Evening Star Newspaper, May 25, 1925, Page 20

WOMA N'S PAGE Fabric Napkin Rings Are Approved BY LYDIA LE BARON WALKER. Napkin rings, even though they be of gold or silver or ivory, chaste in pristine tone and ornamented with traceries of designs in precious metals, or of wood, howevery finely caurved or inlald, do not play any important part today, as formerly, in the setting of & table.” This does not mean, however, that all napkin rings ars relegated to the chests of old-fashioned things, waiting the time of their revival into vogue. In place of the stiff and beau- tifully curved napkin rings that once grated our dining tables, we now have the softer and less decoratively con- spicuous holders that are made from fabrics, and which lie as flat as_the folds of the napkins themselves. It is true that they do not attract the atten- tion that the upstanding ones did, but some of the modern ‘rings" are beau- iful, nevertheless. They can be ex- quisite examples of hand embroidery, which is now so decidedly featured in napery. There are many times when napkin rings are so great a saving in laundry work that it is absurd to hesitate to use them. Save Work and Washing. To do without some method of dis- tinguishing napkins when at a Sum- mer cottage where fabric napery is preferred to paper makes the task of the person laying the table an arduous ene. if it does not increase the washing decidedly. When there are guests who > remaining for several davs in a e where there are mo servants the matter of marking the napkin is simplified by these fabric rings of daintily embroidered material or cro- chet, always kept immaculate. How to Get Patterns. Two styles of embroidered rings are shown today, patterns for which can be had by sending a self-addressed and stamped envelope to Lydia Le Baron Walker with a request. One is done in regnlar embroidery, such as that s on handkerchiefs.” The little roses a worked with finest embroidery cotton, preferrably mercerized. Each petal forms one group of stitches. Leaves are embroidered from edge to edge. er and over, and not from center to edge. Tendrils are worked in outline stitch. This design is exquisite when done in pastel shades of colors that are perfect in harmony. Hardanger Embroidery. The second mapkin ring is in Har- danger embroidery. The foundation may be Hardanger canvas, congress canvas or a heavy scrim. Kloster stitch is employed, which is one that is characteristic of Hardanger embroid- € The needlework comes to us from Norway, aithough it was known in the days of fancy work. For the refit of those who are not familiar with this embroidery, the only stitch used kloster. Nothing could be easier to do, for the weave indicates e where the needle should go. The embroidery is similar to satin sitch. Directions for working the stitch and for adapting it to the but- fonholing in block effect at the shaped end will be sent. None of the cut work and weaving of Hardanger embroider: s seen in the napkin ring. However, sufficient interest is shown in this cinating type of embroidery, other designs will be given that will gradu- ily progress in variety of stitches and the application of the work to many es. N HARDANGER WORK AND DAINTY SMBROIDERY ARE SHOWN IN ATTRACTIVE DESIGNS FOR NAP- KIN RINGS THAT MAY BE USED APPROPRIATELY FOR TABLE APPOINTMENTS. = it may be well to suggest having two “rings” for each member of a family. While one is in the laundry the other may be in use. The two designs given today permit of change with variety. Filet crochet is a simple design, and made with a_medium size of white thread is excellent for other rings. In whatever style the napkin rings are developed, there should be some method of identifying them from one another. The flowers in the first de- sign may be worked in different color schemes on each, or the blanket stitch finish for the edges may be in varying shades. In the Hardanger rings an initial or a numeral may be worked as a central ornament or the thread for the embroidery may be diversified. In filet, initials or numbers may form part of the crochet in the ring or there - be slight deviations in designs. ps are sewed on the ends of the In connection with the napkin rings BEDTIME STORIES What Scrapper Did. e disnity is fine, and yet 5 to upeet Rabbit. —Peter The truth of this King Eagle knows. He knows it well. You see it has more than once happened to him. Yes, sir, the