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Evening star., 1925-06-21

other highways that are CARRYING their
full quota Of tourists are the National
Parks. the Custer Battlefield the
Black and Yellow. nd the Theodore
Roosevelt Interna ,ionsl
In the national parks there are
scenic wonders which. If found at all
in any other part of the world. are
unsurpassed in sublimity and beauty.
There are more geysers Of large size
in Yellowstone. for instance than in
all the rest of The world put together,
the nearest approach being the Eevser
fields of Iceland and New Zealand
Again, IL is conceded that. the world
over. there Is no valley on the globe
SO StrikinSiy beautiful as the Yosem-
lite. with its comparison defying water
fall, and nowhere else can there be
found canyon Of such stupcndous
size and exquisite coloring as the
Grand Cannon Of the Colorado In
the Sequoia National Park there are
10 be seen the oldest living things on
earth. trees thar We're old when Rome
was young and so huge that none in
the world even compare with them
IT is striking characteristic of the
national parks tlat each Is quite
different from t., others. posse ssins.
as 1t We're. 4 personality Of its own.
Mount Rainier. for instance. is an
extinct volcano. down the sides OF
which flow not less than s. glaciers
Crater Lake. OreG.. fills with water
of astonishing blue the hole left when
the top Of Mount Nazama. another
volcano of the chain of which Rainier
IS a part. was swallowed UP within
itself in the far recesses of time.
The Yosemite National Park. in
California, in addition 10 the cele-
brated Yosemite Valley and lofty
waterfalls. has in the north a river
called the Tuolumne. which spouts
wheels Of water more thar 20 feet in
the air. 1t also has great mountairs.
snow capped throughout TIE yea". In
the Scquoia National Park are hun-
dreds OF trees more than 70 feet in d.
ameter. with several from - 20 80 feet
thick at the base.
Glacier National Park. in Montana,
was created when the earth cracked
cons ago, one side thrusting up and
overlapping the other. II has cliffs
several thouSs nd feet high and more
than 50 glaciers feed hundreds OF
lakes. One lake floats iceberss all
Summer.
Yellowstone. as is well known. has.
besides its Ssysers, many hot springs
which build glistening plateaus Of
highly colored mineral deposits II
has canyon gorgeous with all the
colors Of the rainbow. With its great
herds of elk and bison, bears and
countless smaller animals. all Pre-
tected from the bullets of the hunter.
ii is literally the greatest aninla J
sanctuary in the world.
Mesa Verde Park, in Colorado, hides
in its deep-cut canyons the well
preserved ruins of d civiliza ton which
passed out of existence so nanv cen.
turies ago that not even tradition re-
calls its people, the manner of whose
lives can only be surmised.
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Digging Up Stored Heat,

