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The Washington times., 1921-10-27
A HALLOWEEN
IDEA
By w. A. McKeever-
Widely Known Lecturer and Author
and . National Authority on
Juvenile Problems.

~ UESTION for city officers,
policemen, parents and school
y teachers: Resolved, That Hal
loween is a splendid time for har-
Messing the divine energy In boys
rather than an occasion for running
them in and beating them up.
The motion Is carried unanimous
ly. Wherefore. let us proceed at
once to draw up plans for a big
Halloween frolic with the boys, and
with the girls also.
The new kind of Halloween cele-
brating. In the form Of a happy
carnival Of fun for the whole COM
munity, is growing In favor every
year. What It still needs in order
to show up In the favorable manner
1t deserves, is. first, more careful
pre-arrangements on the part OF n
committee of adults; and, second, a
better understanding Of its merits on
the part Of the public. SO, / am
now ready to announce 1t more In
detail than was done a year ago.
OF this all-community festival an
nounoe in advance a definite plan
and policy. No city is too large to
indulge the young in this occasion.
1t is as much the divine right of
boys and girls to make merry In In
nocent ways on Halloween as 1t is
for them to attend the circus. City
officials may ask a committee OF ten
or a dozen interested persons to pre-
pare the plan and have 1t given
headline publicity:
"All Out for Halloween" Lid OFF
for Innocent Revelry," premium
on Funny Makeup" Strange
Noises and Songs Wanted" Grand
pa and Grandma in the Line" Boys
Urged to Desist from Leviltry."
Thus the announcement may ap-
pear and the specifications may
give location of certain clubs,
churches and lodges which will
keep open house and act as part
of the receiving line" for the Hal
loween marchers. Groups OF tho
young crowd will be invited TO vie
with one another in their makeups
and their stunt performances.
There is no fixed size OF the
units. Family groups, Sunday
school classes, school units and
all.town organizations may turn out
in their respective feature festivi.
ties. Also II is a good time to
bring out your old tin horns, ca
ZOOS and horse-fiddles. No real
music will be tolerated. The com.
mittee or management may have
a reviewing stand" on a conspic.
uous street and there check off and
grade the marching groups. Prizes
may be offered IL desired.
OF all occasions Of the year the
community Halloween festival is
the best one for the city fathers,
the police officers, and the school
teachers and the parents them.
selves to fix a deeper bond OF friend.
ship with the members Of the young
crowd,
The Washington times., 1921-10-27
arthur Stringer's THE WINE OF LIFE "a James Mongo1
The Story So Far

OWEN STORROW, young sculptor, coming
- to New York to perfect himself in his art,
takes room in third-rate hotel. He observes
a striking young woman, bare-footed, on the fire.
escape drying her hair. Below the engineer of
the hotel engages in brutal battle with his wife
The girl cries out in protest and the engineer
calls her a name that sends Storrow scurrying
down to combat-royal. After conquering the
enemy, the girl plays the good Samaritan to
Storrow and falls in love with him. He goes to
the luxurious home of his step-aunt He meets
Charlotte Kirkner, his cousin, whom he saves
from drowning and who tells him she loves him.
Storrow decides to leave his aunt's house.
The Washington times., 1921-10-27

"The wiidlife stuff has TO be q
story" argued storrow.
"Demins doesn't make Il that"
"Deming worked moro with the
Indian than with animals"
But you've picked the hardest
medium in the world TO tell your
story" contended Hardy. And
now I think Of Il. why did you pick
the wild life stuff7"
"It was what happened to be
thrown up against" explained the
younger man. He told. somewhat
reluctantly. of the order for the
Tecumseh statue.
"I've heard Modrynski talk about
those mortuary-urn committees"
retorted Hardy. They regard the
nude as indecent and get their art
ideas from mausoicum tablets.
The Washington times., 1921-10-27
Py Arthur Stringer,

