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Evening star., 1932-05-20
Pleating in Present Fashions
BY MARY MARSHALL.
LEATING has not been used so
J extensively this Spring as usual,
but when it does appear on


extensively this Spring as usual,
but when it does appear on a
i smart dress 1t Is especially ef-
fective. And when you are max
ing a dress at home and want to give
1t a thoroughly professional finish, bit
Of fine knife pleating Is decidedly
helpful.
The sketch shows a dress that we
especially admire. 1t is made of semi
sheer silk crepe with clever arrange
ment of frills of pleating. The deep
surplice collar Is edged with a frill of
white pleating over pleated frill of
the dress material and the short
sleeves are finished in the same way
narrower pleated frill OF the dress
material appears at the edge of the
peplum and along the lower edge of
the skirt.
There really Is not a great deal of
work about dress of this sort. If you
work with a paper pattern choose one
with surplice closing and a short
peplum. Measure the edge of the skirt
and the peplum and remember that to
make the frillS you will need three
times the width of the finished ruff1e.
Cut the material in strips running
crosswise. Strips for skirt and peplum
should be about three inches in depth
and those for the bodice and sleeves
about five inches. Seam the strips to-
gether at the selvedge edges, press fiat
and then finish with a narrow hem or
have the strips finished with machine
picot. You can prepare the material
for the white pleating but 1t will cost
very little more to use ready made
Evening star., 1932-05-20

through the tiny door which is guarded
by both anthers. and pistil. She gets
thoroughly busted with the golden pol
len. AS she visits the next hostess she
leaves most OF it with her. Thus for
sip of nectar she renders much
needed service.
: The seed pods are three-lobed and
divided lengthwise with double row
of seeds within. At the most propitious
time the lobe curls back and the seeds
are scattered abroad Thus the violet
mother sends her children into the
| world.
Blue is the rarest shade in flowers
and the most beloved by bees and
butterflies
One thing little known about the
violet is that she produces two distinct
blossoms on the same plant. They are
called blind or "cleistogamous" flowers.
They grow very close to the ground and
are self-fertiliZed. The blind flower is
rarely seen except by those nature wise.
A little pointed affair that does not
go beyond its calyx In spite of her
retiring habit she produces a pod that
Is jammed full Of seeds which mature
woods, you will see tiny seeds sent
about 8 feet across the dry leaves.
who is the sharpshooter, you want
to know, and with little investigation
you are rewarded. This wise provision
is made because insects may not be
about in the cool damp woods when
the modest violet lifts her head.
(Copyright, 1897
Evening star., 1932-05-20
My Neighbor Says:

Add two tablespoonfuls of chill
sauce to mayonnaise and use for
dressing for lettuce or other vege-
table salads.
If can Of paint is placed
upside down for several hours
before it is opened, it will not be
necessary to mix it before using.
Half a cup of milk added to
most soups just before serving
makes a creamy, delicious soup
Remove coffee stains from
table linen with glycerin. Apply
glycerin and let stand three or
four hours or until stain dis
appears.
Look over the sash for the hot
bed or cold frame.
To pick up small pieces of
broken glass. use a piece of
dampened absorbent cotton. The
glass will stick to the cotton.
When you are basting roast
beef, a tablespoonful of brown or
white sugar added to the gravy
improves the flavor and color.
Hair brushes may be cleaned
by dipping them in a strong
solution of alum and water. This
protects the bristles and prevents
their turning yellow.
Copyright, 1922
Evening star., 1932-05-20
Uncle Rays
Corner
Five Famous Authors.
VICTOR HUGO

