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Evening star., 1926-12-09

B. Gaillard, Mrs. Stokes -Halkett, Mrs.
Geneva Durham, Mrs. B. Sumner
Wells and Mrs. Stanley Rinehart.
The educational groups Of the city
are looking forward with much in
terest to the luncheon to be given at
the clubhouse of the American AS
sociation of University Women at
1884 I street northwest. Saturday
at 1890 o'clock. Dean Mary Louise
Brown of American University is
hostess.
This is the second of a series of
meetings to be held during the
Winter At each it has been planned
to present to the public the work of
some one of the educational groups
which have their headquarters in
Washington. At the first meeting
the speakers outlined the purposes OF
the Federal agencies. At the meeting
of December II the national organ
izations will present the advantages
which offer to the people of Wash
ington.
The speakers Saturday will be Dr.
Charles r. Mann, director American
Council of Education; Mr.. Joy E. Nor
gan, director of publications, National
Education Association, and Mr.. Nor
ton Snyder education secretary of the
Progressive Education Association.
Miss Mary A. Lindsey was hostess
at a tea yesterday afternoon for n
group of visitors at the Grace
Dodge hotel from New Jersey, which
is Miss Lindsley's home State. Tea
was served in the lounge by the
open fireplace. Miss Lindsley's guests
Evening star., 1926-12-09

were: Miss Elizabeth Miele of Sum-
NIT, Miss Florence Halsey Of New
ark, Miss Jean Morris of Cape May,
Mrs. James M. Speers Of Montclair,
Mrs. Mary F. Thomson of Jersey City,
Miss Erma Quimby Of East Orange,
Miss Helen Garwood of Williamstown
and Mrs. Annie F. Sims, Mrs. William
Gambel, Mrs. G.. D. Watson and Mr..
and Mrs. Frank S. Chesebro, all of
Madison, N. j.
Mrs. j. B. Gregg Custis entertained
at luncheon yesterday the Kate Waller
Barret Circle of the Florence Crit
tenton Home. The guests were Mrs.
j. w. AtitZ, Mrs. John Boyle, jr.; Mrs.
Oscar Donahoo, Mrs. Mark Foote,
Mrs. Alfred Kirchhofer, Mrs. Robert
Lane, Mrs. Thomas Pugh, Mrs. l.. E.
Rusch, Mrs. E. M. Stephenson, Mrs.
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SOCIETY
Continued from Eighteenth Page.)

member Of the State Legislature Of
Minnesota. and Miss Simpson, member
OF the State Legislature of Vermont.
Others in the company were Mrs.
Nina Van Wrinkle, DR.. Louise Stanley.
Miss Annabelle Matthews and Miss
Helen Carlos.
Mrs. Delos A. Blodgett had as her
guests at luncheon yesterday in the
presidential dining room Of the May
flower. following Mrs. Lawrence
Townsends Musical Morning" Mrs.
David Du B. Gaillard, Mrs. William
Crawford Gorgas. Mrs. William Alden
smith, Mrs. Atlee Pomerene, Mrs.
Rhett Goode, Mrs. Charles G. Mat
thews, Mrs. Henry Parsons Erwin,
Mrs. David st. Pierre Gaillard and
Miss Myrtis Porcher.
Judge and Mrs Bayard T. Hainer
have as their guests at the Wardman
Park Hotel for the Winter Mrs. Spen-
Ger A. Beach of Columbus, Ohio, and
Mrs. Hermine H. Gabel of Aberdeen,
Wash, sisters of Judge Hainer; also
Mrs. Gabel's granddaughter, Miss
Kathryn Stewart. Mrs. Beach has
just returned from an extended trip
abroad.
Mrs. Samuel William Earle of Chi
cago, recording secretary general or
the Daughters of the American Revo-
luton, entertained at dinner last eve
ming in her apartment at the May
flower, having as her guests Mr.. Ben
nett Thompson of Chicago, who has
Just returned to the United States
from northern Africa Col. and Mrs.
Edwin A. Shepherd and Mrs. S. L.
Hobart.
Mr.. and Mrs Everest George Sewell
NP 10 mi Ia nrn ~
for this week, having come to at
tend the National Congress of Rivers
and Harbors, of which Mr.. Sewell is
a director. Mr. and Mrs. Sewell, who
are frequent visitors in Washington
and have many friends here, will stop
in Newport News on the way South
for the launching Saturday of the new
steamer which will ply between New
York and Miami.
Nine. Ekengren had as her guests |
at luncheon yesterday in the presiden- |
tial dining room of the Mayf1ower, |
following Mrs. Lawrence Townsend's |
musical morning" Nine. Bostrom, |
wife of the Minister of Sweden; Mrs. |
Robert Lansing, Mrs. Henry F. |
Dimock, Mrs. Arthur O'Brien and Mrs.
Walter f. Tuckerman.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. Stein announce the
engagement Ol tuclT uduSulSI 1ud W
Mr.. Harry Brenner Of this city.
Mrs. c. Augustus Simpson enter
tanned at luncheon yesterday at the
Club ST. Marks and took her guests
later to the card party given at the
Washington Club for the benefit of |
the Animal Rescue League.
Senator Copeland Will
Speak at Dinner Tonight.
The American Dietetic Association
of the District of Columbia will hold
its regular dinner meeting at the
Grace Dodge Hotel this evening |
Senator Royal S. Copeland will be
the guest of honor and speaker.
Among the boxholders and patron
esses who will attend the recital by
Nine. Cobina Wright tomorrow after
noon at the National Theater are the
Vice President and Mrs. Dawes, the
Ambassador of Belgium, Baron de
Cartier; the Ambassador of Brazil,
Senior do Amaral; the Minister of
Poland and Nine Ciechanowska; Gen.
PerShing, Mr.. and Mrs. James M.
RpCE Miss Vera R1OOm Mr. and MrC
Evening star., 1926-12-09
E. c. Wellington and Mrs. Paul

