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Surprise and Food Interest
BY LYDIA LIE BARON WALKER.

which may not be as agreeable to the
palate as was the time -honored favor
tie. For instance, an old-fashioned
Indian pudding is apt to be as sur
prising If it is plain, as II 1t had all
sorts of additions, such as apples,
raisins, citron, ETC., to suggest q plum
pudding in its modernity. But II, in
stead of serving the pudding with white
whipped cream, the top is piled with a
delicately Drowned meringue slightly
favored with orange there is an imme-
diate surprise.
One little but delicious surprise of
the cook of whom was speaking was
found in individual sponge cakes COW
cred with whipped cream. On eating
them it was discovered that a hole
had been scooped out in the bottom
of each cake and preserved plum in
serted. A marvellous flavor resulted and
a surprise to delight any little or big
Jack Horner.
A novelty in the way of a flavor and
appearance Of an apple pie was made
by a little fiat mound Of cream cheese
on the top. This mound had good
sized star of caramel sauce in the
center. The star was sketchy, being
made by trailing the thread-like stream
of the caramel across the mound, and
repeating the stream to fill the star
with an irregular mesh Of lines. The
star was large enough for each serving
of the pie to have bit Of the caramel
These accounts of how to introduce
surprises into dishes serve to show
their simplicity, their piquing interest
and methods, so that homemakerS car
follow the plan according to their own
devices
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DOROTHY DIX'S LETTER BOX
Shall the Divorced Wife of a Poor Husband Risk
Marriage Again at SO?

YEAR MISS DIX Divorced after 20 years
~ unhappy married life with unathu
life itself endangered
be. About widower
friendship has pned into love He
fault kind good to look well educated
devotedy
married and child have
sufficient to live comfortably
of former life Shall him
believe that could make happy happy
IN PERPLEXITY.
NsWER You remember what Dr. johnson
rage? That the final triumph
double widows
second
mona matter whether had
think that they
they
should think long distance
HOWEVER, upon thousands Of widows
II widowes
and happiness And we know
second marriage goriousy happy
marriage was failure
indication that will
believe that there good apples
midde.aged the
thing that they
their children to have the
the last lap the journey There
0~A'
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Stubtail, Mountain Beaver.
The law of life finds no excuse
For anything that's not of use.
Old Mother Nature.

