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The Washington times., 1928-08-04
SAYINGS OF
MRS. ONION
BY Helen Rowland

Turning = House Into Nome
CONSIDER, my daughter, the
~ way Of woman with =
new house.
10, she shoppeth and sweepeth
and teareth around wildly by
day. And. by night, she lfeth
awake. dreaming Of curtains and
draperies and wallpapers and
coIor-schemes.
she planneth new ingle-nook
on her way to churchand
changeth it around again during
the sermon.
She matcheth cretonnes dur
Ing the Doxology, and saith her
prayers with one eye on heaven
and the other on q new tea-set.
She goeth about with. shop
ping. list in one hand and
hammer and paint brush In the
other. she revelleth in the open.
ing of packages; she floateth in
sea of bargains and excelsior and
new ideas. 80
Twenty times d day doth she
rearrange the living-room rugs
and put them back again. Forty
seven times day doth she find
a new corner for the tea-wagon.
And for the china closet. And
for the easy chair. And for the
Chinese lamp.
Behold. when her husband
cometh In the evening, 1t is as
though he walked In a strange
land, amid strange and curious
objects. He knoweth not his
left hand from his right hand,
nor where to find his favorite
chair nor his one hook in the
closet.
When he ariseth in the night
he il as one that VANDERBILT in a
strange and fearsome forest OF
furniture, which springeth at him
from UNEXPECTED corners and
lilIl III new p'N~SrS'
His pipe and his shoes and his
brushes become nomads, wander
ing from room to room and from
place to place. They are more
elusive than the hare and shyer
than the fawn.
10. upon Saturday afternoon he
giveth up his golf game, and
hangeth all the pictures at his
wife's command.
But upon Sunday morning, he
taketh them all down again, on9
by one, and hangeth them in
DIFFERENT places. For they
are never right the FIRST time:
In the morning, he ariseth and
setteth up the twin beds in the
guest-room. But in the evening,
he moveth them over to the
OTHER side Of the wall, where
they look more natural"
And not until his wife's heart
and eyes are satisfied is there
rest and peace and tranquility
within the house.
Thus, my Daughter, Is house
transformed into a HOME.
For a house CONSISTENT of four
walls and sticks of furniture and
pieces of crockery and yards of
cretonne. But a Home is born of
the toll and travail of woman 9
soul and the dreams of her heart.
SELAH
The Washington times., 1928-08-04
Don't Pick On a Greek
Copyright 4o2o. New Yea
Evening journal. 1nc.
Registered 2. 3 Fat1nt Ofklc1.
he May Not Like It.

HE Greeks were fighters 5000 years and more ago and
8 they are lighters stiI bandit planning to hold Up
cofse shop il wise viii first Ak docs Greek run it9
And il he does, viii pass on
James Tsimanadis whose ancestors watched the building o
he great temple overlooking Athens Just closing up s
coffee shop when four young bandits pointed their guns 81
him.
He replied BY throwing heavy plates 1t their heads with
much force until they shot him dead
They ran away the police found him with the money
touched only $2O but the bandits did not get ~
Don't pick on q Greek He will fight for his $40.
The Washington times., 1928-08-04

nNE OF my friends has q,
strange quality.
HE SETS PEOPLE FREE.
do not mean that he sets their
bodies free, although he has done
this for many broken man.
There is greater feat than
setting bodies free and that Is the
freeing of spirits. MY friend sets
spirits free.
HE SETS SPIRITS FREE
FROM FEAR-FEAR OF THE
WORLD AND FEAR OF THEM
When you come into my friends
presence you are suddenly at
ease. You breathe better. You
do not actually realize that you
are breathing better, but the re-
Lief Is there.
You know how it is when you
mountain. Far below you lie the
in roads that smell of dust and
soiled humanity-the little walled
IN thoughts that smell Of greed
sunlight and the endless sky and
and on to God
A great relief comes to you-as
though doors opened in your
frightened mind and tired heart.
You do not know exactly why
this relief has come to you.. You
do not stop to analyze 'thosg
dusty, crowded places far below
nor the sunlit peace that lies
about you. You only know that
you are FREE--free from all the
petty, clutching. nagging OF that
lower life-free from the petty,
cautching fear within yourself.
And because you are free you
feel new courage and new
pride. You suddenly fit yourself
to the wide peace and the tall
stature of that mountain top.
You know at last how a man
should feel--A FREE MAN.
That is the way one feels in
the presence OF my friend. I
nave seen 1t happen so often with
al manner of people. 1 am never
The Washington times., 1928-08-04
AS Well Dead
Cowardice Plus Cruelty

