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Evening star., 1935-01-21

| starving, but he was very hungry in
deed. He had had run of bad luck
in his hunting. and by hunting only
could he live at this time of year. The
lakes and the streams were ice-bound,
so there would be no more fish on his
bill of fare until Spring. The ground
was frozen in swampy places as else
where, so there would be no more
Frogs for months to come. Of course
there was no fruits or berries with
which to help out scanty fare.
All through the great, silent forest
of spruce and pine the snow lay deep.
! This made it easier for the Mice to
keep hidden, and Mice probably fur
nish him more dinners through the
year than do any others. 1t seemed
as if the Grouse and the Hares had
moved out of his district and the
Squirrels were too clever to go far
from their holes, for they knew that
Pekan was about. So, although he
had Travelled considerable distance,
hunting carefully, he had gained little
save increased hunger.
SCO IlCdO VI OOAIIC AAIIA VI
starve," groWled Pekan, as he bounded
along.
Just thinking of meat made his
mouth water and reminded him anew
of how desperately hungry he was.
One must have food to keep warm and
to retain strength. Winter was a
hard time for everybody, or nearly
everybody. who was out and about.
1t certainly was
| He was no wilmer No, sir, Pekan
was no wilmer. He asked no favors
and gave none. But there were times
when it seemed to him that it wasn't
fair that some people should be able
to sleep all Winter, while others like
himself were obliged to hunt for food
when there was so little food to be
found that 1t often seemed as if there
were none.
He stopped abruptly, every sense
alert. What was that? Some one was
complaining. Some one was whining
and grunting. Pekan knew who that
some one was. and look of fierce
satisfaction crossed his face.
He turned and bounded in the di-
reCtion from which those complaints
were coming. AS he leaped out from
behind a big tree he saw just be-
yond big Porcupine just approaching
another tree with the evident inten-
ton of climbing it.
Pekan bounded toward him. He
saw Pekan and instantly the thou
sand little spears hidden in his coat
Sprang up into view. He stopped his
complaining and putting his head
down between his paws close to the
trunk of the tree began to thrash his
quill-covered tail from side to side.
In all the great forest there was
no one else who, even though nearer
starvation than Pekan, would not
have hesitated to approach near those
quills, which were like little spears
pointing in every direction. Pekan
did not hesitate. He was not afraid
of them. He knew how to avoid them
There we're none on the under side OF
this prickly fellow. With amazing
Swiftness paw was thrust under that
Porcupine and he was turned over on
his back helpless. Pekan had his din
ner, and if he was pricked by few
of those little spears he didn't mind
For some unknown reason Pekan the
Fisher appears to be unharmed by
Porcupine quills that work through his
skin, wherein he differs from all
other people.
Copyright. 1880
Evening star., 1935-01-21
Imagination
BY ANGELO PATRI.

"CELIA, where have you been? I've
~ been all over the place looking
for you. Why didn't you come right
home from school?"
II couldn't. The teacher kept me
in"
Kept you in? My goodness, what
happened to your faCe?"
'She did it. She scratched me.
and pulled my hair"
Impossible"
"Yes, she did. Ask Marybelle"
"Was Marybelle kept in, too?"
"Yes. And she slapped her and
pulled her hair, too. She did"
Come into the house and get your
self cleaned up. Dinner has been
waiting for over an hour and your
father is Just about out of his mind,
| out searching for you. Did the teacher
keep you in until now?"
Yes. She just let us out this min
ute. The janitor made her let us out
so he could clean the room or else she
wouldn't have"
This is awful. Go to the bath
room I'll try to get your father. He's
looking all over the place for you. II
I don't give that teacher a piece of
my mind"
| The teacher did not hear that piece,
| fortunately. Father got home in a
state bordering on collapse. Can
you imagine it? Those two children,
all by themselves, wandered down to
the project and trailed themselves
through the works. All that dirt and
machinery and men-it's a wonder
they are sticking together. It's a mir
acle they are not lying dead in some
ditch. Such thing to do. Where is
she?"
Washing up. What in the world
| are we to do with her? She told me
that the teacher had kept them in,
scratched them and pulled their hair
and what not"
They ought to be skinned alive for
this. Young monkeys. Risking their
lives. I don't believe they were in
school this afternoon at all. They
couldn't have been and reach the
project. Well see"
1t sounds pretty bad 1t really is
not as bad as it seems to be because
these two little girls were friends, one
8, the other just past 8. On their way
to school they saw truck standing
| by the school gate. Wouldn't 1t be
fine to have a ride?" said one to the
other, and in they climbed to hide
under the burlap bags that lay in the
truck. The truck whisked them down
to the big construction job and for
the remainder Of the pleasant after
noon they explored to their hearts
delight. They knew no danger, so
| had no fear.
When it was getting dark the men
quit work and one of them saw the
two little ones. What are you doing
| here?" I'VE were looking around.
Now we want to go home"
Somebody put them into an out
going truck with warning not to re-
peat the visit, and they got home
safely. They had to make some ex-
PLANTATION of their delay and of their
| appearance and the teacher was
handy
Stories like this are a common ex-
! perience in school, Investigate them
thoroughly before getting angry at the
| teacher. Study the cause of the ad-
venture before deciding that the child
, is an impossible liar. 1t may be just
an adventure with the embellishments
| a good defense demands. Take it easy,
adjust things carefully, make the ex-
! perience a bit inconvenient for the
actors, and don't think the child is
| diSgraced forever. Children are chill
dren and that means they are adven-
turers. poets. inventors, and leaders,
sprouting their growth uncertainty
but needfully.
| Copyright. 1935)
Evening star., 1935-01-21
BY BARBARA BELL.

