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The Corpus Christi caller. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1918-1987, 1921-05-18
Alice Electric
Plant Damaged

ALICE. TcHaH. MAY NJ Tho Alice
electric and icc plant .ltunfed imm
dntclv outside the citv limits clught
fire about $3.50 ociock tonight Tho
cause uf thc fire has not been deter
mined All nFht 8ud iuWel Horvico
wna cut OIL Property to tho value of
fl0O 900 was ondaugrred. namaEc D.
thc uEht plant Be- mot believed to ho
nlpat.
Evening star., 1921-03-10
For the Invalid.

Egg Lemonade.-Beat the yolks Of
two fresh eggs until very light, add
the strained juice of two lemons and
sugar enough to suit the taste. Fill
large glass with shaved ice. Now
beat the whites of the eggs to a stiff
froth and add to the mixture, add a
little water to the shaved ice, then
the egg and lemon. Serve immedi-
ately. This is very noufishing.
Pulled Bread.-Bake ordinary yeast
bread in the shape of long, narrow
French loaves. When cool, but not
entirely cold, cut 1engthwise through
the center. then with two forks scoop
or pull the bread out of the crust
and still using the two rorks pull it
apart in strips six or seven inches
long and an inch or more in width
and thickness. Line a large baking
pan with brown paper and arrange
the strips of bread on this, rough
and crinkIed edges uppermost. Set
in the oven with the door partly open
until it dries out thoroughly, then
close the door until the bread turns
golden brown. Warm each time be-
fore serving. This is much like
zweiback but it's odd shape appeals to
the invalid.
koumiss.-Take two quarts of milk.
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| the drapery. On this table might
stand a piece of pottery to harmoniZe
with the drapery.
If the living room boasts an open
fireplace the following popular dav-
enport- table arrangement is ef-
fective. Stand the davenport directly
in front of the fireplace, facing it
Stand the long table behind the dav-
export, touching it. Or these two
pieces. standing close together in this
way, may be placed at right angles
with the fireplace-so that the daven-
port will be at one side of the hearth
instead of in front of it.
One of the old Heppelwhite winged
chairs always looks well standing
near an open fireplace: this may be
covered in chintz of figured design,
or in a plain COLOR The day of six
and eight piece parlor suites is gone.
Today tasteful three-piece sets are
being made, consisting of davenport
and two chairs; a set of this sort,
with some odd pieces of furniture
that harmonize, gives a room more
character than our ancestors ever
dreamed of achieving with their all
matched furniture.
A bookcase without doors is another
Indispensable piece of living room
furniture. A taboret with fern on
1T. too, will give room a "homey"
look. Sometimes an armchair stand
ing by itself needs small table near
1t TO take away look of isolation.
Such table provides a convene Mt
rest magazine or an ash tray. Sim
pie touches like these may make or
mar the general effect of your living
room
Evening star., 1921-03-10
Jimmy Skunk's Family Grows
Smaller.
BY THORNTON ". BURGESS.
The Great World calls:
The young give heed.
'Tis thus the wheels
OF progress speed.

