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Radios-Supplies

RADIO SET-4 tube Federal No. So.
in best of condition, and will sell at a
good trade. Tel. S09-M.
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AUTOMOBILES
Automobi For Sale

y Automobiles For Sale II
S7KdAlNS-ln used automobiles.
4SSfi n no better time than now to
- raj values. Bradstreet Motor
~. Acknowledgements.
rsriifCI,-Da5. must be sold. SIS. New
nm, Gould battery, new top, good
Flint, running order. Alice Park
kOfst, Albion.
10RD-1925 Tudor sedan, brand new,
oGly run 100 miles. Has extra equip
INT, Owing to change of business,
oWneY will sell cheap for cash. "a,
cate Journal.
s Sb6SFpRDS-FORDS--
NHI used pleasure cars.
ffueks, tractors.
a me accessories, tires.
61nriAteed repair work.
Capital City Motor Co.
Authorized Ford Dealers.
clpesite Depot Aukusta, Ne:
VII Z Smusicai instrumentr Get u
- want Ad way.
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CORDWOOD - Seasoned. hardwood.
Full measure guaranteed Frank L.
Mace, 81 Winthrop st. Tel. 5S4-M.
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HOUSEKEEPER-Co to care
for 2 children in small modern apart
tnept. Good wages to right party.
Write U-2, care journal.
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YARN--All wool. for sale by manufac-
turer. 75c to 81 per lb. Free samples
II. A. Bartlett, Harmony, Maine.
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HARDWOOD-Best dry. hard. season.
ed under cover; cord box Sc: cord
box s3.25; Edg. $3.50 for ! cord box:
shed Tel 464-W
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LIVE STOCK
Horses, Cattle, Vehicles
MERCHANDISE
Articles for Sale

LAND LIME-Also lime and ashes
mixed, In 100-lb. bags ready to apply
to the land. Can load lots Of 20 tons.
j. +. Sullivan, Thomaston, Maine.
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EMPLOYMENT
hslp Wanted Female

01RL--For general homework. Apply
Mrs. A. Goldberg, S. Highland Ave,
Gardiner. Tel. SIR
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STENOGRAPHER--Mnst be we'll quail
flied and reside at State Hospital with
full maintenance. Apply Superinten-
dent, Augusta State Hospital.
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HARDWOOD--Dry,f fitted for stove or
fireplace. w. 6. Brown, r. 4. Angus
ia. Tel. 1926.
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CLASSIFIED ADS are tireless
workers.
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HARDWOOD-Dry, 50 cords. ". e.
Mclean. Augusta. Tel. 1225-W.
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sloomneld xsmpls ONcsrs 1nstalls

At the regular meeting Of Bloom
field Temple, Pythian Sisters, held FRI
day night. the following officers were
installed by Past Most Excellent Chief
Mrs Helen Kn;sht. assisted BY Mrs.
Nellie Durrell and Mrs Jennie Ford:
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ARISEN a Z 81. I3-FtOOTl. TEL, IO3- w.
CHILD ST. 1872 furnished, modern.
minutes from State House.
CONY ST. 73-Furnished rooms. heat
ed
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Room. Without Board

WINTER. ST. Groom with board
Tel. 1059-W.
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INSTRUCTION

Musical, Dancing, Drsmatic "a
MANDOLIN-And tenor banjo instruc-
tion. Out-of-town pupils write. Ches.
ter y. Claff, p. 0. Box 8 Augusta.
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MERCHANDISE
Fuel and Feed

CORDWOOD--Stove. furnace and fire.
place wood. w. A. Shaw. Cony Rd.,
Augusta Tel. l086-M
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DRY HARDWOOD-50 cords, on main
road Z miles from city. Tel 16S-33.
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CROSBY ST. PL. 2-Furnished room.
Steam heated. Te.. 1049-M.
GARDINER-97 Summer st.. rooms So
and SO per week.
GARDINER-1o Highland Ave, large
steam-heated room. Gentleman pre-
ferred. Tel 236-W.
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ROOMS AND BOARD

WTIItU"I, care JOUrHHI.
GANNETT ST. 29-Desirable large
front room for couple or gentleman.
Tel. 111S-J
Evening star., 1925-04-12
"Asbury Park, y. J.

