Indianapolis Times, Volume 34, Number 161, Indianapolis, Marion County, 16 November 1921 — Page 4

JnMana Jlaity Slimes INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA. Dai y Except Sunday, 25-29 South Meridian Stre*. Telephones—Main 3500; New, LI ncoln 8351. MEMBERS OF AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATIONS. . - „ ( Chicago, Detroit, St. Louis, Q. Logan Payne Cos. Advertising onlces j fi ew York. Boston, Payne. Burns & Snuth, Inc. MEXICO SEEMS again to be running true to form. . WHOEVER thought the end of the war would cause so little excitement? ATAMAN SEMIXOV is said to be behind an anti-red movement in Russia. Ataboy Ataman! THOSE PERS6NS who have contracts for the construction of battleihips probably think Sherman’s epithet should be applied to peace. ANOTHER EXPLOSION has wrecked a German industrial plant, i'hey are beginning to have some idea of how France must have felt. IF THE OTHER fellow isn’t going to have an effective navy, why in the flame of common sense should Uncle Sam demand the right to keep his submarines? IT WOULD BE nearer accurate to ask those prospective jurors if they think “Fatty” Arbuckle wa3 the greatest comedian in the movies, not whether they think he is the greatest comedian. GERMANY has notified the allies that it cannot make its next indemnity payment in gold marks. It might have added that if paper ones would do the printing presses could be put to work on double shifts. Mr. Shank's Program Mayor-elect Shank’s administrative program, which he has announced md which he hopes to put into operation as soon as he assumes the reins of the city government, bespeaks progress for Indianapolis if it is carried out in its entirety. Mr. Shank himself is aware, both by previous experience in the executive office and by observation of other administrations, that many difficulties will beset his path in following the ambitious program of civic betterment he has outlined, but he is well fortified for a test of strength, should ;t become necessary, by having his administrative heads and the city council solidly behind him. It is to be hoped that the city will be spared the spectacle of a council and a mayor pulling in opposite directions on important measures, such as has characterized the present regime. Mr. Shank has evinced no disposition to shirk what might be termed formidable problems and it Is to be hoped that when he enters office he will demonstrate the same purpose to force through his program that he has in announcing his intentions. One of the worst tangles Mr. Shank has elected to untie is the traffic problem which has never been satisfactorily regulated in this city. His announcement of a plan whereby downtown parking will be practically eliminated save to cars with occupants may not be the solution the public is hoping for, but almost anything will merit a trial and if the next administration is sincere in its efforts to solve the question, a readiness to correct defects, if any arise, will be manifested. A willingness to rectify errors in municipal regulations will go far toward easing the administration over bumps that have severely jolted Mayor Jewett and his officials. Mr. Shank’s call for an enlarged track elevation program, @ greater flood prevention program, the establishment of cross-town street car lines and traffic thoroughfares, if carried out, will find the next administration extremely busy. An expectant public will watch the development of the plans and the success or failure of the incoming administration will be larged gauged by the materialization of the program. Utility Rates Public utilities did not receive sufficiently high rates during the war and for this reason should not be compelled to reduce their rates at this time, in the opinion of the public service commission expressed in its annual report. Few petitions of any kind are now coming before the commission and because of its policy of not insisting on rate reductions very little business is being done. The argument of the commission may be a good one, but there are some indications to the contrary. One of these Is the fact that municipally owned utilities are almost daily asking for permission to charge lower rates. While, obviously, these utilities are not in the business for what they can get out of it, their requests for reduced rates show the trend of utility operating costs and no one is so foolish as to suppose that they would be asking reductions if they expected to lose money in the transaction. If municipally owned utilities are receiving income considerably above their operating expenses, i3 it not just as reasonable to suppose that privately owned utilities also are making a fair margin or more? It is not probable that publicly owned utilities were given more generous increases than those privately owned. In fact, the probability is in the other direction. A few days ago a municipally owned electric utility asked for a decrease amounting to about 20 per cent. If there is a privately owned utility which could stand a similar decrease without cutting into it3 funds for operation, it is receiving too much. There is no merit in the argument that because a utility lost money during the war it should be given an opportunity to profiteer now. Regardless of us record during the war, the fact remains that it got by. If it borrowed money, the rules of the commission provide that its revenues should cover the cost of interest payments and sinking funds. Anything more than a fair profit above this is not Justified. It might be well for the commission to use some of its experts to make an Investigation into utility profits and expenses while it is waiting for some one else to file a petition. Such action is contemplated by the utility law. Perhaps privately owned utilities otherwise will be just a little timid about asking to charge lower rates. Advancement No doubt, much unforeseen good will be the result of the disarmament conference, even though it does not accomplish everything that is expected. It has been said by one authority that naval wars could be prevented by abolishing the right of seizure at sea. If the nations would agree to abide by such a law, this would be one point scored toward the success of the parley. It seems that wars over boundary lines outnumber all others, and the greatest problem to be met Is that of expansion. Theoretically speaking, countries having much unpopulated land in foreign continents should be willing to dispose of some of it, on mutually agreeable terms, to those nations so congested that they cannot progress properly. On the other hund, such an overpopulated country should express perfect willingness to buy land instead of fighting for it. In this way both sides would avoid losing any men, and much money would be saved to use for advancement There should be no envy concerning surplus land, but only a belief in the old adage of “the survival of the fittest” in principles. Hard-headed diplomats may not agree, but no thinking nation would w ant it otherwise. Consider the unselfishness manifested by the United States in its attitude toward the Philippine Islands. We could retain this nation, but instead, we are teaching it to govern Itself and helping it to progress. Then take Alaska as an example. Its cost of $7,200,000 to the United States seemed tremendous at the time of purchase because of its isolation, but it has proved a good “buy,” and Russia was really glad to sell it. While this transaction did not involve the necessity for expansion, it serves to illustrate that judicious buying and selling of territory could prove a good thing. The great sums of money used to carry on war, and to maintain an army and navy in times of peace, should be used for advancement. With more money expended along the lines of education, we could provide better teaching facilities for small communities as well as the larger ones, thereby improving the standard of the people. Instead of priding ourselves on some good roads, we should have them everywhere. The roads (n many lands, and not a few in the United States, are hardly worthy of the name. The proper development of natural resources would mean great waalth to most countries. There are numerous ways in which money, now spent in a military way, could be used for the progressive good of the people. Let us hope that the final outcome of the disarmament conference will spell advancement for everybody.

