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The Washington times., 1928-06-07
Fashion. Fads and Fancies
BY Mildred Ash,

lightweight rubberized fabric.
IN two.tohe snake pattern, these
rainy day coats are of extremely
I masculine cut. Double-breasted,
they have the regulation notch
collars and lapels, the former
: inset with velvet with snake
markings. One disting gushing fea-
ture IA d narrow belt with strap
and ring fastening.
Effecting = Compromise be-
tween the nightgoWn and the in.
creasingly popular pajama, a new
{ sleeping garment combines the
bodice Of the. former and the
Il trousers can be. worn full length
or pulled above the knee in
& knicker style. OF heavy crepe de
chine. this novel combination has
deep lace yoke which unfastens
]. on both shoulders.
The Tale Of Rat.TaiI il told in
the braiding 81 many of the most
I charming summer ensembles Of
chiffon or keOrgefte. As the fiIrny
coats Of these cool costumes are
unlined, the raf-tail braided trim.
ming not only adds decorative
value, but also the weight neces-
sary to make the garment hang
iIl place. Some of these dainty
models are done in soutache
while still others have designs
wrought in narrow braid-like, bias
folds OF the material
The Washington times., 1928-06-07

from tias inrOads 81 rats. mice,
gophers. ana ground squirrels each
year. Even the despised rattle
snake IS credited with killing from
100 to $50 rodent pests every
year.
BESIDES being crop destroyers,
these rodents are credited with
carrying diseases III various kinds
such tHlarefnia. often found IN
SQUIRRELS ana other ground ami.
mails az the open country he7
dreaded boot and mouth disease
anon y cattle IS often carried BY
infested fIeas which find itlxtri-
aus transport tion oF the rodents
of the fields
Whenever W. come upon d
snake uIiexpect edly there ie
thrilling shock Of surprise WI HIGH
II Inevitable. Cur next question
IL ,,nlieIlv. rs wonder tx the snake
poisonous One ~ not. ne
right hare Il where many people
fail to use good judgment. IN.
stead of trying 10 distlng 1ieh the
difference between the harmless
and poisonous snakes. there Is q
tendency to class All axes n
one group and that group iss
usually the Vel0Fnous one
This snake fear becomes less
acute the more one learns the
habits and differences among the.
many snakes IN our country
.sBuf low can / tell the poison
ous ones2 you may ask. Nature
has provided the answer 70 this
question very well by creating 3
yery marked difference between
the poisonous and non-pcisonolis
snakes. If you win notice pic.
lures 81 the live specimens o.
The Washington times., 1928-06-07
Love r urs Out
It's Measures
AS i Joy
BY Lucy Lowell

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hofshofnA nIans II II mt 8
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say 1t belongs to me, there
fore f IS mine
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lone aQoes---stE 90 tell you -
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70 lors me
BIT love q 3 AZ eiwen n s mat
fnr ~ Sssfs .es.s 80. o,,t 80.
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recognizes 80 fillfv.
on hear wnflsslS gstv. Thev.
ARE ny lifillrsrS s 81 ao fiiev must
love me Ana - 81 those women
conduct them e6I go II yysvs "a uilz
Just is sell is ziitfly IT
The Washington times., 1928-06-07
By LUCY LOWELL
CORRECT
MANNERS

DEAR MRS. BEEcrSAEA1Ss
/ Does the woman Ok the man
walk down the aisle frat at the
theater?
!. Are pickles ana olives saten
with the fingers
j. How does an unmarried
woman sign her name A the
hotel resisterg
4. IL travelling with her mother
does the girl Sign. Jans Smith
and mother. or Jane smith. and
Mrs. wiIliam SMITH
S. How II chaise tongue pro
nouncedg
s. il there anything wrong With
the expression pardon meg
PIX.
Either sequences Il correct. us-
uaIly the man stands aslds ana
lets the woman precede him FOL
lowing the usher. This i be.
cause il ID customary usually for
the woman to precede the man:
then. too. she goes into the row
first.
But 1t il Just AZ correct Tor the
man to follow the usher the
woman following him. And this.
too, Ii convenient, for then the
the man can see that the usher
is giving them the right eeAtn.
and. too, he win then be in posi-.
ton To help the woman into the
row in which their seats are.
The decision as to sequences
rests with the man, ana the
woman waits for him to indicate
HIS choice Of sequences. ] notice
that the latter order = otten
done now.
3. olives must Be eaten Ia the
fingers Pickles are often eaten
with the fork. or the knife ana
fork. II depends on how they
are served. and with what food.
B. An unmarried woman signs
the hotel register thus:
Miss Jane Allen. Denver. Col.
"A married woman signes
Mrs Thomas Allen. Denver. Col.
4. No indeed Neither form ~
correct. Either may do the actual
signing. but the mothers name
must be put first. ana written
formally. Lake this:
Mrs. Thomas Allen, Denver. Col.
Miss Jane Allen. Denver, Col.
5. shays- Long.
s.. There is nothing really wrong
with this expression but many
people prefer Tn sorry perhaps
because So often one hears 1x
don mel
The Washington times., 1928-06-07

