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cupied by the Sommers furniture
company, will be completely reno
delled for the occupancy Of the
Popular Store. Of which the Drive
Brothers are proprietors.
A large store room is TO be 6dded
to the structure. Cost Of the work
is estimated at $4,000.
The Sommers building Is also be-
ing remodelled. a new addition built.
and generally repaired. The Som
mers furniture store will be moved
into this location some time early
in February. +. @. Fernandez is
contractor on both these jobs.
Others Going Up
Several residences are also under
construction, including a brick We
neer belonging to w. A. Rasco. To-
Gated in Los Ebanos, and another
for Mrs. w. r. Jones. Both are OF
English style, with hardwood floors
throughout.
Plans are being drawn for many
other structures. and 1t is likely that
work on at least a part Of these will
begin at an early date.
Building OF many Of the facilities
Of a city must parallel the on
struction Of the port, says R. c. Nor
ris. Of the Frontier Lumber COM
pany. He predicts a striking change
in Brownsville's skyline almost as
soon as work on the channel begins.
A ten or twelve STORY hotel will be
essential, he believes. Considerable
addition to the office space now
available will also be necessary TO
care for the many additional bus
mess firms which will be seeking
locations, and office buildings much
larger than any now here may be
built.
A compress will be another nee
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essity, to compress the cotton before
1t is loaded. Terminal facilities for
oil companies which are planning
pipe lines here will be needed; at
least one company has announced
intentions OF locating a smelter here
and it is likely others will follow.
Actual building work required at
the port will include docks. ware
houses, and other facilities.
A boom in residence and apart
ment-house building will necessari-
~ 60 along with the other con-
struction work. to provide homes for
the workers and for the many new
businesses which will undoubtedly
come here.
Altogether. Morris believes, the
city is scheduled for an amount Of
construction unequalled in its pre-
vious history, and which will change
the entire aspect of Brownsville.
"All this work will necessarily
mean. the spending of millions OF
dollars. much of which will remain
right here in Brownsville. thus az
fecting all lines Of business, as well
as the building trade"
Increased optimism and conf
dence in new projects Is already
making itself felt in all branches Of
business here" he says. and we are
expecting a good year"
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also be kept rather low. ) Another
unusual feature is TO be found in
the dressing-room on the second
floor, an item not often found in a
house OF this size.
The foundation walls are OF con-
crete and the basement, which ex-
tends under the entire house, is
cemented. The usual utility fix
lures, including the warm air heat
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Building permits to the amount
Of Sl3.250 were issued for work in
Brownsville during the past week.
They were:
Mrs. ID. Shapiro, 4-room, frame
residence. sheetrock interior. locat-
ed on jefferson, $500.
Jesse bennett. Washington, brick
and plaster garage, S2.750.
w. A. Rasco, Los Ebanos, brick
veneer. $500.
Mercy hospital. finishing of third
story, $500.
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ing plant. are to be ,found herein.
The plan is 50 arranged that an
incinerator, with hopper opening
above the sink. may be included
at very little additional expense.
1t Is estimated that the cost OF
this house would be between $4,000
and $4,000. exclusive OF heating and
plumbing.
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BUILDERS AND HOME OWNERS PAGE
Building And Real
Estate Ne1US of the Week

Materials for $4,000 worth Of
buildings begun in January are be-
ing supplied by the Eagle Pass Lum-
Der company. These are the larger
structures, located in Brownsville
and its e~nvirons. Materials for re-
pairs, additions, remodelling and
smaller buildings under way either
within the city or in the surround
ing territory would bring this to a
much higher figure
Repair work. and small jobs, the
hen house built on the farm. and the
new coat Of paint on the barn and
garage are a reliable barometer of
the general prosperity and optimism
of a locality, Ed Bounds says. and
much Of this kind of work is now
going on.
Financial Clarity
Financial clarity Is another rea-
son for the increase in small build
ing projects, Bounds explains. A
healthier tone has appeared in fin
ancial dealings than has been shown
for the past several months. Col
lections are better. and more money
is being put into building projects.
The largest piece of work now I'M
der way for which material is being
supplied by the Eagle Pass company
Is the Central Christian church. a
$4,000 structure to be erected on
the site Of the old building at the
corner OF Fourth and Levee. w. A.
Velten is the contractor and F. A.
Trimble architect. Work on this pro-
ject is to begin as soon as razing
Of the old building is completed.
Buildings Improved
Improvement of two business
structures on Adams is now in pro-
gress. The Drive building. now &C.
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Buildings Improved

Improvement Of two business
structures on Adams is now in pro-
gress. The Drive building. now oc-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-07
Free From Debt.

