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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-02
Available Elements of Beaut,
ny INDIA lie BARON WALKER.

/ costly--fn fact, in most instances they
are not fxtravagantlv high priced
| hut they are worn with an IL,
Critical Eye.
One way she acquires this ''air" is
by seeing that she looks Well from
every angle She regards her retlee-
tions ia the mirror, not alone from
one angle, bat from all So many
other women dress apparently With
an eve to the front view only. They
notice that the contour from this angle
lis correct and pleasing, but are not
equally careful To have ii right from
the side and the back view.
Never he content to select articles
If wearing apparel when In but one
posture That is, II you are buying 4
hat see that 1t becomes You as well
han you stand up rs when You are
sitting down, TRY II with your coat
off as we'll rs with ii on, When 80.
Letting n gown sit down in IL as we'll
as stand when trying II on, for gowns
must fit we'll in both positions II they
are To be really successful.
Shoulder Straps.
Another matter in which the French
women are punctiiious is to have their
the effect Of beauty when one, two or
three straps. even though they may
he of silk ribbon. are visible over the
shoulder, or struggling down over the
arm While there are various ways
of preventing such u misfortune IN
costuming. the one that at present APP
pears to be most satisfactory is 10
have wee length of tape or silk
binding sewed to the inside shoulder
seam OF each dress. Snaps are sewed
To the ends of the tape or binding. and
after a frock is donned. all the straps
are brought together and bound by
the tape, which is fastened with the
snaps One advantage of this method
Is that II is easy and another that 1t
costs practically nothing. So this is
one of the little tricks whereby one
may contribute to well groomed APP
pearance.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-02

back on that particular hole. Shortly
he found another one 1t didn't take
him long to decide This won't do
said he mo, sir, this won't do.
Whitefoot the Woodmouse has been
here. / can smell him. l don't want
storehouse that Whitefoot knows
about" So Chatterer turned his back
on that hole.
The next hole he found was I'm
hollow. stump. 1t was an old stump.
Ii was some little distance from where
Chatterer lived. He hadn't been over
there for so long that he hadn't
known anything about that hole. You
see 1t had been made since he was
last there. At least the entrance had
been made. When he first found it
he was delighted. There were no
signs that anybody had been there
for a long time. There were no fresh
claw marks around the entrance.
Chatterer popped in. Right away he
was more delighted than ever. This
would make a splendid storehouse
He fairly chuckled with delight But
abruptly he stopped chuckling. He
had found the shell of a hickory nut.
No hickory nut could be in here
unless some one had brought it, said
Chatterer, talking TO himself. And
the meat has been taken out of it, 1t
looks to me like the work OF my cousin
Happy Jack, the Gray Squirrel. This
nut was brought in here long time
ago and probably Happy Jack has for.
gotten all about this place. But per
haps he hasn't forgotten. No, this
won't do. / would Just love TO have
1t for storehouse. but it won't do
The only safe storehouse is one that
| nobody knows anything about, or
never has known anything about"
Chatterer sighed. Then he scram.
bled out and went on his way. He
looked into an old nest of BlRcky the
Crow, bat he decided that wouldn't
do. lie climbed to an old nest OF Red
tail the Hawk. Then he remembered
! that Hooty the Great Horned Ow
sometimes uses an old nest of Red
| TALES. This won't do said Chat
terer, and went elsewhere to look.
| so 1t was that Chatterer put in q
busy day. and when the day ended
and the Black Shadows came out from
the Purple Hills creeping into the
| Green Forest. Chatterer had not yet
| found storehouse that suited him,
tcopyriRht 1927
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-02
The Little Liar!

