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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-28
SUMMERTIME
BY d. C. PEATTIR

The end of Summer, the onset of Au-
tumn are the seasons when, among our
wild flowers. and in the garden, too. one
! family of Towering plants energies as
the ultimate victor Of the year. This
the composite or aSter or daisy or thistle
family-gets away to a very late and
unpromising start in March with few
modest species in bloom-the robins
plaintain and pusSytoes and one or two
more. In Spring half dozen families
look as though they were going to roll
up the biggest score for abundance, va
rlety and charm. One would bet on the
rose or the heather or the lily families.
or even the buttercup family. Even in
June the daisy family is still far be-
hind many others. The minis. the fox
glove family, the parsley, grass and
bean families now seem destined to GER
tain greatness. But in July we begin to
notice the dark horse, still behind, but
gaining, as few aSters, many black
eyed susans and daisies and thistles and
SunflowerS burst into bloom. BY Au-
gust our dark horse is dark no longer,
but abIaze with colors and streaming
far out ahead. BY September every
competitor is winded, spawned or
dropped dead on the course. The speed
of the mighty composite family, in
stead of Slackening, increases till it nm
True, a large number of the compos-
ties are mere weeds and even, like the
thistles, ragweed, the poisonous white
snakeroot, very harmful. But this Is
not true of most Of them. Goldenrod Is
not harmful, despite superstition to
that effect, though 1t is certainly not
beautiful enough to be made the ma
tional flower. But asters (which might
we'll be the national flower are match
c1xyl
rocket, of which we have three sorts in
the District, is one of the most gor-
geous wild flowers in the world and
seems to me more infinitely beautiful
and refined than such gaudy thing as
the poker plant, which some gardeners
seems to me infinitely more beautiful
If not in color or botanical relation
ships. Joe Pye weed is one OF the love-
Hest colorS found in nature, sort of
rose -mauve very rarely seen.
Again, there is scarcely a single men,
Der of the family found on the Wild
Flower Preservation Societies protected
list You can pick as many as you
want to Of almost all of them and not
make a dent in their invincible. hardy,
glorious ranks. Nevertheless, We have
here in the. District, in bloom right
now, some interesting rarities in
this family, and oddities not rare.
hempweed, our only vine species in
this family, which has curious flesh
colored flowers and is the one rep
resentative in this climate of huge
tropical group. The famous Western
gum plant has become naturalized
little way down the Potomac, and so
also has the quaint herba impia Of
Europe and old gardens. Another great
tropical group has sent us the groundsel
bush, the only bush-sized composite in
our climate, which just reaches Cabin
John and is really a plant of the salt
marshes of the Southern States. A close
relative also of clan inhabiting trop-
ical salt marshes Is the marsh f1eabane,
that appears as far upriver as Mount
Vernon and smells strongly OF camphor,
even to its urious purplish flowers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-28
Couture for Round Face.

Dear Miss Leeds-Q) part my hair
In the middle without bangs, and am
letting 1t grow. My nose is little too
long. How can I wear my hair, as
have not time to curl it every morning?
90 What kind Of heels should wear?
90 I am II years old. 5 feet 3 inches
tall and weigh 102 pounds. Is this
underweight? L. M.
Answer-u A center-part couture
tends to make the face seem wider, so
you should change to a high-side part.
You should be able to keep your hair
looking nice by having marcel wave
every two weeks. If you prefer to have
1t straight, however, you may arrange
1t in dips on your temples with the aid
OF wire clips or barrettes. Do not cover
your forehead, but have a dip or wav9
over each temple and one over each
ear. Tuck the ends of hair under and
and pin firmly.
CD For general wear use a fiat heel
no more than one and a quarter inches
high. For dress baby French or other
low heel of graceful shape is permiS-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-28
MILADY BEAUTIFUL
BY LOIS LEEDS.

sible. Don't wear high heels habitually
II you value your health.
90 You are Is pounds below the
average for age and height.
LOIS LEEDS.
Tired Feeling.
Dear Miss Leeds-What Is a good
remedy for a tired, draggy feeling? I
am very nervous. My weight is 179
pounds and am 26 years old. feet 6
inches tall.-A. M.
Answer-No wonder you feel tired
and nervous with so much excess weight
to carry aroundl You need to lose
about 40 pounds to be'near the average
weight for your age and height. Excess
sive overweight brings with it all sorts
of bodily disorders. See a doctor at
once and have his advice on the best
method of losing weight. I have leaf
let on the subject that SHAH be glad
to send you if you will write again, in
closing a stamped, addressed envelope
for It, In cases of considerable over
weight 1t is best to have medical ex-
animation before starting any reducing
program CONSTIPATION often causes
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-28
Household Methods
BY BETSY CALLIsFER.

