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Evening star., 1936-04-05

leaving Dave without their attention
long enough to kill the effect Of his
big moment"
ut works" he told himself glee-
fully. And he couldn't help laughing
to himself when, at the end of the
rehearsal, Miss Spotsf1eld commented
on the fine way he was playing his
part.
RY THE time dress rehearsal was
held a week later. Walt had per-
fected all the tricks that Mr.. Stone
had suggested, but he had not yet
decided whether or not he would act
ually use them in the play. The first
regular performance was to be staged
in the high school auditorium on the
following night, and the advance ticket
sale indicated that capacity crowd
would attend.
Dress rehearsal was an exciting
event. The costumes were the pic
turesque clothes of the late nineteenth
century. Walt wore a rather gay
suit, with a high four-button coat,
and Audrey Bayliss was stunning In
an elaborate dress of rustling satin.
A number of faculty members, and
few privileged students, formed the
audience, and the rehearsal ran of
smoothly. bringing enthusiastic ap-
plause from the onlookers. Miss Spots
field congratulated them all when it
was over. gave them a few final in
structions. and asked them to be at
the high school. to be made up, not
later than Z o'clock on the following
evening.
Then the members of the cast, feel
ing that some sort of celebration was
in order, decided to adjourn to a
nearby confectionery store. When
Walt got his costume and makeup off
and returned to the stage, some Of the
players were waiting impatiently for
the others. Dave Hogarth had not ap-
peared when, few moments later,
they started for the confectionery
Evening star., 1936-04-05
Marten Extinction Feared.
EOUR fur-bearing animals native to

EOUR fur-bearing animals native to
the United States are reported to
be in considerable danger of extinction
unless steps are taken to protect them
for the next few years.
The marten and the fisher, in par
ticular, are In danger.
Heavy trapping of these animals IN
the late Winter before the females
have had time to bear their young
has resulted in such depletion Of the
animals that it is not impossible that
they. like the passenger pigeon, the
heath hen and the Maine giant mink.
soon will pass to the limbo.
Fur Of the marten is highly valued
and because of this fact the animal Is
trapped closely.
The other two species endangered
are the otter and the wolverine, but
because these are more difficult to
find they are not captured In as great
numbers as the other two.
Some States have taken action to
protect these animals by adopting
closed seasons. This work has been
in the right direction, but the United
States Biological Survey would 90
much further and ban all hunting OF
these animals fon the next i've years.
Evening star., 1936-04-05
Mental Experiment !
Is Effective Form, J
OF Amateur Magic
By Thomas the Magician.

MENTAL experiments are another
A'A form of magic. Some perform
ers devote all of their time to this
type of conjuring.
This week I'll describe one OF the
simplest of these mental nystifers"!
EFFECT-The performer claims to
be able to find out number thought
of by one of the members OF his au-
dience simply by the mental waves"
sent out when the person thinks OF the
number. In the process the magician
asks several questions.
First, Think of number" Sec
ond, Double it." Third. Add TO-"
Fourth, Divide by two" After this
process, the magician tells the person
what the original number was.
ExPLANATION-Ne to say,
this is a mathematical experiment. I'll
try to explain this as simply as pos
sible in sort of tabular form.
l. Think of number '-------- 6
2. Double it" t."------------------l2
8. add 10."-
4. Divide by two"
Now ask the person what the last
number was, and then subtract five
from this and give him the result OF
the subtraction as his original number.
The original number is always five
less than the result. In the above case
you'll see that after five Is subtracted
the original number is 6.
Of course all the calculations OF the
subject upon which the performer
works his masterpiece are kept to him.
self. so that the magician will not
know what the number is to begin
with.
The doubling is Offset by the division
by 2. The interspersed addition Of 10
conceals this fact. The division by 2
also cuts the interspersed 10 in half.
thus making the result just five larger
than the original number.
Evening star., 1936-04-05
Go Slov During
First Year When
Training Puppies
By yHOrace Mitchell.

