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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-05

iITHIS stage dust certainly does smudge up
your legs" remarked Milda Marrow, one
of the new chorus girls, as she surveyed her
= pair. IT suppose that didn't trouble girls much
when they wore tights How about 1t, Mamie,
you ought to know"
Now they haven't worn tights on Broadway
Tor 10 years, and this had all the imputations
Of nasty crack. And it didn't fail to register
with Mamie Cunniffe, and Mamie didn't fail to
make prompt and spirited response.
II couldn't tell you," said Mamie, but maybe
your sweete could He must have sat in the
bald-headed row at the Black Crook. But are
you sure that's tonight's dirt?" .
The dressing room shrilled with girlish laugh
ter. Midas small rosebud-rouge rosebud
mouth drew into a lemonish quicker.
AT least I've got myself man." she sneered.
I'm not so hopeless have to pick EN- out
Of the chorus.
small, we'll shaped, but astonishingly hard
fist doubled, and propelled by a slim. soft but
muscular feminine arm, collided with Milda
Marrow's slightly shrewish chin. It wasn't q
knockout. but 1T tumbled Miss Marrow over
her chair, and terminated the argument.
Mamie turned and faced the other girls like
q little reused tiger.
Listen, all of you" she said. "Any more
wise-cracks about Nick and me and I'll goal
the lot Of you. That splitting little cat has
put me wise to myself. Chorus man or not
he's my man, see! I've been trotting around
with him the q. t. because was just fool
enough to let q stage tradition make me kind
of ashamed to be seen with chorus boy. Well
that's out!
I'm not ashamed; I'm proud. I'd be proud
Of Nick whatever he was. And you frills that
running around with sugar daddies and
slck-haired simps better not dish any more
dirt about Nick.
You can take it from me, If he's a chorus
man now he won't always be one, while your
Johns will always be what they are, and that
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-05

amt anything to write home about. Anybody
got any more smart cracks?"
Nobody had any mere smart cracks Mamie
got into her street clothes and slamming the
dressing room door behind her, clattered on
her high heels down the winding steel staircase.
Outside the theater she hurried down the
street to a certain corner two blocks away.
1--WE are watched Nick Missed mysteriously
and excitedly in her ear as he joined her. "If
the secret Of your clandestine meetings with
chorus man is to be kept, act as though were
Just a corner loafer and ignore me-"
who's watching?" demanded Mamie.
Nobody that I know Of" said Nick "That
was just my so-called sense Of humor. Where
do we go from here?"
Lets 60 to Tom and Jerry's," said Mamie.
Nick stared at her.
But that's where most Of your girl friends
hang out when they haven't got . date" he
suggested. . ...
"That's why want to 60 there said Mamie.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-05

A small, ,0eu shaped but astonishingly
hard fist doubled, and propelled BY a
slim, soft, but muscular feminine arm,
collided ,Oith Milla MARQUIS slightly
shre,Uish chin. 1t wasn't a knockout,
but it ended the argument.
you can do Accept me as a pinch hitter for
the bird who has flown, or call a cop
you're terrible" said Mamie.
"A great big nasty thug" agreed Nick. But
something had to be done to dissipate your
impression that a chorus man couldn't act
bass as well as sing it. Look, I've even hired
q car"
He opened the door Of sleek limousine
1.-THE Belle Vue," he said to the driver, and
handed Mamie in.
"Where-where's that?" asked Mamie
"Out near Northfort," said Nick where
there are wide open spaces and men aren't
chorus men. Scream II you're afraid I'm kid
naping you'll"
I'm not afraid Of chorus man." said
Mamie-but she said 1t with giggle.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-05

VERY year there are hundreds Of new
faces and twice as many new legs in
the Broadway choruses Youth and
fresh beauty is the demand. and youth
and fresh beauty storm the casting
offices
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-19
NEW NAVY PHONE NUMBER

Exchange With $500 Extensions
to Be District 1900.
The telephone number of the Navy
Department has been changed from
National 1920 to District 1900, it was
announced yesterday. The 1900 extern
slons OF this exchange will continue to
be known as the War Navy"
The exchange is in the Navy Building
at Seventeenth street and Constitution
avenue
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-19
HOME PLAT 4Ox15O YIELDS
As VARIETIES OF VEGETABLES
Professor at Howard Also Has Orchard
and Arbor-Works Six Hours
Week on His Garden.

