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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-28
Today in
Washington History
BY DONALD A. CRAIG.

February %. 1865.-The magic
wheel" by which many citizens are
made into soldiers or required to fu: =
nish substitutes was in operation in the
District of Columbia again today at the
Office Of the Board Of Enrolment at the
corner of Eighteenth and I streets. The
drawing today was for the second. third
and fourth subdistrictS, or city wards
1t was not generally known that the
drawing was to take place and few
persons were present
The drawing began with the second
ward, where the total enrolment Is
2,052. The cards containing the names
Of these men were placed in the wheel,
which was frequently turned by John A.
Mcintyre. The cards were drawn by
Pvt. E. Adams of the 7th Veterans Re
serve Corps, who handed them to Com
missioner Jones. The announcements
were made by the commissioner.
Maj. OBeirne, the provost marshal,
and DR.. w o. Baldwin were present.
AS the names were drawn the clerks
OF the Office were kept busy record
ing them, filling in notices and direct
irg those thus chosen to report on the
9Th and It'll OF March.
The number of men required from
the second ward is 246. The first lucky
one" to be drawn today was Mansell B.
Fields, $50 H street.
The adeficiency in the third ward is
1l3 and the total enrolment there is
622. The number required from the
fourth ward is 365 from an enrolment
of 2,731. In each case double the num-
Der of men needed was drawn, as re-
quired by law.
The mail boat Daniel Webster from
City Point, Va, arrived here at 8 o'clock
this morning with mail and passengers.
Those en- board brought further reports
of an early evacuation Of Petersburg by
the Confederate forces. These reports
all seem to be predicated upon the opin-
ion of military authorities that Gen.
Lee must perforce evacuate Peters
burg, and, in turn, Richmond, now that
the Federal Army has gained control of
the railway line at Wilmington, N. c..
and Gen. Sherman is advancing from
the South via Charlotte, N. c., after
his victorious march through Georgia
and the fall Of Atlanta and Savannah.
The gunboats stationed at Smiths
Point near the mouth of the Potomac
River were engaged for several hours
last night in Smelling the Virginia shore
vigorously. The reason for this activity
was not divulged by the authorities.
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WHY WE DO WHAT WE DO


"Why does your mind make UP imag-
mary people until you really feel that
they are real and you know them?" was
asked by a reader of the column.
There are several reasons why we
create imaginary people. We are en-
dowed with imagination. This faculty
or trait must feed upon something.
The fact that it is common for children
to have imaginary playmates shows that
this is natures method Of exercising the
imagination itself Children and the
young of all animals play at those
games which will develop their native
resources, This Is also why children
love fairy tales Anything highly
imaginative appeals to children. 1t ap-
peals to most adults also
n We are all hero worshipers. The
imagination creates heroes out of
ordinary traits by adding ideal traits.
People who are most detached from
life and its stern realities are most
likely to daydream and to cultivate the
friendship of imaginary people. The
real world does not offer all the good
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-28

Southern California is to have seven
new Presbyterian churches.
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Everyday Psychology
BIT DIR. JESSE W. sPRowLs.
Inferiority.

