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Evening star., 1925-09-07

Me and pop was Supposed to meet
ma down town this afternoon and eat
dlnnir in a reSterant, and we went to
the corner ware the bank is and
started to stand there, me saying, |
don't see ma yet, pop.
| dident iXpect to see her. ever sints
the age of shivalry its bin a womans
privilege to be 10 minnits late, and
as long as we were on time let us wait
heer with easy consciences and smil-
ing faces and patiently bow to the old
tradition, pop sed.
And we keep on waiting and wait
ing, me saying, G pop, I'm hungry,
how are you?
The same, thank you, pop sed.
Proberly meening hungry too, and he
took his watch out saying, Ye gods,
the 10 minnits period of grace has bin
up for Is minnits. they wouldent OF
stood for this even in the age of
shivalry, this is wat is known in mod
ern times as too mutch. I'm glad
your boy and not gerl destined
to become a woman and go through
life keeping some innocent man wait
ing. he Sed
And we waited 20 more minnits by
pops watch and all of a suddin he
sed, Gee gods it waSent this corner at
all, we decided at the last minnit to
meet in frunt of the resterant.
And We quick went there, pop wawk-
ing so fast l had to run slow. and ma
was waiting there with a mad ixpres-
sion, saying, SO you made up your
mind to get heer finally. did you. do
you realize that I've bin waiting heer
Ike an ignorant wooden Indian for
fully 10 minnits?
Ten minnits, well wait till you here.
pop sed.
l don't wunt to heer, l have no wish
to lisSen, enything you say will make
matters verse. l don't care wat il is
ma Sed.
Wich pop dident say it, and we went
in the resterant and ate, pop and ma
ordered chickin and me ordering ter.
key jiblets and changing it to ham
berger stakes and then changing it
back to terkey jiblets.
Evening star., 1925-09-07

Have you ever met Little Miss Muf-
fet who lived a long. long time ago
and about whom you have often heard
in the old nursery rhyme? Well, here
she is, come to play with you. And
If you follow the Color Cut-Outs you
will have a whole wardrobe of pretty
hats and dresses for the little lady.
Before cutting Miss Muffet out
paste her on a piece of heavy paper
such as the cover of a magazine. Her
hair should be colored a lovely golden
brown and her eyes blue. Make her
slip a very pale pink with shoes and
stockings to match. Her pantalettes,
which little girls of long ago used to
wear, should be left white
Next time, the story of Little Miss
Muffet will begin, and there will be a
pretty dress and hat for the young
lady.
Copyright. 1a25l
Evening star., 1925-09-07
"Puzz1icks S >
.Puzz[e.LimerickS

There was a young poet of -1--
Who failed to emerge into -2,
So he said IN -3-
With rhyme. meter and -4-,"
He did and he's now in "-5-."
/. A suburb of London, England.
the site of the Royal Botanical Gar
dens.
2. Sight.
3. Do away with.
4. Meaning.
5. A volume containing the names
of famous living personages.
CNote: 1t was not difficult for this
poet to achieve fame, once he found
the secret-and this, in the form of
a complete limerick, may be deter
mined by putting the right words, in
dicated by the numbers, in the cor
responding spa ces. The answer and
another 'Puzzlick" will appear to-
morrow
Saturdays "PuzZlick"
There was a young salesman of Leeds
Who swallowed a packet of seeds.
In a month, silly ass,
He was covered with grass,
And he couldn't sit down for the
weeds.
Evening star., 1925-09-07


AND HE TURNED ASIDE.
ready begun his daily climb up in the
blue, blue sky when Jimmy started
down the Long Lane again. AmblinG
down that lane reminded him of
Farmer Brown and those horses the
afternoon before and once more he
began to wonder what could have
happened to them When he reached
the place where they had been plung-
ing about, he stopped. Then he be-
gan to look around. You see, Jimmy
has quite as much curiosity as other
little people. He climbed up on the
messy bank and as he did so a Yel-
lowjaCket disappeared in hole al
most under his nose
"Ha." exclaimed Jimmy his ewes
Frightening. "Ha. I'm glad l came
down this way. A few Yellowjackets
are just what my stomach needs"
Straightway Jimmy began to dig.
Now Jimmy Skunk may sometimes ap-
pear to be lazy. That is simply be-
cause he takes things easily. When
there is something that he wants
Jimmy is quite willing 20 work for it.
As soon as Jimmy began digging,
out poured those YelloWjackets, angry
through and through Each was
armed with sharp little spear and
ready TO use it. You know there are
no hotter tempered little people than
these little wasps which are called
Gellowjackets. They are afraid Of
nothing and no one. So the moment
Jimmy began to dig, out they poured.
prepared to fight and drive away who.
ever was digging in that bank no
matter how big he might be.
But they hadn't counted on Jimmy
skunk. That long fur of Jimmy's
wasn't easy to get down through.
Jimmy just snapped them up right
and left. He went right on digging
Evening star., 1925-09-07

