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Evening star., 1923-05-23
Low.Grade Nephritis.

According to the statistics of the
bureau of the census; New Zealand
has the lowest death rate of all coun-
tries in which mortality records are
kept. Australia gives New Zealand
close run for this enviable dis
tinction, and five countries contend
for third place = Sweden, Ireland,
Germany, England and the United
States. Then trailing along in the
rear come France, Italy, Japan. Spain,
Austria, Hungary. and last place is
about a tie between Chile and Russia
A determined factor in the low
mortality rate in New Zealand Is un-
doubtedly the high intelligence OF
their young. II the people of Amer
lea had or applied one-half as much
Intelligence in the care of infants as
do the people of New Zealand, ours
would be the healthiest couptry on
the face of the globe. but we XIII
ignorance and neglect or maltreat-
ment in our care of our young.
For the last twenty years. at least,
as shown by the mortality statistics
of the bureau of the census, the diS-
eases chiefly responsible for our hlgh
death rate have shown steady de,
cline in the number of deaths caused
in each thousand of population. win
the exception of cardiovascular dis-
Tease, which has shown a steaoliy
|fnounting death rate. The diseases
chiefly responsible for our high dea1h
rate are tuberculosis. pneuinoii,a, i,s ,
lcancer. diarrhea and enteritis IN IN
fants, typhoid fever. diphtheria, IN :
tfiuefza, measles. whooping cougn,
scarlet fever, heart disease, Bright
isease and apopleXy. ,,,,
The last three may be larseiS'
Evening star., 1923-05-23
The Diary of Professional Movie Fan
BY GLADYS HALL.

tiveness; that taste is deveIopinr and
lnat the demand for better pictures 8
VIII continue and grow stronger: and
that not only is this true of the sc.
tuaI picture itself but also that
theater patrons would, by now, prob
aoIy be unwilling to accept less in
service. surroundings. music, and all
the other elements that go into the
complete entertainment they now re-
ceive.
TT is possible" the general man
ager of the Associated First National
Pictures said, that some theaters
might benefit by a reduction in ad-
mission prices from causes that are
purely local, but it is dangerous to
judge an entire industry by merely
remote examples = isolated cases
One theater L have heard of reduced
its admission price one-half. and
thereupon doubled it's attendance
That seems TO be remarkable
achievement, but it is possible that
other elements entered into the in
achievement possible in even / per
cent of the theaters of this coun-
try?"
Unfortunately. the page allotted to
this days record in my diary won't
take in all of Mr.. Rowland's argu-
ment, but he did make one sugges-
tion to the effect that reduction in
prices for the less desirable seats
might achieve some results without
forfeiture of standards, and he again
reiterated that wholesale slaugh-
ter of admission prices would be a
dangerous path to take
What do you fans think about it?
(All rights reserved)
Evening star., 1923-05-23
BEDTIME STORIES. sy s rss,s.ss ss,ss.

among the upper branches and look
right down on that old windfaII
where Mother Bear and the new
babies lived. 1t wasn't likely that he
would be seen up among the branches
Of that big hemlock tree. He would
be quite safe up there
So straight over to the big hem
lock tree Boxer shuffied, and UP she
climbed. 1t was an easy climb for
such a good climber as Boxer, and
he had no trouble in getting up high
enough to look down on that old
windfall. Somehow he expected 1t To
look different. He didn't know. why
but he did. OF course. it didn't }fook
different. II looked just the same as
IL always had.
time there wasn't sign of life
around 1t. Boxer wondered If Mother
Bear was at home. He wondered how
big those babies were. He was sure
there were two, for he had heard
two cries that morning when he had
discovered that there were babies
in the old home.
For long time Boxer kept his
perch up in that big hemlock tree
At last he began to grow tired He
had just about made up his mind
to climb down when he saw his
mother look out of the entrance un-
der the old windfall. Boxer held his
breath and waited. In a few minutes
Mother Bear came out. She sat UP
and looked this way, and that way,
and the other way, and held her nose
out so as to catch every scent the
Merry Little Breezes might. bring.
After what seemed a long, long time
to Boxer she seemed to make up her
mind that all was well. She dropbed
down on all four feet, turned and
made funny little sound at the en-
trance under the. old windfall.
At once a funny little face an
peared there. Then out came a cub
a cub so small that Boxer couldn't
believe he himself had ever been as
small as that. Hardly was this one
out when another appeared. Neither
one was very much bigger than
Peter Rabbit.
Il Knew there were two" muttered
Boxer to himself
Mother Bear touched them gently
with her nose. Even at thar dis
tance Boxer could see that she. was
very proud of them. Then she turn
ed again to the entrance and tpnce
more made the funny little sound
A second later Boxer nearly fell from
ms perch with surprise Out of.that
entrance came another baby Bear inst
a wee bit smaller than the other two :
Mother Bear had triplets. Yes: sir,
Mother Bear had triplets.
Copyright, 1923. by T. ". Bursess1
Evening star., 1923-05-23

