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Evening star., 1926-03-16
Ell Whitney and Cotton Gin.

Eli Whitney, famous inventor OF the
cotton gin, was just a young New Eng
land schoolmaster who had been calleo
to Georgia to take a tutoring position.
He had not been in Georgia a week ne'
fore he heard the cotton planters talK-
inE about the subject that never
wearied them. a machine for cleaning
cotton, then a hand process. and the
most costly of the operations. Al
though hundreds Of men had dreamed
Of a cotton-cleaning engine, no one had
ever been able to devise one until
whitney. inside OF six months, had
perfected his first "gin" and put II
on the market.
What the gin meant to the cotton
business everybody knows. but there
Is a general belief that Whitney was
cheate out of his Isatent rights. W nat
happened was that he tried to collect
eXorbitant royalties on his machlne'
and when HOgden Holmes. Georgia
inventor. made an improvement on
Whitney's gin. Whitney. instead OF
buying the patent. tried to prove II
was an infringement on his own pat
ent. A lawsuit lasting many years foi-
lowed. consuming most of Whitney S
profits. and in the end he lost. All the
same. they put up statue 10 w MT
nev in Hogden Holmes home town.
Now what do you know about that!
Answers to Yesterdays Questions.
/. Lake Superior is the largest lake
in the world.
.. Lake Titatica is the largest well
known lake standing at a very hlgh
altitude, l2.5l5 feet above sea level IN
the Andes Mountains.
3. The bottoms of the Great Lakes
are below sea level. except Lake Erie.
4. Florida has more lakes than any
other State in the Union.
s. Great Salt Lake contained no flSh
when first discovered: it has since
been stocked.
6. Besides the Great Lakes of Amer
ica, there is chain of great lakes in
the Ethiopian Highla nds in Africa; the
Nile takes it's source there.
Evening star., 1926-03-16
PERSONAL HEALTH SERVICE
BY WILLIAM BRADY, NJ. ID.

Illustrative of the way in which we
Savants arrive at our bizarre ideas
is little incident | should like to
mention. Pondering the subject of
this talk in the back of my head
as | busted in what some people call
work, l estmat ted that fully one
third of all the queries concerning
complexion which come to me from
readers of these health articles are
from members of what was formerly
designated as the male sex. In fact.
was about to run away with that
estimate as a fair conclusion. Then
something. made me hesitate and ]
decided to put the thing to an actual
count. l tabulated the first 200
queries relating to complexion that
came to my desk. and | found that
they actually ran like this:
Inquiries from females. las
Inquiries from males. s............~ %
Inquiries from neuters. .......... "a
NJ. Jones, for instance a neuter,
being neither Mary nor Mike.
There is a prodigious amount Of
poppycock under the name Of beauty
advice. and much of this stuff is
harmful or dangerous, and ! wonder
that fathers and husba nds--who pay
the fiddlers-do not rebel against play
ing the role of goat in this barefaced
exploitation of feminine credulity.
wonder still more that some of the
victims of the maltreatment thus pre-
scribed do not seek damages from the
trick business firms that engage in
this sort Of game.
Copyright. 1926.I
Evening star., 1926-03-16
The Little Flowers.

Spring is stealing up over the Shoul'
der of the world. Soon the sap will
flow and the first bird travellers will
appear. Frost crack will split the
warming earth and green glintS will
brighten the brown grass in the fence
corners Then the woods flowers will
stir and before long the forest floors
will he laid with magic carpet hea uti-
full beyond the beauty of that one
fahled for childhood This is a real
one.
I'll tell YOU about one piece | know
well. Close hy my little brown house
In the hills there was a patch of
ecruhby woods. Here and there a tall
old tree shouldered his. way up. a
white birch lifted a beSeeching arm.
spraw Wiling hemlock tumbled her
feathery draperies over the heaped
and rottinG brush.
That's a very dirty mess. said
the woodsman. Better get it cleared
away Bad place for fire So we
cleared it of brush and dead wood.
talked kindly to the old trees and
hraced up the Young ones and left
them to grow il they could. And they
did. The pines shot up and spread
their arms wide and the bircheS and
hemlocks laughed out loud and kissed
their glad hands to the sky. Such a
pretty bit of woods you never saw.
But about the carpet. Last Spring.
Just when the blue mist that Spring
uses to veil her exquisite beauty lay
over the green and rose and soft
brown of the hill and the valley. !
went TO the woods and there lay the
magic carpet. First it was purple
not the purple you are thinking of
unless YOU have seen floor covered
with hlossoming checkerberries you
have never seen purple like this.
over the purple mat hung clouds
Evening star., 1926-03-16
THE FLAG OF THE GERMAN REPUBLIC

