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Evening star., 1925-03-11
WHEN WE co SHOPPING
BY MRS. HARLAND III. ALLEN.

toe. the tips being of the same color
as the stocking.
Many women have been partial to
the firm, crisp texture and the attrac-
tive luster of the ingram hose, so
that the pure-dyed silk stockings
were slow to gain favor, because for q.
long time 1T was difficult to secure
satisfactory sheen or luster In the
process OF pure dyeing. This has prac-
tically been overcome by experiment
ing chemists, until now it is possible
to get the luster you desire and at the
same time sacrifice none of the nat
ural strength of the fiber.
The trouble with the ingram hose
has been that in times past 1t was
practically impossible to secure an
ingram silk that was not heavily
loaded" So prevalent was this prac-
tice that the very term ingram lost
its real significance and came to mean
in popular usage a yarn that had been
subjected to treatment with a min
eral solution, usually tin, which add
ed considerable weight to the silk,
and lustrous color. But such silks ard
very brittle, and consequently their
life is short.
However, ingram silks have come
in for their share of improvement,
too. 1t is possible, In the highest
grades. to get ingram silks that con-
tain very little actual loadings. So,
| If you prefer the high luster and crisp
fa"ling of ingram hosiery, be sure TO
insist on having the best quality,
Evening star., 1925-03-11

per. pasted on cardboard to give body
TO the petals, which are united by
stems made of green rope paper. Sus.
pend this emblem from the picture
molding. On the mantel itself there
should be q huge shillalah and clay
pipes tied with green ribbon. The
shillalah may be a long roll OF news
paper. covered with brown crepe pa
per to resemble a thick staff. cut from
tree. 1t should have rough places
In it to indicate where twigs have
been cut off in the shaping OF the
crude shillalah. If there Is no man
tel, put table against some bare
wall space and arrange the decora-
tions as described. Smaller sham
rocks can be disposed about the room,
together with as many Of the shil-
lalahs as there are guests. These will
be used in a game played during the
evening.
Tell Partners.
Partners are found in the following
manner; The hostess presents all
guests with good-sized shamrocks.
These are numbered. The even nu-
merals are for the ladies and the odd
ones for the men. One leaf in each
-odd-numbered trifoil is made double,
with the under part of white paper
On this is written the name OF one of
the women, who Is sought as
partner.
Green Hats for All.
The first game consists of fashion
Ing high green hats. som etimes called
stovepipe" hats, such as ST. Patrick
Is often pictured wearing. Partners
work together, but must make two of
these hats, The man works to make
nat for his partner. while her task
is to fashion one for him. To facili-
tate the tasks the hostess provides
paste and pins as we'll as sheets of
green and black tissue paper, also
some green crepe paper and card
board from which brims are to be cut.
While the hats are so very simple in
lines and contour. they are not neces-
sarily easy to make. Therefore the
fun of making them is increased.
When the signal sounds to stop the
millinery work the hats are inspected
and the couple making the best ones
get prizes. Tall candy hats filled with
chocolates are appropriate. The COM
pany wearing the newly acquired
finery presents gala appearance,
wearing the bright-colored hats at
angles to suit modes of dressing the
hair.
Chasing Rninbows.
Cha asing rainbows is a very pretty
game, in which the rainbows take the
form of soap bubbles, with all the iri-
descent hues to be seen in real ones.
Fortunately, clay pipes are associ-
ated with celebrations for the 17th of
March, for the guests will need them
when they blow the bubbles that are
featured so prominently in the pas
time. 1t is not the one who makes
the largest bubble who. wins a prize,
but the one who succeeds in chasing
1t the farthest If the hostess will
put little glycerin in the bowl of
suds provided, with clay pipes Gone
for each guesD, the bubbles will last
longer than when made of soap and
water merely. Fans will be found of
great assistance in keeping the bub-
bles going. If more than one OF the
bubbles reach the ceiling, the players
making them should contest together
for the prize until but one player
remains. A chocolate pipe would be
just the thing to give for a prize.
Evening star., 1925-03-11
"Pure-Dye" Stockings.

