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Evening star., 1925-05-16
SPRINCTIME
Shooting Stars.
BIZ d. c. PEATTIE.

There are shooting stars that gleam
unbelleVably for a moment in the
skies, and there are the shooting stars
that blossom with enhancing lowell
ness for a brief space in Nav, in the
woods around Washington On the
prairies of the Middle West they are
abundant, and children go to look for
them as perennially as the little ones
here go out on hunts for trailing ar
butus. But in the District it is es-
sentially rare flower, though if one
knows where to look for it around
Chevy Chase and Glen Echo It is not
hard to find
And how worth while is the search
that has the shooting star for it's re-
ward at the end. This lovely little
plant, sometimes called also American
cowslip, resembles more the cyclamen
than anything else, with it's rose col
ored petals like those of cyclamen,
the whole flower gracefully nodding
with three or four of it's fellows from
the slender leafless stem. The turned
back petals and the little slender pyra-
mid OF the clustered anthers pointing
forward do indeed look much like a
star shooting through the sky and
leaving behind its momentaa'y trail
Lucky is he who chances on the rarer
whiteiowered form.
The shooting star indeed. takes the
place in America of the old.world cyc-
lamen, for they are both of the
quaint primrose family. But shoot.
plants. only in America and japan
and China. In size and splendor Eu-
ropes cyclamen is perhaps unsurpas ss-
ed, but we may be proud of the more
modest beauties of our own endearins
delightful shooting stars
Evening star., 1925-05-16
BEDTIME STORIES BY " T#1sAss' sTTe9sS

SO Unc' Billy climbed down from his
perch in the tree and shuff1ed along
over TO the Laughing Brook and along
the bank in the direction from which
Peter had come. His shrewd little
eyes kept sharp watch of the ground
all about and his sharp little nose
was poked into every likely place. But
he found no nest and, of course, no
eggs He came to the edge of the
Green Forest to where the Laughing
Brook went on through the alders and
so TO the Smiling Pool on the Green
Meadows.
Unc' Billy paused. He was a bit in
doubt about going on. Then in some
mud he saw the prints of Peters feet
Unc' Billy chuckled. "Ah reckon Ah
am headed right" said he. "Ah won
der could it have been the aiggs Of
Longbill the Woodcock that Brer Rab-
bit found. 1t will do no harm to look
about in these alders.''
So Unc' Billy kept on. Pretty soon
Redwing the Blackbird spied him and
flew over to make a great fuss, call
ing him a thief. a rascal, and other
unpleasant things. Unc' Billy didn't
mind particularly. In fact. he didn t
mind at all. You see, he knew by Red
wings actions that somewhere near
was Redwing's nest. SO Unc' Billy
began looking up in the alders as well
ras on the ground. There must be two
nests over here, for he was sure tha t
Peter couldn't possibly have seen Red
wings eggs.
But when he reached the edge Of the
alders without<having found any nest
at all, Unc' Billy began to think that
he wasn't so good a guesser as he had
thought himself. He didn't just like
going out in the open in broad day.
light. Just a little way ahead was
the Smiling Pool. Unc' Billy thought.
fully scratched his nose. There might
be Turtle eggs buried in the sand
near the Smiling Pool. Turtle eggs
would be a treat, quite as much Of a
treat as any eggs Peter Rabbit was
likely to have found. This decided
Unc' Billy and he moved on again.
The instant he came out from the
alders he saw on stone on the edge
of the water a neat, small person,
whose tail kept bobbing up and down.
1t was Teeter the Sandpiper. Unc'
Billy grinned. 1t was a pleased grin,
a satisfied grin. He recalled that Peter
had said those esxs were pretty and
he remembered having once found
Teeter's eggs and that they were
pretty.
"As sho'ly as All am an old sinner
II was Teeter's nest that Brer Rabbit
found" he muttered and started on.
copyright, 1925. by T. ". Burgess,
Evening star., 1925-05-16
HOW 1T STARTED
"0n a Wild-Goose Chase. I"
By JEAN NEWTON.

