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Evening star., 1924-08-06

"REASURES we found for you in this W
tory closeout--like the thrifty housewife
l. covers stored away or forgotten trink cts
closed many items not heretofore reduced
All are this seasons merchandise. Many ano
in tomorrow-our first remnant day after inver
there; each individual attractive and useful in i
permit US to place it in our regular stocks.
With six weeks more of glorious summer "
August and early September, with their hot day
what jaded, perhaps depleted from long usage.
Where is there woman reading these mo
want to acquire some of them, all in good tast
We have stressed the utmost in prlces-ma
appropriate for wear long past the summer seas
only one of kind. The thrifty woman will M
Evening star., 1924-11-02
STREET SOUTHEAST NEAR THE BRIDGE.

o'clock in the afternoon G. F. Daw-
son, president of the East Washing
ton Citizens ASsocia ton. called the
assembly to order and Father Thomas
+. Hughes of st. Theresas Church
Anacostia, offered prayer. Chairman
Dawson sketclled the years of effort
which preceded the building of 3he
bridge, and gave thanks to Senators
ingalls,, Black burn, Harris and Plumb,
Representatives Rowell, Tompkins
Grant. Henderson, Bliss. Compton and
McComas and others for their inter :
est in the District in general and tnc
bridge in particular.
Mr.. Dawson read a poem, THE Ola
Burnt Bridge" and OH this point The
Star of Tuesday, August 26. 1890
said: 1T gained him repeated ap-
plausc from the thousands within
hearing of his voice"
Representative Rowell spoke 80
minutes on the history of Legislation
leading to the construction of the
bridge, saying agreeable things about
the strides which Washington was
making toward becoming the Capital
of Capitals. He said the new Penn
sylvania Avenue bridge was one of
Evening star., 1924-11-02

Of shrinking indefinitely, while the
objects about US remained as large
as they are.
:: :: x X
WE TAKE our super magnifying
" glass, then. Underneath it we
place the precious stone extracted
from an ordinary engagement ring.
We say the magic word and the dia-
mond instantly appears as large as
the Woolworth Building. We walk
through the glass, take a chisel and
chip off a small fragment no larger
than the original diamond from the
corner of the huge brilliant
The second stone. which appears
now as a fragile cloud, lighter than
gas, shot through with orange and
green flashes of radiance, we again
Place under our glass Again we
magnify it to the size of the Wool
wCith Building. Again We step
through the glass. The transformed
! diamond We find now is spread out
SO thin in all directions, containing
so many large open spaces, that We
car walk right into il. We find our
selves actually inside the diamond
or rather. inside the billionth part
of what was once a small, hard, pre-
cious stone.
And what do we see there now?
We are in a brilliantly illuminated
chamber. Above US. below US and
on every side there are corridors and
galleries and chutes as far as the eye
can see. These divisions of the huge
cathedral-Iike space are marked out
by great blazing pinwheels, which re-
semble chandeliers. They are evenly
spaced. at equal distance from one
another, in whatever direction we
look. They mark out triangular di-
visions and pyramid shaped rooms.
There Is no floor; we hang suspended
in the midst of it all. There is no
air. We find that we have ceased
breathing-but somehow that doesn't
seem to worry us. We are too busy
contemplating our surroundings.
The whirling pinwheels give out
miraculous colored light, necessarily
changing its character and color.
Here deep, steady purple glow:
there violent discharges of vivid
green; yonder a dazzling searchiight
beam of cold white. Shadows there
are none.
We hear humrnins, cracking. whir-
ring noises. These sounds, as we'll
as the colored lighting. seem TO pro-
Ceed from the revolving chandeliers.
And so we decide TO examine one of
these more closely.
:: = = ::
WE float easily up to it and view it
w through our glass. tThe glass,
strangely enough. we find always in
our pocket, ready for use whenever
we have need of it, But at first the
pinwheel seems to be whirling around
and around at such terrific speed that
we can make out nothing but brill
lent blur.
"Slow up until We can see you bet
ter" we shout, and instantly the
wheel slows up. Now we see that it
is double wheel: it has a hub and
two rims. The hub looks like lit
tie ball composed of bunch of
smaller balls huddled together but
rot touching one another. They
move about slowly. like dancers in Il
ballroom. And We notice that, like
dancers, they are of two kinds. like
two sexes, like a small gathering of
men and women. Some are heavy and
dark-like men. Others are light and
Evening star., 1924-11-02

