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Evening star., 1923-01-15

Hubbard Home and School Associa-
ton will meet in Hubbard School hall.
GEORGETOWN Citizens Association will
meet. o'clock, in Potomac Savings
Bank.
Card party s O'Clock, at home OF
Mrs, William F. Franklin. 1743 Church
street, for benefit of American Legion
Auxiliary. Department District of Co
lumbia.
Thomas Circle Citizens Association
will meet S o'clock at Sunset Inn.
Pat b, Withrow of Charleston, w:
Va. is to speak, S o'clock, Gospel
Mission. PA John Marshal place.
The Parents League will meet In
the New Bethel Baptist Church, at
o'clock.
Evening star., 1923-01-15
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1.-THE EDUCATOR
Evening star., 1923-11-29

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Evening star., 1923-11-29

like the Green Forest the Green
Meadows. the Laughing Brook and
the Big River, which they had known
all their lives. When the great man
bird came down near the ground the
very plants seemed different and all
the time the air grew warmer.
There were times when Danny and
Nanny shifted and shifted and won
dered why the air was so different.
That was when they were near the
were times when they looked off in
one direction and saw nothing but
water. There was water. water,
water. as far as they could see
The sky and the water seemed to
meet. 1t was as II in that direc-
turned to water. They knew not
what to make OF it. OF course, they
were looking out to sea and of course
they knew nothing about il.
IL was exciting. 1t was very ex-
every instant. When they were low
enough they saw houses that were
very different from Farmer Browns
house. They saw ships on the water
and they thought they must be some
Once they passed close to a big bird
sailing high in the sky. and they rec
ognized him. 1t sent funny little
thrills all over them. That big bird
was OF MiStah BuZZard. Yes, sir, 1t
was or Mistah Buzzard, whom they
had watched so many times sailing
above the Green Meadows at home.
They knew then beyond q doubt that
they must be down in the Sunny
South.
How they did want to talk over the
things they saw. But it was useless
&, to try while they We're flying. You
see. that great man-bird made such
| a noise that they couldn't hear each
| other at all. They must wait for the
| great man-bird to come down to
earth before they could talk. 1t was
1 all SO exciting and so wonderful that
| they quite forgot that they were be-
| ing carried farther and farther from
their old home. In fact, they were
| already beginning to think of that
man-bird as their home.
At last they began to glide down,
down, down in a strange silence, be-
| cause the engine of the airplane had
| stopped. They knew that this meant
| that they were coming down to earth.
| How eagerly they looked down. And
| how strange it AL. looked. There
| were some pine trees, but even these
were different from the pine trees
I they had known in the Green Forest.
| But there were many other trees
| wholly unlike any trees they had
ever seen before. Something told them
| that at last they were really and
| truly way down in the Sunny South,
| the land they had so often heard
/ about. They fairly ached to get out
Il and run about and see what it was
| all like.
Evening star., 1923-11-29
Fred Feernots Bixxy Day.


Scene; Fred Feernot wawking,
along,
Fred Feernot: Its a nice day II it
don't rain. q. look at that horse run
| ming away with that bewty looking
gerl.
Bewty looking gerl: Help! Save
mel
Fred Feernot: Me to the rescue!
Bewty looking gerl: Thank you,
I'm mutch obliged. You saved my
life.
Fred Feernot: That's nuthing. G
WIZ did YOU see that baby fall in
the river? IXcuse me a minnit vile
l jump in and save It.
Babys mother: Help, my baby cant
swim a stroke. o thank you. You're
a noble youth and I don't care who
heers me say so. Look at you. you're
all wet.
Fred Feeinot; Maturity. Q look
one of the lions has ixcaped!
Wimmin and children: Help help
help help help.
Fred Feernot: Never feer. III drive
the broot back in its cage or die In
the attempt.
Some man: You're a brave boy to
do IA thing like that. He mite OF ate
a duzzen people without mersey.
Fred Feernot: That's wat | thawt
There's some guy running away with
some guys pockit-book. | think Ill
jest catch him and give him to a cop.
Everybody: q, he caWt him. Maybe
that kid cant run,
Fred Feernots mother: Fred. sup
pirs reddy.
Fred Feernot: SO am /, bleeve me.
The end.
Evening star., 1923-11-29
Picks Screens Six Greatest.

