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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-27

When Secretary Stimson and his ex-
ecutive assistant, Allen T. Klots, re-
ceived the Washington correspondents
at Woodley on Thanksgiving eve to spill
the beans about Manchurian develop
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-27

@. What color is coyote?-A. NJ.
A. The standard color of the coyote Is
brown or tan. Its larger cousin, the
timber wolf, is a gray color.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-27

Q. When did the Red Cross issue Its
first seals?-C. B. P.
A. The first Red Cross seals were
issued In 1908 and continued to be
issued by the Red Cross in connection
with health work, such as the anti
tuberculosis campaign, until 1919, when
the tuberculosis campaign took it over
entirely
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-27

@. why are Marines called Leather
necks?-P.- T.
A. A black leather stock was part Of
the early uniform.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-27

Copyright, 1917
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-27

Q. How many planes can the carrier
Lexington take?-R. w.
A. She carries 80 planes.
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1931-08-14
FIRST NATIONAL A DOLLAR
BANK MA VEL'KE VKLADY

Robotny 6lovek, ktory 81 uspo-
ril nieco penazi musi Ibyt' velmi
opatrny pri vyberani miesta pre-
jeho 1spory., Toto je menovite
platne pre- prist 'ahovalcov, ktori
caste nevedia kde maj1 ulozit'
svoje peniaze. V Youngstowne
je l'ahko najst' bezpeene miesto
pre- ulozenie penazi. "Gibraltar
Youngstownu', The First Natio-
nal Bank a The Dollar Savings
and Trust Co. s1 1stavmi, v kto-
rych 81 Pud Youngstown dava
svoje peniaze Cd roku 1850. Cez
poslednych 81 rokov ami jeden
vkladatcP First National Dollar
banky neztratil centa. Cez vojny,
paniky a obchodne rozt 'azenia
staly ODE pevne ako bralo Gibral-
taru. V poslednom vykaze pre-
vladu, 2 30. jdna 1881 vykazuju,
ze maj1 prostriedkov dost' ma "a
platenie vsetkych dlhov a costa
ne i'm prebytok vyse poldeviata
miliona dolarov. Ma dodatok, ako
First National tax i Dollar patria
do Federalneho Rezervneho Sy-
stemu. Prist' ahovalci nemajn byt'
rozpakoch ulozit' svoje peniaze
silnej dobrej banke. Donna i'm
mozu zhoret' alebo byt' ukradnu-
te. A bezpeenostnej schranke
uschovane peniaze nezarabaj1 mic.
Porad tie sa zktsentho obchodni-
ka, ci je ktora banka bezpecna a
zdrava, a potom ulozte 81 penia
re do nej a nepoeiivaite ma ziad-
ne povedacky lie vasei banke,
menovite ak tou bankou je. First
National Bank The Dollar Say
ings and Trust Co. The .Youngs-
town Sheet and Tube Co., The Re-
public Steel Corporation, The Car
negie Steel Company, The Trus-
con Steel Co., The General Fire
proofing Co., Erie zeleznica, Penn
sylvania zeleznica, New York
Central zeleznica, Baltimore and
Ohio zeleznica mnohe inc vel.
Ike korporacie sd vkladatel'mi v
"Gibraltare Youngstownu'. Ked'
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1931-08-14

.di ako hada pekelneho = zamkol
,dveres xytiahol zbrah, a pytal 50
'jejj Posledny raz, ze q sa zriekne
tohos vsetkeho, elm no v tejto
chvili poctila. Dalej ze ei sa chce
zrieknut' panslavstva, to jest jej
sprosteho slovenskeho l'udu, a
byt dcerou mad'arskei vlasti? Ze
,ie vraj ma to posledna prilezi-
tost'. A ked' ona mu ma to, ze ami
jedno, ami druhe, ze sa jeho erie.
kne, diabla oskliveho, a ze by je!
strelil rovno do srdca, ably Dol ma
raz >oslobodeny cd tejto Sloven
ky, ktora nechce milovat' nepria
tel'a svojho naroda - "a V ter
cas- sa tam nieco stalo. (Pokraco
vanie buddcne.) s >
S bratskym pozdravom ma vse
tkych
@.. Andrej Cisar
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1931-08-14

