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Evening star., 1925-11-22

There are, are some ONE people say that turkey
Any more than ! pine tree can 20 for walk:
There are some people who deny potato
But that kind Of people don't know anything
There are turkeys I know Of who've made
Who arxued on statutes and Law limitations
rosstoes that sang like the great Jennie II Lind
when skinned).
But that ,s.i: j. not here and tbs surely not
In fact. to be truthful | cannot say where
You'll hnd Sroods Of turkeys who knowingly
Or tender potatoes to utter a squeak.
Though really I do know of one turkey
A big fellow. clustering known rs = sauab-
For thirty days past h. was fed up on corn.
A Thanksgiving day table they planned he'd
adorn.
Right next to his bin. in tightly locked
A mealy potato would sing with great ardor
4 song Of the field, or song sons, OF the nlow
bough.
I, sang till the turkey could stand it no
And drowned out tn. song with his own
voice much stronger:
"Gu-rohble; Eob-sobble." le."-his voice was
might.
But still the potato kept on with it's song
It trilled and u carrolsd and roihcked along
you to chowder!''
But that only made the potato sing louder.
The turkey was fat and the turkey was
sleek
Remember. the fellow in less than a week
Was scheduled to lie on a pi ate. UPSIDE down
Beside the potato. both tender and brown.
For both-the potato. the clustering sobbler.
Belonged to 4 man known as Simpson. .
cobbler.
Evening star., 1925-11-22
Little Meat Pies.

Make A light, faky pie crust.
for fruit pies, allowing two cuptuls
proportion. for four small pies. Cut
out the top crust as usual. make the
usual incisions in the center and line
with the remainder of the pa stry four
small individual tins, about four
inches In diameter. Fill each with
one-haf cupful of cubes of veal or
tender steak sprinkle with salt and
pepper. add if you like a few shreds
Of breakfast ha con. put on ths top
crust and bake in medium, hot oven
for half an hour. Garnish before
serving with sliced hard eggs or GU
cumhAr pickles and parsley.
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Peppermint Cup.

Soak one-half an ounce OF pulver-
lied gum arabic in half q cupful of
cold water for 80 minutes. then dis.
solve 1t over hot water. Add one cup
full of powdered sugar and cook until
1t will spin a thread. Pour this upon
the stifhy beaten whites OF two eggs.
and when well blended add very grad
ually a pint of boiling cream. few
drops OF essence Of peppermint. and
a tiny pinch of baking soda. Serve
while IL foams. sprinkled with little
nowdered cinnamon.
Evening star., 1925-11-22
Bet You Cannot Answer All These!

Intelligence measured. See how
many of the questions you can
answer and you will find ont either
how much or how little you know.
Some of the last ones are rather hard
so you can think yourself pretty
smart if you can answer them.
/. What are the largest two cities
in the world?
2. On what day and year was the
armistice concluding the great war?
8. What were commonly known as
the five senses?
4. What Is organdie?
s. What was the decisive battle in
the Napoleonic wars?
s. In which of Shakespeare's plays
do the three witches appear?
Evening star., 1925-11-22
RY JACK GIHON.
JNSTAII.MENT II