Honey Bug, why didn't you come
when mother called your"
II couldn't, mother. just couldn't"
You couldn't? Why not?'
Some person stopped me-"
mo. Who could be in the garden
but just me and you? Nobody stop
ped you, darling. Why didn't you
come to mother"
Cause a somebody person stopped
me. He wouldn't let me come. Even
when ! stamped my feet, mother, ne
stopped me. Yes. he did.
Listen, Honey Bug. Nobody was
in the garden but just you and me.
You were standing down there, just
by the big blue larkspur, and / called
and called, but you never came
Yes, know it. mother. | heard
YOU calling me, and then somebody
person stopped me. And he took my
pail, and he filled it all up with little
pieces of the sky and tive stars. Ana
my black pussy. He did Don't you
go, Honey Bugs he said to me. You
just stay and play with me. That Ism I
truly your mother calling, he said TO
me. L won't let you go, so there. And
,
by he went away up in the clouds,
and then / heard you calling me truly,
and / ran fast. Didn't II"
you ran fast at the end, Honey
Bug, but not in the starting on. You
stood and listened to that person tax
ing to you and let me call and call.
That wasn't very nice, was 1t? Let.
ting your mother stand here and call
and never Gomez?
"He was nice person somebody,
mother. He was. He only wanted TO
play with me. l couldn't come II ne
stopped my feet He shook his big nm
gers at me and wouldn't. He said, No.
You can't GO little boy. l want you
to play with me, and he filled my pail
with little pieces of the sky and two
little white stones and my black
pussy"
Did YOU like to play with him
Honey Bug? Did you like to play
with him so much that you couldn't
come when you heard mother calling
your.
Yves, mother, / liked him whole
| big lot. / get so lonesome In the gar
| den II he doesn't come out. The black
pussy can't talk or run or nothing,
but sit still. But next time III come,
| mother"
Yes. Sure. Cross my heart. I'll
tell him, Wait a minute for my
mother and then you can come and
! play with him, too"
| Honey Bug, you must tell that
somebody person that he Is to go right
| into his own house when mother calls,
| If you don't, some day he'll stay TOO
long and make you naughty. You go
| down by the larkspurs now, and when
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LITTLE BENNY
ny LEE PaPE.

Me and Sid Hunt and Sam Cross
and Pubs simkins was sitting on my
frunt steps tawking and srgewing. and
Reddy Merry came around the corner.
giving me a ideer, and / sed. Hay fell
lows. wen Reddy comes up Wen take
terms saying Fire, Are, and then some
body elts say Ware? and we say o
no Ii amt. either. Its only Reddys hair.
All rite, you start 1t, Puds Simkins
sed.
WITCH I did, Reddy Merry coming
up and me saying. Fire. fire.
Ware? Sid Hunt sed.
Me looking at Reddy without fin
fishing it on account of him looking
exter full. and Reddy sed, Aw, no
wares. he's bugs.
And he sat down and pritty soon
Sam Cross sed. ., q. fire.
Ware? Pubs Simkins sed.
No there amt. either, Sam Cross sed.
Not saying why not. and Reddy sed
Hay, are you guys all crazy. or wat?
And we kepp on sitting there tawk-
Ing about different subjecky sutch as
weather it's possible TO dodge n built
II YOU dodge quick enuff. and witch
has the most sensations, werms or
fishes. and after vile Pubs Simkins
sed. Holey smokes, fire.
G., ware? ] sed.
Yeh, ware. ware? Reddy Merry
sed. and he looked at him fearce. and
Pubs sed. ] thawt there was, but there
aint.
Hay, the next guy around heer that
says enything about fire is going to
get push in the face off of me, Red
dy Merry sed.
WITCH nobody elts dident.
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he wouldn't have worried quite so
much. You see, he would have known
what to do.
There's one thing / can do" said
Chatterer TO himself. Yes, sir, there's
one thing ! can do. | can hunt around
and fnd some new storehouses. | can
hunt around and find some that are
even more secret than those l have.
That's what I'll do"
That is Just what Chatterer did do.
and the very minute that Chatterer
started to do II he felt better. Yes,
sir. he felt a whole lot better. II al
WAYS Is that way. The best way of
getting rid of worries is to do some
thing.
So Chstterer scampered this way
and ecampered that way and scamper.
ed the other way. Whichever way he
scam pered those bright eyes of his
were looking for holes-~holes in trees
holes In stumps, holes in the snow
and ii was surprising how many OF
them he found. Whenever he found
one he Investigated it. That means
he went into II and looked ii all over
He found out all about 1t. He used
his nose as well as his eyes. And al
the time he talked TO himself.
This hole won't do" said he. my
cousin Rusty has been here. He may
not come here often. but he's beer
here. go he knows about the hole
There is a hair from his red Goa
now"
So Chatterer promptly turned hi
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-02
Jellied Grapefruit.

