davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1925-07-27

or has a half-formed notion to 20 and
buy one is very good reason Yhy
you should select some other shade
There are always shades much
smarter than the shade that appears
all over town. Purple was very much
better a month or so ago than 1t i.
now, and you were wise il you wore
your purple hat then. But IL you are
yet thinking of buying it, choose soms
other shade.
Turquoise blue which is used much
by Reboux of Paris would be a good
choice. and this goes admirably with
a black or navy blue ensemble. Then
there are some of the new bois de
rose shades that are excellent in felt
and are quite sure not to become over
popularized. Rather trying Is the
shade of bright blue that the French
call hleu royale. 1t is a sort OF indigo
blue and sometimes 1t is called ball
blue" here and sometimes pencil
blue. These blues differ somewhat
but they are all bright and rather
opaque-staring enough to be very
smart when worn by the right WON
an in just the right way.
The sketch shows two felt hats
bearing the cachet OF French design
The scalloped shape of the upper one
suggests the futings of tart shell
Below is a. little mauve felt trimmed
with A purple aigrette. InterestinglE
enough all these shapes and an in
finite variety of other shapes are pro
duced from the crudely shaped felt
pieces that are like clay in the pot
ter's hands when deftly manipulated
by clever miIliner.
Copyright. 1920
Evening star., 1925-07-27
Face Powder.

Heavy powders consist of barium
sulphate with finely powdered tai
cum Light powders are usually
starch-corn starch. wheat starch or
rice starch. Rice starch is finer than
corn starch or wheat starch. Rice
powder starch granules, however, are
somewhat sharper than corn starch or
wheat starch granules, and for this
reason rice powder carelessly applied
is likely to set up Inflammation of the
eyelids and conjunctivitis. Zinc oxid
is sometimes added to face powder
and is comparatively harmless. Very
few cheap powders contain lead car
bonate-which is q poison. Bismuth
subcarbonate is the important in
gredient in so-called liquid powders.
Bismuth is comparatively harmless.
The prolonged or habitual use of
face powder is without serious objec-
ton from the hygienic viewpoint. The
notion that powder tends to clog the
pores" Is wholly imaginary.
Baby specialists have reported sew
eral cases of insuffiation pneumonia
in infants from the careless use of
zinc stearate toilet powder. In some
cases the 1aCal lnnalallOn Oh the pow
der occurred when the infant was
given the powder can to play with and
accidentally removed the top.
Face powders are sometimes colored
with carmin for flesh tints and with
umber or yellow ocher for brunette
tints. These are harmless enough.
Some bizarre tints are obtained by
the use of various anilin dyes, and
for certain sensitive persons the ami
lin dyes are irritants and will produce
obstinate dermatitis.
Compact powders are usually heavy
powder (barium sulphate with more
or leess talcum) moistened with alco-
hol and compressed to the desired
form. The addition of zinc oxid makes
the compact more solid. The use Of
powder in this form is quite as harm
less as it is in the ordinary form.
Trade statistics show that about
240 million packages of face powder
are used annually in the United
States, and nearly 1S million packages
of rouge. Although most of this Is
harmless, it is still a good plan for
any one using these cosmetics to re-
member that certain skin LESSONS, GER
tain cases of obstinate eye inflamma-
ton and certain cases of systemic
poisoning are due to these cosmetics,
and that good dermatologists now
consider the use of these cosmetics
responsihle foE some skin troubles
Evening star., 1925-07-27
REALTY CHATS BY EDNA KENT FORBES

and put in a little boraCic acid solu-
ton, something else that every bath
room medicine abinet should have
A compress wrung from hot tea is
often more restful over the eyes than
hot water, though exactly why I can
not say. I think any eye treatment
should end up with face treatment:
a massage with cold cream and A
washing with hot water rests the
whole face and brings UP the blood to
the eyes also. Rest with closed eyes
as long as possible.
Mrs. J. B.-If you had sent a self
addressed. stamped envelope for a re
ply, | could have given you fuller in
formation on your inquiry; but the
most important thing is to avoid dry
ing up tho milk by any unnatural
method, such as lotions in which there
is camphor.
Nurse the baby one time less every
few days until you have weaned it
and the milk will be leaving at the
same time without impairing the tis-
sues. After this is over. if there is
any f1abbiness. tone the skin by dash
ing very cold water over It every
time you bathe.
Evening star., 1925-07-27

