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Evening star., 1924-07-24

the thought Of imprisoning a bird in
cage, no matter how quaint a cage
it was. The birds lived in the trees
all around her, and to deprive them
of their freedom would be like losing
her own freedom.
Then the thought occurred to her
that she didn't have to keep bird in
1t, even if it were a cage for birds.
Why not have it hang at her entra ance
door and replace the bird with a yell
low candle, lighted at night to show
her friends the way? Happy thought!
And SO the wicker cage went out to
the hut in the edge of the woods.
came one summer night some friends
from the city. Their enthusiasm
knew no bounds when they saw the
odd swinging lantern with its flicker
ing candle.
I'm going to get a cage and have
one. II think it would be a delight
full decoration, hung on swinging
crane in the wall, so that it could be
turned this way or that"
Il have an idea, too" said another.
MY tiny electric fan is one of my
chief comforts. but it is so plain to
look at and so in the way on my bed
these peasant cages and install my
wee fan in it? The bars of the cage
will not keep out the breeze, while
they will conceal the blades of the
fan My bedroom has peasant chintz,
rag rugs and old woven bedspreads
in it. SO this peasant cage Will be en-
tirely appropriate.
They would make beautiful porch
lamps, too, and are a grand idea for
gifts to people with country houses.
I am indebted to you for discovering
them, my dear
Evening star., 1924-07-24
Distorp of Dour Same
BY PHILIP FRANCIS NOWLAN.
LOCKHART.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., Locker, Loeb.
ardt.
RACIAL oRIeIN-EnsIish and German.
SoORcE-A given name.
Here is family name the origin OF
which looks simple. But it's a bi,
more difficult to trace than you might
imagine, for when you dig into its
history you find out that it has little
to do either with lock or a heart.
AS a family name it appears to
trace back either to the old Anglo
Saxon given name Of "Locer" (the
&C" has the "k" pronunciation here
or to the old German form of ''Loch-
ard"
Both of these given names appear
every once in while in the medieval
history of England and Germany, as
we'll as of Normandy. for while the
Normans spoke French, they were OF
Teutonic origin, and most of the
nomenclature was Teutonic.
When it comes to figuring out the
meaning of these given names. things
are not quite so clear. The last sylla
BILE, hart" is one which is freuent
ly met with in old Teutonic names
and had in a general way the mean
ing of strength" and bravery" In
fact, we get our modern word hardy
from this same root. But though there
are many thIrries to account for the
'1och," there are none which are GER
tain enough even to bother quoting.
Evening star., 1924-07-24

I went to the barber shop today to
saying If he had to remind me agen
there would be trubble. and the bar
Der put the thing GROUND my neck
and stuck in the edges with his
fingers as if he dident care weather
/ choked or not, saying, Now ! hope
you're going to sit still today and
not give your usual imitation of a
batch of pop corn in a pepper.
always sit still, 1 sed.
Yes you do, you sit about as still
as a flea with the Z yeers itch, the
barber Sed.
And he started to cut my hair. me
sitting still as enything SO he would
ent get mad and pull it, and some
body got in the next BARRIERS chair
and 1 looked out of one corner of
one eye to see who 1t was and who
was 1t but some little fat lady saying
to the other barber. You dident cut
1t short enuff last time. now l wunt
bobs.
Me starting to feel like giggeling
and l held my breth trying not to-
the barber saying. Watts all that
heaving and shaking, are you getting
sick in my chair?
Wich jest then l busted out giggel-
ing, the barber saying, Say, are you
boy or a laffing hyena? This is a
barber shop and not a zoo, he sed
Wat ales that brat, is he laffing at
me? the little fat lady sed. and the
next barber sed. No mann, certeny not
wy should he, certeny not, no mann.
And he quick termed his chair
GROUND so the little fat lady couldn't
see me and my barber termed his
erround so / couldent see her and l
StOpDed RiggclinP after tried ahout
minnits. and my barber kepp on
cutting my hair and the next barber
kepp on giving the little fat lady a
boyiSh bob.
Evening star., 1924-07-24
Sheer White Fichu Gaining Favor
BY MARY MARSHALL,

