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TWO HELD IN PLOTTING
FOR VIOLATION OF LAW
Sheriff Charges Prisoner Was Sup
piled With Parcels Which Jail
Rules Prohibited.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
WINCHESTER, Va, December g.
Warrants were issued for the arrest Of
w. H. Henderson and E. M. Wagner at
the instance of Sheriff Luther Pan
nett, who charged them with conspiracy
to deliver parcels to Lloyd Henderson,
a prisoner at the county jail, against
rules of the institution.
The issuing of the warrants followed
dismissal of charges brought by the
wives of Henderson and Wagner against
Sheriff Pannett, whom they accused OF
using abusive language when the wom-
en- called at the Jail last Sunday to visit
Lloyd Henderson, serving time on
liquor charge.
The sheriff testified in court, the
women insisted on delivering packages
to Henderson without f1rst depositing
the same in the jail office for inspection.
and that when they resented his action
in insisting on compliance with the rules
he requested them to leave. He denied
using abusive language.
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the port of Newport News, consigned 70
the French Line, according to the vir-
ginia State Chamber Of Commerce.
Experienced shipping men say it is
the record cargo of tobacco ever shipped
from an American port, and it forms
the entire burden Of one of the chief
passenger-cargo vessels of the French
Line.
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VIRGINIA TO SEND RECORD
TOBACCO LOAD TO FRANCE
5000, 900 Pounds to Be Shipped
From Newport News as Only
Cargo on Vessel.

snecial Dispatch to The star.
NEWPORT NEWS, Va, December 6.
Within the next few days there will
arrive in France one of the most
precious cargoes ever sent from the Old
Dominion to Europe-6,000 hogsheads,
more than 5000, 900 pounds, of tobacco,
bought in America and shipped through
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-06
Pike Citizens Change Meeting.

The meeting of the Rockville Pike
Citizens Association scheduled for next
Monday has been postponed until the
regular meeting date, the first Monday
in January
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Food Weights.

"Dear Doctor: In recent discussion
my opponent admitted that there is a
difference in the weight-producing quail
tiles of various foods, but he contended
that in any event the weight-producing
effect of any one food cannot be greater
than the total weight of that food. In
other words, one pound of the richest
food cannot produce more than one
pound of weight. Is this true?
MISS p"
No, Miss P. I'll explain. Say you
eat a pound of lettuce, which has about
rs calories of food value. You are TAX
ing practically pound of water. I'm
mediately after eating you would weigh
the one pound more. But that water
will be eliminated and the only gain in
fat (if the lettuce was more food than
was used up for heat and energy) would
be $4,000 of one pound (about 1-3
ounce, as one pound of fat Is eQuiva-
lent to 1000 calories.
But say you eat one pound of sugar
approximately 1,840 calories). You
will also weigh but the pound extra
right after eating. But, again, II 1t
was in excess of your needs, and so was
to be stored as fat, it is going to hold
with it several times its weight in water
to make that fat; so that you would
weigh more than the pound eaten.
Mrs. BIZ you are underweight, in
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KEEPING MENTALLY FIT
BY JOSEPH JASTROW.

ities); and there you could have a por-
trait Of the average American chemist
or banker: and you might have diff1-
Guilty in deciding which was which,
though think not.
All these are useful ways of thinking
Of what the average means. It's the
middle place in the scale where the
crowding is thickest; it is the most
common type whether of feature or any
other trait. But when you travel
abroad, you needn't carry an American
American, even an average American.
and yet we are as individual as the rest
of the nations, perhaps a bit more
standardized in dress. And when you
wonder how they knew 1t, you flnd that
there are dozens of features, traits,
mannerisms, appearances, and you are
near enough to the composite to be
identified with your correct group.
Sooner or later In this process you reach
the type: and 1t is truer to say that you
are typical American rather than an
average.
OF all the varieties Of averages the
average of intelligence, which now We
call the /. @. for short. is about the
most significant among the measurable
ones. Common sense is just as impor-
LdIlL anu 50 ID oyHupdLAly nAA0 SC1shAS
along with people and honesty and con-
sideretion and self-contrOl and dozen
other traits, but they are not so easily
measurable.
Most provisions In life have TO be
adapted to the average intelligence;
and from the difficulty in making even
simple matters foolproof. that average
isn't very high-that is, not so high as
those of us who have more OF 1t think
it should be. Strictly speaking it's
about as foolish to say the average man
isn't intelligent enough as to say the
man of average height isn't tall enough.
He-the composite of millions Of hes
determines just what that mean height
or intelligence is; and we have to ar
range our books and mirrors and our
schools and newspapers and our movies
for the average. Yet it isn't quite true
that we cannot by taking thought add
to our mental stature. The process of
doing it, Of raising the average, is edu-
cation.
(Copyright, 1929
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-25
Today in
Washington History
BY DONALD A. CRAIG.

