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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1931-01-22

n T every American family gather
IA ing, luscious flaky crusted pie
4 IA adds the favorjte touch, to the
dinner. And when there is large
family circle with many tastes to be
catered to, hostesses can add an extra
touch of home sweet home to their
hospitality by baking batch of pies
with several different filings.
For anniversary or birthday dinners
throughout the year there are three
pies which make a worthy ending to
any dinner, simple or elaborate. And
because they are as different as they
are delicious, hostesses at Thanksgiv-
ing, Christmas and New Years cele-
brations will find them happy change
from the traditional pumpkin and
mince pies.
Here is date pie where tapioca
combines with the fruit to make a
moist. luscious filling. Tapioca, being
a delicate, neutral ingredient will not
mask the date flavor but will keep the
filling from being too heavy and rich.
Date Criss Cross Pie
11a tablespoons n teaspoon salt
quick cooking 21s tablespoons
tapioca butter
2 cups dates, 1s cup brown
seeded and sugar
halved Juice 1 lemon
IL cups hot 1 recipe pie
water crust
Add tapioca, dates, and salt to water,
and heat to boiling point. Remove
from fire, add butter, sugar, and lemon
juice, and let stand about Is minutes,
or while pastry is being made. Line
a 9-inch pie plate with u of pastry,
rolled to 1s inch thickness. Fill with
date mixture, and arrange lattice of
pastry strips across top. Bake in hot
oven (4250 F. 10 minutes, then de-
crease heat slightly (35O' F.) and bake
80 minutes longer. Cool. Arrange
wreath of sweetened whipped cream
around edge of crust just before serv-
ing. "
Golden Surprise Pie with its spicy,
smooth, custardy filling is light enough
to melt in the mouth. It will not run
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-30
DILL 11X1L y Il OANALO W. Burgess

two as frightened young Prairie-dogs
as ever lived. No matter how safe
they might be there in the open, they
couldn't feel safe. They had been
taught that the only safe place was
deep down in the ground. oh, how
they did wish that they hadn't wan
dered so far from the nearest house!
had disappeared, they lay there, not
daring to move. Finally Popup did
pop up for a look around. Over in
the town he could see Prairie-dogs
coming out Of their houses and sitting
up on their doorsteps, to make sure
that the danger was over. The owner
of that nearest house came out. But
he had been out only a minute when
he turned and dived headlong inside
enough to sound an alarm. 1t was
ened
Peekaboo, who was also sitting up,
looked at her brother. What do you
suppose is the matter with him?" she
whispered
Popup made no reply. He had
caught sight of stranger who seemed
to appear from nowhere and paused to
sit up on that doorstep for a look
around Peekaboo saw him too. Never
would they forget his appearance His
coat was much the color of their own
coats and his tail was short and round
and black at the tip. Otherwise he
was as unlike them as possible. His
body was long and slender. They
hadn't supposed that any one in all
the Great World had such long,
slender body. His neck was long, too.
There was a black patch across his
eyes like a mask. His legs were short
and his feet were black. All this they
saw before he disappeared in that
house.
When they had seen that Hawk they
had thought themselves unlucky not to
be able to reach that house. In re-
ality it was their good fortune that
they had not been able to get there.
This stranger who had just entered
was Blackfoot the Ferret, relative of
Shadow the Weasel.
Copyright, 1870.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-30
FOOD PROBLEMS
Vegetables.
By SALLY MONROE.

