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Evening star., 1923-05-09
Girls Plated Skirts Are Short
ny ANNE RITTENHOUsE

There is one group of the popula-
tion who cannot be sharing the pro-
fessed alarm of eugenists and edu-
Gators over the decrease in size of the
better class American family.
It's an i'll wind that blows nobody
any good, and SO it happens that the
maker of expensive and elaborate
children'S apparel finds himself ben-
Gifted by the small family tendency,
because it is always the mother or
single child or possibly a span. who
IL concerned enough over their clothes
to patronize these special child de-
SiSners. When the number mounts
up to the good oldfashioned propor-
tions-tive or siN-evcn when there
are funds aplentv. the special design
or of children's clothes knows her
services will no longer be needed. SO
she pins her hope on the mother OF
one and must. in secret. rather re-
jnicc that families are not on the in
crease.
The field of designing and selling
specially designed clothes for very
little girls seems to be lucrative
and Interesting one. Two or three
rather wei! known women of title in
business as makers and designers of
children's rlothes-though they un-
doubtedly find that their wares make
little appeal to many of their friends
with numerous brood.
Even the most picturesque of these
little specially designed children's
frocks usually have some practical
note or other that is helpful to the
mother who must use economy in
planning her little girls frocks. For
instance. one of the best designers
has made a rule-rather set the fash
ion-this spring TO place the inser-
tfon or embroidery or other trimming
on the skirt quite high. and the rea
son for this is that it need not in
tcrfere with the hem. so that the skirt
may be let down with the least incon-
Nenience.
The general tendency to lengthen
women's skir5s has had little or no
effect to impel designers to lengthen
the skirts of little girls frocks.
though their skirts We're shortened
several seasons ago with the general
shortening of adult skirts.
But the very short skirt on the very
little girl is too convenient. too gen.
orally becoming to be changed. 1t is
q very simple affair indeed when it is
made of a straight piece of knife
plating.
The sketch shows a very gay little
costume-the sort you probably
full of little girls to dreSs-made of
dark blue crepe de chine. The frock
has a comfortable bateau neck with
very short sleeves. which are hidden
IN the Ske<ch by the jacket of blue
doth vividly embroidered in red. The
navy blue hat shows red embroidery
on the navy blue velvet ribbon with
which the crown is banded.
Copyright. 1921
Evening star., 1923-05-09
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Look good?" ventured.
YES" said he with the brief direct
ness of sincerity.
(which is yours?'
This" said he. tapping the glass
with his toe and hitching the pack
ages more securely under his arms
Twas the best boys book in the lot.
The very one that 1 love best
We beamed and nodded like pair
of mandarins. Then he remembered
his errandS and l mine and we set
about our business, and "blithely,"
as Stevenson would have us do.
All the way home I thought Of the
boy and wondered who it was who
loved him well enough and regarded
the masters truly enough to make
them friends. His mother? His
teacher? The librarian? Some one
was building a fine boy. Fortunate
lad. Happy somebody.
fCopyriRht 1921
Evening star., 1923-05-09
The Window Shopper.

