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The Starch Industry.

g TARCH, in it's simple commercial
- form is known in every house
hold. The chemical process by which
plants produce starch il, however,
not so thorouhgly understood, but IL
is known to be by an operation
which takes place only in light and
is much more rapid in direct sun
light
This white granular substance is
stored in the roots, stems, leaves and
seds of plants, from which it is ex-
tracted and placed upon the market.
The leaves. by means of the tiny
chlorophyll bodies, which give them
their green color, are capable of TAX
ing up hydrogen, carbon and oxygen,
and the first noticeable result is the
production Of minute starch grains
which may be seen in the leaves
These grains, however, known as as
similation starch, are never found in
large quantities, for at night and in
artificial darkness they are dis
solved
Starch grain which are produced
abundant1y and stored in seeds, pith
or elsewhere, are known as reserve
starch and are found in tubers, as
potatoes; in roots, as carrots and
beets; on grains, as corn. rice and
wheat; in bulbs, as onions, and in
pith, as in the sago palm.
The production of starch from
potatoes and rice differs only slightly
from that of the commercial corn
starch which is made by soaking the
corn for As hours, then grinding and
fiitering.
The resulting grains are then al
lowed to settle and are bleached and
dried. Tapioca, sago, arrowroot and
cornstarch are forms of starch used
as food. Other forms are used in
the manufacture of cotton goods,
paste, glucose and for stiffening
clothes, the last named being its
most familiar form.
Cornstarch was first made in the
United States in 1912, and the starch
factories at Oswego n. Y, and
Glen Cove, Long Island, are the
largest in the world.
OF late years, however, Japan has
greatly developed her starch indus
try. In the year for which figures
are available she exported into the
United States nearly 100000 pounds,
81 per cent of the total imports.
Starches appear on the market in
powder, lump, flake and pearl forms,
the grain differing in size and shape
according to their source, so that 1t
is not difficult under a microscope to
identify the various kinds.
Evening star., 1925-01-11
A Honeymoon Reflection

II should say SOL" He reached
over and kissed her. and lounged
back, lighting a cigarette. But why
are you so-you seem a bit excited.
II had a party at the opera last
night. Blanche and her husband, and
cousin of his, Harold Johnstone.
And afterward they insisted on going
to that new place. Ali Baba's cave.
you know, where there's Oriental
dancing. Awful raw. isn't it?"
Just medium, l should say. Moth
ing like 1t in the Orient. though.
Glad you had some one with you
And they insisted upon dancing,
Blanche and the rest, and young
tombstone got mushy-sentimenta
with me, and I'd only just met him.
Rather a rusher. Ell? But you can
take care of yourself. guess"
Don't you know I can? But that
isn't what I'm so worried about.
Everybody is going to Florida, and
some of the girls are taking their
husbands"
I've noticed the girls and chaps
are thinning out-the better ones.
Yes"
And If ! go, 1 suppose must go
alone"
But you'll find 'em all down there,
you know"
ny can't you come alongT
Me? / say, now, what put that
into your head?" He puffed strongly
and seemed to think deeply. What
day of the month is it?'
February Is" She gasped, reached
over and kissed him. And do you
know just thought of tits our
wedding anniversary"
The deuce you say, BY Jovei How
shall we celebrate it?'
How better than by going to Palm
Beach together?"
That's an idea, surely. And they're
all down there"
Lets take a boat And-and-
dear"-she leaned over and kissed
him again-"we can start on another
honeymoon
'Oh, / say, grille! We'd be awfully
bored with each other on a boat,
don't you think? 'Twould take so
long, you know. And we'd miss lot
of time with the chaps and girls
down therei Well go by train"
Then you'll really go?"
why not? AS you say, it's devlish
dull about here now"
We'll, then, take this," And she
kissed him with sound, If not with
feeling.
by Jove, You're really fetching
today. grille! I'll have another, II
you don't mind. Have a cigarette?'
ette?'
Copyright, 1929
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Business Leadership Won by Early Topham Firm
With Pioneer Methods
In the Ha n dIi ng of Advertising of All Sorts

