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Palisadian., 1925-04-17
SOUTH is EAGER
FOR MORE PARKS
States in Dixie Follow Lead of
Texas.

Observation-Disclosures in state park
systems has increased greatly in the
South during the last year, according
to observations made in a survey of
state parks throughout the country,
now under way for the national con-
ference on state parks by it's field Sec
retary, Raymond Fl. Torrey.
The lead in state park acquisition
and improvement for public recreation
has been taken by Texas, which, with
In little more than a year, has moved
to position up among the leading
states in this respect. Fifty-one tracts
containing 10000 acres, have been do
mated for park purposes, and another
gift of 25,OOO acres in the Guadalupe
mountains is expected.
Governor Brandon of Alabama ap-
pointed committee to study park
plan so that he may recommend law
at the next session of the legislature.
School lands are very extensive in
Alabama and might be devoted to
park purposes without prejudice to
any income they bring the schools.
Governor Fuqua of Louisiana IA
vored bill establishing a commission
to solicit gifts in Texas, and such
a measure will be introduced at the
next session Of the Louisiana legisla-
ture.
Governor Whitfield Of Mississippi is
studying program with particular
reference to transfer of school lands
for the purpose.
Governor Walker of Georgia was in
terested in the Texas plan and bill
creating forestry board and empow-
cred to include recreational use of
lands it might acquire by gift, trans
fer or purchase will be introduced in
July.
| In Florida, where the State FEEDER
alton of Woman's Clubs has been
chiefly responsible for the acquisition
of such state parks as now exist, there
is a strong movement for a definite
policy Of increase in such facilities.
Tennessee is interested in the posi-
bility of national park in the "Great
Smokes" on it's eastern border, but is
also planning state parks, an impor-
tant unit of which would be Reelfoot
lake.
North Carolina has lately added to
its state parks fine beach property
of 400 acres near Beaufort, trans
ferred to the state by the United
States War department. Opportuni-
ties for the acquisition of large num-
Der of these surplus military reser-
vations, in the Atlantic coast and gulf
states, which the War department de-
sires to sell, are now open.
Palisadian., 1925-04-17
PALISADIAN, APRIL IL, 1925

Company, conditions point to a con-
tinued increase at this rate in the
number of telephones in this district
Possibly the greatest indication of
the increased service, however, can
be seen in the increased number of
calls in the past five years. The
average number of daily calls in 1919
was 3,144 with 1885 telephones, while
last year the average number of calls
made per day was 1880 with 2,700
telephones.
In addition to the daily local tele-
phone service many toll and long dis
tance calls are handled through the
Cliffside central office.
Continued development of Cliffside
and the surrounding area during the
next few years is logical in view of
the fact that this is one of the Jersey
home-sites nearest to New York City
The New York Telephone Company,
in accordance with it's long standing
policy, is ready to meet all demands
for increased service to keep pace
with the development of Cliffside.
Palisadian., 1925-04-17

right American citizen who wants
some help in order to build home.
We are going to make it just as
easy for that man as we can do,
having due regard to the fact that
we are the trustees of other
peoples money"
ut seems to me we should give
consideration to the fact that there
are instrumentalities and agencies
engaged in endeavoring to wipe
out the slums that now disgrace
the great cities of this country and
substitute therefor decent housing
facilities I say that the Prudential
ought to get back of every such
movement. And say that one of
the missions of this company of
ours Is to make America a better
America, and you can not do any,
thing, in my opinion, that will
more surely aid in this direction
than to give people decent places
in which to live"
Palisadian., 1925-04-17
1913 Miles an Hour
by 9-Ton Flying Boat

MISUNDERSTANDING her nine tons
of duralumin hull into the air 15 sec
onds after starting along the surface
OF the Delaware river, the giant naval
flying boat PN-9 few at 12S miles an
hour, 13 miles faster than her de-
signed speed, for so minutes before a
group of naval experts.
On returning the PN-9 landed at a
speed Of SO miles an hour. Two 40
horsepower motors drove the plane,
with its 72-foot wing spread, through
the air. The craft is so feet long and
carries a crew of five.
Palisadian., 1925-04-17

