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Virginia Cheese Cake.

Mix and sift together two cupfuls Of
-four and one and one-han teaspoonfulB
of salt. Cut in three-fourths cupful
of shortening with knife or fork. Ada
only enough ice water to hold the
ingredients together. Roll the pie crust,
then bake in small pie pans In quick
oven. Fill with the following:
Beat three eggs with one-fourth cup.
full of sugar, then mix in one-fourth
cupful of butter. Mix half cupful Of
milk with one tablespoonful Of vinegar,
then add to the mixture. Season With
half a grated nutmeg. Fill the small
pies, place in the oven again, and bake
until brown.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-13


two articles of food
never fail to de-
light the senatorial
palate and bring
forth praise and
queries.
They come from
the Senator's PLAN
tation just outside
Lynchburg, S. C.
And they are pre-
pared by the pride
Of the Smith FAM
lily - Miss Anna
Brunson, an aunt,
"a years old, and
the supervisor of
S ena tor Smiths
plantation while he
IS in washington.
49,. ~ xvnore @hn
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-13

all reasonable precautions. At the FIRST
sign of illness isolate the patient ana
call the physician. And safeguard the
baby. The older a child Is before III.
ness strikes him, the better for him.
(Copyright. 1907
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-13

prunes or apricots enriched with
raisins or marshmal lows. A mixture
Of equal parts figs, prunes and dates
ground together and then rolled into
small balls was favorite of hers.
Today Aunt Nancy was making some
molasses kisses for her niece. Molasses
is a good laxative. then, too it is fairly
rich in mineral salts.
Here is the recipe: One cupful mo-
lasses, one cupful brown sugar, one
half cupful water, one-quarter cupful
butter, one-eighth teaSpoonful soda and
three drops oil OF lemon or peppermint
Nancy was careful to use the oil and
not the essence.
The molasses, sugar and water were
cooked until sugar was dissolved The
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-13

FAMOUS among his colleagues. who
have dined with him in hts WASH
tngton home on Euclid street, are Sen
4tor Ellison .. Smiths South Carolina
hams and sausage
Cured to perfection, with an art Pc
eslliar TO Southern plantations, these
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-13
SUB ROSA
Get on Your Nerves.

To get on our nerves is worse than to
tread on our corns, if we have any.
There's no doubt about our having
nerves; we don't have to visit the dem
fist to learn that. But we want folks
to keep OF them.
The kind of people who agitate the
nerves of others are those who are
themselves nervous. They can't rest
until they get everybody else on edge,
and even then they aren't satisfied. Al
most every little group will have at least
one Of these goat getters with bells on
him.
These nerve getters witch in their
bodies and turn in their minds. They
act as though we had asked them to sit
on q tack or q chair full of pins and
needles. After they have aired their
bodily nerves, they start in on the
mental ones.
Then comes an assortment of whims
and prejudiceS which rivals anything
you see on the notion counter at the
department store on bargain day. You
have to be careful or you'll hit on one
of their pet aversions and they are as
touchy about these as other people are
about their pet dogs.
They have their likes and dislikes on
display the way a tricky storekeeper has
his smartest wares in the show window.
When you visit these folks, you have to
walk on eggs and step on banana peels
and watch your step, too. They have
| what the boys call kinks in the noodle.
But something of the same sort may
be true Of ourselves in lesser degree.
we are all inclined to air our symptoms,
speak about our operations and COM
plain of our condition. When we give
such recitals, we are pretty likely to get
on other peoples nerves.
The best thing for us to do is to get
on our own nerves and get them under
control. These wiggling strings OF gray
matter are all right, but they want 10
be trained the way seals and heas are.
II we let our nerves get away from
us, we are in for bad time. wen DC
lust a bunch of giggles and shrieks,
smokers and pouts, whims and what
nots. Get on your own nerves before
YOU let them get onto other people.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-13

Senator Smiths plantation is perhaps
one of the most historic In the South.
Ownership has never been outside his
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-13

The British and Foreign Bible So
ciety has circulated 237,000,0O0 Bibles.
Nogales international., 1930-06-03
"FLAMO WEEK" is
OBSERVED HERE

