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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-18
LITTLE BENNY


I'm q unxle now on account Of my
sister Gladdis having baby, being my
neffew, and this afternoon ! was stand
ing at our frlint window thinking Of
being a unkle, and the fellows was
playing out in the street, me thinking,
G, If wasent unkle Id proberly be
out there yelling and argewing just like
those guys. And thawt, o well, I CESS
mite as well go out and watch them
out in the air. anyways.
Wich I did, and they was playing
sides kicking Pubs SimkinSes foot ball,
Sid Hunt yelling, Come on and get in
side.
Aw, don't feel like playing, I sed,
and they all yelled. Aw, come on, whats
q matter with you? and ! sed, 60 on
and play, don't mind me.
And kepp on standing on the cerb
feeling like a unkle, the fellows YELL
ing, G wiz, watts matter, are you
getting to be a old man, you amt get
ting stuck up all of sudden, are you?
And different things, me not paying any
attention to them, thinking, &c, before
was 9 unkle Id Of thawt I was being
insulted.
And I kepp on watching them and
thinking maybe I might empire the
game for them if they asked me, and
EMMY Star started to wawk pass, being
the bewty looking new gerl in the cor
ner house, saying. How is it your not
playing, Benny?
I'm a unkle, I sed. I been one since
yestiddy. I've got a neffew, sed, and
EMMY Star sed, Well my goodness. is
that anything wonderful? and I sed.
Certeny it is.
Well then I must be at least times
more wonderful than you because I've
got neffews and 2 neeces altogether
counting all my sisters families, she
Sed.
Like fun, sed, and she sed, Go and
ask my mother If you don't bleeve me,
and sed, Well anyways, you'll never
be unkle.
wouldent try, she sed.
And she kepp on going and got In
the game.
Proving nuthing is werth being con-
ceeted about.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-18

he knew nothing about the tricks Of his
trade.
The studio was in jam. The prin-
cipals in the cast stood there in full
makeup. The cameras were inter-
locked. Everything was ready. And no
butler who knew the slightest thing
about buttling. Neither was there an
ex-butler in the group of some 100
extras on the lot that day.
John Howell, technical director,
stepped forward modestly and said:
II will slap little makeup on and
do the job"
What do you know about it?"
II was butler to the Duke of Con-
naught for six years, sir!"
His references were accepted.
The company we're later discussing
how amusing 1t might be II every one
connected with pictures would revert to
his original calling. Richard Wallace,
one OF our best directors, was once a
mortician.
And the ti-millionaire head OF his
concern once Sewed fur pelts together
in a none-too-well ventilated basement
(Copyright, 1880. by North American News
paper Alliance.l
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-18
SUB ROSA
By MIMI.
Style of the Month.

Woman was a long time getting ready
for the short skirt She began by lift
ing her skirt when she crossed the
street which made the thing short FOR
the time being. Then she had an
ankle-high skirt for bad weather In the
days of the Rainy Daisies.
There was also the bufurcated skirt
for bicycling and a funny contraption
used for mountain climbing. This was
sort of belt from which dangled clasps
with which she could hitch up her skirt
when she began to make the ascent Of
the mountain. OF course, she dropped
the skirt when she was back In civiliZa-
when it gets into the harbor.
This up-and-down skirt, seems to
have been something like the kind Of
buds We are supposed to wear today.
In the daytime outdoors, we may wear
the kilt and play Highland LaSsie, but
by night and indoors we are supposed
to trail the long train around. Now 1t
seems that the Fashion Of the Month
Club is going to forecast styles and
give us the proper elevation OF the skirt.
Most women want the skirt where 1t
Is rlow-in the region Of the knees. Some
others want it longer just to keep step
with the styles in Paree. So We have 1t
long on one side and short on the other.
Now, that is the worst ever. We want
our dresses to be long or short. not
long and short.
The trouble with the side-trailer, as
We might call 1t, is that 1t makes for
the uneven hem line and gives woman
an unsteady appearance. It must have
been bad enough when there was q
train hung on behind. like q caboose
on freight train, but it's ever so much
worse when the train Is on the side
like the bath tub on a motorcycle.
When we stop to think about 1t, it is
each jump of the calendar. IT'S all
right to read different kind of book
each month, but not to wear different
style of skirt. 1t would be better to
have the belt with the dangling clasps
and change the style every hour by
means Of reefing than to get a new
frock every time the moon is full.
OF course, the trouble Is that men
dictate the styles for women and then
go on year after year and wear the
same cuts of coats no matter how foolish
a mans costume is. It gets worse when
the men in the case are the slick tailorS
and fashion makers from across the
sea.
Now that we have found the proper
style for both beauty and grace, we
ought to stick to it will-nilly on the
part of the men. We have attained
poiSe in couture and costume and we
don't want to lose our balance just to
be in style. A woman should look like
a statue, not like the leaning tower of
Pisa.
(Copyright, IeSo.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-18
Stale Cake for Tasty Desserts
By LYDIA LIE BARON WALKER.

