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My Neighbor Says:

Where one cup of sour milk
and one teaspoon of soda are
called for in making a cake, one
can substitute one cup of sweet
milk and use two and one-half
to three teaspoons of baking
powder with perfect success.
1t may save you many fail
ures to know that fruit cake
mixture must be stiff enough
for the spoon to stand In it,
In washing dishes, wash them
thoroughly with soapsuds and
hot-water, after having once
rinsed them in cold water to
get the first dirt off. Then take
each dish and rinse 1t thorough
ly in very hot clean water and
stand 1t to dry in a dish drain
er. The silver, of course, must
be wiped, but china and glass
washed in this fashion and left
to drain. each piece set up sep
arately, will dry clear and clean
and thus save not only the ex-
ira labor of drying them, but
also the washing and wear of
dish towels.
If, when making brown bread,
a tablespoon of strip is added.
1t will be found that the loaves
will cut quite easily without
crumbling.
To clean blue serge, sponge
1t with strong indigo blue
water, place 1t on a board after
the water has been allowed to
evaporate and press with
warm iron.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-12-23
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-12-23
What Today Means to You
BY MARY BLAKE.
Capricorn.

The vibrations are of n doubtful
nature during the forenoon. There
after they grow steadily better, MAX
ing 1T a good day for important
efforts, especially along mechanical
or inventive lines. The aspects favor
all Wen directed human enterprise,
whether along commercial or social
lines, and the benign conditions will
inspire an attitude of encourage
ment and confidence that is essential
TO any measure of success. Today
you should experience iuwardly the
joy of living and this should con-
strain you to endearor to impart this
same happy sense to those not so
well or happily circumstanced.
y child born today will be robust
and healthy, but it will be subject TO
one serious ailment just prior to the
period of adolescence. 1t will be bold,
venturesome and energetic, and pos
sess wonderfully strong will. Its
dominant force will carry it to the
front, and its associates will look up
to it as a leader. 1t will like to be
amused. and will choose lively, viva
cious people for friends. 1t will be
both affable and lovable, and have
great love for it's family.
II today is your birthday, you have
keen insight and good ability, and
your plans seldom miscarry. You
are generous in your judgment. and
always willing to lend helping hand.
You are alert, cautious and self-con-
fident. You have many friends,
although none is accepted as such
until his or her worth has been DEM
onstrated. There is no chance of your
falling in love at first sight.
Your intuition is remarkable, and
even though you rarely do anything
of Importance without giving it care
full consideration and mature deliber-
alton. your final decision invariably
matches your original intuitive con-
ceptioN Your Judgment of those
with whom you come in contact is
nearly always confirmed by the rela-
tions that develop between You later.
In spite, however, of this great asset
and although you cannot be uncon-
scious of it, you do not belong to that
class whose chief enjoyment seems TO
consist in saying Il told you So
Well known persons born on this
date are: David NJ. Stone, journalist:
Thomas w. Evans, dentist; Hiram A.
Cutting, scientist: Charles S. Minot,
biologist: Amos r. Wells. author;
Oscar Strauss, philanthropist.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-12-23
FduOrite Recipes of
Prominent Women
Rink Tum-Didie.
ADA LEE ORME DU pUY,
Public Speaker and Writer.
BY EDNA VI. GOLDMAN.

Mrs. William Anterior Du Puy
newspaper correspondent and public
speaker, who has been active in the
cratic ranks, has devoted her life to
the cause of world peace. She &C
companied her husband to Geneva
while he was an official of the Lea que
Of Nations, and while living abroad
made a study Of international poll
tics. She is credited with having ex-
tensive knowledge of the subject.
Mrs. Du Puy was formerly national
president OF the League of American
Pen Women. One of her chief in
terests at present is the youth Of to-
day. She feels that great progress
is coming through their enlightened
and awakened thought.
Mrs. Du Puy is a chaf1ng- dish ex-
pert. One of her faverite dishes is
rink -tum- didie. -.----.-.
This dish Is of the Welsh rarebit
family, but is made with canned to-
mato soup instead of milk.
Take one pound American cheese,
one can tomato soup, good sized lump
of butter and one onion.
Heat butter in frying pan. add
minced onion: when this is tender
and brown, turn in the cheese, cut
in small bits. Stir constantly until
cheese is melted, then add the soup,
season with meat sauce and serve
on toasted crackers. This will serve
eight persons and is best as mid
night supper.
Copyright, 1924
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-12-23
How Much Silverware =?

