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Evening star., 1934-03-13
WHO ARE YOU?
The Romance of Your Name
BY RUBY HASKINS ELLIS

known Is East and West Flesg. This
district was once called Flegg Hun
dred.
Agar de Flegg was the first known
ancestor Mention Is made Of him in
the history Of Norfolk during the
reign OF Henry II Q154-1l89).
Thomas F1agg Cor Flegg) was the
ancestor Of most Of the Flaggs in the
United States He was the second
Of four sons Of Bartholomew Flegg
Of County Norfolk. Thomas settled
in Watertown. Mass, where he be-
came q proprietor and was appointed
surveyor Of the town. He was also
q selectman Of the town.
The descendants Of Thomas were
very active in Colonial and Revolu-
tionary struggles of the Colonies.
Some Of his descendants migrated to
the South and the southern line was
established by Josiah Flagg, In JET
ferson County, Va, now q part Of
West Virginia.
Flagg Mills. an old seat Of the fam
lily, was in West Virginia, near Mar
tinsburg.
Many are the descendants Of these
early pioneers now living in various
parts Of the country.
(Copyright. 1934.)
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Your Baby and Mine
BY MYRTLE MEYER ELDRED.
Perseverance,.

7NHE mother who is endeavoring
to deprive her baby Of his be-
loved bottle invariably alibis
i that he will not drink enough
milk by cup. Fearful Of malnutrition.
she weakly submits to his tyrannical
demands for the bottle. What she
refuses to see is that malnutrition is
as possible for the year-old child
whose appetite is satisfied by milk,
and who refuses solid food, as 1t
would be were the baby fed gener-
ously of solid foods and then only
took as much milk as he would accept
willingly by cup.
Mrs. L. j. p. wishes would coun-
sci mothers not to be SO impatient.
but to keep doing what should be
done until 1t Is successful.
"A few nights ago." she writes. Il
read in your column the letter Of a
mother who had become discouraged
after two weeks of effort to influence
her baby to accept q cup. When my
baby was year old I wrote for your
leaf1et on this subject and began to
put it into practice. I know now
that had already set the baby flrm-
ly in his dislike for the cup by trying
to force it upon him. After a couple
of weeks. yes, even a month of trying,
I decided that your method might be
all right in theory, but it didn't work
in practice. Still, knowing no better
way, kept at it. put as much milk
as possible in baby's other foods and
acted Indifferent about his acceptance
of milk by cup.
Training took almost four months,
but now he reaches gladly for his
glass and drinks his milk with relish.
follow your plan with other foods
of which he tires. I take them out
of his menu for few days and then
reintroduce them again casually. In
cidentally. find this indifference pose
works all along the line, baby's tenn
per. fussing. small falls and q quick
response and laughter to his good
temper.
But I did feel, Mrs. Eldred that
you might warn readers that two
weeks isn't long enough to break baby
of a long time habit"
Thank you for this helpful letter.
This is child psychology put to prac-
tical use. and when done conscien-
tiously it must be successful. The
leaflet to which Mrs. L. J. P. refers
is available to all readers. Send a
self-addressed, Scent stamped en-
velope with your request for "Wean-
ing the Baby From Bottle to Cup"
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DOROTHY DIX'S LETTER BOX
Happy Couple Trying to Make Each Other
Miserable to Please Friends-F1ight Best
Plan for Young Man in Love-

