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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-08

''I do not remember ever seeing q
greater optimist," Is the required form,
not 81 never remember seeing"
An optimist Is one who looks on the
bright side Of things: one who, with or
without sufdcient reason, hopes for the
best; as, good physicians are optimists: ;
too many optimists spoil the stock
market.
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English questions, inelose 7e stamp.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-08

LIVER since Jack Garner took over
- the job Of Democratic floor leader
in the House last April he has been
waiting for the opportunity 10 take
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-08
DAILY DIET RECIPE

Butter. one-quarter cup.
SERVES FOUR OF FIVE
PORTIONS.
Break caultnower into tiny
sections or fioverettes. Wash
well. Steam until tender-about
20 minutes. Dress with melted
butter.
DIET NOTE.
Recipe furnishes fiber, lime,
iron, vitamins A and 3. Can be
given to children six years and
over Can be eaten by normal
adults Of average or under weight
and by folks wishing to reduce
If amount Of butter were cut
down.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-08
Yours, too,
can look ::
attractive
this modern denhfice
is GINNING millions

you have your favorite dentifrice
i but lay it aside for one month
while you try this new one which has
won more than q million users in the
last four years.
Listerine Tooth Paste is it's name
made by the makers of Listerine. There
can be no question of its quality.
Note how quickly it removes tartar
and discoloration from dull, off-eolor
teeth. Note how their natural whiteness
becomes apparent. See how. it makes
them glisten-a brilliant luster such as
nature intended.
Observe how it penetrates tiny be-
tween-the-teeth crevices and washes out
matter that causes decay.
And then-note the wonderful, fresh,
clean feeling it imparts to the mouth,
that sense of IMMIGRATION you associate
with Listerine itself. Lambert Pharma-
cal Company, St. Louis, Mo-, U. S. A.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-08

see what aid they can get in that quar-
ter.
We have accepted clothes that are
decidedly more elaborate and often les
comfortable than those to which we
have become accustomed, but 90 far
we have held out against q return Of
high collars. All fashions, they say.
come back In the course Of events and
possibly 1t Is only matter Of waiting
TO see return Of day clothes that At
up to the chin. Several times Of late
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-08

MENU FOR A DAY.
BREAKFAST.
Cereal with Dates.
Sausage Cakes.
Potato Balls.
Hot Mufins.
Coffee.
LUNCHEON.
Omelet with Tomato Sauce.
Hot Baking Powder Biscuits.
Peach Shortcake.
Whipped Cream.
Tea.
DINNER.
Cream Of Mushroom Soup.
Baked Slice Of Ham.
flashed Brown Potatoes.
Creamed Celery.
Vegetable Salad
Fig Pudding.
Hard Sauce.
Coffee.
MUFrnls.
Use one and one quarter CUES
Of graham -four, one cup Of
white -four, one cup OF sour milk,
one-third cup Of rnolasses, three
quarter teaspoon Of soda, one tea
spoon salt. Have iron mufhn
pans creased and hot. Bake In q
very hot oven.
OMELET, TOMATO SAUCE.
-Four eggs, four tablespoons
cold water, pepper, salt, two
tablespoons butter. Melt the
butter in q frying pan. Beat
yolks of eggs, add the water.
Beat whites and fold into yolks.
Fry on one side until brown, set
In hot oven to brown top. Serve
with tomato sauce On Q hot
platter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-08

You can, for instance, get toaster with that $500
you save by using Listerine Tooth Paste. Its cost
(ass large tube is about half Of that of the ordi-
nary dentifrce. And millions, both men and women,
having proved that it cleans teeth whittier, are glad
to take advantage Of this economy.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1930-04-11
Mace Not "Mere BaubIe"
to British Statesmen

