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Evening star., 1924-09-16

1t looks as though those homeless
buffalo of the Yellowstone, which
the Interior Department has been
endeavoring to get the country at
large TO adopt, are not destined to
find paSturage in the National Capt.
tai, home of the Great White Father.
the Indian Bureau, Congress and other
things smackng of the Far West.
Washing ton, it seems, is content
with her present herd. compri sing
some fourteen gentlemen and lady
bison al varying ages at the Zoo, and
the four sturdy beasts that guard
the bridge over Rock Creek, flavor
ing We t Washington with a wildish
tang.
Some one must have tipped Wash
ington off to the fact that the Yel-
lowstone buffalo, while playful in
its way, h;A not had the advantage
of city associations and manners thai
it's Rock Creek brethren and sisters
have, and that its crude etiquette Of
the backwoods might not be condu
Give to the dignity of this austere city.
officials at the Interior Department
plainly stress that they could not
recommend these orphan buffalo as
household or garden pets The
average bison of Yellowstone Park
would make short work of row of
box bushes or bed Of sweet ,alysSum
Evening star., 1924-09-16

IL YOU need work. read the want
columns of The Star.
Evening star., 1924-09-16

It.. In handy shape-easy of
reference as you tour along
and add. to the pleasure Of
autoing by being always sure Of
your road.
No matter whether you tour
much or little, you will want this
"Auto Route Distance Atlas"
in your car for ready reference.
Evening star., 1924-09-16

In learned circles throughout Eu-
rope, is reported to have declared to
a committee of experts of the min
istry of education that he had not
found the lost books themselves,
but merely information regarding
them. He was interrogYted about his
researches by the committee in the
presence of the prefect of Naples.
Evening star., 1924-09-16
NARCOTIC AREA CHANGE.

Transfer of that portion Of the At
lanta narcotic division lying west of
the Apalachicola River in Florida to
the Nashville division, effective O,-
tober |. was announced today by mar
cotic headquarters
Counties affected are Jackson. CAL
houn, Bay, Washington, Holmes. Wal
ton, Oklaoosa Santa Rose and Es-
Gambia. The shift was made for rea-
sons of economy and efficiency
Evening star., 1924-09-16
VILLAGE IN MARYLAND
is GOING UNDER HAMMER
Ashland to Be Sold at Auction
Tomorrow to Make Settle
ment of Estate.

Special Dispatch TO The star.
BALTIMORE. September 1.-THE
village of Ashland, on the Northern
Central Railway in Baltimore County.
will be sold at public auction to-
morrow to settle an estate.
The village consists of 33 acres and
20-room house, ) single frame
dwellings. "a brick houses, 4 stone
dwellings. a large stone building
tormerly used as office. d large
Luilding used as general store and
! stone warehouses. The population
is about 12s.
There is a railroad station at Ash
land at which - trains stop daily. The
station. the Presbyterian Church and
he county schoolhouse are the only
buildings not included in the sale.
Ashland formerly was an industrial
center, settled more than 100 years
ago. After the iron foundry was
erected the foundry company built
Ashland for the employees. When the
foundry closed the property was sold
to a company headed by the late
Representative J. Fred &. Talbot.
but the plant was never reopened.
Evening star., 1924-09-16
Matrimonial Restraint.

From fine London Opinion.
She-Before we were married YOU
ca lied me an angel.
He-I know it.
thing" !.
That shows my self-controi."
Evening star., 1924-09-16
Finding Of Livy Books in Doubt.

BY the AssocIated Press
ROME, September 16.-Prof Mario
de Martino- Fusco, archivist and
photographer Of the State archives Of
Naples, whose reported discovery of
the lost books of Livy, the Roman
historian, has caused great interest
Evening star., 1924-09-16

herd. some ESQ in number about Oc-
tober l. Most of them will go to
ZOOS They are being given to appli-
cants willing to pay the freight
Evening star., 1924-03-30

in a nest down among the reeds
edge. The eggs are laid IN May and
are pale blue, spotted and splotched.
While the red-winged blackbird's
family is young, the father sings in
a lusty rich voice close beside 1t, very
proud of his babies. He circles about
the nest pecking angrily at any pass
erby whom he always suspects of
wanting to rob him of his fiedglings.
But by July the fussy father has be-
come a restless family deserter. He
aocks away with other birds, leaving
his babies to the care of their mother.
The szeadowlark has a rude habit
~f turning his back upon us as
though he considers his yellow breast
with it's black crescent too beautiful
to gaze upon. He is a good example
of protective coloring, for the brown
ish mottled back and wings blend in
with the grasses Of the fields where
he lives. His nest, too, is made of
grasses fat on the g-SCnd, so 1t is
no wonder the farmer allows his
moving machine to pass over the
nest, often running eggs and all be-
fore he sees 1t. The mate, which is
just like the male, is kept securely at
home in the nest arched over with
grass while her husband walks In his
stin. fonglegged way to stump or
low fence rail to sing his tendsr,
sweet song, Spring o. the Year."
Evening star., 1924-03-30
Sightseeing Trips With the Birds.