~ EAR MISS D1x-we married couple
for We much devoted to each other But
we % have mo no children % and our friends and % con-
THAT Ss we % S.s s na Nov M
content and thought happy until people stirred us " up Do
you '0nk true That eh'0ess people cannot be
the matter with your that you
se thing ever heard card % Of Instead Of letting your
nd % T ABSOLUTELY o and 10 1t
enjoys bores another what after
most the other wouldn't o a
WHY should you let other people life for your Why should
Of b you M n ,t their hS s1.I your p %a Of sm
why do you let what they affect or the othe'
always that the most pul things in the
world the extent which women are slaves to the chatter Of other
delicate fran women who work to death because they are so
who live their because they can't bear
have people say ne don't give as hne parties as somebody else they
HAVE known actually driven divorce by other
% them @ d na aSs Ssr how & eGsd
hairs breadth.
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who have s the and @ instinct @ Tod &
plenty other who take children leave EN-
be equally happy and not couples who regard chill
TT among chdless couples than
there those who have children but this does not prove
the o1. of s sy pp a
the lack Of children because they have only each other on whom to
besow their affection. DOROTHY DIX
NEAR DOROTHY ! 20s hopelessy
~ . older I hus
wife and
nothing would make me happier than to marry yet am wondering
right thing meddlng family situation OF which
am not In EUGENE.
AnxerDOnt be bewdd longer Eugene for the road lies
straight the married lads dome
Let her and her husband fight out their differences
NONT q against religious
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yield
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before her will begin
proach herself, miserable
And anyway, mistake who
yourself three possibly five
time limit The Of
thoughts
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are always found near the water. and
the protective coloring OF the eggs
makes them dificuIt to find There
are usually four laid in each nest,
and the ground colors are cinnamon
sides this color background. the eggs
are well-SplaShed with large spots OF
dark brown and black.
If any one approaches nest the
mother starts of with q quick pace,
something between fast walk and
q run. When she is confident the
intruder's mind has been distracted
from her nest she flies away. The
male joins his mate. Both parents
share the responsibility Of brooding
the eggs. Twenty-seven days after
they are laid the baby plovers hatch.
The infants are covered with golden
down on their foreheads crowns.
backs. wings and rumps. The thighs
are mottled bright wax yellow"
and black A broad patch Of white
is under the eye and extends behind
the ears and chin. The throat Is
yellowish- white. The underparts are
light gray. The feathers that come
after the down are heavily notched
with yellow and the wing coverts
are pale brown. notched with pale
yellow.
BY the time the young birds reach
us in September on their way South
the brilliant yellow coloring Of their
extreme youth has faded When one
reaches his Winter home he will then
change to his Winter plumage. which
resembles that worn by his parents,
and this garment Is his first wedding
raiment, the exquisite nuptial plum
age.
The flight Of the plover IS swift
and protracted. The individuals
gather in flocks and sweep in COM
pact formation close to the ground.
barely skimming 1t. Then they rise
into the air. They do lot Of cir
cling and turning before alighting. as
If searching for q good landing field.
They are easily startled and at an
alarm note all rise quickly en- masSe
into the air.
(Copyrisht. ls34)
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Air Of Youth Suggested by Long, Slim Line:
Removable Lingerie Touches
Continue to Make Their
Unfailing Appeal.
Smooth Top Lines Provide
Particular Interest in Sleeves
as in Paris.
BY BARBARA BELL.

"HE black frock continues to be
the leading favorite of the
average woman, especially
i when softening touches OF
white enliven it at the neck.
from among a series Of smart, SIM
ple frocks. the one sketched was cho-
sen for its air Of youth. exemplified in
the long, slim lines, the three-quar-
ter push-up sleeves and the removable
lingerie touches that continue to make
their unfailing appeal to the woman
who takes care Of her wardrobe.
Instead of fullness, acquired
through released plaits the skirt OF
the dress is made with slightly flared
cores which give the dress the desir-
able virtue of requiring only an occa-
sional pressing.
The smooth top lines of the sleeves
are of particular interest, following.
as they do, a detail that was looked
upon as important in the recent show
ings in Paris.
The side sections of the waist con-
tinue into pointed extensions that are
faced and button back, thus secur-
ing the shirred squares Of crisp lin
eerie-trimming to the dress.
Sharing with black in popularity is
navy. Touched up with white. both
of these colors. when worn with &C
cessories that match, conspire in pre-
senting an appearance Of ultimate
chic
Barbara Bell pattern No l26s-B is
designed in sizes "a, SO. 80. 40, a..
Size "a requires 4i2 yards of 39-inch
material. Il yard Of white contrast
Or. two dainty small handkerchiefs.
Every Barbara Bell pattern has an
illustrated instruction guide that is
easy to follow.
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UNCLE RAYS CORNER

