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Evening star., 1925-10-06
WHEN WE co SHOPPING
RY MRS. HARLAND III. ALLEN.

occasions. Silk sheds the dust easily
and so keeps clean a long while. 1t
also has the advantage that ii does
not muss easily, and, If soft ma
terial is chosen, such wrinkles AS form
can be shaken out, or else pressed
very easily with a rather, cool iron. 1t
is disastrous to use a very hot iron
on silk. SILK crepes are very beauti-
full, and can also be washed. All silks
take dyes well, so If good quality is
purchased the color will prove fast.
Little cotton dresses are, of course,
not so dressy as either wool or silk,
but wherever at all practicable,
mothers find that these garments have
nearly all the other points in their
favor. They are crisp and fresh and
Unlocking. While the very nature
OF the cotton fiber is such that II has
many short, fuzzy ends which catch
the dirt 50 that 1t is necessary to wash
the material frequently, still cotton
and linen are both fabrics which you
can wash and boil again and again
easily, and without injury to the flbcrs.
Cotton does have a tendency to shrink,
so that in making up, due allowance
must be made for this. Linen has a
beautiful luster which it does not lose
In laundering. and so a linen frock
retains it's freshness. It does Wrinkle
badly, and so must be pressed often.
The heavier linens are quite warm
enough for late Autumn school wear
because of their coarse yarn and close
weave
Evening star., 1925-10-06

Teachers and parents are inclined
- think that a lesson is formal eN-
,rcise with a child sitting in receptive
attitude on one side of the table and
1he Instructor posed on the opposite
side in the attitude of impartlns
wisdom. That is not quite true.
Every time a child hears something
said. each time he sees something
done, each time he feels or THINKS or
acts. he has had a lesson. Every
time he asks a question and receives
an answer or receives none, he mas
had a lesson. Life teaches every
minute. All the teacher can do Is TO
interpret and direct some OF the
teaching. And that is quite enough.
OF all the lessons children get, those
that are set to action of any sort are
the most impressive and the most
lasting. If you do something the
child will remember it. What you
said about an action will soon be for-
-otten unless it is interpreted and ex'
nIained in action. For that reason we
must he very careful that what we 40
matches what we say.
Father tells his hoy, Now you want
IN learn to be polite and Consideratc
Nobody will like you il you have no
manners. People judge you by niue
things, so YOU must be careful OF each
word you say. 1ememper peoPle
lave feelings.
Evening star., 1925-10-06
Coats From Suits That Do Not Suit
By LYDIA LIE BARON WALKER.

, edge of sewing, and will be fun to
work out.
A young lady who needed a coat had
suit OF which she was tired. AL
though 1t was not worn out, she had
used 1t two seasons, and 1t was known
- ~'"s+ OF her friends. 1t happened
that the suit coat had the lines that
would remain fashionable in longer
garment She gave 1t the necessary
length by putting the skirt on the bot
tom. Instead of having it straight
line where the skirt joined, she had 1t
Il broken one. This was done by set.
ting the skirt up higher than the edge
and allowing the pockets to come over
it on the sides. When finished you
would have thought the whole plan
intentional from the start. so we'll de-
signed did 1t look. Next came the
problem Of lining 1t at small cost.
Lining.
Here is a way to deal with the lin.
ing and make that also look 'inten.
tional." 1t is way which considers
economy. In many OF the best made
wraps the lining has a piece of con-
trastinS goods inserted at about the
hip line. Sometimes there are two or
even three of these inserted pieces,
leaving a band of the lining between.
The wrap when thrown back has a
smart appearance inside as well as
out.
If the lining Of the suit coat from
which the long coat IS made gives
promise of lasting another season, II
can be supplemented with piece OF
material that is as close as one can
come TO a match. Inasmuch as the
TWO pieces do not come exactly to-
gether. some slight discrepancies in
90
The bands of contrasting goods would
come between the two. OF course, one
would not advise two shades that were
so far from being similar that they
would he apparent in their differences.
If that is the case. IL iS better to get
d large contrasting piece and use that
as the main part Of the lining and the
old lining as the pieces to insert.
Professional Finish.
1t is a good idea to take the finished
product To the tailor 10 be pressed. as
that will eradicate the homemade ap-
peara nee that the garment might nave,
providing it is made with well-turned
corners and neat stitching.
Accessories.
If you wish to have scarf 10 match
the lining of the suit, it can be used TO
transform the collar line and can bear
a bright piece of novel material pi-
cotted to the edge TO give length or
add a touch of brilliant color.
There is no reason in the world why
YOU cannot have a smart and attrac-
tive coat for small cost If you have
such a suit at your disposal. Fancy
buttons and q touch of odd braiding
or stitching will transform the gar
ment beyond the recognition of your
friends.
Evening star., 1925-10-06
The School Frock.

