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Evening star., 1935-03-05
Bedtime Stories
BY THORNTON w. BURGESS.

dogs. Most Of them did, but at last he
found one where there were no signs of
a dog, and there he hid where he could
watch what went on. He soon discov-
cred that there seldom was a man
about the place, and that every morn
ing at certain hour the hens were let
out in the dooryard. There would be
no wire fence to climb to get at them.
Once Gray Fox would have boldly
attacked those hens without waiting to
plan at all, and once among them he
would have killed as many as he could,
just for the fun of killing. Now his
wits had been sharpened by the trouble
and suffering he had experienced. He
crept carefully up behind a shed and
peeped around corner. He watched
the house. He saw no one. He watched
the hens. He could rush out there and
catch one easily, even with his crippled
paw. Probably he could kill several
before the others could escape to safety.
But he did nothing of the kind.
Trembling with eagerness and with
watering mouth, he waited until fat
hen strolled over near that corner Of
the shed. She had time for only one
squawk of fright before he had her by
the neck. He was back around the
corner of that shed before the others
knew what had happened.
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Hostesses
BY EMILY POST.

"DEAR MRS. POST: Is there any
~ evidence of lack of respect In
asking people to cocktail parties,
when one happens to know that they
do not drink anything alcoholic ?
Doesn't the thought count for more
than what is Served?"
Answer: 1t Is not a question OF
whether they themselves drink any
thing alcoholic, since at all cocktail
parties plain tomato juice cocktails
should be served for all the guests
who do not like alcohol. But it would
be very lacking in consideration for
every one present to ask people who
are seriously opposed to any ones tax
ing cocktail.
Dear Mrs. Post: My mother. sister
and I are giving an at home Are
the hours from to Z, and how should
the invitations be worded?"
Answer: If you are serving an
afternoon tea menu, in other words,
nothing but tea, chocolate, breads
and cakes, the invitation reads:
Mrs. John Smith
Miss Mary Smith
Miss Jane Smith
will be at home
on Saturday, the 10th Of March
from 4 until o'clock
200 Park lane"
From 4 to 6 would be less formal.
If you are serving bouillon, punch,
coffee, salad, gelatnes and ices, as
well as breads and cakes, then ted
becomes a reception and the words,
''at home" are spelled with capital
letters, and replace the line will be
at home" When the hour of ending
the tea Is 2, there IS usually dancing.
Dear Mrs. Post: I'm going to en-
tertain some friends at my club. At
home, I never put on q hat for q
lunch party or for afternoon tea.
even though my guests are wearing
theirs, because I think my hair is
more hattering than any of my hats.
When I'm entertaining elsewhere,
ought ! to wear hat?"
Answer: According to etiquette
and in New York, for example,
hostess wears q hat or not, as she
chooses, in her own house. But at
her club, she would go without hat,
only If she is living at the club. The
rule of convention is-outside of her
own home, a lady wears a hat in the
daytime on every occasion that can,
in any sense, be considered formal.
But whether you choose to break this
rule depends, I should say, upon how
much you care for formalities.
(Copyright 1935)
Evening star., 1935-03-05
Nature S Children
BY LILLIAN cox ATHEY.

to 40 feet from the ground. Even
then. branches are in keeping with the
trees plan to be different" and are
large, stiff and coarse. They look bare
all Winter and not until late Spring
do they answer the call Of the sun
shine and sap and act friendly. Then,
as If to make up for lost time, the buds
expand and the shoots pop out.
The leaves are twice compound and
grow to be 80 to SO inches long and
about half this width. There are from
6 TO "a leaflets composing the leaf
proper-you can see why it Is so long.
No other locust can boast leaf num-
bering 50 many leaflets. Some have
so and even more, and every leaflet is
2 inches long. In the Autumn, when
the leaves turn, it Is like a tree Of gold
and attracts the attention Of every
tree lover.
While the flower spray is large. the
blossoms are SO small. imperfect and a
purplish-green, too inconspicuous to
Evening star., 1935-03-05
On the Planets.

