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The Washington times., 1927-01-18
USE "A THIN
BRICK

MORE than ten million square
Az yards OF brick paving are laid
In the United States each year.
The United States Department of
Agriculture announces that ex.
a1austives tests. show that a saving
OF approximately 81, 600 900 "a year
can be brought, about by the use
of thinner brick, Asstandard brick
iOf ~ inches is recommended for
roads bearing heavy traffic. and
Finch brick for light traffic roads.
The Washington times., 1927-01-18
SEAWEED AS
FOOD

TNHE ideal food is seaweed. ac-
= cording to Josephine Tilden,
head Of the botany department Of
the University Of Minnesota.
People ate it in bygone days."
she points out, "and were healthy.
Seaweed is the basis for all sea life
and all seafood. 1t has other bene.
ficial effects besides those utilized
In the treatment of goiter, and is
as easy for babies to digest as for
adults. It may be served as salad,
stew or soup, and is tasty in any
form"
In 1926 Sweden supplied 10000
tons Of raw material for the arti.
ficiai silk industry.
His sword and razor were usu-
Any buried with the iron age
warrior in early Europe.
The Washington times., 1927-01-18
HOUSEHOLD
HINTS

If vinegar Is boiled in a kettle
that has become badly furred the
deposit viii soften ana break
away from the sides and bottom.
Glycerine which is a by-product
OF soap manufacture. never
freezes.
Before cleaning copper kettles
I'LL them with boiling water. They
will be, found to polish more
quickly.
The Washington times., 1927-01-18

speed And portion says it's
the bit faster goes The
one from the South can't fast enough with
glorious youth down there And frosty Northernr
isn't the leisuey thing used there MyI
But where is the Honeymoon beside the Magic
Carpet that the Princess went her wedding trip Why
and her Africa from China in single Instant
There were swift peOple They comrades
OF the time that old tales laid THEY too danced all
The Washington times., 1927-01-18

nighbut they drank goblets single They
built palaces single night They pearls big
dinosau They their enemies dogs at
word The girls of the family pretended to
asleep and then after all the house quiet they got
up again. and in their best party dresses danced
sun aud just made into the house
their fathers mothers Processes married anyone who
could make them laugh JUST AS THEY DO TO-DAY High
born ladies kissed the swine-herd behind the hedge
The Washington times., 1927-01-18
u. S. Bug House.

TlHE Smithsonian Institution
i comes nearer qualifying as
the. champion bug-house OF the
world than any other. It has a
collection Of 100000 specimens
representing $4,000 species. Every
day bug collectors from various
parts of the. country add to the
supply.-The Thrift Magazine.
A medium light blue IL used BY
Reboux for many Of his spring
hats.
The Washington times., 1927-01-18

night while reading Dickens your
Fizgerad in bed hear the fashionable
horn OF speedy roadster taking the in front
young laugh squeang and then the dng vanishing
into the night and sip cae nip of your
lamb sandwich head and sayAbut young peo-
pie Of today speedy on their honev
moon--svift and shortr
And it seems to be Young life this Eastern
end OF the United States dazzling of
The Washington times., 1927-01-18
PeriscOpe Guards Bank

BANK in Portland Ne. has installed perscope
a OF defense against bandits burglars small peephoe
on the street level enables the police into the bank
at any time.
The Washington times., 1927-01-18
Wiphsg Machines for Fruit

fXWlPlNG machines being by American fruit
~ growers in the State Of Washington invention is
new wrinkle the process Of growing fruit and getting it
The Washington times., 1927-01-18
Mental Food for Smart Children

has mastered, with ease, Stle class
room assignments, he has acquired
as much of that sort of knowledge
as he needs. But think of the
wealth Of interesting information
and useful knowledge that he can
find outside!
You have only to stop at news
stand and glance through some OF
the magazines on hand to see what
your child is missing when he fails
The Washington times., 1927-01-18
CHAPTER XXXI

CHAPTER XXI
She was partially concealed
there behind the. hangings, a for.
lorn little figure, watching.
Watching Stan glide back into
the assurance, the rather spoiled
arrogance of the days before she
came into his life-the attitude
she had seen but briefly after
their first meeting-led by the
flattery, the exaggerated devotion
of Mimi Brooks.
Twice he glanced about as if
missing her. But the sleek girl.
held his attention, aided as She
was by Peggy Baird.
She watched Christine wind
herself around Penny somewhat
like dazzling red serpent-rfas-
cinate him, ALLEVIATE him slowly
and r. surely from his crowd.
The Washington times., 1927-01-18

alcoye, will You? Old married
lady-=rest a while. Run along
now and dance with Chris"
'Right-o. Shall i send Stan?"
mo. He'll find me"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-26
MATRIMONIAL ADS
FILL ROMAN PRESS
Hiqh Cost OF Living Fails to
Dampen Effort OF
Lonely.
Correspondence of the Associated Press.