snake, take no chances q getttns
bitten. although he viii let Won
alone if you let him alone. A
rattlesna1fe win not attack one
unless he Is disturbed BIZ being
stepped on 81 cornered.
Many OF the mythical snake
stories have found their origin
through orr Ignorance Of the true
haEits Of these reptiles. We have
all heard Of the horse-hair rope
which III supposed 10 prevent rat.
tie snakes from crawling around
our camp or bed when sleeping
III the Dpen. I placed d RATHER
ii one Or these horsehair coils
and in q few moments he had
easily crawled out over three
strands of the magic rope. This
theory becomes all the more ab.
surd when e Il learned that q
rattlesnalse can crawl through and
over the spiuIest cactus plants Of
the desert.
The Washington times., 1928-06-07
IN EXPEI ISL We,
BUT NICE

Necessity was once more proved
the mother ok invention when one
smart woman made some coveted
lamp shades that resembled real
parchment, described In the SUM
mer issue OF Mccall Needleworl
and Decorative Arts. They were
made out Of bristol board, cut In
the proper shape; and then dec
GRATED with ship rnedaliions, pur-
chased ct a small cost. After the
medallions were applied. the whole
was coated with Iinseed oil, which
gave the shades the desired
parchment" look.
The Washington times., 1928-06-07

age length from two to seven
feet. An exception ID the stout
bodies 81 the poisonous reptiles
is the coral snake with slender
body resembling the king snake.
The differences between the king
and coral snake IS that the dark
stripes 70 al the way around the
coral snakes body, while with
The Washington times., 1928-06-07

sheer. sfhrfIing ana Seductive
ii the new lowered silk wolfe
LINGERIE trimmed in black lace.
Many 81 the most attractive
nighties and combinations have
black flowers printed upon a
flesh ground. with their Iffesu
lar hem lines and their aaslnes
1T the normal waiskline. many
nightgOWn models closely re-
sembIe smart frocke
Resembling Reptile Skin, many
Of the new raincoats are made Of
The Washington times., 1928-06-07
LUMINOUS
BAIT


Al electrified mlnnow has been
invented for fishermen. The bail,
con St. olan electric bulb loIded
An the ehape of small fish the
1aIl carrying the hook The bulb
screws into 4 waterproof socket on
sl8 end az well .inaulaked electric
cord which connects with one
and one hall volt dry cell in 4 boat.
The glass lninnow is painted in
natural colOra with eenni-Opaaae
paint In order to give Il dull.
luminous glow in the water
prepare tion Tor restoring TO
silk. artiflcial silk fiber and mer-
eelze cotton the original gloss
and feet lost through repeated
washing. has been invented IN
Germany.
The Washington times., 1928-06-07

vanorno1is sIlalEes and conlpa'Fe
them with. non-venomous ones
4 definite difference viii be ap.
parent. The poisonous reptiles
have heads which are big and
broad with the exception of the
coral snake whose head Il blunt
The rattlesnnke has 4 body which
il big and stout with en- aver
The Washington times., 1928-06-07
Parlial1aent's !. Red In

Along 81 each side Of the Of
Commons runs line BY nwFten law member
pass lines speaking. The custom dates from the days
Cf the Cavaliers and Roundheads
The Washington times., 1928-06-07

~ Paillasson ii used Tor the wide-brimmed hat
shaped like al old fashioned coal scuttle bonnet
and trimmed with felt band and crystal ring.
Black para and black, satin ribbon are shout
equally responsible for the other wide-brimlned
hat. That tOque half ii and half out Of the pie
ture q Of black straw trimmed with one black,
one white eardenia.
The Washington times., 1928-06-07
Colder Than North Pole

