davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-22
Well Chosen Handkerchief as Gift
BY LYDIA LIE BARON WALKER.

place. the feeling of special selection
must be instilled into it. Such
needlework additions as have been
mentioned contribute to the fastidi
BUSINESS of such choice, but 1t is
even possible without such efforts to
make the choice with such care and
consideration of the recipients tastes
or gowns that it is also felt
Should il chance that you know the
rolor of n new gown in the wardrobe
of q friend, the scheme of il may he
used as Il basis. The card accom-
uanvn~ II may suggest the reason
for it's choice or if il is sufficiently oh
yious with what it is intended 10 he
used. the handkerchief can speak for
it.clf.
If the maker of the gift has any in
gcnuify at vcrsifying. the personal
note can he struck in a few rhymed
lines to accompany the Gift. This
would be a good example we're the
friend to receive the gift at dis
lance.
This handkerchief to you I send.
To wave greeting TO a friend;
It's folded small and neat and plain.
And says to you, Come back again"
Another suggested verse is:
I do not know. | cannot guess
The color of your latest dress;
But this I hope, though cannot tel
The handkerchief will grace it well.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-22
YOUR MIND
And How to Keep 1t Fit
BY PROF. JOSEPH JASTROW.

added from one to two ounces OF alco
hol. The taste was always the same
the mixture might have no alcohol in
it; or a single dose, or double does.
The tests included steadiness of hand
rapidity of tapping. skill of move
ment; mental tests like adding, nam
ing colors and opposites of given
words, learning a sort Of code, and
making comparisons. The observers
noted changes in appearance, in con-
duct. in talk. in their attitudes toward
one another. All this for II subjects
for IA days.
The tests tell best the beginnings
of intoxication. Next in value is
what the subjects felt; least is what
other people observed. On a police
charge of drunken behavior there
is naturally no test; what the defend
ant says is discounted; and what the
policeman says is given most weight
The actual study just reverses this.
Yet one must always consider the cir
cumstances. If a man but slightly
under the influence" drives his auto
into another car, the fact itself, as
well as the police report is quite as
good evidence as any test that might
have been made. For while all the
~ worse by slight doses, steadiness is
by far the most affected and in
susceptible driver would carry with it
lack of control and Judgment. If
man wrote letter or insulted another
while slightly drunk you might tell il
by the handwriting and by what he
says. These 'nisbehaViors" are
likely to occur soon after the dose, be-
fore any SOLDERING sets in.
The second type of evidence would
read that a man is as drunk as he feels
For slight doses you can't judge much
by change or behavior, but in a per-
son you know well, that little may
tell the tale. Yet two observers often
differ as to whether their common
friend was quite sober or a little
drunk. All this applies to light stages
such as would rarely be concerned
in court cases. These results show
the tendencies in the first chapter of
intoxication.
tCopyright. 1927
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-22
" In TER
BY ID. G. PEATTIE.

With ones Winter bouquet of vio-
let's comes often an encircling band of
dark, glossy leaves-sometimes deep
green, sometimes a lustrous bronze.
Some know, and some do not, that
these leaves are galax leaves; but be-
cause galax does not grow around
Washington, or indeed anywhere ex-
cept in the mountain woods of the
Appalachians from Virginia to Geor-
gia. few people have seen galaX grow
ing. Yet at this time of year those
cleaning leaves are in thousand
homes, a thousand WreathS and cor
sage bouquets in this city.
GalaX is a plant without a common
name, which shows that Latin names
gea, Also which, if we called it not
by it's Latin name, we should not be
able to identify.
Yet galax belongs to a fascinating
little family of enhancing, fairy-like
flowers inhabiting mountains - from
Greenland's ice ones to the HimalayaS
and our green Appalachians. There
are only few members Of this fam
lily, but arou>l each clings some his
tory or legend.
In the South they swear the skunks
sleep in the beds of galax leaves, and
at Towering time ! have indeed de-
tected faint skunk-like odor in the
neighborhood of the plants. But
when a flower or leaf is plucked and
smelled, nothing at all assails the
nostris.
About 80 years ago, it is said. a
widow with children to support. con-
ceived the idea of exporting galax
leaves for Christmas green's. Slowly
the trade gained popularity. Today
tons of galax are torn from their set
ting of moss and rhododendron, to
Wither on the Christmas wreath.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-22
WORLD FAMOUS STORIES
LOVE
BY GUY DE MAUPASSANT

