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Evening star., 1924-12-31
Tastes Change.

The boy who lives in our house
turned on his radio and the room was
flooded with music. Such music! 1t
had the best of a hundred TO the bar,
to my ears, and the rhythm of a
storm on the hills. it was pierced by
unearthly howls, stabbed through by
sudden jets of sharp sounds that
might have been ecstasy or pain-as
YOU interpreted it. Now and then a
weird melody slithered through the
maze of noises and you thought that
perhaps il might have been music If
all these other things hadn't risen to
interfere. Then it merged into a
crashing, jangling, smashing cres-
cendo that made me turn and scowl
in wrath, only to be met with another
and louder wave of noises that could
have come only from a skyful of tin
and iron pots and nutmeg graters and
broken crOckery.
! was going to protest Indignantly
when I looked at the boys face. He
sat relaxed in the big chair close by
the brown box, his head against the
back cushions in an attitude of peace
and rest, and the smile on his face
was of pure delight. To him the aw-
full din was music = music that
touched the savage soul of him and
soothed it to sweet rest.
SO I let him be and turned to my
work again. But between me and
the pages kept coming the memory
Of brass band that used to come
under our windows and play Silver
Threads Among the Cold and the
others that came with it, not even as
good as that. ! remembered hoard
ing my pennies to secure as many
encores as possible from the three
bleary-eyed musicians who made the
afternoon hideous with their grunts
and squawks and oompah -oompahs
until somebody would go to a window
Evening star., 1924-12-31
What Today Means to You
Capricorn.
BY MARY BLAKE.

During the forenoon the moon is
parallel to Uranus, which is a vibra-
tion very similar to that of yester-
day afternoon. With the majority of
people it is disturbing influence, and
only those who possess great will
power and self-restraint, enabling
them to maintain poise and equilib
rum in the face of mixed emotions,
can derive from the conditions that
prevail the benefits and advantages
of such aspects. One and all, how
ever, should combat the tendency to
magnify difficulties and to act or
speak on impulse. The rest of the
day is, astrologically speaking. unA
important, and the aspects are mega
tive, counseling abstention from any
thing of new or radical nature and
advising the performance of duties in
customary and conservative manner.
A child born today will be blessed
with good constitution and will
outlive all the eVer-present dangers
of infancy, provided it be carefully
nurtured and given wholesome envi-
ronment. In disposition 1T will be
studious, intellectual, very we'll in
formed, good reasoner and a lucid
talker. 1t will be scrupulously hon
est, very faithful to duty and will
never say anything that 1t does not
mean. 1t should not marry young,
as it will Judge people by different
standards as 1T grows older, and this
might cause unhappiness.
II today is your birthday, you are
musical and artistic, as well as a
great reader. You are thorough,
practical and very observing. You
have many friends and are bright,
witty and entertaining. In affairs of
the heart you are impulsive and emo
tional. You need much love and de-
votion to make you happy and con-
tented.
Your material success will not be
achieved along commercial lines, as
your heart and soul can never be in
drudgery. For the same reason
household duties will never appeal to
you, owing to their monotony. You
have a distinctly artistic tempera-
ment, and although practicability and
common sense form a considerable
part of your mental makeup, you
can never exercise these qualities al
the expense of what you deem to be
your mission in life.
You will not sacrifice comfort and
ease in order to obtain a business
thoughtless in your demands on
others who can contribute to your
physical needs and requirements.
Well known persons born on this
date are: Joseph G. Swift, soldier;
Pliny Earle. physician; Alexander
Winchell, scientist; John r. Sweeney,
composer; Gen. Tasker Bliss, Us. A.
Copyright 1924
Evening star., 1924-12-31
Our Children-By Angelo Patri

