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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-14
Box Party at Concert.

/ Mrs. Willard Salisbury is entertain
| ing in her box at the National this
| afternoon, to hear the Philadelphia
! Orchestra, Nine. SulZer, Nine. Simon,
Mrs. Nields of Wilmington. Mrs.
! Charles c. Walcutt ana Miss Trapier.
| Senator and Mrs. Salisbury will en-
/ terrain dinner company tomorrow
night.
! The special assistant to the Attorney
! General for war work and Mrs. John
Lord O'Brian will entertain a dinner
party this evening in honor of the At
| torney General and Mrs. Thomas Watt
| Gregory.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Sumner Ham
! lin will entertain a dinner party this
evening.
| Col. and Mrs. Harold S. Hetrick will
! entertain theater and supper party
this evening in compliment to Col
and Mrs. Clarence Ridley.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mark L. Requa will
! be hosts for large dinner party
this evening. when they will formally
present their debutante daughter.
/ dinner Senator Phelan will give a
dance for young people in honor of
| Miss Requa.
Mrs: BENJAMIN F; warder will en-
! terrain forty members of the quite
young set Thursday. January %. for
her grandchildren, Mr.. Benjamin
Warder Thoron and Miss Louise
Theron, children of Mrs Harry
Leonard: who will leave on January
~ for The Hague, where they will
| Join their uncle and aunt, Mr. and
Mrs. John w. Garrett. Dancing will
! follow the dinner. which will be given
at the home of Mrs. Warder. 1915
| Mr.. Garrett. is envoy extraordinary
and minister plenipotentiary of
! America to the Netherlands and
Luxembourg.
| Miss Polly Brooks. a debutante of
this season, daughter of Mrs. Chaun-
/ cey Brooks, will give a dinner this
| evening preceding the ball which
Senator Phelan is giving for the
debutante circle in honor Of Miss
1 Alice Requa.
Mrs. Henry D. Flood will not be at
home today, but will be at home
peetfept avenue s1ifssf
! Miss Daviette Ffcklen has cards out
4 for a dance for Monday, January 20.
at the Washington Club in honor of
Miss Margaret Devereux. whose mar
| IIoec ~ odpl. hlcHdTu HAL J6SCnke,
| 7. S. M. c., will take place on Janu-
| ary 90
/. Many other Inequalities have been
planned for Miss Devereux, including
luncheon for next Saturday. with
| MisSaAbigail Harvey as hostess; Miss
| Elizabeth Koones will give tea in
her honor on January 90, and on the
25th Miss Phoebe Walker and Miss
Jean Rayner will give dinner party
{ for her.
Mrs. Charles Keller will be a lunch
( con hostess of Thursday, entertain
ing in honor of Mrs. George W. Burr.
! wife of Brig. Gen. Burr
! Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas F. Logan will
entertain at dinner Wednesday night
I taking their guests later to the Rus
1 sian ball.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-14
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e HE Minister of Switzerland
and Nine. Sulzer will enter
tain u dinner company at
the legation tonight, and
early next week the Vice
President and Mrs. Marshall will be
their guests at dinner.
The Minister. of Salvador and Nine.
Aaidivar are the guests for whom
Mr. and Mrs. Edison Bradley are enter
tanning at dinner tonight.
The coming to Washington of DR..
francisco Tudela, the new minister
OF Peru, who is later to be an ambas-
sador. brought two new bachelor
diplomats into the corps in the per-
sons of Mr.. Javier Alvarez de
Buenayista, first secretary, and Mr.
Emilio del Solar, second secretary of
legation
Mr.. Manuel de Freyre Y Santander
former minister, is at the Willard pre-
paratory to his uncertain date for
departure.
Mr. John Barrett. director general
of the Pan American Union, has again
postponed the dinner which he had
planned TO give Thursday. January
16, in honor of the new Chilean am
basSador and Sonora de Matthew.
because the latter is confined to her
room with an attack of influenza.
Mrs. Atlee Pomerene will be at
home informally at the Highlands
Thursday afternoon from $50 TO {.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-14

