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Evening star., 1925-10-16
My Neighbor Says:

One of the things not gen.
orally known. at least in this
country, is the Persian method
of cleaning black silk. The
method is very simple and the
results infinitely superior to that
achieved in any other manner.
The silk must be thoroughly
brushed and wiped with a cloth,
then laid fiat on a board or table
and we'll sponged with hot coffee
thoroughly freed from sediment
by being strained, sponged on the
side intended to show, Is allowed
to become partially dry and then
ironed on the wrong side. The
coffee removes every particle of
grease and restores the bril-
liancy of silk without imparting
to it either the shiny appearance
or crackly and papery stiffness
resulting from the use Of any
other liquid. The silk really ap-
pears thickened by the process,
and this good effect is perma-
nent. Experiment on an apron
or other small article and you
will never go back to any other
method.
Salt moistened with vinegar
will remove burnt marks from
enameled saucepans and dishes,
but they should be soaked in cold
soda water for a few hours first
to loosen the burnt particles.
To remove covers from glass
Jars hold the jar covers under
the hot-water faucet where the
water (boiling hoO can run onto
the. rubber rings. They will
come off easily by prying up,
with a small thin knife, such as
is used for pairing potatoes.
Evening star., 1925-10-16

Would you kindly give me what
data you may have on macaIoni? Our
baby is extremely fond of it, and / am
wondering X 1t is harmful If used too
frequently. Any advice you can give
me will be greatly appreciated.-Mrs.
&C. v. Dugan.
You do not give me the age of your
baby, so shall have to give you only
a general reply. Macaroni is whole
some food, and so far as energy goes
has high food value. 1t is an excel
lent form of starch. and II a. body
building food is desired should. be COM
bined with milk, cheese or eggs.
So much for its general food value.
AS to whether or not the baby should
have it. should say that it depends
entirely on the age. Children under
three years OF age should have cereal
food In the form Of a we'll cooked por-
ridge. which can be strained and com.
macaroni should not be given to very
young babies. On the other hand
when the child reaches the toddler
age, beginning at about 3 years. mac
aroni will make very good addition
to his diet.
It should be very well cooked and
served plain. boiled with milk. as a
midday dish for his dinner.
Macaroni itself will never be harm
full IL used frequently. The only way
in which 1t can do harm is to furnish
too much starch for a digestion that
has not become sufficiently matured
to care for this type of food.
Another way Of serving macaron
would be with beef juice. A child OF
this age should have a tablespoonful
of beef juice mot BROTH about two or
three times a. week. This beef juice
may be served either with mashed OF
baked potato, or, as in this case, with
tablespoonful of very well cooked
macaroni.
Please advise me in regard to diet
for pregnant women. What foods
contain minerals for supplying bone
tissue for the baby? Also please ad
wise me about phosphates to mix with
the food for the same reason.-Mrs
E. K.
There is considerable wrong infor
nation current about food for the
prospective mother. Women are apt
to listen to neighbors who advise spe
cial foods for special conditions pres
Evening star., 1925-10-16
Crop of Armed Men.

1t was easy then to yoke the bulls
and harness them to the plough. Soon
Jason had the dragons teeth sowed
and the crop Of armed men had
sprung up. They were rushing upon
Jason when he caught up a stone and
threw 1t in their midst. AS 1t went
tumbling among them each man who
was hit thought 1t was the man next
to him who had done 1t and turned
upon him with drawn sword. So they
all started fighting among themselves.
and all Jason had to do was to stand
by and watch while they destroyed
themselves.
Then Medea led Jason to a hill
whence he could see the Golden
Fleece. She could scarcely hold him
back when he saw the marvellous
prize shining before him. Stay" she
cried. Have you forgotten what
guards it,"
This cloak and cap Of Medea's
should be red trimmed with black en-
broidery.
Copyright. 1929
Evening star., 1925-10-16
Date Puff.

