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Evening star., 1923-10-16
HAcKBERRY-cELTI occIDE>TALIs.

This wide ranging tree is found
from Massachusetts and ontario south
to Florida and Texas. and occasion
ally west to the Rocky mountains;
rare east of the Alleghanies. 1t is 4
commendable ornament and is used
much for this purpose in the western
states. being easily transplanted. hav-
ing few insect enemies and. at its
best, producing 4 tree of symmetrical,
somewhat elm-like proportions. deco
rative both in it's summer foliage and
in it's picturesque winter configura-
tion.
The blackberry is a close relative of
the elm and a good specimen may at
first be mistaken for ii. for the rela-
tionship is discernible in the poise
of its trunk, in the sweep and fall of
its branches. in the effect of its foli-
age mass
In the lower Mississippi valley it
may reach height of 1870 feet, with
a trunk diameter of feet. while else
where in its range its proportions are
smaller. 20 to 30 feet in height. some
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Morning Manners.

Manners arc always shy at getting
up in the morning. Perhaps they are
the last of our accomplishments to
waken, but surely. whatever the
reason, they are conspicuously absent
in the general family breakfast gath
ering.
The children. scrambling to be off
on time for school, add to the un-
pleasantness. They are without a
shadow of manners before noon.
Shut up!' snaps Jane.
why don't you step on my ear?"
growls brother George
Cant you remember there's some
body else at the breakfast table be-
side yourself?" flares big sister.
I'm striving hard to forget it." re-
torts big brother, and, having for
once been equal to the occasion, he
forthwith unbends and in beaming
good humor passes the sugar to his
offended sister.
There's something about us that
works that way. Once we get a
chance to work off a bit of our bad
manners In ili-humored speech or
deed we feel better Immediately and
the day takes on Il more hopeful
&-low. We begin to thaw out and our
manners steal back one by one. like
guilty sheep that had gone astray.
There is none among us who has
not been guilty and who has not
wished and hoped for happier
morning mood. Perhaps" we muse,
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the children Will manage better.
/ Their manners may hold over until
the morning. Perhaps
For the children's sakes. let's hope
so. 1t is as hard to be bad hammered
as it is TO hear the bad manners of
those who wreal: them upon. us.
What can we do to prop the chill
dren'S morning manners?
Begin the night before. Send them
TO bed on time and in the right mood
Watch them fold and arrange their
clothes SO that they will be easy to
find and put on in the morning
That's big part of the battle.
Call them on time and see that
they get their turn in the bathroom.
Bathroom etiquette has a great deal
to do with the good humor and con-
sequent good manners of the family
in the MORNINGS.
The person who monopoliZes the
bathroom for shaving or hairdressing
or private laundry work is an out
cast and an alien, and should be
dealt with accordingly. Also the
person who splasheS about like Il
mislaid whale and flaps out. leaving
hiss watery wake TO fluSter the next
conner.
Morning manners are always bad
always have been bad. but perhaps
we might do n little toward improv-
ing them even if it We're breakfasting
alone when the mood was too bad. or
staying up all night and prolongiug
the genial manner OF the melloWcr
hours? Anyway, try to make it Il
bit easier for the children.
Copyright, 1921
Evening star., 1923-10-16
Our Birds in Verse
By Henry Oldys
CROW.

Swart robber. hardy outlaw, .
Vengeance stalks after thee with angry tread
Wrath hurls its imprecations thy head.
Fierce sweep the angry fures thy track
Beaded with victims of thy ghoulish wrack;
But wary grown, through oft-awaked alarm.
From wrath and vengeance thou hast little harm.
Swart robber! hardy outlaw
Strong toiler brave defender
Springeth the verdant grass where thou hast trod
Hummeth the growing corn, singcth the sod;
Life in thy footsteps follows through the field, -
Greater the harvest richer the varied yield
Still follows vengeance, blind TO all but SIM -.
Nor sees the vantage where thy form hath been-& .
Strong toiler brave defender!
love thee strong and doughty one;
| love thy bold defiant cry;
love 10 see thy comrades troop rt.,st u
In swarms across the evening sky;
| love to hear thy Vigorous note
Contemptuous taunt the tFwarted foe
Or tease the owl that thou hast caught,
With jeers that loud and louder grow.
So oft the bullet and the snare thoust braved
\ touch OF human wit thou hast snsiaved..
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nLUsTRATeD 1Y Cse johnson