The fashion of the fichu may not be
tho least bit in keeping with the
modes or manners of the present time.
II may be as inconsistent with the
clothes women wear today as verses
OF TcnnySon would be in a collection
of modern vers libre. But the fact re-
mains that some of the cleverest of
French dreSSmakers are making use
of the fichu. and they are doing 1t be-
cause some of the best dressed of the
younger fashionable women in France
are very partial to the fichu. They
lind ii becoming and they are prov
ing that this is a device that really
may be Worn as well with a straight.
close solhouette as with the bouffant
and ballooning silhouette of the mid
NlctorIanS or the pre-revolutionary
period i'll France.
fond of this fashion, but the tichu OF
Today is not exactly the real Marie
Antoinette fichu. Hers went upon the
shoulders something like cape.
pointing downward somewhat at the
back. At tina front it met and the
long ends crossed. passed around the
waist and tied at the back. The fichu
of today usually merely meets at the
front, where il is heh in place with
brooch of some sort MANY wom-
cn find this meeting of the ends of
the flchu an excellent place for the
displaying of an antique brooch or
cameo.
No one knew better than the artist
GainSborough the charming possibi1i-
ties of well arranged fichu, and
none Of his subjects wore it with
greater grace than the Duchess of
brvonshire, whose portrait by Gains
borough has made justly famous the
'''iainsborough hat"
The fi"hu of today is not unlike
hers. OF sheerest white fabric it is
trimmed only by double ruff1e of the
Evening star., 1924-07-24
BEAU L U6Alo BY EDNA KENT FORBES

alike, all the women who surrounded
Louis XIV looked alike. All the pen
and ink sketches of pretty ladies in
the recent sos look alike Don't you
think so?
The moral to all of this being: If
you don't happen to be of the type in
vogue at the moment, take heart.
fashion Will come around to you. If
you strive to hold in a CHEEKY plump
ness, in another ten years your best
friends will be padding to emulate
your now despised figure. If your
hair is beautifully and unfashionably
long. in two or three years your
bobbed friends will be buying side
curls and using hair tonics to get
their hair long, too.
Bumpy-You cannot get rid of
freckles if they are natural to you.
You can only bleach off the worst of
them whenever they annoy you too
much. If you did much bleaching or
until YOU had entirely obIiterated
them even for time. it would be
at the expense of the skin.
through taking Turkish baths is
only temporary thing, as the system
makes up the loss afterward very
quickly. The effective way to re-
duce is through die,.
You can remove the shine from
your skin during the warm weather
if you wipe it off occasionally with
small bit of chamois.
Evening star., 1924-07-24
What Today Means to You
By MARY BLAKE.

