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Evening star., 1933-02-04
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She darted out and into the hen
yard. The hens had taken shelter In
the hen house. She didn't hesitate.
She darted in. Some were up on the
roosts, but some were huddled in a far
corner. She dashed into their midst,
seized one and was out almost before
they knew what was happening. As
she darted out Of the gateway she
saw the man returning. He had heard
the squawking OF the frightened hens
and was running. She didn't turn
toward the pile Of brush. but started
straight of across the fields. The hen,
held by the neck, was thrown over her
shoulders and thus she carried it
easily. She didn't have to run fast.
for she knew that that man could not
follow her, and there was no Dog. The
latter was after Reddy. The man
yelled at her, but she paid no atten-
ton to that. There was nothing to
fear from a yell She headed straight
toward the nearest woodland. Before
she had gone for that third hen she
had pushed the two others partly
under the pile Of brush and Kicked
some snow over them. She knew that
when Reddy had given that Dog the
slip he would return in q roundabout
way to that pile Of brush and would
find the two hends hidden there. She
was very well satisfied, was Mrs. Reddy,
with the way in which she had done
opportunity.
Meanwhile Reddy had led that Dog,
q handsome big Collie, away from the
farmyard. He knew that he could run
faster than the Dog. 80 he had no fear.
Also he knew that that Dog followed
him by sight and not by scent, and
that all he would have to do when he
got ready would be to dodge out Of
sight to get rid Of that Dog. BY and
by he saw a red spot far across the
fields. He knew that 1t was Mrs. Reddy
and he knew by the way she ran that
she was carrying something.
"She got henl" he thought exult-
antly. "Now I'll get rid Of this Dog
and slip back to that pile Of brush
to see II by any chance she got more
than one. II she didn't I will join her
and have my share Of the one she did
get"
He allowed the Dog to get q little
nearer. Then he led him straight
away. For some distance he allowed
the Dog to keep almost at his heels.
When he was satisfied that they were
far enough away from the farmyard,
he showed that Dog what real run
ming was. In no time at all he had
left that Dog SO far behind, that he
gave up the pursuit and disconsolately
turned back toward home, tired and
out of breath. You see he had been
wasting his breath barking while
Reddy had wasted none Of his. Reddy
swung around and, now out Of sight,
circled back so as to reach that pile
of brush from the opposite direction.
(Copyright, 1889
Evening star., 1933-02-04
GOOD TASTE TODAY
BY EMILY POST.
Famous Authority on Etiquette.

and extremely. ca II you care for
purity Of speech, no. But it is not an
especial tabu Of good taste.
Dear Mrs. Post: O When inclose
my visiting card with q gift to friend.
is 1t proper to send the card as Is, or
cross out the Miss? (2) II I want to
write a greeting on the card, Is It best
to write it on the back of the card
rather than on its face?"
Answer: Q) Cross out the miss" If
you do not sign it otherwise. But II
you write, with love from Betty" you
would let the name stand. (2) On the
face, usually, because It is possible that
the receiver might not turn the card
over-should the face side be upper
most. But there is no rule.
Dear Mrs. Post: How should a wo-
man member of Congress be addreSsed?"
Answer: On envelope: 1.-The Hon.
Ruth Pratt" Spoken to: MRS. Pratt. +"
my Dear Mrs. Post: When sign Q
charge slip in department store, do
sign my name Miss A. B. JONES' or
should 1t be merely "A. B. Jones?' And
if I write Miss may It be an undi-
vided part Of the signature?"
Answer: Usually. "A. B. Jones" Cor
whatever you sign on your bank checks)
You can add miss" in this particular
instance II you prefer to. The objection
to Miss" as part of q signature Is that
it announces that the person written
to Is Of lower social standing than your
self. As this IS beside the mark on q
commercial voucher, 1t has no inpor-
tance.
Copyright, 1882
Evening star., 1933-02-04
A Sermon for Today
Divine Judgment.
BY REV. JOHN 4. GUM.

