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Evening star., 1921-05-24
The Trying Time.

Old-fashioned folk used to talk
lot more about spring tonics and
spring fever than we do today. They
used to take it for granted that in
the interval between winter and sum-
mer their vitality was at low ebb.
Farmers wives learned from their
mothers, who in turn learned from
their mothers. Of the various plants
of woods and fields that would tone
up the system to bridge over this
spring depression. Moreover, In the
scheme of work they often planned to
take things easy In the spring.
knowing full well that the very busy
days of summer could not be met
stacking Of the tension had character
lied the days Of spring.
Nowadays the housewives days
seem to be especially crowded in
spring We suddenly realize that
summer is approaching and that vari-
met. There is crowding into few
weeks Of delayed dinner parties. teas
and other purely social affairs. with a
host Of benefits for charities and
community snte1prisss en- ,5osst Sumner Sun 1Ss
plans for a summer away from home
there IL the cottage to be found. or
visited and set in ship-shape for sum-
mer.
Meantime we scorn the herb teas
and various concoctions recommended
by our old fashioned mothers or
grandmothers. Perhaps they are a
bit at variance with the modern prac-
tice Of medicine. But the good old
habit Of taking things a bit easy in
the springtime is based on conditions
that are as Characteristic. of today as
Of yesterday.
The woman who follows a business
or professional career would do well.
if she can possibly arrange it. to take
day off now and then in spring. just
for the purpose of resting. An ounce
Of prevention is worth pound Of
cure. and day at home spent in
resting and vegetating sometimes
forestalls a week or so later spent in
actual illness or exhaustion.
Evening star., 1921-05-24
Everyday Salad Dressings.

Today 1 am going to give some
recipes for easily made salad dress
ings such as the housekeeper will
wish to use daily.
Mock Mayonnaise Dressing.-(This
can hardly be told from the real may
onnaise which is made with egg
yolkS). Put half cup Of condensed
milk into u mixing bowl and beat
with a Dover egg beater for q few
seconds. Then add one cup of olive
oil Cor salad oiD slowly. bea ting Wig
orously as you add it. Stifren with
two tablespoons Of vinegar or the
juice of one lemon. Season with half
teaspoon salt. quarter teaspoon mus
tard off liked) and a dash of pepper.
Simple French Dressing.-Put into
a bowl three tablespoons olive oil,
ono tablespoon vinegar. half tea.
spoon salt, few grains paprika Gf
liked) and a dash of black pepper.
Beat till we'll mixed (only few mo-
ments).
French Fruit Salad Dressing
Three tablespoons olive oil, one table
spoon lemon juice. one-eishth teaspoon
salt and one-half tablespoon powdered
sugar. Beat until we'll mixed. (Serve
on any kind of fruit Saiad)
Honey Dressing for Fruit Salads
One-half cup of olive oil. three table
spoons honey, two tablespoons lemon
frothy and use at once.
Boiled Salad Dressing Which Will
Keep for Week.-(CSe only a little
Of this al Il time. thinning it with milky.
MIX together one-quarter tablespoon
salt one and one-half tablespoons
sugar, few grains Of cayenne, one-half
tablespoon flour and one-quarter tea
spoon mustard (the mustard may be
omitted if desired). Put these in
gradients into Il small saucepan with
one and one-half tablespoons of butter,
three-quarterS cup of sweet milk and
the yolk of two eggs; let heat on the
range, stirring constantly. Just before
hoilin" add one-quarter cup of vinegar.
Let boil up once or twice, till thick,
then cool and keep on ice.
Peanut Butter Dressing for Fruit
Salads.-Comhine one-half cup of the
boiled dressing (recipe given Above)
with one tablespoon peanut butter. one
half tablespoon olive oil and one table
spoon lemon juice. Beat well and
serve.
Chcesed Boiled Dressing.-Reheat
one cup of the cold boiled dressing in
I, small saucepan and add to it one
tablespoon of finely shaved American
cheese; let cook over mild heat until
the cheese is melted, then cool and
serve. It is best to do this in the
top of a double boiler. Cheese be-
comes leathery when cooked over in
tense Utdl.)
How shall I choose a dressing for3
certain salad?" is question my
readers ask me frequently. In select
ing a dressing d good rule to follow
is this: If the salad itself is very
rich and contains much fat, use a
boiled dressing rather than mayon-
naise or French dressing (the two
latter contain much fat in the oil
used). If, however, salad is deficient
in fat, d mayonnaise or French dress
ing will combine well with it,
For d fruit salad the dressing may
Evening star., 1921-05-24
A Soap and Water Cure.

