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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-24
Girl Who Leaped
OFF Liner Says She
S'Does Silly Things
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, July 24.-Capt.
Johan Jensen, master of the liner
Minnekahda, said on arrival from
Europe Monday that one of his
passengers, a Detroit girl, leaped
overheard at sea Saturday, but
was rescued.
The girl, Miss Marion Herbert,
"a, of Detroit, was believed to be
suffering from neurasthenia.
After she was rescued she
apologized to the captain for the
trouble she had caused, saying,
II often do silly things like that"
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1930-01-02
So-Called Middle Ages
Imaginary. Saws Writer

The Middle ages never existed. The
journalistic John Addington Symonds
and others to the contrary, modern his
torians Of scientific temper know that
the content which the phrase common
ly holds for the popular mind is
myth, phase and a provocative tool
of that impinging superstition of the
modern world-the superstition of HUI
manism.
When Flavio Blonde surveyed the
world from 40 TO 1410 and, convent
emily, laid it out in series of "dec-
ades," he was doing no more than to
flatter the self-centering illusions of
those of his contemporaries who were
zealously devoted to the newly fash
ionable litterae humaniores.
Hence the picture of vast expanse
of time, as mortal reckoning goes, ex-
tending from the wall of the Roman
empire in the West In 476 to the fall
of Constantinople In 1453, a dark and
desolate waste peopled by the schoas-
tic ghosts of thought, the intellect
numbed and shivering. Read
a popularizer like Symonds, and you
will get this latter picture: world
that has been blindfolded for centuries
suddenly tearing the bandages from
its eyes and awakening to the fact
that life is life and filled with spring
like joy.
1t is a charmingly naive conception
charming, but naive. Unfortunately,
the working out of human destinies
in corporate society is not quite so
simple an affair as all that.--E'rom
"Rabelais: Man of the Renaissance"
by Samuel Putnam.
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1930-01-02
Little Practical Joke
Broke Old Friendship

Brown and White (Which Of course
are not their right names) not only
were near neighbors, but they worked
in the same office in the Times Square
district. One Saturday Brown re-
ceived notice from bis superior that
he would have to leave Immediately
for Chicago to close deal.
do me a favor" he said to White.
II generally buy q couple of books
for the wife to read over the weekend,
but | can't do it now. VIII you stop
off at the store and get couple for
her? She'll want them particularly
this weekend because she will be lone
some"
White promised faithfully, but White
was practical joker, and besides he
knew quite bit about the Brown
household, including the fact that Mrs.
Brown did not shine particularly at
preparing meals. So, in sheer devil
ment, he bought two cook books, took
them to Mrs. Brown and intimated
that her husband had purchased them
and asked him to make the delivery.
When Brown returned home there
was the deuce to pay. He hasn't
spoken to White since, but he has
sent the latter a book devoted to
methods of developing feeble minds.
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1930-01-02
Abundant Proofs That
Sound Waves Can Kill

Living creatures can be struck dead
by sound waves too highly pitched for
the human ear to hear them, writes
T. c. Bridges. These high frequency
waves-called super-sonics-have been
tried on animals and produced instant
death. The sound appears to shatter
the blood corpuscles, and death is as
sure and sudden as if the creatures
had been struck by lightning. Sound
can do many things which seem mys-
FERROUS and almost miraculous. For
instance, fire can be eXtinguished by
sound. Some little time ago Mr..
Charles Kellogg of California gave a
demonstration of the power Of sound
over flame, and by drawing violin
bow across a piece of aluminium ex-
tinguished burning gas jet at 80
feet. Sound vibrations can not only
break wine blass but can damage
building 1t is suspected that the
deep, vibrating notes of organs can
cause vibrations which may actually
weaken the structure of church or
cathedral.
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1930-01-02
Century Of Brilliant Women

