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have a good VOICE, Helen Woodward.
then you should have it trained. But
be sure that your voice is really good.
Don't depend on the opinions Of your
friends and relatives.
But don't forget thiS-you've picked
out a very difficult thing. The work Of
becoming a good singer is hard and
long. You will meet enormous COM
petition. You need unbelievable pa
thence. And you :hould have good
appearance and perfect health. II you
have all these and want an unbiased
opinion Of your voice get in touch with
either the Juillard Foundation in New
York or the Curtis Music Foundation
in Philadelphia and ask for advice.
You are young enough to change
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-18
Straight Talks to Women About Money
BY MARY ELIZABETH ALLEN.

weather are generally from the South,
while winds from other compass points
are likely to be strong and gusty at
times when breezes are not needed to
cool the atmosphere
Stepping out of a pent house under
inspection note the kind of roofing in
stalled. If it is of the sort that be-
comes blazing hot in Summer, as will
tar and similar roofing. you will not
enjoy much comfort in it. OF course,
there should be storm windows for the
cold months.
1t will be seen that there are many
details to investigate before signing on
the line that is dotted for a pent house
apartment It's advantages may be off,
set by discomfortS or inconveniences.
In any case, be thoroughly satisfied it
Is worth every dollar of rent you are
asked to pay for it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-18

~ - ' DI1<1ANNA.
Answer It private opinion Recording
tnat plots out the entry Of those who tell white lies
he neadlners among the Seven Deadly Sins
WHY be guilty Of either perfectly and
around either telling tarryddd stabbg people
WIN nome truths that would
when the PINCH refuge which salves
conscience and saves woundng others?
little
the white without touching
forces us perjurng telling
elses feelings.
FOR instance
u and wonderful like the mother father according
ootng Doubtless this that
rather than vices side this problem solved
by bachelor who when called admire suming redced
nant invariably exclaimed Well WELL we'll this is which
undenabe nothing natu
steo relatives OF the infant to beam with delight.
So why
like
10 bald
lovely color feature that honestly
WHEN
that will notice that
didn't
mother daughter
You daughter
satisfying and all that mothers heart Graves.
AS for being absolutely brutality
md these
and spieu delights hurting
telling
kind she is and how much people admire her Not for minute
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-18
Brass Specialist.

Almost every wiseacre invalid or
valetudinarian these days has two af-
fections which eventually become af-
fections hard to cure. The first is pos
session and use of an automobile much
more expensive than he can honestly
afford, but which will be his after nine
more payments. The second is an ad-
diction to brass specialists.
Just what is a brass specialist, you
may ask. Oh. dear, must explain that
all over. Well, listen: A brass special
ist is almost any physician or healer
who is far enough away or sufficiently
stand-offish and pretentious to take
from fifty to a hundred berries out of
the snob where an honest family
physician would render the same or
better service for $40. The surtax is
fair price for the affectation.
There are a few real specialists In
practice, very few, indeed. compared
with the epidemic of brass ones that
scourges the country. A real special
list is a doctor who has served his ap-
premiership in the ranks, in general
practice, family physician, for at least
five or ten years, and then. having laid
a solid foundation and found out what
his own aptitudes are or what branch of
work he seems best suited for. returns
to school and pursues special study and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-18
IN A T u II E. S
C. I'll IL ID II E N
By LILLIAN COX ATHEY.
Illustrations by Mary Foley.
Tx.
SAW-FLIEs.

Tenthredinidae.
Y you should see the mother In this
" family use her saws. She car
ries them concealed in grooves
Il under her body. When ready
for business she pushes them
forth and saws up and down with vim
and vigor. Into leaf she will make
a tiny pocket and place one slightly
fiattened oval egg. She goes to the
top of the leaf and inspects her handi-
work, takes rest, and then selects an
other leaf. This mother has a broad
body. Her feelers have clublike ends.
On her front shanks are spurs. She is
retiring until egg-laying time Then
you can see her duttering about the
trees and bushes.
The egg matches and the little slug
eats away until the leaf Is only a net
work of stem and ribs. He has sharp
cutting Jaws and makes a semi-circular
cut in the leaf and gets out. He re-
sembles the caterpillar, but can boast Of
many more legs. He has funny little
way Of wrapping the tip of his body
around the stem he Is walking on,
you from his own atomizer with a vile
smelling fluid. They are soft-bodied
creatures and nearly always naked On
each side of the head is a single eye.
They have many spots on each segment.
When fully grown the slug will creep
down the stem to the ground There
he will make little cell and crawl
into it. In this little capsule he will
remain until the tender leaves begin
to appear and are very tender and
juicy. There are two generations of the
saw-fiy, and in the South three, in one
season.
The little slugs may be given a spray
diet. 1t gives them the stomach ache,
and the bushes can soon be rid of the
leaf destroyers. 1t is important that
the bushes be sprayed before the fruit
appears. Many trees are attacked by
the saw-fly, and the willows and larch
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-18
FURNITURE TOR

