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more slavery-well be home In ninety
days, with two years pay to draw and
dissipate.
No more wet shirts or clinging tar!
There's only the run down to the
Horn-and the Horns far-distant yet,
with its clamorouS menace-only hop
up through the Southeast Trades to
the Line, only a little hating in the
Doldrums, only crisp northward hurl,
and then-homei 1t sounds a little
word, bit it was by far the biggest in
our vocabulary in the stern old wind
TANNER days, when wireless was not
and three months might elapse without
our so much as sighting another sail or
even the curl of steamers smoke.
Go ahead, the tug. Let fall those
topsails!" The attendant boats trail
astern: therell be time enough for them
to leave when the pilot departs; and
all hands, volunteers as well, tail on to
sheets and halyards. Light work, but
we make a fiesta Of 1t, singing every
halyard shanty in our repertoire, until
the leeches are set taut as steel bars
and the reef-points are stunning their
old gay song of power and striving.
Right, old son! I'll carry on here If
you want to scribble letterp' We of
the crew take advantage to fulfill neg
ACOtC0 AubACcs az b14C CA-
quiSite politeness Of the mates as they
request the volunteers to do this and
thatl For even the greatest buckle of
hardcase mate becomes a suppliant
when dealing with comparative strang-
ers who owe him no allegiance-so that
he can be well spoken of to other mates,
we presumed
stand by the hawser!" We stop,
with the main wards swung ahack. and
the boats draw up to the Jacobs ladder
that has replaced the ponderous gang
way.
"Good-by, good luckl" pleasant
trip around, old Stiff" We unload our
temporary aides, who scramble down, a
noisy, testing pack, who will in their
turn be homeward bound in day or
a week or a month. The tug draws
alongside for papers to be signed, for
last letters to be received. The visiting
boats cluster together.
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rigging must be overhauled, too. The
mates are busy in putting the whole
ship under the microscope OF their
inspection.
The fine weather days flash by with
astounding rapidity. A growing nippi-
ness is apparent in the breeze, and
sleeping out on deck beneath the blaz-
ing stars. loses much of its previous
delight.
A LMOST before we know 1t we're up
"A aloft shortening down the rough
weather canvas we bent~-waS 1t yeSter-
day or week ago? Only pretty heavy
squalls striking down out of the I'M
troubled sky as yet, but they are prom
Use of what we might expect when we
reach Diego Ramirez which is the real
western entrance to Cape Stiff'S rois-
ferrous kingdom. Child's play at the
moment, but there will be days when
whole watch may not be too many to
handle the thunderous, clinging, hurt
ling mass.
There's an occasional slop of water
coming inboard, too, and soon it will
be time to rig the lifelines along the
decks, so that men won't be swept of
their feet and possibly overheard by
the inleaping, lean, gray monsters. Let
her go, anyway-we're homeward
bound.
Cape Horn welcomes us with black
northeaster that promises disappoint-
ment to our previous hopes Of making a
decent passage. It's a dead-muzzler
barring the gateway through which We
must pass, and 1t might endure for in
terminable weeks without a break. 1t
is Geld. Still, we could have endured the
cold, if only the gale had been fair, to
scud us over the noisy leagues.
"Get the canvas off her, Mister-no
use bucking this snifterl" We go aloft
up rigging that already is thinly coated
with ice. And it will get colder still as
we beat ever southwark in search of a
favoring breeze.
Under her lower topsails and her
reefed upper topsails the ship ratches
southwark, going reluctantly, as If
Tuning at the check to her headlong
career. Down to the very fringe Of the
ice she storms, to be worn around Ia
boriously, and required to beat back
along the foamy trail, where the waves
have come from all around the globe,
until we sight the Horn itself-that
stark and lonely outpost of hostile
land, with the white breakers fiinging
stormily to the sky and their thunder
like the growing of watchful beast of
prey. So it is Wear her round, Mister!"
as quickly as might be, and let's be
thankful we still can wear, instead OF
crashing ashore to death or dire priva-
ton among the -worshiping natives
of TERRA del Fuego, whose evening
prayer is reputed to be: God bless
father, God bless mother; God send an
other ship ashore before morning"
The ship threshes down toward the
south, and the wind freshens into real
Cape Horn gale, with whole water del
uging her at every sickening roll, and
her rigging slackening as the dead
weight of cargo in her bottom draws
in the sides until it seems as If the
masts must roll themselves clean out Of
her and leave her sheer and hopeless
wreck at the mercy of every wave.
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Washington's

