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The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1924-04-10
BewiIdered Hunter Keeps His Head

Perley A. Emery of Hartland re-
: Gently told the Big Woods Editor Of
an experience which he had, while
in the big woods, Mr.. Emery said:
~ saw piece in your paper Keep
! Your Head When in the Woods yes,
and have a good compass and believe
! it, That was what saved me one time
number of years ago. when caribou
we're in Maine | was up north
near the big woods, late one fall and
had a single barrel, Al rim fire rifle
and / started out to go to see an old
hunter that lived near where | was
stopping. had hunting knife and
small hunting axe in my belt, eX-
pecting to be back in few hours.
but my dog got after fox and chased
it way into the big woods. | went
after him. There were about six or
eight inches of snow on the ground
and | kept watch of my compass and
my watch to see how long | was trav-
cling and in what direction I had
got about six miles into the woods
when | shot the fox and l had heard
someone say it was only six miles
in there to a camp where there was
a trapper staying, whom | knew. SO
| skinned the fox and started on,
thinking | was about there. After
a while | came across three caribou.
| fired at one of them and wounded
him but the shell stuck in the rifle
so it bothered me to get it out till
they got out of sight Then | thot
l would see if | could find the camp.
! found it but the hunter had gone
out and taken everything with him
so I was in the woods twelve miles.
I started out and about fifty yards
from where | fired at the caribou,
saw their tracks. Then | looked at
my watch and my compass and start
ed on the tracks, following them until
most dark. ! left them and started
for swamp to stop for the night.
| cut hole through the ice on
brook. to get some water. then went
into the SWAMI, brushed the snow off
from the ground put down some
boughs to sleep on, got some wood
for night. build a fire and stayed there
The next morning ! got up and start
ed back on my back tracks, for !
Thought if ! came in in one day
could go out on the same tracks in
one day. When | got to where ! got
some water, the night before, found
I had not travelled on my back tracks
but short time, when | came upon
the same water hole. After coming
back to the water hole once or twice
instead of getting ratified, | sat down.
took out my compass and began to
figure the different directions and
how long | was travelling. Then |
set my compass at what | thought
would carry me near where I came
in and started. | had nothing to
eat and saw no game, after | fired
at the caribou, until about the middle
of the afternoon. of the second day.
when | saw red squirrel. | shot
him and | came to where someone
had shot d deer and hauled it off to
my right. followed it about one
fourth of mile, then came back to
where | made the turn, went on and
lust before dark. | began to gather
birch bark to build my fire. | was
going to cook the squirrel but | came
upon a lot of small fir trees and then
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1924-04-10
HAULED EIGHT CORDS OF
WOOD ON HAND SLED
Aged Concord Man Has Been Lumber
ing and Hauling 1t Alone

William Ashcroft, an aged man of
Concord, has cut down and hauled OIL
the hillside on hand sled, this win
ter. eight cords of pulp wood which
Alvin Barron hauled to the river bank
for him.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1924-04-10
Card OF Thanks

We are anxious to thank ali thos'
who were so thoughtful and Kind tt
us during our recent bereavement ant
to make them understand that theil
friendship thus shown is thoughtful!
appreciated.
A, T.. BOWIE and family
Skowhegan, Me-, April 10, 1924
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1924-04-10

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The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1924-04-10

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-02-19
WHAT TODAY MEANS
TO YOU
Pisces.
ny MARY BLAKE.

