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Births Reported.

:. The following births have been reported Ia
ne Health Department in the last "a hours
William A. and Anne Ludwig, girl
William H. and Lille Thompson, boy.
Walter j. and EYanReline Reck, boy.
Charles p. and LILLIAN L. CroEhan, girl.
Daniel j. and Elizabeth Ambrosio, girl.
Victor and Helen Beauchamp. girl
Dewey and Margaret Whaling, girl.
Henry A, and Wilhelminia xander, giTl.
Stanley j. and Grace Bladen. boy.
James and Maggie Bgiscoes girl
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MISS TERESA M. FOLEY
DIES AT RESIDENCE HERE
Funeral Services for Native Sof
Capital to Be Held Here
Monday Morning.

Miss Teresa Marie Foley, so years old,
died at her residence, 725 First street,
yesterday after long illness. She was
a lifelong resident of this city and the
daughter of the late Mr.. and Mrs.
Bartholomew Foley.
She is survived by three brothers,
John, William and Thomas Foley, and
four sisters, Mrs. Catherine Humble,
Mrs. Thomas Gallagher, Miss Mary E.
Foley and Miss Alyse Foley, all of this
city.
Funeral services will be conducted in
st. Aloysius Catholic Church Monday
morning at o'clock. Interment will
be in Mount Olivet Cemeterys
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-07
BY the Associated Press.

An artificial indoor waterfall, with a
30-foot head and an imitation torrent
channel capable of carrying 800 cubic
feet of water per second, are among
facilities Government contractors will
presently begin constructing for the
Bureau of Standards.
These devices, together with sundry
pumps and water channel shapes of un-
usual size and conformation, are the
equipment for the newly designed Fed
eral Hydraulic Laboratory. DR.. George
K Burgess, director of the bureau, has
approved the plans to spend $3.50, 900 in
establishing the laboratory.
I'VE hope to find the answers for
several engineering problems Of FIRST
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F. E. SC0BEY, FORMER
MINT DIRECTOR, DIES
Appointee of Harding, Who Re-
sided Here Several Years, Paral-
ysis Victim in Texas.

Word has been received here of the
death yesterday Of F. E. Scobey, former
director of the Mint, at his home in
San Antonio, Tex. Death resulted from
paralysis.
Mr.. Scobey resided for several years
here in Washington while serving as
director of the Mint. He was ap-
pointed to the post by President Hard
ing, personal friend, in 1921. He
resigned following the Presidents death
and was succeeded by the present
director, Robert j. Grant.
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RITES FOR MRS. MCKINLEY
Funeral to Be Conducted at Resi-
dence Tomorrow Afternoon.

Funeral services for Mrs. Catherine
Wheeler Mckinley, who died at her
residence, 1888 r street, Thursday, will
be conducted there tomorrow afternoon
at o'clock. Rev. T. j. Brown and
Rev. Francis j. Grimke will officiate.
Interment will be in Woodlawn Gene
terry.
Mrs. Mckinley was the wife of White
field Mckinley, former collector of the
port of Georgetown. She is survived by
her husband and two daughters, Mrs.
Annozean Flagg and Mrs. Ethel RAFT
ley.
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ESKRIDGE RITES HELD
Army Colonel Buried With Honors
in Arlington Cemetery


Military ceremonies marked the
funeral in the Arlington National Gene
terry this morning of Col. Oliver S.
Eskridge, U. S. Infantry, who died at
the Walter Reed General Hospital
Thursday morning after long illness.
Born in Roxbury, Mass, October IL,
1876, Col Eskridge served as a cadet
in the Navy and as sergeant in the
18th Infantry, before his appointment
as a second lieutenant of Infantry in
1899. He afterward was graduated
from the Army Staff College and the
Army School of the Line, and reached
the grade of colonel in September, 1928
For several years he was in command
of the Tank School at Fort George @
Meade, and more recently was stationed
at Baltimore on duty with the Organ
lied Reserves of the Sd Corps Area.
His widow, Mrs. Ella F. EskEidge, re-
aides At sos Summerset road Hltimore'
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Mother of Seven Ends Life.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
HAGERSTOWN, Md, February T.
Mrs. Lizzie A. Itnyre, mother of seven,
died at her home last night q short
time after drinking quantity of poison.
Coroner John H. Bitner gave a GER
tif1cate of suicide. Police attributed the
Woman'S act to melancholia.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-07
SCOTTISH SAVINGS GROW
Famed Thrift Merely Bolstered by
Business Depression.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Scottish thrift, famed through the
ages, was merely braced up to greater
intensiveness by dull world business con-
ditions last year.
Austin G. Brady, American consul at
Edinburgh, reports to the Commerce
Department that 211 new mutual saw
ingS associations were organized in
Scotland during 1880, the largest num-
Der ever called into existence in any one
year. At the same time Scottish people
made their largest annual purchase of
government savings certificates, the to-
tai amounting to SIS, 900.
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MRS. E. C. ABBOTT DIES
Widow of Former Senator From
North Caroli.la Was 81 Years Old.

