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The Washington times., 1927-12-12

} banks the decrease has been
rather drastic.
While nothing has occurred so
far to point to any raising Of re-
discount rates, one does hear
rumors that such action Is a post.
bility Of the not distant future.
Such a step would greatly
strengthen the bears. and weaken
the confidence of even the most
powerful bulls. And as the stock
market has been and still is
swayed from day to day by the
tactics Of the professional specu.
lators, the outcome might be fairly
drastic.
The Washington times., 1927-12-12
Opinions Pronounced

Stock market opinions are be-
coming more pronounced. Perhaps
1t would be better to say that
bearish utterances are more
numerous and more emphatic.
The prevailing disposition still IL,
however. to enlarge upon favor.
able Developments and to minimize
unfavorable developments. Last
week brought both.
A cautionary utterancO by
Charles e. Mitchell, president OF
Americas largest financial bank,
regarding expansion in brokers'
loans, could not be ignored, not
withstanding that he declared that
even heavy gold exports need
cause no uneasiness. The fact is
that the leading banks could
change the whole complexion of
the call money market-and, con.
sequently, Of the speculative mar
ket-at any time by shutting down
on the very free borrowing which
had been INDUCED in without
hindrance. The Federal Reserve
systems ratio of reserve is below
year ago and at several OF the
The Washington times., 1927-12-12
NEW WAR PROPHESIED

A last great struggle" among
the nations Of Europe was fore
cast last night by DR.. B. G. wilkin-
son. who spoke on the possibilities
OF another world war, at a meet
ing in the Arcade Auditorium. Or.
Wilkinson outlined seven possibilI-
ties for war now existing In Europe.
The Washington times., 1927-12-12
Temple Brotherhood
To Welcome DIR. Simon

DR.. Abram Simon, Of the Wash.
ington Hebrew CONGREGATION. viii
be welcomed home from Europe on
behalf Of the brotherhood at a
meeting OF that organization In
Eighth Street Temple tomorrow
night.
Musical features and addresses
Will make up the program.
The Washington times., 1927-12-12
STOCK ISSUE ASKED

The New York. New Haven and
Hartford railroad today applied to
the Interstate Commerce Commits.
sion for authority to issue $780,.
O29,0O0 Of common capital stock, to
be exchanged for 6 per cent, con-
vertible debentures. maturing Jan
uary is, 194S.
The Washington times., 1927-12-12

INSIST-On the delivery Of your
Times or Herald every day. II
you do mot set your Herald by
Z q. m, The Times by s p. m,
or The Sunday Herald by 8
.. m, call Main $3.50. Delivery
h guaranteed and your copy
win be sent you immediately
from The Times Company Office
By special messenger.
The Washington times., 1927-12-12
DR.. H. S. COFFIN SPEAKS

Dr. Henry Sloane Coffin. presi.
cent OF the Union Theological Semi.
nary % New York, today addressed
q auncneon meeting Of represent.
s; sss OF the Washington Federa.
5!Dn OF Churches. in Epiphany
church. .s
The Washington times., 1927-12-12
Backing And Filling

Wall Street again spent the week
backing and filling, with the net
result q modest loss In average
quotations. President Coolidge's
unsensationa1 message did not
cause any squirt. Indeed. the drift
was downward until Friday. when
there was q sudden recovery Of
points. Saturdays market first
was strong, then weak.
Average quotations are now fully
points below the years peak.
reached on October 4. But they
are still nearly 40 points above the
January low level.
Bonds meanwhile are very close
to their highest figure Of the
year.
The Washington times., 1927-12-12
CLEARING HOUSE REPORT

BY International News eervleO
NEW YORK, Dec. I2.-Ex.
changes. $4,000, 900; balances. STA.
egeS.t b.ls psSsri a, Ess sS Banks
The Washington times., 1927-12-12

AN types Of clocks, grandfafhers ana
chime clocks Included, can be expertIy
repaHed BY the firm whose announce
next to the last page.
The Washington times., 1927-12-12

