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Evening star., 1924-07-23
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Evening star., 1924-07-23
M1eBennS
Notebook |
Doors.

Doors are good for leeving in air
and people and bad for the same
| reason, depending on circumstances
If each house was ony allowed to
have2 doors most people would pick
out the frunt door and the bath
room door,
The most paneful thing you can do
with door is shut it on your finger,
the most aggervating thing is to hold
1t wen somebody elts is trying to
open it from the other side, the
Key hole wen the key is in it. the
easiest thing is to forget to close it
after you, and the most insulting
thing is to slam it in somebody's face
The most sourcastic thing to say
wen somebody forgets to shut the
door is, Hay, was you brawt up in Il
barn? and wen they say, Wy? you
say, Because you don't seem to know
wat doors was made for. The End
time you say it they wont even haff
to ask wy. Children hardly ever re-
member to close doors after them on
account of them not caring weather
they are open or closed. This proves
personal intrist is a CRATE infuents.
Hardly enything you can do to "a
door makes your mother madder
than getting jelly on the mob. The
other reason wy its bad thing to do
is on account of the waist of jelly.
1t is considered perfect politeniss
to mock on the door before you go
into room, but people would drather
have you go in without nocking than
mock before you go in and then bang
the door shut after you get in.
Evening star., 1924-07-23
THE GUIDE POST
BY Henry and Tertius Van Dyke
Helpfulness.

A cup of cold water.-Matthew, 1912
One of the most lovely of human
qualities is plain and unadorned
helpfulness.
1t is not common enough to pass
unnoticed.
Among the worldly wise it is no.
toriously lacking.
Even those of US who call our
selves disciples of Christ too often
allow our theories to inhibt practical
.helpfulness.
human need and getting into action
to meet that need, we launch off on
our general theories and neglect the
concrete instance.
How many human obligations re-
main unpaid, how many cpportuni-
ties for service ungrasped. just be-
cause of this foolish habit of our un-
controlled minds.
OF course, no sane man thinks
that life can be reduced to the spur
ious simplicity of helpfulness.
Hard. consistent, thinking is al
ways necessary.
But what I want to know is: Why
should We allow our theorizing to
cripple our activities?
Why should college graduates so
often be expert in the dialectics of
philosophic doubt, and sometimes SO
lethargic inperforming particular serv-
ice?
1t is important for the human mind
to work out the theories of life But
what does the thought that ham
strings effort amount to?
While you are theorizing about
population and water supply and the
nature of man, perhaps you are ne
glecting a request for cup of cold
water.
By all means think; but why ne
glect to act?
For that, too, is life.
Copyright. 1924
Evening star., 1924-07-23
What Today Means to You
ny MARY BLAKE.
Leo.

The day is replete with aspects
that are good. aspects that are doubt
fui, and aspects that are distinctly
adverse. Owing to such unsettled
conditions. it is suggested that poise
be maintained at any cost, and while
accomplished. it is not recomme nded
as a propitious occasion for the in
itiation of any important undertake
ing. 1t may he considered unfavor
able for entering into any serious en-
gagements, either commercial or
social
If you have been privileged to bring
child into the world today, you will
find it absolutely necessary TO devote
more thought and care to its moral
development than to its more mate
rial and physical needs. Its health
need not worry you; its success or
failure in life will, however. depend
upon the influences with which you
surround it in childhood and the en-
vironment you are able to give it.
The child, unless corrected at an
early age, will develop individual
idiosyncrasies Of reprehensible ma
ture. These can all be overcome by
forcing on its mind. in the receptive
age, The glory and necessity of truth.
All the perverSe tendencies in it's
character will be eradicatcd if it is
taught that truth is the essential
virtue.
If today is your birthday you are
disposed to despair of ever being able
to attain that success which your am
bition forces you to consider as the
goal of your efforts. You do not avail
yourself of the tools lying ready to
your hand, but think that only by ex-
traordinary means can you achieve
that which you have in view.
The greatest results in life are usu-
ally attained by simple means and the
exercise of ordinary qualities. The
beaten paths of everyday life pro-
vide the true worker with ample
scope for effort and room for en-
deavor. The great highroad of
human welfare lies along the old
highway of steadfast welldoing. They
who are the most persistent and
work in the truest spirit are invari-
ably the most successful
You often blame fortune for her
blindness. May it not be that fortune
is not as blind as you are? AS the
winds and waves are invariably on
the side of the best navigators. for
tune is generally on the side OF the
most industrious.
Do not look for miracle. Genius
is only common sense intensified
the power of lighting ones own fire.
Well known persons born on TINS
date are: Joseph w. Fabens, United
states consul and author; Samuel
Fiske C'Dunn Browne'D. soldier and
author: William WeStlake. inventor;
James Gibbons, r. G. cardinal: AL
bert Shaw. journalist and author;
Montague Glass. author.
Copyright, 1921
Evening star., 1924-07-23
Home in the Big Maple.
With every Joy and peace depart,
And bitterness will fill the heart.
nIl Nathar Natrr,


