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Evening star., 1923-06-29
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My friend Helen is beginning TO
feel better. For some years she has
been failing in health-tired, flabby
in spirit as well as body. unable to
digest anything we'll Now the doc
tor says 1t has all been due to i'm
proper eating.
Ever since they came into their
money, Helen's diet. like her pro-
gram, has been growing softer and
softer. Helen went to her doctor ex-
pecting something fashionable in the
way Of a disease, something in keep
ing with her station. as 1t were. In
stead, he told her bluntly to eat bran!
He said she needed "roughage"-that
she wasn't giving her teeth and
digestion a fair chance with all these
creamy spiced foods she was eating.
Likewise he intimated that she'd bet
ter introduce a little roughage into
her plan of living also. Some stiff
exercise, some hard, necessary and,
il possible. rather dirty work,
Good advice, wasn't it? Yes. good
for all of US as well as Helen. We all
need more roughage. Our present
phase of civilization is as bad for us
as Helen's pampering diet was bad
for her. We've eliminated too much
roughage and we're getting sour and
flabby without 1t.
Everything is done for us. even our
thoughts come to us predigested.
How many Of us ever grappfe with
life in the raw? We work-yes. We
work for other people. along lines
laid down by other people, and find it
Evening star., 1923-06-29
The Diary of Professional Movie Fan
BY GLADYS HALL.

thereby placing herself among the
elect she has not only produced
pictures. but she has written the
stories for them and then acted N
them. too. Greater industrymor shsi, .han u
this And still more so. for q girl
not yet twenty-five.
Margery Wilson had no training
back OF her when she started out to
seek her. her sns as haS hs eo% oid
motivating desire, her ideal and
the goodly sum of $3.50.
Youth always has an IDEAL" Miss
Wilson told me the other day while
lunehing with me at the Woman Pays s
fiamingly that it has something Spe-
cial to give. I felt--do feel--that I
have something special to give
through pictures. But I want to have
my pictures completely me. That IL.
tion and some of the acting. I've
always been very religious Religion
has Influenced all of my life. Not
any particular sect, but a sort of a.
feeling that there is something
about us-beyond us-hieher purer
that something in life is what
should like to convey in my pictures
In fact. the first picture I ever pro-
duced 1 named That Something
Mr.. Griffith gave me my nrst
chance to act in pictures Just q
bit. but it sufficed to prove how
photographed-what ability I had to
put myself across 1t gave me the
self-confidence l practically needed.
Not that / was afraid. l never was.
I knew that l would succeed even
tually. ] think I proved that by ar
riving in Los Angeles with $3.50 in
my purse, not friend in the city
and the audacity to go to the best
hotel there and take a room
It's been a hard row to hoe. I've
looked too young to inspire conf
dence, for one thing. with the result
that I rack my. brains to devise
middle-aged looking costumes. There
have been all sorts of Goliaths to
slay and many are not slain yet.
I've had to put some of my ideals on
a shelf for a little while, but do
feel that ! am getting on little.
My last picture-'Insinu
made in a, small village in Vermont,
sans studio. using real houses for
my interiors and no particularly well
known actors in my cast
Il hate to say it. but, like Merton.
my greatest hope is to do bigger and
better things"
1 think Miss Wilson will. She has
intelligence, humor, hope. idealism
and that something which Is her
religion and her claim to distinction
Evening star., 1923-06-29
Candy.

All children like candy and will eat
it until it sickens them unless some
body checks them.
Now, candy is a food and children
really need IL, but it has been used
as a lure or q reward or a great
pleasure to such an extent that grown
folk as well as children have lost
sight of that homely fact. Candy is
food.
Would you think of rewarding or
coaxing a child with a baked potato
and q glass OF milk? or course not.
That's his supper and supper Is not
But a bit of chocolate now-just the
sort the soldier carried in his pack
to relieve the hunger and fatigue of a
long march-give him that. That's a
treat and a reward and a celebration.
And we're not too careful to ask,
II the child needs the food. what he
ate for his luncheon the hour before.
Not at all. The dear child! How
pleased he would be with a chocolate.
ness" So he gets 1t and smiles-for
a while.
But supper time finds him without
interest. He is restless and Whitney
and doesn t care about milk, doesn't
want his stewed fruit. pushes away
his brown bread and butter. Poor
child! He's tired. Better put him
to bed"
But he doesn't want to 60 to bed,
and he fights and cries and makes a
dreadful fuss until some kind soul
thinks Of something lovely for him.
He shall have lolly pop. Smiles
dawn through tears, and, clutchinG
Evening star., 1923-06-29

