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Evening star., 1924-06-29

AS the members Of the bridal party
entered the church they were preceded
up the aisle by the flower girls, little
Grace Baker of Lay Hill and Lucille
HoweS of Gaithersburg, nieces, respec-
lively Of the bride and bridegroom,
wearing frocks of pink georgette. who
scattered roses and rose petals in the
brides path.
". Kerr of Washington sang "At Dawn
ing" and 'Oh, Promise Me"
Immediately after the ceremony Mr..
honeymoon trip, which will take them
into Canada They will make their
home in Rockville.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Robert spald
Louise. to Mr.. Henry W. Zeh Wednes-
day, June 25. in Washington. The
ceremony was performed at o'clock
in the home of the bridegroom s
ward street, Rev. DR.. w. A. Morgan
officiating, and was followed by re-
ception.
The bride wore a gown OF white
satin with a court train edged with
rose point lace, and her tulle veil was
held by band of orange blossoms.
She carried shower bouquet OF
bride roses and lilies of the valley.
Mrs. B. H. Steele of Lexington. Va,
was matron of honor for her sister.
and the maids of honor were her
other sisters, Miss Ada Spalding and
Miss Dorothy Spalding of Bristol. Va.
Little Katherine Lewis and Elizabeth
Yost, nieceS Of the bridegroom. were
flower girls. and little Bill Yost was
ring beafer. Mrs. Steele and the
gowns of georgette crepe. one in or
child, one in blue and the other in
pink. They all carried pink roses.
The flower girls were in blue and
orange organdie. and the ring bearer
had a black satin suit with white silk
Mr.. Frank spalding Of Bristol. Va.
brother of the bride, was best man
and the ushers were Mr.: Clarence
Chamlee and Mr.. Howard Severe.
Miss Frances Sherger, soprano,
sang preceding the ceremony.
At the reception Mrs. Zeh. mother
Of the bridegroom, received with
them, wearing a gown OF gray chill
Mr.. and Mrs. Zeh left later for a
wedding trip. the latter travelling In
navy blue and gray silk, with hat
to match. They will later make their
home in Washington.
Webster Keane. daughter of Mrs.
Keane and the late c. Frank keane,
to Mr. FRANK "A. blDeTSleil, il, VI
Philadelphia, took place Wednesday
morning at 1880 o'clock in the chapel
of the Immaculate Seminary, Rev.
Anselm Keefe of Wisconsin ofhciat-
ing The ceremony was followed by
nuptial mass
The bride wore a gown Of white
crepe made on straight lines and en-
broidered in crystal beads. Her tulle
veil was held by clusters of orange
blossoms, and she carried a shower
A-tl nd n
the valley. The bride was given in
marriage by her mother. who wore
a gown of gray crepe and lace with
a hat to match.
Miss Helen Murphy. cousin Of the
bride, was maid of honor. wearing a
gown of blue georgette crepe with
hat to match and carrying pink roses
The bridesmaids were Miss Beatrice
Biberstein, sister of the bridegroom;
Miss Catherine ODonoghue and Miss
Margaret Marsden. They wore frocks
in rainbow shades with picture hats
to match and carried pink roses
Evening star., 1924-06-29

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Evening star., 1924-03-11
The Silver Spring Crossing.

There is proposal to eliminate the
railroad and. highway grade. crossing
at Silver Spring. It is published that
the Maryland state roads commission
Is preparing plans for q bridge over
the Baltimore and Ohio tracks where
the 7th street pike crosses them at
Silver Spring and will submit the
plans at a public meeting TO be held
under the auspices Of the Silver
Spring Citizens Association. Elm
ination of this grade crossing would
be an important step toward safety
and progress, -.
While all the much-used grade
crossings in the Capital have been
abolished, and plans are being made
for making safe three crossings far
out in the District and over which
there is relatively little automobile
traffic, there are in the environs Of
Washington two crossings OF steam
tracks and highways where danger
and Inconvenience are present every
hour in the day One OF these is the
intersection Of the Washington and
Baltimore boulevard with the tracks
Of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad at
Hyattsville. There are a number Of
railroad tracks at that point and many
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Muscle Shoals and Henry Ford.