, and shout: Get out of that. Did you
hire this block or WHAT
| L remembered the day when I rose
and closed the window so that l
| should not hear them and lose the
memory of the great church organ
that was laundering grand strains in
my soul. There was no music like
| that in the world for me then. / was
sorry for those who could not hear
| it with me. All, well. some day
would build an organ in each neigh
| borhood and fill the city with elevat-
| ing chords
And then came the memory of
| Standing in line before the opera
house to get a ticket to hear Caruso.
the angel singer whose soul was pure
| music, the golden music that was
scarcely of this earth. That memory
| will last me as long as I last. All,
| well, l had come a long way; from
| jews harp, harmonica. banjo, brass
| band, piano and quartet, church
organ and grand opera, and en-
| thralled in each onei tastes change.
The boy will change, too. The
noise that he loves, the color he de-
| lights in, the joke that tickles him,
the girl that pleases him, the story
that thrills him will not be the same
when he sits like me, grayed and tenn
pered by time. If he will be happy
all the way what else is there to
worry about? Steadily he will grow
into the man he was intended to be-
His tastes will change, but in the
! meantime they are his tastes and
must be respected. I can sit in an
other room while the jazz band plays
and go on with my work.
Mr.. Patri will give personal atten-
tion to inquiries from parents or
school teachers on the care and de-
velopment of children. Write him in
care of this paper, inciosing self
addressed stamped envelope for
reply.
Copyright, 1924
Evening star., 1924-12-31
BEAUl1 CE1AlS BY EDNA KENT FORBES.

and under each nail, working u
especially in the corners where the
stains collect.
Take your cuticle knife or the end
of the pointed nail file, scrape off the
softened, dead cuticle and clean under
the nail. Wash the acid off at once
with warm water. soap and a small
nall brush. Smooth the nails with
emery board and clip off any rough
bits of cuticle. Rub in cold cream
petroleum jelly or any nail cream
you fancy so long as it is thickly
oily. Push back the skin as you
do so.
Wipe off the surplus cream and
polish. You'u not recognize your
hands.
1nquisitive. Constant shaving
thickens the beard. Tweezing does
not kill the hair, and it Will continue
to grow from the follicle Take a
daily full hot bath to clear the skin
all over and thus relieve the pores
OF the complexion. You will find this
method the best for ridding yourself
of blackheads and pimples. Use
witch hazel after shaving and when
ever you battle the face with hot or
very warm water always rinse in
water that is very cold to close the
pores and stimulate a healthy cir
culation under the skin.
Evening star., 1924-12-31
Fruit Cake by Measure.

Take cupfuls of butter, 3 cup
fuls of brown sugar, eggs, the
whites and yolks beaten separately
l pound each of raisins and currants,
II pound each of almonds and dates,
Il cupful of molasses and II cupful
of sour milk. Stir the butter and
sugar to a cream, add II grated nut
meg, / tablespoonful of cinnamon, /
teaspoonful of cloves and the mo-
lasses and sour milk. Stir all well.
Add the beaten yolks of the eggs,
5 cupfuls of sifted -four and the
beaten whites of the eggs. Dissolve
/ teaspoonful of soda and stir in
thoroughly. Mix the fruit and stir
into it 2 heaping tablespoonfuls of
flour, then stir into the cake. Wrap
in creased paper, and it will keep
for long time.
Evening star., 1924-12-31
HOW 1T STARTED
BY JEAN NEWTON.
Mares Nest.

This phrase has long been COM
monty used to express the idea of
pursuing a bubble or a delusion, of
putting ones belief and efforts into
attaining something which, when
one has it, evaporateS into moth
ingness
The expression is very old and the
reference is to the old-time belief in
mares" evil spirits or vampires
which were supposed to conceal
treasure in their nests. Superstitious
peasants would go in search of a
mares nest but would, of course,
find nothing. Hence the allusion to
finding mares nest for something
that had been thought to be wonder
full, but turns out to be imaginary
or a hoax.
In its derivation this word mare"
is not connected with the mare"
which is the female horse, the latter
going back to the Anglo Saxon
"mearh," meaning horse, while the
mare under discussion comes from
the Anglo-Saxon mara" meaning an
incubus or evil spirit.
Evening star., 1924-12-31
Finger Nails.

If you take very good care of your
nails you can neglect them for a
week or so before they show it. But
if you take only the casual. everyday y
care Of them that most people do,
Sc hours is enough TO make them
look badly. In that short time
stains collect and the fine skin
around all the edges grows unevenly
over the nail itself. The cheerful
thing, however, is that in So minutes
you can have them looking perfect
once more.
Only nails neglected for years take
any time to make pretty.
The following is a fairly drastic
nail treatment, to be used only when
you have neglected your hands and
want to make them attractive in a
short time.
Have your druggist make you up
a very weak solution of oxalic acid
Tell him it's to bleach stains from
the skin, so he won't make it too
strong. First file your nails with a
long file, pointing them carefully
and keeping the file bent slightly
under the nail so the rough part left
from the filing will be on top. Cover
the end of an orange-wood stick
with a bit of cotton soaked in the
acid and rub well around the cuticle
Evening star., 1924-12-31

