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The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1922-08-04
Ground Already Broken for Class
ic Structure on Outskirts of
Alexandria, Va.
COST IS PUT At S2,5OO,OOO
Every Mason In Country to Be Asked
to Contribute 81, and Already
100000 Has Been Collected
Hall Of Fame for Masons.

Alexandria, Va.-With the turning
of the first sod on a beautiful spot on
the outskirts of Alexandria, over
looking the national capital, work has
begun on a memorial to George WASH
ington which will be a fitting COM
panion-pfece to the Lincoln Memorial
in Washington.
The edifice, a stately temple inspired
by Greek and Roman architecture, IS
being erected by the combined efforts
Of all the Masons and Masonic orders
in the United States, and will be
tribute to Washington, the man and
Mason. 1t will be 200 feet from por-
tico to observation platform on the
top, and will be surrounded by an ex-
tensive landscaped garden to be
known as George Washington park. Ii
Is expected that the memorial will be
completed in from four to five years
The cost will be approximately S2,'
100000.
Constructed of snowy marble and
white concrete, the columned structure
will tower high above the river and
will stand out from a background OF
densely wooded hillsides.
Masons to Contribute.
Every Mason has been asked to con-
tribute dollar toward the fund, and
already more than 100000 has been
collected. Additional pledges bring
the figure to almost 81 100000. Mason
ic orders and individuals contributing
$1O0 toward the fund will be placed
upon the honor charter roll to be kept
among the temple archives.
The building, according to architects,
will be after the style of memorials
to heroes placed at the harbor en-
frances Of ancient Greek and Roman
cities. 1t will be erected on q ridge
250 feet above the Potomac, and from
it's tower 200 feet higher, a grand
panorama of the City of Washington
will lie before the observer, as well
as of the country bordering upon
Mount Vernon.
The first floor will be given over
largely to memorial hall, the COM
manding feature of which will be
heroic statue of Washington. How
ever, as the memorial as whole will
be dedicated also to the memories
of other great Masons of the country,
there will be available to the Grand
Lodges Of each state space in the
memorial hall in which they may en-
shrine portraits or other tributes to
Masons whose deeds place them be-
side the First President.
Such men as Paul Revere, represent
ing Massachusetts; De Witt Clinton,
New York; Benjamin Franklin, Penn
sylvania; Henry Clay, Lewis and
Clark, Blair, Randolph and many
others have been suggested to be re-
membered thus as prominent history
making Masons.
The temple will be the active lodge
quarters of Alexandria Washington
Lodge No. % A. F. and A. NJ, of
which Washington was the first Mas
ter when it was Lodge No. 80. Other
rooms surrounding the atrium will be
given over to the uses of grand ma
tional bodies of the order. At all
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1922-08-04

combating it. The rot decreases the
selling value of potatoes and often
leads to their complete decay in field,
in transit, or in storage.
Changes Into Decayed Mass.
In the early stages Of the disease
the tubers a.e marked with brownish
or purplish spots which later become
shrunken, darker colored, and finally
purplish black. In advanced stages
the tuber sometimes changes into a
wrinkled, decayed mass. This rot
fungus opens the way fo- bacteria and
other fungi that work more rapidly.
All potato-growing regions are sub
ject to the disease when very moist,
cool weather prevails during the grow
ing season. 1t occurs frequently in
severe form in the New England
states, adjacent Canada, and the Pu-
get Sound district, and less frequent
ly, though often in severe form, in
New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania,
Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota.
Iowa, in the mountain districts of the
eastern and western states, and in
Florida on the early crop.
Insure Control In Field.
Since the tuber rot impairs germina-
ton, the chances Of securing q good
stand are greatly increased by plant
ing only disease-free seed, but the
only method to insure control in the
field is by spraying with bordeaux
mixture 6 pounds of copper sulphate,
5 pounds Of s.one lime, so gallons of
water). To get good results the plants
should be sprayed thoroughly and fire.
quently, so that they will at all times
be covered with a thin film of spray
mixture.
It is not advisable to dig a field
while the soil is wet, but at times 1t
may be necessary to do so in order to
save a part of the crop, slough the
chances of losing much of it are great.
If tubers in transit or storage are kept
dry and at temperatures between 35
degrees and 40 degrees F. the disease
will develop little or not at all.
Copies of the circular may be had
free by writing to the Department of
Agriculture, Washington, D. G.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1922-08-04
RAT-KILLING Is PROFITABLE
Work May Be Done on Rainy Days
When Farm Hands Are Not Labor.
ing in the Fields.

