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Dignified, Attractive Frock
/504-5
BY BARBARA BELL.
HERE is a dress that is most be
coming to the larger woman.
Every line has been thought
out so that it will be eco
nomical to make and easy to
launder. The sizes range from 36
to 46.
This simple and dignified frock is
attractive enough to meet the demands
of general usefulness in the average
housewife's wardrobe. The model is
designed with enough cleverness and
restraint to appear as flattering on
large women as on those of medium
elze. Shaped yokes reduce the appar
ent size of the actual body measure
ments through the bust and hips. The
suggestion of a surplice closing makes
for a decorative detail at the throat.
And darts on the shoulders provide
just the right amount of ease over the
bust line.
The general effect of this dress is
•o correctly sedate, it could easily look
right in materials other than the
customary house-dress favorites, for
the model comes with long, as well as
short sleeves, shown in the sketch.
Percale—plain or patterned—is the
popular choice for house dresses this
season. Another favorite is cotton
foulard which comes in pretty, fem
inlne designs and is famous for Its
wearing and washing qualities. Any
color you are partial to is apt to be
modish this season, for the Winter
color charts for cottons are all In
clusive, and it is practically impos
sible to go far wrong on a choice.
Pastel shades remain the preference
of dainty women, while the dark un
sollables are frankly the favorites of
women with sturdy tastes.
Barbara Bell pattern No. 1504-B Is
designed in sizes 36, 38, 40, 42, 44 and
46. Size 36 requires 3% yards of 36
inch material.
Every Barbara Bell pattern Includes
an illustrated instruction guide which
is easy to follow.
BARBARA BELL·,
Washington Star.
Inclose 25 cents in coins for
Pattern No. 1504-B. Size
Name
Address
(Wrap coins securely In paper.)
'Copyright. 1934.)
Nature's Children
BT LILLIAN COX ATHEY.
Ant-Lion and Doodle Bug.
EVEN ants have lions. You have
no doubt passed by the won
derful dens time and again,
but have not seen them. They
look like tiny funnels. If you
look into them, you will see exposed
to view, two black, sickle-like pincers.
These are the sharp-pointed, hollow
tube jaws of the lion.
The best place to look for the fa
mous trap-setters is close to an ant
hill and in sandy places. From June
Until August you can see the winged
ant lion mothers skimming above the
sand. They are looking for a place
to lay their eggs. Usually these moth
ers wait until dusk to come out into
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the open. They lay from five te six
elliptical eggs that are creamy white
In color, and so are not easy to find.
Before Winter comes the eggs hatch.
Such queer looking babies! They are
•hort, broad and yellowish gray. Their
heads have the most fierce-looking
jaws, extending for some distance.
And though they have six legs (as
all insects do) only the hind ones
•eem to be of much use to them.
As soon as a baby ant lion, or rather.
It is now called a larva, or better still,
« doodle-bug, finds itself in the big,
wide world, it starts excavating Its den.
The youngster begins to plow into
the sand by moving in a circle, back
ward! Gradually the sand falls in
•howers on the flat head of the worker.
With a swift jerk of his head, he
•ends the sand over the top. Each
circle is smaller, and made in the re
verse order of the one before. The
walls are perfectly sloped, so that even
a breath of air will send grains of
•and tumbling down.
At the bottom of the pit, the small
engineer digs himself In and leaves
his open Jaws exposed. He is ready
cow for his dinner to drop in!
Ants, as you know, are very curious.
They come along investigating every
Inch of sand. Peering over the walls
of the ant lion's den, they lose their
balance and begin to slide. The lion,
feeling the grains of sand pelting his
bead, decides to hasten matters and
■ends up ihowers of sand with a flip
and a snap of his efficient head.
This is usually too much for the
turprised ant, who goes tumbling down
tato the waiting jaws below. The
lictim is dragged under the sand. The
lance-like points of the hollow-tube
jaw* fasten about her, and in a short
time the lion has drained her body
of it· life-blood and piling the withered
frame upon his square head, the lion
give· It a quick, strong flip over the
wall! He takes no chances on fi
meals seeing discarded prey.
