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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-26

the strangest patient Lanny's boy had
ever been asked to accept.
It had been long, hard day. DR..
Burt was tired. and a Mrs. Reginald
Merton, who was rich and idle, not
very intelligent and hence neurasthenic,
had been fatiguing him with recital
Of her imaginary aches, pains and
Eegrims.
He pressed a button under the desk,
tapping out code message to Lanny,
and waited patiently.
He knew she would appear momen-
tarily and say: I'm sorry, DR.. Burt,
but Prof. Finnegan has just telephoned
that you are is minutes late to your
engagement to meet the great German
eavant, Herr Doktor Uffitz"
He waited three minutes and sent
another code message to Lanny, adding
the word "Help!" Still Lanny did not
appear, so he said with his disarming
smile: Mrs. Merton, the O'Clock
whistle has blown, and I can't listen to
another word. I've Just remembered
. most pressing engagement so now if
you do not go at once shall have to
throw you out"
He had her by the arm and out the
door before she could think of another
symptom. Then he locked the door,
put both legs up on the desk and
loaded and lighted his pipe, just as the
door to his nurses ONCE opened and
Lanny said:
rim so sorry, but Prof Finne-
"She's gone. Where did you go, leav-
ing me here to suffer-"
81 was in the waiting room, pla-
eating an insistent visitor. told him
you had gone for the day, but he
flashed some sort of police badge at
me, said he wasn't nutty and that his
business was private"
whenever you admit a person
whose business is private and personal
am called upon for mental and
physical effect sans a fee, Lanny. I'm
tired
what you need. dearie." said
LAnny, lis a nice, long, cool Bourbon
whisky highball."
And while you're on the job, gel
me one, too" a deep voice spoke from
the door behind her.
ITS that police person" Lanny
cried.
1T k," the police person agreed
without malice and even if / am q
cop I'm too smart to be fooled by the
nbs Of any woman. How are you
doc?''
Tired" he murmurred. Worn to q
razor edge talking sanely to the insane
and the senni-sane, the Sub-normal anc
the abnormal. You appear sane, officer
Are you?"
I'D be afraid to take a bet am
doc. I handle my share of nuts, too
and there's times they make me thinl
I'm bugs instead o. them. My namei
Dan Mcnamara and I'm the chief o.
police"
"Sit down. chief Drag over tina
armchair" He smiled at Lanny ant
held up two fingers.
That smile melted her. 1t always did
For i've years she had been trying u
bully him, and his smile had always de
feated her, for which reason she Otter
had o brainstorm and threatened to re
sign his service. And she would hav
done 1t, too for she was forceful WON
an, only for the fear that he might re
place her with a nurse who didn't un
derStand hin--a la-de-la young thing
Half-halked professionally, who woul
fall in love with him and make hir
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-26


of grand theft. I know Blethen. I've
tried him and he says this girl is
natural hoodlum, and mentally and
physically healthy. He says she's got
more intelligence than any 10 girls in
VasSar. She must be smart, too, be-
cause she told him he was a fool, and
agree with her"
Dr. Burt was silent, for he was in
tensely ethical and would not criticize
a fellow doctor.
1--WE heard lot about you" the
chief of police continued. You're re-
garded as the best psychiatrist and
neurologist in San Francisco. So don't
talk to me about the capable Doc
Blethen. I want you to look this girl
over"
His huge face frightened as he sum-
moned thought that would bolster up
his plea. She don't cusS me, doc.
I've asked her all about herself. and
I'm sure she tells me all she knows.
but she don't know anything. She's
bound to like you, doc and when she
likes anybody-now, doc, I've got
notion you can get her confidence to
into her soul and locate the trouble.
I hear men like you do things like
that nowadays"
DR.. Burt smiled. Sometimes we
uncover completes or mental reflexes;
frequently we do not. And when we
have uncovered them we cannot always
cure them. You say this girl has
pearance greatly?"
shes ugly when you look at her
the first time doc, but after you've
talked with her and looked some more
the shock sort of wears of l got a
notion that If her nose could be
Strengthened up she'd be a good
looking girl. And maybe If her mind
girl
Know anything about her ante
cedents, her background"
II don't know and can't find out.
She won't tell me"
1T may be-" DR.. Burt suggested,
that she doesn't know. Has Blethen
| finished with the case?"
yes, sir He told me not to bother
| him about her no more"
DR.. Burt indicated his telephone.
Call him up, chief, and ask him If
| he has any objection to having me give
her an unofficial examination"
Mcnamara did so. Following brief
conversation he turned the telephone
over to Stephen.
Stephen took the telephone. "Dr:
| Blethen? Burt speaking. The chief
came to my Office about that girl he
has at the Central Station. Notwith-
standing your report, he has asked me.
as a personal favor TO him, to see the
girl. You understand, however"
Eyes, I understand. Burt, she's bad
lot"
Something the chief said has mildly
aroused my curiosity. If you would care
to invite me to discuss her case-un-
derstand have no desire to in
trude-"
I'm through with her, Burt. Help
yourself, old man. However, take tip
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-26
TEE sToRY TJyus FAR.

