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Evening star., 1925-04-18

Last mite after Suppir ma was doing
a cross werd puzzel partly to herself
and partly out loud. and all of a sud
din she stopped, saying, There's no use
tawking, Willyum. you cant trust a
woman.
Who sed l ever did, meen Wy cant
you? pop sed.
Well Ill jest give you an Example
| that occurred this afternoon and you
can judge for yourself. ma sed. 1 was
passing that little shoe shop up the
avenue and l glanced in the window
| half by chance and half because l
| need new pair of shoes, and low and
| behold there they were
Who? Enybody l know? pop sed.
Shoes, the very shoes I had been
looking for for weeks, with short
Vamps and straps, ma sed.
| Well, well, maybe they've bin there
for yeers, pop sed.
Don't be redickuliss, ma sed Well
enyway L went rite in the store and
! low and behold who was in there but
| that painfully thin Mrs. Jessip asking
| for the very same identical shoes that
| l was after, and of corse naturally
| they only had that one pair in the
hole store and low and behold it was
the very size we both wanted.
| Did you strike the ferst blow or was
it self defents? pop sed. and ma sed
| Well, / thawt Id drop through the
| floor. and the werst of it was the man
brawt her the shoes to try on ferst, so
naturally | told her they looked simply
terrible on her, and as a matter of fact
| they did and SO would eny shoes on
| sutch feet, and then I put them on
and she sed she had never seen more
unbecoming pair of shoes in her life.
SO of corse / had to take her advice
| If / Expected her to take mine, and we
both left the store and I don't bleeve
! it was 10 minnits later that ] hurried
| back to get the shoes and low and be
hold they weren't there because she
had run back and got them as soon
as I was out of site, and that's wy I
say you cant trust a woman.
/ Good by, pop sed.
And he got behind the sporting
page.
Evening star., 1925-04-18

looks, too, as IL some one is using it
right along. 1t is too big for a Rat
and hardly big enough for a Chuck
Ho! there is a footprint! A Skunk S,
as surely as l live! And there is a
black hair. A Skunk is living under
that henhouse, and that won't do at
all! No, sir; that won't do at all.
That is living to close to the chick
ems for their good. Wen have to get
rid of that scamp"
So when he went back to the house
te told what he had discovered. How
do you propose to get rid of that
skunk" asked Farmer Browns Boy.
I'm going to leave that to you,
SON." replied Farmer Brown. II sug-
gest that you set box trap and carry
that Wood Pussy a long way off be
| fore you let IL go. | suppose it is use
less to suggest that you kill it."
Farmer Browns boy smiled. quite
useless" said he. And he knew that,
despite the things his father some
times said, he felt the same way. But
why not leave that Skunk alone SO
long as il behaves and doesn't get in
Mischief
''All right. Suit yourself. Those are
your chickens out there, and if you
want to feed Skunks with them that
is your business. If they were my
chickens l should feel a whole lot
easier about them If 1 knew that that
| Skunk was a mile or two away" re-
| piled Farmer Brown.
II haven't missed a chicken so far,
excepting those the Rats from the
barn got" said Farmer Browns boy.
There is no way into the henyard
where the chickens are. anyway"
Perhaps not, now, but it will be as
easy for that Skunk to dig out from
| under the henhouse into the yard as it
was to dig under the henhouse in the
| first place" replied Farmer Brown.
Better get that big box trap ready,
| son. and set it.
Farmer Browns boy went out and
| looked at the hole under the hen
| house, and while he stood there look
| ing at it Mrs. Skunk poked her head
out. She looked hard and long at
! Farmer Browns boy, and he looked
| long and hard at her. Then she came
| out. She expected to see Farmer
| Browns boy move off in a hurry. He
| didn't move at all. He stood quite
still. Mrs. Skunk stamped with her
| front feet. Farmer Browns boy
| merely smiled. She stamped again.
| Still Farmer Browns boy didn't move
| Mrs. Skunk calmly turned her back
and disappeared in her hole under
! the henhouse.
Il believe, old lady. that you are
| Mrs. Jimmy, and that we are going
| to be friends said Farmer Browns
| boy with a chuckle. Il don't believe
you'll touch those chickens. I'm sure
you won't if 1 bring you some table
scraps now and then. And this Is
| what I am going to do. 1t will be
time enough TO set the trap when you
| get into mischief. l wonder where
| Jimmy Skunk is
But this. of course. Mrs. Jimmy
didn't tell him.
Copyright, 1925, by T. ". BurgessD
Evening star., 1925-04-18
What TomorrowMeans to You
RV MARY RIAKE
Aries.

