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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-06-14

~ LUFFER the Adder had just ex-
l. planned to Danny Meadow
Mouse that the reason he had
IL not seen Old Mr.. Toad under
that board close by was because
he was busy changing his suit at the
time of Old Mr.. ToadS visit.
Still. even now I don't understand
why you didn't see Old Mr.. Toad" said
Danny. Even if you were busy chang
ing your suit don't see why you
couldn't have used your eyes From
what Old Mr.. Toad told me guess he
was pretty close to you. You must
Just So" replied Buffer. Just so.
I was blind didn't see him because
I couldn't see him"
Danny looked more perplexed than
ever. He was. why couldn't you seq"
he asked Does changing your suit
make you blind?"
That is exactly what happens" re-
piled Buffer For a short time I am
blind. 1t is very annoying and makes
one most uncomfortable. You ought
to be thankful that when you get
new suit you don't have to get rid OF
the old one all at once the way we
snakes do. It is fine when the job is
done, but doing it is sometimes trouble
you are changing your coat"
"Oh, I know it all right" replied
Danny but it doesn't bother me any.
The old fur drops out little by little
while the new fur is coming in and the
first thing I know there I am with
new coat But I don't understand yet
why you were blind
Come under this board with me
and 1 will show you" replied Buffer.
MY old suit is there all complete just
where got out Of 1t and if you will
look it over carefully you will see for
yourself why for short time I couldn't
see"
He glided under the board. Danny
hesitated moment and then followed.
Just a bit back lay Buffers old suit
the shape of it. There it lay, wrong
side out. Just as Buffer had crawled
out Of it. Instead Of being the color
of the new suit, it was white and the
shape of every scale was clearly shown.
But the most remarkable part of it was
that there was the complete shape of
Buffers head and this contained two
little windows, as it were, where his
eyes had been.
You see." explained Buffer. 81 don't
have a fur coat, so there is no fur to
drop out while new fur comes in. So
Old Mother Nature gives me new suit
under the old one, which is really sort
of very thin skin as you see here. When
all is ready for the change that thin
skin loosens. even that over my eyes.
Then, of course, I can't see. I rub my
nose against something to start that
loosened skin at the end of my nose
and when it had started to turn back
I forced my head under something like
stone or stick. anything to push that
skin back and hold it while crawl out
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-06-14
Baked Cucumbers.

Pare three large yellow ripe cucum-
bers, cut them in halves lengthwise.
scoop out the seeds. and soak in sailed
water for an hour. Mix two cupfuls
of minced chicken or lamb with half
a sweet red pepper, chopped, and one
small minced onion. Season well with
celery salt, salt and pepper, and moisten
with lamb or chicken stock. Drain the
cucumbers, fill the cavities with meat,
place the halves together. and set in
a baking pan. Pour around and over
half pint of sweet cream, and bake
in a medium hot oven until the cucum-
bers are transparent and tender.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-06-14

was there as a delegate and news
paper man and went away with the
presidential nomination.
The elderly. gray-haired Representa-
tive Howard Of Nebraska. now in Con-
gress and formerly secretary to Bryan,
tells a story about that convention
1t is an excellent illustration Of
typical convention scenes.
The crowd was in hilarious
mood" says Howard. Everybody who
could find something to swing in the
air would do So Men and women alike
would wave their coats, hats or what
ever objects they could reach.
There was one man in particular. an
unusually dignifled and reserved person,
man last among men who would loose
from his tongue questionable expires
sion in the presence of a woman. He
was standing against. and with one
arm around. one of the wooden supports
of the convention hall. waving his black
alpaca coat and shouting 'Hurrah for
Bryant Near him was magnifcently
goWned woman who had taken off her
hat and stuck her parasol through It
waving them in the air
You must be from Nebraska, too?
remarked this woman.
To which the man replied:
You can bet your breeches I am
madam
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-06-14

dren to omit the word Uncle" or
Aunt" and just say John" or Mary?
To me it sounds disrespectful to hear a
child say Mary" instead of Aunt
Mary"
Answer agree with you. In fact,
I find the free use of first names ito
the degree now practiced by the mod
ern generation) extremely common.
But, on the other hand if an aunt or
a grandmother or middle-aged neighbor
is pleased to be called Mary by those
who are half or as little as quarter Of
her age, it is, after all, a matter which
Is solely her own concern. Naturally,
no young person is likely to call an
older person John or "Mary'-cer-
tainly not second time-unless the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-06-14
Chicken Mushroom Curry.