Pisces.
To-day is very favorable until $40
pm. when the aspects begin to de-
cline and by evening the vibrations
are decidedly bad. Women should be
very cautious regarding the opposite
sex.
"A child born today will be delicate
in health but extremely vigorous and
versatile in mind
You are versatile if today is your
birthday, but more SO in the intel
lectual plane than in the physical.
You understand the theory of doing
a great many things, but you can
This should never be an obstacle to
your success in life, as you are am
~Dittous and you should early place
yourself in position OF directing
.derstand their tasks, although you
yourself might not do them as we'll.
Your mind Is active. fearless and
unusually accurate, although sus-
ceptible to intense enthusiasm. which
frequently colorS its judgments.
You are sensitive and imaginative
and you have the rare faculty of
creating your mental images In words
and In forms. In fact. In your vi
Gate Gate the h t two a types OF Thought. So
Furthermore, you are temotionally
sensible to the thoughts and actions
of others as well as to your own.
In other words you appreciate all
things in all ways, which Dc the mark
of the sure critic. At the same time
you feel a driving necessity for utter
ing your ideas and you have the
necessary talent for expressing them
tn both written and spoken words.
You are good Judge OF character
when your opinions are not sub
Iimated by personal affections. There
IS. however, rarely q time when you
can see people in their true light,
AS you are a great lover of and be-
lever in human nature. You are
particularly fond OF men but trust
them just little too much. This
is true of both men and women.
Well known persons horn on this
date are: Thomas ]. j. See, astrono-
mer; Wellington p. Kidder, Inventor
Of a printing press: Luis G. James,
socio1ogist; Adelina Patti, noted So
prano singer; James L. Little. New
York surgeon.
Copyright, 1e4)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-02-19
BEAUTY CHATS rDx. xE r FORBES

grease is very heavy and rather hard
to work in unless previously warmed
A. good normal treatment for ell
bows during winter weather is to rub
them first with grease. and then to
scrub this out with warm water and
soap. The skin is left practically
free from surface oil. but the advan-
tage Is that the washing takes no
oil from the skin. This part of the
skin needs as much oil as possible.
In fact this method is the best one
to use all winter. for the elbows
can then never become chapped and
dirty.
IF your elbows are very bad you
had better give them variation OF
the cosmetic glove treatment. That
is, scrub them with hot water and
soap and rub them full of some fairly
heavy grease, leave a thick coating
of the grease over the surface and
tie UP all night.
Mary A. CATER the pores have
become disturbed it will take a long
time 20 contract them. but you will
be helping the condition if you take
daily full bath. This will relieve
the pores of the face. Always COM
plete any cleansing of the complexion
by dashing very cold water over it
until the skin glows from the reac-
ton, or better still take an ice rub
Alice-Massage your scalp daily to
improve its circulation, and if your
hair continues to be, dry, send a
stamped, self-addressed envelope re-
questing the pilocarpine tonic for
mula, which I shall be glad to mail
to Won.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-02-19

will not get there at all. of II be
does he may be late. l certainly can
not get that dinner if am not there.
And If Old Man Coyote does get. i
wont be any worse OFF than X
don't go up there"
So the coming of the Black Shadows
again found Rcddy Fox up at Farmer
Browns. This time he did not hide
behind the barn, for he knew that
Old Man Coyote knew that that was
this time behind the old stone wall on
the edge Of the Old Orchard. Per
haps you can guess how surprised
he was and how delighted he was
when he saw Farmer Browns Boy
come out with 4 pan OF food just
after. the lights in the house ap-
peared. It was a good two hours
earlier than the food had been put
out the other times.
Hardly had Farmer Browns Boy
was over at that pan. When he had
licked up the last crumb he trotted
off toward the Green Forest. chuck
ling happily. He was thinking OF
how disappointed Old Man Coyote
would be when he arrived a little
later
But when Old Man Coyote did ar
rive he wasn't disappointed. That
pan was heaped with food. He, too,
licked the pan clean, and then trot
ling to think how disappointed Reddy
Fox must be.
And, watching from a window OF
the house. Farmer Browns Boy was
ehuckling. He had seen all that had
happened the previous nights, and SO
this night he had played fair He
had filled that pan second time,
that both Reddy and Old Man Coyote
should have good, dinner.
Copyright, 1924. by t ". Bursess)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-02-19
When We Go Shopping
BY MRS. AARLAND IL. ALLEN.

