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Evening star., 1925-05-06
SPRINGTIME
BY ID. c. PEATTIf..
WiStaria.

There are just a few flowers in the
world that seem a little too beautiful
TO be true Such a flower Is wistaria
that covers porches and walls this
week throughout the whole OF the
District with the glory of it's bios
SONS. Not another plant, at any
time of year, produces flowers in
such abundance. Properly trained.
wistaria can be made to shower its
white or lilac flowers in a bank of
such blossomy dimensions as not even
the lustiest rose vine can equal.
Heavily odorous, haunted by golden
insects all the day long, perennially
growing larger and nobler what
plant is it's equal?
Down on the coastal plain, in the
swamps, from Norfolk south, are two
native wistarias. But except around
Charleston they are not often cult
waited. 1t is the oriental species that
the clever yellow brethren have
brought to such perfection which
find their place in the gardens of
Washington. Many distinguished per-
sons have had a hand in bringing
them to Europe. But no name is so
romantically linked with that of wis
taria as Robert Fortunes.
Robert Fortunei-that adventurer-
botanist of the early years of the last
century whose lndlter-OI-lact diary
reads like a novel. At the very time
he was bringing home wistaria in
little coastwise junk along the China
Seas, he was set on by pirates, and
his cowardly crew hid in the bottom
of his boat while Fortune alone kept
the deck and blazed away at his pur-
suers until wind took his boat and
swiftly scudded ii out of harms reach.
The only quality of wistaria which
seems to At its role of hero in such
story is the remarkable power of
it's stems. a ten-year- vine is
quite capable of pulling down a porch.
The powerful downward pull of the
roots, combined with the strangling
coil of it's stems, makes it a more
! marvellous tensile engine than many a
Evening star., 1925-05-06
Lemon Meringue Pudding

Eggs, four; sugar, tablespoons
salt. few grains; milk. one and one
fourth cups: lemon, one: powdered
sugar. one cup: meringue. seven
eighths cup.
Beat the egg yolks lightly Add salt
grated lemon rind, sugar and milk
Bake carefully as for custard and
when taken from the oven cover with
meringue made by beating the egg
whites with the powdered sugar and
lemon juice. Return TO the oven and
brown the meringue very slightly. This
is practically the same as the me
ringue prepared for a pie, the only diff
ference being that instead of setting
the custard in a pastry shell II Is
baked in a small pudding dish
Evening star., 1925-05-06
Says Mans
Work q Snap
Com pared to
Won an s
Which Has
the Harder
Life
DorothyDix
Nothing to Do But Keep House and Mind the
Children Is Mans Idea of Life of Ease But
Domestic Work Is Hardest in World

Man and woman have been having
do
rhowi
be
Evening star., 1925-05-06
SHE JUMPED AND SAILED DOWN
ON a LONG SLANT, AS ONLY A
FLYING SQUIRREL CAN SAIL.

Il
to be where there was likely to be less
danger while their family wa. graw
ing up.
SO in an old home of Drummer the
Woodpecker, quite high w in a dead
tree they had made their home and
there their ba abieS had been born, four
of them. How little Mrs. Timmy did
love them, She was sure that never
in all the Great World had there ever
been such wonderful babies before.
Being naturally timid. you can guess
how she worried over those babies.
She couldn't bear to leave them even
long enough to get food, and always
she hurried back sure that something
had happened TO them while she was
away.
But nothing did happen, and the
fables grew, as is the way with babies
of all kinds. And Mrs. Timmy's love
for and pride in them grew. as is the
way with all mothers. 1t wouldn't be
long now before they would be out
trying their first jumps in the Great
World. How Mrs. Timmy did dread
that time She couldn't bear to think
of it,
one evening, just as the Black
Shadows came creeping through the
Green Forest, the beginning of the
dark time. the safe time for timid lit
lie people like a Flying Squirrel or
Wood Mouse. Mrs. Timmy poked her
head out of the little round doorway
of her house. preparing to start out to
look for something to eat. Something
made her nose and mouth smart and
sting. She scrambled out and right
away her big, soft eyes began to smart
md fill with water. Smoke, choking.
Smarting smoke filled all the air. In
the distance, and not such q great
distance. there was a red glare. One
good look Mrs. Timmy took and then
hrted into her house.
When she came out a few seconds
later Mrs. Timmy had a baby in her
mouth, holding him by the skin of the
neck as you have seen a mother Cat
garry her kittens. She jumped and
Said down on a long slant as only a
II Eng Squirrel can sail. But though
Evening star., 1925-05-06
SMXkMzZM>