"Asbury Park, y. ].
ITO Dear Mr.. Rambler of The Wash
ington Star:
''Seventy-three years ago l was
born in the little town called Good
Hope, named, / was then told, by my
father, Thomas II. Anderson, who
was one powerful little man and
worked in his village blacksmith
shop from early morn until night to
support his family who, by his first
wife, were 10 children, living, all
born in that house. My mother was
Martha Mitchell, who wss born in the
old farmhouse just across the road
where the well is OF used to be, and
by her there were 10 more children.
We were ruled by an iron will and
iron hand, and none Of his sons ever
was arrested or sent TO jail, and not
even one of his many daughters dis
graced him.
Though my chances of being court
ed were brought to an end by an
early marriage TO q well known man
of Southeast Washington. much older
than myself and a butcher. 1t was
hard work for young, inexperienced
daughter, who loved her old pops
shop and to keep the flies off the
horses and mules while he shod them
being the only girl at that time
at und the home at Good Hope.
THE boys were off at sunrise to
Evening star., 1925-04-12

775; B. 675; c, SIS; c sharp, AIS; D,
375; Z, 800; F, 265; G, 225.
The total weight of the bells them
selves is 1880 pounds and the total
weight of the complete outfit is $4,000
pounds.
The shape of the bells from the
largest, whose diameter is just 5
feet, TO the smallest with a diameter
of u inches, is symmetrical, causing
harmonious overtones. The material
in all the bells Is the same, IS per
cent copper and % per cent tin. Any
mixture of these two metals is pure
bronze and this particular percentage
of mixture is known as the best quail
ity bell metal.
X X 4 y
THE chime bells are mounted in
two tiers. the smaller at the top.
The Ginning console, with which the
chimes are played when the electrical
apparatus is out Of order, contains
Is levers corresponding to the bells.
1t is made of quartered oak, highly
polished in antique finish. The play
ing connections are a combination of
chains, rods and adjusting bars. This
makes a thoroughly strong action
Evening star., 1925-04-12

haul hay and corn from a part of
Mr.. Trimbles place that my father
rented, for his garden spot was never
burdened with grain, and the finest
and earliest vegetables were brought
to Center Market. and were in great
demand by the people who knew MIR.
Anderson, who, as he was addressed
by the real aristocrat, while rich
farmers from all over Prince Georges
County who drove up with their four
horse carriages with steps to let
down yelled Hello, cncle Tom, how
many babies are there now?" He
made all kinds of things that were
used by them, from putting on tires
to a Sunday y-go-to-meeting carriage
that we were proud to sit in and ride
past the city cousins, who really en-
WED US and our grand home at Good
Hope, where they were glad to come
on Sunday to get good fill of hot
biscuits and sugar-cured hams made
right by the iron, honest hand of
Tom Anderson, smoked for days in a
house built for that purpose only.
ooh! Grand old man, honest as a
man could be, he never cared much
about Testament reading; he seemed
governed by some unknown power to
rule or reign, yet no one was ever
hurt by any remark or action OF his.
He was there in that spot first, and
today a monument should be erected
in his memory for his wonderful
kind acts of being pulled out of bed
any hour Of the night to help get a
neighbor up that terrible, winding
Good Hope hill. Mud sometimes up
to the hub of the wheels, horses
down, and to hear their cry in the
dead hour of the night was more
than dear old Tom Anderson could
stand. He would get his boys up,
hook up his own horses down in the
dark, he would get them all up to the
top Of that awful hill, not one word
spoken about how much are you
going to charge? His motto was:
DO it, and do 1t ouickr and quick it
was done.
"He never gave an order the second
time. His, way of doing things
have never seen done by any human
being on earth. Imagine him feed
ing ali those children from the sweat
Of his brow. Some men and women
can't even take care of one child at
this age, when they can lie a-bed until 9
am, with their breakfast served on
the table Oh! How different since
cid Zom Andsrson's time. when we
Evening star., 1925-04-12

