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Evening star., 1921-08-03
Paris Approves Scarfs.

Not a brand-new style. but one
that is striking in its prominence
as summer fashion fads develop. is
the vogue for scarfs. Here in Amer
for four or five years. College girls
and boarding school girls have worn
woolen scarfs instead Of furs even
when women in the city would not
have done so.
But now Paris has set her seal Of
we are learning that at the smart
resorts women began wearing these
attractive scarfs in early spring.
The shops are showing any number
of interesting silk. scarfs. always
colorful, usually striped or checked,
colors. And you may use your in
dividual taste in wearing these
scarfs. You may let them cross at
the left shoulder with one end hang
ing at the back and one at the front.
Or you may cross them over the
down in the line Of a Tuxedo sHeater
and confine them by the belt at the
waist line.
Now scarf knitting vies with
sweater knitting. It appeals to the
novice. as any one who knows the
rudiments Of knitting can do the
straight ahead work Of q scarf. Some
times the openwork effect is pro-
duced by pulling out a whole line of
stitches from end to end at definite
intervals across the scarf.
Often scarfs are made to 60 with
the sweater. One attractive silk
scarf showed q wide section Of black
directly in the middle, then stripes
Of orange with long ends of beige.
This was worn with a beige sweater
with border and cuffs Of striped
orange, beige and black
A very attractive scarf is made
from woo1en stockinette. This is
woven in tubing and one length
makes three scarfs. The edges are
finished in coarse woolen buttonhol-
ing and the ends are gathered into
tassels Of woolen. crocheted into place
and decorated with woolen crochet
devices suggesting flowers.
Evening star., 1921-08-03
Chocolate Pudding.

Take three eggs, separate the
whites from yolks and beat the yolks
light; beat in separately one cup OF
sugar. three tablespoons of milk, three
tablespoons OF cocoa or one ounce of
chocolate melted, one cup of flour
and two tablespoons of baking pow
der; fold in the whites Of the eggs
last. If you use cocoa. add one-half
teaspoon of cloves; steam for twenty
minutes in small molds or forty min
utes in large molds. Fill the molds
half full. Serve with vanilla sauce
or whipped cream.
Evening star., 1921-08-03

cracked and their toes dangled from
the ground and they howled with
fright and pain. And then I'd let
them down and go tapping home to
Heaven filled with satisfaction.
I don't blame any mother for get
ting cross. mad. peeved. worn out
and actually murderous at times. AS
matter of fact-and all fathers
ought to know this-a pink and dim
pied roly-poly can, at times, be more
cantankerous than a Bengal tiger with
toothache. won't say q word against
that mother II she uses language unbe-
coming to q Lady. She isn't human If
she doesn't break out sometimes. But
the mother who yanks a tiny toddler by
its soft little arms and hauls it Topping
through the air like Boston bag, that
pound!
Evening star., 1921-08-03

treatment. will be answered By DR.. Brady If
Letters should be brief and written in ink. On
Address DR.. William Brady, In care Of The ST.
Autobiography.
Well, for a little boy I have, fears
father, had a great deal to say. Here
I am in the eighteenth chapter of
I have made Of myself, too, I dessay.
But you know how this is. fellows.
A pretty ordinary person is sure to
swell to enormous proportions when
he happens to play role in history
Of his own or another's writing. You
when you read Boswelrs Life Of john
son. Father has inflicted many chap
tors Of that on me at perverse times.
and I'll tell the world that DR.. Wat
son expatfatfng on the exploits OF
the mighty Holmes had nothing on
his master. But now that I have
reached the end Of my rope and am
about to go into a long. we'll merited
silence. by fathers decision, don't
mind confessing that I am really en-
titled to be classified in the category
Of "biliousness' '.,ss nervous . break
to say, there Is no such thing.
have never existed at all. I am just
a character in the book.
Now. fellows. get this clear and
straight. There. is nothing fictitious
or unreal about father, as a few
brisands Of the healing world would
have folks think. Father is quite gen.
uine and substantial, a little too sub
stantial. in fact, especially for a man
who deals SO severely with Stacker
flesh and overeating. And I am the
child of my father, but only his brain
child. However, be that neither here
nor there. I have been true to- my
character. I fondIy believe, for father
has carefully edited every chapter Of
nv biography this time, and not a
single protest has been lodged with
us By . child specialist boast we
could not make when We published
our autobabyography.,
In making my final bow, prepara-
tory to departing into the wherefore
whence I whithered, venture to ex-
press the hope that I may be suc-'
ceeded BY a sort Of child prodigy
you remember, maybe. that boy is
q boy and a girl il just child in
fathers lexicon-and that this child
may emulate my example by writing
her autogirlography as a kind Of off,
set to my opus mag. In visionary
way I foresee q complete series grac-
ing the family bookshelf one Of these
days, all bearing the Brady imprint
First the autobiography, then the
Evening star., 1921-08-03
LISTEN, WORLDl
eBY ELSIE ROBINSON.

