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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-04-20

TiE futility OF riches is the theme
= u school for Wives, featuring
sisrid Holmqulss aud Conway Tearie.
al the Blue Mouse this week.
A wealthy heiress. Sisrid Holm.
auist. does what Il seems 10 h. the
thing for wealthy hetresses 10 do
these days-falis in love with a pen.
niless young fellow. who happens In
this case 10 be a struggling artist.
Conway Tcarie.
she, az his request. gives up all
claim 10 the tainted millions OF the
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-04-20

Playing opposite Carey Is lovely
Mildred Harris. who plays the part
Of the bandits sister. who is made
10 believe that the sheriff is her
brother and is delighted when she
finally learns he is not.
Besides Carey and Miss Harris.
there are Jack Richardson, Tom
santschi. William Scott, Frank Nor
cross and Victor Potel in the cast.
a varied vaudeville program and
a concert By McKee's Arcadian
band lend attraction to the bill.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-04-20

Old man. and marrics her lover But
with a weight OF possible fortune
hanging over their door the two find
their happiness disturbed.
She leaves him and returns 10
father. \ divorce is arranged. But
the truth strikes homo at last. And
The emptiness OF riches Is forced
upon the audience with the con.
elusion.
Slgrtd Holmqulst Is a Sumptuous
blonde, with a great deal OF acting
ability Conway Tcartc is fine an as
the proud. II poor. artist husband.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-04-20

Corinue Griffith will star in
Classified. Edna Ferbcr's popular
ftory. and Ashes" Reginald Goodies
play In which Florence Reed ,rl.
umphed on the stage in New York i.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-04-20
Fun Makers Feature
NetU Pantages Bill

The new show opening nj the Pan.
taEcs with ;oday's matinee features
the Barber Of Seville" starring
Martin Adams. Bon Reubcaa and an
all-star company OF fun makers.
The picture attraction is The Mad
Dancer" the story Of an American
girl and the trials and tribulatian-
she meets with IN cevry day life. Ann
Pennington ana Johnnie Walker are
the featured players.
The balance Of the vaudeville bin
is comprised Of the Four wordenz.
kitner & Rcansy. FL Gotta with
Beatrice Byrnes. Burns & Rlsscu and
the Three SiIveSs. AZ a special NJ.
traction Henri c. t4eRel win be Tea.
turcd with the Campfire sercnad-
egs. an aggregation Of 10 girls. pre-.
senting a musical novelty.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-04-20

need. George Hacknthornc makes
an ideal insipld husband Paulctte
Duyal has a build extraordinary
and she makes highly superior
other woman"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-04-20

Fuller Clark and company In MAX,
ing Movie star" comedy ski,.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-04-20

and the Lhlng Brothers. called
'cxyiophonists Supreme"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-05-09
Attractive Arrangement.
In THE GARDEN WITH BURBANK


could any gardener work along
these lines with success"
Surely" said Mr.. Burbank, with
an encouraging smile. I'm any group
of odorless flowers you may find one
that will have a faint perfume, as
found with the Gala and the verbena
and many others, and if you will eX-
pertinent carefully you may produce
ii race of perfumed flowers, or some
that never possessed any fragrance. ="
Speaking of perfume reminded me
of the amarylHs and the crinun,
beautiful blooming bulbs,
more successful as ported plants than
in open beds, as on the Pacific coast.
After a few. directions about not
planting the bulbs too deep, and not
overwhelming until growth commences,
Mr.. Burbank said:
Through selective experiments
they have gained enormously in size,
form, beauty and variety of colors
and color combinations.
Some of the hybrids produced by
crossing tropical crinums and hardy
crinum, native of Florida, were most
remarkable for size and color, both
of the bulbs and blossoms, many of
which had a most pleasing perfume,
and from these some have been de-
veloped which are fairly hardy in
more northern climates.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-05-09

