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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-19
Those Patriotic Potatoes.

The Department of Agriculture and
the food administration have great
hopes for next years grain crops. In
the meantime last years wheat crop
was below expectation and the demand
for wheat was such as this country has
never before known. Potatoes form a
fair substitute for white flour That is
to say. each gives US big amount of
starch, and if we only form a habit we
can make potatoes take the place of
bread to a great extent We may not
need to learn this lesson. The war
may end. next years wheat crop may be
a bumper. On the other hand, at pres
ent we ought to eat more potatoes than
we do.
If we only vary our methods of cook
ing and serving potatoes enough We
can eat them without monotony to a
much greater extent than we do now.
Here are some good ways of serving
them:
Boiled Potatoes-Select potatoes of
uniform size; wash them with a brush
water Zone teaspoonful salt to one
quart water). Cook them with the
cover of kettle ajar until tender, from
twenty to thirty minutes Drain the po-
tatoes: remove the skins; dress the po-
tatoes with butter desired. and serve
them Immediately. If it is necessary
for the potatoes to stand few minutes
before being served. cover them with a
cloth. not lid. in order that the steam
as il condenses may be absorbed by the
cloth and not returned to the potatoes
to make them soggy. This is the rea-
son for serving potatoes in an uncov-
cred dish.
Stuffed Potatoes-Cut baked pota-
toes in half, remove the pulp mash it,
add enough milk for the usual consis-
tency OF mashed potatoes. and season
with butter salt and pepper. Fill the
cases with this mixture, dot the tops
with butter or brush with milk, and
bake for eight or ten minutes in hot
oven. Potatoes may be stuffed in the
morning and heated at noon or in the
evening for dinner.
Potato CrOquetteS-Tak some fresh
mashed potato. well seasoned. and fry
TO golden brown in hot fat, croquette
shape Remove carefully to q hot plat
ter With a tablespoon make a deep
depression in each one and fill with
highly seasoned minced chicken Strew
the grated yolks of hard-boiled eggs
over the tops.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-19
Try Making Your Our,
Cough Remedy
You can save about 81 and have
a better remedy than the ready
made kind. Easily done.

If you combined the curative prop
critics of every known 'ready-made"
cough remedy, you would hardly
have in them all the curative power
that lies i'm this simple homemade"
cough syrup which takes only few
minutes to prepare.
Get from any druggist ~, ounces
of Pinex 900 cents WORTH, pour it
into pint bottle and fill the bottle
with plain granuEated sugar syrup.
The total cost is about 65 cents and
gives you full pint of really better
cough syrup than You could buy
ready-r7ade for $3.50. Tastes pleasant
and never spoi!s.
This Pinex and sugar syrup prepa-
ration gets right at the cause of a
cough and gives almost immediate
relief.
A days use will usually overcome
the ordinary cough and for bron-
chitis, Group, whoopirg cough and
bronchial asthma there is nothing
better.
Pinex is a most valuable concen.
tratef compound of genuine Norway
pine extract, land has been used Tor
generations 10 break up severe
coughs.
To avoid disappointment, be sure
to ask your druggist for az. ounces
of Pinex" with full directions, and
don't accept ANYTHING else. A guar
antee of absolute satisfaction Or
money promptly refunded goes with
this preparation.
: The Pinex Co., Fl. Wayne, Ind.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-19
FLOWERS FOR SOLDIERS.

Florists of this city. through their
local association, have planned to aid
the local Red Cross organization by
sending flowers to the hospitals at
which sick and wounded soldiers arc
receiving treatment. The Plan was sug-
sested by William F. Guide. president of
the Washington Florists Association,
and has received the hearty indorse-
ment of the organization.
Hereafter wards and rooms in all To-
cal hospitals where soldiers, sailors and
marines are confined by reason of ILL
ness or wounds are to be made cheer
full with blooms contributed with the
compliments of the florists.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-19

