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Evening star., 1922-08-28
Diary of Professional Movie Fan
Speaking of Vampires.
BY GLADYS HALL.

I'm going TO have tea with Theda
Bara this afternoo.i-first vampire in
the land. Thus. naturally, you VIII
concede, my mind is on the slinky
subject. because I have the kind Of
mind that goes on past performances
"a fool there was, ! ween!
Anyway. one day. Ethel Gray Terry
said to me that there will always be
vamps (wives-with- th-husbands be-
wareD eff" said Ethel Gray to me
(did you see her successful vamping
in Crossroads of New York"), III
vamps wore short skirts and bare
knees, they could be successfully done
away with; but your true vamp is tar
cleverer than that. No successtui
vampire ever gained her victories
through such obvious means as these.
eff freakish clothes and long ear
rings were all there is to 1t, all
women would have an equal chanee:
for all they would have to do wouid
be to acquire slinksy gowns ana
droopy jewelry. and go to II. What
q parade OF fascinating femininity
there would be! More deadly than
dreadnaughts. But. no! Consider the
famous sirens of history. How mod
est were their gowns. they wore
long skirts, hign collars. cioaks with
the most concealing folds. They were
all, to outward appearance. that the
most exacting reformer could de-
mand. And yet-odds blooood!
'"They conquered-heafken would
be vamps-with the same weapons
that are employed by the modern
beauties of today; weapons that are
never concealed by clothes or banned
by reformers-the eyes. In the eyes
rest the wiles, the secret, the danger
of the vampire. All these centuries,
the eyes have played a tremendously
important part in the history of the
Evening star., 1922-08-28

was a vegetable concoction, in which
yellow slicest of carrot lay upon q
bed of green peas, string beans and
circles of green pepper, while heap
of golden mayonnaise topped each
plate. When the cool dessert came.
it was an orange gelatin, garnished
with slices Of orange, and there were
little cakes, of warm yellow with
yellow orange icing!
Well how in the world did you
do all this fancy work on such short
land why. oh. why did you go to
so much trouble?"
why. it wasn't a bit of trouble"
protested the hostess. Il serve very
nearly all of my meals with an eye
to their color as well as their taste.
1t is just as easy as 1t is to have
food selected helter-skelter, and you
know 1 have always believed that
people eat with their eyes as much
as with their palates. / chose yell
low for today because I happened
to have the corn and carrots on hand
left from dinner. I keep all colors
of tissue paper on hand, so 1t took
only a moment to twist the holders
on the chops Gelatin Is the quick
est thing in the world to prepare.
and ] chose orange, where 1 could
have. taken green mint or purple
raspberry juice. If 1 had been plan
ming a different color scheme. The
cake is only package pound cake
and the icing is an uncooked one
with a little orange coloring mat
ter in it And it all makes meal
getting 50 much more interesting"
Evening star., 1922-08-28
The Well Planned Kitchen.

It seems good, doesn't it, that SO
many folks are planning and dream
ing Of owning their own homes? But
there is just one thing that I want
to say to these home builders before
the masons and carpenters actually
begin work: Have you planned your
kitchen so that the person who cooks
the meals may do her work with the
least energy and fewest steps? The
following suggestions are worth con-
sidering from this point of view:
Have all working surfaces high
enough so that the kitchen worker
will not have to bend her back con-
stantly. For instance. If you have a
built-in set of drawers with fiat,
finished top (upon which the house
wife will mix her cake, roll her pie
crust, etc.), have this working sur
face almost up to the housekeepe 8
elbows, so that she will not have to
stoop when at work.
The sink should be the same
height. Be sure. also, that your sink
has a drainboard on both sides. I
have seen sinks which have a drain
board only on the right side. With
this arrangement the dishwasher
held the plate in the dishpan with
Evening star., 1922-08-28
Curious Decorations for Gowns
BY ANNE RITTENHoUsE.

