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Evening star., 1924-01-21
Supply Our Perfumes.

Fortune and flower fragrance are
indissolubiy associated. And yet it
Is not 10 the flower garden but to the
animal Kingdom that perfume
mahers go tor the scents 1t is sand
that IN all the flower kingdom there
are only six flowers that chemists
aoh GO cau on to hep maze perfume.
ne q are tho rose, tubcrose, jasmine,
1nnqutl, vioict and orange blossoms
lhc rest furnished only odors that
can be initiated in perfurnery Iabora-
tories. Nothing In lilac perfume for
instance. comes from lilacs. 1t is All
ar Iflcial.
The much maligncd musk" is an
essential ingredient of almost all
perfumes. Without musk there
would be no perfume, for it is the
substance that holds all the others
together and imparts permanence to
the more hCkle vegetable Odors. The
odor or musk is the most endurjug e
IN the world. Musk is derived from
the musk deer, = little animal about
TIVE wtnty-two inches high and three
iect long, that inhabitS Central Asia
Three thousand pounds of musk are
SGld annually, and every ounce iS
worth its weight in gold
Clvet Is another animal perfume
obtained from the glands of the
oivet cat, native Of Asia and Africa.
THIS Is one Of the most valuable. in =
gradients for the making Of prr-
fumes. Recently $4,000 worth of
this article reached this country.
paCk in followed bullock horns.
the method of transportation In use
since the days Of Solomon.
Evening star., 1924-01-21
My Neighbor Says:

A lump of sugar will prevent
any unpleasant odor which
arises from the water in which
placed.
When mixing mustard add a
saltspoonful of salt. the same
quantity Of moist sugar, and
mix with boiling water. Mus
tard prepared this way will
keep moist much longer than
usual and have a better taste.
lf you want your kerosene
lamps to give good light, the
Wicks should be changed every
three months at least. The old
wicks, IL cut into two-inch
lengths and stored In a tin.
make excellent firolighters.
A slice of bread in the
doughnut box will keep your
doughnuts soft and light.
Successful cakes are baked in
the middle Of the oven, the
shelf being placed about four
inches from the bottom.
The rattling Of coal being
shoyeled into a furnace is al
ways a source of ANNOYANCE
TO a person who is seriously
ill. To prevent this get n
number Of large paper bags,
Till them with coal. using 4
small shovel. and pile them on
the cellar floor. When the fur
mace needs replenishing lay one
or more bags on the fire, and as
the bag burns the coal will fall
gently into place without noise.
Evening star., 1924-01-21
Careless Shampooing
Spoils the Hair

Soap should be used very care
| fully, If you want to keep your
/ hair looking it's best Many soaps
and prepared shampoos contain
/ too much free alkali. This dries
the scalp. makes the hair brittle.
and ruins II.
The best thing for steady use is
| Mulsifled cocoanut oil shampoo,
| which is pure and greaseless. and
Is better than anything else you
can use.
TWO or three teaspoonfuls is
sufficient to cleanse the hair and
scalp thoroughly Simply moisten
| the hair with water and rub 1t in.
| 1t makes an abundance of rich,
creamy Iather. which rinses out
easily, removing every particle of
dust, dirt, dandruff and excess
| oil. The hair dries quickly and
evenly. and 1t leaves the scalp
| soft, and the hair fine and silky,
bright, 1ustrous, fluffy. wavy,
and easy to manage.
You can get Mulsified cecoanut
oil shampoo at any drug store
1t is inexpensive, and a few
ounces will supply every member
Of the family for months.-Ad-
veftisement. 49,. .--
Evening star., 1924-01-21
WHAT TODAY MEANS
TO YOU
Capricorn,
BY Mary Blake.

