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A Colonial Calendar.
IN the days when calendars We

IN the days when calendars We.
not known people had a clever wa.
of finding the day of any fixed ann
versary. The only fact you had (,
know was the day of the week OF
which New Year came. key sen
tence Of IL 10:ds was used in which
one word stood for each % +ha I
months. The sentence was. AT Do
yer dwelt George Brown, esquire, good
Christopher Finch and David Friar.'
Take. for example, the Fourth O.
July. AS July is the seventh month
take the first letter of the seventh
word of the key sentence; that is,
e is also the seventh letter of the al
phabet. So begin with Monday, th'
known New Year day, and count sever
days. Thus Sunday will be found :,
be the 1st day of July and the 4tI
will be the following Wednesday.
Another illustration To find the de-.
of the week of a Birthday fall.ns. y
the 7th of May. AS May Is the fftl
month. take the first letter of t.. col
responding fifth word of the key ser
tence: that is. b: b is also the secono
letter of the alphabet. So begin will
Monday. the known New Years da,
and count two days. Thus Tunsda,
will be found to be the ist day of Ma,
and the birthday will be the following
Monday.
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, occasionally, which furnishes a more
colorful touch to the routine of city
detective. With this type robbery is
not practical business pursued by a
hard-headed, hard-boiled tradesman.
He isn't particularly concerned with
the money return. He wants the
thrill. His line of thought is, in per-
Verted way, much the same as that of
the daredevil aviator or the rich anna
teur explorer. He is interested more
in the possibility of getting killed than
anything else. Burglary to him is a
sport in which he engages his wits
against those of the police.
Generally he is an avid reader of de-
tective fiction. He is a person of
active imagination who sees himself
in the role Of all the villains lionized
in books who always make the guardi.
ans of the law look silly. He sets out
to duplicate the feats he has read
about.
The cat, 1t is likely. belongs to this
class. Loeb and Leopold could be
classified TN the same way, except that
their perversion carried them into
more dangerous practices. 1t is ex.
tremely unlikely that this fellow, the
police believe, will turn out to be a
businesslike criminal. 1t is more prob
able that he will prove to be silly
young person, who will indulge in
cheap witticisms at the precinct sta.
ton and pose disgustingly during his
trial-a fellow who needs, most Of all.
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kand dCh~yCh tCmmnr
Are MtraR@ O. o. Honesty n

a whipping and a few years Of hard
work.
All Of his exploits to date have
shown the handiwork Of the eccentric
artist rather than the sober craftsman.
He has tried to make them colorful.
The experienced burglar knows better.
He doesn't want to be featured in the
newspapers.
The ''cat," up-to-date. has demon
strated clearly one important sociologi-
cal fact-how easy it is to destroy the
fancied sense of security of life and
property, which Is the basis of a civil
lized community. One ignorant and
egotistical young man has been able
to throw a whole community into a
state of fear, the nearest comparison
to which may be found in the hysteria
Of some European towns during the
period of the German air raids. Men
in Cleveland Park and Chevy Chase
no longer retire with the assurance of
night of sound sleep. The citizen
lies down with much the g. feelings
as If he thought there was ghost in
the house.
Not that the men are afraid-hun-
dreds of them have slept soundly in
are some, indeed, who have enjoyed
pleasant dreams with German shells
bursting overhead. The "cat" is not
reputed to be a very deadly criminal.
But there are so many things that
might happen. AS one Cleveland Park
physician put 1t the other day: $50
far as I myself am concerned I am
not worried. I wouldn't give this fel-
low any opportunity to shoot. But I
| have five children in the house. Any
| one Of them might wake UP In a
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fright and scream. Then the cat
might shoot one Of them. think this
is the way hundreds Of families feel" I"
\ X y y
THE exploits Of the cat have had
one salutary effect they have
brought back to a great many families
over this large area Of Washington a
feeling Of friendliness toward and CO.
operation with the police. The blue
coat has been the subject of much
unconscious misunderstanding In the
past few years. It has seemed to
many that his chief activity, If not his
chief excuse for existence, was to
bawl them out for minor traffic viola
tions, stick summonses to Police Court
in their cars and otherwise make him.
self generally obnoxious. Hundreds
of good citizens in Chevy Chase and
Cleveland Park have been prone to re-
gard the policeman rather as a foe
than a friend-a fellow to be outwit-
ted If possible. A successful trick
which embarrassed or thwarted him
was an occasion for pride. But now
all this has changed.
The function Of the policeman all
the time was, Of course, to protect
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MAKING WINDOW GLASS.