VICTOR HUGO
A BOY was playing in a garden
~ beside his home in Paris. 1t
a was pretty garden, and in the
4 i boys fancy he had comrades
who walked and ran about, or
who sat beside him to talk
The boy was Victor Hugo.
Victor had real comrades as well as
those of his fancy. One day shy,
dark-eyed girl visited him in the gar
den. Her name was Adele Foucher.
Years later, when the boy had grown
to manhood, he married Adele.
AS a student in college, Hugo passed
through many hardships. He lived in
an attic. One day, when he counted
up his clothing. he found that he had
three shirts and one pair of trousers
There was really not much counting to
dol
Hugo did not worry much about his
shabby dress; his mind was in the
clouds. He wrote poems, and by the
time he was 20, .his poetry had brought
him little fame.
In later years Hugos poems became
famous all over Europe, but the great
est work of his life was the writing of
novel, Les Miserables,''
Les Miserables" is the French way
of saying THE Miserable Ones" The
chief character is Jean Vatican To
obtain a loaf of bread for the hum
CRY children of his sister, Vatican broke
into store. He was arrested and put
in prison. Before his term was up, he
tried to escape, but he was captured
and sent back to prison to serve a
longer term.
When, at last, Vatican left prison,
he had reached middle age. He was
bitter toward the world, and the world
was unkind to him. Because he had
been convict, no one would rent him
room. He saw what he thought was
| an empty dog kennel: but when he
started to crawl inside, a dog came
| growing toward him..
| At last an old and good hearted
bishop gave the poor sfelloWzshelt liter.
The kindness of the bishop smade d
deep impression on his mind. Dean
Vatican lost his bitterness and tried
to promote the good, the beautiful and
the true.
If you are less than II years of age,
I suggest that you do not try to read
Les Miserables." 1t is very long and
might prove tireSome Save the book
as a wonderful treat for the time
when you are between II and 25 years
of age
Victor Hugo was living in exile when
he wrote Les Miserables" The French
monarch, Napoleon the Little, did not
like the authors ideas. When the
| monarch lost his throne Hugo return
ed to France and was honored by the
people.
UNCLE RAY
Evening star., 1932-05-20
LITTLE BENNY
BY LEE PAPE.

Today before supper I was out play
ing with the fellows. and the ferst thing
knew it was SO late I was the ony one
left out thinking. Heck, I'll be late fol
supper again and it's too soon to be
late again.
Meening on account OF the last time
I was late being last mite, and I quick
started to walk home, thinking, II
had a exter good excuse 1t mite be all
rite. but I haven't.
And started trying to think of one
all could think OF being I dident know
what time 1t was. being the bummest
excuse OF all on account Of always
making pop madder than not saying
anything, and I thawt, Heck. II this
was ony the middle OF winter I mite
be able to say the payment was sc
slippery had to go as slow as a funer-
el, ony heck It's the middle of spring.
. And kept on hurry up going home
thinking. / mite say Mrs. Wrinkle asked
me to go errand and I was too polite
to say no, ony then he mite want to
know when she asked msr and I'd haff
home from school,
Wich 1t was. and I thawt, I mite say
the fellows kepp me back by keeping
on saying Aw what's the hurry, whats
the hurry?
Being another naturelly bum one, me
having proved 1t before by trying it.
and when l got home supper was half
ways over, pop saying, Can / bleeve my
eyes, l thawt you'd moved away from
the naborhood
I'm late, said
o, you've noticed it, pop said. Have
you any excuse, even a bad one? he
said, and I said, No sir, and pop said
Then it's the ferst time in all the years
we've ben waiting for you. This is in
deed an historical occasion and shall
be f1ttingly celebrated. You shall have
2 slices of pie, If We happen to have
pie, he said
Wich We dident, having rice pudding
without raisins, one helping being
plenty.
Evening star., 1932-05-20
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Evening star., 1932-05-20
Star
= a t t G r n s
Apron and Dress.

Slip this morning frock on and off
In a jiffy-its side closing can be open
ed or closed by belt and bow in no
time!
1t can be worn by itself around the
house, and it's just as useful over your
good clothes, to save them from spots
and stains. 1t launders easily, too, be-
cause of its side closing. 1t spreads
out fat on the ironing board or clothes
line. 1t Is No. 708.
Every housewife should have several
of these all-over apron-and- -dress-in-
one models. In sturdy, serviceable ging-
hams. broadcloths or linens, in printed
or checked effect, 1t is smart and SEN
sible. The ruffied collar is charming
touch.
Designed in sizes IA, l6, 36, SO, 40, AZ,
Evening star., 1932-05-20

