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SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1922-08-16
VfTEzT,V1 LASKY.
N OV Ell A.
Napsala Andela Kyjovska.

PreSli tez namestim. ZaveSe
ma lehce v ram6 sveho muze,
vznasela Sc po jeho boku. Ru-
dym slunecnikem chranila 'svou
prostovlasou hlavu pred sluni-
ckem, temer palicim. Cerven
slunecnfku vrhala odstiny ma
jeji tvar a prekouzlila takto
rusou jeji hlavu v pohadkovy
zjev, jenz zvelicoval stesti pro
zrazujici dsmev rtd a klidny
pohled oci, zavodicfch S blan-
kytnou modri klenby nebeske.
Ignorovala zvedave pohledy
host1 muzskeho pohlavi, kteri
poznavali nj move pribyvsi a
jejichz pohledy menily Sc v
drze, vyzyvave.
Pozorne naslouchala vypra-
vovani Jandovu, jenz il pouco-
val milym, melodickym svym
hlasem o riznych castech a bu
dovach lazni.
Sli Slanicf, kolem lazenske-
no divadla. HE, mdze tam jit
vecer, alespon Sc pobavi, cas-
il uplyhe; zapomene, re je sa-
ma; navrhoval.
Ach, ano, on odpoledne od-
jede - osamotni. Jiz jednou
pocitena tisen zmocnila sc o.
pet jejiho mira a ona sesmut-
nela.
Usmev stesti mizel, usta kri-
villa sc k tesklivemu, bolnemu
vyrazu.
Pozoroval to a mrzel Sc, re
tyl neopatrnym. Vedl il aleji k
vile "Vlaste", poutajici jiz
svym slohem. Ponorena cele v
zelen rozsahle zahrady, kterou
pax obklopuji luhacovske lesy,
ztraci Sc v Mich temer 1plne a
z blizka il skoro nevidis. Ia to
z protejsiho kopce, tam Ka.
MEME, od' Willy "Varsavy", ne.
DO tez Krecanovy stkvi Sc v CT
le sve nadhere, pripominajit
svym romantickym polozenin
stredoveke brady. Mela pra.
nj videti il z imenovanycf
mist. Vratili Sc a dali sc cestor
kolem hotelu "Prerov' pre-
most a vystoupili pax po stra
nj nahoru. Byla okouzlena ma
dhernou podivanou. Panoram;
celych lazni lezelo pod horou '
nadhernem udoli. Slunce zlati
10 strechy jejich vii, libalo kor,
ny stromG, odrazelo Sc hlad
ne ficky
Dali sc lesem k domovu. By
10 jiz hodne po poledni, kdy;
dosli cile. A blizila Sc chvil'
Jandova odjezdu.
Sli pesky ma nadrazi. Byl'
il tax teskno. Bee ostychu po
dala mu rty k polibku. Krecov
te stiskla jeho ruku, kterou o.
dlouze polibil. Usmival Sc, sn
ze Sc byti veselym, sam VISA
pocit 'oval,ze prilis privykl pri
tomnosti sve zeny, nez ably &c
la lehce zil bez nj tech nekolil
dnu. Nazyval Sc v duchu pose
! tilcem, ale sam Sc pax omlou
val.
Vlak Sc jiz hnul. Pruvodf
mirne il pfipomnel, ably odso1
pila.
Kynul il rukou. Billy satece
ieji vial vzduchem, dokud ne
: zmizel vlak z obzoru, bohuze
zde prilis nevelikeho. Ruk
sklesla k telu - a Oci jakO m
: hou zakaleny, plase Sc rozhlt
dlyi nadrazim.
Name zahledla postavu v dt
stojnickem stejnokroji, stojlt
We stinu nadrazni budovy.
Vzdaval cest; komu? Ohl<
dla Sc. Ach, nadrazi bylo il
: prazdne, nikdo tax dlouho I'd
: nesetrval jako ona a on = pt
1 rucik. Pozdrav mohl platit t,
diz pouze il. Divila Sc.
! Asi Sc mylil, vzdyt' jej NJ
: zna. Nevsimajic 81 jej, aniz Q
s pov9dela ma poZdrav vychaz,
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1922-08-16

