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Evening star., 1924-10-14
When I'm Big.
hing gives children greater de-

Nothing gives children greater de-
light than to sit at the knee of some
friendly older person, preferably
mother. and tell what they are going
to do when they are big.
1t is interesting to watch the dreams
grow and change into the settled.
definite purpose that controls their
lives. That is what happens to those
dreams by and by. That is why they
are so very important.
when I'm big 1 am going to have
a candy store full of peppermint
drops" says chubby Dorothy looking
greedily toward the delectable future.
Her wise mother smiles cordially
and suggests tho fittings and the win
dow decoration. Yes sighs the
dreamer blissfuIly. land I'll have a
whole showcase full of gum drops
for you. They'll be so soft and won't
hurt your teeth. cause you're going
to be very old then, and for daddy
I'll have a whole boxful of nut choc-
olates. He likes them
Mother wisely passes over the mat
ter Of discrimination between her
| teeth and fathers and promises to be
a daily customer. Nothing must spoil
SO delightful plan. Next month lit
| tie daughter suddenly changes her
plan. She will be a farm woman and
| have a lot Of goats, like Mrs. Collins,
| and the goats will pull her wagon
| down the avenue. If mother would
| be too heavy load for the goats, why
| she will have two wagons. With sc
many goats that will be very easy
and mother smiles and says she would
| like a yellow cart with red cushions
Evening star., 1924-10-14
What TodayMeans to You
BY MARY BLAKE.
Libra.

LlOTd.
Todays planetary aspects arc, dur
ing the forenoon, distinctly adverse; !;
afternoon, however. they show a de-
cided Improvement and become ex-
cellent in the late afternoon. In the
morning self-control must be excr-
clSed, as there will be a tendency
to hastiness and loss of temper. and
nothing that is prompted by impulse
should be attempted. In the after
noon, those plans and ideas that have
been put on the shelf can again be
brought to light, and. IL free from
speculative or hazardous risk, the oc-
casion will prove to be a propitious
one for launching them.
A child born today will be sickly in
infancy. and more than usual care
must be given to it's nutrition. II
will however, once this period is sue
cessfully passed, enjoy good health.
It's character will be more obstinate c
than plant, its disposition pleasing.
it smentality normal. Determination,
as distinguished from selfish pig
headedness, must be taught this child.
so that IL may demonstrate obstinacy
where wrong is involved. and pliancy
where right is the issue This child
will succeed more in outdoor than in
indoor life.
II today Is your birthday. all your
good qualities. and you have many,
are overshadowed by your unthinking
selfishness You will. very probably,
resent and deny this criticism. but
from early youth you have been moro
or less, accustomed to your own way.
with the result that this has become
q habit with you. and you are often
unconscious of the selfishnesS of your
acts.
Nothing in this world causes so
much unhappiness, as UNCONSCIOUS
selfishness," as from its very uncon-
sciousnesS it is more often than not
unrecognized by the guilty party.
The husband who insists on having
his own way, the wife who can only
see that her way is the right way,
the father who honestly thinks that
his way is always the best one TOR
his children, the mother who says she
always knows the right thing for her
children to do, the business partner
or associate who will listen to no one,
hut nursues his heading course In
.nite of opposition-all these people
az. suffsrinE from an inflated ego.
and are selfish
There are two sides to every issue,
,.S "a insist on the adoption OF one
narffculsr side, just because you tnink
= IA the right one, regardless OF all
that can be said for the other, Is not
oniy egotistical. but selfish
We'll known persons born on TINS
So. arc. William Penn, Daniel
Unn+inrton. artist; John Ray. Jurist;
Iohn w, Watson, poet; James G. Car
ter LAWYER: James ONeill, actor
Copyright. 19@f.,
Evening star., 1924-10-14
NV Neighbor Says:

when a chimney catches fire
.alt should at once be thrown on
tbe grate. Then wet blanket
shouId be held across the hre-
nIace. Tho blanket stops the
draught and thus allows the
tre-kilIing gases produced by
The salt to rise slowly and so
cxtinguish the burning sooI
The liquor from any canned
fruit may be made into fruit
;euv Served with whipped
Srearn. it makes a nice dessert
Ebopped nuts stirred into jelly
as II begins to harden are a
worth-whilo addition.
When making hot starch add
q level teaspoonful Of dry
washing powder to a quart
This helps to prevent the iron
from sticking.
Take a dripping pan that Will
ahout fit your gas oven and I'LL
with beach sand; put 1t under
meath the first CRATE of your
oven and you will have no dlf-
ficulty in browning your cake
or biscuits on top.
To remove marks made on
leather chair by the head and
arms, boil half pint of lin
seed oil, let it stand until near
ly cold and stir in 4 half-pint
of vinegar (cider) until 1T is
we'll mixed. 1t may then be
bottled Pour a few drops on
a piece of flannel and polish
with A soft dust cloth.
Evening star., 1924-10-14
title eBetlDS
Note Book
9z2;::;::)