Stubtail, the Mountain Beaver, was
much disturbed. He didn't like visitors
excepting of his own kind, and eSpe-
cially did he dislike those two-legged
creatures called men. So, when all I'M
suspecting that one was near, he had
come out to discover Farmer Browns
Boy sitting close by one of his door
ways, he was quite upset. He had
darted back and he had kept on along
a long tunnel until he finally reached
his snug home underground some dis
lance away. There he had remained
until night.
Il should have known better than to
go out in daytime, even if it was a dark
day." he grumbled to Mrs. Stubtail. 1T
is queer how folks will do things they
know they shouldn't do. Well, / hope
that two-legged creature isn't going to
stay around here long. I never feel
easy when one of them is about"
"These fern roots are very good, I'M
usually good, my dear; try some" re-
marked Mrs. Stubtail by way of chang
ing the subject.
They ought to be; worked hard
enough to get them" grumbled Stub
tail.
Mrs. Stubtail grinned Did you?"
she asked mildly.
Eyes, I did" snapped Stubtail, for
he was still out of humor, due to the
scare he had had.
Mrs. Stubtail chuckled right out.
"They look to me exactly like the ones
I got" said she. IF you will run out
side think you will find those you dug
still out where you left them to be
cured"
Stubtaii opened his mouth for a
sharp retort and then thought better of
it. 1t is useless to argue when you
know you are wrong, and Stubtail knew
that this time he was wrong, for he re-
membered that he had not yet brought
in the roots he had dug a. couple of
nights before. So he decided to try to
take another nap and wait for night
before venturing out again.
1t wasn't that Stubtail was coward.
No, indeed. He was timid, as he had
every reason to be, but he was no cow
ard. He simply had learned through
long experience that when one has
many enemies the wise thing to do Is
to go out only when the fewest number
will be abroad. And so Stubtal prefers
the night. He loves the night He feels
safe in the darkness and he loves the
GOODNESS.
Farmer Browns Boy had thought
that Stubtail had no tail, but in this he
was mistaken He had tail, teeny,
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fold like fans and do not cover her
body. Her face is not very pretty. and
she has splasfes of yellow on 1t, re-
minding one of badly placed rouge.
She wears her hair brushed away from
her face. The jaws are yellow, with
black lines about their edge. On her
front foot she carries a very fine comb,
and with this she keeps her velvety
black antennae in perfect ondition.
Having decided upon the home site.
she goes in search of well seasoned
building material. This may be any
dead tree or wood. With sharp jaws
she scrapes off the surface and chews
it we'll. The paper pulp is covered with
waterproof material, and when she has
a pellet the size of pea she goes to
the branch Of the tree selected for the
home On the under side OF the stem
she places the foundation pulp-a strip
about 6 inches long. On this she con-
structs several cells, facing down. In
these she CLUES a tiny white elongated
egg, leaving the door open. Then she
goes about building roof over the
cradles.
Pretty soon her children are calling
for food. She goes to the flowers for
sweet nectar. Each tiny baby reaches
as far out of the cradle as she can to
receive her food. She is nothing more
than a white body with small head,
sharp Jaws and a big appetite. Later
the mother gives her more hearty food,
like caterpillars, flies and spiders. These
she masticates we'll, removing all hard
parts before giving them to the hun
CRY baby.
After eating their fill, the little girl
bees spin a soft. silk curtain before
their door and in it go to sleep. Later,
when they awaken, they are all will
ing workers and take over the house
hold management. While they rested,
the mother built more cradles and
placed eggs in them. The oldest chill
dren then became the nurses to the
second group, and from then on the
mother left all the construction work,
marketing and nursing, to the rapidly
growing family Her work was to fill
the cradles. There are many thousand
children in this one home.
The house is built in layers with
spaces between. This gives perfect
ventilation. as we'll as regulation of
size. Removing the inside layer and
building a new one ON the outside,
places these builders in a class by
themselves.
Late in the Summer the drones ap-
pear on the scene and many marriages
take place. The queens are the only
ones that survive the Winter.
Copyright. 1917
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DAILY DIET RECIPE
STITFFEn FRIED EGGPI,AN

Eggplant, one small; raw egg,
one; cold water, two tablespoons;
dry bread crumbs, one and one
half cups; deep hot fat, one cup;
raw tomato slices, ten or twelve;
broiled bacon slices, ten or
twelve; grated American cheese,
one-half cup.
SERVES 10 OR IL PORTIONS.
Peel even-shaped, rounded egg
plant; cut in croSswise slices
about one-half inch thick. Soak
slices in cold water one hour or
more. Drain. wipe dry. Coat
each piece with dry bread crumbs.
then dip in egg well beaten with
two tablespoons cold water, and
again in bread crumbs. Fry in deep
fat heated to $40 degrees Fahren-
heit. Drain on paper until cool
enough to handle. Then split
each slice open just far enough
across SO that slice of raw
tomato and a slice of broiled
bacon can be inserted. Lay the
prepared stuffed eggplant slices
in a glass baking dish attrac-
lively. Sprinkle with cheese and
brown quickly in hot oven or
under broiler flame.
DIET NOTE.
Recipe furnishes fiber, some
protein, some fat and a little
starch. Lime, iron. vitamins A,
B and G present. Can be eaten
by adults of normal digestion
who are Of average or under
weight.
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Ice Cream Dessert.

When any kind Of ice cream Is left
over and is melted remove it from the
freezer and use it the same day by
heating the mixture enough to dissolve
some gelatin that has been soaked in
cold water for 10 minutes. allowing a
scant tablespoonful Of gelatin to a pint
Of the melted ice cream. Pour into a
mold that has been dipped in cold
water. When firm remove to a serving
dish and use with a sweetened milk or
cream.
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DAAD A1'AA ~ OA~AAO ". Burgess

weeny tail. which is hardly enough Of a
tail to be called one. In this respect he
Is like Buster Bear. But in no other re-
spect Is he like Buster. Nor Is he at all
like Paddy the Beaver, despite his name
of Mountain Beaver. The fact Is he has
no near relatives; none at ALL He Is an
independent little fellow who lives his
life in his own way and asks only to be
let alone.
In one thing only Is he like Paddy
the Beaver and that is his willingness
to work. There is nothing of laZiness
in Stubtail When he isn't digging tun-
nels or making paths he is cutting food
supplies and putting them to cure or
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storing them away. You see. Stubtail
and his mate are thrifty folk. Yes. sir,
they are thrifty folk. They long ago
learned what all the Squirrel folk know
which is, that it pays to store away
food in times Of plenty. that they may
not so hungry in times when food Is
scarce or difficult to obtain.
1t was because he was so thrifty that
he had thought to improve the dark
day, and so had encountered Farmer
Browns Boy. IT ought to have known
better than to go out so early" he
kept mumbling, as he tried to sleep
and couldn't. It ought to have known
better. wonder what that fellow was
doing around here, anyway"
(Copyright. 1917
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-15

