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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-19
LITTLE BENNY
BY LEE P.APE.

This afternoon ma was writing a
letter to somebody and she started to
stick her tung out OF one side of her
mouth like she does wen she writes,
and l sed, Wat do you do that for, ma?
Watts say? Wat? Wat do you
meen? ma sed keeping on writing, and
L sed, l meen sticking out part OF your
tung wen you write, wat DO YOU do
that for, ma?
Q, jest a bad habit, Suppose, must
try not to do it, it looks 50 unedu-
Gated, ma Sed.
And she kepp on writing with all of
her tung inside, and | sed, Well hay,
ma, | got a ideer, how mulch will you
give me if l watch you every time you
write a letter and ring a little bell
wenever you start to stick the end of
your tung out, until your cured of the
habit, wat will you give me, ma
G wiz, jest think wat you would half
TO pay ID docter, wat will you give
me? l Sed
/ know wat Ill give YOU if you don't
quit bothering me, and that's Il good
slap, now look wat you made me do,
you went and made me write slap in
sted of wat l intended to write, ma
Sed.
And she crossed it out agen saying,
II there's enything I hate to do its to
send enybody a letter with a lot of ig-
norent looking scratched out places,
Well G., ma, | should think that
would keep it from looking monotoniss,
] sed, and she sed, Your Excused from,
all ferther remarks till l finish this
letter.
WITCH she started to do, and all of a
suddin the end of her tung came out
agen and | yelled, There it is, ma,
there it is.
Wat? Wat is? ma sed, and I sed.
The end of your tung was out, and she
Eed. For GOODNESS sakes | thawt some
body was shot, and now jest look at
that blot you made me make, Mrs.
Richards wont know weather this is
letter or a battle scene, now you get
out of heer before I give you a good
SlaD.
i,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-19

complished. Decorators know per-
fectly how to combine the elements
of color and design and waste no
time, money or labor in achieving the
desired result.
This perfectly charming dining
room is furnished with very simple
early American furniture. 1t is of
dull brown mahogany and achieves
excellence only by the absolute sim
plicity of its lines. AS a background
for this chaste beauty the decorator
selected a delicately colored scenic
paper of many enticing vistas. The
smartly fashioned drapes are of plum
,olored satin and hang from under
gold-painted valance board. The
effect is stunning without being OBJ
truSive.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-19
Sweet Potato Pie,

Take two sweet potatoes the size of
a coffee cup, one cupful of sugar, half
a cupful of butter, and half a cupful
of sweet pickle vinegar or an orange.
Peel and slice or cut the potatoes in
strips. Boil them in an agateware or
porcelain boiler until tender. Line a
deep pie plate with pastry Arrange
the potatoes in the bottom and add
the sugar and butter. Pour in half a
cupful of vinegar, left from cherry,
peach or pear sweet pickle, or a sliced
orange with a bit of the peel. Put on
a top crust cut in halves or quarters
Press or crimp the edges together, and
bake slowly until the crust is a dainty
brown. Serve moderately hot without
sauce,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-19
More Precious Than Rubles.

thing must be valuable indeed
when it Is more precious than
rubies.'' You've probably seen a
number of large, beautiful, fiawless
diamonds, but how many large rubies
can you remember? Probably very
few, because there are few TO be seen.
The ruby, the red form of the min
eral "corundum," ranks even above
the diamond in value. Large, perfect
rubies are exteremly rare and are
priced stones. First water" dia-
monds are common in comparison.
Rubies vary in color from a rose to
a deep carmine.' The most valua BILE
color is the pigeons blood hue. Some
people still believe the legend that the
experts test ruby by putting the
gem on a white piece of paper and
letting fall a drop of blood from a
pigeons heart beside 1t. Comparison
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-19
Lies LONELINESS.
By FLORENCE DAVIES.

