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Onions Prolong Life.

Bella Bicserdy Of Pennsylvania be-
lieves eating plenty of onions viii tend
to prolong life. He Is SO certain of 1t
that he Is devoting his life to preach
ing this gospel. =
Amy kind. of an, onion Is good for
The only condition is that II. be eaten
raw u
In Szegedin, Bicserdy was attempt
ing to convert gathering of skeptics
to onion eating. The result was UNI
happy. 1t is possible. the audience OBJ
jected to the support Bicserdy was
getting from onion samples on. a near
by tables At any rate, as he was
barring his biceps to show what onion
rushed to the platform. Aided by the
police. Bicserdy made his escape.
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lCLUBWOMEN OF THE NATION 4
Unique Contest by Home
Of Business and Professional Womens
Clubs Convenes-News Of League Of Woman Voters

parties each Tuesday evening during
the summer months at the clubhouse
to assist in financing the District
work. The first of these parties is
being planned for this coming Tues
day at o'clock. If the evening is
clear. tables will be arranged in the
extensive gardens at the rear of the
clubhouse.
Miss Mary Stewart, legislative rep
resentative OF the District branch,
presided over the meeting In the alb
sence of Mrs. Henry Beriiner, who is
out of town. AL who desire to at
tend the card party are advised to
notify Miss Stewart or Mrs. Wymond
Bradbury. chairman of program, be-
fore Tuesday afternoon.
Miss Belle Sherwin, president of the
National League of Women Voters.
will leave Washington this week for,
a. two months vacation, a large part
OF which will be passed on her farm, ,
at .Willoughby, Ohio, near Cleveland.
Before returning to the Washington
headquarters of the league she viii
preside at a meeting of the board Of
directors and the organization de-
ILL.,, from September 13 to 20. -
Miss Katherine Ludington, treas
urer of the National League, has been
selected as one of the four outstand-
ing women of Connecticut who have
achieved the most In art, literature.
civics and music in the last so years.
The selection was made by. a com
mittee of seven judges.
Miss Ludington's voting citizen,
ship. church membership and her,
deepest ties of memory and civic
interest are in Connecticut. Her an.
cestors ON both sides were Connect.
cut people. and several Branches
have lived in Lyme since the founding
of the town. Miss Ludington's ear<
lest paternaI American ancestor was
William Ludington, who was born in
England and came TO America in
1859. Her great grandfather, Col.
Henry Ludington. played an active
part in the Revolutionary War, and.
was aide-de-camp to Washington at
the Battle of White Plains. ~
Before Miss Ludington became.a d.
rector of the National League she
had led the suffrage fight in Connect
cut, serving as president of the Con-
necticut Woman Suffrage Association
for several years
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Il Recent accessions at the Public
Library and lists OF recommended
reading will appear, in this column
leach Sunday.
0 Books on Science.
Alien. G. M. Birds and Their Attri
butes. PE-Al5S. S ss6
Bailey, H. II The Tree Folk. Nx,E
* 153t.
IIBalfour-Browne. Frank. Concerning
the Habits Of Insects. oT-B194c.
lBeebe, c. w The Arcturus Adven
|, ture MZ.B3e.
bradley, y. c., and PALMER, r. u. In
sect Life 0T-BT23i. gs 8a "
Dixon, Royal. Personality of Water
Animals. MzDS4. y
Du Puy, w. Al, Our Bird Friends and
Foes. PEsD926o.s
Dyer, w. A. All Around Robin Hood
Barn. PR.D983. II
Geological Society OF America. Natu
ralist's Guide to the, Americas. Ref.
M80-Ec7.
Evans, ii. r.. Forest Friends. O.Ey1f,
Finneniore, Hilda. A History Of the
Earth From star Dust to Man
Gedbssesss: Pasrio a ana Thomson, ]. a.
Biology. MvsG264b.
