Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-11-30
AT the End Of the Rainbow.
IT'S HOUSEHOLD NECESSITY.
BY Walt Mason.

statistics SHOW" said the stranger
that this country uses more baking
powder than all the rest of the world.
They also show that Americans die
kind Of deductive reasoning brings Ia
the conclusion that baking powder must
be responsible for the mortality. and this
conclusion is correct. The people of this
country, beguiled by constituencies gro
GERS, buy baking powder which is made
of hundred deadly ingredients.
1T was in recognition of this fact that
the ,world-renowned scientist, Prof. Spin
kentootle. the government chemist Of
Austria-Hungary, devoted his great i'm
tellect and all the resources of his mag
nificent laboratory to the invention of
baking powder that would prolong life
rather than curtail il. / have in my
hand can of his Incompatible product.
In order to introduce this baking powder.
madam. We are giving beautiful and
valuable premiums. There is coupon
in each can. When you have saved "a
hundred coupons you send them to tn"
mandatory. together with % cents to
cover cost of packing and postage, and
you will receive beautiful silver-plated
toothpick absolutely free.
Il don't want Il beautiful Silver-plated
foot hpick" said Mrs. Curfew, for [ wear
false teeth. and when they need cleaning
l take them out and scrub them. And
as for Your baking powder which L.
made of banks and buds and healing
herbs. and your Prof Tinkenspootle. with
his magnificent laboratories. the less
hear of them the better. for half the
trouble we have had in this house has
come from government chemists and emf
nent prelates and others who waste their
time compromising patent medicines and
baking powders and such things when
they should be shocking corn.
I'VE have bought our baking powder
for a year from Mr. Burlington. the cor
ner grocer. and have no reason to CONF
plain Every time buy a can from
him we have the satisfaction of knowing
that We are helping and encouraging a
of a large family of children, male and
female, to say nothing of "A bedridden
grandmother and two maiden aunts. said
aunts being Il great trial, as they are
suspected Of having "A weakness for gin.
Whereas when We buy anything of an
agent there's always the probability that
he will take the money to some rum hole
and spend it in riotous living, thus be-
coming a disgrace to his sex.
We'll do L remember when a young
man came to our door selling a new kind
OF toilet soap which was being compound
ed by the noble lord high veterinarian
of the court of st. James We had no
use for patent toilet SOAP as L made all
the soap We used from I've and grease
but this young man said he wanted TO
raise the money to go to theologicaI
seminary. as his one ambition was TO
become a missionary and rescue the
Such AN appeal that would melt
heart of stone SO I bought six cakes of
his soap paying him - cents. which l.
needed for other purposes.
THAT was in the evening. and late Al
night. lust when Mr. Curfew and / were
preparing to retire, there came knock
at the door, and when I opened tt 1 be-
held the same young man. but ne was
He wanted to sell me all
the rest Of his soap for a quarter. SO he
could prolong his debauch. My husband
drove him away from the door and he
went back to our stable and made q bed
in the hay, where he lit O cigar. and the
first thing We knew the stable was on
fire. That building WAS burned to the
ground and there wasn't a cent OF in
surance on it. and tn, only consolation
We had was the fact that the young
man was badly scorched. which 1 hope
WAS a lesson to him.
.'Sincc that occasion We have quit buy
ing things of agents altogether, and il
YOU will take a word Of advice from "a
woman old enough to be your mother
you'll quit selling plaster Of paris baking
powder and invest your savings In =
bucksaw.'