p ECENT actions Of Beck, the Dober-
~ man, remind me that maybe we
ought to discuss in this column some
thing about the maturity Of dogs.
Most dog owners expect their pets
to catch on to things much too
quickly. They want to know II six
or nine months of age is too young TO
start training gun dogs. Or, If they
don't ask, they try to train them any
how at that age, and very often ac-
complish little except to make the dog
gun shy and man shy for months
afterward.
At times there are precocious dogs
that catch on at an early age. They
are scarce, however. You shouldn't
assume you have one until it is def
nitely proved to you by the animals
actions.
Hardly more than the rudiments Of
good manners should be taught the
average well-bred dog during his first
year. Take it easy. Don't attempt
anything harsh in the way Of punish
ment except for the simplest offenses.
If you're impatient, just remember
that if dogs average life is Is years
and a mans IS, then a 1-year-old dog
is only the same as a 5-year-old child.
And you wouldn't thoroughly whip
5-year-old for not learning, in two or
three lessons, just what you wanted
him to know in regard to fetching,
heeling, climbing obstacles, etc.
1t doesn't matter how well trained
the ancestors OF your dog way have
been for some particular Job. He has
to be taught that job and taught well.
on his own merits, without unreason-
able expectations in regard to his
mental ability.
OF course, it helps tremendously il
Evening star., 1936-04-05
Bv Bessie E. Earle.

nINAH watched Betty, dip an egg
into a cup of green coloring mat
ter. She smiled as she viewed the row
of brightly colored eggs and thought
Betty was very clever little girl
What are you going to do with all
those Easter eggs? she asked.
well. I'm going to eat some" Betty
laughed, but not all of them. I want
to make a nest for the breakfast table
decoration. I'm going to have sur
prise breakfast for the family. have
planned to have grapefruit with
sprig of mint in the center. and broiled
bacon, and biscuits. Doesn't that
menu sound good?" asked Betty as
she washed her hands.
Deed it does, honey. I might make
a suggestion, II you don't mind"
chuckled old black Dinah.
20 course, I won't mind Betty
answered. ANY suggestion will be
welcome, because want to make the
breakfast as nice as possible"
"I had orange biscuits in mind"
Dlnah answered. They Will be an
unusual treat and quite Easterish."
They certainly sound good. Thank
you very much, Dinah. I don't know
what I would do without you" Betty
answered as she Rugged her dolly.
ORANGE BISCUITS.
2cups -four.
3teaspoons baking powder.
1s teaspoon salt.
tablespoons 5 shortening.
"a cup milk.
Loaf sugar.
Orange Juice and rind.
Sift flour, measure and resift with
salt and baking powder. Cut in short
ening with knives held SCISSORS fashion.
Add milk and mix until blended. Roll
dough lightly on Toured board and
Evening star., 1936-04-05
Right-or Wrong?

RoYS and girls who know their avi-
alton should have little trouble
with true-false test. Mark the state
ments either "T'' for true or "F" for
false, then consult the answers to see
how many you have marked correctly.
!. No man has ever flown by the
power Of his own muscles.
2. Some birds must run In order to
gather enough speed for "take-off."
3. The Wright brothers airplane
was o nlonoplane.
4. Will Rogers was a skilled pilot as
well as a great air traveller.
5. All big transports provide para
ehutes for their passengers.
6. The proper way to take an air
plane of is with the wind.
Z. The proper way to land an air
plane Is against the wind.
8. High speed increases the danger
In driving motor car, but decreases
1t in flying an airplane.
9. In combat planes, machine gun
bullets actually pass between the spin
ming blades of the propeller.
10. Most modern planes are Of the
tractor, rather than the pusher type.
ANSWERS.
True-1. 2. Z, 8, 8, 10.
false-3. 4, 5. 8.
Evening star., 1936-04-05
Riddles

