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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-19
nalieiaus Fish GhoWder.

Cod or fiaddock is the kind of fish
generally preferred for chowder, but
any kind of fresh, dried or canned fish
will do II it has large flakes OF meat
and only a few bones, which can be
easily picked out before the fish Is
combined with the ather ingredients.
If preferred, a quart Of CLAIMS or oysters
may be used instead Of the fish, Cut
one-fourth pound Of salt pork In small
pieces and fry with one chopped onion
for five minutes. Put the pork, onion,
two cupfuls of diced carrots and four
diced potatoes in q kettle and cover
with boiling water, Cock until the
vegetables are tender Add two cupfuls
Of milk and the ash, which has ! cen
renewed from the bones and cut IN
small pieces. Geek until the fish is
tender, or for about 10 minutes.
Chowder can be thickened with flour,
although many persons prefer to add
crackers. Add eight or nine good sized
crackers to the chowder a few minutes
before serving. II -four Il used for
thickening, mix three tablespooniuls of
-four with about half q cupfui Of milk,
stir 1t into the chowder and allow 1t to
cook for few minutes. II Q chewder
made with tomatoes is preferred, nee
two and one-half cupfuls Of stewed and
strained tomatoes instead of the milk,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-19
Fried Bananas With Chicken.

Remove the peel from six bananas
and scrape the pulp to remove coarse
threads. Cut into quarters. In fry
ing pan melt two tablespoonfuls of but
ter or use olive oil. In this lay the
bananas and cook them slowly until
breiled hliets Of chicken around
mound Of horniny. 70 cock the hon.
my, add one teaspoonful of salt to four
cupfuls of water boiling directly over
the fire. Into this stir one cupful of
hemiRy, and when the mixture boils
set 1t over hot water and cook for one
hour without stirring.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-19
Quick Cake.

Set the tieur sitter in a bowl, and
put into II one eupiul of sugar, one
eupful of flour, one and one-half tea
spoonful of baking powder, and half
a teaspoonful of salt. Sift these dry
ingredients together. Into a cup put
one-third cupful Of melted butter, two
eggs. and then all the cup with uaiik.
Pour this mixture into the dry ingre-
dents, beat for minute, add one
fourth teaspoontul Of vanilla, pour into
a square pan, and bake 90 minutes in q
moderate oven. This cake may be
varied in a number of ways. Sour
cream may be substituted for the but
ter and just q pinch Of soda added.
II two tsblespoonfuls Of chocolate
matted milk Ia powdered form are
added with little extra flour and a
handful Of raisins and some chopped
nuts, and the mixture baked in muffin
tins, .yeu viii have dessert good
enough for any company, If the plain
white cake Il baked In muffin tins, the
tops may be cut out and spoenful
Of lam or jelly or fresh fruit put In,
the top replaced, and YOU have q tiny
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-19
DIET AND HEALTH
By LULU HUNT PETERS. N. u,

and nay husband worries OF the change
In me. MY shoes are too big and !
can't wear my rinss any mefel Teak
in my corset over 6 inches. But I
haven't felt 80 well In years. ! ana "a
years old. 8 feet s1a inches tall. large
hened. don't want to get too thin.
Is 1e5 all right for me? ! eat all ]
want Of the feeds ] allow myself, and
am not ever hungry, except in q nefnaal
way. My skin ISN'T wFinkled, because
all Summer ! took cold sponge bath
every night. Please help me pat myself
on the back. Don't I deserve 1t, losing
40 pounds? 1t is a real wonder to me,
for I've tried to reduce before, but
never had the backbone to stick to 1t.
Mrs c."
Yes, you certainly do deserve THAI
pat, Mrs. G., and we will all give you
one. You didn't say anything about
counting your Galleries. but II yen cut
out ssasss sweets I'VE ~, a5 s 70 'GoS s ss
1900 Galleries daily.
A good rule for determining normal
adult net weight Is to allow 100 pounds
for S feet In height In stockinR feet and
So pounds fer each inch ever that
According to this, your weight should
be around 142, but as you are large
boned you can probably allow 10 per
cent ever that, making your normal
weight around 1sS,
You feel better net only because YOU
have lost the excess weight but because
you are on a much more wholesome diet
1.-The troubles from overweight come as
much from the unbalanced diet as from
the burden of fat. BY this time
! imagine your food tastes have changed
entirely, haven't they? We must re-
| member, those of us who have a ten
| dency TO gain weight. that we must
change our food tastes. for We have II
adopt q diet that We can stay on per-
| mAnently. It can be increased after
/ normal weight Is reached. for then w
need more food for we lose more hea'
not being insulated with fat-and We
move faster and oftener.
d, says her hair is summy after it il
washed, What can she do?
q beauty column, but I'll answer tt
Don't want you getting nervous ovel
such an easily remedied condition
First rinse your hair many times Will
ordinary tap water and then rinse i
with o pint Of water with a tablespoon.
full of lemon juice or vinegar, Thii
acid cuts or neutralizes the bit q
alkan left by the soap, which apparently
combines with the minerals Of the watel
In some way. for Ii Is not noticed wher
distilled or Fose-water Is used for wash
ing the hair.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-19