the Green Forest and all who live in
it. How terrible some of these two
legged creatures are. None of the
people of the Green Forest or the
Green Meadows would even dream of
doing such a terrible thing"
Presently Jimmy crossed the road
and rather gingerly began looking
about to see what the Red Terror had
left. 1t seemed to him that nothing
worth while was left The Red Terror
had eaten all plants. even down to the
roots. He couldn't find one living
thing, and as he looked at the ashes
beneath his feet he wondered what
Old Mother Nature would do about it;
how she possibly could ever make that
black waste look green again. 1t would
take her long time, long, long time.
He was sure of that
Just why he kept on he couldn't
have said. But keep on he did for a
short distance, all the time talking to
himself. Dreadful, Oh, dreadful"
he exclaimed as he looked up the black
trunk of a tall pine tree. That tree
started TO grow in the days of my
great great great great grandfather,
and now look at it! In just few min
utes the Red Terror had killed it, and
there it stands, black and dreadful to
look at, and perhaps-there- never will
De tree lO ldhS IT'S place.
Hello, What's this?"
Jimmy was staring down at 10
cracked and broken eggs at the foot of
a black old stump. He knew at once
whose eggs they were. He knew that
the nest of Mrs. Grouse had been there
and that these were her eggs. He
wondered if the Red Terror had caught
Mrs Grouse. Il hope not" said he,
and shifted at the eggs.
=
or partly cooked those eggs Jimmy
reached out a black hand and pulled
one to him. The shell was cracked.
You may be sure it didn't take him
long to find out that that egg was good
to eat. He smacked his lips as the last
of it disappeared and reached for an
other.
Even the Red Terror has some good
in it." muttered Jimmy Skunk.
But Mrs. Grouse wouldn't have
agreed with Jimmy, I am sure.
Copyright 1925. by T. W. Burgess.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-05-09
lT1IILESoR!Es
%rBEDTInE
BY THORNTON w. BURGESS.
An Unexpected Meal.
II matters not how great the III.
1t seems somebody's needs to fill.
Jimmy SKIM


The Red Terror, which men call fire,
did not rage through the Green Forest
unchecked for long. You see, 1t was
discovered by Farmer Browns Boy
not long after, it had been started by
the careless throwing of ii burning
cigarette from an automobile into the
dry leaves beside the road. Farmer
Browns Boy ran to the telephone and
called all the neighbors TO come at
once to help fight the Red Terror. Far,
far into the night they fought 1t, and
at last they conquered it.
Late in the afternoon of the second
day after the Red Terror Jimmy
Skunk went over to see what the Red
Terror had done. When he came to
the old road that wound through the
Green Forest he was filled with a
great sadness. On one side of the road
all was green, the beautiful green of
living trees and plants and ferns. Just
across the road all was black. There
was no living thing. Bare of leaves
and black stood the trees, little and
big, and the bushes. For long time
Jimmy stood looking at it mournfully
and thinking how he had seen the
very start of all this. knowing no
better. he thought that the Red Terror
had purposely been let loose.
That two-legged creature threw
the Red Terror out of the thing in
which he was riding" muttered Jimmy
meaning the man in the automobile
who had tossed out the burning cigar
cite. 1T must be he wanted to destroy
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-05-09
Forty Eighth Day.

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina, March
III have few business calls to
make in B. A, and, hating business,
decided to have done with it as
soon as possible. / rang for "desa-
yuno," that insulting substitute for
breakfast that is offered one down
here. and was strolling down the
Bartolome Mitre before the hour of
10. One-half hour later 1 was back
in the Hotel Plaza again-a madden
and a wiser man. Who ever heard
of any prominent B. A. business man
going to his office in the morning!
The idea.
/ waited around until after 'almu-
experimenting lunch-although it
really is breakfast to most people, and
then l tried again. l had little better
luck.
John White. publisher of the Amer
lean Weekly, dashed into his Office at
pm. ready for big days work,
and Charles King ofs the Artisdas
Unidos arrived promptly at his place
of business in the Gale Lavelle at
three minutes past 6, or, as they say
it here, 10 o'clock.
Business is not done in a hurry
down here" said King. American
methods will never do. Why, do you
know that when I first call on man
in my line i never even mention
business the first day. Yes, yes, l
know, but it's their way, that's all,
and you can't change them. Oh, now
and then some snappy fellow comes
down from the States-full of pep
and high purposes--and attempts to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-05-09