noES this weather give you Spring
fever2 There's nothing better
than a few snappy riddles to dust the
cobwebs out of your brain. Try
these!
/. What is it that hog won't eat,
but man relishes highly?-Joan KEEP
ford.
O. Why Is the letter @ like your
shadow?-James Hajny.
8. Why Is q kitchen knife like a
poor scholar?-Gracc Mccarthy.
4. What has eight legs and looks
like an elephant?-David Cornfoot.
S. Why is it impossible for q pretty
girl to explain something?-Ella Ray
Weese and Mary Lena Hall.
ANSWERS.
I. Tomatoes. 2. Because It always
goes with U. 8. Because 1t Is usually
dull. 4. Two elephants. 5. Because
she can't be plain.
Evening star., 1936-04-05
Wandering Lnnatic
Is sUnzcanfed Guest
Hunters Camp
By Ell C0manch0.

A BOUT 1880 I went poking off
into the sand hills of Northwest
ern Nebraska, bound for the Dismal
River on a hunting and trapping
trip. Game and fur were then plenti-
full in that region, so I started out
with a team, wagon and outfit, in
tent on gathering q nice bunch Of
beaver, muskrat, mink, coyote, badger,
and such bobcat. gray wolf. otter and
other furs as might come my way.
loafed along, as it was still too
early to trap, but finally I decided to
make my headquarters at a point a
few miles up the Dismal River from
where it emptied into the Middle
Loup. The very first night was
in camp. this adventure took place.
I'd gone to bed, rolled in a buffalo
robe and blanket, and was just about
asleep when my campfire suddenly
fiared up into a bright blaze. This
should not have happened, as had
left only a deep bed Of Goals half
covered with sand. I sat up at once.
Beside my fire, in the act OF heap
ing an armful of wood on another
armful already blazing. was a queer,
ragged, nondescript white man. so
dirty and with such long, ragged
hair and beard that he looked more
like an ape than q man. I slipped
my gun out from between my blan-
kets and yelled at him.
Hey! What are you doing there?"
He did not turn around, but kept
heading wood on the fire as he said,
Gotta fix fire! Gotta fix fire!"
Over and over he repeated this, with
out ever looking at me. And the
fire was roaring like furnace already.
Gun in hand, I rolled out of bed
and slipped around until I could see
his face. After a moment of studying
him, knew I had crazy man to deal
with. And one never knows what
a crazy man will do!
decide I'd better tie him up first
and talk to him afterward. I slipped
over to my wagon on the edge of a
thicket, got my rope, and came quietly
back. Then quickly cast the moose
over his head and shoulders from be-
hind and ierked it tight, pinning his
arms to his sides and yanking him
of his feet. He dropped fiat on the
ground, and before he had time to
know what was happening, I used
Cow" tactics on him.
took a couple Of turns about his
ankles and around each wrist. and
hauled tight. Thus, in less than 10
seconds, had Mr.. Crazy Man hog
tied, trussed up as helpless as calf.
Then suddenly he went wild, and be-
gan to struggle and curse like pirate.
I'd been right In my surmise-there
was no doubt that he was completely
insane. But I had roped and tied up
many a wild Texas steer. and I knew
this man was caught for keeps, and
would be helpless until I released
him. also knew I could not keep
him tied up forever, and 1t was many
miles to the nearest town.
So I broke camp, hitched up,
loaded the wild man into the wagon
on a buffalo robe bed and tied him
down. Then I started for Grand
Island, on the Platte River. Three
days later I turned him over to the
sheriff there, after trip that would
make story in itself.
The incident spoiled my plans, and
I abandoned my trapping trip for that
season. Later ] learned that the
crazy man had escaped from the Lin
coin Asylum and wandered to where
] caught him.
Evening star., 1936-04-05
Gift Giving Custom
Goes Back to Day
Of Gaze DweHerS

WE GIVE and receive presents so
often that we do not think OF
the origin of this custom, which dates
to the most primitive times. The idea
Of gift-giving among early peoples was
not one of mere generosity. On the
other hand, it had a selfish meaning,
for it arose from the circumstances OF
life in ancient times.
Early man was superstitious and
self-centered creature, and fear ruled
all his actions. The giving up Of a
cherished possession was prompted by
the hope Of reward, rather than the
Evening star., 1936-04-05
store, and Walt fell into step beside
Audrey Bayliss.