"One of the greatest sources of
social discomfort is that of improp-
er and unsanitary housing which
occurs in our large cities" is the
contention of Edward d. Duffield,
president of the Prudential Insur-
ance Company, which organization
during 1924 relieved the housing
shortage by making loans on dwell
lings and apartments covering
property accommodating 25,S78 fam
lilies. Above are three homes made
possible through this policy.
I'VE are trying our best to meet
this situation" he has said. I'VE
are trying to make it easier, year
by year, for the man who wants
to build home to do so. We are
going to try and see whether we
can develop a. system under which
we can make loans during the
processes of construction with
safety. We are going to try to
mako it easy for the honest up
Palisadian., 1925-04-17

WHdf EUeTy NOSte88 Nn0tU9
An easy-going person is often the
hardest kind Of caller to get rid Of
Boston Transcript.
Palisadian., 1925-04-17
Blind Football Star
Invents Improved Kite

New York.-Although he was
blinded IL years ago, Perry
Hale, former Yale all-American
football star, has invented kite
which he is demonstrating. Since
the tragedy which darkened the
world for him he has brought
happiness to hundreds of chill
dren through the toys he has
learned to fashion.
In was in 1899 and 1900 that
Mr.. Hale reached the goal of all
football players when he was
picked for the all-American foot
ball team. When he left Yale he
started in his chosen profession
of civil engineering.
On his thirty-fifth birthday an
niversary an explosion of chem
icals with which he was expert
menting, blinded him. He was
sent to the hospital for the blind
; at Evergreen, Md, where he
learned the toymaker's art.
Palisadian., 1925-04-17
Attained Fame Early

William Congreve, the great English
dramatist of the Seventeenth and
Eighteenth centuries, wrote nearly all
the plays on which his fame rests be
fore he was thirty years old. He wrote
little of importance after he was thirty
Palisadian., 1925-04-17
Truth Most important

1t is more honorable to the head, as
well as to the heart, to be misled by
our eagerness In the pursuit of truth
than to be safe from blundering by tht
contempt of 1t.
Palisadian., 1925-04-17
Made Dragon Do Stunts

Seventeen men riding astride of q
mechanical dragon" in German film
production made the animal crawl
drink water, climb tree, spit fire an
finally battle with the hero.
Palisadian., 1925-04-17
Short-Liued Calendar

The Revolutionary calendar was one
adopted during the French reign of
terror, decreed in 1893 and continuing
until Napoleon restored the old sys-
tenn In 1865.
Evening star., 1925-03-22
Reduced

A splendid al-year-round furniture for living rooms,
parlors porches. The cheerfuness, solid comfort
sturdy construction and low price of the
for its popularity.
Evening star., 1925-03-22
LAMPS

$l.25 Silk Shades for boudoir and
dresser use, made Of Jap silk, choice
of blue, rose, gold and mulberry.
88c.
$l.50 Solid Mahogany Boudoir
Lamp, completely wired. $1.z4.
$225 Metal Boudoir Lamp, in
bronze and ivory, complete with
metal double silk shade, in rose,
blue, and gold. S1.84.
s. Vase Dresser Lamp, in tango
rine, maroon and dark blue, COM
plete with metal double silk shade.
Sz.34.
Dresser Lamps, reproduction of
Dresden Doll in ivory, rose, silver
and gold finishes. Choice, SOS.
$3.50 Metal Library Lamp, conf
plete with hand-painted glass shade
with assorted scenery decorations.
S5.94.
Pottery Vase Table Lamps, in
luster finish, choice of blue, rose
and yellow. Complete with shade.
S5.9S.
$40 Junior and Bridge Lamp
Standards, polychrome finish, pull
chain sockets. Choice, S6.S8.
Sl2 Vase Lamp. mirror back, COM
plete with georgette shade. SS.94.
SIS Electric Metal Portable
Lamps, several artistic styles to
choose from, have cathedral art
glass panels. S1I.94.
$lo50 Electric Table Vase Lamps,
very attractive for library and
living room use. S12.94.
S1650 Table Lamps. have poly
chrome standards with georgette
shades in a variety OF shapes.
Sl2.94.
Evening star., 1925-03-22

