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Evening star., 1924-08-18

Coast guards are now on the look.
out for a new line Of joy-riding that
the ocean has developed outside the
l2-mile limit.
Evening star., 1924-08-18

The occupation Of the Ruhr'> has
not been advantageous as business
proposition, and was certainly not
regarded as a pleasure by anybody.
Evening star., 1924-08-18

There is evidently nothing among
the 1924 band wagon models that
causes Henry Ford to feel that he
would like to have one for himself.
Evening star., 1924-08-18

When a presidential campaigner
mentions apathy" he invariably as
sumes that it is limited to the two
other parties.
Evening star., 1924-08-18

When organized labor goes into
politics it intimates a willingness to
work overtime if necessary.
Evening star., 1924-08-18
Evolution.

On wheels we all pursue our way
Through roads or through the
street;
And Nature presently will say,
What is the use Of feet?"
So, when we evolute a while
And meet life's new demands,
Wen find the human structural style
Is mostly head and hands.
Evening star., 1924-08-18
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Evening star., 1924-08-18

Jud Tunkins says the trouble about
socialism is that it. encourages too
many people to loaf along in hopes of
cutting in on other peoples earnings.
Evening star., 1924-08-18
All Other States.

Daily and Sunday.1 yr.. $1,000: mo-. $50
sunGaS a1,x Sn,s only ": $685. $685. mo-. o Csc
Evening star., 1924-08-18
Moonshine and Money.

What has become Of that moon.
shine still you used to show the Sum.
mer boarders?'
There wasn't enough interest in it
to make it profitable for exhibition
purposes" answered Farmer Corntos-
sci. 80 the proprietor shut it up and
went to bootleggin.'"
what I'm loolxin' foh next" said
Uncle Eben, sis some scheme to per.
vide each weddin' VIII alimony insur.
ance.~
Evening star., 1924-08-18
THEODORE W. MOVES. . Editor
The Evening Star Newspaper Company
Rate by Mail-Payable in Advance.
Maryland and Yirginia.

Daily and Sunday..l yr.. $50: mo-. 1oc
Daily only l yr.. Sc. 60; no.. soc
Sunday only $50. i yr.. $40: mo-. SOc
Evening star., 1924-08-18

IAN expert" in tho August num-
Der Of the British magazine, Foreign
Evening star., 1924-02-10
Girl Reserve Notes.

On Friday evening at 1880 the girl
reserves Of the Central High School
Freshmen Club. the Sempre Parapae.
are to hold a mock initiation and
social at the girl reserve clubrooms,
HOO N street. Miss Margaret Crois-
SAINT, president Of the club. is in
charge OF the arrangements.
Tomorrow afternoon the Columbia
Junior High School Girl Reserves
Club will hold a hare and hound
chase. The girls will meet at Adams
Mill road entrance to Rock Creek
Park at $3.50 o'clock.
Tomorrow evening the Pemacha
Club will meet at Peck Memorial
Chapel. The girls are sewing for the
Red Cross and the work will con-
tinue during the winter meetings.
Miss Lillian Brown, member OF the
club. has been ILL., The girls last
week filled a fruit basket as a token
OF their sympathy for her Illness.
On Wednesday afternoon the Grade
School Club will meet at Peck Me-
mortal Chapel for a valentine party.
Most Of the seventh and eighth grades
of the Corcoran School are to be in
vited.
On Wednesday afternoon the Sempre
Parapae will meet to make yarn dolls
for the Children's Hospital. The same
club will hold valentine party on
the evening OF the 18th, in the girl
reserve rooms. 100 M street.
Evening star., 1924-02-10
First Wireless.

