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Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-09-23
Stewards Washington Letter
By CHARLES p. STEWART
NEA Service Writer.

WASHINGTON-Vir resources
in the form of national shrines appear
to be absolutely inexhaustible.
1t makes the most of them, too They
draw tourists.
single shrines appeal is limited.
1t has to compete with other shrines.
But in Virginia tourist can keep on
travelling for a month, at the rate
of at least shrine day, and some
times a whole cluster no more than
an hour or two of flivvering apart.
Other states with good shrines don't
develop them as they should. Virginia
cultivates them for all they're worth
which is a great. great deal.
The Walter Reed Memorial asso-
citation is about to contribute a new
one-the house in which DR.. Walter
Reed, conqueror of yellow fever, was
born, in Gloucester county, Sept. 49,,
1851
Well, DR.. Reed has a shine coming
to him, if medical men ever did
BY proving that mosquitoes were re-
sponsible for the spreading of the
dreaded yellow jack, he not only saved
countless thousands of lives, but re-
claimed for settlement vast areas which
had been practically uninhabitable, be-
cause of the disease.
The Panama canal probably never
could have been finished, such were the
fever's ravages among the workers,
until he stamped it out.
The old Reed homestead has been
abandoned for years.
The Memorial association has OBJ
tained an option on it and will take
it over shortly, restore it and fill it
with mementoes of one of the greatest
surgeons who ever lived.
Other shrines are all about it-York-
town, where CORVALLIS surrendered; :;
jamestown, where the first permanent
English settlement in America was es-
tablished; Williamsburg, the old CO.
lonial capital of the state
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-09-23
THE DIFFERENCES.

On the boat train visitor from the
United States was comparing the ex-
tensive railways of America with the
short systems of the United Kingdom,
says a London, writer:
Say" he said, 81 can board the cars
in my home state of Texas at seven
in the morning. I can travel all that
day and all the night, and at eight.
the next morning I am still only half
way across the state. I guess the old
country can't show anything like that"
"Ah!' replied voice, 1--WE have got
trains like that-but we don't boast
about them"
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-09-23
MADE A HIT

z
mo nationt is more interested in the
status of America at present than
Japan" remarked former Secretary
Hughes recently. Japan, in fact, as.
regards the European situation, re-
minds me of the man who married
strapping wife who Immediately let
him know who was boss
lone day the little chap received q
blackmail letter which read: IF you
don't leave a thousand dollars by the
old mill tomorrow night, we will kid
nap your wife, 'h
ITO which the little fellow replied:
I don't happen to have a thousand
dollars, but your proposition interests
me greatly.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-09-23


blow For be diplomacy
delegation holds Craftsmanship Douglas
in
Cochise still
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-09-23
BUSINESS GIRL

Gladys Lee, when a small child, re-
turned home from her first visit to
Sunday school, eating a bar of choco-
late.
why, Gladys, where did you get the.
chocolate?' asked her mother.
II bought it with the nickel you gave,
me-" explained Gladys. The minister
met me at the door and got me in for
nothing"
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-09-23
Abe Martin

How many l6afers continue t. ex-
ist when they complain that they can't
live ON the wages they turn down is
one o. tn poplar mysteries. Th' day
light savin's plan is big help t tn
detective that's alluS gOin' T. have TIN
guilty party behind th' bars before
nightfall.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-09-23
''No Breakfast Complete Without
This Dispatch"

the cotton
they contribute practically esump
If there Of Arizona certainly it is better
employ really Americans than to let down
the bars OF immigration CT employ
interested.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-09-23

EXPLAINING A PROvERB
Greece must be the fat that is always
getting into the fire.
Copyright 1926, by Bell Syndicate, Inc)
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-09-23

Mrs. Sam First expects to leave
shortly for an extended trip
through the eastern states.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-09-23

Mrs. w. I. Stearns, one of the
amiable and popular hello girls at
the local exchange, is enjoying
vacation.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-09-23
Sixteen Years Ago

