Evening star. [volume], March 03, 1936, Page B-11, Image 31

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Bedtime Stories
Mrs. Blacky Listens.
BY THORNTON W. BURGESS.
Those folk who dearly love to talk
At listening ^th^Nature.
((j tow do you do, my dear,’
I_I said Blacky the Crow tc
| 1 Mrs. Blacky, who had just
A A returned to the Greer
Forest after spending some weeks ir
the South.
Mrs. Blacky looked at him sharply
*1 do very well,” said she, “but what
Is the matter with you? What are
you hanging your head for? Whj
don’t you appear glad to see me2
What trouble have you been getting
Into?”
”1 am glad to see you,” replied
Blacky. He was, and he wasn’t, you
know. “I am glad to see you," he re
peated. “Of course I am. I’ve beer
r /
•“WHAT'S HAPPENED TO YOUF
TAIL?” DEMANDED MRS
BLACKY.
waiting and waiting for you to re
turn." Without thinking. Blackj
spread his tail just for an instant.
"What’s happened to your tail?’
demanded Mrs. Blacky, whose sharp
eyes had not missed the gap made bj
the missing feathers.
Blacky hung his head a little lower
•‘I—I met with an accident,” said he
"So I judge,” remarked Mrs. Blackj
tartly. “Who was the accident? Tai
feathers are not lost unless they ar<
pulled out. Who did it? Who was
6mart enough to get near enough t<
you to pull out your tail feathers?”
"Hooty the Owl,” confessed Blacky
snd hung his head a little more.
Mrs. Blacky opened her mouth t(
express her opinion of Blacky for noi
being smart enough to keep out o:
reach of Hooty the Owl, but seeing how
ashamed and unhappy Blacky looked
she contented herself with demandini
that he tell her the whole story.
So Blacky did. He told her how h<
had discovered that Hooty and Mrs.
Hooty had taken for their own the
nest that he and Mrs. Blaeky had
built the year before. Mrs. Blacky's
eyes snapped when she heard this, but
she said nothing. Then Blacky told
how he had perched nearby and
waited for an opportunity to see the
eggs of Mr. and Mrs. Hooty, and how
he had hoped that he might be able
to steal those eggs. He told her how
Mrs. Hooty had left the nest and how
it had appeared that Mr. Hooty was
not near.
"That was my mistake," said Blacky.
"I simply didn’t see him, but he saw
me. I flew over that nest, looking
down at the eggs, and before I realized
what was happening Hooty was strik
ing at me. You know how he can fly
without making a sound."
Mrs. Blacky nodded and Blacky
continued. “I guess I am lucky to be
here at all,” said he. “That was one
of the narrowest escapes that I ever
had. I was fortunate to escape with
just the loss of a few feathers. I
wouldn’t mind so much if it hadn’t
been my own fault. The'reason I
didn’t answer you when you began
to call, my dear, was because I was
ashamed to have you see me.”
"Were a couple of tail feathers and
some of the feathers out of your coat
all you lost?” asked Mrs. Blacky.
Blacky didn’t reply to this. He
simply spread one wing. It was a
sorry looking wing. Two big flight
feathers were missing. Blacky hung
his head again. Mrs. Blacky made
no comment. Instead, she began to
talk briskly, as if nothing at all had
happened.
"That nest of ours was a good nest,”
said she, “but I had made up my mind
that we wouldn’t use it this year. So
Hooty the Owl and Mrs. Hooty are
welcome to it. I have another place
in mind for our nest this year. We’ll
go over and have a look at it, and
while we are doing that you can tell
me about the way you have spent the
Winter.”
So Blacky did. He told how he had
been forced to leave the Green Forest
for a while because of Whitey the
Snowy Owl and Terror the Goshawk.
He told how he had spent seme time
1 near the mouth of the Big River with
his cousin. Fish Crow. In telling her
about it he quite forgot his trouble,
and Mrs. Blacky didn’t remind him
1 of it. She was a good listener, was
: Mrs. Blacky. She just listened and
said nothing. And so Blacky quite
forgot to hang his head. In fact, he
became quite himself again, and ol
: course that is the way it should have
been.
1 (Copyright, 1030.)
Winning Contract
BY THE FOUR ACES.
(David Burnstine. Michael Gottlieb* Oswald Jacoby. Howard Schenken*
world’s leading team-of-four. inventors of the system that
has beaten every other system in existence.)
Trapping an expert.
