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Evening star., 1924-07-30
What Today Means to You
Leo.
BY MARY blake.

Leo.
Until late in the afternoon the
aspects arc distinctly adverse, coun- =
selling attention only to routine du-
ties or occupations, and special care
should be devoted to health condi-
tons. At about pm. the tension
is relieved, and the aspects materially
improve; SO much so, in fact, that it
is a favorable opportunity for putting
new ideas or plans into execution.
1t is also a propotious occasion for
affairs of the heart, and, if a proposal
be made, an affirmative response is
Indicated.
4 child born today will be physical
ly healthy and Temperance ntaliy vi
vacious and attractive. 1t will de-
velop indications of Incidence and be
more anxious to seek pleasure than
to acquire habits OF industry and
careful living. 1t will not be very
:menable to advice. and. consequently,
il must be energetically and force =
fully disciplined it will have a char
acter that will yield to superior force,
but not to persuasion.
If today is your birthday. you. in
spite of many attractive and COM
pelling characteristics. are too inde-
pendent and too indifferent to the ad-
vice of those who have your success
and welfare at heart.
Much may be accomplished by
means of individual industry and
energy. 1t must, however, be ac-
knowledged that the help derived
from others in the journey of life is
of very great Importance. The poet
Wordsworth has well said that these
two things, contradictory though they
may seem, must go together, depend
ence and independence, reliance and
self-reliance.'
From infancy to old age all of us
are more or less indebted to others
for nurture and culture: the best and
strongest are usually the readiest to
acknowledge such help.
You cannot, unless you seek a her
mit's lot. live in utter disregard of
your fe1low-creatures, nor can you
rely entirely on your own individual
ism. The human character is nodded
by a thousand subtle influences: by
friends and neighbors, by the world
We live in.
You should heed more what others
say. although You must necessarily
be the captain of your own soul and
being and well doing. You could owe
more to others than you do, but in
the very nature of things you must
be your own best helper.
Well known persons born on this date
are: George w. Melville. chief engi-
neer, United States Navy; James d.
McCabe. author: Elmer r. Reynolds,
and author; James e. Kelly, engraver
and sculptor; Henry Ford, automo-
bile manufacturer.
(Copyright, 1924
Evening star., 1924-07-30
Monkeys on Embroidered Frocks
ny MARY MARSHALL

part Of the bodice A frock was
shown in this country with a roman
tic picture of castles and craggy
mountains painted by hand on crepe.
And here is a white crepe tunic frock
with an amusing embroidered bor-
der of black monkeys. To complete
the impression Of monkeys 1t Is worn
with a black kid dog collar studded
with silver nail heads edged with
white monkey fur.
If these pictorial frocks continue
in favor we may find women much
interested in embroidering original
and amusing designs and pictures
for their own frocks, bending over
the embroidery frames as attentively
as did Matilda, wife of William the
Conqueror, when she worked the
Two hundred years and more ago
the woman who was inclined to put
in hours of close work over the en-
broidery or tapestry frame did
backs and seats for drawing room
and dining room furniture. More re-
Gently she embroidered al manner
pieces. But elaborately embroidered
table napery is no longer smart, we
no longer fancy tapestry covered
furniture, and so the only thing to
do is to make picture embroidery on
They say that there really has
been a revival of interest in fine
needlework. More of the tools or
this sort of fancy work are now sold
than in some time before. In Eng
land i. is considered rather swagger
for young girls to take up fine en-
Doubtless royal approval has some
thing to do with it there.
copyright, 1924
Evening star., 1924-07-30
NV Neighbor Says:

To find out whether they are
really linen. when buying hand
kerchiefs or other goods moist
en- the tip of the finger and
press on them. If the wet
penetrates the handkerchief at
once, it is linen, but if cotton
il takes some seconds to wet
through the thread.
When making marmalade or
Jam. cut rounds of tissue paper
the size of the jars. Soak each
separately in vinegar and lay
close over the top of the pre-
serve. Then cover in the usual
way. This will prevent its be-
coming moldy.
Great care should be taken
when washing colored stock
ings to prevent the dye from
running. First of all prepare
strong lather of good soap and
warm, soft water. Add a pinch
of salt to the water, and
after washing wiring as dry as
possible and hang them out to
dry.
Pour boiling water over raj
sins, let stand for few min
utes. drain the water off, and
you will find that the stones
can be quickly and easily
squeezed out from the stem
end.
Keep oni ions. celery and
strong-tasting vegetables apart
from other vegetables or food.
HerringS should also b. kept
where they cannot taint the
household provisions, and fruit
of all sorts should be laid out
separately on shelf, if pos
sible. as one piece coming in
contact with another will
quickly become spoiled.
Evening star., 1924-07-30

