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Evening star., 1928-11-26
BEAUTY CHATS BY EDNA KENT FORBES
(Copyright, 1897

softening and bleaching content in the
skin; they are an ideal Wintertinne
treatment. They are best used at bed
time, because their slight sickness or
oiliness attracts dust. and, however
careful you are, your hands will be
dirty half an hour or an hour after
using any of these lotions; then you'll
have to wash them clean and wash the
lotion out, of course.
In Wintertime I pin my faith 70
kitchen lard, spread on literally after
the hands have been washed. and to
rubber gloves which are loose enough
to slip over the hands, protecting them
without hampering them. It's quite
possible to do washing, scrubbing and
any sort of housework with these gloves
on: at the end, the lard is washed OF
and the hands are beautifully soft.
Keep to this double treatment all
Winter long for youthful hands.
M. A. B.-Friction from the turkish
towel each day will help circulation,
but you need much more care than that
to improve it. A good tonic will be
helpful; better still, have the doctor
prescribe for you.
Betty S.-The use of a lipstick could
not enlarge the lips, but you can make
them appear larger or smaller. depend
ing on how you apply the color.
6. e. J.-If you rub plenty o. oil INTO
" n fingers they will not take up much
Of the walnut stain, and it is quite pos
sible that lemon juice will remove this.
Powerful bleaches would spoil your
nails, which would be worse than dark
ened finger tips.
Evening star., 1928-11-26

In few minutes I heard the voice
OF my lsndlady. caught a glance of
her as she came tramping upstairs-her
face glowing, her cap haring, her
tongue wagging the whole way. Shed
have no such doings in her house.
shed warrant. If gentlemen did spend
money freely, 1t was no rule. Shed
have no servant maids of hers treated
IN that way, when they were about their
work, that's what she wouldn't!
AS hate squabbles, particularly with
women, and above all pretty women. /
SUNK back into my room, and partly
closed the door; but my curiosity was
TOO much excited not to listen. The
landlady marched intrepidly to the
eneny's citadel, and entered it with
storm; the door closed after her. I
heard her voice in high windy clamor
for a moment or two Then it grad
ually subsided' like a gust of wind in a
garrett; then there was laugh; then
heard nothing.
After little while my lsndlady came
out with an odd smile on her face, ad-
justing her cap which was a little on
one side. AS she went downstairs, /
nearo the landlord ask her what was
the matter; she said:
Nothing at all, only the girls a
fool"
was more than ever pernlexed what
TO make OF this unaccountable person.
age, who could put a good-natured
chambermaid in passion, and send
away shrewish landlady in smiles.
He could not be so old, nor cross, nor
ugly either.
had to go to work at his picture
again, and to paint him entirely diff
ferent. now set him down for one of
those stout gentlemen that are fire.
quently met with staggering about the
doors of country inns. Moist, merry
fellows, in colored handkerchiefs, whose
bulk Is little assisted by malt liquors.
Men who have seen the world, and been
sworn at Highgate: who are used to
tavern life; up to all the tricks of tap
sters, and knowing in the ways of sim
full publicans. Free livers on a small
scale; who are prodigal within the COM
pass of SIS: who can call all the walters
by name; tousle the maids, gossip with
the landlady at the bar, and prose over
pint of port, or glass of negus, after
| dinner.
hoped all day to see the stout gen.
tleman, but apparently he never left
his room. He ate all of his meals in
strict privacy. The weather continued
rainy. and I continued with my specu-
lations. but they did me little good, for
hand no chance to verify or refute
them. That night was tempted to
knock on the stout gentlemans door
| my curiosity had reached such pitch
| but he had retired, and dared not
rouse him even to satisfy my imagina-
ton.
Evening star., 1928-11-26
THE DAILY
HOROSCOPE
Tuesday. November 27.

Benefic aspects tomorrow will con-
tend with malefic influences, according
to astrology, which cautions care in
conducting all important business mat
ters. Although merchants and manu-
facturers may be imbued with the spirit
of enterprise, they should not be too
sure of their Judgment.
Neptune is in a place supposed to
encourage self lf-deception as well as the
tendency to mislead others. Deceit and
intrigue are believed to flourish under
this sway.
1t should be a lucky day for seeking
positions-luckier for the applicant than
the employer. for it is impossible to ap-
pear much cleverer than one really is
while this planetary government pre-
walls.
Women as we'll as men who have
been leaders in America will come to
the end of their careers, for it is indi-
Gated that many are to pass before the
end of next year.
The stars presage for the young
superb attainments in the arts and
sciences. They will have courage to
establish sweeping reforms that make
the last century appear barbaric in its
standards.
The evening should be an auspicious
time for any sort of constructive work.
It is supposed to inspire those who
make plans.
Persons whose birth date it is should
have fairly prosperous year, in which
government employment should bring
good luck
Children born on that day probably
will be exceedingly sympathetic and
kind-hearted. These subjects of Sagit-
tarius usually are lovers of animals.
Evening star., 1928-11-26
DEnTTNEE CTODTEC BY THORNTON
DILL lVlL - O1N1EIC ". BURGESS
Buster Bear Is Tempted.

