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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-11-30
Advertisements and the War.
ON the Boston Transcript.

r rom the Boston Transcript.
The advertising columns of the Lon
don newspapers tell us more about the
war than do their dispatches, which
are censored into inanity. The adver-
easements give us glimpses of civil
ian population earnestly bent on doing
something for the comfort of the SOL
diers and sailors. Advertisements So
icit contributions of "muffiers," cardi-
gan jackets. sweaters, socks etc. for
particular regiments or the general
service. One lady. the wife of an ON
Ger, proclaims In an advertisement
needs of her husbands regiment for
comforts not authorized to be issued
by the government, tells of the knit
ting she has done in its behalf and i'm
vites the cooperation of other women
personally interested in the corps.
There are charitable WELL to-do who Of
Ter the advantages of quiet and coun-
try air, ''all the comforts of home" to
military convalescents. Those of Us
who can recall the civil war are re
minded by these advertisements of sim
liar activities for our army and navy
The Britons have their troubles besides
anxiety for loved ones at the front
They crave sympathy. they ask consid
GRAFTON. If the stranger within their
gates cannot be sympathetic he can at
least be silent. Plainly this silence
every stranger will not accord, for here
is an advertisement which appeared in
a recent issue of the London Times:
A PESSIMISTIC AMERICAN T'REQUENTER of
well known restaurant is assured that IFS
audible bets the probable progreSsT' Of
enemies distasteful TO his neigh
tors as they are likely to he unproftable-and
dangerous-to himself.
This reads like a hint of a '1ynching
bee" but probably it has really no such
dreadful significance. 1t simply means
that the ''pessimistic" Americans pes
simism has got onto the nerves of Brit
ons hungry for good news from the
seat of war
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-11-30
BABY's CHRISTMAS GIFT

The quaint fancy work which occupied
the fingers of our great-grandmam-
mas is being revived in many of its
variety of stitches, and among these
i nothing is more popular than crochet
ing, followed closely by it's first cousin
in fancy work-knitting.
There are two reasons for the popu-
larity of these stitches-frst, they are
SO easy to make that any child can
work them. and next, they are quickly
and cheaply executed.
A babys crocheted outfit is a charm
ing gift to Il young mother. The car
riage blanket might be crocheted OF
pink worsted of the heavier quality if
the present is for boy, and blue If
girl is to use the dainty articles. Pure
white is, of course, sweetest of all for
a wee baby, but white soils very quick
ly and washes badly. The blanket
should be square and quite large, and
many have stripes of pink and white.
with a white border and pink shells.
The cap should be of pink. with white
shells. edged with pink and tied with
a pink ribbon.
A frosting of pink silk is added by
on the cap. crossing every alternate
row. This, over the single zephyr, is
very soft and pretty. The bootees
should be made in white for the soles
and sides, and pink for the instep and
leg; worked in single stitch to within
a short distance of the top. where al
ternate rows of pink and white in dou-
BILE stitch, with white shells, edged in
pink, form 4 charming finish. The lit
tie mittens should be of white, with
pink and white wristlets and edge.
The sack is not SO easy to make. 1t
is formed of a back piece and two
front pieces, narrowing at the neck
and graduated about the armholes. The
nj ink 81 a to
pink edge and pink ribbons to match
those on the cap. To make it very
warm, crochet a white sack inside the
pink one, sewing them together when
finished, or they can be interlined with
wool. This is better in the case of a
long cloak, which may be lined with
two thicknesses of China silk interlined
with lambs wool.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-11-30
Bobby Coon Wishes He Wasn't
SO Fat.

