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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-12-13
ANSWERS
to yesterdays questions.

ANSWERS
to yesterdays questions.
1.-The first settlement in Ar
kansas was made at Arkansas Post
by the French in 1885.
2.-Charles Blondin crossed MI
agara Falls on a tightrope in 1866,
1859 and 1850.
3-Gervase Of Canterbury. early
English chronicler, lived in the
Twelfth and Thirteenth centuries.
Virginia adopted the United
States Constitution June 6, 1888.
Sir George Etherage, inven-
tor of comedy intrigue, died in
1891.
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WHEN DID TT
HAPPEN? ::

when was the first settlement
l. in Wisconsin made?
2-When was William Clifford,
an Englishman, archbishop Of
Rheims. France?
S-When was the Erclmann.
Chatrian literary partnership
framed?
'4-When was Dragut, the noted
Turkish general, killed?
5-When was "Aucassin and
Nfcolette," the old French ro-
nance, written?
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Setting the Wedding Date
.EAR MRS. BEECKMAN:


~ When a girl receives an en-.
gagement ring, who should set
the date of the wedding?
co How long should a couple
be engaged when they have
kept steady company" for four
and a half years. BROWNIE.
TVaE girl is given that privilege.
4 The queen" decides
(2) AS an outsider" I would
not dare say. That depends
upon the circumstances, and
usually they are financial cir
cumstances.
(Mrs. Beechman viii be glad to
answer questions on etiquette
submitted by readersl
Copyright, 1924, Premier Syndicate
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-12-13
RECIPES OF
CONTESTANTS
Orange .Mar1naIade.

orange Maf1malade.
Slice very thin oranges and
2 lemons; add an equal measure
Of water; let stand overnight:
boil III hours. Then add as
many cups Of sugar as you have
of fruit and boil until it jellies,
which will be about half an hour.
Pour into glasses to cool.-Mfs.
Mildred Ehrhardt, $500 Murdoch
Mill road.
Orange Salad.
Cut A large seedless oranges,
first peel into u inch slices.
Put these together sandwich
fashion, with the following mix.
lures between: Mix together a
cupful Of chopped canned pine.
apple, " cup of finely diced
celery. n a green pepper, shred
ded, moisten with French fruit
dressing. Place the orange sand.
wiches on crisp lettuce, leaves.
garnish with sliced maraschino
cherries. Add a heaping spoonful
of whipped cream or mayonnaise
to each individual serving.--Mrs.
Stone, I'LL Eye street northwest.
Orange Frappe.
/ quart water. pint sugar, 4
pint orange juice, juice 2 lemons.
2 egg whites.
Make a syrup by boiling the
water and sugar twenty minutes.
Add fruit Juice, cool and strain.
Add egg whites beaten stiff. then
heeza-MrA George d Cana
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w III EN- IN
DOUBT
Il an tn = Rnhr

NEAR MRS. BEECKMAN:
~ / received an engraved card
from a friend a few days ago,
announcing the birth Of e. boy.
How shall I respond in acknowl-
edging this card? Would a gift
for the little fellow be proper?
Z. A. II.
HIHE announcement does not
\ necessarily call for an answer.
but, OF course, it is more cordial
and friendly to acknowledge it
In some way. 1t il delightful
for you to write q note to the
mother, telling her of your happi-
ness at the news of the arrival
of the new soul. With the note,
you might send her a box Of
flowers, containing a tiny bou-
Quet OF small white flowers for
the baby. This tiny bouquet
can be made entirely of the
delicate baby's breath, or this
appropriately named flower may
be combined with small white
roses or other flowers. Also
there are the regulation gifts
for the new arrival Ia silver
mug, an article for the layette,
a silver spoon or pusher.
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Go to. When married man
appeareth with highly polished
fingernails and becometh fussS
concering his neckwear, then
mar hin Nzifa hAuuara
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For he win bear WATCHING!
GELAHs -
Evening star., 1924-09-14

