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Evening star., 1923-08-01
BEAUTY CHATS
Mouth Washes.

There's a lot of dull routine about
this business of keeping up ones
good looks. or of improving them.
For instance, the matter of teeth
Now good teeth do much toward
making good-looking face; and
perfect teeth will redeem the most
homely. But healthy or beautiful
teeth (they are the same thing) re-
Quire a lot of care
twice a day, the morning brush pref
erably after breakfast. The ideal
may be to brush them after every
meal. but like most ideals, this is
rather hard to live up 10. Twice a
day. thoroughly. the brush being
used up and down and well over the
gums. with good tooth paste or
powder. and you are safely near the
ideal Of mouth cleanliness. How
ever, If you've been eating a lot of
fruit and you have a tendency to
ACID mouth. try to wash out the
mouth afterward with a little bicar-
Donate of soda and water.
II you've throat trouble. garele
with antiseptics, and then rinse out
the mouth with peroxide and water.
IL you've tendency to loose teeth
rub the gums daily or twice a day
with tincture OF myrrh. If you've
tartar fevery one. I think, has someD
carbonate of soda. the good kind
from chemists. and as much citric
ac1d az will go on ten-cent piece
Moisten with few drops of water to
form paste. roll absorbent cotton
around an oransewood stick. dip in
TINS and rub well around the teeth
especially toward the gums and rinse
out. | may as we'll warn yuu that
thls is only for light cases of tartar
ana sensitive teeth may ache a trihe
Evening star., 1923-08-01
FEED THE.BRUTE
Fayorite Recipes by Famous
Men.
BY GEORGE JULIAN ZOLNAY.
Hungarian Paprika Chicken.

Any time you find yourself in pos
session of nice young chicken, two
or three good sized onions, table,
spoonful of butter. some thick sour
cream, salt. paprika. water and a
cook stove, you can, and should dash
garian paprika chicken. Speaking of
this simultaneous possession Of va
rious necessary articles. | might add
that there must be a little flour in
the bin.
Place a bandage over the eyes and
cut up finely the two or three onions.
Fry the chopped or cut onions in a
pan. using about one tablespoonful Of
butter or lard. You may remove the
bandage before frying the onions.
Let them fry until they are a little
reddish In color but not brown. Re-
move from the fire and stir in one
fat teaspoonful of Hungarian pap
rilta- Lay in on this a young chicken
all cut up as for frying: now a half
teaspoonful of salt and one cupful of
water. Cover and allow to simmer for
one and a half or two hours
When the chicken is nice and tender
stir in a thickenine made of one tea
spoonful of flour and two-thirds of
cup of sour cream Cthick). Sweet
cream can be used if it is extra thick,
but the sour article is the proper
thing.
Serve the dish within five minutes
after the thickening is added. The
sauce will be pink in color and poured
over the chicken.
Serve rice with this dish.
Copyright. 1929
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little BennyS
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was standing outside of Mommy
Simminses store wondering whether
to buy sour balls or a lolly pop, me
ony having a cent, and jest as I was
starting to go in who came up but
Lew Davis. me thinking, ! amt going
to buy enything vile he's heer. that
guy never buys enything himself and
he always Expects some Of wat other
fellows buy.
And I didert go in, Lew Davis say
ing, Hello, Benny, are you going to
buy enything?
No. I sed Wich wasent vile he
was there. and he sed. Well. got to
go home.
Wich he started to- and as soon as
he termed erround the corner I went
in Mommy Simminses and started to
look at the diffrent kinds of candy,
asking Mommy Simmins how meny
YOU got for a cent and making up my
mind and changing it agen on account
of being so meny diffrent kinds and
and after vile I sed. Well. / CESS
III take OF those things with the
things on top.
Its time you gessed something. Nom
my Simmins sed. And she put 3 in
a yellow bag and I gave her the cent
side agen and ! quick sed. 0. made a
mistake, would you mind changing
them for a green lolly pop.
EnythinE to get rid OF You, Mommy
Simmins Sed. And she gave me a
lolly pop without Il bag and | quick
stuck ii all in my mouth and wawke ed
out with the stick sticking out. Lew
saying. Hay, I thawt you wasent
agoing to buy enything.
/ changed my mind. / thawt you
was going home, I sed
] changed my mind. he sed. and
sed. G.. I'm sorry ] dident know you
was out heer because now I've went
and stuck the hole thing in my mouth
so I cant give you bite now. can /?
Wich he dIdent say weather ] could
or not, so | dident.
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lCopyrizht. 1871