After pending in Congress for more
than two years, the proposition to
lease the famous Muscle Shoals prof.
ect to Henry Ford was ratified by the
House yesterday, and the bill now goes
to the Senate, where its fate is in
doubt. The plan has been the subject
Of bitter contention, in which party
lines disappeared before the conflicting
judgment Of men, honestly differing in
opinion as to its merits. There was
prolonged disputation over the ques-
tion whether the project is econsm-
icaliy sound; whether the manufac-
turer can produce the output of phos-
ut this time, and, whether the terms
spon which he is given the lease are
a fact just to the United States, or
whether he is being granted a
bonanza.
The subject is possibly bewildering
to the layman. What the plan involves
is explained to be this: Henry Ford is
to lease two dams at Muscle Shoals
for 100 years, through a $4,000 900
corporation to be formed by him. He
is to complete two dams providing
water for the production OF power.
The government is to be paid an an
nual rental of per cent, plus s55, 900
for maintenance and repair. He is to
purchase two nitrate plants and a
quarry for $4,000, 900. He is to manu-
facture a minimum Of 10000 tons Of
nitrate for fertilizer, selling to the
farmer at a profit of not greater than
s per cent.
1t has been objected that many Of
the proponents of the bill have protest
ed against guaranteeing the railroads
6 per cent under the transportation
act, and that they are inconsistent in
proposing a guarantee of S per cent
to Mr.. Ford.
This project is likely to be a case of
"the proof Of the pudding is in the
eating 1t is so intricate that prob
ably it will have to be put to the test
of actual operation before the demon
stration Of its efficacy can be made.
Evening star., 1924-03-11
March.

Those who said wait till March
comes" in answer to the chortles of
glee over the successive fair days and
weeks Of the early winter are now
having their innings. March is per.
forming according to tradition. 1t is
a reacherous month in this latitude.
1t is likely to break forth any time
into a temperanentai tantrum that
upsets all calculations and spoils
plans. 1t may be balmy one day and
tempestuous the next, bland as May
today and riotous as January tomor.
row. e.
This Is one OF the rancorous moods
that is now prevailing, one of. the
meanest spells of weather" Washing
ton has suffered this season. Not SO
cold as that sudden severe snap in
early January, nor as that Of a little
later-there have been only two really
cold periods since the first Of the
year--but altogether abominable. The
snow is not even giving pleasure to
the youngsters. 1t is just the slush
Of utter misery for everybody.
But there is reason to be cheerful.
The season is well advanced. There
cannot be many more days like. this,
if any. The season may have slipped
its gear altogether, and it may go
wrong for two or three weeks to come,
but spring will be officially at hand in
nine days, and after that whatever
March may do in the way of unwei-
come fiarebacks will be short-lived,
and therefore easy to bear.
Evening star., 1924-03-11

Of them overlap, but practically every
member Of the Senate Is sitting on at
least one Of these inquisitorial bodies.
A probe" meeting lasts always un-
til noon, and often, by special dispensa.
,, tion, until later in the day. At 12
o'clock the Senate conyenes, and a
conscientious senator must get into
the chamber for the morning busi-
ness" IL not for the prayer. Some
times the prayer Is regarded as negligi-
BILE. There are bills to introduce, and
resolutions, and reports to present,
and there are bills to watch that must
not be passed without particular dis
cussion. Then there are speeches to
he made, questions Of personal privi-
lege to PROFOUND and the speeches of
other senators to be followed and per-
haps answered. Meanwhile callers are
coming, some Of whom must be seen
in the marble room.
Luncheon, once a rather ceremoni-
Gus affair, has become a catch.as-
catch-can performance. Thus the day
wears on. filled with incident and de-
tail and duty. Even the silent mem.
bers of the Senate, which has been
pronounced one Of the most loquacious
bodies In the world, have lot to do.
BY o'clock the session closes, on the
average, and the senator is free to
pick UP the routine Of Office work, sign
his letters. perhaps open some more
mail and dictate some more replies,
and then ne may go home. He has
put in full eight-hour day.
Then, after dinner, there are social
duties. which are almost official, and
are usually interspersed with inter.
views and conferences. BY IL o'clock
the senator is ready for rest. He has
earned it. He has put in a strenuous
day. And tomorrow lies ahead, just
another day OF the game sort.
In all this stress the senator must
be alert to refute attacks. He must be
quick to resent imputations upon his
honor, and to declare his feariessness
and willingness to devote his life to
his country. Sometimes he must step
forward and dare the wicked enemies
Of the public welfare to send their
emissaries to assail him. For he is
marked man, the active, intrepid sena.
tor. g.
Evening star., 1924-03-11

