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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-27
Household Methods
BY BETSY CALLISTER-

One of our readers says tn: cellar
of her house is damp and wants to
know what to do about it. Il have no
screens in the cellar" she says. 80
can't keep the cellar doors and win
dowS open much"
Flies love cellars. and of course II
they get in the cellar, they are quite
likely to get all through the house.
If cellar windows and doors are not
screened, they may be protected with
mosquito netting. One window at least
on each side of the cellar should be
protected. Screens may be too great
an expense but pieces of screening
window, and they may be talked in
place outside to the window freIne. Or
mosquito netting may be tackled over
them. Then in all but rainy weather
these windows should be left open.
For plenty of air in the cellar is the
best cure for dampness.
Moreover. a well-aired cellar helps
keep the whole house we'll aired. For
the cool air of the cellar is drawn up
ward through the house when upstairs
windows are open
Many cellars have floor depressions
where little puddles of water gather
after heavy rains. These should be
swept away at once, so that the water
will dry. If there are such puddles,
. little chloride of lime may be sprink-
led about the cellar after they are
swept aside. Stagnant water. even in
tiny pools. Is an excellent breeding
place not only for mosquitoes but for
bacteria of various sorts
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-27
Summertime
BY D. C. PEATTIE.

It was at Suitland bog. at Just this
time of year that first saw the sun
dew growing. Since then l have found
it at HyattSvile, and another species
near Forest Glen.
1t is a memorable moment in any
nature lovers life when first he sees an
insect-eating plant. with species Of fly
and graf and even small moths and
butterflies caught in its tolls and coils.
For the sundews have sensitive leaves,
tipped with sticky, red hairs which, by
their cleaning appearance, seem no
doubt to the insects like proffered nee
tar The gullible insect alightS and
finds himself stuck fast. Then slowly,
stimulated 1 know not how, the leaves
crush and digest the tiny body, for the
cleaning fluid is really a digestive fluid
similar to pancreas or saliva or pepsin.
1 doubt if the plant is wholly de-
pendent on insect fare, any more than
the pitcher-plant. which is very rare i'll
few messy swampS around Laurel and
Benning. If sundrewS had to live by
mosquitoes alone they would soon
starye, and their root system and green
leaves suggest that they also work the
soil, like any honest plant. But so
powerful is this digestive fluid of the
Sunoews that it will curdle milk-which
is what happens to milk in the human
stomach
The sundews have delightful. inno-
cent-looking little white. regular flowers,
in no way suggestive of their carnivo-
rouS habits. Our pitcher-plant is dis
tinctly stranger in its appearance, while
the tropical pitcher-plants are SO big
and weird and evil-looking that the
supersitious believe they are "man-eat-
ing"
There are no plants capable of catch
ing or eating" anything bigger or
stronger than insects. In fact. as an
experiment of nature, the carnivorous
habit in plants has been tried only
sparingly and without enough success
to make the experiment worth repeat
ing.
You must not think of our sundews
as in any way tropical Their flowers
are as small and clear and cool as
saxifrages. The sundews prefer the cold
boys of northern lands-above all, wher-
ever there is that moss, so familiar in
surgical dressings during the war, called
sphagnum. There the ladies' slippers
| grow, the cranberries and the cotton
/ grass and all that speaks of the brief
and sparkling northern Summer.
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Considers
w omen
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Dependable
Is q Man
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Best
lend?

VERY often YOU hear pretty girl woman
like and that she never get p Tmsh and na h Wen Know
the house all morning sovenl and unkmp
Hnt it is e for the men appear in the evening and then
perfumed doed the limit
Ssn dull and vnt
ahG ak be eot y aaSesbe m their own sex %ho
consider to be polite to other
always sorry girls sorry
themselves creatures for there
ignay the character OF the doesn't
ike other women
something wrong with her that sooner or later 10 come out no
how camouhaged first by youth beauty
because thew sense in some occult va her Anv woman
fool a virtually fool other
NOR
without Justification For in social life she the nus
who deliberately takes rich mddaged
wife who has helped build business offices
her own employer by haterng and awnng upon him.
The has pity other
Instead the old holds for dcu those
whose lack of money forces them to dress shabbly.
THE a
farweher friends They stick
only youth beauty spirits last but
until they forget it. or they get busy sending roses
they be well off, send her check until the
sit the bedside of sick friend and try to brighten her up and
the altar of friendship for other women
OR
that than anything else the they
take the time trouble teach girls their jobs have
fortune came another and she was above their
have amazed the aum with which they reced when good
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Coyotes Change Minds.

