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Evening star., 1936-08-15

neighbors in time of illness, by watch
ing the patient, or cooking special
food-there was no end, really, to the
vast number of laborious tasks that
filled her days from dawn until far
into the night.
Now take a glance at the picture
today. The modern American woman
rises in house that is cozy and warm,
its temperature being controlled by a
wee gadget On the wall. She takes a
bath in water that gushes hot into the
tub with no further effort on her part
than the turning Of q tap. She takes
the food from the mechanical refrige-
rator, which offers her ice for the
family orange juice simply by pulling
out a tray Her stove springs into
action with the turn of a switch or the
touch of a match. Coffee wrinkles in
the percolator that has an adjustment
that cuts off the heat when the bever-
age has reached the desired strength.
Toast is being efficiently dealt with by
an affair that toasts it golden brown,
turns it and f1ops it out onto a plate.
The bread for the toast has come
neatly sliced in its paper wrapping!
DISHES are washed by a machine
and dried neatly. Sinks, stoves
and other kitchen equipment are de-
signed to give the least possible back
strain. Clothes are washed in a power
driven tub. wrung by electricity and
ironed by an electric iron that has a
control to adjust the heat for various
materials. Vacuum cleaners take care
of the heavier Se-cleaning tasks,
electric sewing machines stitch busily
away on the few garments that are
not bought ready-made. Meats are
ground, juices are extracted, mixtures
are mixed or beaten-all at the touch
of a button.
The telephone is there, ever swift
messenger to the corner grocery, or to
the far points of the globe There are
no lamps to clean-lights blaze at a
touch. Food is bought in form that
insures quick and easy PREPARATION
and so on and on.
Whereas grandmother lived by the
rule that "woman's work was never
DONE" her modern descendant does
not even have to work from sun to
sum-" thanks to progress and the never
ending search for improvement by
mankind.
Evening star., 1936-08-15

Boys Little
COurtesies
Be Gracious in Return
Is Advice to
Girls.
BY ANGELO PATRI.

DEAR GIRLS: This Is a special
~ word for you, written because
have seen, with misgiving. your atti-
tude toward the boys who show you
boyish courtesy. Sometimes you re-
fuse it laughingly and say, II really
don't need any help" My advice is:
Don't say that; don't think it. You
do need q boys help. You will need
q mans help by and by. Not that you
are too weak to fend for yourself, but
there are times when you are unfit to
do so because of your physical condi-
ton. Not that your physical condi-
ton renders you helpless, either, but
because the friendly hand, the
thoughtfulness behind it, gives you a
mental lift that Is more than the phys
ical relief.
When a boy extends his hand to
assist you across the street, take it
and thank him with smile of appre-
citation. He Is not under the impress
sion that he is saving your neck. He
is showing his appreciation of you as
a girl. You need that appreciation.
When a boy stands back and opens
the door for you, smile in appreciation,
thank him simply and pass through.
He knows that you are strong enough
to open that door yourself, but he is
bowling to your position in relation to
his. You go first and he serves. You
need that understanding.
When you make an engagement
with a boy, keep 1t. He trusts you.
When he tells you his private affairs,
keep them to yourself. Trust begets
trust, and while the things you are
told, the loyalties you maintain are
trivial in themselves, you need the
supporting confidence your trust and
truth inspire.
Take the courtesy the boys extend
to you and wait for your chance to
return In kind. You are as strong and
stronger in many ways than the boy
is. Display that strength when he
needs you. When he SHES at some
difficult situation, stand by him, en-
courage him to do his best.
If he Is hurt, help him. Learn how
to bandage wound swiftly and well.
Learn, too, how to comfort hurt pride,
how to lift a dropping spirit. A boy
can charge a line courageously against
all odds and need the strength OF a
girls word to help him to stand up
against temptation. It Is not neces-
sary to preach. A word, smile,
glance of the eye means all the dif-
ference. Use your power to strengthen
the boy. It Is your share of the job.
Boys grow into men and girls into
women. The time comes when they
must stand together for the happiness
and success of both. The apprentice
ship they serve as children, as boys
and Girls, is their preparation for life
together. The boy who was thought
full and kind, helpful and unselfish,
putting the girl first and himself last,
the girl who accepted his courtesy
gratefully and returned it fullfold in
spiritual comfort and sustaining grace,
will be able to live graciously and az
fectionately together through the
years.
Then, girls, be bit old style. Know
that much that is old Is good. Much
Of the courtesy, protection and care
that is offered you is the result OF the
experience Of ages. Men and women
found them good. Think out the
meaning Of the little things; study the
old style to discover its values. There
are many.
Evening star., 1936-08-15