dignity of King Eagle, and he has a great deal of dignity, has been upset more than once. And | ever was it more upset than when | Scrapper the Kingbird drove him from the Old Orchard. It had been bad enough to miss Peter and that was due to the warn- z Scrapper had given him. There is always a loss of dignity in rushing | for a thing and missing it. This had been bad enough, but it had been worse, oh, very much worse, to be driven, actually driven, away by one | =0 small that he would have hardly made more than one good mouthful. King Eagle had known just how un- dignified he appearcd as he dodged this way and that way, and all the time hurried as fast as h great wings could take him to get away from that little pest who managed to keep just above him, and kept strik- ing him on his back and between the shoulders. It was the fact that Scrap- per was &o small that made it im- possible for King Eagle to fight back. When at last King Eagle got rid of Scrapper the Kingbird his dignity was wholly upset. But Scrapper had done re to King Eagle than upset his d ity. Yes, str, he had done more than that. He had made King Fagle Jose his temper. It is bad enough to see a small person lose his temper, 2 HAD MISSED "OR THOSE but it is very much worse to ee a big person lose his temper. King Eagle had lost his completely by the time he was high enough In the blue, blue sky to get rid of Scrapper. With every stroke of his great wings he grew angrier. To have his babies over on the Big Mountain cheated of the rabbit breakfast he had felt so sure of catching them was hard enough to bear, but to be made ridic- vlous in the eyes of all the little feathered folk in the Old Orchard was qguite unbearable. At least that is the way King Bagle felt about it. ves grew*bright with anger as Though my acts at times look wicked L am sure that I'q . seem good If my, undu‘lying f motives Wnn eom«phh]y understoed. [NYGRH “rings” to fasten them together. BY THORNTON W. BURGESS he continued on his way looking for a breakfast for those two hungry chil- dren back there in the big nest in a tall tree on the Big Mountain. They must be fed. For in the distance he could see their mother, high in the sky. She also was hunting, and he <new that as vet she had had no suc- cess. Those young eagles had had no breakfast, and until they had eaten he himself could eat nothing. Once as he swung in circles high over the Big River he saw a fish lying on a sandy beach. He had just start- ed to set his wings and glide down to get it when Reddy Fox came out from | the bushes, picked up that fish and darted back into the bushes. - Again King Eagle had missed a breakfast for those hungry eaglets, and he knew that it was his own fault. Twice he had swung around above that fish without seeing it because he had been so much occupied with his angry thoughts. Had he seen that fish the first time, as he should have, he :uuld have reached it before Reddy ox. So King Eagle kept on his way more angry than ever. And because he was So angry he wanted to make some one else suffer. lsn't it too bad that anger so often works that way? It really does, you know. Presentiy, far‘uhead of him above the Big River a fisherman appeared. King Eagle's eves gleamed. Then he saw another. They were Plunger the Osprey and Mrs. Plunger. Often they are called Fish Hawks. King Eagle mounted higher and higher in the blue, blue sky: he mounted higher and higher on those broad wings of his and at the same time flew toward Plunger and Mrs. Plunger. (Copyright, 1825, by T. W. Burgess.) N THE GARDEN What Tomorrow Means to You BY MARY BLAKE. Gemini, You will undoubtedly experience, on awakening tomorrow, a feeling of las. situde, and very little desire to put your shoulder to the wheel and work persistently or perseveringly. This feeling will be accentuated as the day progresses, until you will be dissatis- fied with your outlook in general. and become pessimistic. The planetary as pects indicate all this, and counsel that only duties that must receive at- tention_should be carrfed out. They also indicate that poise must be main- tained and self-control exercised, in order to avoide the saying or doing of those things that are often the nat- ural outcome of a discontented state of_mind. Robust health and a fair measure of material success are presaged for the child born tomorrow. Physically, it will be lusty and give very