It is one thing to be inferior, to know
1t and to accept it. It's another thing
to be inferior. to know it and to refuse
to accept it.
Those of the second class are vastly
more numerous in the general popula-
ton than We ordinarily suppose They
constitute class of persons whose suf-
fering seems to increase with the years
1t was this very observation that led
the famous DR.. Adler of Vienna to draw
somewhat exaggerated conclusion %
the effect that inferiority and COM
pensation for 1t constituted the one and
only important formula for understand
ing human traits. He assumes that
every one suffers to greater or less ex-
tent from some feeling of inferiority.
While We are inclined to deny Adler
the fullness he ascribes to his formula.
IL Is not TOO much to say that 1t has a
very significant place in the under
standing Of perhaps half the general
population.
There can be no doubt that certain
amount OF this feeling of inferiority is
wholesome. A person with a physical
incapacity is usually careful to con-
serve the powers associated Herewith.
Ofttimes the compensation takes the
form OF increased efficiency in another
capacity or power. Many a physically
defective person becomes a tremendous
iy worthwhile person in affairs of every
sort.
So frequently does this occur that one
Is almost prepared to deny in toto the
old dictum about a sound mind in q
sound body. The world would be vast
ly poorer without its blind Milton. its
dyspeptic Carlyle. its neuresthenic Mrs.
Browning its insanity haunted Neitzche,
Lamb and Poe
Look over the biographies of the truly
great and you will find that the vast
majority Of them suffered, often silently
and uncomplainingly. from some physi-
cal or even mental Shortcoming which
would discourage the majority of the
so-called physically sound and sane.
The cases cited are only a few. Are
they exceptions? Or do they substan-
tiate Adler's theory? I am inclined to
agree with Adler. And yet there are
many who, introverted In the phi
losophy of life. take CONSIGNMENT In
their own self-pity and confidently ex-
pect the world to provide for them. But
are these any more numerous than the
physically sound who also believe that
this should be world of leisure?
tCopyright, 1927
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at the legislative ability Of the National
Legislature scientifically.
In a one-man Office at the Public
Health Service is doctor who has de-
voted his life to chasing typhoid germs,
and so successful has he been that ms
colleagues refer to him as one OF the
greatest detectives in the world.
Lewis Radcliffe, deputy commissioner
of the Bureau of Fisheries, has In MS
department a long list OF men en-
gagged in tasks that sound absurd 10
the layman, but upon examination
prove to be Of the utmost value.
There is, for example, a chap con-
nected with the bureau who attempts
to forecast the seasons catch of fish IN
much the same way that an agricul-
tural statistician predicts the cotton
crop. His forecasts have been remark
ABLY accurate and Of untold value to
the industry.
There are those who are making a
study of the seaweed. Experiments
with agar, q type of seaweed found on
the West coast, have proven that this
plant can be made of great value to
the woman who desires to reduce and
much of it is being used for that pur-
pose.
While we were talking to the deputy
commissioner there was occasion to re-
fer to a request on file at the Depart
ment of Commerce for tariff on gold
fish. Was there any real reason for
such a thing?
He was Of the opinion that such a
tariff would not be bad idea, and that
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Physical Examinations.

81. What effect does ground flax.
seed have when a teaspoonful of il
is taken each night before retiring-is
there any danger of it's becoming habit
forming? g. What effect does it have
on an acid stomach? 3. What amount
of calories and what yitamins are there
in it? MRS. S."
l. Flaxseed in water gives up muci-
laginous substance and 1t furnishes
bulk, so is good for constipation. No
1t is not habit forming.
2. 1t would depend upon the cause
Of your acid stomach. You must have
a physical examination and find out
the cause of that
3. The calories and vitaminS are prob
ably the same as in most wholesome
cereals. Il don't find it listed in any
Of my textbooks) So the Galleries
would be / small cup to the 100 c.: the
vitamin content would be the same as
other whole grains some vitamin A,
the growth vitamin, and some vitamin
B, the anti-neuritic vitamin.
There are creams on the market
that claim they will reduce fat in spots.
Is there any truth in this? What are
thyroids? Are they dangerous?
GIRL OF FOURTEEN"
There is no cream that is reducing
except to the pocketbook, dear Girl Of
Fourteen.
If you are overweight, you can cut
down on your breads. sweets and oily
foods and reduce a little. Don't cut
down on your growth foods-your milk,
vegetables and fruits-and have a lit
tie meat, fish or eggs or cheese, daily.
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things We want. we make up for IL
by imagining the rest-that part of the
picture that is left out by the cold facts
OF reality. Some people are so poorly
circumstanced that they have very little
besides the friends and achievements
created by their imagination.
"You really feel that they are real
and you know them" because of the ma
ture OF consciousness. How do We know
anything? We experience things with
the eyes or ears or tongue or touch or
smell or whatever other sense We have.
A sensory experience is real because the
actual object causing the reaction Is
present and the stimulus is continuous.
Put an imaginary person will often
seem as real as a live person for the
same reason that our dreams seem real
enough at the time. In delirium tremens
the patient suffers the tortures of the
damned because he cannot distinguish
the snakes and devils and other horrible
things he sees in imagination from
reality. To him they look real enough
more real than actual objects.
(Cnnyrisht 1921
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DIET AND HEALTH
BY LULU HUNT PETERS, M. d.