flake away that bauble," was Crom-
wells scornful remark, referring to
the mace of the house of commons,
and the speaker Of the house in the
federal capital Of Australia must be
some refreshing kind Of modern Crom-
well. Declaring that 1t is only relic
Of barbarism, and represents nothing
relating to the crown, he ordered the
Canberra mace banished to some store
room, fate that has struck horror to
some In England. Old Subscriber there
is writing to the press to say 1t does
represent some flavor Of royalty and
to inquire whether a weakening Of the
tie with king and mother country is
indicated. r...
Borrowing from the bundle Of whip
ping rods and an ak head carried be-
fore certain Roman officials, the Lon
don house has long had an ornate club
called mace as part of its regalia,
and the royal arms carved on 1t are
generally held to be merely patriotic
establishment. Though given into the
custody of an executive officer be-
tween sessions, 1t is looked upon as
the peculiar symbol Of the authority
of the house itself, which not infre-
quently has been in collision with roy
atty. Under the commonwealth mace
was used with carven flowers and cross
and globe, but 1t was hastily discard
ed after the restoration and mace.
with the old design and the initials Of
Charles II, &c. r." was substituted,
the identical one still In use.-St.
Louis Globe-Democrat.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1930-04-11
Monarch and Minister
Both Soldiers at II

l have said that Louis was military I;
from the childhood when he ranged
little toy silver regiments and har-
messed toy guns to dogs, to the last
great day before Perpignan. have
said that Richelleu was essentially q
commander. Well, the two men having
this one capital national quality in
common, though very differently exer-
cised in each, were linked by 1t. They
were both, at heart, soldiers.
Louis XIII would never have made
a good general officer; Richelieu would
not only have made one of the best
general officers In history, but did In
practice act as a general officer Of the
highest talent; and II he had been
called emperor instead OF cardinal,
the whole world would see 1t.
Louis XIII could never have swept
over mass Of detail with his eye,
choosing the exact instant In which
to plant the blow, to fall on the de-
fenslve, or to retire, organize, and
triumph through organization. He
could not ever have handled great
numbers Of men.
Richelieu had all those qualities.
But both men differing so vastly in
the degree of their military talent,
were military to the core, and therein
is found the true point Of contact be-
tween them.-From "Richelieu," by
Hilaire Belloc.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1930-04-11
Patti Only Member of
Fair Sex at Banquet

In 1859 Adelina Patti made her de-
but at the Academy Of Music in New
York in Lucia" says writer in the
Brooklyn Eagle Magazine. Not since
Jenny Lind had singer so captivated
her audience. To the end Of their
lives many Of her admirers insisted
that she was the last one entitled to
be called 'la diva"
Twenty-Five years later, in 1884, Pat
ii again sang at the academy. To her
honor a banquet was planned by
number of prominent New York men,
including Judge DAILY, William Stein
way and Nathan Stetson. Naturally
the wives Of these men were expected
to be present, but they virtuously re-
fused to sit at the table with Patti,
who had been divorced from her first
husband, the Marquis De Caux, and
married to Nicollni, the Italian tenor.
Extremely embarrassed, the gentle
men sent committee to put the case
to Nine. Patti as delicately as posi-
BILE, and ask her If she would consent
to be the guest Of themselves only.
Patti consented unhesitatingly, and
she was the only woman present at q
party of some seventy masculine ad-
mirers, in the ballroom of the Hotel
Brunswick.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1930-04-11
Unthinking Spenders

The spending of money is so easy
among the liberal that they do not
always reckon closely as to its source.
For Instance, there was Sir Francis
Walslngham, who was Queen Eliza
beth's secretary Of state. Few of her
council" says Hallam, initiated the
noble dlsinterestedness of Walsing-
ham, who spent his own estate in her
service, and left not sufficient to pay
his debts" Sir Francis, of course, in
the generous Outpouring of his heart
and purse, had no thought that he
was not merely spending his own
money, but that of other people, or
that, in his enthusiasm, he was guilty
of bad faith to his creditors. There
are many Sir Franchises in the world,
and sometimes they command a good
deal Of admiration and respect-until
1t comes to the settlement of their
estates.-Indlanapolls News.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1930-04-11
When Lord Kitchener
Overplayed His Hand

Stories about Lord Kitchener are al
ways cropping up. Here is one which
seems to be new. The civic dignI-
taries Of certain town wanted to
make him presentation, and decided
the best thing they could give him
would be a piece of china. Being
aware Of Kitchener's expert knowl-
edge of china, the donors were anx-
iOus to make sure Of his approval,
so they put 1t on the table at a lunch
he attended. 1t was a fine and rare
piece, and as soon as the great man
sat down he cooked an appraising eye
upon 1t, and at once decided he must
secure 1t for his own collection, and
secure 1t cheap. SO he observed in his
gruffest voice that the piece was not
genuine at which the digni-
taries, very much depressed, took it
back to the dealersl The story is told
by Mr.. Compton Mackenzie in "Galli-
poll Memories"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1930-04-11
Educational Plan

