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Evening star., 1928-06-16
REDUCTION OF FIRE
HAZARDS IS URGED
Real Estate interests Anxious
to Provide Against
Risks.

Property owners. tenants and others
interested In real estate are beginning
to recognize the desirability Of concen-
trating in suitable buildings tenants
carrying on lines OF business that are
extra hazardous from the standpoint OF
fire, such as celluloid manufacturing
and storage. lacquering and film stor-
age. 1t is indicated by survey an
nounced by c. W. Pierce, fire insurance
expert of New York.
1T is not generally known that the
presence of even one tenant whose
operations necessitate the use OF flame
or hazardous materials, such as cellu-
loid, lacquer. gasoline, ether, etc, has
the effect of increasing the fire insur-
ance premiums of all the other occu-
pants of the building In which he con-
ducts his business" he said.
"On many occasions 1t has happened,
for example, that structure housing
number of occupancies which are clas-
invaded so to speak, by q concern
using dangerous processes or materials,
and 1t Is at once necessary, on the basis
Of underwriting experience. to increase
the charge for financial protection
against fire for the building owner and
for the entire list of renters Frequent
ly the tenants and title holders of ad-
joining structures are also affected be-
cause of the exposure hazard created.
Recently few large property own
erS have become aware OF the conditions
described and are now including in their
leases a clause which compels the ten
ant causing an increase in the insur-
ance cost to pay the landlord the added
Evening star., 1928-06-16
Economical Design to Con-
struct--Iron Lanterns
Used.
Tasteful Details
Noted Throughout
Plumbing Lines Shortened
by Position Given Bath
and Kitchen.
By L. PORTER MOORE,

president Home OwhefS institute, Inc.
Based on colonial precedent but in
cooperating every thought in modern
convenience developed since the native
ssAmerican architecture was evolved,
s@plan No 3ll-S, featured today is a
noteworthy attainment in the COM
Portable small house The house con-
fstains 1900 cubic feet.
1t is an exceptionally economical de-
sesgn to construct. this quality being in
sEpart due to its square shape and in
Spart TO the careful architectural detail
Ing which makes possible suitable and
tasteful use of standard materials. An
entry of stock design is ornamented
with forged iron lanterns. providing a
contrasting note to the severe but well
proportioned plainness of exterior walls
and roof.
Colonial Sidings Used.
Wide colonial sidings or shingles find
their best use on the side walls of this
type of house. while roofing shingles
laid in American style. and brick
chimney combine the advantages OF
modernity and architectural authen-
ticity.
Economy is also served by the place
fnent of bath above kitchen, where the
plumbing lines are shortened by the
arrangement. Space is provided in
kitchen and bath for the new acid
resisting plumbing fixtures with chro-
MUM finished fittings. which accord
well with the turn toward cheering and
colorful decoration in both rooms.
Connected by Archway.
Dining room and living room are in
terconnected by broad plaster arch
way, and the table in the former would
be aligned with the archway TO allow
1t to participate in the radiance OF a
fire in the large wood-burning hearth.
Forming a secluded retreat. the sew
ing room, on the second floor. is an in
teresting feature well contrived so that
it uses little space which might be
given to other purposes. and made
cheerful and light by windows on two
sides.
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charge for insuring his building against
fire damage. The other tenants are not
so assisted and must look after their
own increases.
IF, instead Of giving no considera-
ton to this situation, dangerous occu-
pancies of similar hazard would as far
as possible segregate themselves In
structures erected and equipped to resist
fire and retard the spread of the flames
the proprietors of such lines Of business
would help themselves by obtaining
lower rates. The non-hazardous ten
ancies now forced to carry part of the
unnecessary burden would also benefit
by being freed from penalties"
Evening star., 1928-06-16
LITTLE CHANGE NOTED
IN EMPLOYMENT FIELD

Employment and pay roll totals In
manufacturing industries were little
changed in May, as compared with
April, employment being 02 per cent
lower and pay ron totals 0.2 per cent
higher, as reported by the Bureau OF
Labor Statistics. Department OF Labor.
The downward trend Of employment,
which is usual In May. was considerably
Evening star., 1928-06-16

Exceptional opening for one ambitious
salesman on our House Sales force.
Maximum cooperation siven in closing
sales, up.to.the. minute listings and ad.
vertising, good clients furnished every
day. Apply House Sales MANAGER.
VIM. S. Phillips & Company, 1901 X
st. NV.
Evening star., 1928-06-16

greater in 1924, 1925 1926 and 1927
than IT was In May, 1928.
The weighted index of employment
for May, 1928, is s5.5, as compared
with s5.7 for April, 1928; s6.1 for
greater in 1924, 1925, 1925 and 1927
the weighted index of pay roll totals
for May, 1928, is COL. as compared with
8o.9 for April, 1928; 91.2 for March,
1928, and 95.6 for May, 1927. The
monthly average for 1928 equals 100.
Employment and pay roll totals In
May, 1928, were Al per cent and So
Evening star., 1928-06-16
Firm Moves Offices.