A search for something that cannot
be found, a useless effort, an i'm
possible cause, a hunt for something
that will probably not be attained, is
spoken of as "a wild goose chase" :"
The reference to the elusiveness of
success in chase of the wild goose
is, of course. obvious. But there is
more than that to the story of the
phrase.
The modern phrase, "on a wild
goose chase owes its origin to a
story told of that skillful sportsman,
Charles l of England. Charles liked
his hunting, and, according to the
story. a similar fondness on the part
of the mobiles sometimes interfered
with his enjoyment. It irritated the
King, on the train of his quarry, to
find other hunting parties beating
through the wood and sometimes
crossing his path.
On one occasion, when he was pa r.
ticularly desirous of getting rid of
them, an idea came to him. He pub
lished among the mobiles an offer of
prize to the one who could capture
the greatest number of wild geese
Off they went to the seashore and
the King had the woods to himself.
And SO, though the object is not
literally wild geese, a not unfamiliar
method of getting rid of a nuisance
today is to send the person ION a
wild goose chase"
Evening star., 1925-05-16

ATLANTIC OCEAN. Pan American
Line, March 20.-The long, low stretch
OF land to the left that we have been
passing all morning is Brazil. 1t is
larger than the United States. 1t is
about the size of the whole of Europe,
The language of the people is
Portuguese. The Portuguese tongue
Is too loose for any use, ii seems TO
me, and | wonder how the Portu-
guese themselves learn to speak it.
But that is no cause for worry. The
knowledge of languages Is more of a
pleasure than necessity. l have
travelled in most of the countries of
the world with one language-a Cali
fornia dialect and | have suffered
little, if any, inconvenience. Now and
then | have had to fall back on my
early artistic training and draw few
conversational hieroglyphics when my
pantomime failed TO get over, but as
a rule the peoples OF the various coun-
tries are very polite and anxious TO
assist traveller.
There is but one country that I
would hesitate to travel in without a
Evening star., 1925-05-16
My Neighbor Says:

When putting on the collar OF
a blouse, the collar itself should
not be stretched. If necessary,
the neck OF the blouse can be
stretched, but not the collar,
otherwise the blouse will not set
well around the neck.
In making a sauce which con-
tains egg yolks for thickening,
the sauce must not boil after the
yolks are added or 1t will curdle.
1t must be remembered that
eggs will not thicken "A mixture
unless the boiling point is nearly
reached.
Never put meringue on a pie
or pudding that is hot or even
warm. This is what causes
those sirupy tears. Pile 1t on
cold pie and place in q moderate
oven to dry out and brown
little. 1t will hold it's shape for
week and II won't hurt your
pie. because it won't be in long
enough to more than heat the
meringue.
If your canton crepe dress is
spotted, sponge ii all over with
warm water and when partly
dry press on the wrong side.
Treated in this way. spots will
soon disappear.
Raw ammonia will remove
paint spots from a floor. Be
careful not to allow the am
monia to remain on too long, as
it will eat into the wood.
Paint the flower pots you use
in the house with water color
paints and see how pretty they
look.
Evening star., 1925-05-16
What Tomorrow Means to You
BY MARY BLAKE.
Taurus.

Tomorrows planetary aspects are
not very benign, and rather indicate
an atmosphere of complexity and
doubt than that favorable to a Sun
day. 1t is probable that you will
meet for the first time, one who is
bound to exercise a very powerful
and beneficial effect on your whole
life. There will be a marked ten
dency to act rashly and to speak inn
pulstvely, and you must be on your
guard all the time to counteract these
emotions. In the evening, the condi-
tions become quite benign, and clearly
indicate that 'wooer or wooed'' will
be mutually responsive, and the occa.
sion is good one for "plighting of
troth."
child born tomorrow Will cause
much anxiety and worry during its
early infancy, and only exceptional
care will enable ii to overcome its
weakness and attain physical nor
malcy. Its disposition will leave much
to be desired, and it's character can
only he formed along wished,for lines
by unceasing discipline. A certain
amount of sternness will appeal more
TO this child's nature than love and
forbearance. 1t will respect the for
mer. whereas it will think that len
iency is a sign of weakness. This
child's future depends entirely on the
way in which it is brought up. as it
will possess very few pleasing lido
syncrasies of an innate nature.
Is tomorrow your birthday? II so,
your disposition is genial, and you are
bright and cheerful at all times. Even
in times of disaster, although not flip
pant. you never lose your imperturb-
ability, and generally content yourself
with saying, "It might have been
worse"
You are very frank and aboveboard,
and always do everything intrusted to
you with all your heart and soul, and
with an enthusiasm that delights your
associates and always brings results.
You revel in the pleasures of social
life, and are nauch sought for your
companionship, which serves as
tonic for all those who complain and
think they are hard done by"
Your characteristics appeal much
more to the opposite sex than to your
own, and, as a result, your home life
and you are devoted to it's, prob
ably, very happy and ideally content.
Well known persons born on this
date: John Penn. lawyer and Con-
gressman; Seth Warner, Revolution
airy soldier; Edward Delafield, physi-
clan; Frederick A. Genth, scientist;
Grace w. Hinsdale. author: Charlss
F. Dole. clergyman and author.
Evening star., 1925-05-16
Shades of Pink for the Attendants
BY MARY MARSHALL.

