Evening Star Newspaper, November 2, 1926, Page 35

FEATURES. 150 YEARS AGO TODAY Story of the U. S. A. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, TUESDAY., NOVEMBER 2. 1926. I DOROTHY DIX’S LETTER BOX Should a Business Woman of 32 Change Her Present Uncongenial Work, Even at Great Sacrifice>—Retort to the Woman Who Thinks ‘WOMAN'S PAGE. D. O, Various Uses of Leather Motifs SONNYSAYINGS BY LYDIA LE BARON WALKER. LITTLE. BENNY EPAPE. BY FANNY Y. CORY h 5 BY JONATHAN A. RAWSOY I came home from. skool with Pud Simkins this afternoon and Mary Watkins was skatiri' up and down the street on her roller skités, giving us | a ideer to put ours on too and skate | Howe Predicts a Long War. LONDON, November 2, Willlam Howe, commander numerary seamen for manning hoats, having fully experienced the want of —Gen. |them in every movement we have made. We must also have recrui from Europe, not finding the Ame in Ame “ . eombination of foundation fat the material may he & ¥ ] % < . -a The Hunting Scene Has Three Motits, Each Cut From with her and show her how good we could skate, and We both put our skates on and was starting to skate and- we saw the kid in ting his on, and wat kind was they but pattent skates with 2 rubber tire wheels on each skate instead of 4 reg- be a trick skater with those skates. Gash, he'll proberly make us look like amatures, Bud sed. 3 Meening in frunt of Mary Watkins, and we quick went and sat down on my hottom step, Mary Watkins skat- ing pass and saying. Wats a matter, arent vou going to skate. | Today 1 am giving sketches of de-| each, but each may differ fi signs that were made on purpose for | other. They can be | had in correct sizes for use and with | diversit directions for cutting and appliquing | other readers of this paper. if yvou send in a stamped envelope with a rected tosme. Tl request di se are sent and the Walkers If the motifs for either a man or gearf. they should he cut Teather that is not heavy gewed to the fabric like a horder. clore to the edge. but several inc above the actual ends of a scarf. ut of kid self-addressed and | basket and handle free | wh With the compliments of this paper|cut straizht across he All are in silhouette. hade than the basket. can be of one color. If <o, draw a line across the hasker |\ rex and w the basket portion fla The, lcan be of contrasting re uxed as ornaments | leather. oman’s sport | and glued or not hunting scene with hunter and hound motifs is well adapted for trimming a girl's seene., hasket Fall _sport as shown and hat. _One i sufficient. butterfly design is used hunting | 1f the | make an entire banding at the ends of | a scarf, allowing couple of inches | only hetween the repeats of the motif. | One or used on the spe Bh g el and lag ins hore of the motifs may felt hat to go with it 1 set m arly d of the hat and s pets, Trim Serap Basket. basket may be made ardbhoard waste basket. such as can be bought for eents. with fubric and then motifs in the outside coveri hasket is for a man's or flanne] or felt lined w i enamel cloth In imitation of leanh makes a ics A serap covering for a girl as ds as satin for outside Cotton-back satin or of farmer’s satin is the sort to use, you have leftover pieces of goods in the remnant or piece bag and in Hunting Scene. and te a Glue the ha hunters <ket to indic hunting scene with the patches of ground placed as | indicated in the arrangement of motifs All motifs in the little scene depicted. can be of the xame color, thongh they can he different also. For instance. 1he hunter mounted on the hovse can all be of one-colored leather, the ground or grass of another and hound of a th These motifs can not he done In more than ene colo BEDTIME STORIES Danny's Tail Discovered. 100 Mather Natue Danny the grass Mouse was sitting of the tiny Moy srass. fiom short in lert Meadow in Mttle paths of Nanny He was quite hidden in that Nothing was to he seen of him the path hut his funny little tall, which was <ticking out vight the path. You know. Dunny had that tail out there on purpose eak the news Nanny Mead Mouse ttle. and he thou the hr to do it would be fa her to discover his tail first. Perhaps / 72\ heside one Meadow e. ! i, ! ‘/ W, \ AHEAD OF HIM, PATH., WAS A LI LYING IN THE LE WORM TDanny wasn't together. [ dont know anything about it. but perhaps he was think fng that if Nanny should discover that 1ail he might have # chance to find out just how she felt ahout him without