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Evening star., 1925-07-28
Lamb, Cucumber Sauce.

Have the butcher bone a breast of
lamb, and with the bones and trim
mings make one good pint of weak
stock. Wipe the meat, cover with
boiling water. simmer for 10 minutes.
then drain and rinse off all scum.
Put it in a clean kettle. pour over
the stock, add salt, slice of onion
and a dash of pepper, cover and sim
mer until tender, then drain, lay on
pan and set aside to coolf Brush
thoroughly with melted butter.
sprinkle with a few fine crumbs, and
broil over a brisk fire. In the mean
time prepare the brown cucumber
sauce. In a saucepan put one table
spoonful of butter, one tablespoonful
of chopped onion. one tablespoonful
of chopped ham, a fourth teaspoon
full of pepper, a Scant half-teaspoon-
full of salt and one Glove. Cook Slowly
until well colored, add one tablespoon
full of -four and brown again. Slowly
mix in 11a cupfuls of brown stock and
simmer gently for half an hour, then
strain. Cut two pared cucumbers in
inch dice, peel a dozen onions, mix,
cover with equal parts of vinegar and
water, and let stand for two hours,
then drain. Place in a saucepan,
cover with stock, and boil, uncovered,
until almost dry Add the strained
sauce, simmer for 10 minutes, taste
to see that it is well seasoned, then
add teaspoonful of lemon juice and
a. little sugar. In two minutes the
sauce will be ready
Evening star., 1925-07-28
Laundry Work and Spot Removing
BY LYDIA LIE BARON WALKER.

which to soak her clothes considered
herself very unfortunate, not that she
used it at the boiling point. but that
she wished the water to be as hot as
her hands could stand when she put
the clothes in 1t. But study and re
search In laundry work have proven
that immersing in boiling water does
not loosen dirt so well as soaking in
water of a lower temperature.
Boiling Water.
Boiling water is best for removing
grease. If there are any such spots,
therefore on garments or na~ery pour
boiling water on them and rub lightly
with soap. Then wash the places be-
fore putting the pieces to soak. Most
fresh fruit stains will yield to boiling
water treatment, if the water is
poured through them Immediately
after the spot is made. Candle grease
should be taken off, as much as pos
sible, before processing in the hot
water If the cloth is slightly warmed
the wax can be peeled off, except that
which has become ingrained in the
weave. Do not try to pull cold wax
off. II may tear the cloth if 1t is fine,
or pull and break stitches of embroid-
cry or threads in hemstitching. After
warming the fabric and peeling the
ing water until the wax is soft, then
rub and wash with soap and water.
Cold Water.
Cold water is best for removing
blood stains Handkerchiefs should
be soaked in cold water and then
washed in cold water before putting in
with the regular laundry water. Egg
stains will come out best in cold water.
Hot water stiffens and thickens the
albumen.
WOolens.
There is nothing that responds so
to temperature as does wool. If the
water Is too hot it Strings the mater
ial. Also If there is a decided change
in temperature between wash and
rinse water the fabric shrinks. When
wool shrinks it also thickens and
seems to acquire a hardness of texture
that can never be eliminated. 1t is alb
solutely essential, therefore, to see
that the temperature is right when
woolen articles or those
that are part wooden. Blankets that
are all wool require very careful wash
ing. No blankets are ironed, of course.
They will become fluffy and beautiful,
almost like new, If well laundered.
They must be expected to acquire
deep cream color after a while. This
change of tone is not the disadvantage
some seem to consider II. 1t distin-
guishes all wool from cotton and wool.
Some housewives choose to have blan-
kets that are part cotton because they
do not turn so quickly. Just in pro-
portion to the amount of wool in the
weave does the blanket deepen its hue
with time and with waShin"
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Ma went to the movies-this after
noon with Mrs. Hews, and vile we
was eating dinnir she sed to pop,
nowadays, wy a child would know
they couldent happen in reel life, l
saw one this afternoon and reely it
was improbable to the point of i'm
possibility.
That's pritty improbable. who has
the butter? pop sed, and ma sed, Now
I'm no Daniel Webster, but honestly
l RELY bleeve l could think up
better plot than that myself, and IL
/ knew how to put it in the proper
form | bleeve 1 could make some
money selling ii to somebody. In
fact | thawt up u perfeck plot for the
movies vile | was lying in bed the
other mite. III jest tell it to you and
you can see wat you think of it, she
sed
How meny reels has II it? pop sed.
1t hasent got to that stage yet, its
jest the story of it, ma sed. It's
about a man that has dawters, jest
like King Leer, and in fact the mans
name is Mr.. Leer and everybody
thinks that's sutch a coincidence, and
enyway a French or an Italian noble
man wants to marry the oldest
daWter because he thinks he'll get
some of the fathers money, l forgot
to tell you the man was a millionair
and jest bersting. with money, and
enyway the oldest dawter duzzent
know weather she wunts to marry
him or not, but the End dawter is
jest crazy to marry him because she
wunts TO be a Frentch countess, or
an Italian countess, whichever it hap
pens to be, but enyway this End
dawter pushes the oldest dawter off d
high cliff one day vile they are out
wawking, and she is never herd from
agen, but low and behold the count
starts to make up to the 3rd dawter
and he has no eyes for the End dawter
at all, so she tries TO get the 3rd
dawter up on this same cliff but vile
she is coaxing her to look over so
she can give her a good push she
trips and low and behold she falls
over herself, and the 3rd dawter mar
ries a plain young biZness man that
she's known for years, and the count
goes back to France or Italy and its
a happy ending.
Water, water, pop sed.
And he drank a hole glass full
without stopping.
Evening star., 1925-07-28
In THE GARDEN WITH BURBANK
Iuthu Burbank

