Evening Star Newspaper, July 14, 1925, Page 29

WOMAN’S PAGE. Opera Glasses for Field Purposes BY Field glasses are a great source of pleasure during vacation da They help us to enjoy beautiful views; they £id us in the study of birds and bring within range of comfortable vision ob- Jects that are mere coatours or silhou ettes without the glasses. Those who OR OPERA LASSES CAN GIVE A WIDER OF THE COUNTRYSIDE P IN THE STUDY OF accustomed to carrying such ses feel lost indeed without them. e who do not have genuine field es may not be deprived of their t entirely if they include opera r outfit The opera glasses will not bring to BEDTIME STORIES Two Clever Hunters. The task impoesible By two 1t 5 e done the Badger Peter Rabbit had been teasing Dig- ger the Badger to tell him how two Coyotes ed together in a Prairie Dog town, and Digger the Badger had teased Peter by putting him off. But at last he took pity on Peter. “You know, Peter,” said he, “two tier than one.” rd, d Pete! inued Digger. LYDIA LE BARON WALKER. closs view ubjects that are in the far distance as will strong fleld glasses, but they will do much to magnity ob- jects and apparently shorten the dis- tance between you and the thing you wish to study. Some opera glasses are so strong that they are almost as 20od as field glasses, So, if you have not the field glasses, do not forget your opera, glasses, even on camping trips. Bird Study. A vacation that is not merely the spending of days in some fashionable resort, but which is devoted to out-of- door life in shmpler style, has more zest when the person has a hobby, such as the study of birds, of botany, of minerals, ete. Then, the country is full of absorbing things and as grip: ping as any novel. The discovery of something in connection With the habitat of birds that was unknown to vou is thrilling. The early morning hour is best for this study—the time when the birds begin to come out of their nests and sing their early mat ing songs. It you lie below the tree. where you can get a full view of the nest, you are likely to be rewarded with some new revelation. If the time seems too early to get up in the morn- ing, the next best chance to pursue such study is at nesting time In the wilight. AW Plant Study. Time 1s not so essential an element when studying flowers, with the ex- ception of some such varieties as | four-o'clocks, etc., which blossom only at definite times. \Whenever you choose to stroll about there are hun- dreds of plants that tempt you to study them. And should vou mnot feel like hiking, this does not deprive you of opportunities to make your own dis- coveries along many lines. You have but to step out of doors to be sur- rounded with objects of botanical fn- terest, and a desultory study can be pursued as you lie on the grass lazing away the hours in a fashion that re- news vitality. Practical Advantages. Since distances are minimized by the use of glasses, we can descry places that are particularly beautiful, haunts \at lure us to closer inspection and roads that may be just the ones we would most enjoy to travel. In all of these ways opera glasses are a delight By making use of them in our outof: door life we get double satisfaction and feel that money spent in buying them not restricted to enjoyment of Win- r entertainments alone. Such asses may De, and indeed are, count- ed as luxuries, but they can be put to practical uses, since it is indeed true that anything that broadens a person’s vision adds to the grasp and understanding of things and of life. We cen appreciate that. putting our s to double service we gain de- cided advantages. BY THORNTON W. BURGESS “People full of curiosity usually are foolish,” replied Digger drily. | Peter grinned. He knew that Dig- ger meant that for him. “I guess that's so. Please go on, Mr. Bidger," id he “Well,” continued Mr. Badger, “the Covote who had walked into town would pretend to pay no attention to those Prairie Dogs. He would pre- tend that he wasn't interested in them in the least. He would just keep on_his way. Of course the Prairie Dog in the mound behind | which the other Covote was hiding would see the first Coyote and would see that he was beyond the danger point. Right away that Prairie Dog would come wholly out and sit up to bark his head off at the Coyote who had created all this disturbance.” “What happened then?" asked Peter excitedly. Sometimes one thing, some- times another,” replied Digger. “Sometimes that Prairie Dog never barked any more and those Coyotes had a Prairie Dog dinner. Sometimes that hidden Coyote would not be quite quick enough. When this happened those two Coyotes would go off and try it again somewhere else. Sooner or later there was sure to be one less Prairie Dog in town. One Coyote working alone couldn't have done it, but two working together that way were pretty sure to be successful.” and (HE OTHER WOU THE TOWN. heads are better than one, and eigh legs are better thar that is the way those Coyotes out there in Prairié Dog town used to think, and they pretty nearly proved it. Yes, sir, they did so. When they wanted a Prairie Dog dinner the; rted out tos r to get it. One Coyote would h ing flat in the grass outside the Prairie Dog town. The other would walk ingo the town Of course as soon as he started warn- | ing would be ive: and