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Evening star., 1924-10-21
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Evening star., 1924-10-21
What TodayMeans to You
By MARY BLAKE.
Libra.

Today's planetary aspects do not
favor any business or professional
efforts outside of those Of an ordin-
airy and routine character, but they
are distinctly propitious for all
work of a public nature, and !ndi-
cate success along lines of romance
and affection. Amy one engaged in
uplift work that affects the people
as a whole-all those actively en-
ployed in reform work, as well as
those who are politically inclined
should redouble their efforts today,
as the signs indicate certain success.
1t is also a good opportunity for
marriage, and for the crowning OF a
budding romance with an engage
ment.
A child born today will be healthy
and vigorous. It's character will be
rather boisterous, it's disposition
while making friends by the score,
will not attain the success that it's
popularity would lead you to expect
as a result of the absence of the
finer sensibilities. It will succeed
more in some outdoor occupation
than in work that makes demands
on mentality.
If today is your birthday, are you
not too much disposed to rely on
your antecedents than on what you
are and what you can do yourself?
The glories and achievements of pred
ecessors are an invaluable legacy,
and impose an obligation on the
legatees to keep the family traditions
unSullied. They do not. however
justify an attitude of indifference to
either the present or the future.
In the world today, especially in
this country, the main question in
what you are and what You can do, and,
in these practical times, practical
people, although they do not decry
picturesque past, or belittle the
inherent advantages that attach to
a good ancestry, attach much greater
Importance to the living you" and
how you are succeeding in exploiting
your birthright advantages on which
you are always SO ready to expatiate,
Lives of great men should remind
us We can make our lives sublime"
but sublimity will not be found in
trading on another's glory, or in
basking in the sunshine of another's
achievements. If You feel that those
who went before you have endowed
you with advantages not possessed
by others, then you have a Capital"
that. can be utilized and developed,
and it is up to you, If you are looking
for "dividends," to invest wisely in
efforts calling on your reserves of
individuality and perseverance.
Well known persons born on this
Gator; John f. Sweet, inventor; James
A. Beaver, soldier and once Governor
of Pennsylvania; Horace w. Robbins,
artist; VIII Carleton, poet and lee
turer; Margaret Mather, actress.
Copyright. 1924.l
Evening star., 1924-10-21
YOUR HOME AND YOU
Concealed Homework.
BY HELEN KENDALL.

Did you ever notice what a rest
full thing concealed lighting is? Well,
that little Mrs. Atkinson next door
always makes me think Of II. She
seems to have concealed housework
in her home-gets the effect, you
know, without your seeing what does
IT."
The speaker was young matron,
who was wheeling her baby up and
down the pleasant street and talking
with a neighbor.
Il never yet have seen her when
she seemed to be working-well, real
ly working. you know" she continued.
"She just appears to be strolling
about her house and veranda, sort o.
picking things UP and busting. around
a little bit; but she is always dressed
in the prettiest house things, with a
cunning fancy apron on, and her hair
beautifully done. Yet I know she
does every bit OF her own work. ex-
she manages.
Now, when start to do my morn
ing work fly around and fling the
windows open, and shake things out
Of them, and clatter tho dishes and
produce considerable activity. I get
my hair all blowsy and have to tie 1t
I'D in a towel, and some way I can't
keep my QreSS Crisp ana 1TeSn, ana
my working slippers are all run over
and look fright. Ny house doesn't
look any better than hers, either
not as we'll. -
II ran over there the other morn.
ing and found her playing the vacuum
cleaner on the book shelves. At first
1 didn't think she was at home, she
was so quiet. She could have gone to
town as she was, her costume was so
neat and pretty. I told her con-
sidered her a marvel and asked her
how she accomplished her concealed
housework.' She was amused, but
said that she found she could do her
work just as we'll by diffusing her ef-
forts-just like diffused lighting. she
said. You can fairly blind the eye by
shining directly into 1T, and produce
moro light than you can use.' was the
way she put it.. BY rushing around
and working hard I think we use
moro energy than we need and wear
ourselves out doing II. Moving quiet
ly and easily, and not shining in our
own and other peoples eyes, gets the
work done without firing anybody
out. I used to tear around and work
like a beaver, and then feel sorry for
myself! Now I conceal my house
work, even from myself, and it gets
itself done without being in evidence
at ALL"
Evening star., 1924-10-21
Beauty.