"Ninevah is laid waste: who will be-
moan her? Whence shall seek COM
forters for thee? ee?"-Nanum, 81.
At the time these words were spoken,
Ninevah was at the height of her
power, but had become an utterly
wicked and corrupt city. The prophet
Of lies and robbery" There was great
wealth there, and the rich rolled in
luxury. Nahum pictures street scene
as characteristic Of the pomp and dis
play: 1.-The noise of the whip, and the
noise Of the rafting of the wheels, and
Of the prancing horses, and of the
jumping chariots." But greed and
cruelty rode In these chariots: 1.-THE
horseman nfteth up both the bright
sword and the glittering spear: and
there is a multitude of slain"
However proudly evil may rear its
head and vaunt itself, 1t is doomed. The
prophet Nahum foresaw and foretold
the doom that was about to fall upon
Ninevah. The vice and corruption Of
Ninevah had become such pestilence
that the very Righteousness Of God re-
quired that the wrath Of God should
be exerted to blot out the plague. ANY,
thing less than such q visitation OF
injustice to the rest Of the race. The
prophet, foreseeing the day of Nine
vah's doom, when the hammer of Di-
vine vengeance would fall in heavy
blows up on the vile nation and lay
1t in waste, asks, "Who will bemoan
her? Whence shall seek comforters
for thee?"
The idea IS that in the overthrow of
Ninevah, all nations would agree. None
would bemoan her. None would pity
her. None would be found to comfort
her. On the contrary, the rest Of
the nations would be comforted by her
overthrow They would feel safer with
Ninevah blotted out They would recog-
nize the justice Of the judgment visited
upon her.
Herein is revealed the fact that, in
the underlying conscience Of man.
there Is an abiding sense of justice. Be-
cause Of this, men tnstinctively recog-
nize the justice Of judgment upon
wrong and evil doing. We all have I'M
planted In us'this sense Of justice. And
when the wrath Of God proceeds in
vengeance upon the wickedness Of men
or nations, we agree with the rightness
Of His action.
Moreover, we are comforted by His
action. We recognize in Divine judg-
ment upon evil q Divine benevolence,
as well as Divine justice. We do not
rejoice at seeing men or nations pun
ished. But by our own conscience we
are led to recognize the responsiveness
and destructiveness Of evil; and it is
comfort to know that there is a
God in Heaven who, by His righteous
wrath and Judgment against evil, will
blot 1t out or check 1t when 1t threatens
to destroy us all
Evening star., 1933-02-04
A Little Saturday Talk.

TODAY I want to give YOU more
paragraphs from letters of read
ers who tell about their scrap
L books. Some of the things
which you read heres may help
you to plan your own scrapbook.
Carl Kratzer writes:
my scrapbook Is a discarded cata-
logue with 122 pages. took this be-
cause thought it would be able to hold
all the clippings I'd make. thought ]
would lose interest, but such is not
the case. I'm sorry now I didn't take
bigger catalogue"
Carl also tells about meeting success
when he made paste with "a little -four
mixed with a little water" He says
that he added boiling water to the mix
ture. and adds:
THE paste leaves the book a little
wet, but I look after it until it is dry
90 the pages do not stick together"
Frances Kemp, age IA, writes:
"The cover Of my scrapbook is q
pretty forest scene in colors My first
clipping Is about Shakespeare The
clippings are in order and are on both
sides Of the sheets am only sorry
that I did not begin to save them
earlier, as am certain I must have
missed much valuable information. My
scrapbook Is Just an ordinary 10-cent
Evening star., 1933-02-04

