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Evening star., 1924-10-17
What TodayMeans to You
BY MARY BLAKE.
Libra,

Todays planetary aspects are very
,A'or1oie until the early afternoon
In the evening they become distinct
ly adverse. The signs indicate that
any well considered effort, especially
along artistic lines, will be crowned
win success, as the vibrations de-
note an encouraging and a stimulat-
ing innuence. In the evening. noise
and self-restraint are Indispensable
as there Is tendency to nervousness
ana restlessness. which, il not prop
sy checked. Will induce a general
sense OF dissatisfaction and ouerulous-
ness.
A child born today will reouire
more than ordinary care during in
fancy. and great attention must be
paio 10 its nutrition and habits. Once
past this period it will develop into
a normally healthy -youngster. 1t
Will probably display talent along
aftistlc rather than commercial lines.
anu .uis snouio De encouraged, as far
as circumstances may permit.
~ today is your birthday, is it not
a pity that you estrange SO many
friends and cause so many differences
and disagreements by your quick,
| ungovernable temper? 1t is all very
well to be sorry thereafter, but your
regrets do not remove the sting that
your violence has caused 1t would
be so much more practical to avoid
doing things that cause regret than
evince sorrow after they are done.
Temper. Of the right sort is a char
acter asset. Temper like yours.
| which is the wrong sort. is a tre-
| mendous character liability. The
slightest little thing will cause you
| to go up in the air regardless of
| either place or time, and by this fool
| ish indulgence. in temper you not
only cause yourself trouble, but bring
discomfort to all around you
Only by the exercise of that
strength Of character. which you un-
doubtedly possess, can this defect in
your makeup" be remedied, and it
must be patent to you that impulsive
| anger at on time attained any worth
while results. whereas you know that
se1f-control is essential to ultimate
success.
| Well known persons born on this
date are: Lorettus S. Metcalf editor;
| Bruce Crane, artist; Childe Hassan,
artist; Eric Pape, artist; Robert
lansing, former Secretary of State;
Thomas Fortune Ryan. capitalist.
| Copyright. 19c4.)
Evening star., 1924-10-17

Me and Puds Simkins and Persey
Weever was wawking home from
skool looking at our report cards.
on account: Of Miss Kitty having Jest
gave them out, me saying, WIZ,
this Is the bummest report I've had
this yeer.
Not having had meny yet but some
Of them was pritty bum, and Puds
Simkins sed, this is the bummest re-
port 1 ever had. holey smokes wait
till my mother has to sine this.
Being wat was thinking. and Per-
sey Weever sed, always get a good
report, but this ono Is exter good,
I've got Excellents and Very
Goods. -,-.
Hay. Persey. lend me yours. will
you, Persey? Puds sed. Ill show 1t to
my mother and maybe she'll never
even notice whose name is on 1t
and wen I go UP stairs to get her
fountain pen for her Ill give her my
reel report to sine.
No, that would be dishonest, Persey
sed. and Puds sed, Aw it would not,
l wont tell her it's my report, Ill
Jest show 1t to her, Persey. III give you
| a cent jest for the lend Of it for min
nits
Wares the cent? Persey sed. wich
Pud gave 1t to him and I sed. After
hC tHIOuSU With IL Will you IOdLl
1t to me for cent. Persey?
Ware is it? Persey sed. Meening
| my cent. and I gave 1t to him and
jest then We came to Pudses house
| ard his mother was leening, out the
| parler window, saying to Puds. bin
| waiting for you, Charles, l wunt you
| to do something for me.
Look at my report, ma, Puds sed.
| And he handed her Perseys report
| card and she looked at it saying. Ex-
| cellent. Excellent Very Good, Excel
lent am l dreeming, wy watts this,
| this has Percivel Weever ritten on 1t,
this izzert your report at all
q, izzent it. that's funny, Pud sed,
ana his mother sed. You come right
in heer and you'll find out how
| funny it Is. And she threw the card
out the window and Puds went in
looking as il the werst was vet to
| como. and I told Persey 1 changed
my mind and I wunted my cent back.
| only he sed he hadent changed his.
Wich he dident till I sat on his
chest on the payment about 10 min
nits.
Evening star., 1924-10-17
BEDTIME STORIES B! 3! s1ssSyy TaSasyo'