Tomorrow planetary aspects are
fairly propitious, and the day should
be we'll spent, as Sunday perform
ances and recreations are bound to be
productive under such conditions Of
a great deal of contentment and hap
piness. In the evening there is a
slight change in conditions, Which does
not augur so well for peace of mind
as during the early part of the day.
The vibrations are sluggish and the
signs denote that quiet and peace
of mind should be established so as to
avoid all disagreement and all argu-
ment 1t would be well under these
conditions to occupy yourself with
quiet reading and not to mix too
freely with the friends that usually
are to be found around you.
A child born tomorrow will go
through it's period of infancy with
little or no sickness, and should at
tain physical maturity under the same
conditions. It's disposition will be af-
fectionate and loving. Its character
will be founded on good principles, and
there need be no fear entertained as
TO the course this child will adopt
under any conditions or circum-
stances. 1t will be honest. straight
forward, but not very studious, al
though it will. with its degree of in
tellectuality, be able to assimilate
enough learning to get by. This child
will not be fitted for any work of q
sedentary character, but will shine
more prominently in some occupa-
ton of an outdoor character. 1t Will
have an inherent love of nature and
everything in connection Herewith.
If tomorrow is your birthday ami
versary, your material instincts are
restricted, and, although you are in
tellectual and Shrewd, you are more
fond of music and travel than you
are of work that is incidental to buSi-
ness or to a commercial career. You
are also a very great lover of nature,
and like to spend as much time as
possible out of doors and in the coun-
try. If you are engaged in indoor
work, YOU full we'll realize that you are
a square peg in a round hole. and you
your activities. You are meticulously
careful, not only of your possessions.
but also of your talents, and you GER
tainly know how to make the best OF
them. Yours is a character that in
Vites friendship and inspires loyalty.
Hence You enjoy many intimate and
close associations with others. Your
home life is very ideal, and your fam
lily circle is made bright and happy by
your presence.
Well known persons born on this
date are John Uri Lloyd, chemist and
author; Leo Rassieur, lawyer and sol
der: Wayne McVeagh, lawyer and
politician, and Mary l.. Booth, author,
for % years editor of Harper's Bazaar.
Evening star., 1925-04-18
SPRIlNCTIME
BY ID. c. PEATTIE.
Dogwood.

Dogwood is in bloom. The pride of
our Washington Spring is just burst
ing it's imprisoning buds, turning the
world to a white glory. Every public
park in our city has it's share of dog
wood, but none so much as Rock
Creek Park, where this lovely flower
ing tree is seen at its best, in a natu-
raj setting. often leaning gracefully
over the sparkling waters of the
creek.
There is not Shower tree in the
country than dogwood. Over hill and
dale it trails it's virginia. beauty, put
ting the charm of cherry and apple
completely to rout.
We generally speak of the dog
woods four white petals. Strictly,
however, they are not petals, but
bracts, or white and petaloid leaves,
which inclose a colony of tiny green
ish flowers that constitute the "cen-
ter" of what is ordinarily called the
flower, but is in reality community
of flowers. Scientists rate this type
of flower as high in the scale of evo-
luton. In it's simple beauty dogwood
is as high as any flower in the world.
The Wild Flower Preservation So
ciety here win repeat this year the ef
forts which in the past have been made
for the saving of the dogwood. Last
year a campaign of public sentiment
in favor of leaving the dogwood for
others to ENJOY was MANIFOLD more
successful than all the legislation in
the world. The policies of the Center
Market administration were effective
in discouraging the sale of dogwood In
the city's chief flower market, and this
year as good results are expected.
Patriotism rests on public sentiment
And wild flower preservation is a sort
of patriotism, a respect and love for
the beauties of our native land. The
same feelings of pride which would
restrain Italians from chipping off
pieces of Milan Cathedral until it
was demolished must be invoked to
Evening star., 1925-04-18
Timbales of Salmon.

Line some very small molds with
aspic jelly. When set, decorate the
molds with fancy shapes of chill
skins, pour a spoonful of aspic over
this, and then mix a little cream
with the aspic, and coat the molds
completely with the aspic cream
When set, fill them with smoked sal
mon finely shredded and mixed with
mayonnaise dressing, and leave them
in "A cold place to set. Turn out
onto a dish and garnish with chervi
or tiny red radishes, the skin of
which should be cut into stripes with
a sharp knife to form petals
Evening star., 1925-04-18
Table Blackboard.

