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Evening star., 1924-04-21
December z. 1921.

II have never given you an account
of my journey from Middletown,
Conn, to Washington, D. C. 1t was
devoid of any especial incidents. l
met on the way, Col. Willett of New
York. New Haven has greatly i'm
proved since ! was last there, and our
friends spoke of our revered parents
in terms of the deepest affection.
From New London to New York we
had a very tempestuous voyage. i
met Jonathan Russell. 4 member of
Congress from Massachusetts. on
board our ship. At the City Hotel,
New York. l met many of my coll
lea agues. | dined with Mr.. Julian Lud-
low and rode out in gig with young
Ludlow into the country, and was
gratified with a view of the whole of
Manhattan Island In Philadelphia |
met Mr.. Dickinson and family, Com
modorc Chauncey and other gentle
men of distinction. Mr.. Kirkland and
myself stopped over a day at BaIti-
more.
I'VE were both of the opinion that
Baltimore is beyond all comparison
Evening star., 1924-04-21

Pop was smoking to himself and
ma was reedi Is letter from my Ant
Fanny. saying to pop, Wat do you
think, Willyum, now my sister Fanny
says they are thinking of making a
detecktive of little Herbit. insted of
some kind of literary writer like
they intended to. Fanny writes that
he shows distinct sines of detecktive
ability. ma sed.
Well well, watts he been doing, de-
tcckting water in his milk? pop sed.
! bleeve that sister of yours would be
jest stingy enuff to dilute the kids
milk. he sed.
Now Willyum, you always were
unjust to Fanny, ma sed. But lissen
to wat she writes, she writes, The
ferst simpton We noticed was Herbits
Gift for finding things in all sorts of
out of the way places, sutch as the
other day the ministers wife dropped
in to see me casually for a formal
call, and suddenly she started TO reach
Ground in rather wild way for her
hankerchiff because she wunted to
sneeZe into it being an extremely
well bred woman and not Wunting to
sneeze in the open air, but finally
she had to because she couldn't locate
the handkerchiff high or low, and
Jest as she was leeving, little Herbit
went to the umbrella stand and low
and behold he pulled her banker
chiff out of one of the umbrellas. 1t
was sheer detecktiff instinct in my
who reely has a very begrudsing dis
position, declared up and down that
he put il there himself
Marvelis. Docter Watson, pop sed.
and ma sed. who? and pop sed, Go on
with the evidents. and ma keep on
- lRft Ton iFtp 7
up 100 pages giving you diffrent
similar Examples, but ! simply must
tell you wat he did in the butcher
shop this morning. l was busy pick
ing out stake, not that j can tell
one stake from another. but / think
it gives the butcher good opinion
of YOUR Judgment. Wen suddenly l
herd Il commotion of some sort and
termed erround and hees Herbit
had picked up some womanS skert
almost to her nee. Exposing hole
in her stocking cnywares from to
> intches in diameter, and will you
tell mc how he had the instinct to
do 4 thing like that unless he has
a reel detecktive strain in him?
The butcher almost got perple in the
face trying not to laff, but it finally
came out with u roar. and he has an
unusually harty laff even for a
butcher. Then he was unrea Sonable
enuff TO be angry at Herbit because
! the woman is one of his best Gus
toners and she left without order
ing enything and wen | tried 10 ix-
plain about Herbits detecktive in
StinCt it ony seemed to make him
madder. AS | told my husbind after
werds. 7 Cont trust these people that
Ian one ninnit and get mad the
next.
Gce gods, pop sed. And he got in
back Of the sporting page and ma
finished the letter to herself and then
started to darn holes out OF socks.
Evening star., 1924-04-21
PERSONAL HEALTH SERVICE
BY WILLIAM BRADY. M. d.
Noted Physician and Author.

persist in believing that the brain
does work. knipping of the .Univer-
Slty of Hamburg, asserts that phos-
phoric acid is liberated in greater
amount in the blood when the mind
is more active, enough. he believes,
TO disturb the acid-base equilibrium,
but that is easily readjusted, he as
sureS us, by the secretion of the acid
gastric juice which is brought about
by n good meal But it would be un-
wise to draw practical differences
from knipping's theoretical concep-
tions. The only scientific conclusion
we can reach from all these obserya-
tlons is that brains do not work
My daughter. aged eighteen, is en-
pioyed as secretary in an Office where
two men smoke a great deal Three
or four times a week several other
men come to a conference there and
they all smoke and the air becomes
very heavy, and my daughter gets a
headache. Once or twice she has
been unable to eat her dinner because
the smoke had made her sick. Will
this impair her health? (Mrs. A.
A. j.
A-The poisoning is more serious
for your daughter because she is un-
accustomed to it, and it certainly
will impair her health.
Evening star., 1924-04-21
BEDTIME STORIES BY V: rHesH1e' asseass

