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Evening star., 1921-04-20

Before the window can be washed the
curtains must come down. They can
be done gradually, a room at a time. so
that the whole house shall not look bare
and dreary for many days; but it is
often an economy of time and energy
to devote day or two to getting them
all done at once
Modern curtain stuffs are chosen to
admit light and air. and are, therefore,
light in weight. short. and easily wash
ed. ranging from dimities and lawns.
scrim, voile, marquisette and swiss to
orga ndy, Brussels net and filet. They
should be washed as other cotton things
are-steeped for several hours in a
soapy solution of warm water, washed
out of this without more soap, and
washed either by hand or in the ma
chine in very hot, soapy water
Then they must be- we'll rinsed, blued
and II starch is to be used, starched
before being hung out in the sun to dry
Most cotton curtains can be ironed if
care is taken to keep the edges straight
and of the same length for all the cur
tains, without stretching, but net hangs
much better il dried on curtain frames,
and the others can be dried on frames,
too.
In using frames stretch the curtains
while still very damp and make each
curtain fit exactly over the first. Be
careful not to stretch the first curtain
too taut, as the others will not be so
wet and, therefore, can less easily be
stretched.
Copyright. 1921
Evening star., 1921-04-20

c&use he believes absolutely in wha,
ne is doing. He is using the most
faith.
We can do almost anything we wish
win people and life il we're no,
alraid-even evil things. The sinner
VINO mas faith in his convictions can
put it all over" the saint who ism 1
cHite sure of his own mind. The rca
son that most of us have limited
power over others is that we have
limited faith in ourselves We'r..
always holding out on ourselves
trying to put over our plans with
secret reservations as to whether
they VIII work, whether people will
do as we wish
It's just ike broncho breaking
If you go at the job with fear in
your heart you're going to land on
your neck. You must believe that
you're the better animal of the two.
You must believe that it's good for
the broncho 20 be brok en-. You must
Believe that you can break him. If
you have quietly and firmly settled
these things in your own mind. tha
st is Simply a matter of hanging
On.
You can't break" life or peon1.
until you arrive at these same con-
clusions with yourself. When you have
arrived at them. however, there will
be no more failures or delays. You'll
be bound to win.
Evening star., 1921-04-20
THE YOUTHFUL SHORT COAT
by ANNE RITTENHOUSE

! tempt by the tailor to outline the
figure or to make slimneSS and mar
rowness the outstanding features of
this garment.
i The sketch shows a black and
white checked suit made with box
like eton jacket and a marrow SKIRT
that has an apron tied about the
waist.
The novelty of an attached apron
has worn off as the fashion for II
has risen to popularity. The square
etOn jacket, however, is not yet IN
full power: that is why ii is OF IN
terest to those who watch for women
not dressed like their neighbors..
But the apron and the box jacket
are not the actual novelty or inis
suit of black ck-and-white checkeu
cloth. The thrill lies in the collar
portion to the smallness of the coat
which they adorn. They are of white
organdie and. to judge by the amount
of this material that has been fash :
ioned into frills and accessories Oh
all sorts for spring apparel. there
surplus of this material reaos lor
the worlds consumption.
You can see for yourself the SIZE
of this Cromwellian collar ana Oh
the cuffs that are an eXasserdtloi'
of those once worn by men. FIN
=,
to Jacket They are Well "olth
consideration if YOU are not conleIh-
plating a costume for a woman more
than forty years old. which is cruei
thing to say in these days.
Yet even after one has passno pa,
thirty-five wears the collar is aFaii
able. provided it is not brousht
around in that straight line at the
base of the neck. which only SouI"
can adopt. The huge cuffs are avail
able for all costumes and an asts
and the size of them is amazlns. ~
is well to know that fashion perhilts
them to turn back on themselves anu
spread halfway up to the eiooSs
so that women can Pdulse tne!E u
sire for something really sehsat'on"'
in sleeves. ,.+o
1t is the smart thing to paste
these immense cuffs into the ne"
wIfie-mounted sleeves. when are
short or long. The amateur may pe
glad to know of this fashion. 1or s,le
is puzzled over the harshness oi Lil
Spanish sleeve and she has "onuereu
WHY something is not invented 70
take away the crudity OF tnat
straight line of heavy cloth cuItlns
the arm between the wrist ana eloow.
Now she knows how to turn lne
trick. how to make the harsh sleeve
one of gracious contour
Evening star., 1921-04-20
.LI1IILESloRlEs L1I
%rBEDDTInTE
Two FooIish-FeeIing Little
Bears.
BY. THORNTON W. BURGESS.
Who let's his temper get away
Is bound to find il doesn't paw

