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Evening star., 1924-01-22
NEW YORK CURB MARKET
Received by Private Wire Direct to The Star ONCE

The statement was attributed to the
president of the Ward Baking Corpora
ton that gross profits of the old COM
pany over five years, as applied to the
new stock. would cover preferred divi-
dends and leave something for the
"A" and 'B' stocks. This accounted
for the activity in the "A" and 'B"
shares at new high prices.
Another incident of note was the
active trading accompanying the list
ing of 100000 no par shares OF War
ner Brothers Pictures, Inc. Buying of
shares of Radio Companies showed no
signs of abatement and Dubilier was
taken at it's top price. Candy Prod
ucts, one of the low-priced industrial
SpecialtieS made new high on the
move on reports Of increased earn
ings, due to the addition of two new
products to the company's lines Gold
Dust Corporation was another strong
Specialty.
Evening star., 1924-01-22
S16,O00,0O0 OUTLAY
BIG HOUSING AID
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
STOCKHOLM, January 22.-Having
spent sI6,o00.O00 in the last five
years in efforts to solve the housing
problem in Sweden, the state now
finds the situation considerably re-
lieved.
Sixteen thousand new apartments.
with $4,000 rooms, and 5,400 private
homes in the suburbs have been COM
pleted in this period of time, and it
is no longer necessary to pay large
premiums for lease. State aid,
in building operations
is being continued.
Evening star., 1924-01-22
PORT DUTIES HEAVY.
Three Cargoes of Sugar Boost Bal
timore Figures.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, January 2c.--Duties
were collected ON imports valued at
S1,4sD,317, one of the high marks for
the last two years, according to the
weekly report issued by Collector of the
Port Charles Hoffman. Three cargoes
of sugar, which arrived last week,
were responsible for the high. figure.
Free imports were given d valuation
of $713,378.
Large shipments Of grain. manu-
featured metal articles and automo-
bile accessories shot the export values
to the highest figure for a. month
Exports were valued at Sf,S97,5cS.
Evening star., 1924-01-22
STATES SHOW SHARP
WINTER WHEAT CUT
snecial pisnatch to The Star.

CHICAGO, January 22.-Washing-
ton, alone of the wheat-producing
states, reports an increase in acreage
of winter wheat for the 1924 crop,
the others showing marked de-
creases, tabulations disclose. Wash
inEton reports an increase in the
1928 sowing of about 10 per cent
Other states show decreases as fol-
lows: Kansas. Is per cent; Missouri.
25 per cent; Nebraska, 12.5 per cent;
Michigan. 10 per cent; Texas. 27 per
cent: California, 10 per cent; Illinois,
u per cent; Idaho, about, 10 per cent,
Oklahoma. 8 per cent; Ohio. 6 per
cent; Indiana, Is per cent. and Colo
report almost as much acreage as the
preceding year.
Evening star., 1924-01-22
MISSOURI BANK ROBBED.
Officials Locked in Own Vaults by
Disguised Gang.

CABOOL, Mo-. January 22.-The
Cabool State Bank, one of the largest
In south central Missouri. was robbed
yesterdayq by two unmasked men
disguised with false mEstaches
They obtained approximately $4,000
In currency and escaped through a
roar door, overlooking $4,000 In their
haste.
Two bank officials wero, locked in
the vault and did not free themselves
until fifteen minutes after the rob-
bers had fed. Posses were organized
at once to scour the hills for the
bandits.
Evening star., 1924-01-22
STEEL PROBE OPENS.
Federal Trade Commission Inquir-
ing Into Big Merger.

NEW YORK, January 22.-Investi-
cation of the absorption of the Beth
1ehem Steel Company of the Lacka-
wanna, Midvale and Cambria COM
panies. being conducted by the Fed
eral Trade Commission on complaint
that the merger operated for re-
straint of trade. was opened here
yesterday, and the first session de-
voted to the examination of Robert
Miller, purchasing agent for the
Staten Island Steel Company.
Evening star., 1924-01-22
INDEPENDENT OIL STOCKS.
Washington Stock Exchange
SAILS.

