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Evening star., 1926-05-28
WASHINGTON USED
l:A|ND / At FORT HUNT
Site Desired for. Park Should
: Be Held in His Memory,
- Says Moore.

u ,SShadows of regret would hover over
1 The proposed celebration. in 1882, OF
j the bicentennial of George Washing
], tore birth, by the sale of Fort Hunt
VA, one Of the historic defenses of
the, Potomac. by the War Depart
6aent. Charles Moore, chairman of the
National Commission of Fine Arts
wrot4 today in a letter tC Represen
tative r. Walton Moore OF Virginia
In whose district the property is 10
Gated.
This property was a part of the
OriEinar Mount Vernon, Mr.. Moore
1Hnted out, and he sent with his let
tsfScopies OF maps of the estate, with
notations thereon in the handwriting
OF Washington. Fort washington
Md, the other post the sale of which
members Of Congress are seeking To
prevent so they may he held for the
nark system Of the District or Co
llfrnbia, dates back to early history
having been built by Maj. L'Enfan
hts last work in this country. To
make II a part of the park system,
Il. was pointed out. would be In ac-
cordance with the plans which
L'Enfant originally laid out.
T.. Would Have L. s. Lands.
,Conceding that rea sonable and de.
cent accommodations should he pro-
viied for the Army, whether abandon
ed posts should he sold or not. Mr..
Mnore said that there Is not any
question, as a general principle. that
lands no longer of use should he dis
posed of. but that lands not needed
by the War Department may not be
needed by some other branch OF the
Government by no means follows. The
Government is always buying lands
for one purpose or another, especially
in the vicinity Of Washington. More
ever. notoriouSly the Government
Miys at prices which Congress deems
excessive, and consequently desirable
and even necessary projects are delay
ed often are defeated. because of what
Congress regards as prohihitive prices
for land. Indeed. it may he said that
the only way the Government ever
makes money is to hold lands once ac-
quired.
Fort Hunt" the letter continues.
''was once a portion of the defenses
Of Washington. During the World
War 1t served military purposes, al
though the elaborate empla cements
fer disappea airing guns were things OF
a. not distant past. The site is adapted
to, serve purposes for which one gov
eminent department or another, or the
District Of Columbia. seeks lands in
the immediate vicinity of Washington.
= On Belt of Park System.
s"Fort Hunt is located on the belt
of an outer park system for the Ma
tfonal Capital. This is one of the
projects which this Congress has Gre
afed commission to carry out in CO.
opera ton with the authorities of
Maryland and Virginia. To sell Fort
Hunt now would be to part with a
natural park. beautiful for situation.
Of strategic location on the Potomac,
and endowed with historic tradition,
which for effective park purposes
counts with hills and groves.
1.-THE Fort Hunt lands were once
apcrtion Of Gen. Washingtons farms.
Evening star., 1926-05-28

II there were no other reasons for
the Government retaining these lands,
the mere fact that they were a con-
stituent part of the Mount Vernon
estate owned and cultivated by
George Washington. should make
it impossible for the Government to
part with Fort Hunt.
Mount Vernon has been preserved
as the national shrine of the people
of the United States without recourse
to the Government. 1t is adequately
maintained and administered with in
telligenr-. skill and reverence by the
Mount Vernon Ladies' Association Of
the Union. Year by year the associa-
tion Is acquiring by gift of patriotic
Americans. or by purchase. portions
of the Washington estate. This estate.
as 1t came down to him from his great
grandfather, John Washington, the
Immigrant, comprised $500 acres. He
increased 1t to about 1900 acres.
Called 1t River Farm.
"The original property lay between
Dogue Creek and Little Hunting
Creek. Across Little Hunting Creek
George Washington owned and cult
waited a peninsula comprising more
than 1000 acres. and called by him
the river farm. 1t extended from the
Potomac inland to Gum Spring. OF
the 1000 acres, 197 acres are included
in Fort Hunt.
THE remainder is now occupied by
small farms. together with Summer
cottages hidden away in the woods
The electric railway to Mount Vernon
traverses the inland portion of the
tract. and 1t is probable that the pro-
jected Mount Vernon national boule-
ward will pass through this same
region.
Congress has created a. commits.
sion. headed by the President of the
United States and made up of illus
trfous citizens. to prepare for the
celebration in 1882 of the bicentennial
of George Washingtons birth. Is it
conceivable that this celebration is to
he heralded by the Government sell
ing its portion of George Washing.
tion's Mount Vernon estate?"
Evening star., 1926-05-28
Protest Prices Of Wives.
From the Adventure Magazine.

