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New Britain herald., 1929-08-19

A similar robbery at the Beverly home of Francis Amory was foiled when maids surprised burglars i'll the act of raising a screen to enter.
 There have been other jewel rob- berries at exclusive vacation places in New Jersey, New York and New England. Whether or not the same gang has been responsible for the majority of them has not been de- termined, but the series of gem thefts has served to inject a meas had become top heavy with ma chine gun exploits, violent killings and massed assaults on citadels of cash.
New Britain herald., 1929-08-19
WAR CLOUDS GATHER
assechusctts Golf Association Will Defy National Body in Argument Over Expenses.

Over Expenses.
 Boston, Aug. 19 Pl-The Massa- chusetts Golf association today in- dicated it's determination not to bow to the United States Golf associa- ion in the impending war over pro- fessionalism. The state group made public a statement by E. s. Litch- field. former president of the M. c. A., in which he upheld the stand of that body.
 The storm clouds first hove into sight when the M. G. A. announced it's intention to pay expenses of its representatives in the forthcoming Lesley cup matches and interstate competition. Herbert Jaques. New England representative of the U. s. G., imm ediately issued warning that in this even. the players would lose their amateur standing.
 Mr. Litchfield today said: "It's perfectly ridiculous to pay the Walk CT cup team expenses and not those of the Lesley cup team. There should be one law for both. I believe the reason for the move is the fear that matters will get out of control of the |. S. G. A."
New Britain herald., 1929-08-19
Boy Sets Fire to Hay,
 Damage of S60 Results

A small boy set fire 10 a quantity Joseph Wasnick of TT Wynola avenue yesterday afternoon, causing s60 damage. Officer David Doty mo- ticed the youngster covering in clump of bushes nearby while fire men of Co. No. were working on the blaze. T made the fire" the lad admitted and the officer found box of matches in his pocket.
 An eel has two separate hearts. One beats 60, the other 160 times a minute.
New Britain herald., 1929-08-19

BRITISH SCHOLAR DEAD
 Manchester, Eng, Aug. 19 P- Professor Arthur Samuel Peake. widely known British scholar and divine, died today after an operation at the age of GA.
New Britain herald., 1929-08-19

No matter what the condition of your old range-we'll allow you $500 on a splendid new Chambers Priceless Gas Range the range that cooks with the gas turned of.
 Everybody is talking about what wonder this Chambers Range Is!
 It gives you added hours for rest and recreation, because foods cooked on it do not require watching. While you are out of the kitchen for the afternoon the heat retained In the insulated oven and thermodome { for top- stove cooking) not only cooks the meal, but keeps 1t piping hot and appetizlng until you are ready to serve 1t.
 The saving on gas will actual ly pay for the new range.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-03

Order Of Moose, and most especially for
the little children of Mooseheart.
MIR. DWIGHT DAVIS, Secretary Of
AsA War, is not giving up his rather
rocco house (also rented furnished).
His beautiful and brilliant daughter
came out In Washington last year and
his other children are in school in the
East. No moving vans will be drawing
up to the home for some time to come
Nor will the Secretary Of Agriculture
and Mrs. Jardine be leaving Washing
ton, though they, too, like any tyro, are
embarked upon house hunting. Some
years of hotel life during the tempo
rary glories Of a cabinet post are to
give way to householding in the per-
manence of Mr.. Jardine's new position
as counsel of the Federated Fruit and
Vegetable Growers.
Perhaps the most interesting "inte-
rior" of all In Washington is that of
Mr.. Mellon. Room after room in the
large apartments he inhabits on Mas
sachusetts avenue Is hung with his
priceless collection Of paintings. To
mention them is to catalogue the great
est names in the history Of art. And
with q modesty thoroughly character
istic Of the Secretary OF the Treasury.
in the furthest end Of the smallest hall
hangs a vivid sketch of himself by Or
pen and portraits by Lazlo and Oswald
Burley.
To washington. because Of the vari-
Gus charms of their personalities. the
flutterings and fiitterings Of household
ing Assistant Secretaries is quite as In
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Butter Fat Tests.
THE District of Columbia. with it, re