SOLDIER’S SWEETHEART AIDS LEGION In Giving an Enjoyable Performance at English’s

Mile. Aimee, who is known as ‘‘the doughboy's sweetheart," Is said to be til'} only woman in the United States playing the Italian chromatic accordion. She is appearing at English's this week in connection with the presentation of the United States official World War motion pictures. Mile. Aimee renders several solo numbers at every afternoon and evening' showing. The official motion pictures show many Indianapolis and Indiana men who saw service in the front lines overseas during the war. In all the pictures show more than <><>o.ooo Americans in tho thick of battle and depict every major operation in which Americans engaged. In addition to the feature pictures. Corporal R. H. Ingleston, who "shot" most of the pictures, gives a serious and humorous lecture, and a specie' program of music also is given. An elaborate tableau symbolic of.America’s part in the World War also is staged as a prolog to the feature pictures. The entertainment is given under the Joint auspices of the Bruce Itobison and

HARDING SEEKS GERMAN TRADE President to Lose No Time in Appointing Ambassador to Berlin. WASHINGTON, Nov. 16.- Plans for going after America's share of trade with Germany are being prepared in official quarters here as the first big step following the peace proclamation. 1 tesldent Harding is understood to be anxious to bnild up an American trade irg.iclzatlon in Germnny at an early date. lie Is accordingly speeding .up plans for reestablishment of consular and diplomatic officials there. j Inquiry regarding the acceptability of Congressman Houghton, New Y'ora, for i ambassador to Germany la expected to go to Berlin at once and the President is hopeful of announcing his appointment officially within a few days. Word that Geridany prefers to send a charge d'affaires here for the present at.d delay the appointment of an r.rabavs.u'or to the United States will make no change in President Harding's plans, it was said at the White House. NAVY IN ACCORD WITH U. S. PLAN Rear Admiral Says Arms Should Be for Defense. Special to Indiana Dally Times and Philadelphia Public Ledger. PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 10.—The United States Navy Is beurttly in accord with the plans for reduction of armament ns outlined by Secretary Hughes at the Washington conference, according to Hear Artj mlral L. M Nulton, commandant of the l League Island Navy Yard, who spoke i here at the opening meeting of tho Con- ! temporary Club. I “The Navy is not at all sympathetic \ with competitive building and its dis-as-j trous effects on the Nation." said the AdI mlral. "By the very training that the \ men in the Navy receive they obtain a i greater international perspective and It Is practically universally our desire to treat the Navy as a business man takes Insurance. Enough for protection, and not so muCh that it is overburdening.

“Anns la accord with our American principles should he for defense only and resorted to as the last possible expedient. We should have a Navy sufficient to preserve ourselves in case of conflict, but only for defense. We want the smallest possible Navy for that purpose and it is entirely consistent that it be gradually reduced to a minimum as the need for it on that basis is reduced.” —Copyright. 1921, by Public Ledg>r Company. Bomb Plot Against Greek Queen Nipped LONDON, Nov. 16.—A bomb plot directed against Queen Sophia of Greece, who is en route to Salonika, was frustrated, according to a news dispntch from Vienna today. An inspector attached to the Queen’s party was killed when the plot was discovered.