it is difficult to refrain from using
pockets if they are at hand.
This blouse fastens in the center
back. and the sash girdle has ends
which are Topped four hand fashion.
Handkerchief linen or cotton wolfe,
either in plain color or in striped,
checked or Powered pattern, might be
used to make the blouse with good
results.
No matter how elaborate suit blouses
may be for fall and winter wear. sim
plicity is the best asset of spring and
summer apparel. OF course, this is
especially true of all garments that
are to be tubbed.
Collarless blouses will again lead the
procession. The high-neck models dis
played as an advance guard and urged
as appropriate for wear with the spring
suit have not been well reviewed Vir-
tualIy all blouses have full-length
sleeves. \ few three quarter-length
sleeves were shown early in the sea-
son, but they did not sell we'll and
are now abandoned. a three-quarter-
length sleeve is rarely very becoming,
and it is difficult to handle comfortably
underneath the coat or jacket sleeve.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-19

hard in,the fall and really had a right
to rest He spent much time sleeping
in the comfortable little bedroom above
the water in his house on the edge of
the Smiling Pool Occasionally he
visited one Of his burrows in the bank.
When he was hungry he dug up roots
from the bottom of the Smiling Pool
or went a little way up the Laughing
Brook for mussels. You see, Jerry could
come and go as he pleased under the
watching out for Reddy Fox or Old
Man Coyote or Hooty the Owl, who. Of
course, couldn't see him, and couldn't
have got him even If they could have
seen him. Yes, Jerry certainly did pass
"a comfortable winter. I suspect that
some of his friends would have envied
him if they could have known how
very comfortable he was, especially
those who had hard work to keep alive.
But no one in this life has everything
just he would, not even Jerry Musk
rat. Worries of one kind or another
come to everybody. Yes, indeed, we
all have our worries. What worries
you. may not worry me, and what
worries me may not worry you. and
the worries of Jerry Muskrat may not
bother either of US in the least, but
worries we all have. Jerrys friends
had their worries all through the WIN
ter while Jerry was care-free. Jerry's
worries began when theirs ended They
the snow.
Now there was a very great deal of
snow in the Green Forest where the
Laughing Brook has its beginning-a
very great deal of snow Of course,
Jerry Muskrat didn't know that. Had
he known it he would have begun
worrying sooner than he did, so per-
haps it is Just as well that he didn't
know it, When gentle Sister South
Wind arrived and saw all that snow she
set to work to melt it, just as fast as
she could. She wanted to get it out of
the way. So she blew and she blew
with her soft warm breath, and the ice
in the Laughing Brook and the Smil-
ing Pool melted. and the snow in the
Green Forest melted. The voice of the
Laughing Brook grew louder Instead
of tinkling laughter it became a roar
into the Laughing Brook faster than it
could be carried down to the Big River
in sDite of the fact that it was rushing
down madly.
It was when Jerry Muskrat first
heard that angry note in the voice of
the Laughing Brook that he began to
worry. He left his snug, warm bed
room and climbed up on top of his
house. There he sat and watched the
Smiling Pool stop smiling and swell
and swell and swell as the Laughing
Brook poured water in at one side
faster than it could take it out on the
opposite side.
q don't like this. If this keeps on
I am afraid it will sweep my house
away" muttered Jerry with his face
puckered anxiously.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-19
FASHIONS

The "Bibette" blouse is the newest
member of the peplum blouse family.
and it is being brought out in all of
the popular blouse fabrics, including
georgette. crepe de chine, satin and the
various sheer cottons and linens. 1t
might perhaps, more properly be
christened an apron blouse, inasmucn
as the extension feature distinguishes
it as an apron rather than a bib. but
the designer of the original model Sc
lected "Bibette" as the name for the
garment, and there tho matter rested.
The sketch indicates "Bibette'
blouse on very simple lines, to be made
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-19
Made from
Vegetable Fat

.Troco is made from sfat" ex-
tracted from the white meat of
cocoanuts the fat from the
same tropic delicacy you use
shredded on cake.
This appetizing product is
churned with pastemized milk by
an exclusive process which gives
Troco the delicate butter favor.
Troco contains no animal oils
nothing but pure vegetable
fats and pasteurized milk for
butter favor. The Troco Com
pany makes no animal oil prod
ucts. It specializes on this one
product.
ASK your dealer for a capsule
of the vegetable coloring used
by butter makers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-19
IITTLESIORIEs
'6rbEDTInE
By THORNTON w. BURGESS.
Copyright. 1918. BY T. W. Burgess.l
Jerry Muskrat Becomes Wor-

