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DEBT or GRATITUDE
IS PAID in ANIMALS.
EngIishman Finances Expedi-
ton to Get Rare Specimen
4 for American Museum.
OF the Associated Press,

Correspondence OF the Associated Press.
NEW YORk-A former English
mans debt of gratitude to America.
where he made his fortune, is being
repaid in terms of zoology.
Arthur s. Nernay, who came to
New York years ago and found the
city his Eel Dorado, is financing
series of expeditions to collect speci-
mems of Indian mammals for the
American Museum of Natural His
tory. He is now on his way to that
country to get a rare Burmese rhino.
In association with Col. j. G. Faun-
thorpe of England he already has
given the institution material for a
number of habitat groups.
The object of the latest quest Is
known to biologists as the Sondaicus
rhino. 1t belongs to a small, short
horned species found in Tennasserim,
adjoining the border of Siam, and is
so nearly extinct that the Burmese
government protects it vigorously.
However, Sir Harcourt Butler. gov
ernor of Burma. has permitted the eX-
pedition to shoot two specimens in
order that the museum can complete
its collection of Asiatic rhinos.
While Mr.. Nernay and Col. Faun-
thorpe are on their way to Rangoon.
parties of natives are securing the
country in search of Sondaicus. The
expedition is to be accompanied by
two members of the museum staff and
by a game warden delegated by the
British government.
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Colorful Notions Gifts

Doll Hat stands, with blonde hair, $1.50.
Parrot and Canary Hat Stands, $1.25.
Englishman Hat Stands. $1.25.
Hat Stands, in colors. Csc.
Enameled Dutch Twine Holders. SOC, ST.
Novelty Enameed Pin Trays, SOC.
NoT1oNs SECTION, FIRST FLOOR
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Outstanding Rug Values

Sanford's Seamless Beauvais Administer Rugs, the
9x12-foot size. Reduced to !. $45
High Grade Wool Wilton Rugs in the 9x12-foot
size. Greatly reduced to -. $3.50
Scotch Weave Art Rugs, the 9x12-foot size. A
sample line very specially priced i. $3.50
Beloochistan Oriental Rugs in an average size that
:. measures 2.6x5. Special :. $24.50
Rue snrnNF FTHFo
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Apron Frocks, $1.95
Colored Rubber Aprons, SOC, 75c

These well-made rubber aprons have contrasting
pleated rufaes, pockets and novelty trimmings. De-
lghtful gifts.
HOME FRocK SECTION, THIRD FLOOR.
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st. Barnabas' Guild will meet, s
O'clock, in the parish house of the
Epiphany Church.
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Union Suits
Small Gifts
for Boys

They are neatly boxed and we
suggest them for Sunday
school teachers and others who
must buy gifts in quantities.
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Special Christmas Selling
For Collars
at Low Prices

rare opportunity to buy smart fur collars before
Christmas-at after-Christmas prices. You will find
all of the smart furs in this collection and the chic
STYLES and coors of this season.
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Warm Underwear
to keep your boy
comfortable

Winter days demand warm un-
dergarments to keep out the
chill winds. We suggest these
garments to make him comfort
able at all times
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Quilted Robes, $8.75

An unusual value in satn-faced material, lined and
warmly interned. Finished with silk cord. In
wanted colors.
NEGLIGEE SECTION, THIRD FLOOR
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All Down Stairs Store Fur Coat
Regrouped at lo1uered prices
$95 $145 $175

groups include favored urs seane dyed coney)
black kid acu bay seal dyed hare) South
black blonde Russian
pony; panther natural hair and brown weasel
Downs STORE
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One of the advertised features at the
fair at Mitcham. England. recently
was a parking space for baby car
TiageA --- ---------- ---~-----------
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Assistants Union, No. l. Feeders of
Government Printing ONCE, VIII give
q benefit card party tomorrow, S:15
n M at Thon,,s Circle Club, 1926
Massachusetts, 'enue.
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Silk Pajanas, $5.95
Crepe de Chine Gowns, S4.95