Rat-killing is very profitable work
when It rains and the hands are not in
the fields BY getting boys, men and
dogs in line it is sometimes possible to
destroy number of rats. The ro-
dents may be dug out of holes, straw
stacks scattered, rubbish piles re-
moved and war waged against the flee
ing rats Then after many are killed.
follow up with other measures, such
as traps, poisoning, etc.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1922-08-04

"Take this little package" they said
together, as they waved their wands,
"and put on your invisible robe. Dash
into the room where Lucy Is and open
this package upon her forehead. She
will think it is nothing more than a
small breeze of refreshing, cool air
on her hot forehead.
"But it will be different. 1t will do
its work. You shall see."
Off went Peter Gnome and after ne
had emptied the package upon Lucy's
forehead and had heard her say. "Oh,
my forehead feels cool and nice now"
he waited around for little.
1t was not long after that the doc
tor came, and oh. how little Peter
Gnome's heart did dance with Joy un-
der his invisible robe when he heard
the doctor say,
"The worst of it is all over with
now. She will now go along the Get.
ting-well-Road which all who are sick
so enjoy to travel. The change for
the better has justbegun."
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1922-08-04
RADIUM FOR HOUSEHOLD USE
Serves to Mark Mlady's Slippers,
Dark Corners, Telephones, Door
Knobs, Pull Chains.

Bedroom slippers that can't get lost
are the latest contribution to wOm-
ans comfort. These slippers are made
of silk and have radium button or
buckle which shines luminously iii the
dark. The universal propensity Of
bedroom slippers to stray under the
bed is now robbed Of its terrors, since,
even in the dark, the mother who has
TO get up at night can Immediately
Law her hand on the slippers, guided
by the little beacon lights.
This is only one of the ways in
which radium is a friendly servant
in the house. 1t lights up dark cor
ners on staircases and in halls. 1t
illuminates the telephone mouthpiece,
the door knob and the fire extinguish-
err so that these articles may be un-
erringly located at night when per-
haps every moment counts and there
ia no time to turn on the lights.
There is no wild cropping for pull
chains or frenzied searching for
switch buttons where radium is used
to indicate these important places
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1922-08-04
JEWELRY FOR SUMMER WEAR
High-coIored Stones Have Call for
Daytime; Pearls in First Place
for Evening.

Pearls are having real place in the
sun just now! High-colored stones OF
one sort or another appear in jewelry
for daytime wear, but for evening
pearls seem to have first place. The
fancy is for various things to match
a pair of dangling earrings, hair Or
nament, q bracelet, and string or
pearls for the neck, all to be worn with
a dainty summer evening gown. Ear
rings are shown in the greatest va
riety of styles, the very long tassels
being in high favor, as well as single.
double or triple sets of hoops.
One hair ornament shown is dis
tinctly interesting for the bobbed-
haired miss. 1t is a real cap made OF
pearls strung on fine wires and inter-
laced to fit the head. Pearl bracelets,
consisting of one or more strings or
pearl beads, are very dainty on pref
ty white arm, but the arm must be
pretty. and it must be white. A sun
burned wrist circled with pearls could
hardly please the eye.
In jewelry for daytime wear the
bright-colored stones share honors
with black and white in combination
or singly. Black jet necklaces and
earrings are in high favor, and ivory,
either carved or plain, Is popular.
Crystal jewery is also very popular.
Most women who go in for this pop
ular-priced jewelry indulge the taste
to the extent of having such an array
of 1t that any frock may have its own
particular accessories, and certainly
this seems the thing to do If 1t Is to
be worn at all.
Ornamental girdles continue to be
popular, some Of the more practical
ones of suede or plain leather having
decidedly ornate clasps fashioned Of
colOred stones.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1922-08-04
BETTER LAWS AGAINST DOGS
Regulations in Many States Poorly
Constructed and Not Enforced
Improvement Needed.