ahe director ought to know. AFTER
all, IL you are interested in who the
real geniuses of the screen are. and
why they are II they are, you prob
ably can get no more authoritative
opinion than you can from the di-
rectors who work in the most init
mate contact with them. Directors
have all sorts OF things to do with
the stars; they sometimes discover
them; they frequently work over
them to attain results that the pias-
tic clay might never have achieved
of itself; and they are constantly on
the lookout for new and inspired
material"
Every director naturally varies in
his idea of greatness here and there.
Just as every one cannot admire or
revere all of the same books, so d.
rectors vary when asked to select.
say, six of the screens greatest.
1 wrote in my diary not long ago
about asking Herbert Brenon whom
he considered the six greatest gen
fuses Of the screen and he gave md
this list: Pola Negri, ALA Nazimova,
Mary Pickford, Conway Tearle. Doug
las Fairbanks; and VALENTINO.
Carewe directed, among others, "The
Girl of the Golden West" Mighty
SI the Sahara anS ID IL DO he en- son aeues
the Desert" or some such title. with
a company including Bert Lytell.
Rosemary Theby, Claire Windsor,
ct al.
selected by Mr.. Carewe as being most
automatically endowed with genius"
First came Mary. Mary Pickford;
they all agree about Mary: M.
Carewe called her "Our Incompatible
Then came Charlie Chaplin. "He
was born a genius" said Mr.. Cerewe.
She always gave proof OF IT,. and now.
with his great innoTatien ~1 Pa IN metben h .haa
proved 1t beyond all shadow OF doubt
And And. Mr. carewe said, IT couldn't
conscientiously make a list OF the
screens great. without mentioning
Sa Merry Go Roundr An. that chlid
has greatness. True greatness. She
has that something. Wait Just Z
few years and you will find beyond Z
doubt that Mary Philhin Will be one
"HaroId Lloyd Is in the ranks to
me- Any man who could come ahead
from mere slapstick stun In so few
Years as he has done Is sound and
worthy and full of further potential
tiles. ax.
She rs an artist Of suffering in all
its most subtle and delicate shades.
She brings the tears Of the world be-
fore you.
one with whom you may not agree
Hnlbrook Blinn. ! directed him In
The Bad Man. and i admired him
extrayagantly In 'Rosita.' He Is one
Of the six greatest artists on the
screen today"
Alma, Arkansas: Olga PetrovA will
appear this sason In . play written
~ be3el1 AnA u Yhj0A ~ A1oo
Evening star., 1923-11-29

A few days ago In Lafayette Park,
a small tree, not over ten feet high,
was delicately sprinkled over with
little clusters of small. yellow. pea
like flowers: blooming cheerfully and
nonchalantly in the face of Novem-
ber's cold winds and in the face of
overwhelming portents, in the leaf
lessness of surrounding trees, OF The
the retreat of sap and OF the end or
fruition for this year. But its i'm
prudent courage proved but blasted
effort Fertilization was never accom-
plished and on the morning of No
vember 20 on the ground beneath this
tree might be seen these brave, Yet
unwise flowers, still bright yellow,
yet impotent and discarded BY the
stern. elemental forces of nature"
This little tree is variety OF
the golden chain, native of southern
Europe and western Asia, grown or
namentally for its racemes OF yell
low flowers, a handsome uttie Tree
not over 90 feet high, well adapted
for planting on rocky slopes or in
borders Of shrubbery, where. If allow
ed space enough. It's dropping clds-
ters of yellow flowers VIII snow on
to splendid effect in contract WIN
the dark green foliage.
One of its advantages Is that OF
being rarely injured by lnsects or
fungi. and it does as well also IN
partly shaded situations az in unoo-
structed sunlight.
The branches are erect and spread
ing: the bark a grayish olive green.
The leaves are on relatlVeiE iohs
stems. and are compound. composed
of but three leaflets. These leaflets
are one to one and three-quarters
inches long. elliptic. deep green, SILKY
pubescent beneath when young They
hang on late in the autumn ana IAN
u-ifbout turning. The flower clusters
appear in May to June. They are four
to eight inches long. The flowers are
followed by narrow fat pods about
TIVE inches long which. after splitting
and releasing their seeds. remain on
the tree till late into the year.
Several varieties have been pro-
duced by the gardener. Variety au-
tumna!e is the tree pictured II
Evening star., 1923-11-29
SEEN In THE WASHINGTON SHOPS
BY ELENoRE DE WITT EpY.

