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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-23
THE CANDIDATES

Candidates are growing thicker, I
behold them everywhere; and they DOW
and beam and smoker when they greet
me in my lair. And they treat me so
politely, as their platforms they pro-
duce; 1t would be q thing unsightly u
I turned the watchdog loose. Comes
man who'd be elected to the post OF
county clerk; he is able and respected;
he would doubtless do good work; but
ne interrupts my reading of the book
Ger which I gloat; behold his form
receding, and remark: He's lost my
vote. Any man who talks campaign
ing when he sees he is bore, mustn't
go around complaining If show him to
the door" Comes a man who would be
sheriff, and his errand Is in vain; I'm
not feeling like q Seraph. ] have 19
kinds of pain. would talk of things I
suffer, of the pills have to take: but
ne shuts me of, this duffer, with a
spiel that makes me ache. If he gets
the snap he's chasing, he will drive all
vice away; he will stop the games de-
basing that the crooks and gamblers
play. He is full of pleasant wheezes,
but he will not let me talk of my 40
diseases, so back him of the walk.
One would join the legislature, there
TO save the public's goat; he is of an
earnest nature, and he seems TO need
my vote. But he comes when I am
fretting, brooding meath my green
wood tree; in his folly he's forgetting
that his graft looks cheap to me.
have dark and grievous troubles which
require my thoughtful care; so his words
seem much like bubbles as they float
upon the air. WALT MASON.
(Convrirht 1o30O
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Expert Ways Of Packing Luggage
BIZ LYDIA LIE BARON WALKER.

rolled, the paper is laid on the garments
and paper and frock are rolled up to-
gether. This brings the paper always
next to the goods.
As In all packing in which paper is
put with the things, 1t must not be
laid fiat, but be crushed, and so form
soft padding. Only so will it be Of
value. The garments should not be
rolled or folded too tightly but they
should not be too loosely packed. Moth
ing is more sure to make creaseS
in garments than to have them shift
about in a suit case, trunk or any
luggage. It must be remembered that
the luggage Is not always right side up.
1t must be SO packed that the articles
will remain in the places they are put
however much the containers are
banged about.
Hats that are felt or crushable straw
are the things to take when travelling
for they offer no difficulties in packing
If stiff straw must go, the entire
packing of small container, such as a
suit case. has to be adapted to it. Fill
the crown with handkerchiefs, stock
h1gs and any articles that can be slowed
in without altering the shape of the
crown. Make nest of lingerie, stock
ings or anything that can be coiled and
fit the crown into it, having the brim
uppermost. Gently force the articles
against the crown so that it is firm. 1t
will not give because of the things in
side it. Lay the folded or rolled arti-
Giles in the remaining space There
may be room above the hat to lay some
things in suit case. If the hat has
brim, pack under 1t SO that the shape
is not bent.
Shoes are so awkward to pack that
women who take several pairs some
times have separate holders for them.
Next Monday I will tell how to make
them. If the shoes are packed In the
luggage, put them along the sides. Fill
the toes with soft pieces or with
crushed tissue paper, to keep the shoes
in shape. If articles are put in, the
room is used advantageously 1t is
possible to so deity pack the inside of
shoes and stow things about, that little
room is wasted. BY putting the shoes
along the sides of luggage, the entire
center space is left free for garments,
etc.
(Copyright. l930)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-23
LITTLE BENNY
BIZ LEE PAPE.
By FANNY z. CORY.

