Evening Star Newspaper, February 8, 1921, Page 21

WOMAN’S PAGE. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. O, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 192L STEAMSHIPS. By Elsie Robinson cheerfulness. It's a nice, as natural for me to be gloomy is for a tree to shed its leave: % and moan with the wind. unpleasant; curiosity suggested that if Jimmy was in there he probably was sound asieep and there wouldn’t be_the least danger. So Peter sat in front of that door- way between the roots of the old apple tree in the far corner of the Old Orchard and tried to make up his mind whether to heed his common sense or satisfy his curiosity. “If,” said Peter to him and Mrs. Skunk are not liv this winter I ought to know it. There, might come a time when I would want to use this house myself if it is empty. The only way to find out is to g0 in and see for myself. Knowinz that this house is empt ¢ means of ng my life sometime.” Then Peter's common sense got busy again and pointed out that it would be time enough to find out when there was real need of ing that house. Curiosity Is Too Much for Common Sense. BY THORNTON W. BURGESS. enjoy it. I get so tired o' bei little sunbeam that I wanta yell And just sure as I get m nicely wrapped in gioom, along c making tweet noises tells me to “count n sense is dull and good, e Common like So few heed it as they should. b1l L, Now if there's o Most people have plenty of common abide, it's that! At such sense. The trouble is that all too often they fail to heed it. Peter Rabbit is 3ust that kind If he always did what his common sense tells him to’ he would keep out of a great many scrapes and save himseif and little Mrs. Peter a great deal of worry. Also he would miss a great deal of excitement. As he sat in the far corner of the ©0ld Orchard in front of Johnny didn't give common Chuck’s old house, which Jimmy 1t sted that Skunk and Mrs. Skunk bad lived in|Peter didn’t even know whether Jim- all summer, he wondered if they were still living there. Common sense told him that it was no concern of his my Skunk slept as Johnny Chuck does in winter. or whether he lived alone or with Mrs. Skunk. Tt set him to wondering if Jimmy was as sound a sleeper as Johnny Chuck. “If he is,” thought Peter “there is nothing to fear from him. I would like to see him asleep. I would so. 1 wonder what he does with that big tail of his when he is asleep. T won- der if he is as fat as he was the last time I saw him, just at the beginning of winter. He was so fat then that to be seen. So far as he could see he was all alone. He poked his head inside that hole between the roots of the old apple tree and listened. There *PM GOING TO FIND OU HE, VERY DECIDEDLY. TO ENOW.” mourn. Have you? whether they still lived there or not;| wasn’t the teeniest, weeniest sound < curiosity urgyed him to find out. Com-|to tell him whether or not there was Cream Date Pie. mon sense told him that he wouldn’t |anybody down there. Stone and wash well of dates; be ome bit better off if he did find| “T don’t believe there is,” said Peter, out: curiosity pointed out that he|and in he went. and cook until they are soft. Rub| ‘“The mind is a st ot G° Coluntie, reuCONEnE, I8 Would never be satisfied unless ho did | (Gopyright, 1970, by T. W. Buges [I€™ thTough @ sieve in the same | solitary thing. And It Fans e ang o | Bt i he teirdet & 1021 sealed B oty ay fhat squash Is strained. Beat |like a mechanical thing, until at last | 509 District Buildiag, until 2 o'clock p.m., Common sense reminded him of all that had happened in Johnny Chuck’'s house and the terrible fright he had Marmalade From Winter Fruits. mix with the dates. The mi LISTEN, WORLD! Generally speaking, I approve of antiseptic virtue whose use should be encour- aged. But there are times when it's want to go off by my lonely and feel the rain drip through my branches r I want to dig my roots decp in misery and just some one with one of those glad smile. when he walked he waddled, and his|__ 3 oil] 5 at Inspection Supplic 13— feet seemed too small for him. I|Want to count my blessings. T don't S Vo tath se | Frintios and Tt Dlies gexciu Wonder it it is as warm down in there | Y€ Wwant to remcmber that I have are trying to be Giovernment Printing Ofice und | on yo ®lany blessin Sl . and m rving to | m of Engraving and Prating), Class ;;;tnd:ras_g Johnny Chuck’s house. |1V (FesSIng ened e c;bg\:); q‘.