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Evening star., 1940-05-05

slipped on silk dressing gown. The hall was
empty and she walked downstairs and raped
lightly at Edna Stacy's door. The latch clicked
and the other girl, also in dressing gown
stood in the opening. Polly gave her no chance
to speak.
Let me in, quick and close the door. was
50 afraid someone might see me-"
What ~
Il hurried down here just as soon as heard
about it. After all, we're both Americans and
we're in foreign country"
Her voice, she hoped, held the correct note
of nervous anxiety. The other girl spoke coolly:
Il really don't understand, Miss Meredith.
What's the matter?"
Polly showed all her chips to the middle Of
the table. Matter" she echoed. Cant you
guess? l couldn't learn if Nelson had been
arrested or not, but some of the men he's been
gambling with are in Jail and they re looking for
Nelson. Vancamp, our chief, is at headquarters
now The police know everything and they're
coming to arrest you!''
The girl started involuntarily, then regained
her composme. "Just how do you happen to
know so much?"
Because it's our business to know. Do you
think this G-BAT trip is just joy ride? We've
been in touch with officials here since before
we left the States, and we we're warned about
this - this business - when we were at Para.
If didn't know what I was talking about
would be here in your room?" She paused for
breath, then added suddenly: "Oh. please be
sensible. If you won't they'll have you in Jail
in an hour and you know you can't expect any
help from our government in case like this!'
The girl plucked cigarette from pack on
the table. Two matches broke in her fingers
before she obtained light.
Il can't stay any longer" said Polly. "Mr.
Vancamp would ship me back home tomorrow
if he knew I'd come here"
A siren walled as police motorcycle wound
through the heavy traffic on the Avenida
Beira Mar. Edna Stacy finched as though she
had been lashed. Don't go!" she almost
screamed Tell me what to do. can't just
sit here and wait"
Give them to me - those plans, l mean
III take them upstairs and see that they get
back where they belong. The police will search
your room, of course, but if they don't find -"
Nelson has them. He was to give them to
me tonight at the Empalme and was to take
them out of the country tomorrow morning
on the Volksang my passage is booked and
my trunks are already aboard
Then you're safe!" cried Polly. Cant you
see? Call taxi and 60 to the dock now. I'll
try to get word to Nelson if he hasn't been
arrested already"
Hell be at the Empalme - dressed as
gaucho - and he'll be looking for me- she
pointed to an elaborate costume on the bed -
81 don't trust him
"You shouldn't" Polly was playing the
game now with vengeance. But if can get
YOU on the boat and then find him before the
(Continvsd on page 18)
Evening star., 1940-05-05

twin-motored transport would carry her over
jungles that few men had seen, over rivers I'M
named save by the Indians who lived on their
banks Here and there, men like the sallow
hard-bitte Franklin had broken paths through
the jungles to mines in unknown mountains
weeks by canoe or on muleback from even an
approximation of civilization. 1t was these men
who would be aided first by the G-BAT lines
They would have ice for their drinks, and
Evening star., 1940-05-05

papers to read, and letters within few days
of mailing in the places they called home.
G-BAT would help them. and she, Polly Mere
dith, would help G-BAT.
She pushed back her chair. Thanks" she
said Thanks heap"
Ar THE porter's desk she learned that the
Senorita Stacy occupied ffth-foor room.
In her own suite Polly removed her dress and
Evening star., 1940-05-09

guishes them as follows: Wake is
the ordinary waking verb, as Don't
wake the baby" He woke me up"
Awake and awaken are preferred
in f1gurative sense, as HE had a
rude awakening" They awoke to
their danger" His actions awak-
ened suspicious. Up is usually
used with wake and woke, seldom
with waken. and never with awake
and awaken.
Evening star., 1940-05-09