Me and pop was taking a wawk be-
fore supper, and pop started to look in
the window of a umbrella and cane
store, saying, There's some nifty looking
sticks in there. In my fathers day q
man wassent considered well dressed
unless he carried a cane, but nowadays
its gone out of fashion. Well, what do
care for fashion? I'm a free thinker,
I'm going in and buy that yellow cane
with the bulldogs he'd for a handle,
he sed
WITCH he did. and we kepp on |awk-
ing, pop swinging the cane and hitting
After all there's a certain satisfaction in
carrying a cane that nuthing elts could
give except possibly wawking the deck
of your own yatt in new flannel
trousers.
Wich just then Pubs Simkinses father
went pass, saying, Hello Potts, dident
know you had gone in the lumber
bizneSS.
And he kepp on going still lafing, pop
saying, This werld mite not be perfeck
If all the envy and jellissy were taken
out of it, but crate improvement would
be noticed immeeditly.
And pritty soon somebody eltS
started to laff, being DR.. Rover, saying.
Do you need my services, Potts, what is
It, broken leg or just a sprained ankle?
ha ha.
Pop not laffing back, and pritty soon
another man he knew asked him why
he dident have flower in his button
hole to make the picture compleet, and
sed, Do you wunt me to carry it a
! while. pop? and he sed, Well, perhaps
its your tern, don't wunt to seem sell
fish. Besides, If give them something
RELY ridiculous to- laff at, such as a
small child carrying a big cane. Id like
to see If any OF these guffawing asses
will laff In the rite place. So in q
spirit of unselfish scientific research Ill
let you carry 1t the rest of the way
home, he Sed.
WITCH he did, and nobody lated.
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As Edward II Of England drew near
with his army Of 100000. King Robert
Bruce of Scotland, who could muster
only 10000. sought to dispose his force
so that he could Offset the enemy's
advantage Of numbers.
His cavalry being inferior, he decided
to fight on foot and to await the attack
near Stirling in field called the New
Park, because it was so covered with
trees and brush and cut up by swamps
that the English horse would be ham,
pered. He dug pits and trenches in
the only open ground near, which was
on his left, and filled them with pointed
stakes and calthorps. The burn of
Bannock protected his right and the
village of st. Ninian was in front.
It was June %, 1913, and Sunday.
'Bruce's soldiers heard mass, confessed
as dying men, and kept the vigil of st.
John with bread and water
Edward sent hedrsmen to outfiank
the Scottish force, and this opened the
engagement. The English force was
turned back in disorder.
It was at this moment that an Incl
dent occurred which might have
crushed the hopes of Scotland without
further delay.
The foremost English battalions had
come into the New Park. Headed by
the Earls of Gloucester and Hereward,
they had drawn near enough to see the
faces of the defenders.
Along the front of the Scottish lines
rode magnificent figure on a pony.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-23
By J. r. GLASS.

1t was the King of the Scots. his golden
crown set atop his helmet, making
final review of his forces.
There goes Brucel" said an Englt n
knight pointing.
Sir Henry Bohun. a cousin of the Earl
of Hereward, hearing these words, was
seized with sudden notion. Without
a word, he urged his horses into
gallop and charged impetuously down
upon King Robert
1t was one of those brilliant and
audacious actions which sometimes
change the fate of nations. Bohun
expected that the mere weight of his
great war horse would bear down Bruce,
who was mounted only upon a pony,
and he would kill him.
A lesser man than Bruce would have
become the victim of the charge, and
the Scots would have been left leader
less. But Bruce, warned just in time
by the cries of his followers, swerved
his pony to one side, avoiding the
thrust of Bohun's lance, and. rising in
his StirrupS, swung his battle-ax in a
terrific blow as Sir Henry went past.
That one blow cleft the Englishman's
skull almost in two He dropped dead
from his horse, assymbol of the defeat
that was to be meted out to his fellows
The Scottish chiefs were thrilled by
Bruce's prowess. But, terrified by the
risk he had run, they begged him to be
more careful.
Bruce smiled at them TRANQUILITY and
pointed to the edge of his ak, which
had been blunted.
THE worst of it is, that I have
spoiled my good battle-ax," he said.
Bannockburn made Scotland an In
dependent kingdom for three more GEN.
turtles.
(copyrieht, ls30)
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SUB ROSA
BY MIMI,
BY MIMI.
Minerals Mirror.