Nogales is taking part in the OBJ
servance this week of ''F'lamo Week"
which is being observed for one
week, commencing yesterday, in all
western states, Alaska and the Ha-
waiian Islands.
George B. Marsh, Inc. local Fla
mo dealers, have arranged very
attractive window display in the
south window of their hardware
store, 1913 Grand avenue, and are
giving away all this week Flamc
balloons to the kiddies. They are
also cooperating with the Standard
Oil Company of California, manu-
facturers of Flamo, in giving free
home demonstrations.
At Patagonia, Standard Flamo is
represented by the Eastside Garage.
Flamo is the cream of natural
gas obtained from the oil and gas
wells of the Standard Oil Company's
California fields. 1t is particularly
suited for homes outside of city gas
mains.
Nogales international., 1930-06-03
CITY GAS CONVENIENCE GOES
MILESBEYOND THE GAS MAINS

Oil Company, one of the pioneers
in developing "home gas plants, is
offering a product proven in scores
of California households during the
past year. This new fuel gas, con-
densed to liquid and stored in
steel cylinders, is delivered in town
or miles out by Company trucks.
Two gas cylinders, enclosed in an
attractive metal cabinet, may be in
stalled outdoors and connected, by
ordinary piping, with modern gas
ranges, water heaters and other gas
appliances that mean so much less
housekeeping drudgery.
Time was when country women
just had to get used to carrying
Nogales international., 1930-06-03

City gas used everywhere from
cook stoves to furnaces by four out
Of every five city families, is now
taking country homes by storm.
Standard Flamo condensed natur-
al gas, is rapidly being introduced
in the Santa Cruz County country
side by the Standard Oil Company
OF California. And there are mighty
few things that can bring more COM
fort to folks in the country than this
city gas, the quickest and cheapest
fuel for everyday cooking and heat
ing-ready for instant use without
| installation of gas mains.
In ushering Standard Flamo in
to suburban homes, the Standard
Nogales international., 1930-06-03
OLD FOLKS SAY
DR.. CALDWELL
WAS RIGHT

The basis of treating sickness has not
changed since DR.. Caldwell left Medical
College in 1878, nor since he placed on
the market the laxative prescription he
had used in his practice.
He treated constipation, biliousness,
headaches, mental depression, indigestion,
sour stomach and other indispOsitions
entirely by means of simple vegetable
laxatives, herbs and roots. These are
still the basis of DR.. CaldwelPs Syrup
Pepsin, combination of senna and
other mild herbs, with pepsin.
The simpler the remedy for constipa-
tion, the safer for the child and for you
And as you can get results in a mild
and safe way by using DR.. CaldwelPs
Syrup Pepsin, why take chances with
strong drugsf
A bottle will last several months, and
all can use it. 1t is pleasant to the
taste, gentle in action, and free from
narcotics. Elderly people find it ideal
All drug stores have the generous bottles
or write "Syrup Pepsin," Dept: BIB
Monticello, Illinois. for free trial bottle
Nogales international., 1930-06-03

Wickenburg New ore uncovered
in development of Gardner gold
strike, southeast of this point and
two miles from old Vulture bonanza.
Phoenix Huge new $4,000 h. p.
steam electric generating plant of
Central Arizona Light and Power
Company, located four miles west
of here on Southern Pacific railroad,
placed in operation recently.
Nogales international., 1930-06-03

Chloride Pilgrim Property near
here being extensively developed.
Bisbee Phelps Dodge Mercantile
Company opened new furniture de-
partment.
Lowell Modern heating and ven-
tilating plant will be installed at
Fox Central Theater.
Warren Trees being planted in
Identification program here.
Nogales international., 1930-06-03

Miami Standard Bronze Pow
der Company filed articles of in
corporation.
Nogales international., 1930-06-03

wood and shoveling ashes, but those
days are about to go out Of style.
With Standard Flamo being deliv-
cred everywhere and comparable to
city gas in both quality and cost
there's not much excuse any more
for spending long hours over a hot
cook-stove, for exorbitant fuel bills
or late meals.
Nogales international., 1930-06-03

State Highway Department will
open bids for oil-surfacing II miles
of Florence Tucson Highway.
Nogales international., 1930-06-03

Radium -1,40O head cattle ship
ped by @ Land and Cattle Company
recently
The Washington times., 1930-09-08
The Butterfly Mystery : By Arthur Hoerl