Tecumseh sherman was grand marshal,
and several divisions of "the boys In
blue" were in the parade. "Solid citi-
Zens, every man of them" the West
Philadelphia Club attracted more at
tention than any other civilian group.
They wore long listers of gray mixture,
stovepipe hats, light colored gloves and
rich badges.
An inpramptu particinant In the pa
rade was o little yellow dog which fol-
lowed the presidential carriage. A year
before, the same dog had followed Gen.
Garfield, as he got off Q street car, to
his home. The general noticing the
dog, threw him a piece of meat and for.
got the occurrence until he met the
same dog on the same corner the next
DAY. Fellewine him home again, the
dog was rewarded with mere meat and
ne took up temporary quarters at the
Garfield home,
Fifty thousand people, their lunch
baskets adding to the congestion, we're
the inaugural ceremony. Gen, Garfield
wore black suit, frock coat, black
neektie and gloves. Vice President elect
Arthur wore light trousers, q blue
Prince Albert coat, colored neektie and
light gloves.
1.-THE Senators evidently took an ex-
ira precaution with their toilets" says
a newspaper of that day. "Conkling
wore q dark suit. the very pink OF the
tailer's cut. From the left hand pocket
protruded q red silk handkerchief and
In the upper buttonhole was red rib
bon"
Immediately after taking the oath of
Office, President Garfield turned and
kissed hts mother and then his wife.
After the ceremony he returned to the
White House and reviewed the process
sion from large stand erected In front
Of the grounds.
"It Is plain wooden stand, no better
than those erected for spectators, cx-
cept that 1t is surmounted with wood
en- eagle" says cotemporary descrip-
ton. THE White House grounds were
in gala dress. Lines of streamers and
signal flags ran from tree to tree across
the semicircular drive to the entrance
and across the lawn itself. lighting up
the grounds with their gay colorS.
1.-THE columns of the portico of the
jail-hke looking building where the
President of the United States works
cut his sentence Of four years at hard
labor We're decorated with evergreens,
and in the pediment Of tho portico was
q large glass star, which blased out t0-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-19
Normality of Content.

Is there anything wrong with a person who
IS eontented?. don't mean lacking in am.
Of the unrest and the longing for details
about ones most hidden thougnts, l lear ~
about me.
/ can enjoy good steak without an x-ray
examination Of steer; possibly this is 50
because as q child was never ..psyched; "
son suitable to the mind Of q child. Moth
Ing was ever put out Of our reach. II
chair was in our way, We had to use INSTINCT
to either so around It or get bumped" We
were watched. but we did not know it..
ness of thinking that when one forgets his
umbrella It is due to either depressed i'm
pened in life. sounds like a lot of 'hooey."
The human mind contains more than um-
breilas and it is conceivabie that under the
stress Of living conditions one misht easily
forget an umbrella .,a ana even MS seetn. unite
applicable to one who isn't even scholar.
You don't careen too much one way or the
other. The only thing . 'contented per-
son" can take is in balance. READER.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-19
Menus for Washington's Birthday
By LYDIA Ii BARON WALKER.