not found anything about it. After a
while the ruined bridge came to be
| called ."the burnt bridge" and then
! the old burnt bridge" For nearly
! 80 years after its burning the road
| which before the building of the
| bridge had been the road to MAYORS
. Ferry" was called the Burnt Bridge
road"
The 18th of August. 1890, was the
18th anniversary of the burning of
the bridge, not by British, but by
Americans. and on that anniversary
was dedicated the new Pennsylvania
| Avenue bridge, which was thought Of
by many persons as the modern sue
cessor of the old burnt bridge
The parade formed at the Avenue
and Four and Half street, and be-
hind the Marine Band marched Com
pany a, Washington Light Infantry,
Capt. Frank Schwartz: National Fen
cibles. Capt. Charles S. Doner; Mer-
chants Rifles, Lieut.. f. l.. Dunn, and
the Corcoran Cadets, Lieut.. w F.
Morrow. A stand had been built in a
field at the Washington end of the
bridge, and close by Battery A of
Washington fired IS charges. At 5
Evening star., 1924-11-02
WASHINGTON END OF THE BRIDGE.

those strides. And the crowd ap-
piauded.
The Rev. James w. Clark of st.
James Church said the benediction.
and with the speaking done, the
Marine Band, under the wand Of John
Philip Sousa. played several pieces.
: The Mozart Club. led By J. III. Hunter,
sang, and boat races began.
There were Skiff races between
Eastern Branch watermen and races
between members of the Columbia
| Athletic and Potomac Athletic clubs.
In the account of those races appear
the names of William Fowler, Villa m
Padgett, f. G. Clark, Herbert Lewis,
Herbert NJ Dickinson, John c. Irwin.
! w. c. Bailey, Frank II. Barber. Eu-
gene w. Johnson. r. D. Simms, Ralph
W. Lee, II. NJ. Woodward, George W.
Henderson, r. c. Ballantyne, Fred
| Staylor, George S. Brock, Platter
Green and Charles L. Brock. There
was race between two "eights" of
the Potomac Athletic Club, and the
reporter of 1890 set down the names
of the oarSmen as Barber, Mccoy,
Pumphrey, Pierce, French, Green.
Hibbs. Warden and I. c. Trescott
Evening star., 1924-11-02

there is more activity. Two tiny balls
i've observe that they are of the "fe-
male Variety are wandering in cir
cles around the central group. At a
farther distance away there are four
more small units of the same variety.
They also wander about in circles,
forming Il sort of shell around the
whole pinwheel. Sometimes an outer
unit jumps toward the inner. ring and
then jumps back. When this happens
there is 4 flash of bright light. The
four outer women seem to be
fenced out from the dance inside: the
two inner women" seem to be kept
cut by the walls of the dance hall.
Try as they might. they cannot join
tie revelers in the center, which is
Il pity, for if they could, the dancing
men and women would be evenly
balanced. But such is life
We have seen enough for the mo-
ment. We step back through our
glass three times and find the world
just as We left ii. In our hand is the
original small engagement ring dia-
mond. How hard it is. 1t. seems so
solid, SO continuous and unyielding
And yet our magical journey has
shown US that it is really construct
Evening star., 1924-11-02

