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= L that she had returned from completing her musical education abroad.
her. In be sort Of lonesome for her to go off by herself,
having any course of action ready for this emergency.
1--WE ought to do what we IAN to make people happy" Mr.. Mary Ellen
Then the subject a dropped. And this a the situation absorbing
That night she remarked 4 was wondering, dear If it wouldn't be better
to invite Angelina first Just for a visit Then We could tell better whether
of course curse she is%% said Mary Ellen sveetly. But I don't want any
thing Oh anybody to upset your comfort And she's been living abroad for
We'll do as you please" said MI, Mary Ellen. But know you'll get
I'm not thinking If myself" said Mary Ellen, kissing him, "but of you"
Angie arrived. and the first evening passed pleasantly in telling her
any difference to you, why don't you practice in the evening, when Mr..
practising all day. you'll be too tired to sing all he'll want att night"
Angelina thought this good Idea, so after Mr. Mary Ellen had finished
began running scales and grslins and whoopins and warbnns in the most
restless The second evening, he staredg Ioomny at space The third evening,
as the concert began, he hurriedy put o his hat and said he had to SCI a
neishbor. And the fourth evening, he triousy beckoned to Mary Ellen,
and in the privacy of the kitchen demanded. Cant you call her Off My
ear-drums are nearly split It's awful Why, the neighborsH be com
shifted and said it as a pity her brother hadn't a cal for good music. and
that she would think he would be glad Of the opportunity to cultivate a taste
8" tell you what" said Mary Ellen, Invite som of your musical friends.
better There's nothing 50 elevatng IS good music"
IonghaTed and unmanicured youths wandered through Mr. Mary EIens
house smoking cigarettes. and dropping ashes impaFtally o Mr. Mary E1ienis
wherever , they happened 4"@s ed. to be- They appropriated n11 d. Mr. Mary Elens Easy
under Angles guidance they cooked various messes In a chahng dish in
Head EN- off" at last he said IN desperation to Mary Ellen. Head
em off. n I'll take to the club to live"
have to fade. and once more Angle shifted and remarked that her brother
A wek or 50 later, Mary Ellen remarked to Mr.. Mary Ellen, angie
thinks h would you'd like Ike, to take a few music SIC pupils pupils Ana dear lit; It'll too bad.
but some OF hen VIII have to eom IN he evening because they are busy
give her a hint that her visit is about oyer7 Tell her how nice it is to have
a studio or something like that Lots of women live in their studios. Hang
And when Angelina finally departed; Mr. Mary Ellen said, a he sank
with a sigh of relief into his Turkish rocker. Angle isn't a bit like she used
to be- A few weeks more of her would have driven me insane Living
People do change" said Mary Ellen.
BarA~+~ E~1
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HELPFUL HINTS.

The grated rind of oranges makes
fine f~avoring for cakes and filings. If
dried it will be nearly as good.
Add a tablespoonful Of vinegar to
tough chicken or any stewed meat;
the flavor will not be noticed and tho
vinegar viii soften the tough fbers
of the meat.
Nice buttons should never be left
on a shirt waist that is sent to the
laundry, or even done at home. Boil
ing does not improve the luster Of a
handsome button.
During the lovely summer days,
those who have mending and sewing,
should get 1t ready, doing all machine
work at odd times so that the sewing
may be done out of doors in the lovely
Juno weather.
For those Of the many housewives
who have to depend On inferior cream,
the use of visccgen is a boon. Visco-
! gen is not found In the store, but Is
easily made, and If kept in the dark
will keep for years.
The ~resourceful woman has learned
that by adding to her work she less
ems It, that is by preparing a larger
quantity of food that is keepable,
which takes no longer than to prepare
a small amount. abe saves herself
much work.
Spices for fayoring soup. called a
Soup bag" are made with three
cloves, six pepper corns, four mustard
seeds, three branches each of parsley,
thyme and basil, a fourth Of a tea
spoonful of celery seed. Tie all these
In O. round of oheerecloth.
On tho days when the work is light
est is the time the forehanded woman
provides for the future, getting raisins
ready for cakes or pudding, breaking
the macaroni and grating the cheese,
SO that it may be quickly prepared
when the time for 1t ome
When using a thin cream which re-
fuses to whip, add a fourth Of a tea
spoonful of the viscogen to three
fourths of a cup Of cream; stir well
while adding, and then whip as usual.
The results will well repay one for
the trouble of making the v~iscogen.
To make v~iscogen dissolve five
ounces of sugar In ten ounces OF wa
ter. Add six ounces of cold water to
two ounces Of qufcklime, and let It
gradually Stake, then strain through a
line sieve, and combine the two
liquids and shake occasionally for two
hours. Bet the mixture aside to set
tie, then pour off the clear liquid.
Store In small bottles with tight corks,
as the liquid ebsorbs carbonic acid
from the air, which darkens 1t and re-
duces Its strength.
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The news when 1t Is news IN lnS
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WITH cUTAwAY OR STRAIGHT FRONTS
WITH OR WITHOUT BELT.