The papers have been full of news
OF January bargains recently. and a
good many of us have drained our al
ready Scant pocket books To take adj
vantage of the new year mark-downs.
Il was probably good thing to
snatch UP that Winter coat at the
pu>t-hOliday sale: and the dishes that
| we bought AT the housefurnishinG
preinventory sale will come in handy
and save just that many pennies
against the day when we might have
had to pay full price for the same
pattern.
Poets do Il different kind of shop
ping.
Life has loveHncss to sell" writes
| Sara TeaSdale in one OF her most
loved poems But how few Of us who
spend most of our days at home fight
ing dirt and disorder. or abroad i'm
mersed in Office routine. ever think
TO look for that loveliness which life
| has for sale,
What IS this Ioveliness that life
offers?
You will ind il all around You. in
/ the sky and winding road. in the faces
of friends, in the gray mist of a Win
! ter morning. in color and music and
daffodils in a window box.
You will find it. as this poet tells
you
In childrens faces looking up
Holding wonder like a cup"
Who has not seen them fieeIini,
glimpses of the wondering eyes of
childhood full of sweet mystery? In
music like n curve of gold
Who has not seen and heard such
loyeliness? The radio brings it, the
busy street holds it. the view out your
window, the kind thoughts of
friend. the flowers in the florist shop
as you pass. all reveal it, and yet if
we asked YOU how much loneliness
you have in Your life you would say
that loneliness was not for you.
You would claim. l am sure, that
YOU We're too rushed, too overworked,
too busy and too poor for loneliness.
You would try to tell us that lowell
ness is for the leisured few and for
the wealthy, for the artists and poets
and the grand ladies in palaces who
have pearls and sapphires, indoor
gardens and lace gowns.
But life is a just shopkeeper. II
has loneliness to sell and its price is
the same to rich and poor, fortunate
and unfortunate alike. 1t charges
Just the ability TO see and hear and
accept it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-19
INDIAN PUDDING.

one quart milk. When boil
ing sprinkle in two or three
tablespoons Indian meal. then
add butter size of nut. beat
three eggs and add TO them
one-half cup molasses. one half
teaspoon each salt and ginger.
Add 10 milk and bake from
one-half TO one hour. This Is
delicious
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-19
But Consider His Job.

From the Hartford Courant.
There are some inequalities in this
world. A President of the United
States can work a year and not earn
enough to buy a seat on the New
York Stock Exchange
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-19
Practical Arithmetic.

My children enjoy making arlth-
metIc problems of their own. They
cut from magazines pictures of veg
etables. such as large red tomatoes.
corn. carrots. and 50 forth. and paste
them upon large cardbOards, mark
ing their approximate prices. Furni-
ture, rugs. cakes. fruits and other sub
Jects easily found in advertisements
furnish new and varied problems
which give the work a touch of reality
dining room chairs at 81 each. SIG
l dining room table. ............. s35
l rug $40
Total s9l
over l. monthly payments, what
would be the amount paid each
month?
Copyright 1920
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-19
Black Most Effective in Laces
BY MARY MARSHALL.

Ecru lace, black lace. gold lace. sill.
yer lace and matching lace-you see
Item all among the new frocks de
signed for afternoon and evapine
wear. There is something subtle in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-19
HOME NOTES
Bl IiSNN WREN

When one iuSpccts a thoroughly
distinctive and beautiful! room done
by some skillful decorator it is often
surprising to note how simple were
the materials with which il was ac-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-19

Buy Diamond Dyes-no other kind
and tell your druggist whether the
material you wish to color is wool or
mixed goods.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-19

A Copenhagen firm is starting the
construction OF so fighting airplanes
for Turkey,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-19

Each l5-cent pack
age contains direc-
tions SO simple any
woman can tint soft,
delicate sha des or dye
rich, permanent COL
ors in lingerie, silks,
ribbons, skirts, waists,
dresses, coats, stock
lngs, sweaters, dra-
perles, Gov ings,
hangings every
thing
The Washington times., 1926-11-26

