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Evening star., 1924-12-11
Ny Neighbor Says:

When you happen to cut or
slash your table oilcioth, place
4 strip of adhesive tape under
meath and press It fiat. This has
been proven most satisfactory.
As a temporary help for a
leaky utensil. press an ordinary
woman's dress snap into the
hole. Tap 1t lightly with a ham
mer.
Put hot cookies or 7doughnuts
in a crock with the skin of an
orange or lemon. 1t gives a
very delicate flavor.
II you make your own soap
use an eggbeater to stir IT
after 1t Is all put together. 1t
will take much less time for the
stirring.
II you wish to keep a FIRE all
highland 1t is SO much more
economical to do SO than to
build a new fire every morning
open all the drafts, shake the
dre down carefully until all
the ashes are out, put on a
sprinkling Of coal, let 1t burn
up red, then bank up and leave
the drafts open just a crack.
In the morning open the drafts
until the required heat is OBJ
tained. After using the fire all
that is needed Is to shake out
the ashes as at night bank up
and close the drafts.
To remove nut meats whole
from the shell pour hot water
On the nuts and let them remain
overnight. You can crack and
remove meats in the morning.
Evening star., 1924-12-11
What Today Means to You
BY MARY BLAKE.
Sa2ittarius.

Todays planetary aspects are not
very auspicious for any important en-
terprise. BY exercising care and de-
liberation. however, a great deal of
useful work can be accomplished.
Under any and all circumstances, any
thing OF speculative or risky char
acter must be avoided. The vibra-
tfons indicate haste and there are
likely to be tendencies to be over
confident and to misjudge or miscal-
Culate. The period between noon and
sunset is the most propitious time for
the settlement of all those matters
that will brook no further delay. and
while any significant decisions
should be. If possible, eschewed. there
will be less risk in making them in
the early afternoon than at any other
time during the day.
A child born today will be excep-
tionally healthy and robust. and
plenty Of out-of-door life will develop
this tendency to a marked degree. 1t
will have an analytical mind and
carefully examine both sides of a
question before making a decision. It
will be painstaking. reliable and COM
petent, and generally successful. 1t
will love travel and good literature,
and spend much time at home in in
tellectual pursuits. It's home life will
be bright, sunny and happy.
II today is your birthday you are
Inclined to be hasty in speech and de-
cision. but you are always sorry at
once If a hasty speech wounds an
others feelings. You are great
reader, and a good talker, bright
witty and vivacious. You love finery
and luxurious surroundings. ard YOU
are very sensitive to an imp easant
environment. You are demonstrative
and constant in Sonr Iove
The one great factor that has mill
tated against your material success
is your ill-considered hastiness and
impetuosity. 1t does not palliate the
oHense to be sorry Immediately after
ward. Being sorry for committing a
murder on impulse does not save the
murderer from his just punishme mt.
Hasty speech often is the murderer of
love and affection. Regret. no matter
how sincere, often fails in resurrect-
ing that which has been so thought
1essly and uselessly slain.
Well known persons born on this
date are: George David Cummins, bis
hop, founder Of the Reformed Episco-
pal Church; Sarah H. Palfrey (E. Fox
ton), author: Benjamin s. Lyman
geologfst; Henry Morton. scientist; !;
Gerrit Smith, composer: T. Coleman
du Pont, powder manufacturer.
Copyright, 1920
Evening star., 1924-12-11

The best way / know to get away
from the too ordinary clock-on- the :
mantel-shelf arrangement is to have a
wall clock. And Of all wall clocks
the banjo is probably the most widely
admired. Designed more than 100
years ago. it. is both picturesque and
graceful, with its mahogany case,
fittings of polished brass and the lit
tie scene of Mount Vernon painted in
colors on it's glass door-an authentic
touch in the room of early American
furnishings.
And since we've banished the clock
from the mantelpiece, why not re-
move it from the living room entirely
and hang our banjo clock in the hall?
Living rooms are meant to be restful,
time-ignoring places designed for
hospitality and relaxation, not for
clock watching and schedulekeep-
ing.
Copyright, 1920
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THE PALAlS ROYAL
BARBER < ROSS

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HOW TT STARTED
Dish Covers.
BY JEAN NEWTON.

We have covers to our serving &
dishes today for the obvious purpose
of keeping hot the food that Is being
taken TO or left upon the table. But
to no such prosafc use does the dish
cover owe its existence. The original
of this article was no mere retainer
of hot vapors. 1t was a receptacle Of
grave and weighty portent, of great
er dignity even than our adaman tine
safes today. For to its keeping was
intrustsd more than the protection
of mere riches-it held the safety and
life of a. kind!
Uneasy lies the head that wears a
crown" was particularly true in the
middle ages, when crowns were the
most transient OF things. Every
throne had its pretenders and usurp-
ers, who, other methods falling, often
Evening star., 1924-12-11
Frozen Cranberries.

