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The Washington times., 1930-06-07
DR.. Hand viii Take
Wesley Passionate

The Rev. DR.. J. Phelps Hand
superintendent of the Washing.
ton district of the Methodist
Church for six years. will assume
tomorrow the pastorate OF Wesley
Methodist Church.
The Rev. DR.. Fred C. Reynolds,
pastor for the last six years. be-
gins tomorrow his pastorate at
Grace Church, Baltimore. DR..
Hand will preach tomorrow morn.
ing on The Ministry of the
Holy Spirit"
The Washington times., 1930-06-07
DAVE WOLF TO SPEAK

Dave Wolf, a member of the
Junior Optimists of the Boys
Club will represent the city's
Optimists at an oratorical contest
to be one Of the features of the
Optimist national convention IN
Erie, Pa. July to 8. The local
club will leave for Erie July S.
The Washington times., 1930-06-07
Teacher Training
Sessions to Close

Concluding sessions of the
Standard Teacher Training
School will be held Monday.
Tuesday and Wednesday evenings
in Calvary Baptist Church.
The school is under auspices
Of the Washington Federation OF
Churches. The Rev. E. o. Clark
is director,
The Washington times., 1930-06-07
PentecOSt Services
At Albright Church

Pentacost Day will be observed
tomorrow in Albright Memorial
Evangical Church, Fourth and
Rittenhouse Streets. The Rev.
DR.. j. w. Thompson, of York
Pa, will be the guest preacher
at the morning service.
The Rev. George E. Schnable,
pastor, will speak at the evening
service on "Pentacost and the
Kind of Gospel This Generation
Needs"
The Washington times., 1930-06-07
DR.. Briggs Observes
2I Years of Service

The Rev. DR.. John E. Briggs,
pastor of the Fifth Baptist
Church, will mark tomorrow the
twenty-first anniversary of his
pastorate.
Maj. Gen. William G. Everson.
who is a Baptist minister. will
speak at the morning service.
The Washington times., 1930-06-07
Girl Scouts to Aid
CGSu0Lty's Benefit

Girl Scouts will help sell tickets
for the Casualty Hospital benefit
to be held Monday aboard the Con-
vict Ship
Miss Dorothy Green, director of
District scouts will ask IS captains
to distribute 1000 tickets. Funds
will go to the benefit fund to re-
lieve Indebtedness of the hospitals
new building and purchase of
equipment.
The Washington times., 1930-06-07
Church to Receive
Members Tomorrow

The Rev. DR.. j. Hillman Hollis
ter, pastor of the Chevy Chase
Presbyterian Church, will preach
tomorrow morning and admins
ter the sacrament of the Lords
Supper. New members will be
received by the church.
The Washington times., 1930-06-07
Theme of Sermon
Is "Mind of MuSte1.''

The Mind of the Master" will
be the sermon subject tomorrow
morning Of the Rev. DR.. Earle
Whitley. pastor Of the Vermont
Avenue Christian Church.
At the evening service DR.. Will
fIey will speak on Mission
Fields"
The Washington times., 1930-06-07
Young People Give
Program Tonight

The Young Peoples Christian
Union, of the Universa1ist Ma
tional Memorial. tonight will give
an entertainment in the Parish
Hall at Sixteenth and S SITS. N. W.,
Mrs. Arthur Wiley, president of
the union, announced last night.
The Washington times., 1930-06-07
PICNIC FOR LARGER LIFE

The League for the Larger Life
will give picnic for members and
their friends tomorrow on It's
new camp site at Calvert Beach.
Automobiles will leave the Y. W.
C. A., Seventeenth and K SITS.
N. W.. at 6 o'clock this morning.
The Washington times., 1930-06-07
Special Notices

no WHOM 1T MAY CONCERN-we have
on this day purchased from j, v. Hall
all his right. title and interest in HAIL
Kerr Motor Go at 131 st. s. E. We
thank you for your liberal patronage and
hone il may continue.
May 1st, 1880 ]. c. KERR.
The Washington times., 1930-06-07
Bids and Proposals

