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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-07
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Building, until 2 o'clock p. M, August
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Building.
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Light. and Power Plant. at Washington.
be obtained at this office in the discre-
ton of the Supervising Architect. Jas.
A. Wetmore. Acting Supervising Archi-
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Help Wanted Statesmen
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Suburban Property For Sale

7-ROOM house and lot; cleo, run water.
Turn right on Cinder@ Rd' at Murphy
& Ames Lumber Yard. Rosslyn; Va.
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Special Notice

ALL MEETINGS of the subordinate
councils of the Daughters of America
are called off from Tuesday to Friday
evening, inclusive, of this week. on
account of the funeral rites for Presi-
dent Harding. By order of Margaret
Hartman, State Councillor.
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Clothing For Sale

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Evening star., 1923-04-02
Write Your Experience Now

w AAI@ 4O0A AAk1~AA~AA@N 4VO"
Let us hear what you know about Valspar. Don,
consider your experience trhing commonplace
write us about it Not everybody relate startling
occurrence and it's than likely many of the prizes
will be won by simple, matter-offacr stories,
Don't let this chance slip by. A few minutes spent
in writing your letter gives you splendid chance win
a substantial prize. Send yoar story Send ie today
Evening star., 1923-04-02
$500 in Prizes

for photographs Of the best Window Displays of zuy0
al of the following -Valspar, Valspar Vanish Stain
and Valspar Enamel 1t viii be necessary to send us
photograph of Gan 10 glossy print is best)
Also write brief letter telling anything of interest
about the display Only those dealers who have Valpar
m stock or have ordered at the time of the first
announcement of the contest are eligible.
Prizes will be awarded as follows: First prize $3.50;
prizes of 500 each s. $50 pr7es TO- $40 pr7es and
60 S. pripes-1o1 prizes In all All letters and photos
must be received by April 3Oth, 1923.
Evening star., 1923-04-02
About the Uses of Valspar

Clear Valspar is, Of course used for finishing Aoors
all kinds of indoor and outdoor woodwork, furniture
boats refngerators, noleum and for the many other
uses of varnish.
Vaspar Varnish~Stains possess the same qualities as
clear Vaspar, but you stain and varnsh with stroke
of the brush. They come in six permanent oolors-
Mahogany, Light and Dark Oak, Cherry, Walnut and
Moss Green. Absolutely waterproof and very durable
ey nequaed for finishing foors front DOORS porch
furniture and all other woodwork that requires staining
Valspar Enarnes answer the need for really water
proof enamel. They made from the finest pigments
carefully ground in clear Valspar thus combining Valsar
durability with exceptional beauty of color.
Evening star., 1923-04-02
Special Dealer Window
Display Contest

In addition to the contest described above which is
open to everyone including all dealers, there viii Be
distributed to dealers only
Evening star., 1923-04-02
For Instance

In order that you may understand exactly what we
have in mind, we give below as examples, some e2
perenees that Valspar have already told about
I c. K. Perry of Marshheld Oregon, wrote about
Valsparred dining table which the result Of
fire last July, drenched with water mixed with
lime and charcoal The under part of the table (which
not Valsparred) turned white snow-the
Valsparred top after being washed was found to be
unframed and in perfect condition.
J Miss Pauline Dixon Of Pueblo, Colo, R. F. D. No
Z, tells about Valsparred taboret which
washed away in the great Pueblo food Three weeks
later, when the water receded, boy found the
taboret almost buried in mud on the river bank six
miles from her home. When wiped off the Valsparred
surface was as good as new.
: Mr. John R Cotter of Essexvi1le Mich, tells how
broken radator-valve flooded his Valsparred
floors with live steam and scaldng hot water. He
thought the floors would be ruined, but when the
water mopped up he amazed to find the
woodwork undamaged, with the Valspar just
bright and clear as before.
During tropical hurricane in Mobile, Alabama, t1c
ehirnneys and roof Of r. Randolph's home were
badly damaged-black sooey water literally flooded
the house. In writing us about the incident Mr..
Randolph said that although some days elapsed BE-
fore the house, could be dried out, the floors and
woodwork protected with Valspar were just as good
as ever.
: Mr. ]. H Audibert, of Fort Kent Maine devised sn
interesting test for Valspar Vanish Stains. He
vanished four axe~handes, each with different
Varnish-Stain including one with Vaspar Vanish
Stain. He writes: The cheapest stain looked all right
and dried quicker, but after putting all the handles
in pail Of ashes mixed with boiling water, found
the Valspar the only that stood the and
the others went to pieces"
e. One stormy day last November, Mrs ]. B. Kirk of
Hackensack, N J., had to leave her car out in the
driving rain and sleet. fortunately, her husband had
put coats Valspar Enamel on the Spring beore
~Asr the Storm she writes cit looked ike am Ice
berg and I thought the finish would be ruined. But
the ice and didn't hurt it all and today the
car looks as fine as when the enamel was first put
on. Our garage man marves at it, because his ovn
cr which he refnshed with another make Of vsrnish
about the same time ours done, looks 90 shabby
and dull"
Evening star., 1923-04-02
Requirements and Prizes