having to face her. You see, he wasn't at all certain how welcome he would be after having heen away all Summer. Now Danny was very tired. for vou know he had done & lot of traveling 1t was very quiet and peaceful there. Danny hegan to doze. Two or three times his eves almost closed. only to he opened hurriedly. But at la they did close and Danny was taking a the little path lay Danny's funny tle short tail. 1t was a short too. ymetimes Danny had ashamed of that short tail times he had heen envious cousins with 1ong tails. Many he had admired the long. slim tail of Whitefoot the Wood Mouse and the even longer tail of Nimbleheelx the Jumping Mouse RBut now he was quite satisfied with that little short tal You see. he hoped that little tall was going to he a sort of an ambassador for him. Ambassador is a big word, isn't it? But lis mean- ing is quite simple. It means some one who smooths the way for vou. Danny hoped that his tall would smooth the wav for him with Nanny Now it f nap and out in 1t tail Some- of his Willie Willis BY ROBERT QUILLEN. *Tt wasn't my fault. If it hadn't been rainin’. I wouldn't of been kickin' m t ball in the house an’ bugted a window.' - St zood If the finest grade or hounds around paper 10 the | thinking of Nanny al- | heen | a time | happened that one of | 1l tha half-grown children of Ringneck be | or| comprise a hat and | ornamented. or a scarf | | “ - Two-piece are preferable to three-piece | A ’ by | - uing the It the hoy's room. THERE 18 DAIN BUTTERFLY KID TRIMMI FINESS IN THIS D BASKET FOR MOTIF. bright tones. in black or any prefer {red tone This scheme is given merely to show what can be done with the design. though it has been made expressly for a one-color silhouette. Kid Gloves for Motifs! let me whisper a secret tening ears. You can use o< or heavier skin gloves - the motifs. Then the trimmin; nothing. Any color. blac! | tan. mode. etc.. is suitable. If You can | find any kid with the hair it. be | sure to use it for the hounds. This |is considered extremely smart. Re- member these kid silhouette articles when vou want to make unique ticles for a bazaar or sale. as well for Christmas gifts. | And now into your I BY THORNTON . BURGESS | the that | way! | Great Pheasant_happened along World and very proud of it rom the The basket design allows for more | for the ribbon may be of an- | The . white, | t resting, L sed, aul Puds 1. We're jest sitting down for a | change. and she sed. Well my gray- | cious you havent hardly skated vet. Wich jest then the new kid got his es on and started to skate. and ikles wobheled around loose and to twist himself every wich keep from falling down, me ving. G, good nite. and Puds say- That guy needs 6 wheels sted | his s | he And me and him a 10 skate backwerd new kid, espe: as looking, and pritty kid went back in his looking sorry he ever came me and l'uds did diffrent \d felt grate. i Wg if vou have naturel ability hafl to worry. ick got up and circles illy wen the new house out, and THE DIARY OF A NEW FATHER BY ROBERT Monday Night. Joan woke up with a temperature | this morning and mother-n-law with a temper. But both passed off after a while, the temper when Joan's mother | found out about the temperature, and | the temperature shortly after the | temper ended. ) ) | I left for work thinking everything { was serene. and hought a string of | colored bead u | : across the baby's bed for him | ay wi h. Already he is getting so wints something to occupy his ttention. and something will be his | mother and father for about 24 hi la day 1 suess. When I got thought evervthing as Joan started, after dinner, to make hy's formula, I told her to sit down and read—I'd make it myself. So when the milk started to boil 1 called to Joan to watch the clock and tell me when two minutes was up, home this evening 1 was cheerful, and Young Ringneck was out in the | He had perfect faith in his ability to | pick up a living. His bright eyes which were very sharp eves. looked this way and that way | good exiing. Many a w and many a plump seed those bright eves discovered und his stout picked up. Despite this. he was still hungry. In fact. he an extra good appetite that day It was just by chance that Ringneck found that little * path through the g It was a gond | place to walk and so he followed it | Presently those sharp eves of his hrightened. Ahead of him. lying in the pateh, was a little worm. Never had he seen one just like it hefore, hut