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Evening star., 1925-08-31

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Evening star., 1925-08-31
BEDTIME STORIES
BY THORNTON
w. BURGESS

himself "As surely as I'm sitting
here | saw some one go into that
house. Now who could it have been
and what did they so in for?"
Not more than second later both
questions were answered for Peter.
Mr.. Wren's small head and slender
bill were thrust out. Peter gasped
On the end of Mr.. Wren's bill was a
pretty little Speckled egg. Mr. Wren
looked this way and that way and the
other way. Then he dropped the egg
1t fell to the ground at the foot OF
the tree. Mr. Wren disappeared. AL
most at once he was out with another
egg. He did the same thing with this
egg. Peter kept count. Five of those
little eggs speckled with brown were
dropped at the foot of that tree.
Then Mr.. Wren looked this way
and that way and the other way
He was making sure that nobody saw
him. He looked every way except
down where Peter was sitting. Then
swiftly he flew over in among the
bushes where he couldn't be seen. A
moment later he began singing in a
tree over near where his own home
was. 1t was that same rollicking
song that every one loves so much
Hearing it you never, never would
have thought it possible for Mr.
Wren to do anything bad at all.
Peter hoped over to the foot of the
tree where those little eggs had been
dropped. There, in each, was the
hole punched by the sharp bill of Mr.
Wren. Somehow Peter didn't want
to be there when Tommy Tit and
Mrs. Chickadee returned. So he
turned and scampered away as fast
as his legs could take him. To have
seen him you might have taken him
to be the guilty one.
IT'S true" Peter kept saying over
to himself, that rumor is true 1t
must be that those Wrens have
driven their neighbors away. 1t
doesn't seem possible, but it must be
true. And to hear Mr.. Wren sing
you would think he never had done
a bad deed in all his life. OF all the
people III the Old Orchard Jenny and
Mr.. Wren are the last ones / would
have suspected of doing such a thing
You never can tell in this world No
stree, you never can tell"
Copyright. 1925. by T. W Burgess)
Evening star., 1925-08-31

are those that consist of a square of
beautiful material and are worn as
shawls-not just as the women of
mid-Victorian days wore their shawls.
but thrown more gracefully over the
shoulders and drawn about the body
in charming folds.
This fashion is one that ought 10
appeal to the woman who must
make as many of her own clothes as
possible. There is nothing in one OF
these perfectly fiat square wraps TO
tax the abilities of the amateur dress
maker. 1t is usually about 50 inches
square and may be alike on all four
sides or may have a different border
on one side, which is meant to be used
about the neck and top. Sometimes
il is made of metallic silk. or rich
brocade, and sometimes of velvet lined
with georgette and edged with fur.
Sometimes lovely brocade silk forms
the center with a wide border of metal
cloth.
Last year, you know. the fad for
evening wraps built on strictly
tailored lines spread in a surprising
manner. They were usually made
of some sort of metal cloth and il
seemed as if every woman wanted
one, whether she was Of the type to
whom that sort of evening wrap
would be becoming or not. But this
year we shall have more to choose
from. Some of the new evening
wraps are still made on strictly
tailored lines. Others are of the cape
variety, and still others are of that
half-coat, half-cape species that we
call dolman. We have indeed a wide
variety to choose from.
The sketch shows an evening cape
OF bois de rose velvet lined and trim.
med with fur dyed the same shade
Evening star., 1925-08-31

This is the beginning of the last
week of the story of David Copper
field" If you have been saving these
paper dolls, at the end of this week
you will have a whole set with which
to- act out the famous story.
The noise David had heard was Peg
gotty. She could not get in, but she
put her lips to the keyhole and whis-
pered to David that early the next
morning he was going to be sent away
to London to school. Peggotty wept
a great deal when she told him this
and David cried, too. Then they kissed
each other goodbye through the key
hole and David went back to bed. but
not to sleep. He was too sad to sleep.
The next morning David was al
lowed TO see his mother once again,
but only long enough to bid her good
bye. The carriers cart was waiting
for him at the gate and he got in and
was driven off to Mr.. Creakles School
| for Boys in London. -
(Here is Mr.. Creakle, the school
master. Color his suit a very dark
gray)
Evening star., 1925-08-31
NY Neighbor Says:

