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Evening star., 1932-12-13
GOOD TASTE TODAY
BY EMILY POST.
Famous Authority on Etiquette.

mitted an unforgivable breach Of eti-
quette toward one of my very best
friends. And am most anxious to re-
store myself to her good graces. We.
my husband and I, forgot to keep
dinner engagement. And worse still
We forgot that we had forgotten. Is
there anything I can do to make
amends?"
Answer: There is nothing that you
can do except to say how badly you
feel. People of great social prominence
or worldwide experience forgive and
forget readily. People with a modest
opinion of themselves are apt to be
deeply and unforgettably hurt. It is
this hurt that only continued attentive
ness-something over a long period of
time-can heal.
my Dear Mrs. Post: (D When I
make an afternoon call on another
woman, must I leave my husbands
card. too? And please explain the why
of this. If ! must? (2) Are evening
calls in good taste?"
Answer: % On an acquaintance,
yes. On an intimate friend, no. A
woman always pays formal visit ac-
companied by her husband-actually,
or by proxy with his cards. (2) This
is a matter Of local custom. In New
York. never; in smaller cities almost
always.
(Copyright. 1922
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and for other uses where durable wood
is needed. When the spikes or nails
are driven into the wood, it does not
split but clings to the metal. Oil is
distilled from the leaves and used as
an antiseptic.
Young trees are cut in Summer for
tan bark. 1t is said the bark slips"
from May until August. Later than
this it is impossible to peel it off, The
sheets Of bark which have been re-
moved are stacked on end to dry. The
hemlock bark is usually mixed with
oak to darken it, otherwise the dye is
too red.
Under young trees, whose branches
come SO close to the ground as to form
a fine hiding place. birds. mice. squir-
rels and even partridgas take refuge
Hemlocks are valuable as ornamental
trees. and they grow easily from seed.
In the Arnold Arboretum there are
still few old trees left of once great
forest. "Hemlock Hill" always has
tree loving friends. who come ever so
often to see the old sentinels standing
just inside the gates.
In October, it turns almost black
and when the trees around it are bare,
the beauty Of this tree is apparent.
It was a deadly drink made from an
herb related to our carrot which So
crates drank.
Copyright, 1922
Evening star., 1932-12-13

seasons whenever he had the oppor-
tunity.
When he moves to Washington next
March, Warm Springs will be only
about 20 hours away. It may turn out
that his newly-built cottage, erected
last year in quiet spot on a hillside,
will be little White House" in reality.
Other Presidents had such retreats.
Woodrow Wilson was fond Of retiring
to Shadow Lawn, his home In New
Jersey, to get away from the worries
of the Capital. Mr.. Hoover had his
Rapidan camp for week end trips, and
he carried on so much business there
that it in fact became a little White
House"
However those who know the Presi-
Evening star., 1932-12-13
Spinach SouMe.

Two 41a-ounce cans or two and one
quarter cupfuls strained spinach one
cupful medium white sauce (two table
spoonfuls butter, two tablespoonfuls
-four, two eggs, one tablespoonful onion
chopped fine. one tablespoonful butter
melted, one teaspoonful salt. one table
spoonful lemon juice. Add spinach,
onion. butter. salt and lemon juice to
the white sauce. Heat Add this mix
ture slowly to the beaten egg yolks,
stirring until mixed. Beat the egg
whites stiff and fold into the mixture.
Bake in buttered casserole, set in pan
of water in moderate oven $3.50 degrees
FahrenheiD for 35 or 40 minutes, or
until knife blade inserted shows the
center no longer sticky.
Evening star., 1932-12-13
UNCLE RAYS CORNER