part of the long day, something to
| look forward to. These patients are
| the first to notice If the chimes are
not played exactly at the right timC.
| The Epiphany chimes are in the
charge of AdoIph Trovsky, who us
ually plays them. Mr.. Trovsky has
developed more and more his mastery
of this instrument since it first was
| installed
| 1t is Of the Epiphany tower that
one always thinks when the subject
of bells in Washington is mentioned.
The Metropolitan Memorial NJ Il.
| Church, on John Marshall place, also
| has an elaborate set of chimes, which
are rung before the various church
| services. These are not used how
ever, for the elaborate programs such
as are sounded from Epiphany.
These two church towers are alone
| in Washington in possessing real
| chimes, but others have elaborate
! bell systems which could be extended
| into chimes and which are capable
| of rendering notes with considerable
variation. st. Mary's Catholic Church,
! on Fifth street is said to have one
of the finest bell systems in the city,
capable of exceedingly beautiful mu-
sical expression.
The bells on neighborhood churches
and chapels probably are most ia
miliar to dwellers outside the center
of the city. People of Georgetown
set their clocks by the regularity
with which the bells are sounded
on the university chapel.
The bell has developed to its pres
ent form from the exceedingly sim
pie device OF hitting a bit of iron
with a hammer at regular intervals
as a signal. 1t was perhaps the
most simple signaling system pos
sible in medieval days, which at the
time had the power of attracting at
tention at a considerable distance.
Even to this day, in most country
villages, the church bells are sounded
when 1t is desired TO bring the peo-
pie together for any extraordinary
occasion, such as fire. Bell tower
were the first broadcasting stations,
when only simple sound waves were
known as a means OF transmitting
intelligence 70 the countryside.
The bell is very antique, probably
| originating in Babylon or Egypt.
Crude bells have been found in the
| ruins of these civilizations. 1t was
in medieval Europe, however, that
they achieved their greatest develop
ment. They were used for almost
every occasion having to do with
daily life For such purposes as the
| curfew they were Indispensable.
A great many pretty, dramatic and
romantic customs grew up about
them. Few of these have been copied
in America. The passing bell, for
instance, which is tolled in English
villages when a member of the COM
| munity is on the point of death, never
has taken root here. But the use of
the bell is growing. More and more
| churches are coming to recognize its
artistic Importance in everyday life,
and the possibilities of beauty which
| are wrapped up in it.
The Epiphany chimes have brought
| the subject home to Washington more
! vividly than ever before.
Evening star., 1925-04-12

Thomas Anderson was born at Old
Fields, Prince Georges County, 1872,
and died at Good Hope. 1882, shoeing
horses on the day of his death. His
first wife was Eliza Dickson Of
Georgetown. and their 10 children
were Thomas Anderson, blacksmith
at ST Elizabeth's under its first su-
perintendent, DR.. Nichols, and father
of Capt. Thomas Anderson, police de
partment retired; Jane Anderson, de-
ceased, married first Daniel Johnson.
deceased: second Gertman, deceased:
Jesse, drowned by capsizing of his
sailboat in Eastern Branch in 1862;
Ellen, deceased; William, married
Miss Margaret OusIey of the first
ward; John H. Anderson, married first
Miss Monia Wheeler of the first
ward: second, Miss Lettie Grimes of
| Prince Georges; third, Miss Pima Won
Geuder, daughter of F. Won Gueder,
many years with the Indian Bureau;
| Motley Anderson, deceased, carpenter
and long prominent in knights Of
| Pythias, twice married, but maiden
names of wives not remembered by
! John; Fenwick Anderson, deceased.
| took a Virginienne as bride; Jeffer
son Anderson, deceased, married Al
cinda Graves of Clifton, Va; Eliza
| deceased, not married. Thomas An
| derson married second Martha Smoot
| Mitchell. There We're 10 children OF
| that marriage, and the names the
Rambler got from his friend John
| were Clementina (writer of forego-
| ing letter.. who married first George
| Hutton, Washington: second, a Mr..
| White: Edith Anderson, married Will
liam Guy, Washington, deceased;
Laura, married George Hutchinson,
| and Lee Anderson, music teacher in
Baltimore. John said of the rest Of
the children: They just died out"
| Miss Ousley. wife of William An
derson, was a daughter OF John Gus
! ley. a White House gardener in
| President Tyler's administration. A
child of that marriage, Miss Ella An
derson lives at Fairfax Court House.
| Thomas Anderson, the ancient black
smith, had one brother the Rambler
| knows of, and there was likely a
| crowd of brothers and sisters. That
brother was John Anderson, and he
was the father of Lingan Anders son.
a Washington policeman from the or
ganization of the force until his
retirement for age, and who died
| well, 1 don't know-fve or six years
ago.
We have room for part of one more
| letter to the Rambler:
! "If any one should ask me. What
are the most interesting features in
| Sundays paperT ] would answer:
| The Rambler. the photogravure sec
| ton and the funny sheet You don't
know how much we missed your ar
| ticles when they were discontinued
on account of your illness, particular
| ly US Southeasterners.
MABEL HOWELL,
"1241 Pennsylvania avenue south
east"
Evening star., 1925-04-12