THERE ARE VARIOUS FORMULAS
FOR THE CLEANING OF WIN
DOWS WHICH COME TO THE
HOUSEWIVES AID.
effect upon window glass. 50 il is the
housekeeper' part to make her win
doWs as bright as May skies and sun
shine.
There are several formulas which
come to the housewives aid in the
care of her plate glass. and fortunate
" most of them are simple. The mis-
tress of one house in which the win
dows are kept bright and shining says
that she has her maid add vinegar to
the water in which the windows are
washed. Vinegar, as you know. is
helpful in keeping metals in brilliant
condition. but its properties and use
fulness in the cleansing of glass seem
TO be less generally known. The vine
Evening star., 1925-05-06
Prune Cocktail,

Let some choice prunes soak in cold
water over night. Set to cook in the
same water When tender, and the
water is mostly absorbed. set aside
in the liquid to cool. Cut each prune
into four pieces, discarding the stones.
Put about six prunes in each glass,
pour on little lemon juice and or
ange Juice. and sprinkle with a little
sugar. Serve as an appetizer at lunch
con or dinner.
Evening star., 1925-05-06
Lemon.Jelly Squares.

Make up a rich piecrust and roll
and cut in about twoinch squares and
bake until crisp. Make a lemon jelly
of one cupful of sugar, one cupful of
water, the juice of one lenon and one
egg Cook until thick Put squares
of the crust on a platter and put a
tablespoonful of lemon jelly on each
Evening star., 1925-05-06
Windows Reflect Home Condition
BY LYDIA LIE BARON WALKER.

Windows are the eyes of a house.
and they should sparkle. 1t has been
said of people that eyes are the win
dows of the soul. If a person is well
or i'll you can very often tell it by
the eyes. The condition of house
can be diagnosed in somewhat the
same way. If the windows look un-
washed. or ill-kept, it gives the i'm
preston that all is not well with the
conditions of the rooms within
Spring rains, which seem to wash ma
ture so clean, do not always have like
Evening star., 1925-05-06
Saves Her Ba bies.
'Tis not of self mother thinks.
And so from danger seldom shrinks
Old Mother Nature

Mrs. Grouse was not the only one
who had made a home in the Green
Forest on the other side of the old
road. Even before Mrs. Grouse had
moved over there Timmy the Flying
Squirrel and Mrs. Timmy had chosen
to make their home there, and for very
pluch the same reason. They wanted
Evening star., 1925-05-06

Guards for ears are provided on a
bathing cap to protect them against
water pressure and entrance of dirt
ma RI icleS
, 1925-12-19

The address elsewhere in this issue by
Postmaster Leader was delivered al d
submitted to the Police Court of this
town 8 a. NJ. yesterday. Judge Stake
mann made appropriate remarks about
the late Judge Payne and thanked Post
master Leader for his address. The
Court room was packed and those present
rose from their seats at tie close of the
address.
The s. S. Catherine is due at Frederik-
sted on schedule time to-day, having 60
tons Of cargo for this island.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-12-09
DIR. FRANK CRANES
DAILY EDITORIAL
The Eiraf Element 0f EIlnrifu
Bv DOCTOR FRANK CRAlVE
q ELeIllent N CIadI,itN

1uVHERE il old saying that the who IS known -
generous really only half generous.
He is the who nsures the protection Of himself
end his Family from want and then helps others.
The wholly generous would give everything and
deprive those dependent upon him Of their rightfu ad
vantages life and later object Of charity him.
self.
Recently read the story Of which brought ont
this truth.
II IS Bread Giysrs vivid story Of the Ghetto By
!. Anza Yezierska.
IN reading it you get the feeling Of having touched
actual life and met real people.
The old father Reb smolinsky, is one Of the wholly
generous
Engrossed in his Holy Torah he religously gives one
tenth Of his daughters: wages to charity
He deprves them Of rghtful advantages in life sends
them early age to work and compacenty lives
their earnings but is nfexibe N his Observance Of
charity
At the other extreme like Henry Ford, who puts
the money he makes back the business instead Of giving
it away.
At first sight may the very antthess Of charity
But In reality it is the finest kind of generosity for It e.
constantly providing honest work at fair to an ever
increasing number of men,
It comes far nearer helping the world along than large
by who have accumulated the money Dy
paying employees less than living wage.
The who gives bountfully to charity but SENDS MS
children to before they have the advantages Of good
education deserves little praise
The man gives freely every that along
during his life but at his DEATH leaves his wife and chlidren
unprovded and in want because he did not keep up
reasonable amount OF insurance has faed 60 the
first principle OF charity.
Generosity that deprives those dependent upon you
whom you responsible, OF their rghtful al
vantages in life is an evil and not q virtue.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-12-09
Truth Is Stronger Than
WhiteWaSh
If Whitewashers Think They Have the Better of 1t,
They Are Mistaken

