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Evening star., 1924-03-24
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together. but our children were soon
separated from us, and we haven't
the least idea what became of them
We didn't have any winter home
We just kept moving. trying to find
place where we could get food
enough. Other Ducks were doing the
same thing. We all grew thin. The
weakest ones continued to grow
weaker still. The weaker they grew
the less food they could get, because
the stronger always crowded them
away. So many, very many, starved
to death Others became sick. This
was because they were so weak that
they couldn't throw off sickness
Because there were so many Ducks
crowded together everywhere the
sickness spread 1t was dreadful,
Peter. You have no idea how dread
full il was. And it was all because
OF those dreadful two-Iegged crea-
lures called men"
But still / don't Understand" cried
Peter. What did men have to do
with it?"
They had everything to do with
II, replied Mrs. Quack, bitterly
They were the cause of 1t all We
didn't find it out for long time, but
at last We did find out They dug
those big bitches which I told Won
had taken the places of the winding
streams that used TO be all through
that great marshy land. Those bitches
had carried away all the water from
the ponds and lakes. Taking away
the water from the land that way is
called draining. While the water had
been there that land had been of no
use to men. So they drained away
the water, because they thought that
then they could use the land"
And could they?" asked Peter.
little OF 1t, but only a little Of
it," replied Mrs. Quack. ..The most IF
IT they found of no use at all after
they had it drained. They had taken
away tho food and shelter of count
less feathered folk all for nothing"
Copyright. 1924. by T. ". Burgessl
Evening star., 1924-03-24
Fan for Every Hour of the Day
BY MARS MARSHALL.

The lawmakers seem to be COM
reting with the milIiners to devise
new and interesting ways of using
gorgeous and striking plumage. They
have further invaded the field of the
milliners and have come away with
cardenias and other artificial flowers
to use as trimmings. for their fans.
The f5Fst Of ,t; the feather G ,I,ei fans vas was
feathers mounted on the conventional
fan sticks. The single-stick feather
fan seems to be a thriving competitor
to this type of fan, and rather newer
than anything else is the fan with
four sticks, or even three.
lf you have the paradise complex,
YOU may satisfy il by carrying the
So-called imitation paradise feather
fans, which are devised from a clever
blending of marabou and ostrich.
Very pretty marabou fans are made
in screen fashion, mounted on ostrich
sticks.
To have a different fan for every
occasion of the day seems 70 be the
would be room for several OF each
variety TO suit the demands of diff
ferent frocks. For the dance there
5s nothing more liked than the single
plume fan. For the matinee one Sc
l.cts the very small stick fan of
curled ostrich. For the opera or the
ater box, ono of the large ostrich or
limitation parad disc fans would be
chosen. For an informal evening
dance one might choose one of the
new so-called domino fans-of black
satin with painted figures.
Quite as interesting as ostrich or
mara bou is pheasant, which is used
TO make charming fans. The plumage
may be left undyed, hut apparently
is more frequently dyed single tone.
More and more fans are being used
Evening star., 1924-03-24
March 10, 1918.

yesterday / dined with Mr.. Speaker
Clay. He gave US a profusion of West
India SweetmeatS and excellent wine.
but the arrangement was in bad
taste. Mrs. clay did not make her
appearance and the fault was prob
ably in the servants. ! merely Spea K
Of the arrangement of the dessert, as
we were Hospitality and handsomely
entertained. MIR. Clay gives dinners
two or three times week and always
receives his guests with hospitable
welcome
probably be decided tomorrow or next
day. My case has not yet been re-
ported upon, but if the principal case
is decided against the occupant,
think that | shall resign my seat at
the close of the session. and then
shall decline another nomination. 1
am tired of this business, and the oc-
casion will afford me good excuse
for not coming again. | have letters
from many of the principal inhab BIZ
tdntS of both counties, stating that
they will return me here if the deci-
sion is against me, and among many
others my old antagonist Gordon
Ford, Esquire, of Herkimer county,
writes very urgently that ! would
consent to become a candidate for
the 10th Congress, promising all his
influence and that of his friends. But
to this and several similar communi-
cations | have always returned "a
steady denial. The only question in
my mind is whether, in case Of an ad-
verse decision. j ought TO submit my
,lame again for the next winter. |
have reflected much on it, and as l
now feel 1 do not think the sacrifice
will be at all necessary to my stand
ing or reputation, and unless my
friends are very urgent / shall resign
my seat here, as above stated, and
let some one more anxious to partake
IN the honors and festivities of Wash
ington than I am come in my place.
TT has been cold here for several
days past, the wind coming from your
quarter"
(Note: There was a contest for the
seats of several members who were
Evening star., 1924-03-24
My Neighbor Says:

To iron mems soft collars, be-
gin at the points and press
toward the center of the back.
This will prevent the unsiGhtly
wrinkles that are usually seen
on home-laundered collars.
Put the knife in boiling water
just before cutting rich cheese
and the slices can be cut as
thick or thin as desired and
will not Crum BILE.
Never sprinkle pougee. Roll
it in u towel while wet and
iron it while it is still damp.
To make a new hole in a sew
ing machine belt, heat a hat pin
very hot and il will pierce the
belt like magic.
To cover up scratches on
walnut or fumed-oak furniture
paint the scars with Il little
iodine. then polish. Iodine also
covers up scratches on dark
woodwork.
To remove paper that has
stuck to a polished surface,
soften it with a little olive oil,
then rub with a soft cloth. The
paper will come off without
leaving n mark.
Add olive oil to putty TO keep
it from hardening.
Always put Il Turkish towel
in the bathtub before giving
baby his bath. This prevents
his slipping on the smooth sur
face of the tub.
Evening star., 1924-03-24

Pops berthday is going TO be next
week, and last mite after suppir he
was smoking to himself and ma was
darning holes out of socks, saying,
Willyum, wat do you wunt me to give
you for your berthday?
Now, that's wat j call J. sensible
question, pop sed. Let me see, I thing
nice smoking jacket would do as
well as enything elts, he sed.
But Willyum, You smoke too mutch
as 1T is without me making IL more
attracktive for you and besides if you
had smoking jacket you'd he put
ting pipes and things in the pockits
and 1t would be Il terrible smelling
thing in less than no time, ma sed.
Well you asked me Il civil question
ana gave you an honest anser, pop
But cant you think of enything
elts: ma sed. The stores are so full
Jest had to pick out a smoking jacket,
she sed.
Well, pipe rack wouldent go bad,
pop sed. If had pipe rack Id know
ware my pipes were wen | wunted
them insted of spelling my almost
perfeck disposition looking all er-
round the house for them. he sed.
Yes, and if you had pipe rack
you'd proberiy go to werk and buy
still more pipes to put in il, and the
pipes YOU have alreddy are making
the house uninhabitable for people
with 4 ordnerry sents of smell, ma
sed
o we'll, get me a nice Japanese sew
ing baskit or mother of perl froot
bowl, pop sed.
Now Willyum YOU don't need TO get
sourcastic, iZzent there enything you
can think of except pipes and things
pertaining to pipes? MA sed.
Well, there's silver handle darning
needles and reversible breast pins,
pop sed.
Now jest for that I'm not going to
ask you eny more, ma scd.
Herray. pop sed. And he got behind
the sporting page and stayed there
and ma kepp on darning holes out Of
socks.
Evening star., 1924-03-24
Orange Cream Pie.

Beat half a cupfu1 of butter to a
cream, and gradually beat in one cup
ful Of sugar. Beat four eggs without
separating the whites and yolks. Beat
in another cupful Of sugar and then
beat the whole into the butter mix
ture. Add the juice and grated rind
of one orange, one cupful of milk and
three and one-half Cupfuls of sifted
-four. sifted again with six level tea
spoonfuIs Of baking powder. Bake
in three layers. Put the layers to-
gether with orange filling and cover
the top with the sections taken from
two oranges and mixed with powdered
sugar.
Evening star., 1924-03-24
Smoked Beef a la Fromage.

Toast to delicate brown eight
slices OF bread cut into oblongs half
AN inch thick. three inches long and
two inches wide, and butter on one
side. Place on the buttcred side of
each piece a slice of smoked beef. 1t
will take about one-fourth pound of
the beef for this amount of bread.
Slice ne-eighth OF pound of Ameri-
can cheese very thin and put a slice
over each piece of beef. Toast under
a flame, or place in the oven until
the cheese is melted and slightly
brown.
Evening star., 1924-03-24
Oatmeal and Raisin Molds.

Cook one cupful of oatmeal in a
pint of boiling salt water until ten
der. Add one cupful of milk and cook
in u double boiler for half an hour
with half a cupful of sugar and Il sea
soning Of cinnamon and nutmeg. Add
half a cupful of largo raisins. They
will plump with the heat. but should
not be previously cooked. Fold in
one cupful Of whipped cream or the
whites of two eggs beaten stiff. Pour
into individual molds dipped in cold
water. Serve cold with cream or hot
with spice sauce.
Evening star., 1924-03-24
March 26. 1918.

