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it more his Iife's thought. In the kitchen he
kept a large calendar upon which he made no
tations for the day. Every vagrant shifting OF
the wind, every cloud that raced across the blue
was recorded. For what purpose no one knew.
Another slight dash of snow at noon. Tempera-
ture "a. Sun came out at pm. It seemed
SO small so trivial that man should give so
much time and thought TO that which he could
not change He had thermometers by the
house, on the north side to show the coldest
registration, on the south to get the hottest, IN
the garden, by the barn. They were like traps
eVerywhere-baited with mercury-little traps
to catch the weather.
From Mr.. Parline's conversation one gath
cred that an overseeing Providence had given
him exclusive charge of the elements. II his
words did not utter 1t, his manner implied 1t.
well, how do you like my June day?" his at
tjtude seemed to be. If the day was bad, he
was half apologetic. If it was pleasant, he
glowed with satisfaction. The Summer after
noon ON which we were to have little social
gathering he came to the back door and, with
genuine feeling told us how sorry he was that
the day was dull and rainy. His manner
showed humiliation, as though from the stand
point of neighborliness he had failed us in q
crisis II am very sorry" he said in his gentle,
half -pompous way. "I had thought-had every
reason to believe-that it would be sunshiny."
We assured him that We bore him no grudge
and he went home relieved returning with the
wooden tray on which lay heap of ruby cher
ries, a delicate mass of baby's-breath around
them.
WAS there a great material event, his talk
~ turned Immediately to the weather In
which 1t was consummated When he read the
Evening star., 1929-06-09

newspapers he seemed to ignore the main issue
OF the news. The weather, lurking IN the back
ground apparently Of greater Importance
to him than the magnitude Of the event. On
the day of Deweys triumph, he spoke immed1-
ately of the weather, wondering whether 1t had
been dull or sunny in the harbor. At an in
auguration there was no comment from him
concerning the great issue Of the day, the
change in the policy of the administration. He
gave forth no acclaim condemnation of the
new head of the Government. His mind dwelt
only on the fact that the new President was
having a ride up Pennsylvania avenue In
mist.
Vegetables flowers and the weather-they
were Mr. Parline's whole existence. Such little
things they were we said. Whether his wife
was bored by the triviality of his life, We could
not know. She was too reserved for any one
to sense her reactions to her husbands small
interests. We could see her working about the
house all day.
Sometimes she brought out quilts and hung
them on the line for cleaning. They were of
intricate patterns, beautifully pieced and
quilted--the Rose of Sharon, the Log Cabin,
the Flower Basket and the Rising Sun. "In
bet the old man sleeps under the Rising Sum-"
one Of the family remarked and we laughed
uproariously at the joke. In the evening Mrs.
Parline often came out and StfoIed through
the paths, stepping gingerly about like a
stranger, listening to the old mans courteous,
alf-pompous talk. She deeply afraid of
storms, he told us years before And when one
saw the first dark clouds looming up from the
southwest in Summer, or the first gray ones
rolling in from the north In Winter one also
saw old Mr.. Parline hurrying home, his square,
Evening star., 1929-06-09
MRS. PARL1NE was buried in Ri


Cemetery. "It seemed very mild out there
this afternoon he said to us day or two after
the services. There was a light breeze from
the northeast" We knew where "out there
was
BY Memorial day there was a stone at the
grave and mass of scarlet geraniums which
he had transplanted and some parsley. How
odd" we said, parsley from the vegetable
garden" But he was always odd. We walked
around the stone to read the inscription
Propped up against it, in the lush grass was
a thermometer We laughed httle-but only
a little Some laughter is half tears.
During that Summer he seemed lost, q boat
without rudder. 1t pathetic the way he
went about his housework. He hung the quilts
out on the line to clean them-the Flower
Basket and the Log Cabin the Rose Of Sharon
and the Rising Sun We would see him, walk
ing about the yard in the evening with Ian
tern, reading the thermometers.
Look at that" we young folks said, hes
batty."
"Oh, no." mother said, hes lonely"
And then, quite suddenly, we realized that
he was going out to the cemetery at the sign
of every storm At the first glimpse Of q
thunderhead looming up over the trees, We
would see him slipping out of the white picket
gate and hurrying down the street In some
indefinable way he must have felt that he
Evening star., 1929-06-09