“rri\rx‘n; ‘r‘y( p?;;r;n‘l‘:“m;;‘.lw ,\g»u‘ i;lc{f.'éfi’i";’;‘?";f" le irie Lamps. € And then Peter stopped wondering. | PUMAn since Job, and have overy one | winced at thi pense” remark, Tor | Motor [Trucks, Tires, Kubes und’ Accessorie “T'm _going to find out.” said he, very a . ]it was one that hor mother never |8 15— addressing. " computing, decidedly. “If I don’t find out T'il any one who will? | omitted from har conversation ng and Transeribing, Duplicating, Fola: keep wondering alws . and I hate lv 5‘-“[(5. down for my Mother, dear. you don’t . Sealing and Typewriting. of th General fo wonder about things. T want to | oy Gy Hni p Sosiiimes Shat| that the worst time of an illness is | Depariments st othee catabiimments ot Lo now.” : Sitively sun-| the gotting-better time. Wh - United States of i Peter sat up very straight amd|PUped oo o thoroughly 1, it dida't. mattor. o i for e 3¢ B looked this way and looked that Way|who wil] rejoice with you ;mfr’l“’l’le much. T can scarcely remember. And | uded in the sepcifications and looked every way. No ome Waf|rejoice. But Tve never yet found | (N NUrSes knew just what to do for S e any one who'll join with you in a cozy ; one pound Just cover them with water well three egzs, add a pinch of salt and three large cups of milk, and HOME NURSING AND HEALTH HINTS Enjoyable Outing Trip by Water to Tidewater Virginia OLD POINT, NORFOLK, VIRGINIA BEACH, OCEAN VIEW. ALL-YEAR RESORTS Dafly service. Modern steamers. City Ticket Office, 731 15th St. N.W. NORFOLK & WASHINGTON STEAMBOAT €0. BY M. JESSIE LEITCH. ful expression. “And about food, mother. I don't need much.-And 1 don't care what I have. Anything that is the least trou- ble to vou. It worries me more to But sometimes it makes me want to scream.” Her mother bounced up so hastily | from the chair that it rocked very creakily, and in epite of herself the have you running up and down stairs | asking me what 1 want than you can understand. And all the neigh- bors will be pitying you, with an lid on your hands. They always A Convalescent’s Sermonette. “Mother, dear, will you please leave me_alone? Don't fuss over me. I'd rather be alone. Please close the door a3 you go out.” The tohes were those of extreme exasperation. The speaker was @ ing woman of possibly twenty, ng a 0 was occupying the guest oham. ! ber in her home because of her re- yself | cent return from the hospital, where had had an operation. mother, with a despairing glance of unspeakable hurt, closed the door, left the room, and subsided on the top Stair, to weep over the in- gratitude of her child. Sho wept quietly and comfortably at first, but her grief gathered mo- it went, and soon her & sobs were quite audible to sirl on the other side of the door. the mother could not possibly that her weeping was very ng and disquieting to the as it s. I over the bed; g on her face. ighter gently and I expect I've been a foolish old hen-mother, afraid I was going to lose one of my chicks. But Tll try to be sensiblo and profit by your lit e t Largest Steamer to ardware, room, and sat down on the —right on the sick girl's feet. Which was rather thoughtless of the mother and quite hard on the girl’s | Ciy tus -and Hospit: U Instruments, Class 6- g and Plumbi ap- usbes, Glass, Painters' Sup- Class 10—Household Photographic Supplies, Tustruments, International M se sit on a chair, mother. I'm but you're sitting on my feet.” sh tears were ready to stream Washington, ete.. Trom contractors : me hefore I knew myself. on government Bl ‘of Tading. 