of that hut of ice, which had hole
in the top to let out the smoke. The
walls began to melt quietly in the
heat of the red flames. as if the stones
of ice were perspiring.
But a strange and loud cry passed
over our heads, wandering through
the wan light of early day. The light
Of our fire was waking up the birds
we had come to shoot.
The strange wild cries sent a
tremor through me. 1t sounded to me
like the shrek that might be a sigh
from the soul Of the world!
Karl said: Put out the fire. The
dawn is here"
The sky was indeed rapidly turning
gray and fiocks of ducks swung in
rapid flight across the heavens.
There was a sudden blaze of light
in the darkness. Karl had fired his
gun. The dogs leaped forward duti-
fully.
Then. minute after minute, first he
and then ], we aimed as quickly as
we could and fired. The dogs, breath
less and joyously excited with the
hunt, brought us the bleeding birds,
and I noticed that their wild eyes
their bird eyes-sometimes regarded
us reproachfully as they died.
The day had now fully risen. The
sky was clear and blue. The sun was
coming up at the foot of the valley.
and We were thinking of returning
home.
Just then two birds passed sud
denly over our heads. Quick as
thought l fired. One of them fell al
| most at my feet. 1t was a silver
white-bellied teal. Then, in the sky
above me there was a wild cry
from the throat OF bird. 1t was a
short pant, a moaning, repeated and
heart-rendering The poor surviving
bird began to wheel around in the
heavens above us. watching its dead
mate which 1 held cruelty in my
hands
Karl was on one knee, with his
eye at the sight and his gun leveled
at the bird. He was waiting till it
should fly near enough for him to
shoot.
"You killed the female" he said
''The male will not go away"
Certainly the other bird was not
going away. He kept turning and
moaning above us. Never did la
ment of suffering tear my heart more
than this desolate cry-the lament and
| reproach of wild bird lost in space
Sometimes he flew away because
of the gun leveled at him. But he
| always came wheeling back through
the blue sky. He seemed unable to
decide whether to leave or to stay,
and then would come back once more
to seek his mate.
Leave it on the ground" said
Karl, referring to the bird / had shot
THE other will come near it soon"
The other bird approached, in fact
quite careless of his danger He was
wild in his love-the love of an animal
for the other animal that | had killed
and seemed drawn to the poor dead
body on the frozen ground.
Karl fired. 1t was as if some one
had cut a cord by which that other
bird was suspended in the air over
the body of it's mate. l saw some.
thing black descend. l heard some.
thing fall in the reeds. One Of the
dogs brought it to me.
I put both birds, already cold in
the same game bag. And / started
that very day for Paris. Whether it
was the night and the cold, or bad
digestion, | know not, but for the
time l had had hunting enough.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-22
OUR CHILDREN By Angelo patri

There will be a wide silence and n
complete forgetting. You will be back
in the lonesome place of your youth
and. if you have kept the faith, your
friend will be beside you Cheerfuily
trudgfng alongside as though nothing
had happened.
Your friend speaks his mind TO you
and you speak yours in return. You
have no secret faults that can be hld
from each other. You may be tempted
to resent him when he speaks his
mind to you some day when YOU are
soaring high. Remember he is your
friend. Listen and chew his crumbs
of wisdom well. He would not offer
them to you unless he knew your need
OF them. He is your friend.
1t may be you grew rich and power
full and he stayed poor and obscure.
That makes no difference in your re-
lationship, because friendship is
matter of the spirit. Hold fast to 1t.
When you go to the stately mansion
have little door that swings open
wide, to the touch of friendship. Ii
you live always in the simple home of
your beginnings, keep the door open
to your friend though he he Croesus.
He is your friend. Nobody has more
than one in lifetime. maybe two.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-22
Your Friend.