Pick over and wash four cupfuls
of cranberries, add one and one-half
cupfuls of boiling water and two and
one-half cupfuls Of sugar. Cook for
ten minutes, skimming during the
cooking. Rub through sieve, cool,
then pour into one-pound baking
powder cans. Pack in salt and ice,
using equal parts. and allow to stand
four hours. There should be enough
of the mixture to fill two cans.
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found 1t expedient to remove the OBJ
noxtous incumbent by poisoning him.
For a consideration, cooperation to
this end could be depended upon from
the personnel of the kitchen!
To guard against such premature
death an ingenious king conceived
the idea of dish covers. These were
always padlocked in the kitchen,
after the chef, in the presence of a
trusted official, had tasted the food,
and We're unlocked at the table by the
steward of the household, who there
partook of the contents of the dish
before any of 1t was served.
This precaution proved to be effica-
cious, and dish covers were soon
adopted by all fearful monarchs and
mobiles. And they have come down to
protect us from what we in this un-
romantic age fear more than poison
ing-indigestion.
Copyright, 1924
Evening star., 1924-12-11
Menu for = Day.

ASA~AAS - ava - Aoys
BREAKFAST.
Maple Apple Sauce
Rye Cereal with Cream
Soft Boiled Eggs
Twin Mountain Mullins
LUNCHEON.
Shrimp Chowder Crackers
Fruit Salad
Brownies Tea
Coffee.
DINNER
Hallibut au Gratin
Baked Potatoes
Stewed Tomatoes
Prune Whip Coffee.
MAPLE APPLE SAUCE.
Stew two quarts of pared and
.quartered apples in enough
water to keep them from burn
ing. When partly cooked add
one cupful of maple sirup. As
soon as the apples become soft,
sprinkle with granulated sugar
and remove from the fire. Serve
hot or cold.
BROWNIES.
To one cup of sugar add four
tablespoonfuls of melted but
ter, one egg, two ounces Of
chocolate melted over hot wa
ter, one teaspoonful of vanilla,
one-half cupfuf Of -four and
one-haIf cupful Of broken nut
meats. Line q square shallow
pan with waxed paper, turn in
the mixture. Spread evenly in
the pan and bake in a slow
oven. Cut into squares when
done.
PRUNE WHIP.
Cook until tender a cupful Of
prunes and Ave apricots. Re-
move stones, add one-half cup
ful Of sugar, cook to a pulp, and
rub through sieve. Cool. fold
in the stiffly beaten whites of
two eggs and fill dessert glasses
two-thirds full Make a custard
of the yolks of the two eggs,
two cupfuls Of milk, two table
spoonfuls OF sugar and flavor
ing to taste Fill glasses and
serve very cold.
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Royal Pudding.

Put two tablespoonfuls Of powdered
gelatin to soak in one-half cupfu1
OF milk. Have two cupfuls OF stale
sponge cake after cutting into cubes.
Put them into a good sized baking
dish and spread over with apricot
jam or marma1ade. Over this sprinkle
a glass of fruit juice.
Make custard of one and one
half cupfuls of milk. three yolks of
eggs and three tablespoonfuls of
sugar. and stir it into the dissolved
gelatin. When perfectly cold pour
over the cake. Make a meringue of
the whites of the eggs. Decorate
the top OF the pudding and brown
lightly In the oven. Set away to get
very cold before serving.
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Good Basting in Garment Making
BY LYDIA LIE BARON WALKER.

Not every housewife who does her
own sewing appreciates the value and
importance OF correct basting. II a
9arment does not set right, IL the
seams do not end together, II the
gathers are not In just the right
place, 1t may all be the fault Of poor
basting. 1t Is a bad plan to be in
auch q hurry that this part of the
sewing is neglected. One young
woman was found trying to rush a
Particularly finicky bit Of sewing by
emitting the basting. She had a
whimsical mind and appreciated that
Evening star., 1924-12-11
California Fig Syrup"

