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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-04
Today in
Washington History
BY DONALD A. CRAIG.

May 4, 1S64.-The Seth Regiment,
Pennsylvania Reserves, reached this
city tonight from the front, having been
mustered out of the service in purSu-
ance of an enactment by which the
Government allows the time they were
in the State service to go to their cfedlt
on the three months term. Under this
plan the time when the different COM
panieS of each regiment were mustered
into service is averaged and the regi-
ment is mustered out from the date Of
the average.
The 56th Pennsylvania Regiment was
one of the earliest Reserve regiments to
be raised. 1t comprises Is companies
The employment of steam as motive
power in the Navy has produced vast
and sudden change in the means of
engaging in action on the seas, cauS-
ing an entire revolution in naval war
fare and rendering necessary the i'm
mediate adoption of new measures in
naval tactics.
This necessity seems to have been
supplied by Comdr. FoXhall of the
United States Navy. after much labor
His work. which has recently come out
of the hands of the publishers. and has
already been adopted by the Navy De-
partment as a textbook for the Naval
Academy, was used a few days ago for
the first time by Lieut.. Comdr. East
man in maneuvering a half squadron
of vessels of the Potomac f1otilla. 1t
gave the utmost satisfaction. The YES
sells deployed from column into line and
played from line into column with the
precision of companies of a veteran
regiment forming in line of battle.
There was a rumor afloat in the city
this morning that the colored troops,
or a portion of them, attached to Gen.
Burnside'S command, had been attacked
by Confederate guerrillas while doing
guard duty on the Orange & Alexandria
Railroad and that some Of them were
killed or wounded.
After due inquiry it was discovered
that this. rumor was unfounded. 1t
was learned, however, that yesterday
morning, while a detachment of col
ored troops was changing position, the
men were attacked by small party of
Confederate guerrillas. who suddenly
bounced upon them, but were driven off.
Confederate guerrillas are at work III
the neighborhood of Manassas and yes
terday wood train was attacked. but
the attackers were frightened off before
they did any damage.
Persons arriving from the front to-
day report heavy firing early this morn
ing on the Union left.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-04

done over Short hair mats down, loses
its comfortable quality and is practi-
cally worthless when the time for doing
over articles comes.
1 have used hair as an example which
is quickly explained and understood.
There are all sorts of other differences,
according to the type of article being
purchased. For example, finely inlaid
furniture is costly. Even an exceed
ingly fine line of inlay scarcely more
than a hairline brings up the cost legiti-
mately. There are replicas of this mar
row lining that can be made by finishes
of furniture. A mahogany finish can
have the line given light wood, such
as a satin wood, finish. The wood is
all the same, no time is required to
cut away the wood and fit in the deli
cate inlay of genuine contrasting wood.
So learn the reasons for valuations,
A fine store will explain If you ask. A
reputable store, carrying cheaper
line. will also explain provided you
make inquiries graciously and intelli-
gently. Also find out whether the
standing of the store is the reason for
putting on fancy price. This some
times happens. The reason may be
that personal attention is given by the
firm to collecting fine pieces. Expenses
then may be great. Often it will be
found that the finest stores ask no
more than others for the same quality
of article.
If necessity makes temporary buy
ing of an article absolutely essential,
put as little money as you can into the
piece. This tends toward quick re-
placement.
Copyright. 1921
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-04

Tidings of the suicide of Nero (37-68
ADJ, the last of the Caesars, caused
Rome to overflow with joy. 1t mattered
not that he had acted to forestafl
terrible punishment for his many
crimes.
They were so numerous and so hor-
rible as to thWart imagination, but
none surpassed that which grew out OF
his infatuation for Poppaea, wife OF his
friend Ohio, whom he could not marry,
since his mother, Agrippina, would not
permit him to divorce his own wife, Oc-
tavia.
Poppaea beautiful and beguiling. but
utterly without principle. aspired to be
Empress. InsidiouSly she brought Nero
to the point where he was willing TO
murder his own mother.
How to get rid of Agrippina was the
question. To poison her would be diff
cult, since she had fortified herself by
the habit of using antidotes. Assassina-
ton by the poinard would be impossible
to conceal.
Anicetus, childhood tutor of Nero.
now commander of the fleet and mas
ter of iniquity, who had long hated
Agrippina, provided a clever idea. He
proposed to build a ship which, in the
open sea. would fall apart and sink,
drowning her. Only the elements would
be blamed.
Nero himself lured Agrippina aboard
the ship, but when it foundered she
bravely leaped into the sea and man
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-04
The Sidewalks of Washington
BY THORNTON FISHER.