All men admire beauty in woman
and most men are more impressed by it
than they should be.
But more even than beauty, men adj
mire and respect personal efficiency in
women.
You will find fat, bald-headed men in
the first rows at musical comedy, but
their countenanees and outlooks do not
have to sit under the orchestra leaders
baton to enjoy the show. They know
that beauty is more than skin deep, in
spite of the libelous old saying.
Beauty, in this finer and deeper sense,
is the royalty which is paid as the
result of personal, spiritual and cultural
efficiency.
Love is the religion of the heart-a
kind of faith devised by man as sub
stitute for his lack of knowledge of the
source and inner workings of life and
nature. We must, you know, be subli-
mated ourselves and sublimate life
or don't we?
The story of mankind is incrusted
with great blcts of blood because puny
human minds cannot recognize trif1es
for what they are.
"A bridge player makes an incorrect
leaQ ana MS partner 1eelS outraged
beyond all consolation; one word leads
to another and another friendship is
blighted.
Incalculable, indeed, are the injuries
which follow in the seething wake Of
trifles.
Man is so vain that he thinks he can
get along with two women when he has
failed to get along with one.
1t is not always true that there is
safety in numbers.
In these days, "the boast of heraldry,
the pomp of power" depends peculiarly,
it would seem, on tomorrow's stock mar
ket quotations.
An anonymous wit gives this defini-
ton of love: Love is the last word in
a 10-word telegram"
All that gfitters, of course, is not gold
sometimes 1t is platinum.
A lorgnette is simply pair of old
fashioneds spectacles in a high hat.
A canary in a bird cage is worth two
in the bush, too
Maybe the author can help you with
your problems. Write her. sending
stamped, self-addressed envelope for
personal reply.
Copyright. 1oSo.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-23
If I Had Money.

Why bother about thrift? Why not
spend today and let tomorrow take care
Of itself? Why should any one save?
When one dies one cannot take ones
money with her to the places beyond.
Such questions and thoughts are only
of the moment. Women who have
lived at all have known want, and want
that relatively small amount of cash
could have spared them
Some day child will come home
pale with fright with doctors report
TO blurt out in outspoken dread An
operation will be required. A treatment
is essential to return to health. Either
means an outlay of money. Whence?
A son will face o doubtful future
YEARLY and maybe shopelessly. II he
only had money TO ''go into business
for himself" Without money he will
never step out OF his rut. The value of
dollars at time like thatl
Your daughters grow up. Your resi-
dence is no longer the sort of place
that is representative Of you and your
kind. A better background might mean
better matrimonial chances. Yes, of
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A1A4A1 u AA'AA1 - = w. Burgess.

and so unusual, that I should think
you would like to keep him as pet
You could clip one Of his wings, so that
he couldn't fly."
Farmer Browns Boy sighed. It'd
like to- But 1t wouldn't be fair to
Egret. You know, to be happy Herons
want to be where 1t is marshy and
swampy and where there is plenty OF
water. Egret couldn't be truly happy
up here. No, shall let him go as soon
as am sure that his wing Is strong
and he is quite able to take care OF
himself"
Meanwhile, as often as possible
Farmer Browns Boy took Egret down
to the Smiling Pool to catch his own
meals. And he did He proved himself
a good fisherman It was indeed spry
minnow or frog that got away after
once coming within reach of Egret.
While he was waiting for fish or frog
TO come, Egret would stand motionleSs,
looking of into space. Yes, sir, that is
what he would do. And Farmer
Browns Boy, noticing this, would feel
sure that Egret was dreaming of his
freedom. And Farmer Browns Boy was
right. Egret was thinking of his free
dom. He was dreaming Of the days
when those great, broad wings of his
carried him wherever he wanted to go,
and he was wondering If ever again
he would take long Journeys on them.
He loved these visits to the Smiling
Pool, but at the same time they made
him homesick.
Then came a day when Farmer
Browns Boy united the string from the
leg OF Egret. Egret didn't know it, He
didn't know that when Farmer Browns
Boy set him down on the edge of the
he a. 1an
had been., He began fishing as usual.
Farmer Browns Boy Withdrew short
distance. 1t suddenly came to Egret
that he was walking more freely than
usual Still, he thought nothing of 1t.
After while he tried his wings, as he
had so often tried them of late. AL
ways before there had been a gentle
tug at one leg where the string was
fastened. This time there was no tug.
Egret went up, up. That wounded wing
was strong now.
With long legs stretched out behind
him, his neck folded back so that his
head rested between his shoulders, the
great white bird mounted into the air.
Perhaps you can guess how he felt.
Farmer Browns Boy could. Up, up
went Egret and over toward the Big
River. Then he turned, swung about in
a circle and came back over Farmer
Browns Boy. 1t was as II he had re-
turned to say good-by Perhaps he had.
Who knows? Anyway, Farmer Browns
Boy was quite sure that he had.
Egret circled around the Smiling
Pool, then once more headed for the
Big River, and this time he kept right
on going. Farmer Browns Boy watched
him disappear above the tree tops.
Then. with little sigh, he turned and
made hiS way homo
I'm sorry and I'm glad" said Farmer
Browns Boy. And, oh, how I do hope
that no killer with dreadful gun will
ever have a chance to shoot Egret
again.
Copyright. 1880
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times of emotional stress manners
which are not ingrained will be shut
fled of and earlier manners of speech
will show forth.
small children of four and five could
be taught the rudiments Of host and
hostess manners.
When Joan came home one day from
playing next door and asked whether
she might not have tea party her
aunt told her that she would be only
too glad TO help her plan one.
You ought 10 have seen the pride
with which Joan went around the
neighborhood asking the playmates to
come to her tea party.
She wanted to wear her prettiest
dress, but Aunt Nancy told her that
some of the little girls might come in
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To prevent a hammock or
swing marking the piazza wall
cut two rubber sponges in halves
and attach them to the back at
the four corners. If the ham
mock or swing then strikes the
wall it will not mark it.
Wash an angora sweater in
/ warm water with a little white
soap, and rinse it in clear water
of the same temperature. Wiring
1t out in a turkish towel, shake
and lay on a dry towel in the
shade to dry. Turn frequently SO
it will dry evenly.
Garbage pals should be emp
tied daily and rinsed with cold
water. Once a week scald them
with hot sado water and scrub
well; then dry in the sun.
To disinfect garbage cans burn
a few newspapers on top of gar
bage occasionally during the
warm weather.
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Raspberry Bran Gems.

