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WINTER
-
BY d. c. PEATTIE.
Strawfowers.

Barren, indeed, are the fields in
these days that look toward Spring
yet give no hint of its coming; and
as Winter wears along, we run
through the list Of flowers common
with the fiorista, and repeat, and at
length grow weary of them. But
there is one class Of flowers that never
tires us all Winter .long-the dear old
fashioned strawf1ower.
The commonest of the strawf1owers
are the gaudy, papery composites
known as Helichrysum. members OF
great South African and Australian
genus of no less than 700 species.
These are brilliant, exuberant crea-
lures of the hot lands far away.
But there are other sorts of flowers.
which come from places nearer home.
In their delicate. wiry way, IN their
soft. sweet colors. In their familiar
names, they seem to belong to our
cline, our race, our tradition, far
more than the naughty Helichrysums.
speak of the sea-lavendar, or,
as they call 1t in some places.
thrift; lead-plants, and marsh'mary
these are other goodly old names.
All belong to the strange little
sea-lavender family, which may
be sort of salt-marsh branch OF the
primrose family, or perhaps 1t Is near.
ly related to the pinks. However
that may be-. 1t encircles the marshes
OF the Northern Hemisphere, lovingly
lonely little sea islands and maritime
cliffs, appearing sometimes in salty
soil of prairies. or the great Russian
steppes. And in what delicate colors
1t comes: how frail its grace how ever
lasting its deathless beauty. For the
petals never fade. but keep forever
their soft white, gold and lavendar.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-22

a sister. What is she celebrating?"
and Joan said, "She doesn't live here,
but she is just back from a trip to
Europe and Is visiting Mrs. Cook on
her way home. She Is quite famous"
I said, II already know some one
who has been to Europe. Why should
| want to meet a woman who thinks
she is famous just because her hus.
band could save up enough money to
give her trip?" and Joan said, "She
hasn't any husband. She is a well
and Joan said, "a feminist"
I said, We'll, it will be a treat to
meet a woman like that again. after
ALL and Joan said. Like what?" and
I said, "One who is feminine. They
are all too darn masculine. these DAYS,
to suit me. like women who are
not always wanting to take mems
jobs instead OF Keeping house, Joan
said, Well, my heavens, Mrs. Cook 9
sister does not even want married
women to use their husbands names
and she liz against homework and
everything like that"
said, what was it you called
herr" and Joan said. "A feminist"
and 1 said, "She sounds to me like a
bolshevist"
Joan said, "Oh, I know you want
women to stay at home and slave
and raise children and never have a
chance for a career. I would like to
have a job myself and earn my own
money" and I said, II would not
mind it, either. Maybe we could get
out Of debt" and Joan said, "Oh, YOU
would not mind my working IL could
bring in some extra money, OF course.
Well, what would / do with the baby.
/ would like to know" and I said.
You started this yourself" and there
/ agreed with her. and still she want.
ed to argue. That is how women
are-when you agree with them they
have to take the opposite side of the
argument. and I guess 1t is just to
keep things going.
While we were washing the dinner
dishes said. well, I certainly will
not get any kick out Of going over
there" and Joan said, I'VE are going,
anyway" and so we will waste
Wednesday evening meeting a woman
who does not want other women to
use their married names because she
has not got one herself, on account
Of men being too smart.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-22
BEDTIME STORIES By = r ssse1ss

They were sheltered under the thick
branches and there, side by side, they
went to sleep. BY and by Mrs. Grouse
awcke. 1t was raining and sleeting.
She poked Mr.. Grouse. Now, aren't
you glad that you're not down in that
snow?'' said she.
"Uh.hu," replied Mr.. Grouse sleepily.
That was all she could get out of him.
When they awoke the next morning
1t was to find everything encased in
ice. They shivered. It wasn't that
they were cold. They shivered at the
thought Of what would happen ii they
couldn't find food, and they knew that
finding food would not be an easy
matter.
There is mighty little to eat around
here" complained Mr.. Grouse. These
spruce buds are bitter. ] think Wen
have to go over to the Old Orchard
and get some apple buds"
They'll be covered with ice," said
Mrs. Grouse.
"Iknow it., replied Mr.. Grouse, "but
we shall just have to break the ice
off. 1t will be easier to get than any
other food 1 know Of. Come on, my
dear
Mrs. Grouse knew Mr.. Grouse was
right. The apple buds would be none
too easy to get, but they would be
easier to get than any other food she
could think of. So she and Mr.. Grouse
hurried away over to the Old Orchard
and started in to try to f1ll their empty
crops on apple buds.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-22
THE DAILY
HOROSCOPE
Wednesday, February %.

