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Evening star., 1923-03-08
ONE
OF FIRST BANKERS
SAYS S. OFFICIAL

King Tutankhamen Of Egypt
was one of the first bankers of
history and probably knew as
much about the theory of banking
as many of our present-day bank
ers, Theodore G. Risley. solicitor
for the Department of Labor, said
in an address last night before the
state bank section Of the Mary
land Bankers Association, in
Baltimore.
The ancient Egyptians. he de-
clared, were experienced bankers,
and the Chinese also had a COM
plete system of bank currency at
a time when Europeans were
hardly emerging from the dark
ages.
Mr.. Risley advocated continua-
tion of the 8 per cent immigration
law, placing the basis for the
quota on the census Of 1890, in
stead of 1910.
Evening star., 1923-03-08

was DR.. Rupert Blue, the famous
sanitarian who was surgeon general
or the United States Army throughout
the world war and for FIVE years pre-
vlouS; The chairman Of the commit
tee, Sir Malcolm DeIeyin1ne oS Craet
br1tain, expressed its sense of tie
value of American Cooperation"
Copyright, 1927
Evening star., 1923-03-08

permanent teacher, class I, Birney
School; E. H. Preston, permanent
teacher, class 1, Douglass Simmons
School; e. B. Lisemby. temporary
teacher. class 5, Shaw Junior High
School; v. G. Ramos, temporary
teacher, class 8, Logan School; O..
NJ. Davidson. temporary teacher,
class ga. Armstrong High School, and
r. B. Edmonston, teacher, grade 3,
class Z, PkillipU School
Evening star., 1923-03-08

In Akron, Ohio, recently, sixteen
girl members Of a local high school
class in civics sat as a. jury in Police
Court and acquitted man charged
with violation Of the dry law,
Evening star., 1923-03-08

J FRANK NELLY, FORMERLY OF CAL
Iher i Hugueiy. wishes to announce to his
many friends that he has purchased an in
rerest in the lumber business Of George c.
I ayIor. 2lol 7th st. NV, which will be CON-
ducted under the name of Taylor & KeIIy
Inc 1 will Pndeavor TO render the same serv
ace in the future as have In the past and
earnestly solicit your patronage
Evening star., 1923-03-08

WANTED-TO BRING A VAN LOAD OF
furniture from Philadelphia, Wilmington ana
baltimore 70 Washington. SMITHS TRANS
ER MD STORAGE COMPANY INC
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SPECIAL NOTICES.

WILL THE TWO GENTLEMEN WHO TOOK
5n their automobiles. two ladies and gentle
man 10 Casualty Hospital. after the latter
We're knocked down by an automobile on
the District line. Friday, February o. about
~ pm, please communicate with MRS
MACDE ADAMS. 1880 10th st. NV. North
1881?
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THE HOME BUILDING ASSOCIATION, zoos
Payments 81 share month. Under the
supervision of the L. $. Comptroller of Cur
Tency. start an account now VIM T. CALI
her. president; Geo. w. Linkins vice presi
dent; VIM. X. Reeve. vice president; James
A. woodward, secretary; Richard E. Claugb-
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J WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR AYy
debts other than those contracted bv mo nor
sonal!F;, WILLIAM +. MILLER Route No
Rockville. Md 3. l.
ADDRESSING. MULTIGRAPHING. MIME0-
graphing. typewritIng.
Iet-O-Riter III 18th ST.
For BETTER LETTERS call Main sr6s
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NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE
annual meeting Of the stockholders of National
Life Insurance Company of the United States
OF America will be held at the Office Of the
company. "ol wilkins building. 1912 II st. in
The city of Washington. ID. c., on Tuesday p
March It. 1923. at 10 o'clock in the forenoon
OF said day. ROBERT u. LAY. Secretary
Evening star., 1923-03-08
CoIored Schools Planned.