/ was looking at the paper on the
setting room floor and ma was in the
rocking chair darning holes out OF
stockings, and l sed, G, ma, gosh, G
roozalem.
Watts the Excitement now? ma sed
The paper says rain for tomorrow
L sed.
Jest because the paper says So that
don't prove it, at leest 1T never has
yet, and besides / don't see that's eny-
thing to get iXcited about, ma sed
suppose 1t does rain, wat of it? she
sed.
Well Suppose it rains hard as eny-
thing, Suppose it rains cats and dogs
and buckits. then | wont haff to go
to skool, will /? sed.
Well for goodness sakes sutch an
ideer, of corse you'll haff to go to
skool. ma sed.
Well wizz, ma, holey smokes, sip
posing it comes down all mixed up
with crate big hail stones that mite
mock your eye out If one hit you, i
wouldent han to go then, would l, ma ?
l sed.
You haff to go to skool, so stop
argewing, ma sed.
Ony sippose it rains so hard it
causes a big flood, you wouldent make
me go TO skool in a flood, would you,
ma? sed
The subjeck is exhausted, ma sed.
Meening she was, and jest then pop
called out from the bathroom, Yee
gods, this confounded spikkot wont
tern off and there's inches of water
on the bathroom floor
o my lands, ma sed. There, now
that's wat comes OF tawking so mutch
of floods and cloudbralles and | don't
know wat all. she sed. and | sed, Well
q WIZ, gosh, how does it?
Don't tawk to me, ma sed and she
quick ran out to see how the bath
room looked
Which SO did I, it being fearse.
Evening star., 1924-12-31
Starting.

The coming OF a new year is like
the opening of a new book. another
volume to add to those already in our
library of the past hat we have
closed and laid on the shelves of our
remembrance. We know that this
new book will be of absorbing in
tcrest 1t will be Fascinating, en-
crossing, alluring, full of incidents
and action. We know just how many
pages there will be, for each of the
500 days is leaf in our autobiog-
raphy.
Strange as it may seem, and Curl
Gus as il really is, these fascinating
year books are written by ourselves
as well as read by us, page by page.
Much of what is recorded is legible
to our friends and acquaintanceS, and
fairly well understood by our family
and intimates. No one quite under
stands ALL and we will not until the
last page of the final volume is,
closed and the evidence is all in. We
can read much that is written in the
books of others also. We read re-
suits in persons faces and in their
eyes as well as by their actions.
Pages Offer Chances.
So the pages are important. They
present opportunities to help or him
der those with whom we come in
contact. This adds another note of
interest to our book, a powerful and
dominant one that rings out clear
and true.
4 Good Fashion.
Once upon a time it was the fash
ion to start the first page of a fresh
volume with New Year resolutions.
1t was not a bad idea, this. Just be-
cause we did not always succeed in
keeping the resolutions perfectly,
should we refuse to make any more?
Mistakes are made repeatedly when
persons are learning to do things,
hut this does not deter them from
trying again. A recipe is not dis
carded after once failing to make the
boned merely because we do not
needlework or embroidery correctly
when we start.
Recipes for Living.
Isn't 1t up to each one of US to
make our lives as fine and as perfect
as lies within our ability? Good res
olutions and worthy decisions are
like recipes for living or patterns
for our guidance. We should be
paragons, indeed (and who likes such
persons?) if we never made mis-
takes, never failed to keep up to
these standards we set for ourselves.
But this does not prevent the recipes
and the patterns being valuable.
They are like crystallized ideas to
make the new year more worthwhile
and the book better reading.
1t is not strange that we should
Evening star., 1924-12-31
VISITS HEOROT
drawing: GrendeD.

The fiend, Grendel, dwelt in dank
marsh and hated all that human men
found good, for this Grendel was a
son of Satan and vile was his heart
and countenance. And King Hroth-
gars noble thames feasted on into the
night, and. finally, all slept in the
feast hall, Heorot.
Twas then that Grende1 crept to
this newly built place and entered
through the thrice barred and bolted
iron. doors and looked upon the sleep
ing thames. With cries most fright
full to the ear he did seize 80 of them
from their fellows, and, dashing out
their lives, did carry them back to
his dank lair to feast upon.
Much was the sorrow and lamenta-
tion in the morning when Hrothgar
and his mobiles woke. For traces of
gore and the fiend, Crendel, were all
too clearly shown. Then was there
weeping in the kingdom of the War
Danes for the departed warriors, and
fear for what might in future days be-
fall from Grendel.
Copyright, 1924
Evening star., 1924-12-31
Dlstorp of Dour Same.
By PHILIP FRANCIS NOWLAS.
MACARTHUR.
VARIATIONS - Arthur, Maccarter,
MacArtair, MacArter.
RACIAL oRiGIN-Scottish.
SoURCE-A given name.