This planetary government is read
as not important by astrologers, but
a benefic aspect dominates.
1t is a day rarely suspicious for
dealing with ones correspondence,
especially that which concerns banks
and banking.
Under this sway, II should be easier
to obtain credit than when the plane
tary rule Is less dominated by NIer.
curry.
There is a sign read as encouraging
visionary schemes and 1t is well to de.
fer speculation until a more favorable
rule prevails.
Great fluctuations Of the money
market abroad again are forecast and
financiers are to assume new burdens,
the seers foretell.
Actors and actresses who may hap
pen to be discouraged by this years
theatrical conditions may take Joy in
the announcement by those who read
the stars of brilliant possibilities for
1928.
Great activity in machinery, iron
and steel is prognosticated for 1927,
when the United States will compete
with European manufacturers.
Persons whose birth date 1t 10 have
the augury of great good luck in
the coming year, which should be De-
culiarly fortunate for editors and
writer's.
Children horn on that day probably
will be keenly alert mentally. Many
mathematicians are born under
fCopyright 1927
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-22
MILADY BEAUTIFUL
BY LOIS LEEDS.

avoid all stimulating beverages. The
p1mples may be caused by lack of
sumcient fresh fruit, salads and green
vegetables in your diet and too much
Iatty, fried food and meats. az You
forgot to mention your skin tints.
very few girls can wear white DOW
der. Flesh or ivory is more becoming.
There Is a light-red rouge for blends.
30 You are about Ia pounds too heavy
Tor your age and height. Please send
Tor my leaf1et on Feminine Proper
tions," that gives the physical specifi-
cations of several well known beauties
with whom you may compare your
self. go Yes, think the dark circles
make your eyes look larger. They
make you look unhealthy. too. They
are often caused by female troubles
as well as eyestrain and loss of sleep.
Use bleaching cream and try to rem.
edy the cause of these disf1guring
circles. LOIS LEEDS.
Beautiful Proportions.
Dear Miss Leeds: I am II years
old, feet inches tall, and my meas
urements are: Neck, 10; bust, SO;
hips. 38; thighs. 81: ankles, SIX. What
is good for blackheads and enlarged
pores? CELIA.
AnSWer-1Ou SnOuId weigh between
118 and 122 pounds. You are large
from the hips down in proportion to
the upper parts. In the youthful
slim figure, bust and hips measure the
same. Good proportions for your
height are: Neck, 10: bust, "a; waist,
20; hips. "a or IS; thigh, 20; calf, 1914;
ankle, 7h. Please send for my leafiet
on blackheads and enlarged pores in
closing stamped, self.addressed enve-
lope. LOIS LEEDS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-22


dark circles under them.
ANTOINETTE.
Answer--C) A brace is seldom ad-
visable, as II makes the muscles lazy
and weak. What you need is constant
practice of correct posture and also
daily exercises for strengthening the
back muscles. Here are some exer-
cises for you: (a) Lie face down on the
floor with arms folded across the small
Of your back. Slowly raise head and
shoulders as far off the floor as you
can. Relax and repeat. (b) Stand
erect, elbows bent and hands on shout
ders. Rotate your arms backward try
Ing to make shoulder blades touch.
(c) Stand about feet away from the
corner of a room. facing the corner
with arms spread out on the two
walls. Without moving your feet and
keeping knees straight, slowly incline
your body forward until your chest
touches the corner. Keep arms spread
out on the walls. Return to starting
position and repeat. (2) The evening
walks are splendid for you. You
should walk briskly, covering about 4
miles an hour: do not saunter along
slowly. Attend a gymnasium class at
least one evening a week and get
plenty Of outdoor exercise during your
week ends. 81 No, I do not think
the coffee is entirely responsible for
the pimples, although people who
have these blemishes would do well to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-22