CLOWLY the Nancy swung toward
~ the island, digging its way
through the seas that We're stfil high.
until they reached pleasant cove.
The natives had spotted the vessel
when II was still far out at sea, and
1t was such an unusual event for a
boat to visit those parts that more
than a hundred of them came run
ming down to the shore.
It's a committee of welcome" said
Jimmie Rryson-"or maybe It's canni-
balls"
Little danger Of that" said Mr..
Ogilevy. who was standing near
they're a peace-loving people"
Can We go ashore 1t was Bob
speaking.
For an hour" ruled Mr.. Bryson.
You'll have plenty of time on this
isle nd Wen he here at least a week. y
+. Maybe We'll find some pirate gold. '
said Jimmie. and the two boys shouted
delie at the thought.
The Nancy finally dropped anchor.
much 10 the impatience of the boys.
and small boat was put over. Jimmie
and Bob appeared with picks and
shovels strapped to their backs.
What's all the digging parapher-
MALTA for?" inquired the first officer
Cold" said Jimmie. We're going
to dig for pirate gold" Members
OF the crew laughed at that. but the
two were intently serious. The skiff
put off and in a few minutes, its keel
scraped on the sandy shore.
Adventure WAS in the air as the
little party set foot on this lonely
island The natives. short, squat in
dividuals. brown of skin and broad
OF face, crowded around them as they
landed. and looked with wonder on
,lci, nj vpif h.
ont warning. there sounded the blar-
ing note OF trumpet, and soemnly
q fully equipped brass band. composed
OF natives, came marching down to-
ward the shore, aging weird tropi-
cal air.
For moment the two boys looked
in wonder: then a full comprehension
OF the incident struck them.
ITS the pirates band" Jimmie
whispered to his pal. "kirkbride's =
music-makers Bob, we're on the trail
of pirate gold"'
Meanwhile. the native ba nd played
its simple welcome to the visitors.
MORNING dawned clear in the har-
'AVl Dor OF kirkbrides Island. Hardly
had the sun, great orange ball, come
out of the sea when Jimmie and Bob
leaped from their hunks on board
the Nancy.
The evening before had been an
eventful one. Under a tropfc moon
they had sat on the silvery shore
Of the island, with ,Iimmie's father
and members Of the crew. and heard
tales of the queer pirate kirkbride,
for whom the island had been named.
Jimmie and Bob. inouisitiye, had
at last found native who could speak
a few words Of English. This man.
swarthy fellow. told them what they
had already suspected: that the band
Instruments had heen left on the
island by the pirate Kirkbride. who
had died there. while the members OF
his crew. now lacking a leader. had
Evening star., 1925-11-22

flowers are A. usual ss the conven-
tional sort made Of silk and velvet.
Scarfs still drape the shoulders and
swirl around the neck Of almost every
woman. French dressmakers have de
vised so many new and rather daring
ways OF wearing scarf that women
have new incentive for wearing them.
Often. to be sure. the scarf is attached
to the frock. But g often II IL not
and then you must either get An en-
tireIy new scarf or decide which of
those you have on hand will do for
that dress. For it Is almost essential
Evening star., 1925-11-22

thing like affection. II Is such 4 wear.
able. durable. serviceabie, generally
becoming sort OF shape. And its dura.
bility and serviceability are the two
things that serhaps make it unpopu-
lar with the milliners. who feel that
business would be better IL we got
back to the days of more elaborately
trimmed hats
You may have heard something Of
the new bonnetS. and you are pretty
sure to hear a good deal more about
them. Reboux of Paris ia given credit
for having originate the shape and
Evening star., 1925-11-22

Mr. Monk was rather puzzled when a
snake came to him for suitable employ
ment. and asked what he could do in
the way of work. The snake said he
thought he could squeeze the juice out
OF a lemon, or he was willing to hire
himself out as clothes line to a lady
efepha mt, but Mr.. Monk confessed he
Evening star., 1925-11-22

like that!
Eventually, Mr.. Monk found the
snake a job acting as an elevator for a
wealthy monkey who lived in a high
tree, and was too tired to climb up IL.
The snake says he sees a good deal
of the ups and downs Of life.
Evening star., 1925-11-22

T. What is an amoeha?
s. How did heraldry come to be
used?
Answers.
/. New York City, \. Y, and Lon
don, England.
2. November II, 1918.
3. Sight, sound, taste, smell and
touch.
4. A kind of fine, thin muslin.
5. Battle of Waterloo.
6. Macbeth.
T. One of the simplest animals; a
small mass of protoplasm without a
cell wall.
s. When warriors of the middle
ages began to wear heavy armor they
were obliged to wear coats of arms
in order to he recognized
Evening star., 1925-11-22

Indeed !!