PARIS.-No single collection in this
city. arranged for the buyers from
America. forgot to emphasize the one
piece frock. So we are safe SO tar.
We can go on the old, well beaten
path without fear or anxiety. The only
line that is new is not new, IL you get
what ] mean, as Hermione would eX-
plain it. | wish, parenthetically, ina.
Don Marquis, the creator OF Archy anu
Hermione, would send them to the
Paris Openings" 1t takes their klnd
of talent to explain these semt-annual
comedies and tragedies. No Genoa or
Washington conference ever touched
their intrigue, sociology, anxiety or
double solitaire game.
All the old familiar elements are
here. also the faces, and the clothes
are much the same in line. The Ameri-
can buyers again have thrust upon
them such materials as crepe de chine
in several weaVeS. black in profuslon,
ornamental belts and low necklines.
But don't be lulled into too much
complacency by the lack of change in
these fundamentals. France has been
keeping awake nights to invent new
and curious trimmings. and 1t is
launched on these frocks and wraps
in such prodigality that the observers
are bewildered. It's a kind of cuttle-
fish trick that obScures the gown.
The buyers lean eagerly forward
from their chairs to feel and inveSti-
gate the curious and sometimes amaZ-
ing things that are put on our new
clothes. Bias bands make an entire
ly new phase of decoration. They are
shown on the sketch of straight-line
gown of marine blue cloth. They form
Il panel of considerable breadth. front
and back, and are pointed at each end
The belt is extra wide. brilliantly
beaded in the Indian colors. rich and
warm in tone: one end is run through
"A porcelain buckle of deep red.
The shoGt jacket shows the autumnal
line which is opposed to the tight hip
band worn during the spring and
summer. 1t is square. flowing. loose
and unfastened. The fabric is broad
cloth and the color is beige. Here and
there are broken bands of the blue
cloth which makes the frock. These
Jackets are prevalent. There is no
longer any question of their accept
ance.
A few houses continue the use of
cashmere shawls for such garments.
but it is realized that their vogue is
dead for time. Since black and
monkey fringe, colorful belts and rib
bon decoration are continued, or
rather revived for the new season, one
may expect everything to awake from
its sleep.
Copyright, 1927
Evening star., 1922-08-28
Girls and Their Interests
CONDUCTED BY HELEN H. F.ETTER.

instead of natural method, and con-
tinues straight on down through page
three. similarly treated. Then she
rights herself once more and con-
tinues on page four in the conven-
tional. Christian-like method. And the
same treatment is accorded pages six
and seven on the next set
when l was courting her more
OF our quarrels were caused because
I read her letters turning right from
page one to page four. which seemed
to belong to the same species, and
then tackling the horizontal pages
two and three, than from any other
source. Somehow. she had a peculiar
knack of using words and phrases
tina. suggested very upsetting ideas
II read in any but the exact fashion
prescribed as the open sesame to her
letter writing style. Even yet 1
haven't gotten used to it. and If any,
body wants to know it. that's the
cause of my badness. It's not be-
cause l keep my hat on too much, as
daughter Peggy tries to make me
think"
0NE couldn't help but laugh as
" the protesting soul paused and
took up an advertisement for a
new kind of hair tonic. yet it is
many ways of writing their letters.
Perhaps men would. too, if they used
the same kind of stationery. but ex-
cept for the fastidious gentlemen of
leisure of the world, the men gen
orally conf1ne their efforts to tablet
paper which tears Off in large fiat
sheets or, even more frequently, hotel
stationery, in which men seem to
take a special delight
Not few know the story of the
young travelling salesman who used
to send his mother at home several
sheets of paper from the hotels at
which he stopped in towns all over
the country. Letter writing has dis
tinctly become more popular with the
women than the men. Surely the
person who is able satisfactorily to
solve this engrossing problem of the
different feminine methods of attack
when writing letters should receive
a prize of one of those choice foun-
tain pens which are given away with
thirty-ffve-cent soap powders and are
guaranteed positively never to work
after the first refilling.
Evening star., 1922-08-28
Lemon Rice Pudding.

Scald one quart of milk In a dou-
BILE boiler and boil one cupful Of rice
in it until the kernels are very soft.
Stir together the yolks of three eggs,
three tablespoonfuls of sugar, three
fourths teaspoonful of salt and
the grated rind of two lemons. Pour
gradually onto this the hot rice and
milk, thinning if necessary with a
little more milk to make it some
what thicker than a boiled custard.
Turn into a pudding dish and bake
in a moderate oven for ten minutes.
Beat the whites of the eggs very
stiff and gradually add to them eight
tablespoonfuls of sugar and the juice
of the lemons. Cover the pudding
with this meringue and bake until
1t is delicate brown. The lemon
juice sinks down into the rice Gus
tard, and without curdling 1t, gives
it an unusual and attractive flavor.
Serve yery cold
Evening star., 1922-08-28

