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Evening star., 1922-07-04
WaterrneIons!

This Is the watermelon season. And
may do with this succulent fruit be-
sides serving 1t in plain slices as
dessert. OF course, it couldn't be bet
ter than served in just that way
ripe and sweet and cold. But we all,
in our present phase of civilization
crave variety, and we can have
watermelon variety as we'll as any
other kind.
We can serve watermelon as an
appetizer to advantage. Simply cut
the chilled fruit into cubes. free of
skin-half-inch cubes are good size.
Sprinkle it with a little lemon juice
and a very little granulated sugar,
grapefruit glasses with the double
Compartments, one for the ice and
one for the fruit A tiny bit of finely
shaved ice may also be sprinkled over
it to advantage.
Watermelon may also be used as a
salad-simply cut in chunks and
served on the crispest sort Of white
lettuce with French dressing, made
with plenty of Oil, and with season.
ing Of salt and paprika.
And then there are frozen water
melon desserts. Here are recipes
for two of them.
Frozen Watermelon.-Cut the pulp
of a ripe watermelon into two-inch
cubes. put into freezer, and
sprinkle with sugar. and wine if de-
sired. Pack in salt and ice and freeze
without stirring for two hours.
Watermelon Sherbet.-Break up the
pulp of a large ripe melon with a
silver fork. preserving the juice. Add
the juice Of a lemon, cupful of
chopped pecans half a cupful or more
of powdered sugar, and. II desired,
the whites of one or two unbeaten
eggs. Freeze and serve in glasses.
Evening star., 1922-07-04
welcome Home y

w IHsS 1sSnss, 9oh" ,nog, M"nFo his h."',ss ais
" " home town." from which
he had been weaned for
nearly ten years. he always pictured
wide streets shaded by arching
naples. neat Queen Annie" houses.
each with a big SHii, birch trees in
the exact middle of its front yard.
and with a circular flower bed in the
exact middle OF the side yard. and d
barn and Il chicken coop and a vege-
table patch in the back yard,
Without at all realizing that times
change for villages as we'll as for
their migrating sons. he still visual
ICED downtown" as he knew 1t in
his boyhood-a country street lined
with tail-sW ishinG nags tied To hitch
ing posts. the kind OF nags which
the occasional smart young trotter
hitched to red-wheeied sulky
pranced by.
Johns own family lived in a rather
big Queen Annie" next door TO the
red brick Methodist Church. whose
ruddys tanned glass windows and
squatty corner tower made bright
spot on IL rather dull looking street.
Across the way from the Methodist
Church was located the cid W hite
ciapboarded Baptist Church. with its
delicateiy designed white spire
reaching above the cedar grove that
surrounded it.
EVER since John could remember. a
crude arch had been suspended across
the road between the two churches,
survival Of the earliest days of the
towns first attempts to harness cleo
frir hon va RI +
ed John couldn't remember. but he
did know that in letters two feet
high il shouted Welcome Home"
when any one pressed a button that
was in the porch of the Methodist
Church.
What l want to do. Merry" John
explained as the through train neared
the junction where they were to
change ears. lis to get out of the ear
and run over to the church and push
the button sos the twins will see that
Welcome Home sign so on-itS one
of those things they will never for
get
''Gn,-' Merriam answered him.
absent mindedly. She was still any
thing but happy about the idea of
home town. She WAS. moreover. thor
oughly weary from day of hard
travel. The obstreperous twins were
asleep; she dreaded waking them.
"Oh. Merry. John Erumbled. can
you buck up little? You've done
nothing but erump ever since those
fool fishermen got off the train"
Merriam pulled her hat over her
bronze curls. powdered her nose as
siduouSly and yawned
They're not fool fishermen. she
objected. Il think they're lots of
fun. all of them. and it was so good
to see Kirk Squires again JohnSy
please, please. before we are totally
swallowed up by your family. wont
you be a nice. good hubby and prom
tSe me that we can accept Kinks in
vitation TO go up to his lodge just
over few days even If you won't
go for the week. as he asked us?
Please?'
John busted himself with luggage
straps, but his jaw was set obsti-
nately.
II told you this morning when we
first ran into them. that We weren't
going on any Adirondack fishing trip,
that we were going home to visit
my family"
But, Johnsy." Merriam leaned for
ward to put a wheedling hand on his
arm, Il don't see why we have to
Evening star., 1922-07-04
BY EDNA
KENT FORBES.
BEAUTY CHATS

