davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1923-09-17

(Send your questions to The Star
Information Bureau, Frederic ]. Has
kin. director, 1920 North Capntoi
street. Inciose cents in stamps for
return postage)
Evening star., 1923-09-17

A. The New Republic says that the
extent to which public opinion ex-
pressed itself to the American dele
gates was indicated by the 13.500,O00
MESA ges received in Washington.
Evening star., 1923-09-17

9. How many miners are there IN
the world?-P. J.
A. II is estimated that there are
about 100000 miners throughout the
world. 3.S00.000 OF these being coal
miners and others engaged in the
various other kinds of mining.
Evening star., 1923-09-17

Q. Has there ever been race of
real giants in the world?-L- B.
A. Legends and traditions that have
been handed down of giant races hav-
ing inhabited the earth In remote
and prehistoric times have been dis
counted by scientific Investigations.
Evening star., 1923-09-17

Q. who gets the larger salary-the
Vice President or the mayor of New
York City?-E ID.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-07-17

trouble to rig up a shelter, just
thickness Of canvas for roof lest
il rain in the night. The air on the
roofs Is good and the stretch of sky
is inspiring to eyes that have looked
at it only between narrow railways
of masonry.
The children in the small towns and
this experience than the city jewellers.
There is usually a big tree in the
ward and the children can build a
shelter near II with just a little help.
The tent that has all sides tied
down to the pegs can scarcely be
called an outdoor sleeping place. The
tent is outdoors, but the sleeper isn't.
II possible at all there should be
neither roof nor side between the
children and the outdoors, but that
is rarely possible.
The moths and mosquitoes and
spiders have the right of way In the
night time and they explore flowers
and children's faces with calm i'm
partially.
That is not quite comfortable for
the children, so some sort of screen
is needed; To put children out OF
doors and give them no protection
from mosquitoes is cruel, but that can
easily be fixed. Netting Is cheap and
handy.
1t takes a little trouble to make the
sleeping shelter just right. but II
pays at the end of the season in ad-
ditiona1 weight and smoother nerves
and quickened minds.
Children are sent to mountain camps
to get this experience. You can come
very close to II. and discount some
camp advantages. right IN your own
home. Try 1t once, anyway.
Copyright 1927
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-07-17
Sleeping Out.

Children look upon sleeping out as
a wonderful treat. a thrilling expert
ence. A little of their delight comes
from the newness of 1t, more of II
from a race old habit.
Their remote ancestors slept most
of their nights. with the earth for
their beds and the sky for their roof.
The wind might moan and the little
people Of the forest foregather about
their resting places. 1t was all one
to them. They slept on until the sun
Weakened them in the morning.
1t is interesting to watch the chill
dren born and bred in houses, ceiled
and rooted and walled against the
open SILVER at the thought of sleep
ing with nothing between them and
the weather, fearfully fascinated at
the thought of such a tremendous ad-
venture, gradually lose all dread and
wrap themselves in a blanket and
stretch out under the rough shelter or
boughs and sleep like dormice. They
have returned to primeval health.
1t is not easy to secure the condf-
tions for this. though. Pine trees.
with ten-inch carpets of sweet brown
needles beneath them. are not in
everybody's backyard, while children
are there a-plenty. And 1t is not con-
venient to transplant the old trees
Still there are always the air, the sky
and the earth. One can always do
something.
City children cannot be sent out to
sleep on the ground. 1t takes train
ing for that. But there are the roofs
of the houses that offer fine camp
ing sites if some one would take the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-07-17
The Guide Post
By Henry van DYKE

Come ye yourselves apart into desert place
and rest while.-Mark 6.31.
Rough is the road, and often dark;
frequented by outlaws and sturdy beg
gars; incumbered with wrecks of
goodly equipages and bodies of
wounded travellers; full of cripples
and weary folk, who are ready to
faint and fall, and overladen beasts
and men and little lost children.
AT every turn we meet some disap-
pointment or grief; in the long level
stretches we find binding heat and
dust, and in the steep high places,
cold and solitude.
And yet-truth to tell-are there
not consultations along the way?
Resting places like that house in
Bethany where the Master found re-
pose and love; wide and cheering out
looks from the brow of the hill. snug
shelters in the bosom of the vale,
camp fires beneath the trees, wayside
the rocks or trucking through the
moss?
Here will 1 stop, and stoop, and
drink deep refreshment. Share with
me-
Music and friendship and nature
sleep and dreams and rested waking
in the light of morn-these will al
ways keep something for us, some
thing to come back to; and If we are
content with little enough will be
better than a feast.
Copyright. 1929
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-07-17
Bistorp of Dour Same.
by PHILIP FRANCIS NOWLAN.
BEVERLY