No doubt the question OF how much
snverware your family needs has
often perpleXed you. To purchase
more than you need is obviously an
Extravaganza, while too few pieces
are sure to cause annoyance and en-
barrassment.
bs OF course, the question is largely
an individual one. 1t all depends on
how many there are in your family,
how many courses you serve in an
average meal, how often you enter
tain and whether you invite your
guests in crowds or like to gather
them ABOUT you in .foursomes."
HH For the couple just starting house
Keeping, neWlyweds perhaps, and the
Veteran housekeeper. the problem is
not the same, either; for while the
latter at least has the basic pieces,
spch as knives, forks and spoons, the
fbride. must start from the ground up.
{E:ut we are all on common ground in
ithat perhaps few of us.can afford the
{drain on the pocketbook of buying all
1.-THE pieces necessary for a complete
Eeaupment at one time. The impor-
liant thing Is to select quality of
ware and pattern which will justify
tiour making additions to the set as the
iiyears go by.
hi For the new household or family of
1.-Two adults, who are concerned pri-
marily with setting the table appro-
priately for breakfast, dinner and
luncheon, and who confine their guests
TO a maximum of four-making six in
Iiau at the tsble--an absolute minimum
MOULD require that most of the pieces
aie purchas ed in half dozens, and in
k9tude dinner forks, knives, teaspoons,
IAessert spoons, or as substitute the
II Hound bowl soup spoons; three table
japoons, sugar shell or sugar tongs
and q butter knife. Naturally this
leaves scant margin for entertaining.
Though this list cannot properly be
made to include the so-called fancy
or serving pieces, few of US realize
how much their presence Is taken for
granted in the smooth running of a
we'll served meal until we try to serve
a meal without them. Salad forks,
for instance, are almost as indispen-
sibie as teaspoons; and the orange
and grapefruit spoon is practically an
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-12-23

HOW TO SOLVE PUZZLE.
Start by filling in words you know
One letter to each white square. Words
start in numbered squares going either
across (horizontaD or up and dorm
(verticaD. Below are the keys to the
missing words. Remember, letters
when placed in the squares should
spell a word up and down or across.
CHRISTMAS STORY.
Synonyms in CAPITAL letters.
HorizontnD.
2. Noun--A boy wearing a quaint
HEAD COVERING Of red, led a group
of children down the street.
3. Noun-They were going to sing
Christmas songs before each house in
the SQUARE.
8. Eerb-They are CLOTHED like
the Christmas waits OF old England
(vertfcaD.
!. Noun-Their ANTHEMS rose
sweetly upon the frosty air.
3. Adj-Children with UNCOV-
Erred heads ran out to them with
coins.
4. verb-For every one WAS SURE
that the singers would give them to
the poor.
(Answer will follow in tomorrows
paper)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-12-23

Last mite after suppir pop put his
feet up and started to look at the
paper, terning the pages over to see
wat part he wunted to reed, and ! sed
Q G, pop.
Are you serious? pop sed
Can I see the next to the last page
pop, that's ware the Childerns Corne1
is and send them a pome and 1 WIN;
to see if its in yet. pop. l sed.
Far be it from me to keep a ere
ative artist in suspents. pop sed.
And he took the page out and gave
1t to me, saying, Part of the sporting
news is on the other side of that, but
youth will be served.
WITCH jest then ma came in saying
Willyum, l must see the wimmins
page, they're holding a recipy contest
and I sent in a recipy for scalloped
lima beens that I made up out of ny
own he'd, and if it dident get prize
l know the contest izZent bing con
Quoted honestly, / must see it immee-
ditIy, willyum.
That's the impression I ailreddH
gathered, pop sed. And he took tn
ladys page out of the paper saying
Heer 1t is, and the rest of the sporl
ing news with it. but wat can / do.
wimmin and Children ferst, that's tn
law Of the sea.
Wat sea? ma sed. And she went
out with the ladys page and my sister
Gladdis came in saying, o father.
There's nuthfng left but the ads, pop
sed.
Well that's jest wat I wunt, I hecr
there's some wonderful sales going OF
and / wunt to reed about them,
Gladdis sed.
All rite, take them, I can reed
about them later Wen the bills come
In, pop sed. And Gladdis went out
with the rest of the paper and I sed,
G WIZ pop, my pome amt in.
Well then give me back that page,
Ill reed the Childerns Corner, pop
sed.
WITCH he did
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-12-23
Hair Dressing.