fuli-strength colors. But all varia-
tion of these coiors are variously af-
fected. As a rule, the darker shades
are more greatly modified than the
lighter ones are. IN general cleo
trio light seems to add Il great deal
Of yellow, and some red. to color.
Probably the least fortunate color
choice you can make in an evening
gown is purple. All shades and tints
of il. between normal purple and
primary blue, are especially seriously
changed, and appear as indeterminate
brown. All blues suffer, too. prob
ably next. as rule. TO the purple.
81 the colorS which seem to appear
to advantage by artificial light ard
sometimes to positive disadvantage
by daylight. are the pale tints and
the luminous colors. such as light
green. yellow. orange and red.
Then, the problem of matching up
your gown. your headdress. your Slip
pers. your stockings is one that can
be solved only by careful testing
under artificial light. These contrast
ing colors will differ widely. and ar
tificiaI light will affect them so diff
ferently that their harmonious re-
Iationship will be entirely destroyed.
So. unless you can resign yourself
to all white or all Black costumes for
evening wear. select your gown. az
we'll as its accessories, by artificial
light.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-02-19
Dorothy Dix's Letter Box
Two Young Bachelors Who Are Afraid of Being
Caught-Girl Who breads Proposal of
Old Friend-Jealous of frances
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-02-19

Betty Cut-out heard Billy pounding
on her door in the middle Of the night.
Get up and dress" he shouted "Fa-
theirs going to take US to a big fire
The Cut-out family We're soon hur-
rying down the street with their neigh
bors who had dressed hastily. Ahead
the sky was red with flames and fire
engines were changing past. Tin
afraid it's the orphan asylum" said
Mrs. Cut-out, and sure enough, when
they turned the corner, they saw fire.
men bringing children out of the
burning building.
Suddenly a small figure in a bath
robe appeared at a high window. The
people below gasped. Can they save
him." Firemen rushed in. Then the
boy left the window. He did not APP
pear again and the firemen did not
come back. Just when the crowd had
almost given up hope, out bounded
the big police dog belonging to the
fire department. He was dragging
the limp form of Charlie Clog. In 4
few minutes Charlie had been revived
and was smiling.
(Copyright, 1924
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-02-19
MOTHERS
Some Food DisguiSes.
AND THEIR CHILDREN
One mother SAYS:

One mother says:
! have bought little individual bak-
ing dishes for the children. They like
the idea of these being their own
and will accept food served in them
which they would not willingly eat
served other ways. Besides, l find
them useful in cooking small left
overs attractive!y. Almost any kind
of meat. a chop or bit of cold roast,
can be shredded, combined with
crumbs, gravy. scraps of leftover
vegetables like pears or corn, and
made into an attractive ramekin by
baking a short time when the oven is
being used for other baking. When
the contents are so nondescript that
they would be scorned If the truth
about them were known, we call them
French ramekins."
Copyright, 1921
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-02-19
For Women i'm Legislative Work
BY Anne Rlttenhouse.

Whether woman members OF par
Hament should wear hats or go bare
headed is question that has been
raised recently. Lady Astor preferred
no hat, while among the recently
elected members there is some in
,clination to cover the head. Most
American women feel much better
dressed in the daytime when they
can wear a hat. The fact may be
that we are usually better pleased
with the work OF our milliners than
OF our hairdressers-or, rather, that
most of US arrange our own hair
and arc willing enough to have signs
of a too hasty toilet covered by
Eood-looking hat. for the hats of to-
day do cover the hair III most SatlS-
factory manner.
The hat shown in the sketch of
black felt with shirring OF black
ribbon around the crown and uneven
loops hanging over the right SIDE
was worn recently by a very smartly
dressed Italian princess who is in this
country lecturing. She is young ana
surely some of her rare Self-posSes-
ness that she is dressed with perfect
appropriateness. She would serve as
an excellent example to American
women entering public life.
- Recently. when making an after
luncheon speech on political condi-
tious in her own country, she wore
this little hat. Her frock was rather
closely nodded. of black cloth, with
sleeves long and snugly fitting to the
wrists. Her only ornament was
string of pearls.
Now, you may like colored hats.
You may be tempted to buy one Of
the now powder-blue CONNECTIONS
that the shops are showing. You
may like vsH-colored metal bro
cade turban. You may like the
dropping hrim of a wide capeline.
Meanderiug ostrich plumes may APP
peal to you. But il you want to make
the most Of your eloquence and per-
yaonality when you are going to make
a. public speech. then you cannot do
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-02-19

