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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-10-31
An Opalized Dostish.

WITHIN the past few years IN.
famorT opal fields at Viii g
Cliffs, New South Wales, have yielded
SO many curious fossils, particularly
those Of prehistoric marine life, tina
many scientists have inclined to til"
opinion that central Australia Wa
once an ocean he'd. OF these curious
finds perhaps the most eXtraor1inary
is that ri II foSSiliZed. or rather opal
lied, doCfish "a member of the shart
family round 81 feet below the sur
face OF tine ground,
The specimen measures 8 feet {
inches from the snout To the tip a.
the tail. Tile body is in seven SEE
tons. the circumference of the lare
est of which tti!e head and shoulde
portionD is Is inches. Each section
is inches in length. The deeply in
denied eye sockets show very plain
ly. and thin vcl'I4 ef purple opal Ell
circle The fish from tip To tip. At the
mouth jh"s" veins make an ODlonG
and clearly defined course, though the
continuity is occasionally broken.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-10-31

that struck it to the earth over Ava.
Ohio, it would have been a simple
matter to hasten toward safety out
of the danger zone. Towns built i'll
the line of tremendous hurricanes.
such as recently swept across Florida
can learn from investigations the wis
dom of constructing buildings in such
81 way that they Will resist future
storms.
Though it is said that relatively
few OF our large cities are built in
earthquake centers. DR. Thomas Jag
ger. the worldfamouS voicanologist III
charge of the Government house in
Hawaii, who visited Washington last
Summer. feels that New York and
other cities could he made resistant
to shocks by proper tying" of the
walls OF s'syscraperS built on steel
frames. Tokyo found chat such con-
struction was able to withstand the
severe quakes felt i'll Japan, which are
said to have caused severe damage III
buildings lacking it.
Drastic building regulations were
enacted in San Francisco as result
OF the disaster there. with the break
ing OF the water mains during the fire
that was caused by the earthquake
of 1906. According to Mr.. Jones, spe-
cial attention should be paid to the de-
vclopment of the modern city, which
is usually built on lines that presume
the stability of the earth.
However. when a city is built in a
region of majoG earthquakes. some
! of the most important features of
city life may cause special dangers
| at the time Of shocks, including con-
| gestion of tall buildings whose safety
| from fire requires continuous flow OF
/ water In the mains.
| Stoves or furnaces may be upset,
! or there may be breaks in the gas
| mains and trouble with electric light
wires. and an additional source of
hazard, according to Mr.. Jones. is the
gasoline supply at service stations,
as possible sources of explosion when
| reached by fire.
All these conditions present q prob
lem to be solved that may keep pace
with the advance of civilization. and
thus the discussion of Earthquake
proof Houses" at the Pacific
Science Congress is a practical one
that should be of personal interest to
all city planners. Chile has recog-
nized the Importance Of the subject
by recently getting out book. in CO.
operation with scientific institute.
ON The House Secure Against
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thing in the world I've got to have
and that's a chance to answer the
telephone without meeting a collec-
tor. Do you suppose I'd marry an r.
responsible MANI"
Harry jumped up.
You mean you regard me as an
irresponsible mani"
You're impossible" she said.
II thought you liked me-" he said
bitterly
Il do like you. I like you lot.
You're fun, and you're really and
truly nice. But wouldn't dream of
marrying you. and neither would any
other woman in her right mind"
You mean you think my wife is
riSAt-tbat In no goods"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-10-31

The tears came to his eyes.
II love YOU" he said solemni.-
But you certainly convinced me ycd
had no use for me-
How"
Encouraging me to play aroun|t
with Doris so hard. And you werer
jealous, You weren't the least iii
jealous
Wasn't jealous" she cried ~
was orally Jealous. You can't tel
mo you weren't in love with her"
Il don't know whether was it,
love with her or not" Harry saiI
honestly. II only know that I low
YOU now. And If you'll Just play wit
me once in q while, I'll ask nothiti
more Of the world"
She flung herself into his arms
"Of course III play with you-now
she cried.
She turned and began to gather H.,
the bills. She cried recklessly, Let
take the whole thousand and 20 on q
party. What do we care abcu
money
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-10-31
How Much Blood?