In the next budget, DR.. Ballou said,
he planned to include a provision for
the erection of a new junior high
Creek Park. Later. he explained, a
colored Junior high school will be
provided for the colored children of
Southwest Washington.
William l.. Houston told the super
intendent that in his opinion Junior
high school should be provided in the
vicinity of 10th and L streets to re-
lieve the congestion in the schools of
the tenth division.
Catoctin clarion., 1923-01-04
HAD HIS FILL OF SYMPATHY
Not Hard to Understand Why Sonny
Would Prefer Short Period
Of Retirement.

Listen to q story about Sonny.
He is three years old. He Is the
kind of child you read about but sell
dom meet.
When you meet him it is like greet
ing a sunbeam suddenly turned into
the shape Of human being.
But one day Sonny fell down and
broke his arm. He didn't cry, but 1t
did hurt. His hand and arm hung
limp. So they called the doctor and
had the arm set and then put into a
sling.
When Sonny went out the next day
with his mother he was the object of
much attention from his mothers
friends-and his.
"Poor little arm! !" declared the first
lady. "Did you hurt the little armT
Sonny smiled.
"Poor little armr" sympathized the
next lady they met. did i'm fall and
hurt his armT
Again Sonny smiled.
"Poor little arm" greeted the next
lady. "The little arm Is broken"
Sonny smiled, but not so warmly
this time.
"Poor little arml" beamed the next
friend.
So 1t went. BY the time they got
back home Sonny was very quiet.
Mother" he said, solemnly, Il think
the poor little arm will stay in the
house till it's well."-Washington Star.
Catoctin clarion., 1923-01-04
The Earthquake Belt.

The immunity of Great Britain from
earthquakes is due to it's geographical
situation. 1t lies at least 1000 miles
north of the nearest point of the great
earthquake belt" which seismologisfs
have located and traced right round
the globe. This troubled zone runs
roughly parallel to the equator through
Japan, China, Asia Minor the Mediter-
ranean countries, the Canary islands
and Central America, with an auxiliary
belt running southwark along the west
coast Of South America. Every big
earthquake Of modern times has hap
pened somewhere along this belt, and
generally when the sun and moon have
been so placed that their combined
pull along the critical region has been
at a maximum. We owe to the Japa-
nese, whose country is so often the seat
of a disastrous earthquake, the inven-
tion of the seismograph and the most
thorough study Of earthquake phe-
nOmena.
Catoctin clarion., 1923-01-04
Haitl's Coffee Fields.

That the coffee plant Will continue
to thrive under most adverse condi-
tions is amply illustrated in Haiti
where, 1t is said, no coffee has been
planted since the French colonists
were dispossessed Of their planta-
tions 12O years ago. The natives
have merely profited from the rich
farm heritage seized from their en-
ployers and rulers, and lacking even
rudimentary care and cultivation, the
coffee fields have lost their original
productivity and have become over
spread with thickets and weeds. To-
day there are scarcely any clearly de-
fined coffee fields, the plants being al
lowed to grow wild and to become
mixed with rank growths Of every
sort. Notwithstanding this neglect
coffee is by far the most valuable
product of Haiti's commerce. The
bulk of the yield goes to France. Add
ed to- neglect Of the plants, the
Haitian coffee raiser" Injuries his
plants by tearing Off branches with
the pods. and thus diminishes produc-
tivity.
Catoctin clarion., 1923-01-04
MALE GROUSE NOISY W0OERS
Make Much commotion When Sound
Ing Their Love Calls During
the Mating Season.

Male grouse are noisy w0Oers. Their
peculiar love calls. which during the
mating season may be heard ringing
through the woods and over the prairie
lands. take the place Of the mating
song of singing birds. They are dull,
booming sounds, variOusly produced.
Some species have a most extraor'
binary wing power, and by rapidly
beating the air or their breast feath-
ers, produce a sound that may be
heard mile or more. Other species
are provided with an air sac or loose
skin which acts as sort Of bagpipe,
for the bird initiates 1t to an amazing
size; then, with a jerking of. the head,
he forces the air from 1t with a hollow
"boom, boom, BOOM" which draws the
female birds Of their kind. These love
"songs" are accompanied by much
strutting about and spreading OF
feathers. and many fights among the
cocks.
Catoctin clarion., 1923-01-04
Effects Of stfmulants.