evening there was company for din
ner Said the visitor, What lovely
tender beans. Deliciousi Where did
you get them?"
Danny raised those" said mother
some more"
Danny stared in astonishment. He
laid down his knife and fork and
| stared at his mother. Afterward he
said, who picked by beans?"
why, ! did" said mother. saThev
We're just the thing / needed for din
i ner. Lucky you grew them"
Danny burst into tears. You had
no business to pick my beans. You
had no business TO. wanted to see
| IL mine was the longest and now Won
business to-
You silly thing. Not pick beansq
How foolish! They were ready to
pick. What's the matter with youp
That's what they are for, isn't il?
To eat? Isn't it? Crying over beans,
Go 'long. with you before 1 lose ali
patience"
But something had to be done
about ii. Gardeners are like that.
You simply must not pick their
beans. They will gladly give them
to you. They do not want them as
beans. They grow them and pick
them and give them, but they are
bereft if an alien hand reaps the
harvest. Especially are children that
WaSs
Evening star., 1923-08-01
By
EDNA KENT FORBES

from the powders. Once every six
months the dentist should remove all
tartar from your teeth for YOU. get
tlhg UP under the gums where the
worst tartar is. aud removing il all
III THIS Is done, you will never have
pyorrhca
Fern B.--Since you are using cream
80 generously. why not, learn 10 make
your own? ] shall be glad to send
YOU the formula for doing this II
you mail me an addressed stamped
ehFeiope. In the meantime lie sure
that the cream you are using is ,.erv
good.
Hope am sorry but cannot
give YOU the names Of trad. prena
rations
Evening star., 1923-08-01
Black Velvet Hats-Colored Ribbon
HI ANNE RITTENHoUsE.

The felt hat OF the season seems to
have served s. sort of safety valve
that has had a. IN to do with pro-
longing interest ali hats that are real
ly summer hats. If you feel some
scorching hot day in midsummer like
nothing in the world so much as rush.
ing the season and wearing a velvet
hat-and women often do, you know
you can compromise with yourself
by wearing felt hat. These light
weight felt hats have held the favor
with we'll dressed women that was
promised for them. Frequently now.
where women of good taste are as
sembled. you see nothing but really
summer hats and these felt hats-vel-
Vet hats being much less frequent
just now than in other seasons.
Still, velvet hats already have been
worn in Paris. Some women here
have followed suit, and a. days go by
there will be more OF them on both
sides OF the glass of the milliners'
windows.
Many Of. the new black hats are
trimmed with color. the one shown
in the sketch having a band of royal
blue moire ribbon about the base of
the upturned brin, which is also
piped With the ribbon. A large bow
OF the same color takes up it's stand
just behind the left ear.
NOW tney are taking gllnIy ABOUT
the 1850 influence in millinery the
new off-the-face shapes that have
somehow evolved themselves from
the poke so much In evidence during
the spring being looked upon as pres
ent day versions of the 1850 mode.
The similarity may not strike you as
Very great.
The grand priN. with its Chinese
setting. has interested millinerS tre-
lnendously - Americans as we'll as
French: but the Chinese influence. we
are told. will relate to colors and deco
rations rather than to shape. In fact,
il seems. as If dreSsmakers and milli-
ners had given over to some extent
looking ifor much inspiration for ac-
tual styles in the fashions of other
climes and other times. What has
managed to survive of the Egyptian
tian coloring. From Chinese and, to
Evening star., 1923-08-01