hope il I'm a real good girl. God
will let me do something after
die. hope He'll turn me into a
particularly husky spook and let me
come back to earth for just one day.
What would do during that one day?
I'd do a plenty! I'd fly around and look
up a certain type of cross mother
I've been watching. I'd take those
mothers by the arm and. after had
'em firm in my hard, spooky grip, I'd
yank their arms the way I've seen
them yank their babies.
I'd yank 'em until their joints
Evening star., 1921-08-03

"SHAME." SAID SOMETHING INSIDE
PETER. SHANE ON YOU"
ginning his daily climb up in the blue,
blue sky. He hadn't appeared yet,
but he would very soon.
The young Heron had awakened
and struggled with that terrible trap
until he was quite used up. His
mother, Mrs. Longlegs, had gone over
to the Big River to try to catch a fish
or a frog for his breakfast. Peter
had just made up his mind that 1t
was foolish of him to waste his time
by staying there when there was MOTH
ing he could do. He was all ready to
say goodby to the young Heron
and hurry back to the dear Old Briar
Patch when he caught a glimpse OF
something red moving further back
in the swamp.
He didn't have to look twice to
know that that was the red coat OF
Reddy Fox. Very carefully Peter sat
up straight that he might see better
Reddy was trotting along, smiling
from side to side. now running a bit
Evening star., 1921-08-03
Tomato Rarebit.

Melt one tablespoon Of butter in a
frying pan, add three small sliced
tomatoes, cook until soft, then add a
pinch of soda. Stir into this one-flalf
cup of milk and one cup Of grated
cheese. When the cheese is melted
add two well beaten eggs. Serve on
crisp crackers
Evening star., 1921-08-03
The Old Gardener Says:
While celery that has

While celery that has been
blanched with earth IL thought
to have q superior flavor, gar
den makers find 1t much easier
to use boards, heavy wrapping
paper, or the bleaching paper
sold especially for the purpose.
There is always danger OF caus-
ing rust II soil is used for early
celery. Moreover. more space Is
required in the garden 4 this
plan is followed. II you use
boards have them twelve inches
wide. Set them close to the row
on each side and fasten them
upright with q light cross-piece
having q wire nail at each end
Boards six feet long are con-
venient and satisfactory.
Evening star., 1921-08-03
New Use for Old Chairs,

Do not throw away your old chairs.
BY cutting them down you can make
them useful for the front steps to sit
on hot summer evenings. Take
saw and cut of the back legs entirely,
then measure the depth of the step
and cut on the front legs SO that they
will just reach the next lower step.
In this way the chairs will fit on the
steps, and the. fact that they have.
back rests will make them a great
comfort on q hot evening.
Evening star., 1921-08-03

this navy blue serge. Sometimes they
are trimmed with appliques of highly
colored flannel or broadcloth. Some
times the broadcloth bands are pinked
at the edges. These appliques some
times are in the form of flowers with
a little effective embroidery used to
bring out the color of the flowers.
In the sketch there is one of
these new little girls frocks. 1t is
made of navy blue serge trimmed
with bands of yellow.
Evening star., 1921-08-03
Peter Does Help After All.
BY THORNTON W. BURGEs

BY THORNTON w. BURGESS.
He bravest is who Is afraid.
Yet dares to give the helpless aid.
Peter Rabbit.
Peter Rabbit had spent the night
hidden near the young Heron caught
in a trap just within the swamp near
the Big river. Nothing happened
and now the Black Shadows were
Fastening back to the Purple Hills
and jolly, round red Mr.. Sun was be-
Evening star., 1921-08-03
: Things You'll Like to
Make.