Sattiday afternoon pop and ma took
me down town. to buy me new suit
on account of nv last new one look
ing SO old alreddy nobody wouldent
suspect it was a new one, and we was
wawking through Hookbinders de-
pa rtmint store and some lady was
giving a demonstration how to make
Ice GREEN, pop saying, This is intrist-
ing, lets watch this.
Now Willyum / hope you don't get
eny ideer in your mind about buying
an ice GREEN freezer, we had one once
about 10 yeers ago, and it took hours
to eileen up after 1T, ma sed.
Science has taken enormous strides
sints then, pop sed. and the lady Civ
ing the demonStra ton Sed, One minn t
and half is all it takes to freeze it,
would you care for a. sample. sir,
would You care for sample, madam?
And she gave us all a little sample
on little plate. pop taisting his and
saying. Delicious, nuthing can take
the place of home made ice GREEN.
and ma saying, 1t taists like eny
other ice GREEN to me. / must say.
We awt to depend more on our
selves for our food and other necessi-
ties of life, like they did in olding
times. pop sed. The days of the spin
ming wheel were the reel days. Give
made bred and ice GREEN. How mutch
is one of those things? he sed.
Ony dollers and SO cents, the lady
sed. and pop sed, Not even dollers,
they're cheep enuff, and ma sed, Now
Willynm you get that notion rite out
of your he'd, there's 50 reasons agenst
it and not one for it and ! wouldent
think of it at eny price, so come on.
Well, this is a democratic country
and Ill abide by wat the majority
says, pop sed And we kepp on going
and ma bawt some things for her
self at diffrent counters and all of A
sudden she sed. Omy goodniss, / left
my bag at the ribbin counter and it
had 13 dollers in it.
That's 13 good reasons for going
back after the funny looking thing,
pop sed. Wait heer and Ill. get it.
there's no use of the hole procession
going back. he sed. And he quick
went to get it and me and ma sat
down on account of him being so long
and after a vile he came back with
the bag, ma saying, Wasent ii there!
Ware was it? and pop saying. 1t was
there, and ma saying, Willyum you
have a mitey gilty IMPRESSION, do you
meen to say you went back and bawt
an ice GREEN freezer after all?
Not even 4 dollers, pop sed.
Meening yes.
Evening star., 1924-07-30
YOUR HOME AND YOU
Getting Out of the Rut.
BY HELEN Kendall.

I'm getting into Il dreadful rut.
somcway," thought d young matron
10 herself, rejecting upon the rou-
tine of every day that seemed to be
her lot in life. Il go through the
same motions all the time, wash the
same dishes, make the same beds,
battle the same children. walk the
same streets, speak to the same peo-
pie at church and club. L just wish
L could do something new and diff
ferent once in a while to break the
monotony. OF course, I am satisfied
with my life and happy in my home
If only | did not get into such rut.'
\ day or Two later, when this Wom-
an was riding on d trolley car going
rom one suburb to another, she sud
denly decided on something to brea X
the monotony. Instead of getting off
at the place she had intended. she
stayed on the car and rode out to the
end of the line. Where there were
Evening star., 1924-07-30
Farorite Recipes Of
Prominent Women
Angel Food Cake.
MRS. FRANCES c. AxTELL
~ n~yI;nrhar N'osh
BY EDNA NJ. COLMAN.

Mrs A1tell was the first woman to
of government bureau, and when
she took up her duties as head of the
! United States Employees Compensa- =
! tion Commission every woman wage
Garner felt a personal interest in her
and her work.
! Always a champion of equal wages
| for women and men, Mrs. Axtell was
a member of the minimum wage com
mission of the State of Washington
| to fix wages in mercantile establish
ments. With the enfranchisement of
women and while she was serving on
| this commission she was elected to
the Legislature of her State, being
! the first woman so honored She also
! served as member of the minimum
| wage commission in the Capital City.
In addition to the wealth of knoWl-
edge of economic problems gained
| through a lifetime of club and pub
| lie welfare work, Mrs. Axtell brought
| to her job the experience Of a doctor,
a mother and grandmother. She is
! the type Of housekeeper who has al
| tive qualities of the foods with which
| she has provisioned her family. One
of her choice dishes is:
Angel Food Cake.-One cup r1n-
ming over of egg whites (eight to
eleven), one and one-half cups gran
ulated cane sugar sifted, one cup
Swansdown pastry -four, sifted before
measuring five times, one-fourth tea
spoon salt, one level teaspoon cream
tartar, one-half teaspoon almond,
| one half teaspoon vanilla
Put salt on large platter. add egg
whites and beat until stiff; fold in
sugar. one tablespoon at a time; add
the fiavoring and fold in by table,
spoonfuls the flour and cream of tar
tar; pour into an ungreased tube pan
and bake in a slow oven for one
hour, increasing the heat during the
last fifteen minutes, SO the cake is a
golden brown.
Evening star., 1924-07-30
Lamb Stew Royal.