likely they are the broken parts Of
q planet which exploded vast ages
ago. or of two planets which bumped
into each other.
About l.l0O Little Planets are
known at the present time. but there
may be many more than that. Some
are 50 small that they have been
brought into sight only by recently
built telescopes of great power.
Some of the Little Planets measure
only 3 to 8 miles In diameter. II you
could 60 to one Of them, and live
after you got there, you would find
yourself very light footed. 1t would
be no trick. while you were running.
to take steps so or so feet in length!
For science section of your scrap
book)
If you would like the new leaflet,
"Fifty-five Riddles and Answers" send
q stamped return envelope to me in
care Of this newspaper.
UNCLE RAY.
(Copyright. 1934D
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not guarded and drops early. With
such a suit as the above, II it were q
major suit you could not make fore
ing opening bid unless the rest Of your
hand contained not more than one
other loser, judged with equal strict
ness, while If such suit were a minor,
you could not force with your OPEN
ing bid If there were any other loser
in the hand Unless, of course, the
suit we're of nine or more cards so
that you could expect to lose only one
trick in it even II you had to lead out
the ace and then the queen.
Responding Hands First Duty.
Since the opening three e-bidder Is
seeking information for slam and not
for game. plainly he is at this point
concerned only with the matter of
aces-the responder, at any rate, must
assume this until informed otherwise.
Consequently, the partners sole duty
at this stage Is to show or deny aces
and his first response Is concerned
with no other factor, no other cards.
His function is entirely automatic.
The probing has begun, his duty is
solely to answer the questions which
are put to him. The three-bid is in
itself q question. 1t says. Have you
any aces; If so, which?" The answers
are as follow:
First. Having no ace, responding
hand bids three no trumps. This says
only one thing: Il have no ace in my
hand" It neither confirms nor denies
trump support or the possession Of a
long, strong suit not headed by its
ace: nor does 1t affirm or deny the
holding Of any primary values other
than aces.
Second. II he holds the ace of the
trump suit Cthis is rare, but it does
happen). he raises to four in the
trump suit to show that ace; it does
not matter whether he holds it as
singleton or with several small ones.
The trump ace is always shown first;
consequently. any other response de-
nies the trump ace.
Third. Lacking the trump ace, he
bids whatever other ace he holds. Re-
member that with more than one ace
the highest ranking Of your aces is
always shown first except only II you
have the trump ace and that is lower
ranking than the other or others. The
trump ace always takes precedence
over any other. Thus II the bidding
Is three clubs. three diamonds, the
responder has denied the aces of clubs
tthe trump ace), hearts and spades:
he can have no second ace in his
hand. II it went three clubs, three
hearts, he has denied the aces Of
spades and clubs (trumps) but may
still hold the ace Of diamonds in
addition to the ace Of hearts which
he showed by his response. You will
see that whenever a three-bid Is made
in spades, hearts or diamonds, and
the response is four clubs, the OPEN
ing bidder Is Immediately informed
that the responder has bid his only
ace. The responder also knows that
the opener knows this, and the bid
ding may now take another turn II
the opener so directs it, since the
matter of aces has now been cleared
up. Next week you will learn the
subsequent bidding procedure where
by, after a three-bid, the bidding for
small or grand slams. or the keeping
out Of an impossible slam. Is made a
matter Of go per cent certainty.
(Copyrisht- 1a34.,
Evening star., 1934-03-13


We do the thing We know Is wrong.
Peter Rabbit.
~HE Black Shadows were creep
ing out from the Purple Hills
across the Green Meadows. The
latter were not green now, but
brown with the dead grass of
last year, spotted where the snow had
not yet melted. The air had been
soft and warm oil day. limiting that
sweet Mistress Spring could not be far
away. For several days Peter Rabbit
had been uneasy and restless. but to-
day he had been more 50 than ever
He just couldn't sit still for any
length Of time.
Now he was peering out from the
edge Of the dear Old Brisr- atch
watching the Black Shadows creep
farther and farther out. 1t was the
time Of day he loved best. His wabbly
little nose Was not still + second. The
frost was coming out Of the ground
and there was the good earth smell
How good 1t was! Young grass and
other tender green things would soon
be pushing up through the brown soil
The very thought Of 1t made his
mouth water until he fairly droOled
His long ears were straight up as he
listened for distant sounds.
'Of course Mrs. Peter Is right: the
Briar-patch really is the safest place.
said he to himself. He looked back
over his shoulder for Mrs. Peter. She
was nowhere to be seen. He hoped
iust outside and sat up
1T is a long time since have been
over to the Green Forest" he con-
tinued, still talking to himself And
was over to the Old Orchard only
once all Winter. 1 haven't been over
to the Smiling Pool at all. really
ought to go. 1 wonder II the ice is
gone. 1t Is almost time for pepper the
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Egg Custard.

Beat three eggs slightly. add one
half q teaspoonful Of salt. little pep
per. . few grains Of cayenne. . few
drops Of onion juice and three-fourths
cupful Of milk. Pour into small
square pan, place in . pan Of hot
water and bake until firm Remove
from the mold and cut in squares. or
bake in custard cups and remove for
serving
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"a m e manner to
both a two-bid and
a three-bid. For in
stance. if you have a
suit holding of A @
10 9 8 7, you must
positively count two
losers in that suit.
Do not temporize
and say surely I
must be frightfully
unlucky to lose to
both the king and
ia ck; I am sure one
Of them will be on
INV riOhf ~ that r
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Prune.Chestnut Conserve.

