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Evening star., 1923-09-03

are the fruits of the horse chestnut.
These smooth. shiny, chestnut-red
nuts seem to hold a fascination fol
childhood. They are about an inch
in diameter and are inclosed in a
smooth green to rusty brown pod.
In the autumn as they fall they are
gathered eagerly by children and car
ried home to be used as large beads
and ornaments by girls and to be
carved into tiny baskets and odd
shapes by boys.
1t is of interest to know that this
is the tree to which Longfellow re-
ferred in Under the spreading chest
nut tree, village smithy stands" in
stead OF our own chestnut tree. He
used the English term for the tree
1t is a prevalent tree in the Dis
triCt. There are fine specimens in
the Capitol grounds. and Thirteenth
street northwest from L street to
Iowa Circle is lined with horse chest
nuts. The tree illustrated is growing
on the Mall south of the New National
Museum.
Note.-The sugar pine which was
discussed August .25 in this series
may be seen on the Mall in group
OF pines just west of the 18th street
entrance. 1t is labeled.
Evening star., 1923-09-03
Baked Chocolate Custard,

Scald two cupfuls of milk with one
stick of cinnamon an inch long. Melt
one ounce of chocolate. Add three
tablespoonfuls of sugar and one
tablespoonful of boiling water. STIR
until smooth. then add to the scalded
milk. Beat two eggs slightly, add
two tablespoonfuls of sugar and one
fourth teaspoonful of salt. Combine
the mixtures. then strain into slightly
buttered cups. Set the cups in a pan
of hot water and bake In a slow oven
until hrm. which may be determined
by running a silver knife through the
custard. If the knife comes out
clean the custard is DONE
Evening star., 1923-09-03

"All ready to go SO soon?" Billy
called to Betty. who was dressed
up in her new school dress and
was anxiously looking up the street
to see if her friends were coming
to take her to school. 1t was the
first day of the term, but it was also
Betty's first day at school and she
could hardly wait to get started.
II wish the girls would hurry. If
don't get there early maybe there
won't be a seat left for me-" Betty
exclaimed excitedly.
What do YOU think school is-a
circus?" Billy laughed. ''There'll be
seats enough. After a week you'll
be wishing they hadn't let YOU in.
and you'll think school isn't so much
fun. after all. I'd rather play ball
or fish,
Just then Betty heard the girls
Evening star., 1923-09-03

-seAn. But from what | hear she has
also justified her movie existence in
that. And now she has been signed
Up by Preferred Pictures and is on
be followed by The Boomerang in
which she may have the leading role.
| have talked to many and many
q beginner. and, to be quite honest
in thes. 80 private pages of my diary.
] haven't handed EN- an awful lot.
They were just that-beginners. But
Clara is different. In the first place.
she has risen up out of the rank and
file: not Of the theatrical profession
or anything akin to it, but just the
Evening star., 1923-09-03

yoo-hoo and she danced out on the
walk to wave to them. her pretty
red plaid skirt ripping In the breeze
and her yellow curls dancing. Betty
was very happy, for she knew she
would now be able to go with her
friends to school and not have to
wait alone all day for them to come
home to play with her.
Cut Betty 6ut, mount her on lightweight
cardboard. and she's all ready to play school
with you.
iCopyright. 1927
Evening star., 1923-09-03
Peter Rabbit Doesn't Be.
IieVe.
The diplomatic have the tact
To never state a thing as fact.

OF course Peter Rabbit had heard
that one of the children of Johnny
and Polly Chuck had run away from
home. News like that travels fast.
Later he had discovered the young
Chuck living in the old stone wall
on the edge of the Old Orchard. He
had even visited him there. Then.
there being so many other things
about which to satisfy his curiosity,
Evening star., 1923-09-03

Illinois leads in the number of,
woman preachers with thirty-three,
seventeen of them being in Chicago.
Kansas ranks second with thirty
woma ministers an dNebraska third
with eighteen. The total for the en-.
tire United States is 17S
Evening star., 1923-09-03
Your Home and
You
Give the House a Chance.
by HELEN KENDALL.

Getting back into ones house after
the summer vacation is over is like
place has been closed. it is like
delving into the dim dark past. How
diney and worn and dreary every
thing looks. You hadn't realized
Evening star., 1923-09-03
Fried Yellow Turnips.

