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said Rcddy to himself 'f'lI have III
get there earlier than he does. He is
SO suspicious that / don't believe he
will dare go up to Farmer Browns
until it is too dark for him to run
any risk of being seen. I'll be Their.
in time to grab that food as soon as it
Is put out" You see, Reddy felt very
sure there would be food put out
SO the first of the Black SHADOW:
found Rcddy in his old hiding plac.
tiently he waited, but all the time M,
was waiting he ncrvously watched
for Old Man Coyote. The same thinc
happened that had happened the nigh
before. Just before the last light il.
Farmer Browns house went OUT
Farmer Browns Boy brought out u.
pan Of food. Rcddy waited only lon"
enough for Farmer Browns boy IA
get back TO the house. Then he RAE
swiftly to that pan and began to T0h-
bic that food just as fast as he could
But all the time he was GobbltnS j. d,
was watching for Old Man Coyote
Iteddy had eaten just about half that
dinner when he saw u dark form CON
ing swiftly from behind the barn. H.
didn't whit to get another mouthfui-
He dartcd away without even lookup
behind him. Of course Old Ma
Coyote saw him. But old Man Coy"i@
also saw that there was still food H.
that pan. He merely Growicd IN
Reddy's direction and kept on straight
To that pan. He gobbled UP his hal
Of the dinner even faster than EcddE
had eaten his. He stopped 10 polls
he was through Reddy was half Wa
home. So Reddy and Old Man Coynf
divided a dinner Neither had enou2f
but half Il dinner was better tha"
none.
Copyright 1921. bv L. w. Burgess
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-02-18
Early Days and Ways in
Washington.

mistress of the family. We were
greeted with Il very profound bow
and three low courtcsies from Mr..
and Mrs. De Melville, shaken very
we were welcome. We found the
company principally assembled. the
gentlement all standing, the ladies
sitting in the different rooms. The
ladies were, many of them, richly
dressed, if that can be called a dress
which exposes the neck from the
chin to the pit of the stomach before
and to the small of the back behind
Many of the ladies, and they were
American ladies. too, We're positively
in a state OF almost absolute nudity
They appeared to be perfectly un-
conscious of the ardent gaze of near
1y two hundred admirers. But as for
me. untutored and unhackened (sic)
in the ways of the great world as
am, [ could hardly look at one OF
without averting my eyes for fear
should be caught looking at what, ]
could not but be conscious, ought not
to be seen. Madame De NeuNlle was
dressed not only with great propriety
but in the plainest manner and al
together without ornament. Her
politeness of manner gained the
admiration of all, and I am told thai
she is greatly beloved for her benevo-
lence and extensive charities. The
British minister's lady wore a most
superb dress. but decorum was an
ornament not forgotten. She is "a
beautiful and very elegant woman
and attracted great attention.
There were present sixty or eighty
ladies' and perhaps one hundred and
twenty gentlemen. consisting Of
Frenchmen, Spaniards, Portuguese
All. with exception of Mr.. De Neu-
vile. who was in black, wore the diff
ferent costumes of their country. Mr.
Bagot (the British minster). to
whom ] was some days since intro
duced. is about thirty-fve, handsome
and well made: he appeared this eve
ming in military dress, with his SWORD
| by his side, and I assure you that lie
is a fine-lookinS soldier. Don Onis
the Spanish ambassador, made his en-
trance with all the proverbial for
mality and gravity of a Spaniard, but
in suit of embroidery far more rich
and elegent than any other in the
room. A great many consuls and
young officers of different nations
! were present, all in the costumes OF
| their respective countries. Decatur
| Commodore Stephen Decatur) eraced
| full uniform. He is a fine-lookins
| officer. and of the most modest de-
| pertinent. Among other distinguished
guests I ought to mention Lord Sell
| kirk famous for his great com
mercial enterprise. He is a Scotch
| man and appears like a plain, vel
| educated gentleman, his manners
polite and unobtrusive, and his whole
department unaSsuming and without
! ornament Neither the President no.
| his lady was present. Soon after ou1
| arrival the music struck up and the
| dancing commenced Two rooms
: were fitted out for this purpose ant
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-02-18
When We Go Shopping
nv MRS, HARLAND Ii. ALLEN.