seventh child of Daniel and Mary Ann
Wilson Barron. In April. 1929. with
James A. Kennedy, William w.
Billing and others, he organized the
Ninth Street Methodist Protestant
Church. During the thirties and
forties he was employed on the Ma
tional 1ntelligencer, under Gales and
Seaton, and was a member of the Co
lumbia Typographical Society and the
Association of Oldest Inhabitants. He
died in Washington July 3, 1876.
Enoch White and Eliza Barron had
four children, two of whom, William
Ryland and Susannah, died in infancy.
The second child was Ann Maria
Mitchell White, who became the wife
Of James S. Topham. The third child
was George Henry Barron White,
born July 81. 1892; died February "a,
1899, and for "a years was cashier of
the National Metropolitan Bank
George Henry Barron White mar
ried May Is, 1860. Frances Virginia
Withers in Cumberland. Md, and
their children were: Enoch Lewis,
Harriet Bucky, Harriet Lacy, George,
Fannie Lane and George w. White
The last named is president of the
National Metropolitan Bank.
Daniel Barron, who was the father
of Eliza Barron White, was a soldier
of Maryland in the American Revolu-
ton and lived at Bladensburg, where
he died in April, 1870 He died intes-
tate, and his widow, Mary, was ap-
pointed administratrix. under bond of
$4,000, with Thomas c. Duvall and
Joseph Wilson as sureties, and
Thomas Bowie and William Ross, all
of Prince Georges County as ap-
praisers.
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whatever interests they may wish to
push
Gov. Smith comes in this group, also
William Fox, the movie producer, who
ought to have a splendid year, and
King c. Gillette. Douglas Mclean is
young actor who has achieved a
moderate success. Watch him under
the influence of Jupiter in his horo-
scope this year. The same good for
tune will attend the doings of that
old favorite, Lew Fields.
Married women whose birthdays
come in this group will see their hus-
bands affairs prosper, and their own
domestic matters will take a happy
turn. Unmarried women usually have
chances to change their name under
this force, although as some of them
may belong to the Lucy Stone League,
L daresay that is not the form the
proposal of marriage takes with them.
However, the influence is good, and
affects all the interests favorably.
making the health better and giving
a little more money than usual in the
bank or the stocking, with particular
ly advantageous effects upon min
listers, lawyers and professional men
generally.
And then, if you wish to create a
real sensation by a simple astrologi-
cal prediction, say TO any friends born
on either September l or August 20;
BY the way, you'll be extra busy and
active about the end of August-trav
cling, writing or with something un-
usual in business to attend to-"
And you can say the same to those
born about April -, that their busy
period will come in May.
People born about December 4 will
be engrossed in some new activity al
the time of their birth dates, the lat
ter part of 1925. You'll be amused
and amazed at the striking way in
which these dates will work out
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should eXemplify the tendencies of
your Leo associates. at this time.
Sometimes the effect of Neptune
upon a life is favorable, but more
often it brings with it nebulous
schemes and rather haZy mental
processes, so that even in the midst
of popular success the idol of the
moment suffers financial ruin or be
comes involved in scandals. 1t will
be interesting to watch the progr ress
of Rudolph Valentino under the
powerful influence of Neptune, which
is at work in his horoscope at the
present time. He may be able to re-
gain his former place in the hearts
of the movie fans, but it will be ac-
companied by some unusual cir
cumstances, If not actual criticism.
WE have still another group of peo-
W pie who Will not find 1925 a
very pleasant year, and these are the
people born in the middle of March.
If you want to make a name for your
self as a soothsayer and prophet, just
predict for them a series of changes
and unforeseen twists to matters
which at first appear perfectly COM
monplace The planet Uranus. which
is now ruling their minds, and hence
their acts, is one which makes for
quick decisions and madcap desires.
1t is also the planet which has most
to do with marital upsets, so we find
A good many of these Pisces people
born in March now feeling that al
Evening star., 1925-01-11
What Is Iron Made Of?

