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Evening star., 1928-10-21
WILL TEST DEVICE.
Air Mail Pilots May Snatch Bags
on Wing.

Tests of new device to permit air
mail pilots TO snatch up sacks of mai
on the wing from small towns along
the transcontinental air routes are to
be held today at the Teterboro Air
port Hasbrouck Heights. N. j.. in con-
nection with the second annual New
York National Airplane Show and Air
Circus.
The apparatus is composed of two
poles, between which the mail sack is
suspended on loop of slack ropes The
pilot lowers a hook to engage the loop
and then pulls the sack up into the
cockpit while in flight. Delivery OF mail
to these towns will be made by para
chute.
Evening star., 1928-10-21
LA COSTE STUDIES IN U. S.
Tennis Champion Spending Several
Months at Wright Plant.

Rene La Coste. worlds tennis cham
pion, and G.. Birkidt, young graduate
engineer. as representatives of the So
ciete Francaise Hispano-Suiza. are
studying the manufacture of aviation
engines in the plant of the Wright
Aeronautical Corporation Paterson,
N. ]. La Coste's father is director gen.
cral of the French company which has
the manufacturing and sales rights for
The Wright engines in France, and Bir-
kidts father is chief engineer Of ths
G~m9 concern.
The young men will spend several
months In this country, learning every
,'etan of the manufacture of the en-
zines before returning to France. They
ere sent here as the result Of the
Granting to the French company of the
manufacturing and sales rights in Nor
'ay. Denmark. Sweden. Spain, Portu-
al. Greece. Belgium. Holland Switzer-
md and Turkey. in addition to the
french rights.
Evening star., 1928-10-21
140 Propellers Ordered.

What is said to be the largest single
order ever placed for commercial air.
plane propellers has been made by the
Fokker Aircraft Corporation for lao
steel two and three bladed props
from the Standard Steel Propeller Co
West Hampstead. Pa. The propellers
will go out on planes to every part OF
the world from the Fokker factories at
Teterboro Airport N. j.; Passaic, N. j.,
and Wheeling, w Va.
Evening star., 1928-10-21
MEXICO BUYS PLANES.

MEXICO CITY GP).-The govern
ment has put in an order for SO mill
tary airplanes to be constructed at the
Mexican airplane factory in Tia Juana,
Lower California
The machines will be monoplanes
similar to Col. Lindbergh's famous
Spirit of ST. Louis and the Baja Cali
fornia, in which Lieut.. Col Roberto
Fierro of the Mexican air service made
goodwill flight to Cuba and Panama.
The Baja California was constructed
at Tia Juana.
.- The government hopes for delivery
Of the planes within six months. They
will be added to the equipment of the
military air forces.
Evening star., 1928-10-21
COTTON QUICKLY BUSTED,
Planes Shoot Insecticide on Acre in
Less Than Two Seconds.

ITHACA, N. Y. [P)-An acre of cot
ton can be thoroughly busted in less
than two seconds by the best of the
insecticide busting airplanes. it has
been learned by scientists at Cornell
University. Airplane dusting is de-
scribed as the most effective of various
busting processes developed to combat
the cotton boil weevil.
Benefits resulting from the fight
against the boil weevil are declared to
be too numerous to enumerate fully.
but among them 1t must be considercci
that 1t Is easy to produce cotton at 9
greater profit than before the weeyil
occurred
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-12-12
DOWN

|. Chamber for preserving fodder
}. Prayer to the Virgin.
!. Exist.
!. Pertaining to frogs.
!, Ant-eater.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-12-12
Life Is Like That
BIRTHS

Earl j. Kennedy, AZ, Union
ST.; broncho pneumonia,
Mary Rudesheinl, S3, Carman
Road; endocarditisf
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-12-12
Wise Cracks

MARRIAGE LICENSES
William McChesney, frame one
f.smily, 146 Jackson Ave; $4,000.
A. Sharp, frame garage, lVV
Cumberland Ave: 5000.
Schenectady Gazette.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1928-11-22

