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Evening star., 1924-07-22
Our Children-By Angelo Patri

ty of time. and when the store is
least crowded, and when the child is
in high good humor. Buying shoes
for children is important enough to
set the stage to that extent.
Select shoes that are soft and
strong and stand up firmly to the
child's instep. The heel should be
well built and the counters firm with
out partaking of the nature of a
steel wise that will torture the
youngster after the first hour. Nor
should they be of pasteboard that al
lows the foot to twist until the child
looks as though he wore rockers.
Buy two pairs at time and rest
them alternate weeks.
The toes should lie comfortably in
the shoe, and that means a good
width there. The heel should sit
snugly against the back of the shoe
neither sliding about nor pinched.
How will you know? You'll have
to experiment little. If the child's
ankles keep turning over, look to
the fit of the heel. If when the
shoe and stocking are taken off the
toes are deep red and the lines of
the stocking are engraved in the
| flesh, that shoe is too tight. If the
toes are pressed together and have
lost their joyous wiggle that toe is
too narrow. Take note and act ac-
cordingiy, for the child is as happy
as his feet, and about as efficient.
Marie crying under the big stairway
because her foot hurt, and | saw
Peter limping across the playground
and examined his feet. Many times.
And when Helen wanted to do bare
foot dancing her corns hurt her. She
was eight years old. Not fair is it?
Copyright, 1924
Evening star., 1924-07-22
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Evening star., 1924-07-22

Ma went down town this afternoon
and Nora was out and ma told me not
to go eny ferther away than the frunt
steps in case eny people or packages
came or enything, and / was setting
there and Sid Hunt came up saying.
Hay. watts you think. we had a hole
barril Of little green apples sent to
US. they're Supposed to be to cook with
but you can eat them too. Come on
GROUND to my house and eat some, he
sed.
I cant, I'm Supposed to be minding
the house. 1 sed. and Sid sed. o well.
heck, it'll ony take about minnits,
come on.
Wich 1 did. eating about 10 little
green apples erround there, being fun
TO eat on account OF looking like
apples and taisting like pickels. and
then / went back and sat on our steps
agen wondering If eny packages or
people had come on account of it
having took me about a hour insted
of minnits, and all of a suddin 1
started to feel some of the werst
panes in me l ever felt in me, think
ing, q, oWtch, ootch.
The panes getting verse insted OF
better and / couldent hardly sit up
strate and dident even try to, think
ing, Ootch, oWtch, G., l feel fearse, /
feel sick as enything, ootch, owtch.
this is wat / get for doing wat l
wasent Supposed to. If / get better
from this Ill always mind wat I'm
told, all rite. L thawt.
And | started to wonder If / was
going to die rite there on my frunt
steps and ma would find me there
wen she came home and how meny
people would be at the funerel and
who would be the sorriest and il
would get meny flowers, and If 1t
would say enything on my grave
stone sutch as, Heer lies boy who
wouldent mind, He ate green apples
and got left behind.
Me thinking, q wiz, ootch. owtch.
if l ever get better Ill never do
another thing l awtent to, this Will
be d lessin to me all rite.
And all of a suddin the panes stop
ped as if nuthing had ever happened,
me thinking. G, herray. And jest then
Puds Simkins came uD saying, Hey
Benny, Leroy Shooster told me Sam
Cross told him they're giving away
balloons for a advertisement at some
drug store neer the railrode station,
lets wawk up there and get one.
/ haff to stay heer, 1 sed, and Puds
sed, / bet it wont take 20 minnits II
We wawk fast, como on
Wich l did.
Evening star., 1924-07-22
Gives Felt Hat a Smart New Touch
BY MARY MARSHALL.

Some women are born with an in
nate knack for trimming and bedeck-
ing their own hats. If they buy their
hats all ready trimmed, 1T Is ten 10
one they will rearrange the trimming
"a the milliner adjusted it before
they have worn the hat three times.
These women who have knack at
arranging their hats are perhaps the
true coquettes. The South Sea Island
belle has an innate knowledge of the
most becoming and provocative way
to arrange her wreath of flowers, the
dark-skinned West Indian charmer
knows the most coquettish way to tie
the ends of her madras head covering,
and Spanish Carmen was many times
more charming because she knew the
most flirtatious way to arrange her
lace mantilla and her high-backed
comb.
1t is the world-old and world wide
heritage of the coquettish woman.
SO how can we expect the coquette
of today to leave the arrangement of
the trimming of her hats always to
the milliner?
For the one possessing this natural
knack for arranging and re-arrang-
ing the trimming on ones hats it is
often clever idea at this time of the
year to rip off old trimming and add
new to the hats already on hdnd. Ihe
hat itself always remains in good
condition longer than the trimming,
and often it is by some unusual trim
ming that hat is known.
The Gaby bow tied on the top of
a small round crowned hat is a clever
device to rejuvenate hat bought
earlier in the season. The sketch
shows gray felt hat piped with
blue ribbon and trimmed with a tiny
Gaby bow of the ribbon at the top.
Small bird heads, and bird devices
made from pasted feathers. likewise
birds ceverly made from braid and
ribbon, are among the newer trim
Evening star., 1924-07-22
WHEN WE co SHOPPING
BY MRS. HARLAND Fl. ALLEN.