each person, making total Of about
$1.20. With this we have bought milk,
bread, butter and necessary things for
sandwiches. Sometimes we have made
fish salad, such as tuna, salmon, etc.
Also we always have some kind Of cake
for dessert. With everybody giving Is
cents per day, we have managed nice
ly, unbelievable as 1t may be. This diet
has become quite monotonous and we
thought from your wide experience
that you could offer us some sugges.
tions. We lunch at oclock-that
gives one of the girls from IL to to
set the table. prepare the lunch, etc.
We wouldn't like food that would make
too much odor around the place, as we
have people going in and out of the
Office all day"
|. This letter came to me this week and
I am going to devote this column to it
with pleasure I am sure there are
some other girls in business organiza-
tions who will be interested in the same
problem.
1t Is amazing how good luncheons,
planned and cooked with these umita-
tons, can taste. The most difficult
part In preparing appetizing meals of
this sort Is to avoid the odors of cook
ing. I am afraid 1t Is not possible
70 eliminate them entirely, as almost
all savory foods appeal to both sense
OF smell and taste. I have left out a
favorite among inexpensive dishes,
namely goldfish, as the smell Of fish is
really disliked by some persons who
find most other food odors appetizing. I
just couldn't bring myself to omit onion
as seasoning, but if 1t is really neces-
sary to omit 1t, onion salt Is a fairly
good and certainly an innocuous SUBJ
stitute.
A good many years ago when was
teaching in Philadelphia, in q neigh
borhood which was lacking in good
lunch places, q group of teachers COM
bined forces for luncheons, and the
menus am suggesting we're used then.
"Kenderton hamburg" was originated
then and bears the name OF the school.
At first there were four or five of us
lunching together and dividing the ex-
pense and labor of preparation. Per-
haps 1t was the tantalizing odors which
caused many others to ask for the
privilege of joining us, but eventually
we engaged a woman to come in and
take care Of our lunches for us, and
at that time we were able to take care
OF the whole cost for 81 a week apiece.
The menus given today vary a little
In average cost. but few cents saved
one day will also take care of a little
extra another day. When cost must be
cut to the bone, the '1unchers" must be
willing to take comparatively small por-
Evening star., 1933-02-04
WINTER
~ d. o. YRATTK.

TOR some years there has been q
u rage for cacti q Winter plants;
they make tho ideal pot plant
i for people who don't like to
garden, since they thrive best
upon neglect. Their flowers are often
splendid. but are Of that loose. gaudy.
neAhy tropical type Of bloom for which
real affection or associations. It Is
rather the endlessly fascinating, bizarre
forms Of their stems, thorns, and hairs,
that amllse US.
Their many-syllabled Latin names
are as odd as their many -jointed stems,
and some people have expended the col
lecting tendency that Turks In Us all
upon making really very representative
collections Of cacti.
am astonished that. for Winter
blooming plants, there is not more ex-
citement about primroses. On the
whole, they are cheaper than cActi, and
they have intrinsic charm Of flowers
that IS more or less lacking in cactt.
All that prtmroses require Is little
watering. The most fragrant Is the
buttercup primrose, which comes from
the Himalayas, and has big golden
yellow flowers. The Japanese primrose
Is purple, while the fairy primroses
are rose or lilac, and come from China.
as does the baby primrose. But what
Is called Chinese primrose has very
large flowers with aristocratic long
tubes. the petals white. pink, red or
purple, and variously doubled, crested
or fringed.
The so-called obconica primroses are
also Chinese, and are, perhaps, the
commonest In the florists window in
Winter, In the soft lilac and pink
shades, while the dark shades and two
colored flowers are mostly represented
by the polyanthus primroses and it Is
these that make the most amusing COL
lection.
The polyanthus primroses are hy-
brids between three wild primroses of
Europe-the cowslip, the oxslip and the
common primrose. You get forms with
yellow "eyes" and rich maroon red bor-
ders, and with every shade Of yellow,
red and yellow. orange, bronze, white
and maroon, and the like. Most of
these have been given fancy names
that the florist, II he Is q first-class
florist. will know.
In one variety, called hose-in- hose,
the corolla Is doubled in q peculiar way.
Instead Of being merely q fussy and
over-dressed mass OF pedals, as is the
way In most double flowers, there is
one complete single flower inside
another. This odd vagary Of Dame Ma
ture has been tried only q few other
times, as In some Of the Canterbury
bells, probably because It Is Of no bio
logic use to the plant. But by our
human standards 1t is peculiarly dainty
and amusing
II your taste runs to simplicity, then
ask for some OF the plain unhybridized
species, such as the auricula prim-
roses, which are bright yellow as I have
seen them growing on the Alps, or in
many shades In cultivation; or the
lovely cowslip, that differs from most
primroses in being bell-shaped instead
Of trumpet-shaped. This seems to have
been one Of Shakespeare's favorite how-
ers; he Is always mentioning 1t. The
favortte flower Of Disraeu was the com.
mon country primrose, which is not
properly appreciated in America, with
its flowers the color Of Winter sunshine.
Evening star., 1933-02-04