|. Ny first suggestion is to use oat-
meal. Only the chemists in the
beauty preparation laboratories rea-
lIZe the extraordinary virtues Of this
common cereal. Use oatmeal soap
or. which is even better, take small
square of thin cloth. put two large
tablespoonsful of meal in the center
OF each and tie up with string to form
small bag. Throw one of these
nto the tub of no: water when you
battle and squeeze until sou have
pressed out as much of its milky
substance as possible. Daily bathing
in this sort of water viii make the
skin wonderfully white and delicate
Put bag in the bowl of water
when you wash your. face and hands
and. after you have used soap in the
ordinary way. pat the skin all over
with the wet bag and let this bleach
ing milky fluid from the meal dry
into the skin. 1t will soften and
bleach, it viii cleanse the pores. and
while il is slower and milder in its
action than most blSches. il is 50
very good for the complexion that il
should be the first choice.
Reader-There is nothing which
will keep YOU from growing tins hair y
you have the tendency. but you can
extract the coarse hair and bleach
the rest OF il until il does not show
at all
Rosalind.-A mixture Of raw starch
and water would only remain on the
SIX N long enough to become dried, ad
it would then crumble and drop off.
/ fancy your idea is To cleanse the
pores this way. and if it is. be sure
to rub some cream into the skin
afterward. as the starch VIII absorb
all of the natural secretIons.
Evening star., 1922-07-04
Many Earrings.

Earrings are decidedly in vogue
in Paris. The long crystal drops are
particularly favored, more SO than
rings or hoops.
There is a clever trick among
Frenchwomen of wearing one ear
ring-a long one dangling down over
the shoulder, and the other ear with
out any decoration.
Pearl tassels are favorite earrings.
OF course the idea Is to have ear
rings for each costume, and some
times women have more than one
pair for favorite frock. These har-
monize in color and design with the
frock with which they are to be used.
There is vogue for wearing ear
rings containing little portraits in
miniature-of anybody one wishes, Of
course. White jade earrings also are
popular.
Old earrings Of gold and silver are
In demand, and ancestral jewel cases
rs well as antique shops are called
on for them.
There are some earrings made Of
onyx. set with pearls. that are tre-
mendously effective. And with the
revival for coral. anything OF coral
may be<Worn in the way of sarzingA
Evening star., 1922-07-04
Prize Clam Cocktails,

While the proportions of the ingre-
dients used for the dressing to a
clam cocktail vary according to indi-
vidual preference, a good working
standby allows to each plate five or
seven clans. one teaspoonful of
horseradish. one teaspoonful of tar
ragon vinegar. a spoonful Of tomato
catsup, a teaspoonful Of meat sauce,
a teaspoonful of lemon juice. four
drops of tabasco sauce and a pinch
of salt. Mix all the seasonings
Thoroughly. add the clans. fill into
glasses or grapefruit shells filled
with ice, then place in the ice box to
become thoroughly chilled and blend
ed before serving; Chill lis sauce: a,c grape grape
can be used in the sauce If liked.
Cress may be served as a .garnish.
Cocktails are also often served in
the half-shell. grouped around a
green pepper followed and standing
upright. This Is filled with the con-
dfmeiits, and each clam - dipped into
Ii before being eatens
Evening star., 1922-07-04

