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Evening star., 1927-05-23

Mr.. and Mrs. John L. Newbold
seft this morning for Harpers Ferry,
accompanied by company or 10 VINO
will be their guests at the Blue Kloge
Boa and Gun Club for several days.
Evening star., 1927-05-23

Mr.. Edward Father and Mr.. Kay
nond Richardson entertained a COM
many of 20 at breakfast yesterday
at the Commonwealth Farm.
Evening star., 1927-05-23

Mrs. Ann ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
at dinner this evening for her daugh-
ter. Miss Lydia Archb6ld, In nonor
of Miss RebelSah Lipscomp anu iiei
fiance, Lieut.. Thomas dresser "hi.s,
whose marriage will take place on
Saturday.
Evening star., 1927-05-23
SOCIETY
President and Mrs. Coolidge Return
After Week End Cruise on MayAower
With Party of Guests.

Miss Hicks is a daughter of the late
Rev. William Cleveland Hicks, provln-
cial secretary of the province of Wash
ington and a member of the Washing
ton Cathedral staff. She is niece OF
the late de Forest Hicks of New York
and a great-great t-granddaughter OF
oliver Hewlett Hicks of New York.
Miss Hicks is a graduate of the Ma
tional Cathedral School of this city, a
member Of the League of American
Pen Women, the Women's National
Press Club and of the Junior League
Mr.. Williams is a son of Mr.. ana
Mrs. James Bradley Wlillams OF
Cumberland, Md. lie is graduate OF
Mercersburg Academy and OF l1ataN
cite. class of 1922 and a member or
the University Club of New York and
of the New York Stock Exchange.
Details of the wedding are not yet
completed, further than that it Will
be the latter part of June.
Miss Kitty Beale, whose marriage
TO Mr.. Karl Knox Gartner will take
place at st. Adams Church, Eathedrai
Close, Wednesday, June g., Will nave
as matron of honor her sister, Mrs.
Mahlon Ashford. wife of Mai. Ashford,
Medical Corps, L. S. A., and Mrs. III
bourne Gordon of New York ana the
brides two nieces. Miss Nancy Beale
and Miss Marjorie Beale of Philadel'
phia.
Mr.. Gartner's brother, Mr.. Allen
Gartner, will be best man and the
group of ushers includes Mr.. Robert
Vaughn and Mr., Leland TAYLOR OF
Louisville, Ky; Mr.. kilbourne Gordon
of New York. Mr.. Danise Barlow
and Mr.. Carl Shuneman of Washing
ton.
The bride will be given in marriage
by her brother-in-law, Maj. Ashford,
and the ceremony will be followed by
a small tea at Stoneleigh Court.
Mrs. William Crawford Gorgas,
widow of Surg. Gen. Gorgas, y.
S. A, retired, has issued cards to
friends made in Panama, for tea
Friday afternoon in her new apart
men. at 1861 Crescent place, in compli-
ment to her daughter. Mrs. William ID.
Wrightson, who, with her three little
girls, arrived few days ago for
visit with Mrs. Gorgas.
Mrs. Wrightson, as Miss Alleen
Gorgas, made many visits in WASH.
ington while her father was CHIEF
sanitary officer of the Canal Zone, ana
her marriage to Mr.. Wrightson took
place in Panama.
Evening star., 1927-05-23

daughters. the Misses Quinby, arrived
in Washington this morning and are
at the Mayf1ower. The Misses Quinby
returned to this country. Saturday
aboard the Mauretania after spending
short time abroad.
Mrs George Mesta has returned to
her apartment at the Mayflower from
a western trip.
Mrs. Sidney Clomans entertained
party of eight at dinner on Sunday in
the presidential dining room of the
Mayfiower.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-28
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-28
DIARY OF A
NEW FATHER

Sunday night.