cherries the bowl contains. The place
cards may be tally cards. or alijs Of
napeT, ON ene Of which ID written the
name Of a player and the figures Of the
guess" The hostess aheuld have
counted the cherries" when they were
put in the bowl and made note Of the
number, The persen guessing NEST
nearly correctly sheuld be awarded q
prize, A meek cherry pie 70 suggested.
RKFREsIEMKNT MENU,
Chicken Sandwiches with Cherries"
slated Nuts,
Neck Cherry TaIts, Cherry Leaves
Chocolate Cherries.
Coffee.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. circle of bread
with slieed chicken or chicken salad
ana sufreund with Q ring of cranberry
sauce, carefully made SO that the cram
berries remain whole, Do not cover the
chicken, but have the open variety OF
sandwich,
Cherry Tarts,--Fill tart rings with
cranberry sauce. to which have been
added some ehepped nut meats. Simple
taFts can be made from rich tea biscuit
dough. Fern into thin biscuits and
bake bFewn, Out q ring from center
crust and all with the cherry mix
tuFe.
With vegetable eelering. tint cream
cheese green, and form into small
leaves, Put tn clusters about each tart
an its serving plate, These leaves are
especially attractive when busted with
finely ground pistaehic nuts or any nuts
tinted green,
Luncheon Menu.-These refreshments
can be made into luncheon by serving
a cherry fruit cup first, followed by
tomato bisaue and crackers. Instead of
the sandwiches, serve chicken salad
with .eheFTies" as described, and hot
biscuits. Gantinue the refreshment
menu frem this main course.
(Gepyright, 1920
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-19
Baked Cabbage.

Cut q medium sized Arm cabbage into
quarters and place In rapidly boiling
sailed water. Cook without covering
fer is minutes, then drain and chop
fine. Season with salt, black pepper
and paprika. Make q white sauce in
the usual way. using one and ene-half
cupfuls Of milk. two ahlespecnfuls each
of butter and -four and season to taste.
Beat in two well-beaten eggs Just be-
fore removing from the fire. Mix with
the chopped cabbage and place in a
buttered baking dish, scatter fine bread
crumbs all over the top, dot with but
ter and sprinkle with salt and paprika
and half a eupful of finely grated
cheese. Bake for 20 minutes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-19
Ginger Bread.

Melt ene-third cup Of fat In two-
thirds cup Of boiling water, Add ene-
fourth cup OF sugar, one cup Of dark
melasses and one well beaten ege, sift
three cups Of -four with one Teaspoon
Of salt, one-half teaspoon Of baking
soda. two teaspoons Of baking powder,
two teaspoons Of ginger, one teaspoon
each OF cinnamon and ailspiee, and
one-fourth teaspoon Of cloves. Add this
to the liquid mixture. beat we'll, and
baking pan, Bake in q moderate oven
Serve warm with whipped cream or
chocolate sauee, or slice and serve cold.
The mixture may be baked in muffin
pans; enc cup Of raisina or cut dates
may be added.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-19
Can Work Like a Man.

"Such good news can't keep It'll ]
wrote you several months ago and am
more than pleased, for weighed 230,
and in eight months I have lost 40
pounds, for this morning weighed lal.
I used to be so uncomfortable, short Of
breath, dizzy and constipated. I cut
out potatoes, white bread sweets, espe-
cially candy, and all fat and greasy
foods and began eating only the whole
some, nourishing foods, such as whole
wheat bread, lean meats, fruits and
vegetables of all sorts, cheese, milk and
eggs. 1t took some time for me to see
any change, but finally began to see
the scales go down, and lost on an
average Of pounds a week.
MY trouble with constipation ceased
months ago. I work like a man; do
work never in the world thought
could do. For instance, I made a ce-
ment sidewalk in the back Of our house
and raised large vegetable garden.
MY friends and neighbors marvel
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&m WNS MeA W
start the process
sion, the spirited
herses eaverted Q
little. but the ex-
perieneed hand Of
Albert. the veteran
presidential eeach-
man, made them
more decoreus,"
At that time the
Grand Army Of the
Republic was In its
prime, the young
Pref, Geusa was
the leader Of the
Marine Band, and
hne old sherFies
were selling for "a
a Quart.
xHFI ~
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-19

uCOCA NCdg bAt ~ 40
usually reserved for
meritorious work.
The aid of the ush-
ers is not invoked
to start handicap
ping. You've got to
put your stuff over
in this city to get
a bow. In this re-
spect, 1t is a good
city to open a
show in.
ut is m u c h
easier to please a
New York theater-
goer than a Wash
ington p a t r o n.
Once a. player has
made good here, he
or she Is good any,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-19

