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The Cordova daily times., 1923-01-08

LONDON, Jan. S.-DOWning Street, for the last six years the most i'm p0rtant spot in the British Empire, is no longer the nerve center of the Imperial Government.
 The British Prime Minister still dwells and works in historic No. 10, 1 but the nerve center has been torn into shreds and scattered all over 1 London.
 Bonar Law, unlike his predecessor, Lloyd George, is not the Government, he is merely Prime Minister.
 Persons who formerly sought infor- nation from No. 10 Downing Street are now referred to the various gov ernmental departments. No 10 dis claims all knowledge of affairs and displays an "ignorance". that is al most alarming.
 In the days of Lloyd George the Downing Street Secretariat was full of information and knew what was transpiring in every Government De- partment. The present secretariat disclaims knowledge of everything.
 The daily press conference at Downing Street have discontinued, and lucky indeed is the newspaper man who can even gain entrance to No. 10. It was explained to news papermen when the conferences were discontinued that Downing Street had become "a dope box and the cover was lifted twice daily" The new Government thought this condition unidentified, or at least unwise, and thus the representatives of the press are no longer welcome guests at No. 10.
 The American press in London still has a good friend in Sir Arthur Wll- lert, formerly Washington correspon- dent of the London Times. Sir Ar thus is an American advisor in the Foreign Office and has been deslg- mated as liaison officer between the British Government and the Ameri- can press.
 The policy of the new Government, however, is "hush-hush" policy, and little or no information seeps out these days.
 Lloyd George in his administration freuuently issued public statements, and whenever he had crisis on his hands appointed Sir Edward Grigg as his spokesman. The public then at least had an idea as to what move ments were being made by the Gov ernment.
 Under Bonar Law the public is left in the dark. The newspaper cor respondents rarely make flat state ments of fact, but the newspapers are full of conjecture, some of 1t the widest sort of conjecture.
 Smarting under the "hush-hush policy the newspaper proprietors ol England are becoming restlve ana threaten campaign to try to oper the sources of information which have been closed. There is grave doubt. however, whether they can act in cooperation, and even if so whether they would be able to bring about any change.
 J will make no bargains with the press," said Bonar Law when ne opened his campaign, and although he referred to "political bargains when he made the statement, Il seems that he expressed one or ms general policies.
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The Cordova daily times., 1923-01-08

The flappers have a friend in Dr. silk stockings are more hygenic than cotton or wool, even in London's de- cidedly wet climate.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-01-08

Bereyl Rogers, eight years old and relative of the famous Anton Rub instein, is being heralded as Londons s latest infant prodigy. She has mas tered the piano and is already the composer of several bodies.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-01-08
RELIEVE CHILE EARTHQUAKE
 CONTINUATION OF DISASTER

TOKYO, Jan. 8.-The violent earth quake which occurred in north cen tral Chile were plainly registered on the seismograph at Tokio Imperial University and as result Profes-
Evening star., 1923-07-01
Mary Roberts Rinehart and Girls

THERE is perhaps no American
i novelist who is so qualified to dis
cuss the modern American girl as Mary
Roberts Rinehart. the popular pey-
wright and novelist who is living in
Washington right now and who has
just produced her newest play with a
premier at local theater. Mrs. Rine-
hart is above all else proud of her three
sons, and no woman can have three fine
sons and not keep up with the styles
in girls. Then. too, as a writer. Mrs.
Rinehart frequently proved herself to
be a capable chemist Of the modern
girl.
"I like the modern girl and approve OF
her very much" said Mrs. Rinehart the
Other. morning in her breezy apartment Mt
is basically the same as the girl Of more
conservative times, but with the added
advantage of frankness. She really
doesn't know any more about life than
her grandmother did, hut she tells
others what she does know and she dis
cusses everything in a commendable,
above board manner.
81 think that parents, particularly
parents of girls, are largely responsible
who does not seem to consider her par :
ents above her own level. Parents OF
today~do not try to keep themselves
aloof. They encourage their children
by all their actions to realize that they
are merely human beings. In this way,
a much closer tie of affection and
mutual interest is developed.
''Of course. I believe that the one real
career for girls is home making and all
the responsibilities that this life-work
Includes. However, / think business <or
professional careers for girls who have
inclina tions in those directions are very
good as filters until the girls take up
the real work with marriage.
Evening star., 1923-07-01