store, and Walt fell into step beside
Audrey Bayliss.
THEY were chatting gayly about the
play, and had Just reached the
sidewalk outside the school, when Walt
suddenly felt himself pushed aside.
Dave Hogarth had hurried up. and
now he grasped Audrey's arm and
grinned at Walt impudently.
"On your way. Jerry Carstairs," he
said in his stage manner. "Annabelle
and I have no time for a younger
brother on an important occasion like
this"
"Oh. dry up. Dave" said Walt in
disgust. You're not on the stage
now."
Dave paused, and looked at him
meaningly. Il know I'm not" he re-
torted. But what said still goes"
Walt felt himself growing hot all
over. He looked at Audrey, and saw
her start to protest to Dave. But sew
eral of the other members of the cast,
realizing that something was hap
pening, were hurrying up. Walt saw
there was only one thing to do If
trouble was to be avoided.
"Okay. Dave" he managed to say.
Then. Sorry. Audrey" And he
dropped back few steps, joining Bill
Mason and one or two of the other
Masquers
But Walt did not enjoy the soda he
ordered. He sat In the store with his
fellow players, saying little, but III
his mind was the firm resolve to use
every trick he had learned to kill Dave
Hogarth's performance on the follow
ing evening.
(To be continued next Sunday)
Evening star., 1936-04-05

spotted over dabs Of white in the
eyes for color effect.
A wad of cotton, loosly huffed, can
be glued to the egg and shaped to
resemble hair. Whiskers and mus
taches may also be shaped from cot
ton. Animals ears are small points
of paper glued to the egg. Hats are
easily cut from paper to form wide
sailor brims or Ounce caps. The hats
on eggs with womens faces may be
trimmed with feathers and tiny
flower clusters.
There is no end to the different
faces you can make on an egg. Your
own ingenuity will produce many
comical and attractive looking faces.
Be sure to hard boil eggs before
painting. When dry, they will pe
very attractive in your Easter baskets.
Evening star., 1936-04-05
No Better Hero By w. peyce Morgan

Walt Enders tries out for a play to be
put on by the Masquers dramatic club of
ting the leading part. which he wants.
he is chosen to play the part, of Jerry
Carstairs. weakling younger brother Of tine
Of Trevor Grant His mother. .particu
larly. is terribly disappointed. but as re-
unpleasant part Dave Hogarth. playing
the leading male role takes advantage Of
his chance to show up Walt in many Of
Bayliss playing the heroine, is unfavor-
ably Impressed by. the weakness Of the
character he portrays. John Packard
stone. an old friend Of Waits parents who
is now a well-known character actor in
Hollywood. stops off to visit Mr.. and MIS-
play. Afterward he tells Walt that there
are ways in which he could kill many OF
Dave Hogarths best scenes If he chose 70
do so
Evening star., 1936-04-05

desire to share his belongings with
some one else.
Primitive man feared the thunder
and lightning, the storm and the hur-
ricane, and when he tried to control
the elements, and failed. he began to
wonder what he had done to anger
the gods And so he sacrificed some
thing of value to himself in order to
appease the wrath Of the supreme
powers.
From this giving of gifts to the
gods gradually grew the custom of
making gifts to earthly rulers, ana
finally the exchange of gifts among
friends became an established custom
among civilized peoples.
Evening star., 1936-04-05
Farmer Enjoys Hot Weather.

Percy Wood, who revels in tempera-
lures above 100 in the shade. has
found his ideal spot in Marree, which
is declared to be the hottest place in
Australia. He is farming there. Tenn
perature recordings for q week show
118. 120, 122. 118, 1913, 124 and 1913
degrees Wood says the heat does not
bother him, and, in fact, he works
best when the weather is hottest.
Evening star., 1936-04-05
CROSSWORD PUZZLE.