IN A recent rubber bridge game,
Samuel Fry, jr., was East and
Oswald Jacoby, West. South was
an average good player and North
an expert of the so-called "brilliant”
school. The following hand, in which
Jacoby also got fancy, produced con
siderable fireworks, with North finally
receiving the ax.
North, dealer.
Neither side vulnerable.
A Q
¥ 10-9-6-5-2
♦ Q-10-9 <
A 10-7-5-3
Mr. Jaeoby Mr. Fry.
A A-K-J-10- N A 6-5-4
9-8-3-2 W + E V K-Q-J-8
¥7 S ♦ A-8-4
♦ 7-6-3 A Q-6-2
A 4
A 7
* A-4-3
♦ K-J-5-2
A A-K-J-9-8
me Diacnng:
North. East. South. West.
Pass Pass 1A IV
Pass 2 V 3 A 3 A
4 A 4 V 5 A Pass
Pass Dbl. Pass Pass
Kedbl. Pass Pass Pass
Mr. Jacoby’s heart overcall was one
of the old-fashioned shift bids. While
normally such a bid is dangerous, Mr.
Jacoby felt that he could return to
spades with safety, irrespective of how
high the bidding went. In the sub
sequent bidding, North and South
reached a five
, _, club contract and
HIGH OAR© Mr. jacoby de
VALUK8 cided to pass,
•f th* since he felt that
syStej?* he wouId hav€ a
arw • good chance of
.® defeating it. Mr.
, "Fry’s double de
lAtv *"iZ lighted him, and
dAOJk .... V2 whgn North re.
°* doubled, Mr. Ja
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Average Hand coby was quite
«V4 content to let the
.. hand play.
Mr. Jacoby opened the king
of spades, and as he laid down the
dummy, North explained to his part
ner, “I have a singleton spade. Ob
viously, you have one or no hearts.
This ought to be a laydown.”
The reasoning was fairly good, ex
Psychology
Admiration.
BY DR. JESSE W. SPROWLS.
Vf ANY persons spend a good deal
■LVA of time and energy trying to get
the world to like them. Perla ps
psychologists should study this human
endeavor and make out a prescription
which the majority might follow with
success. It occurs to me that the
following suggestions represent a step
In that direction.
1. Make up your mind that It is
Just as impossible as it is unprofitable
to have every one like you. Don’t
overexert yourself on first acquaint
ance. People who are worth having
as friends are generally a little slow
In forming friendships.
2. When you meet a person for the
second, third, or twentieth time, begin
talking about something that person
said to you the last time you met
him. We all like people who help
us feel that what we say is Important.
3. Avoid all references to yourself,
your possessions, other acquaintances,
and so on. The moment you call at
tention to your possessions you attract
all the attention to yourself. Most
people are sensitive about being left
out of the picture. Their reaction is
bound to be negative.
4. Avoid finding fault with others.
The moment you do this you have
demonstrated that you are not the
sort of person who is willing to take
human nature as you find it. More
lasting friendships have been formed
on the basis of known and acknowl
edged weaknesses than on known or
c.ifiumed strengths.
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tCjJli uiab o at-uwj nau vsiv usug vu»j
heart, not South.
After the king of spades held the
first trick, Jacoby shifted to his sin
gleton heart, whereupon South laid
down the ace-king of clubs, hoping tc
break the suit. When this failed, he
was forced to lose a club, a diamond
and tw’o hearts, which, with the spade
trick already won by bis opponents,
meant a three-trick set or a thousand
point penalty on a hand where East
and West could have been set at their
four-spade contract.
the Pour Aces will be pleased to answei
letters fiom readers if a stamped i-'l-centl
self-addressed envelope is inclosed will
each communication.
Onion Juice to Season.
When it conies to seasoning, there’!
no substitute for the juice of & raw
onion. To extract this juice, cut e
slice from the root end of a peelec
onion. Rub back and forth on a fine
grater. Drain off the pulp and us<
only the liquid. The pulp can be usee
when recipes call for grated onion.
Plenty of recipes call for only hall
an onion—and there's no need to tosi
away the other half or let it curl Uf
at the edges. Simply wrap it in waxec
paper and store in a cool, dry place
and it will be full of the good old
flavor when you are ready for “hall
an onion.”
Salad for Fish or Game.
The perfect salad for fish or game
is easily created. Simply arrange al
ternate slices of peeled oranges and
onions, cut wafer thin, on lettuce
French dressing adds the final touch
Sonnysayings
«1?!*. I«« lam IpkK lac. Ohm Mi .'ll
It’s so near Spring I guess I kir
let my ears out.