Mrs. Ellen c. Abbott, 81 years old
widow of former Senator Joseph c. Alb
bolt. died in the Washington Sanitarium
Takoma Park, Md, yesterday after a
long illness. Mrs. Abbott resided at
1851 Irving street. -
Her husband served in the Senate
from North Carolina shortly after the
Civil War.
Funeral services will be conducted in
the Church of the New Jerusalem, Six
tenth and Corcoran streets, Monday
afternoon, at 2 O'Clock. Rev. DR.. Paul
Sperry will offlciate. Mrs. Abbott is
survived by a number of cousins.
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HORTICULTURIST DIES
William George Was Former Com
missioner of Allegany County

IH1sSIUuer OF AIIeBany County
Special Dispatch to The Star.
Homecoming, Md, February t.
William George, 76, who served q term
as commissioner of Allegany County and
who was successful as a horticulturist,
his gardens having been show places,
died Thursday. He was an authority
on botany. He worked in the coal
mines many years
Surviving are one daughter, Mrs.
Matthew Muir, with whom he resided,
and two sons, William and James
George. He was a brother of Robert
George, Baltimore; Thomas George,
Thomas. w. Va, and Edward George,
Williamsburg, Pa.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-07

Approximately 25,000,000 gallons Of
molasses were shipped from Hawaii to
the United States last year.
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SUMMERTIME
By ID. C. PEATTK.

OF all the Midsummer garden flow
ers, in the climate Of Washington at
least, the sweet pea would certainly
receive a majority Of votes Il a poll
of garden lovers were taken. The rose
is already on the wane; 1t is still too
early for dahlias and zinnias, calen-
dulas, asters and marigolds; there are
no competitors in the field but larkspur
and monkshood, phlox. peoples. pc
tunias, snapdragons, fuschias. foxglove,
hollyhockS. geraniums. yuccas, water
lilies and pinkS-to mention only COM
mon kinds Of flowers.
Though each Of these enchantreSseS
has her following. Is there one Of them
that can touch the sweet pea for color,
texture, shape or perfume?
Sweet peas are a great deal Of trou-
BILE. They need endless tying and train
ing and they must be picked frequently,
whether you feel like it or not. Not
being perennial, they must also be sown
again each Spring. But the rewards
are literally gorgeous. The show they
make in the garden, In the house, or
as a bouquet, puts them out in the
front rank of all flowers of the Tenn
perate Zone, even though luck" with
sweet peas around Washington is tricky.
Actually, suppose, it's not luck at all,
but science.
What delight to remember are
the historical associations of the sweet
pea. Just as the primrose is linked
forever with Darwin's name, the twin
flower with Linnaeus', the evening prim-
rose with De Vries' the Shortia with
Asa Gray's, the ChamaeropS palm with
Goethes, so the sweet pea made
Gregor Mendel famous.
An Austrian monk within the mon
aStery walls, Gregor Mendel raised and
bred sweet peas and came to some odd
conclusions regarding them. He pub
l1Shed them IN an obscure little SCI
entif1c magazine, awoke no response in
Europe and tried his experiments on
some cereal grasses.
The results were contradictory. He
became discouraged, gave up and died
unknown. In 1900, 10 years after his
birth, three scientists rediscovered his
paper in the same month and excitedly
republished his results. Today Men
delian here dity is subject as complex
as calculus.
never pour out a handful of sweet
| pea seeds from the sediments too
bright, too-optimistic packets, without
gazing down at them, in my palm, in
respect and awe. There, no matter
what the seedsmen tell you about
giants" and "dwarfs" and "everbloom.
ers" and painted ladies'" lies all the
secret of Notwithstanding tricky, mi
raculous, in the hollow of the hand
There lies the wonderful cross-breedine
work of Henry Eckford of Shropshire
and the early discoveries. of Father
FrancisuS Cupani, an italian monk. 1t
was their conjurers' tricks of cross
breeding that Mendel disentangled into
pure strains and then, under controlled
observation, re-entangled.
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N A T u r. E. S
C. III IL ID r E N
BY LILLIAN cox ATHEY.
Illustrations by Mary Foley.
LVIII.
LEAFLIKE MANTIDS.
Mantidae FAMILY.

