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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-31
FORCES PUSH DRIVE
/. ON TUBERCULOSIS
Early Diagnosis Campaign
Begins TomorroW-Con-
tinues Until May.

Beginning tomorrow and continuing
until May !, the general committee Of
the early diagnosis campaign sponsored
by the Association for the Prevention
Of tuberculosis will use every available
means Of telling the people Of WASH
ington that early discovery Is the surest
guarantee Of early recovery in dealing
with tuberculous infection, Dr. J.. Win
throp Peabody, superintendent Of the
tuberculosis Hospital, said In q state
n1ent issued yesterday as chairman Of
the committee In charge Of this cam
paign.
Many health agencies, public and pri-
yate, are represented on the committee
and are cooperating in the work, which
is Endorsed by the Medical Society
Similar campaigns will be in progress
In other cities throughout the country,
conducted by organizations affiliated
with the National tuberculosis Associa-
ton.
The Medical Society of the District
Of Columbia, of which DR.. H. H. Kerr
is president, plans q special program
on early diagnosis for one Of its meet
ings this month, and the Women's
Medical Society, of which Dr. Lauretta
Kress is president, at its meeting Tues
day evening, will listen to q lantern
slide talk by DR.. Peabody.
The local organization of colored ply
sicianS, the Medico- Chirurgical So
ciety. has called a special meeting for
the discussion of this subject.
DIR. Cumming TO Speak.
DR.. James @. Cumming, chief Of pre-
ventable diseases of the Health De-
partment, will speak on Early dag
nosis and Prevention of tuberculosis"
at the Tuesday meeting Of the family
committee Of the Council of Social
Agencies. Meetings Of other neighbor-
hood and civic groups are being ar
ranged
DR.. William C. Fowler, District health
ofiicer, yesterday announced official ac-
ceptance of the offer made by the
tuberculosis Association at its last board
meeting to furnish additional personnel
with a portion of the fund raised by the
sale of Christmas seals to provide an
extra clinic for children in connection
with the Health Department clinic.
Because Of the limited personnel at
the disposal of the health officer for
the examination of children exposed to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-31
BUSINESS CAREER PREFERRED
BY DISTRICT GIRL, PRIZE POET
She Sings of Gold in Verses
and Feels That Poetry
Offers Few Rewards.
Miss Cooke of Cathedral
School Proposes to Win
Wealth in Career.

Although her poetry has won favor
able comment from some Of the coun-
try's foremost critics, Claire Cooke, 15-
year-old senior at the Cathedral School
for Girls, is eagerly planning business
career.
Poetry" she says, "is all right in its
place, but wealthy poets are rare" She
wants to make money.
Claire is the daughter Of Rev. Henry
Teller Cooke, pastor of All Saints Epis-
copal Church. She lives at No. 8 Chevy
Chase Circle.
She has just won her second cash
prize in the st. Nicholas League, spon-
sored by the, st. Nicholas Magazine
The prize winning poem is entitled
"DandelionS."
Impudent, careless gold,
Trooping Sauciiy all over the fresh
raked lawn.
think
Some dryad was carrying gold from
the foot of the rainbow,
And then some pranking elves,
Tiptoeing softly after,
Cut tiny holes in the bag.
. Piece after piece came dropping
Down in the greenneSs,
And the elves chuckled and scam
pered and scampered merrily on.
Gold,
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Imam rum PARTY
FATAL TO GUEST
Man Fell II Stories to Death,
Husband Testifies in
Divorce Trial.

