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Evening star., 1925-04-28
The Important Girl.

OF course girls were always i'm
portant, tremendously important, but
it was not always clear to folks, not
even TO girls. People used TO think
that the boys were far more. neces--
sary and to-be-desired than the girls.
They would still be thinking so If
there had not been few girls who
thought differently.
Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth
Cady Stanton and Frances Willard
and Anna Shaw and DIR. Mary Walk
er and the group that came after
them changed the point of view con-
siderably. Matthew Vassar helped,
and Miss Mary Lyons and Miss Mary
Carey Thomas. Thanks to them and
their kind, the girl of today has a
better chance of usefulness and hap
piness than her eat-grandmother
had.
But she has a bit to go yet. !
covet for her that state of mind that
makes it unnecessary for her TO strive
in any way to show or prove her
rights to claim an even footing with
the boy. AS long as she feels that
she must be in some way peculiarly
striking l know that she feels, to
that extent, inferior. She need not
feel that way. She can be the equal
and often superior of any boy she
chooses to measure herself against,
lust by being her own normal self.
II she thinks she must smoke cigar
cites in order to be even in COM
radeship with a boy she is feeling
inferior The cigarette won't help
that much. If she feels that she must
plaster her face with powder and
rouge until it resembles the mask
of a clown she is feeling inferior and
the mask won't hide that. If she
feels that she must be loud and crudely
fiippant to keep in tone with the
roistering youth, she is once more
feeling inferior and the artificial
mirth won't cover the fear that is
haunting her heart.
Girlhood in itself Is quite the equal
to boyhood. II the girl will only be-
lieve in her own strength and power
she will be free to be herself and the
boy will be quite happy about 1t.
Boys like to know that girls have
minds and characters all their own.
They like to match wits with a girl
and enjoy meeting one that gives
them a good brush now and then.
1 must confess, though, that they
are lazy enough to accept ease and
comfort and take readily to soothing
words and prompt agreement If the
girl offers that. But that does not
last long. The easy conquest does
not hold it's SAVIOR. The girl must
feel important and make the lad feel
that she feels 1t or hang out her
banner of inferiority.
am only saving this girls: When
Evening star., 1925-04-28
PERSONAL HEALTH SERVICE
BY WILLIAM BRADY, NJ. d.

medicaments, foods or poisons through
the skin. l find there are doctors
who still entertain the notion that
certain medicaments or poisons are ac-
tually absorbed through the unbroken
skin. This Is not so remarkable when
we consider how many still believe in
the fooltshness about taking cold.
A doctor reports an interesting
case of mercury poisoning from the
application of mercury ointment to
the skin. A Greek waiter was ad
mitted to the hospital with the
characteristic symptoms of mercury
poisoning, yet he insisted he had not
been sick and had not taken any
medicine for long time. Finally,
however, an intern obtained from the
patient the information that the
patient had sought the advice of a
drug clerk few days before entering
the hospital, in regard to large or
hospital size body lice with which he
was infested, and the drug clerk had
accommodatingly broken the law by
prescribing and selling to the simple
Greek three ounces of mercury oint-
ment. The Greek took a hot bath
that night, applied nearly all of the
ointment, and got into bed. covering
his head with the bedclothing. The
following day the symptoms of mer-
curry poisoning occurred. OF course
the Greek had not associated the use
of the ointment with taking medicine,
so he did not mean to deceive the
doctors in the hospital.
Now a thoughtless or careless
reader might assume that this was an
instance of mercury poisoning from
absorption through the skin. The at
tending doctor entertained no such
notion, but said: He probably inhaled
enough mercury to produce the
poisoning.
Copyright. 1929
Evening star., 1925-04-28
Rice Meringue.

Milk, one pint; sugar, one-third
cupful: salt. onethird teaspoonful;
rice, one-fourth cupful; margarine,
one tablespoonful; eggs, two; heavy
cream, one-half cupful; vanilla ex-
tract. one-half teaspoonful: Sultana
raisins. one-half cupful.
Cook the rice with salt in the
scalded milk. Add sugar, raisins,
seasoning and margarine. Fold in
the stiffiy beaten whites of the eggs
and the cream. Pour in a low pud-
ding dish and bake for about one
quarter OF an hour. Place on top a
meringue made from the whites of
three eggs and six tablespoonfuls of
powdered sugar. Return to the oven
a nd brown. Make a custard of the
yolks and serve with the rice If a
particularly nourishing dessert is
desired, otherwise save this for an
other dish.
Evening star., 1925-04-28
HOW 1T STARTED
BY JEAN NEWTON.
A philadelphia Lawyer. :"

