Evening Star Newspaper, January 7, 1921, Page 23

Peter. “I may as well admit it. If 1 had remained at home in the dear Old Briar-patch, as Mrs. Peter wanted me to, I wouldn't be in this trouble. But here I am, and I've got to make the best of it. I've learned one thing. any way, and this is that it often Is casy to Zet into-a place and hard to get out again. Hereafter, nobody will BY THORNTON W. BURGESS. Peter Learns a Lesson. In every trouble lies some For him who takes it as he should. Foins —Peter Rabbit. of a day and a night and part of another day Peter Rabbit was Kept a prisoner in a hollow log in the Green Forest. He was kept a_pris- oner by Prickly Porky the Porcupine, and there was nothing Peter could do about it. My, how slowly time did drag! Peter couldn’t recall ever hav- ing_ been so uncomfortable for so long. And there was nothing he could do about it. No, sir, thece was coat. The result was that Peter was | most uncomfortable. Those sharp lit- tle spears were o close that he didn’t | dare change his position for fear he | would get some of them in him. Outside the snow hissed down through the trees, and rough Brother North Wind howled and roared. Inside Prickly Porky slept and Peter Rabbit wanted to sleep, but didn’t dare to, 50 he tried and tried to think of some way to get out and couldn’t. At first he ‘blamed Prickly Porky for all his trouble. “He had no business to come i when I was here muttered Peter “He did it purposely. I know he did. He is hateful. That is what he is— nothing he could do about 1t. hateful” TS ALL MY, OWN FAULT ¢ You seet, he had crept into that hol- | But Peter is fair-minded, and after THOUGHT PETER low log for a map because he had, a little he felt a wee bit achamed o stayed over in the Grean Forest until | such thoughts. He knew that proh. Catch Peter Rabbit in a place from it was broad daylight, and then hadn’t dared venture across the open Green | Meadows to the dear Old Briar-patch. And while he had slept the weather . had changed and a storm ad come up. Prickly Porky had crept into the very | same hollow log for shelter from the | storm, not knowing that Peter was ably Prickly Porky was in t i of using that old hollow Tog n" o weather, and that he recarded it as his own. He knew. too, that probably Prickly Porky hadn’t known that any one was in there, and this happened to be the truth. ‘So, after all. the only thing hateful in P 2 which there is only one way out. I've learned my lesson. Yes, sir. T've learned my lesson. No more hollow logs for me unless they are open at both ends. Ouch, how stiff I am! Will this storm never end?” (Copyright, 1921, by T. W. Burgess.) t z 3 eter nly ¢ rickly Porky already in there. Not that it would i was his refusal to let Peter out. And have made any difference if he had|as Peter liste; f o | as ned t: )(qrmwn. 'lt wouldn’t. Prickly Porky | side. he didn't “‘hofiytl::‘inr!;\t:rgr!o!‘(ll‘: ;’e]::: &rot‘r:}s‘e A:fleopledwho br\‘nmvil”ork)’ for not being willing toc ;.;:) independence. He is i ?‘n llndependenl that he does just what ::1‘:. SYRIne/CHaten tolletnim 5 ‘%ia;:;selg)“ rl?heo;,lo.k It seemed to Peter that that storm ith [Prickly Porky curled up in | never would end. Every hour scemed Vou see there e uldne get out. | as long as a whole day. It gave him to pass. Furthermore, it was oniy | bave Peter plency i fme o Sin It by squeezing as far back in the end | Peter could keep away from the | of that old log as he could that thousand little spears in Prickly’'s Potatoes and Tomatoes. Boil some white potatoes until al- most done. Drain and slice them' thin. Butter a baking dish and put into it a layer of potatoes with two teaspoonfuls of grated cheese and a layer of strained canned tomatoes with salt and pepper. Add layers of potato and onion and tomato with seasoning. until the dish is nearly full. Cover with bread crumbs and tomatoes, add two ounces of butter in small pieces and bake. Serve hot. gave Peter plenty of time to think. And after he got over his first ugly thoughts. he began to see things as they really were. “It is all my own fault,” thought Hemstitching Buttons Made