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Evening star., 1928-09-15
Markets at a Glance

NEW YORK, September Is Op).-
Stocks. strong: motor products soar;
over 30 points to record high. Bonds
firm: rails steady: industrials improve.
Foreign exchanges. steady; Spanish
pesetas up points. Cotton, lower.
increased hedge selling. Sugar, coffee.
holiday
CHICAGO. - Wheat - Steady; im-
proved -four demand.
Corn-Firm: bullish Nebraska re-
port.
Cattle-Irregulsr
: Hogs-Steady t. Dwer.
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FIRMS TRADE SHARES.

NEW YORK. September Is R.-
London dispatches to Wall Street say
Rio Tinto Co, Ltd. has concluded an
agreement with Dawson Chemical Co.
for an exchange of shares, by which Rio
Tinto has taken 10000 Dawson Chem
ical shares and has been given the right
to subscribe to shares of Silica Gel Cor
poration. The Earl of Denbigh repre-
senting Rio Tinto, has joined the Davi-
son Chemical board
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POTATO MARKET FIRM.

CHICAGO. September Is up UNITED
States Department of Agriculture =
Potatoes-Receipts, Al cars; on track IL
cars; total United States shipments. 778
cars; trading light; market firm, good
stocks; Wisconsin, sacked, Irish Cob
blers. 75a100 according to condition.
Nebraska, sacked Irish Cobbiers, mostly
140: Minnesota, sacked, early Ohio's,
GOAL 90.
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COTTON MARKET WEAK.
Prices Drop to New Low Levels
After Selling.

NEW YORK, September Is R.-
Renewed weakness marked the Cotton
Market today, prices making new low
ground for the movement under further
Southern selling and liquidation.
December sold off to 17.34 and closed
at that figure. The general market
closed easy at net declines of II to
16 points.
Futures closed easy. 12a16 points
lower: October II. 41a43:' December II,
34s36; January II, 30a34; March II,
32a35; May II, 25a28. Spot, quiet; mid
ding, 17.65.
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Leather.
pOSTON

Production of sheepskins
for fancy leather UP to August l was
q per cent ahead of last year and the
output of shearings for coats. collars
and Innings was 20 per cent ahead.
Glove leather output for the first seven
months of the year was IL per cent
above the same period of 1927.
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Commodity News
Fruit.

PORTLAND, Ore, September Is
with an aggregate drop greater than
during any other season. oregon and
Washington apple markets are quiet.
Of special notice in the crop situation
is the almost general absence of extra
fancy grades and large sizes.
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NEW YORK, September Is GR-
r. G.. Dun & Co.. reports 405 CONNER
cial failures in the United States this
week. against 321 the week before and
406 a year ago.
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Electrical Equipment.

PHILADELPHIA.-M of
electrical fixtures in the Philadelphia
district report gain of 5 per cent in
sales for the first eight months of 1923,
compared to the same period in 1927.
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Steel.
CT,EVEI All
Steel production in

CLEVELAND.-Steel production in
northern Ohio is stepping along at a
lively clip this month. The Cleveland
steel companies, including Otis Steel
Co., Bourne-Fuller and Corrigan. NC
Kinney Steel Co.. are enjoying a con-
tinued run of good business.
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BOSTON STOCK MARKET.
patch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BOSTON, September 15.-Following
Is list of today's highest, lowest and
closing prices for the most active stocks
dealt in here:
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CHICAGO STOCK MARKET.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
CHICAGO, September l5.-Following
is report of todays sales. high. low
and closing quotations, on the Chicago
Stock Exchange:
Sales in STOCKS
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SILVER QUOTATIONS.

NEW YORK, September Is GP.-
Bar Silver, STA: Mexican dollars, 4338.
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Germany Is buying more American
rubber shoes than any other country.
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NEW YORK CURB MARKET
Received BY Private Wire Direct to The Star Onace
INDUSTRIALS.

Following is list Of stocks and
bonds traded in on the New York Curb
Market today:
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A movement has been started to COM
plete the Memorial Church of Ypres.
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HOLDING AND FINANCE COMPANIES.

Amer Founders Trust lin 1Is
Amer Founders Trust So ppf.... 94,a 4sr
Contin Fin Corp units 1891
Credit Alliance ex rts. ...... l55 i65
I'm lndus Secur. :. .s....... 1t6ha ll8I
Tin q 1nous Secur pf. ....... los lo8
Evening star., 1928-10-14
Concerning Iceherss.

