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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-30
1mpy Goes to Work.
The greatest blessing life can give
ls work and thus the right tc live.

Impy the black chipmunk felt that
he was really out in the great world.
He felt, too, that he had founa the
most wonderful place in all the great
world for a new home. Just outside a
fence corner was great pile of stones.
There were big stones and little stones.
The fence was a rail fence and offered
q lovely place for a chipmunk to run.
In some ways it was even better than
the old stone wall. Impy had looked
around somewhat hastily and had dis
covered that there seemed to be plenty
to eat, so that was one more thing to
make this seem wonderful place.
, I'll dig me house." said Impy as he
sat on the old fence and looked things
over. THE question is, just where shall
I dig this house? To begin with,
want 1t to be a secret; so / must have
my doorway where 1t will not readily
be found by others. That means that
I cannot have a lot Of sand scattered
around 1t. Sand around the entrance
to ones home Is regular giveaway.
There must be no sand at all around
my doorway. / remember what my
father, Striped Chipmunk, said He
told me that when 1 got ready to dig
home I should dig a back door first
and take all earth out that way, and SO
door, from underground, instead of
above ground. Then 1 should plug up
the back door and If my front doorway
was properly hidden, there would be
nothing to show where I lived. So
the first thing to do is to look around
to see where want my front door.
Then I must find where I want my
back door, which later will plug up"
Impy ran all over and all around the
pile of stones. He went down in be-
tween the stones. He seriously thought
of having the entrance somewhere
under that pile Of stones. Then he
changed his mind. Perhaps this is
because he happened to see Mr.. Black
snake thrust his head out from be-
tween some Of The stones Of that pile.
Right then and there, that very instant,
Impy decided that the entrance to his
home would be somewhere else. SO
straightway Impy went looking else
where. Of one side of the pile OF
stones, and close to the fence, lay an
old log 1t was hollow for a short
distance. In this hollow part was big
knothole, through which Impy could
dig. He didn't dig, but he could have.
You see, that side of the log was the
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Then the miniature has

of floor care. Then the miniature has
its appeal!
1t is in the matter of household care
that an apartment can be found to have
its good points. There are fewer clos
cts to clean. At first they will be in
adequate to your demands, but you will
learn to get along with fewer frocks,
or less of something for the sake of
being less crowded. You will also &C
quire the ability to condense things
into small space without harming them,
since in miniature place space is
valuable.
The fact that there is less of every
thing to care for, less paint to clean,
fewer windows to wash, fewer lighting
fixtures to keep immaculate, fewer rugs
to sweep or vacuum clean, ETC., can all
be put on the credit side Of the
equation.
In this sort of miniature housekeep-
ing, the homemaker Is relieved Of sew
eral tasks that would fall on her to do.
or to see to, for instance, sweeping the
sidewalk, emptying the garbage, tend
ing the furnace, cleaning the halls, etc.
All Of these things that take strength
or time or both are seen to by the
janitor. So If 1t so happens that apart
ment life is the portion of a woman
who delights in space, look on the ia
vorable features, minimize the disad-
vantages. Put bit of whimsey into
the aspect by the miniature home
phase, and find out the ease Of mind
that such an attitude will bring.
tCopyright, ls30.l
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-30
Handling Flowers
OF Field and Garden

Whenever you hear q housewife make
the remark that she would rather not
have vases of flowers in her house be-
cause she would so much rather think
that the beautiful blossoms were allowed
to remain on the Stalk-you may put up
a wager of 10 to l that this housewife
finds it rather a nuisance to arrange
flowers and take care of them indoors.
As a matter of fact practically all
garden flowers do better for being picked.
If you want certain plants to continue
blooming all Summer you must keep
them closely picked-never allowing
them to go to seed. Any gardener will
tell you this.
One likes to think Of the housewife
who has 50 many flowers to arrange
every morning that she has a special
place in her house to do this Work.
II is perhaps q corner Of passage
way that leads from the back door to
the kitchen, or a bit of side entrance
where there are running water and
q few shelves to hold vases and scissors
and q flower basket or two. But we
really don't need such q nook. How
ever, beware of bringing garden flowers
right into the kitchen. Sometimes you
bring in ants with them and some
times those same ants get into the
sugar or pastry in a way that proves
their possession of q remarkably sweet
tooth.
The matter of vases is one that is
really very important. AS usual thing
flowers appear to best advantage in the
simplest sort of vases. Glass vases OF
good shapes are excellent. 1t is mis-
take to use expensive vases or vases
that are precious heirlooms, unless they
are Of metal and cannot be broken.
Among the very expensive vases that
sometimes set flowers of to excellent
advantage are jugs and jars of stone
wear. A vase of this sort or one of
clear glass is to be preferred to vivid
green glass vase, let us say, inlaid with
bands of gold or silver or decorated
with festoons of roses. The simpler
vase does not detract from the color or
beauty of the flowers it contains, where
as the more ornate vase Is apt to do
this.
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My Neighbor Says:

An inexpensive enamel, glass or
nickel rod, screwed to the inside
of closet door, makes an ideal
place to keep hand towels and a
face cloth.
When the upper part of a
double boiler leaks 1t may be con-
verted into a steamer, If several
holes are punched in top with a
pointed nail.
Wax preparations should be
used for oak. Oak dining tables,
when no cloth is used, need con-
siderable care. OverwaXed tables
collect dust, and this gets rubbed
in until the surface becomes dull.
Overwaxed tables should be
washed.
Cut flowers in your garden in
the early morning before the sun
has dried them and put them in
water in deep pan for an hour
before arranging in bouquets or
vases. The water will then get
into the stems and the flowers
will keep fresh much longer.
When preserving plumS, II you
wish them to retain their shape
and size, prick the skins in two
or three places before you start
cooking them.
Should an egg have been boiled
too long, it can be softened again
by lifting the saucepan off the
fire, quickly placing it under the
faucet, and allowing good
stream of cold water to run onto
it. The sudden shock of chang
ing from hot to cold water has
the curious effect of softening the
egg.
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0rris Root Shampoo.

Dear Miss Leeds-It seems that I
have read something in your column
about the use of orris root for oily
hair. Would you be so kind as to tell
me the quantity and how it is used? I
have to shampoo my hair at least once
a week, and even then it is oily in about
three or four days. What would you
suggest? MUCH DISTRESSED.
Answer-The dry shampoo made with
orris root is very good and is one which
has been in use since grandmother's
day 1t is made by combining a coarse
grade of white or yellow corn meal with
the arris root Use three parts corn
meal to one part orris root and mix it
very thoroughly Put the mixture into a
can with perforated top, so that it can
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-30
OUR CHILDREN
By ANGELO PATRI.

lower level? If you fall in with the
cheaper group you are not going to be
king of anything, or queen OF even a
sandwich stand.
But if you can smile and tell the
scoffer to run away and pick daisies,
boy, how you are going to grow. And
how everybody will cheer for you. That
is everybody that is worth while. And
what happiness will fill your spirit, that
spirit which Is at peace only when you
are being true to what is best in
yourself.
ITO thine own self be true"-and the
world is yours. A new world, for you
are a new person. What fairy tale,
what kingdom could outclass that?
(Copyright. 1901
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-30
REIfTTME STORIES By Thornton
DA0 A4'A1 ~ OANAIO ". Burgess

side lying on the ground. Impy went
outside and examined that log all over.
He went back inside. Here was a won
derful place for a hidden door. Impy
got quite excited about it. Once more
he went outside and this time he went
over to the pile of stones. It was only
a few feet away from the hollow log.
Impy sat on a stone and studied and
studied. A plan was beginning to form
in his mind. Yes, sir, Impy had the
beginning of a plan. Presently he
jumped down and began digging a little
round hole behind that pile of stones
Now that Impy had actually started
work he couldn't work hard enough
or fast enough. He dug his hole
straight down for a short distance
The sand he threw out. When he had
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children try to teeter. It was equally
necessary that it be low for small chill
dren, so that they would not have so
far to fall if they should tumble.
The sand box which Peter had en-
joyed all Summer had been many Won
derful things. At times it was a boat.
Then again it was a train. or fort.
This particular box was so built that
pair Of uprights could be attached at CEN
ter of sides. These uprights supported
a small awning which kept the sun
away from busy little boys and girls.
The small boy had had so much fun
out of his sand box that his father
planned to move 1t into the children's
basement recreation room for the VIM
ter
He said that he would never think
Of bringing up child without a sand
box. And Peters mother, Nancy,
agreed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-30
Your Husbands Capital.
When conditions are unfavorable