Sunday night.
l have had two lucky days right in
succession, because Yesterday l won
$40 in the Office pool. and now l am
only $3.50 in the hole for all the time
have been playing the darn thing
And today the baby started to learn
how to crawl, and he was only 10
weeks old at o'clock this morning.
And here | am the father of a smart
baby like that
| guess must he what they call
Fortunes favorite.
He could have really crawled il he
had wanted to go any place particu
larry. hut there are not many places
to crawl to in our apartment, because
it Is so small. And when | think of
how much rent | have to pay for this
much apartment | feel terrible.
The baby was sitting on blanket
on the floor and We had propped him
up with pillows so that If he decided
to turn his head to look at something
he would not lose his balance and
fall over and hurt himself aybe.
And Joan and ! were sitting here read
ing the Sunday paper and not paying
any special attention to him, and all of
q sudden he was over on his hands
and knees and kind of rocking back
and forth, and l guess he was won
dering where to go first. Well,.I hope
| never get like some parents and
brag about the least little thing, but
on the other hand you have to give a
person credit if he does something
smart especially when he is just a
little tiny baby and is not supposed to
be smart yet. And | must admit
never heard of another child as cute
and smart as he ia
Joan said, Look. + believe the
darling is trying to crawl" And |
was already looking, and | said: HE
certainly is. He can't make up his
mind where he wants to go, the poor
little fellow. Come here to daddy
Junior" But ne just stayed there. He
is awfully independent.
Well. he kept rocking back and
forth, sort of, and / said: Your en-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-28

ably due to excessive dryneSs. If
your mother has her hands in water
good deal or If she uses strong
washing soaps or powders. the natural
dryness of her skin has heen in
creased. She should use rubber gloves
when washing dishes, etc. When it
is absolutely necessary for her to have
her hands In water without the
gloves she should dry them we'll and
rub i'm a little olive oil. At bedtime
let her soak her finger-tips and
thumbs in warmed olive oil for at
least 10 minutes. Wipe off the oil
and apply zinic ointment, to be left on
overnight. Let her wear pair of
old (but clean) loose gloves to keep
the ointment from rubbing off on the
bedding. Battle her feet in tepid salt
water every night. dry thoroughly
and apply the zinc ointment, tying 1t
on with several layers of clean gauze
During the day she should wear shoes
that do not press on the heels, pref
erably bathroom slippers or mules
AS the condition improves, she may
wear ordinary soft shoes with buniOn
pads over the cracked places. (2)
You are about Is pounds over the
average for your age and height.
Your excess fat seems to be mostly
in calves and ankles. Please send
stamped, self addressed envelope for
my leaflets on How to Lose Weight"
Care of the Legs" and The Indoor
Woman" These will give you the
exercises and diet suggestions that
you need to bring your figure down
to normal without injuring your
health. Bread and potatoes are not
the only articles of diet that make
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-28
LITTLE BENNY
BY LEE PAPE.

/ was feeling exter hungry waiting
for the dinnir bell to ring for suppir
today. and | went back to the kitchin
to see wat Nora was cooking and heer
wat was she doing hut frying fish in
a frying pan. me saying. Aw heck,
fish
Beeinc my leest favorite thing. and
Nora sed, Meny poor man would be
glad to have this fish.
Well why don't you give 1t to cup.
pie and have something decent? ! sed
and Nora sed. If YOU don't wunt to eat
il. shut your big trap and have man
ners enuff not to he abusing the food
that better people than yourself are
going to eat.
And she kepp on frying it, me say
ing. G wiz. think Of eating ded fish.
Get out of my kitchn before | throw
YOU out, Nora sed.
Wich | did, and pritty soon we
started to eat suppir and Nora hrawt
the fish in. me saying. Aw gosh. ma
why do we haff to eat fish?
We don't half to, we like to. and il
YOU don't like to you don't half to. but
III tell YOU one thing. if you make
one single solitary remark about it
you'll leeve the table, ma sed.
Well G wiz, ma dident say eny-
thing about the old honey stuff, did T.
| sed, and she sed. Now let that he
your last remark on the subieck, do
YOU wunt peece or don't you?
| CESS so. | sed, and she sed, No
gessing around heer. either, do you or
don't you?
Yes, | sed. Being pritty darn hun
grN. and ma gave me CRATE big peece
and | ate it ALL and it taisted better
than wat 1t sounded, being all dis
gnlZad enyhoW on account of being
fried
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gine is running. Let out your clutch.
But he just stayed there, and Joan
said: Isn't that cute? He can't figure
out what has to be done next" / said
The heck he can't Joan said:
why, of course. he can't. Don't be
silly" And I said: well, / will help
him get started, then" And / sat
down beside him on the floor. And
Joan said: Look out. now. He is
better off IL you leave him alone"
said: How on earth do you expect
him to learn anything If no one is
willing to teach him something
And Joan said: You'll hurt him.
l said: You can be referee, can't
you?"
Well, I thought I would study the
situation, and SO i watched him rock
ing back and forth for little while,
and / decided the trouble was that he
did not understand he had to work
his knees one after the other. SO i
tried to help him, hut he was getting
kind of discouraged. l guess, because
he just Topped over on his back and
began sucking his thumb. l said:
you mustn't. give up like that,
Junior. You've got to keep trying"
And / turned him over again, and |
did not notice he was still sucking his
tumb, and he could not hold himself
up on his hands and knees with one
hand in his mouth, l guess. beca use
he fell on his face and he yelled
something awful. And now he acts
mad at me, but Joan is madder and
/ guess my limit Is being lucky for
two days and then 1t has got to end.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-28
DEDTTNETI CT0DTEC THORNTON
DELI lW1k - lOl01LO ". BURGESS

