Evening Star Newspaper, April 8, 1921, Page 29

FEATURE PAGE,! (Copyright, 1921, by the International Syndicate.) Ll TRAVELOG BOY AT HOUSE WHERE DIED. Washington. Dear boys and girls: Just around the corner in 10th street, from busy F -wtreet, is the house where Lincoln | died. "I have received many letters | asking me about the house, so I went | * to see it again the other day. Across | the street is thé old Ford Theater Lincoln attended on the night Booth | attacked the President. That has| been closed ever since and never has | a theater performance been given in the place. The house is the one to! which the President was carried. It has the old-fashioned steps leading up to the front door with the turn in them that was so customary in houses during the civil war days. There is 2lso an_entrance right off the street and under the little ptatform at the top of the steps that go to the front door. Thousands of people have vis- ited the little house since that Good Friday April nearly sixty years 0. ~There are many interesting ings to be seen there, and I looked Peter’s Glee Is Short Lived. BY THORNTON W. BURGESS. You'll find it very seldom pays To play & Joke that works poth ways. —Peter Rabbit. As two frightened little cubs ran, ‘whimpering and tumbling over each other, for the safety of the bedroom under the great windfall, Peter Rab- 1 bit thumped twice more, just by way of adding' to their fright. You know it was just such a thump that had frightened them in the first place. It ‘was most unkind of Peter. Of course. He should have been ashamed of try- ing to frighten babies, and those two bs were babies and nothing more. ey were baby Bears. it Peter had so often felt little oold chills of fear chasing each other + up and down his backbone in the pres- enoce of r Bear and Mrs. Bear tickled him to be-able to scare big or little. Truth to tell, #ave him a feeling as if somehow he was getting even with Buster and Mra Bear. Of course, he wasn't. Cer- inly not. But he had that feeling d he didn’t once stop to think how cowardly it was to frighten babies, .even though they were baby Bears After the two cubs had disappeared he could hear them scrambling along under the great windfall as they hur- ried for the darkest corner of that dark bedroom, where Mother Bear had left them when she went out to look for something to eat All the way there they whimpered, just as if they thought ‘some dreadful enemy was after them. Peter laughed until his sides ached and the tears came to his eyes. An angry snort right behind him put a sudden end to Peter's laughter and glee. It was his turn to run headlong nd to whimper es he ran. My, what jumps he made! It seemed as if his + feet barely touched the ground before he was in the air again. If those little cubs had been scared, Peter was twice as scared. They had run without knowing what they ran from. But Peter knew what he was running from. He was running from an angry mother, and. that mother was a Bear. It was enough to make anybody run. Peter had been 8o intent on fright- ening those little cubs and then laughing at them that he had not heard Mrs. Bear until she had given that angry snort right behind him. Then he hadn’'t stopped to explain. Peter believes in running first and ex- plaining later. But at the rate he was going now there wouldn’t be any explaining, because by the time he -+ 3gopped Mrs. Bear wouldn't be near ough to hear a word he said. Bear didn’t follow growled once or twice in de rumbly véfce. fust to add a little speed A Peter's long legs, if that were National Photo., Wash. at the handwriting of the great Presi- dent, both when a boy and when he became President. The collection is called the Col. O. H. Oldroya collec- tion, for he spent years in getting to- gether data and things connected with Lincoln. There is Lincoln’s favorite rocking chair, a rail he split in 1830— just think, that is ninety-ome years ago—and a stand made of logs from a house in Illinois where Lincoln onee lived. There is a hand bill telling how the War Dep: ~tment offered $100,000 for the cavture of Booth, and you can see the spur Booth wore. This is the one that caught in the curtain of the President's box and caused Booth’s leg to break in falling to the stage. The house in which Mrs. Mary Surratt lived and in which the conspiracy against the President was planned is about to be torn dowff, for some one wants the location- for business. It is at 604 H street north- west and quite a ways from the house on 10th street. RUSSELL