should make has to do with this un-
desirable 'newneSS."
First. notice the weave. II the rug
is a genuine antique, the chances are
it will be much more closely woven
than a modern imitation would be,
and that the knots will be much
tighter and closer.
If the rug passes that test, and its
dull, soft surface colors further lead
you to believe it is a true antique
try separating the threads and look
ing we'll into the back of it. If, in
contrast to the surface shades, the
yarn at the back is brightly color ed,
you can safely consider that you are
examining a new antique" of which
the surface has been energetically
bleached.
Look sharply, too, for places where
the colors in the pattern have spread
about either on the rugs surface or
into the back part of the yarn. Such
spreading" is a pretty good indica
tion that the excellent dyes used in
the rugs of antiquity are not present,
and that for them have been substi-
tuted cheaper cruder colorings,
which have subsequently been caused
to run by bleaching and washing
processes.
Finally. the sophisticated Oriental
rug buyer will often rub a bit of
the rug with wet cloth. The fric-
tion causes warmth, and brings out
an unmistakable smell of chloride of
lime, used in bleaching, if the rug is
a modern antique"
Evening star., 1924-07-22
BEAUTY OHAlS BY EDNA KENT FORBES

amount OF talcum powder into your
shoes at some time during the day.
This also rests and refreshes. If you
haven t time for the treatment sug-
gested. slip off your shoes and stock
ings when you reach home, and rub
a piece Of lemon along the soles of
each foot. This is very cooling and as
stimulating as a shower bath.
You should wear fresh stockings
every day, particularly il your feet
hurt. It's easy, no matter how busy
you are, to rinse the old stockings out
in warm water at night when you've
taken them off, and to hang them up
to dry. They'll wear twice as long
that way. and you'll have less foot
discomfort. Wear silk, fine lisle, or
in cold weather, mixed wool and silk
These materials are ASSORTMENT, and
better than cotton.
Betty C.-Very often girls and bows
go through a period when they are
inclined to have pimples and there is
nothing about it to worry over. You
can help much if you do not overeat,
especially too much candy between
meals.
Miss S. F.-A girl Of 21 years height
five feet one inch, should weigh about
110 pounds. Drink about a quart of
milk each day, one pint Of which take
hot just before retiring. II you do
this you should gain the needed 10
pounds in few months
Evening star., 1924-07-22
About Shoes.

The very little children are con-
sidered in the matter of shoes. Their
feet are fairly comfortable until they
are old enough to walk and run. Then
their troubles begin.
Sometimes the shoe salesman is to
blame. The little ones foot is soft and
wabbly and very curly as TO toes, and
the man gets shoe on somehow,
wipes his brow and pronounceS it
fit Mother is about as weary as the
salesman and let's it go at that. In
a day or two the youngSter complains
that his foot is hurting him and there
Is a general fuss.
why didn't you say SO in the store
when the man tried it on? Now,
when it's too late, YOU cry about it"
If he doesn't make too much of Il
time he is permitted to wear the
shoes out, and his toes are bent or
his heel is SCARED or his ankle twist
ed. Sometimes corn is started or
A bunion. He has joined the host of
those who have foot trouble and
spend hours of misery enduring their
feet when they should never know
that they have feet, SO far as pain
iS concerned.
Nobody can do good work or live
pleasantly, or let other folk work
or live pleasantly, if his feet are
and muscles are aching and life is d
torment to him, all because he got
the wrong pair of shoes one day.
First look about for d store where
the saIespeople look rested and
cheerful. That will indicate gener-
ally that they know their business.
Go to the store when you have plen-
Evening star., 1924-07-22
Ready for a Trip.

