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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-10-09

'Do You Know, Peter, That It's Bad
Business to NEEDLE in the Affairs Of
Other Folks?" Continued Old Man
Coyote.
of white hair which he had pulled out
Of the middle of Peters tail, so near to
catching Peter had he been, and then
peered in through the bramble and
grinned at Peter. If he was disap-
pointed, and of course he was, he
didn't show it. And as for being an
CRY, why, there wasn't the least trace
of temper.
almost got you, Peter that time,'
said he breathing very hard, for he
had had long run. "It's lucky for
you you've kept your legs oiled up and
haven't let them get rusty"
He grinned again, and Peter, pant
ihg for breath there in the bramble-
tangle, felt almost like grlnning back
in spite of the fact that he had been
so terribly frightened and that he had
lost that little bunch of hair right out
Of the middle of his none too big tail.
do you know. Peter, that it's bad
business to NEEDLE in the affairs of
other f0lks?" continued Old Man
Coyote. '.Now tonight you meddled.
You warned Honker the Goose through
Paddy the Beaver and so cheated me
out of good dinner. People who med
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-10-09
More and More

Publisher George Doran said in q
literary talk:
Novels get more and more pas
sionate, don't they? A novel like
Three Weeks was considered ter.
rifle when it came out, hut the girl
of today would consider Three
Weeks dull.
IA class of goods were asked to
make out a list Of subjects that
they'd like to write essays on. One
girl began list with:
my Ideal Man, A Divine Hour,
Moonlight Love- One Hour OF
Love- Desert Love- 'Life's Happiest
Hour Then she broke off.
N"'I'm not satisfied with this list,
she said. 1T seems so darn prac-
teal"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-10-09

sickness but his mother says: "When
Leroy was just a little fellow, we
found his stomach and bowels were
weak. He kept suffering from con-
stipation. Nothing he ate agreed
with him. He was fretful, feverish
and puny.
"When we started giving him Cali
fornia Fig Syrup his condition i'm
proved quickly. His constipation and
biliousness stopped and he has had
no more trouble of that kind. I have
since used California Fig Syrup with
him for colds and upset spells. He
likes it because it tastes so good and
I like it because it helps him so
wonderfully"
California Fig Syrup has been the
trusted standby of mothers for over
so years. Leading physicians recon-
mend it. 1t is purely vegetable and
works with Nature to regulate, tone
and strengthen the stomach and
bowels of children so they get full
nourishment from their food and
waste is eliminated in a normal way.
-Four million bottles used year
shows how mothers depend on it. Al
ways look for the word California"
on the carton to be sure Of getting
the genuine.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-10-09
FAvoRITE RECIPES

HERE is a delicious salad for a
1 L bridge luncheon or for hot Sun
day evening supper. Heat two cup
fuls of crushed pineapple, add the
juice of lemon and one cupful of
sugar. Stir until dissolved. Soak
two tablespoonfuls Of gels.in in one
half cupful of cold water for ten min
utes. Add to the hot mixture and cool.
When cool and beginning to set. add
one cupful of grated American cheese.
and one-half point Of cream beaten
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-10-09

per corns in rapidly boiling water
for forty minutes. remove and cool.
If cooked this length of time the meat
is easily removed from the shell and
is more tender. Cut the meat into
fair-sized pieces, add half as much
diced celery and enough french dress
ing to moisten. Let stand an hour or
more, drain and serve in nests of let
tuce with mayonnaise dressing. All
ingredients should be well chilled and
served at once. Dust with paprika.
Make nests of three curled leaves with
q spoonful of the salad in each.
(@. 1881. Western Newspaper Union.)
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-10-09
OLD MAN COYOTE WARNS
PETER

DERHAPS you think that when Old
1 Man Coyote just missed catching
Peter Rabbit because Peter managed
to reach the old bramble-tangle first
he lost his temper. That shows that
you don't know Old Man Coyote. If
Reddy Fox had been in his place very
likely Reddy would have lost his tenn
per and finally gone off in great
rage. Old Man Coyote did nothing of
the kind. No sir, he did nothing of the
kind. He just spat out the little tuft
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-10-09
Surely Must Have Been
Extreme Limit in Cars