September 25, l863.-One hundred
and four prisoners Of war and IS pris-
oners of state, sent in from the Army
Of the Potomac, arrived in Washington
about noon today. BY order Of Provost
Marshal Todd they were committed to
the Old Capitol Prison.
Among the prisoners were the follow
ing commissioned officers: Col. r. z.
Lee. inspector of the I'd Corps, Army Of
Northern Virginia; Capt. p. A. Tatum,
I'd North Carolina Cavalry; Lieut.. j. B.
Moore of Mosby's men; Lieut.. M. H.
Norman Of the 28th North Carolina
geon, Cobb's Legion, and w. B. Shields,
assistant surgeon.
These prisoners were captured for the
most part near Madison Court House,
Va, on September 20. A few were
taken at Brentsville, and some others at
Green Springs. The rank and file rep
resent various regiments, among them
being the .5th, 18th, 9th, 47th and 6lst
Virginia Infantry: the 4th, 18th and
18th Virginia Cavalry; the 14th Ala
bama Infantry, the LIST and I'd South
Carolina Cavalry and Mosby's men.
Among the state prisoners is John e.
Hudgins, who claims to be a refugee
from Richmond, but is believed to be a
substitute deserter from the Union
Army. He states that he came directly
from Newbern, N. c., with a Confed-
crate wagon train to Gordonsville, Va.
When captured he was carrying gold
watch, $243 in greenbacks and $43 in
Confederate scrip. The military au-
thorities think he is either a deserter
from the Union Army, a Confederate
spy. or one of party of mechanics and
others who captured the United States
gunboats at the mouth of the Kappa
hammock River not long ago.
If the last conjecture is correct, it
may account for his having the gold
watch and United States currency, as
he may have taken them from Union
seamen on the gunboats.
Seventeen deserterS from the Union
Army were sent in this morning from
Frederick. Md. by Capt. Smith. They
were committed to Forrest Hall Prison
by order Of Provost Marshal Todd.
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Separate Blouses and Skirts
By MARY MARSHALL.