ments of white wooden wigs and lace
trimmed collars.
I'VE have jeopardized our health by
exposing our legs to the north wind
with no protection except silk stockings
and buckled slippers.
I'VE, therefore, the husbands Of the
ladies here assembled, do solemnly pub
lish and declare that We are, and of
right ought to be, free and independent
upon the birthday of that great man
who priced liberty above all else. and
that henceforth all participation in
fancy dress parties shall be confined to
the aforesaid ladies who seem to enjoy
them"
When he finished reading, the hus-
bands flung their wigs into the air with
a mighty "Hic-hic-hooray!" Then,
carrying Mr.. Chudwell on their shoul-
ders, they marched around the room,
shouting the bottle cry of freedom.
It was a great moment in history
but only q moment. This week, in spite
of Mr.. Chudwelps noble gesture, the
preparations for the annual Colonial
ball at the East Teabone Country Club
are proceeding as usual. All the huS-
bands will be present next Friday eve
ming in their silks and satins-all ex-
cept Mr.. Chudwell. Since his attempt
to stir up mutiny in the social ranks
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La Fayette (you could see the mark of
his heel on IT'D, and rare old grudging-
board from Vermont. They were the
heirlooms of East Teabone's best fami-
lies, and admiration Of them was prac-
tically compulsory.
Genuine Early American" Mrs.
Chudwell confided to her husband
There's no doubt about that. Just
look at the worm holes"
YES" said Mr. Chudwell, 1.-THE Early
American certainly got the worm. And
what a lot there must have been in the
old days-good, Woodworking worms
who knew their business and kept at It'll
You couldn't get any Of these modern
worms to tackle job like that" he
continued, indicating the grudging-
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That's the way to hear q shanty--
floating tunefully across wide reaches
of the sea that bred them; not from
the ornate stage of a music hall!
The tugs come snorting out; the pilot
hops aboard; the skipper returns in a
furiously rowed boat from last busi-
ness excursion ashore. The chambers
launch fuses alongside with its last
cargo Of fresh meat and vegetables and
a case of liquor for the captain.
With this present weight of human
ity to man the capstan bars, 1t is pos
sible to take in the slack of two cables
at once; and even then spare the real
crew for getting the stern steam anchor
aboard.
"Starboard anchors up sirl"
mister!"
up aloft, you boys and loose tthe
topslsl" The leading tugs snort into
position and take the hawser. The
sky above is radiantly blue, but the
wind is foul, blowing squarely into the
roadStead from the sea. What odds?
Once we have an ofiing that wind will
be gayly fair, to lend hearty thrust
forward on the journey to old Cape
Stiff. The stern tug, necessary to ex-
tricate us from the closeness of the
tiers, takes its rope and fuses I'M
portantly, as If it were doing some
thing stupendous. The youngsters nip
aloft like monkeys, vying with one an
other for smartness.
Anchors up and down, Sirl"
AYE, aye: break her out!" As the
windlass protests. as Drawn and muscle
overcome the pull of the rock-held an
Choir, the head-tug takes a strain on
the rope. The bleached topsails fall in
rustling festoons and swell and boom
as If impatient to be up and doing their
appointed duty.
HAND to the WHEEL" 1t has been
- idle during the weeks. A ship
raises distant cheer, another takes 1t
up, another, and another-the whole
harbor is vociferous now. We answer
gayly-we'rA homeward bounds No more
all-hands' calls; no more cadging odd
dollars from a tight-fisted skipper; no
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cloakroom he found Benedict Arnold
with his wig pushed over one ear and
cigar between his teeth, demonstrat-
ing difficult mashie shot to Gen. Corn
wallis, while Patrick Henry telephoned
frantically to the caterer to find out
why the macaroons hadn't been sent.
One corner of the ballroom had been
roped on for loan exhibit Of antique
furniture which included spinning
wheels, sampler frames, Windsor chairs.
piecrust table. a bed that Gen. Wash
ington was alleged to have slept In
apparently during one of his frequent
visits to Grand Rapids, Mich.), boot
jack that was said to have been used by
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board. "All they do nowadays Is to
loaf around in apples"
The Chudwells joined the wigged and
ruffled throng In the center Of the
room, where couples were being paired
of for the dance. The costumes of the
dancers, while pleasant to look upon,
bore unmistakable evidence of having
been recently exhumed from trunks,
wardrobes and cedar chests; their
delicacy suggested a fragrance Of Law
ender and patchouli, but actually they
reeked of tar paper and camphor. This
may be a Colonial ball." muttered Mr.
Chudwell, but 1t smells like moth
ball to me-"
When the couples lined up and the
orchestra launched into the pedestrian
measures Of the "Stephanie Gavotte,"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-17
BY wEARE HoLBRooK.