Ma started to try to use her electric
sewing machine this afternoon, and it
Wouldent werk, ma saying, Now watts
a matter with the thing, | declare
sometimes | think all these marvelliss
modern inventions that people rave
ABOUT so mulch are more trouble than
their werth.
And she kepp on trying to make it
start by pushing the wheel and polk
ing different things, .ony 1t wouldent,
and | sed, Maybe 1t needs oil. ma.
l put enuff oil in 1t to make 1t sick
at the stummick if it had eny feel
ings, so it cant need eny more oil
ma Sed.
Maybe you dident put it in the rite
places, / sed
Maybe if you dident tawk so mulch
| could concentrate my attention and
find out watts a matter heer, ma sed
WITCH she kepp on trying to by
shaking it and sticking it different
places with her finger, me saying,
Watts this little thing, ma, maybe If
you did something to that 1t mite do
some good, maybe.
VIII you go away? ma sed.
And she did some more things to
1t without enything happening, say
ing, o deer. if electricity had never
bin invented. I wouldent be having
all this trubble rite now, that's wat
| think of electricity.
Maybe you forgot to put the strap
on. like YOU did once. l sed.
Cant you see its on, or are you
blind? ma sed. o graycious, know
watts ronS, | forgot to tern on the
electricity, she sed. And she termed
1t on and the machine started to werk
perfeck, ma saying, Well, / knew
there was something radically rong,
If | was a man bleeve Id be an ex-
pert machiniSt. 81
Not saying wat me and pop bleeve.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-05-09
Neck Ribbons in the New Fashions
BY MARY MARSHALL.

No woman who can remember the
fashions of the first decade of this
century need be told of the neck rib
bon, as 1t was known at that time.
Neck ribbons women were forever
buying. What between women's neck
ribbons and little girls hair ribbons
the ribbon counters were kept pretty
busy. First, they were worn without
any protection, right against the neck.
Then there were little tabs that were
sewed on the ribbons at the place
where they touched the neck. The
ribbon was then brought around to
the front and tied In the sort of bow
that at the moment was considered
smartest. After that ruching came
into fashion and we went to great
pains to sew ruching into our neck
ribbons. Always, of course, the rib.
bon was pinned securely down in front
and in order to keep 1t in perfect
trim 1t had to be pinned at the back
after 1t was tied. We wore these rib
bons as sort of finish to the shirt
waist. which was every woman's
everyday dress of those days.
Now we have neck ribbons sneaking
back into fashion again, and there are
little fiappers who haven't the slight
est recollection of neck ribbons az
their mothers once wore them who are
actually wearing them.
A favorite continuance is to have
the neck ribbon to match the ribbon
that simply trims a simple hat and to
tie this around the neck with small
loops and long ends. This is consid-
cred a clever way to top off the smart
little tailored suit that slender young
American girls can wear SO we'll.
The problem of providing cover or
decoration for the neck is one that
leads to a large number of the fads
of fashion. The furriers rather hoped
that every woman who wore a tailored
suit this Spring or an ensemble suit
would buy little fur scarf to go with
1t. But this did not happen. Some
times we wear nothing about the
neck. Sometimes we knot a bit of
d printed silk handkerchief. jauntily
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-05-09
REcOLETA
A GRAVEYARD WITHOUT
GRAVES