tions Of the main dish-usually omit
ting second helIdngs, and letting bread
and butter. the standby for every meal,
but especially the inexpensive meal, act
as the filler.
II the group can conveniently nay
ahead for the first month, and win
make out the menus ahead, buying can
be done to much better advantage, and
costs vii be cut enough to make 1t pos
sible to serve generally and to add q
few glasses Of jelly or jam to the sup
plies. Marmalade toast, by the way, iS
good and inexpensive dessert-and so
Is cinnamon toast
II one or two Of the group who have
had little experience at marketing
will take charge Of the planning and
buying, advantage can be taken OF sales
Of canned soups and other staples which
are SO often staged by the grocers. II
bargains in fruit, such as apples ba-
nanas and oranges, are found, the des-
sert question may be solved easily and
to nutritional advantage. You will
notice that many Of the suggested
menus today contain milk and cheese,
which Is to the same advantage II It
Is possible to spend little more I
would like to see a green salad as well
in every luncheon. Remember that cab
bage gives almost as much contribution
to nutrition as does the more expensive
lettuce, and more than celery.
These menus can serve as suppers
for the business woman who finds it an
economy to eat a regular meal at noon
and to prepare her own evening meal.
Many restaurants are now Offering well
balanced meals at reasonable price,
I have tried some of them and have
found values excellent Customers are
showing their appreciation by coming
in such number that the volume Of
business makes the small individual
profit worth while
Lunch Menus.
Tomato soup, toasted cottage cheese
sandwiches, coffee and cookies.
Potato and corn chowder, bananas
and peanut salad, coffee and crackers.
Frizzled beef. bread and butter, tea
and grapes.
Creamed tuna fish on toast. apple
and celery salad and coffee.
Tomato rarebit, toast, sliced bananas
and oranges and coffee.
Pineapple and lettuce salad. toast.
cookies and cocoa.
Canned spaghetti with ptmeuto.
fri4 bananas. bread and butter and
coffee.
coffee.
Scrambled eggs with bacon, cores
and sweet buns.
Cream Of pea soup, crackers marina.
lade toast, Kenderton hamburg, toast,
fruit and tea.
Potato and corn chowder, crackers,
tea and crullers.
Copyright. 1882
Evening star., 1933-02-04
EVERYDAY PSYCHOLOGY
BY DIR. JESSE W. SPROWLS.

first impression. Having no use for
them at the time, we simply dismiss
them and keep on going about the days
work.
You knew where the proper legal
knowledge was, but you did not know
that you knew. The best way to under
stand the situation Is to recall the fact
that you sometimes ulislay an article
about the house, and then search for
days before you ind it. When you do
find it you say, IT recall now that I
put it there-funny didn't remember
that"
The subconscious tends to come to
the rescue when the going is hard. It
does so mostly while you sleep, because
that Is the time when your subconscious
mind Is relatively free to do its work.
You see there are two sorts Of men,
ory-the sort you can readily call to
your aid; the sort you can recognize
only when It is suggested. In this case,
something in your subconscious did the
suggesting. You Immediately recognize
what you subconsciously knew, and you
went to the proper book.
(Copyright 19S3)
Evening star., 1933-02-04
UNCLE RAYS CORNER
blank page school book, but am proud

blank page school book, but am proud
OF 1t because it is my own work"
Lucille Eckert tells us:
Il have scrapbook made OF card
board and colered paper have Q
neat design on the cover, which I
painted. The pages are filed-under
science. history, biography and SO forth.
usually draw pictures about the arti-
cles that YOU write. as I am fond Of
drawing. My scrapbook is Just about
full, and am going to try to make my
new one even more interesting
In a well-written letter David Fall
koff, age IL, describes the picture Of
"Armistice day." which he drew for the
cover Of his scrapbook, and adds:
'My book is divided into many Sec
tions, each about a subject that you
write. So far. haven't missed any
corners, and hope to keep up. When
my scrapbook is filled except for the
last pages, plan to make an index, so
whenever I want to find out something
on some topic would know where to
look for it."
Katherine Kasianoff, age IS, relates:
MY scrapbook has helped me in
school,, The teachers always give extra
credit If you bring something else In
that you are studying about"
1t Is fine to know that there Is 20
much system" and so much artistic
effort going into the scrapbooks which
readers are keeping. UNCLE RAY.
Evening star., 1933-02-04
Eggs Benedict.