A MOEG the perils and wonders of
the ocean there are few more in
teresting things than icebergs-inter-
esting not only by reason of their
gigantic size, their fantastic shapes
their exceeding beauty. but also for the
manner wherein they array themselves
Icebergs exhibit a tendency to form
both clusters and long lines. and these
groupings may arise from the effects
both of ocean currents and of storms
Some very singular lines of bergs.
extending for many hundreds of miles
east of Newfoundland. have been shown
on official charts issued by the Govern
ment. Two of these cross each other.
each keeping on its independent course
after the crossing. In several instances
parable! lines Of hergs leave long spaces
Of clear water between them.
Curiousiy enough. while enormous
fields Of ice invade the so-called
steamer lanes" of the Atlantic at the
opening of Spring during certain years,
IN other years at that season there is
comparatively little ice to be seen. The
ice comes, of course from the edges of
the Arctic regions, from the ice bound
coasts of Greenland and Labrador
where huge bergs. broken from the
front of the glaciers at the point where
they reach the sea, start on their long
| Journeys toward the South, driven by
the great current that flows from Baf-
hns Bay into the northern Atlantic
| Ocean,
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Street NecdIewomcn.

CHINA is, perhaps. the only country
in the world where one may have
his garments mended on the street
while he waits. In nearly all the chief
cities of the country native sewing
women are to be seen seated on lew
stools. perhaps on the sidewalk, mend
ing articles of masculine wearing ap-
parel
The accomplishments Of these street
seamstresses are somewhat limited. their
efforts with the needle being confined,
as a rule, to running" Other branches
of needlework are virtually unknown
to them. AS a consequence their ef-
fol 5 are better appreciated by natives
than by foreign travellers
They are never short of patrons
among the Chinese tradesmen, for
these are often natives of other dis
tricts, and having come to the city to
engage in business have no one to mend
rent for them. Their wives being
left at home, they are glad to employ
the street needlewomen. For this class
Of customers the skill of the itinerant
sewing woman answers everv purpose.
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Fashion Favors Mode
For COlored Stones

Don't forget that an interest in COL
orcd stones has been revived. For
there may be rings and brooches and
earrings containing emeralds, sapphires.
rubies-or at any rate topazes. ame-
thysts and garnets--in your jewel box
or in the box in your safe deposit COM
partment where YOU keep the family
heirlooms. And though you may not
want to wear these ornaments in their
original setting they may be taken out
and used in some other arrangement
without doing any harm to the old
mountingS whatever. And it is many
years since colored stones have been in
such favor.
One wears the precious stones such
as emeralds. rubies and sapphires COM
| bined with diamonds or pearls for eve-
ming, while for afternoon the so-called
semi-precious stones are more in favor
Fairly long neck chains have come
| back In fashion and those are some
times made with tourmaline. topaz. rose
quartz, garnets and amethyst as we'll as
with jade and amber.
In choosing your amber remember
that the new fashion is for the redder
pieces and If in your collection YOU
have any OF this ruddier sort you are
indeed to be congratulated. It is
highly priced at present.
Coral ornaments usually in combina =
ton with some enamel settings or other
| stones ere in some demand, though an
expert on such matters adds lightly
/ that coral. like turquoise, should be worn
only by the debutantes,
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Dwarf Trees of Japan.

Ut Is the northeastern part of Japan
that is celebrated for its success in
dwarfing trees. There for centuries it
has been deemed the highest taste on
the part of householders to display
about their dwellings such trees. form
ing miniature patches of exquisite land
arape
For some years the American taste
for japanese dWarfed trees has been
increasing, and those imported from
the island empire bring good prices At
one sale 600 trees brought nearly sln,-
0n0. A maple about 10 inches in height
was sold for S117.
Pines in Japan are considered TO be
the most important Of dwarf trees. and
great care Is taken in their cultivation
and preservation. They are generally
grown from seed. It Is said to take
about 10 years for the effectual rear
ing of dwarf pine. From the second
year, when the trees are about inches
In height, the training into the desired
shapes Is carried on. The plants are
tied with rice straw to bamboo canes
and are bent into different forms Not
until the seventh year is this process
varied. Then the trees are potted. the
pots being about p feet In diameter
Great care must be taken for the next
three years to keep young shoots
pinched back
American gardeners studying til
Japanese method have. it is said
evolved q system somewhat of theil
own, and one experiinenter has asserted
that he could grow whole forest in a
bedroom without crowding the furni.
ture.
While the japanese confine their ef-
!orts largely to evergreens, American
laws Cwarfsd dsciduous trees
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Straw Flowers
Make Lovely
Winter Color