gesting holiness when the dusky
night is cool and inviting, is to make
it's occupants dread to go into it,
But wavering candle-light, which
sends bobbing shadows about room
like those cast by the trees outside
and yet makes a room light enough tc
find things by-that's different. And
now that they make drfpless candles
so that the breeze does not make
them pour cataracts of wax or tai
low down upon the polished table, the
one objection to their use is removed.
Try lighting your living room with
candles only one of these evenings
when you sit out on, the veranda or
under the trees on the lawn. Put
three white candles in the black
stands tall III the corner. On the
console in the hall place two fat,
squat candles in sage green or Law
ender. They will be beautiful dur
ing the daytime as well.
1 like candles in sconces on the
side walls of room, where they diff
fuse the light evenly and give mild
glow through the whole room, and
a single great ever-burning candle
in a massive stick near the piano
will be enough to light the instru-
ment for the song at twilight"
To light the dinner table with
candles in summer is to have a
cooler as we'll as a prettier meal
than when the hot electric bulbs
over the table are lighted. And, of
course, you will want to have, if you
are an up-to-date hostess, little
row Of candle sticks for your guests
TO take up to their rooms on warm
night. There are so many charming
shapes and colors in candles nova
days that you may have candles to
match the color scheme Of any room
in the house.
Evening star., 1923-05-23
Raincoats Made i'm Red and White
NY ANNE RITTENHOUsE.

Dressmakers have done far more
than doctors and hygienists to per-
suade women that 1t is to their ad
3 vantage to go out in threatening
weather as we'll as fair. and to con-
vince them that the best way 10
throw off the depression cast over
their spirits by gray, lowering weep
ing skies is to walk or shop or go
about as usual.
One French observer of fashions
in commenting. on the new cotton
and linen frocks; says that 1T seems
as If the arbiters of fashion had, in
a flare of high morality, made up
their minds to preach return TO
the country In giving us tneSe auor-
able clothes"
1t seems, too, as if they had de-
cided to preach the value of going
out in all weather in giving US rain
coats and frocks and accessories OF
gray Colors and amusing design.
Who was it that started the long
PREVALENT notion that rain clothes
should match the overcast skies un-
der which they are worn? SO well
established was this notion that 1t
took considerable courage-only
three or four years ago-for any
woman to venture forth in one OF
the bright-hued oilskin raincoats or
to carry a red or green or purple
umbrella.
In bright red raincoat of the
present mode one can feel quite de-
bonaire even when the skies weep.
WaterpIoofed crepe de chine seems
to be the favorite material. A much
admired French model of red crepe
do chine is made with a pointed
hood attached at the back and long
wide sleeves attached to a little cape
at the back-like the wings of a bat.
The white waterproofed crepe de
chine. raincoat is, however, the sea-
sons most original contribution to
rainy-day attire. Some of these
coats-close-d -draped and securely all
envCloping-are made with the ef-
feet of a smart tailor suit or separate
jacket and skirt. One such shows
intricate scroll embroidery in black
over the jacket portion and the
ciose-fitting little turban. Another,
also in waterproofed crepe de chine,
is bound with red and carries a mar
row buckled belt placed at a low
waist line.
Evening star., 1923-05-23
PERSONAL HEALTH SERVICE
BY WILLIAM BRADY, M. d.,
Noted Physician and Auahoy.

