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Evening star., 1923-02-02
HOME CONDITIONS AND CARE
OF SICK AND CONVALESCENT
Need of Fresh Air One of First Considera-
tions-Refreshing Baths-Dishes
for the Sick Room

water. Pour one quart of boiling
water upon four tablespoonfuls OF
flaxseed. Add the juice of two
lemons. but not the peel. Sweeten
to taste. steep for three hours in a
covered pitcher. Ice it before drink
ing. This is admirable to take for
a cold.
A teaspoonful of lemon juice with
a saltspoonful of soda in glass of
hot or warm water, taken mornings
before breakfast, will be beneficial.
Heat the lemons before squeezing
them and you will get almost double
the quantity of juice.
Orangeade: Beat one egg wen ana
pour it into a tumbler. Add the
juice of one orange and the juice
Of half a lemon TO the egg. Fill the
glass with water and sweeten to
taste. This is a very nourishing drink.
F1axseed tea: Wash one table
spoonful Of flaxseed thoroughly ana
put il into saucepan with one cup
full OF cold water. Let 1T simmer Tor
an hour or an hour and a half, add
the juice of one lemon and one
Tablespoonful of sugar. and servo hot.
Dissolve the sugar in little hot
water before adding it to the tea. ana
it Will not sink TO the bottom and
will sweeten more quickly.
Good way to make beef tea: rake
one pound of lean beef cut into small
pieces. Put it into jar without a
drop Of water. cover tightly, and set
in a pot of cold water. Heat gradual :
ly to a boil. and continue this stead
lily for about four hours until the
meat is like white rags and the juice
all drawn out. Season with salt TO
taste, and when cool skim.
Nourishing lunch: Separate the
whites from the yolks OF two fresh
eggs. Beat the yolks. and add pep
per and salt to taste. Beat the whites
10 stiff froth. Heat half a pint of
beef tea to the scalding point, and
mix with the beaten yolks. stir
| quickly into this the whites or the
| eggs Serve at once.
Appetizing dish: This is made by
spreading the beaten white of an egg
on a softened slice OF buttered toast.
| droppinE the unbroken yolk of the
F! egg in the center. then placing IT
! into hot oven, leaving it there just
/ long enough for the egg to set. Sea
son with salt. pepper and a LITTLE
butter. and garnish with a sprig OF
Mock oyster soup: Pour. into a
small soup bowl one cupful of boil
| ing water, one-half a cupful OF
milk or cream. butter suficient to
season. and a little salt and pepper
| Place in this a few oyster crackers
| This makes delicious dish and some
| thing children like.
! Barley drink: Wash one table
! spoonful of pearl barley and put !,
| in n pitcher with some lemon rino
and three Jumps of sugar. Pour Doll
! ing water over and let stand for siS
, hours. Strain for use.
Evening star., 1923-02-02
Cheese Croduettes.

Crate two cupfuls Of th;eit cheese white ane
add to one cupful OF not ln'cn VIE haIf
sauce. Add one beaten egg, one nd !.
"a teas aeeaaspoenfui Of salt and enei enefoHren then
teaspoonful of paprika; o,, 1oo,, tmo and and
onerhalf inches long and one men c,,
thick. Dip in beaten fnnssgsggoonful egg TO- Whea OF
s;II, tban roll in finely sifted bread
] Crumbs, egg and crumbs 13,1 IA a sisef kefogd ID
time, and dip the frying pasket rn 90
n Tninntes or until the croquettes are
golden brown. di. # the smais eaIaoes.ns auan-
tity Of soft bread crumbs may De
added to the mixture BE before ana malanns ernmbs
~ sas,..bIe as otherwise the cheese
in melting will run into the hot fat
To make the thick white sauce re-
ouired, mix together four tablespoon,
fuls of -four, two tablespoon1uls .,
butter or substitute, one ,e,f enpiui tea. -.
ntilk, cream or stock, one-haif Yea
snoonful of salt and one-fourth tea
spoonful of paprika.
Evening star., 1923-02-02
BEAUTY CHATS
By Edna
Kent Forbes.