gold from here the foreign ex-
change market presents quite an in
tereSting picture. There are sew.
eral sound economic causes for the
strength of the Scandinavian mon
eys but sterling presents a beau.
ttful example Of what the interna.
ttonal bankers can do in stab.
LIKING" O market when they de.
sire. A Stabilized" market in a
currency Is just as much Of an
unnatural market as a "stabilizsd''
or rugged" market in a stock or
commodity. Fractional further al.
vance in sterling will put that
currency to the gold export point.
There was some comment aroused
by the fact that the Presidents
definite withdrawal from the 1928
election was made just when it
would rather completely overshadow
MS constructive message to Con.
gress. In discussing this devel.
opment together with the gold
shipments and the several months
or hard work that has resulted
IN the new high level for the
pound sterling, one broker asks
whether the free trade manifesto
OF international bankers, which was
tabled after considerable excitement
several months ago. remains in
print. -
Steal the Leader
Steel's resumption Of leadership
In the closing sessions Of the week
bolstered speculative sentiment to
. considerable degree. The buy.
ing Of the stock, according to word
from the floor. came through those
brokers who on occasions act for the
most powerful interests in the cor.
poration. 1t jumped into the lead
Just before the issuance Of reports
showing gain in untitled order.
IN November that was close ia
100000 tons more than expected.
There is good reason to believe
that Steel ultimately will be sniff
two for one and current indica.
lions are that such action ID planned
for next year.
The Washington times., 1927-12-12
New Low. for Index

The Lawrence Stern & Co. in.
dex Of average yields Of new
corporate securities at offering
prices registered q, new low mark
at S.ss PER cent in November. This
is slightly less than the $50 per
cent set by this index in October
and continues the decline which
has brought 1t from the sol pcr
cent average made in November
or last year. The average Weld
OF real estate offerings fell below
s per cent for the first time last
month and at 5.95 per cent shows
a drop OF .26 per cent from the
average yield of such securities
offered in November q year ago.
The railroad offerings average
yield also shows a marked decline
from 4.95 per cent in November.
1925. to 4.43 per cent last month.
Public utility issues, though, were
offered last month on a higher
average basis than in October or
In November year ago.
The Washington times., 1927-12-12
$4,000. 100000 Savings


Over $4,000. 100000 in savings
was on deposit In the banks and
trust companies Of the United
States June 80, 1897, an increase
Of $1,S6s. o94, 900 over the same date
last year, 1t Is announced by the
savings bank division, American
Bankers Association.
The destructive flood In the Mis-.
sisSippi valley has its echo in the
report from Arkansas, which during
the past year had q gain Of saving
per inhabitant of but 2.7 per cent,
against an annual average per-
centage gain Of 1875 since 1912. the
highest of any State in the United
states; also Missouri suffered loss
both In savings accounts and in time
certificates of deposit: Louisiana, al.
though increasing the amount in
savings accounts slightly over last
year, lost a much greater amount
In time certificates Of deposit: and
Mississippi registered q gain per In.
habitant Of but Sc per cent over
the previous year, although the
average annual gain per inhabitant
since 1919 was 2S.6 being second
only to the gain in Arlansas."
A comparison Of the principal
business yardsticks shows 1927 to
have been good average year ana
on the basis OF present conditions
1928 should rank definitely in the
list Of years that have brought
good times to the United States. ac-
cording to Charles e. Mitchell,
president Of the National City Bank
Of New York,
The midwinter meeting Of the
executive council. American Insti-
tute of Banking, win be held in
Chattanooga, Tenn, at the Read
House January 10-11, 1898. The in
stitute is the educational branch of
the American Bankers Association
with a general membership Of about
$4,000 and student enrolment over
IS. 900.
President W. W. Spaid. Of the
District Of Columbia Bankers AS
ISOLATION. has been called to Cam.
bridge, Ohio, by the death Of his
mother.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-06
New York Street Names.

VERY curious and interesting are
the old street names Of New
York City. Particularly In the f,nan.
cial district are TO BE- found historic
associations In this relation. Most Of
the streets had Dutch names. since
then more or less changed. For In
stance. Broad street was called the
"Graght." because 1t was an inlet
from the bay.
Nassau street. between Wall and
Pearl streets. was once called PIE
wcnAn's Lane" stonstrsst wa
called "Brouwer street." because thu
West Indies Co.'S brewery was Ct
No. 10. South William street was SGtyck
Sleegh." meaning dirty lanA~ LIB
srty street was first called by the
Dutch 'HTienhoven street.; later the
British called 1t Grown street" Pine
street was first called Queen street"
and later king street" Exchange
alley was oyster Pssty alley" and
Tin Pot alley" Cortlandt street Up
to 1928 was Windmill lane" White
hall street derived it's nams from
Peter Stuyvesant's mansion. white
hall" William street. before Il hon.
ored the English King. was called
Burgers path" Coenties alp was
named for Coenties Ten Eyck.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-06