though not wholly. considered car
diovascular disease-disease of heart
and arteries. Some cases of endo-
carditis inflammation of the heart
lining) or of it's common sequel, val
Vular disease. are not accompanied by
or associated with arterial disease;
likewise, some cases Of acute or
chronic nephritis (Brights disease,
inflammation OF the kidneys), are in
dependent of any arterial change
But for the most part, the heart dis
ease. Brights disease and apopleXy
Cerebral hemorrhage. breaking or
adults, are cardiovascular disease.
Chronic nephritis developing in
adults is characteristically insidious
in onset. The very term often ap-
nephri itis"-implies that it's begin
ming is difficult TO recognize. even
when the individual happens to come
under medical observation. Few sub
jects Of chronic Bright's disease do
come under the physician'S observa-
ton in the earlier stage. unless by
accident. say for an insurance exam
ihation or for a periodic medical eX-
animation, or for some other Illness
Qr accident. The diagnosis of incip
lent chronic nephritis for preventive
or conservative treatment is one of
the most trying responsibilities of
the prophylactiSt. and calls for even
greater skill and more careful 'judg-
ment than does the diagnosis of in
cipient tuberculosis. There is no
clear dividing line between sanity
and insanity in the medical sense.
whatever arbitrary line the law may
draw. Neither is it possible to say
precisely where or when health
ceases and such an insidious disease
as chronic nephritis begins. Indeed,
1t is a matter of individual opinion.
varying with individual definitions
of health. where to draw the line be
tween health and cardiovascular
disease. But this does not mean that
! one with low grade chronic nephritis
! does not realize that his health is i'm
paired
Evening star., 1923-05-23
History of pour Ranle.
by PHILIP FRANCIS NowLAN.
ERRICk.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., Erick.
RACIAL oRioIN-EnsIish. also Morse.
SOuRCE-A given name.
These family names all are founded
on the given name of Erick, or Eric,
which was more of an Anglo Saxon
and a Morse name than a Norman
one, though it has been by no means
extinct in England at any time sub
sequent to the Norman invasion. In
deed, it was one of the comparative
ly few Anglo-SaXon given names
which achieved some popularity from
the first, even among the Norman
conquerors.
There is a very old line of Ericks
and Herricks among the British no.
bility, and their tradition is that they
take their name from Eric the For
ester, the Anglo-SaXon chieftain who
recruited the forces of the defenders
who met William the Conqueror at
Hastings. However this may be, It
does not follow that all HerrIcks and
Ericks trace back to a, single pro-
genitor. The given name was quite
common in England, and still more
so in Scandinavian lands, and it
would not be reasonable to assume
that family names did not develop
from 1t in many instances in differ
ent sections of the various countries
and without any close blood ties be-
tween the original founders of the
different families.
Evening star., 1923-05-23
Curry of Lamb. Rice Border.

Remove all the fat and gristle from
some cold, cooked lamb, cutting the
meat into thin slices or pieces. For a
pint of the pieces, chop half an onion
and let it cook In three tablespoonfuls
of butter until yellowed Add three
level tablespoonfu1s of flour. one level
of curry powder, and
half teaspoonful Of salt. Let cook
until frothy. then add one cupful and
one-half of broth. two tablespoonfuls
of currant jelly. and one tablespoonful
of lemon juice. Stir until boiling, add
the meat, and place the dish over hot
water. Serve when very hot inside
a border of boiled rice. The dish may
be served at once. but is best after
to absorb the havors in the sauce.
Chicken or veal may be served in
place of lamb.
Evening star., 1923-05-23
Hash Creole Style.

Chop fine a small onion and a
green or red pepper from which the
seeds have been taken. In a frying
pan melt two tablespoonfuls of but
ter, add the onion and pepper and
let cook. stirring constantly until the
vegetables are yellowed and softened.
then add two cupfuls of cooked meat.
freed from all unedible portions. and
cut into tiny cubes. Add one cupful
of cold. boiled potatoes. cut in the
same way. Mix thoroughly. then add
cupful Of broth and half a cupful
of tomato sauce. Mix again and let
cook in the oven until hot through
out.
Evening star., 1923-05-23
Llll;s'7tS|:?!,W Is: $! }, =! s'!:!;
. ILLUSTRATES By Gse Robinson 81
By Gsne Robinson

l overheard a peculiar conversation
the other day between two men. Both
are Intelligent. influential citizens,
greatly interested in all cotemporary
movements and keen students of
human nature. Both are married and
have children. They were discuss'inE r
the growing agitation against capital
punishment and the recent request
of certain governor to the women
of his state to work against such
punishment
1T won't do any good to appeal to
the women" said Mr.. A. women are
not interested in impersonal issues.
They are only concerned with the
laws which affect or may affect them
selves and their families
But surely capital punishment is
most personal concern for every
woman" responded Mr.. W. Sup
pose her own child were to become a
criminal?'
mo mother ever thinks her own
child can possibly become a crirli-
nal" retorted Mr.. A.. with a smile
But women love all children. Won't
ones pity for some other woman S
child
How much love do women actually
feel for another womans child" Look
at stepmothers. for instance. There's
always veiled or open hostility be-
Evening star., 1923-05-23