And, oh, how that foot did smart and
ache.
What had happened was this: When
Hooty had hooted. to startle Whitefoot
the Wood Mouse he had started Prickly
Perky, who, unknown to Hooty, had
been sitting behind that old log, trying
to make up his mind which tree he
would dine in that night Prickly
Porky was startled, but not frightened.
He had no fear Of Hooty the Owl. It
was the suddenness Of that hoot that
had startled him. 1t had made him
move. and in doing this he had rlstled
the leaves. By the time Hooty was
over there Prickly Porky had decided
to move on. The moving thing which
Hooty had caught a glimpse OF was
the end Of Prickly Porky's tail disap-
pearing around the end Of the log. II
Hooty really had seen what it was
have tempted him to strike at 1t. But
he was so sure that Whitcfoot the Wood
Mouse was there and so afraid that
Whitefoot would again escape that he
had struck instantly and hard
My, my, my. how those little spears
did make that foot smart and ache
Hooty knew what he must do. He
knew that he must pull them out:
Standing on one foot, he held the
other up and with his bill got hold
Of one of those little spears and terked
it out 1t hurt. The pain made him
hiss and snap his bill. How ne did
hate to pull another out! But It had
to be done. He couldn't put that foot
down with those little spears in it.
So, Kissing and swapping his bill be-
tween times, he pulled those little
spears out. until only one remained.
That one he couldn't get out. It broke
OF That meant that he would have
sore foot for some time. BY this
time Hooty had forgotten that he was
hungry. He had lost his appetite. Yes.
sir, he had lost his appetite.
Copyright. 1924, BY T. W. Bursess.)
Evening star., 1924-10-17

window. have a shelf built level with
the lower edge of the sash, and on
this place a window box filled with
loan, you can raise your own pars-
ley, chives, mustard and cress, and
other favoring herbs. Added to this,
you will know the Joy of growing
things.
A dish new to many may be pre-
pared by taking a can Of fruit with
heavy sirup and placing 1t In ice and
rock salt for a few hours, freezing it
just as you would ice cream. The re-
suit is fruit served in water ice. In
opening, be careful to make a clean
and even incision, cutting all around
the top of the can at it's outer edge
so that the contents will slip out in
solid block.
Copyright, 1924.)
Evening star., 1924-10-17
Baked Lamb Chops.

Place some chops in q. baking dish
that has been rubbed over with a
slice Of onion. Add enough butter to
baste them and a little water IL 1t Is
necessary. Bake the chops for about
one-haif hour and then Earnish them
with riced potatoes. To prepare the
potatoes, boil them until they are
very tender, add little watercress,
finely minced, and some cream, butt
ter and seasoning. Force the mix
ture through a rfcer. !.
Evening star., 1924-10-17
GarshmalloW Mint Sauce

Boil one-half cupful of sugar and
one-fourth cupful of water to a thin
sirup. and add eight marshmallows
cut in small pieces. Let stand about
two minutes, pressing the marshmal-
lows under the sirup. Then pour on
slowly one stifhy beaten egg white
Beat until cool, add one-fourth tea
spoonful of essence of peppermint,
and color green with vegetable COL
oring if liked.
Evening star., 1924-10-17
Mixed Fruit Conserve.

Wash and blanch three pounds of
peaches, remove the skins and stones,
peel three pounds OF ounces, three
fourths pound Of apples and two
pounds of pears, and core each. Put
all tho fruit through a food chopper
and weigh it, allowing three-fourths
pound of sugar to each pound Of
fruit pulp. Put the fruit and sugar
in crock in alternate layers and
allow to stand over night. In the
morning place in a preserving kettle
with the juice of three lemons, the
pulp and half a tablespoonful Of grated
rind, and boil the mixture slowly.
Evening star., 1924-10-17

was hiding. Hooty's wonderful ears
had heard leaves rattle back Of an old
stump and instantly his great, silent
wings had carried him over there. His
wonderful great eyes had seen some
thAag move and he struck without wait
Ing to see just what that moving thing
was. He hadn't the least doubt that
il was White&oot the Wood Mouse.
In less than a second later he had
discovered that he had made a mistake,
a dreadful mistake. 1t was one of the
worst mistakes Hooty ever had made.
II Hooty had startled certain little
people there in the Green Forest by
his hooting he startled them still more
now. He didn't hoot, but he did hiss
and snap his bill and beat his big
wings to get him away from there
as quickly as possible! Straight to
tho top OF the old stump from which
Dae had come he few. and there he
stood on one foot and held up the
other to look at it. Sticking in it were
half q dozen little spears, the little
epears - PEickly Porky the Porcupine.
Evening star., 1924-10-17
Drop Cookies.

Mix IL cupfuls of sugar, l cupful
of sour cream, two we'll beaten eggs,
" teaspoonfut Of soda, l teaspoon
full Of baking powder, and f1our to
make just stiff enough to drop we'll.
Add I cupful of chopped raisins and
drop from a teaspoon onto a well
creased tin. Bake in a medium hot
oven.
Evening star., 1924-10-17
Corn Stew.

