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Evening star., 1923-03-12

ceded them down the street They
wondered if these would be their
neighbors in the days to come. Then
one of the young women turned to
the other
Did you see Mrs. Wilson at church
yesterday? Wasn't that the most
hideouS hat you ever saw? She may
be a good housekeeper. but she GER
tainly has very poor taste. don't you
think? They say she and her hus-
must say she has we'll behaved
children. though. Now that little
Taylor boy shows his poor bring
ingup. don't you think? simply will
not let Archie play with him"
The other woman chanted a re-
"Yes, isn't he a terror? Isn't it
too bad we can't choose our neigh
bors in a little town like this? !
wonder who will take the Jenkins
ing at it today. They looked like
Hush. they're right behind us"'
warned her companion in a low muir
mur. looking straight ahead of her.
The young couple sat In heartSick
silence the rest of the way back to
the city. Then the husband spoke:
Perhaps we had better look out
Elmwood way"
But his young wife said thought
fully: mo, I'm sure Elmwood would
be lust the same. But back Of all
real neighborliness, I know. IF only
they wouldn't do it on public trains,
where any one may overhear them,
their silly chatter would evaporate
find We aren't snobs. and will like
us and we them. But what an un-
pleasant impression they have given
us, to be lived down!"
Evening star., 1923-03-12
REDTIME STORIES By v. 1s ps
By Thornton
W. Burgess.

death. Not that ] would care if they
did. Goodness knows. l am not anx-
touS to have any more Owls around
here. Hooty and Mrs. Hooty are quite
enough, and rather more than enough.
Still I don't like to think Of babies
of any kind suffering"
1T seems to me you are getting
very tender-hearted. Sammy Jay
said Tommy Tit the Chickadee mis-
chieviouSly.
Nothing Of the sort" retorted
Sammy Jay. "But I do hate to see
stupidity. and If 1t isn't stupidity to
begin nesting before winter is over
then I don't know what stupidity is.
How is Mrs. Hooty going to keep
Tommy Tit
"Probably she will sit on the nest
and cover them. That's what Mrs.
Chickadee would do in her place.
Probably Mrs. Jay would do the same
won't they? And they will have to
be uncovered then. won't they? de-
manded Sammy Jay. "Supposing there
are several days Of bad weather, as
there is likely to be this time OF year
that your babies and my babies
couldn't stand that kind of weather
even long enough to be fed"
This was quite true. You see
Sammy's babies and Tommy Tits ba-
bies when they first come out of the
shell are like the babies of most of
the other small feathered folk. and
are without feathers to amount to
anything and quite helpless.
But Sammy needn't have worried
about Hooty's babies. Hooty and Mrs.
Hooty were not stupid; They were not
nesting too early. You see. they
knew that Old Mother Nature would
provide warm coats for those babies,
for Old Mother Nature makes no mis-
takes.
If Sammy could have seen those
babies when they first came out OF
the shells it would have set his mind
al rest. They had thick. soft, warm
down coats that covered them from
their bills to their toes. This was
very necessary. for the two were
such hungry youngsters that both
Hooty and Mrs. Hooty had to hunt
for food for them. and SO there were
times when they had to be left un-
coverd
downright 1923 by t W. Burgess.)
Evening star., 1923-03-12

fling case OF useless odds and ends
A hopeless soul within hopeless
house. Yes. But even as I turned
away my eye caught something which
made me amend my thought. Above
his desk, half hidden In the murky
shadows of the place. huge stuffed
eagle stood. The feathers were moth
eaten and the eyes were glass. But
still the dead wings opened to ma
testic spread, the huge neck jutted
forward with the fighters lunge, the
talons clenched with strength which
once tore lambs apart.
He saw my glance, looked long
himself, then muttered: Il shot that
bird"
went on wondering. Some tir,s
before age wrapped him in that
dreary shroud, and work and worry
turned the fire of his eyes to dusty
glass, that man had hunted eagles!
Somewhere within him had lived the
love Of hills. a hunger for free spaces
and clean, wideswept strife. Some
time he'd thrilled at danger-cared
for something more than per cent
And even though his hunting trails
had closed and left him prisoner
within a dirty, darkened room, he
still retained a stuffed and moldertng
memory Of the chase.
I wonder what we'd find if we
could look within the souls of those
we think so old, SO hopeless and SO
dull. Stuffed eagles?
Evening star., 1923-03-12
9tstorp Of pour Aanne.
By PHILIP FRANCIS NOwLANs
VANDYKE

