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The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-10-31
Sport 
 ALAN J.6oulD

The chockered career of Lew Fon- seca, the Oakland Portuguese, had reached a climax when he was se- lected, unofficially but naverthe- less decisively for the American Leagues most valuable player dis tinction of 1929. The swarthy flo9- ger, who was supposed to be about through as a major leaguer, put on a great exhibition to beat out 4, Ginamoas and Jimmy Foxx for the batting championship. Here's how Gordon Cobbledick of the Cleveland Pain Dealer summed up his work:
 "Fonseca, in addition to being the leagues leading batsman, was one of it's best defensive first basemcn and a leading base-runner. He furnished much of the punch and more of the inspiration that en- abled the Indians to make their spectacular clim b from seventh place to third.
 For six weeks in the early part of the season, when the Cleveland pitchers were going badly and no one else was hitting, Fonseca sin gle handed, kept the tribe from slipping into the cellar. I firmly believe that without Fonseca the Indians would have finished in the second division, and in this opin- ion I have the support of many of his teammates"
 Theoretically sprinters should make good ball-carriers, providing they can be shaken loose" in an open field, but usually they lack shiftiness and durability. Red Grange and Red Cagle never won any sprint titles but there have been few halfbacks as hard to catch oh any gridiron as these two. They combined average speed with elu- siveness, which happens to be just as essential when a flock of tack lers are to be avoided.
 Ray Barbuti and Chet Bowman scored touchdowns as well as sprint victories for Syracuse. Barbuti, rugged enough to shine in both sports and then win Olympic lau- rels, may try the professional grid rion. Al Miller, Harvard's 200- pound sprinter, was also a good halfback and Charley Rogers, Penn track star, outran the secondary defense of a number of teams a few years ago.
 George Simpson of Ohio State, the worlds 1Oo-yard record-holder, and his Texas rival, Claude Bracey, of Rice Institute, reconsidered plans to try the gridiron but Cy Leland of Texas Christian has changed his spikes for cleats.
 Two of the fastest men on the gridirons this fall are Jesse Hill, the Southern California fullback, and Jack Elder, the flashy Notre Dame ball-carrier. Both are quick start CTS, with the weight and drive to shake off would-be tacklers. They will do their stuff on the same scene of action, Soldier Field at Chicago, on November g, with the prospect of well over 100000 specta- tors being on hand for one of the main intersectional battles of the year.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-10-31
FAIRBANKSAN MOVES
 TO ANCHORAGE

Victor Brown, who recently dis posed of his jewelry store at Fair banks, has purchased the store and jewelry shop of Gust Haller at Anchorage, and he and Mrs. Brown will reside at the latter place.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-10-31

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Smyrna times., 1929-09-18
BARN ON ROBINSON ESTATE
is WIPED OUT BY FIRE
DAMAGE ESTIMATED TO BE
$4,000 COVERING ALL
Calf, Hay, Straw, Oats, Alfalfa,
and Harness Consumed in Barn
just Recently Repaired

The barn on the estate of form
er Governor Robert P Robinson,
on Maryland Avenue, between Will
mington and Richardson Park,
with crops and bull calf, was de-
stroyed by fire Friday morning
with damage estimated by the
former Governor at $4,000. Two
horses were saved from the blaz-
ing building, and the calf could
have been saved, had it not been
thought that it was in the pasture.
The fire started at about 1920. The
tool houses and garage standing
nearby were saved from the blaze
and flying embers only by the
work of rural fire companies as
sisted by one city fire company.
The barn which was badly dam
aged by a wind and rain storm
during the Summer and had been
recently repaired, was valued by
Mr.. Robinson at least $4,000, and
in it were tons of hay, straw, al
falfa, and oats, together with
harness and other farming equip
ment. The calf was a six weeks
old thoroughbred bull raised by
Mr.. Robinson and highly priced.
Mrs. Biddle, who was visiting Mrs.
George Wilson, her daughter, who
lives in the tenant house at 'Rob-
Smyrna times., 1929-09-18