This new flag is tricolor Of three hori;;
zonttal stripes of equal width black. red and
indicate blsck above. vertical lines show the
red stripe in the middle and the gold is be-
low. This is the national flag The mer-
chant flag is three stripes IN the same DosI.
tion and proportions. of black. white and
rod
Whom the convention OF Weimar in
1919 adopted "a new constitution for
the republic of Germany. it also adopt
ed new flag of bla ok red gold. chosen
in conformity with old ideals of uni
fed Germany.
There are several stories to explain
the origin of this tricolor. 1t has been
stated that these were the colors of
the carpet over which Frederick Bar
barossa walked to he crowned in
Frankfort Cathedral in 1852. Accord
ing to this tradition. pieces of the car
pet were taken for souvenirs in quite
modern fashion and carried about the
town as banners Prof. Delbruck of
the University of Berlin says some be
lieve that the black coats. red collars
and gold buttons of the LutZow Nolun-
teer Corps. during the war with Napo-
leon in 1913. furnished the COlOrs for
the banners used few years later by
the student organizations favoring re
pubica nism.
AS the flag of these early institu-
tiOns. its use was prohibited in 1919.
The black-red- gold was unfurled a
number of times during the next 100
years by different clubs and societies
and at one time an effort was made to
have it adopted as the emblem of a
united Germany under the empire.
Evening star., 1926-03-16
BY Edna KENT FORBES.

rubber and aren't uncomfortable,
they do sweat off-for it is just that
and rub off good deal of unwanted
flesh. and they support the weak
muscles After a time do away with
the straps and depend on massage
and chin exercises to strengthen
these muscles.
Use cold cream on the skin. for
astringents may he too drying. Use
ice as the cheapest. most convenient
and. ] believe. most effective of all
astringents sold. Rub under the 6hin
with ice every day. for at least five
minutes. And learn to hold your
head we'll up-many cases of bad chin
line are due 10 letting the head hang
forward.
MI W.-Ordinary exercise will not
do much toward reducing portions of
YOUR body. Walking helps YOU most
by setting up the blood circulation
and increasing your capacity for
breathing and. therefore. taking much
more oxygen into your system. The
exercise that will count in reducing
Your legs and ankles must be of a
vigorous nature; try massaging.
which is really concentrated form
of exercise
Evening star., 1926-03-16
Complexion Complex.

Some savant a decade ago sent up
q mournful wall over the sad pass to
which the race had come. He pointed
to histOry-and I sometimes suspect
history was made to order for this
very purpose to indicate that an in
creasins effeminacy indicates the ap-
preaching fall Of a nation, and then he
bade US look about and tremble. which
indeed we may easily do in the mod
ern gents millinery emporium or the
barber shop. The sexes. said this seer.
are fast approaching each other in
physical appearance. mentality. char
acter. dress and general habits.
The sexes are. indeed, fast and they
seem to approach each other much too
early and too often nowadays. but
viewing the phenomenon from various
angles | am constrained to conclude
that the professor was the victim OF
an optical illusion. The apparent fu
sion of the sexes when viewed in pre-
cisely the right light and with good
lens resolves itself into close
tuxtapositiOn.
whispered about that such and such
a. lady killer wore corsets. 1t was
usually a concocted story. | am sure
because lady killing is A hazardous
sport and casualties do happen. and
/ have never caught wounded
Adonis with stays on and | have never
heard of a physician encountering
such a. case. Nowadays. of course, if
the sexes exchange apparel there is
no corset to quarrel about.
Evening star., 1926-03-16