that is reliable throughout, and will
remain in good order for many years.
The action is noiseless and prompt-in
fact a piano action on large scale
and affords a very satisfactory modu-
iation.
The console is in the fourth story
of the tower, some 20 feet below the
bells themselves. The connections
from the levers to the bells are
straight grain wooden rods, tested to
stand a 1,5o0-pound lift. The method
of playing is by a more or less Wig
orous stroke, not a mere push. Here
is one respect where the chime play
er differs from every other musician.
He must be more or less of an ath-
lete. II he isn't, he soon becomes one,
If the keeps at II.
The lever end is grasped firmly
with the hand. After some practice,
ii Is claimed, the knack Is easily ac-
quired. A fairly vigorous stroke and
the note will sound out clear and
rich from the belfry with the same
prompt response as a piano. For or
binary purposes, however, the cleo
trio keyboard does just as well.
Not only must the chime player be
an athlete, but something Of a climb
er. The chamber in the tower where
the console is located is reached only
by a breath taking climb by means
of an iron ladder fastened against
the wall. From this room to the bells
themselves necessitates a climb up
two more iron ladders.
Saturday afternoon and evening
programs of a more or less popular
nature are given, although 1t is aimed
to render music of the most un-
questionable dignity. Mingled with
the hymns are these airs: My Old
Kentucky Home" Maryland, My
Maryland" The Star Spangled Ban
ner," America" THE Blue Bells of
Scotland" Sweet and Low" "All
Thro' the Night" and Home. Sweet
Home" On Sundays the chimes are
used entirely for sacred music.
The utmost range thus far reported
for the chimes is about 2 miles.
MhsE>. In. n0a aahSAU ,nnlS<on a. surir,dExa7az
Evening star., 1925-04-12
Holy Year Pilgrims to Rome

The products obtained by the ma
tives from their labor will be in
cluded, since it is from these that
the intellectual and technical capac-
ity of a people are gauged; then, their
offensive and defensive arms and
armor, and, finally. their different
articles Of dress, adornment, games,
etc.
Regarding objects of large dimen-
sion, such as houses, boats, etc, it
has been suggested that miniature
facsimile models be sent, made posi-
bly, by the natives themselves, in
which could be depicted the trades,
the, agriculture and the sports.
The Vatican has indicated further
that it would appreciate receiving
exhibits illustrating pagan rites,
such as statues and images of gods.
demons, spirits, ancestors, as well as
models of temples. religious objects
and garments employed in the cults.
Where 1t would be too difficult to OBJ
tain exhibits suitable photographs of
medium size would furnish adequate
substitutes.
With it's traditional thoroughness
and faculty of not overlooking de-
tails, the Vatican has outlined the
manner in which exhibits should be
sent. The authorities ask that threee
lists be made, the first to remain
with the sender, the second to ac-
company the objects, and the third
to be sent by registered mail to the
president of the exposition commit
tee. He is Mgr. Selvaggiani, secre-
tary of the College of the Propaganda
of the Faith, at Rome.
The grim old building housing the
Propaganda, as 1t is termed, stands
on the Piazza de Spague, and is well
known to thousands of British and
American tourists.
The Vatican emphasizes the fact
that the same number must be placed
on the exhibits as contained in the
lists themselves, in order to avoid
confusion, and to make Identification
easy in case it is necessary to write
to the sender for supplementary in
formation. Numbers should be in
delibly planted or pasted. Each arti-
Gle must have the following data:
Name, including name in the native
tongue; for what purpose and how
used; place (tribe, city, village)
of origin, extent of territory
where employed; place where manu-
factured, if different from the locality
of origin, and if the object Is COM
monty or rarely used.
Evening star., 1925-04-12

with the breeze blowing east. Other
wise the sounds are reverbrated
back from the high walls of some Of
the office buildings which surround
the church. If, however, they can
be given an uninterrupted sweep
down G. street, 1t is difficult TO
estimate how far they might carry.
Bell music plays some funny tricks.
1t might be possible, with the wind
In the right direction, 10 stand on G
street barely a block away when the
chimes are ringing and hear nothing.
At the same time persons two or
three blocks farther down the street
could hear the strokes distinctly.
Such a situation is due to the ar
rangement of buildings in the path
OF the music.
To a person standing in the tower
itself the results are even more
startling. Sometimes the notes will
bound back like rubber balls from
buildings only a few hundred feet
away. The listener high above the
surface of the street is literally
bombarded with balls of sound, which
sometimes produces curious musical
effects With the proper wind di
Evening star., 1925-04-12
A SCENE AT GOOD HOPE.

