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Evening star., 1923-02-28

and the furthest he could 60 was to
an even more remote nunnery. When
Peter died Catherine vented her spite
on Eudoxia in a freer. fashion than
Peter and placed h6r In q damp
and vermin Infested dungeon of q
fortress. There Eudoxia remained
for two years, when, upon the sue
cession to the throne of Peter II, she
was released and brought home and
given the honors that were denied
her by Peter.
The mind OF the queen, who had re.
mained almost thirty years q pris-
oner, was weakened as her frame wal
emaciated, and she asked to be re-
turned to the convent, where two
years later she died
[CepyriSht1
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Misapplied Sanitary Precautions.

The modern practice of sanitation
still includes too many extravaSant
and useless rites.
communities over q period Of many
years has proved beyond question
that terminal fumigation has no posi-
tive value in the prevention OF the
spread OF such diseases as scarlet
fever, diphtheria and smallpox, yet
some communities are spending good
money for this useless rite. Not only
IS 1t useless, but rather dangerous i'll
effect, becaue ignorant persons i'm
agine that once an apartment has
been fumigated there is no longer any
need for care to prevent the spread
Of diseases, whereas the most efficient
fumigation of the sfckroom or the
entire apartment or dwelling does not
ease IL spread by persons. or at least
by animate carriers: and, OF course,
fumigation has no effect on the real
agencies Of infection.
Regulations or ordinances dealing
with the sanitary precautions which
undertakers must use in the disposal
Of the body of one deceased of q con-
tagious or infectious disease place an
unwarranted burden Of expense on
the shoulders Of the bereaved family
and add not one iota Of safety to the
public In any way whatsoever. For
example, laws require q hermetically
sealed caslcet for shipping such q
body: That absurd demand rests on
nothing moro than SUPERSTITION. The
superstition is that some kind OF
ethereal of indeflnable miasma arises
from the body ana spreads through
the air, fancy which no sanatorium
entertainS for q moment.
When an outbreak or some COM
municable disease occurs in school II
| 10 still deemed an appropriate rite in
some communities to have the school
room fumigated. OF course, every
one knows that the disease is car
ried to school by one pupil and spread
! to others through personal contact OF
in the spray from nose and mouth
How fumigation Of the schoolroon
can alter that fact is . mystery.
| 1t must be 2 dirty sort OF sohoo
that calls for fumisation. This prao
tico Of furnishing the schoolroom aftel
the less enlightened classes, but II
effect it Is just about rs sensible q,
/ singeing tho cats wf1skers.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
Eyes Tufn In.
My boy, aged seventeen months. ha
eyes that turn in. Do you think n
will outgrow this? Should 1 see
specialist about it!-Mrs. T. C. I.
Answer-It would be wise to see tn,
specialist.
/ The Germ-Free An,
what time of year Is the ai
Evening star., 1923-02-28
Rich Raisin Cup Cakes.

Put together and boil for a few
minutes two cupfuls of seedless
raisins, two cupfuls Of water, one and
one. half cupfuls OF sugar and two
tablespoonfuls of shortening. Allow
to cool, then add one teaspoonful OF
cinnamon. one-half a teaspoonful OF
nutmeg, one-fourth teaspoonful OF
cloves, ono teaspoonful Of soda, one.
half q teaspoonful Of baking powder
one cupful of chopped nuts and three
cupfuls Of flour. Drop the mixture
into cup cake pans, one tablespoon
full to each tin. This quantity makes
two dozen cakes, or one largo loaf
cake If desired.
Evening star., 1923-02-28

brother. OF lover for sweetheart, then
you can eliminate sex in it's finer
sense.
BY way of illustration. take the
ple-throwing comedies. They are the
only pictures made that are literally
physical and they are the only pic
lures made that are practically with
out esx.
Mystery stories, which most people
would regard as sexless, are really
founded on sex. There is always the
life or FORUM Of some beautiful
woman AT stake.
Historical pageants center about
the capture Of some fair maid.
THE way We look at sex is the real
question-for look at it we must-and
1t might as we'll be with clean, clear
eyes as with shrouded, unhealthy
vision
Copyright 1927
Evening star., 1923-02-28

