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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-20
WHY WE DO WHAT WE DO
BY MEHRAN X. THOMSON.

Why do we think big diamond is
more beautiful than a piece of glass
that we can't distinguish from it?
The diamond is really not bit more
beautiful than the glass; but it costs a
great deal more. There are fewer avail
able diamonds in the world than pieces
of glass. Glass is common and rela-
lively cheap. Diamonds are rare and
become traditional through long periods
exceptionally expensive.
Moreover, the value of diamond has
Of time, and our tastes have been deter
mined by this tradition.
Tradition plays no small part in our
ideas Of beauty, also in what is proper
and just as enviable. For example,
many of us would think it improper for
rich mans wife to work for a living
but the rich man himself may work
his head of.
Conspicuous expenditure of money is
one distinguishing mark of belonging to
the leiSured class, and therefore of
demonstrating kind of superiority. II
a man gives his wife lots of money to
spend and she spends it for him, it
represents conspicuous expenditure
But II a mans wife takes in washing it
indicates that he does not have lots of
money to spend, does not belong to the
leisured class, and demonstrates that
kind of inferiority.
We think old-master paintings beau
tiful for the same reasons that we think
a diamond beautiful. In addition. the
old-master paintings have acquired a
peculiar sanctity because of their char
acter. But the principal reason for
considering them beautiful is that they
cost so much. Some cannot be bought
at any price, others have been sold at
fabulous sums.
The money standard Is applied not
only to beauty but also to virtue and
moral considerations to the end that
what would not be tolerated in the
poor is regarded as perfectly proper in
the rich. The leisure class is envied by
those who do not belong to it, and when
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-20
NY Neighbor Says:

When lacking a mattress buy
an upholsterer's needle capable OF
carrying heavy Irvine. Tack the
mattress as you would a quilt.
Whiting and ammonia mixed
to a paste make an excellent
polish for nickel.
A bare ironing board makes
good table on which to clean
mems clothing, though the ordt-
nary kitchen table will answer.
All spots and stains should first
be brushed Off. If they are
greasy they should be rubbed
with gasoline, using pad under
meath. This pad should always
be placed under the stains so
that it will take up the dirt
forced through by the vigorous
rubbing.
When opening can Of aspa-
ragus, open it at the bottom in
stead of at the top. 1t is much
easier to remove the asparagus
If the can is opened in this way.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-20

One mother says:
Now that the children are wearing
tennis shoes most of the time, the old
problem Of keeping them in repair is
with me again. The uppers are always
good long after there is hole in the
sole, and in the past I have discarded
them. But this year had tire patch
pasted over the worn part of it looks
as though it would do duty for many
months. 7 had tried out this method
in the Winter on the childrens over
shoes and galoshes and found that it
was most satisfactory way of length
ening the life of them, so that did
Spring.
Copyright, 1927
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-20
ocrates Cheerfully to His Death.

speeches of mine the sign has often
stopped me in the midst. But now it
has not hindered me in any deed or
word of mine connected with the pres
ent business.
What, then, do suppose to be the
reason thereof? / will tell you. think
it is that what has happened to me
has been a good thing, and we must be
mistaken when We supposed that death
was an evil.
Herein is a strong proof to me of
this, for that accustomed sign would
aSsuredly have checked me had I been
about to do aught that was evil
The firmness of Socrates confidence
in his inner voice was attested by the
cheerful manner in which, bidding his
friends good-by, he drank the fatal
poison.
Was Socrates mad. or was the "voice"
merely manifestation from the sub
consciousness of man of great intel
lectual power? When these questions
are asked it should be remembered that
after more than 1900 years he is still
a great influence upon human thought.
1t was the formula of his whole exist
ence to try to think logically, to get at
the foundations Of beliefs, to interpret
the true and good as the practical ends
of life. He must be accepted as a very
plausible witness of psychic phenomena
(Copyrisht, 1920
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-20
Fried Chicken.

