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Evening star., 1925-06-18
The Seeding and the Child.

''I begin to realize the Importance
of surroundings, both in the plant and
in human beings. but does heredity
count for so much less" + asked.
"Heredity," said Mr.. Burbank, 'is
only the sum of all past environments,
or, in other words, environment Gre
ates heredity.
I'm the plant world, all the charac-
teristics and habits of the plant, all
its variation from others of the same
family. have been acquired at different
times because of outside stimulus or
surroundings acting on the plant.
''In every plant and every animal,
are the two powerful forces-the in
ner life force which makes 1t grow
and develop and the outward force of
surroundings or environment acting
on it and producing slight changes,
inherent, but not necessarily tangible,
in each generation.
These changes are handed down
and by repetition become habits or, as
they are called, acquired character
istics, and this is heredity.
"All characteristics of plants or
animals have been acquired from time
to time from the action of outside in
fiuences or environment, and although
not always evident, they exist within
s hidden traits and may be brought
out in the plant by crossing and Selec-
ton, just as fragrance and new col
ors are brought out in flowers which
have not had them for generations, or
never, new combinations giving
wholly new tangible forms and quail
tiles
cit makes one reflect on the ap-
plication of all this to human beings"
] remarked.
"PlantS and human beings are all
part of one life, and have many things
in common" said Mr.. Burbank; they
depend mutually on each other and
the same laws apply to both"
80 a child may inherit traits or
talents from ancient ancestors that
sometimes are only developed by GER
tain surroundings" l asked.
Yes, particularly if the influences
are applied during childhood, just as
in the seeding. AS the twig is bent,
the tree is inclined"
What about genius?"
"Ah!" said Mr.. Burbank, with a
smile, I'VE are getting far afield. but
we may look at one angle of a big
question.
"A genius might be deiped as a hu-
man being whose brain fiber was pc
culiarly fitted to receive impressions
and to acquire knowledge or the power
TO express beauty in art, music or
language.
But If such human being as
child were placed on an island among
savages, nothing in his surroundings
Evening star., 1925-06-18
BEDTIME STORIES
BY THORNTON
". BURGESS

munk babies to play. At first mother
Kept very close to them, but grad
ually, as they grew stronger and
livelier, she led them farther and
farther from the entrance to their
home. However. she took great care
not to lead them so far that they
could not get back there at the first
hint of danger.
One of the very first games that
the little Chipmunks learned to play
was hide-and-seek. That was their
favorite game. Mother played it with
them at first. but later they played
1t by themselves. 1t wasn't a great
way over to the old stone wall, along
which grew bushes and over which
grew vines. Such a wonderful place
as this was in which to play hide
and seek! Sometimes one would hide
to be looked for by all the others, and
sometimes all but one would hide, and
that one would try to find them.
They thought it was all a game, but
little Mrs. Chipmunk, watching them
used TO smile to herself. for she knew
that they were learning lessons that
would be of the greatest importance to
them later in life They were learn
ing how to get out of sight quickly.
They were learning how to dodge into
the nearest opening. They were
learning how to use their bright eyes
and at the same time their wits. They
were at school, but all the time they
thought they were at play.
Once in a while little Mrs. Chip
munk would give sharp, warming
CALI Sometimes it was at the most
exciting moment of play, but those
little ChipmunkS soon learned to have
their ears open and to dodge from
sight the instant they heard that
warning.
Once they saw their cousin, Chat
terer the Red Squirrel. jumping from
one branch to another high above
their heads, and straightway they
began to wish that they might jump
in the same way. But when they
started to climb they got over that
wish. They could climb all right
but somehow they didn't feel very
comfortable far off the ground And
SO they came to realize that they
were better off and in every way
safer when they We're on or near the
ground, particularly If there were
plenty of handy hiding places. And
another thing they learned. a very
important thing. and this was to look
out for each other as we'll as for
themselves. If one was startled and
suspected danger a warning was al
ways given the others. SO the sunny
old bank was Chipmunk playground
but it was Chipmunk schoolyard as
well.
Copyright. 1925. by T W BurgessD
Evening star., 1925-06-18
SUMMERTIME
Queen Anne's Lace.
BY ID. c. PEATTIE.

