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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-23

Recent accessions at the Public Liz
brary and lists Of recommended read
ing will appear in this column each
Sunday.
Civilization.
Dawson, C.. H. The Age of the Gods:
a Study in the Origins of Culture.
FE-D327.
Fosdick. R. B. The Old Savage In the
New. FE-F78o.
Radhakrishnan, Sarvepalli. Kalki; or,
the Future Of Civilization. HAC-
R112
Randall, J. H. Our Changing Civiliza.,
ton. FER l54o.
Robinson, ]. H. Civilization. FE-R566.
Biography.
Bowerman, G. F. The New Biography.
E-lB67.
Brett, Hon. Oliver. wellington. e
Fetzer. Herman. The Book Of Rabelais.
Howe, M. A. D. W. James Ford Rhodes.
E-R346h.
Meehan, Mrs. J. p. The Lady of the
Limberlost. E-P836m.
Nichols, S. B. His Life and Letters.
190o-25. E-N5lSSn.
Smith. A. D. H. John Jacob Aston.
E-As64s.
Production
American Academy Of Political and So
cial Science, Phila. Farm Relief.
HE83-Am37f.
Filley. H. c. Cooperation in Agricul-
ture. HE-F48.
Ford. Henry. My Philosophy Of Indus
try. HE-F75.
Lippincott, Isaac. What the Farmer
Needs. HE83-L66w.
Sherman. w. A. Merchandising Fruits
and Vegetables. HEe3-Sh56m.
Yoder, r. r. Introduction to Agricul-
tural Economics. HEe3-Y73.
French Books.
Balde, Jean. Pseud. RENE d'Arbieux.
Y39F-B 1887.
Bedel, Maurice. Jerome. 1927. Y39F-
B3s3j.
Chack, L. p. A. Sur les Bancs de Elan
DIRE. 1927. F30794-C343.
Labiche. E. NJ. and Martin. Edouard.
La Poudre aux Yeux. Y39D-L lisp.
La Dreyetiere, L. F. Sieur de lIsle
Arlequin Savage. Y39D-L 1877.
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Westward & much Ice in We. River At
Hand. 4; was there Detain'd by We.
Ice till the 17th."
Gadsden, one of the naval committee
and referred to by Adams In the ac-
count above, was the son of an ex-
British naval oficer. and about the
middle of January set out from Phila-
delphia to take q pilot boat at New
Castle to return to Charleston. 8. G.
The vessel was run ashore on the North
Carolina coast by the British. The
following account was probably given
by Gadsden:
"NEWBERN, N. G.
February 8, 1776.
"By a gentleman from Philadelphia,
we have received the pleasing account
of the actual sailing from that place Of
the first American Fleet that ever
swelled their sails on the Western
Ocean. in defense Of the rights and
liberties Of the people of these Colonies,
now suffering under the prosecuting rod
of the British ministry and their more
than british tyrants In America. This
fleet consists of five sail. fitted out from
Philadelphia, which are to be Joined
by two ships more from Maryland. and
is commanded by Admiral Hopkins.
most experienced and venerable sea-
captain. (Here folloWS an account OF
the names somewhat similar to that
given by Adams. They sailed from
Philadelphia amidst the acclamations Of
many thousands assembled on the Joy
full occasion. under the display Of q
Union Flag with IS stripes In the field,
emblematical Of the Thirteen United
Colonies: but unhappily for US the ice
IN the River Delaware as yet obstructs
the passage down."
When this feet sailed 1t captured
Nassau, and the st. James Chronicle.
London. from Thursday. July 10, to
Saturday, July 20. l776. notes It; by
letter from Liverpool we are informed
that the Fleet which plundered the
Island Of New Providence consisted of
seven sail The colours of the
American Fleet were striped under the
Union with IS strokes called the Thir-
teen United Colonies"
From the above 1t appears that q
nag with the British crosses (union)
and Is stripes as q field was hoisted by
John Paul Jones on the flagship Alfred
on 8 December. TITS. In Philadelphia
when the Commander In Chief Hopkins
took command. This nag was the
ensign used by all the ships Of the feet.
And In 1883 Jones still referred to IL as
the nag Of America.
BYRON McCUDLESS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-23
Reed Defies Obstacles