revolutionize things, shake EN- up.
That fellow usually goes back home
on the next boat.
And, do you know" he continued
they have 20 legal holidays year.
How about dining with Inc to
night? Fine. I'll call up Mado and
her little friend, Parisiennes, you
know, charming girls-you will like
them. We will call for you at the
twenty-second hour-excuse me,
mean 10 o'clock-and maybe you
would like to go to a theater aft
erward?"
at that hour?'
"Sure-that hour The Teatro
Maipo starts a las % horas y 10 en-
punto.'
I left friend King to his business
and hurried back TO the Plaza 10
where Whupsie Strelitz, dainty
young miss from Australia, awaited
me. She had just obtained her moth
er's consent, with considerable coax
ing, to permit her to take a ride
with me. Whupsie was waiting-and
so was her mother.
Where do you intend goinG?" she
said, looking at me rather sternly.
ITO the cemetery" l said, which
was perfectly true.
Evidently she thought her daugh-
Ter would De SAFE with me there, Tor
she smiled and waved goodbye.
'Cheerio," she called after us.
Recoleta-the City of the Dead-is
a graveyard without graves. 1t is a
crowded city of mausoleums of sur.
passing beauty that rivals the famous
cemetery of Milan. 1t is crowded,
with no room for more, except in Ii
few tombs of long lived families. The
statuary adjoining the vaults is eN
ceptfonally fine, and the architecture
is often the work of real artists
Here are the last resting places OF
Argentina's most noted men. Up and
down the narrow. imaculate streets,
between the houses of the dead
Strolled Whupsie and I in solemnity
1t was all very beautifuEbut melan-
choly. / would much rather read of
famous men than visit their tombs.
The beauty of a cemetery seems so
cold and waXen.
We preferred the Rose Garden in
Palermo Park, where we sat for a
long time watching the sun go down.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-05-09

Ever since Mr.. Burbank had said
that typical callaS have no perfume,
! had been wondering about the mat
Ter.
why do some flowers have per-
fume and others not?"
perfume in flowers" said Mr.. Bur
bank, sis there to attract the bees who
carry the pollen of one flower to an
other on a plant of the same species,
but all flowers do not need it. In the
case of the calIas, nightroving insects
md flies and small gnats visit the
flowers instead of bees, and are at
tracted by the white leaf twisted about
the central stalk of blossoms. and by
the warm protected nook at the base
of the stalk where they find COM
Portable refuge"
''Why is it warm-how can 1t be-!
l asked.
Mr.. Burbank explained in language
adapted to my limited understanding.
"All plant growth is a chemical
process, and heat is generated as the
plant grows or as seeds terminate.
So this shut-in air at the base of the
Gala stalk is a little warmer than out
of-doors,"
AS Mr.. Burbank talked. l recalled
reading in one of Grant Aliens books
his account of an Alpine flower that
pushes its way up through the ice
and blooms with it's roots and stalks
under the ice. ] remembered that he,
TOO. spoke of the heat produced by
growing plants, and told how the dar-
ing little Alpine bud produced just
enough heat as it pushed its way up
to melt the ice and let its head
through!
ooh, the wonders of Nature" ! eX.
claimed.
Yes" said Mr.. Burbank, land the
wonderful adaptations of plant life to
their surroundings; and if you will
will find still more wonderful adapta-
lions.
Now, as 1 told you, the Gala, al
though having no need for perfume
now, may have depended at one time
on bees for fertilization, and have had
perfume.
80, in the course of my expert
mentS in crossing of varieties of cal
las, some internal arrangements were
disturbed and the hidden power to
produce perfume came to the front
again--and thus the fragrant Gala"
producing perfume is something
like producing and combining colors. y
Yes" answered MI Burbank, ''in
crossing the different plants, the per
fume may be increased greatly OF
mingled to form another delightful
fragrance, or even one perfume may
be so combined with another as to
peutralize each other. and the hybrid
Plant becomes odorless.''
Knowing that Mr.. Burbank was
always ready 10 share his knowledge
and further amateur effort, l asked:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-05-09

Window boxes may be considered
sometimes as more exterior" decora-
ton than interior. because they go on
the outside of the window, in Summer
but one reason for their existence is
for the effect that they have as seen
from within the room. Therefore there
seems every justification for consider
ing them a phase of interior decora-
ton, and one whose importance is
never greater than at this season. Our
most immediate concern today is with
the containers. or boxes" so called
their construction and decorative pos
sibilitieS.
Construction.
Unless you have given the subject
some thought you may not know that
all well constructed window boxes are
in two sections. There is usually zinc
holder for the flowers and earth and a
wooden or wicker container in which
this is placed. The reason for having
two compartments is for the sake of
ventilation and drainage. The roots of
the plants would rot if there were no
opportunity for the water to drain off,
so there are holes small, but sufficient,
in the inner container. In order that
the water may have space into
which to drain, the first container is
slightly raised from the second, with
STATS OF WOOD OF anything 10 I'LL II.
An improvised window box is made
from any single container of good pro
portions with ordinary flower pots set
inside. For the sake of effect the tops
of the pots may be covered with lay
er of moss.
Window boxes may depend merely
upon the outer window ledge for sup
sort if the ledge is wide enough, but
If there is the slightest danger of the
box being insecure it will endanger
the lives of persons passing below,
unless brackets are arranged for its
support. This is a wise preCaution.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-05-09
What TomorrowMeans to You
Taurus.
BY MARY BLAKE.