March 26, 1918.
The question of my seat was de-
termined this morning. The principal
case Qienricks) being disposed Of
last week, the chairman of the com
mittee of elections this day moved
that the committee be discharged
from further consideration of the
other cases, in which mine was in
cluded. The motion was agreed to
by the House without division.
The other day | walked down one
of the avenues to the river. There
are five or six Of them which diYerge
from the Capitol towards the Poto-
mac. At the extremity of these ave
nues there are generally several
blocks of buildings. To one of these.
which appeared to be in ruins,
shaped my course, where l found
twenty brick houses. all in a row, in
d most beautiful situation, completely
in ruins and uninha bited. 1t seems
that these houses were erected under
the idea that the Capitol would be
located there, but as il was not they
were never finished. and now the roofs
of many have fallen in and the walls
are PROSTATE in every direction. The
spectacle indeed is a melancholy one.
Near them stands little Roman
Catholic Church, not much larger
than my office, neatly finished and
almost hidden in locust trees. | can
not learn that it was ever used.
This place is laid out on so large
a plan that there are more ruins in
it, notwithstanding It's infant state,
than almost any place on the conti-
nent. 1t has no commerce and every
body lives on the Treasury 1t has
already cost the nation many million
and SO long as the government con-
tinues here there will be no end OF
expense. l consider the location most
unfortunate for the nation, the weak
est thing perhaps that Washington
ever did. Should the seat of govern
ment ever be removed from here, as
it evidently must at some future
day, Washington will become de
serted village
.It is now cold weather; the spring
is backward. The grass begins to
look green and the trees TO bud.
Last evening Mr.. Livermore (Repre-
sentative Arthur Livermore of New
Hampshire) and I went in search OF a
linen store, but could find none. There
is an eminent portrait painter here
from Philadelphia, Mr.. Lawrence, but
no miniature painter"
Evening star., 1924-03-24
WHAT TODAY MEANS
TO YOU.
Aries.
by MARY BLAKE.


/ Todays aspects tend to activity. but
/ they are not of productive or favor
able nature. Great caution shouId he
exercised in all business matters and
especially where there is an element
OF risk or loss. There Will be danger
OF misunderstanding and deception
n child born today will have MANY
troubles to overcome, but, with IT'S
natural ability, will be successful.
II To-Day Is your birthday, your
character, although an attractive ona
| In many ways, is tinged with a
streak of doubt and melancholy. Even
in your most successful moments
when everything has come your way'
and the ordinary Individual wonj5
be elated with pride and low Won
! conjure up thousand specters and
imagine disaster where none exists.
and ultimate failure when only sue
cess stares you in the face. Not ONLY
does this attitude influence your own
actions, but you communicate il to
others, and when they enthusiastically
tell you of their triumphs, you arc
always ready and prepared to draw a
gloomy picture of the what might
be- and you unconsciously become
a ''kill-joy.'
Your disposition is very consider
ably affected by this twisted mental
attitude, which deprives you of Sc
curing unalloyed contentment and
W
TO be vivacious and bright, and try to
participate in the pleasures of your
friends. Before, however, you have
gone very far along these lines, your
own calamitous fears grip you and
Imagining of vain things" destroys a
happy atmosphere.
In both your business and home
life the constant timidity engendered
by fear of what might but probably
will never happen prevents you at
tanning that success which you other
wise would in the former, and creates
n moody atmosphere in the latter
where only happiness and sunshine
should prevail.
"Our doubts are traitors
, And make us lose the good we oft
might win
, BY fearing to attempt"
Well known persons born on this
J date are: Garrett p. Serviss, astrono-
mer and author; John H. Mckenzie,
chess champion; John w. Powell, ge-
ologist; George Francis Train, author
and flnancier; Matilda J. Gage, suf-
! fragist and reformer.
Evening star., 1924-03-24
When We Go Shopping
BY MRS. HAEIAND HI. ALLEN.

threads can be pushed apart easily
with the finger nails. you can depend
upon the silk not being strong enough
to wear perfectly at the seams; how
ever, you may avoid this difficulty
by making it up in such way that
there is not much strain upon it.
Last of all, you can know pure,
good silk by its softness to the touch,
and you will recognize a silk as hav-
ing a good body If it will snap as
you shake it. There is nothing quite
like experience in handling silks if
their good qualities almost instantly.
The best guide you can have in silk
selection is that intangible thing
called feel"
Evening star., 1924-03-24
Banaaa-Apricot Pudding.