little, it any, evidence of sickness, either in infancy or thereafter. It does not promise to be endowed with any ex- ceptional degree of intelligence. On the other hand. it will not be stupid, as its mind will be both keen and alert. Common sense will be its chief asset. Practical application will al- ways prevail as against theoretical supposition. Notwithstanding . this, however, but as a result of it, this child, on attaining maturity, will be more successful in the handling of small affairs, than in the carrying out of big projects—in all of which imag- ination is a big factor. Your disposition, if tomorrow is your birthday, is free from worry, and is merry and light hearted. You take life as it comes, and neither look upon the present nor the future with any very serlous thought or vision. You may not have achieved material suc- cess, but this doe not worry you, contented as you are with conditions, and surrounded on all hands by good friends ad admirers. ~ You are not very energetic and more inclined to do as little as you can, rather than as much as you can. Play, recreation, and amusement en- ter ‘more into vour calculations than the satisfaction of any ambition to amass treasure or gain wealth. Your temperament is affectionate, although you are not of the type to suffer from a broken heart. You eas- 1ly make new nds and become quite enthusiastic about them. Al- though your emotions are generally under control, you are liable, at times, to become excited and swaved with passion. Well known persons born on this date: John Kingsbury, educator Henry K. Thatcher, rear admiral: Washington A. Roebling, civil engi- ncer; John A. Wyeth, surgeon; Edgar Fawcett, author and poet; Sara Jew- ett, actress. (Copsright, 1925.) A desk that leaves little to be de sired from the standpoint of either utility or beauty is this kidney desk of flame mahogany It is not so stately as a secretary, nor so imposing as a table desk. nor so ponderous as a Governor Winthrop, nor so feminine as a Sheraton tam- bour, nor so quaint as a spinet—but it has fine and graceful lines that do not lack dignity and it is of an exceeding- 1y accommodating nature. It can be used in either very formal or very informal rooms according to the taste in which its accessories are chosen; and because of its gently curv- ing contours can suitably be placed in any position in the room except flat against the wall. (Copyright. 1825.) Sardine Salad. Procure the large French boneless sardines. Remove them from the box and soak them for one hour in vinegar. Arrange them on lettuce leaves and dress with a sauce made by blending the strained juice of one lemon with a tablespoonful of olive oil and salt, white pepper and paprika. Then gar. nish with chopped olives and capers. WITH BURBANK As Reported by Elizabeth Urquhart and Edited by Luther Burbank. Planting the Small Garden. “Now that we have reconstructed our back yard fences and covered them with vines and climbing roses,” 1 said, “also camouflaged the unsight- ly ash cans and other paraphernalla, and turned our clothes lines into ob- jects of beauty, what about planting our little garden?"” Mr. Burbank answered: “Sfze again must decide this to a great extent, and a choice must be made between using all the space for flowers or putting most of it into lawn, with only a few flowers or a shrub or two. Either plan makes a picture to enjoy from the house win- dows.’ “Vines we can have in either case,” T said, “and please suggest what would be best.” “Vines are an important feature of the back garden, and while evervone wants quick results like Jack’s bean- stalk, it is better to plant at the same time with the annual vines, perma- nent climbers like roses, ivy geranfum, honeysuckle or clematis, to take their places another year.” “We might begin with the annual vines for those who cannot wait for slower growth,” T suggested. Mr. Burbank then wrote down the following list: Scarlet runners, hops, asturtiums, morning glories, moon flowers and gourds. And when I saw the last it reminded me of Mr. Bur- bank's hybrid gourds, and T stopped long enough to ask him about them. “Gourd: sald Burbank, “are first cousins of melons, squashes and cu-} cumbers and are really tropical plants and therefore have readily adapted themselves to the long, hot Summers in temperate regions. “My work has been largely with the curlous, brightly colored Australtan gourds, and has been fnteresting from the varfety and unexpected results ob- tained from crossing = them - with gourds from other places.” “Many of the gourds are very orna- mental,” I sald, “and useful, too, are they not . “¥es,” answered Mr. Burbank, “‘one hears of dippers made out of them and darning eggs, and even dish rags from the ‘Loofa gourd.’ They grow very rapidly and will our back yarad fences.” “Could we mnot have a vegetable patch in our back yard?” “Surely,” sald Mr. Burbank, “it will take only a little ingenuity and plan- ning, and a three-foot bed will hold a great deal.” “Such a bed running along the fence the full length of one side of the garden, could be planted with corn at the back, and in front, bor- dering the walk, wax-beans could be planted.” “At the back of the lot two vege- table beds could be made, planted with carrots, lettuce, radishes, spinach, Swiss chard, cucumbers and even a few potatoes. “Peas and«berries could be trained against one side and there would yet be room enough for a narrow border of pansies, stocks and other Summer- blooming annuals. The flowers and vegetables would soon be on friendly terms and both would be acceptable.” “We must not forget the little front yard, while planning the back yard, Mr. Burbank.” “No,” he said, “and every garden however small, ought to make a little picture of itself from outdoors and indoors, and if very small, should not be broken up into beds with too many kinds of flowers and too many colors. *“Some of the old favorites may have to be given up, but they can over- flow into the back yard.” (Copyright, 1925.) o Shrimp Dainties. This dish will require one-half a pint of shrimps, one-half a pint of white sauce, one-fourth ounce of butter, one- third ounce of flour, one-half a pint of milk and a cucumber. Prepare the shrimps, melt the butter, add the flour and seasonings. and stir for two or three minutes. Add the milk gradu- ally, stir until the sauce has boiled and is thick, then add the shrimps and allow to cool. Cut the pieces of cu- cumber about three inches long, peel, and bail for about 10 minutes until tender, scoop out the middle of the cucumber and fill in with the mixture. Serve cold. quickly cover How To Be Happy, Though oid |Dor0thyDix [Says the mor we fight age,) the sooner it conquers us. None Grow Old So Quickly as Those Who Work Themselves to Frazzle Trying to Keep Young. Age Deals Kindlier With Us if We Recognize It ONE of us wants to die. No matter how strong our religious faith, nor now lustily we sing “Heaven is my home,” none of us is in a hurry to go there. acclimated. Likewise, we all dread old age. We prefer to stay in a w orld in which we are acquainted and It fills us with horror to think of becoming bent and tottering old men and women, our vigor of mind and body mone, sans hair, sans teeth, san: So from time immemorial humani magle that will stay the devastating to the youth it prizes so dearly. The fabled islands and miraculous founta pin our faith to the surgeon's knife s everything. ity has been on the still hunt for some hand of time and enable it to hold on ancients sailed the world over seeking ins of perpetual vouth. We moderns and the druggist's bottles, to monkey glands, and face liftings, and paints, and powders, and hair dyes. Al in vain. ‘The black oxen of the years march over us, treading out our youth and beauty, our strength and high spirits, and nothing that we can do will stop them. So it seems a pity that we should waste so much thought, so much struggle, and effort, and energy, and money in essaying an impossible task. we try to fool are ourselves. For do what we may, we cannot keep young, and when amouflage age as juvenility the only people in the world that we We can dye our hair the gold, or the black, or the jet of girlhood, but we cannot put under it the fresh face of tucked until all of our wrinkles are tired, old eyes that have seen 50 or 60 we get the figures of flappers, but wi living skeletons. 