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Evening star., 1934-02-14
FLAX

surface. Weeds are very troublesome
and cannot be removed easily from
the growing fax. Those that are the
most eager TO seek the fax field are
the Canada thistle, wild buckwheat,
morning glory, smart weed and pigeon
weed.
The best quality fiber Is secured If
harvested before the seeds are fully
matured or about 80 days after the
planting, though this time will vary
according to the climatic condition
The yield Of the harvest is reckoned
according to the cured straw before
1t is threshed, and varies from one
and half to two and a half tons an
acre. Michigan grows fiber fax under
contract.
The handling of fax must be done
by experts. 1t calls for specialized
training. The profit and loss are
closely related in the industry, as few
really understand the care that must
be exercised when the fax fiber is
being retted. which is the step taken
to rid the fiber from the woody por-
ton Of the stalk
There are about II fax spinning
mills in America. Most of them in
New York, New Jersey and MaSsa-
chusetts. One-third of the fax spin.
dies In the world are in ireland.
The cultivation of fax for seed to
be made into linseed oil is another
story. They belong to the same
family botanically, but are like corn.
We have the sweet corn for the table
and the field corn for the stock. Flax
seed is not handled by American seed
men for sale. The seed must be pro-
cured from growers in Europe. Most
of the seed used IN America today is
coming from Russia. After three or
four years, new seeds must be import
ed again.
Flax for seed is grown on a large
scale, and during the early agricul-
turial days. the North Central States
grew it as a cash crop or pioneer crop
as the seeds terminated so well on the
new soil Since 1900 Minnesota.
South and North Dakota and Mon
tana have had a crop Of fax as part
of their cropping program. There are
many uses for the fax seed, and you
may even find them in drug stores to
be used as poltices, plasters and oil.
(Copyright, 1934)
Evening star., 1934-02-14
|DorothyDir| Il; s:;::;:. $:;:; e; e.
It's the Nagging Whine and the Lack of
a Shave That Bring on Divorce, and
Kindly Acts Make Happiness Last.
What
Is Real
Cause
OF Dtvorce?

husbands ns and STss get dg:
wv thes little faults and not big crimes that.
fed s by the pebble f the By
aD ne hs ha1r@ n1n.s S are are dd " Sv & the vc " ps @
literally the coffee the grounds
ct aP o RenO b the
curious that we do not more fully appreciate that our
and that the thing that
our abstract virtues but our to i've with man may
house cat glance at any other pettcoat than his we and
him earthly and longs for wtdOWhOOdgrass sod
ND may wife, expert penny
pncher Hetty Green slave to her husband and children yet
practically from her his hap
piness.
consolation to that her husband makes
love to another woman he is cold as block Of ice to her too
banfet 10 the sr the
No man finds @ C contemplating 3 his we s hness
the dinner it eaten to an Of fault
ndas nndons ana f''"0n' ABOUT '"S 0S' ne ana
MANY technically good
" band has thought that cheerful sinner was to be preferred TO
phenomenon that thought to be necabl
Of engng to drunken and nd no;aeCount b. but & Otherwise
OF course when we get
ege mortal against him
these merely trumpedup charges to cam.
having fought way the divorce court
EoR divorces do not come suddenly They always long time in
preparing There some little grievance that grows and grows as
W1den until it becomes gulf that
unfaithfu his wife there has to be
the inevitable period Of dusonmen and disappointment in her
failure desires. Before wife to another
affection husband has starved her for and
divorce is the lack
especially different
Different habits Different Of Different
looking shk
pipe golf stick or vacuum cleaner radio.
wrecked
determined husband should
life quarrehng him
left the floor. II all
shed by who do not like play golf
widows could gathered together they would float
steamboat
S thinking
poleness
husbands
the noticing
the things
the big things Take Of the little amenities life
big virtues will Of themselves DOROTHY
Evening star., 1934-02-14