Whatever the masculine attitude to-
ward her, woman (of the Sixteenth
century, was playing a widening So
cial role. She was beginning to look
askance at the fireside and family
wash, and at least to gaze beyond the
threshold of her home. In all of which
may be seen a Sixteenth century YER
sion of wOmen's rights. 1t was a CEN
fury of brilliant women; mere list
of their names is bit dazzling:
Marguerite d'Angouleme; Vitoria Co.
lonna, Anne Boleyn, Catherine de Me-
dici, Diane de Poltiers, Sir Thomas
More's daughter, Jeanne Of Aragon,
and, a little later, Elizabeth Mary
Stuart and others.-From "Rabelais,
Man of the Renaissance" by Samuel
Putnam.
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1930-01-02
DAVE GRUPP

fascinating Of tunes from the
wooden keys, with its compass of
two octaves. The instrument is
able to send out a remarkable ra-
dio performance.
"The xylophone is found in all
parts of the world, principally
among the Russians, the Poles and
the Tartars. In Burma it is called
the Potala, in Siam the Ranat, in
Java the Jambang, in Africa and
Guatemala the Marimba. In fact,
the Marimba is considered the ma
tive instrument of Guatemala, and
especially lends itself to music
with Latin-American themes and
rhythms.
Siboney,' the Cuban DAMON
which is SO popular both here and
in Cuba, as a foxtrot, is particu-
larly suited for xylophone inter-
probation.
"The xylophone has been fa-
vored by Latin countries more
than any other instrument, and its
most delightful effects are heard
when it plays a tune of the type
of 'Siboney,' for which / continu-
ally get requests"
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1930-01-02
Instrument of Ancient
Lineage Records Well
on Air

New York City.--The xylo-
phone, a musical instrument of
ancient lineage which has staged
a comeback through radio, is to-
day one of the most popular in
struments for broadcasting
The sponsor of this statement
speaks with authority, for his own
musical heritage is ancient, too.
Dave Grupp, radio favorite and
xylophone enthusiast, comes from
six generations of musicians, and
all of his seven brothers are we'll
known musicians.
"The xylophone with its clear
melody takes to radio technique as
duck to water" exclaims Mr..
Grupp. 'It has all the quality and
volume of a piano with none of its
resonance. The little wooden NAL
lets held in the hands of the player
brings forth the clearest and most
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1930-01-02
Many Still Have Faith
in Miraculous Wells

There are numerous wells through
out the British isles where the passer-
by has but to breathe a wish or drop
pin or other offering into the water
to obtain what he wants. From what
was learned of st. Helen's well near
Seton in Lancashire, young ladies
still continue to throw pins into it to
find out whether their sweethearts
are faithful to them, the dates of their
marriage and other details on which
their future happiness hangs, and this
they learn from the turning of the pin
to the north or to the south, possibly
to some other point Of the compass.
At Tober Kilna-Greine or the well
of the Sun church, found century
ago in County Cork, when q marsh
was drained, spring was disclosed
where, according to legend, a nymph
Of the we'll once lived This woman
had gift for prophecy, and there was
said to be a little wooden image of
her there which would communicate
with the people. Naturally, as this
report spread, the people of the coun-
trysde tlocked to the well. Three
draughts of the water were taken by
the pilgrims, three times repeated, and
three times they made the rounds on
their knees, thus making a circuit of
the we'll three times. After each
round the pilgrim laid a white stone,
about the size Of pigeons egg, on
the ancient altar in the circle which
was called the Well Of the Sun. The
revelry, dancing and drinking that fol-
lowed led to the discontinuance of the
observances, which were an example
of sun worship surviving into modern
times. The nymph of the well mani
tested herself in the form Of trout,
but left when the we'll was desecrated.
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1930-01-02
Famous Wax Modeler

