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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-29
SURGEON ELECTED
STATE LEGION HEAD
Dr.. James A. Duff to Lead West
Virginia Veterans - Other
Officers.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
MARTINSBURG. w. Va, August 80
DIR. James A. Duff. surgeon at Kings
Daughters Hospital here since the World
War, was elected commander of the
American Legion, Department of West
Virginia, at the concluding session of
its annual meeting in Charleston. He
was elected unanimously Clarksburg
was named for the 1880 meeting
DR.. Duff succeeds Stanley C. Morris
of Charleston. DR.. Duff came to this
city from Baltimore. He served the
entire period of the war with the Ameri-
can forces in France.
Other officers elected: G. Stanley
Namric, Sutton. former State service
officer adjutant; John H. Thornton,
Sistersville. vice commander; George
White Phillip. finance of1cer; Eugene
McDonougr, Beckley, historian; Sam
Raborn. Warrington, chaplain; Robert
Rolls. Fairmont. vice commander, Ne
gro division; Lewis johnson, Clarks-
burg, judge advocate; William Hutch
inson, Charleston. Sergeant-at-arms:
Robert McDougall Parkersburg, member
national executive committee.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-29
MARRIED so YEARS.
Repetition of Wedding Features
Virginia Couples Celebration.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
STAUNTON, Va, August 29.-Mr. and
Mrs. John 3. Hunter celebrated their
50th wedding anniversary Monday,
August 26, at Lone Polpar," their home
near Staunton. Va.
The entertainment was repetition of
the ceremony so years ago with Mr.. and
Mrs. Hunter as the principals and many
of their original attendants accompany
ing them down the aisle which they
walked together half a century ago.
Besides their children, grandchildren
and other relatives, many old friends
gathered from far and near to pay
their respects to the popular couple.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-29

Swans in the moat surrounding the
palace grounds at Wells, England, have
been trained to ring bell should their
food be late at meal time.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-02

Dark circles under the eyes and
crepe-like lids are usually traceable to
overeating, overtemperament, late hours
and other designations that seem harm
less when you indulge In them. There
fore, the first resolution for you to
make Is one of moderation in living,
eating and drinking. That done you
may turn with hope Of success to the
business of removing the external signs
of your thoughtless designations.
If the skin around the eye is very
much wrinkled, take one treatment
from q beauty specialist, If possible, to
make sure that you will give yourself
the treatment correctly. Unwise mas
sage will stretch the skin and do more
harm than good. AS the specialist
works, get her to explain her method
and mentally follow the movements of
her fingers. Then provide yourself with
a good cleansing cream. flesh food and
astringent and follow her instructions
nightly.
You must be persistent If the treat
ment Is to get results. After carefully
cleansing the face smooth flesh food
lightly around the eyes. pat 1t gently
in with the second and third fingers,
beginning at the bridge of the nose,
working over the eyeiid toward the cor
ner of the eye, continuing under the
eye to complete the circle to the nose.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-02
Buster Bags Were
Great COnveniences

DO you remember the fancy buster
bags that women used to like to have
hung I'D In he various rooms in the
house9 They were really quite attrac-
tive-made o. figured eretonne lined
with colored sateen, pouch shaped,
with a tasseI on the end and ring at
the topSso that they could be hung I'D
In some con 7enient place in the draw
ing room OF sitting room. The fussy
housewife liked to have one in every
room, and often the buster was of
cheese cloth to match the lining of the
bag, all nicely catstitched around the
edges.
In the perfectly kept house there
would be no need for these dust bags
or the buster they contained. But It
sometimes happens that you find q
fieck or two Of dust On the keys Of the
piano when you ask O friend to play,
or that one Of the card tables that you
open for bridge has somehow escaped
busting for several days. or some ons
lets the moisture on the bottom Of a
glass Of ginger ale come OF on the
living room table; and all this means
trip to the closet u get a buster
Often books that have not been read
recently are bit dusty when you take
them from the book case, and, because
this so often happens. some people keep
q square Of cheesecloth somews7c-e ~
the room where the book shelves are
kept. Really neat little dustbag
hanging In some inconspicuous corner
OF the room would be quite . con.
venience.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-02
Little Girls Wear
Dainty Lingerie

