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Evening star., 1923-08-13

all her needles Now she does that
herself. and you cannot know how
bad 1t makes me feel. I hate to see
them grow up and be independent of
me! Don't you?"
"Oh. indeed 1 do" sighed the other
rocking dolefully. There's Caroline
You know how much I have enjoyed
making her clothes. Ever since she
was a baby l have made everything by
hand. and her clothes, If l do say It
good taste and eevrything.
We'll. the other day she said
Mother, I think 1 could buy my
school dresses quite as we'll as hav-
ing you sew them. I'd just as soon
have them. Besides, 1 can make some
of the simpler things myself
Right there 1 knew my baby was
leaving me. but 1 held on as long as
1 could. 1 said that thought I'd
make them as usual, but 1 could see
She wanted to do her own shopping
and planning and everything. and
would be left out Of 1t. Isn't 1t too
bad they grow up?"
The mothers haven't all the swad-
ding clothes on their conscience
though. Fathers have their own
share. Ben wants me to make him
an allowance and let him buy his own
clothes and pay his own expenses out
of 1t; talks Of getting job for his
spare time. OF course, l won't hear
of it! A boy ought to feel dependent
on his father. What's the family
coming to IL the children are to be
independent? 1 put my foot right
down and said, No, sir. When you
want money you come to me for II
and you'll get it. I can keep track
of you that way"
Every time that the teacher, parent
or guardian does the thinking for the
child, every time he does the work fol
the child, every time he refuses to allow
the youngster q chance to do for him.
self in any way, he has frightened the
wrappings about the mind Of the
child and hindered his growth just
that much.
Talking never taught a child any
thing. Nothing worth while has ever
been learned through anotheris ex-
perience. To be at all valuable the
acquisition has to be made person
ally, whether by thought or action
Better snip off q little Of the swad-
ding as soon as you get the chance
You'd hate to have a thirty-year-ol
baby on your hands You've seer
them? Their parents kept them in
mental swaddling clothes in all like
lihood.
Copyright, 1921
Evening star., 1923-08-13
, For the Boy Who Wants to Grow Up
BY ANNE RITTENHoUsE.

You may satisfy your little girls
longing to be grown up by having
her frocks made much like your own.
T. is not that we dress our little
gfls like adults-but we ourselves
have adopted a mode that is childlike
in it's comfort and simplicity.
But your little boys can have no
such comforting. They must endure
the long, tiresome ordeal of being
little without the consolation of
wearing clothes like those of their
fathers. For mems fashions have
If mems clothes had gone through
the same sort of metamorphosis
that women's have within the last
ten years. men would be going to
with smocks or shirts. short
sleeved, and sans the masculine
badge of modern civilization known
as a collar and tie.
To be sure, on occasions men don
knickers and sport shirts and forego
neck, but these are play clothes.
And therein lies some means of
comforting the little boy who would
be mantle four-year-old who
would be forty.
The shirt worn by polo players
has given inspiration for a suit that
has become very much liked as a
little boys play suit by many
mothers OF good taste. Nothing is
generally more inappropriate for a
little boy than a necktie, so this
little suit has none, but by way of
consolation for this shortcoming
there is belt with steel buckle.
Usually these suits are made in tan
linen or white, but might be well
reproduced in navy blue.
oSome mothers like nothing better
than sailor suits. and for the be-
tween-age little boy these are also a
good choice. They are worn in
khaki and in linen, both natural tan.
and in brown, blue or green. Sailor
suits and MILDLY suits in white linen
or some heavy cotton fabric are worn
by the four-year-old and the five
year-old at parties. And another
style that is still good for the small
boy who would be big Is the little
Jacket or waist, buttoned in the mid
die front or double breasted, with
knee trousers buttoning over 1.-THE
waist in white, the trousers and the
cuffs and round collar in color. This
type of suit-call 1t Peter Pan or
what you will-may be made quite
simply enough to satisfy the most
Evening star., 1923-08-13

simply a creature of moods. Always
has been. Way up some days. way
down the others. When the inspira-
tion seiZes her she writes the most
wonderful things. And other days
she can't think of a word. But. Of
course. you understand. All writers
are that way, aren't they?"
The world is SO full of budding
writer's and writers that want to bud
that I'm going to pass on the answer
gave to Rosalind's mamma. She
didn't like the answer. Perhaps you
won't. But it's true.
"All writer's aren't that way" If
the average successful writer of to-
day waited for his moods to bring
him inspiration, he'd starye. Litera-
ture has ceased to work by seizures,
like fits. 1t has become a regular
job at which you work as you would
at any other job. You work when
you feel like it. And you work when
you don't feel like it. Mostly the
latter After all. this is the only
sensible way in which to produce the
written art. Literature should be
largely a product of the intellect. not
of the emotions. 1t is colored by
ones feeling but not at the mercy of
them.
The public has lost it's taste for
hysteria. The day of the sob story is
Evening star., 1923-08-13
BY II. A. EMMONS.