There restrictions, intricate qualifications.
Write your letter in ink and use only side of the paper
These are the only requirements the understand
ing, of course, that the incident told about actually
occurred prior the first of this
And that we shall be allowed to use for publicity pun
poses as we see fit any letters submitted
$500 will be awarded to the contestant who sends
the letter that the judges agree the interesting
of all prizes of 500 those whose letters stand
in nterest-ten $50 przes one hundred $40 przes and
two hundred S. prizes will also be distributed-more
than three hundred 900 prizes in all
Thejudgesofthe contest WILDE MI. LawrenceF Abbott,
President Of The Outlook Miss Martha Dodson, Asso
ciate Editor of The Ladies' Home Journal Miss Gertrude
B. Lane, Editor Of the Woman's Home Companion.
We suggest that letters do not more than $50
words in length but the incident requires words
do not let this suggestion limit YOU Length Of the letters
or literary style will have no bearing the award Of
prizes. We want just the facts of your experience.
Address your communications to Valentine s. Company,
Prize Contest Department. 456 Fourth Ave, New York,
New York.
Evening star., 1923-04-02
Unique Qualities of Valspar

Valspar is made in three forms-Valspar Clear Var
nish, Valspar Colored Enamels and Valspar Colored
Varnish-Stans All of these be freely washed with
hot and soap they white; they resist
the action of acids, alkas and oils They very dur
able; they don't chip, crack peel They dry in any
weather-dust-ree in two hours and hard in tentyour
Evening star., 1923-04-02
What Can You Tell Us?

If you know an instance where any (or aD Of these
three forms of Valspar has proved its durability and
waterprooness under unusually severe conditions of
wear, or under some extraordinary circumstance, we
ask you to write us about 1t. And you have photo
graphs which add interest your story VIII be glad
to receive them.
If you know Of several instances, tel us about them
all 1t makes no difference which form of Valspar has
been used-it makes no difference what kind Of
Vasparred surface it is Just tell us the facts.
Evening star., 1923-04-02

$4,000
& 2a9M
Nearly about Vapa and millions This wonderful
varnh has proved worth and quality under and
conditions that nothing short of amazing
Thousands unsolicited letters have reached people wishing
overwhelming
Vspar durability and its astonishing
heat, acids, alkals.
And convinced that thousands of other Vpr have had
We incidents. Accord
thousand dollars telling
of experiences with Valspar
For Instance Unique Qualities of Valspar
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Ennkan
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perfect rVaspris
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Evening star., 1923-01-19
Vanity Purses.