Smart Style
IVREN Spring comes to the city,
” one of the first signs visible
Is the change in the masculine ward
robe. Robins may serve to Indicate
the arrival of warmer weather for
country folk, hut in the city It U the
new necktie and the flowers in the
buttonholes that herald the Spring.
One of the smartest innovations
Is the polychromatic striped suit. This
suit has a solid background or one of
a herringbone pattern. The one here
has a solid background and carries
stripes of red and white on a brown
background. Polychromatic stripes
are a pronounced variation from the
ordinary chalk or pencil stripes and
provide an additional bit of color.
The gentleman In the polychromatic
striped suit is wearing a brown Hom
burg hat. The Homburg hat got its
original Impetus among the young
gentlemen of the British foreign office,
who wore them constantly. The for
eign office young men were addicted
to the black Homburg and while these
are very smart, indeed, and quite suit
able for wear with either a business
suit or dinner jacket, the brown Hom
burgs or the grey ones also make a
desirable combination with suits of
those colors.
The bold hound’s tooth checked
necktie is also a new trend. While
checks are not so prominent as stripes
in this season’s suitings they have
one of the most important positions
in neckwear. Especially smart with
this type of tie is the solid color shirt
and white starched collar.
As Spring days are notoriously un
certain, the umbrella is practical as
well as good-looking. When carefully
rolled it makes an attractive accessory
and its utilitarian advantages are well
known. ,
(Copyrisht. 1939 »
Town Hall
BY JOHN BLAKE.
IN NEW YORK’S Town Hall, and in
many other places, people have
begun to gather ^nd talk. It is
not idle talk. It consists of dis
cussions about present-day problems
which exist all over the country. And
it is just about the best tonic you can
find.
When the people are interested in
their country, their country is safe.
Demagogues will rail vainly, self-seek
ing politicians will cease from trou
bling.
Don’t get it into your head that
Congress is composed of a lot of people
who have jobs and are trying to get
better ones. If you have ever spent a
few days listening to the proceedings
of Congress, you will find that there
are some foolish people among legis
lators, but that the majority of the
members think' and work, and try as
hard as they can to Improve matters.
The Government, is no better than
me men ana women wno are in it.
These people are proud of their jobs—
the majority of them. They don’t
spend their time in log rolling.
I think the majority of them are
sincere and desirous to help needful
legislation on its way. 1 was a con
gressional reporter from time to time,
and it is my conviction, from what I
saw in the committee rooms, that the
greatest number of the members were
proud of their jobs, and eager to do
as well as they could.
There are still political bosses, it is
true. There are still play-boys in Con
gress, and there is still a sprinkling ol
dumb-bells. That cannot be helped.
But, by and large, the country gets
about what it ought to have in the way
of Representatives and Senators, and
with every term there is noticeable
improvement.
Write often to your lawmakers,
Through you they find out what the
country needs. And most of them are
more than willing to do what you want
them to do, if they can only find out
’ what that is.
Don’t worry about bosses. The pub
lic ought to be the boss. And it can
be. Above all read the congressional
proceedings in the newspapers. Read
them every day.
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Nature’s Children
Moon Jellyfish <Compass Medusa)’.
BY LILLIAN COX ATHEY.
YtfATCH for these famous jellyfish
TT this Bummer as they go drift
ing past your boat. They are the
commonest from the coast of Maine
to Florida and are beautiful to look
at w they move gracefully through
the water without seeming to make
much effort to do so. The sun, strik
ing them, causes them to sparkle like
diamonds, but at night they are more
•exquisite, for then they glow from
their own light, an eery, greenish
gold illumination. No wonder they
are often called “moonjelly." When
you slip your band into the water
where they are, the light seems to
break up Into Jewels that elude your
grasp.
The umbrella-shaped jellyfish is
one of the most wonderful residents
of the warm seas. Only about 10
inches of the fish show above the
water's surface. This part is called
the umbrella or bell, and is a yellow
ish white, with radiating streaks of a
rieh reddish brown. From the center
of the umbrella hang exquisite, fringed
portiere-like tentacles. They act as
arms and are well equipped with bat
teries. It is these that sting like fire
when you touch them.
These nettle-cells are used in self
defense, and also for stunning the
food needed by the medusa or Jelly
fish. They work with the 24 hollow
tentacles fringing the margin of the
umbrella. They may appear short
when you first see your jellyfish,
then extend several times their length
when "fishing.” Between these ten
tacle* there are I] marginal lappets
The mouth is centrally located. an<
there are four long trailing Ups cov
ered with a sticky accretion.