tapers imperceptibly toward its ends,
the color gradually fading OFT. These
were stiff and brittle, and blunt at
the tips. and far too coarse. No
amount OF ingenuity could make them
seem real.
What an odd creature q woman can
make of herself-wfth q transparent
complexion done with violet powder,
or a romantic pallor done with green.
with hair dyed or bleached any exotic
shade, false eyelashes, eyes cut 70
make them larger. figure nodded and
padded-but why go on with the list?
Mary B.-If you weaned the baby
too suddenly or If you used anything
! to dry up the breasts 1t would make
them fiat and f1abby as you describe
With proper care the bust should ba
as good looking before as after child
birth. As you seem to be too thin all
over, I think that If you take Olive
oil and rich milk and other things 20
make you fat you will noI1ce a QuLc-.
| improvement in the bust Do not
| wear any sort OF brassiere at niRn1
and during the day, not a tight one,
| as you do now. but ore snug enough
1 to support the bust without combining
il. Massage this part daily with
warm cocoa butter, followed by an
/ ice rub or cold water rinse.
Evening star., 1923-02-02
VERSFLAGE
Our Judgments.

Jim is lazy. Jim is slow. all the
teachers fault I know. She can't
teach, no. not for nuts-all her kids
are silly mutsl She can't teach. Oh
7 can tell that's the reason Jim can't
spell. Suoh a bright lad. tits a sfn'
she can't knock the lessons in. why!
If she were any good. Jim wouio
learn, of course he would. 1t really
is beyond mere speech, that Jimmy
teacher cannot teach! Jacks a
worker. Jack is bright, aiways
works his problems right. Father ,s,
saws. Jack has my brain. In niili,
7 see myself again" Mother takes
some credit, too. for all the things
young Jack can do; Iain,1 daa br,prs ms
HE homework, nights, to me. ~
seems SO strange. now don't s,Inid yGG
think, that when a chlld's a s'ape stup,o
gink. the teacher always Is 10 olalre
Sut when he's smart. she mas he
c,aina wILHELMlNA STiICa.
Evening star., 1923-02-02
Some Beauty Freaks.

When 1 was first in Paris. saw ex-
quisite boxes in beauty shop windows
labeled ellis" "Cil" | knew meant
eyelash; but who kept eyelashes in a
box? I went in one place and asked
10 see them. amused and ashamed of
my ignorance. And, sure enough
each box contained a most beautiful
pair of eyelashes. black, brown, any
shade you fancied-long, thick, made
of real hair, ! was assured, threaded
on colorless hair, ready to be at
tached to any pair of eyes in need of
beautifying! One could have them at
10 francs and up, and a mucilage
came for attaching, which kept them
on all day but allowed them to be
washed loose with warm water. SO
they could be put away-more or less
like false teeth-for the night.
OF course the owner of such sweep
ing lashes couldn't weep. for if she
indulged in sorrow, she would weep
her eyelashes out, if not her eyes
You'll wonder what they looked
like. Well. they looked like what they
were, fake eyelashes. For a real lash
Evening star., 1923-02-02

1t is no wonder, with the Rus
sian influence prevailing in the
fashion world, that we find the loose
over blouse rapidly gaining wide
spread popularity.
The smart blouse shown would
make an attractive addition to any
Crepes in all varities of weaves.
brooaded chiffons and matelasse are
used a great deal for these smart
affairs that complete costume so
delightfully."-.
Made Of crepe at $3.50 per yard
the blouse would cost. about $500
The pattern No. 1871 cuts in sizes
"a, SO, 3S, 40, AZ and - lncnes Dust
measure. size 36 requires Is yards
40-ineh material.
Ppiee of pattern. Is cents, in post
ara stampx only. Orders should be
aadressed to The Warrington Star
uattern bureau, "a East 18th street,
New York dty, Please write name
and address clearly.
Evening star., 1923-02-02
Braised Beef and Vegetables.