Berkeley burned the other day.
Hundreds of homes fronting the
Golden Gate went up in smoke. Thou
sands of people lost all their posses
sions They were peculiarly select
and treasured possessions which the
fire beast consumed in those short,
dreadful hours. The burned section
was a district of beautiful homes
not homes of extremely wealthy peo-
pie. but homes of people who loved
beauty and saved and sacrificed that
they might have it around them.
Many of the homes were owned by
college professors who, on small sal
aries, had painfully collected libra
ries, choice pictures, carefully made
furniture. 1t would be difficult to find
a district in all America where per
sonal possessions We're more treas
ured. And yet this strange thing told
me by an eyewitness:
Many who watched their possessions
burned to ash declared with all sin
cerity that they felt Il Strange re-
lief.
Later the reaction came, but for a
little while there was that curious.
uplifting sense Of freedom.
Ihere is something very significant
III that. Nature, who seemly has
so little TO say in the ordered routine
OF our civilized days, is apt to shout
strange truths into our ears in mo-
ments of chaos. Suddenly fire or flood
and death or disaster fall upon our
sleek fatneSS and all our helpIessness
or foolishness is revealed Forthwith
we become little children again,
learning old lessons at our mothers
knee, lessons which we had forgotten
and will doubtless forget again as
soon as our feeling of independence
returns.
That sense of freedom at the loss
OF possessions is an old, old lesson
and one of the most valuable We
sell our lives for mess Of pottage,"
We barter our libetty for the ornate
slavery of possession: We spend our
days in earning things, in serving
things, in gloating over things-we.
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who we're meant TO go on such glori-
Gus. free adventures! We polish
brass and slave To pay insurance
while the sunset flames unheeded be-
yond the sill. And we slap little
Jimmie because he has thoughtlessly
scratched piece of mahogany.
And yet-there's no denying the
beauty of these things upon which
we waste our hearts. They represent
the very best that man can do. Good
books. beautiful pictures. fine objects
of arts there anything that is
more deserving of our devotion?
Yes, there is one thing more deserv-
ing-life, your own life. That's the
real thing-possessions are only the
residue left by some other life.
It's hard to realize this. It's hard
to resist such beautiful substitutes
for personal adventure. And yet
only the simple are free.
The more you clutter up your soul
with other peoples convictions. and
fill your house with other peoples
work, less time vii you have to ex-
press and accumulate yourself.
Copyright. 1873
Evening star., 1923-10-16

Flop cakes are ilat and round in shape,
In thickness and complexion they
vary,
And tho never refuse them cny way.
| prefer them lite and airy.
Its possible to eat them jest as they
are.
But butter adds 10 the sensation.
And flop cakes with butter and null
lasSeS too
Is my ideer of perfeck vacation
They're good enuff to eat all the time
Wich makes it sad TO say
That If you don't have them in the
morning
You wont get them at all that day.
If you see your mother with the fry
ing pan
And you ask her wat she's going to do
And she ansers, Make some scram-
BILE eggs"
Its awful shock to you.
But il she ansers on the other hand
We're going to have Hop cakes to-
day."
Your mouth waters with curiosity
And the werld seems brite and gay.
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times larger. The bark is a light
brown or gray, broken into thick
warts and scales by irregular fur
rows. The trunk is slender and the
branches are somewhat pendulous.
The leaves are simple, larger on one
side of the midrib, coarsely toothed
, TO inches long, with a tapering,
sharp apex. light olive green above.
paler beneath. An interesting feature
is its appearance OF having three mid
ribs. due TO the prominent develop
ment of two of the primary veins.
which branch out at the base of the
midrib.
The inconspicuous flowers appear
in May. The fruits are characteristic
They are dark purple berries. about
; one-fourth inch in diameter, occur
ring singly on slender stems at the
axis of the leaves They ripen in
October. remain on the tree during
winter and ar" well loved by the
birds. The wood is heavy. soft grain
ed, pale yellow. and is used in cheap
furniture and fencing.
It is found Sparingly throughout
the District The tree illustrated is
one of a number growing in a patch
of woods south of the Lincoln Me-
mortal mirror pool.
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ways just out of reach. Black Pussy
became more excited Time and again
she Sprang, expecting to bring her
paws with their sharp claws down on
Mrs. Bob White and each time she
just missed. 1t was an old trick that
Mrs. Bob White was playing. 1t
wouldn't have fooled Reddy Fox. No,
sir. it wouldn't have fooled Reddy
Fox. But it did fool Black Pussy.
Farther and farther away Mrs
Bob White led that foolish cat At
last she felt that it was safe to leave
her. She allowed Black Pussy to lust
miss her once more and then she
whirred away on her stout wings leay-
ing Black Pussy staring after her
with such an astonished look on her
face. Mrs. Bob White flew in 0uite
another direction from where the
young Bob White, was in case Black
Pussy should try to follow her. Then
when she felt it was safe to do so she
turned and hurried straight back to
the poor, wounded, young Bob White.
Copyright. 1923. by T. W Burgess
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Veal Dandy.

