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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-28
Discussing the Boxing Matches of Yester.
day and Today, the Renowned Drama
fist Gives His "reminiscences of the
Ring and Expresses His Views on
the Great Battles of the Century.

netic! He has the power of injecting
others with the delight he takes in
himself"
PUT despite his vivacity and easy
charm, Shaw struck me as some
what shy; or, more accurately, he was
conscious Of my shyness, and this had
much the same effect on him as when
you address him as Sir" He. there
fore, took refuge in a food of con-
versation, in which he showed that
he had read all the letters and writings
had sent him, and remembered them
quite well. you say in your article
on my 'Cashel Byron's Profession, he
started, evidently choosing the subject
TO put me at my case, that am
wrong when I say that pugilistic genius
is no more remarkable than respiration
or, say, the bees building their hive.
Well, why am I wrong? The boxers
assets are ability TO judge and time
blows. and select almost instantaneous
ly the right move at the right time,
and this is just as instructive as the
processes mention. No doubt the
ability Is rarer; there are a thousand
men who can breathe To every one
who can effectually knock another
down. But this does not alter the es-
Sential nature OF the process, as you
show clearly when you talk about 'hav-
ing a man guessing, meaning. in effect
that you have him beaten because his
conscious mind is arTesting his SUBJ
conscious" Then, after a pause, he
added: 1T is not very different with
other types Of ability. Give me an
arithmetical sum to do, and after filling
a slate with figures for half an hour
/ will give you the wrong answer; but
give 1t 10 born mathematician and
he will solve 1t as quickly and surely
as Shakespeare or myself would find
ideal words TO express some particular
iy subtle thought or feeling The main
characteristics Of any specific ability
are that 1t comes easy 10 those who
possess It, and Is remarkable in pro-
portion to the number Of creatures who
do not possess It,"
But are not different types of ability
OF different Standards l suggested.
" 4 II, that's difficult question" said
Shaw Broadly. values of spe-
cific types Of ability may be judged in
three ways--their rarity. their COM
mercial value, and how they stand in
the evolutionary scale. Mr. Jack John
sons profession when it carried no
money with II used to be regarded as
the lowest profession but if money
alone is the test it should now be logi-
cally superior TO mine or the Astrono-
mer Royals. Yet from the evolutionary
standpoint the Astronomer Royal and
myself may perhaps be pardoned If we
claim superiority over Jack Johnson"
And what Of utility?' I asked
More difficult sttll," Shaw replied
The shipbuilder doubtless feels he is
Of more use than an astronomer. but
without the latter his ships could not
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-28
BY NORMAN CLARK.

w YERE 1t possible to decide the
IA | matter, suppose 1t would be
wv found that Bernard Shaw is
At present the most famous
man in the world. HIS ORA
matte works are performed in practi-
cally every country where any theatr
exists. So keen was / on meeting their
author that no advice would have dis
suaded me against this purpose; so,
after sending him a number OF my
writings, and receiving couple Of
kindly postcards in reply, boldly wrote
informing him was coming to Lon
don. and intended to call and see him
My various journalist friends. when
told of this, shook their heads, and re-
minded me of the journalist who had
written asking Shaw for an interview.
Certainly: come and dine with me to-
night" Shaw had replied; but when
the journalist turned the card over he
found the poStrnark was some very re-
mote village in the South Of France!
However, as events proved. I knew my
man. In two days time there came a
postcard: Il have not moment be-
tween meals. Come TO lunch with me
tomorrow Thursday at 1870. Ring
up-aS soon as you conveniently can,
and say whether We may expect you.
@. B. S" And this time the postmark
was all in order
Need / say that I reached 10 Adel-
phia Terrace we'll on time, and after
being let through the barrier Shaw has
guarding his stairs. was ushered into
the room that has seen so many celeb
rites.
THE room WAS very tastefujly fur
nished. The pictures were mostly
landscapes BY Sartoris. with one by
Flandrin There were portraits of Des-
cartes. Einstein, Schopenhauer, Metz
sche. Strindbcrg, with a stack Of photo
graphs which, on being turned over like
q pack Of cards, proved 10 be portraits
of Rodin. Wells and Shaw himself. with
several caricatlucs. But / had not the
time or presence Of mind TO examine
things at all carefully. Suddenly the
door swung open and tall, very up
right man bounded in, all eyes and
fluffy beard and so full Of pleasant
vitality that his entrance seemed like
pulling up the blinds on sunny Spring
morning.
'Ah, here we are!" he exclaimed, his
eyes still dancing as he shook hands
briskly. You have made mistake in
coming 10 see me" ! was about 70
stammer an apology; but he waved me
INTO the SeILee. ana. SeLJllilR HlfflSeN III
his chair. added In the theater there
must always be a certain amount Of
give and take. you know What would
become Of your great boxing shows If
the spectators knew how few blows
were getting home and what limited
damage they really did? Well. it's the
same in my profession You should al
ways avoid seeing the artist, If pos
sible" Then he FAY back in his chair,
TTesthed in the kindliest smiles. and
! thought Of MAJ BeerbohmS Mag
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-28
Now Overhaul the Encyclopedia.

