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The Dolores star., 1920-05-28
STILL CLING TO RAG DOLL
Simplest Of All risvtlIinus Remains
Enthrcned In the Heart Of Small
American Girl

The old rag doll sim retains It's su-
rreme seat IN the realm Of child fancy.
despite the invasion of airrlanes that
Az. hisnue dolls that walk. talk and
roll their ewes, wireless sets that wire
and automobiles that auto. according
to Homer Stephens. president Of the
American Toy Exhibitors. Inc. the
New York Evening Telegram states
although We have every form of
toy ina guRhle which can and does
please the heart Of the child. there is
nothing like the old rag doll" Mr.,
Stephens said "Thers were more reg
dolls manufactured and sold Inst year
than e7er before. and understand
the demand has Increased this year.
"All toy manufacturers have inven-
tors who turn out new articles every
year. This years innovation Is the
popular priced toy rhcnnEraph. which
plays any record and costs but s few
dollars. Toys this year have been
made especially to promote what
might he called juvenile engineering
THEY are huilt for the purpose ri
instilling the constructive spirit in the
child. and we have found market
for those things even among the
erovnups
But the American child stiIl de-
inands Its rag doll"
The Dolores star., 1920-05-28
REAL FEATHER" OF REVOLVER
Samuel Colt Acknowledged Originator
of Idea That Revolutionized Weap-
ons Of Warfare.

The first patent for revolving
firearm" issued by the United States
was to Samuel Colt, Connecticut
youth, and bore date of December 2S,
1885. Colt was native of Hartford.
He worked for time in factory and
then ran away to sea. 1t was during
his leisure hours on the long voyage
to India that he developed the idea
which resulted in the Invention of the
revolver. He made model Of wood
while he was fifteen-year-old sailor
boy.
On his return to America he accu-
mulated funds and went to England
and France to secure patents on his
idea before he patented them In his
native land. A company was organ
lied on this side of the Atlantic to man.
ufacture his weapons, and plant was
established at Paterson, N. ]. Colt re-
volvers were first used In warfare dur
ing the Indian conflict In Florida In
1887. The Mexican war led to q great
demand for these weapons and brought
them into general use.
The Dolores star., 1920-05-28
ADOBE AS BUILDING MATERIAL
experiments Have Shown, II 10
Claimed. Durability Of Thi. Old
and inexpensive Material.

Adobe, the oldest known building
for revival. according TO John w.
'hnrd Santa Barbara architect. He
INSERTS that If properly prepared this
native material can be used to very
considerably cut the cost of building.
Experiments says Mr.. Cherd,
have shown that adobe is the least
affected by changes of temperature
among oil the building materials. Tests
show that adobe bricks register no
more than six degrees difference be
tween February cold and extreme Sep
TENDER heat. As building material 1t
is far stronger than Is generally sup
posed. and develops Compressive
strength as high as 400 pounds TO the
square inch
THE proper plaster protection will
insure an adobe wall against deterioria-
ton. Hard cement plaster thorough
" anchored into the walls and treat.
ed with nm all mineral water rNooting
compound will give adobe walls great
durability.
adobe is wet soil mixed with
straw, cast into molds of required size
and left to dry In the sun. AS q build
ing material adobe Is everlasting
soundproof. nonconductive and fire.
proof, always of normal temperature
and Is cool In summer and warm in
winter"-Los Angeles Times.
The Dolores star., 1920-05-28
They Say
at carelessness and failure ar

That carelessness and failure are
fins.
What excess is an almost certain pre-
initiative of success.
THAT the handmade of every other
Pility is adaptability.
That the breaking of bad habit is
e making of good one.
That the best part of good memory
in knowing what to forget.
THAT if you have ''time to spare, y
Mt spend it with some one who
ISN'T.
That if we shall pay greater heed to
e seed there will be less trouble with
e weeds.
That the new style" of taking
e's dinner with him when one goes
biting was probably prompted by a
pit to some editor.
That many people envy the man in
bank taking in the money, but the
hn to be envied the most is the man
30 has the money to put in.
The Dolores star., 1920-05-28
A Definition.

!, vitality, vim. and
Bunch
That's pep!
courage to act on q
budden bunch
That's pep!
nerve to tackle the hardest
Thing,
feet that climb, and hands
that cling,
a heart that never forgets to
sing
That's pep!
q and grit in a concrete base
That's pep!
mildly smile on honest face
4 That pep!
spirit that helps when another's
down,
Z knows how toscatter the
& blacklist frown,
q loves its neighbor. and loves
q its town
u That's pep!
BAY Il will"-for you know you
can
4 That's pep!
look for the best in every man
h That's pep!
meet each laundering knock out
II blow,
come back with laugh.
II because you know
I'll get the best of the whole
darned show
That's pep!-S Selected.
The Dolores star., 1920-05-28
No Wonder He's Crazy.