Il calculate from the data gathered
from various indexes and reduced to
common basis that the general
trend of business for the year viii
be upward and downward. There 10
every indication Of q sharp decline
In the percentage Of the fall Of values
upwards. But there may be Q sharp
jolt sidswsy:: In fact. the entire
THE srENoGRAPHER: which
year. Mr.. Talkleton?
MR. TALKLETON: 1885.
TIE sTENoGRAPHER: Surely not
1925?
MR.. TALKLEroN: That's tho year
I'm predicting on.
Talkleton. 1928 ts over-months ago.
MR.. TALKLETON lin alsrm): Ali
over; I never noticed It. When did
THE srENocRApHER: Last De-
cember.
MR.. TALKLEroN On dsspair):
Last December! And I've spent
months and months on Il!
THE sTENoGRAPHER: oh. never
mind. Mr.. Talkleton. Call II 1875
and / am certain 1t will be just az
good as any other Of your predictions.
MIR. TALKLETON (brightIy and
with renewed animation): viii II?
That's fine. All right! Type Il out
while get my hat and coat, and then
fetch me my arithmetic primer, and
the multiplication table, and well
go out to lunch.
r ea fCopyriRht. 1877
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SCENE TWO.
dentists ONCE.
Chemistry and Perfumes

lar to that of the lily-of-the-valley
lilac and Cape jasmine. the perfumes
varying according to the proportions
of the chemical used.
Artificial violet has been made In
this market for about 90 years. 1t Is
made by condensing citrol. an essence
extracted from lemon, Indian vervatn
or lemon verbena, with common ace
tone. a body much like pyroligneous
acid. Synthetic violet extract Is manu-.
featured In large quantities and sold
pure or mixed with the true essence
of violet So far no chemist has been
able to counterfeit musk. but per-
fume manufacturers produce bodies
which, though very different from
musk chemically, hold the powerful
scent Of musk. The basis OF this
counterfeit of musk Is toiuene. which
is obtained from benzine and coal-tar.
1t Is changed into a somewhat COM
pick carburet, which II subjected to
the action of axotic acid and sulphuric
acid. The product thus obtained
diluted with inert matters Id sold un.
der the name Of musk.
4 The list of synthetic perfumes IL
long. They initiate all the known per.
fumes, but despite the efforts To
initiate exactly they are nearly always
inferior TO the true essences. Many
hoast that they use nothing but true
essences. but 1t appears that nearly
all the cheaper perfumes 9iye hints Ut
syuthesia. q.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-06

the next broadcast will be Cavalieria
Rusticana. Well, first buy libretto
or opera guide and get the story
in your mind. Then buy a couple of
moving picture periodicals or maya
zine that runs pictures of pretty gals.
Select a picture Of, say, Anastasia
Reilly, cut 1t out like you would a
paper doll and name 1t Santuzza.
Then do the same with A picture OF
Gertrude Lawrence and name 1t
Lola. A man in klothes ad or a
picture OF Jack Barrymore or Menjou
will do for Turriddu. Lola's husband,
Alto, is described as a carter. so the
next taxi you ride in. tear out the
drivers picture and that will be o. K.
for him. You can get suitable
Lucia out Of any tabloid that hap
pens to be running mother story.
The Detroit Athletic Club News
often prints a photograph of an entire
Zeigfieid or Gene Buck chorus. Get
one of these and use 1t for your
ensemble,
Fer a stage, place a table near the
loud speaker and when your opera
begins, move your paper dolls around
to suit the action. When Turriddu
and Lola are grooming their pretty
duet. you will be looking at Jack
Barrymore and Gertrude Lawrence,
people who you could believe might
have fell for each other and not people
that look like they must have been
hauled to the tehater In two trucks
and that when one or both of them
finally gets killed, 1t In because the
head Of some packing house has de-
| cided they can't never grow no bigger.
l That 10 my scheme for stay-at-
home opera goers and any IDEAS you
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-06
THE OTHER DAY.

skyline as the woolworth Building
drifted by.
"A beautiful building" remarked.
Yes. isn't it," he agreed. Il won
der what the name of it is
looked at him.
Funny" / remarked. II would
swear that you were a New Yorker"
Il am" he replied. I've lived here
all my life"
oh" / said. and then I added,
that's the Woolworth Building"
"Oh. yes" he said, 1.-The Woolworth
Building"
He blew his nose discreetly.
HAS it been there long," he asked
smile.
He seemed surprised.
II must bring my wife down to see
it," he said. It's really quite beau.
tiful."
IT'S too bad she didn't come with
YOU" l suggested.
His face suddenly became quite Grim
son. "Oh, dear" he said. II forgot"
Forgot WHAT" I asked.
II forgot that we're getting a di-
vorce." he replied. That's why I'm
going to Paris"
oh, that's too bad" l replied.
It's terrible" he replied. II wish
| hadn't thought of it,
We rounded the lower end of Man
haitian. The canyon of Broadway
stood out very clearly for a moment
and then became lost in mass of in
distinguishable buildings.
II think that the Bankers Trust
Co." / offered
He seemed to have lost interest In
his native city.
"Oh. yes" he said. Thank you
very much"
Far below us small stream of black
water suddenly spurted from the side
OF the ship. 1t made kissing noise.
An engineer-or at least somebody
with a dirty face--stuck his head out
OF portfolio farther on and watched
II for minute or two. Then the head
Are you married." he asked.
! introduced Mrs. Stewart.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-06