16. We can have our skin gored and taken out, but there still remain the years. We can starve ourselves until e are not lithe and graceful. We are We can roll our stockings and borrow our granddaughter’s clothes, but it doesn’t make us look like debutantes. with senile dementia. . It makes us look like those afflicted TH]J truth is, the more we fight age the harder it fights back and the sooner it conquers us. None grow old so quickly as those who work themselves into premature age trying to keep young. Not long ago I was standing behind a jaunty little figure perched on the runningboard of a car. She wore the gayest and sportiest of sport suits. She had the thin figure of a girl of 15. under the brim of a rakish little hat. Her bobbed henna-colored hair curled Presently she turned around and disclosed & face that was like a mask, it was so plastered over with cosmetics. “Heavens! Did you ever see such an Now, this woman was not more than 50 years old. old hag?" exclaimed a man near me. She was {n the prime of life, at an age when many women are handsomer than they have ever been in their lives. No one wo at all, if she had been willing to appear pleasing plumpness that belonged to uld have thought of her as being old her own honest age; if she had had the her time of life; if her soft, gray hair had waved about her face, and if she had been appropriately dressed. it was her effort to appear kiddish that called If bobbing and dyeing their ha and wearing kneelength skirts made they would not only be justified in dot thereby they would make themselves easy on the eyes. Their affectation of youth only calls attention to what a long distance is true. they have got from youth. Old shees attention to what an old goat she was. , and dieting themselves to emaciation, elderly women look young and girlish ng so; it would be a virtue to do it, for But just the reverse p never seems so old, and tough, and stringy as when it is dressed as Spring lamb And the folly of trying to act you! that of trying to look 16 when you are 60. that they must keep their spirits yo thoughts, that they must never speak are getting older, that they have com: their birthdays, they can maintain a y . e ng after you are old is just as great as Women have been told &0 often ung. that they must never think old of age or admit to themselves that they e to believe that. simply by forgetting perpetual girlhood. ALL of us know women who begin every reminiscence by saying that they were very young at the time that it happened, and who give you to understand that their husbands were cradle snatchers, who married them when they were mere infants. We know old women who are always teasing themselves about men, and talking about their best beaus, and pretending to have flirtations with boys young enough to be their grandsons,and repeating compliments about their eyes or their fascinations that they allege men paid them, but that even an’ idiot would know that they made up themselv How ridiculous the poor souls m they appear than the women who do have ceased to look the part, and who nake themselves! How infinitely older not try to pose as vamps after they regard men just as they do women, as interesting and agreeable human beings. Perhaps, after all, we make too twilight hgs its charms no less than t 1ap of the journey of life has its comp to accept them. Anywa if we welcome it as a friend an enemy. it deals (Copyright, , the only way we can escape old age is by dying young. big a bugaboo of growing old. The he dawn or high moon, and so the last ensations and its joys if we are willing But kindlier with us than if we fight it as DOROTHY DIX. 19. The Daily Cross-Word Puzzle (Copyrig! Across. Foreboding. Quarrel. Rules of action. A cheer. Lyric poems. Depart. Drug. Surface soil A trigonometric function (abbr.). Man's nickname. Mediterranean vessel having one mast. Parent. Ocean. Slender piece of metal. Chart. Rested. A unit of liquid measure. Bind. Preposition. Bank employ Answers to Yesterday’s Puzzles. TR T ANNIUNE AE WRACMAN [STOMPS) £ iMI1 IR UTEISIEL SERALEE] ROl [E JE ATISIENIE IAR| ENTRIAP BTRIYIS[TIS) ht, 1925.) Greek letter. Melody. Document (abbr.). Inclinations of the head. Pronoun. Magistrate (Turkey or Arabia). Southern constellation. Implements for propelling boats. A twitching. Expressions of grief. Down. One who pursues a sport as a business. staff. Female sheep. Spanish definite article. To annoy. Number. Part of to be, Asteroid of sixth magnitude. Shornt sleep. Science of diseases and cures. Habitual drunkard. To put on. Peril. Paid a visit. College officer. Bar resting on supports. Money drawer. Principal. Preposition. Elevated land (abbr.). It is. Fabulous bird. Man’s name. Roman orator. Plural of os (meaning opénings). Fleor covering. . Epoch. Loud, continuous noise. Preposition. Thoroughtfare (abbr.). T RIS Roe on Toast. ‘This can be made from the soft ros. from fresh_ herrings or bioaters for breakfast. Half a roe is enough for each person. It needs to be heated through, then placed on a small slice of hot toast, set under the griil for three minutes, with a dash of cayenne |- and a half teaspoonful of anchovy or other fish sauce added for relish. The secret of serving this to perfection lies in the fact that the roe must be heated through before it is placed on the buttered toast, otherwise you get really hot toast and merely warm roe, and the roe must be piping hot to be appreciated. By a _new invention eye defects are {found by aid of photographs. Pop was getting dressed to g0 to a bankwet and he was trying to tie his bow tie and making fearse faces, say- ing, Yee gods, the man that invented these things has no more chance of going to heaven than the eve of a camel has of going through a needle, confound the thing, give me one crack at the fellow, thats all I ask. Hay pop, can you kick one foot up backwards and touch the back of your hed? I sed. Im no balley dancer and Im too old to take it up now, pop sed. Blast and condemn this tie, darn if 11l ask your mother to do it for me, eny man that has to ask his wife to tie his tie for him would starve to deth if he was ever cast on a desert island, he sed. And he kepp on trying to tie it and getting it more and more mussed up, and I sed, Well I can do it, pop. Wat, you can tie one of these ties? pop sed No sir, T can kick one foot up and touch the back of my hed, 1 sed. This is an ixtremely dangerous time to tell me a falsehood, young man, pop sed. 1 aint, pop, do you wunt to see me? now go ahed and do it, and bleeve me if you fail Im going to take it out of you insted of this tle, pop sed Well then watch, T sed. And I kicked one leg back and touched the back of my hed with my hand, say- ing, See, I didn't say 1 was going to touch it with my foot, did I? Cleer out of heer wile your In good helth, pop sed. Wich 1 did, moving past pop exter quick to avold axsidents. MOTHERS AND THEIR CHILDREN. Carrying Out Her Ideas. One mother says—Whenever my lit- le daughter comes from school with new ideas she has been taught in the arrangement of pictures or the orna mentation of the mantel, or other phases of home decorations, I let her experiment, as far as possible. 1 want her to feel that the home is her home to bring her ideas into, as well as to develop her artistic appreciation. (Copyright, 1925.) Bistory of Pour Name BY PHILIP FRANCIS NOWLAN. RIDDLE VARIATIONS — Riddler, Ridler. RACIAL ORIGIN—English. SOURCE—An occupatien. Here is another family name in which it is mot safe to trust the ob- vious when tracing its erigin. Naturally the mind associates the name with the word “riddle,” mean- ing a puzzle or problem, and inas much as this word is a good old one, coming straight down to us from Anglo-Saxon days, the assumption that there 'is a conmection seems reasonable. As a matter of fact, none of the family names listed above have any- thing to do with the word “riddle," though "it has everything to do with the word ‘“riddle” which means to make holes. This also is a good old Anglo-Saxon word. The word which means puzzle or problem is the evolution of the eld Anglo-S8axon verb “raedan.” which meant to counsel. Our modern verb “riddle” comes from the ancient verb “hridder,” with precisely the same meaning. ‘The *riddler” of the Middle Ages, the period in which English family names often developed from words denoting an occupation, was a maker of holes. Specifically he was a maker and merchant of sleves, collanders and the like. And since the house- wife of medieval times probably magde as much use of these utensils as the modern cook, the occupation was a thriving one, and one likely to be crystallized into a family name. (Copsright. 