Guglielmo Marconi, shy but de-
termined young Italian, nineteen
years OLD, read in an electrical jour
nal an article on "Hertzian waves"
that suggested to him the possibility
Of sending messages from one place
to another without the use of wires.
The article told that a strange sub
stance. ether. a colorless, odorless
property that can be neither seen nor
felt. but which pervades everything,
would carry electric vibrations from
one place to the other without aid
Of wires.
Marconi was seized with the idea
of sending messages across space by
work on his fathers farm at Bologna
to develop the plan. Set up on
pole on one side of the garden, he
rugged a tin box to which he con-
nected, by an insulated wire, a trans
mitting apparatus. Before long he
had succeeded in sending a short
message in the Morse code Of dots
and dashes. to his companion on the
other side of the garden, where a
corresponding pole with another tin
box was connected with receiving ap-
paratus.
Marconi's appreciative father, re-
iliaing that one of the worlds great
inventions was In the process of be-
ing worked out. placed his entire
farm at the disposal OF the young
man. Different heights Of poles for
the sending apparatus were tried and
1t was discovered that the distance
Of carrying the message could be
increased according to the height Of
pole used.
The electric current Of wirelss
message was too weak to work a re-
cording device, SO Marconi made use
of little instrument called a CO.
| herer. invented by another. to hitch
on the stronger current Of local
! battery, which intensified the waves
and worked the recorder.
After some time spent in expert
menting, Marconi, whose mother was
Irish, went to England. There he
tried various other things in place
OF the tin boxes for the sending ap-
paratus. With a huge kite covered
with metallic sheets he sent a mes.
sage eight miles. That was in 1897.
But the kite was an unstable device,
SO he put up at Needles, on the Isle
Of Wight, a l2o-foot pole bearing an
insulated wire instead Of the tin box.
From this he. sent messages to a tug
at sea and, finally, after six years
Of work. attained his goal of send
ing an ocean message.
Evening star., 1924-02-10
Valentine Factory.

If you were to visit factory in
New York where valentines are made
by the millions you would, no doubt.
have the same feeling as the little
boy Of the fairy story did when he
tried to eat the house Of candy-you
would see valentines on trees and
blowing out Of chimneys until you
would begin to think the whole world
had turned to hearts and paper lace
and verses.
In q valentine factory large sheets
containing dozens Of complete Pic
ture greetings are printed in ono piece
in the same way a newspaper press
turns out news sheet. Cutting ma
chimes are used to separate the valen-
tines, and IL they are to be in book
form they 60 on to folding machines.
all in less time than It takes to toll.
Cards that are to have scalloped edges
20 through scauoping machines. or
perhaps to machines that glue en-
bossed flowers in place.
At the paper lace machine you
would be fascinated in watching the
little engine that draws in one end
a long paper ribbon and turns out at
Evening star., 1924-02-10

Gently given at the Y. w. c. A. by
Nine. Annette Keyser. who also gave
a recital in her lovely soprano voice.
She sang arias from Tschaikowsky's
"Pique Dame" and Glinka's Opera
Life" and her Russian folk songs
were especially enjoyed by the little
Russian children adopted by Ad-
miral McCully. who were guests of
honor at the recital. The children
Joined madame in her folk songs and
danced several quaint peasant dances
to her accompaniment.
Nine. Keyser is herself a Russian
woman, rescued in Odessa from
starvation by an American naval
officer. On reaching Constantinople
she was nursed back to health by
members of the American Y. w. c. a.
in the Turkish capital.
Nine. keyser, after the death OF her
American husband in Odessa in 1918.
continued to support and nurse sixty
people sick with tuberculosis. She
had to cut and fetch wood and grind
wheat for the bread she later baked
She gave free concerts.' but earned
small funds by teaching English to
such as could afford to pay for les
sons. She had to pretend she was
her younger sister long since dead,
who was born IN England. In order
to get out of Russia, for her husbands S
nationality was not recognized as
emitting her to such freedom.
Madame tells how the little Rus
sian refugee children in Constanti-
nople are trying bravely to be cheer
full and what hard battles the
Russian girls have before them to
become adjusted to new conditions
both in their own country and in
other parts of the world.
Evening star., 1924-02-10