Quite So" interposed, "as, for in
stance, in the inscription on a golden
fibula----"
Found, believe, at Praeneste," she
added, ''in the year 1886"
Exactly" I answered with some
warmth, but not differing markedly
from the letter A in the inscription un-
earthed in the Roman Forum
I'm 1899" she said with a sigh, and
then added: 1t seems a little sad.
does it not, to think that the upright
form of the A never seems To have been
found In the early Boeotian and Locrian
dialects of Greek"
Or only sporadically," I said, after
which there was silence.
To break 1t, I turned TO my neighbor
on the other side.
You were in Europe this Summer.
Aa?"
Yes" she replied. I'VE went all the
way from Aalberg to Aalen, though as
a matter of fact the name IA is applied
to number of small European rivers
and is perhaps derived from the old
German Aha!"
Which. l imagine" replied, sis
cognate to the Latin Aqua" But spoke
without any great enthusiasm real
lied that l was blocked on both sides.
When I get my new encyclopedia am
going to talk about the River ZizZ and
the alarming growth Of Zymotic diseases.
That ought to prove the last word.
X
Another little bit Of advice that I
want TO give the encyclopedia editors is
to suggest that they cut out all this
E-SEE-business All readers will
know what / mean. You no sooner get
started reading something in the en-
cyclopedia than it Immediately says.
Sea something else. THUS
Napoleon, the greatest general of
modern times (ses Time), was born at
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-28

This article has been revised By Mr. Bernard
Sh0U himself In 1t the famous dramnttst discusses:
Fights Have Attended
The Essentials of Boxer.
Is Boxing Brutal?
Is the Jaw Knockout Painful?
Different Types of Boxing Ability.
How | Came to Write "Cashel Byron"
What Think of Beckett.
What Think of Carpenter.
What Think of Dempsey.
What Think of Tunney
MY Opinion of the Carpenter Dempsey Fight.
My Opinion of the Dempsey Tunney Fight.
NORMAN CLARK the secretary and certified referee the
brtth BoTtng Board OF Control He has bored so
amateur contests In number has 1uon honors
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-28

erai lightweight championships, was due
TO box in the middles, but found some
one boxing he did not want to meet, so
jumped up into the heavies and was
drawn against the Queensbury Giant
THE big man hadn't chance. Being
a gentleman, he wouldn't make a bull
rush and consist murder, and Diamond
was so much too quick for him that it
was relief to every one when one of
his gloves came off and had to be re-
placed" Diamond won the competition
easily and impressed G. B. S. as being
among the best boxers he had ever seen.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-28

And the great Birmingham anna
teurs. Tom Hill and Anthony Diamond"
Diamond! Yes, / remember him
we'll" said Shaw And he then told
me that there was a formidable ANA
teur, brother of we'll known scholar
and publicist. who competed in the
Queensbury heavyweight championship
one year and had walkover. He then
entered for the association champion
ship at st. James Hall. On that occa-
sion Diamond, having already won sew
The Washington times., 1929-08-24
BULL ITCH 7 Err
VISITS HERE