Do you know the difference be-
tween "pure-dye' silk stockings and
ingram? Perhaps most women are
rather hazy in their understanding of
these two types of hosiery.
A pure dye stocking is commonly
understood to mean silk hosiery
which is dyed after the knitting, and
the dyestuff of which does not con-
tain any foreign matter, and in which
there is no loading or adulteration. A
pure-dye stocking Is always a good
buy provided it measures up to the
other points of good stocking stand
ards-tAat is. proper fashioning, re-
inforcing and other features which
a judicious shopper and particular
dresser learns to demand in the care
full grooming of her feet.
The term ingram" is applied to
stockings which are knit from yarn
that has been dyed before il was
used in the knitting. In this way it
is possible to get certain striped and
other fancy effects that it is not pos
sible to obtain by knitting from un-
dyed yarn. Technically speaking, in
grain" means dyed in the grain" or
In the thread.
To tell one from the other on the
store counter, just remember that
the pure-dy silk is softer to the
touch and does not have as much lus-
ter as the ingram. and that they do
not have the light colored selvage tip
at the heel and at the point of the
Evening star., 1925-03-11
SPRIlNCTIME
BY ID. c.. PEATTIE.
ForsYthia and Crocus.

The early days of March in our
strenuous climate would be nearly
barren of flowers II we had to ue-
pend on the native wildlings of the
woods and fields. But in our gar
dens, Drawing chilly winds, bloom
crocus, snowdrop, fritillaria, while in
the lawns and parks OF Washington
forsythia is bursting into golden
glory and in front Of the District
Building the sweet-scented Chinese
honeysuckles show their blooms. Not
one of this gay crowd is native to
our land. For the cheer they pro-
vide we are indebted to introductions
from the Old World.
Golden bell some people call for
sythia, and surely 1t was truly
named. Forsythia, too, commemo-
rates the soul of a flower lover. dead
now 10 years-William Forsyth,
gardener of the Royal Gardens of
Kensington, in the days when the
corpulent Prince OF Wales came there
to walk with the impeccable Beau
Brummel.
And fritillaria, with nodding f1ow-
ers, that some call crown imperial,
and snowdrop, child of the Alpine
snows--what dainty fragrant crowd
they are. attracting the first numb
bees that stir abroad in March. Blue
squills and blue grape-hyacinth re-
fleet the skies these days, and cro-
cuses in gayest troupes besiege the
sight.
Commonest of the early crocuses is
one of ancient fame, the saffron cro-
Gus, from which the Mediterranean
peoples for centuries derived a splen-
did dye. In the Middle Ages man
and a woman and a young girl were
burned alive in Nuremberg for adul-
terating their saffron dye. But to-
day cheaper coal tar dyes have rob-
bed the crocus of it's onetime impor-
tance and glory. But at least no one
is in danger of going to the stake on
account of crocuses. In fact, of all
the flowers in the world none pre-
sents so innocent, so youthful and
springlike an appearance.
Surely it was of them and their
gay kin, the squills, first flowers of
Spring in Palestine, that Solomon
sang:
For lot the Winter is past;
The rain is over and gone;
The flowers appear on the earth,
And the time of the singing of birds
is come"
Evening star., 1925-03-11
Hardening.

One of the theoretical advantages
gained from the practice of cold
bathing every morning Is a harden
ing" If by hardening you mean
that you become less sensitive to the
discomforts of ordinary exposure. I'll
go right along with you as far as
the bathroom door. II you mean
by hardening" certain inyigora-
ton OF the vasomotor system, which
regulates the circulation, I'll even
carry up a few buckets of water as
cold as you like. But IL by harden
ing you imply that you are. less
likely to contract any disease or any
particular class of diseases. or as the
old fogies would say. take cold"
then you'll have to wash without
my sanction or approval. A lot of
people do, more or less, just as many
practice what they call deep breath
ing exercise in spite of my assur-
ance that II is nothing of the kind.
There is some scientific ground to
support the belief that exposure of
the naked body to the. open air and
sunlight increases natural resistance
against various infectious diseases,
not only tuberculosis but the cri
Common respiratory infection) and
scarlet fever. Whether ordinary ex-
posure to cold and wet, or even ex-
treme or severe exposure TO cold and
wet has any such influence, Is de-
batable conjecture. But here Is a
letter which cerroborates the con-
cfusion drawn by our medical officers
in the great war, namely, that the
seyerest exposure is not sufficient to
cause any of the respiratory diseases
which old fogfes still like to ascribe
to exposure. ~
Dear DR.. Brady;
There has been much argument
around this household in regard to
your ideas about not catching cold
from drafts, exposure to wet. etc.
II we'll remember when in 1918 in
the Meuse-Argonne with the 91st
Division we were subject-to some
! fine experience in exposure and lack
of. home comforts. Our first week
brought a lot of wailing and COM
! planning and forebodings about the
pneumonia which would surely get
US. We were exposed TO shell fire
continually under drizzling rain.
Water ran out the second day.
Rations exhausted the next day. and
| there were no blank cts. due to
amateur officers ideas of warfare.
However, 1t is surprising how
adaptable the human body becomes
under conditions of stress. The men
gradually became accustomed or
hardened. They seemed to become
attuned to the sound Of conclusions
Evening star., 1925-03-11
Dinner for One.
Alas. the world is ruled by might
Instead of being ruled by right.


