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Evening star., 1930-12-13
White Christmas.

WMLC OHA ASSnnASs
Down In Florida 1t is trite to say that
without any snow it's nearly impossible
to work up any Christmas spirit In
the first place, Florida prides itself on
having no snow; in the second, 1t Is
bad form in Florida to suggest that
there is anything desirable that is lack
ing. Instead, they prefer to exclaim:
Think Of 1t. Here am out without
hat or coat, picking roses, and this is
Christmas day. Aren't you sorry for
those people in the Northern blizZards?"
Here in the District we seldom have
snow on Christmas day, though it often
falls on New Year. On the other hand,
we don't have Christmas roses, and we
can't, safely, go about bareheaded.
Lacking snow, lacking the somber flr-
tree forests that make up the Teutonic
Christmas atmosphere" which we have
come to think essential to the Yule-tide,
lacking plum puddings and even the
great Yule log. the boar's head, what is
left to us Of the rare and racy old spirit
Of Christmas as We get it on Christmas
cards and in Christmas carols? We can
only sigh, and admit that what we call
the feeling of Christmas is far more de-
pendent upon Nature in the environ
ment than We would have thought pos
sible.
The Christmas carol sort Of holiday
Is in itself an artificial growth, If we
look at the matter in the light Of the
FIRST Noel.
When Christ was born, in far-off
Palestine, there was no more snow
there than here. Indeed, to visualize
that night 1890 years ago one must
imagine palm leaves, night almost
hot, night brilliant with the stars of
the arid Syrian sky. Perhaps 1t was
the planet Jupiter, now In its dazzling
ascendancy, which stood above the
there could have been nothing of the
Christmas-card sort Of spirit that me-
dieval carols so joyfully depict:
"T'he first Noel that the angels did say
Was to certain poor shepherds in fields
as they lay.
In fields as they lay. a-keeping their
sheep
On a cold winters morning that was
so Deep"
The $50 Deep" of course, Is a refer
ence to snow, and in the cold climates
one wonders why out of the 365 days
in the year the 25th Of December was
selected. Once again a large fact of
nature meets US In connection with the
Der Is the shortest day in the year. In
the Mediterranean world, where Chris
tianity got its start, this marks the
gloon1iest moment Of the whole year.
BY the 25th even q casual observer no
tices that the days have begun to
lengthen. A spirit Of Joy, q hope of
Spring, fills the heart Of the simple
Syrian peasant, the Greek and the
Egyptian. Hence long before Christ
tianity, in the days when men wor-
shipped the sun, festival was held on
the 25th of December.
Stars of the East.
I have spoken of the possibility that
the great gold star to be seen in the
East these evenings may have been the
star which the shepherds saw above
the man9er in Bethlehem. do not
know IS much about astronomy as I
should like. and may consequently be
laying myself open to . correction, but
I think there Is little doubt that 1880
1eaEaGaeo- tia brightest star In the
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by telling each person in the place every
other persons secrets.
She was very welcome, because each
one wanted the lowdown on everybody
else. But after awhile 1t wasn't so
pleasant. 1t was all right when she
told you about the other girl, but II
wasn't so good when you found the
other girl also knew about you.
There were heart burnings and quar-
rels. You would be surprised to know
how much of mess she was able to
make.
Finally three people left because they
could no longer stand it.
Marge, however, is still on the job.
In a certain social circle / know,
where most Of the women, married or
single. are writer's or teachers, there is
a pretty woman who has no distinction.
She used to be very attractive to men,
but she is getting older, though still
pretty. Now when she can't firt, she
Evening star., 1930-12-13