I'm going to take a canoe trip"
announced Ted, Importantly. MY
grandfather sent me canoe, because
he thinks boys ought to be independ
ent and do things. Come on in the
house and I'll show you all the things
I'm getting ready"
Betty and Billy Cut-out followed
him inside and stood looking en-
viously at all the things Ted had
bought to take on his trip. Ted's rich
grandfather spoiled him, and Ted was
very vain. I'm going to take a ca
noe trip all by myself" boasted Ted,
down the river to my uncle's cabin
at Oak Nook. Come over day after
tomorrow and I'll let you see me Off -
Cut a pair of pasteboard oars from
the pattern given here. Then color
the green basket and cut it out, with
all the other boxes and cans Ted is
taking. You can fit the beans and
sardines into the baseket by cutting
on the dotted line In the same way
you can put the field glasses in their
case.
Copyright, 1924.)
Evening star., 1924-07-22
What Today Means to You
BY MARY BLAKE.
Leo.

Only until noon are the vibrations
favorable, and during this period
the business or work of outstanding
Importance should receive your un-
divided and energetic attention. After
noon the aspects change, and gradu-
ally become malign as the day
passes. An adverse saturnine influ-
ence developing until midnight warns
against risks and matters requiring
quick judgment or speedy decision.
This same influence counsels delay,
as otherwise loss will be incurred.
A child born today will, with ordi-
nary care and normal environment,
develop into physically vigorous
boisterous, and it will be rather in
different and callous to those who
are not endowed with the same de-
gree of good health and self-aSser-
tiveness. 1t behooves you, if you are
the parent OF this child, to instruct
ness. forbearance and a becoming
modesty. Discourage, in early child
hood. fambuoyancy of character and
overbearingness of disposition.
If today is your birthday. you will,
on self,anaiysis :,3e be Wiling wi neut to con-
good characteristics. your besetting
weakness is lack of accuracy-ac-
curacy in observation, accuracy in
speech. accuracy in the transaction
of business.
It is astonishing how few people
can define a fact accurately. In busi-
ness affairs, especially. it is the man.
ner in which small matters are trans
acted that often decides people for
or against you. Notwithstanding all
your other good points, you cannot be
trusted if you are habitually mac
curate, as inaccuracy causes annoy
ance.
Coupled with your inaccuracy, at
tributable to carelessnesS. is lack OF
method.
Promptitude in action is not one
of your virtues. This, however, may
be stimulated by a due consideration
of the value of time.
Miscalculation of time involves us
in perpetual hurry. confusion, and
difflculties. Life becomes mere
shuttle of expedients.
Well known persons born on this
date are John D. G. Shea historian
and authority on the Catholic Church /;
william Sooy Smith. civil engineer;
Emma Lazarus, author, defender
of the Jews by pen and deed; Henry
r Marshall, architect: Frank H.
Gushing, ethnologist, and John C.
Kilgo, once president OF Trinity Col
lee0. North Carolina.
0ouUdgAk 1a2k&
Evening star., 1924-07-22
Plant Life in
District of Columbia
May Apple.
PodOphyllum peltatum.
BY r.. A. EMMONs.


Every one knows the May apple.
or mandrake. Some call it wild
lemon, from a resemblance between
its yellow, egg-shaped fruit and the
lemon. Others call it umbrella leaf
for a reason that is easily apparent
The May apple is very frequent In
woodlands in and around Washing
ton: in fact, it would be somewhat
difficult to enter piece of damp
woods in this vicinity without find
ing this plant.
The flowers are very beautiful, as
and sheltered beneath it's large soft
green, umbrella-like leaves. They
are large, one to two inches broad,
one flower to each plant, white, with
six to nine petals, usually six, and
with twice as many stamens as pet
ais. The fruits ripen in July. They
are about two inches long, resem-
mawkishly sweet, sought out and
relished by country children. The
rest of the plant is poisonous, how
ever, and children should be warned
against them.
The plant is one to one and a half
feet high, coming up from a long,
running rootstock. At the top of the
solitary leaves, nearly foot in diam
eter, rounded, five to seven lobed, and
supported by the stem in the center,
umbrella fashion. The Towering plants
bear two leaves, rarely one or three.
similar to the others, but smaller and
less symmetrical.
Copyright, 1924, by R. A. Emmons.)
Evening star., 1924-07-22
THE GUIDE POST
Postponed Duties.
BY Henry and Tertius Van Dyke.