fhs boys who had begged permis-
sion to go camping all by themselves
were sitting around their campfire
the very nrst night they made camp.
All day they had trailed up the noun
tain side, three dusty, determined
youngsters. with all the approved
methods of packing along the ordi-
nary necessities of life, happy in the
prospect Of ten days in the woods
alone.
cd. rmsno. scared of any,hins~
said bimmie. who was eleven. and had
6ssnl casting sly glances behind him
ever 'since the moon had slipped over
: Ledge o(focks and left the darkness
q ~ tpsss behind unsilvered by its
Y{s ~. too! You'd jump Il said
sss 3sfl .sfs;,ed ShH seornfu,1 nas %0ss ss
the tent stakesshs was making to
Saw on hapd in3ease the ones in use
proved fnadequste.
Jimmie sidled closer to the IRE
I'm not scared of things I know"
he said. Its things / don't know
that makes me feel queer! am never
quite sure which berries are poison
3or instance. Sometimes I get mixed
Np in poison oak and poison ivy. And
j GOT poisoned Win mushrooms ohCe.
The small boys shouted merrily,
then: half startled by the echoes their
laughter aroused in the woods around
Nhem, they dug their toes into the hot
ashes and grinned sheepishly at each
my dad said soap and water was
the best thing for poison ivy" The
speaker was Ted, the thoughtful one
of the trio. you can always recog-
nixe poison ivy. because it has three
the city and beside the road and in
the woods. and even in sand near the
sea. Ny dad said SO!
Describes Poison Ivy.
The leaves are red in the spring.
time. and green and thick like wax in
summer and all shiny. In the fall
they are bright scarlet again. and
10 poison. The seeds and the pollen
and the leaves and the stem. Some
times the wind blows the pollen on to
you. and yduget poisoned. Only
when you are all hot and perspiring
and steamy you are most apt to get
poisoned"
II know. ] did. Last year. 1t took
about four hours, to show up. Only
7 read in a book once that sometime 8
you were poisoned and it didn't show
up for three or four days. The leaves
looked pretty and l picked a bunch.
4 fellow dared me. And ! was green.
I didn't know they were poison"
Jerry spoke regretfully.
The thing that poisons you is a
sort Of Oil in the plant. And II you
Just scrub and scrub your skin with
soap and warm water it washes the
oil all away. Only you must use lots
OF soap and water. and wash all over.
every bit Of the skin that is even near
the part you touched with the IVY
TED was very serious.
P0ia0n wv Near Camn
wsil. that's easy. We can get lots
OF warm water and there Is soap in
the kit bag. And il any Of you fell
lows are so silly as to pick poison ivy
for q bouquet. we will make you scrub
all day with soap and water" Jerry.
the big brother OF the trio. looked
across the FIRE as he spoke A vivid
scarlet plant grew in clump under
the shadow of a big tree. He pointed
IL out. eagerly.
Poison ivy. Wen cut il out with
an ak in the morning" he said.
NANCY buildinC our nre almost on
Evening star., 1921-05-24
Things You'll Like to
Make.
ILk>Pson S2A

