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ANNOUNCEMENTS
Norwieh lfuslr A..ocsatlon.

 The Colonial Male ssuarrer of Hart. ford will present the foiloFinE proErs-r before the Norwich Music Association s' their opening meeting of the 1sse-1t Bsas son in Slater Hall annex on Tuesday sv. ing;
 Maurice wsIien. First Tenor: charies Beach. baritone Raymond Grant seccre tenor Harry Coo olnstesd. bzss Etrs-f Kellogg. secoupsnist.
 PROGRAMME Part One The Viking Song Coleridge- It4 4f1l
 The Quartet Lunsi Dsl csro Bens Escs1 I Am a Rosmer Bold Mendelssshn
 From son and Stranger
 Mr. Beach Ny Love Parker The Drum Glbso- Loves oid Sweet Song Mor6s | The Quartet An. Moon Of My Delight L<tnsnn From Tn Persian Garden" Mr. wzilen The Sword of Fs-rsra Ballard
 The Quartet Carmen. Fart TWO wsisoa
 The Quartet The Great Awakening Kramer Danny peever panroEch
 Mr. olmstezd Robin Adair Buck On the Sea Buei Annie Laurie Buei
 The Quartet Solenns In Quest ora Terd Duet from La ForEz del Destino''
 Sir. wsiien and sfr. Beach What From Vengeance Donizett From 'Lucia di Lsmmermoor" -
 The Quartet
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Among men mode, wife Is one who doesn't think she Is better than her hus- band.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-10-02
noily Tss sfifkmald.

LETTERS WRITTEN BY WIDE
 AMAKEs
Evening star., 1922-02-19

members of the Rogers family of
Maryland. Several members Of this
old family live at Hyattsville. and
the life story of this venerable house.
The house and its site are called
Parthenon Heights, and in that way
this hill Of which I am telling you
Is sometimes called Parthenon
heights. or Parthenon hill. no doubt
in memory Of the beautiful and es-
timable Athene Parthenos. a cele-
brated virgin. to whose honor the
Athenians built temple on the
Acropolis. or upper city," in the time
of Pericles. It may be that these
facts are not known to all the in
habitants Of Bladensburg, but every
one Of them knows that the old frame
house, painted white, with wide
porches and pillars, is Parthenon
Heights. Perhaps this hill has also
been called Acropolis hill. but Of that
the distinguished annalist who jots
this down lacks Information. It has
also been called Sand hill and Sands
hill.
At any rate. after turning east on
the Washington and Baltimore
boulevard at Bladensburg it is the
first hill you come to-: The longer
axis of the hill is from southwest to
northeast. 1t Is highest at the south
ern end and then slopes north down
to the valley of a little stream whose
waters turned the wheel OF Calvert's
Evening star., 1922-02-19
Curious Sort of Cotton.