Until 1870 the aspects are favorable
for all kinds of work After that hour
conditions change and arc inauspicIous.
BE cautious. especially in promises.
agreements or contracts, and be dis
Greet in conversation.
\ child born today will be quiet
and extremely imaginative, and
should be reared with sympathetic
appreciation.
People born today are character
lied by the inordlnate amount OF
troubl" they Will take to avoid work.
IN fact, The energy they will some
tunes "Xnend In lodging simple tasks
would curry them 4 long distance
toward their goal.
IF today is your birthday you
would do well to cultivate your will
poWtr Take stock Of your mental
numerous talents and stick to IL,
IN the face Of the direst misfortune
Your choice will not be an easy one
for you are gifted by nature in many
ways.
You have, to begin with, a natural
talent of administration This
faculty you. OF course, will always be
tempted to abuse by making others
BESIDES. you are clever enough not TO
be caught at il. But in the end you
will even neglect your camnufage,
and, once exposed, you will lay the
blame To an ungratefuI world.
Your talent Of deception Is only
hinted by your Incidence. You would
make an excellent diplomat II you
ch"se-or, in freer sense Of the
word. successful salesman.
You nave Il SENSE for the dramatic
things in life, and new and startling
things will waylay your interest
until you tire of them. You are also
somewhat nf Il nomad. and could
tasily spend the latter half Of Your
life travelling, looking for new ad-
ventures. Particularly is this true Of
travel by water.
Well, known persons born on this
date are: Helen II. Gardner, author;
Thomas j. (StoneWalD Jackson
noted Confederate general: John 9
Breckinridge, Confederate secretary
or war; Daniel e.. McCallum, en-
gineer: Horace WciN, "A discoyerer Of
anesthesia; Horace Binney, Jr, lawyer
Copyright. laa3l
Evening star., 1924-01-21
Popcorn Croauets.

These call for one and one-half
cupfuls of finely rolled or chopped
popcorn, two cupfuls OF thick white
sauce and ono we'll beaten egg, with
salt, pepper and paprika to taste.
Cook together until thick, then pour
into n fat dish to cool. Form into
croquets. roll in we'll beaten egg, then
in fine bread crumbs or rolled pop
corn and fry IN deep boiling fat.
Serve as a meat substitute with to-
mato sauce or with meat in place
of potatoes
Evening star., 1924-01-21
When We Go Shopping
III
BY MRS. HAnLAND III. ALLEN.

beaver.
The other principal animal pro
t dqct used in perfume is ambergri.
sperm whale. and, like musk. has Il
very disaErecablc odor In its undilut-
cd strength, hut it is perhaps H.
most indispensable raw material usrd
by high grad" perfume manufac-
turers. J. is found foatfnl nu ~.
surface of tn" SEA in warm cliroate.
The pieces floating in the ocean
sometimes weigh from 50 t. sa5
pounds, and "" Ucca eSionaIIy read u,
the paper pf some skipper making hfa
fortune by picking up u mysterious
gray mass that turns ont 10 H.
wondered what any one wanted win
this Stran"e ''WsX.' hrf r~--. con
petitive hiddirt' hv riv.-I r,r.-r.r,oere g.
so keen that agents scour the rna 2 =
this material, which they disnoen
for huge prices.
Evening star., 1924-01-21

