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Bow Neck House Frock.

Simplified illustrated instructions for
cutting and sewing are included with
each pattern. They give complete ci-
rections for making these dresses.
This house frock takes its cue from
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FRuIT COCKTAIL.

One cup diced pineapple, one
cup diced apple, one cup diced
grapefruit, one-half cup cherry or
pineapple juice, one-half cup lemon
Juice. Mix. Put into sherbet
glasses. Put a spoon Of whipped
cream on top of each and on top
Of the whipped cream place a
cross made from cherry. For
the whipped cream use two
thirds cup heavy cream, one and
one-half tablespoonsfuls sugar,
one-quarter teaspoon lemon
favor. one drop almond flavor
ing.
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MENU FOR A DAY.
BREAKFAST.

Cantaloupes
Oatmeal with Cream
Goldfish Cakes Bacon
Toast Orange Marmalade
Coffee.
DINNER.
Fruit Cocktail Fried Chicken
Watermelon Pickle
New Potatoes Corn Fritters
Romaine French Dressing
Vanilla Ice Cream, Chocolate Sauce
Coffee.
SUPPER.
Club Sandwiches
Pickles Olives
Fear Sauce Sponge Cake
Tea
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world.
Dear Uncle Ray: Sunday I saw
a queer thing. It was a war between
large red ants and smaller black ants,
in a narrow path a little ways from
our house.
Whenever a red ant came close
to a black ant, both would Jump at
each other and tussle for a moment.
Then the black ant would double up
and the red ant would drag it away
to its home.
Later. when came back with my
brother to show him the sight, We
couldn't see a black ant alive, but
there were plenty OF them dead in the
path. There weren't so many red
ants as before, but some were carry
ing white burdens like eggs from the
enemy's side to their own. An in
terested reader.
RAYMOND KNIGHT"
That is a very good account for our
corner, Raymond, and thank you for
telling about it.
The red ants were very likely taking
Evening star., 1932-08-27
CLUB SANDWICHES.

Toast two slices bread, take
two teaspoonfuls butter, one
teaspoonful mustard (wet), mix
together and spread on each
slice Of bread. Put a layer of
chicken inside slices of toast.
two slices bacon. two slices to-
n,stoes, one lettuce leaf and
mayonnaise dressing.
Copyright, 1922
Evening star., 1932-08-27
GOLDFISH CAKES.

Soak Goldfish In cold water un-
ttl 1t tastes fresh enough; squeeze
dry. Put through food chopper;
dry well. Mix with equal amount
hot, unseasoned mashed potato,
add two beaten eggs and beat
vigorously; season to taste. Drop
from tablespoon into hot, deep
lard.
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Notes of Thanks.

~ EAR MRS. POST: Several
- months ago I lest my aunt,
the only living relative I
~ possessed on my fathers
side of the family. She
died in a distant town, and when at
tended the funeral I tried to keep list
of the floral tributes. Although her
estate was wtlled to me, my aunt was
Evening star., 1932-08-27


Evening STAR
Washington, D. c.:
wish join the Uncle
printed directions
a self-addresed stamped envelope
age GRADE
yiEht'l
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Chronic Appendicitis.

A TENTATIVE diagnosis Is kind
n of trial and error plan. If a
IA doctor with a ponderous per-
n sonality and not too light a
th,1rnh decides after hearing the
Evening star., 1932-08-27
A Little Saturday Talk.

you may have read a good deal
~ about ants, but what have you
really seen them do? Here is
l. a letter from a boy who wit
messed a drama Of the ant
world
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DOROTHY DK'S LETTER BOX

EAR MISS DIX We tired being told to hold
Just much to the husband to
hold wife to her
well taken Of? How about it? would
like to say to every bridegroom: - - - - .
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DCD 11s1L O1OAaACO ". Burgess.