Just how much blood does each o..
of us have in his body? This has been
Il puzzling question all through thr
centuries of medicine. and only 70
Gently have experiments been mad.
through which the approximate weigh,
of the blood has been found.
Naturally. not every one has the
same amount of blood. AS might be
expected, it varies with the weight OF
the rest of the body.
II you divide the weight of YOUR
body by 20 you will get approximately
the total weight Of your blood. This
applies TO healthy men. as determine
by the experiments. Whether women
have more or less blood in proportion
has not Yet been determined.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-10-31

riding every afternoon. So he took
Doris 40 miles tip the Post road in
an hour; spent three hours over tea
and two hours coming back. He never
got home for dinner at all. And when
he. did get in. a little fearful Of how
Linda might take 1t. he blurted out
the truth.
That's all right Linda. said, set
thing back In her corner Of the sofa
Il think it might be very stimulating
TO you TO carry on an innocent flirta-
ton with a pretty woman. You've
been getting into q groove"
"Ail Won care about is that I should
work - l4a said sulienly.
-, ISN'T Il. / cure about" ElaA
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Doris shook her head,

II don't say no good" she said. II
said you were really and truly nice.
But you're no good as husband"
well. I'll Just show YOU" he said
through shut teeth. I'll show you,
and I'll show her"
He snatched up his hat and coat
and ran out OF the house and climbed
into the Hurstwood Eight that stood,
as usual. opposite Mrs. Mclean 8
front door. He drove for miles. But
he drove slowly He was thinking.
His only hope was that Spring. was
commissioning and the season when
people buy cars. He was up to his
neck in debt. He owned perhaps a
hundred dollar equity in the car he
was driving. He had to scramble to
get the cash to buy gas for 1t. But
he would scramble. He would show
them. And when he had shown
them, he would tell them where to
get off
He did work that Spring as he
had never worked before He
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-10-31

Yes" she said I'm sending II
back"
Harry lost the calm he had been
forcing upon himself He blew up. He
hlew I'D as a well made firecracker
blows up when the fuse has burned
down to the powder-without a muir
muir.
What for?" he roared.
Linda picked up the box in her arms,
walked across the room 10 the door
way, and paused, like well traine'
actress making her exit.
Because" she said, ITS just to
awfully expensive. we can't possibly
|, ford it
n YOU mean you aren't going 10 The
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month to keep horse there. And
your riding kit cost 5000 and mine
cost nearly as much. AT the present
rate, the hunt club is going TO cost us
So 900 a year and we can't afford it
not when the grocery bill isn't paid.
We can't afford anything as long as
the grocery bill isn't paid
What il all comes down to is tina:
| don't make enough money TO satisfy
YOU. Ten thousand dollars a year
isn't enough for TWO people TO live on
nowadays
Il should be perfectly satisfied TO
live on s1o.o00 year. Harry
But we have $40 400 a year, anu
Ia aren't satisfied.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-10-31
Experts May Find at Pan-Pacific Congress
Ways to Tighten Force Of Earthquakes

ell his foot III anger, ano tho wilde
ness and pioneer settlements alor2
the mighty river felt tho rush e..
waters and the shocks of q trenen
dous quake that changed the contour
of three StStes, and was felt as fat
East as Boston and north into Ca
ada 10" thousands Of miles
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Copyright 1885,
Imperial Valley press., 1926-04-24
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THEATERS

VALLEY-A "hand picked east,
is which every PLAYER was chosen
after minute consideration as the
ideal for the particular role, both as
to type and acting ability, sur
rounds Marion Davies III her latest
Cosmopolitan production for Metro
Goldwyn Mayer. Beverly of Grau-
stark. >
This extreme care III choosing the
east was adopted i'll order to present
the picture i'll as nearly an accord
with the spirit of George Barr Me-
cutcheon s famous novel as possible.
|" Does he fit the author s idea of the
role!' was the question Sidney
Franklin, directing the picture, ask
ed himself as each character was
considered.
The new picture, coming tomorrow
to the Valley theater, shows Miss
Davies in one of the most remark
able roles ever attempted, as besides
playing the heroine she masquerades
so perfectly as prince that she is
said to be the counterpart of the
Prince Of Wales. Antonio Moreno
plays the leading male role as
+" Dantop,' the royal detective, and
Creighton Hale, well known leading
man of the screen, plays Prince Os-
car. Roy ID D'Arcy, famous Crown
Prince of "The Merry Widow, -
plays Marlanx, prctender to Il
throne, and Paullctte DuVal, Max
Barwyn, Albert Gran. Charles Clary,
and other notables appear.
The story is "a romantic tale of
European court intrigue laid in
modern times, and has been directed
by Sidney Franklin.
PALACE-Manager Norris an
nouncement that the Palace theater
will show TONY Runs Wild" Fox
Films latest Tom Mix production,
tomorrow and Monday assures Ell
Centro a chance to see some of
America s most rugged scenery as
the background for daring feats of
horsemanship that test the strength,
skill land courage of both the horse
and rider.
Inc picture was IlImeu III tne
mountains of Arizona, in the Apache
trail district. This is the most rug
ged and beautiful of the mountain
districts in America. Along this
picturesque road are famous gold
and copper mines, famous cattle
ranches and the Cliff Dwellings,
where lived "a race that has long
since vanished from the world.
j." Tony is shown as a wild horse
that is captured, tanned and then
released. In the final scene he
leads his wild herd through IA can
yon and tramples to death the des-
peradoes who are shooting at his
master from all sides.
Mix III this production does most
of his riding on 'Pronto, horse
almost as famous as Tony"
Other than Mix the east includes
Jaequeline Logan, feminine lead,
Lawford Davidson, Duke Lee. Wv
ian Oakland, Raymond Wells, Jack
Padian, Arthur Morrison and Mar
tin Faust.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-04-24
STUDENT IGNORANCE