Line a baking dish with stale cake
crumbs, or buttered bread crumbs
will do. Arrange on top of this a
layer of cooked apricots, then a layer
of sliced bananas. Repeat anc cover
the top with cake or bread crumbs.
Bake in a moderate oven for twenty
minutes, then remove and cover with
a neringue. Return to the oven to
slightly brown. GarniSh with h8lved
apricotS or candied cherries
Evening star., 1924-03-24
The Guide Post
By Henry Van Dyke
Popular Polly.

The DGy OF fool is right IN his otor,
eyeS.-Proy, kills.
Half the troubles of mankind come
from ACKNOWLEDGEMENT which is
Systematically organized with socie-
ties for it's support and newspapers
for its dissemination: ignorance which
consists less in not knowing things
than in wiI1fu1Iy ignoring the things
that are already known.
There are certain physical diseases
which would go out of existence in
ten years IL people would only re-
member what has been learned.
There are certain political and So
Evening star., 1924-03-24
Washington Pie.

Cream one-fourth Cupful of fat and
add three-fourths cupfuI of sugar and
then two eggs we'll beaten. Sift two
and one-half Leaspoonfuls of baEing
powder with one and one-half cup
fuls of -four and add it alternately
with half cupful of milk. Add half
a teaspoonful of vanilla last Bake
in two round tins and use raspberry
jam as a filling. Sift powdered sugar
over the ton
Evening star., 1924-03-24

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 d hundred years ago.
Evening star., 1924-03-24

cial plaques which are propa gated
only i'll the atmosphere of shallow
selt-confidence and vulgar thought :
lessness.
There IS "a yellow fever of litera
ture especially adapted and prepared
Tor the spread of shameless curiosit.t
incorrect information and compIacerf
lation.
Persons who fall under the inf1u-
ence OF this pest become so trium-
phantIy ignorant that they cannot
edge.
They develop d morbid thirst FOR
printed matter, and the more they
read the le6s they learn.
They are fit soil for the bacteri.
of folly and fanaticisn.
tCopyriEht, Is24.D
Evening star., 1924-03-24

Mrs. Quack. But you can't have any
idea how bad it was. No, sir. you
can't have the least idea how bad it
! was You may have been nearly
starved for a few days at a time, but
! it was that way with us all winter
| long and kept getting worse instead
of better.
You see, all the Ducks and all the
other water-loving birds who used to
live in that place where we had had
/ our winter. home for so long had &c
go TO other places where there were
water and food Now, those other
places had always had plenty of food
for those who had been in the habit
of living there. But there wasn't
food enough for these and for all the
extra ones who came crowding in.
SO it was that nobody had enough to
eat. Ii was every one for himself.
! We did nothing but hunt for food.
The stronger ones crowded away
the weaker ones. When ] think of it
il seems as if we had to fight for
every mouthful. We flew from pond
to pond, looking for place which
was not overcrowded.
! Mr.. Quack and / managed to keep
Evening star., 1924-03-24

81 don't think it's fair" pouted
Ralp's sister Mary TO her friend Betty
Cut-out Ralph doesn't practice his
violin half as much as / do my cello,
and yet here he gets d chance to
play in the string quartet and even
got to play in a wedding. and I never
play in public at ALL"
I'm sure If the boys knew how
well you play they'd want you in
their quartet" comforted Betty.
'"fhen il wouldn't be d quartet any
more Mary laughed. Il know one
or two otheragirIs who play instru-
ments too. If we could combine with
the bcys' quartet, we could have a
school orchestra"
I'm going to say omething to the
boys about it," exclaimed Betty.
Evening star., 1924-03-24

None for his own gain has he right
To cause his neighbors pain or fright.
Old Mother Nature.
Peter. did you ever go hungry
inquired Mrs. Quack.
"Of course" replied Peter, prompt
ly. DO you know OF any one who
has never gone hungry?
81 mean, have you ever gone num-
cry for long time?" explained Mrs
Quack.
II should say I have" replied Peter.
why, in the middle of winter there
have been days at a time when
had to run my legs off to find enough
food TO keep me alive"
Then you know something about
what we suffered down there in the
Sunny South this last winter" said
Evening star., 1924-03-24