ROME.-Undeterred by the present
high cost OF living In Italy. bachelors.
bachelor maids. widowers and widows
continue to flood the matrimonial
want. ad columns In the Roman and
provincial newspapers.
A distinguished and likable" young
man of 90. for example, now In
the army aviation service. would
willingly espouse q signorina or a
widow. affectionate. pleasant and pos
sessed Of a dowry." The aspiring avi-
ator adds that even II she were from
the province instead OF the capital. 1t
would make no difference in his ardor.
A miss of 80. who describes herself
as cultured, distinguished. sympa-
thetic and possessed of dowry" IL
looking for a gentleman between IS
and IS. He must. according to her
requirements, be equally ''distin.
guished," but may be either profes.
sional man or business man for all she
cares, provided he II possessed" OF
sufficient money. The young lady
launches her ad with the utmost Sc
riousness.
Nothing but "a diplomat of independ
ent means" will satisfy the propri
etress Of q drug store in a certain
health resort. He must be between 35
and 40. and II In indispensable" that
the lady have his photograph before
going further into correspondence.
The ads cost . lire word. with
minimum of 20 lire, or about s1.12.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-26
NORWOOD PROPOSED
AS CORN BORER CURE
Solution for American Problem OF.
fered by French Scientist In
Academy Address.

Correspondence OF the Associated Press
PARIS.-~The corn borer. which
threatens disaster 10 the corn belt Of
the Middle West, can be fought sue.
cessfuily. think French scientists. by
introducing NORWOOD into the United
States.
This was given definitely as a fairly
certain solution by DR.. T.. Roubaud OF
the Pasteur Institute. In a paper read
before the Academy of Sciences by DIR.
i3ouviar. DIR. Roubaud Ii chief Of the
Pasteur Institutes chronological lab,
orhtOFy.
The devastating corn borer called
here 'pryale." In prevalent In France
and In said 10 have been taken 10
America by way OF Canada. Here,
however. IL prefers life In the weed
like plant NORWOOD. says DIR. Rou.
baud and therefore In not menace ~
agriculture or horticulture.
NORWOOD. fairly rare in the United
States. In prolific here. where II was
used In the manufacture Ut absinthe.
the liquor now prohibited.
DR. R0iibaud proceeded on the
theory that since the corn bnrer never
boi heTed corn In France II WAS he
cause II found something else more
10 it's taste. Since ''armoise" or
NORWOOD seems 10 be It's usual breed
and feeding ground, he came TO the
conclusion that the wtds cultivation
| 1T this weed in the corn region Of thu
United states would solve the problem
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-26
and many Of them are at

reconditioned and many OF them are at
work in the Ford stores.
Radio equipment in good condition
was saved. Many steam intectors
were retained. Most of the galley
stoNes, in poor condition, were sent TO
the furnaces. Steam and oil gauges
have been reconditioned.
Some ventilators have been used.
others sent to the tin shops or the
company for scrap. BrasS scuff- plates
and ladderways were saved. also en-
CINE room control machinery, winches
and windlasses. pumps, cable and tow
ing hawsers, some OF the latter un'
stranded and used for Irvine. This
work of converting hawsers into Irvine
was given to crippled workmen.
Some Of the Lighthouses OF the ships
were removed intact and are being
used as tool cribs. fire houses and oil
stations.
Asbestos and magnesium from pipes
and boilers were shredded and re-
hacked for use. Good cork from ice
boxes was sent to Iron Mountain for
dry kiln insulation.
A large quality Of oil in the fuel
and oil tanks and in the storm oil
compartments was put through the
Ford oil plant for refinement.
Pipe and conduit in great quantity
were salvaged. A new department
was installed for Strengthening crooked
pipe and for electric welding OF short
lengths into standard lengths-a new
process in pipe salvage.
Pipe fittings. pulleys. lanterns and
all OF the small stun that makes
modern ship iivable and disable came
out Of the dismantling work In great
numbers and varieties.
On the face of it It does not appear
that Mr.. Ford will profit greatly by
the purchase Of the ships. In fact. ne
did not expect to.
He has kept approximately 500 men
at work for Is months on the dis
mantling and scrapping. He must
pay an additional $751; for each ship
he retains for his own use or $2ss. 46o
for the IS reserved. But the labor bill
alone will probably mount higher than
the original purchase price Of the 1873
ships.
On the other side Of the ledger Ia
the value Of the power plants. ap.
proximately $50, 900 each--if they can
many can be used economically in the
credit side the value OF the scrap and
plate steel. about $699 900.
Then there are the assets OF ships
crews and dismantling crews. prob.
ably better trained In this type OF
transportation and work than any
other men In the world. Ford and his
officials hold that highly trained men
are one OF the greatest Of Industrial
assets. Some OF the men who started
with the crews bringing In the pur.
chased ships and breaking them up
have grown so rapidly in knowledge
and ability In the matter OF naviga.
ton and In unmaking and remaking
ships that they have risen TO posi-.
tons OF great responsibility In the
Ford organization.
Copyright 1877. In all countries by the
North American Newspaper Ailiance.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-26
H. G. WELLS GIVES UP
HOPE OF BEING FAMOUS
Tourists in Future Cannot Visit
His Birthplace, for Home
Wreckers Are at Work

