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Evening star., 1926-05-02

The Merchants and Manufacturers
Association has ecie TO submit to u
referendum vote of the purchasing
public of Washington the suggestion
that during the Summer months the
store hours be fixed an hour earlier
for both opening and closing.
In presenting the suggestion that
from June ] to September Is the
stores open at s am. and close at D
pm, with the customary all day clos
ing on Saturday during July and
August, Charles J. Columbus, secre-
tary of the association. invited express
sions from the buying public as to how
this would meet their convenience and
accommodation.
This is a serious question for the
business houses to decide, and so be-
fore the matter is finally acted on by
the trae sections of this association,
we wish to secure an expression from
the buying public as to just what their
desires are" said Mr.. Columbus. 1.-The
stores now close at pm. Those that
are large employers of female help
open at 3 and 9:15.
"The Merchants and Manufacturers
Association will welcome letters from
the shopping public, particularly from
employees of the Federal Government
We want to take this public means of
requesting that the employees in each
of the executive departments, divi.
sions, or Independent establishments
under the Federal and District gov
ernments make a survey Of their in
dividual establishments and give us
the result of that survey.
1T is the opinion Of the proponents
of this plan that the proposed change
would be a welcome move. giving
those who go to work at 8 am. an
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SPECIAL NOTICES.

ADMINISTRATION male songsters; guar
enteed TO sing satlsf3cto"IH within one week:
47o5 = ArHERroN ;, ''S indiana ave, Wa"
FURNITURE REPAIRING AND UPHoL-
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INSTALLATION or CONVENIENT FLOOR
plugs and extensions a speciality g. z.
NOYEs. ISL A st. Sc: Atlantic 65s. 2.
|. JOHN F: 4. MARTIN OF IPPER MARL-
pHhli;ation viii not be responsible for any
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TO PATRONS OF THE HCSKE OPTICAL
co You are invited to call at the Knsman
Critical Co. 705 l4th st, NV. Colorado
now @ on Gle. We have pHrchased the 1eS stock.
ca and KPSSMKN Hf the Hus6s 6s
tth st. NV. Colorado Bldg.
BUILDING MATERIALS - wreckinE Gov;
ernment frame buildings at Walter Reed
,Imbber@l c14 9%G. @ES' 2x1G: sheathinS.
tooring. siding; wall board, plaster board.
walter Reed. !. Dahlia St. from either. Geor
a Aai 2GFsRE H6HsR s!sim1R @REcktN e t3SN CO
wANTED--A RETURN LOAD OFF FURNI.
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t,nion Veterans Of the Civil War. is con
q naternal lIne> g the men who served the
NER. Room s35 Southern Bldg.
THE REGULAR ANNUAL MEETING OF
T viii be @ h"ld at ceme.ery Once
cemetery, grounds. Monday. May 3. 1926. at
JOS. J. CAYLoR. Treas.
THE STORY OF A SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS
T The HechinSer Co. Is centerne ita principal
We started back in 1911 as house-wreck-
ton ir the front rank. Finding Unsuitable
demand for building materials which could
he sold at reasonable prices. we learned that
would gladly sell them at bargain prices II
T9Hd have Gave addad n nes
rev building materials. so that our wreck
ing business while the biggest in the city
Is but a small part of our total volume to-
day We have given our customers better
and better .propositions, II is the modern
dominant today-the chain-store idea. run
on the cash -and-carry basis. with volume
greatly reducing the cost of doing business
per dollar of sales. We have reached the
point where all new building materials from
"foundaton to roof may be purchased at
one place at the right price without loss Of
time.
HECHINGER CO. 5th & Fla. Ave NE
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R2ge from Germany that went
[ through Hamburg on their way To
this country in the past year had .
total value OF s 300 900
Evening star., 1926-05-02

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Evening star., 1926-05-02
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public an opportunity to voice its
opinion on the proposed changes.
The chief recommendation provide
for the lifting Of the rush hod" lark
ing ban on all downtown streets. and
"a liberalization of the pIrl;ino 80
Stric;iOns in the cOuGested zlne
through the crcatiOn Of several now
Da@kng areas on streets where pa H.
r.G is not now permitted, aud the eI-
tension of the parking limit from
one to two hours on certain streets.
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Sees Drivers More Cautious.

