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The Washington times., 1929-04-29
MRS. MARY c. L. BURNER

Funeral services for Mrs. Mary
Caroline Leeper Burner, who died
Saturday at the home of her daugh'
ter. Mrs. Violet E, Price, 727 Fern
st. 4. W., will be conducted from
the residence tomorrow afternoon
at 2 o'clock. Interment will be in
Rock Creek Cemetery.
She is survived by eight children,
Weston E., Betty e. Burner Mrs.
Mary E., Latten, Hugh E, Charles
Burner, Mrs. Jennie E. Clark and
Mrs. Violet Price.
The Washington times., 1929-04-29
DOiN. OATS, OTHER PETS

15C-CALO DOG FOOD-15C
Health Food for All Dogs,
ATHERTON'S PET SHOP
Downtown Store, 612 st. N. W.
Uptown Store. 1404 Irving N. w.
PUPPIES, collies. Boston bulldogs, Eng.
lish bull terriers, ETC.. also several 50
puppies. -
1919 9th St. N. W. Main 3697.
Evening star., 1929-11-25
WINTER

In late Summer arrives each year
the little brown creeper, well in advance
OF other Winter visitors of the feathered
sort, to take his apartment for the
Winter season, and because he Is about
the liveliest bird know except the
wren, he makes the season q gay one,
though it will be passed among leaf
less trees. For sheer, restless energy,
perhaps, the wren surpaSses him, but
in industry the brown creeper is far
more effective, and with less furry
about it all.
Beginning at the base Of one tree,
he climbs steadily and spirally up, con-
stantly pecking in all the assures Of the
bark for insects (when that fare is in
season.. No sooner has he reached the
top of one tree than he drops, like an
old brown leaf, to the base Of another,
and begins again.
do not know what he finds to eat
at this season Of the year, unless 1t be
the eggs Of insects laid In the crevices.
Without q bill of length or strength
for driving through the bark, like the
woodpecker family, It cannot, however,
reach the subcortical marauders. Even
so we ought to be grateful to this little
fellow, who helps to keep down mans
greatest rival-the insects.
Lest any one think that the creeper
spends a barren existence in looking
continually for dinner, It Is necessary
to say that his somewhat sepia existence
Is colored for a few weeks in Summer
by romance, and then It is that he
varies with a tender, windy, little sona
OF four notes, the nlonotonous cheep-
ings which now are his only song, since
deserting the breeding grounds up in
the mountains.
Evening star., 1929-11-25
Your Baby and Mine
BY MYRTLE MEYER RLDRED.
Put the Babies to Work.

When mothers say to me: "Tell me
how I can get my children to help
me with the daily tasks, without
whiningp" they have really put the
whole question of how 10 live with
ones children. There is one way which
never works in any family and that is
to make work a serious, unpleasant
business, which isn't any fun and which
any child will escape II possible. A
better plan is to make It a whole
hearted game, which Is more fun to
play than any other game.
This attitude Is lost after five years
Before that time the child longs to
initiate every adult activity and II al-
lowed to do so will become q veritable
dynamo of energy in the household.
If told to run along and don't bother
mother" he or she runs along and
when older the mother can plead i'm
the child for laziness all without
noticeable effect. Begin early to let
children help and they will grow into
q sense of responsibility and find taking
care Of their" house fun. If 1t Is Just
mothers and fathers house that Is
another question.
Mrs. H. is a notable example Of the
housewife who never finds 1t too much
trouble to let the little ones help.
She says:
Here are some of the things my
small family, all under 4, do without
being told. Last week was busy with
the laundry before they were up. When
I came in they were dressed. they had
swept and busted and gone around the
rugs with dustless mop and left it as
clean as any grown-up could. They
found a clean dress for baby and had
her dressed. They had put their night
clothes and sheets in a pile to go in
the wash.
"All played outdoors all morning and
after lunch took their maps. In the
afternoon the oldest folded the clothes
as took them from the line. In the
evening they helped get dinner, which
to them is more fun than anything
they can possibly do. One set the table,
the other stirred the gravy. the third
cut bread and then they all scrambled
to see who would reach the pantry first,
for the winner has her choice Of q
vegetable for dinner. let them carry
things to the table and though often
tremble, none has ever spilled q drop.
"They are full of energy, at one
moment running along the peak Of the
garage, the next digging worms for
pets, the next gathering flower seeds
to put in envelopes for next years
planting. They are never still. In
cidentally what would a doctor expect
mother to have in a medicine chest2"
Answer: The fewer drugs the better,
and all fresh. I suggest gauze, alb
sorbent cotton, adhesive tape and q
good scissors, mercurochrone or iodine,
carron oil, vaseline, boric acid crystals,
bicarbonate of soda and some simple
laxative. One could meet almost any
emergency with these and also our leaf
let on First Aid For Bumps, Burns and
Cuts" would be excellent to keep right
in the medicine chest for ready perusal
in case Of need. A self-addressed and
stamped envelope will bring it to you
and at this time Of year It ought to
come in handy.
Evening star., 1929-11-25
LITTLE BENNY
By LEE PAPT.