All over the land some ten million
mothers are seriously considering the
problem Of what material is the most
durable, the most healthful and the
best-looking to buy for their little
daughters school clothes.
Wool is, OF course, the Warmest ma
terial there is. 1t also wears Well.
keeps it's shape, and, if reasona bly,
good quality is purchased, and good
dyes have been used, 1t will be fast to
fading from the sunlight at least. and
ordinarily one does not wash woolen
dress. Neither does woolen frock
have to be cleaned very frequently
nnd so is economical from that stand
point The disadvantage in TINS con-
nection is that such frock may not
tct cleaned as often as Is desirable.
When a wooden garment does be
come soiled, il holds the dirt tena-
ciously in its pile surface. When 1t
begins TO get sha bby, the nap OF
wool fabric wears off very quickly; or.
if it is one of the hard surfaced fab
RIGS. like serge. it wears shiny IN
stead. 1t is not practical to select
pool for a frock which must be washed
frequently, for, in laundering, wool
shrinks badly and becomes matted and
hard.
silk is too expensive for little girl
everyday wear, but it IS particularly
adapted for party frocks and dress-up
Evening star., 1925-10-06
Our Children-By Angelo Patri

Soon after that lesson father enters
the living room in search OF quiet
corner in which to rest and read his
paper. Son has spread his paper and
paste and brushes and colors about IN
preparation for tomorrow's lesson.
The sight Of the confusion bothers
father and he breaks out tmpatlently:
Take your stuff out OF here.
should think you might find some
other place to mess In. Take that
stuff out of here"
Now, father thought that he had
given his son a lesson in good man.
ners when he made that little speech.
And he never dreamed that he had
given him a powerful lesson when he
ordered him out of the room with his
belongings. When he discovers one
day that his son Is discourteous to-
ward some one he considers his sub
ordinate. father will not think himself
in the least to blame. He will say. Il
have always taught you to be polite
and considerate. What makes YOU
bully people? You won't get any
where with it. People won't do any
thing for you. They won't work with
you; they won't play with you. Bet
ter drop it and try to consider tho
rights and the feelings of other peo.
pie
Which will be sound teaching as far
as 1t goes. But it will have to go
farther, for the child will not remem-
ber what we say half as long as he
will remember what we do. And
after that he will have to do some
himself if the idea is to be fixed.
/ am saying that we teach our chill
dren. by every word and thought and
deed of ours, and we arc responsible
for their conduct in spite OF all we
say about the responsibility of the
school and the church and society at
large. 1t Is home and the people in
ii that count for the most. A lesson
need not be formal to be effective. In
truth, the most informal ones are the
most effective.
1QOh
Evening star., 1925-10-06
AUTUMN
BY d. G. PEATTIE.
Flowers of Alexandria.