Three eggs. two tablespoonfuls but
ter, IL chopped dates. two tablespoon
fuls flour, three-fourths cupful milk
one.eighth teaspoonful salt. Melt the
butter in the saucepan, adding flour
and when well mixed add milk and
cook for a few minutes. Have ready
the beaten egg yolks, add to the milk
and -four mixture, then stir in the
sugar and dates, and. lastly. fold in
the egg white. Place in a buttered
pudding dish and bake 25 minutes in a
moderate oven. Serve with swee,
sauce.
Evening star., 1925-10-16

One mother says:
One of the best pastimes for my
little daughter was stringing beads.
But the thread became tangled and
caused her to become peevish. SO
substituted a fine wire that Is more
easily managed and more interesting
to work with, as she can bend 1t into
different shapes and have a 'colored
snake" or a light-hued train of cars,
according to her own fancy.
Copyright. 1929
Evening star., 1925-10-16

what expresses a more regal COM
fort or luxurious repose than a negli-
ge Of this soft, shimmering, clinging
fabric?
One Is certain to contribute its share
to the full enjoyment Of that half
hours rest before dinner. that tete de
tete with feminine friend or two in
the privacy of ones boudoir.
There are black brocaded ones-to
my mind the most stunning on a fair
haired wearer-deep rich shades for
the brunette and Titan type.
NARCOTIC.
Evening star., 1925-10-16
Junket.

Owing to the fact that bottled milk
is now mostly pasteurized, when max.
ing junket with junket tablets it is
best to use one tablet to one pint of
milk instead of one quart of milk
This will insure a good. firm junket.
Evening star., 1925-10-16
MODE MINIATURES

Among the most charming new
neglige models for Fall are those of
satin brocade in a graceful style that
may be slipped into with ease. For
Evening star., 1925-06-04
BEDTIME STORIES 3
BY THORNTON
W. BURGESS

they must be Gray Squirrels. II one
of them should happen to have a black
coat. he would still be a Gray Squirrel
but he would be black, just the same
as he himself was Red Squirrel but
was white
We'll, all l can say is. he is a
freak" declared the young Robin, and
then began to chuckle, for he knew
that everybody else was calling him a
freak.
And once Reddy Fox had son
with black coat, so that was black
Red Fox" continued Peter. He isn't
living around here just now, but when
he did live here he received a great
deal Of attention. You see, everybody
called him a freak
IF we could find a lot more freaks,
why, we wouldn't be freaks. would
we?" said the white Robin. I'm a
white Robin, you're white Red Squir-
rel and Peter RABBIT has told us of a
black Gray Squirrel and a black Red
Fox
Yes" cried Peter, looking up ex-
citedly. And l can tell you of some
thing else. There is such a thing as
a brown Black Bear. One of Buster
Browns babies was all brown one
time
"Goodie.'' cried the white Robin. ex-
citedly. 1T is kind Of fun being a
freak. l wonder if there are any more
freaks anywhere around?'
Copyright. 1925, by T. w. Burgess
Evening star., 1925-06-04
Dlstorp of pour Same
BY PHILIP FRANCIS NOwLAN.
MERRITT.
RACIAL ORIGIN-English.
SOURCE-A qiven name.

The given name from which this
family name is derived has long since
become obsolete, though of course the
family name has not.
Merritt belongs in the classification
Of family names which have been de
rived from Anglo-Saxon sources
Though they did not become family
names until after Anglo-Saxon times).
1t is quite likely, also, that in a good
many instances it is derived from a
Flemish given name, for at one period
large colonies of F'lemings were
brought over from Flanders by the
English kings in order to lay the
foundation for what has since become
the great English textile industry.
But in either case the given name
is virtually the same, though the
spelling of the Anglo-Saxon and the
Flemish forms differed bit. The for
mer was 'Merehwit," while the latter,
by the time it was probably imported
into England, had been shortened to
MART" The name meant "sea-white. .
Have you ever wondered why the
''h" does not precede the w" in our
'wh" combination? The sound we
give it indicates that it should AS a
matter of fact it did originally, and
we see an instance of it in this Anglo
Saxon form of 'Merehwit," which, if
we had kept as a given name, would
probably today be "Merriwhit' -
Copyright, 1929
Evening star., 1925-06-04
HOW 1T STARTED
Pin Money.
BY JEAN NEWTON.

Wouldn't it be awful, girls, if we
had to spend all our pin money on
pins? But there was a time when
court ladies were considered fortunate
TO be able to buy them.
The expression and the custom of
supplying women with an allowance
for fancies comes down to us from
the time when pins were so expensive
that only the wealthieSt women could
afford them.
For a long time after the invention
of pins, in the fourteenth century, it
was not extraordinary for women to
be endowed at their marriage with a
sum of money for the purchase of
pins.
At one time a law was passed in
England permitting the maker of pins
to sell them only on January l and
=. Then the wealthy city ladies
flocked to the shops provided with
pin money"
The early pins were of two parts
the stem and the head of wound wire
soldered to it.
Though our marvellous manufac.
turing methods have revolutionized
pin industry so that the product is
now turned out by the million and
several hundred can be bought for a
few cents, pin money still survives.
May the scorn implied by the oft
used expression. 1t isn't worth a pin -
which its cheapness has brought upon
it. be counterbalanced in the heart of
that most important adjunct of mod.
ern femininity by this little appreci;
ton of its former glory!
copyright. 1925
Evening star., 1925-06-04

