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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-06-17

TWO large, well furnished rooms; running
water: gas and electricity; charming home
terms reasonable. Also garage for car.
Call Franklin 121 49,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-06-17

1888 l4TH ST. N.W.-Excellent
meals; So per week. Thomas
Circle Cafe. 18*
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-06-17

1901 r. /. AVE. N.W.-Three vacancies in
house for girls, exclusively; home PRIVILEGES;
excellent table. 1Ss
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-06-17

1880 QUINCY ST.-Lovsly room for two: soutl
breeze: almost private shower bath: new house
SIS each: two m ,als. So. Col. 1873.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-06-17
LEXINGTON MANOR,
Sd and T SITS. NE.

Is now open to boarders. with or without
room; choice rooms splendid board. beautiful
surrounding; dancing: tennis: lawn OF 10
acres. with 300 magnificent oaks: only Ii
minutes from the Treasury. Union station and
Capitol. Call phone North lab.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-06-17

1900 PARK RoAD-Col. s2I2; finest table
board room for few more. 1ss
RED CHEvRoN TEAROOM. 1884 Irving St
Excellent horne cooking make all our rolls
and pastries: special rates by the week or
month Phone Columbia 6S23 Ire
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-06-17

A rare opportunity for navy yard employees
A nice brick. colonial porch, Groom, furnace
heat; new box style, which makes each room
cheerful; plenty closets; deep yard. Sample
house vacant Repainted and papered
throughout. To see it would mean to buy.
Only 50 $50.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-19
TIE BEST OF ALL

a. HERE S nothing such run the
whole yea! through
As vacation days on the farm.
For Grandpas place is the bc.. of all
70 Be when the DAYS are warm.
There | wade in the creek. till I'm
cool all through
And | rest in the trees soft shade F.,
Till the sun goes down, then | listen
to tales
Told me by the Dairy Mad
And the stores she knows are the best
OF all,
Bout giants and robbers and kings,
And she sings me swec, songs Of across
the sea
That tell Of 80 many nice things.
And when supper time comes and the
cows are In.
| hear my Crandma's call,
And know there's fresh milk and
some new laid eggs
And fruit pies--bes, of all.
Oh. no.hnss such fun the whole year
through
Neither winter. spring nor fall
A. vacation days on Grandpa farm
For summers the bes, Of all
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-19

going to dance to help the wounded
soldiers. They nodded their heads
approvingly.
And I'm not going to be bashful or
'fraid either" she called to them over
her shoulder as she went back to her
house.
The great evening arrived at last.
The biggest park OF the city was
strung with lanterns, great crowds of
people were gathered about the CEN
trail platform that was hastily built
for speakers and singers and dancers.
Grace was decked in new white
dress and she had a beautiful new
rose veil to foat about over her head
when she danced the Coming Of
Dawn Her golden hair was curled
and she wore dainty white slippers
and socks
Mother wisely arrived with her a
few minutes before her time to appear
on the program. The announcement
was made and onto the stage Grace
foated. Music was waited from the
trees nearby and the little girl began.
Strange, there was no feeling of
bashfulness. Mother, who watched
nearby. noted this with relief. On
and on Grace swayed and stepped.
The frst dance was over and the sec
ond begun. Everyone was enthusi-
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-19
SC)p 5NR