Leo.
In the early part Of today the
planetary aspects indicate a sta
tionary condition, previous to a
retrograding one. Under these cir
cumstances the influences act ad-
versely on disposition and tempera-
ment, and you must strive to keep
your temper. Later on during the
day unfavorable conditions dominate,
presaging sudden or unexpected
changes. Avoid all contracts, argu-
ments or risky ventures.
Did little stranger arrive in your
midst today? 1t will prove to be
quite normal, both physically and
morally. It will be no better and
no worse than the average child.
Much, however, Of what it amounts
to in the after years" will depend
on the environment in childhood and
the influence brought to bear upon
1t by you. 1t will be, like all normal
"kiddies," amenab1e 20 example, al
though rather Indifferent to precept
1t will be initiative of good and also
nodded into good specimen Of
manhood or womanhood; you are the
moldedr.
If today is your birthday, you
could secure greater results and at
tain contentment if you would
exercise the virtue Of patience.
Progress of the best kind is COM
paratively slow. You will get better
results and attain greater content
ment If you exercise the virtue of
patience.
You must be satisfied to advance
in life as you walk, step by step.
The great secret of success is to
know how to wait, provided YOU
keep hustling while you are waiting.
The fruit best worth waiting for
often ripens most slowly. "Time
and patience change the mulberry
leaf to satin" 1t is short sighted
on your part and a sign of weak
ness to be SO impatient of results.
To wait patiently, however. you
must work cheerfully. You will find
cheerfulness an excellent working
quality, which will impart great elias
ticity to the character.
Do not lose hope OF reaching your
goal. Nothing can compensate for
loss of hope. 1t entirely changes the
character. Hope is like the sun, which,
as we journey toward it, casts the
shadow of our burden behind u.s.
Cheerfulness and diligence are
nine-tenths of practical wisdom. They
are the life and soul of success, as
well as of happiness.
Well known persons born on thfs
date are: Henry Shaw, philanthropist;
Josiah G. Holland, author; Ben Pit
man, photographer; Lewis Miller, in
ventor and philanthropist; William
(Hooker) Gillette, actor and play
wright; A. Barton Hepburn. banker.
Copyright, 1924) .
Evening star., 1924-07-24
NY Neighbor Says:

Place pulverized pumicestone
between the layers of a folded
Iiece of soft muslin and stitch
around the edge to keep the
powder from spIlling. Wipe
window panes with this dry
cloth and they will be clean
and sparkling.
This formula gives nail
.cieaner and bleach that is
harmless and effective: Tar
taric acid one dram, rosewater
one ounce; mix and filter.
First aid boxes are useful.
The box when complete should .
contain some bandaSes, pack
age of sterile gauZe, another of
cotton, tiny bottle of iodine
with a safety cork and bottle
of hydrogen peroxide. There
should be safety pins for the
bandageS. and a bit of oiled
silk and a scrap of flannel for
fermentation, a bottle of oil of
cloves, in case of a toothache,
and an ounce of essence of
peppermint, few drops of
which in hot water will relieve
the acute pain OF indigestion.
Sweetbreads should be soaked
in cold water one hour before
cooking. then placed in boil
ing water, to which has been
added salt and vinegar. After
simmering 20 minutes they
should be plunged in cold water
and stripped of all fat and
membrane.
Evening star., 1924-07-24
Plant Life in
District of Columbia
BY r.. A. EMMONS.
Wild A1alea.
Rh0d0d endrOM Nudi60rA.

This is the pinxter flower Cor
Pingster-bloem) of early New Neither
lands or New York, the flower of
Pingster or Whitsunday.
Whitsunday was held in high rev.
erence by the Christian people of
this Dutch colony, and as the wild
azalea was always in bloom at this
season in the wales and rocky glens
of Manhattan Island, it became a
yearly custom to gather this flower
for the adorning of their houses on
this holy day. This was usually dele
gated to the youths and maidens, and
the yearly gathering of the Pingster-
bloem became an occasion of much
wholesome revelry and merrymaking
In New England this beautiful
azalea is known as the wild honey
suckle or swamp pink. And truly it
the peerless rhododendron is ap-
parent at glance. It's flowers ex-
hibit the exquisite tints of the wild
rose and of the peach blossom, pale
flesh pink to deep crimson pink,
with the base of the tube shading to
a stronger tint.
This is one of the species used in
the development of the beautiful
Client azaleas Of the modern horti-
culturist. To quote Neltje Blanchan:
hardy shrub, the swamp azalea, and
| the superb fame-colored species of
the Alleghanies, were sent early in
the 18th century to the old country,
and there crossed with A. Pontica
OF southern Europe by the Belgian
hOrticulturists, to whom we owe the
Client azalea, the final triumphs of
the hybridizer, that glorify the shrub
berries on our own lawns today"
Mr.. Ellwanger says of the Ghent
aZalea: In it I find a charm pre-
sented by no other flower. It's soft
tints Of buff. sulphur anu primrose !:
I its dazzling shades of apricot, SAL
| mon, orange and vermilion are al
ways fresh revelation of color.
They have no parallel among flowers
and exist only in opals, sunset skies
and the flush of autumn woods"
The wild azalea is frequent in woods
| IN ana around Washington. It should
be picked but sparingly, If at all.
Copyright, 1924. by R. A. Emmons.)
Evening star., 1924-07-24
The Modern Type.