"Of course ought to go with you!"
exclaimed 12-year-old Betty. Don't
forget that met him before you did"
John really enjoyed his sisters COM
pany, though sometimes he pretended
that he took her on his hiking trips
just from sense of duty.
It was true that Betty had met the
Old Hermit before John had-in fact,
before any other member of the South
worth family The meeting had taken
place a year before at grocery which
the man visited only once in a great
while.
People in Fairtown knew that the
Old Hermit's name was Nichols, and
that he lived in cabin on the noun
tain side four miles away; but little
else was known about him. Never had
any one observed him mail letter. and
never had any one heard him speak OF
the place where he lived before he came
to the cabin years before. When they
spoke to him, they called him MI
Nichols. but when they spoke to one
another about him they almost always
said The Old Hermit
Probably he was not so old as he
looked. He had let his beard grow, and
that made him seem old. but his step
was firm and his eyes were clear. Very
likely he was no more than IS years
Of age
At the grocery-or general store
the Old Hermit had seen Betty and
had exchanged a few words with her.
Then he had surprised and delighted
the child by purchasing small bunch
of roses and handing them to her.
Since that day. John and Betty had
made several visits to the Old Hermits
cabin. He had told them many inter-
esting things, but had never explained
the mystery OF his past.
As the boy and the girl set ous for
the cabin on this December day, they
had no idea of the strange tale which
they would hear before their journey
was over.
(To Be Continued)
UNCLE RAY.
Evening star., 1932-12-13
Everyday Psychology
BY DIR. JESSE ". sPRowLs.
What Is a Genius

Some persons seem to have mistaken
notion about geniuses. A genius is not
merely one who does the unusual. Now
and then you run across an individual
who can add four columns OF figures
in one mental operation. Now and
then another person may be introduced
to so strangers, and then come back
the next day and call their names with
out error. Such persons are not
geniuses. They are Idiot savants.'
They furnish entertainment. But none
of them are remembered very long
after the entertainment is over.
A genius is a person who does some
thing unusual that lasts for genera
tions. There never was real genius
whose work did not affect the genera
tions he foresaw. Geniuses are made.
not born. They learn to create what
becomes lasting benefit. If you want
to become a genius. learn to do some
thing that will have social value for
at least four or five generations. The
artists, poetic. musical, manual, OF the
Middle Ages still live.
The world is now looking for a new
type of genius-a genius In government
of the masses. Jefferson seems to have
come pretty close to it. But did he
foresee this day? believe he did. But
! am not sure that the masses have
caught up with him. Perhaps we will
have to wait three or four more gen.
erations before we can appraise him.
Copyright. 1932)
Evening star., 1932-12-13

an S o S to you. PATIENT GRIsEIDA 3D.
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lack the strength enforce such AN an
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the hrst place. he feels that he
he there nothing the
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DEAR young with a wife three
live in the town that NY trouble mother wife
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perfectly miserable shall
practice have
suggestion TROUBLE?
Answer: The rangest thing in the world that the two
earth to him except to sacrifice their jealousy each other When
wife mother fight him like
to realize that he the sufferer and that they literally
esm esSas
YET the mother who willing s to wreck her home divorce
love the rho ss9' sso s5
devotion him Both Of them that
motherin-law daughtern-aw
compelled live Understandable
would unnduraby others
separately, and lay down the law DOROTHY
Evening star., 1932-12-13
Beet Appetizer.

Rice the yolks of six hard-cooked
eggs and chop the whites. Chop six
medium sized picked beets, dressed with
vinegar, very fine, or put them through
a ricer. Put in alternating layers in
small molds rinsed in cold water and
leave in the ice box for four hours.
Turn onto slices Of tomato and pour
over a sauce Of mayonnaise thinned
with chilli sauce.
Evening star., 1932-12-13
Old Hermit's Christmas.
A MYSTERY.

vt was a December morning. and
there was snow on the ground in
the little mountain city known as
i FairtoWn
The four members of the South
worth family were seated at breakfast.
Just as he was finishing his meal,
Mr. Southworth turned to his son, a boy
IA years old. and asked:
We'll, John, this is holiday-what
are you going to do with it,"
I'm planning to make trip to see
the Old Hermit" replied John. You
know Christmas is only a short time
Evening star., 1932-12-13
,
dent-elect intimately believe that his
home in Hyde Park will be used as his
principal retreat.

His known love for the sea, too, doubt
less will prompt him to make many
week end excursions down the Potomac
and out in nearby Chesapeake Bay.
He turned to the water for his first
recreation after he was nominated at
Chicago last June.
There have even been suggestions
that IF. D. r." might do something
entirely new for Presidents and make
use Of q Navy seaplane for visits to
Hyde Park, which is near the Hudson
River
This suggestion was occasioned by the
Governors flying to Chicago to accept
his nomination for the presidency.
The chances of his doing such .
thing, however, would seem remote, for
the risk Is too great for President, and
the difficulties are too many.
Evening star., 1932-12-13