Here is a unique tree and mag
nificent tree. Along the banks of the
Mississippi and Ohio rivers it reaches
a height of 10 feet. with a trunk
diameter of u feet. and with massive
spreading limbs forming a head some
times 100 feet in diameter. 1t is a
rapid grower and the largest hard
wood tree in North America. In this
part of its range it may reach a
height Of so to 50 feet. 1t is found
from Maine to Minnesota south to
Florida and Texas.
The dull brown bark of the tree
peels off in large thin layers. leaving
well defined patches of bufflsh white.
This is the most characteristic fea-
ture of the sycamore. Another char
acteristic feature is the fruit which
ripens in autumn in spherical balls
/ to 112 inches in diameter, giving
the tree one of its common names.
buttonwOod They persist on the
branches through the winter. The
leaves are large. to . inches wide,
with an angular, tive-pointed outline,
Evening star., 1923-08-13
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Pop was shaving his face before
brekfst this morning and 1 was
wawking up and down the hall sing
ing. Yes we have no bannanaas, we
have no bannannas today. and pop
called out. Will you kindly quit
that? 1 discharged an office boy yes
tidday because he wouldn't stop sing
ing that. and 1 don't intend to stand
1t erround the house. he sed.
Wy don't you like that song? I sed.
l like 1t so mutch I'm crazy over it,
pop sed. And he went in his room
and kepp on getting dressed, saying
to ma. How about eileen collier
Yes we have no eileen golfers today,
ma sed.
Yee gods. have you got it, too? pop
sed. and ma sed. Yes, that song is
making everybody say everything
backwards. izzent 1t rediculuss?
Ill say 1t is. yee gods, pop sed
And he started to go down stairs
to brekfst and my sister Gladdis was
playing Yes we have no bannanaas
today on the fonograff. pop sticking
his he'd in and saying, For Peets sake
choke that off, its driving me nutty.
WY, 1 think it's reel cute, Gladdis
sed. And we started to eat brekfist
and our cook Nora brawt pops cav
fee in and pop sed. l bleeve III eat an
egg this morning. Nora. Have we
eny? he sed.
Yes we have no eggs today, Nora
sed
This is too mulch, Ill eat brekfist
down town. pop sed. And he jumped
up and got his hat and slammed the
front door fearse slam after him.
Evening star., 1923-08-13
BEDTIME STORIES Vy R rss,s'ss ss,sss

World. but inside they laughed at
her. You see they had been too safe.
1t would have been a good thing TO
frighten them while their mother,
Polly Chuck, was about to show them
what to do. In this way they would
really have learned.
So as the runaway Chuck scam
pered up the Long Lane no thought
of danger entered his head. He was
getting tired You know he was only
half grown. and he had run so fast
and SO far that he was growing tired.
He decided TO turn into the bush es
on one side and find a place to hide
and rest Il while
1t was a lucky thing for that
young Chuch that he decided to do
this just when he did Had he waited
half minute longer, this story
would have had quite a different
ending. He saw a little opening and
turned into it, Just as he did So
there was a terrible sound. 1t was
the wind whistling through the stiff
wing feathers Of Redtail the Hawk
as he checked himself so as not to
strike the ground. You see he had
swooped down from high up in the
sky just a second too late.
The young Chuck caught a glimpse
of fierce eyes, terrible claws, an
awful hooked bill, and great wings
just as he ran under a thick bush
He hadn't dreamed that there could
be such a terrible sight. He dropped
down fiat right where he was, and
it was lucky thing for him that he
was under a thick bush. There was
a scream of anger and disappoint-
ment. and this added to his fright,
If that were possible. He had re-
ceived his first great lesson-the les
son of fear.
Copyright, 1923, by T. W. Burgess)
Evening star., 1923-08-13