- HIS Ii what We call mesa. =
explained Gerald:ne's cousin
Frank. sits sort of plateau YOU
Dsee. Maybe you'd Ike 10 climb
3 N on this big rock and look around
Geraldine said she would rs she
had been In Arizona only short time
and had never before seen mesa
Her cousins. Frank and Louis, helped
her up the large boulder which looked
1 Ike desert island standing by tlseff
in an ocean of yellowish earth When
hey had almost reached the ION Of
~ Frank who was going first. gave =
loud yell.
What's the matter" cried Len,s
IAN enormous snake" shouted
Frank. scrsmbltng and sliding down
Z thing the others were not slow TO
DO TOO. IT'S coiled up on ledge Of
rock ready 70 strike Gee, It's tucky
saw II in time"
They looked around for anotN e~
boulder TO climb when Louis pointed
.nto the distance and exclaimed
Look, Indians"
Sure enough, There were TWO In
9sans coming toward them, ore carry
snR "A sack As the children watched
he stopped and lifted something from
she ground. which he put into his bag
AZ he did so they saw the other man,
who carried a short thick club, raise
his weapon as II he meant 20 brain
his companion The boys gave q
warming yell. The frst man strai ght.
ened up, saw what his companion was
about and began 70 tussel with him,
As Frank and Louis, both sturdy boys
N their teens. came running TO help.
she man with Ire club squirmed away
ana darted of. racing with the long
even stride of an Indian,
The other man turned 70 the boys
and grun.ed:
Him very bad fetla "
Geraldine came UP. curious to grow
What all the trouble was about The
Indians sack lay on the ground and
~ the little girl glanced at it she
thought she saw it move
Wed like 70 see your village"
Louis was saying
1epce long way" the Indian re-
plied. ME so, pinto for young
rquaw."
He went and brought ptcbald
horse from the shade ri rock ard
Eoifered to let Geraldine. who was only
nine years old and unused to waking
ar. ride. She was eager 20 see the
Indian village, OF course. and the boys
soon helped her TO the saddle The
Madam then placed his sack behind
haF, She began to feel very uncom
t0Ftable.
ssf,lAaA~ she ASKED "uha. te ~,
fhax sack, II seems 70 move"
Him snakes" replied the Indian ~
m u6-hand way. Tomorrow Indian
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-19
BH RF1Nlk |. SOC

Make a bill Of material first.. Any
part. may be made frst. but suppose
we commence on the box first. Cut
out all the parts for It, being careful
that you saw the ends square, Other
wise the box will not assemble easily
and the Job will be q poor one. Fas-
ten the parts together with brads.
The wheels must be very carefully
made II the truck Is to run smoothly.
Lay out the circumference very ac-
curately and In cutting to shape, 20
right to the line all the way around.
II one has access to a band saw. this
part of the work will be very easy.
Each wheel should have a hole bored
In the center Of size TO permit easy
turning on whatever round head screw
you choose to use for fastening them
in place.
All the parts are carefully detailed
and no trouble should be experienced
in cutting them to shape. Study the
drawings very thoroughly to get a
good understanding OF the relation Of
the detailed parts to the assembly
drawing The sketch in the upper
right hand corner will aid materially
in understanding how the various
parts are assembled
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-19

ME give lift on trail.'' said Hawk
Wing, who had not forgotten the good
turn me boys did him on the mesa.
Pinto carry basket
He had put away his sack Of snake.
and now he fastened Geraidine's bas-
kets to his pinto's saddle. While they
stood talking a little distance of Ger
aldine saw the bad Indian lurking
around the horse. Out Of the tail Of
her qiuck eye she thought she saw
him raise the lid Of the big basket
When she faced around he skunk or
Hawk Wing escorted the children
nearly all the way home. Then the
boys shouidered their cousins basket
and carried IL the rest of the way
They felt repaid when they saw how
pleased Aun: Connie was with the big
basket which was set down In the
middle of the large comfortable sit
ting room.
IT was heavier than we thoughf it
would be-" remarked Frank. rInjuns
must make their baskets solid"
Aunt Connie tried lifting it by one,
Of the handles. then she raised the lid
and looked inside Hiss, Rattle,
AsNte'S' oliS gave iCuu scream.
The basket was full Of snakes which
began to crawl out. LOUIS bravely
clappcd on the lid.
The bad Indian must have slipped
them In" cried Geraldine. Il saw
him meddling around"
They're Hawk Wings snakes"
Frank said. I'VE must get them back
to him"
When the few that had escaped had
been killed Frank fastened the others.
basket and all. to his saddle and rode
back TO the mesa There he met
Hawk Wing looking very glum.
Snake gone!" he said
II have them here" Frank assured
him and soon Hawk Wing was stuffing
the reptiles into his sack. mutterire
to himself. The only remark he made
was: Good fella. youn'
But he was grateful as was proved
next day when an Indian rode up 10
the boys home with an invitation to
come to the whole OF the snake dance
ceremony.
Indians make good friends" re-
marked Frank, delightedly.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-19
THE BOYHOOD OF A GREAT MAN


Corsica. ae
II
the French
or his teachers
In all Of
reading worlds >hh
each campaign and following detail all their military
When
or his was satha he obeden upright and grateful
q
thoughts plainly and his criticisms Of his school for him the
the beginning OF the French Revolution made Lieutenant
launched
OF leadership
leading
and hioesbaties which
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-19