Is bound to find it doesn't nav
Mrs. Bear.
If ever there were two foolish-feel-
ing little Bears the twins of Buster
Bear were those two. And they look
ed just as foolish as they felt. While
they had been fighting Peter Rabbit
had made the most of his chance and
the best use of his legs and had dis
appeared. Where he had gone neither
Boxer nor Woof-Woof had the least
idea.
They looked this way. They look
! ed that way. They peered under the
pile of brush. They even tore it all
apart. There was no sign of Peter
AS a matter Of fact. Peter was far
| away, headed straight for the dear
| ehuckling. The instant those cubs
! began to fight all fear had left Peter
He knew then that he had nothing
| more to fear from them.
People who lose their teHpers lose
their wits with with them hem an ehuckled ih e
| better if 1 had planned it. My. how
| those cubs have grown! 1 think III
! keep away from that part of the
Green Forrest. Yes. sir. I'll keep
| away from there" And in that de-
| cision Peter showed that he wasn't
| wisdom therefrom.
| At last the twins gave up looking
for Peter. I'LL hope 1 didn't
hurt you" said Boxer meekly, as he
saw Woof- -Woof rub her nose again
Il didn't mean to-"
YES. YOU did" retorted Wool woof
! You did mean to hurt me. l know,
because l know you felt just as l
did, and l meant to hurt you. Ill
hope l didn't"
Not much" replied Boxer sheep
| ishly. as he felt of one ear. Il guess
catch probably is laughing at us and
win tell everybody he meets what
silly little Bears we are. l guess it
doesn't pay to fight
THAT depends" said a deep. grum-
bly,, rumbly voice. The twins, turned
1T never pays to fight excepting for
YOUR rights, but the one who will
NOT fight for his rights never will get
far in the Great World. Neither will
the one who is always ready to fight
over nothing. Now. what have you
been fighting about"
Feeling more and more foolish every
minute the twins told Mother Bear
Ali about Peter Rabbit and how they
had tried to catch him and how they
had lost their tempers when they
bumped into each other.
Mother Bear > eyes pul
she took care that the twins should
not see that twinkle. You ought
to be spanked. both of you," said she
sternly, land the next time l know
of you fighting you will be spanked.
l won't spank you this time because
T hone YOU have learned a lesson.
When two people fight over thing
! some one else is likely to get it Peo-
pie who lose their tempers usually
lose more, just as you lost your chance
to catch Peter RABBIT. NOW. the
Green Forest will laugh at you and
Peter Rabbit will boast that he was
smarter than two Bears"
Well get even with him yet" NUT
tered Boxer.
Bear. "Peter Rabbit will never give
you a chance"
And this is exactly what Peter Rab-
bit had resolved himself.
Copyright 1921. by T. W. BurEess.)
Evening star., 1921-04-20
Gf&&sts{ 1>&&@$Bf{1I{ = &
@/W Louro A. Kirlnan ~
Louro. A. Krklnan

eight tiny pies. Cream together one
cup sugar and one cup butter: beat
two egg yolks we'll and add; next add
one cup chopped raisins and one cup
chopped walnuts. then the juice of
one lemon or one teaspoon vanilla
Last. fold in two stifly beaten egg
whites. Bake 80 minutes in hot
oven / served these with whipped
cream on top for guest dinner and
they surely did make hit"
VI. M-"Thank you for your article
on the Carried Lunch for Spring and
Summer 1t helped me to put up a
better lunch box for my husband.
Here is a rea asonable steamed pud-
ding I made up, which you may think
good enough to publish.
One Egg Steamed Apple Pudding
Mix together in a medium size bowl
quarter cup sweet milk: add one
beaten egg, unseparated, and stir
well. Into this mixture stir one tea =
spoon cinnamon and one-half tea
spoon ground nutmeg. Pare, core and
slice four medium size apples and add
these to the bowl the slices should
be smaID. Then add one-and-
half slices of white bread broken fine
-crusts and all. Mix until the bread
is well moistened and then pack all
into a quart-size steaming mold Cor
into a small pail with a tight-fitting
cover). Place this mold in large
saucepan half filled with boiling
water. Let the water boil around
the mold for two hours, then serve
the pudding hot with the following
hard sauce:
Brown Sugar Hard Sauce.-Cream
together one part butter and two
parts brown sugar; add one teaspoon
cinnamon and one teaspoon vanilla.
Stand in refrig orator until serving
time: tAbout one-half cup of butter
and one cup of the brown sugar. we'll
packed into the cup, is the amount I
use). The above pudding recipe will
serve five people"
Evening star., 1921-04-20
Creamed Salt Mackerel.