NET into the habit Of lying down
tr You don't have to go to sleep You often rest
quite much without sleeping.
Lying down and relaxing thing that everybody ought
ITO learn to do, and to do often.
When You lie down and quiet the stress is taken off
your heart and all your other organs have chance to
recuperae
famous DOCTOR being asked at time what he
could recommend for eepssness replied that the best way
get sleep sometimes simply not to whether
slept not.
It is easy work up Of by trying
sleep when sleep will not
Physicians often recommend going to bed for many
diseases.
The is that when you in bed and inactive, all
the building forces of your body have chance to
The waste is stopped
So long you are active and using your brain and
muscles the body storing posons of which only gets
rid when you rest.
Learn lie abed in the morning That is good time to
rest You not bothered with clothes and ordinarily it
ncommodes the rest of the family when you get up
8 o'clock than when you rise at six
1t is fault to old people to rise early in the
morning They want breakfast when there nobody pre-
pare it. and getting up early instance of being all
dressed up and nowhere to co.
1t win be found that it largely matter of habit You
change your habits and by allowing yourself be
dominated by the right thoughts the morning hours in bed
may not be unpleasant
The habit of lying down frequently during the day is
good one to cultivate.
Copyright 1895 by The Mcclure Newspaper
The Washington times., 1926-11-26
Sold for Gold

Everybody knows that for many generations freedom
American girls have been sold" to titled foreigners
Not often does the world learn the secret history Of such
rrangements-especially the financial details
But of the Duke of Marlborough and Consueo
Vanderbilt whose marriage has recently been annued by the
Tribunal of the Rota at Rome all the wretched items OF
typical bargain between American wealth and European
nobility have been disclosed.
The Most Noble Charles Richard john Duke of MARI
borough consented become the husband Of William Van
derb daughter Conuelo for the trfling consideration
of $250OO0O!
In addition Papa Vanderbilt to support the Duchess
to the tune 100000 year and in the event OF her death
the noble husband to receive her income, too!
It was hirtyone years ago that the Duke and Vanderbilt
haggled over the by which the unwilling young Con-
titled bride at seventeen coerced into the mar
rage report says her mother The amazing story OF greed
and snobbness fully set forth in the marriage agreement
Obviously the Most Noble Charles Richard John hasn't been
worth the price paid for him by the Vanderbts The match
went the rocks shortly such selfish unions must
The family repented the transaconeven to the point of
obtaining annumen Seldom has such fine basketful OF
soed linen spread to the gaze of snckeng public
both sides of the Atlantic
There's good in it, though American wealth still bankers
after titles Daughters still thrust wiyny into sordid
alliances with foreign hunters The revelations about
Consueos Duke likely to put crimp in this
titletraffickng.
The Washington times., 1926-11-26
Growth of the Early Christmas
Buying Movement

That the habits of the people OF nation may DE raolca
changed by persistent educational methods ap
the growth for early Christmas buying
SO ago of the Christmas trading was
done just before Christmas Even people with ready money
formed the habit waiting until almost the last moment to
purchases results unsatisfactory There
great congestion in the stores everybody under the
strain of unnecessary rush Sales folks ana customers
irritable grievous mistakes made unpleasant Things
said. and deliveries were delayed.
Then women the greatest sufferers from late Christmas
shopping started 'shop early and merchants
gave quick and grateful cooperation. and welcome
habit formed until shop early for Christmas has come
to be virtually national slogan and practlce
So notable has been the change in this direction IN TINS city
that Washington merchants moved forward the time for their
wonderful holiday displays All store windows and counters
abloom with attractions The Merchants and
Association finds shopping statistics that the tendency
toward early shopping has been remarkably rapid and stores
must meet this tendency with full preparations.
wdeawake merchants buy their Christmas stocks
many months advance that they be able to serve
shoppers who desire have their buying over well IN adj
vance happy holiday That spells relief and
clerks.
This shopping early idea of much Importance to the postal
service because induces people to mail their Christmas
in advance and feel assured OF their arrival on time
and in good condition
miles and select from Those people who come to
Washington from comparatively long distances to do their
trading all through the year will be well repaid for their
Christmas visits this year They will find huge stocks and
prices favorable in any city in the country.
AS trading center for Maryland Virginia and West Vr
gina people, Washington has been steadily growing in popu
ry for years and most deservedy The beauties our
visitors in the city itself duplicated in other ways in
mercantile establishments, making combination unr1vaed
by any other city in America.
The Washington times., 1926-11-26
Action Counts