The thyroid is the gland in the
front of the neck and you notice II
only when 1t is enlarged, and then il
is known as goiter. 1t is one of the
internal secretory or ductless glands
and very important one, for it has
| a good deal to do with regulating
growth and proper functioning. You
probably meant thyroid medication
when you asked If thyroids are danger
Gus? Yes. thyroid medicines, unless
there is an undersecretion of the thy
roid, and even then. are dangerous un-
less supervised by a competent physi-
clan Thyroid is frequently an ingre-
dent OF patent reducing medicines. and
they may cause great deal Of harm.
S.-After a heart has been damaged
by infections and poisoning such as
from nicotine, it may take some time
before 1t is restored to normal. You
should not be discouraged, S. Naturally.
you should be under the supervision of
a physician, who will direct your medi-
cation and your exercises. if you have
reached the stage where you can take
them.
Mrs. H.-The trouble with your gall
bladder, which you say the X-ray dis
closes, may be the cause of your hives,
for hives may be caused by any dis
turbance along the intestinal tract, as
well as by sensitization to certain foods.
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Divinity Cake.

Cream half cupful of butter. add
one and one-half cupfuls Of granu!ated
sugar gradually. and beat well together
Mix and sift together three cupfuls of
sifted -four, three teaspoonfuls of
baking powder and one-fourth tea
spoonful Of salt. Add alternately with
one cupful of cold water. Add one tea
spoonful of lemon extract. one-fourth
cupful each of candied cherries and
candied pineapple, then fold in three
egg whites beaten stiff. Bake in two
layers in a moderate oven. Put togeth-
er with boiled frosting favored with
almond. and spread melted unsweetened
chocolate over the top.
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government DullO-
ing con S t a n t | y
working at peculiar
tasks.
They are scat
ter ed everywhere.
In the Department
Of Agriculture there
Is a man who does
nothing but con-
duct experiments
designed to give
b e t ter put ii n g
greens to golfers.
In the Library Of
Congress a noted
a n t h ropologist Is
m e a surfing the
heads of members
of Congress, hop
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-28
) A WASHINGTON DAYBOOK kaRa
BY HERBERT C. PLUMMER.

such a move should be considered more
than a joke.
The goldfish industry Is rapidly near
ing the million dollar class in this coun-
try Such fish are classed as a luxury
and. therefore, fit subject for tariff
A duty on imports would also serve to
protect the industry in this country
from disease that may be brought In
with the foreign fish.
Speaking of gold fish," he said, "per-
haps you will be interested in this story
A man and his wife moved to an apart
ment in the city where all pets were
barred. A prize bulldog had to be dis
posed Of The couple, being fond OF
pets, decided to substitute goldfish fol-
the dog. They went to an aquarium
and were delighted to find that they
could find fish that sported faces closely
resembling the dog they had to give
up"
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DAILY DIET RECIPE
FRIED APPLES.
Tart apples, four.
Salt, one-fourth teaspoon.

Tart apples, four.
Salt, one-fourth teaspoon.
Butter, two tablespoons.
Sugar, one tablespoon.
Powdered ginger, one-half table
spoon.
SERVES FOUR PEOPLE.
Wash and peel firm apples of
medium size. Slice in one-fourth-
inch slices lengthwise. removing
the core. Melt butter, or vege-
table fat in frying pan. Add salt.
When hot, dash in apples and
cover quickly. Cook briSkly about
five minutes until brown. Then
carefully turn and brown other
side. When all are tender and
slightly golden brown sprinkle
with ginger and sugar mixed to-
gether. Serve hot with pork
sausages, pork chops, bacon or
ham and eggs.
DIET NOTE.
Recipe contains some fat, sugar,
fiber, lime, iron and vitamins A
and B. Can be eaten by adult of
normal digestion who is of aver
age or under weight.
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ONE of the striking things about this
~ Capital City is the frequency with
| which one encounters people tucked
away in some Obscure corner Of
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Statuary Is Removed.

