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Evening star., 1927-10-22
Your Baby and Mine
ny MYRTLE MEYER ELDRED.

! It is quite natural for every mother
to want a hand in making the outfit
! for the new baby, and because she mas
/ long months In which to provide 1t
she prepares more clothes than one
baby can possibly wear out. In fact,
! baby clothes are seldom worn out.
| The baby simply proceeds to lengthen
| out and grow to such proportions that
! long before the dainty layet has out.
| lived it's first freshness 1t Is time to
| buy new clothes.
1t is sensible for the mother to pro-
vide only such garments as are neces-
sary in order to keep the baby clean
and comfortable. The money spent
for an outfit will go quickly enough
and it is better to spend the bulk of
the money on The knitted garments
which must be bought, on plenty of
diapering. and on bedding which will
get its full allotment of wear, than on
Iace.trimmed and tucked dresses
which never repay the time spent
upon them and add nothing to the
happiness Of the baby.
Tailored garments are just as fash
ionable for the baby as they are for
the mother. That means fine and
delicate materials, but few tucks and
; practically no trimmings. Since 1t Is
not advisable for the prospective
mother to use a sewing machine for
any length of time, she will find 1t
possible to make these simple gar
ments all by hand, or she can buy
fine, plain garments all finished and
then add touches of dainty handwork
to them.
A recent copy Of fashionable
magazine carried the portrait of
society matron and her two small
children. The manner in which they
were dressed should be a lesson to
those who think that wealth means
elaborate clothing. The wee baby had
a dress of organdy or null with
simple finish of narrow valenciennes
lace and two rows of insertion. No
tucks or other trimming. The dress
was without sleeves and the shoul-
ders tied together with a bow of rib
bon. Any one could duplicate the dress
without a pattern and the whole thing
could be ironed fiat in five minutes.
incidentally the baby looked adorable
In it.
When we run through the family
album and see the wee Willies with
killed skirts and stiff collars and long
curls and bow ties, and the likewise
wee Susans with ruffles and puffs and
bows and whatnot, we have to admit
that we have gone a long way for
ward toward simplicity and sanity in
children's clothes.
Evening star., 1927-10-22
yALANCES COMBINATION EFFECTS ADD DECORATIVE NC
WINDOW TREATMENTS.

Variety in windoS, treatment can be
obtained through the hanging of val
ances alone. There are formal and in
formal styles. Some make the win
dows appear to be higher than they
really are, others lower. Combinations
of materials can be used. The design
on a patterned fabric may suggest
how it should be handled attractively.
Broadening effects can be had or mar
rowing ones. 1t is we'll to know some
of the methods and to study your win
dows to find out which suits them
best.
Some of the fancy styles that sug-
gest formal room treatment are found
in combining two ways of hanging the
material. Gathering Tor shirring) and
pleating are used alternately. Either
may come next the frame. When it
is the shirring with a central pleated
motif narrowness is accented with a
tendency to eXaggerate height. So if
your ceilings are lower than desired,
this would be one of the advisable
ways. A broad shirred portion with
pleated sections at each end would
suggest width and tend to make the
ceiling lower, so this way would be
good for a room with too high a CELL
ing. AS the end-pleated sections
would fall over the hangings them
selves, no extra height would be sug-
gested.
Pleats and Shirring.
An interesting combination is made
by having the central box pleat longer
than the pleats each side, which to-
gether form a double or triple box
pleat. The material must be cut so
that when pleated the edges are
clearly defined in consecutive lengths
graduating from the central pleat.
Shirr the crosswise sections and con-
ceal the edges under pleated portion,
and again under the hangings at each
Evening star., 1927-10-22
LITTLE BENNY
By LEE PAPE.