Fine quality crepe de chine fashions these exquisite
gowns-rnany trimmed with lace-others strictly tai
lored Pastels.
SECTION.
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The Red Triangle Outing Club will
meet at Wisconsin and Massachusetts,
avenues. o'clock, for a moonlight
walk. Hans Wagner. leader.
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N LOT so long ago one of Wash
ington's society leaders made
VI the cross-country trip to
/ Philadelphia in her luxurious
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that the students may learn how it is
done. They also put on and remove
skid chains, drain and refill radiators,
adjust both external and internal
brakes, adjust foot brakes, take apart
and reaSsemble worm and gear steer
ing, dismantle and remount various
types of carburetors, remove and then
replace drag link, tie bar and steer
ing knuckle and strip off and then
return to proper position the pistons,
rings and connecting rod bearings on
popular make Of car. BY practical
experience, the youngsters. also gain
acquaintance with all types of tire
rings, their removal and replacement.
They repair punctures and vulcanize
tubes in the course of their remark
able education in automotive conStruc-
ton and maintenance.
Other activities covered in the shop
practice are hand cranking and start
ing automobile, adjusting the car
buretor properly, replacing ignition
wiring correctly, experimenting with
the over-running clutch, adjusting the
foregather and similar hand work.
The second semester is devoted to
the study of the electrical equipment
of the automobile, including starting,
lighting and ignition systems. The
shop work comprises 16 practical ex-
periments. They include such activ-
tiles as wiring all plugs and coils on
the ignition of car, EXPERIMENTS with
the non-vibrating coil type OF battery
ignition. demonstrating all the wires
in the magnetic ignition Of the high
tension type, tearing down and re-
charging q. storage battery, and after
ward reading the hydrometer Studies
are also made of six-volt-type gem
orators, direct current and alternating
current horns. starters and every
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shop consists of SO practical expert
ments, in the performance of which
the average student acquires intimate
familiarity with all the working parts
Of the modern motor car. The labo-
ratory work is supplemented by lee
lures and recitations once weekly.
The classes study from a special text
book, the Gasoline Automobile" The
students are examined regularly on
textbook assignments and laboratory
practice, these two activities covering
parallel data.
The Importance and individual value
of the shop work, where the boys
and girls assemble every removable
part of the ordinary automobile, are
immeasurable& Apprentices in pro-
fessional garages do not learn nearly
as much in one year as do these
school lads and lassies, for the latter
study the science. and technique Of
certain parts and machinery, and sub
seQuently spend their time in the shop
performing practical work with these
seif-same parts and pieces.
All the boys and girls have to clean
the carbon and grind the engine
valves on at least one automobile.
They also clean spark plugs, adjust
valve tappets. take apart and reas-
semble clutch bands, dismantle and re-
assemble different gears, strip down
and put together again selective
gear box, take apart and reassemble
rear-axle bevei drive. Each student
also is required to dismantle and re-
assemble rear-axle worm driye, semi
floating rear axle and a full floating
rear axle.
sBoth front and rear wheels on q
popular make of low-priced car have
to be taken off and then replaced. 50
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of the school boy or girl motorcar ex-
perts were at hand when needed the
most. Balky carburetors, short cir
cults, sticky valves, leaky cylinders,
defective timers, burned-out brakes in
the mountain country and similar
mishaps were diagnosed by some for
mer students. -----.---
One senior student, enrolled in the
course last year, designed and built a
sport roadster during his spare time.
The boy secured the white oak lum-
Der for the body of the car from a
Virginia farm where the tree was
felled, logged and sawed. He hauled
the material by truck to Washington.
A local. automobile agency permitted
the youngster to take the measure
ments of their latest model of a sport
roadster. The boy drew his design
and made his blue prints. Then he
went to work building the body. He
purchased used chassis and engine
from junk dealer. Four months of
hard labor-and he was riding around
the city in his homespun motor ear.
This car is still in service, and even
today would sell for several times
what 1t cost the youth who made it.
Mr.. Cornell allows the senior
students in his courses who do the
best work occasionally to bring their
own or their parents automobiles to
the school shop, where the boys and
girls repair whatever may be wrong
with the machines during laboratory
periods and idle hours. The students
receive school credit for this work.
They fnd out what the matter Is with
the machines and then repair them.
These practical applications of the
students skill are unwritten exami-
natioEs. They test the ability Of the
youthful mechanics to apply in prac.
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and word.of-mouth publicity, has been