A. shown In the drawing. the DO
IL fastened to the platform Of thr
truck and is immovahle. The pos
sibility Of experimenting referred I'd
above consists In trying to solve the
problem OF making the box so It viii
dump It's contents. Several conditions
are confronted. While the problem ID
not one Of great diniculty. 1t viii at,
least provide an opportunity for good.
healthy experimenting.
The box will have to be 40 arranged.
on the platform Of the truck that
when 1t IL tilted. the contents will far
out. It will have to be hinged a,
some point to permit OF the raising
and lowering. Some arrangement wilt
be necessary to hold II at the from.
to hold It in position when 1t IL NOT
desired to dump the contents. and
the back end will have to be arranged.
so that the contents will be released
the end piece will have to swing Ia
some manner Try your skill At this
problem. You will find II interes.ing
and worth your effort
Paint the finished toy to conforr,
70 some of the trucks you have seer
This will add much to the attractive
ness ~ II
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-19

trial trip. II was called the Cier.
mont. after Livingstons country
home on the Hudson. The trip was
to be on the Hudson from New York
City to Albany. and Fuiton's heart
offered UP = prayer for safe and
successful voyage.
A large crowd assembled u the
starting place. prepared to soon and
1eer at what they thought must be
failure--for the inventor and his
Folly were the subject Of many
Joke and Jest But those who came
to soon remained to praise. !.
The little steamer went steadily up
the Hudson. against wind ana tide.
1t stopped St Livingston's country
place. and was anchored there for
night but the next day II cd
its trip. and reached Its destination,
in safety. It took 20 hours to make
the trip OF 10 miles-going at the
rate Of miles an hour.
That was in 1907. and II waa not
until 1919 that the irst steamaf
crossed the Atlantic. when the sayan.
nah went from Philadelphia to IAver.
pool. )
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-19

astic. Grace was applauded and forced
10 dance still another dance. She was
truly the sensation of the evening.
You were very good tonight dear"
said mother gently on the way home.
How did, you do i'll"
Grace laughed.
It's secret" she replied. putting
her arm around her mother. but
I'll tell you. | danced with my eyes
shut halfway. / pretended l was out
in the meadow with the flowers. Al
first I saw an old lady nearby who
was dressed in red nod her head and
1t reminded me so much of the poppy
that l named after YOU that ] forgot
10 be afraid and after that was all
right"
Didn't you think of the soldiers
that YOU were helping. dear?" ques-
toned mother.
We'll, / did think about them be-
forehand and | told myself that had
TO do my best to help them. but it
was that old lady in the red dress who
reminded me of my poppy that helped
me and I'm glad for the soldiers sake
Now ! shall never be afraid again"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-19
X Grace's Secret of Success =:

dance and try to overcome her failing
And this Is how she went about 1t.
she named the flowers around her
after friends and pretended that they
were rear people watching her dance.
fhat tall blue thistle was her aunt
Jane. those little yellow but.ercups
were the girls and boys In her class
at school. the s.nrdy DAISIES were her
sisters and brothers who laughed at
hen no matter what she did. The
DAISIES gave her much uneasiness,
more IN fact han the buttercups. The
pg red poppy was mother. and Il,
gave her more encouragement han
AL the others, for sometimes as IL
nodded in the breeze it seemed TO
approve Of her dancing and she lost
All her concern about herself and
thought only Of the beauty Of the
dance and mothers pleasure
Gradually Grace felt more conf
6ence in herself. She felt that her
plan was working wonders and that
She was really outgrowing her bash.
fulness.
Then came the test
Oracle" called mother one after
noon as she came in from a visit.
Her little daughter came running.
Mother began. How would you like
10 dance at a lawn fete?"
Instantly Grace was excited. she
wanted to know what II was and when
i would be held.
III IS given TO raise money to run
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-19

The craft used was sailboat. depend
emf upon the whims Of the wind.
Many sailing vessel was lost on the
stormy seas in this mode OF travel.
and many were the weeks taken TO
cross the ocean.
In 1893 Fulton began TO work out
his theories. Sometime before this a
Scotch company had navigated a small
steamcraft In Scotland. but Fulton's
was the first scheme worked out in
America. He was a poor boy, and
could have accomplished very little by
himself. but the chancellor OF New
York, Robert l.. Livingston. came to
his assistance.
From 1893 until 1907 Fulton worked
with vim. and finally on the 18th
OF August the boat was ready for It's
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-19
A MEMORABLE AUGUST 18th