A land grant college is an educa-
tional institution which derives at
least a part Of its income from the
sales and rentals of lands granted to
the various states for educational pur-
poses. There have been several land
grant laws The most important one,
however, was passed about 1850 This
law gave to each state 10000 acres Of
land per representative. In this way
II state had ten representatives,, 1t
would have 100000 acres Of land, the
income Of which was to be used In
supporting free education institution
for the people Of that state. Practi-
cally all the state universities Of today
are land grant colleges, and there may
be other institutions in the state such
as technical and industrial schools
which are practically supported in this
manner also.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1930-04-11
Roman Highways Built A
for March of Legions

When the Romans set out to con-
quer the whole known world of their
day, their practical minds came to their
assistance, and they built, as the long
arm Of their conquests spread around
the shores of the Mediterranean, per-
manent highways throughout their en-
pire, primarily for the swift and safe
movement Of their troops throughout
all the countries they conquered, says
writer in the New York Times.
Their first principle was to draw q
straight line between their most Inn
portant camps. The Appian way,
which was begun In 312 B. c., one of
their greatest achievements, extended
throughout the length of the Italian
peninsula from the Forum In the Eter-
nal city itself to Brindisi, from which
the legions embarked on their jour
neys to tba east. The pillar set UP
by Pompey to mark the southern e2-
tremity Of the great road may still be
seen in the modern city. I'D II
The Romans built their roads by
first cutting parallel trenches through
the soil to indicate the width of the
roadway, removing loose earth until
solid foundation was reached. Upon
this four layers of materials were
beaten down, the lowest usually Of fiat
stone sometimes laid In mortar, above
which layer Of coarse concrete of
smashed stones was superposed. Above
this was layer Of finer stones or con-
crete, on which was laid a surface
Of fine stones carefully matched. The
width Of some Of their roads was ID
feet, on each side Of which were un-
paved roadways half as wide again.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1930-04-11
Cactus Well Guarded
Against Its Enemies

Not the shining habiliments Of the
knights Of old, but an outward pro-
lection from a too close approach Of
an enemy, is the covering Of the cac-
tus, which pointedly tells the oncomer
to beware.
A giant variety is seen at its best
in Arizona, not far from Phoenix. 1t
is an unparalleled spectacle. These
sahuaro rear their spiked branches as
high as 40 feet, above the desert. Some
are said to be 200 or 300 years old.
They retain the perennial greenness of
youth and each spring become BRIDE
like in burst Of white blossoms. The
yellow centers Of the flowers mingle
pleasingly with the green.
Other varieties of cacti bear other
cOlors of blossoms. Scarlet and pink,
purple and yellow emphasize the beau
ty Of the pure white flowers Of the
giant trees which tower above and
appear to invite and greet their col
ored friends below.-Exchange
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1930-04-11
Ducal Right to Biscuit
Not to Be Questioned

A certain duke who had apparently
a bottomless purse could not balance
his accounts, or rather his steward
could not. What is the use of being
duke If one has to bother about
money? He had spent only what was
Due to his position. He was not ex-
travagant Oh! dear, no. He had
only what duke should have. Still,
1t was thought advisable to send to
London for the family man of bust
ness to overhaul the household &C.
counts.
The family man Of business went
down to the castle from Lincoln's Inn
Fields and, after weeks work, sub
mitted his report to the duke. Lord
WillOughby de Broke tells the story in
his "reminiscences, 1.-THE Passing
Years."
Begging your grace's pardon" said
the family man of business, 81 see
your grace keeps both an Italian and
a French pastry cook in your grace's
still room. Is not such duplication
superfluous?"
Hang it ALL" exclaimed the duke,
"a fellow must have a biscuitw
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1930-04-11
Almo.t Universal Saying