Pop was leening agenst the rail
watching the waves and looking KIND
of sad, and l sed, Watts a matter. pop,
are you getting seasick?
I shouldent of eaten that lobster FOR
luntch, If you'll pardon an evasive
anser, pop sed.
We'll I ate some and nuthing dident
happen to me. sed. How's that? !
sed, and he sed. That's how. ask me
Proving he dident feel mulch like
conversation. and jest then a man
came up and leened agenst the rail
next to him. being a man with long
hair and big bow tie like gerls.
saying Wat a day. wat sky, wat
air. its perfeck, perfeck.
Do you think so? pop sed, looking
verse insted OF better, and the man
sed. Why yes, of corse. show me the
man so dull of sole that he wouldent
feel like shouting for JOY like the
herds of the air in weather like this.
Did you try lobster at lunch? pop
sed, and the man sed, Don't speek OF
food for the stummick with a spiritual
repast for the eyes spred before ma
ture, that ocean, that long swelling
ocean, he sed.
Yes, that's the trubble, pop sed.
And he wawked around to the other
side of the boat and leened against
| that rail, and after vile I went
| around, saying, Do you think that
man is artist or something, pop?
I think he's a train robber with q
record of six Jail sentences, 60 and
amuse yourself, pop sed.
Wich I did, going up to the Jim
inasium.
Evening star., 1927-10-22
OAID l. AN11 ~ l. OANAAIO W. BURGESS

and they were al about Peter. She
rendered that it was up in the Old
Pasture that they first met. 1t was up
there she had been born and lived all
her life until she met Peter. She re-
membered when she first saw him and
how handsome she had thought him.
She had thought him the most wonder
fUl person in all the great world. She
remembered how her father, Old Jed
Thumper. the big, gray old rabbit.
who was then bigger and stronger
than Peter, had hunted him all
through the Old Pasture and tried to
drive him out. She remembered how
she and Peted had finally left the Old
Pasture and come down to the dear
Old Brisr-patch, where they had wed
ever since. And as she remembered
all these things her thoughts grew
very tender. She sighed deeply.
II shouldn't have sent Peter away
like that" she said regretfully. mo.
shouldn't. I'm sorry did it. just
can't get along without Peter. I did
think he would come back. but I guess
he thought I meant what ] said. II
he won't come back I'll have to go
after him."
Evening star., 1927-10-22

thinking. She missed happy-go-lucky
hum, but she missed him even more
than she had thought she would. At
| first she tried to make herself believe
she didn't care.
eff Peter didn't care enough for me
| to stay, when he knew that / just
couldn't leave the dear Old Briar-
patch, I am glad he went. am SO!
He Is too selfish for anything. 1 am
glad told him that If he chose to go
he needn't come back. 1 don't want
him back. No, sir, I don't want him
back
But right down inside little Mrs.
Peter knew this wasn't true. She was
simply trying to make herself think
that way. She knew she did want
Peter back and she was hoping and
hoping that Peter would come back.
She hoped he would think that she
didn't really mean what she had said.
Sc as one day after another passed
she spent more and more time on that
side Of the dear Old Briar-patch near
est to the Old Pasture. She was watch
ing. That is what she was doing
watching. She was watching for Peter.
Whenever any visitors came to the
dear Old Briar-patch little Mrs. Peter
pretended to be happy, and certainly
she looked well. You see, she wasn't
losing her appetite. She believed in
keeping herself looking well. no mat
ter If Peter wasn't there. SO it was
that it was quite true that she looked
well and seemed happy, which was
the word that had been carried to
Peter.
She had heard about Peter once or
twice. Tommy Tit the Chickadee had
brought back word that Peter was liv-
ing up in the Old Pasture. Tommy
had told her that Peter didn't seem TO
be taking god care of himself and
this worried her. Then, too, Tommy
had said that Peter seemed a little
reckless. This worried her still more.
Its a bad place for Peter up there
in the Old Pasture" thought she,
Eyes, sir, it's bad place. Reddy and
Mrs. Fox live up there. So do Old
Man Coyote and Mrs. Coyote. If Peter
Is going to live there he ought to be
careful He cannot afford to be reck-
less. It is bad enough to be reckless,
anyway, but to be reckless in q place
like that is running altogether too
great a risk. Peter is crazy!'
Then little Mrs. Peter sat in her ia
vorite form there in the dear old Briar-
patch and began to dream. Her
dreams were day dreams. of course,
Evening star., 1927-10-22
A u T u Nj N
BY d. c. PEATTIE.
Autumn Crocus.