1t is great fun to go window shop
ping along the streets of the book
sellers. There arc books with beauti-
full bindings and books with plain
hoard backs and books with movie
picture Jackets and books carefully
dressed in such good taste that all
YOU remember about them Is that
you were happy to meet them ana
made an appointment with them for
Then, there are the secondhand
books that surprise you into wonder
ing how any one could have bought
them first hand. Maybe they were
always like that, though born Sec
ond hand!
arfstocrat relations, first editions or
old masters, are in seclusion on the
shop shelves safe from the stares of
the coTetous. l was fattening my
nose against the window to catch a
glimpse Of them when l became
aware of the boy.
He was about fifteen. 1t was Satur-
day and he had a job. The packages
he was to deliver were under his arm.
He had a bright clean face with a
wind blow Of freckles across IT.
His tan-colored flannel shirt had
knew that tonight he would have q
bath and that his clean clothes would
be laid out ready for early church. He
look ed like that.
He studied the books with calculat-
ing and appraising eye-an expert
enced window shopper. felt the
glow of fellowship. but shyness held
my tongue. Together we looked at
a stack of Oscar Wilde done in red
leather. Leisurely we took in the
good points of a pocket edition OF
Kipling.
with a casual eye we read over the
titles of the best sellers spread out
in open fan order. We were un-
moved and sidled along to the next
window.
That was a window! They were
beauties. Robinson Crusoe," done In
a blue binding that said as plain as
day: This is where the blue begins!
"The Last of the Mohicans." wearing
a jacket that would coax boy from
his dinner! A glorified "Kidnaped
and a Treasure Island" open to the
picture of the fearful blind man tap
ping his way down the road to the
inn. That was a picture to pull you
through the glass.
A "Huckleberry Finn" and an
Abraham Lincoln A picture bear
ing a legend that said something
about building character.
We surveyed the array and sighed.
Evening star., 1923-05-09
[L!;;ii:S'!ts!:?!:W !;;i:'! LIS: s! }! :! !;'!:!;
Illustrates oy cse Robinson a sI
, elsie Mhn1S@

a movement is spreading through
America which must command the
respect of every thoughtful citizen.
I refer to the SheppardTowner ma
ternity act. The acceptance Of this
act by the various state assemblies
means that the state will receive an
amount from the federal government
equal to (and plus $4,000 that which
the state will pledge itself to spend
in spreading information and in
struction concerning the hygiene of
maternity and infancy in homes
where such instruction is needed.
particularly the rural homes which
are unable to get the proper advice
otherwise. A few of the departments
of work are as follows:
Glasses for mothers in prenatal
care. distribution of literature on
prenatal and infant care and letters
to prospective mothers :.
Increase in the number OF well
baby" stations.
Increase in the number Of public
health nurses and employment of
supervising nurses.
Improvement in birth and death
registration; inspection of hospitals
and supervision OF midwives; surveys
of hospital, medical and nursing ia
cilities.
California has recently accepted the
SheppardTowner act. In comment
ing upon it Assemblywoman Mrs.
Anna l.. Saylor made some short but
noteworthy remarks: We are spend
ing in this country. without word
of protest, millions of dollars on
breeding better chickens, on live
stock. on building roads," she said.
but when 1t comes to spending
money for the conservation of child
life up springs opposition. Let US
divert some Of the money that goes
into hospitals, insane asylums and re-
formatories to the channels which
will help in the development Of a fit
and physical and mental citizenship.
For some peculiar reason we're apt
to think that mothertng should be an
instructive knowledge. A slight
Evening star., 1923-05-09
Betty Gets a New Game.

Billy" cried Betty. come help me
unite the string on this present daddy
gave me yesterday He said l could
open it this morning." So Billy got
out his knife and opened the package,
and there lay two small tennis rack
cts and Il net.
"You put the net up cried Betty.
land I'll run put on my red sweater
and tam to match. and my black and
white checked skirt
When she came out in the yard the
net was up, SO they began batting
the ball back and forth. Bouncer.
their roly-poly puppy, was barking
and running after them.
Suddenly the ball rolled right In
front of the dog. He grabbed it in
his mouth and away he went. Catch
him." shouted Betty. 'Oh, look! He's
dropped it in the muddy gutter! I'm
glad it's my birthday this week. May
be I'll get a new one" Bouncer wag-
ged his tail, as though he thought it
was a good joke.
X x x 4
Color Betty's tennis suit as It IL described
in the story. Put it on her right awsy, for
she can't wear it very long. You sec she 9
planning to wear her pretty lavender play
dress tomorrow.
Copyright, 1929
Evening star., 1923-05-09
Chocolate Soume.

Sift together for half an hour one
fourth pound Of grated chocolate deli
cately favored with vanilla, one-fourth
pound Of almonds blanched and pound
ed, six ounces of sifted sugar and the
yolks of eight eggs. After whipping the
eight egg whites to q stiff froth. stir
them gently in with the rest of the in
gradients. Butter a mold well. strew II
with bread crumbs. put in the batter
and bake for an hour in q regularly
heated oven.
Evening star., 1923-05-09
BEDTIME STORIES By B. Thornton ss..s,.

