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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-21
New Building Like an Antique.

An addition to building like the
Westminster Abbey or even the cree
ton OF a structure in its immediate
vicinity is very serious matter for
fear that mistake might be made and
something inadvertently done to mar
the appearance of the old structure
and SO when it was suggested to erect
new Sacristy in connection with the
ancient structure, those in authority
heSitated to take any steps for the
fear OF doing something for which they
might be criticized. Accordingly, a
1ull-sized model was constructed by
four we'll known artists and a corps of
assistants on the proposed site at a
cost Of about $4,000. The model is
situated OH the rectangular patch of
grass formed by the north wall of the
abbey and the east wall of the north
transept, and although it is in full
view OF all who enter the abbey, only
those who know the abbey intimately
have detected its presence. It stands
on an area about 80 feet square, with
tessellated walls 20 feet high. 1t is
inconSpicuous because of its almost
exact resemblance in design and age
to the grimed walls of the abbey. The
now completed model is composed OF
wooden frames covered with canvas
and plaster. 1t is a shell only, the
inner side Of the walls being bare and
supported by rough buttresses, and the
outer sides painted the appropriate
color. The artists have made the model
appear to have been constructed oil
huge stone blocks, grimed with age
and battered by the elements Of cen
turtles.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-21
WHEAT IS LOWER
ON INITIAL TRADES
Bumper Crop Predictions for Kan
sas Have Bearish
influence.
BY the Associated Press.

DS tie Associated Press.
CHICAGO. February 21-Prediction5
of bumper crop of wheat in Kansas
this season, despite severity of Winter
conditions, led TO an early setback of
wheat values today. Bullish figures on
the worlds available supply of wheat
had only transient effect. Opening
at shade to y advance. wheat later
dropped to below yesterdays finish
Corn and oats were also easier. with
corn starting II off to a up. and sub
Sequently undergoing a sag all around.
Provisions held firm.
Future delivery selling of wheat today.
based on forecasts of a big yield of
wheat for Kansas during 1929. proved
quickly to be more than a counterbal-
ance for announcement here that the
worlds available stock of wheat had
decreased 11,758000 bushels in January,
compared with an increase of 105.675, =
900 bushels in December and with an
increase of 1885 900 bushels in jan
uary last year. Furthermore, as against
prospects of bumper yield in Kansas.
little notice was taken of word from
India that expected production of
wheat there was small and that large
imports would be needed.
Corn price downturns today were as
sociated with selling of corn against
purchases Of oats to undo spread trans
actions heretofore in which corn was
bought and oats sold There also was
selling today of corn into store here on
a liberal scale. Besides, advices were
current that picking of corn in Argen-
tina this season will start earlier than
usual and that South African new crop
prospects for corn were somewhat bet
ter on account Of showers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-21
SLUMP In CATTLE
MARKET IS SEVERE
Billion Dollar Shrinkage Noted in
PAPER Value of United States
= Live Stock.
BY J. C. ROYLE.
Special Dispatch to The Star.


NEW YORK, February 21.-The re-
cent slump in the cattle market has
been the most severe in years. 1t has
dropped prices around 81 a hundred
pounds and has Topped off from the
paper value of the live stock OF the
country approximately $1,000, 100000.
Everett c. Brown, president OF the
Chicago Live Stock Exchange. estimates
that in the last six months 81 ,375 000,-
600 has been written of the country's
cattle.
Several reasons are advanced for this
situation. It is evident that demand for
beef, owing to high prices during the
last year, has been so curtailed that
consumption in some sections is IS per
cent under normal Some experts say
that the fact that markets are clogged
with beef which cannot be sold and
that consumers still have to pay high
prices is attributed to the drop in price
of hides. 1t is an acknowledged fact
that meat is sold on narrow margin
of profit and that by-products have not
little to do with establishing prices.
Still other statisticians call attention
to the fact that the diet of the Amer
lean public has changed materially.
They say that the inhabitants of this
country eat As per cent less meat than
10 years ago.
At the same time consumption of
salads has increased ITO per cent. Pastry
has dropped off in consumption 25 per
cent, white bread 20 per cent and pota-
toes Is per cent. Items of diet which
have, increased are ice cream, 70 per
cent; matted milk, SO per cent; whole
milk, 81 per cent; fresh fruit, 80 per
cent; fresh vegetables and whole wheat
bread, IS per cent; cereals, "a per cent:
canned fruit. 33 per cent; poultry, IS
per cent, and eggs, II per cent. These
figures are compiled from survey of
restaurant and hotel records.
In this list may be found the reason
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-21
Piscatorial Electrical Plants.

