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Evening star., 1924-08-26
Cans and Containers.

The proverbial ounce Of prevention
which will eliminate possibilities of
good fruit becoming spoiled is, in the
case Of canning, reasonable judgmen,
in selecting equipment.
In fact not even a pound Of cure
nor any amount-will suffice to allevi.
ate matters one whit IL your canned
food has spoiled. You can throw II out
and that Is all.
The question Of containers is nat
urally the first one to which you must
give your attention. Glass Jars are
probably the most frequently used, and
they are suitable for dried foods as well
as for canning. In some cases. how
ever, where it is essential that the light
shall not get to the canned product II
is necessary, if You use the glass jars
that you buy green ones, or wrap each
one in a'paper. You may decide tina,
the glass Jars are too expensive and toe
inconvenient in storing and moving tc
be used for all your canned goods
However, their attractive appearance
largely compensates for these difacul.
ties.
II you decide on cans. which are
cheaper, get those with SANITARY
tops" You can get the cans, like the
jars, in varying sizes and shapes, and
you should consider these factors in re-
Evening star., 1924-08-26
HOW TT STARTED
Musicians Strike.
BY JEAN NEWTON.

Not long ago New York City was
threatened with a musicians' strike.
Was this something unique and
original? Unique, perhaps, but hard
ly original. For we have on record
a musicians strike in Rome over two
thousand years ago. And while the
modern instance was settled in terms
of hours and wages the original mu-
sicians' walkout was matter of
food,
In Livy and Ovid there is a de-
scription of a strike of musicians in
81 B. c. in Rome. The strikers, who
belonged to the guild of musicians
(tibicines) walked out because the
banquet, which was annually pro-
vided for them at tho expense of the
state was that year omitted. They
left Rome and went to Thur to
await overtures from the state.
The walkout, we learn, was most
embarrassing to tho authorities for
the sacrifices could not be carried
out without music Although wit
nesses are no longer available it is
reported that strategy was employed
in the form of generous dispensing of
wine under the influence Of which
the delinquent artists were escorted
back to Rome. However they won
their strike, the state decreeing that
they should have their banquet.
Copyright. 1924
Evening star., 1924-08-26

Where temper has with temper clashed.
You're sure of finding something smashed.
Old Mother Nature.
Reddy Fox had disappeared. For
STONE time Buster Bear waited and
waited. But he heard and saw moth
ing more of Reddy Fox. He was still
as curious as ever to know why
Reddy had been chasing his tail. But
after waiting long enough to feel
sure that further waiting was use
less, Buster made up his mind that
his curiosity would have to go un-
satisfied for that day.
1t was while he was sitting there
waiting. watching and listening that
he noticed right in front of him a
tall, big bush loaded with big, sweet
blueberries. He knew they were
sweet without tasting them. Such
big, misunderstanding berries couldn't
oe anything but sweet.
Now Buster thought that he had al
ready eaten all the berries his stom-
ach would hold. But the longer he
looked at these berries the more he
felt that he could find room for just a
few more. So when he made up his
mind that he would see no more Of
Reddy Fox he shuff1ed over to the
great berry bush and, sitting up, be-
gan to strip OF berries into his
mouth.
Now Buster had eyes only for those
delicious berries. He didn't see the
big, gray, paper castle of the wasp in
that bush. 1t was on the other side
of the bush anyway. so perhaps it is
not to be wondered at that Buster did
not see it. In stripping off the berries
he shook the branches of that big
Evening star., 1924-08-26
The Sweet Tooth.

l never could see much difference
between the person who devoured a
pound OF candy at a sitting and COM
planned of a headache the next day
and the one who consumed a quart
of whisky and groaned likewise on
the morning after. Both were salts
flying a craving for something they
believed they wanted, and did il lit
tie too much. which is what most OF
US do one time or another
A child is born with desire for
sweets. and the desire lasts through
the years until the worn-out stom-
ach refuses the burden. Then sor-
row is that child's portion, for, when
the stomach strikes, it has no rea-
son about it, but strikes against
food in general rather than candy in
particular. mo sweets" says the
doctor, "and here's your list. Stick to
that diet until we see what's going
to happen"
Yet children need sweets. They have
to have sugar to keep the health in
their bodies. 1t is hard to teach a child
moderation in the use of candy, but it
is harder still TO see him sick and suf-
fering because his sweet tooth has out
ragged the others.
Even when the candy ration is re-
duced to the piece after meals there is
trouble. There is scarcely child in a
hundred that is going to be satisfied
with the amount of sugar a careful
parent, advised by the careful doctor
allows him. He has to have more and
he's going to get it someway, somehow
Better see that he gets IL
He doesn't have to have 1t in the
form of candy and frostings. II he gets
honey spread on his bread and butter,
his appetite for sugar that day is about
satisfied. The sugar in the honey won't
burn out the fues as the candy will.
Ripe fruit is full of sugar, and there
never was child born vet that
wouldn't sing for his supper II it con-
sisted Of peaches, whose beauty alone
almost feeds his hunger, to say nothing
Evening star., 1924-08-26

