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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-11-07
THE WORLD WE
LIVE IN
By Dave Sentner.

By Dave Sentner.
"HE coal war is ended.
That's what they said about
~ the great war.
The strongest 1924 ticket we
could imagine would be: For
President, Jack Dempsey; for
Vice-President, Babe Ruth.
Wen now see If the dove OF
peace win be able to settle on
the Mexican cactus plant.
A foreigner states that most
Americans are nasal toned. We
have to be to reach those high
notes in the national anthem.
We note that Alaska wasn't
represented in the recent inter-
national tennis matches.
Some of those shots fired by the
italian fleet at Corfu Ticocheted
/ through the League Of Nations.
A new heir to the Balkans has
been born. He's welcome to It.
Pauyrus, the beer-drinling
rerhv winner. evidently can trace
his ancestry back to a brewery
horse.
Germany's floating debt is
1885 .oOe. oOO. 100000 marks We
can write it, but we can't say it.
A Western minister vigorously
objects to mixed bathing. They'll
come around to licensing the
ocean yet.
If we ever go in for the reform
movement, wen start by lobbying
for a law compelling all users Of
chewing gum to swallow their
purchase.
There are more umpires at a
baseball game sitting than stand
ing.
A marionette producer says that
puppet acting wiz become a part
OF the movies. Why does the gen.
tIeman use the future tense?
They are trying to. designate a
mother-in-law's day. That sounds
Ike the best mother-in.sNw joke
90 far.
When the millennium comes
puttering in, the public parks viii
be thrown wide open to all ambi-
tious singers who live in apart
ment houses.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-11-07

Sinking fund Your bank 90
count at Christmas time.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-11-07

This way out.
Fred Yes. am quite q favorits
with Helen's parents. They rush
me a good deal. If / say 80 myself.
Which way?
Words That We Could Get Along
without.
"Unaccustomed as I am. go
Il thought 80 all the time. ~
And then / said :"
Now ifanybody in the audience
would care to contribute. = :"
Evening star., 1923-08-29
The Diary of Professional Movie Fan
BY GLADYS HALL.

up stage, autocratic. "ritzy." But,
instead. she is simple and friendly
and unaffected. always interested In
the least of the people working for
her and with her, always friendly
with them, always one of them. Me-
chanics, stage hands, scene shifters,
cameramen, extras-all, they tell me,
would gladly do the uttermost favor
for Marion. And | may further add
that this is not always the case in a
studio, with a star. But to get on;
That's why | have enjoyed so much
playing the part of Patricia ODay in
Little Old New York Coming OF
Irish ancestry myself, l entered with
all my heart into the problems which
beset poor. plucky little Patricia upon
her advent into this big. strange, un-
known America. Poor little girl, sud-
denly torn from her peaceful home in
old ireland and set down in an utter
ly strange environment in country
far across the sea. OF course. | really
and truly cried when Patricia lost her
father and when her brother was
buried at sea. How could I help it:
felt If it had really been 1 was enough
And I loved the fight with the bad
little boys, even IL l did get all dirty
and torn and almost got a black eye
loved the thrill of the big mob scene
where poor little Pat had to- take a
public whipping. For she was being
punished because she had tried to dc
a loyal, helpful thing for the man she
loved-just the thing a resourceful
quick witte6 Irish girl would do!
"Oh, there are a lot of other rea.
sons why I love to play the Irish
roles. The others can have all of the
fiery Latins they want to do; give me
the colleens with the brave and
laughing hearts"
Bring forth the shamrock!
Evening star., 1923-08-29