Because of the poor business condi-
+ tions in Poland the people" have been
unable to buy as much clothing as in
previous Winters. and this has thrown
many textile workers out of employ
ment
Evening star., 1926-03-16

1t was not until 1867 that fedora.
ton of all the German states or a real
national flag came into existence. In
the constitution of that year n black
white-red tricolor was given TO tho
merchant marine This was explained
as a combinatio of the old black AMI
white of the sovereign state Of Prus-
sa. and white and red, the Colors or
most of the free cities Of the North
German Hanseatic League since the
early middle ages.
Many classes in the new republic to
whom the old black red gold had not
been familiar favored the adoption of
this marine tricolor for the new ma
tional flag. When the hlaCk-red gold
was finally established by orders, tho
] lth of April. 1921. a combination flag
was also authorized for marine use Of
bla k -white-red horizontal stripes. with
a small black red-gold flag in the up-
per corner of the black stripe next the
staff. BLACK red gold. the cOlors Of
national hope. and bla -White-red, the
colors of national achievement"
The old imperial eagle is no longer
seen. but the coat of arms of the re-
public, which is used on the Presi-
dents flag and on diplomatic flags. dis.
plays a conventional eagle with out
stretched wings. This eagle is black.
and has claws. tongue and beak Of red.
but is without crown or ornamentd-
tion.
TIE flag is displayed on Constitution
day. July 81. and in compliment to the
holidays of the United States.
dCopyright 1927
Evening star., 1926-03-16
Our Children-By Angelo Patri

, Of creamy white blossoms. nodding
and swayinc with the breath Of
Spring. Bishops cap. the flower peo'
pie call this dainty thing. Imagine
clouds and clouds of it swaying over
purple flowers. wee things as perfect
as orchids. But there is more.
When we cleaned up the forest floor
we left hollows and heights and rocks.
just as they were. A very rough
place. indeed, but it couldn't be helped.
! thought. Cost too much to level
and smooth it. Lucky thing for us
something stopped us. In every hol
low there nestled host of wee white
violetS Ever see them? Ever see
them by hundreds and hundreds smil
ing shyly in bowl trimmed round
with bishops cap and purple checker
berry and blue violets? You'll feel as
though you had been to seven church
services and two Easter Sundays.
Between the rocks snuggled the he
paticaS. ClumpS of the lovely blue
ones and companies of the white ones
and scattered about wherever a tree
trunk or friendly rock gave shelter
were the little wild lilies of the valley.
Ferns. curled and uncurled. stout ones
and slim feathery ones stood about to
lend dignity and strength to the deco
ration. Lovely to tears was this forest
floor laid for the coming of Spring.
Down the road | heard childish
voices. high hearted gay young voices.
They came nearer and soon three
heads bobbed over the edge of the
woods. Good bye, little flowers" |
murmured. But | needn't have
troubled. Not bud did they touch.
Just sat on the stones and oo-oo.ed
You mustn't pick en-" warned the
oldest one as I showed myself. You
mustn't pick 'em. They're to look
at" The teacher did that. think
shall name the woods in her honor.
The little flowers will he her monu-
Evening star., 1926-03-16
Lighting the Dining Room.

Light on the subject of eating must
he pleasantly supplied if your meals
are to he enjoyable. When you must
grope about in the shadows for peas.
or blink your eyes at the diner op-
posite YOU because of the glare. pleas
ure becomes no part Of dining. Pro-
viding light for your dining room must
he done sensihly and taStefully If you
wish to enjoy the. time You spend
there.
No matter what lighting fixture YOU
purchase or have installed. there is
one thing to bear in mind always. The
surface Of the dining room table
should he the brightest spot in the
room. There are several ways of ac-
'complishing this. The most popular
ways are to use either a suspended
dome. or a large shade. These may be
obtained in glass, parchment, and
textiles.
You may prefer a shower fixture
which consists of several pendant
shades. In that case the shades
Evening star., 1926-03-16
BEAUTY CHATS
The Chin Line.