I was wawking home fast on ac-
count of being late for suppir agen,
and who did / see getting off a troll
ley car but pop. me saying. G pop,
you're late.
Well wat are you? pop sed.
Late, I sed.
And we started to wawk homo
shouldent of come home this late
without telefoLing ferst, you're
mother wont like it, I'm afraid.
/ don't think she'll like it about me,
either, sed. wy don't you telefone
now from the drug store, pop? l sed.
Wy, could be there by the time
was telefoning. that's no kind of an
ideor. pop sed. and I sed. Well l
know, pop, but she wouldent know
ware you was and you could tell her
we was both hert il. a fearse exsident
and we each had both legs cut off.
Wat legs? pop sed, and I sed,
Yes sir, and ma would be SO relieved
to see us wawkiug in with all our
legs and everything she would forget
to be mad at us for being late.
1t sounds like an excellent theory
but something tells me Id better not
put it into practice. pop sed. and L
sed, Well then how about telling her
we each ony lost one leg, how about
tnaL. pop.
a legs a leg for aw that, pop sed
shaking his he'd. And we went home
and pop hadent hardly hung up his
hat and coat wen the bell rang and
nop opened the door and who was it
but ma, saying . Willyum, I'm so
sorry. l was detained at the meeting
# the Ladies of Cleopattera and
.ouldent brake away. I sippose you're
simply starving. ! certeny feel Eilty.
Well, 1 admit I'm as hungry as a
cupple of bears, but l don't wunt to
he unreasonable, if you're late you're
late, that all there is about it, pop
Sed, and ma sed o Willyum l think
its perfeckly sweet of you to be SO
nice about it
Nonsents. forget it. pop sed. And
lest then Nora stuck her he'd out the
dining room door to see IL everybody
was home and rang the dinnir bell for
suppir mad, and we all went back and
ate it
Evening star., 1924-10-14
THE GUIDE POST
By Henry and Tertfus Van Dyke.
Fair Trees, Flowing Waters

-
Thus .oo.s It foSr IN its greatness, N
the length Of its brdnches; for ITS root
,r0s by many todters.-Ezek xxxi7.
The tasteful folly of man creates
ugliness and calls it civilization.
Nowhere is this insanity moro
clearly shown than in forgetting the
vital relation between fair trees and
flowing waters.
Cut away or burn OF tho forests
and the little rivers will be ruined.
The secret springs among the messy
rocks and tangled roots will be dried
up. Tho brooks will waste away.
The strong and steady streams will
be changed into wild torrents Of de-
struction in time OF food, and dreary
: bods Of mud and stone in time Of
drouth-
Nor can the forests flourish without
water at their roots. Nothing could
DO more gloomy than tho barren
shores OF the Saguenay. where a
sweeping fire Of carelessness has de-
stroyed the trees, and rain has
washed away tho soil. and the gran
lite hills stand naked In desoiation.
God has made some deserts. which
have their own beauty. But man has
made more, and every one Of them Is
ugly.
A good man, says tho Psalm, Is like
a tree planted by the streams of
water. In his life there must be
hidden springs Of joy and courage,
love and power.
Copyright, 1ScA)
Evening star., 1924-10-14
PERSONAL HEALTH SERVICE
BY HiLLIAM BRADY, NJ. d.

