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The Washington times., 1927-05-24

musical director? Or could vou
suggest something more aporo.
pirate? A w
1t would be thoroughly proper
to send a young man flowers as
a symbol of congratulation for
his first year as musical direc.
tor, and it is often done. Rut
unless you know the young man
very well advise that instead
of sending him flowers you write
him a note of friendly congratu.
lation. II you know the Young
msn very well, you might send
him musical book OF some Kind.
"a book on the opera, or a col.
lection Of compositions by his
favorite composer. or even
leather portfolio for carrying his
music.
The Washington times., 1927-05-24
QUESTIONS OF
ETIQUETTE
BY Cornelius Beeckman-
Seating Arrangements

nEAR MRS, BEECKMAN:
~ To settle a dispute will you
kindly answer this question? It
is about when -wo couples are
riding in a four passenger auto
mobile.
A says that the girl in the
back seat sits behind the man
in the front seat and the man
in the back sits behind the girl
in the front seat.
B says the girl in the back
seat sits behind the girl in the
front seat, and the man in the
back seat sits behind the man in
the front seat.
Which is correct? M. r. B.
There is no such highfalutin'
rule as this. The girl in the
back seats sits on the right of
the gentleman.
The Washington times., 1927-05-24

at the starting point. But each
would have its own motion over
the surface of the globe indepen.
dent OF the earth's rotation. AT
the end, say Of an hour, one
would be forty miles west Of the
starting point, and the other
would be forty miles east of that
point. In the meantime the
earths rotation would have car
ried the starting point itself one
twenty-fourth of rotation to-
ward the east. But this would
The Washington times., 1927-05-24
When Not TO Send Gifts

NEAR MRS. BEECKMAN:
~ What is the correct way TO
acknowledge a wedding announce
ment? Are gifts. always sent?
I have just received two from
neighhors. but that's the extent
of our relation. A. READER
Since apparently YOU do not
know these neighbors very we'll.
. short note Of best wishes and
The Washington times., 1927-05-24

Fluctuations would be proper as
your acknowledgment of these
wedding announcements. It was
kind and friendly for these neigh
bors to include you in their an
nouncement-lists and this cour-
tesy should be acknowledged. 1t
is not necessary to send a gift to
these people whom you know SO
slightly, and especially it is not
necessary since you apparently
have no urge" to send a gift.
The Washington times., 1927-05-24
Friendly Tokens

nEAR MRS. BEECKMAN:
~ Will you kindly inform me
IL it would be proper to send
flowers to a young man who is
celebrating his first year as q
The Washington times., 1927-05-24
Good Old HOi POllOi

Without Them the Sport Of Kings Would Be Too
Expensive
Evening star., 1927-09-14
BALLOTS ORDERED
TO Be |MPOUNDED
Court Ruling in Vare-WiIson
Contest Covers 81 Penn
syIvania Counties.
By the Associated Press.

HARRISBURG, Pa, September IA.
An order providing for the imme-
diate inpounding of all ballots cast
in the November, 1925. general elec-
tion in the 80 counties in the middle
Pennsylvania district Of the United
States Court, was handed down here
yesterday by Federal Judge Albert
Johnson, under an amicable agree
ment reached in Chicago last week
in the VareWilson senatorial contest
The ballot boxes will be concen-
trated with the prothonotaries of the
Common Pleas Courts at Lycoming,
Northumberland, Dauphin, Lacka-
wana and Luzerne Counties, who are
directed to safely keep all boxes and
their contents, pending further dis
position of them by the United States
Senate.
Judge Johnson notified John II.
Glass of Shamokin, United States mar
shall for the district, and the deputy
marshals to meet with him at his
office in Lewisburg tomorrow to re-
ceive instructions for the impounding
of the ballots and boxes.
1t is pron0Sed to start similar pro-
ceedingS in the Federal courts at
Philadelphia and Pittsburgh either to-
morrow or Thursday to have the
boxes in the eastern and western dis.
tricts impounded.
Petitions asking for the impound-
ing of the boxes were presented to
Judge Johnson today by David Wal
lerstein, Philadelphia, counsel for Will
liam B. Wilson, Democratic candidate
for the Senate last year, and by
Francis Skunk Brown, former attor-
ney general, representing William S.
Ware, Senator-elect.
Evening star., 1927-09-14
LYON PARK TO FIGHT
ANNEXATION MOVE
Resolution Against Alexandria
Acquiring Any Part of County
Adopted at Meeting.
special Dispatch to The Star