The bull will be thrown around
quite extensively for the edification
and amusement of Washington s
diplomatic and social sets on Labor
Day by Senor Chicorrito, Seville's
outstanding bull-fighter of the
moment. according to the Seniors
plans.
It will be a bloodless bull.fighting
contest. Senior Chicorrito, intends
to show how bull.fighting is done,
but he doesn't intend to inflict any
casualties among the ranks of
Washington's bulls. Like a lot Of
the liquor sold in Washington, the
bull-fight viii be synthetic.
The Senior arrived here last night.
He is 4S years old and has been
Fighting bulls for 26 of those years.
About six feet tall and Weighing
195 pounds, he has the build of a
heavyweight fighter. His English Is
thoroughly Latinized and would be
hard to follow but for his ex.
pressive hands. He Is staying at
the Mayflower Hotel.
Bull-fighting, the Senior declares,
- not any more cruel than the
american prize fights. 1T is thrill.
ling" he said, to have a mad bull
emerging down upon one.
The Washington times., 1929-08-24
Percy L. Wolfe Sued
For $4,000 Damages

Percy L. Wolfe, operating wolfe's
Market in the $500 block Fourteenth
street N. W., was sued in Circuit
Court yesterday for $4,000 fol-
alleged personal injuries by Louis
Lesser, 1900 block Clifton Street
N. W.. who alleges that he was
seriously injured in a fall in front
Df the defendants place of bust.
ness.
Through Attorney Jacob Halper
The plaintiff says that he tripped
pver a heavy wire protruding from
crate in front Of the market and
Ien to the sidewalk.
The Washington times., 1929-08-24
NAVY GUT P[AN
\ PUBLICITY
HARMFUL
BY GEoRGE r. HoLnGEs

Premature and excessive
publicity has ieopardized more
than one international under
taking. President Hoo e r
doesn't want his proposed
naval agreement with Great
Britain imperiled from any
such cause.
It is for this reason, largely, that
the White House has applied the
brakes to the talk Of an Anglo
American agreement being just
around the corner. satisfactory
progress has been made in the
Dawes Macdonald negotiations in
london, but there is a long road
ahead before there can be concrete
Accomplishment. And that road,
incidentally, is filled with obstacles.
Watch Powers
Administration officials have Sc
Sretly been rather worried over the
affect the Dawes Donald negotia-
fions may be having upon the other
world naval powers, Japan, France
and italy, whose cooperation is
:Fitally essential to any worthwhile
accomplishment in the field of
further naval disarmament.
The Dawes-MacDonald converse.
tions have not yet produced any
thing tangible enough to present to
the other powers and the exces-
eively optimistic stories emanating
from London and Washington of
an Anglo-American agreement being
At hand are considered likely to
make the other powers suspicious
and a bit resentful.
The expectation is that the basis
for an Anglo-American agreement
can be found before Premier Mac
Donald's contemplated trip to the
United States next October, such an
agreement to serve as the founda-
tion for a five-powered conference
in December or early in 1880.
Harmony Needed
From the experience gained at
several abortive Geneva conferences,
1t has been learned that there is,
little use in trying to get a five.
powered agreement when the two
largest naval powers in the world,
Great Britain and the United States,
are wholly irreconcilable.
There have. been mutual conces.
sions in these London conversations,
and considerable amount of prog
ress has been made. Macdonald has
accepted the principle of American
parity all down the line, ship for
ship, and gun for gun, which was
more, than the British experts at
Geneva were ever wiling to do.
Moreover, he has indicated that
Britain can get along with less
cruisers than her experts at Geneva
Goptended for.
Dawes. on the other hand, is be.
1ieved to have offered a material
concession to Great Britain in the
4natter Of small cruisers which the
British insist are SO vital to project
the empires far-flung trade routes.
The Washington times., 1929-08-24
Rentals
APAWrMENTs 0N1URNIsHND .