From the Mediterranean lands
where Summer is season of dor
nancy, not of growth. and the coming
of Autumn is like q second sort of
Spring, come the Autumn crocuses, in
some ways the strangest little flowers
of the Autumn garden. These are not
botanically, true crocuses, but belong
to the genus Colchicum, and q very
deadly drug, indeed, is that which
comes from the root of the Autumn
crocus. Colchicum figured once in the
trial of a crafty murderess, nurse
who gave colchicum to her patients
and, by what craft we hardly know,
collector the insurance on her victims
lives! Since reading of that monster
in feminine form, I have never been
able to think of the Autumn crocus as
something purely innocent and child.
like, as the Spring crocus, which
yields the lovely old dye called
saffron, assuredly is.
The common sort of Autumn crocus
Is generally purple, or sometimes
white, but the most lovely of all has
pure pink, violet or white flowers of
amazing size, and there is one that is
almost unbearably beautiful-its petals
cut into fine divisions, like the parts
Of a tassel. Says the old herbalist,
Parkinson, in his "Paradisus Terres-
iris" of 1929: This most beautiful SAT-
from flower riseth up with his flowers
in the Autumne, as others before
specified doe, although not so large a
size, yet fare more pleasant and
delightful"
Evening star., 1927-10-22
Pecan Loaf Cake.

Cream one cupful Of butter or half
butter, and half any preferred shorten
ing. with two cupfuls of powdered
sugar. Stir in slowly one cupful OF
sweet milk. With three cupfuls of
-four sift two heaping teaspoonfuls Of
baking powder. Mix in dry -four one
cupful Of broken pecan meats, stir
this gradually into the milk. butter,
and sugar mixture, adding last the
stiffiy beaten whites OF four eggs
Flavor to taste. Pour into cake pan
and drop the pan two or three times
from few inches above to the kitchen
table as prevention against the cake
falling while baking. When baked.
frost with a plain white frosting we'll
sprinkled with finely broken nut
meats. Almonds. English walnuts, or
black walnuts may be used instead Of
pecans.
Evening star., 1927-10-22


One upon a time q very cruel fairy.
pretty as the flowers but wicked as
the serpents, avenged herself for a
fancied wrong by casting a curse upon
all the people of a great country.
Anything at all was in her power, but
her vengeance was simplicity Seli,
and yet dire in the extreme. Like a
thief leisurely Oh losing the most
precious jewels. she removed from the
memory of men and women the 'hree
divine words: II love you"
At first the men and women only
half realized the wrong inflicted upon
them. They felt that something was
lacking, but did not know what
Sweethearts who met in the moon
light; married couples who talked in
timately to each other in privacy-al
suddenly interrupted themselves
blankly. and embraced. They felt q
desire to utter 2 certain customary
phrase, but they had no idea of what
it was. They were uneasy, but they
asked no questions for they did moi
know what question to ask!
Every one became a victim of pro
found melancholy. In vain did lovers
adore each other. in vain did they cal
each other by tender names. It was
not enough-instinctive they felt
the need of saying and hearing an
other word, more exquisite than al
other words; and with the bitter mem
ory of the ecstacy contained in that
one word came he anguish of never
being able to speak or to hear it.
Quarrels followed on the heels OF
this distress. Lovers believed theil
beloveds unfaithful; they icmandet
what mono knew now to give ant
what they did not know they wished
SWeethearts ceased to meet in The
moonlight; married couples aba ndone(
| their intimate talks. The country
could have been no more desolate ol
mournful had the fairy's vengeance
been some plague o, pestilence.
Now there lived II. this country {
poet who was in even worse pligh
than his countrymen. 1t so hap
pened that he had begun a poem thu
day before the fairy had cast heI
terrible curse on his land, and he haC
this poem completely planned IN hi
mind. The last words were to be: I"
love you." It was impossible to enC
the poem in any other way. And yet
| the day following his inspiration, ih'
| poet could not think of the words o
love.
He struck his brow, he took hi
head between his hands, and he ask
Led himself in despair: Have gon
mad?"
The poet even had the rhyme t.
go with the concluding wOrdS-ant
yet he could not think Of them. H
had forgotten the indispensable fata
phrase---he could not even recall tha
he had ever known 1t. Surely ther'
was some mystery in This, the poe
mused, as he sat at the edge of th'
forest near the limpid fountains
where fairies were used to dance of ;
Summer evening by the light of th'
stars.
AS the poet sat one morning rndel
the shading branches of q friendl,
tree, the wicked and yengefal fair,
chanced along and saw him there. N,
sooner had she g!iinpsed the hand
some poet than she fell in love Will
| him.
What did she do? Why, one is no
a fairy for nothing, you know.
fairy has no need to stand on Cere
mony or to be coy and shy.
Swifter than n butterfly wings t,
the petals of a fragrant rose this fair,
put her lips on the lips of the poe
and kissed him. The poet, although
he was still trying to think of tn,
concluding words for his poem, coult
Evening star., 1927-10-22
Today in
Washington History
BY DONALD A. CRAIG.