Special Dispatch to The Star.
LYON PARK, Va, September IA
A campaign in opposition to the move
"a few days ago by Alexandria to an.
mex portion of Arlington County was
inaugurated by the Lyon Park Civic
Association at its monthly meeting
last night. A resolution offered by
Arthur Orr opposing anneXing any
part of Arlington County by any out
side jurisdiction and requesting the
delegates to the Arlington County
Civic Federation to have that body re.
quest all candidates for the General
Assembly record their stand on this
vital question was unanimously
adopted.
Louis A. MacMahon, Republican
candidate, said Potomac, Yards and
Arlington County would lose $50 900
a year in tax revenue by the annex
alton, which would have to be made up
by corresponding increase in taxes
in the balance of the county. 1T was
imperative that an enabling act be
passed by the Legislature giving the
people Of the county the right to de-
eide their own form of government"
he said.
Officers of the association chosen for
the coming year We're: A. A. Moore,
president; c. X. Lewis, vice president;
r. P. Gary, recording secretary; Jo-
seph Haley, corresponding secretary;
A. T. Rowell, treasurer. In addition
to the officers, members of the execu-
tive committee are: Il. j. Merrick, jr.;
j. F. Hardie, jr.; w. o. Tolford, l.. l..
Collie, j. w. Dorsey. l.. G. Carl and c.
III. Deaton. Arthur Orr, G. X. Lewis
and E. j. Merrick, jr.. are delegates to
tho Arlington County Civic Federation.
Evening star., 1927-09-14
White House Gets New Master of Hounds
To Handle Collies and Rest of Pets

Maurice Ward, who for several
years has been employed in the kit
chen Of the White house. has been
placed in charge of the Presidential
animal pets. which unofficial office
carries with it the title Of Master OF
Hounds
Ward succeeds Wilson Jackson,
who has been the playmate and train
er of the White House pets for num-
Der of years, and who was the play
mate of the Roosevelt boys during the
administration of President Roose-
welt. Jackson has been transferred
to the Bureau Of Engraving and
Printing, where he will serve as
messenger.
Jackson was not included in the
group Of employees taken to Black
Hills. as it was deemed useless eX'
pense to transport him that distance
Just to handle the pets.
Ward made the trip, however. and
very soon after the Summer White
House was established he displayed a
keen interest in the pets. This did
not go unnoticed by the President and
Mrs. Coolidge, and shortly thereafter,
NdTu was SpclluiIsS ASoo SAiAiO aiA SAiS
kitchen and more time with the ami
mails, displaying decided aptitude for
handling them.
Although Wilson Jackson, the de-
posed master Of hounds, has been
handling the pets at the White House
since back in the days of President
Roosevelt, it was not until during the
early days Of the administration of
President Harding that he and the
office he so picturesquely filled came
into public prominence. Laddie Boy.
the Hardings' famous a;-cdale dog,
seemed to have a popular appeal. At
least he and his trainer were~given
wide publicity, and it was not long
before they both were nearly as well
known on the streets Of Washington
as was the President himself.
This prominence was by no means
confined to the Capital. But it was
not until the Coolidge administration
that the master of hounds of the
White House became nationally
known. The Hardings had only Laddie
Boy, but with the Coolidges came
Rob Roy and Prudence Prim, the
beautiful white collies. the latter hav-
ing died during the past Summer, and
Tiny Tim, the rascally. airedale, who
sNSs saRally hanisbsd by the Rrssi9aat
Evening star., 1927-09-14
DAMAGED YACHT ADRIFT
AFTER BLAST INJURING a.
Power Boat Marava1 Missing at
Sea-Search for Craft
Is Started.