(butter is best) and work it we'll into
the flour until it crumbles under the
fingers. Use plenty of finger work.
Add a very small quantity of milk
and work into a dough that is easily
rolled and f1attened on a Toured board.
Roll out and cut in round cakes to
fit cake tins. Have cakes about a
half-inch thick. Bake in a moderate
oven until light golden in color.
In serving, have lots of berries
half of them-crushed. Split the short
cakes and butter them, if desired.
Above all, use thick. rich cream In
generous doses. The dish Is really
hest when the cakes are just from
the oven-instead of cold.
The same goes for strawberry
shortcake and makes the only genuine
old fashioned shortcake.
Copyright. 1927
Evening star., 1922-08-28

A NICE. comfortable. middle-aged
~ man was sitting in easy re-
n taxation. reading his personal
mail. II wonder why in the
name OF everything that's sensible
these woman folks Of mine will insist
on each adopting some special system
of skipping from one page to another
and not leaving any sign posts either,
he said, "Why. it gets a fellow just
awfully confused and not a single one
of them uses the same system as any
of the others There's not even the
slightest family resemblance between
any two of them.
Now. here's Aunt Margaret-tne
one we named the baby after-she's
the most sensible of the bunch. She
starts on page i and keeps right on
going lust like a book to pages z, 8
and 4. That's all right. But now LOOK
at daughter Peggy's-named after ner
and everything, but it doesn't nave the
slightest effect on her letter writing.
She starts on page l right enough. then
she hops to what should be page 4, then
she comes back to page and ends up
on what would logically be page 3.
X X
ss An Sister Susie's is another
n thing yet again. She starts OF
all right; in fact. they all go
together that far, because there just
isn't any other way TO do it. Then
she lands on page 3, switches over to
page and finishes on page A. only
She usually doesn't finish there; shes
TOO much of a talker and usually wan
ders in the same meandering way over
pages 5, s, and s. and sometimes
gets even UP to II, when l have to give
the postman a cigar and an extra
postage stamp in order to get her
"Rut when 1t comes to having a
highly technical system,
there's no one can get ahead OF my
wife. After the merry little gallop
on mage one she plunges headlong
into page two, written cross-"lse
Evening star., 1922-08-28
The Houseworker's Hands.

In loose calculation, it may easily
be assumed that the majority of pres
ent-day women are doing housework.
Many women who once hired their
housework done for them, due to
changed conditions of living, are do
ing their own work today. The young
couple, and often it is a business cou-
pie, solves the homemaking problems
by starting life in the attractive
housekeeping apartment. The busi-
ness women WHO prefer to board are
the exceptions, although most of
them add some housekeeping to their
tasks for the sake of a home of their
own making.
Such conditions mean work which
would make a woman's hands look
coarse, If she did not take precau-
Evening star., 1922-08-28
EFFICIENT HOUSEKEEPING
BY LAURA KIRKMAN.

her left hand while she mopped 1t
with her right hand-then she had
to drop the mop, take the plate in
her right hand, place it on the right
hand drainboard and pick up the mop
again. This constant dropping of the
mop would have been unnecessary II
she had had a left-hand drainboard
on which her left hand could have
placed the plate.
1t pays to finish the kitchen walls
in materials that can be washed. such
as oil paint or tile. The kitchen
should be the cleanest room in the
house and receive frequent wall
washings. The walls should be light
colored, not only for the sake of
cheerfulness. but to enable the house
wife to see the dirt.
A built-in ice chest which can be
iced from the outside of the house
is another great convenience.
A dumb waiter to the cellar will
save many steps-it cannot only be
used to bring stored vegetables up
from the cellar, but also as a coal
carrier.
An ash chute. leading from kitchen
to cellar and terminating in a closed
barrel, saves much trouble.
And, last but not least. plan your
kitchen so that stove, china and tin
closet and food supplies are not so
far separated that dozens of steps
must be taken between them.
Evening star., 1922-08-28
BY EDNA
REALTY CHATS KENT FORBES.

tions against it. A generation ago a
woman was excused If her hands
showed the effects of her housework;
although most of them were SO sensi-
tive about their Redeemed hands as
to keep them covered in gloves when
ever possible. Today a woman must
present dainty hands in spite of her
housework. And she usually does.
know a woman who has done most
of her housework for twenty years,
without ever showing any trace of it
on her hands. Since she installed
modern equipment for the work she
has rarely needed gloves to protect
her hands. Her method is to scrub
the hands and clean the nails a num-
ber of times during period Of work.
She claims this keeps the skin from
becoming grimy. She also uses a
honey and almond lotion after cleans
ing the hands, as it is absorbed
Evening star., 1922-08-28
Soft Hermits.