"Did-did-I understood you to
say that you have brought your
family in your pocket?" he asked
hesitatingly.
''You certainly did, Bre'r Rabbit" !"
replied old Mrs. PosSum.
Every one looked at every one else
more puzzled than before. Finally
Prickly Porky cleared his throat.
Have have you got your pocket
with your"
It was such q foolish question that
everybody laughed. Unc' Billy
laughed harder than any one else,
unless 1t was old Mrs. Possuin her
self.
"Of course ah brought NAH pocket
Evening star., 1940-05-09

Possum had been a great success.
But the real surprise came when
Jimmy Skunk had asked old Mrs.
Possum where her family was. When
Mrs. Possum had replied that they
were in her pocket no ope had
known what to do or what to say.
Who ever heard Of carrying family
In pocket? Old Mother West Wind
carries her family of Merry Little
Breezes in big bag, but q big bag
and a pocket are very different
things.
Peter Rabbit looked at Jumper the
Hare, and Jumper the Hare looked
at Johnny Chuck, and Johnny
Chuck looked at Jimmy Skunk, and
Evening star., 1940-05-09
By Fronk Beck
By willard
By Mormon Marsh

say a word. It was so surprising
that every one rubbed his eyes to
make sure that he saw right. Then
Peter Rabbit hoped up on the very
log on which Reddy Fox and Shadow
the Weasel were kept prisoners by
Prickly Porky, and Peter made
speech. It wasn't very much of a
speech. but he told old Mrs. Possum
how he had planned this surprise
party and how the surprise was
really their and not hers. He fin
ished by suggesting that it was time
to eat, Then everybody brought out
the good things which had been
prepared and all began to eat and
talk at once.
Evening star., 1940-05-09
Bedtime Stories
BY THORNTON w. BURGESS.

Old Mrs. Possum had arrived In
the Green Forest, coming all the way
from "Old Virginny." Peter Rab-
bit and all the little meadow and
forest people excepting Reddy Fox,
Shadow the Weasel, Blacky the Grow
and Sammy Jay had been on hand
to greet her with the biggest sur
prise party that had ever been given
in the Green Forest. The surprise
to Unc' Billy Possum and old Mrs.
Evening star., 1940-05-09

Jimmy Skunk looked at Billy Mink,
and Billy Mink looked at Jerry
Muskrat, and Jerry Muskrat looked
at Little Joe Otter, and Little Joe
Otter looked at Happy Jack Squir-
rel, and Happy Jack Squirrel looked
at Danny Meadow Mouse, and Danny
Meadow Mouse looked at old Mr..
Toad, and old Mr.. Toad looked at
Grandfather Frog, and Grandfather
Frog looked ct Prickly Porky, and
no one said word. Unc' Billy Pos
sum winked at old Mrs. Possum and
both Of them grinned.
Finally Peter Rabbit, whose curl
osity always must be satisfied. found
his tongue.
Evening star., 1940-05-09
Smashing 'Grof Spec Game

Buenos Aires, Argentina. has a
new game. 1t is smashing the Graf
Spec" An old automobile takes the
place of the German vessel, and for
10 cents one may swing at the We
hicle with a sledge hammer. The
idea started at charity event and is
spreading.
Evening star., 1940-05-09
with me-" she said. "Would you-all
By Edgar Rice Burroughs

with me-" she said. "Would you-all
like to Sc NAH family?"
IT you please" said Jimmy Skunk,
who never fgorgets to be polite.
Old Mrs. Possum climbed up on
stump where all could see her. NY
how they did crowd around! Then
very slowly she opened the big pocket
In her gown and began to call one
name after another. AS she called,
out Of that big pocket popped one
head after another until there were
eight little heads sticking out Of
that big pocket and every little
head was the exact image Of Unc'
Billy Possum.
For . few minutes no one could
Evening star., 1940-05-09
Winning Contract
BY THE FOuR AGES.

