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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-12
Today in
Washington History
BY DONALD A. CRAIG.

May IL, 1865.-The prisoners who are
on trial here today in the improvised
military court room in the grounds of
the Washington Arsenal on the charge
of conspiracy to assassinate President
Lincoln, and attempt to murder several
other Government officials, are David E.
Herold, George A. Atzerott, Lewis Payne,
Michael O'Laughlin, Edward Spangler
Samuel Arnold, Mrs. Mary E. Surratt
and DR.. Samuel E. Mudd. The local
and out-of-town papers have been print
ing long articles about their lives and
every particular that they could get
about them.
Mrs. Surratt is attracting much pub
lie attention. She was raised near
Waterloo, on Calvert Manor, Md. Her
father died when she was young. AS
she grew up she displayed considerable
force of character and expressed de-
sire for better education than it was
possible for her to get in her neigh
borhood. She was accordingly sent to
female seminary at Alexandria, Va.
After returning to her mothers home
following her schooling, she became an
acknowledged belle, in Prince Georges
County, Md. She married Surratt about
1885. Their home was burned by slaves,
who were said to have been goaded by
the cruelty of Mr.. Surratt to perform
the act. She and her husband barely
escaped with their lives. Later Surratt
became engaged on the Orange and
Alexandria Railroad as contractor
On finishing that work he came back
to Prince Georges County, buying a
farm on which he established the tav-
ern known as "Surratt's." He was I'M
educated, and when he was appointed
postmaster his wife did thst part of the
work.
They had three children. One boy
went South at the outbreak of the war
and is reported to have joined the Con-
federate army. Their ynoathies were
always with the Southern cause. The
father, who was known as an inoffen-
sive pro-slavery man, died about three
years ago.
Mrs. Surratt then came to Washing
ton and opened boarding house on
H street, where the conspirators are al
legged to have held their meetings and
planned their campaign of assassina-
ton.
Surratts, farm and house, is situated
on the mail route from Washington tc
Leonardtown, Md, and is about IL miles
from the Washington Post Office, at the
junction of the Marlboro and Piscata-
| way roads. The house is a tWo-story
| frame with rooms and porches on the
front and one side.
The farm has yielded a profit in to-
| bacco and wheat since it has been
| leased to John M. Lloyd, who took II
over when Mrs. Surratt came to Wash
| ington after her husbands death.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-12
Beautiful Ewes.

I am always receiving letters from
readers asking what to do to make the
eyes more beautiful. So today let's list
the number of things a woman can
do to make her eyes more expressive
or a more prominent feature of her
face. OF course, the eyes should be
the most prominent part of the face,
the most remembered, the most beau
tiful
AS to shape-nothing can be done.
We hear of actresses having the skin
at the edge of the eyes slit a trifle, to
make them larger-leave that for the
movie stars, If they really have 1t done,
which 1 doubt. But the eyebrows can
be shaped, thinned, made thicker, dyed,
bleached or touched up with mascara
and treated with hair tonic. And per-
fectly shaped, dark eyebrows add i'm
mensely to the beauty of the eyes
themselves. We talked of these meth
DDS the other day.
The eyelashes can be treated with
castor oil, darkening tonic, to make
them longer, thicker and deeper in
color. This will make the eyes seem
larger and shadow them so they'll be
lovely even though they were not so
before. Mascara or my black cold
cream can be used as temporary way
of making them blacker and thicker.
1t is best used in the evening. Eve
shadowing powder comes, too, to be
used over the eyelids and spread out
beyond them. This gives them bril-
lance and seems to increase their size.
1t can only be used for evenings, though.
Now, for more sensible methods.
Keep in good health-a sluggish liver
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-12
Avoid Contrast When Using Gray
BY MARY MARSHALL.

as pastel tones Of green that produce
pleasing harmonies.
In the gray crepe de chine dress
shown in the sketch cream-color lace
at the neck gives just the contrast
needed. and makes the dress becoming
to many women to whom plain gray
would be trying.
The tied ends at the wrist are an
other becoming note. An actress known
for her good taste in dress says that
every costume should have at least one
bow or tie. Placed at the wrists she
says they are most fattering to the
hands.
The girdle on the dress, copied from
an original French model, is easy to
make and gives the much desired snug
hipline. For an average figure a strip
of material Al inches long and IL inches
wide is needed. Sits inches deep
and inches apart are made at each
end. A dart is taken at the side oppo-
site the tied ends to adjust fullness to
the tapering of the waist. The girdle is
finished at the edges by picot or a very
narrow hem.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-12
Pineapple Trife.