Jimmy Skunk had started up the
Long Lane which leads from the corn
field and the Green Meadows up to
Farmer Browns barnyard. He was
wondering what could have happened
TO have frightened Farmer Browns
horses some time before as Farmer
Brown was driving them down the
Long Lane. But before he reached
the place in the bank beside the road
where the Yellowjackets lived, jim
my's attention was drawn to some
thing else and he turned aside Jimmy
was out all night. He is quite apt
TO be out all night. Meanwhile the
Yellowjackets were in their home for
they come out only by day.
Jimmy stayed out unusually late.
Jolly round, bright Mr.. Sun had al
Evening star., 1925-09-07
The Sewing Club.

One Mother says:
Long before they are old enough to
join the domestic science classes at
school, my own little girls and a num-
Der of their chosen friends learn to
cut out small garments correctly, do
neat hemming, make a French seam.
cat.stitch, etc, through the fact of
my having started a Friday afternoon
sewing club. The girls bring their
dolls and any pretty pieces of material
they may have gathered together. 1
do not think 1t is the simple tea-party
which finishes the afternoon that
keeps up their interest and good ef-
forts, although, of course. it does help.
fav tCopyright. 1926.)
Evening star., 1925-09-07

should even in these small accessories
exercise discrimination in her choice
If your hands are plump then you
had best restrict yourself to tailored
the plain doeskin
slip-on, now appearing in new rust
and shrimp shades which bid fair to
become the rival of our old favorite-
beige. Slender hands can wear novel
ty gauntlets without suffering from
the break of line and effect of short
ening which the cuffs afford.
NARGETTE.
Evening star., 1925-09-07

make a writing shelf and under the
seat there is a small drawer for paper
and pencils.
found in the shops today, moderately
priced, and are very convenient for
various purposes. 1t makes a COM
Portable chair for living room or porch
and the broad arm can be used to sup
port book, ma Eazine or sewing basket,
as well as writing pad. 1t would also
be a clever choice for the small guest
room, where there is no space for a
desk.
Evening star., 1925-09-07
Chocolate 0ne-Egg Cake.

One-half cupful butter or other fat.
one cupful sugar, two cupfuls flour,
one cupful milk, four even teaspoon
fuls baking powder, one egg and one
teaspoonful each salt and vanilla.
Bake in layers in a quick oven and
fill with fudge chocolate frosting
Evening star., 1925-09-07
PERSONAL HEALTH SERVICE
BY WILLIAM BRADY, NJ. ID.

terials except for the pack covering
or tent
There is probably no greater per
sonal health asset one can have today
than a well planned and intelligently
executed cross country hike. II is
just the thing the average city dweller
sorely needs but seldom gets.
Copyright. 1925)
Evening star., 1925-09-07
MODE MINIATURES

Gloves were not so many years back
considered one of the most important
attributes to a gentlewoman. But
since war times we have been sorely
neglectful of them. However, this
season Fashion promises to recapture
their place of prestige and a woman
Evening star., 1925-09-07
Baked Apples.

Baked or steamed apples, which
have been cored and peeled, make a
most appetizing dessert. Serve with
whipped cream and a bit of currant
or plum jelly on top. For variety
fill the cavity in the apple with
chopped nuts.
Evening star., 1925-09-07
HOME NOTES
BY JENNY WREN.

James Fenimore Cooper. the Amer
lean author, did most of his writing
in an armchair like this. In fact, this
particular type of fan-hack Windsor
is sometimes called the Cooper"
chair. The right arm broadens to
Evening star., 1925-09-07
Sport Clothes Are Severely Simple
BY MARY MARSHALL.