When conditions are unfavorable or
business is in the throes of a tenn
porary depression, wives inquire about
their husbands lines of business. Each
somehow feels that if the husband
were doing something else he would
be making as much as Mr.. Jones,
next door.
Women unfamiliar with business are
not aware of the fact that many a
husbands chief capital is his expert
ence in a certain line of business.
For example, a silk salesman might
do better in the construction business,
for all one knows, but to change his
business would mean to sacrifice: the
score of years. In a new business
he would have to start anew.
It is a mistake to believe that the
opportunities in one line of business
far overshadow those in another. There
are leaders and millionaires in almost
every field of business, starting with
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-30
Straight Talks to Women About Money
BY MARY ELIZABETH ALLEN

the most humble and ending with the
most impressive.
faster and farther If his wife ceased
to disparage his means of livelihood
and, instead, encouraged him to try
bigger things within his own field.
Ambition plus ability can succeed
in any field, providing persistence is
shown. The halloween was perhaps
once bookkeeper, and the banker once
a clerk. The business head was once
a salesman, and the architect once
a craftsman. And so it goes.
A mans chief capital is his train
ing, experience, knowledge and skill
Properly encouraged and aided, he can
make that capital yield rich returns.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-30
Beefsteak and Pork.

Buy two pounds Of beefsteak, cut all
in one piece quite thick, and the same
amount of fresh pork. Have the butcher
bone them, and the bones can be used
for soup. Season both pieces and roll
the pork inside beefsteak, like je"-'
roll cake Put in your rooster and he
until the pork is well done. Put good
stufing around it. With this roast
serve mashed potatoes, squash, onions
or cabbage salad. After the roast is
brown. add water enough for the gravy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-30
A Sermon for Today
BY REV. JOHN r. GUM.
Fittest to Survive.

1.-THE race is not to the swift, nor
the battle to the strong Fec. xii
We have talked a good deal about
the survival of the fittest. But who
are the attest to survive? The fleetest?
THE race Is not to- the swift" The
mightest? THE battle is not to the
strong"
We are living in an age of hurry.
But with all our hurry where are
are going nowhere, so miles an hour"
In the midst of the rush and hurry
of our modern life, we would do well
to remember Tolstoi's story of poor
Pakom, who was promised as much
land as he could compass between the
rising and setting of the sun. Pakom
was fleet of foot, and comprised many
acres, but at the end of his race fell
dead from exhaustion; and all his
race gained for him was a little plot
of earth feet by 6.
brute strength. Germany has no mo-
nopoly on the philosophy that might
makes right" That philosophy Is re-
flected in many of the methods prac-
ticed in American politics, business
and industry. We go too much on the
idea that the only man who can get
ahead is the man who can fight and
whip the other fellow. Believing "the
battle Is to the strong" we go forth
to the field of battle with a flourish
OF swords. We need to be reminded
of the Masters teaching, They that
take the sword shall perish by the
sword" We need also to keep con-
stantly in mind His saying, "Whatso-
ever will be great among you, shall be
your minister" While there Is a law
of the survival of the fittest, there is a
bigger law of the longer survival OF
the serving.
The fittest to survive are not the
fieetest, nor the strongest, but those
who. impelled by altruistic motives,
render the greatest service to their
fellows,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-30
Corn-Crab, Chowder.

Cut UP a medium sized onion and
cook until brown in salt pork or bacon
fat. Add one pint of boiling water and
four medium sized potatoes, diced IN
half-inch pieces. Simmer until the po--
tatoe' are cooked, then add one quart OF
hot milk, the contents of one can OF
corn and one can of shredded crabmeat.
Add salt and pepper to t.. :; and let
cook slowly for about Is minutes longer
Serve with crackers.
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Peanut Butter Bread.