end it was agreed that they would
hide in there until it was time to try
Reddy's plan for stealing the break
fast of BowSer the Hound. Over their
heads they heard the horses and COWS
now and then shifting their positions,
but they knew what these sounds
were, and Of course were not afraid.
It was comfortable in there under
the barn, and they did not mind the
long wait at all.
At last their keen ears caught dis
tant sounds from the house, which
meant that Farmer Brown and Farmer
Browns Boy and Mother Brown were
up. Presently they heard footsteps
over their heads and other sounds
mingled with voices. The horses and
cows were being fed. Then the barn
door slammed and a moment later a
door at the house closed. Farmer
Brown and Farmer Browns Boy had
gone in to breakfast.
Now they began to grow impatient.
They fairly shook with excitement.
They stole out into the barnyard. A
Merry Little Breeze, coming from the
house, brought them the faint odor of
frying bacon. It set their mouths to
watering. They shifted and shifted.
They just couldn't help shifting, and
the more they shifted the more their
mouths watered. They crept around
the end of the barn to where they
could peek around the corner and see
the dooryard. Then they waited,
trembling with eagerneSs, excitement
and desire.
At last the door opened and out
came Farmer Browns Boy with pan
in his hands and Bowser the Hound
at his heels. Bowser was wagging his
tail and whining as he looked up at
that pan. His master walked to an
open shed, and just inside set down
the pan, all the time talking to Bow
ser. Reddy gathered his feet under
him and prepared to leap out as soon
as Farmer Browns Boy should 60 back
indoors. He would bark to get Bow
ser's attention and then he would lead
Bowser away, for he well knew from
long experience that Bowser would at
once chase him. Then Mrs. Reddy
would have her chance to slip over
and get that breakfast.
Bowser began to eat. They could
hear him gulping down the food, for
he was noisy about it. Just listening
to him made their mouths water. Yes,
sir; it did so. But all they could do
was to lie there and listen, for Farmer
Browns Bog didn't % back 70 the
Evening star., 1934-02-14
N A T u II E. S
CHILD r E N
BY LILLIAN cox ATHEY.

Flax.
A MERICA Is the best market In
~ the world for linen goods. In
~ 1924 she imported more than
a $50,000,000 worth. Flax will
grown in almost any part Of
the world, but it is grown especially In
Russia, Ireland, France, Canada and
the United States on a profitable
scale. Since antiquity, fax fiber has
been used to make fabrics, especially
linen.
In early colonial days, fiber fax
was grown until the homespun linens
swere displaced by the cottons that
were manufactured about 1920 to
1850. Large crops Of fiber fax could
not be handled successfully. The
planters did not have the machinery
and hand labor was expensive, even
in those days. So other crops, easier
to manage, were planted. No fine
linens are manufactured in America.
Even the 5000 to 5000 tons, and
often more than this amount of fax
fiber, used each year in the Ameri-
can mills for the making of shoe
thread, sewing thread, twines and
toweling are imported.
The total production Of fax fiber
In 1924 was estimated to be 100000
tons, while in 1928 there were 34O,-
900 tons. The amount produced has
been growing steadily, and at that
time 1000 acres we're devoted to the
growing of fiber fax, but we had more
than 100000 acres in seed fax.
Good quality fiber fax is grown
in Minnesota, Michigan and Wiscon-
sin, on a scale that demonstrates that
1t can be done most successfully. In
Eastern Mississippi and in Oregon, it
has proven a satisfactory crop.
A moderately cool climate and a
long growing season are necessary to
develop tall stalks with fine fiber.
Gently sloping fields with good drain
age and fine top soil Of a loamy ma
ture and a sub-soil Of clay free from
weeds are ideal. The fax has root
system that goes only about six inches
into the ground. Therefore the food
and moisture must be close to the
Evening star., 1934-02-14
O1D l. AVAH ~ AOANAA1O ". Burgess

house. He stood there, whistling, as
he watched Bowser eat. He stood
there until Bowser had licked the pan
clean. Then he patted Bowser, picked
up the pan and went into the house.
Their mouths still watering, Reddy
and Mrs. Reddy turned, and taking
care to keep the barn between them
and the house so as not to be seen,
dejectedly trotted toward the Old Pas
ture, their mouths still watering. 1t
was a bitter disappointment.
Better luck next time, my dear. ."
said Reddy. Wen try it again"
(CopyriEht. 1e34.)
Evening star., 1934-02-14
Fried Chicken.