EEPEETS in Washington assure rs
that there are no less than s,one.
600 million acres of an untouched fuel
supply in the United States. 10 drs x
upon in case of need. This fuel x
| not buried deep in the earth. but Is 70
be found close TO the surface II j.
in accessible regions. chiefly in thn
New England states in New York.
New Jersey. parts OF Virginia. North
carolina. South Carolina Georgia
Florida. Ohio. Indiana. Illinois. Iowa.
/ Michigan. Wisconsin, Minnesota and
parts of the DaEotas.
This untouched fuel reserve is none
other than Natures embryonic coal.
peat. Roughly it may be regarded :
halfway between tree and coal. In
this country it occurs in deposits or
from > TO so feet in thickness. II
forms of marshy or bogCy localities
So those sections Of the United Statos
! that are marshy with n abunda nc.
OF tree and other pant growth are
favored with an almost ineAhauStihle
supply of fuel as the peat growth on
the surface increases the depth hy
about inches per year insuring =
perma nent supply.
AS a fuel. peat has Ions been burn
ed in Europe. When first dug il
dripS with moisture. The practice
abroad has been n dry the oozirG
chunks of potential heat energy IN
the sun. Il takes from two 10 six
weeks for this evaporation process.
I he driving Is usually done on the bog
from which the peat has been duc
No special apparatus OF other ma
chirery or labor i required for this
The suns rays do a thorough job. So
/ treated. peat may he successfully
burned in improved gas producers
I Peat has important uses other than
/ that of fuel. However. in these
times of coal troubles. that is the
function that makes the first and
deepest impression. Peat coke. for
iron smelling. steel manufacture and
I others Of the metal industries. is sal
| 10 be without peer.
Some important developments in
machinery have produced certain eN-
/ cellent and ingenious mechanical con
, trivanceS to dig up the peat deposits
| The high cost of labor. even before
the World Nar. practically prohibited
the employment OF human help in the
digging of the raw peat from the hog.
/ The peat bog operator. if he were to
compete with the coal operators. he'd
10 have mechanical aid. According.
ly. peat eXcavating machines event.
ally appeared on the market One
OF these moves on apron wheels over
the surface of the bog, digging M
! ceratins and laying out enough raw
; peat to make three TO five tons II
; Try peat fuel per hour.
The raw peat is eXcavated from the
bog and later laid out in continuouy
strip behind the machine and along
side the trench eXcavated by the ma
mime
By this method il is asserted that
the finished product can he got for
the market at small cost. somethin-
over dollar ton in normal times.
Ono machine will turn out enough
raw peat 10 make three to five tons
OF dry peat fuel per hour. the out
put beinC dependent on the nature
( of the peat worked and its water con
, tent in its natural state.
For industrial purposes peat fuel can
| be readily absorbed in almost any
quantity. provided the price is kerr
sufficiently below the market price Of
coal
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vile. ! don't want YOU in vaudeville :.
AT this poin there was-puttins il
"hlmslcs ly-somethips of an insur-
rection in the household.
Maria Jeritza could not easily aba n.
don her newly awakened hopes. More.
over. she had the support of her
father. They decided she should have
her voice trained
But although he had discovered her
great talent. and encouraged her to
develop it, Wilhelm krejci could not
array himself in open opposition to
FRAU Jeritza. He refused to train the
slris voice without her mothers con.
sent.
This was a disappointment but
there were other teachers of voice in
Bruenn. One was the well known
Prof. Sigmund Auspitzer He gave
Maria hearing. Immediately predict.
ed a great future for her and took her
as his pupil.
The lessons went on with her moth
er ignorant Of the proceedings.
Come, Maria Anton Jeritza would
say. let's go for walk"
Off they would saunter, easily. as
if without goal. But when they
/ were out of sight they hastened to
Prof. Auspitzer's studio.
There IS no need to anger your
mother" Herr Jeritza would say.
Soon the time arrived when Auspit-
zer was certain that Maria Jeritza was
capable Of getting an operatic engage.
ment. However. he and the girl 8
father were in a dilemma. They feared
that her shyness would overcome her
If she went before an impressa rio for
test hearing.
But an idea came to them. Prof.
Auspitzer ransed for Leopold
Schmidt, manager of the opera at OF.
muetz, to come to Bruenn. One day.
while her teacher put Maria through
her PAGES, Schmidt. all unknown to
her, sat in the next room and listened.
He Immediately engaged her to sing
the Elsa" Of "Lohengrin.''
Her mother no longer could offer
any objection. Maria Jeritza set forth
on the path that led her to world
wide fame.
teeDyriEht. 1887
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Making Clipped Glass.

SHEETS of glass covered with a.
shell-like raised pattern are en-
ployed for screens. electric light FIX
lures and other purposes. This chip
ped glass for the pattern is often
really chipped out of the surface. in
wolves a process that is interesting
The sheet of glass TO be treated ie
placed under a sand blast in order to
give II grain. This ground surface
is next treated with solution Of
good glue and the glass is placed in
drying room. where il remains for
some hours. Next the sheets of glass
are removed 10 the chipping room.
where they are placed on edge. back
to back. with the coated surfaces out
ward. This room is heated by steam
coils and when the heat is turned on
the glue attains its utmost degree of
desiccation and curls off the glass in
pieces of from the size of a dime TO
that of a silver dollar, but it adheres
SO closely to the glass that. in its
effort TO get free, it tears pieces of
the surface, forming beautiful pat
tern.
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have determined the question inetear'
or theorizin2 on it. and he thought
that intelligent readers few are
would lay down the paper and say:
Poor workma anship-ha could go to
the recorder, office and find when Is
piuta bought that property in less time
than write that para graph" Fearing
that readers of good SENSE few may
have it--Would think the T,au}h,er {"
shirk. he laid down his typewriling
machine and Went to the re"orier's
Office. The time taken on the "trip and
reading old books was three hours.
and writer's. when they are paid ;tl all.
are not paid for the timo theE tlke TO
do a job. Some are paid for the NUN
Der Of words they can write without
giving any infurmatiOn-but that an
other matter. Going To the recorder
Of deeds Office did not settle the ,ues-
tion.
Beginning with the yet,r ,G7 and
sticking to The joo. the Rambler found
the first reference TO Francis E-riuta
in l8i9. Between his coming to Wash
inGton and his purchase Of property on
Tenth street he may have boarded or
lived in Il rented house.
The Rambler would leave his type
writing machine once more and 80 to
the Public Library 10 look for Francis
Espiuta in old directories. but this is
Saturday afternoon and The library is
| probably closed. Also. | want 10 get
| this story off my mind 50 that tomOr-
| row, Sunday. | can 90 on a picnic in
! the woods without thinking Gee
| whiZZ, ! have not finished that Ram
| bier stuff yet and will have To eel UP
| early Monday morning and rush il
| through that The Sunday editor small
not say: If his stuff aint in sooner
/ 50 can handle matter Writjen 10y real
writers NOu'll he oui &c luck You
/ take M space in the paper that might
/ De gjlen - liv" stories that people
! read.
( The first reference Ia Fra ncis Is
/ piuta in The land records Is in n deed
/ 20 him from George =. Mcknight and
! NJ. II. Mcknight. AL IF Washington.
/ In consideration uf <ltG current
! money Of the United States 10 them in
/ hand paid" tho Meningitis doth give
| grant. bargain and sell. enfeoff. con.
! Ney. released and confirm" to Francis
/ ESputa lots nineteen and twenty in
/ square $50. together with buildings
/ improvements. rights. privileges. an.
( purteGances ard other hereditamen nts
/ to the same belonging" The deed i
, da ted March so. 1S42 From the suf
| tiX t" The deed written by Justices of
Evening star., 1925-06-21