"A Reader" wants to know what to
do to prevent sunburn.
The best way = prevent painful SUM-
burn Is to acquire tan very slowly. II
is possible, even with the greatest care,
for some persons to prevent 1t. Some
skins burn very readily.
good way is to expose the skin 10
the bright sun for just a few moments
at first, each day exposing 1t q little
longer. If the skin is specially sensi-
tive TO sunburn, don't lie in the sun
after coming from the water. Get
dressed directly on coming out Of the
water. for the bright sun burns the wet
skin very quickly.
There are some excellent sunburn
creams and lotions on the market, and
one Of them should be part of the vaca-
ton equipment of everybody. This
cream or lotion should be smeared gen
erously over the skin that has been ex-
posed to the sun. Sunburn dries out
the skin so lotion or cream is q better
remedy than powder. which further
dries -
Some persons get good results by
using lotion or cream before they ex-
pose the, skin to the sun. It should be
remembered that dull, cloudy day Is
often worse than a clear, bright day 30
far as sun burning goes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-28
Blouse Which Gives New Touch
BY MARY MARSHALL.

you buy already worked with eyelets,
but the buttonhole border, which gives
the blouse the distinctive finish. is done
with embroidery cotton to match the
eyelets. and the buttonholing you do
yourself.
The original from which our sketch
was made was part Of three-piece en-
semble, consisting Of pleated skirt and
little jacket of brown georgette, and the
blouse was of white batiste with yellow
eyelets and yellow buttonhole edge.
You can use any blouse pattern with
short sleeves and surplice front closing,
or II you are something of an expert
at home dreSsmaking you can cut your
own pattern from blouse you have on
hand. In putting 1t together. you will
only have to put the pieces together
with French seams. The edges of the
collar and sleeves are then basted into
narrow hens. and the rest of the work
yo,L can do at your leisure. taking the
buttonhole stitches equal distances
apart, so that they will hold the hem
med edges secure and form decorative
border,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-28

Il HOPE L WILL LOOh JUSI LlhE
HIM WHEN GROW UP" HE CON-
FIDED TO HIS SISTER.
each leg. and Kid Antelope had dark
brown patch which later would be
black under each ear. They were ire
mendously proud OF these new coats.
One morning in early September the
band was joined by quite the hand
soonest person the twins ever had seen.
His coat was like those of the others
save that it was somewhat brighter
and there was a black patch under
each ear. He was bigger than any OF
the others, but what the twins admired
most was a pair of black horns about
twelve inches long, slightly curved, es-
peCially at the tips, and with single
short pointed branch, or prong. on
each. They were as black as night and
grew out from the top of his forehead
in way to give him very striking
appearance. 1t was Fleetfoot
This is your father" explained Mrs.
Fleetfoot, and it was plain to see that
she was very proud of him. The twins
didn't wonder at that, for they were
even more proud. They followed him
around at respectful distance, admir-
Ing him, especially Kid Antelope.
Il hope I will look just like him
when I grow up" he confided to his
BlSUeT. i WdIlb IlOI Inc CllOSC. ChOLAACi D
horns don't amount to much. Anyway,
they are not much to look at. But
those horns of fathers are of some use.
and they make him look SO handsome.
I have a couple of little Jumps under
the skin on my head. Perhaps those
are my horns starting"
They were, but it would be several
years before they were like Fleetfoots.
Il hope he is as nice as he looks" re-
piled his sister. II wonder why he has
never been with us before"
Because I wanted you all to myself
when you were very small" said Mrs.
F1eetfoot. who had overheard that re-
mark Your father has been away by
himself growing those fine horns, but
how he will stay with us"
Hasn't he always had those horns?"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-28
DELI lIWlE OlO1N1lIO W. Burgess.