inhurst," right in back of the
barn, first saw the smoke and then
flames coming out of the cupola
on the top of the barn at about
1870. She called another daugh-
ter, Miss Elizabeth Biddle, of Elk
ton, who ran to the house and no
titled the family. A call for the
fire companies was Immediately
broadcast. William Green, 40, col
ored, working on the farm, ran to
the barn and removed the two
horses. It was only a matter of
minutes before the barn, packed
with dry hay and alfalfa, was a
mass of flames, which reduced the
barn to flaming ruins in less than
As minutes. The roof of the near
by shed was set on fire by the
blaze, but rural fire companies ar
irving on the scene soon extin-
guished them and also soaked the
garage nearby with water, and
saved it. The house, which is at
least 200 feet from the barn, was
not in danger, because of the dis
tance, the direction of the wind
and the quick work of the firemen
in preventing the fire from spread
ing to the garage and tool sheds
between the house and the barn.
The Five Points Fire Company and
Cranston Heights were the first
rural fire companies on the scene.
The Five Points fire engine, while
trying to reach water, was driven
off the side of a culvert at the side
of the lane leading from Maryland
Avenue to the house and nearly
upset. Other fire companies that
arrived and assisted in extinguish-
ing the blaze were Minquas, of
Newport; Mill Creek, Holloway
Terrace, Minquadale, Engine Co.
No. 6, of Wilmington, and Grams
ton Heights. Although the fire
men were somewhat hampered by
the lack of water, it is stated that
due to the rapidness with which
the barn burned, they probably
could not have stopped it after
their arrival, if they did have more
water. There was a firm south
east wind blowing, and this famed
the blaze in the barn, and it was
only a matter of minutes after it
started to the time it was entirely
out of control. Neither Mr.. Rob
inson nor anyone on the farm had
any idea of how the barn caught
Smyrna times., 1929-09-18

fire. Although the threshing had
been completed a few weeks ago
on the farm, the wheat was not
destroyed as it has been stored in
a granary nearby, which the fire
companies saved from the fire.
Thousands of people gathered at
the blaze, and the lane leading to
"Robinhurst" was packed with a
line of automobiles. Governor Rob-
inson was notified at 1870 at the
Central National Bank, of which
he is president, that the barn was
burning, and sped to the scene.
Sergeant Cook and Motorcycle Pa
trolman Capodona, of the Will
mington police force, assisted in
caring for the traffic. At 1 o'clock
Friday the ruins of the barn were
still blazing.
Smyrna times., 1929-09-18

The State Board of Game and
Fish Commissioners state that
there is a closed season on all
smaller shore birds, such as yel-
lowlegs and plovers, but Wilson's
snipe or jacksnipe and woodcock
can be killed. Quail and rabbits
are plentiful this year in all parts
of the State and a good season is
predicted from November Is to
December 1. The commission has
named additional deputy wardens,
who receive no pay for their ser
vices except in case where they
find a violator and a fine is inpos-
ed, the deputy then receiving half
of the fine imposed.
Smyrna times., 1929-09-18

All pr;cesJ. o. b. factory, FHnf' MicH
COMPARE rho delivered r,rce as we as the list phr1
considering automobile values CheVroIe't trSy %
pricea include only reasonable charges ior oen'
financing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-12
OUR CHILDREN
By ANGELO PATRI.
Tell the Teacher.