Unc' Billy Possum wasn't the only
one who had listened to the voices of
Bowser the Hound and the other dog
as they followed somebody's tracks
And he wasn't the only one who had
grown more and more uneasy as he
listened. No, sir. he wasn't the only
one. Bobby Coon had heard these voices
quite as soon as had Unc' Billy, and
with very much the same feelings But
while Unc' Billy wisely decided to stay
right where he was on the chance that
those bothersome dogs might not be
following his tracks after all. Bobby.
with equal wisdom, decided to run.
Something inside told him that his
tracks were the ones that those dogs
were making such a fuss about. and
that the farther he could get into the
Green Forest the safer he would be.
You see, he, too. suspected that there
were men following those dogs. and it
was this that made him uneasy and
worried. If he had been sure that the
dogs were alone he would have laughed
at them, for dogs cannot climb trees.
The deeper l can get into the Green
Forest the darker it will be. for there
the trees grow closer together and the
moonlight cannot get in between them
as II OOeS mere, tHouSH ooouy Do hS
ran down the Lone Little Path and
finally turned off toward the Laughing
Brook He meant to cross the Laugh
ing Brook and keep right on toward
the deepest. darkest, most lonesome
part of the Green Forest, where his
big cousin, Buster Bear. had his home.
He felt that he would be safer there
Now, Bobby Coon, like Unc' Billy Pos
sum, was very, very fat. Oh, my, yes!
He was very, very fat. He was even
fatter than Unc' Billy Postum. For
weeks and weeks Bobby had had SPLEEN
did living. There had been SO many
good things to eat that Bobby had
done very little but eat. And because
he never had had to go far to get these
good things he had taken very little
exercise. Now. you know when you eat
a great deal and don't exercise you are
just naturally bound to grow fat. 1t
had been so with Bobby Coon. He was
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-11-30
"ALLY."
Should the Accent Be on the First or
the Final Syllable2

Letter to the \. 7. Sun.
In 1891 John Walker. the lexicon.
rapher, drew attention to the mis-
pronunciation of the word ally" to
which your correspondent. t. NJ NJ"
directs attention. In Walkers day
there was a tendency among persons
of quality and affectation to place
the accent of ally" noun. on the first
syllable. At the time he said:
"A few years ago there was an at.
fectation of prououncing this word.
when a noun. with the accent On the
hrst syllable: ano this had an appear
ance OF precision from the general GUS
when the same word, as a verb. had
the accent on the last; but a closer in
spection into the analogies OF the
language showed this pronunciation to
be improper. as IL interfered with a
universal rule, which was to pronounce
the y like 'e' in a Anal unaccented
syllable. But. whatever was the rea-
son OF this novelty, il now seems to
have subsidized; and this word is now
generally pronounced with the accent
on the second syllable as IL is uni
formly marked by all the orthoepists
IN our language.
That one may find people who ought
to know better. even Columbia pro
fessors. putting the accent on the first
syllable snould not be permitted to dis
turb equanimity, for our modern do
tionaries make no distinction between
noun and verb. The New Standard
and Webster give but one pronuncia-
ton a-laif-ai as I'm aisle" The Gem
fury is the only dictionary that gives
a!ai. and to this 1t gives secondary
place Such a pronunciation is on a
par with pho'to-graph"er or tere-
graph er. and is opposed to the genius
of the language.
There is yet another pronunciation
given to this word that is calculated
to Jar" one, alley
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-11-30
FRIEND OF WILD FLOWERS.
Preserves for Passing Species Advo'
Gated BY q New Yorker.

From the New York World.
5000 or $500 an acre.
They talk of narrowing country roads
from sixty feet down to forty, SO that
millions may be added to the output
of wheat, corn and oats as expressed
in dollars.
The state of things has produced a
conservator of new sort.
There is no longer any room for the
wild flower" says Frank c. Pellet.
And lest the beautiful blooming things
of nature become extinct-a disaster
threatened within twenty years, he de-
clares-he is advocating a preserve
for every coui:ty, or if possible for
every township.
Mr.. Pellet has his own preserve 1t
includes eleven of the twelve acres of
his little outlying farm-a tangle of
overgrowing plants as seen from the
roadside, a waste place to the eyes of
passing thrifty peighbors. place of
salvation as it is visible to is sole
proprietor.
This Jealous conservator was a law
yer with a good practice. Seven years
ago he gave up his profession to devote
himself to preventing the larkspur. the
wild honeysuckle, the sweet william
and the ny-jump-up from follow
ing in the wake of the wild pigeon and
the buffalo.
Frank Pellet is now state bee in
spector. Travelling on official business
he takes always with him his little
unofficial trowel, and whenever by the
roadside he catches flash of floral
color he must, even though he be
travelling in the car of an insistent
owner of troubled honey makers, stop
for an investigation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-11-30
TIPS FOR MOTHERS.