Inc Gay OF gTanQMOLIleI-Or SIedt-
grandmother If you are Of the very
younger generation-began. u-ually. at
dawn. There was heavy breakfast
to prepare, cranky coal stove to be
cooked into activity and all the dishes
to be washed in water that was drawn
from the well and heated on the range.
On Mondays the clothes had to be
washed-also with we'll water and
heated over the fire. This was poured
into heavy wooden tubs set, as likely
as not, fiat on the floor-so that
backache was inevitable. Rubbing
end scrubbing with soft soap made az
home and dumping soapy water to
make way for fresh were no easy tasks.
The clothes were wrung by hand and
hung out in the yard to dry
On Tuesdays grandmother did the
ironing-with great, heavy fatirons,
lengthily heated On the stove. She
wrapped a bit of cloth around the
handles-but her hands were burned
very often in spite of that Families
wore an endless amount of clothing,
and stuffs were heavy and hard to
press. And she had to keep walking
back and forth between the board and
the stove to keep the irons going.
X X y y
WEDNESDAYS were mending days
w The wear and tear of an active
family was terrific, and, besides re-
pairs, new clothes must be made all
the time. Most Of the work was done
by hand and when she did use the
machine, her tired feet provided the
motive power.
Thursdays were calling days"-and
the house had to be made Spick and
span for company. The children
must be scrubbed and curled and but
toned into their best frocks and the
''perlor" opened and a fire started
within its sacred confines.
Friday was real house-cleaning
day-even the walls were wiped
down with cloth on a broom the
heavy carpets were dragged outdoors
and beaten by hand, the feather beds
had to be aired and shaken up; the
wooden floors were scrubbed on hands
and knees. The kitchen, pantry and
storeroom had to be cleaned, the old
fashioned ice box treated to a soda
bath and the stove nicely blackened.
And don't forget that all the water
was dragged in buckets from the
well and heated on that everlasting
coal stove.
Saturday was easier-that was only
baking day. Bread, pies, cakes and
biscuits must be prepared, in the Sum-
mer there were fruits and vegetables
to be put up; Sunday dinner had
to be considered and some of it pre-
pared in advance-and throughout
everything, every day, the regular
cooking and baby-tending went on
without a break.
X X X
A MONG other chores grandmother
had to attend to most of the
time were these: She ground her own
coffee, she took curtains down, washed
them and put them up again herself;
often she tended the furnace fire, or
the small stoves, she hauled ashes out
and wood in, she was expected to help
Evening star., 1936-08-15
My Neighbor Says:

Soak all new pots in which
bulbs are to be planted in tub
of water. New flower pots are
dry and take up moisture from
the soil.
To remove marks on paint
which have been made with
matches, rub them with lemon,
then with whiting and finally
wash with soap and water.
Crumbled dried bacon is de-
licious when added to egg ONE
let. Leftover bacon can be used
this way.
Mix ingredients for ginger
cookies with cold coffee instead
Of water. It improves them.
II you live 50 close to the high
way that passersby can look into
your home, try painting the
screen doors with a very thin
coat Of white paint. You can
look out, but people passing by
cannot see into your living room.
If the garden hose has sprung
tiny holes, paint it with roofing
paint and it win last the season
through.
(CopyriGht. 1850
Evening star., 1936-08-15
The Old Gardener Says:

To hill or not to hill is q ques-
ton which often troubles the
amateur garden maker. If he
was brought up on a farm. prob
ably he will continue to hill his
potatoes and his corn, but II he
is q garden maker with modern
notions, he will keep his garden
fiat. There are really few good
arguments for hilling and many
against it, at least In the average
garden. The exception comes on
land which Is naturally very
heavy or inclined to be wet. Then
hilling pays; but where it Is not
necessary, why should one waste
time and strength with the hoe?
Copyright, 1850
Evening star., 1936-08-15