Sergeant jardin were talking in
low tones near q window; they
nodded greeting to Dale.
Through a half-open door he
could see Phelps al work for
fingerprintS in the boudoir. One
corner Of a posted bed was in
his line of vision. Across the
room there was another arch
which led. through swinging
gates of light wrought iron. into
the dining room and beyond
that, undoubtedly, to the kit
chen.
A secretaire in one corner Of
the living room was open.
Drawers had been pulled out
and papers were scattered about.
Dale strolled to the Secretaire
and gazed down at the disorder.
The two drawers we're partly
open. In one of them he
glimpSed the pearl handle Of a
small revolver.
AS he turned to look back
into the room he saw a body
laid out on the lounge. It was
Oscar yelling. He was COM
pletely clothed even to his top
coat. .-...
Dale walked to the boudoir
door and. looked in. Zelma
Shaw had been laid on the bed.
She was attired only in the
flimsiest Of undertnings, as they
probably ha1 found her. On
the floor beside the bed dress
hay in q heap: another, Of
creamy white with beads which
gliStened as the suns rays fell
on them through the window.
was laid out at the foot Of the
bed. Phelps was carefully scru-
tiniZing a glass filled with amber
The Washington times., 1930-09-08
YOUR RULING
STAR
BY William Shwader-
THE YEAR AHEAD a
For Those Whose Birthday Is
SEPT. 8

II September 9 is your birth
day. during the coming year
you should give your business or
general affairs careful considera.
ton. Annoying matters may
arise-calling for tactful man.
agement. Don't be drawn into
serious arguments and investi.
gate carefully any proposition
before you make a change. Inn.
pOFtant dates:, Avoid excesseS
Of all kinds, take no risks and
maintain routine from Septem-
ber q to 80, October 6 to 10.
December 8 to 10, December "a
to 30, January 3 to 6, March IS
to %, June 26 to 20. Good for
general affairs, make efforts to
advance your interests from
September 9 to 20. November
s to 8, December 18 to January
2, January 20 to 20, March 4 to
z, May / to IA, July to 8. Con-
Trajectory dates show two op-
posing influences.
A CHILD born September 0
will be active and ambitious but
should learn caution and diplo-
macy If he wishes to succeed in
life. Business and partnerships
may cause him some anxiety.
The Washington times., 1930-09-08
SOlace Is Found in SObbing
Sorrow to Her Admirer

thing with S white face, and q
curly head, all powdery gold
from the light Of the hall
lamp, walk slowly UP the stairs
=. out Of his life.
When she was gone he went
to the hat-tree, and jammed
his hat on his head. For q
moment he hesitated, irreso-
lutte. Then he closed the mas
Sive front door behind him
and walked away. passing no
one In the empty street.
Catherine went into her tur-
quoiSe and silver room, and
locked the door behind her.
The familiar room looked
strange. She stood looking
around her. as If seeing it
for the first time. The bed was
turned down. showing the fine,
hemStitched linen, monogram
med, family smelling Of Iaven.
dar and rose leaves. The satin
puff Shimmered warmly, in the
glow Of the night light by the
bed.
Night light -. and the bed
turned down. That was
queer. She looked at the
leather travelling clock on the
little table. Quarter past
eleven! But it couldn't be
{. how could it be quarter
past eleven? Mr.. Farnsworth
wasn't home yet, they hadn't
had dinner! Gordon came in
for tea. and he'd just left.
There was something wrong
with the clock!
Time in Flight
But the clock in the hall was
just Ginning the quarter. She
went out and looked at It.
Quarter past eleven, all right.
But where had the time gone
to?
She came back into her room,
and sat down on the bed. Her
head began to ache, or had it
Deen dCA1uS T1SnC alOnSF Sne
pressed her hands tight over
her eyes. Maybe she was hun
cry. Perhaps If she went down.
stairs and got something to eat
she'd feel better.
Then she noticed the tray
that had been set on top Of
the highboy. A thermos with
hot chocolate, a silver bowl Of
whipped cream. a covered dish
filled with chicken sandwiches.
A few letters. too. All adS and
bills, and at the bottom a note
in a lavender envelope. ad-
dressed in pencil, with many
flourisheS, Mrs. FarnSworth.
Personal"
Continued Tomorrow
The Washington times., 1930-09-08

