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Evening star., 1924-04-03
Oysters.

Only one more month before, ac-
cording to tradition, oysters must re-
tire into the dietary background until
the cool days of autumn Be that as
1t may. the vastness of our country
is such that seasonal rules for one
section might seem quite foolish for
another, and so Biographical sketches
of the various foodstuffs arc better
without the counselinG of seasonal
limits.
History tells us that oysters were
being eaten when civilization was
young, having been cultivated as food
for at least 1000 years.
Amer lean varieties take on geo
graphical names, although this prac-
tice is sometimes carried 10 an eX-
treme, as. for example, when we hear
the term "Bluepoint" applied 10 all
small oysters. all large ones being
Evening star., 1924-04-03

My cuzzin Artie stayed at my house
all mite last mite, and after a vile we
had to go to bed on account Of pop
ordering US TO go after he got tired
of suggesting to US, and We was lay
ing there waiting to go to sleep and
tawking about diffrent subjecks sutch
as the werst places to get splinters
and wich we would rather be, cap
tain iowa in submerine or jest
lootenant up in d aireoplane, and
Artie sed Aw heck, I'm too mutch
awake to be going to sleep.
So am /. vat do you say we play
game OF checkers? 1 sed.
All rite, wat do you say We do?
Artie sed.
And I got up and litt the lite and
got the checkerboard and we started
to play setting up in bed and 1 won
the ferst game easy as enything on
account of me being the best player
eny~ays, and we started to play an
other one, Artie saying, well, I'm
still ahed of you enyways from the
last time we played
You are like heck, like heck you
are. ] won about 4 games to your one
the last time, l Sed.
You're crazy, you dident even get
one game last time. Artie sed.
Aw, Sats you tawking about, you
must be blind, sed.
Well If I'm blind you're deef and
DUNN and parrit toed and you cant
back 1t up or down. Artie sed, and 1
s6d, Hay, don't make so mutch noise,
gosh hang it, we're Supposed to be
asleep, you mock kneed persimmiu.
Me proberly making more noise than
him and jest then pop called up say
ing, Benny, watts all that disturbants,
is your lite litt up there?
Me thinking, G, good mite, heck.
And 1 quick jumped out of bed, pop
calling up, Did you heer me ask you
4 question, do you intend to anser me
tonite or some time next week? Is
your lite litt?
Wich jest then termed the lite off,
yelling, No sir.
Well it's time you condesended to
anser me. are you getting tung tied
in your old age? pop called up, and /
called down, No sir, and pop called
up, Well I'm glad to heer it, now If I
heer one more sound out OF you you'll
heer some sounds out of yourself that
you don't ixpect.
And I snuck back into bed and the
ony other thing that happened was
the checkerboard falling off the bed
and the checkers rolling all over, me
starting to hold my breth but pop
dident call up agen or 'enything so I
stopped holding it. and went to sleep.
Evening star., 1924-04-03
Your Home and
You
Our Shining Saucepans.
BY HELEN KENDALL

In the description of old-time
kitchens, met with in fiction and folk
stories, there Is always row of
shining pans" rejecting the rosy,
beaming face of the cook! Generally
these are copper saucepans, and
their reddish glow fills those Of us
who love the CLEAN of copper with a
panS Of yearntng. But copper is not
a practical material for the less
sturdy housewives of today It is
very soft and must be lined with d
heavy coating OF some better-wear-
ing metal, which also will not af-
feet food chemically, as copper is said
to- do. So we must content ourselves
with snowy porcelain or silvery
aluminium.
These present-day utensils. how
ever, can be kept a~"shining row" if
they are polished and cared for as
assiduously as the old-time house
keepers cared for their copper. Alumi-
mum, especially, has it's own particu-
lar clesnsers and metallic sponges.
Evening star., 1924-04-03
umped" under the term Saddle

Jumped" under the term Saddle
rocks"
As delicacy the oyster needs no
press agent" but when it comes TO
a consideration Of its food value there
are certain facts that should be re-
memb red.
Energy is not supplied economically
by oysters, for it would require the
consuming of enormous quantities TO
produce sufficient energy for day,
and this would be foolish extraya-
gance both Of money and of space in
the digestive system
1t is as an aristocrat of the dietary
( that the oyster shines, for his solids
are very easily diEcsted and he con
tributes a valuable service to the
! dainty dietary Of the invalid, or tc
the festive supper Of normal health.
Paper money carries fewer germs
than are frequently found in a good
grade of milk
Evening star., 1924-04-03
Veal in Watercress.