WE never saw MIS- Parline pulling a vege-
Nv table or cutting q flower. Occasionally, at
evening she walked in the paths with all the
interest and curiosity of a stranger, evidently
considering the garden as sacred ground as did
the rest of us. Indeed Mother at their
back door one day when Mr.. Parline came up
the path with the inevitable wooden tray.
There were beetS on the tray, their tops cut,
their bodies like bood-red hearts, around them
white sweet williams and crimson phlox. Il
was just bringing my wife some of the fruits OF
my labor" he said In his courteous, half
pompouS way.
We laughed about the phrase at home Ours
was a noisy, hilarious, fun-loving family. One
member might bring in mess of dirty potatoes
in battered old pail "A little of the fruits
of my labor" he would initiate Mr.. Parlmes
pompouS dignity. Or another, coming in with
the first scrawny radiShes, might have placed
few limpsy dandelions around them as a floral
satire the contents OF Mr. ParlineS wooden
tray.
If the garden was the old mans hobby, the
weather was his very life. 1t was inconceivabe
that anybody should be so wrapped up In the
constant change of the elements. To other
busy people the weather was incidental to their
labors, the setting in which they performed
their tasks 1t might be pleasant or inconven-
lent, but it remained side 6sue. To old Mr..
Parline it was the important event of the day.
He scanned the heavens Rad the almanac,
watched for signs Of changes. OF the last he
had thousand at his command. II the sun
went down in clouds Friday night II It
rained the first Sunday In the month, If a
dog ate grass, the snow stuck to the north
sides Of the trees--he knew to q nicely what
the result would be- To old PArlne the weather
was not the background. It was the picture
itself. 1t was not the mere setting for daily
living It was hfe itself. No Government Off
Stal connected with the Weather Bureau made
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This Story "7HeN
Weather, ''byBess Stree
Of the Series ofO. Hem:
Selections. On account
Declared One of the j
Past Year.

heavy body swinging along out of its accus-
toned slower movements To get home to
Mrs Parline when there rain OF hail or
snow was his first duty. 1t the only time
when he ever seemed thrown out of his POM
pous calm. You saw them later through the
windows looking out at the storm together.
The Parlines attended a little ivy-grown
church where the old gentleman passed the
collection box. When his own part of the serv-
ice was over he would take a seat near the
door, one eye on the sky. 1t was though he
must have everything auspcious as possible
when the congregation should return home.
One wondered if he heard the sermon at all.
A queer old man.
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WE lived next door to us when was
a girl-old Mr.. Parline. To be
~ sure his wife lived there too, but
we never saw very much of her.
She was one of the immaculate
Evening star., 1929-12-14