Mix together one cupful of graham
-four. one cupful of whole wheat flour,
one cupful of bran, one teaspoonful Of
baking. soda, two teaspoonfuls of baking
powder, one tablespoonful of sugar, and
one teaspoonful of salt. Add two
tablespoonfuls of cooking OIL one egg
well beaten, two cupfuls of sour milk
or buttermilk, and half a cupful of
raspberry jam. Beat together thor
oughly and pour into well CREASED gem
pans. Bake for IS minutes in hot
oven.
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NANCY PACE
Manners Start When
One Is Young.
BIZ FLORENCE LA GANKE.

One thing Aunt Nancy had learned
from the nursery school that Joan
attended during the Winter 1t was
this: Children cannot be allowed to
run riot with no attention paid to
manners or social graces and then in
later years expect them to be patterns
of well bred ladies or gentlemen.
Social customs should be a part OF
their training from the cradle. A child
who Is never taught to say please" OF
"thank you" is going to find it diff
cult in later years to put these polite
phrases in their proper places. In
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-23

There are two expert ways of pack
ing a suit case. One Is to fold every
thing fat and lay the things in piles,
fitted neatly together. The other is
90 roll the garments and At the cylin-
drical bundles into the case. In each
instance, whether the garments are
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-23
Baltimore Chow.Chow.

Peel and slice one peck Of ripe
tomatoes add one quart of sliced
onions and one cupful of salt, let stand
for two hours, then drain. then boil
for two hours in a preserving kettle
then add one pint of cider vinegar, one
fourth pound of ground mustard, hall
a teaspoonful of cayenne pepper, one
tablespoonful each of ground CHINA
mon, ground cloves and celery seed
Boil for another hour and seal in pint
jars.
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play dresses and then they would be
uncomfortable II their hostess were bet
a menu like this: Thin bread and
butter, cut in animal shapes. with the
cookie cutter: plain lemonade and pink
and white minis. They enjoyed every
thing from the greeting by Joan to the
last wave Of her little dimpled hand.
They might have had simple cookies.
Nancy has few in her leafiet on Tea
Time Cookies. Write to her, care OF
this paper. inclosing stamped, self
addressed envelope.
(Copyright, 1900
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Leg Of Lamb.

Purchase q 5-pound leg OF lamb,
wipe 1t with damp cloth and place
it in a dish of vinegar, adding TO it
one onion cut small. 10 peppercorns,
six cloves and one-fourth teaspoonfil
Of ginger You viii need three or four
cupfuls OF vinegar. Let the lamb re-
main In the vinegar one day, then turn
1t and leave for a second day. Re-
move, -four, season. and roast in the
usual way. It tastes like penison.
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Egret Goes His Way.
For freedom there can never be
A substitute, we all agree.
Old Mother Nature.

