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Evening star., 1923-09-12

Pop was smoking and thinking and
1 was eatink jelly beens and sharp
lining a pencil with my new Boy
Scout pen nife. more because 1
wunted to use my new Boy Scout pen
nife than because the pencil needed
sharpining. and / sed. G, pop, | got
about 1000 cuts on my fingers.
In other werds an averidge of 100
cuts to a finger. pop sed.
Meening he dident bleeve it, and ]
stopped sharpining the pencil and
jest kepp on eating jelly beens, say
ing, G., I eat lot or jelly beens,
bet / eat about 5 millions 900 thou
sand a yeer.
Ruf1y speaking, that would be
about a hundred thousand day, pop
sed. Meening he dident bleeve that
either, and jest then the fellows
started to wissie for me outside and
I started to hunt all over for my cap
without finding it. looking all the
places / could think of sutch as un-
everything and between diffrent
things, saying Darn 1t. i cant find
that cap, I've looked in Is million
s thousand hunderd places allreddy.
How meny? pop sed. and l sed,
Well, Is. enyways.
Heers q pencil and paper, pop sed.
Wat for? / sed, and pop sed, To sit
yourself. down with and subtrack Is
from 5 million thousand and 4 hum
.derd.
Aw G. pop, gosh. G. the fellows are
waiting for me, / sed.
So am l. pop sed.
So / started to subtrack it, taking
me a long vile on account of the fell
lows taking my mind off of the sub
jeck by keeping on wisseling, and
then found my cap in the bookcase
in back of Huckelberry Finn ware
put il so il would be easy to find,
wich it would of bin if I'd ony Of
remembered.
Evening star., 1923-09-12
NV Neighbor SAYS:

The comfort of a bed depends
on tucking in the under sheets
so securely that it remains
smooth and tight. Making
mitered corners is the best way
to do this.
Next put on the upper sheet,
right side down, and allowing
for a generous turnover at the
head. Tuck it in at the foot,
using mitered corners. Then
put on the blankets so that their
. top edge comes about nine
inches aelow the head of the
bed: turn the upper sheet back
and tuck in all edges. Last of
all. put on the spread, draw il
smooth and straight and ar
range the pillows.
A useful precaution when bak-
ing cakes, particularly where a
gas stove is used, is to place the
tin containing the cake, which
should have been lined, bottom
and sides, with white oiled
paper. inside another tin, with a
layer of sand between the two.
IHiS VIII Keep lHS pollohh liOh
burning.
Wooden tubs will not warp or
crack open if the precaution is
taken to put pail of water into
each directly after use.
When buying handkerchiefs
or other goods. to find out if
they are really linen, moisten
the tip of the finger and press
on them. If the wet penetrates
the handkerchief at once II is
linen, but if cotton il takes
some seconds to wet through
the thread.
Wash saucepans while they
are stiH hot. You will find it
much easier to clean them by
this process.
Evening star., 1923-09-12
The Diary of a Professional Movie Fan
BY GLADYS HALL.

