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Evening star., 1938-06-19

in the middle of the floor and, squirting,
walked slowly around the girl. My, what
dress - bows down the front of razzly print
cut on the bias to cling to curves Lefty didn't
have No wonder she gave the impression of
being gawky.
Lefty, Isabelle realized, should wear simple
straight things like Isabees white coat. 1t
would make her body look like what it was -
slim. As for Lefty face - she shouldn't wear
so much makeup so bright and badly put on.
She should strive for natural look; for her
skin was lovely and her eyes were like deers
eyes. 1t was really astonishing that nobody
had ever noticed what really wonderful mate
rial Lefty was
Lefty" Isabelle said, will you just not
ask questions but just take off your dress and
all your make-up?"
Lefty nodded. speeches. with happiness.
For Isabelle to be treating her like dearest
friend, Isabelle who was her ideal!
Isabelle would not allow Lefty to look in
the mirror while she was being transformed
into the natural type" Isabelle herself
wouldn't look, really look, until Lettys face
was finished. Letty's hair brushed close to her
head, and Letty's body clothed in the white
linen coat.
Evening star., 1938-06-19

Then Isabelle stood back and surveyed
her handiwork and could hardly believe what
she saw. She had created new girl, dug her
out of Letty's fussy bad taste Letty's hair,
her face, all of her. was now background for
the most beautiful pair of eyes in town.
Now" Isabelle. awed by her own genius
turned Lefty around to face the mirror
There was silence. Isabelle watched the
reflected Lefty change from breathless ex-
pectancy to an embarrassed disappointment,
never dreaming that Lefty had half-hoped
to find herself darker replica of Isabelle
my" Lefty smiled timidy into the mirror
at Isabelle, its sort of i mean, I'm so
washed out. colorless Her voice thinned to
wall. "Oh, Isabelle. you don't really think
ought to 60 around like this?"
"Colorless2" Isabelle demanded with the
belligerence normal to an artist who receives
the shock of criticism in the first glow of
triumphant accomplishment why, just
because you aren't curled and smeared with
too much rouge and -" Isabelle stopped If
she went on this way she'd scare Lefty into
being so self-conscious nothing could be done
with her.
"Now," she placated, ''it's because you're
so strange to yourself. You're subtle, Lefty.
The coat makes you the latest thing in style;
but your eyes, framed in that lovely hair ="
Isabelle rose to poetic heights. why, Lefty,
peering through the leaves of birch tree"
Evening star., 1938-06-19