The Field Museum of Natural Science
of Chicago has recently opened de-
partment devoted to large sea fish, a
considerable part of which is given over
to the rays" which includes the cow,
nosed airy, which digs clans from the
sea bottom with it's snout and chews
them, shells and all, with its strong
jaws; the electric ray, which, having
no body armor. defends itself by giving
a surprisingly strong electric shock to
other creatures which come into con-
tact with it by means of the electric
battery which nature has provided in
its body; the leopard ray. one of the
fastest swimming of all fishes; the sting
rays, which have sharp barbed spines
on the tail with which they are able to
strike severe blow at enemies; the
butterfly ray and the sawfish.
The rays have, for the most part.
broad fiat bodies and large extended
-pectoral fins. In swimming, they flap
these fins, which resemble the wings
of a bird, and they literally fly through
the water,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-21
Sailors Cutting the Grog.

The custom of issuing grog on the
vessels of the English navy still pre-
walls, but the amount consumed has
fallen off very materially. 1t is said
that on some of the vessel less than
one-quarter of the members of the
crew draw their grog rations. The fact
that those who do not take the ration
get threepence day from the admiralty
may provide one reason, but the main
cause is probably because navy men
are of superior type to those of even
a few years ago.
The ceremony of drawing the daily
rum ration takes place at six bells-11
o'clock. After a bugle is sounded. the
rum is produced in polished, BRASS
bound tub bearing the loyal and pious
inscription, 1.-THE King, God Bless
Him" Among those present at the
issue are the ships steward. the
cooper and the leading seamen of each
mess, who bring a receptacle to draw
the ration.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-21
CURB SPEC|A[T|ES
!. SHOW PRICE GAINS
Trend of Market Uncertain
!, Pending Result of Re-
serve Meeting.
BY WILLIAM F. HEFFERNAN.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, February 21-With call
money in good supply at the close of
the business week, the speculative ele-
ment in the curb market today was con-
cerned for the most part with the mar
ket's technical position.
The most logical explanation for the
offerings which came upon the market
was that they represented merely de-
sire to reduce long commitments in view
OF the approaching three day suspension
OF business on the Exchange.
The movement of prices, however,
was by no means uniform. A number
of high-priced specialties continued in
demand and were bid up sharply. In
cluded among these was Phelps-D Dodge,
up 10 points at 349 Later the price
broke quickly to the previous final.
New high record for the year were
established in Sikorsky Aviation, Gold
Seal Electric, Hart-Parr and Gotham
Knitbac, gains ranging from fractions
to points.
The $4,000 shares of common stock
of no par value of the Consolidated
Aircraft Corporation were admitted to
trading. The initial sale occurred at
33l2. after which the price f1uctuated
within range of a point of this figure.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-21
Biography Of Goldfish.

It was the Chinese who first evolved
the goldfish from the little olive-gray
carp, perhaps in imitation of the
golden fish that IS one of the eight
symbols of the Buddha. The japanese
then took UP the industry of breeding
them. They produced the veil-tail,
with its four inches of trailing gossa-
mer fins, and many other kinds. They
are working now on 'dragon-ash,' in
imitation of another fish in Chinese
myth. There is highly contagious
and deadly fungus also which is espe-
cially liable to attack the delicate fins
of the fancy breeds. The common
kind, however, are hardy enough
They come overland from Italy, 10000
or more packed in a tin container only
two feet in diameter and one in depth.
Yet deaths en- route are uncommon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-21
Stick to Their Superstitions.