he was sure it was a worm. He hurried forward. Just before reach- ing It he stopped. He cocked his head on one side and studied that worm. I never saw one like that hefore.” safd he to himself. “but when hungry all worms iook alike to me.” Just then Danny Meadow Mouse ho was dreaming. twitched his funny little short tail. Young Ringneck saw it. He saw that tail move. That set tled any doubt there might have been in young Ringneck’s mind. He would | have that worm before it had a chance |10 get away. He took a step forward and swiftly picked up that tempting little worm. Now, no two people have vet agreed which was the most surprised—Danny Meadow Mouse or young Ringneck when the latter picked up what thought was a worm. He dropped it as quickly as he had picked it up. but he had pinched it good and hard. so hard that It had made Danny squeal. The instant he was dropped he took | to_his heels. Young Ringneck looked quite upset Then. as Nanny Meadow Mouse poked her head out of her doorway and in quired what the trouble wa; to look dignified. “It is a queer thing " said he, “how careless some people can be. If T had a tail T thought anything of 1 wouldn't leave it around where other folks would he likely to step on it.” ‘Copright, rm and insect had he 1926 HOW IT STARTED JEAN NEWTON. remained closed. | That Word “Desultory.” the word implies a nee and stick-to-itiveness. “Desultory™ implies more than |stant changing and going after new |things. Tt implies an aimless, sense- ’h‘s.- shifting, a jumping from one i”"“K to another at random And so it i= In Kkeeping with its rather | curions origin that we use the word | today, | The roet, “desult.” means litera ta jump down. In Latin a “desultor’ |is one’ who leaps fitfully and with no purpose from the back of one | horse to another. And | this propensity in the mental. as they described it in the physical, we desultory. in search of | hill | voung | I'm | . he tried | No ene wants to be called “desul- | lack | con- | to_describe | hecause the doctor said to hoil it that [ 1ong. Mother-in-law said. “You aren’t boll- inz that milk. are vou?" and 1 said, The. doctor told us—— n-law. snapped back. “Joan ided today we wouldn't boil the miik So I told her she was no doctor, and the milk was going to be boiled or | else I was, and she said she had raised {two boys of her own and knew how, |and I sid. “Yes. and look at the poor bums, perhaps that is what is the | matter with them.” Darn If Joan didn't jump on me then, and ask me how I got that way, criticizing her family. Well. she and mother-inlaw have our bed again and I'm back on the | dining room lounge. HOME NOTES When the fireplace fs an elaborate | one it must necessarfly be furnished very simply for good decorative effect. This fireplace i an exact copy of one found in an old New England hou | dating from about 1740. It is e | quisitely carved and sets the pace for the whole room's architectural treatment The only ornament of mantel here is a banister the over- mirror in a row of quaint little daguerreotypes | ~family heirlooms. The brass fender is the type seen in g0 many old New England homes and its delicate filigree wrok is a very big addition to the beauty of the fireplace group. The andirons are graceful ahd slim, with shining pointed spires of brase to catch the fire's bright gleam. (Copyright. 1926.) Quality Creates Demand | | \ | "SALADA” TEA Is Demanded By Housewives L2 S the- corner . house sittin on his frunt steps put-| ular wheets, me saving, G. he must | . during the noon hour, | unless we jwovide playthings, el | black and gold and along the shelf is| Chex fe msdlnrsdm Brst i B No Mere Husband ! DEAR MISS DIX: Tam a woman 32 find very congenial. prepare myself for this profession, and take a good deal of effort to do this. | the work that I find uncongenial and i nswer: T would urge you to ma it is true. some calling, whose interest for them anhd the mere doing of which is a daily distasteful to us. anything else, ounce of energy th the actors, the nurses, the surzeons: have chosen their occupation because interesting and worth while. sort of work young people prefer and life for which'they are fitted. their entire happiness and success. trying to fit a round peg into a square .. EAR MISS DIX: husbands makes me tired. A man worth having, is the way I feel about Answer: And the w. worth marrying is worth keeping. all your other valuables so that they w If you have a around “loose where any covetous, pick it up. If you have a fine car place and keep it well gre subject it to unnecessar: Certainly a hushand is a that she would in A you have to do that to every other h contact? ring for her other Why do you doll yourself up in peaches-and-cream compl look a Have vou a single friend that Do vou know even one woman that mean things to because you happened | her to speak to you again? Don't vou work like a dray hor: egotists who spend their time telling vou about how great and wonderful they { are and what infant phenomena their vou know very well that you will nev husband? If you have to handle othe him that way? If it pays to soft-soap the domestie situation? too much troub) women lose their to take c: husbands. (ConyAih BY WILLIAM Home Canners Can't Can Vitamin. ‘[ | From time to time I have mention- | {ed here that factory-canned tomatoes | {are nearly as good as fresh tomatoes, |or rather the julce is. as a substitute for orange juice in the fecding of in- .fnnlfi because tomatoes canned in the { factory retain much of their anti- scurvy vitamin, but tomatos at home are practically uscless for this purpose. | This brings many protests, or at [least leading questions, from house- |ke pers, such as this: 0 home-canned tomatoes for baby! Shall I apologize, or will you? | |Did you ever hear of home canning | |y the oneperiod cold pack process, | the method taught in our Michigan |boys’ and girls’ clubs. T am under the i impression these are even better for | | the younger member than those | ‘H\nught at the stor Mrs. H. K. W. T have not intimated that home- | canned tomatoes are not as good for | Ithe baby as they are for anvbody |else, but only that tomatoes canned {at home do not retain the antiscor- | butic vitamin as do tomatoes canned {in the factory. I do not know pre- {cisely what the process of canning { this Michigan correspondent mentions | may be. ‘Another woman gives a detalled de- | seription of a process of canning in { which the jars are filled with toma- | toes and water right to the brim, and |the screw tops are then put on and {turned down near but not quite, tight, and then the tomatoes in the jean are cooked for a time, and finally {the covers are screwed down tight. | This process, the correspondent { thought, amounts practically to a vac- {uum process, and she belleved it con- | serves the vitamins. No. If the screw caps were ap- plied tightly first. to seal the cans her- Imetically, and then the tomatoes cooked. that would amount practically to vacuum-process canning, but it {would probably burst the jar. In the factory the tomatoes are i placed in the tins with enough water | to fill the tin to the brim, and the tin {is then soldered so that it s hermet |fcally sealed, and finally the sealed tins are cooked. The tin permits some expansion without bursting. There s {a vacuum within the container. That imeans that no oxidation can occur, “Alluring—Every Hour in 24” To be always dainty—check of- | fensive perspiration body-odors, in a simple, convenient, thorough way. Try this! Wash or bathe with exquisite Chex Soap. Instantly— every trace of ‘body odor is gone. Alluring charm follows for 24 hours. 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B4 by sl rec ended a good salary, but I am not satisfied with my present work. | am very discontented, but have another occupation in view which I would It would, however, take from two to four years to At my age would you advise me to make this effort or to continue to do crifice. however great, to get into the work for which nature destined you, and in doing which you will find peace and happiness and success. i Long ago Stevenson said: “If a man loves the labor of any lrmk'..v apart | from any question of success or fame in it, the gods have called him. None are more blessed than those who are privileged to follow | ¢ and hourly J What we call work is only labor when we are doing something that is It is play if it is something that we enjoy doing more than No other laborers work such long hours or give to their work is in them as do the writer: how hard his job is or see one hegrudge the labor he puts into it. And the reason is that most of those who enter the profession do and in thelr work they find a stimulus and a zest that makes their lives | T do not think that we pay enough attention to trying to find out what Nothin, ¥ What you write telling women about how to hold their 1 feel