sonviIle, Fla, who were guests of the
Iatter's sister, Mrs. Nathan Sondheim-
er, are in New York City before re-
turning to their home.
Mrs. A. Horwitx Of Newport News.
Va, was the guest of Mrs. Morris
Ganss and has returned to her home.
Mrs Sol Rice has gone to Atlantic
City before going to her home in New
York City.
Mrs Samuel Goldenberg left Thurs
day for Providence, r. l., and New
York City to visit relatives.
Mrs. Goldsmith Sigmund has return
ed from a short stay with relatives in
Baltimore.
Mrs. Gus Wallerstein and her
daughter, Miss Helen Walierstein, are
in Atlantic City, and had as her guest
recently Mr.. Harold Ganss, who spent
several days here last week.
Mrs. Clara Israel has returned from
Atlantic City, where she spent some
daughter-in-l law, Mr.. and Mrs Israel
Mrs. Isaac w. Nordlinger is the
guest of her sister. Mrs. Emile Ber-
liner, of 2400 Sixteenth street.
Mr. and Mrs. Jonas H. Michaelis,
who have been West for several
months. were recently in Skagway,
Alaska, and Vancouver.
Mr.. Nyron Oppenheimer of Balti-
more was the week end guest of his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Simon Open
heimer of Beverly Court.
Mr.. Louis Kaufman of Pittsburgh is
Evening star., 1924-09-14
PERSONAL NOTES.

Mrs. Meyer Lissner, accompanied
by her son. Mr. Joy Lissner and her
daughter Aline. who recently re-
turned on the S. S. Leviathan from
months stay abroad, left tuesday
for Los Angeles, Calf, to remain
until November. when they will re-
turn to Wardman Park Hotel.
Mrs. Maury Simon and her chill
dren, Ruth. Louis and Jane, returned
Wednesday from Braddock Heights,
Md, where they spent the summer
at the Hotel Braddock. Ruth Simon
was at Camp Buena Vista until Sep
tember 1.
Mrs Ray Strauss and her daughter
Mildred returned Wednesday from
two-month stay at Braddock Heights,
Md. '.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leon 1obrines and
their son Walter are spending sew
eral weeks at Atlantic city.
Mrs. Walter Franc and her son,
Walter Franc, jr., accompanied by
the formers mother Mrs. julius
Marks, returned Wednesday from
weeks stay at the Ritz-Carlton
Hotel Atlantic City, to Wardman
Park Hotel
Miss Ruth Kohner and Miss Janet
Kohner spent the week end at Green
Gables, the home of MIR. and Mrs.
David Frank, near Annapolis, Md,
where they visited Miss Amaiie
Frank.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sol Lansburgh are
spending three weeks in Atlantic
City.
Mrs Sylvan King and her son have
returned from Ocean View, Va,
where they spent the Summer.
Mrs. Louis Eiseman, who was the
guest last week of her sister, Mrs.
Isaac Beh --pd. returned to her home
in Atlantic City Tuesday.
Mrs. Alexander Wolf and family,
who have been at the Breakers, At
lantic City, for the Summer will re-
turn to their home on Woodley road
tomorrow.
Mrs. Julia Luchs is again in her
homo on Twenty ninth street after
a six-week stay at the Breakers, At
lantic City.
DR.. and Mrs. Harry Lewis returned
to their home ON Connecticut avenue
Friday after a Today stay at the
Ritz-Carlton, Atlantic City.
Mrs. Louis Simon and daughter Ber-
nice have come back from a trip to
Atlantic City and New York.
Mr.. and Mrs. Emil West spent Labor
day week end in Baltimore with rela-
tives.
Mrs. Herbert jacob and her son
have returned after spending the
Summer in Ocean View, Va, and Nor
folk, where they were guests of the
formers parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ben
nett.
Mr.. and Mrs. Victor Jacobs of Jack
Evening star., 1924-09-14