ITO me the favorite type Of girl is
the home girl. and this is the type |
have selected for the heroine Of my new
play. The Breaking Point Elizabeth
represents work and love to the hero.
This is the same kind of girl that was
the heroine of my very first play, The
Double Life which. by the way. was
written before ! wrote any of my novels.
the young girl was the typical ingenue,
light, happy and effervescent. Babe
was, OF course a typical fiapper My
heroine Of Cheer Up farce, was a
! red d-haired. sharp-tongued girl. mod
ern version of Catherine the shrew' s
type. The heroine of Spanish Love-
was an emotional Latin type that is not
American. Seven Days had sophisti-
Gated debutante heroine, and the girl in
The Bat was sweet young girl, VIC
tim of circumstances
Mrs. Rinehart herself looked the most
attractive type of the modern American
| woman. She did not come to the inter-
view at ii O'Clock in the morning dress
ed in an elaborate French neglige con-
coction. She wore a crisp pink and
white plaid gingham dress. such as
hundreds of American women don each
morning. Her thick black hair was
simply dressed and her blue eyes were
intent with the problems that she had
before her. but not with herself She is
very businesslike in her manner and
very charming, particularly when she
smiles, which is often.
q "Do you want me to say what | think
about girls going on the stage?" she
suggested toward the end Of the inter-
view. Receiving eager acquisscence,
she said:
II should advise any girl who seri-
ously considered taking up a stage
career to first attend a reliable dra .
matte school and then get stock COM
pany experience. l would not advise
any girl to get into the motion pictures.
The field is more than overcrowded at
present"
Evening star., 1923-07-01
A New Dress for a Dollar

A f1R1AM COOPER. motion picture
lNl actress, has announced that she
and Olga Printzlau. scenario writer,
have combined their ingenuity and
ability as costume designers, and
have made a gown that is attractive
and that costs only one dollar. This
dress Is said to be becoming to ali
types Of girls. and Miss Cooper has
five made up in different materials
suitable for every occasion in her
wardrobe for the picture on which
she is now working.
The simple instructions for making
this dress. as issued by Miss Cooper.
include the following facts: "The ma .
terfal should be as wide as possible,
but not more than two yards Is re-
Quired. The model is the simple,
straight one which is in vogue now.
From one end OF the goods a. few
is cut. and another small piece for
the narrow sash. This leaves about
one and half yards to be folded
once lengthwise and cut in two
pieces, each piece remaining a yard
and half long. These can be quick
ly basted together at the sides and a
hem turned up. In the small open
inUs left for the arms, the two pieces
out for the sleeves are sewn. Cut
q semicircle at the top Of the goods
for the neck, slip the gown over the
head Of the model and drape the sash.
or belt, gracefully about the waist.
For the lighter materials, a few
inexpensive artificial flowers are ef4
fective, and still keep the dress with
in the dollar limit"
Materials especially suggested for
the frock are voile, dimity, cotton
crepe, gingham and seco silk.
Evening star., 1923-07-01
Girl SNout Writes
Camp Poem

T>HE District Division of Girl Scouts
i of America is proud of the poem
written in honor Of the local scout
camp. Camp Bradley at Edgewood,
Md. This poem was by Girl Scout
Elizabeth Franzoni and reads as fol-
lows:
CAMP BRADLEY.
Which is the camp we love so well.
The camp that lies near hill and
dell,
The camp that brings us life outdoors,
Woods and fields, health and joys?
1t Is Bradley--the one We all adore,
Where we spend each year 2 month
II Miss White. the District director
will let us,
And the moths and bugs and mos
quitoes don't get US.
Thirty tents make up our camp,
Each supplied with an electric
lamp,
Ralph and sam the champion cooks.
PLENTY or councillors. all strong on
looks.
Officers. from Edgewood, which lies
close by,
Come take our councillors for a
horseback ride,
Oh, boy! just see those horses prance
And jump, I'll wager, from here to
France.
So when the school Is ended.
All oirl Scouts hearts are bended,
To the camp we love so well,
That lies from hill and dell.
Evening star., 1923-07-01
Veterans of Great War