NTATCHAN nEsATNICK put death in Massachusetts,
for numbering his legtmate child Governor Fuller
having refused the appeal Of rabbis asking
tion Of sentence
All present The execution kept their hats on 81 che re-
quest Of the Jewish chaplain At ordinary execution re-
moval Of hats is considered sign Of respect
The crime for which the executed was unusually
cowardly He had written, II had been ashamed 81 my
iegitimae child That not good enough reason for
killing the child.
The Washington times., 1928-08-04
The knowledge Test for
Readers of The Times

Do you know:
l.. What a pun?
What winds?
8. What metal is the best conductor of heat?
Who wrote "Hope springs eternal the human breast?
5. Where in the human body is the thyroid gland?
6. What the hlowatt measure?
Z. What is meant by ductile metal?
Who wrote:
8. "The Lady of Shalot"
9. "My Last Duchess"
10. "The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam."
IL. "The Blessed Damozel"
IL. "The Building of the Ship
Fill each blank:
13. Ulysses captured by hiding in a wooden horse
ID. The United States Naval Academy is located at
Is. Larceny is term used in
ANSWERS Fiction Page)
The Washington times., 1928-08-04
Poor Unknown Soldier
why Not Let Him Resti

THREE HUNDRED garment retailers visit Paris pockets
full money and the French clothing business receives
them we'll First they deposited wreath the grave Of the
unknown French soldier.
kindly thought but what did the unknown soldier
about it if his spirit hovers about the Arc de TriOnphe
The has been over for long time and the trio of
dead in London Paris may feel that
occasions
The Washington times., 1928-08-04

ANSWERS on Fiction Page)
The Washington times., 1928-08-04
u Billion Good Acts

THE RI REV. JOHN i DUNN will carry to the Pope as :
tribute from the faithful America bouquet in the
shape Of book beautifully bound enumerating 221460S9
Se1 Of devotion including said heard holy
and spiritual communions, benedictions, ETC.
The practical agnostic may question the possibility cf
keeping track Of than But
figures that are insignificant infiny There
100000 atoms In the your eye each one
little solar system Laugh that off as modern ycuse
would sag.
The Washington times., 1928-08-04
WORDS FROM LIPS OF WISE MEN

II IDEAS and words were dis
tinctly weighed and duly consid-
ered they would afford US another
sort of logic and CRITIC chan what
we have been hitherto acquainted
with. Locke.
PoIiteress costs nothing and
gains everything. -Montagu.
Great empires are not meas
pred by cowardices TacttuA
The Washington times., 1928-08-04
DO YOU KNOW THAT

The Alting, IceIand's Parlia.
ment, will celebrate its tenth an.
niversary in Thingvalla in 1880.
King Alfonso. of Spain, makes
d hobby of medicine and is greatly
interaataS Ia surgical operations
The Washington times., 1928-08-04

Africa leads the world in con.
tinentaE water power. but only
10000 horsepower have been &C.
tually developed.
IN Germany every seventh mar.
rage ends In the divorce court.
The Washington times., 1928-08-04

Those are necessarily the great
est virtues which are most useful
to others--e. e., justice, courage.
moderation, naagnanimity, liberal
ity, gentleness, reasonab likeness,
wisdom. Aristotle.
We may concede any man
right, without doing any man a
wrong; but we can favor no one
without inJuring someone.
Cotton.
Evening star., 1928-10-16
Marriage Licenses.