To the Partisan the problem of
choosing sport wear is really more
difficult than that of getting proper
town attire. No matter what the
mode, she has certain well defined
Evening star., 1925-09-07

The Chinese have often been con-
quered, but their victors have always
been absorbed by them. As a race
they loathe fighting
Evening star., 1925-09-07
bEAUlI If1AlS EDNA KENT FORBES.

shoes is for developing the calf of the
leg, but ii also strengthens and makes
the ankles shapely.
The massage is not difficult. Take
the ankle with both hands, and work
around and around il with the fingers.
rubbing and pinching and kneading
the flesh as hard as you can for about
5 or 10 minutes. Incidentally, this
makes you feel fresh if you are tired
and your feet ache. Rub up and down
the leg, and we'll up to the calf. Wear
silk stockings whenever possible as
they. make the ankles seem more
L. C. DIFF you do not know ex-
actly how to dye your hair. you will
be taking chances on having an even
and perfect shade, even though you
are expecting to dye it black Badly
dyed black hair may show all colors
in the rainbow and still be black, and
too much dye will make the hair look
like wool, lacking any trace of gloss
Miss B. P.-To get rid of sagging
chin muscles, your massage should in
clude the muscles of the cheeks also,
as the sagging is not confined to the
chin alone.
Evening star., 1925-09-07
Copyright. 1s25D

AS To connect.
so. A color.
50. Employ.
SO. Mark.
81. Title of address.
55. Phoenician city.
Sc. Those in power.
81. Exceedingly.
/. Linear unit.
2. Group of players.
8. Island in the Aegean.
4. Persia.
5. Fondle.
s. Girls name.
s. Article of belief.
8. The solar disk.
10. Uncooked.
IL. Nine hundred Roman).
13. Engineering degree (abbr).
10. Act of from one navigable water
to another.
81. Law maker.
%. Egyptian sun god.
"a. To be protuberant.
%. Clergyman's house.
26. Goddess of grain.
%. Auditory organ.
80. Ocean.
81. Electrified particle.
80. Made by a spider.
81. Native American.
80 Ire.
Al. Pertaining to Scandinavia.
40. Not difficult.
49, Against.
A. American patriot and orator.
46. Obstruction placed in a stream.
At. Settled course of procedure.
48. We
40. Prefix meaning in.
81. Not moist.
Evening star., 1925-09-07

Prices realized on Swift 6 Company
sales of carcass beef in Washington. d. C.,
for week ending Saturday. September ),
1925. on shipments sold out. ranged from
eraged 1914 cents per pound.-Advertise-
ment.
Evening star., 1925-09-07

Across.
/. Volcano.
4. CONCEALED water.
7. Heavenly body.
II. Grassy plain.
u. Hosting device.
II. Greek letter.
10. Easy going.
10. Girls name.
II. Novel.
IS. Cleaning implement.
20. Mans nickname.
81. japanese coin.
%. Convulsive inhalation of air.
%. Encountered.
27. Personal pronoun.
29. Pertaining to a country.
81. Personal proneun.
33. Loose garment.
"a. Wild ass
35. Conjunction.
36. In contact with.
38. Exist.
80. Grow old.
40. Great period of time.
AZ. Point of the compass.
43. Commotion.
As. To move n boat.
At. Waste cloth.
Evening star., 1925-09-07

principles concerning good taste in the
city. and she knows just what type of
street frock or hat really becomes her.
But with sport wear it is not so easy.
and she frequently looks for leader
ship in this sort of thing to well
dressed Americans who seem TO wear
Evening star., 1925-09-07
Jimmy Proves Useful.

Who never makes himself of use
old Mother Nature.
Evening star., 1925-09-07

Copyright. 1a25.D
Evening star., 1925-02-21
By Air to Bermuda.

Memories of the voyage from New
York to Bermuda, that two-day trip
that Mark Twain, an ardent Ber,
mudian by adoption, likened to going
through hell to reach heaven, will
awaken in all who have had that ex.
perience as a result Of the flight of
Los Angeles, the Navy's giant dirigi-
BILE, from Lakehurst to Hamilton.
Leaving her hangar in New Jersey
yesterday afternoon at $40 o'clock,
she was lowering over the Bermuda
capital at 4:3O this morning, voyage
Of 13 hours, or only a little more than
one-eighth OF the sea trip.
This flight was undertaken to test
out the big dirigible for an oversee
run to a definite objective and return.
1t was scheduled, and mails were in
vited to be borne by the airship. She
left on time and arrived likewise with.
In the expected period Of flight. Thus
the first leg Of the voyage Is to be re.
garded as distinctly successful.
Immediately the thought occurs
that the airship will be the passenger
carrier Of the future over rough
waters. The Bermuda trip is notori.
ously unpleasant. 1t is a protracted
English Channel agony. The pleas.
ures that await the unfortunate voy.
ager, who is carried on the slant
across the Gulf Stream and given the
81 varieties of shakes that are thus
occasioned, more than compensate for
the distress, but many person IS
deferred from the undertaking by the
bad reputation which the intervening
water has gained.
With the voyage reduced to IL or
Is hours, Bermuda becomes an OBJ
jective Of such easy access that 1t may
be too densely peopled by tourists
to be comfortable, If the air route
should be established regularly.
Evening star., 1925-02-21
A Convention Bureau.