and a few very coarse teeth. They
are lighter below than above and the
under surface is covered with cot
tony down, especially along the
larger veins.
1t is an excellent shade tree. The
wood is hard and fairly strong and
is used for furniture and the inside
woodwork of houses. for tobacco
boxes and butchers blocks.
A European species, the oriental
plane tree, platanus orientals, is
now being planted extensively in this
country 1t is shapelier tree than
ours, with larger leaves and with
two to four seed balls on one stem
instead Of one, as has ours There
are numbers of this European syca-
more in Washington, notably around
the Peace Monument and along Penn
sylvania avenue from LIST to 18th streets.
Our native sycamore may be found
throughout the District. but the finest
specimens are growing along the
banks OF the Potomac and Rock
creek. The tree is shown in the
Soldiers Home grounds about 200
yards southeast of the lower pond.
Evening star., 1923-08-13
The Diary of Professional Movie Fan
BY GLADYS HALL,

satisfied with their own lots as a
consequence, but even go so far as
to attempt to emulate these starry
ladies' in their manner of dress and
In their manner of action. I can
scarcely belive this to be the truth
is it?
They also tell me that these same
young girls go to a film, say, with
Valentino or Ramon Navarro or Dick
Barthelmess as the 'ero. and SO i'm
pressed and heart -smitten are they by
the love antics of these stars that
when they return home-to their vari-
Gus homes I should say--they turn
out the light in the old parlor, refuse
store. and otherwise exhibit their dis
datn Of their more humble swains.
1t makes them unhappy because John
or Jack or Peter. as the case may be.
has not the flair" of Valentino, the
poesy of Barthelmess, or the young
romancing of Navarro.
OF course, all of this seems very
one-sided to me, for the films / have
seen in the course of my young life,
which same course has been rather
full than otherwise, have had to do
quite as much with poverty and suf-
fering and deprivation as with affiu-
ence and ardors and romance. Many
Mary Pickford film has run it's length
film Of old has had to do with
hardy hungers and down-to- the bone
deeds. l have seen Thomas Meighan
| and Leatrice Joy and Charlie Ray and
Barthelmess shorn of loves and laces
| and luck. battling, suffering. and some
times not even conquering in the final
fade-out. Thus and so II seems to me
that the films are pretty accurately life
as 1t is apportioned to this race called
human. For there is an admixture-
whether fair or the reverse. I have
not here time to discuss-of luck and
Ill luck, of poverty and riches, of
loves lost and found, OF romance and
reality.
If you come away from a Valentino
film ready to return the hard-bought
solitaire to your particular John Jones,
go to the next run of films, behold
either Earnest Terrence or Ben Tur-
pin. and ask for your ring back, upon
your bended knees.
(All Rights Reserved)
Evening star., 1923-08-13

nearly over. The demand now is for
sensible. sympathetic, constructive
thinking; thinking which fits into
the daily life of the man of the street.
And the only way In which to write
that sort of literature is TO live that
sort of a life. Arise when other
workers arise Work when and as
other workers work. Guarantee to
perform a regular stunt every day,
and then perform it. This is the
program Of the modern writer.
And I'll wager that this advice will
be just about as popular with most
embryonic geniuses as nice large
dose of castor oil.
Evening star., 1923-08-13
My Neighbor Says:

Should the knob come off the
lid of pan or kettle. screw
should be slipped through the
hole with tho head to the
inside Of the lid. and a cork
screwed on the. protruding end.
This will make a knob that will
not get hot and that can be re-
moved when 1T becomes soiled.
If a lamp wick Is too wide
for the burner draw a few
threads out of the middle Of
the wick. Do not trim the
Sides and cause 1t to ravel.
When bread is stale 1T should
be dampened all over with milk.
put into a hot oven for about
20 minutes and you will have
a nice new loaf. 1t Is better
done the day before it is
needed
The unpleasant smell which
arises from the boiling of cab
bages may be entirely prevent
ed by placing n slice of bread
over them while cooking.
Evening star., 1923-08-13
Swaddling Clothes.

Many years ago the babies were
freed from swaddling clothes. Until
then they had to find the use of their
limbs in spite of their careful guard
ians, and the odds were heavily
against the baby. Still, he generally
won out.
But the mental swaddTing clothes
haven't been shaken off yet. They,
being more or less invisible to those
most concerned, the child and the
mother, stay on and on until the
child is mentally crippled for life.
That sounds hard, but 1t isn't as hard
as 1t actually works out on the chill
dren. There isn't any expression for
cramped souls.
Dear me-" sighed a kindly, self
sacrificing and sentimental mother,
Polly is growing up and away from
me. She used to come to me to thread
Evening star., 1923-08-13
How Do Pictures Influence You?

