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Evening star., 1928-04-01

Soft Silk Chiffons and Geor-
gette Crepes, in gorgeous floral
designs, Indian Prints, in many
exotic patterns and colorings,
Rich Flat Crepes, Crepe de
Chimes, Plain Georgette Crepe,
Canton Crepe, Crisp Taffetas
and Lace Combinations.
New Britain herald., 1928-05-11

Auto Parts aud Accessories II DUNLOP AND LEE tirea vet and dy storags batteriea J. M. Farrell. Rock well Ave-. cor. Webster Hill. Tel. l56s. VISIT US in our new home. Texaco gas and oil products. 176-1S6 Arch St.. cor. Ter W. Pearl. Budd Auto Products Co.
 Garages To Let II WEST MAIN ST. 5os-Garage for trucks and touring cara Rent low. Apply in store.
 Motorcycles ana Dtt.ycies IS HIRE THEY ARE BOYsi USED BICY. GILES. All in first class shape-cheap. too. Come in and look 'em over. ECON- OMY SPORT SHOP. A5 Main St.
 Garages To Let I4 ROCKWELL AVE. l:4-3 separate gar ageA Phone 1159.
 Service Statlons-RepairinG I7 ALWAYS AT YOUR sERVTcE-Tire vuI- canizing, battery service (automobils and radio) generator repairing. brake lining. Telephone 7os. Rudy's Battery Service. 1Ss East Main St.. rear.
New Britain herald., 1928-05-11

room cottage. All i'm. provements. ] car garage: lot l50xc00: fruit trees. grape vines. coops for 200 chickens Easy termA Prics reasons bIe H. E. Christensen. Room {. l3l Nah Street.
New Britain herald., 1928-05-11
MERCHANDISE
Household Articles

MATTRESSES remade and renovated. Returned same day. New mattresses
 made to order. Mackay-Wailip, 6s
 Main St. Telephone 46as.
New Britain herald., 1928-05-11

DUTCH colonial modern s room cottage restricted district. Cash &7oo. balance $50 per month. Stanley N. Smith. Plainv!lle. Phone s95 and AT.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1928-12-28

company will spend about SlS,000.0OO
for additions and Improvements. This
includes not only additions to the com
panys existing plant. but in many
cases extending plant to new local
tiles so that the company will be
In position to give telephone serv,
Ice, as far as practicable, at any place
In the territory where 1t may be de-
sired.
The company feels that there are
many people in its territory who would
subscribe to telephone service II they
knew that facilities were available.
It Is for this reason that the com
panies, are going through with this
program of extensions.
To further encourage a wider use
Of telephone service. the company has
recently made substantial reductions
in service connection charges = the
charges which apply for installing
telephones.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1928-12-28
Shoes Discarded by
South Sea islanders

party of "a South Sea islanders
from the islands under Japanese man
date arrived in Tokyo recently on q
sightseeing tour of the country. 1t
was their first trip away from their
native habit t.
They were barefooted when they
arrived third class on a Japanese YES
sci at Yokohama. Among the petty
dealers who met the ship was a shoe
salesman who soon convinced the en-.
tire party as well is their guardians
that they would need shoes before
they had gone far in Japan.
Orders were taken for "a pairs, and
without measurements the entire lot
was delivered on the ship before they
disembarked. The natives succeeded
in donning the shoes. but by the time
they had walked the distance from
the pier to the railway stations to get
TO Tokyo they were bowling with pain.
II was the first time they had worn
shoes. and their new footgear, In add
ton, was ill-fitting and misshapen
To man. the natives, once boarding
the train, took off their shoes and re-
fused to wear them again while they
were in Tokyo.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1928-12-28
Dispute Over Origin
Of Frontier Weapon

