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high reputation, so much so that
he gave to be understood that
there was nothing superior to his
works His nature was extrava-
CANT like his paintings. 1t has
not been known with certainty
what he did with his works, as
he used to say that no price was
high enough for them, and so he
gave them in a pledge to their
owners, who willingly advanced
him what he asked for them.
He earned many ducats, but
spent them in too great pomp
and display in his house, to the
extent Of keeping paid musicians
to entertain him at meal times
. He had few disciples, as none
cared to follow his capricious and
extravagant style, which was only
suitable to himself.
That first of his great ctures
THE Assumption of the Virgin,
made for the Church of San Dom
lingo ell Antigua at Toledo, is now in
the Art Institute of Chicago, &C.
the place of honor in the
entire collection; there at our leisure
we can study it and see if the
charges of extravaganza are de-
served.
There is extravaganza in Ell Greco
but not in this masterpiece; here
every figure is magnificent. and
those at the lower right are long
the finest ever made. Each one OF
these old men might be a portrait
in himself, and give his maker i'm
mortality; but again, the women
even the Virgin, have character as
well as beauty; and the unity of the
composition merges with the rapture
of every face to make us marvel that
here at the very outset of it's Renais-
sance, Spain should have found per-
lection.
Copyright 1928. by will Durant)
Ito Be Continued
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Another Rubber Discovery

Discoveries useful to industry often are made IN
estrange ways
The process of vulcanizing rubber came because
an experimenter happened to drop bit of rubber
: on hot stove.
Now the War Department announces it has found
q way to extend the normal life of rubber to ap-
proximately thirty-five years. At present rubber
deteriorates badly after few years use. The dis
covery will be of great Importance to industry
But here's how it happened to be made. The
chemical warfare service was trying to find some way
preventing rapid deterioration of the rubber parts
of Army gas masks. In its experiments it not only
solved its own problem it gave makers and users of
rubber everywhere great discovery. s1z A
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Fills Welcome Filters

Captain Kingsford- Smith and his
three companions made Suva,
capital of the Fiji Islands, after the
longest overseas flight on record by
only a gallon or so of gasoline. If
the contrary winds they bucked had
been just little more contrary,
their feat would have turned out
tragedy instead of a triumph. Such
is the narrow margin that often
separates success from failure.
AS it is, they are enjoying one of
those old-fashioned Methodist well
comes for which the Fiji Islanders
have become famous since they
sloughed off their cannibalistic
habits for more modern ways.
Truly, this world is becoming a
drab place. The variety and
peculiarities which used to thrill us
are disappearing before the ex-
actions of trade and religion. Mer-
chants and missionaries rob the
savage of his right to remain savage,
while radio and deep-sea cable rob
us Of the fancy that he has not
changed.
1t just does not square with what
we were taught in the little red
schoolhouse forty years ago.
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Absent Minded America

The Fiji Islands not only mark
the sweep and urge of human
progress, but the absent minded
policy which has characterized the
United States.
These islands should be long to
us. The first thorough survey of
them was by Americans in 1910, and
it was not until thirty-five years
afterward that the English accepted
control of them at the request Of
Government which we had vir-
tually forced into bankruptcy by
pressing claims for injuries to our
nationals.
AS a matter of fact, our wind
jamming shippers of the roaring
forties" did more to chart the
Pacific than those Of any other
land, but we got nothing out of it,
except to show other people where
the prizes were.
Now that we not only want our
place in the sun, but need it. Now
that we feel the need of naval bases,
aviation fields and cable stations,
we find them all garbled up, though
our grandfathers discovered them
and we might have had them for
the mere asking.
It is not the question Of imper-
ialism, of exploiting the weak and
helpless, but of that practical fore
handedness which goes with the
growth of nations, and in which our
grandfathers were not supposed to
be lacking.
Some day we shall be buying lot
of islands, which other people had
sense enough to take after we had
found them.
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one knows when), had studied under
Titan. and then had come to To-
ledo to fuse the dark piety of Spain
with his own mystic spirit in
paintings that are now rated among
the highest treasures of the art.
Our first record of this strange
figure is a letter of the Venetian
painter Clovio to Cardinal Nepote
Farnese:
There is in Rome a young man
from Gambia, disciple of Titan,
who, in my opinion, is a painter of
rare talent. Among other things
he has painted a portrait of him
self, which causes wonderment to
all the painters Of Rome. I should
like him to be under the patronage
of your illustrious and Reverend
Lordship without any other contri-
button toward his likelihood than
a room in a room in the Farnese
Palace for some little time, until
he can find other accommodation"
n e
IRON that brief letter we can
L picture the typical life of an
artist hunted from place to place
by poverty, glad to have any roof
over his head. and losing himself in
the passionate pursuit of his art.
Then nothing more of him till
seven years later (157O, when we
find that date and his name on
picture in Toledo. A writer of the
next generation describes the proud
maturity of the artist:
At that time there came from
Italy a painter called Domenico
GrecoA He settled in the ia
nous and ancient city of Toledo,
introducing such an extravagant
style that to this day nothing has
been seen to equal it; attempting
to discuss it would cause confu-
sion in the soundest minds.
He came to this city with a
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Pulpit Monkey Glands