The tribesmen of Africa know that
the white persons they come in con-
tact with view their rituals and cere-
monies with curiosity and are not duly
impressed with their significance and
for this reason an impenetrable veil
of secrecy surrounds most of these oc-
casions, according to returned trav-
eler who spent many months in Nyasa-
land, hoping to learn something Of an
authoritative nature about these Gus
toms. The primitive beliefs in the SUI
pernatural are often derided by those
who have never came into close con-
tact with them and newcomers to the
British colony, which is not often Wis
tied by those going to Africa. But the
white persons who have been there
for years have more respect for them
There are mysterious occurrences which
have puzzled everyone and the answer
to which no one in the colony will VEN
ture an answer But whatever out
siders think of customs there, the ma
tive never doubts the potency of charms
and spells for good or bad and has
implicit faith in good luck pieces he
carries for protection.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-21
Baltimore Markets
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, Md, February 21.-Po-
tatoes, white, 100 pounds, LOCAL .35;
new potatoes, bushel, 200a3.25; sweet
potatoes, barrel, 1.50a3.50: bushel, 75a
$50; yams, barrel, 1.50a350; beans,
bushel, 2.50a500; cabbage, hamper 75a
lbs; carrots, bushel. 1.50a1.75: celery,
crate, l.75a2.25; caulifiower, crate, 1.50a
200; eggplants, crate, 400a6.o0: kale,
barrel, 1.50a1.75; lettuce, hamper. LISA
,2.25: onions, 100 pounds, 350a5. so;
oyster plants, 100, 600al0.00: parsnips,
basket, 75al.00; peas, bushel, 2.25a3.0O;
peppers, crate. 1.5oas.5O; spinach,
bushel, 90a1.00; tomatoes, crate. 1.00a
bushel, 75a2.00; cranberries, half bar
rel, 7.00a8.00; grapefruit, box, 200a3.50;
tangerines, per half strap, 1.50a2.50;
oranges, box, 2.25a3.75; strawberries.
quart, 35a40.
Dairy Market.
Poultry-Alive, young turkeys, pound,
35a42; old, 25a35; young chickens, 34a
AZ; small and poor, 20; old hens, goa
80: Leghorns. 20a2S; capons, 33a42; old
ROSTERS, 17a20: ducks, 20a32; Guinea
fowl, each, 40a85; pigeons, pair. 30a35.
Dressed turkeys, young, pound. 35a
AZ: old, 25a35; chickens, young, 32a36;
old and mixed, 28a32; capons, 34a44;
old roosters, 20; ducks, 25a30.
Eggs-Receipts, 1893 cases: native
and nearby, firsts, 42a44; current re-
ceipts, 36a41.
Butter-Good to fancy creamery,
pound, 47a52; prints, 52a54: blocks, 51a
SO; ladies', SASS; store packed, IS; rolls,
s25a26: dairy prints, 25a28; process but
ter, 4ia42.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-21

for the remarkable profits which some
farmers have cleaned from the dairy
industry and the losses IN some other
lines.
Strong efforts are being made to in
duce growers to withhold cattle from
market until the situation can adjust
itself. Production of beef in this coun-
try, according to experts, is not too high
and even with the present drop there
are profits in sight for many producers.
Breeding herds have been reduced to
a minimum, and while they are being
built up. the supply does not seem likely
to be burdensome.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-21
Where a Sneeze Is a Disaster.

The operation of taking a talkie" is
much more serious affair than in the
old days of the silent screen picture
Everything that moves must be muffled
The cameras are covered and the persons
who are compelled to move about as the
picture is made all do SO with muffled
footsteps. The start is not made until
the word is passed and every one reports
readiness. The performer who feels
tickling sensation in the nose will indi-
cate the same and the show is held up
until nasal explosion takes place. A
sneeze or cough during the making of
the picture would be a disaster, for cut
ting and patching the film is not pos
sible with the "talkieS."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-21

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-21
Burros Out of Business.

stittions Of th maS west o hat now II; ri ,,,anv
sections, particularly in the Southwest
the animal has been thrown into the
discard. Once they were valued burden
bearers, but now they have been aban-
doned, as their work is done by the
automobile. They have been set at
large in many instances by their one
time owners, and roaming in small
bands they have become a nuisance
They enter the smaller towns at night
and, besides annoying the residents
with their noise, they do considerable
damage to crops and other property in
their search for food. The town of
Sante Fe in New Mexico for a while
employed a man to kill wandering
burros.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-21
Seeing the Sights in France

A novel combined appeal and threat
to motorists has been made by the au-
A signpost has been placed at each
entrance to the village bearing the
legend: IF you drive slowly you will
see our JAIL it is very damp"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-21