Melt two tablespoonfuls of fat, add
four tablespoonfuis OF. -four and stir
until we'll Drowned. Add two cupfuls
Of veal stock or water, one and one
half tablespoonfuls Of salt and a little
pepper. Stir until it boils. Add one
half a cupful of finely chopped water
cress and one teaspoonful OF meat
sauce and serve with veal. Veal cut
lets are very delicious, if, after being
Drowned. they are cooked for thirty
minutes in this sauce.
Evening star., 1924-04-03
Celery and Eggs au Gratin.

Wash and peel a root of knob celery
and cook 1t in salted water until ten
der. Drain and force through a sieve
into a dish. Add one-fourth pint of
thick white sauce, one ounce Of good
fat, and a seasoning of salt, pepper
and nutmeg. Now grease six china
egI cases or shells and MI them
the center Of each cup OF celery,
enough to hold an egg. Put in the
egg, being careful not TO pierce the
yolk. Lay small piece of fat on
the top Of each egg. season with salt
and pepper, cover. with fine bread
crumbs, and bake for ten minutes -
Evening star., 1924-04-03
Manhattan Shrimps.

Clean one pint Of canned or fresh
shrimps and cook them in two table
spoonfuls Of fat for two minutes. Add
a little salt and cayenne pepper and
one teaspoonful of lemon juice. Cook
for two minutes longer. Remove the
shrmpS and make a white sauce with
two tablespoonfuls of fat, one table
spoonful of -four and one cupful of
milk. When thickened, add the yolks
of two eggs, slightly beaten, stirring
in quickly and cooking for two min
uteS. Add the shrimpS.
Evening star., 1924-04-03
Ny Neighbor Says:

To cut butter smpothly and
cleanly, cover the knife with OIL.
ed paper.
To soften hard tissue of dried
vegetables like peas, beans and
lentils cook them in soft water.
If you must use hard water,
add baking soda in the proper
tion of one teaspoonful to two
quarts.
For starching nluslins, ging-
hams, etc, dissolve a piece of
alum the size of filbert for
every pint of starch. BY fol-
lowing this hint you will pre- :
serve the bright colors of the
fabric a long time. ~
A small piece of stale white
bread placed in the kettle in
which cabbage is boiled will
help to kiIl-the unpleasant odor.
Dried orange peel will revive
a low fire at once If placed
among the Goals.
Soak a new toothbrush over !.
night in a glass of water. The
bristles will not come out and
the brush will last twice as
long.
A clear FIRE for grilling can
be obtained by sptinkling lit
tie saltpeter over the Goals.
Evening star., 1924-04-03
When We Go Shopping
BIZ MRS. HARIAND II. ALLEN.

you call your own. your jewelry prob
!en1s are simplffied. If your eyes and
halr are brown, and you frequently
wear brown costumes, topazes will
become you. If your eyes are blue
try blue stones to bring them out"
To make your jewelry have that
Just right look, regard these pre-
cautions: Do not wear silver and gold
together, unless they are purposely
combined in one design. Do not wear a
brooch placed obviously for mere adorn-
ment; put 1t at the terminal of
your, neckline, or let it hold some
part of your costume in place. Do
not burden your fingers with too
many rings-and wear only those
that harmonize with your costume.
Do not wear bracelets or earrings
because they are "in style" If they
do not enhance your gown and suit
your personality.
Avoid meaningless jumbles-if you
would express good judgment in jew
elry.
Evening star., 1924-04-03
Baked Gumbo.

Wash three-fourths cupful of rice
of the rice in the bottom. Add a layer
of sliced okra and then a layer of
tomatoes sliced. Repeat in alternate
layers until the dish is full. Bake
slowly until the rice is tender. Re-
buttered crumbs. Put back in the
oven until the crumbs are brown.
Evening star., 1924-04-03
Carrot Sauce With Beef.

Boil three-fourths cupful Of sliced
carrots until very tender, then drain
and mash them. Melt two table
spoonfuis Of fat, add three table
spoonfuls Of -four half teaspoonful
of salt, one tablespoonful of minced
onion. a little paprika, and one cup
full OF meat stock or water. Bring to
the boiling point, stirring constantly,
then add the carrots and onion mix
ture. Serve with beef.
Evening star., 1924-04-03
FRUIT SALAD.

Cut apples and bananas into
dice, sprinkle with lemon juice
to keep from turning dark and
also to improve the flavor; then
those who like oil pour over a
little oil, mix all: together, then
turn into a dish of: chopped
peanuts (put through fine knife
of food chopper) until each
piece is covered with peanuts,
then pile on lettuce heart leaves
and cover generously with may
onnaise., If you don't like oil,
mix with .mayonnaise before
rolling. in the peanut crumbs.
Evening star., 1924-04-03
Washington. December II, 1918.