Correspondenoe Of the Associated Press.
BROMLEY. England.--H. @. Wells
says be has given up all hope Of ever
being world famous. now that the lit
tie home in High street. Bromley
where he was born. has been sold 10
ma Ike way for modern improvements.
When feeling particularly good. he
says. he was fond OF peeping 100
years or so into the future and seeing
tourists in droves making piIgrirna &c
70 this Kent village and piouEiy exam.
lining q tablet in bronze beaFing an
inscription something like this:
Here on September y. 1865, was
horn H. q. Wells novelist"
He day drea med that there was
essstodian there. perha ps--like at
gs.skeepeare's birthplace ~ Stratford.
s,e1.Avon--1and that this custodian, or
MS soft.yoiced siippered wife, would
.soy,duct the visitors from room To
room, showing where the little boy
Herbert George did his studying In
The evening and point OFT 20 them the
very window where he looked out onto
she great and mysterious world. and
then on 20 the very bedroom where he
saw the first rays Of light.
But alas. remarked Nr. Wells, the
house wreckers have already done
their worst.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-26
READING ROOM OPEN
TO BLIND IN BERLI IN
Large Room 10 Added Where Sight
less May Be Among Them
selves Only.

BERLIN.-The first library reading
room for the blind in Berlin was open.
ed with a solemn ceremony. Frau
Noerenberg. chief librarian Of the
Charlottenburg Library. has added,
az a special branch for the sightless
large room where they can be among
themselves and into which she has
had the fairly large collection of lit.
erature for the blind transferred, TO
be catalogued and issued TO readers
by a woman librarian who is also
blind
This represents a tentative attempt
publicly to supply the blind with read.
ing matter. Thus far the library con.
slsts OF about 81 huge volumes adapted
for their special purpose by embossed
blind script and embracing reading
matter for the educated az well AZ the
uniearned. mainly In the form Of pc.
riodicals OF fiction. fine arts, populr
science. religious subjects. etc.
For the present the reding room
viii be open every Thursday afternoon
from 4 TO 7:30 pm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-26
SMALL-T0WN MILK
QUALITY ASSA|LED.
Lack of Pasteurization and
Refrigeration Cited by
Two Physicians.
Correspon dsnce Of the Associated Press.