maintained on the other parts of the
grounds. Its trees include peach, pear.
apple, prune, ounce and lime Also
there Is bearing grape arbor, leading
from the house to the back of the lot.
Approximately six hours q week in
work, very small quantity of fertilizer
and negligible amount of assistance
III Spading and planting are necessary
to keep such a garden in the sturdy
condition evidenced by his own, Prof.
Miller explained He does the ma jor
portion of the labor expended on his
plants he added The six hours per
week include the time spent in the de-
lightful task of gathering the fruits Of
past effort.
The home gardener. fe points out,
needs spend only an hour day TO de-
velop an entirely new plot and to bring
forth SUFFICIENT results to augment, If
not totally supply. the quantities of
vegetables consumed by his family.
While the land available to most city
residents for truck gardening is much
less than that Prof. Miller has set aside
on the old John Langston place. where
he lives, it is likewise true that every
taste does not require the wide range OF
different types of vegetables which he
has raised, because gardening is his
hobby.
II As varieties can be made to flourish
IN an area of 5000 square feet Is
should be practicable in a plot one
third that size, he asserts. That would
mean Is vegetables produced by so by
30 foot space in the back yard-a ter
Iitory available to most homes in the
CITY
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-19

The. edible rewards Of industrious
home gardening were never better dem
onstrated than in the widely varieeated
vegetable patch developed by Prof.
Kelly Miller of Howard University, on
the grounds of his place at 1925 Fourth
street
The garden plot, 40 by $50 feet in
size the equivalent OF a seventh OF an
acre, has been cultivated for Is years.
Prof Miller says. but from the first
season returned produce almost equal
to its present annual output of AS
disable vegetables.
Laid out in neat rows, along the side
of the Miller place, traversed by net
work of paths bounded by luxuriant
burning bush hedge, the professors
vegetation ranges from thyme OF
ShakeSpearean fame, TO cabbage OF
comic strip notorlety.
The menu-for the gardener and his
family regard the plants in that light
includes eight varieties of herbs-diil
sage. horehound. Summer Savory,
sweet marjoram horse radish, rhubarb,
thyme and mint; three types of corn:
field corn, golden bantam and pop corn !:
two brands of beans, lima and butter
beans. and other plants yielding squash,
asparagus. onions, kale, leek, beets,
elephants, sweet potatoes, cabbage,
swiss chard, peas, parsnips, Georgia
Collard. caulifiower, tobacco carrots.
tomatoes, cucumber cantaloupe and
numerous other comestibles well known
TO every dinner table.
In addition to this garden. which
Prof Miller says supplies vegetables for
his family and often surplus for the
neighborS, there Is an unusual orchard
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-19
SLIJR ON MARYLAND'S DUCKS
STIRS IRE AGAINST NOVELIST
Dixon's Claim That Wild Fowl of Virginia
and Carolinas Are Superior Arouses
ndignation

Southern migration earlier than they
do farther South and have more time
to fatten up and obtain the individ lal
flavor so dear to the epicure. Perhaps
the celery beds are more luXuriant or
more nutritious. It is VerV likely due
in part at least to the colder. snapper
weather of the more northern CheSa =
peake. a climate that keeps the blrdS
always on the move and IN the pink OF
condition"
Mr.. Denmead recalled that in the old
days. when premiums were paid for
canvaSbackS those killed on the Sus-
ouehanna Flats in Maryland brought
the highest prices in Baltimore. Wash
ington. Philadelphia and New York. He
saws ne has known of Southern birds
being shipped to Havre de Grace and
reshipped from there as SuSquehanna
Flats ducks Before the sale of water
fowl YVES prohibited by Federal law
many a New Yorker paid premium for
ducks labeled "Susquehanna Flats" but
which came from other points. he as
SertS.
Daniel B Lloyd of Prince Georges
County, Md, is quoted by Mr.. Den
mead as saying:
"Mr. Dixon seriously reflects on our
champion wild fowl IN claiming SUI
perior merit from a gastronomic stand
point. for the Virginia Carolina va
rietv. attributing such superiority to its
discriminating method of eating wild
celery. His statement is entirely with
out foundation and proceeds only from
a too vivid, not TO say preJudiced, i'm
agination.
The Maryland canvasback has. from
my earliest recollection figured pre-
eminently in our traditions. our his
tory our literature: indeed it has
doubtless been embalmed in our i'm
mortal verse. or at any rate il has de-
served to be- 1t has heretofore been
universally admitted to stand at the
head of all menus. along with the dia-
mond-back terrapin and the Chesa-
peake Bay oyster"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-19
Prisoner Is Accused
OF Starting Fire in
Which He Was Hero
Fired Jail Walls, Then
Rushed TO Rescue of In
mates, Sheriff Charges.