About once week put a lit
tie kerosene in cold water, wiring
out a cloth, almost dry, and go
over the furniture to remove
finger-marks Then use a pol
ishing cloth.
Silver spoons and forks in
daily use may be kept bright
by leaving them once a week in
strong boraX water for several
hours. The water should be
nearly boiling when the silver
is put into il.
Keep honey in the dark. If
exposed to the light, it viii
quickly granulate.
Never scrape enameled ware.
because the coating viii be apt
to chip and then the vessel will
be unfit for use. If food burns
on the bottom Of pots of this
kind, put a small lump of com
mon soda into it with hot water
and boil until the food dislodges
about - minutes. If the
burned food still sticks. the pot
may be secured with fine sand.
Enameled ware will be protect
ed if the bottom is rubbed
thickly with soap the outside.
of course1 before being put over
| the flame of a coal stove.
! If a piece of old felt or car
pet is tackled on the knife
board. it will give knives a most
| brilliant polish without the
scratched appearance they have
when cleaned on the rough
board or leather.
Evening star., 1925-08-31
SUB ROSA
BY MIMI.
Such a Nice Old Family.
BY MIMI.

Have any, of you fallen victim to
the old family" disease?
Dreadful if you have. There S
nothing that can blight your outlook
on life more speedily. once you get
it into your head that this or that
girl is worth cultivating because she
comes from such a fine old family
all your happiness is on the way to
ruin.
We Americans are supposed to be
the most democratic nation on earth
we probably are-and still there
are dozens of our acquaintance who
are heard TO eXclaim several times
a day: Such nice boy-he comes
from an excellent family" OF course,
it's an odious enough habit in older
people. but in young girls it's down
right tragic. What chance has the
girl who goes through life with the
firm conviction that the only people
she must associate with are those
whose family trees stand high above
the common run?
Think over the best dancers and
best sports you know. How many
of those boys can trace their ances-
try back to some grand old duke?
Very few of them, I'll wager, A
group of us one night surveyed the
scene of a collegiate ball and idly
speculated as to just what sort of
people these trim, bright-faced, well
hammered boys had come from. We
all agreed that it was impossible TO
tell, for American democracy had
smoothed them to pretty near the
same level.
And the unfortunate girls who
have the old family bug, not only
spend Il weary time trying to find
beauX who possess the correct pedi
grees, but they get themselves in
wrong with all the less eligible
youths who make up the stag line
(And, after all, the stag line does
more for a girls popularity than
any other modern inventionD
Consider the fastidious young lady
who, while dancing with some gay
stag confides TO him that she's been
running around Il lot with Stuyvie
Van WORT, who is a perfect dar
ling-and comes from such a fine old
family-awfully aristocratic, etc. The
stag, whose father probably cleaned
UP a fortune on picked pigs feet
gives her a mean look and sighs with
relief when he's cut out
Thereafter she may see that par
ticular stag again-but it's probably
not his fault if she does. OF course
the boys hate snobbishness of that
kind worse than the girls. It's
rather a girlish fault-this habit OF
judging people by their family
coats-of -arms-or the grand old an
cestral portraits in the living room
So let's beware of that feminine
fault. We've plenty enough, most OF
us, goodness knows.
Copyright 1921
Evening star., 1925-08-31

- MBROIDERY initiating is one
- of the arts of the needle
woman. She knows when to
IL use filet letter inserts; when
TO substitute cross-stitch for
the filet, even though she uses the
precise design; when to use satin
stitch, fagoted lettering, darned out
lined or other special stitches to suit
the material on which the embroidery
is done. Some goods are worth very
fine work and some should have the
quickest and simplest sort. 1t is a
mistake to waste time by finely let
tering fabric that is cheap. However,
sometimes the weave of a material
lends itself to special embroidery that
is rapidly worked. For instance,
huckaback looks we'll when darned,
though damask looks badly so en-
broidered. A round-thread goods in
loose, heavy weave lends itself ad-
mirably to crosS-stitch, making the
use of canvas unnecessary. The
squares can be calculated without it.
Letters can be easily traced on satin
or very smooth finished fabrics, and
satin stitch is excellent to use on
them. Large letters may be outlined
and the space between filled in with
catstitch or fagoting. The size of each
stitch depends upon the width of the
space between outlines. The grad
uated stitches are artistic. Very in
conspicuous initiating can be done in
Armenian work. The square form
of fflet designs suits this. A fine, close
weave fabric may be embroidered by
using a number one needle and a very
fine thread. Make a short stitch equal
TO half a square, and draw the stitch
very tight as in hemstitching. The
large needle will ma Ike the necessary
hole without drawing the threads.
Description of Stitch.
After making the stitch put the
needle down through the first hole and
bring it up on the outline of the op-
posite side of the filet square. This
under stitch must be straight across
what would be the square if done in
Evening star., 1925-08-31
The Boys Sweater.