Cay pdraSolS are the vogue this
Summer. They are amazing in their
color schemes and charming in their
effect II has been almost, if not
quite. half q century since such vivid
and striking STYLES were the fashion.
To this bTilliauce is added a new note
that has but just come TO me from
abroad. Because I want readers of
This paper 10 have the benefit of ad-
vance information on the subject, I
am DEPRESSING from the schedule, and
instead of giving more Of the filet in
iIials. as announced last Saturday. I
am going to describe two or three OF
these parasols Some of them YOU
can make which is a decided advan-
tagc. for il may be extremely difficult
10 procure the models as vet in Amer
lea. Moreover, it is possible 10 trans
form regulation parasols, those that
YOU already have, perhaps. into these
smart models. \ street costume with
parasol embroidered 10 match carries
out tho ensemble idea to perfection.
Worked in Wool.
Wool embroidery is featured. You
know this works up rapidly and so
T. Ees hut little time 10 do. The design.
whiCh is apt TO be Of flowers broadly
done may form a border for plain
rar8scl. or the embroidery may cover
the entire top. Sometimes the pattern
cnciTclcs the tip and is worked in en-
iarginG circles to conform to the shape
of the para sol. or the design may be
done with loss >TcEularity and form
straight lines fitted loosely TO make
four sides though the lines do not
meet at the angles and may not num-
hcr exactly the same on any two sides.
\ ponEec parasol done in rose. green
arc blue. with an occasional touch of
black. Is stunning. Sunshades with
woven borders may have the en-
hroIdory done on tho bands only.
Petal ParaSOlS.
mother style that is fascinat ting is
10 have ono large, fuil.bloWn flower
form tho entire decoration for a para
sol. The space between each rib is
gwen 10 81 single petal. Therefore
the number of petals varies This
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Experiments for the Amateur.

The amateur gardener is asking,
How may ] do it, too?' How may |
learn TO improve my garden plants and
add colors and size to my blossoms
told MFR. Burbank while talking of
his many plant perfections.
There are SO many things that the
amateur may do that it is hard TO
know where to begin he replied.
But perhaps some brief directions as
to methods and procedure might be
helpful to start with.
There are no secrets about the art
of breeding plants. and the door is
open TO all who would study in this
school The student is an explorer
into the infinite lie must give up
old ideas and open his mind to new
interpretations of the forces of nature.
His work is 70 improve existing
varieties and TO create new forms.
Also to combine wild or uucultivated
species with those having better char
acteristiCS and SO produce new varie-
ties better than either.
This NAV he done by crossing or
the combination of two plants to pro
duce a third, and to induce variations,
but most important of all by selecting
the best and finest forms and discard
ing all those that do not come up to
the ideal or standard
In my own work these expert
ments have been assisted and
hastened by planting seeds on a
large scale. and instead of raising
plants by the dozen or the hundred
they have been raised by the thou
sands, and out of thousands of young
plants perhaps only one has been
selected.
This method of raising plants in
such large numbers has made posi-
BILE the development of many new
varieties and the manifestation of
innumerable hidden traits and CharaC
Evening star., 1925-07-27
DEEEFERTE STAPLES BY THORNTON
SAD u A47AL ~ IL OkS1LO ~. BURGESS