WITH CUTAwAv OR STRAIGHT FRONTS
WITH OR WITHOUT BELT.
Young Girls are apt to Ike coats with
ifttts fancy touches and they are being
much worn this season, therefore, the
one Indicated, with outavay fronts and
with front and belt portions that give
a slightly raised waist line, is quite GER
tain to find favor. The model Ia a very
simple and practical one. There are only
q few seams to be sewed and the plain
two-piece sleeves are finished with pref
tily shaped cuffs, while the pockets with
flaps that are buttoned into place, are
quite new and distinctive. The belt por-
tons are separate and arranged over
the sides Of the coat consequently, if a
plain coat IL wanted, they can be
omitted, and the fronts can be made
straight. All materials adapted to coats
are good for such a model; Just now linens
and plqu4 are likely to be IN demand, al
though the mountain and the sea side
resorts will briQg the demand for sarge
and material OF similar weight, White
serge makes o pretty coat for general
wear and the model Is Just as well
adapted TO this use as to the entire
costume,
For tho Is year size, the coat will re-
quirs ~ yards OF material ~ or az
yards IS or yards A inches wide.
The pattern T46o, is cut in sizes for
misses Of "a, I6 and IS years. 1t viii
be mailed to any address by the Fashion
Department of this paper. on receipt of
ten cents.
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FOR THE GROWING MalDENs
Two Simple Costumes That Are Suit,
able and Charming, Both With
the Magyar Effect.

A dainty little dress in ring spotted
blue delaine is shown in the illustra-
ton On the left.
1t has a little Magyar bodice, with
which is worn a white lawn collar
edged with lace.
The skirt is turned up with a two
inch wide hem, above which u a row
OF insertion, then three half-inch
tucks. Both bodice and skirt are gath
cred to a wsist-band that is covered
with a sash Of blue ribbon.
Material required: Three and one
half yards twenty-eight inches wide.
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The other picture shows n useful,
every day dress for q girl OF ID to 10
years. 1t is q style that can we'll be
carried out in any moderately firm
dress material.
The skirt has q panel front and
back. The bodice is cut Magyar; the
right front fastening yer to the left
side where 1t fastens with buttons;
openings are made in center front
through which the ends of the silk
tic are passed; the turnover collar
and cuffs are Of the material. Waist
band Of folded ribbon to match the
tie.
Material required: Three and one
half yards forty-six inches wide.
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The news when 1t Is news IN The
EVENING NEWS
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7HEAPT HND-
HOME talks
Ms1S#8M p a ~ P-D -p-A d I'D
She Convinces Mr.. Mary Ellen of the Unwisdom OF
Having His Sister Live With Them ~
me serious thinking.

4 The evening before, Mr.. Mary Ellen had rel
would be kind for them to offer his sister Ar
a | that she had returned from combating her must
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DDY laughed at Jack and Evelyn. They were having a little tiff as
II "a to who owned the book which had just been sent to them.
L. Fluffy and Tafy were two dear little chicks" said daddy. "They
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|LAgM KEOfxEN
||,2eEz S7ABTNET

IA HE sicBroon should contain
6G only two chairs; 8 very com
Portable one for the nurse and a very
uncomfortable one for visitors who stay
too long. -Hamersham
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The grated rind Of oranges makes
dried It will be nearly as good.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-14
The Two Chiefs.

