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New Britain herald., 1929-04-17
To Confer Degree

Sequassen lodge, Nc. "A, l. O. o, F., will confer the second degree on a class of candidates tomorrow eve ming All members are urged to be nreSent
New Britain herald., 1929-04-17

Work has .ust been started on the s65, 5,h00, 1000 docks at Southampton England.
New Britain herald., 1929-04-17

On April 29 the '"Trumbull Electric Mfg. Co.,. will observe the 22d year of it's founding. The paper has a circulation of about 10000 per month and contains material dealing with the Trumbull concern. It was started seven and a half years after the organization of the factory it. self.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-29
Handling Of Holiday MAIL

THE efficiency with which the vast quantity
of Christmas letters and cards is handled
is due in part to simple but highly effective
system of distributing clerks in the post Offices.
When the mail is received, it is first sorted
as to other stations within the city or for
dispatch to other cities. When the clerk gets
a batch of cards and letters for delivery within
the territory served by his branch, he sepa-
rates them In sorting case by routes He
must know every street served by each catfler,
and the numerical limits on these streets
when two or more carriers serve portions of it.
When the carrier reports to work. he takes
the matter waiting for him in his portion of
the case and then distributes it through mis-
route case, which puts the letters in me Crder
in which he walks along his route.
BY this method large quantities of mail are
handled in very short time. clerk can
separate from 80 to 40 letters a minute
and sometimes, under pressure, can do even
better. An hours work at this speed will lake
care Of large amount of correspondence
Papers, magazines and small packages are
separated in the same manner, except that in
their case the bins into which they are tossed
for the carriers are larger.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-29

100000, the proceeds being paid to the heirs
of Arthur Middleton.
Eighty years ago the Van Ness mansion
passed into the hands of Thomas Green of
Virginia. He was the first occupant after the
death of Gen. Van Ness He lived there until
the late seventies. The assassination Of Presi-
dent Lincoln once more brought the property
into national prominence. A wild story was
started by some excited person to the effect
that the Booth conSpirators, according to
previous plans, had arranged to kidnap Presi-
dent Lincoln and hide him in the cellar of
the mansion, and from there convey him across
the Potomac River to Virginia AS a result of
the spreading Of this story, Mr.. Green and his
wife were placed under arrest and kept in the
old Capitol Prison for six weeks. An investiga-
ton completely exonerated them.
In 1879 the mansion became the property of
Gov. Swami of Maryland. It was never again
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-29

one Of the most notable ever held in WASH
ingtOn. Her husband, at the time of her death,
was occupying the position Of mayor Of WASH
tngton. Her guard of honor at the funeral
consisted Of the little orphans to whom she
had been so kind.
The mausoleum in which her body was
placed, had been erected some years previously,
at a cost Of $4,000. It was modelled after the
circular Temple of Vesta at Rome. It was To-
Gated on H street between Ninth and Tenth.
Fourteen years later, In 1886, the body of John
Peter Van Ness was placed by the side of that
of his wife.
By 1872 the growth of the city made it
necessary to remove the mausoleum to Oak Hill
Cemetery at Georgetown. This Is the GEM
etery, by the way, In which rest the remains
OF John Howard Payne, author of Home,
Sweet Home" The downtown square on
which the mausoleum stood was sold for
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-29
Color Aids Fruit Sales.

WHEN American buys fruit, color has
w been found to be the first consideration.
If the color Is good the buyer then considers
size, maturity freedom from blight and dam
age, and other factors, but expert marketmen
have found that unless the color is right, the
prospective purchaser will never get near
enough even to examine for other defects.
For that reason, color of fruit has rapidly be-
come prime requisite, If the producer is to
dispose of his crops.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-29
Explosion Loses Its Roar:

THE tremendous roar produced by dynamite
explosions is reduced to little click at the
Pittsburgh experimental station of the Bureau
Of Mines but along with that click go pres
sures running up as high as 10000 pounds .
square inch. The explosions are set on within
iron bombs, provided with gauges to record the
pressure. The combining of the explosion to q
small area such as the bomb prevents the awe
inspiring roar Of the defamation in the open
air.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-29

occupied as residence. For time the base
ment was used as tough beer joint, and the
beautiful lawns became the gathering place of
boisterous picnickers. The historic place even
sunk so low to become the headquarters of
the city scavengerS and Swill collectors. In
time it became known as the haunted house.
COlored people living in that neighborhood re-
lated many weird tales about green-faced
ghosts peering from the windows, and head
less snow-white horses galloping in and out of
the driveway between and in the morning.
In 1902 the property was purchased by the
George Washington University. 1t was then
roof;ss wreck. Sufficient repairs were made
to make it possible for it to be used few years
by their school Of engineering
In 1908 it was purchased by the creators OF
the Pan-American Union, and the old build
ing was replaced by the PRESENT white marble
palace, one Of the most beautiful and most
useful buildings In the world.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-29
This Is NY Fear.
By David Morton.

