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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-23
SUB ROSA
BY MIMI.
Cinderella's New Pumps.

I received a shock when I learned
that Cinderellas slipper was not made
Of glass at all. 1t seems that it was
an old French story and that. when
1t was translated by ear. the word
meaning kind of fur was taken for
the word which means glass.
We have wondered how little Gin
derella could 60 through the dance in
such way as to Vanp the prince
the way the girls of England are not
able to vamp the Prince Of Wales. For
how could she do that trick with so
much crockery on her feet? She wore
pretty pump trimmed with fine fur,
that's all
The kind of beauty a girl might have
when wearing porcelain pumps would
be only that of Chinese woman with
her tiny feet curled up under her the
way they used to do it in old China.
If you have to give a barefoot dance
on the beach.
Beauty is only half the battle in a
girls life, in which the better half is
grace. Beauty is passive, grace active.
Beauty is given. grace acquired. Beauty
has the charm of the statue but grace
lures us with the music of sonata.
Grace demands will power. since 1t
is the free action of the voluntary
muscles WHICH play KIM Vi dCCOIl-
paniment to the act you are perform
ing. There is grace in speech when
you modulate your voice and give IL
due infection There is grace in mov-
ing through a room. even when your
purpose is to get to the other door.
Women may come by both beauty
and grace naturally, but there Is
always the possibility of cultivating
grace just as there is a chance, We
think, of improving beauty by means
Of cosmetics. But grace is more prom
ising. 1t can come after practice. We
take daily dozens for the sake Of gain
ing strength of muscle: it Is worth
while to take some exercises which
will give freedom of muscle, which Is
grace.
There are plenty Of useful acts which
have to be performed every day and
everywhere, just as there are good deeds
which ought to be done from time tc
time. But there IS still room for the
graceful act,
Then there is the grace Of mind as
we'll as that of body. 1t shows itself
in the smooth and tactful expression
of your mind, Since so much human
effort is now being put forth for the
sake of practical work, 1t will be well
for us to exert these rough wills of ours
for the promotion Of grace.
glass and soft fur. If We are to be
as graceful as Cinderella We must use
, more Of the soft material
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mately she had to quit France. In
exile that lasted 10 years she produce
her Essay on Literature, "Corinne.
"Delphinne" and "Allemagne."
Napoleon caused the whole first edi-
ton of the last mentioned to be de-
stroyed.
When Napoleon was a prisoner at st
Helena, Mime. de Stael learned OF plot
to assasSinate him and sought the priv
lege Of herself warning him. but JOSEPH
Bonaparte did not sanction this ven
ture. He performed the task through
another.
What had Nine de Stael wanted-tS
see q man she had once loved, or u
triumph over a hated enemy?
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Paulina found that
at times her gov
ernesS was hard
on her nerves.
Once the COVER
ness annoyed her
particularly. Paul
ina looked at her
intently and a bit
severely, and then
said:
You know, you
are from New
e n g ! an d. b u t
sometimes I think
you are so dumb
that you wouldn't
recognize beans in
a pot with the lid
off,"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-23
A WASHINGTON DAYBOOK
BY HERBERT C. PLUMNIER.

touch with her by long distance phone
almost every day.
Once when she called she heard a
Youthful voice at the other end Of the
line and mistook it for young maid
rs that Mrs. Longworth?" asked the
voice.
Eyes. Who is this?" asked Mrs.
Longworth.
This is Miss Longworth," came over
the wire.
It was Paulina.
Her mother employed a woman to act
as Paulinas governeSs. The two had a
little difficulty in getting acquainted.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-23