his lolly pop. protesting even an in
stant's cessation while his clothing Is
slipped over his tight-closed fist. he
falls asleep.
But tomorrow brings its reckoning
OF oil and the end Of that child was
worse than the beginning. Poor
thing. He inherited my weak stomach" !"
Maligned, candy-fed stomach! It
has done goat-like service and now II
is called weak When boy cried
because sister wouldn't give him her
clown doll, auntie gave him a gum
drop.
When he fell and bumped his head,
mother kissed 1t to make it well and
gave him a lump of sugar to boot
When he cried because his father
went off in the car without him.
grand other rocked him in her arms
pocket for him. When he baked at
having his teeth washed and his hair
brushed. Mary said. Hush, now
! that's good lad. and Mary will give
you peanut bar"
All his woes are lightened. his cup
OF bitterness sweetened. with a bit
OF candy. Does he weep? Does he
suffer? Does he howl in rage? Does
he impose? Is he in the way2 Feed
him q bit Of candy.
When. at the end of the carnival,
the doctor comes and says, Yes, he is
underweight. His digestion is poor
His teeth are in bad shape. we'll
pens. Tell me what you feed him.
The family look sad and say, The
very best food. We are so careful. y
But the doctor knows and says, mo
candy until we have him Strengthened
out" Which might have been avoided
Copyright, 1881
Evening star., 1923-06-29
FEED THE BRUTE
Favorite Recipes by Famous
Men.
WALT LONDERBACK.
Artist.
Corn ChOwder.

SnONV0CEs
believe my favorite recipe In corn
chowder. The appetite for this dish
must be approached from the windy
side OF promontory In early spring
with a sixty-pound pack between the
snoulder blades, aforementioned mack
10 contain, for couple Of cousenial
souls, a pound of bacon, a pound of
dry onions, two cans of corn aud one
large tin OF condensed milk.
Cut the bacon up into small half.
inch squares and start In frying. ST.
multaneously slice the onions and
give them the heat. II. after the
aroma from these two begins to per-
meate the air, you feel like risktne
their falling into the FIRE, start boil
ing the corn and milk. Before the
onions are too thoroughly cooked.
stir them into the bacon, at which
time the battle for the supremacy OF
the appetizing odors Is occupying
most of your attention.
Now throw the bacon and onions
into the corn pot and wait as long as
you are able. SO that the ingredients
become thoroughly familiar with one
another.
Write me as soon as you get home II
you don't remember that day until
you are an old man.
To make this sound extremely pro-
fessfonal, ] suppose should add,
Season to TASTE" but do not mind II
q few ashes get mixed In by mistake.
Copyright. 1921
Evening star., 1923-06-29
4@istorp Of Pour Same.
BY PHILIP FRANCIS N0wLAN.
WINTER
vARiATioN-WInt
RACIAL oRioiN-EnsHsh.
SouRcE-An oeeupstIon.

souRcE-An eeevpstion.
II you Jump at the apparent con-
clusion that the origin OF this family
name is connected in some manner
with the season Of the year, you will
be wrong. 1t isn't.
AS the name traces back to the
twelfth and thirteenth centuries 1t 10
found in the spelling "Wyneter."
"Vinours" and "viners." Or does the
modern word "vintner" make II clear7
Those who first used the surname
were wine merchants and the sur
name was at first descriptive OF their
calling. It was. of course. preceded
by 'fe" (meaning "the") At that
period. That Is, II was when the
speaker was using the Norman rather
than the Saxon tongue. In the latter
flx, adopting the Norman word In his
saxon eSuivslent. But NORMAN.
French was the predominant tongue
In those days. and II was Just about
the time the bulk OF surnames were
becoming hereditary as indications Of
the people themselves rather than
their callings or peculiarities. that
the Normans in England began to
and there occurred that peculiar
blending OF tongues which resulted
In modern English. a language quite
different from either the Saxon or
the medieval French. its two COM
ponent parts.
Winter and Winters appear to be
the only forms In which the surname
has survived. though originally there
were several variations.
Evening star., 1923-06-29

