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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-01
stores are closer and drearier places in

stores are closer and drearier places in
spring.
Lorene got in the habit of watching
every morning for those petunias to send
soft. eager glow came into her eyes. She
could see them already-white and white
streaked with purple. purple pink, pink
ish purple. There was no other flower
that had those soft, luxurious shades.
And when she got new hat she had
petunia shades Of ribbon twisted around
the crown. 1t didn't cost much. but II
suited her tired white face and tired
brown eyes.
Saturday afternoons department stores
close In summer. Lorene was half glad.
half Indifferent 1t was relief on very
warm days to throw herself on the bed
and doze till dinner time. But 1T was
lonesome as well as relieving. Lorene
didn't make friends carelessly or she
might not have been SO lonesome Most
days she would have just as soon worked
as come home, even though by then the
petunias were lovely tufts of color among
the green leaves.
The young fellow wasn't out SO much.
Sometimes for weeks she did not see him.
The baby crawled around, but seldom on
Saturday afternoons. The scowl by this
time had almost faded from Lorene' s
face. The alley was there, and perhaps
she had decided that, since it would al
ways be there, she might as well learn
to tolerate 1t. Besides, there We're the
petunias. But petunias in another per-
for all the askewness of life. IT Lorene
lost her scowl she also acquired more
usefulness of expression.
But one Saturday afternoon she re-
gained all the energy that had belonged
to the home back in the cornfields.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-01
THE EVENING STORY.
Across the Alley.
Copyright. 1914. by ". Werner,

Copyright. 1913. by W. wemer.)
Lorene's room looked down upon an
alley, and Lorene knew and loathed
every single garbage can, ash can.
waste paper receptacle and back gate
opening to that narrow. unsightly
passage. Sunday mornings and non-
days Lorene sat there, reading OF
mending her few clothes. And since
there was nothing to look at but the
alley. the back yards and back WIN
dows, she inspected them pretty closely
in the course of six months. She couin
remember other views from the WIN
dow OF another room: swaying corn
fields and the summer wind making
music as it soughed under the lohs'
narrow leaves, or, in winter, ions
clean stretches of white snow that
bent and swelled to the rise ana 1aii
of the undulating prairie.
Lorene ached sometimes to snin the
scent of the earth when the nrst
ploughs of spring laid 1t open In long
beautiful welts, and her eyes plurreo
as she thought back home would never
be homo again. In the graveyard
across the road, beyond the last corn
field the snow this spring would ne
melting from her fathers grave as ~
had dripped from her mothers these
ten years past.
In place of home and parent she had
now a counter in a department. store
and landlady. The farm had Deen
mortgaged. She hadn't cared much.
The wrench Of leaving it had helped 10
dull the wrench of leaving the graves.
But she had come to vent all her reDei-
lion of thought on the alley.
DIRTY placed! she said Grossly one
morning-Easter Sunday. 1t reaNy
frtx oil q Il
Clearly cemented and the street squad
carefully gathered UP all rubbish.
And if Lorene hadn't been SO 1rritaDie
she might have acknowledged tnat the
back yards bordering on 1t were very
presentable of their kind But she
scowled at them, and she scowled es-
pecially at a tall, thin, young fellow
directly across. He was out early every
morning wedding, patting and digging.
"Fiddling work." scoffed Lorene, re-
membering the wide reaches of prairie
corn and wheat the wall OF holly
hooks that led from the old Kitchen
of pinks and petunias that graced the
old front yard. But she continued to
watch him. And though she didn't
know it, and would have denied 1t II
cided tinge of usefulness. to her
scowI Sometimes girl came out from
the blue-wailed kitchen-Lorene could
see quite plainly-and sometimes a
promptly caught him UP and carried
him in. "'Cause the grounds too damp.
But when it's summer. and warm,
you can go down the steps," she con-
soled him The strength Of his protest
left no doubt of his sex. . I
What did you plant In that corner
bed. Jake?" she called. Nastur-
tiums?"
Nav" disgustedly. They don't smell
enough for me. That bed is going to be
petunias. l like 'em. | always liked
EN-"
Lorene listened inter estedly. Back
home there had been half moon OF
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-01
The New Style Hoop.