Our combined blackboard and table
saves money, floor space and trouble,
and it serves as a constant source of
delight to the children. My husband
made a low wooden table out of dry
goods boxes and L covered the top
with blackboard cloth. This covering
furnishes a convenient writing and
drawing surface and is easily washed.
In the Summer the table is moved to
the porch, where it is not damaged
by rain or sun. For best results the
blackboard cloth should be backed by
a smooth layer of cardboard.
Copyright, 1880
Evening star., 1925-04-18
lTuIILE lTuIILESToRlEs
6rBEDTInE
New Home Discovered.
Suspicion is in haste to act
And almost always lacking tact.


Jimmy Skunk kept away from
Farmer Browns henhouse, and Mrs.
Jimmy, whose new home was under
that very henhouse, was wise enough
not to leave it until after dark and
to be back in it before daylight~ So
the fact that she was living there was
not known in Farmer Browns house
for some time. Then one day Farmer
Brown happened, just happened, to go
around back of the henhouse and at
once he saw the sand in front of the
entrance to Mrs. Skunk's home.
Hello" he exclaimed. THAT looks
to me like a freshly dug hole, and it
Evening star., 1925-04-18
Finest Sponges Grow Deep.

The finest sponges come from deep
water, the choicest being taken from
a depth of 120 to 130 feet, at least.
The industry, centered in the United
States at Key West and Tarpon
Springs, Fla, brings about a million
dollars of new wealth to Florida
yearly. The Greeks are counted
among the best sponge fishermen.
Evening star., 1925-04-18

or it may shade the tones to an at
tractive blush hue. Yellow will bring
out beige and tan tones in other Gre
tonne colorings. A mild solution of
black will give a very charming gray
tone to colors. In fact, "graying"
colors is very effective. Know the
effect desired, experiment with SAM
pies, and results are sure to prove
pleasing.
Evening star., 1925-04-18

prevent Americans from breaking and
uprooting our floral treasures until
we are left with nothing but an as.
semblage of introduced weeds.
Evening star., 1925-04-18

Titles of nobility of the Armenian
race date back to more than 5000
years before our era.
Evening star., 1925-04-18
DOROTHY DIX'S LETTER BOX
"Flattis' or Lack of Homes, Is the Malady That
Ais Young People Today-How to Deal
With Grabbed Husband

DIX The
a
house because Is more trouble to keep house than is nat and
E.. H.
Evening star., 1925-04-18
Copyright. 1921

Copyright, 1929
Across.
/. What some people can't say.
3. Negative adverb.
6. Kind of two masted vessel.
II. Prosperity or the like.
13. Article.
IS. Necessary jazz instrument.
16. Proceeding in regular order.
19. Pronoun.
90. A railroad receipt tabbr.).
u. Ornamental frames of tireplaces.
"a. Kind of dagger.
%. Travel by automobile.
81. Title of courtesy (abbr.l.,
2S. Name of month (abbr.).
80. Neat and compact.
81. Stray person.
33. Freight and passenger carriers
(abbr.)
80. Initials of World War society.
So. Abolish.
49, Exclamation.
Al. An inert gas.
43. Postgraduate degree.
"A. Initials of a group of islands.
a. a dixie of piles in the water.
Evening star., 1925-04-18

After proceeding through the courts
for 800 years, law suit involving a
large tract of forest land in Bohemia
has just reached final settlement.
Evening star., 1925-04-18

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Evening star., 1925-04-18
Various Effects.

ToninG the cretonne will change all
he colors somewhat, but the colors
will be shaded in scale. so that they
viii be harmonious. Bluing will give
"a. gray tone that Softens some colorS,
Evening star., 1925-04-18

Continued from Yesterdays Starr
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Evening star., 1925-06-05
Poor Mans Pudding

Vanilla, one tablespoon; butter. one
tablespoon; rice, four tablespoons: milk.
one quart: sugar, four tablespoons:
raisins. according to taste. Pour the
cold milk into a glass or earthen pud-
ding dish. Stir in the sugar, rice, but
ter and raisins. which have been well
washed. Place in a moderate oven and
let cook slowly until the rice is swollen.
quite soft and the milk absorbed. With
little care the consistency of this
pudding will be just right. the rice soft
enough to mash into d cream with suf.
ficient moisture to make the pudding
very appetizing. From time 10 time
stir the brown skin" forming on the
top of the pudding down and through
the mass of rice. 1t is the nitrogen and
milk which will add richness to the
pudding. When the rice is soft let the
brown crust form once on top Of the
pudding without breaking. Just be
fore removing from the oven pierce
this top crust carefully with a fork
and pour in the vanilla. II the extract
is added earlier much of the delicate
flavor will be lost. While the popular
name for this pudding is poor man f
pudding. it is really a misnomer. for
the dessert is rich. creamy and ap
petizing enough to grace very pros
porous Ia BILE.
Evening star., 1925-06-05