Wipe and trim six pounds of round
or ru1np of beef without bone. Scar
until brown on all sides in very
hot frying pan over hot fire. In
the braising pan or iron Kettle put
iayers of sliced onions, turnips and
carrots. add a bunch of sweet herbs.
one teaspoonful of salt and one-half
a teaspoonful of pepper. On this lay
the meat. Add one pint of boiling
water or water and stewed tomatoes
mixed. Cover closely and cook four
hours in a moderate oven. If the
water evaporates rapidly, add more.
transfer the meat to a hot platter.
strain, thicken and season the gravy.
The vegetables may be served sepa-
retsly IL like&.
Evening star., 1923-02-02
Distorp of Dour Same.
BY PHILIP FRANCIS NoWLAN.
HAYMON

Observation-Disclosures, Aymons, Fitz-
Aymons.
RACIAL oRIGIN-Norman.F French.
SOURCE-A given name.
The foregoing family names are de-
rived from another. of those, given
names which, though tremendously
popular in early days, has become oh
Eolete today. This name and its va
riations. in fact, were so widespread
during England's period of Norman
French dominance as to produce sew
eral groupings of family names. much
In the same fashion as the given name
of John
This given name holds an unusual
position in the nomenclature of nod-
ern Europe in that despite it's tre-
lnendous popularity, it's origin is lost
In obscurity. philologists trace it back
10 a very ancient Teutonic name.
ANAL or "AmaIa," but they never
have been able TO unearth definitely
It's meaning. That it was very an
cient seems certain, for it has left its
mark upon the family names of vir-
tually all countries in which Teu-
tonic races have settled.
The foregoing family names appar-
entity are developments of the forms
piou5HL iHto EnSidnu Dy tHS NOT
mans, "Hamo" and "Hamon." But a
study of the tendencies of the tongue.
taken with other evidence, does not
indicate that Hamons, Haymons and
Aymons develop as family names
through the addition and subsequent
dropping of the ending "son," except
perhaps in a limited number of cases
with IIamons. The more likely eN-
planation is that they are all short
ened forms of "F'itz- Hamon. the Nor
man method of forming the family
name. Were the SON method used
the tendency would be toward the in
sertion OF d I'd" between it and the
given name. and while this I'd" might
later have been dropped out again. the
chances are that there would have
been left In the name a double I'm -
for such doubling of the consonant
would probably have accompanied
the insertion Of the I'd" and the addi-
ton Of the son"
Evening star., 1923-02-02
Special Ham Pie.

You will need five large potatoes
sliced. one pound of raw ham cut
one-fourth of an inch thick, two me-
dium-sized. carrots, some boiling
water and seasonings. Place layer
of the sliced potatoes in the bottom
Of a baking dish. CRATE one carrot
over the potatoes and cover with one
half the ham cut in pieces the size
for a serving Place another layer
of potatoes and carrots and cover
with ham. Pour in boiling water to
half fill the pan. Cover and bake
until the potatoes are soft. 1t will
take about one hour in a hot oven.
Uncover for the last ffteen minutes.
Add more water II the pie seems
dry,
Evening star., 1923-02-02
Your Home and
You
An Outdoor Closet for Rubbers.
BY HELEN KENDALL.

Il was so much interested in your
article about having a. coatrack out
side for snowy winter wraps" tele-
phones a woman reader of this de-
partmeut, that I thought I would
tell you about my outdoor closet for
rubbers and goloshes. 1t has saved
my rugs, my labor and my temper a
hundred times this winter,
''on the tiled portico to our sub
urban cottage we have two tall
benches facing each other. These
weren't there last summer, as we
would never sit on them in summer
anyway: hut when the first snow fen
this last fall. and my children began
Evening star., 1923-02-02
Cocoanut Cheese Cake,

Cream together onehalf a cupfu1
of butter and one Of cream cheese, add
one cupful Of chopped cocoanut, one
cupfuI of -four and two tablespoon
Roll out. out in rounds or squares.
put Il few chopped dates on half the
pieces of pastry, cover with the re-
matnder, lay on creased tins and
bake in hot oven for about fifteen
minutes.
Evening star., 1923-02-02
The Blessed Little Snow
flakes.
The snowfakes as they lightly fall
With purity will cover all.
old Mother Nature.