hol som, lebo V kazdej lezalo to
idiotske prianie l'ubat' nieeieR Via
sy. ~ x
Odisiel som do pracovne a'sad-
nnc 81 k stolu, napisal som vyda-
vatePovi dopis S prosbou, ably ma
oslobodil Cd redaktorskych po-
vinnosti.
- Dopis som musel prepisat
lebo ked' som no skladal, spozo-
roval som ma druhej strane INA.
my rukopis:
Chcel by ia jej vrkoc cernv...
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1931-08-14

tts B ~, -ta@Nt So 7snsz41
V roku 1909. vydala sa Il'aHN
Jelinkova, lT-rocna dcera statoN
neho poctiveho to ucitePa, Slo-
vaka meste n. n. ma Slovensku
"a Karola Erdosiho. Jeho nebQt,]
hi rodicia, tiez Slovaci, boil chu-
dobni domkari krpce nosieva-
Ii. Ponevac ich syn Karol sa vel'-
mi dobre ucil Skolach, nuz wal
no "a svojho jedon ucitel' . vys-
sich Skol, a ako talentovaneho
chlapca dal no ma svoje trovy Stu
dovat'. Ponevac ale uz no ma Wy
sokych skolach vydrziavat' ne
vladal, vykonal mu tamojsie-
no gr6fa, ze no prijal "a svojho
sekretara a ten neskor elm dial
dial no tiskal do predu, kym
mu nedopomohol az ma urad hi.
zupana. Viete ,ze takyto pan pred
vojnou Dol hlavou celej stolice,
a teraz al dvoch-troch alebo al
styroch stolic (zdp). A preto, ze
Il'ana este Cd detinstva horlila "a
vec slovenskq, vydala sa zan pod
tou podmienkou, ze on ako moe
mar celej stolice, bude sympatizo-
vat 1bohym Skrz vselijake ma
iichernosti obzalovanym sloven-
skym ludom so strany nasich o.
trocitel'ov - on, ma miesto to-
no (ked' ju uz mal) tento l'ud
mucil, tryznil, daval zavierat' do
zalarov, a nedoprial mu prava a
slobody. A keby len to! Ale ne
dovolil iej, ba ami jej matke,
ktora boia pri Mich. sa este ami
len slovensky shovarat'. Nedovo-
Ill i'm Boha chvalit' velebit' v
tel reel, ktord On i'm sam dial.
Nedovolil i'm spomen1t', ba ami len
pomysliet' ma ich rodnn viesku,
ma til dedinku, ma til zem sladkn.
ma ktorej sa narodili, a v6bec ma
mic, co i'm bolo take cann6, take
svatt. A potom tato mlada Slo-
venka nosila zivote zivot zivej
duse, ktora pochadzala dl a ma
riadenia bozieho. a zakona svet-
skeho, - a vtedy til SlOvenku
zbil, a ked' klesala, kopal do nej,
aby zamordoval til dusu, lebo We
del, ze ona neodpadne d 'aleko cd
svojej matky. - Ale ia dusa... ten
chlapcek vzdor tomu vsetkemu
prisiel ma svet, ked' boil pat
rocny, postavil sa smele jeho o.
tcovi, mad 'ar6novi, zradcovi jeho
naroda, ze preco mcdowell jehO
matke jeho babke (starej ma
tke) sa shovarat slovensky. Pre-
co i'm nedovoli spievat' sloven-
ske piesne, V ktorych je tol'ko
krasy, re je vraj v tom mic zleho.
A on? ach... No toto uvidite az
ma divadle.
A ked' uz tato uboha utrapena
mlada zena nemohla d 'alej trpiet'
zacala jedneho dina jej matkou
schystavat' 81 veci k odchodu.
On ale natrafiac ma to, pytal sa
jej, re kan sa sbiera? A ked' mu
ma to odvetila, ze je to ME jeho
vecou, a ze no uz davno nenavi-
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1931-08-14