AT ONCE" REPLIED Mrs. JERRY.
to the mighty chorus of the sweet
singers of the Smiling Pool, and the
tiny Frog people known as Hylas
From all sides around the Smiling
Pool and from up in the swamp just
above, through which the Laughing
Brook made its way to the Smiling
Pool. the clear, high, sweet peep.
peep, peep, peep" of the singers rose
in steady chant, telling the Great
World that Sweet Mistress Spring was
here, and that 1t was the happiest time
Of all the year.
"I wonder if they ever stop to eat, -
said Mrs. Jerry.
II doubt it," replied Jerry, but they
stop so as not to be eaten"
IF you must say something say it
plainly" said Mrs. Jerry What do you
mean by saying they stop SO as not to
be eaten?"
Just then the singing ceased, and
after that mighty chorus the silence
could fairly be felt. Did you notice. "
said Jerry, that the singing stopped
first over there near where the Laugh
ing Brook comes IMP"
Il would say they all stopped at once, "
replied Mrs. Jerry.
UcITy SIlOOk Ills IlcdQ. NO, SdlQ ne.
"They didn't all stop quite at once even
if it did seem so. One of them had to
give the danger signal and did so by
becoming silent. The instant that one
stopped singing those nearest noticed it
and they stopped singing. and their
nearest neighbors noticed this, and they
stopped singing. And so the sig
nal was passed all over and around
the Smiling Pool. can stop that chorus
any time"
You can?" exclaimed Mrs. Jerry in
an unbelieving tone.
Eyes. can," replied Jerry "I'll show
you by and by. Hello! There is Mr..
Watersnake swimming past over near
the bank I don't like that fellow, never
did and never will Probably he t. the
one who stopped the singing. He Is
Evening star., 1932-05-20

White trousers, which wrinkle abom
inably, seem doubly wrinkled in COM
parison with the now conventional
dinner coat. White SHOES, which are
conventional on lawns and tennis
courts. are utterly unsuitable to din
ner coat And a sesh makes no sense
at all. The reverse of your suggestion
meaning the white mess jackets and
black evening trousers worn by the
British in India-are smarter than
smart, but the difficulty Of keeping
them always immaculate would prevent
their being adopted by any but those
who can buy jackets by the dozen and
who need have no thought about the
size of the laundry bills.
A suggestion that makes a certain
amount of sense for young dancing men
in Summer, would be; Soft shirt, scft
collar black bow tie, white trousers,
black socks and pumps. thin unlined
dinner coat, black. of course, and OF
thinnest material that can be made to
fit, buttoned with two buttons which
hide the absence of a waistcoat.
Evening star., 1932-05-20
gingerbread.

Mix ne-fourth cupful of white sugar
with half cupful of molasses and one
fourth cupful of melted fat. Add one
teaspoonful of baking soda and one well
beaten egg. Sift one and one-fourth
cupfuls of flour with one-fourth
teaspoonful of salt, half a teaspoonful
of cinnamon, and half teaspoonful OF
ginger, and add to the first mixture.
Then add half cupful Of boiling water.
Turn into creased muffin pans and bake
for 25 minutes in a hot oven.
Evening star., 1932-05-20

r T was not yet dark, for the Black
Shadows coming out across the
Green Meadows from the Purple
i Hills had but just begun to arrive
at the Smiling Pool, and it would
be softly dusk for some time. 1t was
the time of day that Jerry Muskrat
and Mrs. Jerry loved best. They sat
side by side on the Big Rock Each
had just eaten a clam, and by and by
they would dive for more. Just now
they were content to just sit and listen
Evening star., 1932-05-20

The more one ponders it, the more
convinced does he become that a mans
vocabulary is part of his personality.
1t is through words that he expresses
his ideas, his thoughts, his hopes.
desires and imaginings. The trend of
these thoughts brings its train Of
words, for thoughts are expressed even
to ones self in words, not audible
except to the person, but words just
the same.
The person who is pursuing techni-
cal studies acquires a technical
vocabulary. A lawyer thinks in legal
terms. A doctor masters the termi-
nology of medicine and surgery. One
who is engrossed In the study of plants
Evening star., 1932-05-20

L U III " i ud LLOil Va
tuxedo coat. white
duck trousers, white
buckskin shoes and
sash with soft shirt
and regul a ton
starched collar for
Midsummer eve
ming wear, espe-
cially for young
dancing men.
A n S W e TT
seems to me that
the so-called tux
edo has become
the accepted eve
ming dress on al
most all occasions,
and should there
fore suggest i'm
f1npcoh hIa naafneSc
Evening star., 1932-05-20
Bar Flag From Commerce.