Gregg, W.. II. Aeronautical Meteor.
ology.. MH-GS64. 4
Han. &. a. How to Use the Micro
scope. MB.H142.
IIartland. r. s. Primitive Society,
1921, Px.H257p.
Hobbs, W. III. The Glacial Anticy,
clones. MH-H652g.
Hornaday, w. T.. A Wild Animal
Round Up. .OC.H7S6w.
Hrdlicka. Ales. The Old Americans.
Kelly. F. {. You and Your Dog. PR.
Locy, y. A. The Growth Of Biology.
Main, Mrs. A. K. Bird Companions.
PE.M286.
Malinowski Bronislaw. Argonauts Of
the Western Pacific. 1892. PIX
M294.
Meade, A. G. Man and Weather.
MH-M112ma.
McAdie, a.. G. War Weather Wig,
.nettes. MH-M112wa.
Neill. r. M. Microscopy in the Service
Pearse. A. s. Animal Geology. oc,
PIERCE, G. J. The Physiology Of Plants,
price. willard. The Negro Around the
World. -PY.P933.
Quayle, W. A. Al Book OF Clouds.
sha md,'s s. u Useful Aspects Of &c.
ology. MM-Sh1.
Shipley, Sir A. E.. Life. .sMV-Sh64l.
Sinner. III. w. An Introduction to
Earth History. MC-Sh66i.
ShuIl, Al. f. Heredity. MV4-Sh95.
Thomson, j. A. The New Natural His
tory. N. J.. M-T3STne.
Ward. tR. ID. The Climates OF the
United States. MH-21Sc.
Wyman, l.. g., and Burnells =. r.
Field Book OF Birds of the South.
western United States. PE-W9Sf. .
Yerkes, r. NJ. Almost Human Fl.
Y47. II.
Evolution.
Evolution in the Light Of Modern
knowledge. MW-Ev69.
Goodrich, E. S. Living Organisms.
1924. MW-G625.
Machin, Alfred. The Ascent Of Man
by Means of Natural Selection.
MW-M1S3.
Morgan, i. Fl. Evolution and Genetics.
MW-M822ev.
Newman. H. H., ed. Evolution, Zen zen
etics and Eugenics. MW-N466e.
Newman, H. II. The Gist OF Evolu.
ton. MW-N466g.
Thomson. J. A. The Gospel OF Evolu.
ton. INV 1850.
wilder, H. III. The Pedigree OF the
IT,,,t,o = Pace MW-W645p. NJ
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federation declared that while women
still are Handicapped greatly by sex in
the legal profession, a noticeable i'm
provement In their status is recog-
nized as many of the prejudices are
being overcome steadily wherever
women prove their ability to handle
affairs of law with success.
Avoid professional ruts by main
tanning q balance of interest through
outside activities was the advice
given the delegates by Miss Jane
Cousins, who is connected with the
legal department OF the Michigan
ton to business and exclusion of
other interests is dangerous not only
to the health but to the breadth Of
vision so necessary to the success of
the business or professional woman,
was Miss Cousins warning.
The health section or the federation
urged ali member clubs to increase
their activities in the promotion of
sports and exercises for the physical
development of women engaged in
commercial or professional pursuits.
Emphasis was laid upon the value of
physical recreation for all women en-
ployed in offices, banks, stores or
factories.
Mrs. Wymond Bradbury, chairman
Of programs for the District branch Of
the National Woman's Party, headed
delegation from her organization to
the convention at Des Moines this
past week. Mrs. Florence Bayard
HilIes of Wilmington, Del; Mrs. Isaac
Dixon of Baltimore; Miss Margaret
HaIlett, DIR. Margaret Long of Denver,
also State officer OF the Woman,s
Party; Miss Luella Clark, member of
the Iowa State board of the Woman's
Party and also board member of the
Business and Professional Women's
Club Federation in Iowa; MRS. LEILA
Gray and Mrs. w. E. Emmert of
Philadelphia were among the group
Of 30-odd delegates who attended the
convention In support of the. resolu-
ton concerning equal rights in indus
try. which was introduced by Mrs.
Hilles during the sessions.
4 \ + i
At the monthly meeting of the
& District branch Of the National
Woman's Party, held Tuesday night
at headquarters on Capitol Hill. it
was decided to hold series of card
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High Act Of Bravery.