Jerry Muskrat had spent very COM
Portable winter. In fact. none of the little
people of the Green Meadows and the
Green Forest had passed more COM
Portable winter than had he. Few had
been quite so comfortable. From the
time when the Smiling Pool had first
frozen over, Jerry hadn't cared a slap
of his rubbery tail what the weather
was. Rough Brother North Wind could
blow to his hearts content. Jack Frost
could bind all the great world in shin
ing letters of ice. the stormclouds
could pile their snow as high as they
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-19
FRENCH BABY HOSPITAL OPENS.

PARIS Saturday, March 1s.-Mme.
Poincare. wife of the president. and
Mrs. Sharp, wife of the American am
bassador. attended the opening today
Of hospital for babies founded by
Mrs. w. B. Eikins and Mrs NJ. F. Laws
Of New York, under the auspices of the
French heroes fund OF New York.
Miss Marion Nelson. formerly of
Bellevue Hospital, New York, is in
charge of the hospital, which has beds
for twenty-five babies. The institution
is caring for infants suffering from in
sufficient nutrition.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-19

pleased, it was all one to Jerry Musk
rat. He neither knew nor cared what
might be going on above. for down
under the ice in the Smiling Pool there
was no change. Rough Brother North
Wind and Jack Frost could not reach
him. Neither could the snow bury his
food or make it hard for him to get
about. Jerry was absolutely independ-
ent of the weather. and he hadn't
thing in the world to worry about
1t was a. lazy life Jerry lived. But
then you remember he had worked very
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-19
BY ANNE RITTENHoUSE.

Special Correspondence of The Star
NEW YORK, March 1s,-For twelve
months French and American women
have realized the interesting possibili-
ties of separate blouses that, like the
Chinaman's shirt, are worn outside
There was strong prejudice against
them at first 1t arose from the fact
that the fashion started with artists
smocks, and the average woman does
not care to wear studio clothes unless
she is in a studio or has some afilia-
ton with one. She feels that they are
quite as opposed to her personality as a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-19

preferably Of crepe de chine or satin.
with collar and cuffs of hemstitched
georgette or chiffon. Real pockets may
be set in to the blouse, or bands Of
ribbon stitched slantwise on either
side may merely simulate pocket open
ings The latter plan is perhaps best,
as it is rather easy to draw gar
ment out of shape by stuffing gloves,
handkerchief, etc, into pockets. and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-19

Schools removed from local and state
boundaries and unified into a fed
eral system. working together with a
national purpose, is the war time ideal
of the National Security League.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-19
Our Exclusive 2 r0Cess Gives
Tr0C0 Its Real Butter Flavor
Compare 737ocO zcifh the
Best Creamery Butter
~ .


The test Of Troco is on the
table, in comparison with the
best creamery hutter. This is
where it wins butter lovers.
For cooking it has no equal,
either in results or from the
standpoint Of economy. Troco
goes farther than butter.
Old laws, made before Troco
was invented, compel US to label
it as an oleonargarine. This is
extremely misleading.
Troco is a quality product
used in homes where only the
best is tolerated. Here favor,
quality and the assurance Of fas-
tidious manufacturing methods
insure the popularity of Troco. =
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-19
Used for Economy.

AS soon as this garmens gained, a
place, as soon as it established pres
tiGe, the designers instantly saw in il a
chance for giving to the women of
the war a so-called economical even
ing gown. They produced a tunic, elab-
crate of its kind, low in the neck and
without sleeves, which could he worn
over any kind of soft skirt at opera,
dance, dinner party or theater,
The idea will make a strong appeal.
Whatever sounds economical is eagerly
grasped at today. It may not prove to
be all that its promoters claim for it.,
for the exploiters OF economy from
sugar to shiDyards have not always
met with consistent success: but the
effort is good, the purpose is well meant.
and it won't hurt nation to try its
best not to be wasteful, even if it fails
in some quarters through lack of
knowledge.
The new kind of evening tunic is
shown in the sketch today. 1t is of
black net embroidered in gold. The
sides of it are cut n a way that has
gained great prestige during the last
six weeks. The two edges join only at
the hips and the shoulder and they are
outlined with heavy gold cord that
drops from the points of the hem in
weighted tassels that reach to the
ankles.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-19