Soak two tablespoonfuIs of gelatin
IN one-fourth cupful Of cold water
for five minutes. Then dissolve
in oneshalf cupful OF boiling water
and add one-half cupful of sugar,
two cupfuls OF grapefruit juice, one
eupflll Of graz efruit pulp In large
pieces, one-half a cupful of maraschi-
no cherries and one-haif a cupfui OF
grapes. Pour into a shallow pan or
into grapefruit shells and chill II
nodded in a pan, cut In pieces and
serve in sherbet cups or era pefrut
shells, made from the halves of grape.
fruit skins that have been washed and
chilled.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-02
DIARY OF A
NEW FATHER

TUESDAY NIGHT.
| called the doctors office this
morning and he was back in town.
and | told him | wanted him to come
home with me this evening on a very
important case and | would call at
his office at o'clock, and he said
all right.
SO at met him and we drove
out in his car and on the way !
told him I had found out the baby
had ricketts, because he was bow
legged but l said | did not want
him to let on To Joan. because she
would worry. and perhaps he could
change the baby's diet or something
without having 10 tell her why.
He said. so the baby is bow
legged? He is about months old,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-02

1t was horrible to be so Inundated
and so helpless
She put the kerosene lamp on the
chest Of drawers and once more
slumped in her chair. The breeze out.
side grew stronger. blowing the fame
against the chimney and making II
smoke alarminRly. Jessica had never
had any experience with kerosene
lamps and ii frightened her With
trembling fingers she carried the lamp
away from the window and put It on
a small table in the corner Of the room.
Then she sat down and regarded IL as
if ii were an Internal machine that
might blow her up at any moment.
Continued in tomorrow's Starr
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Sausage With Spaghetti.

Boil one package of spaghetti. Put
one tablespoonful of sausage meat in
hot frying pan. When partly
cooked, add 0ne-half cupful of
sliced onions and cook until the onion
begins to brown. Add two cupfuls of
tomatoes and pepper and salt to sea.
son. Boil for about 10 minutes, then
stir into the drained cooked spaghetti.
Arrange in a shallow baking dish and
put almost a pound of sausage meat
in nat cakes over 1t. Bake in q hot
oven for rs minutes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-02
Pork and Veal.

Cut one pound Of lean pork and
one pound OF lean veal in small pieces
Put one tablespoonful of lard in a
kettle. When hot add three onions
sliced. AS they commence 10 brown
drop in the meat and stir constantly
until brown. Cover with water and
boil for three-fourths of an hour. Sea
son with salt and pepper. Pare and
cut in small dice five potatoes. When
boiled add them to the meat with one
cupful of cream. Thicker with one
tablespoonful of -four.
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Mix together one-half a cupful of
butter, one cupful of sugar. two egg
yOlks. two tablespoonfuls of milk, two
cupfuls of -four, one teaspoonful OF
salt. one teaspoonful of baking pow
der, one cupful of seeded raisins, one
cupful of dry shredded cocoanut, two
egg whites, two teaspo0nfuls of van.
lila, and two or three cupfuls of
f1aked toasted breakfast food Use one
rounding teaspoonful of the mixture
for each cooky- Drop by spoonfuls on
buttered sheet one-half an inch
apart. Bake in a moderate oven.
Watch closely. as they burn quickly.
Remove from the pan while hot. This
makes about So cookies.
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Mock Angel Cake.