taking the greatest care to make no
noise, he stole toward certain little
pool a little way back in the swamp.
1t wasn't much more than a big puddle.
Carefully Jerry looked 1t all over. The
water was shallow apd the bottom was
covered with dead leaves and sticks.
A few skunk cabbage plants were
showing their queer hoods along the
edge and even little way out in the
water. But skunk cabbages could make
no sound and it was the maker of that
clear high note that Jerry was looking
for.
He isn't in this puddle" thought
Jerry. II must have been mistaken In
the direction of that sound. I will have
to wait until hear 1t again"
Just a few minutes later, in 'front.'
Of him and almost under his nose,
there was a little movement and as
Jerry looked down it was to see what
looked like big silvery bubble that
lasted only an instant. But in that
instant that note had sounded again,
clear peep for which he had been
waiting. And now Jerry saw the singer.
q tiny member of the Frog family, so
small that he could hide under q small
leaf or even a dead twig
"Peeper!" cried Jerry. when did
you come out?"
But pepper the Hyla, for that Is who
it was, startled by slight movement
on the part of Jerry, had disappeared.
nor would he come out again, although
Jerry waited for some time. At last
Jerry gave up and started on happier
than he had been for long time, for
that sweet note of Peppers still echoed
in his heart.
When pepper the Hyla sings we
know that Mistress Spring Is really here.
/ must hurry home. Indeed I must!"
he cried.
(Copyright, 1927
Evening star., 1932-05-16
Toasted Lobster Sandwich.

Finely chop the meat Of a two
pound lobster. or use half pound of
canned lobster. Add one egg yolk a
few drops of onion juice. one-fourth
teaspoonful of salt. little paprika. and
little pepper. Cut some stale bread
in one-fourth inch slices, remove the
crusts, cut in strips one and one-half
inches wide. and spread with lobster
mixture. Melt three tablespoonfuls of
butter, add half a can of mushrooms
or four large peeled mushrooms finely
chopped, and cook for five minutes.
Add three tablespoonfuls Of -four, and
when mixed add half a cupful of milk
and half a cupful of cream. and stir
until the mixture boils. Then add
another egg yolk. Let cool slightly
and pour sauce over the lobster and
sprinkle with grated cheese. Bake In
a hot oven for 10 minutes. or until
light brown. These can be made ready
to bake and be kept in a cool place for
several hours. and put in the oven Just
before serving time.
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UNCLE RAYS CORNER

in return for 10 or IL hours of work
each day, he received shilling (about
Is cents).
There was reason for Charles to
be working-he had to earn money in
order to live. His father was in prison.
In those days men were sent to prison
if they could not pay their debts. Mr..
Dickens had not been able to pay his
debts and had been taken to a place
called Marshalsea. The mother of the
boy was also there.
So it was that day after day. week
after week, Charles pasted on labels or
did other work he was ordered to do.
He slept in an attic, about four miles
from the blacking factory. On Sunday
he was free-free to visit his father
and mother in prison.
At last fortune turned for the Dick
ems family. Mr.. Dickens received q
small inheritance, paid his debts and
left the prison.
In later years of his boyhood life
was not so hard for Charles. He went
back to school, and then obtained work
in a lawyers Office.
Dickens did not become a lawyer
he became newspaper reporter. While
still a young man, he wrote his first
successful book.
AS the author Of "Old Curiosity
Shop" THE Pickwick Papers David
Copperfield'' and "A Tale of Two Cit
les" he was famous during his life
time; but he never forgot the dreary
days of his youth. The books he wrote
told of the hardships of the poor. and
helped to end the placing of persons in
prison for debt.
II you ever read David Copperfield. "
remember that Little David Is in large
part the same person as Little Charles.
This story should be listed under
Biography" In your scrapbook. 1t
may be used as a school topic.)
UNCLE RAY.
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N A T u r E. S
C. H IL d r E N
BY LILLIAN cox ATHEY.