Dress, clean and cut for serving at
the Joints or in halves through back
and breast bone one and one-half pounds
of Spring chicken. Season with salt
and pepper. Dip each piece in cracker
crumbs. Let stand for 10 minutes, then
dip in one slightly beaten egg, again in
crumbs, and fry in deep, hot fat. or in
a frying pan with butter, until gold
en- brown,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-20
The Sidewalks of Washington
BY THORNTON FISHER.

come out she looks for your wart and
studies your face and gives you a hat
that suits your phiz. If one out OF one
hundred customers gets the wrong
chapeau she takes week of to check
on her eyesight.
The buildings are so high here now
that they have rest rooms and stop-over
privileges at every fifteenth floor. BY
starting at noon you can keep a bust
ness appointment at 3 o'clock with
bozo on the fifty-fifth floor. hear that
some bird is thinking of obtaining con-
cessions for opening lunch counters on
the floors where the passengers change
cars or elevators.
I asked one elevator operator how
ing. 1T don't know" he said, I've
never been clean to the top"
Seventh avenue. There's a street.
Why, you can throw a brick in any
direction in Seventh avenue and hit
IL actors and 18 musicians. In our
town YOU could
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-20

sides. This girdle had no bones. The
material was a pale pink figured satin.
She asked to see one in white and
found just what she wanted.
The salesperson showed her another
girdle. which was a step-in, but which
was all rubber. This one was imported
and best worn by taller person, since
it reached way below the waist.
Had Sally been larger person or
one with a mature figure she might
have been interested in the foundation
garment. This garment comes with no
bones and is made of easily washed
material. 1t crumples in the hand, it
Is so soft. The sides below the waist
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-20

Z IL Y y III ILI4S
mans town, but
they don't roost in
trees. There are
more swallows here
than we have in
Washington. They
swallow more here,
h ook, line and
sinker. than we do.
In front Of one
restaurant they
have a doorman
dressed in a Rus
sian uniform on a
hot May day. II
that guy was ever
In Russia I'm q
n a tural born
Chinaman. T ey
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-20
NANCY PAGE
The Modern Miss Wears
a Cirdle.
nnx.A.nxz a
BY FLORENCE LA GANKE.

Sally was buying the very last things
she needed for her trousseau. AS a
member of the younger generation she
had grown up wearing the scantiest
of undertakings. But since curves were
coming in and the debutante SLOUGH
had gone out she knew she needed
to pay visit to the corset department
She was looking at a step-in girdle with
satin front and back and woven elastic
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-20
MILADY BEAUTIFUL
BY LOIS LEEDS.

with thumb braced near the cheekbone.
The flabby skin is lifted and gently
rolled by this movement. Begin the
massage at the corner of the mouth;
rotate three times. Shift your hand up
an inch and repeat. Lastly repeat the
massage where the wrinkle begins at
the wing of the nose. Give the mas
sage on both sides. Another good
movement for the wrinkle is a patter-
ing massage that lifts the cheek upward.
When the skin IS very dry the mas
sage cream should be left on at least
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-20

you look up to and envy a person or
class you take over their standards of
what is right and true and beautiful
We think diamond beautiful for
the same reason that we think the fish
that got away was huge one What
ever is rare or hard to get looks better
and appears to be more valuable be-
cause it challenges our resources.
Copyright, 1921
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-20

WI WA y ~ -
hit t h a t many
C o n gr e S SIN e n.
There are a lot
of wis e-crackers
here. A girl got
on a subway car
and said to the
guard, will this
train go to Long
Island City?" The
guard said, well,
that's the instruc-
tons the motor
man got when he
left and he amt
fell down yet"
They have poles
in the center of
the cars for the
- -~,S,. -.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-20
SHRIMP AND MUSHROOM
PATTIES.
BANANA PUDDING

Thicker one pint milk with two
eggs beaten with three-quarter
cup sugar and one teaspoon corn
starch. Take from fire and add
Juice one-half lemon. Fill serv-
ing dish with alternate layers
cake and sliced bananas, moisten-
ing each layer with custard.
Serve very cold with whipped
cream. a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-20

around. We saw one fellow hold on
with one hand and swing around a
dozen times. 1t seems that he did that
regularly as one of his daily dozen"
Boy, I'd like to be swinging around
Scott Circle right now. Give my re-
CARDS to the gang on F street. Yours
truly.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-20

half an hour. Then wipe it Off and
pat a little muscle oil on the wrinkle.
Leave this on overnight.
External treatments alone cannot, of
course, remedy the wrinkles in a slug
gish. f1abby skin. The general mus
cular tone of the body must be i'm
proved by giving proper attention to
diet, exercise and other habits that
affect ones physical condition.
(Copyright, 1929
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-20

Prices realized on Swift & Company
sales sal Of Is,Ss beef IN c.
shipments sold out, ranged from 1850 cents
to $500 cents per pound and averaged
%. 81 cents per nd.-Advertisement
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-20