The 7tind has gathered up a SVOybd of noe
And brought this heavy trouble to the trees
lind this is zOhdt ne hear beyond the g00V
Of evening lamplight, on such nights these;
So thin a thing 0VindoaO glass dUideS
This inner peace of ours from something there ~
Whose black shape rongs the darkness qoere IL rides,
I'm ezft omen on the innocent air
Perhaps our door tall enough
For SHch a one TO stooP and enter a.,
Perhaps, because Kept little love
BIT can haze no faith in g0Edt is thin
rs sCindo1c glass, roof, door, sU0L
or lOOe that IS most pitifnl of all.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-29
Simple.

Teacher-can any one tell me how macarona
Is made?
Johnny-First you take big long hole and
then you wrap some dough around IL.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-29

MRS. VAN NESS was the founder OF the
Az Washington City Orphan Asylum, an in
Stitution which is still in existence and doing
splendid work. After the death Of her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Van Ness devoted much of her time
TO finding homeless children and placing them
in this orphanage. This institution was gen.
erousIy provided for in her will. Her portrait,
with a group of little orphans about her. still
&races the walls of the orphanage.
The funeral of Mrs. Van Ness, in 1882, was
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-17

ney is a political ofiicer, usually de-
pendent for his job on the vagaries OF
public opinion. II prosecutions are
what the public wants he viii give 1t
prosecutions without too much regard
for the actual guilt or innocence of the
accused. If the public wants leniency.
as is the case with prohibition cases
in some communities, 1t Is in a posi-
ton to get leniency. 10
Prof. Mo,ey would end all this by
greatly curbing the powerss which the
district attorney has taken over from
the jury, and greatly augmenting the
powers Of the judge, appointed without
any regard to political opinion.
He points to one outstanding case Of
the difference between the Judge and
the Demos, which may be accepted as
symbolic Of many similar cases
throughout the ages-the contrast be-
tween the opinion Of PLATE and the
opinion of the mob.
Practically, the plan which Prof.
Moley advocates now actually is in
operation-in the Juvenile Courts. It
has been tested there and proved
worthy. The time has come, says the
learned criminologist, to apply 1t in
the treatment of adult criminals.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-17
Concerning the Fruit Fly.

There is nothing poisonous to human
beings in the presence of the Mediter-
ranean fruit fly in fruits.
Or. C. L. Marlatt, chief of Plant
Quarantine and Control Administration
OF the United States Department OF
Agriculture, has so assured the public
in stating that all consumers Of grape
fruit or oranges may be sure that there
is no harm in eating fruit that has been
attacked by this fly, which in the past
several months has wrought consider
able damage in Florida and other
Southern States.
He says that naturally, badly decayed
fruit would be inedible. but when the
larvae are small or the infestation is
just beginning. no harm can come from
its consumption.
Press dispatches from Dayton. KY,
stating that physician of that place
had declared a boy was dying because
he ate citrus fruits that had been at
tackled by the Mediterranean fruit fly,
were declared by the Government Of
fetal to be without foundation. In
vestigations by experts showed that
there was no record, following expert
mentS, Of humans being poisoned by
this method.
Which lays at rest one more "hot
weather" worry.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-17

first it was confined largely to pas.
sengers; then the airplanes were used
more and more to carry the mails, and
now they are entering the field Of mer-
chandise and freight. In this country
the air mail has become so well estab-
lished that millions of people depend
upon it for the transportation Of per-
sonal and business letters. 1t has made
communication between the coasts and
intermediate cities matter Of hours
where formerly it was matter Of days
The regularity of these mails has been
remarkable, notwithstanding the uncer-
tainty of weather conditions.
The coming of fast freight by air has
been forecast many times. Perhaps 1t
could more properly be termed express
service" than freight. But, at all events,
aircraft are transporting more and more
merchandise. as indicated not only in
the reports from France, but also in the
business of air transportation in this
country. Eventually rates for such
transportation may require regulation,
just as the rates charged by railroads
are regulated by the Interstate Com
merce Commission.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-17
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

