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The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1926-12-02
.M 81 IN the 81
|8 JUNGLE
With Chcerups and the o1lizies
BSsff5I Grace Bliss Stewart
Nith Cl1oQrupS and Die Q11lx1eS

had been stung the year before by
some wretched enemies and these
Katy-dids were being kept safe in
nice home box.
"They used to argue and have fine
old time, sometimes making so much
noise that the people themselves could
hardly hear their own talk.
"The man in whose home were these
pets I'm telling you about also had
some snakes there for awhile so as to
take their pictures.
Even wicked old King Cobra Snake
was photographed. And Lancehead
Viper had to give up some Of his venom
or poison so it would be fixed into the
serum as it is called, which saves
people from serious harm when they
have been poisoned by bad kind of
snake.
HE did brave and splendid thing
when he did this, for Laneehead Viper
was bad sort and had DO conscience
whatever
Then there is q chameleon which
they have as a per. You know how
he changes his colors? He is kind
of lizard, you know.
"Then another pet in this home Is
a chfmpanzee and he is as friendly as
he can be though he is full of mis-
chief, too, and has head which thinks
up many and many prank to play.
"Another pet is South American
opossum, and he is quite at home with
this family though it is said that few
of them are to be found in captivity.
'But he is as happy as happy can be.
.'These animals learn tricks by play
ing and watching those about them.
They're never ill-treated and SO they
can really be called pets.
For strange a collection as they
may seem, they are all pets Of this
family.
''For the family work and write and
play and talk and know about animals,
and they love them and nothing is too
much trouble to do for the creatures
of this world who have their own
strangely quiet languages
'Tf an animal is sick, one of the
members of this family will sit up and
nurse the sick animal and the animals
gratitude is always very great.
sob, yes, these creatures are all pets,
but some of the members of the mon
key family are the greatest pets of all I"
(Copyright.)
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1926-12-02

AUTOMOBILE FACTS


He isn't the innocent pedestrian"
after he has acquired the jay-walking
habit
Almost anybody can own car, but
comparatively few have learned their
driving lessons.
When riding in somebody else's car,
don't be a back-seat driver. Give him
chance to drive.
The early bird catches something
else if he lets his engine race ana
wakes up the neighbors.
It's well they are building new high
ways. with the daredevil motor speed
ers acting as If they own the old.
It's your real optimist who buys the
car with the idea that he can let It
remain idle until gasoline gets cheaper.
Another reason airplaning Is safer
than motoring is because there is
SO much less fresh gravel to cause
skidding
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an hour The driver, e. A. Larrick,
was indicted, tried and found not
guilty.
Judge Middleton held that "a driver
may go 40 miles an hour and still not
be guilty of speeding, if the pavement
is dry, the road clear and the car in
good mechanical condition.
IF a driver were to pass a school
house at recess time at a speed great
er than Is miles per hour he might be
found guilty of travelling too fast, but
with clear, wide roadway ahead
without curves, and car mechanical
ly perfect, 81 miles an hour is not in
excess Of the so-called lawful or legal
limit"
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1926-12-02

Realizing that the rear Of the car
is the wrong place to carry spare
tire, the efficient car owner at least
tries to make the best Of it. That is
why he makes 1t a point to turn the
spare around now and again, SO that
one side OF the tire will not always
be exposed to the mud, water and oil
from the roads, II the fire CARRIER is
such that the spare must hang In the
same position all the time, at least
the shoe can be turned.
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1926-12-02
WHEN / WAS
TWENTY-ONE
AT 21--Robt. &. M. Co@ie, president
Of the American Express company, was
an ambitious employee Of his company.
BY JOSEPH KAYE

