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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-17
MUSIC
THE ToWNsEND-GIGLI RECITAL.

The TOWNSENU-GtGLl hECAAhL'
Ruth Townsend (Mme. Milan Petro-
vic), meZzo-soprano, and Beniamino
Gigli, tenor, were presented before
capacity audience in the ballroom OF
the Mayflower Hotel yesterday morn
ing. Much enthusiasm was shown Tor
the entire song recital, but the audi
ence's outstanding applause was re-
served for the operate selections oy
both singers.
Nine. Petrovic was in excellent voice
and her style in the much-heard Mon
Occur" air from Saint-Saens' Samson
ct Della" lifted it to fresh life and
dignity. She was warmly applauded
and gave as her encore Petite Pen
see," a charming little song written by
her aunt. Mrs Lawrence Townsend.
Particularly lovely among the art songs
which Nine. Petrovic sang were LIN
vi:ation au Voyage" by Duparc;
"Wohin," by Schubert, and Brahms
die Mainacht." The Richard Strauss
"Zueignung'' was given with originality
and dramatic effectiveness.
Signor Gigli, who is considered by
many as the successor to Caruso at the
Metropolitan Opera House, also was In
excellent voice, with that buoyant spirit
and sunny sense Of the inner values
of the music he sang which seems the
birthright Of only Italians. He sang
the beautiful songs by Grieg and Rach-
maninoff with artistry and feeling, but
it was in the generous number Of oper-
attic airs from "l'Elisir d'Amore," Mig
non,"~ Romeo and Juliet" and
Martha" that the genial, liquid-voiced
tenor won what are storms of applause
from this very conservative audience.
He read new and impish meaning into
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-17
$4,000 IN DRUGS
/. CONF|SCATED HERE
Suit Case Containing Nor
phine Is Seized by Agent
at Union Station.

From Yesterdays $50 Edition of The starr
One of the largest consignments of
narcotics ever seized in Washington was
confiscated at Union Station this after
noon when Customs Inspector James w.
Edmonston Of Baltimore seized suit
case containing shipment valued at
$4,000.
Local narcotic agents received infor-
nation from New York last Saturday
that the dope" was to be brought here.
The "tip" came too late, however, for
the suit case was checked at the station
by an unidentified individual before the
agents could reach there.
A constant watch was kept at the
station until today, when hope' that
some one would call for the suit case
was abandoned.
The suit case contained large box
in which were found hundreds of cubes
Of morphine.
United States Commissioner Needham
G. Turnage, to whom the returns were
made, said it was the second largest
seizure made here since he has been
in Office.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-17
FLOWERS. KILL BEETLES.

NEW YORK (P.-Cultivation of
geraniums as means of combating
the destructive Japanese beetle in or
chardS and gardens was suggested by
Charles H. Ballou of the Department Of
Agriculture.
They paralyze the beetles, but the
insects will eat them, he told members
of the American Association for the Ad-
vancement of Science and the American
Association of Economic Entomologists
About IS per cent of the paralyzed
beetles die within four days." he said.
Most Of the beetles which recover do
so within "a hours. The flower appears
to be more attractive and more toxic
than the foliage, and the effect IS
heightened when feeding takes place on
plants exposed to sunlight
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-17

his encore, La Donna e mobile" and
let 60 in completely Venetian fashion
for his final encore, 20 Sole Mo" His
rendition of Donaudy's 20 del milo
Amato Ben" was one of the particularly
beautiful moments of the morning.
In the duet from the second act OF
La Gioconda," the two singers had the
assistance of Miguel Sandoval, Signor
Gigli's accompanist, at the piano. This
accompanist is rarely sympathetic and
showed both in this selection and those
in which he accompanied the tenor
alone discriminating musicianship and
keenest attention to the vocal phrasing,
especially when Gigli spun some Of his
famous lovely long notes. Mary Howe
MRS. Walter Bruce Howe of Wash
ington). who is already widely known
for her skill in two-piano recitals and
her marked talent as composer, was
sympathetic accompanist for Nine.
Petrovic in her solo selections.-H. F.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-17
FATHERS HEAD PIT. A.
Men Take Interest in School Clubs
of Minnesota.