about it. Blondie, is that a man who was You take precious good care to protect ! vill not he mislaid or stolen. take the same trouble to safeguard your husband? diamond brooch worth $1.000 you don't leave it stray you see that it is well hoased in a nice,clean | ased, so as to mimimize all friction, and you don't bumps and strains. i woman should-she resent having to take the same precautions in taking s for the work of making vourself attractive to yvour husband. don't xion when you well as possible and win a glance and go to the teas and parties to which So if it is worth while to make sacrifices to get along with casual | dvaws himself up acquaintances, why isn't it worth while to make them to get along with your '@ cold eye at the unfeeling woman Of course, there are a lot of other wives who feel just as re of a mere h PERSONAL HEALTH SERVICE' < canned | * | juice, Is Worth Holding. vears old, self-supporting and earning | In fact, 1| as I belong to a poor family it would rksome? K.\T‘E. | ke every effort. to make any present | And | never fails, whose thrills never cease e the artists, the musicians, | a bureau. i anyhow 1 guess he don't hut you rarely hear one complain of | bite. (Copyright. 1926.) SUB ROSA BY MIMI 1 cla it was the one thing they wanted to to getting them started in the line in is more important. for on it depends rtually every failure is the result of DOROTHY DIX. The Suffering Male. A man may be the healthiest speci- men in the world—may radiate vigor |and energy—but when he contracts | even the slightest sort of trouble he | suffers more horribly than the most fragile member of the feminine sex. He suffers—yes, he does, poor old thing—he -~ endures agonies, even | though his complaint may seem Jving | riv-al to the unsympathetic onlooker. “can | Naturally he wants sympathy, lots He wants the comforting word, hole. . . that you have to work to hold is not it. A BLONDIE Whyi not female ‘who comes along | of it. the tender, compassionate pat on the shoulder, the dulcet tones of anxiety. | tlarly does he crave sympathy lady' fair: he appeals to her maternal instinct, begs her to under- stand the extent of his agonles. And if she's a wise girl, she re- onds to this appeal. She does the act of noble compassion very con- _vincingly, althoush she may secretly be fearfully hored with the entire pro’ ceeding. The foolish maiden is she who uses too much common sense; too little tact. Common-sense Carrle will advise her he-man, scornfully: ‘“‘Goodness don’t get so excited over a little head- |ache. It won't do vou any harm. se talking to bores and listening to | Ivery one has headaches. It doesn't necessarily mean that you're going to die next week, just because you feel out of sorts tonight.” This remark is about as welcome as dent| bill. The outraged hero indignantly, casts most precious possession, why ve of him | treasures | uman being with whom you come in | your hest clothes and put on vour g0 abroad, except that vou want to of admiration from every passerby? do not have to handle with ta could criticize to her face and v to feel cross yourself and ever expect children are? Because if you don't, er be invited to join the bridge clubs ou wish to be asked H |a whom he has been foolish enough to love, and asks her please not to dis cuss subjects of which she knows | nothing. \ : His feelings are hurt—and half the Dleasure of his illness Is spoiled. What's the use of a man's falling | prey to some dread illness if he hasn't some anixous maiden to worry about him? A man r people with gloves, why not handle other people, why not use a little on m do: that it is That is why so many DOROTHY DIX and. 1. 1926.) afflicted with any sort of complaint is not a pleasant com panion. He's apt to he a monotonous | hore abhout whatever ails him. But | the girl who loves him must conceal | { her real feelings and he just as sweet TR and tender as possible—provided her and it is oxidation that destrovs the |man doesn't develop into a confirmed vitamin during heating or cooking. | invalid. o B R R T She must take his trouble seriously e home canner to use tins in-| _pmust never show by word or deed stead of glass jars. with a slid cover ipat she considers it the me or a screw cap that could he hermeti- | joux little affiiction in the w ally sealed before the heating or | In this way <he’ € 7 | cooking is done, and so have the ad- | \with him. | 1e'll realize that she's a | vantage of 'the