- kucharka prave naSla ma
podlahe v kuchyni popisany pa
pierik. Je to snad' nieeo potreb-
neho?
- Ukaz?!
Wal som papierik preeital:
"Chcel by ia jej vrkoc Ger
n.y. Tomu nerozumiem! Hovo-
ris, re ma podlahe? Cert no ber...
Cary dajake!
Roztrhal som podivne verse ma
Husky av biednej nalade som sa-
dol k stolu.
- Preeo 81 taky zadumcivy9 -
spTtala sa zena.
-Chcel bych ia jej vrkoe Ger.
Fuj, ty certe!! Mic, draha. Som
ustaty.
Ked' SINE jedli privar, zazvonil
niekto predsieni a vyvolali ma.
Vo dverach stal vratny a ta-
Jomne ma volal prstom.
- Co sa stalo?
- psf. PismO - yam. Nam
rozkaz povedat', ze je to cd jed
nej sleGny... lie vo vas, prosim,
vel'mi dnfa ze uspokojite jej o.
cakavanie L..
Vratny priatel'sky ma mia
mrkol a zachechtal sa do pasti.
V nechapavosti som wal dopis
a prezrel no. Pachnul vonavkami,
Dol zapecateny ruzovou pecat'ou
a ked' som, pokrciac ramenami,
no rozpecatil, objavil som V nom
papierik, ma ktorom bolo naplsa-
ne:
Chcel by ia jej vrkoc eerny...
VSetko cd prveho do posledne-
no riadku.
V zbesilosti som roztrhal dopiS
ma husky a hodil ma podlahu. Ia
mojim chrbtom sa vynorila 'zena
v zlopovestnom mlean1 sobrala
niekol l'ko 1trzkov dopisu.
- Cd koho je to?
- Zahod' to. To sii... hl1posti.
Jeden val'mi dotieravy clovek.
- Iste! A co je to naplsant?..
HIM.. "L 'nbat'" g. "zdeho rama
"vrkoG Ger'... Darebak !!
Do tvari mi vletely kisky do
pisu. Nebolelo to vel'mi, ale ura-
zalo.
Ked lie boil obed pokazen!, OBJ
iiekol som sa smutnE som obi
siel potlllat' sa ulicami. Ma rohu
som spozoroval pri sebe chlapca,
ktory sa kr1til okolo mojich n6h,
pok1Sa jic sa vsunut mi do vre-
cka plast'a nieco bielunkeho, slo-
zeneho. Kopnul som no zaskri
pajnc zubami, utiekol som.
Ma dust mi bolo clivo. Nabln-
diac sa hlucnymi ulicami, vratil
som sa domov a ma prahu parad-
nych dveri srazil som sa S ch0vou,
ktora sa vracala so Styrirocnym
VladOm kinematografu.
- OteckO! - radostne. zvolal
Vlado. - Mia drzal stryko ma
rukach! Neznamy... dial cokolad-
ku... papierik dal... Daj, otecko-
vi. ia, otecko, cokoladu som zje-
dol, ale papierik som ii priniesol.
- ia TIA vysekam, - zlostne
som zvolal, vytrhavajnc mu rnk
papierik so znamymi slovami
"chcel by ia jej vrkoe cerny''. ..
- to uvidis!...
Zena ma uvitala nedbale a S
opovrzenim, predsa vsak povazo-
vala "a nutne mi sdelit':
- Boil tn akysi pan, ked' 81 ne
boil donna. Vel'mi sa omlnval, ze
vyrusuje ze prinasa, rukopis do
bytu. Nechal ii no tu, aby 81 no
preeital. Nahovoril mi sp1stu po-
klon prosil, aby som sa trochu
zastala "a jeho verse. ia 81 my
slim, eoze verse, jako verse. Ach
Ked' hovoril 0 vrkocach, tn sa ma
nina tax dival...
Pokrcil som ramenami a odisie]
do pracovne., Ma stole lezalo INA.
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1931-08-14
BASNIK.
Humoreska.
Napisal: Arkadij Avercenko.