in watching all that went on down
below You know he can see by day
as well as by night. Those are very
convenient eyes. 1t is all because his
true home is way up where part of
the year the sun doesn't set at all and
part of the year there Is no sun. So
Whitley has become accustomed t.
seeing under both conditions.
Now, there is nothing stupid about
the members of the family of Robber
the Rat. After three or four of them
had mysteriously disappeared the
word went around that there was a
mysterious enemy waiting for them
outside the barn, so that it was no
longer safe to visit the henhouse.
After that all of Robbers family re.
manned in and under the barn, seldom
showing so much as whisker ut
side. In vain Whitley sat on the roof
of the barn and waited and watched.
He grew hungrier and hungrier and
hungrier. But patience Is virtue
possessed by Whitley and other mem
hers of his family. SO he sat and sat
and sat and watched and watched and
watched. At last he began to wonder
If 1t could be possible that he had
caught the very last rat. ] he had
he would have to get something else
lOI q meal. ne utSd1i 10 tIllfk ABOUT
those hens down there.
Now, Farmer Browns Boy is wise
in the ways of the little people of
feathers and fur. When he saw
Whitley catch rat he know that
Whitley had probably had enough for
the present. so he did not hesitate to
let the hens out In the henyard for /;
run. But when he wasn't certain that
Whitley had had a rat, Farmer
Browns Boy wisely decided not to put
temptation in his way, and SO did not
let the hens out for run. SO Whitley
waited in vain for Il rat and in vain
for a hen, and. of course. all the time
he was growing hungrier and hun
grier.
Then came an afternoon when
Whitley had been gone nearly all day
hunting for food elsewhere. Just about
dusk he returned to Farmer Browns
barn. lie had had no luck and he was
very. very hungry. He looked over to
Farmer Browns house. Something
black and white was moving in the
dusk. ON silent wings Whitley flew
over. What made Jimmy Skunk look
up just when he did. not even Jimmy
himself knows. He saw Whitley
Whitley was reaching for him with
those great claws Of his. Jimmy
promptly used that little scent gun he
carries with him. Right then ana
there Whitley lost his appetite. But
he wasn't the only one that lost an
appetite. You see, at the time Jimmy
had Just been going to enter the She
Of Farmer Browns house, and jim
my's perfume was SO strong that It
quite took away the appetite Of
Farmer Browns Boy, Farmer Brown
and Mother Brown.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-28
Clean Hands.