that kind Of service dish is best to be
used. Some times the cakes are those
which got broken in removing them
from the pan. In this event layer of
the cake should be arranged in Sher-
bet cup, the center filled with fruit.
cream, marshmallow, etc, and circle
of cake placed on top, awaiting the final
touch of adornment.
When no cream, fruit or marshmallow
are available, the choice of a chocolate
sauce is well made, and will prove de-
licious. A teaSpoonful of cornstarch,
mixed with water and stirred in slowly,
will give body to a sauce made of an
ounce of cooking chocolate, to which a
little water, a tablespoonful of sugar
and teaspoonful of vanilla have been
added. Another dessert possible, even
with fragments of old cake, is made by
adding to it some chopped prlnes, nut
meats and a little cream.
It is well to remember when cakes
are being frosted to leave few indi-
vidual cup cakes without any icing, in
order to make use of them for dessert
dish in any one of the ways mentioned.
Note.-So many have been the re-
quests for the potato recipes mentioned
in an article in this department that
the space will be devoted to giving a
number of them for readers to enjoy in
the near future.
paper Allianee0
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-18
FOOD PROBLEMS

By sALLIE MONROE.

Leftover meals can be as good as you
want to make them II you will follow
a few simple rules.
Never have a meal entirely of left
overs unless they are so disguised as
not to be recognizable.
For instance, suppose for dinner you
have leftover, warmped-up stew. Then
don't serve the same vegetable you hao
the day before. II you warm over the
vegetables, then change the stew from
stew into croquettes or shepherds
pie.
Introduce some novelty into a left
over meal by using such nicknacks as
celery or olives or, when they are in
market, radiShes-Some flllup to the
appetite and pleasure TO the eye.
Salads help to make leftover meals
interesting. for they are crisp and
tempting and good to look at. A meal
of rather stodgy left-overs can be re-
deemed by an interesting salad of raw
fruit or vegetables.
A rather unusual dessert, too. can
compensate for a leftover meal that
Is not very interesting. Something a
little out Of the ordinary. something
perhaps, q little more expensive than
you usually allow yourself.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-18

The word residence conveys the idea
Of bouncing. When a guys first baby
is born, If it isn't mere child. the
conventional announcement is a bounc-
ing boy. Well, that idea viii do very
well. We doctors mean something like
that when We speak of the residence Of
the tissues: we mean vitality; power to
recover: ability to come back. What
one eats determines, not wholly, but to
q considerable degree. oAe's residence.
When we are very young we're so resili-
ent that we scarcely think about it at
all; but when we are within sight of
middle age. one way or the other,
we begin to realize there is some
such property in ones constitution or
makeup.
I realized it first and quite definitely
when discovered here a year ago that
] could no longer run a mile-or at
least I quit when ! was only a little
over half way around Now two years
ago I ran The mile. So there you are
Had I not tried 1t I might not have
known that was slipping. Don't fool
yourself about this. brothers and sis
tiers. There are miles everywhere, and
free of charge; just go out and try and
run one before you kid yourself you're
since come back, to the extent Of run
ming the mile. am not so sure it
was just neglect of exercise that hum
bled me in my own estimation. I be-
lieve now 1t was partly due to my
fondneSs for the delectable carbo-
hydrates.
Like many other doctors. some of
them perhaps as good as I think I am,
do not always do as would have
others do; sometimes I neglect TO take
my own medicine. Like all doctors who
fail 70 take care Of their OWE health.
plead the demands on ME and my
time and all that. But the real reason,
no doubt, is my inordinate fondness
for carbohydrate in the form OF bread
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-18

its dignity a great deal more seriously
than does the House. Rules governing
the conduct of those who pay Senators
a visit, although unwritten, are rigidiy
enforced without respect to person or
position.
One Of the more prominent members
of the House, for example, stopped by
the other day to hear a speech. Some
thing was said that he wanted to re-
member. He pulled out an envelope
and started to make a memorandum
on the back.
He hadn't gone far before he was
spotted by doorkeeper and ordered to
put away pencil and paper. His ex-
PLANTATION Of who he was and what he
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-18
A WASHINGTON DAYBOOK
BY HERBERT PLUMMER.