BY D. C. PEATTIE

Winter skies was Jupiter, just as it is
now at this time Of the year. Hun
dredS OF worlds, the size of ours, could
be packed together inside Of Jupiter II
1t were hollow It has captured, If ]
recollect rightly, seven satellites or
moons as 1t rolls In solemn majesty
through the skies. However, at its inn
mense distance from the sun it can
receive only tiny fraction of the heat
that we receive. The surface Of Jupiter
must be Icy cold, unless there Is internal
heat. But it does not look cold to US
mortals down here on earth. It looks
warm, radiant, full Of promise, Just as
1t did to the shepherds on the arid
hills Of Syria that long-ago night.
Then there is the possibility that the
shepherds beheld a comet. A few
astronomers have tried to calculate
whether or not one Of the comets ap-
peared in the sky at that time in his
tory, but nothing has ever been proved.
Comet schedules are rather well
known, but not with absolute certainty.
Some comets have been expected back,
but did not return, which may be due
to a fiaw in the records accurate
astronomy being of too short a. history
to eliminate possibility of error) or to
the breaking up and disappearance Of
the comet that cleaned out in the
Syrian heavens that Winter night so
long ago.
There Is one other possible explana-
ton to be drawn from nature (uuite
aside. from the notion that the star, Of
Bethlehem was entirely miraculous and
needs no explanation other than that
and that Is that a star of the class of
Nova Persei flashed suddenly into
dazzling brilliance in the East. Nova
PerSei was a star which, after leading
an obscure existence for centuries
known only to expert astronomers, sud-
denly fiared up into luminary Of the
first magnitude Of Frightening. 1t be-
came 80 brilliant that even in daytime
it was visible. There is no certain ex-
planation for this, unless another star
moved into line with it (from the point
Of view of our line of vision) and the
two distant suns appeared as one very
bright one, or else Nova Persei collided
with a dark or dead sun, in which case
the latter would have caught fire in the
awful furnaces of the living sun and
terrific conhagration thus took place.
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No small wonder for its popularity
among the fashionables. 1s
Today's model Is expressive of chic
/ femininity and smart simplicity which
Is always in good taste wherever 1t goes
1t boasts of two necklines, the faats
tertng capelet being the favorite for
Sunday nights" and smart restaurant
wear
The flounced sleeve is voguish. Tha
hips are snugly fitted and emphasized
by the diagonal scanning. W
It's 3 lovely Interpretation In winA4
red wool crepe Eya
Style No. iOl may be had in sizes IBe
ls, 20 years. SO. SS, 40 and ~ inchf4
| bust. ~
IT'S exceptionally smart too in black
Canton crepe.
Supple tweeds, crepe marocain and
velvet may also be used for this model.
Size So requires four yards 3o-inCh.
For Q pattern of this style, send IS
cents in stamps or coin directly to The
Washington Stars New, York Fashion
Bureau. Firth avenue and Twenty
street, New York.
We suggest that when you send for
your pattern, you order q copy Of our
large Winter Fashion Magazine. II
should be In every home, for Of co,rrEe
every woman wants to look her best
without great expense, and this book
points the way. It also contains ex-
ceuent Xmas suggestions. pkaca q
p0ok VTeents
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FOOD PROBLEMS
B1 SALLY MONROE.

The best way to test the temperature
Of fat used in deep-fat frying is By
means Of deep-fat thermometer, OF
sugar thermometer, which may be
used instead. But most housewives dc
not feel that they do enough cooking
Of this sort to make the expense worth
while. Moreover, they reason that as
their mothers and grandmothers man.
aged to make crullers and doughnutS
fritters and other deep-fried dishes ex-
pertly without thermometer they can
get along without one also.
To be sure, cooks of other days got
along without a thermometer, but they
probably had to discard a good many
Of the doughnuts and fritters before
they got the fat to just the right
temperature, and old-fashioned cooks
minded less than we do the loss Of a
batch of food that did not turn out
just right, because eggs and butter were
much cheaper than they are today.
II you do use deep-fat thermometer,
this table. of frying temperatures Is
worth keeping for reference Fritters,
dcughnuts and other foods that are not
previously cooked, $50 to $40 degrees;
croQuettes, $50 degrees; French fried
potatoes, which should be cut rather
thin, 395 degrees.
WneCheE you use CnermOmeCer OF
not, this table is worth noting because
it will show you the relative heats
necessary for different sorts of foods.
Those that need longer cooking need a
lower heat and those that need less
cooking need q higher heat, because
they do not stay IN the fat so long.
But remember that If the fat Is used
below about $50 or $50, the food is
likely to become soggy.
If you have no thermometer, you
may make use of the table by bearing
in mind that a piece of fresh bread
inch square takes minute to turn
golden brown in fat between 800 and
370; that It takes 40 seconds in fat
about 800, and that it takes about 30
seconds in fat at 395 degrees.
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creche represents the manger, the ami
mails nearby, the Infant in whose honor
Christmas Is celebrated His Mother,
various saints and the Wise Men from
afar.
These little figures are usually crude
bits of pottery or composition, although
some of the famous ones of Provence
are made of faience.
In Provence these Christmas creches
are called santons and marvellous affairs
they are. But here in the United
States the creche is less pretentious.
Nancy visited in one home, however,
where three weeks had gone into the
making Of the creche. There was a
waterfall, moonlight effect, herds of
cattle grazing in the mossy fields and
then, centering it all, there was the
scene of the Nativity.
Peter grew quite interested In the
story Of the santons or creches and
decided to begin assembling one for
his young son.
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MOTHERS
To Remove Ink Stain.
AND THEIR CHILDREN.