SEALED PROPOSALS will be received at
Purchase Section. Bureau of Standarde.
1880, Tor furnishing one ~ MuItivane
Fan; double width, similar to. Sturtevant
No. IS Design No. 3. Far to be provided
r nhase synchronous motor. starting con-
trolls rails. pulleys. and drive similar to
Tex-rope Contractor shall supply. the fan
and motor as a complete unit. but bids
must be itemized as egards motor drive
and fan with description of each Fur
fher Information may be obtained from
V. l.. Lowe. 2O7 West Bldg Bureau of
Standards
The Washington times., 1930-06-07

BUSINESS Oe1IEce DIRECTORY
Arranged alphabetically for convenience in filling
your wants quickly. Phone mail inquiries receive
prompt attention. CONSULT THIS DIRECTORY
DAILY.
The Washington times., 1930-06-07
Announcements
SPECIAL NUTICkA

NOTICE TO DOG OWNERS
The dog nnuzziing law IL now In force
and all dogs when on the street or In
other public places must wear . muzzIe,
unless on leash accompanied by some one.
The Humane Society regards this as a
cruel and unnecessary law, but 1t should
be obeyed until October l next. Therefore
the society earnestly advises all owners
when taxing their dogs out. to leave off the
muzzle biu have the animal on q leash and
under ful1 control
WASHINGTON HUMANE SOCIETY.
The Washington times., 1930-06-07
SALESMEN

One of Washington's fastest growing sub.
urban auto agencies has an opening for two
additional high-class salesnlen to sell the
new Chevrolet 6. If you have no expert
erlce. we will teach you and supervise your
work. Steady incomes aud big money DOS
sible.
SEE ]. J. BLANK,
Lustine-Nicholson Motor Co.
Hyattsville. Nd. HyattsvilIs 1923
The Washington times., 1930-06-07

WOODBRIDGE, D. C.
2 ot the incest new Groom homes in
sumTslow 500 cash IS: SO NO Maynor.
26oS Brentwood Rd n. Z. North Ass.
La gaceta., 1930-01-31

Ito acudi6 amparador y Sc lie
v6 a la fiera.
Con inconsciente esfuerzo,
Sc alz6 Romerita, y va en- pie,
Sc Ilevo las manos al ensangren
tado pecho, anduvo unos pasos
V%acilante y Sc desplom6.
i Mia matao!-exclam6.
Rapidamente acudieron sus
toreros y Sc 10 Ileyaron a la en-
lermeria. Ell pdblico, luchando
Ell horror con la admiration, lie
acompan6 con sus aplausos.
Aun tuvo f~uerzas y amor pro-
plo ell espada para volver la ca
oeza hacia ell toro, anhelante
de Verlo rodar muerto... Y
euando traspuso la puerta del
corral donde estaba la enfer-
MeF4a, el0s va Ia SUGGESTION del
La gaceta., 1930-01-31
Ell PRIMER r "BOUT'
QUE Sc
PARA MIAMI NO PUDO E.
FECTUARSE