provided he Is wise enough to con-
troll his own girth rate
A fattiSh man with a fattiS'1 wife
| Is entitled to sympathy and advice.
| Anybody will give him the advice |
offer him sympathy. The sad thing in
such combination is that the pair
are not only enslaved to the ways and
wishes of their friends-ways which
arc seldom the ways Of health for fat
folk-but also to one anothers fail
| ings. Each sets the other a Door
pace and a bad example, a poor pace
| in the matter Of daily exercise, a bad
example In the matter of eating. It
requires rare ambition and determin-
alton for such a couple to save them
selves from drifting on the rocks in
the very middle of the race
l am not entirely certain whether
the advent of the family chariot pre-
cedeS the accumulation of the family
;orporosIty or vice versa, but I
strongly suspect it is usually a. case
If auto-intoXication
Two young men finished a thou-
iand-mile hike the other day. One
nad gained five pounds. The other
had lost three pounds.
Thousands of sedentary younp men
drafted from Offices and stores gained
an average of IL pounds in the course
or the first few months of physical
training in the Army camps. The
gain was muscle tissue. No doubt
most of them lost some Stacker flesh
useless fatty tissue at the same time
Muscle has higher density or sna-
| cine gravity than fat Muscle takes
up less room than fat. Women Keen
for trim figure should know that
inc ideai corset is properly trained
| set of muscles.
Yet if there is anything that an
noys me-there are. of course. no end
OF things-it is to receive a REQUEST
for the Brady Symphony "a set of ex-
| ercises) from some one who wants TO
reduce. / have no symphony for thai
purpose. What you want is the Bra
dy Barcarole. But that is forthcom-
ing only when I consider that you
should reduce, and I take no ONES
| word for that must have at least
the main dimensions-age, height
| weight
| (Oopyrishtl
Evening star., 1924-10-14
REnIIME SHnPIES BY THORNTON
A0A1A0 A1'AA ~ O1N11lO W. BURGESS

out those wonderful ears Hooty
would not live long and he wouldn't
be able to get food enough.
Hooty was waiting for his little
feathered and furred neighbors, who
s'eep through the night, to get set
tied and doZe off. He was waiting
for his little furred ncighbors, who.
like himself. prefer night to day, to
start out hunting for food. The
Black Shadows came hurrylng more
rapidly through the Green Forest and
1t grew darker and darker. Hooty'S
big eyes grew bigger and bigger.
Perhaps ] should say that the CEN
ters of them grew wider and wider
They are eyes made for seeing at
night
At last Hooty decided that it was
time to try his favorite trick. He
hooted as only he can. 1t was very
still there in the Green Forest and
Hooty'S voice was loud and startling.
He meant that it should be startling.
He knew that If there were any
little people who had just gone to
sleep anywhere near they would be
wakened very suddenly and they
would be almost sure to move. II
they moved they would be likely to
rustic a leaf or make some other
tiny sound as they stirred His won
derful ears would tell him just where
that tiny sound was made. Then he
would know just where to look with
those wonderful eyes.
So the instant he hooted Hooty
opened those ears of his very wide
and listened with all his might
There was just the faintest rustic of
dry leaves short distance away. On
noiseleSs wings, for big as they are
those wings of Hootys make no
sound when he uses them. he seemed
actually to float right over to that
spot. There was a squeak OF fright,
a scurry of small feet and White
wood the Wood Mouse dived into a
little hole in the ground just in the
nick of time. HootyS great, curved
claws just missed him.
Hooty snapped his bill in angry
disappointment, turned swiftly and
flew back to his watch tower. Again
he took up his silent watch. He was
hungry. but he knew that impatience
would lose for him what patience
might gain. And SO he sat and sat
without making a sound.
THAT mouse viii come out again."
said Hooty to himself. IF l wait
long enough he'll think I've gone
away"
Copyright, 1924. by T. W. Bursess)
Evening star., 1924-10-14
Smart Accessories of New FrOcks
BY MARY MARSHALL.

Cne is strongly tempted to believe
that some great dandy of the Di-
roctoire period had Il scar on his neck
that he wished to conceal, or perhaps
Il chin that was not as we'll defined
as he wished. How else came about
the custom among men of tnat period
OF wearing their neck stocks SO high
as to como right up over the tip of
the chin?
1t may have been simply an exag-
rrerated outcome of the desire to
wear collars ever higher and higher
Az all events, it was fashion that
women adopted as well as men.
These high collars in womens dress
seem to have been the outcome of
uChuS which were worn in England
and France at the time that the
French revolution broke out-the
hchu as we know il in the canvases
of Reynolds and GainSborough. After
the revolution the fichu was drawn
up higher and higher. until it became
the trompeuse (the deceiver), which
eventually had to be supported by
Sorges poStiches throatS-of
satin.
Now, you know there is a strong
leaning toward those fashions that
prevailed in France after the revolu
'lon-beSt known as the Directoire.
lust what shall be taken and what
shall be discarded is a question upon
which the great designers do not
agree. To some of them the Direc-
tore mode means first and foremost
the scant, high -waisted frock for
women. To others the high waist is
CLOSED over and the striking decora-
tive details of masculine costume of
The period are seized upon-wide
r+vers. double breasted coats, jabots,
SGirt and wrist frills
= Martial ct Armand find much In the
masculine mode Of the Directoire to
apply to the present-day feminine
mode, and in the frock from this
house here skctched is reproduced
rhe high trompeuse as worn by the
men of the period as well as the
women. Tho frOck is in redinEote
Evening star., 1924-10-14
Our Children-By Angelo Patri