THAT beats a Philadelphia lawyer"
Tt would take a Philadelphia law
YER; with slight variation this refer
ence to a Philadelphia lawyer as par
ticularly able and astute is popular
member of our slang lexicon.
It's origin, deeply imbedded in the
legal and journalistic history or
almost two centuries. is brought to
light with the story of John Peter
Zenger, the Albany On. W newspaper
publisher who was indicted for crim1-
nal libel and successfully defended
by Andrew Hamilton, Philadelphia
lawyer, in the year 1735.
The case attracted wide attention,
the publisher being universally con-
sidered to be in the right although in
a precarious position for lack OF
proof. The credit for his acquittal,
which was hailed as a victory for the
freedom of the press, was given un-
stintingly to Hamilton, his "Philadel-
phia lawyer" in the light Of whose
rejected glory a new expression was
added to our language which has sur
vived to this day.
With the license OF usage, "Phila-
delphia lawyer" came to be employed
on occasions with the implications OF
sharp dealing. This is true particu-
larly of the New England section of
the country where the saying is ia
miliar that Three Philadelphia law
yers are a match for the very devil
himself" That this is a corruption
of the term, however, is proved by
scores of quotations covering period
Of more than a hundred years, in all
of which the expression is used in
accordance with its origin implying
only astuteness. sagaCity and unusual
ability. The following. dated Novem- :
ber IS, 1903, taken from the Balance,
a cotemporary periodical, is an exam
pie:
1T would puzzle a dozen Philadel-
phia lawyers to unriddle the talk of
the Democrats"
(Copyright 1921
Evening star., 1925-04-28
Rhubarb Shortcake.

Beat the yolks OF three eggs until
they are light. Add three tablespoon
fuls of lemon juice and gradually beat
in one cupful of granulated sugar.
Beat the whites of the eggs until they
are dry. then add them to the mix
ture. Sift together on cupful of flour.
one teaspoonful of baking powder and
one-fourth teaspoonful of salt. Fold
the dry ingredients lightly in the egg
mixture. Boke the cake in two layers.
Filling two teaspoonfuls Of
gelatin in one-fourth cupful of cold
water to soften it. Cook one pint of
red rhubarb, cut in small pieces, with
one cupful of sugar until the sauce is
thick. Add the gelatin and the juice
and grated rind of half an orange,
beating the mixture well. When it is
cold place it between the layers of the
cake and heap whipped cream on top
Evening star., 1925-04-28
You Can-and You Can't.

How many minutes or hours a day
do you spend beautifying yourself or
improving your appearance? Some
time you must spend. if you are a
true daughter of Eve, for no one is so
beautiful that she does not need these
little attentions. and none so ugly that
she cannot be improved by the right
sort of attentions.
But just what sort of self-attentions
are worth while and what are not?
That is a question that you ought to
answer or have answered for yourself
If you do not want to waste a great
deal of time.
The other day a woman's magazine
published a little story telling just
what to do to reduce large ankles.
The only thing to do about it is not TO
let yourself get too fat, to avoid any
of the disorders that might lead to
bloating and to wear stockings that
will best camouflage the large ankles.
So, too, efforts to make naturally
ruddy hands white or naturally dark
skin light are futile. There are so
many methods of attention that give
one 200 per cent return on ones in
veStment of time that it seems a pity
that some women should waste time
on trying TO do what is wellhigh i'm
possible.
Evening star., 1925-04-28
Fig Loaf.

Cook a cupful of figs in a double
boiler with one and one-half cupfuls
of cold water. When tender, add
one-half cupful of sugar and cook
for ten minutes. Pour off the sirup
Soften tablespoonful of gelatin in a
tablespoonful of cold water. and stir
into three -fourths cupful of the hot
sirup. Chop figs fine and mix with one
and one-half cupfus of dried bread
crumbs pulverized. Mix thoroughly with
the gelatin and sirup. Pour into but
tered mold to harden. Serve cold with
whipped cream.
Evening star., 1925-04-28
Ny Neighbor Says:

Where economy has to be con-
sidered it is advisable to buy
lf-bleached linen. This is
much stronger than bleached
and very soon becomes perfectly
white with washing.
Tar stains may be removed
from cotton fabrics by covering
the spot with butter and allow
ing it to remain for a few hours
before washing.
A torn placket-hole looks most
untidy and can quite we'll be
prevented in the following way:
Sew hook and eye at the very
bottom of it on the wrong side,
then hook it together and pinch
the hook down tight. This
keeps the placket-hole quite
neat, and it is almost impossi-
BILE to tear it.
Wash diScolored flower vases
first of all in strong soda water,
if there is no gilt or pattern on
them, otherwise leave the soda
out altogether. Next fill with
vinegar or tea leaves. Shake
well and let them stand for a
few minutes, then rinse again
thoroughly and dry with a
clean, soft cloth. This treat
ment is generally effective. If
it fails, get a few cents worth
of oxalic acid (poison), moisten
a flannel with it and rub the
stained part; but remember that
oxalic acid should be very care
fully handled, and must not be
allowed to touch the hands.
Kerosene lamps should be filled
every day and chimneys washed
once a week. To insure a per-
feet light, let every lamp have
a new wick once a month, and
just before lighting rub care
fully the body or stand of the
lamp, so that all the smell of
the oil is removed.
Evening star., 1925-04-28
Swiss Apple Pudding.

Butter a deep baking dish. Put in
a layer of bread crumbs, then layer
of finely chopped suet. Follow this
with a layer of tart apples thinly
sliced and a layer of sugar. Repeat
in the same order until the dish is
full, adding last a covering of milk
moistened bread crumbs. Bake 80
minutes in a moderate oven. keeping
covered until nearly done, then re-
move the cover to let the top become
nicely Drowned. Serve with sweet
ened, favored cream.
Evening star., 1925-04-28

The stocking must be smooth and
tight enough not to slip. Have an old
stocking so prepared to experiment on.
Work as you would on sheer silk.
Paint one side, then the other, and be
sure to make the place where the
edges of the paper come as even in
painting as possible, so that these
places will not show when the band of
color has been put on.
If the material is dark and the de-
sign cannot be indicated with pencil
use conte crayons. These are softer
and not so oily as ordinary crayons
and are harder than chalk. They
come in pencil form and must be
sharpened from the end back toward
the pencil with a very sharp knife or
a. razor blade. If sharpened in the or
binary way they will break.
Evening star., 1925-04-28
Equipment for Painting on Silk
BY LYDIA LIE BARON WALKER.

Painting on silk requires certain
definite care, but is something that a
woman may learn if she will follow
instructions faithfully and be very
deft in manipulating the mediums
The degree of ability that she devel-
ops may not prove her an exceptional
artist, but this need not bar her from
making many dainty accessories for
costuming or the home. Just at pres
ent painting on silk is in high favor
Scarfs, handkerchiefs, dress trim
mings, frocks themselves, stockings,
bags, etc, are seen in the stores with
such ornamentation.
Do not attempt TO paint anything
handsome until you have accustomed
yourself to working with the mediums.
DO easy designs, stamped or traced on
the goods. Practice on old pieces of
silk, chiffon, georgette, silk stockings,
etc, until you feel reasonably sure you
can do a presentable bit of decorative
painting Then work on the hand
somer stuff.
Equipment Small.
The equipment and materials re-
quired are as follows: A board "a
bread board will do), sheets of white
blotting paper; pane of clear or
frosted glass to be used as a palette,
IIuInD ldIhS. luDSS VI Dil lleIiilSf AhO
finest grade of gasoline, two or more
high quality water-color brushes,
either camel's hair or sable, and a cup
to hold the gasoline.
Squeeze the oil paint required on to
a piece of white blotting paper, which
will absorb some of the oil. Remove
the paint from this paper and mix IT
with gasoline on the glass used as a
palette. Do not mix much paint at a
h1. q
quickly Work rapidly for this rea-
son. Remember just the colors used
in making any special shade, so that
it can be duplicated readily.
Tack Goods on Beard.
Thumb tack clean sheet of blotting
paper on to the board. over it thumb
tack the material to be painted,
stretching it neatly and tight so that
it will not muss or wrinkle while the
painting is being done. Have the de-
sign clearly indicated, though not nee
essarily done in heavy lines that
might show through the paint.
Use at least two brushes, one brush
for light colorS and one for dark, and
clean the brushes by immersing in
gasoline. Change the gasoline when
ever 1t gets much color in it or it will
not clean the brushes, which should
be done between every change of color
used in the painting.
Method of Work.
Do not start painting from the
edges of a design, but a little way in
side, and notice how much the color
spreads. so that the lines of the pat
tern will not be run over. The eVap-
oration Of the gasoline and painting
over blotting paper stops the spread
ing.
When painting on stockings put a
piece of cardboard inside the stocking
and then slip a piece of white blotting
paper on each side of the cardboard.
Evening star., 1925-04-28
Our Children-By Angelo Patri

