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The Glenwood post., 1924-04-17
Paved Roads in Illinois
Pass All Other States

According to the latest report of
the state highway department, Illinois
now has 1851 miles of paved roads
in service on the bond issue and
state-aid systems. This mileage does
not include pavements built by coun-
ties, cities or villages. A total Of
1,O11 miles of new roads were COM
pleted in 1923-a record unequaled
by any state of the Union. BY the
end of 1924 officials estimate that the
state will offer 4,48O miles Of state
pavements in addition to the local
roads.
This record construction work prac-
tically has completed the main or bond
issue system which serves both inter
state and intrastate traffic. These
pavements have been laid over the
natural traffic channels. They touch
all of the principal cities and towns,
and directly serve 80 per cent Of the
people living in Illinois.
The Glenwood post., 1924-04-17
LANGUAGE FORMED BY TRADE
Excellent Exsmplincation Of the Fact
ls Found In Use Of the
Word "Calico."

There is a page of history con
cealed in the word "calico." When
the British went to India. they found
there a considerable cotton textile In.
dustry. The center of this industry
was Callcut. What more natural thar
that the English traders, who intro
duced Indian textiles into England
should call that kind Of Indian cotton
cloth after the town where they got II
-"CalicoT
But calico even in our own time has
been renamed by foreign peoples after
the place where they got 1t from
"American" or "Mericani."
American calico was used by the
early American traders with Eastern
peoples, like the Arabs and the Lev
antines, as medium of exchange
The Arabs and the Levantines qulckl,
named 1t American" or "Mercani"
Calico, whether imported from
America or from England is called
"Americnn" all over the Near East
Language is thus sometimes formed
by trade and by the exchange Of goods
between countries.-Kansas City Star
The Glenwood post., 1924-04-17
Highways in Ohio Cost
S12,7O2.73l During Year

During the fiscal year ended June &c
last, Ohio spent s12,7O2,731 for con-
struction and maintenance of high
ways, according to the annual report
Of State Auditor Joseph G. Tracy,
part of which has been made public.
He said corrections in vouchers dur
ing the year saved the state S21.-
412.71.
The two inspectors provided by spe-
cial appropriation to make continu-
Gus inspection of construction and re-
pair work upon the highways, trav-
eled $500 miles and made 1000 in
vestigations during the year, the re-
port said.
The method now in use in Ohio OF
awarding road contracts on competitive
bids was commended in the report
which declared the "cost-pius" system
the most wasteful.
1t was asserted in the report that
road contractors must be permitted to
make a reasonable" profit or time
will come when experienced contrac-
tors will not bid on Jobs.
The Glenwood post., 1924-04-17
Did Moliere Wear Iron Mask7

M. Loquin former president of the
Academic de Bordeaux, holds that the
man in the iron mask was none other
than Moliere, whose disappearance the
Jesuits were supposed to have urged
the king to compass after the great
triumph of "Tartufre."
"Moliere." says this learned man.
died February II, 1913; the captivity
of the man In the iron mask lasted 81
years, from February. 1873, to Novem-
ber, 1703."
The significant silence that prevailed
once Moliere was regarded as dead and
buried, the foul ISLANDERS that were
spread abroad shortly afterward and,
finally, the destruction of all Moliere's
posthumous works and the strange
disappearance of every single line OF
his writing point to sinister object.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Glenwood post., 1924-04-17
Mason Says Indians Were
First Good Roads Touts

The good roads movement in the
Americas had Its inception at least
500 years ago among the Indians II
Columbia, DIR. ]. Alden Mason. archie
ologist attached to the Field museum
here, has found.
Long before white people had any
thoughts about the two American con.
tinents, the Indians of Colombia were
walking on stone paved streets, ac-
cording to DIR. Mason, reporting on his
recent visit to the country.
"And mt that time the road builders
had some other object In view thnn
those of today. Instead Of building
streets to keep their feet dry, the
natives are said to have been inspired
in all probability by desire to keep
of ticks, minute insects, which infest
the territory"
The Glenwood post., 1924-04-17
Nouels in a Nutshell

