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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-10-27
Lessons in English
BY w. L. GORDON.

Words often misused-Don't con.
fuse like" and "love." IT love chill
dren." II like candy"
Often mispronounced-Abys Pro.
nounce abs, the a as in talk" as
in "it", accent last syllable.
Often Observation-Disclosures; lie.
Synonyms Essential, necessary,
needful, indispensable, required. requi.
site.
Word study-"Use a word three
times and it is yours" Let us in.
crease our vocabulary by mastering
one word each day. Today's word:
Analytic; relating to, or characterized
by, the method Of analysis. HE was
not a man of analytic ability"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-10-27
Japanese Fruit Cake.

+wo cunfuls of sugar, beat in four
eggs one at a time. add one cupful
oS sweet milk, then three .cupfuls of
f,our. Take one-third Of the batter,
add one cupful of seeded raisins. and
one teaspoonful each Of cinnamon, all
snice and cloves. Butter three baking
tins. put the dark batter in one tin,
the other two-thirds in two tins. Bake
in a moderate oven. When cold. put
together with the following filling: One
cupful of grated cocoanut. one can
of shredded pineapple, the Juice of
two oranges, one and one-half cup:
fuls of sugar. and cook until thick.
Cool, spread between layers, using the
dark cake in the middle.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-10-27
Ribbon Cake.

Make an ordinary yellow cake dough
according to the following recipe: Two
cupfuls Of sugar, one cupful Of milk,
three cupfuls Of flour, three eggs,
two-thirds cupful of butter, two tea
spoonfuls Of cream of tartar, one tea
spoonful Of baking soda, and one tea
spoonful Of lemon extract Take out
one-third into another dish. Add to
this one tablespoonful Of molasses.
one-half a cupful of raisins chopped
fine, and one-fourth teaspoonful each
of powdered cinnamon, cloves and all.
spices. Butter a deep tin and pour
In one-half of the yellow mixture,
then the brown mixture, and the re-
naming half Of the yellow mixture
on top.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-10-27
Fig Betty.

One pint of stale cake crumbs, one
cupful Of milk. one-fourth pound Of
chopped figs and one tablespoonful Of
butter are needed for this dish. Place
alternate layers of the crumbs dotted
with bits of the butter. and figs In a
buttered baking dish. Have the last
layer of crumbs and dots Of butter.
Pour over the milk and bake in a
hot oven for one-half an hour. Serve
hot with custard sauce.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-10-27
Sardines on Toast.

Empty one box Of boned sardines.
oil and all, into dish. add one table
spoonful Of finely chopped onion. the
juice of one lemon. a small cupful of
tomato catsup and salt and red pep
per to taste. Stir gently to mix thor
oughly. being careful not to break the
sardines more than necessary. When
very hot. segvo On toast
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-10-27
Jellied Chicken Bouillon.

To one quart of hot chicken broth
which has been strained through mus.
lin add one heaping tablespoonful OF
gelatin soaked in a little cold wafer
When lukewarm and beginning to set.
turn into square shallow receptacles.
such as glass baking dishes, to about
one inch In depth, and set away to
5ell. When cold and firm, mark off
into cubes like candy and bean
the cubes up in bouillon cups, Ton
with a slice Of lemon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-10-27
Gingersnap Sauce.

This sauce can be served hot or cold
with fish, meat, tongue or leftover
meats. To make mix four crushed
gingersnaps with one-half a cupful
of brown sugar, one-half cupful Of
vinegar, one-half a teaspoonful Of
onion juice. one cupful at hot water
or stock, one-fourth cupful Of raisins,
and the juice of lemon and. tea
spoonful Of grated rind. and cook all
together until smooth.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-10-27
Easiest Way to
Remove Freckles

Today there Is no excuse for unsighty
freclIes. tan and sallow skin. For o won
derful new discovery gently removes blem-
fishes and freckles as II by magic. Almost
overnight your skin takes on that enchant-
Ing. clear beauty that every one envlos and
admires. yet few possess. Just before bed
time. smooth cool. fragrant Golden Peacock
Bleach Creme on your skin. The very next
morning notice how freckles. sunburn and
tan have already started to 20. Your money
will be refunded IL you are not satisfied.
At all good drug and department stores,
such a. Peoples Drug Stores. Inc. "all ever
town.: O'DOnneiIs Drug Stores. Gilmana
Drug Store, Christiani Drug Co.. GOldenberg's
Dept Store, Palais Royal Dept. Store. 8.
Kann Sons Co. Dept. Store and Sigmunds
Dept. Store.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-10-27
MARSHMALLOW WHIP.