Answer: Buy her
o pres t now.
And send it with
a note telling her
that you appreci-
ate all that she
did to make you
comfortable during
your visit.
MY Dear Mrs.
Post: When re-
ceiving a party in
vitation with the
initials r. S. v. P.
on it, DOS that re-
quire an answer?
And just what does
r. S. v. P. stand
for?"
Answer. r. S.
" p FOR in rath-
Evening star., 1932-12-13

extent he will use
that place in the
future to escape the
cares Of the presi-
dency.
During the pc
riod from 1922 to
1928 the President
elect spent practi-
cally half Of his
time In the little
fr a m e house he
bought there. After
he was e e c t e d
Governor of New
York he continued
his visits, spending
at least three weeks
there in the Spring
and Fall and stop
ming Over at. other
Evening star., 1932-12-13
N AT U r E S
C. H IL D r E N
By LILLIAN cox ATHEY.
HEMLOCK.
(Tsuga canadensis.)

(Tsuga canadensis)
"oer lonely lakes that wild and nameiess
Black, Shaggy, vast and still as Psrca's
A hemlocR ssaasi forest stands. s."-Pattee.
TN spite Of the clever way the nem-
lock droops its branches to let the
snow slide off, the tree that Is SO
l graceful in its youth becomes sao
and ragged in its old age. picture
Of abject poverty and loneliness. IN
June, the tip of every twig is growing
new leaves, which are greenish yell
low and make the tree appear to be IN
bloom. The hemlock leaves live 70 DC
three years old before they depart. Tne
cones are small, with little winged seeds
hidden under each scale, and ripen in
one year. The squirrels are especially
fond of these seeds, being expert hunt
ers for them.
The hemlock is in bloom in May, and
at the tips of the tWigs are tiny, green
flowers so small they go unnot!ced.
The bark is valuable, as 1t is rich IN
tannin. The timber is coarse-grained,
rather stiff, and used for building farm
barns and store houses, railroad ties
Evening star., 1932-12-13

sWHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO
TODAY, SON?' ASKED MR..
SOUTHWORTH.
away, and I want to look over his
cabin and see what would be a useful
present for him
That's fine! Give the Old Hermit
I mean Mr.. Nichols-my regards. Are
you going to take Betty along?"
'Oh, yes, suppose So"
Evening star., 1932-12-13
Star
+ a t t e r n 8
Trim Cape Sleeve.

The novel shoulder treatment Of this
gay frock gives it very trig air. It is
equipped with patch pockets which
come in handy on dress Of this type.
The two straight seams in front take
inches of your hips. It Is q trim /. !.
practical Z. and easy to make.
This pattern makes up nicely In any
Evening star., 1932-12-13
A WASHINGTON DAYBOOK
By HERBERT PLUMMER.

GOV. ROOSEVELTS reference to his
- cottage at Warm Springs, Ca. as
the little White House" upon his ar
rival there for short vacation has
aroused speculation here as to Just what
Evening star., 1932-12-13

er better taste. R. S. V. p) is an abb
breviation Of the French-repondez sill
vous plait-and means Reply If you
please. which is exactly what you do.
My Dear Mrs. Post: I have COM
Evening star., 1932-12-13
DOROTHY DIX'S LETTER BOX
How to Influence a Contrary Man-Strong
Measures Needed to Quell Quarreling
Wife and Mother.

: stubborn, contrary
you along with husband with that
kind diposion have tried gentlens patience fighting
being myself but nohing does good send out
you. PATIENT GRISELDA 3D.
Evening star., 1932-12-13

Floods caused serious damage to
crops in County Donegal, Ulster, re-
hnntly.
Evening star., 1932-12-13

Of her way to make me comfortable.
Is there anything ! could do for her
Evening star., 1932-12-13

THERE'S fragrant smell-of sugar
i m spice n everything nice-for
blocks around at A. M. A-a-h, that's
Rice's-bakin9 cake!
At A. M. Rice's delivery man Is on
his way to your grocer, bearing oven
fresh goodies.
At & P. NJ. for dinner, you serve your
guests cake that is as fresh, pure, and
delectably good as if you had just made
it yourself.
Rice's cakes taste richly of awfully good
thin9s-fresh milk, fresh butter, fresh
eggs ;. the same fine ingredients you
buy yourself. In short, you actually
Evening star., 1932-12-13