THIs insect is a cousin of the de-
ceitful praying mantis and
closely related to the walking
i stick. The family members try
to conceal their true natures.
You should see her foreign cousins.
They look like dressed-up freaks. They
have been deceiving people and insects
so long that they could not look Ike
insects If they tried. 80,
Take this leafiike mantid. She will
lie upon stem or leaf and you VIII
not know she Is there. But let an in
sect come near and the legs that were
folded so carefully under her will lift
her body and her spiny arms will reach
out and that is about all you will see.
The action of conveying the victim to
her mouth has been quicker than your
eye could take in.
All mantids have one thing In COM
mon. They have pair OF large. row.
ing eyes. The head moves on slender
neck and enemies keep their distance
when once they have caught sight OF
them They must work quickly and
they must assume what they are not
in order to live.
Some of these insects can initiate a
dead leaf. others flower: They can
tuck away their legs and fold their
wings, but once they move you see them
for what they are.
Still, these insects help us rid the
trees Of many of our enemies. They
also prey upon the graSshopper, GER
tainly not our friend. They place many
tiny eggs in protected homes and when
their own babies are Matched there are
SO many enemies waiting to gobble
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-16

BY REV. JOHN r. GUM.
Gas We Have Heard"

"As we have heard, so we have
seen."-Ps., xlviii.8.
"As we have heard"-what? OF
Gods marvellous doings in the past; OF
the wondrous manifestations of His
grace and help in His dealings with His
people of former times. We have heard
the Old Testament narratives Of how
God cared for His ancient people Of
Israel. We have heard of the works OF
divine love as recorded in the New Tes-
lament. We have heard Of the mighty
works God wrought in the days of Wes-
ley and Whitfield, in the days of Moody
and Spurgeon. I'VE have heard with our
ears, o Lord; our fathers have told us
what work Thou didst in their days. "
But Is the record only melancholy
contrast with our own experience? Nay,
truly "As we have heard, so we have
SEEN" We have seen in our own time
yea, we have experienced in our own
liyeS-many manifestations Of Gods
power and love not essentially unlike
those of. the past of which we have
heard.
To our sense-bound understandings
the present is apt to seem beggared
and empty Of God and devoid of His
light. But it is not so. If we will keep
our eyes open and mark Gods daily
dealings with us and with the people
around us, we SIlall see LIlhG Ills lUNlll6
kindness still lives as of old. Still, as
of old, angels walk with men. Still, as
of old, the pillar of cloud and fire moves
before us. Still, as Of old, the hosts OF
the Lord encamp around about them
that fear Him to deliver them. STILL as
of old, His hand is stretched forth to
bless, to feed. to guard. Nothing in the
past of Gods dealings with men has
passed away. They that came before
us had no more of Him than We may
have. The table that was pread for
them is as fully furnished for us
The widows cruise of oil has not
been exhausted. The ravens that were
sent to feed Elijah are still sent to feed
trusting souls. The sound from Heaven
as of rushing. mighty wind" that
filled the upper room at Pentecost still
fills every upper room where believing
souls wait in one accord and prayer
The river that flowed through the an
cient city of God and made glad the
inhabitants thereof has not run dry.
The fire that once blazed so clear has
not died down into gray ashes. LAS we
have heard, so we have SEEN" Gods
mercifu manifestations to us of the
present have changed hearsay and ira
dition into living experience. THE God
of Jacob Is our refuge"
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about Arab pictures. From morocco
down and up, they seem to be false
and stupid. But II they do make such
silly motion pictures, why not put this
girl to work on the Morocco she knows?
Or they might have started her on
story Of France or England.
Nothing of the sort. Before our girl
so newly arrived they set story that
took place in the United States. That
was bad enough, but she might have
made a 60 of it If the scene had been
set in New York or Boston-which are
little like England. But this particu-
lar story was set in Georgia. 1t was
filled with colored persons, poor white
farmers, colored preachers, planters
and pretty Southern girls, and all the
usual magnolia and moonshine OF the
sentimental Southern picture.
She was Immediately lost. To a
friend Of mine she said: Now look
here, Old Thing, don't think me fool
and all that. I know they don't eat
cats in the Southern part Of the United
States. But what do they mean In this
picture by a Hot Cat Eating House?"
She was told that colored people in
the Southland many white people
are fond Of catfish, caught fresh in the
rivers, rolled in cracker crumbs and
fried brown and crisp. There are
restaurants where colored cooks turn
these out all day. That would be a
Hot Cat Eating House.
Next thing our English friend asked
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-16
Travellers Pressing and Ironing
BY LYDIA LIE BARON WALKER