PRODA Sc velky 1-rodinny
dunn o 4 pokojich dole, 4 loz-
nice a koupelny nahore. Vyta
peni horkou vodou, slime zaclo
ny, garaz, ulice dlazdena a ma
leza Sc blize kary a skoly.
Tento majetek Sc po pripade
vymeni "a menSi starsi domek,
Lofty aneb dobry markyc. Cena
$88OO. Mattel bydli v elsie
81O5 Connecticut Ave. 8-17
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1922-08-16

PRONAJME Sc byt O 4 po-
kojich, koupelna a vse zarize-
no. Haste sc v elsie 1850
Coath Ave. Vezmete Union
karu. SIT
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1922-08-16
PRONAJME Sc:

PRONAJME Sc farma O 100
akrech sc vSim zarizenim a
prevzetim dobytka, zasob a
vseho jak to stoji. Haste Sc
u FIR. Sindelare, RID. 1, Box
1O7 Ocks Rd. Brecksville, o.
60
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1922-08-16
KOUPf Sc:

kOUPl Sc reznicky obchod v
ceskem okoli. Nechte odresu
a popis obchodu v adm. Sveta
pod ZnackOu "a" 8-18
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PRODA Sc dunn o 8 pokojich
S velkym Totem. Cena $65OO.
Zavolejte Lincoln 1641 j.
8-22
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MfN1TE-LI STAVET

MfNlTE-LI STAVET
aneb koupit nejaky majetek,
obrat'te sc ma zkusenkho sta
vitele. Mate-li lot, my Vam ma
nem postavime, chcete-li kou-
pit, my Vam prodame, prave
name dohotoveny 6-tirodinny
dunn a jeden pro dve rodiny.
Vas lot aneb druhy morgic We
zmem jako prvni splatku, ostat
nj ma 6 proc. V kazdem pripa-
de Vam prodame poctive.
P. NEUZIL A SYN
9715 Denison Ave.
Tel. Heml. 4219.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1922-08-16

PRIJMOU Sc pani ma byt, do
dvouclenne rodiny S celym "a
opatrenim, zvlastni vchod. :
Adressa Sc sdeli adm. t. Ii
stu. 8-18
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1922-08-16

PRODA Sc grocerni a reznic-
ky obchod, velmi LEVINE. Najem
tez levny. Blizsi SIC sdeli {.
1905 Pershing Ave. 8-16
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1922-08-16

PRIJME Sc zkusena sicka, KITE
ra uni zehliti damske Saty.
Haste Sc u Jos. Hejny, 31O5
Scranton Rd. 8-18
Evening star., 1922-08-30
Armed.

For years I never owned gun; |;
I never thought of wearing one,
for III. a man of peace; I chased
around the marketplace with kindly
smiles upon my face, and tracts in
my ,valise. And no one ever did
me harm; on city streets and on
the farm, secure, / went my way;
if strong-arm people were abroad
to touch the voter for his wad, they
sought some other jay. But MUIR
derers were growing thick and
every night some butchered hick
cashed in and journeyed Whence; {;
and so my aunts declared that
some sort of arsenal should buy as
measure of defense. Suspending
then my lifelong rules, I bought a
lot of lethal tools, that weighed
about ton; had a bowie in my
boot, in every pocket of my suit
there was a modern gun. And all
the murderers seemed wise; they
shot me up, to my surprise,
wherever l might roam; they
manned an arm and broke a slat,
and sent bullet through my hat,
that creased my bulging dome And
then dumped my guns and swords,
and through the markets surging
hordes again / safely trot; I face
the old world with a smile that's
free from all aggressive guile, and
| am seldom shot. To load your
self with snickersnees. with war
like banners in the breeze, is to
invite your doom; some toughs will
see you swagger by, and say, There
goes hard-boiled guy-we'll send
him to the tomb!'
(Copyright.) WALT MASON.
Evening star., 1922-08-30
CIRCLE FIVE CITY BLOCKS.
FAIL TO EVADE VILE ODOR.

oTHERE's something rotten in the
state of Denmark" qouth Rep
resentative Anderson H. Walters of
Pennsylvania as he and Representa-
tive Hatton W. Summers of Texas,
were taking a constitutional" walk
south from the Capitol to the historic
Potomac for a breath Of fresh air.
They both tilted their noses and
shifted. Then a stronger breath of air
caused them to hold their noses. 1t
was 5 pm. on a sultry evening.
They circled five city blocks trying
to avoid the stencil. which they dis
covered came from spur track in a
freight yard. where the city swill was
being loaded into coal cars.
"It was awful" Representative Wal
ters afterward complained to his COL
leagues on the House District COM
mittee such a nuisance would not
be tolerated in any other city in the
country, and it is-within view and
smelling distance Of the Capitol.
There are scores of families living
about that place. Public health de-
mands it's removal"
So. you can see that even a casual
walk by a couple Of congressman may
lead to some improvement OF con-
ditions in the District Of Columbia,
over which Congress has exclusive
jurisdiction.
Evening star., 1922-08-30
PRETTIEsT IN BABY LIST.
Honors to Katherine Byron and
Tootsie Nolan in Prize Contest.