JONATHAN ONEILL curved his automo-
bile away from the curb before the
~ Cummings house.
He waved to Isabelle She was standing on
the front porch and remembering how she had
once considered Clifford. Wally, Ken and
Chester all person could ask for. They were
finished with freshman year at college, owners
of automobiles, good-looking and crazy about
her. But Jonathan was all that, With Con-
tinental background. And now Jonathan was
going away. For a whole ten days the son of
Mrs. Fallon's godson, raised in Europe and
divine beyond words. would be visiting the
chickens and things on the Fallon farm where
Mr. and Mrs Fallon never vent and think
ing about Isabelle.
Isabelle sighed. If Jonathan would only
be normal, would only talk himself and let
her listen, date with him wouldn't be like
taking final exam on subject she didn't
even know existed. When she was expected
to talk - not just say yes and no. but talk -
about surrealism, shi-ing, and the Joos Ballet
mildly. a strain. Not to mention the strain and
toll of reading more books and magazines in
the last weeks than she d read during her
entire sixteen years on earth, and all in an
effort to live up to his beauty and brains"
ideal about girls.
Isabelle flung herself down on the porch
swing. Why. why did she 60 on? Why didn't
she give him up? After all, if boy was rapidly
reducing you to state of mental exhaustion
bordering on brain fever =.
Isabelle knew why she didn't give Jonathan
up. There were two reasons. The first was
was at least sort of pretty and was smarter
than Isabelle she could never escape from
him unless she stopped being so intelligent.
That was unthinkable. She had seen the look
he could give 1irls he considered beautiful
but dumb If he ever looked at her like that.
Isabelle's second reason was the languld
and lovely Miss Susan Clayton. She was the
only other girl in the crowd in whom Jonathan
evinced the slightes interest. There was
sort of bond between them, for Susie's rich
cousin had taken her to Europe two years
ago and she could "Ah, the Alps!" "Ah. Paris
in the Spring." right back at Jonathan. This
was foul advantage for Susie. who lost no
chance to make the most of it. AS if she didn't
make the most of any and every chance to
show Isabelle she wasn't the only girl in the
younger set Not that Isabelle didn't like
Susie. She truly adored Susie. And person
had to respect her. Susie was - well, you
might say, she was foeman worthy of per-
sons Steel
Isabelle buried her face in cretonne pillow
and wished that Jonathan O'Neill had never
come to stay with Mrs. Fallon until he
entered Harvard in the Fall. If Isabelle's
strength failed her before Fall, Susie would
surely win him. She'd be Haunting letters
from him at Harvard and being as poisonous
about it as she could be.
'Isabelle.'
Isabelle lifted her face from the pillow to
find Lefty Scoggins coming up the porch
steps. Lefty was so restful; not out after any
thing or anybody. Being nobody's rival and
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the. approval of Harry Hopkins,
WPA administrator, and of James
Roosevelt, the Presidents son and
secretary. Also, Thomas G. Cor
coran, the Presidents political adj
wiser, was known to have worked
for Wearin's cause, or perhaps it
should be put, against Gillette.
Gillette sought denomination for
the senate on a platform of loyalty
to President Roosevelt, but said he
would retain the right to judge each
New Deal proposal on its individual
merits if he is reelected. He was
one of the foes of the Presidents
court reform plan, but supported the
reorganization bill and other admin
istration measures.
Labor split as usual in this con-
test. President Green of the A. F.
of L. favored the denomination of
Gillette on his labor record. The
C.. I. o. groups, especially in the
counties along the Mississippi river,
were strong for Wearin.
In the Republican side Of the
primary Former Senator L. j. Dick
inson, auncompromising foe of the
New Deal, defeated Representative
Lloyd Thurston.
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4
ly at government buildings, railway
stations and power plants, the pur-
pose being to destroy Canton's use
fulness as a gateway for Chinese
war supplies.
In Spain, also, there was no ces-
sation of the air attacks by Francois
forces on loyalist cities and towns.
Americas condemnation of the
bombing of civilians was contained
in statement by Undersecretary of
State Sumner Welles which was is
sued with the approval of President
Roosevelt. It asserted that the
American public considers such
warfare barbarous and appealed for
an immediate end of the practice in
China and Spain. Britain officially
protested against the bombings and
asked the United States to cooper
ate In the formation of neutral
commission to decide whether the
detectives of Spanish rebel air raids
on loyalist territory have any mill
tary character. 4.
About the same time Secretary of
State Hull in a speech at Nashville,
Tenn, expressed the hope of the
United States for disarmament and
the humanizing of war. Summaries
of this address were broadcast
throughout Europe by radio.
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the government. Electric power
lines were blasted and the tracks
of the trans-Pyrenees railroad from
Toulouse to Barcelona were dam
aged. The second raid was stopped
by an anti-aircraft battery at Ur.
The government spoke of the
planes as of unknown nationality, !"
but it was publicly presumed they
came from Francois Condor Lee
gion" of planes manned by Ger
mans.
Premier Edouard Daladier or
dered French aviators to begin
systematic patrol of the French bor-
der and bring down any foreign
planes crossing the Spanish frontier
into France.
Frances military forces along the
frontier were Immediately rein
forced. a
Francois general staff at Burgos
issued statement that no rebel
planes had been in the air near the
French border, adding that all their
activity had been confined to the
south Barcelona parallel.
In Paris it was believed Franco
was opposed to the bombing of ci-
villains but could not control the ac-
tons of his German and Italian
helpers.
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stitch from the hook. Chain 2,
skip 2 and make a double crochet
in next stitch. Repeat to end of
row, then chain and turn. make
double crochet in the top of the
last double crochet. Chain 2. Con-
tinue across the row, then chain 5
and turn. Repeat from until you
have enough of the fillet mesh to
make your bag or purse. The
weaving is done with double
thread and a large blunt needle.
Work across and then back
through each row of the fillet mesh
as shown. When new weaving
thread is started, hide the ends in
the edge of the crochet.
NOTE: Mrs. Spears latest book
gives complete directions for max
ing many other things for your
self and to use as gifts. It also
fully illustrates ninety embroidery
stitches with interesting varia-
tons. You will use these again
and again for reference. Ask for
Book 2, enclosing Is cents (coins
preferred). Address Mrs. Spears,
21O S. Desplaines St., Chicago, Ill.
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jected two proposals to forbid politi-
cal activities by employees in emer-
gency agencies. One of these was
offered by Sen. Carl M. Hatch of
New Mexico. It would have insulat-
ed WPA officials and administrative
employees from politics, either in
connection with primaries, general
elections, or national conventions. 1t
would have prohibited public utter
ances such as the one recently made
by WPA Administrator Harry L.
Hopkins indorsing the candidacy OF
Rep. Otha D. Wearin of Iowa
against Sen. Guy M. Gillette.
Smart Republican politicians were
not sorry this was defeated for it
left in their hands a potent weapon
for the fall campaign.
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Send for This Free Bulletin
offered BY c. Houston Gogdiss