Eating is one Of the things we do
by instinct insted Of somebody having
to teetch us wen we are young, like
arithmetic. 1t is natural to eat wen
you are hungry but 1t Is not natural
to eat politely and so hives and forks
and table manners was invented to
make eating more Of q necessity than
wat it is a plezzure.
1t is better not to eat enuff than
too mulch, although by tho amount
some people eat they proberly have no
ideer the stummick ony holds quarts
according to the fiizxeoiogy book. If
you don't eat enuff tho werst you can
be Is hungry, but II you eat too mulch
you're libel to have sutch a fearse
stummick AXE you Will wish you
hadent ate enuff.
Some things the moro you eat the
more you wunt, sutch as peanuts, car
mels and lemmin merrang pie, vile
other things the more you l1aff to eat
the more you wish you dident, sutch
as plane potatoes. milk to make YOU
grow, and spinitch.
The correct way TO eat is with your
mouth closed. except wen you are
sticking more in.
Wen company is present oranges
should be peeled and ate neetly. but
wen you are alone with one you gem
orally eat it more natural. hiding
half your face with II at each suck.
Apples should be ate with small
noiseless bites, except wen some
body offers you jest one bite out of
one you don't want to waist II.
There are meny things you awt
never do at table. especially wen you
are out sOmewares, sutch as never
reetch more than half ways across
the table, never make sandwiches as
if you thawt you was at a picknick.
never take the last piece of enything
without asking IL enybody elts wunts
II vile you are taking Il. and never
put SO mulch gravy on your plate that
il stops looking like decoration.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-02-19
Artificial Light.

- Your best day time colors don't al
ways become you at night! Disap-
pointing, but true: for to the eye, all
colors change more or less, under
artificial light. Some of them, 1t is
true, are not seriously injured by 1t,
but the very one YOU have decided
upon as your color" for evening may
lose all it's charm and beauty when
seen by night--if you were indiscreet
enough to select it by daylight.
There is the cue for an iufallihle
recipe to prevent disappointment in
the color OF your evening gown. Sc
iect it by artificial light. Absolutely
no colors that are satisfactory FOR the
daytime are improved under artificial
lighting: but those which can receive
yellow best are the ones which sur
fer least.
Electric light furnishes practically
all of the light used today. Cuder
il, your evening dress of yellow viii
be frightened; crimson IS made rlcner
and redder; green becomes darker
and yellower; blue IS less pure and
inclines toward violet: purple is
greatly injured; brown is made
warmer and redder in tone. These
effects are those produced in the pure,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-02-19
BEDTIME STORIES
Farmer Browns Boy Plays
Fair.
The one who's always on the square
Is always trying to be fair.
Farmer Browns Boy.

Farmer Browns Boy.
With food SO scarce, it was some
thing to have half dinner. Reddy
Fox was grateful for even this. So
was Old Man Coyote. Each knew
that the other needed that food quite
as much as did he himself. But the
law of the Green Forest and the
Green Meadows is self first. So Reddy
and Old Man Coyote spent most Of
the time they were awake in trying
to think of some plan to outwit the
other
Old Man Coyote had the advantage
He was the biggest and more than a
match for Reddy Fox. He Knew this.
So did Reddy. Reddy had obtained
half a dinner by being Il little holder
than Old Man Coyote and getting to
it almost as soon as it had been put
out by Farmer Browns Boy. But he
knew that that wouldn't happen
again. He knew that next time Old
Man Coyote would be in hiding be-
fore Farmer Browns Boy appeared
with the food.
Reddy Fox is clever. His wits are
sharp. There are no sharper wits in
all the Green Forest Or on all the
Green Meadows. But. though he
thought and thought and thought and
thought. he couldn't think of Il plan
of outwitting Old Man Coyote again.
1T is useless for me to go up to
Farmer Browns tonight" muttered
Reddy as late in the afternoon he
came ont Of his home and look ed
| I"nginEly over toward Farmer
Browns. eff n dinner is put out to-
night Old Man Coyote will get every
scrap of it. l guess I'll so some
where else and hunt.
But for the life of him Reddy
couldn't keep away from Farmer
Browns. The thought that thert,
was likely to be food there was too
much for him. "Old Man Coyote may
not go up there" he muttereSi
"Something may happen SO that he
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-02-19