The Aurora Hills Homes, Inc, for
merly located at 1015 Fifteenth street,
has moved into It's new Offices. recently
erected at the corner Of Mount Vernon
boulevard and Frazier avenue, Aurora
Hills, Va.
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per cent lower, In the two items, re-
spectively. than In May, 1927.
The data for May. 1928, were based
on reports made by li,035 establish
ments In 54 of the principal manufac-
turing industries of the United States.
Evening star., 1928-06-16

1t requires more than 1000, 900 pieces
of linen to keep the $500 sleepers and
parlor cars OF the country's railroads
properly equipped Almost half of these
pieces are hand towels
Evening star., 1928-06-16

These establishments In May had g.
055,200 employees. whose combined earn
ings In one week we're $82,8i4,127.
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Wearing of corsets by men in Ru-
mania Is growing.
Evening star., 1928-10-21

A ND 'then n something happened
Something very definitely happened
in the arrival of Charles Williamson, an
English gentleman, who represented a
Yokohama paper. His "Cheerio!" was
Evening star., 1928-10-21
BY MARJORIE MEARS.

A MERICA has annexed still an
" other championship. Not only
II is 1t the land of the free-it
4 \ is the home of the greatest
Evening star., 1928-10-21
Sources of Pigments.

CTRANGE indeed are the sources from
~ which the artist obtains certain OF
his pigments. but the most extraordi-
nary of all is that from which is de-
rived particularly beautiful and
much-priZed brown paint. When
person of consequence died In Egypt IN
ancient times his body was mummified
or preserved. For this purpose btu
men was employed. Such a mummy.
on being unwrapped today, presents
the appearance of light-colored leather.
1t is said that pigment manufacturers
keep mummies locked up in air-tight
cases, and grind up portions thereof
when certain hues of the special brown
paint is to be prepared. A single
mummy will make a tremendous
amount of color, so that there seems
to be no immediate danger of the sup
ply being exhausted.
Animal, vegetable and mineral sub
stances are all used in the manufacture
Of artists colorS. Crimson and purple
lake and carmine are obtained from
the cochineal insect. while sepia is the
dark fluid discharged by the cuttlefish
to render the water Opaque and form
hiding place when attacked by any
enemy. Prussian blue is made by fus-
ing the hoofS of horses with impure
potassium carbonate, while ultramarine
is obtained from the mineral known as
lapis lazuli. Gamboge Is the yellow
sap of a tree that grows in Siam, and
raw sienna is nothing more than ma
tural earth from Sienna; burnt sienna
is the same substance burned. Turkey
red is made from the Indian madder
plant.
Despite the best efforts of modern
science. the colors of today do not COM
pare with those of long ago. which re-
main wonderfully bright and vivid after
thousands Of years.
Evening star., 1928-10-21
StOwaWay Trip