Correspondence OF the Associated Press.
NEW YORK.-Unpasteuriz dirty
milk constitutes a menace to the
health of the $4,000. 900 people living
in the so-called small towns of the
United States. a survey completed by
the American Child Association indi.
Gates.
IF we may use milk supply control
as an indication of sanitary develop
ment," says DR.. Samuel j. Crumbine,
general executive of the association.
health department practice of the
small town Is still In It's infancy. It's
milk supply Is little better in sanitary
quality than it would have been IL the
process of pasteuriZation had never
been discovered. The initial high bac.
terial count of the milk is increased
by failure to ice the supply. and pro.
lection Of danger from infection by
men and cattle Is not prevented by
| pasteuriZatiOn."
Data on Small Towns.
DIR. Crumbine and DIR. Dorothy r.
Holland q staff associate, obtained in
| formation on the milk supplies Of 142
small towns and cities regarded as rep
resentative Of the entire country.
Ninety-seven OF the 1T communities
giving data on the extent of pasteur-
| ization reported that they were taking
no such precauion. None had 40 per
cent or more of its milk supply pas
| teurized.
THE results of the meteorological
analyses indicate immediate need for
| effective milk CONTROL" DIR. Crumbine
asserts. IAN average of % per cent of
the supplies examined contained 200.-
900 or more bacteria per cubic cent?
meter; an average of 40 per cent of
the supplies examined contained 100.-
600 or more bacteria per cubic cent?
meter. Fifty-one cities gave a positive
test for the bacteria present in COW
manure in so per cent or more. II
| cities positive test in Is per cent or
| more of their supplies examined.
The milk supplies were on the
whole dirty, according to physical
| standards. In only Of the towns
and cities tested were IS per cent or
more of the supplies subjected to the
sediment test found to be clean or
fairly clean Only 10. cities had 80
per cent or more of their supplies
clean or fairly clean
Lack Of Ice Noted.
''Tn 100 Of the towns and cities sur
| veyed none of the supplies examined
was iced. Only cities had so per
cent or more Of their supplies iced,
aid in II cities more than half of the
milk was being delivered at tempera.
lures of over SIS degrees Fahrenheit.
The condition in large cities pre-
sents a striking contrast. Thirty Of
81 cities of over 100 900 population re.
ported 80 per cent or more OF their
supplies pasteuriZed. But even the
/ iar ri fall ~ hA
per cent pasterization-which must
be attained IL we are to have q safe
milk supply"
THE danger OF infection of consum.
ers by tuberculosis cattle Is q real one
in the places covered by the survey"
DIR. Crumbine declares. "Only - per
cent OF the cities reported that the
cattle supplying their milk had been
| tuberculin tested within q year"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-26
BISHOP SAYS ENGLISH
CHURCH STARvES CLERGY
London prelate Cites Instance 20
Show Hardships Due 20
Small Pay.

e,,,esoonkenos of she Ass0cistsd PTsss.
LONDON. The Bishop Of London
81 va the Church Of England IL starry
nsg It's clergy.
The bishop quoted what he De.
~,.,ft,ed as IAN East End sdyli" 70 sup
80 his assertion.
.srhere wac cDTste in the East
IND who, ~ not 1nfreaoenly' was
~s.s,4tpg his ybar's daughter. called
- s..a Jacob end Rachel because fGf
gsn years this man waited foe The
80 IL Mss u very hs ply day fot
yv,,et, / could offer ID living II 40g
80 q house 10 these patient people.
married them snd lTa.hlned me h .
y..sTs The appeared I'VE y@"fs oih%f
- e 900 wac clearly not enough ~
sssp a mother, father shd family
Tie Engijsb clergy were IA" ""fs'
la la The world, the i,isnoD asserted
90 many u them have ~ 90 ~''h
..,' ,t,e side. make grandfather "io"FE
~. and ell thai sort ~ Thing 10 Keep
he family pot boiling
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-26

In 'grisaille." One represents fortune
with the rewards OF life. The other
represents the hunter. signifying the
quest OF life. At the extreme end on
each side Is a decorative representa-.
ton Of the tree of life.
The floating appearance OF the fiE.
ures in the vault. contrasted with the
earthbonnd nature OF those on the
wall. In one OF the triumphs Mr.. Tack
has achieved.
fCopyright 1897 In all countries BY the
North American Newspaper Alliance
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-26
Elevator Operator Gets $4,000.

SPOKANE. Wash, December IS
CP9.--Friendly interest OF a physician
in the ambitious young elevator oper-
ator in his office building had borne
fruit today In a $4,000 legacy to help
the youth obtain a medical education.
II became known that DR.. E. s.
Stark. who died last Monday night.
had remembered Grant Hopkins. 81.
year-old elevator operator. TO that OK.
tent in his will. Hopkins was still
mt his elevator lever today.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-26

ugEI1dkGTOA New Zealand, DE
s,,sr 10 LASg.~~Ttree Europeans, &
~ gelspn, r. q. smyth and ~ w
ur We been deDortsd from Samoa
sn outcome III the recent inYss'i.
81 by the royal commission ~
! ,..,,a&s Of unrest Ia the Samoa "a
, -. oyer whieb New Ieb la nd
80 = sns ndaIs under The League N
,rhe roysi commission, IA its report
4. rs Nem Zesla nd goFsfpmsnt. Up
IA ,As administration ~ Samoa ~
a., GaarRe Richie sdsoja, adiuinisira ioi
fny Mesy Zaalasld. and held itist ibe
Fha gee made sgaifika him by g 4,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-26
Agriculture and Industry.