IN one-fourth cupful of cold water
soak for five minutes one and one
half tablespoonfuls of gelatin, then
dissolve over hot water. Add two cup
fuls Of crushed pineapple and half q
cupful of sugar, then set the pan In
crushed ice and stir until the mix
ture thickens. Add one-third cupful
of chopped nuts, two tablespoonfuls of
chopped maraschino cherries and one
cupful Of marshmallows cut into small
pieces. Fold In one cupful of heavy
cream stiff1y beaten. Turn into indi-
vidual molds rinsed in cold water and
chill. Serve unmolded with a little
whipped cream on top and garnish with
/ maraschino cherry.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-12
OUR CHILDREN
BY ANGELO PATRI

and 1t is as though he unlocked a door
to a heavenly land where nothing can
reach him to trouble him, no worry no
haste, no fear, no discomfort can Seep
through as long as he Is within the
mystic walls thrown round him by his
book. Let him alone. Why force lone
illness upon his spirit by thrusting him
into a world that is strange to him and
to all that he is?
There is a child who finds joy in
creating beauty. Give him a lump of
clay, sheet of fair paper and some
color and a brush, bit of wood and
chisel, loom and some rags, a sheet
of paper and pencil and quiet-some-
thing that touches his hands and be-
comes a part of him, and at once he
expresses his desire for creative beauty
Let him alone, beseech you. There
is no loneliness like that of the creative
spirit apart from its work, 1t is not your
work, it is not mine. 1t is peculiarly the
child's own way of peace and happi-
ness. Why force him into bleak lone
illness when he knows a world peopled
by all the masters of art, by all the IL
lusive spirits of beauty?
For a lonely child is not lonely for
people. He lives in world of people
They are all strangers to him unless
they can speak in the language of his
spirit. All else is foreign to him-just
as it is to you and to me. Speak to us
of what we understand and we love you
come close to you in fellowship and in
love. But speak to us of what we do
not know, of what we cannot under
stand, you are a stranger to us and we
flee from you.
I am pleading for understanding of
individual children. If you have given
them every advantage, If their school
is the best possible, If the course is out
lined and interpreted by experts, and
still this child remains outside, lonely,
search his spirit for the answer. Only
there will you find 1t.
(CopyriRht. 1901
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-12
BORN THAT WAY

He is indeed lucky mortal who is
in love with honest toll, who is impelled
to sing and chortle when wrestling with
the stubborn soil; who wears smile
that's truly sunny. and huns a merry
roundelay, while he is earning useful
money by saving wood or baling hay.
He Is inclined to look with pity, with
pity, sorrow and disdain, upon his TEL
bowman, less gritty, to whom work gives
a convex pain. He says, Hard work
will never hurt you," and buckles down
to work some more; he makes of in
dustry virtue, and idle people make
him sore. And yet the garlands are
bestrew, for he was born alert and
eager, without a lazy bone or thew.
If he were doomed to rest forever
twould be a punishment severe; for
he was built for fierce endeavor, for
ceaselesS labors, year by year. Long,
long ago-the date is hazy-I landed
on this good old earth and I was born
supremely lazy, toll seemed thing of
little worth. I hated every form of
labor, detested working with a hoe or
pruning fruit trees with a saber, or
going forth to reap or sow. never
smiled when was shearing my fathers
sheep or feeding swine, and no one ever
heard me cheering when I was milking
patient kline. groaned and wept when
was splitting the days supply Of
kindling wood, and grandma paused
where she was knitting to say I surely
was no good. I sobbed and sighed
when I was hidden to ply the garden
rake or spade, while I was longing to
be hidden in some cool hammock in
the shade. The fellows who were fond
of working looked down on me with
deepest Scorn as they went plumbing,
baking, clerking or cultivating rows of
corn. And looked down on them with
sorrow. with sympathy too deep to speak
as chaps who'd sweat today, tomorrow,
and keep on sweating all next week.
WALT MASON.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-12
Lonely Children.