These days, when the ma jority of
women go comfortably bobbed. one
almost feels that a chat on hair dress
ing IS wasted. Yet no one is bother
ing about the girl who has decided
to be different" and keep her long
hair,
If, after many trials. you cannot
make your hair look nice, cut il off.
\ shing1ed bob is bound to be becom-
ing If the ends of the hair are turned
under. for the outline is exactly that
OF hair brushed gently back and fin
ished with a small knot. But don't
cut your hair unless such a reason,
or poor health, demands it.
Hair that goes limp after washing
often does so because it has not been
properly shampooed. An oil rub a
few hours before, or a beaten egg
rubbed on the scalp an hour before,
and washing with liquid CASTLE
soap, will make the most stubborn
hair soft and fluffy and not too limp.
If the hair is very, very fine in quail
ity and not very thick, strands should
be rolled around kid curriers', just as
it dries, and the head held over heat.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-12-23
THE GUIDE POST
nv Henri and Terfius Van Dixie
Hospitality.

Because there tcds no room for them
in the iHn.-Luke iii.
There is a deep note of human
pathos in the simple narrative of the
events of the first Christmas-some =
thing infinitely affecting that moves
the heart far more profoundly than
resounding and eloquent words.
The elemental desires and relations
Of the human soul are touched; the
unutterable yearning Of the heart for
salvation; the simplicity of the great
est events; the meekness of mankind
at the best; the smallness of begin
nings with the most far-reaching
consequences.
Take this simple fact: the spiritual
King of the whole earth was born
in the straw amid the oxen and
asses.
What an emphasis that gives to
mans instructive desire to show hos
pitality,
And when we add to it Jesus teach
ing, 'Inasmuch as ye did it unto one
of these my brethren, even these
least, We did it unto me- the lesson
is complete.
Who can measure the effect of this
lesson on mans generous but often
crushed instinct to show hospitality
to his fellowmen!
How many through the centuries
have found shelter and care, fire. and
food. because the Christ-child and
his mother and the patient Joseph
were crowded that first Christmas
night out of the inn and lay in the
stable,
Unbar your heart this evening
And keep no stranger out.
Take from your souls great portal
The barrier of doubt.
To humble folk and weary
Give hearty welcoming,
Your breast shall be tomorrow
The cradle of king
Copyright, 1924
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-12-23
Offers Make Decision.
To eager youth It's vain to preach;
Experience alone can teach.

Little Joe Otter.
Rough Brother North Wind and
Jack Frost had been down from the
Far North for some time now. The
pond of Paddy the Beaver, the Smil-
ing Pool and the Laughing Brook, ex-
cepting where it ran swiftly, were
covered with ice. The Green Meadows
and the Green Forest and the Old
Pasture were deep with snow. Only
those who, like Johnny Chuck and
Nimble Heels the Jumping Mouse and
Striped Chipmunk and Bobby Coon,
were asleep in their snug homes, or,
like Paddy the Beaver and Jerry
Nuskrat, had plenty to eat close by
their houses, had nothing to worry
about Those who had to hunt for
their food were having a hard time of
it. They always do in Winter.
Little Joe Otter and his family had
little cause for worry. You know
they live on fish. But now they were
having to work as they never had
had to work before to get enough to
eat. You see they had been fishing
so long in the Smiling Pool and along
the Laughing Brook that fish were
becoming scarce. 1t was the morn
ing after the coasting party that Lit
tie Joe and Mrs. Otter went without
breakfast that the two young Offers
might eat.
My dear" said Little Joe this is
the poorest fishing I have ever known.
So much of the Laughing Brook is
frozen over that only few places
are left in which we can fish. And
we have already caught most of the
fish in those places. We have got to
do something about it
i've been thinking that very
thing" replied Mrs. Otter. shall we
take the youngsters down to the Big
River?'
II know of another brook, a big
ger brook than this, which has deep
spring holes in it and many places
where the water is swift and does not
freeze. We might go there first said
Little Joe.
is it far from here?" asked Mrs.
Otter.
Little Joe admitted that it was very
fer from there. But what of ."
said he. 1T will give the youngsters
a chance to see something of the
Great World, and that will be good
for them. When we reach that brook
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-12-23
Christmas Spirit in Candles Aglow
ny LYDIA LIE BARON WALKER.