BURKE, The Travelog Boy. possible. Then as she watched Peter run headlong she grinned. Just as f’::alrlttml l;:ghedn lé;he fright of e cul rs. r grinned Peter’s fright. o e “I hope that will teach him a les- son,” muttered Mrs. Bear, way,down in her throat. “I cln’t afford to have that long-eared bunch of curiosity hanging around here. He'll be getting a glimpse of those youngsters of mine and then my secret will be out. might just as well go out and tell all the world as to allow Peter Rabbit to find it out. I hope those cubs have kept quiet while I was away.” Mrs. Bear turned in to the entrance to the bedroom under the windfall, while Peter Rabbit kept on, lipperty- lipperty-lip, lipperty-lipperty-lip, through the Green Forest toward the Green Meadows and the dear Old Bwthe -pa.;clh." H.ha was eager to get re and tell the news of Bear’ long-kept secret. st * (Copyright, 1921, by T. W. Burgess.) Spring Fancies. Fancy piques are used for - .e:?lz‘ blouses worn with ‘lh:o?mmt Very large evening hats are made of heavy lace, horsel ot Canfi hair and crepe Chantilly lace is being displaye in shrimp pink, grass green and wa per. Brilliant-colored bands of embroid ery trim co: suil dr;:nel. ats, its and street ulards are incrustated on chiffe in smart black and white eomhlnok’: tions. Paillettes in square and oblong shapes are in much deman - Ing gowns. e oyen Cream lace is draped ov: satin, taffeta or chiffon, (:rr lhll::rE noon wear. Broad bertba eoll - fan lace are s IRy Ttal used b on serge and taffeta Chic, all-over. embroidery jackets are worn with plain skirts, lv;o’-ll’mhrle effect. Bt ernoon dresses feature fullness between hips and knees given by stiffened godet gores. Mixtures and plain colo in wool goods. are not popular. | are shown Stripes and checks l are recommend it They have learned from experi- ence that no matter how many other treatments have been tried without success Resinol Ointment is often the very thing to bring speedy relief from eczema or similar jtching, barrassing eruptions.. Jts healing action is brought medication so gentie as to be suited to the most delieste ritated inflamed surfaces. two sizes at all druggists. é LINCOLN: THE . EVENIN [ - LISTEN, WORLD! I've been listening to the Hewls of an Honest Hombre. He sason to howl. He has just dropped a cool $10,000 in one of the wickedest little oil deals that ever sprung a dry gush- er. And for why? For the sweetly simple reason that he told all he knew, and kept on telling it with childlike confidence that the rest of the gang would bow down and ad- mire his honesty. Did they? Not so you'd notice it!" They merely bowed down and took his $10,000 away from him. And now he's calling the world names and wanting to knife whoever it was that told him that “honesty was the best policy.” 1 had double reason to note his com- plaint, for he came on the heels of a Doleful Dame who had just about disrupted her whole family because she also insisted on tellng the whole truth and nothing but the truth. She didn’t lose $10,000, but she almost lost her husband, who was worth nearly that much. _She, too, believes that the whole trouble came because the Hu- man Race didn't appreciate an honest soul when it saw one. The Honest Hombre and the Doleful Dame are wrong, all wrong. There's nothing disastrous about either hon- esty or the human race, but you've got to be careful how. you mix ‘em. Honesty is the best policy, but that's no reason why you should show all your back teeth every time you say anything. I always did beiieve in tempering righteousness with discre- tion. Let old Common Sense ride hard on your heart throbs, folks. Why should you expect God to keep the voyotes away when you're amply equpped to do it yourself? Things You'll Like to Make. It is very often a problem to know ‘where to keep one's’nightdress during the day. Make a nightgown case and after airing your -gown each morn- ing place it in this case and lay it at the foot of your bed or on your couch. There it will serve as & handsome cushion. Cut an oblong of silk, cretonne or velvet twenty-cight inchis long and twenty inches wide. Pad%slightly with sheet ng line-with silk. Bind Sew a rosetts with ends at each side cénter with which to your nightgown case. If you are handy with o#llnt and brush, you can have a gofigeotis case of plain, heavy satin with some large roses or any fav- orite flower painted upon it. FLORA. (Oopyright, 1921.) Mock Angel Caxe. Bift four times: One cup of sugar, one cup of flour, three teaspoonfuls of baking powder