A trimming for your hat that is out
of the ordinary are these sealing
wax flowers. Cut thin wire into two
inch strips. Hold a piece of sealing
wax-any color you like-over the
fame of a small candle. Allow it to
get soft enough to mold. but not soft
enough to drip. Break of a piece
about the size of a hickory nut. Shape
it into the form Of wild-rose petal.
(A) While still soft run one of the
pieces of wire through the lower
point Of the petal. Make four more
PETALS, placing each on the wire.
Press them together in the center If
necessary warm slightly. Drop a lit
tie yellow wax over the tip of the
wire to form the center of the rose,
and your sealing-wax flower is fin
ished. You may cover the wire stem
with green silk. FLORA.
Copyright. 1921
Evening star., 1921-05-24
Nodded Strawberries.

Put two heaping tablespoonfuls of
powdered gelatin into a pan. add one
cup Of strawberry juice and one cup
Of hot water. Dissolve over a gentle
heat, remove from the fire and add
four tablespoonfuls Of sugar, one tea
spoonful Of vanilla extract and ten
large ripe strawberries which have
heen quartered. Stand on ice until the
mixture begins to thicken. then fold
in two cups of whipped cream and the
stifi1y beaten whites Of two eggs. Pour
into a wet mold and put in cool place
to get firm. turn out when set and dec
crate with star of whipped and
sweetened cream and ripe Strawberries.
Evening star., 1921-05-24
Frozen Cheese Salad.

Moisten a cake of cream cheese with
cream and season with paprika and
ley and rub all thoroughly together,
pack into tiny cake tins one for each
person. put in a covered dish or box
and pack in salt and ice for three
hours. Serve each cheese mold on
white lettuce leaf with French dress
ing.
Evening star., 1921-05-24
Maple Nougat on Ice Cream.

Boil two cups of maple sirup and
lump of butter the size of a walnut
until it forms soft ball when dropped
into cold water; add half a cup of
chopped pecans and keep warm over
hot water until ready to serve. Pour
il while hot over each serving of ice
cream and the nougat will candy de-
liciously when it touches the frozen
sweet Vanilla ice cream is best with
this QOugat
Evening star., 1921-05-24
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consist Of mayonnaise. either plain or
combined with whipped cream (pref-
erably sour whipped cream), or it
may be of a distinctly sweet type
such as the honey dressing given
above or the sweetened French dress
ing. Or an unsweetened French dress
ing may be used for a fruit salad if
desired. or the boiled dressing con-
tanning peanut butter given above.
Evening star., 1921-05-24
Tempting Croauettes.

Sweeten some leftover oatmeal to
taste and add some chopped prunes
and nuts. Shape into stand-up peaked
croquettes with the addition of -four
and bread crumbs. Dip in egg and dry
rolled oats and fry in deep fat. Serve
with a nut or prune for top piece and
Siruu
Evening star., 1921-05-24
Cardinal Eggs.

Melt two tablespoonfuls of butter in a
&aucepan. stir in one can of tomatoes
or peel and slice in one-half pound of
fresh tomatoes and season with salt,
red pepper paprika. Break four eggs
into a pan, add two tablespoonfuls OF
butter, two tablespoonfuls of chopped
parsley, four tablcspoonfuls oe milk or
cream and salt and pepper to taste. Mix
with fork, then stir over :. slow fire
until it thickens, but do not let it boil.
Dish IN the tomatoes on hot dish. ;hen
arrange the eggs on them in heaps and
serve very hot.
Evening star., 1921-05-24

An evening gown of black velvet is
devoid Of trimming except on the
sash, which is embroidered in silver
thread and seed pearls
Evening star., 1921-05-24

Prices Realized on Swift & Co. Sales
of carcass beef in Washington for week ending
Saturday, May 81. 1921. on shipments sold out,
ranged from IA cents to II cents per pound.
and averaged 1872 cents per pound-Adver-
tsement.
Evening star., 1921-05-24
YELLOW AND BLACK IS COMBINED
BY ANNE RITTENHOUSE.