was doing awaited him little, And when
he went storn.ing to the Office Of genial
Dave Barry, the Senate's sergeant-at-
arms, he was politely but firmly told
that Senate rules are Senate rules and
apply equally to all.
There are curious things one cannot
do in the galleries of Congress. Espe-
cially is this true in the Senate.
There the visitor is forbidden to
write anything at all.
Parcels OF all sorts must be left out
side, for fear that some one will sneak
In a camera. pistol or bomb.
Reading Of newspapers, books or
magazines IS prohibited on the theory
that what is going on down below
should be OF sufficient interest to hold
ones attention.
At intervals Of two feet around the
rail are little signs inclosed in glass
warning visitors that they must not lean
or put their hands there.
Banners and placards of all sorts are
taboo.
And there are many others.
But, respite the many little regula-
lions, it is rare that trouble is had with
the Galleries. In almost every in
stance a simple warning of violation is
sufficient
The late Senator Warren of Wyom-
ing at one time in his career had in
CURED the enmity of a man who de-
lighted to come to the gallery and
make faces at him. One day he be-
came so obnoxious that colleague of
the Wyoming Senator urged that the
heckler be elected. But Warren in
tervened and he was permitted to stay.
When the last special session was
brought to a close, Senator Heflin of
Alabama requested that the press gall
lery be cleared. One of the newspaper
men laughed out loud at the Ala
bama Senator when a parliamentary
ruling went against him, and he was
greatly angered.
But his request was refused.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-18
PERSONAL HEALTH SERVICE
By WILLIAM BRADY, M. d.

potatoes. candy, sugar and the like;
then the torpor which such diet In
evitably produces makes me skip the
exercise, first just today. then for a
few days, and ultimately as a fixed
habit. So here am hitting so and
making a great to do about running
mile. I'm ashamed OF myself. After
all my preaching and everything. But
want all our boys and girls to know
that am honest about 1t, and that
I'm just fair average dub, and If
can come back. why, any one with
the makings. the premonitory indica-
tons Of a breakdown or the develop
ment Of degenerative disease already
upon him or her, can come back along
the same route I am taking.
am going to try promise no
more than that-to follow old Dr.
Langstroth's regimen. Here 1t is with
out mincing any more words:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-18

h@NAAN@SA
The near-sighted
woman visitor to
the Senate gallery
re C e n thy, who
wanted a closeup
of the Senator she
had read so much
about, was soon
told by a door,
keeper to put her
opera glasses back
In her purse and
keep them there.
Had she been in
the House gallery
she could have
brought out q spy
glass in safety.
The Senate is
that way. It takes
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-18

commodious enough to accommodate a
large stack OF magazines.
This is the kind Of q little bookcase
that Is sure to save the day" by lend
ing itself TO an awkward corner which
is difhcult to furnish. It might be well
to place a comfortable chair within
easy reach from it. and a bridge lamp
would not be amiss with these two
pieces.
struction Of this piece, which gives Il
the effect OF early American furniture
and makes 1t possible to use II with
pieces Of that period.
(Copyright, ls30)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-18
Ny NeighbOr Says:

Cut waxed papers to At the
bottoms Of cake pans. No greas-
ing Is needed; the cakes come
easily from the pan and the pan
is quickly washed.
When preparing oranges for q
dessert pour boiling water over
them and let them stand 5
minutes. This will make them
much easier to peel.
Keep on the shelf of your sink
a pint jar filled with all sizes of
cork shoppers. They come in
handy many times when you open
a bottle and break the stopper.
Save all wax-wrappings to rub
your hot irons on instead Of using
beeswax.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-18