Two slightly different stories appear
to have been passed down to posterity
concerning the origin Of the bowie
knife. famous as weapon In the
days of Texas independence. says a
writer in the Detroit News. One Of
these tales has it that the weapon was
made by Jesse Cliffe, blacksmith, an
employee of Rezen Bowie, father Of
the man generally known as the in
ventor.
Some time after the invention Of
the knife James engaged in an alter
cation with Maj. Norris Wright which
resulted in Wright shooting at James.
The latter was saved when a silver
dollar in his pocket detected the bu)-
let. Drawing his own pistol, James
aimed at Wright but the trigger.
snapped His father then gave James
the knife, saying. This will never
snap"
The other story of its origin gives
to James Bowie entire credit. He Is
said to have made model of the
knife and Louisiana blacksmith fash.
Toned 1t for him. Major Wright ap-
pears in both stories, although in the
second he is supposed to have shot
Bowie in the leg It was this cir
cumstance, the second tale contends,
that led James always to carry the
knife on his person thereafter.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1928-12-28
Couldn't Fool Langtry

\ At the zenith of her stage career
Lily Langtry displayed a business
ac1men that made her manager feel
about as useless as the arnish on an
adding machine. The manager. Ed
ward Michael, in a book of remin
iscences, relates of those bygone years
that the English actress had "a Ma
poleonic genius for detail and when
planning theatrical campaign. and.
indeed. in all business matters. few
things escaped her He adds that
"she was as thorough In financial as
In other details and knew to within
500 or $3.50 what her credit balance
was at any moment. Furthermore. by
some process of mental calculation
she would estimate the worth of the
house to within few dollars on the
rise of the curtain"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1928-12-28
Food for Birds Kept
in Natural Storage

An English ornithologist found his
way into the heart Of the Ural noun
tains in the valley of the Plethora
river, writer In the Chicago Journal
relates. Along the lower part OF the
river stretched the tundra, q dreary,
uninhabited treeless swamp, covered
with ice and snow. Nevertheless, he
found that this unattractive spot was
the summer home of almost half the
bird population of the Old world.
Y The traveller reached the region IN
early April. Forests and tundra we've
as devoid Of life as the desert he.
Sahara; but a change was near. SUI.
denly summer broke over the sceIk.
Innumerable birds Of all sizes aid
colors appeared within 48 hours. is,
The birds would starve If 1t were
not for one thing. The perpetual sIR
of the Arctic summers causes plants
to bear in wonderful profusion. Each
year, when the berries are ripe and
before the birds can gather many Of
them, the snow descends upon the
tundra; it covers the crop and pre-
serves 1t in perfect condition. Then
comes the spring sun to melt the snow
and uncover the bushes, loaded with
ripened fruit, and the ground beneath
covered with the fallen provender.
The berries never decay beneath the
snow.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1928-12-28
TELEFk(t E C(NPAkY'S JOB
ONE OF GREAT MAGNITUDE
Facilities Added System in Maryland Virginia West Viz
ginia and the District of Columbia This Year Will
Involve Expenditures Of $130Q0000

The magnitude of the telephone COM
pany's day to day job of furnishing
service is one that few people realize.
This great public utility has made
gigantic strides In extending its serv
ice SO that 1t is available in almost
every town and hamlet in the country
Plant. consisting Of poles, wires.
cables, central Offices and telephone
station equipment must be constructed
and maintained with a high degree
of efficiency so that service will always
be the best. In Maryland, Virginia.
West Virginia and the District of Co
lumbia. the territory operated by the
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone
Companies, during the course of a
year. more than 100000 telephones
are installed and about $4,000. dis
connected. This means that four tele-
phones must be installed to make a
net gain of one. During the first
nine months Of this year the company
has installed $4,000 telephones and
disconnected $4,000.
In addition to the installation and
disconnection Of telephones, another
big task that confronts the telephone
company is the changing of telephones
from one location to another During
the nine months period ending Sep
TENDER 80. 1t has been necessary to
change the location OF $4,000 tele.
phones at the subscribers requests
The foregoing figures Just released by
Albert E. Berry. president of the com
panies. give an idea of the magnitude
OF the work necessary to the opera.
tion OF the system in this territory
The Chesapeake and Potomac Tele.
phone Companies now operate about
$4,000 telephones from which approx
mately 100000 calls originate daily.
During the first nine months Of the
year mo.e than 25.5O0.OOO toll calls
were also made through the switch
boards Of these companies.
I Continued efforts to improve and
extend telephone service are being
made in every section Of the territory,
President Berry states. This year the
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1928-12-28
J@D ~
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
CHRISTMAS CEMENT
BY ANNA L. NEWsOM