without moving save that the tip of
her tail kept twitching. Nanny
sighed with relief. Danny was safe.
But presently Nanny became anx-
ious again. With every minute that
passed she egrew more anxious. Black
Pussy was still there watching. There
was no way for Danny to know that
she was still there. She was where
he couldn't see her by peeping out
If Black Pussy was patient long
enough Danny would be sure to think
that all danger was over and come
out. Nanny's fear for Danny grew
and grew.
''Oh dear. Oh dear, Oh dear. If only
| could do something" she kept saw
ing over and over to herself .Jf
only I could warn him. He mustn't
come out. He mustn't. He mustn't
Copyright. 1923. by T. W. Burgess.)
Evening star., 1923-08-01

The I-ombar dy poplar. formerly be-
lieved to have originated many hun
dreds of years ago in Lombardy, is
one OF the most Interesting of trees.
Its native home, however. is prob
ably Afghanistan: where it may be
found growing wild high up in the
mountains.
Its vertical habit or growth and
tall pencil-like form easily distin-
guish it from all others Its leaf.
wEich is one and one-half to three
inches long. is also of distinctive
shape. being very broad at it's base
and acutely pointed at it's apex. and
the slender. plant stems allow them
to fiutter from side to side in the
wind and twinkle attractiyely in the
sunlight When in middle April the
leaves first appear from their buds
they are of delightful. delicate
light green, and as the days go by
become firmer and darker in color.
In the fan they turn II rich golden
yellow.
Evening star., 1923-08-01
Nanny Meadow Mouse Fears
for Danny.
Beware lest you shall find, ns!hsp.
Security but prove a trap.
Nanny Meadow Mouse

Nanny Meadow Mouse had not gone
over TO the Green Meadows for
breakfast with Danny Meadow Mouse
that morning. She had intended to
go over little later. Before start
ing she climbed up on the shoulder
of the old scarecrow in which they
were making their home. She didn' t
have any particular reason for doing
il. She didn't know why she did it
But she did il. and ii was well she
did.
From her perch there she could
the Green Meadows. Almost at once
she saw something black moving in
the tall grass on the edge OF the
Green Meadows. At first she didn't
know what it was. but in a moment
she got a good view
-.B1ack Pussy: My. Isr1 giad came
up here her Ins lnstssd Of gqins over there
pt[tq lpaI B9DDX Xss SlEssqy Oytr
sssFS 'se zsof7rossl @ns
crehsh DOW .Id EiaGb f y
ly through the tall grass. Then Black
Pussy sprang. Nanny shut her eyes
She just couldn't look. When she
moving swiftly through the grass, and
every moment or two making a spring
as if trying to pounce on some one.
Nanny knew that that some one was
Danny.
"Oh. OH" squeaked Nanny each
time that Black Pussy Jumped
Presently she noticed that Black
Pussy was headed toward the fence
post at the foot of which lay the old
tin can in which Danny had so want
Il
stood then that Danny was running for
this. And how she did hope that he
would get there in time. She couldn' I
see Danny because he was so small
that he was hidden in the grass. But
she saw Black Pussy make that
spring which so nearly caught Danny
as he lodged into that old can Had
Black Pussy caught him?
Evening star., 1923-08-01
His Own.

Dan planted a garden. His father
gave him bit of ground and let him
have whatever seeds he asked for
out of his own assortment
Take what you want" said father.
''It's just as much fun to me to raise
beans as it is to raise radishes. Help
yourself to what you like best
though"
II think" said Dan with wrinkIed
brow, II think 1 will specialize in
beans"
Very well. You know beans are
cranky and sometimes they show
rust. and you must not touch them
when they are wet"
Yes. but l like beans. I'll SOW
the ones that don't rust so easy"
True to his word. he specialized in
beans ard had fine ones coming along
at a time when father had none.
when my beans get ripe I'm going
10 pick them and see how long the
longest one is. 1 bet I'll have a long
er one than Dad Romer. He says he
grows the best beans ever but I bet
mines better'n his"
You're a real gardner, Dad. Just
as soon as you begin beating the
neighbors you're done for. You'll
be gardening forever just like me-"
That pleased Dan immensely and
Ss Eardened harder than ever. One
Evening star., 1923-08-01