S1.N Iced Tea Set.
Is pieces, 88c
Evening star., 1925-03-22
Final Week of Our Great Marc
Whether you need only whole kitchen equipment
Housewares!

zoe Wizard Dust Cloth, IOc.
35c Wizard Wax, paste form,
24c.
Soc Wear-Ever Pudding Pan,
25c.
35c Dustbrushes, 2Sc.
39c Kitchen Knives. each.
2Sc.
SOC Wizard Liquid Wax, 34c.
45c Galvanized Pals, 10
quart size, 34c.
Gray Enameled Kettles, Rice
Boilers, Convex Covered Ket-
ties, Cooking Pots and other
kitchen utensils. Choice, each.
3oc.
6oc Garbage Can, 11-quart
size, 4Sc.
25c Clothes Props, } for SAC.
65c Metal Waste Paper
Baskets, SIC.
7oc 4-gallon Stone Jar, 6Sc.
81 Wizard Hand Duster. 6Sc.
S5c Wood Plant Boxes. oSc.
Sc Pastry Boards. 6Sc.
SOS Magic Cleaner. ) for
6Sc.
Aluminium Kitchen Utensils,
choice of Double Boilers, Dou-
bic Roasters, Covered Kettles,
Cooking Pots. Large Colan-
ders, each, 6Sc.
Glass Wash Boards, family
size, $50.
Evening star., 1925-03-22

81, 75c and SOC Fancy Colored
Glassware, in amber and anne
thyst. Choice of eandlesticks,
comports, plates and many
other items. Choice, each, 48c.
81 Decorated Porcelain Cake
Sets, 7 pieces, 68c.
Csc Glazed Jardinieres, g.
inch size, 78c.
Sl.25 Innovation Cracked
Jugs, 2-quart size, 78c.
ST Cut Glass Naples, Com
ports and Pickle Di s.h S.
Choice, 78c.
ST English R Rockin CHAM
Black Jet Tea Pots, S8c.
Sl.3o Light Cut Glass Water
Sets, 7 pieces, CSC.
Sl.50 3-plece Colored Glass
Console Sets, $l.18.
$1.75 Fish Aquarium, with
boy and girl looking into bowl,
$1.OO.
25c Imported China Tea Cups
and SaucerS. 6 cups and 6
saucers for 1.38.
$500 Wrought Iron Fernery,
complete with copper bowl,
S2.4S.
1898 15-piece China Cereal
Sets, $7.78.
50 Apiece American Semi
porcelain Dinner Sets, four
decorations to choose from,
$7.SS.
SIS 50-piece American Semi
porcelain Dinner Sets, $11.88.
$2l lOO-piece American Semi
porcelain Dinner Sets, $16.SS.
Evening star., 1925-03-22
Housewares!

E1OuScWdTeS.
White Enameled Kitchen
Utensils, choice of covered
pots, rice boilers, cooking ket-
ties, each, 88c.
S1.3o Broom, painted handle,
$1.18.
Sl.5O Wrought Iron Bird
Cage Stand, 98c.
White Enameled Bath Room
Fixtures, specially priced, each,
CSC.
$1,69 Nursery Chair, $l.4.
S1o8 Nickel-plated Serving
Tray, $1.o4.
$500 Electric Table Stove,
$1.o4.
$3.50 Stepladders, SIT. size,
$I.oS.
S275 Carpet Sweepers, $2.3S.
$3.50 Wrought Iron Bridge
Lamp and Shade, S2.4S.
S. Kitchen Set, 6 pieces,
$z.4S.
81 Electric Iron, Household
size, $2.7S.
$3.50 Metal Clothes Hamper,
$z.SS.
S. Electric Heater, $2.o4.
Mixed Paints, pint size, 44c;
quart size, SIC; half-gallon size,
$1.64; gallon size, S.A.
$3.50 Medicine Cabinet, good
quality mirror, $3.68.
$3.50 Bissell's Carpet Sweep
er, 1894.
S. Electric Percolator, 1894.
1895 Shower Bath, $7.98.
$42.o5 Cabinet Gas Range,
$33.o5.
Evening star., 1925-10-03
A Thrill.

