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Evening star., 1923-04-24
Polka Dots Have Power to Charm
BY ANNE RITTENHOUSE.

would turn from all this radiant COL
lection OF silks-Egyptian, Indo-
Chinese, Congoese, Etruscan, Mexican
silks to kindle the ardor OF an
ethnologist-silks that are authentic,
copied precisely from museum dis
plays. colored with dyes that exactly
match the precious fabrics that in
spired them-who could have the
heart to turn from these designs to
n mere polka dot, and to glance from
these rare colors to that most hope
less modern and unhistorical color
navy blue?
But that's the way with a woman,
shrugS the merchant.
The manufacturer spends fortune
TO produce something new and inter-
esting, the merchant shares the man
ufacturer's enthusiasm, he drapes his
windows with it. and displays 1t on
tho counters. 1t takes the fancy
of many. but the very woman from
whom the merchant might have ex-
pected the most enthusiasm registers
indifference. What she really wants
is a polka dot,
There are times when nothing in
the world satisfies your craving for
something smart so well as one of
these definite. extremely simple geo
metrical designs. That is why smart
women clung SO long to foulards-
because IN the more expensive of
tneSe SILKS tney could ma polka dots
and ring dots, simple stripes. And
when you feel in 4 mood for a de-
sign of that sort. nothing else Will
do. IT would be like trying to make
chocolate parfait refresh you when
YOU long for nothing but cup of
tea.
Tho small polka dot is we'll suited
to the fine plated skirt that shows
no signs of passing out. A navy
blue dot on a white foundation de-
scrihcS the silk of which the skirt
il the frock sketched is made. The
back Of the bodice and the lower
portion of the sleeves and the sash
and shoulder trimming are likewise
of the silk. while navy blue serge is
used to make the front of the bodice.
Once If we had been combining
serge and silk we would hav% re-
versed the process--made the skirt
of the cloth and the bodice, espe-
cially the front OF the bodice of the
slik-but times are topsy-turvy.
There is hardly one of the little
prejudices that dressmakers and their
customers used to cling to but has
been given Il good airing within late
years.
Evening star., 1923-04-24

Length 81 inches.
Head. neck and upper breast Grim
son-red.
Upper back, wings and tail BLUSH
black.
Lower back, under parts, and a
broad stripe acro"~ the wings, white
Young, gray where adults are red.
A rather common summer and rare
winter resident.
In birds in the Bush" Bradford
Torrey writes OF the red-headed
woodpecker: This snowy bird has
for a good many years been very rare
in Massachusetts; and therefore
when, during the freshness of my
ornithological researches. I went to
Washington for a months visit. it
was one of the things which I had
especially in mind, to make his ac-
Quaintance. But I looked for him
without success till, at the end Of a
fortnight, 1 made a pilgrimage to
Mount Vernon. Here, after visiting
tho grave and going over the house,
as every visitor does. 1 sauntered
Evening star., 1923-04-24
Badges.

suppose badges are Of some serv-
fce to people or they would not use
them 50 much, but I mistrust them.
Too seldom are they pinned on the
rf9flt breast. lost all faith in them
long ago when I saw the silver star
for meritorious conduct pinned on
Michael. Michael in school and
bffckfe on the playground.
Mfckfe was the terror OF all the
small boys until they grew some and
became big boys. Then they settled
scores with him. He could swear
AZ fiuently and much more pic
turssquely than many an old hand
ON the dock. But IN class he was
star on his monty bosom. To be suro
IL didn't stay there long, but then.
IL had rested there and that was
enough for me,
But there was q woro badge than
that Of the shining silver star. Worse
by FAR. There was the Ounce cap
that the teacher placed on the head
Of chunky little Margaret VINO couldn't
remsmber the "s" on toe and couldn't
fotgst 1t on the end of "go"..
! felt sorry for poor Maggie. sns
sebbsd with her face to the wall. but
tbs teacher wouldn't notice her. l
couid not hide my concern for the
for1orn child crouching mfserably
undsr the shameful hat and the
faantlsr said, Better look out young
man, You'll be wearing it next your
ssIf; that Is, If Margaret ever leaves
or wearing 1t for a time"
That made Maggie turn around in
snxer and hurl the thing to the floor
and rush out OF tho room like q
whiriwind that flled the corners Of
the room with its lamentation.
Maggie was absent after that, and
mover saw her again. used to
wonder whsre She was and hope that
shs had found school whore there
were no such things as badges.
Nfother stars or caps. OF course
that happened long ago in the old
6aYu when teachers and parents were
NOT 70 enlightened as they are to-
dsH
Svospins now and again, "Tom-boy,
want 10 Mt with tho boysf' what,
wrong again? But, then. I'd be ~.
Evening star., 1923-04-24