Soak the mackerel overnight in
cold water. Drain in the morning,
rinse in cold water and place in a
pan with the skin side down. Cover
with one cup of milk and bake in
the oven for twenty minutes. Blend
one tablespoonful Of -four with two
tablespoonfuls of butter. mix with a
over the fish. Cook for five minute S
more in the oven, then serve, hot,
garnished with parsley.
Evening star., 1921-04-20
Things You'll Like to
Make.

An unusual. dainty gift for a bride
is set of filet napkin rings Crochet
a band of filet seven inches long and
two inches wide. Edge it all around
with small picots. One end is made
straight: the other is finished in a
point. Sew on three tiny rustproof
fasteners, one at the point, one at each
side. Stiffen the band with gum
arabic. The filet napkin ring can be
easily laundered and stiffened again,
You can add greatly to the attrac-
tiveness by initiating each ring.
FLORA.
Copyright, 1921
Evening star., 1921-04-20
LISTEN, WORLDS!
BY ELSIE ROBINSON.

! know a man who can do almost
anything with people. Without seem
ing effort he molds people and events
to his advantage and nearly always
to their own. He uses his great
power kindly, yet he has many
enemies who envy him and make
sneering remarks about his luck"
II isn't luck
That man is able to do things be-
Evening star., 1921-04-20
Nursery Cakes.

sugar, one cup of sour cream. four
eggs, Ave cups of -four. one teaspoon
full of soda and a little nutmeg. Baked
In small cup cakes. they are especially
nice for small children.
Evening star., 1921-04-20
Green and Red Salad.

Fill a large sweet green pepper
with strawberry gelatin and place
a hard boiled egg in the center when
the gelatin is hardening. When ice
cold slice and place on lettuce leaves.
Serve with mayonnaise. Garnish with
sweet red peppers cut in slices
Evening star., 1921-04-20

YOUNG GIRLS BLACK AND
WHITE CHECKED SUIT WITH
APRON TIED ABOUT THE WAIST
AND BOX JACKET FINISHED WITH
IMMENSE COLLAR AND CUFFS OF
ORGANDIE.
press her curves; therefore, it is the
coat for youth.
In it's new Interpretation it is as
square as box. There is no at
Evening star., 1921-04-20

1t demands a hipless figure. 1t is
not for the woman who cannot re-
Evening star., 1921-04-20
THE OLD BLAIR HOUSE.
" gtOn.

" DIS nm x tCIi-
To All the Boys and Girls:
In sixty-one the war begun,
Is an old saying and ] guess
there is not a more interest
ing spot in Washington now
that sixty years have gone
this spring than the old
Blair house across the street
from the State War and
Navy building. Thousands
OF people hurry along Penn
sylvania avenue every day
past that house and never
give il a look. yet ] would
put il in the first half dozen
places to be sure and see.
The house is in the middle
of the block just above the
White House. and the pic
ture shows the stairway. AT
a talk in this house Robert
+. Lee was offered the COM
mand Of the Union Army. so
history says, and Cen W. T.
Sherman was married TO the
daughter of Thomas Ewing
in that house. History does
odd things when il brings
two such leaders of opposite
sides TO the same house. il
seems to me. Montgomery
Blair was the Postmaster
General for Mr.. Lincoln. and
long before that his father.
Francis Blair. lived IN the
house. and through his paper
argued for Andrew Jackson
and his administration Ban
croft. the historian. also lived
IN the house at one time.
Did you know he was Sec
retary of the Navy for Presi-
dent Polk"
There are many other
things to make the house
famous. one of which is the
fact that plans were Inade in
the house which resulted in
being placed in command o
at New Orleans. You rem
famous remark OF Damn
pedoes go ahead" That
in the liberty loan cam,
the Navy Department d,
world war When Thorn
lived there he was Secreta
Interior under Taylor. the
Then Montgomery Blair r
the post Office while he Ii
He is the man who started
for free delivery of mail
money orders. Wouldn't IL
ny to have free delivery
.nowsin these days of aerop
What members of the J.
, received letters with the
. stamps on them? ! woul
hear from them. ! know
Evening star., 1921-04-20

(AnOther article by former Secre-
tnry Daniels will be printed in The
Star tomOrrOyv.)
The Corpus Christi caller. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1918-1987, 1921-08-28

G. t-a e ser To4ay
r. *. ~ fAae
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-05-03

- When trouble drives Il man tu drink
drink drives Him tn more tIrIIlbir.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-05-03
BUSINESS AND THE BOY.