The housewife who markets In per-
son has a perfect right, and something
of duty, to select the vegetables she
buys. II she pays current market prices,
that Is her privilege. There Is, of course,
no reason why she should always in
sist on getting the best Of everything.
She is entitled to sound, fresh fruit,
but she isn't entitled to all the biggest
apples in the barrel or all the rosiest
peaches in the basket
In a high-class grocery there Is a
certain rich customer who always mar
kets in person. She punches tomatoes
and prods lettuce and smells berries to
big fuss about everything, and isn't
satisfied until she gets the best OF
everything.
She probably thinks this pays. But
can assure you that the clerks in that
store dislike her thoroughly. And
whenever she telephones her order they
give her inferior goods. AS she prob
ably reasons, that Is reason enough
why she should. whenever she can. shop
in person. But / know quite we'll
from experience-that If you have a
reputation in that store for reasonable
ness you can get perfect vegetables by
a telephone order. The salesman
knows you are fair and he gives you
fair average-which there means good
merchandise.
You are always privileged to insist
on fresh and eatable fruit and vege-
tables. If your dozen oranges have
one among them that is spoiled, return
It and demand q new one. You are
paying. In a dozen oranges, for IL eat
able oranges. If the lettuce has a de-
cayed heart. return 1t and get one with
firm heart. II there are worms in
the corn, don't accept it. You are
privileged to get food in ut condition
to eat, and you are privileged to re-
turn anything unedible.
There are many laws now to safe
guard the buyer of food But they are
difficult to enforce. It Is almost i'm
possible to get enough men on the job
to keep these laws enforced without
making them such expensive laws that
We should all be crying quits. So If
you see any fragrant violation of any
of the food laws you will be helping q
good work along by reporting 1t to the
proper authorities.
But don't confuse the issue. You
pay for good food. You don't pay for
the pick Of the lot. There Is no vio-
lation Of law in giving you average
wares.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-30

inhabit the dark and damp spots An
dwellings. They do appear on our walls
and along the floors, but they are seek
ing our pests and should be left undis-
turbed. In very rare instances has 1t
ever been known that centipede has
bitten any one and then only when
frightened and in self-defense. The
bite is not dangerous. as Is that OF the
centipede found in Brazil.
These fragile, rapidly moving crea-
lures have been mistakenly called thou
sand-legged worms. The baby cent?
pedes are small editions of their par
ents The number of legs is the only
difference. The young have nine pairs
of legs, while the adults have As pairs.
The worm like body is a grayish tan,
with three dark stripes running the full
length. At each end of the body Is a
pair of very long feelers or antennae.
At the back of the head is a pair of
leg-like poison fangs on the first seq
mert. The Jaws are very strong and
used for biting into the food material.
Each segment carries. pair Of legs
outlined with tiny SpineS.
When crushed or stepped upon the
insect resembles a skein of threads.
Some centipedes have such a sheen in
the body that they may easily be seen
in the dark
Should an enemy appear the racing
centipede throws few legs at him as
she fees, The legs jump about and
the pursuer stops to investigate. The
centipede gets away and in a dark
place grows new legs.
She captures her prey by bouncing
upon it as does the spider. Her many
legs form a cage about the insect while
she dimes upon him. Her delight and
evident enjoyment of her meal are ex-
pressed in the rapid vibration of her
legs, making her appear like bit of
dust stirred by breeze.
A centipede, caught and placed in
glass jar, received a piece Of rich
chicken skin and bit of lettuce as
relish. She ate the skin with great
satisfaction and was noticeably stouter.
She grew very buxom and then began
shedding her legs. This, however. was
due to the fact she had not had her
regular exercise and developed mott
disease. She kept on eating regardless
CT the fact she was becoming legless
and died of acute indigestion.
Copyright, 1880.
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Paris Approves Blouse

with a lined jacket, the lining should
match the blouse. Many of the eyelet
embroidery blouseS are trimmed with
ribbcn-especially narrow black satin
ribbon, which is passed through the
eyelets and forms knots and ends at the
front and is used to fasten the blouse.
Organdie and fine linen evening
dresses are worn for Summer dances.
Many of the white organdie dresses are
incrusted with appliques of white or
ming dresses show flowers Of very bright
color on a white ground. Black satin
slips are worn under many of the
white colored and organdie dresses.
Some Of these evening dresses of print
ed chiffon and lace are worn over a pa
jana foundation instead of a slip.
The French evening dresses are very
low at the back and are often finished
with a bouquet of artificial flowers at
the back of the decolletage. Sometimes
the entire shoulder straps are made of
flowers or of strass. Short boleros,
entirely cover with paillettes and with
out sleeves, are worn with evening
dresses of finely pleated chiffon. Eve
ming wraps are made of velvet, with
large sleeves. Usually the Frenchwoman
chooses a black evening wrap, but this
season there are many of these new
velvet wraps made of red or rose velvet.
White is as smart this Summer in
France as it is here, and one of the
smartest dresses for afternoon recep-
tons the races, etc. Is made of white
georgette trimmed only with cording or
eyelet work.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-30
Do Something.