Venida Hair Nets HOME NURSING AND HEALTH HINTS BY M, JESSIE LEITCH. i I Importance of Keeping Well. BY M. JESSIE LEITCH. It was a Saturday afternoon in the country, which means that all the yuork was done, and the only sound in the house was the steady ticking of the old grandfather clock as its pendulum swung to and fro. There was a crackling fire in the big cook stove, which shone brightly from a recent polishing. The floor, from whlch_lhe paint was worn in spots, was still damp from recent scrubbing. Colored mats of woven rags were placed with precision where the paint was most worn. In the windows, on the outside of which the frost was thick and snowy, were house plants, | begonias and geraniums and wander- ing Jew. And simmering on the back of the stove was a_huge iron pot of grain for the chickeéns. Which shows that it was just one of those nice, big. prosperous farm kitchens which are to be found all across the western prairies. But it wasn't exactly a happy house on this particular Saturday afternoon, for the red car that was standing in the big barn across the vard belongéd to the family doctor, and upstairs the mother of the house was lying very ill, though not as ill as she had been. For she was convalescing. though very slowly, and even that, as the daughter of the house said, was something to be grateful for. Daughter Very Hard Worked. The daughter of the house, who, by the way, had scrubbed the floor and polished the stove and spread the last rug carefully on the paintless spots before she went upstairs to “clean up.” was a very busy girl indeed. For |she was doing all the housework, as well as caring for her mother, and sometimes it seemed as if she could not keep on working so monotonously for very many days more. That was what the doctor was thinking as he came downstairs and stood a moment in the spotless kitch- en. Then he called from the foot of the stairs. “Mary! Just a moment.” Mary came hurriedly, her hair in a braid down her back which made her look considerably less than seventeen. ‘Is mother worse?” she asked breathlessly. “No, your mother is getting better. ou I'm worrring about. Sit o e 35C § to Order 12 . A e § Quick Service ... $1.25] “FIRST 57 | ; g ""' 5§ Moderate Price 41— 1219-21 G St. N.W. The Big 4 for 'Satur('lay' Only Black Satin _ Evening Slippers $6.85 A Sale of Women’s Fine Quality Perfect Silk Hose $1.69 Actual present . day $3.00 value. A remarkable offering of exceptionally fine silk hose at a ridiciously low price. In black, bzown and navy. Remember, all perfect. No seconds. ‘With Baby Louis or French heels and cut steel beaded straps. Excellent quality satin, and, all in all, a most remarkable value. If you were unable to get a pair last week—come tomorrow. Plenty of chairs—] Plenty of shoes. Regular $18 Value for Don’t miss this one. Of fine quality serge. Plaited skirt, silk braid, large chevrons and embroidered stars on col- lar. Sizes 10 to 20 years. Big “4” No. 4 ‘Paul Jones” One of the Season’s Most Remflrkflb’g Offers at $1.59 Actual $3.50 value, every middy guar- anteed fast color. All white and white with colored collars and trimmings. Sizes 10 to 20 years. Annoying Elbows. A woman's elbows have become one of the most important parts of her this season. I never in my life dream- ed that short sleeves could be so short or that they would have the vogue || they are now enjoying. In Paris every frock had short sleeves when it had any at all. If one went out on the street on a day warm enough to leave one's coat at ‘home one wore a’ piece of fur about the neck and gloves that came only slightly above the wrist or almost up to the elbow. When I left Paris they were begin- ning to make street gowns without any sleeves at all, and a titled noble- man who runs one of New York’s most expensive establishments brought over any number of them for the American women. One frock, which was typical, was made of dove gray broadcloth, with a quantity of em- broidery in orange and silver outlined in black. It not only had no sleeves, but the armhole was cut extremely wide. One of our best dressed act- resses, who boasts having