Wsll-kaswn Novelist and Author
sf cesntrywids Reputation.
(< a <oTHER case of too many
q cooks and the broth spoiled.
I'm only the author you
zoe. So all have to do Is sit back
and watch the doctors amputate! IL
hits you harder than 80 In the
shade. after you've sweated blood
TO give 'em something more than
waffle-iron product"
They talked on. for half an hour.
through the companionable haze
of tobacco smoke. until Hardy de-
IA ected signs of restiveness in his
he ,unRer friend. This restiveness
'of. as really based on the thirst of
re woodman's lungs for unpol-
ba a fresh air.
w ,usy today?"s. casually inquired
novelist.
s w ,rrow acknowledged that no
60, 8 not.
20 : IN and His Poses.
, FThen what's the matter with
ht topping up to my digs. over on
the avenue. It's cool there. and
I've some early Wolf Thompson
animal sketches that will interest
you."
Storrow was glad to go. He
9iked that older and kindly eyed
man. He enjoyed the mans talk
~ they sauntered across the city.
skirted Greenwich Village. in
vaded Washington Square and ap-
preached the narrower but more
rssplendent canyon of Fifth ave-
nue-
Hardy did most Of the talking.
He ridiculed the commercialized
bohemianism OF 1.-THE Village"
with its bobbed hair and It's bad
art. its anarchistic free verse and
it's still freer sex relationships. He
wrung q laugh. too, from the self.
kimposed pauperism Of the Mac
Dougall Alley colony and the con-
.vivial anchoritism of "The News"
There were, Of course, the pro-
ducers as well as the poseurs. the
trail-blazers as well as the stump
Jumpers, but the former were much
too busy for attitudinizing. Stor-
rows guide paused long enough to
point out a group or two Of Italian
children in the square, and the bal
The Washington times., 1921-10-27
The RHYMING
OPTIMIST
3y Aline Michaelis.
Good Morning.

. oVV~ AAos sseseSs
l~ OOD morning" is a little
~ speech and can't take long
~ to say, and yet it's after
math can reach across the hvelong
day. II your Good Morning" hints
of sun and singing birds and
flowers. why at the start you've
halfway won your conflict with the
hours. II there's a Tilt within your
tone, q smile within your eye,
plunge boldly through the danger
zone, secure that you'll get by.
But II you snap your greeting out
in rabid, cave-man way few friends
will follow you about to smile upon
your day. For those who rise
AZ 6 a. m. or those who wake at
noon will join their forces to con.
denim the dismal fellows tune.
They do not care to have him
round: they know that all's not
we'll with one who makes Good
Morning sound as hopeless as a
kneli. The greeting really means
so much 1t ought to brim with cheer
when daily ambling from your
hutch you shout II far and near.
PIT ought to ring like silver bells
across a flower-strewn slope whose
tinkling music chimes and swells
to thrill the soul with hope.
The Washington times., 1921-10-27

fore the Vibbard canvas in the
faded gold frame. Yet he saw, or
though no saw. what was almost
stricken look in the studious
blue eyes OF the younger man.
The Washington times., 1921-10-27
This Day tn Our History

THIS is the anniversary of the landing of William
Penn, with 100 immigrants, at Newcastle, Del, In
1862 His dealings with Indians their confidence
and settlement Of Pennsylvania free from strife.
Evening star., 1921-12-19
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gone to sleep already; 1 haven't seen
them for ever SO long"
Just then Peter heard big. feet
shuffiing through the fallen leaves
ing. They were coming toward him.
Peter peeped out and 1T seemed to
him his heart was right up in his
throat. He wanted to run. but Curl
osity wouldn't let him. You see, he
wanted even more to see the Bear
family, for he knew those voices were
the voices of Boxer and Woof-Woof.
Sure enough, in moment Mother
Bear appeared, shuff1ing along in the
moonlight, and behind her shuff1ed
the half-grown cubs. whining and
complaining. Peter saw at once that
anything but their own discomfort.
There were no Little Night Breezes
about to take his scent to the Won
derful noses of the bears, so all at
once Peter felt quite safe.
Straight to the opening that led
Bear led the way. Then she sent the
cubs in. giving each hearty cuff with
big paw to hurry them along. 1t
made them squeal and Peter could
hear them whimpering as they crept
into their bedroom. Peter chuckled
Then for a long time Mother Bear
sat in the moonlight. She was as
motionless as stump of tree. Jack
Frost was beginning to pinch Peter
before Mother Bear moved. Finally
she yawned sleepily two or three
times. then slowly turned and disap-
peared under the great windfall. And
as she went Peter heard her say in
her deep. grumbly. rumbly voice, Il
guess the time has come
1t was some time before Peter
moved, and all the time he kept Won
dering what Mother Bear could have
meant. Thine for what? Time for
WHAT" he kept saying over and over
to himself. Il don't know of any
thing it is time for. No, sir, T don't
know of anything at all it is time for.
Now what could she have meant by
that?"
He was still puzzling over this
when at last he hoped out from his
hiding place and sat up to look this
way and look that way to make sure
that all was as safe as it seemed.
And then in a fash it came to Peter
what Mother Bear had meant He
jumped straight up in the air in his
excitement.
Il know now" he exclaimed. IT
know now: She meant that it is time
for her to go to sleep for the winter,
and that is what she has gone in there
for! And l guess those twins are
going to spend the winter with her.
wonder If Buster Bear has gone to
sleep too"
Copyright. 1921. by T. W. Burgess)
Evening star., 1921-12-19
HOME ECONOMICS.
BY MRS. ELIZABETH KENT.
For Christmas Eve.