have not sung so many songs of ac-
complishment; or rather, they have
not been the kind of songs to catch
the public ear. Lullabys. perhaps.
OF course. in this past generation
things have changed. More and more
places beside the, names of men in
the divers fields Of endeavor. Women
have entered politics. the sciences,
productive and mercantile lines, ad-
vertising, etc.
Margery Wilson has entered the
productive line-the motion picture
species. But, like all those who are
markedly successful, she has done
more than that. She has done that
little bit more than the probable,
Evening star., 1923-06-29
Titt1e BenfyS
Note. Book
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The Park Ave. News
Weather. Nuthing wonderful,

weather NuthinG wonderful,
Spoarting Page
Glasses Magee -wasent Supposed to get
his hair cut for munths on account OF
losing a bet with Reddy Merry. but last
Wednesday aftlrnoon his father took him
to the barber shop by the back Of his
collar after telling him about 5 times
to go himself and then coming home
and finding his hair longer insted OF
them erround was Benny Potts, Artie
Alexander, Puds Sin.kins and Leroy
Shooster.
Exter!
Last Sattiday Puds Simkins was GO
ing past a store with a flag out saying
Auction Sale, and Puds went in and the
man was auctioneering q watch and
saying wat a crate watch 1t was, and
he kepp on asking how mutch he was
bid for II and nobody sed enything sc
Puds sed dollars. and the man quick
sed. Sold. at dollars. Puds never find
ing out wat elts happened because the
next second he was in the next block.
Pome by Skinny Martin
Stick to Your Own Crowd
My mother had goldfish
A swimming round and round
Till once II tried TO play with our cat
And never more was found.
Things You Awt to Know. Some peo-
lures tatooed all over their body, ony
other people don't get mutch chance to
injoy them on account of their uni
forms.
Evening star., 1923-06-29
The Bathing Girl.

The strong sun that comes at the
end of June and lasts all through
July and August need have no terrors
for the bathing girl If she takes a few
precautions. And the first thing to
consider is the bathing suit.
Now the less one has on, in the
way of frills and 1ounces, the easier
and pleasanter it is to swim or bathe.
But if you burn easily and want to
keep your skin moderately white,
you simply must not go in for ball
room decollete on the beach
If you want to protect your skin
from the sun, have your suit cut with
v opening and wee collar that
Evening star., 1923-06-29
To Fly or Not to Fly.
II 10 when danger is the gravest
That timid folk become the bravest.
Old Mnfher Nature

Baby Grouse are very active babies.
They begin to run about almost as
soon as they are out Of the shell. OF
course, they cannot fly then, and SO
this is the most dangerous period of
their lives. They must depend wholly
on mother for their safety. That is
why the very first lesson they learn
Is the lesson of obedience.
OF course, this is a very hard time
for Mother Grouse. There isn't an in
stant, night or day. when she Is en-
tirely free from worry. Even when
she sleeps she does 1t with one eye
open, as the saying is. That means
that she sleeps SO lightly that the
least little sound will waken her. Day
and night hungry enemies are looking
Evening star., 1923-06-29
BEAUTY CHATS r,u. By zon.o

|, covers the back of the neck. and with
sleeves half way to the elbow. It's
easy to protect the face and tbroat
ana lower arms, but not the back of
the shoulders.
Before going on the beach rub thu
SKIN full OF heavy cold cream, then
cover thlckly with powder so 1t won't
VIII wash off the powder, but that
DOESN'T matter. 1t won't wash Off
much of the cream.
In spite Of this treatment you NAV
ourn. II SO; rub the skin with milk
OF outtermilk at night and use GU
cumber lotion or peroxide cold cresn,
aiIer you have washed off the heavy
cream put on with your bathing suit
Such precautions are easy to take.
Evening star., 1923-06-29
The Old Gardener Says:

Many remedies have been rec
commended for rose bugs, but
the only really effective way to
get rid Of these pests is to pick
them on by hand. If you hap
pen to have several white roses
in the garden the bugs will
probably center their attention
on them. 1t is almost worth
while growing q Frau Karl
Druschh or two, just for a trap,
Remember that the rose buss also
have a fondness for peonies and
grapevines, and II you axs q
csdcisen fAnctsr remember. too,
that . d3et oe reOe bugu . prsfty
likely to kill young chicks.
Evening star., 1923-06-29
Your Home and
You
Homemade "Sundaes."
BY HELEN KENDALL.