What Is more desired in an ac.
cident than presence of mind?"
Dunno
Absence of body"
Evening star., 1925-11-22
He Was.

"You looked foolish the night you
proposed to me- reminisced Mrs.
Spatt.
II could never deceive you, could l,
darling?" her husband agreed.
Evening star., 1925-11-22
Get Out.
,site of

Teacher-What is the opposite Of
woe?
Student-Giddap.
Evening star., 1925-11-22
Foot Ball Players.

Johnny, who were the Four Horse
men,
They were Paul Revere. Theodore
Roosevelt, Jesse James and Barney
Google
Evening star., 1925-11-22

we'll down on the hack Of the head.
At the top the material from which
II is made is drared forward like an
old ia shioDed child IS hood.
Evening star., 1925-11-22
Modern Nursery Rhyme.

Where are you going, my pretty
maid?"
I'm going a-mill<in', SIR" she said.
'In that dress. my pretty maid?"
mo, you dumbell, in this bucket"
Evening star., 1925-11-22
Worth 1t.

why did you tip that boy ~ hand
sonely when he gave you your coet:"
Look at the coat he gave me-"
Evening star., 1925-11-22

SO far II has been worn only by
very few women who delight in wear
Ing the very, very newest fashions
even before they are generally known
Evening star., 1925-11-22

And the fat turkey cobbIer continued to
fling
Harsh words about singing potatoes that
keen
fattening turkey from getting his sleep.
It worried the turkey much more than you
know,
He sputtered and fumed-why. 1t worried
him
Evening star., 1925-11-22

IN CIRCLE ABOVE YOU MAY
SEE A PEARL NECKLACE,
WITH GRADUATED STRANDS
OF PEARLS PENDANT FROM
1T. THERE is A FLEXIBLE
DIAMOND BRACELET MADE
OF DIAMOND CHIPS. AT
RIGHT TOP is A LARGE GOLD
EARRING. AND BELOW 1T A
LARGE LINK BRACELET WITH
COLORED STONES AND A
FINE LINK SET WITH JADE.
Chapelier shs pes-that is the va,
the French would say hat maker
hat makers hats are very popu
lar with some women. despite the fac
Evening star., 1925-11-22

Who planned for an elegant Thanksgiving
feast.
II was thus that the turkey. at snn-up each
morn.
Was fattened with plentiful helpings Of corn
But the simple potato. thai sang loud and
sweet.
Got nothine-no. nothing whatever to eat
Yet the mealy potato continued to sing.
Evening star., 1925-11-22

(Te bs continued max. Sunday.)
Evening star., 1925-11-22
BY MARY MARSHALL.

y HE South Sea Island beauty.
who. they say. feels all dressed
up when she wears garland
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-03-17

the top of the structure every day.
It Is part of his daily duty-a trip
Of inspection. The monument Is
555 feet high.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-03-17
INCOME RETURNS HEAVY
Estimated That $s,7Oa. 1888 Was
Paid.

Approximately $S,7O2.e 15.sS was
paid in income taxes at the Indian
apolis Office from March l to Is, it
VISA estimated Monday evening by
M. Bert Thurman, collector of inter
nal revenue for Indiana. The final
hour of fling was midnight Mon
day, but a number of returns are
expected to arrive by mail today
Thurman said.
The peak Of the rush of last-min-
ute payers was Saturday, Thurman
said, when about, $1,125,O00 was re-
ceived from $3.50 a. m. until 1915
p. M, Thurman said. While the total
number Of returns has not yet been
ascertained, 1t is expected about
$4,000 were filed.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-03-17

