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HAZLETON. Pa.-There was no lack
of Thanksgiving cheer in the miners
homes In the anthracite field today The
coal companies now are distributing ap.
proximately $i2,ooo,ooo each fortnight
In pay rolls and the men were paid on
Wednesday.
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CHICAGO.-Shipmen of stocker
and feeder cattle into the corn belt in
the last month have been about as nu-
merous as during the corresponding Pc
Rod last year, but prices have been
nearly 20 per cent higher.
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later than Sunday preceding the holi-
time to be handled by local dealers.
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Commodity Notes
Cotton.

Cotton.
NEW ORLEANS. November 2s.-The
decision OF the New Orleans Cotton
Exchange to make so bales the unit of
trading in cotton futures, it is felt will
prove helpful TO the smaller mill own
ers and farmers in the South, The
scheme has been on trial for six months
and has proved successful.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-11-29

In the past decade about $4,000, 000,-
600 has been spent on roads in the
United States.
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The State of New York Ia now
granting aid to continuation schools
Is we'll as to elementary and high
schools.
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Automobiles.

CHESTER. Pa.-The steamer Oneida
OF the Ford feet has just been loaded
here with unassembled Ford cars. This
Is the first shipment from the Chester
plant to Buenos Aires.
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Aaaets.
Trust Dapartmenta spreading.

TEE! R.p y 1sssssiIss ssp.i sssI..
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in ocean commerce. but today most Of
our trade with foreign countries is being
handled by shipping companies that do
not carry the Stars and Stripes on their
boats. BY interesting the younger gen.
grafton In the sport of sailing-first with
the spirited little models and then with
the mettlesome seaworthy craft-it may
be helpful to us as a nation in regalning
some of our lost reputation on the seas.
1t is doubtful II there Is any sport
that does more to develop ones re-
sourcefulness. self-reliance, reasoning
power and ability to think and act
quickly than sailing boat, whether the
boat is of full-scale caliber or model
yacht, particularly If one is sailing in
competition against others OF his own
aSe. The chap who sails yacht must
learn good craftsmanship or naturally
be forced out of the game. 1t is easy.
in a sailing race. for one skipper DELHI
erately to foul another by crowding,
blocking or by other questionable tao
tics: 1t is easy to do the unfair things
that will go unnoticed unless the Of
fender reports the error himself. In
such sport. where the participant is
put on his honor, there Is bound to de-
velop a code of ethics that Is fine and
wholesome for thsoe tina. play the game
squarelv. and terrible and unrelenting
In its finality for those who foul the
play.
BECAUSE model yacht racing. then,
has serious side. the local club
co-operated with the various community
centers and public schools of the
District of Columbia. to give the juniors
ar Ia g.
take part In the regatta
Every boy. at some time or other,
wants to build and sail boat. II he
Is fortunate in his first attempts and
Is provided with good craft. his in
terest viii be heightened and he will
naturally be drawn to the water and
love of the good. healthy sport and
recreation afforded by sailing.
There Is, OF course. as much differ
ence between the model yacht built
and designed by the professional or
skilled amateur as there Is between the
toy engine from the store and the
model locomotive built after the pattern
of the giant mogul of the rails. And
that may account for the fact that
the membership of model yacht club
Is more often composed OF men than
of boys. Unfortunately. too many boys
nave become discouraged because of
failure at the start. The boy with the
gorgeously- painted and brass decorated
product OF the toy-boat store is often
at a loss to know why his beautiful
boat insists OH sailing In circles or even
backward, II 1t sails at ALL while the
little old schooner built and designed
Nv the professional or trained amateur
glides swiftly along in the teeth of the
wind. increasing her speed the harder
she hlNwe
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the United States. II is not new
sport In this country however. there
having been q model yacht racing club
in New York as long ago as 1912
Shortly after that one was started in
Brooklyn. and other cities followed
later until now there are IA active clubs
affiliated with the national association
Model yachting. as a scientific and
fascinating sport for both young and
old. Is now getting It's stride. and is
obtaining some measure Of the recog-
milton 1t deserves, We are told by one
Marshall. who Is one of the few au-
thorities who have taken the trouble
10 put their ideas on paper
During the last so years, he says,
model yachting has been INDUCED in
by a fair number, but has during the
last few years made such strides that
instead of being classed as childs play.
it now engages the serious attention of
the sport -loving public and continues
TO attract others as Its pleasures become
more and more known.