Mrs. d. A. O'Donovan and chill
rem left yesterday for her old home
in Kentucky.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-09-23

Ed Jarritt, former Douglasite,
arrived in the city yesterday from
Antigua for a few days visit.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-09-23
o111CK AMI EXCv

QUICK AND EASY
1t is now said that speeding auto
mobiles are the safest More instan-
taneous, perhaps.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-09-23
More Truth Than Poetry
BY JAMES j. MONTAGUE
THE THRILL OF MELoDRAMA

thrill when I look at the hero,
Who is never disturbed or upset
When the villain stalks in with sim
lister grin
And an even more sinister threat.
I watch with intense admiration
While his sleeves to the elbows are
rolled
And there follows the crunch of a well
planted punch
AS he knocks the big blusterer cold.
I always have found it enthralling
To sit safe from harm and observe,
From plush covered seat, just the sort
of a feat
Which I'd do, had 1 only the nerve.
I am never intensely excited,
I am never possessed by thrill
At the hero's pursuit by some evil faced
brute
Whose manifest aim is to kill.
1t isn't my fears that enthrall me
When struggle and carnage see,
I view both askance for know in ad-
vance
Who the victor is certain to be-
But love to look on at the upshot
, OF these battles for girls or for pelf,
And joy at the blow when it's struck
for I know
That wouldn't dare strike it myself.
never was addicted to valor
Like Ajax, Achilles or Priam;
I never would seek to awaken the plque
OF a fellow who's bigger than I am.
I am commonly peaceful and quiet
And prone to forget and forgive,
My maxim in life is to keep out of
strife
And simply to live and let live.
But / love to watch photoplay actors,
With their chests and their biceps
quite barred,
Defying the chaps with the big ugly
maps t
Which I, too would defy if dared!
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-09-23

Bruce Stephenson, Cortland at
torney, was married this week to
Miss Leach, whose parents are
ranching in the Sulphur Springs
valley.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-09-23

Absent-minded business man kissing
wife-"Now, dear, will dictate cou-
pie of letters. Fix.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-09-23

Mrs. r. 3. Sims will leave next
week for McDill Okla, to visit her
parents. On her return to Douglas
she will be accompanied by her
little son, who has been spending
the summer with his grandparents.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-09-23

WHY NOT
Scientists are now trying to make
electricity of light. All they need to
do is to convince the electricity that
turn about is fair play
Evening star., 1926-06-06
DAUGHTERS OF AMERICA.

Fidelity Council will have a public
memorial service next Tuesday at
Northeast Masonic Temple at pm.
Rev. w. +. Carey, pastor or Ryland
Methodist Church, and Rev. Tom Per
kinton will make addresses.
American Flag Council, No. 5. was
consolidated with Liberty Council, No.
s, last Tuesday.
The annual outing of the combined
local lodges will be held at Chesapeake
Beach July l6.. 4 moonlight excursion
Triumph, No. &. held election of Off
GERS Tuesday, with Deputy Mary r.
James in charge. as follows: Councillor,
Alice Brumbaugh: associate councillor,
George Tyler; vice councillor, Florence
Hahn: associate vice councillor, Cathef-
inc Donch; conductor. Dorothy Muller;
warden, Albert Burgess; recordlng Sec
retary, j. w. Schwenk; assistant re-
cording secretary. Hattie Burrows;
treasurer, Fannie p, Joyner: inside
sentinel Goldie .Leeman; outside sentl-
mel, Bernett Burgess; trustee tlS
months), George Bowman; representa-
tive to State council, Lille McCormlck,
Marie Stephenson and Elsie Hill. lni-
tiation will be held TUESDAY night.
This council will have IA 500 card
party in Hechts Auditorium Tuesday.
from ! to pm, under the direction
Of Louise Schwenk, chairman OF the
good Of order
Golden Rule Council. No. 10. con
cluded the second nomination of ON
GERS at the meeting Friday night at
the Masonic Temple, Eighth and b
streets northeast Councillor Nlr-
gle Ed Ridgeway presided. Nominees
for the various offices were as follows:
For councillor Mrs. Lorena Arendes;
associate councillor, Archie L. Lewis;
vice councillor, Mrs Okie r. Young;
associate vice councillor, Richard E.
Tydings; junior past councillor, Mrs.
Margaret Klotz; recording secretary,
Mrs. Elizabeth Shepherd; assistant re-
cry; financial secretary, Mrs. Eva
Wood; treasurer, H. G.. Powell; con-
ductor, Mrs. Lillian Martin; warden.
William S. Campbell; inside sentinel.
Continued on Page Thirty-three.)
Evening star., 1926-06-06