From the Adventure Magazine.
Marriageable girls in the country Of
Mini Novgorod are given in mar
riage In exchange for certain worldly
goods, the Moslem parents finding that
an easy way to increase their wealth.
Hence the price OF girls has been in.
creased until 1t has become so burden
some to the young men that they
have petitioned the government TO
come to their relief and put In q new
rule on dowries given the parents OF
the girls.
In their bill Of complaint they de-
clare that, while times are bad, the
compensation has been increased until
they are forced to give 500 in money.
100 pounds Of sugar. IS pounds Of
butter, pounds Of good tea from
China, IS pounds Of honey and , pairs
of shoes for father and one for mother.
Custom puts a wall about the country
and the men dare not bring brides
from another land. hence the parents
ha''a tight monopoly and they are
cr.: the poor.
Evening star., 1926-05-28
MISS FRY H0N0RED.
Given Silverware Set by School As
sociates Prior to Wedding.

Miss Rachel F.. Fry. secretary to
Miss Fay l.. Bentley. director OF the
department of school attendance,
who will be married Wednesday
morning. was presented with q set
of silverware by her associates At
the Franklin School today.
When Miss Fry arrived at work
she found her desk transformed into
a bower of roses with huge white
wedding bell hanging overhead. I'M
promptu ceremonies were held BY tne
young women at the Franklin scnoo'
and the useful wedding gifts for
mally presented.
Miss Fry will marry j. Thomas
Kennedy, jr.. employed In the pur-
chasing once at the District Build
ing. The wedding will take place
at st. Gabriel's Church Wednesday
morning at 8 o'clock.
Evening star., 1926-05-28
Wife Charges Desertion.

Maintenance Is asked in a suit filed
in the District Supreme Court by Mrs.
Mary f. Petit Of Newport News. Va.
against Lindsay II. Petit, employed
in local furniture store. The wife
charges desertion and non.snpport.
They were married at Pittsburgh, \,
January "a, 1924, and have no chill.
dren. The wife says her husband
makes $50 a week and drinks to ex-
cess. She is represented by Attorney
Rudolph H. Yeatman.
Evening star., 1926-05-28

Married women in business enter
| prises, as a rule, are said to be bet
| ter workers than "fapperS.'
Evening star., 1926-05-28

The feet contain 25 per cent of the
bones of the human body.
Evening star., 1926-03-12
PERSONAL HEALTH SERVICE
BY WILLIAM BRADY, NJ. ID.

II YOU can have some Of these fresh
sea foods on your table at least twice
a week the chances are you VIII be
getting enough iodin to worry along
on quite comfortably: Shrimp, crabs,
lobster, clans, oysters, salmon, cod,
funny, trout, halihut. whiting, breme.
Remember that unless these are fresh
their iodine confetti is not assured.
The only item in the way of preserved
sea food which retains fair proper
ton of its natural content of iodin is
smoked herring, though it is doubt
full whether this item alone would
furnish an adequate iodin ration.
These foods grown inland are most
likely to contain some iOdin. though
in many regions they contain none
because the soil and water have given
almost all of their iodin back to the
sea: Cabbage, garlic. green beans,
water cress, tomatoes. green peas.
The universal use OF iodiZed salt in
place of ordinary salt seems the ideal
way to provide Il suitable food iodin
ration for every one, but as | have
explained in previous talks, my faith
III the iodin content of iodized salt
as it is at present manufactured and
marketed has been shaken somewhat,
and although | prefer it for use in
nay own home, l still take u nip at
the. iodin bottle regularly.
The practice of adding iodin (say. in
the form of sodium iOdid) TO the
drinking water supply of a whole COM
munity, as DR.. GOler has done for the
people of Rochester, \. V, is in my
judgment the very best plan which
has been thus far proposed. and DIR.
Goler deserves great credit for his
wisdom and fearlessness in applying
this plan in practice.
Evening star., 1926-03-12
The Art of Absorbing Iodin.