Season 4 pan with butter. salt. pep
per and a little sage 10 give just
suggestion of its flavor. then place in
the pan some tiny strips Of thinly cut
fat salt pork. then about a pound and
a half of veal steak which has been
cut thick and from which all outer
edge and hone have been removed.
Then season and add squares of thinly
cut bread. Season again and place
more strips OF pork and add good
inch of water. Start in hot oven.
then turn the fire low and finish cook
ing. When done the veal should be
deep rose color. very tender. and no
trace of the pork remaining. Half
pound of pork will be enough.
Evening star., 1923-10-16
Compete of Rice and Ounces.

Put into double boiler one and
one-half pints of milk and little
grated lemon rind. Add when this
boilS half cupful of washed rice and
a little salt. Cook until the rice is
tender and the milk nearly boiled
away. and stir in the stiffiy- whipped
white of one egg. half -cupful of
sugar and half an ounce of gelatin
that has been dissolved in a little hot
water. Allow the mixture to. cool, but
before it stiffens fold in half a pint
of sweetened whipped cream and a
few drops of lemon juice. Pour imme-
diately into ring mold and place in
the refrigerator TO become firm. Serve
unmolded. with the center filled with
preserved ounces that have been
drained and sliced.
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Bean Salad With Tomato jelly

Make the tomato jelly from gelatin
and tomato puree, well seasoned then
pour it into ring mold. When it is
cold and firm turn 1T out of the mold
onto bed of lettuce. Fill the center
of the jelly ring with baked beans
marinated with French dressing. and
garnish the whole with the mayon-
naise dressing. Cooked string beans
can be used in place of baked beans
if nrEferrfd
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~ EDNA KENT FORBES

who was advised riding lessons by
her doctor, and completely trans
formed by them. She> had to learn
how to guide and direct something
else. something with a great deal of
lntellgence and occasional stubborn
ness; for once She had to exert her
own will and make another obey. 1t
worked wonders for her. who had al
ways accepted the direction of some
one else. So riding is often a mental
as we'll as a physical tonic
Try it if you have opportunity. If
only because it takes you out in the
fresh air, it will be Beneficial It's
one of the pleasantest ways of grow
ing healthy.
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EGGS WITH PEPPERS.

Cut green peppers into halves.
remove the seeds and tough
membrane, then cut in small
pieces and cook in butter until
tender. Butter individual rame-
kin dishes, break a fresh egg
into each, sprinkle with pepper
and salt, pour two teaspoonfuls
of cream over each egg, stand
the dishes in a pan of hot water
and bake until the whites be-
gin to set. Remove from the
oven and serve with the pre-
pared peppers.
Evening star., 1923-10-16
Carrotina Rice.

Put one and one-fourth cupfuls of
rice in a covered pan with two table
spoonsful of butter, half a tablespoon
full of paprika and one teaspoonful Of
salt Mix well. Place covered in a
hot oven for ten minutes, take out,
add a good sized carrot cut into cubes
and six cupfuls of chicken or mutton
broth. Cook slowly about two hours
in double boiler. Any herbs put in
must be removed before serving.
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DEEHNEKEE STnDTEG By Thornton
D1lD u A1VAA o1 o131LC W. Burgess.

much excited. She didn't stop to think
that she had seen Mrs. Bob White fly
there in first place.
THAT bird is hurt said Black
Pussy to herself. She can't fly. 1 can
catch her without anyNtrouble"
So Black Pussy no longer crept
softly forward. She bounded forward.
Mrs. Bob White futtered along al
Evening star., 1923-10-16
An Opinion of pola.

talked with Herbert Brenon the
other day one hour before he took
the return train to California to di-
rect Pola Negri in her forthcoming
picture, to be entitled MY Man."
from present hearing, and only n
few weeks after he had finished with
Madame Negri in her last picture
The Spanish Dancer" | found Mr..
brehon full of enthusiasm for Pola.
As a matter of fact, / wanted to
hnd out what he had to say about
Evening star., 1923-10-16
Bean Chops.