Last Puzzle Answer:
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-03-17

achieve and to work to put him
self into that position in life
where his wife can be proud of
him and proud to be at his side.
After mans physical health.
a. wife should guard him spirit
ually and mentally. Being a good
wife is the biggest job woman
can tackle"
Business furnishes man the
excitement he wants, Depew be-
lieves, and his home should offer
rest, relaxation, understanding and
sympathy. If it does that, the word
"home" is made the most wonder
full one in Websters entire assert
ment.
The veteran Depew is opposed
to whirlwind courtships and hasty
marriages. although he admits that
many of these can be labeled as
happy ever after"
But his idea is that choosing a
wife or a husbind has such an i'm
portant hearing on the success and
happiness of every one that snap
judgment-'love at first sight
should not be relied upon.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-03-17

Harriet Mcconnell, first Ameri-
can singer to secure recognition in
Paris since the war. She has made
her debut with the Paris Opera
Company. She was a New York
City choir singer and, with her SIS
ter. went into vaudeville to make
sufficient money to study abroad.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-03-17

WASHINGTON, March 17.-Wil-
liam S. Lehman. a guard at the
Washington monument. climbs TO
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-03-17

Karl Jarries
the interior, and Otto Braun 0efU
of the Republican Coalition party,
are two Of the leading possibili
ties for the presidency of the
German republic to succeed the
late President Ebert,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-03-17
a Puzzle
If Day
So. -'AGss s.LATIs. s.x.4

p So" --sAG2s PILATES 3sX*4
s4ITH.
In the undecipherable line above.
the dash O., the star (D. and the
figures 2. 8, 4, each represent a diff
ferent letter of the alphabet. BY
supplying the missing letters, a
sensible sentence may be formed.
The unique feature is the fact that
the last two letters that are missing
in each word are duplicated by the
first two letters of the following
words, las - -; % %, etc.
Can you complete the sentence?
Last Puzzle Answer:
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-03-17
No Man Smart Enough to Look After Himself Says Depew
Former Senator Says Wife
Was Factor in Keeping
Him Alive and Well. as.
Ninety-First Birthday APP
proaches.

NEW YORK, March 17.-One
OF the smartest and most success
full business men of the last half
century admits he isn't smart
enough to look after himself"
And he goes further than that.
He calmly broadcasts to all the
men in the world that there is
none among them who is really
smart enough to look after him.
self. Men, he says, just aren't
built that way.
This man ought to know. He Is
nearing his Dist birthday-a life
ripe with experience.
The Real Secret.
His long life has been credited
to various things, but he now
gives the real secret back Of 1t in
these words:
"I should never have lived to
my present age of 90 years IL my
wife had not guarded my health
so carefully"
This man is Chauncey M. De-
pew. former senator, famous after
dinner speaker and still active in
railroad and other business affairs.
my wife has made my home
so pleasant that although keep
up my dues in number OF clubs,
rarely visit them" he says,
why should I. when my own
fireside is so much more enjoy
able"
And then with twinkle in his
eye he added:
You know. there isn't man
alive who is smart enough to look
after himself. He doesn't know
how in the first place. and he
wouldn't do 1t if he did. Men
just aren't built that way.
"The first responsibility OF
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-03-17

BY moving the third match from
the left, the word I'M may be
formed.
Evening star., 1925-06-29
MATCH EXPLODES OLD
AUTO TANK; TWO HURT
White and Colored Boys, Years
Old, Seriously Burned While at
Play on Vacant Lot.

Using a lighted match to satisfy
their curiosity as to whether the tank
Of an old automobile on a vacant lot
contained gasoline, two 7-year-old boys
were seriously burned today when the
tank exploded.
The boys, Stoniae De Loemilius Of
80 E street and Isaiah Thomas, col
ored, Of Alb New Jersey avenue, are
suffering from burns on their faces,
arms and shoulders. They are at
Children's Hospital.
The boys had been playing about
the old car when one of them sug.
gested finding out whether "she had
any gas" Both were leaning over
the tank when the match was brought
into play, and received the full force
of the explosion caused by small
quantity of the fuel in the reservoir
The boys first were rushed to
Casualty Hospital, where 1t was found
the colored boys eyes had been closed
by the blast. II is not known whether
his sight was destroyed.
Evening star., 1925-06-29
40,342,O67 TOTAL
RAILWAY TAX IN YEAR
Record Given Showing Amount
Paid in 1924 Larger Than for
Any Previous Year.