He's merely stubborn you will find
| VINO Will not sometimes change his mind
-Speedfoot the Coyote.
1t was not all playtime for the little
kids of the Antelope band. Goodness,
no! There were lessons every day
Some of these lessons were part of the
play and these were the incest lessons
to remember. But there were other
lessons. Sometimes right in the middle
OF game one or another of the mothers
would give danger signal and each
little Antelope would instantly drop
where 1t was and there lie, looking as
much as possible like part of the sur
roundings until Mother gave the signal
| that all was well once more
That danger signal was always given
whenever stranger, were 1t man, horse,
cow, coyote or any one else big enough
to be a source of possible danger, APP
psared In sight. This was to get the
children out of sight before they were
seen. AS soon as the mothers were
sure that the stranger was harmless
the children were allowed to resume
their play. So the days passed and the
kids ran races across the prairie and
grew ever Swifter Of foot and stronger
of lung and better prepared to run for
their lives should there be need.
! Now, Speedfoot the Coyote and Mrs.
Speedfoot had never ceased to think of
the baby Antelope dinner they had
been so sure of when they had hunted
for Kid Antelope and his twin sister.
They knew that they had been COM
| pletely fooled and outwitted by Mrs
Fleetfoot, but they hadn't given up hope
that they would some day get even
and have that delicious dinner their
mouths watered for Then one day
when they were hunting Gophers they
saw the Antelope band coming their
way and that the band contained a
number of kids. At the time the two
Coyotes were fiat in the grass, so they
had not been seen.
Now is the time we ought to get that
| Antelope dinner" said Speedfoot They
are feeding right toward us. If they
get near enough we ought to be able
to separate one of those kids from the
band, and once We do that he is ours"
"They are big enough TO run pretty
fast" ventured Mrs. Speedfoot doubt
fully.
True enough" replied Speedfoot,
but they cannot keep it up for long,
and we can. 1t would have been much
easier to have found those kids before
they could run, but we didn't Now, if
we are smart we should be able to get
at least one of them. If we take them
by surprise and dash right in among
them they will scatter in all directions.
Then we will pick out one and run it
down."
Nearer and nearer came the band Of
Antelope, all unsuspecting, for it was
very still and there was no wind to
take the scent of the Coyotes to them.
The kids were gamboling and playing
as usual. When they were as near as
they were likely to come Speedfoot
dashed straight for the band, with Mrs
Speedfoot at his heels. The very thing
happened that Speedfoot had counted
on. There was a frightened scattering
in all directions. One kid, who was
separated from his mother and sister
and did not see which way they ran
started off in blind terror straight away
from the others.
The two Coyotes made straight for
him. They paid not attention to the
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A Sermon for Today
-Four Wise Things"
BY REV. JOHN r.. GUM.

FOur wise IhlngS.
There be four things which are
little upon the earth, but they are ax-
ceeding wise. Prov. xXX.24.
The four verses following tell us what
these four wise little things are. ano
indicate the lessons they teach.
1.-THE ants are a people not strong
vet they prepare their meat in the
Summer" This is prudence. thrift
making hay while the sun shines, lay
ing by something in store for the rainy
day. using LIES Summer season to
make provision for its Winter season
Many people are sadly lacking in such
wise foresight; they do not display as
much sense as the ants do.
The comics are but a feeble folk
yet make they their houses in the
rocks" This is wise building laying
LIES foundations on the rock of eternal
truth; like the wise man of whom Jesus
spoke, which built his house upon q
rock: and the rains descended. and the
hoods came, and the winds blew and
beat upon that house: and it fell not
Tor 1t was founded upon a rock" IN
less built upon the rock of truth, your
| house of life cannot stand.
THE locusts have no king. yet they
go forth all of them by bands" This
is teamwork There are some who are
good workers. but who have never
learned how to work together with any,
body else. They are like certain COL
lege athlete who. though a brilliant
player. was dropped from his foot ball
team because he was not team player
Many are dropped from the game OF
life, not from lack of ability. but be-
cause they lack adaptability for team
work. We would all get along better.
and accomplish more, if We had more
cooperative sense, such as the locusts
have
The spider taketh hold with her
hands, and is in kings palaces" This
Is perseverance, clinging on and win
ming place in the kingdom of the sue
cessful. A spider climbing the twelfth
time on the beam of roof, and falling
each time, but succeeding when it
climbed the thirteenth time, gave Rob-
ert Bruce. who had also failed ~
times, courage to make the thirteenth
endeavor in which he met and de-
feated King Edwards and was crowned
king. The man who has the grit and
courage to hold on and keep on, in spite
OF every difficulty, in spite of every
backset will sooner or later win mis-
way into the kings palace and wear the
coveted crown of success.
He that hath an ear to hear. let
him hear" and take heed to the les
sons taught by these Four Wise
Little Things"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-27
The Woman Who Makes Good
BY HELEN WOODWARD
Who started frightened
highest paid business momen in America She married
to one OF Americas famous authors
BY HELEN WOODWARD