Pop was reedinS the spoarting page
in the setting room and l was prac-
ticing to see how long l could stand
on one foot without the other one,
and my sister Gladdis came in mad,
saying, Look at this. look at my
bewtifill boodwar cap with these ter
rible brown stanes all over it. Did
you do this. Benny? she sed.
No. I sed, and she sed, Jest look
at this, father. izzent it terrible?
AS boodWar cap it certeny makes
a fine reck. pop sed, and Gladdis sed,
Don't you know enything about this,
Benny? Are you sure?
Well, 1 know how it happened, I
Well for pity sakes, how? GIaddis
sed, and i sed, Well, you see, Artie
was hcer this aftirnoon and me and
him pertended we was doctterS and
Yardo was the patient.
Artie being my cuzzin and Yardo
being my new black and wite dog,
and Gladdis sed. Now for goodniss
sakeS don't go off into one of your
long winded rambeling stories, and
1 sed. Well. you, asked me, didn't
you? and she sed, Wat l wunt to
know is who got these stanes on my
boodwar cap If you didnent.
That's wat I'm telling you, I sed.
Me and Artie was playing doctors
"o pei lcilutu Hdu d Ddu
cold, so we gave him q spoonful of
brown mixture.
And watts that go to do with my
boodwar cap? Gladdis sed. and L sed.
We put it on him to make him look
sick. and he jiggled erround SO
mutch when we was giving him the
brown mixture that a little of il got
on the boodwar cap
a little of 1t indeed. the cap is
ruined, and L knew you did it, wat
did you go and say you didn't for?
Gladdis sed, and 1 sed, Neither 1 did,
Yardo did
Father, I wunt you to punish Benny
for this, Gladdis sed.
Ony lucky for mo pop was laffing
so mutch he dident feel like it.
Evening star., 1923-04-24

we fail. Some of US never make il.
We wreck ourselves in the endeavor
and stay in the ditch for life. But
the wiser ones learn to put them
selves in low." They forget their
first contempt for the plodders, the
steady. sure ones who grind slowly
up the grade. Reluctantly, but with
determination. they put aside their
violent enthusiasms. their noisy re-
bellions, their moods, excitements and
tempeStuous reactions. Deliberately
they shift gears and go into low.
They substitute patience. tolerance,
humor and perseverance for those
Shower representations. And, yard
by yard they make the grade
Pal, it's hard to give up the dream
of being a speedster, isn't it? But
it's a whole lot easier on the old car,
and you get somewhere with 1t.
After all, it's better to be a truck
and make the grade than a million
dollar comet and stick at the bottom
of the hill.
Evening star., 1923-04-24
4isturp of Dour Same.
BY PHILIP FRANCIS NOwLAN.
COLEMAN