There must be some deeply rooted
association between shades OF pink
and thoughts of bridesmaids, and this
association must be growing ever
stronger, because a very large pro-
portion of the distinguished brides
of the year have been attended by
brid esmaids clothed in some one of
the rosy shades.
Pink taffeta seems to be especially
we'll liked for frockS of the nodded
contour as well as those of bouffant
skirts, for which taffeta has ever
been considered most appropriate.
Yards and yards of chiffons and
georgette in all the pink and near
pink shades are also being convert
ed by nimble fingers into frocks for
June bridesmaids.
The sketch shows a model chosen
for one of these. 1t is of flesh pink
chiffon with a well-defined waistline
and is trimmed with cream lace. The
large hat is of chiffon and lace, trim
med with a pink rose in deeper shade
and pink ribbon which fall Beneath
the brim. forming a scarf. 1t Is worn
with pink and white pearls.
Another set of pink bridesmaids for
June shows a straightline model OF
pink taffeta with the enormous chou
of matching tulle at one side trailing
on the floor. Very striking is rose
taffeta frock showing a long-waisted
closely nodded bodice with full,
bouffant skirt. 1t is cleverly COM
bined with cornfiower chiffon so that
it seems to shade from rose to blue.
At a smart Spring wedding where
the bridesmaids wore frocks of peach
colored chiffon they wore quaint little
brown poke bonnets. AT another
much talked about wedding the
bridesmaids wore frocks of pink and
orchid. In fact, it really is difficult
nowadays to find any bride who, II
she is planning to have bridesmaids
at all, is not planning to have them
wear pink.
The French bridesmaids frock is,
like the brides frock, usually rather
dignified and ceremonious. Sleeves
are usually long or long enough to
meet long gloves so that none of
the arm is left bare. And as the
fashiona BILE French wedding is almost
always a daytime affair, it is accom-
panied by a hat. The bridesmaid s
frock that resembles an evening
dance frock with sleeveless and de-
cidedly decolette bodice is an Amer
lean innovation.
tCopyright, 1921
Evening star., 1925-05-16

Every guest would appreciate the
comfort of such a furnishing. 1t is
possible to relax and get 40 winks"
without disturbing the bed. The
spread should be taken off and neat
ly folded, the shams or sham pillows
often seems too much bother to do
and to replace the things when there
is but short time in which to rest.
Chaise tongues.
Let me suggest that if space does
not allow for a couch, sofa or cot fixed
like Il couch in the guest room. there
still may be room for chaise Tongue.
This sofa-like chair is the most luXu-
rious furnishing of them all. 1t can
not be said to be smaller unless it is
made, as is sometimes the case, by
combining two pieces. The combina-
ton easy chair and high foot rest
chaise Tongue is deservedly popular
The foot rest is shaped to fit the
curves of the chair seat, so that
continuous length all the same height
results. There are two separate and
distinct pieces of furniture which may
be placed far apart to suit the fur
niShings of the room until they are
united to form the chaise Tongue. The
advantage of this furniture is appar
ent. 1t can be moved about to stand
where breezes can blow. or be out of
drauShts at the will of the person oc.
cupyinG it.
Various Styles.
The duplex or combination chaise
lounge comes in a wide variety of
styles from costly French period styles
to wicker furniture that may be used
in the simplest of Summer cottage
chambers. There should always be
one or two downy sofa pillows in the
chair. The ingenious homemaker can
devise ways of Stimulating such a
charming appointment for the guest
room. A regulation easy chair in a
gay chintZ, cretonne or printed linen
cover and an old-fashioned upholstered
piano stool in bench style, with the
top covered to match, serves the pur-
pose admirably. The stool to which /
refer is the kind that has a stuffed
spring seat, and is not the modern
bench of wood. There are many old
time foot rests, high and with soft
upholstered seats, that may be pressed
into service for the extension portion
of the easy chair. While the two
pieces can scarcely be expected to fit
together exactly, they should be SO
chosen that they come together for
several inches where they touch.
The hostess who provides a soft bed
to sleep in at night and an inviting
couch of one sort or another, or one
of these chaise tongues on which her
guest can have refreshing relaxation
during the daytime, has supplied the
two chief requisites for personal COM
fort that guest room can hold.
Evening star., 1925-05-16