TIE STORY THUS FAR; -
Would an adopted baby solve t n.s
Wondered. He decided to try II, anyway.
tsr could not shelter her chiIdhood from
the hatred Of his wife. who had never
wanted her. Their ahairS tneVltapIy
ended in the divorce. court--which suited
Feielope hadn't been assigned to Mrs;
lin 1 two 1 Sunday afternoons 9 month
with the child, and on their nrSt DAY
together they set out joyfully for base
ball game. A base ball, hit into the
bleachers, struck Penelope's nose, and
the neurotic Mrs. Gatlin, who had be-
come q follower Of an evanEelistic faitn
healer, removed her from the hospital
to which her former husband had hur-
ried her. Mrs. Gatlin spirited Penelope
to Europe. He vowed he would ind her.
He retired from business, willed Pene-
lcpe all his, money. and was about to
BEGIN . tirelesS search for his daughter
when q motor accident ended his life.
some 10 years later Stephen Burt re-
turned to San Francisco, after having
completed his medical studies in Europe.
He was q specialist in neurology and
Psychiatry. HIS once nurse was the eff
hcient Miss tanning, known from her
nurses training school days as Lanny.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-26

Exactly. Thank you, Blethen. sttll'
a blind pig will sometimes md corn,
and something he said-good-by."
Lanny entered. There's q young
woman in the waiting ROOM" she an
nounced. "She said to me, Where the
hells that bonehead Of chief gomez"
Lanny looked at Dan McNamara Sc
verely over the rims Of her spectacles.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-26

from me and don't let that fellow
Mcnamara sell himself to you. If you
do, he'll keep you busy. I doubt If any
man on earth can run criminal down
as promptly as Mcnamara; he has a
Photographic brain and never forgetS
a face or a fact; but after he's landed
a yegg in his cooler he develops an alb
normal yearning to find out what made
him act that way. Macs a softy."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-26
THE EvENINa STAR WAsHNeToN FRIDAY

'IAnnyl" Stephen reproved her.
Then to Dan Mcnamara: do you
mean to tell me you left her out there
unguarded? How would you explain her
escape-tf she had chosen to disap-
pearl"
ct didn't think she'd duck, doc. But
even If she tried It, got plainclothes
man on guard"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-26

Friend Of yours?" she queried with
eringly.
eyes," Mcnamara admitted, land
docs new patient. Bring her in and
he'll give her the once over"
But Lanny shook her head. "This
nut shop is closed for the day." she
told him. Bring her around at /
o'clock tomorrow. The doctor has Is
minutes then"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-26

please bring the patient in, Lanny,"
Stephen pleaded. "And then you
might" He glanced eloquently ct
their empty glasses. Lanny glared at
glare. But she went on mumbling.
Dan Mcnamara shook his head
sagely. Nothing wrong with that wonn-
ans thinking apparatus" he informed
Stephen.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-26

And then LAnny ushered the new pa
tient In. She paused just inside the
door, swept the room with q slow glance
and permitted her gaze TO come to rest
on Stephen Burt, who rose and bowed
to her. Instantly the frozen hostility
in her glance faded and she smiled.
Reminds me Of o gargoyle," stephen
reflected.
CTo be continued)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-26

Including sep sdeook g onepece garments taken from our
stocks From these wenown makes Lily France Woodrop
Ben JoGe, La Tee and Natures Rival.
Ccrs THIRD FLOOR
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-25
T%9IS OcramNe6laM
EESHNl
For babIeS only.