There was no doubt about it: Happy
Jack Squirrel and Mrs. Happy Jack
had come over to the big maple tree
by Farmer Browns house to live.
They were making their new home
in a big, dead, hollow branch half
way up the tree. Farmer Browns
Boy was delighted.
OF course, that new home didn't
remain a secret very long. Some of
the little people of the Green Forest
and the Green Meadows manage to
keep their homes secret. but others
long before sharp eyes discovered
that Happy Jack and Mrs. Happy
Jack We're spending all their time in
or near that big maple tree. Most of
the feathered people knew about that
hollow branch, and right away some
Of them guessed that Happy Jack and
Mrs. Happy Jack had taken it for
their home. 1t took only little
spying to make sure of this. Then it
was only little while before every
body knew about it.
Perhaps / shouldn't have said that
everybody knew about it. Shadow
the Weasel didn't know about it. No
one ever tells Shadow news of this
kind. No one is mean enough for
that He has to find out such things
for himself. But everybody else
knew about it, and it caused a lot of
talk You see, before this Happy
Jack had always lived in the Green
Forest
Chatterer the Red Squirrel turned
up his nose. You know. Chatterer
and Happy Jack do not get along to-
gether at all. It's the most foolish
thing I ever heard Of" declared Chat
terer. I've always said that Happy
Jack has very little common sense.
He was born in the Green Forest and
has always lived in the Green Forest.
That is where he belongs. You mark
my words, no good will come of max
ing his home outside the Green For
est"
Sammy Jay chuckled THE trouble
with you. Chatterer, is that you are
Evening star., 1924-07-23
Fauorite Recipes of
Prominent Women
Thursday Salad.
BY EDNA NJ. COLMA<,

blanche Bates (MrS. George CreeD
Blanche Bates, otherwise known as
Mrs. George Creel, insists that she
turns to her theatrical work for re-
taxation and as safety valve after
and housekeeping. A pair of lively
children and their actual upbringing
have upset all of her preconceived
theories on child training. The kinks
and quirkS of temper and tempera-
ment of any modern pair of young
sters offer a real problem, beside
which a mere theatrical stars re-
hearsal is mild diversion.
Mrs. Creel takes delight in her
housekeeping, and her children she
considers the best in the world Like
all housewives of the garden variety,
as well s the talented ones like her
self, she makes concessions to the
maids day out and suggests a salad
that is designed to be tasty, satisfy
ing and wholly suitable to the limita
tions of maidless kitchen.
She says: Salads being my very
favorite in all the world of good
foods. suggest my two favorites for
Thursday, the day out; one dependent
shrimps cleansed and the vegetables
cooked in advance, the other depend
ent upon nothing but the can opener"
one quart of shrips. one head of
caulifloWer. cooked soft, little scraps
of any vegetables in the ice box,
French dressing with much oil-all
mixed thoroughly and served with
lettuce.
An even simpler salad is made by
quarterfng tomatoes and with them
serving SardineS with French dress
ing, to which the oil from the sar-
dimes has been added and mixed.
Serve on lettuce. Thus with little
planning n home dinner of fish.
entree and salad may be prepared
with little labor in a few minutes.
Copyright, 1924.)
Evening star., 1924-07-23
My Neighbor Says:

When stewing fruit add the
sugar after the fruit is cooked.
In this way only a small guam
tity of sugar will be required.
Certain lamps. irrespective of
the amount of care bestowed
upon them in the way of clean
ing, always seem to burn dim
ly. This may be remedied by
dropping small pieces. of cam
phor into the bowl with the oil.
Iodine should not be used
when it has been kept for any
length of time. This is because
the alcohol in which iodine is
dissolved evaporateS rapidly
and the tincture thus becomes
concentrated and the strength
is increased. 1t is best to buy
iodine in small quantities and
to use it sparingly.
When making cream sauce or
using -four for thickening, if
you use pastry flour it will mix
more easily and there will be
ing than II you use bread f1our.
Iron rust may be removed
(even the worst marks will
yield IL the worker is persist
ent) by applying common table
salt and the juice of a freshly
cut lemon to the stain and
(, holding it over the spout of a
steaming tea kettle. After q
few minutes repeat with .
fresh application.
Evening star., 1924-07-23
YOUR HOME AND YOU
by HELEN KENDALL.
The Weather.

Two woman friends met recently
in the aisle of a department store.
One of them was mopping her face
with her handkerchief and welding
a fan violently, for it was one of
those hot, sticky days when there
seems no relief anywhere. The lady
with the fan was just about to burst
into a prolonged complaint about the
heat and the humidity, when her
friend exclaimed pleasantly:
"Oh, I'm so glad to see you. l just
saidAo myself, as ! caught d glimpse
Of you: Well. here's one person who
will not complain about the weather.
1t seems to me that every one l
cept the thermometer and the muGGy
air. I'm SO tired of it, for what can
We do about ii, anyway? I'd rather
forget it, myself. Come on, let's go
coolest things l know about"
The fan suddenly stopped its fran
tic waving and the handk erchief was
withdrawn from the perspiring face
facedly remarked that the heat never
bothered her to speak of. but she
would enjoy the water ice. The
other woman smiled inwardly at the
clever way she had warded off the
complainer.
People who complain of weather
conditions nowadays are not only
wearisome bores, but hopelessly out
of style. The hackneyed phrase, It's
not so much the heat as it is the
humidity" marks the person who
utters it as d bromide" of the worst
sort. In fact, this phrase has been
parodied. It's not so much the heat
as it is the stupidity" only stupid
commonplace minds indulge in COM
plants about conditions which can
not be helped. SO far back as the
days of Gilbert and Sullivan, such
persons were satirized in the song,
Let's talk about the weather"
The weather as a topic of conver-
sation is practically obsolete! Don't
let anybody catch you making so
gauche a blunder as to complain of
heat, humidity or other phases of the
well known terrestrial atmosphere,
Evening star., 1924-07-23
Plant Life in
District of Columbia
Spanish Iris; Iris Xiphitm.
BY n. A. EMMON;s.

This is one of large and snowy
! family. We are all familiar with the
German iris, the Japanese iris. and
the wild blue flag of lowIands and
meadows: but few of US know that
the species OF this luxurious genus
number between 140 and ITO. They
exhibit considerable variability among
the speciess Their distribution is
| wide. covering practically the whole
north temperate zone, from Alaska
and Labrador to Florida, and from
kamchatka and Norway south to
India and North Africa
Dealers in America offer more than
100 species for sale. though many
or these are cultivated only to
| limited extent Horticultural in
terest centers chiefly around the
following six groups: First. the Ger
man 1r1ses; second. the Japanese irises;
third. the tall apogon irises; fourth,
| the dwarf irises: fifth, the oncocyclus,
and sixth the bulbous irises The
Spanish iris is one Of the last group,
the bulbous irises. "
These dubious irises. of which there
are about twenty species in cultiva-
ton in America. are rather dwarf
bulbous plants which are known for
their brilliant colors, strong con-
trasts and numerous flowers. The
| two most commonly found in culti-
walton are the present species and
| the English iris Qris Xiphoides). The
English iris is probably the Oldest
iris in cultivation.
The leaves of the Spanish iris are
about foot long. slender, half-round
| and deeply channeled. The flower
stems are one to two feet high. The
three outer SegmentS of the flowers
are about two inches long, violet pur-
pie in color. yellow in the center.
The three inner segments are as long
but narrower.
The native home of the Spanish iris
is in North Africa, Corsica and south
Spain. 1t has long been in cultiva-
ton, and is one of the better known
of the irises In this country it is
hardy north into New Jersey in pro-
tected situations.
Copyright 1924, by Il. A. Emmons)
Evening star., 1924-07-23
WHEN WE GO SHOPPING
BY MRS. HARLAND II. ALLEN.