Most young boys would sooner think
of starting to school in the Fall with
out textbooks than without a sweater.
So if the clothing plans call for some
thing new in this line before Christ
mas, it will be the part of under
standing parents" to see that sonny
has his in time to help him get a pro-
pitious start in the Fall term.
The choosing of a boys sweater is
not a simple matter. This is partly
because very few adults understand
the whole problem of it. Parents are
likely to put most of their stress on
the durability side of the choice, and
mothers who have a pretty keen ap-
probation of what's important in boy
life, will want a good color-may even
think of the desirability of its con-
forming to school or team colorS. But
still the most important point In the
selection of a boys sweater is unSuS-
pected So il is best always to take
him along when the choice is made.
Style-or as he thinks of 1t, what
the other fellows are wearing is the
paramount question in sweaters. Other
clothes are perfectly all right from
HOueiS WHICH SiON H-upo nave posSOu
on. but Young America is tempera-
mental about his sweater. The vogue
for him may be a matter of pockets,
the nature of the collar, color, belt or
tailoring. but whatever it is, it is all
important, and it won't be a real
sweater without conforming to this
standard.
This much decided on, we are ready
to think of practical features.
How heavy and warm the sweater
should be depends in large part on
whether it is to be worn under the
coat or to take the place of a coat.
Either may be coat-shape. with buttons
down the front, or q "pullover." Many
of the younger boys, as well as their
mothers, prefer the latter type be
cause it eliminates the problem OF
buttons.
Evening star., 1925-08-31
WHEN WE co SHOPPING
BY MRS. HARLAND III. ALLEN.

under the coat should be considerably
snugger than for an outside garment
Sweater sizes are in terms of years
from to IS.
The wear of a sweater depends upon
the closeness of the knit, the care
with which it is made and the quality
of fiber used. Long virgin wool is, of
course, the best. as we'll as the warm
est material. Knitted wool is fairly
| easy to recognize by its witness and
the gloss of its color.
Serviceable tailoring shows up in
strong buttonholes, tape on the inside
of pockets and shoulders. reinforced
elbows and covered seams.
A cloSeknit garment will stretch
| less than one that is loose, so it nat
urally washes better.
Evening star., 1925-08-31
Stuffed Tomatoes.

Eight tomatoes, three-qSarter cup
minced chicken, one cup bread
crumbs, one tablespoon chopped
onion, one tablespoon chopped pars.
ley, one egg. Salt, pepper and other
seasonings to taste. To prepare the
stuffing melt one tablespoon of
butter and slightly brown the minced
onion in this. Combine other ma
terials and stir into the hot butter.
To prepare the tomatoes leave on the
skins and cut slice from the stem
end. scooping out the inside of each.
Before filling in the stuffing sprinkle
each tomato with salt and pepper and
allow the stuffing to come one-half
inch above the tomato. Place each
stuffed tomato on a round of bread
and place in the oven for fifteen min
utes or until brown. Serve with a
brown gravy.
Evening star., 1925-08-31
Corn Meal Rolls.

Sift together one and one-fourth
cupfuls of wheat flour, three teaspoon
fuls of baking powder. and one tea
spoonful of salt, then mix with three
fourths cupful of corn meal Rub two
tablespoonfuls of butter into the dry
ingredients. Beat one egg, add one
half cupful of milk, then add this
mixture to the dry ingredients. Add
soft dough. Roll out on a Toured
board, handling lightly. Cut with a
round biscuit cutter, fold like Parker
House rolls. and bake in quick oven.
This makes IA small rolls.
Evening star., 1925-08-31

day manufacturers with great sue.
cess.
The giraadole and buffet shown are
typical of the Sheraton reproductions
on the market today. The girandole
is Eilded and the sideboard is of flame
mahogany with satinwood inlays.
This lateer piece has grace
fully curved front, fine brass mount
ings and slender, tapered and reeded
legs.
Such furniture as this can never be
come ordinary nor can its solid worth
be Influenced by style changes. 1t
represents a lifetime investment for
its purchaser in service and salts
faction.
Evening star., 1925-08-31
What TomorrowMeans to You
Virgo.
BY MARY BLAKE.