Flying straight up the Big River
high IN the air Plunger the osprey
moved swiftly. 1t wasn't long be-
fore his wonderful eyes saw far, far
ahead OF him a speck. He knew that
that speek was Mrs. -Pfunger. AS
soon as. he was-near enough. he CALL
ed to her. 1t was a shrifl whistle
that could be heard p a: long distance.
Mrs. Plunger answered it and few to
meet him. 9iis
What lack. my DEAR cried
Plunger as soon as he was near
enough to talk.
Mrs. Piunger shook her head.
Poor luck. said she. I've caught
only one small fash. 1t was hardly
a mouthful. what are you looking
so excited for?l' ~. a
II told You ] was going to catch
the biggest fish ] could find to cele-
brate the finishing of our new home,
didn't -" cried Plunger.
Mrs. PIunger nodded You did"
said she" "yNhere is it?"
1T was so big that couldn't bring
it, cried. Plunger, ST had to leave
it on the shore because-I couldn't lift
it into the air" Then he told her all
about-his adventure with the big fish
and how near tosbeing drowned he
had been. so as soon as l could fly
] hurried to get you. Well go back
down there and have wonderful
feast. That fish is plenty big enough
for two concluded Plunger.
Together they started back to
where Plunger had left the big fish
on the shore. They few swiftly, and
it wasn't long before those wonder
full eyes of Plunger's could see the
place where he had left the big fish.
And they saw something else. There
was Some one sitting by that big
fish. Worse still, that some one was
very busy. At that distance Plunger
couldn't see just. what was happen
ing, but he could guess. That some
Evening star., 1925-03-11

While Snow-White was eating
bread and cheese at the dwarfs'
table the door opened and four new
little dwarfs came in. They stared
in great surprise lat the beautiful
Snow White. but seemed pleased to
have her there. The first three
dwarfs told her story AL over again.
Can you sweep?" asked one of the
little dwarfs.
II can try answered Snow " hIte,
who. being the daughter of a king,
didn't know much about housekeep-
ing.
Then you must stay and keep
house." said the little dwarf who
seemed to be the leader. The others
all nodded, and SO 1t was settled.
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Evening star., 1925-03-11

redSOH, &lSO,' 10 1eaIuTt SHAKES, Tot 81
Patrick is reputed to have driven
them out of his special territory. The
decorations for the party here given
follow, of course, the prescribed
grass green tone. Shillalahs, sham
rocks, tall hats and clay pipes Will be
decidedly in evidence. The wood col
or of the rods accents the garish
green pleasingly.
over the mantelpiece have an enor-
nous shamrock, the trifoliated leaves
being cut from grass green crepe pa-
Evening star., 1925-03-11
BEDTIME STORIES 81 sH sussEss nHesss0'

screaming, "Robber. Robbery" at him.
Then they gave, it up. They knew 1t
was useless. They did not dare at
tack King Eagle. The feast they had
counted on for two had become q
feast for ona, and that one: the only
one who could take such a dinner
away from them. From far away
King Eagle had seen the struggle Of
Plunger with the big fish. He had
arrived just after Plunger had left to
look for Mrs. Plunger. Had Plunger
remained he, would have lost the fish
just the same King Eagle would
have taken 1t away from him.
Copyright 1925, by T. w. Burgesst
Evening star., 1925-03-11
Providing Fun for St. Patrick's Day
BY LYDIA LIE BARON WALKER.

The celebration of st. Patricks day
mas come to make US think of the old
gentleman as a tovial soul, who would
delight in nothing so much as merry
making. Certain it Is that when
party is given in his honor fun and
hearty type of, good time prevail. SAil-
Jalahs, stovepipe hats and shamrocks
are featured, and green is the un-
deviating color scheme, There is every
Evening star., 1925-03-11
Hard Sauce.