I'm going to try to save some OF
the seed Of my finest garden blooms
this year and see if l cannot repro
duce them in my garden next season.
You know. it Is very difficult to get
Just the colors you want in the pack
ages OF seed from the florists. For
example, that splendid orange bronze
zinnia there, the largest and most
stunning blossom I've ever had, I am
ever SO anxious to preserve. And I
want more yellow hollyhocks next
year, too, so l want to save the
seed of the few / have.
Now here is where my seed-catch-
ers come in. You know you have to
wait until the seed is dead-ripe be-
fore it can be collected, and there is
danger that while you are not look
ing the seed may fall and be lost. SO
whenever one of these beautiful
blooms is well faded and the seed
pods are beginning to form. 1 tie one
of my little bags around it. Then
when the seeds fall they fall into the
bag and are preserved. The thin
voile gives the pods plenty of air
and sunshine to ripen them, and yet
1t holds all but the very tiniest seeds.
In the case Of oriental poppies and
petunias, whose seeds are infinitssi
NAL. l use the finest of boiling cloth
THE color Of the bag indicates the
color of the flower I wish to repro
duce. The yellow is for the holly
hooks, you see; this orange is for
the zinnias. marigolds and calendu-
las. The blue is for delphiniums.
monkshood and blue petunias. This
pink is for some of my late deep pink
hollyhocks and the pink cosmos. The
value Of the colored bags is that they
not only indicate the color of the
flower (whose color has disappeared.
of course. by the time the seeds
form), but also because the colored
bags are decorative and do not look
like monstrous worms nests, as they
would II white cloth were used.
They resemble huge bright flowers,
as it is"
Evening star., 1924-08-26
Our Children-By Angelo Patri

Of the honeyed golden sweetness that
lies under the tawny veiVety skin
When did you see the time that a child $
eyes wouldn't dance at the sight Of a
big red and gold apple? It's full OF the
very best sort of sugar and health and
beauty for the growing younESter
Raisins are the essence of sweetness,
with a dulled richness supplying. the
undertone that fingers in the memory
as treat from the gardens OF en-
shared sunshine and dew and wild
honey.
Fruit is so much lovelier to look at
and to touch and to smell than candy
and SO much less troublesome after
ward. 1t was made for the sweet tooth
of the child. Let him have 1t. Per
haps the sugarcane was made for the
more testy tongue OF the adult who
needs a bit of ferment to make his
dull soul sing. Children's souls sing
and their bodies grow best on natures
sweets They best satisfy the sweet
tooth of the youngster.
Copyright 1S94)
Evening star., 1924-08-26

Ma was taking a nap on the setting
room sofa and I went in and stood
there a vile and ma opened one eye
| saying, Wat do you want, watts
| matter?
1t certeny is hot, aint 1t, ma? l sed.
Is that wat you woke me up for!
ma sed.
l dident wake you up. ma, G wiz,
you opened your eye by yourself, !
sed.
WITCH she did. and she closed II
agen. and I kepp on standing there
| and pritty soon ma opened both eyes.
| saying, Are you still heer. for pity
sakes can't I take nap without
having a crowd erround me?
Well I wunt to tell you something,
ma, sed.
Well wat is it, for goodniss sakes,
| hurry up and get through with 1t. ma
| sed, and I sed, ! dropped some sugar
on the dining room floor.
Then pick it up agen. cant you
eileen up little sugar without max
| ing a detail report of it ferst vile I'm
| trying to take a.nap? ma Sed.
Well Ci wiz, ma, gosh, there mite
be some peeces Of glass in it, sed.
| Wat. in the sugar, how did glass
get in the sugar? ma sed, and l sed.
dropped the sugar bowl and it broke
on the floor, that's how the sugar
| happens to be there.
For land sakes, my ony decent
sugar bowl. go down and eileen up the
mess carefilly and throw it out, If
wasent so sleepy Id give you a good
| crack, ma Sed.
And she turned over on her other
! side and went to sleep agen.
| Proving it was a good ideer to
brake the news vile she was taking
| a nap.
Evening star., 1924-08-26