The phrase, 1.-THE last straw breaks
the camePs back" has its prototype
in the old Spanish proverb, "The ass
endures the load but not the over
load" and there is another which
says, "'Tis the last feather that
breaks the horses back" The prov
erb, "The pitcher goes so often to the
water that It Is broken at last" also
may be traced back to many people.
The French assert: "The jug goes
so often to the water that 1t stays
there" and the Spaniards say, "The
pitcher goes so often to the foun-
tain that 1t gets broken" Den
marks housewives like to say, 1.-THE
goose goes so often to the kitchen
that at last she is fastened to the
spit. Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1930-04-11
Uniformity in Spelling
Making Slow Prorreas

OF all the hundreds of languages
In the world Spanish is recognized as
the most perfect phonetic. The Ital.
ian tongue is a close second. This
is why these tongues are among the
easiest for foreigners to learn. The
French academy has made some prog.
ress toward a uniform spelling Of
French, but the system Is yet far
from perfect.
When 1t is remembered that even
Shakespeare spelled his own name in
10 different ways, 1t is not hard to
sympathize with foreigners and ele-
mentary pupils In our own schools
who face the difficulties of mastering
the multitudlnous forms Of spelling.
Perhaps some time a uniform sys-
TEN may be adopted by English-speak.
ing peoples, but 1t will not be soon
Kansas City Star.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1930-04-11
Motorist Learned That
Small Bow Was Correct

Humor can be found even In park
Ing difficulties. A Brooklyn motor
list had circled two blocks In an eff
fort to find a place to park the other
night. He was taking his family to
q neighborhood motion picture show
and already was ten minutes late
for the feature picture. Finally he
sighted an ideal space near the the
ater Speeding up ahead Of other
motorists he stopped and started to
back into the space.
"YOu can't pawk heah, mistah,"
volunteered fat negro boy from the
curb.
Ignoring the negro boy, the motor
list completed backing his car into
the space, then looked out and an
grlly demanded:
whats the matter with you? What
do you mean. can't park here?"
"Nothin', mistah, nothin' at ALL"
replied the lad with frightened look
as he hastily walked away and re-
vealed a fire plug upon which he had
been sitting and which had been con-
cealed from the view of the driver
New York Sun.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1930-04-11
Hairdressing Carried
to Extremes Long Ago

The busy modern woman has many
things to be thankful for, among them
the fact that she didn't live at the
beginning of the last century when
the lady of fashion was expected to
wear a tower of creased and pow
dered hair foot and half high
and, moreover, was expected to sleep
In it!
The advertisement Of a firm of Lon
don hairdressers of the period reads:
"Messrs. Clark & Clark claim to
have discovered the secret Of doing
gentlewomen's hair to last them In
perfect condition throughout quar-
ter of a year."
Among the individual touches the
same firm offers to willing clients is
"a miniature coach and six to be built
into the snowy towers Of hair
Harper's Bazaar.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1930-04-11
Tranaparent Gem

Hlddenite is green, transparent
variety of spodumene used as a gem
stone. A well-marked pIfsmatlc cleav-
age renders the mineral rather difficult
TO cut. Its color passes from an EN-.
crald green to greenish yellow and
is often uneyenly distributed through
the stone, which shows much FIRE when
properly cut. HiddenIte was original
ly found as loose crystals In the soil,
but was afterward worked In vein
stone where 1t occurred In association
with quartz, garnet aud other min
erals.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1930-04-11
Indians Fond of Water

The bureau of american ethnology
says that the Indians We're remark
able swimmer and some of the tribes
were In the water as much as were
the primitive Polynesians. They swan
six or seven different ways, including
treading water, and would dive to the
bottom of deep water. A common in
stitution among the Indians was the
sweat bath. They would sweat in a
specially constructed sweat house
which was closed up to keep the heat
in, and, when they thought they had
sweated enough, would suddenly run
outdoors, giving warwhoops, throw
themselves into the cold water, and
after Willie re-enter the sweat house
to dry Off, since they had no towels.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1930-04-11
Popular Proverb