Although 4S states have dog laws
designed to protect sheep. many of
them are so poorly planned or SO
poorly enforced that dogs still do
much damage to fiocks, especially in
the farming states where f1ocks are
small and dogs are plentiful. There is
need for improvement in these laws,
but, says the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture, a poor law that
is enforced with energy may produce
better results in sheep conservation
than a much better law that Is half
heartedly enforced. Dogs keep many
men from going into the sheep husi-
ness, which is probably a greater set
back to the industry than the actual
damage done by them.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1922-08-04
FOREIGN MATERIALS
LOWER WHEAT VALUE
May Become Mixed With Grain
at Different Times.
Amount of Dockage Present at Time
OF Inspection and Grading ls
Factor of Considerable I'm
portance to Farmer.

prepared by the United States Department
Of Agriculture)
The foreign material usually found
in wheat may become mixed with the
wheat while growing, or With the
grain at the time Of thrashing, or In
the elevator or other place of storage
during the various processes of ham
ding or marketing. The presence of
foreign material in wheat at the time
of thrashing may be the result Of i'm
pure seed, or Of certain weather con-
ditions that are unfavorable to the
growth of wheat plants but favorable
to the growth of weeds.
The United States Department of
Agriculture, in its work of aiding
wheat, has found that where the seed
is carefully selected, cleaned, and
treated before sowing, and where care
is exercised in cultivation and crop
rotation, tOrether with careful thrash
ing and cleaning, there ordinarily Is
very little foreign material present
when the crop is marketed. The for
eign material in wheat may seriously
affect its value in that it often in
creases the cost Of milling and Injuries
the baking quality of flour. This fac
tor is considered in inspecting and
grading wheat. The amount of dock
age present has a bearing upon its
commercial value. When present in
| large amounts, 1t Is a factor of con-
! siderable Importance.
Farmers Bulletin 111S, Dockage
Under the Federal Wheat Grades, con-
tains a detailed description of how
foreign materials affect the grade of
wheat. Copies Of the bulletin may be
had upon request from the division
| of publications, United States Depart
ment of Agriculture, Washington,
d. c.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1922-08-04
Mica Now: i'm
Great Demand

ANY way, it was not isinglass at all
in the front of the stove. Had it been,
it would have lasted as long as paper,
for iSinglass is made of the air blad-
ders of certain fish and is a soluble
combustible substance. What really
was in the stove windows was mica,
one Of the oldest of natural sub
stances, and which is now one of the
greatest boons in the electrical indus
try as a perfect insulator. SO impor-
tant is mica, in electrical goods, it Is
declared, that many Of the larger cleo
trical supply manufacturing companies
own and operate their own mica mines.
Split Into Thin Plates.
Mica, says the bureau, includes
group Of several minerals character
lied by perfect basal cleavage by
virtue of which they may be split into
exceedingly thin plates.
How often as youngster did you
make wonderful finds of gold" or
'siiver" among the rock deposits near
the homestead? OF course, the
dreams of wealth vanished when you
found the silvery or golden flakes
were only mica. Such mica has no
commercial value; it is only when it
occurs in large deposits where it ap-
pears in Books" fairly free from de-
fects, varying in width and length
from few inches to feet and up to
six inches or more in thickness it Is
of value.
OF the several varieties of the min
eral only two are of commercial
value, the "muscovite" or white mica,
and the "phlogopite" or amber. India,
Canada and the United States are the
chief producers.
Has Special Qualities.
Mica possesses combination Of
special qualities which is found in no
other substance, consequently no sat
isfactory substitute has been found
Chief among these qualities are elas-
ticity, toughness, flexibility, trans
parency, ability to withstand excess
sive heat and sudden changes of tenn
perature, high dielectric strength.
cleavability and resistance to decom-
position.
An important use of electrical mica
is for interviewing between the cop
per segments of commutatOrs Thin
| films are used in vast numbers in con-
| densers for magnetos and ip wireless
apparatus. AS sheets in greatly di-
versified shapes, or as washers and
tubes. mica is used extensively as an
insulator in dynamos and in various
appliances, in fuse boxes, sockets, in
sulators, electric heaters, flatirons, tel
ephones, etc.
AS a heat-resisting, transparent me-
dium, sheet mica is still used in fur
mace sight holes, for heat screens,
lamp chimneys, canopies and shades,
particularly for gas mantles, also for
military lanterns and lantern slides.
| It's ability to withstand strains and
shocks, combined with it's transpar-
ency, has led to wide use in motor
goggles, spectacles, divers helmets,
smoke helmets, compass cards, gage
| fronts and i'll windows subject to
shock such as on the coming towers
of battleships.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1922-08-04
DROPPING BRIM SHADES EYES
Style as Suitable for City as for Coun.
try Wear; Comfortable and
Becoming.