than the ordinary woods. In fact. the
woods from all unimproved sheep
come in the carpet WOOL class.
These woods, because of careless
breeding and unimproved conditions
under which the sheep are raised,
are 'kempy"-they have stiff white
and dark hairs that will not take
together. Woods of this class re-
semble hair.
Carpet wool" is, in a way. a mis-
homer. For. while it is the only kind
of wool used for carpetmaking. it is
used for many other purposes, too.
The Russian peasant considers
carpet WOOL perfectly good cloth
ing wool; and. though practically
none of these woods can he used
alone in making cloth for the gar
mentS We would wear in this country.
they are often used in combination
with other woods, for this purpose.
Fashion is the dictator as to just
how much of this carpet WOOL we
use in our clothing. When cheviots.
the vogue. for instance. the manu-
facturerS can make them economi-
cally by mixing carpet wool with the
ordinary grades.
Carpet wools' are also made into
he'd blankets and coarse felts. And
they are used almost exclusively for
felt boots, horse blank cts, wool robes
papermaker'S felt aprons and wad-
ding for gun cartridges.
However, the carpet industry does
manage to utilize most of the world S
carpet woods. The best varieties OF
this material go into Wilton, AK
minister and Brussels carpets. The
poorer grades are used for ingram
carpets and other medium priced and
cheap floor coverings.
Very little carpet wool is produced
in the United States; and that fact
is to the nations credit rather than
otherwise. For carpet wool is not
a very profitable product. Conse-
uuently, when a country progresses
beyond the first stages in agri-
cultural methods it's people raise
breeds of sheep that yield better
wool. What little carpet wool this
country does produce comes from
New Mexico, and is known as Navajo
wool.
Carpet WOOL is Indispensable fol-
the making OF all floor coverings
from the cheapest ingram carpet tc
the most priceless Oriental rug.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-02-18

This morning / started to get up
after pop called me 8 times and ma
twice. thinking. G, l wish l dident
haff to get up and go to skool today.
Being wat l think every morning
except Sattidays and Sundays Wen l
don't haff to go anyways, ony this
morning l wished it 'eXtter on &C
count of having Examinations in skool
today. and / thawt, If | had Gavin
in my throat or something ma mite
leave me stay home TO keep 1T from
getting verse, ony | haven't, darn II,
heck.
And I cawffed cawffs jest to see
wat | would sound like If / aXu1lly
had a cawff, sounding so natural that
/ started to cawff some more, and L
herd ma wawkinE GROUND down
stairs SO I went and leened over the
bannisters and cawffed more caWns.
being pritty good ones on account OF
me having jest had all the practice,
and ma dident say enything so | went
back and started to get dressed slow
like somebody feeling too sick to get
dressed fast. and pritty soon ma came
up stairs for something and | quick
cawffed a lot Of cawffs, being the
best ones yet, ony ma dident say eny-
thing, and I sed, Hay ma, did YOU
heer me cawf"
Yes, | herd YOU. ma Sed.
Not sounding eXter sympathetic. and
i y
you think I'm getting cawn'
No. ma sed.
Well wat do you think ma" sed.
don't think, L know, ma sed.
Me not asking her wat she knew
on account of me knowing it allreddy,
and I kepp on getting dressed sad
and went down and ate brekfist, be-
ing scrambled eggs alongside of ba-
con, making me feel as if the ixami-
nations mite not be as hard as wat
thawt they would be.
WITCH they waSent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-02-18
WHAT TODAY MEANS
TO YOU
Aquarius.
BY MARY BLAKE.