oci ma svoje topanky .velmi
ma mrzi, re vas vyrusujem. Ked'
81 pomyslim, re vam uberiem mi
n1tku drahocenneho casu, tn my
slienky mole vrhajn sa prize
past mracneho ztfalstva... Pre-
Boha, odpust 'te mi!
To je mic, to je mic la
skave som povedal - neoml1vaj-
te sa.
Smutne svesil hlavu ma prsia.
- Me, co je to platne... Viem.
ze som vas vyrusil. Pre- mia, co
som neprivyknul byt' dotiera-
wynn, je to dvojnasobne t'azke.
Ale neostychaite sa! Som
velmi rad. Bohuzial', vase versi-
ky sa nehodily.
E?
Otvoril 1sta a udivom sa ma
nina pozrel.
- Tieto verslky sa nehodily?
- Ano, ano Tieto!
- Tieto versikyo?!! PoGinaj1-
Chcel by ia jej vrkoc cerny
kazdeho rama cesat'.
Apollonu bych boil verny,
jej vlasky vzdycky l'nbat'. e.
Tieto verse, hovorite, sa neho-
dia9!
Muslin, bohuziaP, RECT, ze
sa nehodia menovite tieto verse,
a ME dajake inc. Prave tieto, po-
cinaj1ce:
Chcel by ia jej vrkoe cerny...
- Preco, pane redaktore? We'd
sn dobre.
Suhlas1m. Osobne som sa
mimi vel mi pobavil, ale do caso
pisu sa nehodia.
- Ale NAL by ste 81 ich este
raz precitat'.
Ale preco? We'd som ich uz e.
tai.
- Este RAIL!
Precital som este raz, aby som
vyhovel navStevnikovi a iednou
polovickou tvare vyjadroval som
nadsenie, kdezto druhou l'ntost'.
ze sa verse predsa nehodia.
- HIM.. TAX mi dOvol'te.. Sam
ich preeltam! "Chcel by ia jej
vrkoc eerny...'' ~
Trpezlive som vypocul tieto
verse este raz, ale potom som pc
vne a sucho prehovoril:
- Verse sa nehodia.
- To je podivuhodne. Viete
co: ponecham vam tn rukopis, a
Wy sa tax do neho zacitajte. A ma
hle sa vam hodi.
- Me, preco poneehavat'q!
- Opravdu, ponecham. Keby
ste sa s niekym poradil, co?
- Netreba Nechajte 81 ich pri
sebe.
- Som zifaly, ze yam odnimam
min1tku 6asu, ale...
- DO videnia!!
Odisiel ia som wal knihu,
ktord som cital predtym. Otvo-
riac ju, videl som papierik vloze-
ny medzi stranky.
Precital som:
" ~E =.
Chcel by ia jej vrkoc cerny
kazdeho rama eesat',
Apollonu bych bol ver...
-. - Ach, cert no vezmi Zabudo]
tn svoje tlachaniny... Ease sa DO,
tiahne sem! Nikolaj! Dohon toho
eloveka, co boil II nina, daj mu
tento lfstok. /.
Nikolaj cvalom dohonil basni
ka zdarne vykonal moi rozkaz
Platiac izvozcika, strcil som ru
ku do vrecka plast a namacal
tam nejaky papierik, ktory ss
mi dostal do vrecka neznam jako
VytiahOl som. rozyinul sf+al
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1931-08-14

.iazf, zaiste youngstpwnski prl-
st 'ahovalci m6zu nasle!ovat' ich
priklad.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-02
A WASHINGTON DAYBOOK
BY HERBERT PLUMMER.
Df in Brazil do AmaraIs embassy

in Brazil. do Amarals embassy was the
center of attention.
Those we're the busy days, and try
ing ones for the jovial Brazilian. At
any time one could find him in the
chancery on the third floor, wearing
a troubled expression as he walked eX-
citedly from one room to the other,
issuing instructions to clerks, stenogra-
pliers and various attaches.
THE embassy is in mourning" he
would say. until this disagreement in
the Brazilian family is adjusted" And
the embassy was in mourning. One
sensed that fact from the time one
arrived until one departed. Even the
liveried butler who opened the door and
conducted visitors to the Ambassador
wore a solemn expression.
All social events were Cancelled and
no new ones made until the atmosphere
cleared. The Ambassador didn't even
have time for his favorite cat-and
he is among the Capitl's most enthusi-
astic feline fanciers.
His whole time was occupied with
affairs of state. His constant lament
was that there we're only "a hours in
the day in which to attend to the
many details.
Do Amaral is considered one OF his
country's outstanding diplomats. For
more than "a years he has made diplo-
macy his career and has had the
most important posts his country could
offer.
1t was while he was In Germany
during the war days that he achieved
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-02


