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Evening star., 1926-02-19
Bistorp of Dour Aame
BY PHILIP FRANCIS NOWLAN.
BUTTON.
RACIAL ORlGiN-EnsIish.
SOURCE-A locality.


Family names, their meanings and
the manner in which they originated,
are something of a mystery to most
people today. A hundred years or
more ago they were considerably more
Of a mystery, for a study Of the tend
encies and directions in which Ian
guages and spelling change in their
development had not been carried so
far as it has today, nor had those who
We're curious about family names col
lected the data which are today avail
able.
In the beginning In the period when
family names were being formed, there
was. of course, no mystery about them.
Their first use was as mere descrip-
tive additions to the given name.
Yet it is hard to eradicate the erro-
neous notion, still prevalent to some
extent, that these place names of old
England were derived from family
names. whereas the opposite Is true.
Thus the family name of Dutton comes
from the place name of Dutton, not
the reverse.
But the place name of Dutton. in
Cheshire, is a bit clouded with obscur-
ity, and it's origin is open to some
speculation. The idea that it comes
from "Dutch,town" may be discarded
as improbable. More likely its origin
lies further in the past, and Is to be
found either in the Cornish British
"du," meaning in some cases "side,'
in others two" with "ton" meaning
hill" added; or else the first element
comes from the word ''dhu," meaning
"black." But the ton" here does not
mean town" Thus the real mean
ing Of this place name may be Hill
side" 1.-TWO Hills" or BLACK HILL"
Evening star., 1926-02-19
Lessons in English
By W. L. GORDON.

Words often mtsused: wages" is
plural in form, but may take either
singular or plural verb. "The wages
of sin is death" is preferred. my
wages are meager" is preferred.
Often mispronounced: New. Pro-
nounce the ew as in few" not as ue
in sue"
Often misspelled: Truly, not ue.
Synonyms: Love, affection, liking,
fondness, tenderness, devotion, ador-
alton, infatuation, passion.
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:
Obstreperous, making a great dis
turbance; noisy. 1.-The few glasses of
wine made him loud and obstreper
ous'
Evening star., 1926-02-19
BY JENNY GIRTON WALKER.


them a cause as sacred as the deliv.
erance of the holy places"
The coat of arms for Switzerland
is the same as the flag and is re.
peated on the shield at the base CT
the Flagstaff at the Swiss legation,
2013 Hillyer place.
The Red Cross Flag.
Prior to an official international
conference at Geneva, in 1854, no in
ternational treaty protected the med
ical and nursing services OF different
armies. Each country had a different
mark for its sanitary service and
soldiers recognized only their own.
The proposal to adopt common and
uniform flag was most welcome. The
red cross. adopted as distinguish
ing emblem in 1864, was ratified by
the international Red Cross conYen-
ton, meeting again in Geneva in 1906,
in the following article:
"Out of respect to Switzerland, the
heraldic emblem OF the red cross on
white ground, formed by the re
versal of the federal colors, is con-
tinued as the emblem and distinctive
sign of the sanitary service of the
armies"
The red cross may also be used to
distinguish the peace-time activities
of the Red Cross Society. In Wash
ington the flag is flown daily at the
American national headquarters, Sew
enteenth and D streets. and at the
headquarters of the District Red
Cross Chapter, 16 Jackson place.
Copyright. 1926)
Evening star., 1926-02-19
HOW 1T STARTED
BY JEAN NEWTON.
To "Spot" Some One.

eff there is a mistake, I'll spot it"
that is one way in which the word
spot" is used in every day speech
to express discover" or detect"
He'll spot the thief Is quite fa-
miliar. So generally accepted has
the term become in the latter sense
that "spotter" is Synonymous in po
lice or criminal circles with detec-
tive. The following quotation from
the old Providence Press shows It's
use in this way:
AN immense amount of ingenuity
has been expended in hiring spoilers
and detectives to watch the men,"
Although the term is now used in
England as we'll as on this side of
the water. America-specificall the
woods of Maine-is credited as being
the locale of its origin. 1t is a sur
vival of the days when trails were
blazed by marking trees with cut
ting a chip out of their sides. To
so mark a tree was called in Maine
"spotting" it and 1t was with refer
ence to finding the trail by means
of these trees that the term was first
used by the Maine woodsmen in the
sense of detect" or discover" as it
is used in its wider application in
common speech today.
Copyright. 1926)
Evening star., 1926-02-19

