R. S. T.
Evening star., 1934-08-25

A LONG the sandy beaches in
Y September the sanderlings,
n true beach birds, are to be
\ found on shores near the sea.
In Annkc thnu snI1at inst on
The Washington times., 1934-05-03

Jeanette Goldman, 3612 Rock
Greek Church Rd., asks that we
enroll her cousin, Jerald Win.
dell, Georgia Avenue and Dahlia
Street Northwest. He is 6 years
old and his birthday is April 26.
Writes Jeanette:
"He is in the kindergarten,
and am sure he will be a good
member"
Jeannette asks us to enroll
also Benjamin Backenek, 706 G
: st. S. w. He is 915 pears old.
She didn't know his birthday
date, but promised to find out
and let us know later.
John Ellis Seal, Seat Pleas
ant, Md, writes that his birth
day is April IL and his sister
: Elinor's is September II.
PICK UP -
5 Eleanor Cook, Baden, Md:
81 have some new members
for you. They are Amelia Raw
lings, aged IL, WestwOOd, Md;
joseph Dent, aged II, Baden,
The Washington times., 1934-05-03
TIMES DAILY PATTERN
PATTERN 1879

No doubt you have remarked 1t
before-but diagonal lines really
do cut the apparent size of the
figure in a magic manner. That
is why this is such a slender
izing gown-nearly every line in
it is a diagonal one. Have you
examined the back view with the
care it deserves? Aside from all
this, the design itself is a very
god one-good from the stand
point of being smartly fashion
able! . The natural inference is
that if you are looking for Some-
thing in which you will appear
slim and we'll dressed, this is it.
Gayly dotted percale or broad.
cloth, or dimity would make up
beautifully.
Pattern 1879 is available in
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Size SO takes 3A yards 80 inch
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The Washington times., 1934-05-03
Times Adventure Club

Md, and George Baden, aged 8,
Brandywine, Md.
my best girl friends are EliZ.
abeth Rawlings, Ruby Green.
field and Elsie Letcher (all club
members). Mp teacher is Mrs.
V. w. AiSt. She is very NICE"
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
Members of The Times Adven.
ture Club are celebrating their
birthday anniversaries today.
They include Betty Boss, 2811
Charming st. N. E.; Fred God.
frey, Seat Pleasant, Md; George
HarknesS, TAI Tenth st. S. E.;
Margaret Keller, 37O4 MacOmb
st. N. w.; Elaine LOngerman,
1927 Georgia Ave. N. w.; Paul.
inc Fuller, Alexandria, Va; Cor.
don ROIlman, 1923 Park Pl.
N. E.; Agnes Minor, 332 SeatOn
Pl. N. E., and Millard Blum, jr.,
4614 West Virginia Ave-, Beth.
eSda, Md.
We wish you one and all q
very happy birthday.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1934-09-06
COMPLETE RETURNS ON COUNTY
CENTRAL COMMITTEES COMPILED

At 1870 O'Clock last night the
board of supervisors completed
their count of the first 300 absen-
tee ballots for the primary cleo
tion returns. The counting of the
remaining 1872 ballots was contin-
ued today with three special count
ing boards appointed by the super
visors handling this work, each
taking $50 ballots. while the super
visors canvassed the votes cast in
the "a county precincts.
1t was not expected that the
special boards will get at the ac-
tual work of counting their quotas
of the absentee ballots until some
time this afternoon as each ballot
must be checked back against the
registration records before it can
be accepted for the count.
Results from the 300 ballots
counted yesterday follows:
Governor: Haight, A; Merriam,
IA; Quinn, 33; Young, 10; Creel,
81; Sinclair, 81.
Congress: Observation-Disclosures
81; Francisco, 4; lac, II; Kerley.