Model yacht sailing does not consist
merely OF placing your boat IN the water
and waiting to see where she will go.
However perfect model she may be.
unless she Is handled by a yachtSman
who has a fair knowledge of the prin-
ciples of sailing, she may be badly
beaten, both for speed and direction,
by an inferior boat. One who knows the
principles OF design and construction.
employed In building his boat, can set
his model yacht on a projected course
and know just what she will do under
certain condition of wind and weather,
II is said OF a certain skipper named
Slocum. who sailed A0-foot yawl
Il L.
understood his boat that he often would
trim his sails at night and go to sleep
with perfect assurance that his boat
would keep her nose pointed in the
right direction. Such is the skill that
can be acquired when one understands
the principles and such is the skill
required in the sailing of model yachts,
especially In the pond sailing" method.
Sailing these miniature models. perfect
representations of full-sized sailing
craft. is not only hobby with members
of a model yacht club. These men have
a serious purpose. aside from the sport
of racing and building their own boats.
Devotees of the pastime see In II not
only diversion but a means of inter-
esting the younger generation In one
of the finest arts Of bygone days. The
fashioniug of wood. and metal. and
fabric into an object as beautiful and
apparently animate AS a sailing vessel
Is an art that holds the interest of boys
and affords an outlet for their youth
full energy so that Il NAV be turned to
some good use Boat building requires
patience and skill Sailing the craft one
has built with his own hands is inspir-
ing and stimulating. in that one Is
continually seeking to learn the little
tricks and improvements that lead to
greater results
A few years ago ~e were power
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awaiting the Queens reply Before
long 1t came-not message signed by
Queen Marie but a brief frigid. terse
communication from the Roumanian
Legation in Washington advising Mr..
Carewe that Her Royal Highness would
not include Hollywood in her itinerary.
Very truly yours" etc.
What II she had accepted the Of
fer?" the p. A. was asked
1T would have been worth 81 900, 000i
But ! knew darn we'll she wouldn't.
Just the same. We got into most every
newspaper on earth, and legitimately,
too"
THE arrival Of any world celebrity In
Hollywood starts publicity men
trying to figure out some means for
making capital Of the event When
Col. Lindbergh visited California after
hts memorable transatlantic flight, a
whole battery Of press agents made
pans 10 have him photographed by the
side Of their motion picture stars. OF
course they failed. but Mary pickford,
Douglas Fairbanks and Marion Davies
did succeed in getting into a picture at
dining table where the Colonel was
guest Of honor That was all very well
and good but Sid Grammar proprietor
Of the Chinese Theater in Hollywood.
wanted something more than a pic
turs
Get hold Of Col Lindber2h," he
said 10 his publicity man Harry Ham
mono Beall, and get en- imprint Of his
foot to put in the forecourt beside those
Of Gloria Swanson, Doug snd Mary.
! N1l be- fine TO point to"
Yeah" said Harry Hammond Just
try and get it,
Nevertheless, IL was orders from the
boss and ii was up 10 him 10 proceed
SO Harry II fixed UP little box OF
cement. rented room st the hotel on
/ the same floor with the Colonel and be-
| gan logging his footsteps
I Mr. L!ndbergh" he would call when
ever the intrepid flyer hove In sight
i want you TO-
But some officer or guard would in
teryepe and hustle "Lindy" away
F, Would you mind" he'd begin when
( he got near the Colonel again But the
sentence never would be finished
! For two days the r. A. followed the
flyer Now and then he would have To
scOot aside 70 put more water In his
box 81 cement, Then he'd come back
and take up the trail
An / want him 10 do Is step In this
| box re he explained. II won't take him
second Then c'n go home. Please
ak him 70 step IN this"
t.9.l9n p;cture stsfs had been g'so
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iris FIND THE RACING YACHTS QUITE INTERESTING
rd Ideas of Press Agents Keep Hollywood Actors Jum

Mary Pickford announced the loss OF
a SIS 900 diamond bracelet at banquet
and got "a mention" Similar mis-
fortunes by others went lightly by. But
when Madeline Hurlock. a Mack Sen-
nett bathing girl reported her apart
ment robbed of S2.6Sl worth of jewelrv,
dresses and valuables she got a big
play.