New and curious experiments have
been made on the action which al
cohol and tea may exercise on the
intellectual faculties.
1t has been demonstrated that al
cohol ,diminishes the ideas but re-
enforces the association of words
Under Its influence one easily learns
speech by heart, but the work OF
the thought seeking to join the ideas
is difficult.
People who absorb alcohol imagine
that they walk with the greatest ease
when. in reality, their muscular force
is subject to sensible reduction.
Tea, on the contrary. impedes the
auditory association of words, but
favors the ideas and intellectual work
The experiments in question have
also been made on coffee which pro-
duces a certain excitation, but 1t is
not kr own whether the depression fol
lowing this excitation weakens the
cerebral value.
Catoctin clarion., 1923-01-04
BORROWED FROM THE FRENCH
Word "HeIIo" an English Corruption
Which America Has Adopted a.
Own Expression.

You should try to learn the old wolf
hunters call, because you know the
wolf is q scout and that should be the
scout call, says Dan Beard, in Boys
Life.
This call was used In France first
and afterward In England, but there
are no wolves In England now and the
bugle call has been forgotten in both
countries, therefore we paint II green
and call II our own" Even though
william Tell and Robin Hood bugled
the same calls before America was dis
covered, we can make 1t American the
same as we have made the old French
wolf hunters cry American. French
was spoken In English court circles,
so the titled wolf hunters used the
French cry Of hab le loup or a. lop
loup, loup. being pronounced loo. the
cry being a la loo; the English put on
the ii and made It halloo, and we
made 1t hello, which is an American
expression, as all the telephone girls
know.
80 the old wolf hunters bugle calls
which. came here with the Huguenots
will also be American when blown
through q wooden fatboatsmen's trum-
net.
Catoctin clarion., 1923-01-04
GREAT VICTORY FOR SCIENCE
Cure Of Insanity One Of the Most su.
Prems Blessings Bestowed on
Human Race.

Insanity 10 no longer considered
hopeless in most cases. The hospitals
are curing great numbers Of patients
through scientific treatment. Physical
infections have been found to be the
cause Of many mental cases; and even
where the cause Is purely mental,
specialists are making rapid progress
In restoring the diseased minds.
The reclaiming Of q lost mind 10
perhaps the greatest blessing science
can bestow. An eye, lung, leg or
an arm may be taken away. yet there
always remains that handful Of gray
substance which can comprehend and
direct the world. But when the mind
is gone, everything 10 gone, as far az
the unfortunate individual 10 con-
cerned.
The attitude toward lunatics Of say
age or semi-savage peoples 10 rather
odd, when one considers that an Inn
becile 10 always more or less Of
nuisance and that savages, by natural
inclination, make short shrift Of all
obstacles in the way Of their comfort
and happiness. Almost invariably saw
age tribes believe that their demented
members are possessed Of a super
natural presence, and treat them kind
ly and well.
The treatment Of those mentally de-
fcient by modern civilized people has
been sometimes cruel and, until lately
Catoctin clarion., 1923-01-04
nearly always unwlss.=JdcKsOnvlIIs
Journal.
BUTTONS ONCE HAD PURPOSE
In Old Times There Was Good Res
son for the Present Merely "or-
namental" Appendages.