Frank B.. Curran of the Depart
mcnt of Commerce was talking about
his recently completed road survey,
which shows that the United States,
with 100000 miles of roads, leads
the world in road mileage, the world
total being only 100000 miles.
"You see some amazing cars on
our roads,y Mr.. Curran said. Some
are amazing for their beauty, and
some are like the story.
"'Where did you get that carp
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-10-09
Corduroy Skirts

Some one had bright idea when
she introduced corduroy skirts to wear
with pastel suede jackets. They come
in white or bisque shades and are
beautifully cut and fitted--and they
have the great virtue of washing well
without needing to be ironed.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-10-09
notli2rye6eRBoe

All the world reposes in beauty to
him who preserves equipoise in his life.
and moves serenely on his path with
out secret violence; as he who sails
down a stream. he has only to steer,
keeping his bark in the middle. and
carry 1t round the falls.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-10-09

fat goose if you want to get back to
the dear Old Brier Patch" and with a
parting grin he disappeared.
"It's a queer world" sighed Peter.
Its certainly a queer world when
helping others gets you into trouble
yourself. But I'm glad I did it. ]
am So"
t0 by ]. G. Lloyd.)-wNU Service.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-10-09

one man asked another on Georgia
road.
MY cousin gave 1t to me- said
the other man.
1.-THE first man studied the car for
a minute. Then he said:
you've been robbed"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-10-09
Mock Pate de Fois oras.

Put one pound of calf's liver. one
pound salt pork. through food chop
per. Beat two eggs until light and fold
in one cupful of bread crumbs. one-half
cupful of milk, one medium-sized onion
finely chopped or grated, four sprigs
of parsley. salt and pepper to season.
After mixing well turn into creased
pudding dish. Cover tightly and steam
four hours This may be served hot
or cold.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-10-09
Youthful Erankness

"Would you like to play and sing
the way / do?"
"Oh, please, no, ma'am," quickly
responded the child. Il wouldn't
like people to say things about me-"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-10-09

stiff. Mix thoroughly. put into mold
and leave in cold place to mold.
Serve with a mayonnaise dressing to
which two tablespoonful each of
chopped green pepper and celery have
been added to a cupful of the dressing.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-10-09

Another milestone passed. Women
at tea party no more ask for the
recipe for anything.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-10-09
Los Angeles Boy
Needed Help

Leroy Young, 1116
Georgia St., Los An
geles, is a regular
f clio W." active in
sports, and at the
top in his classes at
school. To look at
him now, you'd think
he never had a days
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-10-09

Sleep is the greatest blessing when
there is no one who has the right to
break into it.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-10-09
Big Coast County

The county of San Bernardino.
Calf, is larger than the combined
area of Vermont, Massachusetts and
Rhode Island.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-10-09

AS one grows older, the chief oh
stacle to taking vacation is the alb
sence of a desire to take 1t.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-10-09
Hands

ever hold a perfect hand?"
"At bridge, or in the moonlight
Louisville Courier-Journal.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-10-09

A monogram is one Of those
things nobody can declpher except
the man to whom it belongs.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-10-09
Fresh Lobster Salad.

This is peerless salad when pre-
pared from freshly boiled lobster.
The lobster should be boiled with
tablespoonful Of salt and a few pep
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-10-09

To be a grand old lady requires
considerable natural majesty.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-10-09

Eads bridge. His craft
is the largest towboat
in the world, is pow
cred with Diesel en-
gines and makes regu-
lar trips between st.
Louis and New Orleans.
Captain Rogers, who
is sixty-seven years of
age, knows "Olc Man
River" like a book and
can point out every one
Of it's crannies and
noooks, some of them
dangerous and others
safe. He has spent o
lifetime learning the
Mississippi, but be-
cause of its frequent
changes of channel his
studies are never
completed. Every trip
there may be something
new to learn in the
way Of twists and turns
of the mighty stream.
r ca ders of NJ a r K
/ Twain's tales of Mis-
sissippi river pilotage
will appreciate this.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-10-09

Hardly any practice can make a
man look rich except being rich.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-10-09

People who write have to read the
most stuff they don't care for.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-10-09
He Kno,us Old Man Riuer's Every Twist and Turn

TT TAKES a veteran river man
1 to pilot his craft up or down
the Mississippi river at any
time, and this is especially true
when the river is at as a low
a stage as it is this autumn.
Our illustration shows one of
the best of the veterans, Capt.
George O. Rogers, in the pilot
house of the towboat Herbert
Hoover, approaching the great
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-10-09