Hurry Mother! A teaspoonful Of
California Fig Syrup" now viii
sweeten the stomach and thoroughly
clean the little bowels and in few
hours you have = we'll, playful child
again. Even il cross, feverish, bill
ious. constipated or full Of cold,
children 1ove ths pleasant taste 0f
this gentls. harmless laxative +
Evening star., 1924-12-11

never cramps or ovsracts. Contains
no narcotics or soothing drugs.
Tell your druggiat you want only
the genuine "California Fig Syrup"
which has directions for babies and
children Of al sges printed on
bottle. Mother, you must say Cali
fornia." Rafuss any imita4ian.
Evening star., 1924-12-11
bEAUlY If1AlS BY EDNA KENT FORBES

fore repeating the treatment; II the
trouble continues. however, do not
use the alcohol after giving 1t the
trial of the second set of treatments.
Evening star., 1924-12-11

People of France are buying fewer
cars than in recent years and French
automobile factories are curtailing
production.
Evening star., 1924-12-11

EXACT BASTING IS NECESSARY
TO INSURE A CORRECTLY FIT
TING GARMENT OR TO MAKE
A NEAT JOB OF MANY KINDS
OF. FANCY WORK.
she was probably doing the wrong
thing, for when her mother remon-
strated she exclaimed:
Il haven't time to baste this thing
now. I'll do it when I'm through
sewing.'
Some garments give you the i'm
preston that if there ever was any
basting done on them it must have
been done the last thing.
SO important is this branch of sew
ing that occasionally there have been
classes formed to learn how to baste
The Washington times., 1924-05-24

patent.leather gloss. 1t is left
high on the forehead and the line
of demarcation between the hair
and the forehead is encircled by
a jeweled or lowered bandeau.
1t is effective on Gloria. Whether
it will be equally effective on her
many admirers who will adopt IT.
only time can tell.
X \ \
The National Male Quartet of
New York city has proved SO
popular at CrandaIl's new Tivoli
Theater that it mas been retained
for second week. This organiz4-
ton is popular with millions Of
radio fans who have picked them
out of the air from WEAF', New
York.
X X r.
First National pictures to be re
leased beginning June l, are THE
SelfMade Failure a Mcdonald
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\ X
Madame ALA Nazimova, long
absent from motion pictures, is to
return to the screen. She has
signed contract to appear in a
First National picture. Negotia'
tions between Nazimova and First
National have been going on for
some time and the actress was en-
gagged because she will be given
the opportunity of appearing in a
big role.
The name of the story will be
withheld until negotiations with
the author are completed.
"At present we can say nothing
except that Nazimova has been
engaged and that she will appear
in the work Of a celebrated foreign
authog," said Rowland.
\ X y
Mike Dohlin, once a Broadway
celebrity and former member Of
the New York Giants baseball
team, is making screen come.
back in Truart's perturbation of
THE Unknown Purple" which
opens tomorrow at Loew's Colum.
bia. Mike was very much I'm the
public eve ten years ago, both as
ball player and actor, but since
that time, he has been in compare.
tive obscurity.
80
Here II is-the last word IN
ss11olNi'' Otae of the r,,olr ~ ron
glomerate modes Of hairdressins
which have cluttered the domes OF
beauteOus damsels an through the
The Washington times., 1924-05-24