1925.) Rideles HOW IT STARTED BY JEAN NEWTON. Like “Sam Hill.” The phrase “like Sam Hill ran lHke Sam Hill.” “He ks like Sam Hill'—always with the connota- tion of hectic or execessive activity, is commonly used in everyday speech and many people have wondered about its origin and whether there was in tact such a person as *“Sam Hil There was a descendant—yes _here was. And we have tracked lum to his lair! Not only that, but a descend- ant has been found, living in West- chester County, New York, who has but to turn to the family album to supplement our biography of him! Col. Sam Hill (for that is what he was) was born in Guilford, Conn., February 21, 1678, and died in May, 1752. He wxs elected to the General Assembly and re-elected term after term. He was for a time justice of New Haven County Court. In 1717 he was town clerk and clerk of the proprietors of the common and undi- vided lamds. From 1720 to 1725 he was clerk to the probate court and la- ter judge of probate, ‘Which he.re- mained until his 'death. In fact, so often and so continuous- ly was Sam Hill elected to public office, we learn, that the modcrator at town meetings might have been said to have the habit of remarking: “We are again assembled to nominate Col. S8am Hill” And in and about the town of Guilford to this day, peo- ple say with reference to an usually Successful and surviving candidate for blic: office, “he runs like Sam Hill."” ‘hroughout the country the phrase galned popularity as an expression for unusual activity, which is the sense in which we use it today. (Copyright, 1825.) ol Colonial: Mint Punch. Squeeze the juice from five lemons, add one bunch of fresh mint leaves that have been washed and bruised, one and one-half cupfuls of sugar and one-half & cupful of water. Let stand for 30 minutes. Add some crushed fce and three bottles of ginger ale and serve as soon as possible. Garnish with cherries and thin slices of lemon or orange. as “He FEATURES. BY MARY MARSHQLL. J This year women wear their furs around their ankles instead of around their necks. Fashion so decrees and women follow the decree, even though sometimes they do not find it so be- coming. The little coat of silk or light- GRAY GEORGETTE ( WITH GRAY | weight cloth with wide band of fur around the hem has had very wide ap- peal in this country. It is the kind of wrap we have in mind when we talk about *“what every one is we The fact remains nothing gives so beco the neck of a wor peltry. The beaut AT BOUND BY P. L. RICKER, President Wild Flower Preservation Sociefy The times hepatic erronec liver-leaf, called or some. liver-wort THE HEPATICA. (which belongs to a is so called from hepatica being fro mosslike plant), <hape of its leaf, the Greek word BY R 61st, 62d and 63d Days. U. S. M. 8. AMERICAN LEGION, Pan American Line.—Ah! these lazy days! We loll alonz in a limpid sea be: side the Brazilian shore. Many boats pass. We are approaching Cape St. Roque; the most eastern point of the Southern Continent -where ships from Kurope and America converge on their way to Rio and Latin- America. Today I counted six large vessels in view at the same time as we passed Bahia. Bahia, a city of half a million, lies on the spot where the discoverer Cabral landed on May 3, 1500. The day is commemorated as a national holiday. There Cabral found a pecu- liar tree called “brazil-wood,” which, furnishing a bright red dye, was in great demand in Europe. Thus the land was called the Country of Bra- zil-wood, ' and later shortened to Brazil. It is spelled “Bra-sil” down here and pronounced “Braseel.” Why we should spell and pronounce it any differently is a mystery. South Americans laugh at our ig- norance—which really is appalling, so far as knowledge of our sister continent is concerned. Nearly half of the mail sent down here from the States is addressed incorrectly. We are toa prone to think of South America as one country, when as a matter of fact it is made up of a dozen different countries, the ma- Jority of which are no more closely allied than France and Germany. Thus a letter addressed “Rio de Jan- efro, Argentine,” which is not an un- common mistake by any means, ex cites the same degree of mirth here as a letter sent up home addressed “Philadelphia, Canada.” Pan-America literally means the entire Western Hemisphere and dif- fers from the term ‘“Latin-America,’ which means all of the territory South of the United States excepting Jamaica, Halti, the Guianas and Brazil. ’ 3 I am traveling ‘on:the Pan-Amer- jca Line. The American Legion is a real American boat—a mighty rare thing since ithe days when clipper ships carried the flag over the seven seas. It {8 owned by the United of fur were discovered some time very early ih human ‘evolution. No, al though the fashion of the moment calls for the welght of, the fur to be around the ankles, we know in our hearts that these coats would be more becoming if there were fur around the neck as well. Some women