There is a flash of flame in the
maple tree, a high whistled song fol-
lows, and we know the Baltimore
oriole, another member of the ILL
assorted blackbird family, has ar
rived from Central America, where he
wintered.
The Baltimore oriole Is so named
time had for his heraldic colors black
and orange. Lady Baltimore wears a
yellowish- olive dress with dusky
wings and tail. The nest she weaves
is a remarkable pocket which swings
from a limb about twenty-feet above
the ground. Sometimes it is hung
over a river. and the baby orioles,
seeking to climb out of the deep
pouch before they are able to fly, are
often drowned in the stream below.
The oriole is not a plentiful species
CO bird, and considering those that are
kTed in their babyhood, the eggs
that are destroyed when crows,
screech-owls, grackles and even red
squirrels plunder the orioles nest, it
is small wonder chat the birds are
scarce.
Orioles until they are about three
ish orange-yellow color like their
mother, but they turn brilliant in
time. The orioles song is a synco-
pated tootle. Compared to the sweet
music of many other birds of the or
chard, it seems that he is the rag
time singer of the group, throwing
out a few notes, then pecking for a
few minutes at a caterpillar or beetle,
and breaking forth again.
Oriole eggs are white with fine
lines and speckles of black.
The cowbird is the disreputable
member of the blackbird family. He
is walking bird that follows the
cows and feeds upon the parasites
on their backs. This blackbird with
his coffee brown head, neck and
breast is shut out from polite So
ciety in the bird world because of the
lawlessness of the female, who de-
posits her eggs in the nests of other
birds, letting various members of the
neighborhood hatch and rear her big,
greedy babies.
The yellow warbler outwits the
cowbird by weaving a new bottom in
her nest over the egg that the skulk-
ing bird manages to sneak in. Her
own speckled eggs may be sealed up
with it, but she knows If she matches
cowbird that her own youngsters
will starve while the intruder de-
YOURS all the food she works herself
to death to provide for the nest. She
may have to weave two or even three
floors, sealing up the eggs beneath,
and such nests, when found, are very
interesting to examine.
Evening star., 1924-03-30
With the Arrival of the Tailored Suit Comes the Ne

we went steadily ahead with the no
tion that the most appropriate foun-
dation for the suit that is nrannish is
fairly mannish blouse. Moreover,
one of the most admirable things
about the jacket and skirt costume is
the fact that about the body there
may be the protection of something
washable
With interesting rapidity the French
caught this sentiment. They are now
favoring the white silk or white linen
blouse almost as much as we do, and
Doeuillet is even making blouses of
striped washable silk to go with some
of the smartest suits.
A distinct problem is presented in
wearing a skirt and blouse at a time
when the long waistline prevails.
The younger woman may succeed in
maintaining fairly long waist with
a tuck-in blouse. What she does, of
course, is to wear her suit skirt so
that the top comes about the hips.
The tailors are familiar with this
youthful fad. Where skirts and suits
are sold ready made, filters have be-
come accustomed to shortening. and
otherwise altering suits in this way.
\ II
DOR the woman of any age whose
- hips have not been repressed to
conform to the present gas-pipe sill
houette, this is out of the question.
Her best solution when she wears a
short boyish suit is to wear one of
81;
waistline comes right over the hip
bone, and it should be fitted fairly
snugly. With the longer jacket, the
longer blouse that hangs rather loose
is the wiser selection.
Blouse designers have apparently
fiirted with the idea of making
women's blouses that incorporate de-
tails of mems shirts. Most astound-
ing is the manner in which the shirt
bosom idea has been seized upon.
And even more astounding it is when
a plain white blouse shows the bosom
and cuffs of checked material.
The fact that in England and in
France the tailored. white blouse is
spoken of as distinctly American, and
that shops in Paris and London are
actually importing tailored blouses
from this country, is of more than
passing. interest. We may have taken
the designs for our tailored suits from
France, but France apparently is
looking to us for suggestions con-
cerning the blouses to wear with
them.
The round neck line seems to have
laJ hot
so far as blouses are concerned and
where one is finished off without any
pretense to a collar line is usually
round. Thus the new peasant blouses
are gathered and shocked into
perfect round that meets just below
the collarbone. Many of the blouses
made of the new printed silks are
made with this round neck line.
Evening star., 1924-03-30
A Joke on the April Foolers.