The cylinder is then placed on a
bench, held in position by wooden
wedges and the ends removed. A
rim Of molten glass is smeared
around the line of cleavage at each
end to prevent splitting during the
remainder Of the process. Then a
diamond cutter Sits each tube from
end to end and small wedges are in
serted. The glass is now ready to
go to the heating oven for f1attening
1t is conveyed to the oven mechan.
ically and deposited on an iron table
with stone top. which is moved back
and forth inside the oven by means
of a long rod protruding through a
hole in the oven wall. The 'ironer"
stands at the door of the oven, and
after pushing the glass off the loading
frame onto the table. he works at it
with a long tool consisting Of a long
handle with a block of water-soaked
weed at the end. An assistant moves
the table back and forth at the ironers
command, until the glass has been re-
duced to a fiat sheet.
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fic Court tickets now and then. The
law, the citizen realizes with q start.
all the time has been his bodyguard
instead of his prosecutor. 1t has been
a salutary lesson and one not at all
likely to be forgotten overnight.
1t is the case of Kipling's Tommy
Atkins all over again. In normal times
it's ''the damn cop this and the damn
cop that" But it's thank you. Mr.
Policeman. when the Cat" is on the
rampage.
There have been other burglar
scares in Washington-plenty of them
But there never has been a case be
fore where so large a section of the
city has been terrified. or one which
has taken up such a considerable
share of the city's conversation.
This foolish young masquerader-
whoever he may be-is the chief topic
of conversation, from the cheap lunch
rooms to the dignified Office. of the
State Department. He surely has
reaped yhatever thrills come from
that sort of glory. and doubtless he Is
happy. Certainly his reward other.
wise has been very slight. His total
haul hardly would equal a fair weeks
paw.
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'fHE making of window glass is at
- present Of more than ordinary
importance because Of efforts being
made to foster our independence Of
foreign manufacturers.
1t may not generally be known
that the sheet of glass with which
we are so familiar is made by the
roundabout way Of blowing the glass
into cylinders which are then slit and
iiattened into sheets.
The Mmps Of raw glass are at
tached in the furnace to the ends of
long tubes, then heated to a sufficient
temperature to permit Of blowing AT
first the mass takes on a roughly
globulaF shape, which. as it cools, Is
reheated, and, under the continued
manipulation Of the blower. takes on
a pear-shape. The third reheating
and blowing forms a long cylinder
of even section. so long that pits are
provided for its accommodat ton, the
blower standing on the edge and hold
ing the long. narrow bubble in the
pit while he works. -
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rgar Establishes New Bond Between People and Police