down into their homes would dive all the Prairie | Dogs near at hand | Then the Coyote hidden in the grass would run forward and lie down flat | behind the nearest mound in which | a Prairie Dog had disappeared. Now | you must kno that Prairie Dogs always feel safe the moment they | have reached their homes. Just a little way down from the entrance they have a little place dug to give| them room to turn around without| going clear to the .bottom. So when | they have dived head first into their homes they go no farther than these little places and ”thers they ' turn around and in a moment or two pop their heads out to ses what has be- come of the danger that frightened them.” “That is foolish,” said Peter. N ew SaeWay toWhiten Skin Almost Overnight | No more sallow skin, no more mud- diness, no more tan! Science has made a_new discovery which clears and whitens your skin with amazing | § Guickness. Almost over night your skin takes on that enchanting, clear beauty that every one envies and ad- mires. Make this 3-Minute-Before-Bed- time test. Smooth this cool fragrant creme on your skin tonight. Tomor- row morning notice how the muddy sallowness has given way to un- blemished, milky whiteness. Get a jar of Golden Peacock Bleach Treme (concentrated) now—today. TUse it for onlv five nights. Then it you are pot delighted and amazed with ‘the transformation your money will be. instantly refunded. At z0od dealers. O'Donnell’s Drug Store, Gilman's Drng Store, Golden- perx’s Dept: Store. Palals Royal Dept. "store. s"l:rxv'l Palace Dept. Store, Sigmund’'s Dept. . Golden Peacock Bleach Creme Peter thought it all over. Then he gave a little sigh of thankfulness. | “Well,” said he, “all I can say is that I am glad Old Man Coyote hasn't any one to hunt-with him here. What | vou've seen those Covotes do out there in Prairie Dog town I have seen Reddy and Mrs. x do when trying to catch one of Johnny Chuck's chil- dren. Are Prairie Dogs the only folks you hunted out there, Mr. Badger? Digger shook his head. *“Goodness no,” said he. “I guess I would have gone hungry a large part of the time 11) I had to depend wholly on Prairie 0gs.” Fruit Popovers. Popovers for dessert are made in the same way as those for breakfast, using one pint of flour, three eggs, two cupfuls of milk, and half a tea- spoonful of salt. Slightly beat the egg, add the mdik, axd stir gradually into the mixed flour and salt. Beat only just enough to make a smooth batter and strain into greased cups or deep muffin pans until each is nearly filled. Have the oven very moderate and allow_them about 50 minutes for baking. When the oven 18 too hot they rise rapidly and are sure to fall. | When taken from the oven, open one de of each carefully, put in a spoon- of jam or preserves, and serve h A creamy The sun steals thecolor from summer silk frocks; perspiration and con- stant launderingtakesthe pretty daintiness from silk lingerie. Glorient not only restores color to real silk but leaves lace snowy white. Every one of the 18 beautiful shades is guaranteed to leave lace spotless. No boiling. No staining hands. Try Glorient to-day. At Drug and Department Stores Q R THE NON-BOILING SILK DYE THE Mrs. Hews came to see ma this afternoon and they was tawking about different subjecks sutch as how hard it is to keep cooks without paying them more money, and all of a sudden Mr Hews started to cawff without stop- ping, and ma started to pat her on the back saying, Benny, run and get Mrs. Hews a glass of water, quickly now. Hot or cold? I sed. Eny kind, cold, for goodniss sakes hurry up, cant yo ol ey you see she's choking? And ma kepp on hittin her on the back, changing the pats into slaps, and I hurry up ran back to the kitchin for a glass of water and our cook Nora was back there looking in the oven and a grate smell was com- ing out, me saying, Wat is it, Nora, cookles? Ask me no questions and 11 tell you no lies, Nora sed. Being the kind of a disposition she has, and jest then somebody started to nock on the back sate and Nora went out to see who it was and I quick looked in the oven for curiosity sake, being cookies all rite and proving wat a perfeck sents of smell T have, and jest then Nora came back sayving, I saw you shut that oven door, you mizzerble var- mint, wat are you doing back heer anyhow? Im getting a glass of water for }}\l::'d Hews, she's choking out there, Well in the name of Sent P body could be ded and berri odel:lr;v: by the time you got there, Nora sed. And she quick gave me a glass of water and a push and wen I got out in the hall T could heer Mrs. Hews still cawffing and ma still slapping tzeraon the backh and calling, Benny ware are you,, hav y SO ent you got that Yes mam, heer I am, heer sed. And jest then I tripped :vl:r -I rug and fell down and all the =water shot out of the glass over: Mrs. Hewses feet, and she stopped cawfling saying, O my godniss now Ill catch a cold and Im sure my back is a mass of bruises, Im sure 1d of stopped cawfiing long ago if you hadent kepp on thumping me, now I haff to hurry rite home and change my shoes. Wich she did and Im still in the house for punishmint. SUMMERTIME BY D. C. PEATTIE. Jimson Weed. If you see a purplish-green weedy plant coming up in your garden, with triangular, jagged leaves, a rank, bit. ter, sulphurous smell, and beautiful