When haze Convenient season
aoiH cau thee unto r1e.-Acts xxiv.25.
Felix, the Roman governor, for all
his pomp and authority, was terrified.
He trembled before his prisoner.
Paul, reasoning of Righteousness
and self-control and the judgment to
come, reached his conscience.
That was a real experience for both
men.
Felix saw what the inevitable out
come would be il he faced the duty
that Paul set, not only before him,
but before the whole world.
So he did what most Of US do under
similar circumstances.
He postponed the decision to a con-
venient season.
So far as we know the convenient
season never came.
1t never does come for anybody.
You simply cannot postpone duty.
You can only refuse it.
And when you refuse 1t you have
taken the most effective steps for
damaging yourself.
How many of the sorrows and anx-
ieties of life come from postponed"
duties.
Tomorrow is never what we think
it will be.
In that sense tomorrow never
comes.
Today we think we will be happy
and please ourselves.
Tomorrow we will do our duty.
But we only make ourselves un-
happy pleasure seekers.
For human nature is fundamentally
such that 1t can only find enduring
gladness in the incidental accom-
paniments Of duty performed today.
Copyright, 1924
Evening star., 1924-07-22
BEDTIME STORIES BY BY gSsesE9' gHSes5s

er Browns Boy. You must have left
the Green Forest before daylight to
get over here SO early"
Then he happened to look half
there sat Mrs. Happy Jack. While
he was looking at her she disap-
peared. He remembered then that
that branch was dead and hollow.
For a long time he had been plan
ming to cut it off. A suspicion popped
into his head. Perhaps Happy Jack
and Mrs. Happy Jack had spent the
night in that hollow branch.
He went into the house to get
his breakfast When he came out
the first thing he did was to look
up at that hollow branch. He was
into his head. Perhaps Happy Jack
whisk into that hole with some dry
leaves.
"As I live!" exclaimed Farmer
Browns Boy, IT believe those squir-
rels have moved over here from the
Green Forest. I believe they are max
ing their home in that hollow branch.
If they are it will be great fun. Per-
haps by and by there will be some
babies there"
He hurried into the house again
to tell Mrs. Brown what he had seen
and ask her to keep watch of that
hollow branch during the day. Then
for the Big River
Mrs. Brown was quite as much in
terested as was farmer Browns Boy,
Whenever she had chance she
peeped out at the big maple tree.
several times she saw Mrs. Happy
JACK taking leaves and other things
into that hollow branch. So when
Farmer Browns Boy returned late
that afternoon with a nice string of
nsh Tor supper she told him what
she had seen
They are going to live here. There
is no doubt about it; they are going
to be our neighbors" cried FarmeI
Browns Boy joyfully. I'm glad
didn't cut off that dead branch when
l planned to. 1t will stay theree now
as long as Happy Jack and Mrs
HAPPY Jack want to make use of it,"
Copyright, 1924
Evening star., 1924-07-22
Hot-Weather Feet.

Hot-weather feet are most uncom-
Portable. Hot-weather feet are large,
sticky, bulgy in the wrong places and
achy all over. The oldest shoes are
too small and too stiff for restfulness.
the aches climb up the ankles and at
length up the spine and into the head.
Oh, hot-Weather feet are very bad In
deed!
If you are at home most of the day,
you can easily treat your feet Slip
off shoes and stockings and sit for
three minutes with your feet in ba-
sin Of hot water containing sea salt,
bath salts. prepared salts that come
for rheumatism, or everyday table
salt. Change the hot for cool or cold
water. Dry the feet and then mas
sage them a little with your hands.
Work each toe up and down. and back
and forth separately, especially the
big toe. Rub under the ball of the
foot, pressing up the bones of the
arch if they have fallen, then rub
up the ankle. This massage is very
restful and soothing. Powder with
talcum, put on fresh stockings and
heelleSs slippers.
If you're at work, you can't do any
of this. But if you wear pumps you
can slip your feet out of them as you
sit working, which rests and airs
them, and you can sprinkle generous
Evening star., 1924-07-22
An Oriental Rug.

East is East, perhaps, and West is
West; but the twain" truly meet and
merge in their appreciation of the
woven books of the Orient" fine
Oriental rugs.
But how, says the novice, can one
be sure that he is buying true
Oriental? The rules which are a key
note to Oriental rug education are
not simply mastered. In every case
the opinion of an expert should be
sought before purchasing. But here
are few principles on which the
expert bases his judgment of rug
values.
The true Oriental rug, first of all.
must be actually a woven book.
That is. you will recognize it largely
hy the symbols primitive people used
to express thought. Briefly, these
symbols are, in the Turk oman rug,
the octagon; in the Turkish rug, the
triangle; in the Persian rug. the
floral or bird designs, and in the
Caucasian rug, the star, square and
hcXagon and stiff conventionalized
representation of animal and human
forms.
New "antiques," however, are some
times made to initiate the patterns OF
genuine Orientals. So the second test
the would-be Oriental rug buyer
Evening star., 1924-07-22
Baked Rarebit..