Use This Coupon TO join our New scrapbook
Uncle
OF
Washington, D. c.
Dear Uncle join
Please Membership telling
scrapbook.
r. F
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made one.
You can always be sure that your des-
sert will make hit when you serve
Rice's Cake to your family or at the
erandest party.
I'VE deliyer to your grocer daily
Every day, rain or shine, our delivery
man goes to your grocer and brings, not
only cake, but fresh bread and cookies,
too-all marvellous tasting, pure, invit-
in9ly wrapped.
And every day he brings something
different-fresh, delicious surprises
Evening star., 1932-12-13
You can't get q YESTERDAYS CAKE from us

you can serve Rice's cakes every day for
weeks and never repeat.
Such Variety!
There's Chocolate Marshmallow Sundae
Cake, for instance, with marshmallow
filling, marshmallow around the sides
and real fudge chocolate on top.
Then, there's old fashioned Louisiana
Praline Cake, with butterscotch fondant
filling; made from a famous southern
recipe. Or Pecan Fruit-filled Ring for
breakfast. And many more!
Trya Rice's Cake-fresFLy, deliciously
Evening star., 1932-12-13

. EAR MRS. POST: I was
visiting friends for week,
and forgot to tip the maid
before I left. She was very
kind to me and went out
Evening star., 1932-12-13

OF would like that the best to
a contrary to bat him the head with coffee pot
argument against Besides which eete civilization
courageS such wholesome means Of family discipline.
Evening star., 1932-12-25
BRANCH BANK PLAN
SUMMARY IS MADE
Financial Expert Gives Ad.
vantages and Disad-
vantages Of Idea.
By the Associated Press.

Arguments for and against branch
banking. as they have developed during
the last years discussions in business
and financial circles have been summed
up by Henry SuzZallo president Of the
Carnegie Foundation for the Advance
ment Of Teaching
The summation revealed that OBJ
iections raised against branch banking
are chiefly that it tends toward monop-
oily; that it will not serve local commu-
mites as we'll as unit banks. that II is
'un-American." and that it tends to
draw funds into the large cities.
Advantages Listed.
The principal advantages were found
to be the shifting OF funds from one
community where they are not needed
temporarily to another where they are;
economies Of operation, the security of
better management. more uniformity In
interest rates, more profit to stock
holders and lessening the number OF
bank failures.
Branch banking has assumed great
importance in banking discussions, due
in part to the more general recognition
OF the fundamental principles involved,
and also to the large number Of bank
failures and decreasing profits. To many
ing facilities may be provided for many
communities which otherwise would be
without them.
The study revealed that group bank
ing and chain banking have certain in
herent weaknesses. as compared with
branch banking. Chain banking, it Is
found, is usually confined to small In
stitutions, owing to the large amount
of capital required to buy and control
a big bank. Group banking. operating
through a holding company. was found
to have distinct advantage In this
connection.
Difficulty in Supervision.
There is nothing inherently wrong
in the ownership and control Of several
banking units by one individual or by
q group of individuals" the report said.
The most serious objections to chain
banking are that 1t Is difficult to super
wise. if in undesirable hands: that the
bank may be filled with bad paper and
that the funds may be used for the in
terest of the owners rather than for
the good Of depositors and the COM
munity."
Evening star., 1932-12-25
.]A|L-MADE GOODS
AROUSE PROTESTS
Cotton Interests Object to
Activity in Spinning at
Penal Institutions.
By the Associated Press.