RACIAL oRI0IN-Ansio-s Saxon or Nor.
man French.
SoURcE-A locality.
This family name quite clearly be-
longs in the classification of those
which have been derived from the
names of places. foS 1t Is traceable
through the early documents with the
preflxed de" meaning of.
1t is paradoxical that the smaller
communities in all lands have given
more family names than the big CEN
ters Of population. The reason for
this Is, in the first place, that people
focked from the small communities,
where there was not so great a need
for additional names, to the big CEN
tiers, where there was not only such
need, but where the mention Of a
small place served the purpose Of diff
ferentiation quite accurately. In the
second place, the big communities
gave rise to comparatively few family
names because it constituted little diff
ferentiation to speak Of Roger de
London" when there were thousands
of Rogers from London" to be found
all over the country.
Authorities differ as to the origin Of
the place name of Beverly, which Is in
Yorkshire. Some derive 1t from bel
voir' beautiful view) and '1ey," q
meadow or field. 1t is more probable.
however. that the place already had
been named by the Anglo Saxons as
"Beverlac," or beaver lake.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-07-17
Daughter and Mother Dress Alike
BY ANNE RITTENHOUsE.

OF course, the really fashionable
and to dress them in couples so that
they go two by two like Noah's ami
mails. There is fashionable young
matron who has SO many children
that when they are walking in the
park together-on the rare occasions
when they So-there must be four
nurses and one governess. There are
two perambulators for the baby twins
and two strollers for the boy eighteen
months and the little girl of half past
two. Then there is a girl OF seven or
so and her companion of five. These
go with the governess.
The twin babies are dressed ex-
actly alike down to the last detail.
The two strollers are alike and the
boy of a year and a half and the girl
a year older are dressed as nearly
alike as age and size permit. Last
winter they were done up in white
fur The two older children wore
brown-cats, hats and leggings-with
trimming of brown fur. One no
longer has to he a twin to be denied
the privilege of dressing individually.
The chances are that this new fashion
of duplicate dressing isn't popular
with the children. Certainly most
little boys don't like to have their
smoCks or suits made nearly like
their sisters They can't possibly
sec the charm Of symmetry that the
effect produces.
You may see them everywhere this
summer. these children dressed in
twoS-you see them until you wish
You We're the old woman who lived in
shoe with any number of children.
one young woman with an only
child. however, hit upon the idea OF
appearing dressed in Il frock similar
in material and cut to that of her
little daughter
This is not difficult today with
fashions as they are. and it may be
done without dressing the little
daughter in a frock TOO old for her
years. The plain, long waist, ribbon
sash. short baby sleeve are no nov
city in the designing of children's
frock$- Ii Is as part of the frocks of
women that they are innovations
The little girl and her mother
shown III the sketch are dressed alike
even TO their hats. Their frocks are
OF printed wolfe with aprons and
sleeves OF rutfied organdie Their
stockings are of white beneath black
patent leather. The heels of the
mothers shoes show the only real
point Of departure in the two cos
tumes-th"ugh since heelless sandals
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-07-17
6FDllM OlONlGO ". Burgess

It was the new home of Danny and
Nanny Meadow Mouse. and Danny
himself was sitting with only his
funny little head out of the little
round doorway. 1t was Danny who
was having such hard work not to
laugh right out, as I have told you
before.
l wish you could have seen the
twinkle in those little bright eyes OF
his as he listened to Peter. He
thought 1t the best joke ever. He
could picture to himself how sur.
prised Peter would be il he should
speak to him and tell him to look up.
He Ionged to do it He did so. He
longed to do 1t.
But that would be foolish. said
Danny to himself IT would love to
see Peter surprised, but 1t is worth
a lot more to keep this home Of ours
a secret. II Peter knew Of 1t he would
be sure to give the secret away. He
wouldn't mean to. but he would do II.
Just the same. People who talk too
much and have too much curiosity
can't keep secrets. Sometime when
I get the chance I'll tell Peter that
saw him right close to my home. 1t
will be great fun to see him hunt
again. II know Peter at all. and
think I know him pretty well, he'll
be back here again tomorrow. Peter
does hate to give up when his curl
osity isn't satisfied"
Copyright. 1923. by T. ". Burgess)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-07-17