Melt one-fourth cupful of fat in a
frying pan Add one onion sliced and
one cupful Of chopped mushrooms. Cook
for five minutes. Add one cupful Of
diced cooked chicken. one level table
spoonful of curry powder, one teaspoon
full of salt. one cupful of chicken broth,
and enough hot water to cover the
mixture. Simmer for Is minutes. Add
one tablespoonful or flour mixed with
two tablespoonful of water and cook
until thickened. Serve with cooked
spaghetti.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-06-14
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-06-14
Popovers.

MIX one-fourth teaspoonful Of salt
WIN one cup Of flour. Add seven-eigths
cupfuI OF milk gradually in order In
OBTAIN a smooth batter. Add two eggs
ana half teaspoonful of melted short
enlng and beat for two minutes. using
an egg beater. Turn into very hot
eteaseo IRON gem pans and bake for
ABOUT 50 minutes in a hot oven.
Graham Popovers-Make the above
popoVers with two-thirds cupful Of
WnoIe wheat flour and ont-third cup
tui Oh white flour instead Of one cup
full Of white -four.
rye PopoVers-Make the above pop
overs with tWo-thirds cupfuI of rye
meal and one-third cupful of white
Hour instead of one cupful of white
flour.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-06-14
Ham and Corn Fritters.

Mix one cupful Of thick canned corn
with half cupful of ground boiled
ham and one TABLESPOONFUL Of minced
onion together before adding two
thirds cupful OF -four with which has
been sifted one and one-half tea
spoonsful of baking powder When all
is we'll blended, fry by teaspoonsful in
deep fat medium hot for four minutes.
Drain we'll on soft paper. Serve with
cream sauce. Leftover cooked poultry
or meat, well seasoned or corned beef
may be used in place of the ham if
liked. Fresh corn has a better flavor
than canned corn. and if used had
better be cooked five minutes before
combining with the other materials.
India has more than 100000 Cooper
alive societies
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-06-14
DEnTTTNTE CT0p1EC By Thornton
DILL llNlI Ol ". Burgess.

of it. Just as soon as my head is out
I can see as well as ever. Sometimes
the old suit gets torn, but this time
got out of it without making a single
hole in it. I certainly am glad that job
is over. Which way did you say that
Old Mr.. Toad went?"
Il didn't say" replied Danny Meadow
Mouse and I am not going to say: I
don't want you to go hungry, but 1
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-06-14
GOOD TASTE TODAY
Famous Authority on Etiquette.

older person encourages this behavior
or at least makes no protest.
Dear Mrs. Post: How shall I teach
my children to answer adults? In
school my boy is taught to say sir" to
man teachers and Miss Smith" to the
woman teachers. This seems rather
mixed. If sir" is correct. then whv
not ma am? Or if Miss Smith" is
correct, then why not "Mr. Jones'?
Answer.-There is no reason but that
ol modern fashion. Ma am" is still
iieslo IN many parts of the country, but,
a boy says Eyes, sir" but girl saws
yes, Mr.. Smith," rather than sir"
AN children should say Yes. Miss
smith; yes, mother; mo, father "
Copyright, 1927
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-06-14

almost every one
you talk TO in
political circl e S
around Washington
now, especially if
the conversation
shifts to the Dem
ocratic convention
the latter part OF
June. The Repub-
lican show is con-
ceded to be pretty
much of a cut-and-
dried affair.
There have been
enough upsets in
the national con-
ventions of the
past to warrant
such a belief on
the Dart of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-06-14
My Neighbor Says:

When preparing mustard, add
a drop Of salad oil to it while
mixing. This will greatly improve
the flavor.
To polish a black marble clock
rub 1t with olive oil and finish
the polishing with clean
chamois.
Bread dough may be kept a
number of days if small amount
OF bicarbonate of soda is added to
the dough. The soda keeps bread
from souring. The dough must
OF course be kept in an icebox.
An old rug or piece Of carpet
doubled twice and tackled to a
small piece Of board gives excel
lent protection from dampness
when kneeling in the garden.
Copyright, 1922
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-06-14
Cheese Daisies.