lNNt,l.l.IE watched the draymen car.
AvA rying out the massive furniture
and draperies from the apartment be-
low her own.
"How can Alph Cox have such ex.
pensive things working In the same
office with Rill-and US ~
The postman handed Mollie let
ter
"A check from mother for $25. Now
will have that French doll for Bet
~ and the 500 train for Harry.
Sometimes Bill is downright stingy-
and it's Christmas time," said Mollie
hurryine to take one more peep at
her plum pudding before going to
town.
The telephone rang and Mollie
heard:
''Oh. didn't you know? He had to
leave spending the firms money. To
Canada, probably-and poor Mrs. Cox.
Yes. she says it's all her fault. Oh,
running him In debt-and she'd
planned such an elaborate Christmas.
too
more Christmas" asked Bill when
Mollie showed him the check?
'No. this goes into the savings. To
day I've seen Christmas and other ex-
travagance act as wedge when it
should be a strong cement-binding
families together.
Cox Yes. too bad"
And when Bill returned from the
store that night he mended and paint
ed toys while Mollie dressed dolls.
Their Christmas was merry-and 1t
was cement binding them closer to-
gether.
asl 1875 Western Newspaper Union.l
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1928-12-28

While we attribute the discovery Of.
the ultraviolet ray to Nineteenth,
century scientist, the use of 1t In the,
treatment Of disease 10 Of ancientl
origin. Sun treatments are known toI
have been given about 1900 years
ago. and probably date back much far
ther, because the practice Of sun wor-
ship is very old. For various reasons
sun treatments became lost art until
the Eighteenth century. Since that
time they have enjoyed an increasing
popularity.
The discovery that the ultraviolet
in the suns rays was largely resp0n-
sible for many Of the beneficial eff
fects probably was one Of the great
est single advancements made In
heliotherapy. Immediately new fields
were opened and much more careful
scientific studies were made. Hello
therapy. the art began to take on
the aspects Of a science.
1t is not a full-grown science yet,
however. for much remains to be
learned, and until there is closer Coz
operation between physicians and
physicists there is little hope that &C.
will become full grown. Neither the
physician nor the physicist is sufi-
GENTLY well informed in the others
field to permit him to undertake in-
telligent investigations In ultraviolet
therapy. Probably in many instances
one is unwilling to call upon the 9TH
er for aid lest he lose credit to him
self thereby. Fortunately, however.
the need for united effort is being
recognized to greater and greater
extent, SO that within the next few
years many facts concerning the use
of ultraviolet in therapy should be-
brought to light.-Donald G. Stock
barger in the North American Review.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1928-12-28

President Edgar s. Bloom, Of the
Western Electric Co.
The construction of the new factory
in Baltimore is part of the program
of expansion which the Western Elec-
trio Company, manufacturer for the
Bell Telephone System, is carrying out
in line with its policy of providing
adequate equipment in advance of the
growing needs Of the nations tele-
phone system.
Baltimore was selected as the site
for the new factory after a survey of
many cities along the north Atlantic
seaboard. It was chosen because Of
its adequate water and rail transpor-
tations facilities and available labor
supply.
Architects are now working on plans
for the development of the property
and construction is expected to begin
at an early date. The first building
will be devoted to the manufacture
of telephone cable and will be equipped
initially for the production Of 10000
600 conductor feet of cable weekly
(the capacity Of q telephone cable
factory is expressed in terms Of the
number of feet of wire in the finished
cable. President Bloom states). It is
expected that the first buildings will
be completed by 1929 when employ
ment will be available for between
1900 and 1900 people. AS fast as
additional buildings are completed
more employees win be added.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1928-12-28
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
IA SPRIC OF HOLLY
By BLANCHE TANNER DILLIN