Pare and boil for thirty minutes a
large yellow turnip. When tender
cut in medium sized slices. Dip in
egg, then in crumbs seasoned with a
little salt and pepper, a teaspoonful
of sugar and a little chopped parsley.
Fry in deep. hot fat until a good
brown. Drain and serve.
Evening star., 1923-09-03

People often say to me. But how
do you manage to think great
thought every day to put in this
space?" The answer to that is easy.
don't think a great thought every
Gay.
As far as I know / have never
thought a great thought. Great
thinkers are rare, and I've never la
bored under the delusion that | was
one of them. Nor do I regret the
fact. The few great thinkers / have
Evening star., 1923-09-03
Clara Is Different.

The other day ] had tea with cara
Bow. Did you see her in Down to
the Sea in Ships" the Elmer Clifton
production which dealt so peacefully
with Quaker love and loyalty and so
tremendously with whales and
whalers: Anyway. Clara Bow made
good in that picture.
She has recently done Grit" with
Glenn Hunter, which is yet to be
Evening star., 1923-09-03
Herring and Vegetable Salad.
A Bow at Each Ear.

Take equal quantities of boiled po-
tatoes, brussels sprouts, cauliflower
and sliced beets. Add some chopped
apples and faxed herring EIix all
together and add salad dressing.
Evening star., 1923-09-03

Prices realized on Swift & Company
sales of carcass beef in Washington, D. c.,
for week ending Saturday. September l. 1928
on shipments sold out. ranged from II 90 cents
to 2O.O0 cents per pound and averaged IS o3
cents per p0und.-Advertisement
Evening star., 1923-09-03

encountered have been "a doggoned
nuisance in practical daily life /
have yet to meet one of them that
can mend a screen door or bake a
decent batch of biscuits.
Moreover, I've a lively hunch that
great thoughts would prove about
as popular in this section as daily
recipe for a mango cure. This con-
viction is based on what / myself
Evening star., 1923-09-03

Of violet or purple in the color scheme
of the Chinese decorators: perhaps
that is why this first color range of
the rainbow is SO hard to find in the
clothes thus far offered for autumn.
fConyright 1928
Evening star., 1923-09-03

No womans mo" means "y, :
when she is conversing with her hu :
y.
Evening star., 1923-09-03

Copyright, 1927
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-02-06
CAN A HORE THINK
MAYBE!

Can horses think? Many be-
lleve SO. If they are right, the
old horse working on the tread
mill is saying to himself: What
a futile, monotonous life l have
forever galloping forward and
never getting anywhere. Day aft
er day | lead the same existence.
a boresome grind, doing the same
old thing over and over. How
much better if I could get out
and gallop in the pasture visible
yonder through the door"
The patient, pIodding horse is
mistaken. He DOES get some
where. For by his monotonous
galloping, he is making the tream-
mill revolve. That, in turn, op-
crates the belt that keeps the chop
ping mill going, grinding corn and
cob into feed.
Most of US are in the same pre-
dicament. But our work is nev-
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-02-06
POOR SING 10y.

Kate watched as Alice glanced
at the trunk and then saw the girl
turn away with an untroubled face.
you've fixed lovely place for
me to live in for two days" said
Alice. She walked across the room,
took both of Hates hands and
looked earnestly into her face.
She was lovely in her sincere
mood. Kate could understand her
attraction for men.
+ mo ones been so nice to me since
my own mother died." Alice con-
tinued, unless it is Sing 10y, and
of course, he doesn't count"
Again Kate felt sort of pity for
the gentle little oriental. He had
stood so helplessly by while Alice
cried that day in the laundry. He
was so obviously, so woefully fond of
the girl.
Don't you ever feel sorry for
Sing Loy?" Kate asked.
les, Allce was grave, ana II
funny, too, because he doesn't need
my sympathy. He's got plenty of
money for himself. He's lent some
to me often-I've never paid it
back" Their was a trace of regret
in the tone. 81 guess he knows when
he gives it to me that he'll never
see If aU9in He nava,, ocIyu mo for
it."
you have to use it for yourself
and Dorothy to live on?" Kate sug-
gested.
For ourselves?" wonderingIy.
"Oh, no. But"
Alice was confused. She couldn't
find the words to go on.
Kate was puzzled. She felt she
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-02-06
TEN YEARS AGO TO-DAY.
(From the iTmes-Recorder Feb. 6,
1902

