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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-28
Chinaware Specially Low Priced


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AZ Decorated China Tea Plates. W
1 Decorated China Tea. Sugar *
and Cream Set. Special. - ~
20 China Decorated Tea Cups 7Sc
and Saucers. Special. each
81 Decorated Imported Tea Cups
and Saucers. Were Zoe each. k0/-
Now ...-.'.
Imported Decorated Salad *
Sets. Special. each. $3.50. ~
2 Decorated China Salad Sets, *
Z piece. Special, each. ~
7 Decorated China Luster S0e
Plates. Were 81 each. Now wv
Imported Decorated 81 OK
Flower Vase. Special. %S"/~
Imported Decorated 81 OK
Chocolate Pot. Special. P1"/0
7 Luster Decorated Tea 60e
2 imported Decorated
sugar an. md, Cream Sets. $3.50
Decorated Haviland g *
China Celery Tray. Special %~~
q Decorated Haviland China sugar
and Cream Sets. Special, E3S6
each ........'..
3 Haviland China Decorated Coffee
Cups and Saucers. Special 81
each
Q French China Pickle E0r
Dishes. Special. each. WV
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-28

IMPORTED and Domestic Dinnerware marked very
much less than regular prices. Cose-outs from
Our open-stock dinnerware.
Section, floor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-28

Friday and Saturday the last days to take advan
tage of the prices in this great Clearance With such
opportunities for economy urge you to shop
without further delay because SO many of the guam
titles are limited and many of the styles are with
out duplicate.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-28

Increased use of electrically driven
home looms in Switzerland has given
work to more than 5000, who are
making silk ribbon at home.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-28
REPRESENTATIVES Wife Dies.

WALTHAM. Mass, January % CP).
Mrs. Robert Luce, wife of Repre-
sentative Luce of Massachusetts, died
suddenly yesterday at her home here.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-28
Bedroom Furniture Greatly Reduced

! Bedroom Chair. in mahogany fin
ish. Formerly priced at * *
S11.25. Now. Eo
l Dressing Table Bench. in mahog-
any finish. Formerly * *
priced at SO. Now. ~o"
Simmons Double Beds. III ivory
finish. round continuous post design.
Formerly priced at 1915. q TX
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-28

l Bird s-eye Maple Dresser. IN HSht
finish; As inches. For
merly priced at $3.50 S37 20
Now RSl-1O
/ Poster Bed, in mahogany finish.
twin size. Formerly ga IN
priced at S245O. Now " 1"~o
/ Bedside Table. in com blnatlon
:. .a! NY Responsibilities TSsmerly priced SITS
Enameled Dresser. In French
Gray, with 4S-inch top and large
mirror Formerly priced 90 IN
at S11O. Now. .....- pO@>~O
ns- r,r,;t,ro caot;ou Seventh
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-28
Friday Remnant Day--Unusua1 Savings

Remnant Day Merchandise is not returnab1e; not
exchangeable; not sent c. O. D. approval. Mail
or Phone Orders not accepted.
The Washington times., 1926-01-09

DANCING INSTRUCTIONS
CATHERINE BHTLE-Waifz. FOX trot.
TANGO and CharIeston; special rates
for ladies 719 eth st. N. W.
The Washington times., 1926-01-09
The New Colony

The new Crandall Colony The
alter, store and apartment build
ing, at Georgia Ave and Farragut
st. N. W., is rapidly taking final
and definitely determinable form.
1t is easily discernible, now that
the structure is about to go I'M
der roof that this Improvement is
going to be one of the most at
tractive and most impressive in
Northwest residential Washington.
The Colony Theater win have a
seating capacity OF 1900 on one
floor and will be one of the hand
soonest of all the neighborhood
houses in this, city-or anywhere
else. for that natter
The Washington times., 1926-01-09
Never Davis Tasks

The Meyer Davis organization
continues to corral the big must
cal engagements. Among those
played this week are the Army
dance at the Willard. the Friday
Evening dance, the dances given
by Mrs. 1. T. Mann and Mrs.
Joseph Letter, at the latter of
which Meyer Davis led the or
chestra, and the big Children's
Hospital ball On Monday the
Society Orchestra will play for
the Bal Boheme.
The Washington times., 1926-01-09
Inquest Later