Principal railroads of the United
States paid last year in taxes the
largest amount for any year in their
history, levies amounting to $340,-
342 ,067, the Bureau of Railway Eco
nomics declared today. This was an
Increase Of $8,426,60S. or 2.5 per cent,
over the amount paid in 1929. The
average daily tax bill of the railroads
in 1924 amounted to $929,896 and the
statement of the bureau said that out
of each hundred dollars of operating
revenue obtained by the railroads
during the year $3.50 went for tax
purposes. In 1923 the average daily
tax bill was S9o9.357, while Of each
500 of operating revenue $40 was
devoted to taxes.
The tax bill OF the railroads during
the past year exceeded by nearly 10
per cent the dividends paid by the
carriers to stockholders, and, al
though expenditures made by the
roads for Federal taxes showed
slight decrease under 1928, the
amount paid to the various States
showed an increase. New York rank
ed first in taxes received from the
roads. collecting $22,102,534, while
Illinois was second with S20.043.496.
Evening star., 1925-06-29
BRITONS HONOR DEAD
OF AIRSHIP DISASTER
Erect Tablet to Memory of U. S.
and British Airmen Killed
When R-38 Exploded.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
LONDON, June 29.-American Am
bassador Alanson B. Houghton today
unveiled in the library of the Royal
Aeronautical Society a tablet to the
memory of the British and American
sailors who were killed in the R-3S
disaster near Hull. England, August
"a, 1921.
CThe dirigible R3S, British built, be
came the ZR-2 when purchased by the
United States from Great Britain She
exploded over the River Humber, near
HUI, while on trial trip preparatory
to flying TO the United States Seven
teen officers and men of the United
States Navy and 27 officers and men
OF the British Navy were killed)
The tablet was designed by Paul
Cooper, well known British artist II
records the names of those lost in the
explosion, under the shields of the
Royal Air Force. the United States
Navy. the Institute of British Naval
Architects and the National Physical
Laboratory.
The fund for the tablet was raised
by the Royal Aeronautical Society
which had numbered several of the
airship's crew among its members.
Evening star., 1925-06-29
LEGION HEAD PLEDGES
AID IN CIVIC AFFAIRS
Capt. Peyser, Newly Elected Com
mander, Announces Policy of Co.
Operation With Other Bodies.

a policy of cooperation with the
various civic organizations of the city
in an effort to promote District affairs
is the announced platform of Capt.
Julius /. Peyser, newly elected com
mander of the American Legion in
the District of Columbia.
Capt. Peyser left the city early to-
day for New York. He was not pres
ent at the department convention of
the legion last Saturday night when
he was elected department COM
mander. He said the strength of the
legion as a civic power Will be thrown
into a movement for progressive and
liberal administration of the public
school system. Other plans of the new
commander include A reorganization
of the legion in the District of Column
bia and promotion of the welfare of
the disa bled soldier.
Evening star., 1925-06-29
JESTS AT STAMMERING
ON STAGE PROTESTED
Correspondence Of the Associated Press.