Save time in cooking by soak
ing beans, rice. and dried fruits
overnight.
Leather picture frames, port
folios, ETC., may be cleaned with
benzine. Apply with a soft cloth.
and IL the benzine removes the
polish apply the well beaten
white of an egg.
To wash chenille articles, first
of all soak the article in cold
water, then squeeze, but on no
account wiring. Make a good
lather with warm water and
some good washing powder, and
in this rub the cloth very gently,
repeating the process II neces-
sary. Rinse we'll in a gallon or
so of cold water to which has
been added a half pint of vine
gar. Finally, squeeze, pass
through the wringer, shake and
hang In a breezy and shady
place to dry.
To tell when a cake Is done:
It shrinks from the pan, 1t
springs back when pressed
lightly with the finger. it leaves
a clean, non-sticky tester or
straw.
Melted fat should not be hot
when added to cake mixture, as,
hot fat is likely to make cake
tough, course grained and heavy.
Graham bread Is wholesome
and sweet and ought to be eaten
frequently in every family, par
ticularly by young people whose
bones and teeth are forming.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-22

tions, such as black with red, apple
green or yellow: gray with green or
yellow; jade green with dark green
and red with blue
Shown here is a Penang chair of
peel cane with an -hour-glass stool to
match.
When a home Is being furnished
on the progressive budget plan pieces
such as these can often be used tenn
porarilx in the living room. Then
when finer pieces are purchased for
the living room they may be trans
ferred to sunroom or porch. or even
to one of the bedrooms, and are hand
some enough to give satisfaction
there.
fCopyright. 1927
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-22
Lessons in English
BY W. L. GORDON.

Words often misused: Don't say 1T
was kind of surprised" Say some
what surprised"
Often mispronounced: Mischievous-
ness. Pronounce mis-chiv-us-nes, both
Is as in sit" u as in up" and accent
first syllable, not the second
Often misspelled: Library.
Synonyms: "Abscond, disappear, de-
part, leave, fee, decamp, steal away.
Word study: Use word three
times and 1t is yours. - Let us in
crease our vocabulary by mastering
one word each day. Today's word:
Pungent; piercing, keen, biting, af-
fecting the nerves of sensation. "A
pungent odor filled the air"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-22
DIARY OF A
NEW FATHER
BY r. e. DICKSON.

Monday night.
I have found out how to get your
wife to talk to you while she is still
mad at you about something, and the
way to do 1t Is to have her want you
to do something that she knows you
do not want to do.
Tonight made four days since Joan
not said much myself, because 1t
sounds silly when you talk to some.
body and she does not even shut up.
But when I came home tonight
Joan said. I'VE are invited over to
the Cooks Wednesday evening to
meet Mrs. Cooks sister," and said,
II didn't even know Mrs. Cook had
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-22
Tongue.Raisin Sauce.

Scrub the tongue thoroughly, put
it in hot water. and boil for about
two hours. or until the skin peels
readily. Remove, jmmerse in cold
water, and skin. Into a pan put
two tablespoonfuls of dripping and
two heaping tablespoonfuls of -four,
and brown by rubbing over the fire.
Add enough liquid that the tongue
was boiled in to make a thin gravy.
Add half a bay leaf. one tablespoonful
of vinegar, salt and pepper to taste.
one blade of mace, one handful of
raisins with seeds removed, two slices
of lemon. six cloves, and one table.
spoonful of capers. Cook down un-
til the gravy Is the desired thickness.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-22
Peanut Loaf.

Two cups canned tomatoes, one and
one fourth teaspoons salt. two table.
spoons cornstarch, two cups peanut
butter, one cup dried bread crumbs,
pepper to taste. Mix the cornstarch
with a little of the tomato and then
add to the remainder of the tomato.
Then add the peanut butter, crumbs,
salt and pepper. Mix thoroughly and
place in well creased mold. Cover
tightly and simmer for hours. Serve
very hot with creamed onions. This
loaf is excellent when cold IL sliced
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-22

Mix two cupfuls Of sugar. one cup
full Of milk, two squares OF I'M
sweetened chocolate or four table
spoonfuls of cocoa, and boil for ten
minutes. Add butter the size of a
small egg and cook until 1t crisps in
cold water. Take from the fire and
put the pan in a dish of cold water
and beat until 1t gets pretty stiff.
adding one.half a teaspoonful of
vanilla. If you beat too long. it will
turn to sugar. In that case reheat
it with little more milk and try
again.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-22

Dear Miss Leeds: / have round
shoulders. Should I wear a brace? ~
l de not walk very much during the
day, but every evening / take an
hours walk. Is this enough exercise?
t3) have pimples on my face. Are
they caused by drinking coffee? az
Should I use white or flesh powder
and what shade of rouge? (5) 1 am Is
years and 10 months old, 81 inches tall
and weigh 100 pounds. What should
my weight and measurements be? (6)
have blond hair ana very large blue
eyes. How can ! make my eyes look
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-22
Makes Women
"Alluring-Every Hour in "a"