women who never marry. Is 1t their
fault? Are they abnormal? No; it's
the fault of the silly school of ro-
nance in which we receive our views
Of matrimony.
We are taught to believe that the
victim of love should throw as many
hts as psychophatic ward on a
warm afternoon. You must heave
and sigh, pant and palpitate, thrill
and tremble, or it isn't love-thats
all. You can't walk into love, or
amble into love. or just sit still and
let love come to you. No; you must
fall with sickening thuds and lots
of noise or it isn't the real thing
But In the name of all that's sensi-
BILE, why? We do not expect folks to
act in an identical manner toward
any other situation in the world
why should we expect them ali To-
react toward love in the same man
ner? Painting and palpitating comes
easy FOR some humans, but It's prac-
tically impossible for others. Why
not just deliberately make up our
minds to like some one else and take
up the job of matrimony with clear
eyes and steady pulse If that be
our normal reaction?
Once there was little girl. She
was thirteen. and all the other little
girls in her Sunday school class were
experiencing religion" They all had
heard that mysterious CALI which
ended in church membership-anda
pretty new dress. The church mem
bership looked good to the little girl
and the new dress looked even better.
She was nice little girl and she
truly wanted to be saved. She waited
and waited for the call. but the call
didn't come. So she up and got saved
anyway, and on the day appointed
no other little girl had a finer dress
than she. And I'm sorry to disappoint
YOU, but despite her youthful crime
she turned out very well. indeed
so that's that. If you can't fall
in love-" why, get there by what
ever gait is natural to you. Homes
worth It,
Copyright 1921
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-07-17

abolish. So let US go forth with a
flexible swatter and smite the foe!
The house that has a number of
busy, happy. hurried people dwell
ing in it is going" to have a number
of busy, happy, hurried flies dwelling
there also, in spite of the best Of
screen doors and windows. Flies slip
in. but apparently never out. with
almost every opening of a swinging
door. and on humid. sticky days 1t
Is almost impossible to account for
their access to the house. so many of
them get by. They come in through
the kitchen, attracted by food odors,
and even the most watchful of Serv-
ants cannot show them all the door
A good plan of Kidding the house
OF them Is to go about each day,
after the morning Homework is over,
armed with a swatter and grim de-
termination. Darken each room as
much as possible. except for one
bright window. The files will soon
make for this light space and, sill
houeted aainst the screen, may be
easily brought to earth. Give the
bedrooms special scrutiny. for any
thing more annoying than one fly
in the early morning hours it is hard
to imagine. A swatter should lie
handily on the bedside table in every
bedroom. for II is quite as efficient
to corral mosquitoes as II Is to lay
flies low.
The modern swatter is a blessing
to the housewife, since IL kills pain
lessly and instantly and Is not mussy
in its results.
tAM rights reseryedl
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-07-17
BEAUTY CHATS
BY Edna
Kent Forbes.
Copyright. 1921

little sachet powder of the same grade
would cost 81; made up in little bags
II would perfume your clothes for
more than a year
You can, by the way, make a wears
supply of bath powder by mixing an
ounce or so of expensive sachet in a
couple of pounds of plain powdered
starch. Nothing is so soothing and
cooling as this, for 1t has a fine sikh
ness which is quieting to even the
most frritated skin. Do not buy ex-
pensive perfumed soaps, for the per
fume here is wasted.
Go1die.-Henna used full strength fs
a dye. Henna shampoo simply brings
out pretty lights in the hair. For
dandruff, try rubbing a beaten egg
into the scalp an hour before the
shampoo. This dries on and when
washed off takes all the dandruff with
1t.
Dainty nails.-You can generally re-
move those marks on the nails by
scrubbing them with a paste of myrrh
and turpentine, rubbing this off with
olive OIL Apply it at night and rub
it off the next day. For the brittle
ness. try rubbing an oil or little
cream into the nails each night.
Rosalie D.-Use cleansing cream if
soap irritates the face. Always close
the pores after cleansing the skin
through dashing plenty of cold water
over it or by an ice rub.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-07-17
Perfumes.