his stenographer. He spent hours die
tating to her, but she couldn't make
head or tail of her dictation and pes
tered all the other girls for help. Some
times she forgot her letters altogether.
Mr.. Jeffrey finally realized that
nothing could be done with her. But
meantime she took full advantage of
his liking. She came late and went
early, and after while she didn't try
to do any more work, just fooled away
the hours. She managed to get a good
salary for two years, until finally Mr.
Jeffrey got tired and she lost her job
She had one quality that attracted
Mr.. jeffrey SO strongly that he over
looked everything else. She had a most
beautiful speaking voice. 1t was a
soft voice; it had an appealing and ca
ressing quality. If you could have
listened to her voice without having
her do any work it would have been
perfect. She might have made a good
telephone operator, only she could not
remember anything long enough.
1 don't know what became of her.
hope she works on the radio. If she
could get a job like that. where she
wouldn't have to remember anything
and nobody would have to look at her,
am sure she might get along
This is a true story, but it has a
moral If you're nice looking. a lovely
voice will make you irresistible. If
you're not nice looking, beautiful
voice will make people forget how you
look.
(Copyright 1917
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-27
OUR CHILDREN
BY ANGELO PATRI.
Don't Scratch.

These are scratchy days. Flies will
bite and children will scratch or course
We say, Don't scratch" and, OF course,
they do. Nothing is so irritating TO the
bitten one as to be ordered to stop tnat
scratching. He is very likely to THINK,
or to say. that If you had the bite, ana
he wishes heartily that you had, youd
scratch, too.
When a child gets a bite that calls
for scratching take something cooling,
| witch hazel, lemon juice, creams ana
lotions, those nice milky ones, pat the
| sore spot and say something about the
| boy next door, the ice man, or the cir
Gus that's coming. Don't mention the
! bite.
The lotion is not to heal the bit. 1t
/ won't. 1t will relieve the childs nina
He thinks something has been done TO
soothe his misery and his desire lot
comfort has been satisfied. Just as soon
his mind takes hold of that idea give IT
the neXt-something far away from the
bite, of strong interest.
Talk blithely for a moment or two,
| then send the child to do something.
! 1t is fatal to let him sit down ana
scratch. Take his mind off his trou-
bleS and he will let the bite alone and
it will be gone by the time he RENE n
! bers it again.
Concentrating ones mind on bite
will make that bite live II you do not
| believe that you can try 1t out any
time. You can give that bite vicious
| life, prolonged indefinitely, or you can
cut its career short. as you please.
know that bites hurt. I've had my
share of item and did my share OF the
! scratching and muttering. In Solf-dd
| Tense learned to ignore them and now
they do not trouble ME at all. You
can train children to make much or
| little of their simpler ills as you view
them in alarm or in the natural course
| of events.
That does not mean that child is
| to be exposed to bites. The less time
he has to spend on them the better.
/ All windows and doors must be screened.
| Children should be guarded against
stingS and bites and raShes. NettleS
ought to be burned up and poison ivy
i destroyed. 1t is hard TO forget dose
Of poison ivy. 1t is best done with the
! aid of cake of brown soap and some
hot water. But fly bites and the like
are easy once you get into practice.
1t is fatal to tell a child to keep
away from bees nest. 1t has GER
tain sure fascination for him and he
will go back until he is stung. The
best thing to do is to remove the nest
The man of the house will know how to
do that, but failing him, try the coun-
try-bred neighbor.
1t SENS impossible to avoid there an
noyances. The best we can do is to es-
tablish a mental attitude toward them
that will render the II as harmless and
as painless as possible. Comfort the
child with as little show of fear, OF eX
element. anxiety, as possible. Then
I direct his attention away from himself
and toward some happy activity. That
Twill be speedier remedy than stop
that scratching" can ever be.
Copyright. 1872
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-27
Aging Necks.