1t had not a crease. With it she
wore silk blouse with a tiny blue
line, severely plain. Her gloves were
new and beautiful silk stockings
showed from underneath the hem of
her skirt.
Miss Newton saw her at once and
asked for an Introduction. Without
doubt she was impressed by Jenny;
they talked a long while.
After Miss Newton's speech she
called for free expression on the.
part of the women along the same line.
Jenny Boyd was the only one who
spoke!
She spoke almost as well as Miss
Newton herself Il study out a
good many things over my ironing
board and washtub," she said.
Helen blushed for her, but when
she finished everybody cheered.
SWELL" Eva said as they returned
home, "Jenny certainly came out
strong. But where did she get that
silk blouse?"
Land knows. give up about
Jenny. She certainly is an aston
isher."
That evening Helen and Eva were
sitting together still talking about
their amazing neighbor when the door
opened and Jenny, with only pre-
liminary, "HoO-hoo!" walked in. Her
dark eyes were flashing and she had
a glow of happiness on her face that
made her something more than inter-
esting to look at.
'How did you like my costume?" she
demanded. Il told you I'd find some
thing to wear"
"You looked very NICE" said Helen
and Eva in a breath. "And your lit
tie speech-how could you find SO
many wonderful things to say?'
Jenny laughed.
"Oh, the speech didn't matter, I'm
always thinking. But the clothes took
some pains, can tell you. l worked
hard over that rig. And after I'd
trimmed that old felt with feathers
from the ten-cent store and pressed
my suit till l scorched it, l was still
out of a blouse. SO l borrowed Sans
best shirt. Did you recognize it,"
"Sams shirt!'
eyes, and the fun of 1t was he
needed it himself. He was going to
meet a man who was going to look
him over with view to giving him
job. He had to wear his old shirt
he's got only two"
"TOo bad' murmured Eva.
"Oh, no" Jenny laughed again.
ale got the iob-twenty-fve hundred a
year. 1 shan't have to wash any
more"
Eva and Helen did not dare look at
| each other. For after all they were
good women and they had consciences.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1928-11-22
Observe Rigid Rules
for Husbands Safety

A wife of a shah of Burma has
picturesque rules. Every fifth day
she ceases from working and rests.
Also she puts water in an earthen
cup, filling it to the brim, and sets
flowers in the water every day. Were
the water to sink or the flowers to
droop, that would mean to her an
omen of death. In addition, the wife
takes care never to sleep in her hus-
bands bed while he is away.
Probably, of such observances, those
recorded in an ancient history of
Madagascar are the most eXacting:
"While the men are at the wars"
it says, land until their return, the
women and girls cease not day and
night to dance, and neither lie down
nor take food in their own houses.
Many believe that by dancing they
impart strength, courage and good
fortune to their husbands"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1928-11-22
About Face

Flopsy- really think he's the
worlds most attractive man. We
spent hours together on the ship COM
ing home last summer and he was
frightfully entertaining. He's read
simply everything and, dear, he's a
perfectly divine dancer. He gave me
the whirl of my Theoretically mo-
nopolized about half my time, but he's
really a delightful person to be with
so entertaining and everything, do you
know what l mean?
Mopsey-Isn't it nice you know each
other so well? You see, he's coming
to town for the McTavishes' dinner
dance next week.
Flopsy-Oh, is he really? Well, of
course, my dear, you know I've only
inst met him-I mean we hardly know
each other at ALL mean he prob
ably won't even recognize me.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1928-11-22
Earliest Watches

Watch making has been practiced
for centuries. Although the early his
tory of watches is somewhat uncer-
tain, the first watch was probably
made at Nuremberg, Bavaria, at the
beginning of the Sixteenth century,
says the Pathfinder Magazine. At first
only the hour hand was used. The
minute hand was added in the latter
part of the Seventeenth century. The
fiat, round form of the timepiece was
introduced during the early part of
that century.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1928-11-22

finger - pointing toward Logan Field.
A new service for the nights air riders.
A new service by an old servant. Many
are the years that Standard" has met the
needs of motor boat operators, aniici-
pated the wants of motorists and helped
the aviator find his place in the clouds.
Road markers, road maps, the best in
gasoline, motor oil and personal service
have been part of 'Standard's'' contri-
button to the motor tourists of the roads.
And now the new era brings but newer
service for the motor tourists of the sky.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1928-11-22
Important Element

Boron occurs in combination with
other elements, especially in regions
that are or have been volcanic. Its
principal compounds in nature are
borax and boracic acid. Boron is de-
rived by heating boric oxide and pow
dered magnesium. 1t was first OBJ
tanned in it's elementary state about
1908 by Gay-Lussac and Thenard in
France, and by Sir Humphrey Davy
in England. Boron salts are used as
a catalytic agent and in metallurgy.-
Washington Star.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1928-11-22
Immortality