0 decardunes “But now, this convalescent time. |With paragraph 12 of Form A-' Propossis must the littlest things irritate me, and I |be eiecaied in accordance fith Tastractions now I exaggerate them, but I try |appication to the Genoins sopririnned upon not to. If you only knew that I would | Nuditors’ Tutiding, e iny W Ge s omritiee. bo far heiter if you would leave me | Washington, D. ¢ B HorsToN, alone, like the nurses used to do in 140t Secretiry « the hospital. OMMI ie_Treasury. OFFICE February 18, 1921, for constru cottage ‘on the grounds of the Ni ing School for Girls. at Condu it runs down and one just drops off to sleep—one of those little catnaps, you know. but they are so refresh- g a girl ational Tral and Reservoir xture . Péel, core and cut up six apples; slice [ Should be about th s y reads. Forms of proposal, specifications, had there: curiosity waid, that this| P L o I e e Al | e it aoyonslotency of |ing. And I con't drop of ‘o sleep. IE | sn. intorimasion, by po sbcsicetions, pleag R e e slices, removing the seeds; cut up the (pies. The Whites of the eggs et oyoine aboutithe hedimat= | St ERgIsE Deppriment S Room i) DIk stay in there but a minute Common | pulp of six oranges and add the outside | be reserved for a meringue. or whip | L1054 he Pillow ‘and " asking if 1 |fiet Buldiog, Washington, 'D. €. Deposit of e et o eere” apd | Decl. thinly cut, but not the white part | ped cream may be Spread on when | fob anh JIke, {ataand (CEwonidnt of plansundspeethcarions. s p i SAE ® & ris- | inside. Put all the fruit into a pan, add | the pie is cool. 3 t, and tell- [ HENDRICK, CHARLES W. KUTZ, 1 awage he might resent having a Vis-|four parts-of cold water and boil four Ing me, without meaning to, all |T. BOARDMAN, Commissioners. D. ¢, PEL itor, and the result wou T e e a0 (hros-fourtha ot = - about the peoplo you knew who were | fet-6t.exSu = pound of sugar for every pound of fruit Savory Rice Pudding. badly treated in hospitals, and how WHAT GOOD ARE unti] it jellies, which will be in about| oo S £lad you are to get me home. bt Cook one-half pound of rice until| “Sometimes I wish you had left me FURS three hours. it is tender, turn it into a bowl and | in tho hospital another week. It was STEAMSHIPS. To you unless they are in perfect condition and P rhen it 18 gool stir in onme dessert-|sg quiet and restful there, and I am e = styie, 8 credit to the wearer? Why Dot have Cream Raisin Pie. poonful of aohopped parsley, two|so tired of being fussed over. The | FRICA by Union-Castle Line. Regul them remade and redyed here and now, at re- moderate-sized cooked onions and a | very chair you are sitting in squeaks, Sanderson & Son, Gen. Passenger Agts. duced prices, for wear balance of this winter| Stir together three tablespoonfuls|piece of fresh butter the size of a|and the rockers are creaky, and it 26 Brondway, al next. MARTIN WOLF 32 Florida Ave. N.W. filbert nut. oughly with two beaten eggs. the mixture into a buttered of sugar and one scant tablespoonful of flour. Add the white of one ‘egg well beaten and one pint of cream, with a few raisins. Bake like &l ® |custard pie. oven. ~rp—— 'One Woman* iscovered About Milk AWOMAN whose is fa- mous among her friends let some of them into her secret the other dag “Take my coffee, for example,” she said, “it isn’t the coffee itself that Mix everything thor- and bake it half an hour in a hot ww Yors. wouldn't bother me if T were well. mahip Ticket Agent N v irl smiled at her mother's remorse- ESSEQUIBO, FEB. Turn dish Regul Passenger and Freight lervi Connections : Encircling the Globe , Drafts and Foreign Money Orders \ For Gailings and Full Information Apply COMPANY'S OFFICE, 517 14th St. N.W. Wuh!_n:ton If It's Travel “Sce Ober” Bermuda Jamalea, West Indies, South Panama ORCOMA, FEB. 28 Gouraud's Oriental Cream Punta Arenas, S: B jan Cuba, OFFICIAL NOTICES. USYTED STATER PNOINERE OFVICE 305 Makel MescEvations \NOW: - ul gou‘v..hom Buufixl % :I‘I‘:.m’on.t . S OBER’S Steamship and c hearing wi = 2 Age: Marine g‘]mg% uastico, Va. AL 3 p-mn Tourist mey Feb 17, 1931, on sn_application ‘by the Room 1 Mata Floor, Navy Department’ for a permit to comstruct | Woodward Bidg. _ Tel. M 1089 2 highway bridge across Creek, Va., near the present Richmond, Fredericks: borg snd Potomse Balliway drawbridge, and o be statements from parties at interest will v ments should be submitted fn writing. ROY. ed, but all important facts and argu- OFFIOE OF THP OOMMISSIONERS OF THB Distriet of Columbia, Wasbhington, D. C., February 7th, 1821.