Much has been written in criticism
Of English. French and Russian novels,
but never have their essential natures
been 30 crisply described as in these
paragraphs Of anonymous origin:
An English novel is book in which
two people want each other in the flrst
chapter. but do not get each other un-
til the last chapter.
A French novel is a book in which
two people get each other right In the
first chapter and from then on to the
last chapter don't want each other any
more.
A Russian novel is one in which two
people neither want each other nor get
each other, and round that fact 4tO
profoundly melancholy pages are writ
ten.-Youth's Companion.
The Glenwood post., 1924-04-17
AN IMPRESSION OF
IONA GALE

Zona Gale is one of the most
understanding women in Amer
lea. She writes nearly always Of
Pile; their ways, little and big; their
faults and their fine qualities; but
Into her writing she pours wealth
of the splendid. kindly things which
make America what 1t is today.
When one speaks her name 1t re-
calls poignantly among her many
books her Friendship Village"
1.-THE Loves of Pelleas and Etarrs"
and even more vital than those that
had gone before, Miss Lulu Bett."
There is as big simplicity about
Zona Gale as there is about her
work. Her sympathy with the other
persons point of view, the desire
to know the opposite side, and
above all the power not to sit In
judgment are as characteristic of
her as they are of her writings.
She was particularly pleased with
the Americanization idea of the
Star Author Series Of Matrimonial
Adventures and said she hoped she
could write a story that would
prove her right to Join. Though
1.-THE Clausons'' comes from the
pen of one of the few authors of
the series who are not married,
know that all who read 1t will
agree with me that 1t gives one of
the points in married life that may
be numbered among those that are
termed universal.
MARY STEWART CUTTING. JR.
The Glenwood post., 1924-04-17
Benefits of Good Roads
Reach Whole Community

The value Of good roads is not to
the tourist from out Of the state, nor
to the tourist in the state anything
like II is to the people who live along
that road. who use 1t daily. to get to
market. to reach the community school
Or to visit other communities on busi-
ness or pleasure. Given a good road
to church and to school. and whole
community rcceives the blessings from
it.--AnnistOn Star. -
The Glenwood post., 1924-04-17
Experienced

A victim Of chronic bronchitis called
on a doctor to be examined. The doc
tor, after careful questioning. assured
the patient that the ailment would re-
spond readily to treatment. II suppose
you must have had a great deal Of ex-
perience with this diseasef' said the
sufferer.
The doctor smiled wisely, and re-
piled: "Why. my dear sir. I've had
bronchitis myself for over fifteen
years."-Christian Evangelist.
The Glenwood post., 1924-04-17
Finally FULFILLED lts Purpees.

A Civil war bomb which had been
tossed about for 81 years, used as an
andIron and in shot-putting exercises.
exploded recently, wrecking house
on n plantation two miles south Of
Opelousas, La. 1T the time 1t ex-
ploded 1t was serving as an andiron,
no one being In the house at the
time. The house burned - ~
ground.
The Glenwood post., 1924-04-17
Hobo Loyal to His DOG

A homeless hobo who was appre-
hended the other day refused an offer
Of $500 for his mongrel dog which ac-
companied him. The police sergeant
said that the dogs loyalty was already
proved. hut he wanted to prove the
hoho's. But the hobo. knew that he
could easily lose the $500. but the dog
was worth more than that to him.
The Glenwood post., 1924-04-17

