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Evening star., 1926-09-26

first MAGNITUDE. who possessed, among
other worldly goods, half dozen
chests Of haberdashery. The oldef
generation Of Washington gentlemen
were bon Viveurs and lnVetefate
gamblers, as evidenced by such notable
characters as Senator Thomas d. Pal-
mer of Detroit, president OF the Buf-
falc Worlds Fair. who contrary to
Mr.. Arthur. did not believe in punish
ing his team of horses with night dflF-
ing.
The fashionables Of the time be
lonsed to the Old Hibernian and the
Old Union volunteer fire departments
One of Mr. Arthurs haunts was the
old Country Club on the present Clio
yer estate on Massachusetts avenue,
where he used to give his big dinners.
Here congregated Tom Murphy OF
New York. who frequently visited at
the White House; Col. Sky Crosby,
who kept bachelor hall on l street;
Sam Howland. race track owner;
Alec Palmer. District marshal, and
George Evans, who rose from drum
mer boy to patent office solicitor.
Another haunt was Bliss gambling
establishment. the proprietor being an
old crony of President Arthur when
he was in the New York custom
mouse. f1cfS poker anu IOulcttC lOl
high stakes went on all night. The
White House poker levees lasting
from 10 pm. to 5 am. Smith
used to wait patiently outside with
landaulet or brougham to escort
guests home.
Drove for Secretary Stanton.
Smith drove Secretary Stanton to
C>JL aftcr lincoln q
assassination, when that dignitary
feared the same fate. and for a period
he was coachman to Senor Banderin-
ais Of Brazil president of the French-
American Claims Commission. VINO
employed nine man servants to guaFd
him. in addition to one scullery maid
The gentleman from South America. !.
despite all his preca utions, died or
poison recently, but at the ripe age
of %.
During the Civil War. Tom drove
for Cordr. Portestar. Spanish plenl,
no,entiary. Smith. having emlgrated
and still British subject. was
obliged to decorate his horses with
American flags and wear the national
cockade in order to avoid the ire ot
the wartime provost marshal. re
came from a family of horsemen; his
uncle owned a famous livery stable
on Stewards alley, near Lafayette
Square. and his father established one
Of the first riding academies in the
country on G street.
Such were the days before prohi-
bition, hivvers, broadcasting and
movies. Smith finds solace in pacing
the familiar sidewalks of his neigh
borhood. making his daily rounds Of
what were formerly the homes of the
cosmopolitan elite. But the old joys
Of his gilded youth are departed. and
with It the traditions Of landmarks
and personages. the beaux and bellies
of the sixties. seventies and eighties
Evening star., 1926-09-26

War denied report that Obreson had
been recalled to the Army and placed
In charge of the campaign against the
Yaoui At the same time 1t was
stated Officially that he was safe at
home. Later a brief report merely
saying Obregon had been killed was
received in private sources In Wash
ington. Yesterday official notices that
Obregon would take the field in charge
of the campaign were posted among
the Army garrisons in northern Mex
leo. Today the fresh report saying
the general was dead was received in
San Antonio.
Evening star., 1926-09-26
For Sensitive Prisoners.

Light. CHEEKY furnished rooms for
sensitive prisoners in police stations
IN London are being urged IN home
office memora ndum issued TO aid the
po,ice in planning their buildings.
The memorandum points out that
there are some prisoners upon whom
the ordinary surroundings of cell
might infiict unnecessary hardships
ar feelings Of degradation
Evening star., 1926-09-26
Titta Rulfo, Baritone, Violently Assailed
In Rome for His Anti-Fascist Views

stsnt watch by the police. 1t was
feared that like Gen. Cesare Rossi.
who was acquitted on a conspiracy
charge in the Matteotti case, Dumini
might escape to France.
Titta Ruffo. the baritone. who is
a brotherin TO the illfated Mat
teotti, is violently attacked today by
LImpero. for his anti-Fascist senti-
ments. In violent language the paper
virtually urges Italians in America to
treat the noted singer with violence,
significantly. recalling the fate Of hts
brother in-law:
Evening star., 1926-09-26
KRASSIN'S LIFE AIDED
BY ROYALISTS' BLOOD
Soviet Charge at London Reported
Victim Of Pernicious Anemta.
Poison Suspected.