Not even beauty shops recognized.
until recently. the Importance of
keeping the chin line young. Some
sort of massage was included with
every facial" Ito use the trade name
for a face treatment. but the mas
sage was perfunctory. Nowadays.
however. special bottles of oils and
astringents are being sold to he used
only under the chin. Those ! have
bought and examined seem tn he
mostly our familiar old white of egg
astrinGent.
Watch your chin line. don't let it
sag, don't let the skin puCker. don't
grow double chin. If this last
calamity begins to overtake you, YOU
can always begin dieting. and reduce
that pocket of unwanted flesh which
IS playing havoc with your good looks.
Nothing is easier than to cut your
food allowance to half. though | know
fat women will find this hard 10 be
iieve.
II your chin line is very bad, a
few months treatment with chin
straps will probably do you a lot of
good These are generally made of
Evening star., 1926-03-16
Copyright. 1926.

Across.
l. Is composed of.
Z. A game.
s. Dislike.
10. Dell.
II. Precious stones.
13. Rodent.
IA. Greasy substance.
II. One who maintains doctrine.
1S. OF the present month (abbr.).
20. Exist.
81. River in Germany.
%. Indian rulers.
25. Escapes.
26. Systematized body of law.
80. Prefix; again.
80. Eager.
SO. Organ of hearing.
"a. Number of animals.
81. Heating device.
80. Willow.
Al. Earth.
~. Pointed pieces of wire.
43. Those who propel a boat.
/. Articles of wearing apparel.
2. Ancient.
3. Christmas.
4. Having shoes on.
5. SpigOt.
s. Sedate.
Z. Make arrangements.
Q. Other.
10. Make a face.
u. An unknown person.
IS. Repudiate.
16. Elocutionist.
10. Large woody plant.
81. Mountain in Thessaly.
23 Mans nickname.
Himself
Evening star., 1926-03-16
What Do You Know
About 1t?
Daily Science Six.

I. Who invented the micro
scope?
2. Who invented the airplane?
3. Who invented gunpOwder?
4. Who invented the telescope?
:. Who invented the steam
engine?
G. Who invented telegraphy?
ANSWERS to these questions In
tomOrrOW's Starr
Evening star., 1926-03-16
Distorp of Dour Ramt
BY PHILIP FRANCIS NOWLAN.
UMSTED
VARiATlONS-Um OImstead.
RACIAL ORIGiN-English.
SOURCE-A locality.

The family names of Cmsted and
Umstead give little indication of their
origin. But the variation Olmstead
furnishes the clue. The first two are
but simplified spellings of the latter,
which in it's turn is a simplified spell
ing of "HolmStead." And while the
name of "Holmstead' is not easily
found today, it is found recorded in
the county and municipal documents
of late medieval and early modern
periods in England.
But the meaning OF the name
"Holmstead" is not similar to that of
the word. Homestead"
The second syllable is the same.
being, Of course, the old Saxon "stead"
with the meaning of "a place. But
in this case the first syllable "holm,' -
which is different from 'home," had
a meaning either of "oak" or of ''low-
land" it is difficult to tell which.
Evening star., 1926-03-16
Lessons in English
BY w. l.. GORDON.

often mispronounced: Pergola. Pro
nounce the as in her" the as in
go" the unstressed. and accent the
not the o.
OFTEN misspelled: Hypocrite. Note
the final e.
synonyms: Endure. bear. support,
stand, abide, suffer. tolerate.
Word study: Use word three
times and it is yours Let us in
crease our vocabulary by mastering
one word each day. Today's word
Domination: control: absolute au-
thority. 1.-The strong held the weak
under the domination of force and
fear"
Evening star., 1926-03-16
WHEN WE co SHOPPING
BY MRS. HARL.AND III. ALLEN.