Nine. Tussaud was the founder
of Nine. Tussaud's exhibition Of
wax figures in London. Born in Bern
in 1760, she was taken to Paris while
a child by her uncle, who practiced
wax modelling as a fine art. She be-
came adept and modelled many of the
great people of France. She married
a Frenchman named Tussaud, from
whom she soon separated. Removing
to London, she took with her part of
her collection in the Palais Royal,
and the idea of her chamber of hor-
rors. Her wax figures were success
fully shown and her exhibition be
came permanent.
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1930-01-02
Power From Niagara

The first application of Niagara
power was to sawmill built by a
Frenchman in 1925 on the New York
bank near the rapids. At present Nj
agara power is used in Syracuse, 1865
miles from its source, and also in
Windsor, Ont, 240 miles away. By
treaty the amount of water that may
be diverted from Niagara for power
purposes has been limited to 10000
cubic feet per second on the Cana
dian side and 10000 cubic feet per
second on the United States side. The
power is used nearby in electro-chem-
ical industries, in the manufacture of
aluminium, ferro-silicon, carborundum,
artificial graphite, liquid chlorine, cal
cium carbide, cyanamide and other
products.
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1930-01-02
Magic of Trees

There is magic in the word Trees"
It means so much to the lover of ma
ture. Trees stand for all that is best
in life-beauty, loyalty, steadfastness
of purpose, and to sum it up, they are
symbolic of life ITSELF.
They live to give. They give us
fruit, they bring the birds with their
cheerful songs, they give us beauti-
full surroundings, they shelter the
livestock from the hot sun, they re-
tard the evaporation Of moisture from
the land, they lessen the velocity of
the wind and furnish us restful pleas
ure whenever we are near them.-
United States Daily.
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1930-01-02
Personality"

The term personality was used by
Wyclif in 1880 to designate the quail
ity peculiar to human being or per-
son, and yet 1t was not until recently
that the word began to enjoy any pop
ularity. Neither Shakespeare, WELD
ing as he did an extraordinarily com
prehensive vocabulary, nor Milton,
with his stupendous command of the
English language, even to its most
reconcile recesses, ever employed the
word that has had such long his
tory and, more recently, has come to
acquire an interesting past In assum-
"it."-A. A. Roback in the Century.
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1930-01-02
Variation in Sea Level

1t Is not correct to say that sea
level is the same all the world over.
The land masses rising above the
ocean basins tend to attract the wa
tiers and alter the sea level. For ex-
ample, the Andes mountains pull up
the water adjacent to them, as do also
the Himalayas in India. 1t has been
found that the sea water at the mouth
of the Indus is 300 feet higher than
around the island of Ceylon. In addl-
ton to this attraction by land masses
there are also temporary and slight
inequalities.
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1930-01-02
Serious Operation

A little neighbor girl was telling
that friend of her mothers was TO
undergo an operation next day. Asked
whether the friends tonsils were to be
removed, she said:
"Oh mol It's lots worser than that
mother told what it was. but IFS
such a big name; but anyway | think
1t means her liver and her gizzard p
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1930-01-02
Vague

Eight-year-old Jean was being men
tally measured by a professor in the
education department of the state uni
versity. The college class was observ-
ing the method.
"What is the difference between rev.
olution and evolution?' asked the pro.
fessor.
promptly, land evolution has some
thing to do with monkeys, don't
know what. Los Angeles Times.
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1930-01-02
Q, ], 10, 9

The queen is led from dummy. If B
covers with the king and Z has the ace,
there are four tricks in the suit for Z Y.
But z may only have two or three of
the suit in his hand, in which case B,
by holding up the king, can make a
trick for himself, or at least, can de-
prive Z Y of one.
The following hand has been sent in
by Michigan correspondent with the
request that our readers be given a
chance at it:
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1930-01-02
Points of Interest in
Skeleton of Old Roman