grapes and apples and other acid
fruits I was told that ! must give up
| these and take soda. The bIotches dis
| appeared. but are now returning For
breakfast ] have shredded wheat or
faxed cereal and fruit. For luncheon,
whole wheat bread or bran, boiled
| beans and coffee with sugar and
cream. For dinner, lamb stew with
vegetables. fish cakes or fried 1sh. but
bread and bran pudding or chocolate
pudding-sometim stewed fruits
Lettuce about three times week and
a glass of buttermilk a day.-E. d
Your diet in the main a g you outline
il is very good with a few exceptions
] should cut out fried fish and fish
cakes, but continue with the other
things. You may have to experin ent
with the egg. however as that may
be too heavy until the breaking out
is cured
My chief criticism of your diet is
that il has not enough green vege-
tables. Eat spinach and other green's
| freely. Also shredded raw and plain
boiled and huttered ca bbage. carrots,
| beets, celery, etc. Instead Of giving
up acid fruits eat oranges freely. The
acid in fruits does not have an acid
| reaction in the body. Grapes and sp-
| pies. so far fYom being acid. have just
the opposite effect in the body.
| should have 10 watch the effect
| OF a diet TO be more definite with
| this.
tConyrirht 1928
Evening star., 1925-06-05
Primroses Like Handkerchiefs.

we must have a list of plants for
our herbaceous border, Mr.. Burbank
and lose no time in putting them In
their places. Perennials first" | an.
nounced
''Perennials first" answered Mr.
Burbank, and beginning at the back
Tor the taller plants, we might plant
foxgloVes, hollyhocks. cosmos. dahlias
tall delphiniums, anchusa, rudbeckia
or golden glow and nicotianas."
Or If the border is wide enough, -
| suggested. I'VE could have a back.
ground of Towering shrubs-lilacs
splrea, the Japanese dwarf Towering
trult trees, Weigela mock orange
nydrangea paniculata and hibiscus or
Rose OF Sharon, with some Autumn
berry bushes here and there
These would be suitable" agreed
MI Burbank. ''or If a wall or fence
were at the back of the bed. vines
could be planted. such as clematis
honeysuckle, climbing roses or sweet
peas all or these would make good
backgrounds
Now for the middle row of pla ants
what about columbines - / asked.
es, ana phloX. penstemon semi
dwarf dahlias, bellflowers. larkspurs
with gladioli planted at intervals
cofeopsis, coEnf1owers. eaillardia. asst
ers, groups of iris and evening prim
rose"
Il am afraid if we pass on TO any
more border plants" / said II viii
forget TO ask you about evening prim
roses and l want TO hear about your
experiments with them"
Il have crossed them quite ex
tens!vely," said Mr.. Burbank. land
from one species received from the
mountains of Chile have produced
some interesting results through Sc
lection.
The blossoms are very fraera n,
and so large that one petal alone will
Evening star., 1925-06-05
In THE GARDEN WITH BURBANK


| cover the entire flower of any ordinary
! primrose. being sometimes six inches
| in diameter and the plants in the
! morning looking like a group of white
handkerchiefs on the lawn.
Most Of them open at night and
| they last longer when the weather Is
cloudy: a new crop Of flowers being
| Summer. All they require is light.
warm soil and very little water and
| they are readily raised from seed. The
new variety Is trailing in habit"
LAS they bloom in the evening the
white petals and the fragrance exist
| proba bly, for the attraction Of insects
| for fertilizing the blossoms?" | asked.
Yes" said Mr.. Burbank, 1.-The flower
seems to be formed in accordance with
! this theory and the evening primrose
is entirely dependent on the visits of
night flying moths for fertilization.
| But in the ordinary species all the
display of large white petals. honey
and fragrance seem quite useless, as
the pollen self-fertilizes the flower
half day before the petals open to
| invite the insects. 1t is one of the
curious variations in plant life"'
| Next comes our list OF low border
plants. Mr.. Burbank" "
There are many low growing com
pact plants" he said. which make
good border plants-some with bright
| foliage and some with blossoms.
THE foliage plants are any of the
| very numerous species and varieties OF
sedums. the gray centaurea or Dusty
Miller" Golden feather dwarf box and
others. while the blossoming plants
| for borders are, English daisies. dwarf
bphlox Drummondi, Sweet William
Ara bis Violas, Forget e-not. Lobelia
Sweet Alyssum. Border Pinks and
sometimes Iris. particularly the Euro
pean Iris are very happily used a Dor.
ders. because their compact erect fol,
| iage is always good even wheh they
! are not in bloom"
Evening star., 1925-06-05