HE BEGAN SLAPPING AT THEM.
ear as if a red-hot needle had been
thrust into 1t put an abrupt end to
his happiness and lazy contentment.
"Ouch" yelled Buster, and clapped
big paw up to that aching ear.
Something hit him on the nose,
and it seemed as if another red hot
needle had been thrust into that.
Wow" yelled Buster, and began to
dance about. Another sharp pain In
the other ear caused him to clap a
big paw to that.
Busters small eyes began to grow
red with anger. He knew now what
had caused those sharp pains. He
knew he had been stung by wasps.
They were flying all about him. He
began ,slapping at them. All the
time he grew angrier and angrier.
He felt that they had stung him
without cause. The angrier he grew
the angrier the wasps became.
They meant to drive him away
Buster hadn't seen that home.
Had he seen 1t in the first place he
would have taken care not to disturb
it. He would have gone away
quietly. Dancing about madly and
swapping at his tormentors. he had.
without knowing it. worked around
to the side of the bush where hung
the big. gray castle. Blindly he
struck out with his paw. 1t
crashed into that big. gray castle.
knocking it down and ripping it
open. Then the air was full Of
wasps and every one was fighting
mad. Buster stood it for a moment
or two. then plunged into the
bushes and took to his heels. growl-
ing, snarling and whining.
Copyright, 1924, BY 7. W. Burseo.)
Evening star., 1924-08-26
Fauorite Recipes of
Prominent Women
Matrimony Cake
BY EDNA NJ. COLMAN.
MRS. JOHN G.. SCHAFE,R,
Wife of Member of Conxress


There was a time when 1T was ex-
Deedingly rare for congressman
wife to assume any but the social
obligations of her husbands office,
but each year finds an increasing
number of congressional wives
ouckling on secretarial harness and
establishing themselves as $3.50
partners in the job and the satisfac-
tion of the constituency in the re-
suit is great.
The very girlish and attractive
wife Of the member from the fourth
district of Wisconsin is a busy bee
who shares 16hour schedules with
her husband, as she expresses It,,
being secretary with one hand and
campaigning with the other out in
the home district. Incidentally. she
Keeps the family menage in smooth
running order and a watchtul eye on
the family hobby, which is 6-year-old
Slaughter Shirley.
Mrs. Schafer declares that she has
always been a business woman, a
statement that her obvious youth cur
tails to very few years at the most,
and has not had time to be joiner
Of clubs outside of the Congressional
and the Eastern Star. She is a mu-
sician, a product of the New Eng
land Conservatory of Music, and has
the aft1StS 8 craze TO udOOle Win
naints to a creditable degree. Beng
q good business woman does not pre-
clude being good mother, VINO is
never too busy to plan something
that will amuse her child.
OF her matrimony cake she says:
SOn pie days 1 frequently spread
finely rolled pie crust in a layer-cake
pan and cover thickly with currants
well sugared with brown sugar. Then
! fold over the edges of the crust or
make a criss-cross top and bake as
any other pie. The children like this
especially when 1 hide among the
currants a ring, a penny, a thimble
and a heart. Small individual cakes
can be made from leftover pie crust
after the big pies are finished
g.. Copyright, 1324.)
Evening star., 1924-08-26
WHEN WE co SHOPPING
BY MRS. HARLAND Fl. ALLEN.

lation to the products for which you
intend them. de-mouthed containers,
for instance. are best for putting up
whole fruits or vegetables, for they
make ii easier for you to insert the
food and to take it out without break
ing. OF course, the wide -mouthed con.
tainers facilitate washing, too.
The caps of jars may be Of glass,
porcelain or enameled metal See that
glass tops are free from hicks and that
they have evenly finished surfaces. AL
ways use rubbers that are new and
without cracks
Crooks and cartons may be used
for many pickles. jellies. jams and dried
foods which do not so readily succumb
to the attacks of bacteria as the or
dinary canned products.
You will also need granite and por-
celain-lined kettles, small sharply
pointed knife for pairing, wooden
spoons. wire spoon, silver spoons.
scales. sieve. a nutpick, colander, q
masher and some cheesecloth.
If you take pains to see that you
have all these helps to canning ac-
tually at hand before you begin the
work, you will find the process con-
siderably simplided. First look over
your old utensils and decide which ones
are in condition perfect enough to be
used in the important business at hand
then complete your supply by buying
the new utensils that you lack.
Evening star., 1924-08-26
Eroxted Ginger Nuts.