Our Cook Nora was off Thersday
afternoon, and ma sed to my sister
Gladdis, Gladdis, I'm going out for a
vile, will you remember to put some
rice on to boil at half pass 5?
Rice? All rite, Ill remember, Glad
dis sed,
NVich she dident, and at half pass 5
l thawt, G, Gladdis forgot the rice Ill
put it on for her
Me being in the kitchen jest then
enyways jest out of curiosity, and
put some water in a thing and lit the
lite under it, thinking, G., l wonder
how mutch rice?
And / put in 2 keeping cupfulls and
1t dident look like so mutch in there
so l put in more, thinking, / CESS
that's enuff.
Wich it was, because pritty soon |
was in the dining room and I herd a
sound out in the kitchen and l hurry
up ran out and heer wat was 1t but
the rice boiling over the top of the
thing, and | grabbed another thing
and pored half the rice into it, some
of it spilling on the floor wen l pored
it on account of me not being a very
steddy porer, and the rest of it started
to come up over the top of the End
thing, me thinking, G good mite, holey
smokes.
Anu Huily up SldpoCu q oiu tHiiS
and pored some into it from the End
thing, and some more went on the
floor and it was coming up over the
top of the hole 3 things and / herd
ma coming in the frunt door, and l
quick ducked under the kitchin table
and ma started to wawk in saying to
herself, / hope Gladdis remembered to
put tha rice on, o my goodniss, o my
lands, look at that floor, look at that
stove, look at this kitchin, she must
of gone crazy.
And she went out in the hall and
called up, Gladdis, Gladdis, come down
heer, never mind wat 1 wunt, come
down heer and you'll soon see.
Wich by that time l was half ways
out the back gate and still going.
Evening star., 1925-05-16

practical knowledge Of it's language.
and that is the United States, I feel
sorry for any n-English-spea king
traveller rambling about our own land.
What a rough trip he must have.
AS We float gently out of the sphere
of Spanish influence ] notice in p.
newspaper, kindly loaned TO me by a
fellow passenger, that the last of
Spain's colonies is passing out of her
control-in northern Africa-and they
are not very gentle about it either.
How has the mighty falleni Spain
at one time ruled over the greatest
colonial empire in the world. 1t in
cluded Florida, California, Cuba,
Porto Rico. the Philippines, Mexico,
Central America and all of South
America. with the exception of bit
of Brazilian coastline. Now nothing re-
mains of that vast array of terri
tories, and today | read that the
Spanish army is retreating before the
Riffs and Moors in Morocco-her last
colony.
South Americans take particular
exception to the appropriation of the
term America" by the people of the
United States And they are quite
right about it.
Evening star., 1925-05-16
Raisiu Molds.

Cook a cupful of oatmeal in a. pint
of boiling salt water until tender. Add
a cupful of milk and cook in a double
boiler for half an hour with half a
cupful of sugar and little cinnamon
and nutmeg. Add half a cupful of
large raisins. They will be plump
with the heat but should not be
cooked. Fold in a cupful of whipped
cream or the whites of two eggs
beaten stiff Pour into individual
molds dipped In cold water. Serve
cold with cream or hot with spice
sauce.
Evening star., 1925-05-16

As Summer approaches home
makers are apt to give guest rooms
particular attention. 1t is the season
of travel, and friends and acquaint-
anceS are apt to make the most of
opportunities to see those who they
know are living in places through
which their journeyings take them.
Then the housewives realize that va
cation season makes visits possible
during the hot weather. There may
be the chance to have busy persons
spend part of vacations in these
rooms in response to cordial invita-
tions. So. for the unexpected, but
no less welcome guest, and for the
especially invited guests, rooms should
be in readiness. There is pleasure in
anticipation in such preparations and
a genuine ease and satisfaction in the
knowledge that rooms for guests are
prepared Nothing is more essential
than comfortable beds and couches.
Whether such guest rooms are
luXuriously furnished and appointed
or not, there are certain comforts
that every hostess can and should
provide. One is a soft bed. 1t may
he large double bed with four posts
or. better still, two single or twin beds
or an inconspicuous cot dressed as a
couch in the daytime. Or, again, it
may be a davenport that is an un-
suspected bed until transformed at
night. It is quite possible to have
the bed downy in any instance. Good
springs and a good mattress are es-
sentials, and soft pillows, too. There
are very few persons who choose hair
pillows, and if they do like such COM
paratively hard head rests, it is US
ually possible for the hostess to find
some sofa cushion that will meet
such wishes. A spic and span pillow
slip will turn this cushion into pill
low for the bed.
Blankets, Spreads, Covers.
The weather may be hot, but this
does not signify that blankets should
be omitted from the bedding. There
should always be one, or preferably
a pair, of fleecy blankets beneath the
spread, and there should also be an
extra quilt or fancy blanket to be
used when the guest takes a nap.
This may be folded and laid across
the foot of the bed, or it may be
placed on a shelf in the guest room
closet, or even put in one of the lower
bureau drawers. Home makers often
dislike to put the extra cover across
the foot of the bed, lest it detract
from the decorative effect of the
handsome spread These spreads are
sometimes costly, and whether they
are or not. they are generally attrac-
tive in well appointed homes.
Couch or Sofa.
Whenever the size of the room per-
mits a couch or chaise Tongue should
be one of the articles of furniture.
Evening star., 1925-05-16
Fish Baked in Rolls.