The definitions:
HORIZONTAL.
!. Toward.
, 2. Source Of light.
S. Belonging to.
7. Integrity, nobility.
9. To grow old.
II. Tavern.
13. Mathematical quantity.
IA. Observe
16. Boys nickname.
II. To restore to its original position
18. Proposition of place.
10. Toward the rear of boat.
20. Perform.
%. Which person.
"a. Kind of tree.
25. Pertaining to the nose.
%. You.
29. Backward, modest.
30. Proceed
!. Snare.
2. Therefore.
8. Generous.
4. Negative.
o. Locate, discover.
7. Masculine pronoun.
8. The smallest State (abbr.).
10. Circumference.
IL. Requires.
IA. Watering place.
IS. Consume.
18. Absent.
21. The Buckeye State.
%. Upon.
"a. American League (abbr.).
26. So.
~. Affirmative.
ANSWERS.
!. Curtain, encore, setting and
heroine
2. The diamond is T, she, spent,
theatre, entry, try, E.
3. Role, hero and act.
4. Aisle. Drama.
s. Crossword puzzle solution.
Evening star., 1936-04-05

the mother or father of your dog can
help you train him, provided, OF
course. you want to train the young
ster in the same things the parent can
DO well. But even with this help
you've got to count on weeks and
months of puppyhood. Of gay play
ing around, of tnattention to COM
mandS, and lack Of interest in the
schooling.
Take time. boys and girls Remem.
Der that well-educated dog is i'm
mensely worth having, and that the
best-rtained dogs are those trained by
their owners-when their owners just
use "hoSs sense"
Evening star., 1936-04-05

happen # he
print his attic Last Christmas designed
printed famiys Christmas cards. he publishes small
community
Then just been making collection
plates Canada from States United
rom a foreign countries.
course school, does reading
take of few other he
likes to do magic tricks.
said about being busy
mother? Think againi
Evening star., 1936-04-05
Betty Makes ORANGE Biscuits
As ESPECIAL Treat for Easter

cut with biscuit cutter dipped in -four.
Break loaf sugar in halves, dip IN
orange juice and press into tops Of
biscuits. Sprinkle biscuits with grated
orange rind and bake in hot oven,
450 degrees, Is minutes.
Evening star., 1936-04-05
A BOY WHO KEEPS BUSY.

HAVE a young friend who lives out in
the country, few miles from a large
city He's IL years old. and he does
L about as many things as any boy of his
age ! ever heard Of.
During the past Winter, he not only took
entire charge of the family furnace, but
also cut all the wood for the fireplace and
kept the fire in 1t going.
Meanwhile. he had an experimental in
door graden, in which he was raising various
plants-entirely on his own, lust to see what
Evening star., 1936-04-05
Cause of Death.

Alkali Ike: "And so Slippery Sam
of Hungry Gulch died with his boots
on. did hep"
Brancho Bill: "No, he died with my
boots on. AS matter Of fact. that's
how he came to die"
Evening star., 1936-04-05
By Ray J. Marian.
you need not dye Easter eggs a

Y you need not dye Easter eggs a
" solid color to make them at
I tractive. With few dabs Of
L water color paint, tufts Of cot
ton for hair, paper hats and paper
ears, you can decorate them with
comical and serious faces Of men.
women, and animals.
The sketch illustrates few ex-
amples of this art, all Of which are
easily copied. The hair effect is OBJ
tanned by coloring this portion Of
the egg either black, brown, red, or
yellow, to represent hair. curls, and
waves. The eyes, eyebrows, nose dots,
and mems mustaches are black lines
made with pen point and India ink.
The lips, Of course, are red, the cheek
spots pink. Blue and brown may be
Evening star., 1936-04-05


In this word diamond built around
theatre, the second word is a pronoun.
the third means expended, the fifth
Is a hallway and the sixth means to
attempt. Complete the diamond.
E
THEATRE
T
3
Three theatrical terms are concealed
in the sentence below. Can you find
them.
Nero left the room to practice his
music.
Behead a passageway in a theater
and get small body of land
Curtail play and get small liquid
measure. Behead this and get an
animal.
Evening star., 1936-04-05
PObularify.