There has been a great deal of talk
lately as to the influence the movies
are having upon the people-the peo-
pie of America. There are some
optimistic theorists and some pessi-
mistic ones. To which class do you
belong?
In other words. some folks say that
the movies have a baleful influence
Evening star., 1923-08-13
OmeIet With Shrimps.

Carefully crack eight fresh eggs in
a bowl. add half a gill of cream, half
a teaspoonful of salt and three salt
spoonuls of pepper. Beat for two
minutes. Cut twelve cooked shrimps
into quarter-inch pieces. place in a
frying pan with one tablespoonful of
melted butter, and fry for three min
utes Drop in the eggs, mix with a
fork for two minutes, let rest for
half a minute. fold up in omelet
shape, let rest for a minute. then turn
onto a hot dish, pour a cream sauce
around. and serve.
Evening star., 1923-08-13
Cool and Becoming Frock.

When occasion demands something
dressy, and youth demands something
equally cool and comfortable, this lit
tie, easily made frock is suggested to
the mother who is on the lookout
for a pretty frock for little daughter
that she can make in an hour or so.
If you should doubt it's extremely
simple construction, glance at the
diagram will convince you that the
task of making is extremely simple.
The pattern, No. 1914, cuts in sizes
eight, ten, twelve and fourteen years.
The eight-year size requires rs
Evening star., 1923-08-13
Cantaloupe Surprise.

Cut three small or medium sized
ice-cold cantaloupes in halves length
wise. pick out the seeds and spongy
parts. then scoop out the meat, cut
1t into very small pieces and place in
a bowl with an ounce of sugar. Mix
we'll, then replace in the six half
melon shells. Evenly divide one pint
of vanilla Ice cream over them.
Smooth to domelike shapes, pour
sirup and sprinkle a little finely
shredded cocoanut over each. and
Evening star., 1923-08-13
Rivals,

From the New Haven Register.
First Child-My papa is a numisma-
tist. You should see his collection Of
coins.
Second child-That's nothing; my
mamma is kleptomaniac. She has
such a beautiful collection that they
wanted it at the police station.
Evening star., 1923-08-13
Ore Mother Says.

One MONEY Odp.
In an emergency it is a comfort to
know that my daughter understands
the rudiments Of home nursing. For
instance, she has been taught to wiring
a cloth out Of hot, water. She takes a
piece of wooden cloth and folds 1t into
q long roll. She holds one end Of the
roll in each hand and dips the middle
well into the pail or bowl of hot water
Then she lifts 1t up. twisting the dry
ends all the while, wraps 1t, in a bath
towel and takes it at once to the patient.
Any child can, be taught to- do this
Copyright. 1e2a.l
Evening star., 1923-08-13
The Young Chuck's First
Lesson.
BY THORNTON w. BURGESS.
! want TO make this very clear
He little knows who knows not fear.
Old Mother Nature.

Little folks who are running away
generally think of but one thing,
and that one thing is getting away.
1t was just that way with the dis
obedient young Chuck scampering up
the Long Lane toward Farmer
Browns. The only thing he could
think of was getting as far as he
could before his mother, Polly Chuck,
should discover that he had run
away. So as he ran he didn't give
danger thought. The only use he
made of his eyes was to see where
he was going, and now and then look
Evening star., 1923-08-13
Listen, ,WorId!2 ~
By G5ne Robinson W n
By Coc Rohy,,so1

Rosalind's going to be a writer.
Her mother has been telling me about
It.
"Why, ever since she was born
we've known she wasn't like other
girls" rhapsodizes mamma.
How, different?" queries l unfeel-
ingly.
ooh. moods, you know!" mamma
sighs, just as if she were speaking
of some sort of divine measles. She's
Evening star., 1923-08-13


SKY HURT US?"
back to see If his mother was coming
after him.
Had his father or mother been in
his place they would have seen Red
tail the Hawk high up in the blue.
blue sky. They would have seen him
because they would have been watch
ing for him. But the young runaway
didn't once look up in the sky. 1t is
doubtful that had he seen Redtail he
would have had sense enough to hide.
More than once he had seen Redtail
when his mother had sent him, to-
gether with his brothers and sisters,
down into their home to be safe.
But always Redtaif had been so high
up in the blue, blue sky that he had
looked very small and nothing to be
afraid of at all.
The young Chucks had talked about
it more than once. Mother is silly"
this particular young Chuck had
said. "She is afraid of nothing. How
could that fellow way up there in
the blue, blue sky hurt us? I don't
believe in being afraid until 1 see
something to be really afraid of.
Such a fraidy as mother is"
His brothers and sisters had been
inclined to agree with him. They
listened to all that their mother told
them about the dangers of the Great
Evening star., 1923-08-13