I 6AO-~ANASO
TIME washington's Birthday party
is one Of the hardy perennials
in the social garden. In Febru-
airy the attics of the Nation
yield up their treasures, and the
costumers do a thriving business in
white wigs.
1.-The annual Colonial ball at the East
feabone Country Club is a fete to which
hdr. Chudwen has resigned himself.
Coming midway between the Christmas
bills of January and the income tax
Feturns Of March, it was just one OF a
berries Of ordeals.
The very first time Mr.. Chudwell ar
tayed himself in the costume which his
wife had provided for him, he realized
that he was not The Type.
Its an authentic copy Of Revolu-
kionary uniform" said Mrs. Chudwell
kncouragingly
"It seems almost too revolutionary"
be objected do you mean to say that
men actually fought in clothes like
these?"
Eyes," asserted Mrs. Chudwell,
Fought and died"
Men were made Of sterner stuff in
lhose days." unused Mr.. Chudwell. II
wish knew how they kept their stock
angs up" Above the knees he was a
fairly plausible eighteenth century gal
dant. But his legs, in an effort to be
Early American, had gone completely
Duncan Phyfe. There was no percep-
tible convexity where his calves should
have been, and his white stockings
HrinkIed above the tops Of his slippers
like japanese lanterns in state Of
collapse.
Never mind" said his wife optimis-
EtcaIly. mo one will notice your legs"
But Mr.. Chudwell would not be con-
WINGED. Three times he put on his cos
hume and three times, after looking at
himself in the mirror, he announced
firmly that wild horses could not drag
him out of the house.
Mrs. Chudwell, however, was stronger
than the widest of horses. She was
chairman Of the entertainment commit
tee. 1t was her husbands duty to parti-
cipate in the festivities at the country
club. eff you don't go, the other hus-
bands won't CO." she explained.
Il suppose you want me to dress up
IKE Little Lord Fauntleroy and act as
o decoy for the poor DEVILS" grumbled
Mr.. Chudwell.
X X 4
PUT when he arrived at the ball, his
spirits frightened. There were
others who looked as funny as he did
He noted with satisfaction that In spite
of determined attempts at historical &C
curacy, the guests displayed choice as
Isortment of anachronisms in the form
of mustaches, shell-rimmed spectacles
lwrist watches, and so forth. In the
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Milk Station Test.
SIMPLE test, but one which wor

A SIMPLE test, but one which works
quickly and accurately. determines
In moment whether milk received at
milk station is sweet or not.
The Tactic acid bateria, which are al
most certain to be present in some guam
tity, change the lactose or milk sugar
into Tactic acid, which. like all acid, is
sour, and when 1t is sufficiently great In
percentage will cause the milk to curdle.
To determine whether the milk Is suf-
ficiently light in acidity the milk station
is provided with a solution of known
percentage of alkalinity to which has
been added phenolphthalein as an IN
dicator. So long as that solution Is al
kaline It will stay pink.
The tester at the receiving room door
Of milk station takes a little sampling
Gun of the solution and an equal GUAM
tity OF milk out of each can Of milk
being received. He mikes the two. am
so long as slightly pinkisn cast re.
mains the milk Is good. The test re.
quires about 20 seconds and tester can
test faster than man can dump the
milk into the Weighing cans.
Now and then, when an obstinate
dairyman refuses to accept the test, a
small quantity is boiled with a little
sugar and II the acidity of the milk Is
high. as indicated by the test, 1t wiz
curdle upon boiling with the sugar.
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irs in War Thirst in Peace Thirst in Threats of Counrymen

he has been ostracized; Rev. Petit
bridge presides at the punch bowl in
his stead. And as the embattled hus-
bands sip the pallid beverages dis
pensed by Rev. Pettibridge they will
think wistfully of Mr.. Chudwell. their
ertswhile emancipation, now banished TO
his own fireside. The way Of the
transgressor may be hard. but so Is his
liquor.
The Washington times., 1929-08-20
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New Britain herald., 1929-04-10
BROADWAY MELODY"
 AT CAPITOL

