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Evening star., 1924-09-05
A Big Family.
Some people drop their cares with ease,
And seem to do just what they please.

-Teter Rabbit.
Having satisfied his curiosity about
the members of the Snake family who
lay eggs and those who do not, Peter
Rabbit forgot all about the matter.
There were other things about which
he was curious, and SO he thought no
more about snakes.
One day late in the Summer he hap
pened to be over near the place where
he had often seen little Mr.. and Mrs.
Garter Snake. He wasn't thinking
about them at the time. He had some
thing else on his mind. Probably he
wouldn't have thought of them a all
had not a faint rustling in the leaves
back of him caused him to turn his
head. Such a sight as he saw. 1t Is
no wonder that his eyes looked as If
they were trying to pop cut Of his
head and that for Il full minute he
couldn't find his tongue.
Great jumping ghost of my grand
father" he cried when he did find his
tongue. Then he rubbed his eyes. He
rubbed them 4 second time. There lay
Mrs Garter Snake, and crawling over
her and around her were SO many tiny
snakes that it seemed to Peter that he
must be seeing double. If the blades
Of grass right around there had turn
ed into baby snakes there could
hardly have been more Of them. Any
way, that is how it looked to Peter.
There was Il Twinkle in the small
black eyes of little Mrs. Garter Snake
as she saw Peters astonishment. She
didn't wink or blink. You know she
has no eyelids, so she cannot wink or
blink. If she could have winked ] am
sure she would have. as she said,
Meet my family, Peter Rabbit
Are you asking me to believe that
all those babies are yours" cried
Peter.
whether or not you believe, they
are all mine doesn't make the least
difference in the world" retorted lit
tie Mrs. Garter Snake. They are
mine, every one of them. There are
30 OF them
If she had said there were 100
Peter would have believed il, for
those baby Garter Snakes were 50
lively that it seemed as if they were
twice as numerous as actually was
the case.
'Phew:' exclaimed Peter. That is
Evening star., 1924-09-05

care Of themselves. / wouldn't be a
bit surprised if some of them have
started off already TO see the Great
World"
While she was speaking Peter had
seen two or three Of the babies dis
appear in the grass. He watched for
them TO return. but they didn't. Mrs
Garter Snake didn't appear 70 be in
the least worried. Presently she told
Peter that she had an engagement
and must be moving along. Peter
watched her out Of sight. Some of
the babies went with her, but many
didn't seem oven to notice that She
had gone. y week later when he met
her not 4 single baby was with her.
When he asked her about them She
didn't even seem interested.
fCopvright 1924. by T. w burgess
Evening star., 1924-09-05

food material-that is. the opposite
of acid. Root vegetables and pota-
toes are very largely taking the
place of breads.
If YOU are normally strong you
Will find that temporary reduction
of all foods eaten will help. This
naturally must not be carried to an
extreme, but decrease in the size
| of the portions is found a great help
in the early part of the dietary treat
n1ont.
Now as to a diet list This may
include vegetable soups. such crisp
vegetables as celery, lettuce, cucum-
bers, radishes. sliced cabbage. shred
ded carrots and turnipS. Tomatoes
and salads without eggs are also
valuable
The ready-prepare red cereals. such as
fakes. shreds and puffs, are prefer
able TO the home-cooked mushy ones
Bread should be limited to dry toast,
bran mullins or gluten bread.
Fruit juices. cereal coffees, matted
milk and buttermilk are the best
beverages. For dessert all fresh and
| cooked fruits are ideal, and added to
these YOU may have fruit gelatins,
| fruit ices, fruit tapioca. fig marina
| ladc, rrune marmalade, dates, figs and
raisins.
Fresh butter. cream, buttermilk
and cottage cheese will add much to
| the food value of the diet.
In closing it should be noted that
| diet alone will not cure this coDdi-
ton. Your physician should be con-
| suited as to the use of hot applica-
tiops sun baths and other remedies.
Will you please give me a diet for
my baby girl who is IS months old
She WAS a bottle baby. always under
a doctors care and still has to take
milk with one ounce of water to
each eight ounces of milk. She
doesn't seem able TO take the whole
milk yet.--W. n.
Your 13-month- old baby girl IS
just at the beginning of very i'm
/ r ortant period CT her life. On the
perfect digestion of her food for the
next year much OF her future health
will depend.
She should have about d quart Of
milk a day. properly divided as to
servings. She should also have from
one to three etablespoonfuls of straine
fruit juice oace a DAY. The yolk OF
an egg is also one of tie daily re-
cuirementst the white being reserved
for little later age. Then there
should be two or thl ee tablespC onfuls
CT we'll cooked strained cereal and
a piece of crisp toast or dry bread.
The above diet is absolutely all
that is necessary at this particula.
time and greater variety will dc
much harm even although this harm
may not be Immediately.
BY the time the little girl 10 IL
Evening star., 1924-09-05
BEDTIME STORIES ar p g1ets9, sTeFxzor