GONE time ago 1t was reported thai
- a new source OF cotton had been
Uncovered by a planter in Jalisco'
Mexico. 1t appears that this man
had made some interesting expert
ments on a tree found in the forests
of his estate. This tree. it is de-
clared, furnished cotton equal to that
of the Texas cotton plant, but with
a longer fiber. The growth OF the
tree is said to be very rapid.
The advantages Of the cotton tree
over the cotton plant are evident, II
what is claimed for the tree is based
upon sound observation. The tree Is
not subject to any Of the diseases
that so often ruin the crops; its yield
ia larger for an equal area, and the
price is higher. 1t needs only humid
ity of atmosphere and can conse-
ouently be cultivated without trri-
cation. In the hot houses OF Vera
Cruz certain cotton trees are KNOWN
among others the pangalota and the
pochotte, but their fiber is short 1t
IA reported that the Mexican authori-
ties have caused some 100000 seeds
of the Jalisco cotton tree to be dis
tributed among the planters OF the
country. This discovery would seem
to need verification. II true. it may
revolutionize the textile industry.
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It is a French name. Perhaps fair
rendering of it in English would be
"God-gave" or "God-given." although
there may be more than one opinion
as to that, but if it were spelled
Dieu-a-donne, with the accent aigue
above the last "e." there could be no
question about rendering it God has
given"
But we will let that pass. The
name is pronounced Dieudonnay and
is we'll known in the Bladensburg
| region, and when L tell this story
many persons in Washington will
recall, If they have forgot. the name,
Jules Antoine Dieudonne. He was a
| musician and painter. He played aad
painted with distinction. Some works
! from his brush earned rewards in
exhibitions in Paris, Brussels and
other European cities and some OF
his paintings were shown in the
| Corcoran Gallery Of Art One of the
celebrated examples of his art was
| Snow Scene in Bladensburg." This
I is not now in the gallery. but is in
1 possession of a son who lives a;
Cottage City, which is a village in
the ood-Bladensburg district
AS a musician many of you knew
| him as a member of the Marine Band
! and of various orchestras. He was
an excellent player on the bassoor
and he played also the piccolo. clario'
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York. But they're not living in an old
ladies' home like this
"It is a pokey hotel, isn't it?' she
admits. 'sBut didn't dare go to any
other place. That's why I had to ad-
vertise for some one to help me. And
I'm SO glad l found you, for I'm sure
YOU can tell me just what to do and
where to go. OF course, I shall expect
to nay you well for 1t. You will help
me, won't you?"
."rhat depends" says I. ION just how
w,,d a time you're planning to have.
WHAT'S your idea, anyway"
"oh. don't mean to be real wicked,
.hs assured me, 'but I've been SO good
for 40 long, and I've lived such q dull
life. want to know people-bright'
lively people-and to do the things they
do. III want to make up for these six
teen wears Of Abbie and Esther. Please
belp me to do it. Miss Dodge"
'Tts an odd line for me" says !. 'but
think I'll take you up. III get you
started. anyway"
"Cau't we begin tonight?" she asks
eager.
Hardy" says. L I've got to plot
out a campaign. No. you go to bed
early and get in a good nights sleep.
for you're going to need 1t. Sixteen
years Of bezique and popcorn balls! Say.
there's something coming to you. and
ru see that It's delivered or else I'm
not TriIby May Dodge"
Copyright. 1872. b. seHeil Ford)
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N Bladensburg. a few hundred
yards east Of that part of the
village where inns, stores and
gasoline stations are, is a hill
The main east-and-west way of the
village. which is Sand street. partly
crosses and partly cuts through this
hill. makes slight descent on the
eastern side Of it and climbs to the
crest of the wide ridge or broken
plateau which extends from the
eastern branch to the valley, about
two miles away, through which
Beaverdam branch and the Pennsyl-
vania railroad run. The hill which
am trying to make you see is the
western outpost Of a hilly country
through which the Eastern branch
has secured a deep, wide and fiat
seems to have or to have had several
names-but there is confusion about
this.
The Rambler has heard it called
Lowndes hill, because Christopher
Lowpdes. Bladensburg mer chant.
built house on this hill in 1746. but
on the heights to the eastward big
homes were built by other members
Of the Lowndes family and those
heights have also been called
Lowndes hill. The Lowndes house Of
1746 was. named Bostwick by the
builder, and the Rambler has heard
the hill called Bostwick's hill and
sometimes Bostock hill.
A few rods north Of the 1746 house
Is another old house. The Rambler
has not learned it's story, though a
number of years ago tenant of the
house told him that "it was built
more than a hundred years ago by
sea captain" and that the interior
of the house was fashioned to look
like the cabin of ship. The in
formant would probably have said
that the house was built Of brick
brought from England as ballast but
for the disagreeable fact that 1t is a
frame house, and also because the
Rambler was in q hurry to get back
to town. for 1t was q winter day of
sleet and cold wind. But perhaps
lne OTICh IN lH6 IOunQdIlOu anu
>himneys "were brought from Eng
land as ballast" 1t seems to have
been a very difficult undertaking to
set up a house anywhere in the
Washington region without the aid
of brick brought from England as
ballast, though, as a matter of fact.
the brick of brick mansions and
those brick used in the foundation
and chimneys of wood houses were
usually nodded and burnt close to
the site Of the house. and no English
brick were imported as ballast or
otherwise.
The house that was built OF brick
from England brought over as ballast
is a most persistent myth. 1t is a
myth that keeps on mything and
beats all efforts to demythitize it.
And even II true It would not be in
teresting, because so many houses
in Maryland and Virginia were built
of brick brought from England as
ballast"
THE house. which stands a few
l. rods north Of the Lowndes house
| Of 1746, Is q beautiful and majestic
old home with hne grounds and a
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Trilby Meets Madame X-By sewell Ford