Aquarius.
The forenoon is very inauspicious
for the making of agreements and
promises, owing to the adverse as
pect of the moon to Saturn and
! Mercury. The afternoon influences
change and become very good for
music and all forms Of entertain
ment.
A child born today will be afYec-
tionate, but erratic. and unreliable.
If a girl, she will be generous and
extravagant: If a boy, he will be i'm
provident and most successful when
In the employ of others.
People born during the period of
January 20 to February 10, under the
Zodiac sign Of Aquarius, are en-
dowed with great possibilities for
good and evil. They are said to be
either the strongest or the weakest
people in the world.
stood to be appreciated. and IL
ignored or unrecognized Will follow
their fiuctuating impulses to ruinous
extremities. Their truest friends are
among those born under their own
sign and the sign of Aries-March Il
| to April 10.
If today is your birthday you
| should be distinguished by one strik-
ingly marked characteristic, an in
| satiable curiosity in all things, You
1
! jects and peculiarities Of human life.
You are not necessarily engrossed by
petty events, such as gossip, but
rather in the subject OF gossip as q
weakness of human character.
| You are interested in the explora-
| ton of distant countries and the
analysis Of difficult problems in such
| topics as physiology. physics and eco
| Monies. You are courageous, deter
mined and capable Of infinite suffer-
| ing, II necessary, to achieve your
goal. 5
You are especially interested in the
workings Of the minds of others, and
| readily understand your own mental
problems as:well as theirs. You must
have great versatility, but only in
| occupations. which you can grasp
| mentally ,fore you engage in them.
as you habftuaily. think before you
! act.
I Well known persons born on this
date are: Edwin DENLY, Secretary of
the Navy: Charles B. Lewis ("M.
Quad"), humorist; Charles Emory
Smith, journalist; Samuel p. Warren.
organist; Jasper F. Cropsey, artist.
Copyright, 1aci.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-02-18
December IL, 1917.


The thermometer has stood for the
PAST three days at 60 and we have de-
liberated in the House all that time
with the sashes of our windows
raised ! am not yet reconciled to
Washington. / feel alone and soli-
tary BY and by, perhaps when Lady
Monroe commences her leveeS and
the foreign ministers their parties i
may begin to wear off that pensive-
ness which inyoluntarily pervades my
lonely hours of which l have not a
few.
This morning I visited the Patent
Office, it looks like an extensive toy
shop and is full of curiosities too
numerous to describe
yesterday I waited on the Post
Master General. He received me very
politely. Being interested with a pc
tition from Albany ] this morning
raised my voice for the first time in
the Capitol. At first 1 felt little in
Inundated but before 1 finished my
statement / forgot my embarrassment
and found little difference the Legis-
lative Hall and a Court room. Every
member who presents a petition is
required to state the general ground
of il. but the cases are so frequent
that they are not reported.
Mr. Pitkin received an invitation
for himself and me to pass the holt
days in the family of Mrs. Lewis
IEleanor Parke GUSTS Lewis). about
fifteen miles from this place. Mr..
Dana and Mr.. Daggett tSenator
David Daggett of ConnecticuD, are
to be of the party. The members sit
with their hats on or off as they
please, but when anyone arises to
speak he must respectfully take off
his hat and address the speaker.
The climate appears to be as change
able here as in our northern latitude
and during most of the winter we
reed fires. Last week we had snow
and some still remains. Last night ]
retired with a good fire in my room
and this morning the water is frozen
in my wash bowl
IT went last evening. agreeable to
my card of invitation, to the party of
the French minister's. given in honor
of the birth night of the Duchess De
Angouleme. Was presented by Mr.
Pitkin to Mr.. and Mrs. De Melville
We alighted at the Frenchman's door
at o'clock and were Immediately
ushered into the anteroom through
a throng of musicians and servants
all in livery of their master. We
were then conducted into the pres
4nce of the hoSDitable master and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-02-18
My Neighbor Says:

Linoleum looks better and
lasts longer if given an occa-
sional rubbing with a flannel
cloth dipped in kerosene. All
dirt or stains will be removed
in this manner.
Medicines should be accu-
rately measured in marked
glasses, not spoons, which vary
greatly in size.
To extract Juice from onions.
cut q slice from the root end OF
the onion, draw back the skin
and press the onion on a coarse
crater, working with a rotary
motion.
The pipe of Il lavatory basin
may easily become clogged by
soap. To remedy this mix a
handful each of common salt
and soda and force it down the
pipe. Allow the mixture to
remain for half an hour or
more. then pour down a kettle
full of boiling water and flush
we'll with warm water.
In pressing never put an iron
on the right side of any goods
except cotton. Always lay
cloth between the iron and the
goods.
Use silk thread when basting
on silk. velvet.or cloth. 1t will
: not leave an impression under
the iron. Cotton thread does.
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Carpet Wool.

From the back of the humbiest OIL
mountain sheep comes the wool FOR
the beautiful carpets and rugs that
grace our floors.
Not from the fleece of the natlve-
born American sheep we KNOW, nov
over ! Their wool is far too fine for
door coverings, and would wear
through Immediately. 1t is the high,
cold regions OF Asia that produce the
mountain sheep whose coarse, tough
wool is ideal for rugmakl ing. Iarpet
wool'' comes from Russia, and from
Scotland, India. Persia, Turk estan,
Tibet and the Himalaya mountains
from the Holy Land: from Aleppo
and Angora in Turkey; and from
Damascus in Syria.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-02-18

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 hundred years ago.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-02-18
BEDTIME STORIES
BY THORNTON
W. BURGESS

he got. Finally he went away, grum-
bling and growing and still making
dreadful threats.
All that day Reddy remained in his
house. He slept d good part of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-02-18

Copyright. 1921. by 7. w. Burgess.
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One morning 1t was too rainy for
the children to go out on the play
ground at recess time, so Billy Cut
outs teacher started a lively tune on
the school photograph. Lets have
a game Of tag" suggested Billy to
Tom. But before they had time to
choose sides. their attention was at
tracted to the corner of the room
where a new little boy was doing a
funny patter dance with his feet.
Billy stared till the dance was over.
whats your name?' he asked in
wonder.
"They call me Charlie Clog" an
swered the small chap shyly, because
I can clog dance. My father and
mother used to be with a show and
I'd dance in front of the curtain
while they changed their green cos
tunes"
DO you still travel?' questioned
Billy.
NO. 1 live at the orphan asylum
now" was the answer. Then the bell
rang and Billy was sorry he couldn't
talk to the boy any more.
Charlie Clog wears dark blue trousers and 4
blue and white blouse. His hair is brown, his
eyes blue and his cheeks pink.
Copyright. 1924
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-08-07
St. Cloud Police Officer
Kills Man Early Sunday
Jake Dimler, Single, Shot When
Prowling About Householder
Exonerated BY Coroner

Jake Dimler, SO, well-known in
local circles as an amateur boxer, was
shot and killed early Sunday morning
| by Detective Berg when Dimler is
said to have run away from house
on 9th Avenue north he is alleged
| to have tried to enter, says Monday
evenings st. Cloud Times.
According to the police, Dlmler
home of E. "A. VAIL, LOT 9th Ave.
north, at about l 100 A. M. Sunday
morning. Only Mrs. VAIL and her
13 year old son were at home. Mrs.
VAIL heard the noise and tried to call
upon her neighbors for help but re-
tceived no response. She was con-
nected by phone with the police sta
ton and Detective Berg was sent
out.
When Dimler saw the officer COM
| ing toward the house, he is said to
have started to run away. Berg
called upon him to stop, but accord
ing to police, Dimler kept on going.
Berg shot once toward the ground
and the bullet grazed Dimler's foot.
The second shot brought Dimler to the
ground shot through the back, the
bullet travelling upward and passing
through the lower part of the heart.
He died almost at once.
No motive was assigned to Dimler's
alleged try at gaining entrance to
the VAIL house. Mrs. VAIL told
police she had never heard of Dimler
before and could think of no reason
why he should have tried to force an
entrance into the place.
A coroner's jury conducting an in
quest Monday completely exonerat-
ed Officer Berg of all blame in con-
nection with Dimler's death. Berg
! testified that he was shooting at the
ground, and that the bullet that re-
suited in Dimler's death probably hit
the ground and riocheted upward.
After the shooting, Berg unable to
see in the darkness thought Dimler
had escaped, and called for addition
al police to help run him down. The
three other officers who responded
searched the vicinity who responded
body only few feet away from the
house.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-08-07
Nine Thousand Dollars in Cash and Secur.
files Taken Early This Thursday Morn
ing---Burglars Escape---No Clues.