E. c. Wellington and Mrs. Paui
Wooton.
The Army and Navy Chapter, N. ;.
d. A. r., has issued cards for a large
reception tomorrow afternoon to cele.
brate the thirty-second anniversary OF
the chapters establishment. MRS:
George Madden Grimes is regent OF
ne chapter, having SUCCEEDED Mrs
Eli A. Helmick, who was elected
registrar general of the N. S. D. A. H.
in April.
The New York State Society
of Washington has issued IN
vitations for an entertainment
and dance in honor OF the
New York delegation in Congress
Tuesday evening at $50 O'Clock In the
Willard Hotel. Mrs. James w. Waos-
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Evening star., 1926-12-09
Senator Copeland Will
Speak at Dinner Tonight.

The American Dietetic Association
of the District of Columbia will hold
its regular dinner meeting at the
Grace Dodge Hotel this evening.
Senator Royal S. Copeland will be
the guest of honor and speaker
Milford chronicle., 1926-06-04
Laws Church

Several from our community Wis
tied Barratt's Chapel on Sunday and
Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. J. Hope had quite
a crowd over Decoration Day.
Laws school picnic June 5th. Clos
ing exercises at 1 p. m.
Laws Church Aid meets with Mrs.
Raymond Shockley on Friday even
ing, June 18th. A good attendance is
desired.
A large number attended the Dec
Grafton Day services at Laws Church
on Sunday afternoon. They were in
charge of our pastor, Rev. Thomas.
Milford chronicle., 1926-06-04
"APPLESAUCE"
Coming

The feature attraction of the
Swarthmore Chautauqua program
to be here for five days opening on
June 1928 is the comedy-drama,
"Applesauce" by Barry Corners,
which played to long runs in Chi
cagO, New York, Philadelphia and
Boston. This is a play with more
than laugh a minute according to
actual count. It is still running in
the larger cities and is the first play
to be made available for Chautau-
qua while still playing the big CEN
ters.
Another big dramatic attraction
is "Give and Take, a comedy-dra-
in industry. Edgar Flavelle, Studio
Director of the Swarthmore Chau-
tauQua Association takes the lead
ing part in the cast and the COM
pany is under his personal direc-
tion.
The feature musical attraction of
the week is the big band concert by
Shadwell's Scout Band. All these
boys which make up the outstanding
boys band of the country, are reg
istered Scouts and under the con-
slant supervision of Bandmaster
Henry c. Shadwell. Their work
will be an inspiration to the youth
of the community, in addition to the
joy and pleasure their music itself
will give.
Outstanding lecturers are DR.. Ng
POon Chew, Chinese Editor, jour-
nalist and orator, who talks on the
opening night on China and W'Olrd
Peace; DR.. Harry Hibschman in
his challenging lecture-forum, "Are
We Going Back to the Jungle? af-
ter which he answers questions
from the audience.
A special Scouting" demonstra-
tion will be the attraction of boy
Scout Day" when Captain Will A.
Dietrich, one of Teddy" Roose.
velts Roughriders, gives his practi-
cal exhibition of camp-craft and
other scout activities. He will pitch
camp right on the platform.
Music of fine quality and wide
appeal is furnished on the opening
day by trio of artists 1.-The Inter-
national Trio" Miss Ethel Walker,
soprano; Miss Dolly Stewart, en-.
tertainer, composer and pianist; and
Mr.. Hyman Adler, violinist: Misses
Walker and Stewart are Australians
Mr.. Adler, an American.
The Llera Mexican Serenaders,
one of the big hits of our seven
day circuits last summer, have re-
turned from Mexico City to delight
the audiences on this circuit with
their popular national music.
The Flavelle-Haldene Duo give
an entertainment on the third af-
ternoon of song, story and readings
said to be a very amusing program.
On the last afternoon the Junior
Chautauqua will give their pagent,
"The Bell", in celebration of the
150th anniversary of the signing of
the Declaration of independence.
Milford chronicle., 1926-06-04
CHURCH SCHOOL WORKERS
CONFER