Whenever u child enters the class of
a strange teacher 1t is our duty to tell
that teacher anything special that hap
pens to concern the child. If the teach
er knows his needs she can help from
the start. II she has to discover them
it may be too lase for her to help him
ana much precious growth be lost.
Some parents dislike to let the teach
er know that there is the slightest de-
feet In the child and hide it from the
teacher. This is hard on the child the
parent Is trying to protect. The defec-
tive child, the nervous or slow child,
needs every bit of care and attention we
can give him right from the start and
If he cannot get it, school is a total loss
for him.
If your child has had an operation
recently, tell the teacher. She can
guard him against strain for a time. If
his eyes are not strong, tell the teacher
and she will place him properly. If
hearing is dull, say so and teacher will
make. an effort to see that the child
hears her, that he is placed to advan-
tage.
Some children suffer from headache
if asked to sit still too long in one place.
Some must not sit near the door be-
cause OF ear trouble or an inclination to
catching cold. There are children who
are very timid and If frightened. are
likely to vomit. Tell the teacher.
If a child stammers tell the teacher
at once and explain the kind of diff
Guilty, just what Is best to do for the
child, so that there need be no scene in
the classroom whDN this child Is asked
to recite and finds she cannot.
1t may be your child cannot do GER
tain physical exercises. If that is so
send the doctors certificate to the
teacher and call on her as well so that
she may thoroughly understand the
child'S condition and needs.
OF course, it is easy to overdo this.
An over-anxious parent does more harm
than good. The teacher is not inclined
to be sympathetic with the mother who
wants to sit beside her little son because
he has never been away from her a day
since he was born. The teacher may
think that such an absence is precisely
what this boy needs. Nor will she be
pleased to have a mother whisper
please see that my child sits by and
marches with the incest, cleanest, best
child in the room" No teacher likes
the notion of coddling a child, but all
teachers are grateful for necessary In
formation about their pupils.
The teacher and mother are partners
in child training. 1t will not do for one
to have knowledge that is necessary for
the wise care of the child and withhold
it from the other. Nor is it sensible for
one to hamper the other. Both must
work together for the child in question
Then, whatever will help the teacher
understand your child is necessary in
formation for the teacher to hold. Do
see that she gets it.
(Copyrieht, 1929
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-12
SUB ROSA
BY MIMI.
Homesickness.

Not all diseases come from germs;
not all can be cured by medicines. One
of the worst Of maladies is homesick-
ness; but, fortunately, it is not lasting
and gradually cures itself. Its chief
value lies in the healthy appreciation
of home, which follows upon recovery.
But there is a very different kind of
inconsistencies from which some are
suffering. 1t consists in being sick of
home. We live in a restless age, whose
hectic condition has been responsible
for producing new types of human be-
ings, pre-eminently the flapper. She
den of Queen Victoria and the first Nc
Kinley administration.
These new creatures find themselves
In the old world. They get the mental
heebie- jeebies of restlessness and then
become victims of inconsistencies in the
sense that they are sick of being in
the old place with the old outfit OF
friends and relatives.
Everybody and everything else is on
the move, so why should they stick in
the mud? The autos are chugging by,
the airplanes are roaring In the clouds
and the old choo-choo cars are running
on scheduled time, more or less. We
feel that they ought to be on the move,
too.
There's a thrill about travel. even
when we go to a burg which isn't any
better than ours, but we have to move
to get there and when we arrive the
new town seems full of novelty for us.
AS to foreign travel-well, that seems
bility, even when we know that the
ocean liners are crossing back and forth
like old-style ferry boats.
THAT place is fair where we are not. !"
The fact that it Is distant makes us
think it is different, but the people
who live there feel about their town
the way we feel about ours. Now the
trouble is not with the home, but the
heart. The cure for the Ill is not to be
found on the map, but in the mind:
A stranger coming to your city would
dreamed of and would see in your folks
and friends qualities which you have
missed.
OF course. change of scene is a
good thing just because it is change,
but its chief value Is found in the fact
that, once home again, you appreciate
some of the satisfaction you had
passed up.
In our country some small towns are
called by large names like Rome 1e:o
little places with the large names seem
funny when compared with the big,
old burgs which made the names IA
nous.
But it's a good idea to imagine that
your town, whether it has fancy name
or not, has it's own enchantment. If only
you can find it. When you take that
point of view, you begin to recover from
this kind of inconsistencies. If "an the
worlds a stage" then there's romance
all over the map.
(Copyright, 1929
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-12