John J. Payette, assistant gen.
eral manager of the Crandall
Theaters, is back from the wars.
Last Monday night he participated
in a very bitter battle in the
salon of his own home, other
belligerents being DIR. /. and Mrs.
George N. Payette, his parents:
Mr.. and Mrs. Schwalm, his broth
er-in-law and sister; Mildred Gran
dali, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry M. Crandall, and Leroy
Sherman, one of the veteran Gran
dali employees. 1t seems that q
bridge game was going on and
something was said about one Of
the rules! There is an eloquent
unanimity OF opinion that DR..
ard Mrs. Payette won the en-
The Washington times., 1926-01-09

gagement with no one even
very close second. Johnny Pay
cite is now playing golf!
The Washington times., 1926-01-09
Singing Salesman

The commerce n1arts needn't
suppress artistic talent il one has
a sufficient urge as James w.
Flaherty demonstrated all this
week at Loew's Palace, where ne
gave vocal prologues to the film.
THAT Royle Girl" When not
facing audiences Mr.. F1aherty IS
confronting prospects. for he's
with the Wallace Motor Company,
Nash distributors. Shortly after
the armistice he toured France in
"Apres lie Guerre," one of the best
soldier shows produced over there.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1926-08-05
CHE WHY Of
SUGGESTIONS
By II. IRVING KING
SEWING AS A CHARM

THEY say in New England that II
i girl sews a button upon the cloth
ing Of manageable man she will
marry him before the year is out. Kin
dred superstitions are common in va
rious parts of the country. In some
sections it is believed that if woman
while sewing on a dress accidentally
sews it to the garment she has on as
many lies will be told about her as she
takes stitches; and in many others
the superstition is that if garment
is mended while 1t is being worn lies
will be told about the wearer.
These superstitions are remnants of
the ancient belief in initiative magic.
The first one-about the sewing of
the button-is exactly In accord with
the belief and practice of our remote
ancestors AS the girl fastens the
button to the mans clothes so she
fastens together his life and hers The
other two have become slightly dis
torted in their descent through the
centuries but are plainly forms of the
superstition mentioned by Ovid in his
"Fasti" nearly two Thousand years
ago. He represents a witch as at
tempting to stop people lying about
her by sewing up the mouth of fish.
Originally 1t was believed that by
sewing up rent in garment while
wearing it we 'sewed up" or stopped,
the mouths of those who lied about
US.
The rhyme common in a few locali-
ties:
If you mend his clothes upon his back
It's sign his troubles will never come
back.
is much nearer the original form of
the superstition and more in accord
ance with orthodox homeopathic
magic. In Bulgaria peasant woman
will sometimes sew together the skirts
of her dress after dark. thus sewing
up" the jaws of the wolves so that
they cannot injure the cattle during
the night
20 by Mcclure Newspaper syndioate.)
The Monmouth inquirer., 1926-08-05
China's First Inhabitants
Probably Not MongoIians

Madrid. The first inhabitants of
Indo-China were probably not China
men or any of their Monaghan rela-
tions. Important new facts about the.
dark past of this corner of the Far
East are coming to light as a result
Of the Investigations of the geological
service of Indo- China.
At the international geological CON
gress held here, it is reported that
human remains unearthed In this re-
gion indicate a succession of prehis-
toric races inhabiting the peninsula
that show relations to the early fore
runners of the Malays, Australian alb
origines and Polynesians. Further
study of these finds, say biologists,
may yield important information con-
corning the origin and distribution Of
the different races Of the Far East.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1926-08-05

0DRoPsY." The Hotel stenog-
~ rapher looked across Peacock
Alley at lady sitting with man on
a divan.
''Who?" asked the House Detective,
tive
THAT chicken" explained the girl
It do not mean the disease, Kelly. I
am talking about her vamping meth
DDS. She drops things for 'em to pick
up. She carries cigarette case, a
vanity, handkerchief, a pair Of
gloves and a mesh bag and fuses
over them like Dominique hen with
FIVE chickens. She always manages to
have one Of them on the floor and
some he-thing getting 1t for her.
ut is good line, Kelly, for ire
sponsible, helpless little almost-men.
They fetch, carry and pick up for her
like well-trained retriever dog. But
let one marry her and he will begin
to throw things at her, unless as soon
as she hooks her fish, she quits drop
ping her bait around.
Every man wants for sweetheart
one of those helpless little skirts who
look like they need to be packed in
cotton batting or kept swimming in a
globe like a goldfish For wife he
wants husky girl whose children
win be soldiers and shot putters and
who will be able to beat up the coal
man and the guy who reads the gas
meter If they do not act right; one
who will tackle Job and stick till
the last kitten chokes on its milk. Men
expect this little smuggling cat of a
sweetheart to be transformed by the
magic of a marriage ceremony to the
husky amazon wife. The queer part
of it is that they get what they expect
for a reason they never suspect A
skirt sweethearting drops things,
mixes herself up with money and acts
silly with lipsticks and clothes be-
cause she knows that is what they
like. When she hooks the bird she is
after she drops all the nonsense and
becomes a real woman and the boob
thinks in some way he has made the
change"
II am glad You will change some
day said Kelly simply.
Copyright by the McNaught Syndicate. Inc-l
The Monmouth inquirer., 1926-08-05
AUSTRIAN STILL TALKS
AND SINGS MINUS LARYNX