VA VAN . AS~&A~S~s
A LII THE planets in our solar
~ system get their daylight"
n from the sun.
The far planets. Uranus
and Neptune, do not get much
light. II people lived on them the
sun might seem about the size Of q
plum-a yellow plum, let us say.
We can safely say there are no peo-
ple-at least, no people like us-on
either Uranus or Neptune. These
planets receive little heat, as well as
little light, from the mighty furnace
known as the sun. The planet Pluto
must be even more of a frozen world.
So far, we have not learned how
fast Pluto turns on its axis; but we
have good knowledge of most other
planets.
The far planets twist faster than
those closer to the sun. Uranus turns
once in 10 hours and 40 minutes; and
Saturn rotates in a few minutes less.
We are not so sure about the turn
ing period of Neptune; but it seems to
be about IS hours and 40 minutes.
Jupiter, largest Of the planets,
twists In less than 10 hours. Daylight
on Jupiter lasts not quite hours
and the night the same.
Mars has q longer day than the
earth-about 20 minutes more day.
light and about 20 minutes more dark
ness.
Venus. the earth's sister planet, Is
covered by a great mass Of clouds or
mist. For this reason we do not
know the length of day and night
on Venus.
Sometimes Venus is farther away
than the sun, more than 1000, 900
miles from the earth. The planet may
then be seen through a telescope at
night, and looks like q faw-away full
moon. When it comes closer it looks
more like a half-moon or quarter
moon.
The small planet. Mercury. has a
very long day. Indeed. it seems al
ways to keep the same side toward the
sunl This must mean that one side
bakes In the suns heat, while the other
side is cold and dark.
The twisting motion gives day and
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4nprrsnu

THIS name is variation Of the
Scandinavian word "Inge" (also
surname) which was first known
as the personal name of a famous
Scandinavian chieftain, the son Of
Harold. Inge was the King Of Nor
way in the twelfth century. The
name was undoubtedly introduced
into Great Britain at the time of the
northern invasions. There have de-
veloped many variations of this sur
name, Ingham. Ingraham, Inker-
sail, 1nglis, Ingolsby, Ingelow. Ingle-
side and similar ones, all growing out
Of the personal name Inge.
The invading Danes, led by Inge-
bar, settled chiefly in Middlesex and
adjoining counties.
One of the first of this name to
settle in America was Richard In
gersoll. who came over in 1929 with
the Rev. Francis Higginson from
Bedfordshire. England. He settled in
Salem, Mass, where he died in 1914.
This coat of arms is ascribed to
Richard. the founder, and Is blaz-
oned: "Gules, a fesse dancette er-
mine, between six trefoils slipped or.
Crest-a grif1n's head gules, gorged
with fesse, dancette ermine, between
two wings displayed Or"
copyright. 1935)
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How 1t Started
BY JEAN NEWTON.
"Keys" of q City.

old idioms die hard. II ever.
Typical of this longevity Of Ian
guage is the expression, keys Of a
city," which, figuratively speaking, are
presented from time to time to the
honored guest of municipality. The
key is usually resplendent document
inclosed in an expensive container.
Keys Of a city" should really be
freedom of the city" For that is how
it started.
In olden times, when it was desired
to bestow a mark Of regard upon dis
tinguiShed visitor, the mayor OF the
community would grant him the privi-
lege Of voting, as well as the hospi-
talty Of the inhabitants.
Because of the fact that cities used
to have gates, whose keys presumably
were in the custody of the mayor,
whenever this worthy would extend to
guests the freedom of the city. the re-
cipient would be said to have re-
ceived the keys of the city. Actually,
keys seldom changed hands.
Copyright. 1851
Evening star., 1935-03-05
Little Benny
BY LEE PAPE.