Doctors treat acid inside the
body with milk OF magnesia. And
now dermatologists are securing
amazing results in banishing COM
plexion faults with cremed magnesia.
All you do is anoint your skin with
it. massage and rinse with water.
it's as simple as washing your face.
1t reduces enlarged pores to the finest,
smootheSt texture. Being astringent, it
drives away the tell-taIe lines of age. Sal
low skin and facial blemishes clear right
at the fine youthful texture of your skin
To get genuine cremed magnesia, ask
your druggist for Denton's Facial Mag
nesia. The dollar size contains twice as
much as the sixty-cent size.
= DEMONS CREMED
I aciaI Magnesia
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nans Of a magazine 1t must be writ
ten the way its owners choose.
Go to evening high school or you can
try books at the library first.
As for manners, do what seems nat
ural and kind to you. For instance, II
an elderly executive comes into the room,
by all means rise. You'd do that II
you were the head of the concern.
Or, If you were hostess in your own
home you would rise as a courtesy to
an older man or woman. Therefore,
you should do SO II an elderly eXecu-
tive came to your desk.
There is no book which contains
rules about secretarial duties, but if
you have any other questions about
what a secretary ought to do, write ant
ask me and I'll be glad to answer then
for you.
copyright. 1931)
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FOOD PROBLEMS
BY SALLIE MONROE.
Beforehand Dishes.

Susan had the reputation Of never
working.
II don't see how you manage It,
said her friends. "You never seem
to be doing anything, but everything
is wonderful at your house"
Susan kept no maid. She was
naturally a good cook. She has,
naturally, what is called a light
hand with housework. But Susan her
self gave credit for much of her reputa-
ton to the fact that she knew how to
make some delicious beforehand
dishes to serve as the main dish OF
dinner
Then, with tomato juice cocktail
out of a bottle, a couple Of good vege-
tables, a salad and fruit for dessert,
with good coffee, cheese and crackers,
have swell reputation that don't
really deserve"
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MENU FOR A DAY.