And I wasn't the only one who
recognized. her in the twinkling of an
eye, for when Miss Finch went into
the checking room to check some par
stately DANES came eagerly up to me
and said. Isn't that Flora Finch to
whom you were just Epeaking?' and
when l acknowledged the tribute one
of the women said, That's odd: | was
just talking TO my husband about her
this morning."
Now, that is fame. For, since the
old Vitagraph days, Flora Finch
hasn't been particularly in the public
eye and still she Is not only unfor-
discussed intimately over the morn
ing coffee, and all that.
Just at present, Miss Finch tells
me, as we ate our cinnamon toast
she is rehearsing in a stage play,
and she recently finished some COM
edies with Johnny Hines. What she
would like to do is organize a COM
pany of her own and put on some
comedies in the good old style when
comedy was comedy and not a col
lection of expensive sets and er-
ingenues
"Comedy," Miss Finch said. lis
really the hardest line of work to do.
1t is comparatively easy to look sad,
to weep, to look tragic, One tear
and the sympathy of the audience is
yours. But to bring a house down
in laughter is quite another matter.
especially when IL is quite likely
that you don't exactly feel laughable
yourself at that moment. Comedy is
closer akin to tragedy than any one
realizes"
on the screen and stage Miss Finch
has two ruling passions. The first
of these is her daughter, aged
eighteen, who is not only her daugh-
ter. but her pal. This mother and
daughter talk over everything to-
gether, plan together, play together
and they would like to work together
for Miss Finch would like her daugh-
ter to be on the screen.
Shed be lovely on the screen,
think" her mother said, adding hu-
morously, she's very pretty; you'd
never think she is my daughter"
The second passion is to have every
one love her. In fact, Miss Finch
confided to me that her early success
at Vitagraph was due to just that
desire She used to take walks, she
told me, and keep saying to herself.
II want every one TO love me. | want
every one to love me-" 1t wasn't a
religion or anything of the sort: just
sort of definite mental suggestion
which worked and still works.
think. wouldn't you like to see Flora
Finch in some good old comedies
again? 1 would.
(All rights reserved.)
Evening star., 1923-09-12

packing and travel. In fact, her
clothing looked like the dusty trees
and the faded, much used grass in the
street outside.
TT is too early to buy new fall
clothes yet" she went on. Nothing
but the extreme modes have been seen,
and they may not turn out to be the
thing that is worn at all. The prices
are high now, too, and it is too warm
to wear the heavier materials. hate
everything I have, I've worn it so
long, and l can't buy new things
much before the 1st of October, with
any safety
Well it is a problem-how to
bridge across this trying period be-
tween late summer and early fall.
The safest thing to do, of course. is
to freshen up the things you have.
and give them a new touch here and
there. Hats, for example. Take the
summer hat that had the ribbon trim
ming on 1t, wipe the dust off the silk
or straw with some gasoline or COM
feather around it. This feather will
be good in any coming season, IL
you buy it now; for the advance
styles In feathers will not change.
Freshen up the sport hat with new
banding or put a little wool hand
work on it. Don't try to pretend the
things are new; just make them less
tiresome for you to wear.
As to gowns or suits, do try to
make the old do until you are sure
what is going to be good taste. So
many women get velvet hat in July
(heaven knows whyD and cannot
wear it at all after a month or so.
This is the time of year when tenta-
tive styles are launched, and half
the time they are out of date before
the autumn has well begun. If your
clothes are in such shape that they
cannot be made fresher, or if it isn't
worth 1t, then get a new pleated skirt
of dark, lightweight material, that
you can wear all the fall. and
pretty figured 'jacquette" to go with
II. You can use this all winter, and
it Viii be heavy. enough rcr cool days
during the autumn.
Evening star., 1923-09-12
Knickers.

The girls are wearing knickers to
play about in and because they find
them so comfortable they are begin
too Some folk do not like that.
"The idea of big girls wearing
'knickers in the room where boys arer'
said an old lady with quivering in
dignation in her voice. 81 wouldn't
have it! Not in my classroom"
/ "But I find it's all right in mine,"
laughed her daughter.
Well. all I got to say is that you
ought to teach them more modesty.
It's awful"
"Oh, bother" said her daughter
Those girls are just as dignified and
just as modest as the ones in the
skirts. If anything, more so. because
they're the most intelligent ones"
That's it," stormed the old lady.
Unless you wear knickerS and act
like a harpy you're not Intelligent
l have my opinion of the whole mat
why, wear knickers myself
times" said the younger woman.
"They are much safer than skirts in
the playground.
sI'm not talking about the play
ground. That's bad enough. I'm talk
ing about wearing them before boys!"
"Boys wear them themselves and
they know that a girl has legs, and
/ don't see any reason why girl
who has to stand on her own legs
has to feel ashamed of them--pro-
vided, of course, they're straight
legs" she added mischievously.
But the old lady would not be
cajoled.
OF course, we don't agree with her.
The girl needs the greatest bodily
freedom if she is to grow into a
Istrong, healthy, beautiful woman: She
must be freed of the yards of dry
goods that used to swathe her from
head to heel How the race ever sur
yived it all is a mystery!
1t is certainly not intelligent to go
into the garden to weed and water
and gather up, wearing skirts that
iare going to become drabbled and
swish them about ones legs. Wet and
drabbled garments of that sort will
,,,,- tha ga rdening short, and the girl
loses the benefit of the air and exer-
Csc alu the inspiration that a garden
always brings.
You can't run or jump or climb or
swim wearing skirts. Yet every
growing girl needs 10 do every one
of those things. TRYING to ride a
horse with q yard and half of broad
cloth fiapping in the breeze is not
Evening star., 1923-09-12
BIZ r.. A. EMMoNS.