He inherited the stoop from his
father and his fathers father. The cut
OF his visage and the lay of his hair
and the stoop-make him look incred-
IDLY like Rachmaninoff at the piano.
His intensity perfects the resemblance.
George Wharton Pepper once said OF
him that he was always at concert
pitch" He is lovable without malice,
but he is always intellectually and emo
ttonally taut. He knows perfectly well
that the press gallery has numerous
signed and enforced rules of ethical
conduct and the Senate none. He must,
nevertheless, have his fling at the press
gallery II 1t occurs to him.
He leans over his desk in the Senate
and argues as precisely and as pointedly
as in a courtroom He has to pinch
argues. He usually looks very detected
while he does. Out Of that air Of misery
he produces q rain of remarks, forked
and barbed.
The best descriptive epithet ever
tossed at him from the press gallery
was "Mournful Mustard" He Is as
mustardly in his politics as In his
speeches. He is a regular" in Pitts
burgh and in Washington, but also an
organization" Is heavily wet; but
Mr.. Reed has unfiinchingly supported
the drastic dry" activities of the Pitts
burgh Federal prohibition administra-
tor, John D. Pennington, to the dismay
and to the disarray Of all local "regu-
lar" wet" forces.
The Republican administrational "or-
ganization" in Washington was opposed
to the recent bill raising the pay Of the
employees Of the Postal Service. Presi-
dent Coolidge vetoed the bill. He la
bored with Mr.. Reed to support the
veto. Mr.. Mellon, his putative political
father, labored with him to the same
end. Mr. Reed voted to override the
veto. He defled Mr.. Coolidge and Mr.
Mellon in the same breath.
His One Idea.
No administration can count him
beforehand in its bag. No anti-admin-
istrational faction can count him be-
forehand, either. In Pennsylvania he
makes no slightest effort to be a po-
litical boss" In Washington he makes
no slightest effort to be a drive-wheel
in any political one-way machine. This
man. politically. has just one idea
That idea Is to be a Senator Of the
United States.
Nothing will stop him from it. He
has all the signs OF 1t upon him. The
very imperfection of his interest in poll
tics Is mark of the Senator supreme
Knox had it. Borah has it. Brandegee
of Connecticut had it. Hoar Of Mas
sachusetts had it. Your supreme Sena-
tor is Just simply Senator. Reed is
It is as certain as the sequence OF
day and night that Pennsylvania will
for pride keep him in the Senate and
that he himself will make himself a
great Senator. He possesses. genuinely
seriously and with all fiippancies now
dismissed, the three basic qualities for
that greatness: Untouchable integrity
untiring scholarship, unbounded cour-
age.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-23
REVIEWS OF NEW BOOKS
Portraits of Nineteenth Century Americans by Gamale
Bradford-Japan and the Japanese-Several
Novels for Summer Reading.

stories. Even If some Of them are a
bit beyond acceptance. there Is no use
in stirring up days and centuries 50 Tar
away as these are portrayed TO De.
Fine comedy, good story, first-rate en-
tertainment for a Summer hour.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-23
It's Great Sport.

From the Charleston NV. va.) Daily Mail.
Former President Coolidge Is carrying
an arm In splints, having sprained IL
fishing That's al right. No need to
tell us how big the fellow was who got
away
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-23

AS GOD MADE THEM: Portraits of
Some Nineteenth Century Amer
leans. BY Gamaliel Bradford, au-
thor of Life and l." etc. Boston:
Houghton Mifflin Company.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-23
Civil Service Termed
Best i'm Merit System

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New York: The John Day Co.
A RELATED notice. My misfortune
"A Yet, maybe this is the minute
after all. to read this happy comedy
which tells Of matters so far away from
the tremendous doings of all sorts that
so beset the passing moment. Taken
UP late, as I have indicated, Il came
like swim, or long easy Looping walk
In Autumn. like any other fresh and
comely event Of exactly the right
stripe at the moment of need. Well
this is a story of the day so long gone
by when there were gods and goddesses
on the earth. Before Adam and Ev,
took over the management of things
No good. no evil. to alternately bless
and damn creation. It is In this ex
pansive day that in an equally spacious
humor and understanding Norman
Douglas takes US through the amazing
events that the old divinities could
manage to materialize upon the short
est notice. Then, the sturdy adventrs<l
over. all the things accepted as gospel
truth, there Is no aftermath Of won
dering whether such folks ought to be
tolerated. or not, even In made-up
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-23
PUBLIC LIBRARY