IOLLY and pine wreaths In the
windows Christmas greens and
tinsel festoons In the shops-strealns
of shoppers with smiling faces and
arms laden with gayly-wrapped par
cels--all expressed the happy Christ
mas spirit.
A mother with a holly wreath in
one hand and clasping the hand OF
child with the other stopped as the
child cried. Mother. you dropped a
piece of holly r
Never mind, my dear, we have
plenty more" the mother replied as
she hurried the child on. And the
holly was crushed by the next one
Nearby man whose clothes bespoke
luxury and ease picked up the little
crushed thing and tried tenderly but
In vain TO smooth out the crumpled
leaves. The childhood homesof Carter
Smith, now wealthy New York broker.
had been surrounded by holly trees,
with their waxy green leaves and
bright red berries, like so many tiny
Christmas lights. as he had liked to
call them.
There we're always garlands OF
ground pine through the spacious
rooms of the old Southern home and
holly wreaths in every window. Great
fires of fragrant pine roared In the
huge fireplaces. filling the rooms with
dancing shadows and pickering lights.
Each Christmas morn one was
awakened bysa black head thrust into
the room with the greeting Christmas
gif' Marse Carter" or who ever might
be occupying that room. Then the
kinfolk arriving all Christmas day
with gifts. Then, too, the dances
and parties all week until New Years,
were wonderful. That had been years
ago, and the intervening years had
been too full Of other things to even
think of those times. 1t was with
shame that he remembered months
had elapsed since he had written to
his mother. who still lived in the old
home. He must go back there some
day-then the thought came, why not
go now?"
He thrust the holly into his pocket,
hailed taxi and sped to his hotel,
ordered his servant to pack at once
secured train reservation canceled a
house party engagement and was on
the midnight train speeding South.
In his heart was a song and tucked
safely away In his suitcase was the.
sprig of holly.
ftSl 1928 Western Newspaper union.l
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1928-12-28

- T WAS to be a wonderful
" New. Year for the Feltons.
r At least, 1t would be for
Blanche FELTON,, but Ray
mond FELTON,, her husband,
was not quite so sure about the mat
ter, although he never breathed his
doubts to soul. Their new residence
Ilan street was all finished and
we're to move in before the New
Blanche was excited beyond meas
ure: she would have the finest home
OF all her friends: for the new house,
planned to be rather moderate home
in the beginning, had somehow devei-
oped into rather pretentious struc-
ture. That this had been all due to
her. Blanche had never stopped to
think, and Raymond, easy-going and
ladoring Blanche as he did, never told
her. He wanted her to be happy and
this had really been the first thing
he had ever seen Blanche so set upon;
up to now she had always been very
moderate In her demands. And she
deserved fine home, II ever woman
did!
But Raymond FELTON, was worried.
He confessed to himself that he could
not figure ont exactly how they were
going to keep the place up. He must
try and make some extra money in
the next year. But how? he asked
himself.
AT home Blanche was singing. loudly
rs she went about her work. It was
two days after Christmas and she was
packing all the little odds and ends
about the house preparatory to the
big move. A loud ring at the doorbell
brought her downstairs. Outside
stood man and woman, strangers to
Blanche. They stated their mission
as soon as they entered. Somebody
had told them about the new house
on Allan street and they wondered If
there wasfa possibility that it was for
sale. Mr.. Gray was coming to town
as manager of the big Delmar COM
.pany, and as they had quite family
they needed large home and were
willing to pay a good price. They had
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1928-12-28
Happier

Every year strips Us Of at least one
vain expectation, and teaches us to
reckon some solid good in its stead. I
never will believe that our youngest
days are our happiest. What miser-
able augury for the progress Of the
race and the destination OF the indi-
vidual, If the more matured and en-
lightened state is the less happy one |!
All this to prove that we are
happier than when we were seven
years old, and that we shall be hap
pier when we are forty than we are
now. which call comfortable doc
trine, and one worth trying to. be-
lieve !-From "The Letters Of George
Eliot" Selected by R. Brimley john
son.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1928-12-28
Sundou,ss