Some cleaners are made with paper
bags, which can be discarded from
time to time, but if the cleaner you
select does not incorporate this fea-
ture, see that the one bag 1t does
have is a durable one. Many of the
Test bags are treated with a moth
proof finish and are of two to three
thicknesses CT finemeshed material
The motor, of course, Is an sx-
tremeiy important little thing" See
that it is of good standard make. for
no vacuum cleaner is stronger thar
it's motor.
Another point you may overlook
in buying your first vacuum cleaner
is whether or not it will operate
under the bed, and similar low sur
faces. You can be sure that it Will
not if the frame and motor extend
up very high above the floor.
AS to accessories that are not nom
essentials, there are the brush, to
be used for cleaning draperies; the
blower. for blowing dust from ra-
diators, books and other articles
which readily accumulate it; the at
tachments for cleaning, upholstery,
mattresses and furniture, and, of
course, the necessary hose.
Evening star., 1924-07-23
Your Vacuum Cleaner.

It's the little things" that count
about d vacuum cleaner, That doesn't t
mean that you should buy any and
every thing in the way of cute"
attachments that YOU can possibly
screw on your cleaner; but it does
mean that you should ponder over
all :he seemingly minor parts about
the machine you consider buying and
that you should consider all the ac-
cessories that are really worth while.
A cleaner that permits ease in
carrying, for instance. has an impor-
tant asset, often overlooked. This
means not only that the machine
should not weigh too much. but that
It should be, properly balanced. as
even an extremely light cleaner may,
if improperly balanced, be difficult
to carry.
The bag should be easily put on
and taken off, and il should be easy
10 empty. If ii has partition where
the dirt can settle and not be ac-
cessible to the inrushing air. you will
nave no trouble with back pressure"
Evening star., 1924-07-23
Fur Neck Scarfs for Midsummer
BY MARY MARSHALL.

So long as fashion offers so many
attractive and practicable WAYS of
soaring the neck there seems to be
no chance that the high collar will be
revived. To be sure, there has been
some revival of interest in the high
ncckod blouse, but Americans show
little disposition to follow the lead of
France in this direction, and. more
over, France is not showing any real
enthusiasm for high collars.
What most women - American
women especialiy-do dislike is the
effect of baroness about the neck
when street dress is worn, especially
such baroness about the back of the
neck. one thing that perhaps kept
the tailored suit from being revived
Tor so many years was the fact that
hlgh-Colored blouSeS were no more.
The suit jacket worn against the bare
neck did not appeal to us.
ScarfS have jumped into the breach
both hguraticely and literally. And
there is such a variety of ways in
which scarf can be worn and
actually such an infinite number of
possible sCarfS that there is little
Aanger that the vogue for the neck
Scarf will soon pass.
To be sure, some of the more f1orid
printed scarfs do look a trifle passe
No doubt some of the striking polka
dots that have recently enjoyed such
popularity will have to be discarded
IN the name of smart fashion, but new
scarfs viii be brought forward to
take the place of those that have be-
come too we'll liked
week or so ago we first began
to hear and to observe that certain
well dressed women had given up the
silk scarf entirely as an accessory for
street dress. Instead they wore fur
pieces. thus reviving the mode of sew
cral seasons ago And-nOw from
Paris comes word that certain
notably smart women there have
given up the fur neck scarf in place
of the ostrich boa. And some one
else all the time is whispering that
ostrich is becoming very common and
that the best dressed women are not
Evening star., 1924-07-23

Il came over to say good bye" said
Ted, as he came into the Cut-outs
back yard. I've decided to start on
my canoe trip very early tomorrow.
and so 1 thought nobody would be up
to see me off. I'm going around tell
ing everybody goodbye right now"
Gee" sighed Billy, "it must be
great to go on a three-day trip all
by yourself. Course you're older
than / am, but I bet my family
wouldn't let me, co.
I'm not exactly alone" confessed
Ted. tom Rixon, who works for us,
is going, too, but then I'm going to
handle the canoe and everything, so
it's about the same as going alone"
And away he strutted
Color Ted's@ hair dark brown, his
tie orange, the checks in his trousers
orange, his shoes brown, and his
socks tan. Now mount him on light
weight cardboard and cut him out.
Copyright 1824)
Evening star., 1924-07-23
CIVIL SERVICE PAMPHLETS.