Of two flowers is carefully gathered
with d soft camel's hair brush and
placed on a watch crystal and taken
to the flower to be pollenized. The
pollen is carefully busted on the pis-
til of the other flower which is ready
to receive 1t. The little grains of poJ.
len find their way down the tube of
the pistil into the ovary below, where
the tiny seeds are waiting for 1t 10
start them into life.
This pOllenated flower should be
marked with Il tag and carefullv
guarded. The seeds when ripe are tr,
be gathered and saved and are better
kept in an air-tight glass jar or 4
paper sack until time to plant them
As we already have had detailed direc
dons on seed planting and raising, we
need not repeat that part of the work
When the little seedlings appear
the very important work of selecting
begins. The young plants should be
studied and compared, and only the
very best, the hardest, earliest to ma
ture and nearest to the ideal should
be chosen, the rest being DESTROYED
If further improvement is the object
in view
(CODvrivht
Evening star., 1925-07-28

opposite bank On the big rock in
the middle of the Smiling Pool sat
Jerry Muskrat. Grandfather Frog
was sitting on his favorite big green
lily-pad. Spotty the Turtle was sun
ming himself on the end of an old log
in the water. Side by side in n row
on a dead limb that hung out over the
water sat six young Kingfishers. The
feathers on the tops of their heads all
stood up like the hair of boy just
getting up in the morning.
Rattles the kingfisher and Mrs. Rat
lies We're fussing about as only "a cou-
pie of fond parents can. Suddenly
Mrs. Rattles gave a sharp warning.
Look down there in the water" she
cried. See those little fish,
All the young Kingfishers bent their
heads and locked down into the wa
les. All of them saw the little fish.
All of them suddenly became very
hungry. But they didn't know what
TO do about it. IT was the first time
they had ever seen fish moving. They
looked at the fish. and they looked at
each other. Then they looked 1T their
mother Mrs. Rattles the Kingflsher.
At that very instant Mrs. Rattles
suddenly closed her wings and shot
ter with a little tinkling splash.
OH cried the six little Kingfishers
together.
And just as they cried oh" up
came Mrs. Rattles the Kingfsher, and
in her bill was a little fish. OH
cried the six little Kinefishers to-
cether again. and then all fixed their
eager eyes on their mother and that
little fish. Each hoped that that little
Evening star., 1925-07-28
HOW TT STARTED
BY JEAN NEWTON.
Kicking the Bucket. "

Not everybody who Is dead has
kicked the bucket; not everybody who
has died by his own hand has kicked
the bucket, though in the process
some of them have kicked over other
things. This is no attempt to prosely-
tiZe-it is not a revelation of the
afterlife. 1t is simply an explana-
ton of how it started.
The term has come down to us for
every method of leaving this world
for the next. The particular means
which popularized it, however, was
introduced hundreds of years ago by
one, who, having lost his reasoning.
decided to commit suicide by hanging
himself. In looking around for a sup
port over which to throw his rope
he found a beam so high over his
head that it was necessary to stand
on something in order to reach It,.
The nearest thing happened to be a
bucket, which served the purpose
very well. After completing the
necessary operations the poor man
actually and verify kicked the bucket.
Evening star., 1925-07-28
Working Directions.