the public. He was a friend of the
lava biding citizen--and even in these
days 80 per cent of a citys popula'
ton Is generally law-abiding and re-
spectacle. Liquor laws and trafrc
laws, Of course. must be left out OF
consideration in this generalization.
But in the more serious matters. such
as murder. burglary and arson, the
average American is law-abfding.
The trouble has been that the citt'
zen didn't appreciate his need for pro
lection. An actual threat from law.
lessness never came into his life. His
home and all the precious possessions
it contained had been apparently sc.
cure. The streets were safe and
peaceful. He needed no bodyguard
at his elbow, here. in one of the most
highly civilized communities in the
world On the sidewalk outside his
house the Policeman paced all nigh.
year in and year out. and never
actually stood between him and an
aSsailant.
theoretically. of course. the citizen
knew better. But actually he came
to regard the guardian Of the la%
rather as a spy on his own activities
If he forgot to turn on his parking
light there was a card in his car
the next morning. If he kept his
hose on a few minutes too long some
hot Summer afternoon, the bluecoat
was ringing his doorbell. If his boot
logger called. great care must he ex
ercised to choose time when 'h'
officer would be at the other end
the street to get the case OF Oe'
through the back door.
Suddenly all this has changed Tht
Cleveland Park or Chevy Chase resi-
1,a. La.
in more elemental atmosphere. Sc.
curity of life and property no longer
is taken for granted. The policeman
Is his best friend.
1t is a comforting thing to see that
blue-uniformed man walking up and
down the street in the night hours
worth even the inconvenience of Traf
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| fourteenth precinct station at Tenley-
town. begging that a policeman be
sent Immediately to some distant
home to investigate peculiar noises
| heard in the cellar or among the
wistaria bushes in the back yard. One
motor cycle policeman is kept busy
all night answering just such calls,
| and ne is not able to investigate many
of them.
The wind. wandering dogs, cats on
back fences. respectable citizens re-
! turning late at night-all have occa-
stoned frantic calls to the police for
help 1t is all rather silly-but the
fact is that one lone burglar. working
steadily and stealthily night after
night. has given these two Washing
ton communities bad cases of
nerves" Shadows of wind-swept
shrubbery on the grass. rustling of
Autumn leaves and countless other
things are equipped with bone and
flesh in the minds of the citizens.
The reign Of fear extends from
Woodley road to Chevy Chase Circle
and from Connecticut avenue to
Wesley Heights. Through all this
territory. containing some of the
finest homes in Washington, the mid
night prowler has eXerted an influence
seldom known before in the history
of the city. THE Cat" has created
of himself a legend which almost
smacks of the supernatural and it is
a legend which cannot be done away
with until either he is captured or his
depredations have ceased for long
time.
The headquarters of the hunt for
''the Cat' is a brick building at Albe-
marie street and River road. which
looks for all the world like a wayside
church in a New England village.
This is the fourteenth precinct sta
ton. brand new and architecturally
entirely in keeping with a peaceful
suburban residential section. But just
now the officers and men stationed
there are on their mettle. Capt. Will
liam J. Stott is working night and
day to solve the problem and his 64
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THE SPAN OF LIFE.

n the Middle Ages the average span
of human life was about 80 years
The average among civilized peoples
is now about 40 years. The startling
prophecy that man would some time
only begin to understand life at 100
years does not seem so unreasonable,
perhaps, when one considers the span
of life allotted TO vegetables, and to
other animals
There exists, at the present time, in
the Island of Ceylon a tree which was
planted 288 years before Christ In
the suburbs of Athens travellers are
shown the olive tree of Plato, which
is 1000 years old. The plantain tree
OF Hippocrates, the father of med
icine, Is 2,300 years old, while the
giant redwood trees of California are
estimated to have lived at least 20
centuries. Tourists in Hikdesheim
Germany, are never allowed to pass the
famous so-called "thousand-year rose
bush" in the grounds of the cathedral
The list of legendary trees might be
Indefinitely extended and world trees
include the chestnuts of Etna. the
walnut trees Of St. Nicholas in Lo.
rena, the olives of Jerusalem, the yew
trees of Yorkshire, England, which
are 1000, 1000 and $500 years old,
respectively, and the expresses of
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BY THOMAS r. HENRY.