Beauty is only skin deep" said
our Puditan grandmothers, hoping
to curb a little the vanity of the
lovely young girls. or course, 1t did
nothing of the Abrt, but 1t did,
think. leave a trace of itself in the
minds of the children who, now
grown to full stature, believe that
beauty Is matter of externals.
That's where one cannot agree
Beauty is largely a reflected glow
from the inward spark of grace to-
ward which the Puritan grand
mothers were pointing. Children are
always beautiful. even the wide
mouthed, pug-nosed sort. sprinkled
generously with freckles and thatch-
ed with nondescript hair. They are
lovely. they are beautiful, because
of the unspoiled spirit of childhood
that burns steadily within them, like
the saints candle at the foot of the
altar.
Mothers are grieved sometimes be-
cause one of their children is what
is termed homely. They look at the
poor child. head on one side. eyes
calculating, mouth pursed in depre-
citation. IF only she had her fathers
eyes and my hair. Or her grand
| mothers nose and my mouth. Why in
the world did she have to have such
assorted features? She certainly is
the homeliest child. Yet there is some
thing about her that is very attrac-
tive. It's too bad"
Not at all. In all likelihood those
assorted features are the indications
of fine possibilities by and by. The
eyes and nose and mouth that do
not match now. the hair that belongs
to another person, the bare forehead
that is 50 hard to dress with such
queer growing hair, vail. as the love-
ly soul of the child develops, grow
Evening star., 1924-10-21

they thought him helpless. All the
time Hooty was planning to get
even. He waited until one morning
when Blacky the Crow and a lot OF
his relatives and friends had gathered
around and were making a great
racket as they called him names
Some of the boldest would flap their
wings almost in his face. While
they were doing this, others would
ny down and try to pull out feathers
from his back. Hooty Kissed and
snapped his bill and waited At last
his chance came. A particularly i'm
pudent and saucy young Crow perch
ed In tree right across from where
Hooty was sitting and screamed at
hfm until you would have thought
his throat would have been raw.
Finally the young Crow turned his
head to see what another Crow was
doing. Out from his perch shot
Hooty. Blacky shrieked a warning,
The young Crow, with a shrek of
fright, beat his wings frantically in
an effort to get away All that saved
him was branch of the tree behind
which he lodged AS it was. Hooty
almost got him. One of his claws
pulled a lot of feathers from the
young Crows back
You should have seen those Crows
scatter. They flew in every direc-
tion. They dived down in among the
treetops. And every one of them
was screaming with fright This way
and that flew Hooty, swooping at one
after another. Never was there a
more frightened lot Of Crows. They
had just one thing in mind, and tina,
was to get just as far away from
the Green Forest as thew couId opd
do it as quickly as they could. Hooty
was getting even.
That night and for many nights
thereafter Hooty spent much of his
time hooting with that terrible voice
of his close to the places where he
knew those Crows were spending the
night. They got very little sleep
They shook with fear. How they did
wish they had never bothered Hooty,
Copyright. 1924, by T. W. Bnrgess.)
Evening star., 1924-10-21
FauOrite Recipes Of
Prominent Women
HY EDNA VI. COLMAN.
Virginia Black Fruit Cake.
MRS. JOHN KNIGHT SHIELDS
NIif~ NJ ganmfnr

Much genuine regret is being ex-
pressed over the retirement of Sem
ator Shields from the senatorial cir
Gle. His charming wife, whom he
married in 1912, was Mrs. jeanette
Swepson Dodson Cowan. When asked
for favoritc recipe. Mrs. Shields re-
piled by giving the following:
Being a Virginian by birth and a
Tennessean by adoption / naturally
cling tenaciously to the real Southern
style of cooking, many of the best
dishes of which are passed on down
the line in families from one genera
tion 10 the next. Most of these very
splendid dishes were foreign in origin
having been brought over with the
cavaliers and colonists.
THE real old Virginia black fruit
cake is one of these, and has an eX-
cellence of quality and flavor that is
hard to surpass. We keep it always
on hand, making it in quantities that
enable us to keep it from one year to
the next. Kept in stone jar and oc-
casinally given a glass of grape juice
or cider, in place of before-prohibi-
tion wine or champagne, it improves
with age. To make it,suse:>
"Three pounds raisins, one pound
candied pinapple, two, pounds loaf
sugar crushed. one pound candied
cherries, nine eggs, two pounds hour,
one pound citron, one and one-half
pounds butter, three pounds seeded
raisins, one wineglass rosewater, half
tablespoon cloves, one tablespoon each
Of allspice. cinnamon, mace and nut
meg.
ITO the creamed butter and sugar
add the eggs beaten separately. Flour
we'll the chopped fruitr-and mix in
with all of the other ingredients and
bake in very slow oven for six
hours"
SEsbSxiSht. la2A.}
Evening star., 1924-10-21