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INDIANA DAILY TIMES, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 16,1921.

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Osric Mills Watkins posts of the Ameri- I can Legion and the proceeds will be used in development work by the two legion posts. -I- -I- -ISTAGE AND SCREEN. The following attractions are on view today: “The Whirl of New York" at the Murat; official war movies at English’; the Watson Sisters at 11. P. Keith's; a dance drama at the’’ Lyric; “Tho Lid Lifters," at the Park; "Camille" at | Loew’s State; “The Sting of the Lash" at the Alhnmbra; “A Man's Home" at the Colonial. "Tho Black Panther's Cub” at the Ohio; “The Wonderful Thing” at the Circle; "Two Minutes to Go” at Mis-: ter Smith’s: “The Rough Diamond" at tho Isis; “The Itde of Destiny" at the j Broadway; “Straight from the Shoulder” at the Regent, and vaudeville at tho Rialto. On Monday night “Irene” opens a week's engagement at the Murat. At English’s on Monday night Barney Berruftd opens a three day engagement In "Two Blocks Away.”

DAUGHTER , HEIR TO SPEEDOMETER WEALTH , IN SUIT Litigation Shows Real Name of Inventor O’Brien, Not Stewart. CHICAGO, Nov. 16—A pile of golden dollars, amassed under a name that was not his own, has brought about litigation over the estate of John K. Stewart, founder aiuf president of the StewartWarnor Speedometer Company, and has revealed the skeleton of an early adventurous career. Mrs. Robert B. Uoneymau. Jr., of New Y'ork, daughter of the late millionaire manufacturer of automobile accessories, Is suing for an accounting of the estate from L. H. LaChance, chairman of the board of directors of the Stewart Warner company and trustee of the Stewart estate. Mrs. Honeyman is the sole living heir to the estate, which Is yalued at more than $5,000,000. She charges Incompetence and mismanagement on the part of LaChance. Investigations resulting from the litigation have revealed that Stewart's real name was Terence O'Brien. In his early youth he followed county fairs and with two other men, invented a machine for clipping horses. In Seattle, O’Brien become acquainted with an attorney named Stewart, who aided him in getting a patent on his speedometer invention. The invention was placed on the market ns the John K. Stewart speedometer. The Stewart part came from the name of- the lawyer and the John K. was the name of a favorite race horse. O'Brien later adopted as his own the name under which hlg speedometer was marketed. He lets the West, moved to Chicago and amassed a fortune under that name. German Opera Will Be Revived in Chicago CHICAGO, Nov. 18.—German opera will be revived by the Chicago Opera Company, MisS Mary Garden, directress, announced today. “Tannhanser” will be presented here Thanksgiving day. Excitement Caused by Bomb Explosion CHICAGO, Nov. 10.—Scores of families in the Garfield Park district were frightened today by the v explosion of a bomb in a saloon ran by Gus McCartan and John Gilfeather, former policemen. Considerable damage was done to the building and McCartan was cut by flying debris. An investigation of reports that a disagreement between bootleggers was responsible for the bombing is being made by the police. AV EASELS ATTACK GIRL. CARDIFF, Wales, Nov. 18—While Lizzie Thotnas was going home from school she threw a stone at a weasel In the road. Six other weasels attacked her and had to be driven away by a farmer. WORDLESS NATIONAL ANTHEM. MADRID, Nov. 18.—Spain's wordless anthem, “La Slarcha Real,” is to be wordless no longer, If King Alfonso has his way. He has requested the poet Macquina to write suitable words.