will be awarded to the member who
secures most reeraltts.
The menbefs at the last regular
meeting contrieated . ten.doilar sead
TO Mics Mary Berisn, as snaI re-
ward for the wonderful record thak
they made during the recent poppy
campaign conducted by the post
The Ladies' Auxiliary of Equality.
walter. Reed Post. under the direc-
tion Of Mrs. James Reed, 10 arranging
to send delegation OF members TO
the National Auxiliary convention,
which will be held In Norfolk. Va,
Foreign Wars hold their encampment.
and additional inforAatton can be se-
cured from Mrs. James Reed, 1ass b
street northwest
More than roe disabled veterans az
Walter Reed Army Hospital shook
hands with Alvin owsisy, national
commander of the American LAsfen.
when he visited that Institution We'd
nesday; He was accompanied on his
anSss sreesoI .fp sy ese ,fs raPk stat3: r
Veterans Bureau; Joseph Sparks
chairman OF the legion's national re-
habilitation committee; Gen. Walter
y; Mccall Of the surgeon generals
office. and Col. j. D. 0lennan, coms
hamuihs oIHcer OF the n2spltai.
The war wrecked soldiers bright
ehed visibly at Owsley's CHEEKY
greeting, and eagerly showed hign
samples of their oecupational therapy
work. or told of~their improved con-
ditions In government hospitals.
Owsiey addressed more than 100 %
the disabled who had gathered tns
formally In the recreation hall of tho
hospftal. He was roundly appiaudea
when he Informed his audience that
not a single piece OF legislation for
the RELIEF OF the disabled had been
enacted by the Congress which hAa
not hrst been advocated as a part OF
the iegfon's national legislative program,
and the legion would press for the
enactment OF additional laws at the
next session OF Congress
Following the visit TO the hospital,
Commander Owsley was the guest at
a luncheon given by Ambassador
Jusseraad at the French embassy.
Evening star., 1923-07-01
Mary Asquith,
School Editor

A E1sS MARY ASQUITH, seventeen
lNl years old. was one OF the most
popular members Of the class of
Central High School which was
graduated couple of weeks ago.
Miss Asquith took the classical course
and specialized in the commercial
sbjects-typswritin and shorthand.
She liked these subjects so well and
got along in them so nicely, that she
tays she Is going to take the strictly
commercial course next year at the
school and At herself for a secretarial
position.
While taking the academic studies.
Miss AeQNith was editor of the
Brecky, the school yearbook, in her
senior year. and also associate editor
of the Central Bulletin, the school
weekly newspaper.
During her junior year, Miss AS
quith was class representative on the
school council. She is an active men,
ber Of the Zodiac Social Club, which
was formally authorized ny the school
authorities
Evening star., 1923-07-01
AVIATION ACTIVITIES IN WASHINGTON

Roads: Lieut.. David Rittsnhouse to
Hampton Roads; Lieut.. l. H. Sander.
1h;, s0h;; Marine Corps. and Commander
white to Aberdeen, Md; Lieut.. Com
mander Rankin and Lieut.. Stone TO
ton Roads; Lieut.. Sanderson ana
Lieut.. McKenna to Langley; Com
mander White. Lieuts. Ramsey. Rit.
tenhouse, Price and a mechanic. ali
IN Douglas Torpedo plane. built
GsrS Ior two passengers, to
shoemaker to Philadelphia ana return
Boiling Field.
From Langley Field, Hampton. Va.
to Boiling. thence to Fairf,eld. obio,
near Dayton. and return to wash,np-
ton. was the route covered last
Thursday by Lieut.. Foster, a distance
OF more than 500 miles in a day with
Lieef eefai Fo urs to spare. Had not
Ft the Fairfield fntermediate fannt
TOR service, his journey would have
oeen maoe in much. less time. How
e~er, tne present flight Is considered
vice record ,o'v over this particular airway.
$3.50 o'clock. Lieut.. Guy Kirksey re.
neyed him as pilot and continued the
night to Langley field and return.
During the week many civilians got
an inside peep into the experiences
et nying, nearly a dozen having baen
taken on hops around the city, In
Gsu1ea EsI1ie In this number was Master
Fuilerton, nephew OF Senator Spen-
Ger OF Missouri. Lieut.. Lester J. Matt
land took him up for q spin and the
It-year-old youth was very entht,.
ssastic over the sport when he landed.
chsfar Ihsnt ofhcers from the office OF the
cnief OF air service, also engaged
planes for practice and orpss.o .onnnS -,
flights.
Lieut.. Grisham OF Langley field ar
rived Friday in a Martin bomber from
MlIchell field, Long Island, and the
next day proceeded to his home sta
tion He was forced down at Leon
mntor usv.iie. tsoNh Md.. however. on account of
able to continue the journey.
Lieut.. Walter K. Burgess completed
day, returning to the field with Pri-
vate hiemp. a graduate of the air
service technical school at Chanute
| neid, Rantoul. Ill.
Aside from those already mentioned
tnere were< twelve arrivals and de-,
partures for the week, as follows.
Lieut.. Brown with Capt. Robert OIdyd
to Mitchell field from where he soon
WIN undertake. his daylight to dark
ness transcontinental four-stop flight
Lieut. Clayton L. Bissell with Lieut
iyndaii for Mitchell field Sergt. Hud-
son with Segt. Campbell from Aber-
deen. Nd. to fredericksburg. va;
bomber. from Langley With tw" nann
| sengers; Lieut.. Kunkel Of Chanute
neld for New York, carrying Master
Sergt. Holtzman; Lieut.. Langmeade
Ior % Langley field, carrying Lieut..
airway plane, for Langley field: IJeut
kunkei from Mitchell field with Litut.
crawford, and Messrs King and Ross
or the national advisory committee
! .Sr aeronautics arrived and departed
the same day for Langley field.
Evening star., 1923-07-01
NAMES FOR GIRLS
And What They Mean