- Gt~-ihO0hs N-s w. SONaASf p ~S'~SAAN
Of the American Express company, was
an ambitious employee of his company.
So A T THAT time l was working
"A with the American Express com,
pany, with whom l got a job as an
office boy in the Cleveland branch, and
have been on the pay roll of the ex-
press company ever since.
'sWhen first went to work my pay
was $50 month. After a few months
was promoted. was several years
in that office in different positions and
l learned every branch Of the business.
zone of my jobs consisted largely in
making intricate calculations of dis
counts, interest accretions and other
complicated figures. At school, my
mathematics had been my weak point
and yet this job was right in my line
for certain promotion that ] was
looking forward to.
ut was somewhat of a dileB. ma.
While / was thinking 1t over / sud-
denly remembered having seen in Scot
land. where ] came from, book which
contained all sorts of tables. BY turn
ing to the right table almost any
mathematical problem that would ar
rive in business could be solved in
stantly and correctly.
sFor several weeks haunted the
bookshops for this book, during which
/ had perfectly wretched time with
my work and then found it. ! took
1t back to heoffice--without however,
mentioning it to any one and from
that time my job was a cinch. --Robt.
e. M. Cowie."
TODAY-Mr. Cowie has charge of
the greatest enterprise Of its kind in
the world, the American Express COM
pany. The company has branch offices
and connections in all parts of the
globe; its employees number by the
tens of thousands and the value of its
transportations run into billions every
year. To be head of all this after hav-
ing started as a practically penniless
ONCE boy, is a monumental achieve
ment
t@ by Mcclure Newspaper syndicate.l
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1926-12-02

Dainty Margaret Morris, featured
movie" player, was born in Minne-
apolis, Mimi. She was leader in
school dramatics, later working with
stock company, from which she
stepped into motion pictures. She has
been seen to advantage in "Welcome
Home" wild Horse Mesa and "The
Best People"
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1926-12-02
Veneer Most Excellent
for Making a Sun Vizor

The illustration shows how to make
a simple sun vizor. Three-ply veneer
is excellent, as it is light and warps
little. After you have bent the brack-
cts out Of " by a-inch iron, cut the
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1926-12-02
Doesn't Matter

s'What are we going to see2s
"a musical comedy"
what is it about7"
what does that matter2D
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REGISTRATION ESTIMATE FOR
1926 SHOWS SLIGHT INCREASE


0
according
19e32 vehicles This 8O6 in the figures
published 20 in Motor
the
Of oyeringc asa ndtru
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veneer to the right size and fasten 1t
in place. Two small strips Of mold
ing along the front edge, as shown
will greatly improve the appearance
and dark green lacquer makes an ex-
cellent finish. Popular Science Month
ly.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-15

$500 Front Door Lock
Sets, with Plates, $1.08:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-15

Stanley Garage Sets, CONF
plete, $3.25.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-04-23

on August s, 1929, when General
Deakyne becomes the chief If so
designated, Colonel Walker would
serve as assistant chief until De.
cember 80, 1881. when he IN all
probability would succeed az chief
of engineers to serve until his re-
tirement in 1888. Colonel Walker
is on duty in the Panama Canal
zone and win complete this duty
sometime in 1928 or 1929.
AS exclusively forecast in The
Times, Colonel Harry F. Rethers
has been selected to succeed Brig.
Gen. John Bellinger, assistant quar-.
maoter general who retired April
Is. Colonel Rethers will have the
rank of brigadier general while
serving In his new Offices, term
of four years. He will retire on
August z, 1889, upon reaching the
statutory retiring age. However,
he will complete his 30 years Of
service in 1888, and will be eligible
to retirement then.
Officers of the army in general
were pleased with the reappoint-
ment OF Maj. Gen. Robert C.. (Corky)
Davis as adtutant general. Many
officers say that General Davis is
one Of the most efficient adjutants
general the army has had.
The reappointment of Maj. Gems.
Kenzie w. Walker to serve as
chief Of finance, Clarence c. viii.
liams to serve as chief of ordnance
and Merritte w. Ireland to serve
as surgeon general, we're expected.
Brig. Gen. John d. Barrrette will
retire May IA, on account Of age
and Col. William p. Jackson has
been selected to succeed him.
1t Is understood that Capt. Morris
Daniels. Third Cavalry, adjutant of
Fort Myer. Va, will be succeeded
by Capt. John Weeks. Third Cav
airy. Captain Daniels has teen
ordered to the cavalry school as a
student.
The first dinner under the
new administration of Washington
Camp. No. 8. Heroes of re. will
be held in Washington May !, ac.
cording to Col. r. e. Hopkins, com.
mander of the washington camp.
Capt. William J.. Stannard. leader
of the Army Band. has been Gp-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-04-23