easily the most welcome sound either Of
us had heard since leaving Honolulu.
For in him we both recognized saliva
ton angel.
ANY news?" he asked.
News? Why, we've story that will
wrench your heart, bring tears to your
eyes and. if only you could publish It,
increase the circulation of your paper
by 100 per cent. Just step inside here
please. while we unburden."
So We let him have the break" the
scoop which was not scoop because
he never got to use it. At the conclu-
sion of our story he was as wide-eyed
as an Englishman can be. which Is to
say he looked family surprised. But
not ANNOYED. Certainly not annoyed.
Interested. Sympathetic.
who, do you know it's the first time
it's ever been done?" he said. MANY
have tried. but they've all failed. Now
we've got to get you ashore to make a
perfect score" Exactly.
What can you suggest?"
"Why not pose as a news reporter?
I've no pass to get off. They took mine
when I came aboard with the pilot.
There are about dozen reporters on
here now; there's no way of checking
up on them"
Well. I'd try it if he would help me.
A few minutes later I walked down
the gangplank. scanning the reporters
notes and pictures Williamson had given
me. outwardly calm, but inwardly palpi-
tating like bowl of jellied conSomme.
In front of me was Williamson, behind
me was Lyons, another reporter whom
We had also taken in on the secret.
We approached the customs authority.
who stood at the end of the gangplank
collecting the landing slips. AS 1 came
abreast of him I showed my notes and
the pictures and. following my accom-
plices' advice, said, in bored way,
Japan Times" 1t workedl
There is legend in Yokohama Of
how young man arrived there one day
and proceeded to eat. For hours he
feasted avidly on rice and curry, great
steaks innumerable salads. And to the
amazed Japanese joju who waited upon
him, but who yet was not so much
startled by this prodigious appetite that
she forgot TO ply him with questions
concerning her idol. Miss Matsudaira.
she understanding her customer had
arrived on the same boat. he replied,
with exasperating irrelevancy:
Its long, long time between break
faStS!"
Evening star., 1928-10-21

lars worth of jewelry," he replied, with
a gracious. noble, protecting smile.
Mrs. Effingham's tiny hand went up
to the pearls. Goodness mel" she
exclaimed. do you know had for
gotten all about them And I've been
careering over the countryside at a
great rate. E. Well, If I had lost them
that's ALL
well, we never thought of that. Do
tell us what detained you, Mrs. Effing-
ham-we are so curious to know?" And
faint murmurs from the men admitted
that they, too, had felt this feminine
emotion.
''The most wonderful thing has hap
pened," Mrs. Ef1ngham returned. my
husbands coming home-he's on his
way now. A cable came this afternoon,
and my elder boy met the messenger on
the road and came on his bicycle all
the way to the wedding to find me
wasn't that cunning of him?-and some
one there told him I had gone over to
bathe with you, so he rode down the lit
tie path, for he knows the way we'll
you are so kind, always asking the chill
dren to use your beach like it was their
oWn-and he brought it to me there
but it was so twisted I couldn't make
head nor tail of it. So what did I do
but hop on his bicycle and first one of
us and then the other rode up as far as
the highway. and there we got a lift
from gentleman who ran us into the
village, and l got them to repeat the
cable-and it's as clear as day-he's
coming home" She sprang to her feet.
I've taxi eating its head off at the
door. mustn't wait. but I did want
you to know my good news you've
been so kind to me, and you'll love Jim
hes the handsomest thing you ever
saw" She shook hands with every one
and would have been off again, still
Evening star., 1928-10-21

of reason or caution. They are con-
tinually seeking new thrills. When
the old acts fail to bring the desired
reaction they invent new and more
painful stunts to attract attention to
themselves.
"If you investigate their histories"
Miss Harlow continued, you will in
variably find that the extreme senSa-
toni hunting person was always dare
devil-the child who would take
chance on chewing poison ivy or clim-
ing out on rotten limbs. They were
the show-offs at school. And they still
want to be at the head of every parade.
The limelight is absolutely necessary to
their emotional life"
Miss Harlow told Of talking with
f1agpole sitter. In his case she found
that he had tried every kind of a job
which offered thrills, including steeple-
lacking The novelty having worn off
everything else, he climbed to the top
of f1agpole on Chicago hotel roof.
There he clung for days, through ter
rife storm, during which several OF
his teeth were knocked out and his
clothes and blankets partly torn away.
This man was an extreme example" :"
Miss Harlow said. He was utterly
needless of the consequences"
The f1agpole sitter got comparatively
little money out of his stunt, but to him
the thrill of danger and the excitement
Of knowing that thousands of curious
people were watching down below COM
pensated for his pain and discomfort.
He was the hero of the hour. and when
he finally descended from his perch an
extra publicity thrill was waiting for
him. A dentist stood ready to put into
his mouth some hastily constructed
false teeth. and tailor was on the
job holding dress suit ready to At on
him.
So long as the human character con-
tinueS to be formed in millions of diff
ferent combinations, doubtless these ex-
tremistS will go on raising the hair of
sober citizens with new death -defying
tricks -. 'f~A = sN ~s-FS "a @sa -
Evening star., 1928-10-21