ambled along the road that led to
Farmer Browns sugar house. 1t was
the first time Jimmy had ever been over
there.
The season for making maple syrup
and sugar was over. Farmer Brown $
BOY still slept nights in the sugar
house. Not all of the syrup and sugar
had been taken away from there yet,
and there was always the chance
that those mischievous bears might
be tempted to try to get in if no
one was there
Farmer Browns Boy stood in the
doorway. The black shadows were
just beginning to creep out across
the little clearing. Farmer Brown S
Boy caught sight of something NOV
ing. He looked sharply. las l i've
he exclaimed, ''it is Jimmy Skunk"
He moved over to sit on an old stump
that he might better watch Jimmy.
Jimmy Skunk ambled along slowly.
You know he never hurries. Every
few steps he stopped to pull over a
piece of old bark, or to dig around
under the roots of an old stump. He
was looking for fat beetles. If he
saw Farmer Browns Boy he didn't
show it, In fact, he came right over
Boy sat. The latter didn't move.
Jimmy made no sign that he knew
Farmer Browns Boy was there. He
dug around the roots almost under
the feet of Farmer Browns Boy.
Then he turned and ambled toward
the sugar house.
When he reached the open door he
didn't hesitate at all. He simply
walked right in. He walked right in
just as if he belonged there. Farmer
Browns Boy chuckled. He sat still
and waited for Jimmy to come uot.
He sat and sat and sat, but Jimmy
didn't come out
WELL" exclaimed Farmer Browns
Boy, "it looks as if Jimmy intends to
make himself at home in there!
And this is exactly what Jimmy
had already done.
Copyright. 1924. by T. W. Burgess,
Evening star., 1924-04-21
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Poor, Thoughtful, Unsel6sh Mary Means to Be
Blessing, But Is Really Bad Influence
on Neghborhood Spongers.

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Evening star., 1924-04-21

ment and privacy which the simplest
suburban cottage affords.
On certain street in n certain
large city, there is a row of houses
standing back only about eight feet
or SO from the pavement In front
of each house is a tiny space, filled in
with flagstones in some cases, in 9TH
ers containing patch of earth in
which bit of grass grows by dint
of much care and attention. These
dwellings all seemed as unhomelike e
as high stone walls until one day
there appeared III front of one of
them a group of workmen who pro-
ceeded to plant a sturdy hedge of
privet along the edge of the pavement
and on either side of the little stretch
of walk up to the front door. This
walk, which had been of cement was
removed and replaced by Irregular
f1agstones of small size.
The final touch of privacy and
charm, however, was impaired when
a beautiful iron archway, with
grilled design at the top, was installed
at the line of the hedge. 1t framed
the entrance door in it's pleasant
curve and seemed to set the house
back about ten feet farther than any
other house in the block. In the arch
swung a decorative iron lamp, with a
mellow amber glass inset, holding an
electric bulb which was lighted at
nightfall.
You would hardly believe what a
tran sformation this arch and lamp
made in the bleak facade # the
dwelling. 1t was a private home at
last; it was no longer on the street
the public property of every passerby.
Evening star., 1924-04-21
Pure White Hats for Smartness
RY MARY MARSHALL.

IL the miIlinerS had their own way
~ would have every season bring
I a vogue for colored hats. To be.
ire black hats are seldom left on
aeir hands; they are easy to sell.
he well dressed woman, especially,
I'd the woman who. will pay good
ice for a hat like black hats. But
hen black or navy blue or brown
ITS are in fashion then fewer hats
fe sold. On the other hand. if hats
{ bright or light Colors. white hats.
aigo hats or gray hats, are chosen
Il matter of fashion. then more
ats are ~pId. because they are far
IS durable than are those of darker
'slorS. The fIower-trimmed. bright
T. light hat is especially favora BILE
II brisk millinery business. Be
3uSe, crisp and Vir.lc as it may look
% begin with, ii soon becomes be
rdggled, showing signs of contact
N tn summer suns and summer show
re-
when a hat of some strong and
triking color comes into sudden
+ogue in spring then the miliinerS
ave reason to rejoice. Not infre-
.ICutly the red hat comes into Su"h
.,rominrn r.. The periWinkle hat en-
eyed such distinction three springs
so. Beige hats and henna hats have
.ome in for their S1lrG OF enthusiasm
within recent years. and hats of Ian
lin or almond grren have enjoyed
brief periods Of extreme popularity.
This spring no one color seems to
-eign supreme There is a silVery
oft green that seems to be we'll liked
ny many wCll dressed women. and
lere and there La luer rcd hat is
worn with extremely good effect.
For summer. yellow hats viii have an
air Of smartucss even if they are not
popular enough 70 become usual.
The ail-White hat. meantime. salts
Evening star., 1924-04-21
WHAT TODAY MEANS
TO YOU.
Taurus.
by MARY BLAKE.