The hoop has come-yet we survive,
since 1t is such a new style hoop
The most general robe combines the
hooped tunic with tight trained skirt,
lightly draped. This skirt has black or
colored fiounces. barely gathered and
edged with ermine. The economical
woman, or even the merely practical, ap-
preciates this style 1t will be easy for
her to utilize last years dress She has
only to add, between the belt and the
knees, one or several lounces. stiffened
by fur edging or hoop and her dress
is dernier cri. 1t is also quite easy to
transform last years short tunics by
slipping through their hem the famous
hoop, with which every self-respecting
tunic must now be provided. Also, tho
f1ounce is king. And what varied forms
it gives TO our evening dresses! When
artistically put on II gives to the sill
houette an amusing vagueness which does
not thicken it in the least, and does not
give to it the ridiculous 'bobbfng''
motion of the hoop. The moderate
fiounce is charming In supple material
like tulle. lace. etc. The material need
not match. but should always harmonise
with that of the robe.
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dog-a wretched, paving, worthless dog
had sneaked into that yard across the
way and deliberately chose that petunia
bed as burying ground for bone, His
brown paws sent the dirt flying. Lorene
screamed at him. He paid no attention
She threw the soap dish at him. 1t
missed. He was scornfufly Indifferent
to it as it whizzed past him. She was
almost sure that no one was at home
in the cottage. There was a deserted
look about the porch and closed door.
And the petunias were flying. Lorene
ran downstairs, through the dark base
ment regions, out the back door, across
the alley, knocking over a garbage can
In her rush, and through the other gate
''Go away, you hateful BEAST" she cried,
angrily; and then, half crying, dropped
on her knees to repair the ravage to the
flowers.
'tSay, isn't it a shame!'' came from
above her head.
Lorene looked up Indignantly. Where
were your" she reproached.
Asleep" he said, contritely. Il just
got in at daybreak from a western trip.
Here. you'll get your hands earthly;
Lorene rose He knelt and fixed them
as best he could. Il suppose they'll die,
he mourned. And they had just begun
to bloom freely"
No, they won't she told him, If
you take good care once the pigs
rooted up bed of mine and / kept them
from dying"
"Did your" eagerly Don't co. as
she was turning away. Il have often
wondered about Here's my sister"
with relief.
Lorene turned. She never knew for
long time why she was suddenly glad or
WIN It made any difference to her
whether the baby's mother was only a
sister. But when she crossed the alley
an hour later she had a premonition that
It had become a link to happiness.
sWhy. l fell in love with YOU, he told
her afterward, that day you dropped
your scissors. But 1 never got a chance
to see you again. Say. when we have
our own back yard We'll have a bed OF
that new double variety"
(THE END
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petunias under the dining room win
dows. Until then the tall young fell
low had seemed sort OF supercilious
chap, but now he seemed different. She
leaned forward. The window was open
and her scissors dropped from her An
gers and clattered on the. cement walk
running around the rooming house.
Both in the other yard looked across.
then up at her. Lorene blushed as she
withdrew her head. She wondered If
they guessed that she was listening
Afterward, when she went down the
back stairs through the kitchen Of the
basement regions to regain them, she
shivered. Spring in the gloomy base
ments of rooming houses is dank.
dark affair. And somehow department
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-01
THE DAILY MENU.

EAKF'AST.
Grapefruit Cereal
Ham and Eggs Mullins
Coffee
DINNER
Chicken Consomme
Toasted Waters Celery
Baked, Stuffed Chicken
Baked Sweet and White Potatoes
Peas Dreamed Onions
Apple and Nut Salad
Vanilla Ice Cream Coffee
SUPPER
Chicken Sandwiches
Potato Salad Olives
Biscuits Preserves
Fruit Cakes
Tea
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Tea Leaves Polish.

Tea water is a capital cleanser for var
nished and stained woodwork. This may
be made by pouring boiling water on
spent tea leaves, straining the liquid
afterward through a piece of muslin and
using it with two cloths-one to loosen
the dirt, for tea water does this quickly,
and the other to remove any remaining
smear where dirt is not entirely cleaned
off
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-01