One mother says:
When Jimmie was about years old
he had great desire to pound nails
and leased to use his fathers tools. l
was afraid he might hurt himself with
these, so I got together some things
which I knew could not harm him.
I got several sheets of heavy cardboard,
such as is used in making boxes, re-
trieved a stock of used photograph
needles and bought him tiny saw
that would really cut. At first drew
the things for him that he wished to
make. Later he learned to do that for
himself, and now he is years old
and is making things from real wood
and really turns out some pretty cred
liable stuff, due, I think. to this early
training.
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the whole outfit
could be bought
for 5000. He hur-
ried to an o d
fri e n d a n d
b o r r o W e d
$500, came back
and b o u g h t the
business. He l S
now many times a
millionaire.
This, in brief, is
the story Of Sem
ator Walter Edge
Of N q W Jersey,
mentioned as this
coun try's next
Am b q S s ador to
France. succeeding
the late Myron T.
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becoming colors are pastel pinks. peach,
creamy flesh, the popular sun-tan
shades, cameo, fig, beige. orchid. violet,
gray with blue eyes, bronze, brown,
Burgundy and black
90 Give your hair a bluing rinse.
Add enough French bluing or blue ink
to a basinful of water to give a sky
blue color. Rinse your hair in this,
leave it on a few minutes and then
rinse off in clean water. 1t will not
make your hair blue. but will counter
act the redness to some extent.
"a Your weight is correct If you are
not over IA years old. LOIS LEEDS.
Copyright, 1920
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-23

Midsummer might truthfully be called
are readily accepted in Spring and early
Summer and many Of the best Of them
are overpopularized. There are many
new fashions that have run their course,
so far as the best-dreSsed women are
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-23

But despite Paulinas precocity, she
is in every way a charming and de-
lightful child. She enjoys the things
that would interest any other child Of
her age
One of her favorite playmates is
little Betty Moffett, daughter of Ad-
miral william A. Moffett. chairman of
the national advisory committee for
aeronauticS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-23

TN 1889 a printers devil in the COM
posing room of the Atlantic Re-
view, Atlantic Citys oldest newspaper,
heard that an advertising agency down
the street needed an Office boy to run
errands and sweep floors.
He decided to apply for the job. For
the next two years the youth showed
such keen interest in his work and
such aptitude for 1t that he attracted
the attention of every one connected
with the firm.
Then the head of the agency died.
This same youth, now 10, was told that
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-23

In a recent decree of the Stepney,
London, Borough Council as to what
may be sold In a street market, dried
salmon. picked herringS, bloaters and
salt fish were listed as not being fish. v
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-23

in walnut, mahogany or maple. or it
might be enameled in a shade to har-
monize with the furnishings already in
the room. 1t would be effective to have
the interior in a different shade from
that used for the exterior.
(Copyright, 1927
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-23
Cream of Asparagus Soup.

Wash and drain two punches of green
asparagus, reserve the tips, and add the
stalks TO one pint Of cold water. Boil
for five minutes. drain, add three pints
Of soup stock and one slice Of onion.
Boil for 80 minutes, and rub through a
sieve Heat three tablespoonfuls of but
ter. add three tablespoonfuls of -four,
one teaspoonful of salt, and cook with
the hot stock and half a cupful of
milk or cream. Add the asparagus tips.
If the soup stock is not sailed, add more
salt and little pepper. Serve in bouil-
lon cups garniShed with a tablespoonful
of whipped cream, in the center of
which four or five asparagus tips are
placed upright.
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THIS SPORTS DRESS OF CHINESE
SILK DAMASK IS MADE WITH
LONG SLEEVES AND A HIGH
BACK FOR THE WOMAN WHO
PREFERS NOT TO BECOME SUM-
BURNED.
concerned, before the 1st of August
Then come the reactions-more con-
sentative, less usual things for the won-
an who has become wearied with the
sort of thing that every one is wearing.
In these reactions we often see fore
shadowings of fashions that will be-
come more general in the Autumn and
the following Spring.
Thus figured chiffons which burst
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-23

Declaring that the local broadcasting
programs are not interesting, radio own
ers of Algeria are listening to those of
French and English stations.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-23