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New Britain herald., 1929-10-18

ever, is no bar to the activity of
 halt-naked brown and black natives are employed in salt works while in the waters in the vicinity of the Dah- lak Archipelago, which belongs to the colony, divers search the shark infested sea for pearls and mother
 ofpearl. Some of these Dahlak pearls reach American markets.
 Wealth Judged by Size of His Herd
 "MassaWa, about midway along the coast is port of call for many steamship line plying between
 Europe, North Africa and Asia. Normally the port town seems as lifeless as lazy settlement of equa-
 torial Africa, but when ships ar rive there is a sudden awakening. recalling the excitement attending the arrival of packet at Missis- sippi river port in the shoeboat era.
 "The only railroad in the colony connects Massawa and the colonial capital. Asmara, about 75 miles among the Eritrean hills. Leaving
 the torrid streets of Massawa. the train passes through wide areas of pasture land where nomad herdsmen tend huge herds of sheep and cattle. Here a natives wealth is judged by the size of his herds From them come many of the hides that figure
 in Eritrea's trade. Farther up in the
New Britain herald., 1929-10-18

hills natives have been so successful producing wheat, barley beans, peas. coffee, linseed, flax fibers, dates and tobacco that extensive Italian i'm migration has been discouraged Gold is found in the hills.
 "MaSsaWa now is Eritrca's largest port. But Assab, the only other port of any consequence, bids fair to de- velop rapidly when the new highway is completed. Assab is the corner stone of Italian colonization on the Red Sea. Slightly more than a half century ago, Assab was purchased
 by an Italian shipping company for 5000 for use as a coaling station By treaties, Italy acquired other par cels of the Red Sea shore country and in 1890 all of them were con- solidatod under the name Eritrea. within the borders of the Fri trean club there are as many square miles as there are in the state of Pennsylvania. with a popu- lation of more than 100000 brown and black inhabitants and sprink- ling of Europeans.
 "Eritrca has recently become self supporting. While the dull shuttle of camels' hOOfs are still heard in the streets of some of the towns. the
 click of the telegraph key and the
 sound of automobile horns are now within carshot at the same moment
 Eritrean telegraph lines today would
New Britain herald., 1929-10-18

city and in certain schools groups of lads between the ages of 10 and 16 years daily smoked three or more cigarettes containing dagga. Those lads showed early mental and moral degen6ration becoming untruthful and unreliable.
 Poor White Problem
 There is little doubt that dagga smoking has an important bearing on one of South Africa's greatest problems - the poor white, for it is among people of this class that the habit is most prevalent, ex- cluding of course the native. Close investigation has revealed that these whites have acquired the habit in boyhood while associat- ing with natives in herding cattle or in similar occupations.
 Town dwellers usually acquire the habit as result of unfavor- able environment and as most or the big towns are honevcombed with slums--worse perhaps than in any part of the world-the adop- tion of a habit which brings even the briefest oblivion is not hard to understand.
 Boys as young as 12 years have been known to meet in the slums and learn to smoke dagga in the same way as tobacco. Those boys have been traced to the reforma- tories and prisons.
 So far no really drastic action has been taken to combat the evil the magnitude of which can be gathered from the fact that last year throughout South Africa there were 4143 dagga prosecutions and 3@95 convictions. Of the convic- tions 2997 were natives.
 Steps have been taken, however. in cooperation with the Customs Department 10 prohibit the impor- tation of dagga and it has been suggested that dagga should be proclaimed a "noxious weed" and farmers required to eradicate it from their land.
New Britain herald., 1929-10-18
Even Kings English
 Becomes AmericaniZed

London, Oct IS. GP-The King English is becoming Americanized even in sentences referring to the king himself.
 So observes a British etymologist who discovered in the London pa pcrs the other day q headline to the effect that the King plans a days shooting"
 Use of the word plan" as a verr is just one illustration, says -his scholar, Of the subtle growth ot Americanisms in the speech of England. A stickler for unadul- terated Kings English would hav, written the king has arranged fol days shooting"
New Britain herald., 1929-10-18
5. AFRICAN WEED
 CAUSES INSANITY
DagSa" Smoking Is Held Re Sponsible for Many Grimes