He mover had the time 10 spend il play,
Or gave much thought TO him who bore MS
name.
He'd hoped his son wou!d learn the proper
way.
And never cause him sorrow here or shame
He hadn't time 10 talk to him at night
He thought the boy was getting on all rlSht'
He had Il business which required his care.
To lose his money would not do ut n!i.
Mistakes would happen if he were not there
So quickly ducs the market rise and la'l
Thought others gould he trusted with MS oSy'
Others his business surely WOULD destroy.
Dollars are things 4 man can count ana leei'
The bank accepts them, and the mcrchahis'
too;
puidinrs arc solid things of brick and STEEL
And good TO own and very fine to view
Mon know the worth Of labor when it's done
Bu, who can count the value in son
The business prospcred. but the hoy was lost
Others had failed to fill the fathers place
The man is rich. oh. the sorry cost!
The son has come to ruin and disgrace.
Oh, fool who guards his business day and
night,
Yet. blindly hopes his boy will be all right.
Edward Guest.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-05-03

will get the place regardless Of wheth-
er he or she. made or 100 on the ex-
animation.
There are some who argue that the
whole thing is already cut and dried
and some man, if there is a nlan sue
cessfhl, already has the nomination
stuck in his vest pocket and if it is a
woman the nomination is securely de-
posted in her-well, in the first ma
tional bank. But interest is keen and
growing keener daily and no mistake
about that.
AS one of the applicants expressed it
to this correspondent the other day:
"You see that job is worth sl,4O0 or
s1,500 per annum and in times like this
$500 is not sum to be despised; but
on the other hand it is we'll worth
working for"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-05-03

Reason Enoueh.-"What's the mat
ter, old MANI" asked Driver, as he
met a friend. "Are you feeling seedy"
NO, not exactly that" replied the
friend, "but I'll admit I've been worried
of late. You remember hired a man
to trace my pedigree?'
YES" replied Driver. whats the
trouble? Hasn't he been successful?"
Successful! I should say he had!"
said the friend. "I'm having to pay
him hush money" 5.s.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-05-03

time Rock Fiji people will be given
opportunity to do their trading. The
clerks welcome the approaching holi-
DAYS
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-05-03

The street building programme in
auEuiated several weeks ago here is
progressing rapidly and large forces
Of workers are busy. Most of the
streets just now are in n pretty badly
torn up condition made necessary Of
There is little or no complaint how
ever from Rock Fill people who are
willing to suffer some inconvenience
In order that they might get good
St"eCtS.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-10-29
coino the Rounds.

"That new nursemaid of Mrs. Styles
seems a very obliglng girl said the
lady in the satin jumper.
"What make you say so?" asked her
friend in the purple Bingham.
well yesterday morning | saw her
out with Mrs. Styles baby, Ia the
afternoon with Mrs. Styles dog, and
in the evening with Mrs. styles hus-
band."-London Answers.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-10-29
A SCHOLARS PROTEST.

~Ah! A Romeo and his juliet" re-
marked Mr.. Dubwaite. rs loving
pair strolled past.
Ny dear sir,' said Professor Dlggs,
81 have great admiration for Romeo
and Juliet as portrayed by the i'm
mortal Shakespeare. Apply the names
OF those graceful and romantic figures
to bcw-legged young man In waist
line coat and calcimined young
woman wearing hobble skirt does
great violence to my feelings"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-10-29
OF COURSE NOT.

II noticed your father and mother
crying during the wedding ceremony"
said the groom.
Yes, dear. they were," said the
bride sweetly.
What were they crying about?"
"0h, some one reminded them that
we were to live home with them"
well. like thatI You didn't see
me doing any weeping. did your
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-10-29
NORTH BENNINGTON

News was received by Mrs, Tobin
Thursday night OF the death Of her
father from shock Mr.. Daniels was
in New York at the time Of his death.
Mrs. Tobin leaves today for his home
n Middlebury where the funeral sery-
ces will be held
DR.. Tobm will not be in his office
until the first OF next week.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-10-29
ellis, cnmnlaint.