Many borrowers are those suffering
from an accumulation of debts. With
out going into the why's and wherefores,
1t is fair to assume that miscellaneous
debts are due to haphazard spending.
Misfortune o'ertakes most OF us IL
we live long enough. That Is all the
more reason why we must prepare prac-
tically for such things as illness, unem-
ployment, adversely and even death.
Any spending plan that attains your
end will do. 1t should be convenient
and practical
While all of us may be in debt TO
the extent that We have availed our
selves of credit, only debt with we cam
not see ourselves able to discharge Is
serious.
I Many Of the constructive things
women have accomplished have been
traceable to the fact that, having In
Cured a debt or debts Of some sort,
they have had to make an extra Ell
fort to free themselves.
Any woman who can manage her
money. instead of being managed by
it, can free herself from debt. and re-
main free of it.
Not only may she free herself, but
she may so order her life thereafter
as to avoid all future debt. In spite
of ones limited income. ones heavy
burdens, ones present obligations, there
is invariably way.
We have often been asked, What is
a iustiflable debit" Our definition
would be one that satisfies an urgent
need, or enables one to make pro-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-07
Today in
Washington History
BY DICK MANSFIELD.
Registered U. s. Patent once.
BY DONALD A. CRAIG.

August !, 18I2.-Enthusiasm for the
war with Great Britain is manifest in
Washington, just as it is in the ether
States this Summer.
But, as explained by the editor Of
the National Intelligencer today, the
status of the militia here is different
from that in the States of New Eng
land. There the governors claim and
'ercise the right to determine the need
of calling out the troops. They refuse
to have them placed under the COM
mand CT officers of the Regular Army
in case they are furnished for service
in the field against the enemy. 1t is
held in New England that the control
of the troops, even when part of an
army in the field, rests with the State
and not with the President of the
United States.
But the citizens of Washington have
given no such authority to their mayors
or other local authorities. At a meeting
of the men of the City of Washington re-
Gently it was resolved that all of the
citizens of the Federal City of as years,
and even upward of that age, should be
eligible to form military company,
and plans were made to tender their
services without delay to President
Madison for use a, he may see fit
against the common enemy.
An order is to be issued from militia
headquarters in this city to enroll every
man subject to military duty, except
those who have joined volunteer COM
panies.
The same spirit has been shown in
other parts CT the District of Columbia.
Alexandria City, in he southern point
of the District, is showing her enthusi-
asm for the war by preparing to offer
her support to President Madison in a
similar manner. 1t is expected that a
company Of about 60 men will be raised
voluntarily in Alexandria.
The citizens of Georgetown also are
full of patriotic enthusiasm this Sum-
mer, and are taking steps to raise VOL
unteer troops and place them entirely
under the control of President. Madison.
Washington is regarded as a long
way from the seat Of the war, but that
makes no difference. The general opin-
ion of military men is that it will be
fought along the Canadian border.
While some of the men of our Navy
point to the possibility of the British
attacking the Federal City by way of
the Potomac or PatuXent River, most
of the people do not regard that as
likely,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-07
LITTLE BENNY
BY LEE PAPE.