The amount of food the tra
I» -«bl· to saare governs the length
of time the lion takes to grow up.
iMaitttfUiUKUMtt
Finally, the little lion decides to take
a rest. A wrapper of silk is woven,
and as he has only a limited supply,
he mixes the outside of his garment
with sand. Inside of his cozy com
partment he passes the Winter. Three
weeks before it is time for him to
emerge as a winged fairy, he cuts a
hole through the side of his wrapper.
At the end of this time, the garment
splits, and it does not seem possible
so large an insect could have occu
pied so small a cell.
However, with a few deep, long
breaths, the short abdomen takes on
length. The crumpled wings unfurl
and dry, and before your eyes the
exquisite creature waves its transpar
ent and glistening wings in thé sun
shine.
In the country the boys have much
fun "singing" to the doodle-bug. It
has been believed by many of them
that it was their voice that charmed
the pit-diggers to dance at the bot
tom of the tien. What happened was
this: The singer's breath started the
grains of sand to rolling down the
steep walls. The lion, thinking an
ant was prowling along the walls,
decides to make it impossible for his
victim to get a foothold. So he sends
up showers of sand grains, and he is
so excited that his antics have been
construed as dancing. The magic
words of the song are "Doodle-bug,
mummy-bug, come out and dance!"
I assure you that you can get the
same results by sending a few grains
down the precipice, in case you do
not care to sing
(Copyright 1034.)
Yorkshire Pudding.
Pour a popover mixture into a
small dripping pan which has been
greased with plenty of beef fat, bake
in a very hot oven until puffed and
brown, then at medium heat until
cooked through; altogether for about
20 minutes, basting every five min
utes with the fat from the roast beef
pan.
The Debunker
BY JOHN HARVEY FCRBAY.Ph.D.
qpHERE Is no reason why opposltes
should not attract each other,
yet statistics show that, as far as
marriage is concerned, they do not.
Studies of hundreds of marriages re
veal the fact that people usually
marry their own type, rather than
How It Started
BY JEAN NEWTON.
To Be an Argus.
"He was a regular Argue," It Is
said of a former Secretary of the
Treasury of the United States, who,
incidentally, antagonized many people
because of his watchful and vigilant
guardianship of his trust.
This metaphorical use ο I "Argus"
is a reference to Creek antiquity.
The allusion Is to the fabulous be
ing. Argus, who vu said to have
a hundred eyes.
Argus was set by Juno to watch
Io, who was having one of those
Greek god-love affairs with Juno's
husband, Jupiter.
Argus was finally killed by Mer
cury and his eyes were placed in the
peacock's tail!
(Copyright, 1934.)
Little Benny
I
BY LEE PAPE.
YlfE WAS waiting for Nora to ring
the dinner bell for supper and
pop sneezed about δ sneezes, saying,
There I go again, I'm getting another
one of my nice long dependable colds.
It's Just going to love me, it will stick
to me through thick and thin, it's
going to be steadfast and true and
stick to me more and more faithfully
the more I do to discourage it. It's
going to have the most forgiving na
ture, in fact even if I kick it out it
will come humbly back again, he said.
Now Willyum be sensible, ma said.
Where would I be today ii I allowed
every litttle slite petty thing to pray
on my mind? Just tell yourself that
it doesn't amount to a row of 2 pins,
and as a result it really wont. That's
been proved by sycology, she said.
Wich just then Nora rang the din
ner bell for supper and we went down,
being stuff chickin, and ma started
to carve it, saying, Now, this is the
last straw, bas none without excep
tion. That butcher has sent me an
other tuff fowl and you'll have to stop
in there and speak to him yourself
Willyum, much as you'd rather eat
tufT chickin and say nothing like a
proverbial meeky Moses.
Why not just tell yourself that it's
tender, and so it «will be, pop said.