j should be of diffused glass, tinted a
warm color. Get them deep enough to
shade the light source. If the lamps
are provided with bulbs that diffuse
Light still more effective result will
be secured.
On the market YOU will also find the
So-called balllamp fixtures, which are
somewhat popular. Many people do
not. find them satisfactory because
.they send a glare into the eyes. If
you already have them in use, you
should equip them with shades to
eliminate some of this.
The ca delabrum, or candle-f Xture,
is also popular. 1t must be equipped
+ with shades, too. to be satisfactory.
But even with shades this type of
fixture casts shadows. and some COM
plain that it does not illuminate the
table enough. You are probably
gain in dining room is to have tho
table as the high light, while the
diners are hemmed in by the subdued
, light of the rest of the room.
The combination bowl-shower has
many possibilities. In the bowl you
may use pendant shades for direct
light, and tinted lamps for secondary
light. Aonther reason you may use
the latter is because they add the
charm of color. Wall-boXes, coves,
and other out-of-the-way places may
be used to conceal tinted lamps for
secondary lighting. If you. purchase
candles, either real or electric, provide
them with simple shades. Otherwise
they attract and confuse the eye.
When wiring the dining room don't
forget the necessity of having a con-
venient outlet for connecting. such ap-
pliances as you wish to use. There
are many places for this. at the side of
the buffet, under the tabletop near the
hostess. as well AS in the fiOO'. There
should be two circuits for the dining
room fixture, one near the kitchen,
and the other in the main. entrance
Evening star., 1926-03-16
Features Of the New Spring Hats
BY MARY MARSHALL.

Going out to get hat at this
time Of the year is always something
of an adventure. II indeed YOU do
not feel any thrill whatever in an
New Britain herald., 1926-10-14

That's all for today, thanks!
 P. E. L.
New Britain herald., 1926-10-14

WTAM, Cleveland, came through with some effort, bringing shower
New Britain herald., 1926-10-14

7:30-QueenAand orchestra S-Vaughn de Leath. S:15-Horace J. Taylor, reader. S:30-Emily Oneil, James McGuire. s-Orchestra; E. Roosevelt, soprano l0-Hour of song. lO:15-Dance orchestra
 WRST-BAY SHORE-216 Silly Sternau, pianist. S:15-Fred Baumeister. S:30-Arline Frear. soprano. 9-Billy Mahlau, baritone. 9:15-D. w. Dunkle, pianist.
 WIP-PHILADELPHIA-50s 6:05-Dinner music. 6:45-Department Of Agriculture. Roll call, birthday list. S-Sesqui- Centennial exposition. S:15-Etude hour. l0:05-Dance orchestra.
 WFI-PHILADELPHIA-S95 6:45-Orchestra.
 S-The Serenader.. S:3O-Program from WEAF. 9-The Eskimos. 10-The Zippers-
 WCAC-PHHADELPHIA-27s 6:30-Billy Hays orchestra 7:30-Symphony orchestra 8-Josh Saddler's Serenaders. S:45-Go-Getters. 9-Carolyn Thomas. soprano. o.30-Musical chefs. 10-Hood Boys. 1Q:15-Preston s. Foster. bass, 10:3O-Parodians' orchestra. 11-Revue.
 WPG-ATLANT1C CITY-3O0 News flashes. 7:15-Organ recital. 7:30-Dinner music, S-World wonder excursions. S:15-Eventng concert. 9-Studio program. 9:30-Concert orchestra. 10-Organ recital. 11-Dance orchestra. WHAR-ATLANTIC CITY-275 Horticultural Question Box. 8-Seaside Trio. 9-Studio concert, WGY-SCHENECTADY-Ss0 6-Stock reports, road reports, new 6:30-Ten Eyck hotel orchestra. | T. -EICv PooL Chat William
New Britain herald., 1926-10-14
Through he Static