Pop was smoking to himself and ma
was thinking. saying, Willyurl. DO you
know. I've come TO the conclusion that
our grandchild is going to be a Per
feet gentleman.
Meening my sister Gladdises baby
and pjop sed. WHY. whats he been do
ing. calling for a finger bowl after his
bottle?
It's about that ferst tooth of his, ma
sed. I've felt all along that 1t would
Of been through long ago unless there
was some reason why he's holding 1t
back And today the reason occurred
to me. He knows very we'll that wUnt
him to hurry it along and have 1t be-
fore the Shcoster grand dawler has
hers. and now I realize that that's just
the identical reason why he's holding 1t
back, proberly at crate personal dis
comfort to himself. In other verbs
he's alreddy too much of gentleman
to precede a lady, even with his first
tooth. she sed.
I hope he won't be too much of
gentleman to go to work when the time
comes. pop sed. and ma sed. That's pre-
cisely what's worrying ME. l don't mean
about working, I mean about standing
the ruff blows of life as ne grows cider.
After all, this is a selfish verdi made
up of selfish people, and If he continues
to think too much of the rites of 9TH
ers before consulting his own wishes
and the wishes of his family, he'll end
up by being nuthing but a polite failure.
she sed.
It's an awful prospect but perhaps
its bit soon to lose sleep over it, pop
sed. Lets make a mental note of 1t
and bring up the subieck again in 20
years or so, he sed.
And he got behind. the sporting page
and stayed there, and ma started to
push crooked things strate and strate
things crooked.
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Your Baby and Mine
By MYRTLE MEYER ELDRED.

once having provided their babies
with good milk formulas, mothers seem
to feel that they need worry about
nothing else. The older generation
nursed its babies overriding. but atoned
for the deficiencies Of this diet by
putting baby at the table and RECALLING
him with everything eatable upon 1t.
The modern mother measures her
babyss menu by the tablespoonful With
careful eye on the diet list. Some
times she over cautiously keeps her
baby on a milk diet we'll into the
second year, fearful of anything in
solid form.
Milk is important, and so is solid
food. After five months, at which age
the average child begins teething, the
need for solid food is apparent and
real.
Today's problem comes from the let
ter of Mrs. II. T. O.: MY boy Is eight
months old and weighs 20 pounds. He
takes his bottle readily but does net
care for solid food. He has one tooth.
If 1 put him to bed at $50 he cries
for hours What can I do to solve THIS
noisy problem?'
LIE SlccpliS lIOtlS tfAC op'h~Ah~N ~
firmly to the problem of diets, maps.
and all other habits of baby's day to
hazard a guess upon so little informa-
ton. feel sure that once the diet IS
improved you can decide for yourself
what is causing the failure 10 be sleepy
at bedtime Our leaflet called 'Rea-
sons for Wakefulness" will tell you
the usual causes and help you to decide
which one is operating in your particu-
lar case.
It is always wise to boil milk in hot
weather, to give no more than l quart
a day, and when the bowels are over
active. to replace at least one-fourth
of the usual amount with boiled water.
Your present correct formula should
be 80 ounces of milk, boiled and then
measured, ounces Of boiled water, and
AZ tablespoonfuls Of sugar. This
allows for five Bounce bottles. After
reducing the food as suggested, begin
to improve the diet by adding green
sieved vegetables cereal. orange or to-
mato juice (Which should De included
even now, and see that baby gets
some food before each bottle. Feed
ing after baby is filled to repletion with
milk is not as good as to give the
cereal or the vegetables before the milk.
Then baby has natural appetite Tor
tbeSe fOOds
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DEnTFNHE STAREEG Bv Thornton
DELI Il AVAA - - OAoAAzO ". Burgess.