Jimmy SKUNK.
Spooky the Screech Owl sat in his
doorway in the hollow trunk of an old
apple tree in the far corner of the Old
Orchard. 1t would soon be broad day
light. 1t was already past his bed
time. Spooky blinked. He blinked
again. 1t was hard work to keep his
eyes open. He was sleepy. He was
very sleepy. But Spooky was not
yet ready to go to bed. There was
something he wanted to know. and
the only way to find it out was to sit
right there and keep watch.
Between blinks he kept his eyes on
the doorway of Jimmy Skunk's house.
1t was between the roots of the very
next apple tree. the last one in the far
corner of the Old Orchard. Nearly all
winter Jimmy and Mrs Skunk and
their seven children had slept down
in that house. Not one Of them had
come out until the very last of the
winter. Spooky knew, for he had
kept watch and not a single foot
print had there been in the snow.
Then. as you remember. they had
awakened and all had come out the
afternoon Peter Rabbit had hidden in
the old stone wall close by
Spooky had not seen them come out.
but he had seen them return just be-
fore daylight the next morning. He
had counted them as they went in,
and they were all there, nine of them.
A week later he had seen them return
again. but this time they were not
fat and they no longer waddled. Nor
had they come home together. They
had come struggling in one at a time
And that night Spooky had had harder
work to catch a dinner. He had hunt
ed and hunted before he found a sin
gle Mouse. Everywhere he hunted
some one had been before him, and
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those youngsters Of Jimmy Skunk. 1t
was just because he was feeling SO
bitter and upset. He was no longer
blinking. He was wide awake now.
Presently he saw two of Jimmy's
children return and enter the house.
A little later one. dressed all in black.
handsome fellow, returned. Spooky
continued to sit there in his doorway
until the jolly Little Sunbeams hurt
his eyes. but not another young
Skunk did he see. Then he went to
bed feeling better. 1t looked to him
as If Jimmy Skunk's family was
growing smaller.
The next morning only Jimmy and
Mrs. Skunk and the handsome young
ster all in black returned. Spooky
slept even better that day. Two
| mornings after Jimmy and Mrs
Skunk were the only ones who re-
turned. Then Spooky knew that
Jimmy Skunk's children had at last
gone out into the Great World tc
, make homes for themselves. and tina,
| day he had the best sleep he had hao
for two weeks. There would be bet
| ter hunting now around the Ole
| Orchard. AS for Jimmy and Mrs
Skunk, they didn't appear to mis-:
their big family at all. Perhaps thai
was because now they found it easier tc
get living. AS Spooky had said. those
youngsters were big enough to take
| care of themselves.
Copyright. 1921, by T. W. Burgess)
Evening star., 1921-03-10
Us Your Living Room Honey?


Have you ever gone into a living
room which was stiff1y and formally
arranged and had the impulse to move
. chair forward here and push one
back little there, so as to give the
place q more careless look? A stiff1y
arranged living room is an uninviting
and comfortless spot. Ones hallway
may have a formal dignity about it;
but ones living room should say:
Come right in and make yourself at
.home-'
us it proper to have a desk in the
living room?" reader of this column
writes to ask me. "Are footstools
used nowadays in the living room?'
says the letter of another Reader
Friend. would it be all right to
stand my upright piano across cor
ner OF the living room with the key
board facing the wall?" asks still a
third letter.
And to these inquiries I answer,
fes--by all means, yes. Don't be
afraid to snub Old Man Formality in
planning and arranging your living
room furniture" A living room should
make some provision for letter writ
ing. A footStool, if good looking.
gives a living room a careless look
which contributes to the desired at
moSphere of comfort An upright nj
Ano may stand with it's back to the
room If it's ugly back be draped with
some rich-toned textile "a rug may be
used for this purpose if desired) and
= small table stood close to it, against
Evening star., 1921-03-10

keeping seven grown children able to
look out for themselves at home
mumbled Spooky. 1T isn't right. No.
sir, it isn't right. 1t is hard enough
at best for an honest Owl to pick up
a living these days without having
thing doesn't happen pretty soon 1
shall have to move. And 1 hate to
leave the Old Orchard. I do SO. Ha,
there comes Jimmy Skunk and there
is Mrs. Skunk. Yesterday l didn't
see but five children return, and I'm
just wondering if a couple of them
have left or something has happened
to them. I don't much care which. so
long as they stay away from here"
OF course Spooky didn't really mean
that. He would have been sorry to
learn that anything had happened to
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deal. particularly when the feet are
temporarily tired.
Best of all, in my opinion, IS the
tip-toe exercise, which is nc thing
more nor less than walking OF tip
toes every day. This stretches and
strengthens muscles on the inside of
the foot. Climbing mountains or
steep hills is one of the best thi ings
for fiat feet, because it forces you
to dig the front of the foot into the
earth for a foothold, causing the
weight to be thrown on the ball of
the foot. And most important of all
is to buy footwear that has straight
inner last-in other words, one that
allows the large toe to lie in per-
fectly straight line.
Evening star., 1921-03-10

before they feel quite certain Of their
own clothes demands for the summer.
to work out the problem of a spring
and summer wardrobe for their little
eiN
Evening star., 1921-03-10
two tablespoons Of granulated sugal

two tablespoons OF granulated sugar.
two tablespoons OF water and one
third of a cake OF yeast. Put tho
milk in a double boiler but do not
let it boil, just get lukewarm. Put
the sugar and water into n pan. stir
until the sugar melts and let it boil
two or three minutes. Dissolve the
yeast in two tablespoons OF the warm
milk. then add the sirup to the milk.
then the yeast. which should be
poured through a strainer. Stir all
thoroughly. Bottle and cork tightly.
stand in a warm place for twelve
hours. Then turn bottles on side and
put in the refrigerator for twelve
hours, when they will be ready to
serve.
Evening star., 1921-03-10
Flat Feet.