THE District of Columbia. with its re-
quirement Of 35 per cent butter
fat in its milk, would be poor market
for q herd Of heavy-producing Holstein
cattle. These cows, with yield some
times of more than 100 pounds Of milk
a day each. or nearly so quarts are
low In butter fat. The tremendous yield
Of milk Is obtained at the cost Of the
fat percentage and the herd yield has
been known to fall below the 3 per cent
minimum that Is usually set.
A fat test below 8 per cent would
warrant suspicion of skimming or water
ing the milk. but there are tests known
to dairy chemists which would quickly
reveal If the milk were adulterated.
To overcome the low fat content, It
Is common practice among dairymen to
have a Jersey or two, depending upon
the size of the herd. to bring the fat
percentage Of the entire herd up to q
better figure.
AS the production Of milk falls on
toward the end Of the season, the fat
content has q tendency to increase.
The average Holstein, Of course, does
not produce at the 100-pound rate daily,
nor even quite close to 1t. but, on the
other hand. certain record breakers
have produced far in excess Of this
amount.
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Irrigation Profits.

HIGHLY profitable farming has re-
warded the Governments efforts in
retaining the arid land Of the West, o
recent survey Of the Department Of
Agriculture indicates. The return per
acre was found to average s53.o6 for
1928, which was an increase Of nearly
So an acre over 1927.
A return Of this size Is not even
approached by the large-scale farming
on non-reclaimed land, the department
reports, and Is nearly two and q han
times as great as the average retlrn
from farms ell over the Nation.
The products of the irrigated farma
reached the total Of $s1 900 900, and Ii
addition to that sum, products to the
extent Of $5T,00o,00 were raised on
farms adjacent to the reclamation
projects, deriving water from the irriga-
ton works.
The pioneer spirit Of the farmers on
the irrigation projects Is receiving q
monetary reward that would .iiave
seemed small fortune to the pioneers
OF other days.
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that should make them philosophers or
cynics.
There Is the Vice President. During
| his minor and. as 1t were, more indo-
lent days. when Mr.. Charles Gates
Dawes was only settling questions Of an
important Government financial kind
and before he embarked upon the heavy
duty OF vice presidential dining out. he
| lived in a hotel. This latter work in
volved the taking Of a pleasant, spread
| ing house high on a hill on Crescent
place. house which could not be filled
too easily. Now he goes on to the lovely
and still more spreading stone house
| near the waters of Lake Michigan,
where he calls out the Chicago Orches-
| ira to play for him and Seizes the
fautist's flute to take his part In the
score.
He goes and Senator Curtis takes his
place. Curtis, with his sister Mrs. Ed
ward Gam. has been living in a small
house In that somewhat suburban por-
ton of Washington known as Cleveland
| Park.
Curtis and Mrs. Gam always had
been very. popular socially in Washing
| ton, but they never had needed q large
house. With the Job which makes that
sort Of thing into duty" however,
Vice President Curtis has taken suite
In one of our most popular local hotels.
The case of Curtis, too, reminds us
that some of our politically important
citizenry actually are told of to official
social events-as II they WERE say in the
Navy-and assigned to a certain duty"
| They must not only be entertained,
but they also must entertain in return
and adequate-both their fellow Amer
lean officials and the members Of the
diplomatic corps. The Vice President is
| the chief Of these. He Is our heir ap-
parent, our Prince of Wales. He has to
eat caviare end lobster and meringue
glace, and still less interesting foods Of
all sorts of cooks from chefs to man,
mics, leaving the entirely presidential
"tummy" to higher things and palmer
fares. He has some help In his job in
little ways, such as getting the flowers
| for his table from the Government
run greenhouses extra servants from
| Government STATS, motor with a
chauffeur and secretarial assistance for
| his lists and his invitations. But he
does not-yet-get house.
Those who realize the extent Of the
social requirements officially laid upon
| the Vice President have agitated for
| years for such house for him-without
achieving anything but agitation.
| Among the best known women In
| Washington is a certain Mrs. Henderson.
| She undoubtedly has initials, but no.
body ever dreams of using them. You
| Just say Mrs. Henderson" and every
one knows whom you mean.
| She Is the widow of a Speaker Of the
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ration Day Is Moving Day in Washington for Notables