Washington will broadcast it's claims
as a convention city. Years ago, when
there were half a dozen hotels and a
few small public halls, a number
Of national bodies came to Washing.
ton for an annual convention. The de-
sirability of Washington as a place
for conventions was obvious then. The
fact that the National Association of
This or That would hold it's conven-
ton at the Capital of the United
States gave nationwide publicity to
the association and its convention. If
the convention did or proposed to do
anything Of national interest the news
went to all parts of the country, for
the industry Of collecting and dis
seminating news is, and has been for a
century, highly developed at Wash
ington.
Years passed, and the fame and
popularity Of Washington as a place
for conventions grew until many be.
gan to speak and write Of Washington
rs the convention Capital, or as the
city which ought to be the convention
CApttnl. IT should not be necessary to
Evening star., 1925-02-21
The Oyster.

The oyster was not exonerated at
the recent Public Health Service con-
ference, and a number Of the authori-
ties seem to have said to the oyster
that was charged with spreading
typhoid, you are not guilty, but don't
do it again." Friends Of the oyster in
the Potomac Valley, and few of our
people are not proud to attest friend
ship for the oyster, feel that it was
carelessly charged with typhoid, and
that 1t should have been given a bill
Of health so clean that not a speck
was on it. Mr.. Wadsworth, Assistant
Secretary Of the Treasury, at whose
suggestion the conference was called,
said that tests had shown there was
no reason to fear typhoid germs in
oysters at this time, and that no un-
usual typhoid condition had obtained
since about the middle Of December
DR.. Evans Of Chicago emphasized the
necessity of a pure supply of sea food
for the population of Illinois and near
by States, and said that there had
been outbreaks Of typhoid during the
past year, and that the health authori.
ties Of Illinois had worked out a pro.
gram which comprehends the safety
Of oysters in the beds and in handling.
was hoped to discover methods BY
Evening star., 1925-02-21

which tests could be made from time
to time as protection for the public
health and the oyster industry.
There has been no outbreak OF
typhoid in the oyster growing section
Of the country and in that part Of the
country where people eat freely Of
oysters. The Maryland health authori-
ties have said that not one Of all the
typhoid cases in Maryland has been
traced to the oyster. Officers of the
health and fishery departments Of
Maryland and Virginia have said that
polluted water does not find its way
to the oyster bottoms in those States.
Faith in the oyster was shaken by the
typhoid reports from the Middle West,
where quantities of canned oysters
shipped from the seaboard are eaten.
Where there was a shaking of faith
the tremors have ceased. and belief in
the goodness Of a good oyster Is as
firm as ever.
Evening star., 1925-02-21
tell the world that Washington has

tell the world that Washington has
grown. Its hotel facilities have ex.
panded. Twenty railroad trains come
and go where one pulled out or in of
the Baltimore and Ohio or the Balti-
more and Potomac Station when peo-
pie began to talk of Washington as
Americas foremost convention city.
Numerous large halls have been built,
and now we haye the Washington
Auditorium, with capacity for sea ting
the largest convention. National con-
ventions come to Washington in grow
ing number. So many assemble here
that an issue of The Star does not
often go out without carrying the re-
port of one or more national conven-
tions In session here.
There is a plan that Washington
shall present it's claims as a conven-
ton city to all bodies holding conven-
tions. 1t is proposed that the city
shall have a convention bureau, and
that literature and a personal repre-
sentative will be sent out to show or
ganiZations holding national conven-
tions that Washington is the best
place to hold them. The idea has been
in the minds Of business men for some
time, and several local organizations
have convention committees, but the
project is to have a central convention
committee which will seek by business
means to increase the fame and op-
portunities Of Washington as a con-
yention center.
Evening star., 1925-02-21
British Debt Offer Is Given
Backing of American Press