A weii-knOwn speaker recently en-
gagged in some captious remarks at a
gathering Of women, upon the frivoli-
ties Of fashion particularly as con-
cerned women's dress. He was get
ting considerable fun out Of 1t until
one Of the ladies' interrupted him and
asked what the buttons on the back
OF his coat were for. They are clearly
superfiuous and just as much out OF
place as some Of the feminine foibles
he was criticizing. He was unable to
answer the question, whereupon the
laugh was on him. The useless and
supposedly ornamental extra buttons
on mans dress coat are relics Of
.horseba ck-riding days. when 1t was
customary to button up the skirts OF
the coat to prevent sitting upon them
or getting 1.-The Innings soiled from the
horse. The slit up the back Of the coat
originally served the same good pur-
pose. The buttons on the sleeves are
Inherited from the days when really
dashing blade had frequent necessity
for turning up the sleeves of his coat
to give his sword-arm play. Then the
buttons served a real need. Finally
the turned-up sleeve and Its lining be-
came cuff that could no longer be
turned down and the buttons became
merely traditional.
Catoctin clarion., 1923-01-04
NOT LEARNED FROM SARACENS
Rosary Found In Pages Of An
Client Historian.

Catholic authorities have attributed
the invention Of the rosary to st. DOM
inic. founder Of the famous Dominican
order. But evidence Of q still earlier
origin Of the rosary has come to light.
1t is related Of Lady GOdiva by VIII
liam of Malmesbdry that she be-
Queathed to the monastery Of Gov
entry "a circlet Of gems, which she
had threaded on a string, in order that
by lingering them one by one, as she
successfully recited her prayers, she
might not fall short Of the exact num-
ber."
"This, II authentic" says Cornelius
81. Patton, In Asia Magazine, "ts In
teresting az disposing Of the theory,
often held, that the Roman Catholics
of Europe learned the use Of the rosary
from the Saracens at the time Of the
Crusades. Lady Godiva must have
passed from the scene several years
before Godfrey led his conquering host
into Asia Minor and Palestine. More
recent Catholic authorities call atten-
tion to the fact that, although the Ro-
man Catholic rosary In Its present
standard form Of 165 beads, divided
into "mysteries' or decades, IL Domint-
can, the followers Of st. Dominic did
not become interested In the rosary
until the closing years Of the Fifteenth
century@-Detroit News, g,-
Catoctin clarion., 1923-01-04
BETTER TO Be FoREHAADED
Few Advance Who Allow Themselves
to Become Addicted to the
Habit Of pilatoriness.

We probably all know people who
seem to be, as they express 1t, al
ways In rush." yet who are always
just little late. They find apparently
almost pleasurable excitement in
putting off till the last moment the per-
Torrance or necessary tasks and then
executing them under high pressure.
No doubt there Is something stlmulat-
ing in having to accomplish certain re-
suits within given time, but a good
many persons in allOtting their time
seem to mistake the harassing for the
stimulating.
Every teacher knows that, If on a
Tuesday he assigns certain task to
be completed by the following Tues
day, considerable percentage Of the
class will begin work upon it on Mon
day evening. He knows too that there
is very small fraction Of the class
who will set to work. upon 1t immedi-
ately. He can soon tell which Of his
pupils are the forehanded and which
the dilatory workers.. 1t may be that
the forehanded workers will not al
ways do the best work. Some of the
dull pupils are sure to be among the
forehanded ones; they have found that
they have to be, In order to keep up
at all; and often among the dilatory
pupils there are the brightest minds.
But If not overcome, the habit Of dila-
toriness will eventually slow up a nat
urally bright and active mind, and the
habit Of forehandedness, II maintained,
will often quicken dull one.-Youth's
Companion.
Catoctin clarion., 1923-01-04
One Of the Family.

yillie had been placed by her aunt
In a situation as maid Of all work In q
family of three. At the end of week
the aunt dropped In to see how she was
getting on.
"Do you like your work." she asked.
"It's fair" said the laconic Tillte.
"And are they making you feel at
homer"
sometimes they do. and sometimes
they don't"
"Now what do you mean by thatT'
demanded the aunt.
"Well," said Tillie. "they haven't
asked me to 70 to church with them
yet but last night they went on with
a grand quarrel they were having, all
the three of them, with me taking the
dishes OF the table, just as If l had
been one Of the family."-Harpsr's o
Magazine.
Catoctin clarion., 1923-01-04
Tn. Fin. Ar. Of Conversation.