in this region, but it was found that
a shoe of that description seldom
stood up" as well as it might.
Black patent leather openwork slip
pers appear, and these may be worn
for street wear if you like, but be
sure that you choose to go with them
black stockings-very sheer black
stockings of TIE sort that so many
well dressed French women are wear
ing OF course, fiesh-colored stock
ings continue in favor in many quar-
ters. but well dressed women both
here and abroad are showing that they
are willing to wear something else for
the sake of variety.
One of the newest shoe fancies in
Paris are pumps of nice chocolate
color kid or satin, and with these
invariably the choice is silk stockings
of exactly matching shade. In fact,
with these brown shoes the shoe
dealer usually offers a number of
stockings of just the right tone. OF
course, the stockings so down on the
bill, but one thanks the courteous
salesman for his thoughtfulness in
providing the stockings.
Copyright, 1025D
Evening star., 1925-06-04
Let It Out.

ACL ~ Out'
! would try to keep patient when
| a child broke a torrent of hysterical
protest. Hear him through and, in
stead of interrupting him in wrath.
pray for wisdom to be the still small
voice Of righteousness that follows
! the storm.
| An outburst OF anger and loud pro-
| test is a plain indication of suppress
sion. The child has not willingly ac-
cepted the restrictions that have
been placed upon him, wisely or un-
wisely. Rebellion has been smolder-
| ing underneath, undermining the
| feeling of trust and confidence that
make child happy under control.
| While that condition exists there is
no real progress made in the growth
of character There is, however, an
| abnormal growth, a Warping and
darkeneing of the mind going on that
will bear the fruit of bitterness.
Teach the youngster to talk about
| his wrongs. Let him know that you
! are always ready to hear him
| through, and to give your reason for
| the decision you have made if it is
possible. He must know that it is
| not always possible and that he has
to take some things on faith. A little
time will prove the justice of your
stand and he should be willing to bide
| that time.
But if you have brought him up on
the theory that children are to be
seen and not heard, that they can
have nothing to say that is worth the
| hearing, that their wishes have no
! weight against your convenience,
there will be an outburst of rebellion
and protest and no possible middle
ground left either side. You do not
want that to happen. Then restrain
your impatience at the child's longing
to have his will, and listen and ex-
plain.
Don't belong to the class of parents
who consider a questioning attitude
as an impudent affront to their au-
thority and dignity. A beloved
parent need have no fear of any
thing of the sort and, one that is
not beloved will have neither dignity
nor authority to be offended. Listen
TO what the children have to say.
After ALL they cannot be entirely de
void of intelligence. They are your
a seasoned wisdom that makes us
wonder if years are the essence of
knowledge after all.
A father was scolding his son for
some minor breach of conduct and
ended up with a flourish: You must
remember that you owe me obedience.
/ stand in the place of God to you.
/ am His representative on earth for
my children. ] have no patience with
your stupidity and disobedience. Not
a Bit
The stupid child raised his eyes to
his indignant fathers and said
J That's all right, Dad, but God never
loses His patience with His children
and if He had thought them so stupid
l guess He wouldn't have left them
Evening star., 1925-06-04

Sattiday afternoon me and Puds
Simkins and Leroy Shooster wenI out
! to the park and we each brawt home
lot of pussy willow brantches, me
saying, G., l know wat I'm going to
do with mine, my sister Gladdis goes
to Art Skool and she likes to draw
pussy willows, I'm going to put these
in her bed and serpize her with them.
Wich / did, putting them between
the top sheet and the bottom sheet
and then covering them up agen as
If nuthing had happened so as to
make it more of a serprize.
Wich it proberly did, because Sun
dey morning vile we was eating
breakfast Gladdis kepp loking at me
without saying enything, and after a
vile she sed' to pop, Father. l don't
think you awt to allow Benny to leeve
the house all day today.
Yee gods, watts he done that l
should have my Sundey ruined in that
manner? pop sed.
| had fine mite of rest last mite.
must say, Gladdis sed, and ma sed, o,
that reminds me, l herd sounds as
through somebody was shaking out
sheets or something.
Yes, that was me, Gladdis sed
Twigs and leves and dust and sticks
and l don't know wat all. she sed.
u WIZ, they was pussy WILLOWS, !
sed. | put them there to serpriZe
her. | Sed.
Well you apparently succeeded, pop
sed
| don't bleeve / slept hours all mite.
wen there wasent enything elts left
| keep imagining there was, Gladdis
Sed Wen | got up this morning |
felt like a reck, she sed and l sed,
Well jimminy crikits holey smokes.
they was Supposed to be a present, it
aint my fault if you tried to sleep on
them, and pop sed, Well, a present is
present and must be taken in that
spirit, but hereafter, Benny, wen you
make gifts kindly eliminate the ele-
ment of serpize.
Meening keep them out of peoples
beds
Evening star., 1925-06-04
SPRINCTIME
BY ID. c. PEATTIE.
River and Marsh.