Billy knew because he had seen Rattles
and Mrs. Rattles go in and out Far
down the Laughing Brook Billy heard
the sharp. rafting voice of Mrs. King
fisher. Instantly he darted out of
sight in a. little bunch of weeds. He
saw Mrs. I<ingfisher coming Just
above the water. He saw right away
that she had a small fish in her bill.
She swung right up and disappeared
in that hole in the bank. She didn't
even stop TO look around. 1t was
clear that she was in hurry Billy
srinned. Then he chuckled Babies"
he muttered Babies. And lust
about the right size, or she wouldn't
be taking in fish like that for them"
While Billy remained there watch
ing he grew hungrier and hungrier
1t seemed to him that Mrs. King
fisher never would come out But at
last she did and flew off to try to catch
another fish. Billy looked all around
hastily. He saw nothing of Rattles.
and by this time Mrs. Kingfisher was
out of sight. Then he started to
scramble up that sandy bank.
Now, it is bad enough to try to
climb a very steep bank, anyway
But when that bank is of sliding sand
it is one of the most discouraging
things l know of. 1t seemed to Billy
that for every foot he went up he
slipped back two. OF course. it wasn't
as bad as this. Slowly, a little at a
time. he did gain. But it was a hard
climbing and it was slow work, and
Billy was in a hurry. The sand get
up his nose and he didn't like 1t.
But at last BiHy's little forepaws
caught on the edge of that hole, and
ne started to pull himself up. His
nose told him that deep in that bank
were young Kingf1shers. His mouth
watered. Without any warning, just
as he was drawing himself up to that
hole, something sharp and hard struck
him on the side. Almost at the same
instant he was struck from the other
side. My, how it hurt 1t was as If
something burning hot had touched
him. Billy cried out and let go. Over
and over he went down that bank,
clear to the bottom. and after him shot
Rattles the Kingf1sher and Mrs. King
fisher.
Billy almost turned a back somer-
sault in his hurry to get into the
Smiling Pool. He had lost his ap-
petite. He didn't feel the least bit
hungry. Young kingfisher held out
no temptations for him. All he cared
about was getting into that water and
out of sight.
lcopyr1Ehte1e26sA 4----
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natty style conforms rather better to
sunshades having few sections rath.
er than many, so those who do not
own the chic many-ribbed sunshades
can employ this particular style of
trimming to advantage.
Net With Velvet.
The smartest Partisan parasols in this
petal style are covered first with net.
Over this the large petals are placed.
The stamens are embroidered or paint
ed. AS the petals are not sheer Cthey
are, apt TO be of soft silk velvet, the
parasol affords ample protection
against the suns rays. This model
follows the vogue of velvet parasols.
but is much smarter and more sum
merry. If YOU wish to transform a
regular sunshade into a petal parasol
YOU would applique the petals on to
silk, not a net foundation If YOU
have an excellent frame with a nobby
handle YOU can have it covered with
strong net by an umbrella mender
and then put on the petals. When
the Sunshade is opened the material
is stretched. as if on an embroidery
frame. This simpifieS the work Pet
ais may be blind stitched to the foun-
dation, or have the edges blanket
stitched to fasten them down. Tips
of Stamens may be embroidered in
heavy French knots. The end of the
parasol forms the pistil, which may
be stained or left in the natural finish
Crochetcd or Knit.
Those who crochet or knit NAV
have parasols in the latest fashion by
employing these works. Use silk and
crochet Tor knit round and round,
forming a complete circular cover
slip the tip of the sunshade through
the tiny hole made where the work
commenced. Be careful not to have
the cover too big. It should fit
snugly between ribs where the work
is drawn down taut and secured. The
mesh should be loose to he effective
Plain Colors are employed for this
kind of sunshade with contrasting
borders, which may form an edge tot
the work or be introduced a few inches
above the hem.
Evening star., 1925-07-27

To clean wall paper, first
brush the walls thoroughly with
a duSter tied over a long handled
broom, and wipe with clean
cloths until all the dust is re.
moved. Then cut q stale loaf
OF bread in quarters and with
the pieces lightly wipe the pa
per, holding the bread by the
crust. Begin at the top and rub
downward-never up or across
To prevent lamp chimneys
from cracking, put them into q
pan of cold water, gradually
heat until it boilS and then let
it cool gradually.
To remove lime which accu.
mulates on the inside Of a tea ket-
tie, boil a strong solution OF
vinegar in the kettle. then rinse
thoroughly before putting wa
ter in.
To increase the amount OF
frosting for custards, puddingE,
etc, without increasing the
amount of material used. take
the whites Of the eggs you
saved, beat as usual, adding
three teaspoonfuls OF sugar and
drop the mixture into a sauce
pan of boiling water. 1t will IN
stantly rise to top and will make
large amount OF very light
white fronsting. Spread at
once nd serve.
Do not black your gas stove.
Go over it occasionally with
olive oil.
4 block Of paper in the kitch-
en- on which TO iot down needed
household articles is a great
help.
Evening star., 1925-07-27

Mary Watkins don't speek to me on
account of being mad at me for not
saying that gerlS can do everything
as good as boys, and this afternoon /
had dime and ! was buying Ice
GREEN cone with half of 1t at Wltes
drug store, and Puds Simkins was
there and | sed to him, If Mary Wat
lzins dident think she was SO smart
Id be buying her one of these now
insted of jest one for myself
Well c. wiz. holey smokes, Ill tell
you a swell way to get revenge. Puds
sed. and l sed. How? and he sed. Wy,
jest buy cones and go in frunt OF
her house and start TO eat one of them
and pertend you don't know who TO
give the other one to. and she II stand
there with her mouth watering. and
then Ill say. Well III take ii If you
don't know who 10 give it to, apd then
you hand it to me as if you was glad
TO get rid Of it.
Sounding like a CRATE ideer. and
bawt = chocklit cones. chocklit being
Mary Watkinses most faVorite kind,
and she was standing on her frunt
steps and me and Puds started to
wawk past slow. me holding one cone
and eating the other one and saying
to Puds out loud. I'm getting tired
of holding this cone, I'd give IL to
some gerl if ! knew one | Wunted TO
give it to.
Mary Watkins jest standing there as
IL there wasent enybody elts in the
block except her, and Puds sed, III
take it, give it to me.
Wich | did. saying, Sure, I'm glad
to get rid of il. And Puds started to
eat it and Mary Watkins went back in
the house still with no Impression, and
| looked at Puds eating my other cone
and ! started TO feel doubtful. saying,
All rite she's gone now
Being hint | wunted the cone
back. and Puds Sed. Well YOU wouldent
take this back after | bin eating all
over the top of it, would you?
Certeny not. watts YOU think ! am?
I Sed.
And | watched him finish it with a
SenSa ton that the hole ideer was bum.
Evening star., 1925-07-27
In THE GARDEN WITH BURBANK
Reported by Elizabeth rquhart Burbank