Washington Gas $500 at q3L
Potomac Electric IS OF 1865, 900 at lois
81 900 at i01&, 5000 ct 1919. 5000 at
1919.
Capital Traction Coupsny-5O at ses so
at 96ss. at aGi..
Lanston Monotypc-5 at 72!., at 7cI.,
at .2i..
AFTER CALL
Washingto ton Gas 6s '3S-S10O at iooi;
Mopey-Cau loans 3 and q per cent
Evening star., 1924-01-22
new PET FOR WILSON,
White Bull Terrier Accepted by
Former President.

MOBILE, Ala, January 22.-The
new pet of the Woodrow Wilson
household in Washington will be a
white bull terrier from a local ter
rier kennels.
Bruce" officially known as
''Whitestock Service Man." has been
accepted by the former President as
personal gift from Mr.. and Mrs. III.
C. Hollister, local fanciers. Bruce is
six months old and boasts of an aris-
tocratic family tree.
Evening star., 1924-01-22
PARIS PRICES IRREGULAR.

PARIS, January oa--Prices moved
irreguiarly. on the bourse today.
Three per cent rentes, 81 francs. Ex-
change on London, SO francs 20 CEN
times. Five per cent loan, II francs
so centimes. The dollar was quoted
at 80 francs IL; centimes.
Evening star., 1924-01-22
BIG TOBACCO SALES.

Richmond. January 90 Especially -
Tobacco sales continue active all over
the state. the Tobacco Growers Co
Operative Association and the OPEN
,harket men are running a neck-and-
neck race. Richmond warehouses
aaYe found the demand sood-
Evening star., 1924-01-22
BUSINESS TOPICS.

ST. LOUIS, January 22.--It is ex-
pected that the Mississippi Warrior
barge line will handle more than a
million tons Of freight this year. The
tonnage for 1923 was 100000. and ship
pers are estimated to have saved s9O4,-
600 in freight charges on these ship
ments as compared with rail transpor-
tatfon. The line now has f1fty-nine
barges and eight towboats in commits
sion.
Evening star., 1924-01-22
Money to Loan

Secured by first deed Of trust on real estate
Prevailing interest ard commission
Joseph l. Weller tas EIa.' w.ss s,s 1 1 TtS;' TW
Evening star., 1924-01-22

Have You Been Stung Yeti
Some men have to get stung good
and hard before they learn to be eau
fious In making investments BE-
tore you inv yest-investiya yatei
Evening star., 1924-01-22

JUNEAU, Alaska, January &c tSpe-
ciaD.-Alaska exports for 1923 reached
s53,379,546 in value, according to John
c. Mcbride, collector of customs here.
Evening star., 1924-01-22

NEW YORK. January 22.-Followiug
is an official list of bonds and stocks
traded in ON the New York Curb Mar
ket today:
Evening star., 1924-01-22
STOCKS.
PUBLIC UTILITY.
NATIONAL BANK
TRUST COMPANY

American Security & Trust. 302
Continental Trust. IS
Merchants Bank. 129
National Savings & Trust. 800
Union Trust. 16l
Wash, Loan and Trust. ........ 3S1
Evening star., 1924-01-22
SAVINGS BANK.
FIRE INSURANCE
TITLE INSURANCE.
MISCELLANEOUS.