Braise onions in the fat from
u a pound Of bacon, add small po-
tatoes, cover with water and boil
until tender. Thicker with -four, add
ing 1 pint of milk and 1 can of corn
Make either thick or thin, as pre-
ferred. Goes we'll with toast. A
good cool-weather dish.
Evening star., 1924-10-17

The next person to enter Nick 8
picture taking studio, which he had
rigged up in the corner of the attic,
was a young gentleman Of fashion.
You would hardly have recognized
him for rough h-and-tumble Frank, as
he strutted in the queer-cut clothes
OF long ago which he had found in
one of the trunks.
II can't put on my tall hat" COM
planned Frank, because the attic
roof Is too low. / wouldn't be able
to stand up straight IL wore it."
Gracious" exclaimed Betty Cut
out, that would never do. Come over
here. I've found another hat that
doesn't seem so high"
Color Franks old-fashioned suit all
black, leaving his shirt and vest
white.
Copyright, 1921
Evening star., 1924-10-17
Hooty Loses Appetite.
1t little pays to be too greedy,
And even less to be too speedy.

1t seldom pays to do a thing without
S>eing exactly what you are doing.
Hooty the Owl found that out when he
struck at something he saw moving
behind an old log. He had hooted as
only he can to frighten Whitefoot the
Wood Mouse, so that he would move
and rustic the leaves under which he
Evening star., 1924-10-17

A small branch from an apple tree
bearing cluster Of SO apples was ex-
hibted in Admission, Ala, by w. A.
Waddell, who lives near Eulaton. The
branch is from a five-year-old tree
and is regarded as a genuine freak
of nature.
Evening star., 1924-10-17

II you need work, read the want
columns of The Star. ~-.----~..'
Evening star., 1924-10-17

. HE following is an attractive
table decoration for Autumn.
when there are plenty of ripe
Il fruits and russell -colOred
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1924-01-25

liar regional meetings in the other
three geographic divisions. Later,
representatives OF business organiza.
tons in all four districts will come
together at the annual meeting Of the
national chamber.
Leading business men Of the Pa
cifc Coast and Intermountain States,
b n kers, manufacturers, shipping
men, public utility officials as well as
delegates Of all the commercial and
industrial organizations within the
division, comprising II states, viii at
tend the two days conference.
Important subjects will be dis
cussed by speakers of national prom
inence. Whatever action Is taken by
the meeting on the business questions
discussed will be submitted for final
consideration to the annual conven-
ton Of the national chamber
The western division includes the
states of Arizona, California, Colora
do, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1924-01-25
Buy by the Case

Miss Marie Sellers, the food au-
thority, recently advised the follow
| ing to housewives:
There is decided saving in buy
ing most Of the brands of canned
goods by the case, or even the dozen
can lots. For instance, in buying No.
2 cans which run "a to the case there
is usually reduction equal to the
price of two cans. 1t is true that
there are certain foods that are al
ready priced so low per can that II
Is not possible to make reduction
on the Dozen"
Miss Sellers added:
Once you have decided on the
brand or brands of canned goods and
the size cans that best fit your needs,
keep record of how much you use
of each particular kind, to help You
with your food budgeting for the
next year This will be OF special
value il you have an opportunity to
buy at a sale and want to make sure
that you do not overload on any one
particular kind"
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1924-01-25

with what | have in the oven we will
have dinner that'll be nothing
short Of banquet"
Great! I'm SO hungry could eat
with a Digger Injun."
Wallie opened the oven door.
They're browning beautifully" he
reported.
"Chickens?"
Waffle shook his head:
II shan't tell you until you've
passed upon them"
''If you've got enough of whatever
1t is-that's all that's worryin' me,
declared Pinkey, hungrily. "You't
ought to build you root cellar mex,
winter-if you're livin'," he remarked
as the potatoes ratified when Wallie
dropped them in the kettle.
do you suppose l could grow pc
tatoes? Is 1t too dry?"
"This Is a great country for pota
toes. There's somethin' in the sol
that gifts in the potatoes eyes and
makes EN- water so they irrigate
themselves. Shore! you can grow
potatoes"
Il want to make good many i'm
provements here before next winter"
announced Waffle, hopefully Il
wish you could come over for awhile
and help me-"
"That mightn't be bad idea" said
Plnkey, thoughtfully. "Sence the
country went dry don't much care
whether draw wages or not--they's
nothin' to spend money for, SO
what's the use Of workin'? II l was
over here might add few feet to
my rope and git a good little start
off Candy"
DO you see much of him?" Wallie
asked, indifferently.
"Too much" said Pinkey, shortly.
There was large increase In cop
per, the lead output doubled and the
"Wallie dropped the pan he was
turning in the oven
They're browning beautifully" he
exclaimed hastily.
you said that before. Amt II
| glttln time 10 WORK on en-
Remove your feet and I'll set the
table,"
Cant you spread a paper for a
tablecloth? | always git splinters in
my elbows when l eat off rough lum
ber"
Wallie laughed good-humoredly az
he obliged him.
That's shore great smell comm
from the oven! Let's eat, feller."
"You certainly are hungry, Pinkey
If may judge from appearances, you
are not going to be disappointed
You sit down while / put things or
the table"
Gro Be ContinueU
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1924-01-25

