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Evening star., 1940-04-10
Natures Children
Garnet Gooseberry
(Ribes speciOsum)

numbers Of the plant along the Cal
ifornia coast from Santa Clara to
San Diego.
You will not confuse the garnet
gooseberry with any other flower.
It is unmistakable. It's glowing
crimson blossoms are enough to at
tract your attention at once; but
the bright red protruding stamens,
almost inch in length and Great
ing the elusion of giant fuchsia
blooms, will hold your attention and
you will draw closer and closer in
order to study 1t more thoroughly.
The plant has for very good rea-
sons completely protected herself
from extinction by developing a
formidable array Of bayonets
lthorns). Every graceful branch Is
supplied with as many sharp
needles as can stand upon the sur
face of the wood. Not satisfied with
small daggers, along the stem will
be found some giant lances, and thus
armed the plant is safe from graz
ing animal or human foe. Your
f1rst reaction to the charm Of this
flower Is to reach forth and break
on a spray Of 1t. The hand is
stayed, just in time, for one glance
at the vicious armor Is sufficient.
Few OF our native shrubs have so
effectively protected themselves.
Few are so lovely and so untouch-
able. This accounts for the number
OF the plants in their native habitat.
Many seeds are sown by the wind
and even the infant plants are
heavily armed.
The gooseberry fuchsia begins to
bloom shortly after the first rains
OF the latter part of the year In
California and the blossoms may be
seen until late spring.
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CHAPTER XIII.

Christopher's voice over the tele-
phone had sounded cool, but he
promised to come to the apartment
in a few minutes. Gail, powdering
her note and smoothing her hair,
found herself unable to think be-
yond the fact that in few moments
she would be seeing him..
Her mothers unexpected capitu-
lation, even with its reservations,
had overwhelmed her. But she was
not wondering about that. Nor even
of how Chris would receive her news.
Less than month ago they had
said goodby. She had not hoped
that he would ever stand outside her
door again, yet here she was waiting
for his ring. Knowing that when
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But how is she going to feel about

But how is she going to feel about
1t now?"
"She doesn't think you'll want me
when you know who I am. But you
see, darling, I've been so unhappy
neither Of us could endure 1t any
longer"
"In do everything in the world
to make you both happy" Chris
promised soberly.
But what about your father?"
Gail asked.
1T will be better not to tell him" "
he suggested. please don't be hurt,
Sweet, but Father Is 50 narrow
minded. He likes you as Gail Mea-
dows. Why must he ever know any
differently"
Determined Voice.
Her hand was in his, but her
voice was determined.
Il won't marry you under false
pretenses," she insisted.
But you aren't" Chris reminded
her. IF you know why, isn't that
enough?"
She shook her head.
If you don't tell him, I will. It's
all part of my promise to mother"
Chris groaned, "Oh, all right. But
why can't they both stay out of it?"
After all, if we love each other,
isn't that all that really matters?"
mot altogether" Gail said
thoughtfully. Were all either of
them has. I'll never give you up.
but we've got to give him a chance
to object"
I'll tell him tonight, then," Chris
promised, kissing her. But it will
probably just let us in for lot of
trouble"
you've never understood your
father. Underneath that cold eXter-
ior he is longing for affection and
companionship. Be frank with him
and you may be surprised"
To Gail who had Just witnessed
the miracle her mothers change of
heart nothing was impossible.
But when Chris had gone and she
went into Anna's room her high
spirits were dashed at the look Of
despair In the older woman's eyes.
Because Anna could see instantly
that once again Fate had worked
against her.
(To be continued.)
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Lincoln School PIuy

LINCOLN, Va, April 10 (Spe-
ciaD A play, Aunt Samantha
Rules the Roost," will be given in
the high school here Friday at
8 pm. for the benefit of the Lincoln
grade school. The cast includes
Helen Simpson, Maize Geiman,
Martha Brown, Hazel Tiffany, Mary
R. Thomas, Rose Tiffany, Charles
Rust, Elmer Williams, David Boring,
Theodore Reid and Marvin Simpson.
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BY LILLIAN COX ATHEY.