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Keeping House With the Hoopers [The Hoopers, an average American family of five, living in a suburban town, oh a limited income, will tell the readers of the Dally Times how the many present-day problems of the home are solved by working on the budget that Mrs. Hooper has evolved and found practical. Follow them dally in an interesting review of their home life and leahi to meet the conditions of the high cost of living with them.] WEDNESDAY. The discussion as to whether Helen was to have dancing lessons with Mrs. Chapin's rather exclusive class this winter or not l came up again when Mr. and .Mrs. j Hooper sat down together in the livingroom after dinner. | “Well, have you worked out a plan by i which you can use the dollar a week that I’m determined to save on my lunches for Helen’s dancing lessons?" asked Henry as, h d pulled up Mrs. Hooper’s chair to tfie table under the light of the shaded lamp. “AA r hat do you do in business, Henry, when you want to make a transfer that will take money from one department of expenditure and put it into another?” asked Mrs. Hooper. “Supposing an emergency arises or there is a deficit to be made up.” “Well, It really isn't business-like to do It,” admitted Henry, “and.there Is always a lot of red tape involve#, and it mixes things up pretty generally.” "That is exactly what will happen with my budget if 1 try to make any such adjustment ns you suggest,” replied Mrs. Hooper positively. “I’ll upset my whole working scheme if I take four dollars a month out of my food budget and add it to my ‘advancement’ account for the pur- ! pose of expending It on dancing lessons for Helen.” “Oh, I see your conclusions from the point of view of business," said Henry Irritably, “and that's my objection to this cast iron budget of yours. It takes no account whatever of sentiment. Some-

Ye TOWNE GOSSIP Copyright, 19*21, by Star Coinir>ny. By K. C. B. I USED to know her. BEFORE SHE was married. AND AY HEN she was married. SHE CAME to New York. ON HER wedding trip. AND I met her husband. AND WE had a party. AND AFTER that. . • • THEY WENT back West. AXD A month ago. THEY CAME to New York. * * * ff TO M AKE their home. AND RENTED a place. ON RIVERSIDE Drive. AND THE other day. SHE TELEPHONED ... A AND ASKED us down. • • AND TOLD us the number. AND WHEN she'd have dinner. AND AVE drove down. AND ON the way. IT OCCURRED to me. THAT I had forgotten. HER MARRIED name. • • • AND I askod my w!f\ • • • AND SHE didn't know. • • * AND ANYWAY. ... j AVE STOPPED at the house. ... AND I went In, • * * AND TOLD the boy. ... ; AT THE telephone board. • ... THE MESS we were in. 1 AND HE named six families. • • • THAT lIAD all moved in. * • ON OCTOBER 1. ... AND NONE of the names. ... WERE FAMILIAR to me, ■ • • AND HE called them all tip. ... | AND ONLY three answered. • • * AND NONE of the three. • • • WERE EXPECTING company. * • • AND WE went away. * * • TO A restaurant. * • * AND HAD our dinner. ... AND FLORENCE told me. * * * SHE READ my column. ... AND I’M writing this. .... TO LET her know. ... AVIIY AVE didn’t show up. ... IT'S THE only way. WE CAN ever find her. AND AVE’VE got to find her. ... TO SQUARE ourselves. ... I THANK you.