liquid that stood on a small ta-
BILE at the head of the bed
"You won't have to ponder
much about this" a low voice
came to Dale. He turned and
found Captain Blake behind
him.
Death is always fascinatin',
captain. Murder and suicide
you said. It still holds?"
VERY apparent. We found
yelling near the door as
though he had started to leave.
He was shot through the heart
and fell forward into the room,
face down. We found the gun
just inside the boudoir door.
The woman, half clad, had fal-
len across the bed, her feet
dangling to the floor. DR.. Wat
ties pronounced it arsenic:
there's a glass filled with it.
in her room"
what time did DR.. Wattles
figure?" Dale asked.
They've both been dead
since II OF thereabouts last
night"
What makes you so sure Of
the murder-Suicide theory,
Captain Blake?"
ITS pretty obvious on the
face of things, but there's one
thing makes it certain. The
door was locked on the inside
and barred! They had to break
in. There's only this one door
and as you've noticed. all the
windows have an iron grill-work
on the outside. being on the
ground floor. That settles all
arguments"
Except that it doesn't fit
your characters, captain, or the
rest Of the facts. Considerin'
that yelling just gave up
home and q wife and a lot of
alimony for Zelma Shaw, it
isn't likely that he'd be walkin'
out on her. And if he was she
had plenty of others to take his
place. Her love affairs were too
numerous for Zelma to kill her.
self over one Of them. And. did
you notice her own revolver is
still in the drawer Of the secre-
taire?"
(TO Be Continued Tomorrow
The Washington times., 1930-09-08
Advice to LoyelOrn
By Beatrice Fairfax

Seems to BE Tickle and Unstable
Dear Miss Fairfax: I am 20
years old and very much in love
with q young man who is 81.
We went to high school to-
gether, and met again after
three years. At first we just
called our going around to-
gether, "a renewing Of old
friendship" but in a very short
time our friendship" had
ripened into love. After we had
gone together for six months,
he asked me to marry him. /
am q very sensible girl for my
age, and have been around with
lots of fellows, 50 I think I
really love him enough to marry
him. We were engaged for
about two weeks, when I saw
him downtown with another
girl. When he didn't explain. I
asked him about it, and he ac-
cused be of being jealous Of him.
He said he had known the girl
for years, and she didn't mean q
thing to him, and I believed
him. Last week he asked me to
marry him in September, and I
promised ! would. The very
next night, ! saw him with an
other girl riding down + Street.
I have not seen him since. I
have found out within the last
few days, that he has lied to me
about several things. Please ad
wise me what to do. I love him
so. I'm sure III never be happy
without him.
A HEARTBROKEN GIRL.
II you can summon enough
detachment to think Of this af-
fair as happening to someone
else, you'll undoubtedly make up
your mind to break completely
with a boy who has proved him.
The Washington times., 1930-09-08
CORRECT
MANNERS
mrs. Cornelius Beeckman !

IVA De NVA tGAHu9 oGGNh1N0U
Dear Mrs. Beeckman:
My girl friend and I have
been discussing the proper way
Of eating fruit salad when
served in the following man
ner. Will you please set us
straight?
A large plate is placed in
front Of the person. In the
left corner is q salad plate,
and on that stands q dish,
similar to a soup bowl, which
contains the fruit salad. On
the left side is placed O des-
sert spoon, and on the right a
fork and a teaspoon. This
salad was served in a Chinese
chop house. Please tell us how
to eat it properly.
MOLLY AND DOLLY.
This. is certainly a quaint"
method of serving fruit salad,
but, since it has all Of the
items for convenience in eating
such a salad, we could, with
propriety readjuSt the situation
Of the different items and find
our own convenience. If I had
been served this, I should have
pushed the large plate a bit
away from me, to make room
for the salad plate, which I
should have placed before me,
as the plate from which I was
to eat the salad. Then, with
the dessert spoon in the right
hand and the fork in the left
hand, I should have served to
my salad plate a reasonable
portion Of the. salad.
The silver pieces that ] would
have chosen to use would have
depended on the consistency of
the salad. Sometimes, for in
stance. cut fruit, are often re-
ferred to as fruit salad" #
this salad were in that form I
should have used the teaspoon
or dessert spoon in my right
hand, and. as an aid to this. I
should have used the fork in
my left hand. Or again, if it is
composed only of cut fruit, you
could use either Of the spoons,
alone. Or, If there is lettuce
too, you could use only the
fork,
The Washington times., 1930-09-08
CHAPTER /