New York, Enero 31.-Da-
mon Runyon, dice:
Hace a!gunos amos que I'm
hombre llamado Jesse Baugh
-concibi6 la idea de presentar
una gran pelea en- Miami, con-
.tratando como PARTICIPATES a
Young Stribling, ell rey de los
ifrenos de cana, y James j. Tun-
ney, entonces simplemente Gene
Baugh de6e haber extraido ell
-nombre de Tunney de un SOM
Ibrero o puede ser que Willum
Gibson Sc 10 "vendiera" a Mr..
Baugh. En- aQuel tempo no ha-
bia ninguna raz6n para supone"
que Tunney fuera una attraction
para ell pGblico contra Stribling
o cualquiera otro gladiator.
Ell pobre Baugh construy6 el
mismo la Arena, contrat6 a
Broadway Johnny Cox para
que fuera su agente de publici-
dad y, en- ell Iltimo momento, le
falto ell dinero y Gibson no quiz
so exponer a su hombre sin la
garantia Dc los menudos. Quizas
este fue la fortuna para Tunney
;El joven "rey" pudiera haberlo
,hecho luclr tan ma que jamas
huhiera alcanzado ell match con
Jack Dempsey.
Pero del proyecto fracasado
de Baugh Sc derive eli match
Sharkey Stribling, comenzado
.por Tex Richard. Y de la pelea
Misunderstanding, ha salido es-
ia de Sharey-Scott.
Nunca podre olvidar como Sc
derrumb6 ell castillo de naipes
del pobre Baugh.
En- la anentura perdi6 una
importante cantidad de dinero
de el y muchos Sc rieron de su
fracaso.
Despuec surgi6 Richard, de-
cidido a atraer la atenci6n del
publico hacia Miami, por Guam.
La gaceta., 1930-01-31

to 81 Sc hallaba interesado en-
un gran Casino de juego y saba
que Ell Casino y sus diversiones
lie ayudaria a cubrir las perdi-
das de las peleas que presenta-
ra.
Madison Square Garden no
guerra ell negocio; pero Richard
arregl6 las dificultades e hizo
que Jack Dempsey apareciera
interesado en- Ell match y tam
.bien en- las carreras de perros y
EN- ell Casino,
La muerte arrebat6 a Rickar1
" entonce8 Dempsey dfcese que
,ayudado por la publicidad de la
.muerte de su amigo, present6 ell
,combate, que fu6 I'm triunfo.
A pesar de la propaganda des
favorable hecha al match Shar-
key-Scott, ahora Sc cree que re.
sultara un 6xito monetario, da-
do que los trenes marchan He
mos hacia ell Sur.
La gaceta., 1930-01-31

bre ell toro valerosamente, con
tai impetu y tales ganas de pull
verizar en- aquella sola estoca-
da a todos sus enemigos, ell que
tenia ALI y los que vociferaban
en- ell tendido, que al "coger
hueso" la espada salt6 rota a
incredible altura.
Daba miedo yer como Sc le-
vantaron los romeristas, impo-
nentes, insolentes, provocati-
vos, amenazadores, con los pu-
nos en- alto, para jalear al ma
tador. Pinchazo tai, con tanta
verdad, no 10 habfa dado ma
die mi FrUscuelo! Esta era
la verdad del toreo Y no los
pas de burs de la bailarina a.
quella. Y encarandose con la
TORE, ordenaron imperiosos:
La gaceta., 1930-01-31
CLASIFICADOS

GANGA Extraordinaria: ca
sa de 5 cuartos Ell 371 3107 Ga.
ave. Pro6xima al coIegio Y al
.tranvia. Magnifica secci6n. Pa
"a venderla pronto Sc da en-
$3.50, 800 en- mano y $25 al
mes,
ESQUINA ~CUMERCIAL: N.
E. de la Ia, y Gale 81, No. 1902
en- $4,000 Ell frente de IadriIio
y tiene tres stores. Ademas una
casa que da a la Gale "a.
Vaya a verla, es una verdado
"a ganga Lame al Brokerage
Department de HENDERSON
WREN SIMMS. Tel. 1858.
La gaceta., 1930-01-31

guas, valeroso!-, mientras sus
amigos renegaban, olvidadi-
EOS, de la bora en- que a su ma
Sc lie ocurri6 pedir aque-
Hos toros.
-iPolca, Perez, polca!-in-
.sistfan los del Chavalillo, gozo-
sos con la derrota de Angel.
Cuadro ell toro y Sc aquiet6 la
genie. Rometita zen 10 suyo'
tuvo I'm movimiento orgulloso,
Ahora verian aquellos sinver-
gonzones.
Lilo despaciosamente la mu-
leta.
i Vamo a We ahoral-gri-
to volviendose, retador, al ten
dido.
Y con ell puno del estoque a
poyado en- ell pecho sc lanz6 So
La gaceta., 1930-01-31
i Cuidao. Que tie esneral