There are no clear war correspondent
reports about the struggle, but 1t seems
fair to say that fashion dictates for
fuller and longer skirts are being seri-
ouSly challenged by important sections
OF the feminine population which OBJ
ject to the change. If the skirts can be
heightened there will be tremendous
increase in the demand for textiles of
all sorts, but just how the stocking
makers can profit it Is hard to see.
MY impression is that much of the
opposition that is reported among
woman wearers to the longer skirt styles
is founded on economic grounds rather
than on dislike to the appearance, !"
said e. T. Pickard, chief of the Com
merce Departments textile division, who
obviously disclaims any partisanship in
the matter. THAT is, the adoption of
longer skirts is considered to require
outlay for almost a whole new ward
robe, since underthings have to be
changed from short skirt to a long
skirt basis.
"Also, there is some belief that to
make long skirts drape properly they
must be worn over petticoat, and this
requires more expenditure. Yet, so far
as my observation goes, the effort to
introduce the longer skirts is going to
continue"
ALIS engaging struggle, WHlCn mas
been going on for weeks, as most homes
know, very finely illustrates the knitted
ramificationS of modern industry. 1t
seems certain that much of the current
worldwide depression in textile manu-
facture has been due to the continuance
of women'S apparel styles for several
years on brief and Scant lines. 1t will
be hard to estimate the change that
will be wrought If the vogue for more
cloth in feminine draperies can be
successfully enforced.
No more than the United States has
Turkey been able to undertake substan-
tial revision without getting into diff
culties. It Is pretty clear to the Gov
ernment exchange students, who have
been following the recent currency ex-
change crisis in that country, that one
of the factors contributing to its i'm
position-though there are several other
factors-was the recent enactment of a
higher set of tariffs against imports
into Turkey. The move resulted in a
rush of commodities into Turkish ports,
in advance Of higher duties, and sud-
den accumulation of exchange bills
against that country. This helped to tip
delicate balance, and the Turkish
pound, recently worth about so cents.
dropped to 26 cents and brought the
country close to monetary demoral1za-
ton.
However, as said, there were num-
ber of other reasons, one of which was
the introduction of new paper bills to
take the place of the old that were
wearing out. Not much effect is antic-
ipated on American trade, and 1t seems
likely that Turkeys monetary system
will be re-established when opportunity
allows with the aid of loans raised in
Europe.
Evening star., 1929-12-14
ADVANCE IN STOCK
/. MARKET RESUMED
Rally of Yesterday Is Con-
tinued at Short Ses-
sion Today.
BY GEORGE T. HUGHES.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, December 14-With the
rails strong the entire session and the
industrials, though irregular at times,
closing strong, todays stock market
gave good account of itself.
Features at the end were buying of
the motors, particularly General Mo-
tors and Chrysler, the recovery in
United States Steel, which had been
heavy earlier in the day, but which left
of with substantial gain, and the rally
In the electrical manufacturing stocks.
Utilities also did better in the last quar-
ter of an hour.
Rail Shares Active.
Buying of the rails, which was in
evidence from the start, was presum-
ably based on the expectation that
the Interstate Commerce Commissions
merger plan would be announced
shortly. Judging from the way stocks
acted, this was considered favorable
development, although no one profeSsed
to know the details of the commissions
ideas sOn this long-debated subject.
Low-priced stocks and seasoned divi-
dend payers we're alike in demand So
were the stocks of the holding COM
panies, Allegheny Corporation and
Chesapeake Corporation.
Among the leaders were Pittsburgh g.
West Virginia up 10 points, Nickel Plate
up 4 points, Chesapeake & Ohio up over
2 points, New York Central up from 3
to points and in the non-dividend
payers Wabash, the st. Paul issues,
Western Maryland, Missouri Pacific and
Erie up to 4 points. Part of these
gains was lost in the late realizing.
Most of the time the industrialS we're
steady, but that was about all. Utilities
were under slight pressure and from
time to time reacted, but not significant
ly. American & Foreign Power was one
OF the most active and it fluctuated
rapidly first above and then below the
preceding close. General Electric and
Westinghouse Electric were higher at
the start and then sold off.
Short Covering.
United States Steel opened unchanged
but later lost a point or two on com
paratively small volume. Short cover
ing came into Fox Film, stimulated per-
hapS by the suggestion that the ex-
change might renew its inquiry into the
extent of bear operations. The oils did
little. Motors were we'll supported, with
Hudson making substantial gain.
Such news as there was ought to have
helped the market. The weekly trade
| reviews reported a better sentiment,
and attention was paid to a statement
from Washington that Christmas buy-
ing was going on at satisfactory rate.
Traders liked the way the market acted
a1ter the weakness of only two days
ago.
Evening star., 1929-12-14
NEW YORK COTTON.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, December 14-Lower
prices for both American and Egyptian
cotton abroad had a depressing in
f1uence on the New York market today
and prices lost about 10 points on most
months, ending at the bottom.
Closing quotations were the lowest of
the week and for the first time this
month December ended the day below
the 17-cent level. There was some
hedging from the South against pur-
chaSes in the interior. Spots were re-
duced S points to 1920.
The, feature of the news was the
census report on November consumption
showing a total of $4,000 bales, as
against Gil 900 used by mills during
the corresponding month last year. In
elusive of linters and foreign growthS,
this brought the total for the season
to 100000, compared with 2535, 900
during the first four months last sea-
son. Mill stocks on December l aggre-
gated 1871 900, against 1,566,000 last
year, gain of $1,000 for the month,
compared with gain of 371 900 during
, November, 1928.
While the consumption figures were
| slightly larger than the cotton ex-
| change service estimated, figures were
| in line with expectations, as reports
from Southern and Northern mills gen.
orally had indicated an effective cur
! tailment program recently adopted to
reduce mill output and readjust market
conditions. The effect on the market
| was slight. Quotations for Egyptian
cotton are now II cents or more under
the level prevailing year ago, as COM
| pared with reduction of about cents
In the general price of American spot
| cotton and futures.
Evening star., 1929-12-14
CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS.