Sift two cupfuls of white -four with
four teaspoonfuls of baking powder, one
teaspoonful of salt and one-third Gu full
@ sugar into q bowl, add half a cupful
of peanut butter. tn mix well. Add
one and one-half cupfuls of milk and
beat thoroughly. Put into large or
two small creased oblong pans. Smooth
the tops before baking. Bake In q
moderate oven for about an hour.
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Eggs, Virginia Style.

Cut SIX hard-cookeG eggs into halves
p love the yolks whole and mash them
smooth with a little salad oil. Add an
equal amount of cooked chicken, mix
with mayonnaise, fill the center of the
eggs, and press together. Make a nest
of crisp lettuce leaves and arrange the
eggs in a circle. Garnish with cooked
young carrots Ind decorate each egg
with ring of mayonnaise.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-30
Cheese Fritters.

Slice thinly half dozen large tart
apples, selecting apples that cook
quick and prepare half as many thin
slices of cheese. Beat up one or two
eggs and season with salt, mustard aid
pepper. Soak the cheese in the egg
mixture, then put each slice between
two slices of apple, sandwich style. Dip
in the beaten egg, saute in hot butter,
and serve hot.
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DAILY DIET RECIPE
OLIVE MAYONNAISE

Mayonnaise, l cupful.
Sliced large stuffed olives. IL.
Serves 8 or IL or 16 portions.
Combine the thinly sliced
olives with the mayonnaise.
Use as a dressing or garnish for
hot fish-croquette, fried fish,
broiled fish, crabs, fried oysters
or for shell fish salad.
DIET NOTE.
Recipe made of oil mayon-
naise will supply extra fat as we'll
as protein. Could be eaten by
normal adults of average or I'M
der weight. If mountaineering
mayonnaise were used as a base
recipe could be eaten by those
wishing to reduce.
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Beef Noodle Soup.

Cut up one and one-half pounds Of
stew beef into small pieces and put into
a kettle with three large onions cut up
a'd a little garlic. Add one can OF
tomatoes and fill >ttle with water.
Let boil until the meat Is cooked. Add
three cupfuls of noodles about IS min
utes before serving and salt and pepper
to taste.
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Pattern for Pajama Costume
BY MARY MARSHALL.

French seam. Similarly join OH and
gh for the shoulder seam. Make hem
around the square neck opening, along
the lower edge of the top section and
around armholes Make hem along
the lower edge of the trousers and put
a rubber tape through hem In the top
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-30
Special Poached Eggs.

Poach some eggs, but do not let them
cook too much. Put each egg in a
mold face down and place thin slice
of ham over it. Dissolve some gelatin
in a little cold water, then add enough
hot bouillon to CONCEAL it, and pour 1t
over the eggs. Set to harden. Garnish
with parsley and lettuce.
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be sprinkled on the scalp when using.
An empty talcum powder can makes a
satisfactory container.
In giving the dry shampoo sprinkle
the mixture generously over the entire
scalp and then massage it in with the
fingers. Next take brush and. taking
a small strand of hair at time brush
every strand of hair this way, brushing
it upward and outward. This will re-
move every bit of the corn meal and
orris root mixture and will leave both
hair and scalp beautifully clean. The
oil will be absorbed and you will find
that alternating your soap and water
shampoos with this dry shampoo has
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gone down sufficiently far he started
tunnel that would pass under that
pile of stones and it was headed in
the direction of that hollow log
Fortunately for Impy, the digging was
easy. 1t was sandy soil. He encoun-
tered only two or three stones Of any
size and these he dug his tunnel around.
Much Of the sand he had to push back
and out of the entrance, but not ali of
it. He found that he could pack some
of it. That is, he could press 1t into
the sides of his tunnel.
When Impy went to bed that night
he was a tired chipmunk. Also, he
was a happy chipmunk. He had the
beginning of a home all his own, and
this meant a great deal to Impy.
(Copyright, 1901
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Lemon Cake Pie.