Quite often people who are will
ing to spend years in the perfection Of
other arts are 10th to devote a little
time daily to the interchange Of good
conversation. Practice three times a
day, few minutes at time, during
breakfast, luncheon and dinney, will
enable the shyest boy or girl to be-
come a ready conversationalist.
Table talk need not be brilliant, but
It must be agreeable. Impassioned ar
guments, malicious gossip, shop talk,
housekeeping troubles details Of hos
pital operations or dental seances-
these and kindred topics are not social
subjects. Young people should be en-
couraged to report at the dinner table
any pleasant incident Of the day or to
invite comment upon books, music. pic
lures, etc. Good stories-brief and
we'll told-may be repeated at dessert
time. What Is essential Is to acquire
the habit of ready conversation.
Catoctin clarion., 1923-01-04
Flow Of LANGUAGE.

A colored preacher, one Of the men
who are never at a loss for words, was
commencing to his congregation one
Of the organs Of the church, and this
Is how he did 1t:
"Tlle missionary bulletin Of this
church needs subscribers. 1t is young
and unfinancial, but through the In
strumentality Of backbone and grit It
will become an ideal. 1t was ushered
into existence out Of purely innocent
contemplation Of moral and religious
good, which would, In all probability.
result from carefully agitated prin-
ciples or righteousness. The bulletin
will be observed mingling In social
conventions to furnish with sheaves OF
harvest those reasonable products COM
mon to social contingencies. The tone
of the whole will be missionary work"
Kansas City Journal.
Catoctin clarion., 1923-01-04
"Indian kettles."

The beautifully rounded and
smoothed pot holes which abound
along the rocky shores of Lake
George, and which, biologists say.
were formed by the boring action of
hard powders driven round and round
in water eddies when the glaciers that
once covered the Adirondack region
were melting away, are called by the
country people. Indian kettles" They
think that the Indians followed out
these holes, which vary from a foot
to several feet in diameter and depth,
to cook soup in. The heat, they assert,
was produced by dropping red-hot
stones into the holes. While the In
dians did not make the holes, 1t Ia
not impossible that they may OCCASION
ally have utilized them In the way de-
scribed. ,A
Catoctin clarion., 1923-01-04
Catarrhal Deafness Cannot Be Cured

by local applications. as they cannot reach
the diseased portion of the ear. There 10
only one way. to cure catarrhal deafness.
Catarrhal Deafness is caused by an In.
famed condition of the mucous lining Of
the Eustachian Tube. When this tube II
inf1amed you have rumbling sound or i'm
perfect hearing, and when 1t is entirely
closed, Deafness Is the result. Unless the
Inflammation can be reduced and this tube
restored to its normal condition. hearing
will be destroyed forever. Many cases of
deafness are caused by catarrh, which 10
an infamed condition of the mucous sur
faces. Halls Catarrh Medicine acts thru
the blood on the mucous surfaces Of the
system
We will give One Hundred Dollars for
any case of Catarrhal Deafness thnt cannot
be cured by Halls Catarrh Medicine. Cir.
oulars free. All Druggists 76c.
y. ]. CHENEY e. CO.. Toledo. O
Catoctin clarion., 1923-01-04
Would Speak for Itself.

The small boy entered the butch
er's shop whistling briskly, and de-
posted sleeps head on the counter.
"Mr. JONES'" he said, mothers sent
back this meat" and turned on his
heel and started to leave.
But the butcher wanted an explana-
ton.
"What's wrong with 1t, sonnyT he
asked.
"Well." sonny replied, mother
didn't say what was wrong with 1t.
She only said leave 1t, and the head
will speak for itselfr"
Catoctin clarion., 1923-01-04
x.R,v sR.plac.s Radlun.

That radium Is failure and that
many leading surgeons have discarded
1t in favor of X-rays is the opinion ex-
pressed by Sir Thomas Parkinson, a
distinguished British surgeon. who was
consulting physician to the American
hospital for English soldiers. and who
is also physician to the prime min.
lister, Lloyd George.
He says that radium Is not only
not effective as remedy, 1t was posi-
lively dangerous, as its burning eff
feet aggravated instead Of curing mall
aides. a
Catoctin clarion., 1923-01-04
Not DISQUALIFIED.