spirit of love is still sought today
The legend assures us that wherever
even one lighted candle shines out
through h window on Christmas eve
1t guides the Christmas spirit TO That
home to dwell there throughout the
year. This beautiful idea back OF
the custom makes i it doubly at
tractive. SO let US remember to nave
lighted candles i'll our windows to-
morrow night 1t is happy thought
as well as a decorative one.
Avoid Draperics.
All draperiAs should be either taken
down from the windows where the
candles are to be lighted or else they
must be pushed far back and be
fastened securely. Also there should
be no draughts, for even gentle
breath of air will make the candles
burn unevenly and far more quickly
than they otherwise would.
CandIestickS.
No candlesticks are essential. The
end of each candle may be softened
just a trif1e over flame and then
pressed into position on the window
sill or frame. When candlesticks are
used they are featured and not used
in any haphazard way. For instance,
are frequently placed on window
stills or tables drawn close to win
dows. The light from the candles
and the graceful sticks form the
compile window decoration.
Artistic Arrangements.
There must be symmetry to have
the lighting of the windows artistic
and we'll balanced. All windows
should be treated alike, unless the
ones that are different are introduced
az motifs in a complete scheme. For
instance, a homemaker would scarce
ly have enough candelabra for
every window where several were to
be lighted. The sticks could be used
either in the first or the second story
windows. Or if there was but one
candelabrum. it could be put in the
center window where there were
three windows in a row. If there were
two candelabra they could be at each
side of central window. etc.
During the window illumination
there should be no other lights in the
rooms TO spoil the artistic effect. The
room will be sufficiently bright from
the windows.
Lights Inviting.
Candle lighted windows on Christ
mas eve are inviting. Passers- by
stop to see their friends within the
houses. cordial welcome awaits
them. Hostesses expect callers and
are prepared with Christmas cakes,
confections and hot coffee. There is
nothing approaching formality about
this hospitality but a hearty Christ
mas cheer prevails. The whole GUS
tom is appealing in its legendary sig
nificance and in its beautiful develop
ment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-12-23
WHEN WE co SHOPPING
BY MRS. HARLAND I'll. ALLEN.

everyday requirement. The pickle
fork, olive spoon, pie server and gravy
ladle are tools which are almost es-
sential to the serenity of the hostess.
AS soon as possible the ambitious
young hostess would want to add, in
half-dozen sets, dessert knives and
forks, fruit knives, bouillon, ice tea
and after dinner coffee spoons and
oyster and ice cream forks.
AS ones social responsibilities
grow, likewise the proportion Of the
budget that can go toward restock-
ing the silver chest, it is we'll that
most of the original sets of six be
increased to a dozen. Perhaps the
first increased would be teaspoons, of
which lack has been felt right
along; and tablespoons should be in
creased to six at least. The number
of single serving pieces may remain
the same.
A sensible plan is to let the silver
service grow up" with the family
adding a piece of the chosen pattern
as actual need arises, or at Christmas
time, birthdays or anniversaries that
offer a fitting occasion for such gifts
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-12-23
bEAUh IHAlS BY EDNA KENT FORBES

This puts in enoufh soft wave to
make it dress attractively for a few
days, and by that time it will hay.
acquired more body and life of its
own.
Side partings are easiest to manage.
and a knot just back Of the ears is
easy to make and becoming. To hold
heavy knot, roll a little strand Of
hair tightly and pin il close to the
head. This forms "a base to pin the
real knot TO. Use the comb to pull
the front hair softly around the ears
and over the forehead. while you hold
the ends of il back with your other
hand. A center parting is trying to
a thin face. although the most becom-
ing style of all to round or a youth
full face. And straight hair should
never be artificially waved with i
very hot iron.
I. E. M.-You can keep the callous
spots from accommodating on the soles
of your feet if you go over them occa-
sionally with a sanitary file. It will
help also if you rub the feet with oil
whenever there is an unusual dryness
of the skin.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-12-23