College students may know good deal about ath-
lecs, and even good deal CLEANED from books,
This fact is revealed by the New Republic which
has been asking questions OF group of students in
representative university.
They were not trick questions. Most of them
were such as might be readily answered, one would
suppose, by any person who has done a. moderate
amount OF general reading, either in books or news
papers, even II he never went to college high school
Oliver Cromwell, discover from this question
naire, was merely prohibitOnist. Edisons claim to
greatness is his ability do without sleep Cervantes
discovered America. The Yosemite is in North Caro-
lima. Martin Luther botanist
1t Is not unfair, either, to pick these bunders.
The answerers' minds full of blank spaces.
Only 38 out of 100 knew who Bernard Shaw was, and
only eight knew who wrote the Inferno
Native ignorance surpassed alien ignorance. No
native American got more than 50 per cent The high
est PERCENTAGE of accuracy SO, attained by Slav
the next highest by Russian.
1t almost looks as if the greatest work of Edison
was his exposure of the ignorance of college men.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-04-24
APARTMENT HOUSE PLAY ROOMS

"A we'll equipped nursery is part of every large
factory, and excellent. is taken of the children.
Recently large apartment houses have been erected
housing around 200 people, and containing kinder
garen or childrens ROOM with capable nurse. When
the mother wishes out she may leave her children
there under careful supervision"
This is not picture of an American community.
1t is part ofa report of speech by Scott Nearing tell
ing abous of the things he saw during a five
months sojourn in Soviet Russia.
He Teported also nursery schools and play
grounds planned especially to relieve mothers of the
"a hour care of children. But attendance any of
these institutions is not compulsory If a mother is
compelled to work for living if she is actively en-
gagged i'm form of public service she takes advan
of these nurseries and play places for children.
There appears to be nothing menacingly commun-
isti9 about this development. In fact it appeals to
thoughtful persons in parts of the world quite remote
-fr1kn Russia. If families with growing children have
to live III apartment houses it does seem important
and wise to have healthfu play places close at hand
Imperial Valley press., 1926-04-24
Washington To
Be Host to Next
Medical COnfab

DALLAS, Texas, April 24.-With
election of officers and selection of
the 1927 convention ste agreed
upon, the American Medical associa
ton ended its five days session here
last night with n program of high
" technical exhibits and addresses.
Washington was overwhelminglv
selected as host to the association in
1927. defeating New York. Los An
geles and several mid-continental
cities seeking the meeting
DIR. Jabcz North jackson of Kan
sas City is president-clect and will
assume leadership of the nation at
the opening of the Washington meet
Ing. Or. Wendell C. Phillips of
New York will head the body dur
ing the coming year.
DR. Joseph Petit of Portland, Ore
gon aseended to the board of trus-
tees by one vote over DR.. Raw Ly-
man Wilbur, president of Stanford
University.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-04-24
Bedtime Stories
BY HOWARD &. CARTS
Copyright, 1926, by Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate
UNCLE WIGGILY AND THE BELL
TRICK

One Saturday morning Uncle Wig
gilv Longcars went to the Hollow
Stump school. OF course he didn t go
there to recitc his lessons to the
Lady Mouse Teacher, for the rabbit
gentleman was now so old that he
no longer needed to go to school.
Nor had he been bad, 50 that he had
to GO to school Saturday whether he
liked it or not, as | have mctimes
heard has come to pass.
II am just hopping around look,
ing for adventures. said Unclc
Wlggilv when Mr.. No Tail, the frog
father of Bully aud Bawlv, asked
tne rabbit what he was doing near
the school. ''Of course | know there
ale no classes III tn Hollow Stump
school on Saturday Even the Lady
Mouse Teacher ism t in school. -
II am not SO sure about there be
ing no classes, croaked Mr.. No
Tail.
"What do you mean " asked I'm
Gle Wiggily.
Il just saw Jackie and Peetie
Bow Wow. the puppy dogs going in
thcback door of the school, went
on Mr.. No. Tail. There must bt
classes for them, even if it is Satur
day.
Nonsense. laughed Uncle Wig
gilv. But as the frog gentleman hop
ped on 20 60 jump in the duck pond
Uncle Wiggily said to himselg: Il
wonder why Jackie and Peetie went
to the Hollow Stump School on Sat
urday. They must have reason
Imperial Valley press., 1926-04-24
American Movie
Queen Says She
Is No Beauty
ny United Press Leased Wire