each year won the medal given for
high scholarship, that is, IS per cent
of ''Es" Omeaning over $50 in eight
semester reports on all her studies.
In her freshmen year it was a bronze
medal; in her sophomore year, silver;
in her junior year, silver and enamel,
and this last year, gold. One other
student in this class got the gold
medal.
Fern is very much interested in lit
erary subjects. While in school she did
not go out for sports, dramatics or
music, but was an active member of
the debating society and a member of
the girls team which won over the
boys in recent debate. She is editor
of the Fastener, the school publica-
tion, and was assistant literary editor
during her junior year.
AS yet, Ferns plans for a possible
career in the future are rather vague.
She is taking a postgraduate course in
shorthand and typewriting this
SEMESTER, and expects to go to Normal
School next fall. After finishing Nor
nal. she may take course specializing
in English at George Washington Uni
versity. She thinks perhaps she may
~knt to teach English eventually.
Evening star., 1924-02-10

Next evening when the hungry
coasters opened the door Of the little
store, they found Uncle Ned with a
group of listeners about him. His
voice chuckled with tho favor OF a
fine tale in the telling. And when I
went out to that henhouse, what did
find under each hen but two eggs
one nice warm egg that the hen had
just laid. and one egg with a cross
on 1t, which means that 1t come from
this store and had been candled.
That's my own particular mark.
put 1t there myself. And if I ever
catch them two rascally young
jokers Til make them eat pickles and
buns till they swell up and the tears
run down their cheeks!"
"Yay, Arch, beat IL" hissed Dick.
bolting for the door, but his friend
was already outside and making for
the hill, top speed. ~
Evening star., 1924-02-10

the other a, reel Of. fragile paper
decoration that will be used to give
. dainty, lacy appearance to thou
sands Of more expensive valentines
Some kinds are 50 elaborate that
they must have their satin and ribbon
parts pasted together by hand. In
one room Of a valentine factory sit
hundreds Of women making this kind,
each worker producing her own par
ticular piece to combine with that
made by the next person.
In addition to the actual manufac-
turing Of the cards there is Q design
ing department where the pictures
are first planned and sketched. and a
copy department where the verses
are written, to say nothing Of mail
ing divisions, SO that altogether Z
valentine factory is an enormous at
fair.
Evening star., 1924-02-10

Arrived at the other side Of the
street. Tommy and the colonel stood
outside a window admiring the gaudy
frilly-edged creations displayed in
side.
boy, oh. boy" Tommy exclaimed.
Amt dem magnolius! Then Tommy
said:
Colonel. you got d. conversational
ability. Step inside an axe TO- d.
mos heart-rendering little billet.
doux which d. sto' keeper got"
Accordingly. Brother Rabbit stepped
inside and approached William Wood
chuck. the proprietor.
mister, gimme valentine" said
the diplomatic colonel. Something
about hearts a-bustin'."
After some hesitation Brother Rab-
bit finally selected what he consid-
cred the handsomest valentine in the
establishment. Certainly 1t was the
frilliest. and it outgaudied the
gaudiest.
Taking the valentine a short dis
tance around the corner. Brother
Rabbit and the senator put their
heads together. and finally produced
the following couplet, which they
inscribed on the valentine in a hand
writing as nearly like Brother Pos
sums as possible:
Your face Is like the lily.
Your neck is like the swan.
Your nose il is the nosiest nose
ever looked upon
Evening star., 1924-02-10