The bunioneers all hoped to win prizes.
but win or lose, the thrill of having
folk in villages and cities cape at them
as they passed made amends for their
bleeding feet, shin splintS and sand
filled blisters.
Marathon dancing is not new. In
Queen Elizabeth's day William Kemp
danced from London to Norwich. His
footsteps have been crowded by the
nonstop dancers who have recently
exhibited their tortures III contests all
over the country. Doctors with Stetho-
scopes and nurses with foot Salve have
to attend the couples who Wrlthe ana
twist around the floor. In Milwaukee
a pair of hooters were struggling on TO
set the 1,000-hour mark. Had Com
missioner Harris not put stop to the
agonizing exhibition in Madison Square
Garden. New York, doubtless the last
few couples would still be squirming
for the prize money and the fame that
put their names on the front page for
day.
We all want money and we all want
fame. If we can achieve both to-
gether, so much the better. These twin
ambitions make the reputation OF great
men, and they also create the notoriety
of the freak. There are professional
stunt men who consider their work as
seriously as does lawyer or a doctor.
When Alvin C"Shipwreck'D Kelly
wanted new publicity worlds to con-
quer, he climbed 39-foot flagpole on
hotel roof, seated himself in a spe-
cially constructed bosun's chair and
remained there for 1919 days. Lack
of exercise and CONSTRUCTED blood made
his days and nights torment. Kelly
endured the agony He got what he
wanted. He was 121a days wonder
to the crowds below him, and news
papers hailed him as the champion
of all flagpole sitters.
Miss Winnifred Webster Harlow,
psychologist and character analyst, says
of the publicity hounds:
This class of people have imagina-
ton. But they are reckless and their
acts are marked by a complete absence
Evening star., 1928-10-21
This Is the Age of Record Stunts
Chance-Taker Finds His Reward i'm
Vaudeville Contracts and the
White Light of Fame.

death. They will buy newspapers to
look at his picture, and pay money to
gasp at his daredeviltry in the movies.
They satisfy a mild Sadism in the
thought that he may get killed One
man went for 81 nights to watch a
circus performer take a death daring
jump. He was sure that some time
the acrobat would miss that trapeze
and he wanted to see the tragedy. On
the twenty eighth night the morbid
spectator didn't go to the circus and
on that night, oddly enough, the per-
former did slip and fall to his death.
Several years ago Harry Gardiner,
balloonist and parachute jumper, real
lied the lucrative possibilities in self
imposed torture. Looking for new
thrill, he had climbed, by using his
abnormally strong fingers and toes. up
the side of the Flatiron Building. There
was so much talk about his stunt that
Gardiner dropped everything else to be-
come human fly" He found that his
agonizing exhibitions brought him more
money and celebrity-than he could earn
In any other way, and he had numerous
imitators. Until a recent city ordinance
was passed to restrain them, these
blood-brothers to flies came to New
York periodically to scale the newest
skyscraper, usually as part of some ad-
vertising scheme. No sum of money or
amount of fame seems worth the
chances they take. Some have lost their
lives by falling, as did Spider Young
while attracting publicity for a new
film by scaling the side OF the Hotel
Martinique.
For years Niagara Falls has been q
publicity best seller" Three persons
have succeeded in going over and COM
ing out alive-a dozen have tried and
failed. The first two er-Niagara-in-a-
barrel people probably accumulated
little wealth. When Jean A. Lussier, the
third successful entrant, emerged re-
Gently from the huge rubber ball in
which he had crashed and bumped his
way over the great watery drop, some
one asked him what he expected to gain
by his feat. He replied that he hoped
to make enough money to take care of
his old mother and live in comfort for
the rest of his life. Lussier had an eye
vaudeville offers, he was prepared to
cash in heavily on his exploit.
Let somebody offer a prize and the
publicity seeker will engage in any kind
of contest and suffer any amount of
pain to win it. The gasps and cheers
of crowds are as sweet to his ego as
Fcatnip to cat. The 350O-mile bunion
derby across the continent brought out
a small army of these self-torturers who
hoped to win a life of riches, fame and
ease by their grueling sprint Man and
boy, they could all have found other
ways to take care of the wife and kid
dies and lift the mortgage off the old
homestead. But there is no kick in
raising mortgages or children in the
ordinary way Here was a chance to
show Otto be small heroes Of q day.
Evening star., 1928-10-21