n WIGHT II. wOOLF of Kansas City
- walked with his wife. for the benefit
OF his health. 5000 miles. setting out an
invalid and coming back home a brown.
1.-the athlete.
when you get into a rut, walk out, Is
Mr. Woolfs dictum, and. in talk with a
New York correspondent. he narrated
many interesting episodes of his ire
mendous pedestrian tour.
Here is a game story he said, that
/ got from a game warden in the Adiron-
dacks.
''rhe game warden met on the road a
man with a gun.
Any luck?' he asked the man.
You bet. was the reply. I shot two
hours ago the finest buck you ever saw.
He weighed 1876 pounds
1T was the close season for deer, and
the game warden. smiling triumphantly.
said:
Aha, Splepdid. Do you know YOU
are talking to the chief game warden or
New York?
THE man with the gun grinned sheep
ishly.
And do you know, mister. he said.
that you're talking to the chief liar OF
the United States of America?
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Porto RICO HAS SCHOOLS OF ALL CLASSES G------s-
<~2 FRCr1 KNDERGARTENS To HIGH SCHOOLS

The majority of the native teachers are
men, although many are women. There
are more women than men among the
Americans. The Americans are nearly all
college graduates, and the Porto Rican
teachers have either studied English in
have to pass an examination in English.
and the law requires that there must at
least be one teacher of English in every
municipality"
What kind of an education does the
Porto Rican get?"
4 very good one" was DR.. DeSter.s
reply. I'VE have now schools of all
high school, and we have agricultural
schools, normal schools and a good uni
versity
The public school system is modelled
after that Of America, and the grades are
the same. AS it is now there are kinder
gartens only in the larger cities. Out in
the country the children begin their
school life at six in the first grade. and
when they are through the grades they
are able to enter the high school OF the
larger municipalities. There are now
high schools at San Juan, Ponce and
MayagueZ each of which has four-year
course. and from which the graduates are
able TO enter the University OF Porto
Rico or any college of the United states
without difficulty.
in addition to this we give partidi
high school courses in eighteen different
Municipalities, and in these schools we
have now almost a thousand students.
Are the people anxious to learn! l
asked.
yes, indeed. They not only want their
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children to go to school, but many OF
them go to school themselves. We now
have about 1GO night schools, with some
thing like 10000 students enrolled. These
schools are maintained in all but one of
the municipalities. and the majority of
They are held in most cases in the same
school buildings as those used in the
daytime, and are carried on at a very
moderate expense.
LAS to the desire of the children to go
to school. this is evidenced by the large
number who are now attending, and the
fact that it is greater than that of the
education is increasing. and we are doing
all We can to populariZe it :"
How about athletics: Do the children
play foot ball and base ball as our chill
dren do?"
Yes, although they hardly knew how
to play at all when we Irst took pos
session of the island. The Spanish boy
letics. Today he is as crazy over them
as his little American brother. He be-
longs to his foot bail team and he en-
joys watching the growth of his biceps.
We now have athletic meets, at which
the companies from the different schools
take part. We had one 'ast year in
which more than 300 contested. They
came from many different towns, and
their records were creditable.
1--WE are now establishing school play
grounds everywhere. More than $4,000
have been invested in their equipment,
and the day will come when every island
school will have its gymnastic machinery.
And then the school bands, contn-
ued DR.. Dexter. The Porto Ricans are
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ball outfit Base ball Is the most popu-
lar game in Porto Rica, and every school
has its club
Il understand that YOU have school saw.
ings banks?"
Eyes, we have a regular school banking
system with more than nine thousand de-
positors. They now have eight or ten
thousand dollars of savings in such banks.
the average amount being less than a
dollar. The child can deposit as little as
one cent at time. The teacher gives a
card or slip on which record is made,
and when the child has as much as 50 he
can transfer his account to one Of the
savings banks of the island In these
school banks the supervisor receives each
week the deposits made by the children
through the teachers. These banks are
very popular and the custom is teaching
economy and thrift"
Have these banks anything to do with
the Post Office Department?
mo. They were first organized about
two years ago, some time before our
postal savings banks were begun. Al
ready about seven hundred of the chill
dren depositors have started individual
accounts in the national or city banks Of
the towns in which they live. AS it is
now, on the average. after two years only,
we have about one child in every eighteen
who is carrying an account in the
school savings banks. This means much
for the future of Porto Rico
The conversation here turned to. the
subject of school libraries. and DIR. Dey-
ter told me that the government is anX-
ious TO increase this educational feature.
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naturally musical. and nearly every
school has it's band At the athletic
meets these bands contest as to which
can play the best, and the banner is
given to the one making the best show
ing. At the last tournament twenty-one
school bands contested. Among the in
strument players were children only
eight years Old
How We're your Fairgrounds estab-
lished?"
They are comparatively a new thing
on the island. We had only one i'll 1913
but at that time Dr. Henry 8. curtis
secretary of the American Fairgrounds
Association, came to Porto RIGA and lee
tured on the Fairgrounds of the world,
and especially of the United States. That
started the movement and the towns took
it up. In certain cases private lndivid-
uals granted land. and In others the
grounds were bought by the school
boards. In some towns the school chii-
dren gave entertainments to obtain the
money to buy the apparatus, and now
tens of thousands of school children are
exercising their muscles as never before
What kind of apparatus do they use?"
Much the same that OF the United
States The San Juan Fairgrounds are
equipped with kindergarten tents, giant
and iun,p!n. standards. They have
climbing ropes. climbing poles and climb
ing spars. They have bean bags, quo!ts
and base ball outfits. In the smaller
towns the equipment is much less, and
sometimes it is limited only to base
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TIE Ar1ERIcAN flag lilies OVER EVERY PORTO RIcAN-
ScHpL HOUSE THIS Is AT AREcIBo IT CONTAINS ZZhQfS