There are at east. tour mistakes n the above picture. they may per-
tain to grammar, history. etiquette. drawing II vhatnot see II you can
find them Then look at the scrambled Sord oelow-a-d unscrambe 1t.
oy switching the letters around. Grade yourself 20 for each OF the mis-
takes y-u fnd. and 20 for the word II ,ou unscramble it,
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-25
coz RFCTInNS

ll The entrance 10 the coal nine ~ "A tunnel or aHt. instead WI "A
shaft ~ Positively, IN the sign wei the entrance. Is spelled incorrectly.
t3l The car wheels are too short 10 ft the tracks The right side wheels
being on the ground. AZ Bituminous coal An SOFT instead of hard tD The
scrambled word a CRADLE.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1930-01-24
Nature Gave Great AUX
No Method of Defense

The Great AUX or gare-fowl was
the only bird In the northern hemis-
phere that could not fly. In general
appearance 1t resembled the penguin.
1t was about as large as a goose. was
black on Its head and back and white
beneath. Its legs were very far back
90 1t stood almost upright. having. on
land, the appearance Of sitting on its
tail. It ranged from the Bay Of Bis
cay to Greenland and was found in
greatest numbers on certain rocky Is
lands near Iceland and Newfoundland.
It was quite helpless against enemies
on land and was killed largely for the
sake Of Its feathers. The last known
example was killed in 1874. Its eggs
are highly valued by collectors, some
times bringing as high as 81 800.
There are only about seventy exam
pies known. The great aux was the
biggest Of a large family in the spe-
cies, comprising guillemots or INJURIES
and puffins. They breed in vast mixed
communities on cliff lodges from
Greenland, Iceland and Spltzbergen to
the St Lawrence, Maine and north
western Europe. They lay large
biotched egg pointed at one end so
It tends to roll in a circle, thus not
falling from the ledHS,
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1930-01-24
Information of Value
in Old-Time Scrapbooks

Keeping a scrapbook Is nothing like
as common as It once was, but still
a lot Of folks cling to the old-time prac-
tice Of preserving newspaper clippings,
bits of poetry and other items of In
terest In this way. How the scrap.
book hobby started no one appears to
know. but for generations It has been
customary to save things for ready
reference.
The time was when nearly every
body kept a scrapbook, and no doubt
many filled volumes could be uncov-
cred, hidden away among things sell
dom seen or used. The old-time
scrapbook was called upon to settle
many an argument for often the
scrapbook contained matter Of con-
troversial nature. In the old days 1t
was nothing uncommon for a public
speaker to run afoul Of q chronic
scrapbook keeper.
Often the keeper Of a scrapbook
specialized in preserving matter of a
certain kind, and the practice still Is
kept up. Scrapbooks Of that type may
be filled with a lot Of valuable infor-
nation pertaining to a specific sub
ject Often a scrapbook kept for a
lifetime is an index to the character
Of the keeper, and In that way de-
scendants have learned more Of their
forebears.-Louisville Courier-Journal.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1930-01-24
Fighting Forest Fires

The majority of people believe for
est fire fighting to be just laborer's
Job, but nothing could be further from
the truth. 1t is on a strictly scientific
basis and nothing is done at random.
There is a definite system Of organi-
cation which designates to each man
a certain tool to use and a certain
position in the crew. The crews usu-
ally consist of from 6 to II men, un-
der supervision Of a warden or a
ranger. On a small fire, ten acres or
less in area, one crew is usually
enough, but on large fires, anywhere
from 30 to 300 men, are employed. The
implements used are axes, brush
hooks, shovels, rakes, water tanks and
torches for setting backfires. The
proper use of the latter is the best
means of controlling forest fires.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1930-01-24
Thunderstorma

The thunderstorm is owing to the
rapid vertical convection Of air con-
tanning large amount Of water vapor.
The lower air must, therefore, be rath-
er warm, say 20 degrees F. or over.
else it would not carry the requisite
amount Of water vapor, and the tenn
perature must decrease rather rapidly
with increase Of height, else there
would be but little or no convection.
Now. in the summer time the humid
fly in Oregon and Washington is rath-
er low. Hence thunderstorms gener-
ally are improbable. In the winter
time. when most Of the rains come,
the surface commonly is too cool to
set up vigorous vertical convection.
Hence thunderstorms are not likely.
Thunderstorms are not frequent In
Oregon and Washington any time Of
the year. Thunderstorms occur very
infrequently in California.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1930-01-24
Variation in Stars