Who does not. feel that it would
change everything if he believed with
his whole soul in his immortality? 1t
would supply him with totally new
standard of values. Many things which
the world prizes and pursues he would
utterly despise, and many things which
the world neglects would be the OBJ
jects of his most ardent pursuit.
James Stalker.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1928-11-22
For Ships of the ARA Lighthouse

AS THE nightbound airmen wing their
Nv ways through this evenings darkness
and strain their eyes to pick up Balti-
more, a new beacon will greet them-a
lighthouse of the sky.
Tonight flare is set for those intrepid
nocturnal birds who fly to and over
Baltimore. Swinging steadily on its orbit
above its neighboring towers of steel and
masonry this brilliant beam from the
Standard Oil Building will pierce the hori-
IONS to guide these flyers. Beside the
larger light, stationary beacon cuts
through the darkness, a luminous guiding
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1928-11-22

LESSON TEXT-Acts 20:36-3S: Rom.
1910; Eph. 1853; 3:14-21.
GOLDEN TEXT-Rejoice always:
pray without ceasing; in everything
give thanks.
PRIMARY TOPIC-Paul Prays for
His Friends.
JUNIOR TOPIC-Paul Prays for His
Friends.
INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR
TOPIC-Paul as n Man of Prayer.
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOP
IC-The Place of Prayer in PauPs
Life.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1928-11-22
Restricted

"There isn't much room in your
new apartment, is there"
81 should say not. We even have
to use condensed milk"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1928-11-22
The Bible

The Bible is the most thought-sug-
costing book in the world. No other
deals with such grand themes.-Her-
rick Johnson.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1928-11-22
Makes Us Cornforters

comfortable, but TO make us comfort
erS.-J. II. JOWett.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1928-11-22
Most Sacred Art

The most sacred art that the soul
can engage in is prGyer.--A. w. TOzer.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-03-23


boys. NC still have a onc-run lead and the best
way to hold It is for me TO try my best 10 set the
Wop' down on strikes.
He then proceeded to do that very thing.
snufing out The Yankees big opportunity. there
b. checking rally. saving the game. and giving
St. Louis its first world championship.
TN baseball. as in all other things. the i'm
portancc Of the so-callcd inside stuff is per-
haps too strongly stressed. In majority Of
cases the best way 10 win ball games is through
sheer ability. There no more potent factor than
The old base hit 10 suppress the opposition.
Speed has its place in the game but as an old
time star once said. you just can't steal FIRST
base and your speed isn't Of much value until
you get there"
Smart stuff won't win any bali games unless
the club has real power. Great ball clubs. a.
rule. arc powerful in pitching and batting. Field
ing plays an important role. of course. but you
can't make runs while in the field. You may cut
off the opposition's tallies but no ball club ever
won ball game without scoring run.
It is my opinion that baseball as played today
doesn't call for 80 per cent Of the so-called smart
stuff that was part Of the play when ] broke
into the American League back in 1906.
The reason. to my way Of thinking. Can be
given IL two words-liyely ball. One run means
nothing in these days Of the lively ball and short
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-03-23

game.
Since | was rather hungry. ycntuscd the
opinion that a sirloin steak. au gratin potatoes
head lettuce new peas. apple pic Ia mode and
coffee wouldn't be half bad. lie agreed. Ma
jcstically he summoned the announcer at the ball
park and con6dcd to him thusly:
Go out and phone John. the headwaitcr at
Haryey's. order sirloin steak Tor two. pota-
toes. peas. lettuce salad apple pie Ia mode and
coffee 10 be served at about six-thirty." Walking
back to his position back Of the plate with most
important gesture announcing he was ready. Egan
shouted: PLAY"
That evening in the lobby got my biggest
kick out Of the incident. Dumping into the present
Senator Pat Harrison Of Mississippi. who was
then representative. he greeted me thusly:
Il imagine that was some real inside stuff you
and Esan pulled off when you held that confer
cncc in the eighth inning. 4 wish l nigh, have
listened in.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-03-23