When the great day arrives and Dor
othy solemnly declares she shall have
them.
Nonsense, you say? Silly to en-
courage A child to entertain such fam
cies! Not bit of it. The way to
achievement is up the cobweb ladder
or dreams. The way to teach a child
to plan for thorough and satisfying
execution is through the exercise OF
his imagination. We are not making
enough of the creative imagination
of childhood. Teach the children 10
dream and keep them on the track of
their dreams by means of the daily
JOB, no matter how far 1t may seem
to be removed from the gossamer fab
rlc his mind Is constructing. The
dream is very precious.
Il own this great pine forest be-
cause, when L was a little boy, / used
to tell my mother she would have
just what she wanted when I grew
big and she would say: Get me d big
pine tree all my own.' and ! would
promise. For years and years We
planned and talked about that pine
tree. You see, l liked them, too, and
mother was wise in keeping my love
, alive. Trees were to be my job and
dreaming about them brought them
to me, I'm sure
So am l. Watch out for that when
I'm big" story. II changes from time
to time, but by and by it will stay
fixed. 1t counts
Copyright, ls24)
Mr. Patri will give personal attention TO
Inquiries from parents or school teachers on
education and development of children Write
him in care of this paper, inclosing self -ad-
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Evening star., 1924-10-14
New York Potato Salad.

Dice five slices Of salt PORK and
cook until a light brown. Drain OF
the fat and add one-half a cupfui
of water. Chicken with ono table,
spoonful Of flour. Add one table,
spoonful of vinegar and one tea
spoonful of sugar and season with
salt and white pepper. MIX three
cupfuls Of diced boiled potatoes. one
cupfuI of shredded. cabbage. the salt
pork, one tablespoonful OF minced
parsley and pour hot dressing over.
Evening star., 1924-10-14
Reception Cake.

Beat the whites of eight eggs until
very dry and add one and one-fourth
cllpfuls of sugar sifted and creamed
with three-fourths cupful OF fresh
butter, half a cupful of water added
alternately with two and one-hali
cupfuls of flour sifted three times
with one and one-half rounding tea
spoonfuls of baking powder and one
teaspoonful of vanilla When meas
uring the flour, put ore heaping table,
spoonful of corustarch in a cup and
fill up the cup with -four. then sift
with the remainder of the flour as
directed Beat together a long time.
Bake In an unSreased pan one hour.
Evening star., 1924-10-14

|rept through the Green Forest to
Rake II dusky in among the trees,
iooty few over to the top OF his
\ atch tower.
This watch tower was the tall
lump of a dead tree. When Hooty
|erched on the top of it he looked
h the dusk to be part of il. He
has motionless. save that now and
hen he turned his head, and he did
his so quickly that it would take 4
Teen eye to see it
STor some time Hooty sat there
klst listening. You know there are
10 more wonderful ears in all the
Ereen Forest than those of Hooty
he Owl With them he can hear
he faintest sounds, sounds that you
lad / wouldn't hear at all. With
Evening star., 1924-10-14
Distorp of Dour Same
BY PHILIP FRANCIS NowLAN.
TABOR.
VARIATIoN-Tablc.
RACIAL ORiGiN-German-
SOURCE-A locality.

kAht%i ION-t dOic-
RACIAL oRiGIN-German.
SouRcE-A locality.
One explanation Of this family name
Is that 1t Is a derivative Of a Gaelic
word "tabur' or "tobar." meaning a
spring or we'll
It may be Of Gaelic, that Is, Scot
tish or Irish. origin in some instances,
but the weight Of evidence is that II
is otherwise IN the cases Of the ma
jority Of Pc ersons who bear this name
1t would appear to be rather the
use Of tho name of a city as q sur-
name. originally indicating that the
person referred to had come from
that place.
The city is that of Tabor. in Bo-
hemia, place which gained consid-
orable fame in the period Of the reli-
sious wars as the stronghold Of the
Hussites. who fortified it and made il
their seat of war for some 20 years.
AS result of this, the Hussites were
quite widely referred to at the time
as '"Taborites."
1t was just the sort Of a. place name
which most easily could have devel-
oped into family name among per
sons who had left it for other Iocali-
ties
Copyright, 1a24.)
Evening star., 1924-10-14
Apricot-Raisin Custard.

Wash and stew some dried apricots
until tender and cook some raisins
only until they are pumped. There
should be one cupful of soft apricots
to every cupful of raisins. Make a
custard of two cupfuls of milk. two
well beaten eggs, one cupful of sugar
and a pinch of salt Beat we'll and
pour over the fruit Bake in a large
pan or In individual cups. Serve cold
with q thin custard sauce over the
mold
Evening star., 1924-10-14
Cream and Nut Pastry.