It Is wonderful what good reason
men have for not serving on juries: but
bright judge. is generally equal to
the occasion.
In one court an Italian asked to be
excused from jury duty.
"Why?" asked the judge.
"Well, your honor, / don't under
stand good English"
"Oh, you will do" replied the Judge.
"You won't hear much good English
here, anyhow. w."-Milwaukee Sentinel.
Catoctin clarion., 1923-01-04

, Mountaineering Comparatively New.
Mountaineering for its own sake Is
comparatively recent; even since the
invention Of photography, few people
who have not made an ascent can COM
prehend the thrilling uplift of spirit
that comes at the top Of high noun
tain after long and difficult climb.
Mont Blanc, 1871 feet high, was first
ascended In 1856. and at that time
writer's had only expressions of hor-
ror for the attempt.-Youth's Com
panion.
Catoctin clarion., 1923-01-04
NEckTlE DATES FROM 1860
Was introduced Into France by RegI-
nnent Of cravates-F ashlon Some
times Became Extreme.

The neck was left unconflned BY the
ancients. The earliest form Of neck
tie was a simple cord worn around q
starched band Of linen attached to the
shirt. The modern tie was introduced
In 1860 by regiment of Cravates
which came to France. A bandage OF
silk or muslin was worn about the
neck Of the officers, while the soldiers
wore Aimpler STUFF. The ends which
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A DISPUTED PASSAGE.

Some years ago Longfelow, the poet,
and Fields, the publisher, were on a
walking tour, when, to their surprise,
an angry bull stood in the pathway,
evidently intending to demolish them
both.
IL think" said Fields, that 1t will
be prudent to give this reviewer a
wide margin"
"Yes," replied the poet, "it appears
to be disputed passage"
Catoctin clarion., 1923-01-04
PIus Not Naturally Dirty.

Pigs are popularity looked upon as
dirty animals, but they are not really
so, and the unclean appearance of the
domestic porker is generally the result
of the condition Of its sty. In Its wild
state, the pig keeps itself clean by
bathing in river or lake, and rubbing
until dry against tree trunks.
Catoctin clarion., 1923-01-04
MARRIAGE a Mode.

It is well life In the South seas is 80
simple and not complicated by sociai
or financial pressure; otherwise, their
young married set would have dir-
f,cult time, for the average age OF the
bride is twelve and that Of the bride
groom seventeen. Usually the woman
does the proposing and the man waits
70 Be chosen.
Catoctin clarion., 1923-01-04

Tell over the breast were disposed In
bows or hung in tassels.
After the Revolution cravats disap-
peared along with tight breeches. In
1895 II recovered its popularity, and
was increased to a degree Of extrava-
gance. Hinge pieces Of muslin were
worn around the neck by some per-
sons. while others wore padded
cushion of numerous folds. The collar
worn at this time arose about the ears,
and the mouth and chin were buried
nose-deep by the upper edge Of the
cravat The neck was puffed out larger
than the head.
Catoctin clarion., 1923-01-04
IN Second Thouoht.

The saddest words of tongue or pen
are those that cause the judge to line
YOU for contempt.
Catoctin clarion., 1923-01-04

It's Little That Way With Men.
Just about the time race horse be-
comes sure thing some other horse
comes along and outruns him.
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DIR. FAHRNEY
DIAGNOSTICIAN

Specialist in chronic diseases.
I make study and treatment
of any kind of disease the fam
lily Doctor is not curing. Tell
me your trouble and I'll tell
you what is your disease and
what can be done for it. I'll
send blank and specimen case.
Give me your name.
Catoctin clarion., 1923-01-04

Putting It Commercially.
A beautiful woman by her smiles
draws tears from our purse.-Vene-
roni.
Catoctin clarion., 1923-01-04

Scotiand's Many Islands.
The islands of Scotland number
about 800 altogether.