asked Kid Antelope in establishment.
NO" replied his mother, shaking her
head. He has had others just ike
them but late in the Fall every year he
loses his horns just as the members OF
the Deer family do theirs, only there Is
always an inside part left around which
the new horn grows. You'll know all
about 1t some day. I hope you Will
grow to be as handsome and smart as
your father"
II hope so, too" said Kid Antelope,
with a wistful sigh.
Fleetfoot proved to be as nice as he
looked. Every day he romped with the
twins and often the other young Ante
lope joined in the fun. They would
chase Fleetfoot until they were tired,
and he was always ready for race
with them. Sometimes he would race
off by himself, and how he could run!
He wasn't showing off. He was simply
running fbr sheer love of running, and
because he felt so good he had to do
something. And always he was on
watch with those keen eyes OF his for
possible enemies.
Copyright, 1919
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-28
NANCY PACE
Succotash Makes Summer
Days Worth While

Nancy and Peter were both extremely
fond of fresh succotask. For this Nancy
used fresh lima beans and fresh corn
cut from the cob She had her own
technique for cutting the corn of. 1t
sounds complicated. but the finished
dish was worth the effort.
Nancy armed herself with two plates.
silver table knife and sharp kitchen
knife.
First she husked the corn and brushed
off the silk q
Then placing a plate in the sink she
stood an ear of corn on it. holding
the ear with her left hand. With the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-28

therefore. have an examination by a
doctor to see what Is making you so
heavy. Do not try to dose yourself, but
have real medical advice on the best
way to bring your weight down. Every
one needs to pay attention to proper
diet and to take daily exercise, and you
will have little success in trimming
down your figure without a certain
amount of dieting and exercise under
your doctors orders. LOIS LEEDS.
(Copyright, 1881
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-28

sharp knife held in her right hand she
cut the tops of the kernels from the
ear. She did not cut In deeply but
took off the merest cap.
Then she transferred the shorn ear
to the second plate and again holding
the ear in her left hand she used the
blunt edge of the table knife to move
up and down the ear and press out the
heart of the corn and the milky pulp.
She moved the knife rapidly up and
down the ear.
The scored tops were cooked in a
small amount of water for IS to 20
minutes. Then the pulpy part was
added and cooked for about 5 minutes.
This took the raw taste from the pulp
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-28
NV Neighbor Says:

Make 1t q rule to rub all grease
from the kitchen range and gas
stove, while still hot. with news
paper. If rubbed off then there
is no difficulty in cleaning the
stove afterward.
The secret of preparing cereal
foods is long, slow cooking. to
render the celluIcse content
more digestible. Cereal jellies
are just strained cruel, served
cold with cream.
A large safety pin Is a useful
holder for old buttons or loose
hooks and eyes. Slip on the but
tons, etc, close the safety pin,
and you have everything handy,
easily seen, and always in order,
whereas these small articles get
lost when loose in a work basket.
If the bottom layer of pie
crust is covered with cracker
crumbs, the juice from apple
pies will not ooze out.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-28

I've small respect LOT those VINO Hiuo
The fact that they have family pride.
Mrs. Fleetfoot.
The long Summer passed and the
Antelope kids grew and grew, not alone
tn size but in knowledge. The band
remained together, partly for greater
safety and partly for company. You
see, they are social people. Mrs.
F7eetfoot was the acknowledged leader
and the twins took great pride in this.
The twins were now half grown and
their coats were no longer all gray and
brown. for they no longer needed the
protection of looking like the ground
on which they lay Their coats were
now like their mothers. They were a
pretty tan, with white bars across the
throat, white patch on each side.
white beneath and on the inside of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-28
Baked Sweetbreads.

/Parboil big sweetbreads. Silt and
stuff them with bread or mushrooms or
deviled ham dressing. Roll In -four,
braise In butter and put into a cas-
serole. Pour cream over them and
bake, Serve with tomato sauce.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-28
Jellied Tuna Molds.