pots Of dye. of colors that made a
gay bouquet for the picnic table, she
grasped a bunch of napkins by the
center and quickly dipped the four
corners into the dye bath, lifting
them out instantly and laying them
on a large outspread newspaper to
dry OF course if they lad been
handled at all while wet with the
dye they would have gone to pieces.
but laid gently down to drain and
dry they crisped up as good as new.
The center of each napkin remained
white. with an irregular border of
the color.
The plain white paper plates were
all given a border of bright color
on the rim. brush being used for
this. The handles of the paper spoons
and forks were dipped and all of the
paper dishes put away together in
sets.
Paper cups are easy and delight
full to deorate. A saucy field flower,
comical bird. parallel border
these can be put on very quickly
and they make little souvenirs that
each member of the party wants to
carry home.
Evening star., 1922-07-04
Distorp Of Dour Aanre
BY PHILIP FRANCIS NOWLAN.
MCCORMACK.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., Nc.
Cormae.
RACIAL oRiGiN-Irlsh.

vARIATIoNs-Mcc Nc.
cormae.
RACIAL oRiGiN-Irlsh.
soURcE-A given name.
If you know that "corb" is the Irish
word for chariot. you have the whole
solution OF the origin of the family
name of Mccormack.
If literal analysis of the name
were permissible you would divide
it something like this: "Mac-cor(b)-
mae And substituting the English
words you would have ''son chariot
son." A more free translation would
bring out the meaning: descendant
Of chariot's SON."
But while the literal translation Of
the name may be very interesting, it is
not strictly accurate as a history of
it's development into a surname.
Like virtually all Irish family
names. it originated as an explana-
tion of parentage rather than as a
description of occupation, personal
; characteristic or locality of residence.
Cormac was very popular given
name among the ancient Irish. In
deed, it is widespread today. 1t is a
name closely associated with the his
torical legends of the Green Isle"
and was borne bX so many chieftains
and kings that II is not possible to
trace all the Cormac clans back to a
single progenitor and his organiZa-
ton of followers, as is the case in a
great many of the Irish and Scottish
family names.
A daughter Murine fMorna), of one
of the ancient Cormacs, is particu
larly famous in legend by reason OF
battle to the death staged by two
rivals for her hand. Unfortunately,
the warrior of the ladys secret
choice failed to win and when the
! sorely spent victor threw himself at
her feet she seized his sword and
slew him.
Evening star., 1922-07-04

and thicker. The formula follows:
Eyeiash Cream.
Cocoa butter. er................1 L dram
ParaWax.. = drams
Lanollne. dram
Oil Of sweet almonds,
(English) ................4 drains
This last is merely a perfume. Two.
drops Of bitter almond or any scented
oil may be substituted. This produces
very heavy cream which is hard to
rub on in cold weather and which
sometimes makes the skin perspire
in hot weather. 1t is, of course. per-
as practically all the ingredients will
grow hair. II little is rubbed into
the lashes or eyebrows. every few
days they will improve enormously
in short time, particularly II they
are clipped first and kept short dur
ing the first three months of the
treatment.
Many readers ask me for something
harmless to make the lashes dark
AS general thing l don't approve
Of artificial color because the most
becoming is the natural one. Be
sides, if little deeper color is de-
sired an eyebrow pencil offers an
easy method of obtaining it. But If
you wish to add something harmless
to this formula add thirty grains of
peroxide of manganese. This same
peroxide OF manganese can also be
made into harmless stain with other
ingredients and used as dye.
Dickey.-You are in need of a thor
ough building up and should put
yourself under the care Of a good
doctor. not for medicines. but for
directions in dieting, exercise and
rest
Anxious.-You can do nothing with
your brows until they have grown
long enough to brush the hairs into
line. Very few people have con-
tipued to have their brows tweezed.
b: X. Al will be glad to mail
you the formula for this excessive
peTspiration IL you send a stamped
addressed envelope and repeat your
request.
Brown Eyes.-A girl fifteen. height
fVe feet two inches. should weigh 10
pounds.
Polly.-As you want to reduce so
many parts of your body the simplest
method would be to reduce all over
through course in dieting.
Face Bleaches.
Most women want something to
whiten the skin these hot midsum-
mer days. The summer sun is
healthy. but often disastrous to the
| transparent delicacy of a fine COM
plexion. Sunburn is becoming, but
too much sunburn makes the skin
! dry and hard, and l have yet to meet
the woman who would confess to
j liking freckles
The worst thing about most face
breaches is that they are drying
When the skin is already dry from
| 100 much sun this is the last thing
that any woman wants. Here are a
! Few suggestions, however. for face
bleaches which will sooth, without
drying the most delicate complexion.
Evening star., 1922-07-04
LISTEN, WORLD!
BY ELSIE ROBINSON.