clusively such. Most of them have
been formed from given names OF
from occupations. and there were no
Jewish names which might not have
been borne by Christians also, as q
result Of the Bibles influence. though
actually, of course. a great many sci.
dom were found among Christians
Aaron is one Of these.
The meaning Of this given name IN
Hebrew is "mountaineer' or mount
Of strength" according to how lit
orally or literally you translate It
The form of Aaronsohn as a family
name betrays a German origin in the
"sohn," though the form Aaronson
may also be of German origin. and
quite frequently is with the "h
dropped to conform to the English
usage. Aarons, of course. is but a
shortened form of Aaronson.
Copyright, 1924
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-02-19
Elbows.


Elbows are always a problem. They
seem to get dirty as rapidly as ones
hands, and they are not nearly so
easily kept clean. They chap at the
FIRST touch of cold weather, and the
iskin becomes so dark that no amount
of scrubbing will make it soft and
pink again. The only thing to do
with bad elbows is literally to soak
them in grease.
You needn't waste expensive cold
cream on your elbows; one Of the best
cosmetics ever mace is plain white
lard. This is cleansing and nouriSh-
ing 1t may help to grow hair on
faces that have a tendency toward
superf1uous hair. but 1t can only do
good to the elbows.
The first treatment always ls TO
scrub the arms and elbows with hot
water and soap, and to rinse them
with hot water. This opens the pores
so the cream can penetrate more
easily. Now rub thoroughly with
lard, or if You dislike it's odor. with
olive oil. or almond oil, or cold cream.
IF the elbows are very bad indeed,
rub them with cocoa butter. This
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-02-19
Chicken Soup With Hominy.

Beat one cupful Of hominy untfl
light with one cupful of flour, g pinch
of baking powder. a little salt and a
Beaten egg. When chicken soup is
relocated to the boiling point Just
before dinner, drop the hominy mix
ture into it by teaspoonfuls, boil dor
ten minutes, then serve two or three
balls to a portion. Leftover cream
OF wheat or cornmeal from breakfast
can be used = the same way.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-02-19

The gusts Of strong winds that fol-
low lightning are due to the air rush
ing to fill the vacuum created by each
fash.
Partisan society women are among
the most smartly dressed I'm the
world. most OF them being near
fashionable dressmakers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-02-19
History Of Dour Same.
AARONSON
BY PHILIP FRANCIS NowLAN.

Aarons.
RACIAL ORlGIN-JeWish.
SOURCE-A given name.
This family is classified as Of Jew
ish origin simply because in nearly all
cases it is borne by those of Jewish
blood Strictly speaking, however,
there is no such thing as a Jewish
family name.
In their first use OF family names
Jewish families simply and naturally
adopted whatever happened to be the
national custom in the countries in
which they dwelt
Nor are there any Of the so-called
Jewish family names which are ex-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-02-19

Italians example and wear y hat that
is small and smart and black.
What change has come. over
women in public life Susan h. An
thony would have been the last per-
son whom we would have looked to
for smart millinery. 1t was rather
taken for granted that the woman
dress dowdily in those days. But
now American women have learned
that the charm that comes from smart
dressing cannot be ignored even by
the woman who aspires to Congress.
Copyright, 1871
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-02-19

Some people think they are funda-
mentalists just because they believe
their enemies are going to hell.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-02-19

One of the newest trims for spring
is the muslin grass of almost any
color of green or yellow or purple
red: or sometimes black. and shell
lacked Here 1t IS used at the sides
of a bank of small pink roses. and it
Is very effective.