visiting his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Isadore Kaufman. at the Argonne.
Mrs. Sarah Dembitz, with her son
Louis and daughter Nanette, nave
been visiting in Philadelphia and
Wildwood, N. j.. for three weeks.
Mrs. Ernest Mayer has returned to
her apartment in the Airy View after
spending the Summer at the Ritz
Carlton, Atlantic City.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. Isaacs have return
ed from a motor trip of several weeks
to their apartment, 27o1 Connecticut
avenue.
Mrs. P. Lazarus made a short visit
to her sister. Mrs. Solmson, in Balti-
more recently.
Mr.. and Mrs. David Frank are en-
tertaining over the week end at their
Summer home MIR. and Mrs. Maury
Simon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jacques Elias of New
York have come back to Washington
and are located at 2707 Woodley road.
DR.. Milton Hahn, accompanied by
his sister, Miss Rae Hahn, who re-
gently were sojourniEg In Atlantic
City, were the guests here for few
days OF Mr.. and Mrs. Gilbert Hahn.
Mrs Daniel Fishell of Chicago was
the guest of honor at a luncheon OF
20 covers at the Country Club yes
terday.
Evening star., 1924-09-14

The first blast furnace in Iowa
for the smelling of lead ore and the
second In the United Sf"t"s was con-
structed at Dubuque in 1884
Evening star., 1924-03-30
POWER PLANT SURROUNDED
Williamsport Expected Peak o
Flood This Morning.
tpecial pisnatch to The Star

cpt'ldi DlspdtcH 10 L ne star.
HAGERSTOWN, Md. March ee.-
The Potomac river became a mad tor
rent today, leaping from its banks at
Its widest part near Williamport and
overfiowing into the bottoms"
The two million dollar power plant
OF the Potomac Edison COMPANY at
Hllllamsport was surrounded by wa
ter for the first time since it's erection,
but there was no immediate fear ex-
pressed that there would be any dam
age to this.
The main flood waters. which in
undated sections of Cumberland and
the Georges Creek district, this morn
ing was expected to reach Williams
port by midnight tonight. and the
peak of the flood was expected to be
reached early tomorrow morning
All of the tributaries of the Poto-
mac in this section overhowed during
the morning, when nearly two inches
of rain fell. The Antietam and Como
cocheague creeks left their banks
lands.
At the first warning that a food
was threatened. scores of persons who
i've within close proximity of the
river banks began moving out to
higher places of safety
Clubhouses along the river were
threatened. Several are doomed, the
swIrlfng waters already having
weakened their foundations so that
they will hardly be able to withstand
the wall of water which is due with
in the next few hours.
The river at o'clock tonight was
rising at the rate of fifteen inches an
hour. 1t is about twelve feet above
normal The highwater stage is
forty four feet above normal reached
during the Johnstown flood of 1889
Evening star., 1924-03-30
Mr.. AND MRS. LEEDS
NEAR DEATH IN BOAT
Former Princess and Son of Tin
Plate King Caught in Twenty
Five-Mile Wind.
By the Associa ted Press

By the Associ ted Press.
BRUNSWICK, Ga, March 2s.-
While returning to Brunswick from
st. Simon's Island this afternoon,
William 3. Leeds, jr., son of the tin
plate millionaire; his wife, formerly
Princess Zenia of Greece, and former
Ambassador Harveys daughter, Mrs.
H. II. Thompson. had a narrow escape
from drowning when the launch Reagal
sank in southeast wind as it was
making its way across the sound
Members of the party took to a
bateau which was being towed and
were in imminent danger Of perish
ing when sighted by the skipper Of a
boat which was making it's way to
port. The launch ReagaI went to
the bottom just as the last member
or the party reached the batrau.
The Reagal was chartered by Young
Leeds during his stay on JekyI Island.
He announced that he could handle
the little craft without difficulty. 1t
was never thought, however, that he
would venture across the sound in
a twenty -five-mile wind. This he did
this afternoon.
Young Leeds and his princess wife
had been on Jekyl Island the last
two weeks as guests OF Col Harvey.
Ihe ELI Ire party is scheduled to leave
Ior New YORK tomorrow.
Evening star., 1924-03-30
TOMORROW FIXED
AS HOUSE D. c. DAY
Four Measures to Be Acted.
Upon-Senate Committee
to Act This Week.