ward Clark, Ainsworth r. Spofford,
p. V. DeGraw, o. +. Austin, Frank
Hatton. Crosby S. Noyes, Duncan =.
Walker, William Soule. Joseph G..
McKibben, kurtz Johnson, L. B.
Stocking, Rev. Alfred Harding. DIR.
Robert Reyburn, Gen. Charles T..
Hovey, Rev. William g. Davenport,
Rev. Gilbert F.. Williams, Rev. Thomas
r. Hughes, B. r. Guy. Judge James A.
TAFT, George 4. Repetti, Hallett XII
bourn, NJ. NJ Parker, s. II. Kaufman,
Thomas b. Kalbfus, George f. Lemon,
W. W. Dudley, William Dixon, Law
renee Gardner. Alfred Williams. Lor-
ing Chappell, Horace r. Bartine, John
II. ketcham, :. :. Yoder, Henry W.
Blair, Gideon c. Moody. Gen. Albert
Ordway, Henry L. West William II.
Claggett, Dr. George o. CLAWS. Rich
ar6 H. Sylvester, William L. Ed
monston. George A. McIlhenny, Be
riah wilkins. \. T. Britton and Ed
ward A. Moseley.
When the bridge was opened March
20, 1880. five teams passed on that
day. by the count made by Ben njamin
Atwood. the bridgekeeper. In telling
of the opening. The Star mentioned as
influential in bringing about construc-
tion of the bridge: Representative
Rowell: cX-Represcntative Archibald
NJ Bliss; George Francis Dawson.
president Of the East Washington
Citizens Associations: A. +. Sperry,
secretary: and NJ. /. Weller, treasurer:
John L. Herrell. president of the Ma
tional Capital Bank; DIR. s. A. II.
Mckim; DR. William T.. Roberts:
Fred. y. Lehman: Col. Henry Naylor:
J. W. Babson: Henry A. Lingcr "and
more than 100 others on both sides
of the Branch
There was a long story in The
Star Saturday, August %, 1890, and
its writer gave much credit to Col.
=. Taylor Suit for promoting legisla-
tion for the bridge He said: TT was
at the home of Col. Suit at Suitla nd
that congressional delegations were
entertained and the need of a new
bridge for that section was pointed
out. 1t was the work of many years
before the act of February 23. 1887.
providing for the bridge, was passed
Another man who was active in
Keeping the bridgeneedS of the peo-
pie of East Washington and the east
crn part of the District before Con-
gress was DR.. w. Lee White. who
lived on the River road. now Mime
sofa avenue. I believe he called his
home Floral Hill. DIR. White was
employed in the Pension Office, and as
a diversion edited Il weekly news
paper named The Free Press"
Whenever DR.. White whooped up
the bridge question in the Free Press,
which was about every issue. he sent
baskets of marked copies to Congress.
The Rambler has preserved Il story
that DIR. White was the first man.
other than bridge Workmen. to drive
across the bridge. 1t was about
March 10, or 10 days before the open
ing. that he did il.
On the day the bridge was dedi-
Gated this little Shooting star was
printed on our editorial page:
"Now were married,
Never to part,
Little Anacostia
Is my Sweetheart"
Evening star., 1924-11-02
Radio for the Blind.

DR- GUSTAV GAERTNER, Ger
II man professor, has conceived
the idea that the early hours Of the
morning might well be devoted to
radio broadcasting for the blind eX-
cIusively a single speaker could
thus reach the blind and those with
defective vision throughout very
large area. He suggests finding out
what such persons would like to hear
through a round robin addressed to
the blind themselves. He himself
suggests Il program of important po-
litical and current events, followed
by an hour of reading from good
literature, both fiction and more
serious works, and possibly a third
hour of simple scientific information.
Evening star., 1924-11-02
BY ERNEST BRENNECKE.

T HERE is something uncanny
about the strange, living bril-
lance of a diamond. Why
i does this tiny bit of crystal.
yielded by the travail Of a
disemboweled earth. exercise such a
powerful fascination over US?
A diamonds interior often seems to
be aliye-its starry flashes cast a
weird spell over the beholder. Mys-
terious forces seem to hold sway
within the scintillating gem.
What really goes on inside that
miniature world? Can we ever know?
Can we ever make ourselves SO small
as to be able to explore at leisure
that magical, infinitesimal diamond
universe?
Certain human. beings have indeed
made that very journey. 1t is jour-
ney far more fantastic than any of
AIice's tours through Wonderland.
1t is, moreover. real and not merely
an ina gined experience. You and
may mako the same trip. We may
see the same miraculous sights.
Two men in particular have just
told the story of their voyages
through the diamond. One of them is
the great Sir William Henry Bragg,
the renowned British scientist: the
other is his son, Prof. w. Lawrence
Bragg of the University Of Manches-
ter. no less famous than his father
The Rraggs are professional physi-
ciSts; they tell their stories in the
form of highly complicated and not
easily understood mathematical cal
cuiations. Scientists followed them
with breathless interest when they
delivered their technical discourses
before the learned British Association
for the Advancement of Science, meet
ing in Toronto recently.
But for you and me, who think not
in terms of curious mathematical
symbols but in pictures with form
and color, motion and life, the dia-
mond adventure of the BraggS can
be narrated in simpler fashion:
A powerful magician, let us say,
has presented US with an enchanted
glass which has the extraordinary
power of magnifying or increasing
the apparent size of any bit OF mate
rial without destroying or distorting
its structure. There is no limit to
the powers of this glass. Meanwhile
We ourselves. retaining our natural
size, may walk through the glass and
explore the realms which II reveals
to US. 1t would amount to the same
thing If the wizard twho is none
other than the modern scientist)
should present us with a magic cake.
the taste of which gave us the power
Evening star., 1924-11-02

brilliant-like women. The "men"
and women" attract one another and
try to remain together, whereas
men repel men, and women" re-
pei women" We count the ''men'-
there are twelve. We count the
"women'-tfere are only six. Conse-
quently there is great deal Of "cut-
ting in in the dancing. The six un-
attached men" are constantly try
ing to take women" partners from
their more fortunate fellows and are
cften succeeding. Thus there is a
great deal of moving to and fro, in
ard out. as figure succeeds figure in
the tiny "ballroom.''
And now, outside this compact little
, dance, outside the hub of the wheel,
Evening star., 1924-11-02
Trees Talk.