beyond pinking up in the ears. even
If have been on the stage"
You wouldn't get lost goin' around
town, though" adds Inez.
+ X
UNO." says I. "but knowing your
way about is something else
again. Anyway. 1t reads rather inter-
esting. And that Madame x part.
That's mysterious and exciting. Lis
tens like some henna-haired grass
widow with a past who had come on
from Sioux City for a lively season.
Maybe she's worse than that-a lady
forger, or q female spy"
Inez opened her big gray eyes wide at
that. You wouldn't get mixed up
with such a woman. would you?" she
asks.
IT hope not" says I. "but I'm 60
ing to take chance on answering
this ad"
why. Trilby May!" says Inez,
shocked
"If I DON'T" says I, "how am ever
going to know just who she is and
what's her game? Don't you sup
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mill, or "Avalons mills" a picture OF
which the Rambler showed you two
or three Sundays ago.
Bostwick House is at the south end.
north of that is the house called
Parthenon Heights and north Of that
is the road running east and west
through Bladensburg. Across this
road-that is. north Of 1.-THE land
is considerably lower but is still
much above the "tidar' part OF
Bladensburg. There is a wide plot
of ground, which is lawn in summer.
bordered by tall and old black locust
trees, and on these trees are several
bird boxes, testifying to the good
thoughts and kindness Of the people
living on the property. Within the
border of locust trees is a big frame
house, with brick chimneys at the
north and south ends. q shingle roof,
porch, and nine windows in the
front and many others at the sides
and back. ech Of which windows
holds fifteen. old-fshioned pnes of
glass in it's sash. And in this house
we find our story for today.
X X +
|JKTHEN the Rambler came to this
w house he heard the voices and
the romping. running footsteps Of a
troop Of children. Within tho wide
hall through the middle Of the house
and in the big high-ceiled rooms are
many paintings, some Of which have
earned a reputation in exhibitions,
branched candlesticks. old chairs,
settles and tables Of nearly black
mahogony and rather a large and
curious collection Of antiques that
are honest-to-goodness family heir
looms.
The family living in and owning
this property is named -Dieudonne.
The final "e" should be marked with
an acute accent, but with our type
setting machines that accent cannot
be shown. The accented "e' woIld
change the last syllable Of the name
into the past participas Of the verb
!. "donner." I need not tell you thai
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net, flute and other wind instruments.
In the Corcoran Gallery of Art is a
fine picture called 1.-THE Flute-Playcr."
It is a portrait of Jules Dieudonne.
He posed for that picture, but the
name Of the painter has slipped from
the Rambler's memory at this nc
ment and he lacks the time to lock
the matter up in the catalogue Of the
gallery. The widow, two daughters.
son and several grandchildren OF
Jules Dieudonne live in the old frame
house. These are shown in the pic
ture. Mrs. Dieudonne stands near
the middle Of the group. And now
we are getting into the story.
THE full name Of Mrs Dieudonne
L is Julianna Jennings Brice Stephen
Dieudonne She is a daughter OF
Nicholas Carroll Stephen, who was q
resident Of Bladensburg and one Of the
prominent lawyers and wealthy men OF
Prince George county, and the Ram
bier feels that he is justified in writing
that he was one Of the prominent
lawyers Of Maryland. His father was
Judge John Stephen. whose fame as a
lawyer and judge extended far outside
the boundaries of Maryland. Judge
John Stephen was son Of the Rev
John Stephen. who was born in Edin.
borogh, and came to St Marys county
where he was an Episcopal minister fol-
many years He married Miss Lizzie
Attaway Reeder. q daughter Of Thomas
and Susannah Reeder Of St Marya
Judge John Stephen became CHIEF
Judge Of the first judicial district oi
Maryland In 1922 and was one Of the
justices of the Maryland court Of ap-
peals. He died at Annapolis June Is
1874, at the age Of sixty-four. which
would make his birth year 1880. He
married Julianna Jennings Brice Of An.
napolis, q woman whose comeliness and
goodness were much talked Of cen.
tury ago.
Judge John Stephen was q man Ct hns
mind and sound schooling. and he In.
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Glass and Bacteria.