Two tablespoonfuls gelatin In
one-half cup cold water, one-half
cup sugar, pinch salt, four cups
boiling coffee, one-half tea
spoonful vanilla, three-fourths
cups marshmallow cream. Let
gelatin stand covered with cold
water for five minutes, then
add to boiling coffee. add salt.
sugar and vanilla and let stand
until mixture has begun to con-
geal. Then fold in marshmal-
low cream, diluted with one
half tablespoonful boiling wa
ter, turn into mold, wet with
cold water. and when stiff un-
mold and serve.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-10-27
Keeping Lingerie Tape in Place


When a woman is in a hurry to get
dressed and is trying to do everything
the quickest way possible, it certainly
is annoying to lose the end of rib
bon drawstrings in the narrow hem
through which it is run. It Is bad
enough to have it slip back in the
beading. but then it can be caught
easily and the part that has come out
can. be drawn back again without
much loss OF time. It is when the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-10-27
SCRAMBLED EGGS, BACON.
CORN MEAL MUFFINS.

Take three-fourths cup corn
meal, one and one-fourth cups
bread flour, one-eighth cup
sugar, one-half teaspoonful salt,
four teaspoonfuls QeveD baking
powder, one tablespoonful but
ter, one egg and one cup milk.
Sift dry ingredients. add milk.
egg we'll beaten and butter melt
ed. Bake in shallow buttered
pan or in muffin pans 20 min
utes in quick oven.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-10-27

George Washington struggled for
10 years to get money to erect the
EgApi&ol and the White House.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-10-27

end of the ribbon is Just beyond your
grasp In the fold Of q hem that it be-
comes exasperating. 1t looks as If you
should be able to get hold of 1t, SO
you try, and almost Invariably fail,
after spending several Of the precious
minutes in the attempt.
Perhaps you can catch the end with
a pair of tiny tweezers. 1t is almost
worth the small cost of them just to
have them for this use in a household.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-10-27

Across.
3. To angle.
8. Restricts.
u. A State.
~. Dread.
16. To sow.
il. Period Of time.
10. Fidelity.
81. Lamentation.
g. Prevalent.
25. Greek letter.
20. Just clear of the ground.
%. Elderly woman.
80. Care for.
81 Large wave.
81. Hazardous.
S6. Commercial notices.
IS. Registered nurse (abbr)
80. Pronoun.
Al. Girls name.
a.. Part of ito tie"
a.. Ornamental vine.
<6. To.
<8. To stray.
SO. Mexican laborers.
81. A number.
81. Support.
&C. Repent of.
81. Marshy land.
80. Female deer.
CT. Double.
63. A claim.
e5. Preposi1on.
C.. Suffix; like.
6S. Doze.
20. Part of a comet.
70. u. S. possession (abbr).
50. Combination.
IS. Hard protuberance.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-10-27

Readers desiring personal answers to their
ed envelope to Dinah Day. care of The Star.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-10-27

Mimi will be glad to answer any 1na ,s,
direcfed 20 this paper. PROVIDED STAN
eddressed envelope is inclosed.
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M'KINLEY PARK
 WILL BE SHOWN
 PUBLIC, MOVIES

WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 20. (H) Secretary Work and Stephen T. Ma ther, director of the National Park Service, have completed arrangements for bringing the nineteen national parks of the United States to those who have neither the time, the auto mobiles nor the money necessary to view them
 Through cooperation with the Mo- ton picture Producers and distributors of America, of which Will H. Hays is president, and the Association of Mo- tion Picture Producers of California Inc, the 11,372 square miles of nation al parks have been made available un- der proper restrictions, for motion pie ture locations.
 Secretary Work believes that the parks should not be limited only to those persons who are able to visit them and his new plan, he asserts, will give the public an opportunity to see the natural beauties of America as background for appropriate motion picture stories.
 These will not be limited to histori- cal stories. Motion picture scenario writers will now be able to take char acters in their plots to Crater Lake or to the Lassen volcano or to Yellow stone or Yosemite for photographing.
 In no way is the natural beauty of the park to be changed. The atmos- phere, of the park will be retained in every instance The wild ani- mals that inhabit the parks will be fair targets for the motion picture cameras, as they now are for the cam
Seward daily gateway., 1926-01-20
DR. HORNADAY
 SURVEYS WORLD !.
 WILD ANIMALS
EXPRESSES WRATH AGAINST THE GAME BUTCHER, IN VOLUME
 JUST OFF PRESS