NkS1AS0 w ~AAs>e
"Alluring-Every Hour in "a"
To be always dainty-cheek Of
fensive perspiration body doors in
a simple, convenient, thorough way.
Try this! Wash or battle with
exquisite Chex Soap. Instantly
every trace of body odor IS gone.
Alluring charm follows for "a hours.
The most clearly may offend-be-
cause the skin pores help rid the
system of waste; more so. when
other eliminative organs are sluggish.
And, the insidious thing is, we
may never suspect it and our dearest
friends won't tell us.
Chex contains iasting. odorlees deodorant
not found in any other SOAP which, In the
creamy abundant lather. penetrAtes 70 the
very bottom of every tiny skin pore. dissolv-
ing, washing away. and preventing decom-
position Of skin moisture.
Over /, 0OO. 900 cakes used in the fret year
and everyone delighted.
You'll agree, it's the wonder soap of the
age--after using.
Chez i. sold and RECOMMENDED By ~
Peoples Drug Stores and al good drug and
toilet counterss
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-22
Copyright. 1927

Across.
1. Number Of people.
6. Dirt ground in.
IL. The globe on which We dwell.
IL. More recent.
10. Pronoun.
IA. Maid loved by zeus.
Is. Jot.
Is. Flower.
10. Behold.
20. Store.
"a. Anger.
Is. A capital in Europe.
26. Hail!
81. Chum.
%. Attending officer.
80. Short for alas"
80. Units of length.
81. Proposed international language.
IS. Song by one person.
36. Cries of sheep.
80. Silver (symboD.
40. Satisfy.
a.. Helped.
As. Weird.
4s. Island in the Mediterranean.
AZ. Scoff.
1. Procure.
2. College cheer.
3. Openings.
4. Say.
5. Combining form: loving.
6. Darkness.
Z. Lift UP.
8. Japanese statesman.
8. Encountered.
10. Period of time.
Is. Fully developed.
II. Verbal.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-22
A Hunt for Buds.
It all is in the point of view:
What's wrong to me is right to you.
Farmer Browns Boy.

The Winter had been hard. Yes, sir,
the Winter had been hard. No one
knows quite as well as the little folk
of the Green Forest and the Green
Meadows how hard the Winter can be.
Happy Jack Squirrel. Chatterer the
Red Squirrel, Rusty the Fox Squirrel,
and some Of the Mouse family, who
thriftily lay up stores of food In the
Fall, do not have to worry. It Is the
little people who eat the kind of food
that cannot be stored UP who learn
the real bitterness of bitter weather.
Every morning they must go out to
search for food. If they do not find
food, they cannot live.
The one thing that the little folk
Of the Green Forest and the Green
Meadows dread most is an ice storm.
You know that Is one Of those storms
when it rains and the rain freezes as
fast as 1t falls. It covers the trunks
and branches OF the trees with coat
ing of hard ice. It covers everything
on the ground with an icy crust. Then.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-22
Observing Washington's Birth


If Washington's birthday finds the
housewife entirely unprepared to
celebrate in any way. she can always
add note of festivity by making
some special dish, and by adding
touches to the decoration of the din
ner table. 1t is not necessary to
increase the work materially by do
Ing these things. There are simple
ana effective methods, last-minute
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-22
HOME NOTES
BY JENNY WREN.

Reed. wicker. rattan and cane pieces
Of furniture are undoubtedly the most
for the porch and for the
sunroom where an outdoor atmos-
phere Is the aim. They Withstand
the weather we'll and can be painted
in various attractive color combina-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-22

touches If you have not thought
Of them until now. let me help you
solve the problem of what to do and
how to do il.
A Washington pie with one or
more little flags stuck into 1t and
with lighted cake candles about 1t
declares the festivity to be for a
birthday. Any simple cake. with
filing, and topped with icing. or even
sprinkled lavishly with powdered
sugar, constitutes Washington pie.
A delicious filling is sliced oranges
sprinkled with shredded coconut and
having chopped maraschino cherries
over the coconut. Be sure to have
the filling sufficiently sweet. II you
write the word washington" across
the top Of the icing. using wee bits
Of maraschino cherries for the letter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-16
FARMING