Little Miss Katherine Byron, daugh-
ter Of Mr.. and Mrs. c. L. Byron OF 110
C street northeast. was declared the
most beautiful baby under one year
old, and Miss Tootsie Nolan, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Robert E. Nolan Of
1928 F street northeast, the prettiest
of those over one and under two
years, at the baby show held at the
Plaza Fairgrounds. Intense interest
was shown in the show and pretty
babies were SO plentiful that it was
hard for the Judges TO decide to which
ones the prizes should be awarded.
Miss Katherine Byron was given
big rattler in the shape of a man,
With arms, legs and head, and Miss
Tootsie Nolan looked with pride upon
the brown teddy bear when it was
pr esented to her by the judges.
Following the baby show. the first
flag raising to take place on the play
grounds was held with appropriate
ceremonies.
The baby show and flag raising
were under the supervision of Mrs.
Katherine Swanson, in charge of the
Fairgrounds. and her assistant Miss
Ruby Neal. The judges were Mrs.
Ella E. Bender. Mrs. A. A. Moore.
Mrs. J. Herbert and Mrs ]. R. Walsh.
Evening star., 1922-08-30
RESTORE JUDGES BILL.
Conferees Replace Language Pre-
viously Stricken Out.

Tho conferees of the House and
Senate on the bill providing for twen-
ty-three additional judges yesterday
restored to the bill the language
which had previously been stricken
out of the measure in conference. The
earlier action had caused the bill to
be sent back to conference on a point
of order raised in the Senate by Sem
ator Shields Of Tennessee, democrat.
The language had been carried in
both the House and Senate bills, and
tho contention was the conferees had
no right to strike it out The pro-
visions replaced in the bill by the
conferees yesterday require that the
appointee to a judgship must reside
in the district or the circuit from
which he is appointed and relates the
provision respecting the call by the
Chief Justice for a report by the At
torney General on the condition of
business in federal courts in which
the United States Is a party.
The provisions restored affected the
Jurisdiction Of the middle district of
Tennessee. to which a new Judge
would be appointed under the bill
and relieving the Judge Tor the east
ern district of the state of jurisdic-
tion in the district. The restored
language permits the judge Of the
eastern Tennessee district to retain
Jurisdiction over the middle district
as well as his oWn.
Evening star., 1922-08-30
PAINT AND CASTLE SOAP
APPLIED TO CAPITOL DOME.

THE dome Of the capitol-reputed
to be the most beautiful dome In
all the world-and the bronze statue
Of freedom, which crowns 1t, have
just had thorough going over"
while thousands Of tourists from ali
over the United States stood agape
at the daring of the artisans doing
the work.
Architect Woods Of the Capitol ex-
plains that the dome is painted every
Ave years, and at the same time
Freedom is given a good scrubbing
with CASTLE soap and water. The
dome was originally constructed of
wood, covered with copper. This
was replaced in 1856 by the present
structure Of cast iron, and completed
in 1865. The iron used in the dome
weighs eight and a half tons, and
it takes six and a half tons of paint
to do the job. The bronze statue of
Freedom Is nineteen feet six inches
high, and weighs 1885 pounds. 1t
was modelled by Crawford and the
original is now in the Smithsonian
Institution. The dome towers 2s7
feet and five inches above the base
line of the east front of the Capitol.
and it's diameter at the base is 135
feet five inches.
Evening star., 1922-08-30
MAI, BROWN GIVEN
FAREWELL RECEPTION
Retiring Assistant Engineer Com
missioner Honored by 100 City d,
Officials and Employees.