Undertakings for the small girl are
most attractive for Summer, whether
they are made at home or bought ready
made. Pajamas are classed with under
things, for they are the accepted night
wear Of most little girls.
Some Of the new pajamas are made
Of colored dimity, some are made of
Powered cotton crepe. Some are all in
one piece, some have separate jackets.
Blazer stripes in cotton material are
also used for the little girls pajamaS.
Combinations consisting of waist and
drawers are worn by many youngsters.
They are imported in finest French
handiwork. they are made In good
American factories and they are made
at home by many mothers who like to
sew such small garments themselves.
Fine scalloping is sometimes used as
edging for these combinations. as well
as for the combination consisting of
underwaist and petticoats-or slip. Lace
is also used, and sometimes just a
neatly sewed-on binding takes the place
Of either lace or scalloping.
Some Of the little petticoat slips have
a narrow ruffie around the lower edge
to give a SLIGHT swirl under the flaring
frock. and these little rufiles are either
scalloped or lace edged.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-02
Picnics Are Gaining in Popularity
BY BETSY CALLISTER.


T%HERE is something radically
wrong with the man or woman
who doesn't enjoy eating lunch
l. or supper in the open, says the
inveterate picnicker. Perhaps
but there may instead be something
wrong with the picnic.
If the picnic spreads that you recall
most wildly have consisted of sand
witches sprinkled with sand, hard-boiled
eggs Of rubbery consistency. lukewarm
weak coffee or tepid lemonade; of cake
that has become fiattened in transit, and
of fruits that have been bruised, eaten
to the accompaniment of the buzzing
OF flies and mosquitoes-then 1t Is no
wonder that you don't make haste to
accept the next picnic invitation you
receive.
Despite the fact that automobiles
make 1t fairly simple matter to carry
dishes and other equipment to the pic
mic site, there should still be something
decidedly informal and rustic about the
picnic. II you insist on setting up q
table spread with a linen cloth and q
full supply of silver and dishes, then
half Of the fun Of the al fresco meal
has been taken away; also there has
been lot of unnecessary work for the
members OF the party In charge of pro-
visions.
With the help Of vacuum bottles, you
may be able to carry piping hot coffee
to the picnic meal, but II you want to
provide real picnic coffee it should be
cooked on the spot over O IRE made
from twigs and wood gathered by the
picnickers. There are special picnic
coffee pots that may be swung over a
picnic fire without danger OF being
turned over, and folding metal grills
| that you may set up over the embers II
you want to broil beefsteak or fresh
caught fish.
(CopyriRht, 1921
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-02
BY OLIVE ROBERTS BARTON.

I'VE need two cars, that's all I've
got to sayl" repeated Mrs. Jones, for
the hundredth time.
And for the hundredth time. say
We don't. can't afford it," her huS-
band answered.
well, 1t seems ridiculous for you to
take the car every morning while dc
the marketing the best way can and
come home loaded like pack horse. u
II know, knowl But don't see
any other way out. do you? can't
out here, it was understood I could use
the car to go to the office"
II don't see why Bob can't drive
you over and bring the car home. He
could go and get you in the evening. u
But I'm just IS. can't get a
drivers license until next year in this
State" declared Bob. Some places,
I'd have to be 49,"
. I'VE don't live some places and be-
sides you look 16. I see loads of boys
running cars that don't look old
enough to be out Of high chairs. What
about them?"
Bob's father was silent. He had been
weighing the idea Of taking a chance
on Bob's age for some time.
The family played with the idea for
another month and then Bob'S father
took him to q justice of the peace,
swore he was 16 and got his beginners
license. In two weeks Bob took his ex-
animation and got his permanent
license from the State.
Now this boy had been brought up
to be truthful and honest. If he had
told his mother that he made 80 in
history when he'd only made so, very
likely he'd have been punished or. If
he had held out a dime of his fathers
money when he did an GRAND for him,
Bob knew what would have happened.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-02
There Is No Limit
To Kinds of Omelet