officers of the assembly for June II.
She also announces that Magnolia
Rebekah Lodge of Mount Rainier. Md,
will hold a lawn fete June Is and 16.
to which an invitation is extended 20
all Rebekah lodges of the District of
Columbia to attend.
Noble Grand Elizabeth Enterline OF
Martha Washington Rebekah Lodge.
No. 3, announces degree work for the
meeting June 10. The ways and
means committee Is arranging an ex-
cursion to Marshall Hall June Q.
Esther Rebekah Lodge, No. 5. Will
confer the degree on a class of can
didates at the meeting June IA.
The Noble and Vice >Grands' Asso-
citation held it's banquet May % at
the Grace Dodge Hotel. The associa-
tion had as its guests President Linnie
A. keiser of the Rebekah Assembly
and Junior Past President Edna Ran
kin. The program was as follows:
Toasts were given by the following
Ella Okey, Edna Rankin. Vera Nally,
Beuliah Maloney. Linnie A. keiser
and Elma Geicer
Evening star., 1926-06-06
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS.

keane Council will meet Thursday
evening at 8 o'clock in the Knights Of
Columbus Home. Zero hour will be
held at 8 o'clock sharp. The council
will meet only once month during
June. July and August--on the second
Thursday of each month.
Monday evening, July 25. will be
Keane's booster night on Steeplechase
Pier, Atlantic City. n. j. The boost
July 25, for weeks outing at the
famous seaside resort, returning to
Washington Sunday, August /. Res
ervations are In charge of George 3.
Saur. 1927 Illinois avenue northwest,
and AL JOY, knights Of Columbus sec.
retary. 9l8 Tenth street northwest
Reservations close July Is.
Washington Council will meet Tues
day evening. State Deputy elect
Charles w. Darr will bring a message
of importance to the membership. Re-
tiring state Deputy James A. Sullivan
also will address the meeting on be.
half of the Archbishop Curley scholar
ship fund. Lecturer Lewis A. Payne
will present entertaining numbers and
the attendance prize will he awarded.
The council was honored in the elec-
tion of two of Its members to the
State Council--Thomas j. Fitzgerald
as advocate and John B. MCKINLEY as
treasurer.
The members of Potomac Council
will attend mass at st. Aloysius
Church this morning at O'Clock in
| memory Of ME members who have
died during the year. Rev: J. Charles
Davey will deliver the sermon.
Much interest is being manifestec
in the radio set award promised in the
near future. The council will meet
tomorrow evening at 8 pm.
Carroll Council met last Tuesday
evening, and the newly elected State
deputy. Charles W. Darr, was present
and delivered an address outlining
some of the activities of local Knights
of Columbus for the coming year.
District Deputy Thomas J. Fitzgerald
also gave talk. Rev. +. Y. Cava-
nagh and Father Buckley. State chap
lain and chaplain Of Carroll Council.
respectively, were guests of the eve
ming.
There was a large attendance of
local Knights of Columbus last Sun
day morning at the annual com
munion and memorial service at st.
Matthew's Church, followed by a
breakfast at the Mayfiower Hotel:
Bishop Thomas J. Shahan. rector or
Catholic University, was celebrant OF
the mass. and he and Sir Esme How.
ard. British Ambassador. addressed
the knights at the breakfast. Bishop
Shahan made a plea for religious edu-
cation to counteract the modern tend
encies toward materialism and skep'
ticism. and Sir Esme Howard spoke
on the life of ST. Francis OF Assist
founder of the Franciscan Order, the
6OOth anniversary OF whose pHth ~
being celebrated this year
Evening star., 1926-06-06
ROYAL ARCANUM.