bad to worse. The conditions are
very severe. Help is absolutely
justified. l can only hope and
pray that it may come soon"
| Conferences with the German
Chancellor. the Food Minister and
other officials and with the district
representatives of the German
Committee now operating will then
be held.
"There Is one thing / want to
make clear" Mr.. Brown said. ut
1 is that every dollar turned over to
the Quakers by the American
Committee for Relief of German
Children will be spent for food
purchased at the lowest possible
prices, chiefly in the United States.
to prevent starvation in Germany
this winter. The American Friends
Service Committee pays all the
expenses and all overhead charges
for our workers who go to Ger
many. We have assurances that
the German Government will
meet transportation, warehousing
and insurance costs in Germany,
as in the past. The German
Government is now supplying all
the flour and sugar used, which
amounted to AZ per cent of the
$12, 100000 worth of foodstuffs we
distributed in Germany since the
Armistice
"rhe actual work of preparing
and distributing the food will be
done by German civilians sup
piled by the German Committee
without cost to our organizat ton.
But of co'irse tho work will all
be done under the direct super
vision of our group Of American
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1924-01-25
FED BY THE WORLD

Your breakfast would be a dreary
meal but for our imports of tea, COT
fee, sugar, bananas and grape fruit
from Cuba, South America, and other
foreign lands, says the Bulletin OF
the National Foreign Trade Council
Every meal you eat illustrates how
the whole world contributes to your
comfort and convenience. Your choc.
olate and vanilla ice cream sodas link
you to British West Africa, Brazil
Ecuador.
Your lemons may come from Sicily,
your olives and raisins and winter
grapes from Spain, your pineapples
from Cuba and Hawaii, your dates
from Turkey.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1924-01-25

Colonial would say If they could see
him at the moment. He did not so
much mind washing, it was easier
than digging postholes, but it was not
much of way to spend Christmas,
and he was desperately lonely. He
wished someone would come along to-
talk to.
He was SO far from the road that
there were no passersby, and no one
wanted to see him anyhow, but his
loneliness became so great as he
dwelt upon it that on the remote
chance ethat he might see someone
even in the distance he stopped wash
ing and walked to the window, where
with his elbow he rubbed spot clear
of frost.
Looking out through the loophole,
it was a white, tractless world he
gazed upon, and he might have been
in the Arctic Circle for all the signs
Of life he could discover He told
himself that he might have known
better than to hope for any
AS he squinted he suddenly pressed
his eye harder against the window.
Did he see a speck that moved or did
he imagine it? He enlarged the hole
and strained his eyes until they wat
cred. Surely, it moved-surely 1t
would be too disappointing for words
if it were only delusion.
1t did! 1t did! There was now no
mistake about it. Someone was COM
ing toward the cabin. Wallie shook
with excitement at the prospect of a
visitor. Whoever it might be, Wallie
would make him stay for dinner IL
he had to pay him by the hour for
his company. That was settled. Very
likely it was Pinkey, but today even
Boise would be welcome.
Wallie showed his Christmas dinner
in the oven and slammed the door
upon it, stocked the fire lavishly, then
fell upon the washboard and rubbed
furiously that he might be done the
sooner. At intervals he dashed to the
window, half afraid to look lest the
rider had changed his mind and gone
in another direction.
But no, he kept coming, and there
was something in the way he sat his
horse which made him think 1t was
Pinkey
And Pinkey 1t was, brilliant as a
rainbow in orange chaps, red flannel
shirt and a buckskin waistcoat. His
coat tied behind the cantle sug
gested that he either had become
/ overheated Or at only IL below zero
had not yet felt the need Of 1t. His
horse was snorting steam like loco
motive and icicles of frozen breath
were pendant from its nostrils.
Wallie stood in the door, suds tc
the elbow and his hands steaming
waiting to receive him.
His voice trembled as he greeted
him:
| Il never was so glad to see any
body in my life, Pinkey."
This is onct l know you aim
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1924-01-25
WESTERN CONVENTION
OF NATIONAL CHAMBER
SET FOR THIS MONTH