Newspapers yesterday printed the story
of the passing of Tom Dorgan, known
to the public as Tad Though only
So years old, Tad was one of the old
school comic artists who not only kept
abreast of the modern procession, but
frequently led it. Certainly he was a
peerless leader in the devising of slang
and wise cracks.
Tad's genius in portraying the foibles
and nonsense of the man in the street
and exposing fallacieS and bunk will
long remain a worthy target for aspir-
ing young cartoonistS to aim at.
Many of his portraits were of the
gutter type, a type singularly free from
pose and applesauce. This may explain
why the artists pictures struck a true
note almost invariably. Tad was reared
with "gaS-houSe district" kids, where
ragged sweaters and caps were far more
valuable as utilities than lace collars,
kits and yellow curlS.
BY throwing a rock at a dude they
considered that they were contributing
to the cause of de-bunking the public.
1t was our privilege to know Tad for
20 years For nine years he was prac-
tically a recluse in his Long Island
home, where he wai'ed the summons to
quit. The failure OF his bum ticker
as Tad called his afflicted heart, was the
cause of his death. Tads mission in
life-though he would have denied the
mission" allegation-was to entertain
the public. And he entertained them
when he himself was facing the last
bell. He sang when his heart must have
rebelled.
Probably no man was better known on
the Main Stem than Dorgan. He was
once offered job in vaudeville, but re-
fused to consider it. Whether stage
work did not appeal to him or he was
reluctant to display crippled right
hand Is question. Tad was an invol-
untary southpaw. An accident when
youngster deprived him of part of his
right hand and he learned to draw with
his left.
He seldom left his home save for
short automobile rides. Physicians had
warned him against excitement. Oc-
caSionally he would listen over his radio
to the broadcaSting of a sporting event,
but this was turned off when he be-
came too enthusiastic.
Before he was confined to his home
Tad staged base ball game between
nine cartooniStS and nine writer's, all
of whom were well known to the read
ing public. Crowds attended to see
their favoriteS in action.
1t turned out to be one of the fun
NEST games on record, although we do
not think that Tad wrote any of the
lines or devised the business" for the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-04
Fashions in Eyebrows.