No ono appears to desire to get rid
of the sweater. 1t remains as a staple
GArment in the wardrobe, although its
name has changed and it has taken
10 itself the luxury Of ornamentation.
The popular overblouse was founded
On the sweater. When makers OF gar
Evening star., 1921-10-16

forms. but straddled on a beam. paint
ing some Of those 100000 major
rivets. you get the gone feeling. ]
fear only storms" he added. 1.-TWO
storm of 1913. Hail and big drops
blinded US. All went black. and the
thunder and lightning were awful.
We painters just clung."
Fasting and prayer" laughed one.
you've got to keep the stomach in
condition to work up there. Other
wise. look out for vertigo and whis-
pering currents"
Electricity. The tower attracts it.
Every painter hears the whisper Of
those currents. Another thing. Why
does 1t swing three yards?
ITO feel what We painters feel" he
says. you must be on beam, up
there. with the abyss below and the
immensity above. and all is still
until you want to chuck the paint
the bright air. It's not like flying
in a plane-they're saved by move
ment. Tourists. walking about. don't
always feet it. You must be a painter.
in that open ironwork Gt sticks into
the skyD, to feel it draw electric
juice
What about the wireless oper-
ators?"
"They know nothing. They live in
house. up there. amid stuffed chairs
and sofas. furniture and wooden
walls. and can't see out"
NJ Gustave Eiffel. the engineer who
built the tower. still lives-a veteran
great man of France. His tower rem
dered such services during the war
that all talk about it's ugliness and
dangers is forgotten.
Monsieur Eiffel almost lives, away
up there. He has always kept a pri-
vate parlor up there. reached by a
reserved elevator" and in IL he re-
ceived, the other day, a distinguished
visiting delegation of American en-
gineering societies.
The height gives me no qualms,"
Evening star., 1921-10-16

| The cape unfolded. A bulging balloon
! of brown silk swelled above him. 1t
looked for moment like success. Then
down went Francis. like a lump of
|, lead.
The painting job is vast. by reason
of the towers open structure. The
edifice weighs less than 5000 tons,
but its total surface to be painted
requires nearly sixty tons of liquid
paint for each single coat.
Sixty-five painters working con-
tinuously together take three months
to do A single coat
In 1889 only five painters fell-or
jumped. The tower had just taken
twenty-eight victims during its con-
struction. and all were careful In
1895 eleven painters fell. few of them
men of 1889. Without experience of
the towers lure they had the French
artizan's vanity and daring. When.
after three had gone down. the man.
agement interposed life-saving tackle.
they rebelled in body. AS result.
nine others dashed to the ground in
forty-five days.
In 1900 they called for painters eX-
perenced on the tower" They re-
sponded in mass, demanding quad
ruple wages. When put wise to mo-
tives of humanity. they accepted 40
per cent above union scale. on condi-
tion not to disgrace themselves by
enforced use of tackle. Eight fell.
In 1907 il was the same. Nine fell.
and always without tackle. In 1913
they got to be little corporation.
Only five went down: and five. they
came to say. would be the future
average of "a workmanlike job But
the war has killed. aged and sick
ened experts in all lines.
x X * X
MJIGH winds blow. up there" says
one grizzled expert. THE shaft
sways two yards on a calm day and
four yards in the winds. Visitors do
| not feel it. moving about the plat
Evening star., 1921-10-16
Norway Granite.