Not for myself snapped Mrs. OF
ter sharply. TT is the children 1 am
thinking Of
They've never been in any real
danger" said Little Joe. TT would
be a good thing for them to make a
journey on which they must watch
out all the time. 1t would teach them
how to take care of themselves"
Mrs. otter scratched her nose
thoughtfully. when do we start?''
she asked very suddenly.
Tonight replied Little Joe
promptly. "It will be moonlight to-
night. Besides, the sooner we start
the sooner We'll get good meal"
You're sure you know the .way?"
asked Mrs. Otter bit doubtfully.
"Of course" replied Little Joe. DO
you think l would propose going if l
didn't know the way?"
So it was decided that the Otter
family would start on a journey that
very night.
Copyright, 1924, by T. W. Burgess
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-12-23
Distorp of Dour Same.
By PHILIP FRANCIS NowLAN.
PINCKNEY
VAH1A TfUN-Ffnkncy.
RACIAL ORiGfN--Anelo- Norman.
SOURCE-A locality.

The event which was probably more
responsible than anything else for
the development of English family
names was the Norman invasion of
England, the complete upsetting of
the Anglo-Saxcn regime. and the in
PRODUCTION into the country of a vast
number of strangers, some of whom
settled at once on confiscated lands,
and others of whom moved from place
to place for a long time.
1t was the gathering of the Nor
man host which was the first stimulus.
Men at arms, and soldiers of all de-
scriptions who, had they stayed in
their own towns and countrysides.
could have gotten on for the rest of
their lives with a single name, had
to have some sort Of surname to dis
tinguish their Identities when lost,
first in the army of the conqueror, and
then when they scattered over the
conquered land.
Quite naturally they resorted in
large measure to references to the
places from which they had come for
their surnames. Pinkney is a family
name which developed in this fash
ion. 1t was originally de Pinquigny,"
indicating that its bearer had come
from that place (but not necessarily
that he was Of the nobility. This Is
a town in Picardy, near Amiens. In
medieval records is found a reference
to one "Ansculph de Pinchingi."
(Copyright)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-12-23
New Peter Pan Collar Is Produced
BY MARY MARSHALL.

When Maude Adams first played
Peter Pan she, aided by her costumer,
somehow attached the name of Bar
rte's hero upon type of collar so
firmly ana thoroughly that though
in the years following there may have
been women who did not know quite
whether Peter Pan was the name of
a race horse or a fairy story, they did
know just what you meant by the
Peter Pan collar. 1t was as widely
known here and in France as that
collar named for the 3uvenile hero of
a comic strip, Buster Brown.
Now back somes Peter Pan" the
play-and back comes new kind Of
collar! The new collar already has
met with that sort of flattering sue
cess that begets imitation. 1t is
round. like Its predecessor, but is
Jagged at the edges, as If 1t were
made of straight piece of cloth
slashed to fit the flare of the shout
ders.
The collar is only one of the access
series in the costume of the new Peter
Pan that seems to have inspired max
ers of women's and children's clothes.
Ever pm the alert to the trend of
current events or popular taste, they
take inspiration from Peter Pan, the
little boy who didn't want to grow
up, IS eagerly as they did from poor
old TUX -ankh- Amen year and more
ago. Apparently this Peter Pan re-
vival is meeting with more widespread
popularity than any style sugges-
tions taken from the mummified
Egyptian king.
In some of the stores collar and
cuff sets of the new Peter Pan style
are sold separately. The cuffs are
notched like the collar and the sets
are sometimes of white satin and
sometimes of sheer cotton or linen.
What is usually known as the Peter
Pan tunic has likewise been revived.
This, too, is sometimes jagged at the
hem. The essential thing is that II
laces up the front like the leathern
jenkins of one OF Robin Hoods men.
1t is sometimes in faille, sometimes
in velveteen. Most practical of all
Is sweater of knitted wool, with
long slash at the front, which laces
together like a boys high shoe. This
is worn with the Peter Pan collar
set, with or without the cuffs. The