had to carry water up a spring hill,
bucket after bucket, to cook for IA
in family three times a day.
X + X
GXXIE never knew what it was TO
w be sick. as the nearest doctor
was at Oxon Hill, and my father
never charged them when once one
was suited to his taste.
"One time he was taken with tooth
ache and before the doctor arrived he
tied a string around the handle of the
bellows and then around the tooth The
work Of extracting was over in a second,
and TO the day he died he never lost
another one.
when Tom Anderson laughed it would
ring out across Col. worthington's
porch, and he would come around to en-
Joy his neighbor's company &, while.
"The house had a look of hospitality,
when. at the top Of the hill where the
Naylor road joins the Good Hope road,
you could see the big, shioned
chimney with long porches on both sides
Of the house, windows on all sides,
large cherry trees called May Dukes,
with a gravel walk from the shop up to
the house. roses in bloom all Summer.
where horses hoof had never trod.
like other homes around Good Hope
We went with the best Of people, and
| today in Anacostia you will find many
descendants Of Thomas H. Anderson
and one only son. a blacksmith, John
Anderson, of the first wife.
There are many descendants OF
| Thomas H. Anderson all along the Marl-
boro road in Forestville, some OF
the best residents thereabo the farm
ing section, all good and noble people
In this World War it would cause one
to shed tears TO read every company
going from around Good Hope had al
the top Of the list an Anderson, and I
had three fine grandsons out on the
- (blotted) doing duty that old
Grandpap Anderson would have been
proud Of, had he lived to read about
them in The Washington Star
Il am 73 years old. and hotel house
keeper in Miami in Winter and a little
cottage we have here in Asbury Park
though Washington is where my chill
dren were born, and that city is good
enough vet for honest people All are
of the old Washington, D. c., easy-going,
hospitable, polite, honest folks I must
close this. / started 1t when I read your
dear pleasant letter of the Rambler ]
! must thank you, and I will always re-
| member what YOU said about my dear
father, and long life be yours and bless
Ing you again and again"
AS Roxie says: There you are"'
| hope you didn't miss the line. 1--WE
never knew what il was to be sick
as the nearest doctor was at Oxon
Hill" This is five miles from Good
Hope. The Rambler has some An
derson family notes which he got sew
eral months ago from his friend John
Anderson. born in 1880.
Evening star., 1925-04-12

It is to these chimes that the
thoughts always return when
thinking Of the bells of Washington.
During the first few months after
they were placed in the Epiphany
tower they attracted great crowds,
who stood bareheaded in the strong
afternoon sun to hear the sublime
hymns and familiar folk tunes rem
dered on an instrument OF unexarn-
pied majesty and power.
Now they have become sc familiar
that they are taken as a matter of
course. Every one In Washington has
heard them. Every one knows they
Svill sound at the accustomed hours.
But so firmly have they become i'm
pressed on the public consciousness
that the slightest variation is noted
at once. The chime players say that
on such occasions they are besieged
with telephone calls from all over the
city asking for an explanation.
These chimes have complete
range of an octave and a half. In
this respect they are almost alone.
When they were made one extra tone
was added 50 that they could render
the national anthem, since the church
authorities knew that there would be
repeated calls for this music in the
National Capital.
With such a range there is little in
ordinary music that cannot be played
on them. Some of the familiar hymn
tunes and folk songs have been trans
posed for this especial purpose with
cut In any way detracting from their
beauty. Delicate variations of tone
are possible, especially when the
chimes are played from the tower it
sslS rather than from the electrical
keyboard beside the church organ, to
which resort usually is made.
with this series of bells, airs can
hS played in the keys of + major. c,
. and G, and in their relative minors,
allowing an almost inexhaustible
hange of variations. There are is
bells in all that go to make UP the
chimes, ranging in weight as follows
G. 4,2oo; D. 1900; Z. 2.1o0; +, 1,S00; b
enaxus soasp Gel aeaassA 5sasResGass