The annual meeting of the Con-
ference Board of Church Schools,
was held Tuesday in Wesley M. E.
Church, Dover, when the following
ministers and laymen were present:
the Rev.s J. w. Colona, o. E. Jones,
w. E. Gunby and E. H. Dashiell, the
four District Superintendents; the
Rev. F. C. MacSorley, president of
the board; the Rev. E. M. ShOckley,
of North East, secretary; H. H. Nut
tie, of Hobbs, Md, the Rev. Elwood
N. Jones, Dover; DR.. H. G. Budd,
Greensboro, Md; E. G. Hallman, 1.
Elmer Perry and the Rev. F. A.
Lindhorst.
Mr.. Lindhorst, the Director of Re-
ligious Education of the Whining
ton M. E. Conference, submitted
report of his activities since the
last session of the conference. He
stressed the need of an elementary
director for the conference. Miss
Mildred Moody of Chicago, in charge
of the elementary work who was
present at the meeting, also urged
the appointment of such director.
Mr.. Lindhorst also presented a
plan of procedure looking to the es-
tablishment of an elementary de-
partment.
Milford chronicle., 1926-06-04
FLAG DAY JUNE II

June fourteenth is National Flag
Day. The schools over the country
will observe the occasion with ap-
prOpriate exercises and it is to be
hoped that there will be a more
universal observance of the event
than ever.
Certainly the setting aside of one
day to pay tribute to the American
flag is appropriate. A flag in itself,
of course, means nothing. 1t is only
an object of veneratiOn when it
stands for something. The black
flag and the red flag certainly 10
not belong in this category
But there is every reason why the
thinking and patriotic American
should pay a little tribute to his
country on June IA, by displaying
the colors of Old Glory. For the
American flag stands for something.
Designed as a standard to establish
liberty on the American continent,
it has always stood for law and
order, for freedom and justice.
Under it's starry folds we have
grown from struggling handful of
colonies on the eastern seaboard to
the most powerful and most pros
porous nation on earth.
And, strange to say, although we
think of our country as a compare
lively new one, yet our flag is the
oldest on earth in point of cOntinu
GUS service. All other nations have
changed the design and makeup of
their standards since our emblem of
the stars and stripes was adopted.
Some nations are a great deal older
than ours, but their flags are not,
and nearly all of them have made
radical changes in the form of their
governments since the American
Constitution was adopted.
Therefore, when you honor Old
Glory, remember that it is not only
the most honorable but the oldest
flag on earth in point of continuous
service. And don't forget to Gis-
play the Stars and Stripes on Flag
Day.
Milford chronicle., 1926-06-04

disease of a communicable nature ap-
pearing in the various egg-laying com
petitions of this country.
In the PUBLIC LEDGER-North Ameri-
can competition the same houses have
been in use for thirteen years; if there
is any one place about poultry plant
that can successfully harbOr disease,
particularly diseases caused by micro
organisms, it is in the houses used for
laying. roOsting and feeding.
Notwithstanding the long time the
houses now in use for PUBLIC LEDGER
competition have been in use the per-
centage of communicable diseases caus-
ing death is but 3.6 per cent out of
total of .006 per cent of mortality for
the twenty -four weeks of the present
competition year.
Obviously there is a reason for this
and it rests entirely in sanitation
every one of the 100 houses employed
in the competition are regularly
sprayed with germicides. In the COM
petition management system of Oper-
alton the birds are housed on November
l and so remain until warm days of
spring. about five or more months.
In the meantime the small yards are
regularly treated to lime and germi-
cides. One hundred sets of five birds,
from as many different owners, offer
five hundred opportunities for disease.
Individual characteristics
Each week the subjOined table will
set forth such superficial characteristics
as indicate prOductiveness of each indi-
vidual in certain pens. The character
istics are:
First. Color of face, comb and wat
ties.
Second. Length of body.
Third. Condition of feathers.
Fourth. Condition of pelvic bones.
Milford chronicle., 1926-06-04