One package lemon-flavored gelatin
mixture, one and three -fourths cupfuls
boiling water, two tablespoonfuls lemon
juice. one and one-half cupfulS tuna,
two-thirds cupful diced celery, three
tablespoonfuls sweet pickles. two table
spoonfuis chopped pimentos. one-half
teaspoonful salt. one-half cupful salad
dressing, one-third cupful whipped
cream. Pour water over gelatin mix
ture and stir until dissolved. Add lemon
juice. Cool until little thick. Fold in
dressing. which has been mixed with
whipped cream. Add rest of ingredients.
Pour into individual molds which have
been rinsed out in cold water. Set
aside several hours to stiffen. Unmold
on lettuce, surround with salad dressing.
Soviet authorities have started q
campaign for greatly intensifying to-
- 900
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-28

Here is a new blouse that you Can
make in an evening. And II you have
a Jacket suit on hand this new blouse
will be lust the thing to give 1t a new
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-28
Reducing without Effort.

Dear Miss Leeds am ID years old
and weigh 230 pounds cannot stay
at the diet or exercise because they do
not help. Do you think a cream rub
bed into the skin Is harmful?
WAITING.
Answer-The cream may not be very
harmful-excep to your pocketbook-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-28

but did not tougher 1t as long cook
ing would have done.
In the meantime she had cooked the
lima beans in boiling. sailed water and
added them to the cooked corn. Top
milk or cream was added. not too much.
Salt and pepper, plenty OF it, were
spyinkled over the succotash. If the
top milk was not rich Nancy added a
generous amount of butter. Truly,
neither Peter or Nancy knew when to
stop passing back their dishes for
second, third and even fourth servings
of fresh succotash.
(Copyright, 1919
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-28

that tired feeling, and 50 does lack Of
fresh air and9egular outdoor exercise.
LOIS LEEDS.
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QUEENS PUDDING.

One cupful bread crumbs
soaked until soft in one pint
sweet milk. Add one-half cup
full sugar, yolks Of two eggs, one
teaspoonful lemon, one-half tea
spoonful salt. Beat we'll and
bake until set. When done spread
over pudding a layer of jelly or
lam or preserves, then over that
spread a frosting made as fol-
lows: Beat the white of two
eggs until good and stiff, then
add three tablespoonful sugar
and beat again. Set in the oven
just long enough to brown.
Serve cold.
(CopyriEht, 1881
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-28

but it cannot reduce you to normal pro-
portions Excessive weight is not always
due to overeating, though 1t usually is.
Sometimes the cause is to be found In
some internal condition. You should,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-28
BERRY SLUMP.

Stir your berries, having con-
siderable juice in the kettle;
bring to a boil. sweeten, then
drop in dumplings made from
two cupfuls -four, two teaspoon
fuls baking powder, one-haf
cupful sugar, one-half teaspoon
ful salt and enough milk to form
a soft dough. Serve hot.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-28
MENU FOR A DAY.
BREAKFAST.
Sliced Peaches.
Hominy with Cream.
Clipped Beef on Toast.
Popovers. Coffee.

LUNCHEON.
Fried Tomatoes with Cheese.
Boiled Macaroni.
Graham Bread.
Burberry Slump.
Tea.
DINNER.
Clam Broth.
Cold Roast Ham.
Baked Stuffed Potatoes.
String Beans.
Cucumber and Beat Salad.
Mayonnaise Dressing.
Queens Pudding. Co1ee.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-28
Antelope Twins See Father.

I've small respect for those who hide
The fact that they have family pride
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-28

POPOVERS.
One and one-half cupfuls
flour. one teaspoonful salt. Mix
smoothly with one and one-half
cupfuls milk. Break in two eggs
unbeaten. Beat all with egg
beaten five minutes. Bake IS
minutes in a moderate oven. It
is a mistake to make popovers
in too hot an oven. 1t prevents
their rising enough. On the
other hand, too low a tempera-
ture spoils them. Have pans
very hot when you pour mixture
in.
The Washington times., 1931-12-02
PROCESS TOCUT
FILM COSTS