Indications that the skeleton found
short time ago at Purley, England,
was that of one of the brainiest men
of his time, have been found by Sir
Arthur Keith, the famous anthropolo-
gist. Sir Arthur declares that the man,
at least, had much more brain capacity
than he has. "The evidence of the
skeleton fits In best with Roman
dates" he said. 1.-THE skeleton is that
of a man of about ffty-six years of
age. The markings Of the jaws sug-
gest cooked food and points in favor
of the skeleton being that of a Roman
settler or the descendant of one. He
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1930-01-02

was right-handed, but evidently not a
manual laborer | suspect the man
occupied responsible position in life"
The skeleton is that of person who
it is estimated, lived about LOO years
ago. 1t was found Is inches below
the surface of a lawn, and near it was
the skeleton of boy about four years
old, possibly the Romans son.
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1930-01-02
Literary Teamwork

i look forward to the day when q
prime minister will recommend a
novel because the home secretary has
suppressed it, and the home secretary
suppresses a novel because the prime
minister has recommended it.-Sir G..
s. Robertson.
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1930-01-02

If the queen is led from dummy, B
should not cover with his king. If the
queen wins the trick and the knave is
then played from dummy, B should
then play the king. Nothing can be
gained by covering the first time, but
something may be lost if one does so.
Suppose the cards are as follows:
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1930-01-02
Pet Mad Dog

Margery was describing her pet dog
to her fathers friend.
SIS your dog bull dog" in.
CURED the interested man.
mo, he is mad dog and banks AT
everybody that comes to our house."
replied the four-year-old miss.
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1930-01-02

2 leads the knave, and A must play
his queen upon it.
There are but few exceptions to this
rule, but the point particularly want
to make is that, if the lead is from
dummy, and there are two touching
honors in dummy's hand, you should
not cover the first time, Here is an
example:
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1930-01-02
Age of Commercialism

Sentiment" said Hi Ho, the sage
of Chinatown, lis commercialized. A
gatekeeper made me pay money for
the privilege of weeping at the tombs
of my ancestors. washington Star.
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1930-01-02
ARTICLE No. Il

A number of maxims have been
coined for Bridge players to follow,
and one of the most common of these
Is: Always cover an honor, if possible
This maxim, like many of the others, is
only of value when the exceptions are
properly understood. The following
examples should make this clear:
The simple case is where the de-
clarer leads the knave, you have the
queen and dummy has the king. The
cards in the particular suit are as
follows:
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1930-01-02

No score, rubber game. Z dealt and
bid one spade. A and Y passed and B
doubled. Qnformatory). I, the dealer,
with very strong hand, bid two
spades over the double and all passed.
A opened the jack of diamonds and
A B were thus able to win the first
three tricks. At the fourth trick, B,
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1930-01-02

who was in the lead, led the FIVE Of
spades. The problem is for Z to so play
the hand that he will win the balance
of the tricks against any defense. Think
it over carefully and compare your
solution with the one that will be given
in the next article.
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1930-01-02

If the queen is led from Y and B
covers with the king, Z takes the trick
with the ace, illnesses through A, and
makes the next two tricks in dummy,
and has the thirteenth card good in his
own hand. If, however, B refrains from
playing his king the first time, and if,
should the knave then be played from
dummy, he covers with the king or,
should the nine be led, he does not play
the king, A B must make one trick in
the suit.
1t also is wrong to cover an honor
with an honor when the covering
thereof can be of no value whatever.
Assume that the cards are as follows,
and that there are no trumps:
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1930-01-02

Hearts j, 10, 6, 8
Clubs : XII, 7, 4
Diamonds A. Q, "a
Spades S
Evening star., 1930-12-12
THE LISTENING POST
BY WALTER TRUMBULL.