MARRIAGE licenses have been issued 70 the
Joseph A. Roth. ~. this city. and Helen
Drsifus. Sc, Silver Spring; Rev. E.-J. Con-
!! james Hagruder. g; and Mary NJ. Smith.
and Dorothy w. Frierson. %, this city; Rev.
Emanuel 3. wen. %. this city. and Lenora
sed Edna Boissr. IS. this city: Rev. Z. X.
Ds2. SRsTss s. Rev. RssssS SSosS and asn, so
esyey A.lv q ard 1sI.a Elisabeth A.
Albert Roberts, ~. and Elsie Fractions,
jossnh HSSIs Mssh. a. nGe1spTd sns IDA rtn. a. both
Herbert s. King. Il. and Alice c. Arnold.
Dana L. Bishop. . ii. and Carol oatch.ll,
"a; lsn,g sJnH,dge Robert = Mattinsly.
Kain. a: Rev E. J. Fontsirie. -' ~ -.-'
Charlie T. Berry, co. -Phiiadelphis. and
Matte Matte 2; Rreeden, rs. Madison. Va; Rev.
= Prince Milford, 2s. and Ruth White. a.;
John 7. johnson. 30. and Ida Gillian, as;
: Junias Il Benner. IS. and Edna @. Bell. n;
Allen: ii, both Of Richmond; Rev. tyshn john Z.
claude o; Nicholson: %. chilllcothe. Ohio:
qeorse E. Ager; a: and Helen C. Berk-
a, Bernard 9 Schridsr. 22; this city, .and
Rev. Frank x. Bischon. - -
- william s: .PraHsom. IS. Falls CHURCH. and
Mpran Han;,g y; Inioeaoeau' 40, this city; Rev. n.
N ohsrles hhsaless'w W. Bean, %. and Virginia ,:
slSf8 William wroten Sfy a. H. ad aennaf jain. Brabham
so: Rev: William D. Jarvis.
Evening star., 1928-10-16
DR.. ECKENER TELLS
OF DAMAGED FIN
Commander of Zeppelin Re-
IateS It Was Just a Little
Misfortune"
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LAKEHURST, N. j., october 16.-
Admitting he was somewhat tired"
because he had only about EIGHT hours
sleep the whole time" DR.. Hugo
Eckener, skipper of the Graf Zeppelin,
last night told of his little misfortune"
which caused delay of more than
score of hours in the schedule of his
craft.
DR.. Eckener smiled broad paternal
smile at half hundred reporters who
surrounded the two chairs he used as
speaking platform while he apologized
for many misunderstanding" he
understood had caused criticism in
America.
Finds Expression Difficult.
His story, told with some difficulty
and interrupted by frequent promptings
by his first officer, centered upon the
bufeting his ship had received between
the Strait of Gibraltar and Bermuda.
He would consent to the interview only
after the Graf Zeppelin was safely
moored to its mast.
He told how four men-including his
youngest son-worked with nothing but
the Atlantic under them in vicious
squalls to repair the damage done by
the winds to the port fin of the airship.
AAC oOu tlduic, hIluGc, 1lelIIlSIIldu
aboard the Zeppelin never would have
been mentioned but for the presence of
DR.. Albert o. Grzesinski, Prussian min
lister of the interior, who was passen-
ger aboard the ship. He urged the
father to tell the whole story" and
the name and position of the son was
pried from DR.. Eckener by reporters.
Tells Of Voyage.
Knute Is "a years old and one of the
youngest members of the crew. DR..
Eckener said the Graf Zeppelin had
blau gas and gasoline sufficient for 65
hours of additional cruising when he
arrived at Lakehur3t. He explained
that the weather during the last week
was very hard" and so he had to
make trip across the Atlantic of
special kind" Gasoline was used only
during the first IL hours of the flight.
AS you know" he said, I'VE had a
little misfortune when we were exactly
In the middle of the Atlantic. A squall
broke the cover of the port fin. Such
an accident never happened before to
an airship and might never happen
again.
'First we had to cut the speed in
half because the rear of the ship dipped
after the lower cover was torn of and
there was danger of the wind tearing
off the upper cover also The ship
would then be without the ability to
make a safe voyage, you see.
Praises "Brave Men,"
'"The fact that we repaired the dam
age in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean
and came happily to America is a
sign of the great safety Of airships. The
weather was very bad.
-Four brave men climbed out there
In terrible wind and rain, and so rode
on the girders with the Atlantic under
them while they secured the loose ends
of the An fabric"
The mishap occurred at am Fri
day, DR.. Eckener said, and the damage
was repaired and the ship increased
its speed to normal by noon.
Evening star., 1928-10-16
ZEPPELIN DISASTER
DANGER WITHHELD
Passengers Drink and Make
Merry Ignorant of Near
Calamity.
By the Associated Press.