Clean, SINCE, and cut one or two
young chickens in pieces for frying,
Plunge in cold water, drain, sprinkle
with salt and pepper, and coat thick
Iy with flour. Put four tablespoon
fuls of fat in frying pan on the
stove, and when hot add the chicken.
Turn until brown on all sides, cover
with strips of bacon, cover the pan.
and cook very slowly until tender,
turning occasionally. Serve with one
and one-half clpflis Of W4its sanee.
Evening star., 1934-02-14
Everyday Psychology
BY DIR. JESSE W. sPRoWLs.
The Laws of Luck

&AC LAWS VI LUCK
A man who calls himself an "un-
reformed gambler and that, too.
without pride or shame" believes
that mere chance has nothing to do
with gambling luck, but rather states
Of mind. He finds that mind has
power over matter. II you are
gambling, all you need to do to sue
ceed is to desire to win with a greater
desire than your gambling companion.
This law Is qualified to some extent.
but on the whole it works, says the
"unreformed gambler" And again
all you need to do to lose Is to mix
the fear Of loss with your desire to
win. In this case you will lose most
Of the time.
I have not tried these laws, and In
all probability will never do 30. In
stating them I do not even recon-
mend them for experimentation, for
I believe them to be invalid.
Suppose that desire and desire alone
Will govern the toss Of the bones" or
the fall Of the cards. Who can say
which Of two gamblers possesses the
desire to win in greater degree? If
I am not mistaken, have heard of
gamblers who admitted that their
desire to win gave pause to their
fears and ruination to their rolls"
There's one interesting and truth
ful aspect to this 'unreformed gam
bler's" story. He is something Of a
philosopher. He does not believe
that chance rules the universe.
There is a Plan. And in the Scheme
of Things
There's no injustice - nothing
wrought by Chance.
Each act and thought that we've
created brings
Its own across Inflnity's expanse."
CFrom Prophecy Of the Pyramid ~
(Copyright. 1e34D
Evening star., 1934-02-14
OUR CHILDREN
BY ANGELO PATRI.

divan, father. Wait until I get some
thing to throw over it. The chintz is
so expensive
well, all I can say about it is,
When they come do please see that
| they keep their feet where they be-
long and that they don't drop ashes
and butts all over the place. Keep
them in the study"
What is one to do when there is
only one house for the whole family?
It can't be picture-book house and q
home for six people or so at the same
time. Trying to keep 1t looking cor
rect for "a hours day means a con-
tinual battle between the keeper and
the family and their guests. The
keeper stands for the ordered, fixed
and pretty room; the family is bent
on finding place for rest and recrea-
ton and work. Activity cannot 20 on
in repose. While life lasts it is active.
Now, what are you going to do?
This is why men have clubs, why
boys and girls seek haven in their
fraternal organizations and grand
fathers look up cronieS on the sunny
corners and grandnothers visit the
comfortable home of not-so-finicky
daughter-in-law. Home is the place
where one fits as easily as he does
into worn slippers.
When you have just one home, just
one living room, as most of us have,
there must be a compromise. Couldn't
you always have comfortable chairs
and real lamps that shed light, and
rugs that won't curl I'D or take YOU
on wild trips across the room, and
places for the things the family use
in the room where they like to use
them? Then couldn't you have some
dressy touches just for the company?
You see, home is really for the
children and, after them, their fathers
and mothers. Now, let's get it right.
Are the children free to live in the
house or is it just pretty?
fonnRrlah&, knazsA
Evening star., 1934-02-14
Date Nut Bread.