October %, 1S41.-Horatio Gree
nough's famous statue of George
Washington, reached the city this Au.
tumn, and today there appeared in
the old National Intelligencer an ac-
count Of the manner in which 1t was
transported from the water front to
the Capitol. The statue had been
ordered by Congress nine years
centennial anniversary Of Washing
toms birth. 1t was about IL feet
high and represented Washington
sitting in massive chair and nude
to the waist, with one arm and the
lower part of the body draped in the
manner of the ancient Romans.
1t was greatly admired in the early
days when it stood in the rotunda
Of the Capitol. After a time 1t was
placed in the center Of the East
Plaza, where 1t remained for many
years and gradually became the CUB
ject of much joking comment and un-
favorable criticism, until it was
finally removed.
The huge statue was brought by
boat up the Eastern Branch to the
mouth Of the city canal and thence
along that waterway to Maryland
avenue, where it was placed upon a
platform and drawn by means Of
capstans to the Capitol.
October %. 1861:-All Washington.
and especially Congress. was filled
with excitement and Indignation to-
lay when word came of the disastrous
defeat the day before of Union force
under Senator Edward d. Baker of
Oregon in battle at Balls Bluff. Va.
on the Potomac River. about 35 miles
above Washington. Baker was killed
and 1t was charged in a congressional
investigation that the higher COM
mand had permitted him and his men
to walk into Confederate trap.
Senator Baker had only recently been
made q colonel in the Army.
Evening star., 1927-10-22

side, giving only q middle valance
actually between hangings. If the
hangings are laid in pleats the effect
of continuing the valance across the
entire window is enhanced. Also this
adds to the effect of height, and, in
cidentally, saves material.
Narrow PIeated Motifs.
When a window is wide, the pleated
portions may need to be increased in
number, though not in width. The
shirred portions should fall in grace
full curves. If the material Is light
weight from which the straight width
is cut for gathering, it may have to
be quite wide and be tightly shirred
at each end. But if heavy fabric is
Allowing a fourth for gathers may be
sufficient. The curves should not fall
down much. just few inches.
A straight width of material may
have two or more vertical gatherings,
as we'll as end shirrings. Across the
gathers a length of heavy cord may
fall, tasseled at the end, which gives a
finish that is somewhat different"
Materials.
These distinctive ways Of hanging
valances are beautiful when the mate.
rial is some soft silk or fine texture.
They are dainty for bedrooms as well
as for the main rooms of a house.
VelvetS of soft weaves are good for
Winter decorative treatments, and
some cretonnes and hand.b Unlocked
linens lend themselves admirably.
The straight, slightly gathered val.
ance is now so usual that it should be
used sparingly in all but unimportant
rooms. Shaped valances without any
fullness are more ornamental and are
preferable for formal rooms, while the
gathered ones stress informal window
trea fment
Evening star., 1927-10-22
DOROTHY DlX'S LETTER BOX
Why a Girl Should Listen to Her Heart Insteac
of Her Mothers Ambition-Business Man or
Housewife, Which Works Harder?
BY JOHN KNOX.
Solutions on this page in today's Star.
Copyright 1921


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won't
gentlemen
Evening star., 1927-10-22

cheers a woman like buying a new
dress or hat, and you are so far down.
young lady, that we will get BOTH"
The scheme worked, too, for Lois
was another creature after the
clothes were purchased.
First came an Office dress Of dark
blue crepe with beige georgette
vestee. Tiny horizontal tucks trim.
med the low wasted blouse. A
leather belt with metal trimming was
an important part of the dress.
She chose a beige felt hat, cut close
Evening star., 1927-10-22
NANCY PACE
Street and Office Wear Call
for Quiet Clothes
NJ Irn hnnNGLr Ia nANrRE
BY FLORENCE LA GANKE.