N the early days of his career, when
he was managed by Doc Bagley,
Gene Tunney was matched to box
Jack Burke. The latter was tough
fellow who had a great punch in his
right hand, had done well as an anna
teur, and had knocked out long string
of opponents in professional fights.
Burke was supposed to be light
heavyweight and the man had an agree
ment to come in at ITS pounds. Tunney
weighed 172 for the bout, but Burke
scaled just little under 1873. This
aroused Bagley to considerable indigna-
ton.
We agreed to box a light heavy
weight" he said, "and you arrive with
an elephant"
Il know" said Burke's manager, but
what could I co? He's growing"
1t didn't make much difference, as
Tunney stopped Burke in a couple of
rounds He m.t him again later and
had more trouble with him. Although
this time Burke came in at ITS pounds,
he stuck around for seven or eight
rounds.
Later, Burke-that was his nom de
ring; his real name was several syllables
long-was a sparring partner for Jack
Dempsey.
Mai. Tunney has been measured for
the uniform he will wear as a member
OF the military staff of Gov. Cross of
Connecticut. No governor in the United
States is going TO boast ter-looking
aide.
I cannot see that the former cham
pioD is not in as good physical shape
as the day he retired from the ring. He
hasn't grown much. He looks fit to
climb back inside the ropes at a
moments notice, but he never will.
If you are interested, Tunney's chest
measurement is 4312 inches, his waist
81 inches and his weight 1922 pounds.
No wonder Tunney looks happy Any
one who has youth, health, plenty of
money and host of friends hasn't
much Of which to complain
Evening star., 1930-12-12

A Ii American League base ball
IA players will wear numbers on
their shirts next season. This is a
big step in the right direction, as It will
enable all the new pitchers, and some
of the older ones to know when Babe
Ruth, Lou Gehrig or AL Simmons comes
to bat Frequently pitchers have not
identified these men until it was too
late, an din consequence, many base
balls have been lost and the home club
put to added expense.
1t also will enable the Babe, by the
use of score card, to tell some of the
players with whom he has been asso-
ciated for several years. The Babe
knows them all by sight, but he rarely
remembers their names.
They really should change the num-
bers from time to time. as there are
only 25 men on a ball club in midsea-
son, and some Scotch fans might
memorize the numbers and SO decrease
the sale of programs.
Evening star., 1930-12-12
STRAIGHT OFF THE TEE
IKE an obstacle that looms in
front Of a distance runner and
crCyxve Ior- r,s-t-,-r /.

IKE an obstacle that looms in
front Of a distance runner and
L. grows less formidable as he
approaches, a small group of
players at the Washington Golf and
Country Club have viewed the sc shot
by Maurice J. Mccarthy two and a
hat years ago, always in the hope that
they will have a putting streak and
shatter that sub-par mark made by the
former Georgetown University student.
Out at Washington most of the mem
bers admit that Maurice Mccarthy is
just about the best amateur golfer that
ever represented that club, and they
point to that sc as a concrete mark OF
the genius of the big lad with the
irish name who knocked off George Won
Elm in this years national amateur
Championship.
But as we were saying. that 66 has
been shining mark for the sharp
shooters of the Washington Club who
nave StrlVen valiantly TO bust the
record since Maurice got his putting
gong on that Summer day Of 1928.
Many, many times, Dave Thomson. the
Scotch pro at the club, has covered the
hrst nine holes in 80 or 33 and had his
hopes use 10 Jle point where q 33 or
81 on the last nine would shatter the
Mccarthy mark. But each time some
thing has happened, and it seems that
the chance has gone glimmering for
this year Henry D. Nicholson, last
years club champion, had a grand
chance to break the record last year,
but he three-putted two greens, and
finished with 81. Frank K. Roesch,
the District amateur champion, has
been up there a number of times. with
only few holes between him and a
IS, but each time he has failed. One
or two others have had the same ex-
perience, and still the record stands.
What with the fast fairways and
soft green's of the past season, it ap-
peared that the mark might be shat
tered during 1880, but the end Of the
year is coming on fast and conditions
for low scoring are getting no better
Dave Thomson had about the last
chance he will have this year, when he
romped around the course yesterday
in SO strokes, again with a chance to
bust the Sc, but failing because of in
different golf in the spots where he
needed to tighten up.
Dave had a wee putt for deuce on
the second hole, and the ball hung
right on the lip Of the cup. He three
putted the fifth green for a 5 and was