"One of the most talented stu- dents of cinematic art" is the brief hut expressive summary of Anita Pages nleteoric rise to fame in the short span Of eight months.
 For blue-eyed, blonde haired Anita. after having appeared in less than one half dozen pictures, was given the movie plum Of the sea- son when she was assigned to a fea- tured part in Metro- -Goldvyn- May CTS all-talhing, aN-singing, all dancing production The Broadway Moody" the current attraction at the Capitol 1heater all this week
 Miss Page plays the role Of the younger Of two sisters whose pre- Sumed clevernesS adds many a hu- mo~ous angle to an extremely sad lale O two small-toNn troupers. Bessie Love as the bushes manager Of the kerosene circuit sister act" eudcaYors to startle Broadway with their number, but after tryout at h. request of a boy friend who writes special scenes for them. the act tails.
 Beginning Sunday The Barker will be offered.
New Britain herald., 1929-04-10
BANKER GIANN|NI l OUT -ALGERS ALGER
Poor Boy Rises From. Carrot
 Seller to Financial Giant

New York, April 10 R,-New York banking circles have watched with growing amazement the giant strides across the financial world of an Italian immigrants son who was haggling over the price of carrots and potatoes along the San Fran cisco waterfront 25 years ago. Amedeo F. Giannini, an aggres- sive black haired personality not yet 60. has come out of the west and is concentrating his energies for the present in the eastern fi- nancial sector. He has already &C., quired control of the historic Bank of America, the Bowery and East River National bank and the Com- mercial Exchange bank.
 He consolidated them. created New 1ork's most extensive bank chain, then proceeded at a pace that took Wall streets breath away to amalgamate the Bank Of Ameri- ca with the old investment house of Blair & Company. The new in-
 
 than S500,000. 900 and is already re. ported to be negotiating mergers which would lead to the creation Of tlse largest single banking institu- ! tlon in the United States.
 Giannini is a pioneer in "chain store banking. He went into the banking business in San Francisco on a small scale in 1906 and a year later opened his first branch in an- other part Of the city. He adver. tised. peddled securities. solicited accounts and conducted his bank along the lines he had followed in selling vegetables.
 i In the course Of % years he opened almost 800 branch banks in i l66 California cities. Today his swift and easy movements through the
New Britain herald., 1929-04-10
WORMS MAKE WAR
 ON GRASSHOPPERS
Plant Scientists Call iD Strange
 Aides Against Pests

Washington April lu, lp-NeW methods of warfar'. against grass roppers are being developed py the i-nited states bureau Of plant in- dusfry.
 From the work in inc bureaus laboratories. scientists ga}g sugg"S- led that the next move will be an assault using newly discovered eel worms.
 From the beginning o' man : fr- cords. the ea, worm. or nematode' |, believed to have kept down the rqmh4r of grasshoppers. It enters the stomach ot the insect as all egg which the grasshopper swallows Tn f,4ding. Matched in the stomach, II drills it's way 10 the body cavity -tere to feed on the insect. The grasshopper dies and the parasite slips to the ground
 Dr. N. A. Cobb. i'll charge of rhls work in the bureau. believes that under some conditions certain grass hoppers could be fought successfully by the proper use CT the nematode.
 The method proposed would be 10 spread the worms in regions infested by grasshoppers but not adequately reached by the parasite The pest and it's destroyer move m waves. The grasshopper is most destructive when it is jump ahead Of it's parasite and scientists be- lteve they can give the eel worm 8. beneficial bost by infesting re- zions faster than nature will.
 The middle west and beyond form the most important area in which 'o make such an experiment., In some areas of the plain regions in the Dakotas, and from Wisconsin 70 Wyoming, the grasshopperS sometimes form a plague which 4anudes places os vegetation.
 Artificial cultivation of eel worms IS being studied to give science an understanding Of the habits and needs of the crusading creatures There l. also a lack of intimate Knowledge Of the habits Of grass hoppers that must be overcome.
 Leaving nature 10 her course, II will be some time before the nema- ,odea will reach far-fung region, IT which the gra asshoppers are thriV- ing. Science plans to hasten naturt ny securing eggs and other forms ot the eel worm and spreading them 10 the hoppers.
New Britain herald., 1929-04-10
fSpeciai to the Heraid)