6y tne Associated EreSS.
LAKEHURST, N. j., october 16.-
Passengers aboard the Graf Zeppelin
started on their air voyage with the
same or less furry than do steamer pa
trons-and so the trip continued. Pas
sengers were confined to quarters many
times smaller than those of an ocean
liner, but their days aloft were spent in
much the same fashion-with simple
ings, and perhaps occasional peril from
which officers shield them.
While passengers sat in the compare
tive safety and comfort of their cabin,
four members of the crew, including
Knute Eckener, "a, son of DR.. Hugo
Eckener, skipper of the air liner, under
took the task of climbing out to the
tail of the ship in wind and rain
squall to repair a horizontal Stabilizer.
Drink Declared Quieting.
Not once from the time of their de-
parture at 2 o'clock Friday morning
we're the passengers so worried about
the storms Eckener encountered that a
little drink" didn't fix them up, he
said.
In tie squan that struck the craft
Friday, and caused damage that
brought request for a ship convoy,
the passengers we're held in ignorance
of any real danger. DR.. Eckener said
that If repairs had not been made
quickly the fabric from both sides of
the fin would have been ripped of by
the wind with probable result that the
zeppelin would have been out of con-
troll.
The passengers denied they suffered
from air sickness throughout the trip,
although petty officer of the crew de-
clared that during the worst Of the
squalls which struck them in mid
ocean, the zeppelin pitched so that her
nose described arcs of $50 meters.
There apparently was no shortage of
food. The Graf Zeppelin arriving at
Lakehurst with its larder equipped for
weeks of further cruising.
Eckener Sleeps Little.
Eckener said he was somewhat tired
because he had only about eight hours
sleep since the Graf Zeppelin left
Friedrichshafen.
The success Of officers and men OF
the crew In keeping whatever worry
there might have been among them
from the passengers, was manifested
by their appearance and statements
upon their departure from the Trans
atlantic Air Lines at Lakehurst.
Lieut.. Commander Charles E. RoSen-
dahl, captain of the United States
Navy's Los Angeles, was the only pas
senger who was aware of the serious
ness Of Fridays accident. He requested
the Navy Department to furnish Navy
destroyer, but cancelled the request
when repairs we're affected. So far as
he knew the passengers passed their
time aloft as though they were patrons
of a steamship liner. There were the
usual games, he said, and promenades,
though the latter were not so long as
they might be aboard steamer.
Lady Grace Drummond Hay, British
journalist, and only woman passenger
aboard the Graf, stepped from the air
ship as though she had enjoyed every
hour Of the flight.
DR.. Albert Grzesinski, minister Of the
interior of Prussia, reported the trip
beautiful" and the reception wonder
full" but declared both were spoiled by
the attitude of customs guards, who. he
said, went through his effects with a
fine toothed comb"
Evening star., 1928-10-16
RADIO BEST WISHES
HAMPER ZEPPELIN
Passenger Declares Dirigible
Cropped Way When Bearings
Were Crowded Out.
BY DIR. F. L. CHASER,