SWELL" she went on, "last Sum-
mer came down from the woods
to surprise Constantine on his birth
day"
Her father shook his head. INV
daughter" he said, Il brought you up
better than that"
I know, know" she answered. "It
was ri7ky, wasn't it, but it turned out
all right-all right-as far as Con-
Stantlne was concerned"
OF course. it did--it turned out de-
hghtfully," said Constantine, rather
pugnaciously
Well" Belinda continued. "the next
morning, I happened to meet Mrs,
Ethngham in the village-she was buy-
ing pair of gloves-she consulted me
ABOUT them-and 1 could not help
noticing that she was wearing a verv
beautiful ruby bracelet-so beautiful
tnat | commented on it. She glanced
down at it, as if she were surprised
herself to see it on her arm, and sud-
denly blushed-blushed as only those
pale, transparent blondes can blush. ]
nave never seen that bracelet again
and you all heard her say today that
she owned no jeWelry."
Great heavens!'' said Connors
When was the Sifford robbery-there
was ruby bracelet lost in that" - se.s.
Evening star., 1928-10-21

A MER1CA has annexed still an
" other championship. Not only
"A is 1t the land of the free-it
4 \ is the home of the greatest
number of untrammeled ego
fists in the world, as well as the most
amusing Other nations have persons
eager for fame and power, seekers after
the chance to outshine others. But
America far outdoes them all IN the
variety of ways in which her indivi-
dualists strive for the spotlight. In
ton for freak crowns that some one
is sure to say, sooner or later, that the
United States suffers from championitis.
Not so long ago an unknown Loch-
invar came out of the West. True, he
to leap off Brooklyn Bridge He want
ed to prove that he could do it and
live. He called up newspaper Offices
and informed them of what he pro-
posed to do. The newspapers said go
ahead. He did so. Next day he looked
in the papers but found not a word.
So he called the papers again and
soundly berated them. He was going
to jump off the bridge again. He re-
peated-and next day there was a
humorous tale in the papers with the
moral. Success is everything! No
doubt back home the great leaper is
now a man of parts and long after
they've forgotten what he did future
generations will couple his name with
those of heroes.
His case, strangely enough, Is not
exceptional. Men sit for days atop a
f1agpole-objects of admiration to small
boys and the cause of disgust to sober
old ladies and gentlemen. Men go over
Niagara Falls in barrels and rubber
balls. Marathon dancing couples con-
tort for days without stopping. Men
eat IS custard pies at sitting.
Why? Why do they torture them
selves?
Simply for money and for fame and
because they are congenital Show-offs; !;
to get a vaudeville contract or a job
with the movies. Legends arise about
the fabulous sums of money paid by
these industries. Salary statistics show
that the $500 week reported to have
been received by Peaches Browning for
appearing on the vaudeville stage was
probably gross eXaggeration. Yet the
myth was eagerly swallowed, hook, line
and sinker, by a credulous public.
Sometimes the publicity seeker is sat-
isfled just to get his name in the
paper, to have folks crane their necks
as he walks along the street and
whisper:
Gee! That's him!"
To some people this is fame. They
are content with it and never expect
to make money. Others have keen
eye for the profits and take up COM
mercial offers with good business in
stint.
An element of danger is great draw
! ing card. Folk will always stop, look
and listen to . man who dirts with
Evening star., 1928-10-21

wearing the jewels. If a gesture from
Belinda had not recalled them to her
attention.
She laughed as she removed them.
II haven't got normal human sense to-
day-Im so excited" She laid them
in Belinda's hand IT certainly did en-
JOY wearing them," she said, and looked
at her three admirers, but no gentle
f1attery was forthcoming. They looked
at her severely. and Ball said. some
what in the manner of one taking part
in a funeral ceremony, IN see you to
your taxi"
He and Connors followed her In
silence.
RELINDA, left alone with her father,
indulged in grin.
'Well," she said, "I shall never be
troubled with that little person any
more"
"You mean because her handsome
husband is coming home?" asked the
doctor.
Belinda shook her head. "TheyTl
never enjoy her society again." she said.
1T will always remind them what per-
feet idiots they made of themselves
they and their facing of facts"
There was no dallying at the front
door. and the two men were soon back
again.
We'll, my dear" said Ball, you were
absolutely right"
II shall never scorn feminine intui-
tfon again." said Connors, as If this
were great gain for the female sex as
whole.
Intuition" observed Belinda, "gener.
ally is mans word for any reasoning
more accurate than his own"
The three men smiled down on her as
II she had said something charming and
gay and entirely without significance.
(Copyright, 1927