Mai. Edwin =. Hesse, superintend
ent of police, attributes the phenom
enal decrease in arrests last month to
the increased caution taken by motor
lists and not to a relaxation in the
efforts of the police. THE officers
may be using little more discretion
than heretofore" he said, but the
Police Department has not relented
whatever in It's campaign 70 round up
traffic violators."
The police chief also pointed out
that virtually every day he sends a
message to the men on the beats
through the daily bulletin to keen n
Evening star., 1926-05-02
TRAFFIC ARRESTS
PLUNGE IN APRIL
Problem of Reduction Seem
inq|y Has Solved Itself.
Total for Month, 3,265.

The perplexing problem confronting
the District Commissioners as how
best to reduce traffic arrests. which
were made at an unprecedented rate
the first three months of the year,
seems to have solved itself.
A compilation of traffic arrest hS-
ures by the Police Department yester-
day showed that 3,265 motorists ran
afoul of the traffic code in April
more than so per cent less than the
preceding month, which shattered all
records with a total of 6,?1l. The
April arrests also are considerably
lower than those in January and Feb
ruary. Arrests in January totalcd
4,o94 and in the following month 4.249.
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Plan to Open and Close Stores Hour
Earlier Submitted to Public's Vote

opportunity to shop at that time, while
the air is fresh and cool.
But the business houses Of Wash
ington want to do what their Gus
toners desire and so if their custom
ers will write the Merchants and Man
ufacturers' Association, at 400 Star
Building, expressing their desires, it
will enable the stores themselves t.
coordinate this matter of Summer
store hours to their satisfac ction."
Evening star., 1926-05-02

careful lookout for traffic violations
The official organ yesterday adTnon
ished the police to make close ohser-
vation for dirty and defaced autOmo-
bile identification tags and for cars
parked at night without Il parking
light.
1t is interesting to note, however.
that the rapid decline in arrests fol
lowed Il suggestion by the COmmis-
sioners that the traffic code should he
condensed with q view to cutting down
traffic arrests.
Add Several Regulations.
Maj. IIcsse and Traffic Director NJ.
o. Edridge got together at the drec-
ton of the Commissioners and drafted
recommendations, which they 81 id
would have the effect of reducing ar
rests Instead of eliminating some Of
the existing regulations, the recon-
mendatiOns of these officers would
add several new ones.
The joint report still is before the
commissioners for action, and no in
dication was forthcoming yesterday
as to when il would be considered.
Commissioner Fenning pointed out
that action was deferred to give the
Evening star., 1926-05-02

CANARIES-Beautiful male songsters; guar
enteed TO sing satisfactorily within one week.
At ATHERTOE'S. 33S Indiana ave. Main
4702.
FERNITL-RE REPAIRING AND UPHOL-
Evening star., 1926-05-02

their parish hall.
Second and G.
streets southeast.
Miss Agnes
Nolan will play
the leading role
of Mary Ann" in
the production.
which Is under
the supervision of
Father John Daily,
assisted by Alfred
A. McGarraghy.
Others in the cast
are Mildred Re
petit. Elizabeth
Dugan, Catherine
Davis, Blanche
Lothrop, Eileen
Dugan. Mary
I.a~A Iplio nfO
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gins. Mary Davis, Romaine Donnelly.
Mary Agnes O'Connell, William Bray,
Francis McGarraghy. Thomas ODon-
nell. Richard Everett, William Kelly
and Bart Diggins.
The ST. Peters Orchestra. under
direction of Pustin Mccarthy. will
play.
Evening star., 1926-05-02
ST. PETERS PLAYERS
TO GIVE ZANGWILL PLAY
Merely Mary Ann" Will Be Pre-
sented in Parish Hall in South
east May 16 and 10.

The St. Peters Players present the
four-act play. Merely Mary Ann" by
Israel Zangwill. Tuesday and Wed
nesday evenings, May IS and 10, in
Evening star., 1926-05-02
Ordered to This City.