"The first western convention OF
the Chamber Of Commerce of the Uni
ted States on January 20 and 30, 1924,
at San Francisco, will be of the ut
most importance to the business inter
ests Of the Pacific Coast and Inter
mountain States" announces Henry
M. Robinson OF Los Angeles, western
vice-president Of the national organ
ization.
For the first time the II Pacific
Coast and Intermountain States are
provided with forum In which they
can thrash out questions OF vital In.
terest to themselves, questions which
at the same time are OF Importance to
the nation at large. The meeting
should prove forward step in giving
an understanding Of the western ideas
on national questions.
This will be the first meeting held
under the decentralization plan re
Gently put into effect by the nationa
chamber, and will be preceded by sim
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1924-01-25

lynn. Got anything to eat? I'm
starvin'. l been comm sence day
light"
II got something special" Waffle
replied, mysteriously. "Tie your
horse to the haystack. I'll hurry
things up little"
Pinkey returned shortly and shifted
as he entered:
ut smells good, anyhow. There's
something homelike about onions.
What you coolsin'?"
''It's secret, but you'll like 'em.
made 'em out of the cook book"
Pinkey threw his coat on the table
and the thud sounded as If 1t had a
brick rolled in 1t.
Here's something Helene sent
she made tits angel food or some
thin, reckon"
Nov wasn't that good of her!"
Wallie exclaimed, gratefully.
II can't tell till taste 1t. l
wouldn't call her much of cook
generally" He prodded the cake as
he unrolled it and commented:
Gosh, it's hard! turned my
thumb-nail back on it,"
tits frozen-thats what's the mat
ter" Wallie defended, promptly.
II think it's bum cake" declared
Pinkey, callously.
II think you don't know what
you're talking about until you try
it," Wallie retorted with asperity.
Pinkey looked at him thoughtfully
and changed the subject.
Il see you're playin' a tune on the
washboard."
Wallie replied stiffly:
Eyes, I'm doing a little laundry"
Pinkey's criticism Of the cake still!
ranked
"You amt washin' that blue shirt
aready?" Pinkey demanded, incred-
ulously. you only bought 1t Thanks
givin'."
1.-THE front of it bent like rubber
glass and l couldn't stand 1t any
longer" He added reminiscently:
There was time when wore a
fresh shirt daily"
Pinkey stared at him awe-stricken:
II wouldn't think changin' as often
as that would be healthy"
| The clothes In the dishpan on the
stove boiled over. and as Wallie
jumped for the broom-handle to poke
them under, Pinkey demanded:
Are you bilin' your flannens?"
Certainly"
"A 10-year-or boy can't git in that
suit Of underwear onct you're done
cookin' It," Pinkey explained, and
added, disgustedly: "Wallie, don't
you know nuthin'?"
Wallie looked his CONSERVATION.
"I'll know better next time," he
said, humbly
Pinkey consulted his watch and
limited:
Don't you want me to make the
bread?"
mo, have some biscuits to warm
over, we'll boil potatoes, thaw the
cake out, open some pineapples, and
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1924-01-25
For a Watch Case

A most attractive watch stand for
a girls bedside table, to keep her
sturdy Ingersoll upright in full view,
is made by covering plain, mex
pensiye stand of imitation ivory to
match the room decorations. The
little stands come in various shapes,
square, round. triangular rectangular
and with an arched top, and they
can be covered with ribbon, applied
with a very light skim of the best
liquid glue. A good-looking square
one is covered in heavy brocade rib.
bon in Sistine blue, bordered with
narrow gold metallic ribbon. A
round one has double frill of silver
edged ribbon.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1924-01-25

Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington
and Wyoming. The advisory council
for the western division OF which
Henry M. Robinson, western vice
president and president of the First
National Bank of Los Angeles, lis
chairman, follows:
Arthur s. Bent, Bent Brothers, gen
eral contractors, Los Angeles, CAL;
o. M Clark, president, ClarkWilson
Lumber Company, Portland, Ore;
Clyde G. Dawson, Dawson & Wright,
attorneys, Denver, Col; Everett G.
Grggs, president st. Paul & Tacoma
Lumber Company, Tacoma, Wash;
Dwight b. Heard, publisher and presi-
dent Dwight b. Heard Investment
Company, Phoenix, Ariz.; Paul Shoup,
vice president Southern Pacific Rail-
way Company, San Francisco, Cal,
and Paul Clagstone, as manager OF
the division.