M list, marking of items with
Vl a stubby lead pencil. She
4 i was ordering weeks food
supply for 100 little guests at chill
dren's Summer camp.
Five hundred and eighty loaves Of
bread, $50 gallons Of milk, 2l0 dozen
eggs, 56 gallons canned fruit, 112 gal
Ions canned vegetables. IS bushels
potatoes, 140 large boxes dry cereal
and for meat there is ham, veal. beef
and dried beef"
Georges eyes grew round with Won
der. "Say," he whispered, do us kids
get all that stuff to eat?"
That was his first day at Camp Ben
nett, and Raymond, a veteran of three
Summer vacations, was showing him
around Sure. You amt heard
nothin' yet" answered Raymond, i'm
portantly. Listen"
"And I think you better bring out
so cantaloupes for breakfast tomorrow
and 10 bushel of fresh peaches. 1t
takes about 2 bushel every meal.
And have the fresh milk sent down
from the Mission Farm right away"
She handed the list to an assistant.
This was too much for George. He
timidly pulled her sleeve.
please, ma am, could have little
drink of that milk? 1 amt had milk
for more'n a month now
Good news travels fast; by the time
George and Raymond had finished
their glass Of milk, half hundred
others had gathered outside the kitch-
en- and we're calling for milk, please. "
And they got it, for milk is one of
the main items of diet at healthful
Camp Bennett, Md, Summer unit of
the Children's Emergency Home Of the
Central Union Mission, and Mrs. John
S. Bennett, founder and director of
both units. includes milk on every
menu.
IT OOK," said Raymond, as he point
- ed to white paper stuck on the
wall with a pin. I'm lookin'. SO
what?" asked George.
That's the mean-U and it tells
what We are going to have to eat to-
morrow"
"Hum-m-m-m," George edged lit
tie closer. He was only and reading
was not one of his accomplishments.
"You read it. You're taller'n me"
BREAKFAST.
Dry cereal and fresh peaches.
Hot toast and butter
Cocoa prepared with milk.
Soft boiled eggs.
DINNER.
led potatoes and chipped beef
made with milk.
Spinach. Fresh tomatoes.
Bread and butter.
Cookies. Milk.
SUPPER.
Hot spaghetti.
Bread and butter.
Bread pudding. Milk.
And it also says that day after
tomorrow Is picnic day and we get hot
dogs and rolls. Gee-we roast them
ourselves at the fireplace down by the
creek and we have all the picnic trim
Minis, too. Each group has one pic
mic day." Raymond knew all the plans,
all righti
What a life! Nothin' to do but
eat" George carefully followed Ray
mond's example and rinsed his glass
which he put on the drain board.
That's what you think Wait until
Miss Sara Evans gets you in the morn
ing. She's the resident director and
she tells all the kids what to do. The
little ones clean up the grounds while
the big ones clear the table and set
it again when the dishes are washed.
And you have to make your own bed
every day"
"And is she particular about them
Evening star., 1936-08-15

I've never had such comfort from anything from those
said old without
them for they to fill kind considering the matter
with her because we've them conceivable
sandwich
bedside
pattern OF running
forever want 1t to- From make tumber finger
bowl dolly you can continue and enlarge that dolly
becomes cloth for round dinner table akP
The pattern envelope contains complete illustrated
directions with diagrams
material and how much will
coin to cover cs and postage Address Editor
Evening star., 1936-08-15
Modern Housewife Has
An Easy Life Compared
To That of Grandmother
Tasks Have Been Materially Lightened by
Mechanical Inventions and
Other Factors.
BY BETSY CASWELL.

advertising has been dong research into the
housewives grandmothers time and
~ Although realize dmly what vast
improvement pass with full force
outlined
advertising S q remarkable interesting.
Evening star., 1936-08-15

Melt butter and add -four. When
mixed, add milk and stock Cook un-
til creamy sauce forms, stirring con-
stantly. Add rest of ingredients, cook
2 minutes and serve.
If desired, this can be poured into
buttered shallow baking dish and
baked or broiled Is minutes to brown
top,
Evening star., 1936-08-15
Hamburgers de Luxe

IIdIIIUuISCTS NC LuAC
pound finely ground beef.
2 unbeaten eggs.
tablespoon -four.
tablespoons bacon drippings.
l tablespoon grated onion.
teaspoon salt.
Pepper.
Cream or milk to moisten.
Add -four to finely ground beef and
mix thoroughly. Season with salt
and pepper and grated onion. Add
the eggs and enough cream or milk
to make quite soft. Beat thoroughly
the longer the mixture is beaten the
better it is. Place heaping teaspoons
of meat in hot fat and fry until done.
Evening star., 1936-08-15

JOp dS SOOtl do 1 AAlLolICo kAi6h
- school and worked my way
up to fine and well-paying position.
Like other normal women I desired
a husband, home and children, so I
married fine man who has given me
all I wanted, but I am sorry and
ashamed to say that I am not salts
fed. I am restless and bored, and
long to be back in the business world
again. I miss the thrill of having my
part in putting over big deals. long
for the excitement Of the daily con-
tact with people coming and going.
Ordering a quarters worth of gro
ceries seems piff1ing to one who was
accustomed to giving orders for bills
that would run up in the thousands.
Yet I love my husband. my home and
my baby. What's the remedy?
A WIFE.
Evening star., 1936-08-15
BY BARBARA BELL.