Vi VMIAIlCSOLd.
DULUTH, Mimi Op).-When woman
takes mans job nowadays it's femin-
ism: when man takes woman's job,
at least in this case, it's parental in
terest.
For there are 90 man presidents of
Parent Teacher Associations in Mime
sofa.
Mrs. A. A. Mendenhall. president of
the Minnesota Congress of Parents and
Teachers, explains it by saying the
fathers have discarded their cloak of
responsibility toward school children"
She intends to change the slogan OF
the congress from can understanding
parent is the greatest need Of every
child" to 1.-TWO understanding parents
are the greatest need of every child"
The Isle of Man is to be finally con-
nected with the continent of Europe by
telephone.
Milford chronicle., 1929-07-26

tite of the diners is whetted if the
mixer occasionally samples the sal
ad, adding vinegar, salt or pepper as
the flavor demand, smacking his lips
and exclaiming, This is the best /
ever tasted"
Such salad was served last eve
ming at our farm and it was mighty
good. 1t was preceded by cold roast
beef and followed by strawberry
shortcake, coffee and cigars, after
which the dogs were taken for a
walk, just as the sun was sinking
below the horizon.
1 returned to the porch and pick
ed up Twelve Men" by Theodore
Dresser, reading the first sketch
called PETER" before I was inter-
rupted by callers. I went out to
greet them and saw the most beauti-
full full moon my eyes have ever be-
held. 1t was the color of candle
light, and hung low, having been up
less than an hour. In the immedi-
ate foreground was the flower gar
den, the tall larkspur appearing airy
and fantastic. Roses scented the air.
1 glanced into the distance and noted
the odd shapes of many of the small
er trees and the majesty of the big
trees. Trees are always beautiful,
Milford chronicle., 1929-07-26

recently solved by the use of dyna-
mite. The nolIheast corner of the
golf course of the Club was badly in
need of drainage and, in order to
accomplish it the services of an ex-
pert dynamiter were engaged. This
man blasted a ditch of fourteen feet
in one day by new method of ex-
ploding the dynamite which is
known as the propagation method.
The ditch he blasted had depth of
four and half feet. He put down a
line of dynamite cartridges for about
three hundred fifty feet and then at
tached fuse to the center cartridge
of the line. When this exploded, it
detonated all the others in turn so
that there was a roar as of a great
curtain being torn and mud, trees
and logs were shot up in the air
leaving the completed ditch. The
right of way where the ditch was
blown was complicated by the fact
that it was dotted with many trees
and the dynamiter put extra car
tridges under these to blow them
out. The result is that all this Sec
ton of the golf course will have
ample drainage.
Doubling Up on Automobiles
Nine out Of every ten cars in the
Milford chronicle., 1929-07-26
SALADS

I am exceedinly fond of salads
made from greens-leaf lettuce, on
ions, radishes. 1 complained so much
about the way these salads were pre-
pared that the family turned the
mixing over to me. Everyone knows,
or should know, that the green's
must be absolutely dry. Merely to
shake them in the hands is not
enough. They should be put in an
open mesh towel and whirled round
and round.
The next step is to put the dry
green's in large bowl and pour olive
oil over them. Every single leaf
must be covered with a thin film.
This requires a considerable turning.
Salt should be added to the last
spoonful of oil and dissolved by stir
ring with a fork. Then the emul-
sion should be spread, freshly
ground pepper added, and the whole
mess stirred again. Next add vine
gar or lemon juice, about one-fourth
as much vinegar as oil. The appe-
Milford chronicle., 1929-07-26
Portable Cribs For Babies

Baby's comfort in travelling away
from home seems to have been in
sured through what is known as the
Gordon bassinet, which is portable
crib so constructed that it will easily
fit in the back seat of any automo-
bile-coach, sedan or touring car.
One pair of legs is adjustable, to per-
nit the bassinet to be placed on
different size seats and cushions and
yet remain level. The body and the
hood of the bassinet are constructed
of rubberized fabric in black or
shades of gray or brown. At last
baby beds have been modernized and
the clubsy old cribs can all be put
in the museum, since the bassinet
meets every requirement in the
home, on the road, anchored beside
the beach, or travelling on its own
wheels. 1t is light and can be lift
ed and moved about easily without
disturbing baby darling.
Milford chronicle., 1929-07-26
Something About Hogs