Anything that the distinguished di- rector of the New York Geological Park, more commonly known to the sweating Sunday crowds simply as the Bronx Zoo, has to say about animals, ly to be both interesting and profit able Dr. Hornaday, now mellow graybeard, has devoted his life to wild animals.
 In a recent edition of the New York Times, is described "A Wild Animal Roundup" volume recently off the press, the author of which is Doctor Wm. T. Hornaday, who is very well known to many Alaskans
 The doctor is a naturalist, sports man, explorer, taXidermist and epi- cure. Moreover, due to his love for animals, he is the most articulate and convincing advocate of the cOnserva- tion of wild life. A genuine but mod est hunter himself, he looses his wrath against the game butchers. In the present volume, which is a collection of magazine articles for the most part, he keeps the conservation plea we'll to the fore.
 He tells of the cave-bord of Trini- dad, the lure of crocodile hunting, the great brown bears of Alaska, the griz- zlies of the Rockies, the mountain goat, the caribou, the American bison, the muskox and the mountain lion Every bit of it is informative and oc- casionally it is exciting. And it has a strain of wistfulness. In his preface the doctor says in part:
 we who are responsible for this volume feel that there are certain number of old-fashioned nature lovers who will care for these wild animal records of yesterday, and also of today
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in form for the library shelf. It will not be many years more ere the most beautiful haunts of nature are ripped open by improvements, sacrificed by roads and tourist camps, and every where infested by rushing automo- piles. Already the wild beasts have fled to the remote recesses of the sec ond-hand forests. The game birds are fast going down and out before the six million American guns. I fear that even ten years from now there will not remain enough wild animals in the outdoors to salt their pallid fla vor or to interest the pleasure-mad young people. The most and best of the abundant wild life of yesterday is gone. Much of it you will never see nor hear of again, save in song and story, and in other books like this, printed in memoriam. Yes, there is one other way. You will see small amount of it in the beautiful habitat groups of mammals and birds of our museum, and, believe me, all the mu- scum people now are hustling hard to make them while the making is yet fairly good. Honestly, am glad that I will not be alive to see the tattered remnants of picturesque America" as they will appear fifty years from to- day.
 Thus in a spirit touched with sad ness, Dr. Hornaday rounds up his gor- geous collection of wild animals and puts them on for one grand parade.
 In addition to worrying about the vanishing moose, caribou and grizzly, Dr. Hornaday fears that unless some way is found to save him the elephant in his wild state will be doomed be-
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eras of visitors. If the motion pie ture camera man can photograph them without annoying them in any way, the animals can be enlisted as actors in the pictures.
 "The motion picture is the greatest present day teacher" said Secretary Work, "and has become an educator and source of amusement of millions. The number of visitors of the nation al parks and monuments during the travel year ended September 30, reach ed total of 2,O73,6S4. Hot Springs
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PAGE SEVEN

headed the list with 265,5O0 visitors and Rocky Mountain had 233,912 visi- tors
 Through the motion pictures we shall be able to show all the parks to all the people as they are. Appear ing, as they will, as backgrounds for stories, they will be presented in the most attractive form and will do their part to help entertain and instruct the people of the world"
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fore many more years. There are still districts in Africa where the ele- plants are pests to farmers; the doc tor comedies the rights of the farm CTS, but he points out that when Af- rica is more densely colonized there will be no room left for the elephants unless large preserves are establish ed now.
 Dr. Hornaday's roundup is illustrat- ed with more than 100 photographs, some of them the best in existance dealing with animal life.
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The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1926-01-01
oJhe BANK CLERK ANo TIE SO0A uCRKGE
GOD MADE A MARVELLOUS MAN

bile casualty list ashamed Of Itself.
I'm afraid you arc somewhat
given to cNaggcration,' said the
Bank Clerk.
Il aiut cXagGcratin. said the
Soda Jcrker. Il tell you that the
WAY most folks stuff themselves
with candy raisins, nuts, turkey
celery. cranberry saucr, Inlnce pie,
fruit cake, pound cake, egg nog ana
all the resi- of il on Christmas Is
ono Ur the greatest phenomenon IN
the world. When l contemplate the
reckless gluttony of humans AT
Christmas time am convinced that
man indeed is the greatest handl-
work of ihc Almighty. If the Good
Lord hadn't made Il darn good, job
of il when he made man the race
wouldn't survive Il single Christmas,
that's all" -.
Il should say more thau that,
said the Bank Clerk: 81 should say
that the greater marvel is that the
Almighty anticipated tho modern
pharmaceutical and patent mcdl'
cine business and perfected him a
man with an interior that could
withstand the ravagcS of chlomci
and the rest Of it.
And white mule added the
Soda Jcrker.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1926-01-01
HOLIDAY HOOTCH'
ID PRICES SCARED I.
$l5.eO a Gallon for Moonshine
Was Too Much For The
Average Ceiebrant