After suppir ma was rpeding tho
funny page of the paper without
laffing and / sed, Hay ma. can go
out for about 90 minnits or a half a
hour or n hour, can l, ma?
] don't see eny reason wy you
should. ma sed, and i sed, Well G.,
ma, watts eny reason wy I shouldn't?
You haven't studied your lessins,
that's one reason. and that's enun. ma
sed. and I sed. Yes ! have, ma, sure
have, you Jest hecr me any qucs-
tions and find out, heers the fizzeology
question and heers the grammar ques-
tions and heers the histry questions,
that's all there Is for homework.
Very we'll. Ill heer you few Of
each ma sed.
WITCH she started to. saying Fizzc-
ology, wat Is the function of the
stummick?
The wat of It? I sed.
The function, ma sed, and ] sed,
Well I dident know that werd was In
it, but Washington Is the capital 81
the United States.
This is fizzeology. ma sed. History.
who discovered the Pacific Ocean and
wen? she sed
The Pacific Ocean? 1 sed.
And wen? ma sed.
Me thinking hard as enything and
then saying. Wei, enyways, there Is
more than 200 bones in the human
body, and ma sed. Most OF yours must
be in your he'd. Grammer, define a
noun.
Do you meen wat is one? I sed, and
ma sed. Ixactly. define It,
Me not remembering how. and say
ing, Well, watever 1t is, Cristofer
Columbus was born in Italy, and that
made him a italian.
This is grammer, ma sed. Now
study your homework for at leest an
hour, she sed. Not saying eny moro
about me going out and me not men
tioning it agen either.
Evening star., 1924-10-21
HOOTY GETS EVEN.
Revenge ! Spit=fGl nd unkind.
But often v--y sweet. | find

-iooty the owl.
Hooty the Owl. nursing his sore
foot, was in q bad temper. He could
hardly be blamed for being in bad
temper. II the first place. that foot
was very sore. II Is hard work to be
pleasant when you are suffering. In
the second place. he really didn't
nave enough TO eat. Hooty requires
lot Of food. Now that he couldn't
catch any himself he had to depend
% a share of what Mrs. Hooty
caught. So his stomach never was
really full. To add to these troubles
his neighbors in the Green Forest,
knowing that il was quite safe to
DO SO, teased him a great deal. So
altogether Hooty the Owl was in a
bad temper.
He hissed and snapped his bill and
declared over and over that just as
soon as that foot was well he would
get even with those who teased him.
Cav, cav, caw." shrieked Blacky
the Grow. Thief, thief. thief"
screamed Sammy Jay almost in his
very face. Such chance to tease
Hooty in safety didn't come often
and they We're making the most of it.
After two or three days Hooty's
sore foot became less sore. Pretty
soon he could move his toes without
pain. That foot was getting better.
There was no doubt about it, that
loot was getting better. When no
one was about to see him he would
move his toes back and forth. Then
he got SO he could use that foot
without feeling much soreness.
Hooty knew then that it would soon
be IS well as ever. But if anybody
Evening star., 1924-10-21

laced. wide -skirted frock only to put on
another or to get into bed.
It's hard to imagine American women
OF former generations going about in
negliges as much as women Of the pres
ent time do. To be sure. mid-Victorian
women had their tea gowns. but they
were anything but neglige. They were
boned and they usually had stiffened
collars, they were lined and trained
anything but comfortable.
The woman of today looks to the
Orient to find inspiration for her neglige
attire. She finds 1t in Japan, In China,
in Persia, in Cambodia, in Egypt, in
Turkey and in many countries that she
has not thought about since she studied
school geography.
The neglige shown in the sketch
appeared in the window of one Of the
smart shops not long ago. and one rea-
son why 1t appeals so strongly to us,
no doubt, is that 1t follows no special
Oriental fashion exclusively. 1t does
look decidedly Persian. but no Persian
woman could show you one like it. The
trousers are cleverly made from length
of silk, hanging down from the waist to
the ankles and then looped back to the
waist again.
An ever-increasing number of Amer
lean women are wearing these distinctly
picturesque bifurcated garments-if
trousers such as these could be regarded
as bifurcated-for many occasions at
home-for afternoon tea, even for In
formal dinner they accept them as
matter of course.
Copyright, 1e24.)
Evening star., 1924-10-21
Gingered Jelly.