tomorrow s planetary aspects are
quite benign, although after sunset
there Is a slight variation, causing a
tendency to find fault or creating
sense of annoyance and disappoint-
ment. The signs, during the first
period, denote favorable condition
for all Sunday observances, and harm
less, but not too strenuous, recrea-
ton. In the evening a considerable
amount of self-control must be eXer-
cised, especially in the family circle,
where liberty is sometimes converted
into license, in order to avoid a carp
ing attitude, and to prevent speech
or action which will leave nasty
aftermath - always regretted, but
rarely forgotten.
Fairly good health will be the lot of
child born tomorrow, although it
will be subject to the usual ups and
downs nearly always associated with
the period of infancy. Well regulated
nourishment will do more than doc
tors to start this child on a normally
healthy course. Its disposition will,
like its character, be complex and fire.
quently furnish cause for wonder
ment. At times it will be bright,
cheerful and attractive. Without
warning it will become morose, re-
served and almost repellent. Its char
acter will be variable, as a result of
excessive temperamentality. Little
worries will disturb it more than the
big happenings of it's life. When the
latter arise it will display both cour-
age and clearness of vision, whereas
in face of the former, it will reveal
irritation and a pettiness unworthy of
its average ideals. ~
If tomorrow is your birthday you
are very level headed and maintain,
at all times. an even keel. Adversely
never disturbs your equilibrium and
success never produces a swollen head,
the precursor of SO many failures.
You possess a judicial outlook and can
see affairs not only from your own
point of view, but also from that of
others. You, of course, commit errors
of judgment-who doesn t?-but you
are ever ready to acknowledge them
and do your utmost to remedy them.
Your personality is very attractive
and you have an inhereD. charm that
leaves an impression on all those with
whom you have dealings. You do not,
however. capitalize this asset to an
undue extent, but rather rely for your
success on your ability, perSpicacity
and intelligence.
Welk known persons born on this
date are: Horatio Allen, civil engineer;
Montgomery Blair, lawyer and politi-
clan: John Sherman, statesman; Will
liam r. Grace, merchant and former
mayor of New York; James Gordon
Bennett, jr., journalist, and Sir
Thomas Upton, tea merchant and
y2chtSman.
Copyright 1880
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-05-09
DOROTHY DIX'S LETTER BOX
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-05-09

y painted window box can be attrac-
lively decorated at home. See that the
surface is as smooth as possible, and
cover with two coats of paint of any
desired color. The interesting part is
now to change it from an ordinary
window box to something individual
and especially suited to the room with
in. If this room has Cretonne hangings
at the window. the box may have the
side toward it decorated to harmonic
with or copy the patterns of the cur
tainS. 1t may be done with or without
a stencil. Some great, flat flowers in
styled design and bright colors out
lined in black are recommended for the
window box to the north room. This
is to contain not flowers, but ferns or
other yinelike plants.
Precaution.
1t is to be remembered that the flow
erS on the box must never enter into
rivalry with the natural blossoms.
They are best used on window box
the contents of which are chiefly in
the nature of foliage. A box to hold
bright geraniums, for instance, to be
used in a bright room, should have
plain box, with only few touches of
decorations upon it. The corners may
have a little ornamenting. An incon-
SpicuouS border is also permissible.
Whether or not the side of the box to-
ward the out -of-doors contains any
decoration is optional.
Attractive Arrangement.
Wicker window boxes can be bought
and have a pretty Summary" appear
ance. They are especially attractive in
apartments that do not command an
expansive view of the out-of-doors.
They may be used in either chamber
or living room. Especially are window
boxes of this sort attractive when set
outside of a long windowxin front of
which a couch is placed.