Clauson stepped from his roadster
and held out his hand to Miss Rick
son. But with hand on either side
of the opening she swung herself
down, landed softly, gave him a
warm hard little fist and thank you
almost gruff, and was up the steps Of
her boarding house. The house itself
looked as If it had measles and Clau-
son drove off thinking what a fright
full life Miss Rickson lived; his ste
nographer by day and tenant of a
scarred-looking boarding house by
night. And what brick she was
brown, rosy. businesslike little brick.
A woman, too. Eyes that were deep
with what could be tenderness.
'Nune of that" said Clauson, and
turned into his own street.
He put up his car, walked the half
block to his apartment and while he
waited for the elevator, the thought
which he had kept In the background
abruptly enveloped him. seemed to
rush at him from outside: Suppose
Miss Rickson were waiting for him
up in fourth-foor front. Romance of
sweetness almost forgotten might
be possible with Miss Rickson.
He hurried down the tiled hall to
his own door, burst in, shouted:
"Hello, Jep!" He was genuinely
shocked at himself. He wanted to
make amends by tremendous home
coming such as he had, before now,
carried of when he was too tired to
mean 1t.
"Hello, darling" she said.
He had swift look at the picture
which had greeted him so many
nights. The brownish room, the
heaped-up table-everything Jep did
seemed to take SO much cloth or wool
or whatever 1t was-and Of Jep her.
self In a street dress busy at Lord
knew what
She was measuring something. She
put up her face to be kissed, kissed
him, smiled absently, said without
looking at him:
'"They sent me up some that the
moths have been in"
"Oh, they did, did they1" said Clau-
son grimly.
He made his preparations for din
ner and as she came up the passage
he shifted distastefully at an odor-
wax, rubber, gravy-the odor Of home.
The familiarity Of the pictures ON the
passage walls oppressed him-siened
photographs, a pergola, El Captain.
A little gong was pecked at thrice by
the maid trying simultaneously to
dish TIN the kitchen. Jep said,
"Ready, darling" and came toward
him, picking threads from her skirt.
They went down the passage. He
slipped his arm about her. She Ind
his hand under hers. And when they
sat at table Clauson looked at her
across the soup and asked:
did have my arm around you-
Just now, when we came down the
passage7" .rf
"why. yes, didn't your" she said.
"Yes think you did, whyf"
Nothing" said Clauson, VI Just
wondered"
From time to time. at dinner, he
looked at her stealthily. Fifteen
years they had had together. There
were no children. Suppose there
should he twenty-five thirty-five years
more. And they loved each other.
But heavens above them both. how
dull they werel
II think I'll send that moth-eaten
stun straight back to them," said Jep.
wouldn't you, dearT
II certainly would. darling" said
Clauson. @s.. Z =.
He thought Of the sacrileec NJ
using holy words In that unthinklng
The Glenwood post., 1924-04-17
Their O,.,n Faule

Keen, but Nervous Amateur-l say.
old chap. what shall ! do II they ask
me to sing1
Candid Friend--Dof Why. sing. oe
course. It'll be their own faultl-
london Humorist.
The Glenwood post., 1924-04-17

a Post "1osr"x e..a IL ees ~.
Evening star., 1924-11-26
bishop and Mrs. Freeman
VIII Receive at Ball Tonight.

The Bishop Of Washington, the
Right Rev. James Il. Freeman, and
Mrs. Freeman will receive at the
ball which will he given this evening
for the benefit OF the Episcopal Eye,
Ear and Throat Hospital In the ball
rooms of the New willard Hotel Mrs.
Watson Freeman Clark, president Of
the board of lady managers. and Mrs.
David Meade Lea, vice president, and
Mrs. Ord Preston, who form the ball
committee. will also receive. Mr..
William Bowie Clarke. chairman Of
the floor committee, will make the
presentations.
Additional box holders include Mrs.
Albert Amory Houghton, Mrs. George
Mesta Mrs. T. j.. Moran, Mrs. Howard
w. Nyman and Mrs. Wilbur X. Tur-
ner. Patronesses include Mrs. l.. j..
liaiIIard, Mrs. John Gibbons, Mrs.
Albert GIeaves, Mrs. Martha God
dard, Mrs William Crawford Gorgas,
Mrs Frederick Dent Grant, Mrs. John
Hays Hammond. Mrs. William Hard,
Evening star., 1924-11-26