THE neck" said a beauty authority
sis the despair of almost every woman
nearing middle lite" This is because
few of us give any thought to the con-
dition of this part of the body until IL
has begun to show definite signs Of
aging. such as wrinkled. sagging and
Sallow skin After these beauty trou-
bleS have developed it takes time and
patience to restore lovely contour and
color to the neck. A much better plan
is to apply an ounce of prevention dur
ing girlhood so that the neck Will stay
young.
1t is never too early to begin culti-
waiting a graceful neck. Correct poise
of the read is the first essential. and
the sooner it is learned the better. A
wise mother will begin to teach her
little girls to hold their heads up as
soon as they enter school; for 1t Is at
school that many children acquire the
habit OF bending over their work, let
ting their heads sag forward. During
the teen age, this poStural defect IS
very common, especially among girls
who are tall and thin for their age.
An easy way to develop the proper
poise of the head is the good old
fashioned one of walking with book
balanced on the crown. Walk around
the room and also up and down stairs.
When this exercise becomes easy, sub
stitute an orange for the book, and do
some slow heel-raising, knee-bending
and kicking exercises without letting
the orange roll off. BY following this
simple method one may acquire firm,
graceful neck that will not become
fiabby and wrinkled in later years.
Since We spend one-third of our
lives in bed, the correct posture of
the neck during sleep is also important.
Sleeping with a small pillow or no pill
low at all will discourage double chins
and throat wrinkles.
A third point in the care of the
neck is daily message with a skin food.
The habit of giving the neck this
treatment should be begun in the teens.
Cleanse the skin first with plenty of
warm water and soap. using bath
brush to stimulate the skin. Rinse, dry
and then spend five minutes patting the
cream on. Wipe off the excess cream,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-27
Collars for Summer Dresses
BY MARY MARSHALL.

women will accept them now because
they have first accepted the fashion
for washable accessory collars and cuffs
which make wooden dresses much more
acceptable to fastidious women than
they were when these dainty accessories
were not in fashion.
The collar in the sketch is made from
net. edged with fine valenciennes of
Irish point lace. The measurements are
as follows:
ALB, Is inches.
BIC, Is inches.
EB and EA, seven and one-half
incheS.
EFF. five inches.
CD, four inches.
DC, one inch.
Connect the points as indicated with
straight or curved lines.
AEB is the back of the collar and is
on a straight edge of the net The
small tucks are on the straight, and
end two or three inches from each side,
to produce the frilly effect. There are
seven or eight tucks across the back
and about three on each side toward
the front. These toward the front also
end two or three inches from each side.
If you would like more frilly collar,
extend the fronts an inch or two longer
end take up the extra length in addi-
tional tucEs along the side fronts.
tCopyright, 1917
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-27

The latest conc,Ses the limestone
bordering the staircase-one OF the
embassyS most famous features.
The limestone, it seems, had way OF
"perspiring" at inopportune times. Vari-
Gus remedies were tried, but with little
success. Some one finally suggested an
application of sour cream. The sugges-
ton was politely laughed aside. But
the chateiaine of the embaSsy-Lady
Lindsay. wife of Sir Ronald, the AM
bassador-one day assembled the stair
case in a black velvet gown. The gown
was practically ruined. Immediately
quantities of sour cream were ordered.
Probably this is one Of the reasons
that Andrew Mellon sometimes Is de-
scribed as the greatest Secretary Of the
Treasury since Alexander Hamilton.
Uncle Sans accounting system is
basically the same as that instituted by
Hamilton in the year 1889. In all Of
the 142 years since the time Hamilton
presided over the Treasury OF the coun-
trv attempts to improve on his system
have been rather futile.
In 1894. according to z. +. Bartlett,
chief of the Treasury's Division Of Book
keening and Warrants, Congress came
hack almost in toto to the system that
Hamilton devised and Congress approx
Bartelt incidentally, makes as his
hobhv a study Of the genesis and per-
manent quality of Hamilton's work.
Senator J. Hamilton Lewis "Jim
Ham, of Illinois, in the Capital on Q
living visit. walking across the Hill
ionking as sartorially elegant as ever
Col, Amos Woodcock. director Of
prohibition, in front of his office on
pannsvlvania avenue watching the
norade of Post and Gatty 4. Pat
Hurley. Secretary Of War, looking
iannty in a tan palm bsach suit and
Smoking a slender cigar. entering the
erecntiye Offices of the White House
for conference with the President. -. :.
rear Admiral william A. Moffett. chief
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-27
Household Methods
BY BETSY CALLISTER.
Colored Bath Salts.