Vt IS to be a grand season for two
piece frocks, so why not let your
first Spring dress be one? The
4 style offers interesting opportuni-
ties for combinations, both in
color and material, and it has no fab
ric restrictions.
The model pictured features new
silhouette trend, and also an ultra
feminine trimming detail-bow knots
of contrast. Replacing the button
system Of fastening, these little bows
actually tie the dress together. The
effect is charming, for it brings soft
ness in an easy. casual way to an
otherwise plain dress.
The wrap-around skirt silhouette is
easy to make and very smart to wear.
The back is perfectly plain. The
front has a deep-laid pleat down the
side to supply fullness on demand.
This frock looks its best in any
of the softer silks of the season.
Plain, solid colorS are the thing for
the dress. The print trimming usu-
ally is of small, Well-balanced dot,
or precise feck, or geometric Some
attractive frocks are seen where the
idea is reversed-the dress of figured
Evening star., 1935-01-21
Emergency Tomato Broth

Chop one onion fine. Heat one tea =
spoonful of butter in a saucepan. Add
the onion and simmer until light
brown. Add two cupfuls of hot water:
simmer until the onions are tender;
add two bouillon cubes; add one can
of tomato juice, then one tablespoonful
of chopped parsley; simmer for ten
minutes; add one teaSpoonful of Wor-
cestershire sauce and serve in bouillon
clIDS
Evening star., 1935-01-21
Coconut Custard.

Heat one pint of milk with half a
cupful of sugar, and when steaming
hot, stir into the yolks of three eggs
beaten light, and few grains of salt.
Remove from the fire, and while warm
add half a cupful of cream. Beat
until smoother and partly cool, pour
into serving dish, beat the whites
of the three eggs with half cupful
Of powdered sugar and three-fourths
cupful of shredded coconut, spread on
top of the custard, and brown lightly
in the oven.
Evening star., 1935-01-21
1t Started
BY JEAN NEWTON.
Black Sheep.

HE'S black sheep" is a line in
common use, the reference being
to that member of the family who
throws discredit upon the others.
Akin to this phrase is the French
bete noire, meaning literally black
beast. This is used in France and
even in EngliSh-speaking countries
with the same significance as our black
sheep.
Both expressions are an allusion to
the superstitious aversion with which
a black sheep in a flock was always
regarded. Not only was the black
sheep thought far less valuable, it
was also considered as a Jonah.
Naturally, it was not long before
such fitting turn of language came
to be applied metaphorically to hu-
mans who deserved the appellation.
(Copyright, 1881
Evening star., 1935-01-21