The picture this page illustrates the Shenandoah
vestgaton Of the finest whtewashng jobs according to
public opinion that this country has In many day.
those investigating the oil scandal which included the
stealing Of the navys oil do good withdrawing
job as this, they will do well
The farccal investigation being about over picture
Is printed to tell what really happened.
Mrs Lansdowne, young defending her husbands
memory and honor made almost to appear criminal
the investigation carried by Officers and gentlemen
She appeared testify to what her husband had said
the stupidity dangerous erand which he sent
What he had said to her. he had said to others.
He protested against the plan to send the Shenandoah
the thunderstorm belt in the storm region He
and he CO. To send the ship there good politics
for the Republican party The boat sent and Lansdowne
Of the fourteen brave killed obyng orders
Then came the whtewashng illustrated this picture
Nobody knows yet which Navy Department higher up
responsible destruction of the Shenandoah who
that overruled tire protests of Commander Lansdowne who
had crossed the in dgble and who knew what he
talking about
What the public does is different manage
of the navy including different Secretary Navy
The President should his regrets the Los Angeles
friend that handed Secretary Wilbur to him.
and suggest that he find employment well removed
air craft of the United States.
bad is left in the mouth of the public by that
Shenandoah investigation and withdrawing job
You officer of the navy trying to tell Mrs Lans
advance what ought say trying to make her
apply the whitewash brush herself not pleasant sight
bereaved to suggest what she should say for her
good ;"
Fortunately the brave young could be deceived
could not be icked frightened She could not be turned
aside from her duty to her husband memory.
She honored by the nation in her grief and her poverty
caused by the stupidity of her husbands superiors
As for those supeors and their withdrawing job they
knou well what the public thinks Of it. and Of THEM
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-12-09

A MONG the Sepiks Of New
A Guinea the business of com.
ing of age is a painful process.
All through childhood the little
boys live in dreadful awarenesS
that they will have to undergo
a torture of tltooing.
The Sepiks are a head.hunting
tribe, living on the 'Sepik river Of
New Guinea. Every full-grown
man agong them is scar tattooed
all over his back, his shoulders
and his arms. On the shoulders
the tattooing usually takes the
form of a monogram or crest. But
for the rest 1t Is simply rows
and rows of great raised scars as
thick as a pencil.
The work is beautifully done.
It Is neat and clean and even.
As a rule the pattern consists OF
neat lines Of the scars, running
down the back.
Until the tattooing is accom-.
plished the boy is not considered
a man. He is not admitted to
the clubhouse of the men and he
is not eligible for marriage. He
must pass through his test or en-
durance before he is recognized
as q full-grown person.
That the tattooing is an endir-
once test II not 20 be doubted for
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-12-09
TATTOOING PAINFUL PROCESS

an instant. 1t is a trial by tor
ture just as surely as the trials
by ordeal of the Middle Ages.
Many of the boys die under the
knife, still others die later of the
effects of the wounds. But the
strong survive and those are the
only ones wanted by the tribes.
For savages have little use for
the weak or the sensitive.
And so the poor victim is
caught and bound. He is held
down by a heavy log laid across
the neck, and those who have a
grudge against him eagerly volun-
teer to hold down the log. Then
the operators take up their bam-
boo knives and begin the work.
For hours the slashing goes on
while the victims shrieks are
drowned by the beating of the
drums and the cries OF the look
ers-on.
When the cutting is over the
boy in thrown into the river to be
washed clean and then the sap
of certain tree is applied as an
antiseptic.
For several weeks after the
rite. the boys are shut up in
complete seclusion. lying on their
faces and scarcely able to move.
A day or two after the operation,
red clay is rubbed into the
wounds to make them more
striking.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-12-09
WISE SAYINGS