BILLY, will you let your little sister
alone? Now I've told you that for
the last time. Go and do something"
"What1l I do? I haven't anything
to do"
Yes, you have. Go and find some
thing"
II don't know what to do. haven't
anybody to play with. Can I go over
to Jimmie's house?"
mo, you can't. Jimmie's mother is
busy. What with watching Jimmie and
tending the baby she's as busy as she
can be. You stay right home here
and find something to do"
There's nothing to do round here.
Nobody to play with. Nothing. I'm
sick of living here. Can't find any
thing to do. Won't let you go any
place. Wish school lasted all year,
that's what I wish"
Billy Smithers, you just 60 find
something to do. That's ALL"
We have to be more definite than
that. When we tell a child to do
something we say nothing at all to
help. There must be a place to go.
specific job to be done. That means
somebody must think out what is to
be done every day and offer a choice
of schemes for the consideration of
the active children home from school.
Take a pencil and list the things
your child can do in a day. List a
couple of home chores. Arrange for
a play space. Give him things to play
with so he can really play, not look
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-30
OUR CHILDREN
BY ANGELO PATRI.

on while the boy who owns the ball
and the bat enjoys himself. Arrange
for trips for him. And picnics. Let
him go on the Sunday school excursion,
to the shore with the class. Plan for
busy Summer, first by the week, then
by the day. 1t sounds hard, but it
works easily once you start.
The children who go to Summer
camp have their days planned. The
children at home are not in any better
position to plan their own days than
are these children whose days have
been planned for them. While they
were in school their days-were mapped
out for them. Home must do the same
thing. An ordered day, a well planned
Summer, will bring health and peace
and happiness to the children and the
home
The program Is not to be ironclad.
There must always be room for change,
variation, the unexpected. II Aunt Joy
comes along with car and says, How
about a ride to the hills?" the whole
program can go for the day and the
ride take its place. The idea is to
let the child feel that he is a part
of an ordered scheme of living and
not loose end left dangling when
school cut the thread Of routine
A child who has no definite idea
OF what he is to do during the day
is unhappy. That means his tone Is
lowered and that means that his growth
is checked A few hours of thoughtful
planning solves the difficulty.
(Copyright. 1880.
British Malays imported nearly 1000
American typeWriterS last year.
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Belts, and Artificial Flowers
BY MARY MARSHALL.

the young girls. "Your girls here buy
four or five times as many dresses as
girls of the same position would in my
country. It seems to us foolish and
extravagant, but, after all, it makes life
interesting-this constant change and
variety"
That, of course, is all quite true
American girls do insist on change and
variety in dress-especially girls who
work in Offices; and il does make life
more interesting. The only disadvan-
tage comes to the girl who cannot af-
ford to keep up the pace and who feels
herself somehow out OF 1t because she
must wear the same dress until she has
grown tired of it.
Sometimes the effect Of variety and
change can be achieve3 without sue
cession of new dresses, however. A
dark dress of good cut may be varied
greatly by the use of different sorts of
collars and cuffs, and light dress may
be varied by the use of different Scarfs
and collars.
Today's sketch offers a suggestion
that may help you to give variety to
your own wardrobe. A simple Summer
dress of silk crepe may be made to look
entirely different by the addition Of a
belt and artificial flower or figured silk.
You will need just strip of silk for
the belt To make the flower simply
cut four or five circles Of the silk and
then indent them to form petals. Then
put the circles of silk together and you
will have a fiower-like ornament to
match your belt.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-30
DOROTHY DIX'S LETTER BOX
Shall the Wife Whose Husband Considers Her
Only Dear Friend Leave Home?

NEAR for only as he
- would friend and that he
than he I a and
he said NO We have twoyar-od baby which
voted Would you leave him or stay and tough out? AB
ANSWER: a to out to
love only marriage settles
down 70 with every couple by the time they have married
husband by bringing her
herself aurng husband peases BY
getting him good dinner. =
(.oURTsE1P
is whe a
and just settle
good to each other and talking much about their feelings
Happy. then regards her a
friend Who that
and understanding and trustworthy.
MAKE husband comfortable
w light hand. Give him plenty nag
even discuss with him the state his affections possibility
Is made OF common experiences.
will IN with vou
romantic way Most likely he not of romantic
DOROTHY
DEAR DOROTHY with her daueh-
- ter-n-aw whea she has daughters o
Answer: live with either daughter
naW or Son-n-aw unless absolute necessity
Denedction instead
home with them = - - " o -O-
Fortunately there instances
whose them
welcome their
geson Nor there old who acttu diplomatic
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-30
Premature Graying.