is hard to see why America should
object to any such arrangement be-
tween Britain and her debtors. There
will. indeed, be reason for congratu-
lating London II the scheme works
out. Its success would not Of itself
enforce any basic modification Of the
American debt policy" The Provi-
dence Journal adds: 1.-The administra-
ton at Washington has consistently
maintained that debts and repara-
tions cannot be considered in the same
category"
The British have now had their
way with the issue of the French
debt" declares the New York Eve
ming Post. without any noticeable
protest from this side Of the Atlantic,
they have begun talking turkey to
France. This omission of any refer
ence to the French debt to the United
States need not Immediately be taken
seriously. If there has been no OBJ
lection to an Anglo-French settle
ment while American claims are
standing in the background, 1T should
be distinctly under stood. both in Lon
don and in Paris, that the United
States will object seriously to being
left holding the bag. So long as this
Is not forgotten the two allies can
go on with their little game of
balancing things up
Evening star., 1925-02-21
Supreme Court Seat
Makes for Isolation
From the Wichita Daily Eagle.

Mr.. Stone, New York attorney,
has reached the Supreme bench. Ten
thousand lawyers, over America, envy
him, for the Supreme Court is, to
lawyers, the top of the steep where
fame's proud temple shines afar. But
the truth is that the temple has it's
drawbacks, resplendent as it appears
to be.
For one thing the men who reach
1t become hermits to degree. Their
social activities largely cease. They
mix with their fellow men with In
creasing circumspection. They do
not belong to clubs. The easy, con-
fidential relations which public men
maintain with a few newspaper men.
cronies and counselors are not for them
The relations are considered danger
Gus. So
Even the close relation OF a man
to his private secretary Is guarded
in their case. Supreme Court judges
cannot converse casually with safe
ty. If they should, their lightest
phrase is liable to be given a weight
of meaning out of all proportion. The
longer a man serves on the Supreme
bench, the more isolated he becomes.
All of which demonstrates that the
seats in the temple aforesaid are pro-
vided with but few cushions.
Evening star., 1925-02-21
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN

@. When the President went to Chi
cago in Pullman instead of a pri-
vate car, did he get the money saved
or did the Governments. L. j.
A. Money not used by the President
for travelling expenses is returned to
the United States Treasury.
Q. How many radio stations are
there in the United States?-A c. S.
A. There are now 563 broadcasting
stations either in operation or un-
der construction. OF these 455 are
Glass A, 500 watts power or less with
radius of good practical reception of
25 to 80 miles. In class Il there are
16S stations, over 500 watts, with in
creasing power and much wider
| radius.
Q. Where is the largest silk mill in
the world e. X. 3.
A There are no official statistics
as to the location Of the largest silk
mill in the world. The Silk Associa-
tion of America, however, says that
William Skinner & Sons. Holyoke,
Mass, have the largest silk mill -un-
der one roof in the world, there be-
ing 1900 looms there. Schwarcenbach,
Huber & Co., have the largest mills In
Europe, but they do not have a large
number of mills under one roof. They
are scattered in small units in vari-
Gus towns and villages.
Q. How much sugar is raised IN a
year?-H. NJ. s.
A World production of sugar, beet
and cane, is estimated for 1924-25 at
25, 134 900 short tons. OF this amount
1900, 900 short tons were raised In
Continental United States
Q. Was President Lincoln shot in
| the right temple m I. w.
A. The wound was in the back Of
the head over the left ear
Q. How far can moose and deer
swim &C. II. G.
A. The Biological Survey says that
it has no information with regard
to the exact distance that moose can
swim, but 1t has been found that
these animals oftentimes swim rivers
a mile or two broad. Deer swim
about the same distance. The caribou
are perhaps the best swimmers and
they have been known to cross lakes
six or eight miles wide.
Q. Are the majority of our promi-
nent people city or country bred?
"A. z.
A. Recently Fred Adams Wood
| analyzed who's Who in America"
and found that cities of more than
5000 inhabitants have furnished about
twice as many prominent men as their
percentage of the total population
would lead one to expect.
Q. What was known as the Yellow
day in connection with the building
of the Brooklyn Bridge?-P. II. D.
A. Accounts of the construction of
! the bridge state that one Sunday
| morning neglect by the watchman in
side q caisson allowed air to blow out,
creating a panic and stampede above
ground and flinging over buildings
and shipping a coat of yellow mud.
It Is reported that the noise was ter
rife and that mud and stones were
| hurled to a great height.
Q. How many varieties of apples.
peaches and plums are there?-J. F. B.
| A. There are probably about 5000
varieties of apples, 1000 of plums
| and 1000 of peaches.
Q. What is a chinook wind and why
| Is it so-called III. E. V
| A. The chinook wind is a strong,
warm, dry south or west wind descend