By the Associated Press.
HALIFAX. Novia Scotia, Septem.
ber 14.-The power yacht Maraval,
damaged in recent explosion at Sgd.
ney in which four persons, members
of the Grenfell mission to Labrador,
were severely burned, was adrift to-
day from it's tow, the auxiliary schoon-
er Radio of the Macmillan scientific
expedition.
The Maraval was being taken to
Rockland, Me-, it parted ways with
the Radio Off Cranberry Light, Guy
boro County, and was quickly lost to
sight.
Advises from the Radio to c. H.
Harvey, local agent of the marine and
fisheries department, failed to say
whether there was any one aboard the
Maraval.
Harvey at once notified the Cana.
dian government steamer Arras and
all shipping along the coast to keep
a sharp watch for the derelict.
The Radio, which took supplies north
with the Macmillan expedition, was
returning to Maine and had picked
the Maraval up at Sydney. The lat.
ter had been bound north at the time
of the explosion which occurred
alongside wharf where she had tied
up for stores.
Evening star., 1927-09-14
Soap Bubble Again
Wins High Favor
as Aid to Science

The humble soap bubble has
again come to the aid of science,
this time in determining the prog
ress Of gas-explosion reactions.
How it is done was explained today
by scientists Of the House of Won
ders," the big plant of the Bureau
of Standards out on Connecticut
avenue.
For some time science has been
wondering just how gas explosions
took place, how long they took to
occur and how they reacted. So
the Government experts sealed up
the gas to be exploded in a common
soap bubble and exploded it with
a charge at the center Of the bub-
BILE, focusing an instantaneous cam
era on the bursting bubble to obtain
a continuous Photographic record.
Their success was remarkable be-
cause Of the constant pressure ex-
erted by the soap bubble, and they
found the explosive reaction, In
stead Of being a haphazard, wholly
erratic process, to be law-abtding
and absolutely symmetrical.
The experiments have a valuable
application in aiding a complete
understanding Of the gas engine
and the explosive process involv'
ed within the cylinder,
Evening star., 1927-09-14
DIETING MODELS FORCED
TO ABANDON STYLE SHOW
Paris Experiment Almost Fails
When Girls Try to Reduce
for Modern Gowns.
Correspondence of the Associated Press.

Correspondence of the Associated Press.
PARIS.-"That slender boyish fig
ure" all but ruined one of the most
important recent dressmaker's style
shows.
1t did weaken the constitutions Of
half a dozen mannequins.
Reducing rarely has had such dis
ciples as assembled every morning for
months past at certain dressmaker's
command to get in shape for the big
showing for buyers.
Strict diet lists were imposed upon
the girls selected for beauty Of face
and figure. They were told what to
eat and drink and what not and how,
where and when. A masseuse rolled
and pounded any bulges and the man.
agement preached reduction until the
girls grew haggard. All but one of
the group of American models brought
over by the house disappeared from
the ranks before the training season
ended, and when the big night came
there weren't enough girls to show
the models in the usual time.
One girl whose voice was going to
give her a career said she got so weak
she couldn't sing and gave up her job
as a mannequin.
Relief is in sight, however. because
the fashion prophets" see curves
coming back.
Evening star., 1927-09-14
JEWISH SURVEY PLANNED.
Attitude of Youth Toward Religion
Will Be Sought.

NEW YORK, September IA R.-
A national survey of the attitude Of
Jewish youth toward religion as part
Of a program to stimulate the inter-
est OF the Jewish younger generation
in Judaism is planned by the Ma
tional Federation Of Temple Broth
erhoods.
The federation's executive board
at its annual meeting decided to
send questionnaires to 10000 Jewish
young men in educational institutions
throughout the country, 1t was an.
nounced yesterday. They will be asked
to state their attitude toward Jewish
religious activity, and the replies will
be used in outlining a program Of
j iiinerssssA gellglpNa 'actsYith .--.-.--.. :.
Evening star., 1927-09-14
Girls Board Wrong Ship.

When two days out from Scotland
the captain of a steamer found two
girls dressed in sailors clothes. and
members of the crew. The
two explained that they had boarded
the boat under the impression that 1t
was bound for one of the resorts on
the Clyde, and when they found they
were headed out to sea they were
persuaded by some Of the crew to don
the sailor outfits. The two were
turned over to the British consul at
tho Rsxt port and sent back h0Eass
Evening star., 1927-09-14
Mosquitoes Cause Arrest.

Mosquitoes breeding rapidly and
buzzing merrily caused the arrest re-
Gently of w. A. Woddrop. who owns
the estate of Muirland. near Paisley.
Scotland. The sheriff had found that
bitches on the land were in such bad
condition that the pests were multi.
plying rapidly and threatening to
spread malaria through Scotland. The
Upper District Court condemned the
place as public nuisance, and or
dered that Woddrop clear 1t and oust
the mosquitoes, -, So.
Evening star., 1927-09-14

because Of his unfriendly traits. Then
-,ame Rebecca, the pet raccoon.
1t was when the two lion cubs,
gift from the citizens Of Johannes
burg, South Africa, to the President,
arrived in Washington last Spring
that the White House menageries and
the master of hounds received their
widest publicity. The problem pre-
sented by the arrival of the cubs was
settled by the President (only after
he saw how big they were) when he
presented them to the Washington
Zoo Park
Evening star., 1927-09-14
FEW PARIS ROBBERIES.
Police Report Bad Year in French
Capital for Housebreakers.