District Council Loyal Ladies are
making plans for the entertainment
of the Loyal Ladies' Council from
Baltimore next Friday evening. Mrs.
w. J. Goodwin. Mrs. l. s. Childs and
Mrs. Guy r. Allen will have reports
from the Supreme Council. which they
attended in Brooklyn recently.
Municipal Council will celebrate its
5OOth meeting next Saturday evening.
at which time a program VIII ne pre-
sented.
At Capitol Councils meeting Thurs
dav guests were present from Munich
pal. kismet. District and Oriental
councils. Grand Regent Grubb and
Past Grand Regents Ebersole. Bra
shears and Besselievre were the prln-
cipal sneakers.
Evening star., 1926-06-06
EASTERN STAR.

At the last meeting of Unity Chap.
ter, No. %. degrees were conferred
upon several candidates. Members of
the choir of Bethlehem Chapter, No.
z, assisted with the music. Solos were
rendered by Mrs. Nettie Crocker. Mrs.
Beulah Capper Of Bethlehem Chap.
ter, No. 7. and Mrs. Barbara. Effen-
berger of Detroit Chapter No. 116. De.
troit, Mich. The next meeting, June
ii. will be the annual ..Kiddies' night"
with Mrs. Frances Dobson in charge
Of the program and Mrs. Ethel Steele.
the refreshments. Mrs. Anna Reeves,
chairman of the auxiliary home board,
announces a meeting of her commit.
tee June at the residence Of Mrs.
>Penelope Holmes. 1885 Tenth street
Evening star., 1926-06-06
PATRIOTIC ORDER OF
AMERICA.

Camp No. met in its hall No
"a Grant place. May %. with their
president. Mrs. Augusta Kelly. presid-
ing. Two candidates were initiated,
after which the annual memorial
serviees were held
Evening star., 1926-06-06
MASONIC.

LODGES.
Monday-Potomac No. 3. +. c.. spe-
cial at Is pm: NJ at 10
r r. French. No. 10, F. c.
Pentalpha. No. -. f; 4.
Mount Pleasant. No. 81. +. Z.
Albert Pike, No. SO. +. A.
Saturday-School of instruction
ROYAL ARCH CHAPTERS.
Tucsday-Mount Horeb. No. :. +. NJ.
and NJ. +. M.
Woodbridge. No. 10. Marx ,.,
Thursday ashiugton, No. =. hoyal
Arch.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Observation-Disclosures Grotto, Veiieu
Prophets, ceremonial. 80 pun.
Grottu headquarters.
Evening star., 1926-06-06
Rebekall Lodge.

President Linnie A. Keiser of the
Rebekah Assembly Of the District of
Columbia has called q meeting Qf the
Evening star., 1926-06-06
ODD FELLOWS.

Headed by the grand master. DR..
Henry w. Tippett. a large delegation
of Odd Fellows, Rebekahs and friends
went to Pohick last Sunday afternoon
to attend the memorial services held
under the auspices of the Virginia
Odd Fellows at the Old Pohick Church.
Rev James Shera Montgomery, chap
lain of the House Of Representatives,
delivered the memorial address. Grand
Master Edmund H. Allen of the juris-
diction of Virginia was present in
company with the grand master of
the District of Columbia.
The jurisdiction will hold memorial
services at Calvary Baptist Church,
Eighth and II streets, next Sunday
evening. Grand Guardian Walter S.
Norway, chairman of the committee
on memorial services, announces that
special features will be presented dur.
ing the services and urges all lodges
to have large representations.
Tickets have been distributed by
Grand Conductor Elmer Cummings,
chairman Of the committee Of the I. o.
o. F. home excursion, which will be
held July Is.
Golden Rule Lodge, No 21, will con.
fer the first degree next Tuesday eve-
ming and also will have roll call. All
members are urged to be present.
Evening star., 1926-06-06