(From the iTmes-Recorder Feb. 6,
1909
A st. Louis party in Americas
yesterday consummated the purchase
of the P. L. Holt lands in the north
ern portion of Sumter county, con-
sisting of 500 acres situated between
Americas and Andersonville. The
lands are known to be rich IN bauX-
tie and kaoEn the former mineral
havig been found in large quantities.
John Statham, a colored carpen-
ter. residing here, was killed at 2:3O
O'Clock Yesterday afternoon at the
Spring street crossing of the Central
of Georgia railroad, the body Of the
unfortunate. negro being found liter
ally cut to pieces. He was struck by
passenger train.
Americas is going to have an era
of building this spring and summer
such as has not been witnessed here
in a long while. Judge Hixon is
completing, at a cost of several thou
sand dollars, the entire remodeling
of his residence out on Lee street,
and John Sheffield, A. c. Crockett,
Mrs. Maude Smith, and Crawford
Wheatley begin work soon on hand
some new homes.
One hundred bales cotton, owned
by two prosperous Sumter county
farmers, J. NJ. Duckworth and Jesse
Salter, were sold in a round lot at the
Council warehouse yesterday, this
being the largest sale effected here
in several days.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. C. Davis, Mr.. and
Mrs. c. P. Davis, and Mr.. and Mrs.
W. c. Jones made up and automo-
bile party spending yesterday with
friends in Ellaville.
Miss Nan Caldwell returned yes
terday from a stay of several days
at Ideal.
Mrs. Walter Rylander returned
yesterday from a stay of several days
with her parents, Rev. and Mrs. T.
E. Davenport, in Cuthbert.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-02-06
OLD DAYS IN AMERICUS
TWENTY YEARS AGO TO-DAY.

(From the Times-Recorder Feb. 6,
19O3.)
The grading and curbing of Jack
son street between the Windsor no
tel and the Seaboard railway passen'
ger station will make it one Of the
smoothest and best thoroughfares IN
Americas, where as it is now one OF
the most uneven and unslghtly.
Americas felt yesterday morning
the effect of the blizzard now sweep
ing the West, though but family.
The day was fair and bracing with
Just enough ice to chill the rempera-
ture to a healthful degree
A dozen Americas gunners will
leave here. Sunday AFTERNOON to par
ticipate in the greatest dove slaugh-
ter of the season. A large field on
the A. G. Morgan plantation, IN
Dooly county, is baited for this oc-
ca1ion, and already the bird are
there in countless numbers. Ere
quently upon such occasions as many
as 1000 doves are killed.
Nine cents is the price demanded
by Americas holders of cotton that
is, for the highest grades, and they
are going to get it ere divorce pro-
ceedings between themselves and
their bales is instituted.
Miss Mamie Clarke is at home
again after a delightful visit of a
week to friends in Lumpkin.
At her vocal studio in the Cocker
Hall yesterday morning Nine. Vesta
Xoxvs hartwell, the eminent dra-
matte soprano favored a party of
friends in the rendition of several
musical numbers, and the improptu
concert was very thoroughly appre-
ciated.
Mrs. A. ]. Poole left yesterday for
Albany, where she will spend several
days with relatives.
THIRTY YEARS AGO TO-DAY
Monday morning. No paper pub
Gshed.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-02-06

er futile. We may seem to get
nowhere with our plodding, but
we are invaluable to civilization
because our treadmill helps keep
the big ECONOMICS MACHINE
going. Gid-dap!
Our present generators of pow
er-steam, gasoline and electricity
will seem equally old-fashioned,
later on when men will get their
power by Harvesting the ocean
tides and the wind, and by leieas.
ing the terrific energy locked up
in atoms.
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copyright 1922, NEA Service1

ing dinner and more than once, when
Alice wasn't looking, she studied the
girls face. She wondered what need
Alice had for money if not for her
self and Dorothy. Finally the ques-
ton took shape in her mind, Who
is the third person for whom Alice
is providing
She made no further reference 20
the matter that evening, however.
And she found Alice a delightful
companion. ,..s ......... .....
i wonder why | feel SO sorry for
Sing 10y Alice brought up The
subject after dinner. he has more
than l have and will always be con-
Portable"
"4uo feel sorry for him." said
Kate, because Sing 10y Loves YOU
and you do not return his affection"
Loves me? Sing 10y loves me?"(
wonderingly.
Yes, he does, Alice" Kate
answered, Sing 10y loves you so
much that it is evident in. every
move he makes. And you must be a
pretty nice sort of girl since YOU feel
as you do toward him.
If you were the other sort" Kate
continued, ''the mercenary sort
you'd laugh at him and you'd accent
everything he'd do for you-giving
nothing yourself"
(To be continued.)
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-02-06
IF YOU WANT TO
GET HIS NUMBER