In the season of blue June skies.
when the west wind blows and the
coluds billow by. and the goldfinches
dart over the meadows, the lovely
Queen Anne's lace opens like a dainty
handkerchief and fiutters in the
breeze. Seeking the fields and the
open places, it even makes vacant lots
and railroad yards beautiful. The
family from which it springs has been
called the poor relations" of the
flower kingdom, but there is some
thing as royal in the bearing OF Queen
Anne'S lace as in the very name OF
that ruler of long ago.
Yet an idol may have feet of clay.
and the astonishing truth is that the
plant that is so dainty and regal
above ground, is. underneath the
meadow sod. nothing but the common
carrot, Both wild and cultivated in
the old world, the carrot, alias Queen
Anne'S lace, was early brought to this
country and now has escaped from
cultivation and is naturaliZed quite as
| thoroughly as If it had taken out
naturalization papers.
Like many immigrants, It has run
wild, and the root of the wild carrot
like so good to eat as the cultivated
strains, being stringy and woody. 1t
has probably reverted to it's ancestral
type, to that condition in which per
haps five or ten thousand years ago
prehistoric man found it. That the
cultivated carrot is today what we find
1t. is a tribute to the plant-breeding
genius of some forgotten plant wizard.
The transformation equals. if it does
not surpass, anything done in that line
nowadays. considering that there was
then no science of horticulture.
One of the peculiar.charms of Queen
Anne's lace is the way in which it
unfolds. The flower cluster is con.
tracted like a closed fist when the in
dividual blossoms are in bud. Slowly
the ball OF fist. uncoils. until the del
icately umbrella-shaped umbel is eX.
panded to the full beneath the warm
June sun. In the center of each um-
bel there is generally one purple-c col
ored blossom. The meaning of this
no one knows, nor is 1t clearly under
stood what causes the whole inflor.
escense sometimes to be dainty pink
| instead of white
Evening star., 1925-06-18
Pouches to Old and New Dresses
By LYDIA LIE BARON WALKER.

broidery. AS this has already been
treated in this department ! shall not
dwell upon it at length, except to say
| it is an attractive method of mending,
and that either the same, or contrast
ing material may be employed. In
mending the underwear 1t is some
times possible to insert net beneath
in the manner now seen in some of
the most expensive lingerie sets. The
edges can be finished with blanket
stitch. Rather than detracting from
the appearance of lingerie thus mend
ed, such treatment tends to make it
more pleasing.
Where Spots Occur.
Spots may offer as much of a prob
lem as a place that is actually torn.
After all methods of cleaning have
been tried and failed, you may feel
discouraged but do not be too dis
heartened until you have considered
some of the following ways of dealing
with the situation. We will suppose
that the dress is OF a color to appeal
to you strongly, and that you do not
wish to have the shade changed by
dyeing it in a deeper tone. One of
the best ways to conceal a spot on a
skirt Is to add a circular piece. simu-
lating the new circular skirt. and
found on many of the dresses in the
shops. or pleated portions may be set
on. Not always are these seton pieces
of the same goods. so there is still
hope for you if your supply of ma
terial is exhausted Even so thin a
material as a georgette may success
fully conceal a spot which is immedi-
ately beneath it. and will, very likely,
add to the style of the dress.
Useful and Ornamental.
Jabots. now so much in vogue, may
be a blessing to hide spots and worn
places. They are particularly useful
in concealing worn parts OF waists,
and there is opportunity to choose be-
tween placing them in the front or on
the sides. They may even extend to
the bottom of a skirt and often do.
Touching up the Dress.
A very we'll dressed young lady
with a wardrobe that many might
envy buys clothes ready-made and
then touches them up" afterwards.
Being certain that the color and gen
eral lines suit her, she then proceeds
to concern herself with fine details OF
its already good fit. She is not con-
tent to leave it until every improve
ment of which II is capable has been
made. In most dresses she buys she
takes a few pin tucks at the waist
line on each side below the under
arm, to improve the fit around the
waist. The tucks are very tiny and
taper off into nothing at each end.
A Partisan Touch.
When the dress is of thin material
the pin tucks are allowed to show on
the right side. but when the material
is heavy they are inverted. being
taken on the wrong. This mode of
adjusting the fullness at the waist In
dresses is French in origin. Partisan
frocks frequently bear this touch. 1t
is nice to know that it can be put on
at home, and with a small amount of
trouble. Likewise may the fit of the
shoulder seams be improved. a
dress too long over the shoulder loses
something in style that can easily be
regained If the shoulder Is made
shorter. Pin tucks again serve the
purpose.
Evening star., 1925-06-18
Concordia Patties.