One of the commonest troubles to-
day is -fat-footedness, and. strange to
say, it is trouble of which few
people are aware. One reason for
the commonness of fiat feet is the
sort of shoes we wear and another
reason is that most of US either do
not get enough exercise or get the
wrong sort.
The first thing to consider is the
type of shoes, because this is a mat
ter that is the most easily corrected.
1t is perfectly possible to purchase
shoes with a moderately low heel.
with a high arch and with sufficient
room to allow the toes. not to spread,
but to lie comfortably together with
out being pinched in. Once you
have started in wearing the right
sort of shoes. you can consider the
matter of foot exercises or, of wear
ing something to support the fallen
arch until it begins to grow strong
and healthy.
One of the best things to do is to
take the feet in both hands while
you have your shoes and stockings
on and knead and rub and massage
them for about three minutes. If
you will do this twice day, morn
ing and night, it will help greatly
to strengthen them. Salt baths and
alcohol rubs will also help a great
Evening star., 1921-03-10

before they feel quite certain Of their
own clothes demands for the summer.
/ to work out the problem of a spring
and summer wardrobe for their little
girls.
Red and White Swiss.
You may be sure that any form Of
dotted swiss is a good selection. Re-
Gently at q children's party at Palm
Beach red swiss dotted in white was
worn by one very little girl.
Dotted swiss lends itself to a variety
of trimming. It is used this year with
rack braid Of the color to match the
dot in the swiss is not found to be
too heavy trimming. Often sash
is worn to match the dot. And. by the
way, it is interesting to note that
when sashes are made of colored rib
whereas II they are made OF the ma
terial Of the frock they tie at the
back. This holds as we'll in women's
clothes as in children's.
There are women who persistently
avoid elaborate trimming on their
frock shown in the sketch would
recommend itself for its simple trim
ming of white organdy, contrasting
gently with the all gray of the dot
ted swiss.
The organdy forms a .frilled collar
and frills on the sleeves and a little
inset at the front. There are bands
of organdy caught invisibly around
the side and back portions OF the
skirt.
Skirts Are Short.
This spring. as last, the honors are
divided between high-waisted frocks
and long-waisted frocks. In either
case brevity is still in evidence. and
there is no tendency worth noticing
to have little girls skirts come to
their knees or below them.
Socks with the one-strap slipper
are the choice for party or afternoon
wear generally. Certain children's
specialties have perhaps as much to
do as fashion for the continuance in
vogue OF the one-strap slipper for
children. 1t has for long been gener-
ally worn by children Of the SOUTH
while children of the north have been
more usually made to coddle their
ankles in laced or button shoes.
There was a feeling that they pre-
vented weak ankles.
1t was noticed, however, that south
ern girls. used to low light shoes in
childhood, seldom had fallen arches;
whereas girls of the north not infre-
quently suffered from this slight de-
feet.
1t did not take certain specialists
Long to conclude that the little light,
one-strap slipper of the southern girl
had much to do with the developme ent
or strong ankle and instep muscles.
Evening star., 1921-03-10
Orange and Currant Cream.

To four oranges use one gill of
cream, one-fourth pound of currants,
one-fourth ounce of gelatin and
sugar. Cut the oranges in half and
scoop out the inside carefully with
a teaspoon. Pass the juice through a
some of the orange juice. Add sugar
to taste and the dissolved gelatin
lastly add the currants. Fill up the
oranges and decorate with chopped
piStachio nuts
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Spooky suspected that some one lived
down in that house between the roots
Of that old apple tree.
Spooky and Jimmy Skunk had been
very good nefghbors all the summer
and fall before. But now Spooky was
beginning to have bitter feelings, and
it was all on account of Jimmy
Skunk's big family. THE idea OF
Evening star., 1921-03-10
Dotted Swiss. Frocks
For. the Youngsters
BY ANNE RITTENHOUsE.