teristics which could come TO the
surface only in this way.
"As an instance IL may be recalled
that in the work on lilies some species
of so lilies from all parts of the world
were used as a basis, and from these
more than 250.000 Seeding lily plants
were produced
"Of course the average amateur can
not work on such a scale. but even
in a small garden there Is room and
opportunity for important expert
mental work.
In selecting plants for experiment
there are several that may be men
toned as being more responsive and
variable than others and therefore
more easily improved or developed.
These include sweet peas. gera NUNS,
petuDias. violets, Columbines and
others, but single flowers rather than
composite.
And among vegets bles there are
corn of all kinds, potatoes, tomatoes.
peas and beans. although these last
arc a little difficult for the beginner
Il might suggest that, with yege
tables as We'll as flowers. the amateur
should choose some particular one
which he thinks might be improved
made little larger or finer, harder,
of earlier bearing or better bloom
ing, and work patiently with It until
he has accomplished his ideal.
THE work will be found not only
fascinating, but a health giving oc
Cupatiou It must be carried on in
the open air and necessarily brings
the worker into close contact with
nature, and as he learns something Of
her secrets and her beautiful ways Of
doing things. his own life is broadened
and deepened and he becomes a fac
tor in the everlasting creation OF life
and new forms of life. some of them
more beautiful and some OF them mors
| useful"
(CopyriEht 1e26l
Evening star., 1925-07-27
HOW 1T STARTED
Intoxicated
BY JEAN NEWTON.

Supporters of Mr.. Volstead will find
ioy in the story Of this word, for 1t
means poisoned" So unquestion-
able and so obvious upon investiga-
ton Is this significance that it is as
tonishing that it has been permitted
by prohibitionists to remain for SO
long concealed from the general pub
lici
'Intoxicate"T comes, quite frankly
from the Latin 'intoXicaire," which
means to drug or poison. 1t is COM
posed of the prefix 'in" plus "toxi-
cum" meaning arrow poison. "Toxi
cum" was the preparation in which
the Latins dipped the arrows which
they wanted to have poisoned tips.
Hence a man who is intoxicated is
dipped in poison, as the old Latins
saw it! Perhaps, after reading this,
lovers of the convivial glass will pre-
fer for their conversation the plain
and inelegant English word drunk"
which cannot tell story.
Copyright 1929
A chimney $50 feet tall was leveled
by exploding dynamite at the base, in
Dartford, England. recently.
Evening star., 1925-07-27
Tired Eyes.

Many women look older than they
are merely because they are tired. The
most fatigued part of. the face is al
ways the eyes, so any treatment that
rests the eyes will take away those
unnecessary years.
No artificial beauty aids should ever
be used. If the tiredness is the result
of eve strain I would recommend hot
congresses. Wiring a soft old towel
from hot water and lay 1t over the
ewes, renewing the heat as 1t cools Off.
This brings new blood TO the eyes and
is often quite enough to ease and re
fresh them.
I'd suggest alternate hot and cold
congresses as q more 1nVigoratlng
treatment. And I'd suggest massag1ng
around them and gently over the eye
lids with cold cream If they arc tired
But do not get the cream on the lash
es: this makes them heavier and
makes the eyes look still more tired.
You might try an eye bath. Buy
either n clear glass or a dark blue
glass eye bath: they cost very little and
every medicine chest should have one.
It's easier TO open the eve in water If
the bath is dark. Use clear, cool water
Evening star., 1925-07-27

coming. And a permanent wave, un-
less it is crisply set every few days,
will develop into such.
But just wet the hair, place some
of these combs in for awhile and
watch the results. They impart a
natural curl, due to their wavy teeth,
that will be the envy of all your
straight-haired sisters who sleep rest
lessly on curriers' or swelter over an
electric iron. NARCOTIC.
Evening star., 1925-07-27
Small Soft Felt Hat Still Persists
BY MARY MARSHALL.