Mrs. e. Lauriston Hardin, Mrs Ben
HELEN. Mrs. Robert Henderson. Mrs
+. :. Hight. Mrs. George j.. Hope,
Hoyt, Mrs. Davis Ireland, Mrs. NJ. y.
Ireland. Mrs. :. F.. W. kitteIle, Mrs
Emory Land, Mrs. John j.. Larner,
Mrs. Henry Leonard, Mrs. Morris
+. Locke. Mrs. Nicholas Luquer. Mrs.
Walter ]. Mccoy. Mrs. j. II. Mckin,
Mrs. George r. Marye, Mrs. Richard
c. Marshall. jr.; AIRS. Beverly Mason,
Mrs Julien j. Mason, Mrs. William
r Mason, Mrs. Edward r. Meigs.
Mrs. T. RI. Mistretta, Mrs. James i.
Mitchell, Mrs. William Mitchell, Mrs.
Frank W. Mondell. Mrs. William
CONTINUED on Ninth Page.)
Evening star., 1924-11-26

for the Army and Navy game. They
expect to open their home on Mas
sachuSettS avenue next week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick Il. Lew Is
of Boston Will entertain informally
at dinner this evening for their house
guests. who will be with them over
THANKSGIVING. Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis
have leased the house al 1901 Massa-
chusetts avenue, formerly owned and
occupied by the late Mrs. Charles \.
Mum.
Gen. and Mrs. George Barnett Will
entertain at dinner Monday evening.
Evening star., 1924-11-26

Gen. and Mrs. Barnett will go to
Baltimore Friday to attend the dinner
given by Mr.. and Mrs. J. Wilmer Bid
die for the latter's daughter, Miss
Anne Huntley Gordon, and her fiance,
Ensign Joseph Dahlgren, L. S. n.
They will also attend the wedding
Saturday.
DIR. Donald Campbell of Butte,
Mont, Is visiting the Secretary of the
Interior, DIR. Hubert Work, at his
apartment at Wardman Park Hotel.
Miss Katherine Noris will return to
Washington this evening from Sweet
Briar, Va. where she Is In college.
She will attend tho Army and Navy
game in Baltimore Saturday and spend
the Thanksgiving holiday with her
parents, Col. and Mrs. Alvin G. Noris,
at Wardman Park Hotel.
Miss Edith Elizabeth Hit has gone
to Providence, i. J., where she is II
member of the house party being en-
tertained by Miss Elizabeth Barbara
Merriman.
Mrs. Howard Nyman. one of the
patronesses for the Episcopal Eye,
Ear and Throat ball at the New vii
lard tonight, Will entertain Il com
pany of ten for her son, Mr.. Benjamin
l.. Nyman, preceding the dance.
Miss Lola NJ Miller, whose mar
riage to Dr. William j. B. Orr Of
North Carolina, will take place this
evening, was hostess at dinner last
night preceding the rehearsal and
afterwards Or. Orr was host at sup
per at lie paradis. The guests in
cluded the members of the wedding
party and out town guests who
have come for the wedding. In the
company were Mr.. and Mrs. William
g. Luke of New York. Mr.. and Mrs.
Ralph Wolfe, Mr.. and Mrs. David
Parsons, Mr.. and Mrs. g. Gilbert Mil
ton and Mrs. TomIinsou of Richmond; :;
Miss Mildred Sloan of Homecoming.
Md; Miss Ruth Slitcraft Of Iiaddon
Evening star., 1924-11-26