An enormous amount has been writ
ten on the subject of whether a wom-
an should or should not use perfume,
some talking about the charm of an
Elusive Odor, and others saying that
the "sweet breath Of cleanliness" is
the most desirable of all. Meantime
the perfume manufacturers go
straight on charging their plants
There is charm to perfume If it is
fragrant and faint, but the more del
lcate the odor the more expensive the
perfumery. Not every one can afford
a subtle, faint fragrance. Therefore,
ii you cannot afford the best extracts
purchase a small amount of cheaper
grades and use it indirectly.
That last sentence requires explana-
ton. Perfume in the bath water will
give you and every garment you put
on that faint fragrance which is so
much desired. or a perfumed bath
powder viii have the same effect.
Another. and the most inexpensive
way to achieve the same result, is to
purchase a small amount of a very
good quality Sachet powder and to
make up dozens of little sachets and
spread them among your clothes
A really good extract costs SIS an
ounce and more Even if a drop is
used on the handkerchief or on the
face it is still an expensive habit A
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-07-17
The Diary of Professional Movie Fan
BY GLADYS HALL.

either censure or blame"
You wouldn't connect romance with
THE Hairy Ape" You might not connect
1t with Mr.. Wolheim. II you saw him.
you would probably be q bit timid about
discussing romance or sentiment or lit
tie children, or any one of the kindred
tendernesses; but when l tell you that
Mr.. Wolheim is a bridegroom, that his
wife loved him well enough to marry
him with a growth Of beard on his face
that would put fifty lions names to
shame, you will retract your opinion.
Il am a very fortunate man," said
Mr.. Wolheim.
Then you believe in marriage. the
asked. not without a degree Of timidity
Il don't want to make a sentimental
statement" he said, but ] do.
II believe that love Is growth.
when 1t is right II should click.
Love cannot be based on physical at
traction. for then it will never last.
1t should have It's roots In deeper
soil. If the man and woman who
belong are fortunate enough to meet.
If they are not led astray by passing
fancies. then a real love and one that
will outlast life is certainly possible.
People go in too much for superficial
things. You can't help. perhaps. feel
ing an attraction for some one. You
can certainly help pursuing that at
traction. II you can't. then you are
one OF the OT1teTS Woo Will Hodl
down any tide"
Well, that's all very well for '-The
Hairy Ape" but some of US have not so
much Drawn and muscle. either men
tally, morally or physically.
Mr.. Wolheim thinks. too. that pic
lures today are too stereotyped and
artificial.
He demonstrated to me the fact
that when screen star receives the
glad tidings that his uncle in Aus
traIia has left him. or her, a fortune.
an expression of shocked something
BROTHER passes over the cameraed
face When wire arrives saying
that mother and all the little ones at
home. have persisted the same emotion
Is made manifest. Weddings, funerals
and parades receive the same degree
of emotional response.
Still things are looking up. Mr..
Wolheim did not say that pictures
are in their infancy. I'll say that for
him. but perhaps that's what he
meant.
Anyway. the screen has claimed him
for the time being, although the stage
is his choice.
IAN rights reserved) },
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-07-17

Betty and Billy began their con-
test to see whether Betty could catch
more butterflies than Billy caught
fish.
Billy sat on the bank and wished
and wished he would get a nibble
''I see Betty flying through the woods
and I'll bet she has four Of five butter
fiies," he grumbled,, land 1 haven't
caught a fish yet" ..
He sat there few minutes more.
He was almost ready to give up.
Suddenly something gave a little
jerk at his pole. 1t almost pulled
him in the water. He drew in his
line, and oh, joy. there was the love-
Hest speckled bass!
BY noon Billy had five fish on his
string. How many butterflies did
you catch. Betty?" he asked.
Betty blushed. Il got eleven" she
answered. but felt sorry for them
and let them co.
Jaw, isn't that like a girl" said
Billy in scorn.
Color Billy's trousers brown, his tie
green, his hat yellow. and the fish
gray and green.
-. Copyright. 1921
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-07-17