Blend together one cupful Of sugar,
two tablespoonful of -four and one
tablespoonful of butter. Stir in we'll
the beaten yolks Of two eggs until light.
add the juice of one lemon. one cupful
of milk, and at last fold in the stifiy-
beaten egg whites. Put into an IN
baked pie crust and bake in slow
oven.
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HOME In GOOD TASTE

Here is an attractive little beach chair
which folds up compactly and can be
carried under your arm with no more
trouble than an umbrella or bathing
suit bag.
But why consider it for the beach
only when there are other uses for it.
Some there are who never 60 near
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This liz rather more complicated
design thai. tnosc usually given in this
column, but so many readers have asked
for a diagram pattern for pajama cos
tune that we are giving it in as simple
form as possible.
To cut the piece for the front of the
pajama bear in minds the following d.
mansions for an average figure.
ABB, 20 inches; BIC. IA inches; AT, 3
inches; Fl, inches: DE, IL inches; &c,
10, and OH, 8l2 inches. On the back:
alb, 26 inches; CD, 8 inches; ed, 8
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NANCY PAGE
When Play Equipment Fits
Child Is Happy.
BIT FLORENCE LA GANKE,
BIT FLORENCE LA GANKE.

When Martha returned from Paris,
she had many tales to tell of the
adorable children who played in the
French gardens. The children were
we'll dressed and we'll behaved. Posi-
bly, part of the good behavior came
from the fact that they had the right
kind of toys and play equipment.
A simple piece of equipment that
really served two or three purposes
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Brotherly Love.

Brotherly Love.
I'VE have two boys, IL and Is. They
are good boys; bright boys. Everybody
speaks well of them but we are nearly
besides ourselves because Of their quar-
reling. They can't seem to understand
that brothers should love each other"
Eleven and thirteen know little OF
brotherly love. Boys of this age are
very primitive. They know only the
strong desire to excel, to win over the
other fellow. To fight like mad Tor
what they want. Personal pride, per-
sonal ownership, personal power, is
strong within them to the point OF
battle.
That's mine. You leave it alone"
"Aw, can't look at it?"
mo, you can't. Leave it alone, tell
you. If you don't let that alone, III
give you a punch in the eye"
Such a passage at arms sends thrill
Of horror down the mothers back.
Brothers. And fighting like that. What
is to be done with them?
Separate them. And very cody.
Send one of in one direction, the other
in an opposite one. Give each some
thing to do that will occupy his mind
for some time. Keep them apart and
busy. Brothers know nothing of
brotherly love until they are adolescent
and sometimes 1t takes longer than
that.
Plan things so that each brother has
friends Of his own. Family inbreeding
in the sense of family isolation, is very
bad for the children. They must have
other associations than those of the
home group. A family of children will
quarrel desperately If kept together
without the opportunity Of making out
side friendships.
Fathers and mothers make q mistake
in thinking that they can cultivate
family solidarity by holding the children
together within the home and forcing
them to keep apart from the other
children and young people Of the neigh
borhood.
It is better to widen the family as
sociations as much rs possible. Let
each child have his own friends. Let
them take turns in entertaining and
expect some cooperation from the
others in this matter.
Do not force one brother to give in
always to the other. Each has his own
rights; each his own duties. They will
get along very much better in this in
OStWCCIl ctdkc ny IIllS IuclslOQ. AICeI
they are adolescent they understand
each other better and work and play
and plan together in brotherly fashion.
OF course there are the rare children
who never quarrel. And there are those.
equally rare, who always quarrel I
should suspect that both cases needed
close scrutiny as to mental and phy-
steal health. Any physical defect is
bound to have its reaction in Door
mental health. Persistent ouarreling
with everybody is an indication of a
rather serious situation. But the great
group Of normal healthy children quar-
rel among themselves as they grow up
because 1t is In their nature to do 80
Separate them. Give them occupa-
ton. Permit them q wide ASSOCIATION
with other children and the trouble
will soon pass.
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was made by laying a smooth board
across two low wooden horses.
The children could climb up, jump
down, walk the plank and in many
ways be co-ordinating muscles while
they were apparently doing nothing but
playing and having a good time.
Then, later, the board could be taken
from one of the horses and balanced
on the remaining one.
This gave a teeter- totter that was
great fun. Since the horse was low, it
was necessary that only short-legged