One mother says: Every mother knows
the call for rubbers. 1t usually comes
early in the morning when the chill
dren are preparing for their run to
school and 1t usually happens that We
have no place for the rubbers to be
kept. They are left in the entrance
hall when the child comes in the house,
then picked up and put away by mother
or servant tidying and no one re-
members where those rubbers are. Prob
ably In some darkened closet corner.
have had carpenter make the lowest
step of the stairs that lead from the
entrance hall into place for rubbsrs
by putting the top of the step on hinges,
<Copyrisht. ia1e.l
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-19

welcome this letter as 7 should
greet a long-expected friend. had
been wishing that some one would write
In that strain. The ancients had a
saying: Nothing In excess" The ideal
thus advocated Is a balanced life, and
that Is as truly the norm or normal as
a balanced ration. It is also the safe
and sane prescription for contented
life.
On this matter Of normality .(er
normally In the recent vogue) there are
some important things to say. The fiFst
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-19
Ham With Potatoes.

Brown half an inch thick slice of
ham evenly en- both sides. Place In
the bottom of a rooster. cover with six
medium sized white potatoes cut In half.
inch slices, pour over two cupfuls Of
milk and sprinkle with salt and pepper
Bake for an hour In a slow oven, All
the milk should be absorbed. A.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-19
The Sidewalks of Washington
BY THORNTON FISHER.

washington is theater-wise. Only
conceited or inexperienced players will
deny this statement. 1t was not many
said to the writer:
"You can't kid a Washington audi
ence. Their applause is genuine when
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-19

Tragedy. 1nere was
a sinister silence
in the long "city
room" Lighting an
elongated Gag. the
writer started to
sit down on his
cushion. The of
flee was breath
less. Some one
s m o t h ere d q
chuckle.
Just as the big
fellow was about
to place himself on
the chair he arose
and went over to
the files, where he
sought a story.
Then he returned.
There uyaC q tan
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-19

A centerpiece for the dining table
can be made part of the entertainment
for Washington birthday luncheon or
supper. or for refreshments fer an eve.
ming entertainment.
A glass bowl, preferably the kind
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-19
James A, aarAeld,
PRESIDENT LEGF JAMES A, GAR

RREa1bENT=ELECF JAMES A, GAR
FIELD. Ohio Republican, and one
time carpenter, was perfectly at ease
and handled his stovepipe hat with
skill" as he saluted the multitude of
inaugural spectators who cheered him
frem the White House to the Capitol,
March 4, 1891,
Eseorted BY the famous Cleveland
Cavalry, Gen, Garfield rode with FFesi-
dent Hayes in q four-in-hand carriage
drawn BY ane bays, When the signal
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-19
DAILY DIET RECIPE
TOMATO JUICE COCKTAIL.


Femate Juice, / cup.
Lemen Juice, 2 tablespoons.
Bay leaf, ].
6nien Juice, l teaspoon.
Celery stalk, /.
salt. Y teaspoon.
Serves Four Portions.
Either canned tomato juice or
Juice pressed from fresh tomatoes
can be used. Mix tomato Juice,
lemen juice and onion juice to-
gether. Add salt. the bay leaf
and celery stalk. Let stand about
i hour. Remove bay leaf and
celery. Chill well and serve very
eala In small cocktail glasses a.
an appettzer at lunch or dinner.
Diet Nete,
Tomato Juice il rich tn iren,
lime, vitamins A, p, and partic-
ularlY @, Thus prepared recipe
can be taken by children over }.
and hy normal adults Of average,
over or under weight. coed IN
diet 70 offset aeidesis.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-19

successful, and after debating the
cushion the rocks were placed within.
Any one who has ever sat on
crushed rocks is familiar with the SEN
sation. The entire office staff was no
titled to witness the fun.
Well fed and pleased with the world
in which he moved. the reporter re-
turned. From various points of vantage
his fellow workers waited to see the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-19