No woman who is an efficient house
wife will overlook this apron style.
Although you could make it in an
afternoon and it would cost but As
cents, If gingham at IS cents per yard
were used with binding at 10 cents
the piece az yards to the piece). 1t
Is far more attractive than those you
would buy readymade for 81.
The pattern No. 1887 cuts in sizes
36, 40 and ~ inches bust measure.
Size SO requires 2% yards 36-inch
m Material, with 91s yards binding.
Price OF pattern, Is cents. I'm post
are staMpx only. Orders should be
addressed to The Washinxton Star
pattern bureau, n East 18th street,
New York city. Please write name
and address clearly.
Evening star., 1923-02-28
DEr11vTNHE CVTnDIEC By Thornton
DILL l. 1vx1I - OxS1GjO v. Burgsa

ever, walked around that tree with
her nose to the Nnow. Then she din
covered q hole in the snow close to
the trunk Of that tree. Her nose told
her that q Mouse had entered that
hole only q moment before. OF
which she and Spooky had been quar-
reling. You see Spooky had caught
him by the loose skin Of his back and
had done him no serious harm. Those
sharp claws had hurt, but that was
all. When Spooky had dropped him
Evening star., 1923-02-28

he had fallen close to that little hole
in the snow and he had lost no time
In getting into 1t. 1t was a little
hole that he had made there himself,
and ii led right down into one Of his
tunnels. While Black Pussy was
smiling at that hole. and Spooky
worse frightened young Mouse in all
the Great World was scampering
along a tunnel under the snow
straight for his home.
Copyright, 1923. BY r. W. BurxessN
Evening star., 1923-02-28

I overheard couple Of boys talk.
ing the other day. They were eight
een-year-old youngsters. with long
pants. near-whiskers and budding
Adams apples. AS the world rulers
of tomorrow their conversation may
be OF interest to you.
Evening star., 1923-02-28

hut tight on the cash. Never loos'
ened up on a bean the last time we
wer, out And she had her whole
weeks allowance In her vanity case
because she showed 1t to me-
What's the use of wasting time or
James like that that won't be gooo
sDorts?" inquired B. with scorn. my
girls not quite as good a locker, bu'
she's a regular guy. It's 1fty-nfty
with us-she pays her way. | pay
mine And when I'm broke she'll pa,
the whole thing and not crab about II
Evening star., 1923-02-28
Casserole of Ham and Hominy.

Mix one-fourth cupful of chopped
onion with two cupfuls Of white sauce
alternately between layers Of hominy.
having a slice Of ham on top. tho
ham being one-haf an inch thick.
Bake until the ham is tender.
Evening star., 1923-02-28

Experts say that most shades OF
brown will be dropped from our
tian pottery. which 10 q rninEling Of
red and brown. also an odd ana pleas
Evening star., 1923-02-28

When my son lets his shoulders
drop I get him to play kite" He
stretches both arms shoulder high and
sddewiss with palms forward. keep
ting hi. head, "the top of the kite"
held high. He runs about the room
with his arms held in this position.
This 10 q very good exercise for the
shoulders and chest of the growing
boy.
Copyright, 1921
Evening star., 1923-02-28

AFTERNOON HAT OF BROWN
STRAW IN BEEHIVE SHAPE,
WITH BROWN LACE VEIL HELD
IN FRONT BY A MEDALLION OF
PINK ROSES. 1T TIES AT BACK
THE STREAMERS FALLING TC
WAIST.
ing shade called rust, are to be re-
tanned.
These are shown in the new fabrics
Evening star., 1923-02-28

Because N,sc0a is the
most ingratiating. Of
Spreads for Bread
there is an ever re.
sounding boom of
delighted "Ahs" in T.
N. T.-Toast, Nucoa,
Tea.
Evening star., 1923-02-28
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
Eyes Turn In.

What time OF year IL the air
Evening star., 1923-12-24

Pop was smoking behind the sport
ing page and ma was darning holes
out of stockings and I was doing my
homework, and ma sed, 1t seems
queer to be sitting heer not heerfng
a thing wen the air Is reely full Of
.all sorts OF things and people with
radio sets are lissening to them at
this>very instant, 1t seems queer.
1t seems ideal, pop sed.
Now Willyum, / don't see why you
act so one sided about having q radio
vertizements for sets that can be
bawt for as low as Is dollars. she sed.
Yes, pop sed, know all about that.
/ can ,tell you about a man / knew
that lissened to his wife radio raw
ings and finally bawt cheep set Jest
because he didn't wint to SEQ her
suffer.
Well wy don't you buy me a cheep
set for the same reason? ma sed.
Because wait till you heer wat hap
pened to this man I'm speaking OF,
pop sed. week after he got the set
he became a fiend on the subjeck jest
from having the contagious thing in
the house, and the next Sattiday in
stead Of coming home with his pay
envelope as usual he came home with
his arm full Of radio parts and every
cent of his weeks salary gone, and
that kepp on for weeks and weeks In
spite Of his wife weeping and starv-
ing and begging him to give up the
dredfill habit, until finally they were
put out Of their house with their
children mere living skellinKtons and
the man jest q mass OF skin and bQnes
Evening star., 1923-12-24
BEDTIME STORIES sE y: 1ss;s::s s%.::s