/ folks burSiin- ths bonds q "aslriClion
TO their home locdlitie~. ANA this wear,
according To reports alrai I'D in hand
more than ever before.
Today unendin@ caravans are enter
ing or are on their way 10 the ma
/ tIonal parks. Of which even the last
( generation could only read and dream
! frs day prior to the formal opening
! when cars were permitted TO enter
/ that campers might get settled, the
! tags of - states and one foreign
| country were noted.
/ But Uncle Sam has known his out
door summer hoarders were on the
way. for last year almost 800. .00O
persons frolicked through his play
grounds and. with universal prosper
! ity in the land ii was apparent the
! number this year would be far
greater.
The unprecedented hot wave that
gripped most of the country early in
! the month and sent Scurrying from
] The cities all who could TOO. con
! spired toward this end.
SO the National Park Service al
/ Winter has been preparing for the in
rush of visitors il knew would come
building new roads and trails. Great
I irG new camp sites and expanding
! lhe sanitary and other facilities for
/ tie tourists to reach The parks on
rubber tires. The railroads and long
distance bus lines carry thou,a nds 10
: the parks. of course. and well ap-
pointed hotels and lodges ,tre ready to
receive guests who are inclined To
Keep closer To the comforts of the
city than any camp can provide. but
the vast majority Of park visitors ar
rive in their own automobiles. whole
families of them, and they prefer the
change to life in the open.
Accordingly. for these there are
provided semi-hotel facilities for
top. $50 for the season, At Yellow
stone. down To as low Is 80 cents al
/ some parks. are charged.
1 In return the tourists are provided
/ with |dter piped from purest noun
! tain streams and protected from pol
/ luton by the ranger service. Wood
+, is furnished Tree and modern santa
, ton is provided In some camps there
are laundrieS. delicdtessen places. hot
| and cold shower baths. and even elec
| tric lighting.
y new feature installed in some oi
I the parks by he National Park Serv,
! ice this wear is Il system Of nature
study. Acting upon the conviction
tii"@ 'Ilr Phi nS Hiicbii pt SdH'dtioIidl
we'll as recreational. the service has
created corps oS nature guides who
take interested tourists into the field
and lecture as they go. These guides
for the most part are teachers from
the schools and colleges. The teach
ers. for their part. are compensated
10y N inexpensive and pledSurable
vacation. Already this work is so far
/ advanced that the Yosemite Field
School Of Natural His ory this year
, rffers courses in nature study of uni
versity grade.
y more important step forward.
from the practical standpoint. has
/ been extension of the park-to-park
highway system. Congress has APP
propriated $500 600 for three-vear
road program and the work is pro
crossing rapidly. Already it is pos
Evening star., 1925-06-21
Known by Their Sparks.