night, 1864. Booth was not .
member of our company, bur he
was a great friend Of Mr.. y. A.
Emerson, leading man Of our
stock company and he came to-
the theater often to see Emerson.
I'VE all respected Booth. be-
cause he was a good actor and
courteous; but none Of us except
Mr.. Emerson felt very friendly
toward him because he was cold, ]
taciturn. aloof and, at times,
seemed almost arrogant.
1.-THE night OF the assassination
I saw him back of the stage near
the passage 10. the boxes just
few minutes before he fird the
fatal shot and we nodded cordial
ly. A minute later / was called
on scene down front and did not
think anything of Booth being
there. I had just finished with
the words, Good evening, Mr..
Trenchard," and made my exit
in number two across the stage
from the Presidents box when I
is
turned to speak to our leading
lady, Miss. Gourley, and Mr..
Withers, leader Of the orchestra,
who were standing in three. Then
I started into my dressing room
and had taken not more than
three steps when / heard the
shot that killed the President.
Meanwhile the front scene had
been taken down and the stage
was full set.
THE shot alarmed me because
I knew there was no shooting in
our play and it sounded so close
by. Instantly there was a dead
silence-then Mrs. Lincoln's blood
curdling shrek and l turned about
just in time to see Booth appar-
emily fall upon the stage from the
Presidents box. He at once arose,
shouted Sic Semper Tyrannis,
and ran limping across the stage
directly toward me. Then I saw
that he brandished a knife, but
was too amazed TO move. He ran
into number three and, struck at
Miss Gourley and Mr.. Withers as
he passed, cutting Miss Gourley's
dress but not wounding her. His
flight and death. are history, but
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I want to say a word in behalf OF
Ned Spangler, who was charged
with being Booths accomplice.
never knew q finer boy and I'm
sure he had nothing to do with
Booths unspeakablel crime.
Mrs. Lincoln's scream turned
the house into an inferno of noise.
There will never be anything like
it on earth. The shouts, groans,
curses. smashing OF seats, screams
Of women, shutting of feet and
cries of terror created q panie-
jmonium that must have been. more
terrible to hear than that attend.
ing the assassination Of Caesar.
Through all the ages It withstand
out in my memory as the he'll Of
,heIls. -
Miss Keene with towels and
cologne was the first to, reach the
President. but of course she couid
do no good. Our entire company
was arrested but was released ily
a few hours and placed under sun
VIGILANCE of the secret service.
f.None of US, even Mr.. Emerson
could ever understand booths
act. We ascribed it to fanati
cisTn gone mad and aggravated,
possibly, by, exaggerated ego.
ITO me, Of course, because o.
his saving my brother. LincolI
was the great statesman of al
time, but as a child of the stage
love to think of him as sir
cere lover Of the drama and .
friend Of it's opponents and his
life. itself proved to be the grea
est drama of history, save alor
the life of Jesus Christ"
1t is an interesting coinciden,
that Abraham Lincoln tlIe..r
markedly vivid and gripping Pc
turization Of the life Of Lincoln.
should be presented for the fir.t
time in the National Capital IL
a theater that adjoins the stru
ture in which the great emanc
pator was assassinated and whic
stands Immediately. across Tent
street from the house in whica
he died. Abraham Lincoln,
will be shown at Crandall's Me.
ropolitan beginning tomorrow a.
ternoon, almost on the spot wheI~
the most tragic incident in the
picture occurred.
The Washington times., 1924-05-24

were all surprised and remarked
about it.
During the time 1 was a
member of the Ford Stock Com.
pany President Lincoln came to
see Junius Booth in THE Merch-
ant of Venice" J. B. Roberts in
Faust" Peter Ritchihgs in THE
Viyandiere, William Burton in
Caste Lolita in 1.-THE Seven
Sisters" Married Life" by our
company, Paul Pry" with John
K. Owens, 1.-THE Rivals" Jack
The Washington times., 1924-05-24
THAT'S WHERE
THE MONEY
GOES

Why does it cost so much money
to make a motion picture? At
times it does seem as though the
producer was spending an ex-
cessive amount of money, but
there are SO many little things
that occur behind the scenes"
as it were that thousands of dol.
lars can be expended and never
seen on the silver sheet Of the
theaters.
Let US take, for example, Ger;
tain episode in the production of
The Meanest Man in the World"
which opens weeks engagement
at Loew's Palace tomorrow. This
First National attraction con-
,tains scene in which over 700
people were drenehed to the skin
and the scene lasts but three
minutes.
Reference is made to the rain
episode in which Bert Lytell and
Blanche Sweet, both, playing the
two stellar roles of this comedy.
drama, sell the hundreds Of spec
tators at a county fair umbrellas.
Each and every person taking
part in the scene was requested
by Edward Cline, the director, to
wear good clothes. When bills
for cleaning, pressing and general
tailor work came into the bust
, ness office of the Principal Pic
lures Corporation studios, the
clerks became wild. Not a suit
or gown escaped the drenching
water and many fell Or were trip
ped into the huge mud puddles
especially created for "atmos-
phere" in the particular episode.
This is but one of the expendi.
lures in this production that is
not taken seriously by the average
motion picture fan, And, of
course the 700 or more umbrellas
had to be purchased as well.
The Washington times., 1924-05-24

was packed to the walls, there
being no fire restriction in those
days.
u saw the Presidential party
when they arrived and was near
enough to them to note how Mrs.
Lincoln was dressed. She did not
wear an evening gown, but
new spring silk dress, light gray
in color and with a black pin
head check and bonnet to match.
Ordinarily she wore an eve
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Warning To
Mr.. Coolidge