The time was when the only variety
the shops offered in dotted swiss was
in the size and frequency Of the dot
or the quality Of the swiss.
Those were simpler days.
Now we have red swiss with white
dots and white swiss with red dots,
The Washington times., 1921-07-12
TO BUILD CHARACTER
BY w. A. McKeever.

where father has an acc cunt, and
as IL he had one of his own. Father
Is there with the money to meet
the deficit and to keep the irregu-
larity out OF public gossip.
Now, what Is the best method OF
eliminating this undesirable growth
from the beautiful garden of boy
hood7 Let us consider the matter
point by point.
First-Give the child no spending
money without he renders a spe-
cifc return In light duties well
performed. Thus teach the moral
value of money as well as the pur-
chasing value.
Second--Try TO discourage abso-
Iutely the practice of borrowins
and lending. BY systematic money
training you may make your boy
proof against this beggarly meth
od. He should be taught TO think
OF Il as a mark OF the weaklinG.
Third--Tesch your boy TO pay
cash or go without what he wants,
See TO II from the start that your
boys business reputation is a syn-
onym for honesty and thrift.
Do not worry about the amount
~ money your boy may earn at
the start. or the sise Of his pres
ent bank account. Seek rather to
establish him in an unyisldins
business integrity and leave that
as q guarantee OF his future sue
CASA
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Have you got enemiss7'
His words had excited without
alarming her.
mo-" he said, "but suppose some
one was interested in knowing that
had gone to your apartment for
supper, that I had stayed late. and
that we were alone?" a.t
Mrs. Herriot cooled a little.
"Am I part of a put-up job7"
He lied at once. beautifully. with
out the quiver of an eyelash.
mo" he said.
''Whst is IL you want of me7"
Nothing. It's like this. I haven't
behaved very well, and I don't an
tend to.
But II would be hard to prove
anything against me. And IL isn't
worth discussing, is it7 Only I warn
you to send me home IL you aren't
afraid of seeing your name in the
papers"
She quoted from a play she had
once seen and admired.
There's only one thing worse
than being talked about" she said.
and that's not being talked about"
Manners laughed aloud. The taxi
drew up In front OF the nickeI-and-
glaes door of a handsome apart
ment. The second taxi did not at
The Washington times., 1921-07-12
By Ann Lisle
whose Present Serial Has Wen q
Nation-Wtde Success.


~ AID LEE and I we're staring
at each other appraisingiy
across the two worn dollar
bills he held out 20 me. when I be-
came conscious that there was an
other spectator to the peculiar
tableau we undoubtedly presented.
Looking up. / saw the bat-eared
man. approaching across the thick
carpet with an air of entire self
possession.
He hulked along with his hands
deep in the pockets of heavy
REFER he wore. His cap was pulled
down over the face I'D never seen
out OF the shadow of the long visor.
Sorry 20 disturb you. lady. but
think l left a package lying just
back of where you're sitting" he
said. in q thick. husky voice that
was little more than Q whisper.
There's nothing here" replied.
watching his face for any sign of
recognition OF Dad Lee.
There wasn't the slightest indica-
tion that he'd ever seen my father
before. SO turned my head quickly
TO watch Dad Lee, realizing as
did so that I'd made a tectical blum
der in not confning my attention
to him In the nrst place.
He was staring at the man curl
ously, with the air of trying to
place some one he vaguely -remem-
bered seeing elsewhere. His hands
were In his pockets. One. no doubt,
was stuning those bills away.
Nothing here, SIR" he said.
That surprised me. 1t really
seemed as IL the men were strangers,
and yet some suddenly alert inner
sense told me they might be talking
in a code that told them every
thing they didn't want me to know.
mot In your corner" said the
bat-eared man persistently. "I left
II just back o. where the lady's
eettin'"
"Are you a guest Of the hotels"
I demanded,
mo, lady" he replied humbiy.
Then you shouldn't leave things
about in the writing room" I said
with an air of severity, settling
back hrmly In the alcove, deter
mined not TO be routed.
"Daushterl" murmured Dad Lee
reproachfully, I'm surprised TO see
you so disobligin'l We both got TO
get right out and let the gentleman
search for his property"
whereupon he started TO rise. I
rose, too. but as Ileaned forward
to get to my feet I shot out my
arm and swept Dad Lees carefully
placed overcost from the seat. Un-
der II lay a long manila envelope
bulginp with papers and held in
The Washington times., 1921-07-12
FOR LOVE By Rub. RUBY M.
AyreS