A friend in Paris has been sending
me long letters full OF the most fas-
cinating suggestions for pretty things
that any girl can make for herself.
Alas, the best suggestion of all comes
TOO late to be useful as Christmas
gift idea-so you must be selfish and
utilize 1t in post-holiday gift for
yourself.
The letter is all about handbags
and vanity purses. The new vanity
purse is just large enough to hold
powder and puff. a mirror. with a
place for change and perhaps a bill
or so One could get in a lipstick
and the tiniest of nail files, but moth
ing more. Pouch bags are not gone
but going. The new bag is fiat and
shaped somewhat like an envelope.
DO you want to make a beauty
such as my friend described? It's
simple. enough. Take a length Of
black MORE ribbon-the newest thing
for bags. The length depends upon
the ribbons width. Fold il on itself
three times and use enough to max
Evening star., 1923-01-19
BEAUTY CHATS
By Edna
Kent Forces.

the resulting shape pretty-about
three-quarters. of yard does it, Cut
a piece of moderately stiff canvas a
little shorter and narrower than the
ribbon and lay it on as an inner
lining, and lay on the same length
of white moire ribbon as you have
black. Whipstitch or machine stitch
the edges closely together. fold into
three parts. like an envelope, whip
stitching two of them together for
the body of the bag. leaving the third
free as the flap. Then--here's the
touch-take a yard of black silk cord.
sew a tassel to each end. sew each
tasel to each lower corner of the bag
and the cord up the edges Thc long
loop left over is the bags handle
The tassels hang down below ana
the cord hides your Whipstitchiu-.
Your vanity bag looks quite proics
sional.
Mary ElIen.--EEe brows o. lashes
can be cultivated Just,as easily as tn,
hair, SO you need not feel you nav
lost yours pcrma nently. shah b.
glad to mail you the eSefash formula.
if you wish il. Send a stamped adj
dressed envelope, repeating your re
quest.
Evening star., 1923-01-19
The Diary Of a Professional Movie Fan
By GLADYS HALL.

to find them anywhere. They're not
a bit particular. and nine times out
OF ten. as In my own case, they don't
Unlike me. they may never have
thought about IL. But do delieve
this, with the passing of the screen
June Showers and May Marigolds and
December Daisies and other curly
headed ingenues, the movie fntelli-
lots of things from screen folk. I've
met some of the most cultured and
brilliant people one could meet any
where in the movie studios, and /
have found before the camera men
and women who can range the wide
world over in their mental activities
Elsie Ferguson, now completing
"Outcast" for Paramount, is one OF
these. She is interested in socialism,
not in the radical sense. but with a
for fair play and for no more than
her own just due.
Lillian Gish may look like a will o.
the wisp, but she reads Tolstoi and
the Old Testament and is of solid
mental caliber.
once when I lunched with Carol
Dempster she talked Chinese phi
losophy to me until I thought she
really was a daughter of Confucius.
Eric Won Stroheim has an extraor-
binary mind. He is of the genius
caIiber and one of the most pol
fshed, we'll informed and exquisitely
courteous men one could well meet
anywhere. He has recently signed a
contract to direct for Goldwyn, by
the way.
Theda Bara fs a walking library, so
splendidly Is she read and so we'll is
she versed in all topics current and
cosnic. And she also, by the way,
is about to do, '"The Easiest Way
for the screen.
Evening star., 1923-01-19
VERSIFLACE
Disappointment.

Oh, we'll! It's nineteen-twenty-
three. the New Year safely here, but
somehow it just seems to me like any
other year. II doesn't do such start
ling things, though we made such a
fuss, the sparrows still have drab
brown wings. the mud still makes "A
muss. And boys still hate to scrub
their teeth. and there are bills to pay,
and fairies dance upon the heath, and
the night still follows day. And wives
wishing they weren't wed, and maid
ems long to be. and cows and horses
must be fed, and bare is every tree
And food it still the need OF each,
some smile and some do weep, the
teachers seem to love to teach and
bears in winter sleep. Now. '23, feel,
I do, you're somewhat of a fraud.
What have you done that's really new
that we can loud applaud?
W1LHELMINA STITCH.
Evening star., 1923-01-19