Crow was surrounded There he was in
the nidts of the flock.
At first they were silent. Instead of
the usual chatter and noisy calling back
and forth, there was complete silence
Jim Crew began to have an uncomfort-
ahle feeling. He decided that ne didn't
care for the company of these black fell
lows. So he took to his wings and
headed toward Farmer Browns door
yard. But the instant he took to his
wings, the others did likewise and
somehow Jim Grow found two or three
of them right IN his way. They inter-
fered with him. Yes, sir, they did Just
that They interfered so that. do what
he would, he couldn't fiy in the direc-
Jion he wanted to. He tried his best.
He few up. He flew down. But all the
time some of the other crows kept right
along with him and gradually forced
him in another direction. BY and by he
realized that these Grows were taking
him over to the Green Forest.
Cav, Caw!" cried Jim Grow. I want
to go home"
cav. CaWw That is just where you
are going" replied another Grow.
cav, Caw!" said Jim Grow. MY
home isn't in the Green Forest
Grow. "If your home isn't IN the Green
Forest it should be. You were born IN
the Green Forest and We are going 10
take you back there" -,
But l don't want to go back there"
complained Jim Crow. Il nave peeh
back once and don't like it.
THAT makes no difference" replied
the other Crow in a tone that Jim
Crow didn't like at ALL you've got to
go just the same; so you may as well
come along without making any fuss.
But Jim Grow didn't want 10 go. as
have already said, and he aid. MS very
best not to 60 He tried 20 duck and
dodge The more he tried 20 DUCK ana
dodge. the more determined the otner
crows were that he should go along
with them. BY this time Jim Grow was
beginning To feel n little frightened.
YES. sir. he was beginning to feel lit
tle frightened. He didn't understand
lust what this meant. Never hau ne
been treated Just this way before.
Somehow, he didn't like the way some
If those other Crows looked at MIN.
They looked at him as If they olon I
like him. From first feeling uneasy,
Jim Grow gradually grew TO ieel reany
and truly frightened But there was
nothing he could do about IL ana go
finally he made the best OF pao maj
ter and few along without making any
attempt to get away
What are we going over here for
he asked of one of his nearest neigh
bors
cav. Cav! You'll see when We get
there" replied the other Grow. You'll
see when We get there"
| And this was all that Jim Crow could
! get from him.
| Copyright 193ol
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Clever Ribbon Trimming Is Used.
BY MARY MARSHALL.

cedure is to cut out the sketch of the
ribbon along the curved line and with
this as a pattern cut out the piece of
pasteboard in the same curve. Then
lay this pattern along the ribbon as
sou mark.
When the ribbon is marked that is
about all there is to it. Shir coarsely
along the curved line pull the thread
UP to the desired length and fasten
each length of the shirred ribbon where
you want 1t on the dress If you are
making the shirring for the skirt 1t is
best to divide the length of ribbon into
four equal lengths and sl1ir them sep
srately. You may use ribbon that is
wider or narrower With wider ribbon
you should use longer scroll and with
narrow ribbon shorter scroll. Many
different ways of using the shirred rib
bon trimming win doubtless occur to
you.
Copyright 1897
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men. They were addressed TO Col. Rob-
ert Hanson Harrison, aide-de-camp on
Washington's staff, and had been placed
in the file of the House of Represent
atiVes by Harrison's heirs in support of
a Revolutionary claim.
Generally speaking little is known of
these documents. Resurrected from the
files of the House. although catalogued
in the Library of Congress, they are
constructively in possession Of the
House.
Thsir discovery resulted from Pages
love for history and his habit of period
ically going on what he describes as
"voyages of discovery" in the House file
room.
Years ago, when he was an assistant
file clerk in the House, Page by sheer
accident ran across this priced collec-
ton of documents. He remembers
wildly the excitement occasioned by his
discovery and how his immediate supe-
rior in the file room, when first shown
the letters, ordered all doors locked and
sat down and cried like baby.
On this morning, as We rummaged
through the collection, letter after let
ter in Washington's own handwriting
was handed us for inspection.
There was one which was particularly
interesting. 1t was dated at Mount
Vernon, November 10, 1881, and was
directed to Col. Harrison. 1t dealt with
the surrender of CORVALLIS at York
town.
T thank you for your kind con-
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gratulations on the equalization Of
Corvallis" Washington wrote his aide
de-camp, az" but If it should be
the means of relaxation and sink us
into supineness & security 1t had better
not have happened.
%" One thing we are sure of
and that is. that the only certain way
to obtain peace Is to be prepared for
war"
And there were others Just as inter-
esting. just as historically valuable.
One commanded his aide-de- camp to
make sure that some soldiers afflicted
with smallpox received adequate care
Page recalled that Washington himself
suffered from this rnalady. thus ex-
planning his interest in this incident.
Another inquired as to Col Harrison's
disposition. Washington. says Page. had
a temper, and this letter showed the
care he exercised to have no one in hi,
official family who would be likely to
provoke a clash.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-07
Yellow Bean Salad.