FASO.
Tomorrow planetary aspects are
very different from those that prevail
today. While not adverse, they are,
on the other hand, neither favorable
nor stimulating. They are decidedly
complex and indicate an atmosphere
of uncertainty, distrust and doubt.
You are liable to be assailed with
thoughts of failure or fear of sick
ness, although there is nothing tang1-
BILE to warrant the one or justify the
other Even worse than this, you
might, under such sinister auspices,
begin to doubt those you love and
question in your mind their loyalty
and devotion. Only strong and
forceful determination not 10 pc
swayed by external and inexpGcable
conditions, and a strict attention to
the daily task in hand, will enable
you to overcome influences that are
so inimical to ones peace of mind.
Children born tomorrow, regardless
Of sex, are fated to experience GER
tain amount of sickness of more or
less gravity during infancy. Their
success in overcoming these physical
difficulties and their ability to attain a
normal maturity, will solely depend
on the character of the environment
with which they are surrounded and
the correctness and adequacy of their
aIimentation. In character and dis
position, the boy will be willful, quick
tempered and stubborn, although at
other times he will show a winsome-
ness that will prove very attractive.
On the other hand, a girl will be do
cile, amiable and amendable to all
good influences.
If tomorrow is your birthday your
magnanimity is patent to all those
that know you, your open-heartedness
is recognized and your sincerity of
disposition is unquestioned. You
never mince matters, are a foe of
compromise and no one has ever
thought of you as being "wishy
washy." You are outspoken and
brusque in your speech. There is
never, however, a sting to any of
your words, nor do they contain any
hidden meaning. AS a result, your
friends do not hold your downright
ness" against you, and only look
upon it as a proof of your sincerity
and conviction.
In spite of such idiosyncracies, you
are chock full of sentiment and emo
ton and are very loyal to your kith
and kin. You are demonstrative
where your affections are involved,
and this, by it's own force and
strength, evokes ready response
from those nearest and dearest to you.
(Copyright, 1e2b.l
Evening star., 1925-08-31

filet. Make a similar stitch to the one
across and then bring the needle up at
the end of the next filet square, and
down halfway back. Draw the thread
tight. Now YOU have three tiny
stitches on the right side and a right
angle made by the threads on the
under side. Repeat these stitches, re-
membering that the underside must
always have the stitches straight.
These initials may be worked in a
contrasting colored thread to that of
the fabric, and form delicate points
of color indicating the letters. When
the knack of the work is acquired
this initiating is rapid work, and
both sides are good looking, but 1t is
suited to few uses. The initial de-
signs must be good sized. and stitches
dainty and precise.
Travellers Apron.
Small croSsstitch letters are just the
things to mark the pockets of "a trav-
eler's apron. This apron is made by
binding squares and strips of linen
with tape or braid in a contrasting or
Self-Same tone and then stitching
them to a rectangular piece of the
same material Letter the pocket
pieces before attaching them. One
of the long strips the full width of the
apron probably should be lettered
Comb and another similar strip a
trifle longer should have the word
Brush on it. Other pockets bear
the words Soap" Pins Sponge
etc. The latter will probably be used
for a face cloth, but sponge is shorter
and is best for the space. This pocket
may be lined with rubber cloth, or a
small rubber bag may be slipped in
side of it. Bind the top of another
piece of the cloth, as well as the top
of the one with the lettered pockets,
and then bind both pieces together,
except at the top, which permits of
a pocket space the size of the apron.
Sew lengths of the tape or braid TO
each corner of the affair and you
have an apron. This case apron, when
tied about the waist, with every ar
ticle handy, is a delightfully."- useful
travellers accessory.
Evening star., 1925-08-31