the most beautiful back in America, recently purchased a street frocl hout l Mary sat down and the doctor drew his chair close to hers, looking keenly at her as he did s “You're thin, Mary quite tired out.” - Quick tears started to Mary's eyes. Long List of Mary's Tasks. “I'm all right. A little tired per- haps. - But as long as mother is get- ting_better I'll be all right “When do you go to be the doctor. “It depends. If the milking is late it's after 11 sometimes. If the boys get through the chores early and I can get supper over and the dishes washed and mother's tray ready and the breakfast table set—for the boy and father have breakfast at 5 the morning—I get to bed a little earlier. Only I lie awake and worry for fear mother will call. The bo. are such heavy sleepers. I'm alway afraid she will call and we won hear her.” “I wonder, Mary. if you ever heard * he said. “And| asked e Run a brush dipped in mucllage ver tan ryedrows, and while the hairs ara ‘wet @raw them together |to a nica ltne. pinching them in |towird the center of the natural The Penciled Brow. ] them an “aristocratic look.” though | | T must confess my sense of humo _Often and often 1 wonder WhY | prevents me from seeing the “aris- women shave their eyebrows. It is|tocracy” of the look. something. to me, quite incompre- | If you want slim, penciled eve- il er 5 brows, which, of course, are much arch of the brow. This can be done ;:fi:':;',’.’:, pe never improves the 2o | better' looking _than shaggy. un-|every nixht. and in time the hairy that i o Ahbden | combed ones, try this very simple | will be trained to form a nice and ficiality that is obvious to every ome. [ ihoq: It is like putting blue paint on the | 2othod evelids—it is so artifictal it defeats | its own ends. { I have several letters in front of (M| me, asking how eyebrows are shaved. | It'S perfectly simple—if you must do it. You rub some so: brows, ‘regular shaving soap if want, because this softens the hair: then You rub the evebrows backward || 50 the hairs seem to d on end. | then you simply shave them off with a regular or a safety razor. Shave | close to the skin, so the coarse end | of the hair wont show at the sur- || face. Some girls—rather silly ones off all the brows and then mak a hecoming arch Lowered Prices on Eating! it v e e Look at These Money-Saving Prices new | line. | ones by penciling “on~a_black : r 8 They ook like curious” figures in | Hot cakes syrup and Two Fresh mask. Other cleverer ones butter. ol ceeees 100 style ... above the brow on its outer Half Grig uit Ll 10e with b a little under it on the inner line Al Cer with half 1 pic toward the nose. thus producing a and haif | T jhigh arch, which, 1 suppose, gives | h h butter Watch the Daily Papers that one of the greatest mistakes a | pactical nurse makes is forgetting her duty to herself?” “A practical nurse? I don’t know what you mean,” said the girl. “That’s what you've been ever since your mother was ill. The very best kind of a practical nurse. You've | done the housework and cared for: your mother and carried out all my | and W R C For style, quality price, inspect For Announcement of the Opening of Our Wonderful 1113 Pennsylvania Avenue White Palace Cafeteria orders so well that I have forgotten to_take care of you." “But I'm all right,” persisted Mary. “Just tired.” “Being ‘Just tired’ put your mother where she is today,” the doctor said kindly. “One of the first lessons a trained nurse learns is that in justice to her patient she must be in the best of health herself. Then she can take the best care of one who is ill. If you are tired out. and your nerves are all awry, and you have lost so much sleep that your eyes are posi- tively aching. you may make a very grave mistake some day in giving medicine, or falling to watch your patient closely. Let some of the housework go, Mary. Get out and run in the pasture for half an hour. Stop baking ples for the men. Tell them you are on strike. Lots of meal and potatoes and bread and butter. What more could they ask?” And when the doctor went out to his car Mary had promised to take better care of herself. on