I WAS tawking to Mr.. Riley the
hooken ladder driver around at
the fire house. and said. Hay, Mr..
Riley. did you ever have to go to a
fire when the weather was cold as
anything? don't mean just awful,
I mean really fearse? I said.
There was cold snap just before
the Big Blizzard, and it's never been
any colder or any snappier before or
since. Mr.. Riley said. just as luck
would have it, we was called out on a
particulilly dangerous fire in a cellu-
loid collier factory, and the water from
! our hoses froze in solid streems in the
air before it had time to reach the
fire, do you hleeve that? he said, and
I said, sure.
I'm glad you do. because the most
peculiar part is still to come, Mr.. Riley
said Well. sir, it was the most bewti-
full site that you ever saw. or more
sticky speaking, that you never saw.
The whole air was full Of looping,
twisting streems of solid ice. and when
the sun hit them it was just like a
thousand rainbows. Our men rushed
off home and got their cameras SO
they could have a permanent soove-
neer of the occasion. But fun is fun
and bizness is biZZneSs, and mean
while the fire ragged on and on as box
after box of celluloid golfers exploded,
and there was no way to reach it with
water, but luck never deserts good old
Engine Company Number 6, and that
time was no exception. Mr.. Riley said.
Well G, what happened? said. and
Mr.. Riley said, the thermometer drop
ped more degrees, being all the
room it had left to drop in, and those
flames froze cold and stiff in mid air
Well, it was the werk of minnits to
rush in and chop them down with our
axes and drag them of to a safe
empty lot before they had chance
to start berning again, and by that
time they were out of reach of mis-
| chiff. and we had won the day. Well,
drop over again some time, he said.
Which I will.
Evening star., 1935-03-05
Psychology
BY DIR. JESSE w. SPROWLS
Handwriting.

Handwriting.
CAN you tell a womans handwrit-
ing from that of a man? OF 200
envelopes that had gone through the
mails, 100 had been written by men
and the other hundred by women
These 200 envelopes were submitted
to l3 judges. The judges varied in
age from Is to so years. Every one
of these judges made a score of go
per cent or more. The experimenter
concluded that it is possible to de-
termine sex from handwriting In per-
haps 80 cases out Of 100.
The strange thing about this ex-
pertinent Is that the different judges
were not able to say just why they
guessed as they did. Judgments OF
this sort must, of course, refer to
something.
1t has been proposed that the hand
writing Of men is original, while that
of women Is conventional. Experts
in handwriting say that they are able
to read character traits also from
handwriting. Here are a few Of their
claims:
/. Pride and ambition ars shown by
lines sloping upward.
2. Bashfulness Is shown by light lines,
8. Force is denoted by heavy bars
on the is.
4. Reserve Is shown by closed o's.
S. Persistency Is shown by long barn
over the is.
(Copyright. 1889
Evening star., 1935-03-05
Dorothy Dix Says

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fau Of Children and 40
To WE ess % s. DO o. she casts to the
so dsoya A' ''A '' OF "A'' '"0'0 00 WIN WI" En9
s2 s' 4s ns 'n :s she with a'qs her. be
nasR % S even
TT stronger than any for herself for have had many
om% "h Of % %hG in n pa I tell . Of sa % nsys9 she 5
hind Indeed this such thing
by themselves.
affairs and ns the family skeleton for the diversion Of the neigh
something with the brain
family willing
bes husband and children subject for the criticism the
ridicue Of all their acquaintances.
CERTAINLY njure husband
financially since her prosperity depends his yet
poor
enterprise indolent
word o these sarses @ % M tn s f @ % s n
from lip lip hodoos the and e1ectuay blocks his
Worse STILL possible these women of their sweet
neghbors
They eonhde the who keeps the corner that they
until O'Clock and running with wild
na tS M ten s4 so WI" @
by M boy terribly up e0 h she n does
will stick at job and Sammy hanging around the
trying work.
they have
malice itself could invent
established them eveybody mind lot of who
aren good trusted
hypnotzed by the
and @ they get are
pied that willing offer their families
husbands chill
den But there is to EN- and that's the pity Of it.
DOROTHY
YEAR D1x-1 relative who is being entcd by
II a children
a whom engaged and
that the widow trying get him the rebound She needs
nothing
He will a very
that Of young keep
from making a fatal mistake? RELATIVE.
When a family starts to break off
result
relative widow pursuit eligible
nv bet is on the widow DOROTHY DIX.
Evening star., 1935-03-05
Nancy Page
BY FLORENCE LA GANKE.