The small straw hat of bangkok
and similar sorts have at last made
good the claims made earlier in the
season, and there is much to be said
about the prospects of the velvet hat
for late Summer and Autumn. But
the small soft felt hat persists and
occupies a place in the wardrobes
of many women that seemingly no
other hat can take. Just at pres
ent there seems to be a strong de.
Evening star., 1925-07-27
Little Sister.

Did YOU ever hear the fairy tale
about the very beautiful but wicked
water -sprite? II is not as well know n
as many fairy tales, so the story may
be new to you. If you follow the
color cut-outs you will have the COM
plete tale and whole set of paper
dolls with which to act il out.
A little brother and sister were play
ing one day by the edge of a we'll
that belonged 10 a wicked water
sprite The little girl leaned too far
over the edge.
Here is a picture of the pretty little
sister. Make her hair and eyes a
light brown and her cheeks very
delicate pink. Color her dress pink,
with stockings to match. Her shoes
should be black. Before cutting out
paste the picture on piece of heavy
paper, such as the cover of a maga-
zine.
Copyright 1920
Evening star., 1925-07-27
HOME NOTES
BY JENNY WREN

The problem of furnishing the hall
is a many sided one. Its decorative
possibilities are usually limited by the
fact that there is room for only a
single group of wall pieces. But the
hall must embody the spirit of vel
come, so it would never do to have
ii cold or Cheerless.
In this hall an effect Of great rich.
ness has been obtained by this color
Evening star., 1925-07-27
Summer Art Parties.

Ono mother says:
Our two small children are artistic
and love to make things. We fire.
quently plan 'art parties" They ask
in some of their friends and set to
work making things. One time they
took some wooden kindergarten beads
and put them on a hat pin and held
bright colored sealing wax in a fame,
then let the melting wax cover the
beads. They strung the beads on
small silk cord tying a knot between.
Another time they tinted postal cards
and still another learned to 'tie and
dye
Copyright 1925)
Evening star., 1925-07-27

long that he was beginning to get
hungry for some other food, and the
very thought of tender young King
fisher made his mouth water.
Now. Billy knew just where the
nest of Rattles the Kingfisher was.
Billy is apt to know things of that
kind. He makes it his business to
know them. When he had first dis
covered that nest he had decided that
il wouldn't be worth trying TO get to
until there were young birds in it..
You see, he knew that unless he were
very. very fortunate, he would be
likely to have a few painful remind
ors that he had no business there.
Leaving Peter Rabbit, Billy swan
swiftly the length of the Smiling Pool
and a little way down the Laughing
Brook below the Smiling Pool At
this point there was a sandy bank. 1t
was a high bank. Billy went ashore
At the bottom. lie looked up. There.
iust a little below the top of the bank
wae n hole. Tt was the entrance to
the nest Of Rattles the -kingfshers
Evening star., 1925-07-27
Cereal With Fruit.

Cold nodded cereal is a. welcome
change at the breakfast table, and the
addition of fruit makes IT an attrac-
tive and paIatable food. Press the
cereal into small molds or cups that
have been wet with cold water, turn
out on the breakfast plate and sur
round with -seasQnahle- -fruit>
Evening star., 1925-07-27
MODE MINIATURES

Every girl and woman who has a
permanent wave will welcome the
new water waving combs, for a
frowsy, kinky head of hair that stands
on end every one will agree is unbe-
Evening star., 1925-07-27

Probably had Billy Mink not stopped
to talk with Peter Rabbit he wouldn't
have thought at that time of Rattles
the kingfshcr and the fact that
probably RattIes had babies in his
nest. But having thought of them,
Eiliy couldn't get them out of his
mind lie had been living Oh fish so
Evening star., 1925-07-27

Prices realized on Swift & Company
sales of CARCASS beef in Washington. D. c..
for week ending Saturday. July 20. 1925. on
shipments sosi out. ranged from 1880 cents
70 "a 90 cents per pound and averaged 10 .e3
certs per ponnd-Advertisement
Evening star., 1925-07-27

full group of Spanish pieces. The odd
little iron grille silhouetted against
the window and the dark oak trestle
table against the gray wall are placed
with great effectiveness. \ square of
antique vermillion velvet is thrown
across the table. The black iron
hold yellow candles and
the romantic little Spanish galleon
q picture to arrest the eye
of an artist.