Congresswoman from New York; Mrs.
Ruth Hanna Mccormick, incoming Con-
gresswoman at large from Illinois, and
Col. william Donovan. assistant attor-
ney general under. President Coolidge.
Mrs. Mccormick moves from the old
house she rented In Georgetown, where
Edgar Allan Poe and John Howard
Payne and the early secretaries Of the
Navy once lived. to the Currier-and-
Ives print Of house built In the early
l800s.
Col. Donovan has bought the George
town house, whose history begins In
1895 with George washington's nephew,
Corby washington, and goes on with
Bushrod Washington living there while
he was on the Supreme Court. Col.
Donovan has repaired the house with
out impairing its beauty and cherishes
the great trees. older than the house
itself. that shadow 1t.
Mrs. Pratt has been equally fortunate
In finding residence Of antique charm
She has rented Evermay In George
town, whose sweet name Is not belied
by the lovely lines Of the eighteenth
century mansion built OF brick imported
from England, whose gardens, terraced
down the hill, command a beautiful
vista Of the City Of Washington, whose
swimming pool and tennis court are
shaded by q variety of trees and shrubs.
Senators. members of Congress and
minor Government employees by the
thousands own their own homes In
Washington to a very large proportion.
1t Is the executive chiefs in the Admin
istration for whom time Is so fleeting
that they scarcely unpack before they
must begin to consider the next moving
day.
Time was when the quadrennial spec
tacle of the Capitals great right and
left meant an upheaval all down the
line. Pre-war visitors remember the
For Rent" signs, thicker than The
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leaves above these shadiest Of streets.
Real estate firms used to keep a weekly
printed list Of houses as long as mans
arm and employ the time Of clerk for
a whole day to keep it up TO date. But
stricter enforcement Of the civil service
has changed all that. Then no man nor
woman was sure Of tomorrow's job. To-
day the twoScore or so Of fine houses
inhabited by celebrities are balanced by
thousands of new and cheerful little
houses inhabited by home owning fami-
lies, who know tii0y Lave some security
in their work.
So as Mr.. Hoover enters for the first
time as President that pillared portico
under which he has so often walked as
consultant on the nations govern
ment, his Joy in his own work will not
be clouded by the thought that his
coming is inevitably Through the
operations Of the ancient "spoils syS-
tenn bringing unhappiness to thou
sands of obscure Government clerks.
Washingtons moving day this year
will be a grand right and left among
the renters Of fine houses. who can
amply afford to be disappointed and
take a cure abroad. The little fellows
can cheer the marching colors from the
sidewalks and the bleachers and 50
home happy.
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Is located where town and country meet
in Maryland, and there Mrs. New gar
dens with her own hands and plants
hedges and shrubs and there the gen.
eral builds bird houses in the trees.
Secretary Kellogg is leaving for Cali
fornia and soon will resume the practice
of law. Not so the News. They have
every intention of keeping their Wash
ington place for years to come.
And must turn aside at this moment
to point out that Washington life has
in it something insidious which gets into
the blood of the middleaged and well
to do, causing them to seize the slightest
excuse and often relatively inferior oc-
cupations-or no occupation at all-n
only they may remain here. 1t is usu-
ally the young and the very ambitious
who seem to escape it. 1t Is a disease
which frequently attacks the widows of
the departed important. Those women
become the backbone of the dining pub
lie, and their houseS-when they take
sabbatical Winter in Europe-are the
first to be shown to the incoming
strangers on Washington's moving day.
One such house has been rented fur
nished by the Secretary of Labor. to
whom we reluctantly bid good-by as he
goes on to other labor. In the future,
as In the past. his genuine interest Is to
be expended in his work for the Loyal
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sonian Institution. in Washington. the
original of the Bride of Wakefield"
Mary Ball Washington. the mother of
George Washington. This was painted
from life by John Wollaston, and it
is hoped that it will be possible to
have this picture hung in the copy
OF the house where George was born.
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COME of the house furnishings owned
by the last Washington, to reside in
Wakefield have been acquired for pre-
sentation to the Wakefield Association,
and other objects belonging to the house
have been located. The house will be
refurnished as nearly as possible in ac-
cordance with the old and complete in
ventory Of its contents as revealed in