1t is wonderful to be young and to
get a thrill out of life. AS we grow
older the thrills are fewer in number
and far less powerful. But the mem
ory of those we once experienced
lasts to illumine those that come so
tardily and are so skinny In their
quality My greatest one was that
of the time when my father turned
to me as l sat listening in respectful
silence to what my elders were saying
and asked, What do you think. son.
1 think / grew up right that min
ute. l was filled with the glow of my
sudden arrival at full membership
and my contribution to the discussion
lacked originality and weight, but 1t
was certainly the most valued one to
me. Ever after that l felt respon-
sibility for all that concerned the
family life. l, too, was supposed to
think and be ready with my word.
No more careless acceptance of things
as they came after that. / was one
of the grown-ups and counted.
Now never/eee an eager-eyed child
sitting listening to the wisdom of his
elders without longing to ask, What
do YOU think, son, or daughter? What
is going on in your head as you listen
and listen and wait to hear the last
word? What would you say If you
had a chance and what would the
chance to speak and be heard do for
you?"
l think we are too needless of the
power OF youth. We are too likely TO
Evening star., 1925-10-03
Quilting Gives a Decorative Touch
BY MARY MARSHALL.

terpadding in place, they likewise
served to give ornamentation to the
material. Other people were quick to
copy this Chinese device. Possibly
quilting was never more popular
or was never wrought more charm
ingly than in the eighteenth century,
when ladies wore quilted skirts under
their bouffant pannieres.
The decorators have lately been in
terested in these old-time quilted petit
coats, and have been using them to
cover seats and backs of old-fashioned
upholstered armchairs. One cannot
but wonder how it is that there has
been such an apparently inexhaustible
supply of antique quilted petticoats
with which to supply the demands of
the decorators who have been selling
these chairs. But at all events the old
method of quilting is followed out and
the old type of printed fabrics is used.
Much quilting is used in the making
of present-day negliges for Winter
Perhaps the first of these quilted neg
ligees were from China and Japan
bulky garments Of two layers of china
silk quilted with cotton wadding in
between, usually embellished with
elaborate embroidery on the right
side-chrySanthemum or wiStaria in
large spreading design.
Somewhat the same effect may be
gained from the material that is
known as zanana-a remarkable cloth
that has silk surface with a woolly
underside and the effct of quilting
One of the newest ways in which quilt.
ing is employed is in the embellish-
ment of velvet and other coats. The
sketch shows one of green velveteen
quilted with silver thread and trimmed
with chinchilla.
Copyright. 1881
Evening star., 1925-10-03
AUTUMN
BY d. G. PEATTIE
Hay Fever Plants,