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., Dncker, Diek-
man.
RACIAL oRIoIN-puteh. also English.
SouRcE-LocaIIty, also an occupation.
While some OF these family names
are not strictly variations of one
another. they do. however. find their
sources in the same root word.
though the sources lie in two differ
ent countries and in two entirely Diff
ferent meanings
To begin with, Van Dyke is a name
that comes from Holland. The pre-
fix "van," similar to the German
Saxon "atte' and the modern English
of or "of the" betrays its origin
indisputably.
The dyke, with an original mean
ing of "a digging" long centuries
ago, even before the period of fam
lily name formation in Europe. came
TO signify to the dwellers in Holland
digging specially designed to keep
the water out; in short a dam or sea-
wall. The original Van Dykes. of
course. were simply dwellers on or
near the seawall, and in its first use
the name was merely locally de-
scriptive.
On the other hand. a "dyker" or
''dykeman" meant in the speech OF the
medieval Anglo-Saxons digger" or
''dig-man," one who digs. More spe-
officially the word was applied to
farm workers, to men who dug the
soil, In many instances performing
services for which the plow was more
commonly used later, though the
plow was a quite well known instru-
ment even in those days and long
before then.
There is a line in Chaucer which
reveals clearly the meaning Of the
verb: "He would thresh, and thereto
dixie and delve-"
Evening star., 1923-03-12
The MINNEAPOLIS Movement.

.rwrong. dead wrong, as you are on
the question of sugar for children
writes A. prominent baby specialist,
ubo has an excellent understanding
of children, but peculiar obsess,on
against the food value of sugar
think YOU some times espouse gooo
idea" Then the specialist, VINO gets
A considerable amount of practice
from the need of medical care LOT IN
Fants that have been Improperly feu'
asks nv, TO give the weight of my
"prpatlv overestimated influence 10
the movement on foot among healtn
authorities. baby specialists, ana OF
dinary doctors TO popularlze predsl-
feeding for infants.
A suburban district of St Paui pre-
ferred as a place Of residence by
many commuters who wish TO give
their families the beneht OF the open
air and the peace and quiet OF Suo
urban environment, was the scene OIL
some such movement not long ago.
The result was SO good that present
statistics show that 80 per cent OF
rhe babies in the district Git is fami-
ltarly or locally known as Mlnnea-
polis) are enjoying their birthright'
nursing at the breast. An organiZa-
tion has grown up in this pretty little
suburb known as the Infant wei
fare Society of Minneapolis. This
organization issues some valuable in
structtve pamphlets dealing with
breast feeding and artificial feeding
OF babies.
Three facts of great Importance
are too often lost sight of when an
amateur or uninStructed mother is
left at the mercy of her maiden sis
ters, her own mother. the women OF
the neighborhood or Mrs. Camp, the
far too practical nurse, when the
method of nourishing the baby is be-
ing decided. These facts are:
l. Given fair health and intelligent
care, every mother can nurse her
baby. Unfortunately many mothers
who can give their babies a square
deal are persuaded by well-meaning
friends to resort to substitute feed
ing. To offer the baby anything other
than breast feeding without the ad-
vice and direction of the physician
is an unpardona assault upon the
baby'S right to enjoy perfect health
and sacrifice of his chance or eX-
pectation to survive the first year.
e. Most of the difficulties or OBJ
stacles encountered by the unin-
structed or badly advised mother in
nursing are directly attributable to
improper treatment applied at the
SeheSt Of incompetent advisers. or
course a good nurse never attempts
any kind of treatment which has not
Leen prescribed by the physician in
charge.
3. A clockwork regularity of feed
sngs-faithfuly adhered. to from the
Evening star., 1923-03-12
"That Fascinating GOSSIP" "