BREAKFAST.
Chilled Orange Juice.
Wheat Cereal With Cream.
Scrambled Eggs. Corn Mullins.
Coffee.
LUNCHEON.
Tomatoes Stuffed With Crab
Meat.
Toasted Cheese Rolls.
Sliced Pineapple. Cookies. Tea.
DINNER.
Savory Meat Loaf.
Baked Potatoes. Wax Beans.
Sliced CucumberS.
Old-FaShioned Burberry Hollow.
Coffee.
CORN MUFFINS.
Cream together one-half cup
full butter and one-half cupful
sugar, then two eggs well beaten,
then add, well sifted together,
one and one-half cupfuls each Of
-four, cornmeal and two tea
spoonfuls baking powder, one
half teaspoonful salt. And alter
nately with one cupful milk; fill
we'll creased muffin tins three
quarters full. Bake at 400 de-
grees Fahrenheit 20 to Is min
utes. All measurements are
level.
TOMATOES AND CRAB.
Cut thin slice from stem end
of tomato; remove center and all
the seeds and fill with seasoned
crab flakes. Cover with mayon-
naise, garnish with small sprigs
Of parsley or thin slice of pickle.
Serve on lettuce leaf surrounded
with shredded lettuce.
BURBERRY HOLLOW.
Into a deep baking dish put a
quart or two, just as your love
for berries dictates, of hot blue
berries that have been stewed
until tender and sweetened to
taste. Cover with a pie crust
dough and bake in good oven
until crust is done. Turn out
with berries on top and serve
hot, with lots of whipped cream
Sweetened and favored with
vanilla. Just before putting crust
on add little butter to berries.
Copyright, 1917
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but there are queS. Helen "ooo""ru'
tons in grammar that come up In cor
respondence and problems about ohce
etiquette, etc. For instance, should I
rise when an elderly important execu-
tive enters the room?
when to use the words who ana
whom and whether an aspostrophe Is
added after the plural Of steamer, such
as steamers berths. Is it added after
Exporters and Importers Journal as
Illustrated, and If not, why not. Some
Of the punctuation rules I have for
gotten since left school-which is not
recently. BRIGHT-IGHT."
What a sensible girl you are! Don't
let your lack of knowledge worry you. 1t
is not as great as you think 1t is, and
with a little study you can be all right.
I wish it we're possible for you to take
course in English in evening high
school. But perhaps you are too tired
in the evening.
Put an apostrophe after the IS" in
2. plural word. You would say steam
ers' berths or steamers berth If you
meant more than one steamer. No
general rule would apply to Exporters
and Importers Journal. Since 1t Is the
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LOUIS XVI WAS GELATINED DUR
ING THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
The artichoke was an ancient instru-
ment of torture.
Ambiguity means having two wives
living at the same time.
A goblet is a male turkey.
What is an herbaceous border? One
who boards all the week and goes home
on Saturday and Sunday.
Jacob was a patriarch who brought
up his II sons to be patriarchs, but they
Gid not take to it.
Persian cats is the chief industry OF
Persia, hence the "purr"
The process of turning steam into
water again is called conversation.
(Copyright, 1917
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with the cuisine, and it was in re-
Spouse to their expressions Of pleasure
at some not unusual dish that had its
unusual feature that the hostess said
what she did.
Introduce a like interest in her dishes
If she will use her ingenuity. The diff
ferences from the customary prepara-
ton is slight. It Is merely the unex-
pected that supplies the desired quality.
This may be in flavor. in appearance,
or by the use Of some new ingredient
or food element.
In the matter of flavor there has
been such a run on new combinations
Of hitherto incongruous ingredients
that today a return to an old
fashioned dish Is more surprising than
an old dish turned into something new
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-15
MY Neighbor Says:

If, when making coffee, you
run short of milk a good sub
stitute is to beat up an egg and
put a little in each cup with a
little milk. You will find this
greatly improves the coffee.
To keep mice away scatter
small pieces Of camphor in your
cupboards and drawers. They
greatly dislike the smell Of
camphor and will go far away
from 1t.
When you want to bake a
cake in the morning and the
oven is too hot, just put it in
with the door ajar until oven Is
the right temperature.
Use eggshells to wash bottles
or vinegar cruets. Crush them
fine, put into the cruets with
warm, soapy water and shake
well. This will clean the finest
glass without scratching 1t.
Copyright, 1917
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Breakfast Food.

Take the crusts from stale bread,
either whole wheat, graham, rye or
bran, and grind them rather coarse.
Brown them to a crisp in hot oven
and serve as a breakfast food with
cream or hot milk. Dates or figs cut
I'D with them make a good variety.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-15
Lobster Sandwich.

Lobster or crab sandwiches can be
made by mincing the meat fine and
mixing it with enough mayonnaise to
spread well. Spread on thin slices of
buttered white bread. Sardine sand
wiches can also be made this way.
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LookYedrs
Younger
Beauties your skin in the same
easy way thof Milk Of Mognesio
puYifies the stomach

Many women
do not realize
that acid skin
excretions are
the cause of most
poor complex
ions. To look
your loveliest,
you must first
neutralize harm
full skin acids.
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@ANN AA4b 4AAA
a course on How
to become a sec
retary,' I fe Ell
r a t h er insecure,
and, in order to
clear any doubt in
my mind, I should
like to study secre-
t arial dut i e S.
Could you advise
me?
II u n d e rstand
general Office work,
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diSapprOVaI With q sharp SCaD, WIIICIi 10
usually enough to make us remember
ever after to give them the road.
In the Spring the young queen
awakens from her long sleep, and her
first thought is to find building site
for her very large home. She is a
very handsomely clad creature. Bands
of yellow, with edges scalloped, trim
her abdomen. The lovely, gauzy wings
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-15
Manners and Commas.