the secretary Of the Belgian lega-
ton; Mrs. Francesca Quattrone, wife
of the special commissioner of Italy;
Mrs. Thomas Watt Gregory, Mrs.
Franklin X. Lane, Mrs. Frank l..
Polk. Mrs. William Phillips, Mrs.
Russell Leffingwell, Mrs. Franklin
Roosevelt. Mrs Breckenridge Long.
Mrs. Raymond T. Baker, Mrs. Gordon
Knox Bell of New York, Mrs. Edison
Bradley, Mrs. William Gibbs Nc
Adoo. Mrs. John Hays Hammond. Mrs.
Julian James. Mrs. Hennen Jennings
Mrs. Frank h. Let's of Chicago. Mrs,
Joseph Letter. Mrs. Francis V. Lloyd
of Boston, cousin of Mrs. Nicholas
Longworth: Mrs. Thomas Logan. Mrs.
James Mcdonald, Mrs. Sherman Nc
Callum, Mrs. Medill Mccormick, Mrs.
J, Lindsay Morehead, Mrs. Ira Cop
ley, Mrs. Thomas Chatard, Mrs. Rich
ard Crane. Mrs. Marshall Field, Mrs.
Charles NJ. Ffoulke. Mrs. Thomas r.
Gaff, Mrs. Cary T. Grayson, Mrs. Will
liam Morton Grinnell, Mrs. Arthur
Glasgow, Mrs. William McCle1len Rit-
ter, Mrs. Edward Stellwagen, Mrs.
Walter Schoelkopf. Mrs. Robert NJ
Thompson, Mrs. Scott Thropp and
Mrs. Charles Boughton Wood
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-14

Mrs. Charles Keller will be a lunch
con hostess of Thursday, entertain
ing in honor of Mrs. George W. Burr.
wife of Brig. Gen. Burr.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-14

Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas F. Logan will
entertain at dinner Wednesday night.
taking their guests later to the Rus
sian ball
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-14

Mrs. Henry D. Flood will not be at
home today, but will be at home
Tuesdays in February at 2o29 Con-
Qecticut aYenua. 49,. -
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-04-29

ought to remain firm as long as if
it were packed in salt and ice in an
ordinary freezer. Many cooks prefer
tC pack SUCH half-frozen desserts as
mousse or parfait in a fireleSS cook
er rather than in freezer because
there is less danger of Them becom-
ing too cold and hard. 1t is often
convenient to make cold drinks, like
lemonade or fruit punch, some hours
before they are used. By chilling
them and placing in the cooker they
can be kept cool without ice.
Sometimes a little ice is put into
the box with the food to make it
cooler, just as hot soapstones or
bricks are put In to make it hotter
Because there is less space to keep
cool, much less ice is needed than in
the chamber of an ice box. The ice
in the cooker melts slowly and so
keeps the temperature down much
longer than if it were used in an
open pitcher.
What receptacles it is best to use
for food to be kept cool in the cook
er depends on their kind. The ma
terial can often be put directly into
the pail, just as if it were to be
cooked. For liquids it is sometimes
more convenient to use a low bottle
or a fruit jar which will go in the
ally cracked and packed around the
bottle or dish.
Simple directions for making a
fireless cooker may be had by writ
ing the United States Department of
agriculture for Bulletin I'll, Home
Made Fireless Cookers and Their
TIS1 -
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-04-29
Exaggerated Claims for Mung Beans;
Can not Compare With Common Varieties