tomorrow is to be a special District
day for consideration Of legisIar,on
Tor the National Capital.
The day has been speciaIIv co,
aside by unanimous consent of the
House on the motion of Floor Leader
Longworth, after consultation with
Speaker Gillett, the members of the
republican steering committee and .
special subcommittee from the House
District committee.
Four District measures have been
selected to be called up for ton:
The Gilbert bill for prevention and
control of social disease is unfinished
business on District day and will get
first consideration
The Zihlman bill to authorize the
extension of 18th street, through
Walter Reed Hospital grounds, open
ing up Il new entrance to the Ma
tional Capital and giving an avenue
Of approach to d big suburban terri
tory to relieve housing congestion.
Gassuc Bill on Calendar.
The Gasque bill providing for cap
ital punishment by electrocultion IN
stead of hanging.
The Keller bin establishing a new
schedule of salaries for teachers and
officials of the Washington pubic
school system.
All of these bills have the unani-
nous support Of the District com
mittee except the teachers pay biI.
which Representative Thomas l.
Blanton, while faYoring strongly he
increases for the teachers. VIII at
tempt to amend by endeavol1ng I"
have the salary. proposed Tor the
from a maximum of $4,000 8" a
maximum of $500.
Evening star., 1924-03-30

from the Times building. Women
grew hysterical and the cries of
frightened children increased the hor-
ror of the situation as the waters rose
with relentless persistency, creeping
higher and niger. an inch at a time
toward the end. Hundreds of persons
had gone as high in their island
abodes as possible. Only the roof and
exposure to the rain that fell with
Sickening intensity remained.
Rain Stops. Hope Grows.
Then came night and darkness.
Outside the water roared along on it's
mad career. Insidemen, women and
children huddled together, waiting
and wondering. Now and then a
blanched face was pressed close to a
window looking for some sign of re-
lief. Finally it came when the rain
ceased falling. Then it was noticed
that the water had stopped rising. A
chalk mark was placed on the Times
building. and once a drop of half an
inch was noticed in an hour. But the
next hour the water was back to its
old mark-and it stayed there.
Our street." said Carl over the
telephone. lis a veritable mill race
filled with ruined merchandise. We
bolts of silk, crates of eggs, victrolas,
washing machines, all sorts Of
clothing, pieces of houses and even
fruits and vegetables being carried
by at a speed of at least thirty miles
an hour. Automobile tires go bobbing
past frequently, fine life preseryers
if only one would come close enough
to be hooked.
Without Food All Day.
"And the pity of 1t is that we have
to watch that food keep on going
Until late tonight none of US had had
a bite to eat since morning. Finally
we learned that some people two
doors up the street had a little to
spare. We rugged up a rope and tossed
it to them. They tied to it two sand
wicheS and We managed to jerk them
back, dry. We divided those two
sandwiches between the sixteen of us
1t wasn't much, but it was something.
I'VE have watched a score of vain
attempts of men in frai1 skiffs to drift
down to some of the windows and
take out women and children on the
verge of collapse Every time their
Evening star., 1924-03-30
'Craaoling" to Wife for 16 Gents Day
Halted by Court Ruling Purse to Man
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
CHICAGO, March 29.-Judge Joseph
Burke, whose court of domestic
relations has delved into many thou
sand cases involving as many kinds
of riffs in the marital lutte, has been
compelled to reverse himself on the
following poser:
Does a man lose his self-respect
and become less a man if friend wife
controls the family pocketbook?
six months ago Norman Borge, un-
auestionably man of average
tendencies and normal temperament,
although as much above the average
in size as his diminutiye wife is be-
low it, was put on probation by Judge
Burke, who ordered the wife to col
lect the SIS pay check. The court
held Borge had been a poor ad-
ministrator, and authorized Mrs.
Borge to direct the budget and dis
burse all moneys, even including the
husbands allowance.
Evening star., 1924-03-30
EOFFEREDS SUMMER HOME
LOCATED in GREEN MOUNTAINS

A large, modern country home con-
veniently situated on the slopes of
the Green mountains of Vermont has
been offered to President Coolidge to
use as the summer White House.
The offer was made by Representa-
tive E. w. Gibson of Vermont, who
said in a letter to the President today
that he was authorized to do so for
the owner of the property, Martin A.
Brown. In his letter Representative
Gibson said that the tender was mado
for the President for such use as he
may see fit during the coming sum-
mer.
Evening star., 1924-03-30
TWO DROWN IN FLOOD.
Parents Lost Trying to Save Son
at Pittsburgh.