Baby Chicks.
ABY chicks lose no time in get
ting acquainted with their sur
roundings and they are most
eager to 90 with their mother
wherever she may lead. Many
a farmers wife has wanted to punish
/ mother who was determined to lead her
brood of through the wet grass and
who was no Judge of distances at all.
The young chicks are well covered
with down when they step from their
shells. Their eyes are bright and their
digestion is remarkable. They have a
high l. @. when compared with baby
birds, who are blind, often naked, and
old. they eat what is set before them,
try to follow their mother and can
talk-chicken fashion.
They are interested in everything
about them and do not run from
strange looking creatures. A frog,
snake, worm or insect attracts their
attention at once. Their curiosity has
/ led them into many unusual experiences,
but they were getting their education
and it is one Of the quickest ways to
get it.
They have no teeth to chew their
] food. so they swallow it whole. They
, leave the work to their little mill called
! a gizzard. 1t is why bits of oyster shell
and little pebbles are SO necessary.
| AS long as the babies are covered with
down, they love to creep under their
mothers wings to sleep. When they
! have feathers, they tuck their heads
under their own wings. The down.
, which is like soft, f1ossy threads, is
/ pushed from the sockets and feathers
J take their pace. The little wings are
/ useless until the true wing feathers ap-
pear
If baby chicks are cold and hungry,
| they keep saying, Peep! Peep!" but
when they are warm ard contented it's
Peep, peep" When they are follow
| irg their mother through the tall grass
she calls, "Cluck cluck." which means
/ Where are ycu?" And her children,
struggling through the tangled stems
| falling over matted roots, answer
| "Cheep. cheep," which, of course, means
| I'VE are coming"
A lonesome chick makes the fact
known by his little cry and lost one
lets out a pitiful peep, peep" which
gets louder and louder until help comes
or his enemies find him.
Should the mother see q chicken
hawk circling about, she gives one loud
"cluck." This means, "Danger-come
at once" The babies race for the
shelter of their mothers wings and she
quickly covers them. Hawks know 1t Is
far wiser to go without chicken supper
| than to fight determined mother.
The father is Of little assistance in
bringing up the family. He gives the
Evening star., 1932-05-16
SPRINGTIME
BY d. C. PEATTIE.

YUST as most Of the early Spring
wildflowers are found above the
fall line in the District of Co.
~ lumbia. so most of the bird
hunting that takes place In the
enthusiastic nature circles OF Washing
ton is Piedmont in its nature. Far fewer
people 20 down-river a-birding, at this
season of the year, and closed as the
tfdewater courses of the Potomac and
their tributaries are to mos OF the
forms of shooting at this season, even
the hunters are not very familiar with
the down-s stream bird-hfe Of Spring
Nevertheless, there are several birds
which are only found in the eastern
and southern parts OF the District, and
these are the Florida gallinule $50 I'm
told) and the least bittern "a know
the bank swallow and the long-billed
marsh wren.
The gallinule, which I haven't seen
north OF the everglades, belongs to what
is certainly the least popular, least OBJ
served of the families Of birds-the
coots and rails. It's safe to say that
none but the specialists and the most
observant sportsmen see anything OF
gallinules. The bittern, too, Is scarcely
one of the popular birds, though all who
stick long at their nature studies know
him, and in the Middlewest I've often
started one from a marsh at very close
range.
The marsh wren is among the shyest
of birds, in my observation. For most
of us he is a mere shaking in the reeds,
the mere tag end of soft warbling
song that he was uttering in self-con-
tented reverie before he heard you
coming.
A distinctly unusual bird with us Is
the bank swallow, though they are plen-
tiful enough in the West. They arrive
even earlier than our littel three swal-
lows who skim about over my housetop
from early April on, earlier even than
the barn swallows, which are the orna-
ment of Frederick and Fredericksburg,
though I never see them in Washington
any more. Nor Is the song of the bank
swallow much more than a monotonous
twitter They like clay banks or even
gravel pits or old quarries. rocky river
banks and occasionally hollow trees.
Sometimes the holes are but few
inches away from each other. These
clever little artificers are able, 1t seems,
to honeycomb bank without causing it
it to fall.
But though the cliff swallows, living
forever in chattering Sociabllity with
their kind, very airy and graceful in
their flight, would seem to be the hap
piest and freest of individuals, their
appearance of freedom and happiness
is really, think, but seeming. Their
nests are invariably swarming with
bird-lice, which must greatly torment
the swallows. and are favored in their
increase by the intimate life led by this
communal birds.
The bank swallows remain until Oc-
tober before departing for their tropi-
cal homes, where they mingle with the
social tribe.
Evening star., 1932-05-16
Egotism.

Most human beings are egotistical in
some respects. I mean by egotism a
tendency to become oversensitive to
the lack of notice on the part Of
others.
Some persons allow their egotism to
get the better Of them. The first
symptom of this surrender to sensi-
tivity comes out in the form Of pre-
tending to be more important than
they are The next symptom Is a
search for faults among their acquaint-
ances. These two stages are fairly
normal. You would be doing your
egotistical friends an injustice If you
encouraged them by listening to these
rumblings of their debated egos.
The third stage of egotism shows it
self when they begin to feel sorry for
themselves. Self-pitv leads to an in
ability to discover their place In the
social order. 1t is time then for them
to talk matters over with few SEN
sible friends who may yet be able to
keep them attached to their world Of
human beings.
The last and final stage of egotism is
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Cocoanut Crumb Pudding.