Tor the long fitted sleeves which
taper in to the wrists. and brown
fur gives them a fluffy finish. The
skirt is straight and quite narrow,
deep silk fringe in self-color. veil 1t
at each side, the fringe dipping sew
eral inches below the hemline.
me evening gown pictured Is of
black chiffon velvet. fashioned on the
quaint bouffant lines so appropriate
to the jeune file The BASQUE bodice
nts In snugiy to the waist, where u
few folds are lightly introduced to
reveal the full beauty of the rich
fabric.
The skirt flares perceptibly at each
hip, and widens even more az the
hemline. which ripples gracefully
around the ankles of the wearer. A
garland of large silk flowers in
delicate pastel that is intertwined
forms an effective girdle against the
somber background. and n spray of
similar flowers winds its way over
one shoulder to add the final bit of
trimming.
sort black satin crepe, with a bloused
bodice and gathered skirt. An In
set OF white crepe circles the upper
part of the bodice, so that the effect
rs that of a separate yoke with the
blouse gathered to il, and the con-
noth striking and unusual. Fur
ther contrast is added In the trim
ming. which consists of small white
satin petals outlined with sparkling
rart-colored beads. Groups of these
are scattered over both bodice and
skirt. lending touches of brightness
to the gown
The chapeau illustrated is of dark
brown velvet. crushed into "A small
shape. The lower part of the crown
ry,s
that narrow brim is suggested. al
though in reality it doesn't exist.
The long ostrich feather which
droops at one side to add the only
trimming is dyed to match the rich
tone of the velvet, and is curled so
that 1t makes a graceful sweep over
the shoulder.
Evening star., 1923-11-29
In the Impossible Glass.
om the Richmond Times -Dispstch.

From the Richmond Times Dispatch
We know man who spent a lot
of his time studying the advertising
models of perfect women in various
stages of dress.
Then he reached a great resolve.
Since that day he has invested 50
per cent OF his fortune In clothes end
accessories.
And the other day he admitted
frankly that he has never yat been
able to accomplish the slightest re-
semblance between his wife and any.
Of those models.
He says he can't understand It, but
we can. We used 10 buy seeds just ~
raise vegetables like the pictures On
the envelopes.
Evening star., 1923-11-29
The Diary of a Professional Movie Fan
BY GLADYS HALF

plays tho stellar role. 1t is called
Hurricane"
Curious: I understand that parma,
Godowsky and Frank Mayo have
separated. yes. AS to the precise
legal status OF their matrimonial ar.
rangements cannot say. Yes, Dag.
mar Is Leopold Godowsky's daughter
(A1I rights reserved.)
Evening star., 1923-11-29
Pavlova's Understudy Miss Boot.

Parlova, the world famous dancer
mas an hnderstudy. though she very
seldom Is ever called upon to dance
IN place OF the star. Nine. Botsova
whose real name is Hilda Boot, an
English girl presumably. is the pres
ent understudy. She was "discov-
cred" in q dancing academy in Lon
don by Pavlova l2 years ago, and sh he
has understudied the dams uses every
new gyration during all that time, SC
that she could take over the burden
OF the program any minute. She re-
sembles Pavlova quite decidedly in
her photographs.
Evening star., 1923-11-29
COLOR
CUT-OUT
Thanksgiving Feast.

"Sh. The curtains going up
whispered some one, and all Billy and
Betty Cut-out's relatives and Polly
Mounts neighbors that crowded the
farmhouse to see the play. The First
ThankSgiving," drew an excited
breath at the old-fashioned setting
and the little actors in their stiff
Pilgrim costumes behind the foot
lights.
The play told of the Pilgrims long
winter of famine, then, at the end,
Evening star., 1923-11-29
Turkish Coffee

In Turkey. coffee beans are ground
in q small mortar to a powder as fine
as flour. One teaspoonful Of the coffee
is allowed to each small cupful OF
move from the fire. and add the coffee
Return to the fire two or three times
but Keep II there only a few seconds
az time. Set aside for half a minute
then serve at once. If you use sugar
drop IL into the boiling water with the
coffee. or put 1t into the cup and pour
the conee over It. Never drop 1t into
the water before you add the coffee.
Evening star., 1923-11-29
Spiced Blackberry Sauce.