1hs coolest SPOT earth North Pole lab
aty Il Berlin where temperatures t52 degrees below
ars obtained This Il done By nqufyng helun under
Ash prsssnres then allowing " ~ expand
The Washington times., 1928-06-07

Argentina exports SIX times az
much corn ~ the United states.
The Washington times., 1928-06-07
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The Washington times., 1928-06-07

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Evening star., 1928-04-17
AIMS TO WIN 1OO.METER
SPRINT FOR SECOND TIME
Archie Hahn, Another American, Is Only Runner to
Score Dual Triumph and His Victories Were
Only Two Years Apart.

a shock. therefore, to Yankee pride
when the rangy Harold Abrahams,
Cambridge University star. gallopcd in
ahead of Scholz. Bowman. Paddock and
Murchison at Paris four years ago.
Now out of competition, Abrahams
will be at Amsterdam only In the role
Of mon playing captain Of the British
track team. but America will do we'll
to be prepared for some unexpected
threat.
1t seems, as the pages of Olympic his
tory are reviewed, that some sprinting
meteor has usually come from nowhere
to harass the concentrated speed of
Uncle Sans boys. American Sprinters
have always outnumbered their foes,
but not always outrun them. Such was
the case in 1908. when Walker. the
South African flash, upset the Yankee
favorites in the 100-meter final at Lon
don. among them the great Jimmy
Rector and Nate Cartmell, intercol-
legiate champion.
Walker Beats Rector.
Walker beat the gun" Lawson
Robertson. Olympic head coach, recalls,
but he ran a great race and deserved
to win anyway. In spite Of his jump
Evening star., 1928-04-17

" ASKET BALL togs and rifles have
been put aside by the George
Washington University co-eds in
IL favor of the tennis racket. bow
and arrow, base bali and track
suits. as full Spring sport program
beckonS then out of doors.
InterclaSS tennis honorS are at stake
With the opening of the preliminary
class tournaments today. Four singles
events are in progress TO decide the
champions Of each class. After the COM
pletion of these Journeys the four semi
iinalists in each class will compose a
team 10 play i'll an interclaSs series the
No. /, . and players competing III
singles matches and the entire group III
doubles encounters,
This system Of play was inaugurated
this year by Mrs Virginia Hopkins Rus
sell, replacing the straight elimination
doubles event held last season.
All tlrSt-round matches must be COM
pleted by Friday, Three days are given
for each round.
PairinPS are:
Seniors Louise Omwake. VS.. Mary
SWln Miriam Davis. VS.. Winifred White
Juniors; Katherine Mckay VS. Betty
Niles Ruth Butler VS. Elizabeth Wright:
Nancy HarnSberger vs.. Elizabeth Zim-
norman. Helen Hobbs VS., Myrtle
Crouch.
Sophomores-Mar Hudson VS.. Kath-
arine Boykin. T.. p. Ross VS. Miriam
Weed. Naomi j. Grain VS. Minnie AS
muth, Hazel Peterson vs.. Mae Clarke.
Nerna Parsons vs.. Sarah HuguS
FreShmen--Carrie Lucas VS., Gather
Inc Palmer. Carolyn Snyder VS.. Gather
Inc Crawley. Alice Ernest vs.. Evelyn
Folsom.
Second round--Helen Bach VS. vim
ner LucaS-Palmer match. Corella Nor
riS vs.. winner Snyder -Crawley match.
Jean McGTegor VS. winner Ernest Fol
som match, E. Gates VS.. Mary Sproul.
Playing for place on the varsity net
squad at q w Louise Omwake yester-
day defeated Miriam Davis and defeat
ed her 7-~5, 6-3. subsequently aSsum-
Ing the top position Miss Omwake had
been playing No. >. with Miss Davis
rated as the ranking member.
Individual and interclass track hon.
Evening star., 1928-04-17
MANY BIG CONTESTS
AT NAVY SATURDAY

