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Evening star., 1922-06-28
Your Home and
You
The Child in the Garden.
By HELEN KENDELL.

My children give me such jolts."
sighed a member of the bridge club,
as she sat waiting to progress to the
next table. I'm always expecting
them to do the sweetly sentimental
things that they are supposed to do.
and they refuse to be either sweet or
sentimental. l thought it would be
SO lovely for each of them to have
his own little garden. l thought they
would love to plant the seeds. and
would watch for each little blossom,
and all that. But nothing like it.
They did get the seeds in, but after
the first day they forgot to water the
beds. and later they loathed wedding,
and after the first thrill of seeing the
seedlings come up they lost all in
terest in the matter. 1 gave them
little taiky garden books. and they
wouldn't read them. What's the mat
ter with my children? Are they lack
ing in some way?"
Her partner laughed sympathetic
ally, as she shuff1ed idly for the next
comers
"Of course not. All children are
like that" she said. They have al
most no capacity for sustained inter-
est in anything, because they are so
busy learning a hundred things that
they can't settle down to one. think
the real difficulty is that they have
Evening star., 1922-06-28

no real object in'gardening. Ny next
door neighbor seems to have discov-
cred how to hold her little boys in
terest, though. He had the usual bed
of quick growing ANNALS, of which
he promptly tired; but in some way a
strawberry plant had wandered into
his little inclosure, and the idea of
something to eat following on after
the blossom engaged his interest,
especially after his father told him
he would buy the berry-if there was
one-for the family breakfast table.
well, there was a strawberry. He
watched it grow from a pale greenish
white nubbin to a pale pink and then
a bright red fruit When 1t was
picked it was almost a ceremony. and
the berry was smothered in powdered
sugar and laid on choice blue plate
at his mothers place. He received
an order for all he could raise, and
he ruthlessly pulled out the flowers
and filled his entire garden space with
perpetual bearing Strawberries. His
father gave him a little booklet on
their care, and he actually stuck to it.
1t was a really garden he Said.
Il think even grown-ups find that
Waiting for results Is a tax on the
interest of any gardener, young or
old. Why don't you give your
youngsters the idea of a crop Of some
sort, and see II they don't take to it
better? And let met tell you that the
canny father and mother of this
strawberry farmer have slipped out
night after night after he had gone
to bed, and weeded. watered and cul-
tivated SO that there would be some
thing for him to be interested in!'
Evening star., 1922-06-28
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.%rbEDTInE
VentureSome Little
Wood Mouse.
The
BY THORNTON w. BURGESS.
This ma kim Is for young and old;
Be brave, but never be too bold.
-WhitefOot the Wood Mouse


The four children of Whitefoot the
Wood Mouse promised to do just as
their father had told them to do.
Three of them had been SO frightened
by their first sight OF Hooty the Owl
that they had fully learned the lesson
of fear. The fourth had been fright
ened. but being a venturesome and
headstrong little fellow. he had soon
recovered from that fright.
Il don't see any sense of being
afraid all the time" said he to the
others when Whitefoot and Mrs.
Whitefoot were not about How
ever are we going to see anything of
the Great World If we have to stay
right close to a hiding place all the
time? OF course there must be many
dangers for little folks like US. but
l don't believe they are so bad as
father makes out. ! for one want to
see something of the Great World"
So the first time the young Wood
Mice were left alone this headstyong
little fellow slipped away from the
others and started out to see the
Great World. 1t happened that at
the time there was no one about for
him to fear. At first he made little
short runs. scampering as fast as his
small legs could take him. from one
hiding place to another. He was so
small he could hide under leaf.
Nothing happened and gradually he
forgot to be afraid. He forgot to look
for another hiding place before he
left the one he was in.
There were so many wonderful
things to see that after while he
had no thought for anything else.
Farther and farther from home he
wandered. 1t was great fun to poke
his inquisitive little nose into every
little hole. 1t was great fun to climb
old stumps and to poke about under
old logs. He paid no attention to
where he was going. He ran this
way and he ran that way. Whenever
anything strange caught his atten-
tion he ran over to look at it He
found good things to eat. Not a
thing happened to frighten him. He
was so busy seeing new things that
he wasn't even lonesome. And so he
wandered on and on, farther and
farther from home.
AT last he became tired. Then he
thought of home and suddenly dis
covered that he didn't know just
where it was. But this didn't fright
en- him. Never mind" said he to
Evening star., 1922-06-28
43istorp Of Pour Same
ny PHILIP FRANCIS NowLAN.
HICKS.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., Dickson, Dix.
son, Dickens, Dix.
RACIAL oaioIN-Ansio. Saxon.
Source-A nickname.
The, old. Anglo-saxons. who COM
posed the English race before the ad-
vent of William the Conqueror. were
fond Of nicknames. a fondness which
we Of modern times have not lost.
though 1t Is not SO strong with US
as 1t was with those hardy old cou-
sins Of the Vikings. The writings
which historians have unearthed
from those days are full of nick
names.
They abbreviated the name Richard.
for instance. into Dick. just as we do.
and also into Dixie pronounced
about like Dickey). But they didn't
stop there. They changed 1t into
HIKE. Hikkon. Dikkon and even other
forms which we Of today would not
recognise as having any connection with
Richard. as indeed native OF Albania
would hardly recognize the connection
between Richard and Dick.
The names Hicks. Hicey and Hickson
are simply varying forms Of these nick
names of Richard, which during that
pcflOQ OF tne mi0Qlc ages III WHICH
family names began to be formed were
gradually adopted by various families
in which the name Of Richard often was
given.
But while the bearers Of names in this
group cannot. therefore. by tho name
alone, establish connection with others
of the same name. they can at least be
satisfied that their names trace straight
back to a lineage moro ancient than
that of persons who boast that the blood
of William the Conqueror flows through
their viens
Evening star., 1922-06-28
Peach Cups.