Stew one pint of canned biackberrles.
When they are we'll cooked, strain them
through a coarse sieve, but do not mash
them. Add half teaspoonful or pow
dered cinnamon or onc-fourth teaspoon
ful of cinnamon extract to the strained
liouid. and mix it in we'll. The sauce
In delicious served cold with plain vanilla
ice cream.
Evening star., 1923-11-29

and play around with the other boys
and girls that used to, and to 30
TO the shows and dances. and have
good times with the bunch. I don't
do 1t. because 1t would make my
fance so angry that I would lose
him, and don't want to do that. But
satisfied with hint What keeps me
wanting TO go with the old gay
crowd Instead Of Just wanting to be
with one? What makes me SO
chanEeable? ANXIOUS TO KNOW.
Answer: Youth. my child. 1t is
because you have not yet had your
fill Of the p1aytime Of life. Your feet
still ache to dance. You still crave
arnusements, lights. crow6s. laughter,
the Joy Of living.
The gang spirit belongs TO youth.
No young person wants to do any
thing by himself or to go alone. The
young must so in crowds. must do
what the crowd does. 1t IL only age
that makes US seek solitude.
Believe me. my dear. you are too
young to marry because marriage
means that a man and woman give
up all the balance OF the world for
Evening star., 1923-11-29

One mother says:
When my children take these doses
of candy. medicine they perhaps do
not realize how fortunate they are
not to have been born a generation
ago when children were forced to
only know that they are having a
dainty TO eat. / use large. clean figs,
stewing them in olive oil until they
are tender. then add a little lemon
juice and honey and boil them until
the sirup is thick. One fig is the pre-
Scribed dose"
Evening star., 1923-11-29
Peanut Omelet.

Soak one slice Of bread in half cup
full Of milk until it is soft. Beat sep
arately the whites and yolks OF two
eggs and pour them. together with some
chopped peanuts and salt and pepper,
over the bread. Pour the mixture into
a buttered pan and cook 1t as you
would a plain omelet.
Evening star., 1923-11-29
Upholstering, Furniture
Repairing
A NO. l WORK AT

A NO. l WORK AT
LOWEST PRICE
Clay Armstrong, Upho1sterer
AFTER ALL. PARLOR SUITES SPECIALLY
Get your orders in now to get
your upholstering by Christmas.
Phone Franklin 7483.
Drop Postal 1888 10th St. NV.
Justifying Your Confidence
Is Our Success
Evening star., 1923-11-29

how their crops prospered and they
celebrated day of Thanksgiving
with q feast of wild turkey. AS soon
as the curtain fell at the end, Sam
Mount shouted, Find your places al
the big table in the dining room"
and in trooped the whole crowd to
the turkey dinner Mrs. Mount had
prepared. Betty and Billy and Polly
and Sam ate drumsticks and white
jelly and pumpkin pie until their
Pilgrim suits nearly popped their
seams!
Every boy and girl knows the colors Ia
paint the dishes Of the Thanksgiving feast.
Evening star., 1923-11-29

part. fashioned from one piece of
material, and in consequence the
drapery must supply what a belt or
girdle otherwise would, and deftly
suggest waistline at the front and
d straight panel at the back.
Evening creations frequently COM
bine a bodice of rich brocaded silk
or metal cloth with a skirt of con-
trastingly plain velvet or satin, and
the latter must hang in graceful
folds. else the beauty of the model
is lost. Some evening gowns have
long tunics of metal brocade over
foundations of plain velvet or silk
Evening star., 1923-11-29

ing Winter Months with OtA4ne.
Double Strenxth.
Why not rid yeursslf Of those unsightiy,
dsep-sested freckies while the sun 10 moi
strensth--from your drug Or dSpartmsns
store and apply Ike ordinary face cream
Thousands for over 10 years have gained a
beautiful, clear complexion BY this simple,
easy method
A. the same time othine impaPts that
natural glow and color 20 much desired.
Many use 1t every night in the year In place
Of cold cream and secure greater satis-
faction.
Always ask for the double strength
Othins--wflftnSiy eeld - the naooey-baek
Observation-Disclosures
Evening star., 1923-11-29
nnII5ESIoRIEs nnI5E
%rBEDTDTE
Looking Down on a Strange
by THORNTON w. BURGESS.

ny HHVNNIVN W. bl HUE
Things in themselves are never strange
Your point of view has chanced to change.
old Mother Nature
Nanny Meadow Mouse was no long
er afraid of the great man-bird or
of the aviator. She knew now that
1t was just as Danny Meadow Mouse
had said-this man who made the
great man-bird fly was really their
friend, even though he kept them
prisoners. So when their cage was
placed up in front where they were
protected, but where they could look
down and see the Great World
spread below them, Nanny actually
began to enjoy flying, just as Danny
did.
They were looking down on a
strange land. That is, il was strange
to them. They saw forests and mead
ows and brooks and rivers and lakes
but all were strange. They were not
Evening star., 1923-11-29
YEAR ago the Industrious