LIE THAT had never seen a
IL river imagines the first he
met with to be the sea; and the
greatest things that have fallen
within our knowledge we con-
clude the extremes that nature
makes of the kind.-Montaigne
The. eyes of man are of no
use without the observing power.
Hood.
For there are moments in. life
when the heart is so full Of
emotion
That, If by chance 1t be shaken
off into its depths like a pebble
Drops some careless word, IL over
flows, and its secret
Split on the ground like water,
can never be gathered together
-Longfeilow.
He that has light within his own
clear breast
May sit in the center and enjoy
bright day;
But he that hides 9. dark soul, and
foul thoughts,
Benighted walks under the mid
day sun;
Himself in his cwn dungeon.
Milton.
The Flatterer has not an opin.
ion good enough either Of him.
self or others De Le Bruyere.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-12-09
Proposed District Legislation
in Congress
By BILL PRICE

cono-ssman DYER of Missouri introduces in the House,
bill dng for two additional justices for the Supreme
Court of District They badly needed but viii Con-
gress pass b has for failed to pay any atte
ton to the most urgent appeals for additional judges here
Our courts ogged with criminal cases. large numbers
of men and under Indictment out on bonds some
of them three bonds each The devils who can
not give bonds behind bars waiting The ends OF justice
are defeated because Of long delays in trials The worst
criminals get best Of the deporabe conditions because
witnesses disappear what fresh in their minds becomes
obscure and lacking drectness under
Time brings palliatior.
before Congress adourns statesmen viii bitterly criticize
the District for crime waves and lack Of enforcement OF the
laws those who criticize would put the same efforts into
providing effective machinery for enforcement there would be
more respect for laws and less crime
Congressman HALVES of Missouri presents bill to raise
the compensation grand and petit jurors in the District
from S. to Sc per day Wouldn't the passage Of this bill do
something too toward effective enforcement Of laws?
There can be argument the justice wisdom Of the
increased pay.
There is the greatest reluctance on part Of useful citizens
business or other grounds talk Of civic duty doesn't
impress anybody Large numbers Of who working
IS distinctly unjust and it is at So per day The
who make So $40 day at his trade and needs all OF
that to support his family f s distinct a and serious u Toss
obligation the State it is true but doesn't the State
something t. is s Tns P1y q O Of sspc % large
Senator CAPPER has bill to make District women eligible
as jurors Many Of them could with less financial loss
than their husbands they would make good jurors t.
shot that Congress won't pass the bill
There are here put the necessary
political influence.
Congressman KVALE abolition Of capital punish
ment in the District Congress won't pass that either
Civilization hasn't separated itself from ancient traditions
and The State makes murder capital ofense the
most heious of all crimes Then the State does just what
holds up horribet takes the life Of some badempered
mean or, likely mentally unbalanced man
Congressman MORROW Of New Mexico proposes that the
Federal Government shall pay proporonae cost Of street
paving abuttng property This is another bill that is
fair principle get anywhere Citizens Of the District
besides paying heavy general taxes must pay large special
street improvements abutng their property
The burden heavy upon small property
who build homes for themselves citizen must
the limit why not Uncle Sam Also especially if Uncle Sam
fair and Washington great city?
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-12-09
ONCE-OVERS
SHIPPING IN Your WORK

When YOU have feeling that you not delivering as
you should your job, il time you got busy with nm
provemert.
Such thoughts do not without reason
this your boss be celebrating your case
Possibly he is debating whether to tell you Of your
failure to fill the bill or whether to fire you without
giving the true
re You can deliver the goods your boss does not want to
discharge YOU but he wants to get back to your stride
and get results S,
If you are convinced that you slipping, heed the
warning.
should be?
Have you accomplished in capable Is pos
sible for youg
TIE you are honest you establish your standing
without waiting for the boss to tell you about it,
Whether you receive much as yon earn hasn't
thing do with your business of giving good honest,
efficient service.
AS long as you the job you should deliver The
goods
If you don other person will
You fate is in your own hands.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-12-09
SAP ANDSALT
BY Bert Moses

o.
You can't kill ideas by killing
people.
About all there is to getting
along well in life Is using our
brains to the best advantage.
The reason we have so many
divorces is because we have 60
many marriages that were put.
up" jobs.
Hez Heck says: "Jedgin by
their selections, some wimmin
seems to marry fer fear men will
be scarce next year"
A sons popular idea of work
is working the cid man.
Much trouble comes to folks
who interfere with Gods way Of
doing things.
If you are going to strike out
don't do it at the bat, but do it
for yourself.
Rhymes are more popular than
poetry because you can get some
sense out Of them.
Stock to the thing Nature in
tended you for, and you will be
a credit to your town.
Hez Heck says: Somehow or
other, the world appears to git
along fairly well on 8 low per.
centage o honesty"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-12-09
JUST TWENTY
YEARS AGO
BY William Moore