Days when Lois did not hear from
Roger were days when she was in
the depths. Nancy caught her on
a Saturday afternoon when Lois was
feeling bluer than indigo, and in
sisted on shopping tour. "Nothing
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Mrs. Peter Has Regrets.
Pity one who has let fall
The hasty word beyond recall.
Mrs Peter Rabbit

Now all the time that Peter Rabbit
was working himself into a Jealous
rage up In the Old Pasture little Mrs
Peter was living quietly in the Dear
Old Briar-patch and doing a lot OF
Evening star., 1927-10-22

fitting to the head. The hat showed
the left eyebrow. This was accom-
plished by the cut of the felt, not by
the angle at which it was worn. For
hat of this type worn even slightly
tipped looks rakish and common"
A blue velvet hat embroidered in
silver was lovely, but Lois knew it
was too ornate and flamboyant for
her life, her clothes and her pocket
hook
Evening star., 1927-10-22

The water conservation project Of
the New South Wales government on
the Lachlan River will cost S6.750, 900
and will irrigate 1.250.000 acres.
Evening star., 1927-10-22

Hal Ludlow, the English artist, has
just finished q portrait of his mother,
who recently celebrated her one.
hundredth birthday.
Evening star., 1927-10-22

one mother says:
The average youngster wants 10
know about everything" My young
hopeful learned to read at an early
age and seemed extremely fond of
reading current news in the daily
paper. 1 bought him a large mex
pensive scrap book, some kindergarten
scissors and paste, and told him 1t
would be a good idea to paste the
items in the book for future refer
ence. He numbered the pages and
made ''list of contents" in the front
of the book. He keeps track of such
events as explorations, test trips, etc,
and has acquired much valuable
knowledge from his "scrap-book die
tionary."
(Copyright. 1927
Work on the irrigation projects of
Northeast Brazil are being concen-
trated on the dam and reservoir at
Oros.
Evening star., 1927-10-22

WE'LL
the
il I'd listen to what
them and won't far take his tip about the
cads whom she will be wise to DOROTHY DIX
(COpyrRh
Evening star., 1927-10-22
Copyright. 1879

Across.
!. Land near water.
G. Steeple.
IL. A symbol.
IL. Residences.
13. Babylonian deity.
IA. Dance step.
is. Pronoun.
16. Carries on the person.
IS OF.
I9. Church governing body.
20. Devoured.
q. Lumps Of earth.
"a. Becomes weary.
27. International language.
%. Long for.
%. Three-toed sloth.
30. Fear.
80. Siamese coin.
33. Concise.
35. BE in accord.
81. Mistake.
SO. Rips.
Down.
]. Remains.
.. Sweet substances.
3. Japanese general.
Evening star., 1927-10-22

fCatule Mendes. 1si1.19O0. was a French
poet. story ywriter and dramatist Probably
his best known work IL "Brises" His
stories are often characterized by the light
ness OF touch fnd by a delightfully."- subtle
irony. The caprices OF human emotions
often captvated his fancy.b
Evening star., 1927-10-22

4. Prefix; again.
5. Finished.
6. English county.
7 Italian river.
s. Lesser demon.
Q. English novelist.
10. City in Germany.
16. Tree-like.
II. Kind of cloth.
81. Packing box.
%. Not so high.
%. Cut.
"a. Furnish refreshments.
rs. Consumer.
26. Localities.
81. Make a mistake.
32. Constellation.
81. Thus.
SO. Goddess of earth.
Evening star., 1927-10-22

DOROTHY I
thinks he has
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-03-31
Puny from Boyhood
Now Rugged and Robust
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Even after I entered business !
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II was urged to try Tanlac and
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The first thing ! noticed was that
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