Clean clothing has a way Of getting
mislaid. even in the best-regulated
families. especially when some members
Of the family are growing children. The
desired petticoat or shirt is in the
mending basket is hidden in some
unaccountable manner in the wrong
drawer, after the tantalizing manner
of inanimate things. An Ohio mother
overcomes such annoyances by making
what she calls bath bags" These she
makes of cheesecloth, with a drawing
string at the top. When doing the
mending (Which is always done before
the clothes are put away she puts a
towel. washcloth. underclothes and a
pair of stockings in each bag. Every
member of the family has an individual
drawer, and into this she puts as many
bath bags as each is allowed for the
week. 1t is a comfort and satisfac-
tion all around when a bath bag Is
brought out to know that it contains
all that is needed for the occasion.
Experts tell us if the nose were taken
in childhood and gently trained there
would be no such thing ugly noses
The nose is formed of soft cartilage
which in childhood can be bent this way
or that.
What may be true of the nose is very
true of the ears. Mothers and nurses
are responsible in a great measur for
the shaping of children's ears Large
ears in themselves are not SO ugly; it
is only when they are set upon the
head at such angle as to extend be-
yond the face. bringing them into
prominence far from pleasing. When
mothers notice this the child with
prominent ears should at once be pro-
vided with thin little caps, which, if
tied under the chin. will firmly and
steadily. with an even and not too Sc
we're pressure, hold the ears close to
the head. This should be kept up con-
stantly until it is seen that the ears no
longer need the training.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-11-30
Bright Pink a Favored Color.

There is new tone of pink that is
ravishingly pretty and which the smart
women are wearing at many of the din
nerS and dances. 1t seems to have a
thread of silver through it which gives 1t
gistening sheen as one moves 1t is
made into picture gowns as well as into
the revived 1870 and 1880 frocks.
Usually it comes in taffeta which is
not stiff enough to interfere with its
folds. but the increasing call for stiff
skirts that stand out we'll at the hem
may end by bringing in different quail
ity of material from those we are now
wearing. However this fashion is in the
making and aSsuredly the manufacturers
will wait until it is well accepted before
they change the products OF the looms.
The use of silk net more than chiffon has
suggested the revival of fine tarletan.
which was a favorite evening material
among women decades ago when the
world was poorer than now. The re-
vival of it for the various cotton balls
that have been organized in aid of the
southern planters has brought it to the
notice of girls who have little to spend
on evening gowns.
1t would not be possible. however. to
combine this coarse variety of net with
the new silks; they should have the silk
net. The frock sketched today shows the
use of this pink silk fashioned on the
still popular fashion of an oriental skirt,
which satisfies the youngsters who dance
more than any other type of skirt worn.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-11-30
TODAY'S HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS.
BY Mary Lee.

very red. the meat Arm and the fat a
clean white.
Veal must be small and very light in
color.
In hams 1t is well to pick out a re-
liable brand and stick to it. A large
ham is apt to be better than a small
one, and, as there is no waste to a
ham. it is economical to get a good
sized one.
Good beef is expensive. but there is
no economy in getting a poor piece.
Dairy-fed pork is the best, and should
/ be small and firm. with a thin skin.
Before cooking all meat should be
carefully looked over. All impurities
blood vessels, dried skin and visible
sinews should be removed and excess
of fat should be cut off. The meat
should then be wiped carefully over
with wet tissue paper.
The excess fat from mutton should be
rendered for frying.
When meat is boned the bones should
be used in soup. Many small joints.
such as loins. small shoulder of lamb
or half shoulder of mutton, are es-
pecially good and economical when
boned and stuffed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-11-30
Uses for Stale Cake.