the princ ple that one sick person in the house Was enough at a time. Which is one of lite's little but most important les- sleeves whose armhole was rounded over the shoulders, but came to a point under the arm—a point which nearly reached the waist. Sometimes very fancy little underbodices are worn with these and allowed to show under the arm. Sometimes they aren't! All this, of course, only emphasizes the fact that the elbow must be soft and pink and as beautiful as the rest of the arm, and it is frankly a hard Mmatter to make it so. If you are too thin your elbows will be scrawny and the bone will be prominent, and the best thing you can do is to contrive soft ruffles if your short slecve to cover the elbow. Otherwise this is the daily treatment which will posi- tively make your elbows beautiful: Rub the elbows thoroughly with cleansing cream; secrub them and the arm with hot water and moderately stiff complexion brush and a good soap. Dry. If you are going to bed you can massage a flesh-building cold cream into your elbows, or a little olive oil. Otherwise, rub them with the hongy-almond lotion or vanish- ing cream. The only time I approve of using vanishing cream is in con- nection with the elbows. If you are going out, cover them liberally with powder and I am sure you will be pleased with their appearance. SCHOOL BOARD DECLARED | - Sonfile With Cheese and Ham. ONLY PLACE ‘WITH KICK’ President Simon Reveals Secret at Reception by Thomson Com- munity Center. Why men seek the non-remunera- Melt six tablespoonfuls of butter in a pan and mix with one and one- half. tablespoonfuls of flour, add a pint of milk and boil until you have a thick paste. Add pepper, salt, a little cayenne pepper and one-quarter pound of cheese cut into small pieces. Hash a quarter of a pound of ham, put it in the paste and mix. Separate the whites and yolks of two eggs and put the yolks in the paste, afterward adding the whites, beaten stiff. Take tive berths on the board of education |3 mold, grease it well, pour in the has been revealed. Dr. Abram Simon, president of the board, in a facetious mood, told mem- paste and put it in a pan of water. Let the water boil for half an hour and then put the mold in the oven for three minutes. Take off the mold bers of the Thomson Community Cen-|and serve. ter at a “neighborhood reception” to the school governing body members last night that his position “is the one job in these prohibition times that has a kick In it.” He also described the meetings of the board as “frolics.” Continued support of the board's emergency school-building program was urged by Superintendent of Schools Frank W. Ballou. The school administration, Dr. Ballou said, will continue to fight for the carrying out of the proposed building project, al- though the Commissioners, in prepar- ing their supplementary estimates, slashed approximately $1,000,000 from the minimum amount the board said was necessary to construct the ad- ditional schools needed to relieve overcrowded conditions: “The superintendent,” said Dr. Bal- lou, “asked for a $5,000,000 building program, and the board of education has stood by the guns. We do not propose to yield. Five million dollars is the minimum sum for an adequate program of schoolhouse construction. The superintendent has just begun to wage a campaign for adequate school- house faeilities. This compaign will be waged until we have a suitable building program. Board of education members who also spoke were Mrs. Susie Root Rhodes, Daniel A. Edwards, Edwin C. Graham and Mrs. Margarita Spaulding erry. A program of entertainment was furnished by Mrs. David H. Kinche- loe, Miss Hermanie Deiches, Lillian Stcphens, Elizabeth Keyes and Frank E. Boyer. Music was_ furnished by the Lyric Orchestra. Judge Michael M, Doyle of the Municipal Court pre- sided. GIRL WHO JILTED ENSIGN IS WEDDED TO ANOTHER Disappearing on Morning of Cere- mony, Chicago Lass Turns:to Steel Man’s Son. CLINTON, Iowa, January 7.