Shred two cupfuls of cold, cooked
fish, and add to it a cupful of white
sauce in which has been cooked a
slice or two of onion, cut into bits. Cut
the tops from six or eight small square
rolls. and remove part of the soft
crumb without breaking the crust at
the sides. Brush them with melted
butter and fill them with the prepared
fish. Cover the fish with some of the
crumbs and dot with butter. Bake un-
til the crumbs are brown.
Evening star., 1925-05-16

Across
]. Canine tooth.
s. Double dagger lin printing!.
IL. Lachrymatory plant.
IA. Not slack.
Is. Ran away.
Is. Kind of vegetable.
Is. Doomed.
10. Kind of fruit.
20. Sorceress.
%. Fixed practice.
%. Add to laboriously.
"a. Girls name.
25. Small elevation.
26. Lies still.
2s. Body with legal authority.
80. OF it.
81. Initiate.
80. Bury.
36. Mistake.
40. Unused.
Al. Girls name.
a.. Before.
As. Attack by law.
As. Fine marks.
At. A pastry.
4S. Sicilian mountain.
so. Equality.
81. Place of incarceration.
81. Pertaining to whales.
54. Imbecile.
SIS. Secret appointments.
sc. Hardened.
Down
/. Chest for valuables.
.. Dissimilar.
3. Continued attacks.
4. Legume.
3. Amid.
Z. That thing.
8. Peculiar fish.
2. Makes a nasal noise.
10. Puts forth.
II. Lounge.
13. Half.breed.
16. A fastener.
II. Behave.
20. Prodigal
81. Takes place.
q. Join.
2s Along the top Of.
32. Small invertebrate.
33. Intransitive.
"a. Score.
35. OF a bone in the arm.
81. Fix.
38. Bird related to the, crows
Evening star., 1925-05-16
SHRIMP SALAD.

Mix one can of shrimp with
one cup of peas. one cup of
canned mushrooms cut in
small pieces, one cup of walnut
meats and one cup of tinely-cut
celery. MoiSten with ma yon-
naise and serve on crisp lettuce
leaves.
Evening star., 1925-05-16
Young Gardeners.

Children are easily discouraged when
their plans do not work out. Therefore
when | give my children a plot of
ground for their very own garden |
am always sure to give them one
thing that will certainly bloom, such
as a clump of iris or a few plants
Many of their seeds will not come up,
due to too much care or lack Of it. |
give them something that will sue
ceed, so that their memory of a gar
den will be associated with plea sa mt
things, and not disappointments.
Evening star., 1925-05-16

T1ON1NG, BRER RABBIT" RE-
PEATED UNC' BILLY.
so'?" retorted Unc' Billy.
Tc this Peter could find no salts
factory answer and so he made none
at all. He wished he hadn't talked
aloud. He wished he had kept his
tongue still. Anyway, he wouldn't
tell where those eggs were or whose
. they We're. Thus Unc' Billy would be
no wiser and no harm would be done
So he abruptly turned his back on
Unc' Billy and took to his heels.
Away he went, lipperty y-lipperty-lip.
Unc' Billy watched him so and
chuckled. "Brer Rabbit is trying to
run away from his own tongue and
taking it with him. said he. "A lot
O. folks are that away. Brer Rabbit
done find some aiggs. II he hadn't
he wouldn't have been talking about
them. He can't climb trees, so he
must have found those aiggs on the
ground. He came along the Laugh
Ing Brook, so All reckon 1t was some
where down the Laughing Brook, and
not long ago, that he found them. All
reckon All might as well take look
down that away"
Evening star., 1925-05-16

Whose aisgs We're yo' mentioning,
Brer Rabbit" repeated Unc' Billy
Possum as Peter said nothing.
What do you want to know for?''
demanded Peter, suspiciously.
Unc' Billy grinned. "Yo' seemed to
be right smart interested in aiggs yo'-
self minute ago. Why shouldn't All
be as interested in pretty aiggs as
Evening star., 1925-05-16

The newest smartest note in in
terror decoration is that of absolute
simplicity even rusticity as this
beanpot lamp with it's paper shade
proves.
So go down into the cellar, madam,
and look about for the old earthen-
ware beanpot you discarded long ago.