Why, the very egg that this berd
stepped out of was so tender that the
shell fell apart at the very ferst peck
instead of waiting for the usual β and
a half pecks. And all through its
young life, for it was cut down in its
prime, thus accounting for the prime
meat, this chickin never lost that
bewtiful tenderness. Every werm it
swallowed brawt a tear to Its eye and
a lump to its gizzerd. So how. telling
myself all that, can I imagine this
chickin isn't practically melting be
fore it gets to my mouth? pop said.
I'll see that butcher myself, in per
son and no telefone, ma said.
And she kept on eating her chickin
with mad expression and pop kept
on eating his with a loving one.
Uncle Ray
Tom Thumb.
'T'HERE never was a "Tom Thumb"
—a little boy who walked and
talked, even though he was "as small
as a thumb"—but there is an old
English legend about such a boy.
Tom Thumb, we are told, was born
into the family of a poor farmer, who
lived in a little cottage. His parents
had a hard time keeping track of
him, since he was so small.
One day when Tom was near his
mother while she was milking a cow.
he was mistaken for something to eat
by the cow, and only good fortune—
and his cry of alarm—saved him.
The person, or persons, who made
up the Tom Thumb stories did not
seem to care whether any one would
believe them or not. The tales go on
to tell of a long train of events which
took little Tom to the court of King
Arthur, where he was well received.
When, at last, he asked to go home,
so that he might see his father and
mother again, the King told him that
he could go into the treasury and
take away "all that he could carry."
There is a touch of humor in this
part of the adventures, for all that
Tom could carry was a silver three
penny coin. Struggling under this
burden, he reached home, very tired,
indeed.
Later Tom asked to go back to King
Arthur's court, and his mother said
that he could do so. She gave him
a tiny umbrella, blew her breath to get
him started, and away he sailed
through the air until he came to
King's palace. All were pleased to
TOM THUMB ON HIS FATHER'S
KNEE.
see him. He was made a knight and
was given a mouse to ride on.
The verses of old English ballads
tell the story of Tom Thumb.
"An oak-leaf hat, he had for his
crown," says one verse. "His shirt
of web by spiders spun, with jacket
wove of thistledown; his trousers were
of feathers done."
When he died, 'tis said that these
words were placed on his tombstone:
"Here lies Tom Thumb, King Ar
thur's knight, who died by a spider's
cruel bite. He was well known in
Arthur's court, where he afforded
gallant sport. He rode at tilt and
tournament, and on a mouse a-hunt
ing went." 1
A real person who went by the name
of "Tom Thumb" was born in Connec
ticut in 1337. He was displayed to
the public by Barnum, and was ad
vertised as being "just 2 feet tall."
At the age of 25 a measurement
showed that he had a height of 31
inches, not a great deal, but much
more than the Tom Thumb of legend.
(For general Interest section of
your scrapbook.)
Seven Wonders of the World! Do
you know what they are? Would
you like to know more afcout them?
If so, write to Uncle Ray to ask for
his "Seven Wonders" leaflet, and en-j
close a 3-cent, stamped envelope, ad· '
Dorothy Dix Says
Give Husband His Head at Fifty, Lest He
Kick Over the Traces, Is Sound
Advise to Wife.
DEAR MISS DIX—I have been married for 30 years to a man
whom I still adore. I have given him three fine eons of whom
he is very proud. I have been a good mother, a good wife, a
good homemaker. I have saved my husband's money and
helped him succeed. I am good-looking, still have my figure
and dress well. I have kept up with the times and am In no way dull
or drab or a back number. But at middle age, my husband has sud
denly tired of me and wants to be free. He says he Is In love with no
other woman, but he Juet doesn't want to be bound down by domestic
ties, and me to divorce him. What shall I do? MARION.
Answer: I should say that your best plan would be to ask him to
agree to a separation of a year. Tell him that you have no desire
to hang on to a man who regards you as an incumbrance and wishes
to be rid of you, but that before he messes up your life and his life and
the children's lives with a divorce, you want him to be sure that he
really wants one.
TT IS a very common thing for men In the turbulent 50s, which appeara
to be the age of indiscretion, to have domesticity pall upon them.
They get suddenly side and tired of it, as they do of their business or
their professions, and crave a change. They long for liberty and free
dom to enjoy themselves. They want to be able to come and go as
they please, without giving an account to any one.