Banana trifie is a delicious dessert
made from stale cake:
Half cupful of milk, half cupful of
water, one heaping teaspoonful OF
cornstarch, one even teaspoonful of
sugar, half teaspoonful of salt, two ba-
.nanas. six lady fingers and white of
one egg whipped.
Slice the bananas and lay them in a
glass dish in layers with the split lady
fingers.
Put the milk and water in sauce
starch diluted in cold water. When
it has thickened pour 1t over the
bananas and let it stand until cold.
When ready to serve. cover the top
with whipped cream, or with the white
of one egg whipped to. stiff froth
and sweetened with tablespoonful of
powdered sugar.
Slices of stale cake or cottage pud-
ding spread with jam and covered
with boiled custard make a good des-
sert. or stale cake moistened with
sherry, covered with whipped cream or
custard. is good.
Sponge creams are decorative des-
sert made of stale, crumpled sponge
folded into whipped cream. These
are served in small glass cups, and
each. glass is surmounted with red
maraschino cherry.
toasted and spread with jam, makes
very acceptable dainty for after
noon tea.
Pine cones are a more elaborate but
very delicious way of using left over
cake. Cut slices of stale cake into
circles with a biscuit cutter. Moisten
them with sherry or maraschino. Chop
fresh or canned pineapple into small
pieces and heap it in pyramids on the
cakes. Place them in a shallow tin.
close together, but not touching. Put
the juice Of the pineapple into a
saucepan and thicken 1t with a little
arrowroot Chat has been first wet
with water), using teaspoonful to a
cupful of liquor.
Cook until the arrowroot clears and
begins to stiffen; then pour it slowly
over the cakes. 1t will cover them
with jelly. When they are cold, trim
the cones SO that the base will be
fully from the tin. This makes a
very pretty and decorative dessert
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-11-30
How to Tell Good Meat.

Very few housekeepers are good
judges of meat. The majority of wom-
en- leave the matter of choosing it en-
tirely to the butcher. That is a salts
factory method if you happen to have
a good butcher. but some knowledge of
the proper color and appearance of raw
meat is a very useful asset.
A chicken is easily tested. A young
tender chicken should have a smooth
skin. and the end of the breast bone
is easily bent in, as in young birds it Is
still gristle and has not hardened.
Beef should be very firm. In the best
meat the lean is intergrained with fat.
The fat should be a creamy color and
the lean a bright red.
Mutton should be Arm. the lean a
darker red than beef and the fat whittier
and harder.
Lamb is much lighter in color than
mutton.
In a good quality of bacon the lean is
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-11-30
OYSTER Outlets.

Drain OF the liquor and wash the
oysters we'll. Put them into sauce
pan over the fire and heat until the
edges curl, being careful to stir all
the time. Strain the liquor. Chop the
oysters fine. Rub together one table,
spoonful of butter and one rounded
tablespoonful of flour for each pint OF
chopped oysters. Add the oysters and
cook until quite thick. Then add the
chopped oysters and the yolk of one
egg, beaten well. After taking from
the fire add one tablespoonful of salt.
one tablespoonful of minced parsley
into outlets, dip into egg, then into
bread crumbs and fry in hot fat.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-11-30

In the accompanying drawing pretty
toilet in corn flower blue silk is shown.
The narrow vest and rolling collar are of
fine white lawn an applique of lace show
ing at the bottom of the vest. The over
blouse is caught together at the throat
with black satin bow and is embroid
cred on either side of the front and down
the outside of the arm in fine black SOU
tache. The skirt is cut plainly on sides
and back, while at the front short yoke
is inserted and below this the material is
laid in pleats. This gives a much in
creased fullness about the feet. The
skirt is embroidered over the hips with
the soutache and is trimmed On either
side of the front with small buttons. The
girdle and sash ends are of black satin
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-11-30
THE DAILY MENU.
BREAKFAST.

BREAKFAST.
Baked (winter) Pears. Oatmeal.
Goldfish Balls. Cream Sauce.
Toast. Coffee.
LUNCHEON.
Oyster Outlets.
Potato Chips. Lettuce.
Raisin Bread. Tea
DINNER.
Tomato Bouillon.
Boiled Halibut. Egg Sauce.
Steamed Potatoes. Mashed Turnips.
Dressed Lettuce. Graham Sandwiches.
Apple Tapioca. Coffee.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-11-30
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

To clean bronze statuary or bronze or
naments in the fine lines where dust has
collected, wash with weak soapsuds or
aqua ammonia.
To remove nail stains from wood, scrub
the stains with solution of oxalic acid.
water.
To prevent a tam-o -shanter that has
to lie washed from shrinking, dry it over
a dinner plate.
To restore faded silks To their natural
color. immerse them in soapsuds to which
a little pearl ash has been added.
To prevent cereals becoming paSty in
cooking stir them with a plated fork in
stead of spoon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-11-30
PALE COLORS ROUT BRIGHT SHADES