1t is not possible for us to do good
work in whatever field Of activity we
engage unless we have clean hands.
Starting early in the morning the first
thing one ought to do Ia to make GER
tain the hands are washed clea n.
Mothers who are about to feed chill
dren and families, ought to be very
sure about that. Food ha ndled by I'M
reading once more. He would stand
washing will be well paid and paid in
many ways.
When children see their mother
washing her hands before touching
their food, washing her hands after
doing any sort of work and starting
the next job, they are likely to form
the habit of keeping their own hands
clean. That means they will be
healthier children. There are many
kinds of evil germs lurking about to
attack the unwary. and host of them
ride on the dirty hands Of little chill
dren. Little ones are always putting
their hands to their faces and into
their mouths, and so bring sickness
unon themselves. If the hands are
clea n there Is not so much danger.
A piece of good soap and plenty of
hot water handy suggests clea nliness
TO the cnllufen. l nave seen 0eNRnt-
full little cakes of soap that have
Mother Goose pictures on them in
color. Any child would love to wash
his hands with cake Of soap that had
Mother Hubbard's dog dancing upon
It, And if you can't have a decorated
soap, any of the colorful. sweet smell
ing sorts that make fluffy lather will
do. Lather in warm water makes
foam that rises high. and In trying to
capture handful Of foam hands ar"
washed clean.
| have another reason for asking
for clean ha nds all round. Hands are
symbol Of what goes on behind
| them. They are the handmaidens OF
the mind, the expression of the soul.
What you think, you do. What you
do Is you Then If what you do is
clean and decent. kind and lovely,
there you are. You have set high
pattern for life's weaving and your
sun will set in happiness.
1t Is not easy to rear child in the
way you think he should 60. 1t gets
no ga sier The most one can do is all
too little. Yet one must do all that he
can, for there is no bitterness like that
lying in the thought, But for my
'selfshness. my stupidity, the child
would have been right" One must do
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-28
THE DAILY
HOROSCOPE
Tuesday, March /.

Astrologers read tomorrow as a
fairly promising day In which strong
benefic influences prevail. There is
particularly good sign for CONNER
cial matters.
Agriculturists certainly are to bene-
fit greatly before the end Of this
wear. which will be marked by amaz-
ing world events.
This should be a fortunate rule for
real estate and the seers fOretell in
creased interest in landholding here
in the United States because of a
new foresight.
Thrift again will be much taught
by leaders OF thought and America
will be prepared for new responsible
tiles, it is prophesied.
This month should be lucky for
most persons who are in established
business. 1t is well to push develop
ment of territory and other matters.
The early hours tomorrow are
much more favorable than the after
noon and evening.
Again, labor is subject to the most
promising influences here as well as
in Europe.
Impetus to inventions of many
sorts will be given by startling world
events, il is Indicated.
Chemistry. science and education
are to command even more attention
than usual.
Persons whose birth date 1t is have
the augury of a year Of much varied
activity.
Children born on that day are
likely to he extremely brilliant. Law
vers are horn under this sign.
tCopyrRht 1927
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-28
OUR CHILDREN By Angelo pa,ri

MS best. then. to come before the child
with clean hands.
| thought of this today as Miss
Lavinia read from the Bible. She
reads well and impressively. and to.
day she selected the twenty-fourth
Psal I'm, that reads like trumpet call.
In the third verse come the questions,
Who shall ascend unto the hill of the
Lord? or who shall stand in His holy
place? And then the answer. He that
hath clean hands. Miss Lavinia
paused there, and then went on, and
saw young Peter, the imp of the
Fifth. take quick look at his hands.
rub of speck with the corner of his
handkerchief and then attend to the
reading once more. He would stand
in the holy place.
He that hath clean hands. Clean
ha nds
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-28

| to warrant such use. Any woman
can have one of the pulls without
much outlay. either of money or time
or she can put an infinite amount OF
/ both into her work. The strips are
narrow. though the length is consider
able. If she selects some beautiful
banding and fastens it down the cen
ter of a strip of velvet, rep, or some
such heavy material, she has the front
ready to line. An interlining is adj
vised, for the pull must hang straight
and rather stiff. The lower end is
generally finished with a large tassel
or with heavy fringe. The top is
plain, for it appears to be attached to
the bell wire. though it really is hung
from the picture molding.
Stitches and Mediums.
eros and petit point pulls were con
sidered smart in those old days, and
they certainly are in high favor now.
When making these needlepoint pulls
select woods that have softened tones
to simulate the hues mellowed by
time that are found in genuine old
ones. Cross stitch Is one of the ia
miliar needle stitches that lends itself
admirably to these strips. A border
design, somewhat narrower than the
bell pull, can be stitched on to band,
as described above. Tapestry border
ing can be made up into these bell
pulls also.
Backgrounds for Pulls.
1t requires plain wall or one that
has but very little design to be back
ground for these pulls. There are
some old-style papers that have gilt
designs on white that are in keeping,
because these patterns were in vogue
during the height of the fashion for
bell pulls. To hang them against a
wall covered with a design in colors is
poor decoration, but to use one to orna-
ment a narrow length of plain wall,
especially in room where traces of
Victorian decoration linger, adds a
anfn nj DIGNITY,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-28
Everyday Law Cases
Grocer Inknoicingly Sells Impure
Food. Is Lack of Intent
Good Defensee
BY THE COUNSELLOR.