Drummer had known that Farmer
Browns Boy was doing something to
that tree The blows of his hammer
had frightened them. To Mrs Drum
mer. sitting on the eggs in her home
those blows had sounded very ter
rible. She had come out and flow,
away In panic of fear. She wa,
sure that Farmer Browns Boy wa.
chopping down the tree
AS soon as Farmer Browns Ro,
had disappeared in the house Drum
mer and Mrs. Drummer venture,
back. Mrs. Drummer peeped in a
her eggs anxiously. They were jus
as she had left them. and she sigheo
to anxiously examine the tree. O,
course. 1t didn't take them long Il
discover that band of tin around tn,
trunk. They tried it with their bills
Evening star., 1923-05-09

Length. IL inches.
Male-Head, neck and upper back
black; rest of the body rich chestnut;
wings and tail blackiSh.
Female-Upper parts olive green:
under parts dull yellow; wings dark
brown with white bars.
First year males are like female;
second year males have large black
patch on the throat.
Resident (common) from May ! to
September; winters in Central Amer
lea.
The orchard oriole is more COM
mon than the Baltimore, but is less
frequently noticed, as his colors are
inconspicuous and he keeps rather
closely to thickly foliaged trees. He
is quite as desirable a neighbor as
his gay cousin. Their songs are
somewhat alike; that Of the Orchard.
Evening star., 1923-05-09

however, usually ends with u grace
full flourish. the note next the last
the highest, while the Baltimore
leaves his hanging in midair with no
suggestion of finish.
AS the name implies. this is a
bird Of our orchards, and the nest is
often in a pear tree. II is pensle
and flexible. but not SO deep as the
Baltimore's, and is fastened to up
right twigS, SO that 1t has not the
free swing Of the other. 1t is most
beautifully woven of fresh grasses
and often keeps its green color
throughout the season. The eggs.
three to five, are blush white. spot
ted and scrawled with dark brown.
The young. in pale tints of brown.
green and gold. are among the pret-
tiest in birdland.
Copyright. l.. W. Maynard.)
Evening star., 1923-05-09
The Guide Post
By Henry van Dyke
Fire Cannot Burn the Truth.

The king cut it with the penknife and cast
it into the fire.--Jer. xxxyi:23.
You cannot get away from things
by burning the written record of
them.
King Jehoiakim made a mistake in
that respect when Jehudi came into
his presence to. read from little
manuscript an extremely disagreeable
prophecy of Jeremiah.
There was fire on the hearth
burning before him. And it came to
pass, that when Jehudi had read three
or four leaves the king cut it with
the penknife and cast it into the fire.
so" thought the king, I'VE have
done with that rubbish"
But neither was it rubbish nor had
he done with 1t.
For God caused jeremiah to write
another little roll with the same UNI
pleasant words in 1t, and there were
added unto them many like words.
and they were all true, and 1t was
worse for Jehoiakim in the end than
il he had preserved and needed the
first book.
Many a man burns what he wishes
later he had kept.
Copyright, 1929
Evening star., 1923-05-09

greatest surprise. They tried it
again, and looked at each other as
before. They didn't know what to
make of it. Their bills left no mark
Drummer rather liked the noise. 1t
was even better than a dead limb
for drumming. But they were two
very puzzled birds as they flew up
to their home to talk matters over.
Whats 1t for?" demanded Mrs
Drummer.
II don't know, my dear. I haven't
the least idea. Perhaps if we wait
and watch we'll find out" replied
Drummer.
So they waited and watched, but
began to hatch in the course Of
few days, and from that time on
they could think of nothing but
their babies.
Copyright. 1923, by T. ". Burgess)
Evening star., 1923-05-09
Scotch Steak,

Pound some flour into both sides of
any cheap cut of steak, using as
much flour as 1t will take up. Fry in
beef drippings, turning as it browns.
Add boiling water to cover and set
closely covered where 1t will just
simmer for two shoura When done
the gravy will be thickened and the
flavor delicious Add q little salt half
an hour before serving. Use only fat
enough to scar
Evening star., 1923-05-09

instinct will prove the absurdity of
such a belief. 1t takes generations
upon generations of Identical expert
ence to build an instiDct along any
line. Such instinct is quite value
less when conditions change and ex-
periences vary widely.
The instincts surviving In modern
man are relics of his british days.
His civilized period has been too brief
and his evperiences during that Pc
Evening star., 1923-05-09
Ham and Eggs With Eggplant.