What are the first requisites and
essentials in this experimental work,
Mr.. Burbank" l asked.
Infinite patience, an open mind and
common sense; to these may be added
a. jewelers. eyeglass and pair. of pin
sharp knife, a watch crystal for hold
ing pollen and a soft brush for busting
the pollen from one plant to the other.
This work is just what the bee
does so swiftly, so easily, and un-
consciously in its search for honey,
and we begin to understand why the
flowers don their gay colors and pre-
pare their nectar to attract them.
The bees methods may be watched
with advantage and when they be-
gin their days work the experime nter
may know that the flowers are ready
to be pollenized.
"Only by crossing can the different
species and varities of plants be inn
proved, and nature has contrived many
devices to prevent Standardization in
flowers, such as arranging for the
stamens and pistils to mature at diff
ferent times, or by making little traps
to hold captive certain insects needed
to deposit the pollen from other
flowers.
"Or, again, by having the stamens
and pistils on different parts Of plants,
like corn. and even on different plants,
as in the case of hemp and others.
And all this ingenuity for one pur-
pose of combining two lines of hered-
ity, so that the next generation may be
better equipped for adapting itself to
new surroundings!
I'm the case of water plants the
pollen reaches the pistil by the move
ment of the water; in that Of the pines
and nearly all other forest trees, the
pollen is carried by the winds; but
with more highly developed plants the
pollen, with few exceptions, is carried
by bees and other insects, or in some
cases by birds.
I'VE might digress here a moment,
to recall the fact that many plants or
trees brought from other countries fail
TO produce seed, unless the native in
sect which pollenizes the flower hap
pens to be brought with 1t.
This has been the case with the
common fig, which did not ripen salts
factory fruit until its own Italian
wasp was imported.
ITO continue with our lesson in
methods: When certain flower has
been decided on, the pollen from one
Evening star., 1925-07-28
Chicken En- Casserole.

SINCE and draw one good sized
chicken, then truss it as for boiling
Have ready a casserole large enough
to hold the bird whole, line it with
one pound of sliced bacon, put in the
chicken and sprinkle in some salt,
pepper and one onion chopped fine.
Then arrange around the chicken
three skinned tomatoes, three sticks
of celery, five mushrooms and two
chopped picked walnuts and one bay
leaf Add two cupfuls of stock, place
the casserole in the oven and let cook
gently for one and one-half hours,
basting the chicken frequently. When
done remove the bay leaf, brown and
thicken the gravy with one tablespoon
full of arrowroot, leave all the vege-
tables in the gravy with the chicken
and serve hot in the casserole.
Evening star., 1925-07-28
Where Does He Get It7

When a child exhibits some annoy
ing trait and you feel your patience
slipping. your forbearance growing
thin. hold on just long enough to ask,
Where does he get it,
Suppose your 12-year- suddenly
begins answering you impudently,
with a disrespect that is startling.
Your first impulse is TO slap him or
send him to bed or devour him with
your wrath. Better wait for second
thought. Tell him TO sit down over
there until you have time to attend
to him. Then think back and try to
find the person and the circumsta noes
that set the stage for his exhibition.
You will generally find him close al
home.
This is but saying the saIre old
thing in another way. The child is
monkey-like in his imitation OF what
goes on about him. If he hears and
sees crudities of speech and manner
he will exhibit them about the be-
ginning of adolescence if not before.
If you would avoid them keep such
influences out of your home.
The home influences are the
stronger. We speak a great deal
about the street influences. They are
very strong. But if the home is
steadily set toward the proper stand
the home spirit will in the end pre-
dominate. So when the child gets
out of bounds, search the home for
the cause first. Then go to the street
then the school.
If the child comes home with an
entirely new manner of carriage and
speech, something that is startlingly
new to the family tradition, look to
the chum. ChumS are very inf1uen-
Thnrnfnrn 1t-4-
and to be considered. They should be
made welcome to the house as an
ally. They will be needed before the
storm of adolescence subsideS- Wis
dom bids us cultivate the chuuls
Then there is school. The teacher
is a great source of inspiIa ton to
childhood. You do not realize the
enormous influence the teacher has
because it is usually for good and one
children as they notice their upright
eousness. Because the teacher tis gen.
orally a pillar in the temple she is
overlooked.
Sometimes. however. the teacher
has a mannerism, trend Of mind, a
temperament that brings out some
thing unpleasant in some particular
child. If that happens it is best to
take the child out of that class and
put him in the room of some other
teacher whose temperament and gifts
are better fitted to the child's.
Once 1 knew teacher who had
lisp. She said '1'' for "r." 1t made
no difference to the children but in
one instance. Joey heard that '1'
and for some reason adopted it, His
startled parents took him to the
speech specialist and it was six
months before. they discovered the
source of Joey's difficulty. 1t vas no
difficulty: lust an imita ton of some
Evening star., 1925-07-28
BEDTIME STORIES
BY THORNTON
W. BURGESS