Dear Miss Leeds: I am a girl Of %
and recently discovered with borrow
that I have several gray hairs 1t is
not particularly noticeable as yet, but
I am Allied with agony at the thought
OF getting gray so young.
Please, oh please, give me some ad-
vice. Tell me some steps to take to
prevent premature grazing. It can't
be hereditary, as neither of my parents
had any signs of gray hairs until after
80. Do you believe it could be caused
by worry and unhappiness? / have had
much sorrow within the last two years,
but I am trying desperately to over
come it.
Is dyeing successful? 1t is not nee
essary yet, but live in dread of the
futures l would be eve- so glad and
appreciative If you could tell me what
to do. MARGUERITE.
Answer - Many a young woman is
filled with agony when SEE discovers
her first gray hairs. Sometimes thes=
few may simply be dead hairs and it
may take years before the hair actually
turns gray. But thcy are warning
signs and am glad to do what I can
to help you.
Yes, worry and mental shock often
cause gray hair. The reason for this
Is that they lower the vitality of the
entire system and this lowered vitality
is really the cause of hair turning gray
1t would be good idea for you to see
a physician and have thorough physi-
cal examination to determine If there
Is some underlying cause for the con-
dition of your hair Anemia is one Of
the most frequent causes for premature
CRAVING. Make sure that your diet in
cludes a daily supply of fresh, leafy
vegetables taking many of them raw
and also plenty of juicy fruits, such as
oranges, lemons and grapefruit Also
take (as well as a well balanced supply
Of protein. carbohydrates and fats ex-
ercise in the fresh air every day.
AS to local care, give your scalp a
daily 10-minute massage and your hair
a daily brushing. 1t would also be a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-30
Tarts De Luxe,

If you have grapefruit or oranges on
hand you can make a delicious dessert
as follows: Roll out some pastry and
cut it into squares. Fit the squares of
pastry into the depressions of muffin
pan, with the corners tapping over the
edges. Bake this. Remove the pulp
from your orange or grapefruit and
place it in the baked pastry shells. Just
before you serve it make a plain sugar
strip by boiling down some sugar until
it threads. Pour the hot sirup> over the
tarts and then place them in the oven
to become thoroughly heated before
you serve them. Put a maraschino
cherry on top of each. The brown cor
ners of the pastry and the cherry on
top make this a pretty as well as a
palatable dessert.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-30

tiste, pastel or white crepe silk and
cotton net.
style No. 3119 may be had in sizes
IA, Is, Is, 20 years, So and SO inches
bust.
Size 16 requires yards 3s-inch,
with yards 534 inch for tie-belt.
For a pattern of this style send Is
cents in stamps or coin directly to The
Washington Stars New York Fashion
Bureau, Fifth avenue and Twenty
ninth street, New York.
Vacation days are here again!
So nearly here, at least. that it's
time for you to be thinking about
your Summer wardrobe.
We've prepared book to help you
plan fer the most colorful fashion
period of the year. A book that offers
the best selection of styles for the
season for the adult, miss, stout and
child, and helps the reader to econ
omiZe.
You can save $40 by spending 10
cents for this book The edition is
limited, so we suggest that you send
10 cents in stamps or coin today for
your copy to Fashion Department.
Price of book 10 cents.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-30

IN France separate blouses Of sheer
material are much worn with skirts
Of contrasting color, but they are not
worn outdoors without some sort of
wrap-a jacket. bolero or for warm
weather. a little shoulder cape short
enough to show the lower part of the
blouse. A short cape of this sort may
be worn over a sleeveless blouse, giving
a glimpse OF bare arms between the
cape and gloves.
Blouses of lace. eyelet embroidery or
fine cotton are much worn in France
either matching or contrasting with
the skirt. Blouses made entirely of
Valenciennes insertions are gaining
favor. The practical Frenchwoman
chooses a blouse Of plain or plaid taffeta
for travel. When the blouse is worn
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-30
BY LOIS LEEDS.