the hearts Of men, And. though
did not follow the meaning of the
verses, my heart went adventuring
with them, out on the waves of music
and warm rose scent, out to world
of gold and blue. where the faith in
mems hearts sang greatly and all
good dreams came true.
/ do not know whether the roses are
blooming now. And somewhere along
the trail, the dreams let go my hand
But last Christmas eve the hymns
came back to me. / was going home
through a rainy street, home to work
some more. didn't feel like Christ
mas eve. II was late and cold and I
was lonely, .pal-lonely and tired and
maybe a bit envious of the lights on
the other folks trees. So presently
stood and looked. Before me. by a
window, blazed a tree, with lights of
green and purple caught within a
golden mesh. Out on to the pave
ment spilled the light and spread in
a bright. clustering pool around my
feet. out. too, spilled laughter-soine
one called and answered--whistled.
sang-the sound of dancing feet and
Jazz And then the noise all stopped
and there was silence
Came the sound of bells, then soft
and clear there rose the brave old
chant:
"oh. come all re faithful.
Joyful and triumphant,
To Bethlehem hasten now with glad accord;
Come and behold Him,
Born the King of Angels,
Oh come let adore Him
Christ, the Lord
"a record on a photograph" you
smile No. more than that. my friend.
The healing touch of beauty on a
heart trail worn--the clasp of dreams
upon my hand again,
I'm grateful to old hymns.
Copyright. 1927
Evening star., 1923-01-19
History of Rour 5aanle.
BY PHILIP FRANCIS NowLAN.


COOPER
Neutrality-suspicious., Copper. Tur.
ner.
RACIAL oRIolN-EnsIIsh.
soURcE--An Occupation.
The family name of Cooper is really
the same as our modern word cooper,
used to designate a barrel-maker, and
the family names of Cowper and Cop
per are but variations of it.
1t docs not follow that the original
Coopers, Cowpers and Coppers, how
ever, were all barrel makers. In fact,
the original coopers did not ply their
trade at all in the same manner as
the modern cooper. They did not
make their products from slaves and
hoops. On the contrary, they worked
mostly with the medieval ancestor Of
the modern turning lathe, thus mar
rowly escaping bestoWing the name
of Turner upon their particular pos
terities, as did others of their CO.
workers
Our modern word cup is, SO to
speak, the first cousin of the modern
word cooper and really Is a more
direct descendant of the medieval
word. The ancient coopers made
cups. Iney Hdu0 IHein lot diI puT-
poses and in all sizes, and out of a
great many different materials,
though for the most part out of wood,
though sometimes out of metal. Chau-
GER has passage which explains that
wood was a material they often work
ed in because it was easily turned.
Entries of such names as Adam lie
Kuppere" and Richard le Cuppere,"
as well as the forms ''le Cowper" and
'1e Coopere," are to be found in the
tax and census records which have
come down to US from medieval times
in England.
Copyright, 1929
Evening star., 1923-01-19

Well. a moron, roughly speaking, is
the man or woman who cannot pass
the thirteen-year-o Simon Binet
mentality test. In other words, a
moron is an adult with a brain de-
veIopment less than that of the
normal thirteen-year-old child. Of
course, there are morons and morons
Just as, to go down a few degrees.
there are idiots and idiots, but the
thirteen-year-old test is the fair
average.
OF course, I don't go so far as to
say that there are no f1orons in the
movies. To tell you a dread secret,
Diary, I've doubts about myself. I've
never taken the Simon Binet test
and hence cannot be as positive as
] should like to be, but while there's
no test there's hope, and to that
clingi
However, let me back to meh topic
As say. there doubtless are ,morons
In the movies. That's one OF the
things about morons; you're likely
o. -
Evening star., 1923-01-19
Pimento, Celery. Nut Salad.

Chop one can Of pimentoes, one
bunch of celery and one cupfuI OF
nut meats together, then add one
half cupful of sugar, ,one-half cupful
of vinegar. the strained juice of one
lemon and one teaspoonfui of salt.
Soak two tablespoonfuls of powdered
gelatin in one-talf cupful Of cold
water, then, add one cupful Of boiling
water. When cool, add the other
ingredients and pour into a wet ring
mold. Turn out. when flrm and. serve
shredded lettuce in the center with
mayonnaise dressing.
Evening star., 1923-01-19
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Evening star., 1923-01-19
0A@A> - A4fAAA ~ = NSAAAAAO ". Burgess.