fish was for him You should have
seen them all stretch their necks to-
ward Mrs. Rattles as she flew over
and alighted near them. But she
didn't give them the fish. She pound
ed it on the branch at her feet for a
moment, and then-well, what do you
think she did? She swallowed that
little fish herself. Yes, sir, she did so.
Such look of disappointment as
swept over the faces of those little
Kingfishers, Even Peter Rabbit could
see it from where he sat. He laughed
right out. So did Jerry Muskrat. SO
did Grandfather Frog. So did Spotty
the Turtle. 1t really was funny. Just
then up came Rattles the Kingfisher,
and the same thing happened all over
again, only this time it was Rattles
who caught the fish and ate it.
Several times Rattles and Mrs.
Kingfisher caught fish and ate them.
Then the boldest and the smartest of
the six little Kingfishers, or perhaps
ii was the hungriest one, saw little
fish swimming close to the surface
just below him. In his hurry he
seemed to actually tumble off that
branch. Down he went, and he was
so awkward about it that he made
a great splash when he hit the water,
and when he came up he had no fish.
But If he had no fish. he had made
his first plunge. Not two minutes
later he had another chance, and this
time he caught the little fish. Never
was there prouder young Kingf1sher
in all the Great World. He hammered
it against the branch as he had seen
his father and mother do, and then he
turned it around and swallowed ii
head first. He paid no attention TO
his brothers and sisters. who were
begging him to give it TO them.
Catch your own fish" said he, and
flew over to another tree, where he
could be by himself with a better
chance of catching fish.
Copyright. 1926
Evening star., 1925-07-28
HOME NOTES
BY JENNY WREN.

Good reproductions of the ladder
back chair of Colonial times are quite
common in the shops today. They
are both sturdy and comfortable and
add a quaint touch of interest to the
room furnished with other pieces of
the same period.
This type of chair, sometimes
Evening star., 1925-07-28
Our Children-By Angelo Patri
Copyright. 1929

thing Joey thought unusual and SO
interesting.
If you slap children. they will slap
If you shout at them in impatience
they will shout so at you in the days
to come. If you deceive them they
will know it and deceive you. If you
speak from your tongue and try to
hide what is in your heart, they will
hear your heart speak and disregard
the tongue.
Now where did he get it? Find out
and remove the cause. Then he will
lose the disagreeable trait in good
time
Evening star., 1925-07-28
Sour Stomach
Phillips Milk of Magnesia"
Better than Soda


Instead of soda hereafter take a
little "PhilIips Milk of Magnesia" in
water any time for indigestion or
sour, acid, gassy stomach and relief
will come instantly.
For fifty years genuine "PhiIips
Milk of Magnesia" has been pre-
scribed by physicians, because II
overcomes three times as much acid
in the stomach as a saturated soIu-
ton of bicarbonate of soda, leaving
the stomach sweet and free from al
gases. 1t neutralizes acid fermenta-
tons in the bowels and gently urges
the souring waste from the system
without pursins. Besides, it is more
pleasant to take than soda. Insist
upon "PhiIlips." Twenty five cent
bottles, any drug store.
Evening star., 1925-07-28

idea of boomers with a petticoat,
both ripping in punches around the
waist For without the properly
smooth foundation Fashions most
tempting creations lack their charm.
In their place she substitutes a
clever new garment which serves
double duty. ''Kilties," as shown,
are a cross between a step-in and pet
ticoat, resembling the first in appear
ance. the latter in practicability, being
made with shadow proof panels
MARCIETTE,.
Evening star., 1925-07-28
Peach Snow.

Rub through a sieve enough ripe,
skinned peaches to make d cupful
Add half a package of gelatin which
has been soaked and dissolved, the
juice and grated rind of a lemon,
pinch of salt and a few drops of
vanilla. When cool, but not set, fold
in the stiffiy beaten whites of three
eggs. Mold, chill and serve with
whipped cream or custard
Evening star., 1925-07-28

known also as the slatback. was
adapted by Colonial cabinetmakers
from an immensely strong and heavy
farmhouse chair made in Yorkshire
during the Georgian period This
was made both with and without arms
and the number of Stats varied from
two to four. The seats were almost
always of plated rushes.
The ladder back was extremely
popular in America all during the
eighteenth century for use in the big
cheerful living-room kitchen that was
the heart of home life in those DAYS.
Copyright 1925D
Evening star., 1925-07-28

The simple matter of temperature
plays more important part in good
laundry work than would at first ap-
pear. The usual warm water for the
soaking and washing. and scalding wa
ter for rinsing, do very we'll for regula.
tioU laundry work. but there are
special pieces that, owing TO their sub
Evening star., 1925-07-28
One mother Ga VS..