A New York judge says that sixty
per cent of the dry law violators are
aliens. But he was probably refer
ring to the producers and not to
the consumers.
Milford chronicle., 1926-06-04
YIELDS IN
| DEL. EGG CONTEST
Two Sets of Five Birds Each
Run Scores of Thirty-one
Eggs in Seven Days
SANITATION VITAL FACTOR
By f. V. l.. TURNER
Secretary Laying Competitions

Completely reversing performance of
last week, the 500 layers making
egg history at Milford, Del, where
is staged the international Egg
Laying Competition operated jointly by
the PUBLIC LEDGER-NOrth American
and Delaware State Board of Agricul-
ture, gained in production and Incl
IDENTIFY brought about imminence of
/ changes which may or may not be last
ing until the end of the competition
year, October 81.
| Despite a continuation of cold
weather, increased production is only
additional evidence of the ability of
the layers and further proof that an
exceptional season has influenced pro-
/ ductiOn adversely. The real force evil
dent in pushing the layers forward to
such high pen scores of, in two cases,
0irty eggs each for five birds, is
pOnelusiyely that derived from heredity,
,, --Ted in the blood ability to produce at
{ high rate. Along this line the casual
| observer of the score box covering the
! Performance of the layers, as detailed
below, will note the gradual rise in
position of several pens that hereto
Gore were some distance down the list.
These pens may cause considerable dis
turbance to present top pens, at least
to the extent of becoming aggressive
runners up.
AS a general rule the average fowl
is not highly resistant to disease. This
IS evidenced by the very potent fact
that most hen diseases easily become
epidemic on exposure. Highly virulent
diseases are almost sure to become epi-
Iemic with little or no externally ap-
parent channels of infection.
Poultry statistics on losses of birds
by disease, loss of egg production be-
cause of lowered vitality, low fertility
aud low hatchability from low vitality
and consequent lowered vitality of the
progeny of such focks as are affected
by disease are not compiled by States
OF the Federal Government; there is
10 means whereby even wide guesses
cOulJ be made; but it is clearly visible
10 even the novice that the low aver
egS egg output of the American farm
hSl, seventy eggs per hen per year,
- due to two causes, disease and poor
:uethOds. Methods in this case means
bOusing, care and feeding. Care means
aanitatiOn and culling against disease
and against low producers.
Both mortality and low vitality are
FrOpOrtiOnately greater in farm and
commercial fiOcks than in small hOcks
or in egg-laying competitions, due
chiefly to the individual care given
each small unit employed.
With large houses holding from one
to five hundred birds, the opportunity
for infection is complete, principally for
the reason that an attendant with one
or more houses to look after cannot
notice single cases of disease and his
attention is not drawn to flock cOndi
tiOn until it is apparent en- masse.
In small units disease is quickly de-
.Acted and then there is ample OppOr
tanity to prevent epidemics and to in
augurate measures to raise vitality.
.9here disease appears in small fiOcks
Immediate sanitary effort is made and
tAis is the prime reason for so little
Milford chronicle., 1926-06-04
Captain viii A. Dietrich
FAMOUS CAMPER
---' TO TALK HERE

Captain Will Arthur Dietrck, who
gives a lecture demonstration at
Chautauqua on Scouting" was a
Captain with TEDDY" Roosevelt in
the Spanish American War. He is
an expert in all kinds of woodcraft
and out door life. To show how its
done he will pitch camp right on
the platform. He is a regular con-
tributor to the Boy Scout Magazine.
He is on the faculty of Columbia
University as Educational Advisor
in charge of University Extension
work for Georgia and Alabama.
Just to give an idea of his dis
cussions there follows a portion of
one of his articles on making a sun
dial which will interest all boys
"a piece of cardboard should be
marked off in the shape of a cross
and the hours indicated a half inch
apart as shown in the diagram. Cut
out the design with a pair of scis-
sors and mark it off on a piece of
14-gauge brass, and stamp the Ro-
man numerals over the hour marks
with a cold chisel
Make a circle from a piece of
board sawed out with a compass
saw to be three and four-fifths in
ches in diameter and bend the scale
arms of the cross to an exact semi
circle around it. Then pound the
other two arms into the same shape
wire with sharp wire nail. Smooth
the brass with fiat file and mount
it on a wood block, as shown above.
"Set up the sun dial in a level
place with the slant of the shadow
wire toward the North Star"
Milford chronicle., 1926-06-04
Tie for High Bird