Soak one pint of dried beans over
night, then parboil. drain and cook
them in boiling water until they are
tender enough to put through a
sieve. To the pulp add two cupfuN'
Of strained tomatoes to which a pinch
of soda has been added, two table
spoonfuls cf melted butter, one cup
ful of finely crushed walnut meats,
a pinch of powdered sage. one tea
spoonful of onion finely minced, half
u cupful of bread crumbs, one well
beaten egg and little salt and pep
per. When the mixture is cold mold
il into chops, or put it into a bread
pan and form it into a loaf. Brush
the chops or slices with butter and
brown them in a hot oven.
Dora Stroeva. only woman theater
manager in Russia in the czarist
days, is on her way to this country
to accept one of the many f1attering
offers made her by American the
atrical men.
Evening star., 1923-10-16
BAKED INDIAN PUDDING.

Scald one quart of milk in
a double boiler, stir in gradu-
ally five tablespoonfuls of
granulated Indian meal and
cook twenty minutes. Add three
tablespoonfuls of butter, one
cupful of moiasses, one tea
spoonful of salt, one and one
half teaspoonfuls of cinnamon,
one-half teaspoonful of ginger
and two beaten eggs. Turn
into a buttered dish, pour one
cupful of cold milk over the top
and bake about one hour.
Evening star., 1923-10-16
RICE CUPS.

Scald one quart Of milk in
a double boiler, add one cupful
of we'll washed rice. season
with one-quarter teaspoonful of
salt and cook until soft. Add
one beaten egg, one table
spoonful of sugar, three table
spoonfuls of cream and a few
drops of lemon extract, beat
until light and turn into shall
low cups. When cold and firm.
remove from the cups, scoop
out a spoonful of rice from
the center of each, fill the
cavities with preserved ounces
and a little of the .sirup. sprinkle
with shredded almonds, place
in a hot oven for about five
minutes and serve with thick
cream.
Evening star., 1923-10-16

Il have something to show you at
home that has ragged hair and icy
hands" Natalie Clipper told Betty
Cut-out the day after she had given
her the Halloween party invitation.
1T makes me shiver to hear you say
it." chartered Betty. Natalie took
Betty To her house after school and
while Betty waited outside, Natalie
ran upstairs. In moment out
stalked this stiff-legged scarecrow,
extending a large hand. Betty start
ed to shake it, but quickly dropped
IL, with a scream. The hand was
clammy and cold.
My hands are old kid gloves stuffed
with ice-cold bread dough. Won't l
have fun with them at the party?"
chuckled Natalie.
This scarecrow. with his dull blue smock
and rusty brown trousers, is only one Of many
ideas for costumes that you may use if you
are going to have a Halloween party of your
own. Natalie will show you how to wear it.
When you her tomorrow you'll think she
grew on pumpkin vine.
Copyright
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semester clad in white duck knick-
ers and beige wool coat sweaters.
The girls seem to be more primitive.
if the fondness for wearing strong
and bright colors is reliable sign.
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her. I've heard so many things about
her Temperament" and the run she
gives those who work for her. that
I thought I'd apply at headquarters
and find out. l got a first impression
of all being right with the world. for
ii must be said that Mr. Brcnon didn't
Evening star., 1923-07-29
|$251, 900 FEES ASKED
BY FIRMS RECEIVERS
Sum Is About 8 Per Cent Of L. r.
Steel Corporations $3,-
000,000 Net Assets.
BY the Associated Press.

by the Associated Prena.
BUFFALO,. N. r, July 2S.-Reports
OF the receivers OF the L. r. Steel
Corporation, submitted In federal
court this afternoon. represented the
net assets of the chain companies as
approximately $4,000. 600. Total assets
were listed at $4,000. 900, with liabil-
tiles at $5.000,O00.
Todays reports were filed by the re-
ceivers as supplementary evidence in
support of the bills for services total
Ing $251.000 presented Thursday by
the designated receivers and attor-
neys. The bills were taken under con-
sideration by Federal Judges John C.
Knox and John r. Hazel.
1t was estimated that two-thirds OF
the gross assets OF the corporation
were represented in companies which
had been thrown into bankruptcy,
with the other third credited to units
against which bankruptcy proceed
ings have not been undertaken.
Assets of some OF the leading units
OF the chain have been estimated al
follows:
L. r. Steel Company. Inc, $2.750. 900;
Steel Realty Development Company.
81 100000: Mary Lincoln Candy Com
pany, $250.000: Marrimac Anthracite
Coal Company, 100000: Farm Pro-
duce Stores Corporation. $3.50. 900:
Federal Stores, $15o.000: L. r. Steel
Service Corporation. $150.oO0. Certain
liabilities were said to be charged
against the assets Of all OF these
companies.
Affidavits also were filed by receiv-
ers and attorneys today supporting
their compensation claims. The $751;
600 asked Is approximately per cent
OF the estimated net assets.
Evening star., 1923-07-29
Naughty yChild
Wants to Annoy,
Specialists Say