times, you know, I feel just like going uptown and spending the entire contents of my pay envelope for something foolish and then seeing your budget stagger under the body blow." " “Oh, Henry!” exclaimed Mrs. Hooper reproachfully. “You'd never have the heart to do anything like that and your inclination to revolt against a system that has proved such a life saver to us all these years would really not last till you got uptown.” “I’m not so sure,” answered Henry rebelllousiy. “I can’t bear to think of Helen's disappointment about not being able to join that class, and when the only thing that will keep her from it is your insistence on not spending a cent for anything that yon haven't scheduled, it puts me all out of patience.” Sirs. Hooper decided to ignore this last remark of Henry’s to avoid further discussion and after a few minutes said calmly: “I have been feeling quite as distressed a9 you have atout Helen’s ! disappointment if I have to tell her she can’t Join the dancing class, and I haven't said a word to her, hoping that there would bo some way out of the difficulty. Since you suggested that you would turn hack a dollar to my food account, that w*iil take care of a few extra things Betty will need, and there will be no further drain on my advancement account for medicine, and if it were not for paying the Installments on the doctor’s bill, I’d manage it all right.” “There is one detached bit of money that I've just thought of that will help out a little with that doctor's bill," said Henry suddenly. "You know from those two. SSO Liberty bonds that we succeeded in buying on the installment plan in 1918, we have never clipped any of the interest coupons, so whatever is coming to us on those has accumulated.” “That is true,” answered Mrs. Hooper. "I’d really forgotten about that but—- — “Now, don't tell me that belongs in one ! of your Items and can't be touched to ; help Helen out,” Henry exclaimed j quickly. “It Is figured as part of our income,” ! added Mrs. Hooper, “but it certainly can ; be applied to tho doctor's bill and while It won't be a very great deal it will help, j and perhaps we can decide to use part ; of the savings account for such an enter- ; geney and use that dollar a wijpk for ; Helen.” “I’d be almost inclined to sell one of those bonds to straighten things up,” said Henry, “then you wouldn't have to : be worried trying to manage on such a small margin.” “ “Oh, no we mustn't sell thr.ije bonds un- i less we are really desperate,” exclaimed Mrs. Hooper, “it was far too hard to get ■ them to part with them lightly. I'll try and manage about Helen some way be- ; cause not only do I think she should ; learn how to dance when she Is young because it is a graceful accomplishment, 1 but I hate to deprive her of the association of the little group of children that Mrs. Chapin Is assembling.'' , “And it would seem too absurd for us to have to say we can’t afford It,” said Henry, “when tho fathers of most of those children are not earning much more than I am.” “I shall he interested to see when I go back to the club and take up the subject of practical budgets with these women as to just how they intend to reconcile their $.3 a week allowed for ad- j vanceinent wirli the expenditure of $1 a j week for dancing lessons for their chil- | dren,” concluded Mrs. Hboper smiling wisely. BREAKFAST Orange Juice Cereal French Toast Poached Eggs Coffee LUNCHEON Fish Cakes Jelly Sandwiches Fruit Milk DINNER Cream of Celery Soup Fried Sausage and Apples Mashed Potatoes Brussels Sprouts Fruit Salad Cako (Copyright, 1921.) CHICKEN .SOU*. Three pound fowl. Five pints water. One tablespoonful salt. One stalk celery. One onion, cut in slices. One-half small carrot. One cup cream, One egg. Ouefourth teaspoonful of pepper corn. 801 l fowl whole, or cut up Just ns you please. Bring quickly to the boiling point, then let simmer until meat is i