One hundred city officials and en-
ployes joined in a farewell reception
to Maj Cary NJ. Brown, retiring as
sistant engineer commissioner, at the
Fort Dupont tree nursery last night.
The committee on arrangements,
composed of Melvin C. Hazen. Clifford
Lanham and Harry Almond, had de-
cided not to permit any outbursts OF
oratory-and they succeeded. The
nearest approach to a speech during
the evening occurred when Harry
Almond attempted to tell his asso-
ciates how ITO pose for the taking OF
a group photograph.
After the guests had partaken of a
supper served on the lawn, outdoor
motion pictures were shown. Maj.
Brown, who won many friends in all
branches of the District service dur
ing his term of Office here, will leave
September for the engineer training
school at Camp Humphreys, Va
Among those who attended the fare
we'll party were Commissioner Ru-
doiph, chairman of the board; Maj. +.
9. Besson. acting Engineer Commits
sioner; Maj. Raymond Wheeler, who
will succeed Maj. Brown. and Capt.
John E. Wood, assistant engineer
commissioner
Evening star., 1922-08-30
DISTRICT STREETS
I
WILL BE W|DENED
Northwest and Southeast
Sections Affected by New
Highway Plans.
WEEKS GIVES APPROVAL
War Secretary 70 Head Of Com
mission Authorizing Changes
in Routes.

Jmportant notifications in the gen.
eral plans for the extension OF hish-
ways in the District Of Columbia IN the
soutbea stern and northwestern Sec
tions, have been made by the lnstric'
highway commission, of when secre-
tarv Weeks of the War Department is
president.
Plans for Strengthening the line OF
Alahama avenue, east, between rem, ,
sylyania avenue and Mayor ,oau
near Good Hope hill nave oee, eii
abandoned. Instead, the avenue WIZ VA
Bowen road, bearing slightly to the
east, between those two points; AlaI
hama avenue, as thus constltulVa' H.
will have a width of 40 feet. inc
projected extension OF Auslih stree
between 32d and 34th streets mas
been abandoned on the grouna gassarv sn
such extension is made unneSessa,
bv the change in the line of Alabama q
ayanue which it would parallei
closely plans for Suitland place
have been altered so as to nave ~
conform with the present line oi
Suitland road near the noInt u
tersection of that road with the new
Iirs of Alabama avenue on the OLD
Tn the northwest the only changes
are in the section west or loth slieee
I'd so,Ith of Colorado avenue, on
the borders of Rock Creek PARK; AZ AZ
that noint 18th street, instead OF
extending north on straight Iine
from the junction of Decatur s.ree.
and Blagden avenue, TO Colorauo
avenue, will cross that shora .p"so co
on a line detected to the west 81
that II will cross both the avenues
named at right angles. Crittenden
street between 18th and 18th streets
wiII follow line slightly north OF
the general axis of that street anu
at the west end will curve grauuas in
into Argyle terrace. which ''
at that point.
Evening star., 1922-08-30

which, in the vernacular of the avia-
tors attached to the. station, is high
enough.
The airplane or other type of air
craft cannot be expected to fly at a
greater altitude than six miles. The
purpose of the beacon. which has a
light of 1000 candie-power, created
by acetylene gas. is to guide aircraft
to safe landing places. just as the
old fashioned coast lighthouse was
designed to guide shipping on the
sea lanes.
FOrerunner Of Great Plan.
If the tests Of the new light now in
progress are satisfactory. it is ex-
pected that the Navy will erect SINH
lar beacons at all important air sta
tions. On the success also depends, 1t
Evening star., 1922-08-30
OFFERS TO GIVE U. S.
HUGE PROPERTY RIGHTS
Mary L. Webb, Claiming Title TO
Most of Texas and Much OF
Pacific Coast Makes Profer.

An offer to transfer to the d united
States government all her alleged
riSbts to property which were de-
ciared to embrace practically the
whole of Texas" as well IS extern
sive tracks In Mexico. Lower Caliiornla
and along the Pacific coast from
California to Oregon" was & made af.,, TO, o.
= memorial sent to Vice President
Coolidge for submittal to the Senate saaai;
The memorial set forth IN detail
the basis for Mrs. Webb's claim to the
property, much of which was said to
be embraced in the present and for,
mer holdings of the Colorado and
Red River Land Company No estimate
was made of the total value neyona snnt
the statement that two minor nn TRACTS
had been sold for s25,000,000
According to Mrs. Webb, T. De Witt
Cuyler, chairman of the Association
of Railway Executives. is the present
heir-at-law of the Colorado ana Red
River Land Company in contraventioin
TO her rights, which. she asserted.
we're upheld in a recent decision of
the United States Supreme Court.
Evening star., 1922-08-30
VICE CONSUL INsULTED.