Patsy had sailed on to party in the
greatest glory. rejoicing in her new
dress. All went well until a guessing
game came along and as the hostess
had run out of pencils, she gave . pen
and some ink to my little girl The
first thing she did was to spill a drop
OF iEk on her new dress and with t1at
the party would have been ruined for
her had not the mother of the hostess
come to her rescue. In a twinkling she
had slipped a dress of Bettys on to
Patsy, taken the ink spotted dress to
the basement where she pressed the
spot with hot iron, having blottine
paper underneath. Out came all the
ink and back came Patsy's smiles.
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was water was hard. It was ice. He
couldn't swim from tussock to tussock
but he could walk from one to the
other. This seemed queer, very queer
You see, 1t was the first time lie ever
had been on ice.
He ventured from one tusSock to an
other, tussocks that he had often sal
on all through the late Summer and
Fall. Presently he was right on the
edge of the Smiling Pool. It looked
like black water. without a ripple or
1t. There was the Big Rock, just where
1t should be. There was the roof of his
own home, the big house built by his
parents. Jerry Muskrat and Mrs. Jerry
1t was hard to believe that he could not
swim right over it. III
He went little way out on the ice,
and there he made q discovery. He
could look right through it down in
the Smiling Pool. Never before had he
been where he could look down like
Evening star., 1930-12-13
A Sermon for Today
By REV. JOHN r. GUM.
Christian Manliness.

"Quit you like men."-I Cor, xvi13.
Two Misrepresentation of Christi
anity are common. One Is that 1t is
gloomy and melancholy, the other is
that 1t is unmanly and effeminate.
Never were there greater mistakes.
Christianity gives more color and
brightness to life than any other force
In the world. And there Is no power
that makes men so chivalrous and
heroic.
The idea of manliness runs through
the whole Bible. Never were there more
manly men than the characters de-
scribed in the Old Testament. What
specimens of stalwart manhood were
Moses, David and Daniel. The finest
example of manliness the world has
ever had was Jesus Christ. He mas
tered His enemies by His courage and
dlsmayed them with His serenity. And
He bequeathed the same temper to His
apostles--Peter, James, John, Paul and
all the others
Paul declared the ideal for the Chris
tan man when he said: Stand fast in
the faith, quit you like men, be strong !"
We have been told to be meek, gentle,
sweet, humble, concilatory, as though
the whole effect of Christianity were to
make men suave and inoffensive. If
Christ had been only meek, gentle, suave
and conciliatory, could He have stirred
the souls of uncounted millions through
the ages and changed the whole course
OF human history? One aspect of Chris
tian character is meeknesS and gentle
ness, but complementary to that is the
aspect Of strength and boldness.
Quit you like men" Be true to your
faith. Be loyal to your cause. Be firm
in duty. Fear not, apologize not. When
attacked do not finch, stand your
ground. Denounce the evil, defend the
right. If an attack is to be made on
any intrenchment of wrong, summon
all your strength and go forth to the
attack like men. Make satan dread you
and the world respect you. This Is
Christian manliness.
Evening star., 1930-12-13
LITTLE BENNY
~ LEE ears.