Beat one cup sugar and one-half
cup butter to white cream; add whites
two eggs; beat few minutes longer;
add teaspoon vanilla and some grated
nutmeg: put on ice until needed.
Evening star., 1925-03-11

one was eating the Ash with. which
he had planned to. celebrate with
Mrs. Plunger.
With a scream of anger Riunger
increased his speed. Now Mrs.
Plunger also saw what was going
on, and she, too, screamed with an
ger. Thief! Thief, Thief! Leave
that fish alone. 1t is .ourst Go away
from it, you big robber" screamed
the Plungers as they swooped and
circled above the place where the
big fish had been left. -
pair of fierce yellow eyes looked
up at them from a snowy white head.
Then, as calmly as if the two big
Fish Hawks were nowhere around,
King Eagle resumed his feast. Al
ready he had torn apart and eaten a
large part of that fish. But there
was still enough left for Mrs. Plunger
to see what a big fish 1T had been.
Whistling, screaming, Plunger and
Mrs. Plunger darted and plunged with
whistling wings as close to King
Eagle~as they dared. He paid not the
slightest attention to them. For a
few moments he went on-with his
feast Then, with the remainder of
that fish in his great claws, he spread
his great wings and took to the air.
He was taking that fish home.
For a short distance Plunger ard
Mrs. Plungss wheeled about him,
Evening star., 1925-01-20
$125, 900 CONTRIBUTIONS
GIVEN FOR CATHEDRAL
Five New Workers Give $4,000
Each on Opening Day
of Drive.
BY the Associated Press.


NEW YORK, January 20.-Contribu-
tions totaling $125,000 were received
during the first day Of the campaign
to raise 100000 for the compile ton
of the Cathedral of st. John the Di-
vine, it was announced yesterday.
The largest gifts of the day were in
sums of $4,000 and were the dona-
tions of Adolph s Ochs, publisher Of
the New York Times; Haley Fiske.
president of the Metropolitan Life In
surance Co; Mrs. Arthur Julian Moul-
ton, the Hegeman estate and of an
anonymous donor.
Bishop Manning, in making public
Mr.. Ochs' gift, also announced that
the publisher has offered to present
to the cathedral two great seven
branch candelabra of bronze, facsimiles
of the famous candelabra placed in Sol
omons Temple.
Evening star., 1925-01-20
BONUS PURCHASES
DECLARED ILLEGAL
Hines Says Those Who Buy
Certificates Cannot Real
iZe on Them.

HPurchase of World War bonuses
from veterans, as reported TO the
Nkterans' Bureau, was branded by
DHeCtor Hines of the bureau in an
Official statement today as Illegal
Che announcement from Gen. Hines
WIS the first official indication that
streh negotiations had been going on
stAce the bonuses We're distributed
beginning January ]. Gen. Hines did
a reveal TO what extent the reports
RECEIVED by him indicated the Ill
legal" traffic in bonus paper had
gPwn.
Have No Loan Value.
"The public should be informed"
said Gen Hines, that such procedure
IS not only Illegal but also that
the adjusted compensation certitl-
Gates are not negotiable nor assign
Nble, nor have they any loan value at
Che present time.
"The World War adjusted compen-
sation act provides that after the eX-
ptration Of two years after the date
of the certificate any national bank,
or any bank or trust company incor
porated under the laws Of any State,
territory, possession or the District
of Columbia, is authorized to loan to
any veteran upon his promissory
note, secured by his adjusted service
certificate, any amount not in excess
of the loan basis which is printed
upon the face of the certificate. Any
negotiation, assignment or loan made
in violation of that provision shall
be held void.
Payment Only to Veteran.
THE face value Of the certificate is
payable to the veteran 20 years after
the date of the certificate. or, upon
the death OF the veteran prior to the
expiration of such 20year period, to
the beneficiary named by the veteran,
Demand for payment can only be
made by thA veteran or his signated
beneficiary.
The nomination OF beneficiary
for consideration paid the veteran
would be a negotiation made in
violation of the law and would be
Illegal. The veteran may from time
to time, with the approval of the
director, change the beneficiary.
Change Of beneficiary may be made
with or without the consent OF the
previously named beneficiary, so that
if person paid a veteran a considera-
ton for the purpose of being named
Evening star., 1925-01-20
Respectable Folks
Who Drink Blamed
For Liquor Supply
By the Associated Press.