Have a brim OH your hat that droops
over the eyes bit if you wish to be
definitely in the mode, and definitely
comfortable as well.
Bright summer suns are trying to
the eyes whether they are reflected
from a city pavement or stretches OF
green grass in the country, and hat
with brim that shades the eyes adds
greatly to the comfort of the wearer
as well as to her permanent good
looks. How can q woman possibly
be looking if she squits? A squint is
exactly what is caused when a too
bright sun glares into ones eyes.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1922-08-04
WAY TO CONTROL COcKLEBUR
First Essential Is to Prevent Weed
From Maturing Seed-Shading
Crops Also Helps.

The first essential in cocklebur con-
troll is to prevent he weed from ma
turing seed If the infested field Is in
corn, the cultivation must be careful,
killing all the plants possible with the
cultivator and finishing the others by
hand or with the hoe.
Thick growing, shading crops help to
control the weed. Such crops as Sudan
grass, sorghum and even soy beans
and clover will reduce the burs. A
badly infested field or part of field
can be moved and burned. Fence
rows and other waste place should be
watched for stray plants which will
mature seeds unless attended to.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1922-08-04
ALFALFA USED FOR PASTURE
Care Should Be Taken NOT to Craze
When Tender Shoots Are First
Appearing.

Alfalfa should not be .grazed when
only the young tender shoots are first
appearing, for the crowns are liable
to be permanently injured and the al
falfa killed 1t should never during
the season be pastured dowr very close
and will do better # permitted to grow
enough so that at least me cutting of
hay may be taken each season.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1922-08-04
RIDDLES

What is a button? A small event
that is always coming off.
What is the difference between 100
and 1000? Nought.
What part of a clock reminds you
of Christmastime? The weights
(waits).
Why are teeth like verbs? Because
they are regular, irregular, and defec.
tive.
Why do some people laugh in their
sleeves? Because their funny-bone Is
there.
What word is it to which if you add
syllable it will be shorter? Short
tshorter).
Use me we'll and T am everybody;
scratch my back and am nobody. A
looking glass.
What Is that which Adam never
saw. never possessed, yet gave two to
his children? Parents
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1922-08-04
HELD UP ON WAY TO DOCTOR

stopped him and hit him on the head,
inflicting q scalp wound.
Green fought. The police say he
pulled a revolver and fired one shot
during the struggle. Then, they say,
the negro took the pistol from him
and ran away with it. Green and his
wife say he had only an imitation re-
volver, which was a perfume sprayer.
Green's head and eyes were treated in
a hospital.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1922-08-04
TIRANA is LATEST TOY CAPITAL

lomats are beginning to congregate to
set up the governmental magniicence
of the new state, the last to be ad-
mitted into the League of Nations.
Tirana still burns oil for light. She
has no communication with the out
side world except a wagon road lead
ing to her seaport, Durazzo. She
boasts market place and five mosques
and has lately adapted an old
building into a hotel called the Inter
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1922-08-04

tained by the association. The larger
portion. about twenty-five acres, val
ued at more than $1,000,000, was
bought of the city of Alexandria at
q nominal figure, which made it Il gift.
Ceremonies of cornerstone laying
were planned for Nov. 4. the ami
versary of the Inauguration OF the
country's first President, but have been
advanced to early October. The day
has not yet been set, but the program
includes participation by President
Harding, Chief Justice Taft and many
other notable and high government
officials.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1922-08-04
ChjIdren's STYLES,

Three-piece frocks, fashioned much
Dn the same general lines as the three
piece or dress and coat or cape frocks
for grownups, are shown for small!
girls. The fancy is to have coat or
Jacket and lower part Of the dress of
one material, with upper part of frcck
In contrasting fabric and color, the
coat or cape usually being lined with
lighter silk matching this part of the
drpSS
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1922-08-04
As Perfect InsuIator 1t Has I'M
portant and Varied Uses in
Electrical Industry.
FOUND IN THREE. COUNTRIES
Possesses Combination OF Special
Qualities Found in no Other
Substance-No Satisfactory
Substitute Found.