changed, happily, for the majority. Just
why we We're suddenly launched into pale
pink, baby blue. lavender. mauve and
canary yellow is not on the table, but
all that it is necessary to know is that,
for the time, at least, these are the coll
ors fashion deals out to us. And ad-
mirable colors they are in mass even if
the artists do deplore their incoming.
If one feels too young for the "baby'
tones, then black or white and midnight
blue are chosen. The latter color has
leaped into fashion. The miliners are
responsible for its revival for dressy oc
casions. and the dressmakers have fol-
lowed suit. Nearly all the smart hats
that are not black are deep blue. The
trimming consists of two or more slen-
der burnt ostrich feathers, which have
entirely replaced the aigrette. which was
the symbol of cruelty. the veritable war
scalp Haunted by women.
Not sympathy. but the law, has re-
moved this trimming from fashion, and
only those women wear it who possess
1t, and who argue that it does no good
~ of If
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-11-30
To Fasten Buttons Securely.

Begin to sew on the right side, and
sew back and forth several times be-
fore you begin to sew through the
button. The knot will be under the
button, and not on the wrong side to
be rubbed off in laundering. In sewing
buttons on coats, sew over match or
toothpick and wrap thread for a
shank"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-11-30

SO fat that he was actually rolly-poly.
1t made him grunt just to walk fast.
AS for running. why. he hadn't even
But he must run now. There was no
help for it. He must run as fast as ever
he possibly could or those dreadful
dogs would be right at his heels and
he would have to climb a tree before
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-11-30
A Good Word for the Devil.

FrOm the PhlIaueIphid Rec0fd.
An old Scotch woman was famous for
speaking kindly. No sheep was so dark
but she could discover some white spot
to point out to those who could see
only its blackness. One day a gossip
ing neighbor cost patience with her.
and said, angrily:
"Wumman, yen hae a guild word to
say for the deevil himself"
Instantly came the reply:
''Weel, he's vera industreeous bodys'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-11-30
When Feeling Onions.

To keep from weeping while peel
ing onions, breathe through the mouth.
1t may be necessary to put a clothes
pin or pencil between the teeth to keep
the lips open.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-11-30

straps diverging from the cut-out v in
front and back. 1t hooks in back over
a blouse of chiffon whose graceful
bishop sleeves are caught in above and
below the elbows with fur landings.
A touch of bright blue outline en-
broidery is displayed just below the
bust line. but, if preferred. silver lace
can be used. yelled by the chiffon
blouse. White batiste is used for the
collar.
The full gathered chiffon tunic is
applied at the hip line and has it's
length broken at the knees by a dou-
BILE fur banding which very slightly
holds in bit of fullness.
For the underskirt it will not be
necessary to use velvet all the way up
A twelve-inch band for the lower part
will be sufficient. The top may be of
satin.
There was time when gray tones
were considered "old" and only to be
worn by matronly women, but with all
the lovely taupe and London smoke
shades that hint of rose touches and
border on mole brown. there are prob
ably few colors so well suited to youth.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-11-30
AMERICAN FASHIONS.
BY LILLIAN E. YOUNG.

Everybody is happy over the fact
that fashion is permitting such a free
use of velvet. No fabric is more becom-
ing for dress occasions, nor is there
any that is more satisfactory to work
with. The model here introduced is in
taupe with chiffon to match and trim
mings of blue fox fur
. The bodice is no more than a deem
basque gird1e with extended shoulder
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-11-30
Remedy for MildeW,

An excellent remedy for mildew is to
saturate the article with kerosene. roll
it up and let stand for at least twenty
four hours, then wash 1t in hot soapsuds.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-11-30

combination which promises to be a
favorite for fall and winter is that of
navy blue serge and black satin. A
serviceable frock made from these two
materials is shown in the model above
The blouse caters to the long WASTED
fancy by being cut in one with the sash.
which. passing about the waist; is tied low
in the back with silk lined ends. A little
embroidered motif in colored beads deco
rates the bodice front and the neck is
filed with folds of white satin. The
tunic hangs from q hip yoke. both yoke
and tunic being of the material, and over
black satin underskirt.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-11-30
To Color Frosting Pink.

Use strained beet juice and mix with
powdered sugar, using the juice in
place of milk or white of egg. Boil
beets until the exact shade of pink is
secured.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-11-30
To-Clean Brass Beds.

Brass beds that have become tarnish-
ed may be cleaned by applying a mix
ture of olive oil and whiting or rot
tenstone. Rub clean with a soft. dry
flannel or channels skin. If the brass Is
worn OF, have it refinished..