She could hold her tongue when she
saw the work was getting out of bounds
and Arthur was losing his temper. And
she could measure and figure and COM
pute. So, all in all. the two made a
pretty good working pair. She reported
TO Arthur that the conventional height
for a table was 80 inches and that of
a bench or seat was from IA to 18
inches, depending upon the height of
those who would use it and the supply
of available pillows.
Arthur ordered from the saw mill a
generous supply of the frs. run of
lumber. This is the wood which Is
sawed after the slab or rounded slice
is taken off. 1t has some of its native
shape left and is further enriched with
small pieces Of bark left on In places.
In making the chair seats Arthur
pitched the seat down about two inches
toward the back. The back itself was
about 20 inches above the seat. In
selecting pieces for legs Arthur chose
birch saplings about 5 inches In
diameter.
He made tables. benches. hat racks,
a pull-out settee for ti:e nook near the
fireplace. a cupboard for the kitchen
and a buffet for the dining room
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-18
LITTLE BENNY
By LEE PAPE.
The Weakly News.
THE WEAKLY NEWS.

THE WEAKLY NEWS.
Weather: Mixed.
ExTER!l
Sudden Fortune!
Shorty Judge suffered from big
shock last Wensday when he found 8
cents in a old pair of pants, but ne
soon recovered good enough to look In
all his other old clothes in vane.
SISSIETY PAGE.
Mr.. Pubs Simkins went to 4 BERTH
dav parties last week by special 1nVl-
tation and says by the ways ne 1ees
now it would be welcome shock II the
doctor told him he couldn't eat ice
GREEN again for a munth.
WHAT THE FELLOWS ARE
WEARING.
Mr.. Persey Viewer has been obzerved
in a new suit having slanty pocklts
with a tite waist, Mr.. Weever denying
his mothers dressmaker made 1t.
INTRIsTING FACKS ABOUT
INTRISTING PEOPLE.
Sid Hunts big brother Fred smokes
a different pipe every day OF the week,
having the holes in his plperack
marked Monday Tuesday Wensday ana
so on till Sunday. ony ne never seems
to notice the diffrents no matter how
many tines Sid changes the pipes
around for a experiment.
Mary Watkins washes her hands be-
fore every meel by her own free will.
Pubs Simpkins would put mustard on
everything he eats if he was aloud TO-.
SHORT STORY BY LEROY
SHOOSTER.
Gone But Not Missed.
A fy stood on horses neck.
'Heers a good safe place" he thawt
little did ne know he was on the very
horse that has just won ferst prize for
having the longest tale in the werld.
The end.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-18
Fashions of Today
BIT MARIE SHALMAR,

The latest thing in gloves for the
street-brown doeskin with outstanding
seams stitched in white. The gloves are
of the pull-on variety. long enough to
reach several inches above the wrist.
They're just one more evidence of the
smartness of brown and white in Sum
mer fashions.
Wood bead bags are both smart and
sensible for Midsummer wear. They
are made of round wooden beads,
about as big as bayberry-or, If that
isn't familiar simile, a little smaller
than a pea. The beads are strung on
cord or wire so that the bag Is flexible,
but firm. Some of the bags are en-
velopes, with a buttoned flap-wooden
button. Some are pouches. mounted
in wooden frames, with handles of
braided leather or of wooden links.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-18

Speedfcot the C 3yote proved himself
one of the few F1- long time he did
his best to keep Mrs. Fleetfoot the An
telope occupied Vtile Mrs Speedfoot
searched the little patch of brush
wherein they had not the slightest
doubt the baby Antelopes we're hidden
but he simply couldn't do it. Mrs.
Fleetfoot was a fighting fury. Mo her
love had made her so. Ordinarily one
of the most tinid Of people, she was
now wholly without fear. and it was
the Coyotes who weEe on the defense.
Once or twice one Of them managed to
get into that patch iof brush, but before
there was time to lock about, was driven
out by an angry charge from Mrs,
Fleetfoot Once she succeeded in strik-
ing Speedfcot with one Of her sharp
hoofs, and it brought yelp CT pain.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-18
Mint Ale.