you have the fair skin and the bright
eye and the blithe spirit of youth,
it is enough. You do not need the
powder and the paint and the eX-
treme cut and color to make you
feel or look important. You are far
more important as you are. Believe
that. Act to it. Study the lives of
the woman leaders of America and
take pattern after them. You are
tremendously important just as you
are.
Mr.. Patri will give personal attention to
inquiries from parents or school teachers on
the care and development of children. Write
him in care of this paper. inclosing self
addressed. stamped envelope for reply.
Copyright, 1929
Evening star., 1925-04-28

and finally becoming old rose pink,
lasting far into the fall.
In New England especially is the
hydrangea much favored. Nearly every
broad lawn f1aunts them-some.g grow
ing as tall and luXuriousIy as lilac
bushes, others trimmed up to resemble
small trees, as the English trim their
rose bushes.
A hedge along the driveway is very
lovely, or they can be massed along a
house wall with excellent effect. They
are successfully grown in tubs and
look we'll set at the sides of an en-
trance door or flanking the opening
of a garden path
Copyright, 1929
Evening star., 1925-04-28
Some of the Fashion Tendencies.
BY MARY MARSHALL.

wedding out process seems to take
place, and from the mass of new
fashions that Were. offered early in
the season something like a definite
tendency seems to spring.
Here are some of the jottings that
the fashion observer finds in her
note book:
Though gay Colors have been
haunted this season and everybody"
Is wearing red and bright blue and
green and yellow, here and there one
sees very smart black frock. Black
crepe de chine is the rather unexpect-
Evening star., 1925-04-28
Protect Canvas Chairs.

Canvas back reclining porch chairs
nearly always wear out at the top and
the bottom. In both places the can
vas is pressed closely against the hard
wood, and this after a while cuts
the material. To prevent
this from happening, tack a strip of
felt or old carpet on the sharp edge
of the wood where the canvas shows
signs of becoming thin, so that the
canvas will rest on a soft pad.
Evening star., 1925-04-28
Copyright. 1921

Across.
/. Prefix meaning again.
3. Reservoir for water
9. Depart.
II. Finish.
13. Ground substance of wheat.
IA. Part of a curved line.
10. Partly open.
Lover.
IS. Outer covering for the foot.
19. To do.
81. Capital of Dominion of Canada.
%. To bind.
"a. Form.
26. Mans name.
27 Part of horses foot.
so. A sack or pouch.
81. Sense organ.
33. Lieutenant (abbr.).
35. Becoming to a woman.
3S. Note of diatonic scale.
SO. Female sheep
Al. Pertaining to the nose.
AZ. A sap used for varnish.
43. To deprive.
As. One of King Arthur's knights.
At. A glimmer.
48. Label.
so. One who utilizes.
81. Unit of length.
SO. An affray.
81. Golf term.
55. Steamship (abbr).
Sc. Ridicules.
81. Point of compass.
Evening star., 1925-04-28

One of the most snowy and long
Towering of our domestic shrubs is
the hydrangea paniculata, which bios
SONS in july. The large, full masses
of bloom are at first pale green ripen-
ing into yellow as the season advances
Evening star., 1925-04-28
Down.

Down.
l. To respond.
2. To command.
4. On the supposition that.
5. Slow-moving mammals.
6. Pedal digit.
Z. A continent.
s. Railroad (abbr.).
8. That which grows.
10. Large body OF salt water
II. A lady.
IA. Seventh king of Israel
16. Royal marines (abbr.).
IS. Thoroughfare (abbr.).
20. Equal langled polygons.
%. A magnetized steel sphere.
25. A volume of maps.
81. Foot of an animal.
%. Negative.
90. Sleds.
80. a mother celebrated in an Irish
song.
"a. Weaves to produce diagonal lines.
So. Stuff.
81. Scolded.
3S. A certain rig nautical
40. Bad.
AZ. For fear that.
A. Printers measure
46. Runic (abbr).
49. Arabian name.
50. Pronoun.
SO. Engineering degree.
Telephone girls seem to denote HI
tie time TO their calling.
Evening star., 1925-04-28
Method of Work.
Now You Can Mothproof The Cloth Itself!
Use Larvex! Have No More Moth Holes

A great discovery has been put on
the market which makes ali wooden
things mothproof. 1t is Larvex-
the surest protection from moth
damage ever made-for it makes the
cloth itself mothproofl
Once you spray woolen article
with Larvex, you do not have to
pack it away. 1t is safe anywhere.
No moth-worm will eat it. Remem-
Der, the moth itself eats nothing, It
Evening star., 1925-04-28

ed medium for crystal and silver
trimmed evening frocks. The sketch
shows a frock of this material en-
broidered with crystals and silver
beads.
You may have seen one of the
new frocks cut with a sort of apron
tunic in the front or draped so that
the hemline hangs lower at the front
Evening star., 1925-04-28
APPLE SAUCE.