It is astonishing how many lonely
children there are in the world. Chill
dren seeking some friendly face, some
kindly word, some comforting spirit
somewhere along their route of duty.
Being an only child is not the chief
cause of loneliness. have met the
loneliest of children in big families.
Loneliness is a matter of the spirit. It
is an inner hunger for that which will
feed the soul. The soul of this particu-
lar child, not all other children, is what
must be considered.
Some children find companionship in
nature. You will find such a child
contentedly sitting, his eyes fixed on
some lovely cloud. Or he paddles in a
stream, hopping gaily from stone to
stone and laughing in unison with the
water swirling about his feet. The stars
and the trees and the flowers and the
birds have words for him. All kinds of
weather are his weather and he is a
child of the open. Let him fulfill his
hunger and do not try to substitute your
food for his. Let him alone.
The child who loses himself in book
shuts out loneliness. He opens his book
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-12
Everyday Psychology
BIZ DIR. JESSE W. sPRowLs.

Tact.
webster's Dictionary defines tact as
ready power of approaching and doing
what is required by circumstances"
AS in the case of many other social
traits. your tact is never called into
question until you have done some
thing to demonstrate that you don't
have it.
A recent analytical study of this
important trait shows that 1t has at
least 1,173 sides, which teaches, us
something of the chances we take in
demonstrating inability to do what
is required, by circumstances.
In the order of their frequency of
occurrence in every life, the following
denote the more important signs OF the
lack of tact:
/. Continually talking in the first
person.
2. Boosting about ones self.
3. Talking too much.
4. Speaking out of turn.
S. 81 told you So"
8. Not taking criticism kindly.
Z. Dressing conspicuously.
8. Causing another's plans to fail.
9. Talking about ones own misfor-
tunes.
TO- Inattention when another is
talking.
IL. Assuming that you are always
right on all questions.
Copyright, 1907
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-12

learned one good trick for Summer
bedding. My hostess took a Summer
blanket of light weight and made a
shade.
1.-The material covered the blanket
just like a comforter cover. The edges
were bound with washable ribbon.
"Then the blanket was kept smooth
and fiat in its null cover by small
bows Of ribbon which we're put on just
like the yarn ties in comforters.
Back in the East when we put
blankets away for the Summer we need
to find some sort of enveloping cover.
Sometimes put the heaviest ones in
the cedar chest or cedar closet.
But the lightweight blankets which
we may need for an occasional Sum-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-12
Home i'm Good Taste
BY SARA HILAND.

Wouldn't it be wonderful to have a
living room large enough to have
card table and four chairs set up In it
so that there would be always opportu-
nifty to play bridge at a moments notice
without robbing the other rooms Of
chairs!
1t isn't enough to have regulation
table and four chairs-they must be
comfortable ones. A comfortable table
Is one that does not bend, sway or
wabble at the slightest touch, and the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-12
NANCY PACE
Blankets Covered or Put
in Envelopes
BIZ FLORENCE La GANKE.

Lois had letter from cousin in
California. II am so sorry that you
and your new baby cannot come out
to stay with us this Summer. am
so sorry for you back in the hot East.
Of course 1t is warm here in the day
time, but the evenings and nights are
always cool. You could sleep like a top
out here" Lois read the letter to
Nancy Queer how proud Californians
are of their wonderful climate, isn't 1t?
But then they do have good deal
to talk about at that The Summer
nights are wonderful for sleeping"
when was out there, Lois, I
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-12
Danny Has a Fight.
BE he wrong or be he right,
The coward runs; he will not fight.
Danny MeadnW Mniiaa

Danny Meadow Mouse had gone
right past the old tin can in which
Nanny Meadow Mouse had escaped
from Flip the Terrier. You see, Danny
didn't know she was there. He was in
q hurry, was Danny. Those little legs
Of his were moving very fast for such
q little fellow.
"Oh dearl" said Danny. ST haven't
the last idea where Nanny has gone.
do hope that dog didn't get her.
given her terrible fright. There is
no knowing where she has gone. If
only there were some nice little run
ways all cut, I would know better
where to go. All, here is a little path!
Some other Mouse must have made It.
Perhaps Nanny found this
1t was easier going in this little path,
and Danny scampered along thinking
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-12
Egg Biscuit.