An earthquake is an impulsive but
most valuable happening. The best
thing it does is to send You bounding
out into the street without your col
lar or false front 1t may smash your
chicken house and bust the onyx clock
hut, if you have the sense to>perceive
it, that slight loss win be more than
offset by the jolting you yourself get.
We all need earthquakes-unexpe
ed and inconvenient upheavaIs. We
attach far too much Importance to
our individual comfort. safety and
balance. We need to be pitched head
long into the common mess of things
now and then-to be forced to feel
like bankrupts and act like fools and
scramble out as best we may. Other
wise were apt to think that the world
is our little sachet bag and that any
one who doesn't resemble a violet
has no right to exist.
remember the big earthquake"
Evening star., 1922-07-04
Duchess Potatoes.

Pare and cook until tender six me-
dunn sized potatoes Mash and sea-
son with five tablespoonfuls of milk,
one tablespoonful OF butter one tea
spoonful of salt and g. little white
pepper. Mix thoroughly and then line
an oblong pan with wax paper Pack
in the potatoes and chill In the mold.
Cut into squares and then cut again
into triangles. Dip in flour. then in
beaten egg, and then into fine
crumbs. coating thickly with the
crumbs. Fry until golden brown
in hot fat.
Evening star., 1922-07-04
Oatmeal Cruel for the Sick

Often an oatmeal cruel is valuable
in sickroom menu. A trained
nurse taught one housekeeper lust
now to make it. The coarse oatmeal
was used, and was pounded before it
was put in a bowl filed with cold
water. Then the meal was stirred,
allowed to settle and the water care
fully poured off three times, the
water thus obtained making the
cruel. 1t was then boiled for fifteen
minutes, seasoned. strained and then
mixed with cup of hot cream
Served with crisp but tender oblongs
OF toast. 1t is dish that is welcomed
by an invalid.
Evening star., 1922-07-04
Your Home and
You
Paper Dishes Made Decorative.
BY HELEN KENDALL

There is certain summer hostess
of my acquaintance who has genius
for making her informal porch and
motor parties as pretty as they are
appetizing, and that without spending
much money. She Siecl"res that peo-
Pile eat with their eyes as we'll as
with their mouths. and that a good
color scheme is as much of stimu-
liant to appetite as a tantalizins odor.
Paper plates. napkins, and cups
are the rule at all of her outdoor
parties, even the more elaborate ones.
But paper dishes and napkins are
bleak. unless one buys the specially
adorned ones. and these are expensive
in large quantities and the patterns
are not often quite what one wants.
The hostess in question. then.
bought a thousand or so plain white
paper napkins. Preparing several
Evening star., 1922-07-04
Initial Birthday Cakes.

