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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-10-11

phone supplies now has more than
$4,000 employees on it's payrolls at
Hawthorne, ILL.,, and Kearny, N. ]. OF
this number, about 1900 are women.
The gigantic plant now being erected
at PIT. Breeze, Baltimore, will supply
work for several thousand people in.
Guiding large number of women who
will be engaged in manufacturing sup.
plies necessary to meet the demands Of
the public for telephone service.
The occupations of the women en-
ployees of this great manufacturing
organization now include accountants,
assemblers, bindery girls, chemists,
clerks, cooks, dietitians, draftswomen,
engineers, laboratory technicians,
laundresses, lawyers, librarians, ma
chine operators, monotype keyboard
operators, writer's, proof readers, psy.
biologists, secretaries, social service
workers. supervisors, switchboard ope-
rators, teachers, tracers, and TWISTS.
This very diversified list. of occupa
'tions should dispel in anyone's mind
the thought that the women are not
aapablk sof nerfnrnipg many snf the
dFefdl Scientific duties that industry
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-10-11

ca yon in West Virginia, Chesapeake
- stance.
Telephone private branch erchange
rain By telephone control.
inn of railroad in operation. Today
this country is served by about 90.
900 % telephones and 24S,000 miles
of railroad.
Dispatching trains by telephone is
nothing new, for as early as 1879
three years after the telephone was
invented the Boston, Revere Beach
and Lynn Railroad used the telephone
for Its train dispatching system and
has used it continuously to date, &C.
cording to Telephone Topics.
This railroad has been in operation
since July %, 1875. and was the first
railroad in the world to use the tele
phone for dispatching trains.
Not only do railroads utilize tele-
phone communication for train dis
patching, but they are large users Of
telephone service. In fact, nearly
every railroad in the country operates
private branch exchange systems at
its general headquarters and at divi
sion and district points along its lines.
and as well are served by telephones
in railroad stations everywhere.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-10-11

Inspecting Udcu9m tube
telephone repedters Is
one of the unusual jobs
performed By 10Omen at
the Bell Laboratories.
Circle-MiSS En- ma N.
Mutt. the first aCOmdn
telephone operator In
Boston, Mass, employed
September, 1878.
BOttOm-MiSS Anna K.
MdrSha1, microscope
expert in the telephone
InbOrntOTjPS
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-10-11

A false mind is false in everything
Just as a crossed eye always looks
askant.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-10-11

Eve the lazy man enjoys seeing
other men work.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-10-11

A doctor is up against stubborn
case when his patient comes of
long-lived family.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-10-11

The ideal chaperon is simply out
of sight.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-10-11
Research Benefits
Telephone Service
Bell System Employs 5000
Men In Studying Problems
That Will Improve Com
munication Operation

1.-THE chief
aim of the Bel
System is To
M a ke every
day telephone
service better
better:
kr s. Gif.
ford. president
sf the Ameri-
can Telephone
and Telegraph
Company made
this statement
recently in an
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-10-11

Glory is poison, good to be taken
in small doses.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-10-11

Time locks are on sale at hair
goods stores.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-10-11

q t Isl Obliged to seek the man.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-10
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Today in
Washington History
BY DONALD A. CRAIG.