To two cupfuls of soft bread crumbs
after removing the crusts. add one
cupful of shredded cocoanut and two
tablespoonfuls of butter. Pour over
two cupfuls of milk, cover, and let
stand for one hour. Add the beaten
yolks Of four eggs, two-thirds cupful
Of sugar, two cupfuls Of milk, little
salt. and one teaspoonful Of lemon
extract. Turn into a buttered pudding
dish half surrounded with hot water
and bake until firm. Beat the whites
Of four eggs until stiff, add three and
one-hah tablespoonfuls Of powdered
sugar gradually, while beating, and
one tablespoonful of lemon juice.
Spread meringue on the pudding and
bake.
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lust as he planned that should. Now
/ know that I have got to be very care
full If want to get back to the Smiling
Pool. ! almost ran into Buster Bear
because I was needless, and it was
only because I was smart enough to
fool Old Man Coyote that I didn't fur
nish him with dinner. From now on
I will take no chances"
So Jerry made his way down the
Laughing Brook with the greatest care
He took no chances II he could help It,
There we're places where he had to &c
ashore and make his way around falls
and water too swift for him to swim,
but he took care carefully to look, listen
and test the air before starting. So
at last he came to where the Laughing
Brook flows through swamp above
the Smiling Pool. This was almost like
home. The water had dropped so that
in the swamp 1t remained only in little
scattered pools. The food was over
The Laughing Brook was full, but not
out of its banks.
Just as he entered the swamp he
heard a sound that made him stop
swimming and listen with all his might
Anyway, he thought he had heard that
sound. He was so sure of it that, not
hearing it again right away, he swan
ashore and crept out. There he sat
waiting and listening. He was on the
point of deciding that he had been
mistaken when he heard it again and
his heart leaped for joy. This time
there was no doubt about it. 1t was a
clear, high peep, a sound he had not
heard for almost year a sound that
gave him a thrill that seemed to run
all through him.
Jerry waited to hear 1t again so that
he might be sure Of just where it was.
In his impatience 1t seemed TO him that
that clear. high sweet note never would
sound again. But after a while 1t did
and this time Jerry was sure he knew
just where it was Slowly and carefully,
Evening star., 1932-05-16
DAILY DIET RECIPE

EGG PLANT ITALIENNE.
Eggplant, medium size. 1.
Flour, / cup.
Olive oil, "a cup.
Grated parmesan cheese, IL
cups.
Sliced tomatoes, about cups.
Raw egg, /.
Salt, "a teaspoonful.
Tomato catsup. / tablespoon
full.
Fine bread crumbs, / table
spoon.
SERVES 4 OR S PORTIONS.
Peel egg plant, cut in round
slices crosswise. Dip each slice
in flour, then in olive oil and
place layers of them in creased
baking dish with grated parme-
san Cor substitute American
cheese sprinkled generously in
between each layer. Cover top
layer with sliced tomatoes, sprin-
kle cheese over these. Beat egg
with the salt and tablespoonful
Of catSup, add one tablespoonful
grated cheese and the bread
crumbs. Spread this over top
and bake all in moderate oven
$3.50 degrees) about half an hour.
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alarm when danger threatens. But
who ever heard CT baby chicks running
to their father for protection?
Little girl chicks get along nicely
together, but the boys are forever pick
ing a quarrel They face each other,
lower their heads and go for each
others necks. Their sharp beaks tear
and wound, and they kick and hurt
with their leg spurs. Place two little
girls chicks so that they face each
other, and they nod and pass the time
of the day or its equivalent, but try
placing two cocks face to face and see
what happens!
(Copyright, 1922
Evening star., 1932-05-16
DAYTIME and Evening
Prints
BY MARY MARSHALL.