Remove the skin from one eggplant.
then cut in slices one-half inch thick.
Sprinkle the slices with salt and pile
them on a plate. Cover with a weight
and let stand for two hours to press out
the juice. Drain, then dredge with
flour and saute slowly. first on one side
and then on the other. to a golden
brown. Lay a slice of boiled ham on
each slice of eggplant and top with a
poached egg. Serve with Hollandaise
sauce.
Evening star., 1923-05-09

It 10 proposed to hold world power
conference In London next year to
consider how the industrial and scien-
t,fic sources of power may be adjusted
nationally and internationally. 4,
Evening star., 1923-05-09

riod too differentiated for him to have
accumulated any trustworthy in
stincts which may be used in his
more highly developed life. He must
learn and unlearn constantly as he
goes along. In no function of his
life is this more necessary than in
the breeding and care of children.
Yet we have not only neglected this
department, but many of us actually
feel that 1t is unnecessary, If not
actually indecent. to tamper with
it. Isn't a baby more worth saving
than a Belgian hare?
Copyright, 1922
Evening star., 1923-05-09
A Brim of Many Sections.
By Vyvyan.

An odd brim is always attractive,
and this one pictured is especially
so. with it's brim cut in sections.
These sections are bound in contrast
ing material and overlap each other.
The shape is straw, the sections are
covered in crepe de chine and the
binding Is straw braid.
Evening star., 1923-05-09
When Baby Walks.

/ never encouraged my children to
walk. A physician told me that as
soon as the child is able to bear it's
own weight it will attempt to walk.
and should be let alone in its efforts.
A child who is encouraged to walk
may develop bowlegS.
Copyright. 1921
Evening star., 1923-05-09

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., Aymons. Ftz
Aymons.
RACIAL ORIGIN-Norman.F
The Kusko times., 1923-03-07
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR
 PATENT

United States Lend Office, Nome Alaska. April 22, 1922.
 Mineral Application No. 0549
 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that William Schneirla, whose posi- office address is Ophi.', Alaska, has made application before tke United States Land Office at Nome, Alas ka, patent on behalf of himself, ;. and his co-oNners, Jacob w. Sehnei- rla, Charles Schneirla and Edward Schneirla, for a United States pa tent for the Consolidated placer mining claim bearing placer gold, known and described as No. B A bove Gold Run, No. 9 Above cold Run, No. 9 Fraction and No. 10 Above Gold Run, situated on Little Creek about ten miles southeast of the town of Ophir in the Innoko hlAine & Recording District, Ter ritory of Alaska, said placer min ing claim being designated by the United States Surveyor General of said District as United States Min eral Survey No. 1278, the exterior boundaries of which, according to the plat and field notes now on file in this office with magnetic variation of from deg. 21 min. E. to 24 deg. 31 min. E. are as follows.
The Kusko times., 1923-03-07
Stealing of Illegal Liquor Not Theft,
 Court Judge Rules

Nashington.-Liquor illegally oh tained and owned is mo property. , and person arrested fer stealing such liquor cannot be lelally convicted of larceny, Justice Jennings Bailey de clared yesterday in criminal division No. ,, District Supreme Court He made that ruling charging the jury be- fore whicu Luther Bay had been tried on charge Of housebreaking and lar eeny in connection with the theft of a quantity of liquor from the Post cafe. Thirteenth and E streets north west.
 Ray testified he knew the liquor was in the cafe, and entered the building with view of appropriating some of it for his own use. The li4uor, it was brought out, was the property of the owner of the cafe. Ray entered the cafe through rear door.
 Justice Bailey told the jury that if they found the hquor had been ob- tained illegally, and believed the story told by Ray, they should return yer dict of not guilty.
The Kusko times., 1923-03-07
NUMBER EIGHT ABOVE. ON LITTLE CREEK PLACER.