By the Associated Preee.
LONDON. September 25. - Leonid
Krassin. who Is expected to return to
London on Monday to resume his post
as the soviet charge daffaires, Is
stricken with pernicious anen1ia In
most unusual form. says the Sunday
Express. The newspape adds there
is a widespread feeling among kras-
sins fritn nds that he has been poisoned
In soma subtle way by bitter enemies
among the Moscow extremists.
Krassin was stricken with what
was first reported to be pneumonia In
Paris early this year. Several times
he has been revived by blood trans
fusions.
The Express says that many OF
those who volunteered their blood for
these operations were impoverished
Russian exiles. The paper comments
on the peculiar irony that czarists
have been driven by poverty to offer
their blood to save the life of oSe Of
the soviet leaders.
Evening star., 1926-09-26
PRESIDENT ON WEEK END
CRUISE DOWN POTOMAC
Accompanied on Last Voyage Prob
ably Before Spring by Mrs. Cool
idge and Eight Friends.

10ge ana ElSnL 1IlSAus'
Taking advantage of their first
week end here since early Summer,
President Coolidge and Mrs. Coolidge,
accompa MED by eight friends, en-
barked on the Mayfower yesterday
afternoon for a cruise down the
Potomac.
1t was expected that the party
would return early tomorrow. This
will probably be the last voyage the
President will be able to enjoy before
next Spring. owing to the lateness of
the season.
Although the temperature registered
Midsummer degrees when the party
started and the sun shone with July
ferocity, predictions were in the air
for a drop to comparatively cold level
before the Mayflower will tie up again
at the Navy Yard. The President.
however. was anxious TO take the
fullest possible advantage of existing
atmospheric conditions. and was
willing to gamble with the Weather
Bureau as to the future.
Included in the party. in addition
to the President and Mrs. Coolidge.
were Secretary of the Treasury Mel
Ion. Mrs Sheppard. the wife of Sen
ator Sheppard: Mr.. and Mrs. Richard
Y. Oulahan. Mr.. and Mrs. William
Hard and MIR. and Mrs. James P.
Hornaday.
Evening star., 1926-09-26
Man Returns Home
After 81 Years to
FindCrandchildren
Rv the Associatea Press.

NEWPORT. KY. September 25.-
Believed dead for many years.
John Abbott. - wears old, who
disappeared 81 years ago. leaving
a wife and FIVE children, has re-
turned to his home here and has
been reconciled with his wife, Mrs.
Mary Abbott, IS. Hale and hearty,
despite extensive travelling. Abbott
walked in on his wife yesterday
and announced himself. His five
children now are married and he
spent today visiting his grand
children. Mrs. Abbott was taken
i'll. due to the excitement.
Evening star., 1926-09-26
Nv the Associated Press.

ROME. September 2s.-Amerigc
Dumini, who was among those &C
cused of participation in the kidnap
inr of the Socialist Deputy Matteotti
which resulted in the death of the
latter. was arrested at his home today
on a charge of using offensive ian
Susce against Premier Mussolini.
Dumini, after serving a short sen
tence for his part in the eMatteotti
affair. assumed an anti Fascist. atti'
tude and since has been under col
Evening star., 1926-09-26
Pear Weighs 80 Ounces.

! Special Dispatch 10 The star.
! LYNCHBTRG. Va. September IS.
r. K. McCraw has picked a Keiffer
pear from a small tree in the yard Of
his home here which weighed 80
| ounces.
Evening star., 1926-09-26

More than LOO pianos and pianola s
were sent from America to New Zea-
land in the past year.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-12-03

considered this the best argument for
music In their college or university.
Others mentioned the social and cal-
tural advantages accruing to the mu-
sic student, the effect Of music in re-
filming the students taste for art, mu-
sic as an aid toward developing clear
thinking, improving the discipline and
enhancing the students power of con-
centration, as well as making for bet
ter team work and cooperation In coll
lege matters, Music on the campus
as an outlet for surplus energy and
as help in getting many youths
through school, was brought In by
still others,
All but three of the colleges repre-
sented in the survey find their mu-
sically trained students more efficient
in their studies than those not so
trained. "They usually make grades
above the average" is the experience
at Bethel college, in Tennessee, and
DePaul university. at Chicago finds
"musically-trained pupils at the top
in their studies" At Wellesley col
lege our best musical students are In
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-12-03
HERE AND THERE