Every ono likes gossip. I've never
known anything to equal It. one
can tell = full page story OF great
solemnity and be greeted with
stony silence, but let ono como forth
with some pithy paragraphs from
here and there and universal is the
the studio where Dick Barthelmess
and Dorothy Gish and Director John
Robertson are making Mr.. Herge-
sheimers book. "The Bright Shawl"
into an equally colorful screen story.
IN see what can pick up around
stance, how It feels to be a father!
There is much left unsaid on that
matter.
Speaking Of the cast Of The
Bright Shawl" 1 have heard that
faithful followers Of the Sisters Gish
and of Dick have organized a unique
club called The Gish-Barthe elmess
Club" If any one of the members
reads this page from a modern diary
l send my greetings And II any Of
do love the Gish- -Barthelmess COM
bination. why not Join up? I can
| assure you that the three artists are
worthy OF their following-personal-
~, professionally. and every way!
vaaI Nine: Olga Petrova Is back in Now
y
play, The House Of Dust" out on
! trial tour. If 1t is as successful as
The White Peacock" madame will
ride In the same vehicle these many
moons to come! She is marvellous,
you know?
Have you all heard that Bebe
Daniels has had appendicitis? She's
| lots better now. and will probably
! be quite o. X. again by the time you
read this.
And, of course. you've heard that
Maurice Costello is in pictures
again? Yes With the same Bebe, In
The Glimpses OF the Moon"
haven't been to the studio since he
has been working there. but I un-
derstand that he has one Of the fea-
tured parts. Who remembers the
day when he was the reigning
| favorlte? He was the first film
! favorite, as I recall things.
Huntley Gordon spent his first va
cation in years, which consisted of
Evening star., 1923-03-12
Pipe-Stem Frocks Reappearing
BY ANNE RITTENH0UsE.

1t is prophesied that Egypt will in
huence fashions in a more emphatic
manner after America gets into the
full stride of manufacturing summer
clothes. France began to borrow
from old Egypt last autumn. We
have enough gowns from that source
to carry on until the American tidal
wave rushes over us.
1t is not possible for designers OF
every part of women's apparel to be-
come so enthusiastic over the Luxor
discovery without the manufacture In
this country of masses of Egyptian
stuff. We may overdo it. France
has not overdone it. While she has
given full swing to the Egyptian ma
ierials, the colorings. the tiguratlons,
she insists upon companlohlng tne
Egyptian silhouette with second EN-
pire gowns, and mid-Victorian ones
call for fitted basque and large
hustle Paris is accentuating mar
row skirts, however. In all her
oriental frocks, and the February COL
lections show that she intends to re-
iustate short skirts and continue low
wasted sleeveless bodices.
Some of our new gowns are as SIM
pie as the slips we wore during the
war. The sketch shows one Wnicn
is a mere fragment of frock. II IL
it would be naught but a monastlc
robe, the kind worn by pilgrims 10
Mecca. It's simplicity is the essence
of orientalisrn. The material Is White
organdie; the figures are jade green,
showing elephants in various attl-
tudes, comfortable and otherwise.
They look as though they were per-
forming stunts in three-ring amer
lean circus. The skirt is Tapped over
in front to give freedom to the ankles.
The short sleeves are of plain organ
die as is the girdle.
II takes brave woman to wear
pageant of elephants on her pooy.
One might put this frock down 10
either Persia or India. but it VIII not
be easy for any one but the expert 10
say which fashion belongs to eacn
of these oriental countries. We know
that fine pleating belonged TO Egypt
so we will have much of 1t.
The interesting fact in fashion as
il stands today on the threshold OF
spring is that the immense rlpbon
bow of the Victorian period, the ntted
basque and the turnover lace collar
goes with the sheath frock, horizon
tai stripes. corsetless figure and san
daled feet
BY the way. Egypt will certainly re-
yive and emphasize bobbed hair.
Copyright, 1879
Evening star., 1923-03-12