Peter Rabbit sat UP very suddenly
and turned his head TO look up at
the sky. a. great hope showing In MS
eyes.
Whats the matter With YOU: oId
Jed Thumper demanded.
IT Thought I saw d snowflake,
whispered Peter.
Old Jed Thumper sat Up and looked
up at the sky. The sky was gray
with heavy clouds, but though ne
looked and looked he didn't see a
snowflake. Il guess" said he. you
imagined it. ] wish it would snow.
A good snow would put an end to
ALL our troubles. Come on, Peter, we
better be moving"
Peter concluded that he had been
mistaken about the snowflake, and
Evening star., 1923-02-02
Mutton Haricot.

Cut two pounds of breast mutton
in pieces, roll in -four and brown IN
drIppings. Transfer TO sleWpar'
hoiling water and simmer until very
tender. Add one pint of parboiled po-
tatoes or one point of boiled macaronl
and one pint of shelled peas. season
and simmer until the vegetables are
cooked.
Evening star., 1923-02-02
Stewed Kidney and Eggs.

Put on a kidney early in the after
noon and. let it simmer until bed
time, then allow 1t to remain all
night In the same water. Next porn-
ing cut it into small pieces and stew
for an hour or longer. Make a
brown, gravy and Just before serving
Evening star., 1923-02-02
Macaroni Salad,

Boil some macaroni in the usual
way. Blanch with cold water. drain
and chill thoroughly. To each pint
of macaroni add an equal amount OF
chopped celery, tablespoonful OF
grated onions, two tablespoonfuls OF
chopped green pepper and two to-
matoes chopped fine. Moisten with
mayonnaise and serve.
Evening star., 1923-02-02

was just about to start after Old Jed
Thumper when a tiny. feathe1,y flake
landed right on the end of his wabbly
little nose. Peter gave IL leap for
JOY and scampered after old Jed
Thumper. II didn't imagine it,.
cried Peter. A snowflake just landed
on my nose And there's another,
and another: and another. and an
and another! and another. and an
1t was true. Many little snow
flakes, feathery little snowflakes,
were coming down in a lazy man.
Evening star., 1923-02-02

Since 1906 the per capita consumption
of lumber in the United States has
dropped from 500 board feet to S1s
board feet
Evening star., 1923-02-02
The Housewives Idea
Box
Draw Strings in the Laundry.

1t is quite annoying to find that the
draw string of a garment has been
lost in laundering. YOU can prevent
this If you fasten all draw strings
at the center back before you put the
garments into the wash. it will take
hut q few minutes to do this, and
save many minutes in the end.
THE HOUSEWIFE.
Evening star., 1923-02-02

, The United Textile Workers haa be-
gun campaign to unionize the cotton
mills In the south.
Evening star., 1923-02-02

observation-disclosures, Aymons, Fitz
Aymons.
RACIAL ORlGIN-Norman- French.
SOURCE-A given name.
Evening star., 1923-11-13
$20,OOO,0OO IN BONDS
PLACED ON SALE
Southern Railway Issue Days Big
gest New 0ffering-Wall
Street Briefs.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, November 13.--An
issue of $4,000. 900 s per cent develop
ment and general mortgage bonds of
the Southern Railway Company was
offered for public subscription today.
The bonds mature April 1. 1856 and
were offered at 961s to yield approx
mately 6.25 per cent.
Another offering today consisted OF
s5,o00.oo0. Los Angeles, Calf, one to
thirty year "a per cent bonds at
prices to yield about 4.60 per cent
pal bonds aggregating S2,156,oo0 were
offered at prices to yield 4.65 per cent.
One issue of 81 100000 bears 5k per
cent coupon and the remainder a 8
per cent coupon.
The application of tho Standard Oil
shares for trading on the New York
exchange has been withdrawn because
of a disagreement over the amount the
company would be required to pay for
the privilege of listing. The company.
IL was understood contended the fec
should be $4,000, while stock exchange
officials were said to have interpreted
OF $4,000. The stock will continue TO
be traded in on New York curb.
The Glen Alden Coal Company has
declared a dividend of $3.50 a share
payable December 90, to stock of rec
ord December l.
Net income of the Columbian Carbon
Company for the nine months ending
September 80 was $3.50, 129.
The Standard Oil Company of New
Jersey has announced a cut of / cent
a gallon in the price Of export gasoline
in bulk, making the new price S1.0J.
Evening star., 1923-11-13
RED|SCOUNT RATES
UNLIKELY TOMOVE
Reserve Bank Governors in
Session Here-LocaI
Stocks Very Quiet.