In truth there is practically no limit
to the variety of the omelet. There are
French omelets and Spanish omelets,
Swedish omelets. Danish omelets and
German omelets, creamy omelets, rolled
omeletS, savory omelets, sweet omelets
and puffy omelets, not to mention
omelet souffles.
GAS generally understood a French
omelet Is one in which the whites and
yolks of the eggs are not separated
before they are beaten. The eggs are
broken into bowl whole and beaten
light and thick, little water or milk
is added and the mixture is turned
into a pan and cooked on the top Of
the oven.
The puffy omelet Is made by separat-
Ing the eggs first, beating white and
yolks separately. adding milk or water
to the yolks and then combining with
the whites before putting into the
omelet pan.
| A souffie or omelet souffie is simply
puffy omelet baked in the oven. II
! 1t Is sweetened 1t Is usually called q
savory souf1ie, otherwise It is known as
sweet omelet.
Once having acquired the knack Of
omelet making, variety can be gained
by adding to the mixture creamed
spinach, creamed asparagus, stewed to-
matoes, creaned ham, creamed chicken,
chopped cooked bacon, creamed rnueh-
rooms OF cIeanssd oysters.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-02
Raff1a Makes MANY
Clever Knicknacks

The possibilities of rama are legion in
ne hands OF the woman who works
deity. Many have mastered the art Of
making baskets. But there are dozens
OF other things to make as we'll.
There are some clever women who
weave hats entirely of rafia. These
they trim with embroidered flowers or
with silk flowers applied fatty to the
upturned brinn or the crown and sewed
into place along all their petal edges
with rama.
In the same way these clever ones
weave rama slippers OF course one
Of the most attractive things about
rama Is that it comes In such attrac-
tive colors. Lovely shades of green,
Violet, red, rose, yellow, brown, tan and
gray are to be found in the dyes with
perhaps. are not so satisfactory, al
though there are some lovely faded
blues that are we'll worth using
And 1t is in the clever combining Of
these different shades that the woman
with an eye for color has such chance
to do interesting work.
In France the making Of raffia into
different interesting knicknacks has
been taken up, and there rafla table
mats, in lovely colors, are used in the
country.
That idea would be worth trying here
You could work the rama into a woven
mat or else you could work a rama bor-
der around a coarse mat of crash or
linen. Either way would be effective
Remember again that the chance for
an interesting mingling Of colors is the
thing that makes the work especially
interesting. You could work out bor-
der design for set Of ecru crash table
mats or runners, border design COM
bining the colors in your cottage china.
with results that would be really very
Interesting.
Just experiment little. That is the
thing that makes one proficient in
novelty Of this ssrt.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-02
Boy Learns to Lie

He had few uncomfortable moments
In the Justices Office that day. but that
was all. In his JOY over the car he
proceeded to forget all about IL, par
ticularly as his mother justified 1t all
by assuring him, There are times when
necessity makes us do things that
wouldn't be right under ordinary cir
cumstances. And this matter Of the
car Is q necessity" she added.
That settled it, apparently, as far as
Bob's conscience was concerned. But
did it? Wasn't the mischief just be-
ginning?
One day he was speeding and q
traffic cop chased him. I'm sorry"
said Bob glibly. st guess I'd better not
take this old bus out again until the
new speedometer- comes. We've had
this one fixed about 10 times. but 1t
won't work. It just registered 20 now"
He looked so innocent as he invented
this little fiction that the trafic cop
rode on after a warning.
When he told the story at the dinner
table his mother and father laughed
admiringly.
brought its own idea Of honesty. sort
are being infected.
In the old street car days It was.
Look little, Johnny. so won't have to
pay the conductor any fare Tor you.
Squinch yourself down."
But, me oh my! We have graduated.
Wouldn't old Ananias slap some Of US
on the back now, though!
II mothers and fathers expect their
children to be honest In all things, they
cannot well aid and abet them in be-
ing dishonest in some things.
1t is great temptation for youngsters
to sidestep blame and responsibility
for wrong behavior by covering their
errors with untruth.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-02
Note Paper Should
Show Personality