that Jenny had no very near neigh
bors. and there certainly was some
thing queer about it. 1t looked very
much as if the neighbors who used to
be there must have had some good
reason for leaving.
Jehnny Wren had disappeared in
side his house. 1t was the second
house she had occupied. for she had
raised one family in another house,
Peter could hear Mr.. Wren singing.
lie was some little distance away.
Peter hoped over in that direction.
He thought he might be able to find
out something from Mr.. Wren. Just
as Peter started Mr.. Wren stopped
singing, so Peter didn't know just
where to look for him. You know,
Mr.. Wren is so small that it is very
easy for him to keep out of sight.
Peter looked all around, but he
couldn't see Mr.. Wren. So finally he
sat down in the bushes along the old
stone wall. He sat down just to rest
a while. BY and by he noticed that
there was a bird house in an apple
tree quite near him. 1t was one Of
Farmer Browns Boys houses. Peter
wondered if any one was living in it,
and if so, who it might be. Then he
heard the soft love of Tommy Tit the
Chickadee. Almost at once Mrs.
Chickadee put her head out of the
doorway of that little house. She
looked ali around. and out she came,
and together she and Tommy Tit flew
away to get something to eat.
Peter watched them out of sight.
Then he turned to again look at the
little house. He was just in time to
see a tail disappear inside. Peter
blinked. That's queer, said he to
Evening star., 1925-08-31

Sundey morning Mary Watkins was
setting on her frunt steps on cush-
ions and she sed she would take a
wawk with me Sundey afternoon if /
came erround and Sundey afternoon !
started to go erround and l met Puds
Simkins wawking in the same diree-
tion all dressed up as If he thawt he
looked wonderful, me saying, Ware
you going?
Erround to Mary Watkinses. she's
going to take wawk with me, Puds
sed. 81
o is that so. like fun she is. who
sed she was? / sed. She's going to
take a wawk with nae because she
told me so this morning with her own
mouth, so wat rite have you got to
come butting in? ] sed.
Whose butting in, you must be
crazy aint you? Puds sed.
No | aint but maybe you are, are
you? | sed, and he sed. No l aint,
and watts more she told me last mite
she would take a wawk with me this
afternoon and Id like to know wat
rite she had to tell you after she told
me, good mite G. wiz gosh shang it, ii
would serve her good and rite IL
neither of us dident go erround now.
holey smokes watts she think we are,
slaves?
G. wiz, she must, I CESS, tell you
wat let's do, let us both wawk rite
past her house and tip our hats to her
without saying a werd and keep rite
on wawking and take a wawk by our
sells, I sed. Hows that for a revenge?
| sed
Sure. it'll serve her good and rite.
darn her, that's a darn good revenge
on her, Puds sed.
And we started to wawk erround to-
gether getting reddy to tip our hats,
and jest before we got to the corner
who termed erround it but Mary Wat
kinS wawking with Persey Weever
with a flower in his button hole look
ing as if he thawt he owned the werld
and me and Puds quick changed our
revenge and wawked pass without
even tipping our hats.
Proving you never know wat girls
going to do and she proberly don't
| herself
Evening star., 1925-08-31
: Spanish Rice.

Put into saucepan two tablespoon
fuis of butter. When it is very hot,
add half a cupful of rice which you
have washed well and then allowed to
dry. Fry the rice until it is brown,
stirring it frequently. Then add an
onion chopped very fine, two table
spoonfuls of cooked tomato and a lit
tie salt and pepper. Cover the mixture
with hot water and let it cook until
the rice Is tender. Add more hot wa.
ter as needed, but do not stir the mix.
ture after you have added the water.
Evening star., 1925-08-31
HOME NOTES
BY JENNY WREN

The elegant and ingenious cabinet
work of Thomas Sheraton strongly in
f1uenced English and American furni-
ture designs toward the close of the
eighteenth century. Many pieces in
spired by his work are still in exist
ence and are being copied by present
Evening star., 1925-08-31
Salmon Patties.

Take / can of salmon, pour off the
oil, remove. all skin and bones and
break into flakes. Melt / tablespoon
ful of butter in saucepan and mix
smoothly with 1t tablespoonfuls of
flour. Then add slowly cups of milk
and season with l tablespoonful of
salt, 1h teaspoonful of pepper, a little
minced very fine Add faxed salmon
and cook minutes, stirring con-
stantly. Put in patty shells and