~ NE hundred and twelve years ago
Robert Fulton successfully tried
,ut his invention, the steamboat,
~ on the Hudson River 1t seems
queer TO you. no doubt. to think of a
time when steamboats, were looked
upon as an mpossibiiity, yet when
Fulton first tried his model on the
River. people came from near and far
to laugh and poke fun at what they
called 'Fultons Folly
Robert Fulton was Pennsylvania.
who had been sent TO England TO study
to become a painter under the great
Benjamin West. but his preference
was for civil engineering. and he re-
turned TO America TO work along me-
chanical lines. The voyage that he
made WAS a long and perilous one.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-19
FOR The Young People

never seen the dance--not all Of It
any way"
why did the man try to club your"
Frank asked the Indian.
Him very bad Spite" answered the
Indian. Him drink heap much hre
water. Belly no good. Try race but
no can do. so him no dance snake
dance. Make him big spite. Him
try keel Hawk Wing. Hawk Wing run
fast like wind Never get tired. Him
no drink IRE water. Him dance snake
dance, Bad Indian want spoil snake
dance"
You must watch out for him -
warned Louis.
They soon reached the Indian vii
iagc end The friendly Indians came o,If
Of their terees 10 greet the strangers.
They had lots of lovely baskets for
sale and Geraldine who had some
money with her began buying some
This Is just what Mummy would
Ike" she cried pointing TO big tail
basket 1T would make a fine "iot les
hamper and it has cover TOO II
we could only get y home know
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-19
THE JUNIOR COOK nnx..nn sees

Put six eggs in a saucepan of colo
water.
minutes.
Take UP eggs and plunge them into
cold water.
When cool. take off shells and cut
eggs in halves lensthwise.
Put yelows in a bowl and arrange
white halves on a plate
Into the bowl containing vellows
put:
One teaspoon salt
one-third teaspoon pepper.
Dne-third teaspoon mustard.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-19

have snake dance"
oh" erred Geraldine. n think /
would rather get of and walk
But the Indian good .na'urediy
swung he sack on his back and
Geraldine rode
At the words snake dance the
boys had looked az each other in a
meaning way and Gerald ne cd .
What do Won do In 'ile snake dance ?"
Nine d@y we make Eei qua med
wlih snake" answered Tie Indian
Come ten days al bras es rr' snake
IN mouth and dance, Make plenty
rain
wish Nc could sec ~" Frank. sx
ella med.
swell chance!" said Lou's almost
bitterly
Why canr vcu7" inquired Geral~
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-19
one teaspoon butter.

one teaspoon butter
One tablespoon vinegar.
Two teaspoons vegetable oil (if oil
is liked)
cream Is formed
Fill whites with this cream and put
In cold place till time to serve.
Arrange on bed of lettuce or
parsley.
If eggs are to be taken 70 picnic
the halves, when flied with yellow
cream, should be fitted together and
the whole egg rolled IN paraffine pa
pe-
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-19

a summer camp for wounded soldiers
who have been to the war and IN.
1ured. 1t will help them get well just
as that boys camp helped brother get
well last summer" Then mother
paused. You will do II won't you
dear. for l have already promised
that you would"
"All right" answered Grace.
She sauntered out and had a little
talk with herself. Don't be silly
now" she told herself, this Is some.
thing big you are asked TO do 1t is
20 help somebody and YOU must not
fail"
She went to the meadow and an
nounced 20 the flowers that she was
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-19
WORD REDUCTION