This afternoon went around to Mary
Watkinses house to see II she was on
her frunt steps, wich she was, and so
was some other gerl, being almost as
pritty as Mary WATKINS and pritty neer
prittier. and Mary wstA1ns sed, This Is
my cuzzen, Benny, her name is Priscilla.
Please to meet you, sed, and the
other gerl sed, The same to you.
And pritty soon some lady came out
Of the house and the gerl went away
with her on account of it being her
mother, and Mary watkins sed, Izzent
she sweet. izzent she pritty.
And was going to say, How can she
help it, being q relation Of yours. Ony
I dident, Just saying, @, yes.
That's what everybody says, Mary
Watkins sed, Hasent she got bewtiful
lovely hair?
Yes, @, sed
That what everybody says, Mary Wat
kins Sed. knew you'd think she was
pritty. Lots of people think she's prit-
tier than am, she sed, and sed,
o. well, don't know.
Well If you don't know, that meens
you think she is. Mary Watkins sed.
and sed, Why does it, the heck it
does, certeny it don't. Why does it7
sed.
Well at least it meens you think its
possible, she sed.
Who sed I do @. wizzickers, why do
~ I sed, and she sed, Because If you
dident think it was possible, then you'd
know she wasent, wouldent you?
Wasent what, why, what? I sed.
Good mite, gosh, you started saying, how
CRATE she was and everything, dident
you. holey smokes, dident you? I sed.
Well what If I did, that's q diffrent
thing. and I'm going rite in, she sed
Wich she did, me thinking, Good
mite, what's you know about that, o
heck.
Proving you genrelly cant often tell
what lady means by what she says.
Evening star., 1929-11-25

Raphael Pumpelly, the distinguished
geologist and author, at one time pro-
fessor of mining at Harvard and at an
other period State geologist of Michi-
gan, recorded three psychic experiences
of an extraordinary nature.
A man who made a great many prac-
tical contributions to his country-he,
for instance, made the discoveries
which produced the greater part Of the
iron ore industry Of Michigan-he was
certain not to have approached phe-
nomena Of this sort except in q COM
nonsense way.
The experiences occurred in his own
family.
The first came while he was visiting
his sister in New York City. One
morning, on coming to the breakfast
table, his sister said: IT had an awful
dream last night. dreamed that
was standing in church and that q
continuous procession of men filed by
me, carrying on litters something
covered with sheets"
Her husband had been looking
through the morning paper; ;,,;I In q d1.1 mo
1t says here that they are removing the
bodies from the st. Marks graves"
Now neither Prof. Pumpelly's sister,
nor her husband, had heard Of any in
tention to disturb the graves up to that
moment.
The strange fact was that their first
child was buried in the churchyard OF
st. Marks.
Prof. Pumpelly's wife, many years
later, had an unusual experience. They
were then living at Capri, separated
from America by the Atlantic.
One morning Mrs. Pumpelly told the
professor that during the night she
had dreamed Of her sisters and her
brother, Otis, who had been dead sew
eral years. They were in tears and
when they saw Mrs. Pumpelly said:
I'VE must tell Eliza
From Prof Pumpelly's record It
would appear that his wife did not learn
what 1t was that was to be told her.
But that day she received two cable
grams. The first informed her that
her favorite brother, Horace, was very
i'll. The second said that he had died.
Perhaps even more remarkable was
the episode in which Prof. Pumpelly
himself figured. 1t was while he was
crossing Siberia. He had performed
important geological work for both
China and Japan. At the time he was
bound to Europe.
A few nights after leaving Irkutsk
he dreamed that he had arrived at his
native village OF Oswego, N. Y. Walk
ing up to his home from the station, Re
found his father and mother standing
in the doorway and showing, he says,
"signs of great relief"
This was natural, considering the
nature Of his work and the difficulty of
receiving communications from him.
But the fact that impressed him in the
Evening star., 1929-11-25