Buster Bear, over in the Green Forest,
had become very uneasy. Here it was
getting along toward Winter and he was
very far from having a satisfactory
layer of fat under his black coat. He
had counted on beechnuts to help make
that layer of fat, and there had been
no beechnuts, or almost none. He had
counted on acorns to help make that
layer of fat. and acorns had been very
scarce. So Buster Bear was uneasy and
he muttered to himself in his deep,
rumbly- -grumbly voice:
II don't know what I'm going to do.
walk around so much looking for
beechnuts and acorns that I walk of
the fat as fast as I put 1t on I shall
have to look around for something else
to eat"
So Buster began wandering far and
wide. He went up on the big mountain
and around it to the other side, far
away from the Green Forest, near Far
nler Browns. He is good traveller. Is
Buster Bear, and h can go long way
IN a comparatively short time. Buster
was looking for some place where there
were beechnutS or acornS, or both. But
he had no success. He would find q
few here. and few there, but never
enough in one place to fill him up So
he kept moving. And all the time he
was hungry.
1t happened one night that he came
to the edge of a small farm. Buster
as rule sticks to the woods. He comes
out in the open fields after berries
sometimes, but as rule Buster wants to
be where he Is out of sight So it isn't
often that he leaves the shelter of the
trees. This tina when he came to the
edge of the open fields of this little
farm he started to go around, keeping
just in the edge of the woods. At one
point 1t was only short distance from
the edge of the woods to a pen made OF
logs. 1t was a pigpen. He could smell
those pigs. AS matter of fact. II
didn't take nose as good as Busters to
smell those pigs. Now, Buster had
never tasted pigs. In fact, he had never
been tempted to taste pig, for over in
the Green Forest there were no pigs
and in the Green Forest he had had
always plenty to eat without venturing
oat into farmyards. But Buster knew
without ever having tasted, that pig
made very good eating. So now he was
tempted. He heard a little grunt and
a faint squeal over there in the pigpen
It was very early in the morning and
the pigs were just beginning to stir.
Buster listened And the more he
listened and the more he smelled tbs
more he was tempted to steal one o1
those pigs.
I've got to have something filling
before long" said Buster to himself
THE first thing I know Jack Frost vii
be bringing ice and snow, and I'll have
to 60 to sleep for the Winter. I cam
sleep in anything like comfort unless
get some fat on me. wonder how
many pigs there are over in that pen.
wonder if it would be safe for me to 81
take peep at them"
Buster stood UP and looked lonr anc
Evening star., 1928-11-26

The mother who is planning to have
q Christmas tree and who finds her
supply of ornaments must be bought
often has to do good bit of calculat-
ing in order to have enough for the tree
to look gayly decked out. It is wise to
begin to make some of the decorations
now, or at least to lay aside articles
that can be transformed into ornaments.
1t takes but little work and practically
no outlay to make some of the articles
Big, sparkling glass ornaments can be
fashioned from old electric light bulbs.
Metal paint will supply a sheen or
ordinary oil paint (house paint will do)
vanished afterward. Or the paint
while wet can be busted with gold or
silver "snow" in powdered form. Wire
can be wound about the metal top of
the bulb and brought up on two oppo-
site sides then twisted together and
shaped into hook by which to hang
the ornament evenly from the tree.
For these sparkling ornaments old bulbs
must be saved, and perhaps gathered
from ones friend to increase the
supply.
Save tinfoil in any and all colors. It
can be formed into balls of small or
large size and a wire thrust and looped
through them. The wire should have
the other end made into hook to put
over some twig of the tree. The foil
can be cut into shreds for SNOW" to
be tossed over the branches and lie gilt
tering and gay.
Smart tasseis can be fashioned from
spcols and tissue paper Put the spools
into dye pot or paint them with stain,
eye or paint. Have them of many
colors for varietys sake. These form
holders for the tassel portions Of narrow
strips Of tissue paper. Cut these strips
either 70 or "a inch wide, which, when
doubled through the center over a wire.
leave strands 4, 6, or more inches
Evening star., 1928-11-26
BY J. r. GLASS.