—Notlce is bereby given thal the Commissioners of the District of Oolumbia intend to make the following named improve- ments which are, in their judgment, necessary’| for the public hesith, Amesements for one-half of the cost of ssme will be made us provided in public act No. |, approved August , 1884, sons interested in the proposed work no! fied that the Commissioners will give a public hearing at the District Building on Wednesday, Pebruary 23rd, 1921, at ten o'clock A.M., in the Board Room of the suid Commissioners, to H& Sanderson & Son’ General Ageats 17,000 tons dis- placement sail- ing from New York. 2a7 324 all perscos who may deaire to obect S. S. Vauban Northwest Soction: Reset corb and ley Feb. 19 cement sidewalk on both sides of T Street, | i S. S. Vestris from 12th Street to 14th Street, at an estimated | Rjo de Janeiro Mar. 13 L R, LTy 5. 8 Vasan in squares 237, &8, , and 275, utting sai . i worbTay coment sidewalk on_ the west side | Montevideo ay. 7 trom Qiney et zorth fo S. S. Vauban cost . to H % against ALl lots in squace 5503, ‘abor. | Buenos Aires June 15 ! said work. On the south side of Farragut Street, from Georgia Avenue west to alley, at an_ estimated cost of $155, to be assessed against il lots in equare 2026, abutting sald work. On the eouth side of Girard Street, from 15th Street eastward, at an estimated cost of $440, to be assessed agalnst all lots in square 2669, abutting said work. the east side of th Street, north of Butiernut Street, in front of lot 6, square 2087, at an estimated cost of $330, to be assesscd against all lots abutting said work. On the porth side of Massachusetts Avenue, from 6th Street west to cement walk, at an estimated cust of $1.910, to be assessed against all lots in square west of 484, abutting sald work. On the north side of Buclld Street, from 15th Street to University Place, at an estimated cost of $925, to be assessed against all lots in square 2666, abutting said work. On the south side of Otis Place, from 6th Street eastward to alley, at an estimated cost of $198, to be assessed agalust all property abat- ting said work. On the west side of Piney Branch Road, from Butteraut Street southward | o5 far as dedicated to full width, at a: mated cost of $2.840, to be assessed all lots in squares 3170, 2070, and 2971, abut- | ting sald work. On the east aide of Wisconsiu | Avenue, from Fesseaden Street to Harrison | Btreet, at an est'mated cost of $3,068, to be assessed 2gainst all property sbutting eaid Pave with coocrete i allcys sa: from Northampton Street to lot 56, at an estimated cost of $3,783. Pave alleys in equare 2076, at an_estimated cost of $3,353. Pave atley in square 2597, at an estimated cost Pave the unpawed alley running north and south in square 2704, at an estimated cost of $637. Pave alleys in square 2875, at an estimated cost of §7.225. Pave alleys in square 1759, at an estimated cost of $3, Pave al- ley In square $049, at an estimated cost of Pave alley i square , at an esti- €35. Pave alley in square 2560, 4t an e o1 cost of $5.970. Pave the | i opaved slley In square 266l, st 2u estimated cost of $200. Nortueast Section: Lay cement s!dewalk on the west side of Thayer Street, from Rhode! I Islaad avenue to 24th Street, at an estimated cost of $638, to be assessed against all lots in Connections for all parts of South Americs. For rates, etc., spply company’s office, 43 XY gt e awed et | LAMPORY & HOLT LINE - [ s AUSTRALIA| Honolulu, Suva, New Zealand The Palatial Passenger Steamers B. M. 8. “Niagara” . M. 8. umi i | ORBITA . OROPESA ORDUNA . 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