Beginning at Cor No. 1.
 Identical with Cor. No. i, Mo- Nine Above on Little Creek Placer this survey, previously described Whence:- U. s. l.. M No 1278 bears s. 54 deg. 33 min 16 sec. W 1694.72 it; thence N. 35 deg. IS min. W. 493.1 fit. to Cor No. 2; thence N. 45 deg. 03 min. K. 672.1 it. to Cor. No. B; thence s. A deg. 19 min. E. 6571 it. to Cor No. 4 {; thence s. 57 deg. 52 min. W. 767 4 it. to Cor. No. 1 and place of be- ginning, containing an area of 9.406 acres.
 Total area contained in said Con- solidated Claim is 28655 acres. Said Consolidated Placer Claim is situated on Little Creek about ten miles southeast of the town of Ophir in the Innoko Mining and Recording District, Territory of AL aska.
 The adjoining claims are on the northeast No. ? Above Gold Run on Little Creek, unsurveyed; on the southwest No. II Above Gold Run on Little Creek unsurveyed; on the northwest and southeast, unknown and unsurveved.
 Location Monument No. 1278 is hewn spruce post 8 in. sq., fit.
The Kusko times., 1923-03-07
N. 6. BUYS
 AT TAC0TNA
Takes Over A. Higgins Store and Stock On
 April 1sstt.

A mercantile transaction of some i'm portanee was consummated on Monday last when the Northern Commercial Company acquired the store, stock aud goodwill of the A. Higgins mercantile establishment at Tacotna.
 Possession of same will be taken over by the purchasing company on April l, according to announcement.
 Manager Loomis, of the N c. Co.,. who negotiated the deal, states that the company, in enlarging its field of operations, is making every prepara- tion to give its customers in the Ta- cotna section the same high-class serv- ice, particularly in quitting, as ren- dered at the McGrath store
The Kusko times., 1923-03-07
Notice of Forfeiture.

To B. T. danes, Ed McArdle and
 Charles Knell, your 1eips, executors
 and assigns: 5
 You are hereby notifed9that I, the undersigned, your ecG-owner, have ex- pended in labor and improvements the sum of not less than one hundred dol. lars E$l0090I for the years 1920 and 1921 upon yoHr interests in the Good Luck Fraction, situated betweeh No. l and Na 2 Above Discovery on Moore creek, in the Mt. Mckinley mining and recording precinct, Territory of Alaska in order to hold said claim under the provisions of Section ,2324 of, the. Re vised Statutes of the United States and the amendments thereto. concerning annual labor upon mining claims, being
The Kusko times., 1923-03-07

Wanted-A small sled, suitable 10 make trip to Kobf; must be reason able. Inquire Times office.
The Kusko times., 1923-03-07

long, painted blue and .chiseled U. S. L. M. No. 1278, 3 it. in ground, with stone mound 3 ft. high, 6 it. base, around same. This loca- tion monumsnt is situated on high prominent point on the right limit of Little Creek, just above the confluence of Little Creek and Trail Creek, whence w. Twin Peak bears N. 49 deg. 30 min. E.; E. Twin Peak bears N. 51 deg. 40 min. E. {; No. l Dome bears N. 23 deg. 43 min. E.
 Latitude 6 deg. O4 min. N. Longitude 156 deg. 25 min. W.
 JOHN SUNDBACK Register of Unlted States Land Office
The Kusko times., 1923-03-07
Failure of Stork to
 Arrive Will Cost Her
 One Year in Prison