David Bruce Burnstone. Merwin D.
Maier, Oswald jacoby, and Howard
6chenken. worlds leading team m-of-four.
inventors of the system that has beaten
every other system in existence.)
Evening star., 1940-05-09
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Evening star., 1940-05-09
Difficult Defense

inysntors Of the system that has beaten
every other system IN existence.)
Difficult Defense
In toGay's hand south was un-
doubtedly the star. East made things
as difficult as possible for his v,ll-
nerable opponents by his Jump raise
to five diamonds. While South might
well have doubled this bid, he pre-
ferred to leave the decision to his
partner. Unwilling to be shut out,
North boldly bid Ave hearts. Now
South made the really brilliant bid
of six clubs. He reasoned, first, that
North would hold no more than one
diamond: second, that his own solid
club suit would be safer than hearts,
even thought he held four.
South, dealer.
North-south vulnerable.
AAK1072
2K10S43
OF
&65
AQ965 ~ AJ83
v VT VOLTS
. AK1o43 oQJ9e2
0Ass2
185
+AKQJ73
The bidding:
South. West. North. East.
IL 10 IA SO
Pass Pass SO Pass
g. Pass Pass Pass
Now for the play: West opened
the king of diamonds, then shifted
to a spade. Winning in dummy,
South trumped spade, ruffed his
other diamond, then trumped Sec
ond spade. Declarer then drew
trumps and discarded his two small
hearts on dummy's two established
spade tricks.
Actually the contract could have
been defeated in three different
ways: Cd A small diamond open
ing by West and heart return; co
a trump opening by West; 90 If after
opening the diamond king West had
continued the suit, South would have
had one less entry to dummy and
therefore would have been unable to
establish the spade suit. Still and
all, the best defense against this
slam contract was not easy to visual
ize and West should not be criticized
too severely.
Yesterday you were Oswald Jaco-
by's partner; both sides were vul-
nerable and you had 80 on score.
Your hand was:
AAQxx
VJx
oKJ10xx
%Qx
The bidding:
Jacoby. Maier. You. Schenken.
- Pass CD
Answer-Your correct bid is one
diamond. Even though you have 90
on score, you should make some bid
with this hand.
Score 100 per cent for one dia-
mond. 40 per cent for pass, 0 for
any other bid.
Question No. 442.
You are Merwin Maier's partner.
Both sides are vulnerable, you have
80 on score and again you hold:
AAQxx
0Jx
KJ10xx
%Qx
The bidding:
Maier. Burnstone. You. schenken.
l = Pass 10 Pass
20 Pass CD
What do you bid? (Answer
tomorrow
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jolly Polly
A Little Chat on English
BY JOS. J, FRISCH.

BY JOS. J. FRISCH,
M. N. J.-"People who wake UP"
is the preferred form. Regarding
awake. awaken, wake and waken,
modern usage generally distin-
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3OA yoSbA6 "a eAAAA<'s - III
things to avoid are rudeness, out
right contradictions and pickering.
Regarding the umbrella episode,
a simple way to handle this situa-
ton would be to offer to carry the
girls umbrella, but hold it over her
exclusively, continuing to walk along
with your own person unprotected.
That certainly would prove that you
weren't merely cadging a bit of
shelter-and If she then insisted
that you come out of the rain, you'd
merely be proving your good sense
by so doing!
DEAR KAY AND ALDEN:
A very dear friend of mine be-
longs to a club where they have
monthly dances. Lately she has
been inviting me to them.
At first she seemed to be quite
popular, but more and more the
boys are asking me to dance with
them, while very few ask her. She
feels quite hurt about it, and I'm
afraid she thinks I am to blame.
don't want to lose her friendship,
but do enjoy the dances.
CONNIE j.
It's not your fault if you appeal
to these boys more than your friend,
and it would be a shame if you had
to give up the dances because of
this situation. On the other hand,
since this girl was kind enough to
take you to them, you certainly owe
her debt of gratitude.
We think the kind thing to do
would be to try to help your friend
become more popular with the boys.
Do you know, or can you figure out,
why fewer boys are now asking her
to dance? Perhaps her dancing it
self needs some attention. If that's
it, then you might tactfully give her
some practice at home.
If the reason puzzles you, you
might even 90 so far as to get the
slant of one of the boys in whom
you have full confidence. Undoubt-
edly he could tell you what the
trouble is, and we think that in this
case. the end would justify discuss
ing your friend with him. 1t might
also be possible for you to build up"
your. friend bit with the boys, if
you aren't too obvious about it.
There's no reason why you
shouldn't both be popular. and we
hope you'll seize this opportunity to
give your friend a helping hand,
rather than let the situation injure
your. friendship.
DEAR MISS CALDWELL AND
MR.. HARRISON:
I have been going with girl about
year. The other night we were
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Dorothy Dix Says go
If You Adopt Child, Tell Him
Truth About 1t Early in Life