do other serious damage. Other
drugs may have a harmful effect
on the kidneys.
The various fad reducing diets
which women pass about among
themselves are likewise danger
Gus, because they are usually UNI
balanced. They may lead to a
serious type of acidosis; to nerv-
Gus disorders, faulty elimination,
or deficiency diseases.
Less dangerous, but wholly in
effective. are a variety of salts,
soaps, pills and devices said to
make fat vanish as if by magic.
1t is also a fallacy to believe
that rubbing, massaging or pun-
melting will effectively take off
weight.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-06-17
Lewis Bans Labor Survey

ID RESIDENT ROOSEVELT is 60
ing to send commission to Eng
land to study the British trade un-
ion act. At a press conference he
said any suggestions that he had in
view the modification of our labor
relations law were "cockeyed." But
John Lewis was suspicious and
wrote to Secretary of Labor Per-
kins that he would permit no MEM
bers of the c. I. o. to serve on the
mission.
The British trades union act, en-
acted after the British general
strike of 1926, prohibits general
strikes. Collective bargaining is le-
galized, but some forms of sympa-
thetic strikes and strikes which in
fiict undue hardship on the public
are banned.
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pleted St. Lawrence deep waterway,
ready for power development, and
also other valuable concessions. The
United States would obtain the
privilege of building the seaway at
its own expense, increased power
development at Niagara Falls, and
the recognition by Canada of Amer
lean sovereignty over Lake Michi-
gan.
Immediate and vociferous opposi-
ton to the plan broke out in con-
gress, both Democrats and Republic
cans characterizing it as a scheme
to buy the support of the Dominion
for gigantic water power develop
ment planned by the New York state
power authority.
Hull's plan provides that the Unit
ed States shall develop the interna-
tional rapids section of the st. Law
renee river at an estimated cost of
400 million dollars. This was de-
nounced by Senator Wagner of New
York. Senator Copeland, also of New
York, announced he was against the
seaway project 1000 per cent" He
called it ''an all-British canal"
Sen. Key Pittman, chairman OF
the senate foreign relations COM
mittee having jurisdiction of trea-
ties, said the new proposals would
not have a chance of ratification
unless materially modified.
Senators and representatives from
the Middle West were especially
aroused. Senator Clark of Missouri
pointed out that the treaty would
permit diversion of only $500 cubic
feet of water per second into the
Chicago drainage canal. He said
the Mississippi river must receive
more water than that from the canal
in order to fill a nine-foot channel.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-06-17
Labor Riot in Moscow

FROM Riga, that rather unrelia-
BILE source of news concerning
Russia, comes the information that
there was bloody riot at the Josef
Stain automobile works in Moscow.
Workers barricaded the streets, de-
molished machinery and set fire to
the factory and then fought with
troops. The Soviet secret police and
the city fire department were called
out and crushed the revolt with ma
chine guns and hand grenades. The
number of dead and injured was
kept secret by Moscow authori-
ties. More than 5000 persons were
arrested.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-06-17
Overweight Burdens the Heurf