Col. Francis H. Pope, Quartermaster
Corps, at Fort Hayes, Ohio, has been
ordered to this city for duty in the
Office of the quartermaster general.
War Department
The Ely miner., 1926-10-29

No matter what ails your child,
gentle, thorough laxative should al
ways be the first treatment given.
If your little one is out of sorts,
half sick, isn't resting, eating and act
ing naturally-look, Mother! see II
tongue is coated. This is a sure sign
that the little stomach, liver and
bowels are clogged with waste. When
cross, irritable, feverish, stomach sour,
breath bad or has stomach-ache, diar-
rhoea, sore throat, full of cold, give
teaspoonful- of California Fig Syrup"
and In few hours all the consti-
pated poison, undigested food and sour
bile gently moves out of the little
bowels without gripping. and you have
q well, playful child again.
Mothers can rest easy after giving
this harmless, ''fruity laxative" be-
cause it never fails to cleanse the
little ones liver and bowels and
sweeten the stomach, and they dearly
love IT'S pleasant taste. Full direc-
tions for babies, children of all ages
and for grown-ups printed on each
bottle.
Beware Of counterfeit fig syrups.
Ask your druggist for a bottle of
California Fig Syrup" then see that
1t is made by the California Fig
Syrup Company"
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mand that, at least for dressy occa-
sions, we wear dressy millinery.
So 1t Is that ornateness, achieved
through artful color effects and crafty
handwork, is bespeken throughout the
realm Of millinery. Which accounts
for the dressy element having entered
into the designing of the charming
headwear shown In this picture.
That felt can assume the airs of a
dress hat IL 1t wants to Is convincing
ly proved in the first hat shown.
Briefly described 1t is beige shape
of exceeding great elegance cut by
deft hands In irregular points and so
positioned at the crown as to reveal
an inlay of nasturtium velours. The
edges are outlined with gold paint and
there Is a cunning little feather
spattered with gold which doesn't
show In the picture.
The wee hat at the top center is all
aglitter with gilt stitchery on velvet
ribbon, the same alternated with rows
of grosgrain ribbon, the entire accent
ing complicated handling.
The clever little shape with deep
cuff at the back shown to the right at
the top Is Of velvet. 1t also Is elab-
Grated with whimsical embroidery
The Ely miner., 1926-10-29
sZeVI.N
.Sarl(1f1
Story
BIRDS IN THE zoo

sT NJ THE white-headed sea eagle
and I'm from South Africa"
Billie Brownie was visiting some Of
the birds In the Zoo And they were
telling him about themselves.
"Yes," continued the white-headed
sea eagle, ''and now Tn here. OF
course you can see that for yourself.
But 1t seems a long distance from
South Africa, doesn't it?
"My way and the family way has
always been to capture our food alive
fish is what we like.
''And you can also see that I am
beautiful. That, too, Is a family char
acteristic.
"My back feathers are of a lovely
slate-gray color and my head is white
as my name tells anyone.
"Under part Of my tail 1t is white
and l have white feathers upon my
legs"
81 agree with you," said Billie
Brownie. "You are a very striking,
handsome bird"
THANK you, thank you," said the
white-headed sea eagle.
II am the Australian eagle. You
see l have brown feathers. And I,
The Ely miner., 1926-10-29
o. '
Martha Martin

whom Billie Brownie called, "am the
Asiatic White Crane. I live In the
open country, and we are to be found
In pairs or in small family groups.
''We are dainty. You see / am white
and gray. / like pretty, simple coIors.
Fish Is what we are fed. They
say that very little Is known about
our nesting ways when wild and 1t Is
a family secret as matter of fact
1--WE keep our home nests very
secret!"
Then Billie Brownie saw a pelican
swallowing a fish and 1t seemed as
though he could see right into the
pelican's throat in the sunlight.
The pelicans were going about with
their bits of fish and they were chat
tering and making a great deal of
noise.
The gulls were folding their feath-
ers so nicely on their backs, spread
ing out their wings and making them
selves look their very best.
They had not paid any attention to
the pelicans when they had wiggled
down their food-for that was just
how it had looked to Billie Brownie.
Nor had they chartered as much as
the pelicans had.
81 am the black-necked stork," said
the next one upon whom Billie
Brownie called.
my neck is really more of a pea
cock-blue color than 1t is black, but l
suppose the person who first named
us was more or less color-blind.
"At any rate such is the name, and,
too, suppose some members of the
family may have necks which are
more black than blue.
"We come from India and from
northern Australia. We're very shy
and very wary Of strangers.
1--WE go about all by ourselves when
in the free state, though we do go in
pairs, too.
Don't you think our long and very
thin pink legs are quite interesting
and unusual?"
Indeed do" agreed Billie Brownie.
He had been particularly fascinated
by their long and very, very thin pink
legs.
I'm the American Flamingo," said
the next bird. 1--WE live along the At
lantfc coasts of tropical America.
when we are wild our colOrs are
more wonderful and more brilliant.
We lose some of the brilliant coloring
when we're in the zoo. Such is the
Flamingo Family way"
And then Billie watched the keeper
feed the Pacific Gull and after feed
ing him he gave the gull's beak nice
little affectionate shake, for he was
great pet of the keeper.
But Billie Brownie had TO leave
then. He was invited to come again,
however, to hear more Of their stories.
(Copyright)
The Ely miner., 1926-10-29