Field. Pa: Miss Anabel Sloan of
North Carolina, DR. II. II. NoelI, Mr..
j. Pritchard, Mr.. Robert Murphy, Mr..
Julian Keith, Mr.. William Bradley of
North Carolina, DIR. Il. a. Aycock of
Baltimore and DR.. $. y. Williamson.
The ceremony Will be performed
this evening at S o'clock in the
Grace Reformed Church.
Evening star., 1924-11-26

tertain at dinner this evening for
her daughter, Miss GeneVive Rusk,
later taking the guests to the Eye,
Ear and Throat Hospital ball.
Mrs. Rusk, Miss Rusk and her
fiance, Mr.. John Price Wetherill, Sd,
will motor to Baltimore Saturday to
attend the game. They will be
guests of Mrs. James ii. Stone.
Mrs. HalIet H. Wilson will come
from her home in New York for
Thanksgiving and will entertain 4
company in her box at the ball which
will be given for the benefit of the
Navy Relief Society tomorrow evening.
Comdr. and Mrs. F. W. Holt, have
come to Washington and are with the
latter's mother. Mrs. Joseph X.
Thompson. 1T $500 Thirteenth street.
Comdr. Holt has been assigned to
duty at the Navy department.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wade II. Ellis. who
have been at the Shoreham for a
month, are spending this week in
New York, and on their way back
to Washington Will stop at Baltimore
Evening star., 1924-11-26

The charge d'affaires of Rumania,
Mr.. Frederick Nano. will leave for
Baltimore, n G.. today to be the
guest over Thanksgiving of Mr.. and
Mrs John Francis Cecil at Blltmore
House
Evening star., 1924-11-26
Secretary Mellon and
E.ughter in New York.

The Secretary Of the Treasury Mr..
Vi cilon and his daughter. Miss Ailsa
-Gellon, and Miss Alice Sylvester are
ut the Ambassador Hotel in New
York for a few days. They will at
tend the Army Navy game.
Evening star., 1924-11-26
~ HE Ambassador of

and Ani,. Jusserand Will be
the guests of honor at din
her JhiS evening of Mrs. john
l.. litndti SON. who Will en-
tain a distinguished company in
"r home, Boundary Castle, on Six
nth street.
'j'hc Ambassador of Italy, Don Ge-
1.-iu t'aetani, will bc host at dinne.'
Z is evening in his apartment on
massachusetts avenue.
While Mrs. Coolidge could not at
I 3d the Philadelphia Orchestra con-
'.t.rt yesterday afternoon, on account
e christening the Los Angeles, her
:s.i"stS, DIR. Anna Pollock and Miss
s'tclla Stewart occupied the White
louise box.
Evening star., 1924-11-26

Frau Dieckhoff, wife of the Coun-
selor of the German Embassy, has
returned to the Capital after visit
in New York.
Evening star., 1924-11-26

Comdr Charles Theodore Jewell
will be host at dinner this evening,
taking his guests later to the ball
for the benefit of the Episcopal Eye,
Ear and Throat Hospital.
Evening star., 1924-11-26

Comdr. and Mrs. Claude B. Mayo
will entertain company Of II at
dinner this evening.
Evening star., 1924-11-26

Representative and Mrs. Nicholas
I.ongworth have as their guest the
United states Minister to The Hague.
AIr. Richard NJ. Tobin.
Evening star., 1924-11-26

Representative and Mrs. Fred A.
Britten will be the guests of honor
at dinner this evening of Admiral
and Mrs. Edward W. Eherle, who Will
entertain company of 10.
Representative and Mrs. Britten en-
tertained a company of II at dinner
last evening in their apartment at
Wardman Park Hotel, the company
later going to the musical given by
the Minister of Bulgaria and Nine.
1anaretof.
Representative and Mrs. Britten
will attend the Army-Navy game,
having as their guest Miss Frances
Miller, a debutante Of New York, who
s. visiting Miss Francisco McENenney.
Evening star., 1924-11-26

REPRESENTATIVE Richard Yates of
Illinois returned yesterday after
two months absence from Washing
ton and joined Mrs. Yates and the
daughter ut their apartment in the
ArpnnnP.
Evening star., 1924-11-26

DIR. Donald Campbell of Butte,
Mont, Is visiting the Secretary of the
Interior, DIR. Hubert Work, at his
apartment at Wardman Park Hotel.
Evening star., 1924-11-26

Mrs. Robert Vinton Rusk will en-.
Evening star., 1924-11-26

lcontinued on Ninth Page.D
Evening star., 1924-11-26

DIR. L. s. Rowe, director general OF
tho Pan American Union, left Wash
ington today and will sail for Peru
tomorrow on the steamship Santa
Una. DR.. Rowe is going to Peru as
chairman Of the delegation of the
United States to the third Pan
American Scientific Congress. He is
planning to return via Central
america and will probably not reach
Washington until some time in
February.
The Washington times., 1924-04-10
WARM WEATHER.
RADIO EFFECT
SLIGHT
Consensus Of Opinion Is That
Reception From Many Sta
tions Will Continue.