talk. But it was a slim lunch we
had, wasn't it,"
"Oh. 1 have the funniest idea"
suddenly exclaimed Martha. do you
realize that this is April FOOLS day?
Let's open these boxes. for a joke,
help ourselves, and tie them up
again"
It's sort of mean trick" hest
tsted Jane.
Anything goes on April Fools.
Come on! If we tie the packages up
carefully, I'll bet the girls will never
know they've been opened" Martha
seized the first box and gently re-
moved the strings, noting as she did
it just how they were tied, so she
could replace them the same way.
Martha slipped off the wrapping pa
per. Nut cakes" cried the thief,
hilariously. Help yourself"'
Martha and Jane took four or five
of the little cakes. rearranged the
others to fill Up the gaping holes in
the box, and tied it up so well that
no one would ever guess it had been
touched. The cakes proved delicious,
so the girls tried the next bundle.
Stuffed dates and 'salted nuts was
their reward.
Can they put people in jail for
robbing their friends week end
boxes?" giggled Jane, her mouth
full of cake. Blowing a safe would
be nothing after this
Don't lose your nerve" warned
Martha. There's one package left"
She opened d gay bonbon box. What
Evening star., 1924-03-30
Written and illustrated by
Edward McCandlfsh-

~ NE time, the board of vestry-
men of the Shellback
Church, at the Big Pond,
held a meeting to decide
what should be done with surplus
of four dollars that was found in the
treasury The folks at the meeting
had various notions about how the
money should be sepnt.
Sister Abigail Grosbeak suggested
that it be applied to the charity
fund of the Ladies' Auxiliary. Doc
tor Bob Muskrat wanted 10 pur-
chase a new pipe organ. While
Brother Jim Raccoon was all for
buying a chandelier.
Il don't see what you wants wild a
chandelier" said Brother Billy Pos
sum, in response to the last sugges-
ton.
You amt got nobody here kin
play on it"
Most of the older residents of the
Big Pond, such as old Simon Blue
jay, can recollect the time when the
folks of the settlement decided to
hold a grand religious revival.
Parson Jim Popcorn was the shep-
herd of the Shellback congregation
at that time. Parson Jim was one
of the smartest rabbits in those
parts, and he had a great reputation
as a preacher among his flock, and,
in fact, was a great toast in the
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES among the
womenfolk.
Brother Jack Rabbit held the post
of Senior Warden, and every time
he went down the Big Road, past
Tommy Turtles house, at the Mud
Bank, he used to sing out:
"Heigho, Sinnah! Better come down
an Jine us, an see d. Light!'
Tommy always answered back:
'I been 'tendin' to jine up, Brothah
Evening star., 1924-03-30

The bobolink belongs to the black
bird family, strange to say, as do
also the red-winged blackbird and
the meadowlark.
The bobolink is early TO arrive and
early to leave. Sometimes by the 4th
Of July you may see this jet black
bird, with back and wings of white
and bun patch on his neck, starting
from the northern filds toward the
south. The bobolinks descend in
hordes on the rice plantations of the
south when the grain is in the milk,
doing millions of dollars of damage
to the crops. The rice bird, as he is
called there, is shared OF poisoned
and it is common to buy for so cents
in the market half dozen birds that
have been shot, plucked and prepared
for the oven.
AS the bobolink travels south his
feathrs change TO a winter suit of
striped brown such as sparrows wear.
Those that escape death by the angry
owners of the rice fields go by way
of Florida to Brazil for the colder
months.
Down among the cat-tails by the
water the red-winged blackbird lives
and sings his gurgling song. An
author of bird stories says that his
"Oo-long ng-tee-eee" sounds as if he
had water in his windpipe! The red
wings like a soldier in a black uni
form with scarlet and buff epaulets,
or shoulder straps.
His rusty-featheredm mate lays eggs
Evening star., 1924-03-30

ing on stock or scarf to produce
the choker effect.
English broadcloth is rapidly be-
coming as popular for womens
blouses as for mems shirts. For the
sincere sport lover truly mannish
shirt blouses Of this material in white,
tan, blue or gray are made.
The peasant blouse has by no means
been put off the stage. The tops
of the sleeves and the waist are
evenly gathered and held by a fold
of material in this type of waist.
Often there is shocking to hold the
gathers perfectly even. The full
sleeve gathered into a simple cuff or
else into a little frill around the wrist
is a usual characteristic. Many of
the most charming of these blouses
are actually imported from Hungary
or other countries where real live
peasants still abide. Fine white voile
is embroidered with criss-cross en-
broidery either in the colors that
we usually refer to as Balkan or
in pastelle shades. The pastelle
Evening star., 1924-03-30