—An- nouncement of the marriage in Chi- cago of Miss Celeste Lamb to Robert S. Smith, jr., son of the superintend- ent of the Interstate Iron and Steel Company. plant at East Chicago, Ind., was contained in a telegram received by Mrs. E. A. Young, mother of the bride. Harold Holcomb, an ensign in the Navy, had journeyed here from Pasa- denay Cal., to marry Miss Lamb, and the wedding had been set for Tuesday night, after two previous postpone- ments. Early Tuesday morning Miss Lamb disappeared, and Ensign Hol- comb, thrice disappointed, departed for his home. Miss Lamb’s mother was formerly, the wife of the late James Dwight Lamb. The family is one af the best known in Iowa. Robert Smith, jr., has been employed with a manufac- turing company in Clinton, since his return from army service in France early in 1919. 2 The/ wedding plans for Miss Lamb and Ensign Holcomb were originally laid for the Island of Guam in mid- Pacific, but later were set for a day event in Clinton. 3 ! holi- —_— To Brighten Tinware. A good cleanser for tin is the fol- lowing: Shave down thinly one cake ‘| of good white soap and pour over it one quart of cold water, and allow to stand overnight until thoroughly dis- solved. Add one pound of whiting and bring it to the boiling point, stirring all the time until perfectly blended, then allow to get cold; add two ounces of spirit of hartshorn and bottle at once in a tightly stoppered bottle. This will keep. Shake the bottle well before-using, pouring a little of the contents into a basin. ‘Whiting mixed to a paste with water or ammonia is a good cleanser for tin, if the article, when dry, is well brushed to get rid of any of the white powder. _Hot water cans and pitchers made of .tin will last very much longer if furned upside down directly they are emptied; it is the few drops remaining at the bottom which cause rust and make small holes. To clean a tea kettle, fill it with potato par- ings, and then boil fast until clean. Peanut Butter Creams. The following. recipe should be wel- come to those who like novel candies: At least twenty-four hours before you wish to use it, make a fondant as if for chocolate creams. Melt two squares of sweet chocolate, and while it is_melting, mold the fondant into the desired shape, with a small piece of peanut butter in each piece. Place these forms on ‘a plate and set them in a cool place to harden. When they ars firm, dip them quickly in melted chocolate and place them on oiled paper. Set them in a cool place until the chocolate hardens. —_— Mock Indian Pudding. Pour boiling water over two slices of buttered bread; when soft, add one quart of milk, one cup of molasses, one egg, 2 pinch of salt and a pinch of cinnamon. Bake slowly for three hours, stirring often to prevent crust. Serve with whipped cream Vegetable and Meat Sauce. Use three tablespoonfuls of olive oil, one tablespoonful of vinegar, one teaspoonful of grated onion, one tea- spoonful of chopped parsley, one tea- spoonful of capers and salt and pep- per. The capers may be omitted, if preferred. This dressing is espe- clally appetizing. Serve on cold meat, :o}gd salmon, or.on any vegetable alad. FURS —Deeper _price cuts than any January has ever brought, be- cause we' must turn goods into / cash. Model Fur Shop L. ROSENDORF (Prop.) 923 G St. N.W. O - ZIRKIN FURS A Cloth Coats and Suit K Models Below Cost P S H. ZIRKIN S Est. 1885 821 14th St. You Can Now Eat at Our Other Palatial White Palace Cafeteria ° 314 Ninth Street | ! Determined to make January the biggest winter month of the season, we have cut prices indiscriminately throughout the store. Values advertised today are but a sample of what you can expect each day at Behrend’s. 4 S Open 9:15 AM. Close 6 P.M. Lace and Plain Silk Hose, Sub-Standards of Former $1.69 Qualities Where Your Dollars Count Most EHREND Beautiful lacey designs, styl- Reaut:ful lustrons quality, subject to utest of imperfections, 200 Girls’ Highest-Class . Winter Coats §090 Former Prices, $16.50 to $25.00 Big. Heavy Winter Coats for girls 4 to 15 years. Made of finest cloakings, pretty shades of Burgundy, brown, green. na vy, copenhagen and tan. Some have big cape collars of same materials and some fur trimmed. Only the newest, handsomest models in the lot... B $10.00 Girls’ Serge | Girls’ Coats, $7.00 to'| $1.88 Girls’ Middy Dresses $8.98 Values $5.75 $4.99 A Choice of cape | T Store Hours: Lined, Winter Coat Warmly Heavs, weight New splendid navy serge. 