The very thought of having to go home every night to the same
dinner and see the same wife across the table and spend the evening
talking over the same old subjects fills them with the same disgust as
does the thought of punching the same old time clock at the office or
trying the same old law cases or going to see the same old patienta.
W/HILE this mood lasts, many a man gets a divorce from hla wife
" or retires from business and generally with the same disastrous
result The freedom that he longed for tums to dust and ashes on his
lips 'He Is lonely and miserable without his old wife and bored to
death with nothing to do. The flappers who seemed so glamorous, when
he was fenced oft from them in the domestic fold, he finds to be
silly little chits, with whom he has nothing In common, just as he finds
that the idleness that seemed so desirable when he was busy becomes
an Insupportable burden when he has nothing to do but kill time.
But you cannot argue with a man whose matrimonial fetters have
begun to chafe, and who thinks that he would be perfectly happy
If he were free of them. The more you cling to him, the more anxious
he will be to break away from you. The more you weep and wear the
martyr look, the more eager he will be to go where it is gay and there
Is laughter Instead of tears. The more you reproach him, the more
quickly he will flee from the sound of your voice.
THE only thing that will bring him back to his seizes Is experience.
Let him find out what it is to exchange a real Tiome for a hotel
or a club. Let him miss the ministrations of a wife. Let him have
to order his own food, keep up with his own clothes, send for a trained
nurse when he Is sick. Let him lack the million and one things that
a wife has done so long for his comfort that he does not even know
she does them.
Above all, let him have to turn to strangers who are not Interested
In him or his affairs, who have no common background with him. for
society. Then he will find out the worth of a wife and the price of
divorce. I believe that nine-tenths of the divorces could be stopped
if men and women trjed a year's separation before they took the final
decisive step. DOROTHY DIX.
* * * *
T~\EAR MISS DIX—I think I love my girl because she has a depth
of character immeasurable. She Inspires me with self-confidence.
She is appreciative of my pet ideas. She likes to listen to me and
enjoys my obnoxious pipe. She fills me with ambition to do great
deeds. It Is glorious to be with her and torture to be parted. But
she does not thrill me unreasonably. Am I Justified in saying I love
her? A. M. A.
Answer: If you have found a girl who listens while you talk,
who burns incense before you, who yes-yesses your pet ideas and stands
for a pipe, you have certainly been lucky, and should love her and
thank your stars for having got a girl beyond price.
T»ALPITATIONS are no sign of love. They are oftener an indication
of indigestion than a proof of the grand passion. Besides, they do
not last. You can't go on thrilling over the touch of a hand or growing
hot and cold at the sound of a footstep when you are married to them
and they become the commonplace of everyday life.
Besides, not everybody is built along highly emotional lines or is
deeply romantic. They are constitutionally Incapable of thrilling and
if they wait to experience the hectic fevers described by novelists they
will never marry. A marriage that Is based on congeniality is far more
likely to be happy than one that rests upon passing thrills.
DOROTHY DIX.
<C|iDyrlïht. 1834 Λ
Bedtime Stories
BY THORNTON W. BURGESS.
Mrs. Quack's Story.
The troubles of our own «row small
When others tell what them befall.
—Peter Rabbit.
THERE were times when Peter
Rabbit thought that no one
had troubles equal to his own:
that no one had as hard a
time as he did. So you see,
Peter was very much like most ot us.
Many times had he been sorry for
himself. But when he heard the story
that Mrs. Quack the Mallard Duck
told, such troubles and dangers as
he had had seemed of small account.
Mr. and Mrs. Quack had arrived
only that morning from their Summer
home in the Far North. Peter had
come over to the Smiling Pool to visit
Jerry Muskrat. He had been delighted
to find the Quacks there, for they
were old friends. Almoet since he
could remember they had visited the
Smiling Pool twice each year, once
on their way North in the Spring and
again on their way South in the
Autumn. He had noticed that they
looked very tired and had said so.
Both had admitted that they had had
a long and dangerous journey, with
few opportunities to rest because of
the hunters with their terrible guns.