What is a beautiful woman? Today
she is clear of eye and clear of skin,
with competent manner, an athletic
figure, shingled hair stiffiy marcelled,
Inannish, or. rather. boyish. Not SO
long ago she was large of bosom and
broad of shoulder (what has become
of all the perfect thirtysixes and
hirty-eights and even forties? Have
they wished off all that fat because
fiat chests are now the vogueO Two
decades ago, waistiines II and IS
inches around We're smart and no
woman with a natural figure was
considered at all attractive.
Consider the heroines of Jane Aus
tins novels. and of the Bronte's.
bark cuTlS about thoughtful brows,
or golden riugletS shake and SHIN
mpr above merry blue eyes. Eyes
were lambcnt t"of soft radiance
.Nplains the dictionary, l looked it
upp. expressions playful. Would any
IF those noble or coy damsels have
a chance today? I'm sure not.
Judging by cotemporary paint
ings, our forefathers had narrow
IDEAS of beauty and the women
.dapted themselves well to the pre-
yailing fashion. All the women of
Charles the Seconds court looked
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Today's Beauty Help
Shampoo

If you are one of the many who
try to make the most of your hair,
remember that it is not advisable to
wash the hair with any cleanser
made for, all purposes, but always
use some good shampoo. You can
enjoy the very best by getting some
Canthrax from your druggist. dis
solve a teaspoonful in a cup of hot
water. This makes a full cup of
shampoo liquid, enough so it is easy
to apply it to all the hair instead
of just the top of the head. Dandruff.
excess OIL, and dirt are dissolved and
entirely disappear. Your hair will
be so fluffy that it will look much
heavier than it is. Its luster and
softness will also delight you, while
the stimulated scalp gains the health
which insures hair growth.
Evening star., 1924-07-24

Left a widow while still girl with
pair Of toddlers to support and edu-
cate, her achievement in bringing to
credi liable manhood two splendid col
lege-bred sons is an example and in
spiratiOn to countless less courageous
men and women, for she has overcome
endless handicaps, in a fragility that
has made her spend practically half
of her time recuperating from the
strenuous efforts of the other half
and gathering strength for the next
venture.
Mrs. Clarke keeps a charming studio
apartment in New York, filled with
quaint and rare old furnishings from
her Louisiana home and odd curios
gathered in foreign travels. Music.
art and literature combine to give 1t
an atmosphere of culture that keeps
it swarming with talented and inter
esting people. At her afternoon teas.
Mrs. Clarke serves one of her moth
er's favorite decotions. After scalding
out egg she'll teacups, an essential
part of the ritual. a slice of orange
punctured with six or eight whole
cloves is placed in the cup with q
lump of sugar. Over this is poured
the freshly drawn tea. Southern beat
en- biscuit and dainty seed cakes are
the accompaniment, and altogether
they create real function.
Evening star., 1924-07-24
Farmer Browns Boy Astonished.
\ mothers love will stop al naught.
Though every step bc danger fraught.
Farmer Browns ROy