The man either was ignorant of
Miss Hurlock's occupation or else he
wes the most optimistic burglar IN
town" one newspaper said Who
would ever imagine that one of the
Sennett bathing girls would have So
much clothing"
Madeline got her money back N
publicity space,
THEN there Is the story of Helen
Ferguson and her dog, which was
printed all the way from Alaska to the
City of Mexico. The story said:
Helen Ferguson Is learning that
nothing is so inclusive as A Dogs Life,
nor SO wearing. Helen returned from
Ponca, Okla, with a 'Ponca pup, one
Of the native breed, destined for colossal
size. Hollywood already has expert
enced new thrill with the advent OF
Dingbat in its midst. On sunday last
1t tore into church In exclusive West
Hollywood when Helen had taken II
out for sober walk On Monday II
helped itself to a leg of lamb at a
butcher. shop on the boulevard The
next day Ding cheWed up a megaphone
and the hero'S big Stetson In On the
Show. In which Helen Is appearing.
IF Ding misses the oil country he
Is keeping 1t secret. for the INFINITE
resources OF Hollywood seem to be
greatly intriguing to His Dogshtp."
OF course no one checked up on
what church 1t was that Dinghat tore
into nor did any one ask what butcher
lost the leg OF mutton But Miss
Ferguson, the picture 'On the SHOW"
and the dog got space In countless
newspapers because of the yarn, Edith
Ryan was the p A, who put over the
story.
Another recital which got space In
thousands Of newspapers because Of the
droll humor of press agent pertairee
to Jennie Hoskins. the small sister OF
"Farina" 1t still Is recounted as a
classic In Hollywood Parma" as most
every one knows is the little chocolate
hued pickaninny playing In Hal Roach's
Our Gang" comedies. Jennie, the sis
ter. was small, untutored and more or
less dumb when she was selected to
play roles beside her brother In the
movies
"whatll we call her2" asked Robert
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| That experience in boat methods is
! a great asset is evident from the
/ fact that most international meets have
/ been won by the boats from the coun-
/ try in which the event was held. In the
/ past two years the American cflallen-
/ gers appeared to be about as fast AS
, their foreign competitors. but they lost
I because they had not had the expert
/ ence in pond sailing" that they should
i have had,
Last year John Black of Mcdford.
I Mass. president of the Model Yacht
Racing Association of America, won
the championship In the United States
| and went to England to compete against
the best of the fleets from five other
countries that are members Of the in
ternational Ssociation--France, Ger
many. Norway, Belgium and England.
He was beaten by but one point. The
year before that the American chal-
/ lenger also lost by a mere trifie. where
as the year before that the British chal-
lenger. racing under the American sys-
tenn of "Skiff sailing" was defeated IN
the international event held in Long
Island Sound. This year the Ameri-
cans are taking the precaution Of hold
ing the elimination try-outs under the
system that will be used in the big
event later.
In racing model yachts. the boats are
matched in pairs and sailed two at a
time. Pairing is done in such way
that every boat will race against every
other boat at least once during the re-
eatta When sailing against the wind
the beating course"-the winning boat
will be- given points, On the re-
turn. or running course the winner
will GET . points The one Milling IN
the most points during the three-day
racing will be declared the United States
champion and will have the honor of
challenging the foreign boats for the
Yachting Monthly Cup.