Russia is trying the plan Of con-
dnctorless symphony orchestras.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-21

More than 100000 900 pounds Of sar-
dimes were eaten throughout the world
in the past IL months.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-21

Better dressers of Canton, China, are
adopting soft collars made by tailors to
match shirts.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-21
THE 81 REAsoNs WHY

THE 8'REASONS WHY
i Easy Starfing-even in cold
est weather.
2 Quick AcceIerutiOn neces.
sary in traffic.
8 Potcer, Steady and Reliable
for hill climbing and long
hard runs.
4 Mileage E6iciency-proved
over and over by road tests
in every type of car.
S Safety to Motors fuel that
cannot possibly injure your
engine.
6 Complete OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
completely, leaving practi-
cally no carbon, no ''loose
ends" to dilute the crank
case oil.
2 Uni orHsity-every gallon Is
like every other gallon wher-
ever you buy it.
8 ArdiLabilify-the red sStand-
ard" pumps are convenient
ly located throughout the
length and breadth of this
state.
New Britain herald., 1929-07-30
SUGAR MAKES
 . FOODS PLEASANT
Good Cooks Learn to Use Natures Supreme Flavorer

No wonder sugar used to be con- sidered luxury of the rich. No wonder a noted scientist says that sugar is the greatest continental food in the world.
 Sugars supreme importance to health is that it makes foods pleas ant. No man, woman or youngster can live on one food alone. To eat a great variety of foods daily the year round is to promote health, and sugar adds flavor and delight to nearly every known food. As noted scientist says, to try to eat most foods straight" would result in monotonous, unpalatable diet, and you simply can't get people to eat things they don't like.
 Try a dash of sugar on your favorite cereal. Eat healthful black berries and other fresh fruits made delicious by sprinkling of sugar. Profit by the experiments of four wellknown women cooking experts in New York who recently redis- covered the old art of using a dash of sugar in vegetables while they are cooking in small amount of water. Note how the vegetable colors, freshness and flavors i'm prove. This little added sugar makes eating vegetables a joy. Re member the value of custards, milk shakes, ice cream and other milk desserts in helping your family to eat enough milk Remember stewed fruits. candy and cookies for the end of the meal.
 Slimness is no longer stylish. Good food promotes good health. The Sugar Institute.
New Britain herald., 1929-07-30
MULTIPLE FAMILY
 BLOCKS LOSE OUT
Preference Is for Smaller Dwell
 ings, Linder Says

The average tendency of the peo- pie Of New Britain in the past few years is to depart from the once popular plan of living in large six tenement frame buildings and live in buildings where there are only one or two tenements. Chairman Thomas Linder of the board of as sessors said today.
 Because of this fact persons own ing tenement blocks have suffered losses and practically all vacant tenements are in these buildings which have felt the real estate slump more than any other proper ties in the city.
 Under the system inaugurated by MT. Linder, the buildings and pro- perty were assessed according to their sound value. When the real estate slump came there was no loss in taxes because the property was not taxed according to it's sup posed value during the period when there was building boom, Mir. Lin- der explained.
 It is MT. Linder's opinion that there has not been permit for a six-tenement frame building during the past IS months. He said that the northwestern section where these buildings have been popular in the past has been no exception to the rule.
New Britain herald., 1929-07-30
DOUBT TARIFF BILL
 READY AUGUST l9
Senators Indicate Sept. 1 May Be
 Nearer Right Date