Every year it puts one in tune for
Christmas to read again Washington
Irving's ''Old Christmas" and hear old
Squire Bracebridge's son say of his
father:
MY father was always scrupulous
in exacting our holidays and having
US round him on family festivals. 1t
was his policy to make us children
feel that home was the happiest place
in the world; and I value this de-
licious feeling Of home as one of the
choicest gifts a parent can bestow."
Then comes the description of the
nuge iule log. Of the burning of the
Two large Christmas candles. Of the
Christm eve supper with it's minced
pie" and of the dance in the evening.
ana, hnally. after Irving had retired
to bed. of the singing Of the village
waits" outside his window.
We parents are not placed like
Squire Bracebridge, in a fine old Eng
lish country house. In an age still
simple and rural In it's outlook; but
It does us good to recall the old
christmas customs and the feeling
that belongs with them. If we have
an open fireplace we. too, can burn a
Yu!e log. We can certainly burn the
tall Christmas candles and gather
young people round our supper table,
and give them minced pie, and let
them dance. We can make little
ceremony of hanging up the stockings
or loading the Christmas tree, or pop
ping corn and cracking nuts for the
next days dinner. We can sing a
Christmas carol before the children
go to bed and let the tradition of
something special and happy grow
In our children's minds around the
thought of Christmas eve.
(Copyright, 1917
Evening star., 1921-12-19
Making the Home Attractive
BY DOROTHY ETHEL WALSH.
A Correspondent Asks Suggestions
for the Use of Batiks. ;

A correspondent has written me ask
ing me to suggest a few ways to
utilize some of the odd sized Batiks
she is SO attracted to in the shops.
but which puzzle her as to their di-
rect usefulness. I believe many wom-
en- feel as she does. These vivid bits
of coloring attract her, but although
she is Versed in the laws of good
decoration she is not familiar, enough
with these articles SO much In vogue
to be able to plan at glance their
correct place in the furnishings of a
certain room.
In this and my next article am go
ing to give you a few suggestions for
the use of these delectable colored
silks. Possibly you also may have
been at a loss just howsto make use
of them and may CLEAN a practical
idea or two from the suggestions.
Cushions make charming Christmas
presents. and If you have had one in
mind what better idea could be found
than q Batik silk one. such as that
shown in today's. illustration? It IL
simplicity itself to make Many odd
lengths will be found in q shop epe-
cializing In Batiks, and when you
have chosen one of the size and color
you wish all that must be done Is to
seam it together, slip over the cush-
ion and gather into tassels at either
end, The one sketched was Of g. gold
color, fecked in green. and green and
gold tassels were chosen for 1t. No
further trimming Is necessary, as the
coloring In the material is decoration
enough. -.
Evening star., 1921-12-19
Time for Dinner.

We might not like to admit it, but
it seems to be fact that in a good
many households dinner hour on Sum-
days and holidays is set by our ser
wants. And, of course, If we have
household employees who work seven
days Of the week it is the least that
we can do to allow them off as early
as possible in the afternoons of holi-
days. So it has come about in many
houses where daily dinner is $50 or Z,
or possibly later, holiday dinner
comes at l or 2 o'clock. This may
mean that appetites, accustomed to
being satisfied by a light lunch in the
middle of the day, are not at all pre-
pared for 4avish feast at that time.
Would it not be possible to arrange
affairs in your house SO that Christ
mas and New Year dinner might be
served at a later hour. giving time
beforehand for a walk or other exer-
else that would develop a normal ap-
petite? Suppose you have dinner at
6. With careful preparations the day
before, it would mean that your
maids might be gone for the morning
or early part of the afternoon. OF
course, all such holiday arrangements
should be adjusted we'll in advance.
and when inviting guests to dinner on
holidays you should always be par
ticularly explicit as to the time that
the feast will be served. For dinner
these holidays may mean a feast any
where from to 1880 or s.
Evening star., 1921-12-19
Braised Beef With Oysters.