That panel that you can partially see in
the sketch, which hangs from the yoke
nearly to the knees, is feature of many
coats that may continue into the spring.
Do you notice how the hem of the
jacket is also full and stands away from
the figure as IL it were reeded? That
Is another new touch which was fore
Swallowed last August, but which has
taken fve months to make headway.
Huge Muffs and Hats.
The women of the moment feel them
selves incompletely dressed IL the hat and
the muff are not conspicuous. Often
the neckpiece is omitted, as every one
seems DESTROYS to show the open neck
which has become q universal fashion,
and, so the doctors tell US, q healthy
one. But the hat reaches upward as
high. II not higher, than the neck
reaches downward.
The one shown in the sketch Is OF blue
velvet to match the suit and Il is guilt
less of trimming. Its size and shape are
sufficient to draw attention to it; 1t needs
no adornment There Is an attempt to
change the shape of the couture by
carrying it off the forehead and temples
and dropping 1t further down over the
ears by little curls added to the we'll
known ear tab that has been with us
long.
Let US hope that the fashion does not
win out IL the top-heavy hat is to re-
main in. The world could not really
stand the combination. It would make
plain the face Of the loveIiest woman.
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WORLD.
"Phew!" exclaimed Chatterer to him
self. THAT was a narrow escape! I'm
glad that pesky black cat can't tell
Farmer Browns boy what she saw"
He peeped through crack and saw
Farmer Browns boy go over TO the
barn and Black Pussy slowly follow
him. When they were out of sight he
turned to see what kind of place he
was in. His eyes glistened with greed.
Corn, corn, corn everywhere The
great golden ears filled the whole of
that little house clear to the roof. 1t
seemed to him that there was corn
enough here for all the squirrels in the
world.
"And it's all minev" gasped Chatter
err. You see already he had forgotten
that he was stealing, and that it be-
longed to Farmer Brown. Then he be-
gan to eat, and he ate and ate and
ate and ate until he couldn't swallow
another mouthful He was too full to
move.
II believe I'll take q nap right here"
said he to himself. and curled up In
the darkest corner in a little hollow in
the heaped up corn. In two minutes he
was fast asleep dreaming such beauti-
full golden dreams. in which all the
world seemed to have turned to golden
corn. and all for him.
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trims each front edge below the bust,
and has the blouse material arranged
IN tiny draped folds under the end OF
each band.
little and folds of drapery are hung from
the front. There is am opening down the
left side. where the material is lifted
above the hem and arranged In a sort
OF Jabot draping. the lower edge of which
= outlined with mouffion continued up
from the hem.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-01
BY ANNE RITTENHOUSE.
Special Correspondence of The Star.
NEW YORK December 81 i.

Special Correspondence of The Star
NEW YORK, December 81, 1918.
One has to be very careful today not
to be carried away by the demand for
drapery A touch of it is good, but too
much is very, very bad. Unlike a little
knowledge, a little drapery is not a
dangerous thing.
American women have taken up the
broad waist line with more enthusiasm
than was expected of them, but they
are not always steady about the drapery
they should use. They often overdo it.
They are not alone in this fault, but
their native intelligence should really
guard them from making as many mis-
takes as they do.
Here, for example. is a gown with the
queerest kind of drapery on 1t, and 1t
is given today In a sketch, In order to
show the lengths that some dressmakers
will go I'm their effort to follow the fash
ions. The girl who wore 1t is we'll known
for her extreme clothes, but she is the
type of figure that can carry off many
daring things, and the woman who fol-
lows her should be sure that she, also,
has the character or physical structure
TO make such fashions go. 1t is a won
derful thing to know yourself. but never
more SO than now as far as the realm
of clothes is concerned.
The Draped Tunic.
This gown was worn at fashionable
wedding, and it did not escape censure
or approval 1t was of deep Turkish
blue velvet, and went wonderfully well
against the drawing room done in gold
and pink where the bride received the
congratulations. One sees much of this
color now. and we are told that 1t will
continue on it's triumphant way long
after spring has arrived.
The lower skirt Is narrow. no other
style, so far. has ousted this one; others
have been super-imposed on II. that is
all. The tunic is the important part OF
this frock; II is a variant from all that
has gone before, and increases the size
of the waist and hips more than any
other fashion has done. One must be
unusually slender to stand it.
Observe the manner in which it is
caught up at the sides to give a bouffant
pannier effect. Not only is this trick
resorted to for fullness, but the hem is
| run through with a reed to make 1t stand
out like a hoop In front ii is pleated
| to the belt, and over all this massed
| fabric are two sash ends with embroid-
] cry at the bottom,
4 The jacket is one of those extra short
| affairs that the younger women are eff
| fecting. 1t IL merely a bolero in front
| and attached to the yoke with scanty
ing In cravat. The back is curious.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-01
Celery With Tomato Sauce.
Celery Salad.