throwing women back to hunting work.
No one seemed to take any interest in
these people over 40. Every one was
crowding them back. No one would
listen to them. Most of the men were
trained, but many of the women were
not. They had been married and had
run their own homes. Now widowed or
divorced, or with husband sick, they had
to make a living.
He decided that here lay his work.
But he knew nothing about it. So wise
ly looked about for an expert. He found
remarkable woman named Mary
Hutchinson and got her to tackle the
job. Now they have built up a free
employment agency-the Employment
Adm San Francisco, which gets Jobs
only for people over 40. 1t has been
such a brilliant success that the city
of San Francisco has borrowed Mrs.
Hutchinson, and she is doing for it a
fine, constructive piece of work in
charge OF a women's employment cam
paign.
In Los Angeles also there Is an ex-
traordinary employment agency sup
ported by wealthy woman with the
help of a few of her friends. This
agency gets jobs for girls and women
of all ages without charge. But it does
much more than that. 1t tries to find
cut what each girl is fitted to do. 1t
advises girls about the conditions in
different kinds of work 1t tells girls
how to make themselves worth more
money. And this organization lifts from
the out-of-work girl one of her greatest
miseries. Its guiding principle is that
the girls who come to it shall not be
Inundated, as they usually are when
they are looking for work; that they
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-02
LITTLE BENNY
BIZ LEE PAPE.

After supper pop started to sing to
himself without singing any special
toon, being the ony kind of a toon he
can sing, and ma sed, don't see how
anybody can feel so happy when there's
50 much mizzery in the werld.
Yee gods woman what struck you,
you look all reddy to berst into tears
as soon as the president of the Inter-
national Amalgamated Pessimists of
the Werld presses the button to start
the crate waterwerks exposition. pop
And that's Just the way I feel, ma
sed. I saw such a sad tawking picture
this afternoon I'm sure it will haunt
me for days Lovey Darling was in 1t
and you know she can cry real teers
even when she has no provocation,
picture she had ample to cry about and
she dident spare herself, it was hart
rending. The intire audience was
sniffeling and blowing like a trained
chorus. I came out of the NarcisSiss
with my face bathed in tears because
there was no more room on my ham
kerchiff, and I'm still as depressed as
can be, she Sed.
Well, for Peet sake it was ony a pic
ture, so snap out Of it and tern on the
sunshine and ring the Jingle bells, pop
sed.
feel I can never smile again, ma
sed, and pop sed, Ill have you smiling
i in half minnit. Wait till I tell you
the rich one young Partridge pulled at
the Office today. You know he just
came back from his honeymoon, and l
sed to him, Well Partridge, how does
1t seem to be a married man? and he
sed, Well to tell the truth / don't feel
| axually married yet, Mr.. Potts my
wife's mother izzent coming to visit us
till next week. Hahaha howS that for
hot one? pop sed.
That's funny, hee hee, ma sed. And
| she started to laff a little and quick
stopped again, saying, Willyum think
you're terrible, now you've spoilt my
mood and was enjoying it so much.
I feel as II I had committed treason,
she sed.
You look even verse than that, I'm
going around to the bowling alley, pop
Sed Witch he did.
Proving If person wunts to feel
mizzerble the best thing to do is leeve
| them enjoy themselfs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-02
NANCY PAGE
Thumb-Sucking May Be
Just Passing Fancy
BY FLORENCE LA GANKE.

Poor Lois is having her troubles with
her young daughter, Ann. 1t seemed
as if she no sooner had one worry ad-
justed than another sprung up to take
its place.
The feeding schedule was now going
well and Lois was just about ready to
we2n Ann entirely. She bad been
troubled with eczema, but that had
cleared up. Now Lois sa, that she was
putting her thumb into her mouth
whenever she was tired Or sleepy. Oh,
dear, was she going to have a thumb
sucking child? visions of the poor
youngsters with misshaQed mouths,
adenoids, Notwithstanding, flattened
thumb all came before her.
She went to the doctor. He was a
sensible man, up-to-date in his prac-
tice and theory, but sensible and nom
extreme in his views.
Il would not worry If I were YOU.
Mrs. Miller. Misunderstanding is fire.
quently just a temporary phase Be-
cause a child indulges in it for a month
or two is no indication that he will
continue it into his teens.
Sometimes children suck thumb CT
fingers because they have discovered
that mother dislikes it. Every time they
OO IL IiiCy BeJ dbtSnIlOn 1TO1u an aQulL.
They crave attention, so they do it,
probably without consciousness that
such is the reason, Just to get the
center Of the stage in the adult world
1t is possible to get 50 wrought UP over
it that an emotional state is set up
which defeats its purpose A child
who is bounded to eat begins to think
that eating is the most important thing
in the world. That is not true. Neither
is it true that thumb-sucking is a
crime.
Take the thumb out of AIMS mouth,
but don't let her feel your emotion to-
ward her action. If she persists in
doing it for the next six months we
will devise a method or two which will
cure her without hurting her feelings
making her resistant nor giving her a
feeling Of shame. But, in the meantime
don't worry. She is a darling and you
and Mr.. Miller should be proud of her
'Oh, we are, Dr. Green, but I want
to continue to be-"
We'll, let's take care of difficulties as
they arise and not create them. Just
now be content to be proud Of your
Ann"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-02
FOOD PROBLEMS
BY SALLY MONROE.