Culdao, que tie espera!
y cort6, derecho, despa-
clio, "recreandose", con plena
seguridad de 81 mismo, confia-
do en- su valor y en- su coraz6n,
Sc dej6 Romerita caer sobre 81
enemigo.
i Ooo,, .l6!-empezaron a
gritar jubilosos sus partidarios.
Pero no pudieron concluir.
critic de algeria acab6 en- un
alarido de horror. Ell toro cogi6
al torero por ell pecho, 10 subi6
en- alto con Ia cara tragicamen-
tie contraida por ell dolor, Sc 10
paS6 al otro cuerno, 10 lanz6 a
los aires y cuando Romerita ca
70 pesadamente al suelo Sc fu6
sobre Ell para herirle nueva-
mente. FL espote del ChavaIi.
La gaceta., 1930-01-31
4 sus toreros.

a sus toreros.
Y desplegando la muleta CO.
memo a pasar muy valiente.
Pero ell valor solo, sin la habili~
dad, no es NADIA en- ell torero. Ell
de Romerita era un toreo basto,
de pocos recursos; no habia en-
el otra cosa que su despreocupa-
ci6n emocionante para arrimar
Sc al toro Y aguantar sus embes-
.tidas, despeg&ndoselo como po-
Idia; mas cuando, como ahora,
Sc encontraba frente a un toro
bravo, con poder Y con "nervio''
al que era necesario quebrantar
con el castigo, Romerita estaba
vencido, porque era ell toro
.quien toreaba al torero.
Los chavalistas Sc 'e burla'
ban cruelmente fiona vera
La gaceta., 1930-01-31
ia repicar! IA repicar!

Entonces Sc asOm6 Anaya
sonriente Y agit6 una campani-
LA de monaguillo.
Malagueno habias de ser, la
dr6n. Por algunas imaginacio-
mes cruz6 vigorosa la idea del
crimen... Subir a la TORE, coger
aquel hombre Y tirarlo al veci-
no rio en- un saco con muchas
piedras y algunos gatos. Todos
los que Ell tenia en- la tripa.
Unos passes mas, Y Romerita
lilo nuevamente.
iAbi, a matar!
-iCorto Y derecho!-le ami
maron los suyos, anhelantes
del desQuite.
Tn sentimiento humanitario
movie a CurritO q advertirle:
La gaceta., 1930-01-31

'trario en- los primeros rounds,
este ha recomendado a los ex-
pertos que no Sc sorprendan 81
eI resiste todos los asaltos y fe
Yence por puntos.
FL interes por la pelea semifi
nal entire 81 negro Bruce Flower
y ell rudo j6ven King Tut, de
Minneapolis, es secundario, aun
que ambos ofrecieron una furio
sa lucha an ell 1ltimo encuentro
que aqui sostuvieron.
La gaceta., 1930-01-31
NOTAS DE BOXEO

En- espera de que lie confession
los pugilistas de peso complete
a los cuales Sc ha dirigido, Mr..
Kennedy ha preparado I'm mag
nifico programa para la soma
ma pr6xima, con habiles mucha-
chos del patio.
Ademas de la pelea entire
Johnny Cruz y Chino Alvarez,
que anunciamos aver, ha escri-
turado a Alberto Leon y Baby
Camera, Bill Temes contra Joe
Leonard, Tony Monin contra
Harry Santos y Young Gregory
~ Tomas Barredo.
Santos %pertenece al establo de
Relampago Saguero.
La gaceta., 1930-01-31
GOODWIN DERROTO AL CHI
LENO MAESTRO DE ES-
E