VARIATIONS - colman, MaecaInnan,
MaccoIman, o'colman, Dow, Dove,
Pigeon, PIdgeon.
RACIAL oRIoIN-IrIsh and Scottish.
soURcE-oIven names.
The anglicized forms OF these Irish
and Highland Scottish clan names do
not in every case reveal their specific
origin.
Altogether they como from two
given names. There were three clans,
or septs. two in Ireland and one in
Scotland. bearing these names, the
name Of one of the Irish and the
Scottish clans having developed from
the same given name. but independ-
emily.
The most ancient of the three clans
apparently is that branch In Ireland.
which spelled the name "OColum-
hahn" 1t originated as an offshoot of
be ascertained. as early as 550 A. D.,
under the leadership of COLUMBIAN
Nor" Goldman the Great). who was
the son of Dermod. the 1880 monarch
of all Ireland. and was himself the
sixth Christian king of Meath. The
clan furnished several of the high
kings of Ireland In succeeding gen.
erations. Donald O'Colman was the
161st of these and reigned about 1853
A. d. His son "Donchadh" tDonogh)
became the ,163d high king. The
18th high king was also an O'Col-
man. being known as "Maolseachlinn
Nor" (Malachy the GreaO.
Then there was In Ireland an off,
shoot Of the Brady clan. known as
the "Clan Columain," from the given
name "Columan" ("little dove).
From this same name. borne. of
course, by an entirely different chief
tain. a sept of the Clan Buchanan in
Scotland developed "MacCalman" and
"MacColman." The meaning OF this
given name explains the other angli-
cized variations.
Evening star., 1923-04-24

THAT'S WHAT I'LL DO. I'll
PLANT A GARDEN FOR JOHNNY
AND POLLY CHUCK
didn't tell anybody. not even Farmer
Brown himself. You see he didn't
want to be laughed at
So he quietly got together some
seeds and waited for planting time.
And all the time he kept thinking how
delighted Johnny and Polly Chuck
would be.
1T will be the first garden they
have ever had planted just for them"
thought he. TT will be the first time
they have ever had such things to
eat without stealing them. They
probably will think they are stealing
them this time, but they won't be.
I guess I will add few cabbage
plants, though don't suppose they'll
let them get big enough to amount
to anything. Anyway, they will give
them taste. I just know that those
Chucks and I are going to be great
friends before the summer is over"
Copyright, 1923. by T. W. Burgess)
Evening star., 1923-04-24
6lQurQ1A1xn /
$s4F - By !
%&I A83hRt''' 8 i

tonished If you were right" Clumsy.
Can't you look whore you are going?
Stay out Of the room until you can
come in without falling over every
thing" "Ah. A? A? A? Fine child.
Wonder when your brother will make
a record like that Well. I'm glad
there's one child in the family to
keep up its good name"
I mistrust badges whether Of
words or labels or caps. They SO
rarely find themselves on the right
breast. And in the background, I
hear Maggie weeping-Maggie. who
ran out and never came back.
Copyright. 1921
Evening star., 1923-04-24
ILLUSTRATES. ~ cIs,e johnson

The reason so many of us fail In
getting anywhere in life Is because
we try to take all the hills ION high"
We start out in youth with such soar
ing ambitions, such exalted enthu-
siasms. We are geared for speed,
for spectacular achievement. This is
especially true Of women We feel
that great deeds require a certain
amount Of snowy demonstration.
Unless things are going with a rip
and roar, unless our pulses are
pounding with excitement and the
Evening star., 1923-04-24
The First Film Favorite.

While 1 was at the Famous Players
studio the other day luncheon with
Mahlon Hamilton and Agnes Ayres,
/ found myself considering the back
of a mans head, which same had a
reminiscently familiar look to me.
Curly hair. Broad shoulders. These
are common commodities enough.
specially in motion-picture studio,
hut there was something even more
than that about these particular
shoulders. turned to Mahlon
Hamilton and said. isn't that Maui
rice Costello over there
1t was, and after luncheon and
after Mr.. Hamilton had departed for
Evening star., 1923-04-24
Lemon Sauce for Puddings.