an alder bush was an old nest. 1t
was an old nest of Redwnig the
Blackbird. Peter knew 1t was there.
He had known of that nest for a long
time. Every one who had happened
along that way after the leaves had
fallen late the previous fall had
known of that nest. Then no one
could very well help seeing 1t. Now
that the leaves were out again 1t
was quite hidden. Still, of course,
Peter knew it was there.
Peter also knew that Redwing and
Mrs Redwing build new nest each
year, and so have no use for their
old nest So he hadn't even looked
up at that old nest. Probably If he
had he wouldn't have noticed any
thing different about 1t because he
wouldn't have looked sharply enough.
You know we are very apt to see
things as we expect to see them.
But the old nest was different. Yes,
sir, 1t was quite different from what
II had been. You see now 1t had a
roof, and that is something that Red
wing and Mrs. Redwing never put on
their nest. With that roof on 1t that
old nest made the most comfortable
home you could imagine. OF course,
you have guessed whose home 1t was.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-07-17
little BenyS
Note Book
=
,&Z!~.m rs hsss|
Fred Feernot and the Berried
Trezzure.

Trezzure. |
Act l.
Scene a old man with tattoo on his
peel.
Fred Feernot. Hay! Hay there!
Old man. Ware? o, there. Mulch
obliged, my sun, because one of the
easiest things 1 do - slip, and 1 hate
thing or not.
Fred Feernot. That's ony naturel.
Good by.
Old man. Don't go yet. How do you
know you dident save my life on &C
count of me being such a easy slip
per- Hers your reward.
Fred Feernot. What, that hunk of
paper you Jest took out Of your in
side pockit?
Old man. That's a map of the hid
den trezzure ] berried wen / was a
pirate and used to make meny a man
woman and child wawk the plank
ha ha ha. I'm too old and slippery to
go and get it myself, but Ill give it to
you for your noble action. All you
half to do is get ship and go and
dig UP the trezzure on the dezzert
island ware l maraked II on the map.
| Fred Feernot. All rite / will.
Act 2.
Scene, a ship. r.'..
Fred Feernot. Well mate. is the
boat all reddy?
FerSt mate. !. |, sir.
Fred Feernot. Is the crew all reddy ?
Ferst mate. |. |. sir.
Fred Feernot. Are you all reddy?
Ferst mate !, l. sir.
Fred Feernot. So am |. | guess Ill
Jest take look at the map. Hello.
G. wiz. holey smoaks, its ony a old
butcher gbill he must of took out Of
his pockit by mistage. Well, there's
no place like home.
Ferst mate. |. I, sir.
The end.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-07-17
The Home That Peter
Couldn't Find.
Beware Of folks who talk too much;
No secrets ever safe with such.
Danny Meadow Mouse.

Peter Rabbit sat talking aloud to
himself. He was admitting to him
self that he must give up hunting for
the home of Danny Meadow Mouse.
He was admitting to himself that he
hadn't the least idea where to look
for that home. Peter would have
been the most surprised fellow in all
the Green Meadows could he have
known that all the time just over his
head some one was listening to him.
and having the hardest work not to
laugh right out. That some one was
Danny Meadow Mouse himself.
You see where Peter was sitting
was just inside the alder thicket that
grew along the Laughing Brook just
above where 1t enters the Smiling
Pool. Peter had gone in. there be
cause ii was shady there and very
comfortable. Just back of him and
about three feet above his head in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-07-17
Lemon Custard Pie.

Beat to a cream the yolks of three
eggs and one cupful of powdered SUI
gar, then add the unbeaten whites of
two eggs and beat until very light.
Add the juice and grated rind of two
lemons and one tablespoonful OF
butter and cook in a double boiler
until thick. Line pie plate with
pastry and bake.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-07-17
Blackberry Pudding.

Cream half a cupful of sugar with
two tablespoonfuls of butter, add a
cupfuI of milk, the whites of three
eggs we'll beaten and two and one
half cupfuls of -four sifted with two
heaping teaspoonfuIs of baking pow
der. Add four cupfuls of blackberries,
turn into a deep buttered baking dish
and steam for about fifty minutes in
moderate heat. Serve with any pre-
ferred sauce. Cherries, blueberries,
raspberries or other fruits may be
used in the same way.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-07-17

The high school or college girl
could choose no better style than this
for classroom wear and informal
dances and other affairs. This pat
tern cuts in sizes IA, 16. Is and 20
years; size 16 years requires Az yards
of 40-inch material.
Good materials to use in making
this frock are linene, Bingham or
crepe de chine for more dressy wear.
The pattern provides for short sleeves
as well as long.
Price of pattern. Is cents. In
postage stamps only. rders should
he addressed to The Washington Star
Pattern Bureau. ~ East 18th street,
New York city. Please write name
and address clearly.