Overweight Burdens the Heurt
Fatty deposits increase the work
of the heart, because each extra
pound demands the pumping of
additional blood. 1t has been esti-
mated that every pound of fat re-
quires six-tenths of mile of blood
vessels to nourish it! Thus, the in
dividual who is 20 pounds over
weight is carrying around IL miles
of excess blood vessels. Natural
ly, the heart must work faster and
harder to pump blood through
these extra miles, and it is not
surprising that it is frequently
overstrained.
Heart disease and high blood
pressure are often associated with
excess fat. So are diabetes and
kidney disease. And when fat
creeps around the abdominal mus
cles, it may interfere with normal
elimination.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-06-17
Reform Bill SheIved

president ROOSEVELT ac-
copied the advice of congression-
al leaders and consented to the
shelving of his bill for reorganiza-
ton of the executive government.
This was announced with the ap-
proval of the President by Senator
Barley. At the same time it was
made known that the administra-
ton would attempt to get the meas
ure through congress early in the
1899 session. Sen. Hiram johnson
Of California said the opponents Of
the bill would be ready to resume
their battle against it next year.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-06-17
New Food Act Passed

w ITHOUT a record vote the
w house passed the new pure
food and drug bill. The senate had
passed similar measure and the
differences were to be reconciled in
conference. The act brings drugs,
therapeutic devices, and foods I'M
der regulation of the Department
of Agriculture. 1t prohibits altera-
ton or misbranding of cosmetics,
"a foods and drugs, requires ade-
quate tests of products before they
are placed on the market, provides
for license restrictions to control
bacterial contamination of foods, re-
quires warning labels on habit-forn-
ing drugs, and provides for factory
inspection.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-06-17

Dress-up your daytime or sum-
mer evening dresses with this
dainty lace bolero crocheted in
two strands of string. Pattern
1745 contains directions for max
ing bolero; illustration of it and
of stitches; materials required.
Send IS cents in stamps or coins
(coins preferred) for this pattern
to The Sewing Circle, Needlecraft
Dept, 81 Eighth Ave-, New York,
N, Y.
Please write your name, adj
dress and pattern number plainly.
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j n t h e primaries.
Running far ahead of
him was Senator Guy
M. Gillette, who had
been marked for
elimination because
he voted against the
court packing bill.
Gillette supporters
said P r e S i d e n t
Roosevelt main
tanned neutrality in
the C o Mt e S t, but
Wearin had received
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-06-17

their daily raids on
the great city of
Canton. southern
China port. Their
squadrons of planes
rained death on the
city ruthlessly, until
it was a veritable
shambles. Probably
as many as 5000
persons were killed
and the wounded
were much more nu-
merous. The attacks
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-06-17

went to conference.
Seven Republicans
and three Demo-
Gratis were recorded
against the meas
ure. The opponents
of the spending
lending program lost
every attempt to
earmark the funds
or impose other re-
strictions.
By very close
x,ofac fha can afo ro
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-06-17
Woven Fillet Crochet
For Bags and Purses
By RUTH WYETH SPEARS

BY RUTH WYETH SPEARS
EITHER crochet cotton or wool
- yarn in two or more colors
may be used for a knitting bag or
purses of woven fillet crochet. The
foundation is made in the lightest
color. The knitting bag in the
sketch is white fillet with navy
blue threads woven through, as
shown. The upper purse and van
ity pouch are ecru with carmine
and Delft blue woven stripes. The
plain spaces between the stripes
are made by weaving through the
fillet mesh with matching thread.
To start the fillet foundation,
make chain the length of your
bag, then chain more, turn, and
make double crochet in the 9Th
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-06-17
Freud FIees from Vienna

CIGMUND FREUD, the famous
- "father of psychoanalysis," has
fed from Vienna to London and lat
er will come to New York. He car
ried with him manuscripts and
books comprising his life work, in
dicating he did not plan to return.
vienna's official Nazi organ,
voelkischer Beobachter, in report
ing his departure, did not mention
his name, but referred to the Freud
ian psychoanalytic school as "por-
nographic Jewish specially"
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did not have to work.
The modern point of view,
backed by medical science,
Is that overweight destroys
beauty, multiplies the chances
Of disease and subtracts years
from your life.
Most of the degenerative dis
eases of middle life occur more
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-06-17
Thomas Egged in Newark