plant as the cowpea or velvet bean
and does not compare very favorably
with these crops for forage, green
manure, or pasture. AS a seed pro-
Queer it is far inferior to the soy
bean. It's initial growth is slow, the
forage tends to turn black in curing
and the pods shatter badly. The
seeds are much subject to attack by
weeVil Experiments conducted in
the wilt and nematode lands in the
southern states showed all varieties
more or less subject to both of these
diseases. Under Texas conditions the
seed yield ranged from four to fiji
teen bushels.
AS a food crop in America, the
Mung bean will not compete with
common field beans and peas, but
il may find use to some extent for
Sprouting. Bean sprouts are a val
liable food and furnish a green veg
etable at a time when such food is
scacre.
Although under present economic
conditions this bean is not to be rec
commended as a general farm crop, it
has apparently a place in certain
systems of agriculture. 1t is an ex-
cellent poultry feed, used as pasture
when mature. Moreover, the beans
can be used as are sprouted oats,
as a green winter feed. This APP
pears to be one of the most inlpor-
tant uses of the CROP
The department has already ar
ranged for the distribution OF such
seed as was available.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-04-29

half inch from rim of bucket. The
more solidly the excelsior is packed.
The more efficient will be the fireless
cooker.
Cut cardboard collar to fit between
inside we'll Cor paiD and outside the
wood container and set in place.
Cover this with mixture of plaster
of paris--1 part plaster of paris to
parts of water. In putting on
mixture avoid having layer come up
a,5eI rim pail: # not thin
with Fingers PS' or g" WS Rife rq bade
Paint after plaster of paris has
dried thoroughly.
Fill pillow full enough to make it
fit snugly between well-top and lip.
Fasten lid with hinges if box is
used.
Definite directions for using the
fireless cooker and some recipes for
cooked in it can be procured from
your state agricultural college or
your home demonstration agent.
Have your cooker ready for the re-
cipes they will send you on request.
Fireless Cooker as an Tcebox
The fireless cooker can be used to
keep food cold as well as hot, be-
cause heat cannot pass in to warm
the contents any more than it can
pass out and cool them. In this re-
EHPOSI II WI very LlICII ike ID re-
frigerator. In fact, both the cook
ing box and the ice box are con-
structed on the same principIe-sup-
plying constant-temperatur cham
her with non-conducting walls. Well
constructed ice boxes are made with
some insulating material or dead-air
space between the inner and outer
walls, and the covers and doors close
IN such way as to prevent heat
passing. in or out. Of course, the
more often the doors are opened, the
more heat passes in and the more
quickly the ice melts and the tenn
perature rises. Fortunately this is
less serious than the loss of heat
when a fireless cooker is opened.
When the cooker is used to keep
food cool, it must be chilled to the
desired temperature before it is put
in. The more nearly heat-proof the
walls, the longer the material keeps
it's original temperature. Ice cream
put in Well-made fireless cooker
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-04-29

The attention of the United States
department of Agriculture has been
called to some exaggerated claims of
the good qualities of the Mung bean,
and exorbitant prices asked for the
seed.
The Mung bean was known in the
United States previous to 1885.
About 1853 it was grown under the
names of ChickashaW pea and Ore
gon pea. One variety was rather
generally known in the southern
States for many years as the New
man bean.
The Mung bean is one of the com
monty cultivated legumes of south
ern Asia the adjacent Malayan ISL
ands, and the eastern portions of
Africa. The seeds are used almost
exclusively for human food and the
fodder is fed to cattle. 1t is eXten-
sively used, especially in China, for
supplying the people with bean
sprouts, bean Vermicelli and bean
gelatin. Considerable quantities of
Ntung- bean seed imported into the
United States are utilized almost en-
tirely by Chinese restaurants for
Sprouting. 49,.
During the last ten years the de-
partment of agriculture has intro
duced and tested about 100 lots of
Mung beans from various sources.
1t is doubtful whether the best will
prove a permanent addition to Amer
lean agriculture. ...>
This bean is not as vigorous a
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-04-29
Cotton Growers to Hold Important
Meeting at Raleigh Wednesday