where the potatoes simmered and alb
Sorbed syrup for an hour and half.
She turned them occasionally, and
served them almost translucent and am
Der in color.
Sometimes she combined crosswise
slices of cooked potatoes with eighths
of raw apples. Brown sugar and but
ter were added and the dish was baked
until the apples had cooked to sauce.
She worked out the same idea with
cooked pitted prunes and sweet pota-
toes. This was the least successful Of
the three, however.
A rich dish, Ike this, calls for crisp
this paper, inclosing a stamped, self-ad-
dressed envelope, asking for her lest1et on
salads
Evening star., 1929-11-25

moved them from the fire before they
were quite done. She peeled thm and
cut them In iengthwise strips about O
half-inch thick.
While still warm she put them in an
oblong glass baking dish of the drip
ping pan order. Then she poured over
them enough maple syrup to half cover
them. A cube of butter about one
quarter inch in size was placed on top
of each potato. Nancy tried to have
only a single layer of potatoes in the
dish. A little salt was sprinkled over
the potatoes.
Being warm, the butter and syrup
were somewhat absorbed After a half
hour Nancy turned the slices over.
Then she put the dish in q slow oven,
Evening star., 1929-11-25
A WASHINGTON DAYBOOK
BY HERBERT PLUMMER.

in music became part Of the daily rou-
tine and she never allowed their interest
to nag.
Violinists like their father, the sons
also follow in his footsteps profession
ally. Adrian has passed the bar and the
youngest boy Is pointing to legal train
ing.
Hebert had been heard from in
Congress before he became a member
Of the senior chamber. AS an authority
on insurance legislation, Senate COM
mittees had called him in for advice.
State legislatures found his know
ledge valuable and he even has ap-
peared before provincial legislatures in
Canada on the subject, which, besides
music, Is his favorite.
The old-fashioned institution Of
lamp lighting, which would seem relic
Of the past in this modern age OF cleo
tricity, still survives in the Nations
Each night when the sun vanishes
early behind the hills beyond the Po-
tomac, the lighters may be seen at their
task along many Of the fine residential
streets.
Traditions to the contrary-for it die
tates that q lighter must be totter-
ing old man-they are usually young
boys, earning bit Of pin money, who
ply their routes with ladder and
matches to brighten dark streets with
the soft light of gas lamps.
Visitors in the region express no con-
cern when, over in Maryland, they mo
oxen still being used to pull the ploW
But gas lights in Washington They
are amazed to find the city, to them the
symbol of a progressive Nation, bowling
not to the progress that Is always taken
for granted for the Government center.
They are surprised to learn that every
night, when lights are needed, 1888 gas
lamps have their mantles set to glowing
by hand.
toric Georgetown, they would fnd more
distant relics Of the past. For several
Of the lights are mounted on poles sc
ancient that they carry at their base
mud-scrapers where the pedestrian
floundering through the mud OF an un-
paved street. was often wont to stop ano
clean of his shoes.
But all these things will vanish, as
they have in most cities, and four years
from now there will be no gas lights
| and no lamp lighters in Washington tc
carry one back to what would seen Civil
War times.
III was III OepJSmDcIp 1870, ClIOuBA
the active work of Capt. John E. Wood
of the United States Army Engineer
Corps and then assistant engineer
| Commissioner for the District, that the
| program was sanctioned by Congress fol
the gradual replacement Of the ole
lighting systems.
The city then had, in residential anc
business districts, total Of 21,93;
lights. 11,478 of which were gas lamps
tended by hand.
Today, with area after area beine
modernized according to the program
there are 27,059 lights, 1858 of which
| arA 1oV,onc
Evening star., 1929-11-25

sorts Of fruits artistically arranged. Or
tn, fruit may be mixed with vegetables,
or vegetables alone can be used. The
important thing is to have the colors
gay enough, and artistic enough in their
combination to give festive note to
the table. Use a twisted cornucopia, II
you can find one, or make one from
colored paper. Heavy crepe paper can
be shaped easily.
COrnucOpia Favors.
Small individual cornucopias put at
each place make attractive favorS. Fill
each with bright candles and let them
spill out on the table at the mouth of
the cornucopia. The contents may be
salted nuts, If preferred, or, most ap-
propriate Of all, the contents may be
popcorn, some kernels white and others
colored with vegetable coloring.
MolasSes or Sugared popcorn may be
used. If the contents are white, be sure
to have the cornucopia of gold, silver,
or some brilliantly colored paper.
(CopyriRht, 1927
Evening star., 1929-11-25