only during the nesting season that
these plumes were worn. we were
happy colony. Yes, sir. we were a
happy colony. Then the eggs Matched,
babies began to, grow. And such q
lot of food as they did need!
Then one day two of those dread
full creatures called men came to
terrible guns. 1t was awful! Yes.
sir. it was awful. / don't believe
there ever was anything more awful.
Mrs. Egret and I saw our neighbors
shot all about US. At first we couldn't
understand 1t at all. Then we saw
the birds they had shot, and we knew
that 1t was for these that they had
come to that swamp. All day. those
dreadful guns banged and banged.
nests cried for food. which they
would never get because their fathers
and mothers had been killed.
so 1t went on day after day until
at last Mrs. Egret and / were the only
ones left. How we escaped do not
and all the other babies starved to
death. We did our best to feed them.
but those terrible guns drove US away
every time. That swamp had been the
nesting place. Of Egrets for years and
years and years. and we bad expected
always to nest there. But we have
never been back there since"
|. "But what did those hunters want
Of those pIumes" Danny asked.
THAT Is what puzzled me for q
long, long time" replied Egret. But
at last found out They sold them.
They sold them for those other two
legged creatures called women to
wear Women wanted them to make
| themselves look more beautiful. And
for this and nothing. else nearly all
the Egrets in the beautiful Sunny
South were killed, and their babies
starved to death"
1T is the most awful thing I've ever
heard Of" said Danny. 1T seems too
awful to be true" and he shivered
with horror.
But il Is true" replied Egret. DO
YOU wonder I envy those who have no
plumes? Do you wonder that ] think
those two-legged creatures the most
heartless Of all living things?
II don't wonder a Bit" replied
Danny most decidedly.
Copyright. 1881
Evening star., 1923-12-24
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Loud Pedal or Go Away. He Will Then
Discover That Your Society Is a Habit.
6oys Old
Bachelors
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Gonss to EnGrc

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Evening star., 1923-12-24
A THREE DAYS.
COUGH IS YOUR
DANGER SIGNAL

Chronic coughs and persistent colds lead
to serious lung trouble. You can stop them
now with Creemulsfon. IN snuisifed ereo-
sote that 10 pleasant to take. CfsoDuisson
ts 4 new medical discovery with twofoid
action; II sootheS and heals the indamed
membranes and Kills the germ.
OF all known drugs. creosots fs recos.
nized by the medical fraternity as the
greatest healing isency for the treatment
of chronic coughs and colds and other
forms Of throat and lung troubles. Creo-
mulsion contains. IN addition to ereosete,
other healing elements which soothe and
heal the in6amed membranes and stop the
irritation and Inflammation. while the Gre
osote goes on to the stomach. 10 absorbed
Into the blood. attacks ~ ssat Of the
trouble and lsstrsys the germs that lssd
to consumpt1on.
Crsomulsion q guaranteed satisfactory
In the treatment Of chronic coughs and
colds. bronchial asthma. catarrhal brou-
chitis and other forms Of throat and lung
diseases. and IL excellent for building UP
the system after colds or the au. Money
refunded IL. any cough or cold. no matter
Of how long standing. u not relieved after
taking according 70 directions. Aat your
druggist. creomulsion Co., Atlanta, Ga.
Evening star., 1923-12-24
CHRISTMAS CRANBERRIES.
I Ia. CUBS of water.

1-3, cups of water.
Granulated sugar for busting.
slowly for five minutes. Wash and
dry the berries and pierce each one
with a large darning needle or a
fine skewer. Lay them on an agate
or enamel pan (not tin OF alumi-
num,. Pour the hot sirup over the
oven 600 degrees) until almost
transparent Dry and dust some OF
the berries with powdered sugar to
use for decorative purposes as well
as to adorn the candy box.
two thirds cup Of water for five min
utes. Pierce three cups of large red
cranberries with q large needle, add
to the sirup and cook very gently
until the fruit is transparent. Let
night; drain (use the juice for
punches). Roll the fruit in granu-
lated sugar and dry slowly. in cool
oven.
boil in thinner sirup e cups each
night. Reduce sirup ohe-half by
boiling, add berries and bring to boil
again; cook very gently for five min
utes; let stand two hours and boil
again slowly for five minutes. Cool.
drain and dry In a cool oven. This
repeated standing and boiling gives
a thoroughly candied fruit. The
other important point is to cook very
slowly over a low flame or the ber-
ries will pop.
These may be used wherever can
died cherries at much greater ex-
pense have been found; in fruit cups,
to decorate winter birthday cakes
along with red candles or add one
half cup chopped to each quart of
ice cream mixture. Combined with
q q n n
make tutti fruttf ice cream or to use
as a decoration and confection, they
have a special place at the Christ
mas festivities
Evening star., 1923-12-24
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.,
Homemade, but Has No
Equal for Coughs
Makes family supply of really de.
pendable cough medicine. Easily
prepared, and saves about So.