AS in the case with most every
thing these days, monkey glands
have found their way into the pull
pit.
Dean Inge. who has never been
known for his optimism, thinks
that grating them on the human
body is nothing less than a sacrilige.
DR.. George Voronoff, who has
made reputation, as we'll as some
money, in that very way, replies that
no less than sixty-three priests are
remembering him in their prayers
for having postponed the ravages
of age, and points out that it is a
real service to ,prolong mems use
fulneSs.
Now, let's hear from Dayton,
Tenn.
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largest producer of the fiber, and
others. The adoption of the new
name grew out of the fact that
rayon is not a real silk artificially
produced.
Are dates cultivated extensively
in the United States?
Date culture in the United States
has been a subject of experiment
more than Is years, but only re-
Gently has reached a state where
commercial production can be said
to have begun. The leading date
producing center is the Coachella
Valley, in southern California,
where the Deglet Moor from North
Africa has proved to be we'll adapted
and has become the leading variety
Other sections such as Imperial
Valley in California and the Salt
River valley in Arizona are prom
Using regions, but the varieties best
adapted are not yet determined.
Does water freeze quicker before
or after it has been boiled?
There is no material difference in
the freezing point of water before
and after it has been boiled. Boiled
water has had the air boiled out
and differs from unboiled water in
that respect, but for all practical
purposes it would be impossible to
detect any difference in their freez-
ing point. The difference would
probably be recorded by very sensi-
tive apparatus.
What is the meaning of the
name Lucille?
1t is from the French and means
"the shining one"
What do "brOde" and cert" near ,
Brode is an obsolete form If
broad, or broadly. "Ert" is an OBJ
solete form for art.
Do prunes contain vitamins A, B
and C?
They contain vitamins A and B,
but their content Of vitamin G is
inappreciable.
What Is a "cOurt Of oyer and
terminer'?
The term in English law refers
toan assize court for criminal jus
tice. In some parts Of the United
States the term is used for the
higher criminal courts. Oyer is
from the Latin .audire, Z, To hear 4
] eIaEa. 60 .l.al a. -
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No. So

TINE cause of the earth's magnetic field may lie
/ 100000 miles away. 1t may be in the sun.
This hypothesis is being investigated by scientists
in MANY parts of the world today.
So far all attempts to explain the origin of the
earth's magnetism have been unsatisfactory. No
earthly phenomena seem sufficient to explain the sit
uation.
Consequently students of the subject have turned
their attention to the study of the atmospheric cleo
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VI AC4OJ I14O CIV
trio currents in
the earth, the
aurora borealis
or mort h I'm
lights, the sun
spots and the
fluctuations in
solar radiation.
These things
are studied in
the hope that
some correspon-
dence can be
found between
them and the
changes which
occur in tn e
e a. TT his mag
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Daily Thought

Blessed is the man that endur-
eth temptation, for when he is
tried he shall receive the crown of
life.-JameS 1:12.
4
THERE are times when it would
i seem as if God f1shed with a
line, and the devil with a net.-Mme.
Swetchina.
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This Date i'm
u. S. History