Wash and stone one and one-half
cupfuls of dates, cut in squares and
pour one and one-half cupfuls Of
boiling water over them. Add two
tablespoonfuls of shortening, one and
one-half cupfuls Of sugar and one
teaspoonful Of salt. When col, add
one egg. two and one-fourth cupfuls
of pastry flour Sifted with one tea
spoonful of baking soda and one tea
spoonful of cream Of tartar, one cup
full of walnut meats chopped, and
half a teaspoonful Of vanilla. Beat
we'll, turn into CREASED Toured bread
pan and bake in moderate oven for
one and one-fourth hours.
Evening star., 1934-02-14
The Pretty House.

II AM all for the home, tie house
that shelters and comforts and
sustains the family. Anything
L that can be done to make it per-
form for its guests and its owners
is so much to be grateful for Any
thing that makes home an uneasy,
overcareful place is to be deplored
nightly.
Color and light and comfort are all
tied together with garlands of Joy.
II the family and the guests have to
take thought about the color and the
lights and the comforts, that is an
other and not SO joyous matter. After
all, chairs are to be sat on, couches
and sofas are to be restful places for
weary backs and aching legs. Lamps
are to shed light on dark places. Rugs
are to warm the feet and gladden. the
eyes and soften shocks. The more
beautiful these furnishings can be
after their purposes are served, the
better. My idea is that their purpose
and service come first, not last.
Just now we are having a house
dressing time. One house is prettier
than the next. Every room is a pic
ture. The setting of each bit of furni-
ture, the placing Of each lamp and
picture and vase is decided after anx-
icus thought and much labor of shop
ping here and buying there. House
decoration has become almost a fine
art. Almost, because most of it is
too pretty for art. However, that is
not so important as the effect the
pretty house has on the home.
who put that newspaper on that
table? There's place for newspapers
out on the sun porch. Junior, put
that dog out this minute! I don't
care. Put him in the garage. He'll
make footmarks all over the place and
I've just had the floors polished. Oh,
OBJ don't put POUR test On that
Evening star., 1934-02-14

may smile upon the day and feel
pleasant excuse to send greetings to
those of whom we are fond.
(For human interest section Of
your scrapbook.)
The surprise leaflet" will be mailed
without charge to readers who send
me stamped, return envelope. This
leaflet contains riddles, and tells how
to perform magic tricks
UNCLE RAY.
(Copyright. 1934D
Evening star., 1934-02-14

UR pattern for today proves
how fattering rich black can
be, when the neckline is fin
~ ished with softly arranged
lingerie touches, immaculate
" white, and exquisitely finished with
handmade lace.
Here is a frock that may be worn
with poise all the day through. BY
cleverly balanced scanning, this design
will meet the needs Of that dis
tinguished majority of women who
have voiced an earnest wish for
dresses, plain enough to lend hand
to speedy dressing and comfortable
living, yet at the same time smart
enough to appear at bridge, tea, or
afternoon club meetings.
Black, forever the Snartest fashion
for large women, is conspicuouSly in
the lead for early Spring. Always it
is relieved and individualized by be-
coming notes Of white at the throat
and on the sleeves. Most button
trimming this season is expressed in
either crystal ball buttons or those that
are covered with self fabric. Even in
gaily printed dresses the old-fashioned
covered button sounds a new note in
color harmonies.
No less popular than silk and syn
thetic crepes, for dresses in this style,
are the new dark cottonS. fine as to
surface, with small, definite, closely
spaced motifs, giving the effect of an
all-over design.
The hat to wear with this frock is
one with becoming upturned brim of
-lustered straw, which illustrates
the latest tendency in Paris toward
surfaces which attract reflections.
Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1245-B is
designed in sizes 3S, 40, AZ, A, 46, 48,
so, So. Size 48 requires 5H yards Of
3s-inch material Il yard Of 3e-inch
contrast, q yard pinch lace.
Every Barbara Bell pattern has an
illustrated instruction guide that Is
easy to understand.
Evening star., 1934-02-14
NY Neighbor SAYS:

Cake mixture should come
well up to the corners and sides
of the pans, leaving slight de-
preston in the center. Cake
will then be perfectly fiat on
top when baked.
Don't buy very large or very
small vegetables. There is much
waste in the small ones and the
large ones have lost some Of
their flavor.
Wet salt will remove egg
stains from silver.
Soap jelly made by diSSolv-
ing a large bar Of soap in two
quarts Of boiling water and two
tablespoonfulS Of kerosene Is o
great aid in keeping slate or
porcelain sinks clean and shiny.
Copyright, 1e34.)
Evening star., 1934-02-14
How 1t Started
MAN After NY Own Heart" "
By JEAN NEWTON.