BY the Associated Press. ,
RENO, New, March 3o.-TraTedy at
tended one Of the many drinking parties
In New York, which have figured pronli-
nently in testimony In the divorce trial
Of Walker P. Inman against his wife,
Ms. Helene Garnet Patton Inman,
daughter of an Indiana clergyman, It
was brought out today. Mrs. Inman
also Is seeking divorce and property
settlement.
In concluding his Characterization
Inman, wealthy son of Mrs. James B.
Duke, widow of the tobacco magnate.
told of death plunge from a window
OF the Inman apartment following a
liquor party there. The victim, George
Kinsberg, whose death was pronounced
a suicide. fell IL stories to the pave
ment early one morning. after the In
mans had retired, the witness said. Tia
first the hosts knew of the suicide was
when police came to the apartment to
tell of the tragedy.
Witnesses previously had testified
that Mrs. 1nman used intoXicants ex-
cessively and that certain men were
unduly attentive to her. The defense,
however. had introduced testimony de-
signed to show that Inman always kept
liquor in his home and drank with his
wife, guests and even with his servants.
Inman said he always had an affec-
ton for his wife and did not desire to
punish her. He again told Of alleged
indiscretions of Mrs. Imam and reit-
Grated that there was no chance for
reconciliation.
Explaining that he did not believe a
man could live with a woman for sew
eral years without retaining some re-
gard for her, the plaintiff said he was
sorry things turned out as they had.
His property settlement with Mrs.
Inman came up for further scrutiny
during his croSs-examination. He testi-
fed he thought the settlement was fair,
but admitted that his attorney had Of
fered Mrs. Inman more in a trust fund.-
but the income would have been much
smaller than $4,000 annually. The
plaintiff insisted that in spite Of all the
disclosures made to him it was his de-
sire to give his wife a fair settlement.
Just before court was adjourned
for the day the croSs-examination Of
Inman in the trial was ended.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-31
PATRIARCH URGES
HOLY SITE ACTION
Church Dignitary in Jerusalem
Comments Upon Present
Status Of Question.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
JERUSALEM, March 80 (Jewish Tele-
graphic Agency The Latin Patriarch
of Jerusalem, in a statement comment
ing on q survey, made under his
auspices, of the status of Christian holy
sites In Palestine expressed hope that
the League of Nations soon would APP
point its commission on the holy sites
In Palestine, as is provided in the Pales-
tine mandate.
The appointment of the commission
is being pressed because it will be the
only authority which can examine the
documents now in possession of the
Palestine Catholics, claiming to show
that many important Catholic sites
have been despoiled by the ProtestantS."
The patriarch charged that the status
quo of the Christian holy places IN
Palestine had been infringed In l6 cases
in the last 10 years, since Palestine
came under British administration.
The infringement of the status quo IN
all these cases was blamed on Eastern
Christians and the Mcslems. The pa
triarch expressed his expectation that
the League of Nations Holy Sites Com
mission would be called into action to
restore the holy sites to their rightful
owner"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-31
MODEL PLANE FLYERS
TO ASK FOR RECORDS
Flight Of Helicopter by Everett
Leeks Claimed as New
Mark.

Applications for model airplane rec
ords will be made to the Model Aircraft
League of America for two flights regis
tered at the District Model Aircraft
League meeting held yesterday morn
ing at the Mcfarland Community Cen
ter. They were helicopter plane nlgnt
fight for this type of model plane, and
a fuselage plane flight of minute 81 2-5
seconds. -,
The helicopter plane was flown by
Everett Leeks and the fuselage plane
by Herbert F. Dorsey. -
1t was announced last night that 10
new members had been admitted 70 tne
Ieaeue which includes six Washington
model airplane clubs. -,
The next meeting of the league Will
be held in the open field west OF Chevy
Chase Circle Friday morning at 10
O'Clock.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-31

tuberculosis, the Association for the
Prevention of tuberculosis, offered to
supplement the diagnostic facilities at
the Health Department clinic, 512
street, by furnishing the services of
additional personnel to conduct an extra
two-hour clinic twice weekly. The
Health Department will assign to the
clinic one of its own regular nurses.
1T is believed that many cases of
juvenile tuberculosis that might other
wise 60 undiscovered, will be brought
to light and thereby will demonstrate
the need for the speedy erection of a
children's sanatorium as authorized by
Congress at It's last session." DR.. Fowler
said.
This additional clinic service will
be held Monday and Friday Of each
week, at 10 am, at 512 street, open
ing a week from tomorrow"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-31

Like stalwart, bristling little soldiers,
Like round, shiny gilt buttons,
Piece after piece.
All, but am wealthy!
The young poet took her first two
years of high school work at Central.
In addition to her poetry, she has writ
ten plays which were enacted by school
dramatic societies, and some prose, in
the past seven years.
She was christened Clara, but
changed her name because she felt 1t
sounded TOO old-maidish." Dancing
and music are her favorite forms of rec
reation.
When she finishes her school work,
Claire plans to enter some business
firm. She would like to write poetry,
she said, but can't afford such luxury.
Other poems by her which have at
tracted favorable attention are "Har-
borS of Memory" and IAN Old Garden. "
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-31
Artist Named in Divorce Suit

CHICAGO, March 80 up. James
Wallace Pondelicek. artist-photographer,
was named today in divorce complaint
filed by Mrs. Mabel Pondelicek charging
cruelty. Mrs. Pondelicek, model, was
named as correspondent in the divorce
suit brought by her husbands first wife.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-31
Fox Hunters to Meet.