Take two pounds Of round steak in
one solid piece. mix one and one-half
teaspoons of salt, d little pepper and
pinch of summery Savory with one
half an onion grated. Rub the meat
well with this on both sides, put it in
kettle with one cup of water or
stock. a dash Of mace, one Glove, some
allspice and one-half teaspoon of but
ter rubbed with one tablespoon of
flour. cover closely and simmer gently
until the meat is tender. which will
take about three hours. 1t must be
cooked very slowly. When tender heat
the frying pan very hot. melt in some
butter, put the meat in the butter
turn once and fry until the outside is
Drowned. Be careful not to harden it,
After placing the meat on a hot plat
ter fry one cup of oysters in the
same pan, put the fried oysters on
the meat and keep all warm. strain
the gravy left from stewing the beef
into the frying pan (there should be
about one pint of gravy. Add oyster
liquor and water or stock to make
up the quantity, if it is scant. and mix
one tablespoon of flour until smooth
with few drops of cold water, stir it
into the boiling gravy and boil for
five minutes or longer IL not thick
enough. Pour it around the meat and
serve hot.
Evening star., 1921-12-19
Things You'll Like
to Make

There seems to be a revival of
fringed towels. A pair like the one
shown above would make an exceed
ingly nice Christmas gift. Cut a yard
length of heavy linen toweling for a
full sized towel. or three-fourths of
a yard Of eighteen-inch toweling for
guest towels. Fray out the ends until
you have a fringe nearly twice as
long as the finished knotted fringe is
wanted. Divide the threads into small
equally sized groups. Knot each
group as shown in diagram A. This
is the simplest form of knotted fringe
If you wish to put more work on
these towels continue as follows
Measure the distance from the edge
of the towel to the knot. That same
distance below the first row of knots
make a knot with the second half of
the first bunch of threads and the
first half of the second bunch. Knot
the other half of the second group
with the first half Of the third group.
Continue in this way. keeping all the
knots on the same line. Make one or
more rows of hemstitching above the
fringe to finish these fringed towels.
FLORA.
Copyright, 1871
Evening star., 1921-12-19

tenderness of the skin and pain in
alysis, it is characteristic of the par
alysis to develop completely at the
time it first occurs. The muscles in
volv.d simply become f1accid; their
power to respond to reflex nerve ac-
ton is lost; they lose the power to
normal muscles or rather muscles
with normal nerve and spinal cord
connections respond. In four-fifths
of the cases the paralysis is of one
leg muscle group-for instance, the
group of muscles that draw the foot
up when one walks. Most instances
of the fail foot one sees here and
there are the residual paralysis of
poliomyelitis in early childhood.
Both legs, or leg and an arm. or all
trunk muscles on one side may be
involved. Paralysis of the dia-
phragm itself and of the intercostal
muscles. with serious embarrassment
of breathing. may occur. There Is a
fatal termination in about 10 per cent
children than in adults. About half
of all cases in children terminate
without paralysis; about one-third Of
all cases in persons over twelve
terminate in recovery without par
alysis.
In the first few weeks of the par
alytic state there is usually steady
recovery from paralysis. except that
in about half of the cases one muscle
group remains more or less weaken
ed and flaccid. Many cases of par
alytic clubfoot and f1atfoot are the
residual paralysis Of poliomyelitis in
early life.
For nearly two years after the at
tack certain steady improvement
may be expected, and this Is of course
greater when good treatment and a
determination to get well (if the pa
tient is old enough) are both work.
ing in the patients welfare.
Evening star., 1921-12-19
How Infantile Paralysis Ends.

4UW 4u1dutAAV = 04oA oAS ~~~>A'
An alleged "cold' is no joke when
1t turns out to be infantile paralysis.
We doctors, fortunately, have the
habit of considering disease in the
abstract, else we should be of no use
at all in time of grave trouble. Yet
think we share with the parent tne
terror and the anguish and maybe
sometimes the tears that this cruel
is something appalling in the way
poliomyelitis strikes down and mains
a child, not like a laundering jugger.
naut from which parent might
strive to protect his own. but mys-
teriously, without warning and seem
iugly without cause. Except the
wonder and majesty of the first great
moment of maternity. l have seen
nothing in life so inspiring as tne
faith of the mother who can accept
this ruthless stroke and bear 1T with
quiet fortitude as the Will OF PfoVi-
Well, the god Of science is not
wholly inscrutable. From the mo-
ment of infection (when the virus
gains entrance to the body) until the
first sign or symptom symptom OF ;nfantiss timGss
paralysis is about a week usually
sometimes a few days, sometimes as
long as three weeks. The duration
of the feverish stage, which is easily
mistaken for such diseases as ton
sillitis, influenza or a so-calleo com-
mon cold" (coryza), is anywhere
from one to seven days. Then the
paralysis becomes manifest.
But remember that in about half OF
all cases of poliomyelitis no paraly,
sis or practically none occurs. ana
there are all transitions from these
abortive or incomplete cases (recog-
nized by serum tests) to the most ex-
tensive paralysis of all four limbs.
Although there may be general
Evening star., 1921-12-19
The Children's Hour.