Correspondence of the Associated Press.
PARIS.-This has been a bad year
for house robbers in Paris
Their big season is usually the
Summer, when people who live in
homes worth the attentions of first
class robbers have gone away to the
mountains or the seaside. This year
not SO many people went away as in
other Summers when the weather
was better and the cost Of loafing
less. The police have had far fewer
complaints than they expected from
Parisians returning to town to find
part of their belongings gone.
Evening star., 1927-09-14
SHAW HOLDS NOBODY
WON JUTLAND BATTLE
Declares, However, That Germany
Came Out of War With
Great Naval Prestige.
By the Associated Press.

Oy the AsSUcidGu
LONDON, September 14.-George
Bernard Shaw, adding his voice to
the long-standing controversy over the
battle Of Jutland, believes that no.
body won the battle, but thinks that
Germany came out of the war with
enhanced naval prestige.
In a letter to the Evening Standard
denying the authenticity of an inter-
view attributed toe him by a Vienna
journal. which the Standard repub-
lished and in which he was quoted
as saying that he had a suspicion"
that Admiral Won Scheer won the
battle of Jutland, Shaw writes:
Nobody won the battle of Jutland
and the our side won Of schoolboys
in both countries need not be taken
into account. What should make us
think little is that we went into
the war with great naval prestige
and Germany with none. though her
military prestige was the terror of
Europe. Germany came out Of it with
new and very respectable naval
prestige, while her military prestige
had ceased to exist anywhere
Evening star., 1927-09-14
EFFICIENCY CHIEF AIM.
r. H. Ashton Says Railways Must
Continue Good Service.

MONTREAL. September II R.-
The present efficiency Of the rail-
roads must be continuously main
tained, not only because of the bene-
fits accruing to the carriers, but as
an economic service to the country,
r. H. Ashton, president Of the Ameri-
can Railway Association, yesterday
declared In an address before the
associations signal section. He said
railroads had made more progress in
improved efficiency and greater econ
omy in operation than any other in
dustry in the past few years.
Freight car shortage Is being prac-
tically eliminated. he asserted, by
the increased efficiency in railway op-
Grafton.
Evening star., 1927-09-14
SAILORS SHOW REFORM.
Conduct Of Bluejackets Wins Sec
retary Wilbur's Praise.

By the Associated Press.
Tho conduct of Uncle Sans blue
jackets has improved so much that
Secretary Wilbur does not believe 1t
will be necessary to carry out contem-
plated enlargement of naval prisons
at San Diego, Mare Island and the
Great Lakes.
The Secretary, who returned to the
Capital yesterday from an inspection
tour, attributed reduced imprison-
ments to a growing spirit of content
ment among sailors that lessons de-
sertions. He also thought that the
speeding up of courtmartial proceed.
ings might have had some effect on
the department Of the gobs.
Evening star., 1927-09-14
Youths Indicted in Murder.

NEWPORT NEWS. Va, September
IA R.-A grand jury here yesterday
returned indictments against Arthur
Peterson and Connolly Donaldson,
charging murder and accessory before
the fact in connection with the death
here during the night of August 25 Of
Samuel A. Rudd. feed and grain
dealer. Rudd. 62 years old. was found
dead in his store August 2e. =
Evening star., 1927-09-14
FAIRFAX FAIR OPEN
WITH BIG CROWD
Judging of Many Departments
Begun-LWe Stock Hold
ing Stage Tomorrow.
Special Dispatch to The Star.