Youth is the time for making
friendships. The heart of youth
cropping its way through life clings to
a friendly hand. 1t is easier to get
along twO-by-two than it is one-by-
one. You can pour out your RACES,
your hopes, your plans and your fail
ures and your successes to your
friend. Nobody else cares. There are
just you two together in the big
lonely world. The rest of the crowd.
though they tread on your heels and
Shrek in your ears do not matter.
Finding a friend is always surpris-
ing good luck. You never say, I'm
going out to get friend and keep him
by me as long as l live" You just
happen on him. Something happens
to you some day and you look about
to see who is noticing and you catch
the CLEAN of his eye or the friendly.
sympathetic smiles on his lips, and
you know.
Together you go apart to talk things
over. There is so much to say TO a
friend. The daytime hours are never
long enough. You take long walks
and talk, and talk, but the tale is
never ended. You want to pour out
lille as II cOI1leS u YOUR StHStS anu
time is not long enough for the story.
And as you talk, exchanging secrets
and sharing impressions. there grows
between you bond of affection that
is to last through life. There will
never be another quite like it.
Hold fast to your friend. Nobody
ever had more than one or two in n
lifetime. Acquaintance you will have
in plenty. Well wishers by the score.
If you are successful and pile up
money and honor, the crowd will fol,
low you with applause. the cheers of
the multitude will ring in your ears
But there will be only one quiet voice
that says, You have truly done we'll.
That will be your one friend, maybe
two.
When the day comes and the tide
turns-remember it always does. it
must-the crowd GIBBS out with the
tide. There will be no more applause.
no more fiattery. no more cheers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-22
Growth of Eyelashes.

Dear Miss Leeds-Please publish In
your column a remedy for short eye
lashes. G. c.
Answer regret that 1 have no
magic formula for changing naturally
short, stubby lashes into long, curling
ones. All one can do is to make con-
ditions favorable for their growth.
To do this, apply white vaseline to
them every night for least six
months. Make sure that you are not
suffering from eyestrain. Build up
your general health. Some of my read
ers have reported gratifying results
from this local treatment.
LOIS LEEDS.
Oil Treatment for Hair.
Dear Miss Leeds-My hair is thin,
fine in texture and it falls out a lot.
Please tell me how to use the mango
cure treatment; have several friends
who would like to try it also. How
may one remove the smell OF the
mango cure after using it?
MRS. Mex.
Answer-Just saturate the scalp
with the liquid and leave IL on several
hours or over night. Wrap the head
up in towel to keep the pillow clean.
Next day give the hair a shampoo.
There is a so-called odorless mango
cure on the market, but it IS not en-
tirely free from the tar smell There
is no way to remove the odOr except
to wash the hair very thoroughly and
rinse it well. If you prefer, you may
use instead of the mango cure a mix
ture of equal parts of mineral oil and
olive oil with few drops of oil of
pine in it. Heat the oils and apply
them to the scalp. Wiring out towel
in hot water and wrap it around the
head to steam in the oils. Follow
with the shampoo. l shall be glad to
mail you my leafet on Care of the
Hair" which gives other treatments
for falling haid. If you will send me a
stamped, self-addressed envelope for
it. LOIS LEEDS.
A Brunette's Colors.
Dear Miss Leads-I have dark
brown hair and eyes and fair skin.
What colors and types of clothes
should l wear? 1 am IS years old. 5
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-22

No doubt about it, sunny, cheer
full breakfast room with dainty chinas
nicely laid certainly helps one to start
the day right. Here is a new pattern
in china which seems exactly suited
to a breakfast room, or informal
dining room, where quaint charm
rather than elegance is the decora-
tive aim.
Old-fashioned posies in bright pink,
lavender and yellow with pale green
leaves are naively scattered over
ground of rich old blue. One can i'm
agine this set even furnishing inspira-
ton for the whole rooms color
scheme.
The walls would be apple green,
the woodwork cream color. The fur
niture would be rich old walnut with
seat pads of buttercup yellow. Ruff
fled curtains of sheer white swiss.
crossbarred in blue would hang at
the windows, and a rose-colored rag
rug would be spread on the floor.
(Copyrght. 1927,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-22
THE DAILY
HOROSCOPE
Friday, December %.