By Cable to The Star and New York
Tribune, Copyright 1928.
LONDON, July 2S.-The advice
given to parents In "Alice In Won
derland" -- namely, ITO speak
roughly to your little boy and
smack him when he sneezes, for he
can thoroughly enjoy the pepper
when he pleases'-received quail
fed support when eminent doc
tors analysed the problem of the
naughty child at the Portsmouth
conference OF the British Medical
Association this week.
Many seriously declared that
most children revel In naughtiness
for sheer pleasure. reducing par
ents to a state OF nervous pros
tration.
DR. H c. Cameron. a great au-
thority on children, said:
Children indulge in all sorts or
antics simply because 1t turns the
limelight on them"
The doctor suggested that nerv-
BUSINESS in children Is often asso-
ciated with the posture Of the body,
which led DR.. Helen Boyle to de-
clare that child nervousness Is
largely due to imitation of their
mothers
Evening star., 1923-07-29
ITALY NEXT TO U. S.,
MUSSOLINI CLAIMS
Premier Replies to Stories That
His Popularity Is on
the Wane.

By EDGAR ANSEL MOwRER.
BY Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News
Copyright, 1928
ROME. July 2s.-"Excepting perhaps
the American government. my gov
ernnfent is the strongest in the
world"
So Premier Mussolini Of italy an
swered certain stories recently cir
culated In England and America con-
cerning his unpopularity.
"You." he said. who live in Italy
can corroborate my statement
There IL no doubt that the stocky
dictator today wields greater strength
In Italy than ever before.
Mussolini is the sworn open foe OF
Evening star., 1923-07-29

popular government. He believes in
a hierarchy-that Is, rule by the
best"
Mussolini goes forward riding four
or Ave wild horses at time, sup
ported by conservatives and syndical-
lists alike. now openly hostile to the
liberals. now making overtures to
labor leaders in hopes OF persuading
them to divorce their socialistic COM
rades, now threatening to apply the
big stick to some greedy capitalists
He has the mystic view that 1t Is his
mission to redeem Italy. and must,
therefore. stay in power at all costs.
The approval Of the American gov
ernment has helped Mussolini amaz-
ingiy, and has given the Italians the
impression that the United States en-
tirely approves his way of govern
ing.
In return Mussolini has promised
to pay Italy's debt to the United
States.
Evening star., 1923-07-29
BOAT GOES TO RESCUE
OF LOST EXPLORERS
Reftted Schooner Leaves to Aid
British Expedition Marooned
in North Two Years.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NOME, Alaska. July 2S.-The ex-
pedition to rescue Allan Crawford OF
Toronto and his little band of British
explorers. who raised the British flag
on Wrangel Island In 1920. will sail
from here Monday in the Donaldson
a refitted trading vessel, under COM
mand of Harold Noice.
The first stop Is to be in Kotzebu
sound. where a crack dog team will
be obtained. From there a direc,
course to Wrangel Island will be
steered. Believing that large inroads
must have been made on the marooned
party's ammunition, the relief expe-
dition will make every effort to reach
the island this year II the Donaldson
Is blocked by ice, Mr.. Noice plans to
leave the vessel in charge of Capt
Hanson, a navigator of long expert
ence, and proceed, with a party OF
three Eskimos, over the pack ice to
Wrangel Island.
Reports reaching here indicated that
the Crawford party had not left the
island for the Siberian coast
Evening star., 1923-07-29
americans Fail to Understand
French Fear of Ne,u Disaster
Tourists in Paris, Admitting Need of
Markets, Unable to See Safety IL, Loans
to Reuiue European Currency.

had cried that defeat was inevitable
American help would have been less
ardent and less effective. Yet this
is just about what France has been
doing for the last three years. and
she thus has discouraged all Coop
Grafton. .s..
No immediate remedy is possible
for this state of affairs. France must
be modest and patient Americans
who distinctly distrust Europe must
have their confidence gradually re-
stored by evidence here of a certain
moral tranquility which does not
now appear in speeches nor acts.
Premier Poincare Of France and
Prime Minister Baldwin of Great
Britain continue to repeat that they
are counting on the United States.
But at the same time Poincare con-
tinues to trace the most horrible
pictures Of the situation and when
Baldwin wishes to express. in a
phrase, his views of Europe he
quotes Hobbs: Man is tiger for
man. ;.
Without mixing in, American party
struggles. which do not concern this
correspondent. 1t should be said that
much of the present situation would
not have come to pass had the United
States signed the treaty of Versailles.
The past Is past and regrets do not
help.