The woman who made her own
clothes once depended on an intricacy
and workmanship. You cannot tell how
the dress looks, now" she would say
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-20

Letter from a washingtonian to his
friend back home.
Dear Old Pal: Well, already miss
The birdsN in Washington. There are
a., III
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-20

A special train recently carried 10000
gallons of whisky. valued at $375,000,
from Glasgow, Scotland, to London.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-20

are of rubber. The garment hooks
on the side above the waistline.
For Sally's mother, who was large
and portly, there is the compact which
is boned in the front and back panel.
The sides below the waist are of rub
Der. The upper or brassiere part is
of of lace and soft satin. This gar
ment Is step-in and hooks on each
side from under arm to waist.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-20
MENU FOR A DAY.

MENU FOR A DAY.
BREAKFAST.
Stewed Fruit with Bran.
Scrambled Eggs.
Toast.
Fried Cornmeal Mush, Maple Strip.
Coffee.
LUNCHEON.
Shrimp and Mushroom Patties.
Rolls.
Raspberry Turnovers.
Tea.
DINNER.
Cream of Onion Soup.
Broiled Steak.
Baked Potatoes.
Brussels Sprouts.
Romano Salad.
Banana Pudding.
Coffee.
CORNMEAL MUSH.
One cup cornmeal. one tea
cups water. Have water boiling,
salt. add meal little at time,
sitting through fingers and STIR
ring briskly until all has been
used. If added to the water in
this way it will not be lumpy.
Cook four hours in double boiler.
Make into cakes and fry on hot
griddle.
SHRIMP AND MUSHROOM
PATTIES.
Cook one tablespoon chopped
onion and one tablespoon chopped
green pepper until tender in two
tablespoons butter. Blend IN
three tablespoons flour. add grad
ually one and one-half cups white
stock and season with one tea
spoon chopped parsley, one-half
teaspoon lemon juice and pepper
and salt to taste. Stir until
smooth. add one cup shrimps and
one cup sliced mushrooms, and
when well heated turn into small
baked pastry shells.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-20
AUNT HET
BY ROBERT CULLEN.

ct was goin' to the show last night,
but Pa wanted to write his last will
an testament and had to show him
how I wanted it fixed"
Copyright, 1920
The London residence of Lord and
Lady Strathmore, where Princess Eliza
beth was born, was recently sold.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-20

"Your husband must be patient" said
somebuddy to Mrs. Leghorn Tharp, who
wanted to play bridge till mornin,' an
she said, IN say he's patient. He's
been waitin' fer nearly three years fer
keg o apple jack to git right"
Ever girl or woman has to rely on
her personality eventually, an she can't
paint that.
A tramp called at Bootlegger Ike
Lark's home this mornin' an sawed of
a couple o. shotguns fer his breakfast.
Why Dc 2arxiea Women 1aint2 -
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Waste Nothing.

MY uncle used to say. My dears, you
save q thing for seven years. and 1t will
find a use; and one who throws a thing
away Is truly, arise to say. gander or
a goose. A piece of string, rusty nail,
the handle from a wornout pail, such
things put away; / find tin cans along
the road and bring them home to my
abode, they'll have their use some day"
My uncle preached throughout his days
about the modern wasteful ways, he
thought they were sin; and he went
drilling through the dales to gather up
old crooked nails and ropes and strips OF
tin. He thought his method was sublime;
yet he was wasting priceless time, which
had a greater worth, than all the an
Gent kegs and casks and demijohns and
bricks and TASKS he gathered from the
earth. He'd work for hours like every
thing unraveling knotted string, which
labor didn't pay: the product wasn't
worth dime, and yet he held it was a
crime to throw the string away.
worked for him when was young and
often was my spirit wrung by lectures
long and loud about the frightful sin of
waste, and well / knew he had me
placed among the thriftless crowd. My
uncle died and then his heir found use
less rubbish everywhere, and burned it,
with laugh; for all the junk my uncle
priced would not, men said, have real
lied four dollars and half. I've wasted
many things, I know, since those brave
days of long ago. when uncle made me
sore; but I have valued time so much
that with a roll I am in touch no wolf
is at my door. WALT MASON.
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BEDTIME STORIES By :. r sSss1ss