some family! DO you always have as
big a family as this?"
No. replied Mrs. Garter Snake.
Il always have big family, but this
is an extra big family"
"However do you keep track of
them aIl?" Peter asked
II don't" replied little Mrs. Garter
Snake. Il don't keep track of any of
them. II would be asking too much
of any mother to expect her to even
try to keep track Of 80 such lively
youngsters as these. They'll take
Evening star., 1924-09-05

But, Betty, dear" objected Mrs.
Cut-out that dress is much too
nice for school. wanted you to
keep it for nice"
This isn't a regular school day"
explained Betty. please let ME
wear it, mother. You see. our new
teacher is interested in plays and re-
citing, SO every Friday were going
to put on little play. Some Fridays
we will invite visitors, but not this
Friday. Everybody's dressing up just
a little better today than other days.
I'll be very careful of my dress, too"
"All right" teased Mrs. Cut-out,
| "bht YOU must promise to invite me
, to visit on one of the days YOU let
visitors come
Betty's dress and hat are tan
trimmed in blue.
Evening star., 1924-09-05
Junket Ice Cream.

Heat / cupful of heavy cream !
quart of milk and l cupful of sugar
until Just lukewarm. Remove from
the fire, stir in ! junket tablet, dis
solved in l tablespoonful OF cold
water and l tablespoonful of vanilla
extract. Let stand undisturbed in
a warm room until the mixture jel-
lies. Chill and freeze. Garnish each
glass with az bit of preserved ginger.
Evening star., 1924-09-05
Best Potato Salad.

To cupfuls Of hot sliced potatoes
add teaspoonfuls of salt. half a
teaspoonful of paprika, 1 small grated
onion. half a cupful of vinegar. .
tablespoonfuls Of chopped parsley anC
I cupful of ~ cream. Mix thor
oughly, using two silver forks. Serve
with cold sliced smoked tongue.
Evening star., 1924-09-05
COTTAGE PUDDING


Two eggs, one cup sugar. one
half tablespoon butter. one-half
cup sweet milk, one and a half
cups of flower, two teaspoons
baking powder, one-half cup
Toured raisins. Put together
in the order given, and beat
well. Bake 20 minutes and
serve with lemon sauce.
Lemon Sauce.-Beat together
one egg, one tablespoon butter.
one tablespoon cornstarch, one
half cup sugar. Add one pint
boiling water. Cook in dou-
BILE boiler until thick, then add
the juice and grated rind of one
lemon. Or perhaps you will
like this one better. One cup
boiling water, one cup sugar,
one-half a large lemon sliced.
Boil a few minutes until it is
like sirup.
Evening star., 1924-09-05
Pome by Skinny Martin

The Seasons.
Wen | take my cold shower in sun
mcr time
! immeeditly jump rite in,
And laff Wen 1 feel the collision
Between the waiter and my skin.
But on the other hand in winter
] genrelly always find
Some Excuse to wait Il little vile
Or elts completely change my mind
Evening star., 1924-09-05
|DorothyDix !; IS; 6; g: &:
The College
Course
College Education Cannot Work Miracles and
Cannot Give More Than the Student
Puts Into His Work.