HAMMoND C0ORT, 3Oth and Q Sta. y. W.
Electric Refrigeratioh
4p.. soe- room. enc bah % .es $500
Electric Refrigeratipn
Apta Of ro0ns and bath, SIS 70 5000
HUNTINGTON 2716 14th 81. NV,
Apts. Of 2 rooms ard bath. $40 70 S4240
Ap: Az Ae Of room rooms aO sd OSa S.ah $50 u
1901 PARF RD. n. W.
Electric RefrfeeratfDn ,4
Apts. Of 9 rooms and BAH. $50 q $500
A., sAakAnAc 5nN,Ac IL d3gg ~. r Cap. ~ sao IA
Apis. Of room rooms and bath. $50 10 700 ZOO.
1744 LANIER PL. n. W.
Apt. Of 8 rooms bath and porch, $500
HE sAERpAi EIscteio RefrEeeasIo n Eseliq sss ~
Apta. Of rms. and bath. $4B 90 70 5000
THE MONTGOMERY n. CAP and n sts...
Apss Of rSos gSD ana anp betS of $50 so 70 Se
THE CLAIBORNE SIS H 81. n.
Apis. Of rooms ana bath. $50 10 DO
Apts. OF rooms and bath ..... $500
THE WOODWORTH 1905 10th s. NV.
Apt. 410--3 rooms and bath -. $3.50
THE BERKsHI4E. 14l2 Chaplin st. 8. W.
Apts. of rooms and bath 80. /. $3.50
Apis. OF 5 rooms and bath. $50 70 $3.50
Ant. 2-z rooms and bath ...... 5000
THE NAVARRO 217 = 81. NV.
Apts. of rooms and bath 49,. S3z 80.
THE HUDSON 1907 8 St.,N. W. -
Apt. 32--6 rooms and bath ....... $500
THE REGINA. 1914 Eye st. NV. :
Ant. 3--6 rOOnE and bath ...- $67 80
The Washington Loan &
Trust Co.
900 p ST. NV NATL $40
The Washington times., 1929-08-24
TIE HARRoWGATE.

THE HARROWGATE,
1888 New Hampshire Ave.
and 8 rooms, Kitchen
'ette and bath apartments in
tllis beautiful building, ad-
nnirably located, now avail
able. Newly painted and
decorated. Frigidaire.
First-class Service.
. Moderate Rentals.
See Resident Manager,
JOSEPH McREYNOLDS +
PROPERTIES. ?
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-02-01
FOREST FIRES ON THE
EASTERN SHORE

In the year of 1928, District 3,
Eastern shore, suffered an unusually
great loss from forest fires. One
nre in particular, occurring IN Dor
chester County during November,
contributed a loss of $4,000, to the
ngures submitted in the reports OF
the forest wardens. More than one
fourth of the area, burned in the
Eastern Shore by forest fires, took
lpIace in that fire when TWENTY-FIVE
hundred acres were swept over. II
was the outstanding fire OF the sea-
son which pointed to the fact that
our detection system can not be CALI
led adequate until forest fire lookout
towers are located in territories
where large holdings of timber exist.
Those counties which suffered most
|severly were Dorchester, Cecil and
worcester, in order. Dorcester
would be further down the list were
it not for the single bad fire men,
TONED. 1t is startling to note that
the estimated damage amounted to
over $4,000 for the eighty-seven
hundred acres burned. The people
Of the Shore are that much poorer,
and it seems as though none OF us
can really afford a penny OF 1t. A
summary Of the fires by counties IS
as follows:
| Caroline-Number of fires, 10;
acres burned, SIG; damage, $2,5OO;
cost of suppression, $77.65; number
of wardens, 13.
Fires, .43; acres, 2,662;
damage, s16,016.75: Suppression
s646.24; wardens. rs.
Dorcester-Fires, Is; acres, -
s2s; damage. .ss3,S6o; suppression
$3.50; wardens, Is.
KENT Fires, 81; acres, II; dam
age. S2,095; suppression, $l2.So;
wardens, 4
Queen Anne Fires, /; acres %;
damage SIS: suppression, $lo.lo;
Ewardens, 5.
somerset Fires, Is: acres, 499;
damage, $11,843.50; suppression,
Es122.s3; wardens, IA.
Talbot Fires, q; acres AZ; dam
lage, $1,000; suppression $S9.7o;
wardens, /.
Wicomico-Fires. Is: acres, 400;
damage, $s.675; suppression, $ll6
10; wardens, FL.
Fires, 20; acres, j.
s45; damage, $1S,910.5O; suppress
sion, ss43.65; wardens, ~.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-02-01
WOODLAND