THIS looks like singular, not to
L say foolish, question, and yet some
chemists are beginning to doubt
whether iron is really chemical ele-
ment. They think that instead of be-
ing an elementary substance it may
be highly complex compound, and
that eventually means may be found
of separating or isolating the bodies,
or elements, of which iron is made up.
Different substances are ordinarily
combined either by simple intermix-
ture. as oxygen and nitrogen are in
termixed in the air, or by solution, or
by chemical combination.
But of late it has been suggested
that there may be a fourth state of
combination still more intimate than
that which Is implied by the usual ex-
preston. chemical union" The com
bination of yet unrecognized elements
which make what we call iron would
be an example of the fourth state.
What this conception necessitates
may be judged from the fact that it
seems to do away with the atom as
the smallest elementary particle of
matter.
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the signature of Thomas Wither-
spoon, clerk Of the District Court.
Richard Topham was a son of Robert
and Charlotte Parkin Topham and was
born at Lowthorpe, Yorkshire,
October %, 1902; came to America in
1920; lived at Trenton, n. j.; moved
to Wilmington, and in 1884 bought a
farm, which he called Long Hook"
on the New Castle road, one mile
from Wilmington.
In 1874 he bought a farm at Nc
Clellandsville, two miles from New
ark, Del, and died there in 1853. He
was a member of Asbury Methodist
Episcopal Church, Wilmington, was
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founder of St Paul's Church, Will
mington, and his remains rest in the
Wilmington and Brandywine ceme-
terry, at Wilmington.
In 1927 he married Sarah Jane
Smith, a daughter of James and Sar-
an Farmer Smith. and they had ten
children, who were Sarah Charlotte
Jane, James Smith, John Parkin
Mary Elizabeth, Lucinda, Joseph Ly-
brand. Rebecca Hama, Richard Bell
and Ida Shakespeare Topham Nearly
all these children had large families
! and descendants of Richard and Sar-
ah Smith Topham are numerous.
There is "A Topham genealogy in
the Library of Congress, which brings
the Topham family to the present
from Robert Topham.- who lived at
Linton, Yorkshire, and died there in
1850. 1t is an extensive and closely
| worked genealogy, and relates the
Tophams with hundreds, perhaps
thousands, of other families. Through
the White family of Virginia and the
Barron family of Maryland. the Top
ham family connects with scores of
the old families in the Potomac, Pa
tuxent and Rappahannock country.
James S. TOpham was married to
Ann Maria Mitchell White, April Q,
1858, at the home of her parents, No.
$50 Fifth street northwest. near the
corner of I. She was the second
daughter of Enoch and Elizabeth Bar
ron White, who was born in the
near d, November 26, 1929, and died
July Il, 1905
The children of James Smith Top
ham and Ann Maria Mitchell White.
were Richard, Washington, George,
Eliza, Lincoln, James, Rodolph, Ida
Palmer, Howard Ware, Edwin and
Frederick Swentzel. Richard was
married to Irene DeMontreville, jan
uary 2, 1889; Washington, to Annie
NJ. Clark, at Burnt Mills, Md, October
%, 1884; George, to Maggie r. South
erland, at Lynchburg, Va, October %,
1884; Eliza, to James A. Oldfield, De-
cember 25, 1896; Ida Palmer, to Rob-
ert B. Bernheim, June 5, 1901; How
ard Ware, first to Belle D. McCauley,
September H. 1889, second to Mabel A.
Holcer, April 81, 1901. and Frederick
Swentzel, to Anna Amelia Armand,
October 9, 1901.
X x *
THE Rambler has told you that
l. Mrs. James S. Topham was a
daughter of Enoch White and Eliza
Barron. Enoch White was the second
of three sons Jesse, Enoch and
Enos R) of George White and his
wife Susannah. George White was
born near fredericksburg in 1850,
and owned a farm three miles north
of Falmouth in Stafford County. His
wife died at Fredericks burg, in 1927,
and he died in that city in 1887.
Enoch was born on the farm near
Falmouth, June 19, 1893; came to
Washington in 1924, and December 27,
1927, was married to Eliza Barron,
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4
Directory has they been a
i book that give me so many
thrills as Who's Who in Amer
! lea for 1924-25 and have just finished
| reading same and could hardly lay
same down or hold it up either on
acct. of it weighing pretty near as
much as a grand opera chorus gal.
Who's Who is published every other
yr. by a guy out in Chi and before
| the guy goes to press he writes you
| letter and asks If the dope on you
| in the last issue is still OK. or have
you moved or Joined any new clubs
etc. 1t looks like the more clubs
you belong to the better chance you
got of being in Who's Who, SO I
been joining a new club every couple
of months since I come to N. Y. and
just before this new Who's Who come
out 1 Joined the F'riars which give
me a total of II clubs all told not
counting the Cooks and Pastry Cooks
assn of st. Louis which I was made
| a member in 1909 when 1t was the
only place you could get a drink on
Sunday.
But my entree into the Friars come
too late to get into this edition but
the 10 other clubs got me by o. K.
and then I begin wondering If they
was anybody else in the U. S. that
belonged to as many as 10 clubs SO
1 started reading the book and had
not got no distants at all before
found out that I am still in my non-
age. as far as joining clubs is con-
, cerned.
1 will pass over the. boys that tops
me by a margin Of 2 or clubs and
lead right up to the climax of the
book which is Reginald c. Vanderbilt
whom I might state at this junction
| was a fellow passenger on the board
| of the Paris the last and I'd. time
| crossed the old pond. Well. here in
part is list of Reginald's clubs and
will half to admit that they make
| me look like a hermit:
Knickerbocker, Brook, Metropoli-
| tan, Coaching, Turf and Field, Rid
| ing and Driving, Racquet and Ten
mis-, Automobile of America, Newport
| Reading Room, Newport Casino,
| Travellers (Paris), Meadowbrook,
Four-in- hand (Philadelphia), Massa-
chusetts Auto, Westchester Polo,
American Kennel, Dalmatian, Russian
| Wolfhound, American Fox Terrier
| French Bulldog and old English
| Shepdog.
1t will be noted that among the
| bunch Is one foreign club and one
Philadelphia club and three or four
New England clubs, to Say nothing
| about all them dog clubs which j
| can't belong to none of them on acct
| of us not having no dog, but I am
eligible for a Orange and Black
| Striped Cat club il there is such a
thing and also Black. Mich Cow
club and a Green and Red Parrot
| club and couple of exclusive Ro-
dent societies. However. / ainA set
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THEY had been married year
During three-month tour
the honeymoon had been pro-
l. longed beyond the usual
period, for they were very
fond of each other. On their return
they entered into the dizzying swim g
of society, which these days is in
cidentally picturesque part of the
white-light whirl. His vocation was
simply that of killing time, if one
can call it simple. and hers was much
the same. although a woman is al
ways buster at 1t than man.
At the end of six months they sell
dom met at home. Still they kept
up acquaintance and at times became
quite fond of each other again. He
would run across her, or she would
encounter him. each being with a
comrade or kindred spirits, at some
special opera night, some show at
the Garden, in some cabaret or else
where along Illuminated ways peo-
pied by the smart as well as by those
who live upon the smart.
Occasionally. as suggested, when
they thus met the novelty of the
thing impressed them. At such times
they had something of that mutual
attraction that brought them to-
gether originally. And with one i'm
pulse they would disentangle them
selves for the moment and ride home
together, almost or quite in love with
each other.
But these Vagrant Impressions
seemed no more lasting than those
each received in association with
various vivacious persons with whom
they separately mingled. SO at the
end of their first year of married life
they had settled into relations some
thing like those of casual acquaint-
ances.
On the afternoon of this first an
niyersary she came in under some
unusual excitement, and glancing
into his den as she passed was sur
prised to see him sitting idly there.
Throwing off her wrap she ventured
in and sat with him.
How does it happen, dear, that
you are home?" she asked.
"Oh, I haven't got out yet, don't
you know. Didn't come in till all
hours this morning. With a beastly
dancing party last night and they
kept 1t up. I'm going to cut some
of this all-night stuff. But what's
the matter with you, grille? You
seem a bit flustered."
IT am. l came in late, too, and
had to go out early"
But you look fetching, reallyi"
DO To-
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Alum in Artificial Gems.