| Bank robbers drew a little nearer
Sank Centre this Thursday morning
when the safe in the Willard State
bank was wrecked and about $4,000
in currency and negotiable securities
were stolen.
The Herald editor drove to Willard
this Thursday morning and ascer-
tanned the following facts in connec-
! ton with the robbery:
A large Buick car containing
about six men was parked two
blocks east of Main street in the
road by the side of the Fred Otto
residence shortly after midnight.
Before proceeding with their work
the desperadoes cut the telephone
wires, cut the electric light wires
leading to the telephone office and
removed about Is feet of the tele-
graph wires near the depot, absolute
! ly cutting Willard off from outside
communication.
The first the citizens of this peace
full little hamlet knew that something
unusual was taking place was when
the entire populace was awakened
by loud blast about 2:10 a. m. This
blast was the first of about a half
dozen. Ed Kurth who operates the
restaurant just across the street from
the bank and lives upstairs, was
awakened by the explosion and COM
ing down to the floor of his restaur-
ant he saw several men, he thinks
about six. He said the men were ly-
ing on the grass smoking on the va
cant lot near the bank and he heard
one of the men ask his companion,
Glow did that charge go?" and the
answer was, mot very good"
While the bank robbery was taking
place, "Hod" Hedrick and Russell
McHugh two Willard young men,
drove into town from attending a
dance but quite naturally they did
not stop to investigate what was
going on.
Willard has no night Waterman
One of the blasts blew the vault door
off and out through the plate glass
window into the street. The safe
located in the vault was one of the
old square Diebold, double door
safes with twin andstim locks. This
was completely wrecked, by later
blast or blasts.
The safety deposit boxes Of the
banks patrons were located in the
vault and while they were badly dis
arranged they were not rifed.
The first information that Cashier
Hanson had that the robbery had
taken place was this morning at
about $3.50 when he was notified by
George Hopkins.
The Herald understands that of
the $4,000 secured, about $1,50O
was in currency and silver and the
rest in negotiable securities. The
desperadoes took everything in sight
except a small amount of small
change.
From all indications the robbery
was very deliberately planned as it
was possible for one to get a COM
plete view of the safe from the side
walk in front of the bank but the
safe could not be seen from the
bank lobby.
1t is quite certain that the desper-
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-08-07
HOTEL RENOVATED

The new management of the Pal
mer House has again made change
that will put the local hostelry in a
class above anything in this territory
Up to date the dining room was filled
with eight large tables, each table &C
commodating six people. Mr.. Perk.
ms, the new proprietor has taken out
half of these and in their places he
has put four tables to seat four peo-
pie, and three tables to seat two peo-
Pile. More lights will be put in, and
he intends to make the dining room
a comfortable and congenial place to
eat in. Mrs. Matthias is the cook at
the local hotel, and according to all
reports her meals are far above the
average. The Sunday dinners are
especially popular with local people.
Arrangements have been made
whereby the buses going through
here at noon and in the evening stop
for meals. This in time will mean
much to the Palmer House, and it
gives Sank Centre much favorable
advertising.