II would like to buy a present to
take home to my mother from the
country fair" said Susie Cut-across
to Betty Cut-out as she counted the
money in her pocketbook.
II know what TO buy" replied Betty,
skipping along beside her. "An In
dian pottery bowl would make q fine
gift"
That's Just what I'll buy" Susie
agreed, and the two little girls start
ed for the Indian booth. Wapasso
came out to meet them, leading lit
tie girl by the hand.
'My two friends. Betty. Susie" said
he. "My sisters name Tanagida, That
mean in English, humming bird"
Tanagida showed the girls her many
clay bowls with queer designs on
them. and Susie bought an orange
and blue one.
Isn't it fun to color the dolls when you can
use SO many different orayonSf Tanagida' s
faoe Is reddish brown like her brothsr's She
wears little red strings her braids and q red
bracelet and necklace. Ter dress and legsings
are leather with blue and green trimming.
Her moccasins you may make red and brown.
Copyright, 1921
Evening star., 1923-08-01

The popiars are members OF the
willow family. salicaceae. and reSem-
BILE the willows in being quick
growing and moisture-loving
To the landscape gardener the
Lombardy Is quite an important tree,
it's slender. upright form lending an
admirable contrast and balance in a
composition of round headed trees or
in combination with architecture
where il is desirable to break up
horizontal lines. They will add
character 10 any pictorial group.
Few things are more beautiful than
tie restless silhouette Of these trees
outlined against the deep blue of a
cloudless evening sky.
1t is of interest to know that the
I-ombardy poplar was the first orna-
mental tree to be brought into the
United States, having been intro
duced by Thomas Jefferson. There
are numbers of these trees in Wash
ingtoa and the specimens illustrated
arc growing in Fl ont Of the Carnegi ie
Public Library. 9th street and New
York avenue.
Evening star., 1923-08-01

Many homemaker having grounds
large enough TO boast several heavy
shade trees has viewed with dismay
the patches of bare earth or thin.
sparse growth beneath these trees
or what use is.-it 10 have a thick
green turf on the rest of the place
if the areas under the trees are 10 be
scrubby and empty?
The reason for this barren ground
is not the fact that the heavy shade
shuts out the sun. since grass and
other Greenery grows we'll in shady
places. The fact is that the spread :
ing roots Of the trees use up all the
nourishment and moisture in the soil,
leaving little for grass TO feed upon.
However. there are various ways OF
covering this bare ground Rhoden-
areas under trees and apparent1y do
not mind the meagerness of the soil.
Mollld cost Q GOOD qeal t0 COXer lle
Inti arc 'mbsmc,,rt - l.str,l n"a >,
Sxo.11d sest a sood deal to cover the
rhs b<ss stro16d Szi . IS the
v,9nicH runs afonG the grohnd wiEhait
sending its rootlets deep into the soil.
Myrtle grows splendidly in the shade,
and it's shining green foliage is beau
tiful the summer through, even when
it is not in blue blossom. Creeping
speedwell is another rapid spreader
in shade as well as sun.
Recently I saw the entire space un-
der large tree covered with ferns.
Each fern had been set in a little
ba sin filled with wood earth. and this
meal of earth was renewed each
spring-enough to last the fern
through the season. They were close
enough together to make a feathery
carpet in appearance, and while il
took some time to set the original
plants. transplanted from the woods
nearby. they did we'll and made a
beautiful pool of green beneath the
tree.
Any good florist will study the exact
condition of the ground beneath your
particular tree and Will recommend
the plant that will do best there. 1t
isn't hopeless, however bare the earth
may be.
Evening star., 1923-08-01
Ljsten, World! 2<J
~ cote Rh1,oo

! have just been listening to Ruth
discipline her offspring. Offspring
had told a fib. 1t wasn't the first
time Offspring had told a fib, as any
of Ruth's neighbors could have in
formed her. But it was the first
time Ruth had found it out, and she
was aghast. Her method of discipline,
purely oral, ran about as follows:
Darling. don't you love mother?
Don't you love mother who tries so
Evening star., 1923-08-01
RLnIIME CHnDIEC By Thornton
DL1I Il 11VAN NJ O1OllLc ". Burgess.