EOREST rangers in the Northwest
have made living trees talk. By
driving a copper nail into the base
of n tree trunk and connecting it to
a radio sender they have started
every twig and leaf swapping off
waves. Radio messages have to date
been sent by means of trees two or
three miles. A ranger may be half
mile from phone in an emergency
md by simply attaching his portable
radio set to a tall tree instantaneous
communication is certain.
Evening star., 1924-11-02
Divorce Institute.

THE University of California has
taken a step toward correcting the
divorce evil if such it be, by insti-
tutfng course of critical analysis OF
the home. Miss Mary Burt MeSser, for
merly of the sociology department of
the University of Wisconsin, is direc
tor of the course. Miss Messer has
been quoted as saying that the trou
bles of American home life fall into
two main categories: The belief on
the part of the modern young woman
that she is Indifferent to the ties OF
love and of home" and 1.-The insult
cheney of the home itself, its medic
valism and inability to meet the needs
of the present-day man, woman and
child"
Evening star., 1924-11-02
Iceberg Warning.

4 NEW device has recently been de
n veloped by the Bureau Of Stand
ards whereby the electrical conduc
tivity of sea water may be measured
and indicated in terms of its saltiness.
This new application of electricity to
the safety of those at sea is expected
to be Of great value in giving warn
ing of the proximity of icebergs, since
these often greatly dilute the salti-
ness Of the water in their vicinity.
Evening star., 1924-11-02
Bonus for Babies.

WITH the idea of increasing the
w birth rate in Greater Berlin, which
is below normal, the German city de-
cided that every new baby is to be
given a savings account of three gold
marks by the municipality. Where
twins, triplets or QuadrupletS are
born, extra bonuses are. to be be-
slowed. The savings account will be
made out in the name Of the baby
itself and will draw interest. The
money may be withdrawn from the
bank only whep the child reaches the
age of IA.
Evening star., 1924-11-02
Training Orioles.

MRS. T W. KING of Lamont, Ia,
ANA has some domesticated orioles
which she captured in the nest when
the birds were just ready to fly. One
morning Mrs. King noticed the father
of the birds beating against the cage
in an effort to get TO his young. She
then hung the cage on the porch and
the father brought food for the fam
lily. He continued this until the birds
learned to take care of themselves.
Evening star., 1924-11-02
How Bee Got Name.

THE name of the common humble
bee has brought forth many dis
cussions. Some people insist that the
word should be humble bee" while
others, more precisely scientific. de-
mand "bombus bee" There is no
reason for the advocate of either
spelling to apologize, says Nature
Magazine Of Washington. The bee
belongs to the genus Bombus, and
the name of the genus is derived
from the Greek ''bombos," translated
into English as meaning "a buzzing
Evening star., 1924-11-02
coxwain, and Off1ey, Bailey, Seldom,
Whiting, Cilley. Fruckle, Sheriff

coxwain, and Of1ey, Bailey, Seldom
Whiting, Cilley, Fruckle, Sheriff,
Johnson and J. NJ. Norr, coXwain.
There was bonfire in the evening
but before the whole dedication ccre-
Inony closed heavy rain fell. BY
some this was thought due to the si-
lutte of IS guns" from two cannon,
and there were those who thought the
rain might have come because of
those meteorological reasons which
usually produce transforms.
While the exercises were going on
at the Washington end of the bridge
Il barbecue was held at the Twining
City end, and three oxen and other
refreshments were served. There
were various games and pastimes,
among which were the sports OF
climbing a creased pole and chasing
Il creased pig.
x X :. !;
OOKING over the long list of men
- invited to the ceremony, and most
of whom attended. the Rambler sees
these familiar names: Return j.
Meigs, John Blair Hoge. Charles NJ.
Matthews, DIR. James c. yelling, Ed
Evening star., 1924-11-02
Queer Golf Conditions
Abroad
By RING LARDNER.