On The Del-Mar.Va Peninsula
Items of Interest Prepared by Del
Mar-Va Eastern Shore Association.
That the name "Del-Mar-Va" is
receiving recognition in various
channels, is emphasized by the fact
that recent issue of The American
Field, national authority and regis
tration bureau for pedigreed dogs,
listed highly bred English Setter
as "Delmarva Dr." being an abbre-
Walton for "Delmarva Diana" This
dog is fhe property of Game Warden
Fred G.. Wiley. of Laurel, Delaware,
and is from the famous DOC White
stone" English Setter stock. The
fact that the American Field is not
only nationally but internationally
recognized and circulated means in
this instance that 'Delmarva" as a
name is carried far afield.
The upper Maryland counties of
the Peninsula are experiencing some
large sales in real estate. Mr. F. S.
Lewis, of Easton, Maryland, recently
sold Mulberry Hill Orchard to Mr..
John H. Wilcox for $4,000. This
orchard is about a mile from Easton
and has 95 acres planted in fruit.
Mr. Wilcox is an experienced or
chardist and is planning to improve
he estate considerably.
The Chamber of Commerce of
Kent county, Maryland, has estab-
lished headquarters in Chestertown
with paid secretary. Contract has
been let to Mr.. Neale A. Truelow,
cartoonist and Illustrator, who has
recently moved to Chestertown to
engage in business, for the writing
and publication of pamphlet
describing in word and picture the
county's resources and possibilities.
Hunters in the Del-Mar-Va PENN
sula are finding great sport with the
large number of ducks which are
coming into this section at present.
In Delaware the ducks in the
greatest numbers are the black
duck; gray duck, Mallard, Teal,
Sprig, and a few canvass backs.
The Chesapeake Bay country, where
the ducks feed, is also speckled with
the duck hunter. The Del-Mar-Va
Peninsula is proving again this year
10 be the>sportman's paradise.
The orchardists on the Del-Mar-
Va Peninsula, seeking ready
market for their fruits, have dis
overed that foreign shipments bring
anger returns than low market in
his country Our apple growers are
fhipping to Europe. Mrs. Evelyn
Harris, of Howell Point Farm, Kent,
ounty, Maryland, has just COM
oleted shipment of eighteen car
Dads of Keifer pears to England.
large portion of the crop of
Bartletts was shipped to Canada.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-12-03
WHEN THE SUN SETS OVER
THE RIVER

BY Evangelist John Moses Baker
They are sleeping in the churchyard
And the mocking bird is singing
where they lie.
When the sun sets over the river
They will lay us down together,
when we die.
AS 1--WE journey on lifes pathway,
Many burdens we are called upon
to bear;
Only trust Him and be faithful,
Every burden that we carry He
will share.
We should never be discouraged,
Though the clouds hang dark and
heavy in the skies;
When the sun sets over the river,
God will wipe the tears forever
from our eyes.
Soon our labors will be ended,
And the burdens that we carry
we'll lay down;
In our Fathers House in Heaven
Well exchange the heavy crosses
for the Crown.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-12-03
THE CONOWINGO DAM WILL
,HANGE TOPOGRAPHY

That Philadelphia, within the next
two years, will be supplied by one OF
the most adaptable, reliable and eco
nomically operated hydro-electrica!
generating plants in the world was
predicted by DR.. w. C. L. Elgin
vice president and chief engineer of
The Philadelphia Electric Company
in luncheon address before mem
bers OF the Poor Richard Club.
DR.. Elgin, making use Of maps and
drwings of the S52,200,000 hydro
electric dam across the Susquehanna
riversat Conowingo, traced the de-
yelopment of the use of hydro-elec-
hic power in the United States from
be first understanding of it's Kind at
iagara Falls in 1890 to the present
undertaking at Conowingo.
s.Forward-looking engineers years
ago saw the necessity of obtaining
Soma source of electric power to fill
the growing needs of Philadelphia
They realized that among the things
l...sc would first have to be assured
were the need of a plan to secure the
\ greatest utility, in the second place
III re must be considered the relia
u. ny and last there is the need o.
power being delivered to the con
sinner at the lowest cost possible.
Engineers making the survey
fna ly decided on the Delaware ano
4salekanna rivers as the most
likely sources" he said. 1.-THE Della
ware river, however, like Niagara
Fails, was subject to divided
ownership, having New Jersey on
one side and Pennsylvania on the
other. There is no doubt that the
Delaware is capable of. producing
several hundred thousand horse
powai but the location proved
hampering. So, the Susquehanns
Was the selection, since the greater
portion of it is in Pennsylvania.
DIR. Elgin said that the topography
OF the region will have to be entirely
changed to create an artificial lake
this being undertaken at present
He also predicted that the work will
be. competed in two years, being x
per cent finished to date.
The dam will extend across thu
river valley for more than mile
creating storage lake fourteen
miles in length and 900 to 1000 feet
in depth.
Thirty-fve hundred workmen are
now employed on the project which,
when completed, will represent an
investment of S52,20O,OOO. 1t will
change the topography of the entire
Conowingo section of Maryland when
completed, DR.. Elgin said.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-12-03