LYNCHRURG, Va, March 80 (Spe-
cial) The Virginia Fox Hunters As
ISOLATION executive committee Will meet
at Natural Bridge April 8 70 consider
holding the annual field trials there. ].
M. 3. Lewis Of this city and w. @.
Blackwell Of Sweet Briar. directors, re-
port that foxes are plentiful in that
section.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-31
Seaport Regains Prestige

ATHENS R1.-The ancient Athenian
port, the Piraeus. which, under the
name Of Porto Leone, dwindled almost
to nothing In the Middle Ages and in
1884 consisted of only one house, now
has population Of 25l,S2S.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-31
AUTOS IN TRIPLE CRASH.
Man Injured When Three Machines
Figure in Collision.

A triple automobile collision at Florida
avenue and P street northeast late yes
terday afternoon resulted in one man
being slightly injured. Francis b. Far
ran Of 28O5 Fifth street southeast was
treated at Sibley Hospital for lacera-
tions to his face and head.
Police say William L. May OF 127 z
street was driving west on Florida ave-
nue. when he collided with Farran's ma
chine. The impact caused Farran
AUTOMOBILE to strike the parked car Of
steven j. Berbi of 1017 Otis street.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-31
IRISHMAN'S FETE TONIGHT
Gen. Frank Aiken Will Be Given
Public Reception.

Frank Aiken, a general In the Irish
Republican army during the stormy
DAYS of I916-l921, will be rendered q
public reception tonight at 8 o'clock at
Musicians Hall, 1905 e street, by local
natives and friends of the Irish Free
State.
Aeneas Collins is chairman Of the
committee on arrangements. Gen. Aiken
Is making tour Of the United States.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-31

Users of air transportation in Alaska
calculate that Journeys which oy other
available means of Arctic transit would
require week. could be covered by all
in an hour
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-31

Judge Schein rejected the Barry re-
port In an opinion which he has re-
affirmed on appeal during the last 10
days. The Judge held no criminal vio-
lations of law had been shown, rejected
the estimates Of expenditures on the
score of faulty arithmetic" and de-
clined to recommend action by the Ats
torrley General or the Senate.
while the Barry report apparently
has been dropped as basis for further
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-04

by whose waters is Wakefield, where George
Washington was born; then Nomini Cliffs.
and Stratford.
No dock there for us tonight At one time
there was dock, for Stratford was a River
House-these waters were its road, these waters
here, nine miles across to the Maryland shore.
But to get ashore, we must go on for another
half-nights run to the Lodge Landing
Down the river as the twilight gathers, the
mysterious song of the bell buoys, the flash of
the lighthouses-where Cleveland used to use
the buoy tenders for his duck shooting; lights
rising from little houses in the midst of the
river at Ragged Point. Then finally in the
deceitful GOODNESS of Summer dawn, you
come to the Lodge Landing.
For 80 miles the river washes the shores of
King George County, for many more it sends
its salty fingers in among the pines and corn
fields OF. Westmoreland 1t is 40 miles from
Washington to Baltimore by road. It is $50
miles by river on this boat. From little dock,
where from the shadows you can hear the
black men humming tune as they roll in the
cargo. you will run all night and In the morn
ing be S miles by land where you stand this
moment. VI
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-04