Correspondence OF the Associated Press.
LONDON, June 5.-Protest against
the ridicule of stammering on the
stage was filed recently with Sir
George Crichton, controller of the
lord chamberlain's Office, by ]. Her
bert Mall, head of an institute for
defects in speech, who contends that
there is as much inhumanity in jest
ing with this disability as there would
be in the case of blindness, deafness
or other physical ailments.
In his reply to Mr.. Mall Sir George
said that, while questions of bad taste
do not properly constitute a ground
for censorship so long as personal
illusions are not implied. nevertheless
the lord chamberlain, who has au-
thority to ban plays or any part
thereof, will take the Mall protest
into consideration so as to avoid, so
far as possible. causing pain and hu-
initiation to those afflicted with defects
such as suffering.
Evening star., 1925-06-29
Macmillan, Radio Heard IL, Denmark
As Party Pushes Further Into North

With their short wave radio set
reaching out to Florida, Louisiana
and Texas. and by relay to Dem
mark and Porto Rico, the MacMil-
Ian Arctic expedition. now nearing
the Strait of Belle Isle. between
Newfoundland and Labrador. has
decided that the world is becoming
smaller and smaller. A message
sent last night to the National Geo
graphic Society and picked up by
Amateur Station my, of Donald c.
S. Comstock, East Hartford, Conn,
says: I'VE are accused Of being
noisy by a representative Of the ma
ton whose guests we will be in
Greenland. Have just received the
following message from Copenha.
gen, Denmark. relayed from my,
East Hartford and ASA, Porto
Rico: Your signals w. n. P.
wireless North Pole) very loud
Evening star., 1925-06-29
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.

The Sigma Chi fraternity will hold
a luncheon meeting tomorrow at 1890
o'clock at the University Club.
Troop 73. Boy Scouts. will hold its
twelfth semi-annual parents night
and celebration tomorrow evening at
$40 o'clock at the Y. NJ. H. A. Build
ing. Eleventh street and Pennsylvania
avenue. A field day will be held July
) to Marshall Hall.
Evolution will be discussed at the
meeting of the study class Of the
United Lodge of TheosophiSts Wed
nesday evening at o'clock, at 1871
X street.
Washington Boys Independent
Band will hold a lawn fete for the
benefit Of its uniform fund Wednes-
day, Thursday and Friday evenings
at Ninth street and Pennsylvania
avenue southeast. Band concerts,
refreshments and sale of variety
OF articles will feature the entertain
ment.
Evening star., 1925-06-29
COL. COOLIDGE PAST
PERIOD OF DANGER;
IS IMPROVING FAST
Continued from First Page.r

Continued from First Page.t
help was sought by the Vermont ply.
sicians who had been attending Col.
Coolidge since he became III Friday
the President was advised By Attor-
ney General Sargent, who was here
that his father was in intense pain
Without waiting for advice from the
physicians. the President set out for
his old home.
Rushed by motor to North Station.
in Boston, Mr.. Coolidge found a
hurried assembled special train with
steam up. Four hours later he was at
Ludlow, VT. 141 miles away and IL
miles from his destination. There the
President and Mrs. Coolidge We're met
by their son, John, and the Attorney
General, who accompa MED them by
motor to Plymouth.
Part of the final lap was traversed
in rain, which made the winding
narrow road unsafe for fast travel
At several points the Presidents 8 auto.
bridges erected over night to replace
structures washed out by storm
President Visits Cemetery.
Another electrical storm broke over
the hills surrounding this village
shortly after the Executives arrival
BY that time he had visited his father
and had gone down to the nearby
cemetery with Mrs. Coolidge and John
to the graves of Calvin, jr., who was
brought here for burial just a year
ago, and the Presidents mother.
The President found that his
father, who had been suffering from
heart trouble and infirmities of old
age. had submitted to an operation
under local anaesthetic about the
time he was making a getaway
from Boston. The operation was per
formed by DIR. Chute, with the other
physicians assisting, in the room
where the President was administered
the oath of office as Chief Executive
two years ago by his father.
A table had been brought in from
the kitchen and over 1t had been laid
a quilt and pillows. The only light
was that which came through bay
window. During the operation the
patient conversed with the doctors and
later, after greeting the President
remarked that he needed a shave and
asked whether the White House valet
had made the trip.
Through the evening the President
and Mrs. Coolidge remained near the
bedside. retiring an hour before mid.
night after receiving assurance from
the physicians that all was well.