Mix one cupful of sugar with one
and one.third cupfuls of sifted pastry
-four. three teaspoonfuls of baking
powder and one-third teasponful of
salt. Sift four times. Add two.thfrds
cupful of hot milk slowly, beating
constantly until smooth. Add one tea
spoonful OF favoring, then fold in the
stifiy beaten whites of two eggs. Pour
into a shallow pan and bake for about
rs minutes in "a moderate oven.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-02

Every woman cannot he beautiful,
but every woman can cultivate an
effect If beatty hy heing well groomed,
BY CARRYING herself we'll by lraise and
grace These aYe things that heauti'
fnl women seldom overlook, bat which
those wha lack beauty often DISREGARD,
thus eaaAin2 the guif between the
lovely Woman and the uulovelN more
marked than it should be or than IL
need be
The French Waman realizes the inn.
porlance Ut being ven sroomed and Of
acquiring the either sraces mentioned,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-02
| Homemade, but Ends
Coughs In a Hurry
A family supply Of dependable cough
medicine. Easily made and
] saves about 81.

If you have a severe cough NJ
or chest cold, soreness, throat w
tickle, hoarseness or difficult IN
breathing, or il your child wakes M
up at night with a hoarse cough,
and you want quick help. try this II
reliable old homemade cough rem
edy. Any druggist can supply you 4
with 211 ounces of Pinex. Pour |
this into a pint bottle and fill the |
bottle with plain graduated sugar
syrup. Or use clarified honey, In
stead of sugar syrup. if desired.
This recipe makes pint of really
remarkable cough remedy. 1t tastes
good. and in spite of its low cost,
can be depended upon to give quick
and lasting relief.
You can feel this take hold Of a
cough instantly. 1t loOsens and
raises tise phlegm, stops throat
tickle, and sOOthes and heals the
irritated membranes of the throat |
and bronchial tubes with such ease |
and promptness that it is really |
astonishing.
Pinex is a special and highly L
concentrated compound of Norway Il
pine extract and palatable guaiacoi, II
which is probably the best known u
means of overcoming coughs, throat
and chest colds. Ul
There are many worthless imits-iI
tions of this mixture. To avoid III
disappointment. ask for "21a NgM
ounces of Pinex" with direc- 49,
tions. Guaranteed to give alb .-s<S:,
s0lute satisfaction or money SSNS'
promptly refunded. The Azg%A
Pinex Co.. TT. Wayne, Ind. hST5SSs
DIMES
IL for Coughs
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HOME NOTES
ny JENNY WREN.

The dining room Is rich in color
interest. The long and lovely win
dows are draped close to the glass
with sheer. sea ?blue Chinese silk and
overdrapes of plain crimson damask
cover the window trim. daring but
strikingly beautiful combination.
A plain plum colored rug, full of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-02

THE FRENCH WOMAN HAS DE
VISED A SIMPLE METHOD OF
KEEPING SHOULDER STRAPS
FROM SHOWING.
and is eXacting in her demands of her
self in neatness and care. IT is not
vanity that prompts this, hut self
respect and an intuitiye appreciation
! of the beautiful She seesntossit that
her hands are well kept, and that she
! has the right cream for them, the kind
best suited TO her skin. She usually
hobs her hair. and so insures its being
tidy. But more than this. she insists
that the special cut suits her individ-
uality. Her shoes are well polished.
In this the English women perhaps
excel. and in America due attention is
being paid to finely kept as we'll as
actually fine footwear.
The Criterion.
However, since it is the French
woman who is the criterion Of beauti-
full costuming. let us consider some of
the other ways in which she conveys
the impression Of personal beauty
through 1t. The clothes may not be
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-02
PRIME WHIP.

One cup prunes. one-half scup
sugar, one cup hot water, one
envelope plain gelatin tthe
measured for-use kind. whites
two eggs. pinch salt. Soak
prunes in warm water and stew
until tender. Rub through sieve.
To one cup sifted prunes add
sugar, salt and hot water In
which gelatin is dissolved.
When cool, whip into this well
beaten whites of eggs. Serve
with custard sauce.
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HOT CORN CAKE.