With summer approaching radio
fans are wondering just what
effect the hot period will have on
the rapidly progressing industry.
Experts agree that this next sum-
mer will show a great improvement
In the efficiency of warm-Weather
reception.
Powell Crosley, jr., of the Crosley
Radio Corporation, feels that the in.
creased power of broadcasting sta
tons will, to a great extent,
diminish the difficulty. He says:
While the distant stations Of
power may fade from the picture in
summer, there will still remain the
distant stations Of higher power for
consistent reception in any part of
the United States, almost any night,
SO that except during severe local
disturbance, the broadcast listener
can count on receiving several sta
lions consistently throughout the
year, even though the number Of
stations that they can select from
is diminished"
He continues: sit is quite obvious
that IL the signal were weaker than
static, it would be blotted out and It
Is equally obvious that II there Is
enough power behind given signal
to overcome static at any distance,
static will fade away into the back
ground. So the problem of static
Is being solved by the increased
power Of broadcasting stations.
In a recent issue, the Electrical
Merchandising, reviewing the radio
situation, agrees with this theory
and adds summary of what will
be In the air for the fan this SUM.
mer. They say:
Both the Democratic national
convention in New York and the
Republican convention in Cleveland
during the month of June will be
broadcast so that the whole coun.
try will be able to listen to the
speeches and events.
For the first time In history q
campaign for the election Of d Presi
dent Of the United States will be
conducted to large extent by radio
"All important sporting evehts
games and contests will be reported
by radio. This summer will elso be
notable for the attempt Of Mac.
MILAN to reach the North Pole,
carrying with him a radio outfit
by which he hopes to keep in touch
with civilization"
The Washington times., 1924-04-10

circus, which will be broadcast by
WIZ and WGY at that time.
Last night just as we were about
to sing off, musical program came
into the speaker. 1t was so faint
that we could just hear it through
the static interference and try as
we would we couldn't make it loud
er. Becoming interested and believ-
ing we had at last heard a new sta.
ton, we crowded our head close
to the speaker and listened. But as
usual when the signals were being
given, a great burst of static drown
ed everything.
But we were not to be so easily
discouraged, now, when at least we
had something we might be able to
claim a record for. Several times
the same thing occurred, though,
and we were getting sleepy. After
about an hour of this straining to
hear, we were sure it was the coast
or some place at least that far,
when at last we heard it little
more clearly, and it turned out to
be Philadelphia, and the same sta
ton we had listened to earlier in the
evening without difficulty.
The Washington times., 1924-04-10
TWO METHODS GIVEN
TO REDUCE INTERFERENCE

One of the most annoying species
OF interference is the distracting and
nerve-racking low frequency radia.
ton from electric light lines and
street arc lamps. 1t is unfortunate
that these noises cannot be entirely
eliminated, but quite a bit has been
done toward doing away with a good
percentage Of the nuisance.
Where a number Of tubes are
used In a set, a loop may be EN-.
ployed, and metal screen placed
between it and the direction of the
source of trouble, The screen must
be grounded. This method works
fairly well in some cases, but the
results may not prove very salts.
factory.
Another and more workable
method employs a one.henry iron.
core choke coil, which is connected
In series with s. nlfd. fixed con.
denser. These are placed across the
antenna and ground terminals,
thereby forming a low frequency
bypass. With some types of sets.
this system is highly effective, and
the interference can he cut down
so per cent or more. depending upon
conditions.