"O the editor: The writer has
just been making a tour of
some of the European coun-
tries with a view to studying
1nlfine conditions ON the other
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-05-11

ration can never advance nor will wars
cease 20 long as women are cruel
enough TO wear furs.
i think celebrities who have com
pIexes or hobbies Of this kind should
press-a gent them bit. Then we could
Keep off the grass when talking to them.
Appropos Of this and Of IRIS. Fiske and
her hobby, recall perfectly CHASTITY
experience-something that might not
have happened had Mrs. Fishes hobby
been more generally known.
You see Minnie MaddeFu was born
in New Orleans, and 50 a Louisiana So
eiety in New York invited her to be an
honorary member. When she accepted,
the society did just what you might
have expected southerners to do: took
several boxes for matinee performance
to see Mrs. Fiske in her new play. Thea
Mrs. Fiske returned the courtesy by
asking them to come back and see her
after the performance.
] happened to be with her when they
came and--could ever forget the
scene! All afternoon had been sit
ting out there in the audience feeling
like a low-down, cruel, vain. civiliza-
tion-killing, war-making creature, be-
cAuSS vi eittlC pletC VI lat VI rVsnc-
thing on the collar OF my coat. 1t was
just the same / couldn't bear to think
q cold day and knew there were chill
ing draughts back OF that curtain, but
Of Minnie Afaddern Fiske seeing me
with that near-fur on. Not after what
she had said to me. SO / checked 1t
before / went back.
A Whole Delegation OF FuFs
But, my dear, you should have
seen the president of the society that
dayr In the first place her hat was
decorated with the most gorgeous para
disc plumes ever saw! And these are
forbidden by law, aren't theE2 Don't
they pluck them cruelty from the
mother birds during the nesting season,
leaving the baby birds without pro-
lection? Anyway, fuFs aren't against
the law. 80 far. and the pretty presi-
dent from Louisiana was fairly waving
with them. But that was not the
worst. She had on cape-a white
ermine eape-that reached from her
shoulders to her very toes Not real
ermine, of course, but whatever it is
that looks most like the real thing and
costs most like 1t.
looked at little Minnie Maddefn
standing there in the soft yellow chit
fon gown she had worn in the last
act. / looked at the handsome blond
president in her splendid white fur
cape and her waving aigrettes.
/ looked at the rank and file, and
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-05-11

Madame Homer doesn't have TO,
Jey being the sixth IN the greater
MoEner family SontheFm-
eFs homer Mrs. Fiske and inciden-
tally gives her . shock Bat
being southern she mover bats an
eyslass MafEaFek Widzener
meets an old frieisA. wears . gar-
land on her hair and Is happy.
Copyright. 1924. in Unlted states and
Great Britain by North American News-
By MRS. ANONYMOUS
The tenth commandment has always
been perfectly safe 50 far as am con-
cerned, never had the least desire to
crack it. ] never coveted any mans
wife, nor his man servants, nor his
maid servants, nor his oxen, nor his
asses, nor anything that might be use
full to him. But i always did think
that il I should get a whole lot of
money would buy for my own per-
sonal use and adornment a bit Of err
mine. As don't live neighb0rs to any
king, j suppose that little drop Of de-
sire could not come under the head OF
eovetousnesx, but If ii does ] haven't
a chemical trace Of It left in me. Min
ME Madern Fiske has purged my soul
of the last Drop
No, / simply can't bear the thought
of wearing ernine after hearing her
talk about how they trap the poor lit
tie animals by putting something sweet
and sticky on the fatal springs, and
freeze their tongues off just to get their
soft white little skins. She says err
mine, the symbol OF royalty and power,
Is in truth symbol Of veriest cruelty.
That's Mrs. Fiske's hobby kindness
to children and dumb animalss She
simply won't talk Of any thing else.
She says there Is nothing else worth
talking about or thinking about or writ
ing about. She win tell you that she
is not interested in the stage, that she
cares nothing whatsoever about it. She
says, Dear, let's on't--taIk Of it,
let's d0n't--talk-of 1T not bit--not
even little bit" staccato-like, every
word softly and separately spoken and
accompanied by an impatient little step
this way or that. You know Mrs
Fiske is said to have the most expires.
sive feet in the world. That's Minnie
Madden Fiske, ON or off the stage.
Not A Fur In 20 Years
She has not worn fur for 20 years
though she travels in all kinds OF
weather and all kinds of climate. She
thinks women who do wear fur are silly
and cruel and extravaganza. She says
that there are other things just az
warm and more lovely, and that civil