All the time Peter was aware that
there was something that didn't seem
quite right. Suddenly it came to him.
They were alone. That wâs it, they
were alone. Always on previous visits
on their way South they had brought
their children and usually some
friends with them. Peter looked as
best he could among the rushes,
thinking to see some of them hidden
there. At last he ventured an inquiry.
"Where are the children?" he asked.
Mrs. Quack shook her head sadly.
"We haven't any this year," she re
plied in a low voice.
Peter wondered if they had been
shot by the hunters on their way
down but he didn't like to ask. "per
haps they are coming later," he ven
tured.
Again Mrs. Quack shook her head.
"We haven't any," she repeated.
"Were all killed by thoee terrible
guns?" Peter blurted out.
Once more Mrs. Quack shook her
head. "No," said she. "None lived
to grow up."
"Do you mean all were killed while
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"WHERE ARE THE CHILDREN?"
HE ASKED.
they were babies?" Peter uked In a
horrified tone.
"They died," replied ^Irs. Quack,
«Imply. W
"How dreadful 1" cried Peter.
"They never had a chance from the
an. thty h^d." «MU..* Μ».
rain down this way the last Sum
mer?"
"There were times when tt was
rather dry, but nothing very bad," re
plied Peter.
Mrs. Quack sighed. "I wish we
had remained here instead of going
up to our regular nesting ground."
said she. "Up there there was no
rain for weeks and weeks. It was dry.
dry, dry. The marshes dried up. All
the little ponds dried up and the
larger ones grew smaller and smaller.
Only a few of my eggs hatched aud
by the time these did there was no
water near and of course no food. I
tried to lead the babies to the nearest
water, but it was too far. They are
too weak. It was dreadful. All
around were others no better o.l.
Only those who had nested near some
large body of water succeeded In rais
ing any children this year and even
these had a hard time. Never in all my
life have I known anything like it
and may I never know anything like
it again. Even we older Ducks, who
could fly, had hard work to get food
and none of us had enough. There
are few young Ducks to come South
this year, Peter Rabbit, and few of
the older ones in good condition fur
the long journey."
"And as If that wasn't enough,
there are more of those terrible guns
all along the way than ever before,"
interrupted Mr. Quack, bitterly. "How
we ever got here I don't know. I
really don't. And I don't know how
we are going to get down to our
Winter home. It will be guns, guns,
guns, terrible guns all the way." He
shivered.
(Copyright. 1934.)
Grapefruit Salad.
This Is appropriate for the salad
course of the Thanksgiving dinner, or
it may be served as a part of the
supper meal. Mix long, cut-out sec
tions of fine grapefruit with peeled
and seeded white grapes which have
been soaked for an hour or so In
white grape juice. Arrange on In
dividual plates of crisp lettuce, add
ing two or more balls made from
cream cheese which has been nicely
seasoned and moistened with thick
cream. Serve with French dressing
or a fruit-salad dressing made as fol
lows: Mix together two lightly beaten
eggs, a quarter of a cupful each of
sugar, fruit sirup and lemon juice,
and cook in a double boiler until It
thickens like custard, stirring all the
while. Add half a teaspoonful of
salt. Any sirup from canned fruit
may be used, although pineapple is
especially delicious.
My Neighbor Sayi:
To remove finger marks from
polished furniture, use a piece of
chamois wrung out of cold water
and polish with dry chamois.
A little hot milk added gradu
ally to potatoes when mashing
will make them light and fluffy.
When using sour milk or cream
in making cookies or doughnuts,
mix them up the night before
and set them in the refrigerator.
They will roll out with less flour,
will be light, and keep moist
much longer than by the usual
method.
Oysters and fresh fish should
be kept very cold. X)ysters may
be put into a covered Jar and
buried In cracked Ice.
—^ίϋίίϊϊίΑ!—
Acorn Season
BY D. C. PEAT TIE.
Now » that season when the
•corns fall and germinate. The
first spell of November rains sets
them to sprouting, the embryo com
ing to life, and sending 1U little root
down into the ground. The powerful
pull of the root often drags the acorn
upright, ao that, in places, the ground
is littered with the nuta of our com
mon oaks, standing mysteriously on
end!