first of these is that it affords each
state an opportunity to keep in close
touch with one another, allowing
them to come to some sensible agree
ment as to what acreage should be
Planted that will produce crop
which the probable trade demands
will permit of bringing a fair price
to the producer. A good cohesive,
working organization could see that
this acreage, and no more, is planted.
The second argument advanced in
favor of a permanent organization
is that the association could furnish
the cotton growers, who naturally
are the most interested, advanced in
formation as to the acreage of cot
ton which is being planted in each
state. This information would be
available in advance of the annual
government report.
Improve Warehouses
Third, the organization, by having
active local workers in each county,
could promote the proper warehous-
ing of cotton. and care of the staple
after it has been produced.
Fourth, after the organization is
perfected over the entire south, it
could be of much value in withhold
ing cotton from the market at any
time when there is danger of the
price being unduly depressed. This
is true, because the organization in
each state could advise the farmers
when it was necessary for them to
hold their cotton from the market,
and in this way tie up the market
completely until better price is as
Sured.
Finally, the organization could Sc
cure universal and prompt action at
any time that anything whatever
threatened the security of the cotton
grower.
The executive committee of the
North Carolina Cotton association is
planning to make this meeting on
April 80 one of much value and in
terest to the cotton farmers of the
state, and it is anticipated that prac-
tically every officer of the local
county associations will be present
tc take part in the deliberations.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-04-29

IF you use a fireless cooker, you
will save time, for the food can be
cooking while you are doing some
other work about the house.
If you use a fireless cooker, you
will be able to serve better food
Many foods cooked at low tempera-
ture for a long time have much
better flavor, and breakfast cereals
SO cooked are often considered more
wholesome.
If you use a fireless cooker you
will save fuel and your kitchen will
III which to work, especially in hot
weather.
Materials You Will Need.
These materials plus a few hours
work plus ordinary common sense
will produce the fireless cooker you
want and need in your kitchen:
One tightly-built wooden box or
lard firkin, large enough to allow at
least four inches packing around the
we'll or inside pail. 10c to 15c; one
metal pail without handles and with
tight-fitting cover. Cover preferably
fits inside pail. If tin is used, care
must be taken to avoid rusting, soc
per, sawdust ground cork, no cost.
Asbestos paper, 1-8 inch thickness.
soc to S5c. Cardboard collar, no
cost. Plaster paris or asbestos col
lar, 10c. White paint, 10c. Round
pillow" or old cotton material and
top, no cost. Two soapstones to fit
into pail or we'll, 81 to $1.2O. But
tonhook to lift soapStones, no cost
Total cost of material, 1920 to $3.40
To make the use of the fireless
cooker easier there are some addi-
used if you so desire. The duplicate
CT triplicate kettles purchased to fit
the well of your cooker are not abso-
lutely necessary if you own other
pans which fit, but they are much
more convenient and aid in making
the cooker more efficient.
If it is necessary that the cooker
be moved, castors will make this cas-
lily done.
The following directions for MAX
l1g cooker are given by the States
Relations Service, United States De-
partment of Agriculture. If you fol-
low them closely, you will be able to
show your efficient fireless cooker
with pride to the next neighbor who
comes in. 1t will give you an en-
viable feeling to be able to say. 81
made that myself. It cost very lit
tie and does good work" Try it and
see.
How to Make the Cooker
Scour firkin, let it dry thorough
~, and put in castors.
Line with several tnlckneSSeS OF
newspaper tackled to sides.
about 2 inches thick. This should
be at least inches thick, but might
we'll be more if the firkin is deep
enough to permit.
Fit asbestos around pail and wire
OF tie it firmly
Cut circle of asbestos a little larg-
er than the size of the pail and place
on top of the Pinch layer of excel
sior.
Set pail on top of this and weight
before starting to pack around it in
order to avoid having the pail move
out of place
Put in samll amount of excelsior
around pail, distributing it evenly.
Pound down with handle of ham
mer or something else heavy.
Continue backing excelsior and
rounding down until it is about one
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-04-29