NEW YORK, December 14.-Dur-
ing the month of November construc-
tion contracts were awarded to the ex-
tent of 1891 ,012, 500 in the 81 States
East of the Rocy Mountains, accord
ing to F. w. Dodge Corporation. These
total construction volume of the coun-
try. The decline from the October total
($445, ,642, 5000 was a little more than
$54,000,000, or IL per cent. The de-
crease from the November, 1928, total
of SAT- 1922 was about $4,000 900,
or II per cent. The New York, North
ern New Jersey and Northwest dis
tricts were the only ones showing in
creases over the October, 1929, and
November, 1928, totals.
Evening star., 1929-12-14
Wall Street Briefs

BY the Associated Press.
Members of the New York Cotton Ex-
change were advised that owing to the
recent unSettlement in the stock mar
ket, the inauguration of trading in
cotton mill and other allied securities
on the exchange would be deferred for
the time being
An extra cash dividend of 81 a share
on the common stock was declared bv
directors of the Electric Household
Utilities Co., in addition to the regular
quarterly dividend of Is cents a share
and the usual extra of IA per cent in
stock. The dividends are payable jan
uary 25 to stockholders of record De-
cember "a.
Ray A. Whidden. vice president and
general manager, was elected president
Of Bauer & Black, Inc, division of the
Kendall Co., at the annual meeting of
the board.
The upward trend in the number of
business failures in the country, COM
mon at this time of the year, makes its
appearance in this weeks report of r.
G. Dun & Co., which lists 514 insol-
vencies, an increase OF SO over last
weeks ass defaults. and IL above the
500 failures reported for the correspond
ing period of last year.
w. P. Withrow, president Of the
Withrow Steel Co., which recently
merged with the Donner Steel Co., has
! been elected chairman of the Donner
Co., newly created Office.
The Baldwin Locomotive Works has
| received an order for 25 large freight
engines from the Wabash Railroad.
| The order is valued at S2,800,000 and
brings the value of business booked so
far this year to about 10000, 900, COM
pared with S16,o00,000 during the same
period last year.
Production of newsprint in Canada
and the United States last month to-
tailed 365,775 tons, as against 373,923
tons in October. The United States
output was 113,729 tons, as contrasted
with 122,009 tons in the preceding
nn0rth
Evening star., 1929-12-14
PLAN NEW COMPANY.

NEW YORK, December IA R.-A
special meeting of stockholders of the
Barnet Leather Co. has been called for
December % to vote on a proposal to
form a new corporation under Massa-
chuSetts laws to acquire. own and oper-
ate the plant at Woburn, Mass, which
is now leased by the company.
Evening star., 1929-12-14

AT the regular
monthly meeting
of the directors of
the Real Estate
Mortgage & Guar
anty Corporation
in the local Offices
of the corporation,
"a Senli-annual di-
Vidend at the rate
of 8 per cent per
annum was de-
clared on the pre-
ferred stock of the
corporation, pay
able on December
81 to stockholders
of record on De-
cember 20. A fl
nancial statement
N1,ac Z, a aAa = 4 q n
Evening star., 1929-12-14

People in and around the textile in
dustry are inclined to do the best they
can-and If they can--to maintain per-
sonal neutrality while the great war
between short skirt and long skirt styles
is being fought out in the dress narts.
Evening star., 1929-12-14
DIVIDENDS VOTED
BY D. c. CONCERNS
Bank and Realty Corpora
tionS Announce Year
End Disbursements.
BY EDWARD C. STONE.

The directors of the United States
Savings Bank have just declared their
regular quarterly dividend of 7l2 per
cent, payable December 81, 1929.
Evening star., 1929-12-14

w. P. withrow, president Of the
Withrow Steel Co., which recently
merged with the Donner Steel Co.. has
been elected chairman of the Donner
Co., a newly created Office.
Evening star., 1929-12-14
c. g. o. Extension Recommended.