A a n a
Of
give children. mysef?'
Evening star., 1924-09-05
The Weakly News.
W Gather. Punk.

EXtert
Hert in Fearse Smash Up.
Puds Simkins suffered gcnrel in
Juries last Sattiday wen him and Ben
ny Potts and Sid Hunt saw a cent on
the pavement at the same time and
they all made "A dive for 1t and in the
excitement Benny Potts tired on Pudses
flngers and Sid Hunt bumped him in
the he'd with his he'd, and some un-
known kid stuck his hand in and got
the cent and ran like the dickins and
hasent bin saw sints
Evening star., 1924-09-05
SHRIMP wICGJ.E

SHRIMP WIGGLE
Two tablespoons of butter,
two tablespoons of -four, one
pint Of milk, a dash of paprika,
two cans of shrimp. one-half
can of peas.
Evening star., 1924-09-05
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

CHICAGO ODOCGHNUTS
Two cups Of hot mashed po-
tatoes, four tablespoons of
shortening. three cups of su-
gar. four eggs, three cups of
milk, five teaspoons of baking
powder and four cups Of flour
(more if needed). Salt and nut
meg. Cream potatoes, add
shortening. sugar and eggs to-
gether. Add milk and -four
with baking powder.
Evening star., 1924-09-05

Things You Awt to Know.
Iron can be changed into gold by
selling enuff of it to the junk man.
SnakeG change their skins every
once in a vile but they have no but
tons.
Evening star., 1924-09-05

Mr.. Leroy Shooster was invited to .
parties on the same day last week,
making him feel populer and at the
same time miZzerable on account of
having to miss one, and it was jest
his luck to go to the one ware they
had lemminade and cake and miss
the ice GREEN and cake one, on ac-
count of it wouldent of bin polite to
of tried to find out ferst.
Evening star., 1924-09-05

Bettys dress and hat are Il
trimmed in blue.
Evening star., 1924-09-05
Menu for a Day.


Chicago Doughnuts
Coffee
LUNCHEON
Shrimp Wiggle
Toasted Crackers
Dutch Apple Cake
DINNER
Pot Roast with Gravy
Creamed Potatoes
Boiled Carrots
Lettuce Salad
Cottage Pudding with Lemon
Sauce
Coffee
Evening star., 1924-09-05

OF weather thirst is a natural
- physiological condition in
duccd by the high tenpera-
Il Il turc and the increased per
Evening star., 1924-09-05

II pays to read the want columns of
The Star. Hundreds of situations are
obtained through them.
Evening star., 1924-04-22
OMNIBUS MILITARY
BILL PASSES SENATE
q. S. Employees Pay Safeguarded
if Called for Training as
Reservists.

The Senate yesterday passed an
omnibus" military bill, designed to
correct a number of inaccuracies or
inadequacies in present laws. 1t pr,-
vides for
Relieving the President of the ne
cessity of reviewing minor cases of
infraction of regulations
Authorizing equal subsistence and
other allowances for the Philippine
Scouts as now made for the Regular
Army.
Permitting the purchase of secret
apparatus by the Secretary of War
without public advertisement of spec
ifications.
Establishing a department OF eco
nomics, government and property at
the Military Academy at West Point.
Protecting government employees
from loss of pay when called for
training as reservists.
Placing Army field clerks in the
list of those eligible for retirement
Authorizing payment of nearly
81 ,000, 900 in admiralty claims against
the War Department
Authorizing sale of military equip
ment to the Cuban government.
Authorizing the detail of officers on
request of South and Central Amer1-
can governments as instructors.
Giving Philippine Scouts all retire
ment rights after thirty years serv-
ice at three-quarterS of the base pay
plus $10.50 for allowances.
Evening star., 1924-04-22
BOY KILLED, TWO HURT
IN AUTO ACCIDENT
Youth, Driving Fathers Car, Hits
Two Machines in Rapid
Succession.
SECOND COLLISION FATAL
Driver Dies of Fractured Skull Be-
fore Reaching Hospital.
SECOND COLLISION FATA,