Cut one pound Of soft mild cheese
in thin slices, sprinkle the bottom
of a buttered baking dish with but
tered stale bread crumbs. cover with
one-third the cheese. and sprinkle
with salt and paprika. Repeat
twice, using in all two and one-half
cupfuls of bread crumbs, two table,
spoonfuls of melted butter, the one
pound of cheese and one and three
fourths teaspoonfuls of salt and one
third teaspoonful of paprika. Beat
three eggs slightly, add one and one
half cupfulS of milk and pour over
the mixture. Bake in q moderate
oven Tor Is minutes. Serve at once.
Evening star., 1924-07-22
Cherry Salad.

Remove the stones from one quart
Of ripe cherries cut the cherries in
quarters. mix with the pulp from
three oranges and sweeten to taste.
Fill the cups made with bright red
apples with the mixture and arrange
on lettuce leaves. Cover the tops of
the cups with the following dressing:
Beat the yolk of one egg until thick
and lemon-colored, add gradually
two thirds of a. cupful Of fine sugar
and continue beating for a while
Flavor with half a teaspoonful of
vanilla
Evening star., 1924-07-22
Fauorite Recipes of
Prominent Women
BY EDNA NJ. CoLMAN.
Salmon Salad.
MRS. SOL BLOOM,
Wife of Representative Bloc

Mrs. Sol Bloom, wife of Representa-
tive Bloom of New York, has shared
most of her husbands eventful
career, which has embraced a wide
range of activities. including signal
success in the theatrical field, news
paper world and as the Music Man
when he owned 80 branch stores.
Doubtless Mrs. Bloom regards her
greatest achievement the upbringing
Of her gifted young daughter Vera,
writer, linguist, composer and singer.
Mrs. Bloom adds to her own tasks
the catering to the fancies of her
little family and recomme a dish
that is a general favorite:
Boil one pound of fresh Kennebec
salmon until we'll done. then cool and
chop into bits. Also chop one dozen
anchovieS and small bunch of
parsley very fine. Mix and moisten
with mayonnaise made with tarragon
vinegar until 1t becomes a paste.
Scoop out one-half dozen medium
sized tomatoes, not too ripe; fill with
this paste, place on crisp leaves of
lettuce and pour over some mayon-
naise; over the top put two crossed
anchovies.
To be at it's best this should be
served very cold.
Copyright. 1921
Evening star., 1924-07-22
Distorp of Dour Same
BY PHILIP FRANCIS NOWLAN.
MAY
vARiATIoNS-Maye, Meth.
RACIAL oRiGiN-lrish,
SOURCE-A sobriuuet.


If your name is May, and you are
fat, it is quite appropriate in the
historical sense, for il your name
traces back to Ireland it is likely
that you inherit a tendency toward
corpulency.
The Gaelic form Of this family
name, which is quite old, is
"O'Mheith." It has, of course, gradu-
ally become family name in our
modern sense, through many CEN
turies of use as clan name. It is a
name which dates back considerably
farther than the oldest of the Eng
lish family names, or those of any
other country, in fact.
AS nearly as can be estimated from
the ancient Irish records, the Clan
O'Mheith came into being about 350
A. D., in the days when the Irish
were still pagan, and the power of
their empire was felt in raids and
invasions clear down into Italy.
The clan was founded by chief
tain named 'Muireadach," known aS
"Muireadach Meth" (''the Fat"l ~
- Acsaszaght. laslA -
Evening star., 1924-07-22
A Happy Surprise.
Whate'er you are. don't be a spy,
But still retain watchful eye.
--Earmer RrnMn'S Roy

Every time that day that Farmer
Browns Boy looked in the big maple
tree close by the house he discovered
either Happy Jack Squirrel or Mrs.
he went in to dinner at noon. They
were there just before the Black
Shadows came creeping up from the
Purple Hills. He was sure they
hadn't gone back to the Green For
est once during the day.
Il never have known Happy Jack
to stay around like this" said Farmer
Evening star., 1924-07-22
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