Wv IL Sfhh ltE PAMPHLETS,
Questions and answers in all scholastic s,,h
Jects- Study at home. less expensive and
more benehcial than class instruction C. A.
nook, ciSii service instructor, 945 Pa ave
Room ~. Catalog on request 2Gs
Evening star., 1924-07-23
Cabbage and Peppers.

Wash one medium sized cabbage
and cut it in small pieces. Cook in
boiling salted water until tender, or
about forty minutes. Drain and chop.
Melt three tablespoonfuls of butter,
and add one sweet green pepper chop
ped fine. Stir in three tablespoonfuls
of flour and then add one cupful of
milk slowly. When the mixture
thickens, remove from the fire. Put
a layer of cabbage in a baking dish,
then add half the sauce: then the
rest of the cabbage and sauce on top.
Cover with one-third cupful of bread
crumbs and brown in a rather quick
oven.
Evening star., 1924-07-23
Tomatoes and Hominv.

Cook half cupful of hominy in
boiling salted water for one hour. Stir
in one beaten egg and pour into
empty wet baking-powder tins. When
cold, cut in one-third-inch slices and
brush with melted butter Cut a slice
from the top of each of six tomatoes
and scoop out a little of the inside.
Place the hominy slices in a creased
each slice. Sprinkle the tomatoes
with salt and pepper and dot with
small piece of butter. Bake in a
moderate oven until soft, but not
broken. Remove carefully to a hot
platter, fill the centers of the toma-
toes with hot vegetable, and serve
with white sauce seasoned with lemon
juice. salt and paprika.
Evening star., 1924-07-23
BAKED BEEF TONGUE.

Boil a large beef tongue 1
hour in salted water, then cut
in pieces suitable for serving.
Place in a baking pan, add 1
tablespoon each of chopped
carrot, turnip, onion, celery
and parsley, pour in l cup of
the water in which the tongue
was boiled, cover and bake
slowly for about two hours,
basting frequently. Then re-
move the cover, bake until
brown and transfer to q heated
dish. Melt 3 tablespoonfuls Of
butter, blend in 8 tablespoonfuls
of flour, add slowly cup of
strained liquor from the pan
and 1 cup Of strained tomatoes,
stir and cook until smooth andy
thick, then pour the sauce over
the meat and serve. n,
Evening star., 1924-07-23
Distorp of Dour Same.
BY PHILIP FRANCIS NOWLAN.
ABENDROTH,
RACIAL ORIGiN-German.
SOURCE-Descriptiv

On the whole, German family
names have come from the same kind
of sources as English-that is, they
have been developed either from the
given name of the father, from the
name of city, town or province,
from a landmark of some sort, or
from a phrase in some sense descrip-
tive of the character of physical ap-
pearance of the first individual to
bear them.
There are, however, more instances
in German than in English of the
arbitrary assumption of family
names. The explanation of this lies
in the fact that family names did not
develop as early in most sections of
Germany as they did in England, and
in many instances were adopted
finally as the result of law or the
pressure of cotemporary influence.
In such cases it was but natural that
they did not always follow the nor
NAL course of development, but were
arbitrarily assumed. and selected
often in accordance with mere whim
or fancy.
The name of Abendroth. of course,
means literally "evening-red." the
reference being to red sunset. APP
parently 1t was one of those arbitra-
rily adopted. like Blum Rosenblum
and other German Flower" names
These latter two are too numerous to
permit of any other explanation than
that Of sentimental choice.
(Copyright.)
Evening star., 1924-07-23
Chicken Turnovers.

Roll out the trimmings of any good
pastry and cut in large rounds. Have
ready some cooked chicken chopped
fine and highly seasoned. A little
finely chopped or minced ham is an
improvement. Moisten with gravy or
cream. Place a large spoonful on
half of the pastry, fold over the other
half, and press the edges together.
Bake in a quick oven.
Evening star., 1924-07-23
Prune Ice Cream.

Pick over one cupful of prunes,
cover with one and one-half cupfuls
of cold water, and soak over night.
Cook in the same water until soft,
remove the stones, and force the
fruit pulp through a puree strainer.
Add one cupful of sugar four table,
spoonfuls of lemon juice, little
OF heavy cream, beaten until stiff
Freeze, using three parts of finely
crushed ice TO one part of rock salt.