another. Some had gone only a short
distance: others had kept on going as
| long as they could find open little tun-
| nels along which to run.
Now it is one of the happy provisions
| of Old Mother Nature that her little
people shall quickly recover from fright.
They may be terribly frightened, put
in even a few minutes, If they are un-
disturbed, they may have wholly recov-
cred from that fear. 1t was so with all
the young Mice when they we're thus
driven out into the Great World. Iney
were at first terribly frightened, but
within a few minutes fear had given
way to curiosity and in few minutes
more they had quite forgotten what
had happened behind them. So 1t is
with most of the little people of the
Green Meadows and the Green Forest,
and very good thing it is that 1t Is so.
OF course, in family of eight chill
dren, some are smarter than others.
Some are holder than others. Some are
careless and needless Some are eau
tious and tirnid. 1t was just so with
this family of Meadow Mice Before
that day was over one of the most ven-
tureSome had climbed up to the surface
of the, snow and because he had had
no experience he didn't watch out for
bIlC 11dNh. AtlOILiCk WdAeCA
until night before going up to the sur
face of the snow. And then in the
moonlight he had a wonderful time
scampering from weedtop to weedtop
and finding seeds such as he had never
tasted before. But he, too, was heed
less, and when Hooty the Owl had
passed on silent wings, there was no
little Meadow Mouse scampering around
on the surface of the snow.
A third, very timid. small person.
met in one of the little tunnels
strange young Meadow Mouse. They
straightaway made themselves home.
A fourth became a traveller. He was
uneasy. He couldn't be satisfied any,
where. and so he kept moving on and
on, digging for himself little tunnels in
the snow, when there were none already
built. And so in time he, too, found
mate far FROM where the old haystack
had been and there established new
home.
A fifth, Reddy Fox knows more about
than can tell you. And sixth made
the acquaintance of Old Man Coyote.
What became Of the seventh and eighth
have not heard. AS for Danny and
Nanny Meadow Mouse, they never did
hear what became Of any Of their chill
dren. But this didn't trouble them at
all, for they soon had new family cares
to occupy their time.
(Copyright, 1927
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-20
BRAIN TESTS

This test requires the ability to form
a unified whole out of scattered frag-
ments. You are given ten words the
letters of which have been disarranged
Can you, in five minutes time, re-
arrange these letters so that they spell
the names of ten parts Of the human
body?
Example: ELG becomes LEG.
1. FRINGE. 6. HEDROULS.
2. MUCRIAN. z. SWIRT.
3. HHIGT. 8. SATIW.
4. THASCOM. 10. BUMTH.
5. MAR. 8. KLEAN.
Answers.
1. Finger. 6. Shoulder.
2. Uranium. 7. Wrist.
3. Thigh. 8. Waist.
4. Stomach. 9. Ankle.
5. Arm. 10. Thumb.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-20
LITTLE BENNY
BIZ LEE PAPE.

I woke up this morning feeling like
not going to Skool even more than us
ual, and the more I thawt Of it the
verse liked the ideer, and by the time
] started to eat brekflst was sad as
anything, ma saying, My goodness Ben
ny why don't you eat your egg, your
picking at it as If you never saw it be-
fore.
/ don't feel so good. I think maybe I
CESS may be getting cold. ! sed.
o my goodness don't do anything like
that with us all so well now, touch
wood, ma sed. And she put her hand on
my forehed, saying, don't think he has
temperature, do you think he has
temperature, WilIyum?
And she took her hand of and pop
put his on, saying, Well at least he has
q forehed, maybe we better let him stay
home this morning at least.
All rite, but strickly In the house. ma
sed.
WITCH I did, not being very exciting
but feeling better than skool, and at
luntch time Pubs Simkins rang the bell
to find out why wasent at skool, say
ing, Anyways @ wiz ycu missed it.
Miss Kitty was sick or something and
we had substitoot ana g roozelem she
couldent make the class mind any more
than nuthing and holey smokes We did
watever we wunted and gosh it was
more like a picknick than skool, o boy
you missed it.
Aw heck that's Just my luck. the ony
morning / stay away from skool the
class has to go and enjoy itself. sed.
Well bleeve me III be there this after
noon, sed.
And after luntch put on my hat and
overcoat, ma saying, Now are you sure
your quite all rite. now don't take any
unnecessary chances, and sed, Sure,
/ feel CRATE, feel Just like going to
skool
Well then my goodness you must be
sick, me sed. And went to skool and
here Miss Kitty was back agen and mad
as anything on account of wat the class
had did with the substitoot, and had
one Of the heckiest afternoons ever
had In skool, wich is saying lot.
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Danny's Family.
Uneasy youth the world must see,
And on the move incessant be-.
Old Mother Nature