Mr.. CalliRan has gone, i sup
poser che asked casually.
She half looked over her should
er as she spoke. and for the first
time Philip could see her face dis
tinctly in the yellow light from
the stable, and he saw that her
eyes were red and swollen with
crying. The little uniformed suspi-
on that had stirred in his heart
many times of late woke again;
the smouldering fire burst into \
fame as he caught her arm In
a rough grasp.
80 that's why you wouldn't come
down to dinner" he said brutally.
Because you've been crying your
eyes out for him."
Eva did not answer: she looked
past her husband into the darkness
of the garden beyond, and some
thing very like despair settled on
her heart.
Every day seemed but TO add to
the estrangement between them;
she wondered DULY how much long
er this state OF things could go on.
please let go of my ARM she
said quietly. "You hurt me-"
Philip gave a stifed exclamation
and released her, but when she
turned to walk away he followed.
"I want to speak TO you." he said;
his voice was still rough and surly;
her very composure maddened him.
I'VE shall have to come TO some ar
rangement. I'm sick to death OF
going on as we are. It's an in
tolersble situation for me-"
She interrupted wearily
"If you shout so all the grooms
will hear"
II don't care II they do--everyone
will know sooner or later" He was
walking beside her now, anu they
had gone beyond the yollow glow
OF light from the stables, and were
in darkness again. What Is II you
want me to do?" he broke out pas
sionately. you never speak TO me
IL you can help it-you seem to
spend your time avoiding me-"
1T thought you would prefer II.
1 have tried not to be tie to you"
Her voice shook a little.
: You were crying tonight because
Calligan has gone" said Philip vio-
lently. You can't deny IT."
81 don't want to deny 1t. He was
very kind to me-"
II dare say he would have stayed
IL he had known you were so keen
on his staying; IL you had asked
him."
To be continued tomorrow
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could not have spoken his lines with
conviction. Diana would have
known instantly that he had had q
good deal to drink. but nobody else
would have known.
The park was almost deserted.
Manners boldly slipped an arm
around Mrs. Herriot and drew her
close to his side.
at think you're a very sweet lit
tie person." he said. She said moth
ing, merely turned her face a little,
and looked earnestly into his eyes.
Then her lips trembled and parted.
and he kissed them.
Mrs. Herriot's is practical
world The lovemaking In II is
swift and TO the point. The women
have no illusions about themselves.
The men have no illusions about
the women. But Manners did not
belong to Mrs. Herriot's world. And
he told her that he was fond OF
her, and wanted her, so shyly and
boyishly and tenderly that she was
deeply touched.
She fancied herself as playing .
useful and comforting role in the
life of a sufficiently celebrated man.
He could soon perceive that at
heart she was ever so decent and
domestic: that she only appeared to
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Motion Pictures of This Serial Will
Be Shown at LOew's Columbia
This Week

Little Mrs. Hsrriot sighed.
WAS It the truth when you said
that ! wasn't part OF . put-up
job?"
Now that the liquor was dead
In Manners the thought of lying
seemed much too dull and wsarl-
some.
Would you be angryf You'd
have q right to be-"
mot angry. Hurtp'
But I am fond of you. ] think
you're sweet. I think you're .
wonderful little person. want to
paint something with you in IL.
could change your face the least
bit so that you wouldn't be recog-
nized. I'd like to paint you against
the light, SO that your outline
would be a kind of golden haze"
when will you do itr'
when I get my affairs all in
out of doors so wen need warm
weather. could take . little
bungalow studio on the coast some
where. Would you like thatT
Then I'm not altogether part of
a put-up job?"
mot now"
You're not going. to chuck me
right Off"
She hoped he would say that he
was never going to chuck her. But
all he said was: "No. dear"
Mrs. Herriot was very wise as to
mems moods. She knew that her
companion was suffering deeply and
her instincts guessed the cause.
You don't want TO be divorced.
do your" she asked.
TO be continued tornorrow)
Copyright. 1919. International Magazine