Broil one pound of hamburg steak,
season with salt and pepper. and run
through the meat chopper. Peel one
fourth pound of mushrooms and chop
them coarsely. then add one-half
a teaspoonful of salt, and cook for five
minutes in two tablespoonfuls of but.
ter. stirring frequently. Add the meat
and two cupfuls of highly seasoned
tomato sauce, which has been thick
ened with one tablespoonful of butter
and one tablespoonful of -four blended
together. Tomato soup thinned may
be used. Make a rich baking powder
dough, roll a quarter Of an inch
thick, cut in rounds or ovals with a
scalloped cutter, and bake in pairs,
brushing the lower halves with melted
butter. Brush the tops with butter
when removed from the oven. Lay on
hot serving dish, fill with the meat
mixture, pour more around them, and
garnish with parsley.
Evening star., 1925-06-18
Crab With Tomato Sauce.

Break up a boiled crab and separate
all the meat from the shell and claws.
Put the meat into saucepan with
three hea ping tablespoonfuls of fine
breadcrumbs. four tablespoonfuls of
tomat osauce, the strained juice of
half a lemon. and a little finely chop
ped lemon rind, and season with salt
and pepper and a dust of red pepper.
Let all simmer over the fire, while
stirring, for 10 minutes, then add one
tablespoonful of sweet butter, bring
to the boil once more, then turn out
on a deep dish. Garnish the dish with
fried bread croutons and rings of
lemon and serve.
Evening star., 1925-06-18
Sliced and Baked Bananas.

Very ripe bananas should be chosen.
Those with almost black skins being
preferable. Before slicing for the
older children and adults scrape deli
cately with d silver spoon or back of
a silver knife to remove the astringent
principle. For the runabout the ba-
mana is best baked in the skin. This
renders the starchy part more digest
ible. Do not. however, add sugar or
butter to the baked banana. as Is
sometimes done.
Evening star., 1925-06-18

This floor plan for a one-story Sum-
mer cottage has many unusual advan-
tages.
The bedrooms are rather small, but
additional sleeping quarters are pro-
vided when needed by the two wall
beds which let down into the living
room and another which let's down
onto the screened front porch.
The porch side Is toward the lake
with the windows of the breakfast
room, living room and one bedroom
overlooking 1t. The living room has
windows and doors at each end so
that the lake breeze has a clean
sweep through, and each of the other
rooms has cross ventilation. t
There is a dish cupboard between
the breakfast room and the kitchen
and clothes closets off each of the bed
rooms. The living room fireplace Is
placed so that the heat of its chin
ney warns both bedrooms during
chilly weather.
Copyright. 1e25.)
Evening star., 1925-06-18
IN THE GARDEN WITH BURBANK


would bring out his inner possibilities,
which had been inherited and which
depend on environment for their de-
velopment and manifestation
Then we are born with all kinds
of traits and possibilities and they
are either developed or smothered by
our environment or our life surround
ings?"
Yes, and just as within the seed
lies folded all the past history of the
plant-its struggles, It's adaptation to
its surroundings, it's life for thou
sands of yearS-so in every human
being Is stored all past experiences
and acquired characteristics"
Evening star., 1925-06-18

sunny bank. You would have laughed
could you have seen those five little
Chipmunks blink and blink and blink
when they saw the sunlight for the
first time. You see, they didn't know
just what to make of it because it had
been very dark in their nursery way
down under the ground. At first they
couldn't see very well.
And such a lot IS there was for
them to see and hear, The very grass
and leaves were wonderful to them.
The sailing clouds in the blue. blue
sky, Skinner the Swallow sailing
overhead, the trill of Sticky-toes the
Tree Toad, the songs of feathered
neighbors-in fact, everything they
saw and heard was wonderful. At
first all they wanted to do was to sit
still, that they might look and listen.
But this didn't last long. The
spirit of play was in them. as it is in
all healthy children, and that sunny
bank was a lovely place for Chip
Evening star., 1925-06-18
Cheese Pudding.