Cream four tablespoonfuls of but
ter. add half a cupful Of sugar, two
egg yolks we'll beaten, two table
spoonfuls Of milk and half a tea
spoonful of lemon extract Mix to-
gether one cupful of flour. one and
one-half teaspoonfuls of baking pow
der, one-fourth teaspoonful Of salt
and three-fourths rupful of chopped
candied ginger. Add to the other
mixture, then drop by teaspoonfuls
onto a well-oiled pan three inches
apart Bake in q moderate oven and
when cooled frost with plain white
icing and decorate with candted
,Sherries and angelica, If liked.
Evening star., 1924-08-26

WHITE KASHA SKIRT WITH
PLEATS AT EACH SIDE GIVES
ROOM FOR WALKING, BUT RE-
TAINS STRAIGHT LINES. BLOUSE
OF KASHA EMBROIDERED IN
COLORS.
would doubtless find that there was
an increasing number of skirts with
4 wider hem line. Chanel especially
has presented a wider type of skirt
though the effect is usually one of
narroWneSS.
A well liked Chanel model this
jummer consisted of a perfectly
traight narrow pleated skirt worn
With an unbelted tunic of crepe en-
Droidered in pearls in a design Of
horizontal lines and squares.
The idea with most we'll dressed
%rench women is that there are times
when a very narrow skirt is really
Evening star., 1924-08-26
What TodayMeans to You
BY MARY BLAKE.

Today's planetary aspects are good
in the forenoon. but, although not
distinctly adverse, are inclined to be
unfavorable in the afternoon and
evening. Tho conditions during the
early part of the day counsel force
full activity, and the launching of new
thought, fresh enterprise and ven
lures of a liberal but not risky
character. In the afternoon only
routine work is advised, and nothing
Of an aggressive character should be
attempted.
A child born today will enjoy ex-
ceptionally good health, although, in
its infancy, careful vigilance must
be exercised in order to guard it
against unnecessary risks Of a phys
fcal nature. This child will have a
reliable character, an affectionate dis
position and normal mentality. Ow-
ing to the facility with which it's
magnetism will attract friends, it
an early date the difference between
wheat and chat. SO that it can at all
times discriminate between good and
evil companions.
II today is your birthday. you un-
doubtedly realize that your chief
handicap in life has been, and still is,
your confessed inability to put your
thoughts into words, either spoken
or written. Your tongue is your
rudder: it steers your course through
life. 1t is also the index to your
mentality, and tells whether you are
educated or uneducated. vulgar or
refined, careful or careless, painstak-
ing or slipshod.
The art of conversation-whic is
also allied with the art of written
expression is the most important
and most neglected of all arts. These
two arts - speaking and writing -
form a very large part of the whole
of human activities, business as well
as social.
The best way to become a good
talker is to learn to have something
to say. Sound thinking must precede
sound talking. An empty mind yields
empty talk.
You will find that studying how to
talk and write we'll will improve your
mind, and once attention is concen-
trated on the subject of self-improve-
ment you will make remarkable
progress along other lines. BY di-
recting diligent attention to improve
ment OF speech and writing you will,
almost unconsciously. gravitate into
other valuable forms of self improve
I16nt.
downright, 1ezG.l
Evening star., 1924-08-26
BEDTIME STORIES
BY THORNTON
". BURGESS

bush. Right away out came some OF
the wasps to see what was going on.
OF course, they saw Buster at once
They couldn't very we'll help seeing
such a big fellow. They made UP
their minds that their castle was in
danger. They didn't hesitate a sec
ond. Straight at the big. black berry
eater they fiew.
Now Buster was at peace with all
the Great World. Naturally he is
good-natured. Never had he felt bet
ter tempered than he did just then
He was perfectly happy. for those
berries tasted just As good as they
looked. A sharp, sudden pain in one
Evening star., 1924-08-26
Bachelors Buttons.

Cream together four tablespoon
fuls of butter and six tablespoonfuls
Of sugar, add half a teaspoonfuf1 Of
rose or other fiavoring, one well beat
en- egg. and one and one-fourth cup
fuls of -four. Knead on q fioured
board for a few minutes, roll out, and
cut with a small cutter. Place on .
creased tin. sprinkle with sugar and
bake in a moderate oven until Q deli
cate brown. These may be packed in
a tin box and kept TOR several weeks.
Evening star., 1924-08-26
YOUR HOME AND YOU
Seed-Catcheu.
BY HELEN KENDALL.