What NV wimmen done anyway
declaimed my friend Jim Woolser-
"Lookit hist'rS- Who Wv don all the
great deeds? Men. Men. Thas who's
done 'em. Where do you read emmy
thing about wimmen making their
mark? Nowheres. An good good
reason why. They never made no
mark. Tha's why Amt that certain
proof that their intelligenceS amt up
to mems? Sure it is. No stree, every
thing that was ever rilly- accum-
plished is due to us men" And Jim.
being one of us men. and having DE
virtue of his superior intelligence
achieved a watchman's job at SO per
week beamed over his pipe with all
the assurance of Il Caesar.
You recognize the remarks. don't
you? Whether you've heard them
from a corporation lawyer or a street
sweeper. a king of finance or the
pound man. the sentiments are always
the same. "Lookit us men," they cry.
So let's look at them. We are asked
TO test human intelligence. male and
female. by the record made in his
tory Very we'll bring on your his
tory.
In the first place. We'll have to
hrealize the obvious fact that such a
test is not fair one. Because of
those things which Mrs. Charlotte
Perkins Gilman calls conditional dis
advantages" the balance of tangible
power fell into the hands of men.
Women were home keepers and
mothers. forced to exercise their in
telligences" within a limited sphere
of expression, They were legally
barred from a higher education and
punished severely If they overstepped
the barriers which surrounded their
sex But for men, the world was open.
So, if we are to judge the sexes by
their historical record we must, in
fairness. remember the handicap.
We must also remember something
else-"Us men" is far too large and
gilded a phrase for purposes of argu-
ment. us men" didn't make history
glory Caesar made it glorious,
alexander the Great. Christopher r
columbus. George Washington. Milton
Shakespeare, Victor Hugo, Abraham
Lincoln. all these individuals made II
glorious; but us men have no more
right to share in that glory than US
women have a right to share in the
gIories of Joan of Arc of Nine
Curie or Queen Elizabeth.
So what's the record of the average
man versus the average woman?
Has he, with all his freedom, proven
himself more skillful, more ingenious
more productive than the average
woman has with all her restrictions?
He has not. The average man was a
farmer, a laborer. hunter or war
rior 1t took no more skill or ingenu-
ity to run farm or toll as laborer
than it took to run house. AS a
matter of fact, that old-fashioned
Evening star., 1923-08-29
BEDTIME STORIES sy E rss,.'ss ss,s:,.'

I'll just watch this place and find
out who does live here"
So every day the young Chuck
went down where from the bushes he
could watch that hole under the apple
tree His friend, Striped Chipmunk.
found him there one day. What are
YOU doing down here" he asked.
Watching to try to find out who
lives in that old house over there .
replied the young Chuck.
Well, YOU don't need to watch any
longer. for I'll tell you; Jimmy and
Srs. Skunk live there said Striped
Chirmunk.
"Who are they? | don't believe 1
ever have seen them, returned the
What" cried Striped Chipmunk.
You mean to tell me you don't know
Jimmy skunk
The young Chuck nodded That's
lust what | mean" said he. What
sort of a fellow is he" .
Most independent fellow in all the
Great World. and one to whom every,
body is very polite" replied Striped
Chipmunk and then Scampered away.
The young Chuck was very curious.
IF every one is SO polite to him and
he is so independent he must be big
and dangerous" said the young Chuck
to himself. Then" he scratched his
nose thoughtfully. You see, he
couldn't understand how any one who
was very big could get into that old
house. SO he spent more time than
ever watching IT.
At last his patience was rewarded
Late one afternoon some one In a
black and white coat came out Of
that old house. 1t was one of Jimmy
Skunk's children. and he was smaller
than the young Chuck. The latter
noticed this right away. "Pooh
said he to himself. I'm not afraid
of that fellow; l could drive him
out of that house without half try
ing
He watched the young Skunk amble
along up through the old orchard:
PresentlM he saw Bowser the Hound
headed tAat way and he chuckled.
You seeS he expected that Bowser
would promptly, chase that young
skunk, land perhaps kill him. But
Fowsef did nothing of the klnd.
When he saw that young Skunk he
turned aside and went around nm.
He didn't even bark at him. He was
most polite to him.
The young Chuck BECAME Thought
full Here was mystery. Ihere
must be something he didn't know
about He would wait before trying
to take possession of that old house
It was the beginning of wisdom on
the part of the young Chuck.
copyright 1928 by T. W. Burgess
The next story: True 1ndepend-
ence"
Evening star., 1923-08-29
Mandarin Coat and Its Neckline
BY ANNE RITTENHOUsE.
ugly as sin. but Chinese-therefore

ugly as sin, but Chinese-therefore
smart"
Perhaps you agree with this dictum
of a certain prominent d:essmaker r
concerning the neokline that has ap-
peared on the stage of fashion and
which of course has been inspired
by the mandarin coat.
1t does what no collar ought to
Sdo-it covers only the lower part
of the neck, leaving an awkward
stretch of neck above-accentuating
that hopeleaSly unbccoming line that
some one once called the line of de-
capitation.
4 notable few women have been
brave enough to attempt it. One
Well-known actress wears a froCk of
plated chiffon in bright tomato red,
or love-apple red. if you will. Ecru
lace forms the panel down the front,
the border about the hem. the mar
row close fitting cuffs and also the
. narrow cloSe-titting collar that
fastenS in front. straight and. as most
of US would think, hopelessly unbe-
coming. Still it's smart and it's smart
because the world of fashion is sur
charged with Chinese motives and
Chinese design, and that is true OF
course because within the last few
years the French government has
found it polite to take special no.
tlce of its possessions i'll Indo China
and has encouraged the use of Chi
nese cOstumery at various smart balls
and pageantS. Most important of all
of course. was the Gland PriX ball
this summer in Paris, when milliners
and dreSSmakerS gathered IA wealth
of inspiration for their subsequent
productions.
Another distinguished actress in
this country has vcntured forth with
a dark blue twill frock showing .
front panel of red and an cdginS ot
gold &pangles. Here this :traigh,
mandarin collar is made of the red
and is edged with the spangleS-
the result being more suggestive OF
the costume of an over ornate band
master than a mandarin. But the
collar is mandarin none the less. The
sketch shows a new frUck of green
and white crepe de chine with sleeves
[slit to the elbow and ii hat that Is
suggestive though not literally imi-
tativc of Chinese headEear.
Evening star., 1923-08-29
BY II. A. EMAONS.