Menu for Day.
BREAKFAST.
Grapefruit
Hominy with Cream.
creamed Dried Beef.
Toast. Coffee.
LUNCHEON.
Scalloped Oysters.
French Rolls.
Sliced Pineapple. Cookies.
Tea.
DINNER.
Swedish Meat Rolls. Tomato
Sauce
Drowned Potatoes.
Fried Onions. Radishes.
Coffee Chocolate Blanc-mange
CREAMED BEEF.
Cook one-fourth cup of -four in
one-fourth cup of butter: when
well blended stir in slowly two
cupfuls of milk. cook until
thick, season with one salt
spoonful Of pepper, and three
cold cooked potatoes cut into
dice, and cook over boiling
water for ten minutes: then add
one-haif glass of dried beef torn
into Shreds and cook two or
three minutes longer.
ESCALLoPED OYSTERS.
For two quarts of oysters, use
one and one-half dozen butter
crackers pounded fine and a
generous half pound of good
butter. Butter a deep pudding
IL
cracker crumbs, then layer of
oysters, pepper, a very little
salt if your oysters are fresh
and bits of butter, then another
layer of crumbs and oysters
and butter and so on until the
dish is filled. Cover the dish
with crUmbG and the remainder
of tho butter. Use plenty of
crumbs, or the oysters will be
watery and thin. Bake in a
good oven threc-fourths of an
hour.
BI.ANC-MANGE.
Heat six cupfuls of strong
black coffee in double boiler
until il reaches the boiling
point, then add one-haIf tea
spoonful OF salt. three squares
of chocolate. one cupful of sugar
and tWo-thirds cupful Of corn
starch which has been dissolved
in one-half cup of water Cook
until smooth and thick Re-
move from the fire and add one
teaspoonful OF vanilla. Pour
into q mold and allow to hard
en-. Serve surrounded with
cream which has been whipped
to n stiff froth, we'll sweetened
and favored with vanilla and
nutmeg.
Evening star., 1924-03-24

Here is the musical sister Of Ralph, the
violinist She has auburn hair. Make IL by
mixing orange in with your brown
crsyon when you color it. Her green linen
dress has tan trimming and tan hose to match.
ICopyrirht 1921
Evening star., 1924-03-24
Early Days and Ways in
Washington.
Copyright, 1924.

postmasters at the time of their cleo
ton, and Representative HubbardS
was contested among them.)
Evening star., 1924-03-24

Prices realized on Swift Il Com
pany sales of carcass beef IN Washington. u
e., FOR week ending Saturday, March - 1921
on shipments sold out, ranged from IL. % cents
TO 1900 cents per pound and averaged II 50
cents per pound. -AdYertisernent.
Evening star., 1924-01-13
Rickenbacker Told You So!

Rickenbacker models this year are equipped
with all those safety devices and conveniences
which the seasoned motorist considers ESSENTIAL
and for which, heretofore, you have paid extra
Not only the customary speedometer, ammeter,
voltmeter, pilot light. oil gauge and switch-lock
the instrument board;-
But also transmission lock, Folberth Windshield
cleaner, combination vanity and smoking case.
motor meter, motor meter WINGS motor meter lock,
shock absorbers and bumpers, both front and rear.
The open modes-Sport Phaeton and Sport Roadster
also have beveled plates glass wind wings.
All models are equipped with drum tire-covers with
lettered warning "4-Wheel Brakes, which is for
the benefit of the man behind, and which never
fails to give the Rickenbacker man right of way
This is Rickenbackers 8 Interpretation OF the term
fully equipped" as exempli6ed in these latest
models.
Here is established not only a new standard of
values, but a new code Of business ethics.
For the first time, you saw automobile in which
the customers needs and desires considered
paramount.
rules that will revolutionize sales practice.
Nothing Else to Buy" is today the exclusive slogan
of the Rickenbacker salesman-even as "4-Wheel
Brakes" was his clarion cry six months ago.
Buyers will no longer accept "fully equipped" a
car that lacks any essential for ideal driving under
any conditions of weather or traffic congestion.
Having seen the new Rickenbacker models; having
yourself experienced the wonderful performance of
the 4-Wheel Brakes the luxury of a vibrationless
motor, and the thrill of handling this carr
Having what constitutes complete equipment
according to the new Rickenbacker standard-
And when you consider that all this is included
+ in the delivered" price, you will be at q loss
to understand how it is possible to produce
much for so little money.
We hope you will see all the others before the
= Rickenbacker-for only by direct comparison can
you appreciate the amazing difference IN quality,
performance and value.
For, other shows the same startling ac-celera-
ton coupled with equally surprising de-celeration.
None other possesses 'vinn, vigor and vitality to
compare with this world-famous Rickenbacker Six.
Mono other perform so sensationaily and yet
prove as sturdy and durable in everyday hard
service.
In those qualities that lend thrill as we'll a.
luxury to motoring, this Rickenbacker Six is still
supreme.
In advanced engineering, Rickenbacker is the out
standing leader. In style, the fashion plate. In
Pride Of Ownership-unique.
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