This poor fellow Is In terrible
condition" said the visitor.
YES" replied the asylum attendant.
Hes the most violent patient we have
in this ward"
"What caused him to lose his
mind"
He tried to figure out come way
70 harness the energy that was going
to waste in tango pnrlors. Birming-
ham Age Herald.
The Dolores star., 1920-05-28
You Should Protect Your
Forests.
Forests.

y The forests protect the winter SHOWS
! en- the warm days of spring come
~ instead of that snow melting rap
n it goes off gradually and the result
N sustained water supply for use in
eating the land in the farming re-
b. During the summer when the
w rains come they are held by the
es and allowed to soak into the
und and are given off through
09ngs later on.
Z 9 is true that the snow goes off more
idly than it should and that the run
water after rain is rather heavy,
"a that is caused by the fact that
ny trees have been removed from
mountains, to some extent by
ihbering and to greater extent by
is.
But the trees that are left are doing
treat amount of good. Their pro-
&tive action is insuring permanent
ter supply for use in irrigating, for
y for water for the use of towns and
les. If the entire mountain area
IS covered by trees there would
yer be any muddy water in the
eams.
Think of the condition of things if
ere were no trees in the mountains.
e water from the rains and from the
lting SHOWS would rush into the
eams and cause floods in the country
ow. AS it went to the stream it
build wash away the soil and in time
" the bare rocks or the -produc-
K mineral soil would be left. There
uld then be no grasses and palatable
eds growing to furnish feed for the
kge numbers of cattle and sheep that
Nv use the mountains for summer
hge. There would be no living
rings in the hills to feed the streams
ID keep up their present constant
Nv and thus no water for irrigating
e farms.
For the best interests of this region
is therefore necessary to insure a
brpetual stand of timber in the noun
ms. The Forest Service is going to
fevent the total removal of all tree
fowth by numbering by its regulation
the cutting of trees for both pro-
(ction purposes and to produce seed
start new crop. But the fires are
4e biggest menance and statistics
low that rs per cent of the fires that
I've occurred in the past have been
FUSED by man. Everyone who goes
to the woods has duty to perform
ID that is to prevent fires.
<Fewer fires have occurred on the
ontezuma Forest than on most For
It's which shows that the people of
rs region are dong their part. 1t
puld certainly be splendid record if
pm now on there were no man caused
les in southwestern Colorado.
Protect the Forests from fire and you
eotect your range, your farms, your
hing streams. your camping grounds
ID promote the growth of your COM
unity. Make care with Fire"
)ur rule while in the woods.
The Dolores star., 1920-05-28
What courtesY ovsrIook,.

One way to make sure that you
maintain amiabe relations with your
Immediate neighbors Is not to permit
yourself to take advantage Of theIt
close proximity to sou. There are al-
ways little things that you can learn
about your neighDors that 1t is the
paw Uf courtesy to overlook.
The Dolores star., 1920-05-28

II is interesting to note the remark
le decrease in the number of key
les since the country went dry. Or
rhaps the eyesight of humanity is
aproving.
Evening star., 1920-02-11
UNITED STORES| IN
VAST Corporation
$750,000,O00 Concern to
Take Over Old and Start
New Mercantile Plants.

RICHMOND. Va. February lit
was announced today that the United
Stores Corporation. with general Of
fees in New York and Winston Salem
n. c.. will be the name of the great
mercantile concern which has been
formed with a capital of about $3.50.
100000. The corporation will control
manufacturing and jobbing establish
ments and 1900 or more retail stores
scattered throughout the country.
Norman H. johnson of Richmond.
secretary of the Southern Wholesale
Dry Goods Association, today dis
closed the plans of the new organiza-
ton. The work of buying scores OF
stores, textile and manufacturing
plants have been under way for some
weeks, he said.
The new corporation will eliminate e
all wholesale machinery in the hand
ling of it's business selling directly
from it's manufacturing plants to the
consumer through it's chain of retail
stores. The entire plan has not been
made public. Stores will be opened
in practically every section of the
where the United Cigar stores and
United Retail stores are now operat-
ing.
The United States Corporation, a
con solidation of the United Cigar
Stores and the United Retail Stores.
was TtCcHlIy III DtlaWaTt
according to Mr.. Johnson.
George j. Wheeling of the United
Cigar Stores, the United Retail Stores
Corporation of New York and James
|B. Duke of the American Tobacco
Company of New York are said to be
the hackers of the new corporation.
Discussing the new coalition Mr..
Johnson declared this is the largest
business transaction ever recorded in
the mercantile world.
Evening star., 1920-02-11