.rL... The infeld gathered around.
IA bu-zcd pondcrously !. .
JUST :. "nat " heard him say: Keep your
vas - re- shirts on. boys.
stuff" SIM
ply couldn't dsillusion the senator.
However, the laugh was really on us. Tor the
game went IS innings It was 7:3O when we
reached Harycy's. and tho steak was cold and
tough.
ATO doubt the great majority Of baseball
Y fans think that every play in a game
except those that result from what might
he called the bfcaks-is signaled for by the
manager of the team at bat. that almost every
move that the players make is the expression Of
inside baseball.
There's lot Of bunk in this idea. too. for
managers differ widely as to their policies. John
McCraw dominates the Giants: almost every
play the club makes is determined by his signals.
Miller Higgins Of the Yankees. except in tight
places. leaves much to the judgment OF the
players.
The late 'Hughey' Jennings. the Detroit
manager whose "Ee-yah" and grass pulling an
tics made him ono Of the famous figures Of the
diamond. got great kick out of the fact that
the fans long supposed his antics and his vocab-
ulary of unintelligiblc words were really signals
inside baseball. AS matter of fact his be-
havor on the sidelines had nothing to do with
tho manner Of play.
On one occasion Jennings signalcd for bunt
and the player socked the ball over tho fence
and out Of the park. After the game. Jennings
asked the man what hc meant by ignoring the
signal and fined him 500.
Il thought was just carrying out your Or
dcls. replied the player. who knew the unwrit-
ten law Of taking a rather healthy swing at the
ball if he saw the FIRST baseman and the third
baseman moving up in anticipation Of bunt.
Il saw the right fielder creeping in on me. 50
smackcd it.
Jennings saw the humor of The situation and
RENTED the fnc
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-
may or may not be highly strategic. The odds
arc that the athletes arc simply pulling the old
sicreotyped stuff. Content yourself with the
thought that you can we'll imagine most Of the wise
talk that Is being pulled.
While the conversation. as have said. is rarely
highly intellectual. there arc times when il is de-
cidedIy humorous. have gotten many laugh.
some Of which have stayed with me. out OF The
so-called wise conversation Of the athletes and
umpires,
In the % years have been calling balls and
strikes. doubt If any incident better illustrates
the thought that you shouldn't take diamond con,
fercnces too seriously than one in which figured
some years back. Here are the facts:
Philadelphia was playing Washington in the
latter city. Chief Bender was opposing Walter
Johnson. / was a pitchers battle. Going into
the eighth inning. the score was e. IN favor OF
Warrington. with Johnson going great.
There were men on the bases in every inning
tcopyright. 1928 NEA Masasine)
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conversation as to the dia-
loguc that passed as Laz-
zeri was at the bat.
"All Of US except Alex
andcr were a bunch Of
nerves. he said. Il cant
even remember what | said
to him but ! know il
couldn't have been very
helpful as all | could
think of was. If Lazzcri
makes a base hit It will
almost surely mean the
bal! game and the series.
THAT is the way all Of
US felt about it. except
Alexander. Apparently he
realized none Of US were as
efficient in that state Of
mind as otherwise and he
broke up tie confab and
restored confidence. to all
Of US when he said:
Keep your shirts on.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-03-23

: world series between
the New ork
Yankees and the St. Louis
Cardinals will ever forget
the tcnseness Of the si,ua-
top as Grover Cleveland
Alexander was summoned
from, the bull pen in far
left field to relieve tile
fast weakening Haines.
The score at the |
tim. was 81 in favor !
81 the Cardinals. If
that one run margin
could be held for two
more inn;nss. the world
championship and Il lot Of
heavy luc,e would be TIC
portion Ct The St. Louis
c.ui, OF the National
League.
Llaisl.:, wao had sc,-
eral times been in trouble.
finally. got himself into q
Rcsc.s l-ioyns;oy believed
pitch Oh. az. 4 hurrie.
Alexander the Great.
No mclodrama ever had
ting. The bases werc file
the dangerous Tony Lazz
men in a pinch on the Yal
"poosh en-, up. Tony
1ocy!"
Thousands Of frantic Y
ehaal;ag the Italian battle
a pail Of L.azzsrii.'s every ar
Out 10 left FIELD. will
stride came a player sarb'
the St. Louis Cardinals.
pitcher Eiornsby had sunni
"WIlo is it?'' thoussn
moved from the stumbling
other.
why. its Alexande
familiar with his peculiar
style Of wearing his cap.
W7HEN. he reached I
w four members Of tn
well as Catcher O
there 10 greet him and Q
along tie lines | have note
There was an ominous'
conferred for a minute or
lncm ran back 10 their p
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-03-23