Correspondent Of the Wolff Bureau, Ger
man News Agency.
LAKEHURST, N. j., October Is Cp).
Through great volumes Of messages
from aerial hand shakers that swamped
her radio and seriously hampered her
in obtaining essential weather data. the
Graf Zeppelin was obliged to grope her
way across the stormy Atlantic, DR.. FL
Brandenburg, director of the division
of aeronautics of the German ministry
of transportation, who was a passenger,
declared on her arrival
In spite Of the overloaded receiving
set, he said, DR.. Hugo Eckener, by vel
coming such weather reports as could be
sandwiched in between the greetings,
managed to maneuver her so as to avoid
the large unfavorable storm areas of
the Atlantic north Of the course size
followed.
Many Difficulties Presented.
"The radio service presented many
difficulties that were unavoidable when
the airship was asSailed by so many
messages which we're we'll iA1eant, but
which should rank after those wtirs
are required for the safety Of the ali =.
Ship" he said.
while the airship is in fight only
such messages should be admitted as
concern the security Of the fiight-that
is, primarily messages about the weather.
Radio greetings to travelling air.
ship should be avoided. An exception,
Of course, should be made for the good
wishes sent by the governing heads of
countries or for inquiries sent by their
governments"
Sleeping Declared Comfortable.
DR.. Brandenburg said. one could
sleep better in the Graf Zeppelin's
hunks than in railroad sleeping car,
and that the Zeppelin's provisions for
the comfort of her passengers ap-
preached those of an ocean liner.
"It seems that there is no airsick-
ness aboard the airship," he said
MY impression of the possibilities
Of the airship have been strengthened
by the incident of Saturday morning,
when the port side horizontal I'm was
damaged in the squall. The personality
Of DR.. Eckener and his excellent crew
were, Of course, additional elements for
security.
DR.. Eckener and Crew Praised.
'Dr Eckener (the conmander) is the
personif1cation of composure. The at
titude Of the crew-among them DIR.
Eckener'S young son-who made out
side repairs on the damaged I'm at
about 500 meters altitude In a pouring
rain and whipping wind, working at
the task for many hours, may be con-
sidered an excellent example Of an air
ship crew conscious of its duty"
Commenting on the Zeppelin's slow
speed. as compared with the speed Of
an airplane, DR.. Brandenburg said,
"One must take into consideration the
fact that the Graf Zeppelin. In spite
Of considerable damage and strong
headwinds, developed a speed greater
than that Of modern ocean steamer" {"
Evening star., 1928-10-16
RITES FOR C. A. COVERT
HELD THIS AFTERNOON

Funeral services for Charles Austin
Covert, who died at Herald Harbor,
Nd, Saturday during an attempt to
rescue friend, Edward Carter, who
was overcome by gas while working In
a well, were conducted this afternoon
at o'clock. Interment was in Arling-
ton Cemetery with military honors.
Mr.. Covert served in the Field Ar
tillery during the World War and prior
to then was member Of the United
States naval forces during the occupa-
ton of Vera Cruz and also was mem
ber Of the American expedition that oc-
cupied Haiti He was member of the
Stewart Walcott Post, American Legion.
He Is survived by his widow, Mrs. An
nabelle Covert; a son. Charles Austin
Covert. jr.: his mother, Mrs. Fannie
Covert; four sisters. Mrs. Andrew A.
Anders and Mrs. Claude A. Wolfe of
Philadelphia and Mrs. j. Irving Buck
and Miss Helen Covert of this city. and
a brother, William B. Covert, Of this
city.
Evening star., 1928-10-16
SCHURMAN SENDS GREETING,