Take half cup each of butter and
flour, three teaspoons of baking now :
der and the dry beaten whites of
three eggs. Bake in a two-inch sheet
Cut in large squares and coat with
boiled frosting, colored pink with
fruit juice. When this Is hard, deco
rate with the required initials and ?
border made from hard white icing
composed of scant cupful of pow
dered sugar, the white of one egg and
half a teaspoonful Of lemon juice,
beating all these together until
smooth. Make the initials and border
by putting the icing through a fine
icing tube 5S ........ .3..,....A.. !. ).
Evening star., 1922-07-04
>EFFICIENT HOUSEKEEPING
BY LAURA kIRKMAN.

flour, then add this fiour-and- butter
mixture to the tomato mixture and let
simmer for four minutes Strain and
serve with the noodles in it.
In serving noodles in any of these four
sauces allow one cup of the sauce to
two and one-half cups of the cooked
noodles.
Noodles need not necessarily be
cooked the day they are mixed and cut
into strips. Instead, the uncooked strips
may be dried for future use, if desired.
They may be boiled twenty minutes
when needed and will be as tender as If
the had not been dried and stored.
If the recipe I have given above will
make too large a quantity for your fam
lily, cut it in half by using only one egg.
one-haf teaspoon of salt and flour
enough to make a stiff dough.
Evening star., 1922-07-04
Things You'll Like
to Make.

For the sleeve that wants to be
different" here is novel beaded
cuff: Make a long, full sleeve and
gather it at the bottom. Bead or en-
broider a band of velvet or silk that
just fits your wrist. Fit and sew the
bottom edge of the sleeve on to
twelve-inch piece of medium thick
wire. Cover the gatherings and wire
with a band of the velvet or silk
which has been decorated in the same
manner as the wrist band. Join the
two bands with strings of beads
sewed at intervals of ~ inches.
Novel beaded cuffs give picturesque
to a blouse. FLORA.
Evening star., 1922-07-04
Mutton Chops With Caper Sauce.

Allow ono chop for each person.
Have the chop cut from the loin
and have the butcher remove the
chime bone. Now remove the small
bone from the center, rolling the
flank end Of the chop around the
meat and fasten with q couple Of
toothpicka Broil in the usual man
ner and then lift onto a hot platter
and spread with caper sauce.
Caper Sauce.-Chop fine enough
capers to measure three tablespoon
fuls: place on a platter and add one
teaspoonful Of salt, one-half a tea
spoonful of paorika, one teaspoonful
full of butter. Work to q paste be-
fore spreading onto the chops. Gar.
ptah with finely minced paraleH
Evening star., 1922-07-04
Chocolate Marshmallow Cookies

Lay some. plain cookies top down
in a baking pan.- On each cookie
place a marshmallow: then set the
pan in the oven, and when the marsh
mallow begins to melt take the pan
out and place a cookie right side up
IN top Of the marshmallow; then
frost them with chocolate or white
frosting. A dainty combination is
made when white frosting is put be-
tween chocolate crackers or waters.
Decorate with nuts. glaze cherries or
cocoanut.
Evening star., 1922-07-04

shall not easily forget the horror of
1t, but greater than the horror is the
memory of the heartening humanity
1t eft in it's wake. There were
thousands of destitute folks to be fed
and we forgot our own plights in the
feeding of them. There were the
rectors wife, and Mag from the
waterfront. side by side. When they
both spilled out into the gray and
Quaking dawn you couldn't tell them
one from t'other I suppose they have
put the social world between their
spirits again by now. but they were
sisters while they packed ham sand
wiches, cheek by jowl Only an earth
quake could have brought them to-
gether. What a pity that 1t didn't
happen sooner. and oftener
Yes. we all need earthquakes to
bounce US out without our false
fronts on, SO all the world may see.
Evening star., 1922-07-04
Creole Pepper Salad.

Cut of the tops from eight medi-
um m-sized sweet peppers saving the
top with the stem attached. Remove
ali the seeds and white portion with
out breaking the pepper, then throw
into ice water for thirty minutes.
Mix together a cupfu1 each of minced
ham and chicken. four hard-boiled
eggs, a bunch of celery chopped and
a Spanish onion. Moisten with dress
ing. I'LL the shells, replace the tops
and serve.
Evening star., 1922-07-04
Savory Stuffed Eggplant.