Benefic aspects prevail tomorrow,
according to astrology, which. finds the
planetary government favorable for
most human activities.
This is read as a time best suited
for initiating big projects for the COM
ing wear, for all the signs indicate
tremendous enterprises.
Promoters and organizers are well
directed under this sway, which prom
ises ready response to we'll laid plans.
It is a lucky day for interviewing
employers or any one who has con-
troll over ones destiny.
Those who seek employment for the
new wear and those who desire to
bespeak preferment or promotion
should take advantage of the DAY S
opportunities to push their best in
tereStS.
Under this rule it is we'll to wind
un business matters and TO survey
ones financial status.
Good luck attends all who pay bills
as we'll as all who receive money while
this configuration prevails.
Jupiter is supposed to frown upon
all who start projects at this time, but
conditions are favorable for planning
future enterprises.
The evening is supposed to be an
auspicious time for women to wear
new clothing, and it is a lucky time
for accepting presents.
Engagement rings presented tomor-
row should bring stability of affection
ard harmony of thought, if the stars
are rightly read.
Weddings will be many in 1928,
when marriage win be discussed from
various points of view, which appar-
emily do not change established Gus
toms.
Persons whose birth date 1t is may
renew old friendships and even old
family ties in the coming year.
Children born on that day probably
will be intensely clever. and success
full. Subjects of this sign are usually
great takers.
Copyright 1927
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-22

CHRISTMAS 6If 10.
sions, and the prices of which mount
into many dollars.
The novel touch which can be put
to handkerchiefs is the feature to be
stressed today, and which ranks them
among the best of the last-minute
gifts. If time does not permit the
planned personal touch to be added,
some of them can be sent exactly as
purchased, hurried into their envel-
opes and dispatched. Others may
have undergone a transformation and
have become a handkerchief powder
puff container- by no more than the
addition of a circular drawstring
around the center. and the insertion
of puff.
The continental fad is strong for
handkerchief vanities, in which the
puffs are of softest fur. The little
circular piece of it is not removable
but held by few stitches to the GEN.
ter Handkerchief of patterned geor-
gette or crepe de chine are popular
for such use.
The handkerchief for evening is
made its daintiest by the addition of
a footing edge and a wee pocket of
lace in one corner in which diminu-
tive puff may be placed. If to this
can be added a few stitches of en-
broidery or an applique, the inexpen-
sive footing handkerchief is made over
into one that would cost several times
fits original price to buy.
Lest the handkerchief be allowed to
fall into the ranks of the common
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-22
Effects of Alcohol.

How to tell when man is affected
by alcohol is an interesting question,
whatever our views on prohibition in
law or fact. Under a large dose the
effect carries to the entire range of
mental powers, yet each drug selects.
Mescal makes you see a brilliant
world of sheen and color, hasheesh
creates an earthly paradise, ether puts
you to sleep. alcohol unsteadies the
muscles. That has long been known.
Blowing out candle, finding the key
hole, walking a chalked line. were pop
ular tests of the effects Of alcohol,
and the laboratory tests show the
same more delicately. The seeing
double is the failure of the muscles
of the two eyes to act together; the
thick and suffering speech is a SIM
liar loss of control. A further stage
of intoxication brings on confusion
of attention, muddled ideas, failure
of memory, and concentrations also
change of mood, some to the gay and
silly, others to the rough and cruel.
Some men reached these stages early
under light doses of alcohol: others
later under a large load. Individuals
vary much; both in how alcohol af-
fects them and how soon. and how the
effect wears off. 1t makes difference
whether you take the dose in small
sips. or all at once.
There are about three ways of
Judging whether a man is a little in
toxicated. The first is to test it:
measure what man can do when
normal and when under a given dose
of alcohol The second is to observe
changes in his behavior. The third
is to ask the subject how he feels
and what effects he notices; what sort
of day he had, how he slept, wheth-
er his work went better or worse than
usual. And to allow for the magma
| ton. the subject must never know
whether he had alcohol or not.
The test begins with light-dose
experiment, roughly one bottle of
heavy beer, two of medium and three
of very light beer. Each subject
drank in one dose at noon, a meas s.
ured quantity of beer with all the in
gradients eXceDt alcohol to which wa
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-22
Tasty Meat Dish.

Stir together one and one-half
pounds of beef chopped very fine. one
half a cupful of -four, one teaspoon
full of salt, one-half pound of chopped
shoulder of pork, one good-siZed slice
Of onion, one-half a teaspoonful of
pepper, and two eggs. Then take q
good-sized head of cabbage and break
apart as many leaves as well be need
ed, about a dozen. Put on each leaf
one and one-half tablespoonfuls of the
mixture and tie. Cook in sailed
water until the cabbage is done.
Serve with melted butter or cream
gravy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-22