U. S. Ambassador to Germany Felici-
tates DIR. Eckener and Crew.
NEW YORK, October 16 LP.--Await.
ing Dr. Hugo Eckener on his landing al
Lakehurst was message from jacob
Gould Schurman, United States AM
bassa dor to Germany. 49,.
'You have triumphed superbly over
natures adverse elements" the message
read. "You have also practically dem
onstrated the soundneSs of the theory
you recently expounded to me In. .oul
Berlin embassy as to the superiority oi
the airship over the airplane, in storms
Still more have you conclusively eStab-
lished the feasibility of transoceanic
commercial navigation,
ut is a new victory for German SCI
ence and invention and for German ad-
venture, skill, courage and endurance
repeat my warm congratula-
tions to you and your associates, in
cluding your son and the other brave
fellows who risked their lives making
repairs"
Evening star., 1928-10-16
ALL ENGLAND SHARES
ZEPPELIN MESSAGE
Radio Announcement of Arrival at
Lakehurst Relayed to Hundreds
of Thousands Of People.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, October 16.-Newspapers
today said that the broadcast from
Lakehurst. N. j., of the arrival Of the
Graf Zeppelin was the clearest radio
relay that had been heard in England,
although atmospheric conditions drown
ed out the announcer's story before the
airship was moOred.
Hundreds of thousands of British lis
teners-in heard the drone of the diri-
gible engines the cheers Of the crowd
and a band playing die Wacht am
Rhein."
In an editorial, which was typical of
others printed this morning, the Times
said:
THE achievement and the success of
DR.. Eckener's cautious navigation give
solid cause for satisfaction. The expert
ment will be of the greatest practical
value to the science of the air and Ger
many may justly be proud of it."
Evening star., 1928-10-16

gators are felolw townsmen, In many
cases personal friends, whose careers are
known to every schoolboy and whose
records abound In instances Of resource
fulness which have carried them out of
tight places.
So great was their faith In the Zeppe-
Inns arrival that any suggestion even of
possible mishap seemed to the people of
Friedrichshafen like personal affront
practically In every Friedrichshafen
home there was spread out during the
last four days o map of the Atlantic,
and the elders We'd with the school
children in charting the great ships
course, figuring distances and time to
prove to any doubter that she was going
sxAstly 9 /, tight sRS 9n tina ,.u.u..S...@ssr =
Evening star., 1928-10-16
DR.. Eckener Declared to Have Ex-
pressed Intention to Visit CITY.

DR.. Eckener Declared to Have Ex-
pressed Intention to Visit City.
RICHMOND, Va, October is CF).--
Richmond Chamber OF Commerce offl-
cials announced yesterday they had re-
ceived letter from DR.. Hugo Eckener,
commanding the Graf Zeppelin, saying
that he was considering bringing the
giant air liner to this city within the
next two or three weeks.
Officials of the organization said that
the letter was posted in Germany,
dated before the Graf Zeppelin started
Its spectacular air voyage, and that
while DR.. 'Eckener did not say positively
he would bring the ship here, he indi-
Gated he was seriously considering the
plan.
In the event the Graf Zeppelin Is
brought to Richmond, Chamber Of Com
merce officials said. mammoth air.
celebration would be staged in honor
Of the commander and crew.
Evening star., 1928-10-16
Births Reported.

The following births have been reported to
he Health Department in the last "a hours:
Wendell r. and Ruth E. Turner boy.
Merrill and Evelyn Iseminger, boy
Louis c: and Grace LaChance, boy.
James P. and Evelyn Shugart, boy
James W. and Pearl Posey, boy
Holger G. and Ida LangmacS, boy.
Charles w. and Janet Brown boy
Patrick and Mabel Crouch. girl
William r. and Orine E. Sweeney, girl
John L. and Bernardine Carroll. girl
Aloysius G. and Theresa M. Spalding, girl
Richard p. and Agnes Dunn, girl.
Earl A. and Eleanor Bloomouist. girl.
william H and Susie O'Neil. girl.
Maurice p. and Jean Becker. girl.
Marvin and Virginia Simmons, girl
IassaeS and Julia Webb, boy.
william and Hattie Washington, boy.
william A. and Winifred Powell, boy.
%6bert and Hattie Bower, boy.
Robert and Eunice Dixon, girl
Philip s. and Mildred Sprige. girl.
Joseph and Vivian Champ, girl.
Clarence and Irene Chase, girl.
Clarence A. and Cecil Perry. girl.
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