and a pinch of salt. Add to the above mixture one cup of milk heated to the boiling point. Beat well, add flavoring, then put in the whites of three eggs beaten stiff. Fold, but do not stir the eggs in. Bake in an angel cake tin, one with | a hole in the center, until the cake | does not adhere Yo a broomstraw. Have the oven very hot until the cake has risen, then cool it by degrees un- til the cake is done. Leave it in the pan and turm it at once upside down to cool This makes a large cake. —_ = A dress of poiret twill and navy and white foulard is trimmed with white beading and hand-run stitching. A sailor of scarlet crepe francais has a flat top crown of shiny blaek straw, and is trimmed with clusters of cherries. The present long-pointed corsages and short shoulder capes show the influence of period oi Henry II and Francis L WHEN YOUR GRANDMA WAB A LITTLE GIRL WE FITTED HER NEW SHOES Children are imaginative and therefore sensitive Years of close application to fitting the little fellows’ boots and slippers have taught us that children’s likes and dislikes are as pronounced as their elders’. » We study the children’s tastes, as well as the parent’s economy, and would no more think of fitting a child with nondescript footwear than we would of recommending such shoes for an older friend. : - 1 Foot freedom for growing feet, sturdy, manly shoes for little men, piquant styles for’ particular misses—plus service-giving quality and economical price are the factors which make children’s shoes eligible to be included in our carefully selected lines—after that we fit the feet. .- That’s wh§ children like A grest variety of good plain styles and novelties properly priced. Sole agents for the “Cadet” Hose for children. They out- wear two pairs of the ordi- ‘ nary kind. THE RECOGg&ED CHEDR;N SHOE STORE‘SINCE 1875— 0s. BY ELSIE ROBINSON., I STRASBUR A Novel of Mystery, (Continued from Yesterday's Star.) It was with almost a look of relief that Mr. Benton listened to his tale of woe about his car. “Of course you must stop here for [the night” he cried. “Phyllis, my dear, will you tell them to get a room ready. With an inscrutable look at Hugh in which thankfulness and apprehen. sion seemed mingled, the girl left the room. There was an unnatural glitter in her father’s eyes—a flush on his cheeks hardly to be accounted for by the warmth of the evening, and it struck Drummond that, during the time he had been pretending to look at his car, Mr. Benton had been for- tifying himself. It was obvious, even to the soldier's unprofessional eye, that the man's nerves had gone to Dieces, and that unless something was done soon. his daughter's worst fore- bodings were likely to be fulfilled. He talked disjointedly and fast! his hands were not steady, and he seem- ed to be always walting for some- thing to happen. Hugh had not begn in the room ten minutes before his host produced the whisky, and during the time that he took to drink a mild nightcap. Mr. Benton succeeeding in lowering three extremely strong glasses of spirit. And what made it the more sad was that the man was obviously not a heavy drinker by preference. At 11 o'clock Hugh rose and said #ood night. “You'll ring if you want anything, won't you?" said his host. “We don't have very many visitors here, but I hope you'll find everything you re- quire.” Breakfast at nine.’” Drummond closed the door behind him, and stood for a moment in si- lence, looking round the hall. It was deserted, but he wanted to get the geography of the house firmly im- printed on his mind. Then a noise from the room he had just left made him frown sharply—his host was continuing_the process of fortifica- tion—and he stepped across toward the drawing room. Inside, as he hoped, he found the girl. She rose the instant he came In and stood by the mantelpiece with her hands locked. ‘What was it?" she half whispered —*“that awful noise at dinner?" He looked at her gravely for a while, and then he shook his head. “Shall we leave it as a night-bird for the present?” he said quietly. Then he leaned toward ber and took her hands in his own. “Go to bed, little girl,” he ordered, “this is my show. And, may I say, I think you're just wonderful. Thank God you saw my advertisement!” Gently he released her hands, and walking to the door, held it open for her. “If by any chance you should hear, things In the night—turn over and go to sleep again.” “But_what are you going to do?’ she cried. Hugh grinned. “I havent the remot- est idea,” he answered. “Doubtless