<<~HRISTOPHER, wake up
For Heavens sake, Christie
pher, wake up and listen"
~ The stout gentleman
thus appealed to, opens his
eyes slowly, feels under his pillow
where he has deposited his pocketbook
the evening before, rolls over and falls
asleep again.
Once more his wife shakes him. She
drags him out of the sanctuary o.
sleep with its warm, comfortable sense
of security.
What's the matter now?" he grum.
bles drowsily. Let me lone"
Christopher" his better-half pleads
II thought 1 heard something in our
cellar. There it is again."
Nerves., he growlS contemptuous-
1y. Get back to sleep and forget
about it."
''Oh, what a husband I've gotm she
rejoins. Wen all be murdered in our
beds and he wants to sleep. And /
left my diamond ring in the bathroom,
too. Oh, Christopher, there it is again
that noise in the cellar. Don't you
hear it?"
Probably nothing but the cat
That's just what it is Christopher
the Cat. Get up and call the police" "
Nonsense! Go to sleep"
christopher Sullivan, you get out
of this bed at once. If you're afraid
to. 1 will l never thought a man
could be such a coward"
So Christopher, driven against his
/, convictions, goes to the telephone and
! calls the fourteenth precinct station.
Hello" he says, this is Christie
\ Ypher sullivan of 100000 Newark
street
What do you want?" asks the desk
sergeant.
- THE cats in my basement" volun-
teers the abashed Mr.. Sullivan. I'VE
just heard it,
We'll send a man over" says the
sergeant, Just as soon as he gets
back from looking over a dozen other
Easements, where the cat has been
heard tonight"
Tell them to hurry, for Gods sake,
We're being murdered"
Christopher's wife is standing by
his elbow and prompting him now.
He hangs up the receiver. His
better-half is wringing her hands and
weeping Historically.
II feel like a damn fool" says
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HOT BATHS FOR PLANTS.

THE majority Of trees are subject
to periods Of rest, when their
vegetation seems to be suspended.
During such periods their branches
cease to grow, and the buds formed
remained unchanged in appearance
until the plants recover from their
torpor in the Springtime; first, be.
cause the outer conditions are not
such as they need for their develop.
ment; secondly, because chemical
changes are produced in them during
the resting time. The chemical
changes are Indispensable; should
they fail to take place, not even the
most favorable conditions could open
house just after it's leaves have
fallen and when it's sap is
still full Of life, does not produce new
leaves. But if the same experiment Is
made few months later new buds are
formed as in the full time Of vigor
This is because the plant has rested
and, during its rest, received the ele-
ments of new growth.
The plant must rest, but there are
means for abridging its period of re-
pose and for fastening the internal
work Of its chemical modification. The
best known means is etherization.
which consists in forcing the growth
in the vapor of ether or chloroform
for a period of from "a to 4S hours. A
plant taken from it's bath of ether
vapor and put in a hothouse begins to
develop at once.
A botanist in Prague uses another
efficacious means to force his plants
He plunges their branches into very
warm water for length of time vary.
ing with the species of the plant to
be treated. The plants are dipped in
the reservoir of warm water head
down, without wetting the roots. The
temperature of the water must not be
lower than 35 degrees Reaumur nor
above 35 degrees. except in the case Of
the birch tree and the willow tree.
which require water of a. temperature
Of 40 degrees Reaumur.
The law on which this method Is
based is that the bath must be more
prolonged when the plant has not long
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officers and men are not letting any
grass grow under their feet.
There are six fine cells in this
churchlIke police station and the Cat"
is welcome to a free run Of all six of
them if any of the fourteenth pre-
cinct men can lay their hands on him.
He has afforded these officers the
most battling problem they have been
called upon to solve since the pre-
cinct was organized. Last year it
was only a substation under the sew
enth precinct station, at Georgetown.
The precinct is considerably greater
in area than any other in the city.
Some of it's single beats cover more
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been at rest. Some species respond L.
treatment more quickly than others
One species puts forth it's growth at
once, in the hothouse; another gives
the first sign of growth weeks later.
The chestnut tree and the ash tree
cannot be forced to open their buds
until December or January.
The good effects of the warm baths
are felt only by the parts submerged
They do not reach the whole organ
ism. So. on the same stem, the gar.
dener who has done his work care
lessly and submerged but half OF the
branches sees too late to help the
plant that part of it is still asleep and
that nothing is developing there
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ally turns out to be dull unimagi.
native fellow, ill-tempered, malicious
and with very few traces Of chivalry.
This is true particularly of the prac-
tical burglar-the fellow who breaks
into a house to get something worth
getting. He has no time for nonsense.
Burglary is his business-a mean,
nasty business. He has no inclination
to add artistic touches to his jobs. He
wants them over with and the pay u
his pocket. - y
But there is another type, met with
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Christopher Now I'll go down cellar
you'll do nothing of the kind"
shrieks his wife. Hell shoot you
and I haven't paid the last install
ment on your insurance. 1t wouldn't
make any difference to you if / was
left destitute and had to take in
washings-no, not your
y y
COME such scene, it is likely, has
been enacted in more than one
Chevy Chase and Cleveland Park home
during the past two weeks. Numerous
calls are received every night at the
Evening star., 1927-12-04
"oNLY A RUsTLINC OF AUTUMN LEAVES"