first years of the century, only then we
spoke OF shirtWaistS to wear with sepa-
rate skirts; and now, of course, we
speak of blouses and jumpers. The old
time shirtwaiSt Is a tuck-in blouse, and
the problem of keeping 1t tucked in is
considerably easier than it used to be
when we laced ourselves into a 20-inch
skirt band.
Not only are separate skirts and
blouseS worn for sports and street wear
but this season they are also considered
appropriate for afternoon and informal
evening wear as well. For the woman
who wants a smart. attractive costume
for bridge, tea and rather formal lunch
cons, nothing is better than one of the
new jacket suits made of velvet and
worn with light tinted satin blouse.
Are fur cuffs going to be worn on
coats this Winter? have a set Of deep
cuffs and collar of beaver fur in good
condition, which I want to make use
of. I can make the coat myself, but
want to take the fur to a furrier to
have 1t freshened and shaped in the
new style. Would you advise using the
cuffs or only the collar?"
BY all means use the cuffs and have
them made as deep as possible.
This weeks circular shows how to
make a new negligee that requires no
sewing-only little help from the pro-
fessional hemstitcher. If you would like
copy, please send a stamped, self
addressed envelope to Mary Marshall,
care Of this paper, and it will be for
warded to you.
tCopyriEht. 1927
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brilliant and yet saddest Of. American
figures was Aaron Burr, recalled by all
school children as the man who shot
Alexander Hamilton. To many this
seems to be his sole claim to fame, and
yet Aaron Burr was the youngest Off
Ger in Washingtons army, with the
rank Of lieutenant colonel. He was one
of the leaders of the American bar, an
attorney general of New York State and
a member of the United States Senate
defeating for that Office the father-in-
law of the man he was later to kill In
a duel.
Burr barely escaped the presidency.
In the electoral college, after the cleo
ton of 1900, it was discovered that
Jefferson received 70 votes, Burr 70,
Adams IS, Pinckney "a and Jay /. The
tie threw the election into the House of
Representatives, and excitement filled
the small Nation. Burr, already a ma
tional figure, won even greater prom
inence. The one receiving the highest
number OF votes. quite naturally, would
be President, and the next highest Vice
President.
For three months the fate Of these
aspirants hung in the balance. Jeffer-
son was chosen.
The present generation will not for
get the night when it looked as If
Charles Evans Hughes had been elected
to the presidency. The dawn of the
following cold November morning re-
vealed that Woodrow Wilson had been
returned to the White House.
The omission or insertion Of a comma
or period has changed the construction
of legal documents which have infiu-
enced the lives of those concerned.
X X X X
Trifiing incidents so often affect the
lives Of men. Several years ago, a pros
porous young business man rotored to
his country club fort a round of golf.
His first employment had been that Of
office boy in the organization he was
later to control and then own. From
soleless shoes he rose to the mastership
Of beautiful estate with sunken gar
denS. swimming pool and tennis courts.
He was to join foursome that morning
at the club and arrived few minutes
too late. His companions started
to play without him.
AS he was condemning his luck, a
personable man approached him and
inquired If he cared to join him in a
round. He agreed, and they played 10
holes. Later they had lunch together
and before long friendship was sealed.
They had lunch few days later at the
young mans club in the city.
The newly acquired friend had an
ingratiating manner and was in the
same business as that of his host. AS
weeks and months passed the two men
met frequently and solid friendship
evoked thoughts on the part of both
that they might combine their talents.
It was a question of little time when
the new friend was offered position
as vice president of the corporation
Of which the young man was owner
and president.
There came day when the president
was compelled to visit Europe for a
protracted stay. Before he left he
placed his friend in command of the
business and turned over to him the
responsibility of carrying on during his
absence.
Temptations began to assail the ex-
ecutive while his friend was abroad
He wanted to make money faster, so
he plunged. In fact, he dived so far
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-25
Arms and Elbows.

Most of us are ending the Summer
with brown arms, which will presently
bleach an unbecoming yellow and look
perfectly hideous with the white eve
ming dresses that are to be the smartest
things this coming Winter. An unfor-
tunate result OF going all Summer with
out sleeves is that most OF us also have
dry brown elbows which look very bad
ly with the new frocks.
The elbows need only two treatments,
a thorough massage with oil at bedtime,
and during the day rubbing with van
ishing cream or any quick drying
bleaching hand lotion, followed by a
thick coat of powder. The best oil to
rub the elbows with is olive oil, which
should be maSsaged in thoroughly after
the elbows have been given a good
scrubbing with hot water.
think the best lotion for the arms
Is strong cucumber juice. You can
make this yourself by slicing a cucum-
Der, skin and all, and cooking 1t slowly
with as little water as possible. Strain
this through sieve and then through
a piece of cheesecloth and use the
lotion Just as it is. I'd suggest that
you add little bit of toilet water, about
one quarter the amount Of your cucun-
Der Juice, to make a thinner mixture
that evaporates more quickly, but it is
perfectly good without this. In fact I
see no. reason why you should spend a
lot of money for fancy bleaches when
you can make such good one yourself.
Another excellent bleach for the
arms which has suffered neglect lately
merely because it is cheap, is paste
made of laundry starch and cold water.
This should be spread over the arms
and allowed to dry on. It is soothing
and cooling, bleaching, and also makes
the skin fine-grained. Its only trouble
Is that it drops off a bit as it dries,
therefore you'd best use it when you can
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-25
WORLD FAMOUS STORIES
OLD NOSE COUNTS EGGS.
ANONYMOUS.