PITTSBURGH. Pa. March %
scores of families were vacating their
homes in the lowlands here tonight,
and business establishments in the
danger zone were moving merchandise
to places of safety, in an effort to
escape the rapidly rising waters of the
Allegheny. Monongahela and Ohio
Two flood casualties were recorded
late today. Mr.. and Mrs Joseph
hraber were drowned when they at
tempted to save their son from the
1iood waters of Saw Mill run. The
child and his sister, who had gone to
his aid, were rescued by a railroad
engineer.
Flood Stage Today.
Unprecedented rains over the water
sheds and melting snow in the noun
tainS caused the rise, and, according
to the United States weather bureau
observers here, the stage at the mouth
mark Sunday before noon. The crest
Will be twenty-nine feet. seven feet
above the flood stage, the observers
reported.
River shipping was at a standstill
tonight, the high water making it i'm
possible for boats to pass under
bridges. Little damage to shipping
was expected, for the river men had
been warned of the impending flood
and they made all craft secure against
the swift currents.
Rivers Rising Rap.dIy.
At the point here, where the Alle-
gheny and Monongahela meet to form
the Ohio, the river was rising at the
rate of about four-tenths of a foot an
hour. The rise in the Monongahela
was exceptionally rapid. At Lock No.
q the hourly rise was more than two
feet. 1t was from the Monongahela
that most of the flood water came.
The crest of twenty-nine feet, ex-
pected here. will throw a stage of
more than thirtv-ffve feet at Wheeling.
w. Va, and a flood stage at Parkers-
burg.
Practically every small stream in
this region was out of it's banks, the
food waters from these tributaries
their weight to the eyer-increasing
river stage.
CHILD LOST I'M ELK RIVER
Evening star., 1924-03-30
HOWARD STUDENTS HEAR
SPEAKER FROM BELGIUM
Prof. Jean B. Massart of Brussels
University Talks on
Brazil.

Prof. Jean B. Massart. exchange
professor of Brussels University,
Brussels, Belgium. gave an illustrated
lecture in the amphitbeater of science
hall of Howard University, Monday
afternoon, on Climate and Negeta-
tion of Brazil
Prof. Massart's lecture had to do
with results obtained by personal
studies in South America under tho
c. r. p. Educational Foundation, Inc,
esta blished by the commission for re-
lief in Belgium. He spoke here on the
invitation of DR.. Thomas Wyatt Tur-
ner of the department of botany.
Prof. James A. Cobb, vice dean OF
the school of law, addressed the uni
Versity students at the noon chapel
exercises, Monday, on The Law as d
Profession
President J. Stanley Durkee will
speak at the vesper services this
afternoon, in the Andrew Rankin Me
mortal Chapel, on the university
campus, at 4:30 o'clock.
Evening star., 1924-03-30

food are Center. Liberty, Williams
Paca, Baltimore and Mechanics
streets and Avnett avenue. CrandalPs
Strand T'heater, which was only re-
Gently completed, is indunated. So
are the Potomac Edison Power Com
pany, which furnishes light for the
city, and the Western Union 'Tele-
graph Conrpany's Office. The loss in
Cumberland alone is estimated at at
least $5,0o0,0 900 and the railroad loss
within a few miles is placed at an
other S5,000,000. How much property
was ruined up and down the Po-
tomac valley no one can tell.
The local weather bureau reported
last night that at o'clock it had
received a message from its observer
at Cumberland that the Potomac river
alone had risen sixteen feet, eight
feet above flood stage, and was still
going up" The depth of the water
in the city varied according to the
topography, it was pointed out, and
the overflow of Wills creek also
added to the intensity of the food.
Evening star., 1924-03-30
SENATE COMMITTEE BUSY.