If you want to get a mans real
number, study him when he's
playing, not at work. Ten min
utes on a golf course, for instance,
reveals more about a players real
character than a week in his Of
flee. ~~a
You can also analyze man by
the recreation he instinctively
seeks. Real leaders have taken to
golf because it's game in which
they can actually participate as
players. Unlike baseball, form
OF theatricals in which spectators
Toxic no part except paying the
bills.
recreation is the key to psychol-
ogy OF nations, the same as of in
dlvlduaIs. The Germans accurate
~ mnrored their national traits
by their Turnverein gymnastic and
"IhleIlc mOVements-the members
doing the same thing with a solid
arlty, sternness and machine-like
1unctioning as one united move
ment' This spirit, of subordinat-
ing the individual to the organiza-
ton, was the wartime spirit of
the German army and the home
people back of the lines.
IN countries which have the bull
night as national recreation, the
people naturally have the bull
night spirit-especially hero-wor-
ship and explosive emotions. Did
the bull-fght spirit of the people
create this bloody cruel form Of
contest, or did the contest make
the people sink to it's own IevaIq
Which came frst-egg or chicken?
The Chinese take to chess
domlnoes and gambling, in pref
erence to active physical sports So
naturally the Chinese are specuIa-
tive business people, with philoso-
pnlcaI chess brains, and not incIin-
ed toward physical contests such
as fist fights or war.
America and England have the
AngIo-SaXon team spirit, which as
serts itself in games like cricket,
baseball and football.
Each player constantly tries to
make a star play for himself, Init
his ndividualism does not make
MN forget that the team comes
hrst. So one player is constantly
watching to cover or neutraIize the
errors of his teammates.
Under this team attitude there
Is a genuine sporting spirit such as
you md in no other nations. The
team may be beaten, but there is
no personal humiliation involved
The loser cheers the victor, the vic
tor cheers the loser. They shake
hands and practically forget the
game, getting ready for another
The British fought the Beers.
Then ABOUT Is years later, found
the Beers helping the British fight
The team spirit had drawn them
into the British team.
The French have no team spirit
IN their personalities. For sport
they turn to fencing-two oppon-
ents, one to be victor, one the van
pushed. It's all highly individual
lStic' no cooperation, no getting
together and shaking hands after
the duel.
Probably this explains WHY
France is unable to do team work
even with her closest wartime
ally, England. France goes il
alone"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-02-06
The One-MQn Woman
B Y RUTH AGNES ABELING ASevice

had no right to press the girl for
explanations of her personal life.
She was thoughtful, however, dur
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-02-06

You can't wake up and find
yourself famous unless you wake
up.
The hand that rocks the cradle
is the hand that shoots the hubby.
There are more things to save
money for than things to spend it
for.
We would hate to be a barber
and think everybody needs a
shampoo.
Too many who catch on to
things quickly let go the same way.
A boy seldom swears before his
dad because his dad swears first.
The rest of your days depend
upon the rest of your nights.
Our language tickles US. The
man at the bottom is up tree.
Most Of US have an ambition not
to have to have any children.
When a man turns green with
envy he is soon ripe for trouble.
Making a good job of growing
old should be easy. Look at the
time you have.
Love makes the world go round
foolish.
Where there's still someone
will show you a way
Rumor that girls will show their
ears is four years old this spring.
The old man can't work your
way through the school of expert
ence. a...A :
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-02-06
Marriages
RICE THROWING

We got our custom of throwing
rice at wedding from the Chinese.
The old Romans threw nuts and
sweets. In Scotland it is customary
TO throw small oatmeal cakes. Throw
ing fruit, especially figs, is the CORE
spending ceremony in southern Eu-
rope, while in Greece the breaking
ana scattering of a pomegranate is
the favorite symbol.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-02-06

LOANS made on improved farm lands
at cheapest rates for term of 5, 7 or
~ years with prepayment. option
given. Money secured promptly. We
have now outstanding over $l,1O0,-
10000 on farms in Sumter County
alone, with plenty more to lend.
MIDDLETON MCDONALD
Correspondent Atlanta Trust Com
pany in Sumter, Lee, Terrell, Schley,
ster Counties. 81 Planters. Bank
Macon, Stewart, Randolph and Web
Bldg, Americas, Ga Phone 80 or
211.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-02-06
TOM SIMS SA VS.:

Betty GuIick is only 10. She
writes popular sonks. We think
we have heard many written by
Betty.
Kissing her until you are red
in the face isn't much kissing now.
Don't cuss winter too much. You
will take it all back next summer.
There is a cat in Desmet, S. D.,
over % years old, so seven or
eight of her lives must be gone.
Soup is another popular dish,
according to our clothes cleaner.
Sidewalks are hard on the head.
1t takes a good movie publicity
agent TO make US see stars.
The fellow who never takes a
long shot seldom shoot very far.
A live wire is a much nicer
thing to be than to fool with.
Hunt the brighter side. The
present never lasts.
You don't have to be bald to be
coming out on top.
Longer winter lasts the longer
before we have to cut weeds.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-02-06
A THOUGHT

For now we see through glass,
darkly; but then face 70 Ease new
/ know in part: but then ses~ !
know even as also I saa NGevc.--
! Cor. 1912.
The wise man Is b2s IS clever
infant, spelling letters S-s-s a
hieroglyphical prophet, b>o>, ces
lexicon of which lies II s.s-Gs-s-
Carlyle.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-02-06
Good Manners
PRONOUNCE NAMES

A hurried, indistinct introduction
almost always causes embarrassment.
Names should be pronounced distinct
ly. ~SE9
For the persons introduced, nat
uralness is the right form.
Brevity and clearness in the in
PRODUCTION and a note of sincerity
on the part of those presented to
one another gives by far the best
effect.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-02-06
BOY SCOUTS AND
OUTDOOR LIFE.

If the boys YOU meet Feb. 5
seem to be raising more Of > rum
pus than usually, it'll be in ceLe-
bration of an event very impor-
tant to Young America.
The Boy Scouts movement was
incorporated and officially launch
ed in our country Feb. 8, 1910,
two years after Sir Robert S. S.
Baden-Powell started the organi-
cation in England.
The general purpose of the Boy
Scouts is to train lads in good citi-
zenship, manhood and self-reli-
ance. It's founders, displaying
considerable knowledge of psychol-
ogy assured its success by adopt
ing uniforms for the members.
Man or boy, let him wear uni
form and he'll do almost anything.
Some of our big national move.
ments that fail might be success
full if an attractive uniform went
with membership. Maybe that's the
way to enforce prohibition-offi-
'ically permit abstainers to wear
something like a red coat.
Did it ever occur to you that the
uniform is the first image that
comes to your mind at mention of
Boy Scouts?
Few of US have an accurate idea
of the values the young genera
ton get from the Boy Scouts. A
Scout starts as a tenderfoo5, then
works up, by merit and ability,
to seeond-class Scout, finally to
first-elass.
To be frst-class scout, boy
has to be able to swim so yards.
He must have at least 81 in a saw
ings bank. He must know how
to wig-wag signals by flags. He
has to be able to administer first
aid in case of accidents such as
seveerd arteries and drowning. He
must know how to read maps and
make them, handle an AK, judge
distance and be able to cook for
campers.
The Boy Scout pledges obedi-
ence to parents, kindness to ami
mails, courtesy to all. He has in
stilled into him a high code of hon
or and practical applications of the
Golden Rule and Good Samaritan
ism.
The best thing done by the Boy
Scouts is that it takes its members
back to nature. The closer wn
keep to nature, the better for our
nation. There is always hope fer
a civilization whose boys are prCwl-
ing in the woods, hiking ctoss-
country, studying birds and flow
ers and breathing fresh air.
In our half-mad swarming in
cities, we have given the boy a
raw deal, stripped him of his right
full Fairgrounds, Gagged him up like
an animal and handicapped him
with unhealthful environment.
For all this, the Boy Scouts
movement is in the nature of an
antidote.
This would be whole lot better
country to live in if the grown
ups started a similar organization
develop the same ideals of broth
erhood and get us out into the
open country occasionally, away
from filth, poisonous air, madden
ing racket and nervous tension.
We need an organization of Men
Scouts and Women Scouts.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-02-06
MONOGAMY
By erton Bralev.

BY Is erton BraI ey.
However much man may philander
With women from Maine to Peru,
However unstable and tickle
He seems to the casual view,
You find, in despite of his faseness,
The heart of his masculine breast
Holds dearest one woman,
One fondly loved woman
For whom he would give all the rest!
Yes, whether he's tickle or faithful,
And whether he's craven or brave,
A Galahad, Launcelot or Arthur
A knight or a thief or a knave;
There's one face means more than all others,
One image alone and apart,
There's always one woman,
One dearly loved woman,
Who reigns in his nnermost heart.
She may be queen or a wanton,
p. A creature of ice or of fame
The mate of his home and his fireside,
The light-o'love sharing his shame;
But hers is the name he shall murmur
When into the depths he is hurled,
There's always one woman,
One dearly loved woman,
For whom he would give all the world!
Copyright, 1928, NEA Service)