In moment or two Black Pussy
answered that question for her. She
could tell by Black Pussy's actions
that Danny was safely inside that old
can. She saw Black Pussy put her
paw in. trying to reach Danny. Then
Black Pussy snatched that out and
snarled angrily.
Danny bit her" thought Nanny.
He bit Black Pussy's paw. guess
she won't try that again very soon"
Black Pussy didn't. Instead. she
crouched down just 10 one side -
that old can, and there she remained
Evening star., 1923-08-01
Beauty Is More Rare Than One
Might Think.

Up at Cosmopolitan Studios the
other day I was talking to Casting
Director Michael Cornelly. II sup
pose" I said. that your job is soft.
There are so many pretty girls. Such
an avalanche of beauty that doubt
Evening star., 1923-08-01

LIONEL BARRYMORE Is CHAR
ACTERIZED AS ONE OF THE
TWO PERFECT LOVERS OF
THE SCREEN
less all you have TO do is TO point
foref1nger from blonde to blonde
and from brunette to brunette and
the day s done"
But not 50. according 70 the over
worked director, especially when he
had to secure over 100 beautiful
women for Enemies Of Women"
which might seem to some men, we
might add. very pleasant task. II
Evening star., 1923-08-01
Scalloped CLANS.

Prepare a quart of clans bv SEN
arating the soft part, from the harn.
removing the black from the sort
part and chopping the hard portion
fine. Pound fine about nine crackers.
Butter two-quart pudding dish
place layer Of cracker crumbs,
then layer Of clans and season
with salt, paprika and nutmeag. Put
in more crackers until the dish is
fun. having era cker on top. Pour
over half Il cupfui pf clam water.
with two Ia ablespoonfulS Of cream
well seasoned. Dot with butter and
bake for an hour
Evening star., 1923-08-01
Clam Pie.

Chop forty clans, two small onions
and half a green pepper. Boil four
medium potatoes, cut them fine and
add to the above. Thicken with two
tablespoonfuls Of flour and one ia.
blespoonfuI OF butter and cook all
together. Make a biscuit crust, line
a deep dish and fill. Spread over a
top crust. when brown, the pie is
baked enough.
Evening star., 1923-08-01

pain in general Accept ONLY.
',Bayer'' package. which contains
proper directions. Handy boxes Of
twelve tablets cost few cents.
Druggists also sell bottles Of q
and 100. Aspirin is the trad"
mark of Baycr Manufacture ~
Nonoacetica cidcster of Salicylicacid.
Evening star., 1923-08-01

When YOU see the name "Bayer'' :
on package or on tablets YOU are
getting the genuine Bayer prod
uct prescribed by physicians over
twenty-five years and proved safe
by millions for colds. headache
toothache, earache, neuralgia, lum-
bago, rheumatism. neuritiS and for
Evening star., 1923-08-01

hard to make her little boy happy
and good? Then how could you tell
that naughty, naughty lie and break
mothers heart? How could you make
poor mother cry and cry? Now you
must promise never. never to lie
to mother because every time you lie
TO mother it is just as If YOU hit her.
And you wouldn't hit mother. would
you? There-there, don't cry! Come,
we will go and get a cookie and put
hearts And we will never, never
again do such a cruel thing to mother
who loves u.s."
Now perhaps. you are moved to
tears by this exhibition of pure.
sweet motherly love. but I'm not. 1t
- quite as immoral AS the lie itself.
Evening star., 1923-08-01

Mrs. Florence Davenport or san
Francisco. earns her living as a
painter and as guide 10 parties or
tourists Visiting PariE
Evening star., 1923-08-01
PERSONAL HFATTH SFRVTCE
Who. Must Have Milk?