Men You May Marry By ETHEL R. PEYSER Has a man like this ever proposed to you? Bymptoma: The sort that thinks he is orderly, and never comes into a room, but he rearranges it most disconcertingly. He worships tidiness, yet he's disorderly. He fusses so that he upsets things. You hear that he never thinks he's at work in his office till he peels off his coat and tugs at the front of his collar, throws his arms out in front and begins what he calls tidying up, which is actually messing up everything. Yet,, he’s a dear. IN FACT, Here’s a case where conditions do not alter when he alters them. U/J Prescription to his bride: *' \j. Order is heaven's first law and must be yours. \ Absorb This: AN ORDERLY (MAN) IN THE HOUSE IS WORTH MORE THAN ON THE GENERAL’S STAFF. (Copyright. 19Z1.)

Daily Fashion Hints Wvf w iw 1 BY AGNES AYRES, Star In Paramount Pictures. Fans are more than a fashion at pres- I ent; they are a hobby. Not that we carry them so much; in fret, there i3 no real use for them except m the evening, provided, of course, that you accept their uses as a feminine weapon of both attack and defence. Nevertheless, we are going In for them very strenuously, even to the limits of most of our parses. Two of the newer ones are shown in the sketch. The upper, an utterly transparent affair of black net, rises to a sharp point like a castle turret. It Is heavily embroidered in gold and yellow, henna and soft greens, and Its sticks are of tortoise shell. Below, in the other hand, is a fan of such stuff as dreams are made of—sheerest Ivory chiffon, the finest of ivory lace, mother of pearl sticks, glimmering, opalescent, and on the chiffon delicately pointed nsters, mauve and White, and palely shimmering dragon flies. Another very interesting fan not shown in the sketch was made of rather dull and ordinary black quills, ewvlng slightly away from either side <>f the center and mounted on sticks of the palest amber, the feature of this fan being the very delicate hand painting, wee pink roses and a tracely of gold on each amber stick. I have seen a number of others, with hand painted sticks, some of them Ivory, some of them pearl or amber, all of them most delicately and exquisitely executed. The fan of curved feathers, irregularly, helter-skelter placed, still persists-v in fact, has largely taken the place of the ostrich fan, and is shown in wonderful and brilliant colors for autumn.

tender, when you stick fork in second joint. Remove meat, add seasoning and vegetables, cut very fine, and continue simmering for about twenty minutes. Strain, cool, and remove the fat; thicken with two tablespoonfuls of butter (level) and two tublespoonfuls of flour. Beat egg very light, add cream, and just as you are ready to send to table turn eggs and cream in soup; heat, but do not boll or the egg may curdle. FRIED SAYEETBREADS. Split the sweetbread into two pieces, roll In crumbs, then In egg, then In crumbs again. Allow them to stand for a short time. Fry theip in deep fat, place on a hot platter, and serve with tomato sauce. -LOBSTER SALAD. Remove meat from shell, cut into cubes and marinate with French dressing. Reserve the lobster claws for garnish. Add one cupful of very finely cut celery, using the tender stalks. Mix with a small quantity of mayonnaise, and arrange on lettuce leaves. Add a teaspoonful of mayonnaise to each service, and