Cape Town. s. Africa, Oct. IS. (UP)-In the luggage department of Cape Town State a small wooden trunk was left to be called for. It had arrived from a back weld district in the north. It was addressed to a native and might have contained the 101 oddments which an African native counts as his sole worldly possessions.
 After a few days a native ar rived and claimed the trunk. He was asked to explain what it con tained and hesitated to do so. The man who asked him disclosed him self as a police officer. The trunk was opened. It was filled with what looked like-and in fact was dried weeds But the weeds had been put there for definite pur- poe
 The police officer seemed satis- fled that he had found what he was looking for. He whistlcd to two men waiting outside. They ( entered and with the fcWest pos siblo words the native was hand 7 cuficd and taken away. Next day he appeared in court on a charge s Of being in possession of "daEga" and the officer said the trunk con taincd enough Of this deadly herb to realize nearly f50O when sold in shilling packets weighing a few pennyweights to addicts of the drug.
 A Hardy Plant
 Now "dagga' is in reality Indian hemp. It grows easily, is very hardy and when an inch or two high can easily be mistaken for young tomato plants.
 It is grown in many of the small places in the backveld and sent to the larger towns where among the natives it is almost as great a curse as opium is in China
 It is sometimes smoked in an ordinary pipe but the real dagga < pipe consists of bowl of soft I sandstone or clay buried in a hole 3 in the ground with q length of bamboo connecting the bowl to a f bulloCk's horn which holds water. The water deadens the burning sensation in the smokers mouth.
 The dagga smoker is rcsponsi- ble for nearly all the crimes of violence committed in this part of Africa For the most part the weed is smoked by natives but Dr. J. A. Mitchell, Secretary for the Public Health, startled the coun- try recently by disclosing that it Is smoked also by many Euro pean youths and even schoolboys in some of the large towns. The effect of dagga smoking is at first to produce sense of exhiaration and its continuation leads 10 eX- citement and eventually to mad ness. A man drunk with dagga- smoking is danger to himself and to everyone in his immediate neighborhood.
 How grave a national danger the habit may become is disclosed by Dr. Mitchell who has stated that in a certain barracks practi- callY every one of the European inmates ranging from IS to 30 years of age was a dagga smoker and that in certain quarters of one
New Britain herald., 1929-10-18
BULL FIGHTERS ORGANIZE

Mexico City, Oct. is lP-Organ- ized labor has found its Way into the Mexican bull ring
 The banderillcros and the pica- dores, who play the minor roles in the national sport. have formed q union, with the object Of keeping out foreign competition and setting q standard wage scale.
New Britain herald., 1929-10-18

reach from Washington nearly to New York city and back"
New Britain herald., 1929-10-18

Bees wings beat the air at the rate of 190 strokes a second.
New Britain herald., 1929-10-18
'ERITREA FEELING
 LASH OF PROGRESS
Steel Rails, Paved Highways Re- placing Old Caravan Routes

Washington. D. C.. Oct. 1S- When the proposed highway from the port of Assab, Eritrea, to the interior of Eritrea and northern Ethiopia is completed, a region will be tapped by modern transportation that has heretofore largely depend ed upon slow moving camel and donkey caravans for communica- tion," says a bulletin from the Wash ington, D. C., headquarters of the National Geographic society.
 "Eritrea. shaped like blunt topped club, is an Italian colony which spreads along the western shore Of the Red Sea for nearly TOO miles. The club handle, the southern portion of the colony, which cuts off Ethiopia (nOw official names of his toric Abyssinia) from the sea. is about 50 miles wide for about $50 miles. Then the western border straight northward course Where it reaches the Anglo Egyptian Su- dan it is about 500 miles from the sea.
 120 Degrees in the Shade
 "Eritrea is in the same latitude as Honduras. Within the Eritrcan bor- dcrs, the traveller finds climates ranging from that of the hottest areas at the equator to the temper ate zones of central Europe. In the lowlands, particularly along the sea- coast, the blazing summer sun often drives the mercury to l20 degrees Tn the shade. The cooling regions are in the mountains in the hinterland. Some of the peaks rise to 10000 feet
 'The heat of the lowlands, how
New Britain herald., 1929-10-18

That fine imported chamois f; that looks like suede! Slip button or cuff styles,
 really smart and so low E 4 priced. .E z
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-02
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lent work during the past year.
The local chapter has practically
raised its quota for the past year.
The board members present were
Mrs. j. E. Haynes, Mrs. Henry
~Lauderdale, Mrs. Charles Hupp,
Mrs. E. H. Poteet and Mrs. Hart.
PERSONALS
Mr.. and Mrs. Milton West Of
brownsville were guests here this
f~eek in the home of Mr.. Vests
tnother. Mrs. M. c. West.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. F. Archer were
EHarlingen visitors Tuesday, guests
OF Mr.. and Mrs. c. H. Jenkins.
Earl West and family have re-
turned to Edinburg after a visit
here in the home Of Mrs. M. G.
West.
Dr.. and Mrs. Robert Kunkle left
this week for Giddings. Tex, where
they will make their home.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Barnard we're
entertained in the home of Mr..
and Mrs. G.. Grover in Weslaco
this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. F. Archer, Mr..
and Mrs. j. G. Deyo, Mr.. and Mrs
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-02
n; MeF nus;