Now is the season when the
Swales and river marges come to
bloom and young green things push
up their thick lush leaves along the
waters adge. Skirts the Potomac
anywhere below the Key Bridge,
where there is no building along the
bank, and you may find the hand
some yellow spatter-dock drifting on
the water beside its cousin, the
sweet-scented great white water lily.
Up through the mud, so long un-
slightly, the stately cattail spears are
pushing. making tiny green forest
where were but decay and the ruins
of last years vegetation. The curious
spiky giant burr reed fringes the
tidal pools along the rivers edge,
and rank on rank of sedges mark
the line where high tide laps the
land There are till sedges with
waving swordlike leaves and great
fat spikes of flowers and fruits, and
tiny ones, slender, dropping, stirring
in the slightest breeze. Beautiful
things, sedges, but so modest in their
grace, so merged with the universal
greenery of their luXuriant sur
roundingS, that many an eye may
miss them altogether
Three members of the curious arum
family, that tropic host that jack-in-
the-pulpit represents, bloom at this
time on Analostan Island. There is
the golden club, for all the world like
a Gala lily without the showy white
spathe. Long banks of arrow-shaped
and shining leaves tell the plant wise
that the arrow arum grows there in
the treacherous mud of the rivers
brink. just out of our reach. Beyond
IL stand the ranks of sweet calamus.
for the root stocks of which the
Pharmacists apprentice used to be
sent to dig in the days when the
main business of drug stores was to
sell drugs.
Now, too. the common iris haunts
gaily in every quiet. marshy pool.
Long have the gardeners neglected
this pretty wildling for the more re-
gal creations of the Old World. 1t
is true it is not a splendid flower.
But by the latest accounts the iris
breeders of the country are begin.
ming to take an interest in our native
species and plant to hybridize them
with some of the Old World kin.
From them, perhaps, something
new may be evolved to make even
the most blase open their eyes.
Evening star., 1925-06-04
What TomorrowMeans to You
Genini.
BY MARY BLAKE

The very favorable planetary aspects
that prevail today will continue until
noon tomorrow, when they change
and become, not only adverse, but de-
pressing. 1t is expedient to work
with continued enthusiasm during the
morning on the tasks initiated the day
before. When, however, the changed
conditions exert their influence, pes
simism will replace optimism, and in
ertia take the place OF push and vim.
You will become critical. not only of
yourself, but Of others, and in order
to avoid the consequences of indis-
criminate fault-finding, which always
leaves a nasty taste in the mouth,
great self-control must be exercised,
and poise established.
Rugged health will be the lot of the
child born tomorrow. and sickness
will have very little part in it's life. In
disposition, it will be. unless curbed
rough and rather uncouth. Its char
acter, will be marked by little regard
for the comfort or welfare of others
| and it will show a marked tendency
toward selfishness. This failing can
be checked, if not completely eradi-
Gated, By strict discipline during early
childhood, as, in this instance. force
and determination will make a greater
appeal than love and affectionate
guidance. Just because the outbreaks
of this self-willed child. in it's infancy
may appear cute, 1t must not, IL any
serious attempt be made at charac-
ter formation, be encouraged or ap.
plauded by over-fond parents, but
discouraged and punished.
II tomorrow is your birthday, you
are very extreme, your love is intense
your hatred is bitter. your recreations
are INDUCED in with abandon, and
your work is characterized by unre
mitting zeal. Possibly these are all
good qualities, except that which re
lates to your hates and dislikes. Life
| is altogether too short to admit of
any such degree of bitterness.
You, although not intpulsive, are
able to reach decisions very quickly
and you act on them with intrepidity
and determination. You are at nc
! time physically cruel, but you can
and you do, say things, under provo
cation, that hurt more than blows
and leave many mental scars.
You have, probably, attained a fair
degree of material success. If not
you can do so by changing you
sphere of activity, as you are gifted
with the ability and necessary push tC
| make good, provided the opportunity
| arises.
Well known persons born on thi,
date: Lyman Spalding, physician; vii
| liam Tyler, r. c. clergyman; Colum
bus Delano, congressman; George T
Angel, philanthropist: Jabez l.. NJ
! Curry, soldier and statesman; Henry
| Wurtz, chemist.
| Copyright. 1e25l
Evening star., 1925-06-04
Strawberry Pie.