Mix the juice of five lemons with one
and one-half cupfuls of sugar. When
the sugar and lemon Juice are well
mixed and the sugar Is dissolved, place
in large pitcher with six bruised stalks
and leaves of mint. Put two or three
green ice cubes in a glass Half oil
with the lemon mixture and then III
with ginger ale. It will take two bottles
OF ginger ale for this amount.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-18
MENU FOR A DAY.

MEN U FUR A UA1.
BREAKFAST.
Melons, Crisp Cereal.
Sausage Cakes, Fried Apple Rings.
Graham Mullins.
Coffee.
DINNER.
Tomato Soup.
Whipped Cream, Roast Lamb.
Brown Gravy. Celery.
Mint Jelly. Mashed Potatoes.
Summer Squash
Ginger-ale Salad.
Cornstarch Pudding.
Fruit Juice.
Coffee.
Fresh Veletable Salad.
Bread and Butter Sandwiches.
Fruit Gelatin. Cold Cake.
Tea.
GRAHAM MUFFINS.
One cupful graham -four, one
half cupful wheat -four, one
tablespoonful lard, one table
spoon sugar, two teaSpoonfuls
baking powder, salt, one egg and
about two-thirds cupful milk.
Bake in muffin tins.
PUDDING.
Beat the yolks of three eggs;
add three heaping teaspoonfuls
cornstarch mixed to a thin,
smooth paste. then add to one
quart warm milk and cook in a
double boiler until thickened.
Sweeten with three -fourths cup
full sugar. favor with one tea
spoonful vanilla and one-fourth
teaspoonful lemon, and turn into
dish which will stand the
heat Of the oven. Beat the
white until stiff; add three
tabiespoonfuls sugar and a dash
OF salt; place on top of the pud-
ding and brown lightly in the
oven. Serve with fruit sauce.
FRUIT GELATIN.
One envelope gelatin, one cup
full boiling water. one cupful fruit
juice. one-third cupful sugar.
pinch Of salt. one cupful finely
cut fruit (use figs. dates and
raisins). Mix sugar. salt and
gelatin. Pour boiling water over.
and stir well. Add fruit Juice
(orange juice Is fine for this)
and let cool. When 1t begins to
thicken stir in the fruit.
(Copyright, 1912
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Shortbread.

Mix together equal parts Of -four and
butter, one-third as much grated cheese
and little cayenne pepper. Add the
yolks of three eggs beaten light. Roll
and cut in sticks and bake in a medium
oven. The sticks should be about three
eighths of an inch thick.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-18

an nearly 10. OO
you think If I
started to learn to
sing this Summer
that 1t would be
too late for such a
marvellous profess
sion?-A DOUBT
Full ONE"
If you like TO
sing better than
anything else IN
the world and are
absolutely sure you
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-18
NANCY PAGE
Rustic Furniture May Be
Home Made.
BY FLORENCE LA GANKE.

Thank goodness Arthur is handy
with his hammer and saw. We can't
buy all the rustic furniture we need
and We have decided to Danish the
attic left overs which have been in
our cabin heretofore" Dorothy knew
nothing about tools. but she could hold
a board in place when asked TO do SO.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-18
Broiled Liver.

Cut the liver into slices half an inch
thick and let stand in boiling water for
minutes. Drain, wipe and remove all
skin. veins and membranes. Sprinkle
with salt and pepper. Place in a
creased wire broiler md broil for about
8 minutes. Remove to a hot platter,
spread with butter and sprinkle with
pepper and salt.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-18
THE STARS
DAILY PATTERN
SERVICE

A new version of rape collar that
affects sleeves makes this printed dimity
unusually attractive.
1t has pin-tucked shoulders. French
bows at the center front add smart trim.
The curved scanning CT the circular
fiaring skirt is cute idea, copied from
the adult mode.
A narrow belt marks the normal waist
line.
style No. 1929 is deaigned for the
little miss of 8, 10, IL and IA years OF
sophisticated taste.
It's very easily made. as the bodice
cuts in one from shoulder to joining of
the circular skirt.
as sketched.
Pique print in yellow AND white, sailor
blue and white handkerchief lawn, nile
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-18

Dear Miss Woodward have al
ways wanted to be a singer. love to
sing and believe I could make good
at 1t. I am still in high school. and I
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-18
NILADY BEAUTIFUL
eadet, giving treatment Of complexion
BY LOIS LEEDS.

leafet, giving treatment Of complexion
ills
a. AS your complexion is sallow,
avoid any color which would tend to
make your face still more yellow-any
of the puppies or lilac shades would
do this. Wear old gold maize, golden
browns. dull. soft green's deep russell
and old rose. Avoid bright blues and
blacks until your complexion has as
sumed a more healthy color.
LOIS LEEDS.
(Copyright, 1880.
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Ny Neighbor Says:

Mildew may be successfully re-
moved by using kerosene. Satu-
rate the garment with 1t thor
oughly, roll it up and put 1t
away for "a hours. Wash in warm
suds and all trace Of mildew
will be gone.
Instead Of greasing your bread
after taking it from the oven, try
greasing 1t before you put 1t In
and see how much nicer and
softer it is.
Lemon juice makes a splendid
substitute for shoe polish. A
few drops sprinkled on either
black or brown shoes and rubbed
briskly will give them an ex-
cellent polish.
When finely chopped nuts are
needed for cakes. salads or sand
witches, run the nuts through the
mincing machine.
opyrisht, 1917
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-18
DElUl lNEE - 1O1OR11O ". Burgess.

After that he limped and had harder
work than ever in avoiding Mrs. Fleet
fcct's plunges. A few minutes later she
ccught Mrs. Speedfoot with her short
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ton of one Of your last seasons dresses
You will have no difficulty in working
from the diagram pattern If you first
enlarge 1t on piece of plain wrapping
paper. Draw this enlargement precisely
like the diagram, only larger. The di-
mansions given here are suitable for
child Of 8 or 4. For the back use these
dimensions: ABB, 8 inches: BIC, / inch:
AID. 1871 inches; FD, "a inches. PC
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-18
DAILY DIET RECIPE
BAKED BANANAS.


Six ripe bananas, four table
spoons maple sugar, three table,
spoons melted butter, two table.
spoons lemon juice.
SERVES FIVE PORTIONS.
Peel bananas and cut In half
lengthwise or crosswise as pre-
ferred. Sprinkle with sugar,
pour over all the melted butter
and lemon juice. Bake in q
moderate oven (375 degrees F.,
about thirty minutes or until
bananas are tender when pricked
with a fork. Serve hot or cold
and with or without cream.
DIET NOTE.
Recipe as given furnishes sugar
and fat. High in wholesome
fuel value. Lime, iron, vitamins
A, B and G present. Can be eaten
by children 8 years and over. Can
be eaten by normal adults Of
average or underweight. Useful
In diet to increase weight.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-18
Straight Shorts for Children
BY MARY MARSHALL.

A pair of straight shorts for your
little boy or girl-here they are. and you
can make them from q short length of
new material or from the unworn sec
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-18
The Woman Who Makes Good

WOODWARD.
highest paid America She married
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-18

green sports weight linen with tiny yell
low dots and dii,ity prints are sturdy
combinations we'll liked for this Iirusu-
ally attractive model.
Dotted swiss, organize and tub silks
are darling tor more simpler best /"
The 8-year size requires 2 yards OF 80
inch material, with 4 yard of 3H-lnch
contrasting.
For a pattern of this style send IS
cents in stamps or coin directly to The
washington Stars New York Fashion
ABureau, Fifth avenue and Twenty-rinth
Atreet, New York.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-18
Coyotes S9rely Puzzled.

Few there are Who e'er can grin
old Mother Nature.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-18
DOROTHY DIX'S LETTER BOX

YEAR MISS D1x-Should white
anothes feelings or should be absolutely frank?
Evening star., 1931-12-14

He had a natural interest in music, but
never studied it.
In school Kirbery particularly en-
joyed botany, and horticulture Is q
hobby with him even now. He liked
to shoot and fish, and became q marks
man with rifle and pistol
Kirbery was scarcely 18 when he en-
listed fer service in the World War. He
was assigned to the Tank Corps, and
until the armiStice was bounced over
the roads and hllS-on this side Of the
ocean-much to his regret.
After demobilization he lived for six
months with his grandparents on an
Alabama plantation, then rushed to
Ranger, Tex, when an oil boom de-
veloped there and the towns popula-
tion jumped from 500 to 10000. He
opened an advertising agency and edited
the first telephone directory in the
mushroom town OF tents and shacks.
Krbery finally sold out his share Of
the advertising firm and went to Ell
Paso to serve six months with the 7th
Cavalry when Villa was trying to stir
UP trouble.
EIRST of all, Columbia press agents
l. swear this story is true: Mark
WarnoW, orchestra leader, stepped
into tailor shop the other day to have
his suit pressed while he waited. The
work f1nisheds a delivery boy ,ixad-
vertently got hold of it and took it out
on his route. Warnow couldn't even
borrow an outfit, SO he missed his first
radio rehearsal in three years.
* X ~
THE Real Folks sketches move from
l. N. B. c. to Columbia January 10.
The last program of the present
N. B. C. schedule is set for December
28.. International broadcasts will fig
ure prominently in radios observance
of the Christmas season. u. Inspector e.
w. Brown, commander Of the Traffic
Bureau of the Washington Police De-
partment, is to be interviewed over
WJSV Wednesday night as feature of
the Police Post program. Radio lis
teners on the West Coast tomorrow
night will dine and dance to the music
of an orchestra playing at 3 o'clock the
next morning. The orchestra, directed
by Jack Hylton, will play in London for
the tri-weekly dance hour on N. B. c.,
beginning at 10 o'clock, Eastern stand
ard time. At that time it will be 3
am. in London and pm. the preced-
ing day in Los Angeles. Herb Gordon's
Wardman Park Orchestra is booked for
a broadcast on N. B. c. Christmas Eve.
Evening star., 1931-12-14
RESULTS ASKED
. ON SYNCHR0N|z|NC
Radio Commission Issues
Extension for Tests on
Eastern Seaboard.