By the Associated Press.
ENID Okla July 1s.--Joe Ingram,
county prisoner who won his freedom
by heroism displayed in a 100000 fire
that destroyed the Garfield County
Court House and Jail last January, was
held today on a charge Of starting
the fire.
Sheriff Joe Gavin arrested Ingram
last night and said he was seeking two
other men. prisoners at the time, on
warrants charging them with being
confederates of ingram in the arson
plot
Ingram made several trips into
smoke filled cells of the jail to guide
other prisoners to safety. but Sheriff
Gavin said investigation had revealed
Ingram knew where the fire was started
and could calculate the amount of risk
he was taking in rescue work.
The sheriff obtained his evidence
against Ingram through prisoners and
former prisoners. He charged that
Ingram and the two other men dipped
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-19
Mystery Of Bird Migrat ions.

Although scientists have succeeded In
collecting much interesting information
about the annual migration of the
birds, there is still considerable nlvs-
terry and differences of opinion con-
corning these movements. Many of the
migratory birds follow regular routes
and travel at remarkably regular times
Some species OF birds. when returning
northward, do not vary more than two
or three days from year to year in the
time OF their first arrival at a given
point unless unusual weather condi-
tions have prevailed. They not only re-
turn to the same locality. but often TO
the same fields and woodland patches.
The southwark migration is a some
what more leisurely movement than the
northward advance and often takes a
longer time. In Spring, particularly In
the West, the migrants appear In
hordes In waves that carry them for
ward at varying rates Of speed Twenty
miles a day is probably fair rate for
many OF the smaller birds.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-19

Maryland sportSmen are cunning FOR
Thomas Dixon. we'll known novelist, Tor
ms libel on their favorite bird, the
celery-fed canvasback duck of the Sus-
quehanna Flats.
Indignation has been rampant among
champions of the Maryland duck ever
since Dixon. in an article in The Sun
day Star Magazine. declared there is
but one royal canVaSback. and he
feeds in the fresh waters of Virginia
CarolinaS, where the luscious wild celery
grows"
Now comes Talbot Denmead. Gov
eminent authority on wild game and
himself a resident of Maryland to de-
fend the SuSquehanna Flats capvasback
from what he and other MarylanderS
consider a gross Islander"
In his formal brief in behalf of the
Maryland bird Mr. Denmead refutes
ducks taken on the Virginia Carolina
coasts are superior to the canvasback
of the SuSquehanna Flats" The wild
celery which gives these birds their rare
flavor is Just as plentiful and luscious,
if not more so, on the fresh waters of
the upper Chesapeake and also of the
Potomac River. which belongs to Mary
land, AS in Virginia and North Caro-
lima" Mr.. Denmead points out.
Wild celery sage pondWeed and the
other first-rate wild duck foods grow
] also in Back Bay. Va, and Upper Cur
rituck Sound. N. c." Mr.. Denmead
stated. The quality of the Canvasback
is largely question of food for where
the canvasback is found feeding on in
ferior foods the flesh loses its exquisite
taste. In the Far West the species is
considered a third-rate duck The red
| head is almost the equal of the canvas
! back when feeding on wild celery
But there is something besides the
celery which makes for the superiority
of the birds in Maryland Perhaps !,
is because the great flockS arrive at he
mead OF the Chesapeake, the greatest
bay on the Atlantic Coast. on their
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-19
SILICOSIS DECLARED
WORKERS. TERROR
occupa tional Disease Costs Mining
Company in South Africa
$5,O00,00O a Year.