A recent fashion note states that the
new vogue for hats that show milady'
forehead will stimulate interest in beau
tifying eyebrows. When hats came
down over the eyes nothing could be
seen of the eyebrows.
Most eyebrows may be improved by
the removal of the few struggling hairs
that are usually found growing down
on the upper eyelid. The very thin. arti-
ficial-looking eyebrow is not mOdiSh and
is very hard to keep neat. as the tiny
hairs grow in very quickly and must
be tweeZed out every few days. A happy
medium between this and the thick,
unruly eyebrow may be obtained by eX-
erciSing moderation and artistic taste
in using the tweeZers.
Before the plucking is done, a little
cold cream may be rubbed into the
roots or a warm-water compress may
be applied The hairs should be re-
moved one at time with a quick jerk.
They should be grasped by the tweezers
close to the root. Be careful, however,
not to pinch the skin nor to take hold
of more than one hair at the time. Do
not work too long on one part of the
eyebrow, but remove few hairs from
the left and then go to the right eye
brow for while. Some girls think that
plucking these hairs affects ones eye
sight, but there is no foundation for
such belief. OF course. If ones eyes
are infiamed or sore. the slight pain
due to the pulling out OF eyebrow hairs
may cause further irritation in that
region.
After the plucking apply an antisep-
tic lotion. The hairs should. of course,
he free from dirt, powder or paint before
the operation IS begun. To be beautiful
eyebrows should not only be nicely
shaped, but they must be glossy and
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bigger and more beautifully decorated
than the one she had seen when she
peeped through the glass doors at the
rich merchants house this very last
Christmas. Thousands of lighted can
dies cleaned upon its branches. and
colored pictures, such as she had seen
in the shop windows, looked down at
her. The little girl stretched out both
her hands toward them-then out went
the match.
All the Christmas candles rose higher
and higher till she saw that they were
only the twinkling stars. One of them
fell and made a bright streak OF light
across the sky. Some one is dying"
thought the little match girl, for her
old grandmother, the only person who
had ever been kind to her, used to say,
When star falls a soul is going up to
Heaven"
Now she struck another match against
the wall, and this time it was her
grandmother who appeared in the circle
of fame. She saw her quite clearly
and distinctly, looking so gentle and
happy.
| thing. "Oh, do take me with you. I
know you will vanish when the match
goes out. You will vanish like the warm
stove. the delicious goose and the beauti-
full Christmas tree!"
She hastily struck a whole bundle of
matches, because she did SO long to
keep her grandmother with her. The
light of the matches made it as bright
as day. Grandmother had never looked
SO big or so beautiful. She lifted the
little girl up in her arms and they
scared in halo of light and joy, far,
far, above the earth. where there was
no more cold. no hunger, no pain-for
they were with God.
In the cold morning light the poor
little girl sat there in the corner be-
tween the houses, with rosy cheeks and
a smile on her face-dead. Frozen to
death on the last night of the old year
New Year day broke on the little body
still sitting with the ends of the burned
out matches in her hand She must
have tried to warm herself, people said
Nobody knew what beat tiful visions she
had seen, nor in what 4 halo she had
entered with her grandmother upon
the glorieS of the New Year!
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dresses of the fussier sort that some
women consider more feminine than the
simpler sports type of thing. And when
sleeve trimming appears it is almost
always between elbow and wrist. Trim
ming OF this sort is becoming to wrist
and hand. For some reason or other
hands that appear below rather ornate
cuffs usually look more interesting and
large hands appear smaller because of
this elaboration.
Among the newest models have seen
there are several with sleeves close to
the elbow with a flare of material be-
low. A lovely wedding dress of white
net has flaring fiounces on the skirt
and the same idea is repeated in flares
of the material from the elbow falling
away from the arm to below the wrist.
Two new figured chiffon frocks of the
gardenparty sort have circular ruff1eS
from the elbows that split at the front
so that when the arm is bent they
appear to be pendent drapery from
the elbows.
At the request of a number of read
ers we have prepared diagram pattern
of little girls French drawers-of the
sort that are almost universally worn
now by little girls for warm weather.
If you would like a copy of this cir
cular with sketch of the finished gar
ment l will gladly send it to you on
receipt of your stamped, self-addreSSed
envelope
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-04
BEAUTY CHATS BY EDNA KENT FORBES

hour and a quarter at lunch table
discussing weights, figures, whether to
eat toast instead of bread and whether
it wasn't better to be plump and con-
ceal it with the new style of clothes,
which allow curves, and which method
movie or stage star was employ
ing to keep her weight down! And
there were such millions of things to
talk about!
If you are like my luncheon compan-
ions (only you're notD, diet and say
nothing about it, Be one of those en-
We'd ones whose figure stays eternally
slender and graceful, only don't tell how
you do it! Pretend it's a divine gift, if
you like. Meantime, don't nibble fat
tening dainties, and take helpings only
a third or half the size of those on the
other plates Diet is eating small
amounts of everything or larger
amounts of certain carefully selected
mountaineering foods.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-04
NV Neighbor Saws:

To clean reed furniture, take
it out of doors when the sun is
warm. turn the garden hose on
it and let it dry thoroughly be-
fore taking 1t into the house.
This will remove all dust.
Bath salts may be scented by
adding a few drops of oil of
lavender, sassafras, rosemary,
orriS root powder, extract of
jasmine or essence of musk. Any
of these are good and are easily
obtainable at any well stocked
drug store.
To remove paint from cotton
clothing soak the spot in a solu-
ton made OF equal parts Of
ammonia and turpentine. When
the spot disappears wash the
garment in soap suds.
When making uncooked FROST
ings with powdered sugar add a
little more than the recipe calls
for. Sugar is likely if left I'M
covered to absorb moisture.
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BRAIN TESTS

A list of words appears below. There
is a space after each word Further
down is group of IL words, each SINH
lar in meaning to one of the words
above.
Write the correct word after each
word in the list. Allow minutes.
% Narghile
90 Girasol
80 Shake
(4) Sofa
go Student
90 Carafe
% CarrouSel
(8) Anchorite
80 Marionette
G0) Aria
I'D Gramaphone
Second list-Puppet, scholar, decanter,
melody, buSby, hooka, photograph,
couch. hermit, fire-opal, merry-go-
round
These meanings do not have to be
identical, but they must have a close
similarity.
Answers.
% Hooka. C2) fire-opal, (3) busby,
CD couch. (5) scholar. 90 decanter,
90 merry-go-round, 80 hermit 80
puppet, l0) melody, I'D monograph.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-04
NANCY PACE
Permanent Waves Need
Perpetual Care.
BY FLORENCE LA GANKE.
BY FLORENCE LA GANKE.