Beat two eggs without separating
until light, add one pint of milk. one
haf teaspoon Of salt and two and one
half cups of -four. Beat thoroughly.
add one tablespoon of melted butter
and two teaspoons of baking powder,
crease some custard cups, half fill
them with the batter, put into each
cup half a peach, cover with the bat
ter, dust with powdered sugar, stand
the cups in a baking pan half filled
with boiling water and bake for
twenty minutes in q quick oven; serve
With sweetened cream.
Evening star., 1922-06-28

N ERRIAM LINDSAY perched
|" on John Lindsay's knee to
open the envelope that he
had just put in her hands
She had been wheedling and coaxing
her prettiest for the better part of
every moment he had been in the
house trying to find out what mys-
terious business had taken him to
town the day before. He had al
ready warned her that she wouldn't
like it. but what. she really thought
was that he had some pleasant sur
prise in store that she might think
extravagant, but that would please
her very much: ''.
She gave a preliminary hug at the
very thought. .t
I'm thrilled to my toes" she in
formed him. You're really improv-
ing. You're usually too-cross- -every-i-
and -dot-every- for any use. but this
is really nice and intrigue-like" She
waved the tn EN- envelepe: lust think. IT
new job with fabulous salary. Or
it might be news that somebody in
Australia had died and left you a
fortune. OF 1t might be theater
ITS none of those things. but
won't you please be nice about it?"
.Adn Arent ars always an; Se nieey se,nrsd =, her
and you jolly well know you are
not"
She opened the envelope slowly.
She pulled forth some little squares
of pasteboard-train tickets and
Pullman tickets. And when she saw
the printed destination she flung
them to the floor as she jumped from
How perfectly horrid of you to
buy them without talking to me
about it,
But whenever l talk about it you
can't go-you say we can't afford it
I'VE can't afford it, you know we
can't And the children. are much
cation aG 'fH time 20 YET esaae and anc It's not va
Merriam" he Interrupted. I've a
weeks vacation starting on Thurs
day. ! had it start then because
duds are not clean. And they're quite
big enough for journey that takes
endyt enly a sbdny day. e Come now' be a good
But perfectly hate visiting"
visiting my family"
Well. I, did have perfectly aw-
full time that time we went"
THAT was almost four years ago."
he answered patiently. And we
went in the winter time and you
took a bad cold, and you'd have hated
being anywhere with cold like that.
You can't blame the family for that
cold. you took it because you would
wear silk stockings in the country"
But nobody was wearing wool
ones then. Johnsy." her eyes widened
with surprise. so how could II"
Don't quibble, please. What I'm
trying to make you see is that all
that happened before you were ac-
quainted with the family and"
Now it will be much worse" Mer-
riam sat on the piano bench poking
viciously at fiat, because she hated
that note worse than any other. You
see, they'll think my ch-children have
Evening star., 1922-06-28