Me and pop and ma was taking a
wawk last mite and we started to go
past the berd and fish store, ma say
ing, o look i'll this window, Willyum,
my. l love canary herds.
Terkey is my favorite. pop sed. You
cant beet tender young terkey. he
sed
Now Willyum. how can you make
jokes about suteh sweet little herds?
ma sed. l wunt one. she sed
Wat, this is getting serious, non
sed' and ma sed. They sing. too. don't
You see that sine. II says, Every bcrd
a SongSter.
1t would be jest our luck TO get a
berd that hadent red the sine, pop sed.
And enyway it's bad enuff to have a
radio il the house without importing
"A canary TO wissle ii lot of oil music
at all hours Of the day and mite.
never herd one Yet that could sing
an original tune. he Sed.
You iXpeCt too mutch. that's watts u
matter with YOU, ma sed.
Ana We kepp on waWking, ma say
Ing. ! think you'd soon get used TO a
canary II we had one.
Id han to, that's the trubble, you
cant chuck a canary out of the house
without having the Sissiety of Pre-
ventton of Cr"olty to Animals down
on you. pop sed, herd Of man
'il'tt Eot a. Sttl III jan On beru Sctu
and waiter for kicking a canary, he
Sed.
9, you're not half as hard harted as
you try 10 make yourself out, ma sed.
And enyway | passed that store this
afternoon and l went in and bawt one
and they're going to send ii up in tho
morning, she sed.
Tce gods, pop sed.
O its all rite, the man garanteed IL
will sing. ma sed
That's what I'm afraid of, pop sed.
And we kepp on wawking.
Evening star., 1924-01-21
Wedding Gowns and Dance Frocks
by ANNE RITTENHOUsE.

When is bridal train not a bridal
train?
When it's used as a scarf wrap
afterward.
1t was n clever dressmaker who
worked out this little problem in
economy for one OF the winter brides
Il don't want to spend a lot of
money on :; wedding gown that can
never be worn afterward. except
perhaps 10y my great-grandchildren
when they go looking through old
trunks in the attic to find something
amusing to wear to masquerades.
want u gown that | can wear to
dances attcrward. Ia like a train,
OF Course-but the train could never
be used again"
The drcSsmal<rr pondered n min
ute or tw" and then hit upon the
Sdea of making this clever wedding
Cir.s short enough and light enough
and usual enough To he used as IA
Cance frock, with y train OF white
Charm,use tmhroldered with silver
thread and lined with chiffon that
could Very easily hc slipped of and
lS"d ~ a scarf wrap.
The materials chosen hy fashion
able winter briGcS for their wedding
gowns are uumcrouS-iVory moire,
chiffon velvet. ivory SHtill--Chost n by
Gloria Gould wh"n snc became Mrs
Tisr op--satiu rrru" silver lame
beaded chiffon, silver hrocade. geor-
pette. either plain or beaded. and
lacs n--dcrr cream. pure white or
eN"n silver
For the wedding frock that is TO
To- used later FIR I dance frock. satin
crepe, moire. beaded chiffon or geor-
Ig,.tte would b, 4 better selection than
me more stately ivory satin or sill
vcr lame. Th" frock in the sketch
with tha d"tacha BILE train is made
Of georGett" embroidered in silver
thread. which i rather smarter than
beaded Ge1rGett".
t"cpyriSht, 1921
Evening star., 1924-01-21
Little.

II isn't right to keep telling chill
dren how little they are. in the first
place they do not like il and in the
second place it is not true
Children are not little at all. They
are children, of course, and, therefore,
on Il smaller scale than adults. But
that does not make them little They
are really big when YOU measure
their work III proportion TO their
strength and experience Yet peo-
pie love to call them little"
Now, close your little eyes and go
10 sleep" What makes q person so
silly rs to call 4 childs eyes little
eyes that have the whole day through
taken in the vision of the world as it
passed by his door, letting not a
single bit of it pass unheeded or un-
recorded. What is little about them =?
Llye me your little hand" says the
Inc hand that has touched and ex-
plored everything that came within
1ts reach and recorded the investiga-
tlon against that day when it should
"lutched and held the child to his
search, Illuminating and pointing the
way. \ childs hand little?
T nc Hoid & your little ., head still until
get your nat on. My. my. His
little head. The head holds a mind
50 keen. so alert that the flicker of
= sunbeam across the floor is caught
and interpreted and flied away for the
MORROW; is filled with dreams and
visions and memories: The head car
Ties intelligence as : king might
carry his crown, nobly and with
majesty. What is little about a
Ghild's head?
Nothing: And the mischief of it is
that constantly telling n child how
little he is tends to make him accept
his ltttleness as a fact and to make
him act accordingly. His little hand
cannot do. and his little head cannot
plan. Constant helittling has it's ef-
feet, and the little child does in the
little fashion. 1t is not fair.
Send the little" idea into limbo
Evening star., 1924-01-21