Al feat of arms which III said to
rank with the highest acts Of indi-
vidual bravery IN the records Of the
French army hiss received oficial
mention. 1T Is the remarkable case Of
the, youthful French captain, Rietri,
varIf, commanded 40 Senegalese in an
advanced outpost. When the Rifiians
captured part Of the post the captain
;signaled the French artillery to IRE
on the spot. despite the danger to
himself. And when oil hope Of pro-
longing the defense was lest he mined
and blew up the post himself and all
his command. This act Of self -sacFi-
ficinE heroisrn was apparently accfiiIl-
6lisked with the full knoJRledg and
consent ot his devoted negro 1Oll ares
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Hungarian Chemists Discover New Light
Principle Which Does Not Involve Fire

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, is the term
applied to q new kind. of light caused
by chemical reactions which involve
no burning or combustion. The prac-
tical application Of this principle ac-
cording to advices received here, has
been worked out in a factory In Hun
gary. where tube has been devised
In which chemiluminescent reactions
can be carried out in a vacuum.
The materials which have thus far
proved most successful IN this ca
pacity are chlorine gas and sodium
yapor. These two elements brought
together in this form combine to pro,
duce sodium chloride, or common
table salt, giving off in the process
brilliant yellow light. About one
tenth Of the energy involved In this
reaction Is converted into light.
Its expected that such tubes will
find practical use for special scientific
experiments and among surgeons. due
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Pedestrians Must Walk
On Left Side Of Street


Owing to the. congestion In Roman
streets an order has been issued which
requires pedestrians to walk on the
left side of the street. # used to be
q tradition in Italy that only dogs
and Englishmen ever walked In the.
sun. Now the Romans will have to-
But some Italians havefwrittens pro-
test to the newspaper A Tevere, say.
ing that If the rule Is enforced the
hot months Of July and August VIII
see new industry the industry Of
parasols for men alone" Italian girls
protest against the new rule. as they
say It win ruin their compilations.
The smart army officers say that IL
they can't walk against the crowds
on the Corso all tlleSyoung ladies VIII
ever see or them Is their backs. Ger
tainly this Is very cruel rule
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of pumping raw river water directly
into the fire mains. Under this plan
the amount and pressure of water
available for fire-fightlng purposes
would be limited only by the capacity
of the plant. This system would be
Independent Of any arrangement of
the regular supply and distribution
system, and as last resort I'm the
case of interruption of the water sdp-'
ply could be used for emergency pur-
poses.
Question of Benefits .-cs
Under the modified plan, the bust. =
ness district proposed to be served IS
that portion bounded by Fourth and !
Eighteenth streets and b : and Il
streets.
Chiefly because. of the opposition
of the Commissioners. in the past. the
highpressure system has not been.
brought to realization. Studies of
the plan whenever the question was
agitated, convinced them that its in.
stallation would result almost solely
to the benefit of the fire Insurance
companies by way of decreased hazS'
ard without adequate return to the
public in lower insurance rates,
Some years ago the Commissioners
communicated with about 20; insur>
ance companies doing business in
Washington, to ascertain what effect
the system would have on the insur- !,
ance rates. None of the replies held
any promise Of a reduction in inSur-
ance premiums should it be installed.
The Underwriters Association of
the District, however, very recently :
informed the Commissioners that an
allowance of 5 per cent for q risk In
the high-pressure district would be /,
allowable. This action. therefore, is ..
expected to have considerable influ-
ence on the investigating committee
as well as the Commissioners in de-.
termining whether the establishment
Of the system is advisable.
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Fascists Win Elections
By Arresting Opponents

The Fascist of Italy have found
what is probably the simplest method
Of winning elections ever invented.
In the recent municipal elections of
Lecce: according to the report pub
lished by the official party organ, the
opposition parties sought to present
a list of candidates. But adds
the paper, this maneuver was.'
promptly foiled by the competent
authorities The authorities in
question were the police. who simply
arrested the candidates.
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to the fact that the light they give of
is of only one color and not composed,
like ordinary daylight, Of all the colors
Of the spectrum.
An idea following somewhat similar
lines has been devised in this country
for making luminous compounds. Ac-
cording to a patent recently granted,
the phenomenon Of phosphorescence
can be produced by the reactions OF
two classes of substances known as
Luminoph ores' and 'phosphorogens. :"
with a base Of some mineral carbonate
and combustible material like starch
or sulphur. Lunfinophores are COM
pounds Of the lighter metals, such as
sodium and potassium, while the phos-
phorogens are compounds OF heavier
metals. like silver, nickel and the
These latter make the limestone base
phOsphoresce and the former impart
the desired color to the glow.
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AAeeS W ~ ". -
A sailor was
rolling aiong the
Avenue In front
Of the Willard Ho.
tel, just as d
group OF distin-
guished looking
prelates and their
hosts were cross.
ing the pavement
to get Into cars at
the curb.
At sight of the
clerical gentlemen
the sailor took of
his cap In rever-
ence to the cloth,
and one of the
party. q venerable
parsonage, show
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not adequate to Withstand severe
storms.
Large rooms In brick buildings
should have steel roof trusseS carried
on independent steel columns.
Corridors In school buildings should
be built with solid construction walls
up through the building and certain
transverse walls should be made con,
Comparatively small square rooms
with strong construction carried I'D
through the building would act as
towers Of strength against such q
storm. 81 ss
Reinforced concrete cfitmneys and
bins ordinarily Withstand toriaadoes.
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round the two lines Of inlerita nee
that possess this young and. lovely and
wholly engaging, girl. JIG Mr.. Kelland
had gone deerNT, this would have been
"a sadder story-pe perhaps q truer one.
Let us be glad that he stayed nearer
1.-THE surface. Novels are as q whole
much too absorbed in deep diggings.
This one gives pleasure and Is at. the
same time consistent, believable, sat
isfying. s3 x, *3 I,
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Judges Salaries Cut.