On account Of the bad weather,
last Friday evening, Rev. Geo. =.
Jones did not come to give moving
pictures, but will be here this Friday
evening.
Mrs. Andrew Akin. of West Not
tingham, is visiting her cousin. MIS-.
II. H. Kirk.
MISS fda =: 4 y - 8
this week with Mr. and Mrs. Ernest
Brickley, Of Perry Point.
Miss Cornelia Abrahams spent the
weekend in Baltimore.
The stork visited the home OF MT.
and Mrs. Howard Nesbitt, leaving 2
boy, one day last week.
Rev. Arlo A. Brown, President OF
the Univ. Of Chattanooga, has been
elected President Of Drew Theologi-
cal Seminary at Madison. N. ]. His
wife will be remembered as Miss
Grace Lindale. daughter of Rev. J.
M. Lindale, former pastor OF Hope
we'll M. E. Church.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stanley Owens nave
moved into part Of Mr.. and mrs
Foote's house, the farm was former
" owned by M. A. G. Gibson now OF
oxford, Pa, and Mr.. Foote's moved
from Florida here last fall when he
purchased the farm. He originally
came from Texas.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-02-01
NOTICE TO CREDITORS


This is to give notice that the
subscribers Of Cecil County, have
0 L from the Orphans Court Of
said County letters testamentary
On the personal estate OF
FANNIE c. HINDMAN
ate OF said County. deceased. All
persons having claims against the
said deceased are hereby warned to
exhibit the same, with the vouchers
thereof duly authenticated,
ON or before July as, 1929
otherwise they may. by law. be ex-
Guided from all benefit OF said de-
ceased's personal estate. All in
debted to said estate are requested
10 make immediate payment to the
Given under our hands and seals
this 23rd day Of January, 1923.
JOHN A. HINDMAN
VIM. REYNOLDS
Executors of the Estate OF
Fannie C. Hindman, decd.
Test: R.. J. McCauley. Register
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-02-01
ORPHANS. COURT

Bonds Approved-Virginia A.
Laws and Elpertina Evans, execu-
trices of Clifton G. Laws: Howard =.
england and Clyde M. England. ad-
ministrators of Norman P. England;
John A. Hindman and William Rey-
holds, executors of Fannie C. Hind
man: Thomas Bayard Scott, admin
istrator Of Mary Ella Scott.
Accounts Passed-Ftrst and final
account of William B. Heatzig, ad-
ministrator Of Charles A. Heatzig
fourth account OF Florence w. Mack
lie, guardian Of Eleanor P. Mackie;
first and final account of Harry e.
Manlove, executor of Benjamin s.
Hall: first and final account Of Lou
isa G. Reynolds, executrix Of Isabella
Smedley.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-02-01
HOG CHOLERA TAKES TOLL q
MARYLAND


eFs UuFAM& 18So
Nearly 5000 hogs were lost b
Maryland farmers through hog chol7
era during 1928, the twelfth annual
report Of /. K. Anterior, inspector
in charge of hog cholera work, Col
lege Park, reveals.
Nine hundred and thirty-eight out
breaks, were reported. against $50
in 1927, and a nine-year annual
average Of $40 outbreaks. an In
crease of seventy per cent, over a
nine-year average.
OF the cases $50 were Of the back
yard type, that is, few hogs kept
in small pens and fed on concen-
Ttrates, including table scraps from
private homes.
Data obtained from question
naires show that on an average sew
en- hogs per outbreak were lost. TO
this. the report states, should be
added twenty per cent to take care
of cases not reported, which would
bring the total loss of swine up to
1879.
If the hogs had been properly ana
promptly vaccinated on appearance
Of the disease, $3.50 animals could
probably have been saved and the
.osses reduced to approximately 500
swine.
washington county. with ia out
breaks, reported double the number
of any other county. Dorcester was
second, with seventy-five cases.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-02-01
FISHING IN ABERDEEN PROVING
GROUND AREA