Three-fourths cup corn meal,
one and one-fourth cups white
-four. one fourth cup sugar tlit-
tie more IL you like ii sweet,
one half teaspoonful salt. one
cup milk, one egg, one table
spoonful melted butter. four
tablespoonfuls baking powder.
Mix and sift dry ingredients,
add milk, beaten egg and but
ter; bake in shallow pan in hot
oven 30 minutes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-02

Chatterer was growing thin because
he worried. You see. he never knew
when he might find another one of
his storehouses emptied He was
almost afraid TO peep into them for
fear he would find nothing in them.
You will remember that two of them
had been emptied Had Chatterer
known who had taken the nuts, he
wouldn't have minded so much. He
would have been just as angry, but
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-02
One mother saws:

One mother says:
When the children's Winter stock
ings become too worn at the knee to
be worth patching, / cut them off
just below the knee and lay them
away to be worn next Summer with
their sandals. In warm weather the
children just roll the frayed ends of
their stockings down over their
garters and they make neat apparel
for play.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-02

Boil several medium sized
beets until tender. Plunge into
cold water and remove peel.
Cut out centers. fill with peas.
nut meats and few bread
crumbs. Pour over mayonnaise.
Serve on lettuce leaves.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-02
OUR CHILDREN By Angelo Patri

| call, come running. fast. like light
| ming bug"
Little liar? Oh. dear me. no. Just a
lonely child calling on himself for
company, using his imagination. Bet
ter get him playmate.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-02

Mr. Patri will give personal attention to
INQUIRIES from parents or school teachers on
him in care OF this paper Enclosing self
addressed. stamped envelope for reply.
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DELI 1lv1E y OlN1IO ". BURGESS

Would you be master of your fate.
Seize opportunity-don't wait.
Old Mother Nature.
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lights and shadows, covers the floor
The furniture is mahogany, richly
glowing. and the chair seats are GOV
cred by little boxed slip covers OF
Japa nese patterned cretonne pink
red, green mauve and blue against g
gray ground.
The paper Is Japanese grasscloth. a
green tracery of design against silverS
gray There Is a tall screen in the
room covered with shiny black paper
ornamented with gold stars. The
mantel liz black marble, and a very
bright red Chinese embroidery hangs
above 1t.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-02
Home Skin PeeIer
Keeps Face Young

The skin is very sensitive and must
he given great care in order to keep it
beautifully soft and velvety. Harsh
winds and cold weather raise havoc with
wOman,s complexion. and particularly,
when they are in and out of public
buildings. stores. elevated trains or street
cars. at this season usually overheated,
then out into the cold, crisp air. Such
changes of temperature cause the aged
skin to contract and expand to become
dry. sallow. rough and lifeless.s There
is nothing better for removing this
parched mask of skin and bringing 10
the surface the new skin OF youth. than
pure mercolized wax. Obtain an ounce
from any drug store or beauty counter
and apply to your face. like cold cream
before retiring and wash off in the morn
ing. Dead skin, freckles. moth patches
and liver spots will be gently. but surely
washed Aaway with the wax. No discOm-
fort 10 YOU, Your face will feel youth
glowing, and tinted softly ms a rose METAL
Try IL today. It's marvellous. Mereoiized
wax brings out the hidden beauty. I'D
vertieement.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-02
BY ELLEN J. AUCKLAND
RS0istsrsd Nvvss

THERE is new way in women's
Il hygiene that ends the insecurity
of old-time sanitary pads" and their
unhappy days.
Eight in 10 better-cIass women
now use "KOTEX."
" Discards as easily as piece of
tissue. No laundry. No embar-
rassment.
Five times as absorbent as ordi-
nary cotton pads. Deodorizes, thus
ending all danger of offending.
Obtainable at all drug and de-
partment stores simply by saying
"KOTEX." Be sure you get the
genuine. Only Kotex itself is like
Kotex. Ask for it without hesitancy.
Costs only a few cents. Proves
old way needless risk. II in pack
age. In fairness to yourself. try it.
< Q T 6 x
10 ianndry--discard like tissue
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-02

In natural affection SO FAR as
is a
would its notnt
part Of child must
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Copyright. 1921
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