Cook one pound Of chestnuts in
boiling water until tender. Cool and
remove the shells and underskins.
Wash half pound Of prunes, add two
cupfuls of cold water and cook until
tender. Add the chestnuts, one cup
full Of sugar, one fourth cupful Of seed
less raisins. one tablespoonful Of vine-
gar and little salt. Cook until thick
Delicious with cold meats or hot
roaSts.
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MENU FOR A DAY.
BREAKFAST.

BREAKFAST.
Sliced Oranges
Wheat Cereal With Cream
Poached Eggs
Toasted English Mullins
Coffee.
LUNCHEON.
Cheese Souffle Broccoli
Butter Sauce Diced Carrots
Clover Rolls Pineapple Pie
DINNER.
Cream Of Potato Soup
Baked Finnan Hsddie
Boiled Potatoes
Green Peas Cabbage Salad
Mayonnaise Dressing
Brown Betty Hard Sauce
Coffee.
ENGLISH MUFFINS.
Two cups milk, one yeast cake,
five and one-half cups -four, one
third cup melted butter. two eggs,
two teaspoons salt, one tablespoon
sugar. Scald milk, cool until luke
warm. Dissolve yeast in two
tablespoons milk and add to rest.
Add two and one-half cups -four.
Beat we'll and let rise until light.
Add butter, eggs. salt. sugar and
flour to make a dough as soft as
can be handled, about three cups,
and let rise until double in bulk.
Cut off piece of dough and shape
into fiat biscuit -four inches by
one-third thick. Let rise on
well. .houred board until lisht.
Have sriddle heated. Remove
mufins to griddle with bread
spatula. Cook rather slowly until
Drowned one side, then turn and
brown on the other side. Tear
apart. toast and spread with
melted butter. Delicious.
PINEAPPLE PIE.
One cup grated pineapple, Juice
and grated rind of one lemon,
one well-beaten egg. one cup
sugar, mixed we'll with one table,
spoon cornstarch, adding one-half
cup hot water. Add to pineapple
mixture. Do not cook. but pour
into lined pie plate, cover with
pastry and bake.
BROWN BETTY.
Put layer of bread crumbs
into a well-buttered baking dish.
On the crumbs put small bits of
butter. next layer of apples,
cored and sliced, with sugar and
nutmeg or cinnamon. Repeat this
till dish is full. Add one half cup
Of water. Bake in a moderate
oven and serve with a hard sauce.
(Copyrisht 1p34D
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can finesse against it and capture it."
The point Is that you may never be
able to fnesse. as you may never get
into dummy. In that case, it will not
help You If K J are held by your
right hand opponent You will sooner
or later have to lead away from that
suit yourself. and your only hope will
be if one or other Of these honors is
Evening star., 1934-03-13

RELATIVE SIZE OF PLANElO, ALL
OF WHICH COULD BE PLACED
INSIDE THE SUN AROUND
SUMS RIM ARE MIGHTY
FLAMES, SEEN DURING 1919
ECLIPSE.
tance Of close to q quarter of a mil
lion miles. If we could get close
enough to 1t, we would see that 1t Is
larger than anything which Gene
could go uptown and buy"
The moon. Of course. remains the
same size all through the month. On
one night we see more Of 1t lighted
up than on another night; but that
does not mean q change In Its dia-
meter-2,l60 miles. The earth's dia-
meter is almost four times as great
as the moons.
Let us compare the planets in a
rough way. We may think of Mer-
curry as a pinhead. Mars as a grain
of rice, Venus and the earth as small
peas, Uranus and Neptune as cherries,
and Saturn and Jupiter as large
plums. The size of Pluto is not
certainly known.
All the planets might be placed in
side the sun, with space left for many
others.
In addition to the planets named,
We have the Little Planets, also called
"Planetoids" or Asteroids"
The Little Planets are extremely
small, compared with the others. Very
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Visits in Starland.
Sizes Of the Planets.


KNOW little boy named Gene,
barely 3 years old. who has taken
a keen interest in the moon and
the stars. Last Summer. just be
fore he went to bed, he sometimes
would say, Good night, moon! Good
night, stars!"
Partly In answer to his questions.
and partly to find out how much q
little lad like that could learn,
have told him facts about the sun.
moon and planets. When I spoke OF
the moons which 60 around some OF
the planets, he seemed worried be-
cause Mercury and Venus do not have
any moons.
when I get to be a big man" he
said after some thought. Il will go
uptown and buy a moon for Mercury
and q moon for Venus"
"Oh, no, you couldn't do that
I replied, because . moon Is too
big"
But a 'tessent' moon isn't very
big" said Gene.
1t is true that a crescent moon
looks small, but we see it from a dis
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Conquering Contract
-By P. HAL SIMS