A large class of evening head
dresses consists of turbans and caps
built upon a sort of skull cap Of ma
line, which fits as closely as possible
to the smoothly dressed head. Some
time two-toned pastel-colored laces
are draped over this and there is fire.
quently a jeweled pin. A neat little
metal net cap has visor of maline.
Sometimes jeweled leaves are ar
cap to resemble the Greek victory
wreath.
One Of the prominent French milli-
ners is responsible for velvet evening
hats which have been worn this Win
ter, in shades of mauve, linden green,
blue, rose or golden yellow. They have
dropping brims of silver cloth draped
with tulle. Their only trimming Is a
band Of velvet ribbon two inches
wide, which passes around the crown
and hangs in long loops at one side.
The name of Lucien Lelong has
been closely associated with head
ter-which are, Of course, always
worn over the most simply dressed
hair. One Of these headdresses, known
as the blue butterfly. consists of a sort
of close fitting shaped bandeau covered
with blue gems that fits over the fore
head, covering the eyebrows. with a
jeweled band passing over the ears
and across the nape Of the neck to
hold it in place. There are little points
of the bandeau covered with the blue
gems coming well down over the ears.
Sometimes Lelong's bandeaux are like
tiaras. but they always At very far
down over the forehead and eyebrows.
One of Lelong's evening headdreSses
for 6nUo fha fnrahna6
at the sides that 1t actually covers the
eyebrows and all but hides the eyes.
while an ornament of jewels rests well
down on the bridge of the nose. 1t is
held in place by jeweled band that
passes from the middle Of the front to
the back, forming a mask for the GEN.
ter hair parting.
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Nose Studs.

Will the next fashion craze for
women be jeweled nose studs? A
London woman, Mrs. Muriel Blan-
tyre, says they are wonderfully be-
coming.
Her husband brought back from
India a ruby nose stud such as is
worn by men and women in that
country. In a spirit of curiosity Mrs.
Blantyre pierced her nostrils and in
serted it.
II was surprised to discover how
pleasing the effect was. My friends
who have seer it quite agreed"
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A Bundle of Instincts.

From the very first moment you
opened your eyes to the light of day
you proved you were a great big bun
die of instincts. You cried because
your stomach was empty, because you
were cold, because Of pain. AS you
grew older your pains and pleasures
became more complex things and you
showed this by your manifestation of
other instincts.
Why does your little son jam string.
nails, marbles. jacks. pebbles, buttons
and a wild miscellany of articles into
his buIging pockets? 1t is the express
sion of the instinct of possession, not
unlike the spirit which goads many a
financier on and on until he has cor
Evening star., 1926-02-19
Answers to Food Questions

Answers TO readers questions regard
& inE diet wi will be given by ., Winifred Stuart
envelope. as only those Of general inter
others viii be r aRswered Il through ai the S'n mail
Every Every effort VIII be made to answer
avoidahle delay. The number of letters
ddress: Winitred red Stuart uI 'IGf Gibbs t
81 West 39th street. New York City.
am always interested in your
questions and answers and am com
ing to you for some advice. l have
high blood pressure and am a hearty
eater. VIII you please tell me just
what I had better eat? I am very
tired of milk, and l am getting thin
Mrs. V. c. V.
In general a diet which is advisable
in cases of high blood pressure con
sists largely Of milk. fruits and vege.
tables, milk preparations, starchy
foods. such as cereals, and fats.
realize that this is Il very general
statement, but it is, after all, the fun
damental principle used in planning
diets In cases such as yours.
Another suggestion is to eat more
moderate quantities If you will tell
will tell you what you should weigh
and also give you an idea of the size
of portions that you should eat. 1t
may be that a regulation of this
would be all that would be necessary.
find that high blood pressure fire.
quently only comes from disturbed di,
gestion and that adjusting quantities
of food eaten will effect complete
cure.
Won't you let me hear from you
again?
Your articles have been very help
full, the one on rheumatism especially.
I am a business woman and since
July have had constant pain in my
left arm. l am unable to raise it to
any height. I have made use of every
suggestion and have taken many
treatments and have still no improve
ment. Two physicians call it arthritis.
I am writing to ask if that disease is
Curable-E. a. NJ.
Among most authorities rheumatic
arthr1tiS is thought to be caused by a
chronic infection. 1t Is only fair to
say that most Of the authorities who
are working on this problem are still
Evening star., 1926-02-19
Curried Apples.