In the vault itself the ideas OF agri-
culture and industry are expressed.
The center OF the vault Is represented
by the four primitive elements. earth.
air. fire and water. These are inclosed
in a decorative circle in the center of
which is n square panel, This square
in the circle In an ancient symbol OF
time In eternity. On the right of this
center In Ceres attended by her maid.
ems. the symbol of the productivity
and fertility OF the earth
Balancing this figure In Vulcan. who
represents industry and the activity
OF life. Young men pay tribute to him
On this side are Are and water, be.
cause they are the chief aids OF indus.
try. On the side OF Ceres are earth
and air. the soil and atmosphere.
which produce the great crops. Apos.
trophies To these elements In four
panels surround this circle.
Two small panels appear In the vault
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-04-01
barrow, the Unbelieyer and
Hope Destroyer

Clarence Darow the famous Chicago criminal lawyer who
opposed the late W. J. Bryan in the noted Scopes trial.
been in Washington trying spread his evolution doctrines
g his last talk barrow told members Of Washington
rey that has soul; that he is just piece Of
chiney merely sequence Of natural events like the dog
tie COW.
AZ the end Of his journey man will be planted in six feet Of
earth and If he has anything like soul It win deCompose
With his body
& is queer thing that Of Darrows attanments will
valuable me in his declining years. seeking impress
humanity with gloomy PHILOSOPHERS life Is he doing any
human being good by spreading his unbelief? Is he making
ay life brighter happier by teaching that nothing
but animals and that the promises Of hereafter-of I'M
mortality Of the soul-are just wasted mouthings
Darwin wasn't the first philosopher to preach mans descent
from the ape long string Of these philosophers have fol
lowed and have given their cloudy theories the world
seems TO be getting fashionable to accept them
Yet all these philosophers furnished nothing but scientific
gpposons and views ubstanate their philosophers and
many of them repeatedly changed their original views
they had lived long enough they would changed again
MI. Darrow is simply echoing the theories Of Darwin
HaeCksl and many others he can't prove any claim he
makes Each assertion Of his and Of all these desoation dis
semnators is subject to contradiction.
70 may look 'hghbrowsh" to follow the views Of
the noted Darrow but he KNOWS of the profound
mysteries Of birth, ne and death than anybody else
Just think Of the immense good Mr. Darrow could do for
humanity along other lines.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-04-01
DR.. FRANK CRANES
DAILY EDITORIAL
Copyright. 1927. New York
Evening Journal. Inc.
Asgtetered U 8 Patent Offiea.
Y I'D eUiIIe
By DR.. FRANK CRANE

nREACHERs, lecturers, grandopera singers and high
brow readers is supposed do not go before vaude
vile audiences because that audience is composed OF
groundngs They choice enough to appreciate the
elegant product of the favored few.
Some writers also disdain to write for the newspapers
because the newspaper appeals to the Only readers
OF hghbrow magazines understand them.
writer in the Edinburgh Review some years ago re-
viewing my own work. INDUCED in about this sort of argu
ment:
Most people morons people with the intelligence
of a person of thirteen.
2 Dr. Crane supposed have number Of readers
DR.. Crane therefore, must peculiarly appeal to the
A. Therefore DR.. Crane must be moron
In the minds of people nothing can be popular
unless it is cheap, vulgar and flmsy.
sometimes wonder what these people think about Jesus
OF whom it said that the people heard Him
gladly while the Scrbe and the Pharisees rejected him
Shakespeare is also under suspicion because he has
many readers
This sort of argument Of course is pure snobbery.
1t is proved in the case Of the vaudeville
The average preacher lecturer not appear in the
entwentyhirty houses for the simple reason that they
don't want him. He could not stay there.
With the vaudeville audience you have make good No
credentials CO. You may the President of the United
States the King of England foreman Of the grand jury
at the day Of judgment just the your stuff not
interesting, out you GO
The vaudeville audience represents the quntessence of the
people It about the keenst shrewdest and
honest congregation of folk there is
The they will listen to preaching not because
they do not like preaching but because the preaching not
good enough.
They do like preaching They are as much interested in
moral problems the next man. but they will be bored
SO the tresome lecturer on art music higher criticism
must seek another audience These people will not have him.
unless lie condense what he has say talk of
fifteen minutes and make it snappy.
Many man holds high place in the Senate on the
bench in the pulpit who could maintain place at all
before vaudeville audience.
If ever asked to appear in vaudeville which do
not expect shall consider the greatest compliment my
syndicate Inc