Take two cupfuls of brown sugar,
the yolks of three eggs lightly beaten.
four tablespoonfuls of -four. one table
spoonful Of butter and cook until
thick with two cupfuls of milk. pinch
of salt Pour into baked crust and
cover with meringue, using the egg
whites and two tablespoonful of
sugar. Brown in a moderate oven.
This makes enough filling for two pies.
Almond Cheese Cakes.
"Briskly beat to lightness due
Eggs few:
With the eggs so beaten. beat
Nicely strained, for this same use
Lemon juice,
Adding milk of almonds, sweet.
With fine pastry dough, rolled fiat,
After that,
Line each little scalloped mold;
Round the sides, light-fngered, spread
Marmaiade:
Pour the liquid eggy gold
Into each delicious pit:
Prison it
In the overland, by and by.
Almond cheese cakes will in gay
Blond array
Bless your nostril and your eye"
-Ragueneau in "Cyrano."
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-10-09

Sell Silk Piece Goods for Dressesi Hun
dreds of beautiful colors. designs mate
rails Valuable sample-lSit. patterns. style
book FRET STUYVESANT TEXTILE
CORP. 100 Fifth Ave. New York. Dept.A
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-10-09

BIG MONEY SELLING DOOR STOPS.
pillows. home novelties direct. Something
new. Sample pillow zoe. Get details East
ern Novelty Co.. PlGistow. y. II.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-10
OUR CHILDREN
By ANGELO PATRI.

II don't use it. It's a birthday hand
kerchief."
But my dear, handkerchiefs are
meant to be used"
Not birthday handkerchief, Miss
Katherine" and Charlotte held up a
concoction Of chiffon and lace with pink
rosebuds in the corner.
You're right. Go get some paper. -
At the close of the reading lesson
Miss Katherine made a speech. Nov
look here children. This is handker-
chief time. know you can't help need
ing handkerchief. And you can't help
the kind you have because you have to
take what is given you. But will you
please ask your mothers to let you have
cheap handkerchief for sneezes, and
bunch of paper ones for noses while
put stack of tissue paper on the table
in that &C Ter and anybody who needs a
handkerchief is welcome to use a tissue
sheet. But please tell your mothers
about this
And try to have your handkerchief
where you can get them without waste
of time. A handkerchief in your over
coat pocket might just as well be al
home for any service 1t gives you in the
class room. You can have q handker-
chief pocket just as well as not"
Miss Katherine. couldn't we carry q
handbag for it?"
mo, Charlotte, you can't. I have
trouble enough now getting you all down
stairs with your belongings. If you add
handbags land purses shall give up
Please have pockets"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-10
Household Methods
nj BETSY cALLIsTER.
To Hold Clippings.

The orderly housekeeper Is often dis
tracted over the accumulation of house
hold receipts and bills.
A letter file such as is used in thou
sands of business Offices will save all
this annoyance. 1t is shaped like q
book and has two heavy pasteboard
covers. It's leaves are strong manila
envelopes. The envelopes are marked
on the margin with the letters Of the
alphabet in large, clear type.
In some files there are several en-
velopes under each letter. This makes
1t very easy to classify bills and papers
of different persons whose names be-
gin with the same letter.
A letter file is exceedingly useful for
all clippings and illustrations relating
to household matters.
Keep a pad of paper on the desk or
reading table. When recipe or house.
hold hint or illustration Is clipped from
a newspaper or magazine, paste it on q
sheet Of pad paper and slip 1t into one
of the envelopes in the letter file under
whose initial it properly belongs. It is
so much easier to handle If it is mount
ed, especially If it Is small clipping
In the indexed manila envelope 1t can
be quickly consulted.
The margin of the sheet of paper on
which the clipping is pasted gives room
for scrtbbling some such comment as
Use only half the quantity here given"
or This is better II not made so sweet"
In case the recipe proves a failure,
how much easier to throw it away than
II 1t had been pasted into a scrapbookl
Anyone who ever cuts anything out
Of newspaper or magazine will find it
the best possible method of taking care
Of his clippings. Poems, art, travel or
scientific articles can all be filed quickly
and consulted quickly by using letter
file.
II collection on more than one sub
ject is being made, it is well to have
separate file for each subject.
A list Of the authors or subjects
can be kept on the fyleaf and viii be
found to aid in the reference.
When the index is started, it is well
to leave a space for more than one
name under each letter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-10
FOOD PROBLEMS
BIZ SALLY MONROE.
Coffee Making.