membering the romantic stories Of their saving
: from the Yankees during the Civil War. &
There they hang in the quaint little court-
room-Richard Henry Lee, Gen. Robert e. Lee.
Cen Thomas Stuart Garrett, Gen. r. L. r.
Beale, Judge John Critcher," Judge Richard
Parker, Col. H Garnett, James, Monroe, Gen.
Washington, Arthur Lee Bushrod Washington,
Francis Lightfoot Lee, William Lee, while VIII
: liam Pitt, in great Roman toga, his right
hand pointing to lady balancing liberty
cap on her scepter like silk lampshade, domi-
mates the assembled American notables.
Near this Montross, at Leedstown, in Feb
ruary, 1766, set of protests against the stan1p
act was drawn up by Richard Henry Lee and
signed by series of great names and BY sig
bearing the name OF Lee-Richard Henry Lee.
Thomas Ludlow Lee, Francis Lightfoot Lee.
William Lee, Richard Lee and John J. Lee.
Here in Montross. on June %, 1774, the very
wording OF the Declaration Of Independence
was toreshadowed in series OF resolutions
signed by these Lees. while Richard Lee and
Henry Lee, his cousin, were sent as delegates
to meeting at, Richmond to be held the next
2Oeh OF March, instructed, as the quaint stone
table In Montross Courthouse still reads, that
1T is our firm determination to stand or fall
with the liberties of our country"
TNDER the trees in the courthouse ward n
HGtle colored girl is tending two fair
haired children scarcely younger than herself.
The sun beats down on empty streets On
ward the yellow ribbon Of road stretches mast
rich clover fields; blue hydrangeas: women II,
pink and blue sun-bonnets; oddly named set
tlements-callao. Hyacinth, Hague-to Hanp-
ton Hall Creek --A'
"A friendly farmer, pausing on the bridge Tn
tell the way to Stratford:
"A Chicago banker has bought the old Wash
ngton place at Bushfield. He's Just as conn
mon! See him out in the fields in his blue
Jeans and you wouldn't know he was worth
5 cents" W. ~
The fine new pike; deceptive wind that pre-
tends to move the trees: heat rising from the
clay beside the road in pressing waves. slow
men going through the forms of work. living
exhausted, waiting. under the trees; a turn
from the pike-Stratford
Most fascinating, most repellent, most inter-
esting. strangest in her alluring in her hint OF
mystery. Stratford sits there before us In desiun
different from any other house in America. in
history more pregnant than any, q house where
lie has reached its heights Of gayeties and rich
romance where great men were horn and
women lived as great, and where they died.
Beautiful and grim-200 years have sent their
summer heat. like this. upon the patterned
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-04

It is the last of Yesterday beautifully, pa
thetically. drowning in Today.
HERE we pick up the yellow, sandy ribbon
Of a road that leads to Montross Court
house. Madison, Marshall, Monroe. We pass
these great names by, upon their tablets. The
place where Thomas Campbell, nephew of
poet. held his early school-we pass it by.
Parson Weems of sainted memory lived over
there. We hurry on
And then we are ashamed of hurrying.
Like ship. bscalmed, Montross lies = in the
golden bubble of its noon-time heat. Com
Portable in the sure knowledge of a Virginia
which has. ceased to think of its past because
of the pleasant consciousness of it's prosperous
present, Montross boasts handful of neat
houses and two imposing banks
It's county clerk is away upon his vacation
at Atlantic City. Two casual persons are
within the courthouse. With large hospitable
wavings of the hand they offer you the cour-
tesies Of the building and repair to their own
homes for lunch You go upstairs to see the
priceless. ancient portraits on the walls.
Specializing. rs you 60, upon the still more
priceless records in those dusty tones, re-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-04

tangled lions over the Great
Falls above Washington. now widening and
smoothing to reflect white lovely domes and
spires as it passes the Capital, widening still
between the vine-curtained red-and- white
strata Of the Maryland edges and the round
Virginia hills goes the Potomac our lovely
stream Of history, to meet the waters of her
sisters, OF the Rappahannock, the James and
the York in Chesapeake Bay
Near these shores, In all their length how
many battles have been fought that spilled
the blood of our best; along these shores how
many homes, SO beautiful themselves, have
sheltered the makers of this Republic!
Among these homes none stands today more
delightful to look upon or richer in historic
interest to all Americans than Stratford, home
of the first of the great Lee family birthplace
OF Robert E. Lee-Stratford, which the Con-
necticut Chapter Of the United Daughters of
the Confederacy has arranged to purchase and
to preserve as a national shrine
For II Wakefield, near by, is forever notable
for Washington the single name of Stratford
will forever be known for the number of great
men it contributed to the making of our coun-
try.
HERE is the freight boat on whose canvas
awninged deck we may go to Stratford al
most between suns:t and a morning.
Sunset and storm behind the Virginia hills,
sunset and heat Blue-violet clouds with
lightning in their bellies hurrying up brazen
sky Roll up the canvas awning from the deck,
for there is wind in these clouds Take look
TO the slight freight in the hold. Not SO much
freight these days, for the motor buses are
stealing the cargoes
Old docks of Alexandria; Fort Foote, Fort
Washington. vine conquered; Mount Vernon
spectral in the storm light; Marshall Hall,
closed behind shadowing Trees the sickle moon
shows we have changed the course eastward
and northward- doubling our wake-and Gum
ston Hall shines from its little cove. Indian
Head. where the Navy guns of yesterday were
tested; Quantico, where the Marines barrack
today; Whitewater. Liverpool Landing Through
Nanjamoy Creek to Matthias Point-murmur-
ing Of skirmishes of the Revolutionary and the
Civil Wars Chapel Point, Popes Greek, where
Booth. took the ferry to his last fate-tthe old
man still lives in secrecy who ferried him
across, they tell you here).
On past Colonial Beach, washington's At
lantic City, glttering its lights into the dark
ened waters; Monroe Bay, touching the ground
where James Monroe was born: nearing the
Birthplace of James Madison; Bridges Greek,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-04