Willis-We folks at home should do
our work without Complaining. You
know peace hath her victories the same
as war.
Gillis--I know, but nobody pins med
ais on you for washing the dishes, and
there's never brass band out to
meet YOU in the morning after you've
walked the floor all night with the
baby.-Judge.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-10-29
SAYS THE OWL

No man is ever scared about pain
In his legs or arms.
Fishing is good TO teach q man pa
iience. Nothing else will.
a street car will always hold one
more passenger; and an overcoat will
last just one more winter.
Considering how absolutely devoid
Of calculation love is. 1t Is a miracle
1t doesn't get its victims into more
trouble.
II he ever paused to think, the man
with his nose 10 the grindstone will
usually find that he is turning his
own grlndstoDe
All the naked natives OF tropical
countries are now kept busy turning
their coconuts into copra for civilized
man. Civilizations yoke reached them
at last.
Moralists want you to sit down Just
before bedtime and review" all the
events OF the day. Yes, and get your
self all walked up so that you won't
sleep.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-10-29
Bad influenced.

~ WISH" said Mr.. Chuggins, mo-
rosely, that they would succeed In
rounding up all the auto bandits and
rum runners in the world"
"They do great deal Of harm"
"Yes. Aud what frets me is to find
every time surrender for violating
traffic regulation that my greater
fellow criminals have utterly spoiled
the dispositions Of the police" -s4tys
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-10-29

s'ss"s-s..srsrs.-s
The Story of
Our States
By JONATHAN BRACE
XXV.---ARKANSAS
aTarFM A RKANsAs
81 :SyM "A was nam-
MA, EN INN ed after the
MI M9SfSSnAzA river which
VsdE - =, S flows diagon-
Y SaENHAe4AAzW II ally through
MSNsE/N this state and
s= Is one Of the
chief tributaries of the Missis-
sippi. 1t is said that the early
settlers found in this territory,
an Indian tribe named Arkansas,
but the actual meaning OF the
word is not known. II probably
has some relation to the word
Kansas. There has been much
confusion as to the correct pro-
nunciation of Arkansas. To re-
move this as FAR as possible a
resolution was passed by the
state senate in 1881 which speci-
fed that the true pronunciation
was "Ar-kan-saw."
Originally Arkansas was a
part Of the Louisiana Purchase.
Its first settlement was made by
the French about 1856. Except
for the few years during which
by secret treaty 1t was ceded TO
Spain, 1t remained under French
rule, until purchased by the Unl'
ted States in 1903. For nearly
ten years after this, 1t was a
part Of Louisiana territory, With
the admission of the State Of
Louisiana in 1872 this northern
section was formed into the Mis-.
souri, territory. In 1919 there
was another partition and Ar
kansas territory was created,
which included the present state
and what later was called Indian
territory.
Due to the reports of an early
explorer named Pike, who visited
this region in 1903, the incor-
rect idea was generally accepted
that most of the expanse OF
plains east of the Rockies was
vast desert. This idea per-
sisted to such an extent that as
late as 1850 the western plains
were called in the school geog-
raphies 1.-THE Great American
Desert" Adventurous settlers,
especially from the South, found
conditions in Arkansas quite 9th
erwlse, however, and by 1888
Arkansas was admitted as the
twenty-ffth state Of the Union
with an area Of $3.50 square
miles.
The natural resources of the
state are considerable. There
are the mineral springs of me-
dicinal value, which have been
placed under governmental con-
troll at Hot Springs.
90 by Mcclure Newspaper Syndieatsl
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-10-29
WOMEN or OTHER LANDS


Belgian women have been employed
tn the railway, postal and telegraph
services since 1852.
Japanese women do the painting and
decorating of the thousands Of fra
site toys that the country exports.
The greatest disgrace that an Arab
woman can suffer Is not to be able TO
live In perfect compatibility with her
husbands wives
Egyptian women perform strange
ceremonial dance at funerals which
archaeologlsts have traced back to the
ancient ritual for the dead.
Many women In siam are employed
in workshops, In factories and on the
railways and roads, where they are
paid the same rates as men for equal
work.
When the Ainu women In Japan are
growing up. what resembles a mus
tache IL tatooed on their lips, for with
out this decoration their matrimonial
prospects are poor.
An edict against wearing OF short
skirts and the displaying OF arms has
been issued by the city magistrate of
Shanghai. In future. offenders will be
arrested and fined.
The women OF Persin, who, until
70 years ago. We're nonentities outside
their homes. are now enjoying the
same privileges as the men and rapid
~ rising out of their old-time slavery.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-10-29

Don't imagine that because you wear
hobnail shoes and blue shirt you
work harder than any man in patent
leather shoes and silk shirt. Brain
work can be more killing than Drawn
work.-Forbes Magazine.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-10-29

Riches have wings Yes; but they
can fly to you as well as from you
provided you deserve them and would
be any better off if you got them.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-10-29
ARLINGTON

Masquerade Halloween dance at
Lawrence Hall, South Salisbury,
Monday. October 81.