has worked out plan by which GER
tain muscles in the lower section of
the throat are trained to become a
sort of pseudo CLOTHS.
The new method has been applied
in a number of cases, and it never has
failed to have some success, although
the results have varied and the fac
ulty of incubation has not always
been the same The best cures have
given persons voices very near the nor
NAL, but without enabling them to
sing Scheuch. however, can sing two
octaves quite correctly. although with
somewhat harsh timbre. In ordi-
nary talk he has reached such perfec-
ton that the listener does not notice
anything abnormal.
Doctor Stern, who now is endeavor-
ing to perfect his treatment, believes
that close investigation of his cases
win lead to a change of the present
notions regarding the physiological
conditions for the modulation of the
pitch of the human voice.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1926-08-05
s55,ffd3LsjnM y \ =
sSLOTy Martha Martin

sensitive. Creatures often would not
be any too kindly in what they would
say when a creature was starting out.
And he must not mind discourage
ments. They said that the more
creatures pulled together the better
it was for everyone. And they told
him that hard work and thought and
patience were Of great help.
So after George Green Frog had
heard all the wise old frogs talk he
went forth on that brilliantly sunny
day, a day so bright and cheerful and
warm that George felt the whole
world was smiling with him about his
plans and his dreams of becoming a
splendid big leader frog, a frog every
one would respect and admire.
He went about and saw how the
frogs were situated and helped them
with their pond homes and admired
the views they had and listened with
pleasure to their stories of adventures
and success.
He admired all the children and he
thought the markets about were of the
best. He passed all about the pond
and everyone seemed glad to have him
as their leader, too, for though he was
about to be their leader, they knew
he would not be a conceited, mean
leader. They knew he would be a
real leader. For once George Green
Frog had been conceited and silly and
then he had gone aWay.
The Pond Fairy had taken him to
visit the Sbons, whose name when
spelt the other way around is Snobs
They lived at Gums Landing, which
really means Snug Landing.
And George had become disguised
with it in no time at all and ever
since then he had been such nice
friendly, sensible frog, joining In all
the frog activities.
He enjoyed singing in the Frog
Glee club, which in the olden days he
had been too proud to do.
Oh yes, George Green Frog was a
splendid frog, and that night. follow
ing the day when George had been
around to see AL of them, they de-
cided to have a Frog Parade in his
honor.
They sang and they croaked and the
Frog band played, and one frog acted
as Drum Major and carried splendid
stick which he tossed up in the air in
a magnificent fashion.
And oh, how delighted George
Green Frog was when the parade came
and stood outside his stump and said :
We've come to honor our Frog Leader,
Georgia Green Frog is our Leader.
He's a frog very well worth while.
He's frog with an ever-ready smile,
Goog-a-room, goog-a-room. good-a-
room,
We've come to honor our Frog Leader.
(Copyrght.l
The Monmouth inquirer., 1926-08-05
AS Told by
Irwin S. Cobb
ABSOLUTELY BORED

"A YOUTH in the South became In
"A volved in legal proceedings as
the result of the mysterious disappear
ance of a neighbours mare and the up
shot was that a jury went so far as
to find him guilty of horse-stealing and
the judge gave him a sentence of five
years at hard labor. A friend Of mine
defended him at his trial.
Some months after his late client
had been taken away to begin serving
his sentence this friend was sitting
one morning in his office when the door
opened and there entered the father
of the youth. an elderly bearded hills
man.
'Hal," began the newcomer, II come
to see you to git you to do somethin'
bout my boy, Wesley, Junior
well, Uncle Wes," said the lawyer,
II don't believe there is anything can
do. You remember how hard worked
for him at his trial--how sweated
down two or three collars over yonder
in that courthouse and how wasted
all the oratory had in my system and
how snapped both my suspenders.
But in spite of all could say. you
know as well as l do what happened.
The case went against us and the
judge gave Wesley FIVE years in the
state penitentiary and there he is"
Eyes, sub. Hal" said the father,
Wesley, Junior, is up thar in that
there penitentiary and that's jest the
pint! got a letter frum him this
mawnin'. And he told me to come to
see you and to tell you to git him out
of that place right-a-way-he's plum
dissatisfied"
Copyright BY Central Press Association
The Monmouth inquirer., 1926-08-05
Surgeon In Vienna Clinic Trains Mus
Giles Of Throat to Perform Duties
Of Lost Cloths.