1t doesn't matter much whether
you eat, drink or inhale your iodin,
SO long as you get enough of II TO
meet the requirements of perfect
health. l suppose you might absorb
it in the only remaining way If you
preferred to, namely, by having 1t in
jected into your skin, muscle or blood,
but fortunately that eXpedient is not
yet necessary for the great majority
of us iodin-starved inlanders.
That is no joke about inhaling
your iodin. A great many persons
take iodin by inhalation, and often
they imagine they are absorbing ii
through the skin. Apply iodin in SO
luton, tincture, ointment or other
form to the skin and, provided it does
not blister and the skin is not broken
beforehand, all of it will be volatilizeC
by the warmth of the body, and some
of the volatiliZed iodin is likely to be
inhaled. particularly when you apply
il about the chest, neck or near the
one big pore between your eyes ana
YOUR chin. This is the physiological
fact which accounts for the absorption
of iodin when iodin is applied to the
unbroken skin. If there is Il wound,
puncture. blister or abrasion of the
Skin. considerable iodin may be alb
sorbed through the raw surface, JUS
as it would be absorbed If hypodermi.
Cally injected.
Often / have listed here the chic.
foods which contain iodin. | hold no
retainer from the fish and oyster
trade, yet I believe il is most deSir-
able for the health Of us inlanders
that the fish and oyster trade should
prosper and increase and multiply.
Evening star., 1926-03-12
BEDTIME STORIES BY y. T"9sAze' s"%sSs9

Bear. I'll stay right here until who
ever 1t is has passed"
So Bobby, without changing his
position, waited and watched. Thief
Thief. Thief" cried Sammy jay, q
little nearer 4 few moments later
it was nearer still. Thief, Thief.
Thief" Plainly Sammy was very
much upset.
And then Bobby Coon very nearly
lost his balance and fell. Yes, sir, he
came very near doing that very thing.
His eyes looked as if they were going
to jump right out of his head. His
mouth hung open as if he had lost
the power of closing it. Moving si-
lently, easily. came what looked TO
Bobby like Black Pussy, Farmer
Browns Cat, with Il yellowish coat
instead of o black coat, and grown
to be 81 giant. Bobby hadn't be
lieved such d big Cat lived in all the
world. OF course, you know who 1t
was; it was Puma the Panther, the
Mountain Lion.
Just then Puma looked up and saw
Bobby. Bobby saw the hungry look
in Puma'S eyes. With bound Puma
was at the foot of that tree. Then,
and then only. did Bobby Coon move.
He turned and scrambled back into
his house, and he wasn't any too soor,
in getting there. lie heard the claws
of Puma the Panther on the bark
as Puma came UP the trunk Of that
tree. lie heard Puma sniff at the
doorway And as Bobby listened
little cold chills played tag all over
him. He felt very small and help
less. He hadn't had such feeling
Of fright since he was very little
fellow. He heard Puma snarl with
disappointment as he tore at the
edge of the opening and failed To teal
it larger. II was then that Bobby
Coon decided TO stay abed. He de
cided that he would stay abed just
as long as he possibly could sleep
He hadn't any desire to go outside.
Evening star., 1926-03-12
Our Children By Angelo Patri

himself about in his chair and mutter-
ed: Good night. a fellow can't even
eat his luncheon without a lecture.
ALWAYS wrong. No matter what you
10 you're always wrong in this house.
Now. of course, that was most un-
fair. 1t was ridiculous. But it was
the undisciplined nature of the adde's
cent talking. He had been touched on
the raw, and his response was quick
, and characteristic. He shouldn't have
been touched. The touch was not
taCtful.
Study your child. Watch what he
does when you say something or do
something that affects him. What he
does shows you what actually takes
place in his mind. Ii you reused his
anger YOU very likely did no good. If
you reused him to willing action you
struck the target fairly in the center.
Scored a bulls eye.
Do not fear you are spelling child
because you study him and adjust
your discipline and instruction to his
responses. You can buck against him,
tactlessly, all your life, but you will
not release his spirit, which Is the
aim of your teaching and. training.
But If you find the way his mind
works, if you find the way to open
the door of his mind, you can help
him.
Remember, he is not like you, not
like anybody you ever knew. He is
a new personality, and you must
reckon with the qualities that are
making him different. that are making
him. the self of him. That takes
study and tact.
Evening star., 1926-03-12