In the Autumn season, when the
linden and maple leaves begin to
drift gently to the sidewalks, and the
air is full of the gold of old romance,
Is the time to go to Alexandria and
delight in its historic glories. The
last roses are blooming there now In
old walled gardens. The scent of
box steals out from the hedge rows.
on the walls of ancient houses the
crimson tapestry OF Virginia creeper
begins to glow, as if to recall the
departed glories OF old times.
And not for its cultivated flowers
alone is Alexandria famous. There
are some ancient crumbling retaining
walls, where the rare and tiny cliff
brake lives. the rarest fern of the
neighborhood of Washington. And
just as there is something Old World
about the quaint city, so there Is a
fascinating array OF Old World plants
III the streets and on the outskirts
OF the town.
Many of these stowaway plants that
have come to Alexandria from the
Old World probably date from the first
white settlements. The town Is much
older than Washington itself, and so
Is its flora. In and around Alexandria
one may see European weeds that are
very rare in this country, many not
even having spread to nearby Wash
inSton. a1lcf nearly lpU years OF set
t!emeut at the Capital. Such are the
glorious Scotch thistle and the dainty
star thistle. and several kinds of Old
World wormwood, from which alb
sinthe Is made.
The quaint little penny cress Is
another European native that has
taken out citizens papers in AleXan-
dria, and in the same class belongs
the beautiful celandine. with its gold.
en- flowers and golden juice in the
stems. The old-fashioned spider flower.
which colonial ladies so loved in their
gardens Is thoroughly at home around
Alexandria Eow-as why should 1t
not be.
Less desirable. perhaps, are some of
the genuine weeds that Alexandria
possesses. while Washington does not
the orach and the Russian thistle
and the cookie burr. while from the
Far Western plains the dreaded tum.
bleweed is becoming naturalZed in the
streets of Alexandria,. Whenever one
sees II there. one gives q start of sur
prise. many times AS II may have been
seen before. In this quiet, old, colonial
city tumbleWeed is as strange a sight
as a prairie wolf running in the
streets would be.
Evening star., 1925-10-06
NY Neighbor Says:

To prevent tho gravy soaking
through the bottom crust OF
meat pies, brush over the crust
with white of eGS.
silver spoons, match boxes,
yinaigrettes and other small
trinkets may Ice easily bright
ened without the addition OF
plate powder by placing them In
aluminium receptacle and pour
ing boiling water over them
Polishing should be effected by
means of a piece of clean cha
mois, but in adopting this treat.
rnent it must be remembered
that the silver should never be
allowed to become tarnished-
To make a polish for brown
shoes, scrape off two ounces OF
beeswax, place in a jar with one
gill of turpentine, and dissolve
1t by heat. When cold apply a
little to the leather with Il fan
mel. PN'sh by rubbing with the
palm Of ise hand and finish with
a dry clean duster.
Use curry with meats which
need livening, such as soup
meat, boiled chicken. sweet
breads, etc, or as a sauce for
ham, tongue or fish, or in boiled
mayonnaise dressing to be used
with veal, lamb or vegetables.
If you will place your glass
topred fruit jars upside down
in a dish of warm water for a
few minutes. then gently insert
a knife point between rubber
ring and the jar. you will find
the glass top will come off quite
easily Do not have the water
hot enough to crack the jar.
Evening star., 1925-10-06
LITTLE BENNY
By Lee Pope.

! couldent find my cap this morning
and ma called out from the dining
room, Benny, do you realize your on
the verge of being late for skool. wat
are you poking erround for?
I can't lind my cap, ma. G WIZ
good mite, everybody is always NOV
ing things erround, heer. l know
ixactly ware l put it and now it aint
there, jimminy Crissmass. l sed.
Well ware did you put 1t, il You
know so much. ma sed.
Somewares on the ferst floor, sed,
and ma sed. for eoodniss sakes, some
ware on the ferst floor. that's about
as definite as the Pacific Ocean. I
Suppose I'll half TO come out there and
find 1t for you. she sed.
Wich she started to. saving. I sip
pose it will be the ferst place l look,
as usual. Wich 1t wasent, and she
kepp on looking in vane, saying. If
you would ony remember ware you
put your cap all this would be
avoided.
do remember ware 1 put it, ma,
I sed. and she sed, II you tell me its
on the ferst floor agen I'll give you
sutch a crack you wont know ware 1t
came from. And she kepp on looking,
saying, o go to skool without cap
and then at leest You wont he late.
Well G whizz. ma, holey smokes
good mite, I don't wunt to so through
the street without a cap on, people
would think l was crazy. l sed, and
ma sed. Yes, you'd proberly have )
thousand people following you, you
certeny are fussy at the rong times.
Wich jest then she found my cap
stuck in the umbrella stand on ac-
count of me having put it there so I'd
be sure to remember ware I put it
and sed, Well, l think maybe I'll go
without cap. ma, you sed l could.
You take this cap and take these
too, ma sed.
Meening 3 fearse slaps some place.
Evening star., 1925-10-06
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Evening star., 1925-10-06
HOW IT STARTED
"Apples of Sodom."
By JEAN NEWTON.