Mrs. Roy r Glen, Mr. and Mrs.
| Horace Westcott Mr.. and Mrs. Ran
dali HaCner.~ Mrs. Sevellon l.. Brown.
Mr.. and Mrs Reynolds Hit. Mr.. ana
Mrs. Franklin H. Ellis. Miss Natalie
Magruder, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hight.
Mrs G. NJ. Eckels. Mrs Delos A. Blod-
gett. Miss Blodgett, Miss Mona Bod
gett. Mrs. Charles G. Matthews, Com
mander and Mrs. Raymond Rodgers
Mr.. Gerald May, Senator James Pheian,
Mrs. Charles 5. Bromwel. Mrs. Sinclair
Bowen. Mr.. and Mrs David S. Barry. Mr.
and Mrs. Pierre Boal Mrs. F. L. Chaplin,
Mrs. Allan Kirk, Gen. and Mrs. Marlbor-
ough Churchill, Mrs. L. o. Cameron
Mr.. and Nine. Celesia, Mr.. Christie
Mrs. Wilson Clark. Mr.. and Mrs F.
A. Delano, Gen. and Mrs. Charles B.
Drake, Mr.. and Mrs. A. c. Downing,
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Dupont. William
Ewing, Lieut.. Commander Edgar. Col.
William Eric Fowler, Maj Pierre CAN
lard, Col. Fletcher. Gerry Green, Dr.
Howard Hume. Pay Director and Mrs.
John Speel, Mrs. Albert Halstead. John
j. Ide Commander Theodore Jewell
Mr. and Mrs. James Marion Johnston,
Col. kingsbury, Lieut.. Lawson. Mr.
McClelland, Mr.. and Mrs. A. {. Miller
MIR. and Nine. Brambilla. Mrs. George
X. McLanahan. Ballard Moore, DR.. and
Mrs. Nash. Mr.. and Mrs Newbold
Noyes Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Cleveland
Perkins. Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Strauss
Col. and Mrs. William Cary Sanger.
Mrs Matthew T. Scott, Mr.. and Mrs
James Brown Scott. Col. Emery Smith
Viscount and Niscountess de Slbour
, Mr. George Oakley Totten. Mrs. The
odore w. Noyes. Miss Prentice, Mr.. and
Mrs. Vandegrift. Mrs. Charles Bough-
ton Wood, William Phelps Emo, Miss
Morgan. Mr. and Mrs. Waddy B: Wood,
Mrs. Frank West, Mrs. ]. c. Simpson.
Mrs Blankenship. Mr.. and Mrs. Walter
Hutchins. Miss Clapp, Mr. and Mrs.
Clarence Wilson, Mrs. Reginald Huide-
koper, Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Ballou.
Mrs. George Myers. Representative
and Mrs. Henry Flood. Mrs. Olga
Bayne. Mrs Rudolph L. Minor. Mrs. w.
Merritt Miss Maths. Mr.. and Mrs
Victor Kaufman, Mrs. Mahlon Pitney.
Nine. Hauge. Senator and Mrs. Charles
| Henderson, Mr.. and Mrs. Guy Scott. Mrs
Mcmillan Gibson. Mrs. Martha Fltz-
patrick, Mrs. Wylie, Mr.. and Mrs. Ran
dolph Mason. Mr.. and Mrs. Alsop, Mr.
Robert Stead, jr.. Mr.. and Mrs. Waiter
| Denegre. DIR. and Mrs Cary Lang
/ horne. Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Lang
horne, Mr.. and Mrs. Littauer, Mr.. and
| Mrs. Howland Chase and Representative
| and Mrs Richard Olney.
Evening star., 1920-02-11