macSr1aIrI macArter.
RACIAL oRiGIN-Scottish.
SoURcE-A given name,
Though in later history the Mac
Arthurs became a separate and distinct
ctan, and comparatively small one,
they were more anciently the senior
branch of the powerful and numerous
Campbells.
The origin of the name Macarthur is
quite obvious. 1t Is merely the prefixing
of the Gaelic mac" signifying descend
ants OF" or followers Of" to the given
name of Arthur
There Is a curious legend, however
concerning the origin Of the name, and
though there is no documentary evi-
dence today to prove conclusively the
truth of it, yet it sounds plausible.
The tradition of the Clan Macarthur
is that it was founded by no less a per-
son that "Smervie Nor" the son of the
famous King Arthur of British legend
who ruled the Britons in the period be
tween the evacuation of England by the
Romans and the coming of the Angles
and the Saxons. The same tradition
exists among the CampbelIs. who name
their badge 'Ius mhic righ Bhreatainn
cplant of the son of the King of Brit
aim; that is, wild thyme).
1t is not impossible that the Clan
Campbell should have been driven ur
into Scotland by the advance of thu
Saxons. There are other instances in
the highlands, notably that of the Gal
braiths
Thus, if your name is Macarthur. o.
MacCarter, or MacArtair. or MacArter.
or just plain Arthur, and your anceStrr
is Highland Scottish. there is just bar.
chance that you are descended from IT,,
famous King Arthur of pre-SaXon days
or some OF his followers.
lC0pyrighr
Evening star., 1924-12-31
My Neighbor Says;

When making oyster stew
first boil oysters one half hour
in salt water. When the oysters
become plump and the thin
edges begin to curl, you will
know they are sufficiently cooked.
That is the time to strain the
hot oyster liquor into the hot
cream sauce and blend it, stir
ring slowly.
Sometimes i'll fitting shoes
will cause nerve disturbances
which result in neuralgia. The
point is, however, that almost
eveery one who suffers from
neuralgia of the head and face
is run down. The blood is poor.
The tissues are undernourished.
The body is starved, in other
words. The thing to do is to
build up the general health.
make the sufferer drink a lot of
milk, eat fresh eggs and vege-
tables and sufficient meat TO
produce the needed strength.
Then the pain will disappear.
Applications of heat are always
more SOOlnlIS lHdil COiu lOI iii
mediate relief of neuralgia pain.
Keep your refrigerator free
from unpleasant odors, such as
those given off by onions, fish
and cheese Remember that
milk absorbs unpleasant odors
very quickly and becomes taint-
ed. So does butter. Always
keep milk and butter in the
coldest part of your ice box or
cellar and you will have no diff
ficulty.
A steak intended for drilling,
if suspected of being tough,
should be we'll rubbed with olive
oil an hour or so before
using. Those who do not like
oil may use melted butter; but
oil is much more effective.
To prevent the clamps of the
food chopper working loose,
place piece of sandpaper,
rough side up, around each
clamp and screw the food chop
tieht
Evening star., 1924-12-31
Record
the New Year
BY LYDIA LIE BARON WALKER.

feel touch of exhilaration and ex-
citement when we start a new year
1t is a day thai marks a division of
time in every ones life. 1t presents
wonderful opportunities to do what
we decide Will promote our happi-
ness and pleasure during the coming
days. 1t is something to look for
ward to with keen anticipation, with
an eyes quick TO see possibilities, an
ear alert to hear all the good things,
Evening star., 1924-12-31
Embroidered Stockings,

Stockings of chiffon weight in the
fashionable shades have a large rose
embroidered in front just below. the
knee. Others even more striking in
appearance have designs of fish,
flowers, trees and conventional pat
terms done in a manner which sug-
gests a Chinese or japanese design.
Evening star., 1924-12-31
Ornamental Workbox.