14 sizes. of sailor blouse 'styles, embroi models and_ taffeta silk trimmed e Good Quality Pliin White Jean Blouses jousex, for girls 6 nlation big_collar styles, with cuffs and lacer fronts. novelty mixture: coliars, fur-fabric trimmed and but- ton high and low eollar garments; | in every new wanted color. fects. You'll buy two at least. when you see these exceptional values. | ! | ~N $1.50 to $1.75 Boys’ Blouses House Dresszes and Shirts Gingham and White, or Dark >ercale Dresses in pretty strip- ed and checked patterns. ney sollar or plain tailored styles. (55.00 Sweaters-; $1.25 Women’s Children’s, o with shawl or$|'§.§l§ :‘;‘ir‘;‘l:::::q:rla 59c 89c i 20 TR 5 200 Women’s Winter Coats Cape Collar ““Wrap py” Model Gar- ments, Fur-collar- ed Belted Coats and Big Cape Col- e ity mer el ia tcen for women and misses. $50.00 Coat Suits | $15.00 to $25.00 Finest fast-col- nd percales. $1.39 cuffls and bands, zinghams Formerly $19.98 to $49.98 Divided Into Two Included in this lot are satin- ish broadcloths, ve- lours, polo cloths, kerseys and silver- In this lot are All-silk Lived, Big g tones in every wanted color, in- cluding black, and the most exclusive of this winter's handsomest trictly tailored zes. $10.98 immed or nd misses’ styles. . Choice of fu garments in women's $50.00. Values to Special. $27.50 Plush Women’s Dresses Coatees 85 Suits tinseltone, L] velour, serge, broadcloth, etc; handsome- Iy flounced, silk lined throughout and modeled in a big variety of this winter's chocest styles, in fur-trimmed novelty or tailored effects. 150 Brand- new Dresses, Misses” and Wom- en’s Fash- ionable ° Short Coats of an extra quality Fashionably made and_cuffs. rm tight 16 black plush. with big cape col Belts that can be Taose and movelty pockets. 44 sizes. bagen, etc. | | t | | | | and pleated styles in ed. beaded and embroidered effects. $2.00 Black - Waists $3.98 and $5.00 Waists $1.00 Women’s Winter Under- 49c Women’s Hose . wear Satine, Silk Pon- i o Poplin and gee. Strip- Fast-color Black Winter - weight Batiste ed Silk, Lisle-finish Hose Separate Shirts Waists, in . Georgette * Tailgne ‘oo mea? c and Drawers: pure c plain black, neatiy tailored | | and Crepe de Chine Waists, in e o white, closely knit styles with collars that can tailored and fancy styies, in- cluding the new wide applique Iace-trimmed styles, um weights; made be worn high or low: tuéked with seamed backs. 165 Boys’ Finest Cloth Suits Formerly $16.50 to $22.50 or plain fronts; long sleeves. Stripes, checks, plaids and novelty mixture Suits, in Brown. Blue, Green and Gray colorings. Made of high-class cloths only, in single and double breasted styles, with or without beits. Nicely lined throughout and superbly tailored. 7 to 18 years. Sl L e Take advantage of these Rock-Bottom Prices on Sheets, Pillowcases, Spreads 81x90 Genuine Pequot Sheets, All Perfect on a very heavy, firm quality pure You know the value of Pequot Shéets better than we can tell you. Three 32-Inch 50c Amoskeag Dress Gingham There's only a limited quantity of these service. There's a wonderful assortment of { 40 Inches Wide. $1'39 thread silk crepe. 51059 months ago $3:00-was a low price. Four to a customer Saturday...... Not the ordinary kinds, but the heavy, ice. 42x36, and 27 tosSIl SatIday af e e D e checks, plaids, stripes and plain colors. c There's a wonderful selection of $2.50 Pure Thread Silk Faille, Black and Navy 40c Bleached Pillowcases | 23 fast-color_quality that will give the best bargain at 40c. Special Saturday. C $3.00 Shirting' Crepe de Chine these fancy colored stripe Shirting The greatest value we have ever shown, even™ under old-time conditions. 36 garments in all sizes. cial for Saturday. Spe- Big bed size firm-woven Spreads that would sell regularly at $2.50. Hemmed ready. for use. $2.50 Crochet Spreads Crepe de Chines—full 40 inches wide inches wide, and remember, every thread pure silk, in black and navy blue only....