Taft's mother was in critical condi-
ton back in Cincinnati. These ankle
ties, coupled with her heavy cares as
the governors wife, almost caused a
nervous collapse, but they made trip
home to the United States and she
recovered
Mr.. Taft had to return to the Philip
pines. A cholera epidemic was on, but
back she went with him. accompanied
by the three children. Then Mr.. Taft
was made Secretary of War, and they
left the Islands for good.
Soon Mr. Taft was being discussed as
presidential timber. But a large man
who isn't particularly eager to be Pres
ident isn't easy to steer toward the
White House. Even the incumbent
Theodore Roosevelt, MO was keenly in
favor of Mr. Taft succeeding him, had
hours of encouragement. l. seemed
that will" was extremely careless as
to how he treated certain Western
politicians. 1t was after talking with
Mr.. Roosevelt that Mrs. Taft urged her
husband to show more enthusiasm.
Whether he did is not matter of his
tory. But at any rate they moved into
the White House on March 4, 1908.
II had been a member of Washing
tons official family for years." writes
MIo. 1dlU, hklu AllCW 90 WClL do LlCCQ
be the various phases of the position
was about to assume, so my plans were
not so difficult to put in form, however
difficult may have found them to put
into execution"
She knew the Executive Mansion so
we'll that she had clear idea long
before March of changes in its serv-
ice that she wished to make. She called
into consultation Mai. Archibald Butt
aide to Mr.. Roosevelt, who was to con-
tinue in the same capacity with Mr.
Taft, and as result the new regime
was fully organized and in effect by the
morning of March 5.
After the Inauguration Mr.. Roosevelt
broke precedent by not escorting his
successor to the White House. Mrs
Taft then did something no other
Presidents wife had done-she rode
back with her husband.
That drive. she records, was 'the
proudest and happiest event of inau-
ugration day" which was. Of course
the proudest and happiest event of her
life.
Her active participation in William
Howard Taft's career ended with her
assumption of the d,'4'"- of mistress Of
the White House. She was too busy
to follow him.
Mrs. Taft left the historic mansion
as pleasantly as she came.
(Copyright, ls2s)
Evening star., 1928-11-26
Today in
Washington History
BY DONALD A. CRAIG.

November 26, 1884 large, bril-
liant and highly delighted" audience
was present at the National Theater to-
night to see the "Naiad Queen" ac-
cording to dramatic critics of the local
press who attended the performance.
THE opinion was universal" says the
critic of The Evening Star in an article
which will appear in tomorrow after
Moons edition, that nothing in the
least approximating to the imperial
magnificence and exquisite beauty of
this spectacle-piece has ever before
been exhibited IN Washington.
THE marches and evolutions, the
tableaux, songs. dances transforma-
tions, etc, with which the piece
abounds were all superbly rendered,
leaving nothing to be desired on the
part of the spectator"
Attention was called in the press to-
day to the assessment or poll lists
which have been posted in various
places throughout the city, as the law
requires. Many names of old residents
and housekeepers have been omitted,
but it Is supposed that these omissions
are purely accidental.
It is most important for all those who
desire to vote at the city election next
June to examine these lists, each in his
own ward. Those finding their names
omitted can have the error corrected
by the Board Of Assessors, who will
commence their sessions about the mid
die of next week. Those of the omitted
who neglect to attend to this matter
will find themselves deprived Of their
votes next June, even though they may
have been born in Washington and may
have been voters and housekeepers here
for 20 or more years past.
It is expected that the notice to the
public regarding the importance Of hav-
ing ones name OH these lists will result
in numerous applications to the Board
Of Assessors for corrections and addi-
tions to the lists.
Evening star., 1928-11-26