and that arrangements have been made
with the steamship companies to carry
free from New York to San Juan any
books that may be donated. Said he:
Il brought up the subject at the peace
conference at Mohonk last year and
asked for donations. Since then W. have
received 10000 volumes and have estab-
ing libraries, consisting of b1xes holding
about fifty books each. These boxes are
made of lot of SOLDIER kits that We're
sold at auction at S>a Juan couple or
years ago. 1 bought them, put shelves
in each kit I'd painted the words Porto
Ric>- School Library on its outside.
When finished each held about fifty or
sixty books, and was of such shape and
size. that it could be carried on horse
back over the rough trails of the island.
We sent them from school to school IN
out of-the- districts. and We find
them greedily read. The stationary Ii
braries are widely patronized Many of
them are in the schoolhouses These are
kept open after dark, and the people come
in and read.
The University of Porto Rico, DIR. DeN-
ter tells me, is at the top of the educa-
tional system Of the island, although it is
not directly under the department of edu-
cation The commissioner of education,
however is ey otiicio its chancellor, and
also president % the beard of trustees.
The univer*it> aAout the same as one
of our star dii.. .:iies. 1t has college
of liberal arts era one of agriculture, as
well as a normal department.
The attendance at this university last
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heat as indicated. we have only to man
age the hired girls wages pay our club
dues, laundry and cigar iinportations and
have street car and taxi auto fares in
ones pocket plus some ~ cents rer DAY
for resting in cafes.
So YOU can live in expensive Paris un-
til your clothes wear out.
The hired girl is Of the "bonne toute
faire-"good to do it alf'-variety, and
she draws So per month plus her bed
room ard keep plus $40 at Christmas
Also we pay her wages during summer
vacation.
You mus: remember however that the
hired girl has prescriptive right To The
sou in the franc, or ) per cent colnmis-
sion from all local furnishers. Also when
she is allowed TO do the marketing she
thinks it no sin to profit by her inteln-
gence" and pay less than she marks as
paid on her book. Her theory is that she
can buy cheaper than her employer The
fact is that she buys inferior qualities
and charges the price of good.
Why. the hired girl even gets her ,
per cent commission on the laundry when
an account on the running bill is now
and then paid. Shirts are I cents. collars
cents cuffs :; cents the pair, nand-
kerchiefs cents and towels cents.
OF course. the laundry bill has to be
paid some time. but the tendency Is to let
it run, because Paris laundrymen are
closely fraternal corporation. IL they once
take the trouble to blacklist family the
family Will risk going dirty. do not
speak of strays in pensions or hotels;
they pay cash. But a family has diincul-
ty in taking on new laundry before
paying off the old. All this makes for
long bills l have had the same laundry
man for twelve years. He sends me in
vitations to his family weddings. chris
Jennings and funerals. Even should be-
come rich enough, do not, think would
change him.
1t is impossible for Paris tenants lin
their own furniture" to get weekly or
even monthly statements from local fur
nishers The bread and milk runs on in
definitely The butcher has not time to
copy out his bill. PAY me on account,
is his suggestion. He is afraid to lose
you.
Keep your eye open and your memoran-
da filed. Otherwise Tuesdays steak may
in the long run, be charged again on
Thursday--even though you lunched out
with friends.
Clothes have gone up in price, but II
need not affect the moderate Paris flat
renter, Women who paid 81 for then
hats eight years ago arc now paying s2'
without. apolcgy-they make II up Oh
cheap accessories. marvels of the great
shops. coats. blouses. stoles, shoes
gloves wrapper. what do / know? Wom-
an tailors who used to make for 80 now
ask $45 for the same creation. but there
are always new houses beginning at SS.,
Hunt them Or, better, a reasonable