vacuum process and - ; | : 2 person of some human feeling and retain the vitamin, which prevents tonderness. ! curvy and other troubles. | The same observations apply, of course, to any other vegetable or fruit. Besides fresh tomato juice or the juice of factory-canned (not home- BRADY, M. D. If she fails to register the proper solicitude, her hoy friend will never forgive her. He'll always resent what he considers her cold-bloodedness. | yecan | Men may be grown-up, dignified hu- | canned) tomatoes, there are NUMerous | man beings on most occasions—they | other vegetahle or fruit juices which h , B 2 | may impress us sometimes with their may be used for feeding the young | St oo Infant fnstead of onnE, the Yqunk | superior knowledge and greater depth is good for the purpose, but not al- | o |linece = Juice, apple julce, apricot juice, cherry | comforted over the slightest hurt. Julee, plum or prune juice. grape |’ Rememher that when Bill or Jack uice, melon juice, herry fiiice, the | o Fiarry I whining ever Whis soes Jufce: from ‘cabbage, | onions, StUINE|| {f Con notRi Oi Chth beans, green peas—in fact, the raw | .o 2% FOCLAE SR Sart i Eememy uice of any fruit or vegetable which | {ithizar. play it well, and. youll win ripens in the sun. g P i inals everlasting gratitude, (Copyright | of understanding—but when it comes | 2 . = 1926.) Halibut Chowder. To make good halibut take one pound of hacon cut inte | dice and fry until brown. Sift a pint of flour into the pacon grease and brown, stirring constantly to prevent burning. Cover with four quarts of boiling water. Add si large potatoes, four onlons and a suggestion of garlic. Chop the po- tatoes, onions and garlic very fine, Add one quart of tomatoes and sea- son with cayenne pepper, black pep- per and salt. To this add three pounds of halibut steak cut in fine shreds. Cook all for two hours. Add water to prevent being too thick. Mimi will he glad to answer ans inauiries directed to this vaper. provided a stamped. | chowder, | addiessed envelone 1 inclosed.) | Fish in Ramekins. | Blend one tablespoonful of flour | with one tablespoonful of butter and {one-half a teaspoonful of salt. Put [into a saucepan with a little milk jand add more milk gradually, stir- ring constantly until the desired con- sistency is reached. Add one cupful of finel flaked cooked fish. Turn into ramekins. Cover with bread crumbs or toast crumbs. Place a small lump of butter on top of each and brown in the oven, SNATCHING up a cup of coffee with one hand and struggling into your coat with the other, you gulp breakfast, finish dressing and make off helter-skelter for the train, trolley or bus. Do you call that the best way in the world to start a business day? Not on your life! Take time to eat your breakfast leisurely. Perhaps you won't get the earlier train. But a good breakfast with plenty of good coffee is worth more than all the hurry and worry in the world. Now then, tomorrow morning, start eating breakfast instead of gulping it. And enjoy Chase & Sanborn’s Seal Brand Coffee. (Chase&Sanborn's !must be supplied. He inot until the rebels see prep: SEAL BRAND COFFEE majesty's forces . reports to Lord George Germain in a com- { munication received today that he has ino hope for success over the Ameri can rebels this vear. There must be another campaign next vear, he say and for it more troops and warships says in part: “Upon the present appearifhice of things, I look upon the further prog- ress of this army for the campaign to he rather precariou an attack upon Rhode Island excepted, which T would willingly defer for a short time. c it should be thought advisable to employ ‘aur whole force togethe . . . . The enemy is too strongly posted to be attacked in front, in | | numerable difficulties are in my way | of turning him on either side. though his army is much dispirited. from the | ports. vet | such news is di of |land_has alread late success of his majesty’ arms. I have not the smallest prospect finishing the contest this campalgn. in the Spring that may preclude all thoughts of further resistance. “To this end, I would propose § or 10 line-of-battle ships, to be with us in February, with a number of super- rations | cans disposed to ve with arms, not- withstanding the hopes held out to me upon my arrivel at this port.” This report was written on Septem- ber after Gen. Howe quered \Long Island and New < Island. In a still earlier report Gen. Howe made his