GENEVA-The International Labor
Office. as a result OF its Investigations,
has branded silicosis as one OF the most
dangerous occupational diseases. affect
ing all those who work in mines quar-
ries, refining plants for minerals and
rock products. sulphur works, -four
mills. lead factories and tea and coffee
roasting plants
The Rand Mines in South Africa are
under an annual toll Of S5,000.000 in
combating this duSt-penetrating dis
ease of the lungs.
A series Of brochures relating TO vari-
Gus occupational diseases is now being
published From them one learns that
thu refrigeration industry. by reason OF
the emanation of ammonfacal fumes. is
especially marked out as dangerous.
Typefounders. stereotypers and photo
engravers have their own ills 10 be
guarded against Even tea and coffee
manipulators. in so far as drying. sort
inc and packaging are concerned. are
not immune from ills that many others
do not suffer from. Finally, chemical
workers, and those Of the cement in
dustry in particular. have hard fight
against the processes inherent to their
trade TO avoid contamination
tCopyriEht, 1891, by New York Sun FOREIGN
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-19
ERNIE FLIEGEL, EX-BOXER, FIGHTS
BLINDNESS IN CHICAGO HOSPITAL
Relapses Into Sightessness Suffered While Fighting
Three Years Ago.

They didn't year from the time
when he Went blind in the ring Fliegel
was back in the fight game-as a man
aser
Fliegel came to Chicago a few days
ago to train King Leyinsky for his fight
with Ace HudkinS After the fight he
said. My eyes are perfect. The doctors
were all wrong"
Saturday night. walking along street
in Minneapolis. he went blind again.
He was found by friends and rushed
10 the Mayo clinic at Rochester.
There were two doctors. Fliegel was
told, who might save his sight-one in
Chicago. one in Switzerland So Fliegel
was rushed to the Billings Memorial
Hospital at the University of Chicago.
kilograms and long distance calls
came to Fliegel from fighters. fight
managers, friends. all over the country.
And one said Remember the count.
One, two three
(CopyriEht, 1881. by the North American
Newspaper Alliance, Inc
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Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
CHICAGO. July l8 tN.A.N.AD.-
Ernie Fliegel, once a ranking bantam
weight. then nationally known mana
ger. lay in Chicago hospital today
fighting the greatest fight OF his life,
Three years ago in Minneapolis, File
gel. fighting the last "warm-up" bout
before meeting the champion. fouled
Billy Defoa. his opponent. The fight
was stopped and F'liegel was suspended.
Then the fight commission discovered
that Fliegel was blind-had been blind
for hours before the fight
For six months the young fighter lay
in a dark room, totally blind. Beside
him. hour after hour, day after day.
sat little Freddie Lucas OF Minneapolis.
his manager. When things were worst.
Lucas would begin the count. One.
two, three. four He never reached
the fatal ten" Always Fliegel would
say. All right. I'm on my feet. They
can't count me out!'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-19
BR|TONS TO ARRIVE
IN D. c. TOMORROW
Universities Society to Visit
City and Vicinity Five Days
Before Gotham Trip.

A visit to iaricus places of interest
in the National Capital and vicinity
will form the ma ior part of the program
of members Ct the British Universities
League OF Nations Society, which is
scheduled to arrive here tomorrow Tor
FIVE day stay
Reaching Union Station shortly after
noon. the party Of about 80 Will go to
the Hltel Powhatan, their headquarters
while here. Late in the afternoon they
will take trip through Rock Greek
Park and in the evening dinner will
be held on the hotel roof.
Will Visit Embassy.
Tuesday will be devoted to tour of
public buildings and the visitors will
be given the afternoon and evening free
On Wednesday residential Washington
will be visited, including the Washing
ton Cathedral, Shrine of the Immacu-
late Conception and the Franciscan
Monastery.
At $50 o'clock in the afternoon a
visit will be made to the British en-
baSSy and thence the party will go to
Miss Madeira'S School, 1880 Nineteenth
street, where tea will be served. Later
the country home of the school. Green
way. Fairfax County. Va, will be visited
for a swim and supper.
Will See Mount Vernon.
On Thursday the group will tour Alex
andria. Va. ard Mount Vernon. visiting
the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier OIL
the return trip. A dinner dance will be
held at the Congressional Country Club
in the evening On Friday the visitors
will 60 to Annapolis, Md for a visit
to the Naval Academy. Luncheon will
be at Carvel Hall there The visitors
will leave Washington Friday afternoon
by train for New York City.
The Carnegie Endowment for Inter
national Peace. 700 Jackson Pace. is
cooperating with the visitors Il make
their stay in Washington memorable
officials said
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-19
MIAMI AIRSHIP BASE
DECLARED SUITABLE
Navy. However. Has Made No De
cision 70 Accept Offer OF Land
by Florida City.
a. Nh. Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press
Land offered the Navy by the city
Of Miami, Fla, for an auxiliary airship
operating base. was pronounced salts
factory for that purpose yesterday by
Lieut.. Comdr. r. E. Thomas. on his re-
turn from an inspection trip to Miami.
Bureau of Aeronautics officials said,
however, that no decision had been
made to seek legislation at the next
Congress authorizing the Navy to &C
cept the land.
Lieut.. Comdr Thomas, the public
works official OF the bureau. reported
that the property. comprising $40 acres.
is adjacent To the new municipal air.
port, the naval aviation base and the
arship field used by the Goodyear Yep
pelin Co. for blimp operations
II the Navy ultimately accepts the
land. it is planned to erect dirigible
rnooring mast so that there will be
facilities in the far South for the Los
Angeles, the new Akron and the third
dirigible which is projected when they
are flown in that part of the country.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-19