~LIM and practical is this softly
styled morning frock that you
slip your arms through and but
- ton down the front. A wom-
ans blessing, for it's delightfully."- cool
to work in and pleasant to look at.
The business girl after a whiting day,
will gladly exchange her office dress
for this lovely model.
Barbars Bell pattern No. 1913 is
available for sizes IA, 16, Is, 20. 40.
A, A, 46 and 48. Corresponding bust
measurements 80, "a, SO. SO, 40, AZ,
A. 46 and 48. Size Is (36) requires
AZ yards Of 35-inch material.
(copyright. 1936.)
Evening star., 1936-08-15

Answer-None, since one of the i'm
mutable laws of nature Is that we
cannot have our cake and eat it, too.
And so perforce We have to acquire a
philosophy that enables us to be sat-
isfied with the good We have if we
have any peace and happiness. 9th
erwise we are like the dog in the old
fable, who lost the juicy piece of meat
he had in his mouth trying to grab at
its reflection in the water.
One Of the curses of the modern
woman is that she wants too
much. She wants all that the domes-
tic woman has and all that the career
woman has, and in trying to get
everything she only too often loses
what she has. For, unfortunately, it
Is an impossibility for woman to give
her thoughts. her strength. her energy,
her enthusiasm, her time to both her
home and her job. One or the other
must monopolize her. And in conse-
quence the other must suffer.
A ND, similarly, If an employer is
paying a woman good salary for
doing some specific work, he expects
her to give to her job the very best
that is in her to give. He expects her
to be on time in the morning, no mat
far -, = y,.1 ,.A&
with sick baby. He expects her to
concentrate on what she is doing in
stead of her giving one lobe Of her
brain to her job and the remainder to
wondering If that green girl she has
just hired to look after the children
will keep Johnny out of the streets
and from under automobiles, and try
ing to remember what groceries to
take home for dinner.
Evening star., 1936-08-15

EAR MISS DIX-I am
woman 80 years old. Got a
job as soon as I finished high
school and worked my way
Evening star., 1936-08-15
BY MARY ALLEN HOOD.

TdERE is little doubt that the
| average cat will not welcome
l the average dog with open
Evening star., 1936-08-15

Camp Bennett Is Boon
To Underprivileged
Children of the CITY
Two Weeks Spent in Fresh Air, Eating
Wholesome, Nourishing Food Are
of Untold Benefit.

n RS. REED audibly checked her
MI list, marking of items with
VI a stubby lead pencil. She
i was ordering weeks food
Evening star., 1936-08-15
Cook'S'Corner
BY MRS. ALEXANDER GEORGE.

Last in a ,peek's series of menu
columns outlining an economically
planned reek)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-02-21
MERR|MAN URGED
TOGRANT REPR|EvE.
British Government Wins
Recommendation in Be-
half of Scotsman.
ny the Associated Press.

by the Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO. February 21.-
The British government won q re-
prieve recommendation yesterday from
the California Supreme Court for
Alexander Mackay, 29-year- Scots
man, under sentence to hang Febru-
airy &c..
The court recommended to Gov
Frank r. Merriam that Mackay's ex-
ecution be delayed until the United
States Supreme Court acts on the
appeal OF Joe Kristy, partner Of
Mackay In sensational kidnapping
and prison break at San Quentin
Penitentiary.
He and Mackay were sentenced to
death for kidnapping with violence
members of the State Prisop Board
during the break last year. A de-
cision is expected March 2.
Gov. Merriam previously said he
would be guided by the Supreme
Courts recommendation.
The British government interceded
through Consul General Cyril Cane.
He questioned the legality Of the
death sentence, pointing out the
Prison Board members were not kid
mapped for ransom. He commended
the California law, making kidnapping
with violence punishable by death,
did not apply.
Mackay was serving robbery SEN
tence from Los Angeles at the time
OF the break.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-02-21
NEW RADIOPHONE LINE
TO PUERTO RICO OPENS
1ckes and Gov. Winship Elk
change Greetings as Circuit
Is Inaugurated,