The northern government In Ireland
II reducing salaries of It's high court
Judges. which have hitherto been on
the British scale and much higher
than the salaries III the Free State
Judges. Iii future the salaries are to
Be, for the lord chief justice. f4,b00 d
year: f0r the Judges of appeal. 81, 800.
and for other high court Judges, g35 900.
All the Judges hold once 10I lltss
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AROUND THE CITY
ny MAMIE LANCASTER.

SAILOR from a foreign ship
N was rolling along the Avenue.
To be strictly truthful, he
4 y walked like anybody else. but
you have to bring in sug-
gestion Of bounding pillows. 1t Is ex-
pected Of Vou--atmosphere, don't you
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| THE PUBLIC LIBRARY

/ Recent accessions at the Public
Library and lists of recommended
reading WAL appear. in this column
each Sunday,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-18

- CONSIDERABLE interest among
the clubwonen Of prominent
national organizations Is ex-
pected to be evinced in the
r@-E ,,v,ts.ta aaoe ~ 1nrfaaf4 af1af1 tn
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fast Heart, etc, New York: Har,
per & Bros,
MIR. KELLAND has set himself e
Iva task here. Stories are written in
| the main to please readers, to carry
them along in q happy accord with
| lust about such, situations and per-
sonalities as they meet and accept in
| the actual world around them. 80
when this author picks out the girl 70
carry on here he must be very sure
that he can bring her through; despite
the decided handicap that he has set
unon her. For a girl there is no OBJ
. stacle so impossible to surmount as
that of having a mother against whom
there is the sure count OF wrong
doiIlg. Now. Rhoda Fairs mother
bad hee1i A brilliant and successful
conf,flance woman, widely known,
widely condemned. No matter that
after the birth OF her daughter she
turned toward honesty and GOOD
deeds. a. saint herself could not nave
held her own against e questionapie
past The world - made tnat Way----
made that way by women themselves.
This story Is the adventure OF Rhoda
Fair. the daughter, who upon her
mothers death found herself peyond
! anv material worries. The STRUGGLE
was, therefore not one Of ways ana
mems a struggle instead within the
so,II 81 Rhoda Fair. divided, as her
mother had been, between convention
and urconvertion. between dnpulsive
acts OF generosity and unW1tling Ne.
treats into accepted behavlors a
lovely girl. and this makes the situa-
lion ali the more difficult. The story
e ! syviff ana vivid one, not concerned
with deep! psychologists and remote
~. n, ..,,,zi I, - NJ af.ffT4l Rather does it
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STAINED GLASS. BY Alfred Werck;:
TiIustrated. New York: Adelphi

Company.
CfTTING in some cathedral built by
y the skin and patience and art Of
the Middle Ages, you have rnarveied
at the glow, crimson ana vloies ana
Evold, sitting In through the great win.
dows and wondered about the art that
90 long ago surpassed itself beyond
reproduction. But time is 9 pressing
thing. opportunity seemed absent,
many duties and pleasures crowded
out your good intent to follow the IN.
tereat excited by the beauty OF that
ancient achievement In glass. Ana
right here is a book so modest IN size
A. 10 offer no hindrance to Its study.
Once inside It you win find true
economy existing there ore brought
about BY tho omission Of all non
essential mat1ors and by q clean pro
porttonihg % ~ parts, BY . nrle Of.
ganiza4inn, &c NE rhOles Al1d, this
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MISS Mary Stewart. legislative
- Chairman OF the National Fedora
ton Of Business and Professional
Women's Clubs, who has been attend
ing the sessions Of the annual con-
vention which closed last night at
Des Moines, Iowa, is expected to re-
turn to Washington this week, bring
ing with her an interesting account
OF all that transpired during the six
day meeting Of the group.
One of the interesting discussions
brought before the converting body
which already has reached the ears
OF the outside world Is that which
was introduced By members Of the
education committee regarding the
necessity for adequate preparation
for n business wofnan's career. The
COMMITTEES reported that al unit II
had been urging commercial schools
to require high school education Of all
girls enrolled for business courses.
m addition, the committee advocates
the establishment Of educational loan
funds for talented girls III order that
those who could not otherwise AZ
ford proper training may have the.
opportunity to back their talents with
4 solid basic education. Closer co..
operation with the parentsteacher or
ganizations OF the country was also
recommended by the education com.
mittHe.
spsaksrn = - issai session q ire;
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EASTERN HIGH ALUMNI
GIVE SHOW TONIGHT
Present and Former Students to
Take Part-Domestic Burlesque
Chief Feature.