the Lord will provide.” The instant the girl left the room Hugh switched off the lights, and stepped across to the curtains which covered the long windows. He pulled them aside, letting them come to- gether behind him; then, cautiously, he unbolted one side of the big cen- ter window. The night was dark, and to come here. Misses’ and Children’s Patent Leather = Ankle Strap and Theo Ties. Prices, Infan*-’: Sizes 2 to I, ,2.00. Sizes 4 to 8, $2.50 Sizes 87; to 11, $3.00 to $3.50. Sizes 117/; to 2, $3.50 to $4.50. ‘We carry a full line of Keds Barefoot Sandals and Play Ox- fords; priced right. Ffi‘RING YOUR TING LITTL! G STAR, WASHINGTON, D. Bull-Dog Drummond BY CYRIL McNEILE (*“Sapper™) Love and:Adventure. (Cepyright, 1951, by George E. Dersa Os.) ; the moon was not due to rise for two or three hours, but he was too old a soldier to mneglect any precautions. He wanted to see more of the Elms and its inhabitants; he did not want them to see more of him. Silently he dodged across the lawn toward the big trees at the end, and leaning up against one of them, he proceeded to make a more detailed survey of his objective. It was the ame type of house as the one he had ust left, and the grounds seemed about the same size. A wire fenge separated the two places, and in the darkness Hugh could just make out a small wicket-gate, closing & path which connected both houses. He tried it, and found to his satisfaction that it opened silently. Passing through, he took cover be- hind some bushes from which he could command a better view of Mr. Lak- ington’s abode. Save for one room on the ground floor the house was in dark- ness, and Hugh determined to have a look at that room. There was a chink in the curtains, through which the light was streaming out, which struck him as having possibilities.. Keeping under cover, he edged to- ward it, and, at length, he got into a position from which he could see in- side. And what he saw made him de- cide to chance it, and go even closer. Seated at the table was a mdn he did not recognize: while on either side of him sat Lakington and Peterson. Ly- ing on a sofa smoking a clgarette and reading a novel was a tall dark girl, who seemed completely uninterested in the proceedings of the other three. Hugh placed her at once as the doubt- ful daughter Irma, and resumed his watch on the group at the table. A paper was ‘in ‘front of the man, and Peterson, who was smoking a large cigar, was apparently suggesting that he should make use of the pen which Lakington was obligingly holding in readiness. In all respects a harmless tableau, save for one small thing—the expression on the man's face. Hugh had seen it before often—only then it had been called shell-shock. The man was dazed, semi-unconscious. Every |now and then he stared round the i room, as if bewildered; then he would shake his head and pass his hand ‘wearily over his forehead. For a quar- ter of an hour the scene continued; then Lakington produced an instru- ment from his pocket. Hugh saw the j man shrink back in terror, and reach for the pen. He saw the girl lie back on the sofa as if disappointed and pick up her novel again; and he saw Laking- ton's face set in a cold sneer. ' But what impressed him most in that mo- mentary flash of action was Peterson. There was something inhuman in his complete passivity. By not the frac- tion of a second did he alter the rate at which he was smoking—the siow, leisurely rate of the connoisseur; by not the twitch of an eyelid did his ex- pression change. Even as he watched the man signing his name, no trace of emotion showed on his face—whereas on Lakington's there shone a fiendish satisfaction. . The document was still lying on the table, when Hugh produced his revol- ver. He knew there was foul play about, and the madness of what he had suddenly made up his mind to do never struck him: being that manner of fool, he was made that way. But he breathed a pious prayer that he would shoot straight—and then he held his breath. The crack of the shot and the bursting of the only electric light bulb Start today and enjoy the real com_ flavor in%RSEY i(’:J’Zrn Flakes and you will then know wh wesay“Learnthe JERSEY - Difference.” Ask your grocer. ‘THE JERSEY CERRAL POOD CO., Carenl, Pa. Also mabers of Jersey Whois- Whaes Faecsbs Flowr ™ Growing Girls’ Oxforda., Tie and Plain Pumps, in Russia Calf, Gun Metal and Patent Leather. Sizes 2% to 7. See Our Complete Line of Children’s White Canvas and Buckskin High and Low Shoés All Sizes and Widths CHILDREN HERE, WHERE. E FEET IS A SCIENCE— (s s #:310~'312 SEVENTH STREET C, FRIDAY, APRIL 8, 19°1. 