Keep some well washed pieces of celery
on ice until wanted, then dry on cloth
and cut in thin sliced sticks about one
and half inches long, season with pep
per, salt, tarragon or other vinegar, and
oil and chopped shaIlot Mix well to-
gether and serve in a salad bowl Gar
nish with slices OF tomatoes or beets cut
in fancy shapes and seasoned like the
celery.
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~ THE
|kITG15HEH
PANTRY

To make a ragout of celery and mush-
rooms tie up a head of celery and blanch
It, Rub a saucepan with onion. then fry
a few slices of carrot. in butter and put
in with the celery and stew until tender
in good stock or milk. When cooked take
out the celery and cut up into small
lengths Broil some mushrooms and put
in the center of the dish. Put the celery
round the mushrooms and pour the gravy
over the celery mot the mushrooms).
Recipe for the Gravy.
This is the recipe for the gravy: Broil
the stems and skins of the mushrooms
with bunch of parsley and q sprig of
THYME in the liquor in which the celery
was stewed Thicker with potato -four
squeeze in little lemon, strain and pour
over tde ragout.
Celery With Tomato Sauce.
,eyak some celery and lay while very
b., ~ buttered toast in hot dish. Pour
s9..,r rich tomato PURGE and serve
at ].cp-
Fried Celery.
T.ke six small choice heads of celery.
o-nceS of breadcrumbs. two eggs and
10 tier for frying. Remove the outside
leaves. wash the celery throw into 4 pan
- 1oiIing water with a little salt. siin-
lucr until tender lift out and divide in
half: dry thoroughly. brush over with
two (beatenl eggs, and roll in fineiy
made b.eadcTumbs seasoned with salt
and pepper. put into frying basket and
immense in hot butter. and when nice
color remove il and drain: dish in a lace
paper sprinkle with finely minced pars-
ley, and serve.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1914-01-01
DON'T FAT TOO LONG
IL YOU'D BF, SMELL.
New Rules for Dinners Laid Down
BY French Srbiter of Fashion.

Il! the tNlte1 Press.
Paris. Jan. don't eat too long
if YOU would be swell, says Andre de
FouQuieres, arbitor Of the eIegances
here who recently Went to the United
States TO tell folks how to do il over
there. From - TO - minutes. he
says, is as long as formal dinner
should last. NJ de Fouguieres advice
has shocked large part Of French
society to its roots since it smae5s of
America, Not only does he advocate
what might be termed "quick-lunch =
dinners-an institution abhorred by
the French who love 10 daily over
their food for hours-bul he said
champagne should be served al thru
The meal. that other wines should be
few and mineral water supplied lib
orally. Heretofore spending only a
short time al table, drinking cham
payne all through dinner and having
water in evidence have been regarded
as essentially American
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1914-01-01
HE LAUGHED TILL HE DIED.


TaV10rsburg. Ohio Abe Skinner.
the village pesslnist laughed him
self to death from reading BIFT!
the Great American Magazine of
Fun which is making greater strides
than any other magazine before the
American public today. 1t is
magazine that VIII keep the whole
family in good humor. The staff
OF Bill contains the greatest art.
ists, earlcaturists, critics, aud edi-
tors on the continent 1t Is highly
illustrated and printed In many
eolors. 1t will keep the whole fam.
lily cheerful the year round. You
can afford to spend $10O year
to do this. Send clipping and
one dollar bin today to The Bin
one years subscription.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1914-01-01

leaves from Waxahaehie fer W#go
and ali Intermediate points SIS Il,
N. Local cars from Dallas pass -.
ass and tf.53 a m, 90, &.53,
81 and 7:5& p. m. Local cars ar
rive from Dallas 9:53 and 1l:5a p.
NJ and 1888 a. III, stopping a WAY
ahachia.
Express cars fmaking no country
stopzp leayrs from Wayahachie for
Waco and ali intermediate cities and
towns 6. II a III. Express cars from
Dallas pass al and 10:41 a. III,
122:41, al. AL and CPL p. III.
Cars passing Sal and 1871 run as
express Dallas to WaXahachia, and
Jlal Wayahachie to Waco on ex-
press time.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1914-01-01
DIVORCE, DOCKET, JAM AIRY
TiEN. 1911.
Tuesday, January G. 1911.

Tuesday January 6. 1911.
S&fs-C!atbia Ehroa *. Julius
Enron.
Saaalsaa5 Evans vs.. oroh Evans.
Ss-4-WaIlaca elark vs Emma
Clark.
s9-=- Sarah p Evans VS. !. Il
k,.zsu..
= .'''.
-,
'ora~a.
MARY vi " Sa1' -. i'.5.5 :
I. Wyatt.
At'2--'o Ah fAooe' 'S'a W. enc 80
Robertson.
= ) VI " "i'efs =. = ~
Walters.
81 sue Jones " = Il. som -
8415--Hattie s@aasy vs.. Luther
s%Ahsy.
s47e-cIeo shaw Us. George
Shaw.
! S4s2-Georse Wins Is. Gertrude
lYshs.
s+st-1IaE Kent W R l.. l. Kent.
"a IT." Il! cry :, f'iia i'' v =
s4@7-LoIa Mitchell IS, Emerson
Mitchell.
S+@9-Nassie Myers vs.. Scot
Myers.
S5o4-Alhert Jones VS.. Emma
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1914-01-01
MANY BANKS ENTER
rRRENCN SYSTEM.
Total Now Stands at .G.. With Az.
gregate Capital of $500. 900 900.