misunderstood this piece 1t not intended to
boys and girls who think they in love to hustle hot
foot to the handiest parson.
Though James Berbck and Mary Kelly did about that They
elected to walk through the Pennsylvania tunnel in New
wedding
James and Mary invite because being dspleased
with their lives they set about making them Most
people either don't know what they want they know
fail to go after it.
The point is these youngsters took steps Being young
excited and all that steps may staid adults silly
setting the West without cent the girl masqueradng
in trousers.
The important thing that rather than mourning
unsatisfactory situation and letting it drift James and Mary
acted their affairs instead of standing still and getting
nowhere moved and swiftly. The two of them will be
red along by the march of events they have set going with
opportunity make of happenings whatever they
capable of making.
Which is surely better than staying drearily put.
The world is cluttered with unhappy dissatisfied
planning boys and girls They have the brains
figure what they really do and the courage
do it-if they will only them.
Action is better than stagnation if only start get
somewhere.
The Washington times., 1926-11-26
THANKS FOR
THE GIFTS
Mrs. Cornelius Beeckmanl

nEAR MRS. BEECKMAN:
~ In acknowledging wed.
ding gifts will you kindly advise
me who should write the acknowl-
edgments. the bride or the groom?
If either one, should 1t be signed
by both?
(2) In acknowledging wedding
gifts from the brides office (the
bride still retains her posltion)
who should write the acknowledge
ment, and should it be signed by
both?
A READER.
The bride writes a personal note
of thanks to the giver of every
wedding present. The presents
are sent to the bride tor should
bel in her name. to her home and
belong to her. Therefore she is
the one who writes the notes and
who signs them. OF course 1t is
polite and gracious for her to
mention in her note the fact that
the groom is also appreciative of
this thought for the new home
to be established.
~ The bride also writes the
note or notes of appreciation ana
thanks for this gift from her col
leagues and she alone signs The
notes.
The Washington times., 1926-11-26

A READER in New Orleans,
IA referring to the recent dis
astrous storms, asks a series &C
questions which are so interest
ingly put that 1t seems best TO
quote them before, in order to
save space, offering an answer
in the lump:
What are the causes Of these
tropical hurricanes?
How do they form and de-
velop two distinct motions, one
forward and the other circular,
within itself?
why do they always travel.
west, north, northwest, and never
east, south, southeast
why is the right side Of
one of these hurricanes more de-
structive than the left side?'
why do they cover such a
large radius when storm is at
Pensacola it can be felt in New
Orleans)?
why is the Caribbean Sea
their principal starting place,
and the months of August and
September. their principal time?
rs there complete vacuum
at the hurricanes dead.center,
and is this vacuum the medium
of destruction, or wind pressure?
why are these hurriances free
from lightning and thunder
The common source of all winds
is unequal distribution of the heat
derived from the suns radiation.
Inequality of temperature pro-
duces inequality of barometric
pressure, and the air flows toward
the places where the pressure is
The Washington times., 1926-11-26

gradually veering farther from
the coast.
Now the West India hurricanes
follow a similar general course.
They take their birth in the Gull
de-sac Of the Caribbean, where
the arrested and diverted trade
winds meet with colder, heavier
air from the continent, and they
assume the character Of cyclones
or revolving storms because of
the abrupt contrasts Of tempera-
ture and barometric pressure that
the abnormal atmospheric condi-
tions there bring about, especially
between August and November.
The circular character of their
winds arises from the fact that
they form around center OF low
pressure, for in such cases the
inevitable result is q whirling
motion.
This internal circulation indi.
vidualizes the storm, which then
stalks over the surface with a
progressive motion, the direction
of which is broadly determined by
the general circulation of the at
mosphere which. as already said,
is affected by the earth's rotation.
A tropical hurricane, whether
starting in the West or East In.
dies, curves westward and north.
ward and finally northeastward. (
Since the wnirl is from right to
left, evidently the velocity of the
wind at the surface will be greater
on the right hand OF the storm
track where the forward motion
) comedies with the direction of the
whirl. There is no complete
vacuum at the center of the storm.
though the pressure there becomes
very low. and a ''suctional" effect
may cause damage, as tornadoes.
Thunderstorms are entirely differ
ent in their origin and action, but
description here must be omitted.
The Washington times., 1926-11-26
ONCE-OVERS
BY j. j. MUNDY
DON'T FORCE YOUR PET TOPICS ON YOUR FRI