Remove the strings from some yell
low beans. break the beans into one-inch
pieces and wash and cook them in boil
ing sailed water until soft. Drain and
put back on the stove. SWeeten three
tablespoontuls of vinegar to taste, boil
for a minute, then pour over the beans
and heat to the boiling point Add one
cupful of sweet or sour cream mixed
with one teaspoonful of -four. Season
with salt and paprika. Stir until thick
and then pour into serving dish. Serve
very cold
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big safe.
When the steel
door opened he
reached in and
brought forth a
package Of papers
sere with age.
Long had he
promised me the
oppor nifty of
locking at these
papsrs, some of
W h i C h. he said,
should be read by
every American.
In that package
were original holo-
graph letters of
George Washington
aud nthar famous
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Peach Cock tail.

Drain two cupfuly of sliced peaches.
To half cupful of peach strip add
the juice of half an orange, one table
spoonful of lemon Juice and one or two
tablespoonfuls of powdered sugar. Stir
until the sugar is dissolved, pour over
the peaches, and chill thoroughly.
Then arrange in six small sherbet cups
and garnish with a maraschino cherry
or two crystallized or fresh mint leaves.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-07
CREAM OF POTATO.

One quart milk, three good size
potatoes. two slices onion, one
end one-half teaspoons salt. two
tablespoons butter. two table
spoons -four, one-half teaspoon
celery salt, one-eighth teaspoon
pepper. one teaspoon chopped
parsley. Cook potatoes in boiling
water, rub through sieve. Scald
milk with onion. Add potatoes
and other ingredients.
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MOTHERS
Care of TOYS on Wheels.
AND THEIR CHILDREN

Being in middle class circumstances
we can afford to buy for our three
children a moderate number of toys,
sleds, scooters, roller skates, wagons,
etc. but we cannot afford to have them
abused and worn out before their time
We have trained our children that toys
and wheels must be oiled regularly,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-07
DOROTHY DIx'S LETTER BOX
Does the Violet or the Butterfly Make Better
Wife why American Women Slouch

EAR think would the better wife the r
~ who about with boys or m
strict that never been
attention ~
would choose
girl had attention
from
generally better Judge Of what she wants h IN
looked
so to speak SO she picks out sonn I"
Then she knows She experience and she
their dispositions
blind their faults But best Of all she is ready to settle
tired of dancing running AROUND ana her
girls fed
society home
their novelty
anywhere wants after she Is
everywhere after
kick out and
than she does out of Jazz palace It the won who
hevn indulge in after DOROTHY DIX.
tell the American girls
exhausted
unconscious form of modesty Just because they are
J. W. B.
a physical ancton 1t IS
initiating
the last Of
mamation the that exhibit
in his ackad
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Early one morning Jim Grow new
down on the Green Meadows. 1t was
lust after Farmer Browns Boy had let
him out IN the morning. He liked to go
down on the Green Meadows and hunt
for grasshcppers and other insects. to
say nothing of the excitement of trying
to catch a mouse. Presently there ap-
peared from the Green Forest flock of
Crows-the flock to which his father
and mother belonged. They saw Jim
Grow at once. Instead Of passing ON to
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Here is a new French frock with
clever ribbon trimming. pont you
agree with us that it is unusually FEM
iIiine and picturesque7
To make the trimming get rather
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sort and cut strips of it twice as long
as the length of the material where
you wish to place it. Then mark the
ribbon with a long Securing line from
end to end Mark with pencil or
French chalk If with pencil make
the marks lightly. The easiest pro-
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A WASHINGTON DAYBOOK
BY HERBERT PLUMMER.

TN his spacious Office in the Capitol
L the othsr day Tyler Page, clerk of
the House of Representatives. who has
been in the service Of that body for
almost half a century, twirled the dial
o1,,, h;y flor, M, hiS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-07
VEGETABLE SALAD.

Mix together one cup of string
beans cut into small pieces, one
cup of peas, one cup OF finely
cut celery, one cup Of boiled beets
cut into dice and one-half cup
Of dried cooked carrots. Use
French dressing and serve on a
bed OF crisp lettuce leaves. Rub
the bottom of the salad bowl
with garlic and let stand one-haf
hour before saving.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-07

Great heat will cause chameleon
to turn a brilliant green, while cold will
affect him adversely, until he becomes
a slate gray. At night time he will turn
a delicate shade of cream
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Straight Talks to Women About Money
BY MARY ELIZABETH ALLEN

ductive use of the money or article
that stands for money one has bor-
rowed. OF course. a iustifiable debt is
always one you can repay.