NAPLE leaves from the Ozarks'
AVA Is the name that Grandma
Santonge Of Centerville, Mo-. gives to
her block. In the piece which she
sent me she uses green, yellow, white
and red. Here is her explanation
I'm Summer the leaves are green
with white underneath. This shows
as the winds stir the leaves. In
Autumn the leaves are green, red
yellow and white"
The members of the Nancy Page
Quilt Club smiled as they looked at
the block and heard the explanation
Sounds to me like a most reason
able suggestion, don't you think so,
Nancy?"
"Yes, do. But in actual prac-
tice you may find it a bit difficult
to work in all the colors. My sugges-
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RIGHT" THOUGHT HE, RUEFULLY.
sure of himself as he once had. In
short, to a certain extent he had to
learn all over again to run and climb
and hunt.
But during the time when he was
badly crippled he had to keep quiet a
great deal, and having nothing else to
do, he did a lot of thinking. It came
to him, at last, that all his troubles
went back to the day he had killed a
dozen hens in farmers henyard when
all he needed was one. 1t was after
that that the hunters and dogs drove
him into ledge and then the farmer
set traps, in one Of which he had left
his three toes. He began to understand
why his cousin, Reddy Fox, had called
him stupid.
"I guess Cousin Reddy was right,
thought he ruefully. Eyes, sir, I guess
he was right, and have no one but
myself to blame for all that has hap
pened. The next time I visit hen
yard will be satisfied with one and
then I'll keep away from that place
until the loss of that one hen has
been forgotten"
I can't take any chances now," he
would say to himself. "No, sir, can't
take any chances now. If get hen
must get it where there is no dog
about. I would rather keep away from
!armyards altogether, but am starv-
ing, and there is nothing SO easy to
catch as q silly hen in the open. And
there is nothing better eating" he
added as he licked his lips.
So Gray Fox visited the surrounding
farms and found out which ones kept
Evening star., 1935-03-05

MENU FOR A DAY.
BREAKFAST.
Stewed Prunes.
Dry Cereal With Cream.
Cream Toast.
Bacon.
Coffee.
LUNCHEON.
Creamed Canned Salmon
French Fried Potatoes.
Baked Rice Pudding.
Waters.
Tea.
DINNER.
Lamb Stew With Vegetables.
Steamed Dumplings.
Waldorf Salad. Mayonnaise
Dressing.
Baked Apple Dumping.
Nutmeg Sauce.
Coffee.
CREAM TOAST.
Toast six slices Of bread until
crisp and brown, dip in hot salted
water, place in dish and pour
over it the following gravy: One
pint of milk, let come to scalding
point; then stir in one large
tablespoonful Of flour mixed with
little cold water. Stir until
thick; add butter size Of an egg.
CREAMED SALMON.
One can of salmon, drain of
the oil. pick out all the bones
and skin. Now put into the
spider one teaspoon butter. When
melted, stir in one tablespoon
flour. one and one-half cups boil
ing water, then the oil and a tea
spoon lemon juice. Now put in
the fish, cover up and steam for
about 20 minutes. Take up on
platter and cover with the
gravy.
LAMB STEW.
Get one and one-half pounds
stew lamb and cut in pieces. For
frying pan brown one small onion
chopped fine In three table
spoons dripping or shortening,
then put in meat and brown that.
Now add three cups boiling water.
let boil a few minutes, then turn
it all into a saucepan. Boil slowly
about an hour, then add two
large potatoes cut in cubes and
one-half cup diced carrots. About
10 minutes before serving, add
one cup stewed tomato soup and
salt and pepper to taste. If the
liquor isn't thick, then add a
little -four moistened with water
to a soft, smooth paste. It takes
about two hours to cook alto
gether.
Copyright. 1935.)
Evening star., 1935-03-05