CIBYL Is an apt name for a girl
- who is intelligent. for. literally
translated. II means wise girl"
The name is particularly favored by
the Scotch and Irish people, and Is of
meaning wise old women" The
source OF both words has been traced
to the Greek word meaning "cour,-
cillors of Zeus." AS Zeus. known to
the Romans in their mythology as
Jupiter, was the supreme deity wor-
position of high honor that was held
by his councillors, the Sibyls.
The blossom for Sibyl is the olean-
der. beautiful flower of wax-like
texture. The sentiment. or motto,
for girls of this name is fore
The Sibyi. women reputed to have
special powers of prophecy and divi-
nation, and believed by the people
who lived in the times when myth
ligion to possess the power Of inter-
cession with the gods on behalf OF
niortals, were commonly listed as ten.
but are sometimes referred to as
twelve women. They included the
Persian, Babylonian sometimes con-
sidered identteaD. Libyan. Delphian,
Cimmerian. Erythraean, Samian. Gu
macon. Hellespontine Cor Trojan),
Phrygian and Tiburtine.
The most famous in history and
literature Of all Eibyls was the Gu.
naean Sibyl--or Amalthaea. the Sibyl
s.o Tafquin She Us sals the to prouS navs
seventh and last king Of Rome, and
to have offered to him nine books for
sale. He refused to buy them, where
upon the sibyl had three Of them
burned; She then returned with the
remaining six volumes and again Of.
fered them to him. He still refused
to consider the purchase. So Anal
ithaca again had three burned. Yet
third time she went and presented
the remaining three volumes for sale
and at the original price of the nine
volumes. TArquin was so astonished
at such perseverance, that he was i'm
pressed to the extent Of purchAsing
the three books. They contained di-
rections as to how to worship the
the Romans. The books are generally
known as the Sibylline books. and
were written in Greek hemameters
They were carefully kept in Rome
until SO B. c., when the temple OF
Jupitsr was burned ands they were
Michelangelo. the great painter
made the most famous paintings OF
the Sibyls, alternating them with his
figures of the prophets on the tri-
angles of the vauIting of the Sistine
Chapel, Rome.
Nearly every variety of heathenisn
has its Sibyi. Sometimes poetic pre-
dictions were ascribed to these
women. Rome was. perhaps, the
place above all others where the
Sibyls were held in deepest rever-
ence An interesting fact concerning G
the SibylIine prophecies is that they
were all originally written upon palm
! leaves.
We, find no variationsdbf the name
Sibyl or any nicknames.
Evening star., 1923-07-01
Naval Air Station,