Whether you prefer your corn nice
ly buttered on the ear, or in the form
of roast pork with fried apples, there
are on the average 251a bushels of
corn coming to each person in the
United States every year, according
to experts Of the Sears oebuck Ag-
ricultural Foundation. In 1925 there
was bit more; this year there will!
probably be few ears less apiece but
plenty for all of US just the same.
Less than fifth of all this corn
leaves the farm. Excluding a small
fraction of the best grade that is kept
out for seed purposes, 81 % of those
2,S50,000,000 bushels runs around on
legs in the following forms: Hogs,
5000; horses, 24.5eo; cattle, 1929:
poultry, 5.19o and sheep, O98s.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-12-03

Effectiveness OF the publicity OBJ
tanned through the Del-Mar-va
Eastern Shore Association is en-
phasized in the fact that two of the
more prominent and nationally cir
culated magazines in their issues
just appearing published illustrated
and descriptive articles written by
Edwin G. Totten, Publicity man
for the Association. These articles
were: 'The Del-Mar-Va Trail" in
the October issue of The American
Motorist; and Blood Will Tell"
in the November issue of Field and
Stream.
1t is pleasing to the people of the
Del-Mar-Va Peninsula to learn of the
decrease in bus rates. The COM
panies operating on the Peninsula
are naturally vitality interested in
increasing the use of their lines and
are therefore seeking to increase
service and efficiency while de-
creasing their rates.
The G.. L. Webster Cannery at
Cheriton, Northampton county, vir-
ginia, estimates that the output for
the cannery this year will total one
million cans of tomatoes and five
million cans of lima beans.
A forty foot road running along
the Maryland and Delaware line for
ten miles east, from Delmar has been
approved for construction by the
Sussex and Wicomico County Com
missioners. The Business Mems
Association of Delmar were in
fluential in putting this project over
and are pledged to an agreement
with the Counties Commissioners to
care for hauling of material and
other incidental labor.
The Bankers Association of the
Eastern Shore of Virginia have taken
up with representatives OF the
various crop selling agencies the
matter of stabilizing price quotations
and other influential marketing
matters. Such an endeavor should
be helpful in increasing the return
to the farmers of the Eastern Shore
of Virginia counties.
Approximately 5000 bushels of
oysters are being taken daily from
the waters of the Tired Avon River
in Talbot county. For these the
oystermen receive each day approx
mately $2,500.
According to M. c. Vaughn, Sussex
County Agricultural Agent, 80 to 80
per cent of Delaware soy beans are 3
produced in Sussex county. The
crop this year is only fair and will
represent between so to rs per
cent of normal crop.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-12-03
HORSES


(Sears- ROebuck Agricultural FoundatiOn)
Our hay crop furnishes one of the
largest cafeteria services in existence,
according to the Sears-Roebuck Agri-
cultural Foundation. Seventy-efght
million tons, it is expected, will be
produced in 1926, a large part of
which will be consumed by cattle.
According to figures put out by the
Department of Agriculture, 5149o of
this amount will be eaten by cattle,
4469o by horses and the remaining
$3.50 by sheep. The amount of hay
eaten by hogs is very slight, only u
small fraction of one per cent of the
alfalfa crop. AS in the case of other
feed crops, most of this hay is con-
sumed right on the farm where 1t 10
grown.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-12-03
SHOP
EARLY
q AND
BUY
Christmas
& Seals
Seals

he fellows get more kick out OF
hing than others get out of
|ings dreams come true.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-12-03
MAIL
EARLY
AND
BUY
Christmas
Seals