There are numerous possible varia-
tions of this. Grated cheese may be
combined with bread crumbs and egg
or with egg alone, according to ma
terials on hand. Perhaps the most at
tractive cheese pudding is made by
separating the whites from the yolks
of the eggs, grating the cheese very
fine and stirring 1t through a hot
custard made of milk and the yolks of
the eggs, folding in the beaten whites.
Evening star., 1925-06-18

Striped Chipmunk's babies are like
all other babies in that. to begin with,
they do little but eat. sleep and grow.
That is, while they are in the nursery.
Then, like other little folks. they begin
to play. There wasn't much playing
in the nursery. There wasn't room in
there for play. Play began when they
were big enough to follow mother
along the long hall, and so out of the
doorway hidden in the grass of the
Evening star., 1925-06-18
RENEWED PARTS OF DRESSES
MAY BE GIVEN DECORATIVE
TpEATNTENT

buy with great care, not necessarily
sparing cost as much as taking pains
to meet their demands. and who later
make their choicest things seem Ito
last forever" A good dress of excel
lent style and individuality is not the
extravaganza to a person who keeps
up her clothes from season TO season
that it would be to one who. after
buying lets it run down and fall into
disrepair. In the case OF the first
person, she is always seeking some
means whereby to keep fresh the
dress of her choice and make its ap-
peal lasting. She guards her treas
ured gowns with a loving care.
Ways of Mending.
There are two ways of dealing with
a worn place in a garment. One is to
conceal it with all the deftness posi-
bic. by tiny stitches and well placed
seams. The other is to make the re-
newed part appear to nave some deco
rative feature. Patches, for instance,
can take the disguise of applique en-
Evening star., 1925-06-18
Piccalilli Relish.
Copyright. 1e25.)

Take one peck of green tomatoes,
one cupful Of salt. seven green pep
pers and one dozen onions. Slice and
let drain over night in cheesecloth.
Put in a kettle, add two pounds of
brown sugar. one tablespoonful each
of celery seed, whole mustard, cloves,
allspice and cinnamon bark, and one
tablespoonful each of ground CHINA
mon, allspice and cloves tied up In a
thin cloth. Almost cover with vinegar
hours
Evening star., 1925-06-18
BANANA PUDDING.

Put two cupfuls of milk in
double boiler, dissolve three Ia
blespoonfuls of cornstarch in
half cupfui Of milk and pour
into the hot milk. Add one-half
cupful of sugar, a little salt and
lastly beat in the well-beaten
whites of three eggs. then mix
in three sliced bananas and
pour into the mold. Serve cold
with a boiled custard sauce
made of the yolks of the eggs.
Evening star., 1925-06-18

Almost as importa as the acuuir-
ing of new garments to increase the
wardrobe is the upkeep of those
which it already contains. Some peo-
pie seem to be very hard on clothes,
and others, for no apparent reason,
easy. Those whose clothes give them
best service are the ones who first
Evening star., 1925-06-18
HOW IT STARTED
Laughing "Up Your Sleeve" "
BY JEAN NEWTON.

Judging by the fact that we have
this expression in French, German
and Latin, there must be lot Of
surreptitious laughter in the world.
But laughs a laugh. for all that,
and it's good for the digestion.
It's hard to see how any one could
have a laugh in any of the tight lit
tie sleeves that are de rigueur this
season. There's hardly room to have
an arm in them. But not so in the
bell sleeve with which we are
familiar and which was diminutive
replica Of the sleeves worn by the
ancients, who, not concerned with
changing fashions with the seasons,
wore one style long enough to make il
famous.
With them, when any one seemed
to be screening his face behind the
long flowing folds of his sleeve, there
was always the suspicion that he was
Laughing in his sleeve" And to this
day laughing behind any ones back
whether il be by use of a fan or
hat, we call laughing in your sleeve.
Evening star., 1925-06-18

Holding that laborers have as full
right to own homes as farmers, Stra-
norlar Rural District Council of Ire
land recently called on the govern
ment to formulate plan to enable
workers to buy the houses in which
thew live
Evening star., 1925-06-18
Chipmunk Playground.

The lessons that are mixed with play
Are pretty sure to last alway.
Old Mother Nature.
Evening star., 1925-06-18
CUP CAKES.


One egg, one cup of sugar,
butter size of a walnut, three
fourths cupful of milk, one tea
spoonful of cream of tartar,
one-half teaspoonful of soda,
one cup of flour, pinch of salt,
and one teaspoonful vanilla.
Beat egg well, add sugar and
melted butter and milk. Put
cream of tartar in flour and
soda in milk. Then salt and
vanilla. Beat we'll and bake in
gem pans.
Sauce-Two squares choco-
late, one and one-half cupfuls
sugar, one-half cupful milk, but
ter size of walnut, boil about
five minutes, stirring often.
Add one-half teaspoonful va
nilla.
Evening star., 1925-06-18
MENU FOR A DAY.