June 6
17s8-Birthday of Nathan Hale,
patriot.
1765-Massachusetts called for q
colonial congress.
1799-Patrick Henry, revolutionary
orator, died.
1872-Republicans nominated q. 5.
Grant and Henry Wilson.
1888-Democrats nominated Grover
Cleveland and A. G. Thurman
19O0-Civil government established
,sf In Alaska.
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gal advice cannot be given, nor can ex-
tended research be made All. other
Unsigned requests cannot be answered.
All letters are confidential You are
cordially invited to make use of this
free service as often as you please
How many banks in the United
State are controlled by labor?
At the end of 1925 there were 35
banks in the United States entirely
controlled by labor and two that
were partly controlled.
Who appoints the members Of the
Interstate. Commerce Commission
and the employees Of that office?
The commissioners are appointed
by the President of the United
States with the advice and consent
of the Senate. Practically all other
positions in the commission, except
private secretaries to the commits
sion, are under civil service.
What are the names Of the pro-
vinces in Canada?
Prince Edward Island, Nova SEQ
tia, New Brunswick, Quebec, On
tario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, AL
berta, British Columbia and Yukon.
Was the maiden name of George
WashingtOn's wife cambridge or
Gusts?
cambridge was her maiden name
and Gusts the name of her first
husband.
How did rayOn get its name?
1t is trade name for a fiber
cloth formerly known as artificial
silk. The new name was approved
by the National Retail Dry Goods
Association in 1924 and later by the
Silk Association of America, the
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laughing hyena escaped from circus the oCner
day. Doubtless many people will report hnding
in picture shows just behind them
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largest producer of the fiber, and
others. The adoption of the new
name grew out of the fact that
rayon is not a real silk artificially
produced
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David Dietz on Science
Evening star., 1928-12-30

Meadow lane will be at home on New
Year day from to 9 o'clock.
Miss Marion Dunlop. daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Dunlop, enter
tanned at bridge tea Thursday in her
home on Oliver street.
Surprise Birthday Dinner
In Honor of Mrs. Kline.
Mrs. j. G. Whiteside gave a sur
prise birthday dinner party Friday, De-
cember 81, in honor of Mrs. Robert
Kline, Sr.
Mr.. and Mrs F. Pentz Wilcox were
hosts at a dinner Christmas day in
their home on Meadow lane. Covers
we're laid for Is. Mrs. Wilcox has as
house guests her sister, Miss Minnie
Lee Davis of Mont Clair, N. j., and
Mrs. Harry S. Davis of Baltimore, Md
Mrs. J. D. Thompson and her
daughter, Miss Dorothy Thompson, of
Ingomar street entertained at lunch
con Monday at the Mayflower Hotel.
Mr.. Robert Woodward of Salem. Va,
has been the house guest of his BROTH
er-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs.
Frederick Stitt of Ridgewood avenue.
Mrs. B. L.. Hartz will entertain at
supper New Year evening in her home,
on Meadow lane. in honor of her daugh-
ter, Miss Betty Hartz.
Mr. and Mrs. Abner H. Ferguson of
Huntington street we're hosts last eve
ming at dinner at the Columbia Coun-
try Club, preceding the Junior dance,
in honor of their daughter, Miss Mar
garet Lee Ferguson. Mrs Ferguson
will entertain her club at luncheon
Evening star., 1928-12-30

at Sweet Briar College, is spending the
Christmas holiday with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Robert o. Saunders, in their
home on Klingle street.
Misses Betty and Genevieve Marsh
students at the Hannah More School,
are spending the holidays with their
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Marsh
in their home on East Irving street.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. H. Oehman enter
tanned at bridge and supper Thursday
in their home on Morrison street. Gov
ers we're laid for 20.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar Poe Allan will
entertain at dance New Year night
in their home on Rittenson street in
honor of their daughter, Miss Mary
Jane Allan.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas W. Perry en-
tertained at a dance Friday at the Co.
lumbia Country Club in honor Of their
daughter, Miss Marion Perry. There
were 100 guests.
Mr.. and Mrs. Courtland Meader of
Richmond. Va, are visiting Mrs. Mead
er's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Burr N. Ed
wards, on East Melrose street.
Club Members Guests
At Bridge and Supper.
Mrs. William Swindlehurst enter
tanned her club at supper and bridge
Wednesday evening in her home on
Nevada avenue.
MIR. William Scott Stein, jr., stu
dent at Duke University, and Mr. and
Mrs. J. B. Scantlin of Beverly Hills.
Calf. are the house guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. William S. Stein onfLeland street,
Miss Jane Louis and Miss Marjorie
Stein entertained at q bridge tea
Thursday in their home.
Mrs. Eugene E. Stevens entertained
at dance Friday evening in her home
on Williams lane in honor of her
daughter, Miss Josephine Stevens, and
her house guest, Miss Molly Greeley
who are students at Mt. Holyoke Col
lege.
DR.. and Mrs. Goetzman entertained
at bridge and supper last evening at
their residence on Nevada avenue.
Mr. and Mrs. c. B. Lingamfelter
gave a party Friday evening in their
home on Livingston street.
Mr. and Mrs. George B. Bell enter
tanned at supper and bridge Friday eve-
ming.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles T. Penn en-
GerLdl0eQ at OlTIleT CIlTlSGIHdS Qdy III
their home on Hawthorne street. Gov
ers were laid for IL.
Mr.. William Fraser Of Chicago, Ill.
spent Christmas with his son-in-law
and daughter, Mr.. and Mrs Ralph P
Brown, at their home on Klingle street
Mrs. Brown accompanied her father
Thursday, by motor, to Florida to spend
a month.
Mr. and Mrs L. r. Colbuln of Kiln
gle street are spending several weeks in
Florida, where Mr. Colburn is recu-
peratipg from a recent illness.
Miss Katherine Mullowny, the
daughter of Judge and Mrs. Alexander
Mullowny of Connecticut avenue, left
Thursday to visit Miss Virginia Leet
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred B
Leet of Inglewood, N. j., formerly of
Chevy Chase.
Miss Mary Tolman. daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. George E. Tolman, enter
tanned at bridge tea Thursday in her
home on Livingston street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Pentz Wilcox of
Evening star., 1928-12-30
Notable Festivities
Mark Christmas Week
In Chevy Chase Area
Dances, Dinners, Teas and
Bridge Parties in Program
Students Home for Holi-
days-Personal Notes.