mop OF disinfectant fluid. broke a
hole through the plastered ceiling of the
Jail. and, setting fire TO the mop, APP
Piled it to the laths More than so
prisoners were in the Jail
Ingram at the time was serving a
term for petty theft Officials rewarded
his dramatic efforts by ordering him
released.
Work of demOliShing the ruins Of the
court house and Jail is under way now
in preparation for the construction OF
new building.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-19
POUNDS COLORED CAMP
Salvation Army Esta blishes vaca-
ton Spot at Eagle Harbor.

A Summer camp for young coIored
people has been established at Eagle
Harbor by the Salvation Army it was
announced yesterday. Field Ma jor James
ROBERTS. who conducted the coiored Sal
vation Army home At Seventh and P
streets. will be in charge of the camp
For several years the Saliva ton Army
has maintained a camp for white moth
ers and children at PatuXent. Md. and
each Summer the first weeks of the
camp have been devoted to young peo-
pie OF the Army who went there for
recreation and study.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-19
SCHOOL CHILDREN WORK
AT MENAGERIE BUILDING
Construct Model of Cloth, Wood
and Clay Under Guidance
of Miss Laura Haynie.

The def fingers Of IS pupils OF FIRST
and second public school grades are
busily engaged in molding a model
menagerie OF cloth, wood and clay.
under the guidance of Miss Laura
Haynie, public school teacher, In
Friendship House, the Community Chest
settlement, at 326 Virginia avenue
southeast.
A visit to the Washington Geological
Gardens at the opening Of the Summer
School two weeks ago provided the
inspiration for the animal model build
unit of the collection.
Folk dancing. games and an elemen-
tary course in Spanish also are part Of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-19

the Summer School program, these
studies being under the direction of
Miss Wilma Biggs OF the Friendship
House staff. A course in woodworking
is being directed by Allen Kemble, one
OF the older club boys.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-19
Alvin T. Rowe, Jr., Promoted.

The State Department announced
Yesterday that Alvin T. Rove. ir.. of
Fredericksburg, Va, American vice con-
sui at Bluefields. Nicaragua, on leave in
the United States. had been commits
stoned a secretary in the diplomatic
service and assigned as third secretary
of legation at Bogots. Colombia.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-19

Five thousand children of Folkestone,
Sandgate. Hythe and Cheriton laid flow
ers on the graves of Canadian soldiers
who died during the World War and
we're inferred at Shorncliffe Camp,
England
Evening star., 1931-12-04
Peace-0n Japan's Terms.

Paris cables bring the dscoutaging
news thst the prospects for an early
settlement Of the Sino-Japanese con-
fiict recede into the dim and distant
future, as a result Of japanese objec-
tions 70 the League of Nations Man
churian peace plan. Japan is unwilling
TO let the proposed international CON-
mission Of inquiry be the judge as to
whether japanese forces are being with
drawn as rapidly as they ought to be.
The Toxic government Furthermore in
sists upon the right to suppress recur-
rent banditry, Japan, of course, being
the only authority empowered to say
what Is "banditry' and when its sup
preston by military force is war; nted.
There Is opposition, too to a projected
stipulation by M BRAND, pres.den. of
the League Council, that If japanese
troops sally forth upon an snti-bandit
expedition, neutral observers shall ac-
company them.
Under all these circumstances, 1t is
! painfully clear that the Manchurian
crisis is back where it was deadJocked
ten days ago before Paris Matched the