Most people know how much pork
and ham cost at the meat market,
but there are not very many people
who know much about slaughtered
hogs at the packing house, or the
conditions that surround the market
ing of pork. Right now hog prices
are on the upward swing and the
average price has reached nearly
ten dollars per hog. The condition
of the corn crop and the price of
corn has a lot to do with the hog
outlook. Crop and market condi-
tions indicate an increase of hogs
for 1880, and the Agricultural De-
partment at Washington believes
that the hog business will reach
"about an average corn-hog ratio"
next year.
Milford chronicle., 1929-07-26
Sky Rathing

Flying is still full of thrills and
adventures, but it takes more than
the mere fact of going up in the air
to make it news. When the record
breaking endurance flyers, Mendell
and Reinhart, were on their eleventh
day over Culver City, California,
they contributed a new touch to
their tale. They took bath.
"Coast flyers enter eleventh day;
get first BATH" I'm high spirits after
first ablutions," "They bathe and fly
on" read typical headlines. Accord
ing to the reports they were not suf-
ficiently isolated even in the air, for
other planes flew by and the modest
bathers had to send down for cur
tains. Later reports from planes
that carried them fuel said the en-
durance flyers were "slicked up
spick and SPAN"
If fight in itself is not news any
more, still less is bathing. And yet
once upon time it was. The gossip
sheets of Queen Elizabeth's Time in
England, we are told, published the
statement that "the Queen hath built
herself a bath where she doth bathe
herself once a month, whether she
require it or not Those days are
past. Now bath is news only when
it takes place in the air or in other
unusual circumstances.
The day may soon come when even
sky bathing will not be news, when
all the comforts of home, including
soap and water and towels, will be
brought to air travellers by obliging
aerial bell-hops. American hotels
have made room and bath" almost
synonymous with room" for mil
lions of travellers by train and boat
and automobile, so it is not too much
to expect plane" to mean plane
with bath" before those same mil
lions go in for air travel in big
way.
Milford chronicle., 1929-07-26
PERSUADING THE PUBLIC

An advertising card was recently
noted in store window, which read
costs more, does more," referring
to certain article therein displayed.
The producers of that merchandise
evidently felt that the public was
willing to pay for good article.
This may be something of a change
from conditions before the war,
when there was a tremendous de-
mand for cheap goods, and it might
not have been helpful in those days
to advertise that an article cost
more.
But now people have come to real
ize that the higher priced article is
often the best economy, since it
lasts longer and gives better salts
faction.
But to persuade the public to buy
good articles and pay what they
cost, takes some persuasion. In fact
it takes persuasion to sell any kind
of an article. If something is offered
cheap, people want to learn some de-
tails about it, and they ask if it is
inferior in any way interfering with
its usefulness.
The modern business concern,
then, has to do considerable per-
suading of the public, both on cheap
merchandise and the more expensive
stuff. Not all of that persuasion can
be done in the store after the Gus
toner gets there. 1t is a wonderful
help, if one is partly persuaded be-
fore he visits a store, by having read
advertisements describing the goods
which the customer was looking for.
Constant advertising helps per-
suade the public that goods are right
and fairly priced. If concern ad-
vertises right along, it seems so en-
and reliable that people
are already persuaded that its goods
are right. Then when its salespeo-
pie recommend some article as a
good value, they are apt to be salts
fed that the merchandise is a good
purchase.
Milford chronicle., 1929-07-26
ALTERNATIVES OF BUSINESS