uncanny eyes I had to brace myself
not to let the mother notice what a
shock it gave me as she uncovered
the waste body.
Natalie-He must have been a
ghastly sight. How could you help
showing your feelings?
Frances-Why, Natalie, that is the
most pathetic thing about 1.-THE
anxious way mother looks into
she wont think my baby looks a.
awful as I think he looks" You
simply must not show how you feel.
Just imagine how that mother has
suffered and worried and lain awake
nights. Your first duty is to reassure
her and give her heart to follow the
Doctors directions in the hope that
her baby will come out all right.
Natalie-How did the poor babe get
along?
Frances-Honestly. Natalie. it was
like q miracle. When / first saw
Tony he weighed less than at birth.
Today l found, after only one month
of proper feeding prescribed by our
doctor at the center, that he had dou-
bled his weight. He was not quit,
normal yet, Of course, but so inn
proved! The mother was even more
changed than the baby; that drawn,
suffering look all gone, as she showed
him off with such proud air.
Natalie-Yon certainly make an
appealing picture of it, Frances
Could 1 help you some time. though
| am not at all good at pretending
am a wooden Indian when it is q
question of sick babies.
F'rances-You will feel you never
did better thing in your life. And
then, you know, girls ought to know
about babies. / hope no baby of mine
if I ever have one, could look like
that one, but you do learn at the child
welfare conferences how to give a
baby a good start in life. What did
you say? Oh, Jack, you mean-non-
sense. Did you know he has been
ordered to sea duty beginning next
Monday? am awfully cut up about it.
Eote-This is another Of series o
sketches showing the benefits which cal
he obtained fer your children by VISITING
the Child Welfare and Child Hygiene center'
No mother need be awake nights worry
ing about what to do with an ailing child
ANY mother who cannot afford TO call IN
regular physician can take her child to tn,
nearest Child Hygiene or Child Welfar'
Look in the telephone book. call up thu
nearest center and find out the hours o.
the conferences.
Evening star., 1926-03-12
Predicting a Planet.

The planets Mercury, Mars, Venus,
Jupiter, Saturn and, of course, the
earth, had been known from antiquity,
and in 1881 Sir William Herschel, with
a powerful telescope, caught sight Of
a dim and distant planet, Uranus, also
travelling around our sun. But much
the most spectacular discovery of our
solar system was the way that Nep-
tune was found In 1916 two astrono.
mers at precisely the same time. by
one of those condolences in science
that are so common. figured out by
mathematics that there must be
another planet somewhere, as other
wise Uranus would not be pulled out
of it's normal orbit around the sun III
the peculiar fashion in which it was.
Adams, at Cambridge, England, and
LIE Verrier, in France, arrived at this
conclusion. Still. nobody could find
the planet until Gale, at Berlin,
caught sight of a dim planet Whirling
around the sun at tremendous dis
tance from it on an orbit so great that
one of it's years is 164 of ours. 1t was
exactly in the spot where it had been
predicted.
Now what do you know about that
Answers to Yesterdays Questions:
l. A malarial mosquito Stands on
its head" as it bites, while a non
malarial mosquito does not.
2. DIR. Noguchi, japanese scientist,
discovered the yellow fever vaccine, in
1919, at the Rockefeller Institute.
3. DIR. Jesse Lazear gave his life in
Cuba in the fight against yellow fever
by permitting mosquitoes to bite him
and so proving that mosquitoes spread
the disease.
4. Maj. Lavarav, a French Army
doctor, in 1880, found malaria germs
in patients in Africa, and in 1898 Maj.
Sir Donald Ross, in India, proved that
the germs We're found in female
Anopheles mosquitoes.
5. Quinine is obtained from the
chinchona tree, native of Peru. but
the regular quinine supply comes from
the Dutch East Indies.
6. Five ways of guarding against
malaria are by stocking ponds and
rivers with fish, or covering the water
with oil, or draining the swamps, and
by screening houses and taking
quinine.
Copyright. 1926)
Evening star., 1926-03-12
NV Neighbor Says:

All aluminium utensils should
be cleaned with steel WOOL.
rinsed well in hot water and
dried. Enamel ware should be
cleaned IN the same way as the
aluminium. The ware needs the
same treatment, but 1t must be
carefully dried over a warm
stove before putting it away to
prevent ruSting of corners and
seams.
To remove oil spots from
clothing first wash out the dust
from the grease spot with warm
water in which Is sprinkled a
few drops of household am
monia. Then cover the spot
with paste made of fullers earth
and ammonia. Let stand for a
day or so. then lay blotting pa
per over the spot and press with
hot iron.
Cane -bottomed chairs should
be brushed to remove all dust
and then washed with salt and
water and placed in the open
air to dry.
Art muslin curtains should
never be washed in warm water.
Put them into a lather of near
" cold water. If the curtains
are green add a little vinegar;
If pink or lilac, a little am
monia.
AS so many people object to
darned stockings very good
plan is to cut small pieces, the
shape of toes and heels, out Of,
old ones. and neatly herringbone
inside the new ones. The niece
is not visible from the outside,
greatly prolongs the wear of the
stockings and also saves darn
ing. AS the pieces wear out
they can be replaced.
Evening star., 1926-03-12
Tact.