Cream one cupfu1 of brown sugar
with half a cup of butter and
lard mixed. Add two eggs and two
large spoonfuls of sour cream with
one-half teaspoonfui of soda dis
solved in it. With one and one-half
cups OF flour add one teaspoonful Of
powdered cinnamon and one-half a
teaspoonful of powdered cloves, q
pinch OF salt and one cup Of raisins
Mix well and add to the above mix
ture. Drop on buttered tins and
bake,
Evening star., 1922-08-28
Your Home and
You
Color Scheme for Home Tables.
BY HELEN KENDALL

NVAVl 0Cucuc luz 11VMC AdU1CS.
There were only four of us at
luncheon, and we got together at a
moments, notice. so to speak. as our
hostess had called us up the night
before. asking us to come to her
house for an Informal committee
meeting concerning the benefit. Yet
when we came to the little table,
set near a window overlooking the
water. we found it a symphony in
yellow. Pale yellow crash runners
and doilies edged with black lay
upon the black lacquered table. In
the center low bowl was filled with
autumnal marigolds and calendulas
from our hostess garden. The salted
nuts and mints were in little yellow
paper cups.
But that wasn't all. The food was
yellow, too! There was a golden
soup, made of cream of corn. with
pale golden bits Of toast floating in
it The French chops were wrapped
in yellow tissue holders. The salad
Evening star., 1922-08-28
Cheese Roulettes.

Season with salt. and cayenne pep
per cupful of dry grated Parmesan
cheese. whip the whites pf three eggs
stiff and mix In the cheese. Flour
the hands and mold the mixture into
balls the size of walnuts. Drop into
boiling fat and fry to a golden brown.
Lay on crumpled paper to absorb the
grease. Serve hot.
Evening star., 1922-08-28
ADVENTURE.

Adventure is an airplane
In which we soar above the train
OF hfe's gray. humming track.
We may be able to control
Awhile the yearnings Of the soul
For its romantic lack.
But soon we'll slip aloft again
And only habits stern refrain
Will draw us, signing, back.
Yet, were emotions granted whole
Power, the magic would unroll
Into an empty sack
Evening star., 1922-08-28

bing some dry, coarse thble salt
over the skin. She also Keeps a BoS
of this salt in the bathroom. sine.
the whole family has followed suit IN
adopting her habit. The salt act -
like a pumice ON the skin. max !;
it smooth, while the astringent prop
critics are all that are needed To ket I
the skin firm
Evening star., 1922-08-28

cow, meaning lac
teal fluid Of same,
that is my chief
debauch!
Recipe (for two
p e o pl e)-Sift a
level teaspoonful
of baking powder
and a scant half
teaspoonful of salt
through a cupful
Of -four. See that
the mixture is
thorough. T a k e
lord nr h1Iff a r
Evening star., 1922-08-28

world-particularly the heart-history
but evidently people are just begin
ming to wake up to their dangerous
qualities.
"And that's the whole of it. The
danger of the vampire is in her
come -hither' eyes. Without these
eyes, not all the sleuthy clothes can
make a vamp of her. Ware the
eyes"
Copyright. 1927
Evening star., 1922-08-28

Prices realized on Swift & Company
sales of carcass beef in Washington, D. c.,
for week ending Saturday, August 20, 1922 on
shipments sold out. ranged from. 500 cents to
17.5O cents per pound and averaged 1.18 cents
per pound.--Advertisement.
Evening star., 1922-08-28

quickly and supplies the skin with
oil.
Another woman with equally well
preserved hands attributes their con-
dition to the use of salt. After she
ia through with the kitchen work she
scrubs her hands in warm water, dries
them partially on a towel and then
completes the drying process by rub
Evening star., 1922-08-28
FEED THE BRUTE
Favorite Recipes by Famous
Men.
ny DE WOLF HOPPER.
Rasuberry ShOrtcake.