| Few men have had Dreyfus affairs
but most of them have wives, or hops
to have, and no doubt many have
speculatcd on the possession OF half a
dozen wives.
Well, Henry had 'en.
Mr.. Hackett's brilliant presentation
of Henry as a "dynaSt'' interests but
leaves niany readers wondering. They
| feel (and the pictures of him aid
them) that Henry liked the ladies and
took advantage Of his position.
/ Biography. whether new or old, must
be kind of glorified gossip.
1t deals with the lives of human
beings, with the accent on the human
| side Of the subject. Even writer who
deals with battles and the like can
Guido, in some instances. the author
who makes too bold an attempt to de-
pict the Inner life" of his subject.
We would not trade Plutarch for
some Of the imitators who have fol-
lowed on the heels of Lytton Strachey
but who have failed to take to heart
the real secrets Of the difference be-
tween the old and new style biographies.
Too many Of the modernistS seem to
imagine that the packing of as much
anecdotal matter as possible between
two covers entities them to high
place in the modern movement.
Nothing could be farther from the
truth. The real "newness" in biography
comes from the writer, not from the
subject, and consists almost entirely
Of ready grasp of the fundamental
humanitieS.
He will be the most popular biogra-
pher, II not the most worthy, who
makes a good selection of a subject to
begin with. But this one would not
mean the selection of a man or woman
whose life resounded with the affairs of
sex to the exclusion of others, or which
encompaSsed only battles, or mental
victories, or whatnot.
X X X \
The subjects of the most popular
biographies of the present day will be
found in almost all cases to be men
and women who were OF surprising
humanity, in the broadcast aspects.
Those who have gone out OF their
way to draw forth from archives the
lewd actions. motives and thoughts of
men OF the past, as II there were moth
ing more to their lives. have been
astonished to find that these records
have not charmed so much as they
had imagined they would.
The eager search for the strange, the
outlandish, the bizarre has not met
with the public approval accorded the
biographies of those men who COM
bined in their lives the normal am
billions, emotions and yearnings of the
majority of men.
The sympathetic study of such men.
although it abounds not in "red-hot
stuff" will make its appeal where more
sensational matter fails. This, how
ever. is but one aspect of the matter.
Josephson's lola" is free from SEN
sationalism, yet it has made no such
popular appeal as Strachey's Vic
toria," because it does not get down so
we'll to the bedrock of human nature.
The general grasp by the reading public
OF what sometimes are called funda-
mental verities is sound and whole
some. Biographers who select we'll
their subjects have the battle half won
before they begin to write.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-17

speaks their language and understands
their habits Of thought. Bercovici Is
not only writer, but musician. He
Is also a linguist, speaking eight Ian
guages huentiy and many dialects.
@. Do radio stations pay their up
keep by selling time?-R. M.
A. Very few of them do.
@. Where is Cochin chinap-F W.
A. 1t is the southernmost state OF
French Indo-China. It has an area Of
about 10000 square miles.
| Q. Please describe a Scotch dirk.
A. The Highland Scotch dirk il a
dagger usually without chape and
guard.
Q. What is farthingale?-D. r.
A. 1t Is continuance, resembling a
hoop skirt or crinoline. It was worn
by women of the sixteenth and seven
tenth centuries to extend their skirts.
@. What is the word that means the
putting to an easy and painless death
babies that are hopelessly defective and
people who are suffering intensely with
incurable diSeases?-A. G.
A. The term Is "e'lthanasia."
@. How important is meat in the
American diet?-W. D.
A. The Department of Agriculture
has estimated that meat and poultry
constitute Is per cent of the total food
material and supplies, 80 per cent Of
the protein and SO per cent of the fat
In the average American dietary.
@. What kind of engines do sub
marines uSe?-C. B.
A. Submarines use Diesel engines
while on the surface and electric
engines when submerged.
Q. Has Chicago passed an ordinance
permitting jay walking?-W. M.
A. Chicago had an ordinance pro-
hibiting jay walking. After ten days
OF rigid enforcement the city council
went back to the old plan of permit
ting pedestrians to cross streets when
ever opportunity offered.
@. Do many Americans travel by air
planes while abroad?-A. l..
A. It is estimated that Americans
constitute one-f1fth of the passengers
using foreign air service.
@. What part of Africa has been the
| least explored p. D.
| A. One section that has recently
been discovered, but still requires more
| exploration, is the mountain region
lying between the Lakes Albert Edward
and Albert NyanZa. This is said to be
the least known mountain region in
Africa. 1t was popularity called Noun
tainS OF the Moon" and is now known
by the name "Ruwenzori"
Q. Has any American discovered q
chemical element?-N. S.
A. Prof. B. S. Hopkins Of the Uni
verSity of Illinois is said to be the FIRST
American to accomplish this. He dis
covered illinium.
@. Where was Edna Ferber born?
Was she ever a newspaper reporter?
F. r. r.
| A. She was born in Kalamazoo.
Mich, August Is, 1887. She worked
on the Appleton Daily Crescent, the
Milwaukee Journal and the Chicago
Tribune.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-17
Laud Old Youths Companion
AS Famous Weekly Is Merged