associated with the manufacture and
repair of Dobbin'S footwear since the
beginning of blacksmithing. Tho stu
dent mind Immediately associates
forge work with "horseshoeing. That
was the how come" of the nickname
which became irremovably linked with
the scholastic classes in forge work.
The forge courses were elective The
student body, year by year, evidenced
it's dislike of Understanding" by the
dwindling enrolment in this shop
work. Eventually the activity died
natural death.
For about one year the forge shop
was idle. Then Il. NJ. Cornell, one of
the resourceful teachers at Central
High School, conceived the scheme of
converting the forge shop into an au-
tomotive laboratory. Quietly and
without ostentation, he went to work.
He says himself, II begged, borrowed
and confiscated, bit by bit and piece
by piece, the discarded automobiles,
parts and supplies which are now used
in the laboratory experiments.
Without a single penny of expense
to Central High School. Mr.. Cornell
has equipped and QUILTED creditable
motor car laboratory. Some Of the
original equipment of the forge shop
has been removed. Certain benevolent
automobile dealers of the city have
presented used cars, automotive en-
gines or skids, Unconstitutional parts
and supplies to Mr.. Cornell. All these
fittings and fixtures are now in use
five days a week. They are of vital
aid in schooling high school students
in the engineering fundamentals, es-
sentials and high lights of the gaso,
line automobile
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Prof. Cornell was particularly well
versed in autofnotive engineering, as
for several years prior to his cstab-
lshrncnt of the courses at Central he
was In complete charge of the auto
mobile night school conducted by the
Young Mems Christian Association.
x X X
A T present, the ~ students at Cen
L \ trail who are enrolled in the three
automobile courses are participants in
this voluntary work wholly from per-
sonal choice. In the several years
that they have been in operation, the
"auto" studies have gained fame as
among the most popular electives on
the school calendar.
The shop is equipped with 16 large
steel vises, adequate work benches and
40 personal lockers where the stu
dents store their overalls and shop
toggery. The floor space of the shop
is lined with automobiles and auto
motive and aeronautical engines in
every stage of dismantlement and adj
iustment There is a special stock
room at one end of the laboratory
where the hand tools, parts. supplies,
demonstration and exhibitional mate
rial are kept under lock and key, and
are loaned to the students during lab
oratory periods as required. A null
tiplicity of carburetors, gears, springs,
bearings, magnetos, starters, vacuum
systems and allied accessories has
been collected from everywhere by
Mr.. Cornell. and these are used as
display and historical material In the
shop practice. Considerable material
has been donated by different motor
car manufacturers.
The first half-year's work in the
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thing else electrical which is connect
ed with the car.
/. During the recent holiday season,
a half dozen. of the boy students from
these automotive classes have been
driving the largest mail trucks for the
Post Office Department. They were
selected for this work because Of their
competence and thorough knowledge
of motOr-car mechanics. Graduates of
Central are also capitalizing on the
lessons which they learned in the
automobile shop. Some of them have
won notable success as automobile
statesmen. Many motor-car statesmen
have only a superficial knowledge of
the automotive engine and the associ-
ated industry. The former schoolboys
who studied under Mr.. Cornell in some
instances know more about the auto
mobiles they are selling than do their
employers.
MANY District motorists spend
AvA their vacations in enjoying cross
country trips, travelling on cushions
of air. During the Summer and Fall
you will find cars carrying District
tags in California, Florida, Maine,
Texas, Oregon, Canada and Mexico
No less than dozen graduates from
the Central High School automotive
courses were responsible for putting
activity again into recalcitrant auto
mobiles that were stranded in desert,
mountain, plain, prairie and big
woods" district
The drivers and owners of these
standard District cars are rather
loath 70 tell about their experiences.
However, Il In learned that several
touring parties were spared discom-
fort aud Inconvenience because some
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CTRANGE to tell, the automobile
~ courses are a direct result of the
disinclination OF Central students for
the so-called "horseshoeing" work
which formerly was offered at that
institution. Some years ago, when
the new building was constructed,
large shop, IS by 35 feet in dimen.
sions, with excellent skyhght and win
souv Illumination, was designed and
oc,,ipned as a forge shop. 1t was
.,aaIiw q miniature edition of the forge
shons which nowadays are part and
,,arceI of every engineering college.
Il was provided with the idea that the
at,,dents would gain familiarity with
FETAL working and handling in its
varied forms.
THE forge, through poetry, prose
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By those in January born
No gem save garnet should be worn.
IL will insure you c0nstancy,
True friendship and fidelity.