Thanksgiving decorations have come
to assume place second only to those
for Christmas. They are quite similar
in shape, but not in the elements of
which they are composed. Thanks
giving decorations are made from fruits,
vegetables and some greens. Evergreens
are seldom used. Fall leaves and foliage
Of the plants bearing the colorful fruits
are more in accordance with the sea-
son. The idea is that Of plentiful
harvest, not the continuity of life as
expressed by the evergreen.
One of the best ways to suggest
abundance is by using the cornucopia
Or horn of plenty. The latter name was
given because the horns of oxen and
goats were used as drinking cups, which,
filled to overfowing, represented plenty.
Cornucopia Centerpiece.
A table decoration for Thanksgiving
can be made Of cornucopia laid in the
center Of the dining table. From the
mouth Of this horn" there can pour
forth apples, oranges, grapes and all
Evening star., 1929-11-25

The Senate had
recessed and a number of the members
had gathered around the tariff exhibits
spread out on tables in the chamber.
Senator Hebert paused before violin.
Perhaps he Just couldn't resist the
temptation. Perhaps he thought that
there might be Charms to Soothe the
savage breast" of the tariff debaters.
Tucking the instrument beneath his
chin, he stroked the strings with O
bow. The chamber, where a moment
before the angry click Of the gavel and
talk Of rates had sounded, filled with
soft melody. Colleagues halted and an
appreciative gallery fingered.
1t was no idle flourish on the sena-
tors part. Music is not his hobby; it
is his art, and, had there been viola
on the table instead of violin, he
would have played it as well.
Music is a part Of the Hebert family
life. Mrs. Hebert is a pianist; Cathe-
rine, eldest daughter, also plays the
piano; Adrian, next in line, Is violin
ist: Marguerite plays the cello; while
junior Felix Edouard, sophomore at
Georgetown University, is the third
violin player.
Back In West Warwick, r. T., where
Senator Hebert was a Judge for 20
years and built a reputation as a law
yer specializing In insurance legislation,
the usual evening entertainment was
built around concert by the family
group.
In Washington. when Hoover was in
augurated and the Senator began his
siX-year term, a special concert was
given by the family for a group Of
visiting notables including the Governor
Of Rhode Island.
The old group is broken up now,
though, and there is usually only trio
to entertain select friends in the Wash
ington home of the Heberts. Ardian
recently was admitted to the bar and
has entered practice in Providence.
The Senator has no one but him
self TO congratulate for his interest in
music. AS boy he learned to play the
violin, but not because his parents
forced him. 1t was his own desire.
Talents of the children were de-
veloped under the guiding hand Of Mrs
Hebert. While each was young, lessons
Evening star., 1929-11-25
My Neighbor Says:

Fireplace bricks can be cleaned
of SCOT and dirt, even II in very
bad condition, by brushing them
vigorously with a broom and ap-
plying mixture of one pint of
strong household ammonia and
two pounds Of powdered pumice
stone in a gallon of soft soap.
Apply this with a brush and let 1t
stand for an hour before rubbing
1t well into the surface with
scrubbing brush and rinsing 1t
with clear water.
When serving cream carrots,
for a change add a few stalks of
celery diced and boiled and one
onion, boiled and cut up fine.
II silver salt shakers become
corroded have them buffed at any
large jewelry shop. They can he
made TO look like new.
One pound Of granulated sugar
equals two cupfuls. One pound Of
powdered or confectioner's sugar
equals two and oneShalf cupfulS.
Evening star., 1929-11-25

Only 5,i00 of these will be gas lamps.
In the downtown district there will
be improvements, also, but fiickering
arc lights, as now, will continue to be
used. Engineers say that arc lights,
with their blush, winking light, are a
desirable contrast to the steady white
light in the show windows.
The parks, coming under different
jurisdiction, are already like little cities
of firefiies. Miles of winding roadway
are lined with modern lights.
Evening star., 1929-11-25

dream was that an aunt who was an
occupant of his parents home and
whom he dearly loved was not present
on his arrival. He made a memoran-
dunn of the dream, with its date.
Three weeks later he arrived in St.
Petersburg. There he found the first
mail he had had from home in six
months He learned that the aunt he
had missed in his dream was dead.
(Copyright, 1920
Evening star., 1929-11-25

1AC 6e1o ASAA4AkSo. al
terial highways and
main sections were
taken first and
others will be taken
in turn.
Washington has
494 miles of lighted
highways and gas
lamps illuminate
152 Of the total. 1t
will take four years,
II Congress author
ICES succeeding
budgets, before the
gas lights will be
replaced.
BY Deem ber,
1881, there should
be 27,420 lights in
nightly service,
Evening star., 1929-11-25

F. elk H e b e r t,
Rhode Island.
Like most new
members in the
Senate, he has
been more content
to listen than to
talk. But when
he spoke the other
day 1t was through
the medium OF q
violin solo.
1t was on Arm
istice day, when
the only lull from
a ceaseless tariff
wrangle had been
q minutes silent
tribute to the
World War dead.
Evening star., 1929-11-25
Quick Meat Stew.