Mix one cupfu1 of sugar and two
Of cornstarch. Put
two cupfuls Of boiling water in a
saucepan and stir the sugar and corn
starch into 1t, stirring all the time to
keep 1t from getting lumpy. Boil this
for five minutes. Add two
tablespoonful Of butter and the juice
and grated rind of one lemon. Serve
hot on pudding.
Evening star., 1923-04-24

an interview with his tailor. + went
into the studio where Maurice and
David Powell and Dorothy Dalton
were working on their forthcoming
picture, 20. Bound" and had a talk
with the tlrst-film fayorite. For he
was that. if you are fan-proof and
time-proof enough to remember.
Costello was the first name to be
famed about the country. He was,
in a fashion of speaking, the imme-
date ancestor of Florence Turner
and Florence Lawrence and Mary
Fuller and the less immediate an
cestor of the Talmadges and Mary
Pickford, ct al.
Maurice Costello has grown older
Evening star., 1923-04-24

A new popular style which IS very
easy to make. The pattern cuts IN
sizes 16 years, Sc, SO, 40 and AZ inches
bust measure; size S6 requires 3A
yards of 36-inch material with 4
yard of 24-inch material for collar.
You should choose among the fol-
lowing materials in order to bring
out the best effects of this pretty
model: Gingham, ratine, eponge, voile,
sports silk, Canton crepe, jersey or
rep cloth.
Price of pattern. Is cents, I'm post
age stamps only. Orders should be
addressed to The Washington Star
pattern bureau, - East 18th street,
New York city. Please write name
and address clearly.
Evening star., 1923-04-24
Your Home and
You
Mother and Daughter.
BY HELEN KENDALL.

Two suburban neighbors, pleasant
women both, sat chatting over their
f1let crochet Said one of them:
young Mrs. Archer Is wonderful.
isn't she? She looks very little older
than her daughter Patty. and she is
even more popular with the young
boys. They fairly swarm around the
Archer house, and 1 see Mrs. Archer
talking and laughing vivaciously
with them. Patty tells me the boys
are all simply crazy about her
mother"
The other woman looked a little
serious
How about Patty herself? Is she
popular?' she asked. 'Someway she
seems a shy, diffident young girl to
Evening star., 1923-04-24
Chocolate Kisses

Beat the whites OF three eggs very
stiff, add half a cupfu1 Of sugar, half
a pound Of grated chocolate, and
vanilla to taste Bake on foured
tins in a slow oven for about one
hour
Evening star., 1923-04-24
Rhubarb and Berry Shortcake.

Make some shortcake by any pre-
ferred recipe, and when taken out
from the oven, split, butter, and
spread with first q layer Of rhubarb
and then a layer Of strawberries If
you wish, you can use fresh sponge
cake or stale sponge cake in place
Of the shortcake and spread with the
mixed fruit in the same way. To
make a tutti-frutu shortcake,
chopped stoned raisins or dates or
figs are added, sprinkled over the
fruit. with nuts mixed in for the top
layer.
Evening star., 1923-04-24

'what did he leave the poor?"
Nothing" They have plenty OF
that already"
Evening star., 1923-04-24
Green and White.

A spray Of delicate green leaves
curves gracefully and unusually on
this shape. A single spray. it passes
through a slit close to the head size
on the left side. Under the brim 1t
Is tackled to the shape; on the top
1t is taoked to the side of the crown
and then is allowed to bend outward.
The leaves are waxed and the shape
is pure white.
Evening star., 1923-04-24

world is standing breathless to watch
US as we go by. we feel that we have
failed.
So we start out for the long race
Then comes the first hill. 1t Is sud-
den, sharp hill, and there are several
wrecks ditched along the road. We
grin at those wrecks. Well show
'em! Well go over that hill SO fast
1t will make their heads spin! SO,
with a rush, we hurl ourselves into
the ascent. For while all goes
well. Then our speed begins to
slacken. Little by little we slow
down, falter- tremble - stop alto
gether. Our first hill Is failure.
Again and again we try to make
the hills on high Again and again
Evening star., 1923-11-23
RAILWAY CROSSING
CASE IN HIGH COURT
Attorneys Representing
States and U. S. Argue
! Jurisdiction Issue.