Lowered production costs in the
motion picture industry as a re-
suit of a new Photographic
process have been forecast by
film technicians representing
Hollywood studios. who came to
Chicago for a demonstration of
the new method for making super
posed pictures. The process, de-
veloped in the laboratories of
James E. Grimes, will cut in half,
they said, the time and cost of
producing superpoSed pictures,
used in virtually all feature films.
An example of the use of
Grimes process is the filming of
acrobatic stunts in a Hollywood
studio against a plain canvas
background and then supervising
the action on the background of
a skycraper. The effect thus
produced is that the acrobats
have actually scaled the walls of
the building.
The Washington times., 1931-12-02
BY LEWIS HANEY
Director New York University
Bureau of Business Research

Aren't we still paying too much
attention to the stock market?
Why should you and 1 worry
about the belated liquidation Of
the old "blue chip stocks" by
wealthy individuals and institu'
tons?
This does not have anything
more to do with fOrecasting a fur.
ther slump in business than the
stock market rise in August, 1929,
did in fOrecaSting business pros
perity.
Naturally Slow
Aside from a relatively few
over-valued securities (Which do
not much concern you and me) Z,
I believe that we are much
nearer the bottom of this depres.
sion than most people now seem
to realize.
Naturally, it takes a long time
to get over such an unparalleled
speculative boom as we had from
1927 to 1929. Naturally, the re.
adjustments following a great
war and its attendant initiation
can be completed only in years.
But it is now two full years
since the 1929 crash and IS years
since the war ended. Why should
The Washington times., 1931-12-02
BETTER TRUCK
TRADE SEEN

Better business for truck manu-
faeturers during 1882, even
though general business volume
should no more than equal that
Of the extreme depression year Of
1881 is forecast by A. G. Bean,
president of the White Motor Co.
Mr.. Bean discusses the business in
an article in the November issue
Of Trade Winds, monthly publica-
ton of the Union Trust Co. Of
Cleveland.
Many fleet owners have de-
layed making requirements, Mr..
Bean explains, with the results
that there is a great volume of
postponed demand and any in
crease in general business or even
the continuance of 1881 volume
will make necessary the placing
OF new truck and bus orders.
Mr.. Bean calls attention to the
fact that although 1880 truck and
bus business was 27.5 per cent
smaller than that of 1929 it was
still the largest Of any year in
bus and truck history except 1929,
and that the losses in the truck
volume are less for 1850 and for
the first se"en months Of 1881
than the decrease in volume OF
passenger car production. Truck
registration actually gained in
1880, over 1929, although passen
ger car registration showed q fall
ing off.
The Washington times., 1931-12-02
COTTON STEADY
WITH CABLES
HIGHER
Trading Moderately Active,
Recording Slight Gains
In All Positions

NEW YORK, Dec. 2 GN.S).
The cotton market displayed
generally steady tone today, with
the run of futures contracts re.
cording gains of from to 4
points midway in the session.
Trading was only moderately
active. With Liverpool Gables
l to 2 English points above due
prices, cotton futures sold
points higher to point lower at
the first call. During the next
few hours, the market lowered
around the previous close.
March Selling Feature
One of the features of the
forenoon was the selling of
March, amounting to about 5000
bales by a broker often repre-
senting Japanese interests. but
who is currently credited as do.
ing business for cooperative
brokers.
The weekly weather report dis
closed that in the Western cot
ton belt. frequent rains and wet
fields were unfavorable for
gathering the remaining out
standing cotton while the staple
deteriorated because of damp
ness.
The New York Cotton Ex-
change service reported that a
sumption of Indian cotton by
mills is indicated. In the four
months to November 80, midas
consumption was about 274,0UO
bales of 400 pounds, against
$4,000 the like period last sea-
son. The current cotton crop
in India was tentatively put at
100000 bales, against 5,731,000
last season and a five-year aver
age of 1893, 900 bales. The total
world supply of Indian cotton
this season is 8,435,O00 bales.
against GILL; 900 last season.
Estimate Boosted
E. j. Schwabach Company
placed the cotton crop at 17,339,-
600 bales, as against the Govern
ment's estimate for November Of
100000 bales. GinningS to
December / are estimated at A.
100000 bales, or IS per ,:9nt Of
the crop versus ginnings of H.
637 900 bales or 933 per cent Of
crop to December l, 1880.
At midday, December was up 4
points at 500, January up i. at
sos; March. up 4, at 6.23; May,
up 3, at $40; July, up l, 1T est,
and October, up 2, at 6.83.