THE extreme delicacy OF many
scientific processes is indicated
by the report of a French investi-
gator that bacteria are affected Ia
vorably or otherwise by the charac-
ter of the glass containing the water
in which they are suspended. Mark
ed differences in the behavior Of
cholera germs were noted, according
to the kind Of glass composing the
vessels used. The degree of alkalin-
ity impaired by the glass to the water
IL believed to be an important factor
in these experiments.
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noble outlook over the country south
west and north. 1t must have been
the home of that fortunate and
PROSPEROUS class which we old-timers
called quality" "folks Of quality OF
quality folks" It has been main
tanned in an excellent state of up
keep, and is one of the attractive
places around Washington. II
probably dates back to time previ'
GUS to the American revolution. bu,
the Rambler is guessing at its age
For many years 1t has belonged to
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4 VISIT With the Dieudonnes. Where the
u High -Ceiled Rooms Are Decorated With
and Family Heirlooms- Artist Whose
Paintings Were Hung at the Corcoran Gallery
of Art-A History of the Family-The Ram
bler's Opinion of the Word "Aristoerat."
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m UT you don't hafta go to
work yet, do you?" asks
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ssx1oU'RE priceless, MIA Truemsn. "
says L 'Why. I know grand
mothers of. sixty who are whooping II
up like fiappers. right here in New
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went down cellar and got a stick of cord
wood and the AK
Being always careful, / placed strip of
cardboard, which l got out of a shirt bosom.
on the surface of the pile of necessaries which
had piled into the bag, so that thew foamed
far over the surface like froth used to in tbe
old days.
On the cardboard I set the cordwood nm
ended, and then with the ak tried to drive tbe
whole mess into the bag. part of it went
IN, but the rest just mushroomed out over
the top and spilled onto the carpet
After that tried my feet, but only hurt
one OF them stamping on one of the bottles.
winch broke, the glass penetrating the side
OF my shoe. After that the trip was out of
the question, anyway, for what was in the
bottle would have caused me to be followed
by dry enforcement officers and an envions
crowd wherever / went.
So decided to stay home They say that
nobody but an Eskimo can build an igloo. and
nobody but a Hawaiin can ride on a surf beard
and nobody but a woman can get five bushels
OF clothes into half-bushel suit case. he
lieve it. That fellow who Dragged about his
valet was just lying, that's all.
Copyright, 1922. James j. Montaguel
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7 PACKING IS A GIFT. ALL RICH

NJ AM not going. | can't go without GER
n tain necessares, like shoes and shirts and
extra inside stuff / can't get these into
my bag. It's the only bag l have There
is no time to get another So can't GO Of
course. if had the nerve / could pack the
things | need into bundle, wrap the bundle
up in paper and carry it over my shoulder.
But though ] am not at all proud and not
particularly sensitive, haven't the courage to
do that.
Once tried to carry a watermelon home
from city market where / got very large
one at an extremely reasonable price braved
the derisive comments of perhaps a hundred
people on the street and the ill-bred mirth of
thirty others in trolley car. Then I was
through. | simply didn't dare carry that
melon on board the train
In a panic, as / thought of running a gantlet
of three cars before ] should find seat, this
huge green vegetable in my hand | quit like
dog and thrust it into the hands of the train
announcer.
AS left he was still holding it and gazing
after me in a sort of dazed way as if a Young
infant had been unexpectedly handed to him
crowd had begun to collect and was laugh
ing noisily Didn't stay to see what hap
pened, and never found out got rid of the
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with shirts and socks and then added the
bottles and the shaker and the lemon
squeezer.
That was right enough, but the coat
wouldn't even start to get in. After half
hour of stamping and wedging, could get in
only one sleeve, about half way up to the
elbow. 1t wouldn't have looked we'll to carry
tie bag with nine tenths of coat hanging
from it, so started all over again.
This time began with shoes, which
hadn't tried to pack before, filling each shoe
with rolled up handkerchiefs and socks to save
space The coat went in after the shoes but
that was all. Again the safety razor boggled
about entering.
| tried to remember how the good woman
had proceeded when she had got all these
things and couple of sweaters of her own
into the same bag, but without avail She did
it in my absence, and never told me how
1t was obvious that some kind of force .nust
have been used, however. Anybody coulo sc
that these things could not be reduced to ar
proximately a quarter OF their natural corr
pass without compression.
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other than your good friend afflicted with
politics.
"l'm not speaking for publication" he says,
land don't want my name mixed up in this,
but as | was coming in few minutes ago
noticed that your roof was on fire."
The truth is in these politicians, frequently,
but it comes out by tortuous routes
After had got settled in my new home |
called on some New York friends l opened
up the subject of prohibition in the great
open spaces and asked them what they knew
about it. Not much yet, they said, but they
knew Sam Tilton.
"And Sam" -
us in the state Legislature and l.ncws
everything"
SO sought out Sam. When the Legislature
isn't in session he manages the village grocery.
and there found him after supper sitting on
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his front steps pursuing something that seemed
to be hiding in his back teeth.
Mr.. Tilton," | said bluntly, emy friends,
the Johnsons, tell me you know everything.
What do you know about liquor around this
part of the country"
Nothing" said Sam.
Right there realized that I had overlooked
the fact that Sam is politician and suffers
from circumlocution and mysteriousness l
could see by the expression on his face, by the
suddenness with which he ceased to pursue
whatever it was that hid in his Back teeth, that
the opening was inauspicous. So sat down
by Sam on his front steps, and sat quietly, too.
Presently / was aware that Sam was speak
ing. His voice, however, was so low as hardly
to be audible, and when l turned to hear better
| saw that he was looking not at me but
straight ahead, and that the small sound was
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Ard roith the aid of stick Of cordsvood
and the ak svas no more successful