A novelty to serve with cold meats
is curried apples. Select a dozen
tart apples, wipe and core them, and
place in a baking dish. Cream to-
gether one-half cupful Of butter and
one cupful Of brown sugar. Beat in
one tablespoonful Of vinegar and one
teaspoonful of curry powder. Fill the
quick oven. Serve when thoroughly
chilled
Evening star., 1926-02-19
Papas Ali.

Boil six large potatoes, and when
done cut in dice. Put two tablespoon
fuls Of butter in a frying pan, and
when hot add one Glove of garlic, one
onion and one sweet red pepper, all
chopped fine. Stir until pale brown,
then add two ounces of chopped Amer
lean cheese and one-half a cupful of
vinegar or one-third cupful of lemon
juice. Gently stir in the potatoes and
simmer for five minutes.
Evening star., 1926-02-19
Veal Chops With Macaroni

If veal or mutton is left over in
Scant quantity for meal, boil suffi-
cient macaroEi to double the amount
and put both through the food chop
per. using the coarse cutter. Season
highly with salt, pepper, onion juice
and chopped barley, and to each pint
add a well beaten egg and two table
spoonfuls Of good gravy. Pack into
buttered cups. steam for half an
hour and serve with a tomato or
brown sauce
Evening star., 1926-02-19
Sweet Potatoes au Gratin.

This offers a much-relished. change
from the 'candied' way of preparing
them. Get a can Of whole sweet po-
tatoes, slice them and place them in
layers in a buttered baking dish,
sprinkling each layer with a little
brown sugar. flour and grated cheese.
Omit the flour from the top layer.
Add enough milk to cover, and bake
until a. delicate brown.
Evening star., 1926-02-19

FOR THE GIRL WHO DARES
THE VERY SIMPLE COIFFURE is
CHOSEN FOR EVENING. HERE
YOU SEE THE SMART LITTLE
BANG WITH A SMALL KNOT AT
BACK HELD WITH A GOLD
TOPPED COMB. GOLD NECK
BRACELETS" WHICH ARE ONE
OF THE NEW FADS. ARE WORN
WITH THE PLAIN GOLD COMB.
the elaborate evening headdress is not
elaborate by reason of puffings and
wavings and paddingS and twisting of
hair, but by reason Of bandeaux,
tiaras. turbans and evening hats.
Evening star., 1926-02-19

1t was during the Crusades that
the Christian device of the cross came
into familiar use on flags. Many Of
the early banners were square, and
the crosses placed upon them assumed
the shape we now call the Greek
cross. At first the white cross Of the
church on a red field was chosen by
the Christians as badge in their
crusades against the Saracens in Pal
estine. Later on different national
tiles were distinguished by the same
emblem in different colorS. ST. Maui
rice, who has been honored in Switz-
erland since the third century. is pic
tured when accompanied by St.
George and other warrior saints, as
wearing a white cross emblazoned
upon a crimson vest.
In the early part of the fourteenth
century, the period of the story of
William Tell. the Swiss We're fighting
valiantly against the oppression of
the mobiles, who claimed the right to
govern them. A Swiss writer is au-
thority for saying that in that CEN
tury, as early as 1899, Swiss patriots
chose the white cross for their ban
ner, believing that they might we'll
assume the sign of the Crusades, since
the freeing Of the nation was for
Evening star., 1926-02-19

Miss Rhode F. Graves, only woman
member of the New York Legislature,
has been honored by being made
chairman of the committee on public
institutions.
Evening star., 1926-02-19
Treatment of Hair for the Evening
BY MARY MARSHALL.

Whatever you decide upon for your
evening headdress-you may be sure
that your hair must needs be done
with q simplicity almost severe. For
Evening star., 1926-02-19

The white cross of the Swiss flag has
to the edge of the red field. This shape is
called Greek cross. The vertical lines in
dicating red show plainly that the nag of
the Red Cross Society Is the Swiss flag with
coloring reversed. II was adopted at Gene
va, Switzerland. and is sometimes called the
Geneva Cross.
Evening star., 1926-02-19
Copyright. 1926.)