Now the seed will anchor Itself
firmly. With the coming of Spring,
the first leaves, the thick cotyledons,
will absorb the starchy reserves of the
seed itself, giving place, In turn, to
the true leaves. So the oak begins
upon Its 300 years of life or more.
Of course, the mortality in acorns
Is terrific. The squirrels devour them,
yet often only for the purpose of get
ting at the grub of the acorn weevil.
I constantly find acorns that seem
only to have been nibbled, and it is
small wonder, if a grub tastes better
than an acorn. ·
Anything more tannic, astringent,
or bitter I cannot imagine. In most
cases, I should say, the squirrels do
more to help the osks than not, for
who can imagine that they remember
all or even a tithe of the places that
they bury their nuts? Not one of
our common squirrels actually carries
acorns to the tree nest for the Win
ter, there to devour them wholly, so
that, with burying the nuts and for
getting them, and devouring the
dangerous acorn weevil, the squirrel
is the oak's best lriend.
Sonnysayings
BY FANNY Y. CORY.
Drar.dpa say he made gome terrible
sacerflces t' get his education. Well I
ain't we all?
(Copyright, 1934.)
Diet Habits
BY JAMES W. BARTON, M. D.
VOU are reading so much about the
terrible mistakes modern man Is
making in regard to food that you
wonder how much of It is true. Un
fortunately. much of what is written
about our bad diet habits is only too
true; but, on the other hana. there
are some mistakes ourt forefathers
made which we do not make.
Prof. L. Jean Bogert, Kansas State
Agricultural College, an expert on nu
trition, has put our good and bad
habits into two main groups.
Good habits:
Eating breakfast regularly, but not
eating too much at this meal.
Making lunch or supper from sim
ple. easily digested foods.
Eating considerable fruit, especially
for breakfast.
Tendency to use lighter desserts
(such as dried or fresh fruits, nuts,
cheese, simple puddings).
Tendency to use more soups, espe
cially thick soups, made with milk
and vegetables.
Tendency to more liberal use of
salads.
Tendency to more use of leafy and
succulent vegetables.
Use of kidney, liver, heart.
Use of some whole-grain products.
Taking more raw foods.
Taking more foods which need
chewing.
This is certainly an improvement
over the diets of even 30 years ago.
However, our bad habits in diet are
many. They are :
Eating too much.
Eating too much meats, sweets, con
centrated and refined foods.
Failure to appreciate less highly
flavored foods.
Failure to use sea foods and less
expensive cuts of meat.
Extravagant use of some expensive
foods—poultry, meat, butter.
Using too little milk, cheese and
leafy vegetables.
Excessive fondness for hot breads,
rich desserts, cold foods, soft drinks.
Drinking too much coffee.
Taking insufficient lunch (or break
fast).
Eating too fast.
I believe that if we study these two
groups we will find that they about
fit our modern diet habits.
Chicken With Oysters.
Split down the back and remove
the breast bone from a broiler or
frying size chicken. Lay out flat skin
side up in a roasting pan. Dredge
with melted butter, salt and pepper.
Cover closely and cook in a hot oven
until tender. Then pour over it one
cupful of cream and two cupfuls of
small oysters which have been drained
and cleaned. Cover again and cook
in a moderate oven until the oysters
have frilly edjes, or for about 15 min
utes. Serve sizzling hot with minced
parsley or paprika sprinkled over the
top.
Jolly Polly
A Little Chat on Enfilait.
BY JOS. J. FKISCH.
BLUE BLOOD, AS WELL AS SILK
STOCKINGS, RUN IN OUR BEST,
, FAMILIES. <
&
\Si·
M. D.—"Blue blood, as well as silk
stockings, runs In our best families,"
is the correct form. Notice that the
singular verb "runs" agrees with the
singular subject "blue blood." We
may also say '#k stockings, as well
as blue blood, run in our hnt famli·
lies." In this case the plural verb
Who Are You?