Mr.. Sims is universally acclaimed
the greatest hiring contract and auction
plnyer. He ipds captain OF the renowned
-Four Horsenen" team, no,D dis
banded, and has tDon "a national
championships since 1924. These
articles are based on the Sims system,
rhich includes the one-oUer-one
principle, Which the Sims group OF
players was the first to employ and
derelop.
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I'VE GOT TO CO." SAID HE
AGAIN. Il MAY NOT HAVE AN
OTHER SUCH CHANCE FOR A
LONG TIME"
Hyla to wake up and begin singing.
He would like q night like this" He
listened intently, half hoping that he
might hear Peppers voice He didn't.
1t was still too early for pepper.
Little Mrs. Peter stamped far back
In the Old Briar-patch. Peter stamped
q reply signal and half turned to go
back. Then he once more sat up for
o look around. The Black Shadows
were clear across the Green Mead
ows now. He fully intended to 60
back into the dear Old Briar patch,
but when he started 1t was in the op-
posite direction. Yes, sir it was in
the opposite direction. right out on
the Green Meadows in the direction Of
the Old Orchard.
"I've got to Co." muttered Peter. II
Just can't help myself. No, sir, I can't.
Just have to 60. 1t isn't far over to
the Old Orchard. Perhaps 1 can get
back before Mrs. Peter misses me. I've
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N A T u r E. S
CHILD r E N
BY LILLIAN COX ATHEY.
American Golden Plover.

TW golden plover Is . famous
aviator, who flies over 1000
miles without refueling. In
i fact, he makes about 5000
miles each year as he goes
from one country to another. He
Is one Of our most beautiful shore
birds. and In the Spring. when he II
brilliantly arrayed in his wedding
finery. he cannot escape being ad-
mired.
At one time these handsome birds
were SO numerous over 10th Ameri-
can continents that f1ocks Of them
were seen in crowded ranks OF 5000
or even more So many of them were
shot that they were shipped In bar
rels to be sold at the markets. Grad
ually the numbers of the plover have
diminished and now they have
reached q low ebb Protection, how
ever, is being given. and gradually
the number is increasing.
From their Winter home on the
pampas Of Argentina and Uruguay,
South America, the plovers begin
their long flight toward the North.
1t Is believed these clever birds fol-
low q route between their Winter
and Summer home that Is the
shortest one possible. They travel
overland by a treeless route until
they reach the coast of Texas, then
slowly over the Mississippi Valley
prairies, teeming with insects and
other food that they like, and grad
ually from there to the plains of Sas-
katchewan. From here they proceed
to the Arctic coast.
The golden plover is almost un-
known west Of the Rocky Mountains
in the Spring. BY June he has
reached the Arctic and his very
lovely call note of tud'ling" may be
heard as he circles about before
descending.
/ On the barren grounds Of the
Arctic the plovers build their nests.
These are mere hollows in the swamp
lands and Just skimpy quilt Of
leaves is placed in them. The nests
~ GOLDEN ptoveR:
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The Three Bid.

Y you must be very strict with
" yourself in counting the losers,
not only in your hand. but in
L your main suit Count them
on the assumption that you
may never get into dummy and so
must lead away from that suit re-
peatedly. This applies In exactly the
Evening star., 1934-03-13

T<HERE is nothing known that
will clean and polish teeth 20
l. quickly and leave them SO
cleaning white-as POWDER.
That is why your dentist, when
cleaning your teeth, as you know
always uses powder.
Asit is only the powder part Of any
dentifrice that cleans, . dentifrice that
is ALL POWDER just naturally
cleans best.
DR.. Lyons Tooth Powder 10
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How 1t Started
sY JEAN NEWTON.

To Record"
IT IS usually child who speaks Of
committing something to memory,
as "to learn by heart" Yet that ex-
preston is perpetuated in our pro-
saic-looking word record"
Today, of course, recording facts is
usually making a note of them in
writing, preserving them in visible
form. But the word takes us back
to us from the Latin recorded, Ito
English and French, record" comes
to us from the Latin, recorded, Ito
remember" This Is composed Of re
plus cor. cords, "the heart or mind"
So record" was originally Ito learn
by heart"-to remember.
(Copyrikht. 1a34.)
Machines Popular.
More than 100 kinds of automatic
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government onceA
Evening star., 1934-03-13

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properties. This is more than twice the
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DR.. Lyons Tooth Powder cleans
of all stains and tartar, and polshes
the teeth in q harmless and practical
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DR.. Lyons Teeth Powder keeps
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