We all know of Sodom as one of the
four cities of antiquity which, accord
Ing to the Bible. were destroyed be.
cause of their wickedness And the
expression Apples Of Sodom" is ia
miliar in writing and in rhetorical
speech to signify something that is
filled with disappointment and bitter
ness.
Tho reference is to the Apple of
Sodom" or Dead Sea Apple" which,
according to ancient writer's. grew
near the Dead Sea and was described
as beautiful to the eye, but when
tasted, filling the mouth with ashes.
Antiquarians and students of an.
cient literature regarding apple" as
tigurative and making an effort to
track this to It's source, have offered
the explanation that the Apple Of
Sodom" was a glossy red gall growing
on dwarf oaks. beautiful and rich in
appearance, but filled with an in
tensely bitter substance.
Copyright le25.J
Evening star., 1925-10-06
Peoples Drug Stores Offer
To All Who Suffer Stomach
Agony, Gas and Indigestion
Money Back If One Bottle of De Doesn't
MoreC Good Than Anything You Ever Used

With this wonderful medicine YOU
can Danish Indigestion or dyspepsia.
catarrh Of stomach or any abnormal
condition that keeps the stomach in
constant rebellion, and one bottle
will prove it.
And how happy you will be when
your stomach is as good as new, for
then dizzine.-s, nervousness, sleepless-
ness, headache. d1 eyes and other
ailments caused by a disordered
stomach will disappear and you will
be your old happy. contented self
again. Peoples Drug Stores and
every regular pharmacist guarantee
one bottle of Dare's Mentha- -Pepsin
to show the way to stomach comfort.
Over 5000 bottles sold in one small
New Jersey town last year-ask
yourself y.-Advertisement.
Evening star., 1925-10-06

As Jason passed through the crowd
every one looked at him with wonder
and he heard them say, Look at himi
Look at him, Dou you see? lie wears
but one sandal. What will the king
say when he sees him."
They all became SO excited that
shortly it seemed as if the whole mul
tituds We're shouting, The one sandal
ed man has come
Poor Jason was terribly embarrassed
He thought the people of Iolchos eX-
ceedinCly ill-bred TO make so much
commotion over his loss. Almost IN
spite Of himself Jason found himself
pushed through the crowd and stand
ing before the king.
This robe of the kings should be
dark red trimmed with a black band
about the long-pointed girdle. Make
the bracelets and rings gold.
Copyright 1927
Evening star., 1925-10-06
Southern Buns.

Boil and mash a sweet potato. Rub
into It enough cornmeal and -four.
alternately, to make il Ike bread
dough. Add one-half a teaspoonful Of
cinnamon, the same amount Of sugar.
and one teaspoonful Of yeast. When
the dough has risen to at least twice
its original size, shape like biscuits.
Let rise again and bake. II you want
them to be glazed on top. brush over
with beaten egg white before baking
They are delicious If sprinkled over
with desiccated cocoanut Just before
baking.
Evening star., 1925-10-06

You can be so distressed with gas
and fullness and bloating that YOU
think your heart is going to stop
beating.
Your stomach may be so distended
that your breathing is short and
gaspy.
You think perhaps you are suffo-
eating.
You are dizzy and pray for quick
relief. What's to be done?
Just one dessertspoonful of Dare's
Mentha- -Pepsin and in 10 minutes the
gas disappears. the pressing on the
heart ceases and you can breathe
deeply and naturally.
Oh, what blessed relief. But why
not get rid of such attacks alto.
gether? Why have chronic indiges-
ton at all?
Evening star., 1925-10-06
Lansdowne Will Filed.

The will Of Lieut.. Comdr. Zachary
Lansdowne. u. g. N, was filed yester.
day for probate. He leaves his entire
estate to his widow, Mrs. Margaret r.
LAnsdowne. The value of the estate
is not given. Lansdowne was in com.
mand of the Inflated dirigible Shen.
andoah when 1t crashed to the ground
in Ohio, September 3.
Evening star., 1925-10-06
Molasses Custard.