Taurus.
Fairly good conditions prevail to-
day, and offer encouragement for
closing up satisfactorily pending mai
ters, either business or domestic,
which have been postponed from time
to time.
child born today will be vigorous,
but viii have a stubborn character.
only amenable to kindness and rem
dered even more stubborn by any dis
play Of force.
If today is your birthday, YOU have
no reason to complain Of the horos-
copic conditions under which you
were brought to light. Success has
accompanied you. and only on rare
occasions have you had 20 taste the
bitters of defeat, while the sweets of
o""omplishment have been your steady
diet.
Your business affairs have pros
pered: your domestic affairs have
caused you no worry
The chief besetting weakness in
your makeup has been, and still IS,
YOUR disregard of time-in other
words, unpunctuality. An old say
ing. and trite one. is, "Punctuality
is the courtesy of kings" 1t should
also be the bounden duty OF ordinary
individuals.
The big troubles of life are usually
met with fortitude, calmness AMI
courage The little worries are those
that cause hard feelings, worry and
petulance. Nothing disturbs a per-
sons mind more quickly than being
kept waiting beyond the appointed
time Many a business deal is ruined
by your disregard of punctuality.
many angry feelings are caused by
your failure to be ION time" This
weakness is, in n way, selfish and
thoughtless, as, in your daily round.
you forget the consideratio which
is due from you to others. The ex-
Cuses that YOU so glibly make fall
on deaf ears, as the one offended
and kept waiting has had sufficient
time, thanks to your dilatoriness, to
work up into a pitch Of resentment
and anger.
II seems a pity that you, with such
an outstanding character, remarkable
alike for its congeniality and for it's
sterling qualities, should be criticized
for discourtesy, when the fault could
be so easily remedied.
Punctuality is one of the favored
children of politeness, which is the
outward expression of courtesy.
Well known persons born on this
date are: Henry w. Shaw ("Josh
Billings"), humorist; James +. Ken
drick, clergyman and educator; John
Muir naturalist: Charles S. Bull
physician; John r. Spears. journalist
and author; Henry X. Bush Brown,
sculptor.
Evening star., 1924-04-21
The Guide Post
By Henry Van Dyke
College Students.
Is thy counselor perished -
nT;..I, s.G

Aiit&h. s.-.
Men Of privilege without power
are waste material.
Men OF enlightenment without in
f1ueRce are the poorest kind OF rub
bish.
Men of intellectual ana moral and
religious culture who are not active
forces for good in society are not
worth what it costs to produce and
Keep them
II they pass for Christians they
are guilty of obtaining respect under
fal e prteHseS.
College students are mon Of privi-
leg.
1t costs ten times as much in labor
and care and money to bring YOU
out where you are today as it, costs
to educate the average man. and a
hundred times as much as it costs
10 rear boy without any education.
This fact brings you face 10 face
with Il que tion:
Are you going to be worth your
sa't2
You have had mental training and
plenty Of inStru "tiun in various
bran hes of learning You ought to
be full of intelligence.
You have had neral discipline, and
the influences Of : DI cs,I ~ ,tr haze
been steadily brought to bear upon
you. You ought TO be full! Of Prin-
ciple.
You have had religious advantages
aud abundant inducements to choose
the better part You ought to be
full Of faith.
What ar" you going to do with
your intelligence. your principle. your
faith"
1t is your duty TO mako active use
OF them for the seasoning. the cleans
ing, the saving Of the world.
10 not be sponge
BE the salt Of the earth
Copyright. 1924 }.
Evening star., 1924-04-21
Golden Rod Eggs.