IT has been shown that the spark
rays made by the incandescent
particles thrown off from iron and
steel when put upon an emery wheel
afford means of testing the com
position of the metals. Carbon steels,
manganese steels and steels contain
ing tungsten and nickel each give
characteristic spark of different
forms and colors easily distinguish
able
The form of the spark picture
changes with the quantity of carbon.
Even so slight a difference as .0l per
cent of carbon can be detected in this
manner. Pointed. branching lines de.
note carbon steel. tool steel shows tbs
appearance of blossoms" on this
branches, tungsten steel gives red
streaked rays and shining points.
with little balls thrown out of the
formation. and an explosion appear.
ancc in the articulation denotes the
presence of moiybdenum, vanadiun
or titanium.
Evening star., 1925-06-21

merly a state of the Aus
trian Empire. but now a
part of the Czechoslovak Republic,
knew good voice when he heard it.
krejCi also was singing teacher in
the parish school. Year in and year
out thousands of youthful voices had
been lifted in his presence, but in all
his memory none had evoked in him
the delight that this one did.
With training he knew 1t would do
velop into a lyric soprano of the high
est quality. AND he watched over il
with all the care grower Of flowers
would give TO some rare and exotic
blossom.
Maria Jeritza," he said one day.
hereafter YOU are 70 sing in the choir
of the cathedral.
larly when she learned that she would
be assigned 10 solos. Tall for her II
years, she had the shyness that often
beSets girls whose height distin-
guishes them from their friends
shyness that was accentuated by her
modesty. 1t was trait she never
was to lose, even though, in the years
to follow, she was to face repeatedly
brilliant and sophisticated audiences
all over the world.
1t did not seem to her that she
could bear the scrutiny of the great
assemblages in the cathedral. Never
theless she complied with Prof.
Krejci's wishes. marked figure
whose blonde beauty moved her
listeners almost as much as did the
note from her slender throat.
The distinction that had come to
her had varying effects upon her
parents. Anton JeritZa. her father.
himself musical. was delighted. But
he sls
ticularly when 1t was found that the
choir master was entertaining un-
usual dreams in her daughters behalf.
Maria he had told the girl, you
have a great voice-a voice that some
day will be worthy of opera. If l
could but train it,
This remark, repeated In the
Evening star., 1925-06-21

" HE name Of John Esputa came
to the Ramb!er's mind the
moment he thought of writ
i ing of musicians OF old Wash
ington. 1T seems 100 familiar
to write the name without the prefix
professor. for nearly all Washington
people of the time | am thinking of
spoke of John Esputd AS Prof. Esputa
Forty-three years have gone since he
died, and persons {" whom the Ram
bier has gone for some facts in this
story gently spoke of him as the
professor.
The Rambler has had diverse in.
formation rs to when John ESDut2
and his father Francis came TO Wash
ington. but The date may he set down
as 1874 or bafore. A record in the
District DeDe rtment oi Health shows
the date of his death February ~.
1882. and 1t Is written on the certifi-
cate of death that he was 81 wears
old had lived in Washington 81 years.
and died ri TIA Ninth street north
east. In The Evening Star, Monday,
February -, 1889, was this: Prot.
John Esputa. at one time leader of the
Marine Band. died saturday night at
his residence in East Washington. aged
Al years. He hnd been iii for Il long
time. lie vas the founder of k;sputa
Music Hall on the Navy Yard The
funeral service took place this after
noon az st. Aloysiu; Church and was
attended by q large concourse OF the
friends Of the family, after which the
remains We're taken to Mount Olivet
Cemetery for interment."
Francisco Es1uta. his father. a
Spaniard. served several enlistmentS-
four or m"re--in ships bands of the
Navy, and al my hand are four papers
relating 10 him. The first is dated
January 10. lS3S and gives him hon
able dischar9" from the 4. :. Ship
Constitution. = he discharge is signed
John NJ. Hambl"ton. purser. and does
not show that Francisco Esputs .5as
| in the .-hin'S band. but thar is tIlo in
ference. " the term of enlistment
was four ears. Francisco Joined the
: Constitution in 1884. He may have
been in the American Navy before,
but the Bit of faded paper | tell YOU
OF is the oldest 7 have seen.
The second paper is dated Boston.
NoVember II. 1886. 1t says:
This is to certify that Francis IIS-
puta. Leader E2nd. is resularlz- dis
rharged from the L. =. Ship Ohio and
from the ma val service OF the Unite ed
states by order oi the Honorable Sec
Evening star., 1925-06-21

to eat ANY supper tonight" This
was my punishment. and ! had TO
pretend no appetite At the supper
which always followed entertain
ments at -. EliZabeth's. and ! went
hungry to bed
The Rambler becs pardon for hav-
ing taken 50 much of your valuable
time--you might have been playing
golf. lie has considerab ble matter
relating to Prof. John Esputa and
his descendants. but AS he has
reached the point on this page n
pass which would transcress space
claimed by Vorc illustrious authors.
he will hold the material Tor your
information, delectation and all that
next SUNDAY.
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KAIBAB BRIDGE ON kABAB TRAIL COLORADO RIVER. GRAND
CANYON NATIONAL PARK