Look out for new irterna-
tional complications in Europe
the Times warned. king Alfonso
Of Spain basged seyenty.six wild
bears In hunt the other day.
while his host, KAISER Wilhelm,
got only sixty.seven. =
The Association Of Oldest In.
habitants smoothed its collective
whiskers and got out its collec-
lective "soupand-nuts" from the
mothballs and attended the
fortieth anniversary dinner Of the
Organization ct Freund's.
Miss Florence B. Alexander, Of
the Patent Office, established q
new typing record when she
Transcribed $4,000 words in an
official day Of seven and one
half hours. The previous record
of 10000 words was held by an
ether Patent Office worker.
Doctor Maurice Francis Egan.
OF Catholic University. waxed
gloomy anent the state OF Amer.
lean poetry. Said he: American
poetry is anything but American
in spirit"
Our Virginia readers will doubt
less remember the fire that swept
four blocks Of the business dis
trict in Manassas. 1t was the
nine-days' sensation.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-12-09
SAYINGS OF
MRS. SOLOMON.
BY Helen Rowland

Who Is Prince Charming?
HYHO il Prince Charming. my
daughter, and where shalt
thou find him?
For. verify. in her dreams,
every damself beholdeth Him "a
Being more beautiful than Adonis.
wiser than Solomon, more dashing
than movie hero, Drawer than
Lancelot, and tenderer than an
Indian love lyric.
For, In every wonans heart,
there is the same vision OF the
Perfect Lovers
Yet, behold, it cometh to pass.
that one damsel loseth her heart
unto a bald headed college pro-
lessor with q scholarly gtoOp and
horn.rimmed spectacles.
And another daTnsel weddeth a
pink-and-white travelling salesman,
who sporteth diamond scarfpin
and hectec cravats.
One damself findeth her soul.
mate in pudgy cartoon filled
with superiority complex. and an.
other faIleth for q football hero
with chrysanthemum hair and
one brain cell.
One woman loseth her heart to-
a silver-tongued sheik, with q
moth-eaten '1line," the polish of q
floor-walker and muscles of vel
vet, and another elopeth with her
fathers chauffeur, who sporteth
a pair of leather puttees and two
negatives.
One woman perceiveth her
"dream-boy' in a testy and shop
worn bachelor with two motor
cars and no soul, and another
findeth her hearts desire in a
cocky college cutie, in bell
trousers and a campus cap.
Yet, behold, each of these be-
lieveth in her heart that she hath
found the Prince Charming of her
dreaahs-and the One Man in all
the world that neasureth up to
her visions!
For, verify, verify. Prince
Charming, like unto the mirage,
abideth in the eye Of the be-
holder. And love is the desert.
blindness" which causeth a
woman to see many glories which
are not, and never were.
Where, then, shall damself
find her Prince Charming?
Go to. Even in her magma
ton, where she keepeth his
SELAH.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-12-09
By ELSIE ROBINSON

an : nor u,itl, nicotine. The auto
fytcyarnt ton nroduced by poorly as
sir1ilafed foods is as dangerous g
the poisoning produced by aicono.
or nicotine. s.,,,,t.
less ssbad'' Tor either sex, DuL ~
Il badness that involves the ~.
gestive organs, not the Immortal
soul. In the ordinary conception
of the word, 1t cannot be ciasssd
as immortality. 60
"Rut." cries Mrs. Atwood, "smok'
ing bv women is different from
smoking by men. It has peculiar
influence on the female body. 1t
prevents women from being healtny
have heard that theory and I
have repeatedly sought conflrma-
ton on this point from various
physicians.
/ have never found doctor
who will confirm this argument.
They have all said that such
might" be the case but there was
no proof.
There does not, therefore, seem to
be a noint on which feminine smok-
ing can be ranked as immoral"
The fact that it's a mans habit"
does not bar its use by women any
more than the fact that women
wear silk stockings and use tai
cum powder bars their use by men.
We can reasonably claim that
smoking is an expensive, untidy IN
beautiful habit, and often injurious
to the digestive system. And we
may, someday abolish smoking on
these grounds, just as we may.
some day, abolish all the rest OF
our dirty useless habits. But Wen
never be able to abolish feminine
smoking on the ground Of immOr-
atty because we can't prove those
grounds and we only convict our
selves Of ignorance and bigotry
when we try,