Raspberry shortcake, with the as
sistance of a rich and kindly disposed
The New York herald., 1922-12-08
Obiets dart

Artistic Lustres, Candelabra, GirandoIes,
Chinese Porcelairls and Jades; French and
italian Bronzes, French Clocks and Clock Sets,
Carrara Marble Tables and Window Boxes
The New York herald., 1922-12-08

out of the prohibition law there were
22,479 convictions and 1.195 acquittals.
The others were quashed or dismissed.
This Is a tremendous load for the
present facilities for administering the
criminal law" says the Attorney-Gen-
eral. land we are rapidly approaching
point where revamping OF the Gov
ernment machinery used in the work is
inevitable. The narcotic act. the Dyer
act the Volstead act. the Federal Re-
serve act and other laws extending the
Federal jurisdiction have multiplied the
work of this division and in the Offices
Of the United States attorneys"
Mr.. Daugherty thinks the ever-increas-
ing complexity of government has made
necessary new basic judicial organiza-
ton. One Of his suggestions Is that
some method he adopted by which the
Government could retain attorneys who
have special knowledge Of Government
matters In addition to legal training.
Additional judges. recently provided for,
will help the situation, he thinks. but not
remedy It..
The report says that tho failure OF
local self-government in some parts OF
the country has resulted in many calls
on the Federal Government for AID, par
ticularly in the handling OF ofrenses
growing out of the Federal Reserve act,
the narcotic act. the Volstead act and
the postal frauds act.
Mr. Daugherty says 1t IL the desire OF
the Government to return or to recon-
mend for return. all property seized
under the trading with the enemy act In
cases where the owners come within the
enabling section OF the act.
The report makes no reference on the
railroad injunction case.
The New York herald., 1922-12-08
DAUGHERTY CALLS
DRY ACT PERPLEXING
Declares 1t Strains Interna-
tional Relations and
Clogs Courts.
FOR JUDICIAL REVISION
His Report Declares Revamp-
ing Of Federal Machinery
Is Inevitable.
FOR JUDICIAL REVISION

Special Dispatch 10 THE New YORK HERALD.
New York Herald Bureau,
Washington, ID. c., Dec ..
Prohibition is characterized In the an
nial report of Attorney-General Daugh-
erty one of the most perplexing problems
confronting the nation. 1t has not only
burdened the courts with civil and crimi-
nal actions. he says. but has involved the
country in embarrassing international
difficulties.
With reference TO purely domestic
difficulties arising in connection with the
enforcement OF the Eighteenth Amend
ment and the Volstead act, the report
says that during the fiscal year ended
June 80 there were 349s4 criminal and
2,157 civil prosecutions instituted in
Federal district courts. There was a
vast increase. due to prohibition enforce
ment, Of cases growing out of violation
OF the internal revenue and customs
laws.
The strain on international relations
is shown in the following quotation from
the Attorney Generals report, dealing
with rum running vessels of American
and foreign registry that are swarming
along the seaboards, smuggling liquor
into the United States:
Eighteen vessels or foreign registry
and eleven OF American registry with
their cargoes of liquors have been
seized. No American owned vessel can
transport beverage liquors. Foreign
registered vessels cannot transport bev-
erage liquor within American territorial
waters. OF the eighteen foreign regis
tered vessels seized ten were found
transporting and smuggling liquors
within the three mile limit Of our shores.
The remaining eight foreign vessels
seized were lowering off our shores be-
yond the three mile limit, but within
the four league zone Of our shore line
and unloading their cargoes to other
boats to be brought ashore in violation
of our statutes known as the lowering
acts"
Mr.. Daugherty points out that no ves-
sci bound TO our ports is permitted to
unload merchandise within four leagues
Of our shores unless by permit. under
penalty of seizure and forfeiture, and
adds:
Foreign Governments protest seizures
of their vessels thus violating our reve-
nue. laws and smuggling liquors to our
shores because international law does
not recognize our lowering acts as valid
outside the three mile limit, except as
they may be applicable to our own ma
tionals."
The report then calls attention to liti-
CATION resulting from seizures on which
the courts have ruled. or which are
pending.
In the S4.9s4 criminal cases growing