Hydrate half package of granulated
gelatine in half a cupful of cold water,
and 10 minutes later add one and one
half cupfuls of boiling water to dissolve
it. Then add three-fourths cupful of
granulated sugar, the juice of four
oranges or one cupful of orange juice.
the Juice Of two lemons and three
fourths cupful Of finely chopped candied
ginger. Set in a cool place to harden
and stir gently two or three times dur
ing the stfffening process, to mix the
ginger well into the jelly. Serve in
stenImed glasses, garnished with a
spoonful OF whipped cream and thinly
sliced candied ginger.
Evening star., 1924-10-21
Our Children-By Angelo Patri

into harmony each with the other
and the child that was homelv be-
comes the most attractive OF the group.
Time was when 1t was a great han
dicap to have wide mouth that
showed shining array of teeth at
the slightest provocation. The un-
happy possessors of such an equip
ment were trained, in awful whispers,
TO keep your mouth closed" Don't
iaugh. IT spreads from ear to ear"
practice saying prunes, prisms,
papa Mouths were supposed to he
rosebuds. But no more. Nowadays
good wide mouth and fine, white
teeth are marks of good looks that
most of the children are willing to
strive to gain.
They should be encouraged es-
pecially those who are called home
ly' to think their faces good to look
at and to understand that the spirit
that dwells within, lighting and shad-
ing and carving its story upon the
body. settles the quality of beauty
that Is to be theirs. They can be az
lovely as they wish to be. provided
they are willing to work to accom-
plish the wish.
Selhshncss, bad manners, ignorance
of the spiritual beauty of people and
things about them are ugly and will
make their faces and bodies ugly. 4
lovely spirit creates a lovely body to
enfold ii. Beauty is not skin deep. 1t
is soul deep and most worthy of ac-
quirenent and admira tfon.
Copyright. 1924
Evening star., 1924-10-21

'What're YOU going to wear at
the party, Betty?" asked Joan, who
was helping Betty Cut-out plan her
Halloween party,
I'm going to he a witch. ] think"
decided Betty. What are you going
to be?"
Il think I'll either be a ghost or a
goblin. I don't know which will look
the spookiest."
please be both. You can be a
ghost and meet all the people that
come to the party and tell them
where, to put their wraps. I'll probly
be busy doing other things. Then you
can change and be goblin for the
rest of the party"
Joan has yellow hair and pink
cheeks. She is wearing n dark blue
dress and gray hose.
Copyright, 1924
Evening star., 1924-10-21
Orient Furnishes Neglige Ideas
BY MARY MARSHALL.

We are apt to think that women
OF the present day and generation
lead most strenuous existence
and yet the fact remains that we
have much more time for the wearing
or ncg'.ges than women of preced
ing ages. At least, our own more or
less recent ancestresses never thought
OF spending as much time zen neglige"
as We do.
1t is said that the Empress Eugenie-
certainly the most fashionable woman
nf tho time-did not possess a neGlige.
She had flannel dressing coat, some
Evening star., 1924-10-21
My Neighbor Says:

II you wish to keep your oven
hot for cooking don't draw off
any hot water, as that sends
rush of cold water to replace
it and cools off the oven.
Large sheets that have be-
come worn in the middle should
|, be torn in halves and what were
tho. two outer edges Joined. The
shabby part, which is now the
outside, should then be trimmed
away and the raw edges neatly
hemmed.
To remove the shell OF an egg
quickly after il has boiled the
required time, place it in a
basin of cold water for two
seconds and the shell will come
Oft without difficulty.
Bread used for making toast
should be at least one or two
days old.
Dishes in which -four and
eggs have been mixed can be
quite easily cleaned il they are
allowed to stand in cold water
for a few minutes before wash
ing. Hot water hardens the
mixture and make 1t very diff
cult to remove.
Evening star., 1924-10-21
Sardines in Aspic.