The Romance of Your Name
BY RUBY HA SKIN S ELLIS.
%
^elfjam
Τ" HIS family Is traced to Hertford
shire, England, where there are
three parishes so named, Pelham
Brent. Pelhmm-Stocking and Pelham
Furneaux. In one of these localities |
the old and honorable family of Pel
ham originated, "where anciently,"·
say» the historian, "was a castle."
The Pelhams used for their coat
armor a shield of blue on which were
blazoned three pelicans vulnlng them
selves. For a crest, a peacock In its
pride. Motto—Vinclt amor patriae.
It also appears that In the church
windows in one of the parishes of Pel
ham, pelicans were painted.
During the period following the
Norman Conquest, the Castle of Pel
ham was possessed by De Pelhams,
and some authorities hold that this
family was descended from one Ralph,
who was In possession of this lordship
In the time of Edward the Confessor.
This family was early represented
In America by Herbert Pelham, who
came from Lincolnshire, England, to
Cambridge, Mass., in 1038. He was
granted land In Salisbury, Mass., In
1644. He was the first treasurer of
Harvard College. John Pelham, his
brother, located In Boston, Mass. His
brother, William, lived In Sudbury,
Mass., but later returned to England,
as did Herbert. Penelope Pelham, the
daughter of Herbert, married Gov. Jo·
slah Winslow.
Pelhams are now found living In
many sections of the United States.
(Copyrlsht. 1934.)
Conquering Contract
BY P. HAL SIMS.
Mr. Sims is universally acclaimed the
greatest living contract and auction
player. He was captain of the renowned
"Four Horsemen" team, now disbanded,
and has won 24 national champion·
ships since 1924. These articles are
based on the Sims system, which
includes the one-over-one principle,
which the Sims group of players was
the first to employ and develop.
Timing Factor Again.
IN BOTH rubber bridge and dupli
cate, a player may fall to make
a safety play without any serious
damage resulting from his lapse.
Unfortunately, the tenth time In
evitably comes along and a sure con
tract Is set. For example, take to
day's hand:
* A-J-z
w χ
♦ K-Q-x-x-x-x
* J-X-X
4 10-X-X-X- * K-x
x-x Ν » A-X-X-X
Ψ K-10-X-X W+E ♦ A-X-X
♦ χ s + Q-10-x-x
* x-x
A Q-x
V Q-J-9-X
♦ J-10-x
A A-K-x-x
The bidding:
South— West— North-- East—
Pass Pass 1 Dia. Pass
2 Ν. T. Pass 3 Ν. T. Pass
Pass Pais
North gambled slightly on his hold
ings, but if he signs off by bidding
three diamonds, South will bid three
no trumps anyway. The opening lead
was a small spade. South noted that
if the spade finesse worked, four no
trumps was cold. Therefore, he
ducked the trick in dummy and as
a result went down at three no
trumps. East naturally returned a
small heart; West won Souths queen
with the king and played back a
small heart. By this method of play
ing the hand the defense took three
heart tricks, a spade and a diamond.
South must drive out the ace of
Nancy Page
Can Sugar Crystals Be Called
Cross and Crown ?
BY FLORENCE LA GANKE.
lv block 'sugar crystals' for It came
from the sweetest town In Texas.
Mrs. E. Mahan of Honey Grove, Tex
ts the generous donor. She tells me
that she has just finished making a
quilt with this pattern. In the old
time books It Is known as 'Cress and
Crown.' I think you can see why. As
I have developed it for you I am sug
gesting that the crowns be made of
prints, the background of white with
the cross made of a plain color. It
is possible to make each crown of a
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different print. Or those opposite each
other in the block may be made alike.
Or all the crowns and the cross may
be made of one plain color or one
print.
"It seems to me It Is wise to set
this together with a lighter color
material than Is used In the cross.
And in setting the blocks together
I would break the strips at each
corner of the block. Use a square of
white."
The Nancy Page Quilt Club mem
bers clipped the picture and directions
and sent for the cutting leaflet. This
pattern gives the pieces full size, but
makes no allowanoe for seams. These
may be added when cutting the pieces.