Harmony Chapter had reception
! in honor of Friendship Chapter and
Joppa Lodge Chapter May 81. 1t
also was presentation night. Grand
Matron Mrs. Gertrude Milans and
Grand Patron George Pitt were pres
ent with the 1925 matrons and pa
irons. Junior Past Grand Matron
! Mrs. Nellie Fletcher and Junior Past
Grand Patron Charles Shreve were
| accompanied by the 1925 matrons
and patrons. A large delegation from
| Brightwood Chapter attended in a
body. Addresses were made by all OF
| the grand officers and Past Grand
Master Of the District of Columbia
Fred G. Alexander. Grand Matron
Milans presented the ballot box.
Ralph Frame presented, on behalf
i of Associate Conductress Henrietta
Vance and James S. Vance, a satin
and embroidered signet. He also
presented. on their behalf, satin BAN
ners for the Ave star points, together
| with staffs for the conductress and
| associate conductress. Junior Past
Grand Matron Fletcher presented the
| silver holder for the charter for her.
! self and Mr.. Shreve. Associate Ma.
presented the jeweled crown and
scepter. Conductress Isabelle Rick.
etts and Mr.. Ricketts, presented the
broken column. William Collins and
Mrs. Collins presented the silver cup
The sword was presented by Charles
Shreve for Mr. and Mrs. Wilson. The
veil was presented by Harriet Stull
matron of Ruth Chapter. The sheaf
| of wheat was presented by Ada
| Toombs for Glen Megredy. The large
Bible was presented by the warder
Annie Bonde. The small Bibles were
presented by Addie Peed and Mr.. and
Mrs. Hilliard Myers. Harmony Lodge
will present.. through Hilliard Myers
Evening star., 1926-06-06

Takoma Chapter, No. II, conferred
the degrees on two candidates May
%. The grand matron and grand
patron, Right Worthy Grand Secre-
tary keyes. Right Worthy Grand
Treasurer Lamond and Past Grand
Patron Milans were honor guests.
After several recitations by Miss Scott
refreshments were served. The de.
grees will be conferred on three candi
dates June II.
Evening star., 1926-06-06

Cathedral Chapter, No. IA. will cele-
brate Riddles night next Wednesday
evening. All parents are urged to
bring their children. Alice Cogswell
is chairman of the arrangements. The
home board was entertained Thurs
day evening at the residence of Past
Matron Eva Horn
Evening star., 1926-06-06

Electa Chapter will confer the de.
grees Tuesday evening. The Aux.
iliary Board will meet at the home
of the matron, Mrs. Marietta Thomp-
son. with Mrs. Frances Rice joint
hostess tomorrow evening.
Evening star., 1926-06-06

Comma nder Maurice l.. Brewton has
b,en elected president Of the Associ-
alton of knights Templar Commanders
for 19c6-27: Charles Phillips. vice
president. and Omar j. Veley, secre-
tarV.treaSurer.
Evening star., 1926-06-06

Continued on Page TT
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1926-11-11
Photos Mean Nothing
to Minds of Sapd1es

The boys (Afrlcan natives of British
East Africa) do not understand our en-
thusiasm for photography. 1t is pc
Even the most intelligent of them will
turn photograph upside down and
cannot make 1t out even after several
minutes study | have shown them
the best of my flashlights, and they
cannot tell an elephant from rhino.
have one boy who has been help
It's me In the laboratory for more than
a year. AT first the pictures meant
nothing to him, but the outlines and
the shadows gradually made an Inn
preston on his brain and now he is
picture fiend He can even tell a
good negative from poor one, but 1t
has taken months for his brain to ad.
just itself to the fiat paper. think
II is the absence of depth and OF
stereoscopic effect that keeps the pic
ture from meaning anything to them.
This holds true all over the world
among primitive blacks. once heard
a story In the Solomon islands-the
missionary told 1t to me himself, so 1t
must be true-of new class of raw
savages that he started to teach, first
their A, Il, C's on big hand charts At
first they insisted on holding the
charts upside down; he got tired cor
recting them and figured ii would
make no difference until they were
further along, and he stopped correct
ing them. In time they learned their
letters and learned to read. but al
ways holding the matter upside down.
Afterward he could not break them Of
1t. The entire class came to church
and sang with their hymn books up
side down and read from their upside
down Bibles. They could not read
with the pages right side up. II you
don't believe this story. don't blame
me. blame the missionary Martin
Johnson. in the Worlds Work.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1926-11-11
Marbles Always Popular