trains. There ts a steady stream
OF automobiles, and steam and. auto.
mobile trafnc is perhapY greater there
than at any other grade crossing near
Washington. The railroad tracks are
guarded by gates and watchmen, and
there is blockade Of automobiles
at the approach and passing Of every
train. So far no plans have been con-
sidered for doing away with this
grade crossing, but its elimination is
indicated as one of the needs Of, the
immediate future. -t..5:s .... -
After the Hyattsvllle crossing, tho
most-used grade Intersection of high
way and railroad is that at Silver
Spring. AZ The 7th srteet pike, or
Georgia avenue, there crosses the
Metropolitan branch Of the Baltimore
and Ohio, and though not as many
trains pass there as at the Hyatts-
vile crossing, the automobile traffic
Is very heavy and is steadily increas-
ing. The section between the Dis
trict line and Silver Spring has built
Np at a remarkable rate, and Silver
Spring and the adjacent country have
become populous and houses are be-
ing built all the while. The road leads
Into a highly developed region and is
the main way between Washington
and Wheaton. Olney and Sandy Spring
neighborhoods. To a considerable ex-
tent it is used as a highway between
Washington and Baltimore and Wash
inston and Rockville. The Silver
Spring crossing is guarded by gates
and watchmen, but these precautions
are below the needs OF the time
Evening star., 1924-03-11
A Hard Job.

Time was when senatorship was
supposed to be an "easy job" The up
per house of Congress was referred to
slightingly as a "millionaires' club"
The popular conception of member
OF 1t was man who spent about two
hours day in the Senate chamber, an
hour or SO perhaps in his office and
the rest of the time as he pleased, per-
haps sitting in the cloakroom smoking
and chatting about politics, crops,
finance and social matters. One ribaId,
cynical person on a certain occasion
declared that a senator was elected
for six years and spent two months Of
that time in all in actual work. OF
course, that was an exaggeration, as
are most cynicisms. Yet the popular
conception was of rather soft sort
Of assignment to "public duty" when
q man was sworn in as senator.
Now look at the Senate 1t IL one
Of the busiest bodies Of men In the
world. There are ninety-six members,
and every one of them is as active as
O housewife with no maid. To do the
job properly the senator must get to
the Capitol by o'clock and 60 through
his mail for an hour, debating replies
to letters--and most letters in the
senatorial mail are difficult to answer.
for many Of them contain "jokers."
Then at 10 o'clock, or perhaps 1880,
he must go to a committee room for q
meeting, or more likely at this par
ticular time for session Of a probe. :"
There are, it is recorded, no less than
fourteen Of these probes under way
at this time. The membership OF some
Evening star., 1924-03-11
Wants Fort Site Kept.
Writer Objects to Building on
Historic Ground.

10 the Editor Of The star. - =
am very much disappointed at the
thought that any portion of the
ground surrounding Fort Stevens
should be taken for building pur-
poses. The Grand Army Of the United
States will be similarly moved.
The, Grand Army has asked that
Congrsss shall appropriate sufficient
funds to make the grounds around
Fort Stevens memorial park for
the great American President who
was present at the battle which Sc
cured the safety of the National Cap
itaE The fame of Abraham Lincoln
now folds around the whole earth.
Nothing can be done for the en-
hancement of the attraction of Wash
ington like that of restoring Fort
Stevens to its wartime condition and
appropriately marking the place
where the President stood. All our
own people and the world at large
are interested in everything that per-
tains to Lincoln, and there is nothing
that will speak SO eloquently as q
park on his only battlefield. The is
in evedy way, aside from the safety
Of the capital and the success or
failure of the rebellion.
have always had great admiration
for the late w. v. Cox, who was 30
imbued with the sacred historic value
of this place that he purchased the
grounds of the old fort upon which
Lincoln actually stood during the
battle of Fort Stevens, hoping that
Congress would yet purchase all the
rest of it and make 1t public park,
as it should be.
If this is made into an appropriate
national park, as ID. contemplated, it
will be mecca to which every au-
tomobile that comes to Washington
from any part of the country will
resort, and those in it will look with
deep interest on the spot. In this way
the national park will surpass in liv-
ing interest anything else that Wash
fngton has to offer the tourists,
whethar. they are Americans or for-
Congress should at once take the
necessary steps to secure the grounds
surrounding Fort Stayeps and. au-
thorixs tts Festersttonte its wsrsttme
appearance.
I am sorry to say thst lock with
dissatisfaction upon any, building
pern,ita that contemplate the erection
of Buildings to mar this historic land
scape. JOHN AcELROY.
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COURAGE
81 am the master OF my fafe,- i.
- / am the captain OF nay soul"
--HENLEY.
stanley From the Poorheuse.