Washington, Jan. 1-Seyen hun
dred and sixty-seven banking insti.
tutions scattered over forty~fiye
states and having an aggregate CAPT
tai exclusive of surplus of approx.
imately 100000, o00 have informed
the federal authorities of their in
tention to enter the new currency
system. This was announced by the
treasury department last night, a
week after the currency reform law
was enacted.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1914-01-01
Thursday. January %, 1914

8546--L. P. Reynolds VS.. H. & r.
c, r. r Company.
s573--John Thornton. ct Tx VS..
Southern Traction Company
SSH b. Alexander vs.. FL
lis County Independent Telephone
Company. et al
S601-Henry Hamilton VS.. II. &
T, c. K. r. Company.
SG26-Edward Reagor, ct al VS.,
Southern Traction Company
s627-A. r Mcclurg VS.. H. e. T.
c. R. X. Company.
42S--State of Texas vs.. j. W.
Wnitfill, ct al.
429--State of Texas VS.. J. W.
Whitfill. ct al
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1914-01-01
Wednesday. January :. 1914

857l--Oemmie Jackson IS, vii
liam Jackson.
Henrietta Morton vs.. Ben
ME Morton.
s574-Wylie sallie VS.. Irene Sal
bic,
SIS 5--Nettie johnson VS.. Joe
johnson.
s5so-Malinda Sims vs.. Eugene
Sims
S5s2-John W. Ray VS.. Vera Ray.
85S4-Rebecca Cant VS.. Dave
Cant
85ss-Lizzie Curry VS.. Jessie Cur
ry.
SSH. L. Edwards VS.. Reber
Edwards.
85S8-Hattie Holden VS.. Fred
Holden.
S591--Georgia Banks vs. John
Banks.
S5e5--Will Jones vs.. Mary Jones,
S59s-Lottie York VS.. Fred York
8597--Joe Hudspeth vs.. Sarah
Hudspeth.
s5ss-Charley Lacy VS.. Florence
Lacy.
sso2--J. S. Steven VS., Maggie
Steven.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1914-01-01

Monday, January %, 1914
s337-Ida Sparks VS.. l.. B. Bent
ley. ct al.
And all cases In which juries are
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Local car (making all stops)
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-04-17
Views of Yellow.
stone Trail
One Hundred Scenes Along Trail From
Twin Cities To Yellowstone
Park

rs part Of the publicity cam
paipn of the Yellowstone Trail as.
Sociation, Mr.. Parmley, the presl-
dent, has had about 100 lantern
slides made OF views all the way
from the Twin Cities to the lel-
lowstone park. At the tast en OF
the trail is shown the concrete
road, starting at the Minneapolis
court house and extending through
large portion of Ilennepin county
and which will extend to the west
ern line Of that county right along
the Yellowstone trail At the west
end Of the trail is shown the road
that was made by over sixty con
victs from the Montana state penn
tentiary that We're detailed to work
on the road the past season. All
along the tail at various points
are shown crews at work and views
before and after. showing in detail
the wonderful work that is being
done all along the line. These
views will be used in connection
with Mr.. Parmlry : talk Oh the
Progress Of the Trail. " He is
receiving many requests to attehd
good roads meetings and trail
booster meetings and as far as his
time will permit he l. filling these
engagements, but it is Impossible
for him to attend them all. He
Will, however, be glad to send
these slides to any local association
to use in connection with trail or
good roads meeting. They are
most instructive and will show
each locality what is being done in
other localities along the line.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1914-04-17
School Children
Give Fine Program

The program given by Mrs.
NiOle|ie Anderson, teacher OF
elocutlon in he Mohrid Y schools.
and the members OF her dramatic
class attracted n consider able crowd
to the Pastime theatre Saturday
evening. The program, given in
connection with the regular picture
show, consisted of sketches.
dialogues, piaylets and vocal aud
instir nenlai selections.
The children who took part i'll
the program rendered the parts
assigned to them in q most credit
able manner. That they did 50
is due to the rntiring and efficient
manner in whi h they we've train Il
b> Mrs Anderson. who is vuy
competent instructor in her chosen
line of work.
The financial proceeds derived
from the entertainment will net
the class about $50, which will be
used for the benefit of the High
school orche stra.