There are seven species of spruces
(Picea) in North America; eighteen
known species in the world, distrib-
u.ed over the northern hemisphere
and including some of the most useful
and most ornamental conifers. The
Norway spruce is the commonest
spruce in cultivation. 1t grows to
large size in this country, in fact, ex-
.ceeding our own spruces in vigor and
adaptability. 1t is a native of north
ern Europe and in Norway is con-
spicuous feature of the landscape.
Harriet Keeler says that "the Nor
way spruce is the great tree of the
Alps 1t there reaches the height of
$50 feet, forms extensive forests, en-
dures severe cold and reaches the ele-
vation of $500 feet above the sea. Its
wood is the white deal of Europe; its
resin, Burgundy pitch"
To recognize the Norway spruce we
look for a tree with. a broad, conical
shape, with branches horizontal or
sweeping downward with graceful
Evening star., 1923-09-12

The next day after Mr.. Cut-out
promised Billy a new foot ball suit
if he would keep his face clean
without being reminded, Billy came
downstairs in his tan knickers and
a blue shirt with an orange tie, He
carried his little orange and black
skull cap The colors in it were his
school coloTs.
All through breakfast Mr.. Cut-out
looked at Billy and didn't say any
thing, and Mrs. Cut-out looked at
Billy and didn't say anything, and
Betty opened her mouth as if to re-
mind him of something, and then she
changed her mind and didn't.
Billy and Betty were two blocks
from home and Betty was feeling
sorry for Billy because he wouldn't
get his foot ball suit, when he sud-
denly cried: II forgot something"
and ran back home as hard as he
could go. The bell was ringing when
Billy reached the schoolyard, but he
got there in time, and you never saw
a brighter, cleaner face than his!
Copyright 1921
Evening star., 1923-09-12
BEDTIME STORIES RE y. 'ss;s;:: ss;:::.

couldn't he have been satisfied to have
kept out of sight? Oh-o-o!' This was
little shrek, for Redtail had all
but caught Happy Jack.
Mrs. Happy Jack waited no longer.
She scrambled out of her home and
up toward where Happy Jack was
lodging about to keep out of those
dreadful claws of Redtail the Hawk
and Mrs Redtail. IF there are two
of US" thought she. those terrible
Hawks are not likely to try for just
one They will be greedy and want
both of US. Perhaps one will try to
catch me, and the other will try to
catch Happy Jack. If we each have
only one TO dodge we can do it until
there is a chance to get away"
So Mrs. Happy Jack bravely ran
out in plain sight of Mrs. Redtail. Mrs.
Redtau had just swooped and missed
Happy Jack. She made a quick turn
and swooped at Mrs. Happy Jack.
Meanwhile, Happy Jack had success
fully lodged Redtail.
Here's another screamed Mrs:
Redtail, as she made that first swoop
at Mrs. Happy Jack. You catch one
and I'll catch the other!'
This was just what Mrs. Happy
Jack wanted. She took dreadful
after her. This made it easier for
Happy Jack. All the time both of
them were watching for a chance to
get over into another. tree. They
didn't want to run back into their
home for fear that those big hawks
might tear it to pieces. You know it
was their summer home made of
sticks and leaves.
Now. Redtail and Mrs. Redtai1 had
hunted Squirrels before. They knew
that the thing to do was to keep them
in that tree, and so they didn't give
them a chance to run out along one
of the branches and leap into the next
tree.
I'm afraid I can't hold out much
longer" painted Happy Jack.
You must" painted Mrs. Happy
Jack.
Then once more both lodged their
enemies.
Copyright, 1923, by T. W. Burgess)
Evening star., 1923-09-12