Nancy suggested that the various
patches be transferred to lightweight
cardboard. Then the cardboard pat
terns are laid on the material. A pen
cil mark is made around the outline
of each block. In cutting, the scis
sors go one quarter inch beyond the
pencil mark. The space between the
pencil mark and the cut edge is taken
up in the seams. By sewing on the
pencil marks you are sure that the
pieces will all be of uniform size, even
if some one else helps you to piece the
blocks.
Start the seams in one-quarter Inch
from the edges and from the ends
of the pieces. In this way you are
able to press the seams open and flat
after the work is finished.
Be sure the thread has a firm knot
at the end and take three or four
firm back stitches to finish the seam.
For a full-size bed make a top
90 by 96 or 106 inches long. For a
three-quarter size bed, decrease width
to SO. For (ingle bed have top 72
inches vide.
The actual datura for "Cross and
■
"T> Ε ALL Y I should have called this
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diamond* before the opponents get
together on the heart suit. By going
up with the ace of spades he is as
cured of five diamonds, two clubs and
either a heart or a spade. The only
possible card combination that will set
him is for West to hold the ace, king,
ten of hearts and for East to show
up with the ace of diamonds and the
king of spades. If the cards are dis
tributed that way, however, South
might as well fold up. He can't make
the contract anyway.
Having opened an aggressive minor
suited hand, lacking tops—such as
the North hand—some players would
pass South's bid of two no trump·.
The fact that South can make game
on the hand, although he does not
hold an opening bid, is enough to
prove that a superabundance of cail·
tion does not pay.
Tomorrow'· Hand.
* K-Q-J-x-x-x-x
» None
♦ None
+ A-K-Q-x-x-x
* x-x-x * None
Ψ K-X-X Ν Ψ J-10-β-β
* K-J-10- W+E χ-χ.χ
X-X S ♦ A-Q-x
* J * X-X-X
* A-10-x
Ψ A-Q-x
♦ x-x-x-x
+ x-x-x
This hand was played In a recent
duplicate tournament, and only one
pair reached the lay-down grand
slam in spades. Why was that?
Mr. Sims will answer all Inquiries on
contract that are addressed to this nen·»
velope sell-addressed, stamped en
(Copyrlght. 1934J
Everyday Psychology
BY DE. JESSE W. SPROWLS.
The New Age.
'"J"'HE "new age" is just coming in.
If it doesn't come in, the ma
chine will kill the man that made It.
That's the gist of modern psychology
—the problem oi creating healthy
minds.
The new age, it seems, impose» a
definite set of responsibilities upon
each individual. These responsibilities
are scattered all along from the cradle
to the grave. As the psychologist see·
it, these responsibilities are:
1. Some one must find ways to give
the coming generation a chance to
express its natural tendencies In ft
natural way.
2. Some one must give children a
chance to play.
3. As the child grows up, he most
be taught to work as if he were still
at play.
4. The individual will have to learn
to keep his mind on one thing at a
time. For we are in an age of spe
cialization.
5. The individual must learn to face
difficulties frankly. He must recog
nize that life has its problems from
which there is no escape.
6. The Individual must learn to tol
erate his fellows. Classes seem to be
gradually disappearing. This has
happened before In the history of the
world. And history seems to repeat
itself.
(Copyright. 1934.)
Date-Nut Pudding.
Cream five tablespoonfuls of short
ening with half a cupful of sugar.
Add one well-beaten egg, then alter
nately one cupful of milk and two
and one-fourth cupfuls of flour, three
and one-half teaspoonfuls of baklnq
powder and one-fourth teaspoonful οί
salt sifted together. Add 20 dates
finely chopped and half a cupful of
chopped walnuts floured. Steam in
a greased pudding dish, or in Indi
vidual molds, for two hours, protect
ing the pudding with waxed paper.
Serve warm with lemon or vanilla
sauce, as preferred.
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Into a pint bottle, pour 2V4 ounce·
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ments until dissolved. No cooking
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Instantly you feel its penetrating ef
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Pinex is a highly concentrated com
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erations for its healing effect on
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