Blanch and toss some almonds in hot
butter or oil until light brown. Form
some cottage cheese into patties and
arrange halved almonds on the patties
like five daisy petals, with a small
raisin in the center of each patty.
Place on bed of crisp lettuce, or serve
an individual daisy on a lettuce leaf.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-06-14

NAAA 49, ~ AASo G<o yoA
suggest, but since
diminutives are apt
to be not quite
suitable in later
life, it is much bet
ter that a child be
christened the full
name and be called
by a little name
for as long as he
likes. Surnames as
first or m i d d | e
names are usually
family ones. but
uOt necessarily.
My Dear Mrs.
Post: Do you find
it proper and in
uood taste for chill
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-06-14
A WASHINGTON DAYBOOK
BY HERBERT PLUMMER.

DERHAPS there IS nothing more
automatic than the old statement
so often repeated on the eve Of national
political conventions-"Anythin can
happen"
You hear it every day and from
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-06-14

JUST SO, REPLIED BLUFFER, JUST
SO, I WAS BLIND.
certainly don't want my friend. Old
Mr. Toad, to be the one to satisfy your
appetite. Do you know what?"
"What?" replied Buffer.
I'm thankful l don't have to crawl
out OF my suit in order to get a new
one" replied Danny. Your new suit
makes you look very fine. What are
you going to do with this old one?"
Leave it where it is" replied Buffer.
I'm through with it and don't want to
see it again. Now if you will excuse
me I think I will go look for that
dinner"
Il hope it won't be Old Mr.. Toad"
squeaked Danny
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-06-14
Questions About Names.

4 LETTER asks: May a child be
~ named Jerry, Tommy or Billy
. instead of the usual Gerald,
\ Thomas or William? Also, may
surname be given as a middle
anne when 1t is not connected with
ne family in any way?
Answer.-Many children have been
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-06-14

MENU for q thrift party, as
n described yesterday. is interest
IA ing. There is no slightest hint
1 \ of saving but every bit OF food
and liquid Is conserved. The
menu is as pleasing as if 1t cost more.
The table decorations may be choice,
II flowers can be had In plenty. The
centerpiece can be gorgeous and sur
rounded by circle Of boutonnieres,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-06-14
A New Suit and an Old One.

Who always looks his best it's plain
Has naught to lose. but much to gain.
old Mother Nature.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-06-14

was there as delegate and news
paper man and went away with the
presidential nomination.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-06-14

YAK be it from me to gossip" she
Il whispered, "but that woman was dumb.
Some friend invited her over for contract
and she took her lawyer along.
"Her husband never could convince her
we were pests, not pets. Finally he brought
home an Amox spray. 1t took quite while
to get her to try it. She said she thought
insecticides could only be used by people
named Henry That's when left.''
Evening star., 1932-12-20

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Evening star., 1932-12-20

shoulders, they dashed away. A mo-
ment later each had appropriated the
steel bars of a box cars ladder. They
had started East.
The young American hitch traveller
is in every small town or large railroad
yard along the arterial routes Of Texas.
As I went on across Texas toward Ell
Paso I saw this fellow enjoying his
hand-out, spread on the runways of
tank cars. saw him furtively eyeing
trains and trainment from over the
tops of ravines. I saw him lettering
in singles, twos and threes on platforms
Of stations Of little importance. I saw
him waiting for motor vehicles at both
eastern and western extremetieS of
cities Of greater size.
And I saw him, stranded miles from
nowhere, along concrete highways par
alleling the steel rails, walking into the
sunset and looking hopefully over his
shoulder.
Tomorrow-The Transients' Park, Ell
Paso.
(Copyright. 1882. by North American News
paper Alliance. 1nc.)
Evening star., 1932-12-20