Optimism in business was the theme
of an address by Representative Fred
erick H. Zihlman of Maryland at a
banquet at the Raleigh Hotel last
night, closing the second annual con-
vention of the Maryland and District
of Columbia Clothiers Association.
Representative Zihlman declared that
the excited outgivings of speakers
and of newspapers and periodicals
as to the dangers Of bolshevism. revo-
luton and calamity were greatly ex-
aggerated, and said the stout spirit
of American business would be sue
cessful in combating these evils,
which, he admitted, do exist. but not
to the extent some publicists would
have the people believe.
AT yesterday afternoons session of
the convention officers were elected
for 1920 as follows: President, Isa-
dore Goldheim, Washington vice presi-
dent, S. NJ. Shaefer. Hagerstown: sec
retary-treasurer. Charles J. Columbus.
Washington: directors. Sidney West,
Washington; Herman j. Calm Balti-
more. retiring president: M. H. Good
man, Baltimore; Jonas Hamburger, Bal
more, and H. B. Dorsey, Frederick.
Baltimore was chosen as the place
for the 1921 convention. the date be-
ing fixed for the second Tuesday in
February.
Evening star., 1920-02-11
DEPICTS WORLD WAR PHASES.
Maj. W. C. Sweeney Entertains
the West Virginia Society.

Mai. Walter c. Sweeney, a former
West Virginian, who served several
years with the allied armies at the
front, traced the progress of the world
war from it's opening to the signing
of the armistice in an address be-
fore the West Virginia Society last
night at the Thomson School.
With the aid of maps he showed how
the German army repeatedly souBhl
to overwhelm the allied forces and
capture Paris, with all that such con-
quest involved. and called attention
to the heroic defense of the French
capital throughout the war.
He also gave a graphic description
of the service performed by Russia
in dividing the German forces and
more than once compelling temporary
abandonment of the German military
nrogram. He thrilled mis- audience
with a recital of the appearance on
the scene of the American doughooys
and won applause when ne gave IN
stances of their valor and courage
Mai. Sweeney declared that ne
would not pretend to say the amen
cans won the war, but portrayed the
aid which the United States rendered
at a time of dire need. and said the
combined forces made victory GER
tainty.
Capt. James NJ. Pipes. vice presi-
dent of the association, presided Col:
J. w. De Grange was chairman OF
the entertainment committee.
Evening star., 1920-02-11

K. Porter, 500: Mrs Rudolph Kauff-
mann, $50; Miss Alice W. Craighead,
$50; Joseph b. Eastman, $50: Miss
Elizabeth Condy, $35; Miss X. Shoupe,
500; f. A. Budke. $25; Charles F.
Brook. s25; Rudolph Kaufman. $25;
Sixth Presbyterian Church, S60.2l.
Additional Orphan AdOptiOns.
Additional orphan adoptions not pre-
viously reported: Christ Child Society,
S120; Miss Cora Jean Holmes. $50; Mrs.
Marjorie F. Jones. $50: Miss Roma Mus
grave, $50; T. NJ. McClung, $50; Miss
Emily S. NIilburn, 500 Miss Josiebelle
Metz, $50; Miss Bessie Swnton, $50; Miss
Hattie A. Smith, $50; Miss Mae Wells.
$50; J. l.. Wallace, $50; Miss jeanette NJ.
Bourgere, s60 Miss Mary A. Davis. $50;
William A. Disque, $50; II. w. Ellis, $50;
Miss Anne NJ English, $50; Miss Ozelle
B. Lewis, $50; r. c. Malcolm, $50; Miss
Vera Peightal, $50; Miss Georgia Red
day, $50; Cora A. Riggle, s120; Miss E.
H. lockwood, $50; Mrs. f. ID. Smith,
$50; Miss Kate NJ. Dabney, $3.50: J. r.
Esty, $50: Miss Mary c. Farmer. $3.50;
Miss Mary Hill, $50: Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Z. Light, $50; Mrs. Olive l.. Null
llkins $50; Miss Margaret Newberg, $50;
Il. G.. Casharron, $50; Miss Minnie Pear
son, S120; Miss z. w. Roberts, $50; Miss
Mary Eleanor Shafer, $50; Miss Minnie
l.. Spessard, $50: j. II. Sturtevant, $50;
Miss Bessie l.. Vanderford, s120; Miss
Ruth Wood. s60 Miss l. V. Banes, S120;
H. G. Smithy. s120: Miss Elizabeth A.
Ballock. $50; Miss Muriel f. Gray, $50;
Miss Frances w. Sawyer, $50, and Mrs.
:. HaZen Bond, $3.50.
Evening star., 1920-02-11
HIGH SCHOOL PUPILS
ENJOY A RARE TREAT