students of the Ecole PolytechniQue
recently presented West Point q
replica off, the statue that Is part
of the monument erected to the
glory of the alumni Of the Ecole
Polytechnique who were killed IN
the World War. CADET Captain
Raymond c. Maude received the
statue for the academy.
Mai. Gen. Robert G. Davis
adjutant general. has instructed all
districts that recruiting, save in
the case of former service mer.
must cease until further notice.
A clerks school OF thirty stud
ents. men from the Regular Army,
has been started at Fort Eustis,
Va, where the "CMTC camp" will
be located this year for the District
of Columbia
The eighth annual West Point
horse show win take place at the
Academy June and s, according
to word just received from Capt.
Charles HI. Gerhardt, secretary of
the West Point Horse Show Asso-
citation.
A distinguished gathering Of Off
GERS, civil officials and civilians,
participated in luncheon last week
given by Col. Dennis r. Quinlan, al
the Army and Navy Club, for
Brig. Gen. John B. Beliinger. The
guests included the Secretary Of
War and the Secretary of Com
merce, Senator Ellison ID. Smith.
South Carolina. Everett Sanders,
J. NJ. McLafferty, Congressman
Thomas s. Mcmillan. J. NJ. Vain
wright, John Speaks. w. r. James,
S. M. Shortridge, Walter r. Line.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-04-23

Myer, Saturday. May /, with two
performances. The afternoon per.
Torrance will commence about 8.
and the night show at p. m.
Reservations may be had by phon-
ing the adjutant at Fort Myer.
DIR. w. Armistead Gills, a. re.
tired medical officer Of the Navy,
is preparing to appear before the
Naval Affairs Committees of Con-
gress to urge a radical change in
the administrative control OF the
Medical Corps Of the Navy. He
contends that the personnel of the
Navy does not receive the best OF
medical attention for the reason
that the experienced senior medical
officers are forced to sit on courts
and committees and devote their
time to things purely executive in
Junior medical officer must attend
the sick. Another point DR.. ellis
makes is that the attending sur
geon must see and treat the patient
and then submit his report to a
higher command for approval, the
higher authority never interviewing
the patient personally and thus
having no knowledge Of the history
of the Illness
According to information re-
ceived at the War Department the
Japanese have been successful in
Idischarging pigeons from sub
merged submarine. The birds were
placed In q vacuum tube with an
automatic opening arrangement and
shot out of the torpedo tube.
Major Jean Borotra Of the
French army. on behalf OF tho
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-04-23
RUSS INDUSTRY
HARD HIT
By ii. Il. KNICKERBOCKE
international News Service


MOSCOW, April a. Wholesale
dismissaIs of government employees
are taking place in q drastic effort
to cut down expenditures.
Factories are closing down or re-
ducing their STATS In the face OF
an acute shortage Of all sorts OF
manufactured goods.
All textile mills are scheduled for
q minimum Of six weeks idleness.
These are the full effects now
being felt by the failure of the
harvest to come up to expectation.
When the Soviet statistical chief
forecast a harvest OF nearly 210,-
900 tons larger than 1t actually
was, 1t proved the great danger Of
counting chickens before they are
Matched. On the strength Of the
prediction. the Soviets ordered
largely abroad, increased local "a
penditures and awaited prosperity
An expenditure of go, 100000
roubles was planned to restore In
iustry. This has now been cut TO
112, O00, 900 roubles.
A special commission has been
appointed to combat the inlpossi.,ly
high retail prices, but the cost of
living index shows no reaction
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-04-23

Early in March, Colonel Williams
told the writer that he expected to
receive the appointment upon his
relief from the militia bureau,
which was on April 6. At that
time he did not know definitely
what his new assignment would be.
but the governors of the States
concerned had asked for his selec.
ton as the senior regular army IN
structor and to command the
division.
Early in November of last year,
this department exclusively forecast
the selection of Brig. Gen, Edwin
Jadwin, L. s. A., assistant chief
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-04-23
TAX TAKEN orr
USELESS BEER GLASSES

CHICAGO. April 23.-Beer
glasses without beer are useless
and should not be taxed. the Mari.
gold Garden Company and the Ran
dolph Hotel Company. declare In
petition for reduction Of tax assess
ments. The appeal was filed today.
People viii not drink water out
of beer glasses" the petitions set
forth, so without beer. the
glasses are worthless. 4
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-04-23
FOUR BOYS INDICTED
IN PoLIcEMAN's STAYING