Hiram Brown owned an up-to-date
grocery store. When an enterprising
salesman sold him butter at very
low price, Hiram sent circulars to his
customers telling them he had fine
butter to sell at less than the regular
price.
Several customers did not like the
butter Hiram sold them, however, and
brought a sample to the Health De-
partment of the city. Examination
showed that the substance contained
fats, oils and grease.
Soon Hiram was indicted for viO-
lating an ordinance forbidding the sale
of adulterated butter. At the trial,
Hiram was fined $40.
Realizing that the conviction would
hurt his business, Hiram took an ap-
peal to the higher court. He de-
clared that he did not know that the
butter was adulterated and was, there
fore, guiltless of any intentional
wrong doing. Further. Hiram stated
that grocer could not reasonably be
expected to know the ingredients Of
every article he sold and that the law
was, consequently, oppressive.
The court, in upholdinE Hirams
conviction, followed the ensuing gen
eral principle of law:
by the great weight of authority,
the seller is under the duty of ascer.
tanning at his peril whether an article
of food conforms to the standard as
fixed by statute or ordinance"
Copyright. 1927
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-28
Tongue in Cases.

Peel and chop up about eight small
ana cook them. Cut four
ounces of cooked tongue into strips
and mix this and the mushrooms with
two ounces of cooked paghetti cut
small. Mix these with a gill of to
mato sauce, add an ounce of gra ted
cheese and the chopped white of a
hard boiled egg. Make the mixture
hot, season and put it into small ia
per or china cases. Decorate with the
sifted yolk of the egg and some chop.
ped parsley.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-28

! know Of" said Whitley, with the end
of a rats tail dangling from the corner
Of his mouth. These are the dhings
I have hunted for ever since left my
home way up in the Far North. When
] get these / don't bother with any
thing else. When / can't get them,
why. anything is better than starving
think I'll stay around here for q
while. AS long as ! can get rat now
and then 1t will be good place to
stay. If / can't get a rat 7 may he
able to get one of those stupid birds
that are kept shut up in that house
I've noticed that they are let out dur
ing the warmest part of the day"
So Whitley the Snowy Owl, who had
come down from the Far North. visited
Farmer Browns barn every day for IA
week. Farmer Browns boy liked to
nee him there. So did Farmer Brown
and Mother Brown. Therefore they
took great pains not to disturb him.
However. Whitley wasn't easily dis
turbed. He wasn't afraid of these two
legged crea lures. Up in the land where
he had come from they didn't harm
him, so he saw no reason why he
should he afraid down here. In fact.
Whitley took a great deal Of interest
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-28
American Chop Suey.

Cook onehalf a package of maca
roni in boiling sailed water for 20
minutes While this is cooking, put
two onions and one-half a pound of
round steak through a food chopper.
Brown in a hot pan with a piece of
butter or beef drippings. Drain the
water from the macaroni. add one
can of tomatoes, season with salt and
pepper, then add the steak and onions
and cook slowly for 80 minutes
Serve piping hot. This is enough for
six people.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-28
HOME NOTES
BY JENNY WREN.

For the very elegant homes Of the
latter-day Colonial types, such as the
stately New England town house or
the classic Southern mansion. furni
ture of the American Renaissance
period 0700 to 1880 Is the most ap.
prOpriate choice.
Two pieces from this period are
pictured here. The grandfather s
chair is of unusually handsome de-
sign and shows strong Queen Anne
influence Such chairs were usually
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-28

night" Yes, please bring two bot
ties of ginger ale for the punch. And
get home early. that's a dear. Bye
Peter and Nancy had stayed at
Nancy's mothers after their return
from their honeymoon abroad. They
were waiting the completion of their
own home. Now they were in 1t and
were entertaining for the first time.
1t was merry group which came
to the party. Even the maid who
admitted them and who looked like
figure from smart English play
enjoyed their exclamation of delight