10 the room were almost simultaneous: | cally. “But what about you?" and the next second, with a roar of £Come on, boys,” he burst through the yindow. At an immense advantage over the others, who could see nothing for the moment, he blundered round the room. He timed the blow at Lak- ington o a nicety: he hit him straight an the point of the jaw and he felt the msan go down like a dog. Then he grabbed at the paper on the table, the dazed signer up bodily, he rushed through the window on to the lawn. ‘There was not an instant to be lost: only the impossibility of seeing when suddenly plunged into darkness., had enabled him to pull the thing off so far. And before that advantage dis- appeared he had to be back at the Larches with his burden, no light |weu:m for even a man of his strength to carry. But there seemed to be no pursui’, no hue and cry. As he reached the little gate he paused and looked back and he fancied he saw outside the win- jdow a gleam of white, such as a shirt front. He lingered for an instant, peering into the darkness and recover- ing his breath, when with a vicious phut something buried itself in the tree beside him. Drummond lingered no more; long years of experience left no doubt in his mind as to what that something was. “Compressed-air rifle—or electric,” he Ynuttered to himself, stumbling on, and half dragging, half carrying his dazed companion. g He was not very clear in his own mind what to do next, but the matter was settled for him unexpectedly. Barely had he got into the drawing room, when the door opened and the girl rushed in. she cried. Don't waste a tarted her up.” he cried. enthusiasti- which tore in his hand. and picking | l FEATURE PAGE.. She stamped her foot impatiently. “I'm all right—absolutely all right. Get him away—that's all that mat- ters.” - Drummond grinned. “The humor- ous thing is that I haven't an idea who the bird is—except that ile paused, with his eyes fixed on the man’s left thumb. The top joint was crushed into a red, shapeless pulp, and suddenly the meaning of the in- strument Lakington had produced from his pocket became clear. Also the reason of that dreadful cry at dinner. “By " whispered Drummond, half to himself, while his jaws set like a steel vise. “A thumbscrew. Thedevils . the bloody swine ‘Oh! quick. quick.” the girl urged, in an agony. ‘They may be here at any moment” She dragged him to the door, and together they forced the man’into the car. “Lakington won't” said Hugh, with a grin. "And if vou see him tomor- row—don't ask after his jaw. X Good night. Phyllis.” With a quick movement he raised ner hand to his lips: then he slipped in the clutch and the car disappeared down the drive. . . . He felt a sense of elation and of triumph at having won the first round, and as the car whirled back to Lo don through the cool night air h heart was sifging with the joy of action. And it was perhaps as well for his peace of mind that he did not witness the scene in the room at the Elms. LakKington still lay motionless on the floor; Peterson's cigar still glowed steadily in the darkness. It was hard to believe that he had ever moved from the table; only the bullet im- bedded in a tree proved that some- body, must have got busy. Of course, it might have been the girl, who was every day in Its appealing color and sweet sugar cane taste make it pottiguhrly inviting on the table. Try Domino Syrup in cooking—for making sauces—over baked apples and ice cream, in baked beans and puddings. The more ways you 29 just lighting &nother cigarctte from the stump of the old one. - At length Peterson spoke. “A youngo. n-of dasif and temperament” he.. said, genially. “It will be a pity to - lome him." ] not Kéep him and lose the Rirl2 yaw irma. “T think be might snuge me— - . “We have alway to cousiden”® answered s “Appareatly the girl appeals to him. > T'm afraid, Irma he'll have to go. . . . and ai emce. . . . The speaker was tapping his left knee softly with his hand;save for that slight movement he sat as if nothing. had happened. And yet ten minutes before a carefully planned coup had failed at the instant of suocess. Even his most fearless accomplices had been known to confess that Peterson’s inhuman calmness sent cold shivers down their backs. (Continued in Tomorrow's Star.) Baked Cheese Rings. Place one cup of water. half a cup of butter and half a teaspoonful of salt in a sawcepan. 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