lilac-purple tubular flowers, pull it up, for it is jimson weed. All parts of the flower are polsonous to eat (though not to touch), and the peculiarly at- tractive blossoms are especially at- tractive to children, who often put them in their mouths. The seeds are especially polsonsous, and contain the alkaloid drug stra. monium. It is a cerebral excitant, in ducing trances and maniacal states of mind. There are incredible tales of the things that people will do in India when stramonlum has been put in their food. For the jimson weed {8 naturalized from the Old World tropics. In spite of that fact, the name “jimson” is a Yankee corruptiongof Jamestown. The weed early becam¢ established around the old colony of. Jamestown,. Va., and for a long time it was though to have originated there. Dr. Blakesiee, a blologist, recently gave a statement to the press In which he was quoted as saying that many of the problems of biology could be settled through a study of chromo- somes, heredity and sex of the jimson weed. Some of his fellow scientists are unconvinced Jimson weed, or any common, de- spised, rustic weed contans in its mysterious life history a little uni- verse of practical information to which any scientist might profitably devote a IWfetime of study. As you pull the jimson weed from your gar- den today and fling it from you as vou would cast out a leper, it is in- teresting to think that somewhere sclentists are carefully growing it, observing it, throwing other plants out of its plots as weeds. When Embroidering. When working on white embroidery |in warm weather it is often difficult to avold sofling the material with the hands. At such times it is a good plan to dust the hands occasionally with fuller's earth. This will prevent marks appearing on the work and at the same time impart coomess to the skin. - \ 1 you want the best tea buy from Tea LARGEST SALE IN THE WORLD EVENING STAR, W 7. Method of bobbing. ASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, JULY 14 The Daily Cross-Word Puzzle (Copyright. Girl's name. Confused fight . Wonderment. . Musical work. . Girl's name. Kind of bottle. . Encompasses. . Female voice. Affirmative. . Ripped. Vase with a pedestal . Female deer. Sxpression of pleasure . Twist and squeeze | Dental degree. . Wholly. . Unrestrained. Relation. Son of Adam. . Truce. . Human trunk. . Of oxen (po . Exist. . Confidence. Spawn. . Raised edge More ancient. ssive). Answer to Yesterday's Puzzle. JCIONIS] E 1028.) - . Sicilan sentiment against law. Pointed instrument. . Animal. Norse god of mischief. Having long legs. Persian caste of sorcerers. Slowly (music) . Finish. 9. Follow . Part of the body . Entwine. . Girl's name © Guided. . Monkey-like animal Limits of varlations . Danger signal. . Night bird. . Hibernal means of locomotion . Insect. . Causing death. . Having ears. . Come forth. Factal appendage . Unsuccessful one. peck. . Preposition ative metal. Extremity. Fruit Ice Cream. With 80 many fruits now in the market a good base for ice cream will be timely. Scald one pint of milk, add one tablespoonful of flour blended with a little cold milk, and stir until slightly thickened, then cover and cook for three-fourths of an hour. Add one cupful and a half of sugar beaten thoroughly with three eggs, and stir until again slightly thickened, then strain and chill. Add one pint of heavy cream and one cupful or more of any kind of pulped fruit. When the fruit is very acid, such as currants or cherrles, increase the quantity of sugar by a cupful or more, according to the acidity of the fruit. Freeze at once. Originally, it is sald, a “yard” re- ferred to the circumference of the hody. Free your home from BUGS ! SPRAY DETHOL. IMPROVED Made by a wonderful new secret formula. pests. Al muss. deadly f It destroys 1 kinds. No Just spray it where they hide. The umes drive them out. Another spray or two. fore your They die be- eyes. Then sweep the dead bugs out. Spray IMPROVED DETHOL t oday. Simple —Safe—Sure. asking for 75¢; Q pint can & $1.25; Gallons, sprayer, $1.00. Dethol Mfg. [ If not satisfied with Improved Dethol, favor us by your money back Half-rints, $0c; Pis o0 Cab gion Parkags cunnioy Ine.. Richmond. Va. 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While such influences predominate it would be inexpedient to attempt to do anything of importance, and caution and judg- ment both counsel that as few de- cisions as possible should be made to- morrow and only routine matters re- ceive your attention. Children born tomorrow, be they boys or be they girls, will enjoy very similar _physical conditions, ~while being, even after making due allow- ance for sex difference, very dissimilar in character and disposition. So far as their health is concerned this will be quite up to normal, and any slight ailments from which they may suffer will be of little or no consequence. The girl will ture, and be rather disposed, at times, to sullenness. She will also take full advantage of the privileges that her sex affords her. The boy. hand, will be open, frank and above- board in everything. He will be ob- livious to trifles and always self- contained, and, with ambition, will have the necessary ability and energy to attain the goal of his desires. It tomorrow is your birthday you are gifted with remarkable intuitive and psychic power. As a natural con- sequence your judgment and fore- sight are at times uncanny. Your per- ception is exceptionally keen, and, to back it all, your imagination is very vivid. You are somewhat nervous and | disposed to worry and fret, as you gen erally foresee more trouble than hap- piness. On the whole, however, you are good-tempered, affectionate and kind. You have a very strong sense of humor and a keen wit, and are al- vays willing to participate in the fun and amusements of your friends and mates. In your home life you are the center of attraction, and the object of much admiration and affection. (Copyright. 