him; who have given him their
name and shared their home with
him; who have worked to support
him and sacrificed to educate him
and who have loved him SO tenderly
that he has not even dreamed that
he was not of their flesh and bone,
it should fill him with gratitude
toward them and make him feel that
nothing he could do could ever repay
them, and that his duty toward
them is hundredfold greater than
would be that of an own child to
its parents.
But this seldom happens. The
belated knowledge that one has
been befooled and that only legal
red tape and not the tie of blood
binds one to Nom and Dad is more
than self-conscious youth can stand,
and it generally wipes out all men,
ory Of benefits received.
On the contrary. if children have
always known that they were
adopted children, 1t makes no differ
ence to them. and the relationship
between them and their foster par
ents goes on smoothly.
I know one adopted child who
considers it distinction to be
adopted and regards with scorl
a mere mothers baby. Your
mother" she says, had to take
you because the doctor brought
you to her. but my mother looked
around everywhere until she found
me-
That wise mother lives in no dread
OF somebody telling the child, as
somebody surely would in time, that
she Is adopted. Nor will there ever
be any tragedy Of the child finding
out what she has always known and
accepted.
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You might even plan to use paper
sheets, pillowcases and towels-so
that extra laundry won't add to
the last-minute headache. Planning
ahead of time will save you no end
of trouble, and an outdoor picnic
with disposable equipment is the
ideal way to end the vacation
season. Then you can get a good
nights sleep. with no burdensome
chores to disturb you, before get
ting off to an early start on the
return to town in the morning.
1t has always been my experience
in motoring, that if you arrange
it so that you can get to bed early
at night, and then rise very early
in the morning, making your run
before others are on the road, that
you will be saved lots of nervous
and physical wear and tear. There
is nothing so upsetting as traffic
jams late at night, when one is
weary from day of entertaining
or just plain housekeeping. And
if you have, as we suggested, made
the getaway as simple as possible
by planning ahead, you'll have Moth
ing to slow you up in the morning.
Just remember, use up everything
you can, have as much disposable
equipment available as possible
and don't forget the puppy or kitten
you may have acquired during the
summer months. If he or she has
given you pleasure during the vaca-
ton time, it is up to you to make
return in the form of food and
lodging over the winter!
BOILED DRESSING.
Il teaspoon salt, scant
u to l teaspoon dry mustard
2 tablespoons sugar
Few grains cayenne
1 tablespoon flour
2 eggs
"a cup milk
2 tablespoons butter (optionaD
"a cup vinegar or lemon juice.
Mix dry ingredients, add eggs and
milk and beat to blend Stir in
vinegar slowly. Cock over simmer
Ing water, stirring constantly until
thick. Stir in butter, if used.
Yield-113 cups. Thin with fruit
juices, milk, sweet or sour cream.
Cream Dressing-Use / cup cream
instead of milk, and omit butter.
FRUIT SALAD DRESSING.
lemon juice
/ orange juice
" cup pineapple juice (approxi-
mately)
Il cup sugar
Il teaspoon salt
8 eggs.
Measure lemon and orange juice
into measuring cup. Add pineapple
juice to make l cup of juice. Add
sugar, salt and eggs and beat to
blend. Cook over simmering water,
stirring constantly until thickened.
Yield-11s cup. Thin with plain or
whipped cream.
One teaspoon grated orange or
lemon rind may be added after
removing from fire.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-29