Considerable interest is being
manifested by banking interests OF
tho country in the regular fall con-
ference of federal reserve bank gov
ernors now under way here.
or primary importance is the moot
matter OF rediscount rates which will
come up for Discussion before the
conference ends. However. it has
been learned from authoritative
sources that no increases are ex-
pected to be recommended at this
time. Credit conditions. it is said,
are such that it would be reasonable
to expect "a reduction in the bank
rate after the turn of the year. pro-
vided. of course, credit continues to
ease as a result of the return of
funds being employed in moving
the crops In any event, bank rates
Will not be changed at the current
session. Action of this kind is up
to the directors of each federal re-
serve bank. and any new suggestion
is submitted to the federal reserve
board.
These periodic meetings Of tho.
board are mainly for an exchange or
views as to credit and banking condi .
tions in the different localities.
sss,OOO.O0O in Interest.
approximately s6s, 200. 900 interes.
will be payable next THURSDAY by t. 4
United States government on the =
per cent second liberty loan bond q
1919 and on the 4 "a per cent secon4
liberty loan bonds of the same issue.
Interest on registered governments
bonds is paid by check by tho Treas
ury at Washington. Coupons ma
now be sent to the coupon paving di I
vision of the federal reserve banks ni.
the various districts which are "
pared to receive them. Checks in pay
ment of coupons deposited in advan,t
will be ready for delivery at $50 AM
Thursday, or member banks, upon re-
quest, may have the proceeds. when
due, credited to their reserve ac-
counts.
Construction Date Set.
Building of the elaborate new homo
of the Federal-American National
Bank will be actually started Feb
ruary 10, 1924, when the three months
notice TO vacate, given tenants now
occupying the site, will have expired.
1t is estimated that the present
structures now gracing the location
VIII be entirely razed within month
thereafter. and the work of construc-
tion will then be started Immediately.
Bonds Offered Herr.
An offering of s20,00o,o00 Southern
hail way Company development and
improvement mortgage per cent
bonds, due April 3, 1856. was today
made to the local public at 96h TO
yield about 6.25 per cent.
The principal and per cent inter.
est are secured under the mortgage.
and the additional 2 per cent inter
est is secured under a supplemental
indenture. This arrangement is ne
cessitated by the Limitation OF tho
coupon rate under the terms of the
mortgage 10 per cent, and Is identi-
cal with that made in the case of the
6Es, now outstanding.
Local Stocks Quiet.
This mornings trading on the
Washington Stock Exchange was duh
and uninteresting. Washington Gas
6S brought 10012; Potomac Electric
Power refunding IS. 1864, and Wash
ington Railway and Electric Is, 69L.
On the stock side, Ianston was
easy at u, while Capital Traction
brought 9Sh.
Evening star., 1923-11-13
SOUTHERN RAILWAY.
BONDS ARE ACTIVE.
Old Issues in Competition
With NeW-Eries Strong.
Liberties Firm.
By GEORGE r. HUGHES.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK. November 13.-Witf
the speculative rails leading, the
bond market today gives an exhibi'
tion of sustained strength.
The one exception WAS where new
offerings came into competition witt
outstanding issues, az was the case
with the new Southern Railway
per cent general mortgage bonds tc
the amount OF $c0,o00.O 900 put out to-
day at 9Sis. to yield 6.35 per cent
In this case Southern Railway gen.
eral 4s and general 6ks, all issued
under the same mortgage, reacted to
bring the yield into line with tina,
obtainable on the new bondE. Both
in the case Of the 61as and of the
new IS the interest above ! per cent
is not mortgage secured. This gives
the old "a slightly better invest
ment standing.
Eries Again Strong.
The Eries were especially promi-
nent In tOday's advance among the
railroad obligations. moving in sym
pathy with the stocks. Trading was
very active and prices for all the
active issues moved higher. At 50
thC SoIN tlult ~ rs were "lInln "A
point of their high for the year. while
the prior lien Is again went above so
There was also animated specula-
tion in New Haven bonds i'm response
to the favorable statement for the
third quarter. The debenture As OF
went up more than a, point The 6s
OF l94s were in especial favor.
For the first in long time today
also. the st. Paul obligations showed
a tendency to advance. but gains were
not large. The convertible AVS did
the best Missouri Pacific issues
showed little rallyinE power. The
always active Missouri. Kansas and
Texas adjustments were strong. Sea-
board bonds were steady, but not SO
active.
Libertys Hold Firm.
In the high-grade investment
group there was steadiness, but not
much price change. Buying of Sc
lected issues continued on a good
scale, both on the exchange and "over
tho counter" New York Central
mortgage 31ss and Atlantic Coast
Line-Louisville and Nashville col
lateral As were prorninent
Libertys were firm around Monday S
closing levels. Apparently the Brit
ish government has completed its
purchases of United States bonds in
preparation for the coming interest
payment. The market from now or
is likely to be Influenced by the out
look for tax reduction. on the one
hand. or a bonus bill. on the other. as
well as conditions in the money mar
kct.
There was very little change in the
foreign group. Austrian as were frac-
tionally higher.
Days New Offerings.
Todsy's output of new bonds in
cluded $5,000.000 in Los Angeles
(CalifD fS. per cent bonds, with Sc
rial ma aturities of 1924-I963. at prices
to yield around $50 per cent. and S.
156.000 City of Akron and 5h per
cent bonds, also due seriaIly from
1924 to 1s47, at prices to yield 4.65 per
cent.
Evening star., 1923-11-13
PRICES UNSETTLED
IN COTTON MARKET
Liverpool Cables Cause Weakness
in New York and Also in
New Orleans.
Br the Assoria ted Press.