A workbox shaped like a long.
deep tray on slender legs and made e
of wood painted in bright red yell
low or Chinese blue, with quaint lit
tie designs and figures. is as much
an object of decoration as 1t is one
of service.
Evening star., 1924-12-31

see where they came from. Some
rainy day I think 1 shall do it. 1t
would be almost as interesting as a
crossword puzzle.
"Ombre" and degrade" are two
French words that are part of the
common parlance of folk interested
in women's clothes. Dressmakers
Evening star., 1924-12-31
Desk Accessory.

A round silver, box when opened
shows a clever arrangement for hold
ing postage stamps. :. There lis a roll
of 500 stamps, and one at time they
may be pulled off, just as one unrolls
a piece of ribbon.
Evening star., 1924-12-31

and every nerve delightfully."- a-tingle
to make the most of our opportuni-
ties. AS we tread the paths before
us. our record is indelibly written.
The fascinating Year Book is ours
to make of it what we will. so we
welcome the greeting and pass it
along to all the friends we meet A
Happy New Year to you and yours.
Evening star., 1924-12-31
Clever Trapper.

The trapper knows his wits must match
The wits of those whom he would catch.
Little Joe Otter.
The trapper, who had tried to run
down Little Joe otter and his family
and kill them with a club, was not
one to give up easily. OF course he
was disappointed at his failure to
get one of those Otter coats. But he
was not at all discouraged. AS soon
as Little Joe Otter and his family
had disappeared in the open water
at one end of that pond the trapper
stopped running. He was glad to
stop, for he was quite out of breath.
Those offers won't stay in this
Evening star., 1924-12-31
For Little Bow or Girl.

Enormous rubber balls in different
sizes are of a duh gray color and
are gayly painted in futuristic de-
signs in brilliant reds. blues, green's
and purples. The coIors ars guar
.anteed not to come off,
Evening star., 1924-12-31

There is something wonderfully
luxurious about a chaise lounge. One
cannot help feeling pampered and
dangerous when reclining at cas-"
along its cushioned length, yet We
often deny ourselves this boon be
cause of limited space.
The best way TO achieve a chaise
Evening star., 1924-12-31
Fashion Gives Approval to Ombre
BY MARY MARSHALL.

Every season fashion imports or
coins certain words that seem to be
required by the new fashions. In the
ma ajority of cases these words are of
French origin. Some lately have been
Russian. China and Japan and other
Oriental countries have added a few
words to fashions vocabulary re-
Gently. 1t would be interesting some
time to go through list of all the
words that have been assumed by
fashion within the past few years and
Evening star., 1924-12-31
Shoes of Blond Satin.

Particularly lovely in color and
simple in style are the new shoes of
blond satin, intended for wear with
afternoon or dinner dresses.
Evening star., 1924-12-31
"A Viking Tale)

Adapted for boys and girls from the
great epic. Adaptation by Taves Max
Evening star., 1924-12-31
How to Solve Puzzle.

How to Solve Puzzle.
Start by filling in words you know.
One letter to each white square.
Words start in numbered squares 60
ing either across (horiZontaD or up
and down (verticaD. Below are the
keys to the missing words. Remem-
ber letters when placed in the squares
should spell~a word up and down or
across.
(HOrizontaI)
/. Plank or piece of timber.
T. Opposite of right Gan injustice).
o. What mother spreads over the
mattress to sleep on.
(Vertical.)
1. What baby does when mother
spanks.
2. Opposite of below.
8. In mathematics a name for any
of the. first 10 numbers.
(Answer will follow in tomorrow's
paper)
Evening star., 1924-12-31

Tongue in the small bedroom is to buy
it in two pieces-a small boudoir
chair and a bench that can be used
al the dressing table when necessary.
The chair sketched is a common
type which can be purchased in the
inexpensive coverings for about $25.
The bench was part of a bedroom
suite and fortunately of the same
height as the chair seat. The slip
covers for both were made of black
grounded glazed chintz with piquant
pink rosebuds bursting through.
(Copyright.)
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1924-11-13
SCHOOL OFFICERS OF
COUNTY WILL MEET

Jens P. Miller, county superin-
tendent Of schools. has sent the
following notice Of meeting To
school board officers over the
county:
Notice is hereby given that a
meeting Of the school officers Of
Pine county will be held on Fri.
day. November 2lst, 1924, begin
ming at loo o'clock p. m, in
Sandstone.
There will be but one session,
so you win kindly try to be there
promptly and ready for work all
the time. You will be excused in
time to make the afternoon
trains out.
Your fees and other necessary
expenses will be taken care Of by
your own board in accordance
with Sec. rs. Par. 8, and Sec. 1884
of the 1923 school laws"