Last Sattiday there was a Cut Up
The Firemens Ball in Reels with
Squidge Jones and Luella Dippers and
All Star Cast, and ma gave me the
money to go about the 9Th time I
asked her, proving IL at ferst you
don't succeed, try. try agen. and by
the time got there tho pickture was
started already and the Little Grand
was all dark inside and 1 couldent SEQ
the seets or enything. and was
wawking down the lie careful trying
to see empty space to sit down, wich
/ dident. on account Of all ! could see
being darkniss, and all of a suddin
something happened. being me trip
ping over some mans feet and grab
bling hold of his stummick to keep
from falling all over him, and he sed,
Hay, watts all this. ware you going?
L tripped over your feet, I sed.
Well that's no reason for assaulting
me. the man sed. and l sed, I dident
assault you on perpose. Being man
| wouldent reckonize II I ever met
him agen on account of never having
the lie looking for a empty space. and
L thaWt j saw one and / stuck my
hand in to find out and 1t came down
rite on top of some kids hair, being
sharp hair sticking up strate as IL it
belonged to some tuff kid Wich it
did. him saying, Watts you doing
there, are you looking for a fite?
o, / dident know you was there, I
sed, and he sed, Aw go on, you did It
on perpose and il you wunt a fite Ill
fite you I don't care how dark 1t is
Wich jest then the usher came up
with flash lite and the kid was one
of the fearest looking kids I ever saw.
and the usher took me down to a
empty sect saying. Shh, shh, and
nuthing elts happened except some
fat lady almost setting down on me
before / had time to give her a quick
poke with my fist to leeve her know
the sect was taken.
Evening star., 1923-03-12
Your Home and
You
Suburban Train Gossip.
by HELEN KENDALL.

The young couple who had just
about decided to take pretty cot
tage in a suburb of the city were re-
turning to town after a tour of in
spection of their prospective home.
They were eager and pleased over
the quiet charm of the village. the
wide shaded streets. the neighborly
aspect of the houses and the people
they saw
They grinned at each other con-
tentedly as they sat in the leisurely
local train. Just in front of them
sat couple of well dressed young
matronS who had boarded the train
at their own station and who had pre-
Evening star., 1923-03-12
Watercress Soup With Croutons.

Wash and pare four good sized
potatoes and boil them until tender
in six cupfuls of water. to which
one teaspoonfuI Of salt has been add
e, Put the boiled potatoes while
hot through vegetable ricer or
sieve. To this puree add the potato
water. let come to boil and thicken
slightly with one tablespoonful each
of flour and butter cooked together.
Add two cupfuls of watercress chop
ped fine. two teaspoonfuls OF salt and
little pepper. To measure the
watercress. press 1t down into the
cup and then chop. Serve hot with
croutons. If thinner soup is want
ed. add one cupful Of hot water or
milk, preferably milk.
Evening star., 1923-03-12
VERSIFLACE
"1932." +"

Oh, pv just read an article called
'Nineteen -thirty-two." I don't agree
a particle-So talk 1t over with you.
The author made 1t very plain that
then We'll be most wise. Our habits
will be ultra sane, this writer prophe-
sizes. Science will reign in every
home; no dirt,-not anywhere. No
fear that babe will crack his dome
by tumbling down the stair, because
the nursery. don't you see. won't be
upstairs at all. And windows cur
tainless will be. No rugs. nor great
nor small. No open fire in thirty
two"-thus safe will baby dwell. This
seems sheer nonsensei What say you?
I'll prophesy as well. In "thirty-two,"
not> merely one, but many homes I
spy; and in those homes at set Of
sun, the birch logs flaming high. And
toasts his pudgy toes, and whispers in
his shel1-pink ear some secret no one
knows. WILHELMINA STITCH.
Evening star., 1923-03-12
Cheese Soume.