Brother Possum merely raised his
hat little and hurried on by.
About fifteen minutes later he
came walking dejectedly back down
TIE street, looking as If he had gone
out to attend his own funeral and
met himself coming back.
Law bless u.s." cried Tommy
Turtle when Brother Possum was
about to pass.by. "Brothah Possum
you looks ill! What ails you?" said
he.
Great Jumpin' Jupiter" cried Col
Jack. ID man looks as white
as cawn-plastah. Set right down
here an take it easy a bit. Lemme
fan you-Smoke dis segah.'
Then Col. Rabbit gave Brother Pos
sum a very special brand of jimpson
weed cheroot that had many pleas
ant little surprises concealed within
the innocent-looking five inches of its
length. These included a spring at
the center that caused it to open ur
like a cabbage and small concealed
Quill OF gunpowder and soda.
ID boy got more color. now" said
Tommy. reassuringly. He lookin
better already"
Where you been keepin' yo'self
anyway? I amt seen you in coon's
age"
Give d boy chance to talk" said
Brother Rabbit. He amt quite go;
ovah dat sinkin' spell he had a while
ago. Let him smoke an enjoy his.
SELF
What a lovely evenin," continued
the Colonel. "Brothah Possum, how
You been maxim out wild Sistaf
Grounding, up d. line? Fixin' up tc
crowd out all yo' rivals. I'll bet. Yor
Possum a dig in the ribs that almos,
tipped his chair over.
But Brother Possum-true to the
reputation Of his clan-merely looked
wise and said nothing. but just stuck
manfully to his loaded cigar.
Anyway" said Tommy, I'll be,
d mans a winnah. He got d. edg,
on common folks like me an you.
What say. Brother jack
''Um- hum" said Col. Rabbit. And
just then Brother Possum's ciga
opened up like a ripened cabbage, ant
l-Bang!-went the powder quill in
side the cigar.
Il s x \:
Col. Jack Rabbit disappeared
around one corner Of the Hollow
Stump" while Senator Turtle dis.
appeared around the other. Brother
Possum lay half-stunned for few
minutes trying to recollect just wha'
had occurred. When he finally die
remember he got up and busted his
clothers off. Then he walked into the
hotel barber shop and had look a
himself in the glass. After that hi
climbed into the BARRIERS operating
chair and heaved a great sigh Of re
lief.
Gimme moderate haircut" h
said, But nevah mind about SINCE
done had one already"
Evening star., 1924-02-10

Your cheeks arc like the roses,
Your eyes are bluey blue.
Your mouths as big as the envelope
That carries this to you!
Then Tommy Turtle and Brother
Jack got an envelope that was almost
as big as a carpet bag and inclosed
the billet doux." addressing the
whole to:
Miss Samanthy Grounding.
Peet heath.
Squirrel Center, Southeast.
This they dropped into the nearest
mail hole. and then they walked on
homeward, :. discoursing pleasantly
under the stars.
The next evening found Tommy
Turtle and Col. Rabbit once more out
in front OF the Hollow Log" with
their chairs tilted back against the
wall. and their hats tilted corres-
pondingly forward.
Along about s o'clock. down the
street came Brother Billy Possum.
dressed up to kill and ruin. This time
he wore a gay checkered vest. and
a bouquet of heliotropes was pinned
to his coat.
Good evening, Duke" said Tom
my Turtle.
How is your grace" said Col.
Rabbit.
Evening star., 1924-02-10
written and illustrated BY
Edward McCandlAHh.