Washington, July 30 LPXP-Pros- poets of rounding tip quorum of the senate. in mid August for resum- Ing the extra session is beginning to appear remote.
 If the finance committee has con- pleted its rewriting of the house tariff measure by that time. the membership will be on hand. Other wise it wont.
 Answer Still Indefinite
 From the far away corner of the nation and from vacationins sena- tors are pouring inquiries into the capitol about the prospects of the tariff measure being ready, by Aug ust 1o., the reconvening date. The answers of the weary secretaries are still indefinite.
 The republican members of the finance committee and who have undertaken the rewriting of the house tariff bill are toiling away of Washington, but the work is prov ing bit more severe than expected. September 1 seems to be a better guess than August 19 as the day when the bill will be ready for the senate.
 Chairman Shoot has decided to reopen the hearings on August 7, just for one day, on the sliding scale proposal he is pre- pairing as a substi- ute for the flat increase in the su- gar duty. voted by the house. He is receiving protests from the sugar beet growers on the proposal, which has not been made public.
 Watson Demands Speed
 Despite the slow progress in the committee on rewriting of the tariff measure. Senator Watson of Indiana, the republican leader and the rank ing member of the committee. is de- manding that the work be complet- ed before August 19. He wants to get started in the senate with this highly controversial legislations early sas possible.
 The long hours and hot weather are having their effect on the repub- lican committeeman. Writing tariff bill Is bad enough, but writing it in the whitening heat of a Washington summer is worse, especially for the nerves. Reports came from the com mittee room of some sharp words as the members disagree over the var ious duties. Nevertheless, all leave smiling as the doors are opened at o'clock in the evening. It may not be the 'end of perfect day" but at least it's the end of a day
 A movement against department and chain stores has been startei in Germany. s.
New Britain herald., 1929-07-30

A movement against department and chain stores has been started in Germany. B.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-13
Charles A. Wilson
Given Farm Board
Place By Hoover

WASHINGTON, July l3.-tR9E
Charles A. Wilson, former New
York commissioner of agriculture,
has been appointed to the federal
farm board.
One vacancy remains to be filled,
and the president is looking Tor a
spokesman for the wheat growing
industry for that place. 1t was
said today the appointment could
not be expected until some time
next week after the first meeting
Of the board, scheduled for Mon
day.
Wilson operates a farm near Ro-
chester, N. Y, and has had an ex-
tensive experience with the dairy
ing and fruit growing industries OF
the Northwest. He was recon-
mended and sponsored by agricul-
tural organizations and individuals
for the place on the board.
Alexander H. Legge, chairman OF
the board, and Carl Williams,
spokesman for the cotton growing
industry, arrived in Washington to-
day and will be guests Of President
Hoover over the weekend at his
fishing preserve in Virginia.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-13
TREE VARIETY
ON 7. i. site
S5 Kinds Classified On
Campus By Class
Survey

AUSTIN, July ia total of IS
different varieties Of trees are found
on the 40 acres at the University
OF Texas. These include all types
OF the so-called woody plants from
the common scrub oak and the
lowly mesquite to the lovely Para
disc tree CTree of Heaven), with it's
delicate blossoms resembling the
hydrangea flower, and the graceful
weeping willow.
The trees were identified and
classified by Miss Julian Sparks Of
Austin, as a project for a class in
nature lore, according to Miss Hilda
Wordsworth, instructor in the course.
Miss Sparks recently conducted the
class On.a tour Of the campus and
directed Identification Of the vari-
GUS species. This tour was n of
a half dozen outings in which the
class has participated in its study
of recreational leadership. In addi-
ton to its ventures into the field
of nature lore, the class has also
studied camp craft, playground SUI
pervision and other kindred sub
iectS.
The following kinds of trees were
identified by Miss Sparks in her
project: The scrub oak, the live
oak, the water elm, the cedar elm,
the American elm, the Spanish oak,
the mesquite, the walnut, the cot
tonwood, the weeping willow, the
retomba, the locust, the huckberry,
the pecan, the catalpa, the Arizona
pine, the spruce, the buckeye, the
red-bud, the Paradise tree, the
huisache, the sycamore, the wild
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-13

the fires Of the war Of the revolu-
ton, is honored.
The following text of the famous
speech In part is that gwen by Will
liam Writ Henry as quoted by
members of the assembly:
1.-The question before the house
is one Of awful moment to this
country. For my own part, I con-
slider it as nothing less than a
question of freedom or slavery. And
in proportion to the magnitude OF
the subject, ought to be the free
dom Of debate.*
Should I keep back by opinions
at such a time, through fear Of
giving offense, I should consider
myself guilty of treason toward. my
country, and of an act of disloyalty
toward the majesty Of Heaven,
which I revere above ali earthly
kings
Il have but one lamp by which
my feet are guided; and that is
the lamp of experience. 1 know Of
no way Of judging the future but
by the past. And judging by the
past, I wish to know what there
has been in the conduct Of the
British ministry for the last 10
years, to justify those hopes with
which gentlemen have been pleased
to solace themselves and the
house?
Suffer not yourselves to be be-