Ma went downtown to do some shop
ping, me going. with her, and we was
coming out of one store to 20 to an
other one, and lady with q black
shawl and q red nose came up to ma,
saying, Me husband is out OF werk lady
and got Children and IA grandchil-
dern most Of them sick without a doc
ter. and could you help me out with
q few pennies, lady?
Sounding as If she couldent Of felt
any verse without axually crying, and
ma sed, have no change lust now.
And we kepp on going, ma saying,
cant stand whining. If people reely
have something to complain of let them
come out strate from the shoulder and
say so, and not whine and sniyvle to
gain falts sympathy. If that woman
had shown cheerful face in the mist
Of her adversely / mite of given her
something, but as it is 1 wouldent be
serprised If she had bank account
yard long and could write her own
name to her own checks, ma sed.
Wich just then a man with a collier
but no necktie came up smoking
cigarette, saying, Lady. allow me to in
terdoose meself. I'm Happy Harry,
secretary OF the Buns Benevolent AS
sociation and I'm up agenst it. just
hoped of frate car without a cent
in me pockits and heers your chance
to be good little boy scout and do
your good deed for the day, he sed.
The ideer, big strong fellow like
you, ma sed. Why don't you 60 to werk
insted of spending your time hopping
OF of frate cars? she sed.
And we kepp on going, ma saying,
If he thinks life is such a joke let
him do little hard werk and he'll
find out diffrent to his sorrow.
Well G, ma, you just sed you liked
cheerful beggers, sed and ma sed, I
never sed liked any beggers.
And she opened her pockitbook and
put her loo.e pennies in blind mans
cup, saying, There, Ill give him that
for not asking.
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makes herself important by carrying
around gossip. ~ IA.
If the official ONCE gossip could be
given enough to do she wouldn't have
time enough to gather her talk. II she
could be made to feel q little response
bility she wouldn't want to upset things
by talking.
Most people in jobs are uncertain of
themselves. They're afraid of losing
their jobs. So they fear every one else
as rival.
This fear turns what would be a nice
person in other circumstances into an
enemy. Remember that. and keep clear
Of office talk as much as you can.
But it's probably no use telling you
not to listen to gossip, because it's .hu-
man to like to hear it. But remember
that when you're through listening some
one else VIII be hearing about you.
When that happens try not TO pay
too much attention to 1t. Remember
that the more important person is IA
the world, the more mean things are
said about him. The President Of the
United States has to bear attacks which
would destroy an ordinary person.
:, Girls having problems in connection with
tneir WORK may write to Miss woodward. in
care OF this paper, for her personal advice
(Copyright. 1ss0)
Evening star., 1930-12-13
Salmon Salad.

Prepare one quart Of aspic jelly,
made with gelatin after the regulation
recipe, half f1ll q mold with it and let
set. Arrange in it one can Of minced
salmon, drained and with skin and
bones removed, pour over 1t a little
more Of the liquid jelly which has been
kept In q warm place and add a few
again until 1t stiffens, then pour over
all the remainder Of the quart Of liquid
jelly. Set In cold place. When ready
TO serve, turn out and decorate with
cold boiled peas or canned peas which
have been washed In cold water and
drained. Serve with mayonnaiss dress
tnR ).
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NV Neighbor Saws:

To remove cocoa stains from
linen tablecloths sprinkle stains
with borax and soak In cold
water.
Silver will not tarnish readily If
Q small piece Of camphor gum Is
placed with it when stored away.
A handful Of salt added to the
water in which clothes are rinsed
will prevent freezing when they
are being hung on q line.
Test custards with q silver
knife. II knife when 1t comes
out Of center of custard Is dry
custard is done.
II dumplings are picked open
when first taken from the kettle
they will retain their lightness.
When bastlng q turkey, chicken
or roast, do not swing oven door
wide open while you baste. Open
door only part way, cover hand
with 3 towel, slip hand In, baete
roast quickly and shut door %,
keep heat and steam in.
(Copyrisht, 1890
Evening star., 1930-12-13

small hat shown in the sketch-seen
recently in a collection of new things
for resort wears charming combi-
nation of smartness and occurrences, of
sophistication and youthfulness. It Is
in fact, nothing more nor less than
the COB hat turned into a bonnet, with
the brim at the front mounted on q
band of ribbon to hold it in position.
It is made of wedge-shape pieces of
material cat-stitched into a circle.
Have you seen the new vanity cases
made with a patent slide fastener.
looking for all the world like dainty
tobacco pouches? They are made of
soft leather for daytime wear or of me-
tallic cloth for evening and are lined
with rubber They are big enough to
hold powder puff, lipstick, rouge, etc.
but not too large to be slipped into
the coat pocket.
(Copyright. 1900
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New Hats That Show Forehead
BIZ MARY MARSHALL.

Within the past IL months milliners
have been doing some extremely inter-
esttng things, and there is every rea-
son to believe that within the IL
months to come they viii turn some
new tricks that will be even more in
tereSting For one thing, they have
actually put across the hat that shows
the forehead. They have brought 1t
from a headcovering that was looked
upon as something that might be worn
Evening star., 1930-12-13
NANCY PAGE
Italian and French Use Of
Christmas Creche.
BY FLORENCE LA GANKE.