David Douglas landed at Monterey
three days before Christmas in
1880. He was tireless collector of
species of plants, and rejoiced over
every one he found as though it
were q rare Jewel. This he felt to
be true when he discovered on that
particular day the lovely fuchsia- :
flowered gooseberry. This flower is
remarkable for the length and bril-
liant crimson color of its stamens.
In fact, its cultivated cousin, the
fuchsia OF our gardens, cannot COM
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The American River

The American River In California
was so first called by thu Spaniards
because most Americans coming to
California at the time the Spanish
ruled there came down that river.
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pete with 1t. This gooseberry was
discovered originally by Menzies;
Douglas caused the plant to be
known to thousands.
The leaves of this plant resemble
those Of the English hawthorn and
the flowers are like a slender
fuchsia. Today you may find great
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apartment, can Betsy casweh.
be evolved. Amusing place cards,
centerpieces and great wedding
bells to hang from the ceiling will
add to the festivity of the occasion.
And don't forget to enlist the serv-
ices of some one with a car to
transport the bride and her new
treasures home when the party is
over!
As we mentioned week or so
ago, almost any kind OF shower is
acceptable these days. Those that
will include gifts for the groom are
especially pleasing and also mean
that the forgotten" man and other
husbands and beaux can attend the
usually all-feminine get-together.
Bridge or games showers, cocktail
or bar showers, those featuring
books, records, smoking equipment,
or perhaps lawn or garden shower,
lend themselves delightfully."- to gifts
for the happy pair. AS a change
from the more customary linen,
kitchen, glass and china showers,
you might suggest one providing
items for the emergency food shelf.
This opens up tremendously wide
field and should prove boon to the
bride who must stock her pantry
shelves from the oilcloth up!
Now. as to refreshments. If the
party is to be 4 mixed buffet supper
affair, you could serve good soup,
hot or cold, depending upon the
weather; casserole of rice, mush-
rooms and little sausages or shrimp,
. mixed green salad, hot breads, and
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the most satisfactory wood for long
life and dependability, and as I am
about to purchase furniture that I
hope will last a lifetime, would
like your opinion on this.
j, K. F,
Answer-That is quite a respon-
sibility to place on my shoulders,
and as know Of no way of prov
ing the point, the best thing I can
do is to tell you the things know
to be true of walnut. 1t has been
used extensively in all countries and
by the best cabinetmakers since
furniture was first made. Cabinet
makers love it for it's hardy strength
yet comparative light weight and
excellent workability. 1t is stable
under seasonable changes, neither
cracks nor warps and takes a beau
tiful finish. 1t is fairly low in cost
and Is easily available, as most of it
Is grown here in our own country.
Many Of these points are also true
Of mahogany and other hard woods,
and the workmanship of the furni-
ture is naturally a factor in it's
lifetime" quality. In few words,
I might sum up by saying that
walnut should give you lifetime sat
isfaction if combined with good de-
sign and workmanship, but other
hardwoods might also do the same.
Questions on household fur
nishings, interior decorations, ETC.,
should be addressed to Margaret
NOVEL; at The Evening Star. The
answer will appear in this coll
umn as quickly as space permits
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a dessert Of fresh strawberries with
pineapple ice and sponge cakes.
For a shower luncheon, we suggest
eggs benedick, followed by thinly
sliced cold chicken with a salad
OF baby lettuce leaves with chopped
chives and tarragon, in French
dressing, and the ice cream and
cookies for which we are giving you
the recipe below. If the party is
an evening affair, after dinner, then
you could serve the same ice cream
and cookies with a few sandwiches
and coffee, candies and nuts.
This ice cream is economical as
well as delicious and it's magically
easy to make; only one cup of whip
ping cream is needed. There's no
cooking and only one stirring, yet
it's sure to be free of ice splinters.
You'll be sure of setting the bride
a good culinary example because
this cookie recipe is failure-pr
too.
STRAWBERRY ICE CREAM.
% cup sweetened condensed milk.
II cup water.
l cup strawberries, crushed.
a cup powdered sugar.
l cup whipping cream.
Blend condensed milk and water
thoroughly. Add Strawberries, sweet
ened with sugar. (The average
strawberries require about u cup
sugar) Chill. Whip cream to
custard-like consistency, and fold
into chilled mixture. Pour into
freezing tray. Place in freezing
unit. When mixture is about half
frozen remove from refrigerator.
Scrape mixture from sides and
bottom of tray. Beat until smooth
but not melted. Smooth out and
replace in freezing unit until frozen
for serving. Serves 6.
PRAL1NE COOKIES.
2 tablespoons butter.
" can condensed milk (cara-
melizeO.
l egg, well beaten.
4 cup sifted flour.
SAP PNNdAAos wal ASC4y C1lOpPCus
n teaspoon maple flavoring,
optional.
Cream butter, add caramelized
condensed milk, which has stood at
room temperature until softened,
egg and -four. Blend thoroughly.
Add pecans and maple flavoring,
If desired. Drop by spoonfuls on
creased baking sheet (several inches
apart, as these spread greatly in
baking). Let stand a few minutes
to spread. Bake in moderate oven
t350' F. about II minutes, or until
a delicate brown. Remove from pan
at once. Place on wire cake rack
to become crisp. Makes about "a.
Decorate with wedding bells out
lined with frosting.
To caramelize condensed milk,
place one or more unopened cans
in a kettle Of boiling water, and
boil for three hours. Be sure to
keep cans covered with water.
Evening star., 1940-05-03
Learn to Ace
Gracefully
In Years
BY DOROTHY DIX,