NEW YORK, December 24-The
metamorphosis OF rum runners, counter
feiters and other malefactors in certain
Federal prisons into weavers and SPIN
ners OF cotton for the trade is causing
Indignation in the cotton industry.
Several leading organizations in the
industry, recently in solemn conclave,
voiced their annoyance at having to
compete with an increasing output Of
prison made goods and laid plans to
carry their protest to the highest Gov
ernment officials.
II the weaving and spinning jailbirds
produced cloth and apparel for prison
use only the textile people would have
no objection, but the trade has dis
covered, 1t Is said, that an increasing
amount Of the jail-made stuff is finding
a place on the shelves of retail stores.
and thus narrowing the market for the
mill operators.
The makers of cotton duck are par
ticularly wroth because they claim that
the cotton mill In the Atlanta, Ga,
Federal prison is now turning out about
100000 pounds of this fabric annually,
or more than IS per cent Of the total
wide duck production Of all the free"
mills.
1lle claim Is also made by textile In
terests that prison-made work shirts
and other garments are being sold in
large volume all over the country at
the Lowest prices such merchandise
has ever brought In regular trade
channels"
The protesting organizations which
are carrying their appeal to Washington
include the American Cotton Manufac-
turers' Association. Association OF Cot
ton Textile Manufacturers, Cotton Duck
Association and the National Associat ton
Of Cotton Manufacturers
Evening star., 1932-12-25
UTILITIES FEAR MOVE
TO CUT DOWN RATES
Farmer Member in Various Mid
die West Legislatures Have Prom
ised to Reduce Schedules.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, December a.
Utilities Of the Middle West are look
ing forward to the sessions of Legis-
latures in the several States with some
forebodings.
The strain on the far-nung systems
Of power lines and telephone systems
has been steady during the past 1s
months.
The rapid expansion Of the utilities
during the past decade has been one
of the marvels of the development of
the Plains States. From isolated pri-
vate or municipal plants have grown
up systems distributing current to hun
dreds of towns and telephone lines
reaching out to hundreds of exchanges,
all managed through one central office
Gas came along later and from the
Texas field reached through lines
and booster stations up into Nebraska
and Iowa, with Chicago as an ultimate
goal.
Municipal plants have had fully as
severe a trial as private ones because
of lessened income and lack of reserves
for requirements. Reductions in rates
have been made by scores of companies
and where efforts have been made by
localities to force greater reductions
than were reasonable the companies
have had the support Of commissions.
Now the Legislatures, largely impreg-
mated with farmer members, are to meet
and campaign promises to reduce rates
are likely to be put forward. :
(Copyright. 1897
Evening star., 1932-12-25
INITIATION DEMAND
GAINING IMPETUS
Cheaper Dollar Urged as
Means of Increasing Price
of Commodities.
BY DIR. MAX WINKLER.
Special Dispatch to The Star

Special Dispatch TO The Star.
NEW YORK, December 24-There
sections of the United States for an
form OF imitation A number Of political
leaders, closely identified with the in
coming administration, are believed to
favor this in the hope it will lead to
the writing off of debts and increasing
of the price level.
The burden Of debts, both public and
private has approximately doubled in
the last decade. a period characterized
by enormous loans and credits. Creditors
everywhere are suffering from the in
solvency of debtors, and this accounts
for their insistence that something be
done to relieve the situation.
II the United States by legislative
decree should lower the gold value of
the dollar, the price of commodities will
or should, theoretically at least, advance
to the extent to which the dollar will
have fallen. If the dollar, in terms of
gold, should decline to say rs cents.
wheat, for example, which is quoted
today at AZ cents a bushel, will advance
to 52l2 cents, a gain Of IS per cent,
provided prices do not change In
The farmer thus will be able to obtain
more in the term of the new dollar
than before, which should facilitate the
redemption or reduction of his in
debtedness
The consumer of wheat, however, will
be obliged to pay 25 per cent more for
the product. Should his income remain
unchanged, will he not demand or re-
quire an increase corresponding to the
rise in the price level?
There are, Of course. many more
angles to the problem.
(Copyright. 1852, by Forth American News
paper Alliance, Inc)
Evening star., 1932-12-25
CANADA AWAITING
BUSINESS PICKUP
Prices of Farm Products Have
Been Severe Handicap Dur.
ing Past Year.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
MONTREAL, December 24.-The year
draws to close with little improvement
in general trade, says the Bank of
Montreal in its current review of Cana
dian trade conditions. Retail business
has felt the spirit of Christmas buying
in a moderate way, although in the
total the turnover has been well below
that Of yesr ago. Wholesale distri-
button has been quiet, as is incidental
to the season, and commodity prices
have in many instances touched new
lows, notably in the cases Of wheat and
live stock. Indeed, farm products gen.
orally have fallen so greatly that the
purchasing power of nearly one-hah the
population is seriously reduced.
Larger production has been more
than Offset by lower prices, the Domin-
ion Bureau of Statistics placing the
total value of the field crops Of Canada
in 1882 at 24,057 900, being S2.600, 600
less than in 1881 and $238 ,000, 900 less
than i'll 1880. The depressed state Of
the lumber industry will result in a
smaller cut Of timber this Winter and
lessen seasonal employment in that
occupation, and there are no large pub
lie works under construction to absorb
labor. The index Of unemployment,
however. does not rise. Manufacturing
establishments are, for the most part,
working much below capacity, textile
and silk mills being an exception.