have bought fur scarfs 1o match the fur on the hem of the coat, but the difficulty in getting an exact match has prevented others from doing thid. So they solve their difficulty with the aid of & silk scarf or a pear] choker. While the fashion for the c fur hem has called for quant peltry, it is not a fashion that h popular with the furriers. Often the wide band is of rather cheap or inex- pensive fur. Women Il content themselves with far cheaper fur when they wear it around their ankles than when they wear it around the necl Only among the very highest cl: trade has there been any the separate fur neckpiece. Some of the stores—m have rold literally mile ing this Spring. A surprisin number of women soug Spring’s coat up-to-date by band of fur about the hem. (Copyright. 1925 demand for ,in fa ake 1 adding My Neighbor Says: If vou have non-washable whiee window shades that have become soiled paint them green on one side and leave white on the other side. Walnut or mahogan: ture does not look well an oak background. binatfon is offensive The bathtub should washed out every day with few drops of household ammonia in the water, then thoroughly dried. Never hang pictures below the line of vision It s always bet ter to look up to a pletu Common sense, of course, will guard against hanging them too high. Over 90 per cent ures in cooking ma incorrect measur op up flour in a cup, irst be sifted and into the cup. ape off back of a knife all above the top of Always use level mea Good soup may f 3 pounds of b pound of meat to every 3 quarts of water. urni gainst That com be of the fail be laid to the irements. for liver. It'was popularly believed bs many of the ancients the root ver tro; ky-blue be picked in most places n if the r d plenty i b Its | color and may flov e of a in moder ots are not dis: turbed the flowers are left to go to seed. e tensively ted b, | collectors and sold t | have little or | The redbud or Judas tree, next { the a the most in need « | protec of our small attrac tive flowered trees. The pink to pu | ple flowe! ir | the same time as t a pleasing contrast and add much t the ess the nston. A found in ularly supposed to roots are e and he: wholesalers, b inal value. colle root tion of colored abou attractiver of country Wash fmila | | roads around | appearing species | and Asia and is pe be the tree on which Judas hung him | self, hence the cc ne, Judss tree. A few small close to the base so as not to leave a stub | causes very little y. The found from Pe na and South to Flori | Mexico. Another species oc | some parts of the Western United States. nches Ramble Around South America IPLEY. States Government and is one of four ships built during the war as Army transports, but since rebuilt for pas- senger service to South America Before the war the passenger fa- cilities between the United States nd South America were so bad that South American business men cus tomarily started for the States via FEurope—and in most cases stopped in Europe to transact their business. Tourist travel was practically non- existent. One of the first steps of the Ship ping Board was to establish a fast passenger service between New York and South America, with the 13,000 ton ships Pan America, Western , Southern Cross and Amer Legion. These ships hold the cord for speed between the two continents. As a result much busi ness travel has been turned from Europe to the United States, and tourist travel has been increased con- siderably. ety o Prices realized on Swift & Company. sales of carcass beef in Washington. D. C.. for week ending Saturday, May 23, 19 shipments old ‘out. ranged from 12.00 cante 1o 18.00 cents per pound and averaged 16.40 cents per pound.—Advertisement gt Custard Corncake. Beat two eggs and one-fourth cupful of sugar together thoroughly. Sift one-third cupful of white flour, one teaspoonful of soda and one teaspoon- ful bf saft together and mix with one and two-thirds cupfuls of cornmeal. Mix with one cupful of sour milk and one cupful of sweet milk. Melt two tablespoonfuls of butter in a deep pan using plenty on the sides. Pour in the batter and add without stirring one cupful of cream and bake for about 30 minutes. When cooked there should be @ layer of custard on top of the cake or small bits of cmstard dis tributed through it More than haif of Germany's export= now are by rail. Both wages and industrial profits are rising in Sweden,