Melt two tablespoonfuls OF butter.
Add three tablespoonfuls of -four,
and when well mixed gradually add
half cupful of scalded milk. Then
add half teaspoonful of salt, a pinch
of cayenne and one-fourth cupful of
grated cheese. Remove from the fire
and add the yolks of three eggs beat
en- until lemon colored. Cool the
mixture and fold into it the egg
white beaten until stiff. Pour into
buttered baking dish and cook for
twenty minutes in slow oven.
Serve at once
Evening star., 1923-03-12
Scalloped Tomatoes.

Grease a pudding dish and put in
the bottom of it a layer Of canned
tomatoes Cover with a layer Of
bread cut into cubes. then sprinkle
with salt and pepper and dot with
bits Of butter and a little sugar. Now
put in another layer of tomatoes and
more breaed cubes. When the dish is
full, pour over one cupful of we'll
seasoned soup stock. sprinkle the top
with bread cubes and bake. covered,
for fifteen minutes. Uncover and
brown
Evening star., 1923-03-12
PERSONAL HEALTH SERVICE
BY WILLIAM BRADY, Nj. D..
Noted Physician and Author

time the baby is born, is the best as
surance Of success In nursing.
To indicate what really Intelligent
instruction does for mother and baby,
let me cite statistics of the Starr Cen
ter in Philadelphia: In 1912-1913 less
than half the babies under its care
were breast fed. After six years of
propaganda for breast feeding nearly
80 per cent of the babies were breast
fed.
Copyright. 1921
Evening star., 1923-03-12
FEED THE BRUTE
Favorite Recipes by Famous
Men.
CLARENCE HERBERT NEW,
A Perfect ChOp.

A Perfect ChOp.
There is but one chop in the whole
bird which may be safely recon-
mended to the housekeeping bachelor
or the summer widowe-the sweet
est chop and the most appetizing. 1t
lies N.N.E. by third of the
way between the hip-bone and the
last rib-and no butcher will cut 1t
fer you unless you happen to be a
good customer. because 1t curtails
either leg of lamb or a saddleroast st.
When you get in the house with
it-reasonably certain you've not
been follow ed-you pare of from
that chop with a sharp knife every
particle of the fat-and dispose Of
that fat anywhere out of the house.
Then thoroughly rinse the clean red
meat Of the chop under pure running
water and lay it in a half-size black
iron spider. 'lThere should be a
tablespoonful of the water. Add a
little more il chop is likely to burn.)
Put on slow fire. Scar one side for
one or two minutes-then the other
Keep turning, so that it broils to a
golden brown and keeps most of the
juice inside. Of you are on the top
floor and there is a dog or cat in the
cellar it will be sitting by the stove
expectantly waiting-chops drolling--
IN less tnan nVe minutes after tns
pan is on the fire. Your own mouth
will be watering at the same time
from the fragrant odor.) When
cooked add a little more water in
the pan and scrape the bottom as
the water boils-for a perfect gravy.
Pour this over the chop and sit down
to eat it at once. Generally speak
ing, one-third of the chop is sufficient
tip for the cat-though he's sure to
ask for more-and you begin TO wish
you'd cooked two.
Copyright. 1927
Evening star., 1923-03-12
Warm Coats for Baby Owls.
Judge not too hastily. unless
Prepared your error TO confess
Old Mother Nature.

When Sammy Jay heard that Hooty
the Owl and Mrs. Hooty had eggs In
the old nest of Blacky the Crow,
which they had taken possession of.
1t was rather hard for him to believe
it. You see it was not yet spring,
Snow and ice still lay all through the
Green Forest.
They're crazy" declared Sammy
Jay. i've heard a great deal about
the wisdom of an Owl. and l never
did take any stock in it. If you ask
me, I'll say that those Owls haven't
Evening star., 1923-03-12
Shoefy Pie.