The five-ton griff1ns that watched
over the old Chicago Board Of Trade
have lost their jobs. There is no place
for grifins at the new building.
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Bear Is ShiftY-EYed

The bear Is a shifty-eyed creature
and will not look straight at a man.
says Harold Upper, hunter of Hick-
lev Me
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Students Steal Fire Truck.

One day Great Bend, Pa, missed its
fire truck. 1t was found that three stu
dents from Susquehanna had taken it
to their town as a prank
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Growth of the United States Navy and It's Heritage of Glory
e~ RhSO rdAn"mhp Aw~rm L%AeK wnn dNgh%d american Naval Records FwSmammdV rmdB masC""d
Revolutionary Days wMAG Gave Rise bHeM F@mgT Traditions Ever Known Among NyMm

two would have licked the whole British
squadron.
He was exchanged after a year and a
half, skipped back to the scene of ac-
ton, and got command Of the privateer
Cumberland.
While he was annexing prizes in the
West Indies the British got him again
and carried him to the Barbados, where
he was locked up in jail and treated as
a felon, and badly at that. He broke
out of jail by bribing the jailer, got to
the water front, seized a sloop, and
made his way to Martinique and so to
other ~privateer and resumed prize-tak-
ing operations, which he carried on with
his usual assiduity and success. Once
the British thought they had him again
of Portsmouth, but a terrific storm
arose, in which the British ships disap-
peared, and Manley again escaped, al
though badly injured.
n n r r
ONE great trouble that beset the
American naval operations through
out the war was the lack of men. The
land army continually demanded the
first supplies and never an American
ship went to sea fully manned. What
was worse, so great was the dearth of
man power that captains were fire.
quently forced to make up their crews
from prisoners and other disaffected
persons who usually skulked in a fight.
Sometimes they tried to capture the
ship and mutinied when they could.
Never but once with John Manley.
Drawing his cutlaSs and roaring like a
bull, he ran in upon the mutineers-
slashed right and left-sending them
Keeling. Probably his fierce counte-
nance struck as much terror Is his
bare sword. Anyway, he closed that
incident within three minutes.
In July. 1779, he captured two British
and going to sea again ran against the
British wal vessel Surprise. She had
% guns and $50 men. Manley, in the
Jason, had but 18 guns and ITO men,
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been unduly susceptible TO worry and