One Egg Cake
1-3 cup fat;
l cup sugar;
l egg;
l teaspoon vanilla;
1-6 teaspoon salt;
2-3 cup milk
2 cups flour;
2 teaspoons baking powder.
Cream the fat, sugar and egg.
Add the remaining ingredients and
beat for two minutes. Pour into
two layer cake pans which have
been fitted with waxed paper and
bake in a moderate oven for 20
minutes.
IL cup dark brown sugar;
8 tablespoons flour;
1-0 teaspoon salt;
l egg:
l cup milk;
l teaspoon butter;
IL teaspoon vanilla.
Dreamed Cabbage
Bread Strawberry Preserves
Head Lettuce and French Dressing
One Egg Layer Bake and
Caramel Filling
Coffee
By MRS. ALEXANDER GEORGE
Dinner Menu
Broiled Veal Chops
Buttered New Potatoes
Mix the sugar, flour and salt.
Blend we'll and add the egg and
milk. Cook over a low fire and
stir constantly until a thick filling
forms. Add the rest of the ingre-
dents and cool. Spread on one of
the baked cake layers. Top with
the other layer and frost.
Spring Evening Party Menus
Fruit Salad
Spring Evening Party Menus
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-02
Mellon May Have To
Face Investigators
In Senate Inquiry

WASHINGTON, April 2.-(P-
Senate Investigators have found an
overwhelming number of prece-
dents to support President Hoover
IN retaining Secretaries Mellon and
Davis IN his cabinet without send
Ing their nominations again to the
senate.
However, the senate committee
which has been directed to inquire
into their status will be called in
the forthcoming session to examine
into the other point raised-wheth-
er Mr. Mellon is serving in viola
tlon OF an old statute forbidding
the secretary of the treasury to be
interested in trade or commerce.
chairman Norris believes it will
oe necessary to have Mr.. Mellon
come before the committee to tell Il
OF the nature of his extended bust
ness interests.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-02

Between marketman and house
keeper there's frequently a little
game to see who can do the string
bean test first. If the marketman
does it, he gives a sharp snap IN
the middle Of the bean, and presto,
there's no sign of a string. If it's
the housekeeper who knows her
business, she very gently pulls off
the tip end of the bean. That's
the infallible test, because whatever
vestige of string there is Will surely
be exposed in this way.
There are all sorts OF reasons why
we ought to eat plenty OF string
beans. They are claSSed as greens"
for one thing (and therefore almost
as important as lettuce or spinach
in the diet), but being @. the bean
family, they also have a certain pro-
TEN value, and are, IN their way,
as nutritious as meat.
AS far as food value is concerned,
1t really doesn't matter whether
beans are stringlesS or not. Of
course, the coarser the string, the
older the bean, and the longer cook
ing required. But the flavor and
the nutritive value are excellent and
by using the correct cooking meth
DDS you can buy fresh string beans
from the beginning Of the season
when they are small and quite
stringless, to the end when no ma
nipulation can disguise the presence
Of the string.
There is a difference of opinion
as to when you should string beans.
THE usual method is to wash the
an in cold water, cut off each tip.
E$ng the string with it. Then
- Ut several housekeepers
Rta- 1hat this takes more time,
fotso doesn't always remove the
JTe string, than if the cutting
] ia. efterward. Therefore, if you
ptt wash your string beans, put
in On enough boiling water to COW
er, a4d cook until tender. which
may take anywhere from 20 to As
minutes. Then remove from the
fire. drain into a bowl and set aside
to cool for a few moments, after
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-02
SPANIARDS0 OFF
ON LONG HOP
Jinenez And Iglesias Fly
ing From Rio Janeiro
To Montevideo

RIO JANEIRO, Brazil, April g.
P)-Captains Ignacio Jiminez and
Francisco Iglesias, Spanish avia-
tors, who recently completed a
transatlantic flight from Seville,
took off here at 6:35 a. m, abs
a. m. E. S. I'd on a nonstop flight
attempt to Montevideo.
M~ontevideo, capital of Uruguay,
Is 1900 miles from Rio Janeiro.
The S~paniards' plane, the Jesus
Del Gran Poder, has a speed Of 100
miles an hour and might be ex-
pected to reach the city by 5:35
p. m. 4:35 p. m. Z. S. I'd
At 7:45, almost two hours after
their departure, the av~iators passed
over Santos, more than 200 miles
south of Rio Janeiro.