Old Nose, who sold eggs and chick
ems on the streets of Austin for a living,
is as honest an old Negro as ever lived
but he has got the habit of chatting
familiarly with his customers, hence he
frequently makes mistakes in counting
out the eggs they buy. He carries his
wares around in a small cart drawn by
diminutive donkey. He stopped in
front of the residence of Mrs. Samuel
Burton The old lady herself came out
to the gate to make the purchase.
"Have you any eggs this morning,
Uncle MoSe?" she asked.
Yes. indeed, has. Jest got in 10
dozen from the kentry."
Are they fresh?"
ct gua'ntee EN-. Iknows dey am
fresh jest the same as eft I had led EN-
myself"
It'll take nine dozen. You can just
count them into this basket"
"All right, num-" He counts, zone,
two. free, foah, five, six, seben, eight,
nine. ten. You kin rely on dem bein'
fresh. How's your son coming on at de
school? He mus be mos grown"
Yes. Uncle Nose, he is a clerk in
bank at Galveston"
why, how old am de boy?"
HE is 49,"
"You don't tole me so. Eighteen and
getting a salary already-eighteen,"
counting, nineteen, twenty, twenty-one,
twenty-five, twenty-free, twenty-foah,
twenty-five, and how's yore gal comm
on? She mos growed up de las time
I seed her"
"She is married and living in Dallas"
oval, I declar. How de time scootS
away. An yo' says she has childruns?
why, how ole am de gal? She mus be
Jess about"
"Thirty-three."
"Am dat SOP" Counting. "firty-free,
firty-foah. flrty-five, firty-six, firty-
seben, frty-eight, firty-nine. forty,
forty-one, forty-two, forty-free. Hit
am so singular dat you has SIGH old
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childruns. can't bleeve you has
grandchildruns. You don't look more
den forty yeahs old yerself"
Nonsense, old man, see you want
to f1atter me. When a person gets to
be SO years old"
"Fifty-free? jess dun gwinter be-
leeve hit-fifty-free, f1fty-foah. fifty
five, fifty-six-I want you to pay ten
shun when I counts de eggs, so dar'll
be no mistake-fifty-nine, sixty, sixty
two, sixty-tree, ixty-foah-whew. Dat
when feels Use gettin' old myself. I
amt long fer dis world. You comes
from an old family. When your fodder
died he was 70 years OLE"
"Seventy-two."
Oats old. suah. Sebenty-two. seb-
enty-free, sebsnty-foah, seventy-five
sebenty-siX, sebenty-seben, sebenty-
eight, sebenty- nine-and your mudder?
She was one of de noblest looking ladies
I ebber see. You reminds me OBJ her
so much. She libbed to mos a hun
dred. I BELIEVES she was done pass a
centurion when she died"
mo. Uncle Nose, she was only 96
when she died."
Den she warn't no chicken when she
died. I know dat-ninety-six, ninety
seben, ninety-eight, ninety-nine, one
hundred. one, two, free, foah, five, six.
seben, eight-dar one hundred an
eight fresh eggs-nice fresh eggs-jess
nine dozen, and here am one noah egg
in case has discounted myself"
Old Nose went on his way rejoicing.
A few days afterward Mrs. Burton said
to her husband:
ST am afraid we will have to sdis-
charge Matilda. I am satisfied she
steals the milk and eggs. I am positive
about the eggs, for bought them day
before yesterday and now about half of
them are gone. stood right there and
heard Old Nose count them myself and
there were nine Dozen"
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The Average Man.

Some years ego in terms of the census
some one spotted the town which was
the exact center Of population Of these
vast United States; there were just as
many people living north of this spot as
south. and as many east as west. So
somehow 1t was regarded as the average
location. And an enterprising reporter
went there and found man with about
the average income. and for all know
the average intelligence and bank &C.
count, living IN an average house with
an average wife and the average num-
Der of about average children. And he
was photographed and I believe ex-
hibited as the average citizen. It was
all very foolish. But underlying that
gesture was a fact Of consequence;
namely, that most provisions in life
must be made for the average man.
There must be lots of them, about
fifty or sixty millions. If we admit those
very little above and very little below;
but how many do you know? And
would they be pleased If you regarded
them as such?
Looked at more sensibly the problem
resolves itself into this: that there are
we have a place in so many scales that
the combination of all those places, a
sort Of profile of all of them. wouldn't
be apt to be the same In many cases;
yet near enough alike to make 1t true
that the great majority belong in this
democratic average group IN all the
essential respects that count.
Average height and weight and the
average weight for the height, and a
lot of indices and proportions we can
measure, and We can combine them.
And at the Harvard Gymnasium they
took such battery or measurements
and made a statue according to them
Of the typical young American student
athlete. And a generation ago Sir
Francis Cation devised q composite
photograph by which you could have a
group, let us say, of chemists or bankers
all sit for fraction of the total ex-
posture, and all the common features
would be emphasized and the peculiar
ones fade away Gor rarely would any
two or more have the same peculiar
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The Sidewalks of Washington
BY THORNTON FISHER.