Miami, Enero 31.--Por Sc
gunda vez, Ben Goodwin, ell fuer-
tie j6ven de Daytona Beach, dio
anoche otra lecci6n de boxeo a
Ernesto Sagues, ell maestro de
escuela chileno, ganandole la ma
gorfa de los rounds.
Mutt Griffin, de Macon, Ga,
ifue derrotado en- la semifinal
.por Shocks Campbell, de esta
ciudad.
La gaceta., 1930-01-31
BOXEO
N CONTRA RIOUX

CAMERA CON MA hlOUA
Chicago, Enero 31.-La CO.
rriente te curiosidad desarrolla
da en- los ranges de peso compile
to por Primo Camera, ell gigan-
tie italiano, esta hoy lista para
su primera a~parici6n en- ell oeste
contra ell franco canadense Ell
GEAR Rioux, de 209 libras. Sc We
rificara ell "combate" en- ell Es-
tadio.
Los dos gladiadores finaliza-
ron aver la parte mas dura de
su entrenamiento.
Aunque ell p1blico espera que
Ell gigantic "acueste" a su con-
La gaceta., 1930-01-31

Fracasado como empresario
de peleas de boxeo, Paddy Har-
mon aspire a ser sheriff del con
dado de Cook, donde esta situa-
do Chicago.
La mayoria de los accionistas
del Estadio de Chicago provoc6
la retirada de Harmon como pre-
sidente y promoter.
La gaceta., 1930-01-31
CURRITO
DE LA CRUZ
NOVELA
por
Alejandro Perez Lugtn.

rabia del puno del estoque que lie
ofreci6 su criado, coloc6 atrav2-
sada Ell arma sobre la muleta,
que llevaba en- la mano izquier-
da, y Sc fue resuelto y ligero a
brindar fachendosamente ante
ell palco presidential por usfa,
la companfa y los distinguidos
aficionados presentes.
Y Sc dirigi6 rabioso al toro.
Ahora veria aquella bailarina
de la Cuna.
i uera !-grit6 imperative
La gaceta., 1930-01-31

En- Ell primer round de su pc
lea con Lattanzio, Ferrand, Ell
espanol, 10 trio tres wees a la
Iona; pero ell muchacho de New
York Sc repuso Y pudo resistlr
hasta ell final.
Contra Black Bill do una bue
ma demonstration ell Sr. Lattan-
zio.
La gaceta., 1930-01-31

A muy pocas personals ha sor
prendido la victoria de Victor
Ferrand, el pequeno espanolito
contra Fred Lattanzio, de New
York.
Ferrand es ell campe6n espa-
mol de peso de mosca.
La gaceta., 1930-01-31

.Kilrain, de Chicago. En- otro de
los bouts del programa Willie
McGree, de Orlando fqe vencido
Dor Kid Boston.
La gaceta., 1930-01-31

Dicen de Brockton, Mass, que
ALI Sc ha fabricado un par de
zapatos para boxear cada uno ip
los cuales mide 1872 pulgadas
de largo, con un ancho de 9 pull
gadas.
Las "baIsas", que Sc manda-
ron por ell correo aereo a Chica-
go, seran calzadas esta noch4
por Primo Camera, ell gigante
italiano. Ell n1mero puesto a los
zapatos es ell 81.
Los agentes de publicidad es-
tan dando mas Importance a
los pies que a las manos de Car
nera.
La gaceta., 1930-01-31

mado por William Gibson, ex-
manager de Gene Tunney y aho
"a director de los negocios de
On Pauline Uzcudun.
ST ell espanol Sc muestra ra-
zonable, quizas lie veamos en- ac-
ci6n contra Young Stribling.
GAport4ra Tampa ell dinero
que sc necesita para ofrecer csc
gran combate"?
La gaceta., 1930-01-31

Anoche. en- Lake Wales, Joh-
ME Colangelo, de Little Falls, N.
York, derrot6 al veterano Joe
La gaceta., 1930-01-31

ten
90 las mejores gangas en- casas
v Totes, en- todos los lugares de
la ciudad. Fabrico casas con po-
co dinero en- mano Y primeras
h~ipotecas. Pedro Y. Lopez 2915
.calIe 9 Ybor City.
La gaceta., 1930-01-31