Washington.-Do you remember how
YOU used to sit before the old barrel
stove in the 'parlor, or before that
'snew-fangled" latrobe, watching the
glow of the CHEEKY winter fire through
the "isinglass windows? You may
think that since the basement furnace
has generally supplanted the trouble
some pesky things the producers OF
"isinglass" must have long since gone
bankrupt; but there's more demand
for il now than ever before, says the
limited States bureau of mines.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1922-08-04

trouble, Peter Gnome?" asked Fairy
Grant 7 our Wishes.
"I'ye just heard that Mean Old
Measles has gone to pay visit upon
lovely Lucy. You've heard me speak
of Lucy, Fairy Grant-Y Wishes.
haven't your"
"The little girl you love SO much2
The one with the blue eyes and the
fair, fair hair and the soft pretty
skin and the gay happy voice?"
''The very one" said Peter Gnome
"Well, Mean Old Measles Is visiting
Lucy. And Measles just went there
on the sly, no one knows how
Measles acts the way all that sly
family do.
"Chicken-Pox and the others are
just the same way. They all have the
same family ways. But, you know
think Measles just might have left
Lucy alone. You know 1t wasn't so
very, very long ago since those
wretched Tonsil Twins were in Lucy's
throat They were forced to leave. Oh.
yes, they were done away with, I'm
thankful to say But they were mean,
too, and they didn't leave easily and
quietly and without a sound. They
simply had to be yanked out
"And then along came Measles.
Yes, Measles spoilt everything. But
did Measles carer No, Measles didn't
care in the least. Measles took along
that mean friend Carrie Cough, and
then Measles took along all the little
Measles. They're such mean little
creatures more nor less than
mean little red spots. are they !!
"And it seems they started right
in to play games right over Lucy's
face and body, and they ran races and
they played house. Do you know how
they play house among Measles chill
dren?"
"Tve no idea." said Fairy Grant
Your-Wishes.
"They call it the game of rash in
stead of house, and their one idea is
to take up all the room they can and
spread out all they can and in some
parts they have make-believe open
fires and in other parts they put down
rugs that makes the poor person who
has the measles want to scratch these
parts!
"And the make-believe open fire.
places of the Measles children feel
just like a horrid Measles heat would
feel. Doctors call 1t the fever that
comes with Mean Old Measles. And
all of these are visiting Lucy"
"T'n tell you what I'll do," said
Fairy Grant YourWishes. "Tll dash
over to Fairy Wondrous Secrets. To-
gether we'll do up a little package.
When Mean Old Measles gets under
way we can't get rid Of her entirely
right off, but we can make things a
whole lot better.
"As you say, Measles is very sly.
So sly that it is almost impossible
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1922-08-04
Still Fashionable,

Both the beaded bags and the jade
jewelry have retained their popularity
and for the same reason, because of
tleir beauty. The latest bead bags are
of the draw string type, not the sort
with stiff frames, but the kind that
can be pulled together in a little
pucker at the top and they swing
easily from the wrist. Many Of them
have Indian symbols as designs and
little fanciful beading stars or tassels
AZ q finish.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1922-08-04
Mistake in Coin.

Akron, O.-City Councilman Ed
Rose says he is going to look twice
before he hands out tips after this. At
q picnic at the reservoir recently the
hat was passed around for the bene-
fit of the walters. When 1t reached
Rose he dived into his pocket, pulled
out what he thought was dime, and
dropped it into the hat. The walters
ewes bulged, and he gulped. Too late
Rose found that instead of dime his
tip was a $3.50 gold piece he had car
ried in his pocket for several years.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1922-08-04
BORDEAUXSTOPS
LATE TUbER ROT
Destructive Disease of Potatoes
Can Be Controlled by Thor
ough Spraying.
SELLING VALUE IS LOWERED
All Regions Are Subject to AiIment
When Moist, Cool Weather Pre-
walls During Growing Sea-
son-Sections Affected.

prepared by the United States Department
of Agriculture.)
The destructive late blight of po
tatoes, which, in addition to attacking
the tops, causes a rot of the tubers,
can be controlled by spraying with
bordeaux mixture. Department Circu-
lar 22O, Late-Blight Tuber Rot of the
Potato, by George X. X. Link and F.
c. Meir, recently issued by the United
States Department of Agriculture,
describes the disease and means of