NJ ORMAN THOMAS, leader OF the
! y Socialist party, undertook to
make speech in Newark, N. j., at
a Socialist rally and was pelted with
rotten eggs by crowd of hundred
rowdies, many of whom wore war
veterans caps. The mob and the
Socialists fought with fists and clubs
and police rescued Thomas. He
charged that the opposition forces
were modified through the infiu-
ence of Mayor Frank Hague of Jer-
sey City.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-06-17

frequently LII tnOSc
who are overweight
than in those whose
weight is normal.
The entire body
functions at a dis
advantage for the
excess fat is pres.
emit inside as we'll
as outside OF the
body. Just as the
abdomen, hips and
arms are burdened
~v,skI~ 4-A~rr kAt On
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-06-17

Lawrence seaway,
asking that it be
considered as a ba-
sis for a new treaty
which would be a
revision and anpli-
fication of the treaty
of 1882 that the sem
ate refused to ratify
in 1884. That pact
under the terms of
the Hull plan Can
ada would obtain
without cOcf q cOY1o-
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-06-17
Life Muy Be Shortened

Furthermore, life insurance
companies estimate that the more
overweight the body becomes, the
slighter the chances for longevity.
All the data that have been as
sembled indicate that as age and
weight increase, the death rate
rapidly accelerates. Gross over
weight may shorten life by as
much as ten years.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-06-17
Twenty-More Federal Judges

pRESIDENT ROOSEVELT signed
l the bill creating 20 additional fed
eral judges throughout the country.
The measure is the largest judge
ship bill passed since 1921.
Five additional Circuit Court of
Appeals judges at $12,500 a year
each and Is additional district
judges at $4,000 a year each are
authorized by the act.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-06-17
Bio Fund for Highways

+ LEGISLATION authorizing new
- federal highway expenditures of
$685., 400, 900 for the fiscal years 1910
and 1871 won final congressional APP
prevail when the senate adopted a
conference report previously accept
ed by the house. Also authorized
was the expenditure of $3.50, ZOO, 900
of old, unused appropriations.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-06-17
Planes from Spain Raid France

NJ Inc war planes few across the
Pyrenees frontier into France
two successive days and scattered
bombs near towns about Is miles
within the French border, creating
a panic fight Of the inhabitants
and calling for stern protests by
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Whqt Should You WEIGH?

It is generally held that under
the age of thirty. it is advisable to
weigh from five to ten pounds
more than the average for ones
height and age. But after thirty,
a weight Of ten to twenty pounds
below the average is desirable. In
fact, leading authorities now
agree that it is an excellent plan
to endeavor after thirty to main
tain the normal weight for ones
height at age thirty.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-06-17
Canton Made a SHAMELESS

I Utterly ignoring emphatic pro-
~ tests by the United States and
Great Britain against the bombing
Of civilians, the Japanese continued
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-06-17
Rutionul WEIGHT Control

The one scientific method of
maintaining normal weight or get
ting rid of surplus is to recog-
nize the fundamental fact that all
body fat originates as surplus fuel.
Thus weight control is chiefly a
matter of regulating the diet so
that the food intake does not ex-
coed the energy expenditure.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-06-17
Senate Passes Printing Bill

by A vote of 60 to 10 the senate
~ passed the Presidents $751;
9O5,000 pump-priming bill and sent
it back to the house, after which it
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-06-17
Reducing Methods to Avoid

If you have allowed yourself to
become overweight, you should
and can reduce. But you must go
about it in a scientific manner.
Do not put your faith in worth
less or dangerous methods that
either fail to reduce or may cause
you to lose your health faster than
you lose weight.
Never take any sort of drugs for
the purpose Of reducing, except
under the advice of your physi-
clan. Many drugs which are said
to speed up bodily activities and
burn up fat may injure the heart,
produce cataracts of the eyes. and