A prOverb that seems to have run
the gamut OF all nations is, at is too
late to shut the stable door when the
horse Is stolen"
The English, the Arench, the Dutch,
the Danes, the Italians, and even the
Hindus have applied this old truth,
and have made 1t "A part of their Ian
guage. ut Is too late to cover the
well when tile child is drowned" say
the Danes. "'rhe bird cries out too
late when It is taken" is one French
version; and the Japanese put It thus:
at is too late to cut stick when the
fight is over"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1930-04-11
We're After Luxuries

frequently one hears that the fight
for existence grows harder each year,
meaning that 1t is harder for men to
make living, to get the necessities
Of life. We do not subscribe to that
idea, for never was 1t easier for a man
to get the necessities. The fight of 80
per cent Of the people is for luxuries.
Almost any man can go out and make
a living, get enough food and clothing
and shelter so that he will not suffer.
But 1t is the luxuries of life that we
all demand and not mere living.
We want motor cars, better clothes, a
better education, amusement and a
certain amount of leisure time, all Of
which is laudable and an ambition
worthy Of our time.-Newcastl Times.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1930-04-11
Smoking Fireplaces

simple remedy has been found for
the smoking Fireplace. A piece of
plate glass about four inches wide at
tached to the face of the fireplace
mt the top of the opening will provide
barrier past which the smoke can.
not pass. Changing the air currents,
which are baflled in their attempt to
reach the room. sends all the smoke
up the chimney. where 1t belongs.
The glass, being transparent, is not
so much in evidence as metal battle
or hood and does not disfgure the
fireplace.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1930-04-11
"Climax" Forests

When undisturbed by man or fire,
nature works constantly toward the
perpetuation of certain forest types,
says Forest and Mankind. These are
called climax types, for they represent
the type of forest best fitted to sur
vive in that particular place. Although
this climax type changes with the
region, with altitude, and often with
the soil, 1t is the ultimate type that
nature will grow in that particular
environment. Even on opposite sides
Of the same hill we may find different
types of climax forest.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1930-04-11
Sexes Separate in Church

DIR. Thomas NJ. Strong, in 1912 pas
tor of the Old Dutch Reformed church,
which stands at the intersection of
Church and Flarbush avenues in
Brooklyn, N. Y, once wrote of the in
terror structure of the second church
built on that historic site:
"The male part of the congregations
was seated in a continuous pew all
along the wall, divided into 20 apart
ments, with sufficient number of
doors for entrance, each person hav-
ing one or more seats in one or the
other of these apartments. The resi-
due of the interior of the building was
for the accommodation of the female
part of the congregation, who were
seated on chairs"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1930-04-11
Sicily in Historv

Greek and Phoenician colonies were
established in Sicily in the Eighth
century B. G. at Naxos and elsewhere.
Sicily thus became divided into several
states and Independent cities. The
tyrant Gelon little later transferred
his government to Syracuse, which be-
came for the time the most important
Greek city in Sicily. Meanwhile the
Carthaginians had also made settle
ments in the island at Panormus,
Motya and Solos. Wars between the
Greeks and Carthaginians followed. In
each, success favored now one one
side and now the other. In 1888 B. G.
peace was made between the rivals.
Sicily became a Roman province in
246 B. G.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1930-04-11
Lobsters Legal Status

To have legal status In Maine the
lobster taken from its coast waters
must measure approximately ten and
half inches from the tip of its nose
TO the end of its middle tail fiipper.
Such n measure up to IL inches are
common, and these weigh about two
and three-quarlers ounds In winter
the lohstermen are paid anywhere
rom 10 TO ~ cents pound for their
ntches
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1930-04-11
Had Hi. Coming and Going

policeman on crossing duty caught
a small car sneaking past his appraised
arm. He ierked thumb to command
the driver to pull in to the curb, and
he went across to thrash the matter
out with the culprit.
A minute later he returned to his
post, looking furious passer-by
asked him what was the matter.
"Matter?" he stormed. "rhere's an
old fool about ninety years old in that
car. First he tells me he didn't notice
the signal, because he can't see any
too well, and when told him to get
some glasses I couldn't make him
hear mel"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1930-04-11
Whsn Tima Draaa

The self-made man was in the
midst of his first interview. How"
inquired the reporter, "dId you find
time to read in those formative
years?"
The self-made man patted his chest
proudly.
IL kept a good book open on my
DESK" said he, "and read It during
telephone calls--whlle holding the
wire after some one had said, Just a
moment, please New York Central
Lines Magazine.