woman, thin OF with cloak-model figure
can buy beautiful ready-made tailor suits
for $40. with gratis alterations to make
"a good f1t
Men are not so tempted. Their ready
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Paris. Cut up into many small sets. quiet
home folks of the right dealiZing tenn
peralurc from Oregon to Florida an |
Bangor TO Los Angeles. dream together
over the picturesque and cultured pas.
soothed by an interior gertrude that they
are mere excursionists from the living
present
One buys fewer clothes in Paris. eil-
joying the responsibility Of the tourist
Paris house rent is not dear. Paris
foodstuffs can be cheap. Paris house
keeping is light and easy. Paris serN-
ant girls are almost perfect. able to run
the establishment; and the atmosphere
of Frenc. economy makes the American
breathe in worthy sense OF saving
The little fiat seems spacious To
friends living in hotels And even the
rolling stove has it's small satiSfactions.
STERLING HELLO.
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year numbered more than 1000, and had
the regular terms and also "A summer
school which lasted eight weeks. There
were more than 100 school teachers AT
that summer school. and there are over
200 students in the normal department
The university has a campus of 1ao
acres at Rio Piedras. near San Juan.
and il has large farm at Mayaguez next
to the agricultural experiment station
there. Upon the Mayaguez farm there
are fields OF coffee. sugar and tobacco.
and orchards of all sorts of fruits. The
boys run a dairy, connected with which
are a number of registered Jerseys and
Holsteins. ard they have also a bee farm
and poultry farm
This university should be good train
ing school for such of our young men
wish an equipment for business I'm
the South American countries 1t has
better courses in the Spanish language
and literature than any institution i'm the
United States. and more extended courses
in English than can be found i'm Spanish
America. For this reason ii Is believed
that it will draw students from both north
and south. and will thus become a pam
American university.
1t will be surprising to many to know
that the Porto Rican government has
large corps of students at our best col
leges and that ii pays their expenses out
of the island treasury. This has been
done for several years. and il will be con-
tinued. The students chosen for sending
to the United States are those who have
stood highest i'm the high schools and
normal schools of the island. There are
thirty mine scholarships, which are ap-
portioned out among such boys and girls
and at present they are held by twenty
five boys and fourteen girls. Each of
these scholarships carries an allowance Of
500 a year and i'm addition there are
twenty others which carry $3.50 per year.
The latter are for colored students, and
they admit them to such institutions "a
Tuskegee and Hampton. Among the col
leges which are attended by those receiv-
ing e-hundred-dollar scholarships are
the Boston Tech, Cornell. Columbia, Ini-
versity of Pennsylvania. the University OF
Illinois Iowa State College and others.
In addition to this there are scholarships
for the graded schools which give allow
ances to the highest graduates of those
schools so that they may have course
free of charge at one of the high schools
or i'm the normal or agricultural schools.
or the University of Porto Rico. This al
lowance is S12 per month. which, with tha
low prices of Porto Rico, is supposed to
be enough to support boy or girl at
these Institutions.
FRANK G.. CARPENTER.
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The Retort Political.

JEROME, s. McwADE. the millionaire
J collector. said at a political banquet
in Duluth:
Il see by the papers that lady high
i'm official life recently set down her po-
sition as a servants wife'-explaining
that her husband was a servant of the
people. Well, that reminds me-
Mr. McWade smiled.
THAT reminds me-. he said. of a
stump speaker who shouted from his
stump:
We politicians are the slaves of tho
public,
the front row, that the whole world u
in favor Of slavery's abolition.