ANNAPOLIS. April l7.--Spring sports
get into their full stride at the Naval
Academy this week and on next satur-
day The Midshipmen will present one
of these large and varied programs
which are not excelled By any collegiate
institution
Base ball is the only attraction tomor-
row. with the Varsity engaging Spring
Hill College OF Alabama and the plebes
meeting the freshmen Of Catholic Unit
rersity Spring Hill lis on the Nays
schedule for the first time
On Saturday. the first big program
OF the Spring season will be presented.
including rowing against Massachusetts
Tech This will be the only race at home
for the Navy Varsity. The junior varsity
and Piebes will also meet corresponding
crews of Tech
This is the balance Of the program
FOR the day:
Varsity: base bali. William and Mary:
lacrosse. Lehigh. field and track, Uni
sersitT of Maryland, tennis, Georgetown.
Plebe. Base ball. foyola High School.
tennis, Baltimore City College.
Evening star., 1928-04-17
RICHMOND u. NINE HERE
FOR PAIR OF CONTESTS
Meets Georgetown Today and Maryland Tomorrow,
When Ouantico Marines Also Invade for
Battle With Catholic L.

Thursday The Alabamans came back
the following day. however. and blankcd
the South Benders. 6 10 0. 10 start q
new sireak
Georgetown is looking 70 the Spring
Hill game 20 re-egtablish sts prestige
which has suffered By q pair Of recent
defeats A victory over Spring Hill
would tend 70 bring the Hoyas back
among the leaders Of Eastern mines
and revive the Blue and GTay's hopes
OF an intercollegiate title.
Spring Hill tosseEs are making an
extended Northern foray which. start
ing tomorrow against the Navy Rii
carry the Dixie invaders as far North
as Boston 10 meet Boston College, Har-
ward and other New England mines.
University of MzEyiand's Freshman
base ball team was 70 open is season
this afternoon. playing host nt College
PaFk 10 Baltimore Poly tassert,
Evening star., 1928-04-17
BY ALAN J. GOULD.
Associated Press Sports Editor.

n 7 EW YORK, April l7-Charley
M Paddock will attempt this year
VI to accomplish feat only one
4 other athlete has ever achieved
win the classic Olympic 100
meter dash for the second time.
More than a score of years ago Archie
Hahn, crack American sprinter and no
relation TO the present distance running
Lloyd Hahn. registered a dual triumph,
but only two years separated his VIC
tories at St Louis in 1904 and Athens in
1906.
1t was eight years ago that Paddock
leaped into the taps first at Antwerp, a
foot ahead of his fellow Californian.
Morris KirkSey Four years later the
stocky blond flyer ran no better than
fifth in the 100 meters at Paris. but he
came within an eyelaSh of beating Jack
son Scholz for the 200-meter cham
pionship in a hair-raising duel on the
Colombcs track
Paddock Getting In Trim.
Now Paddock is getting in trim for
his third Olympic venture, along with
his old rival Scholz The life Of most
sprint aces is short. but age has dealt
kindly with these two veterans. both
counted upon heavily in plans designed
to bring back TO the United States the
l00-meter laurels that now belong to
England
Sprinting supremacy Is one Of the
things Uncle Sam has cherished when 1t
comes TO Olympic competition. II was
Evening star., 1928-04-17
G. u. AMONG TEAMS
ON JAPANESE CARD

TOXIC, April II CpD.-Keio Unlyer-
sity base ball team, which won the jap
anese championship last Fall. has sailed
for America for a series OF games with
the leading colleges Of the United states.
The team will go direct to San Fran
cisco from Japan and win play Pacific
Coast universities first. Other games
are tentatively arranged as follows:
May 3. Illinois; 13. Akron College: IA.
Georgetown; 20 Brunswick, o. Har-
Fordham
June 3. Buffalo; 8. Chicago.
Keio also will play the University
OF Ohio and Texas, and will return 10
the West by the middle Of June n fin
ish the schedule with California, South
ern California. Stanford and several
japanese teams.
The visitors will leave San Francisco
by the end Of June and will stop over
at Hawaii for a month, returning 20
Yokohama August 8.
Evening star., 1928-04-17
TECH, WESTERN FAVORED
TO ANNEX CHAMPIONSHIPS
Maroon and Gray Figures TO Win Diamond Honors
and CeOrgetowncrs TO Score in Tennis and
Rifle-Colf Situation Scrambled.