Antonio Moreno expects
to come to Washington to-
call on President Coolidge
as soon as he finishes work
on "A Story Without A
Name"
Tony, it seems, used. to
read the meter in the Cool
idge home when he was a
youngster working for the
electric company Of North
ampton, Mass. Mr.. Coolidge
at the time, was practicing
law in Northampton. Mo-
reno says a friend of his
was speaking of him recent
ly to Mrs: Coolidge, and she
said she remembered him.
Now he wishes to learn if
the President recalls his
meter reading activities.
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ming gown with a headdress of
flowers.
MRS. Lincoln was not beauti-
: full. but good looking. animated,
dignified and she had a million
dollars worth of that wonderful
thing called personality and she
would have been distinguished in
any company.
Il first met J. Wilkes Booth
at dinner given by Mr.. Ford
to our company on Christmas
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fell on our IlSnees to thank him
and there were tears in his sad
and weary eyes when he showed
us to the door. Since that / have
always adored him and my mother
never ceased to bless him.
I'VE had sacrificed more than
100000. worth OF family jewels
and heirlooms for lawyers before
we appealed to President Lincoln
and was forced to seek theatri-
cal engagement to earn a living
for mother and me. John T.
Ford, Of Ford's Theater, Washing
ton, gave me a chance and my
first appearance was with Mr..
and Mrs. Billy Florence in Dom
hey & Son." September %, 1864.
In those days 1t was the prac-
tice for established. stars to travel
from one theater to another alone,
or. in rare cases, with one or two
leading people, the theater's stock
company supplying the rest Of the
cast. The itinerant star usually
provided the' play and in some
cases the scenery, costumes and
props, but ordinarily these were
supplied by the theater.
From September %, to the
night Of the assassination, April
IA, 1865, President Lincoln at.
tended the theater as often as
affairs Of state. would permit and
/ took note Of the plays he liked
for. / was inexpressibly grateful
to him and on the nights he came
to see us, tried to be at my
best and, In so far as my OPP.
portunities admitted, / watched
every movement of the President
and his parties"
For example, 1 noticed that he
never applauded with his hands,
but he laughed heartily on
occasion and his face spoke plain.
ly Of his approval. On the other
hand, Mrs. Lincoln always at.
tested, her appreciation by clap,
ping her hands and sending ns
flowers and, like all real women,
she seemed to enjoy a good cry
when the play turned to pathos.
President and Mrs. Lincoln
never came to the, theater to-
gether except on the night of the
assassination and when they ap.
peared together that night, we
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ToM MEteAAk was cofeatured
with EsteIle Taylor. and he also
acted as technical adviser to
George Melford, who produced
the picture for Paramount.
Although Moreno has been one
Of the foremost screen figures for
several years, his role in Tiger
Love. is the first modern Spanish
part he has portrayed.
Sixteen huge trees were trans
planted on the main stage at the
Paramount Long Island studio for
the exterior scene OF an English
country estate on the outskirts Of
Bath in Monsieur. Beaucaire," the
motion picture version OF Booth
Tarkington's famous story, which
will bring Rudolph Valentino back
to the screen. The setting was the
largest and most impressive ever
constructed in the studio, and
caused as much comment as the
famous Gardens of Versailles
scene which was built in the
studio for the same picture.
n n
Camera work on King Vidor's
third GoIdwyn picture. made from
Rachael Crothers' stage success,
MARY the Third. which will
have a new title, has been com.
pleted. 3N
There are eight leading men in
the picture, namely: Ben Lyon,
William Collier, ir., William
Haines, Bobby Agnew Niles
WEIGH, James Morrison. Creighton
Hale. and Johnnie Walker.
Word from the coast States
that "He Who Gets Slapped Is
% be directed by Victor SeastrOm.
This former stage play by Molnar.
was recently bought for release
through Metro oldwyn. and there
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DANCING TOTS TO
INITIATE BIG
TIMERS

On Monday night at the Ma
tional, Miss Cora B. Shreve will
present miniature musical
revue entitled Rose Time" which
will serve to introduce the vocal
and dancing talents of host OF
WASH ngton children.
Many songs and features from
the most successful musical
revues of the present season have
been appropriate" to make
Rose Time a hit and 1t Will be
interesting to the older as well
as the younger generation OF
theatergoers to watch the efforts
of the tots to successfully dupli-
cate the re41ditions of their pro-
fessional elders.
Cecilia Cochran, whom many
will remember for her Jazz" and
other clever numbers in Miss
Shreve's productions OF past
wears, will this season assume the
lead and will endeavor to again
captivate with her version OF
Gilda Gray's famous song MT
of the "Follies,'' Its Getting
Darker on Old Broadway" and
the latest hit from plain Jane
Don't Take Your Troubles to
Bed" In the latter number she
win team up with Ruth Kreiter.
Wanda Cora Shreve will have a
prominent part in the "all-star"
cast and there are several prom
ising boys in the COMPANY" but
of course we have to give the
spotlight to the ladies. -
Miss Shreve, long recognized
as one Of the ablest dancing in
structors OF the country, has de-
veloped many stage celebrities
and each year sees one or more
of her pupils graduated to the
footlights. -