1naugurating a new radio-telephone
circuit to the island of Puerto Rico,
Secretary Ickes, in washington, and
Gov. Blanton Winship, in San Juan.
yesterday exchanged hearty verbal
greetings.
K. S. McHugh, assistant vice presi-
dent of the American Telephone &
Telegraph Co., acted as master of
ceremonies" as Secretary Ickes reached
for his desk telephone. Chairman An
ming S. Prall of the Federal Communi-
cations Commission was an interested
participant.
The telephone link between the two
= countries consists of a short wave
channel between the radio-telepnone
stations of the Bell system at Miami,
now handling service to South and
Central America and other West In
dian islands. and the telephone
stations of the Puerto Rico Telephone
Co. near San Juan. It will cost S18 for
three-minute conversation between
New York and the island and Sc for
zach additional minute.
In San Juan the President and
Speaker of the Senate and House and
other important officials took part In
the ceremony.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-02-21
FETE AT wakefield
Special Ceremonies to Mark Wash
ington's Birthday.

Special ceremonies in observance Of
the birthday anniversary Of George
Washington will be held tomorrow at
Wakefield, Va, the site of the George
Washington Birthplace National Nom
ument, it was announced at the In
terror Department today.
The ladies Of the Northern Neck
Chapter Of the Wakefield National Me-
mortal Association will dress In cos
tunes Of the eighteenth century and
hold open house." To give an au-
thentic Colonial culinary effect, tea
will be served. with gingerbread made
from recipe owned by Mary Ball
Washington, mother Of the immortal
George.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-02-21
School Is Guaranteed.

MONTOUR FALLS, N. Y, Febru-
airy 81 [P.-Cook Academy, with so
students and instructors, was quaran-
tined yesterday as a precautionary
measure" pending recovery Of three
students believed suffering from scar
let fever.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-02-21
STUDENTS AND ALUMNI
OF COLLEGES TO DANCE
intercollegiate Organizations to
Stage Affair Tonight at
Raleigh Hotel.

A George Washington birthday"
dance for college men and women,
past and present, will be held at the
Raleigh Hotel tonight under auspices
of the Intercollegiate Organization of
America.
Representative Will Rogers of Okla
homa will head a receiving line to
greet college students and graduates
living in Washington. After the re-
ception, which is to extend from 8 to
$50 pm, Harold r. Moskovit, ma
tional president of the intercollegiate
Organizations, will lead a grand
march.
Educators, including the presidents
of several local universities and COL
leges, congressman, cabinet members
and high Government officials have
been invited.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-02-21

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Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1936-02-22
Montana Oil Demand Is $4,000
Barrels Per Day Against Daily
Average Production Of $4,000

I'D RINTED in this issue of the Journal is tabuaon OF
production in the various oil fields of Montana during
the year 1885, prepared by the Oil Conservation Board
OF which F. Jackson is secretary The report shows to-
tai production during 1885 of 569565 barrels worth ap-
proxmatey %500OO0 of which Cut Bank produced nearly
half For the first time Cut Bank ousripped Kelvin Sun
burst by nearly half million barrels
The daily average production of Montana during 1885
was 1908 barrels per day for 365 days
The daily average production by fields follows:
Kevin-Sunburst 57l4 barrels Cut Bank 1923 barrels
Cat Greek, 1,1O9 barrels Pondera. 1928 barrels
Other fields, 433 barrels
Daily average consumption of Montana crude by Mon
ana refiners 1887 barrels of which was Kelvin
Sunburst crude
Daily average exports to Canada 1862 barrels
Wyoming oil imported averaged 1850 barrels per day
Nearly as much Wyoming crude was refined and sold
by Montana refneries during 1885 Montana crude The
total daily average throughput of Montana refners during
the year 9587 barrels The total product of Montana re-
timers equaed about half of the total gasoline consumption in
the state
This would indicate daily average crude consumption
in Montana of around 10000 barrels against production of
$1,000 barrels The difference supplied by Wyoming Cali
fornia and the Midcontnent
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1936-02-22
HOPE GAS line
TO RESULT FROM
iva DECISION

Decision of the supreme court
in upholding the iva, wherein the
government is engaging in the pro-
duction and sale OF power. was
greeted with cheers by proponents
of the Observation-Disclosures gas line
which they hope will become the
yard stick" of the natural gas
industry as the iva is the yard
stick" Of the power industry.
A bill IS to be presented to the
present congress providing for an
appropriation of $30,O00,OOO or
more to build the gas line from
Montana fields to the Twin Cities.
Under the plans of some of the
nations foremost engineering firms,
this line will deliver gas to the
city gates of Minneapolis and ST.
Paul for about 20 cents per thou
sand will pay producers of the gas
5 cents per thousand and amor
tie the government investment in
IL years, thereafter paying millions
Of dollars of revenue to the states
which sponsor the project.