Thousands Of miles were covered
by planes OF the station since last
Thursday in flights radiating from
Anaoostia to all points of the COM
pass. Moro long.distance flights are
being made at present than ever be-
fore. which 10 unusual for the base,
as it's peculiar duties call for short
flights almost altogether In con-
nection with these journeys to New
York, Hampton Roads, Cape May,
Philadelphia, Lakehurst, Pough.
keepsie, N. Y. Media. Pa: Middleburg,
Va, and other places, not one acci-
dent or minor disturbance resulted.
Operations are being conducted by
the Photographic section with the. re-
Gently acquired, trt-lens mapping
camera in preparation for the Marine
Corps maneuvers this summer. Four
hundred miles of road in the vicinity
Of Washington are being mapped by
. Photographic plane, which will re-
suit In providing means OF d minute
study of the aera of operations. The
tain a straight ahead perspective. one
to the left and one to the right, reg
istering on the film almost COM
plete semi-circle Of view. The
cameras are understood, however, to
still be In the experiment stage. as
some dificulty with their operation
Is experienced at times.
The Photographic section also is
conducting tests with the Bausch and
Lomb telephoto lens, which is TO the
camera as a telescope is to the eye.
The object of these experiments is
to compare it for service use with
the Cook Telar lens OF British manu-
20 "a harAfnfnrn
used.
Secret tests with a plane. In which
radio plays part, are being made by
Gunner John Reuschel, who has been
ordered back to the station from the
naval aircraft factory, where he was
dispatched two weeks ago. The
! nature OF the tests are considered a
government secret
Lieut.. George r. Pond and Lieut..
A. w. 0orton, respectively, flew a
Martin observation monoplane and a
| specially constructed Vaught-biplane
up to Media, Pa. yesterday, to ex-
hibit the ships and take part in an
air meet being held there. It Is un-
derstood that tho air station also Will
haps the Vaught out to minneapolis
early this month, At which place a
new landing fed will be opened up.
Lieut.. commander Grimm OF the blu =
rei,u and Boatswain DIETRICH of the
station few an F.S-lS to Cape May
! last Friday and returned Tuesday of
! this week. The purpose of the fight
was to enable Commander Griffin to
make an inspection of the station.
Included among the cross.country
flights made during the week were:
Lieut.. Carson and Lieut.. Commander
Jennings. to the torpedo barge at me
mouth Of the Potomac; Lieuts Pond
and Ross to Philadelphia, Lakehurst
and return the same day; Lieut.. Com
msnder Webster and Lieut.. Stone to
Philadelphia; Lieuts. Miller. Farms
worth and Ostrander to Poughkeepsie,
n. Y; Commander Albert Reed. of
I ftrans.Atlantie fame, to Hampton
Roads, with Lieut.. Commander
Mitscher; Ensign A. j. Williams to
Mfddleburg. Va; Lieuts. Galloway and
Shoemaker to New York via Media;
Lieut.. F.. w. Wead to Hampton Roads;
fLieut. Rutledge Irvine Ito Cambridge,
Md; Lieut.. Commander H. B. Grow
and Lieut.. Ramsey to Hampton
~ = = s.
Evening star., 1923-07-01
Enthusiastic Ann.

Folks thought Ann was pretty.
Admitted she WAS brightly
Ann was gay and witty
And could dance all night;
JOYOUS over little things,
A veritable Pan.
People always called her
Enthusiastic Ann.
When they planned party.
Or simple tea,
Ann was always there
Lively as could be.
She sparkled and suggested
what they DO In every plan
And she always helped TO do the
work..
Enthusiastic Ann.
Time came forAvacations,
|, Some wentit the shore.
others to the mountains;
Local camps called more.
willingly she gave her aid Al
Until each trip began,
But quietly at home remained
Enthusiastic Ann.
Folks rarely took her seriously,
But liked to hear the sound
OF chatter and gay laughing
When Ann would come around.
And everybody liked her
Woman, child or man
Seemed to feel the better for
Enthusiastic Ann.
Evening star., 1923-07-01
Washington Girl
Gets Boston Post

NfIsS MARJORIE sTICKNEY, a
iN1 Washington girl. has just been
appointed as Girl Reserve secretary for
the Boston Y. w. C. A., according to a
statement recently issued
Miss Stickney was graduated from
Wellesley College in 1918 and has
been busy working with girls for two
years. teaching In the Norton House
of the Pines" She-has also had con-
siderable experience with groups
camping.
For three years she Travelled as
the national secretary for the Girl
Reserves and covered some of the far
western states In her trips of general
supervision.
In the conference for Girl Re-
serves of the New England region at
Camp Maqua. Poland. Me-, which
opened yesterday and will be con-
have charge OF the girls council
hour.
Evening star., 1923-07-01
Girl Scout Camp
Notes.

\ HISS ANNE HOF. Miss Constance
lVl Roberts, English girl guide. who
Is visiting In Washington. and
Miss Mabel Shannon have just re-
turned from the national girl scout
camp, Camp Andree. whers they took
the campers training course. 1t fea-
tured pioneer work and primitive
camping.
Miss Roberts and Miss Shannon will
go this week to the Washington Girl
Scout camp. Camp Bradley, where
they will be instructors.
Troop No. 81 of Alexandria viii go
on q ten-dAy camping trip up the
Potomac river on the Virginia side.
They will be chaperoned by Mr.. and
Mrs. Thomas Travis and their cap
tain, Mrs. Blunt. Equipment has
been loaned by the National Guard OF
Alexandra.
Next Sunday the members Of the
Washington and Baltimore Girl
Scouts will entertain at luncheon at
Camp Bradley for the officers and
their wives from Edgewood Arsenal
and Fort Hoyle.