so busy playing a game of hide-a and
seek with Redtail that he had had no
eyes for anything else. So had it not
been for Mrs. Happy Jacks warming
he would have been caught by Mrs.
Redtail.
Now, Mrs. Happy Jack was safe
right where she was. All she had to
40 was to stay there. She knew it.
She hadn't liked it when Happy Jack
had foolishly gone out to dare Red
tail the Hawk, but she hadn't worried
much She had felt that it was a
foolish thing to do, but she felt that
Happy Jack was quite able to look
out for himself.
Now, it was very different matter.
Happy Jack had two Hawks to dodge
instead of only one. There was al
ways a chance that in lodging one he
would run right into the claws of the
other She saw that he was growing
tired She saw that he no longer
moved as quickly as at first.
I "Fve got TO help HIM" said Mrs
Happy Jack to herself = don't know
what ! can do. but I've got To do
something. oh, dear. Oh, dear. Why
Evening star., 1923-09-12

curve, with pendulous branchlets. and
with cones larger than those of any
other spruce. These cones are four
to seven inches long and hang
pendent from the tips of the branches
in the upper part of the tree. They
add considerably to the beauty of the
tree.
1t may be expected to grow TO a
height of forty to fifty feet or even
TO 100 feet with a trunk diameter of
two feet. The bark Is ruddy brown,
with rough. thick scales. The leaves
are dark olive green, four-sided, five
eighths to one inch long and sharp
pointed.
1t is an excellent ornamental tree.
growing rapidly, being free from at
tack by insects and fungous diseases
and producing a tree Nof beauty and
desirability. With isolated trees, the
foliage is retained on the lower limbs,
these lower limbs sweeping the
ground.
There are very fine Norway spruces
in the Zoo Park. There are numbers
in Soldiers Home. The tree illus
trated is in Soldiers Home, about 300
yards north of the Park road en-
trance.
Evening star., 1923-09-12
Do You Remember?

You will simply never guess whom
1 had tea with the other afternoon.
If ] gave you thirty guesses I'll bet
you'd funk them all.
Flora Finch.
Now don't tell me YOU have for
gotten Flora, because once to have
seen her is always to remember her
the inimitible and never duplicated
Flora, who gave us our first side
splitting screen laughs when she
played opposite to John Bunny in the
good old days bygone.
/ awaited Flora in the dressing
room of the hotel. wondering whether
I would be sure to recognize her, be-
Evening star., 1923-09-12
Pear Meringue.

Halve some stewed pears and place
them in a pie dish with very little
water and sugar to taste. Add a lit
tie grated cinnamon and few cloves
Whip Well three or rour whites Of
eggs with a little sugar and lemon
juice. and cover the Gears with them
Place in a slow oven. just to color
the top. and serve cold. Custard may
be added to the pears before the
whites OF eggs if liked.
Evening star., 1923-09-12

No better school costume could be
selected than a MILDLY and little
pleated skirt like the one shown in
this illustration. OF white duck or
madras, it would be good-looking,
and for colder days to come sensi-
BILE selection would be serge. The
pattern cuts in sizes s, 10, IL and IA
years The S-year size requires 2ss
yards 36-inch material, with * yard
1S-fnch contrasting.
Price of pattern. Is cents. in post
age stamps only. Orders should he
Addressed 10 The Washington Star
Pattern bureau, 80 East 18th street.
New York city. Please write name
and address clearly.
Evening star., 1923-09-12
Your Home and
You
BY HELEN KENDALL.
End-o'.the.Summer Clothing.
Paying His Way.