Three cups pastry -four. teaspoon
fuls baking powder, teaspoonful salt,
S tablespoonfuls butter, eggs, well
beaten, and ia cups milk. Mix -four,
baking powder and salt. Cut in butter
with knife. Mixing with knife, add
eggs and milk When soft dough forms
place it on Toured paper or board. Pat
out with fingers until dough is II inch
thick. Cut out biscuits with cutter.
Place side by side on creased baking
pan. Bake IL minutes in moderate
oven, Serve hot,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-12
May Dessert.

Eight sponge cake circles, one quart
orange sherbet, one cup whipped cream,
one-half cup diced marshmallows. three
tablespoonfuls sugar, one teaspoonful
vanilla, one-half cup candied orange
peel and one-half cup sailed pecans.
Bake sponge cake in shallow pan. Use
cutter two inches in diameter and cut
out eight circles. Arrange these on
serving plates and top with rounds of
orange sherbet. Mix whipped cream,
marshmallows and vanilla. Spread on
sherbet. Sprinkle with orange peel
and pecans The sailed pecans add q
flavor which is most acceptable.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-12

Of nothing but catching up with Nanny.
He didn't even think of danger to
himself. He wanted Nanny and Nanny
was all he could think about.
Danny Travelled until he grew tired
Then he found tusSock of grass
There was new grass, but there was
also lot of old grass, which was more
or less matted down. Under this was
q good hiding place and there Danny
took a long rest. 1t was dusk when
Danny finally started on again. He
didn't know where he was going. He
wanted to find Nanny, but he had no
idea where to look for her. So he
began to wander about aimlessly. Now
and then he stopped for bite to eat.
Somehow, Danny felt as lonesome as
ever he had felt in all his life.
He was wandering along little path
made long before by some other
Meadow Mouse. Presently he came to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-12
Copyright. 1e30.)
DAILY DIET RECIPE
CURRIED LAMB STEW.

CURR1ED LAMB STEW.
Lamb shank, three pounds:
sliced onion, one cupful; fat, one
tablespoonful; canned tomatoes,
one quart, water, one quart; cell
cry leaves, minced, one-quarter
cupful: curry powder, one table
spoonful; salt, two teaspoonfuls;
worcestershire, one tablespoon
full; diced potatoes, two cupfuls;
diced carrots, two cupfuls.
SERVES 6 OR 7 PORTIONS.
Have lamb cut in uniform
pieces. Dredge lightly with flour.
Put fat In stewpan, add onion
and Toured lamb. Brown these.
Add tomatoes, salt, curry, Wor-
cestershire, water and bring to
boiling point, reduce heat and
simmer about one hour till meat
is tender. Add vegetables and
also one cupful green peas if de-
sired. Cook moderately about 30
minutes longer until vegetables
are cooked. Dumplings could be
cooked in stew Just before serving
time If desired.
DIET NOTE.
Recipe furnishes protein. some
starch, as well as iron, lime, vita
minis A, B and c. Can be eaten
by adults of normal digestion who
are OF average or under weight.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-12
Turnips and Spareribs.