the court records of Westmoreland
County.
Naturally, the Wakefield Association
desires that the old gardens be restored.
They have some of the old English box
bushes that were part Of the gardens Of
the adjacent house, which was occupied
by Sally Taylor Washington, daughter
Of William Augustine Washington, the
last Washington occupant Of Wakefield,
but many more will be needed to re-
i place those which have died from ne
glect, or which possibly we're cut down
| by unthinking people. after the house
was burned on December IS, 1880.
One can picture this old garden, with
its box walks, its moss roses, heliOtrope,
lavender, primroSes, lilacs and other
old-fashioned flowers, imagining the
little boy, George Washington, playing
| In and out among the beds and walks.
(, AS to the orchard, saw no cherry
! tree, but there Is large fig bush which
/ still bears large quantities of black figs,
near the site of the mansion, and the
little Enclosure taken care of by the Ma
tional Government Is well filled with
cedar trees.
On FEBRUARY a.; 1882, Washington
was born in Wakefield, and from this
background of substantial people, of
material comfort, of beauty in sur
roundings, emerged the Washington
indelibly stamped with the rectitudes
Of character, the vision, the patience
the ability, developed i'll the formative
period of his life, which carried him
ever onward and upward. until he be-
came the unquestioned leader Of the
forming Nation.
Lincoln said: ITO add brightness To
the sun, or glory to the name of Wash
ington, Is alike impossible" Therefore
| ~ SScLDS dRHAORAAdtC lila
the physical environment which played
SO large part in the development of SC
great a man should be preserved, thai
the generations following may fully
appreciate its influence.
Wakefield was built about 1718 anC
burned in 1880. The Wakefield Ma.
tional Memorial Association, Of which
Mrs. Harry Lee Rust, sr., of Washing.
ton, D. c., is president, Is endeavorins
to have it rebuilt on Ats original sits
(Which is owned by the United State.
Government), opened and dedicated II
connection with the national celebra.
ton beginning on February %, 1882 O
the bi-centennial Of the birth Of Georg,
Washington.
i The Wakefield Association owned 8;
acres of land adjoining the water from
and the birthplace and 1t is on this lane
that they propose to build the log cabir
and the wharf.
Wakefield is only few hours driv,
from Warrington BY way Of histcril
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teresting as those OF the cabinet itself
F. Trubee Dawson, Assistant Secretary
Of War for Aviation, has pink plaster
house in the italian manner; William
P. lMacCracken, jr.. of Commerce Air,
has typical town house, while Edward
P. Warner of the Navy Air contents
himself with a hotel suite.
Theodore Douglas Robinson. Assist
ant Secretary Of the Navy. departs for
europe from another rented furnish
ed" house well known for its habit Of
sheltering pleasant people.
Most unusual Of those rented fur
nished" houses was that from which Mr..
Schuneman of the Treasury has just
moved. 1t is perfect specimen of the
eighteenth century American Georgian
architecture, as fresh and livable today
as II it had not been built for the Car
rolls, had not sheltered Dolly Madison
fleeing from the White House with
Washington's picture under her cloak.
The Colonial Danes have bought it.
But until they are ready to move in
it plays its special part in moving day.
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A least three famous persons have
been caught by this lure Of antique
America-MrS. Ruth B. Pratt, incoming
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science and business and scholarship,
and every one who, If he had not yet
arrived" was earnest in his interest
in the things of the mind.
There was never anything splendid
or pretentious about 1900 s street. 1t
was comfortable red brick mansion
of the American colonial type as modi-
fed by the architects of the early nine
teen hundreds, with pleasant shaded
garden for Washington's warm Springs
and hot Summers.
There was always q certain irnperson-
atty about its furnishings. You felt
that the true home" was out there in
Palo Alto. There were, however. a few
belongings which the visiting public
might not have recognized as such, but
which actually were mute symbols OF
Mr.. Hoover's efforts for humanity or OF
his status in the world Of thought.
There was the ancient Flemish chest
presented to him by the Belgians, and
the great Belgian painting, Revolt"
which hung above fireplace. There
were the engraved diplomas OF scores
of learned institutions that hung along
the stairs. A few of the many beauti-
full objects of Oriental art which Mrs.
Hoover particularly enjoys were there
and books.
These have gone with them to the
White House.
And there is q natural curiosity about
the next occupant of $500.