A woman who recently had occasion
to visit one of the cemeteries called
the superintendent and inquired:
aIs the cemetery open this after,
no0n?"
Being informed 1t would be open,
she asked: "Will 1t be open until
late2"
The superintendent replied: ''It
will be open until shutdown"
The woman agaiA inquired: "Wili
that be according to daylight saving
time or standard timer" And the SUI
perintendent replied:
My dear madam. the cemetery as
ISOLATION cannot change Gods time
indianapolis News.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1928-12-28
No Use for Soft couches

It was natural. on account of the
rigors Of climate, that interest in
sleeping arrangements should be pro-
nounced in northern countries. Sure
ly no southern race evolved the feath-
er bed. Among the humble Saxon
folk. writes Estelle 81. Ries, In the
Mentor Magazine beds were simple
sacks filled with straw and laid on
benches or chests. This use Of straw
continued for centuries. even on the
beds of kings. The covers were usu-
ally the skins of wild beasts. It must
be said, however, that these robust
people had certain contempt for q
soft couch. so that often their choice
Of a hard one was voluntary. Il
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1928-12-28

The company now operates two main
manufacturing plants, its Hawthorne
Works at Chicago, the largest of its
kind In the world devoted to the manu-
facture of communication equipment,
occupying approximately lis acres
with S,SSS,S02 square feet OF floor space
and employing upwards Of $4,000 PEG
pie: and another at Kearney, N. u,
midway between Newark and Jersey
City, occupying about so acres with
1.351,S 800 square feet Of floor space and
employing over 5000 people.
The decision to start new manu-
featuring centre at Baltimore will not
limit the activity of the company's
two existing plants which at the same
time are being Increased in capacity
The Western Electric Company has
two functions: 1t is the manufacturer
of all Of the telephone equipment used
by the Bell Telephone System; and
also the purchasing and distributing
department of the telephone system.
In the latter capacity it purchases in
the open market most Of the supplies
required by the Bell System Com
panies.
Last year the Western Electric Com
pany and its subsidiary, the Graybar
ElectDic Company purchased supplies
in the territory Of the Chesapeake, and
Potomac Telephone Company amount
ing to about $S,O0O,OOO. These pur-
chases by states were: Maryland,
$1,OS5,OO0; Virginia, $1,OS5.9OO, and
West Virginia, $S3S,700.
In its career the Western Electric
Company virtually parallels the life
of the electrical industry. It's begin
ming dates from November, 1869, at
which time Enos NJ Barton and Elisha
Gray formed a partnership at Chicago.
each. contributing $4,000 for the pur.
pose of doing general electrical bust
ness.
This firm was subsequently taken
over by the Western Electric Manufac.
turing Company. manufacturers of
electrical supplies, signal boxes. fire
alarm apparatus, telephone and tele,
graph equipment. 1t was organized
in 1879 In 1881 1t became the West.
ern Electric Company.
The American Bell Telephone Com
pany recognizing the high quality OF
the Western Electric. Company'ss prod
ucts and desiring to secure high-grade
standardized equipment. entered into
a contract with the officers of that
which provided that they
should make all Of the Bell Systems
telephones. The growth of the West
ern Electric Company from that pc
Rod is best illustrated by the follow
ing figures showing sales at different
periods In 1885. the company's an
nual sales amounted to $1.S12,0O0;
1889. $3,0o6,OoO; 1904, s29,OOO,OOO.
1914. s66.4O0,OOO: 1917, S150.340, 900
and 1927. $25s.724.O0O.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1928-12-28
Significant Number

Forty is a number that has been
regarded as peculiarly significant.
The idea may have originated with
readers of the Bible. who notice that
Moses was 40 days on the mount,
Elijah was fed 40 days by the ravens.
the rain of the flood fell 40 days, an
other 40 days elapsed before Noah
opened the window of the ark. 40
days was the period of embalming.
Jonah gave Ninevah 40 days to re-
pent, the Lord tasted 40 days, and
He was seen 40 days after His resur-
rection. Old English law also fea-
tured many 40-day periods.