June 10, I86I.-Three battalions of
the District of Columbia Volunteers
| passed through Georgetown at an early
hour this morning, accompanied by Gov
eminent wagons with camp equipage,
ammunition, baggage, etc. They pre-
sented a very martial appearance. Each
wagon train was protected by military
guard.
They marched out on the Rockville
! road, and their supposed destination is
Edwards Ferry on the Potomac River.
This point is about 80 miles above
Georgetown and equidistant between
| Harpers Ferry and Washington. 1t is
the only crossing for wagons between
Point of Rocks and the District of Co
lumbia. A road leads from the Virginia
side of the ferry to LeeSburg, which Is
about or S miles from the river
Another battalion of District Volun-
! teers formed in the first ward this morn
ing and marched away about 10 O'Clock.
One of the companies of this battalion
consists of sapperS and miners, pro-
vided with spades, axes and other i'm
plements of that branch of the service.
wagon train with military stores, camp
equipage and baggage also accompanied
this force. 1t likewise took the road to
|. Georgetown and marched thence out
on the Rockville pike.
The whole command of District Vol
uIlUecTS III IllcSc lOuI DdtIdllOnS is mace
up as follows: Maj. JEWELS I'd Bat
talon. about $50 men; Maj Everetts
5th Battalion, $50 men; Capt Smead's
Sd Battalion with the exception Of
the National Rifles. left on guard duty
here), $50 men; Capt. Gerhardt's 9Th
Battalion. 800 men. and Capt. Ovens
Cavalry, 80 men-altogether about !, 100
men.
The Cavalry will doubtless be used
! as guides.
The command is Differed as follows
Col Stone, Lieut.. Col. Everett, Mai.
Jewell, Capt. Smead, quartermaster:
First Lieut.. Albert, adjutant, and Capt.
Steward, aid.
1t is reported that these District
troops were preceded by a battery of
Artillery, but this has not been con-
firmed. The troops started with II
days provisions.
A train of wagons crossed into Vir-
| ginia at the Government ferry at
Georgetown this morning There are in
| dications that one or more of the regi-
ments on the heights above the Alexan-
| dria Aqueduct have received marching
orders.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-10
BY ]. p. GLASS.

of me will be that am killed by lights
ming"
He was agitated on his return to
Andover. The next day he took 3
hatchet and began to trim off the lower
branches of some pines which formed
copse near the Osgood house. To
the proprietor he said:
"Osgood, If die while I am at your
house, charge you to have me buried
under those trees"
He added humorouSly:
You know my grave would overlook
all your field, and 1 could keep an eve
upon the boys and see If they minded
their work"
All this indicates an unbalanced per-
son, but witness what followed.
On the afternoon of May % storm
came up with a heavy cloud and rain.
The greater part of the family waited
in one room for 1t to pass. James Otis,
carving his cane, stood by the door
which opened from this room into the
entry of the house. He was relating a
story to the others. when suddenly
there was a great flash of lightning
and crash that fairly shook the whole
place.
Otis reeled and fell Mr.. Osgood sees
ing him falling, sprang forward an6
caught him.
He had been killed instantly.
None of the seven or eight other per1
sons present was injured. They gaze6
at each other. awe-stricken.
Copyright, 1920
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to form oblongs of color that match.
The completed quilt will show straight
rows of Dove at the Window" portion,
which will also be revealed in diagonal
rows.
A second arrangement is equally easy.
1t consists of using narrow strips OF
fat color to join the sections pictured.
Each square as shown can be surround
ed by strip of the plain color half the
width desired When sewed together
tine plain strips will then form the de-
sired width. Or two opposite sides of
each square can have a strip the full
size desired sewed to 1t, and these por-
lions be put together with plain strips
joining sides minus the plain portions
"A "drop-pattern' arrangement can
be carried out by sewing sections into
strips and joining these strips so that
each alternate strip drops the pattern
in such way that the 'Dove-at-th the
Window portions come precisely half
way between those, in the adjoining
strips. This is a simple thing TO do
when strips OF plain material are used
Tor putting squares together.
When squares are Sewed together di-
rectly, there are several ways of gets
ting the drop pattern each way, re-
portions with definite regularity. One
method is to omit side Sashes I'm alter
nate strips, bringing the corner pieces on
line with dove squares in adjoining
strips The same dizziness and accu-
racy Is required for putting squares to-
gether in such drop patterns, as is need
ed for putting picture puzzles together.
but there Is fascination about it for
quilt makers
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-10
Awkward Attitudes.