LONDON, April 24-An American
movie queen who admits that she is
no beauty has been discovered in
the person of Betty Blythe who APP
peared in the kings bench division
of the law courts Friday afternoon
at the resumption of the trial of her
suit against the producer, G. b.
Samuelson. She seeks back salary
and damages because of his alleged
reputation of a contract to star
her fin II. Rider Haggard s "She. "
Betty's salary would have been
$500 week if she got it.
Glad in a navy blue costume with
white waistcoat and grey fur. top
ped with Il close fitting silver straw
hat, Betty's appearance was a treat
for the movie fans who had come to
court.
Il am no beauty said Betty and
the fans repressed contradictions out
of Difference to the court u have
only a certain amount of histrionic
beauty continued the unusually
modest actress, Ito which l must
add my other abilities, one of which
is the knaek of wearing clothes and
of designing them
Betty rose from the witness box
to permit her public, the court and
attendants to observe the fact that
she does wear clothes and wear them
well. She related that she was in.
clined to, and capable of, altering
dresses and exercised her talent on
one of the costumes provided by
SamuelSon.
Samuelson S defense is that Betty
broke her contract.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-04-24
ADMIT VAR VETERANS

The present immigration law is working very we'll,
the whole, and accomplishing the purposes it was
intended for better than laws usually do. Nobody
wants to break it down There are some slight mper-
fections, however, that need removing.
There happen to be quite few veterans of the
World War who served in the American army and are
now barred from the country under this law. Most of
Than aliens who either remained abroad when our
forbes ordered home or have gone abroad since,
and Awho want to here but are barred by
full quotas in the countries to which they owe alleg
ance.
A bill favoraby reported to the Senate would let
down the bars for such entrants 1t is hardly concev
able that many Americans would object such an
of justice and gratitude Surely if there is any recon-
mendation for admitting an alien to American oppor-
nffg and citizenship it is that which comes from hav
ing foughtNpder the American flag for American
ideals.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-04-24
Indian Elephant
Opens Highway

COLORADO = SPRINGS, Colo,
April 24.--''The Empress of India, }"
Pachydermie gift of Indian royalty,
will lead a procession to the top of
Cheyenne mountain, near here, June
l3, during ceremonies attending the
opening of a road TO the top of the
peak.
The empress giant elephant, is
Il gift from the Maharajah of Nag
'apur, powerful and wealthy prince
and grdauate- of Oxford, to Spencer
Penrose, head of the firm which
built the road.
The elephant will carry Mr.. and
Mrs. Penrose, Philip Rhinclander of
New York and Col. James f. Hig-
gins of Fort Logan, to the top of the
mountain where dedication ccrcmon-
les will be held.
The new highway will be ore of
the most scenic and costly mountain
highways in the state.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-04-24

the bunny uncle, and he did.
Soon Jackie and Peetie were
ready to play their trick. They
caught hold of the bell rope and be-
gam to pull it. All the way down
they hauled the rope as they had
seen the rat gentleman school janitor
DO. But because of Uncle Wiggily :
coat on the bell clapper. not :,
sound was heard. Harder and hard
er Jackie and Peetie pulled the
rope. But there was no ding dong
and no ding dong. --.
Peetie, you know what | think!
suddenly asked Pectie.
mo! What youthmk?' barked
Peetie.
81 think we re getting deaf.''
whined Jackie. Look, we re pull
ing this bell as hard as ever we can,
but it doesn t ring. Our ears must
be stopped up. Maybe we re get
ting some sickness. Oh, | wish we
hadn t come to play the bell trick.
Il wish So. tool whinned Peetie
Let 5 run homci -
DropplhS'lAc Dcll rope, OUT OF INT
school ran the two little dogs, I'm
Gle Wiggilv hurried down the back
helfrcy stair and saw them.
"Why are YOU running so fast?
asked the rabbit gentleman.
"Of, Uncle Wiggily!' barkcd
Poetic. "Wc got something the
matter with our ears, We can Z
Lear the bell ring!'
"Of course you can with my
coat around the clappcr! - laughed
the bunny gentleman: "Oh, you lit
tic rascal. You must never play Il
trick like that again.' And Jackie
and Petite were 50 glad they were
hot deaf that they promised to be
good for Il week and day, and per
haps they were.
ANYHOW, if the clothes post
docsn t take the rag doll s red drcs.
| off the line to wear to the party IN
the chicken coop, | II tell You next
about Encie Wiggily and the red
sofa ship.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-04-24