QUESTION DE LOCALIZA~
1ION.-Los Totes valen por su
ocalizaci0n y no por su tamano.
Zero cuanGo reunen ambaS con-
Iiciones Sc valoriza mas la pro-
piedad.
Frente al parque mas bonito
,e Tampa tengo un lote grande
que 10 dog barato. o lie fabrico Ia
casa 81 10 rIefiere. Tel NJ 64-352
La gaceta., 1930-01-31

Uno de los telegramas que e.
pera Mr.. Kennedy vendra fir
La gaceta., 1930-01-31
& INVERSlON.-Si

BUENA INVERSION.-Si
usetd paga mas de $50 de alqui~
er al mes, lame al telefono
64-352, $ la ensenare I'm bun
galow de s posesiones y sleep
Jag porch IN una Gale Tranquil
a, d una oladra de Michigan.
CuaIquier cantidad en- mano
que pueda dar, sera aceptada.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-10
ROMANCE RECALLS
HONDURAN REVOLT
Daughter of Late Gen. Christmas,
Who Led Capture Of Ceiba,
WEEDS in New Orleans.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW ORLEANS, La, october 10
Pretty Miss Maria Adelaide Christmas
who was born in Honduras January
IS. 1911, the day her adventurous faith
er, the late Gen. Lee Christmas, led
the revolutionary capture of Ceiba and
sealed diplomatic treaty with the
Latin country the bride of a young
Honduran pharmacist.
Last night Miss Christmas married
Jose Guillermo Mayorga, son of the
former consul general of Guatemala in
New orleans, and at present postmas-
ter at Guatemala City.
The young couple met first at a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-10

dance at Loyola University, where the
bridegroom Is q graduate in the Col
lege of Pharmacy. Miss Christmas is
in the same profession.
The couple will leave today by steam
ship for Guatemala, where Mr.. May
orga will open q pharmacy in the town
of Zacapas.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-10
FORMER FOLLIES GIRL
AND ATTORNEY MARRY
Gloria Christy and Ronald Nichols,
Son of indianapolis Jurist, Stage
Surprise Wedding.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, october 1o.-Miss Glo-
ria Christy, former Follies girl and mu-
steal comedy actress, became the bride
Of Ronald w. Nichols, attorney and son
of Supreme Court Justice Nichols of
indianapolis. in surprise wedding at
st. Paul's Episcopal Church yesterday.
The bride Is % and Nichols is 81.
Nichols and Miss Christy met a year
ago in Hollywood, where she was ap-
pearing in pictures and he was doing
scenario work. He arrived in New
York from Hollywood last night. Miss
ton in B9ooklyn, will leave the show
Saturday and return to California with
her husband.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-10
FOUR PERSONS RESCUED
FROM TURBULENT SURF
Legionnaire, His Wife and Two
Others, Watching Fishermen's
Race, Washed Into Sea.

BY the Associated Press.
GLOUCESTER, Mass, October TO-
-Four persons, one of them q member
OF the American Legion attending the
National Convention in Boston, barely
escaped death in the North Atlantic
mere Yesterday while watching the in
ternational fishermen's race.
Leonard Paine, visiting Ierionnaire
from Winchester, KY, plunged into the
surf to rescue his wife, who had been
swept into the sea by a huge wave
which broke over the sea wall on which
they were standing, but had to be
rescued himself by other spectators.
Two other men, Sam Orlando of
Gloucester and Joseph Archianno of
Lawrence, were washed overheard by
the same gigantic wave. but were
rescued,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-10
BURGESS TO BROADCAST