Stew two pounds of rack of lamb
slowly in seasoned water for an hour
with six small carrots diced. Add more
water with one cupful of corn and one
cupful Of peas and thicken. Make some
drop dumplings with water, three tea
spoonfuls of baking powder and -four
enough to thicken. Drop from a spoon
into the slowly boiling pot so that the
dough rests on bits of meat Cover
tightly and steam for 20 minutes with
out uncovering. Mashed or baked pota-
toes combine well with this. Serve
strips of tart pickle as a garnish.
Evening star., 1924-07-30
The Prisoner.

Once more Betty and Billy Cutout
found themselves passing the mys-
terious looking cottage in which the
cross old woman and the pale little
girl lived. AS they came near, the old
woman was just going out of the
house She locked the gate carefully
behind her and hobbled off toward
town with her market basket
Betty and Billy walked slowly past
the place. Just as they came to the
house the door opened and the little
glri they had seen the day before
came running out. At sight of Billy
and Betty She stopped shyly Hello. "
said Betty in friendly manner. and
she and Billy stopped by the gate.
The little girl came UP slowly, look
ing about as though she expected TO
see the old woman come pouncing on
her any minute.
Color the old woman's shawl purple
and her skirt purple with tan squares.
The market basket is yellow.
Copyright, 19"4l
Evening star., 1924-07-30
BY EDNA KENT FORBES

You can give this treatment to your
self or your family. but / advise you
to ask your doctor first the propor-
ton of oxygen and boracic powder to
the water, and the special sort of oil
he prefers. But If you are hard of
hearing. go to 4 specialist for the
Swinging.
Mildred S-If you shave the hair
on your neck or arms it will come in
coarser and most likely much thick
er. You had better bleach the hair
on arms with peroxide; dampen that
on the neck with thin musilage and
push it up into the rest of Your hair.
gathering the ends under the hair
net. Such a mucilagc can be made by
dissolving a small piece of gum ira
gacanth in hot water and thinning ii
out to a thin, gummy consistency.
Anxious, Catherine W. F.-Use very
little powder for a time and take a
daily warm bath all over. I think the
pores in your complexion will soon
show improvement with this treat
ment. Relieving the complexion by
keeping the pores over the whole
body active, is one of the ways of
getting rid of blackheads.
The established fact that opposites
Evening star., 1924-07-30

make that long jump, the four little
Happy Jacks were puzzled.
IT don't see what your tail had to
do with it," said the boldest one.
Don't you?" replied Mrs. Happy
Jack. You come with me-"
She led the four down the tree TO
the ground and up on an old log.
Close to it was another old log She
jumped across from one TO the other.
Now you jump across" said she.
The four little squirrels jumped.
They carried their tails straight out
behind them. "Now We'll jump back" >"
said the mother. And / want you
Evening star., 1924-07-30
Importance of Tails.
Or everything there Is some use;
en- snuirrelS' tails haya thaiy orc

For everything there Is some use;
Fen squirrels tails have their excuse
Old Mother Nature
The four baby squirrels had held
their breath as they had watched
their mother make a flying jump from
the branch of one tree to the branch
of another Zee. and then return the
same way. When they looked down
at the ground it made them shiver
to think what a fall she would have
had IL she had missed her jump. But
when she said that it was because of
her big tail that she was able to
Evening star., 1924-07-30
BRAMBLES.

Beat 1 egg and add the juice
and grated rind of one lemon,
l cup Of sugar, l cup of stoned
and chopped raisins and Y cup
of broken walnut meats. Roll
thin a plain puff paste and cut
it into circular pieces about the
size of saucer. Put the fruit
over Y of each piece, wet the
edges, turn the paste over,
press the edges together and
bake in a quick oven about 20
minutes.
Evening star., 1924-07-30
VEAL LOAF.