.The.. fertUised . eggs of the free
.swimming mooni-JeUyfish soon de
velop Into hairy ttttle active larvae
They settle down in some spot t
grow into small plantlike organlsmi
When they are mature they look Uk
a small stack of tiny jellyfish fitter
together Uke saucers. Further growtl
takes place in a remarkable fas hi or
Each little saucer Is squeezed off b:
the plantlike organism. The saueer
swim gayly away in this undevelopei
form and later mature Into free
swimming medusas or jellyfish.
But this is not all. One generatioi
1 --
is a free-swimming group, tbs other
generation is called the sessile scypls
toma and look like transparent sea
anemones. They shrink to half their
else if disturbed, but when feeling
secure they can double their girth
and encompass prey twice as large at
they are. Like the anemones, they
are stationary and must get their food
as It floats by.
It is the dead jellyfish cast up b]
1 the tide that make us shudder
Though they are offensive to the sight
and smell, they are not able to inflict
■ pain.
In spite of the fact that jellyfish
■ are about M per cent water, the Japk
> nese and others who dry these crefi
• tures cut them into stripe, and whei
■ needed, soak them in water, flavoi
1 them and use them for food.
i The name Medusa comes from
. Greek mythology. A daughter o:
r Phorcys and Ceto was beheaded bl
s Perseus. It was fixed upon the mrgii
l of Athena. Her hair, it is said, wtu
- composed of serpents and her faci
had the power of changing to atom
i any one looking upon it. The lonf
feelers muter the umbrella of the
moon-jelly' Inspired its name—Com
pose Medusa.
(Copyright. 1938.)
• How It Started
BY JEAN NEWTON.
Bonus.
rPHE boys are not getting a bonus
A after all—at least, that la what
the New York City Board of Taxes
and Assessments has discovered.
Before the deluge of protests be
gins to pour, let all concerned be
hurrjedly assured that here, as else
where, the Chinese proverb still holds
good—nothing Is as bad as it seems.
It appears that the board, fearing
■ that advantage would be taken of a
’ local law which provides that prop
i erty purchased with the “proceeds of
i a bonus granted by the United States
i for military or naval service” is to
> that extent exempt from taxation, de
: dared, Congress notwithstanding, that
the recent enactment was “adjusted
compensation”—and not a bonus, r
The board apparently counted with*!,
out its hosts who have suddenly be
come etymologically interested, point
ing out:
We have "bonus” from the identical'
Latin word meaning "good”—and ,
lit that apropos. And in the case
at point, "bonus” is properly defined
aa “money paid in addition to a stated
compensation: an allowance in addi
tion to what is usual, correct or stipu
lated."
(Coprrisbt. 1930.)
Bad Lack Strike* Hard. >
HUTCHINSON, Kan*. OP).—’/The
next time you start complaining? re
member the Newells.
Last week H. B. Newell’s haud was
broken in an accident. Six days later
Mrs. Newell suffered a stroke. The
same afternoon daughter Kathleen
broke an arm. Two days afterward
son Boyd's automobile piled up
against a tree. A leg and five ribs
were broken.
- Mothers ere so often
worried about their
families’ colds that
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Used in time—at the first sniffle,
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_lift # __
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Tests Show All-Bran Cor
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Since its introduction, some fif
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| by millions of people.
j Realizing the important relation
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These tests show that the continued
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All-Bran supplies soft “bulk*
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This tempting cereal may be en
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Ann's bed-time
quards aqainst Cosmetic
IT'S so important to remove
powder and rouge thor
w oughly! Many a girl, without
realizing it, is actually spoiling
iHl her own looks. For when cos
k| metics are allowed to choke
OF COURSE I USE A
COSMETICS J BUT
THANKS TOlWCHWUT
Soap i haven’t any
FEAR OF GETTING
Cosmetic Skin
the pores, unattractive Cos
metic Skin develops—dullness,
blemishes, enlarged pores.
Cosmetics Harmless if
removed this way
Follow this simple rule: Never
go to bed without using Lux
Toilet Soap. Its ACTIVE lath
er rinks pore-deep, removes
every trace of dust, dirt, stale <1
cosmetics. Then you’re ready ”
for beauty sleep—the natural
loveliness of your ridn protected.
During the day, too, before you
renew your make-up—use this
soap to keep skin flawless.
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