Luther Whitaker, nineteen years
old. of 6601 1st street northwest, was
killed and two other persons were in
iured last night in an automobile ac-
cident near 18th and Girard streets.
Charles J. Ayres of Tar oma Park and
Mrs Lucy r.. Graft, 1907 California
street northwest. were the injured
persons.
Whitaker had borrowed his ia
ther's car and, accompanied by Ayres,
was driving north on 18th street.
Near Girard street he struck a car
occupied by Mrs. Graft and driven by
her husband, Tracy L. Graft. almost
completely wrecking it and injuring
the young woman
Hits other Car.
without stopping to see whether he
could lend any assistance, it is al
legged, Whitaker continued on his
way at high rate of speed and near
Shepherd street collided with a car
driven by Philip Greenfield, 1905 Crit
tenden street. Both machines turned
turtle and were virtually demolished.
Unconscious, Whitaker was placed
in a car owned by j. Z. Bodas. 1886
Shepherd street northwest, and taken
10 Garfield Hospital. He Gied from a
fractured skull, however, before the
hospital was reached.
Neither Ayres nor Mrs. Graft were
dangerously hurt, it is said, although
both needed the attention of physi-
"ians. An inquest into the death of
Whitaker will be held at the morgue
today. Whitaker WAS n student al
the George Washington University
Medical School.
Evening star., 1924-04-22
BRITISH AMBASSADOR
HONORED AT BANQUET
Sir Esme Howard Present at Fete
Sponsored by English-Speaking
Association.
CORDIAL RELATIONS CITED
Hon. Donald McKinnon Urges Con-
tinued Cooperation.

Not the doing away. with prope
protection and preparedness. but the
continued cooperation of the Eng
lish- speaking people Will bring
peace" declared william Mathel
Lewis. president of George Wash
ington Unive rsity, in replying to the
toast of the British empire given by
Hon. Donald McKinnon. high com
missioner of Australia to the United
States at a testimonial banquet OF
the Washington branch Of the Eng
lish- Speaking Union in honor Of Sir
Esme Howard the new British am
bassador at the Chevy Chase Club
last night
He stressed the need of trainin g
young men for foreign service, and
declared: The government must
make foreign service more of a ca
reer; there should be less politics and
more state smanship in it The uni
versities of Washington have a great
duty in training young men as rep
resentatives of this country overseas
Sir Esme Howard Resrends.
Sir Eme Howard, in short ad
dress. thanked the members of the
organization, and in response to a
toast by the union to "the Presiden
and the king gave a toast to the
friendship of Great Britain and
America.
Hon. Donald McKinnon spoke for
the British empire, and urged con-
tinuance of the cordial relations be-
tween the English peoples
He declared that Australia felt that
they were well represented by the
men that Great Britain sent to the
United States to represent the EN-.
pire, and declared that Australia ha6
no wish to be represented in any
other way than by the ambasSadoI
sent by the mother country.
Col. Robert M Thompson, presi.
dent of the local branch of the union
presided. Many distinguished guests
were present, including Secretary
Mellon and guests from several oi
the embassies
Evening star., 1924-04-22
REPORTS STANFIELD
GOT ONLY ONE LOAN
Mondell Denies Large Advances
Were Made to Oregon
Senator.