all the laws Of probability. the "Cat"
is near the end of his career.
y X X
THE average burglar with whom
they have come in contact, Wash
ington police admit, is not particr
larly picturesque character. Detective
story truth may. be stranger than de-
tective story fiction, but it seldom is
so colorful. The suave, gentlemanly
burglar doubtless has existed from
time to time. When he once is in the
clutches of the law, however, he usu-
Evening star., 1927-12-04

where he went he left behind him a
quantity of burned matches, and when
he finally was captured four or five
boxes Of matches We're found in his
pocket. This bit Of circumstantial evi-
dence was sufficient to link him up
with all his jobs.
But with the "Cat" it is different.
He uses a fiashlight and is very spar
ing with 1t. Even if he is captured, it
will be hard to link him with the
whole series of robberies with which
the legendary figure has been credited.
Perhaps. after all, he Is just a dare.
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In most cases little more than pocket
money. He evidently has not laid out
his plans beforehand to make a big
haul.
Quite different was the case Of the
last sensational thief dealt with by po-
lice of the fourteenth precinct--a gen.
tleman known as the Jumper" who
now is safely incarcerated. He went in
for big jobs and took no foolhardy
chances He finally was trapped
through his habit Of striking matches
instead of using a flashlight. Every.
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devil youngster, hungry for excite
ment; a fervent reader Of detective
tales, who feels the call to follow in
the footsteps of his fiction heroes, but
who is not concerned whether he
actually gets anything or not. He may
want no more than a souvenir Of each
visit.
But in the meantime Cleveland
Park. Chevy Chase and Wesley
Heights sleep on their pocketbooks
and keep their revolvers we'll oiled. BY
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MAKER 0F EXCELLENT
 BRAND ''MULE'' JAILED

Tom Williams who has the reputa- tionof making an excellent brand of "moonshine" was arrested in Kodiak on October 6 charged with delivering one quart of his product. He plead ed guilty and was sentenced to 45 days in jail and fined $15o by Com missioner Stowe. Efforts will be made to locate his distillery while he is enjoying the hospitality of U. 5. Marshal Boyer.
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LOSES PLACE, MATCH

TORONTO, Oct. 12. (P-Glenna Collett former American Women's Golf Champion was put out of the Canadian Championship matches here yesterday by an unheralded golfer Miss Helen Paget, on the 18th green of their match.
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CONSTRUCTING DAM,
 COLD STORAGE PLANT

H. W. Vance has the contract for the construction of large dam north of Kodiak where the overflow of sev- eral lakes will be impounded from which water will supply the Erskine Cold Storage Plant now soon to be constructed there. MT. Vance is en- ploying a considerable force of men on the job.
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STILL UP IN THE AIR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 12. (P)-New Chilean Ambassador in presenting credentials to President Coolidge re- ferring to Tacna Africa boundary dis pute as settled. The President in re- ply indicated he believes the issue is still open.
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TO CONFER WITH CAL

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 12. R- Manuek Quezon, President of the Phillipine Senate and Senor Osmeno sailed to confer with President Cool idge on National politics They will pay their own expenses.
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ROMANTIC MARRIAGE

PARIS, Oct. 12. R1-Tne romantic marriage of Mrs. Grace Breeze with Harry Payne Bingham will take place in Paris in mid October 1t was an- nounced yesterday.
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