Peel and quarter eight turnips, put
over the fire in a saucepan with two
pounds of spareribs, with just enough
water to cover, add salt and pepper to
taste, with half teaspoonful of sugar
over the turnips, taking care to have
the meat at the bottom of the pan.
Cook for one and one-half hours, or
until done. This is delicious.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-12

chairs should not be the kind that
makes every player wish he could be
dummy and get up and walk about.
In the illustration is shown a table
of metal construction which is bound
to make it sturdy, and the chairs are
unusually comfortable, as bridge chairs
go. The seats, backs and arms are up
holstered with Rat-weave material,
for material with Pile is much warm
er, and the rounded backs are always
found to be unusually comfortable.
If there is not sufficient room IN the
living room, perhaps there Is space
in the sun room which may be spared
for this permanent bridge "set-up."
Copyright. 1930)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-12

Like certain succulent vegetables Of
q very mild flavor, gray usually needs
something to give 1t seasoning. Other
wise it is too neutral, little insipid
The good cook knows that important
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-12

CREAM LACE WAS
CHOSEN FOR THE VEST OF THIS
DRESS OF GRAY CREPE DE
CHINE, WHICH Is MADE SNUG
OVER THE HIPS BY ONE OF THE
NEW TIED GIRDLES.
as the seasoning is with mild tasting
foods, it should be rather delicate. And
so with gray--too strong a color con-
trast should be avoided. Red or bright
green should not be chosen as color
companions for gray, but there are soft
shades of coral and light rose as well
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-12

Prices realized on Swift & Company
sales of carcass beef in Washington, D. c.,
for week ending Saturday, May 10, 1880, on
shipments sold out, ranged from IS so cents
to -. 90 cents per pound and averaged 1887
cents per nd.--Advertisement
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-12
IRISH MOSS PUDDING.

One-third cupful Irish moss
bought at any large grocery
store), fill cup with water, soak
Is minutes, wash, pick over and
strain. Add four cupfuls cold
milk. Put in double boiler and
boil 80 minutes, then strain ana
add pinch of salt and one and
one-half teaspoonfuls vanilla or
do not flavor at all. Put in molds
to cool.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-12

mer night are kept In envelopes Of null
or unbleached muslin or figured Eng
lish print.
THE blanket Is folded into fairly
small compass. Then material Is cut
to make an envelope covering.
THE edges are bound with ribbon.
The flap has a buttonhole which in
closes nice plump, bone button. In
this case the blanket is kept clean and
folded. It Is but the work of a mo-
ment to slip the cover of and get the
blanket for the bed"
(Copyrisht, 1e30.)
Seven hundred unemployed seamen at
Hull, England, recently passed resolu-
ton protesting against Arabs being en-
ployed as firemen on British ships.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-12
BEET-CABBAGE SALAD.

BEET CABBAGE SALAD.
Two cupfuls cooked beets, chop
ped; two cupfuls raw cabbage,
one small onion. Mix and add
salt, sugar and vinegar as for
coleslaw. A salad dressing may
be added; also garnish with hard
boiled eggs, sliced, If desired.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-12

One jar of Clipped beef, three
potatoes cut in dice, four pieces
toast. Boil potatoes until done;
then make a white sauce as fol-
lows: Two tablespoonful but
ter (melted), two tablespoonfuls
flour, one and one-half cupfuls
milk. Mix flour with butter, stir
in slowly milk, a pinch of salt and
pepper. Cook carefully until 1t
thickens, add Clipped beef,
which has been torn in small
pieces, and potatoes. Stir well
and cook for a minute. Pour on
hot, buttered toast and serve at
once.
New Britain herald., 1930-02-22

interesting, In message lo Con- grcss, Dee, |, lNG2, President Ahra- nam Lincoln offered the prediction that in l92o the United State would have 2Jl ,6H0,9ll inhabitants, A matter of fact, it will have in that wear les thar half that number,
 Lincoln Gas witty slatisticjau ha= rcmarkcd) "carNcd the future iq large ~Ilccs, but he cut the slices much too thIck.' He based his reckoning upon the rate of population increase during the first seventy years of the life of the republic But the rate. since hi- time, has steadily diminished. Fewer babies are born. Families are growing smaller. In IincoIn's tune it was not uncommon for a family to have eight or ten children; nowadays two or three appear usually to suffice.
 The cause seems to be mainly econ. omic, The high cost of living has helped to reduce the size of the average American family. To rear and educate children is an expensive business these days. One authority has said that the growing idea of setting a limit on the number Of offspring has more effect