Eastern High School Alumni Asso-
citation will present its annual show
in the school auditorium tonight.
The program will consist of numbers
by members of both the alumni and
student body. A principal feature of
the show will be a play entitled I'm
1899" This play is a burlesque on
the domestic conditions Of today. The
characters are John McInerney, '23l
Gilmore Wheeler, '25, and Nathark
Clark. '25
The Moon Girl" given In the re-
cent Fall show, will be repeated. with
few interesting changes and new
steps. Helen Andrews and Roberta
Harrison will sing TIN Gonna
Charleston Back to Charleston and
the chorus will give some Of the new
est Charleston steps.
Otto Lehnert will play a cornet solo.
Besides many other numbers, the
school orchestra, under the direction
of Mrs Frank Byram, will play The
Student Prince" by Bomberg, and
selections from Robin Hood by De
koven.
DR.. De Witt c. Croissant, president
Of the alumni association, will an
nounce the numbers. After the show.
Jimmy" Madison's Jazz Orchestra
will play for dancing in the armory.
Miss Marian Hummer and Miss Mary
Murray are in charge of the show.
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FORMER DRY AGENTS
ACQUITTED BY JURY
Cleared of Charge They Permitted
Illegal Removal of Al
cohol From Car.

Karl F.. Noll and Levin NJ. Price.
former dry agents, both of this city.
were acquitted in the United States
District Court at Philadelphia last
Wednesday on charges of malfea "a nee
In office by an instructed verdict of
the jury.
Noll, who lives at 326 Sheppard
street, and Price, residing at 3122
Mount Pleasant street, were assigned
To Philadelphia as dry agents at the
time they We're indicted last Spring
on charges that 20 drums of alcohol
which they We're guarding had been
Illegally removed from freight car
The two men protested their innocence
and claimed in defense that they had
been framed"
In instructing the jury to return
verdict of acquittal. Judge Thompson
declared the weak point" in the Gov
eminent prosecution of the case was
that ii had not shown in the testi-
mony that the removal OF the liquor
was legal or illegal"
1T may have been removed Illegal.
ly. he said, "or ii may have been re-
moved by the person or company that
originally shipped it, but that evil
denCe is not present. 1t is vitally
important evidence If the Government
hopes to sustain its charges that these
men permitted it to be Illegally. re-
moved
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CONSPIRACY TO REMOVE
TAX DOCUMENT ALLEGED
Income Tax Auditor Held Under
$4,000 Bond by U. S.
Commissioner.

Arrested on warrant charging
conspiracy to remove Government
documents from files at the Internal
Revenue Bureau. John p DAILY, 2l77
North Capitol street. auditor in the
income tax unit, was held under
$4,000 bond Yesterday to appear be.
fore Commissioner Needham G.
Turnage for a hearing January - to
determine whether he is to be turned
over to the Jurisdiction of a Federal
court in Florida.
The conspiracy alleged in the war
rant embraces the charge that DAILY
planned with Robert NJ Foster of
West Palm Beach. Fla. to remove
tax waiver filed by corporation
with the income tax unit. for which
DAILY was to receive $4,000 Both
DAILY and Foster were indicted at the
last session of the Federal grand Jury
at Miami, it was shown at the pre-
liminary hearing before Commission.
er Turnage yesterday and the removal
hearing was continued until Janu-
airy 10.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-08
JUG0SLAV DEBT MISSION
PERSONNEL ANNOUNCED
Official Body En- Route to New
York Headed by Minister
Of Finance.

The Jugoslav Debt Commission. now
aboard the S. S. Majestic, en- route to
New York City, is headed by Dr.
Milan Stoyadinovitch, minister of
finance. according to announcement
by the Treasury In making public the
personnel of the commission.
The other members are as follows:
George Djuritch, Minister in London;
Milan Radosavljevitch,d director Of the
ministry Of commerce; Ranislav Av-
ramovitch, former assistant minister
Of communications; Ivan Svegel, Ru-
dolph Stajmec. DIR. Pavie Karovitch.
general secretary Of the commission.
The commission Is accompanied by
Jovan Novakovitch and d. Stosho-
witch, secretaries.
Prof. M l. Pupin will act as ad-
wiser Of the commission and DIR. A.
Tresich Pavichfch, Jugoslav Minister
in Washington, will assist the COM
mission in all questions relating to the
debt