Standards Bureau Director to Dis
cuss Industrial Waste.
Methods of squeezing the waste out
of industry" will be discussed by DR..
George X. Burgess, director of the Blu
reau of Standards, in an address Sum
day night at o'clock over rsdio Sta
ton WMAL.
DR.. Burgess and other officials of the
Commerce Department will substitute
for the next several months on the hour
filled customarily by DR.. Julius Klein,
assistant secretary. DR.. Klein has gone
to Europe to study the economic stu
alton there.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-11
OUR CHILDREN
BY ANGELO PATRI

time. It will, II it Is that hind Of
clock, ring its alarm as q signal for
whatever activity you wished to be
reminded about.
The impersonality Of the clock Is
useful in dealing with little children.
II mother says, Come, come, get up
1t Is time you got up" the child takes
1t as mothers whimsey. She Is tust
wanting the family to get up. But II
the clock does the saying, II mother
says, THE clock has struck; didn't
you hear it?" that Is another matter.
What the clock says can't be blamed
on anybodys whim.
1t is then essential that children
learn about time from the clock. They
need experiences that teach them
time. How long Is five minuteSp"
Ask your children and see how near
they can come to it. From the tap
Of your pencil until they think i've
minutes has passed they are to be
silent, raising hands when they think
time is up. A little practice will coon
teach them q five-minute span.
Now try to see how much Of q given
task you can do in five minutes, or ten,
or half an hour. Learn to measure
time in terms OF work. We lose mucl:
time by q lack Of this time sense. We
forget that minutes are passing. We
move to too slow q rhythm or too
quick one and our work loses in
consequence.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-11
WINTERTIME
By d. C. PEATTK.

Gracefully wrote Gray:
From yonder ivy-mantled tower
The moping owl doth to the moon
complain
OF such as, wandering near her secret
bower,
Molest her solitary reign"
But ivy-mantled towers are most I'M
American, and even the bird Of which
he wrote, the European barn owl, Is not
common in America. Indeed, I do not
trict of Columbia, which is oflcially
credited with the short-eared, long
cared, barred and Screech owls. I
have heard owls in Europe make q
''moping' sound. They also say,
Who? Who? Who?" and "To-whit-
to-whoo," all of them very soft, almost
musical sounds. The cry of an Ameri-
can Screech owl Is to me something far
wilder and more magical. Almost any
Winter night, especially on frosty, clear
ones, you may hear an owl calling, even
sometimes in a city park or street
where there are trees. The barred owl
Is rare; the long-eared and screech owls
are common; the short-eared owl you
will see only in these Winter months,
and II the Arctic lands sustain terrible
weather we may again, this year, find
the beautiful snowy owl (who rejoiceS
in the melliferouS scientific name of
nyctea nyctea), the hawk owl and the
great gray owl, driven into Winter
quarters around Chesapeake Bay, as in
January and February, 1925.
The families to which animals belong
and the families to which they are re-
lated seem at first glance only q dry
subject, fit for the attention Of few
museum long boards. But I find never
weary Of studying these family rela-
ttonShipS for reSemblanceS of q fam
lily sort. The owl, in popular fancy,
has reputation for being the wiseSt of
birds, because he Is silent and makes
large eyes, but the owls true nature is
understood when we realize that his
family is closely related to the hawks.
Indeed, the owl Is but specialized sort
OF hawk-a hawk without the airy,
who hunts at night; a hawk with ears
as intricate and marvellous as a cats
or mouSe's; hawk with warm, furry
plumage, enabling him to live in Arctic
regions, to brave Winter unafraid-a
very marvellous sort Of hawk, indeed!
I never but once saw an owl actually
catch anything, and 1t is a proof Of his
methods that did not even know he
was present until he dropped noise
leSSly but heavily past me in the moon
light and fell upon the mouse running
across the hard-crusted snow on a lawn
shaded by a hollow oak In which, no
doubt, lived Master Owl. The tragedy
was over in moment except for some
ShriekS of pain from the little mouse.
I have never heard the Screech owl CRY
since that time without q strange feel
ing-chiefiy OF sympathy with the long
dead mousei