where on the circuit.
This is true of your hospitality.
Noted tor hospitality, Washington peo-
pie are bit slow in accepting one
socially, but once having been received
in the inner circle, there are no more
delightful friends in the world. AL
though engage a hotel room, on my
visits here it is seldom occupied dur
ing the run.
1.-THE people here are critical. You
must provide vehicle and performance
to win them. We have been put to a
severe test frequently to accomplish
this, but we have never left the city
without pretty fair idea of the result.
good or bad"
Which. we may say, is a compliment
to us.
With the advent of the talking movies
has come new fashion in announcing
those who have participated in the max
ing of the picture. Everybody seems to
receive credit except the water boy. We
are told who wrote the story, the dia-
logue, titles, music, lyrics, the name of
the director, art director, cameraman,
star, supports, who dramatized the
story, the name of the first assistant
cameraman and the monicker of the
second assistant photographer. And
why not?
Comment has been heard recently
about the color of the Illinois license
tags. We shall not describe it save TO
remark that unless one has sharp eye
sight he will be unable to read the
numerals at distance of more than
Is feet. At night the numbers are as
obscure as a bullfrog on a Summers
night.
Speaking of license tags, we know an
author Ga very famous one, too) who Is
the worlds greatest "kidder." Most of
his friends have discovered that they
are likely to be treated to a surprise
when In his company. He contrived
once to obtain the names of automobile
owners in his State. The list contained
the owners names and their tag num-
bers. 1t might be said that there were
fewer gas buggies on the road when the
writer played his prank. He carried the
list IN his pocket for ready reference A
man would emerge from house and
the author would Immediately run over
the list, locate the number Of the tag
| on the mans car. Also the name.
Walking up to the stranger, the
author would extend his hand and
jovially exclaim, why, hello Mr.. Smith
Tor whatever the name might be-. I
haven't seen you for ages. How are all
the folks?"
This. of course, would floor" the
stranger. who, although bewildered,
would shake hands and reply that the
folks were o. K. and how were the
| strangers folks. A few more words and
the author would leave, asking to be
remembered to the motorists family. 1t
was a puzzled soul who drove away.
wondering why he could not recall the
name OF the cordial gentleman who
seemed to know him so well.
X X \ y
The author mentioned Is a stout
person. He began his rather remarkable
career as newspaper man. He was a
good one, too. Being of rather vast
dimensions, he provided himself with q
pneumatic cushion for his chair. This
was always carefully inflated.
Several of his colleagues decided one
day to let him dewn hard. That pneu-
matte seat anneyed them. Probably it
was jealousY of his oWnershin of en-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-19

Pianos that may Withstand the moist
and hot climate of Brazil are being
made Of the hard and highly priced
Inlbuia wood that grows there.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-19

Sydney, Australia, Is reviving its
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra with a
public school teacher as temporary con-
duetor.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-24
HOLD UPHILL
ON EVOLUTION
Unfavorable Report
Y Made BY Texas
House Group

AUSTIN, Jan. 2i-CP-Funda-
mentalIsts seeking an a%nti-evolution
bill stood beaten today in the first
move Of the legislative session in
this direction. The Harper-Graves
measure taking the teaching az facts
contrary 70 the book Of Genesis a
misdemeanor, was reported ~unfavor-
ably by the house committee on
criminal Jurisprudence last night.
The vote, taken IL an executive
session, was eight 10 three against
the bill. Proponents of the measure
are undecided whether ii would be
brought TO the floor Oh a minority
report.
Representative James VI. Harper
Of Mount Pleasant, pastor Of a Bap-
tist church al the nearby town OF
Talco. spoke in behalf Of the pro-
posed legislation.
Representative Harper said the
bill did not interfere with the teach
ing Of science, but declared it was
framed to prevent aEnostic college
professors from foisting their be-
liefs "on the plastic minds or
youths"
An effort ~ Representative John
Fl. White Of Berger To have the bill
approved by the committee 80 IL
might be decided before the entire
house was voted down AZ the com
mittee hearing.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-24
International
Hops Must Use
Aiyp0ytsN Named

means rs TO enable the officer desig-
mated TO inspect the aircraft 20 reach
the landing field prior 20 the ar
rival Of the craft. Except IN n
case or a forced landing, no aircraft
from a foreign port or place shall
land in the United States unless no.
tice shall have been sent in accord
ance with this paragraph, nor make
its first landing in the United States
at n place other than that sreci-
fled in such notice Such advance
notice will not be required In the
case or an aircraft making a flight
in accordance with q regular sched-
ule filed with the collector for each
district in which a landing Is TO be
made"
Included in the list or regulations
IL a provision in connection with
forced landings. This section pro-
vides that no baggage. merchandise
ar passengers must be allowed to
leave the plane making the forced
landing unless permission il first
obtained from n customs officer ex-
cept in instances where evacuation
OF the disabled plane IL necessary for
purposes of safety. III repairs are
possible. the work must be done and
the plane brought on to a port OF
entry.
These customs regulations are to
he used BY Brownsville customs Of
fieers in the governing Of the city'S
municipal airport which is a desig-
mated port OF entry and which, in a
few weeks, will Ne designated as an
international port. il IL believed.