Straw flowers make one of the lovely
Winter decorations for our rooms,
giving us all the color and beauty of
flowers without the expense attend
ant on such fragile blooms as roses
and carnations, chrysanthemums and
daffodlls. For even though chrys-
anthcmums may last for week, with
care. apG roses for two or three days
If we snip their stems and put salt in
their water. still they are delicate
things that fade quickly.
Straw flowers, on the other hand
last all Winter If they are not care
lessly broken when they are occasion
ally gently shaken to free them from
dust.
Hel!chrysum is the botanic name OF
these lovely straw flowers that We, some
of us. grow in our gardens, and others
of us buy from tfe florist They have
been improved within the last few
years until they are produced in such
gorgeous colors that they have gained
tremendous vogue
Sometimes when YOU buy everlast-
ings you will find that the stems have
been wired. If you want. you can take
out these wires. Sometimes the wires
are run through the head of the flower
and must be removed carefully But
still. Il you bend them straight--the
wires-you can pull them through the
flowers, holding it with gentle firm
ness, without any harm
Sometimes the wiring is necessary
for the stems of the flowers are not
strong enough to hold up the heads
In that case. make sure that the wir-
ing does not show unduly 1t is easy
enough to twist end turn the wires
until they are close to the stems and
inconspicuous.
One clever woman has made gar
lands of everlastings and fastened
them along a mirror over her fire.
place. She used green wire and nat
ural-colored raffia to fasten the flowers
together. and tied them with bows oi
stiff, narrow ribbon at the tips of the
festoons. Such garlands take time tc
make. but they are really very attrsc-
tive. and are also fun to make. You
would have tn buy a good man,
bunches of flowers--but then, YOU
would be acquiring decoration that
would last all Winter.
There are many other effective ways
Of arranging everlastings. You can mas;
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The Drinking Orchid.

AN orchid has been discovered in
South America which. when thirsty.
takes q drink BY letting down tube
into the water. When not in use the
tube is coiled up on top of the plant.
One hot afternoon. as the discoverer
was seated under some brushwood at
the side CT a lagoon on the Rio de Ia
Plata, he observed near at hand 2
forest of dead trees that had evidently
been choked to death by orchids and
climbing cscti. In front of the t1tan-
ist, stretching over the waters of the
lagoon end about foot above. was
branch of one of these dead trees.
Here and there clusters of common
7ir plants grew on it and a network of
green cacti twined around it,
Among the orchids the discoverer
noted one different from all the rest.
the leaves. OF lauce-head shape. grow
ing all around the root and radiating
the plant hung q long. slender stem
about one-eighth OF an inch thick and
cne-fourth of an inch wide The lower
end of this was in the water 10 a depth
cf about 4 inches
The botanist at once went over to
~';cmine his discover. and to his sur
prise when ne touched the plant the
center stem gradually contracted and
ccnvulsively rolled itself no in spiral
like z roll CT tape. 1t was found on
examination that the stem was long.
slender. fiat tube. open at the outer
End and connected at the inner end to
the roots by series Of hair-like tubes.
Subsequent observations disclosed the
fact that when the pant was in need
Of water this tube would gradually -un-
wind till it dipped into the lake. Then
it would slowly coil around and wind
up. carrying with it the quantity of
water that the part of the tube which
had been immersed contained. When
the final coil was made the water was
poured. as it. were, directly into th-
roots of the plant.
Evening star., 1928-10-14
THE DAILY
HOROSCOPE
Monday. October Is.