She. has acquired some of the wit
and Gift of repartee that have long
made her mother known as one OF the
most interesting persons in Washington.
when the Longworths went to their
Cincinnati home during the recess Of
CongfeasePaliina, with her nurse. went
IA aadVanaA. Akxx.- IIoasEIoStA kank -
Nogales international., 1929-11-29

economists and statesmen agree that there nothing
wrong with the business structure of the nation Prob
ably the net effect of the slump in the stock market
will be no more serious than was the collapse Of the
Florida land boom three years ago.
The greatest danger is that people will think there
for purpose of forestalling any slump in public con-
riIenoe that President Hoover called the business
leaders of America into conference, in order that
true picture of the nations economic condition
be presented to everybody
Facts already developed indicate clearly that
there is nothing to fear On the contrary, this is
good time to spend money There is plenty of money
available for any useful productive purpose And in
many lines, commodities cheaper now than they
have been for some time past, cheaper than Of
them are likely to be few months hence.
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Uncle ST Tinklepaugh says he's noticed that if he
lives through Thanksgiving he always lives through
the rest of the year.
Nogales international., 1929-11-29
EDITORIALS . Egials
Thanksgiving Day

Thanksgiving Day no longer carries, to most
Americans the historical and spiritual significance
which it had for the people of New England for near
" three centuries In considerable section of the
country, however, especially in the smaller communi
ties, it remains holy day, consecrated to the memory
of the courageous little band of pilgrims who first
established it as annual memorial OF their deliver
ance from pesence and famine 1t is the oldest of all
American Holidays it had been celebrated for hum
dred and fifty years before the Fourth of July ac
quired significance. In the New England of compare
lively few years ago it held in wider observance
than even Christmas. 1t the day for family re-
unions when the sons and daughters with their wives
and husbands and children came "home".
Those Thanksgiving days at "Grandma's house"
How they live in the memory of every Yankee boy and
girl The services at the church were among the few
thatthe children really enjoyed, for the long sermon
was mercifuly cut short and the hymns were songs
of praise instead Of the drgeke psalms which bored
the infant mind to distraction. And then-Thanks
giving Dinner!
Fittingly because it is Americas own, the tllr-
key was then as the crowning glory of the feast
wthts twin Yankee comestible, cranberry But
turkey alone does not make genuine old-faShioned
Thanksgiving dinner. There were homemade bread
and cake besides the prousion of vegetables and el
lies and preserves there We're friedcakes of the sort
the Dutch called crulers and the Yankee doughnuts
And there was pie Pumpkin pie mince pie, apple pie
custard pie cranberry pie magnificent specimens of
the three great species OF pie, openfaced crossbar
red and "lzivered".
No wonder the New England people are hardy
lott Any child who survived an annual succession of
Thanksgiving dinners and lived to grow up was made
of tough fiber.
Nogales international., 1929-11-29

Christmas Greeting Cards, with
envelopes to match. Printed or en-
graved. An unusually attractive as
sortment of beautifully illustrated
Christmas greetings, ranging In
price from s5h cents to 81 cents
each, price including printing or
engraving your name. Place your
order earlyl Nogales international,
225 Grand Avenue. Phone As.
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lice Judge Charles Hardyss court.
Carl Williams, operating a. car
while intoxicated, and Jesus Verdu-
go, DISTURBING the peace. were 7reci-
pients Of fines. James Waitfield be-
ing sent to Jail for thirty days on
a charge OF vagrancy.
Nogales international., 1929-11-29
A Good Time To Spend Money

There good many people in the United
States who won't have much money to spend for the
next few months they had before they lost their
savings in Wall Street That is bound to affect bust
ness in many lines, though bankers, business men,
Nogales international., 1929-11-29
Two Fined And
One Sent To Jail

Two fines of $25 each and thirty
lay sentence in jail were imposed
IN three offenders Monday in Po-
Nogales international., 1929-11-29

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-25

penter, and Charles williams, a mes
senger. 1t was the latter who smelled
smoke while coming up the stairway
from the basement in the executive
Office, and resulted in the discovery of
the fire by Policeman Trice and Secret
Service Operative Wood.
Leaves without Coat or Hat.
In his haste the President hurried
from the White House without overcoat
or hat. A few minutes later, however,
hat and overcoat were brought to him.
Going to the rear of the executive
ofice, the President threw open large
window leading into his Office and was
among those who went into the smoke
filled room and carried papers and other
articles TO safety.
He did not make second trip into
the building, but after standing a few
moments in the rear grounds super
intending the salvage work, he and
some of his friends went to the roof
OF a nearby building, where he re-
manned for nearly an hour, watching
the fire and giving orders to his assist
ants in salvage work.
Secretary of War Hurley joined the
President later in the evening and
about 10 O'Clock, after the departure
of the children guests at the party,
Mrs. Hoover and her sister, Mrs. Jeanne
Large of California, who with her two
children is a house guest for the
Christmas holidays, joined the Presi-
dent.
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SERVICE
RESTORED QUICKLY
Workers Have Communica-
ton System Repaired in
Two and a Half Hours.