A few weeks ago said that if had
growing daughter / would send her
at some period of her school life to a
school of dramatic art, not to study.
merely to be taught how to be graceful,
how to sit and stand, and how to use
her hands and her voice.
Grace comes naturally to many girls,
know. But it seems to me that 1t Is
less and less noticeable. There was
able" finishing academies of the old
days-not much, perhaps, for they held
so many false standards. But they did
teach grace of carriage, a quiet voice
and repoSe. Our growing girls 90 need
these so much today.
Amateur dramatic societies are good.
even when the teaching is not very
clever. even if there's danger of some
of the girls having their heads turned
and being STACY" as one reader put
it, in daily life. If dramatic art Is
taught seriously and plays put on with
a good deal of work, there's less danger
of stage-struck girls acting like leading
ladies in their own homes. Meantime
they will learn something about "plac-
ing" their voices. about meditation and
change of voice, about sitting quietly
and naturally and gracefully not
hunched, or slumped, or coiled up in
ugly positions.
We walk better these days. even
though we let our chests sag and our
shoulders bunch, for We walk with a
purpose. quickly. taking natural steps
in decently made shoes. But we sit
badly and we use our hands in rest
less. futile gestures. If you've daugh-
tiers, watch them to correct these faults
If they have them. Watch yourself and
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PIECES DOVE WIN
EFFECTIVE ARRANGE


The question of just how to arrange
the patchwork pattern, 'Dove-at-the-
Window" is desired by those who wish
TO Use 1t for the making of quilts, rather
than for sofa cushions chair seats, etc,
which were specially stressed when the
design was given.
In order to help workers visualize
arrangements, the pattern is again illus
trated. The portion representing the
Dove at the Window" is found in the
central square. The particular pane
Of the window at which the doves are
tapping is the innermost square. with
each dove represented by two diamonds.
The spread wings present tips Of
star. Below these larger starpoints and
surrounding the central pane a smaller
star is easily diScernible. The square,
while easy to make. presents surpris-
ing intricacy once it is completed, and
this is part Of its fascination. It makes
II essential, however. to put such squares
together so that the result in quilt is
artistic.
In order to set of these "Dove-at-
the Window portions to best advantage
each of these squares must be separated.
This element is absent in using the
square for small articles such as cush-
ion tops. The surrounding strips or
sashes" in them merely act as
framework. not as connecting portions.
Each square Is large enough to be COM
plete in itself for the purpose to which
1t is put.
One Of the simplest methods of Using
these SQUARES is exactly as pictured The
small diagonal planes will fit together.
The cornerpiece will come together
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-10
WORLD FAMOUS STORIES
THE HUNCH OF NENISON
BY Oliver Wendell Holmes

'oliver Wendell Holmes. 1909 l8s4-sss
an american physician. essayist. novefist.
fast Table The One Hoss Shay ets.l
for finer or fatter never ranged in a
forest. or smoked in platter the
haunch was picture for painters to
study. the fat was so white and the
lean was so rudy.
That my stomach was sharp ] could
scarce help regretting. TO $nQil such
delicate picture by eating MEthought.
IN my chambers. to place ii on view, to
be shown to my friends as piece of
v1rtu. AS in some Irish houses. where
things are $3.50. one CANNON of bacon
hangs up for show. But for eating a
rasher Of what they take pride in
they'd as soon think Of eating the pan
1t Is friend in.
But hold-let me pause-den't I hear
you pronounce this tale of the bacon a
damnable bounce?
Well. suppose it bounce-sure q
poet may try, by a bounce now and
then. to get courage TO fly.
But, my lord, it's no bounce; pro-
test in my turn it's a truth-and your
lordship may ask Mr.. Byrne.
To go on with my tale-as I gazed
on the haunch I thought of a friend
who was trlsty and staunch so I cut
1t. and sent it to Reynolds undressed.
To paint it. or eat it, just as he liked
best.
OF the neck and the breast I had
next to dispose; twas a neck and a
bresst-that might riva, Munroe's. But
in parting with these l was puzzled
again, with the how, and the who, and
the where, and the when.
There's Howard and Coiey, and Ho-
garth. and Heff: 1 think they love veni-
SOM know they love beef. There's
my countryman Higgins-oh, let him
alone, for making blunder, or picking
a bone.
But, hang 1t, to poets who seldom can
eat your very good mutton's very
health it might hurt; it's like sending
them ruffles when wanting a shirt.
While thus l debated reverie GEN.
tered. an acquaintance, a friend as he
called himself. entered. An under bred
f1ne-spoken fellow was he, and he
smiled as he looked at the venison and
me.
What have we got here? Why this
Is good eating! Your own, suppose
or is it in wsiting?"
why, whose should it be?" cried
with f1ounce. L get these things
often''-but that was a bounce. Some
lords, my acquaintance, that settle the
nation are pleased TO be kind-but /
hate ostentation."
IF that be the case. then" cried he,
very gay, I'm glad ! have taken this
house on my way. Tomorrow you take
poor dinner with me: no words--I in
sist on't-precisely at three. Well have
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BEAUTY CHATS BY Edna KENT FORBES