rial in such a way as to insure its APP
pearing wearable after having been lett
thus overnight or for few hours.
A better known aspect of this form OF
"cold water pressing" is the stretching
of wet handkerchiefs against the side
of a pane of glass, marble topped table
or side of bathtub When one be-
comes an expert this system can be
used for accessories of neckwear, collars,
cuffs, etc.
A small wooden rolling pin can be in
cluded in ones travelling outfit, and has
many uses. 1t can be applied with
pressure to garments that have been
Numbered and folded into correct lines.
1t expels water without the wrinkles Of
Sringing and helps them to look more
shapely when an iron is not available.
The principal is the same as that of a
mangle. 1t is very useful in the drying
Of jersey materials, which. can be
stretched, put on the floor with paper
between and arranged in correct lines.
If hung up, they will lose their shape,
but dried in this manner with the
added assistance of the rolling pin they
have a good change of looking well.
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Red Plum Pie.

Stew three cupfuls Of red plums. cover
with cold water, add one teaspoonful
OF mint extract or lemon Juice, let
stand for half an hour, drain, put in a
double boiler, add half a cupful Of
Mkewarm water, cook slowly until
tender, then press through q colander.
Mix with three-fourths cupfu Of
chopped apples, half q cupful each Of
brown sugar and white granu ated
sugar, half a teaspoonful of grated
lemon or orange peel, one tablespoonful
Of -four and q half a teaspoonful of
cinnamon, first smoothing the -four and
cinnamon in a little water. Line pie
tin with pastry, sprinkle with brown
sugar. add the mixture. cover with
pastry, and bake for about 35 minutes
in a moderate oven. Serve with whipped
cream and cheese apples.
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stay at the same hotels in the South.
And what" she said, do they mean
by 'mossying along And what Is corn
pone?"
Hollywood Is full Of Southerners
from Georgia. Why wasn't one of
these put on this job? Consider the
time this really bright girl had to waste
before she could even begin to write
And when she got through, the result
was hopeleSsly bad.
The nice English girl was sent back
where she came from, with a pretty
low opinion of the intelligence Of her
employers. Thus once. more the pic
ture industry wasted q lot Of money
bringing fresh talent to Hollywood. And
then, when they got It, they threw that
talent away.
Copyright, 1e3D.
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Lamb Outlets.

Fry or braise the outlets, let them
get cold, then trim them. Make some
mint sauce and dissolve some gelatin
In 1t, half an ounce Of gelatin to half
a pint Of sauce. When the jelly Is
nearly cold, cover the bottom Of shall
low tin with it, put the outlets into
the jelly and cover with the rest Of the
jelly. Then leave to get firm and quite
set. To remove the outlets cut around
each one neatly with knife dipped
in hot water. Serve with a salad
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-16
A WASHINGTON DAYBOOK
BY HERBERT PLUMMER.

there is taking in this country, but
his point is: None Of 1t cheats Amer
lean labor, none of its cheats American
capital, and none OF it undertakes
to defraud the Treasury Of the United
States"
He made a valiant fight in the last
Congress to attach a so per cent penalty
antiques" but proving in the judg-
nent of customs experts spurious. He
wanted only those articles imported for
resale included.
After some two hours Of debate the
Senate voted him a IS per cent penalty
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of swift appraisals, and because they
are concentrated at these 10 ports, OIL
fcials were moved to such action.
Authentic antiques in general-tnat
Is. articles of artistic merit made prior
to183o-enter the United States duty
free But, take it from Senator Van
denberg, synthetic antiques" especial
" furniture, get by the customs officials
In great quantities.
AS nearly as he can figure it. the
amount runs to some 100000 an
nually.
furniture in Europe" he says, has
come to be mass operation. the
highest priced wood in France today Is
wood out Of old bridges and old barns,
which is sold to antique furniture man
ufacturers. Old nails are at a pre-
MUM"
The Senator claims that he has dis
covered some interesting details OF the
business of making antiques" One Is
little machine which in some respects
suggests a dentists drill, but which Is
flexible. This machine makes the, worm
holes (which subtly testify to antiquity.
1T is one of the ref1nements. ne
saws. "of these deliberate frauds"
Vandenberg does not contend that
faxed antiques are confined entirely 10
importations. He admits readily tnat
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What's a Hot Cat?