Spring. Tech is The stars choice TO
win the 1928 public high base ball
series.
Central and Eastern will be the main
teams with which Tech viii have TO
contend. II is our belief that lack Of
strength in the box will prove the un-
doing of both Central and Eastern,
Tech has two veteran hurlerS on the
lob in Young and Ensor Central is
figured 10 finish second and Eastern
tiir6.
Business and Western are given no
better ranking at the close Of the series
than fourth and fifth. respectively. The
StenogS have veteran team, but sports
combinations for the past couple OF
years at Business have been made up
Of seasoned material. vet for one reason
or another have failed 10 come through
They have lacked the championship
complex or something. Western has
lost a group OF stalwart players. Coach
Dan Ahern will place on the field 4 nine
including many new players. boys OF
limited experience, This is big handi-
can
Cold logic would seem 10 indicate the
finish Of the teams in the order Just
indicated. However. cold logic Is not al
WAYS dependable and any guess may be
as good as this.
Western Is Favored.
III the tennis series, which also opens
Friday with Business facing Eastern.
fine competition looms. Western. 1877
defending champion. has lost Dooley
Mitchell. its ace. and the other COM
htnations are getting set FOR vigorous
fight 10 dethrone the racketers from
across the creek Central, Tech and
Business all have teams which promise
to be in the running for the title. ana
Eastern may show more strength than
expected.
western though. has a group OF high
IL capable netmen at hand. and Is pick
ed 10 repeat in the series, with the
others finishing in this order; Central.
Tech. Business and Eastern.
In the rife series, which starts Fri
dav. when Eastern and Western face,
the latter schools representatives also
are favored 10 bag another title With
Central finishing second and Eastern
third. Business and Tech viii not De
represented.
An intelligent forecast as to the Win-
ner of the golf series. which opens Sat
urday with Central and Tech and Busi-
ness and Western coming together. Is
virtually impossible. because OF the III =.
tie formal play last year which marked
the start OF an earnest effort TO get the
snort on O competitive basis Central.
Tech and Western all nave conlbir1a-
ti0ns which include players OF tried
worth. and Business also Is said TO have
some clever linksnlen.
Evening star., 1928-04-17
PADDOCK WILL APPEAR
IN PENN RELAY GAMES

PHILADELPHIA, April II P.-
Charley Paddock. called "the fastest
human" holder Of numerous sprint rec
ords. will appear in the Pennsylvania
relay carnival, officials Of the meet have
announced.
Paddock has informed them thai he
would run in a special 175-yard dash
against three men yet 20 be named
This event will De held April e. me
final day of the carnival
Evening star., 1928-04-17

UElsIC high school base ball,
u tennis rife and golf teams are
getting III energetic ticks i'll
4 preparation for opening cham
pionShip matches IN these sports
this week end
Indications point to close fights for
az the titles In each series teams ap-
paGently Of almost even strength will
come To grips.
Each OF the teams which will par
eicipate in the base ball series. which
oaCnS Friday with Business and East
egn claShing. has players Of tried worth.
and picking a winner at this time Is
extremely hazardous, Tech. which won
the title last season. is selected by most
critics. as the Manual Trainers have al
hand mos; members Of the sterling 1927
nine. Public high competition history,
though. is studded with recitals oi how
teams. conceded little chance at the
outset have come through 10 triumph
an6 confound the 6opeSterS and every
cns else supposed To know anything
about the situation
Surprised in 1922.
Techs nine. for that matter at the
cutset Of the 1927 season was looked
uaov hy those who should know their
public high base ball as club having
cnlv sn outside chance for the gon-
faion. II was an exceptionally young,
rreen team II had at its head new
coach. tutor who had not proved his
rhilitv Every one remembers what
happened. how the Manual Trainers
Knocked the dope into the proveroiaA
cooked hat.
who knows but what another nine.
pprhars Western. apparently the weak
est club to participate in the series,
viii furnish the surprise this yeare
ANY way you look al it, this picking Of
rhsrsnions before the flag race starts
IS. iniee6. risky business. II Is this
uncertainty. though. that makes all
.th1et}c competition interesting and en-
during
Because q newspaper man IS sup
nosed "a have some Idea SIS to the COM
narrative strength Of base bali teams
the writer right here is going 10 make
a forecast as to the result Of the COM
s~- public high diamond series he
car only pick EN- as be sees en- There
ere certain indisputable facts, how
ever. regarding the various teams which
ufli participate IN the games which
cannot b. ignored,
Team Little Changed.
For instance. the Tech nine which
Is virtually the same as battled through
70 wt,l the title last Spring. has proved
its mettie. II was 3 team that became
more polished and stronger generally
es me 1927 season progressed. II
Should be even more formidable this