All boats were required to be built
and owned in the United States TO COM
pete in the local regatta. and only the
type known as class A boats were en-
tered. Members of the Washington
club had been busilv engaged in putting
the finishing touches on their models, at
home and in their shops. Members of
the Ogden Park Club of Chicago have
this year completed 10 class A boats
of their own design and construction
The novice often asks. when he notes
the great difference in size of sail and
hull in racing pairs. how one can in
fairness be raced against the other
The commodore explains that all boats
are rated equally, despite the apparent
difference in outward dimensions. Class
A boats. for instance, are these having
a rating between As and SIS inches The
rating figure is arrived at through q
mathematical formula which includes
the length of the water line, the water
line plane. the sail area and numerous
other factors. When the hull is built
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to characterize the dancing program as
particularly inimical TO the best In
terests of the youth Of the city" All
of which found Its way into the news
papers.
"Shucks," said Sally. that wasn't
muchl ] didn't give EN- any Of my
real dances"
The old, old stories Of lost jewels
milk baths inherited fortunes and the
like, which got front-page space a dec
ade or two ago, have been worn thread
bare and gain scant notice In these
days Of freak" tales Dolores Del
Rio reported the loss of a $4,000 dia-
mond and emerald ring and drew about
four lines In Loa Angeles publications,
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Of Real Sport Sends Model Yacht Racers to Mirror Pool

BY continuing the mainsail in TIL
angular shape to the peak of the mast.
the area of the forward portion Is in
creased over that of the old type
ouadilateral mainsail, hxed at the top
to a gan"
1t is also explained that the sail Of a
boat acts in the same fashion as the
wings of an airplane to create vacuum
on the side away from the wind. This
vacuum or pocket exerts a suction or
pulling force that is credited by some
with doing at least so per cent OF the
work of propelling the boat.
Sailing the model yacht into the wind
is made possible by a neat little device
which automatically steers the boat. At
tached to the rudder, lines run to
quadrant on the after deck. From the
quadrant lines are run to the main
boom When the wind pressure is side
wise and is too great for the course set,
the sail automatically turns the ruoder
enough to counteract the ehects or the
side wind and keeps the boat on
straight course.
Going into the history Of yacht rae
ing, we learn that the sport began dur
ing the reign of Charles I of England
and, under the patronage OF royalty, be
came a favorite pastine of the nobility
and gentry OF that period. The word
Yacht is an English adaptation Of the
Dutch term for small pleasure vessel.
and, indeed, says Moore, the f1rst OF
such craft. built in England In 1904, was
along the lines suggested by small
Dutch cutters OF the time: The f1rst
Yacht club was formed in 1870 at
| Tro1 a
club. subsequently known as the Royal
Yacht Squadron, was formed at the Isle
Of Wight. From then on progress OF
British Yachting was rapid, so that, by
| 1851, there were many racing yachts in
/ the British Isles, the most numerous
being the cutter" rig. then regarded
among British yachtsmen as the ma
| tional rig.
! Meanwhile, In America. the first
yacht was built at Salem, Mass, in the
! year 1901. She was called the Jefferson,
! and was owned by Capt. George
| Crowninshield Between this date and
/ 1874, when the New York Yacht Club
was founded, several yachts had been
built so that at this time the clubs list
numbered II. mostly craft of very mod
crate size. The national rig of America
at that time may be regarded as the
schooner. Some of these were keel
boats, while others were of the center
board type. The success Of George
Steers in building fast pilot schooners
made him the logical candidate for
the building of yacht that was to cross
the Atlantic and try conclusions with
the product of British Yachting skill
In 1851, the keel schooner yacht Amer
lea was built and sent to England. where
she defeated a feet of British yachts in
a race under the auspices of the Royal
Yacht Squadron. and brought back a
prize which has become the most
famous trophy of yachting history-the
Americas Cup.
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MCGOWAN. the director. Jennie Hos
kins' Is too prosaic. Get US a name
with i smash TO It,"
Arthur Hagerman, the p. A., was
called
We want a name" said MCGOWAN.
which can be remembered without
mental effort. Every one remembers
the names of Mickey DanislS. Joe Cobb,
May KoTnman, Sunshine Sammy and
the rest OF the gang. but no enc ever
would recall Jennie Hoskins,' Get
busy!"
Hagerman went into retirement after
he had looked Jennie over. Within an
hour he emerged from his clustered
Office.