Three pounds of veal chopped
fine, with II pound Of salt pork,
large crackers rolled, l table,
spoonful salt, 5 tablespoonfuls
cream, pepper to taste, 8 eggs
well beaten. Mix we'll and
bake three hours.
Evening star., 1924-07-30
ORANGE MARMALADE.

ORANGE MARMALADE.
Weigh oranges and for each
pound allow IA pounds of
sugar. Pare the thin yellow
rind from, half OF the oranges
and boil it until tender, then
cut intA nne shreds. Squeeze
the orange and boil the pulp in
water to cover until tender,
then rub through fire sieve
and strain out all the seeds
from the juice. Put the pulp,
juice, shredded rind and sugar
into preserving kettle and
boil until of the consistency of
honey '
Evening star., 1924-07-30

The established fact that opposites
attract may be why poor girls like
to marry rich husbands
Evening star., 1924-07-30

nave you seen the new picture
1rocks? They are not picture frocks
In the sense that we used to speak
or picture hats. They actually
show designs graphic as actually
to amount to pictures A few
Evening star., 1924-07-30
Menu for a Day.
BREAKFAST.
BlackberrieS.
Uncooked Cereal. Cream.
Cinnamon Toast.
Orange Marmalade.

V1HHdIIIOII IUdSC.
Orange Marmalade.
Coffee.
LUNCHEON.
Scrambled Eggs
flashed Brown Potatoes.
Cucumber Salad.
Brambles. Iced Tea
DINNER.
Jellied BouiI1on.
Sliced Veal Loaf. Potato Salad.
Fried Tomatoes. RadiSheS.
Peach Shortcake.
Coffee.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-29
WANT CHANCE IN
SCHOOL BOARD
NAMING
Midcity Citizens Would Have
D. G. Commissioners APP
point Members.

Members of the ,Midcity Citi-
zens' Association want the Board
Of Education members appointed
by the District Commissioners, &C.
cording to a resolution passed by
the body last night at a meeting
held in Thomson School. Abolition
of the skip-stop'' system on the
street car lines was referred to
the executive committee for con.
sideration.
Decision to send a delegate to
the Columbia Heights Citizens AS.
ISOLATION to confer with that body
on the proposed campaign to re.
duce street car fares also was
reached at last nights meeting.
Miss Marie Forrest spoke on the
proposed historical pageant to be
held in this city. Miss N. b.
Young was appointed chairman Of a
committee to aid In making arrange.
ments for the pageant.
Miss Edna Bowman, member OF
the Washington Opera Ballet, and
Miss Ethel Roddy, Of the Washing.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-29
Stamps Friends Send
Prisoners Reduce
p. @. Salary


Friends of inmates in Folsom
prison at Represa, CAL, by in
closing stamps for replies in
letters to prisoners have caused
the salary Of the postmaster at
that place to be reduced from
$1,000 to $1.1OO per annum. The
postoffice at Represa failed,
during the year, to sell suf-
ficient stamps to entitle the
office to pay the old salary OF
$1,000 per annum, therefore
the reduction.
Senator Shortridge has pre-
scented the facts to the POST
master General with the re-
quest the postmaster's salary be
arbitrarily restored to the old
amount.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-29
after advertising 70 that

bonds. after advertising 10 that
effect.
It Is not known who has the
bonds, as they changed hands since
being issued and have not been
presented for redemption. The
money was used for the erection
OF the insane asylum at Schuy.
kill Haven, where the county spent
$500. 900.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-29
Army ReIief Fund Dance.

A dance viii be given Friday
night by the engineer branch OF
the Washington Barracks for the
benefit Of the Army Relief Fund.
Col. w. p. Wooten IL chairman OF
the committee which will arrange
the dance.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-29
OWNERS or 500. 900 or
COUNTY BONDS SOUGHT

PoTTsVILLE. Pa. Jan. b.
Nearly 100000 held by unknown
parsons in Schuykill county bonds
- not drawing interest, the coun-
ty commissioners month ago
having decided 20 redeem the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-29

ton Opera Company. accompanied
by. Edward Ward, provided enter
tainInent. Miss Beatruce Seaver OF
fered q reading program. President
A. J. DriscOn presided.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-29
Sale Of Fur Coats
Sealine 9 9Ysdn
O07 IN Former
OO6o OV $I39 Value