Everything I have looks to be-
draggled and faded and dusty to be
endured" moaned the young matron
eying her summer warrobe with a
despairing shake of the head. All
the freshness had departed from the
spring suit, the pleated sport skirt,
the dainty frocks. Her hats had lost
their crispriess and We're dented by
Evening star., 1923-09-12
Sultana Raisin Soones

Rub one ounce of butter into half
a pound of -four mixed with half q
teaspoonful of cream of tartar and
a pinch of soda. Add one ounce of
sugar two ounces of sultana raisfns
and enough milk to make into a
stiff dough Roll out on a fioured
board shape into three-cornered
scones, and bake for fifteen minutes.
Evening star., 1923-09-12

how the kerchief began it's career.
Large bandanna or batik handker-
chiefs are folded through opposite
corners, twisted and then tied around
the brow with ends knotted over the
ear.
There are some large, very gayly
printed handkerchiefs sold now to
add a touch of color to a navy blue
or dark gray tailored suit. Only one
end is put in the pocket-just
enough to hold it-and the rest
fiutters in the breeze or hangs nom
chaIantlX down. Needless to say.
these handkerchiefs are for orna-
ment only.
Copyright 1921
Evening star., 1923-09-12

1t was Mrs Happy Jack Squirrel
who had barked warning just in
time to save Happy Jack from the
great claws of Mrs Redtail the
Hawk. Peeping out of the entrance
TO their home in the big beech tree
she had seen Mrs. Redtai1 just in the
nick of time. Happy Jack had been
Evening star., 1923-09-12

only dangerous, but, what is worse in
the eyes of the girl, ridiculous.
The girls are going to do things
that keep them in the open and send
them to bed early, and knickers are
going to be their workaday and play
aday uniform. Let them alone.
Copyright, 1921
Evening star., 1923-09-12
SUGAR COOKIES.

SUGAR COOKIES.
Cream one-half cup of lard,
one-half cup of butter. one cup
Of granulated sugar and one cup
of light brown sugar. Add one
cup of rich sour cream, two un-
beaten eggs, four cups of -four
mixed and sifted with one tea
spoonful of soGa and one-half
teaspoonful of baking powder.
Stir just enough to make stiff
dough, toss on to lightly
fiuoured moIding board and
knead another cup of flour into
it. Flavor with little nut
meg, roll out, cut into cookies
and bake.
BAKED TOMATOES STUFFED
WITH CORN.
Score green corn lengthwise
and scrape from the cob enough
to make one cup, add half the
quantity of dry bread crumbs.
two tablespoonfuls of melted
butter, two tablespoonfuls Of
cream, one teaspoonful of
sugar. one-half teaspoonful of
salt and a dash of cayenne. Sc
Iect tomatoes of uniform shape
and size. cut a slice from the
stem end of each, scoop out the
seeds, fill with the mixture and
bake.
Evening star., 1923-09-12
The Bravery of Mrs. Happy
Jack.

The bravest is one who will some
way or other,
ForgetfuI Of self. risk his life for
another
old Mother Nature.
Evening star., 1923-09-12

cause, to tell the truth. it never oc-
Cured to me that she would look off
the screen as she SO amazingly looks
on. In fact. | came very near to
accosting three or four stately danes
standing about but couldn't bring
myself to saying to them: Pardon,
Madam, but are YOU Flora Finch =
People are so odd. You never know
how they are going to take a thing.
Fortunately for me / restrained my
self. for presently along came Flora,
and there was no GouDt about it,
Flora is Flora, off and on.
Evening star., 1923-09-12
10 BUILD UP 61th the flesh and

WIN AAC hCSA anu
strength of pale, puny,
serOfulous children, for
young or old people,
get DIR. Pferce's Golden
Medical Discovery
one OF the best things
for a wasted body and
n weakened system.
1T puri1ies the blood,
enriches IT nnd makes
effective every ma tural
means of cleansing.
repairing and nOuFish-
ing the system. In
recovering from grip,
feVers, pneumonia or
other debilfSafing dis
Evening star., 1923-09-12

eases 1t Is an appetizing, restorative
tonic to bring back health and vIEor.
Benefits nervous and general debili-
ty. Sold in Tablet or Liquid form.
Evening star., 1923-09-12
Menu for a Day.