How many housekeepers know how
to make really good coffee?
I know lots of women who excel il
cake makers or pie makers or cruI
makers, but who unblushingly serve
the most atrocious coffee.
Good coffee is . c easy to make as
poor coffee. l know that, for l have
made both kinds. Cheap coffee can
be made into a clear. amber beverage
that is Savory and sweet smelling. Cof-
fee at 10 cents a pound can just as
easily be made into muddy, flavorless
slop.
Perfect cleanliness is one prerequi-
site. Reasonably quick serving Is
another. can't seem to think of any
others. And indeed, have drunk
coffee that has stood for half an hour
and found it delicious.
You can make coffee in q metal or
glass percolator, in an agate coffee pot,
in aluminium, over coal or gas; you can
drip it into a china pitcher; you can
stew it in big tin pan over a camp
fire; and it will always be delicious II
you have the right knack.
1t is best, even IL you make coffee
in a saucepan, TO keep one saucepan
sacred to its making. The water must
be clear: It may be cold or hot. I
think it is easier, though not neces-
sarily best, to make coffee with boiling
water. The coffee must be used gen.
erously enough so that you will not
need to boil it overriding to get the
right strength.
Drip coffee, perhaps, is the easiest
to make. For this you need finely pull
verified coffee. 1t is put in some sort
Of receptacle with a perforated bottom,
| and this receptacle is placed over a hot
china or stoneware pitcher. To keep
the coffee hot, this stoneware pitcher
should be kept hot, either by standing
1t on the top of the hot gas oven, the
back of a coal stove, or in a pan of
hot water that is kept below the boil
ing point, but still very hot.
Boiling hot water is poured into the
drip receptacle and allowed to drip
slowly through. Just once. It is an
easy matter to add a little boiling
water to the infusion II 1t is too strong.
For breakfast strong drip coffee diluted
with hot milk that has been brought
just to the bubbling, boiling point is
delicious.
the drip receptacle and let 1t through
q second time. It Is this fresh, first
infusion that is so delicious.
Percolator coffee Is also easy to
make. and II the percolator is kept
perfectly clean and dry 1t is sure to
be good. Either boiling or cold water
may be used in percolator. The cof-
fee should not be too finely ground,
and enough should be uABd to give
good coffee without too long cooking.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-10
LITTLE BENNY
BIZ LEE PAPE.

We was eating brekfist and ma sed to
pop, Willyum, been wondering whether
to wear my new hat to the meeting OF
the Dawters Of Clepattera this after
noon.
Wimmin have wondered about far
less serious things than that, although
cant think of any at the moment, pop
sed.
OF corse naturally II I appear at the
meeting in my old hat again all the
ladies will think I'm hopelessly out of
stile and just an object to be pitied,
don't you thing so, Willyum? ma sed.
Well no, on the other hand they mite
admire your independents of SPIRIT and
propose you for president because Of
your strength of mind and character,
pop sed
And then on the other hand, If do
wear it, they'll all get use to seeing it,
and then at the theater party WenSday
afternoon, when Ill simply half to wear
It, it will come as an empty aunty CHI
max insted of q SerpriSe, don't you think
I'm rite, Willy4Itn? ma sed.
Well yes, I shouldn't be serprised If
the outcome of the Forthcoming con-
ferents at Geneva had a lasting effect
on international politics, both military
and financial, pop ssd...
Ma just looking at him like somebody
that hadent even herd what. he sed.
WITCH, she proberly hadent, saying, And
then another thing, Willyum, 1t may
rain this afternoon.
And then again it may not, if you'll
pardon blunt answer, pop sed, and ma
sed, bleeve your rite, Willyum, III take
your advice and wear my new hat this
afternoon, but if it rains bleeve me you'll
be in for good scolding.
I serrender, its a woman's werld, pop
sed.
And he got his hat and coat and went
down to the Office without his umber-
ella.
Proving he proberly RELY dident think
1t would rain.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-10
Handkerchief Time.