Trip was planned for a certain time and thew
MAD engagements which made it impossihle
Tor them to wait till i could get new bag
Up to to-day / always supposed this story
about woman's getting half ships cargo
INTO one little travelling bag was myth. like
the difficulty of getting good household help
or the idea that it takes any particular care
or attention to bring up children the way thew
should go.
knew rich man once that had valet.
and ne said his valet being man, could
outpack any woman who ever lived. If a
valet could do that, | reasoned, SO could /.
being of the same sex.
let the whole family go away with
light heart and rejected dsdainfully ali offers
70 get me ready for my trip. Was /, one of
the able sex, to be helplessly dependent on a
mere woman? ! guessed not
This morning | began | got everything
that was absolutely indispensable including
TWO bottles and lemon squeezer and shak-
er and some shirts and shoes and sweaters
and coats and vests and trousers and ha,
brushes and safety razor-and made them
anto compact little pile on the floor.
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like it at ALL"
II this were to be an exhaustive, dispassion-
ate study of the working of national prohibi-
ton 1T should have been DONE but l found
that the discussion of the liquor question
seemed to rouse impatient desires in me. I
became aware that / wanted something more
concrete than information, and I wanted it
quickly. | initiated further inquiries in nv
own little village. What were the chances at
home, asked the proprietor of the livery
stable.
All according tt what you want" said he
with startling directness. Real stuff from
Canada II cost you ten dollars quart, but
you'll have to wait couple of days for it.
IT you want some homemade stuff you can
have it now. Hold your nose when you drink
it and you'll feel just the same as though it
was shot of Haig & Haig"
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Illustrations BY MERLE JOHNSON

Then, opening the
bag, ] began to put
them in, one by one.
1t was astonishing
how the things filled
the space. When I
had got the two
bottles a n d some
socks and three
shirts and one coat
in. it was impos-
ssble for me to
wedge in anything
elsenot even the
safety razor - and
still close the bag.
| supposed / had
begun wrong, so /
put the safety razor
in first, covered it
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BY JAMES j. MONTAGUE

melon, which was
enough for me.
When / consid-
cred packing the
things in the paper
parcel and carrying
them on my shout
der | thought of the
melon. My assur-
ance failed me at
the thought, and /
simply couldn't do
it. So / shall have
to stay here and
think of the others
trotting over de-
llghtful mountain
golf courses. away
from the dust and
the heat, for the
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issuing from one small
corner of his mouth.
"You might get it on
prescription he said,
"if you're sick"
A period Of silence
followed. I had learned
my lesson / wouldn't
be guilty again of wit
less remarks if / could
help it.
Yes said Sam af-
ter a time. Cost you
about three and a half
a pint
We sat knee to knee
and looked off into the
green hills above the
village.
Ever seen much of
this country?" said
Sam.
This was a direct
question and required
an answer. / said /
hadn't.
"Fine country said
Sam. Got a car / take
people out in when
things are quiet around
The store"
Silence again
descended upon us.
EYES," Sam resumed,
drove a fellow over to
Randall one day last
week. Said he could
get likker at the Ameri- =
can House, and he did.
Ten dollars a quart,
ig h t d o wn from
Canada"
Here l felt called
upon to risk another
word.
"Of course, I'm not
known around the
American House." / ex-
planned. Gould you
sort of vouch for me?"
/ heard nothing from
Sam, and SO | turned
my head a little, think
ing to hear better. But
Sam wasn't saying
.nything. Wasn't COM
hitting himself at all.
So / resumed my policy
Of silence.
"Of course, I don't
want my name mixed
up in it, but people
don't care much about
prohibition rot nd
here" said Sam, after
q suitable lapse. Don't