Marguery with her tight skullcap of
dark red Agnes mesh, her brown, i'm
perturbable face, of which one doesn't
tire; her sophisticated Summer frock
OF creamy crepe and some strange dark
broWnish red and white large print.
A straight little jacket, hip length,
OF the same print was donned to hide
the creamy blouse as she departed. And
the final touch to the ensemble was
the red blown-glasS choker which tied
the color scheme firmly.
When Hollywood lady goes color
she goes all the way. So thus it was
that Elsie Schildkraut wore a poisonous
shade Of marsh yellow crepe, which
ferce and bilious color was repeated
again in a f1aring hat of the same. Yet
most Of her time this Hollywooden lady
wears green in all its lovely shades.
Perhaps she's on her color vacation.
Frances Goldwyn, who accompanied
her, chose China blue and w1ite-a
soft printed chiffon, made in the very
feminine and ruffiy manner of recent
frocks, and topped off by a wide
brimmed hat of blue
In corner sat quiet little woman
in black with touch of pale blue about
the throat, dat-heeled patent leather
shoes, small black felt hat pulled
down unmodishly over her fascinating
brown eyes.
Helen Hayes, one of our greatest
actresses, uncontaminated by the Holly
wood virus.
Copyright, 1929, By North American News
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-12
Business Slogan for the Home
BY LYDIA LIE BACON WALKER.

Never take it for granted that chill
dren will assume duties unless tney
know that such duties are expected OF
them. It should be made clear, Tor m
stance, that they are to lay the table
for dinner when the mother Is out ana
will be late in serving the meal unless
she has assistance. A child may pc
perfectly willing to do the task II m
Structions are lucid. Do not blame ner
II they are not.
II the child is absent when the
therefore cannot be told, the mother
should write line asking her to DO
necessary things and leave 1t where
the child cannot fail to see 1t. This
same care should be taken when the
mother cannot have time to give an or
der verbally or over the telephone 10
the market man. An explicit list OF
what is needed and the quantities
should be left with the maid or the
daughter who is to attend to the order
ing. Then no mistake Is made. 1t is
not taken for granted in any haphazard
way that the order will be put through
correctly without any errors. Every
thing is plainly set down.
The thread-bare remark, IT thought
you meant me to do 1t So" when a task
has been done all wrong for lack OF
proper instructions, can be prevented.
If the person understood just what to
do and it was made plain how it was
to be done, the mistake would have been
avoided.
1t is better to be too explicit than not
explicit enough. Where there Is q
chance for misunderstanding in di-
rections, have them repeated until 1t is
known that they are understood or
write them down. Then nothing is
taken for granted. There Is knowledge
to rely upon, not chance which may
misguide and disappoint.
(Copyright, 1929
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-12
Eddie Gueriin

Eddie Guerin tells his tale, In a
helpful magazine, his adventures out
of jail, and the prison walls between.
AS a bandit he had fame that was
known in every cline, and he played
his sinful game with effrontery sub
lime. He had courage, he had wit, and
ne had smooth address, and he should
have made hit. but he only reaped
distress. He had every talent bright
that delegate requires who would
reach the shining height, who to use
fitness aspires. He had sense enough
to know that the course he took was
vain. that it promised only woe and a
maximum of pain. He had chances to
depart from the Swallowed path he trod,
but he figured it was smart to embezzle
and defraud. Sin provided quite kick,
Eddie always understood, that the
righteous, upright hick never found in
being good. So we see him spending
years in a penal joint in France, where.
in gloomy cells and tiers, drearily the
days advance. And we see him shipped
away to an isle meath burning sky.
where thousand convicts STAY. only
wishing they might die. What our hero
suffered there only Dante might relate:
twas the center of despair and of fury
and of hate. Eddies old and weary
now, and he daily sits aghast; and he
wipes his furrowed brow, looking back
upon the past. And he tells us once
again with sad and mirthless grin,
that the stupidest of men are the ones
man is authority on crime, and he says
the crooked plan is washout every
time. WALT MASON.
(Cnnvriohf 1000
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-12
Movies and Movie People
BY MOLLIE MERRICK.