~ Mair. street one evening he
~ found Brother Jack Rabbit
= sitting out In front OF the
Hollow Log. the only hotel In stump.
VILE.
Good evening. Colonel" said
Tommy as he took a seat beside
Brother Jack Rabbit.
"Howdy, Senator" replied Brother
Jack Rabbit. And then he passed
out really good cigar that must
have cost at least a quarter. Tommy
decided right then that the next time
he met Brother Jack Rabbit no would
hail him as lieutenant general" Just
to see II he would hand over his
watch.
Col. Rabbit and Senator Turtle then
sat for a space, puffing away at their
respective cigars and discussing the
remarkably fine weather they were
hving.
so much like spring." said the
colonel. So
Quite baImy. indeed" replied SEN
ator Turtle
Just then the two observed Brother
Billy Possum passing along the op-
posite side of the street He was
walking rapidly, and he had the air
of man who knew exactly where
he was going and meant to get
there in the shortest time possible.
Brother Possum had chrySanthe-
mum in the lapel of his coat, and
both Tommy Turtle and Brother Jack
knew where ne was going. also.
"Brothah Possum been cuttin' quite
a dash in d. naborhood Of Sistah Sa-
manthy Groundhog's lately" observed
Col. Rabbit. as he blew a smoke ring
and tilted his chair back up against
the hotel.
Yes" replied Senator Thomas
Turtle. dat boy sho' got it bad. He
been racin' up das-a-way fo' times a
week now for d. pas eight months
Things Is beginnin' to look a wee bit
auspicious thereabouts." Brother
Rabbit and the senator then consid.
cred this phase OF the question In
silence for a minute and then Tommy
Turtle said:
'St. Valentines day is due to ar
rive up in a few mo- days. What say.
Colonel. II we fixes up a little hoax
for Brother Possum?"
What is a 'hoaX'?" inquired the
colonel.
"well.'' replied Tommy near as I
can come to 1t, a hoax is a cross be-
tween q surprise pahty an a prac-
tical joke"
What would a moderate sized hoax
cost?" inquired the practical colonel.
Deere you goes" Tommy exclaimed
ALWAYS a-countin' in d. cost. OATS
d. Rabbit for you. D Turtles amt
built dat-a-way. Let 'er rip" OATS
d Turtles slogan. Hows'evah, step
ovah to dis sto' with me. little boy,
an let's have a look at dem gor-
geous valentines"
Evening star., 1924-02-10
"Guaranteed to Make EN- Law"

II wish We could get or a good
joke on Uncle Ned to pay him back
for the ones he's played on u.s."
said Dick to Arch as the boys hiked
toward the store at the crossroads
to buy buns and pickles after an
hour OF coasting on the hill. Uncle
Ned. the proprietor Of the country
general store, was an inveterate
joker. Tormenting the boys seemed
to be his speciality.
set yourselves by the stove, young
ra,scals." greeted an old man in a
butchers apron when they puffed in.
attention was captured by a beautiful
flow Of language from the mouth Of
a salesman. The boys settled them
selves on tho bench before the little
oil heater and listened.
'.And you say those hens of yours
don't lay as they should?" asked
the gentleman with the samples.
Then you have only to buy a pack
age Of our famous hen food. give
1t to your fowls with their meal. and
absolutely, without fail, I guarantee
you an egg q day per bird"
"one Of these never-faii, sure-to-
please arrangements, SO to speak"
suggested Uncle Ned.
"It is exactly that" agreed the
other; absolutely pure. unadulterat-
ed" and. as Uncle Ned rang open the
battered little safe, he handed over
the bottle with a flourish.
After few minutes Of joking with
Uncle Ned. the boys left the store
munching their buns. The moment
they were outside, Arch whispered,
I've got It! Just the joke to play
on the old fellowr' Hastily he ex-
planned his plan to Dick, while Dick
fell In with it eagerly.
The next afternoon, after their
coasting, instead OF going to the
crossroads store, the boys stole down
to Uncle Neds henhouse, carrying q
carefully concealed basket In few
minutes they as stealthily withdrew.
The next night the same performance
was repeated. The third evening
found them back again at the store.
"fIow's tho hen food workingr'
asked Dick, with great carelessness.
TN a most miraculous sort Of way!"
exploded Uncle Ned. "Just as that
salesfellow said, find an egg under
each hen every night It surely am
the finest sort Of magic ever see!'
The boys laughed into their cuts and
winked at each other. After they
left the store. they made another trip
with their basket to the henhouse.
funny old codger!" grinned Arch.
Hes telling everybody in the county
how fine that feed is. Won't he feel
cheap when we let it out that we've
been putting eggs under his hens:'
Evening star., 1924-02-10

marked of into squares, on which
a chip or block of wood is kicked
until a foul is made, has been re-
placed by q newer style Of hopping
game known as hop-scotch golf, be-
cause the course resembles a minia-
ture golf links.
Mark OFF a course according to the
diagram. Choose a particular spot,
perhaps a tree, for your starting
point from which to kick off the chip.
circle, and may be either drawn with
chalk on q cement drive or may be
made by sinking the lids Of baking
Evening star., 1924-02-10