vienna.-A man without larynx,
who speaks and sings, was presented
at the last meeting of the Society Of
Physicians by DIR. Hugo Stern Of the
ARCHAEOLOGICAL clinic in Vienna.
Ignaz Scheuch, fifty-seven years old,
an artisan in st. Andrae. in Neither
Austria, had a malignant growth in
his larynx which necessitated the re-
moval of the entire organ. The opera
ton, carried out by Prof Marcus
Hajek. was success, and DR. Hugo
Stern undertook to restore to the pa
tient his faculty of speaking by new
method
In former years the surgeons used
to replace the natural larynx by an
artificial one Of metal. but the ex-
periments made with these substitutes
were not satisfactory Doctor Stern
The Monmouth inquirer., 1926-08-05
GEORGE GREEN FROG


n EoRGIE GREEN FROG had been
" talking to many old and wise
frogs and he had been asking them
how he could become more success
full frog.
He had been doing very well. In
the first place he was sensible frog
now ard had outgrown all his foolish
ways, and he had made very careful
study of all the best ways to catch
flies and bugs without any effort.
So he asked the old frogs around
what had been the things they had
done which made them so successful.
He stopped and talked with many a
powerful and splendid frog. frogs
who had been very clever and very
The Monmouth inquirer., 1926-08-05
Foreign Travel
Holds Surprises

Usually small fee is required for
reserving a seat, and in some coun-
tries, for instance in italy, the reser-
walton protects the seat only until a
few minutes before the time of de-
parture. After that the seat belongs
to the one who gets there first.
Throughout Europe it is the custom to
require the marking of a seat in some
manner when leaving 1t, for however
short time. A book, gloves or hat
suffices. 1t is sometimes possible to
obtain exclusive use of a compartment
without taking quite all the seats
therein.
For sleeping, first tand usually sec
ond) class passengers on payment Of
an additional amount have access to
sleeping cars much like the compart-
ments in the newer American pull
mans, where all bedding is supplied by
the company. On other runs only
"couchettes" are available, and the
traveller must supply his own cover
ing, if desired This can usually be
rented and turned over to a repre-
sentative of the renter at the end of
the run.
To Americans the total absence Of
drinking water on most trains Except,
of course, in the dining cars) proves
an Inconvenience, but the natives pro-
vide themselves with bottles of min
eral water, light wines or beer before
leaving and do not seem to suffer in
the least.
Table d'Hote on Diners.
Generally only table d'hote meals
are served in dining cars. There are
several sittings, tickets to which are
issued by attendants. convenience
appreciated by Americans.
The amount of baggage carried free
varies in different countries, as do
the customs. In England most trains
carry luggage vans" or baggage
cars, in which trunks and other heavy
baggage may be carried, but in which
there are no facilities for checking.
On arrival at destination each pas
senger must claim his own trunk.
On most of the Continent only such
baggage will be carried free as can
be taken into ones compartment, and
to be allowed in the compartment at
all it must not exceed certain dimen-
sions, so that 1t can go in the rack
above ones head. All other baggage
must be registered" which means
that 1t is carried checked in the bag
gage car much as In America, except
that extra payment must be made.
The advice often encountered to
carry only hand baggage is due to the
fact that many trains do not carry
baggage cars, so that if heavy arti-
cles are taken they must often he left
behind to come by later train. Con-
trary to the custom in America, it is
usually the faster trains which do not
carsS baggage cars and the locals
which do.
Sending Letters.
When it is definitely known at what
hotels one will be, and on what dates,
it is usually more convenient to have
ones letters sent there. otherwise it
is best to use the foreign Offices of
some travel agency or firm Friends
should be warned that only to British
possessions will 2 cents carry let
The Monmouth inquirer., 1926-08-05

wise and very successful. And he
found that the pathways to success
were not always smooth and straight
and direct; sometimes they were hard,
but they made the successes so worth
while.
He found many of the frogs who
were so successful were not in the least
snobbish. They were not conceited.
They were pleasant and had most en-
gaging manners. And they were all
glad to talk to George Green Frog
because they wanted to see the family
of frogs become more and more ia
nous and they thought perhaps it
would help others to hear of their ex-
periences.
They told him not to pay any at
tention to excuses and not to be too
The Monmouth inquirer., 1926-08-05
ga w S
- BY Viola Brothers Shore
FOR THE GOOSE