Menu for a Day.
BREAKFAST.
Baked Apples.
Dry Cereal with Top Milk.
Scrambled Eggs.
Mullins. Coffee.
LUNCHEON.
MaCaroni ond Cheese.
Whole Wheat Bread.
Stewed Apricots.
Sugar Cookies. Cocoa.
DINNER.
Barley Soup.
Broiled Lamb Chops.
Mashed Potatoes.
Baked Tomatoes
(stuffed with corn).
Sliced Peaches with Cream.
Coffee.
Evening star., 1923-09-12
MUFFINS.

MUFFINS.
One-third cup Of sugar. one
egg, one-half cup of milk, one
and one-half cups of -four. two
and one-half teaspoonfuls of
baking powder. Beat all well
and lastly add one-fourth cup
of hot melted suet fat and beat
quickly, Put in buttered muf-
fin pans and bake in a smart
oven.
Evening star., 1923-09-12
COLONIAL HOTEL.
"NORTH HILL"
HILL TOP HOUSE
MOVING, PACKING & STORAGE.

METROPOLITAN WAREHOUSE Co,
STORAGE, PACKING AND SHIPPING.
Phone Potomac $50. 30 Florida Ave. NE.
The Colorado statesman., 1923-09-01
TRIBUTE TO DOGS OF WAR
Official British Report Tells of Good
Work Done by the Animals at
the Front.

An official report has now been Is
sued on the exploits of the British
war dogs Mt the front. Hitherto moth
ing has been known about them eX-
cept the occasional appearance in the
war films of some shaggy dog rushing
desperately across u piece of she'll
SCARED country.
The corps of messenger dogs was
the creation of Col. Richardson, the
widely-known advocate of the use OF
dogs in war and police work. The
dogs were trained at war office
school of instruction. Men with u
knowledge of dogs, such as game
keepers, shepherds and hunt servants,
were selected as instructors. The first
dog recruits came from various homes
for lost dogs, and many soldier owes
his life to stray dog saved from the
lethal chamber by the war. Unclaimed
dogs were sent to the camp by the
police and many people sent their pets
as war volunteers.
The best breeds for the purpose
proved to be collies, sheep dogs, lurch-
ers, Welsh and Irish terriers, Aire-
dales and mixtures of these varieties.
The dogs were splendid. They would
make their way through tremendous
barrage where no human being could
CO. and would take vitally-needed
message back in ten minutes over
ground which would take runner
hours to cross. They were wounded
sometimes, but went on just the same.
During the great German push in
March a Highland sheep dog ran about
two and a half miles In ten minutes
with an appeal for reinforcements, and
by so doing prevented a very serious
disaster. Part of our line was iso-
lated by the barrage, and, thanks to
the dog, division of French colon
ials came up in time and saved the
situation.
Dogs did good service in following
I'D the assaulting troops and taking
back essential information about the
condition of the line and the rein.
forcements needed.
Out in the Balkans dogs were used
as sentries, and one of them barked
the news of the approach of Bulgar
scout when he was hundreds of yards
away.
The Colorado statesman., 1923-09-01
Law omceTs Perquisiye.

kissing the policeman instead OF
the Bible, Mrs. Amelia Thompson, who
was called as witness for the de-
Tense in an assault case, at London,
Eng. by her evidence got the accused
acquitted In the witness-box she
took the Bible in her right hand
kiss it," said Sergt. Mason. Must
II" inquired the lady. by all means,
responded the sergeant. "Well then.
here goes; If it must be done, it must
be, but it's a curious thing this law,
as much kissing and hugging as if
one was christening baby" and she
put her arms around the sergeant's
neck, and gave him such violent kiss
that it resounded throughout the
court. The magistrate called her a
"stupid little thing" for misunder
standing what she was to do.