Here comes Senator Walcott, newly
elected to succeed Senator Mclean Of
Connecticut, who did not choose to run.
Mclean was warmly loved, his wife one
of WaShington'S most interesting wom-
en-. Yet such town is this that the
moving day which takes the one away
submerges regret at his going in expec-
tation fed by rumor of his successor.
That rumor says that Frederick c.
Walcott Is good to look upon. ingratiat-
ing. able and generous. He has not
been long in politics, but he has chosen
his political friends wisely. His has
been a great interest in wild life and
in the outdoors. The last weeks be-
fore moving to Washington were spent
in the wide open spaces of Arizona. In
Connecticut he had financed an organ
ization for the preservation of the wild
life of his State and, 1t is said himself
paid the salary of a game commission
err until the State was ready to take
over that work.
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PEST known and wealthiest, perhaps,
~ of the new Senators, by quietly
taking the Hoover house he has eluded
the pursuing hounds Of Washington
realtors.
The lapsability and mutability Of hui
man nature, the fact that tempus really
fugits, Is brought home at regular inter-
walls not only to Presidents but to 9TH
ers In high station. with loud bang
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accustomed In their homes to nothing
less than the finest and latest products
of the leading craftsmen Of both Europe
and America.
It was inevitable then, that In the
imposing home at Wakefield, Westmore-
land County, Va. the lovely, delicate
creations Of Timothy Dwight should be
accorded place of honor, greeting the
always welcome guest at the bountiful
family board and cleaning beneath the
Christmas candles and festive decora-
lions that marked the open-handed his
pitality of that colorful and romantic
period.
The culture of that era. as Of this,
recognized the supreme importance Of
correct appointments for the dinner
table. and the House OF Washington,
outstanding among the Colonial family
homes of Virginia, was satisfied only
with the best.
At the request of the Wakefield Ma
tional Memorial Association, Lenox,
the well known china manufacturers,
have reproduced from the restored
originals, duplicates Of the very pat
terms used upon the dining table OF the
youthful washington. 1t goes without
saying that complete set OF this china
win be placed In the restored house.
There Is on exhibition now, IN the
naticnai< @ortrait gallery ct the Snith.
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low marshy islands Of green's and yell
lows. The site for the log cabin Is
wooded and picturesque.
The furnishings of this house were
not the meager limited crudities that
many legends would have you believe,
for In the excavations were found china
ware and other things. which showed
that 1t was furnished and equipped In
true Colonial manner. Amid the ashes
and charred debris, the workn1en found
the fragments of q beautiful salt-glaze
platter. Enough of the ware was found
to make it possible, after months Of
painstaking labor, through the courtesy
Of the United States National Museum,
to reconstruct the original pottery with
fidelity Of both dimensions and design.
AS to this original pottery, 1t Is In
teresting to know that at the begin
ming of the eighteenth century, Tim
othy Dwight, at Fulhan1, In Stafford
shire, England, was turning out salt
glaze ware, decorated with scrolls.
basket-weaves and lattice-work designs,
done In relief, which found its way onto
the tables of the Georgian aristocracy
on both sides Of the Atlantic.
FL
THE wealthy. lseauty-loving landed
= proprietors of Virginia, even amid
the Inconvenience Of Cololaial life wers
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reconstructed, as yet only on paper,
through the art of Mr.. Edward w.
Dom, r., architect, a replica of Wake
field as 1t existed at the time Of Wash
ington's birth.
It was a Colonial mansion house
with the traditional English back
ground, enlivened and broadened by the
freedom and enlightenment Of the New
World. The replica, which Is to be
erected from the plans Of MIR. DOM,
will be made Of brick. These bricks
will be made from the clay on the
place as were the original bricks Of
Wakefield.
The plans have been approved by the
Secretary Of War and the National
fine Arts Commission. The house viii
face Popes Greek to the east, as origi-
naIly, with an outlook over the Poto-
mac. Both sides Of the building are
alike, as are also the two ends.
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THE first floor has four rooms, sepa-
4 rated by a wide hall extending
across the middle of the structure. each
room having fireplace. The room IN
which George Washington was born
corresponds with the rear left-hand
room on the first floor, as was indicated
by stone set up IN iie ground In 1873
go years afteg the original house