Dear Miss Dix: We have an
adopted boy who was as good and
respectful as the average boy is to
his parents until one of our neigh
bors found the record of his adop-
ton in our family Bible and called
him into her house and told him
all about it. Since then-this hap
pened six years ago-he has been
uncomfortable. Says we have no
right to boss him. He is impudent
to us, using vile and insulting Ian
guage, and seems to have none of
the affection that he used to show
us. He is now 10, and when he works
he makes good money and stays
with his friends, but as soon as he
is broke he comes home to us. My
husband has suffered an accident
and will be cripple the rest of his
life, so we need the boys help, but
he refuses 1t and asks why should
he support us, as we are no kin to
him. What should we do?
DISTRACTED PARENTS.
Answer-There is only one thing
to do. Turn the migrate out Of
doors and refuse to let him come
back and sponge on you when he is
out of money. There is nothing to
appeal to in the boy, for evidently
he has neither heart nor principle
nor gratitude, else he would appre-
ciate the kindness you have always
shown him and remember how,
when he was homeless and friend
less, you gave him mothers and
fathers love and help and care.
But your case emphasizes again
the importance of telling adopted
children that they are adopted
when,they are so young the knowl-
edge does not make any impression
upon them. If that is done, they
grow up understanding the rela-
tionship between them and their
foster parents and feel toward
them as one does to a tender and
loving friend to whom one owes
countless benefits.
But when child grows up be-
lieving that those whom he has
always called father and mother
are his real father and mother, and
then discovers that he has been de-
ceived by those he trusted, almost
always it gives him a shock from
which he never RECEIVERS. 1t shakes
his faith in everything, and only
too often turns his love into enmitv.
This should not be the case, of
course. When an adolescent child
becomes aware that he Is an adopted
child and that he has no natural
claim upon the man and woman
who have fathered and mothered
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somehow you don't really take to
the outdoors again. It's liable to
get chilly after shutdown. and its
too much trouble. what with getting
the kids ready for school and all
and so the picnic kit and the
thermos bottles stand idly on the
shelves until the real fall house
cleaning tucks them away to await
the coming of spring once again.
So it would be wise to plan to use
I'D all the picnic reserves" that
you have been cherishing on the
pantry shelves in a final splurge
this week end. Especially if you
are celebrating for the last time
at the beach cottage, or the little
shack in the mountains, and intend
to turn the key in the door for good
come Tuesday morning. You won't
want to have to bring raft of stuff
back with you, and it makes more
sense to use it up this week end.
For instance, if you've several
boxes of rather nondescript crack
ers, you can convert them into
pie shell for temptingly filled des-
sert for Sunday lunch or supper.
Or you can make cookies out of
them. Leftover cereals can often
be used the same way; most of
them have extra recipes on the
packages.
Use up odds and ends of canned
meats or fish to make delicious
salad for the picnic. Stuff tomatoes
with the mixture, and you might use
up some leftover condiments, eggs,
etc., in a good boiled dressing for it.
Or, if you like fruit Salads. we'll
give you recipe for a dressing
for that. too, that may take care of
"just that little bit" left in bottle
or tin. Remember, fruit salad
Monday night is fine way to insure
use of every odd bit of fruit-just
save out a last orange or two or a
tin of fruit juice for breakfast Tues
day.
If you have been extra clever
you will have laid In a supply Of
paper cups, plates, napkins, etc,
to use on the last day of the holi-
day, so that you'll have no great
stack of dishes to wash and put
away before coming back to town.