GRANITE is one OF TIE exports OF
Norway. and 1t ships 1t to many
countries which have granite Of their
own. Some Of the granite which Nor
way sells to other countries is OF the
familiar gray color. but that which
figures most in its trade is a granite
which is found nowhere else. 1t is
durable and it is beautiful and unique
in its colors.
This is the so-called Labrador
granite" from the Larvik district.
With it's beautiful appearance and
wonderful play of colors. it is the
Norwegian stone that has attracted
most attention as an ornamental
stone. and it has been extensively
used for that purpose not only in
Norway. but also throughout Europe.
The proper name of this syentic rock
is augite-syenite or larvikite. but
commercially II is called Labrador or
Royal Blue" When polished it has
a most beautiful appearance, with
large feldspar shimmerinG in every
shade of blue. The rock has not 4
very we'll developed cleavage, which
renders quarrying somewhat difficult.
but it is nevertheless quarried in
large quantities and at various
places.
Evening star., 1921-10-16

She pushed away her sandwich and
called the waiter Your song plug
gers an old friend of mine," she said
steadily. Tell him to come over"
1NDER cover of the dancing. she
~ found a deserted booth and wait
ed. At last she saw him. cigarette in
hand. threading his way among the
smile froze on his lips.
"Ef!'-he took a hasty step back
ward. What the devil are you doing
here?"
"Sit down. Eddie" she said quietly.
"Mebbe that's what l was goin' to
ask YOU. what are you doin' here?"
We'll, go on, ask me. Though 1t
amt any of your business, If you got
ingS. But what's it to you-after the
homa?"
walked out on you? Wasn't !
payin your hospital bills and writm'
you to join me?'
Tell that to the marines. Eff! Soon
as you got out O. town. didn't you
chuck the whole frame-up?"
You know 1 didn't! 1 never meant
to change the routine permanent; only
do the best 1 could until"
I'll say you did pretty good, Ef"'
he laughed sardonically. Some fiashy
baby now, amt you? I spose you've
come to offer me a job next week at
the Palace?'
Her eyes were dim with unshed
tears-of pity, not of wrath. When
he had done with his taunting filings.
she said simply. Eyes. Eddie. that's
what 1 came for; to get you back in
the act"
That's good one!" he sneered.
"What'd I do on the big time? You
always said I can't sing, and Vilet
Harter says I can't dance, and them
big bookin' StiffS@
but you can dance. You could dc
some steps while I'm maxim my
Fill in your changes, huh?" He
leaned forward And you're the
coony kid that wasn't goin' to alter
our routine!"
90 course, we couldn't go back to
that now. Mebbe my limitations aren't
any good: but the public stands for
sem. and that's our bread and butter
She put out her hand impulsively and
rested it on his. Wont you see that
/ mean it, honey! That 1 want you
back! I'll never raZz you any more
about playin' poker; and we can have
good times like we used to, goin' to
donsants, and travelin' round to.
gether."
At last she had reached him. "Say
Ef,"-he fiared. why in the devil dc
you want to kid me! Amt I dead
DO I look like I'd follow ever,
route for three years that's beer
printed, and spill my family troubles
to Vilet Harter. and hunt out this
jitney jazz joint. just to kid you?"
Evening star., 1921-10-16
Framed for Broadway
Illustrations byhmaDa
O -Iumor Sunountng

Juvenile with a yellow name. a face
unlined, a gift of CAB. and a way with
women that would charm the bees of
a honeysuckle. For the rare moment
in which he was still her lover. Effie
adored him. For the rest of the time.
she mended his socks and laundered
his silk shirts. and made as CHEEKY a
job as she could of condoning him.
She was used to poker losses, and
broken engagements. and being re-
duced to dressing the act: these
were nothing. But their new disap-
pointment i'll not landing the Big
Time; that was everything.
Thrice they had advanced upon New
York and thrice had been turned back
to the sticks. And Effie knew that,
as far as she was concerned. this time
was the last. II Eddie essayed Man
haitian again. it would be with an
other partner. And once the team
split
But this wasn't the only angle that
hurt. She was ambitious for him,
and. in small way. for herself. She
could never quite understand why
they didn't get by.
She got out again the well-thumbed
Evening star., 1921-10-16