Not so good! No-o-o-t so good, We said Code was something terrible all evening. There was one persis- tent operator who made his efforts audible along the entire broadcast range. It was a slow, aggravating signal and it made us tear our hair several times. Static was sharp early in the evening, but that died down later, leaving the dialing system to the "street-light buzz" and the code operator. Both were in good form. We might sum Up the whole
 business by saying that conditions went right back to last winter, and you know how unsatisfactory they were then.
 About 10 of those new regenera- tive set operators were on all eve- mig and they kept things humming on the louder stations, although we enjoyed comparative comfort on the waves which were not so strong, since those gentlemen didn't even dream of the existence of stations there. WIZ. WBZ, WMCA, WGY and
 other loud ones were the stations fa- vored by these new pests.
 Between and ' o'clock we again started to see how many stations we could bring in, but we gave it up in disgust. Squeals, howls, roars and noise of other varieties smote our ears. Finally, after chewing off one corner of the battery cabinet, we ripped down the window shades and tore them into small particles. Then we left the house and kicked big holes in the cement sidewalk outside.
 Fading entered into the proceed ings, also.
 The Imperial Imps at WIZ pre- sented one of their excellent pro- grams, but the station was terrible, not through any fault of it's trans mission, but just because of the fact that conditions were bad. The wave sauirmed and doubled Up in a knot and faded and carried on a regular program of athletic stunts while we foamed at the mouth and uttered
 little squoaking noises in front of the set. The Imps sang "Mocking The
 Mocking Bird" T Wonder Who's Kissing You Now, Dear" and "Oh, How That Woman Could Cook" the
 last in German dialect. All three
 numbers were well done, Then, of all things, a Scotch comedian sang,
 When I Was Twenty One" If we've
 heard that song once we've heard it
 6,543 times. And we don't like Scotch comedians anyway.
 WTAM, Cleveland, came through
 with some effort, bringing a shower
New Britain herald., 1926-10-14
WIBO-CHICAGO-22s

WIBO-CHICAGO-22e 7-9-Dinner concert.
 WLS-CHICAGO-345 S-Songs. S:15-S:55-Trio and soloists.
 WSWS-CHICAGO-276 7-Orchestra; soloists. 11-Orchestra; soloists. 1-Witching Hour.
 WEBH-CHICAGO-370 10-Edgewater Beach orchestra 10:45-News. 12-Orchestra; songs.
 WRVA-RICHNIOND-258 S:30-Market reports; talks. 6:45-Feature program.
 WHAS-LOUISVHLE-4OO S:30-1O-Concert; Sunday school les
 son; welfare talk; time announce
 ment.
 WGHB-CLEARWATER-266 7:30- 8:30-Dinner music.
 WSB-ATLANTA-42s 9-Artist recital. 11:45-Organ recital.
 KTHS-HOT SPRINGS-375 1O-Dance music. 10:50-Eariety musicale.
 WBAP-FORT WORTH-476 S:30-Trio. 1O:30-Saxophone Octet. 12-1-Nandolin and guitar solos. WJJD-MOOSEHEART-37O 9-Children's period. WCBD-ZION CITY-345 9-Quartet: soloists. WOC-DAVENPORT-4S4 Same as WEI. S:3o-Plow Boys Quartet. 9-11-Same as WEAF.
 WCCO-MiNNEAPOLIS-416 e-Program from WEAF. 11-Weather; entertainers. WDAF-KANSAS CITY-S66 7-School Of the Air. 12:45-Nighthawk Frolic. KHJ-LOS ANGELES-405 11-News; concert. | 1-Dance music. KGO-OAKLAND-961 11-Play, Help Yourself" | 12-Dance music.
New Britain herald., 1926-10-14
Pullman POrters Not to
 Have Names Displayed

New York, Oct. 14 (P)-The tradi- .tional George" of the Pullman car service vanished to-day under order of L. s. Hungerford, an executive of the Pullman company.
 Under a new ruling, the name of every porter in charge of a car will be displayed prominently.
 The order went into effect to-day on the twentieth Century and the Southwestern Limited. It will apply to all Pullman cars as soon as the system can be extended.