LONDON, August 30.-The American
vice consul at Munich, Albert Halstead,
and his wife were subjected to a
hostile demonstration by "a menacing
crowd OF German sightseers at the
Schloss Herrenchiemsee Sunday, says
q Munich dispatch to the Times. When
the Bayarian Eoyernment entitiing
him to exemption from the special
prices charged foreigners, thereby
admitting him to the building for rs
marks instead Of 500 marks collectible
from foreign visitors, there were
angry protests and the cry was taken
up: Americans have full pockets and
empty hearts. Out with the foreign
ers"
The attendants interfered and re-
stored order. -
Evening star., 1922-08-30
TODAY'S ADJUSTMENTS.

GARRICK Seventeen" comedy.
Performance at $3.50 pm.
BELASCO-"The Exciters," comedy
with Allan Dinehart and Tallulah Bank
head, at $3.50 pm.
b. F.. KEJTH's-"Yarmark or at
the Carnival" vaudeville, at 2:15 and
Sis pm.
COSMOS-"Dress Rehearsal" vaude-
Vile. at 2:30, $50 and pm.
GAYETY- Mimic World" at 2:15
and Sis pm.
RIALTO-Marie Provost, The Mar
ried Flapper." at IL am, l, 3. 5. Z and
pm. Features half hour after each
opening.
METROPOLITAN Clear Call
at 11:45 am. 1:45, 3:45, 5:45, 1850 and
$50 pm.
COLUMBIA-Gloria Swanson, Her
Gilded Cage" at 10:30 am, 1880, 2:l5,
AIS, 6, 7:45 and 9:45 pm.
PALACE Clara Kimball Young,
The Hands of Nara" at 1885 am,
1925. 2:10. 4:10. 6. ESQ and $50 pm.
Evening star., 1922-08-30
BOOST FOR NIGHT FLYING SEEN
IN AERIAL LIGHTHOUSE TEST

was stated. the lighting of the Army
flying fields throughout the country
and the commercial flying lanes OF
private enterprise.
The Navys new night flying guide Is
erected on a steel tower at the north
station. The top of the tower is sixty
five feet above mean low tide, and the
flash the ljght gives forth takes the form
of an upright beam which appears and
fades out very quickly.
To the approaching flyer the light Is
reminiscent of the automatic traffic sig
nails at intersections Of busy streets in
beacon Of this sort the aerial lighthouse
is automatic in its operation. The sig
nal lights itself at sundown and ex-
tinguishes itself with the coming of
dawn.
Mechanism Ia Delicate.
The mechanism governing the flashes
is delicately adjusted SO that all flashes
are of the same duration AMI the dark
period the same. This is the plan used
at all coastal light stations and when
new lights are placed in position. by
changing the duration of the flashes
they will be given an individuality which
will make it possible for the aviator. by
timing them, to know exactly what sta
ton is in sight 1t was pointed out to-
day that the lights also will aid marine
traffic, as the tower by day will serve
as marker and the light at night as a
signal to the men on the navigating
bridge Of vessels.
The new tower is visible to shipping
at all parts Of Hampton roads and the
lower Chesapeake within a radius of
twenty miles. 1t is expected that the
tests will be completed within the COM
ing week.
Evening star., 1922-08-30
DEsTR0YERs QUIT CHINA.
Two Divisions Relieved of Duty at
Chefoo Returning to q. S.

Two destroyer divisions have left
Chefoo, China, for the United States.
according to advices from the COM
mander-in-chief of the Asiatic sta
ton, who said they had been relieved
by destroyer squadron is and the
tender Blackhawk, which had arrived
from the United States, via the Suez
ca1al.
81, include the Chandler. Southard.
Hovey, Long, Broome, Alden, Rath-
burne, Talbot, Waters, Dorsey, Roper
and Dent. Those in division No. 81
will make San Diego their home port
and join the destroyer force of the
Pacific feet. while those I'm division
No. IL. upon returning to San Diego,
will be placed out of commission.
Evening star., 1922-08-30
STARTS 100000 SUIT.
o. C. Bunte, Rich Manufacturer
Charged With Alienation.