II you have a severe cough or chest
cold accompanied with soreness,
throat tickle, hosrseness, or difficult
breathing, or if your child wakes up
during the night with Group and you
want quick help, try this reliable old
homemade cough remedy. Any drug
gist can supply you with 2ls ounces
of Pinex. Pour this into pint bottle
and fill the bottle with plain granu.
lated sugar syrup. Or you can use
clarified molasses, honey, or corn
syrup, instead of sugar syrup, if
desired. This recipe makes a pint of
really remarkable cough remedy. 1t
tastes good, and in spite of its low
cost, it can be depended upon to give
quick and lasting relief.
You can feel this take hold Of a
cough in a way that means business.
1t loosens and raises the phlegm.
stops throat tickle and soothes and
heals the irritated membranes that
line the throat and bronchial tubes
with such promptness, ease and GER
tainty that it is really astonishing.
Pinex is a special and highly con.
centrated compound of genuine Nor.
way. pine extract, and is probably the
best known means of overcoming
severe coughs, throat and chest colds.
There are many worthless imita.
tions of this mixture. To avoid dis
appointment, ask for @2I2 ounces of
Pinex," with full directions, and don't
accept anything else. Guaranteed to
give absolute satisfaction or money
promptly refunded The Pinex CO.,
Ft, Wayne, Ind.
Evening star., 1923-12-24
Seed Pearls From Chinese Sources
nv ANNE RrrTENHoUsE.

One thing at-lcast the present re-
rivaI Of Chinese things has dome
It has taught US to throw into the
scrap heap most Of our notions OF
Chinese things. We were won't TO
judge the whole artistic output OF
China hS those foolish little KICK
shaws that were brought back by
our acquaintances after visit to
Chinatown. There were tea sets OF
cheap china that would never have
sbeen given shelf room In any house
In China-because no Chinan1an would
have had any use for the sugar
bowls and cream jugs. They were
made only for the export trade
An American resident In China
Few years ago secured the shops in
vain for one of those little fiimsy
paper parasols that used to be the
Inevitable accessory of the American
amateur actors makeup when she
woman. They were not to be had,
and the reason was because parasols
of that sort were made entirely for
Occidental export There were In
stead heavily glazed paper parasols OF
a far better quality. 1t is these
glazed parasois-reaiy Chinese-that
haveenow become we'll known to occi-
dental women who follow the fashion
for several seasons.
We have had our eyes opened to
the treasure house of Chinese dress
and decoration, and there Is very
little chance now for the smiling
slant-eyed exporter with his flimsy
paper ornaments. his garish tea sets
and impossible jewelry. 1t has per-
haps surprised him that we possess
a little artistic appreciation ourselves.
Seed pearls, beloved by Chinese
ladies of the Manchu set, are looked
upon here with delight. They are
turned into headdresses, into PEN
dent ear rings into necklaces that also
carry comedians. bits of jade and
balls Of amber. The seed pearl head
dresses of the Chinese ladies have
been brought home by many tourists
20 China. They are. bandeaux that
go around part OF the head. dripping
a long string of pearls. Some have
ornaments over the ears, from which
hang tassels of pearls.
Copyright, 1921
Evening star., 1923-12-24
Well, Let's Take the Air.