Man After My Own Heart"
"Ah. sure. you're a man after me
own reartl"
That form is one very popular use
Of this expression. Its source, how
ever, is not the Emerald Isle, but the
Bible, where we find its original form,
"a man after his own heart"
In the First Book of Samuel, xiii
IA, we find:
But now thy government shall not
endure; the Lord hath sought out for
himself a man after his own heart
and the Lord hath ordained him to
be chief over his people; because thou
hast not kept what the Lord had
commanded thee"
A far cry, indeed, from the light
uses Of the expression with which we
are familiar today.
(Copyright, 1934)
Evening star., 1934-02-14
More About Two-Bids.

ace) in responder'S S
suit. This permits
the r esp on din 6
partner to cooper
are at that late
stage in the slam
try, though his
hand is worthless
but for one king.
For instance, I bid
two diamonds on
Sp. x @
Hts. A K G J
Dt. A K @ J K
Cl. A x
and the response e
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Evening star., 1934-02-14
Containers for Pantry.

The jars used to hold commercial
salad dressing. when emptied make
excellent containers for staples for
the pantry shelves. Those jars hav-
ing screw tops can be used for the
salad and sandwich mixtures for
pdcnic&
Evening star., 1934-02-14


land. According to ancient
Il records Of this family, a great
oak for many generations
shaded the ford which crossed the
Maigue River. In various Irish docu-
ments this ford is referred to as
Athdara. Ath from the Celtic and
Gaelic, meaning ford-and dara, the
Irish word for oak tree. Thus the
local surname became the Anglicised
Adare, meaning literally "dwellers at
the Ford Of the Oaks"
1t was in the fourteenth century
when Robert Fitzgerald de Adare
fought a duel with the White Knight,
a hnsman, at the Ford of the Oaks.
After Staying his antagonist in COM
bat he removed to Galloway, Scotland,
where he wrote himself simply Robert
Adair. Here he married Arabella
Campbell Of the illustrious Scottish
House of Argyle, one Of the most
powerful in all the land.
Migration Of Adairs to America be-
gan in the early part Of the eighteenth
century. Some of them settled in
Maryland, others in New Jersey, but
Evening star., 1934-02-14
Luncheon Salad.

Leftover cooked or canned fish
added to a gelatin mixture which has
been highly seasoned, when CONCEALED,
forms tasty salad suitable for
luncheon or supper.
Evening star., 1934-02-14
Baking Time.

Apples and potatoes require less
baking time If they are boiled for 10
minutes and then put into the oven.
Evening star., 1934-02-14