Whether state railroad and utili-
Commerce Commission has jurisdic-
tion in the matter of railroad grade
crossings in cities and the construc-
tion of stations was argued yesterday in
the Supreme Court.
The issues were in three cases
brought by the railroad commission
Of California against the South
ern rPacitic, dthe eAtchison and the
Los Angeles and Salt Lake. The
three roads had been ordered by the
state commission to build a union
station at Los Angeles and make GER
tain crossing changes, but the state
court held that authority in the mat
ter rested exclusively with the Inter-
state Commerce Commission.
Permitted to Take Part.
The National Association Of Rail
way and Utility Commissioners and
the regulatory commissions of twen-
ty-nine states were permitted by the
court to take part in the case. The
national association. supporting the
order of the California commission,
Insisted that state commissions could
require railroads to abolish danger
Gus grade crossings, and that the or
der for erection of station was
made partly to enable the abolition
of certain crossings.
Counsel for the railroads insisted
that enactment of the federal trans
portatIon act, giving the Interstate
Commission authority TO determine
the necessity for the consolidation and
Joint use of terminal facilities, had
divested the state of jurisdiction.
Evening star., 1923-11-23
JAZZ AND MOTOR CRAZY,
COLBY SAYS OF NATION
Sees Danger to Government in
Blocs Seeking Special Favors
of Congress.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. November 23-Amer-
lea Is jazz and motor crazy, Balm
bridge Colby, Secretary of State in the
Wilson cabinet, told tho Marquette
Club In declaring that Israel Zang-
willis criticism of Americans were
justified "a great percentage of the
time"
The trend of politics. the forma-
ton of hlocs designed to secure spe-
clal favorS for a few at the common
expense Mr.. Colby asserted, "is an
other serious criticism that might be
raised. We are wrong in taking this
trend lightly. No nation in history
has stood under the assaults of groups
seeking special privileges from its
government. Congress has reached
the stage where newspapers relegate
most of the news about its proceed
ings to minor position and very small
space"
The former Secretary of State de-
Diored the isolation of America from
world affairs. Our goal" he said,
seems TO be the erection of Chinese
wall about ourselves. No nation can
permanently withdraw from partiri-
patton in the affairs of its Deighhors
We must eventually adopt something
ike a positive attitude toward CO.
temporary world politics" Mr. Co,hv
advocated membership in the league
OF nations
Evening star., 1923-11-23
FIVE CONTESTS DUE
OVER HOUSE SEATS

James r. Buckley formally notified
the clerk of the House yesterday he
would defend his claim to a seat as a
democratic member OF Congress from
the sixth Illinois district. On a recount
he WAS declared elected by 42 votes
over former Representative German.
republican, who has contested the
election. charging irregularities.
Four other seats in the house are
in contest. Henry Frank. democrat.
has filed papers declaring he and not
Fiorello II. La Guardia. republican.
was elected as a member from the
twentieth New York district. For
mer Representative Chandler. repub-
lican, is contesting the election Of
Sol Bloom, democrat. in the nine
teenth New York district, and for
mer Representative Ansorge, demo-
crat, has filed protest against seat
ing of Royal II. Weller. republican.
as n member from the twenty-first
New York district. The right of K.
Lee Moore. democrat. to a seat as
representative from the first Georgia
district has been challenged by Don
H. Clark, his opponent In 1922.
Evening star., 1923-11-23
FATHER AND SON HELD
ON KIDNAPPING CHARGE
Chicagoan Alleges He Was Held
Twenty-Six Days to Collect
Debt of $4,000.

~ the Associated Press.
CHICAGO. November %. - Everett
Leonard. fifty-f1ve- year-old Chatta-
nooga manufacturer, and his son Will
lard, 'twenty-one. yesterday were for
mally charged with assault with intent
to commit murder. carrying concealed
weapons and kidnapping.
They were arrested yesterday when
Roger Naylor. Chicago distributor.
called for police protection and the
men were found outside Naylor's Of
fice. armed and waiting. the elder
Leonard said. to collect debt OF
50. 900 from Naylor.
Naylor related to the police a story
of his being kidnapped and taken to
the Leonard home in Chattanooga.
where he was held prisoner for twen-
ty-six days. He was released and re-
turned to Chicago after he signed
agreements to pay Leonard specified
sums at certain periods.
Naylor received telegram from the
Leonards that they were en- route to
Chicago to get their money or to take
him back to Chattanooga.
Evening star., 1923-11-23
PARIS HONORS AMERICAN.