FOR THE GOOSE
ME don't tell as many lies as
1VA women. Maybe because they
can't get away with 'em as easy.
One good lie deserves another. And
usually gets it.
There's forty different ways of losin'
lover, but the surest is by marryin'
him.
A man may be as old as he feels,
but a woman is as old as her best
friends just told her she looks.
Unmarried women don't act as dis
satisfied as they used to. They don't
dare. It'd be too much of an admis-
sion.
FOR THE eANDER-
Everybody can find some'n' for a
willin' errand boy to do.
A woman would rather be helped
over bad place than warned aboStt
it.
man'll always blame some'n' IN
side himself for his success-some'n'
outside himself for his failure.
You can't learn horseback ridin' on
see-saw.
Gettin' over anger fast, amt as good
as gettin into 1t slow.
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Within the last Is years 400 electric
power plants have been established
/ L. China
The Monmouth inquirer., 1926-08-05
Gifted

"Jones has been arrested for cash
ing checks without having funds in
the bank"
He doesn't look like a man who
would do that"
'Thats The reason he could"
The Monmouth inquirer., 1926-08-05

New York. Ireland has f1appers,
like every other country. but they
don't smoke or drink or use powder
or paint. So says Father Eugene. Nc
Carthy, rector Of st. PauTs, Dublin.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1926-08-05

Within the last Is years 400 electric
power plants have been established
in China.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1926-08-05

Gettin' over anger fast, amt as goo
as gettin' into it slow.
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The Monmouth inquirer., 1926-08-05

A man'll always blame some'n' In,
side himself for his success some'n
outside himself for his failure.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1926-08-05

A woman would rather be helped
over bad place than warned aboSt
it.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1926-08-05

You can't learn horseback ridin' o.
a see-saw.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-10-26
READFIELD
Leslie NJ. Jones

DEPOT-In the early hours of
Thursday morning, October 81 the
spirit of Leslie NJ. Jones passed from
earth. He was born in New Sharon
on April q, 1S4S, the oldest son of
Atwood F. Jones and Susan Angus
ia Sawtelle. Early in his life his
parents moved to Sidney where Mr..
Jones passed the years of his child
mood and youth until his marriage
February 70. 1874 to Ruth H. Went
worth, of. Vassalboro. Two years
after his marriage he and his wife
came to Readfield where they have
since lived. One child, Arian. now
OF Lewiston. employed by the Maine
Central Railroad, was born to Mr..
and Mrs. Jones. Besides his wife and
son, Mr.. Jones leaves one grandson
Leo. a brother, LeForest of Portage
Wis, sister, Mrs. Lucine J. Newton
of Sabbatus, and half-sister, Mrs.
Mildred Matson of Scion. Forty years
ago Mr.. and Mrs. Jones united with
the Winthrop Center Friends
church. In 1919 Mr.. Jones Joined the
Grange and was n constant atten-
dant at Grange meetings until his
health began to fail and he was no
longer able to go. A farmer by oc-
cupat1on he was interested in cattle
and things agricultural.
Funeral services were held at the
home at Readfield Depot on Sunday
afternoon, October "a, conducted bv
Rev. H. F. Aldrich, of the Methodist
Episcopal church at East Readfield.
Relatives and friends in large num-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-10-26
ANSON

Mr.. and Mrs. Asher Hilton and
their daughter. Mrs Stella Gardiner.
were in Skowhegan, Friday, on a
business and pleasure trip.
Mrs. Greta Waddell is confined to
her home by illness.
Charles Tucker left Thursday for
few days visit with friends and
relatives in Boston, Amesbury and
Worcester.
Rainbow Branch of I. S. S. held a
special business meeting In their
rooms, Friday afternoon.
Mrs. Roxie Luce entertained a
party of friends at her home on
Church street Plans for the an
nual fair of the Women's Associa-
ton Of the Congr 5ational church
We're discussed after which de-
licious refreshments were served by
the hostess.
Miss Athelene Fish is Ill with the
whooping cough at the home of her
grand parents, Mr. and Mrs. William
Mitchell.
Kenneth Merrill left Thursday for
a few weeks visit with his father,
Charles Merrill at Somerset juno
ton.
Mrs. Georgia Booth was in Show
hogan on business. Thursday.
Mrs. Katherine Fletcher and in
FAINT daughter have returned home
from the Collins Hospital.
Burhee Petley is a patient in the
hospital in Portland.