FAIRFAX, Va, September IA
Sunshine. a large crowd, and an un.
usually large number of exhibitors
marked the opening of the fourteenth
annual Fairfax County Fair today.
Judging in many of the departments
began at 10 o'clock this morning the
live stock to be judged tomorrow. Two
carloads of chickens from outside the
State had to be refused for lack Of ex-
hibition room. One carload from Elec.
ira, Fla, was benched two days ago.
Judging in this department will be by
A. H. Kirk of Herndon. w. c. Shack
leford of Profit, Va, District county
agent, will judge the farm products.
fruits, vegetables and the boys and
girls All club poultry and garden live
stock exhibits. Miss Mary MacGowan
of Blacksburg and Miss Belle Burke
Of Charlottesville are judging the
women's displays and the girls All
Club work. George c. Carey of Blacks
burg will judge Of the cattle and live
stock.
Flowers Unusually Fine.
The plants and flowers department
presents an unusually attractive ap-
pearance, with it's walls lined with
evergreens as Background for the
flower display. Judging in this de-
partment starts at 1890 this after
noon, with +. l.. Mulford of the
United States Bureau of Plant Indus
try, w. r. Gray of Oakton and Mr..
Miller from Small's, in Washington,
as judges. This department is run by
members Of the Fairfax Garden Club.
Mrs. Amos Chilcott, president of the
clun, IN acting as clerk and general
superintendent; Mrs. j. E. Nickel. in
charge of arrangements and florists
displays; Mrs. Robert Graham and
Mrs. Berkley Gillespie, in charge of
roses: Mrs. F. d. Richardson, in
cnarge Of baskets and bowls; Mrs.
Tayloe and Miss Jennie Moore Of
dahlias and gladioli, Mrs. +. s. Nc
Candlish Of ANIMALS and Mrs. Blake
of potted plants.
Racing This Afternoon.
Todays horse races will begin at
o'clock, and will include a pony race,
"a hands an0 under, ridden by chill
uren under IS years; purse, SIS, $40
and So. Secofd, cold-blooded horses,
Third, Prince William, Arlington and
Fairfax horses. G furlongs; purse, $50.
SIS and $40. Fourth, ladies' race, for
half-breeds only; purse, $25, SIS and
$40; 4 furlongs. Fifth, hunting hurdle
race, l mile, for horses sh%sen in the
bu~ting classes; weight, $50 pounds
.,tsf<-. $36: SIS and $40.
Tomorrow's feature will be the
horse show, with 26 classes, and two
races, the hunters fiat race for horses
entered in the show, purse, $25, SIS
and $40. and a 1-mie fiat race, purse
800. First classes to be judged in the
horse show include yearling half
breds, 2-year-old half -breds, brood
mares, 3-year-old mares sired by Gov
ernment stallion, green hunters, light
weight hunters, middle and heavy
weight hunters, ladies' hunters, road
hack and hunters. pair of hunters
touch and out, over four jumps at 4
feet, free -for-all handicap and triple
bar jump. -.-.-.-.,---.--. -.--. ...-.....-...
Evening star., 1927-09-14
MASKED MEN SEIZE BOY.
Negro Lad, Passenger in Officers
Car, Taken-Reason Unknown.

FRANKLIN. N. c., September IA
@.-Fear Of lynch law was rife here
last night following a charge upon
the automobile driven by Derrell
Ashe, deputy sheriff, by a band of
masked men who whisked John d.
Bailey. 15-year-old negro, away from
the officer. placed him in another car
and quickly drove away.
The coup was effected about 8
o'clock in downtown Franklin
Mystery surrounds the kidnapping
Bailey, though riding in the officers
car. was not a prisoner, but merely a
Evening star., 1927-09-14
Stage Folk Decry
Neglect of Statue
ToSirH Henry Irving
By the Associated Press.

LONDON, September 14.-Dennis
Neilson-Terry and his wife, Mary
Glynne, noted actors, are aroused
over the condition of the statue
Of Sir Henry Irving in Charing
cross Il.
"The s,atue was in terrible con-
dition and nobody seems to have
taken an interest in it," Mr.. Terry
said. II. intend to look after the
statue of the great actor as long
as I am able"
Evening star., 1927-09-14
MANY DIE IN QUAKE.
Thirteen Additional Fatalities Re
ported in Russian Disaster.

MOSCOW, September IA R).-Late
reports tell of further deaths In the
earthquake along the Black Sea coast.
Thirteen perished at Yalta, 35S were
injured and many houses were de-
stroyed.
A falling wall killed three at Misk-
hor, where also the tower of a famous
villa called the Lark's Nest, on the
summit Of a Rocky Height, toppled
into the sea.
Shocks continued yesterday at Yalta,
Sebastopol and Simferopol. Relief
measures are under Ways .--a.-s..-.s,s.....
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