TUNIC OF BLACK NET EMBROIDER-
ED IN GOLD CORDS OPENING AT
SIDES. TO BE WORN OVER SEPA-
RATE SKIRTS IN THE EVENING.
yachting cap Aould be in the subway.
Artists smocks were all very well for
girls who held palettes in their hands,
but when they were worn to afternoon
teas, to lunch parties and under coat
suits they gave one an artificial pose.
Therefore, these blouses were taboo by
women of taste.
1t was difficult to work against this
prejudice, and so the short Russian
blouse that was offered as a substitute
for the smock did not find easy access to
the favorftism of American women.
had been worn for a generation and
which would be tucked in neatly under
the skirt and covered by belt They
refused to see that this strong line of
demarcation at the waist was out of the
picture of the hour, and it made them
look a trifie o1d-fashioned unless the
coat was kept on to hide it.
Insistence of the Tunic.
However, the tunic won out, The
shirt waist Is still worn by thousands
of women. but you will notice that
these women keep on their coats when
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-19
OF Interest to. Women
NEW TUNICs AS SEPARATE GARMENTS

in public. and they are very apt to
loose blouse that drops to the hips
and is carelessly girdled at the waist
There was 80 much in favor of this
latter garment that it appealed to the
economical sense of women. 1t pro-
vided, as it We're, an entire costume,
and this work. could never be accom-.
p1ished by the white blouse that was
tucked in to the belt.
As soon as il was permissible to wear
blouse of another color than the
skirt. provided it did not end at the
waist line. the short tunic leaped into
favor. 1t was made of satin, of striped
silk, of emproidered crepe de chine and
sometimes on the order of n tight,
slim sweater banding the hips and
heavily soutachcd from neck to hem.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-19

If you want work read the want COL
umns of The Star.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-19
SOlpeS the Butter
Problem

Troco is not merely a butter
substitute; it is the successor to
butter. It tastes exactly like the
finest creamery butter and is as
digestible as butter, with the
same high nutritive value.
Troco solves the butter prob
lem for those who hitherto have
used nothing but the best cream
cry butter. These critical users
say that rarely is butter SO
sweet and delicate in favor.
But don't just ask for 'nut
butter" or nut margarine" and
expect to enjoy this de luxe
flavor.
Ask for Troco and get the real
butter flavor.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-15
Strike Prevents Berlin
 Papers From Appearing

Berlin, Friday, December 19--(By the Associated Press. )-The Zeitung am Mittag and the afternoon editions of the Tageblatt and vosslsche Zeitung did not publish today because of astrike arising from wage demands made by the men in the composing rooms.
 Skilled workers receive good wages. diers' and workmen's councils are draw ing the pay on the same scale has stimulated workers in many branches to accept that figure as the standard of pay.
 The Weertheim department store shut down today as the result of the firms refusal to meet the demand of the women employees for an extra war al- lowance ranging from 100 to 1000 marks each The amount involved would total 100000 marks. The firm offered a compromise of 700, 900 marks which was refused. The Weertheim mana cement announced today that the salary in- creases granted in the past two years exceeded 5000, 900 marks.~
 That the labor situation in many of the big industrial plants in Berlin is rapidly becoming acute is evidenced by the peremptory demands made by the workmen and clerical forces in the Siemens & Halsket electrical works and the allied Siemens-Sc -Schuckert plant at Spandau, The wage schedules with which the management is being con- fronted with call for increases amount ing to 124,000,000 marks annually.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-15
MEN IN SERVICE MAY HAVE VOTE IN
 STATE ELECTIONS
Representative Huey to Pre- sent Bill at Session of Leg islature in Reference to
 Soldiers Vote