Beat the yolks OF five eggs in a
mixing bowl Add one heaping cup
full of sugar, and beat. Add three
tablespoonfuls of cold water and
beat again. Add one cupful of flour
sifted with one rounded tablespoon
full of baking powder. Beat the
whites very stiff, and add to the
mixture with few drops of flavor
ing. Bake in three layers or in a
cake pan with a hole in the center.
Use any filling or icing desired.
Whipped cream and nuts make a de-
1icious filling.
Evening star., 1924-10-14
Frozen Pear Salad.

Take one can Of Bartlett pears and
pack in salt and ice for four hours.
Cut the can one inch below the top,
so the pears can come out in a mold
without breaking; have crisp lettuce
leaves thoroughly chilled, arrange
on individual plates, cut the pears in
slices about one inch thick, and put
on lettuce. Over - top put some
oil dressing, and on at put one ta-
blespoonful of greatenF cheese, sprin-
kled with paprika, and serve at once
with Saltines.
Evening star., 1924-10-14
Barley Biscuits,

Barley biscuits will not get fluffy
like wheat biscuits, but are light and
good in texture, somewhat dark in
color, of a good favor and very good
for the health. To make, mix one
and one-fourth cupfuls of liquid, four
cupfuls of barley -four, three table,
spoonfuls of fat, six teaspoonfuls of
baking powder and one teaspoonful
of salt.
Evening star., 1924-10-14

One mother says:
Some children naturally know which
colored handkerchief to carry, and
which hair band goes best with a GER
tain dress. Others must be taught.
| began very early to teach my young
est that if there are no ribbon and no
socks to match her dress, black or white
will usually do, but that color combina-
tions are always important. Small Mar
jorie has already learned a great deal
about colors and always looks well
dressed when I am gone, and she picks
out her own things to wear.
copyright, l924.)
Evening star., 1924-10-14
Cocoanut Tafy,

Dissolve two cupfuls of sugar in
half cupful OF water. When boiling,
stir in four tablespoonfuls Of butter
cut in thin pieces and boil until it
forms a hard ball when tested in cold
water, then add one cupfui Of cocoa
nut, one teaspoonful of almond ex-
tract and pour into buttered pans.
When cool. mark into neat squares.
Evening star., 1924-10-14

Here's the rainy day fun l was
thinking Of" said Nick, as he led the
crowd of boys and girls into the big,
roomy attic at his house.
Why, what Is that queer looking
thing?' asked Betty Cut-out as Nick
dragged a long object out of corner
This is an old camera that be-
Ionged TO my Uncle Morton, who was
once photographer. 1t doesn't work
any more. but he gave it to me to
play with. We can get lot of things
to dress in and play making photo
graphs. Mother said we could get
anything out OF those old trunks we
wanted to, if we'd be careful Of
things"
Color the camera black and the
stand dark brown to represent wood.
Copyright, l92I)
Evening star., 1924-10-14
Owl Looks for Dinner.
Nstchful waiting may be slow.
But in the end it pays, you know.

Hooty the Great Horned Owl was
Nungry- Fer most OF the day he had
slept Now he impatiently waited
For jolly, round. red MIR. Sun to go to
he'd behind the Purple HIS and for
the Black Shadows to como creeping
through the Green Forest 1t was
bedtime for most of the little people
Of the Green Meadows and the Green
Forest, but for Hooty the Owl il was
ttEpe to be abroad. Just as soon as
enough Of the Black Shadows had
Evening star., 1924-10-14

A parrot belonging to Mrs. c. H.
Williams Of San Antonio. Tex, sings
the complete choruses Of both Zip
perary' and "Silver Threads Among
the Cold" For variation he whistles
the tunes after singing the words
Evening star., 1924-10-14

This is a felt model that hugs the
head. for those who will not give up
the cloche. And they are legion.
The hat Is divided in halves with
the front half beaded with narrow
ribbon. Only the lowest row Of ribbon
passes around to the back Of the rear
half, and this ribbon, besides bein g
ornamental, helps to tie the hat in to
fit the head of the wearer
This model comes in black felt and
silver ribbon or. in beige felt and
brown ribbon.
Evening star., 1924-10-14

Berlin's young men of fashion are
now having their clothes cut in the
Latest English style,
Evening star., 1924-10-14

Mr.. Patri will give personal attention TO
Inquiries from parents or school teachers on
him in care Of this paper inclosing self -ad-
dressed. stamped envelope for reply