been unduly susceptible 70 worry and
foreboding.
Between them, wickes and Connyng-
ham, according to indubitable records,
added to life in England an 1unWanted
interest. 1t Is set down in one place
that they prevented q great fair at
Chester, caused insurance to rise again
and more than ever deferred the Eng
lish merchants from shipping goods In
English bottoms. They did even more
than that, because they helped convince
France that America not only meant
grim business in the war, but had men
who knew how to make that business
win.
In the meantime men of the Wickes
and Connyngham type were command
ing vessels in American waters and
giving life on the ocean wave another
complexion.
In the year 1776, 342 British vessels,
many of them armed, had been cap
tured on the seas by the American
cruisers, public and private. The next
year the number of captures rose to
467 and British merchants, disguised
with their losses, were beginning to
doubt the wisdom of trying to coerce
such a stiff -necked people. In spite of
the appearance of 20 British men-of-
war on the American coasts, with crews
totaling 10000 men, the American pri-
vateers and national vessels continued
to make captures and to bring them
into port. Yet, oddly enough, the total
of men employed on all the American
ships, according to Macaulay, the his
torian, did not exceed 5000.
DANIEL WATERS.
LIE was in command of the privateer
- Thorn, 16 guns, sailing out Of Bos-
ton. In the Summer of 1778 he fell in
with two British armed ships-the
Governor Tyson, of Is guns, and the Sir
William Erskine, Of 18. Waters tackled
the Tyson first and beat her to a sur
render, after which he started for the
Erskine and fought her until she struck
her colors. With a crew in board his
prize, he returned to pick up the Tyson,
which managed to elude him in the
night, but next day he sighted the
Sparlin, of Is guns, with which he had
a rafting fight, captured her and
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but he fought his enemy to a standstill.
nevertheless.
These are but samples. Joshua Bar
ney was a masters mate in the fleet at
16, a lieutenant at II, in command OF
a vessel the same year, fought In many
desperate engagements, was seven times
captured by the British, twice shut up
in the filthy and notorious Mill prison.
twice made his escape, accused Of piracy
by the British seeking revenge, narrowly
escaped hanging at their hands and
lived to torment them throughout the
Wal of 1912. This astounding career,
which makes fiction seem tame and
tasteless, was for more than 100 years
unnoticed in the dusty records Of the
Navy Department until 1t was provi-
dentially rescued by Mr.. Ralph D. Paine
and became the subject of one Of the
most brilliant books of recent years.
Richard Dale, after much success In
an American brig, being captured by a
British frigate and imprisoned in Eng
land, made his escape, wandered about
the country enduring privations, SNUG
gled himself aboard a packet bound for
Dunkirk, was seized almost in sight of
safety, brought back again to prison,
again escaped, made his way to America
and Immediately reappeared IS the
commander Of another vessel inflicting
injury upon the enemy.
Nicholas Biddle, John Barry, Alex
ander Murray, James Nicholson-time
and space fail me to recount the per-
formanceS Of the long list whose names
are still bright in the Navy Department
| files, If forgotten elsewhere. But what
was true of the Revolutionary epoch is
still more brilliantly true of the Wal of
1912 and has ~reappeared in every other
national crisis.
Because they have inherited this phe-
nomenal accretion of great deeds and
incredible daring, the officers Of today
are Z~ealously wishing that the Navy
shall not remain in a secondary place
when otherwise their country has Sue
ceeded to the first.
If they were nice white-robed angels
| they would not have this wish. They
are not white-robed angels, now, but
| some of them may be, some day.
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DON'T CIV III THE SHIP THE BATTLE ETwEEN THE CHESAPEAKE AMI THE SHANNON - =.

Howe. the British commander, and one
OF the most active and successful OF
| these adventures was John Manley OF
| M~arb1ehead. In two months he brought
in five Of these vessels and eaSed the
tension III the trenches.
The man seems most accurately de-
scribed a. a helliofi. Nothing could
stop him or make him afraid. II he
had been without weapons, he would
have fought with his finger nails. In
June. 17T6, he cut out the supply ship
iSh feet. When he was overhauled by
a British schooner of war much supe-
rior to his own vessel, he fought with
such ferocity that he turned away his
antagonist and brought his prize safely
into Plymouth.
A little later. when he was In COM
mand Of the Hancock, one of the first
regular American var vessels, he was
chased by an English frigate that could
have blown him out of the water.
Manley, being outsailed, ran his ship
ashore. The British with Joy sent boat
parties to capture her. Manley sum-
moned the inhabitants. The militia
appeared on the grounds. The boat
parties took n satisfying survey Of
the reception prepared for them and
put about for their ship. When the
frigate had disappeared Manley got the
Hancock afioat and resumed the bust
ness of capturing supply vessels.
In this profitable industry he carried
on a good trade. Once he sighted q
British war vessel that he thought
looked about his own size and quite
attractive and took out after her. A
few rounds impressed the British COM
mander with the thought that he had
had enough for that day and he started
to leave. Manley hung on like q terrier
and ran down upon the fugitive. They
fought for an hour and q half, when the
to ' bits, threw up p'i the Ss sponge. She
turned out to be the frtgate Fox.
They got him at last with q whole
British fleet that surrounded him, but
not before he had made his name con
spicuous from one end of the wal area
to the other. When he vas brought on
board he came cursing his consort
and declaring If she had stood by the