There is no end to the novel trimmings
shown on Paris gowns. Here is one that
you can use that in novelty and smart
ness equals the French ideas. Use black
or white shoe-button trimming. You can
add to it's charm by painting a tiny
forget-me-not in blue, pink OF white on
the top of each shoe button. Use oil
paints or enamel. or if you prefer water
colors you will have to shellac them to
prevent the paint from running off.
On a fall silk frock shoe-button trimming
will look particularly stunning.
FLORA.
Copyright. 19c1.)
Evening star., 1921-08-03


4 stamped, self-addressed envelope is incloee1
ng to the large number of letters received. only
made to queries not conforming to instructions
utoboyography. next an autogirlog-
raphy, and maybe even a complement
ary volume on social hygiene for the
older boys and girls. Should that
child prodigy undertake the sequel to
my work. her life" ought to possess
the charm of verishimilitude (oh, fel-
lers, there's a dandy word to roll off
your tongueD. for by some whim of
Ole Lady Destiny father has been
blessed. in actuality, with nothing but
one child after another and nary a
boy to warrum the. cookies of his
heart. Alas, the only boy dad ever
had was just figment Of the imag-
ination, and now even the 'uneratefIl
figment fades from the picture, happy
in the assurances received from so
many readers that his precepts have
made not few good fathers and
mothers so much easier to get. along
with. So long, folks. Be good to
your little boys. Remember they
don't grow on every family tree.
Mind your dads, fellers. They don't
all have little boys.
Your young friend, {
Evening star., 1921-08-03
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.

o. w. Stun.
Please tell me Is butter or sub
stances that are greasy harmful to
the stomach? am a boy IA years
old training for boxing. Eve heard
certain people talking about the mat
ter and I wish to find out for my
self. IL. T.)
Answer.-You can scarcely put bet
ter food in your stomach than but
ter. my boy, for the stuff to grow and
thrive on. Also most other greasy"
things are fine food. You are making
a bad beginning in your training
ask a good doctor about diet, and
don't pay any attention to the eos-
sip OF Tom, Dick and Harry.
Copyright, 1921
Evening star., 1921-08-03
Personal Health Service
BY WILLIAM BRADY, M. D
Noted Physician and Author

ssned pertaining
be In
No reply made queries
Evening star., 1921-08-03
HOW MANY CARDS?
By ISABEL OSTRANDEF

uhor of The Island of Intrigue" Ashes ETC.
copyroht 1921, By Rober M. =
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1921-12-22
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WSAF

We need to perpetuate the Christ
mas spirit in industry.
For generations, now, the motive of
profit has been the motive appealed
to both in the case Of men who had
money to invest, and in the case Of
men who had strength or skill to in.
vest, in the industries of the world
This motive Of profit has been given a
long trial. And 1t has failed-trag-
ically failed. Its fruitage is a world
catastrophe, and, at this present mo-
ment, worldwide unrest.
Why not try the experiment of ap-
pealing to different motive? The mo-
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1921-12-22
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We need to perpetuate the Christ.
mas spirit In our homes.
1t Is a solemn moment when two
human lives are united for better, for
worse, for richer, for poorer, In sick
ness and in health, till death do them
part. AS Jane WEIGH Carlyle once
said, "If ever one is to pray, If ever
one is to feel grave, If ever one is to
shrink from vain show and bubble. II
is just on the occasion when two hu-
man beings bind themselves together
till death do them part"
There is nothing that more nearly
resembles the heaven of our dreams
than does happy home. Is there any,
thing that so surely suggests the hell
Of our secret dread as does an un-
happy home?
What is needed to build a homer
Money is needed, but how much more
than money! Money can build a
hOuse-a wonderful and wonderfully
furnished house. Only love can build
a home.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1921-12-22
FOREIGN NEWS.