Some women never buy their letter
paper. They are always using up box
or so received as Christmas gifts or won
as q bridge prize. It is too bad they
have to do this. because letter paper
should express the taste and personality
Of the letter writer.
The woman who is very particular
about her correspondence usually takes
considerable pains to get precisely the
sort of paper she thinks most suitable.
She selects 1t from q sort that Is kept
in stock and then uses it for a long
time until changing fashions demand
something else. She always uses paper
of the same tint-pure white, very dull
blue, the faintest buff or gray. She
avoids violet, pink, cream or green.
Often 1t Is q convenience to have two
or three sizes of the same sort of paper
The small size Is used for short social
notes and the medium size for business
and usual correspondence. These are
usually folded sheets, but IL one uses q
typewriter for business letters and fol
longer friendly notes, then 1t Is con-
venient to have a supply of single sheets
for this purpose. 1t Is best to have al
those three different sorts Of paper OF
the same quality, tint and general style
Some women have their letter paper
marked with their names and address
but save for business correspondence II
is perhaps better to have only the adj
dress given.
Monogrammed paper Is less used now
than formerly and is not perhaps so de-
sirable as that marked with the ad.
dress. But in any event the monogram
should be quite small. Some people
have letter paper embossed with their
family crest or coat of arms. This Il
not in bad form, but there is little to
be gained in this way. Moreover. one
should bear in mind that In England
where such devices have a real signif-
cance-no woman save the Queen is en-
titled to the privilege of using a crest.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-02
Travel Etiquette

Many . man-and woman, TOBIAS
wondered why he or she becomes
creature intolerant of the rights Of
of a motor car.
But take travel In general. The way
We push and shove and struggle and
stew in order to get the seat by the
window, to get on the train first, to get
the porter first, to get our seat In the
diner, even though we crowd past
waiting line.
GraVer than these faults. however,
are the specific discourtesies which We
render unto ourselves on this business
Of travel and vacation.
We make getting there" and doing"
the art gallery or cathedral much more
important than being at ease and seeing
only such things as We wish TO see and
can thoroughly enjoy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-02
SeaSOnable Foods

Every one used to have Spring fever,
which began toward the close of the
Winter and did not usually wear of I'M
til late in the Spring. But nowadays
1t is possible to get fresh fruits and
vegetables almost everywhere through
less OF this enervating complaint, which
resulted from the inadequacy Of the
old-time Winter diet.
1t Is great thing to have fresh
things all year around, and yet having
to wait for certain vegetables and fruits
certainly whets ones appetite for them.
Green corn never tastes so good as
when you wait for it until it Is picked,
luscious and juicy, from your own or a
nearby farm. The best of all hors
d'ouvres. or appetizers, is anticipation.
BY all means have wide variety Of
fresh fruits and vegetables all the year
around. But don't rush the season too
much. During Spring and Summer it
Is good plan to take the fresh fruits
and vegetables as they come, because
there are always enough seasonal things
% make the meals varied
IL is An excellent plan to keep a little
4iary In which to make note OF the
appearance and prices of fruits and
vegetables as they arrive. The first
time you see certain product in the
market make note Of 1t in your diary
with the price. II you include it in
your menu. make note OF the flavor.
From day to day make note of fruits
and vegetables offered for sale, with
occasional prices.
This record will prove extremely
helpful the following year, because from
1t you can tell approximately when to
expect certain things to make their
appearance and when their season will
be over
II YOU do any canning of fruits and
vegetables, such record of prices will
also be of great help.
Utmost always fruits and vegetables
are most delicious when they are least
4 Expensive. If your taste for green corn
IS satisfied while it is still high priced,
hen you will have little interest In II
when 1t is at its best and cheapest
with the same object in view, it is q
GOD plan to strike from your Summer
iiet certain good things that can be
lad all Winter
1t is perfectly possible. for instance
D buy very good canned applesauce
that you can have applessuce in the
Feeks in late Spring or early Summer
Fhen old apples are poor and the new
rop Of apples has not appeared
aimed pumpkin makes pumpkin pie.
,al-yeaxsaround Possibility. Blu
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-02
BY ALLENE SUMNER.