B1 WILLIAM BRADY NJ. D.
Noted Physician and -4Lthor
Evening star., 1923-08-01

some extent, from Persian sources
we are deriving color and design
rather than actual contour. There is
every reason to think that the Chi
nese dragon will be as much in evi-
dence this autumn as the Egyptian
scarab tried to be last spring.
Copyright. 1921
Evening star., 1923-11-01
AUCTION SALES.
FUTURE DAYS.
THOg- !. OWEN & BON, AUCTIONEEF
TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE IN
PROVED LOTS ON THE CONDUIT

TRUSTEES. SALE OF yALuAsLE M.
Re9Shp Ra1pi 3. LOTS ON THE CONDUIT
BY virtue Of . power of sale contained In
deed Of trust from Annie NJ Allen and VII
liam II. H. Allen. tr.. her husband. to T.
Howard Duckett end Aueusttne W. Neale.
jr, dated April q. 1923. ana duly recorded
ApriI %, 1928, IN one Of the land record books
OF the District Of Columbia. default having
by said trust, and at the reauest af the hold:
viii sell at public auction. on The premises. on
MONDAY NOVEMBER FIFTH. 1921. AT
FOUR O'CLOCK PM, all the real estate and
premises described In said deed OF trust, be-
Ing lots numbered seven ~, eight t6), nine
(e), ten (lO) and the east half Of lot eleven
sabaIs,on ns h S0ef 81 pap q no"
called Palisades Of the Potomac" made by
Clark and Cottrell. trustees, as per plat re-
corded In the office Of the surveyor for the
District of Columbia in Lber County at
folio 93. The property 10 improved by q
frame dwelling Of rooms with slate roof.
concrete and stone basement. furnace heated.
etc. with . large garage and servants quar-
Terms of sale: one-half cash. $500 OF which
required at time Of sale, one fourth In 9
months and one-fourth in II months from day
of sale, or all cash. at option or purchaser.
Conveyancing. stamps. title and recording at
cost Of purchaser. Taxes to be adjusted to
date Of sale. Deferred payments to bear In
terest from date Of sale and to be secured to
the satisfaction Of the trustees.
T. HOWARD DUCKETT and
AUGUSTINE W. NEALE. Jr..
Trustees.
1920 New York ave. NV. Washington. ID. c.
Evans building. oc25-d&ds exsu
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OFFICIAL NOTICES.

OFFICE OF THE COLLECTOR OF TAXES,
District OF Observation-Disclosures October
81. 1923.-Taxpayers of the District of Co.
iumbia will take notice that the undersigned
has received the statement of the assessment
of realty taxes for the District of Columbia
for the year ending Jane 30. 1924. and will
he ready TO receive payment of taxes at this
Office and after November 1. 1923. The act
of Congress approved June %. 1922. provides:
THAT beginning with July /, 1922. and an
nualIy thereafter, one half of the tax levied
upon taxable real and personal property in
the District of Columbia shalt become due
and payable on the FIRST day of November Of
each year, and the other half of such tax
shall become due and payable the first day
of May of each year: and II either said in
stallment OF such tax shall not be paid within
thirty days of the date II is due and payable
said installment shall thereupon be In arrears
and delinquent: and there shall then be added.
10 be collected with such tax. q penalty at
the rate Of l per centum per month Lpon the
amount thereof for the period OF such de-
linquency. said delinquency to date from the
date such installment vas due and payable,
and the whole together shall constitute the
delinquent tax to be deelt with and collected
in the manner now provided by law" Property
owners are notified that they must give the
square anil lot OF their property in requesting
tax bills. {. NJ. TOWERS. Collector of Taxes,
d. {. oc3l- teXSu