A YEAR ago the industrious
~ housewife who had a 'knack"
~ at needlework could make
frocks that rivaled those in
the shops for beauty of line and or
fabric. But, alas for the woman or
moderate income, the problem OF
home dressmaking is becoming more
and more difficult, for drapery is the
order of the present day. and skillful
drapery requires the practiced hand
of a modiste. The gowns one sees
I'm the exclusive establishments look
30 simple, too. but nothing is so de-
ceptive as the apparent simplicity of
these very models and nothing is so
eifficult to reproduce.
Afternoon gowns are, for the most
Evening star., 1923-11-29

Just few inches of which extend
below the colorful fabric. The tunics
have no defined waistline, and must
be skilifully tapered in to save a
sack OF -four effect.
The secret of the smartness Of the
afternoon frock sketched lies in it's
centcr-front bow-a bow which is
large and soft, draped in an inimita-
ble manner from the navy MORE
silk of which the gown is fashioned.
blouse and skirt are apparently in
one, but the bow radiates drapery
which adds a bit of fullness above
the waistline, draws the silk smooth
~ about the hips, and forms two
Evening star., 1923-11-29
Dorothy DixS Letter Boz
The Young Bride-to-Be and Her Friends-Shall
She Give Up Her Sweetheart to Please Her
Mother?-The Engaged Girl Who =
Borrows Trouble.

eighteen old and thinking about getting
The
Just long to 60 about
Evening star., 1923-11-29
Our Birds in Verse
By Henry OLdys.
KENTUCKY WARBLER.

Bright as the cleaning window light
To the wand'rer faring home
Is thy lovely form when it greets my sight,
AS the brook fed woods roam.
Sweet as the tiRkle of light guitar
Or the wind blown note of the flute
That comes through the dark of the night afar
Is the sound of thy silv'ry lutte.
The triple charm thou bearst with thee
OF beauty art and modesty.
Evening star., 1923-11-29

or autumn and is near the north
border of Lafayette Park. opposite
10th street.
Evening star., 1923-11-29
THE HOUSEWIVES BUREAU

Offering a service for the Absolute Eradi.
cation OF Water Bugs and other fernin ID
Eoteis Restxurants boarding Houses and
other Buildings and the PRIVATE HOME.
40 BOND BUILDING
Phone Main 1894
Evening star., 1923-11-29
Menu for a Day.

Menu for a Day.
BREAKFAST.
Orange Juice.
Corpmeal Musk.
Fish Hash
Hot Corn Cake. Coffee.
LUNCHEON.
Split Pea Soup.
Lettuce and Olive Sandwiches
Baked Custard.
Cookies. Tea.
DINNER.
Vegetable Soup.
Broiled Bluetish.
Potato Cakes. Buttered Beets.
Pumpkin Pie. Coffee.
CoRNMEAL MUsH.
Boil az cups of water. Add
I teaspoon OF salt and pour in
= gradually / cup of cornmeal,
either white or yellow. Boil for
10 minutes and cook In double
boiler for two hours. Serve hot
as a cereal or pour into !
pound baking powder box to
cool. When cold. slice and
saute in a small amount of fat.
Serve with maple sirup.
BAKED CCSTARD.
Almost l quart of milk. beat
eggs, not too light, pinch of
salt. tablespoons sugar and
sprinkle cinnamon and nutmeg
on top. Bake about one hour in
a moderate oven.
POTATO CAKES.
Mash potatoes, season with
salt, add A very small piece of
butter and | egg. Make into
nat cakes. Fry in lard or drip
pings until a nice brown.
Evening star., 1923-11-29

rippling panels at the skirt front,
the fur borders Of which continue
around the skirt hem. The upper
part of the gown Is cut with
severely plain 'bateau peckline. and
shoulder straps which are widened
trif1e so that they suggest kimono
sleevelets.
Another afternoon model is of
black velvet trimmed with btege lace
Of such a heavy mesh that it resem.
blcs the weave of shawl. The lace
Is cut in two square bertha collars
one OF which hangs at the front, the
other at the back of the bodice, and
both are outlined with a marrow
irxcery Of brown fur. Bits Of lace
again appear As tur1ed.oAck cU6s
Evening star., 1923-11-29

Alma, Arkansas: Olga Petrova will
appear this sason In . play written
~ heSSe3 and n XA3aA ~ Also