The nipa palm, which Col. Carmi
Thompson, President Coolidge's ennis
sary in the Philippine islands, recent
ly learned may become an important
source of sugar, has long been an i'm
portant factor in the economic life of
the people of the islands, says the
Minneapolis Journal. 1t supplies shell
ter and food, but 1t also furnishes the
basis of .'vino," one of the most BRAIN
corroding liquids produced by the tai
ented amateur distillers of the Orient.
1t is thus tree of both good and evil
fruit
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CHE WHY of
SUPERSTITIONS
BY II. IRVING KING
THE sow THISTLE

NTHEN the sow thistle drops its
w blossoms it is sure sign Of rain.
This superstition, according to the
Journal of the American Folk Lore So
ciety, exists in the southern states
very likely the reader will know Of its
existence in other sections of the
country. As far as the writer can find
out, it is the only survival in this
country Of the many supersdtions con-
nected with the sow thistle in Europe,
where from time immemorial 1t has
been a magic plant.
Though not indigenous to this conti-
nent the sow thistle-Or swine thistle
as it is sometimes calIed-is now wide
ly distributed here. The name that
the immigrant has brought with It is
reminiscent of one Of the magic attri-
butes with which it is accredited in the
Old world, where sprigs of 1t are
nailed inside the pig troughs so that
the swine may profit by the magical
virtues which it imparts to their food.
In Europe, as in America, the SOW
thistle is able to foretell the rain.
The legend of the discovery of the
virtues of the plant in question is evil
dently more modern than the supersti-
tions which pertain to it. The legend
says that in a time Of drought and
visitation of the plague. Charlemagne
was bidden by an angel in dream to
shoot an arrow into the air; whatever
that arrow lighted upon would cure
the plague. Charlemagne followed d.
rectfons and his arrow lighted upon
clump of sow thistle. BY royal procla-
nation the people ate sow thistle and
the plague disappeared; presumably
the rain fell also. 1t is evident that
the sow thistle was one of the many
Tightning plants" of the old Germans
plants which were supposed to be
engendered or at least fructified, by
Lightning, and lightning is, as rule,
accompanied by rain. In the use of the
plant In connection with hogs so COM
mon in Germany, there may be remi-
niscence of the pig which was sacri-
feed to Isis to insure moisture.
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The Ely miner., 1926-10-29
How 1t Started
DRUMMING OUT OF CAMP
By JEAN NEWTON

THIS Is an expression which is
l. sometimes appropriated into every
day speech from the parlance of
places where men foregather A mem
Der of team or one of any group of
men becoming obstreperous or trouble
making is threatened with being
"drummed out of camp"-in other
words, thrown out The phrase had
it's origin In the army, where at one
time 1t was of literal significance.
Years ago, when a soldier was dis
honorably discharged he was literally
"drummed out of the regiment" The
regiment was lined up in full dress,
and the offender placed in the middle
of hollow square. His buttons and
shoulder-straps were then cut off and
he was led off the reservation while
the band played funeral dirge!
An apt phrase, drumming man
out of camp" soon found its way into
the language of men regardless of its
military significance. And today it Is
frequently encountered, used In its
figurative sense in common speech.
(Copyright.)
The Ely miner., 1926-10-29
WHEN I WAS
TWENTY-ONE
At 21-charIes w. Eliot, Famous
Educator, Was Already a Teacher.
BY JOSEPH KAYE