himself. 'HSme isn't very far away.
I'll have good rest and then I'll go
back there"
So the little Mouse looked about
and found an old stump with a hole
in it. Inside thesw ood had rotted and
crumbled away so that it was soft
and made very comfortable bed.
The little Mouse was very pleased
with his find He was both tired and
sleepy and he promptly curled him
self up for nap. He chuckled to
himself. II wonder If they will miss
me-" thought he. II wonder if any
one will come looking for me. 1t was
all nonsense to tell US that we must
be afraid all the time. I'm not afraid.
Why should 1 be? 1 haven't seen a
single thing to be afraid Of"
So the venturesome little Mouse
curled up and in no time at all was
fast asleep. Meanwhile Whitefoot
and Mrs. Whitefoot had missed him
and were anxiously hunting for him.
1t didn't enter their heads that he
could have gone far away. and so
they hunted everywhere they could
think of near home. OF course, they
did not find him. And, of course, they
grew more and more worried. They
were sure that some enemy must
have caught him.
Copyright 1922. by T. W. Burgess)
Evening star., 1922-06-28

A padded girdle is charming on a
silk frock. Cut a bias piece of silk
of the same material as the frock.
Make it one yard longer than the
length needed to go around your
waist. Place a layer of sheet cotton
on the wrong side of the silk and
baste it down. Now line the band
with a contrasting color. Measure
the size needed to go around the belt.
With what remains make two loops.
Cut two-inch strips of the silk and
line them with the same material as
the lining of the girdle. Embroider
these strips with bright colors. Stitch
the top and bottom ends of these
strips to the blouse. Run the padded
girdle through the embroidered band
and fasten it at the side with snaps.
FLORA.
Evening star., 1922-06-28
PERSONAL HEALTH SERVICE
By William Brady, NJ. d.
Noted Physician and Alahor.

due excitement in the evening-such
as nighthawking at the movies or
about the street, as some sadly ne
elected children are allowed to do.
Children with this difficuIty should
be required to follow a very rigid
clockwork schedule of evacuation of
the bladder at certain hours all day,
regularly set times, and it is abso-
lutely wrong for teachers or others
to require any child to obtain any
body's permission or consent to such
a thing. Teachers who abuse chill
dren under their control by insist
ing on such thing are clearly un-
fit to assume such responsibility.
Unfortunately we still have a sprink-
ling of such old fogies In our schools.
Bed wetting is the least of the
troubles such misunderstanding of
childhood by poorly trained teachers
causes.
Evening star., 1922-06-28
Creamed Shrimps on Toast.

Melt two tablespoons of butter, add
the same quantity Of flour and stir
until well blended. then pour on
gradually. stirring all the time.
cup of rich milk.
Bring to the boiling point and add
of cup of stewed and
strained tomatoes mixed with a pinch
Of soda, two cups of finely cut cheese,
two eggs slightly beaten, one pint Of
shrimps cut in pieces and salt, mus
tard and cayenne to taste. Serve on
pieces Of toasted bread or crackers.
Evening star., 1922-06-28
Tutti-Frutti Jelly.

Soak one-half box of gelatin in
ene-half pint Of cold water. Dissolve
with one pint of boiling water and
add the juice of three lemons and
one and one-half cups of sugar.
Strain. When beginning to stiffen
put 4 layer Of jelly in, a dish, then q
1aYqR Of eliced bananesy another layer
~ 3SQy, ono of slieed oranges, one Of
tseZ - euens- -aeaoaant- and san',A
Evening star., 1922-06-28
Rice and Figs, Ice Cream Sauce.

Take one e-fourth cup of well washed
rice. parboiled for five minutes. then
drained and rinsed with cold water:
repeat once, then steam in a cereal
cooker with a cupful of milk and the
grated rind of an orange until soft.
Add a pinch of salt, one-third cup of
sugar. one cup of thin cream and
bring to a boil. Stir in one-half a
tablespoonful Of gelatin, softened in
four tablespoonfuls Of cold water.
Stir until almost cold, then pour into
a followed mold. When set, turn out
and I'LL the center with a pound of
figs cooked in two cups of water, a
tablespoonfuls Of lemon juice until
sirupy. Serve with plain cream or ice
cream for a sauce.
Evening star., 1922-06-28
Meringue Chocolate Pie.

Heat one large cup Of milk and stir
in three tablespoonfuls Of grated choco-
late and three-fourths of a cup Of sugar
beaten with the yolks of three eggs.
Pour into pie tin lined with rich
paste and bake. Whip stiff the whites
of the eggs with three tablespoonfuls
Of powdered sugar, spread over the
totp Of the pie and very slightly brown
in the oven.
Evening star., 1922-06-28
Gelatin Cherries With Cream.