Columbia Title. e.................. Z
Real Estate itle............... 1c5
Evening star., 1924-06-15

Martha sadly. II didn't mean to take
the stores time, but 1 couldn't help
putting down ideas when 1 got them"
Just then she saw a woman and a
little girl stop before the brown
linen. The girl was telling her
mother she would like to have a dress
of the material, but she didn't know
how to have it made up. Forgetting
herself, Martha cried. "Oh, it would
make the prettiest muddy suit with
white braid and a red stripe on the
sleeve. I could draw you a pic
ture-"
She stopped, her heart in her shoes.
There stood not only the fioorwalker
with her book in his hand, but. the
manager of the store himself. 1t was
the manager who spoke
I've been looking at your sketches"
he said. 1T seems to me IL we had
an expert in this department who
could design dresses for the people
who do not know how to make up
the materials it would be a fine ad-
vertising feature. If you would like
to go to night school at the art acad-
Evening star., 1924-06-15
Mammoth Asparagus Plantation

A SPARAGUS, which has been so
esteemed since the days of the
Romans, is grown successfully in
! many parts of the world. particular
iy in the United States and Germany.
In no part of the world. however. it
is claimed. is asparagus SO cult
waited as in our own country, and
California may rightfully claim su-
premacy in this line.
Moreover. in California is to be
seen the largest asparagus farm in
the world, situated in San Joaquin
County, on Bouldin Island This
island is formed by the junction of
the San Joaquin and Mokolumne
Rivers and connecting tidal stream.
In superficial area the island con-
tains about 1000 acres. Asparagus
is here grown exclusively about
5000 acres being in cultivation. Be
sides Bouldin Island, two other and
smaller islands are also in aspar-
agus cultivation-Tyler and Andrus
Venice Island also will increase as
an asparagus center.
Properly to care for the great crops
on Bouldin calls for a mammoth in
dustry. The annual output exceeds
5000 tons of asparagus. The season
is very brief, lasting only from
March - to June Is. When in the
height of the harvest" about 1000
persons are employed. This force in
cludes the work of cultivating and
canning the enormous crop
-
shipped to the various markets of
the world, though great quan titles
are disposed of in the local markets.
Several large canning establishments
are kept very buy during the short
season, turning out daily on an
average of 700 cases, or about
twenty-five tons Of canned goods
There are also several smaller can
neries employed to assist in handling
the gigantic crops.
The total value of one seasons
crop reaches more than three-quar-
ters of million dollars. More than
700 cars are shipped away during
one season.
The vegetable is cultivated in long
rows-thrown up like a "windrow''
Of hay after it has been cut and
raked together. Laborers go care
fully along these interiminable rows
looking for the fresh, tender shoots
that are just peeping above the soil.
All these are cut some distance be-
low the surface by means of a sharp
and peculiarly shaped knife.
In the course of the season mil
lions of the sweet sprouts constantly
make their appearance and are cut
Evening star., 1924-06-15
Keeping the lowe" Out o
"Trousseau."

How long should the trousseau
last?' is question dependent for
its answer. upon the one to that other
conundrum, How long is bride a
bride?''
For the "trousseau," Webster un-
romantically states, is the brides
personal 'outfit"; such, he adds, as
clothes and jewelry.
Clothes. And jewelry, The June
brides fancy is caught by the
words, but she should not let them
lead her into too great extravaganza.
Above all, she should not, as some
girls have actually been known to
do, go into debt for her trousseau,
Most brides, for instance, cannot
anord much 'jewelry," and it should
be the big, much-inclusive word
Aclothes' which attracts most of
their attention
There is an old idea that a brides
trousseau should contain enough
Gloln1hg to last for one year, at
the end of which period, according to
this theory, the bride" ceases to be,
Tor she becomes merely a wife, and
can buy her clothes from her hus-
bands money.
however, it would certainly be poor
economy for the trousSeau to con
tain years. supply of those articles
that are likely to become out of date,
and, therefore, useless.
on the other hand. she may buy some
thlnsS which she will be able to use for
many years to come. The trousseau need
Include only enough gowns hIouses
suits, coats, hats or even gloves ana
shoes and stockings for ono s..eo,,
Nheh II comes to underwear, night
gowns and, to an extent, neglices
however, it will be. economical for her
10 spend much time and thoupht
For styles in such garments do not
chacSe SO rapidly as those of external
Clothing, and what the bride h,vs now
may form the basis of her wardrobe for
some time. In selecting her lingerie,
then, the biide-to-be should consider
three things: How much money she can
AFFORD to spend on it, whether or NOT
she will give it hard wear and how il
Will be laundered. The. bride whose
trousseau money is limited will avoid
underwear trimmed with firnsv IN
laundering lace. but Will choose instead
narrow lace edging or fiat embroidery
trims that are both inexpensive and
strong. And she will choose those sim
pie, fiat garments which mean easy
laundering, if she buys her underwear
"ready- made"
Evening star., 1924-06-15