Henry NJ Stanley was born at
Denbigh, Wales. and was brought up
in a poorhouse. Life was bleak until,
at sixteen, he shipped as cabin boy
to New Orleans. Adopted by rich
merchant. who gave him his name,
he, dropped his original cognomen. of
John. Rowlands and became Henry
" Eniisting- in the Confederate army
at the beginning of the civil war. he
was taken prisoner and was dis.
charged with the understanding. aft
erward carried out, that he join the
United states Navy. :. -.
the route OF the Union Pacific rail-.
road (which was then building. ( He
was special correspondent In 1S61-6S
tion and during the Csrlist uprising
About this time the world wanted
to know what. had become Of Liv-
ingstone, who had been swallowed
stoned by James Gordon. Bennett Of
the New York Herald to find the ex-
plorer. Stanley set out in 1871 from
Zanzibar and with ninety-two men
November, on Lake Tanganyika, he
found Livingstone who received him
cofdly and refused to- return with
him. After trying doggedty during
four months to persuade the great
exploref,' Stanley struggled back to
civilization, wrote How Found
doubted and his life emhittared.s
Back to the. jungle he went, ex-
plored the Equatorial lake region" !"
and was the first white man to travel
the length of the .Kongo: Through
the Dark Continent was his thrilling
narrative. which the world read and
applauded. : Instrumental in founding
Koneo Independent State under the
protection Of Belgium, he. refused to
become its governor. He made q
Africa and wrote two more books
wherever he lectufed in England,
America and Australia thousands
heard him eagerly ..ia He vas gfsn.sas g
br Queen Victoria In 1890 he mar.
ried young artist. and threush her
The royal family ambassadors.
ministers Of state and public ofnciais
attended the funefal exercises held
for him in Weitminster |bbsy.
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Evening star., 1924-03-11
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WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WnLIAM VILE

y -
Oil hath charms to soothe the long
ings not only of one-time cabinet Off
GERS, but also of former diplomats
Two ex-members of the American dip
lomatic service are in the forefront of
the battle for oil concessions now
raging merrily in Venezuela. w. r
S. Doyle. once chief of the Latin
American division Of the State De-
partment, is the general manager Of
the British-controlled Caribbean Pc
troleum Company at Caracas. Ruth
erford Bingham, who served as charge
daffaires at many European and
South American legations, is at the
head of the rival Standard Oil Com
pany of Venezuela, a subsidiary of
the Standard of New Jersey. Mr.. Doyle
was the companion Of Secretaries
Elihu Root and Philander c. Knox on
their various diplomatic trips through
South America and organized many
of the pan-American conferences of
employ Messrs. Doyle and Bingham
find that men of their experience are
ideally equipped for oil diplomacy in
Latin America.
According to word that reaches
Washington, Frank A. vanderlip has
engaged eminent New York legal
counsel to defend him in the $500, 900
suit for damages instituted by the
propristors of the Marion Daily Star.
Messrs. Stetson, Jennings and Russell,
the law firm of which John w. Davis
Stimson, the firm in which Henry L..
Stimson, former Secretary OF War. is
the principal partner, have been re
tanned to represent Mr.. yander1fp's
garruious interests. Elihu Root was
the founder of Mr.. Stimson's firm, but
is no longer member of it.
:, Commander Adolphus W. Andrews,
q. s. ~, President Coolidge's naval
aide and the skipper of the Mayflower,
halls. from Dallas. Tex One ct his
claims to fame is that he Is the
pioneer Of skyscraper construction in
the Lone Star metropolis and
throughout the southwest. When An
drews returned from naval, duty in
China sixteen years agoi he conceived
the idea of erecting Dallas first tall
building. Undeterred by the pessimis-
w pkw1kIttOh6 VI hhGpllCdi itllO"-
townsmen. he reared a twenty-story
steel-framed "cioud-scratchera Gas the
Germans call ,em), in the heart of the
the Andrews building. Today
whole flock of skyscrapers pierces the
Dallas heavens-each a monument to
the daring enterprise of the towns
gallant sailorman.
@''.-S 49, X 4 X -" -..ai - :
!. Arthur w. Page, SON Of the late
Walter Hines Page and editor of
Worlds. Work, has been in Washing
ton In connection with a forthcoming
thisd volume of his fathers famous
Letters" That still best-selling war
classic is subjected, now and then, to
the criticism that it reveals Page rs
unduly spro British" There is ample
evidence shat such an allegation is
without foundation In fact In the
proposed supplemental volume it Is
intended to produce convincing proof
of the ambassadors .thoroughgoing
Americanisn at London. One Whosfould
give such testimony is Earl Grey of
Fallodon--Sir Edward Grey, who was
foreign secretary Of Great Britain
during the days of that American
Page. Grey frequently confided that
Page on no occasion allowed his pas
sion for the allied cause to weaken
his advocacy of American interests In
1914 aud 1915, when British interfer-
Evening star., 1924-03-11
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN

+. @. How large Is twenty-five
pound cake of ice?' How full should
the refrigerator be kept?--E. w.
]. A, The National Association of Ice
Industries says that o piece of ice
11xI1x6 " weight twenty-five pounds;
one 11x11x13 weighs fifty pounds, and
one 'zzxI1xiSF weighs 100; pounds. A
refrigerator should be filled to ca
pacity and Constantly replenished
with half neasuremeht pieces-that
lis, about 20 per cent .1of the. cubic
space; in the ice chamber should be
filled with ice. @
y @. How long is it, possible for "a
camel to goa without a drink?-E.
3. G. s@ fa.~E> ...5
I A. "A camel should be given water
every three or -four days. but. al
Sfieaithy camel can go eight or ten
beensknowH TO survive sixteen DAYS
without water, but this is excep-
tional.
of administering the internal revenue
laws?-B. w. B.
A For the fiscal year 1923 the
cost was s45,316,312.24 Of, this
amount sS,135. .842.44 was expended in
the administration of the prohibition
lazy, and 673.406.S6, in the enforce.
ment of the narcotic law. &
q. OF. what is Australian "bush.
composed?-M. p. Mem.
A. The bush in Australia consists
OF thickets of the paper bark tree.
@. How did. the word "briderrooIn,.
originate?-R- j. c. -, : :.
+" A. The origin of the word asbride-
groom IL from the old AngIo-Saxon
byrd" meaning bride or wife, and
"suman," meaning man.
Q. How many people live in Mex
ico Al C. c.. ~
A. The estimated population is 49,
100000.
Q. How many blocks of stone are
there in the Great Pyramid?-G. II. c.
ALI contains more than 2,sOO,ooo
blocks OF stone, averaging in weight
two and one-half tons. According to
tradition, 1t took 100000 men twenty
inundation seasons.
Q. Why do Indians never have
A. Most Indians would have a
slight TO moderate growth of beard
ana "muStache II they allowed the
hair to grow. Boards are not wholly
unknown. Some of the Mexican In
dams have full boards. The Guar
ayas, Bolivia, wear long straight
boards and Cashibas of the upper
Ccayi are bearded. - \:
@. Are many of the dates on the
+. T.
Ain 1921 about 500 600 pounds of
oates We're grown in California. The
date importation for that year was
4s.504,000 pounds. The California
date is of such excellent quality that
the crop is practically consumed on
the Pacific coast. The domestic da te
brings y much higher price than the
imported date. > Z.
who first used the expression.
These are the days that try mems
A. Thomas Paine began his famous
pamphlet, THE Crisis" issued in De-
cember, 1873, with the sentence
+ These are the times that try mems
souls"
.. have been told that cows milk
has been almost unknown in Japan
until recent years. If this is true,
can you give an explanation?-O
A. Cows milk was practically un-
known in. old Japan. In the begin
nlhs or the modern era it was sold
IA Esmall measurefuis for the sick
onfy. However, at the present time,
many large dafries have been opened
ana In soMee places butter, cream and