There is no question of that.
This was his holding:
- aps. sP; q;Ji9.x fJi9-x-x 81. 3ia: - A-K-0-1-x
His vulnerable partner opened the
bidding with one club. South bid one
diamond and listened with a slight
frown of impatience to a two-club
response from his partner. At this
point South decided reasonably that
| the hand was never going to play in
either hearts or spades. Had his part
ner held four card major suit, would
he not have bid it over one diamond?
Therefore, what was the use of South'S
| showing the majors?
Nevertheless, South wanted to force
or make some kind of constructive bid
on his holding. He was afraid that a
| three diamond bid would elicit a
! four club response from his partner,
driving the bidding out of the three
no trUmpS range. 1t was unfair to
make North bid the no trumps when
| he (South) should be the declarer
Three no trumps!" said South, calm
ly ignoring his void in his partners
suit. After all, his partner would
hardly be so silly as to go to five clubs.
This was North's hand:
S9s SP; Az AK 81. 6ta- A!k:z:x-x-x Ky
North had purposely taken the bid
ding quietly. Now, when he heard
South's strong bidding. he jumped at
once to six clubs. Cyl! Yi!" thought
South, writhing in mental anguish.
There was nothing he could do For
all he knew, North might be on a
virtually solid club suit and a single
ton diamond. He passed six clubs,
which was set two tricks.
| My dear South, it is perfectly true
that you are never going to play the
! hand in either four hearts or four
spades, but if you bade those suits, you
| are not only constructing, but you are
giving your beloved partner a much
better picture of your hand. Bid two
spades over two clubs. Now if your
partner bids three clubs, you can bid
three no trumps. 1t so happens that
North will jump to three no trumps
after your tWo-Spade bid. Having
ascertained that Norths tWo-club bid
was a deliberate underbid. you may
now make a further slam try of four
hearts. North will bid five diamonds
and you can carry it to six.
North was slightly at fault After
three no trumps 1 would have bid
/ four clubS-not six. The fact that I
am taking the bidding out of safe
game is a slam try in itself South
will now bid four diamonds and North
can go immediately to six
Evening star., 1935-01-21
Natures Children
BY LILLIAN cox ATHEY.

you the nest is scrap basket, and
maybe it is. Bits of newspapers. rags,
cord, a rubber band, all woven to-
gether with a sort of system that
tends to make you think she was in a
great hurry to get it completed.
Whatever the rough exterior, no
catbird mother is guilty of neglecting
the comfort of her children. If you
could count the thousands of trips
Evening star., 1935-01-21

material and the bows of a colorful
solid.
We recommend this pattern to am
bilious, but inexperienced, sewers, for
it is simple one to make and will
turn out a looking dress for a
moderate outlay 1t can be made in
cotton. sheer wool crepe or silk.
Barbara Bell pattern No. 1573-B is
designed in sizes II, 13, IS, II and
10. Size IS requires about 3l2 yards
of 39-inch material, 7s yard of 39-
inch printed contrast.
Every Barbara Bell pattern in
cludeS an illustrated instruction
guide, which is easy to follow.
Evening star., 1935-01-21

that when nature bestows egotm individual
fascination virtue desirable quality There's
nothing else to give
at least the selfcompacent and think They
satisfaction of the illusion would the real
poor and weak and intermittent while
never fails and never ends own best claques
60 IT be grand glorious feeling
to look upon your rejection in mirror and to believe that every
woman can resist you must be wonderful to be assured in your
and that every. about you listens as to an oracle
1t must fill one soothing
that detail concerning ones private affairs so interesting that
made ones and what said to the boss How
S
LOW must fill one with peace passes understanding
- make mistake, to be mistaken in opinion
blunders
guilty continually.
For the conoeted even they they
America
her looks than Lillian Russell did out of her beauty And
able make living doesn't crimp in the conceted
mans belief that he Napoleon of finance.
CoET1MEs one wonders if seconcet isn't consolation prize
- people for the things they haven't nearly
@ m Ths noet woman eVr knew eve and With te worst egrre
8 never Weay Of boang Of her profile u and talking about her
lines another woman WON & Of my % was SO niue much anae @
she couldn't ride the street without insulting her.
men, who had written vox popuH letters to
them around their pockets and drag them out
famous author who mentioned that he knew how
wall the
proud found oener among those with few thousands than
among milionareS
UT while glow life and enables the egost
themselves they would like be- there is, alas
the picture For vanity by what it feeds upon
n aHa for @ And when people refuse to feed with
it turns upon them like a and suy beast
bitter and dguntled the seconceted
debated Of fortune None Such
who beat their breasts and wall that
valuation.
responsible for of the failures in the
~ people believe that gifts they do
effort
intended them No greater misfortune
than for them to imagine themselves
talent The little pink balloon
the self -inhationist always bursts.
And there another that always gnavs at the via OF
of not getting the attention they consider due them To be over
crowd to have their mpeed in not to be
weeks be asked
beautiful taking all OF
wonders self once really pays
DOROTHY
Evening star., 1935-01-21
NV Neighbor Says:

To pick up small pieces of
broken glass, use piece of damp
ened absorbent cotton. The glass
will stick to the cotton.
When sandpapering surfaces
that are to be painted, the work
is made much easier If the sand
paper is folded over small block
of wood.
If cinnamon toast is served
frequently, it pays to mix some
cinnamon and sugar and keep it
in a shaker SO that it can be
used quickly.
If the beaten eggs are mixed
with milk that is slightly warm,
when making a custard, the Gus
tard will not be watery.
(Copyright. 1880
Evening star., 1935-01-21
Onions, French Style

Use small, white onions, cooking
them whole, or the large Spanish or
Bermuda variety cut in rings. Cover
with boiling water, let stand for half
an hour, then drain, place in a double
boiler, and dot with butter. Cover
closely and cook gently until tender.
Season with salt, white pepper and
paprika.
Evening star., 1935-01-21
Clam Chowder.

Take two or three slices of fat pork
a can of clans, three medium sized
white potatoes and one very small
onion, the latter to be peeled and
sliced. Fry out the pork, add the
onion and fry. Remove the pieces
of onion and pork and add the pota-
toes cut into dice and water enough
just to cover. Cook until the pota-
toes are tender. Add three cupfuls
of milk, Just let come to a boil, then
add the clans and leave them long
enough to heat through. Salt and
pepper to taste and serve very hot
with crackers.
Evening star., 1935-01-21

sort was used with the lamp and that
it was fed by the melting grease"
Several lamps of the same kind
have been found in or near other caves
in France.
(For history section of your scrap
book)
If you want the free leafiet "Ques-
tions and Answers About Europe, "
send a 3-cent stamped, return en-
velope to me in care of this news
paper. UNCLE RAY.
(CopyrIght 1q35)
Evening star., 1935-01-21

This deal certainly drew out a vast
amount of weird bidding when it was
played in a recent duplicate The
strangest part of the whole deal is
that the defense had to be very alert
to stop seven diamonds, yet, in most
cases, North believed that he was sac
rifiCing against a sure slam in spades
by the opponents.
(Copyrlght, 1880
Mr. Sims will answer all inquiries on
contract that are addressed to this news
paper with self-sddressed stamped en-
velope.
Evening star., 1935-01-21
MENU FOR A DAY.

Stewed Prunes
Wheat Cereal with Cream
Creamed Eggs
Squash Mullins
Coffee
LUNCHEON.
VEGETABLE Soup
Toasted Crackers
Stewed ApricotS HermitS
DINNER
Lamb Stew
Boiled Potatoes
Onions Carrots
Beet and Lettuce Salad
French Dressing
Baked Date Pudding Coffee
SQUASH MUFFINS.
Try these squash mullins. They
are light and nice. Mix one
Well-beaten egg, one-half cup
milk, five tablespoons sugar, two
teaspoons cream of tartar, one
teaspoon soda, two cups flour,
little salt. Sift dry ingredients
together first, add to egg, squash
and milk mixed together. Beat
thoughly and bake in creased
muffin tins.
HERMITS.
One cup fat, one cup brown
sugar, one cup sugar, three eggs,
one teaspoon vanilla, two tea
spoons cinnamon, one teaspoon
cloves, one teaspoon nutmeg, one
half teaspoon salt, one cup
chopped dates, one-half cup
chopped raisins, one-fourth cup
chopped citron, two-thirds cup
nuts, broken; four and one-half
cups flour.
Cream the fat and sugars. Add
rest of ingredients and mix well.
Take portions of stiff dough in
hands and shape into balls two
thirds inch in diameter and fiat
ten them three inches apart on
creased baking sheets. Bake IL
minutes in moderate oven.
BAKED DATE PUDDING.
One-half cup butter, three
fourths cup sugar, one teaspoon
vanilla, three eggs, two cups soft
bread crumbs, one cup flour. one
fourth teaspoon salt, one teaspoon
cinnamon, one-fourth teaspoon
nutmeg, one cup milk, one cup
chopped dates, two teaspoons
baking powder, one-fourth tea
spoon soda.
Cream butter and sugar. Add
rest of ingredients. Pour into
creased shallow baking pan, bake
80 minutes In moderate oven.
Serve warm with foam sauce.
Copyright. 1887
Evening star., 1935-01-21
Fruit Iuices.