Pick wash and stew one quart of
berries with one half a cupful of
water and one cupfuI of sugar and
add one tablespoonful of butter and
one teaspoonful of mixed spices.
Bake as desired.
Or use this method: Bake shells,
sprinkle with sugar and fill with ripe
strawberries we'll sweetened. Cover
with whipped cream sweetened or
with meringne made Of the whites OF
three eggs beaten stiff with four ia
blespoonfuls OF sugar and the juice
of one-half a small lemon Set the
pie in the oven to brown the meringue.
Serve cold.
Evening star., 1925-06-04


and one in fur, were, in the eyes of
their neighborS, freaks.
Every day the white Robin flew over
to see the white Squirrel, and each
found comfort in the other. OF course
they talked d great deal about their
white coats, and they wondered if
theirs were the only white coats in all
the Great World. They wondered if
they were the only freaks. Peter Rab-
bit came along one day and overheard
them talking. There are other white
coats" said Peter.
who has one" cried the young
Squirrel and the young Robin, both
looking quite excited.
Peter scratched a long ear with a
long hind foot and looked as if he
felt just a wee bit foolish. Well he
confessed, Il don't know of any one
with one just now. But in winter my
big cousin Jumper the Hare has a
white coat and so does Shadow the
Weasel. They always get white coats
when winter comes and it is time for
snow You know snow is white. Then
their white coats are very handy"
We'll. that's different" snapped the
young Squirrel. What we want to
know is, do you know any one who
has a white coat at this time of year?'
NO" replied Peter. But know a
gray cousin Of yours who is black"
The white Red Squirrel began to
laugh. How, Mr.. Rabbit, can he be
black if he is gray" he demanded.
You are a Red Squirrel, aren't
you?" demanded Peter
The young Squirrel took pains to as
sure Peter that he certainly was a
Red Squirrel.
yet you are white, aren't you?''
persisted Peter.
OF course the young Squirrel had to
admit that he was. Then why
shouldn't Gray Squirrel be black?'
demanded Peter.
This was more than the young
Squirrel could answer. He knew that
he had a cousin called Happy Jack the
Gray Squirrel, whose coat was gray.
OF course, if Happy Jack had children
Evening star., 1925-06-04
Openwork Shoes Retain Popularity
BY MARY MARSHALL.

There is nothing really new about
openwork shoes. They are literally as
old as Egypt, and Cleopatra undoubt-
edly wore sandals that made use of
this idea. Still we regard the open
work slipper or pump as something
of novelty.
Here is once when the cause of
comfort has been served without pro.
Evening star., 1925-06-04

A queer friendship was formed be-
tween the white Robin and the white
Red Squirrel, who was living over in
the Green Forest. 1t was because each
had a coat wholly white, and so each
was considered queer by all the other
little people of the Green Forest and
Green Meadows. Any one who is con
sidered queer is called a freak. Sc
these two little fellows. one in feathers
Evening star., 1925-06-04
Dog Has Bridge Work.

Dentists at the Royal Veterinary
College in England point with pride to
an old collie which has been fitted
with dental bridgework of American
design to take the place of "a teeth
which he had lost. The dog seems to
get along we'll with his false gold
teeth and eats much as other dogs do.
Evening star., 1925-06-04

A private organization has asked
the government of Newfoundland to
aid the erection of a 500, 900 hotel
at St. Johns by donating the site,
permitting free importation of build
ing material and furnishings and
guaranteeing the greater part of bond
REDEMPTION.
Evening star., 1925-06-04

ducing something dowdy or clumsy.
Nothing could give greater comfort in
warm weather than some of the new
openwork sandals. yet they are made
with heels high enough to prevent the
wearer from looking faddy.
The question of the right sort of
stockings to wear with these very
openwork sandals has been raised and,
for women of the best taste, usually
answered with white stockings, usually
of silk, though there are fine French
Isle stockings that are being chosen
often by we'll dressed women.
One thing about the present day
sandal and the new openwork slipper
they are not cut so low at the arch
of the foot as they were. A season
or so ago they often went to nothing