When the price of Christmas
hOOtch scared from $500 10 $1,000
per gallon in Elizabeth City, reck-
less drinkers began to plan to make
their supplies 20 long way. Eliz-
abeth City enjoyed Il comparatively
sober Christmas. There were few hill
arious tipplers in evidence even on
Christmas Eve night. There was only
one drunk Oh the docket in the Coun-
ty Court the morning after Christ
mas.
The high price of liquor during
the holidays is believed TO have
been responsible for the general
sUbricty. Still. there seemed - bc
an abundance of fairly good four
months old rye in many homes III
Elizabeth City Christmas morning,
the providenl ones having laid In
their stocks early in the fall and
~scd their own liquor.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1926-01-01
ARMY ENGINEERS TAKE
THEIR TIME, AS USUAL
No Congressional Action Can BE
Taken on Many Waterway I'M
prOvements mt This Session

l.. :. Army Engineers reports on
waterway improvements in this dis
trict will not be- made in time for
any action az thiS session of Con-
igrcSS. During the last session OF
Congress Representative Ii. :. ward
got thru several survey bills for
waterway improvements and hear
ingS were had OH rhcm during the
summer and fall.
Representative Lindsay {. War
rem has been in touch with the war
Department and is advised that re-
ports from the district engineers on
The various prospects, will be ready
on the dates here Indicated:
EdGnton Harbor. y. C., February
/. 1926.
Mouths of Roanrkc River and
AIackay Creek. y. C.. February l.
1926.
Channel beginning ut the mouth
of Mantco Bay, y. c.. and thence
Southwardly via Roanoke Sound to
the main channel in Pamlico Sound,
February l, 1926.
Bclhavcn Marlboro. y. G., Decem-
Der 50, 1925. .
Knobhs Greek. y. c.. February !,
1926.
If the district engineers reports
OF preliminary examinations are
favorable for imprOvcmcnt and the
reviewing authorities concur, sur
vcys and the preparation of plans
and estimates Of cost will b. author
izcd. Reports on preliminary cXn-
,minatious and surveys. must, as you
know. br rcvicwd by Major General
Tayolr, chief Of Engineers and the
Board Of Engineers for Rivers anu
uarbors. They are then submitted
10 the Secretary of War for trans
mission to Congress with suitable
recommendations for such action as
that body may desire to take.
It all molns that even If all re-
ports are favorable no Congressional
action can be taken before the scs-
sion of December 1926.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1926-01-01
DECLINE IN NEGRO CRIME

Judge Scbenck of Guilford Coun'
ty, \. c., Superior Court, after dis
posing of his docket the other day
glanced at the race designations op'
positc the names of the offenders
that had been before him for the
term and remarked II want every
white man in court to take notice
of this. Only three Negroes have
been sentenced thus far and here the
Anglo Saxon race has IL represent
ativcs in the list of felOns. 1t dld
not Use tD be this way in the Gull
ford court ROOM At the Judge ;
remark the solicitor was moved 10
.cxplain it was that way in every
court in the judicial, district.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1926-01-01

Flows business now that the
Christmas rush is OVER" asked the
Bank Clerk Of the Soda Jcrkcr when
he dropped in at the corner drug
store the other morning.
1--WE are worked almost rs bard
this week after Christmas as we
worked last week before christmas.
Last week ii was writing papers.
perfumes. fountain pens, safety
razorS. pipes. cigarettes, box can
dies and such things that kept us
busy. This week its EpSrn Salts,
castor oil. Pluto water. citrate OF
MAGNETISM. CascarctS, HOlls Rolls
liver pills and bromo scltzcr. ."s
ITS always that way aflcr
Christmas; everybody eats and
drinks so much stuff at Christ mas
time that they can't begin to digest
il. The morning after Christmas
they begin to run to the drug store
for headache medicines and pur-
-atives. I've dispensed enough
Pluto water and castor oil right
here at the fountain this morning to
move the bowels of the earth it.
self.
1T ought to mean good business
for the Elizabeth City Hospital and
for the doctors and mdertakerS.
They tell me il is Il fact that more
folks die from Over-eating at Christ
mas than. from all other preventive
diseases combined. The casually
list to be attributed to Christmas
dinners makes the annual autOmo-
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1926-01-01
DARE COUNTY HAS 1T
ALL TO ITSELF NOW
Frozen IIarbOrs. Stops Transporta-
tiOn and Water bound County
Folk Just Can't Move