Tom was getting ready to go pos
sum hunting, so he didn't argue the
point with Helen. He and his cousin
Frank Bronson were going out after
dark with their dog and hoped to get
fine, big animal in the woods. Soon
Frank came by and when it was dark
off they started.
About d mile from the house, the
dog suddenly began to give queer
little yelps at the foot of a gum tree
The boys peered up into the darkness
along a branch.
Shoot" whispered Tom, and Frank
did. Something heavy pumped down
and remained motionless.
Must be a big one." cried Frank as
he and Tom ran up. Then their faces
became very long as they turned it
over. We've shot old Tabby!" was
their Mortified exclamation
she must have crept up there to
catch sleeping BIRDS" Tom mourned.
Poor old thing, too feeble to catch
them in daytime, but she was still
crafty enough to go after them at
night"
The boys carried old Tabby home.
dreading to tell Helen. But though
the little girl was very sad. she de-
clared, We'll, she was too old to live
longer and that was better than poi
soning her. Wen have to dig a grave
and bury her at regular funeral
with all her grandchildren there to
pay their last respects"
Evening star., 1924-06-15

The day before the race Tommy
Turtle took an inventory of stock
and found that if he won the race he
could buy himself a seat in the 1egis-
lature. Whe reas, if he lost he
wouldn't have anything left but his
shirt.
Just before the race started Brother
Billy Possum stepped out and tied a
white ribbon around Brother Grey
hounds neck. Tommy Turtle stepped
out at the same time and tied pink
ribbon around Brother Jack Rabbits
neck, a blue ribbon about each of his
legs, and then he tied a bunch of
firecrackers to Brother Jack Rabbits
tail Brother Jack Rabbit knew he
was being decorated, but he wasn't
exactly figuring on any fireworks
certainly not that close to home.
There was a long fuse attached to
the firecrackers. Tommy Turtle slyly
lit the fuse and then stepped back
again to watch the start. When the
whistle sounded the two started
down the track with Brother Grey
hound in the lead and steadily
gaining.
Brother Billy Possum and the rest
of the crew from the barber shop
threw their hats in the air and yelled
ukA-mad TheRce- looked uka--A
Evening star., 1924-06-15
Things Which Are Of Interest to Y
New Kind of Possum Hunt

Ever since Tom and Helen could
remember, Tabby had been a mem
Der of their family. She was big
black cat who, in her younger days
! had been very lively and seemed to
have almost the intelligence of a per-
son. She used to wake up every
morning with the chickens and
promptly at o'clock she would call
the children by knocking on their
bedroom doors. How she knew the
time. no one ever knew. When the
doorbell rang, she would trail to the
answered promptly. she would paw
and meow as if apologizing to the
one on the outside for the delay
Tabby lived to see her little tib-
bies have grand tibbies, and while all
the old friends of her cat acquaint-
ance lived their alleged nine lives and
died, Tabby lived on. She got so old
that her teeth fell out and she be-
came half paralyzed, could hardly see.
I'm going to give Tabby poison"
declared ''om one day. THE poor old
thing can scarcely get around. To-
day I saw her try to run for a bird
and it nearly broke her heart because
she was too lame to catch it. It's too
bad to let her go on living when she's
so old"
But Helen couldn't bear to see
Tabby killed, though she though;
down in her heart it would be better
if the old cat were dead. Maybe
she'll die pretty soon" she told Tom,
and finally made him promise he
would not Kill Tabby purposely.
Evening star., 1924-06-15
Distorp of Dour Same.
BY PHILIP FRANCIS NowLAN.
MATHESON.