Though books of etiquette continue in
the best seller class, it's about this time
Of year when human beings yield to the
itch of migration and wanderlust, when
tin cans and limousines clog the Spring
highways, and when the would-be vaca-
toner YEARLY stands in line at travel
agency, that the onlooker is forced to
conclude that while the readers of books
on etiquette may carefully scan the
chapters on which fork to use first, they
entirely.
The man who Is a model Of deport-
ment with his fellow beings In the ONCE
or at home becomes another human be-
ing behind the wheel Of his car, yelling
out ribald words of scorn and con-
tumely at the fellow traveller who dares
pass him in q whirl OF dust or who
dares drive too slowly ahead of him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-02

while there are so many other things
to use for pies it is rather foolish to use
pumpkin out Of season, and while fresh
fruits abound you can get along without
much canned applesauce.
In order to have q different sort of
fiuit for breakfast every day of the
week it is sometimes a good plan to
make variety by way Of combining two
fruits. Rhubarb may be cooked either
with Strawberries or oranges. An ex-
cellent way to do this is to put fresh
strawberries or sliced oranges with cut
up rhubarb in a casserole or other
closed earthen baking dish. Add sugar
and let cook in q cool or moderate oven
until soft and juicy.
Sliced oranges and bananas are liked
by some people who do not like plain
sliced bananas. Strawberries and sliced
bananas are also delicious. Grapefruit
may be mixed with fresh strawberries,
and pineapple may combine with either.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-02
Your Baby and Mine
BY MYRTLE MEYER ELDRED.

The selection of the ninth month rs
the ideal time for weaving Is not mat
ter of chance. It Is chosen for the very
good reason that nalnutrition and pro-
longed nursing go hand in hand. It
Is only the most exceptional mother,
perhaps one in a thousand. who has
adequate nourishment for her baby
of sufficient milk in the breasts Is no
indication Of adequate nourishment for
the big. growing child.
A most significant comparison of
breast and bottle fed babies. from both
the physical and mental angle, was
made by several doctors and was pub
Ished in the Journal of the American
Medical Association. 1t appears that
breaSt-fed babies have on the average
q better chance to develop high de-
gree of intelligence than those arti-
flcially fed. but that children who are
fed on breast milk longer than nine
months are mentally the poorest group
OF all children studied.
It Is mothers of the underprivileged
class who are most certain to pro-
long breast feeding well into the sec
Gpd year.
Mothers are compelled to admit that
vaby's behavior in or near the ninth
month, If he Is entirely breast fed,
shows noticeable changes. There is
that well known disposition to waken
p half dozen times at night and raise
the roof until he is nursed. This is al
ways puzzling because heretofore this
baby has probably been a good sleeper. -
The usual conclusion drawn by mother
Is that his teeth are bothering him.
Then the weight curve has a ten
dency to go straight. IT can't under
stand it." says his mother. He has
been gaining beautifully but this last
month he hasn't gained an ounce"
Perhaps he develops a sudden consti-
patton. which mother attributes to the
two or three teaspoonsful of cereal she
has Just introduced into his diet! These
symptoms. each corroborating the other
should mean something to an observant
mother. They point undeviatingly
toward one thing-unsatisfacto ra-
tons. Too little food to keep baby
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-02
Erasing Eye Lines

). II, however, you prefer to use mas
sage instead of patting, the movement
should be from the nose outward both
over. and under the eye. Should you
have dark circles under the eyes add
six drops Of peroxide to an ounce OF
the skin food and 1t will tighten the
skin somewhat. And be sure to leave
layer Of food under the eyes over
night 50 that it may seep into the It's
sues and nourish while you sleep. In
the morning remove the excess cream
and apply an astringent.
To remove crows feet apply flesh
food, place thumbs under chin, second
and third fingers at the temples, and
massage upward.