Susanna sat out under her arbor,
sewing on some small pieces OF
brightly colored wolfe. Orange, pink
yellow, blue-the scraps in her lar
looked like petals of the lovely dow-
ers in her garden.
What are you making. Susanna?
asked her next-door neighbor, q
young matron like herself, who had
run across the lawn to chat for a
moment.
why, these are Seed-catchers,' -
answerd the sprightly Susanna, hold
ing up a tiny bag OF yellow yoile
drawn up by a piece of blue string
Evening star., 1924-08-26
Omelet Soume.

Beat separately the whites Of four
eggs and the yoiks Of two. Cut and
fold the whites into the yolks and add
one Tablespoonful of powdered sugar
Turn the mixture out on a shallow
tin or plate and bake il for ten or
twelve minutes. Serve imm ediately
on the dish in which it was baked.
Evening star., 1924-08-26
Western Relish.

Peel one and one-half dozen 1arEe,
ripe tomatoes and cut them very fine
Chop one large, sweet red pepper
and six large white onions and mix
with half cupful Of sugar and one
teaspoonful each of cloves, salt, Gin
namon, allspice and nutmeg. Boil
the dish until the onions are tender.
then add the vinegar and moro salt
if needed.
Evening star., 1924-08-26

:.r, m those who viewed the re-
i iate Summer exhibitions of the
n III dressmak the verdict was
1T TO US across the Atlantic that
= = .5traight. narrow silouhette with
sr,cr skirts prevailed. The effect
slenderness and straightness;
! by actual count of frocks shown
.. these leading dressmakers you
Evening star., 1924-08-26
One mother says:

one mothef says:
I discourage my children from bor-
rowing one anothers clothes. ex-
plain to them that what is becoming
at all on brunette Marion. I do not
believe 1t makes them selfish not to
lend things, and even though they
are young they already have sense
Of individuality in their dressing.
Copyright, 1924
Evening star., 1924-08-26

The added healthful qualities Of
sea air may be attributed to the fact
that sea air has more ozone than land
air.
Evening star., 1924-08-26

Mrs. Helen Sibthorp, an English
woman, who has just passed her 1o2d
birthday. has never been photo
graphed.
Evening star., 1924-08-26
A Hot Time.

Where temper has with temper clashed.
You're sure of finding something smashed
Old Mother Nature.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-26
CATCH TWO NEGROES
 AT WORK ON SAFE
Police Scouts Prevent Robbery
 And Bring In Prisoners

Auto Scouts Coggins and Mcfarland broke into the arrangements of gang of negro alleged yeggmen Thursday night when they surprised and captured two red-handed on the job in north- side store while they were attempting to force the safe.
 Christopher Simmons and Isom Longmeyer, according to the story of the arresting officers, had entered the store, rifled the cash drawer of $1.7O, eaten their fill of delicacies from the shelves and after slowing their pockets proceeded to unroll their kit and get busy with the piece de resistance" of the evening, opening the strong box.
 At this juncture the scouts arrived and while one of the officers covered the men with pistol, from the front of the store, the other entered through the rear and disarmed them. Officers state that set Of yeggman's tools were taken from fthe negroes when arrested. "
 Friday morning two other negroes, Sterling Williams and Leo Tucker, sus- pected as lookouts for the would-be safe crackers, were taken into custody by Moser and Brown, city detectives. Police are checking up on the four ne groes in connection with other recent robberies. g
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-26
LIQUOR AND AUTOS
 CAPTURED IN-RA4DS
Fifty-five Gallons And Three
 FOrds Are Taken

Fifty-five gallons of moonshine and three Fords was the sum total of three catches by federal, state and county of ficers Friday afternoon and night.
 The first was reported from Shelby county, where federal enforcement of ficers, Budkner and Fowler, with state Officers Clemons and Lyons, picked up lone occupant of five-passenger Ford and his cargo of 20 gallons of booze. Gar and cargo was confiscated and the owner placed under bond on fdeeral charge.
 Jones and Walls, deputies, reported at the county jail at 10 o'clock Friday night with 10 gallons of whisky, Ford, and two prisoners, II. J. Smith and o. H. Brown. The officers say they captured the two men and contra band after an exciting chase on the Leeds highway, after they had outrun their men and exchanged several shots.
 The third catch came into the Jeffer- son jail at almost the same hour. Cole and Lamb, deputies, were scouting on the Montgomery highway Friday night when they overlook and investigated n Ford. The car was found to- contain 20 gallons of whisky. The officers confiscated the contraband and car and jailed the two occupants, A. 0. Hamil- ton and A. J. McKinnon. Bond in this case was set at S1 ,000 each, and for H. J. Smith and 0. II. Brown at $500 each