BANANA CUSTARD.
Arrange alternate layers of
stale cake and slices of bananas
in a glass dish and pour a boiled
custard over them.
Evening star., 1925-04-28

merely lays eggs which hatch into
tiny worms. These moth-worms do
the damage. They eat all year
round. But they will not eat any
thing that is sprayed with Larvex.
Larvex penetrates the wool fibres
and becomes part of the cloth.
Americas leading textile manufac-
turers use it, You can now buy
Evening star., 1925-04-28

Menu for a Day.
BREAKFAST.
Baked Apples.
Oatmeal With Cream.
Toast.
Orange and Grapefruit Marmalade.
Coffee
LUNCHEON.
Parsley Omelet.
Baked Potatoes.
Apple Sauce de Luxe.
Sponge Drops. Tea
DINNER.
Celery Soup.
Roast Lamb, Brown Gravy.
Boiled Turnips. Riced Potatoes.
Tomato Salad.
Banana Custard.
Coffee.
MARMALADE.
Use one-haIf dozen seedIess
oranges, one grapefruit and two
lemons. Wipe them all with a
damp cloth and cut them in
pieces that will go through the
smallest size of your food chop
per. Take the seeds out of the
grapefruit and lemons. Put a
bowl on a chair just below the
food chopper to catch the juice
that runs out. Put all in pan,
cover with cold water and add
five pounds of sugar. Boil till
|. the juice has a skin over it.
APPLE SAUCE.
Pare. core and cut into pieces
enough apples to make two
| quarts. Put in agate stew pan
with enough cold water to about
half cover and add juice of one
lemon. Let come to boil and
simmer till soft. While hot add
sugar to taste.
BANANA CUSTARD.
Arrange alternate layers of
stale cake and slices of bananas
in a glass dish and pour a boiled
Evening star., 1925-04-28

Telephone girls seem to denote hi;
tie time 70 their calling.
Evening star., 1925-04-28

their products, already mothproofed.
Make every woolen thing in your
home mothproof with Larvex. It is
delightful to use-as odorless as
water - colorless and stainless
won't burn or explode. 1t is nom
injurious. Spray it on anything
except furs. Larvex is easy to use.
Insert the Larvex Atomizer in the
bottle. Pump up and down with
one finger. This throws a powerful
spray that mothproofs every woolen
thing it touches. Larvex with new
type atomizer, $780,. Once you
have atomizer, buy Laryex only at
$1.00. At drug, department and
furniture stores. Get Larvex today.
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PERFECTION IN PHONES

Scientific advance today is incredibly rapid lhls
is true especially in the realm of communication WIN
emphasis on the instruments used for intelligence ana
entertainment. e
The radios story is familiar enough, though few
except the scientific radio fans realize the great pro
gress made in the last year or two IN per1ectlfg tli
mechanism of transmission and reception Inc pest
radio instruments today, under favorable conotos'
reproduce voice and instrumental music with surprlS-
ing accuracy. ,:
More impressive than this rapid but gradual raolo
improvement is sudden advance made in phonograph,
ic mechanism by which nearly all of the old mechnca
bemishes are avoided and concerts or speeches are
rendered with such fidelity to sound and tone that II IS
hard to believe speakers, singers and players are noI
present in the roonl
Now similar perfection seems about to extend 10
the telephone and add to the perfection OF radlo
and phonograph Something revolutionary seems TO
have been done by Dr. Lee de Forest inventor OF the
radio vacuum tube The diaphram of telephone OF
radio loudspeaker or any other type of phone mas
always been made, heretofore, in the form OF dlsc
with the electro magnetic device applied to Its center.
According to Dr. de Forests statement OF basic IN
vention Just patented by him. he uses curved mem
brane with the electromagnetic vibrations apped TO
the edge thereby reproducing sound waves without
distortion. It seems be revolutionary principle IN
sound production and if what claimed for 1t Is true
it will soon be adding to- the pleasure and profit OF
millions.