The ice carnival was not to begin
till noon. but Betty and Billy Cut
out had their skates on long before
the appointed time. Betty noticed a
very tiny girl who skatcd with most
graceful twirls and twists. once
when she came near. Betty smiled at
her.
Won't you and your brother skate
with me?' asked the little skater
who looked like an ice fairy.
'Oh, yes Betty answered, but
we can't skate like you do"
''Of course not" laughed tho little
girl. Il have lived on the ice all
my life"
Betty puzzled a lot over this last
remark. What is your name?" she
finally asked.
Wait and find out this afternoon"
beamed the new playmate.
The skating girl is going TO win great
applause at her next appearance. Her
sweater You see above is bright blue are
also her cap aud hose. Her skirt is gray.
Copyright, 1924
Evening star., 1924-01-21

hC was still safe, and that meant
everything.
My, such temper as Yowler did
have. He would spit and snarl as he
batted that old can about. Now and
then he would stop and glare at that
old can. trying to think Of some way
of getting that Mouse out. Then,
failing to think OF L way, he would
give way to his temper again and
send the old can flying. BY this
time he knew that he had made a
mistake, a. great mistake IN losing
his patience in the first place. He
knew tina There was no way OF get
ting that Mouse unless he came out
Of that can of his own accord. II
was tantalizing to have him right
under his very nose, yet not be able
to get him. It was provoking.
Copyright, 1924, by T. W. Burgess}
Evening star., 1924-01-21
lS;2OurCh1arxn
~@<I A8BfbRht'i A8B

! along with the fixed kindergarten
smile. Neither of them has any
place where children are to be
taught. People aren't born again and
it's an artificial, conventional bit of
hypocrisy that deceiveS no child,
while 1t annoys all thoughtful chill
dren, which is to say, all intelligent
children.
Terming them little" in any sense
is a form Of cajolery that never mis-
leads them. They quite understand
what You are up to and play accord
ingly. Say little" and they'll be
little Give them ii toothy smile and
they'll return 1t twenty six fold.
Children are digniticd and in the
main honest. They are not little in
the true sense of littleness.
I'm just as big for me-" he said,
''As you are big for you
! Copyright, 19243
Evening star., 1924-01-21
Pineapple and Mint Salad.

Arrange slic" Of canned pinrar-
pie on some tender lettuce leave
and sprinkle thickIy with chorpe,
mint. Then scatter som" finely chop
ped candisd cherries over the mir:
le aveS and :scry" the salad VII
French dressing made with orange or
lemon iuice, IN plac" Of vinegar \
teaspoonful of chopped mint may t.,
added 10 the Dire sin2 ii liked.
in the same way. make Il dcIjrjo.
salad. the mint bringing out the H. :
Vur Of the pears.
Evening star., 1924-01-21
History in Slogans.

From the New York Times.
Here. for example. is a quarter of {
century of history in a few words:
Gross of gold"
"Full dinner pail"
"Cuba libre."
"Remember the Maine. :"
"My policies"
"The big stick.
"Watchful waiting"
"Over the top"
Make the world safe for democ.
racy."
Evening star., 1924-01-21
Chocolate Patty-Pan Cakes.

Beat to Il cream one-fourth cupful
of butter and one cUpful Of sugar.
Add half Il cupful of sweet milk and
one egg. we'll beaten. Sift together
one and one-half cupfuls Of -four and
one heaping teaspoonful of baking
powder and add to the butter, sugar
and milk mixture. Add also one
eighth OF Il cake OF unsweetened
chocolate, beating well. then pour
into pattypans and bake. If liked,
frost. and cover with finely chopped
nut meats.
Evening star., 1924-01-21
Bread Custard.