Pop started to reed the sporting page
after suppir tonite and ma sed, Will
yum, we RELY had the most remark.
able man lecture to us at the meeting
! of the Dawters of Cleopattera this aft
ernoon
You must tell me about it some time,
pop sed
III tell you about it rite now. ma
sed. He was Hindoo man with a
turban and his name was Ally Sing or
something like that, and he tawked
about the power of thawt and he sed
| In India its nuthing for people to be
able to reed other peoples thawts, he
was one of the handsomest men |
ever saw, ma sed.
That Explains it, pop sed, and ] wink
ed at him and made a secret face,
| saying to ma, Hay ma, | can reed
peoples thawts.
Don't tawk nonsents, ma sed. and
| sed. Well all rite then, III prove il.
| III reed pops mind rite now. And /
winked at pop agen and he looked
| back at me with a Expression as if he
would of Winked if ma hadent of bin
| looking. and | went over and put my
hand on his bald spot saying, Presto
change o. your thinking wat a nice
| day II was today.
My very thawts, pop sed. and ma
Seu, " 20 on. you are jest making
| that up together, and it rained today
| almost all day enyway.
All the more reason for me to think
| it was nice day, if enuff people thawt
| II was a nice day that would make
! ii nice day, ask eny Hindoo. pop sed
| bet ! can reed your thawts, ma.
will you give me a dime If ! do? |
sed, and ma sed certeny will.
| VIII YOU give me half doiler? |
| sed. and she sed. Now don't be greedy,
well, go ahed. wat am ] thinking, if
your so smart?
Your thinking l wont get that dime,
| ] sed.
| We'll of all things | wont do eny-
| thing of the kind, YOU jest happened
TO CESS it, that's all, ma sed Proving
was rite, and pop sed, Heers the
| dime, Benny, for the honor of the
| family.
Me being glad to get il for eny rea
J SON
Evening star., 1925-06-05
BEDTIME STORIES
BY THORNTON
W. BURGESS

rabbit" said Peter. talking to himself
aloud, as he sometimes does when he
thinks he is alone.
Probably, Cousin Peter. probably"
said voice. Il never knew family
yet without some sort of freak In II
some time"
Peter twirled about at the arst word.
There: looking out from under hem
lock branch, sat Jumper the Hare.
DO you know what have just seen ?"
demanded Peter
NO" replied Jumper. "No, 1
haven't the least idea what you have
seen. What have you seem"
Il have seen a white Robin and
white Red Squirrel" declared Peter in
the most important manner. He look
ed at Jumper as if he expected the
latter to be too greatly surprised 10
believe it.
rs that so?" exclaimed Jumper.
They ought to meet the white Porcu-
pine L saw yesterday"
You certainly would have laughed
could you have seen Peters long ears
fly up at the mention OF white Por.
cupine. "A white Porcupine!" he
cried. DO you mean to tell me.
Cousin Jumper. that anywhere in the
Green Forest there is a white Porcu-
pine" | don't believe it. | never heard
of such thing"
Neither did | ever hear of white
Robin. but l wasn't impolite enough
to say that l didn't believe it. re-
torted Jumper
Peter looked a bit ashamed. II am
sorry" said he. DO you really mean,
Cousin Jumper, that you have seen
really, truly Porcupine that is all
white?"
Jumper nodded. He is one OF
Prickly Porky's this years children.
| saw him just by chance over in ?
certain part of the Green Forest yes
terday morning. ] have an idea that
Prickly Porky himself hasn't seen
him yet Mrs. Porky didn't seem to
know just what TO make of him. / am
sure ! didn't when ] first saw him ?
said Jumper
BY this time Peter was fairly dane
| ing UP and down. DO YOU suppose
| could see him, Cousin Jumper? Do
| YOU suppose I could see him II | went
| to look for him." cried Peter.
! Il don't know how you could help
seeing him if you should And him. =
replied Jumper dryly.
Tell me where 1t was YOU saw
| him." begged Peter.
Copyright 1925. by T W Burgess