SALT GOLDFISH HASH.
Use one and one-half cupfuls
salt Goldfish. three cups pota-
toes. Wash and pare the po-
tatoes and cut them into uni
form sibe. Pick salt cod into
small pieces and drop the po-
tatoes and fish into boiling wa
ter. Boil until the potatoes are
soft. Drain, mash thoroughly
and put into hot, creased fry
ing pan until well Drowned on
the under side. Serve with one
half folded on top of the other
like an omelet.
Evening star., 1925-06-18
Have mothproof clothes mothproof blankets
Make all your woolen things mothproof
with Larvex

worm will touch any fabric protected
with Larvex.
Larvex is delightful to use. It is as
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won't burn or explode. It is non-injuri-
Gus. Spray it on anything except furs.
It is easy to Use. Simply insert the Lar
vex Atomizer in the bottle of Larvex.
Prunpupanddown with one efinger. This
throwsapowerfulspray thatmothproofs
every woolen thing it touches. Larvex
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$1.00. At drug, department and fur
niture stores. Get Larvex today.
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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1925-08-26

the steady growth Of the city at the
beginning of the Christian era. Both
the first and second walls were stand
ing at the time of Christ, and the place
of crucifxion and burial must have
been outside them.
Some scholars have contended that
the site of the Holy Sepulcher is i'm
possible because it is shut within an
cient Jerusalem, 1t being known that
crucifiXions did not take place within
the city walls. Adherents of this view,
especially large number of the Eng
lish community, who have always en-
tertained doubts about the location of
the Holy Sepulcher, see further con-
firmation in the discovery of what LIZ
believed to be the third wall.
Situation Is Awkward.
The Jewish Exploration society,
which is conducting these excavations,
holds with DIR. w. F. Albright, director
of the American School of Oriental Re
search here, that "the discovery of the
Agrippan wall does not seriously affect
"this long smoldering question" Doc
tor Albright admits the situation Is
awkward.
"Shall we decide for the Holy Sepul-
cher and against the evidence, or
against the Holy Sepulcher and also
against other evidence of little less
cogencyY" Doctor Albright asks.
Neither horn of the dilemma is neces-
sary. The present north wall of the
city dates back only to Hadrian's time
and represents a wholly new line of
wall. We are forced to the conviction
that archaeology rarely affects the ques-
ton of holy sites. The location of the
Holy Sepulcher will remain just as
certain or just as obscure as 1t Is to-
day."
Along with this discovery there has
been unearthed a mosaic belonging to
the late Byzantine period. According
to the Greek inscription on the mosaic,
this was the tomb of a nun, near
which, apparently, there also was a
small Christian chapel.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1925-08-26
Undersea Microphones
Protecting New York

New York.-New York city today is
guarded by a new marvel of science
which was revealed during the Thir-
teenth coast defense encampment on
Fishers island. 1t is the sound-rang-
ing device by which the position of
vessel at sea may be determined by
underwater sound. For the first time
firing on moving target, spotted only
by sound, was conducted successfully
by long-range batteries, it was an
nounced.
Gigantic "ears" of microphonic sen
sitiveness, at the eastern end of Long
island, can be made constantly at at
tention to pick up the sound Of any
approaching enemy. The wartime i'm
portance of this new device is ines
Unable because it is said to assure ac-
curate firing on ships invisible to the
eye 1t will protect against night, fogs
and smoke screens, which have here
tofore been the enemy ships aid %
slipping by coast Notifications.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1925-08-26
Swedish Capital
Is Host to Clergy

a taste of the traditional lack of cere-
mony of the Swedish court In strik-
ing contrast to fenced-off Buckingham
palace, with its relocated guards, the
Swedish royal palace is open to the
public. Visitors are invited to the
comfortable private rooms OF the huge
edifice, which has the atmosphere of
a large English country home.
'"The modern quality of the city is
Illustrated by the extensive use to
which a comparatively recent inven-
tion-the telephone-has been put.
Stockholm has 1O7,979 telephones, or
25.4 for every 100 inhabitants. Stock
holm also Is a great industrial center,
with iron foundries, ship building
plants, sugar, tObatco, cotton, leather,
soap, furniture and food products fac
tories. Although within a few miles Of
being as far north as Cape Farewell,
Greenland, Ice breakers keep the har-
Dor open all winter"