Mr.. and Mrs. G. w. Blair of Lamont,
Iowa, are house guests of their Son-in-
law and daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. Edward
G.. Yonker, on Thirty-ninth street. Mr..
Edward B. Yonker, student OF the
McDonough School, also is the guest OF
his parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bynum E. Hinton and
their daughter. Miss Marion Hinton of
Ingomar street, will be at home this
afternoon from 5 to o'clock.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. W. Jacobs entertained
at bridge and supper last evening IN
their home on Thirty-eighth street.
Miss Emily Quirk, a student at the
University of New York, is spending the
holidays with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert E. Ouirk, on West Irving street.
DR.. and Mrs. Clyde w. Warburton
entertained at a dance in honor OF the
birthday anniversary of Mrs. War
burton's brother and sister-in-laW, Mr..
and Mrs. H. w. Draper, last SATURDAY
evening at their home on west Lenox
street.
MRS. Malva Hall entertained at a
party on Christmas night in her nome
on Daniel road in honor OF her son,
Mr.. Robert Hail.
Miss Elizabeth Wheeler, daughter OF
Senator and Mrs Burton K. Wheeler,
at her home on Jocelyn street.
Mrs. E. Percival Wilson entertained
her club at bridge and supper Friday
evening at her residence on Rosemary
street. Mr.. and Mrs Wilson will enter
tain at a buffet supper today in honor
of their son. Mr.. William Keech Wilson.
who is A student at the University OF
Mrs William Kennedy Butler gave a
tea yesterday, inviting friends to meet
Mr.. and Mrs. F. F. Espenschied of
Stevenson place have as their guest
their daughter, Miss Olive Espenschled,
who is a student at Cornell University.
Mr.. Edwin T. Blckers and MISS
Martha N. Bickers of Baltimore, Md,
spent Christmas as the house guests of
Mr. and Mrs. Orville S. Peters at their
home on Chestnut street.
Mrs Eugene M. Melton will entertain
her club at supper and bridge We'd
nesday.
New Year Eve Parties
Entered in Program.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward M. Reidy will
entertain at a sugger bridge on New
Year eve III their home on Broad
Branch road.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles A. Jones Will
entertain at New Year eve party IN
their home on Gramercy street.
Mrs. Albert Leef1er of Annapolis, Md.
is the week end house guest of Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles A. Jones on Gramercy
street.
Mrs. Robert Fleming will entertain at
luncheon and bridge tomorrow after
noon in her home in Edgemoor. Md.
Miss Phyllis Walker, a student at st.
Marys Seminary, and her schoolmate.
Miss Edith Odgeson. are the house
guests of Miss Walkers parents, Mr..
and Mrs. George Walker, in their home
on Thornapple street.
Miss Mary Cunningham, daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert G. Cunningham.
was hostess at tea Christmas day In her
home on Ridge street.
Miss Margaret Merrill will entertain
at a luncheon and bridge Wednesday
at the Congressional Country Club.
Miss Elizabeth Saunders, student
Evening star., 1928-12-30