Astrologers read tomorrow as a for
tunate day for most activities and coun-
sci progressive work of all sorts, except
in the early morning hours.
There is q good sign for initiative and
there should be positive effort as a
beginning Of the week, which may be
unusually eventful.
This should be an auspicious rule for
signing contracts or agreements, unless
they concern the tneater or motion
pictures
All the planetary aspects appear to
indicate tendency to enlarge all busi-
ness so that organization reaches a peak
never before attempted.
Workers should benefit in the next
few months, but they are warned to
conserve their earnings.
Women are to follow the example of
men in developing their business inter-
ests, SO that they expand into many
branches. it is prophesied.
One of the anomalies of trade will
be the multiplying of small shops. while
the great department stores grow and
expand. it is forecast.
Again the seers prognoSticate for
American women added beauty and
charm. for they are to return to the
cultivation of natural loveliness. as
they eliminate cosmetics. Thus his
tory repeats itself.
Elegant simplicity Is 10 rule, if the
stars are rightly read. and there will be
a turning toward culture instead OF
entertainment
According IN ancient lore. it should
be lucky day for engaging woman
employees. especially those who belong
to the higher yOcaticns
Woman lawyers are to benefit at this
time from the planetary government,
which preSages success and high honor.
Persons whose birth date it is prob
ably will have exacting problems to
meet in the coming year which will
bring out shrewdncss and resourceful-
ness
Children bern on that day probably
will be endowed with keen intellects
and great charm of personality. Many
succeed as dramatists and girls are
generally gifted. with talents as actress
es. Beauty is one of the attributes that
belong to them.
tCopyriSht, iecs.l
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Sailing the Newly Born.

4 CURIOUS custom obtains in Asia
and in some parts of Europe,
which may be described s5 "salting the
newly born"
Those who favor this custom believe
that evil spirits ere driven away by
salt and that If salted the child is
strengthened for life.
The Russian Armenians entirely cover
the bare skin of the child with fms salt.
eaving the victim in pickle al least
three hours. Afterward the body is
washed in warm water.
In parts of Asia Minor the newly
born child is placed in brine and left
there for "a hours. Certain tribes Of
Greece powder their children with salt.
and the same custom is in use in parts
of Germany.
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Subterranean Life.
SUBTERRANEAN animal life prescr

SUBTERRANEAN animal life presents
many curious features. The life Of
the animals of the caves is unique. The
subterranean forms Of life develop, re-
produce and die. entirely without sun
light Among such forms OF life there
is none of the mammal form. except
species of rat; and there is no cave
bird. Then, too. none of the subter-
ranean animals requires much nourish-
ment.
The greater abundance and variety
of this life is met in grottoes with un-
derground rivers Usually the subter-
ranean life resembles the general types
of the country. 1t has entered the caves
and there become scclimated under
going curious adaptive notifications. So
1t happens that we generally find. IN
modified forms. the lite of our own time
1t some caverns. however. there seem
to be disclosed the remains Of an ancient
animal life that has everywhere else
disappeared from the terrestrial rivers.
living only in the caverns
The creatures of modern species that
have adapted themselves to under
ground conditions are sharply differ
entiated from the dwellers in the light.
Their skin is of whitish hue or else
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EER tEnT BE % 10TH co NTH % R

them in big vase. or use a few of them
in smaller one. Dull pottery brass or
hronze all make admirable vases for
these flowers. as they are opaque--and
the stems are the least attractive thing
about everlastings
They come in such beautiful shades
Of red and orange. rose. maroon. lemon
and wine color that they add rich
color note to any room where you use
them
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transparent. The eye atrophics or alto
gethcr disappears. The optic nerve
and the optic lobes vanish, leaving the
brain extraordinarily modified Other
organs develop in proportion; those of
hearing. smell and touch become en-
larged to degree. Sensitive hairs.
long and coarse, appear all over the
body
Evening star., 1928-10-21

Contrast Is the new note in dinnerware If YOU re t
CT set-or want for gift see these i. i. . ,
buy them at a fraction of their real worth
Evening star., 1928-06-19

st. Mary's Boys Club whipped th
De Luxe A. c., % to 8.
Evening star., 1928-06-19
Capital Paddlers to Defend
international Canoe HOnOrs

Washington Canoe Clubs crack senior
half mile crew, international titleholder,
ana consisting Of the Knight brothers,
Harry and Karl: Marc Fore and Ernest
Shepard, Is getting in last hard licks
for It's opening engagement OF the sea-
son. at Toronto, Canada, July l, in the
Dominion day regatta. The local COM
bination won the event last year Some
Of the Washington paddlers also NAV
compete in other tests in the Canadian
affair.
Leaving Toronto the local team viii
stop at New York to compete in the
Metropolitan canoe championships.
every racing event in which was won by
the Washington club last year. Paul
Speilman and Tommy Davis, also of the
local club, may compete in the cruising
class races in the New York regatta.
w. G. G. will be represented in the
Peoples regatta at Philadelphia, an
other July 4 event. Bill Havens. Paul
Dilger, Paul Frisby, Howard McCauley
and Tom Keyes are slated TO uphold the
locals colors in this affair, in which last
year the Washingtonians won all except
one event.
July Ia the annual Washington Canoe
Club open regatta will be held here, with
Leading teams of this section of the
country showing their wares.
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Hopes Retain National Golf 7e With -Four Ordinary Rounds