My grandsire had hilly farm, COM
posed of gumbo, rocks and shale, and
there for years with mighty arm he
piled the hoe and scythe and fall
Twas little that he ever bought at
any merchant princes shop; he
always paid for what he got with
something from his latest crop. He'd
take to town a load of hay. perchance
cord of stove-length wood, and buy
the women dresses gay, or shoes, or
something just as good. He had
garden and he grew all kinds Of sass
and healthful plants, and what was
left, the Summer through, was canned
for Winter by my aunts. He killed
two hogs, and sometimes four, when
wild geese southwark Topped their
wings. and always had goodly store
of hams and bacon fit for kings. Ana
when the pastor came to eat, from
long, hard Journeys Ger the heath,
fried chicken furnished him treat
that he remembered till his death.
The things he needed most he grew
upon those acres. stern and brown;
save when he needed hat or shoe, he
seldom had to go to town. lie had
no mOney-What of that? For all
he needed he could raise; and he and
all his folks were fat and lacked no
tOHlIpIj all their tld y =. 1lG liiOuSil
the farming stuff was fine, when on
his rocky hills employed, and daily
thanked the Power divine for all the
blessings he enjoyed. The farmer of
these later times buys all he eats and
wears in town. and when it leaves him
short of dimes he runs the farming
business down. He buys canned peas
and beets and vans where hangs the
village grocer's sign; he buys his
bacon and his hams instead of Staying
> NJ WALT MASON.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-16
DRY FORCES PLAN FINAL
ANTI-SMUGGLING DRIVE
Florida Coast Line and Detroit OBJ
iectives of Treasury Agents in
Keeping Out Liquor.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Consideration of plans to stop SNUG
Cling of liquor into the United States
is occupying much of the attention of
customs, Coast Guard and prohibition
officials at the Treasury. Co-ordina-
ton of the three services, with the OBJ
jective of reducing smuggling to a
minimum is progressing favorably,
Treasury officials declared.
OF the points through which liquor
is being brought into the country lille
gally. the Florida coast line is re-
garded as a district to which consider
able attention must be given, and the
Detroit River area is considered the
most perplexing problem along the
Northern border.
Commissioner Doran said that no
conferences of prohibition officials were
planned before July ], when the pro-
hibition administrators have been
called in from over the country to con-
fer with the commissioner and Assist
ant Secretary Andrews.
Seymour Lowman, former lieutenant
governor Of New York, who will take
Gen. Andrews place August /, is ex-
pected to come to Washington within
a few days to become acquainted with
his new duties and will attend the adj
ministrators' conference.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-16
Unkept Hands
Spoil Entire Effect

Every woman should have soft,
white. youthful hands TO complete
the picture OF daintiness expected Of
her.
While eating. dancing, playing
cards, in fact, whatever you do, your
hands are noticed as much as your
complexion. You can't neglect them
without spelling the impression you
make by being well groomed in every
other detail
The easiest way to keep your
hands soft, white and firm is to mas
sage them with the dainty lotion
you can make by simply squeezing
the juice of two lemons into a bottle
or Orchard White, which you can get
from your nearest dealer. 1t clears
and refnes the skin. making toll
worn and stained hands look like
queens.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-16

when Sc students will be graduated.
The competitive examinations for four
scholarships to the high school will be
held at 8 o'clock Saturday morning.
Rev. E. J.. Connolly, rector of st.
Peters Church, will deliver the ad-
dress to the graduates at the COM
mencement, while Lawrence c. Nc
Hugh and Clarence T. Springmann,
members of the graduating class, will
deliver the graduate orations on RE
ligious Intolerance-Its Cause, It's
Cure"
With the bestowal Of diplomas upon
As graduates of the classical course
and II of the non-classical course,
medals and prizes will be awarded to
the especially deserving students.
The examinations Saturday. will be
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-16
Honored in Sweden.

STOCKHOLM, June Is R.-The
new American Minister to Sweden.
Leland Harrison, and Mrs. Harrison
were guests of honor at a luncheon
given yesterday by the Swedish-Amer-
lean Foundation and the Swedish
American Society. A large attendance
of Swedish notables featured the
luncheon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-16

open to parochial and public school
students and each of the four schol-
arships entities it's winner to the full
four years course, and is worth $400
Examination subjects will include
English. arithmetic, history, civics and
geography. Candidates must register
with the project of studies. Gonzaga
High School, before Saturday morn
ing.