The emergency company" dessert
can sometimes be evolved from very
simple ingredients and prove dressy and
delicious. Unfrosted cup cakes, fresh
or stale, are capable of many palatable
dishes. Frosted cakes are less we'll
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-18

NNLY a remarkably comfort
~ able pad could win and keep
so many million users!
Most any pad is fairly comfort
able when first adjusted. But how
quickly mere surface softness packs
into chatting hardness! Howquiokly
ilI-designed pads will lump and
twist and bulge.
Kotex can't pack, because it's
made of a remarkable absorbent
that absorbs array from the surface
-. leaving the surface always sofr
and delicate.
Kotex can't chafe. because it's
made of many tissue.thin layers
chat permit circulation of air.
Kotex can't bulge and twist,
because IFS scientifically designed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-18
Home in Good Taste

There is something about the quaint
and charming piece of furniture shown
in the illustration that reminds Us Of
the old-time Welsh dresser, where the
family pewter. dishes and glassware
were laid out in shining array. But 1t Is
being but 4 feet 6 inches tall, with a
top measuring ga by II inches.
The shelves are placed 10 inches
apart, therefore making 1t possible to
take care Of books larger than the reg
ulation size, while the lower part is
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-18

This fOur.year-old athlete is the son
of Mrs. r. H. Jobling, 100 E St. NV,
Washington. She says: Roberts won
derful condition shows my idea is right.
Whenever he's the least cross or
upset, or has cold, l give him little
California Fig Syrup. 1t always bright.
ems him up; regulates his stomach and
bowels; gives him hearty appetite. l
have used it with Robert since he was
year old, and it has never failed to
help him promptly"
All children love the rich, fruity
flavor Of California Fig Syrup. "A pure
vegetable product, it doesn't grippe or
sicken. II always acts gently but thor.
oughly TO cleanse the system of bilious,
headachy, constipated children. Doctors
say it tones and strengthens weak
bowels. Try it with your child. See
how bad breath, coated tongue or fever.
ishness disappear!
The name California marks the gen.
nine. famous for so years. So look for
it when buying.
California Fig Syrup
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-18

A $50 000. 900 plan TO unite Southwest
England and South Wales In an elec-
tricity supply area covering 1900
square miles has been prepared by the
British electricity commissioners.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-18

A Berlin post office has been equipped
with automatic letter boxes. and when
letters in them have reached a certain
total weight they are conveyed auto
matically on a travelling band to the
sorting room.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-18
MENU FOR A DAY.
BREAKFAST.

MEN v xOn n ia Il
BREAKFAST.
Stewed apricots, comm al
mush with cream, vegetable hash,
graham mufnns. coffee.
LUNCHEON.
Cheese omelet, hot baking
powder biscuits, crushed pine
apple, sand cookies, tea.
Vegetable soup, lamb chops,
stuffed baked peppers, French
fried potatoes, tomato salad,
French dressing, cottage pudding,
pineapple sauce.
VEGETABLE HASH.
This also can be made with
leftovers. Chopped beetS, car
rots. sweet potatoes, parsnips and
mashed squash and white pota-
toes are all good ingredients with
or without a little onion Use
about as much white potatoes as
all other vegetables combined.
After mixing thoroughly. put into
Lying pail Will a CIILdll PlCCG
Of butter, perhaps teaspoonful.
It would depend upon how much
hash was made. Salt slightly
and heat thoroughly.
SAND COOKIES.
Cream together / cup butter
and ~ cups brown sugar Add
the beaten yolks Of eggs and
the white of /. Eift together 3Is
cups of -four, teaspoon soda
and 2 teaspoons cream of tartar
and add. Roll thin, cut out and
spread the top with a mixture of
cinnamon and sugar, after brush
ing them with the other white Of
egg.
STUFFED PEPPERS.
Six peppers, I cup cold meat,
! cup bread crumbs, salt, pepper,
n onion (grated). Moisten with
gravy or melted butter. Wash
peppers, remove seeds, parboil 2
minutes. Fill with above mix
ture, surround with gravy In bak-
ing-dish and bakeS20 minutes In
moderate oven.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-18
E v 6 r Y
ExPECTANT
NJ OTHER.
SHOULD KNOW
I'll Z S E FACTS