The story of Nassau, in Sussex
county, Delaware, will one of these
days make a fascinating and in
teresting tale of how a community
became wealthy. At Nassau is locat-
ed a modern milk-cooling station
which returned to the farmers about
Nassau S175,000 the last fiscal year.
Four years ago there was no return
to this section of any money for
milk.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-12-03
MRS. JENNIE TAYLOR

Licensed Funeral Director
Gentleman Embalmer Lie
ensed for Maryland and Penn
sylvania.
Dignified service given all
calls, night or day.
Cor. N. Queen & Walnut SITS.
Phone 122 Rising Sun, Md.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-12-03


gathered
wordamous
D. Greenea president National Association
Of of in
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-12-03

1t is getting so hard for man to
find wife who will help him wash
the dishes.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-12-03

Even 6-year-old child can tell
you how many days it is to
Christmas.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-12-03

Many man is taken at his own
valuation who has to pay his own
way back.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-12-03
Music IN COLLEGES GAINS
100 PER CENT in TEN YEARS
Builds Character, Preserves Morale and Helps
Students Pay Way Through School, Conn
Music Center Survey Shows.
BY J. r. BOWER

Music has become an indispensable
part Of college life. 1t is of inestima-
BILE value to the college proper, and
of great material and spiritual benefit
to the student who takes an active
part in it.
This is the composite sentiment of
close to 200 presidents of American
colleges and universities and heads of
music departments in institutions of
higher learning who contributed to a
survey of college music just completed
by the Conn Music Center, Elkhart,
Ind. The survey shows that musical
training in colleges has doubled in
popularity in ten years.
Music not only adds color to college
athletic events, supplements and
rounds out the varied activities of the
campus and assembly hall, but is of
distinct advantage to the member of
the glee club, the sextette, the college
CARNATIONS may be functfsping within
the college, in the opinion of these
college executives. Music helps pre-
serve high morale in the institution,
it aids in building the character Of its
young men and women, provides an
opportunity for a good number of
them to pay their own way through
college, and in many instances, pre-
pares them for life of usefulness
along lines they are naturally best fit
ted for.
Helps Character Building.
Great stress is laid by college heads
on the benefits of musical training in
character building, the survey re-
vealed. Fully one-fifth of the college
executives who contributed the re-
suits of their experience to the survey
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-03-25

There's not enough good sports
manship. Each wants to hang a
keep-cff -the-grass sign on the other
and neither thinks of moving the
lawn or planting flowers or doing
anything but wedding. Here's
couple of mere children up in ju-
venile court this week for neglecting
their 3-year-Old baby. Each blames
the other. Each writes down five
Of the others worst faults, and nei-
Their can think of a good thing to
say~fOr the other. And the begin
ming Of this state of affairs was
probably over 10 cents, or a picture
show or some other equally small
thing that they both got mad about,
and used for foundation to build
up a tower of hate and misunder-
standing. And that's pitiful. To
think Of two young geese so rapt
up in their own pompOus opinions
that they'd forget the little life they
brought into the world, would make
the angels weep. Pure egotism, UNI
tempered with humor. And just a
jolly smile would have laughed that
off and kept unhappiness from their
door They've taken the unimpor-
tant things too seriously, and the
important things not seriously
enough.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-03-25
Loo Worried

Dear Miss Lee: I am very much, ii, in
love with a man nine years my senior.
woman one year younger than him that
he sometimes sees. Now he says he loves
me truly and wants TO marry me IN April;
has told me a few small lies before. but |
have not thought much about them. He
is always asking me not to &c. with other
else. Do you think ! should go with them
anyway: Should | believe him: Should !
drop him altogether: Please give me your
1O' 'Se aS am u U'' WIZ 'BLUEEYEs.
Wen, if you can't trust the man
you love, then don't marry him.
You'll make both of your lives mis-
cradle with doubts and suspicious
and nagging. You should both have
other friends than each other. It's
proftless work trying to build fences
around persons. You can't expect to
hold his undivided attention unless
YOU are about five or six women in
one. That is to say, unless YOU have
changing moods and qualities that
are each charming and interesting,
and will hold his interest. Appar-
entity YOU are the super sensitive
type and take everything so serious
~ that he is afraid to tell you the
truth about trivial things because he
has no idea when you are going TO
flare up and read a double meaning
in it, But. anyway, don't so into
marriage with doubt in one pocket
and suspicion in another. Love is
too big thing for that.