In one Of the windows of the Page
home there was to be most attractive
Christmas decoration. It was made by
combining thread, Christmas tree balls
In silver and pale green and paper
silver leaves.
The balls were strung with fine
thread. These threads were made Of
varying length. When all the balls
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the back. Kick about 10 times in each
direction. Turn around SO that you
can grasp the chair with your left hand
and kick with your right leg. Try to
take frisk walk every day also. Plan
70 sr ne or two evenings a week at
Q g ium, swimming or dancing
cla- should like you to have my
beauty leaflet on exercises. It will help
you and several good hip-reducing ex-
ercises are given In detail. Please write
for It.. Inclose a self addressed, stamped
envelope for mailing, however.
LOIS LEEDS.
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Cheese Rabbit.

Using canned tomato soup-Four
tablespoonfuls butter, six tablespoonfuls
nour, one and one-half cups canned
tomato soup, one and one-half cups hot
water, one-half teaspoon salt, one
fourth teaspoonful paprika, two-thirds
cup cheese, cut fine and one egg, well
beaten. Melt butter and add -four.
When mixed add tomato soup and
water. Cook until creamy sauce forms.
Add salt, paprika and cheese and cook
slowly, stirring constantly, until cheese
has melted. Add egg, mix well and
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were prepared the threads were gather
ed and knotted together. Then the
silver paper leaves were attached al
the top and the finished result resem-
bled bunch of grapes
Sometimes Nancy used this idea,
hanging the punches from chandeliers
or from side wall light fixtures
But wherever she hung the balls they
was attractive by day and by night.
The Christmas creche which is found
in German homes, italian and French
Provence homes completes the family
decorations for Christmas. Usually the
Evening star., 1930-12-13

For long time Stumpy, the three
legged young Muskrat, sat on . tus-
sock on the edge of the open water of
the Laughing Brook Everything about
him was familiar, yet at the same time
strangely unfamiliar. All the familiar
tussocks Of grass were there, just as he
but when he tried to swim to one Q
short distance to one side he found, to
his surprise, that when he had thought
Evening star., 1930-12-13
DAILY DIET RECIPE
SPINACH NESTS.

Cooked spinach, one cup; olive
oil, three tablespoons; lemon juice,
three tablespoons; Neufchatel
cheese, two ounces; paprika, one
tea spoon; shredded lettuce, one
cup.
SERVES FOUR PORTIONS.
One pound raw spinach makes
about one cup cooked. The spin
ach should be cold and seasoned
with salt. Form cheese into small
balls. Soak them half an hour
in the oil and lemon juice. Drain.
Sprinkle with paprika. Mix one
tablespoon of the oil and one
tablespoon lemon juice into the
spinach. On individual salad
plates on the shredded lettuce
form four spinach nests placing
cheese balls in the nests and
dressing lettuce with remaining
oil and lemon juice.
DIET NOTE.
Recipe furnishes fiber, protein,
a little fat. Rich in lime, ircn,
vitamins A, B and G. Can be
eaten by children of 8 and over If
paprika were omitted. Can be
eaten by normal adults of average
or under weight and by those
wishing to reduce If mineral oil
we're substituted for the olive oil.
Evening star., 1930-12-13
Yellow Turnips.

Pare some yellow turnips, slice them
and cook in boiling salted water until
tender. Drain, wash and season with
salt, pepper and butter, and to each
quart of the tl1rnips add one beaten egg
yolk. Pile lightly in a creased baking
dish, return to the oven to heat thor
oughly and brown lightly. -"
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Reducing the Hips.

Dear Miss Leeds-Q) I work in an
ONCE and have very large hips and
would IKE tn reduce them. Will you
suggest some exercises for me that ]
can take every night and morning?
WORKING GIRL.
Answer-A good fip-reductng exer-
else may be done in the following way:
Stand erect and grasp the back of a
chair with your right hand Now kick
out vigorously with your left leg as
high and as hard as you can, first to
the front, then to the left side and to
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Mother Beauty Problems.

Dear Miss Leeds-Please help me
with my beauty problems. 1 am the
mother Of large family and while I
do not expect you to tell me how to
acquire that girlish form or schoolgirl
me to make the most of myself. NV
children are growing rapidly and want
them to always be proud Of their
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ter than she, and
the b o ok keepers,
and, Of course, the
executives.
She occupied her
time by listening In
on all telephone
conversations, SO
that she knew the
intimate secrets OF
everybody in the
place, both per-
sonal and business,
Then she made
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Marge, the telephone operator, didn't
have much to do. And she didn't have
q very important position in the office
The stenographers were considered bet