ton for the second shot and the inter-
ception Of bluffs make 1t some 800
yards longer in actual playing results.
Then there are the IL holes running
through or along heavy woods. Also,
Butterfield Greek and its contributing
hills bisect and sometimes trisect the
fairways Is times, which may prove to
be unlucky.
To show the treachery of the woods,
Bobby Jones yesterday pulled two tee
shots to the underbrush among the trees
on the third hole. and took z for
the 420 yards. At the next hole he
again found the copse and took a 8.
But to show that he was not stale with
the woods, he fetched 280-yard drive
at the 458-yard ninth, pitched close
and got a birdie 3, even an eagle on
yardage.
This course, which has not always
been considered the hardest of the four
links at Olympia Fields, had been called
Set-up by some because Walter Hagen,
in winning the p. G. A. title there three
years ago, had set record OF 81 strokes.
Also, AL Espinosa equaled that figure
last year In the Western open. which
Hagen won with 281. Hagen's total in
cluded one round Of No. l course where
he made a mark of e., and three cir
cults of No. in 69-70-75.
One contest has been decided already,
Johnny Farrell of New York winning
the 81 500 prize for the second success
Sive year as the best dressed golfer.
Walter Hagen did not arrive in time to
dress carefully for the style show and
ne has not yet played the elongated
No. 4 course
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SUPER.CAME NOT NEEDED.
SAYS CONGRESSIONAL PRO
Usual Play Apt to Bring Best Results Is Tommy
Philosophy-Thornton Digs His Way to Sports
Writers Cup-NIiss Fay Scores Win.

| tourney, Capt. Frank B. Hayne. who
sponsored the event. put gang of
men at work cleaning up the divots and
filling In the holes in the fairway. while
divers were sent to the Seawall to search
Tor the dozeIiS of golf balls driven into
the Washington Channel
Mrs. ]. NJ. Haynes, Mrs. H. A. Knox
and Mrs. l.. B. Chapman tied at 80 to
lead the group of Washington women.
who travelled to Gibson Island yester-
day to play in the woman's tourney at
the Maryland club. Mrs. Chapman
withdrew from the tourney, but the
other Washington women are playing
, the first flight: Mrs. Haynes VS.. Miss
Katherine Baum. Mrs. r. l., Rose,
Congressional, VS.. Mrs. H. A. Knox,
Congressional.
Miss Virginia Holzderber of Balti-
more Country Club registered a phe-
nomenal 81 to win the qualifying round,
scoring a. and 80 for the circuit,
Arthur b. Shelton won the annual
golf tourney of the University Club.
played yesterday at Congressional, with
a card OF SO. A triple tie for second
place resulted between r. K. Gartner,
T IL. SEdAcy aLlu II. Ii. MuIlI6T. FrlXeS
were presented at the conclusion of
the tourney by Oliver Metzerott, presi-
dent of the University Club.
Miss Helen Fay won the first flight
in the wonen'S tourney, played yester-
day at Manor Club. defeating Mrs. II.
B, Hird in the final round, and 8.
Other flights were won as follows:
Second fight. Miss r. c. Jones de-
feated Mrs, c. D. Swain, 5 and T.
Third fight, Mrs. E. c. Mcclellan
defeated Miss E. l.. Breining. up,
Fourth fight. Mrs. j. w. Cramer de-
feated Mrs. F. D. Manock. 5 and 4.
Fifth flight. Mrs. D. Platt defeated
Mrs. j. F. Ellers, and 4.
Returns from the tourney of the IN
terstate Commerce Commission, played
yesterday at Sherwood Forest, were
being tahulated. and were expected to
be completed some time during the day.
Some threescore members of the COM
mission staff competed in the 36-hole
tourney, played at the Maryland resort.
Evening star., 1928-06-19

Jimmy Bradley. former st. Mary's
Celtic manager, will take an all-star
team to Culpeper, Va Thursday for a
game with the Culpeper Volunteer Fire
Department.