Cut some slices of well buttered
bread into small hearts or rounds.
Put into a glass baking dish a Gus
tard OF two eggs. one pint OF hot
milk, three tablespoonfuls of sugar,
g. grating of nutmeg or vanilla and
a little salt. Float the rounds of
buttered bread on top, pressing them
down a little to- moisten. Sprinkle
with 4 little mixed sugar and nut
meg. set the dish in another dish con-
tanning hot water and bake in good
oven until brown and finn
Evening star., 1924-01-21
BEDTIME STORIES sg B. 1ss::::s ss:::::

knocked about by Yowier You soc.
Yowler was so much bigger and
stronger than Gray Fox that he
knocked that can harder and farther.
Poor Danny Meadow Mouse He
was rolled over and over until he
was dizzy. He was thrown from one
end Of that can to the other until
he had no breath left. He was
bruised and sore from his nose to
the roots of his little, short tail. But
Evening star., 1924-01-21
Frosted Crackers.

Ordinary soda crackers or tea bis
cults are good frosted with chocolate.
Melt two squares OF chocolate, rub in
one Cupful of sugar. add slowly
while stirring half a cupful OF hot
water, and boil until il is so thick
that 1t will fall in heavy, Jelly lik Q
splashes from the spoon. Remove
from the fire and beat vigorously for
a. minute. Spread on the crack ers
generously and allow to dry. This
dozen crackers.
Evening star., 1924-01-21
Enter Colors of Rainbow.
By Nyvyan.

This is an early spring model that
gets away from the c!oChe. II is
OF finely pleatod silk. with an up
standing cuff, scalloped and pointed
at the sides.
This model is also brought out in
brick and tanEcrinc shades.
The new spring models show some
delightful colors and get rcfreShingly
away from the wood shades and the
navy and til" black that have been
80 popular all winter.
Evening star., 1924-01-21
A Bit of Bribery.

From the Delineator.
Grace-Oh! Stealing jam: Tn
going to tell mama!
Freddy-Wouldn't you rather have
iaIr1o
Evening star., 1924-01-21

Prices realized on Swift 4 Conn
uanE sales Of carcass beef il WastiHgt0u
u. =, for week endIn: SATURDAY January ~
1874. On shipments sold out, ranged from 10 30
cents 10 $500 cents per pound and averaged
lJ.O3 cents per pouad.--Advertisem
Evening star., 1924-01-21
For Relaxation.

one Mother Says:
High-strung children who have
played too hard should practice a
three minute relaxation drill. Have
them lie Nat on their backs on the
floor, with eyes closed. and make
themselves heavy" relaxing tense
muscles. Lift Il leg or arm and If
IL drops hfelessly the relaxation is
satisfactory. This little rest game"
quickly quicts the too active child
Copyright, 1921
Evening star., 1924-01-21

looks
grit me he going
ant canp
Well wont got rcnlie
Evening star., 1924-01-21

t"opyright, 1921
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-11-19
Germany No Longer
Overshad0wed by Zeps

Friedrichshafen. Nov. la. r. by
MaiD-Twenty Zeppelin plants have
been destroyed since the end of the
war under the terms of the Treaty
OF Versailles, and Friedrich shafen
alone remains as a reminder of
time when a Zeppelin was as COM
mon sight in Germany as is an air
plane along the aerial mail routes Of
the United States.
zeppelin stations were distribute ed
all over Germany. and there was
even one in Bulgaria. which served
as the point of operations in the Bal
kan theater of the world war. Eight
stations belonged to the government.
and were used exclusively for mill
tary purposes. The largest of these
was at CuXhaven. Ii included one
hangar. with turntable arrange
Tent which enabled Zeppelins to
land safely even during a storm.
Among the centers where the Yep
pelin company owned private sta =
tions were Dusseldorf Pctsdam.
Frankfort, Hanover and Dresden
The entente insisted upon their de-
struction also. fearing that, although
they were private in character. they
might any day be turned over to the
military authorities.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-11-19
Chicago Cattle Market