BOSTON, April 23.--Four boys,
all under 20, were indicted yestert
day in connection with the murder
OF PatroIman Frank J. Comeau.
Stanley s. Toothaker, Albert
Deshon and Robert Samboslxy were
indicted on q murder charge, while
Sexton w. Johnson, was indicted
on a charge Of being an accessory
after the murder.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-04-23

berger. Arthur NJ Free, Rear Ad-
miral A. NJ. knight.
The Senate COMMITTEES on Naval
Affairs has favorably reported the
bill for the relief Of former officers
of the Naval and Marine Corps Re-
serve, who were enormously re-
leased from active duty at places
other than those Of enrolment.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-04-23

OF engineers, to succeed Maj. Gen.
Harry Taylor when that officer
retires in June of this year. The
name of Col. Herbert Deakyne was
mentioned as the likely candidate
to succeed General Jadwin as the
assistant chief. Last week the
Secretary of War announced the
selection of these two officers for
the positions named. General Jad'
win will retire August Z, 1929, at
which time it is believed that
General Deakyne will become the
chief OF engineers.
Many officers who believe that
Col. Meriwether l.. Walker will be
made assistant chief of engineers
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-04-23
COL. E. G. Williams Is
GiUen Guard Post
BY VIVIAN LEE TILLMAN

Col E. j. Williams former executive officer of the Militia
Bureau has been appointed general in the national
assigned command the Both National Guard
Division embracing the States of Georgia Tennessee North
with the division.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-04-23

pointed director OF music for the
camp, and Capt. George f. I'm.
macht, u. g. A., chief Of staff.
Plans have been completed for
the annual society circus at Fort
Evening star., 1926-04-17
new SESQUI BUILDING
ERECTED IN so DAYS
Palace of Agriculture Is Longer
Than an Average City
Block.

Construction of an exhibition build
ing $40 feet long by 372 feet wide in
so days is one of the records thus far
established In making ready the
Sequicentennial International Expo
sition, celebrating $50 years of Ameri-
can independence, which opens June
l in Philadelphia.
This single structure, longer than
the average city block. is the Palace
of Agriculture and Food Products
1t was designed by John Molitor, the
exposition architect, and Is typical of
the hugh buildings being built for
the exposition.
These buildings are of the modern
American style of "set back" archi-
lecture. They are built of steed and
metal-lath, covered with stucco, the
last coat of stucco being of a pastel
shade, the delicate colors of the
various buildings contrasting with one
another.
Because this color contrast will be
one of the features Of the buildings a
special stucco Is being used. This
stucco has mineral color ground into
1t at the factory. In this way even
ness and permanence of color are
assured. Twenty thousand square
yards of this material were used on
the Palace of Agriculture and Food
Products alone.
The interiors of the exhibition
buildings are being finished with gyp-
sum wallboard. The type of construc-
Evening star., 1926-04-17
LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS TO AID
BETTER HOMES WEEK ACTIVITY
Special Sermons, Stressing Spiritual Intangible Side
of Family Life, and Window Displays Will
Be Feature of Observance

Better Homes week. April 25-Mav l,
Is to be actively observed by mum
Der of local orga uiZationS. The Dis
trict OF Columbia Home Economics
Association. when asked by Secretary
Hoover to lead Better Homes week
activities, sent letters to organizations
that have previously lent their sup
port to this movement. Some groaps
have offered speakers to appear on
programs in the schools and before va
rious clubs. and others agreed to put
on programs within their own groups.
Among those expressing their inten.
ton to further the interests of the
better homes movement are: Char
acter Education Institution, Chapter
of the American Institute of Archi.
tects. District of Columbia Chapter of
the American Red Cross. District Con.
gress of Parent Teacher Associations.
reoerai Board for Vocational Educa-
tlon' local executive staff Of the Amer
lcan Home Economics Association.
Cnlldren's Bureau of the Department
OF Labor. Bureau of Home Economics
OF the department Of Agriculture Di.
VISION OF Building and Housing of the
department of Commerce. and the Ru.
reau Or Education of the Department
of the Interior.
Miss Clyde Schuman Of the Amer
lcan Red Cross heads the committee
OF The District Home Economics AS
s0ciation in charge of the celebra ation
supplemented by various subcom
mittees
Not so much the material side of
the home AS it's intangible and
Evening star., 1926-04-17

tion beinng used is absolutely fire.
proof and was chosen by the directors
Of the exposition for that reason,
also because it makes possible the
salvaging of the steel and wallboard
after the closing of the exposition,
December l.
Evening star., 1926-04-17