Boil two pints Of water and one pint
of sugar together for fifteen minutes.
then add two tablespoonfuls of sranu-
lated gelatin. When cool. add the juice
of two lemons, the stiffiy beaten white
of an egg and four tablespoonfuls of
whipped cream. Put little Of this at
q time into individual molds When
irm. cover with sweetened. pitted cher
ries and another layer of the gelatin
mixture. Continue in this way until
the mold IL dlled. Chill and serve with
whipped cream .......
Evening star., 1922-06-28
Pineapple in Cantaloupes.

Cut some small. well favored canta-
lbupes in half. drain them and chill.
With a silver fork pick a very ripe
pineapple from its core in small bits
and chill. At serving time flll the
cantaloupes with the pineapple, sprinkle
with powdered sugar, then garnish lib
orally with cubes of mint jelly or with
few green minted cherries, or. II
different flavor and color scheme are
preferred. the garnish may be red
maraechino cherries, or a circle Of large
red raspberries.
Evening star., 1922-06-28
Diary of a Professional Movie Fan
BY GLADYS HALL.

used to think of Justine Johnson,
in a vague sort of way. as a girl who
danced-then I heard she was max
ing pictures-then 1 heard that she
had married Walter Wanger, then
with Famous Players, and still later
on I went to see her-and we had tea
together at the Ritz or the Plaza or
somewhere. wrote an interview
Evening star., 1922-06-28
To Roast q Leg Of Pork.

Choose small leg Of fine young
pork, cut a slit in the knuckle with
q sharp knife and fill the space with
sage and chopped onions and q little
pepper and salt. When half done
score the skin In slices but do not
cut deeper than the outer rind. Ap.
pie sauce and potatoeo- should be
served with. this (
Evening star., 1922-06-28
Lettuce Hearts, Cream Dressing.

Set aside four tablespoonfuls Of
double cream until thick and just
turning sour. Beat the yolk Of one
egg and one teaspoonful of sugar
until very thick, and. slowly add one
teaspoonful OF lemon Juice or light
vinegar Beat very hard and then
add the cream gradually. Place a
nest of well blanched lettuce hearts
on a plate and pour some of the
dressing on just before serving.
Evening star., 1922-06-28
How to Cook q Thick Steak.

Most cooks know how dinicult 1t is
to cook a very thick steak over the
average kitchen stove. If. however
the steak is put in the oven and
warmed through first it will be found
easily possible to broil 1t perfectly
rare, but without the actually raw
streak through the middle tnat often
makes IL unpalatable.
Evening star., 1922-06-28
LISTEN, WORLD!
BY ELSIE ROBINSON.

1t was all because of those letters
which come every day from all sorts
of people telling me about themselves
big editorial push finally delivers the
following uka oblige as
per enclosed. Write about yourself.
Evening star., 1922-06-28

the skirt at the edge of a high wasted
bodice. The long-waisted effect is ut
terly out of the picture. 1t would be
impossible to combine it with the
short garment without spelling the
effect.
Evening star., 1922-06-28

with her in which I described her as
1.-The most beautiful woman I have
ever interviewed" OF course, I've
done others since. but as a matter
of fact she is cleanly gold and white
and young, and very vital and intel
ligent. And she does all sorts of
heavy reading and studying for the
purpose of self-improvement, which
Evening star., 1922-06-28
Laws and In-Laws.

N ERRIAM LINDSAY perched
!" on John Lindsay's knee to
open the envelope that he
Evening star., 1922-07-09
BON AIR-vElTcH.

BON AIR. Va. July (SpecfaDs-
The ladies of Bon Air recently formed
a ladies' aid society to assist In
building church. Last Saturday
they held their first entertainment.
realizing neat sum for the church
fund. Excavation for the building has
been made. and the superstructure
will soon be under way. The church.
while sponsored by the Columbia
Baptist Church of Falls Church, Is
to be a community church, open to
all Christian denominations.
A meeting of the Bon Air-Veitch
Citizens Association was held at the
residence of s. A. Graninger. Veitch
Summit, Monday evening. 1t was
stated that the superintendent of
schools for Arlington county was de-
sirous of visiting nearby communities
to procure flrst-hand Information in
regard to their school needs and to
look the situation over with the view
Of selecting a suitable site for a
school. The fact that children must
travel mile or more to the nearest
school Is strong argument for the
carly establishment of a suitable
school. One building, properly To-
Gated. would serve both Veitch and
Bon Air, as they are rapidly growing
Evening star., 1922-07-09
MCLEAN.