Winter has set in unusually early.
We have had snow on the ground for
several days, but with n clear sun and
hot enough to melt IT. On Monday
evening last went to the French
minister's. The party was very large,
consisting Of two or three hundred
persons. The ladies, as usual, were
elegantly dressed and the supper Ia
BILE was most elegantly decorated.
Mrs. Tallmadge was not out, but Mrs.
Cushman and 1 got into corner and
talked about you. Mrs. Storrs was
$50 among the ladies. The music
Was fine, the wine good and I did
not get away until about 1880.
To-day / am to dine at Gov. Mid
dletons. Mr.. and Mrs. Tallrnadge are
to be there. The governor lives at
kalorama, the seat or the late Mrs.
Barlow. I have not yet presented
myself at Mrs. Monroe's drawing
room. but will probably go on
Wednesday evening Of next week.
December II, 1918.
II have just returned from Gov.
Middleton's dinner party. The COM
pany was small, but select, consist
ing OF Mr.. and Mrs. Storrs, Ma. and
Mrs. Tallmadge, Mr.. and Mrs Orr
Representative benjamin Orr of
Massachusetts,, Mr.. and Mrs. Pauld-
Evening star., 1924-04-03

Letters written during the
presidency of James Monroe by
Representative Thomas Hill
Hubbard OF New York. These
letters, addressed to Mrs. Hub
bard, picture social and politi-
cal life in the National Capital
of a hundred years ago.
Evening star., 1924-04-03
Bermuda Salad,

Peel two Bermuda onions and cut
them in thin slices. Peel two large
oranges and cut in slices, removing
the seeds carefully. Lay the slices Of
onions and orange alternately on let
tuce leaves on serving platter and
pour highly seasoned French dressing
made with tarragon vinegar over the
ton
Evening star., 1924-04-03
The Opening of the Sugar
Camp.
Who Ards pleasure while he's working
Never even thinks of shirking.
--Enrrnnr RraAN.nis Rnr

Never even thinks OF shirking.
Farmer Browns Boy.
Every spring Farmer Brown and his
boy make maple sirup and maple
sugar. Farmer Browns Boy always
looks forward to the days and nights
he will spend in the sugar camp. 1t
Is in the Green Forest where there are
many great sugar naples. And al
though it is not far from Farmer
Browns house, Farmer Browns Boy
usually sleeps in the camp during the
short season when the sap is running
in the trees.
Often the snow is still deep on the
ground when the sap first begins to
run. II is one of, the surest signs
that spring is close at hand. When the
Evening star., 1924-04-03
STUFFED EGGS.

Four hard-cooked eggsS
third cup of medium white
sauce, one half cup of chopped
ham, chicken or other meat,
one-fourth teaspoonful Of salt
and a bit of pepper. Cut the
eggs in two lengthwise, remove
the. yolks and mash them. Add
the meat, seasoning and white
sauce. press IT, in balls the size
q of yolks and surround them
with the halved whites
Evening star., 1924-04-03
BOILED RICE.

oo1Lbb MIL.
Put one quart of water in a
saucepan with one teaSpoonful
of salt and let it come to a boil.
Wash cup of rice in three
waters. When the water boils
add the rice and stir only when
first boiling to keep it from
sticking. Do not touch it again.
Boil gradually for twenty min
utes. or until the grains begin
to swell out and it appears to
thicken. When it has reached
this state, pour Off the remain
ing water and set the rice pot
in the oven so the rice may
swell up. Let stand in oven ten
minutes with cover off. Don't
let it brown, simply dry. Take
it out Of the oven, let stand a
few minutes, then put into a
dish. Every grain will be white
and beautiful and stand apart,
because the drying in the oven
will have -evaporated the mois-
ture. leaving the rice soft,
snowy white and perfectly dry.
Evening star., 1924-04-03

building involving g. cost OF ST.
zoo, 900 will be erected for the Centre
Austuriano, to be used as HSoh fVf
the Austrian provincials.
Evening star., 1924-04-03

nights are cold the sap stops running
But it begins against just as soon as
daylight brings warmer temperature.
In all the year there is no buster
season for Farmer Brown and his boy.
1t. is hard work, the hardest kind of
hard work. But with it there is lot
Of fun. and there is the JOY of being
in the Green Forest So when Farmer
Brown says, son, we must get the
Evening star., 1924-04-03
Menu for a Day!
BREAKFAST.
Stewed Prunes.
Boiled Rice with Cream.
Creamed Goldfish on Toast.
Griddle Cakes. Sirup.
Coffee.