Trails highway. The Pixies Peak
ocean-to-ocean highway. reports say,
is receiving a large percentage of the
road Improvement being carried on in
the West. The Midland trail IS car.
ryinc hordes of tourists from the Cen.
tral States, but il is improbable that
any of the highways exceed in popu-
larity the Lincoln and Victory. the
central arteries for croSs-Continental
travel. Further north. the Yellow
stone trail i Splcndidly marked. and
Evening star., 1925-06-21
Choir Chief Discovered Maria Jeritza

Jeritza home. evoked great discussion.
Frau Jeritza was determined that no
daughter of hers should be subjected
to the temptations Of the theater.
Anton JeritZa felt otherwise. but he
wisely held his peace.
As for Maria .Jeritza. her ambitions
had been awakened. She dreamed of
Il rosy future and she beSouSht her
mother to change her mind.
Evening star., 1925-06-21

Rainier National Park, in the State of
Washington. Then comes Crater
Lake, in Oregon. Southwark the trail
leads. md before the length of Cali
tornia has been traVersed. we have
seen Laseen Volcanic, Yosemite. Gen
eral Grant and Sequoia National
Parks. Making an angle at Los An
Geles and turning cast there is to be
visited in Arizona the Grand Canyon.
the Mesa Verde and Rock Mountain
in Colorado and then. if one has not
Evening star., 1925-06-21

oh mother" she exclaimed. per
hapS l could become great singer"
'You?' said Frau Jeritza. No, no
YOU are too shy, The first time YOU
faced an audience you would run
away
Arguments availed nothing
NO" repeated the mother. and she
added: IF you did not have great
voice, then you would fall into vaude.
Evening star., 1925-06-21
THE firS1 E,snmia home in Washing.

THE first Esputa home in Washing
ton. on T.. between Seventh and
Eighth streets southeast. iS 4 matter
that will he looked up for YOU. De
scendantS Of Prof F,sputa preserL Q
relics of that little old frame house,
and the FAMILY tradition is that John
Philip Sousa took his first music les
son there. Prof. ESputa plaved sew
erdl musical instruments and gave in
struction on the violin. piano and
cornet. When Antonio SouSa. John
Philips father. decided that John
should study music seriously. he sent
the boy To his friend and neiChbor.
John Esputa. In August. 1927. the
Rambler wrote a biography. or the
biography. Of John Philip Sousa. II
was A page story and was printed in
The Star. though not as a ramble- \
few paragraphs from it will fit this
story. and they follow:
When John Sousa was of school
age he went to the Wallach School
and was a bright little bov in arith.
metic. history and geography. He
had music lessons at his home on the
southeast corner of Seventh and i,
streets southeast under his father and
made some progress on the trombone
which was the instrument his father
PLAYED in the Marine Band. John be
gan taking lessons on the violin when
he was small boy. under Prof. John
Esputa. the Esputa family living in
the largo house at the southwest cor
ner of Eighth and f, one square from
the Sousa home.
The man writing this believes that
John ESputa. fine musician and fine
man. had a better acquaintance with
John Philip Sousa than anybody else
had. He knew more of the real inside
John than Johns own people knew.
AS all the SouSa boys came along.
Antonio. father. taught them to play
band instruments, but Johns progress
with the violin was his fathers spe-
cial Solicitude and q matter of pride
with Prof. Esputa.
John was not marvel on the
violin and was not industrious in
practice, but he got along so well
that Prof. Esputa had him play in
concerts in the Sos. One of these
concerts was for the entertainment
of the people at the Governm ent
Hospital for the Insane. John was
to go over with the professor in that
big black carriage called the Bloom
indale.' John said he had no clean
shirt. and in after years told this
story:
1.-The excuse proved futile, for
PrOl. LSDula maze me go upstairs
and put on one of his shirts. which
was many sizes too large for a small
boy. The collar had to be fastened
at the back with pin, and I was
about as uncomfortable a youngster
as you could find when I stepped
on the platform to play. | had not
finished more than the introduction
of my solo when that collar became
unfastened and began to climb over
the back of my head. The agony
of this, coupled with the thought of
the audience I was facing, made me
forget every note of my solo and
began to improvise to cover up this
lapse of memory. and ! could hear
my master hurting imprecations at
me under his breath as he struggled
at the piano to Vamp an accompani =
ment to my improvising. Finally !
broke down entirely and fled from
the stage. My master followed and
Missed In my ears: Don't you dare