A bill having for it's purpose the en- franchisement of soldiers and sailors in active service, and relieve them of lia- bility for poll tax will be presented at the Approaching session of the state leg islature by Thomas E. Huey. representa- tive from Jefferson county.
 The bill provides that men in service shall be exempt from poll tax, and that they shall have the right to vote in all elections of the ~state, though absent from their home voting stations. The proposed bill follows:
 To be entitled: An act to permit all persons, residents of Alabama who were inducted into the national army of the United States during 1917 or 1918, or who were in the servlce of the United States in either the army or navy during the war with Germany. or who were in serv- ice on the Mexican border during the two years prior to the declaration of an existing state of war between the United States and Germany, to vote in primary, special or general elections who failed to pay their poll tax and would otherwise have been entitled to vote.
 1. Be 1t enacted by the legislature Of Alabama, that all clt1ZenS or Ala Da1na, who would have been entitled to vote in primary, special or general elections who failed to pay their poll tav for the years they were in the service of the United States, either, In the army or the navy, are hereby declared exempted from the
 payment of such poll tax, and the said citizens shall not be disqualified as elec-
 tors from failure to pay such poll fax during the time of their actual enlist ment.
 ?. Be 1t also enacted that all qualified electors of the state of Alabama who are in actual service of the United States in either the army or the navy, shall have the right to vote in all primary special or general elections, notwith- Istandng the fact that they are absent from their home voting place, upon the following conditions: The election com mission shall mail to each qualified voter in the army or navy, to his last known address. ope ballot for such elec- tion, accompanied with an affidavit in which said enlisted qualified elector shall make oath that the ballot he has marked and returned with said affidavit is the only vote he has cast in said election Said election commission shall make re- turn of such votes as are received with in 30 days from the date of such cleo tion and they shall be counted the same as votes cast at regular polling places.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-15
Correction Made in the
 Original L. & N. Report

Montgomery, December H.-(SpeciaD The official mandate of the ruling of the supreme court of the United States in the Louisville and Nashville railroad franchise tax case, which was received by the state supreme court Saturday. makes minor correction of the first semi official report of the case Friday. The official document shows the high est court in the country dismissed the petition of the railroad for a rehearing on the ground that the court had no Jurisdiction. Because of the absence of the written opinion attaches of the state supreme court were unable to state the details of the case.
 Information at the attorney generals office Friday was that the United States supreme court had denied the application of thsSroad It appears now from the of ficial report the court did not go very far into the facts.
 There appears nothing for the Louis vile and Nashville and other roads in the state to do but pay into the state treasury 40 cents for each sleo0 of capital actually employed in the state. This tax is fixed. by the 1915 legislature, and since 1916 it has been in the courts, starting in the Montgomery probate court Ap- proximately $500, eco is said to be involved in the case.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-15
WHEREABOUTS OF
 FLEET REVEALED
Those Vessels Which Took No Part in War Were Held
 in the York River
Rx tb. A,.ociated Press

Washington, December 14.-York river, described by Secretary Daniels as the worlds greatest deposit for bat tleships" was the home port of that part of the Atlantic fleet which missed the chance of war service in foreign waters
 Where is the fleet?" question oft en asked during the war, was answered today by Secretary Daniels Except those units sent abroad, battIeships and other craft under command of Vice Admiral Albert w. Grant. anchored right where Admiral Rochambeau' s French fleet took it's stand and cut on relief by sea for General CornwaIlis. From the anchorage oftthe ships Ad- miral Grants men could see the shores of Yorktown where Cornwallis sur rendered.
 While stationed at this ancient naval base the ships passed back and forth through Chesapeake bay to sea, but under the voluntary censorship nothing ever was published as to the location. It was all routine for the men, Secre- tary Daniels explained, with no shore attractions and the voyage to New York of 10 or 12 batt1eships for the homecoming of the fleet from Europe will be a welcome change. Liberal Christmas leave will be granted to these and all others in the navy.
 Protected from the danger of sub marine attack by nets across the mouth of York river, officers and men put in many months of very efficient work, MT. Daniels said. In many instances, 400 men were crowded on ships whose normal couplements were 800 and, good work under these conditions, he added, was one of the big Accomplishments of the navy.