'I am making myself most popular
this summer by my homemade sun
daes'." remarked a vivacious matror
whose two daughters have a perpetual
merry following of young chaps and
girl friends who ride. play tennis or golf
and swim.
Il noticed that every time these
young things go into a soda fountain
(which 10 every time they pass one)
they order some sort Of 'sundae.' Plain
ice cream or even ce-cream soda seems
to have dropped out Of popularity In
favor Of the dozens of novel sundaes
with fanciful names listed in every drug
store.
80 decided that /, too. could make
sundaes. and would. II the youngsters
were SO fond Of them, why shouldn't
all my guests be7 So now. when we
Evening star., 1923-06-29

Grasshopper sparrow: yellow-winged
sparrow: Ammodramus savannarum
passerinus.
Length 5A inches.
Upper parts streaked black, brown
and ashy; crown black with buffy line
through the center; bend Of the wing
bright yellow.
Under parts buffy. unstreaked.
Resident (common) from April Is to
October 25; winters from North Caro-
lima to Cuba.
The grasshopper is one OF the pref
Evening star., 1923-06-29
A Success Story.

always like to write songs OF
SUCCESS! OF accomplishment! For
years magazines and newspapers ct
al have given space to success
stories about men--notably and gen.
orally about men who have blazed
new trails in fields of commerce. the
arts or the sciences They have
given space to women, too, but con-
siderably less space, because women
Evening star., 1923-06-29
CLANS on Toasted Bread.

Clean three pints of CLAIMS and cut
of the hard black parts. Cook them in
their own liquor until they are quite
tender. then drain them. Put them In
a dish with one-half cupful of butter,
the strained Juice of one lemon. and .
little salt, black pepper and paprika.
Cook until very hot. Serve on rounds
of fried or toasted bread.
Evening star., 1923-06-29
Fried Chicken with Peppers.

Clean and joint two spring chickens.
fry brown in butter, and place In the
oven to finish cooking. Seed and
shred six green peppers and boil In
salted water until soft. Drain, and
add to the chicken. Pour over two
cupfule of cream, bring to boil.
thicken with little -four cooked in
butter, and serve.
Evening star., 1923-06-29
Scrambled Scallops.

Boil one cupful of scallops until ten
them with two beaten eggs, three table,
spoonfuls Of milk, and salt, pepper and
peprfkA to tAgtA Melt two tablespoon
fufs Of butter IN . dish, pour In the seal
lope, stir and cook unti1 very thick, then
serve hot on toast.
Evening star., 1923-06-29
Banana Float.

Beat together the yoiks of two eggs,
two tablespoonfuls Of sugar and one
teaspoonful Of cornstarch. Thicken a
pint Of milk with this, cool, then flavor
with vanilla. Slice two or three bananas
into a serving dish. pour the custard
on top. Dot with bits Of jelly and serve.
Evening star., 1923-06-29

tiest Of the sparrows. the dark markings
above, and plain. light under parts hav-
ing particularly trim. tailor-made ef-
feet. Look for yellow on the wings and
a black crown with q yellowish line
through the center.
Although this sparrow Is common, he
is not often seen. as he lives in wild
weedy fields and seldom mounts higher
than the tip Of a blackberry spray, or
tie song, which sounds exactly like q
grasshopper. The grassy nest Is on the
ground. and the eggs. to 5. are white
tfickly speckled.
Copyright L. W. Msynard.)
Evening star., 1923-06-29
A Real Tube Rose.

Everything turned round! The hat Is
pink and the rose is green! The hat Is
changeable silk-pink shot with april
cot. And the rose and it's stem and its
leaves are all changeable green-al-
mond green shot with gray.
The rose Is tube rose"-being
are also of the tubing and, like the fab
ulous cat, 1t boasts nine tails-or stems!
Evening star., 1923-06-29

dreary drudgery. But how often do
we fling ourselves into the scrap and
work along lines laid out by our
selves bearing the responsibility
alone, standing the gaff without a
Evening star., 1923-06-29

Although the screw was an ancient
Greek iuvoUttoA, the screw used 70
fasten wood hrst came into use about
zoe years ago. X
Evening star., 1923-06-29

for 1ust such q meal as those dear
little babies of hers would make. She
m,1st watch out for Reddy Fox, for
Robby Coon, for Unc' Billy Possum,
for Billy Mink. for Shadow the Wea-
sei. for Yowler the Bob Cat, for diff
ferent members Of the Hawk family.
for Hooty the Owl. She must keep
thosa precious babies out of sight of
some Of the keenest eyes in all the
Green Forest and she must hide them
away from some of the keenest noses.
Do you wonder that this y sn anxious
it happened that Just at dusk, as
the Black Shadows came creeping
through the Green Forest. she had
Evening star., 1923-06-29