The right of fishermen to- occupy
certain waters in the Vicinity OF
Aberdeen Proving Grounds during
The spring season has been granted
by Col. c. NJ. Wesson, commaading
oficer.
Colonel Wesson explained the fish
ing regulations have been drawn up
with view to extending the season,
which opens February 1. to June ID.
Colonel Wesson asserted the regu-
lations restrict night firing during
the season to Tuesday and Wednes-
days, so as to permit fishing on other
nights, and when no firing over
waters is contemplated on those
nights, flag is hoisted on Mulberry
Point tower as signal to fishermen
that they may enter the area.
The belief that the presence OF
fishing boats in Abbery Island creek
would not interfere with range firing
at the proving ground was enron
eous, Colonel Wesaon said.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-02-01
MRS. HARRIEr r. EWING

Mrs. Harriet Reynolds Ewing,
widow of the late Ex-County. Com
missioner George r. Ewing. died at
her home near Zion, Jan. %, from
pneumonia. aged 80 years. She
was born and spent her entire life in
hat neighborhood. One daughter,
Elizabeth r., at home, and two sons,
Herbert H.. West Grove, and Leon
", Blue Ball, survive; also three
sisters; Mrs. Mary MartindaIe, Mrs.
Nettie Zebley, both OF Zion. and Mrs.
Jasper Scott. Fair Hill. The funeral
was held Saturday afternoon. with
services in St. Johns Methodist
Episcopal church, Lewisviile, and
intrement in adjoining cemetery.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-02-01
SELECTED FOR MASTER
FARMERS

HI
The Del-Mar-Va Peninsula has
,een signally honored by the selec-
ion Of Mr.. L. Otis Corkran. Of
Rhodesdale, Md, and Oliver A.. New
ON & Son, of Bridgevllle, Del, as
Master Farmers, In the Eastern sec
ion Of the country under direction
# the Pennsylvania Farmer and
Stockman.
This honorary degree, accompani-
id by q gold medal, is in line with
he national movement selecting q
lew men of outstanding ability VINO
follow agricultural pursuits and
Who are leaders not only in their
actual operation OF farms but who
are recognized as citizens OF the
aighest type. In the district cover
ng Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Della
ware and Maryland but fourteen
men measured up to the require.
ments, and with two OF these on the
Oel-Mar-va Peninsula unusual hong
,r is directed to this section.
A most rigid check-up Is demand
ID before man is made Master
Farmer Of the United States. The
essential features of the score carp
which must be met include the opeH-
ation of the farm. business methods
ind ability, general farRa appeaf-
z1icg and up4Aksep; his0n1as 80 Y -.
citizenship. y
Last year, Mr.. Frank G. Bancroft,
ST wyoming, Delaware, was thekoniy
Master Farmer selected In this dis
trict.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-02-01
WILD-FOWL SEASON CLOSES
JANUARY 8fst


According to the State, and Fed
eral Laws, as we'll, sunset on Janu-
Try 3lst closes the hunting season
Tor wild-fowl, of 1928-29, the open
season being November LIST to Janu-
Try 31st, inclusive. Therefore, 1t
will be unlawful after sunset on
January 31st to hunt any wtld-fowl
If any species in Maryland territory
my person found hunting wild-fowl
,etween January 31st and October
Both, 1929, will be prosecuted to the
fullest extent of the law. Birds
killed at the end of the season can
De only held in possession legally
not later than February 10th and it
will be unlawful for any person to
nave wild-fowl in possession be-
.ween February 10th and November
i. 1929.
Paragraph c of Section 40. Chapt-
or 56S, Acts Of 1927, provides that
every owner OF q BOBBY. brush or
sake blind on any OF the waters OF
mis-, State, shall remove all Dursh
from said blind within ten days after
ne close OF the season.
We earnestly request the duck
olind owners to cooperate with US
N this matter by complying with the
Jaw as herein quoted.
4. LEE LeCOMPTE,
State Game warden.