MENU FOR A DAY.
BREAKFAST.
Sliced Bananas.
Oatmeal with Cream.
Omelet.
Toast. Marmalade.
Coffee.
LUNCHEON.
Fish Croquettes.
Egg Sauce.
Rye Bread.
Apple Pie. Cheese.
DINNER.
Clear Soup.
Lamb Pie.
Mashed Potatoes.
Green Peas.
Coleslaw.
Butterscotch Tapioca Pudding.
Coffee.
OMELETS.
Two eggs, two tablespoons
hot milk, one-fourth teaspoon
salt, one tablespoon butter.
Beat eggs well, add salt and
milk. Melt butter in pan, add
egg mixture, let stand where it
will not burn until golden
brown. Separate omelet from
pan with knife. Roll omelet
into shape of jelly roll and
serve on hot platter. Omelet
may be varied in following ways
by adding fine-chopped cooked
bacon before folding; cheese
omelet by adding grated cheese;
creamed salt fish with fine
chopped red pepper; kidney
omelet by adding highly-Sea-
soned stewed kidney; mushroom
omelet by adding mushrooms.
FISH CROQUETTES.
One pint cold boiled fish, free
from skin and bone, minced
fine, with one pint mashed po-
tatoes, one tablespoon butter,
one-half cup hot milk, one egg
well beaten, pepper and salt
and little chopped parsley; mix
thoroughly and let cool; when
cold make into balls, dip into
beaten egg, roll in bread
crumbs and fry in hot fat, or
just roll them in -four when
eggs are expensive.
Egg Sauce.-Add two hard
boiled eggs cut in thin slices to
white sauce.
PUDDING.
Two cups milk, one cup dark
brown sugar. one-half teaspoon
salt, one-half cup granulated
tapioca, one egg, one teaspoon
vanilla. one tablespoon butter
Mix milk, sugar and salt. Heat
in double boiler. When hot add
tapioca and cook twenty-five
minutes. Stir frequently. Cool
and chill. Serve plain, with
cream or with custard sauce.
(copyrisht. 1e340
Evening star., 1934-02-14

IS . II z q 5. T. hAI Sims.
Three hearts by me. three no trumps.
Now am still hopeful about a slam
in diamonds or no trumps If my
Evening star., 1934-02-14
Conquering Contract
BY P. HAL SIMS

Mr.. Sims is universally acclaimed
the greatest livtrg contract and Guc-
ton player. He tUaS captain of the re-
7otDred -Four Horsener" team, noU
disbdrded, and has iDor "a national
championships since 1924. These Grti-
cles are based on the Sims system,
tcI1ich includes the orle-ouer-one prin-
cfple ,Ohict the Sims group OF players
iDds the first to employ and deUelop.
More About Two-Bids.
TE opening two-bidder can also
use a later no-trurnp rebid
10 persist In the slam try, un-
i daunted by the responders
weak bidding. In that case it
almost positively shows a high card,
in fact, a doubleton which includes
a high card (almOst sure tn be the
Evening star., 1934-02-14

husbands and wives to get divorces? Judge
who has tried than 400 divorce cases says that is
wv trhes faults and not big crimes that,
general thing bring them to the parting of the Love
6 nftener be Is q
Evening star., 1934-02-14

Mr. Sims will answer all inquiries on
contract that are addressed to this news
paper with self-addressed, stamped en-
Velope.
Evening star., 1934-02-14

II AM all for the home, tie house
that shelters and comforts and
sustains the family. Anything
L that can be done to make it per-
Evening star., 1934-02-14
May Be Worn With Poise Throughout Day
Speedy Dressing Here AS
sured Without Sacrifice
of Smart Qualities.
Black Is Conspicuously In
Lead for Early Spring Wear
With Some White as Relief.
BY BARBARA BELL.

BY BARBARA BELL.
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1inperie touches iYon1a c11Iafe-
Evening star., 1934-09-11

Irrigation Increases Crops.
Recent development of irrigation in
Chile is adding largely TO the produc-
ton of cereals.
Evening star., 1934-09-11

Across.
/. Historical compositions.
6. Poem.
9. Flower receptacles.
IA. Remove.
is. Put on.
Is. Feminine name.
II. Even.
49, Always: poet.
19. Save.
20. Unit.
81. Scotch maidens.
"a. BY way of.
25. Ropes.
27. Marked by folding.
90. Surface.
80. Room for public assembly.
81. Slack.
"a. Communications.
80. Egg shaped.
80. Free.
40. Babylonian deity.
Al. Covered.
A. Stellar.
IS. Genus Of roses.
AZ. Appear.
4S. Small pieces.
81. Marches.
IS. Monkey.
Sc. Bed coverings.
So. Wheel track.
SO. Tent.
81. Mistake.
50. Lake in Finland.
64. Companies of seamen.
65. Female ruff.
Sc. Monkeylike mammal.
81. Drags.