VARIATIONS - Mathie, MacMathan,
Mathieson, MacMath, Mathewson,
Mattison, Mathison, Maths, Matson.
RACIAL oRIGIN-Scottish and English.
SoURcE-A given name.
All Of these family names are de-
rived from the given name of Mat
thew, which itself means Gift of
Cod and is Hebrew. It's spread
throughout Europe, Of course, was
due to its prominence in the Bible
While Matheson is not Celtic form
of name. it is nevertheless the name
Of a clan which was once one of the
most important in the Scottish High
lands. The form Matheson. like that
of Mathieson, is but an English rem
dering. The Gaelic designation of the
clan was Clam Mhathain," from
which the family names Of MacMath,
MacMathan and Mathie have been
evolved. the last named through a
dropping of the Mac" which origi-
nally preceded it, and which in the
Gaelic denoted descendant Of" just
as the termination son" in Anglo
Saxon and the prefix "F'itz' in Nor
man French did, and as the endings
witt and ''vitz do today in the
Slavic tongues, these "itZes" all being
corruptions or developments of the
Latin "filius,'' which was abbrevi-
ated fills" tGive the - "z' sound.
then make the Y" sound sharper and
you have the change completely
Evening star., 1924-06-15
Lively Games at Camp
Buck Buck Is Real Boys Game.

Buck, Buck, How Many Fingers
Up" is a game for regular boys. 1t
is played with two equal sides, three
or more boys on side. One side
takes down" which means that the
boys on that side form line with
one man at their head, called the
'1amppost," upon whom the whole
line depends. The boys following
the first one place their heads each
between the legs of the boy in front,
grasping his legs with the hands and
thus form a strong bridgelike line
After the boys have taken their
position. those on the other side,
standing back of them about ten feet
or more, one after another run and
leap upon the line as in leap frog.
When they have all leaped the first
man holds a certain number of hn-
Evening star., 1924-06-15
hit F0ck and Hats for Long Afternoons in Summer Season

try house or the secure interior of a
Limousine.
An American woman must possess
broad estate indeed and must have
acquired the sophistication of old
world tradition, must have trained
servants and comprehending guests,
before she ventures to include garden
parties on her list of entertainments
To most unaffected Americans the
porch party" or ''veranda party"
is much more sensible way to en-
tertain.4 Smooth lawns and we'll
clipped shrubbery look best from
the vantage point of a well-shaded
yeranda.
In the meantime we wear the
light, printed crepe and chiffon and
organdie afternoon frocks, with rib
bon or flower trimmed garden
party hats on many occasions.
Even the woman with d very limited
wardrobe has to possess some of
these things.
This much the well-dressed woman
realiZes-that when the air is balmy
and skies blue the frock that is dull,
heavy or dark is quite out of the
picture. Though you wisely enough
follow the rule of dark fabrics for
daytime frocks throughout the
cooler months in the city. YOU had
best put aside your blacks, navy
blues, and browns in choosing your
summer afternoon frocks.
THE summer afternoon frock is
i almost always sleeveless or very
short-sieeved. l have seen one
charming little printed chiffon frock
beige with figures in pink and
green-with very short little puffed
sleeves which in combination with
the high waist line and straight scant
skirt was unmistakably directoire in
effect. A green scarf further adds to
the directoire effect, at the same
time giving "a touch quite up to date.
This frock has been made for "A
slender young girl who Will find it
appropriate for many afternoon oc-
casions as well as for informal sum-
mer evening wear.
These little directoire frocks may
pbIIdpS bt ulnlculI 10 llHu oil ready
made waiting for you but it is pretty
safe prophesying to say that they
viii be seen oftener and oftener as
the summer advances. And there is
nothing about a frock OF this de-
scription that would tax the re
sourcefulness of an amateur dress
maker.
The skirt of the summer afternoon
frock always clears the ground by
ten inches or so. There are still
young girls of the would-be fapper
type who affect the long pleated
skirt-which they seem to think
most ravishing when worn with a
wild and woolly bob and fiat, almost
heelless, sandals. The really smart
young woman avoids the long skirt,
as she does likewise the bobbed hair
that is not brushed into submission
Moreover, she realizes that fiat t-heeled
shoes are really appropriate only
with sport clothes.
Much variety is allowed in the mat
ter of footwear. White kid slippers
are well liked for summer afternoons
and may he worn either with sheer
white stockings or with the softer. |
Evening star., 1924-06-15