SEEN Besides these, there are con-
servative fiat crepes. cantons, syn
thetic crepes and crepe de chine.
Navy and certain other blues lead
the colors of Spring. Black. too, is
featured and also warm beige. Gray
is seen in combination with coral, vio-
let and purplish shades of hyacinth.
Natural color is used with tangerine
and brown trimmings and accessories.
Barbara Bell pattern No. 1606-B is
designed in sizes SO. 38, 40, AZ, A, 46
and 48. Size 36 requires about 37s
yards of 39-inch material; two pur-
chased flowers.
Every Barbara Bell pattern includes
an illustrated instruction guide which
is easy to follow.
Evening star., 1935-03-05
BY BARBARA BELL.

~ PRING frocks, blooming like
Summer gardens, are charac-
terized by feminine puffings,
~ soft shirrings and gracefully
indefinite flares that key them
to the light spirit of the printed silk.
In the foral-patterned crepe,
sketched here, dressmaking touches
are used with delightful restraint in
the sleeves and to greater extent in
the collar. This dress is meant for
the none-too-slender matron. To
heighten her appearance, a cleverly
cut panel, beltless across the front, has
been used with good results. The
back of the dress is made with skirt
insets, harmonizing with the front
ones, and making provision at the bot
tom for ripping hemline.
Necklines offer infinite variety.
This one is finished with a universally
becoming collar, narrow at the back,
spreading out in broad points in front.
Flowers nestle close to the throat on
most of the Spring frocks. Two arti-
fetal roses, toning into the color
scheme, are used here. For a change,
these may be omitted entirely. or a
large jewel may be worn instead.
AS to fabrics-crinkled crepes, mate
lasses, crepons and printed satin are
Evening star., 1935-03-05
q ~ { AG )

ton is this-piece block as shown
in red or green or yellow, and white.
Then piece the block which adjoins
1t on the side in one other color
and white. Do the next side joining
block in another color and white.
Repeat this arrangement. Then In
the next row you may repeat the
colors. but in some other sequence.
OF you may use just one color and
white If you prefer"
The Nancy Page Club members
clipped the picture and directions
from the paper. They sent for the
direction leaflet with its pieces shown
actual size. Then they traced the
pieces on lightweight cardboard to
use as cutting patterns. The origi-
nal leaf1et was pasted intact In the
scrap book.
Their next move was to cut out
the cardboard pieces and lay them
on the material selected for the quilt.
This was color fast, naturally, and OF
fine quality.
They traced around each card
board pattern with q light pencil.
Then they allowed one-quarter inch
on all sides when they cut out the
pieces. This gave them q sizable
seam allowance. They scanned the
pieces together along the penciled
line. They Used No. so thread and
fastened the seams securely at each
end of the blocks. The scanning
started and ended one-quarter inch
from ends and edges. This allowed
them to press the seams hat.
The actual pattern for Ozark maple
sending cents and o self addressed,
stamped envelope to Nancy Page. IN care
Of this paper; Back PATTERN: may Dc Sc
Evening star., 1935-03-05
Grapefruit.

Wash and cut in halves crosswise
with q long -bladed knife. Cut the
center pith from the radiating MEM
branes and from the rind with scissors
and remove the pith with attached
seeds. Remove the remaining seeds:
loosen each segment from the rind
and dividing membranes by cutting
around 1t with q small sharp knife.
If the family likes sweetened grape
fruit, sprinkle fruit sugar over the
halves and return to the refrigerator
until the sugar is dissolved. It is
wiser not to assume the responsibility
of sweetening grapefruit for guests.
Breakfast grapefruit may be pre-
pared the previous evening, the halves
wrapped in waxed paper and placed
upright IN the refrigerator.
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Pointed Paraeraphs.