THE Joplin district produces yearly
= more than 100000 tons of zinc
and lead ores. These ores occur init
mately associated with lime and flint
and are separated from them by a
washing process. In order that the
separation may be economical it Is
necessary to crush the ore from the
mine to about one-fourth- Inch size.
As result of these operations many
hundreds of tailings piles are scat
tered over Jasper County and mill
lions of tons of chats" as they are
locally called, are produced every
year.
There has been a gradual awaken
ing In the value of these chats
among the people of the district.
At first they were used for making
roads. Then the railroads took them
up and the roads radiating from
Joplin have many miles of track bal
lasted with this material. With the
advent of cement construction chats
Were used, as they were the most
walks OF the cities of the zinc dis
trict are constructed almost entirely
Of chat concrete.
Foundations of buildings were the
next field entered by chats and
nearly every building erected in the
past few years has a foundation of
chat concrete. But 1t was not until
a recent period that chat concrete
was seriously considered in building
construction. The question was in
vestigated thoroughly by architects
and contractors and there have been
constructed a number of six-story
modern store buildings.
Q Many thousands of chat fence
posts are made every year from
chats and because of their cheap
ness and durability are rapidly TAX
ing the place Of wooden posts.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-06

The stenographer. speaking into the
telephone--Im so sorry you can't
speak to Mr.. Talkleton this morning.
He Is making forecast (she rings
off,
MR.. TALKLEToN without moving
his headl How much is 6 times z?
THE STENOGRAPHER: I'll look It
up. She takes down an encyclopedia
and searches 1T. Then she says: Forty
eight.
MR.. TALKLEToN: Thank you.
There is silence for a little time.).
MR.. TALkLETON without moving
his head: How much is and IT
and 4?
THE STENoGRAPHER: 8 and II
and 4? I'll just work 1t out for you.
Mr.. Talkleton.
MR.. TALKLETON: Thank you.
The stenographer moves across to
an adding machine and pounds at it
furiously for two or three minutes.
Then she draws a paper slip out of it
end reads: One hundred.
MR.. TALkLETON tas before):
Thank you.
The telephone rings again.
THE STENOGRAPHER I'm sorry
Mr.. Talkleton is busy. You want a
forecast: Oh yes, I'll ask him. (She
outs hand over the 'phone.) Mr..
Talkleton. there liz a lady wants a
forecast on the peach crop for 1927.
Shall say yes?
MR.. TALKLETON: Yes. Tell her
well have II today and get the office
boy to predict. Give him money to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-06
BY STEPHEN LEACOCK.

TN recent number of this journal
! presented few home scenes in
the lives of eminent people.
i These scenes showed, for ex-
ample, tho great Mr.. Master
mind, the wizard of memory. trying
TO remember, and Mr.. Hoyle. the
great authority on cards, sitting down
to play bridge.
The person whose name appears in
the incident Immediately below is the
distinguished Mr.. Hackit, who is, as
everybody knows. the inventor Of one
of the most famous devices for re-
moving the human whiskers in 90
seconds. Not only can the whiskers
by this process be removed painlessly,
but soaplessly, with an absolute guar
antee of safety. Mr.. Hackit's name
has been justly celebrated all over the
known and unknown globe. 1t 10 esti.
mated that under his directions tsee di.
rections sold with every Hackit razor)
10000, 600 cubic yards of whiskers are
removed every year.
. Yet, oddly enough. 1t has occurred
] TO very few people to ask what hap.
pens when Mr.. Hackit himself under.
takes to have shave.
The little home episode presented
hslow 10 intended to answer this
query.
MR.. HAGKIT. DECIDESs TO. SHAVE
HIMSELF FOR SAFETY.
The scens Ii laid In the principal
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buy a. couple Of peaches to predict It
with. Don't disturb me again.
THE STEEOGRAPHER: Yes, ma
dame, we will make It for you today.
VIII you send taxi and get It?
Thank you.
She rings off. There Is another
little silence.
MR.. TALKLETON: Add me UP 4
and and 8 and then subtract 3.
There is a terrific Gathering of the
adding machine. The stenographer
draws out the slip and announces.
Six plus four. Presently she says:
What are you working on this morn
ing, Mr.. Talkleton?
MR.. TALKLETON: 1t IL q forecast
of general business conditions for
one year, and now win you kindly
supply me with a few necessary
data? The calculation Ia practically
complete and I need only a few
data which find difficult to remem-
Der. How many ounces are there
In a pound avoirdupois?
THE sTENOGRAPHER: Twenty.
MR.. TALKLETON: Thank you. I
never can remember it. And how
many inches In a foot?
THE STENOGRAPHER: I've got
that somewhere in our files, Mr..
Talkleton. III look 1t up later.
MIR. TALKLETON: Thank you-and
let me have at the same time the
number of gallons In a firkin, and
the number of perches in a furlong.
And now I think I'm ready. Will
you take this dictation please?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-06