gers on the hand up, calling out,
Buck. Buck, How Many Fingers
Up?" The last man of the side that
is down calls out the number which
he thinks the man on>top is holding
up. If he guesses correctly, then
the side that was down gets to leap
If he fails to guess, however, then
his side stays down and the same
side gets to leap again.
If any member of the side that is
leaping touches the ground in any
manner when he jumps. then that
places his side down. Each jumper
must hold the position he is in when
he strikes the line. And if the side
that is down does not hold up the
other side, then they are not allowed
to guess how many fingers are up
but have to take their place down
again
Evening star., 1924-06-15

off and harvested. This cutting goes
on endlessly, for the cutters must go
over the long rows several times
every day. The sprouts are not al
lowed to stand long.
From these fields the fresh as
paragus is hauled in trucks into
great cutting sheds where the
tender shoots are chopped off to uni
form lengths. After this they are
culled and sorted into different sizes.
They are then ready for the canning
process, thoroughly washed and
placed in steam heated salt water
and partly cooked After this the
'sealers' place the shoots of differ
ent sizes into glass jars and cans
made specially for the purpose.
When the jars and cans are hermeti-
cally sealed, they are placed in i'm
mense iron tanks filled with boiling
water, when the process is COM
pleted.
Evening star., 1924-06-15

Written and Illustrated by Edward
McCandlish.
IN I'D any of you ever hear the
story about the time that
Brother Jack Rabbit ran a
- race with Brother Grey
hound at the Fourth of July celebra-
tion?
For long time past folks about
the Big Pond had been in the habit
of Dragging about Brother Grey
hounds fast running. This had al
ways CALLED Tommy Turtle, for
Tommy always said that if there was
any Dragging to be done he preferred
to do it himself, since he was best
qualified for that kind ola job.
Il been hearin enough about dis
fas' runnin' Brothah Greyhound"
said Tommy Turtle one day. Il got
a wager to lay dat Brothah Jack
Rabbit can outrun Brothah Grey
hound hans down
This remark was made in a
crowded barber shop, and it created
a sensation. Brother Billy Possum
turned around with the lather still
on his face.
You means to say" he began.
"Just that" replied Tommy Turtle
You give Brothah Jack Robinson
Rabbit fair, square. even start wild
Brothah Greyhound an he can leave
Brothah Greyhound so far behind in
two minutes dat he wouldn't catch
up wild i'm in a week"
Brother Billy Possum looked at
Brother Groundhog Brother Ground
hog looked at Brother Raccoon.
Brother Eaccoon stared at himself in
the looking glass and saw that he
was temporarily cross-eyed. And
ahen they all got their elbows to-
gether around a big table and
Matched up one of the biggest and
most disgraceful gambling matches
that the Big Pond ever heard of.
The betting odds were about II to
1 in favor of Brother Greyhound win
ming. Tommy Turtle bought himself
big cigar, called "El Cabbagio," and
took on the big odds with the calm
ness of Wall street magnate trying
to- corner the jinsing trade.
The race was arranged to take
place as part of the regular Fourth
Of July celebration, and the track
was laid out to extend from the Tan
merry to the Shell-back meeting place.
At the appointed hour the popula-
ton of the big Pond. the Bog Lands
and Seldom Seen village were all ar
rayed in holiday attire and ranged
along beside the peanut and pink
lemonade stands lining the race
track