the horizontal position of the leaves
which. though arranged Splrally
around the branches, are twisted so
as to extend out in two opposing
ranks. These are one-half to one and
one-fourth inches long, fiattened,
bright green on the upper surface.
blush green beneath, and are without
any semblance of stalk or stem.
IThey possess a delightful fragrance
Clarence NJ. Weed says of it, The
odor certainly is one of the most re-
freshing fragrances in natures phar-
macy. and it seems fitting that the
tree should also furnish. through the
, unique reservoirs that stand out on
the bark of the tree and larger
branches. an abundant supply of one
of the most potent medicines for the
ills of throat and lungs The abun-
dant cones are tWoAto four inches
! long and about an inch in diameter.
They mature the first year.
There are eight species of frs found
in North America and several in
Europe. In Washington. isolated
specimens of tn" various frs; have
been planted. The balSam fir illus
trated may be seen in the Soldiers
Home grounds. 100 yards east-south-
east of the lower pond.
Evening star., 1923-08-29

This is the only fir tree native to
the northeastern states. 1t is found
from the arctic regions south to
Pennsylvania and along the Allie
ghanies into Virginia. Washington is
slightly out of its range. 1t is a
handsome. conical evergreen, fifty to
sixty feet in height. with a trunk
diameter of twelve to eighteen inches.
II is a lover of cool. moist situations.
and on the tops OF mountains and up
in the arctic regions becomes no more
than a prostrate shrub,
The medical ointment known as
Canada balsam is a product OF this
tree. 1t is the liquid resin taken
from the blisters that are common on
the surface of the bark of the balsam
fir. These resin blisterS are peculiar
characteristic of this fir, and the
Indians of New York called the tree,
Tblisters." in their language, "Cho-
oh -tung.
4 distinguishing feature of the tree
is the hattened appearance of the
horizontal branches. This is due to
Evening star., 1923-08-29

The only way I can keep baby
brother from pulling out my curIs.
complained Sarah, his nursemaid. lis
to give him Betty Cut-out's doll to
play with
Yes, and then he pulls out the
dolls hair" Betty grumbled
The little girls were greatly re-
lieved when Billy came in and
brought a jigedy man to the baby.
Baby laughed with glee at the funny
toy. and for almost five minutes he
didn't do a'single bad thing-then
he upset the fish bowl
What can't understand" said
Roger in disgust, lis that a boy like
/ am should have such bad brother
as baby"
Color baby brothers fluffy brown hair: and
his pink face and arms and legs. Don't for.
get the rosebud mouth. The doll he holds is
| pink. too. with orange hair and a blue suit
Baby brother dresses up in yellow rompers
and striped silk cap of all colors. The jigedy
man is red and green.
Copyright 1921
Evening star., 1923-08-29
VERSIFLACE.
A Great Strain.

>Oh. when a man begins to tell a
joke that must listen to, and from
his eye, l know too well, that he'll
break down before he's through
when from his face 1 see quite clear
that he's forgotten how 1t ends, and
he grows red with shame and fear,
and coughs and chokes and scrapes
and bends, and splutters. loud and
pulls his hair and grabs Mis- ear and
twirls his tie, and fixes me with
spooklike stare, and heaves a most
terrific sigh, and to the ceiling throws
his glance. and says. Now. wait, I've
got it right" Then falls into another
trance until I think he's dead from
fright. When any man acts in this
way, 1t is for me a fearsome strain.
My Jaws throughout the livelong da,-
are sore and stiff and stretched with
pain. For while he tries to tell his
tale, my mouths wide stretched, a
cave-like bin. His joke, of course, /
wish to hail with my politest, widest
.WuHEIAiINA.S STITCH.
Evening star., 1923-08-29
The Guide Post
BY Henry van Dyke
In Mind Be Men.