you'd just love to sit down and read
that interesting book you picked up
the other day. But as soon as you do.
Bobby will ask so many questions.
Suppose you try this on Bobby. He'll
think it fun and you'l have your
hour.
Spread sheet on the floor and let
Bobby sit there with your last months
magazine. Give him a pair OF blunt
point scissors. which cannot hurt him
Then let him cut out some trees, ami
mails, houses, etc, from various pic
lures and paste them on the nice
piece of cardboard from daddy's clean
shirt. Tell him to see what a lovely
picture he can make for himself. He
may make one nice enough to frame
for his room. r. L. RIBLER.
Copyright, 1921
Evening star., 1921-12-19
Brides Will Be Brides
By Lucille Yam Slyke.
to give you. SO please hurry and

to give you. SO please hurry and
grow up.''
Sometimes he ragged at John.
I'D like the pleasure of telling you
what l think of you" he would NUT
ter. Dog in the manger! Id fire you
in a minute if / weren't afraid she u
starve-you aren't worth half I'm
paying you-you aren't even civil
to me-
But the hardest night of all was the
night when John himself, who could
endure her absence no longer, waited
in the lower hall for her TO come to
him. She was so daZed and weary
that she greeted him as though ne
were almost a stranger. she let hlii
kiss her, but she did not seem 10
know that he had. With gentle cour,
tesy she led him to the library, asked
Martha to bring a supper tray. but,
even while he was trying to talk TO
her, she rose to hurry away as the
nurse called her. Richard was awake
and conscious and asking Tor her:
He did not try to talk, he just held
her hand 1t was midnight before he
slept She almost ran downstairs 10
find John. Peter. her fathers faithful
old butler. was nodding in the corner
of the sofa. He reused himself
Miss Merry he tried to keep the
pity out of his voice. your husband
was saying he'd better get the mid
night train- he handed her John 5
note almost timorously
Dear Merriam" wrote her unhappy
husband Il seem to be very much in
the way. / suppose it's your duty to
do what you are doing, but"
Merriam stopped reading. She
glanced up at the hall clock.
Peter" she whispered, get the
garage key for me, quick. If 1 take
the roadster ] can get to the station
before the train is due"
Another episode of this story in to-
Evening star., 1921-12-19

GOWN WORN BY MME. CHANEL OF
PARIS SHOWING A FLAME RED
MOUSSEL1NE SLIP OVER WHICH
IS LACQUERED SILVER LACE.
BELT is OF SILVER CLOTH, JEW
ELED.
makers and clung to by the public,
while colors were advocated by who
ever had power in dress; yet. some
how, slight emphasis had been placed
on white, all white. 1t crept into
fashion through velvet. 1t was used
with black velvet and satin in the
late summer. then the black that ac-
companied it was dropped and the
woman who appeared in white re-
ceived more than casual attention.
They were heralded as the apostles of
a new fashion.
Since the autumn, the idea has
grown until it makes an impression of
superior strength among holiday
clothes The young girls who are
home for the dances that are per-
mitted to them twice year are sup
posed to like white: on the contrary.
they do not. 1t is too reminiscent OF
Evening star., 1921-12-19
Carrot and Lentil Soup.

Soak half pint of lentils overnight.
Melt two tablespoons of butter in a
saucepan. add half a pound Of the
red part of carrots. one onion cut in
thin shreds and the 1entils. Toss
them around in the butter until the
butter is absorbed, but do not let the
vegetables color. Add one quart and
a half of milk and water mixed, and
boil the soup gently until both carrots
and lentils are soft. which will take
a sieve, rinse out the saucepan, pour
back the puree and let it boil. Add
two tablespoons of cooked rice and a
head of lettuce. washed and shredded.
Season carefully and serve IN hot
tureen.