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Teeth do decay rapidly during pregnancy in part because of
the presence of acids in the mothers mouth
But protect the teeth of motherhood by using Squbb
Dental Cream 1t contains so Squibbs Milk of Magnesia.
Plenty this soothing anacd to penetrate the crevice of the
gums render acids harmless where the tooth
brush fails reach To guard The Danger Line the vital
margin which prevents pyorrhea long keeps healthy
Surely the denfrce the expectan mother selects ampor
tan Squbbs the only type of dentifrice that offers these
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-18

IT'S permissible to look at a Repre-
l. sentative through opera glasses. but
you're certainly counting trouble II you
try such a peek at a United States
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-18

FRUIT "SHORTCAKE" TEMPS THE
MOST FASTIDIOUS PALATE, AND
CAN BE MADE WITH CAKE LEFT
OVERS.
cutting OF the frosting before adding
whatever topping of whipped cream or
fruit is to be chosen.
An impromptu strawberry shortcake
delights at any time. but particularly
when that delectable firuit is out of sea-
son. Fresh berries can be supplanted
by preserved or frozen ones, II those
are more easily obtainable. individual
"shortcakes" of this and other fruit
varieties are easily made from leftover
cup cakes.
If the cakes are shapely and will
stand alone when placed on a nat plate,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-18
AUNT HET
BY ROBERT CULLEN.

IT never had a hired girl much.
When we was first married couldn't
afford one, an then by the time we
could afford 1t was scared to have one
around"
Copyright. Ie30)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-18

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-22
PARTY WILL SEEK
KIDNAPPED TEACHER
Missing Woman Il Thought Held
In Secluded Cabin Amid
Mountain Snow.

~ the Associated Press.
FORT MORGAN, colo, November ~.
"A searching party was organized -
day to brave snow.heAped mountain
highways IN an effort 10 rescue Ma
Enid Marriott, miAsing Virgins, Oolo..
school teacher. whom authorities be-
lieve II . prisoner In some secluded
mountain cabin.
ofhcefs who said they had acquired
new and valuable information" have
accepted the theory that the kirl was
kidnapped Sunday night and q being
held for ransom. They AAsociated her
disappearance With q teEAn parked
near the virgins station ~ ehe alighted
from train returning from d week end
visit In Denver. Y..a1.
Authorities said they had learned
Miss Marriott walked toward the car
by which man was standing. They
expressed belief the girl entered the
sedan under the impression the man
Two Wiegins. resldents told oiieeFs
they heard the shfill scream o. 0
woman, followed BY shot, about The
time the teacher disappeared. However,
Investigation indicated the shot may
have been hred BY Youth returning
from o hunting trip. ~
George G. Carlson, brother in.law Of
the missing girl, has posted d $1,000
reward Tor location Of Mas Marriott
dead or alive, and has announced In
tentlon OF appealing 10 Colorado springs
police for aid In the investigation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-22
EINSTElN MESSAGE
SENT U. S. FRIENDS
Scientists wife Regrets Inability
to Answer Flood Of Letters
and CAblegfams.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Prebs.
BERLIN, November az.--Frau ElAs
EiFistein and her renowned husband Ap@
pealed TO the Associated Press yeseer-
day 10 relieve them Of . problem which
even the propounder OF the theory o.
RELATIVELY cannot solve.
Pointing with gesture Of despair 70
stacks Of unopened cablegraEns and
letters, Frau Einstein said, II would
appreciate IL more than can tell you
II you would send short message -
the people OF the United states nom
Albert and myself.
please tell our thousands Of well
Wishers, most Of whom We don't know,
that they should not think uB fEnpolite
II we don't reply 70 their messages"
Prof. Elnstein has been Hooded with
States during his impending visit there.
He has indicated that he can accept
none Of them.
wed miss our boat II we were even
10 make beginning Of answering eli
these telegrams and letters," said Frau
Einstein. II think the best thing We
can do It to extend oar thanks through
the Associated Press and assure our
friends In America Of our deep appFs-
Gables have been pouring IN at the
rate Of 50 . day. and Prof. nmAtAinB
American mall hae exceeded his Ger.
man mail BY thee TO one. Frau xin-
with Prof. Einstsin and his wife On
the American visit win Be q couple Of
secretaries and the scientists Asbistant,
DR.. Walter Mayer. Their route viii
take them to New York, then 70 cuba,
Jamaica, through the Panama Canal
TO Los Angeles.