correct the faults in yourself. Practice
sitting and standing before long look.
ing glass.
Miss M M-Henna by itself is al
ways of that reddish shade the mans
implies, and when it is in any other
color it means something has been
added to it. 1t takes skilled person
to successfully dye hair so it looks nat
ural. and your failures only mean that
you do not know how to handle it your
self. Henna by itself is not dye ard
it is not harmful.
M L. and 1.-The girl Is years,
height feet, should weigh about l03
pounds; the one inches taller and
same age should be lis pounds, and for
19 years, height feet l inch. ITO
pounds. A little less or more would not
matter at these ages. as this is still in
the years of developing.
Bobby-Before retiring at night rub
plenty of oil into your hands and cover
them overnight with loose gloves. Thin
and elderly looking hands show the sys-
tenn needs building up.
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Once James Otis said to his sister,
Mrs Warren:
MY dear sister, hope when God Al
mighty, in His righteous providence,
shall take me cut of time into eternity,
that it will be by flash of lightning
1t was an idea often repeated by this
great orator of revolutionary days
whose speech en- George Ills writs of
assistance, designed to stop smuggling
by the colonists, was set down by John
Adams as giving birth Ito the child in
dependence" -
So far, however, as we know, it did
not enter his mind until after an unfor-
tunate blow on the head had cost him
his reason-eXcept for intermittent
periods of sanity In view of the nature
OF his death, when it finally came in
1888. one Is almost tempted to ask If
this injury did not in some way endoW
him with a mysterious sense.
From such records as are obtainable.
it appears that six weeks before his
death on Friday afternoon, May %,
1888. Otis became convinced that his
end was not far off and that 1t was to
come through a bolt from the heavens.
He was then preparing to leave Bos-
ton for Andover, where he was board
ing with a Mr.. Osgood. Before leaving
Boston he is said to have gone to the
home of a friend in State street. bring
ing with him an engraving, which he
pinned on the wall, saying, Don't take
this down, for the next news you hear
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-10
NV Neig hbor Says:

If saucepans get burned don't
put soda in them. Fill them with
cold water, add a good spoonful
of salt and leave till next day,
and the burned part will come
off easily. II soda is used the
saucepan is likely to burn again
the next time it is used
Use a little milk to clean your
piano keys. Just dampen
small cloth with the milk, clean
the keys carefully, one at a
time, then dry them with a soft
cloth. II will not discOlOr them.
Potatoes will bake more quickly
II cut III halves. Melt a little
butter In baking pan and place
the halved potatoes, cut side
down. In 1t.
70 drive mosquitoes away mix
ONT ounce OF oil Of citronella, one
ounce spirits Of camphor. one
half ounce OF oil of cedar or
pennyroyal. Rub few drops on
your handkerchief or directly on
the flesh and, IT. will keep the
mosquitoes away.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-10