These words "giant" and dwarf
stars have reference to intensive
brightness rather than to mass, though
differences in volume are involved.
One theory of star evolution is that
in the beginning all stars were of gas
Of extraordinarily low density and Of
low temperature and surface bright
ness. Such are the red stars. They
contract, grow continually hotter, and
pass through successive stages toward
the white-hot state, although not all
stars reach that state. The stars I'M
dergoing these changes in the ascend
ing branch are chiefly giants. After
ward the stars begin to fall off in tenn
perature and luminosity and gradually
pass to the red stage and then to in
visibility. The stars on this descend
ing branch are termed dwarfs.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1930-01-24
Indian Ruler Famous
for Astronomical Study


There lived In India, In the Seven
teenth century. q ruler known NJ
Maharajah Jai Singh II, and being
keenly Interested In astronomy he
evolved series Of structures which,
though not now used for practical pur.
poses, constitute the most unique az
Economical instruments in existence.
BE appears to have collected all kinds
Of astronomical books, and sent some
workers to foreign countries to gather
information. Having determined the
kind Of instruments required on which
to make the necessary recording Of the
movements Of the heavenly bodies, he
selected Eve places in India as the
centers In which the observations
should be taken. The first he built
at Delhi, and then others In Jalpur,
Ujain, Benares, and Mathura. The
observatories in Delhi and Jaipur
have been carefully restored. In adj
ditlon to a number Of metal instru-
ments he erected large masonry In
struments, some Of them as high as 80
feet. Very careful records were made
Of the observations Of his stan of
workers. and modern astronomers
have expressed surprise at the valu-
able information thus collected. The
ruler responsible for these interesting
instruments died in 1743 and his
wives, concubines and science expired
with him on his funeral pyre.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1930-01-24
OF Course Smart Dog
Knew Telephone's Uses

Evidently Dynamite is well named
not the explosive, but the six months
old terrier in Denver which was cred
tied with telephoning the police to
hberate him from a jewelry store
where he had been inadvertently
locked in.
1t seems that Dynamite fell asleep
under a counter when his master was
making purchase. He failed to wake
up until after the store was locked
for the night. When he did awake, 1t
was to find the place in darkness, and
barks and bowls proved of no avail.
Finally he jerked the telephone to the
floor, thus releasing the receiver from
the hook and signaling the operator.
She heard the dogs bark and notified
the police, with the result that the
riot squad fastened to the scene.
Whether or not the dog knew what
he was doing when he "telephoned"
for help the police are at a loss to
determine, but the owners of smart
dogs will believe that he did know
what he was doing.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1930-01-24

A rich old Chinese mandarin had
two wives. Said the first to him one
day: Il wish you had not so many
gray hairs. People jeer at me and
call me an old mans darling" TN
that case, my DEAR" he said, Il will
pull them all out" And he did so.
Shortly afterwards his second wife
came to him complaining that now he
had only black hairs on his head, she
looked, by contrast, a horribly old
woman. Don't worry, my dear. will
pull them out" he said soothingly.
But when he had pulled out all the
gray and all the black hairs the man.
DARN was completely bald. And
neither of his wives would have any
more to do with him.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1930-01-24
Imposing Title

Titles of early American text books
were not composed with the thought
OF brevity uppermost In the mind Of
the composer. 1t would appear from
the title given an English reader Of
1S41, which was: Elegant Selections
In Prose and Poetry Designed to I'm
prove the Highest Glass of Learners
in Reading to Establish a Taste for
Just and Accurate Composition, and to
Promote the Interests of Piety and
Virtue. detroit News.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1930-01-24
Bilingualism in Africa
Amusing to Americans