NEARLY all artificial gems-that
IN is, stones which are really made
by artificial means-2re compounds
of alum crystallized under special
conditions. The metallic salts that
are added during fusion determine
whether the stones produced shall be
sapphires, rubies or oriental topazes,
amethysts or emeralds.
Early attempts to manufacture
artificial gems on a commercial basis
failed because of the difficulty in OBJ
faining the tremendous heat neces-
sary, but the oXyhydrogen flame
solved the problem, and producing
artificial gems is now an important
Industry.
The basic material is ammonia
alum, which is converted into cal
cined alum by heating it. To that
IS added the Coloring matter in suita-
BILE proportions, oxide chromium for
rubies, titanic acid for sapphires. The
finely divided powder is permitted
to trickle down into the oxyhydrogen
flame, which attains a temperature
of 1900 degrees. The powder fuses
into pear-shaped body that weighs
kSs1x 10 carats to- So0s
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his services. William S. Hansell &
Sons"
One of the Topham memorabilia
before the Rambler is the natural
ization certificate of James S
Topham's father, Richard. You may
read it:
Be 1t remembered that at an ad-
Journed District Court of the United
States held at New Castle for the
District of Delaware on the 30th day
of September 1890" there came into
court, Richard Topham, a native of
England and petitioned the court to
be admitted a citizen of the United
States. On the oath of Bryan Jack
son, described in the certificate as a
competent and disinterested witness,
it IS set dowp that the deponent had
known the petitioner from and since
September. 1920. The old certificate
is long with legal language and has
Evening star., 1925-01-11
The Shoppers.