but any time either side threat
encd. Bender or Johnson simply
frightened up and prevented any
scoring. Throughout the game
there were a lot Of conferences
between tho shortstop and
pitcher or tho pitcher and
catcher. Not an inning had
passed without a couple Of
meetings of this scl(-appointed
board Of strategy. Each ono
Of these conferences tended TO
delay the game.
WITH two men out, III
w tho last half of the
eighth. the bases filled
and three balls and two strikes
on the batter. il just occurred
to me that we were likely TO I'm
ish an inning without having the
game stopped, when suddenly
Umpire Jack Egan, who was
working with me. yelled time"
and motioned INC into foul ter
ritory for a conference. |
couldn't imagine what was the
matter.
Whats the big idea.
Jack2" | asked when we got
together.
!" Just this he replied.
those counterfeit ball players
have been making themselves
look wise all afternoon with
their conferences. | simply
made up my mind they wouldn't
have a thing on US. Where will
VIC cat2"
In those days lialvcy's was
an excellent place 10 cat IN
Washington and | suggested
we 60 there. Satisfied with
such an arrangement. he sin
CURED as to what we would
cat. To appreciate all this.
YOU must remember the bases
were filled. two out and
three balls and two strikes
on the batter, crisis in the
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-03-23

fences. When | made my debut.
team that held onc-run lead as
late as the fifth inning was regarded
as having fairly comfortable work.
ing margin. A four-run lead today.
by way of comparison. is about the
same as a onc-run lead was IS years
ago.
Putting one run across calls for
far more smart baseball than get
ting them in clusters. the result Of a
batting rally. The steal. the sacri-
6ce. the hit and run. picking the
right ball on which to try any of
these plays and perfect execution on
the part of the batter and base
runner. usually make for "a-run-an-
inning" baseball.
Today. the sole thought Of most
players is to have healthy cut at
every good ball. The baseball
world. fans and players. both seem
10 have fallen strong for the Babe
Ruth style Of hitting en- where
they amt"
90 ! warn you. don't take your
- baseball too seriously. as far as
the strategy Of the game is con-
ccrned. Don't let your curiosity
run away with you as the players
confer with each other or sur
round the umpire and bcratc ono
If he rlnee rcc;s;one
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-03-23
THEW who were at the final game Of the 1925

curious myself and alter the game wandered down
- TO the Cardinals dressing room and engaged
the 1925 one of the players in conversation AZ n the ia
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-09-28

ing splendid. The voice is there.
No question to that.
What is needed now is that great
intensive, careful mental study of
what singing is all about. She must
capture the soul of experience. She
must master the art of projecting
the story of the song. In other
words, she deserves the right to get
the financial backing to polish up
this diamond of a voice.
Her personality must grow. 1t
must embrace life. The spirit of the
actress of song must be invited to
enter her personality because the
voice is there. Years of hard and
earnest study are before Miss Ho-
nan, but I am sure that it will take
more than cyclone to prevent her
from going forward in study.
I firmly believe that the most i'm
portant thing in the world to a
young singer is voice. I believe that
study, sympathy, struggle and even
privation will give to that indi-
vidual possessing a great voice the
needed attribute-personality.
am basing my verdict upon what
Miss Honan has accomplished up to
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-09-28

u dOCO ulSCruCClOIlS IN English IN
Paris Tor French while studying I'M
der great woman.
Then after two years, this young
woman, still having faith in her
voice, but having only a thin
pocketbook, went to Italy and by
trading" French instructions for
Italian was able to master the Ian
guage.
And then the first goal was
reached, she made her operate de-
but in Italy, appearing in two
operas.
Then she returned to Indiana and
she was able to talk to her friends
and a concert was arranged for her
at the knights of Columbus audi
forum last night. She deliberately
placed herself on trial in the very
city where she first started to learn
the art of singing.
The proceeds of this concert will
aid her in returning to France and
italy in the next few weeks to con-
tinue her studies.
Last night, I was convinced that
Miss Honan was justified in be0
faith IN her voice. She is a dra-
matte soprano, the high register be-