BY the terms of law recently put
into effect Switzerland forbids CONNER
cial display of coats of arms. 1t is for
hidden to employ or register as trade
mark the coat of arms of the confed-
Grafton or of the Cantons, or flags
showing these coats of arms or the
Swiss cross or cantonal emblems.
Evening star., 1932-05-20

A and 46 Size 36 requires Az yards
of 36-inch material or Az yards of 80
inch material.
Simplified illustrated instructions for
cutting and sewing are included with
each pattern. They give complete direc-
tions for making these dresses.
To obtain a pattern of this attractive
model send Is cents in coins. Kindly
be sure to write very plainly on each
pattern ordered your name and address
and size and mail to The Evening Star,
Pattern Department, Washington, D. c.
New Fashion Magazine, filled with the
latest Paris style news, together with
color supplement, can now be had at 10
cents when ordered with pattern and
is cents when ordered separately.
Evening star., 1932-05-20
N A T u r E. S
C. I'll IL ID II E N
BY LILLIAN COX ATHEY.
VIOLETS
Viola Obliqua).
Such a starved bank of moss.
Til that May morn.
Blue ran the flash across;
VioletS were born.

"AVORITE of lovers and poets.
l. this modest flower has inherited
the earth. She Is to be found
L all over the world and there are
over 100 species. OF course,
there are white ones, yellow ones and
royal purple violets. Some are fragrant,
others not There Is a wild. cultivated
species in Europe and Northern Asia
which is developed into pansy.
The shape of the leaf in most in
stances determines the species, but the
shape and length Of the ser2ls DO. too.
In this species there are five blush
purple petals with golden hearts-one
pair above, pair on the side and n
single broad petal below. This is the
landing platform for Mrs. Osmia Bee,
the most welcome guest Of the violet.
The guest must thrust her tongue
Evening star., 1932-05-20
Good Taste Today
BY EMILY POST,
Famous Authority on Etiquette.
Mems Clothes.

STYLIST for several firms of
n mems clothing manufacturers
~ sends me the following: MY
4 L dear Mrs. Post: Since you
invariably show evidence of
sane common sense as well as taste In
whatever you say or write, I should
very much like your opinion upon the
Evening star., 1932-05-20

TT has been said that q mans
vocabulary is q part of his
personality; that he can no more
IL change 1t than he can change
the. color of his eyes.
Here is a startling statement. One
which gives pause to ones thoughts.
Evening star., 1932-05-20
The Broken Chorus.

A sudden silence threatens more
Ihan all the noise that's gone before.
Jerry Muskrat.
Evening star., 1932-05-20

Ve which raised in modern
which regulate light constructed
wild
Whistle studio electricians
the
IRA her
set
and a polo ybreedn farm
Evening star., 1932-04-10
FARM PRICES TREND
JUMP IN CANADA
Downward Move in Several Whole
sale Charges Also Shows
Recent Check.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
OTTAWA. April "a decided upward
trend in wholesale prices for farm prod
uctS in March and a marked slowing
up in the downward trend Of several
wholesale prices are the most important
factors in the improving economic con-
dition of Canada, according to a re-
port of the Dominion Bureau of Sta
tiSticS
Continued activity in the radio in
duStry as indicated by the increasing
number of new radio licenses, increased
purchases of Canadian-made footwear
and rising production of automobiles
and trucks and leading minerals are
other favorable factors noted in gov
ernment statistics during the last week.
Industrial operations measured by
production indices showed moderate
improvement in February compared
with the preceding month" reports the
Bureau of Statistics "A slight better
ment in the primary iron and steel in
dustry, more than normal seasonal
gain in the production of automobiles
a strengthening Of demand in external
markets for Canadian lumber and in
creased imports Of crude rubber and
raw cotton for use in Canadian indus
| tries are among the component factors
responsible for this improvement"
Evening star., 1932-04-10
Short Interest
Grows, Despite
Fight ON Bears
LOOK OUT p
Special Dispatch to The star.

NEW YORK, April 9.-DeSpite the
power of large body of public opin-
ion and in spite of restrictions imposed
by the Stock Exchange, the shorts per-
sist. After year of close supervision
and mild discipline, the short position
is still active and-considering the lev
els to which the market has fallen-as
powerful as ever
A week ago the shorts received their
hardest test when the exchange gave
the trading public the opportunity to
say whether they believed short sell
ing to be destructive of values. The
answer. in the form of customers per-
mission of brokers to lend stocks, was
No" Except for a brief increase in
the lending charges on certain active
stocks, the change in the lending prac-
tice was effected smoothly.
On November IL, 1929, the day be-
fore the big crash, the short position
amounted to about 100000 shares. To-
day it amounts to about 3,279.000
shares. Shares today are worth only a
third of what they were valued at in
the November, 1929, low.
(Copyright, 1922
Evening star., 1932-04-10
AVIATION INDUSTRY
HOPES FOR GAINS.
Pioneering Work of Various
Companies Is Now Be-
Iieved Completed.
BY FRANK HI. MCCONNELL,
Associated Press Financial Writer.