y.
CATTLE-Reccipts $4,000; lower
grade fed steers semi-demoralized; I'M
evenly weak to % lower; sparse sup
ply better grades about steady: prices
spread on steers practically widest of
season; choice yearlings upward to
native. steers around 500 to killers;
bulk fed steers 900 downward: best
weighty buliocks 1865; some 1S45 to
14oo-pound average 8.9049.35: sharply
lower than last Thursday; little de-
mand for fat cows and heifers; can
ners and cutters unevenly weak; most
ly 2.o0Q 80; western grassers weak
to Is lower. fully % lower for weak:
stockers and feeder offerings showing
moro decline in spots; Montanas to
killers mostly coo downward: vealers
steady, mostly S.0o@ $50; few 800 to
killers; country, demand slow; bulk
fairly well fieshed steers averaging
700 to 900 pounds 5.5o@6.50: monde
2,5.
HoGs-Receipts $4,000: uneven.
mostly 10 to Is lower; undesirable
grades closed steady to 10 lower; un-
derweights mostly 90 off: common and
generally bidding % lower: top $50;
bulk desirable 200 to 2S0-pound butch
ers S.90a $40; 40 to 1S0-pound aver
age mostly 7;20MS.73: bulk packing
sows s.40GS.10; majority strong
weight slaughter pigs $500 100; esti-
SHEEP-Receipts 10000; fat lambs
generally steady; spots strong: bulk
natives and fed western 1880 1850;
few to outsiders 1860 14.75; most
culls 111.50@12.J0: fed clipped lambs
l?:oo@122S; fat sheep Is to 50 higher:
lambs strong; bulk 14.o0@1475; top
1856
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-11-19
Reds Menial Work
Done By AristOcrats

Moscow, Oct. IS "a. p. by maiD-
Soviet Russia makes no secret Of the
TACT that the Red Army II Glass
army. That Is, 1t consists entirely OF
men from the ranks Of the proletar-
lat. Members OF the so-called
'bourgeoise" and of the old aris-
itocracY. are excluded as officers or
soldiers from the army. Trotsky, the
Red war minister. says such persons
must be regarded as hostile to the
proletarian dictatorship. and cannot
be trusted with arms.
The services Of euch men, however,
are not permitted to go wholly I'M
used. 1t has been decreed that they
shall serve in what the Bolsheviks
term AUXILIARY labor groups" in the
army. This means they must serve
the real Red Army soldiers. They
keep the barracks clean, attend the
horses, repair roads, supervise army
messes, and do other mental tasks.
which are considered beneath the
dignity Of a real Bolshevik soldier.
The labor groups" now include
many former princes. counts, gem
erals. colonies. mobiles, and others of
the old imperial regime.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-11-19

gcd a little owing to sympathy with
the bread grain. but the fact soon be-
came evident that sellers of corn were
relatively scarce. Downturns in
price were then more than wiped out
and throughout the remainder Of the
DAY the course of the corn market was
an irregular ascent that toward the
last grew decidedly rapid.
Brisk demand for corn available to
be delivered at once was much in evil
dence. with reports current that husk-
irg returns from surplus producing
states we're a series Of disappoint-
ments. Receivers were quoted as say
ing that they looked for little move
:nent Of corn until the end of Novem-
Der, and that arrivals in the west were
much smaller than year ago.
Wheat and oats proved responsive
to the corn bulge but were inclined to
sag during the earlier trade, wheat es-
pecially SO. Lower quotations on wheat
at Liverpool and Buenos Aires were
the chief depressing influence. Besides.
the foreign wheat crop summary was
favorable and export dealings limited.
Provisions advanced readily on COM
mission house buying that was asso-
cfated with the upward swing of the
corn market.