Halve a. large eggplant and scrape
onion, a bunch of parsley, one green
pepper and a large tomato. Add the
eggplant and a cup of chopped boiled
ham: chop all again; put a large
spoonful of butter into a frying pan /;
when hot. put in the mixture and
fry for five minutes. Fill into the
shells, sprinkle the top with buttered
bread crumbs and bake for twenty
minutes.
Evening star., 1922-07-04
Green Tomato Catsup.

Chop very fine seven pounds Of
green tomatoes and four red peppers.
Cook together in a porcelain-lined
kettle with a quart of vinegar for
an hour and half; then add one
pound of brown sugar, two table
spoonfuls of salt. two tablespoonfuls
of mustard, ore tablespoonful of Gin
namon and one of allspice, and a tea
spoonful of ground cloves. Cook for
three hours longer, then bottle and
seal
Evening star., 1922-07-04
Rhubarb Tapioca, Custard Sauce.

Wash and cut into small pieces one
bunch of rhubarb. Cook one-half a
cupful of granulated tapioca in two
and one-half cups Of water. adding the
rhubarb and one cup of granulated
sugar When the tapioca is soft,
pour 1t into custard cups and then
place it in a pan containing water.
and bake for fifteen minutes. Serve
with. custard sauce.
Evening star., 1922-07-04
-lII1TILE9oRlEs -lII1TILE
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What to Do?
BY THORNTON w. BURGESS.
Oh. IL we but only knew
What to do or not to do.

Peter RabDlt.
That is exactly how the runaway
little Wood Mouse feltNas he sat peep
ing out from under a big fern at
Reddy Fox. Should he continue to
sit still. or should he run? He must
decide for himself, for there was no
one to tell him what to do. This was
i the first. time he had ever seen Reddy
Fox, but he didn't need to be told that
Reddy was an enemy.
Reddy had not yet discovered him,
or he would have known what to DO
He would have known that it would
, be useless to sit still. 1t was because
Rcddy hadn't yet discovered him that
the little Mouse was uncertain. Reddy
was running from side to side with
his sharp nose to the ground. 1t was
plain that Reddy suspected there
Evening star., 1922-07-04
PERSONAL HEALTH SERVICE
By William Brady, NJ. D.
Noted Physician and Author.

Lime water. enough to make eight
ounces.
When itching is intense, pure car
holic acid may be added to the lotion
in any quantity up to i2 per cent
about twenty grains or drops in the
eight ounce mixture. The lotion
should be well shaken before apply
ing and simply patted over the af-
fected areas with the fingers.
After a dermatitiS has developed, If
any bliSters rise they should be
opened with boiled or famed needle.
the fluid contents gently pressed out
and absorbed with cotton or clean
towel and carefully kept from further
contact with unaffected parts of the
skin. The surface may then be
dressed with the calamine lotion. or
with congresses kept wet with
saturated solution Of boric acid.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
Five Percentum.
I wish to express my appreciation
for your goodness in suggesting the 5
per cent sulphur ointment to be mas
saged into scalp every day for dan
druff. l used it two weeks and my
dandruff was completely cured. Is it
proper to take another course of such
treatment in case dandruff returns?
Answer-Yes. 1t is pretty sure to
return some time. since most men
visit barber shops and most women
visit hair dressers. where reinfection
with the sabouraud bacillus is
scarcely to be avoided.
Chronic Appendicitis.
Is it advisable to remove the ap-
pendix in a case of chronic appendi-
citis. in which constant pain and ten
derness is present. also great ner-
vousness and gas?-W.. F. P.
Answer-Perhaps A diagnosis of
chronic appendicitis. without a clear
history of previous acute appendi-
citis. must always be taken tenta-
lively, and the operation must al
ways be undertaken as an explora-
tory operation, for the surgeon can
not be absolutely sure. Nevertheless.
symptoms like yours often warrant
an exploratory operation, in my
opinion. That is. if had such symp-
toms I would seriously consider un-
dergoing the exploratory operation.
because 1 think it is safer than the
disease.