Nancy has had a permanent wave
earlier in the season. She hated to
give the time required for setting after
each shampoo. She talked with the
hair dresser, who said that Nancy could
work out her own method if she re-
membered to do two things. Perma-
nently waved hair is apt to get dry and
frizzy unless it is given some oil treat
ments and unless brilliantine is lightly
brushed over it almost daily.
When Nancy promised to do those
two things the hair dresser told her
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-04
Lessons in English
BY w. L. GORDON.

Words often misused-Do not say, II
seen her yesterday" Say, II saM"
Often mispronounced-Tep as in
'let," not as in me"
Often misspelled-Marvelo also
spelled ell
Synonyms-Selfish. greedy, avaricious,
grasping, gluttonouS, voracious, inSa-
table.
Word study-"USe a word three times
and it is yours" Let us increase our
vocabulary by mastering one word each
day Todays word-EXpedient noun)
suitable means for an end. why re-
sort to such a perilous expedient?"
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Veal Croquettes.

Mince some cold roast or boiled
veal. Add one-fourth as much of
minced oysters scalded in their own
liquor. Season with a busting of red
pepper, salt, a flavor of onion and a
tablespoonful of lemon juice. Stir this
into half pint of drawn butter made
thick with flour. Mold the croquettes,
roll them in egg, then in cracker
crumbs sailed and peppered, and put
them where they will be cold. When
chilled, put them in a frying basket
into hot fat. Two minutes will brown
them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-04
Women and Lunch Parties.

I always want to scold when I go to
lunch parties especially the all-women
type where conversation is intimate and
not kept up to any general intelligent
leveD when some woman says; MY
dear, fancy you being able to cat souffle
and stay SO slim! How do you do it?"
The lady then, after a motion of resist
ing, changes her mind and takes quite
generous helping of the souff1e. Or,
having nobly passed this course by, she
reaches toward the little silver bowls
of sweetmeats and nibbles chocolates
and minis and nuts while getting down
to the real intellectual feast of the
party-methods of staying thin and
how impossible all of them are.
went to a party like that today.
Generally can avoid them and plead
that my days are full from 9 until at
least. Today eight women spent one
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performance. one
of the players was
Jim Co-bett, and
we don't k n o W
whether Jim rated
as a cartoonist or a
W T it r. Strikes,
balls, hits, runs
and errors were
soon lost in the
melee. One writer
a lon e took six
strikes before he
was called out. A
cartoonist came up
and knocked the
ball between sec
ond b a e a n d
shortstop. Reach
ing first base, he
decided to elimi-
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SLEEVE OF CREPE DE CHINE
TRIMMED WITH CIRCULAR RUFF
FILE. SLEEVE FROM BLUE CLOTH
FROCK TRIMMED WITH SILK
PLEATING. GATHERED RUFFLE
ON PRINTED CHIFFON SLEEVE.
CUFF EFFECT OF BEIGE FROCK.
TWO LITTLE DOWNWARD-TURN-
ING CUFFS. BOW OF SILK TRIMS
CUFF ON A jersey SPORT FROCK.
SLEEVE HAS CUFF TRIMMING OF
PLEATED LACE. CREPE DE CHINE
SLEEVE SLIT AT SIDE.
1t, for the Summer by adopting the
fashion for dresses with no sleeves for
indoor and country wear. The little
Jackets that are the invariable accom-
paniment Of the sleeveless frock cling
to the traditional straight lines. Long
sleeves when they appear in dinner
dresses are also quite plain, though
many of them of sheer material are
made snug.
1t is the long sleeved daytime dresses,
not Of the sports sort, that show the
tendency to elaboration the afternoon
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-04