80. Japanese coin.
"a. Exists.
35. Wild time.
81. Behold.
3S. Thin, broad piece of a substance
40. Falls in drops.
AZ. Small pie.
43. A flower.
I. Quarrel.
2. Double in narrow folds.
8. Engineering degree.
4. Twentyfour hours.
S. Tavern.
6. Printed notice.
z. Mechanical appliances.
8. Mountain in Thessaly.
10. Debutante (colloquiaD.
II. Craft.
IA. Help.
II. Group of singers.
10. Starves.
81. Nevertheless.
%. Possesses.
25. Turkish general.
&c. Distant.
2S. Utter sharp cry.
90. Clenched hand.
80. Likely.
81. A color.
SO. Part Of the face.
35. Place.
SO. Make a mistake.
80. Comparative sufi1x.
Al. Maiden loved by Zeus.
Evening star., 1926-02-19

Across.
!. Hurried.
s. Character in Othello.
9. Beseech.
H., South American mountains.
u. European river.
13. Long for.
10. Like.
16. Muscular twitching.
1s. Tiny portion.
10. Friar's title
20. Possessive.
%. Possessed.
20. Over.
"a. Existed.
20. Hole.
27. Enclosure.
20. Distant.
80. River in Switzerland.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-28
125-FOOT LIMITATION
ON BUILDINGS vOIDED
Wisconsin State Law Declared In
reference With Individual City's
Right to Decide Height.

A law enacted by the State Legisla
ture of Wisconsin forbidding the cree
ton Of buildings more than 125 feet
high has been declared unconstitu
tional by the States Supreme Court
Decision was made on the ground that
State anti-skyscraper Jaw would be
an interference with the individual
city's right to write its own building
code. The present decision Is re-
yersal of a previous position taken by
the court.
The decision will be of interest to
real estate boards throughout the Ma
tional Association of Real Estate
Boards. Many are studying the ques
ton of how far the vertical piling of
downtown construction may best be
permitted to go on in consideration
not only of economy Of building op-
Grafton, but of the effect of building
height limitation on the traffic prob
lem and the distribution Of light and
air.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-28

ness and an increase in shipments
were noted. The hardwood opera
tons showed nominal decreases in
production and new business and a
trivial increase in shipments for the
week when compared with reports
for the week earlier, when five more
mills reported.
The untitled orders of 231 South
ern pine and West Coast mills at the
end Of last week amounted to $685.
559,778 feet, as against 67S,875,12
feet for 232 mills in the previous
week. The 1913 identical Southern
pine mills in the group showed un-
filled orders of 258,521, 462 feet last
week, as against 255 $50, 3O2 feet for
the week before. For the, 1O8 West
Coast mills the untitled orders were
410,038,316 feet, as against 423,27S,S27
feet for 100 mills week earlier.
Altogether the 348 compsrably re-
porting softwood mills had shipments
104 per cent and orders So per cent
Of. actual production. For the South
ern pine mills these percentages were,
respectively, 107 and 112. and for the
West Coast mills 104 and 81.
OF the reporting mills the 322 with
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-28
new YORK BUILDING
4OM|LL|ON HIGHER
Last Seven Months Gain Ex-
ceedS Boston TotaI-Chi-
cago His Big Drop.

New York City's building permits
Tor the seven months Of this year
are more than $40, 900, 900 greater than
Tor the same period last year. The
gain alone is 100000 more than
the whole seven months valuation
or building permits for the city Of
Boston and approximately equal to
the whole seven months valuation
for Cleveland.
New York is 1 Of out Of the 20
cities reported by the American Con-
tractor which show gains this year
over last year. The other five are
San Francisco, Atlanta. New Orleans,
Detroit and Milwaukee. The aggre-
gate gain for the five excluding New
york City is only around ST. 900 900.
so. 1t is established that New York
has been the big ground gamer.
Chicago. dropping more than $21,-
100000 from it's last years valuation,
Is the big loser and. with 10 other
losers, brings the total aggregate val
uation for the 20 cities from last
years valuation Of S1,455, 461 ,26S
down to S1.396, $50, 052, a drop Of near
ly S59,000,000. This drop is so big
that you could leave out of last year
account all the valuation of permits
Tor Milwaukee and st. Louis and then
have an approximate balance between
the two years
Thirteen of the 90 cities show lower
July figures than June. and not in
all these cases are the losers the same
as the losers compared with last year.
In fact, the only cities which show
gains over last year and over June
OF this year are Milwaukee, Atlanta
and New Orleans
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-28
CHINA IN BEAUTIFUL
DESIGNS is PRODUCED