Some folks are so industrious that
when they haven't anything else to
do they worry.
It's easy enough to dream of the
great things that you are going to do
but don't forget to wake up in time
to begin work.
People always laugh at the fool
things you try to do until they dis
cover that you are making money out
of them.
(Copyright 1935.)
Evening star., 1935-03-05
Different Defense.

IN A recent duplicate, J. played the
South hand at three no trumps.
The defense opened spades, won
i with the ace and returned spades
even after taking the queen of
clubs. As q result made five no
trumps-an undeserved high score.
A certain young player in the tour
nament, Miss Barbara Collyer, reached
the same contract, but was forced to
handle the hand a trifle differently.
She finally managed to squeeze three
out Of 1t by keeping a careful count
on all the hands.
She received the same small spade
opening and failed to put up the nine
spot in dummy. As a result, East's
eight forced her king. The one thing
she was trying to avoid was diamond
shift. The whole success of the con-
tract seemed to hinge on the club
flnesse Since dummy's only re-entry
lay in the heart suit. she was forced
to run down all five hearts before at
tempting it.
To her dismay East cheerily dis
carded two small clubs. West was a
little ray of sunshine, however. He
threw the jack and 10 of diamonds.
Evening star., 1935-03-05
Jolly Polly
A Little Chat on English.
BY JOS. ]. FRISCH.

Get" is word of many uses. Here
are some colloquial and low colloquial
uses: you've got to do it." u
couldn't get it across" I'VE didn't
get to CO." tom went to New York
and got married" did you get dis
charged for coming late?" OF course,
all these uses Of get" should be
avoided in formal writing and
speaking.
Evening star., 1935-03-05
Conquering Contract
BY p. HAL SIMS.

Mr.. Sims is universally acclaimed the
greatest Hpfng contract and auction
player. He tras captain Of the renowned
-Four Horsemen" team, noir disbanded,
and has iDon "a national champion
ships since 1924. These articles are
based on the Sims system, Uhich
includes the one-oper -one principle,
,ohich the Sims group OF players was
the first to employ and depelop.
Evening star., 1935-03-05
My Neighbor Says:

A teaspoonful Of water. added
to the white Of an egg, will help
to make it whip quickly.
Hang woolens out on the line
dripping wet, without wringing
them. II dried in this way, they
will not shrink.
When adding dates to mixtures
to be cooked, soak the dates in
water to cover. remove the stones.
and the dates will be soft, and
blend with other ingredients.
To- clean knife handles or any
bone article use salt and lemon
Juice. First rub the article well
with the lemon juice and then
with the salt. This will remove
stains and grease spots.
(Copyrisht, 1935.)
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Uncle Rays Corner

night to the planets. It Is different
from the motion which takes the
planets on great trips around the
sun.
(For science section Of your scrap
book)
Seven Wonders Of the World!
Do you know what they srea
Would you like to know more about
them? If so, write to Uncle Ray to
ask for his Seven Wonders" leafaet,
and inclose Scent stamped enve-
lope addressed to yourself.
UNCLE RAY.
Evening star., 1935-03-05
Kentucky Coffee Tree.
Gymnocladus dioicus.

- N EVERY family we find one MEM
ber that Is a little bit different
from the others. This is true of
the Kentucky coffee tree. The
family Is famous for its graceful,
dainty species. but the coffee tree de-
cided to be individual. So instead OF
growing into a symmetrical tree. it
took the opposite style and became the
family's most awkward, clumsy mem
Der.
It's head is small and sort OF lop-
sided and there are no branches until
the trunk has reached q height OF IS