Washington iS approximately
S4 100 900 ahead of the combined total
of five Southern States in point of
building construction for the first
quarter of 1926. Not only was the
building in the National Capital more
than the combined totals of West N1r-
cinia, Mississippi. Oklahoma, Arkan-
sas and South Carolina. but the value
of new buildings erected here during
the first quarter was nearly $1,000, 600
more than any other city south of
Baltimore and exceeded Baltimore $
record by $4,000. 900.
Construction in the District Of Co.
iumb:a is at present u per cent ahead
of last year. Apartment house con-
stIuction is breaking all records. Last
week more apartments were author
lied than during any week in the his
tory of the National Capital. q total
of about $50 apartment units having
been authorized While dwellings, have
fallen off slightly. the total amount of
building in the District so far has sur
passed anything ever known here.
Great Advance i'm South.
Building construction in the South
for the first quarter of 1926 broke all
previous records, reaching the tre-
mendous total of 1S,743.910--a gain
Of II per cent over the same period in
1925, according to statistics compiled
by the building construction research
bureau of G.. L. Miller & Co.
Building activity throughout the 16
Southern States proceeded unabated.
and Florida continued to lead easily
in construction volume. In 2S Florida
cities where comparisons are avail
able, total of $50 1895 in building
permits was recorded, as against
S27. .745. So last year-a gain of ia
per cent, by far the largest increase in
any Southern State. Figures compiled
by the Florida State Chamber of Com
merce showed that in IS Florida towns
the total for the quarter was s73,-
2lS655.
Evidence Of the tremendous con-
struction activity in the South is also
found in figures on actual building
contracts awarded during the first
quarter, as reported by +. W. Dodge
Corporation. Nine Southern States re-
ported contracts totaling $237 .557 900.
as compared with $13S.20S,0 900 in the
Evening star., 1926-04-17
STAR HOME HAS QUAINT STYLE
WITH MODERN CONVENIENCES
Brick Detached House Embodies Traditional Ameri.
can Architecture With Provisions for Twentieth
Century Comfort and Practicability.

Or living space with easy access from
the principal rooms downstairs. One
could very well finish another room or
two up here with bath and all con-
VenienceS, as the slate roof keeps out
the heat and the dormer and gable
windows are placed to let in the
breeze.
Garden on South.
The southern side of the house gives
upon the garden which is the private
outdoor living place of the family.
Here may be developed the flower beds
md borders, the perennlals and hedges,
etc.
Without imposing upon the modern
family all the conditions of living in
force in the eighteenth century Amer
lea. the designers have attempted to
give to this house and its setting a
pleasant touch of early American his
tory. 1t is believed that modern de-
mands have been met. Modern con-
VeuienceS have been provided without
stint; plumbing, heating, electrical and
general mechanical equipment has been
studied by experts and practical ar
rangement for the housekeeper has
been a watchword. Restriction in
size has been determined not only by
cost, but also by careful thought Tor
and modern needs.
To reach the property go west on
oennSvlvania avenue to Twenty N-SeCond
street. north on Twenty second street
TO Massachusetts avenue northwest on
Massachusetts avenue. to Cathedral
Evening star., 1926-04-17
WORK IS PROGRESSING
ON Ia MODEL HOUSES
Decatur Street Group Will Soon Be
Built as Far as Sec
ond Floor.

The Cafritz Construction Co. reports
rapid progress in the construction Of
the group of IA ideal homes on DE.
'catur street between Fourth and
t1fth streets as part of the demon.
stration sponsored by The Star.
Much work on this operation has
been accomplished in the last 80 davs.
II began with the excavation by steam
shovel for the cellars This was fol
lowed by the laying out of stakes
ny the surveyors to mark the boun-
daricS of the new houses Then came
the digging of trenches, after which
the concrete footin&s were poured
which formed the foundation of the
br'ckWork for tho walls of the
houses. At present the hricklavers
are up to the first floor ioists on four
Of the houses. and within the next
10 days all of the houses should be in
this stage of construction. with some
advanced as far as the second floor
jcists.
One of the essentials in building CON
struction is proper foundation so
that the SUperStruCture erected there
on may he adequately supported TO
protect it against unnecessary spread
Ing or cracking of walls.