HOLLYWOOD, Calf, September IL
(N.A.N.A.).-The romance weather.
vane points to the revival OF an aban-
Drifting about a Culver City studio
lot, whom should see but Nils Asther
and Vivian Duncan holding hands in a
doorway and very frankly making
sleeps eyes at each other.
Him." said some one, "is this the
way it looks?"
every much So" said the gallant
Nils with a radiant smile at the little
blond Duncan, who was giggiing along
at a great rate.
A year ago the engagement of Vivian
Duncan and Nils Asther was an
nounced. The Swedish star had only
recently come to the village, and the
little Duncans were not making sound
pictures for Hollywood movie magnates
at salaries that would stagger you.
A blight fell upon the romance-just
what, nobody knew. Nils of Sweden
took to his house, and certain taci-
turnity and objection to Hollywood
parties became his chief characteristic
More recently still he has been the
faithful swain of Greta Carlo, but
these two are of the, same blood, and
friends of both predicted short shift
for that romance.
The pretty little tableau with Vivian
Duncan would lead one to believe that
the difference has been made up, that
a ring will sparkle on her finger again,
that the idyl will be resumed.
Either that or they get engaged each
Summer just for fun.
Eleanor Boardman has gone r1lbe
most delightfully."-. At luncheon party
yesterday she arrived with a broad
brimmed Panama hat jammed down
over lengthy hair, wind-tossed as a
Gainsborough boys. Her tan face was
absolutely innocent of powder or the
slightest hint of color-not even so
much as tint on the lips. Her
straight little red and white print frock
had an organdie ruff1e about the throat
and her bare feet were thrust into
Straw-colored, loW-heeled shoes of rough
silk.
She smacked of country air and
la1ssez faire and devil-may-care and
anything else you can think of in the
same rhythm. And she capped the eli
max by ordering a glass OF buttermilk
and a green salad.
With hey and a no and a hey
nonny no!
Considerably less hey and no marked
the costume of Mrs. Rupert Hughes at
the same luncheon hour. She was
dressed In pale corn color, the cool,
delicious shade of tamale husk, and
her pale face and red-gold hair made
an exquisite color symphony.
And Evelyn Brent, at the next table.
looked as II she were lunching at the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-12
Personal HEALTH SERVICE
BY WILLIAM BRADY, M. D.

patrons manifested when he introduced
his great Theraino galumpus.
Certainly there is nothing in athletlcs
or athletic excellence that reflects upon
an individuals intellectual capacity or
degree of intelligence. On the other
hand athletic ability by no means sig
nifies that the winner of the contest
is a healthy person. 1t would seem
that the common notion that physical
training induces good health is based. at
least in part. upon an unfortunate mis-
conception that is still cherished by
many physicians, namely, that there is
such q state or influence as resist
ance," some vague endowment that
protects one against disease in general
or against certain disease conditions In
particular.
True, an individual must have I'M
munity, natural or acquired. in order to
escape a given disease; but immunity,
as scientifically recognized. has no bear
ing on the vapid notion of resistance"
Freak strong" men are VIGOROUSLY
short-lived. Champions of sport are at
least as susceptible to pneumonia,
tuberculosis, diptheria and typhoid
fever as are the namby- PANTY class.
Physical strength and physical endur-
ance have no demonstrable relation to
health, hygiene or immunity.
Copyright. 1927
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-12
Athletics Versus Hygiene.

Unsophisticated or misinformed lay
men-and that means the most Of 'em
too readily assume that anything
which is sanitary is sanatory. Yankee
lands mail carriers groan under the I'M
considerable load of hokum, junk and
prurience that is marketed by shrewd
takers who know how to take full adj
vantage of this popular fancy. The
essential secret of the noble American
art of separating a sucker from his
loose change is that regular healing
methods or practices must be con-
demned, pills and potions" discarded
and the prospect sold on the idea that
all efforts heretofore have failed be-
cause they did not get at the underlying
cause the trouble, which is, of course,
the wrong combination of victuals or
mineral elements, or lack of the mys-
terious vitamin you purport to provide,
or the wrong brand of iron, or ignor-
ance of your secret nerve builder.
1t doesn't take much persuasion or
even sense to sell the average wiseacre
layman on such an idea. His education
prepares him for the sorry role he plays
in this national pastime. He yearns to
be your customer or client with all the
ardor and abandon that Mr.. Barnum's