good plan to give your scalp thorough
ventilation out of doors every day. II
1t can be brushed while out Of doors.
this can be accomplished. Have G
warm oil treatment before your
shampoo. If there is dandruff or ex-
cessive dryness cor oilnesS. use a suit
able scalp tonic to combat this condi-
ton.
Yes. a great many people fird that
dyeing their hair is successful, espe-
cially when hair is just beginning to
fade. There is also darkening rinses
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-30

WORLD HAD SUCH GONG,
SLENDER BODY.
ground only a little way, but 1t gave
them shelter for the night. In the
morning they started out once more to
look for their own home, but having
no idea where 1t was they went in the
wrong direction. OF food there was
plenty, so they did not have to go
hungry, but when their little legs grew
tired and they wanted to rest, there
was no house open to them. Time and
again they approached a house, only
to be driven away by the owners. How
they did wish they hadn't left their
own comfortable home!
Finally they wandered out some dis
lance from the edge of the town.
There they found some particularly
good grass, and as they stuffed them
selves they felt in better spirits.
II suppose father and mother would
say that we have no business to be SO
far from the nearest house." said Peek
aboo.
"Of course they would" replied her
brother Just between ourselves I
think they were very timid people. AS
for me, I'm not afraid. Why, what is
there to be afraid off"
Just then over in the town an alarm
was given, and there was the usual
exClCeu SCTanpiilB 10 eet Aiuo iiouoeS'
Forgetting that he was not afraid, Pop
up led the way straight for the nearest
house. What a long way it seemed
then! Suddenly he stopped and fat
tened himself down in the grass. He
had caught sight Of a member of the
Hawk family and knew now the cause
of the alarm. He knew, too, that that
was too near for them to reach that
house in safety. So he did the wise
thing, fattened himself In the grass
and kept perfectly still. Peekaboo did
the same thing.
There they lay hidden in the grass,
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SHEPHERDS PIE.

Two cupfuls cold cooked meat
Cleftovers), one and one-hah
cupfuls gravy or brown sauce,
four cupfuls hot mashed pota-
toes, three tablespoonfuls hot
milk, salt and pepper to taste.
Cut the meat into small pieces,
mix with the gravy and add
seasoning. A. very small piece
of bay leaf gives nice flavor.
The meat Is beef. Beat the po-
tatoes to make them light and
add the milk. Place the pre-
pared meat In deep pie dish
and cover evenly with the hot
mashed potatoes. Place bits of
butter over the potatoes and
brown In q quick ovens
Copyright, 1880.
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one may use that color the hair be-
tween shampoos and are washed off
when the hair is washed. Colored pen
CHS may also be bought for touching up
few gray hairs; this color matter is
harmless and washes of. If there are
only two or three gray hairs, Just pull
them out
Try to cultivate a happy disposition
scalp the best of care. MANY girls
younger than you are begin having a
few gray hairs which are not noticed.
If you will send stamped. self-addressed
envelope with a request for my leaflet
on care of the hair I shall be very glad
to send it to you at once. It gives vol
more detailed information than space
here will permit. LOIS LEEDS.
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N A T U r E , S
C. IL ID II E N
BY LILLIAN cox ATHEY.
Illustrations by Mary Foley.
Xiv.
THE HOUSE CENTIPEDE,

Scutigera Forceps.
A centipede was happy quite,
Until the toad in fun
Said, Pray which leg moves after
which?"
Which raised her doubts to such pitch,
She fell exhausted in the ditch,
Not knowing how to run.
r Ugh! And you reach for some
thing handy in order to kill this
weird, scurrying creature with
~ its many thread-like legs. She
rushes madly about, extremely
anxious to get away from you, and she
usually does.
Really, she is a friend and not foe.
She does not destroy our food or cloth
ing. Her diet consists of moths, flies,
reaches and other small insects which
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This is happening all the time None
Of us ever fully realizes how often We
are fortunate. The very thing that
seems hard to bear may be our good
fortune. 1t was so with Peekaboo and
Popup. the young runaway Prairie
dogs, as presently you will see.
That first night they spent curled up
together in an unfinished house that
some Prairie-dog had started and then
given up. 1t went down into the
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Mattresses.

Mattresses will last longer and be
more comfortable If they are turned
frequently, summed and cleaned with a
brush or vacuum cleaner brush attach
ment