there is nothing better for dress OF
the seasons smartest sort, because OF
the great simplicity of cut and design.
The figure and color Of the print give
sufficient character to the dress so
that there is no need for frills,
f1ounces and furbelows that might
detract from the essential simplicity.
You may have noticed that the ne4,
compact prints that smartly dressed
women approve for practical daytime
wear are usually carried out in hut
two colors or tones-that of the back
ground and that of the print. And
even in larger prints for evening
where more shades or colors are intro
duced, there Is none of the confusing
combination of colors that was some
times SO unpleasantly obvious in prints
Of other years. These evening prints
are often large, but their smartness is
not marred by needless overlapping
and interlacing.
A short jacket Of some sort is
essential to every informal evening
dress this season. The new three
quarter evening wraps are an in
teresting departure, but they are
usually reserved for the more formal
sort of evening ensemble. And the
best thing about these new little even
ing jackets made Of satin or taffeta
silk is that you can buy them ready
made for such gratifyingly low price.
Evening star., 1932-05-16
Strawberry Sauce.

Crush or finely chop one-haf cupful
of ripe Strawberries and add to them
half a cupful of sugar. Place on the
back of the stove and leave until the
Juice flows well, then add quarter Of
a cupful of hot water and table
spoonful of butter. Press through a
sieve and serve warm. Do not let the
sauce cook at any time. 1t must only
become warm.
Evening star., 1932-05-16
EVERYDAY PSYCHOLOGY
BY DIR. JESSE W. SPROWLS

that of assuming the role of martyr.
At this stage all rebuffs are ignored.
The personality undergoes a progress
sive disintegration. In time the virtue
of sensitivity is lost. The social being
takes its flight. The ego rules the
world of mind
(Copyright. 1s32)
Evening star., 1932-05-16
Washington Pie.

Put jam or jelly and chopped nut
meats between layers of cake. Spread
the sides and top with a very thin
layer Of the jam or jelly, and sprinkle
with finely chopped nut meats and
powdered sugar.
Evening star., 1932-05-16

men and boys at work with dark paste
which could be used to blacken stoves.
In one room were half dozen boys,
among them the boy of whom I SPEAK
today-Charles Dickens.
The time had been when Charles
lived in Chatham, seaport town 80
miles from London; but now he was
working in a rickety building in rick
ETY. part of a big city His task was to
paste labels on blacking bottles; and
Evening star., 1932-05-16
Heart Made Lighter.
4 single note, a BIT Of song
May haply echo all day long.
old Mother Nature.

w YHEN Jerry Muskrat parted
Al with Old Man Coyote he
wv dived deep and swan under
water as far as he could.
When he did come up for
air it was under a bit Of overhanging
bank where he could not be seen.
TT Is a lucky thing that remem-
bered that bend In the Laughing Brook
and took that short cut" thought
Jerry. IF hadn't would have walked
right into the jaws of Old Man Coyote
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Five Famous Authors.
CHARLES DICKENS.

~ NE hundred and nine years ago.
boy was at work in suburb
of London, an 11-year-old boy.
~ If you had been walking
around London at that time,
you might have seen an DID, tumble
down building. Inside the building were
Evening star., 1932-05-16
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Evening star., 1932-05-16

~ MAILER and smarter prints for
practical daytime dresses, bigger.
~ and better prints for evening.
y That, in brief, seems to be the
situation with figured dress
lbrics this season and. despite ali
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-11-30

Washington, Nov S0--(UP)-De- cline of the British pound sterling, worth less now than at any time since the wars of Napoleon, direct ly affects more than one billion persons and indirectly affects the entire world, government officials said to-day.
 Employment and income of American citizens Is affected more by fiuctuations in the value of the pound than by fluctuations in any other currency except the dollar of this country, according to officials of the treasury, federal reserve, and commerce departments.
 n. The pound sterling at par is worth $4.S66. Yesterday and to- day 1t was quoted at about $S. hb. That; drop has comparatively little effect on British domestic conl- merce. However, 1t has a tremen- dous effect on any commerce, with other countries, acting as a tariff;
 For instance, an American auto mobile manufacturer may produce q car that he can sell pEOfita bly, in England for $4S6.00. The Brttisl, buyer, with the pound at par, would pay 100 pounds for that car. To-day, with the pound at $S.1b, he would have to pay about 15i pounds. That means the price on that American car has been boost cd 50 per cent to British buyers.
 Or, British manufactures may be able to make . car he: can sell profitably in AInerica, with q pound at par, for 100 pounds. That means the American buyer at that