LUNCHEON.
Stuffed EGGS.
Bread and Butter Sandwiches.
Canned Peaches with Cream.
Sugar Cookies.
Tea.
DINNER.
Vegetable Soup.
Braised Breast of Lamb.
Baked Potatoes.
Boiled Spinach.
Fruit Salad.
Crackers, Cheese, Coffee.
New Britain herald., 1924-05-20
visitations during the year.

visitations during the year.
 Bishop Brewster in his annual ad- dress will say that the work has gone quietly forward with appreciable re- suits. In the year from the last con- yention the bishop made 96 visita- tions, officiating on 201 occasions, de- livering 232 sermons and addresses, celebrating holy communion 52 times, being present to conduct six funeIels, two marriages, and confirming 1,169 persons.
 The suffragan bishop confirmed 112S persons. There were received into communion 23 persons, three were ordained to the diaconate, two were advanced to the priesthood, II clergymcn were received into the diocese and 12 received letters dis missory The number of clergy is now 2S4. Sixteen Prcsbyters are officiating under license. There are in the diocese 22 deaconesses, 2S lay readers newly licensed and thirty have had their licenses renewed.
 Bishop Brewster said the time had come to more adequately recognize the work of the women and in this connection referred to the activities of several of the women's organiza- tions which are carrying forward diocesan work. He also spoke of the possibilities of further addition or funds for general cathedral work in
New Britain herald., 1924-05-20
EPISCOPAL CHURCH
 CONVENTION OPENS
Diocesan Convention in Hartford
 Gets Under Way Late Today

Hartford, May 20.--The annual diocesan convention of the Protestant Episcopal church of Connecticut opened today at Christ church ca- thedraI. The morning and early af- ternoon hours were given over to meetings of diocesan bodies and in formal conferences of the clergy and lay delegates.
 The convention proper will open late this afternoon and Right Rev. Chauncey B. Brewster. bishop of the diocese will officiate at the opening service and will make his annual re- view of his administration of the af- fairs of his office and he will be fol- lowed by the Right Rev. F.. Cam pion Acheson of Middletown, the suf- fragan bishop, who will tell of his
New Britain herald., 1924-05-20

the diocese and commended the ca. thedral to generous thought In the making of wills and memorial gifts. The diocese now has coat of arms" !" historically and otherwise appropri- ate" the bishop said and it has been registered in the Herald's college of arms in England.
 In appealing for continued and in creasing support for missionary ob- jccts the bishop will refer to the Near East and its problems and to the Japanese, reconstruction fund de- scribed to parishes by Bishoys Me Kim and Reifsnider.
New Britain herald., 1924-05-20
HOPES TO SAVE EYE
sam Langford Leaves Chicago Today For New York To Have Specialist Give Him Treatment

Chicago, May 20.-Sam Langford, famed as the Boston Tar Baby" of the ring, more than half bllnd, "broke" and at the end of his pugllis- tic trail, lest today for New York where specialist hopes to save the sight of his right eye. His left eye is sightless.
 The same smile, and the same fighting spirit that made him the most feared of all men his weight ten years ago. are still with him. The sqnatty little negro is smiling confident that expert treatment will restore his fad ing vision.
 The Tar Baby's" trip was made possible as the result of a benefit given him by fight fans in Vernon Califor- nia, where. in 1916, he knocked out Harry Wills.
New Britain herald., 1924-05-20
KILLS HIS PAL.
w. Virginia Man, Facing Arrest, Also
 Wounds Himself.

Wheeling, W. Va, May 2o.-When police were about to arrest John Jack in the postoffice at Tiltonville. O., late yesterday, he shot and killed his part ner, James Cody, and then turned the pistol upon himself, inficting preo- ably fatal injury, according to infor- nation received from Martins Ferry where Jack was taken to a hospital. According to the police, Jack ana Cody were wanted in connection Wlth a sT0,0b0 payroll robbery at Moosic' Pa. last July.
New Britain herald., 1924-05-20
IIr I,rfnsnI To Move

John Aiackull of 2l Horace street eas fined g. on a eharea of failing io move when ordered To do SD by police man Peter skieri;owgh early this morning, SidrfkuwgEi testified that
New Britain herald., 1924-05-20
OLD MAMMY'S FUNERAL
Scores of White People Attend ser'- ices for "Aunt I.u" Adams, oih Time Southern Slave.