tween the new wife and the mother
less children. And there's a natural
reason for all this. It's the reverse
side of maternal affection. It's the
protective inStinct-she serves her
own children best because all other
interests are secondary. II mothers
were less personal they would be
poorer mothers"
Perhaps that is So But surely the
very cruelty of, capital punishment
must shock the innate tenderness of
women" protested Mr.. W.
Your theory of the innate .ender-
ness of women is poetry, not fact.
Where woman's passions are aroused
she,s far more cruel than man. Look
at the French revolution. Look at the
conditions in Russia, now. where
women are often the actual exacu-
toner's"
But the American woman's pas
slons aren't aroused over capital pun
/ ishment. She has nothing TO re-
Venge-'
No; but she has life to protect, and
as long as she thinks that capital
punishment will protect the lif, she
creates. she'll be for it, regardless of
cruelty or abstract justice"
wonder if he was -ighto If SO
what an awful Indictment OF Amer
lean womanhood. Se4~-l'@
Copyright 1923
Evening star., 1923-05-23
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Fred Feernot as Detecktive.

Scene dark MYSTERIOUS looking
room.
Fred Feernot. You sent for me, 1
bleeve?
Landlady. Yes, 1 herd you was 4
crate detecktive.
Fred Feernot Well, not ixackly.
I'm not a regular detecktive but I'm
better than good meny.
Landlady. Well, there's bin hun
derds of them heer and not one could
find out who killed poor Mr., Ippy. He
was one of the best boarders l ever
had and Id like to know who mer-
dered him If 1t was ony for my own
curiosity.
Fred Feernot. Ill do everything IN
my power to aid and assist you, but
you mussent ixpect too mulch be-
cause after all I'm ony human.
Landlady. That's no more than nat
Fred Feernot Well in the ferst
place the merder was proberly com
mitted in this room because l never
saw sutch dark MYSTERIOUS looking
room, and in the End place the mer-
derer was proberly red hedded man
because l jest thawt I saw red hair
and l never did trust red hedded men,
Landlady. Marvelliss
Fred Feernot. And now Ill look for
more clews. Ah, watts this strange
looking round buttin?
Landlady. Its a stranger to me.
Fred Feernot. o, its off of my own
coat. That's one on me all rite, ha
ha ha
Messenger. Is this ware Mr.. Ippv
lives?
Landlady. Its ware he did live but
the poor mans merdered jest now.
Messenger. No he aint, either. He
lest sent me from the hpSniftIa "A
say he ony fell down and bunked his
he'd on account of the room being so
dark and he'll be home for dinner
and he'd like to have diffrent room.
Good by.
Fred Feernot. Well, was rite
ABOUT the room enyways, so l don't
feel l WASTED my time.
The End
Evening star., 1923-05-23

"The movie fans or the theater
patrons, are ever demanding better
pictures, and better pictures mean
greater outlay of money, more time
for production and greater artistry.
Exhibition standards are at the same
time being constantly raised to meet
critical tastes; exceptional pictures
are being given long runs. and they
are securing without protest ad-
spread reduction in admission prices
could only result In feducing the the
stroying the prestige of the screen.
already gained by years of sincere
effort
"The selling price of a theater's ad-
mission ticket is regulated by the
cost of production. plus an expectan-
cy of profit. just the SAME as with
any other commodity. and II is IL
logical to expect box Office prices to
be lowered in the face of continually
rising costs of operation of the the
ater."
Mr.. Rowland went on to point out
to me that, under the improved screen
standards. the public mind is grow.
Ing In taste and in kcencr apprecia-
Evening star., 1923-05-23
The Price We Paw.

Not very long ago 1 wrote in my
diary some words of wisdom given
me by Fulton Oursler. supervising
editor of the MacFadden publica-
tions, to the effect that prices of
movie admission should be cut; that
1t should not cost the fan two dollars
and ten cents or one dollar and nine:
ty-efght cents to see Pola Negri bel
la-donna or Douglas Fairbanks rob-
in-hood.
AS usual, there is a pro and there
is con. Richard Rowland takes
the CON when it comes to the
aforementioned reduction. He says:
Evening star., 1923-05-23

AS the days get nicer one steps out
on the porch so much more frequent
ly that Uncertainty must need a
new house frock or two. Don't you?
This one is suggested because of it's
becoming bib section and its perky
sash at the back. Just 39s yards So
inch material. with Is yard 30-inch
material for the cuffs, will make it in
a 36-inch size. Patterns come in
sizes 80, 40 and A inches bust meas
ure.
Gingbams, percales, chambrays. cot
ton crepes and cretonneS make the
most attractive, economical and tub
able house frocks you could possible
wish for.
Price of pattern. Is cents. i'm postage
stamps only. Orders should he ad-
dressed to The Washington Star, pnt-
tern bureau, - East 18th street,
New York city. Please write name
and address clearly.
Evening star., 1923-05-23
By Lucy Warner Maynard
Killdeer: Aegialitis vocifera.