A business concern which is am
bilious to enlarge it's trade, can re-
sort to one of several theories of
how to do it. Here are few of
them.
1T can trust to the law of
chance to get certain amount of
trade. If people go by a store day
by day, and become thoroughly fa-
miliar with its appearance, there is
always a chance that when they
want something in that stores line,
they will go in there and buy it.
But that let alone policy does not
accomplish anything for the people
who do not pass that store, and who
are not in any way attracted to it.
1t takes a long time to build up a
business in that way.
PA good show window, frequent
ly changed, and arranged in an at
tractive way, always draws trade.
Those who pass the store are at
tracted by goods we'll displayed, and
will often come in and buy. But
that plan also accomplishes nothing
for people who do not pass that
store. It is also slow way to build
up trade.
"a third and wonderfully effec-
tive way, is to call attention to that
store by advertising. That attracts
people from all over town and for
miles about it, whether they natur-
ally pass the store or not. They
read about attractive bargains and
good values, and feel desire to see
them. When they want something in
that line, the impression of that ad-
vertising, lingering in their minds,
incites them to see what that store
has.
Great fortunes are constantly be-
ing built up by this third method,
and small concerns which advertise
in a way proportional to their limit
ed capital, are going on to substan-
tial success.
Milford chronicle., 1929-07-26
Hurr.Hing Up the Air Mail

The air mail may be picked up by
devices that will make it unneces-
sary for planes to stop. The world
is in such hurry!
Something of a boomerang was
thrown in Washington recently by
the printing of a comparative state
ment which showed that in many
cases airplane mail was not deliv-
cred any quicker than ordinary mail.
The explanation that followed show
ed that in such cases the airplane
routes were short ones.
Milford chronicle., 1929-07-26
Our Weekly
Washington Letter
Farm SnrnInSas

The Federal Farm Board is likely
to undertake the business of farm
relief by inaugurating methods to as
sist the farmers in dIsposing of this
years crops to the best advantage.
The new Board proposes to begin
aiding the farmers through their CO.
operative associations, which will be
the most practical and quickest way
of reaching the agricultural groups.
According to statements given out in
Washington the Federal Farm Board
will finance agricultural surpluses,
and the Washington Post seems to
fear that such a method "is equiva-
lent to a notice that farmers can de-
pend upon finding a market for all
they can produce and if not, 1T
comes dangerously near it." This is
very good, except that the Admins
tration does not consider such a
method as having any dangerous"
features connected with it.
Milford chronicle., 1929-07-26
Staytonsvine

Sunday nights report was good.
George Gillespie, of the Milford nj.
P. Church, made a fine talk. Ser
vices as usual next Sunday night
Everybody welcome.
Another application for old folks
pension has been received by I. A.
Hall
Milford chronicle., 1929-07-26

but in night light they acquire sharp
outlines that are concealed in day
time.
All of which shows the Importance
of making a salad properly.-Wm''
Feather,
Milford chronicle., 1929-07-26
Cheerful CoIOrs in Factories

Just. as the black or other sombre-
colored automobiles have given
place on the highways to the smart,
bright-hued cars, dull and dark ma
chinery is fast taking on more cheer
full colors in factories, says ]. E.
Fauser, a well known finish service
engineer. Where color schemes for
machines have been adopted, factory
morale has shown improvement be-
cause of the cheering effect of GER
tain colors on workers and their
taking pride in keeping the machin-
cry spick and span. Other practical
benefits have been shown in print
ing plants and textile mills where
painting machines white permits the
operators to Immediately detect any
grease or dirt that might soil mater
ials and thereby cause losses. Pyrox-
ylin enamels and other finishes of
the pyroxylin group have been
found we'll adapted for finishing ma
chinery because of resistance to the
effects of oils, alkalies and other
things that might injure finished sur
faces. Painting the corners of work
rooms in white serves to show up
dirt and is proving a good incentive
to cleanliness in factories. Red is
being used to indicate dangerous
parts of machines and otherwise to-
act as a caution signal.
Milford chronicle., 1929-07-26
Less Money in the Bank

That there is a midsummer bus
mess slump is shown by recent re-
ports of the Federal Reserve Board
in which it appears that there has
been considerable decrease in the
amount deposited in banks since the
beginning of July. The slump has
been as high as 81 per cent in a
single week. No reason is given,
but a good guesser might conclude
that a good many thousand people
have drawn their money out of the
banks and are now spending it on
summer vacations.
Weeds Do Not Cause Hay Fever
Hay and weeds-even golden rod,
Milford chronicle., 1929-07-26
WHEN ADVERTISING HELPS