Never have the shops shown richer
coloring or more unusual shapes in
china for breakfast, luncheon or din
ner table, in vases and bowls for
flowers, in fittings for the dressing
table than now. In most instances
the stamp on the back of these pieces
shows that they were made in Eng
land.
One wonders little at this until
the solution is learned. simple one
that lies in just one .word-clay. Ir
England. in Staffordshire, along the
Cornish coast and in Ireland are pits
of clay that for centuries have fur
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-28
LUMBER PRODUCTION
INCREASE REPORTED
Improvement for Week Ending
August 81 Shown in Both Soft
and Hardwood Mills.

Telegraphic reports received by the
National Lumber Manufacturers AS
ISOLATION from 366 Of the larger soft
wood and 119 of the chief hardwood
mills of the country for the week
ended August 81 show gratifying in
creases In production, shipments and
new business. when compared With
reports for the previous week, when
nine more mills reported.
In comparison with reports for the
same period year ago, when, again,
nine more mills reported, some de-
creases in production and new bust
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-28
AsHEvILLE ISSUES BID.
Realtors Invited to Visit City En-
Route to Miami Sessions.

An invitation to visit Asheville. N.
c., has been sent to all members Of
the National Association of Real Els
tate Boards who will attend the COM
ing annual business meeting of the
association, to be held in Miami, Fla,
in January.
Grovepark Inn. Asheville. has for.
maNly invited the associations con-
ventiongoers to be its guests at lunch
during their stopover.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-28

and kaolin have been found, however,
that American manufacturers by
means of certain new processes are
turning into china of finest texture
and delicacy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-28

nished exactly what the potter needed
if he would produce the creamy, trans
lucent porcelains and the fine china so
greatly to be desired
AS natural forces in many parts of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-28

Returns make it quite clear that
the trade reaction is still progressing.
Employment and average daily bank
exchanges are shrinking. There has
been significant upward movement
in the ratio of bank loans to de-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-28

the worlds workshop long ago changed
certain elements into gold and silver
and rare jewels, in England did they
form this especial kind Of rare clay.
In America we do not have this. Clay
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-28

an established normal production for
the week of 224,691 ,474 feet gave ac-
tual production of 103 per cent. ship
ments 10S per cent and orders 100 per
cent thereof.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-28

Motor cycles are to be provided for
visiting nurses of Cambridge County,
England.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-05-27
Arms and the Traffic Rules

Arms and the Traffic Rules
Another one-arm driver. your
honor
What's the matter, young man
was your girl cold, too?"
"Oh, no sir-she's Of a very
cordial, warm Opposition
zone man puts his arm around
a girl because shes cold. and
another one does the same thing
because she's warm. / can't see
any excuse
The cop lmumbling): He
didn't need any excuse. You
ought to see that girl" ALOUD
"He made left turn out of
Seventeenth into p Street with.
out giving any signal, your honor.
told him IL was against the
law to drive with one arm
81 can drive all right that way,
your honor
How do you signal your turn
when you drive with one arm on
the back of the seat and the
other on the wheeI?"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-05-27
GIRL HEARD IN
BEAU SUIT

Miss Nola Gordon. a clerk in the
Income Tax Unit, today again ties.
titled before jury in Circuit Court
No. 2, Justice fIitz presiding, in
her suit against Eugene q. CouIon
and Mrs. Margaret Coulon, trading
as Miss Margaret e. Sheeze, pro-
prietor of beauty parlor at 1145
Connecticut Ave. NJ w. for SIC, 900
damages for alleged personal in.
luries.
Miss Gordon, represented by At.
torneys Alexander Wolf and Ma
than Clayton, claims that May II,
1924, she applied at Miss Sheetze's
Adjustment to have a wart re-
moved from her finger She de.
clares that the operation was car
ried out sunsuccessfully In that 1t
injured the finger seriously ard
permanently, preventing her from
performing her work.
The complainant today stated
that after the operation had been
performed she went home and that
the finger began to give her IN
tense pain. She could not sleep
that night and took a walk the
next day, 1t being Sunday, but the
finger hurt So much that she went
back home again. She consulted
DR.. Lewis who prescribed for her.
She said that DR.. Lewis had treated
her before for other illnesses.