The eight children of Danny Meadow
Mouse left home at very early age.
BY the time they were month old
they were out in the Great World.
Doesn't that seem like very early age?
But in the life of a Meadow Mouse it
isn't so early. No, sir, 1t isn't so early
You see, some of those children would
have families of their own before they
were two months old
You will remember that the haystack
under which Nanny and Danny Meadow
Mouse had been living and where they
had had their family of eight children,
had been carried away. Now, before
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-20
Radio for Fire Engine.

Fire engines of Rochdale, England,
have been fitted with radio sets by
which messages can be sent and re-
ceived. In tests it was found possible
for men on the engine to easily talk
with headquarters while speeding to a
blaze.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-20

HE COULDN'T BE SATISFIED, SO
HE KEPT ON MOVING ON AND ON.
this happened the children, or most of
them, had left home for good. But all
of them were living under the old hay
stack. They had scattered, but they
had been wise enough to know that
there could be no better place than
right there under that haystack.
Then had come the terrible fright.
That was when Farmer Browns Boy
had come to get the hay to take it up
to the barnyard. There had been a
grand scattering of all the mice that
were living underneath that haystack.
OF course, leading away from that hay
stack were many little tunnels under
the snow, and it was into these tunnels
that the frightened Mice had run.
Some had gone one way. some had gone
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-08-07
w. L. BELL RETURNS
 FROM TAKU DISTRICT

w. L. Bell, of Vancouver, B. C., Engineer with the Granby interests, who has been in the Taku River district looking over property for his company, returned to Juneau this week on the Nakina. MT. Bell expects to remain in Juneau for a week or ten days before returning to Vancouver. While MT. Bell made no comment on the prospects re- gently discovered in the Taku and Tulsequah districts, he did say that both the United Eastern con- pany and the Alaska Juneau were going ahead as rapidly as possible with the development work on the properties on which they have taken options.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-08-07
c . . . c . . .
 !, Movements . THBOUND . tonight. ( ge due Thursday . ms is due Satur- .
ED sAILINGS

. Princess Alice scheduled to . . sail from Vancouver August . . at 9 pm. . . Queen scheduled to sail from Q . Seattle August 8 at 10 am. . Dorothy Alexander scheduled . . to sail from Seattle August . . at 10 am. .
 . Princess Charlotte scheduled ( . to sail from Vancouver Aug. c . 10 at 9 pm. . . Northwestern scheduled to sail . . from Seattle Aug. 13, at 9 . e p. m. q Alameda scheduled to sail from < Seattle August 10 at 9 am. . q Prince Rupert scheduled to e sail from Vancouver Aug. 15, c q at 8 pm.
 q sOUTHBoUND SAILINGS .
 . Yukon due southbound late .
 Thursday night or Friday . . morning q Princess Louise. is southbound 6
 Q Friday morning. c . Admiral Rogers is southbound . . Friday. . Admiral Watson southbound e . about August 15. . LOCAL SAILINGS
 . MaA gnita scheduled to leave |
 ~ for Sits1a and way ports at . .- 6 o'clock Thursday night. [
 ., Virginia " sails for Chicha- Q gof and way ports at 6 o. . . clock every Wednesday night. . tR America First leaves every .
 . Wednesday at p. m. for .
 Petersburg and Rake and .
 . way ports.
 . ? . . . . . .
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-08-07
THE EMPIRE Is the Medium

Through which the general public can always have its wants supplied.
 Closing time for classified advertisements: 2 F. M. Closing time for display ad- vertisements: Il A. M. Ten cents per line first in- sertion.
 Five cents for continuous subsequent insertion. Count five average words to the line.
 Minimum charge. 90 cents.
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1arine News
CRAFT GOES ON ROCKS; :;
 FINALLY RESCUE CREW

VICTORIA, B. C., Aug. -Four members of the crew of the Ellwe No II, which ran aground Satur- day night at high tide on Ridge Reef, were rescued Monday night from the barren rock off Bare Is- land, by tugs. The Ellwe was pro- ceeding through OHara Str a t when she grounded. The crew scrambled to the rocks after the crash.