Tn SO hungry I would do any
thing for nice little cooky or a good
old drumstick,'' sighed Martha, eyeing
the boxes on the hall table that the
postman had just brought
We'll, l think there's food inside
this one" replied Jane, her room
mate, shaking one. It's too bad the
girls have gone on a hike. You know
l make a practice of going to see
people who have just received boxes
of food from home. Somehow l al
ways manage to drop around about
the time they are opened. It's really
quite as good as getting box your
self"
''Oh, no, it isn't" Martha insisted.
IF these boxes were for US we could
open them right now. AS it is. we
have to wait until the girls get back,
and we'll probably die of hunger in
the meantime"'
You'd think we hadn't had any
thing to eat for weeks to hear us
Evening star., 1924-03-30

Jack would answer back And then
he would go on down the road, look
ing as sanctimonious as the stained
glass window over the choir.
BY and by the plans were made for
the grand revival, which Parson Pop
corn assured his flock was going to
drag every sinner out of the high
ways and byways and hedgerows
and briar patches, and land 'em on
the Mourner's Bench by the nape of
their neck, and the seat of their
breeches.
Parson Popcorn was as good as
his word, and when the revival fin
ally took place, not bird, nor a
beast, nor a creature large or small
but was there with his face all shiny
with perspiration, and soap, and
general expectancy.
The meeting was held at the big
room in the Stump Root, and the
hall was jammed to capacity. Every
bench was filled, and the overflow
ranged themselves on stools at the main
entrance and in all the windows.
Tommy Turtle occupied a seat near
window, which offered facilities for
getting fresh air and for chewing to-
backer.
Parson Popcorn was more eloquent
than usual. He held his audience SPELL
bound, and he painted a picture Of the
Hereafter that made the cold chills run
up the spines of saint and sinner alike
and brought the perspiration out on
their foreheads.
You may crawl on your knees" said
the fiery Parson, until your knees are
calloused like the knees of a camel!
You may plead with sinnahs, an work
with 'em-you may spit 'em on a fork
an hold them over hell fire until their
toenails crackle. But if dey keeps
holdin' on to d pursestrings dey amt
begun to see d. Light!!"
Then the Parson asked Senior Warden
Jack Rabbit to pass the collection plate.
Evening star., 1924-03-30

Sometimes the collar line is finished
with rather elaborate embroidery.
The V neck line is found on many
of the blouses built on MILDLY lines,
the collar turning back, making a
V the depth of which depends on
the length of the slash at the front.
Even some of the blouses made of
the most elaborate of the printed
silks show this MILDLY blouse neck
line. The V is also seen on blouses
displaying a tuxedo collar
Peter Pan collars, which are con-
sidered distinctively American by
most Europeans, are found again and
again on sport blouses. Some diff
Guilty is felt, however, in adjusting
this type of collar to the notched-
collar tailored suit. The blouse COL
Evening star., 1924-03-30

shades. of course, are not so truly
peasant, but the peasant blouse show
ing pastelle stitchery makes a strong
appeal to American women.
Very clever is the new waistcoat
blouse. which makes it unnecessary
to wear blouse, though one appears
to be wearing a waistcoat 1t is made
with regulation notched collar and
revers, the little hip pocket to hold
the fob, the mannish buttons in front.
But 1t possesses as well short sleeves
and may be worn with perfectly good
effect. though the suit jacket is re-
Evening star., 1924-03-30