Toast slices Of bread or split and
toast English mullins. Place on each
piece of toast thin slice of cooked
ham or crisp cooked bacon and on top
OF this poached egg. Cover with hot
Hollandaise sauce and serve at once.
The Sauce.-Divtde half a cupful Of
butter into three portions. Beat four
egg yolks with two tablespoonfuls of
lemon juice, add one piece of butter
ana cook IN double boiler, stirring
constantly until the mixture begins to
thicken. Remove from the stove. add a
second piece Of butter and stir rapidly.
Then add the remaining butter and
continue to stir until the mixture Is
completely blended. Add one-fourth
teaspoonful Of salt, dash Of cayenne
and one-fourth cupful Of boiling water.
Return to the double boiler and str
until the sauce thickens.
Evening star., 1933-02-04
N A T u r E S
C. III IL d r E N
BY LILLIAN COX ATHEY.

Beech.
~ EECHES are . clannish lot, and
- wherever you see . large tree,
you are suresto see many little
- ones clustered about. 80 dense
Is the thicket that few other
| species Of trees can stand the gloom.
| We have only one native beech. It
has q wide distribution and dourishes
for the~most part In the North, but in
Western Florida and Trinity River,
Tex, there are some very lovely trees.
The lumber has little commercial value.
Their importance lies in the fact
they grow well In any soil, do well In
| cities, and make wonderful group trees.
They have few insect foes. no bad
habits, and live to be q hundred years
old.
The tree reaches a height Of about
100 feet with a trunk girth Of 20 feet.
The crown Is broad and spreading, and
the limbs are often so feet long. The
bark Is smooth and dark gray, the Joy
Of thousands Of lovers, who delight in
carving their initials on it and enclos-
ing them in circle or heart.
Blue Jays, squirrels and the wind as
sist the tree in locating her seed chill
dren. The animals transport the seeds
to many far-away places and the wind
helps to carry the pollen or shake 1t
from the little staminate blossoms to
the wee flowers found on the tip Of the
twig. When the two pollens meet the
seeds are set" and every prickly bur
has set Of twin seeds by the time
Autumn winds and frost come.
In April and May you will come across
the gaping burs with the three -cornered
nuts exposed. They are sturdy and full
of life. The nut splits along one OF its
sharp edges and tiny root peeps out.
It grows downward searching for the
leaf mold, finding 1t and digging in.
In the meantime the little stem is look
ing toward the sky. and as she grows
her tight bonnet, formed by the seed,
Is pushed back. Two tiny, crumpled
seed-leaves unfold. At first the wee
tree Is weak from so much exertion and
leans against a stem or twig for sup
port. After a short time, strength is
flowing into the baby beech from the
leaves and it stands straight and free.
You may see how the tree grows by
bringing q tw1g into the house and
placing 1t in jar of water on the win
dow sill. Each bud unfolds as its thin
bud scales grow and q timid little leaf
appears and grows rapidly. Soon the
scales drop off and band Of scars,
looking like very small screw threads.
Is seen. Look closely at the tAigs of
your beech tree and you can see these
scars. They are one and a half inches
wide. Each band of scars is the record
Evening star., 1933-02-04

fed by your suit holding, but some
other responses seem likely to guide the
bidding more deftly.
When the One Over One Is Most
Valuable.
The ne-Over-One is most effective
In bidding the two extreme grades OF
responding hands-the very strong
ones and the very weak ones. With
very powerful hands, the hope Of a
slam naturally gives one a thrill; but
that feeling Of elation must not make
us impatient in developing the bidding
Accelerate gradually, and keep your foot
near the brake so that you can pull up
In time when an obstacle looms up.
The One-Over-One keeps the bidding
low at the start, and so enables essen
tial information to be exchanged long
before the danger line of an impossible
contract is neared. AS visibility in
creases, the bidding moves faster. The
brakes are ready for use when needed
only in contract We call them mini
mum responses" or "sign-offs"
In connection with very weak hands,
this response functions perfectly in
steering us generally into the safest
declaration for the lowest number Of
tricks. Many hands which are misfits
IN their suit holdings will at least give
q play for l no-trump. If you make
. minimum opening bid Of l diamond