Any boy who has arrived at the age
OF II without having been the victim
of a joke mot, of course, the leg-break-
ing kind is unfortunate. Boys and
men seldom practice Jokes on those they
do not like Fraternity men and boys
invite an agreeable fellow by tapping
him. What happens afterward is every
body's business, more or less.
In the Fall of the year the candi-
dates may be seen in all sorts OF gro
tesque outfits on the streets and In the
cars of our city. polite expression Is
initiation"
Conversely. few are kidded If they are
not in favor. 1t is said that no less
hero than Col. Lindbergh likes his joke
at some one else's expense.
Hazing in its violent forms is pro-
hibited at the service academies, but
the memory fingers on among the old
grads. A mild form exists at present,
but it is more in the fashion oil simple
ioshjng. To submit good naturedly Is
the correct thing, if one is to obtain
or retain popularity among ms leliows.
Only the smart-A1eck resents ana ngh's
back. A., ,..o
During the trying days OF the late
war many heavy moments were mace
lie liter by the virtues Of Jokes. On one
occasion a group OF young soldiers ,ano
thew were very young) consplred 10
drench a friend as he entered the bar
racks. He would soon come in, and
one of the boys was nominated to pro
cure a dishpan filled with water: ms
was placed over the door by when tne
friend would enter. 1t was lightly at
tached to a shelf above the transom.
so that the lightest touch on the KNOB
would dislocate it, with results the reau-
er can quite understand
auarUthinp was SET IIey
waited. Visions of their frined soaked
to the skin brought chuckles.
They had not waited long when they
heard the sound of footsteps. Then the
knob turned gently but firmly. Inc
pan above the transom tottered. ana
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-10
Home in Good Taste
BY SARA INLAND.

1t is difficult to get all tired out play
ing, in these days of modern conven-
fences. Instead of the old sand pile
way out at the end of the back yard
where all the tools, molds, sifters, etc..
had to be carried. we now have a sand
table and even little chairs that can
be drawn right up to it. so that it is
no trouble at all to have a good, old
fashioned mudpie time.
In the illustration is shown a clever
arrangement of sand table, chair and
garden umbrella.
The ledge of the table is large enough
and the sand container deep enough 10
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-10
The Sidewalks Of Washington
BY THORNTON FISHER.

The lad was getting an earful.
Another thing" said the radio
gentleman, II like those new uniforms
the announcers are going to wear. The
Sam Browne belts will look fine as they
march in. We should have had them
in uniform a long time ago"
yes" agreed the announcer, They
are going to look great in full-dress
drill in the studio"
OF course, the conversation was not
addressed to the boy, but he absorbed
every word of it and maintained-a dis
Greet silence. We don't think he be-
lieved word of 1t and perhaps the
kidders themselves we're kidded.
x X
There is something of the boy in
every man. To ride" somebody gives
him delight at times. How many boys
have been sent to obtain "left-handed
monkey wrench" deponent knoweth not.
One day husky youth was employed
in a newspaper art department. He
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pockets on the outside for shoes, stock
ings and umbrella. The inside will be
laundry bag. Just think how COM
pact that will be-"
And compact it was. The ticking was
cut almost twice the full length OF the
door. II was doubled back on itself
and scanned, top and bottom and sides.
The flap was cut near the top and
bound with bias tape. A crosswise slit
was cut about three fifths of the way
down. This was closed with upper faS-
tening.
The upper part of the bag was di-
vided by the line of stitching which
held the first row of pockets in place.
In these pockets went stockings. In
the flap were thrust soiled handker-
chiefs and stockings. The other laun-
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keep much of the dirt from splitting
over This would not matter. of course,
in the Summer when the table was
placed in the yard, but in the Winter.
when it is transferred to the playroom.
it is we'll to be protected against sandy
floor.
Four little metal chairs like the one
shown are just enough to place about
this sand table and all should be paint
ed to match. Dark green is one Of the
The chairs might have an additional
touch of bright red and this same shade
should be featured in the stripping of the
umbrella.
(Copyright. 1927
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-10
NANCY PACE
When Is a Bag More
Than a Bag?
BY FLORENCE la GANKE.

Nancy and Mary were talking over
the furnishings of Mary's clothes closet
She had just moved into an efficiency
apartment, where everything served at
least two purposes and sometimes three
or more.
why don't you buy some heavy
Powered ticking such as is used for
mattress covers to make yourself a bag
to hang on the inside of the closet
door? I should think we could have