III find out what it is.
Creeping softly up behind the
school. the rabbit uncle found the
lack door open. So in he gently
hopped. Up in the belfry he could
hear Jackie and Peetie talking to-
gether. !,
..Isn't this going to be dandy
trick.' whispered Peetie.
s.Oh, just wonderful - chuc k led
Jackie. II IN laughing already.
wen pull the rope hard and ring
the bell real loud went on Peetle
IAN the boys and the girls VIII
hear the bell ringing. They VIII
think there is school. They II for
get IT is Saturday and they II hur-
~ hcre.
And we II laugh at them when
tl,ev come because of our bell trick,
Won I we?' asked Jackie.
THAT s what we will do. snick-
cred Peetie.
..Oh, those little rascals!' whis-
rered Uncle Wiggily to himself. so
tley are going to ring the school bell
on Saturday morning, are they
They re going to spoil the play time
OF the other children. That S their
bell trick, is it? Well, IN play Il
trick on them. -,..-,,---
While Jackie and Pcctie were
looking around to make sure no one
saw them Uncle Wiggily hoppcd up
into the bell tower by "a back stair
Up in the bclfrv the rabbit gentle
man took off his coat and tied il
around the clapper of the bell 50 that
10 matter how hard the rope was
pulled to swing the bell, not ding
dong would come forth.
- II mufflc the bcll!' chuckled
Imperial Valley press., 1926-04-24
Many Luxuries
For j. S. Homes
Swelling Trade
By S. P. HoLL1NGswoRTH
Omitted Press Staff Correspondent

Omitted Press Staff Correspondent)
WASHINGTON, April 24.-Amer-
leans are depending more on their
homes and less on imported lip
sticks, silks and satins, perfumes,
trinkets and jewelry, toys. sporting
goods and foreign grown tobacco.
But such luxuries as Oriental
rugs, cabinet wood for furniture,
decorated chinaware and art works
all designed for the home lover
are swelling America s foreign trade.
In cross section survey of 1925
import figures compared with 1924,
the commerce department today dis
closed that all luxuries decreased
81 900, 900 to 4 total of Sl4l,994 200
imported for the epicurean taste of
this country.
The fonly two personal luXwies
that did not lose popularity We're
imported furs for the fair sex and
golf balls.
Fur imports jumped from $1,3l2,-
900 in 1924 to $l3,7J6,000 last wear,
while more than 100000 golf balls
were shipped to this country to
meet the excess demand in 1925.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-04-24

Paintings of fruit trees and vines
in the iucaipa Valley San Bernar-
dino county, totaled 25,lS9 for this
season.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-04-24
ARRESTED FOR SERVING
HARD LIQUOR AT STORE

FRESNO, Calf, April 24.-Ac-
cused of pressing a spigot i'll their
soda fountain and serving hard liq-
nor instead of soda or near beer to
favored customers. two brothers, Ed
and Ralph kirk6rian, aged 20 and
"a, were in the Fresno county Jail
today. Officers said they found
about three quarts of varied liquor
ut the bottom ends of the spigots.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-04-24
DEFEND TITLE MAY q

NEW YORK. April -. - Tiger
Flowers, for the last month middle
weight champion of the world, will
defend his title against Harry Grcb,
whom he defeated for the crown
in - round bout on May - at
Madison Square garden, Jess Me
Mahon, match maker for the garden
announced today.
Imperial Valley press., 1926-04-24
Over $3S,OOO,ooO
Involved In Oil
Sale in Fresno
by United Press Leased Wire

FRESNO, Calf, April 24.-Prop-
erty of the Pacific Oil company, in
cluding realty, rights of way, city
lots, leases and other items, which
were sold to the Standard Oil,
brought $3s,l00,000S according to
stamps on the deeds, formally on file
with the Fresno county recorder
here.
: The deeds include land total 26l,.
l47 acres in the San Joaquin Val.
ley and other parts of the state
Much of the property now transfer
red to the Standard Oil company
was acquired by Pacific Oil three
years ago from the Southern Pacific
railway.