What's the matter. don't you believe
1t happened like 1 said?"
why, yes, l guess so. I'm just
tired. Eddie. don't want to talk"
We'll then" he caught her up. you
go on to the room and grab of a nap
and I'll trek after guy that owes
me tenner."
When Effie reached the Marques
she slipped into kimono and threw
herself on the bed. but not to sleep.
This meeting with Violet Harter in
her husbands company was the last
straw of disillusionment in her New
York sojourn. Violet was an old ac-
quaintance of Eddie's. gossip said an
old flame. She had crossed the great
vaudeville divide and landed where
La Rock and Eaton aspired to land.
How was mystery. Talent her
friends said; her enemies called it
brass.
To associates in the profession Ed
die was forever boasting about their
friendship and he was always holding
her up to his wife as a model of sue
cess. And today she had certainly
looked the part. Eff1e couldn't help
contrasting her 5th avenue hat, and
Evening star., 1921-10-16

In a season or two Efie became a
standard big time single. Her name
went up in the lights. And she head
lined the Palace.N
She was no stranger now to white
fox and diamonds. She was never
quite sure that she wasn't dallying in
some pleasant dreamland from which
she would awaken in Calgary or
Grand Island.
For three years from the day she
left her husband in the hospital. Effie
never saw him nor heard from him.
For awhile she followed his route
with Violet Harter. The jazz band
broke up and Immediately he disap-
peared from the big time.
Broadway. This time, however, Miss
Harter wore no expensive furs and
her jewels were conspicuous by their
absence.
"Hullo. dearie." she said. Seems
like an awfully long while since I've
PIN up at the Colonial this week.
How's that naughty boy of yours?
s'pose you've made 1t up by this time.
He was always expectin' you'd tele-
graph him."
NO." denied Miss Harter. Il don't
know where he is and don't want to,
exceptin' it'd be to tell him what
think Of him. On his wire could he
join. I let out swell dancin' partner
trouble with the band boys and be-
havin' like he owned the act"
Eff1e retired to contemplate the
meager information she had obtained.
Evidently, his relations with his dane
ing partner had been purely profess
siona1. And he was always expecting
his wife would telegraph him!
Months passed. Eff1e was playing
st. Louis. After the Monday matinee
she went around to the front of the
house to have a look at a new lobby
frame. AS she turned the corner she
! thought she saw beside pillar of the
colonnade a mirage out OF the past
Of Eddie. hat battered down and
cigarette draped on his lips. When
she reached the pillar he was not
there.
In the morning she decided to make
the rounds Of every theater in the
city. She covered all vaudeville bills
then began on cabarets. Friday night
she had reached the limit Of her list
the Cafe Marigny. a noisy dance-hall
on a shady thoroughfare, called by
stage, a piano and a saxophone were
| jazIing. She order a cider cup and 9
sandwich.
There was a momentary lull in the
entertainment. Then a man stepped
out from the faded velvet cyclorams
and Efie's heart stopped beating; II
was tho living wreck Of Eddie La
He sang and his former flip assur.
ance was now only sullen defiance
A half-dozen frowsy fiappers Joined
him in the chorus.
l. Eme shut her eyes against the pair
] Of it.
Evening star., 1921-10-16

that foreshadows the spiritual ele-
ment in applause; then the riot broke
loose.
Impelled by a friendly hand, she
bowed and bowed until she lost
count. "Say. Sarah Bernhardt"-the
manager caught her and held her of
puzzlingly at arms length-"what're
you doing in my theater! Why amt
you on Broadway"
Then the emotional tension broke
and Effie ran sobbing to her dressing
room.
That night. in the Oklahoma bo-
nanza town. Effie Eaton touched the
heights; but the next morning she
slumped back again. Though Eddie
was weak as a fish. he insisted on
getting up and dressing. When the
doctor came. he said La Rock d
have to go to the hospital. where he
could be kept in bed.
Next day the manager came to see
him. Say. how'd the wife get away
with it?" La Rock demanded.
Effie cut short the managers rhap-
| sody; but as soon as she stepped out
! Of hearing. Eddie winked at his