& MCLEAN. Va. July Especial ).--
The School and Civic League meeting
Monday evening was presided over
by Stuart Ball. senior past president.
in the absence Of the president and
both vice presidents. with Orlando
whitley acting as secretary in the
absence Of Mrs. Mack. The first
business taken up was discussion
Of the disagreement among the mem
bers of the school board OF Provi-
dence district. The members OF the
league voted to indorse the work of
Herbert Williams as past chairman
of that board and concurred unanim-
ously in the nomination of Mr.. VIII
liams as permanent school trustee Of
Providence district.
At the last session of the state
legislature. the personnel of the dis
trict school boards OF each county
was reduced from three to one. effec-
tive September 1. Copies Of the two
resolutions are to be sent to each
of the three members of the county
electoral board, Messers NJ. D. Hail.
Wilson Farr and Thomas Keith. with
whom is vested the power OF select
Ing the new trustee. and to each Of
the civic leagues of the district. 1t
was the sentiment of the meeting that
Evening star., 1922-07-09

ashool are in need Of alteration and
tie school COMMITTEES was enlarged
by the appaa1tmsnt of Hunter Mack
and wa6 instructed to confer with
DR. Cation. county health officer, and
to include In the list OF repairs which
1T is preparing for the information
Of the school board plan of the
necessary changes in toilet facilities.
The designations of Arthur Taylor,
as treasurer and custodian of/league
property. and of G. s. HamliD az
corresponding secretary were accept
ed with regreat. Charles Knowles
was elected treacurer, l. B. Faidley.
custodian of league property; Miss
May Waltes. corresponding secretary,
and Bruno Wittig. representative at
large on the board of directors, in
place of Mr. Faidley
Mr.. Ball presented the report of the
board of governors for Mclean day,
announcing the appointment of
Messes Koester, Taylor and Hamlin
as a reception committee at the main
gate. The governors have decided to
take out $1,000 worth of. rain insur-
ance between the hours of II am.
and 6 pm. at an approximate cost
of $50. Every one entering the
grounds will be required to have. an
admission ticket this year. Chairman
Of committees, however, may arrange
with Mr. Knowles for tickets for any
Evening star., 1922-07-09
ROCKVILLE.

ROCKVILLE, Md, July g., Especially
Under the provisions OF law en-
acted by the last legislature, the
county commissioners for this county
this afternoon assumed charge of the
county almshouse and farm and will
hereafter have charge of the conduct
of both. For many years title to the
almshouse property has been in a
board of trustees, appointed by the
county commissioners. which had
charge of the management, but 1t
was decided that it would be more
satisfactory for the commissioners to
have direct charge and law to that
effect was accordingly passed.
At a joint meeting of the commits
sioners and almshouse trustees
deed transferring title to the prop
erty and all papers and other things
of value connected with the institu-
tion were delivered to the commits
sioners.
Among the couples married in Rock
Vile today were Miss Viola Holsinger
Mundy of Gainesville. Va. Rev. P.
Rowland Wagner, pastor of the Bap-
tist Church, performing the cere-
mony at the parsonage.
Licenses have been issued by the
clerk of the circuit court here for the
marriage of Miss Mary E. Loman of
Takoma Park. Md. and Hugo F. Am
brosi of Washington and Miss Mary
+. Walter and Stephen ]. Fletcher,
both of Kensington.
The news that the three Maryland
Agricultural Club boys-Warren Rice,
Joseph Glacken and George WaTlow--
won the live stock judging contest
at the English royal live stock show,
held at Cambridge, England, on July
S. was received with much gratifica-
tion in this county. inasmuch as w.
c. Snarr agricultural agent for this
county, was their instructor and
largely responsible for their success.
1t was while agricultural agent
for Cecil county, where the three
boys live, that Mr.. Snarr trained the
boys in live stock judging. With
him they went to Chicago last year.
won a prize in a big contest there
and later participated in a similar
contest at the Atlanta fair, where
they were awarded first prize, which
was trip to the English show and
a six weeks tour of Europe. Agent
Snarr accompanied the boys on the
European trip.
In the Cambridge contest the three
boys were the only representatives
of the United States. and the English
boys who competed were selected
from the agricultural boys clubs
similar to those in this country.