Su rink S % dc a ' for her and p" her 0 ont What
% ' %a5 s T b q f5 u " purely matter of individual taste and
@ % % an s sn Ty % %o e eG wsp
| % n % "p G ss D %sy and ry Tsa bsm
S 40 ana they never take
@ Ssa s & s ysa@ sos sS5
BODY w ' S bore s S to
their % 10" are n h s M aS @ % @
a pleasant to ~
mt IN %srs 's.v their S ss s.
sss s in se; H '' ; ~a
which ss ss s s @sf an" john a za @
0S S6 " who w S
gong sYs @
appest aapper S simply
So o s 1 hug s n. u n
her happiness in fixing up the house and sewing don't try to push her
T @ @ 6 of And sne of us has to
N''''~~0 " DOROTHY DIX
DEAR MISS DIX
~ the she loves? Here's the situation
him. but 9 g sn me m him. an @
m a and ,nsq nau he sH%Rs work ss a
% 1 & s Won't as s sSp G"f Is
% %a % S 4 %Rths n e @
ana e P5S" fs s@i ri Ssf
with ambition III die he marries that blond
shall would you-can him back? UNDECIDED
:: i 's 'a
girl going after
a
gumpion
Of
thing
a
ridiculous diotc
away to
DOROTHY
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-22
A Sermon for Today
BY REV. JOHN r. GUM.
His Star.
Text: I'VE have seen His STAR
--Mn1t ii.o

Text: I'VE have seen His STAR
Matt. ii:2.
1t was when Jesus was born in
Bethlehem of Judea." From some
where out of Persia the Magi had
come to Judea, following a star which
had appeared TO them in the East.
In some way they had learned of and
had come to share the Hebrew eN-
pectation of a coming King, who, ac-
coCding TO the expectation. was to
arise in the land of Judea and whose
glory would surpass that of all others.
Upon their arrival in Jerusalem obey
inquired of those who We're supposed
to be familiar with prophecy where
this expected King was to he born.
Where is He that is born King of the
Jews" they asked. For" they said,
I'VE have seen His star in the East,
and are come to worship Him."
When told that He was to be born
in Bethlehem, they went there, and
found the Child-King. And they
realized that their pilgrimage had been
crowned with success. They had found
their way out of Persia's superstition
into the light of Judea's revelation.
In the story of these wise men and
their pilgrimage we learn that God
leads men and women from the dark
ness of superstition to the light Of
truth. God is constantly putting with
in the heavens of mems lives stars in
some form. which. If they will follow,
will lead them to Himself At one
time or another there appears within
every mans horizon a star of some
kind-it may be the star of a mother s
love and prayers, or of somebody's
godly example and influence, or of
some ones kindly sympathy and in
terest, or of some holy memory, or
of some providence-and if only he
will follow that star, though it shines
but dimly in his darkened mind. it
will lead him out of his darkness into
the light of that Bright and Morning
STAR which appeared in Bethlehem
centuries ago.
fCopyright 1927
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-22
DAILY DIET RECIPE
Date Kisses.


Dates, 80.
Mixed nuts chopped. one cup.
ConfectionerS' sugar, one cup.
Egg white, one.
MAKES 80 KISSES.
Stone and chop dates and cut nuts
in small pieces. Beat egg white until
stiff, add sugar, dates and nuts. Mix
well. Drop on buttered baking sheet
with a teaspoon. Place them several
inches apart as they spread. Bake in
slow oven 900 degrees) about Is to Is
minutes.
DIET NOTE.
Recipe contains protein, sugar. some
fat in the nuts, lime, iron and vita
Minis A and b. Can be eaten by nor
NAL adults of average or under weight
and by children over 10, who will
thoroughly chew the nuts Dates are
a valuable laxative.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-22
Chocolate Nectar.

Melt two squares of chocolate in a
dry pan over slow heat add one-haIf
cupful of strong fresh coffee and cook
for two minutes, stirring constantly.
Add one cupful Of sugar and three
cupfuls of water and cook for five min
utes longer. Chill thoroughly. add
one teaspoonful of vanilla, and pour
into glasses, each containing one
tablespoonful of whipped cream.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-22

One Mother Says:
Each year, when we go TO Grand
mothers for Christmas. the children
help pass the time on the train, which
in their impotence is apt to seem
quite long, by a game they call
Counting the Animals" Each one
takes side of the road and they
count aloud all the animals they see.
trying to get the highest score. A
white horse wins the game and they
have to start over. I help them keep
SCORE,