Boil three.eggs for fifteen minutes
Separate the yolks from the whites,
chop the whites very fine, and stir
them into a white sauce made of one
tablespoonful of butter, one table
spoonful of -four and a cupful of
milk. Season with salt, pepper and
paprika. Cover the bottom of a
platter with slices of toast from
which the crust has been trimmed,
Pour over the toast the sauce and
chopped whites of eggs, and then
force the yolks through potato
ricer and sprinkle over the top.
Cut two extra slices of toast into
small triangles Or points, and on
each lay sprig of parsley.
Evening star., 1924-04-21
Creamy 0melet.

Make a thick white sauce from
four tablespoonfuis of butter, four
tablespoonfuls of -four and one CUP
arate the yoiks and the whites of
four eggs Beat the yolks until
creamy, then add to the white
sauce. Beat the whites of the four
eggs until stiff. then fold them into
the mixture. Pour into a heated,
buttered frying pan, spread evenly
and let cook very slowly until firm.
Test with a knife to see whether ii
is firm. Then turn one half over the
other and roll onto a hot platter.
This makes a very tender omelet and
one that will not fall very quickly.
Evening star., 1924-04-21
Washington, December Is, 1921.

"A number of our household have
Just gone over the Assembly to Mr..
Stratford Canning's, the British Min
lstcr. He Is bachelor. 1t is a very
cold night and Mr.. Kirkland and l de-
clded TO content ourselves at home
Mr. De Neuvfllc commences his par
ties tomorrow night. and they are al
ways charming. 1t is rather early to
ueslh the round Of gayety and dissi-
patton. Colonel Wool, his wife and
ster have taken rooms in this house
today: 1t is pleasant addition, as
Mrs. Wool is an old friend of mine.
Yesterday We attended the funeral
services of Colonel Trimblc (Senator
William A. Trimble of Kentucky.
he was quite a young man and Sus-
tanned an excellent character in life.
The funeral solemnitieS were inter-.
esting, and as he had been a soldier
he was buried with full military hon
ors. AT the grave three volIies were
fired by the soldiers"
Evening star., 1924-04-21
Menu for a Day.
BREAKFAST
IL, N.I.l,S

- NA--h - 4 .Nf'A
ORANGES.
Dry Cereal with Cream
Ham Omelet
Wdfflcs. Maple Sirup. Coffee.
LUNCHEON
Tomato Bouillon with Barley.
Toast.
Crab Meat Salad.
French Fried Potatoes.
Orange ShortCakc. Tea,
DINNER
Celery Soup.
5roilcd BeefSt eak.
belmpuiCo Potatoes.
CrcaIned Caulillower.
Buttered Asparagus Tips.
CoCoanut Custard Pie. Coffee.
HAM OMELET
Beat four eggs very light. the
whites to stiff frOth. the yolks
to Il thick batter; add 10 the
yolks four tablcSpoOnfuiS OF
milk. pepper and salt and half
a cup of cooked chopped ham.
Add the whites last Put a
piece of butter half the size of
an egg in the frying pan. be
careful not to scorch. and when
IT is sizzling turn in the egg
and cook on the back of the
stove until done. Fold over
and SerV"
ORANGE SH0RTCAKE
Remove the skin aud bitter
white covering of three oranges.
slice lengthwise, rejecting
seeds and tough center. Add
the juice of half lemon and
Sweeten to taste, then set
aside. About a half hour be
fore serving sift two cups of
flower. three tablespoonfulS of
sugar. one tablespoonful of
baking powder Work in quar-
cup of milk, mix to soft
tered cake pan and bake.
until stiff, add quarter cup of
When the shortcake is done,
turn into n pudding dish, cover
with the oranges and pile on
whipped cream.
DELMONICO POTATOES
Seven cold boiled potatoes.
ha'f-pound of cheese, one pint
of hot white sauce, few
cracker crumbs and seasoning.
Dice the potatoes and put in
layers slice or CRATE the cheese,
pour the white sauce over all.
Put crumbs on top, sprinkle
with salt and pepper and dot
with butter. Bake in hot
oven unit! brown on top-a bout
a half hour.
Evening star., 1924-04-21
Your Home and
You
Making City House Intimate.
by HELEN KENDALL.