Women nowadays battle in their
chosen color. They have bath salts
and soap and toilet water all of their
favorite scent and color. And though
the salts don't color the bath, still it
is refreshing to have them in the color
one best likes.
Salts are packed in really beautiful
containers. Or else the beautiful con-
tanners are bought separately as part
of the bath room equipment and the
salts are put into them. Such bath
room set contains a big jar for bath
powder, a couple of TASKS or bottles
for lotions or astringents and dishes
for soap as we'll as salts
Many Of these bath sets are of black
and white. which is still smart bath
room combination. Some of them, too,
follow the new idea that fishes are the
logical bath room decoration. They
are then in green or blue. in clouded
colors shading almost to white. And
they are decorated with the most at
tractive fish, named and namelesS,
that ever swan or didn't swim in the
sea. Sometimes perky little dolphins
standing on their tails form Q band
around such jars.
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My Neighbor Says:

Lingerie must be tinted occa-
sionally to preserve its dainty
appearance. A faded blue gar
ment will tint a delicate orchid
with the aid Of a pink dye, a
pale yellow will shade into
delicate green If dipped in blue
dye and a pink dye will change
the yellow to a shell pink. Be
sure to use small quantities Of
the dye for these pastel shades.
This is a delicious and an I'M
usual sandwich to serve with the
afternoon tea. Mix "a cup of
finely chopped preserved Canton
ginger and - cup of chopped
pecan nutmeats. Add 2 table
spoonfuls of finely cut candied
orange peel, l tablespoonful of
ginger strip. l teaspoonful of
vinegar and a few grains of salt.
Spread between thin, unSweet-
ened crackers.
After washing golf hose, ba-
bies' sweaters and stockings, place
them on wooden frames. The
articles will dry evenly without
shrinking and will not require
pressing.
Copyright, 1917
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-27
Ham Loaf.

Serving 1.-TWO cupfuls chopped
ham. one cupful chopped pork, one and
one-half cupfuls bread crumbs. two
eggs. two tablespoonful chopped onions.
two tablespoonfuls chopped green pep
pers, one-half teaspoonful celery salt.
one and one-half cupfuls milk. three
tablespoonfuls fat (melted) Mix the
ingredients. Pour into buttered loaf
pan. Bake 40 minutes in moderate
oven. Unmold and when cold slice.
Garnish with parsley and slices OF hard
cooked eggs.
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Cantaloupe Cocktail.

Four small ripe cantaloupes. two cup
fuls diced fresh pineapple. one cupful
sugar, onehalf cupful water, one-half
cupful grape juice. two tablespoonfuls
lemon juice. Boil one-half cupful of
sugar and ~ter two minutes. Add grape
juice and lemon juice and boil two min
utes. Cool and chill. Chill cantaloupes.
Cut in halves and remove seeds and
fibrous portions. Flute edges and add
pineapple, which has been mixed and
chilled with one-half cupful of sugar
Arrange on paper doilies on serving
plates and add strip mixture. Garnish
with fresh mint leaves.
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REnTTME GTnRTEC By Thornton
DA1D l. ANAA NJ OANAA1O W. Burgess.

others. He was good runner, was that
little fellow, and for awhile Speedfoot,
fast as he was, could not gain. But he
knew that the kid would tire shortly
and he grinned as he ran. Then at the
sound Of galloping hoois ne glanced
back. The kids mother was coming at
full speed. Speedfoot had expected this.
He would keep her occupied while Mrs.
Speedfoot ran down the kid. That was
the advantage Of hunting together
Straight past Speec1oot GAINED the
frantic mother. dodging him as he
leaped at her. Mrs. Speesifoot had al
most caught the kid when the angry