Dare stounty. the county tina! hasl
no highway outlets except 10y wat""
is shut of from the world this week.
IIarhorS from MautcO To llattcra>
are frozen. The steamer Trenton OF
the Eastern Carolina TranSporta
ton Co. is locked mp in ice in Mall
tco llarhur and can't move unit!
there is II thaw.
incidentally Elizabeth city finds
itself cut of from its fish supply
which comes principally from the
waters of Dare. And. yes. East
Lake. where the liquor comes from.
is frozen too.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1926-01-01
PLUTO WATER ..
In THEsPUNCH
College Boys Practical Joke
J.. Wrecked One Christmas
Party

One Of the most cmbraSSlnS
and outrageous practical Jokes
ever perpetratcd i'll any social
affair in Elizabeth City was
pulled off during the holidays,
according to, an inside report
furnished this newspaper by
one who also ran"
Ata party given in Il certain home
popular with the younger set some
one spiked an immense bowl OF
punch with quart of Pluto wafer,
one of the most prompt aud powerful
physics available. The young pco-
pie drank freely of the punch and
the effects of the connection began
to be apparent in less than twenty
minutes. 1t caught most Of them
in the midst of daucc and partners
suddenly began to break and desert
each other without explanation.
To add TO the dilemma Of thc
guests there was only one bath room
in the house and not even all of the
girls could await their turn there.
The party broke up cNcitcdly some
of the boys hurrying away without
waiting to take their girls with
them. How some of them ever got
home is one of those tales that prob
ably never will bc told.
The young mau who put thcgPluln
water in, the Spunch is said to have
left town under cover Of darkness.
cutting his Christmas racaticn
short. It is said he got the idea Of
putting the physic in the punch al
college: which is about ms briliian
as idea as some chaps eyer set out
of Il college.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1926-01-01
SENT IN A FIRE ALARM,
SAT DOWN AND DIED

The clangor of fire truck BELLS
the shrek of the sirens, the shouts
of firemen and the rest of the eX'
oitencn incident to response TO an
early morning fire alarm was too
much for the heart of Charles H.
Berry, night watchman at Kramer
Bros. mill. He sat down by fire
truck and died suddenly while fire
men we're fighting Il blaze in a shall
SHE'D nj fhc Kramer Bros. mill raily
"Wednesday morning. CIT"
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1926-01-01
FAVORITE NEWSPAPER
AT THE UNIVERSITY

y recent poll of the Eastern North
Carolina group Of students at the
University of North Care lima show
cd that the Cavoritc weekly pmbli-
cation and the weekly most read by
them is the Elizabeth City INDIE
PENDENT. 1t is Il live newspaper
that catches aud holds the attention
of any. considerable group Of stu
dents at modern university in this
day and time.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1926-01-01
XII KLUX JUDGE
FRIENDLY SORT
Grand Dragon Of the Klan
Holding Court Here This
Week and Making Friends

Elizabeth City has had an op-
portunitv to look at a real live
and undisguiscd member OF the
Ku KluX klan this week in the
person OF Judge Henry A.
Grady OF [ linton. \. {. who is
sitting in the Superior Court
in PaSquotank.
: .iItd.r Grady il Il kon>idtrahio
knckalurrm in the X. X. X. having
occupied the position ot Grand
Dragon of the Klan for tn" whClr
State. He probably is it or some
thing more terrible at the present
time: but you can't tell Il thing about
:h2<;. klH"!:@"S. 1t is something ci
Il mystery how Judge Grady's con
nrctiun with the klan waS Cvc! re-
vcaled. but is must bc said to his
credit that he never made II denial.
And that's unusual for klurkcr.
There are Il lot of KluckcrS in EliZ-
abcth City. Including the pastor Of
one church. but not one of them
not even the paStOr-would tell YOU
the truth about his membership.
Judge Grady is making the most
of his stay in Elizabeth City, crra:,
in. lot of good will for anything
he may hr connected with. He has
Il pleasing personality. chum> in
with the folks and makes Il lot 0t
friends. And Elizabeth City viii
treat him royalty. spite e his
Kluckrry. Bigger men than judge
Grady have been ropcd into th':
klan.