Here's an interesting passage from
"a letter written July %. by B. F.:
"' greatly approve the
epithet which you give to the new
method Of treating smallpox. which
you call the tonic or bracing method;
r will take the occasion from 1t to
mention q practice to which / have
become accustomed myself. You
know the cold bath has long been
in vogue here as a tonic; but the
shock Of the cold water has always
appeared to me. generally speaking.
as too violent; and I have found 1t
much more agreeable. to my consti-
tuition Git is only fair to mention
that B. F. sees the problem through
the eyes of a man f1fty-four years
old) to battle in another element
ing sleep that can be imagined.
rise almost every morning and sit
In my chamber without any clothes
whatever. half an hour or an hour,
according to the season. either read
Ing or writing. This practice Is not
In the least painful, but. on the con-
trary, agreeable and IL l return to
bed afterward. before ! dress my
self. az sometimes happens. / make
q supplement to my nights rest or
ono or two hours of the mott pleas
ing sleep than can be imagined. I
find no Ill consequences whatever
resulting from It, and that at least
1t does not injure my health IL 1t
does not in fact contribute much to
its preservation: I shall therefore
call. it in the future a bracing or
tonic bath. ."
This letter was not written to me,
but to man of the name of Du-
hourg; It wasn't written last July,
but in 1850. B. Franklin wrote it.
SO I must confess that Benia min
In the discovery of the cold air
bath, though I n.odestly maintain
that my technfc is a little better.
1t would be quite all right to sit
around for an hour or two on a
balmy morning In July or a Sep
January. If you keep the windows
open. you jurt naturally ought to
busy yourself with some sort OF
exercise while taking your morning
cold bath It's an ideal time and
quite the correct custom for rendi-
ton Of the new Brady symphony.
words and music available free to
any reader who accompanies his re-
quest for 1t with a neatly stamped
envelope bearing his name and ad-
dress.
1t is very keen disappointment ent
to me that I am unable to find any
conclusive scientific basis for tho
notion that a daily bath of this kind
is a saiutary habit For that matter,
science is just one disappointment
after another, though L do like to
Rave a firm scientific backing for
whatever utterances or suggestions
I OFFER here In the name of health.
The best I can do in this instance
Is to compare the bracing, stim-
uIating tonic virtues of the morn
to- dis hat hA ca
many vigorous youngsters derive
from the morning cold water bath.
And as Ben Franklin said, the shock
Of cold water on a nice warm skin
Evening star., 1923-12-24

This little pine has many features
of attraction and interest. Its needles
are the shortest Of all the pines. only
three-fourths to one and one-half
inches long. They are In punches of
five. OF the many known species OF
pines In the world, the majority have
their needles In lunches of twos and
threes. Our only native pine with
needles grouped in fives Is the white
pine. The Asiatic white pine of the
HimaIayas also has it's long. slender
needles in fves. It Is interesting that
the color of the foliage Of all these
three pines is similar, an attractive
blue-green. with q whitish bloom on
the inside. The foliage coloring of
most other pines IL In various shades
of clear green.
Another distinctive and attractive
feature Of this Japan pine 10 the
abundance Of its decorative cones;
bright blue-green before maturity.
then reddish brown. They are strung
in remarkable profusion along the
slender, horizontal branches. 1t is a
broadly pyramidal tree. growing to
height of eighty feet and, as can be
seen In the illustration, In confgura-
ton quite evidently foreign and
"Japanesque." The branchlets are
light greenish brown. The little
twisted needles are crowded In brush
like tufts at the ends of the branch
lets, producing an attractive, artistic
effect. The cones arc egg-shaped,
two to three inches long, reddish
brown, practically stemIess. A wild
variety, gIauca, has somewhat longer
leaves and larger cones.
This very ornamental and hardy
little pine Is another importation
from Japan. There 1t Is often dyarf-
ed and cultivated In pots and 1t is
also grated so AZ to make it assume
q more irregular habit. AS yet 1t is
q little used tree in this country.
The specimen illustrated Is on the
Mall, about 100 yards southeast of
the 18th street entrance, northwest.
Though not labeled. it is SO distinct
Evening star., 1923-12-24
Barbecue of Salmon.

Marinate one can Of salmon In one
tablespoonful OF pure olive oil, one
tablespoonful Of minced onion, one
teaspoonful Of cider vinegar, one tea
spoonful of salt. and one tablespoon
full of meat sauce. Into the upper
part of a chaf1ng dish put one-fourth
cupfu1 Of tomato catsup, one table,
spoonful Of butter, a. few capers, and
one-fourth cupful of hot water. Stir
until hot. then add the salmon. Stir
well, then add half a can of washed
and drained peas. Cover and let
stand over the .hot water pan until
hot. Serve hot from the dish, ac-
companfed by sandwiches OF thinIy
sliced brown bread
Evening star., 1923-12-24
Steamed Cranherry Pudding.

Mix together two cupfuls of cram
berries halved. one cupful Of seeded
raisins. one cupful of chopped suet.
one cupful of bread crumbs, three
fourths cupful Of sugar, one cupful
of flour, one teaspoonfuI of salt,
one-half a teaspoonfYl of cinnamon,
and two teaspoonfuls Or baking pow
der. Use enough water to make a
stiff dough. Steam in creased molds
for three and one-half hours. Serve
with vanilla sauce. This pudding
can b. reheated BY steaming It. again
several days after 1t Is made, the
same a. plum pudding.