When making custards or pies,
instead of using the milk which the
recipe calls for, substitute the surplus
fruit juices from canned fruit. Plum.
peach, apple, grape, muScadine and
pineapple juices can be used success
fully in making delicious pies. No
flavoring is then needed.
Evening star., 1935-01-21
Uncle Rays Conner

The stone broke into four parts.
because Of the blow Of the pick; but
the pieces were put together, and they
revealed a wonderful thing-a Stone
Age lamp! One side of the stone had
been followed out little; and close
study by a chemist showed that
something had been burned in the
hollow, probably animal fat.
1t is supposed that a wick of some
Evening star., 1935-01-21

he would not call that growth. The
crystal is rigid, lacking individual
identity, given to a predestined SYM
metry. Life is fluid, irregular, indi-
vidualistic. There is simply no bridg-
ing the gap by a mechanistic concep-
ton.
Copyright, 1881
Evening star., 1935-01-21

A Prickly Dinner.
TVEN while Downy the Wood
- pecker was listening to the
tales of the northern forests
and the people who live there
as told by his three-toed cousin,
Ladderback, who was down for a visit,
Pekan the Fisher, of whom Ladedr-
back had been talking, was out hunt
ing for a dinner.
Pekan. who is a member of the
Weasel family and so not even related
Evening star., 1935-01-21
Contract
BY p. HAL SIMS.

Mr.. Sims is universally acclaimed the
greatest living contract and auction
player. He 0dS captain OF the renowned
"Four HorSemen" team. now disbanded,
and has won "a national champion
ships since 1924 These articles are
based on the Sims system, which
includes the one-ouer-one principle,
which the Sims group of players tUas
the first to employ and develop.
Evening star., 1935-01-21
Jolly Polly
A Little Chat on English.
BY JOS. ]. FRISCH.

j. j. N-"Bawl out" is colloquial
term for reprimand, cenSure, admon-
ish, reprove, reproach, chide, rebuke,
upbraid, etc. The term "ball up" is
slang for embarrass, confuse.
Traffic officer or traffic policeman
is preferred to traffic cop.
Send a lf-addressed, stamped
envelope for the leaflet 40 Common
Errors of Speech"
Evening star., 1935-01-21
Bedtime Stories
BY THORNTON w. BURGESS.
A Prickly Dinner.

Things worth while you work to gain
Are even worth a little pain.
-Pekan the Fisher,
Evening star., 1935-01-21
Mondays Hand.

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VOLS
. A-K-Q-J-10-X-x-x
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K-10-x-X-x N AQ-J-x
vX-X-X Xxx K-10-X-X-X
= 9-x-X . None
j None S p A-K-Q-9-X
"A
wax
= 8-2
- J-10-8-7-6-5-4-3
Evening star., 1935-01-21
Second Day of Bidding.

~ OUTH had logic on his side
There is no question of that.
This was his holding:
~ Sp. Q-J-x-x Dia. AK-Q-x-x
Hts K-1O-x-X CT.
Evening star., 1935-01-21

to the Cat family, is often called
Blackcat by trapperS who seek his
handsome coat. Others call him
Fisher-cat, Fisher-marten, Pennant
Marten, Tree-Fox and Fisher Weasel.
AS he isn't cat, isn't Fox and isn't
a Marten, but is a member of the
Weasel family, the name Fisher
Weasel would seem the most appro-
pirate name However. just plain
Fisher suits him as well as any, or
Pekan the Fisher.
Pekan was hungry. He wasn't
Evening star., 1935-01-21
Dorothy Dix Says
Does Self -Conceit Pay?-It Must Be Wonder
full Always to Have Your Own Greatest
Admirer on Hand

whether Selfconceed people In
that when nature besows egosm individual
him the whole rangebeauy superintegence
wit charm fascination virtue desirable quality There
nothing else to give
Evening star., 1935-01-21
Catbird Nest.

w WINTER is the ideal time to
a collect bird nests. They
w aEs fTIgs exposed sDd drosna on bushes; D1 9e;
take your walks. Mother
birds are most faStidious. They in
sist upon new nursery for their
babies. OF course, we must note ex-
ceptions A few of them do not build,
but merely recondition.
AS the catbirdS build nests through
out the United States, and even west
to New Mexico, and in Southern Can
ada, you will have little difficulty in
finding some of the cradles.
You are sadly reminded of hastily
put-together home when you see the
nursery for the first time. To say the
least you will remark to yourself,
Madam Catbird used everything in
sight"
You will hear some authorities tell
Evening star., 1935-01-21
The Debunker

BY JOHN HARVEY FURBAY, Phi. d.
Evening star., 1935-01-21
They're Pleasant
Tasting

-. safe, convenient
and economical. Keep
Espotabs in your medi-
cine cabinet for the
whole familu.