Prices realised ON Swift Il Company
sales Of curcass beef in Washington, d. c.,
for week ending Saturday, August IL, 1923.
on shipments sold out, ranged from 1000 cents
to 1890 cents per pound and averaged 1880
cents per pound. nd.-Advertisement,
Evening star., 1923-08-13

upon the lives of many thousands of
people scattered throughout the small
towns of the states. They claim that
the poor working girls in small towns
go to the movies. see Gloria Swanson
and Norma Talmadge and Leatrice
JOY all dressed up and with all sorts
of places to 60. and are not only dis
Evening star., 1923-08-13

Martha, you're out of luck because
you don't know how to sew" teased
Sandy as the Cut-outs and their friends
were putting the clothes on the dogs
at the dog show.
king hasn't a suit Of clothes, but
he's going to live up TO his name when
you see what have made for him to
surprise YOU" Martha replied. Then
she opened a hat sack she had been
carrying. She lifted out glittering
crown set with red and blue paper
Jewels.
MY dog is going to be the king Of
the dog show" she exclaimed. putting
the crown on her brown collie's head.
King shook 1t off into the dust, and the
boys laughed.
The guests were arriving. so Martha
took a piece Of elastic and fastened 1t
on the crown and under Kings chin
Then no matter how much King shook
his head, he could not help being the
king Of the dog show.
Copyright, 1921
Evening star., 1923-08-13

yards of 36-inch material, 2Ts yards
of lace edging and lfs yards Of lace
insertion for the skirt.
Price of pattern is cents, in post
age stamps only. Orders should he
addressed to The Washington Star
Pattern bureau, 22 East 18th street.
New York city. Please write name
and address clearly.
Evening star., 1923-08-13

A white felt sports hat with brim
Of lovely curves is trimmed in short
pleated ruffies Of various shades of
blue, each two ruffles being a shade
darker than the last. These ruffies
surround the crown and start in a
light violet blue and get deeper and
deeper till at the end they are indigo.
The end. by the way. is not in sight.
for 1t nearly reaches the waistline!
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-12-21
FIRST ESSENTIAL
Is Changed Viewpoint, Sea-
mems Journal Says

San Francisco.-"There is small
chance of making progress in society
until the people who compose society
have changed their minds" says the
Seamen's Journal, in discussing the
recent defeat of the proposed 48-hour
law for women and children in Maine
"Organized labor and other forces
put up strong fight for the law, but
their educational campaign had not
been of long enough duration to show
the people the real benefits of the pro-
posal.
"Only when people have been edu-
Gated to see clearly the benefits of a
change will they consent to progrss.
Names action demonstrates that
progress is slow. But that should not
discourage real progressives. They
have only to redouble their efforts and
work with patience, intelligence and
sound methods, and they will bring
about changes based on a solid foun-
dation-a conviction on the part of So
ciety that proposed changes are neces-
sary for the advancement of society"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-12-21
JUDGES EXTEND
POWER

Misunderstanding efforts will be
made during congress to curb federal
judges in contempt cases, the power
of these judges in receiverships will
also be given consideration. These
two issues were joined in the Craig
case that has practically ended by the
presidents remission of sentence
From every section of the country
strong protests are registered on the
policy of federal judges aiding corpo
rations to release themselves from To-
cal and state franchises, the terms Of
which they find unsatisfactory.
Citizens are strongly objecting tx
the practice of these courts aiding
corporations in their contests will
states and municipalities.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-12-21

ENGINEERS ARE UNITING
Council Bluffs, Iowa.-Stationary
engineers in this city are organizing
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-12-21
CHANGE CONVENTION CITY

Indianapolis. - BY referendum
vote of 1902 to 1,517 the members
of Journeymen BARRIERS International
Union decided to hold their next con-
vention in this city, rather than Kan
sas City. Officers favored the plan
for reasons of economy, as this city
is the unions headquarters.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-12-21
EQUAL RIGHTS
FIGHT LAUNCH
ED IN SENATE

Washington.-Sen Curtis, OF
Kansas, has introduced a resolution
proposing an equal rights" amend
ment to the constitution. 1t is spon-
sored by the national woman's party
and is intended to abolish the term
male" in the federal organic act
thereby putting men and women on
the same basis.
Foes of the proposal show that ii
will wipe out all legislation designed
to improve the condition of women
wage workers.