Mix well together ono cupful Of
pastry flour, one-fourth teaspoonful
Of salt, one-fourth teaspoonful Of
soda, half a cupful Of brown sugar
and one tablespoonful of lard. Add
one-half a cupful OF molasses and
one-third cupful of boiling water.
Mix all we'll and place on q small pie
pan lined with pastry. Bake in a hot
oven until brown. Serve with coffee
for breakfast
Evening star., 1923-03-12
Salmon Garnish.

Cut some slices of lemon very thin.
Cover one-half Of the surface Of each
slice with finely minced parsley and
the other half with paprika. The
yellow rind of the lemon is d pretty
contrast with the green and red of
the other ingredients.
Evening star., 1923-03-12
ki:S|3tS|;?!, !;:|;|!{|; IS s! ?!,!Wse'r!d!f{ J! =! s'!:!i
:D ~ Csc Rh,7,ov,

I saw moving thing tho other
day. It was in dingy ONCE down
in the commission market district.
You know the kind Of an office, Pal.
Dirty. dark, cluttered with old files,
two battered chairs heaped high with
week old papers q fiy-blown calendar
a spittoon. Not one glimpse of
beauty or success within the Smeared
Evening star., 1923-03-12

walls or without tho crusted win
dows The man at the desk was as
unkempt as the ROOM Youth had
gone, and age lay upon him without
strength or dignity, a stale and
wrinkled wrapping. The windows
Of his eyes were crusted too. His
spirit was quite plainly but another
Evening star., 1923-03-12

Norma Talmadge Is inspired with
thoughts on prison reform since
making within the Law" She
thinks that to give inspiring can
vases to the prisons would have an
uplifting influence. Wardens, please
consider.
Charlie Chaplin is about to make
a record for a phonograph company.
It's good Of him, because he's going
to get only $4,000 and a 10 per
cent royalty, and you know how it
is working so hard for nothing, and
all.
Downright 1921
Evening star., 1923-03-12
The Diary of Professional Movie Fan
BY GLADYS HALL.

forty-eiEht hours. believe, in
watching Katherine Macdonald
work. / can think of few pleasanter
occupations for ones leisure time.
And, besides. Mr.. Gordon is to play
opposite Katherine in her next pic
ture, chasteiy titled Chastity"
Evening star., 1923-03-12

No matter how busy I am, I try to
find time every day, just as the light
of the late afternoon is growing too
dim for sewing or other afternoon
tasks. to get the children together for
a few minutes to tell a story, read a
chapter out of a new book or just
talk and listen. At this time they are
tired Of their games and their studies.
and are glad for a few minutes of
quiet talking or reading. 1 feel that
this "children's hour Is one Of the
things which hold us closest together
and the memory Of it will mean much
to them.
Copyright, 1921
Evening star., 1923-03-12

DRESS SHAPE IN MILAN.
This is a dress shape for spring, in
Milan, the most favored of straws this
year. 1t is trimmed with graceful
sprays Of burnt peacock, the most ia
vored Of feathers this year.
The shape Is cooked and bent on
one side, and dropping at the other.
Evening star., 1923-03-12

How Stars Of the Screen and Stage Add
Final Touch, Which Makes Their
Hair So Much Admired.
your hair; II acts like magic!
instantIy-it lmparts a bright, bril-
liant, silky sheen, and makes your hair
fairly sparkle and glow with natural
gloss and Iuster.
This clear liquid dressing Is not sticky,
pasty or greasy and can't possibly show
on the hair.
and leaves your hair 30 soft and piiabIe
there is not the slightest difficulty In
managing It. Even when used after
shampooIng, your hair stays any style
you arrange It.
Costs but trlfie at any drug store.
Just as good for men and boys az for
women.
Evening star., 1923-03-12

ordinary. everyday common sense.
The snow will not be gone by the
time thise eggs hatch Those baby
owls will come into the world just
at the toughest time in the whole
wear If those Owls had any sense at
all they would know this and that
these babies are likely to freeze to