sprinkle with lobster coral pressed .through a fine sieve. Garnish with small lobster claws. ESCALLOPED POTATOES. ■JVash. pare and cut potatoes into thin slices. I’ut a well-buttered baking-dish. Sprinkle with salt and pepper, dredge with flour, and dot with bits of butter. Repeat. Add hot milk or cold until you can see it through the top layer; bake one hour or until the potato is soft. SNO AA' BALLS. One-half cup butter, one eup sugar, one-half cup milk, two and one-quarter ! cupfuls flour, three teaspoonfuls of bak-ing-powder, whites of four eggs. Cream butter, add sugar gradually, milk and flour mixed with baking-powder, i Add whites beaten stiff. Turn into small ) buttered molds and cover top of each with | paraffin paper to keep steam from eon- ! densing in water on top of the . balls, j Place in a steamer over boiling water | and cook for forty minutes. Serve with whipped cream, flavored with strawbeny or other fruit preserves. Helpful Household Hints Concerning Fish. Fish is an article of food which requires greaj care, and clear good judgment on the part of the housewife. It must be perfectly fresh, properly cleaned anrl well cooked. If underdone, it should never be served; while, on the other hand, overcooking spoils the flavor and makes it dry. The sooner it is cooked after being taken from the water, the better for fish and the ones to whom it is served. I When the fish is fresh, the eyes are bright, the gills red and the flesh firm I and without odor. You can have your fish dealer remove the scales and draw the 'fish before delivering. As soon as you get it, thoroughly wash by letting the water rin on the fish; never lay it in water to soak, as you lose the juices jin this way. Wipe with a clean piece of | cheesecloth wrung out of cold, salted water until thoroughly dry and free ! from any slimy feeling which the fish is apt to have. Then wrap the fish In a cloth kept for that purpose, and over the cloth a thick, large piece of paper, and lay in the top of the ice box, so it will not in any way interfere with milk and butter you may have in your ice j box. It should lie directly on the ice until ready to cook. Frozen fish should lie laid in cold water until they thaw and become flexible, but not a bit longer. The head and tail should be left on, and the fins trimmed and shaped if the fish |isto te served whole. | To Skin and Bone a Fish. With a sharp-pointed knife loosen the skin all around the head and down the backbone. Dip the hands in salted water, and you will be able to strip the skin off nicely. After the skin has been removed with a sharp-pointed knife, loosen the flesh down the back, pressing the knife against the bone until it is free. The fillet may then be cut into two or more pieces, according to the size of the fish. Fillets from sole, flounder and other : small, flat fish, are sometimes rolled an.l skewered until cooked. Wooden toofh- ; picks answer for this purpose admirably. I Too much care can not be taken to have the fish fresh and well cared for, as it ; very quickly gathers ptomaine. PUSS IN BOOTS JR. By David Cory Traveling in a strange country like ! New Mother Goose Land was not an easy thing, and Puss Junior had need of i a brave heart to keep him going. Everything was so different from Mother Goose Land, although he always expected to find the old familiar friends and nursery melodies. Well, after he said good-by to the fisherman at the cross-roads, as I told you in the last story, Puss kept bravely on. and by and by he came ta a little wooden house under a clump of trees. And then, do you know, that same little bird who is always singing these New Mother Goose melodies began to twitter and the words of his song were these: Little Tommy Tittle Mouse Lives in a funny house, In the corner of the floor | He has a round hole for a door. I So Puss pushed open the door of the little wooden house and peeked in. At i the other end of the room, for the front ! door didn't open into a hall, you know, i Puss could dimly see a little mouse sitting tip on. his hind legs. "Helloa, Mr. Tittlemouse.” said Puss Junior, for he didn't mean to try to catch the mouse and so he didn't care whether Mr. Tittlemouse was so frightened that he jumped into his hole in the corner of the room and told Mrs. Tittlemouse he had seen a giant robber cat, with boots and spurs and sword and plume and, well, everything else that a bold robber might wear. And this made the lady mouse very curious, so she peeked out of the hole. “I won't hurt you,” laughed Puss, who had sat down on a chair to rest his tired my famous father, Puss in Boots. So ! cheer up, my little mice, for Puss Junior never harms any one except in self- j defense.” “Maybe we can help direct yon to your father's house?” suggested Mrs. Tittlemouse in a high, squeaky voice. “I lived at the Castle of my Lord of Carabas before I married Mr. Tittlemouse, and a grand place it was, and a grand cat was your father, the illustrious Puss in Boots, Seneschal to my Lord and Lady Carabas!” After this long spech the little mouse coughed and smiled at Puss, who bowed politely. “It is a difficult road from here,” continued Mrs. Monse, “for New Mother Goose Land, while it has all the up-to-date methods, does not offer to us animals the loving care which >we received from dear Ofil Mother Goose.” As she finished speaking a loud knocking was heard at the door, but who was knocking I cannot tell you In this story, for I have no more room, so please wait until tomorrow. —Copj-right, 1921. (To Be Continued.)

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