The acursed hay fever season, which
so many people fly to the North woods
70 avoid, lasts longer here in the Dis.
trict of Columbia than in localities
with shorter seasons, and for many
the dangers are not yet over. 1t is
not very serious danger, to be sure,
but when one considers that there
are literally millions of hay-fever suf-
terers In the country, and that, while
they are i'll, their efficiency as we'll as
their enjoyment is heavily curtailed, it
puts hay-fever plants in the same
light that. we view cold germs-not
deadly, but resulting in enormous
waste of human energy.
Ihere Is doctor in Washington
who Is making a study of hay-fever
plants of the District now, learning
their blooming seasons. Some hay
fever plants come out in Spring,
others in Summer and still more in
Fall, so that only Winter is really
free from hayfever danger
Ihat does not mean that you have
10 stay away three-fourths of the year
In fact, scientist are discovering that
hay-fever patients are usually sus.
ceptible to one special pollen. They
make tests with pollen injections to
hnd out to which pollen you are sus-
ceptible, and then, if they know the
local blooming season of that plant
they can tell You when to take a
vacation, and where to take it, for 1t
must be In some region out of the
plants range.
some of the common wind-pollinated
plants OF the District of Columbia in
spring are poplar. vernal grass, birch
and alder; in Summer, beware the
grasses. plantain. amaranth and rag.
week, and in Fall the same applies, for
many of these plants bloom until
quite late in the season. Do not, how
ever, believe tales you hear about
golden rod causing hay fever; 1t prob.
ably does not do so unless YOU get
down and sniff the pollen up yoiir
nose. If you do this to any flower.
even roses, you may get hav fever.
Evening star., 1925-10-03
Our Children-By Angelo Patri

take for granted that what they might
have to say would not be worth the
hearing. l think we lose much by not
asking the children to sit in at the
council table oftener. Children in their
late adolescence are longing TO try
their hand at managing the world,
and it may be their ideas are valuable.
At least the expression of them is
valuable to them.
Youth is daring when age is con
servative. Youth is swift where age
is slow. Youth is idealistic and rash
where experience is practical ana
careful. But it is youth and the
spirit of youth that carries the world
ahead. 1t is youth that can stand
the strain and exposure. youth with
the courage that rises in the heart.
where fear has never been born. The
world owes a debt To youth. which il
can never repay save 10y giving the
children who have arrived at the
years COT adventure their chance.
Youth Is given us hut once. If We
are cheated out of its perogatives
there Is no way Of making up. Stand
back and give youth its day.
l cannot wiring my hands and weep
over the vaGaries Of youth. cheer
every time ! see Il yOunESter strike
out for himself, even though he def
the laws OF nature and the experience
of men as he goes. There would be
no airship today if there had not been
a couple of lads who insisted they
could ride the air. Youth marches
forward while age and experience
rests content upon its gains.
So, then, If there is sitting in your
circle an eager-eyed boy or girl listen
ing with muted breath. smile upon
that one and ask. What do YOU
think, my child" and give the same
courteous hearing to his reply as 10
that of the longest beard in the room.
The answer has a way of being quite
as valuable as his. And think of the
thrill
Evening star., 1925-10-03
BEDTIME STORIES
BY THORNTON
W. BURGESS

there was no motion to their wings
he knew that they must be vultures
or BuZZardS as they are called. No
one else could fly like that Round
and round right up over head they
swung in great circles. Many a time
had Peter watched OF AIistah and
Mrs BuZzard. They We're the only
ones he had ever seen who could fly
like that. But now there were four.
Suddenly Peter understood. The two
young BuZzards We're flying with
their father and mother.
After that he saw them every day.
They seemed to be flying just for the
fun of flying. They would remain up
In the air for hours. Peter went over
to their favorite roosting place. He
found the young BuZzards quite as
big as their father and mother. But
they were not bald-headed Their
heads were still covered with a woolly
looking down. ''Why do you spend
so much time in the air?" asked
Peter
For fun replied one of the young
Buzzards. There is no fun like it.
Besides, we are practicing."
Huh" replied Peter. II do not
see how any one who can fly as you
can waste time practicing."
we are getting ready to go
South" replied the young Buzzard
Father and mother have promised to
take us down to the Sunny South
where they came from. and our wings
must be strong for such a long jour.
ney.'
And then Peter realized for the first
time that Summer had passed and
that soon many of his feathered
friends would be leaving for the
Sunny South. For the moment il
gave him a feeling of sadness. But
1t was only for the moment, for Peter
is one of those happy go-lucky people
who cannot think of any one thing
long enough to be sad for any great
length of time.
Copyright. 1920
Evening star., 1925-10-03
My Neighbor Says:

The box of a carpet sweeper
should be frequently opened
over dampened newspaper, the
dirt emptied out and hair and
lint cleaned from the brushes
with a button-hook, coarse
comb or old scissors. The
mecha nism should be kept
properly oiled.
Iodine marks may be success
fully removed by using liquid
ammonia. a little Of the spirit be-
ing poured into a saucer, the
stained garment laid across it,
and the spot dabbed repeatedly
with the fingers until 1t disap-
pears. 1t should then be rinsed
In tepid, water, and should be
washed with strong soapsuds in
the usual way.
giving children powders. take a
banana and cut it in half
lengths. Scoop out some of the
fruit. making a hollow in the
middle. Put the powder into
1t, place together again, and
give to the child to eat.
When hanging short window
curtains it will be found an ex-
cellent plan to invest small
staples. These driven into
woodwork or wall, holds rods
firmly in place. If tapes are
used. they may be drawn
through the staples and fixed
so firmly that there Is no
chance Of the "droop" which
80 often spoils the effect of
otherwise attractive curtains.
Evening star., 1925-10-03
THE TWO YOUNG BUZZARDS
WERE FLYING WITH THEIR
FATHER AND MOTHER.

FATHER AND MOTHER
over there they were a little bigger.
It was Peter who saw them make
their first awkward attempts to fly
The first time one of them tapped his
way up to lower branch of tree
Peter wondered if ever that youngster
would be able to fly like his father
and mother. He was SO awkward
with those big wings of his that it
did not seem possible he ever would
be able to do anything with them.
When next Peter was over that
way he discovered the young Buz-
yards Tapping their way back and
forth between two tall, dead trees
some little distance apart. They were
still awkward and clumsy, but when
Peter came to think it over he had to
admit that or NIistah Buzzard him
self is rather awkward when he first
starts to fly, and it is not until he Is
up in the cir a little distance that he
becomes 50 wonderful to see. So per-
Aps these two young Buzzards would
vome day be wonderful flyers like
heir parents.
The Summer passed swiftly. Peter
had so many things to see and be
curious about that for a while de did
not go into that part of the Green
Forest where the BuZzards lived. In
fact, he had rather forgotten them
until one morning as he sat just in
side the dear Old Briar-patch looking
out across the Green Meadows, he
saw four dark specks way, way up in
the blue blue sky. They sailed round
and round. He knew they were birds
and at first glance he suspected they
were Hawks. But when he saw how
Evening star., 1925-10-03
LITTLE BENNY
By Lee Pape.

We had a lessin about animals in
skool today, Miss Kitty telling US
about bears sleeping all Winter and
waking up much thinner. and about
cats being the same family as tiger
ony smaller and more reasona BILE, and
diffrent things, and after she got
through she sed, Now 1 wonder how
intelligently this class has lissened to
my little tawk, Suppose some of you
ask me questions about the subjecks
l have bin discussing, now whose 60.
ing to ask the ferSt question?
Wich Sid Hunt did, saying. If you
tattooed spots on a dog and put him
out in the jungles would the other
leppards think it was leopard?
/ advice you to ask the ferst lep-
pard you happen to meet Miss Kitty
sed That's no kind of question, now
who has reely sensible question to
ask? she sed.
Wich Raymin Levy raised his hands
lady wearing his wifes skin would he
reckonize it and get mad?
That's even verse than Sidneys
question if possible and has absolutely
nuthing to do with wat I've bin telling
you, is there enybody elts? Miss Kitty
Sed.
Wich there was, bein Maud Jonson,
saying, Wy is veal from a young calf
so diffrent from beef off of COW even
if the cow is the calls mother, wy is
that?
Has that enything watever in COM
mon with the facks of naturel histry
that l have bin discussing, now Ill
lissen to jest one more question and
if it's as silly as the preceding ones it
will be the last, Miss Kitty sed. Sip
pose Benny Potts asks me q ques-
ton, she sed.
Wich l did, saying, If a snake had
legs would that make it a animal in
sted of a inseck?
Being the last question.