Affairs OF great Importance to the
District OF Columbia are to be con-
sidel ed by the Senate DITrlct COM
mittee this week. including the noml-
nations Of COmmi SSionerS Rudolph
and Oyster to succeed themselves.
The housing situation in W aShlngton
also will be considered.
TIE gasoline tax hill for the Dis
trict has beer sent to conference. ana
the conference committee Of the Sen
ate and House is expected to meet
coon after the return tomorrow or
Senator Ball. chairman Of the Dis
triCt committed
A hearing on the Nc Keliar FIVE
cent Street-car- bill is set Tor lp
IN. tomorrow before the Senate Dis
trict subcommittee on public utilities.
with officials Of the Capital Traction
Company before the committee.
Protests to BE Heard.
All protests against the confirrua
tion of the Commissioners must lie
in the hands OF the subcommittee ap-
pointed TO handle the nominations not
later than tomorrow morning and
must be in writing and signed. Pro
tests have been received by both SEN
ator Edwards of New Jersey, chaiE-
man Of the subcommittee, and Sena
tor King of Utah, a member Of the
subcommittee. The latter said yester-
day he had received a dozen or ff-
teen letters protesting against TUG
Commit iSsionerS.
The gasoline tax bill. 1t is believed.
will be whipped into shape by tn"
conferees so that it will At last carry
the personal property tax on autono-
biles, which both houses thought they
were carrying in the bill when they
passed the measure. but which they
actually failed to include. 1t is not
believed that the House would agree
TO any conference report which did
not include this tax.
The report on housing conditions
in the District, with particular ref
ercnce to rentals. made by those en-
ployed by the District committee, 10
make a survey of these conditions
under a resolution passed by the
Senate. is TO be submitted to Senator
Ball by tomorrow night. The COM
mittee will then get down to work
on an investigation of charges that
combine exists here among land
lords and real estate dealers to keep
rents and prices OF property high
Evening star., 1924-03-30
FLOODS CAUSE HEAVY
DAMAGE IN SPAIN
Valladoid Half Under Water.
Troops Ready to Remove Chill
dren From Convent.
BY the Associa ted Press,

BY the Associa ted Press,
MADRID, March 29.-Floods are
causing heavy damage in various sec
tions of Spain. About half of the
city of Valladolid. capital OF the prov
ince of the same name and 100 miles
northwest of Madrid, is inundated by
the waters of the Esgueva river. Troops
have been mobiliZed to remove the
inhabitants of the convent and school
children there.
Similar conditions are reported at
Toledo. At Seville the foods carried
away part of the Triana bridge, caus-
ing suspension Of traffic.
Twenty-four Towns Inundated.
WARSAW, Poland, March 29.-The
flood situation in Poland is reported
as still threatening. Twenty -four viii
lagos in the Warsaw district are now
under water. Many cattle have been
lost and the damage is estimated to
be very great. The River Vistula con-
tinus to rise.
Evening star., 1924-03-30

To Borge was allocated the sum Of
Is cents a day. Borge made out on
the pittance, but when the wife saw
he could buy cigarettes after ex-
penditures for lunch, she was ir-
regular in payments of the s1.12
weekly, according to Borge, who said
he had to kneel, literally, to the wife.
In desperation he did a thing that
many have done, but won't admit.
He cracked the lion savings bank
belonging to his children. Which. aS
the lawyers say, Joined the present
issue.
Borge made the plea that where it
is comparatively easy for a wife to
wheedle money out of the tightese
husband by tears or otherwise, 1t is
not so vice versa To which Judge
Burke decreed:
1T was wrong of this man to rob
his children's bank, but even the best
man might be driven to such limits
with only Is cents daily and his wife
automatically controlling the re@
mainder.
'I shall put him in charge of the
pocketbook, for a man cannot crawl
to a wife and retain his self-respect."