1t sometimes seem very difficult to
give the narrow house in a city block,
with its severe front elevation and
nearness to the. street, an air of
and intimacy. Especial
ly in blocks where all the houses are
practically alike, it is hard to achieve
the effect of privacy and individual
ity. Sometimes this is attempted by
an unusual window treatment, by the
addition of flower boxes. decorative
evergreens, and shining knockers: but
when the house entrance opens di-
rectly upon the sidewalk, 1T is indeed
hard to obtain that feeling OF retire
Evening star., 1924-04-21

when the weather was bitter cold Jimmy
spent the time sleeping. 1t was very
warm and comfortable down in Jimmys
house, for the whole family spent the
winter together. They kept each other
warm.
On mild days Jimmy would sometimes
come out and prowl around a little.
Sometimes he got something to eat, and
sometimes he didn't. If he did he was
thankful. If he didn't he didn't much
care. You see, he was very fat when win
ter began. So he took what he coud
get, and when be couldn't get anything
he slept.
But with the arrival of sweet Mistress
Spring Jimmy became filled with de-
sire to get more exercise and to see what
was going on. Also his appetite returned.
SO on moonlit nights Jimmy did "A lot
of wandering about Sometimes he
wandered about during the day also. 1t
happened that he took it into his head
10 go over in the Green Forest He
Evening star., 1924-04-21
Early Days and Ways in
Washington.

the most splendid city in America
and impresses the stranger with the
highest opinion of the public spirit
and munificence of her citizens Her
churches. public fountains, monu-
ihehts, etc. are grand and ma gn'f-
cent the Roman Catholic Cathedral
the most beautiful building that
ever saw. A painting of the descent
Of. the Saviour from the cross i'm
pressed me with awe. The monument
70 washington is in great state of
iorWardness, was about one hundred
ana sixty feet high. In the Museum
L saw Peales Court of Death. a SOL
emn and grand painting.
Evening star., 1924-04-21
Henry, the Spy.

When Henry Robinson was very
tiny boy, people used to tell all sorts
or secrets in front of him, because, as
they'd say, Henry is too little to
know what we're talking about"
When Henry got bigger, he learned
that If you don't pay any attention to
people when they talk, they just think
you don't know what it's all about.
One day Betty Cut-out and Alice
Cut-up and some other girls were
whispering in corner. Say, Henry"
said Billy, you go over there and
find out what the secret is
Henry wandered over and when
Alice cried Make Henry go away"
Betty cried "Oh, he's too little to
know what we're talking about"
Then after Henry had listened with
both his ears awhile, he ran back TO
Billy and repeated the words he had
heard: May Fetc, costumes, May
Queen"
Sly little Henry hns red hair. Color
his sweater blue.
fCOpyright. 1924
Evening star., 1924-04-21
Jimmy Skunk Makes Himself
at Home.
The independent feel at home
Wherever they may chance 10 roam
Jimmy skunk

The feeling of spriSg was in the air.
Jimmy Skunk felt it. He was glad that
the winter was over. Not that he mad
had an uncomfortable winter AS a mat
ter of fact ne had been very comfortable,
indeed Jimmy Skunk is one of those
who know how to make the best of
things and never worries about the
weather When the snow was deep and
Evening star., 1924-04-21
Eggs in Muffin Tins.

Take your small muffin tins. put
into each compartment a small piece
of butter, a pinch Of fine bread
crumbs. little chopped parsley, a
little chopped onion and salt and
pepper to taste. Then break one
egg gently into each compartment,
place in slow oven and let stand
until set. Serve piping hot with
French toast or plain toast.
Evening star., 1924-04-21

Letters written during the
presidency of James Monroe
by Representative Thomas Hill
Hubbard of New York. These
letters, addressed to Mrs. Hub
bard, picture social and politi-
cal life in the National Capital
of a hundred years ago.
Evening star., 1924-04-21

fies the milliner's most exacting de-
mandS as to fragility. Yet it Is
second only to all-black in innate
sln9FtnsS-. The sketch shows Il
white hat of particular distinction.
1t is of straw with pure white COG
feathers falling from the crown.
tCopyriEht 1924
Evening star., 1924-04-21
Missed Her Share.

From London Opinion.
IT'S wonderful how the Egyptiar
influence has spread over the coun-
try"
We'll, it hasn't spread much over
Evening star., 1924-04-21

Prices realized on Swift 4 Company
sales of carcass beef in Washington, u. g..
for week ending Saturday, April 10. 1924,
on shipments sold out, ranged from Is. 90 cents
to 1850 cents per pound and averaged 1918
cents Der pound. =
Evening star., 1924-04-21

tCopyright. 1924. }
Evening star., 1924-04-21

Copyright, 1924