The Prince of Wales, who is on a
tour of India, arrived at Lucknow Fri
day and was enthusiastically welcom ed
by the municipal authorities.
The bodies Of only IS of the more
than 100 persons killed in an expio-
sion last Tuesday at the Nobel Dyna-
mite works at Saarlouis, RSsnish
Prussia, have been recovered. The
number of injured has not been ascer-
tanned.
The former Turkish grand vizier,
Safdali Pasha, was fatally shot Tues
day at Rome, Italy, while walking
through the city. He was rushed to
a hospital. but was dead when the
ambulance arrived. His assailant has
not been apprehended.
Statistics have proved that during
the war nearly 100000 women were
drawing pay for their services in Great
Britain. More than 100000 of them
had never done a days work in their
lives before the war.
1t is reported that 100 persons lost
their lives last week as the result of
the explosion of an oil tank in the
Nobel dynamite works at Sar Louis,
Rhenish Prussia.
Eighteen gigantic fossilized turtles
Of an unknown species have been I'M
earthed near Valencia, Spain.
Prime Minister George has definite
ly announced that he has abandoned
his proposed trip to Washington. He
will have to stay in England to see
the Irish treaty through the house of
commons, after which it would be too
late to co. but he hopes to visit Wash
ington if there is another meeting
next year.
The increased paper currency output
of the German government during the
last week of November, amounting to
between 4 billion and billion marks,
brings the present total of paper cur
rency in circulation up to 1O8 billion
marks.
Both the senate and the chamber of
deputies, Tuesday at Paris, France,
gave votes of confidence to Premier
BRAND on his first appearance before
them since his return from the Wash
ingtOn Conference on limitation of
armament and Far Eastern affairs.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1921-12-22

tive of Him who said: 81 am come
not to be ministered unto but to min
ister."
What If every man who goes into
business should say to himself: My
primary object is to render service.
Incidentally, expect this business Of
mine to earn me living. But my first
concern shall be to serve my COM
munity.
What If every man who learns
trade should say to himself: AS q car
penter, or bricklayer, or type-setter,
or molder, my primary object is to
render service. am entitled to a Just
proportion Of the product Of my labor,
and I hope to get 1t. But my first con-
Germ shall be to serve my community.
Do you think that men are incapa-
BILE Of responding to any such motive
as that? How, then, do you account
for the martyrdOm Of history? How
do you account for the men who have
given their lives to the pursuit of
truth2 Or for the women who have
given their lives to the dissemination
OF knowledgeH How do you account
for the worlds scientists and for its
school teachers? And the men who
made a rendezvous with death at Bel
leau wood and the Argonne forest
how do you account for themP
There is divinity in human hearts
to which heroic unselfishness makes
powerful appeal. Why not try the ex-
pertinent Of appealing to the nobler
side of human nature2 The motive
of profit has tragically failed. Why
not appeal to the motive of service2
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1921-12-22

scious of the reality and glory Of a
spiritual world.
Christmas is the time when we are
conscious Of an unusual desire to be
kind. One day every year the world
suddenly becomes different. Physical.
" speaking, 1t is the same world. The
sky Is the same. The streets are the
same. The DEMONSTRATING a touch
of holly here and there-are the same.
But you and and our neighbors are
different. We are more just in our
judgments, more thoughtful in our at
tention, more unselfish, more kind.
1t Is probably true that these sea-
sons Of the soul, however fleeting,
leave their mark. We are, perhaps,
bit more patriotic than we would be
were it not for the annual observance
of Memorial day; a bit more con-
Sciously grateful than we would be
were 1t not for the annual observance
OF Thanksgiving day; a bit more re-
hg1ous than we would be were 1t not
for the recognition of Lent and the
observance Of Easter day. And one
would like to believe that we are a
bit more kind than we would be were
it not for the observance Of Christ.
mas.
The very approach Of Christmas has
certain noticeable psychological eff.
fects. In 1914 1t resulted in a tenn
porary cessation of hostilitles. On that
first war Christmas the booming guns
gave way to Christmas carols, sung in
three languages, as British and French
and German soldiers fraternized be-
tween the lines. In 1918, as the day
drew near which would commemorate
the birth Of the Prince of Peace, a
war-weary world dared to hope that
foundations would be laid for endur-
ing peace. The heart of the world is
wrung by the suffering Of China, the
tragedy Of Armenia, and the pitiful
pleas of the starving children of cen.
trail Europe. Is there any man any
where, not a degenerate, who is not
conscious Of a desire to diminish by
ever so little the worlds distress2
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1921-12-22
KNEW HOLY LAND GEOGRAPHY
Insurance Man Could Do More Than
Guess at the Birthplace Of
His Acquaintance.