powder cans or old pie tins in the
turf Of your back yard Each circle
Is numbered and the player kicks
his chip. hopping all the while. with
as few strokes" as possible into
the first hole.
The others in the game do likewise,
In order; then the first player goes
on to the second hole. The person
who gets around the course in the
fewest number Of kicks Of his chip
wins. AS many may play the game
as like, or a person mays even play
it alone, trying to break the record
for the neighborhood.
Evening star., 1924-02-10

and protection for the birds. espe-
cially during the winter months.
The troops which took advantage of
this opportunity OF hear DIR. Bartsch
were Nos. l, 4, z, S, ~, II, Is, 26, IS,
SO. 81, 35, Al, AZ and 5S.
The monthly dinner meeting Of the
Girl Scout Officers Club will be held
Wednesday at 5:45 pm, at the 7. w.
c. A., 614 e street northwest Mem
bers are urged to be prompt, as the
troop will form at $3.50 for work.
Evening star., 1924-02-10

for herself in the
concert field when
she has more full
ly equipped her
self with the tech
nique of the art
of singing.
Miss Hiser at
tended Central
High School. but
was not gradual
ed from that
school. as she left
to concentrate her
efforts on vocal
training. She has
also studied the
fundamentals of
Evening star., 1924-02-10

was & r a d U a t e d
from Eastern High
School two weeks
ago, and 1t was
generally conceded
that her speech
was one Of the
best given in the
history Of t h Q
school.
Fern did her skip
ping over grades
in the grade school,
and was graduated
from the Buchanan
School when only
twelve years old.
In high school she
Evening star., 1924-02-10

the most cosmo-
politan city in the
country and Is
visited by famous
people from all
over the world.
Local girls have
opportunities to
hear of the life Of
girls of OF h er
countries. Often
these tales are in
t e T e s t n 6 and
unique. An un-
usual talk about
the girls of Rus
Sia and conditions
generally in that
A -.
Evening star., 1924-02-10

sion in two local training schools Of
expression. Her voice is mezzo-so-
prano in quality. She gave a recital
over the radio, broadcasting from the
WRC station early in January, and
expects to give another program next
month. She introduced the song
Not" at the Columbia
sTheatcr some time ago.
Evening star., 1924-02-10
Delicate Havelinf.

Mrs. McCracken Ito the teacner)-I
Little Haveling- is so delicate. II
he should be bad-and sometimes he
is-just whip the boy next to him.
That will frighten him. and make
him behave"
Evening star., 1924-02-10
He Knew.

Head Policeman-What would you
do to disperse a mob?
Applicant for Job-Pass around the
hat, sir. They always leave when
that happens.
Evening star., 1924-02-10
Question of Ownership.

Porter-"Miss, your train is in"
Lady-"My man. why do you say
my train when you know 1t belongs
to the company? -
Porter-"Why do you say my man,
when you know belong to my wife?'
Evening star., 1924-02-10
Helen Hiser, Soprano.

MISS HELEN H1sER of 1904 Irving
1'A street northeast is Washing
ton girl who is making vocal music
her profession in life and who hopes
to achieve a niche
Evening star., 1924-02-10
The Reason.

Teacher-"Here you are. late again
for your class. How do you account
for all this tardiness?'
Smith-'Please sir, heredity. am
the son of the>late John Smith
Evening star., 1924-02-10
Fern Painter, Valedic.
tOrian.

EERN PAINTER, daughter Of Mr..
and Mrs. Rolen Painter Of 1906 D
street southeast, is only sixteen years
old. yet she was chosen valedictorian
of ber closs x,,b;oh
Evening star., 1924-02-10
A Good Tin

Poor Man- say. porter. did you
find $50 on the door this morning3
Porter-Yes, sub: thank you. sub.
Evening star., 1924-02-10
Girls and Their Affairs
CONDUCTED BY HELEN FErrER.

THE girls Of Washington are moro
L fortunate in many ways than
those of other American cities. with
the exception Of New York. Washing
ton is probably