An notwithstanding man crossed
@ street at Fourteenth the other day.
"That man." said our companion, mar
rowly missed being President Of the
United States"
This simple statement was not par
ticularly astonishing, for in the Ma
tional Capital there are many men In
whose hearts are disappointments the
world will never know. Many were sent
here as the choice Of their people, For
a time they rode the crest Of popu-
larity, until Lady Luck or Dame Fate
trumped their political ace and left
them fiat. Some of them occupy ap-
pointive offices in the Government;
others are in private business and pro-
LESSONS here. The spell Of Washington
Is the answer.
y \ \
While q miss may be as good as q
mile, there Is little consolation in the
thought sometimes. It is frequently
less satisfying to lose by o hairs
than
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endive. Occasionally she included GU
cumbers, green peppers and radishes.
But always there was garlic and French
dressing.
She took one Glove of garlic, peeled 1t.
cut 1t in halves and rubbed the sides
and bottom of the salad bowl with the
cut side. Then she took thin slice Of
garlic and put it with the vinegar which
she measured for the dressing She
used quarters cupful olive or salad
lemon Juice combined. Usually there
were two tablespoonful lemon juice
and two tablespoonfuls vinegar. One
teaspoonful salt, one-half teaspoonful
sugar and one-quarter teaspoonful pa
prika were the other ingredients in the
dressing. All the mixture was put to-
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DIET AND HEALTH
BY LULU HUNT PETERS, M. d.

crease your weight to normal. First,
have physical examination, to be sure
there is no physical disorder as a cause
Then increase your diet gradually until
you are getting from 500 to 1000 CAL
cries day more than you need. Make
up these calories in extra egg yolks,
nuts, cream, milk, butter, some candy
and be sure to have liberal amount of
fruits and vegetables and whole grain
cereals and breads for the appetite
stimulating vitamin B. See that your
posture Is erect and develop your chest
by special exercises.
Mrs. M.-You are about Is pounds
overweight, and you should reduce that
very gradually. Undoubtedly reducing
Will improve your condition, and then
you should have physical cileck-up by
competent doctor. The agents of
this quackery business naturally DO not
make any examinations, and the same
stuff is prescribed for all. The course
OF treatments is expensive, and it is no
wonder that the originators of the idea
are exceedingly wealthy.
Don't diet to the extent that you get
faint; there is no need of that. You
can reduce one or two pounds a week
without ever feeling pang of hunger
or any weakness.
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Jellied Chicken.

Clean and disjoint a four or five
pound chicken. Cook in water to cover
with the following seasonings: One car
rot, one onion, two stalks of celery, one
tablespoonful of salt and one fourth
teaspoonful of pepper. When tender,
remove the meat from the bones and
chop. Reduce the stock to one cupful.
Strain and remove the fat. Soak two
teaspoonfuls of gelatin in two teaspoon
fuls of cold water and dissolve in hot
stock Combine the stock and chicken
and season with salt, onion juice and
celery salt Arrange slices Of hard
cooked eggs and strips Of pimento on
the mold with the meat stock to hold
the decorations in place. Then pack
in the chicken mixture. Leave in the
refrigerator for several hours or over
night. Serve garnished with parsley.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-25
LITTLE BENNY.
BIZ LEE PARE,
BIZ LEE PARE.
Fred Feernots Absents.

FRED Eeern0tS ADsentS.
THE PLAY.
Act /.
Teacher-The attendants record this
week is perfeck so far. II nobody IL
cent late tomorrow will dismiss the
whole class hour erly for q reward.
The class-Herray!
Teacher-No cheering please.
The class-Shh!
Fred FeeTnot ION his way to school)
Good mite I'm late. Well I'm not
going to keep the whole class from
getting out hour erly. I'm going back
home.
Mrs. Feernot-Whats this. izzent
there any skool today?
Fred Feernot-YeS, there's plenty for
others but dident go.
Mrs. Feernot-How do you ever ex-
pect to get education, or don't you?
Fred Feernot-I have nuthing to say.
Mrs. Feernot-Well I have and heres
when say 1t. You can just stay in
the house all the rest Of the day for
your impudents. What's all that yell
ing and cheering outside the house I
wonder.
The Glass cheers for Fred Feer-
not. He stayed away from skool so we
could get out erly. Speech! Speech!
Fred Feernot-(Out the window
Hello fellows. ony did my duty.
Mrs. Feernot-This just shows how
we can misjudge OUR children. Take
this half q doller Fred, and do what
ever you want with 1t.
Fred Feernot-Thanks.
The End.