Mrs. Spriggs DO you need any
shoes?
Mrs. Briggs-No.
Mrs. Spriggs-Neither do 1. Let's
go into this shoe store and rest while
they try some on US.
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BY j. A. WALDR0N-

" HEY had been married a year.
II During a three-month tour
the honeymoon had been pro-
l. longed beyond the usual
Evening star., 1925-01-11
BY RING LARDNER.

the editor: Not since I got
through with the Telephone
Directory has they been a
i book that give me so many
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-02-27
Do This After
Severe Illness
How TO Speedily Gain
Strength and Put On
Needed Weight

Nothing like the wonderful vital.
king yitamlnss Ia Cod Liver OH 10
help convaiescing people 20 quickly
Ert strong and well ~ everybody
knows that.
Hut nobody wants 90 take the lli,
smelling. horrible tasting. stomach
upsriiinx Oh Itself 20 nowadays.
up to.daie medical men are ordering
tablet ~ Cod Liver oil and "a
surely has proved blessing 90
thousands Of people who have been
sapped Of their natural strength
after severe Illness and especially
after the Grippe or "A stubborn
cough or cold.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-02-27

Ask Owl Drug Co. or any reFu-
lar druggist for box OF McCoy's
Cod LAYER Oil Compound Tablets.
They cost but little. are sugar.coat.
cd and ms pleasant 10 take as candy.
Skinny men and women take
them 10 speedily put on plenty OF
good. healthy. solid flesh. and for
this purpose they are so extremely
good that thin men and women
often take on pounds or more in
30 days. As matter OF fact, your
druggist win return your money
II YOU don't take on pounds in
30 days.
Great for weak. skinny. back.
ward. rundown children. too. and
gives them n hearty appetite.
BE sure and asl, for McCoy's. the
original and genuine Cod Liver Oil
Compound Tablets-s0 Tnblcts-60
cents.-Advertiseme
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-02-27
LUMBER PRICES
STATIONARY
No Feeling OF Depression.
However, in Timber Industry
ny FRANK FOSTER

Reports from the mills show that
conditions arc not coming 40 TO what
they were predicted az the bsEin.
ming q the year
Yet Il would ~ uuwlac 10 give way
10 any feeling o. depression la con.
sequence. We are taking WISE
course 10 adjusting production 20
suit consumption. hut w cannot sN
psct to SO the good results lmms
dizisly II W. have but the lsnacit}
and good Judgment 20 hold ~ the
program We have mapped out wr
shall win
Preiucli0n Is siill Ia advance OF
new business but since new business
San l.. controlled fur a time hy ih~
bus ing end. there Ia nothing surpIis.
ms IN this There IL All the new
business We want. waiting 10 come
into the market as nucn as II Ia
known thA, the mills will not weak
rn. And the decision TO aid the
farmers In procuring seed wheat Ia
no less wtsa than generous.
Prices ali around arc about sta
tiouREJ The determination on the
part Of the cargo mills 10 hold out
for a minimum Of SO on Atlantic
coast schedules has prevented what
might have teen a serious slump.
The Californian market IL siiil
oyers,oeked. the q. oe0. 900 feet on
the wharyss At los Angeles being
only slightly diminished. The yards
that supply the prairie trade admit
that Il ~ more difficult 10 buy. ~
must be born. In mind that much Of
the country upon which We depend
for business Is still experiencing &c
we're winter weather,
An Immediate advance Of dollar
a thousand on japanese squares Is
announced. The weakness OF frelghts
10 the orient win probably Keep
prices to consIgnecs about level for
the immediate future.
There have been some orders for
railroad stock placed. but at low
figure. Mills are getting these
cleaned up with view 10 better
demand in March.
Australia Is still buying. taking nd.
vantage Of low ocean freights. The
west coast OF South America u buy
ing again and moro inquiries are
coming from the United Kingdom.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-02-27
Hasselblad Elected
Police Band Chief

Police Lieut. Hus HaSsrlblad.
Thursday niEht Was elected prssi-
dent % the Seattle police land At
central station ssrEt Scott White
IL vice president. pairolman Emile
Wallet. director and James clark,
drum ma lpr
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-02-27
BUREAU OF
MISSING
RELATIVES

The star fnvffes its rea6es 70 80 this
s,osrtnept ss IN aid In finding missing
,.isttves or friends. The department 10
4 . help IN rsuniting those who have bee.
separated. Lhs.s whose relative. o.
The disappearpnoe directly TO The star.
Readers who MAJ know the whereabouts
Fl persons mentioned In this column 80
snissinG are requested sise to report 70
The star. Other newspapers are invited
10 reproducs Zach items ~ will Interest
thsir readers.