 Savannah, Gt4., April 10 - Here is the young woman for whom a legislature put aside weishty affairs o1 state--Mrs. Stanton l.. Ashley Of New Britain, Conn.
 Mrs. Ashley, who was Miss Eva Mckirdy before her marriage, is here with her husband. New Brit = ain business man. They are on their honeymoon. The day after their recent marriage T. Was discoy- cred that the ceremony was illegal as the marriage license, issued in New Britain. was used al the shuttle Meadow club. located in Berlin, a town adjoining New Britain. But the following day the Connecticut legislature suspended business long enough to rush through d special act validating the marriage.
 The picture of Mrs. Ashley va. snapped soon after she and her hus- oand landed in this city from a New York boat
New Britain herald., 1929-04-10
INVISIBLE LIGHT
 RAYS AID CAMERA
Motion Pictures Made of Things
 Eye Cannot See

Rochester, N. Y, April 10 P-- Making ol z motion picture Tor the frs. time with invisible light rays ,hu- reveal the flow ot metal in a whte hot well, is announced by the Eastman Kodak company.
 Iurd-red rays that no human eye .~er has s@en. but which re- cord on special photographic film. We're rased to peer through a blind ing button of light produced by q heat of nearly 1000 degrees fahren- heit, to 500 what caused occa siona ! mperfeetions in welds.
 These faults had been laid theo- reti"ally 10 the tlux, non-metallic substance essential for welding. But 70 make certain, engineers wished 10 See the streams Of metal and fluX actually merging in the Heart ot concentration Of five Horsepower Of heat energy in a space little larger than an over sized pearl on q feminine necklace.
 Dark glasses failed 70 shade this spot sufficiently for vision. The light was too strong for ordinary photography.
 So use was madc of one of lights least known propertI~s, the mira rcd rays. 100 long 10 be seen, yet not long enough 70 bc chased as heat. The work WAS done by the Eastman research laboratories in cooperation with ]. B. Green Of thc Chicago Steel X Wire company. 4 filter that reduced the brillance of visible ligl', but admitted the intra- red, produced 8 picture revealing the actual flowing surfaces.
 Success Of the experiment has revived speculation about using infra-red rays to give aviators "eyes 10 see through fog" The power of the rays to penetrate fog was demonstrated some time ago by Capt. 4. W. Stevens CT the army air service, when he took pictures or landscape invisible 10 the eve through miles Of maze.
New Britain herald., 1929-04-10

tangled maze of New Works fiuan- cial community are . central topic of conversation.
 He organized an investment trust, the Bancitaly corporation, in 1918. This dealt chiefly in bank stocks and now controls large blocks of stock in about 100 American and foreign banks. Mir. Giannini summed up his financial philosophy in this para graph:
 "Of all investment securities dui- ing the world war and the period thereafter, bank stocks had the best record. Under the drastic regula- tions of the banking acts in various states, sizable surpluses may be built up by taking care of either bad years or bad loans"
 A. F. Giannini has brother. Dr. A. H. Giannini. and the two cooper ate as closely as the Van Swerin- gems "A. F." is the center and driI- ing force while "A. H." now holds 8 pivotal position as chairman Of the board of the Bank of America.
 The latest Giannini operations all have been on a national and inter- national pattern. The Arans-Amer- ica corporation was organized as general holding organization. A. F. says that "a Trans-Europe corpora tion has not been formed but Tn. figuring on it. He already holds important blocks of shares ill Euro- pean banks.
 A. F. Giannini was fatheriess al six years of age. His parents were far from wealthy. His first good for. tune seems to have been in obtain- ing stepfather who later became prosperous as produce dealer and taught young Amedeo the principal rules of commerce. The boys school ing ended when he was 5.