by the Associated GreSS.
NORFOLK, Va, January 20.-Liquor
will be plentiful in Norfolk and else
where so long as reputable citizens
demand 1t, United States District
Judge D. Lawrence Groner said in
charging a jury in Federal court yes
terday in a liquor case.
so long as decent citizens continue
to buy liquor and drink it," said Judge
Groner. "the underworld will con-
tinue to sell it, and in such quanti-
ties as the demand requires. AS long
as these conditions exist liquor " i'll
be plentiful here and elsewhere"
Judge Groner charged the jury that
despite these conditions, 1t was iheir
duty as jurors to convict persons who
were found guilty of violating the
national prohibition act, if the facts
convinced them the law had been vio-
lated.
Evening star., 1925-01-20

action consummated direct with the
French government and that he con-
sidered it more valuable to Russia.
than if double the quantity of oil
had been purchased by the Stand
ard Oil or Shell companies.
I'VE are confident" NJ. Lomov de-
clares, that our exports of oil to
France will increase considerably and
become permanent"
Evening star., 1925-01-20
Different Effects
Of Constipation
Whether 10 Danish PimpIes or to
ImpactiOnS There's Moth
ing Equal TO Stunrt's
Calcium Waters.

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must contemplate more than a violent
purging Of the bowels. Such an effor:
removes neither cause nor effect of the
condition Your best course is to take
two 10 four Stuart's Calcium Waters and
let them operate throughout the intestinal
tracT. Thus they viii get into the blood.
the calcium sUlphide will stimulate secre-
tions 10 overcome the poSOns that show
M in the skin. It viii influence liver
Secretions to provide the substance that
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Thus YOU not only empty the lower
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sure TO get a 60-cent box of Stuart's Cal
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DAYS and Won will then realize that con-
stipation. while only a condition in itself
was the cause of about all the distresses
you experienced from month 10 month.
Send your name and address 10 +. A.
stuart Co. 800 Stuart Bldg, Marshall
Mich, and convincing free sample pack
age of these waters will be sent to you
by return mail.-Advertisement.
Evening star., 1925-01-20
RUSSIA MAKES OIL DEAL.
Contract for Delivery Signed With
France.

MOSCOW, January 20-The Rosta
Agency, the official Soviet news dis
seminator, announces that the oil
syndicate has concluded a contract
with the French ministry of marine
for the delivery of $4,000 tons of ma
Zout oil.
M. Lomov, chairman of the oil syn
dicate, said this was the first trans
Evening star., 1925-01-20

beneficiary the veteran at some sub
sequent time could designate another
beneficiary"
Gen. Hines empha sized the fact that
veterans should be warned against
persons attempting to purchase their
certificates.
Evening star., 1925-01-20

black production for several weeks.
The merged concerns will be
known as the United Carbon Com
pany, the announceme ent said, and H.
was stated that several companies in
the Eastern field are expected to be
included in the new organization.
The Southern Carbon Company, the
largest in the Monroe field, was not
included in the consolidation.
Evening star., 1925-01-20
LAYING OF CABLE BEGUN.
Will Connect Italy Direct With
United States.

ANZIO, Italy, January 20.-The
laying of the cable which is to con-
meet Italy direct with the United
States was begun yesterday with an
elaborate ceremony, which was at
tended by numerous dignitaries rep
resenting the Italian government.
The cable will run from Anzio to
Malaga, where it will be attached to
a line running from that point to
the Azores and thence to the United
States. The cable eventually will be
extended to Buenos Aires. The ca
bic ship Citta di Milano is laying the
cable.
Evening star., 1925-01-20

The petals of the rose, violet and
jasmine are used occasionally in
dishes in at least one big hotel in
London, while in France the petals of
orange and lemon blossoms and of
the white locust flower are used
freely in food
Evening star., 1925-01-20

Fine Quality All-wool. Silk-and-
wool and Wool-mixed Hose. Warm
and serviceable. Shades of black,
white, gray, mode, camel and
heather mixtures. Sizes to 10.
DOWN STAIRS STORE
Evening star., 1925-01-20

Though twice married, a woman of
Clearwater, Neb., has never changed
her name since birth. Her maiden
name was Smith, and both of the men
she married bore the same name.
Evening star., 1925-01-20

After covering 5000 miles Oh foot,
Miss Nell A. Walker Of Los Angeles
has reached Halifax, \. s., on a world
hike. Her intention is to visit the
ca pitfalls of all important countries.
Evening star., 1925-01-20

About Is per cent of all positions
in the United States Civil Service are
filled by women.
Evening star., 1925-01-20
CARBON FIRMS TO MERGE.
SIS, 100000 Consolidation Planned
in Louisiana.

MONROE, La, January 2O.-Merger
of nine carbon black companies op-
Grating in the Monroe gas field,
which will result in the consolida-
tion of assets estimated at approx
mately S15,000,000, was announced
yesterday. Negotiations for the mer-
ger have been carried on both here
and in the Eastern centers Of carbon