Preservation of Stuyo'd, Birthplace o
Robert E. Lee and Home of Many Others
Whose Names Haze Become Markers
Along the Road Of History, WiH
Create q Nezv Shrine Where Not
only the South, but the Entire
Nation, May Pay Homage
to Its Heroes. NH. ID
BY ANNE HARD.
New Britain herald., 1929-05-14

The magicians also attach Ire. mendous virtues to the toadstone. These toadstones were really fossil teeth of fish, but the belief was that they grew inside the heads of old and great toads. In the middle ages it was believed that toadstone worn in a finger ring would give warning of the presence of poison by chang ing it's color. In the days of the Borgia this was a useful warning.
 An eminent magician of tho twelfth century told how to tell real toadstone from a false one. He suggested that the stone be held before the toad so that ths toad could see it.
 If it is right and true stone," he said, "the toad will leap to- wards it as though he would snatch it."
 Since the toad and frog are very much nearsiehtcd. it is doubtful that they ever saw the stone in tho first place. The toadstone was be- ileved to have marvellous powers in charming away disease. Modern sci- entific knowledge has largely dissi. pated such beliefs in ancient pre-. ventive medicine.
New Britain herald., 1929-05-14

In Cheshire, in England, it is cus-
 tomary to treat laryngitis in children by holding the head of . young frog 1 in the child's mouth for a few mo-
 ments.
 In a previous article some of
 the many superstitions related to 1 the removal of warts were care-
 fully considered. Most of these
 were likewise of tn order of sym.
 bolical magic. The scientific books | on diseases of the skin recognize the fact that the cause of warts h un-
 known. It is known that the wart | represents a thickness of certain lay
 CTS of the skin with projection up- I ward and that is process is initiated by an irritation which may be due to poison. to bacteria, to nHchanical
 action, or possibly to nerve disturb ances.
 There is one excellent way, how
 ever. of proving promptly that touching toad will not produce
 warts-that is to get toad and touch it. It is safe bet that the warts will not appear in the vast ma jority of cases when this eX- pertinent is tried.
 The toad and frog have always had great interest for the ma giciau. According to one legend of the past, if the tongue of live frog was removed and placed ou the heart of "a woman who was sleeping, one. could ask her any question and she would give a true answer. That chance is just about as good chance as tho chance of producing a wart
New Britain herald., 1929-05-14
Talks 1oG2 &z pat'e1,ts
A NEW COMPLAINT
 By Alice Judson Peale

 It used to be the fashion to com- plain that children had too much of a will of their own; that they were beadstrong in their impulses and shockingly persistent in getting what they wanted.
 Now we have a new complaint. The modern nursery school teacher. who sees many children each year. asserts that she finds them entirely too plastic. too easily persuaded. too readily diverted from their genuine interests.
 She feels it to be one Of her chief duties to protect the young child's embryonic personality from the en- croachments of dominating grown ups and older children. A parent, an older playmate, may readily play a devastating part in the life of small child. Adult ap. proval and disapproval place values on types of response which are not important to the child's own devel. | opment.
 | All 'y1n8 tu pAcdcc HIS bupCIlUTA he follows paths which are not tho ones of real growth for him. Es. pecially does the influence of per. sonalities tend to take the child away from his attack on his imme. diate physical environment and make him play upon the theme o sociability and personal response.
 The child needs a background oI security in his parents love and in terest. but needs to be free. to weav, his patterns Of self initiated activi |, tics. and to register his own indi ridual responses.
 The nursery school is able |, ] achieve with relative ease what W, at home will find great difficulty ir doing. We can. however. resolve tt let our youngster find things out fo himself. We can abstain from in truding our personalities. our stand ards. when he is engrossed in hi own pursuits.
 A good share of his day we ca, leave him alone with plenty O good play materials. We can protec him from the presence of over whelming older children while WI seek for aim companions of his owl age.