More than a thousand pupils OF Nc
kinley and Eastern high schools visit
ed the State Department library TINS
al ternoon and inspected some OF the
most precious and important docu-
/ ments in the possession of the nation,
including the original of the Consti-
tuition and the first draft OF the
Declaration of Independence.
During the two-hour period in which
the exhibit was open a squad of high
school cadet officers acted as guard
of honor to the Constitution. Between
now and February 19 all high school
children, representatives of all eight
grade classes. normal school Students
and public school teachers will nave
the opportunity to see the documents:
through the courtesy of Secretary OF
State Lansing.
In arranging with Ernest L.
Thurston, superintendent of pubic
schools. for the visit of the pupils
to the library, Secretary Lansing laid
emphasis on the stimulation to a
lively study of American history that
would be given to the children VINO
saw the historic papers. Mr.. Thurs
ton agreed heartily and expressed to
newspaper men his full appreciation
of the opportunity afforded Washing
| ton school children.
Pupils of Dunbar and Armstrong
High Schools, Miner Normal, the
eighth grades and the ninth grade
|
dren also will visit the library.
| Besides the Constitution and the
| draft of the Declaration, the docu-
ments on exhibition include the treaty
| between the colonies and England
! I7s3) by which we gained our inde-
! pendence, Lincoln's Emancipation
| proclamation, the Spanish American n
war treaty, the original minutes OF
| the Continental Congress and the
! treaty between Washington and the
| Northwest Indian tribes.
/ Motion pictures recently We're taken
/ of the documents, to be exhibited IN
| ttheaters all over the country Most OF
| the papers are kept sealed up, sate
| from the ravages of air, heat, light
! and vermin and are taken out at IN
| tervals of about twenty years
Evening star., 1920-02-11
OSBORN TESTIMONY
ATTACKED IN VAIN

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. February
11--When federal district court
opened today in resuming the New
berry election conspiracy trial. a
motion to strike from the records the
testimony given yesterday by ex-
Gov. Osborn SO far as IL relates 10
Mark T. Mckee was renewed by
Martin W. Littleton at the outset
He also asked that the testimony
with reference to Milton Oakman pc
stricken out because the record did
not show any reply by Oakman to
the remark Osborn said he made 10
that defendant. Both these motions
were denied.
The former governors testimony con-
sud large part Of yesterdays ses-
sions and attorneys for the defense de-
ferred cross-eXamination until they
could have time to communicate with
two defendants mentioned by the wit
ness and who are absent on account OF
illness. The Importance of Osborn 8
testimony was not minimized by defense
attorneys, who had previously indnated
that his examination would be most
thorough.
Evening star., 1920-02-11
G. w. U. TO AWARD FIVE
ADMIRALTYSCH0LARSHIPS
Two Prizes Also to Go to Law Stu
dents-All Were Donated
ANONYMOUSLY.

Five admiralty law scholarships and
two prizes, donated anonymously and
known as the John Barton Payne
scholarships, will be awarded to nve
students in George Washington Uni
versity Law School, ii was annoUE-
today by Dean Merton L. Fers0E
The scholarships consist of froo sS-
ition for one year in the course of
admiralty law. Applications should
be made in writing and addressed to
Dean Ferson. AS the financial con-
dition. as well as scholastic standing.
of the applicants will be considered.
applications should contain a state
ment concerning income, dependents.
and whether the student intends 70
practice admiralty law.
A cash prize of $50, donated anony-
mously and to be known as the John
Barton Payne prize, will be awarded
to the student having the second high
est grade in the admiralty law course.
The Baltimore Steamship Company
has donated another cash prize to be
known as the Rufus Hardy prize and
to be awarded each year to the stu
dent attaining the highest grade in
the admiralty law course
Evening star., 1920-02-11
SOLDIERS URGE PAY
FOR PARTIAL DISABILITY
Delegation From Walter Reed Hos
pital Advocate Broader Insurance
Scheme Before Congressman.

A delegation of wounded soldiers
from Walter Reed Hospital today ap-
peared before subcommittee OF the
House interstate commerce committee
to urge that war risk insurance be
paid in cases where partial permanent
d disabilities have occurred. Under the
existing law, insurance is only paid
in cases of total permanent disabil-
tiles or death.
Corp Butte headed the delegation
and made the principal address to tre
committee A dozen others spoke
They testified that at the time when
they took out their insurance they un.
derstood that insurance would be paid
in cases of partial permanent disability
The subcommittee has under con-
sideration the Wason bill, which pro-
yides with other things fourteen
regional agencies to handle the work
of war risk insurance. The soldiers
sk ed that an amendment be insert
ed in the bill to meet the views ex-
pressed by them today.