Handkerchief Time.
This is handkerchief time A clean
handkerchief ought to be part of q
child's everyday equipment Thi;
Handkerchief is for use, so please make
it accessible. and big enough for serv-
ice, and not, costly.
Where is your handkerchief,
Martini" '
ITS in my sweater pocket out in
the wardrobe"
why don't you keep it in your pocket
when you know you will need it,"
"'Cause haven't any pocket"
"All right. Go and get 1t and next
time please carry it in your sleeve or
your stocking or somewhere handy SO
that the whole class won't have to stop
work so you can use your handkerchief
MARY, Mary, use your handkerchief. u
81 can't, teacher"
why not, I'd like to know"
81 used 1t up before school. have
such a cold, teacher
go to the closet and get some soft
paper, Mary. When you use that it can
10 into the basket"
"And what's the matter with your
handkerchief, Charlotte?"
Nothing"
''Then why not use it?"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-10
Milady Beautiful
By LOIS LEEDS.
Couture for Round Face.

Dear Miss Leeds: Cd A girl friend
Of mine has auburn, wavy hair and q
round face with high cheekboneS. How
should she wear her hair?
~ What is the correct weight for
high school girl feet Az inches
tall?
90 Are the following fatteningP
Bread, jelly, stewed fruit, ice cream,
shredded wheat, pretzels, mustard.
(4) After a shampoo my hair is
silky, but later it becomes very dry
and brittle. Would a hot oil treat
ment help. DIANA K.
Answer-OD A couture that is waved
rather high over the top is often be-
coming to round face Begin max
ing a part in the hair. a little to the
left of the center and continue the
part diagonally backward toward the
left. Make deep waves across the top
of the head and on the right temple.
If the hair is long enough bring it
down over the right ear. Arrange
short, curled bangs on the right side
of the part. Wave the small left
hand piece Of hair. arrange a wave
above the left ear and push the rest
behind it. If the hair Is the right
length. let it curl forward from under
the left ear. The back hair may be
made into cluster of ringlets to hang
on the neck. When cheekbones are
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-10

The freshness of the morning glory
can be reproduced by making the full
blown flower in a deep rose or orchid,
pale blue or pink. The stems and the
leaves that curl about the base of the
flower are developed in dark green. The
leaves should be done in two tones of
green--the darker being appliqued on
the lighter. after 1t is Sewed on. The
stems should be dark green, the very
narrow one embroidered In the same
shade of green as the other stems with
six-stand embroidery floss.
Directions-The designs should be
appliqued on fine white muslin OF
broadcloth. Cut each block 9 by IL
inches. II the white fabric used as a
background is fine enough, it may be
placed over the paper and the pattern
traced in the middle of the block In
pencil. Otherwise use carbon paper fol
tracing. First, trace the pattern in the
center Of the white block. Second
trace the floral design on the different
colored materials, allowing for seams
for each petal, leaf and stem. Third
turn narrow hens and applique. follow
ing traced pattern on white block
desired. The narrow stems may be en-
broidered in six-strand embroidery
thread. Applique the heavier ones
Join completed blocks by 4-inch strips
Of green material
These designs may be done IN COL
ored embroidery threads, using outline
stitch. Designs also may be used fol
pillows, cushions, lampshades, waste
paper baskets, corners OF curtains, bed
spreads and paneled on doors Of chill
dren's cupboards.
You may obtain the fuu sized pat
tern for the morning glory applique
free II gou piH tDYtte for 1t. Address
your request TO the Magazine Editor 81
The Star and tnclose stamped, Gd-
dressed enUelope
CcoDyrisiat, is31l
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-10
Everyday Psychology
Science of Dreams.

Every now and then you run across
some book which purports to tell YOU
the meaning of dreams" how to "in-
terpret" them and all the other ways
and wherefores. The majority of writer's
pretend that they are giving you a
scientific treatment Of dreams.
AS a matter of plain fact, there is
no such science In all probability there
never can be a science of dreams.
A science, at least in the pure sense
of the term, is subject to check and
double check" Arithmetic Is a good
example. You may, for instance, null
tiply 847 by and get 5000. Or you
may divide 625 by rs and get IS Any
number of mathamaf i"i~-'~ 49,
same answers. You don't have to rely
on your own calculation. 4~-.--
you may predict what will happen every
time you multiply BAT by 6 or divide
625 by IS.
A science then is something that can
be proved by different observers. It
also possesses that valuable feature
called prediction. That is, If certain