Maxine Elliott, whose death
brought a pang Of regret to thou
sands Of us who remember her when
she was "a daughter of the gods,
divinely tall and most divinely fair"
left the stage when her f1awless
beauty was at its very peak of per-
lection. The reason she gave for
this was that she was tired of keep
ing up the illusions Of youth and
that she wanted to grow old grace
fully. It took women who was q
combination sage, philosopher and
Stole to do that. OF all the gifts that
heaven bestows upon the feminine
sex, there Is none that they value
so highly as beauty; none that they
cling to so desperately and relin-
quish so reluctantly; none whose
praise Is so sweet in their ears.
1t Is because women value beauty
above everything else in the world
and because they cherish childlike
faith that no experience ever shakes
that they can ward off age by "tak-
ing treatment" they spend
millions of dollars every year in
beauty shops, and undergo tortures
that would qualify them for martyr
dom and sainthood if done for the
sake Of the soul instead of for the
sake OF the body. Alas and alack,
their sufferings are all in vain, for
the only people they befool are
themselves. Synthetic youth and
beauty are no more the real things
than chunk of glass is the
Koh-i-noor.
Worse still are the women who
refuse to be their age and who in
sist upon being girly-girly after they
are grandmothers. You can see
them everywhere in knee-length
dresses and socks and shorts, when
goodness knows, they need all Of the
seven wells Of illusion to cover up
their physical deficiencies.
And you wonder, seeing these
things, why women make such q
fetish Of trying to remain perpet-
ually young and beautiful and waste
so much time and effort in attempt
ing to do q thing that cannot be
done. Why have they not the in
telligence to do as Miss Elliott did
and beat Time to it and abandon
youth before youth abandons them?
There is q glory OF the stars as
well as a glory of the sun. There Is
the ripe loveliness of summer as well
as the pale prettiness Of spring, and
the woman who has grown middle.
aged gracefully, who dresses ths
part, who Is poised, mature, intel
lgent, sympathetic and understand
ing Is thousand times more attrac-
tive than she was - Q crude aut
| uniformed girl.
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has exactly the lines in which
growing girls look best, with its
hared skirt, snug bodice, and wide
shouldered sleeves. The button-front
makes it easy for her to get into,
and easy for you to make and to
iron.
This little dress looks well in prac-
tically every material that growing
girls wear r. chambray, gingham,
linen and pique, for instance. It
will be especially pretty In yellow
printed percale, with brown accents,
very smart combination right now.
Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1003-B
is designed for sizes 4, 6, 8, 10 and II
years. Size 8 requires az yards Of
36-inch material without nap, and
with matching collar; .3Aa yards Of
rickrack, \ yard for contrasting COL
lar and cu6A
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Q4N&a&u7,
22'lZ&&@<s~"%'
BY FRANCESCA MCKINNEY.