Although very ancient, the game
of marbles seemingly grows more
popular each year. From the begin
ming of the marble season in the early
spring until fall there is surprising
demand for all kinds of marbles.
Thousands of boys, and some girls,
find marbles Indispensable. Although
marbles never wear out they are cas-
lily lost. Replacing those lost takes
large number from the supply. In
this country there are three factories
In the Middle West that are regularly
engaged in making marbles. How
ever, only the cheaper and common
grades of marbles are made In Amer
lea The highly priced glass mar
bles and the like are imported from
Germany and other foreign countries.
Pathfinder Magazine
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1926-11-11
CIemenceau in Old Are

The cabin in the vendee. whence
Georges Clemenceau delivered his debt
indictment of America, cost its vener-
able possessor less than $500 to build.
Here 1.-THE Tiger" lives for half the
year. tended by his valet. Albert, who
saved his life in the trenches. The
daily living expenses Of "Father Vic
tory" amount to 20 francs plus the
cost Of running a car which a famous
millionaire presented TO him after the
peace conference.
Clemenceau, whose love for the
Orient Is well known. always flies a
big red fish which CLOVIS out in the
wind from the masthead of his cabin.
This is a Japanese sign of virility,
and was presented TO him by the wife
of the Japanese prime minister in
1921.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1926-11-11
Adding Insult to Injury

Halt, there Contaminate We,
halt y yelled Constable Sam T. Slack
putter. the redoubtable sleuth of Pc
tunia. Consider your-bygosh self
under arrest! You tore through here
yesterday going west at the law
breaking rate of bat out of the pit
of torment. And in so doing you not
only insulted the peace and dignity
Of our progressive little city, but
II never noticed any town here,
and" interrupted the offending mo-
torist.
well, you'll notice 1t all right by
the time Squire Ramsbottom gets
through with you And that amt all !;
In addition you busted off the corner
of Miss Tessie Tickle's milliner
shop"
81 thought II was a billboard, or
something of the sort"
"You come with me, right now p
Kansas City Star.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1926-11-11
Fossils Easily Dug Up

The breaking toll of the
fossil-hunting electric shovel In a
suburb Of Cleveland. Ohio, where geo
logical information is being dug out
by the ton. Prehistoric land fauna
are being unearthed from rock and
clay. as well as fossilized fishes The
use of the electric shovel for this pur
pose is viewed with particular inter-
est because the rapid expansion of the
city means that these areas in a few
years will be lost to the paleontologist
to make way for endorsements to
large buildings.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1926-11-11
"Dowdiness" Mems Fault

German women are unable 10 dress
causesthere are too many men buyers
of w6men's clothes, q leading fashion
journal asserts in demanding that
frauieins throw off the yoke of mas
cuIine dictation in the matter of dress.
while in the end women dress to
please men," the journal says WON
en- can make much better job Of il
than men, When 1t comes to selecting
handkerchiefs. chemises and hun
lien other dainties. male buyers for
department. or women's wear stores
ire usually hopeless.
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Valuable "LiUe Stock"

An economic value of fifteen hun
cred billion dollars is placed on the
lives of the men and women of this
country by statisticians of leading
life insurance company. 1t is esti-
mated that this vital capital, measured
In dollars and cents, is about five
times as great as the total national
wealth contained in money, stocks,
bonGs, merchandise, real estate and
other factors of wealth