BY this time Tommy Turtle was not
only holding on to the pursestrings," )"
he was holding on to his bench with
both hands and trying to figure out his
chances in the Hereafter>
After the folks assembled had finished
loosening up the pursestrings, some of
them began Seeing the Light" sure
enough. They wept. walled, howled.
bayed, groaned, shrieked, gibbered and
to their several tastes and dispositions.
A gas jet in the center of the hall
cast a CHASTITY greenish- yellow light
on the assemblage The excitement of
Seein' de Light became so intense that
Aunt Matildy Groundhog finally
jumped up and grabbed hold of the
pipe that fed the gas jet. The pipe
gave way and the room began filling
with gas fumes.
Then there followed a general rush
for the doors, the windows, and even
the chimneys. Tommy Turtle-being
near a window-was one of the first
ones out The folks got jammed in the
doors and 1t took the entire efEortS OF
the folks on the outside to pull them
through.
Aunt Matiidy was so fat that when
they pulled her through a side door
it made a noise like the pop of a cork
Several weeks after the Grand Re-
vival Brother Jack Rabbit passed
Tommy Turtles house on his way to
town.
"Heigho, Sinful" said Brother Jack.
"Bettah come down an jine.''
Much obliged, Brothah jack" re-
piled Tommy. but d. las time came
down to jine dey to- all d. buttons off'n
my westcott an a good angel sat down
on my chest. 1 done decided l jus
amt good enough. OATS all!''
Evening star., 1924-03-30

or not, you must realize that the
smartness of the suit depends in large
measure on the taste and wisdom dis
played in selecting the blouse with
which it is to be worn. American
women do seem to have a sort OF sec
ond sight, or sixth sense, in this re-
gard to fitness, and few women in
this country who make any claim to
smartness would violate the strict
simplicity of the tailored suit by an
overornate blouse.
From the outset of the vogue for
the tailored suit it was noticed that
the best dressed women were inclined
to select the rather severely tailored
white silk blouse. You noticed this
even at smart luncheons. and some
times at tea. While the French dress
makers were still solving the problem
with blouses of richly patterned silks,
Evening star., 1924-03-30

could be nicer than to finish feast
with a chocolate drop. The box is
simply packed. Sophie Newman will
never miss a few creams"
Take out some of the butter
scotches. too" prompted Jane. When
the package was safely tied up again
the girls ran for the stairs, stuffing
their mouths with the fruit Of their
last plunder.
OH screamed Martha, her face
puckered in a wry knot.
What's the candy made OFF"
choked Jane, getting rid of hers.
Martha looked at her fellow part
ner in crime, her whole body writh-
ing with the pain of that terrible
taste.
Il think it's soap. The April Fool
jokes on u.s."
Evening star., 1924-03-30
Cheated.

Kind Old Lady-Why are you cry
ing. my boy?
Boy-Pa fell downstairs.
Kind Old Lady-Well, don't cry;
he'll be all right soon.
Boy-Yes, I know; but my sister
saw him fall all the way and 1 never
saw nuthin'.
Evening star., 1924-03-30

lar must always be subordinated to
the suit collar. And if the Peter Pan
collar is at all stiff this is not pos
sble.
x X X
DERHAPS the only really new
blouse collar of the season is of
distinctly French origin. 1t looks like
nothing in the world but mans
turn-down collar worn about six sizes
too large. 1t is very limp and must
be worn with considerable of an air
to be attractive.
Then there are high-necked blouses
to give the choker effect that some
persons most admire with the tailored
suit. But women in this country, at
least, seem to prefer to wear a round
or low-necked blouse, then depend
Evening star., 1924-03-30
Enlightened.

81 have a window in my SOUL"
Announced the poet great;
His brother said: your words
give me
A pane l can't locatN.
Evening star., 1924-03-30
BY MARY MARSHALL.

A CCORDING to the French no
~ tion, the blouse, in order to
~ be smart, must be of length
q n proportionate TO the length of
the jacket. The suit Jackets. as they
have been presented for spring, are
of widely varying lengths.
The French student of clothes sys-
tematically divides them into three
classes-the boyish, straight, hip
length jacket, the jacket extending
about midway between waist and
hem, and the redingote. 1t would ap-
parently be as much a crime against
smartness to wear short hip blouse
with a redingote jacket as it would
be 70 wear the long costume blouse
with a much shorter.
Whether you make this distinction
Evening star., 1924-03-30
I,'ssssfA

moved. One model is made of striped
satin, the stripes running crosswise.
Copyright, 1921
Evening star., 1924-03-30
Impossible.

Youth (poetically-Drink to me
only with thine eyes.
Maiden-I can't; l don't wear I
glasses.
Evening star., 1924-03-30
Another Dumb One.

Little Boy-Sheep are the dumb
est animals.
Mother (absentIy)-Yes, my lamb.
Evening star., 1924-03-30

AT LEFT, TOILE DE JOUY SUR.
PLICE BLOUSE. THE JACKET
Is TRIMMED WITH TOUCHES
OF THE SAME MATERIAL.
AT RIGHT, WHITE ENGLISH
BROADCLOTH BLOUSE WITH
VEST STITCHED IN BLACK.
Evening star., 1924-03-30

ing on a stock or scarf to produce
the choker effect