BY FRANCESCA MCKINNEY.
OUR SCOUTS SUGGEST
Chocolate colored ceramic horses
with names and tails made Of coarse
wool make most attractive lamps
for den or mans room when
mounted on bases of light wood. The
parchment colored tailored shades
are trimmed with dark brown ..
Dutch brandy glasses come in
white and colors and are ideal for
liqueurs. They are very graceful
with their tall slender stems. Well
worth investigating. >.
Colored china wild ducks In flight
make interesting wall decorations
for the rustic cottage -.
A silver cheese plane or slicef
with an adjustable blade makes Q
fine wedding present ..
That summer cottage by the sea
that you will be opening the end Of
the month would be benefited by
several sets of cork mats with red
and white or green and white
checked borders, and napkins to
match the border. Other cork mats
have the surface covered with a thin
wood veneer, bordered with hand
painted field flowers ..
Pottery cigarette boxes that hold
two packages of cigarettes are nice
on sun porch or in the garden,
for the elements can't harm them.
These boxes come in a lovely soft
shade of turquoise blue or in a dark
Glass deer book ends add q
sparkling note to any room whether
used to hold books in place or just
as ornaments on table or
A gay plaid silk covered diary and
small address book to match
makes an attractive and useful gift
for the debutante to jot down each
day the parties and new people that
she meets through this gayest of all
seasons of her life. It is also q
must" for the girl who is taking q
cruise or an unusual trip West this
summer
Those who must put glasses on to
read even a line of print should not
be without the pencil of which half
is magnifying glass, as two or
three lines of type are easily brought
into sharp relief as you run tho
glass up and down the page. A
two-in-one gadget that should be
next to the telephone directory :.
If you like to serve shrimps at
your cocktail parties, there is an
ideal dish for this fish delicacy. A
large glass bowl holds a center bowl
for sauce, kept in place by . metal
rack which carries three toothpick
holders, making the service . COM
plete one -.
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OurHealth
Reflected
In Hair
BY PATRICIA LINDSAY.

In spring, especially, you want your
hair to look its lovehest. Every
thing is fresh and green and spark
ling; the air is vitalizing and new
hope springs into your heart! You
give your home, or desk, or office .
spring cleaning and wish ardently
you could shake out of your old
self into q new and glowing indi-
vidual!
1t isn't bad idea at all to give
yourself spring renovating. Wake
up your lazy skin pores and indolent
circulation by exercising more. Get
plenty of rest at the proper hours
and see that your menus include
nice fresh fruits and vegetables in
quantity. It might take you two or
three weeks before you get to feeling
tops, but your reward will be a
new radiance to your skin and hair
and eyes, and heaps more energy.
You cannot expect your hair to be
lovely and manageable unless your
health is up to par, for your hair
reflects any abnormal condition of
your body. If you lack sufficient
energy to carry you through the day,
your hair will look nfeless and no
amount of care will make it as lovely
as it could be. Get your system
functioning normally and your hair
will take nourishment it needs.
Never comb or brush your hair
while 1t is wet. Most beauty par
lor operators do 1t, know, but that
is to save time. Far better it is for
you to let it dry thoroughly first,
then brush out the tangles and fin
ally comb it with a wide, deep
toothed comb.
If you have q scalp condition
dandruf, dryness or excess oil-you
most likely will benefit by using q
corrective tonic each day or three
times a week. It is well to select
such tonic carefully and then to
follow the directions on it. II your
scalp requires pretty consistent care
for several weeks, and If you can
afford it, put your head in the
hands Of reliable salon which
specializes in corrective treatments.
They'll bring out the hidden beauty
you thought you had lost forever
and get your hair ready for the love-
Hest permanent Of your career!
Remember that the sun, in correct
quantities, and air are good for
your hair. When you sun your hair.
q half-hour exposure is sufncient.
MY leafiet Treatment for the
Oily Scalp" II available upon re-
quest II you write for 1t, care Of
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