Ghicago.-A stork that did not ar rive on schedule will cost Mrs. Irene McAuliffe Inks, former postmistress of Franklin Park, year in the federal prison in Rhode Island.
 Miss McAulitfe and Merle Inks were arrested at Cleveland in January, 1920. after they had disappeared, smul taneously with the discovery of shol :. age of s20,000 in Miss McAuliffe's post office accounts.
 While awaiting trial they married. A year ago, when the case was heard Judge Mack suspended the woman s sentence when told she was about to become a mother Investigation re- gently showed the stork never arrived. so Mrs. Inks was committed to prison for year
 An old negro woman stood by ,he grave of her husband and said: "Pos Rastus! l hope he's gone where l spec he ain't."
The Kusko times., 1923-03-07

United State5 Land Office, Nome Alaska. April 22, 1922.
 Minara1 hnp1,oo+;oY Mo nEd0
The Kusko times., 1923-03-07
NUMBER NINE FRACTION
 ON LITTLE GREEK PLACER

Beginning at Cor. No. 1
 Identical with Cor No. 4, No. Ten Above on Little Creek Placer this survey, previously describcd: whence U. s. L. M. Nc. 1278 bears & 58 deg. 19 min. 57 sec. W. 90739 ft. thence N. 35 deg. 38 min W. 678.9 fit. to Cor. No 2: thence s. 89 deg. 49 min. K. 258.2 fit. to Cor. No. 8. thence s. 39 deg. 16 min. E. 527.9 f.. to Cor No 4: thence s 54 deg. F min W. 2A2,9 fl. to Cor. No 1 and place of beginning, containing an area of 3.101 acres.
The Kusko times., 1923-03-07

the amount required t.. ...,. lid min ing claim lot tne I,>..us ending June 30, 1921.
 And if within ninety days after the publication of this notice you fail or refuse to contribute your proportion of said expenditures, as well as the cost of recording the same. and the costs of this advertisement, your interests in said claim will become the property of the undersigned, your co-ownec, who has made the reauired expenditures under the terms ,otegald section 2324, of the Revised Statutes of the United States. CECIL BARLOW,
 Co-Owner. Date of first publication. Jan. 6. 1923. Date of last publication. April z 1923.
The Kusko times., 1923-03-07

A remarkable strike has been made in the Noorvik-Candle section, accord ing to advices recently received at Nome. Andrew Sanno. an Eskimo miner, made the discovery on Koopuk creek, tributary to Buckland river, eight miles from the mission and thirty miles from Candle. Pans run as high & each, and in prospect holes two feet the panninGs ran S24-75. Sannoo is m Eskimo, formerly from Unalakleet, who has been prospecting for>some time in the vicinity of the strike.
The Kusko times., 1923-03-07
NUMBER TEN ABOVE ON LITTLE CREEK PLACER.

Beginning at Cor. No. l
 A hewn spruce post, 1t. long 4 ins. sq. set 2 it. in ground scri- bed 1 l278- l0Ah whence U S L. M. 1278 bears s. 54 deg. 27 min. w., 251 3 ft; thence N. 35 deg. 55 min. W. 586.4 fit. to Cor. No.2; thence N 51 deg. 45 min. E. 657. 8 it. to Cor. No. 8 ;tnence s. 35 deg. 38 min. E. 678.9 it. to Cor. No. 4; thence s. 59 de~ 49 min. ". 656.o it. to Cor. No. and place of be- ginning, containing an area of 9.520 acres.
The Kusko times., 1923-03-07
NUMREp NINE ABOVE ON LITTLE CREEK PLACER

BePinninp on Cor. No. 1.
 Identical with Cor. No 4, No. Nine Fraction on Little Creek Placer. this survey, rreviously des- crihed Whence:- U. S. L. M. bears 1278 bears S. 57 deg. 27 min. 34 sec. W. 1149.8 fit. thence N. a deg. IS min. w. 527.9 fl. to Ger. No. 9: thence N. g dee 12 min. F. 5837 fit. to Cor. No. 8; thence s. 35 deg. Is min. E. 4o3.1 it. to Cor. No 4 |; thence s. 48 deg. 28 min w. 5495 it. to Cor. No. 1 and place of be- ginning, containing an area of 6.628 acres.