long, according to the size of the par
ticular spool for which they are m
tended The bigger the spool the
longer the strands should be. of course.
Tiny spools for sewing kits, or such
as buttonl1ole twist comes on, can have
double -taSseled ends. short and fluffy,
coming from each side of the spool. In
this case suspend the ornament by a bit
of colored tape, very narrow, such as
comes for tying up bundles, or by
short lengths of baby ribbon, otherwise
useless, or by fancy paper Christmas
ribbon. Tie the ribbon ore tape about
the spool where the silk was wound,
leaving ends so long that they can be
tied about twigs of the tree. 1t is not
essential that these spools be colored,
for they are concealed by the ribbon.
Modernistic grape clusters or punches
of cherries can be made from fancy
envelope Innings. Put a wee ball or
wad Of cotton batting on a circle of
lining paper. glue length of string to
the edge of the paper, touch the tip of
the string with glue and press it on
the wadding. Draw the paper edges
just touched with glue along the inside
over the wad to form ball as big as
the size of the paper will permit.
When these balls have been made,
gather the ends of string together, MAX
ing big balls hang low and small ones
high, like a bunch of grapes. Cut
green crepe paper into grape leaf shape
and wire to the top of the bunch.
Thrust length of wire through the
knotted string ends as a. fastener by
which to suspend the grapes from tree
branches. Wire hairpins can be used
for all uses for wire mentioned.
Many Of these ornaments children
can make, and they delight in cutting
and pasting narrow strips of fancy
paper together to make gay chains to
fasten on trees.
(Copyright, 1929
Evening star., 1928-11-26

From all that one reads and hears of
Mrs. William Howard Taft one gets the
impression of vibrant person, keen
for living a full life and extremely
happy that hers turned out to be that
way.
One Winter night, when she was
Miss Helen Heron, 18-year-old daugh-
ter of John William Heron, a. leading
member of the Cincinnati bar, she went
on a coasting party in Mount Auburn.
There she met Will Taft. Their fami-
lies were acquainted, but somehow he
and she had never met. Lately. of
course, he had been -tudent at Yale.
Will Taft asked her to take ride on
his bobsled. She accepted. This ride
was the beginning of a love affair that
resulted in their marriage in June,
.Mr. Taft had studied law and been
admitted to the bar. His great ambi-
tion was place on the bench. To
have beel4 a Supreme Court justice
would have been heavenly in his sight.
1t is to be presumed, however, that Mrs.
Taft had other ideas which prevailed.
She wished him to follow a career lin
which his own initiative and originality
could be developed" That is what he
did.
1t is true that after he had served
as solicitor general under President
Harrison he returned to Cincinnati to
occupy the United States Circuit .1ench,
but that peaceful existence did not en-
dure. When Mr.. Taft was asked by
President Mckinley to establish a civil
government in the Philippines Mrs. Taft
was all for his agreeing to do so. It
meant departure from her friends, and
she had three small children to con-
slider, but she was whole-heartedly for
the venture.
"Old Rough and Ready" Zachary
Taylor's wife went to war with him.
Presumably. If William Howard Taft
had gone to war, Mrs. Taft would have
been close by. She was ever at his
side. This necessitated lots of travel
ing, too, for as Governor of the Philip
pines and later as Secretary of War
and President he did more jaunting
than any other statesman in the his
tory of the country.
More and more as their lives pro-
gressed did Mr.. Taft engage in important
work. He sought and got his wife's
counsel. 1t had the virtue of Heing
sound.
His career nearly went awry in the
Philippines. He suffered from stomach
trouble that necessitated three opera
tions. The daughter, Ruth, had diph-
thcria, and in this same period Mrs.
Evening star., 1928-11-26
Stuffed Flank Steak.

Wipe the meat with a, damp cloth.
For the stufing, brown half a cupful
of chopped celery with one minced
onion lightly In two tablespoonfuls of
butter and combine with one and one
half cupfuls of stale bread crumbs, one
teaspoonful of salt and pinch of pep
per- Spread this stuffing over the
steak. Beginning at one side of the
steak, roll 1t up like a jelly roll and tie
securely in several places with clean
string. When carved in slices, the meat
will be cut across the grain. Scar in a
small quantity of fat in a baking pan
on top of the stove, turning the meat
frequently until Drowned on all sides.
Cover closely, place the meat in a
moderate oven, and cook for one and
one-half hours, or until tender. When
the meat is done, remove from the pan
and prepare the gravy as follows: Drain
of the fat. For each cupful of gravy
desired, measure two tablespoonfuls of
fat and return to the pan, add about
two tablespoonfuls of flour, and stir
until we'll blended and slightly Drowned.
Then add one cupful of cold water or
milk and stir until smooth. Season
with salt and pepper. Serve the stuffed
steak with Drowned potatoes.
Evening star., 1928-11-26
Soft Hands.