CHAPTER
Robin Dale was at breakfast
when he first heard the news
Of the tragedy. James Mil
burn, the playwright, was with
him, having spent the night
at Dale'S apartment. The mes
sage came from Captain Blake.
Dale? Thought I'd be able
to catch you at home
Hurry over to the Sycamore on
Central Park West. There's a
big story >. Zelma Snaw's
apartment. She shot and killed
Oscar yelling. and committed
suicide"
Dale hung up the telephone,
breakfast was forgotten.
"I'n have to run, Jim
crime is no reSpecter Of con-
ventions, so you'll have to fin
iSh up your visit without a
host. Zelma Shaw-you prob
ably know her-has messed up
things-killed Oscar yelling
and herself"
They discussed the affair as
Dale got ready to depart.
"Of course / know Zelma-
an ornamental chorus girl and
a detrimental gold-digger -.
she was headed for a fall"
said Milburn.
"Fly high and fall far, isn't
that it? Called the Titan But
terfly or something like that,
wasn't she?"
"One Of the newspaper lads
pinned that on her during one
of her earlier cases You've
read the recent yelling divorce
case, in which she was core
Spondent? This affair is prob
ably the tragic aftermath. the
, reaping of the whirlwind."
"I read the headlines
don't pay much attention to di-
vorces. It's difficult enough for
children to keep track Of their
fathers and mothers without a
busy scribe tryin' to do it,
Robin Dale slipped into his
topcoat and moved to the door,
after he had telephoned the
office.
Stay as long as you want,
Jim I" If you're wise you'll
make friends with the Scotch, a
book and the easy chair-wllile
The Washington times., 1930-09-08
TEA-TABLE
CHATTER

Emotions not only play the
dickens with the complexion,
digging wrinkles in its delicate
structure, but they effect vision.
When a woman says that she
got so mad she couldn't see
straight" she may not be tell
ing a fib. Worry. fits Of anger
and continued weeping will i'm
pair the eyesight temporarily.
Emotional fits are bad business
for the physical system. They
increase the heart beats, chill
the skin, stop the digestive pro-
ceSseS. and make a husband
slap his hat on his head and
dash cut Of the house. No wo-
man can afford to indulge in
brainStormS. They are devaS-
tating, and nip hours and days
from the life span.
The Washington times., 1930-09-08
The Marry-GO-ROund
By Helen Rowland

fails a woman in any emergency,
and it covers a multitude Of
sins, including all the deadly
ones, from superflous fat to stu
pidity and middie-age. .s
You can be beautiful at 90
but you can be amiable at 40,
at so or at 80. And everybody
will call you sweet"
You can be brilliant or witty,
when you have the right au-
dience, the right background and
the right atmoSphere-but you
can be kindly and amiable to a
anybody. anywhere, at any time.
You can be interesting when
you are inspired or thrilled;
but you can be amiable when
you are bored or tired or utterly
Indifferent.
You can be sparkling when
you are talking to someone who
speaks your own language"
and is in your mental class:
but you can be amiable to the
man who talks only golf. or the
woman who talks only bridge
or servants or gossip or bar
gains.
You can be strong and noble
when you are winning the
game: but you can be arniaIole
and good-natured and q good
sport when you find yourself
the loser.
You can be good, if you try
very, very hard-but you can be
amiable without half-trying!
Most men admire a beautiful
woman, are attracted by a bril-
liant woman and amused by a
witty woma1--but they marry
(and sometimes STAY married
to) an arniable woman.
Amiability includes so mans
things sweetness, graciousnesS
good-temper, sympathy and Sin6-
illness. Yet most of us think of
"amiabi1ity" as a weak and
watery. mid-Victorian virtue.
We pass 1t up-and then keep
the beauty parlorS and the
plastic surgeons going one-hun-
dred. Siren-power. But, without
sweetness and amiability, the
most dazzling siren is q dudl
Hamlet was right! Most Of
the sweets in this world do *,
to the sweet,''-SwEET!TEA.
PEREDl
Copyright 1880. by King Features
Syndicate. Inel.
The Washington times., 1930-09-08

HE me hence on the trail OF
butterfly"
The Sycamore was q sedate.
appearing apartment house
facing the park. There was an
air Of respectable Solidity about
it which made the tragedy that
had occurred within its granite
walls appear almost incongruouS.
It was not at all the type Of
dwelling one would have ex-
pected the Titan Butterfly to
choose as an abode. That
thought remained with Robin
Dale as he entered the huge,
silent foyer.
At the far end OF the foyer,
facing the two elevators of the
apartment, was the telephone
switchboard. Just beyond the
elevators a short, narrow corri-
dor led to the three apartments
on the ground floor. There were
three doors. one on either side
of the corridor and one at the
end Of it facing the foyer.
It was in the latter, the col
ored boy at the board informed
him. that Miss Shaw had re-
sided. Dale'S knock was an
swered by a uniformed police
man who, upon learning the re-
porter'S identity. permitted him
to enter. He stepped into a
sm all. allowed entrance-hall
which led abruptly through a
lattice-work arch into a large
sumptuously furnished living
room.
The sweet odor Of heliotrope
lay on the air, lazily, like a bird
on wing. There was the deep
silence that comes Of heavy.
cushioned carpet and dark vel.
vet drapes. Captain Blake and