The low price makes it possible for you to beau
ful Fur Coat and scarcely feel the cost We're clearing
stock Of these Fur Coats and the price is down
point that makes prompt disposal certainty.
These fine Sealne (dyed coney) Fur Coats of rich
appearance and made in the fashionable style
vogue this All the style features shown,
such shawl crushed collars Mandarin bell sleeves
finished with nlaid border effects and silk rope grdle.
Full 48-inch length Sizes 38 to ID.
GOIdenberg'-SecOnd Floor
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-12-26
Another ~
~ New uedr
v.-,--.,..-
By KATHERINE EDELAAN

eH%fH HAT q wonderful thing it is
WU1 for humanity that ever so
often there is New Year
with not a single soil or stain on one
of its pages! To each one of us 1t
brings new courage and vision. new
hope and faith in the future, new re-
solves and desires TO live better and
nobler lives than we have done in the
past. For all of US there is a special
message in its coming-a wonderful
holG-for there are gifts without num-
Der Cor each one of us in its waiting
arms: The hundreds of little pleas
ures that come to us through the
days-dear familiar little pleasures
that all of US know, that are a part
of our very life, so closely are they
bound up with those we know and
love. Then there is the joy of striving,
of wa.sl4i >of- accomplishing some
thing. and what a glorious, thrilling
10Y that is if we love our work. AL
WAYS before us the star of hope is
shining, Turing US on through the days
to new goals, TO more difficult and
harder paths. Then, for the few there
is the fulfillment of their dreams. but
there is a doubt that this comes to
many of us. for just as soon as the
peak that held our eye is reached.
another still higher looms before us.
And well it is for the world that this
is so, for most of the great things that
come to US here are accomplished by
men who knew no cessation from
working and striving-men TO whom
each New Year means bigger fields to
conquer, sleeper paths to climb. So
let 1t be with us this year.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-12-26
StonAge Houses Are
kbuilt on Lake Shore

All visors to the Lake of Constance
N BadeEnow that on its banks may
De fouH remains Of so-called lake
owellingsprehistoric habitat!ons built
on plabrm supported on piles. In
SWitzeria1 and In Austria, where pile
dweliingssf the same kind have also
been disfered, the first reconstruc.
ton OF the ancient villages was tried
At preseni reconstructions of sim.
liar kind a. being made at Inter Uhl-
dingen on he Lake of Constance.
Last yea family house and a
mems houA" were erected on the an.
cient piles. Both are limitations Of the
oldest typessof lake dwellings belong
ing to the aone age. A third house
Initiating the later type Of the Bronze
age Is to be built next.
These. dwellings are furnished with
the various implements and articles Of
daily use found In the neighborhood
and are instructive prehistoric mn.
seums ON a small scale. 1t Is now
planned to reconstruct a cluster Of
dwellings showing almost q village for
nation on the Swiss bank Of the Lake
at Egaatingen Christian gclanos
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-12-26
Good Resolutions
By THOMAS A. CLARK
Dean Of Men, uuiUersitp OF Illinois

% EWMAN never made good reso-
81 buttons at the beginning of the
year, he affirmed, or at any
other time, for that matter. He didn't
believe in the practice
~The most of such resolutions are
a Joke, anyway" he said, 80 why go
through the humiliation of breaking
ones promise to oneself? 1 don't make
en-"
AND so Newman retained all his bad
habits, made no Improvement in his
ways of thinking and living, and ulti-
mately became Il back number.
Good resolutions are simply one H.
lustntion of the viii to do things.
Without such resolutions there would
De In the individual no reform. no i'm
proyment no progress in the right
direction. Unless we resolve to do bet
Ter and have the win and principle
enough to carry out the resolution, we
spell retrogression for ourselves.
There is certain fitness in making
GOOD resolutions AT the beginning of
the year. There is a psychological
advantage in starting at the beginning
again of seeming to put the past be-
hind one and getting a new start.
fortunately. many men keep these
resolutions and so the world and the
individual are made better The effect
OF ending the old year with an Org
is Permanently to injure the character
To begin with good resolution is
long step toward improvement.
I'm going to do my WORK better +bis
yea Faber said TO me. PERHAPS he
viii not carry out all his good inten-
tioR, but if he only starts right the
chalces of success are favorable
sA,trfn who NEWER makes good
resitons, who has nokrge or inten-
tioIo reform his presentA condition is
notkely to get far moran Y, and the
malwho is afraid to resoN We to do
bet is weak.
1924. Western Newspaper niOn.)