ga T TWENTY-ONE was tu-
"A tor at Harvard.
"In by freshman year l became
much interested in chemistry, and
from the beginning of my sophomore
year I had the privilege of working
in the small chemical laboratory
which Josiah Parsons Cooke, instruc-
tor In chemistry, was allowed to fit
up at his own expense In the base
ment of University hall.
During the last three years of my
college course l did much work in that
little laboratory every week, In addi-
tion to attending all the recitations
required of my class, and doing well
in all the studies of the regular
course. To the best of my knowledge
/ was the only Undergraduate at Har-
ward college who had the privilege Of
studying a science by the laboratory
method
"At that time also / joined a new
boat club which was mainly recruited
among professional students and was
intended to furnish pleasure and ex-
ercise to Its members, but not to pre-
pare men for the races. As I proved
to the club to be strong and endur-
ing oarsman, was invited to Join the
Harvard crew because 1t had proved
impossible to find six undergraduates
competent and willing to row.
Charles w. Eliot"
Doctor Eliot was one of the most
famous educators of the country. He
died short time ago at the age of
ninety-two. He was active in his work
almost to the time Of his death.
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boa exclusively for evening wear. On
the contrary 1t has become to her al
most as an essential to the compile
ton of her daytime costume.
How charming a note the ostrich
boa or, rather, ruff adds to the autumn
appearance of madame and mademoi-
selle Is told in this picture. The os-
trich collarette to the left, worn with
the black lace and georgette frock, is
a dark rust shade, while the one on
the figure to the right INDUCES in the
new ombre shading, In this instance
grading from dark green to pistachiO
with a presence Of deep red flues as
well. Note the smart felt hats, for IL
not conspicuously draped velvet tur-
ban, then the French woman of fash
lon wears felt
Not only in neckpieces for daytime
wear, but In every conceivable inter-
probation, has ostrich entered the
style picture. Feather boas, the long
willowy type in two-tone combina-
tions, are favored for dressier occa-
sion. The newest item Of all in fash
ionable dress is the gold ostrich eve
ming neckpiece.
Styles In ostrich neckpieces for
street wear include chokers, ruffs and
The Ely miner., 1926-10-29
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The Ely miner., 1926-10-29
Not So Good

Letter received by a Detroit retail
stores credit manager In answer to a
request for information regarding an
applicant for a charge account: "Dere
Sur: The man John D. what you ask
if his credit is with me in reply will
say 1t amt no good as he owes me
SIG for six years and yesterday he bor-
rowed ten more and / guess I am
crazy but he hipotized me and he will
you If has chanct."
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ga w s
- By Viola Brothers Shore
FOR THE GOOSE

FOR THE GOOSE
TF A man can remember It's gettin'
L late, you amt Inskin' such grand
headway with him
Don't take carvin' knife to cut
your corns.
Fightin' down the pangs Of envy is
worth lot. Not havin' EN- to fight
Is worth a lot more.
FOR THE GANDER-
Some people are SO gloomy when
they look up at the sky it only seems
to them like a rip in the clouds.
You learn some'm from the success
of others. But not as much as from
your own failures.
Kissin', like any other kind of
anglin', is best in troubled waters.
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Breath Was So Bad

Brooklyn. Miss Rose Dittmar
writes :-"Even though / brushed
my teeth and used a mouth wash,
my friends turned away when I
talked and I wondered why my
breath was so offensive, while peo-
pie less careful were not troubled.
After taking Carter's Little Liver
Pills for while the trouble started
to disappear. I also noticed my
face had better color and was clear
er, my eyes brighter, my appetite
more hearty and I had no consti-
patton" Bad breath must be
reached at the source of the trou-
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to mankind. as
1t was he who
gave to the
W o r | d ID r.
Pierce's Favor
lite Prescription
W b | C b b a 8
brought restored
health to count
| e s 8 W o m e n.
One of them
says: For the
past 20 years l
have taken DR.:
The Ely miner., 1926-10-29
MILLINERY Is MORE ORNATE;
PARIS SPONSORS OSTRICH BOA

THAT note Of elegance and elabora-
L ton which so characterizes our
costume modes this season Is also
finding Its way into millinery. 1t Is
taking some persuasion on the part of
Dame Fashion to jog US out of the
lethargic state Of being content to
wear a simple little shape to almost
the exclusion of millinery which is
real millinery. However, the signs of
the times tell US that the days of our
complacency are over; from now on
orders straight from headquarters de-