Put layer Of aspic jelly about one
fourth inch thick in the bottom of a
border mold. Stand on ice or In a cold
place to harden. When firm, arrange a
layer Of boned and skinned sardlnes
on it. Sprinkle with little lemon juice
and chopped cress or parsley, and then
carefully add few spoonfuls of aspic
to just cover the sardines. Set aside
to harden again, then add more sardines
and more aspic. Chill, turn out, and
garnish with radish roses, slices OF
lemon and crisp lettuce leaves. Fill the
center Of the mold with celery mayon-
naiSe.
Evening star., 1924-10-21
BEDTIME STORIES BY By s1seEsE na1ssE0S

was around he pretended that he was
still suffering. He wanted his neigh
bors to think that he was still
helpless.
Now, as you know, Hooty the Owl
flies by night, so he was quite him
self again before the people of the
Green Forest, who sleep at night
knew anything about ii. Blacky the
Crow and Sammy Jay and others
still came around every day to tease
him and make fun of him because
Evening star., 1924-10-21

THIS NEGLIGE SHOWS A SILL
YER SKIRT AND A CHINESE
SLEEVELESS JACKET OF METAL
Lie STUFF FIGURED IN STRIPES
OF GOLD AND RED. GOLD AND
BLACK
thing quite utiiitarian, that She wore
over her shoulders when her hairdresser
anne every morning. Her busy life left
no time for negiges. When she awoke
IN the morning she devoted herself 70
the long and serious business OF getting
dressed, ana Sh, removed one tightly
Evening star., 1924-10-21
RICE SOUI

RlCE SUP
Three cups rice water. cups
carrots, tablespoons drippings,
l tablespoon chopped onion, l
tablespoon chopped celery and l
tablespoon -four. Cut the car
rots into small pieces and cook
until tender. Heat the drip
pings, add the onions and celery
to il and cook them ) minutes
without browning. Stir in the
-four. add this mixture TO the
carrots. then add the rice water
with salt and pepper to taste.
Evening star., 1924-10-21

A hydro-electric generating unit
of 10000 horsepower capacity has
been added to equipment which
utilizes the water impounded by the
famous Roosevelt Dam on the Salt
RiYsg in Arizona.
Evening star., 1924-10-21

" Mr.. Patri will give personal attention 10
Inquiries from parents or school teachers on
education and development of children. Write
him in care of this paper, inclosiug self ad-
dressed. stamped envelope for reply.
Evening star., 1924-10-21

II you need work, read the want
columns of The Star
Evening star., 1924-10-21
GRAHAM GEMS

GRAHAM GEMS
One-half cup of molasses. 2
tablespoons of sugar. ? round
ing teaspoons of butter and
lard, 1 egg, a little salt, 1 cup
of milk. l cup of water, l tea
spoon of soda, teaspoons of
cream tartar. liz cups of gra-
ham and 1is cups of white
-four. Mix all together and beat
we'll This makes about IS good
sized gems.
Evening star., 1924-10-21
RICE PUDDING

RICE PUDDING
One quart of rice, we'll wash
ed, quarts of new milk, pinch
of salt, sugar and fiavoring to
taste. Crate nutmeg over it
and bake in a slow oven 4 10
hours.
Evening star., 1924-10-21
Menu for a Day.

MCuu lVA q Ody'
BREAKFAST
Shredded Pineapple
Oatmeal with Cream
kippered Herring with Eggs
Graham Gems
Coffee
LUNCHEON
Spanish Toast
olives
Tapioca Pudding.
DINNER
Rice Soup
Broiled Lamb Chops
Baked Potatoes
Orange and Walnut Salad
Crackers. Cheese. Coffee.
New Britain herald., 1924-06-21
LEAVES PURSE WITH S4OO
 ON COUNTER; LOSES IT
Btnriit street Woman Reports Theft or Loss in Main street store. Bank Book Gone Also.

purse containing over si0o and a bark book was stolen from or lost by Mrs. Sophie skompsld Of 4g7 Burritt street yesterday afternoon while she was shopping in a Main street store. The woman reported her loss to Lieut. Samuel Bamforth at the police station and Sergi Michael J. Flynn was as- signed to investigate
 According to the story told by the woman. she &as looking at some arti- cles and had placed her purse on the counter. She said that she had walked away from where she had placed the purse and when she went back and looked for il, it had disappeared.
 \ string of pearls valued at s75 which Miss Annie Weber. ticket seller at the Capitol thoater. reported 10 the police yesterday afternoon as having been taken from the ladies room at the theater, was recovered by Sergt. Michael ]. Flynn and Policeman Pat rick U'Mara hidden away in a store room or the thHater used by employees last night. Miss Weber told the police that she missed the pearls a short time after she had left the ladies room and when she returned to get them they were E0ne.