By j. j. MUNDY
DON'T FORCE YOUR PET TOPICS ON YOUR FRIENDS
You often talk about yourself and your interests but
you dislike to listen to the other persons story.
Do you indicate your Impotence when the other fellow
talks?
Why should you think that your opinions your expert
your ideas of much value than those of
your associatesi
Too often you talk of family matters family incidents
that think exceptional in comparison to Others when
matter of fact, they only ordinary but dull
and unnteresting,
Then you wonder why you not popular.
If you would stop long enough to figure the thing out
you might realize that others don't you monopoz
the conversation
But no, you must match up every statement they make
and add lot more for good measure And that's when
you become tiresome
Everyone does about matters in which your
family figured prominently which you yourself took
active part. -
Your favorite subject and the toward which try
direct conversations is becoming bore your friends
Have your hobbies but don't force them others.
The Washington times., 1926-11-26

lowest. Within the tropics. with
their always high sun, the heat is
greatest and the air consequently
highest, so that currents of cool
err. heavier air flow i'm from the
zone of higher pressure bordering
the tropics on the north.
The eastward rotation of the
earth on it's axis diverts these
currents toward the west. and
thus gives rise to trade winds, "
blowing westerly.
Now, if you look at map
showing the Atlantic coasts of.
North and South America you
will perceive that the trade winds
within the northern tropic pass
on their westward way into
sort of "cul-de-sac" formed by the
northwest trend of the northern
The Washington times., 1926-11-26
NEGOTIATIONS
OF A WIFE
BY Helen Rowland
We Women

We Women
HHARM is that indescribable
~ magic about a woman, which
forces a man to keep right on
thinking Of her, when he has
vowed to FORGET her-and is
kissing another woman.
A woman can't shoot straight.
When she aims at love, she
always misses: but when she aims
at pleasant platonic friend
ship, love usually falls at her
feet.
Never doubt that man still
loves you. as long as you can
utterly destroy his appetite by
starting a quarrel or a domestic
argument.
A mans loves are like a con-
tinuous motion picture; and his
heart is constantly changing
focus. until it gets so tired that.
after awhile. all women look
alike TO him.
A woman is never satisfied
with merely attracting a mans
attention-what she desires Is
TO DISTRACT 1t from every.
thing else on earth.
Some husbands kiss their wives
so seldom that, when they do.
it has all the flavor and thrill
OF a forbidden caress.
Bootleg love. like bootleg LIQUOR.
may have more of a "kick"-
but. I'm the end. there is nothing
which warns the heart and keeps
M the glow of life. like the
good. old fashioned. home made
domestic tiei
Every jealous glance from A
womans eyes, every reproach
from mans iips is another nail
in the coffin Of love.
a lover In suspense is. lover
Intense loYer treasured. Is a
lover cuTsdl
The Washington times., 1926-11-26

~ V E r Y day
II women and
girls come to
my office and
ask me to help
t h e IN fin d a
job.
Usually they
have failed to
o b t in work
from the var.
ious e m p 0 Y.
nent agencies.
The rea son Is
n o t a t o n C e
apparent. They
are obviously in
telligent, willing,
courteous. we'll
dressed and OF
appealing man.
ner. Surely the
w or ! d n e e d $
su c h w O M e n
workers. Then
why can't they
find the nn1niOy.
The Washington times., 1926-11-26

shoulder of South America, which
incloses between itself and Haiti
and Cuba. the Caribbean Sea,
which. in turn, opens northwest
ward into the great pocket of the
Gulf of Mexico.
The trade winds, together with
the surface water drift of the
Atlantic, enter this cul-de.sac and
the water currents very evidently
drive up through the Caribbean
into the gulf, where they cause a
distinct rise of water level above
that of the Atlantic, resulting in
the steady outflow around the
foot of Florida, famous as the
Gulf Stream" This stream on
emerging into the Atlantic. flows
northea stward. parallel with the
shore of the United States, but