.,,d bridge wednesday in her home, on
Huntington street. ,. "a
Miss Frances Mueller, daughter OF
Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Mueller, gave q
bridge tea Friday. - ~.
Mr. d, B. Fleming, student OF tne
University of Michigan. at Ann s... AIDsU..
S,,Io ie aiso a member of the University
of Michigan Opera Company, composed
entirely of undergraduates, was tne
week end guest of his claSsmate' MI
William S. Kerby, son of Mr.. and MIS-.
Frederick M. Kerby, i'll his home' OH
Hesketh street. w..
Miss Margaret Clopton of the uni
versity of ST. Louis and Mr.. Wiliiam
Clopton of the University OF virginia
ore the house guests of their parents,
ton IT s. A.. on West Irving street.
Miss Sarah Pollard of Mckinley
street and Miss Amy Selby OF Morrl-
son street spent wednesday In An
napolis. where they attended the cadet
tea dance at Mahan Hall.
Mr., and Mrs. Joseph B. Bowling
of Harrison street have as their mouse
guests their son, Mr.. Joseph b. BOWL
ing, jr., and his family of Harris
burg, Pa
Misses Betty. Louise and Catherine
Hoover, daughters of Mr.. and Mrs.
George Hoover, entertained at orldGe
tea yesterday
Church Mission Board
Members Entertained.
Mrs. Harold E. Doyle entertained the
executive board of the Missionary
| Society of the Chevy Chase Presby-
| terlan Church at luncheon Thursday.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Smoke of Nor
rlSon street are spending the Christmas
holiday with Mrs. Smokes parents, in
Harrisburg, Pa.
Miss Maude Syvret of Wilson College
is the guest over the holidays of Mr..
and Mrs. George w. Stone. on Cum
mingS lane. Mrs Stone will entertain
| today from to 6 o'clock pm. to meet
DR.. and Mrs. Oliver L. FaSsig of Porto
Rico.
Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Winterble Of Iowa
are visiting their son-in-law and
daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. l.. A. Reynold-
son, in their home, on Thirty-third
street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert E. Dietrich gave
a supper and bridge Friday evening
in their home, on Mckinley street.
Mr. James Shelton, a student at
University of Michigan, is spending the
Christmas holiday with his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs w. Arthur Shelton, on
Tennyson street. Mr.. and Mrs Shelton
entertained at dinner and bridge on
Thursday for their son.
Miss Ruth Doyle. daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Harold E. Doyle. entertained
at luncheon and bridge yesterday in her
home, on Huntington street. Covers
were laid for 20.
Miss Florence Grady, daughter of
| Mr. and Mrs. Percy J. Grady, enter
tanned at bridge tea Friday in her home,
on Ingomar street.
Miss Marion Bailey, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. p R. Bailey, were hosts at a
bridge tea Friday in her home, on Jeni-
fer street.
Miss Frances Hart, daughter Of Mr..
and Mrs. George L. Hart, will entertain
at tea on New Year day from to
o'clock pm. in her home, on Jenifer
street
Evening star., 1928-12-30
Belle Haven Country Club tomorrow

Belle Haven Country Club tomorrow
evening.
Mr.. John Winfield Atkins of Little
Rock, Ark, is the guest of Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles NJ Stump on Cameron
street, who also have with them their
daughter, Miss Anna Darlington Stump
of State Teachers College, in Farm
vile.
Mr.. Edwin Kell O'Brien left for his
home In Charlottesville after visit to
his father, Mr.. Edwin H. OBrien, tn
Cameron street.
Mr. and Mrs. A. w. Cooper and Mr..
Eugene Wilson Cooper of North Caro-
lima are guests of the latter's son-in-
law and daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. l.. T.
Raiford
Mr.. Wallace Hooff Fawcett of Bristol,
Va: Mr. Edward S. Fawcett of New
York City and Mr.. Laurence G. Faw-
cett of Newark, N. j. have been guests
of their sisters, the Misses Fawcett, in
their home, on Prince street. during the
past week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Verne Healy and Mrs
James P. Bowman of Culpeper were
recent guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Julian T.
Bowman, on South Alfred street.
Mrs Malcolm Douglas of Baltimore is
the guest of Mrs. George L. Simpson, in
the Fairfax
Mr.. and Mrs. Georg, Ballenger have
returned to their home, in Washington,
| after visit to Mr.. and Mrs. Roy E.
Brumback
Mrs William 1 Wis Lipps and Miss
Emma Lipps are visiting relatives in
! Augusta Ga