t.oouowed; 80 he hoped along throueb
Iue OId PASTURE as If he had nothi5g
IN particular on his mind. '1iiis .
VOW IN the Old Pasture tbara is
are ra proad stretch in which there
plenty or bushes and young treaS h,,t
no orambles. Old cow paths Sni,,d a.
alo 81 OUT among these bushes and traas
I. was along one Of these path. ,bat
4hat nopped. he was almost throupb
oramb mble-tangIe on the iouer 90 3z
Wnen no heard some distance haSi
MN tne thump of a rabbit's feet ~.
-Ine nard crust. 1t was a t1apaer s,e, oi
hL; h, Feter didn't even stop to inel
bit sba,,fs ne ola Just what a wise rab4
bounded for that bramble- tanrI. ne ne
iasts as ms legs could take him Tbs
tnsIant ne was safely In amopv tboso
pDrramoles he sat. up to look hacS
brasth nal ne saw made him hold his
Dodging this way and that aronr5
~ Sue ousnes was a big, gray rabbit
II IL was Old Jed Thumper' az co,Trso e'
;S.er n;, knew that it was he who bad
5ind dn hin inat waa danger 3 aasg signal. And be-
clear to Peter that Reddv must hs as
peen coming down through the 0Id
PASTURE behind Old Jed T6umnar oIe1 Oid
surprised him. Old Jed Thumper wae @
mbarne LOT that bramble- tanPIe
@ mnere Peter was, for it was the
eenISn.t eS place @ Of safety. But he
could run faster than he coriS iSeooy
tnere was nothing for Old jed Thnmn' 30
did dodgei Anu now ne
But dodging this way and that wav
around the bushes took strenrfb "a5
Oio JED Thumper was weak from la ct-
or FOOD. Two or three tirnes RadSE,
Just missed him as he lodged. Womb
ne be able to reach that brambiau
tsangle sanegd in time? Would her Peter
Ted ioagTt, TSrr nov ne had once hated Old
Thumper had always tried to dr;ve
him out Of the Old Pasture. He couId
think OF nothing but how terribIa IL
would be IL Reddy Fox should catch
Old Jed Thumper
Copyright 1928, by I. W. Burrem1
Evening star., 1923-01-19
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Evening star., 1923-01-19
Your Home and
You
A Coat-Rack Outside.
BY HELEN KENDALL.

When the snowy days come, and the
youngsters come tramping in from their
play with wet rubbers and CATERS,
snowy coats and caps and tippets caked
with ice, it certainly takes a. patient
mother to endure the tracking up" of
the hali-even the back hall--if the chill
dren can be induced to come in that
way. The older members Of the family,
too. scatter particles of snow and ice
over the rugs whenever they come in
from outdoors.
my house has been a totally differ
ent place since / boldly defied conven-
tion and put my coat rack outsid my
front door instead of inside it, re-
ma arked thoughtful housewife II had
Evening star., 1923-01-19

and apples. He can't think of those
things and stay up here in the Old
Pasture. He simply can't do it. His
stomach won't let him"
Peter began to run fast SO as TO
get out of sight of Old Jed Thumper.
Then he sat down behind bush and
watched his back trail. He didn't
have to watch long. In fact IL was
only a moment or two before he saw
Old Jed Thumper coming, and Old
led Thumper was beginning to hurry.
There was an anxious look in his
eyes. Inside Peter chuckled again.
Then he stopped chuckliHg. He had
noticed that though Old Jed ThuInper
was trying to hurry he wasn't mov=
ing very fast, and Peter understood
why. He understood that that big,
gray rabbit was weak from lack of
food. fAS at
Peter. started on. again. but he went
slowly. He didn't look back. He
suspected that Old Jed Thumper didn't
want him to know that heswas teing.
Evening star., 1923-01-19
One of the Things That Make Me
"Maddest."

You know. there are great many
things I come UP against that make
me feel like starting a little private
war, with or without copscription as
necessity may demand; and one Of
the things that make mo the mad
dest" Is the frequency with which
I hear the statement made that most
OF the people in the movies are
morons.
Do you know what a moron Is?