Dear Miss Woodward: I have a POSI-
ton as secretary, which I earned only
through experience, having had only an
elementary education and a course in
stenography.
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One homemaker who has an expert
cook said recently:
There IS never a meal at which my
cook doesn't have at least one dish with
an element of surprise in it,"
Guests at her home were intrigued
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-15
The Woman Who Makes Good

WOODWARD.
Who started uho o.
the highest paid business
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N A T u II E. S
CHI r. F. n
BY LILLIAN cox ATHEY.
Illustrations by Mary Foley.
Illustrations by Mary Foley.
CXI.
YELLOW-JACKETS,

Vespa sp.
w We do not seek these business
n like house builders; neither
wv do they seek us. 1t is
merely that we get in theii
way and they show theil
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-07
D. C. COLORED TENNIS
PLAYERS ORGANIZE
Five Clubs Form Association to
Promote Tourneys-Plan to
Affiliate With A. T. A.

Representatives from five colored ten
mis- clubs Of the District of Columbia
met at the Twelfth Street Y NJ C. A.
Friday night and organized the Wash
ington Tennis Association. The result
Of this meeting will bring together some
of the leading colored tennis players of
the city IN the various tournaments
planned by this new organization.
The following clubs are represented
The Elkwood Tennis Club. the Progress
sive Tennis Club, the Reno Tennis
Club, the Twelfth Street "Y" Racquet
Club and the James E. Walker Ten
mis- Club. This new body has made
application for member ship in the
American Tennis Association. The local
association will foster open inter-club
and inter-city tournaments. Ranking
of local players and the sending of
representatives to the American Ten
mis- Association tournament will come
under the supervision Of the local as
ISOLATION.
Off1cers elected follow: j. F. NJ Will
kinson u. z. Walker, president E,
Bass tReno) vice president; R. e.
Anderson 81. e. Walker. secretary:
Mrs. e. w. Green (Renol assistant
secretary: F. Perkins tProgressive)
treasurer; L. Stillwell Twelfth Street
"Y'D. general manager.
The following committees we're
formed: Constitution, Talley Holmes
chairman; w. Oscar Murray. L. Still
we'll and F. Perkins, Publicity. Arthur
Green. chairman: w. Oscar Murray and
Fillmore Mayfieid. Entertainment, J.
NJ jefferson. chairman; Mrs. Nellie
GRAY. Miss Anita Cant. Miss e. w
Green and w. Underdown.
The first tournament under the super
vision of the association will be staged
June TO- The next meeting will be
Friday night at the Twelfth Street
Y. M. c. A.
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last Summer, when Leo suddenly turned
on the heat on the tenth hole. He
played Nos. 10. IL, IL and 10. each a
stroke under par: and he didn't have
to role single putt Of any conse-
quence. 1t looked as II each iron shot
was certain to hit the stick, and the
size of the putt which was left de-
pended solely upon how accurately the
distance had been gagged.
But the point Of the thing Is that
Sweetser, now that he plays very little,
is not nearly so fine an iron player as
he was back in the years between 1922
and 1927: and Diegel appears to be
a bit too likely to suffer lapses Of form.
With all due respect I don't believe
that any one who employs the shut-face
style can ever hope to enjoy the con-
sistency and the duration of effective
ness that have been the lot of some
of the players of the other school; and
think there is a very definite reason
for this.
Requires Accurate Timing.
1t seems to me- that to be consis-
tently effective a golflng style must be
vigorously simple. In other words, the
first requirement of consistency Is a
swing which can be repeated over and
over again. and this naturally can be
accomplished by human being only
when every unnecessary action reQuir-
ing accurate timing has been elimi
mated. Now, 1 think that this little
matter of dipping the head during the
backswing is Of sufficient importance
to account for whatever uncertainties
may be characteristic of the shut-face
style of play. Every sound stroke
should have an axis somewhere. There
should be some definite point upon
which the swing can be hung, and If
the head moves, down and up. during
the swing. l cannot imagine where
such an axis or center can be found
I don't think 1t matters II the head
should turn slightly from side to side
during the swing, for it is still pos
sible to select a point, say, at the base
of the skull, which can be taken for
center. But If the head moves down,
going back, this means that the dis
lance from the eyes of the player to
the ball, and from his left shoulder
to the ball. has been lessened. and it
will mean also that this distance will
have to be increased again by the time
the club strikes the ball This is one
necessity for accurate timing which has
to be accounted for in this style Of
play, and which does not worry the
man who simply turns his body on the
bdckswing.
(Copyrieht. 1917