Br the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, November 1S.-The
cotton market was nervous and un-
settled during today's early trading
because of easier Liverpool cables.
a denial of yesterdays reports that
the British government had offered a
large loan to the Lancashire cotton
trade and unsettled foreign political
conditions The opening was steay
at decline of 5 to So points under
scattering liquidation and southern
and local selling.
Declines In New Orleans.
NEW ORLEANS. November Ia
Poor cables and denials of yesterdays s
rumors of government aid for the
British spinning industry caused de-
clines in the cotton market today
During the first half hour of business
prices lost "a to 3s points, December
falling to 32.S0. Weather conditions
over the belt were considerably fa-
vorable on the whole and private re-
ports from some sections of the in
terror talked of an easier spot basis.
Noon Trading Prices
NEW YORK. November 13.-Cotton
futures. 11:45 am. bids. Steady. De-
cember. 1927; January, 1895; March,
32.12; May. 53.15: July. 1886.
NEW ORLEANS. November 13.-
Noon bids. Steady. December, 32.62
asked: January. 32.75; March, 32SS;
May, $3.50; July, 32.40.
Evening star., 1923-11-13
BACK DIVIDENDS VOTED.
Remington Typewriter Company
Takes Important Action.

= NEW YORK, November 13.-The
Remington Typewriter Company to-
day declared dividend of $2 on Sec
ond. cumulative preferred stock, pay
able December 90 to stock of record
December s. The last dividend on
second preferred was paid August 1
1921, leaving balance of $50. The
regular quarterly dividend of $1.75
on first preferred. payable January
to stock OF record December 90, also
was declared.