Employees of the Chesapeake &
Potomac Telephone Co. worked all
night to repair the service crippled by
the fire. They had the White House
in communication with the outside
within two and half hours. A force
of men were standing by early today
to install additional telephones as soon
as the President indicates where the
executive offices will be located.
The main lighting system of the
White House was not damaged by the
fire, although the switches of both the
War Department and the Potomac
Electric Power Co. are located in the
basement of the west wing, the scene
of the fire.
Various rooms in the west wing were
plunged into darkness during the fire
when water grounded out the circuits
and caused the fuses to blow.
A force of men from the electric
company stayed at the White House
until o'clock this morning assisting
f1remen and telephone men. Under di-
rection Of D. F. Scanlon and George
w. Edwards. assistant superintendent of
underground distribution, they rugged
up extension lights in different rooms
to afford the f1remen sufficient illumina-
ton In which to work.
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see that there was no outbreak from q
hidden spark and trying to clear the
first floor and basement of the tons of
water that were poured on the fire.
Chief Watson estimated that 120 fire.
men were called into service by the four
alarms which brought 10 engine COM
panies and four truck companies.
AS the alarms came in Battalion Chief
Thomas O'Connor assumed control OF
the Fire Department headquarters in
the District Building and began calling
to duty flremen who had hoped to spend
Christmas eve at home. These men,
with skeleton apparatus were sent to
the outlying precincts to protect the
city from other fires.
Help. Relay Phone Calls.
Chief Clerk E. r. Pierce reported for
duty and with 10 men manned the
telephone system, helping the regular
operators relay calls.
Officials of the Baltimore Fire DEPART
ment offered their services, but were
thanked and told that they would not
be needed.
Besides the police who were called
to handle the crowds, $50 men, COM
posing the Headquarters Company of
the washington Military District. ar
rived under command of Capt. A. R.
Boiling and formed a living wall along
West Executive avenue. With them
came Brig. Gen. H. o. Williams, COM
mandant of this district.
A troop of Cavalry from Fort Myer
was on the point of leaving for Wash
ington when Col. Guy v. Henry, com
mandant, was informed it would not
be needed. Col. Henry, however, with
Maj. Samuel v. Constant and Capt
Mark Devine of the fort, came and
stood by in case their services might
be required.
Meanwhile from the west terrace, his
hands showed down in his overcoat
pockets, President Hoover pulled nerv-
ously on cigar. He was less than l0C
feet from the main entrance to the
executive Offices and although In nc
imminent danger from flames or sparks
he was sprayed occasionally by shifting
hoses Of the firemen.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-25
SIDELICHTS OF FIRE

A score or more newspaper CORE
spondents who covered the White
House regularly lost considerable per-
sonal effects, together with their files,
when the press room was destroyed
The Executive Offices recently were
remodeled at President Hoover's request
at cost of about 100000, the work
permitting expansion of Office space for
additional secretaries and clerical help.
A score or more Christmas wreaths
which were hanging in the windows of
the burned building became part of the
watered debris. The press room occu-
pants were particularly mournful be-
cause huge poinsettia from Mr.. and
Mrs. Hoover was destroyed.
For five blocks in every direction
from the White House fire engine
bumpers operated to supply the pres
sure of the tons of water poured on
the building. The hundreds Of yards
of fire hose almost formed a network as
it neared the actual fire. Firemen had
great difhculty handling the hose be-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-25
FIRE DUTY CALLED
SCORES OF POLICE
Reserves From Every Pre-
CinCt Summoned to Hold
Back Curious Crowd.