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THE garnet, the natal stone for Jan
uary, is emblematic Of constaney
and is a binding charm for friendship.
| It's virtues promote health and hap
| piness. dispel evil thoughts and recon
| cile differences between friends" Sus-
pended from the neck. ''it keeps OIL
plague and thunder, strengthens the
heart and increases riches and honor
The garnet gets it name from the
Latin "granatus" (grainlike) from the
resemblance of it's crystals in size
and color to the seeds of the pome-
granate. The popular belief that all
garnets are red is erroneous. for this
stone displays. in addition to several
shades of red, beautiful greens, vel
lows, pinks and puppies.
Almandite, the violet-red variety, SO
commonly seen in jewelry. takes its
name from Alabanda. a city of Asia
Minor, where the stone was mined
many centuries ago, and exported to
ancient Rome, where they were fire.
quently used in mourning jewelry.
The similarity in color OF this gem
to the ruby makes it highly popular
for personal adornment, but 1t is
easily distinguished from the ruby by
its lower hardness and inclination in
artificial light toward dull dark red
rather than the bright pigeon-blood
red of the ruby.
Pyrope, the brilliant red garnet. gets
it's name from the Greek word mean
ming firelilxe. This stone is frequently
found in the diamond-bearing rocks of
South Africa, where IL is known as
the Cape ruby" 1t is also abundant
on the Navajo reservation of Arizona.
where it is called the Arizona ruby
Very fine specimensSof the rose-red
garnet known as rhodolite are found
in Macon County, n. c.. Rhodolite is
scarcely known in the trade or TO the
general public, but its formation gives
it a peculiar scientific tntereSt-its
curious occurrence being in the form
of small crystals inclosed in crystals
of the ruby. 1t is similar in color to
the rhododendron, from which this
but recently recognized precious stone
was christened rhodolite.
The red garnet, chemically com
pick silicate of aluminium, is very
abundant in nature and has q rela
lively low commercial value, but the
green garnet known as Grossularite,
the Latin for gooseberry) is one of
the rarest and most valuable of gems.
The high intrinsic value of this stone
is due in part to the artistic popularity
of its gooseberry green color due To
a trace of chromium, the element I'm
the mineral well known in commerce
as chrome alum, and in part to the
rarity with which perfect specimens
occur. So popular is the green garnet
for brooches and little finger rings and
so few are the specimens large enough
for cutting that commercially IL rivals
the emerald, the most valuable of
gems.
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New Vacuum Cleaning.