1925.) We cannot all be artists . Yet each one in his plece Can give his daily livin Artistic charm and grace. possess a reserved na- | on the other | FEATURES H IN THE GARDEN The Story of the Prune. “After filling the order for 20,000 prune trees in eight months,” said Mr. Burbank, “my nursery business increased rapidly with the prune in dustry, which became more and more interesting to fruit growers.” “What prunes were grown at that time?" 1 asked. | “The French prune, which had been brought over from France by two brothers named Pellier, who had | come to California in 1849 for gold. Failing in obtaining this, they estab. lished a nursery, and in 1836 one of | them, returning to France for a | bride, brought back with him some | prune cuttings. These survived the | long journey, and on their arrival were graked on plum stock, to be- come the parents of nearly all the _‘pruna trees in California for théd next 50 year: | I was not satisfled with this prune, | which, although having some good qualities, has the defect of being a | cling-stone and has too large a stone in proportion to the pulp. Also it ripens too late and the trees are not strong, vigorous growers. “S0 I created a mental picture, a I blue print if you please, of what a | | perfect prune should be, and decided | that it must not only ripen earler, but must be large, sweet, with free. stone fruit- and skin of the right texture for profitable drying.” “What {s the process, Mr bank?" T asked. “The ripe prunes are dipped in a | | solution of potash or Ive, so that the skins may crack sufficiently for rapid | | evaporation and quick drying. This | | quality is absolutely essential, and the | | behavior of the prune in its potash | bath decides its commercial value. “Therefore, my specifications called | for size, sweetness, early ripening and a peculiar and unusual perfection of | skin. On the size, of course, depends | the market price; on the sugar con- tent depends the drying quality of the | fruit, and on the early ripening de- | | pends the opportunity of drying in the sun before the Autumn rains.” | | “I think you had vour work ‘cut | out,’ as they say,” I remarked “Yes,” answered Mr. Burbank, {“and it took the better part of 20 years to complete it. I crossed the French prune with the Hungarian prune, which is larger, but not so Iuweel. and from it obtained many va- Bur- rieties of seedlings, until by selection |and crossing the sugar prune was | produced. “This had no rival, until the ‘Stan- dard’ was produced, about 10 vears \later, which possesses not only all | the fine qualities of the sugar prune, | but is a free-stone. | _““The last prune to be produced was | the ‘Conquest,’ from a crossing be- |tween a diminutive, unproductive, | partialy stoneless wild plum and the The ‘Conquest’ is stoneless and has, French prune. | generally entirely Special July Sale on PINTS of | their history? | solve the |of flapper WITH BURBANK l As Reported by Elizabeth Urquhart and Edited by Luther Burbank. l besides, all the best qualities of the French prune in fruit and is a much better grower and producer.’ “These prunes have gone all ove: the world, and yet how few Kknow 1 said “Yes, they have brought enormous wealth’ to the grower, the shipper the transportation companies, the re tail dealer and pleasure and advan tage to the ultimate consumer. “How about the originator? asked “He has suffered a financial loss in their production and distribution, but has had the satisfaction in the thought of benefiting mankind and enriching the world with better and more abundant fruit (Copyrizht. 1925.) l Parking With Peggy l if you want to m get a COrps agine how the look and listen ncle Bob says cops. motorist would stop. @ Ll Castor Oil in a new CANDIED form..at last the“Old Reliable” in the Arctic Donald MacMillan, who has just sailed for the Arctic, again ordered Swift & Company products for the members of his expedition. Fighting for existence and discovery in the frozen North calls for well-nourished bodies, and only the best food is good enough. Returning from his previous voyage of fifteen months, he said: “No Arctic explorer ever went north with such fine food products as were put aboard the Bowdoin by Swift & Company. All the boys came back in perfect physical condition and all singing the praise of Swift’s products.” : The products supplied for the hardy band incladed: Swift’s Premium Hams—(Sealtite wrappers) Swift’s Premium Bacon—(Sealtite wrappers) Swift’s Brisket Corned Beef Swift’s Premium Beef Tongues Swift’s Barclay Pork Brookfield Butter “Silverleaf” Brand Pure Lard Swift’s Pride Washing Powder Sunbrite Cleanser Wool Soap Swift & Company U.S. A.