One of the first features to strike an
American visitor to South Africa is
the country's bilingualism. AS he
steps off the boat at Cape Town he is
confronted by the double admonition,
"No Smoking-Nie Rock ME-" Walk
ing up Adderley street, principal thor
oughfare of the city, he is told to
keep to the left-Links houd0n." If
he wants to mail letter back home
he must by "stamp-poseel," and II
he buys more than one stamp he will
find that while one is inscribed "South
Africa" the next is marked "Suid-
afrika." AT the railroad station he will
find that the name of the city Is given
as Cape Town and Kaapstad, and the
dining cars are labeled 'Dining car
Eetsaloon" on a railroad known both
as South African railways and Sud
Afrigannse Spoorweg. And so on: Ev.
cry official or semioficial notice in
the union Is printed In two languages
English and Africans Meanwhile
the Englishman grumbles about hav-
ing to pay extra taxes to meet the cost
Of reprinting notices in Africans, and
the Dutchman wonders why the ex-
pense Of using English as well as his
own language should be tolerated.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1930-01-24
Takes Much Water to
Supply Worlds Cities

Have you any idea how much water
the average city dweller uses daily?
Take London. with its gigantic pOpu-
lation. Here the authorities have to
supply an area Of $50 square miles,
and give the 100000 people the wa
ter they need. Would you have i'm
agined that each Of these demands
no less than 80 gallons every day?
Yes, that Is only the average supply
per head per day. In the dry, hot
weather the amount required for each
person becomes 40 gallons, or more
than q barrel Of water per day for
each man, woman, and child. London
IL not the thlrstiest town Scotland
consumes more water than England.
In Glasgow and Edinburgh, for in
stance, the average consumption per
head is not SO, but 81 gallons; and to
Helensburgh, In charlottesville, be-
longs the distinction Of being the most
thirsty town In the whole Of the Brit
ish isles. Here they take 3d. gallons
per head. One reason given for Scot
lands large consumption is that the
water supply is much better than in
England.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1930-01-24
Old Structures High
as Modern Skyscraper

The skyscraper is probably our
most striking achievement, says Emil
Torch, professor of architecture.
Europeans are thrilled by its dar-
ing fusion Of art and science and by
the unusual street effects, and sky
line created by these huge towerlike
masses which rise here and there
above our cities much as do the cathe-
drals over the lower and more even
outlines of foreign towns.
at must not be assumed, however,
that high buildings are of recent or
American origin.
"The Great pyramid of Egypt, built
$500 years ago, was originally nearly
500 feet In height, with a base 760 by
100 feet, covering 10 acres, or an area
equaling one-third that Of the original
campus Of the University Of Michigan.
It's height equals that Of 45-story
building. The interior Of Beauvais
cathedral is nearly 100 feet high; it
is 450 feet to the top Of the dome
of St Peters In Rome, a maximum
for masonry construction being
reached at about 500 feet in the tow
ers of Cologne cathedral and In the
Washington monument
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1930-01-24
Falls Of Niagara 40
Pictured by Hennepin

Father Louis Hennepin saw Niagara
when he went West to the upper Mis-
sissippl with La Sales expedition In
1879. He had a poor eye for dis
tances, for In successive narratives he
measures Niagara's height as 500 and
600 feet, instead Of Its maximum Of
1872. but he had a fair for vivid word
pictures:
"Betwixt the Lake Ontario and Erie
there Is vast and prodiglous cadence
Of water which falls down after sur
prlslng and astonishing manner. in
formuch that the universe does not af.
ford Its parallel IT'S true Italy and
Switzerland boast Of some such things,
but we may well say they are but
sorry patterns when compared to this
Of which we now speak. It
(the River Niagara) Is SO rapid above
the descent that 1t violently hurries
down the wild beasts while endeavor-
ing to pass 1t to feed on the other side,
they not being able to withstand the
force Of its current, which inevitably
casts them down headlOng above 900
foot. New York Times.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1930-01-24
Chalk That I'm

Pat O'Hara and Mike Murphy twho
strangely enough, were Irishmen) had
taken Jobs at cOlllery. Pat one
morning broke his shovel when he was
down in the mine. He was too lazy,
however, to take II to the surface with
him, so he left It for his friend, writ
Ing on 1t in chalk:
Take my shovel out, Mike. I've for
gotten it,"
But friend Michael knew Pat Of old,
and refused to be caught by such a
trick. SO he rubbed the message of
and substituted one OF his own:
"Take II out yourself I've never
seen it."-I.onlon Answers.