Somehow we never thought of Tad
without thinking of o. Henry. Both
enjoyed the same environment; both
depicted a side of life peculiar to a
vast horde; both were human in their
contacts and interpreted a phase of
existence common to millions.
Here Is one on the local Police De-
partment. Some time ago we wanted
to make picture of a Washington cop
per. Accuracy demanded that we draw
the correct number of coat buttons.
A police official was called on the tele-
phone.
How many buttons has a pol ce
private on his blouse?" we asked
Why" replied the official, he has
has-wait a minute-four, I think-or
maybe its five-no, its-just a min
UTE
He spoke to one of his aids. "Say,
how many buttons do the boys wear on
their blouses?" The answer apparently
wasn't satisfactory, for he said to us,
Hold the line minute til I find out. -
Finally, he told us the correct num-
Der. How many buttons has police
man? We forget.
Policemen and detectives are sup
posed to develop camera eyes, at least
in the books. That they do is evil
denced by the number of criminals they
pick up daily. Most folks are careless
observers, and not until they are asked
specifically about certain object with
which they should be familiar do they
prove the truth of the statement. What
is the general shape of a mail box?
a 1n
1t should be comparatively easy to do
this. The majority would funk in the
test.
X r X
1t has been said that women are
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leman and vinegar rinses. She said
they were good for hair which was fine
and inclined to snarl. They gave
luster to the hair also.
She told about a patron of the shop
who had dry scalp and falling hair
She had mixed up ? ounces white vase
line, l ounce olive oil, ounces benZo-
ated lard, 2 drains oil of bergamot and
20 drops oil of lavender The lard and
vaSeline were melted, the olive oil added
and the other ingredients added when
almost cold. This scalp food was gently
massaged in, and her patron already
saw improvement.
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Brown Sugar Cookies.

Mix four cupfuls of dark brown su-
gar with one cupful of melted butter
or other shortening, four we'll beaten
eggs, one teaspoonful of salt if lard is
used, seven cupfuls of flour, three
teaspoonfuls of baking powder and one
teaspoonful of vanilla. Make into a
loaf and place on ice over night. Next
morning slice thin and bake in hot
oven.
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Greater Sleeve Ornamentation
BY MARY MARSHALL.

Whether women will accept elab-
orately trimmed sleeves as part of the
general mode is doubtful but there is
no denying the fact that sleeves are
more often trimmed in some way this
season than last and that the tendency
is in the direction of greater orna-
mentation. Some women, of course,
settle the question, or, at least evade
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-04

serving than men.
Last w in er a
w a S h / n & t o n
W ON an discov-
cred that her fur
c a t h a d been
stolen. Save for
Tor, most fur
coats look alike to
m e + e man. The
lady happened to
be walking a lon &
one of cur thor
oughfareS W h e n
she passed a wom-
an wearing a fur
coat. 1t was the
stolen one. The
victim of the theft
ao1laH on officer
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tend to darken the hairs to a certain
extent, but when they are extremely
light some sort of eyebrow coloring may
be used Strong black tea may be used
for the purpose. Mascara is sold for
Gardening eyebrows and eyelaShes.
The eyebrows should be brushed
daily with a small eyebrow brush. in
order to stimulate their growth and keep
them we'll groomed and clean. The
mascara must be removed at bedtime
Particles of dried soap or face powder
should not be allowed TO collect on the
hairs. Dull, dark eyebrows may be
made glossy by brushing with bril-
liantine after the makeup has been APP
piled TO the face. Thick. bristling eye
brows may be thinned out and then
down with liquid Yaseline.
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to shampoo her hair when necessary
or else just wet it thoroughly. AS it
dried she was to push her hands up
through it, giving it brushing with
warm water occasionally as she pushed
it up.
She might dry it over a steamy tub
or in a steamy room, since that brought
out the curl. The effect after this
treatment would be that of a wind
blown bob. 1t would not lie in regular
waves.
At night time Nancy put a loosely
meshed cap over the bob, holding it in
place. This kept that effect of care
fully careless hair
The hair dresser spoke to her about
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MILADY BEAUTIFUL
BY LOIS LEEDS.

sufficiently dark to give an accent
When the hair is light. the eyebrows
should be about two shades darker. The
nightly application of an oily substance
like YaSeline or olive oil will gradually