Bob" he said to the director. 1--WE
got name for Jennie You'll never
forget IT, No one else will. It's great"
What Is it," asked MCGOWAN, in diff
ferently. He had heard p. AS before
What he wanted was name for the
little negro child. not a speech.
"Aroma! said Hagerman Aroma
HoSkinS"
Aroma" had a musical sound to Jen-
MES parents, Aroma appealed to
'Farina." too. as being musical. "Arona"
s'ill cltngS 10 the little girl, And
Aroma" got play in the newspapers,
EOR girls who are succeeding the
P. A. is a necesSity-not a luxury.
But the plodding, heart-hungry, dis
pirited little extras" who have tried
and tried to get along. yet have ar
rived nowhere, in picture work must
do their stunts alone to get into the
daily press, The established players
call In the magazine writer's and cor
respondents every now and then and
give parties which cost anywhere from
$500 to $1,000. Just to remain in the
writer's good graces, But the un-
knowns battle tremendous barriers.
There arrived from Denver some
months ago dark-eyed, vivacious, in
teresting girl who had been playing
In stock on the stage She was clear
eyed. wholesome, delightful But she
went from studio to studio until--wen.
there came the question of room rent
and food.
Il must have Worked" she en-
claimed II must"
They found her one evening In her
room with blood flowing from her
face and chest.
"A terrible man." she said, follow
ed ME here from the East He wanted
me 10 marry him refused He bound
me hand and foot and with rasor
blade carved the letter X In my flesh"
In the lonely little apartment II APP
peared that erutalit. had been per-
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to seek the water at every opportunity.
Some Of them, who lack the time or
means, or are too far from large body
Of water to follow their maritime de-
sires, have taken up the model sport
as a substitute and have found that
sailing a perfect little yacht Is by no
means devoid OF thrills and interest,
especially when interest lies In follow
ing the fascinating end absorbing study
OF the "aerodynamics" of sails.
In fact. there are those who much
prefer the little boats" to the real
thing.
Not many years ago number of
well-to-do business men from Norfolk,
who own md sail expensive schooners,
sloops. and yawls on the Chesapeake
at their leisure. came to Washington
with armfuls Of model yachts and
engaged the local club in : racing
regatta on the Tidal Basin. Enthusiasm
ran high, thrills we're plentiful, and
the events were hard-fought and
closely contested. When seagoing
yachtsmen will leave their sailing
yachts In the docks and take to the
models" there must be something In
the sport that is difficult for the Qrdi-
nary landsman fully to appreciate.
A MONG the members of the Local
club are business men and various
Government officials. Army and Navy
men take prominent part. There is
for instance, Thomas Moore, a marine
engineer of the Navy Department
whose regular job is the designing Of
boats for Uncle Sam, yet he finds ar
abundance of recreation and pleasure
IN designing, building and racing hi
model craft Most any Saturday after,
noon or Sunday he may be seen at tht
Rejecting Pool. in company with others
| intently watching the graceful model
skimming across the water. studying
them with the eye of an expert, ant
ever alert for some new discovery tina
will lead to greater speed or eff1cienc,
| from his sails.
| He Is regarded as one of the fore
most authorities on model boat build
| ing. so much so that he has repeatedl
| been urged to write book on the sub
! ject one that might be of use II
manual training schools. where boy
| are learning the art of boatbuildine
After modestly declining until he coul,
deny the obligation no longer, he ha
written the book
| The sails in use on racing craft o
/ the present day" he says, ARE nearl
all of triangular shape. although som
| 1uadrilateral mainSails and foresails still
| exist The Forward portion of the sal
! contributes most of the forward push
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"I'll do a step or two" she agreed.
But, oh. what happened Little Miss
Rand went into a side room at the
banquet hall took off her clothes.
slipped into a siithering piece Of silk
and presently burst forth In wig
Cling. wriggling, weird Interpretation Of
something or other which made the
good matrons of Santa Ana gasp, The
men present applauded vociferously
The women stared and the air about
them grew chill They took no part
In the encores.
The idea! exclaimed the mothers,
Did little Sally get any publicity out
of IT. Well rather The offlcial board
of the Methodist Episcopal Church met