At the end of the twenty-fourth week
bird in pen 20 scored 129 eggs.
yielding five eggs in the last seven
days; bird 2 in pen 70 ties with tn =
bird and produced seven eggs in the
last official week to make the tie.
Next week. if these two birds lay,
each of them, at the same relative
speed, second-place bird will go into
first place. Third-place score, bird
8 in pen 96, is 127 eggs.
Eight birds are now holding scores
between 12O and 129 eggs. These posi-
tiOns, as they stand now, are hardly
likely to be maintained until the finals
are made.
Milford chronicle., 1926-06-04
KENT ASSESSMENT BOOSTED

At the weekly session of Kent
County Levy Court, Tuesday, the
award for building a bridge between
Little Creek and Leipsic, was made
to James A. Hirons, of Dover, his
bid being the lowest, $3,947.50.
A resolution was adopted author
izing the borrowing from the Farm
ers' Bank of Dover $4,000 for run
ming expenses of the county, this
loan making $4,000 borrowed with
in the last few weeks for running
the county government.
Milford chronicle., 1926-06-04

Sixth. Distance between pelvic bones
and end of keel.
These characteristics will be num-
bered, respectively, from one to six in
the table. When the expression ''2B"
appears it means that two fingers can
be placed between the edge of the pelvic
or laying bones, as they appear through
slight pressure made by the fingers.
Thin or thick pelvic bones are recog-
nized as Indicative of high and low
capacity, coupled with the distance be-
tween the pelvic bones and the end of
the keel or breastbOne. which also is
expressed "2F" or "4hF," etc.
Milford chronicle., 1926-06-04

The Rev. Charles F. Boss, Jr., SUI
perintendent of local church depart
ment of the Board of Education of
the NJ E. Church, of Chicago, spoke
in the interest of development OF
plans for educational schools.
Milford chronicle., 1926-06-04

Civilization, at its best, is a very
thin veneer, and the more you polish
it the thinner it gets.
Milford chronicle., 1926-06-04

High productive efficiency, and not
high wages, is the cause of high liv-
ing standards.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-02-20
BY Sylvan A. PolIack.

OWING a new slant to the question
~ Of rubber, which at the present
time is the basis for a great deal of
discussion, Congressman Ashton c.
Schallenberger, democrat, from Ne
braska, denies the theory advanced by
the Secretary of commerce, Herbert
Hoover, that it is due to a monopoly
on that product by British interests
that the price has been advanced. Ac-
cording to his opinion, which will be
the basis of a congressional investi-
gation to be pressed by him, the high
prices demanded for rubber products
in this country are not due to the
British rubber growers raising the
prices, but are a result of exorbitant
prices charged by American manufac-
turers who purchase the raw material
from Britain.
Apparently the democrats are
afraid that the political prestige of
Hoover will be too much advanced as
a result of the rubber controversy,
and as result we have an opportun-
ity of hearing some very interesting
figures, which Congressman Schallen-
berger puts before us.
Posing as the defender and protec-
tor of the people" Schallenberger
says:
why should we not investigate the
real profteers to protect the Ameri-
can consumer? We have had a mil
lion yells about foreign controls but
not one word against American pro-
fiteers and manufacturers of adulter-
ated tires"
Il wonder If the secretary of COM
merce reads his own publication" he
said. 1.-THE monthly summary Of for
eign commerce for November last
gives the actual figures of the amount
of rubber imported into this country
in 1925 and the price for the eleven
months Of 1925, and the entire amount
of rubber imported was 79S,000,000
pounds, the entire cost $685., 649, 144
and not 500, 100000. The remarks Of
Secretary Hoover to our committee
were based upon the idea that the
cost Of rubber to the American peo-
pie amounted to the enormous sum
Of $7OO,0O0,000 last year. Mr.. Hoover
said the public had been saved $780,
100000 by drop in the price of rub
Der from $1.10 to IS cents because Of
his efforts to lower It."
Congressman Schallenberger denies
that the price ever went to q dollar.
"An investigation by our commit