a VACUUM cleaner for the barber
Not even the most carefully
tight swathing of the neck by the
barber keeps tiny hairs from slipping
down the back, where they defy all
attempts to removal and are a source
of annoyance and irritation after the
feminine bob" or manly haircut
Now an effective remover has been
devised in the form Of q minute
vacuum cleaner. with a suction power
full enough to dislodge the most tena-
cfous hair from the neck or back,
says Popular Science Monthly. IT
can be plugged into an electric socket.
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BY GEORGE HI. DACY.

81 oByya h 4, an Daughters in "
Apply What Home
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AuSua nEurM y Rpk Their sbbw in Gae~d Services
Dnrm1al for amDn rSarHur.
Milford chronicle., 1927-03-25
Deln1ar

James Marshall Faulkner, a stu
dent at Dickinson College is spend
ing this week with his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. F. N. Faulkner in Delmar.
Miss Ochler of Philadelphia was
the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Ira Hearn
on Sunday.
Deolia Fleetwood of Chester, Pa,
spent Sunday with his mother, Mrs.
Annie Fleetwood.
Hollis Lowe and mother spent
Sunday in Lewes.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Ellis enter
tained Mr.. and Mrs. Dallas Elliott
and son of Laurel on Sunday.
The New Century Club will hold
its regular meeting on Tuesday.
Mrs. J. E. McClaine, chairman Of
Economics and Mrs. Allen G. Park
er will have charge of the program.
Mrs. Eleanor Burke, teacher of
Home Economics in the Delaware
High School will have her class give
a demonstration which promises to
be quite interesting.
The Delmar Union of the First
Baptist Church of Delmar, attended
the District B. Y. P. U. at Salisbury
on March 18th and won the attend
ance banner, making an average of
SO per cent. On account of the rapid
growth of the school an addition is
being made to the church hall.
S. N. Culver is confined to his
home with lagrippe.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. C. Phillips spent
the weekend at Baltimore visiting
their daughter, Mrs. E. N. Robertson
also Rev. and Mrs. E. H. Jones.
Mrs. Paul Meilham who has been
a patient in the Salisbury Hospital
Turing the past week is expected
home today.
Vernia Jones, one of our prosper
JUS merchants who was operated on
N Cambridge Hospital last week is
seriously i'll at this writing.
James Cleary of Laurel spent the
weekend with his family in Del
mar.
Z. W. Palmer was hurt in pecu-
lar manner a few days ago. His
Ford truck which he uses around his
arge poultry plant became stalled,
md Mr.. Palmer attempted to help it
get under way by putting his shoul-
Ter against the back of the body and
to the limit Of his power.
The exertion snapped tendon in his
right leg and he has been hobbling
sver since with prospect of impaired
for sometime to come.
Milford chronicle., 1927-03-25
PERSONAL MENTION

Mr.. and Mrs. George II. Hall are
spending a week at Atlantic City.
Miss Anna Smith is spending the
week with friends in Philadelphia.
George H. Draper, Jr., spent sew
eral days in Philadelphia last week.
Miss Edna B. Reynolds of Days
borO spent the weekend as the
guest of Miss Lila H. Hudson.
Mrs. G. Layton Grier is spending
sometime at Swarthmore, Pa, with
her daughter, Mrs. Marvel Wilson.
Miss Ann Grier of Ogontz School,
spent the weekend with her par
ents, DR.. and Mrs. G. Layton Grier.
Miss Frances Grier who is attend
ing Mrs. Caskin's School at Devon,
Pa, has been i'll at her home in Mil
ford for the past week.
DR.. and Mrs. Frank l.. Grier en-
tertained at dinner on Friday eve
ming last Rev. and Mrs. D. w. ia
cobs, Mrs. Georgia Pierce and Mrs.
Clara Deputy.
Mrs. Saunders Truitt has returned
to her home on Lake View avenue
after spending a month with her
daughter, Mrs. J. G. Hamilton of
Pittsburgh, Pa.
Miss Martha Weinder Goldsbor-
ough and sister, "Tootsie" Goldsbor-
Ough of Denton, Md, spent the week
end as the guests of their aunt, Mrs.
Stanley Deakyne.
George Reed, Oliver James and
Reese Kitchens, all students at
Dickinson College, are home for
their spring vacation with their re-
spective families.
Miss Kathryn Bryan, student at
Md, arrived home today
and will spend her spring vacation
with her parents, Rev. DR.. and Mrs.
J. Franklin Bryan at the Methodist
Protestant parsonage.
MIR. Theodore Atkins, a prosperous
farmer near Milford, has returned
home, after a visit to New York
and the Hudson River. He spent
many enjoyable hours with his
brother, Captain l.. Atkins, and
family, of Elizabeth, ~ J.
The ladies of Milford Century Club
furnished the program on Friday af-
ternoon at club in Wyoming. The
quartet composed of Mrs. Disston
Jacobs, Mrs. c. D. Abbott, Mrs. Pos
ties Hammond, Mrs. Stanley Deak-
yne, Mrs. Harry Mulholland, Mrs.
Warren, rendered several
selections. Mrs. Disston Jacobs, and
Mrs. Postles Hammond each sang a
solo. Mrs. Richard Grimes gave two
that were thoroughly en-
loved bY all.