One Mother Says:
When a child begins to show a de-
structive tendency in regard to his toys,
instead of merely scolding, 1t is best to
divert the child's mind. showing him
new and interesting games he can play
with his old toys, SO that he will be
more absorbed in using them than in
breaking them. This blocks such ten
dency.
Copyright, 1881
Evening star., 1923-06-29

(Copyriyht. le23, BY T. W. Bursess).
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-05-01
DOUGLAS CITY
 COUNCIL GETS
 BUSY QUICKLY
Committees and Other Off .cers Are Named-Clean-
 Up Day Is Designated.

The City Council met in regular session last evening with Mayor Gall was in the chair and all the council men present with the exception of Joe Riedi.
 In addition to the appointments made alt the first meeting of the new council, the following appoint ments were made last night: City Treasurer, R. A. Schmidt; fire chief, Axel Kromquist; city tax assessor, L. w. Kilburn.
 The various committees were ap- pointed by Mayor Gallwas as fol lows:
 Characterization, Feusi and Riedi
 Health and police--Riedi, DeMytt and Cashen.
 Wharf-Feusi, Riedi and DeMytt. Streets and public property-De- Mytt, Render and Christoe.
 Sewers--Kendler, Feusi and Chris toe.
 Fire and water-Cashen, Riedi and Kendler. F..... ...=.,.s...ssz
 Axel Kromquist, fire chief, read his report covering the activities of the department for the year just past The total number of fires were six the combined damage being in the neighborhood of $500. For the bene fit of the town and to reduce the fire risks to some extent, the chiel recommended that a number ol shaIcks and ruins of buildings left standing be torn down and removed
 A communication from the Tread we'll Company was read confirming the report that certain properties be longing to the company had been do mated to the city. These properties comprise the Lyric Theater, Natator irrn and certain parcels of land to be used as public parks or streets.
 1t was voted that the sum of S1,00e be appropriated for immediate street work, most of which will be done on St. Ann's Avenue.
 1t was also decided to effect the return on a donkey engine belonging to the city from Speel River, so thal same could be leased to Nels Ander hon at Treadwell.
 The council then voted to diseon tinue the ringing of the curfew bell but it is wished to be understood tha the curfew time will be enforced jus the same and parents are requested to see that their children are of the streets by 9 o'clock.
 Saturday. May 12, was designated by the Mayor as cleanup day 1T Douglas, and everyone is requested to see that all rubbish is removed from their premises.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-05-01

all shops full force to put rolling stock in order for an unprecedented tonnage epected in the fall.
 Present conditions and prospects for the next few months were dc scribed by New York railroad off eials as normal, with sufficient skilled and unskilled hands, and in cluding an astounding efficiency among shopmen. better than at any time since before the war.
 The American Railway Associa- ton reports 15,000 union shopmen. employees of six roads in the New York district when the walkout oc- currod last July. still on strike It Is predicted that they would be ab- sorbed by the roads as shop forces are increased.
 A possible elevation of the scale for maintenance of way men. class ed as common labor and now receiv- ing an average of 37 cents all hour was seen by rail chiefs in the re- cent receipt by half dozen roads Of requests from union officials for conferences with a view 10 read justments. Officials of the roads | involved declined 10 discuss theii attitude toward the requests. Off, cers of national railroad associations indicated, however. that if the sup. ply of workers continues to dwindle an increase of the 37 cent rate + ] likely.
 R. R. Extensions. Included in the major projects of railroad construction to be under taken whom conditions are most fav- orable are extensions through east orn Florida, 200-mile cutoff on the Illinois Central between Chi cago and New Orleans, the Castle. 1 ton cutoff on the New York Cen ] tral in New York state. electriflca ton and doublt tracking on th' Santa Fe Line to the Pacific Coast extension of the Southern Pacific systems into Mexico. and the con struction of aditional terminal ia cilities along the Great Lakes
 The National Industrial Confer ence Beard at New York from ; survey of large cities recently com pleted. estimates there are 13 job | for each 14 workers throughout tii' nation.
 Chicago reports everything peace ] ful in the labor situation. desptt' 1 the fact that nine unions have no signed the Landis award. There ari no strikes, however. that are worthy of the name, and none are looke' for among the building trades.
 North Dakota reports shortag, in physicians.