magazine as IAN institution in the old
days. It's weekly coming was an event"
Referring to the premium list in a
brown cover that took the place of one
Of the regular issues in October" this
paper says. who could look without
pang on the alluring picture Of the foot
lathe, the scroll saw, the printing press,
the magic lantern, the steam engine?"
X
The welcome it received was based on
the fact that by intention. the Com
panion was something more than a
magazine for youthful readers" as the
Manchester Union points out, saying
1T aimed to interest all the members
of the households of its subscribers.
Its contributors included many
we'll known writers, and their produc-
tons covered wide range of subjects.
Its clientage was more than national In
extent
AT time when New England's COM
mercial efficiency is being much dis
cuSSed, the success of the Youths Com
panion is not without lessons" says the
Springfield Republican. which regards
the magazine as having been "skillfully
conducted" However, as the Columbia
Record remarks: Times change and
competition always hobs up to plague a
successful individual CT business. and
sometimes the more modern opponent
wins. This appears to be the case Iii
the passing of this once popular publ
cation" concludes the Record.
THE merger Of two fine magazines
for the youth will combine the best of
Eastern and Western traditions" is the
way the Fort Wayne News-Sentinel
sees 1t, while the Des Moines Tribune
Capital remarks. ut is perhaps simply
sad fate that the younger magazine
should be the stronger, but all gener-
atoms before this last one will hope
that the merged publication will retain
the name of the old favorite."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-17
Trade by Air.

The transportation of merchandise
by aircraft, now becoming more and
more frequent, may raise new and
difficult problem for customs officials.
With tremendous coast line and thou
sands of inlets, not to mention the
boundaries between the
United States and Canada and the
United States and Mexico, stretching
for thousands of miles, smuggling via
the air route may be difficult to pre-
vent. The recent decision Of the Re-
publican members of the Senate finance
committee to place diamonds on the
free list in the pending tariff, one OF
the reasons for which was the ease
with which such gems are struggled
into the country, may have taken the
air route into consideration. An air.
plane could carry millions of dollars
worth of diamonds without the slightest
difficulty.
An interesting report regarding the
merchandise imported into and ex-
ported from France by air through lie
Bourget, the great flying field near
Paris, has just been made public by
the Department Of Commerce. 1t Is
based on information obtained by the
departments assistant trade commits
sioner in Paris. During 1928 the value
of the imports and exports passing
through this flying field totaled almost
$24, 0oO, 900. 1t appears that the value
of this import and export trade via the
air was almost double in 1928 what II
was in 1927 and approximately thirty.
three times as great as in 1921.
All of which indicates the trcimendou
development in air transportation. A
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-17
New Canadian Nickel
Confused With Quarter
From the Montreal Standard.

From the Montreal Standard.
People who are used to dealing in
small change-and most of us are
cannot fail to have noticed that for
some time now the Canadian silver
quarter has been getting smaller and
the scent nickel has been getting
larger. We understand that the secret
Is ''Seignorage"-the government rake
off which bridges the difference between
the face value of the coin and its real
worth as bullion.
This excuse is good as far as 1t goes
It explains the silver quarter-the gov
eminent gives us less for our money
than it used to do. But 1t does not al
together explain the nickel which to the
casual eye looks as If it might be over
weight. Certainly it quite puts out OF
countenance the old-fashioned silver s.
cent piece whose modest worth may
have been-and no doubt was-Slightly
more than this big base-born brothers
but we make no question that the gov
eminent makes something by the
change, and that the big nickel Is nc
real bargain.
Personally, we part from the little
old-fashioned silver scent piece with
genuine regret. 1t had quality. II
rang true and 1t made no pretense OF
being other than it was. We under
SJdIlu JIidG IL Is 10 De allowed I'd IdOt
away and gradually die, and that when
the last one has passed out of existence
through sheer wear and tear there will
be no more shy little silver Scent
pieces. but only big bullying nickels
which have so much conceit of them.
selves that they are sometimes mis-
taken for quarters, SO covering us with
shame and confusion, as, for instance
when we tender one for a shave to be
transf1xed by the coldly glittering eye
Of the barber who thinks, of course
that we are trying to hold out on him
The little old reliable silver Scent
piece never set any traps for us like
that.
What's more, we believe that the big
nickel is inherently wicked. It leads us
into temptation. The complaint of an
Ottawa clergyman that the big MCKEE
Is finding its way into the collection
plates in place of the quarter sounds 9
real note Of alarm. One nickel on the
plate might look ike an accident, two
might be coincidence, but three up tc
q dozen at the same offertory can be
nothing but bad habit and the work
of the devil. What, we ask, will the
heather think of us when this Ananias
nickel begins to get in its work? The
little old honest Scent piece always
kept faith with the foreign missions
and never asked one coin to do the
| work Of I'VE.