PARIS, November 23.-The Univer-
sity of Paris at solemn ceremony
today will confer honorary Doctors
degrees on the following scientists:
Prof. Keen, Jefferson Medical Col
lege, Philadelphia: Senior Torres Que
vedo, Spanish mathematician: Que
vedo Arrhenius, rector of Stockholm
Academy; Sir Phillip Thompson. CCm-
bridge University, neurologist. and DR..
Camille Golgi of PaYia University.
Evening star., 1923-11-23
Naval transport
Backs to. Shake
Whale From Bou
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, November %.
When officers of the Navy trans.
mort k~e~Nop~ -. ~ - = - -
keeping up speed of the coast OF
Lower California they discovered
t., " were G.. )
bow OF the vessel. It was neces.
s..I'y To Daok H. ts.iip u -u.'i OF
the creature. That was the story
told by Lieut.. Commander l.. w.
Johnson, surgeon of the transport,
when 1t arrived at Fort Mason
yesterday from New York. The
ship evidently had rammcd the
whale and broken it's back
Evening star., 1923-11-23

Women are working to raise three
million dollars for the seven union
colleges for the education of women
in the far east.
Evening star., 1923-11-23

Plain and fur-tri m m ed
models, of polaire, velour and
a few sizes in chinchilla.
Side fasten and straight
line styles, nicely lined and
interlined. Some plain tai
lored models, others trimmed
with fancy silk stitching and
tassels. Large self collars,
and beaverette collars. In
brown, deer and navy. Sizes
7 to II.
Kann's-Second Floor.
The Seward gateway., 1923-01-26
COMMITTEE TELLS HAYS
 HE HAS MADE A MISTAKE

NEW YORK, Jan. 26.--The commit tee on public relations picked by Will H. Hays from the leading religious and civic organizations of the country to aid him in elevating the motion pic ture industsry yesterday adopted a resolution urging him to advise pro- ducers against releasing any films in which Roscoe c. A.buckle has a part.
 The head of the moving picture in- dustry announced that he would pass the resolutions along to the producers but refused to say whether it would go with his approval or any comment whatever.
 MT. Hays insisted that Arbucklt should be given his chance to make good but the majority of the cc tee insisted it should not be on t' screen.
The Seward gateway., 1923-01-26
ELK HERD WON'T GO HUNGRY
 IN BIG YELLOWSTONE PARK

YELLOWSTONE PARK, Jan. 26 Elk in Yellowstone National Park are not to suffer this winter from hunger announces Horace NJ. Albright. park superintendent Earlier in the fall there were some misgivings as to the food supply for the parks wild ami mals
 EEK and deer cannot live in a dis trict where snow to depth of two feet or more lays on the ground for any length of time," said Mir. Albright. They cannot forage like hardier ami mals; therefore they must be few and we have more than 1900 tons of hay available for this purpose. The range above the $500 foot level is good graz ing in the summer, but below that lev el is suited for winter grazing. We lost a large number of elk and deer in the deep snows of 1919-20, but will not do so again, as we are putting up hay to carry the animals through the winter"
The Seward gateway., 1923-01-26
DANCER AND MOTHER
 ACCUSED OF PERJURY

NYACK, N. r., Jan. 26.-Miss Evan Burrows Fontaine, dancer, and her mother face indictment for perjury in connection with the dancers one mil lion breach of promise suit against Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney, son Of Harry Payne Whitney.
 Justice Tompkins of the state su- preme court in sustaining charges o1 fraud made by Whitney and vacating the annulment of the dancers mar riage to Sterling Adair" of Waco, Texas, ordered the district attorney of Rockland county to take all records in the suit before the grand jury with 8 view to indicting the dancer and her mother.