Egret was feeling better every day.
That is to say, his wing was feeling
better where it had been wounded
Each day he tried lifting it a little
more. Farmer Browns Boy saw this
and was glad. Yet he was sorry, too.
He had grown fond of the beautiful
white bird and he didn't like to think
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-23

Port Said. Egypt. has business which
Is said TO be the only one OF It's kind
in the world. It Is q warehouse. run
by an Englishman. which Is fun Of COLI
ored pictures representing Bible stories.
for sale In China, Negroes for African
consumption. and so on. Pictures to
suit all races.
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of the time when he would see it no
more. But, of course, Egret must go.
Farmer Browns Boy hadn't the slight
est, idea of keeping Egret a prisoner.
she isn't a prisoner" explained
Farmer Browns Boy to Mother Brown
'People in hospitals are not prisoners.
They are just patients. That is what
Egret is, patient. And when he is
well he will be set free"
Don't you think it would be nice to
keep him AS a pet?" asked Mother
Brown. He is such handsome fellow,
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and actually accomplishing nothing,
make Johnny wash the towel This
will be following out the well established
principle Of suiting the punishment to
the offense and will be effective, or
at least 1t was so in our home Let
him wrestle with the problem of getting
the dirt out of the towel and he will
be more careful about putting it in
in the future.
DOWNRIGHT 1890
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|DorothyDix
Believes
Pupils
Would Fail
to Profit.
SHAH
the Art
of M1friDlony
Be Taught.


the miatng Of youth in marriage would De the establishment Of
aspects could be studied
how to husband
the workings gasoline
engine.
encouraging nappes
and devong time developing their technique
present would have
disappontments
finding out married plain ordinary
they getting.
that marriage much
settled
of it.
learning
harmony
family spats how to respect each others personal liberty
Importance OF feeding the brute and that no love survive being fed dish
suspicious which tell mother
coming for nice, long visit
And surely in period taught
beautiful
their batting kissing especially would drilled in
mat @ mPsaop table of bulls sO bulls AMID rent bills and tors
with
a dances at his wedding he has
like
knowledge
would breaking bunde college
taught the science of mamny into actual operation
laboratory id which ample
life in its every aspect? DOROTHY DIX
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MOTHERS
"Washin on Towel. I"
AND THEIR CHILDREN.

Does Johnny have the annoying
habit of merely dipping his hands into
water and wiping all the dirt on the
towel? Do not be unduly put out
about it If he does for it is practice
common to most masculine Juveniles
Instead of nagging about the matter
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Talks to Women About Money
BY MARY ELIZABETH ALLEN

course, you won't put on airs or dress
your daughters up for market.
But we all know that we are judged
on appearances before folks get to
know us well enough to Judge our in
trinsic worths. An attractive home
only costs a few dollars more a month
but how often does respondent
mother lack those few dollars
Reflect some day on all the tragic
musings in life which follow the lament
+. If I had money" If one has
money one can restore health, achieve
independence, buy the many things
that help to make home happy and
contented. Unless these things mean
little to you, don't gamble for them
Don't gamble on the future or with
your funds of the present. Saving and
sound investing are the sure ways.
Have money and the things 1t will
buy, and, of course, have the things
that money won't buy, too.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-23

Alex H. Rogers. Sc, of Murphysboro,
ILL.,, and James Jumper. "a, of Chicago.
cousins. had not met for So years until
recently.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-23

The California Automobile Associa-
ton says statistics show that 90 per
cent OF stolen motor vehicles are re-
covered.
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1t is only about 10000 years since
maStodons and mammoths roamed
about the place now Chicago, accord
ing to Prof. Elmer s. Riggs of the
Field Museum.
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folded or rolled, tissue paper should be
put in such places as will prevent
frocks getting creased.
The tissue paper is needed to stuff
INTO sleeves at the arm-sizes, when gar
n1ents are folded, and to lay between
folds of the goods. When dresses are
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feasible
would establishment
in social
could studied.
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in
anything
in opportunity
life in its every aspect? DOROTHY DIX.
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(CopyriRht, 1880. J
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marimony.
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cheering to think of
thought effort to learning how be good husbs
plumber and studying the idosyncraes
thoroughly he does the workings OF
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SONNYSAYINGS

(Copyright, 1930.)