An insurance man Of Indianapolis,
who is also a Biblical student, was
recently making his usual weekly
calls in IrvingtOn, and stopped at a
residence to inquire of the young
woman at the door about the birth
place Of her mother.
She said that it was the same
name Of a town mentioned in the
Bible.
"Was 1t Jerusalem?' he asked.
'No, but I am sure it was a town
near there" she said.
swell, then," the man replied, ut
must have been Antioch"
So in the evening when the mother
returned home from a social function
the daughter related the conversation
that had taken place when the In
surance man called.
at seems strange" said the moth
er, but he was right / was born In
little town in Ohio by the name Of
Antioch, and nearby was another viii
lage called Observation-Disclosures
News,
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1921-12-22

OF the world? Better instruments?
Yes, undoubtedly. For the removal of
disease, better scientific Instruments
are needed. For the removal of GER
tain domestic difficulties, better hous-
ing accommodations are needed. For
the removal Of Industrial friction.
better economic system is needed. For
the removal Of international strife, a
new world organization is needed. A
world that has been organized for war
must be organized for peace. For the
rebuilding Of the world better instru-
ments are needed. But what is SUI
premely needed is a better spirit If
only you and and all our neighbors
would persistently cultivate the Christ
mas spirit, our children's children
would live in a far better world. For
then 1t would be only a question of
time until we should discover the in-
struments needed for the fashioning
OF fairer civilization, and we would
be willing to use these instruments as
soon as they could be developed.
What pity, then, If Christmas this
year should come and go and leave
none OF us permanently different.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1921-12-22
STATE AND DOMESTIC NEWS.

More than 100000 railroad employees
rorth of the Ohio and east of the Mis-
sissippi river will find wage reductions
of 10 to 80 per cent in their Christmas
stockings if plans formulated at Chi
cago at a conference of managers and
supervising officials go through. The
proposed reductions, which, would be-
be submitted to the federal railway
wage board for approval or rejection.
The proposed project of creating
large lake in the Trinity river bottoms
at Dallas by constructing a dam across
the bottom is declared impractical by
General George Goethals in report
made public this week by the Lake
Dallas Association, which was organ
lied to finance the project.
The Southern potato curing plant at
Waxahachie, Texas, was destroyed by
fire Tuesday, causing loss estimated
at $4,000. A huge pile of baked po-
tatoes marked the site of the plant
The port of Texas City handled A..
090 tons of sulphur during the month
Of November, according to an an
nouncement made by T. G. Guion, traf-
fic manager, Texas City Terminal Rail
way Company.
A slow, drizzllng rain fell over the
southeastern portion of the state of
Texas Tuesday, Wednesday and part
of Thursday, followed by a cold wave,
doing no damage to crops in any part
and helping conditions in some, accord
ing to various reports.
Vital statistics compiled by the state
health department disclose that during
the month of November, Texas pro-
duced 4S sets of twins and two sets
of triplets. They are included In the
enumeration Of the births for the same
month which number 7,437, or 52S
more than were reported for the pre-
Ceding month.
The public school at Hope, near Yoa-
KUN, has been closed indefinitely on
account Of diphtheria in that section
Thirty Chinese we're arrested, thou
sands of dollars worth of drugs con.
fiscated and one Of the most elaborate
opium smoking establishments ever
discovered in Chicago, ILL.,, broken up
by a raid Friday, led by Inspector W!l-
liam H. Williams and a dozen assist
ants.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1921-12-22
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ASS1FT''

The seasons of the soul, however
fleeting, do leave their mark. Eut in
the case Of many of us how faint that
mark, and how liable it is to disap-
pear. If only the kindly dispositions
born at Christmas time could be per
petuated, how permanently different
the world would becomel
Most of us become faint of heart
when we think of rebuilding the life
of the world. To build a world with.
out any extremes of wealth and pov-
erty in it, how difficult. To build a
world without any domestic tragedy
in 1t, how difficult. To build a world
without any industrial friction or In
ternational strife in it, how difficult.
Many people are ready to say that It
is quite impossible. Perhaps it is. Yet
it would not be If only men and WOm-
en- would keep on cultivating the dis
positions that are born at Christmas
time
What is needed for the rebuilding
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1921-12-22
Roadside Episode.

"Can you direct me to Perkins ferry,
my good man?" asked the supercilious
motOrist.
Certainly" said the millionaire,
who was dressed for hill-climbing.
"But 1 wouldn't advise you to be too
condescending with the ferryman. He's
a queer old duffer and very independ-
ent."
"And who are you, my good fellOw7"
"Oh, I'm merely the owner Of all
this country around here, including
the ferry."-Birmlngham Age-Herald.