There are periods of the year, par
ticularly in summer, when retail
trade would naturally be dull. These
are times when years ago, when
there was less enterprise, the stores
were largely empty.
People had bought their summer
supplies and they were not ready for
fall stuff. The store clerks looked
sleepy, and the proprietor looked
blue.
But nowadays, advertising cures
all that. The enterprising store can
show its customers how they can
save q good deal of money by buying
at such times.
Most concerns would rather close
out a good deal of stuff at cost or a
very narrow margin, rather than
take chances on carrying it over. So
they announce the goods that they
would be glad to sell cheap, and as a
result the stores are often crowded
at the time that was formerly the
slowest and most discouraging.
Milford chronicle., 1929-07-26
RELIEVING THE FARMER

The corn borer eats the farmers
grain,
The bee moth spoils his honey,
The mosquito gives him quite pain
And the auto gets bis money.
The Pathfinder
Milford chronicle., 1929-07-26
Out Of a Job

Incident to a census to be taken
concerning unemployment there is a
good deal of discussion as to how
many people are out of job in the
United States, and the estimates are
that the unemployed vary from l.
100000 to 100000. While this
sounds rather large, still the cold
facts of the case are that there are
always several million people out
of work, and when one stops to con-
slider that there is a total population
of about 12O,OOO,OO0 it is perfectly
natural that about Is per cent of
them should be out of work. 1t is the
normal number of loafers for great
country like the United States.
Milford chronicle., 1929-07-26
MILFORD, FRIDAY, JULY 26. 1929
THE COUNTRY ROAD PROBLEM

While quite good progress is be-
ing made in improving the main
lines of highway, yet there are many
miles of rural roads in this country,
a large part of which are in unsat-
isfactory condition.
The time has come when a more
decided effort should be made to i'm
prove these rural roads. Municipal
tiles and counties should pay large
enough salaries to the men who su-
pervise these roads, so that these
people can afford to give all the
time necessary to this work. 1t
would be helpful to many of these
men. if they could take courses OF
scientific training, giving them the
latest ideas on road construction, or
at least work for brief time under
very competent engineers.
Many towns and counties are was
ting money by their niggardly policy
in paying their road supervisors. 1t
does not pay to save few dollars
ON such a mans salary, if he is so
poorly paid that he can't afford to
give much time and attention to his
work.
Rural roads are a special problem
by themselves, and each locality has
a problem of it's own. The solution
that might be the best thing in one
county, might be inadequate or i'm
possible in some near by locality.
The road authorities Of each state
have commonly worked out these
problems thoroughly, and can tell
the authorities in every locality
what should be done in their case.
The road supervisors for each city
and county can usually handle the
problem adequately, if they are CIV
en- a decent amount of money, and
reasonably paid themselves. Politics
and favoritism should be cut out III
making appointments as road build
ers.
Poor rural roads are heavy han
dicap on the development of state,
and we should never rest satisfied in
Delaware until our country roads
have been much improved over their
present condition.
Milford chronicle., 1929-07-26

world are American-made, and the
total number of automobiles in use
has doubled in six years.
Milford chronicle., 1929-07-26
Draining a Golf Course

An interesting problem of drain
age which was bothering the Coun-
try Club at Bloomfield, Iowa, was
Milford chronicle., 1929-07-26
Food Enemies on the Roadside

Roadside stands have an appeal to
every motorist, but most of them
have suffered considerable as the
foods and goods on display have to
combat dust and gasoline smells
kicked up by the passing traffic. But
everyone must have noticed the i'm
provement during the present sum-
mer season, with more wrapped
packages than ever before, with can
dy bars, hot dogs, nuts, fruits, sand
wiches, and nearly everything else
protected against the great enemies
of food by the roadside. eff there is
one thing that has been developed to
help the roadstand business to mer-
chandise foodstuffs more easily, it is
the new transparent wrapper, known
as cellophane," says the Wayside
Stand Magazine, which fairly goes
into raptures in praise of the pro-
gress made by manufacturers in
providing protection for wayside
stand foods.