A showdown on synchronization. long
heralded as the cure-ail of RADIOS tech.
nlcal Ills, has been called by the
FEDERAL Radio Commission, after many
montns OF intensive experimentation
mat has netted little in the way of
practical results.
Last month the commission rejected
sne proposal Of Columbia Broadcasting
system Tor booster station in Wash
Mgton which would repeat the pro-
grams OF WABC, Columbia key station
IN New York City. Now Il calls upon
tne national Broadcastins Co, to give
sh account of its experience during the
,ast year In the synchronization of four
oig stations along the eastern seaboard
as a means Of doubling up stations on
Ine same wavelength to conserve space
In the ether
Results Not Satisfactory.
The commissions eneineerins division
Is not satisfied with the results Attained
M any OF the synchronization expert
ments conducted to date. As yet, 1t
states, no general conclusions can be
oraWn' as to the efficacy of synchroni-
zation as a means of alleyiatins con-
gestlon in the broadcast band Ad-
vantages and disadvantages alike have
been noted. 's A-~''
Inc commission has issued tempo-
rSry extensions until February 1 for the
N. d. =. experimentation tests. AT the
same same TIME 1t designated the renewal of
licenses 1or this simultaneous operation
ior nearing January 13. Station WBAI,.
Saltlnore, has been sychronized, on
atoeLhate Wosl- Gays, with Station WIZ, New
tno,i Key Oh the N. B. c., on the lat
tes yer wavelength. Station VITO. Hart
tplo, conn. has been synchronized on
other N. B. c. New York kew Thus
the Baltimore and Hartford stations
which are assigned half-tine asch ~,
tne l,O6O-k1locycle channel. have hAen
anoroeo 1uil-time operation BY the
synchronization. VAC
Areas Hedged In,
1t develops, however, that while there
mas not been material complaint against
the synchronized operation, the regular
service areas of each of the stations
nave been hedged in considerably
Moreover, although it is not generaliv
known, both VITO and WBAL have
been forced to operate with Consider.
ably reduced power to avert what would
be ruinous interference with the
ihotiei stdtloNS IN New York while
operating simultaneously. VITO is
..etiiseo lor oo'ooo walls, but has been
using perhaps less than half that
power when synchronized with WEAF.
WBAL is licensed for 10000 watts
which power it has been forced to cur.
tan when synchronized.
N. B. c. engineers, however have
developed new equipment, shortly to be
installed, which they hope will permit
the Synchronized stations to operate
with their licensed output. The fact
mat much money Is being spent in
apparatus and research leads to the
belief that the commission will not ter
inmate the experiments, irrespective Of
the results thus far attained.
Retail book prices in Germany have
dropped 20 per cent since 1929.
Evening star., 1931-12-14
Today on the Radio
IAN proorams schedued for Eastern Standard Tfmej

2:16-Dr. Edwards Demins, bass.
2:30--Dance Music.
3:00-Helen e. O'Neil, dramatic reae
Evening star., 1931-12-14

Retail book prices in Germany have
dropped 20 per cent since 1929.
Evening star., 1931-12-14

Smart compact cabinet OF wdl-
nut, three screen-grid tubes and
the poUertuI neD Pentode poDcr
tube. Is Selectiue and has q
beautifully toned Philco dynamic
speaker.
Evening star., 1931-12-14

popularity on the
National Broad
casting Co.'S net
works as the mid
night ID r e a nj
Singer"
kirbery still lives
in his home town,
Paterson, N. j.,
where he was born,
August "a, 1900.
His father was
then a silk mer-
chant, but since
has retired. The
mother sang at
times in a local
church choir, but
neither parent pro-
posed a music ca
roor for the how