first prophecy that there would have to be another cam paign before the rebellion is quelle He then asked that a corps of Donop's Chasseurs be sent from Ger- many in the Spring. adding that thess troops “would be of infinite ica and would prevent much loss and tigue to tha main body. particularly in_ the present low state of our e <or and in- | tablishment.” Members of the ministry declined to he intgrviewed upon Gen. Howe's re It is denied. however, tha ging. for Eng -sent to America a med force than ever before left her shores. Particularly disappointing is Gen. Howe's admi« ion that the American friends of the King, the Tories, are not coming for- ward to join Howe's army. (Copyright. 1926, much larger a FOIBLES OF THE FAMOUS Victor Hugo. (A Great French Writer. Born 1802, Died 1895.) v, declaring to astonished spectators ized each meal might be h He loved good cooking and literature equally, and was a cook himself. He once went into a restaurant and amused his friends and the servants by asking to be permitted to enter the kitchen and cook the meal. The proprietor, who felt honored by the presence of such a visitor, promptly assented, although he probably believed the request to have been uttered jokingly and did not think Hugo would stoop to an act which was generally considered to be beneath the dignity of acknowl edged genius He was surprised a few later to see the old man coat, don the apron of h tempo. rarily deposed chef, and proceed prepare a meal fit for the Kking. good was the result of the good good moments nove his distinguished | reat | writer’s labors in the kitchen that the | proprietor, who tasted some of the meal, avowed he never afterward had such'a high estimate of his own chef. He loved children and would rol on the floor or play games in the | bhot fr vard with any infant who might be present. In his last years he seldom left his house.* When he did go out great crowds were assembled at par ziven in his honor, but he would ar rive late, greet each guest with a few genial words and disappear a few minutes afterward, not to be seen again during the evening. He could recite hundreds of culi- nary recipes, and If somebody dining with him in a restaurant tasted something and wondered what wa it, he would put a bit « it to his mouth, pensively roll it around on his tongue a few times and then gmive a complete anal If hix friend ap. peared Incredulous the chef was sum moned and Hugo's pronouncements were always found to be serupulously aceurate. Victors Hugo loved to shoes and walk barefoot. grass felt far lovelier to the feet than to the hands, he would sav, and once when visiting a titled friend. and he heard it raining he begzed pardor and removed his shoes and stockings, | opened one of the windows of the living room and protruded first one bare foot and lez and then the other, to the amazement of pedestrians nearby. He loved the letters “r’ and would pa sentences in and s long hours reneating which every worg be. UDDLED by .a e great open fire in the unfinished White House, Mrs. John Adams writes to her friend . . . “The vessel which has my clothes has not arrived. The ladies are impatient for a drawing-room. I have no looking glasses but dwarfs for this house; nor a twentieth part lamps enough . . . This is a wilderness city . My visitors come three and four miles to seeme . . . To return a visit is the work of a day . .. El in | remove his | Water and | | h + ite Laundry gan by one or other of those letters. A friend once asked him in his old age what he could do that would give him most pleasure. “Write me a letter every wee! he answered, “in which the letters ‘v and ‘r’ are en ployed with the greatest possih | frequency.” (@oprright. 19261 Milk Sherbet. easily made s0 inexpensive that it may be given a frequent place the every-da menu. Fresh or canned fruits mas be used. and should he put through .« sieve. To two cupfuls of the juice add two tablespoonfuls of lem juice and two cupfuls of sugar. M all thoroughly, well, then adid very gradually three cupfuls of ri milk. Partly freeze. fold in the stifl beaten whites of two eggs and fini< freezing. This is so very and on Cheese Dreams. TLay thick slice American chee hetween slices of bread to r wiches, and cut off the crusts daintils Put one tablespoonful of butter on ving pan. and when ft is just heginning to melt. lay in four sand wiches. Turn occasionally. 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