Only one loan, amounting to $3.50
900, was made to Senator Stanfield,
Republican, Oregon, or to companies
in which he had personal or financial
interest, according to a report from
Director Mondell of the War Finance
Corporation, read in the Senate yes
terday by Senator McNary, Senator
Stanfield's associate.
The report was offered. Senator Nc
Nary said, in refutation of erroneous
statements" that the Stantield inter-
ests had obtained large advances, to
the detriment of small borrowers.
The report recited that s25O.oO0 had
been advanced to the r. NJ Stanfield
Company on November Is. 1921. Sc
cured by a note and mortgage on cat
tie. In April and May of 1922 the
loan was reduced. by payments of
$4,000 and $4,000 TO s161,000. In
July. 1922, the balance note was
withdrawn and two notes were sub
stituted, one for $4,000, being salts
fled in September. 1922. The second
note was revived by a payment in
November. 1922" the report said.
Evening star., 1924-04-22
ENDORSEMENT GIVEN
TO WELFARE BOARD
Monday Evening Club Also Ap-
proves Mothers Allowances and
Compulsory Education.
CHURCH SERVICE DISCUSSED
DR.. Cooper Tells of Providence Hos
pital Work.

Unanimous Endorsement was given
the movement for a board of public
welfare, mothers allowances and
compulsory education in the District
at a meeting of the Monday Evening
club held at the Cosmos Club last
night.
Approval Of the measures was given
after Walter s. Cfford had explained
the work of the public welfare com
worked out by it. which arc in the
hands of a subcommittee of the House
District committee.
Discussion on Church.
1.-THE Church and Social Service"
was the main topic of the evening
1t was discussed by DIR. John NJ.
Cooper of the Catholic. University.
Rev. David r. Covell, rector of Trim
ity Church. and Rev. w. A. Morgan
pastor of the Mount Pleasant Con-
gregational Church.
DR.. Cooper described the social
work done from Providence Hospital
declaring that the institution has
care of patients outside its walls
These "out" patients. he said, num-
ber many thousands year,
Religion is Cure.
DR. Covell spoke of the use of re-
ligion in the cure of insanity and
told of experiments along this line
being conducted at st. Ellzabeths
Hospital He told of the social work
done at Trinity parish house
Dir. w. l.. Darby. secretary OF IN"
Federatio of Churches, presided dur
ing the special discussions. Mrs.
Nina c. Van Wrinkle, president of the
club, opened the. meeting. The final
meeting OF the year will be held in
May, when officers will be elected.
A nomination committee was elect
ed, composed of DR.. John Power, Wal
ter S. Ufford, Evan II. Tucker, Mrs.
r. Thomas West and Mrs. julius
Lansburgh The committee will re
port at the May meeting.
Evening star., 1924-04-22
LAND LAW CHANGE
ASKED BY COOLIDGE
President Points to Imperative
Need for Reclamation Act
Revision at Once.

President Coolidge sent a special
message to Congress yesterday calling
attention to the immediate necessity of
revision of the present reclamation
law. He pointed out that many set
tiers on the reclamation projects in
the west are in financial distress and
that n definite policy is imperative
and permanent relief should be ap-
piled.
Temporary extensions of time and
suspension of these charges serve
only to increase their debts and to
add to their hardships," the message
stated. "a definite policy is impera-
tive and permanent relief should be
applied where indicated. The hereto
fore adopted repayment plan is erro-
neous in principle. and in many cases
impossible of accomplishment. 1t
fixes an annual arbitrary amount that
the farmers must pay on the con-
struction cost of projects regardless
Of their production.
'In its place should be substituted
a new policy providing that pay
ments shall be assessed by the gov
ernment in accordance with the crop
producing quality of the soil.
Evening star., 1924-04-22
CHILDREN TO STAGE
MAYTIME FESTIVAL
Celebration at Neighborhood
House Scheduled to Continue
for Three Days.