Mr.. Hackit. as is at once apparent. Is
behind the screen.
MR.. HACKIT's VOICE: Rot blast
it!
There Is the sound of more rushing
water; steam ascends above the
screen. There IL a clatter as Of soap
dishes, etc. falling around.
MR.. HACK1T's VOICE: Ding bust
1t!
MRS. HACKIT: Whatever is the
matter, Alfred? Haven't you finished
washing yet?
MR.. HACKIT's VOICE: Washing.
I'm not waSAng-I'm going to shave
myself!
MRS: HAcKIT lin obvious alarm:
To shave yourself! Oh! Alfred! For
heavens sake. he careful
MIR. HACKTT'S VOICE: Nonsense.
There's not the slightest danger.
With this new device of mine-wow!
MRS. HACKIT: What rs it?
MR.. HACKITS VOICE: nearly
cut my finger! How on earth do you
fix in this COMPOUNDED blade?
MRS. HACKIT: why, surely, AL
fred, you must remember that. You
take hold of the blade (B) between the
finger CT and thumb TT and slide 1t
gently into the grooves tG) and (G)
till 1t comes fast against the frame
CD. Surely that's on all your direc-
tions?'
MR.. HACKIT's VOICE tgrudging.
lrG suppose 1t Is. Anyway. l can't
do it.
There Is a tinkling clatter as Of a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-06

THE perfume industry dates from
the early days of the world. Per-
fume makers used to extract their
odors from plants. flowers and fruits
without altering the essences. The
business of the manufacturer began
and ended there and his art was
limited to commingling skillfully the
different extracts so that he might OBJ
tain perfumes. With the progress of
chemistry it became possible to make
synthetic perfumes.
The most important synthetic dis
coveries have been made within the
last 40 years or so. In 1875 the syn
thesis OF the active principle of vanilla
was made A few years later heliotro.
pin was obtained by the oxidation of
a by-product, a kind of camphor waste.
Terpincol or terpinol is one OF the es-
sentiai constituents of such perfumes
as lilac, lily of .the-valley, syrirga, Cape
jasmine. Speaking chemically, 1t Is
a near relation of the essence OF tur.
pentine: one molecule of essence Of
turpentine added to one molecule OF
water gives terpineol
Perfume manufacturers use differ
emit means of producing terpineoi.
Among the different patented processes
are treatments with sulphuric acid
and azotic and citric acids, IL q
chemist has essence Of turpentine, q
little oil and aqua fortis, he can pro.
duce delightful perfume clDsely siuai-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-06
Frogs Legs Industry

THE frogs legs served to patrons Of
cafes and restaurants come, for
the most part, from Minnesota. That
Is to say, the finest do, for from the
point of view of the epicure there are
no frogs legs to be compared with
those from the Northwest. The prin-
cipal competition met by the Minne-
sofa variety Ia the bull" species of
the South, hut this product Is not 30
gratifying to the discriminating pal
ate, for the meat Of the Southern
variety IL not as sweet and delicate
as the product of the Northern
swamps.
The cost In the East of the Mime
sofa frogs legs Is, of course, greater
than the price In st. Paul where from
80 cents to 81 a dozen Is the average
st. Paul is generally accounted the
chief shipping point for frogs legs,
and employment Is given to many
persons who make 1t their business to
gather the legs throughout the State
The heaviest catches are made in
the Spring and Autumn. Frogs emerge
from their nests In great numbers
In the Spring. and at that time their
capture IL most easily effected At the
approach of cool weather the frogs re-
turn to the water
The frog Is a rapid breeder and as
II attains its fun size In compare
lively short period the demand for the
legs Is readily met The breeding.
pools In Minnesota number many
thousand
There Is no RI month for the frog
- Il becomes npcessary Ter the hunt