The Irish stew is a delicacy about
which there seems to be a difference OF
opinion. Some say it should be made
OF mutton or lamb; some say it should
be made of beef. The truth of the
matter is that it matters not which
meat forms its foundation. It is Irish
stew Just the same If it is properly
cooked. Here are two methods of maxi
ing It:
First-2Ea pounds lamb cut in pieces,
8 potatoes. turnips. small
onions, nearly quart Of water. Place
pieces of meat in a Stewpan with
alternate layers of sliced potatoes and
turnips and onion cut into pieces, pour
In nearly one quart of cold water: cover
stewpan closely, let stew gently till
vegetables are very soft and greater
part of gravy Is absorbed, then place
in dish and serve hot.
Second pounds round of beef, 2
pounds of potatoes cut in quarters, 2
sticks Of celery or fresh celery leaves,
bunch Of parsley, salt, X pints Of cold
water, 2 sliced onions, sliced carrots.
sliced turnipS and pepper. Put all
together into an iron pot and stew very
gently for about two hours.
The really well made Irish stew is
excellent, and Tor this the potatoes
must be cooked until they begin to dis
solve and thicken the gravy. When
done dish 1t very carefully, as other
wise its appearance is unappetizing
Put the meat IN the center, the thick
part Of the vegetables around, and the
sauce over all.
Irish stew should always be thor
oughly and slowly cooked. Some cooks
thicken the gravy a little with -four TO
please the taste of their family.
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Household Methods
BIZ BETSY CALLIsTER.
Mending Time.

Most methodical housewives set aside
certain time one day a week for
mending. If the laundry work is done
at home, or II the washing is done at
the laundry and ironing only done at
home, a good plan is to do the mending
when the clothes are clean but before
they are ironed. In this way they will
not have to be unfolded or wrinkled
after they have been ironed.
One woman of our acquaintance has
arranged to have a mending evening
each week. She works several hours a
day away from home and does not have
time to attend to the mending in the
day time, so instead of giving up sew
eral evenings a week to doing the work
alone she arranges to have a family
mending bee that usually lasts only an
hour one evening a week. And If you
chance to drop in for an informal call
on that evening you will probably be
given a needle and thread and stock
ing or two. Every member of the
family-boyS included-is expected to
look over his or her own clothes to
see what needs mending. Mother at
tends to the more difficult patches, big
daughter does the darning, little
daughter SewS on buttons, and father
or one of the boys usually reads to the
workers. The motto of this mending
bee might be, "Speak now or hold your
peace for week." because a rule has
been passed that all mending that
needs to be done must be presented at
the time appointed.
Actually the mending, even for a
large family, doesn't take a great deal
of time. The thing that makes it a
trial is trying to find time to do it and
worrying about it. 1t becomes the least
troublesome part of home making when
you have your mending materials in
convenient arrangement and when you
have definite time to do it.
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- Is SI..

The homemaker who has handsome
dat Silverware is particular to keep 1t
From getting scratched by contact with
bther silver. Every time it rubs against
another piece the finish is dulled a
trifle Prongs of forks and edges OF
knives often scratch the silver badly
when, in drying, each piece is not laid
|bn soft surface such as a towel. Sill
|ver that is crowded in a drawer loses
hts finish sooner that that which is sep
Rrated.
Gases for fiat silverware protect
knives, forks and spoons in a very
dainty way. The silver, rolled in its
particular case, takes up the smallest
space possible without coming in con-
tact with other pieces. A simple case
can be made very easily from the ac-
ccmpanying directions.
Materials required are a piece of
linen, silk or flannel and binding silk or
tape The case is made like an en-
velope with flap. The pocket should
be deep enough to hold its particular
kind of fiatware without completely
it. Divide the pocket by
stitching into sections Just wide enough
for the silver to slip in easily. Before