A girl came from England to work
in the motion picture studios She
had some reputation in London as a
clever writer and had signed a con-
tract there. She was to write dialogue.
Straight from the boat at New York
she had gone to the train that brought
her TO Hollywood. Naturally there was
much about America that She did not
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-16

furniture m a n u
facture, he Is con-
cerned that spuri-
GUS antiques" are
slipping by customs
agents into this
country in vast
quantities.
So 1t must have
been good news to
him W he he
learned the other
day that the Gov
eminent had desig-
mated 10 ports only
through which for
eign mail contain
ing antiques could
be cleared.
There are only a
fau; eYnertS caDable
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Ny Neighbor Says:

When stewing fruit add one
teaspoonful Of vinegar or lemon
juice to every pound Of fruit. This
will save you one-third the guam
tity OF sugar you would otherwise
require.
It is advisable to purchase your
household linens and cottons Of
standard makes, and you will be
more assured Of their wearing
qualities.
A feather brush Is the best to
remove dust from gilt picture
frames. On. no account use a
linen cloth, as 1t wears the gilt
of and deadens its brightness.
If you get cake too stiff, never
add more milk. but beat an egg
and add it gradually until the
desired thickness Is attained.
(Copyright, i93D.
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Brook Trout.

Wash the fish in luukewarm salt
water and dry with a coarse cloth Cut
Sits in the fish with a sharp knife
and fill with butter and celery salt
Bake, broil or fry the fish and cover
with the following sauce: Whip one
tablespoonful of butter with a fork
until creamy, then add one tablespoon
full of chopped parsely, one tablespoon
full of lemon juice, one-third teaspoon
full of salt and dash Of chill pepper
and mix thoroughly.
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Fashions of Today
By MARIE sHALMAR.
Irish Lace.

Irish Lace.
Irish lace has been revived most
successfully. 1t Is used on some of
the loveliest Of the new net collars
and cuffs. And 1t Is much used
on dainty frocks for little girls. One,
for instance, Of white swiss dotted
with old blue. IS edged all roundabout
with inch-wide Irish point. Other
dresses for little girls are more simply
trimmed by having collar and cuffs
edged with Irish.
Much less expensive Is o child's
dress Of blue dotted muslin with white
lawn collar and cuffs cut in points,
rolled, and whipped blue thread. Both
these ideas-the edging with Irish lace
and the whipping with colored thread
are ones that any mother could carry
cut.
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soned travellers have met these prob
lens and found that there is certain
amount Of fun, as we'll as degree OF
originality, involved in their solution.
One very resourceful young lady trav-
cling in Europe practiced what she
called "cold water pressing" Since that
is one aid which can usually be had, IN
small quantity at least, this knowledge
is useful in any climate or country.
Gold water pressing" is for wrinkled
garments that water will not spot. A
dress taken from a suit case or trunk
may appear to be hopeless without a
fiat iron, but not always Is this the case.
A small amount of water can be applied
sparingly with the finger tips to the
creases, which are then stretched or
patted into shape against the knee,
table or some fat surface. Sometimes
the wrinkles yield marvelously to this
treatment.
If some pressure is needed, 1t may be
possible to remove a bureau drawer,
overturn it so that the fiat surface is
uppermost, cover it with a cloth or
clean paper and place weights or books
or magazines on the dampened mate
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Anchovy Cream.

Mix some whipped tcream with
arfchovy paste. Be careful not to use
too much of the paste. Soak half
tablespoonful Of gelatin In milk, then
melt over hot water Add half table
spoonful of this gelatin to each cupful
OF the anchovy and cream. Mix, then
put into tiny ring molds. Serve as
first course with any kind Of sea food
in the center. Put some Roquefort
cheese dressing over 1t. Marinate the
sea food in French dressing or in chilli
sauce before lisfn1