~
Though every step be danger fraught.
Farmer Browns Boy.
Long before any of the little people
of the Green Forest and the Green
Meadows had even guessed that
Happy Jack Squirrel and Mrs. Happy
Jack had IA secret III their home in
the big maple tree up by Farmer
Browns house Farmer Browns Boy
had guessed it. He had guessed what
it was.
They shave a family in there said
Farmer Browns Boy. There are
baby squirrels in that hollow branch.
That is why Mrs. Happy Jack comes
out only long enough to get her
meals and take little exercise" You
see Farmer Browns Bow had kept
watch and had noticed that he seldom
saw Mrs. Happy Jack, while Happy
Jack himself was about most of the
time.
Now. of course, Farmer Browns
Boy was anxious to see thoSe baby
squirrels. But he didn't try to see
them IN their home. He knew just
how Mrs. Happy Jack felt and not
for the world would he have fright
..ned her by climbing up there and
trying to see those babies. So he con-
tented himself with keeping a sharp
watch whenever he was ABOUT Wnere
he could see that tree. He hoped to
see those baby squirrels when they
first came out to get peep at the
great world.
Every morning the first thing he
did when he came out of the house
was to look up at that hollow branch.
SO it happened that early one morn
ing he discovered Mrs Happy Jack
coming down out of that tree. She
WAS carrying something in her
mouth. What it was he couldn't t
make out at first He moved very
quietly so as to get a better view.
Then he saw that Mrs. Happy Jack
was carrying one of her own babies! !!
She looked anxiously this way and
that way. 1t was plainly to be seen
that she was worried. She crossed
the yard as rapidly as she could to
the old stone wall along the edge of
the Old Orchard. Along this she hur-
ried, carrying that precious baby in
much the same way that you have
seen mother cat carry a kitten.
Farmer Browns Boy followed. He
took care not to let her know that
he was following. He saw her enter
the Green Forest. He got there just
in time to see her climb a tree and
disappear in a hole in the trunk part
way up.
Farmer Browns Boy hid and wait
cd. Mrs. Happy Jack was inside that
tree only few minutes. Then she
Evening star., 1924-07-24
BEDTIME STORIES 2, sr Eseesss sseesEo'

came out, and this time she didn't
have the baby in her mouth. She ran
down the trunk, over to the old stone
wall and disappeared in the direc-
tion of her home. And how she did
run! She seemed to be in a great
hurry. Farmer Browns Boy didn't
know whether to go back or to re-
main where he was. He decided to
remain. In little while he heard
the rustic of small feet Then he
saw Mrs. Happy Jack coming She
had another baby in her mouth. This
one she left in that tree, and hur-
ried back as before
Farmer Browns Boy was puzzled.
He showed it in his face. He showed
it by the way he ruDoed the tip of
his nose. "She's moving her family"
he muttered. II wonder what for"
Copyright, 1924, by T. W. Bureess.)
Evening star., 1924-07-24
FauOrite Recipes of
Prominent Women
BY EDNA NJ. COLMAy.
Afternoon Tea.
IDA CLYDE CLARKE,
Author, Editor and Lecturer.

Ida Clyde Clarke globe trots so con-
tinuously in search of inspiration and
data for her stories and editorials
that no one would ever suspect her
of being one of the real honey type
of women, who revel in hand EN-
broidered lirens, old lace and family
heirIooms. Nor would any one who
casually met her suspect her of MAIN
tanning housekeeping relations be-
tween tranScOntinental journeys,
speeches and book writing. and yet
she has always managed to create
and keep a home atmosphere for her
two boys, even though much of it
had to be regulated according to train
schedules, editorial assignments,
week ends and snatches of holidays.
Evening star., 1924-07-24
Breadtirne Stories For
Little Folks