NEW YORK, April 9.-Leading avia-
ton executives report that the indus
try has completed a pioneering stage
of its work and now hopes for steady
progress in commercial development.
The tWo-year ordeal of business dull
ness, they say. has touched the financial
dber of those companies which survived
and has helped, rather than harmed, in
the necessary work of hewing down
costs to actual needs. Waste is now at
minimum.
Four of the five largest groups in the
aviation business cid substantially bet
ter in 1881 than they did in 1890 TAX
ing them as a unit, it can be said that
the industry reduced its previous losses
by millions of dollars and, in the case
of United Aircraft Co., showed a sub
stantiaI net profit for the year
Aviation Corporation of Delaware,
which controls the American Airways
System, reported after writing off a
$2,022, 900 loss on sale of securities, a
deficit of $3,205, 900 against one of $4,-
100000 the year before. TranSconti-
mental Air Transport, Inc, which con-
trolls the Maddux Air Lines and Western
Air, reported net loss of $50, 900 against
a loss of 1895 900 the year before. Cur
tiss-Wright Corporation reported net
loss of S4,126,00O or less than half its
1880 less of $9,e12,000.
Pan-American AirWayS and its sub
Sidiary companies operating in the
Latin American field reported net in
come of $105,000 against a deficit Of
$305,000 the year before, marking the
first time in its history that the system
had returned profit.
United Aircraft came through the
year showing net income of S2.907 900
against $3302,000 the year before.
These figures show that the four
companies went through 1891 with a
combined net loss of $4,409 900, which
compares with a combined net loss of
$1l $4,000 the year before.
American companies operating in
this country now have over 10000 miles
or regular air routes and the Pan
American Airways Co., which represents
joint effort of the American indus
try to concentrate its activities in the
foreign field now operates over 10000
air miles, linking North America with
Central and South America This COM
pany is now working ON the project of
tying the United States to Europe via a
commercial air route
Evening star., 1932-04-10
BANK REFORM IDEA
LIKELY TO SPREAD
Private institutions May Gel
Attention as Result of
Study in Congress.
BY CHAS. p. SHAEFFER,
Associated Press Financial Writer.

Rehabilitation of the banking struc-
ture of the United States now under
way in Congress is expected in Govern
ment circles to be the forerunner of a
movement to subject bank organization
to rigid tests.
Much criticism has been leveled at
incompetent banking practices, which
Controller of the Currency j. w. Pole
declares to be in no slight measure re-
SponSible for bank failures. In like
measure, many rumblings are heard in
substantial business and financial cir
cleS that the matter of private banking
administration is a subject that might
well be gone into for the economic
health of the country as whole.
Among the latest of these are four
suggestions advanced to the Wharton
School Of Finance and Commerce at the
University of Pennsylvania by Col
Louis J. Kolb, vice president of one OF
Philadelphia largest banking institu-
tions.
In the first place, he suggested bank
ing should be a professionalism busi-
ness wherein those occupying positions
of responsibility should be compelled
either by such institutions as the Amer
lean Bankers Association or by the
banking authorities, to demonstrate
their knowledge of sound banking
theory and practice before being al
lowed to occupy positions OF RESPONSE
bility.
Secondly, he suggested the functions
of banking institutions be REDEEMED, so
that the commercial banking depart
ment of a banking institution will en-
gage primarily and practically exclu-
Sively in commercial banking, and the
savings department of a commercial
bank should segregate its assets from
the commercial department, and should
really treat the deposits therein as saw
ings deposits, requiring notice on the
part of the depositor before he can
withdraw his deposit.
In the third instance, he suggested
that all banks should be compelled to
Join the Federal Reserve system, SO
that there would be greater unity OF
action on the part of our banking sys-
tenn.
Lastly, he said the question Of branch
banking should be studied intelligently,
and branch banking be encouraged
wherever communities are suffering
from a lack of banking facilities because
they are too small to afford sound
banking institution, but where small
branch of a larger neighboring institu-
ton could function proftably.