In malice be ye babes, but in mind
be men.-I Cor. 1920.
Childlikeness Is a fine thing in
man, but childlikeness is both ludi-
crous and dangerous.
To be joyful of heart, eager. hope
full. sympathetic, like healthy child,
without guile or malice, is to belong
to the kingdom of heaven.
Christ says SO.
But to have, a childish mind when
we are. grown up is to neglect the
gift of reason and the power of
mental advance which God has be-
slowed upon us.
A manly mind is firm but not fixed
IT is ready to hear new evidence.
to welcome more light.
1t is eager to learn by experience.
and not afraid of any truth that God
has written in the Holy Scripture,
or in the book of nature.
"Show me-" 1t cries. land / will
obey. with my reason as well as with
my heart"
Reasonable Interpretation (says st.
Paul in this chapter) preaching that
can be understood, is a fine thing.
Jesus does not ask US to lay aside
our reason or to shut our eyes to
facts, but. simply to deny ourselves
and follow Him.
Even childish minds may do this.
But His best followers are those
who by their growth have learned to
put away childish things and in mind
be men.
tCopyright. 1921
Evening star., 1923-08-29

ly hesitant, little manner when it
comes to playing an heiress, or a
princess. or just poor. neglected
eirl such as Dianna was i'll the first
mart of The Young Diana But when
it comes to nationalities give me che
Irish! If l am given an Irish role
TO play, then l can be my natural
self An Irish man or an Irish girl
is alternately swayed by tears. ten
derness and laughter. | think they
live more highly and feel more deeply
than any other race of people. Some
screen actresses, l know, prefer to
nortray the fierce sensuous Latin
fvpes. and III admit that these give
a splendid chance for fine acting; but
personally l like best to portray the
warm-hearted. laughter-loving col
leen."
BY way of Interpolation here, may
saw that it is the consensus of movie
opinion that undoubtedly Marion is
'ibeing herself in the role of the
warm hearted, laughterloving col
leen. In all of my picture peregrina-
tions, have never heard member of
her own profession say t'le slightest
word against Miss Davies s,nd have
heard all of them say son,"'e'ing for
her. Which is, in it's Wa. >he acid
test In the studio wr.-e she is
working. she is what ma. vulgarly
be described as the great .lueen pin"
And as such she could SO easily be
Evening star., 1923-08-29

| was late for suppir agen yestid-
day. being the 4th time this week for
diffrent reasons. and | wawked in the
dining room trying to look as If the
family was eating eXter erly insted
of me coming in exter late, and pop
sed, Well. do you live heer?
Yes sir, | sed. and pop sed, Nobody
would suspect it. Meening on account
of me being late So mutch, and sed,
Well gosh pop, G no wonder I'm late,
l was sticking up for you.
The dooce you were. pop sed.
Yes sir. / sed. Puds Simpkins had
the nerve to wunt to say his father
knows more than wat you do. and
difrent things, and l certeny stuck up
| for you, | sed.
| Well. that gives me lot more con-
/ fidents in myself. pop sed.
| Yes, sir, wait till l tell you. | sed.
! Ferst he had the nerve to say his
| father was better looking and toid
him he was crazy because you was
| one of the best looking men In tne
! city and maybe in the hole country
and / told him YOU could go in the
! movies eny day you wunted to II you
! wunted to because you was better
| looking than Dugliss Fairbanks or
! Mary Pickferd or eny of those people,
! and then he had the nerve to say his
/ father knew more and | told him ne
i was nutty because you knew more
! than his hole family and all his re-
: la tions put together, and | told him
! all enybody had To do was ask you a
! question and they would get the
anSer. that's wat told him. | sed.
You imbarass me. wat time did all
| this happin? pop sed.
| Sir? ! scd. and pop sed. | wunt to
! know the approximate time Wen this
! de bate took place, and j Sed, Sir?
/ This morning. -,
! This morning. and that's wat made
/ YOU late for Suppir? pop sed, and |
! sed. Yes sir. and he sed. How come ?
| and / sed, Because | was still think
! ing about it.
Sit down and eat your suppir. pop
| sed.
| Winh did
Evening star., 1923-08-29
Cheese and HominY Puffs.

flour, one teaspoonful of baking pow
der and a little salt Beat one egg
yolk with one-third cupfuI of milk
Add one eupful of cold boiled. hominy
and mix smooth. Add the -four mix
ture and one cupful of grated dry
cheese. Fold in the stlfiy beaten
egg white and drop from teaspoon
into deep hot fat that will brown a
piece of bread in forty seconds Fry
to golden brown, drain and serve
with tomato sauce and grated cheese
Evening star., 1923-08-29
The Old Gardener Says:

Some of the garden peppers
are so hot that the juice will
burn the hands, of the gardener
who harvests them If they hap
reason 1t is wise for women
who are picking peppers to
wear gloves. The burns will
not in any event be at all seri-
ous, but they may be painful.
Relief is obtained in the
quickest way by bathing the
hands in sweet milk.
Evening star., 1923-08-29

Certainly there is nothing strikingly
new about taking the inspiration for
our coStumery from China. for the
Chinese influence has been felt and
talked about for some time In the
race for approval it has certainly
far outstripp-d the influence. of Japan.
The interiors of our Houses bear wit
ness to this. 1t is China with her
World-uld art that has provided the
inSpira tion for the decorators to d
far greater extent than her clever
neighbor. Japan.
1t may I've because it is pleasure
to harmonze with the interiors of
the houses in which they live and
meet their friends that women show
such partiality for colorS and cos
tumery suggestive of far Cathay.
Evening star., 1923-08-29
What I Like Best to Play.

Marion Davies told me the other day
that the question she is most fire.
1uently asked is what sort of screen
role she likes best to play.
] helped the good work along by
saving We'll, what role do you?'
Nothing like peing original!
Il haven't any particular choice.
Marion said, in her charming, slight
Evening star., 1923-08-29

Old Orchard, and there under the
nearest ample tree he discovered A
hole. 1t was the old home of his
father and mother. Johnny and Polly
Chuck though he didn't know this.
For some time he sat looking at it
frcm the bushes along the old stone
wall The longer he looked at it the
more it seemed to him that that was
Just the kind of a place he wanted.
After Il while he ventured over to
il and ruked his head inside. His
nose told him that some one was liv-
ing there He was disappointed. You
have no idea how disappointed he
was. Then d happy thought came to
him.
"PerharS." thought he, that who
ever is living here is not big enough
and strong enough to fight me. I'm
not afraid of any one my own size.
Evening star., 1923-08-29
List9n:W n:Wor!d!TS2{ , :! s!!! 20
fsse Ron1sdn 8S ~
81 Gse Robinson

housewife was mistress of a dozen
crafts to her husbands one. 1t took
no more courage. If as much, to kill
bears~or fight soldiers than it did TO
bear children in the long generations
when mothers crept through the val
ley of the shadow of death for each
new life they gave the world.
And it requires no more skill today
Evening star., 1923-08-29
The Beginning of Wisdom.
ntil knowledge has been gained.
WISDOM cannot he attained

The young Chuck. who was living
in the Old stone wall on the edge of
the Old Orchard. didn't expect to live
there always. He merely intended
to stay there for while. He still
dreamed of seeing more of the Great
World. But it was tery pleasant
there. with plenty to eat close at
hand, and was as safe a llace as he
could imagine. So the days slipped
away and the young Chuck still made
his home in the cid stone wall.
one day he followed the old stone
wall down to the far corner of the
Evening star., 1923-08-29
Cheese and Lima Bean Roll,

Put three cupfuls of stewed lima
beans and half a pound of cheese
through a meat chopper. Add half a
teaspoonful of onion juice. one tea
spoonful of salt, one tablespoonful of
catsup or chilli sauce, one teaspoonful
of pepper, a little mustard and three
tablespoonfuls of melted butter. Add
crumbs enough to form roll. Place
in a CREASED pan. sprinkle with but
tered crumbs and bake for about
forty minutes in a moderate oven,
basting occasionally with butter and
water. Serve with tomato sauce. =
Evening star., 1923-08-29

to run riveting machine than 1t does
to operate the various power ma
chimes which women operate, no more
intelligence to nerform the clerking
job of the ave. 5e man worker than
the typing or selling job of the av-
erage woman worker
So that's the inside dope" on that
wonderful theme for parlor oratory-
us men,.
Evening star., 1923-08-29
Vefmicelli in Stock,

Scald half pound of vermicelli,
drain and cook until tender in stock
to cover. Take from the fire and add
the yolks of eight eggs beaten with
two cupfuls of cream. Keep warm
until it is thick, but do not let it
boil.
Evening star., 1923-08-29

ing compared with this delightful
glass tree with many-colored bios
SONS.
When lighted it is "jeweled joy"
PAMELA.
Copyright 1879
Evening star., 1923-08-29

California is now producing more
petroleum than any other state in the
Union and probably more than all for
|eign countries combined
Evening star., 1923-08-29

If it is difficult to speak well of
any one. it should not be difficult to
refrain from speaking evil.