dress to me as with his larger COM
panion he frisked about q switch engine
The two were trying for ride to the
Lancaster yards The leisurely engine,
however, only puffed a short distance
and then returned on another errand.
The boys dismounted and sat down
to play.
The impish one did most of the play
ing. His retortS were so quick and SO
sharp I could piece together little Of his
story.
I did learn, however, that he had
"had it soft" for some time. or since he
had found somewhere in the terminal
yards q side-tracked Pullman car with
an open window. He made 81 day"
at panhandling- days" He said
he had already been in 16 States and
would be in more directly.
His companion, a 17-year-old, out OF
South Carolina, while more smiling
and staid than the other, was less
cynical and worldly-and consequently
much poorer.
OFF to one side of the viaduct where
had met this pair I came upon an
open-air waiting room" of more calm.
Work, When and If.
Virgil Richardson. or Turkey Ten
nesseee," %, from Nashville, sat on a
rock with his back to bit of fire and
his eyes on the pages of Hugo's Lies
Miserables," Fred Pfeiffer, also %, of
Reno. New, going to the East Central
States, tended the blaze. Paul Easy"
Antrom, "a, of Delipeidra. Calf, en-
route to a sisters home at Freeport,
ILL.,, lay back on his bundle and q
stone and played the harmonica.
Turkey" derived his nickname from
the manner in which he can cook a
turkey, when and If he has the bird.
Their future, said the three in chorus
would consist of work when and if
work could be had" Our conversation
flowed along brightly. Only at men,
ton Of parentage did the group sober
somewhat. Between them the three
had but one living parent
There she comes, boys!" Fred Pfeif-
fer announced.
A great engine over in the yards had
whistled its high ball" and was mov-
ing out with increasing speed. The
three extinguished the fire. They seized
their rolls. Calling fareWellS over
Evening star., 1932-12-20
ADvENTISTS PLAN
ANTI-REPEAL DRIVE
Rev. I. H. Evans Named Chairman
of Campaign at Takoma Park
Conference.

World leaders Of the Seventh-day
Adventists have decided to organize the
congregations Of all their churches
throughout the country for a last-min-
ute drive to stop repeal Of the eight
eenth amendment.
At q conference yesterday at denom-
national headquarters in Takoma Park,
Rev. I. H. Evans, first general vice presi-
dent of the General Conference, was
named chairman of the Temperance
Evening star., 1932-12-20

said. ."I've worked, oh. probably half
of the time and at everything, chiefly
in the Southwest. I've worked on the
ranches and in the camps. I've been
East, but I'd rather be out here.
This bumming around isn't so much.
I'd lots rather work Work Is easier
than all this The thing I've enjoyed
most lately was work with the Cali
fornia Forestry Department, near San
Bernardino, in one of the community
camps. We built fire-b breaks and all
that I got my keep for that. anyway.
II go around alone, not with gangs,
like those fellows in there" He mo-
toned toward the lavatory. "I've seen
the life some of those fellows lead.
That's not for me. And I'm not much
of a panhandler. either.
Yes. I guess I could go stay with
my brother, but he's not very well OF,
and he has three children. All I want
Is chance to work. I'm not lazy"
Unaware of my identity drawn to
me by some tacit understanding Of in
tellect or spirit. the small man allowed
me to see him from the inside.
Lonely but courageous, considerate,
patient, uncomplaining, proud and in
telligent-the stuff so many hitch
travellers are made Of.
This ones name? Herman Frye, out
of Kokomo, Ind He inscribed 1t for
me on a leaf of my notebook an in
slant before I rushed away to catch
my train for Fort Worth. The freight
train on which 1 had hoped to ride had
been hopelessly delayed.
Congested With Wanderers.
A rowing glance, so to speak, at this
city of my destination left me with the
impression that it had become con-
geSted with hitch travellers.
BaggagelesS tranSients at large are
apt to acquire bedding roles in the wide
States of the Southwest. providing the
wherewithal to buy bedding can be had.
And everywhere in Fort Worth saw
men with white canvas bundles carried
in leather straps. Simple observation.
however. soon disclosed the fact that
many bundle carriers were transient
cotton pickers. Nonetheless, encoun-
tered the true species of hitch traveller
in the concentration to be expected of
this great railroad terminal.
They shifted through the business
section. They concentrated in groups
about the nationally known rendezvous.
the water tower east of the passenger
station. Groups here at the moment
of my call were chiefly engaged in
watching other groups of colored men
shooting craps. Singly or in twos and
threes tranSients passed endlessly up
and down the freight yards. Young
men watched older men cooking over
fires under the Morningside viaduct.
did not see the same face twice. Every
where I looked into the face of the
young man or boy hitch traveller
A 14-year-old called d Chicago ad-
Evening star., 1932-12-20
HEAVY SNOW REDUCES
WORK OF TRAFFIC COURT
"Slowest Monday" in Years Re.
corded Yesterday When Only
25 Defendants Appeared,