Killdeer: Aegialitis vocifera.
Length 101a inches.
Upper parts grayish- brown and
rusty; forehead, throat, collar and
wing patches white.
Upper tail bright orange-brOwn;
tail-feathers tipped with black and
white.
Under parts white, two black bands
across the breast. Long yellowish
legs.
Resident all the year.. abundant
only in migration.
Killdesr sare usually seen in small
floCks in plowed or grassy fields
Evening star., 1923-05-23

They have a characteristic way of
running rapidly over the ground
hunting worms and grasshoppers,
and when startled take wing with a
shrill cry of kildee or dee, dee. This
cry is unmistakable and as distin-
gushing as their peculiar markings.
killdeer are found most commonly
in the vicinity of water. While few
nest in the District of Columbia. they
are not uncommon in Montgomery
county. Md, and are said to breed
abundantly about Gainesville and
Manassas. in Virginia. The nest is in
the grass and the four blotched eggs
are pear shaped.
Copyright. l.. W. Maynard
Evening star., 1923-05-23
Shad Roes in Tomato Sauce.

Cut fine a small onion and a green
or red pepper and cook in two table
spoonfuls of butter until softened
and yeliowed, then skim from the
butter and sprinkle over the bottom
of an au gratin dish. Above the
vegetables place two fresh shad roes.
Have ready a cupful of hot tomato
sauce. Pour this over the roes and
set the dish in the oven. Let bake
for about half an hour, basting sew
eral times with the tomato sauce.
unless the sauce covers the roes, in
which case basting is not needed.
Serve in the baking dish. y 80
Evening star., 1923-05-23

part of the Green Forest He didn't
dare go very near the old home be-
cause he was afraid of Mother Bear
But he spent much time hanging
around as near as he dared go. You
see he couldn't forget those new
babies. He wanted. to see them and
he didn't want to see them. He was
so jealous that the very thought of
them made him ugly.
Then one morning great idea
came to him.. He didn't dare go near
enough to that windfall on the
ground to see it, but he might climb
a tall tree and see 1t from there. He
knew just the tree. 1t was a big
hemlock tree. He could climb up
Evening star., 1923-05-23
Your Home and
!. You
By Candle Light.
BY HELEN KENDALL,

Winter evenings. with the freight
and the drawn curtains, have gem
orally been considered the appropri-
ate and fitting time for candlelight: :
but to my mind. there is TO season
when the gentle f1ickering CLEAN
from a candle is more lovely than
on spring or summer night, when
one wanders about outdoors. and
comes in only when the sandman in
sists.
The brilliant light of an electric
lamp no matter how shaded, makes
the interior of a home look warm.
especially since rosy hued silk shades
seem to be the most popular. To
have the windows of a house sug-
Evening star., 1923-05-23

For Jealousy there Is no Use,
And for il there is excuse.
Mother Bear.
Boxer, the young Bear who had
been sent out into the Great World
to make his living, knew that the
wisest thing for him to do would be
to keep as far away as possible from
the old home where Mother Bear
still lived. But having discovered
that there were new babies in that
old home. and as a result having
grown sulky and jealous. he some
how couldn't keep away from that
Evening star., 1923-05-23
COLOR
CUT-OUT
Betty and Alice Go Calling.

Betty Cut-out and her cousin Alice
were dressed up in their very best
clothes, as proud as two peacocks. Down
the street they went. Betty was carry
,nother's card case.
Well go call on Mrs. Avery. ard
Ste. - .Irs, decided Betty. Il know
they'll be home"
They rang the doorbell. We've come
calling" said Betty. in her best grown
up manner.
Mrs. Avery looked surprised, but she
Evening star., 1923-05-23
Drawing It Pretty Fine.

From The Boston Transcript.
whats your objection to having
the clock set back an hour"
ut makes my notes come due that
much sooner"
Evening star., 1923-05-23

Approximately eight and a half mil
wage workers In the United States.
Evening star., 1923-05-23

Greensboro claims the distinction of
being the first city of North Carolina
to have a policewoman.
Evening star., 1923-05-23

give my active daughter large
play materials-long boards, brick
sized blocks and paper twelve by
eighteen inches for drawing or cut
ting. This requires no fine, close ap-
plication and develops the larger.
more fundamental muscles and
nerves, which should normally come
first in growth.
Copyright. 1927