CHICAGO. August 30.-Praecipe Of
suit for 100000, charging alienation
Of his wife's affections, was nied py
Sergt. Nicholas e. Schaefer against
oscar C. Bunte, wealthy manufac-
turer.
Mrs. Marribel Schaefer, wife of the
complainant, was taken to the Psychic
pathic Hospital several days ago by
agents of the federal narcotic dtvi-
sion.
Investigators were told by Mrs.
Schaefer that she was heiress to an
English estate. Her husband said he
had no knowledge Of it. except that
she and Mr.. Bunte had told him the
estate mentioned was that Of her for
mer husband, De We're Rockwell Of
Enpland. and. her son. Ralph Rock
well, both dead, and that 1t amounted
to 100000.
Evening star., 1922-08-30
SEES OPTIMISTS IN WEST.
People Undismayed by Economic
Situation, w. K. Cooper Says

"A splendid optimism prevails
througho4 the west" declared Will
liam Knowles Cooper, president of
the Washington Rotary Club. on his
return to the city yesterday from the
annual meeting of the Colorado Noun
tain Club.
1T is their nature" continued the
Y. NJ C. A. worker. "for. with winter
approaching, with little hope for suf-
fcient fuel to keep them warm, with
transportation so crippled that their
farm products may not be moved.
with industries in a bad way. one
would expect to see nothing but
gloom, but not with our western
friends They are looking forward
come normal"
Mr.. Cooper said further that pro-
hibition had the unqualified tndorse-
ment of the west, and that any at
tempt to modify existing laws will re-
ceive little or no support In that Sec
tion Of the country.
Evening star., 1922-08-30

Last Friday morning when the
Sheik woke up, he took q good
stretch, then pranced over to the big
house to see his pals.
But they were not there.
He waited all day, feeling that
sooner or later they would bound out
of the door.
Then he went to the children's
sand pile, then the vacant swing.
And so he has been waiting ever
since.
Not o mouthful has he eaten. He
Just just waits. refusing food. watch
fully waiting.
Unless he begins to eat soon. those
Of the family who remain at home
think they will have to put the .Sheik
in a crate and ship him out to that
middle-west town where Lois and
Eleanor and Frances are.
Evening star., 1922-08-30
NO CHANCE TO HEDGE.
BETS DECLARED OFF.

TOHN E. MILLIGAN, chief clerk of
) the Public Utilities Commission,
breezed into his office Monday in high
spirits. A broad smile adorned his
face and he went about his work with
the alacrity Of a man who has just
inherited fortune.
His fellow-workers began to confer
with one another as to the probable
cause Of the chief clerks jubilation.
'1'll bet he just got ton of coal,
suggested one young statistician.
Maybe he struck gold mine out
on his Maryland farm" another said
Later in the day the truth leaked
out. Milligan had become the papa
of an eight-pound baby boy.
Evening star., 1922-08-30
OLD-TIME BALL GAME,
THREE INNINGS, SCORE, 53-8.

THAT big league game between the
Chicago and Philadelphia Ma
tionals the other day in which Chi
oago won,/ /2s to %, has caused some
of the old-timers about the Capitol
to reminisce about ball games In
which they once took an active part
quorum pars magma fui," as
'twere.
correspondents, for example, recalls
a game between the Locust Dale
Academy and Culpeper. Va. nine
in which the score was IS to s, and
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Evening star., 1922-08-30
BACK-NUMBER PHONE LIST
IN UP-TO-DATE POST OFFICE.

THE city post office. North Capitol
street and Massachusetts, avenue,
Is well known for its efficiency. and
up-to-date methods under the regime
of Postmaster Merritt o. Chance. But
even there a few strange things go
on that sometimes prove amusing.
A stranger strolled in the building
Monday. and, after attending to some
mail matters, decided to telephone.
Approaching one of the booths. she
picked up a telephone book and look
ed for number Of a friend who had
recently moved into Washington.
The naYe could not be found. She
looked at the cover on the book. 1t
said Telephone Directory, Fall ISSUE
1920" Puzzled, she walked to an
other book. which was also chained in
front of a booth. This book was also
inscribed Fall Issue, 1920"
She finally obtained her number
from Central, who was at a loss to
know why two 1920 telephone books
should still repose In the city post
office. Maybe 1t was in memory Of
one Burleson, who went out Of Office
that year." the operator laughingly
volunteered.