May day and the return of sprinr
will he celebrated by the clubs at
Neighborhood House. 40 N street
southwest. beginning Thursday. Nav
1 and continuing three days. The cell
ebration will mark the presentation
of the twenty-second annual folk
festival of this social and industrial
settlement.
the program to be presented fol-
lows: Thursday and Friday, PM
Songs for baby by day nursery chill
dren; lullabies of many nations. by
Little Mothers; tiny songs by tiny
folk, by kindergarten children; fairy
songs in the forest, by the little club
members; cantata, Voices of
SPRING by the boys and girls club,
which will be followed by the "Song
of India" and the Maypole dance.
Saturday evening at o'clock the
spring procession will be held. The
United States Marine Band will fur
nish music. The ceremony includes
Professional march, crowning of the
queen, Song of India" Dance of the
Elves, Maids of the Mist dance, Fairy
dance, Norris dance, Spring Song
dance, Maypole dance and recession
al march. tS*
Thursday, Friday and Saturday
nights, beginning at s. o'clock, cere-
monials and plays celebrating May
day eve will be presented. They in
clude: Bringing in the May, Milk
Maids song, Morris dancers, Robin
Hood and his men and raising of the
Maypole This will be followed by
a little play, THE Changeling," given
by special request by the Girls
clubs, which deals with a small boy
who does not belive in fairies. The
Maypole dance will conclude the eve-
nings. Supper will be served daily
from to Z o'clock.
Evening star., 1924-04-22
Mans Deepest Nine Less Than Mile
TO,Card Center of Earth, in MicIi gan
Other Digging Atfains Greater Depth, But Starts
Higher Abore Sea LereI-Cas BOrings
Go 1879 Feet.

Man, who has conquered the clouds,
still is baffled in the opposite direc-
ton, and has been able to penetrate
less than one mile toward the center
of the earth. DR.. Thomas 7. Read,
assistant to the director of the bureau
of mines, says that the copper work.
ings on the Keeweewaw Peninsula,
Michigan, represent the greatest dis
tance ever attained straight down
ward, about 1900 feet below sea level.
There are other deep mines in the
world, but they open at higher eIeva-
tions and do not represent so much
actual distance.
Holes have been bored in the earth
much deeper than mine workings
have penetrated, DR.. Read says, but
no one has, of course, eveH been to
the bottom of such holes. The deep
est is in West Virginia, where it was
bored to dept of 1879 feet in search
of natural gas. Considerations not
Evening star., 1924-04-22
First Drinks Acid,
Then Driues AutO
Until His Collapse

Despondent, it is said, over the
accidental killing of his five-year-
old son by an automobile more
than eight months ago. Charles
F. Rupertus, forty-one, timer, at
3411 Georgia avenue northwest,
ended his life yesterday by drink
ing acid and then driving his au-
tomobile until he collapsed.
Rupertus was driving along
Riggs road. some distance from
the District line, when his car
swerved to one side of the road
and came to stop against a tel
egraph pole. Gregory M. Smith.
1916 Emerson street northwest.
took Rupertus. injured about the
body and suffering from poison.
to Garfield Hospital, where he died
later in the day. An autopsy per-
formed at the morgue by DR.. Her
bert +. Martyr, deputy coroner.
showed that death resulted from
poison and not from injuries.
The deceased is survived by his
wife and six children. Funeral
services will be held Wednesday
afternoon at COG Keefer place
northwest
Evening star., 1924-04-22
SEEKS POLICEWOMEN..
Civil Service Commission Will Hold
Examination.

The Civil Service Commission will
hold an examination May 81 to fill
positions of policewomen in the met
ropolitan police department here.
The entrance salary, including the
bonus, is s., ,e60 a year. In one year
the appointees will automatically ad-
vance to class 2, salary $1,S0o, and in
three years to class g. salary $1,000.
They will then be eligible for promo
ton to the position of sergeant if
they have shown proficiency, have
taken care of their health and have
maintained a good record.
AS the Civil Service Commission has
had difficulty in securing sufficient
eligibles for this position, qualified
persons are urged to apply. Full in
formation and application blanks may
be obtained at the Office of the Civil
Service Commission, 1924 f street
northwest.
Evening star., 1924-04-22
OPPOSE GAG ON NEWS.
Central Labor Union Disapprove'
School Censorship.

A resolution adopted by the Cen
trail Labor Union last night urged
the removal of all restrictions on
news gathering in the school system
imposed by the so-called gag rule"
The resolution, which was adopted
unanimously, pointed out that the
rule was fraught with dangerous
possibilities, no matter how well
meant. 1t placed the central body
on record as opposed to any plan by
WHICH information concerning schools
would be withheld from, the public