Traffic Court Golfers have suffered
as result of the heavy snowfall that
hampered driving and kept down
speeding. Only $51 In fines was taken
in yesterday.
Court attaches said it was the
"slowest Monday" in years. Only 25
defendants appeared in the traffic
branch, which has a year-round aver
age of about 100. Motorists who dared
to drive were apparently quite cau-
tious. Fifteen were obliged to post
collateral, most of them for parking
violations.
The financial clerk said the usual
Monday takes range from $500 to
$1,000 Business in other Police Court
branches was correspondingly light.
Evening star., 1932-12-20

Commission which win conduct ian
active and continuous campaign Of
temperance education concern
ing the gross evils that would result
from repeal Of the eighteenth amend
ment and the abolition Of the national
prohibition act, or from any modifica-
ton Of these legal restraints that will
permit the sale or purchase Of intoxi-
eating beverages"
Others chosen to the commission In
clude Rev. C. H. Watson, vice chair.
man; Prof. c. s. Longacre, secretary,
and Rev. j. L. Shaw, treasurer.
Evening star., 1932-12-20
Religion Makes 400 Fast,

DETROIT @.-The plight of 40t
destitute Mohammedans, whose religion
prohibits them from partaking Of the
fare offered by soup lines, has been
laid before the welfare department
The department was asked to provide q
Mohammedans would be provided.
Evening star., 1932-12-20

employees yesterday were assured q pay
day before Christmas.
More than $1,000 900 from sales Of
tax anticipation warrants to four Chi
cago banks will be distributed.
The present pay debt to school
teachers and others is S33,00O,000.
The banks agreed to purchase the
warrants because the four largest taxing
bodies had reduced their 1883 budgets
to sl22,25O,OOO from sl8l,937,OOO in
1890.
Evening star., 1932-12-20
'WhenYOurC0uah
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The best cough remedy that "
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Any druggist can supply you with
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Evening star., 1932-12-20
WANDERERS CROWD.
TEXAS RAIL LINES.
Towns Appear Congested
With Homeless Boys Going
East or West.

I This is the tenth OF a series OF daily
! dispatches by writer whit, Travelled back
and forth across the country to get the
story OF the thousands Of homeless, wan
dering boys.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-01-28
THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, THURSDAY, JAN 28, l932.
gxhlOVH H HE[:X. nas
Ne1v BiIXs 0t 7heatyes I0might

queriIg his brain.
 There are no more wars, and he cannot fight legimately, so he organizes a punitive campaign of his own against the business shy sters and society swindlers who wreck banks, prey on the gullible and steal millions seemingly under the protection of the law.
 To do this he leads a double life; he makes the rounds of his exclusive clubs in his natural self, rich, idle young man, searching information.
 Becomes Sinister Avenger
 At night he becomes a sinister avenger, descending on his victims and leaving card reading: Pub lie Defender" to remind them of their ultimate fate.
 With Dix in this unusual story are Shirley Grey, Wilbur Mack, Purnel Pratt, Alan Roscoe, Ruth Weston, Nella Walker, Paul Hurst, Boris Karloff and Edmund Breese. The film story was adapted by Bernard Schubert, and was direct ed by J. Walker Ruben.