Louisville, May 2o.-Scores ct white folks" many Of whom she had loved and served. were to attend the funeral at Pewee Valley today Of Ln- cinda, Aunt Lu'' Adams, a typical old southern nanny who for more than three quarters of a century had lived in the little village which tooay pays it's final respect to her.
 Aunt Lu" was believed to be ioo years old. Born slave, she was ob- tained by Justice Benjamin EstiIl or the supreme court of Virginia and re- mained in his family long after me Civil war. She died Sunday at the home of Powbattan Woodridge, Jr.. where she had lived several years.
New Britain herald., 1924-05-20

1 lie met Mackula on Horace street talking to two other men and as they weS talking loud, he told them 10 go l home. The two others went along but Mackula started to argue with the policeman and used vulgar language, according to the testimony. ] Mackula told the court that he went along when the policeman told him i 10, but that SKierkowski kept pushing | him and telling him to go faster. He said that SkicrkOWski has been look
 ing for chance to arrest him be cause of little talk they had at one 1 time over n crap game.
 1 Milton Clyde was found guilty on a 1 charge of reckless driving on West l Main street yesterday afternoon and was fined S25 and costs. the fine being remittcd. Judge Hungerford warned
 Clyde to obey the motor vehicle laws im the future.
 Chef William C. Hart testified that he was driving on West Main street
 yesterday afternoon when Clyde pass
 cd him out at a fast rate of speed. The chief followed as far as the Bur ritt hotel and said that Clyde was
 travelling over 30 miles an hour at all 1 times between Lincoln street and the hotel.
 Had No Operators siccDse
 Clyde Glory of Hartford was fined 1 S10 and costs for operating a motor i vehicle without a license. He was ar rested on West Main street last night 1 by Patrolman Gicbler. He pleaded guilty. telling the court that he had a license two years ago, but has been he was arrested he gave the police his name as William Shot and said that he had his license at home. Soon after he was taken into the station. another man came into put
 up bond for him and drive the ma-
 chine away. He was asked if he had
 q liccnse and he said yes. showing a license with the name that Glory had given. They were both questioned then. and Glory finally gave his right name, and admitted that he did not have any license.
 Couple Held After Row
 The case of Domingcs lt. Comes of 43 Cherry street. charged with assault and breach of the peace, and Mrs.
 Josephine Fernando Of 45 Cherry
 stret charged with breach of the peace, and Mrs. Josephine Fernando
 of A Cherry strct, charged with breach of the peace, was continued until Thursday, The couple were ar rested following an investigation of a
 disturbance at the corner Of Park and Bigelow street Sunday night.
 Honesman Case Continued
 The case of Edward Honeyman of
 S4 Talcott street, charged with rcck- less driving on Stanley street last night was continued until Thursday. Honey
 man was arrested hy Motorcycle Po- liecman William $. Strols.
New Britain herald., 1924-05-20
Not Guilty of Theft

Tony Trasky of 3O2 Allen street, charged with theft of $66 worth ol cutlery from the I.anders, Frary and Clark plant, was discharged. He told the court that about five tmonths ago he purchased lot of furniture from a man on Hartford avenue who was going back to Europe and that when he complained that the price of S24O for the furnitErc was too high, the man included the box of cutlery in the bargain.
 The police found the cutlery in the mans homo after he had given them permission to search his house. A re- port was made to the police by the factory that Troslly had a quantity of cutlery he had stolen from the fac tory. The defendant worked there about IS months ago. Prosecuting At torncy Joseph G. Woods asked the court 10 bind Trosky over for the su- pcrior court. Attorney David l.. Nair represented Trosky.
 Police to Return Wine
 Judge Hungerford ordered three barrels of grape wine and an empty barrel, seized by the police at the home of Paul D'Orio when it was raid cd by the police, returned to Guiscp- pa Cicarella, who showed a permit for possession of 900 gallons of the wine. Attorney Harry Ginsbcrg, who repre- scnted CicareIla. told the court that his client had made 200 gallons of wine last fall and that he kept it in the same cellar as DOrio kept his. D'Orio was convicted of selling liquor, but he made raisin wine and the judge ordered the grape wine returned.
New Britain herald., 1924-05-20
MOVE FOR SALARY INCREASE

At tomorrow nights meeting Of the common council a petition will be submitted to increase the salary or the clerk in the mayors office from sso0 to $500 a year.
New Britain herald., 1924-05-20
Couple Held After Row
Hone,man Case Continued

The case of Edward Honeyman of S4 Talcott street, charged with rock less driving on Stanley street last night was continued until Thursday. Honey man was arrested hy Motorcycle Po- liecman William $. Strolls.