Cut up into rather small pieces the
leftover meat from cold roast beef,
duck, or goose. or a mixture of two or
more kinds. Put into a saucepan and
to every three cupfulS Of meat add one
fourth cupful of butter, two tablespoon
fuls Of onion Juice, half a cupful Of
dark grape Juice and q heaping table,
spoonful of black current jelly. Stir
all together for IS minutes, then serve
with chopped cucumber pickles.
Evening star., 1929-11-25
Cranberry Dessert.

Grind one cupful Of raw cranberrjes
and one cupful Of raw apples in the
food chopper, then mix in two cupfuls
of sugar and let stand for at least one
hour. Just before serving add half a
cupful Of chopped nuts and top with
whipped cream. This tastes very much
like fresh Strawberries and Is Just as
good and fresh the following day.
Evening star., 1929-11-25
NANCY PAGE
Candied Sweet Potatoes Suit
Slender Peter.
By FLORENCE La dANKR.

The entire Page family was exceed
ing fond of sweet potatoes. Nancy
liked them best when they we're served
baked in their skins. But for variety
her file.
One called for candied sweet pota-
toes. In making these, Nancy boiled
the potatoes in their jackets. She re-
Evening star., 1929-11-25

Whence (or from where) did this
book Gomez" is the correct form, not
From whence did it Gomez" Whence
means from what place. Philosophy
(fl-loss-o-fy) means practical wisdom,
the knowledge of the causes of all phe-
nomena, both of mind and matter: the
love Of wisdom as leading to the search
for it. A philosopher Is man OF prac-
tical wisdom; one who schools himself
to calmness and patience under all CIR
cumstaneeH, ..-.,a-- q -
Evening star., 1929-11-25

Prices realized on Swift & Company
sales of carcass beef in Washington, D. G.
1929, on shipments sold out, ranged from
1885 cents to 25; so cents per pound and ay-
eTaged 20.59 cents per rpound-Advertisement.
Evening star., 1929-11-25

CONGRESS has had many silver
~ tongued orators, but 1t seldom has
one to speak in "music's golden tongue"
with the accomplishment Of Senator
Evening star., 1929-11-25
BRAIN TESTS

The words below are n alphabetical
arrangement. A space is left between
each pair of words. Underneath are
other words. Mark the number of the
space in which each should be inserted
to conform to the alphabetical arrange
ment, or write the words In the spaces:
(11 ahaPUS (16N credit
Evening star., 1929-11-25

Words TO MI IN: Banner, dread, ghouI,
daisy, abound, etiquette, farce, boasts,
canopy, crash.
The time limit on the above test is
two minutes.
Answers.
Banner co., dread (l8), ghoul (2S),
daisy (l6), abound ca, etiquette (24),
farce (2e). boasts (10), canopy (12),
,tCopyrisht. .lsaeN ..--iR'
Evening star., 1929-11-25

Today, with area after area being
modernized according to the program,
there are 27,059 lights, 1858 Of which
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-09-27
FROM AROUND The COUNTY


Miss Vera Vance spent the week
visiting with Miss Della Henke.
Mrs. L. Mountjoy and Mrs. c. r.
Brock visited with Mrs. Kerstina
Olsen at the home of Mrs. julius
Beck Thursday afternoon.
school on Friday night in honor
of Leonard Olsen who is leaving
in the near future for Chicago.
Art Lauckner returned Satur-
day from Kramer, n. D., where
he has been threshing.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alex Patterson,
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Patterson and
family, Miss Elida Carlson and
Sam Patterson were Sunday
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Vic Sonen-
berg.
Mr.. and Mrs. David Fredrickso7
and family spent Sunday afternoon
at Julius Peck's.
Miss Elizabeth Nelson underwent
a tonsil operation at Plentywooo
on Friday.
Franklin School is closed for the
week during the absence of Miss
Gladys Dodge who was called to
Plentywood on Monday by the
death of her sister, Miss Erma
Dodge. Gladys, in company with
her sister, Mrs. Donaldson took the
body to Fargo for interment.