Chapped hands are so uncomfortable
that no one should ever have them.
They're not necessary, and why suffer
unnecessary discomfort? There are
enough Wintertime discomforts We
can't do anything about.
If your work dries out the hands so
the skin becomes rough, then you must
rub them every night with cream. If
this is not enough to keep them soft
and smooth, you must wear white cot
ton gloves over them, leaving the cream
on all night. Or, if you do your own
housework, you must smear them with
lard or cold cream or olive OIL pull on
rubber gloves and keep them fairly inn
mersed in this oiliness for good hour
each day.
All this is old advice. So is my sug-
gestion that you buy any one of the
honey or almond combinations on the
market and use it faithfully. These
preparations are made so they evapo-
rate quickly, leaving trace of their
Evening star., 1928-11-26
Socks.

Color is unquestionably the basis of
Winter chic, and the college girl begins
at the beginning-that is, at her feet
Colored wool socks, rolled down over
substantial-looking shoes, carry out the
color note OF he campus costume-red
with brown and ed sweater combina-
ton, for example.
Winter winds are forcing the addition
of sheer Isle hose under these socks,
but as long as possible many college
girls went stcckingless.
Evening star., 1928-11-26

and Lois begged the privilege of taking
that. She had an idea she wanted to
work out. She used a regulation butter
cake recipe tripling the amounts in
order to get enough to bake in three
large square pans. These layers were
put together with a fig filling. The
top was iced in chocolate.
She counted the number of persons
who would sit at the tables. They were
SO. She divided the cake into 36
squares, outlining each square with
white icing. In each square she put
the initials of the person for whom it
was intended To make initiating easier
she used the little macaroni or paste
alphabet letters. In some of the por-
tions she had hidden fortunes. The
cake was great success.
Evening star., 1928-11-26

tendency also, as is evidenced by the
lamp as shown in the sketch. It's base
is strictly modern and if it were not
for the lettering on the blocks it would
be appropriate for. a living room or
library. But decorated with the letters
and equipped with shade decorated
with Juvenile designs, this lamp and
shade are especially appropriate for a
childS room.
The shade may have paper founda-
ton and the designs painted, trans
ferred or appliqued. There are many
wallpapers and chintzes from which
figures may be cut and pasted on the
foundation shade.
The blocks may be painted any de-
sired light color. the letters contrast
ing color and the shade a combina-
ton of colors to harmonize with the
base.
Copyright, 1921
Evening star., 1928-11-26

hard over toward the little farmhouse.
There was no one stirring there. There
was no smoke coming from the chimney
yet. Then Buster looked long and hard
at the pigpen. If he approached that
pen from certain point, the barn
would be between the pen and the
house. Buster went around to that cer-
tain point. Then he stood up and
looked again. He couldn't see the
house, so, of course, no one a. the house
could see him. Slowly he dropped down
to all four feet. Then he began to walk
straight toward that pigpen.
I'll just have look at those pigs,
that's ALL" grumbled Buster.
(Copyright, 1929
Evening star., 1928-11-26
Sweet Potato Dressing.

Roast some sweet potatoes in their
skins until they are very soft. Remove
the skins, mash the potatoes we'll, sea-
son with one tablespoonful each Of but
ter and rich sweet cream and add salt
to suit the taste. Then add half a
cupful of chopped raisins and mix them
In thoroughly. This is q delicious
dressing for any kind of fowl.
Evening star., 1928-11-26
NANCY PAGE
Best Thanksgiving Meal Is
Traditional One.
By FLORENCE La GANKE.
By FLORENCE La GANKE.

The Miller family was planning the
same sort of Thanksgiving celebration
that the Pages had had the year be-
fore They we're going to the fanny
home of Lois mother. Here the Aston
clan, the Dewstoe relations and the
newest bride and bridegroom in the
family-Lois and Roger-would all sit
Evening star., 1928-11-26
own to an old-time Thanksgiving

down to an old-time Thanksgiving
dinner
They decided to serve the tradition
al meal Of turkey. scalloped oysters,
celery, mashed potatoes. mashed turnips,
cranberry jelly, picked peaches, cole
slaw, pumpkin pie. Because there were
so many young folks in the relation
ship they added ice cream as second
dessert. Roger hoped they would have
minced pie. but Lois told him that be-
longed in the Christmas menu.
With the ice cream they needed cake
Evening star., 1928-11-26
Holiday Dainty.

Allow one orange for each person.
Wash, cut of the top, then remove the
inside of the orange. Cut eyes, mouth
and nose in the orange skin. Fill with
fruit salad made of any fruit desired.
mixed with salad dressing. and serve
each orange in a lettuce cup.