On Wednesday. April 80, at L
o'clock in the capitol building at Ra-
leigh, the North Carolina Cotton as
ISOLATION will hold an important
plans for the future of the associa-
ton. Mr.. ]. o. Mcconnell, secre-
tary of the executive committee, has
sent call to the county chairmen,
the secretaries, and treasurers of the
county associations, and special in
vitation to private individuals in
each cotton growing county who are
interested in cotton growing, or the
buying or handling of supplies, with
cotton as a basis of credit.
A full attendance is expected, and
much important work has been plan
first questions will be the consider
alton of indorsing the Exporting and
Finance corporation, which was
formed at the Memphis meeting on
April 10. -
Delegates will be elected to at
Orleans on May IA, Is and Is. North
Carolina has been asked to send 20
representative delegates to this
meeting.
Permanent Organization.
The association also will take up
the question of deciding whether or
not the present statewide organiza-
tion shall be made permanent. Mr.
Mcconnell states that a complete
census will be made at the meeting
to determine the actual cotton acre
age reduction and fertilizer reduc-
ton in the various counties. Sta
tistics also will be gathered as to the
percentage of cotton of the 1918 crop
which is still beinx held.
The two biggest questions to be
decided by the conference, accord
ing to Mr.. Mcconnell, are the con-
sideration of the Exporting and FL
nance corporation, and the matter of
making permanent organization
out of the present state cotton as
sociation.
Some good arguments have been
advanced as to why this association
should be made permanent The
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-04-29
The Sweet Potato
Claims Attention

Climbing rapidly the ladder of
popular affection, the sweet potato
is becoming one of the most impor-
tant crops in the south and now bids
fair to rank among the highest in
North Carolina. Right now, many
communities are finding in this crop
a substitute for cotton and are plan
ming storage houses both for indi-
vidual farms and for entire commu-
mites. The North Carolina agri-
cultural extension service now has
man at work in the state giving
active assistance to farmers who de-
sire to build houses. All of the
county agents also are giving this
matter their attention and free plans
for the buildings are being furnish
ed by the division of horticulture in
cooperation with the national de-
partment of agriculture.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-04-29
Pyrethrum Should Be Sealed
To Keen Its KiIIinu Power

Insect powders containing pyreth-
rum will retain their effectiveness
for months if kept in sealed con-
tanners, but if left exposed to heat
power to kill insects within few
weeks. This is brought out in tests
recently completed by entomologiSts
of the United States department Of
agriculture, a report Of which has
been published in the departments
bulletin I'll. Pyrethrum both whole
and ground was kept for various pc
RODS under a variety of conditions,
and then tested for effectiveness in
two different ways: By busting the
powder on small potter nasturtium
plants heavily infested with aphidS,
and by dropping croton bugs into a
glass jar containing small amount
of the pyrethrum powder to be test
ed, and shaking the jar so as to
cover them thoroughly with the pow
der.
1t was found that the ground flow-
er heads kept in tightly closed glass
containers for five and a half years
lost practically all their effective
ness, while the whole flower heads
kept in similar containers for the
same period were almost unhurt.
Both whole and ground flower heads
kept in sealed jars for $50 weeks
were not injured. When exposed
for "a weeks in an open dish in
room, ground pyrethrum was not in
jured, but it's effectiveness was ma
terially reduced by an exposure of
1876 weeks and it was practically
worthless at the end of $50 weeks.
When exposed to the weather for ri
weeks both the whole and ground
heads were greatly reduced in eff
ficiency.
Powdered flower heads heated to
100 degrees c. for. Is hours were
practically uninjured, but a temper
allure of 1870 or 40 degrees c. for the
same period detroyed their effective
ness. Ground flower heads We're
hours in cold water, az Materially
injured by soaking. for the same
length Of time in hot water.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-04-29
To Save Laundering

For the cottan breakfast and lunch
table can now buy oilcloth sets of
centerpiece and doilies. They are
stencilled in colors, in very attrac-
tive designs, and can be washed with
a damp cloth with the utmost ease
Some of the designs are in conven-
tional lines, done in blue or brown
on q cream cOlored ground. Some
show fruit in natural colors used
with stencilled Quilting design in
black
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-04-29

NANSEN is the famous Norwe-
gian explorer who has been select
ed to head commission of Swiss
and Scandinavian citizens which
will direct distribution of food in
Russia if the Bolsheviki agree to
stop fighting.