-four. Then they soaked the mash
in water and made a sort of paste,
or dough, moulding it into little
cakes. They had no ovens, of
course, SO they would put the little
cakes on a fiat, heated stone and
cover them with hot ashes until
they were ready to eat.
you would not have liked the
bitter favor OF bread such as that,
and it took hundreds of years be-
fore people learned how to make
delicious white bread like the
Corby's Mothers Bread you will
have for supper. In fact. back in
the reigns OF the Egyptian
Pharoahs, only rich families could
afford fine white bread made from
wheat Slaves were made to pre-
pare the -four and do the baking.
and gradually, as people came to
live III cities. baking began to be
a trade.
"As far back as III B. c., history
tells US that bakers stamped their
bread with their names. in order
tHdl people lnlSnl KNOW WHO made
it, and that it was pure and honest
IN weight-just as The Corby Bak-
ing Company does today.
$50 it is a good thing for YOU to
remember how important bread is,
for it has been mans chief article
OF food for thousands and thou
sands OF years. Some day. so that
you can understand more about
bread, you should get your mother
to take you to the Corby Bakery
and see the wonderful progress
that has been made in bread-bak-
ing since the days of the cave men.
and in fact, during your own life
time. 1t is something every child
ought to know. and visit you'll
never forget. So remember" said
Uncle Bill, ito remind your mother
to take you
Copyright 1924
by The Corby Baking Co, Inc.
ISEMENT
Evening star., 1924-07-24
Parsley Jelly.

This is very economical jelly and
delicious. Take any quantity of
parsley, cover with water and boil
for about half an hour. Then run
It through the jelly bag, measure,
allow one cupful Of sugar to one
cupful of juice, and add two or three
geranium leaves, which will give Q
fine flavor. Now boil all together
until it becomes as thick as honey.
Evening star., 1924-07-24
YOUR HOME AND YOU
Birdless Bird Cage.
BY HELEN KENDALL.

The lovely little Old World cage
hung in shop full of peasant be-
longings - old pewter, odd colorful
embroideries, carved chests, rude.
hand-wrought iron implements-and
the studio dweller fingered it's rough
wicker enviously. 1t was the very
thing she would most love to have at
the door of her small outdoor studio,
just as 1T must have hung at the
lattice of some peasants cottage
across the sea; but she couldn't bear
Evening star., 1924-07-24
Menu for a Day.

Menu for a Day.
BREAKFAST.
Cantaloupe.
Creamed Goldfish. Toast.
Rice Waff1es. Honey.
Coffee.
LUNCHEON.
Toasted Welsh Rarebit
Sandwiches.
Romaine. French Dressing.
Orange Tapioca, Whipped Cream.
DINNER.
Baked Stuffed Fish. Egg Sauce.
Mashed Potatoes.
Spinach. Cucumbers.
Pineapple Tarts.
Tea
RICE wAFFLES.
One cup of cold boiled rice
pressed through sieve, / cup flour,
y teaspoon salt, tablespoon
sugar, y teaspoons baking pow
der, eggs, heaping teaspoon
butter and sweet milk enough to
mix. First rub the butter into
the sugar, sift together flour,
salt and baking powder. add to
the sugar and butter. then add
the yolks Of eggs and the rice.
Thin this with milk to the con-
sistency of cake batter and fold
into it the beaten whites of the
eggs. Have vale irons hot and
carefully creased. fill two-thirds
full, close and turn when brown.
ORANGE TAPIOCA.
Make a sirup with y pint wa
ter and n pound of sugar. Pare
oranges very carefully, put
them in the sirup and simmer
gently till tender. but quite whole.
Lift out carefully and put in
ounces of tapioca which has been
soaked for some time. Cook this
till clear and soft in the sirup,
by which time most of the sirup
will be absorbed. Pour into a
glass dish and let it get cold.
Stand the oranges upon 1t, sweet
en- some whipped cream and pile
it upon them.
PINEAPPLE TARTS.
Cook until thick l cup of grated
pineapple, 3 tablespoons of sugar.
the juice and grated rind Of 1
lemon, a dash of salt and the
beaten yolks of 2 eggs. Cool and
fill baked tart shells with the
mixture. Canned pineapple may
be used.
Evening star., 1924-07-24
BY VIVIAN.

Some people are kept so busy Civ
ing advice that they haven't time to
mind their own business.
Evening star., 1924-07-24
DOROTHY DK'S LETTER BOX
Should 'FortyThree" Marry "Twenty-Three"
Stay-at-Home Mother Whose Husband
Won't Beau Her Around.

Of a
~ girl
happiness have? Should they
considering dnerenc in