Police reserves from every precinct
IN the city were summoned to the
White House last night when the fire
broke out.
About 100 responded and Maj. Henry
@. Pratt, superintendent of police, ar
rived early to take charge of main
tanning the fire lines.
Inspectors E. w. Brown and Thad-
diuS A. Bean aided Maj. Pratt.
Traffic was diverted from Pennsyl-
vania avenue, between Fifteenth and
Seventeenth streets. Only a few hun
dreds watched the fire and the police
had little difficulty in maintaining
order Although the fire was discovered
at o'clock and the alarms followed in
quick succession thousands throughout
the city, busy with Christmas eve
festivities, did not realized the White
House was burning.
The third precinct reserves. number
ing five men. were the first police to
reach the scene. Pvt. L. l.. Jackson,
colored, driver of the car, rushed into
the burning Offices and carried out
several chairs, hats, rug and many
filing cabinets.
Capt William Stott of the third pre-
cinct. in which the White House is
located, arrived soon after the fire
apparatus and remained until early this
morning as many of his men were
among the police who assisted the
soldiers Of headquarters company of
Washington district of the 18th Brigade
in maintaining an all-night vigil around
the Executive Mansion.
The reserves of the Traffic Bureau
assisted by other members of the force
had the crowd outside of the grounds
well under control Pvt. F. j. Scoville
of the Traffic Bureau, stationed at the
ppnnSVlVoIlio rpflnrf-
ed that men who attempted to mas
querade as high Government officials in
order to get a closer view of the fire
were quite troublesome.
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cause sheet of ice formed almost in
stantly where any water was thrown.
The President was dressed for the
dinner party he was giving to his sec
retaries' children. He threw on a heavy
blue overcoat and was wearing a black
hat as he watched the blaze from the
terrace on top of passageway between
the Executive offices and the main
building
The Government cannot collect from
any insurance company for the damage
to the Executive Offices. It carries no
insurance on anything. A special ap-
preparation by Congress will be neces-
sary to restore the Presidents working
quarters.
Larry Richie, George Akerson and
Allan Hoover, when the fire broke out
carried out all the Presidents desk
drawers. They also carried out several
highly priced and historic flags. It
remained for fireman. however to bring
out the Presidents flag. which was
turled in the corner of George Aker-
sons Office.
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Secretaries Save
Hoover Papers and
Few Odd Treasures

After the confidential papers
and correspondence had been
carried from the Presidents Of
nee last night, his secretaries
turned their attention to their
own Offices and hurriedly carried
their papers and other cherished
articles to a place of safety. One
Of the first things Secretary Ak
erson carried from his room was
the huge portrait of President
Hoover which hung above his
flreplc re. Secretary Richey lugged
1t Ills highly treasured etchings
OF President Hoover, Abraham
Lincoln and George Washington.
Secretary Newton, with the as
sistance of his son, succeeded in
saving his papers and portraits,
but no attempt was made by
him to remove any of his large
number of books.
Some members Of the press
rescued the several autographed
photographs of Presidents which
adorned their walls as well as
newly purchased dictionary and
stand.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-25
ALFONSO RECEIVES
u. S. AMBASSADOR
Laughlin Presents Credentials to
King-Calls on Other Span
ish Officials.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MADRID, December 25.-Irwin B.
Laughlin, newly appointed American
Ambassador to Spain, presented his Gre
dentials to King Alfonso yesterday and
exchanged fluctuations with the Span
ish monarch
After the formalities of the royal re-
ception, Ambassador Laughlin made a
| formal call upon Premier Primo de Ri
vera, who shortly after returned the
visit. The Ambassador plans a quiet
family Christmas at the embassy home
and will then begin a series of calls on
| government officials and the heads of
other embassies and legations.
The King received the American Am
bassador in the uniform of captain
general, with red trousers, blue coat
and many decorations. He made a
striking martial figure.
/ The simple evening dress OF Ambas-
sador Laughlin and his staff was IN con-
trast with the gorgeous uniforms OF the
Spanish court.