None of us like to be told that we
are tactless. But most of us are when
we deal with children. We are think
ing SO hard of his need and his fail
ings that we let the wrong word slip
before we know. We close the child 5
,mind when most we lOnged to open 1t.
Fred had been IL cheerful, pleasant
child until just lately. He was grow
ing irritable and showed SelfiShness,
was bad hammered and even rude. His
lessons, too, were falling off. Every
body in the family was worried about
him, mother most of all. She wished
she could say something that would
change him. Nothing seemed to help.
This day he came in looking cheer
full and even gay. His mothers heart
rose. Aunt Caroline had dropped in
for luncheon. Fred liked Aunt Caro-
line and she liked him. Things were
going better Mother felt years drop
rom her shoulders. Then she slipped
well, Fred, you are growing up.
You'll soon be as big a man as your
father," said Aunt Caroline, beaming
and nodding in appreciation.
Yes, dear me-" said mother all
clustered, the worry wrinkles appear
ing between her brows. IF only he
will be like his father in other things.
His father is so gentle hammered and
works so hard and tries to make him
happy, but he doesn't seem to realize
il all. hope. Fred, from now on you
will try to do better"
All the CHEEKY good nature left
f'red's face. He scowled. He twisted
Evening star., 1926-03-12

awoke, yawned a few times, stretched
and finally climbed up to his door
way. The sun was shining. the air
was soft. For a long time Bobby sat
there enjoying both. What he didn't
enjoy was the sight of the SHOW,
which still covered the ground.
Mistress Spring isn't here yet,
after all" mumbled Bobby. No, sir,
Mistress Spring isn't here, after all,
Just the same, 1 think I'll take a
little walk. l think I'll look around
a Bit
Bobby started TO climb down from
the doorway of his home. when sud
denly he heard q familiar voice. 1t
was the voice of Sammy Jay. Sammy
was screaming Thief! Thief" as
only Sammy can. Bobby paused. He
| knows Sammy Jay SO we'll that lie
knows when Sammy means a thing
and when he is trying to fool some
| one. He knew that now Sammy saw
| some one and that this was real
| danger signal.
| "Probably he sees Reddy Fox or
Old Man Coyote" mumbled Bobby
Coon to himself. 'I never saw such
a fellow as Sammy Jay. He is for
ever crying Thief Whoever it is
that Sammy sees is coming this way
| for Sammy is following. and he is
coming nearer Perhaps it is Buster
Evening star., 1926-03-12
SUB ROSA
BY MIMI.
BY MIMI.
Weekly Letter.


Winter sports are in full swing,
and the other day a party OF us
motored up to a nearby resort where
there are facilities for every known
variety Of cold-weather exercise.
We were all in good spiritS-that
is, all except Gwen. Gwen, be It
known. is just fraiI- little orchid,
who finds the icy blasts rather too
much.
She had whined considerably over
the prospect of q day in the open.
but the chance of a gay dinner party
and a dance afterward was not TO be
thrown down.
She came, grumbling a trifie, and
rousing goodhumored razzing from
all sides.
we got ourselves some toboggan
sleds, selected q large dangerous
looking hill and piling on. coasted
down in fine style.
Wasn't II marvelous?" we Shrek
ed at Gwen after our descent had
ended III u glorious tumble.
She looked rather resentful, 1T
was fun going down, but ] bruised
my knee in the SPILL" she com
planned
A long painting climb upward, and
our hot-house flower seated herself
on the nearest tree stump. I'm
| tired already" she declared. "Id
| much rather stay right here
But don't you want to coast any
| more?" we asked her anxiously, and
! very patiently.
"Oh, WELL rather than break up
the party, I'll stick" she answered
briefly.
And so We were off again, Gwen
| bearing up under the ordeal with the
| expression of Joan of Arc.
Getting your second wind now,
| Gwen" we inquired. you'll get over
| being tired in q little while"
| "Wouldn't be so bad if 1t weren I
| for my knee" she answered with u
| brave smile, We could have killed
| her.
| Perhaps you think we We're heart
| less. Not at all. We would have
| forgiven Gwen if she had Slipped
away and gone over to the clubhouse
10 rest. We would have excused her
| if she hadn't come at all.
| But her worst fault lay in the fact
| that she had come, understanding per
fectly what our plans were. and had
| deliberately grabbed our party by re
| fusing to Join in the fun with the
| proper spirit.
Once she had promised to be one
| Of our crowd-she had tacitly giver
her promise that she would help the
| affair to be a success. Her attitude
l was unfair and unspOrting.
! She wasn't so awfully bothered with
| the physical discomfort and incon
| venience-she was really annoyed al
| our apparent enjoyment in something
| she detested.
| Remember Gwen when you're about
to throw cold water on something yol
dislike doing.
Just because you don't enjoy Ger
tain things yourself, you mustn
spoil others pleasure.
Yours with love, MIMI.
| (Copyrght. 1926N