J. Behead and curtail an animal
and find an animal.
:. sehead and curtail a .he,lfish
and find bleak milling.
B. Rehead and curtail smooth and
Shning and find failure.
\. Behead and curtail a coward
and find to talk incoherently.
$. Behead and curtail fruit, and
find light tap.
ENIGMA
am composed of-21 letters.
Ny +-12-514 we place food in
Ny 1o-S-ll Is a double quick march.
Ny 1921 Is the edge.
My e-s2ol7 is grassy plain.
My Is'1s-1s-7 supports flower.
. My Sl-l3 Is the Authorization OF a
girls name.
Ny whole is the play Of william
Shakespeare which Is most appropri-
ate to this time Of the year
ANSWERS
WORD REFLECTION Il. Lemur-
Emu. .. Prawn-Ram. 8. Glossy.Loss
I. Croren-Rare ). Grape-Rdp.
ENIGMA
Midsummer Nights Dream
Dish
Run
Rim
Mead
Stem
Mag
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-19

t'N Is the time when you will
re wondering from time to time
just what you can do to while
= - away the time. This toy auto
truck will help solve the question for
a period of time at least, and the
opportunity that 1t will present for q
bit of experimenting after 1t Is con-
structed, to be suggested later. will
provide more interesting work.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-19

Mummy would just love to have IT..
"oh we can get il home all right"
Louis put in. IT'S light and we can
carry II between us If you really think
Aunt Connie would like to have -
Il know she would" exclaimed
Geraldine
Jackson County sentinel. (Gainesboro, Tenn.) 1914-current, 1919-09-25
KILLS RATS

and mice that's RAT. SNAP, the old
reliable rodent destroyer. Comes in
cakes mo mixing with other food
Your money back if it fails. Three.
Use, Soc. 81. If your local dealer
can't supply you, write Youells Elk
Co., Westfield, N. J.
Jackson County sentinel. (Gainesboro, Tenn.) 1914-current, 1919-09-25
STATS DIARY.

Friday-pa & mister Gillem
was tawking about Success &
mister Gillem sed he was a sue
cessful man becaws his wife she
all ways KEEP pushing him head
& pa sed he supposed the Rea-
son he wassent Successful was
becaws his wife which is ma is
all ways pushing things at his
He'd.
Saturday-ma sed at the din
ner table 2 pa that the Lord had
smiled on mister Krane which
lives down the st, & had sent
him a pare of Twins. pa sed |
don't think he Smiled on him |
wood say he LATED out loud at
him. which was all 2 deep for
me not understanding there
meening.
Sunday staid 2 church 2
heer the preacher today. |
guess the preacher is a ottomo-
beelfan becaws he mad the Au-
dents 2 sing a song which was
named Threw that Beautiful
Land on high. pa sed he had a
ford or something.
Monday ma & me went down
town today & we seen a big
crowd & snuk up to see what the
matter was & they was a man a
laying on the ground senseless.
ma sed to a mother man Did
sumthing run into him & the
man replyed & sed Yes Il ma
sed What &c the man sed About
a half a pint | think. Ma sed
later he ment likker which is a
luxury here in this Country,
Tuesday-Got job today run
ming errands for the Editor of
the Paper and etc. He sed 2 me
if do well & lern 2 print &
write peaces & Collect bills &
everything | will mebby own a
place of my own sum dav. Alta
me 2. Tired.
Wednesday-When swep out
the Editors offs this morning |
found a s Bill a laying on his
desk & put it in my pocket 4
waited till he cum in & give it 2
him & sed | had found it. He
sed Stats yure a fine yung man 2
return that money. | put it
there to try you, | replyed &
sed That's what | thot. He
frowned.
Thursday Mebby | can per
swade ma 2 let me work & do
sumthing useful Insted eff going
2 Skool. & mebby | cant 2. But
we will see.
Jackson County sentinel. (Gainesboro, Tenn.) 1914-current, 1919-09-25
NO MORE RATS

or mice, after you use RAT SNAP.
It's a sure rodent killer. Try a pkg.
and prove it. Rats killed with RAT
SNAP leaves no smell. Cats or dogs
won't touch it. Guaranteed. Three
sizes: 25c, SOC 81. If your dealer can t
supply you, write Youells Exterminat-
ing Co., Westfield. N. j.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1919-07-11

Otto Reibe, a former resident
Of the south part of the county,
and whose home was north of
Altamont, last week committed
suicide by drinking paris green.
The deceased leaves q wife and
two small children. The funer-
al was held at Revillo last Sun
day.
Mrs. Henry Vandervort, who
had been on a visit to friends at
Albert Lea, arrived home the
first of the week.
Mi. Clarence Lewis is another OF
our Milbank boys who arrived home
the first Of the week from France.
Clarence was with the engineers
and was in Europe ten months on
the Argonne and Mouse fronts at
the armistice signing. He brought
home q German dog with him as
q souvenir Of his stay in Europe.