Although'17 judges are kept busy In
law courts of London, there is so much
delay In cases being heard that many
persons avoid extra cost of going to
law.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-29
ROAD
BIDS TO Be OPENED
Work Will Soon Be Started
on Grade Crossing Elm
nation Link.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

special DiSpatch to The Star.
EVANSVILLE, April o. When
bids are formally opened in the office
of the State Roads Commission in Bal
timore tomorrow for the construction
Of concrete highway 20 feet in width
from johnson street and the Washing
ton Baltimore Boulevard, Hyattsville,
along the right of way Of the Washing
ton Electric Railway Co. to Rhode Is
land avenue northeast at Mount Rainier
and the District of Columbia line, a
distance of 1.69 miles, the prospective
contractor will have figured on plans
much revised from those on which pro-
posals were invited and rejected last
year.
The revised plans recommended BY
the Planning Commission reduced sew
eral rather sharp grades and eliminated
two abrupt dips in the road profile at
either end of the proposed bridge over
he Northwest Branch near North Brent
wood The planning body considered
the revised plans desirable because OF
future requirements and was much
gratified when advised few days age
by the Roads Commission that the re-
vised plans would be used.
1t is generally conceded that the
opening of Rhode Island avenue from
the District line to Hyattsville will prove
distinct boon from the local traffic
standpoint and result in a marked in
crease in land values along the. high
way of right of way The communities
of Brentwood. North Brentwood and
Hyattsville will be particularly benefited
by the construction of this important
arterial highway. Unquestionably q
large portion Of the traffic both way.
between Washington and Baltimore will
take Rhode Island avenue In prefer.
ence to the longer. more congested and
occasionally, inundated route through
Bladensburg, Colmar Manor and Cot
tage City.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-29
DENTISTS ASSEMBLE
FOR GOTH CONVENTION

MEMBERS OF Association, meeting
in Danville, Va, Stage Cham
pionship Golf Game.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
DANVTLLE, Va, April 2s.-Nearly
800 Virginia dentists are expected here
today for the first session of the sixtieth
meeting of the Virginia State Dental
Society. which will continue through
Thursday afternoon.
The annual 36-hole blind" cham
pionship golf tournament of the asso-
citation opened yesterday with large
entry list. There are 18 prizes offered
by dealers In dental supplies.
Today's initial session will be devoted
to welcomes, with Mayor Harry Wooding
making the address and response from
DR.. r. H. Walker of Norfolk. At this
session will be presented also the adj
dress of DR.. r. c. Walden OF Richmond.
Business sessions will be held three
times Gay until Thursday evening.
Twenty-three clinics will be held We'd
nesday afternoon.
The principal speakers who will be
heard at the Wednesday morning ses-
sion are Victor H, Sears of New York
University and Clyde H. Schuyler.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-29
MAY NOT DIE OF WOUND.

EVANSVILLE, Ind, April 20 CP).--
Physicians last night expressed hope
that Mrs. Owen Conrad, "a, a divorce,
in local hospital with a bullet wound
In her abdomen, would recover
Mrs. Conrad shot herself, police were
told. after Miss Margaret Maley, %,
had tried unsuccessfully to wrest re-
volver from her. Miss Maley was shot
in the leg. The shooting climaxed a
party attended by several socially prom
inent persons here Friday night.
Mrs. Conrad corroborated Miss Ma
ley's story that the struggle over the re-
volver occurred when the younger
woman attempted to prevent the divor-
Gee from taking her life.
Although police said they accepted
Miss Maley's story as the true version
OF the shooting, no motive for the at
tempted suicide yet has been uncovered.
Mrs Conrad is the mother of 2-year-
old child. Her husband is said to be
in England
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-29
ROCKVILLE.

ROCKVILLE, Md, April 20 (Spe-
ciaD The funeral of John w. Lynch,
well known retired farmer, who died at
his home near Cabin John Friday night,
aged So years, took place this morning
from st. Mary's Catholic Church, Rock
vile, Rev. John T. Coolahan. the pastor
conducting the services. Burial was in
St Mary's Cemetery. Mr.. Lynch had
been i'll several months.
Miss Alice c. Calhoun, II, and An
thony j. Cicola, 81, both of Washington.
were married in Rockville SATURDAY
night by Rev Bertram M. OSgood OF lhs
Baptist Church. and earlier in the day
the same minister ofiiciated at the mar
riage here of Miss Dorothy G. Van
Durin, %, of New York and Joseph H.
Russell, SO, of Washington, both cere-
monies taking place at the parsonage.
Licenses have been issued here for
the marriage OF William Bandler, 80,
and Miss Elizabeth Ann Clements, "a
both Of Washington; Walter F. Cox, 81
and Miss Elizabeth v. Anderson, ID
both Of Brunswick, Md; Harold Ward
Face, "a of Brentwood, Md, and Miss
Irma Irene Lorentz. 81. of Washington
and James A. Young, 81, and Miss
Grace L. Collins, 81, both OF Wash
ington.