One mother says:
l have found it an excellent plan
TO supply my small daughter with an
extra handkerchief, to supplement the
pretty one she carries, or has pinned
TO her sash. She had SO often COM
planned that she did dislike to get her
dress-up "hanky' all crumpled and
nluSsed, so l inserted hidden pockets
in all her frocks to hold the handker
chief meant for use. In case of loss,
TOO, 1t is always such comfort to
have an extra handkerchief to fall
back upon.
tCopyrlght 1890
Evening star., 1925-07-28
Funny Fishing Party.
As a teacher | suggest
Hunger as the very best
nll AFnth

II was a few days after Billy Mink
had successfully tried TO get King
fisher dinner that the Smiling Pool
saw one of the funniest fishing par
ties it had seen for a long time. Peter
Rabbit happened to be over there at
the time. Peter was sitting on the
Evening star., 1925-07-28
MODE MINIATURES

Lines do as much to enhance or de-
tract from your appearance as any
other one thing, and so every woman
who attempts to be fashionable by be-
ing slender now discards the old-time
Evening star., 1925-07-28

stance. require particular tempera.
lures, and others that need it because
of stains. These spots must be taken
out and not set if the washing is
a success.
1t has been found that soiled clothes
are easier TO get clean when they are
not plunged Immediately into scalding
water. Once the housewife who did
not have plenty of boiling water in
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Protects health y
Marvellous for the skin

This new cleanness, that one feels,
gives positive everyday protection
to health. The hidden dangerous dirt
is flooded out, along with the surface
dirt. And think how good this is for
the complexion-every pore breath
ing"-the skin, pulsing with glorious
color-alive.
Who could help liking and having
faith in such soap? It's the COM
plete toilet soap. Use it for every
thing-hands, face, bath, shampoo.
In its wonderful new cleanness is
beauty of fcomplexion-t JOY ofvi
brant health-and priceless protection.
7hs H5oAt 0Oot@
Evening star., 1925-07-28
Children love it

How youngsters revel in bubbling,
foamy, spirited Lifebuoy lather! Lit
tie noses, unused to artificial per-
fumes, love its clean, natural odor-
healthfully pungent-the odor Of
Evening star., 1925-07-28

PROBLEM.
How can tousled, rollicking young
sters be guarded from dirt-dangers
that get on hands and faces all the
tlme-so quickly passed to nose,
mouth or food so threatening to
bruised skin?
Five million mothers knoy
Have you learned how amazingly
Llfebuoy cleanses and purifes? Try
ityourself. why! this is new kind
Of eleanness," you'll exclaim. You
actually feel the difference. Your
skin is wlde-a-wake. 1t sparkles and
tingles delightfully."-.
II
Evening star., 1925-07-28

purity-which vanishes the instant
it has done its health-guarding duty. |
Evening star., 1925-07-28

ICopZrIght. 1921
New Britain herald., 1925-10-12

CBy Pacific X AtIan,lcl Br; yadicr Gen. John E. IcQL,gg of Cleveland, O., was overwhelm- ingly elected commander of the American Legion at the annual convention in Omaha, Ncb. Com mander McQuigg succeeds Com mander James A. Drain.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1925-11-01

Few men in business have had
the wide and varied experience of
J. w. Allard, head of the firm of J.
w. Allard and Son, General Mer-
chants, with one of the largest
merchandise stocks in River Falls.
J. w. Allard was born and rear
ed in Madison county, New York,
about thirty miles from the city
of Syracuse.
When young man, Mr.. Allard
needed Horace Greeley's advise.
GO west, young man; go west. ;"
He first went from New York to
Rib Lake, Wisconsin. Then in 1890,
he decided to investigate opp0rtu-
mites on the West Coast.
Mr.. Allard went to Washington
and British Columbia, arriving in
time to see the bottom drop out Of
the boom of the late eighties and
early 'nineties which ushered IN
the panic of 1893. He was at
Gray's HarbOr, Tacoma and Van
COuVer.
Working as a laborer, teamster
and logger in the woods, Mr.. AL
lard earned enough money, in those
desperate times, to bring him back
to the middle west. He had pass