Add SMILES: 'As successful as a
motor cycle cop selling tickets for the
policeman's ball"
Evening star., 1936-04-05
Puzzles

OUR first puzzle should be easy for
~ all young actors and acressss.
Evening star., 1936-08-06

cruises the streets Of Washington to-
morrow between 3:45 and 1 pm.
Short wave apparatus will have to
be used. Of course, to follow the truck
and Jim McGrath, Of WMAL's an
nouncing stan, will be with it to de-
scribe just what q dog catcher does
when he goes after q dog without q
license tag.
The new poundmaster, Franks B,
Marks, will not have any part in the
broadcast, however, although he has
given his approval for the broadcast.
COLUMBIA will have its micro
phones in the thick OF a sham
battle at Fort Knox, KY, Saturday
when Army troops and National
Guardsmen engage in war practice
maneuvers. Bob Trout, the net
works star announcer, will be at the
scene to describe the battle.
The broadcast Is scheduled from
1890 to l pm.
Evening star., 1936-08-06

Mrs. William Underwood of Mount
Tom, Mass, who won husband
calling contest somewhere and is now
recognized as the champion American
husband caller, will display her
ability before the microphone during
Rudy Vallee's Variety Hour on WRC
at Z. Other features Of the program
will be a dramatic contribution by
Ricardo Cortez. screen star, and
songs by Niela Godelle. popular radio
and musical comedy singer.
Raymond Leslie Buell., director OF
the Foreign Policy Association, will
discuss the Spanish Civil War over
WJSV at $50. "The Revolt in Spain,
Europe and the United States" Is hts
topic.
Attorney General Cummings is
scheduled for special broadcast
Evening star., 1936-08-06
LIGHTNING PERIL
TO RADIO SLIM
Statistics Show Odds 900
to.1 Against EoIt
Striking.

~ EEPING pace with the modern
K trend debunking popular su-
~ perstitions, engineers of the
National Broadcasting Co.
came forth today with the report
that lightning has no deep-seated
grudge against radio.
The report on lightning is the
by-product of a survey made by en-
gineers on radio reception conditions
in major cities Of the United States.
The statement was issued by r. M.
Morris. N. B. c. development en-
gineer. whose own house was struck
few years ago and who, therefore,
Evening star., 1936-08-06

over WMAL at 7. He will describe
the operations of the Federal Bureau
of Investigation headed by ]. Edgar
Hoover.
Guy Fraser Harrison. director Of
the Eastman School of Music, will
conduct the Great Lakes Symphony
Orchestra during its concert over
WMAL at 9.
The Show Boat, on WRC at 8, will
divide its entertainment between the
North and South. The guest stars
Evening star., 1936-08-06
was working against = grudge Of hi,

own.
Contrary to popular belief" Nor
ris said. radios in the home do not
attract lightning, nor do radio an
tennas. In fact, a properly installed
radio antenna, with good lightning
arresters, serves as a measure Of pro-
lection to house during a thunder
storm. The lightning arresters, found
on most antennas, serve to lessen the
force Of the lightning. DETECTING the
dangerous current into the ground
where it viii do no harm.
"The chances during one year that
your house will be struck by lightning
are about l in 1000, as proven by
statistics on the subject. OF course,
If you live in a building with a steel
frame, such as the Manhattan sky
scrapers. you need have no fear Of
lightning. The steel frame serves to
ground the current"
Evening star., 1936-08-06
KARPIS ION A PICNIC"
GOING TO ALCATRAz

Former Public Enemy No. 1
Seems to Enjoy Experience,
Guard Discloses.
Py the Associated Press.
OGDEN, Utah, August 6.-Swarthy
Alvin Karpis, former Public Enemy
No. /, acted like man on a picnic
as a railway prison car taking him to
Alcatraz Island Prison switched
through Ogden yards yesterday.
With him were 19 other Federal