Take one and onc.half cupfuis OF
molasses. three teaspoonfuls OF melted
butter, three egg yolks, and beat or
cream together well. Add havorins
d nd one cupful of sweet milk. This
makes three cuStardS. Beat tho
whites separately, and cook one.haif
a cupful of sugar or molasses until
it spins a thread. Pour over the
whites, beat hard, and cover the baked
custards and brown lightly.
Evening star., 1925-10-06

AS the cooler months approach, 1t is
natural TO take stock of our wardrobe,
If already it has not been done. Some
times it is the case that clothes which
ore not actually worn out cease to fill
the need we feel. Perhaps we have a
duplicate of one kind of garment, and
distinct lack of something else.
In case some of you have suits
Evening star., 1925-10-06

Silkworm raising. taken to Greece
by refugees from Turkey. has grown
to such an extent that this years
crop will exceed 100000 pounds of
cocoons, which is nearly twice that
Of 1920
Evening star., 1925-10-06
Clearing the Table.

One mother says:
Knife and fork drill is great saver
of steps to me. 1t is the idea Of my
eldest child and takes place after each
meal. Before the grownups arise from
the table he gives the command
Right about face" The three other
children stand at attention. then at
Forward march" each one picks up
his plates. knives, forks, glass, cup
and saucer and they march into the
kitchen. Then. quietly. each one re-
turns and carries out at least three
things from the table. 1t is soon clear
ed and the dishes are all stacked neat
y on the sink board.
copyright. 18@o.)
Evening star., 1925-10-06

which you would like to transform
into Winter coats, let me tell you of
one way in which it has been done
with success 1t may be the very
metamorphosiS that you would like TO
perform. 1t IS within the power of
any one who has a moderate knowl-
The Washington times., 1925-12-15
FOUR INDICTED
IN Staying

John Kulick, Joseph Albe Picard,
both white, and Robert Lee wig.
gins, colored. have been indicted
by the grand jury for murder n
the first degree, and Joseph *.
Shields, colored, for manslaugnter.
KuIick an enlisted man in the
marine corps, is charged with first
degree murder in connection with
the death November 8, last, or
John Ban. also q marine. Tne
crime is alleged to have been com
mitted in. the guard room OF the
Marine Barracks and the police
reported at the time that Kulick
came into the room which was
.nnder guard of Donald T.. Hilton.
and stepping from bunk to bunk
awakened the men.
Kulick is alleged to have slapped
Ban on the leg when Ban jumped
up from his bunk and struck
Kulick. Ban turned his back on
Kulick. and, it is reported, that 1t
was then that Kufick shot him.
Picard is indicted in connection
with the death, November IL, last, Of
Joseph r. Stems, the alleged crime
having been committed in the base
sYhenf sof the Columbia Hospital,
aThere both were employed Picard
said sif is alleged, that he shot
Stems because Stems had asked
him to-
Virgins is charged with the
killing, November IS, last, of Henry
+. Butler. colofed, on the rear
porch of 210 Elxty-second ST., N.
L.. at the house of Josephine Stew
art. The men, according TO the
police, had an argument over a
girl
Shields is indicted for man.
slaughter in connection with the
death, November 10, Of Willie
Snfpes, colored. The alleged crime
was committed at 1912 DeIaWsre
Ave. s. w Shields and Snipes
had an argument over a sick girl,
1t is said. who had come to the
house.
The Washington times., 1925-12-15
oEoRcEToWN's PLAYERS
SCORE IN "REAUcAIRE'

A matinee performance of Mon
sieur Beaucaire'' will be given by
the Mask and Ba1ble Club. Of
Georgetown University at 3 o'clock
this afternoon in Trinity Theater.
Members OF the club were greatly
encouraged by the success of the
initial performance last night, the
proceeds from which go to the
Georgetown Endowment Association.
Thomas Hagerty and William j.
Ward made hits. The stage and
lighting effects, were produced by
Victor Kerney. With more than
thirty members taking part
After the washington perform
ances. which conclude Wednesday
evening, the players will begin to
make preparations for "a trip to
New York during the Christmas
holidays
The Washington times., 1925-12-15

The District of Columbia Con.
gress of Parent Teacher Associa-
tons will meet today, at las p. M,
at the Hamilton Hotel, Fourteenth
and X SITS. NV. A member of
the Visiting Nurse Society will talk
on Posture and a play will be
given, 1.-The Defeat Of Folly"