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Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1931-11-27
4 Housewives
Least Anxiety

A GREAT DEAL is printed in the news
n papers these days about commodity
prices and their descent, but electricity.
also q commodity according to the poet
Emerson, has descended in price since the
early days to such an extent that its ser
vice to the housewife is available In con-
tinued new avenues Of usefulness. Emerson
says: Under the general name COM
modify I rank all those advantages which
our senses owe to nature" and Is not
electricity one of Gods greatest gifts to
man. whose inventive genius has made
it possible to light the humblest home?
My own experience as a housewife with
these bright lights is that in burning four
of them through entire nights for a month,
the cost has been only 1920 for the month,
and during an absence Of three months
from my home. two lights burning con-
stant1y, day and night, brought a bill no
larger than $3.50.
The housewife would like to know what
this public agitation on the cost of cleo
tricdty Is all about. Taxation is the great
est of her worries, the cost Of electricity
the least Of her anxieties.
J. R.. HOUSEWIFE.
From the editorial page Of q
metropolitan Newspaper.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1931-11-27
DANGER GONE

He: DO you really think there
is danger in k~issing?"
"She: "Not here, dad isn't around"
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and they were then paired off, al" with p"
g" with a" and so on. Two played the game
at time and the winner later chose another
partner from among the other winners, the final
winner receiving nice diary for the final prize.
This is how the catapult is made. short,
wide board is used for the base. Two short up
rights are set into the edges being held with
best quality liquid glue. A strip of rubber
inches wide, from an old inner tube, is set
across these uprights and the ends are held
with small wooden cleats fastened with screws.
To the front end of the board a tapered arm
Of suitable length and stiffness Is fastened with
an ordinary hinge, the one end being bent up
and over the end so the arm will have freedom
Of movement. The other end of the arm carries
a small three-sided box made from thin wood
and well glued together. This Is fastened to
the arm with glue and two small screws. 1t
is necessary to glue the box together because
only very thin wood should be used, to keep
down the weight.
This completes the catapult. To use, see that
the rubber IS stretched rather tight. Put half
cob in the box, aim toward the basket and re-
lease. The arm will flop over and toss the cob
a considerable distance. So skill Is as much
an essential in placing the cobs in the basket
as is ordinary luck.
small ball or marble and other things can
be used as well as cobS-cobs being particularly
appropriate on this occasion. You can use a
hole in blanket, too, for target in place Of
the basket.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-03
Il Cob Catabuh.

MOT long ago two boys were put on the on
tertainment committee of program. The
party was to be held in the loft OF large barn
on a nearby farm. The affair was to be a sort
of social and the guests were asked to wear
knock-abcut clothes in preference to their best
outfits.
The boys, Tom and Harry, wanted this social
to be a success-to be remembered and enjoyed.
They knew from past experience that to be
such success, unusual and unexpected things
would have to be planned. For folks enjoy best
those things at parties which are not ant1cl-
pated.
So several new games were worked out one
of which was played with queer device Harry
made a catapult in about two hours che after
noon and it was the most popular thing of mat
particular evening. It was called cob cata-
putt, for with it the guests tried to see who
could tess the greatest number of cobs from
distance of 20 feet into bushel basket set
upon the floor. The cobs were broken IN two
and assembled in a convenient box beside the
catapilt before the fun began. Each OF the
guests was given number from Il" up to ~26"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-03
Biz Shot and Little Shot.
II Base Ball Story in Flee MstaIlme"ts.

Don't mind that Big Shot 1t wasn't your
fault! Well get those runs back These, and
other cries of encouragement, came from the
Union players as they ran to the bench Coach
Griffin walked forward and met Pete, just as
Paul ran in from right field.
''They are getting to you, Pete, SAID the
coach How is the arm? Maybe I'd better let
Jenkins finish the game"
"Why, I'm all right, coach" protested Pete.
"They didn't earn single run that inning. We
should have had that double play, which would
have ended it, and even after that run came in,
we'd have been all right If Paul had caught that
fly instead of taking it on the bounce. That
was an awful dumb one"
A NIGER fared in Pauls face. II couldn't pos
sibly take It any other way" he retorted.
eff I'd played it for the putout, it would have
got away from me entirely"
Never mind" said the coach. "The thing to
do now is get those two runs back, with couple
more for good measure"
But with the score So against them, Union
couldn't do anything with the Grayland pitcher,
and they failed to score. Pete insisted that he
was all right, and went back into the box for
the last of the eighth. He pitched slowly and
carefully using all his skill and cunning, and
while one man got hit, Grayland was unable
to put man across the plate.
"Our last chance, boys" said Coach Griffin
rs the Union players came in for the first Of the
ninth. go out there and get some runs. This
pitcher has had you all tied up in knots since
the first inning. Go get himl'
Dave BaSSett, third on the Union batting List,
was first man up. He gave the inning good
start by basting a beautiful triple into deep
center. The Union supporters, who had been
quiet and depressed leaped to their feet and
called loudly for a rally.
Pete was next, and Pete came through as he
had done so often in the past. His hit went for
a double and sent Bassett across the plate
standing up.
The next Union batter struck out, but after
that the Grayland pitcher lost control for a
second and hit man. This brought Paul to
bat with one man gone, men on first and sec
ond, and the score 5-4 in GraylandS favor.
PAUL gripped his bat determinedly He hadn't
had hit all day. There was Pete, out
on second base with the tying run. If he could
only get clean little single and bring his
brother home!
first PITCH there suddenly flashed over Pauls
mind the memory Of what Pete had said about
his play on that Texas Lacquer Bitter resent
ment welled up in Paul's heart. What II h0
did get hit? Pete-Big Shot!-would come
racing home with the tying and all the
glory. Pete had always got all the glory, even
when he did foolish things like abusing his arm
on that ball game the night before. And Paul,
who tried his best and took care of himself,
never got any credit. even when he did Wen.
The pitcher wound up, and straight fast
ball cut the corner Of the plate
STRIKE" called the umpire. Paul had net
made a move to strike at it.
(To Be Concluded Next Sunday)
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have been nicEnamed Little Shot" and Big Shot.
by their classmates Union High School, because
Pete seems to surpass his twin brother in every
thing, particularly ATHLETICS Thus Pete Is star
merely plays right feld On the night before the inn
portant Grayland game the boys go TO an anusement
park and Pete, urged on by the appause OF ha ns
BAH throwing game, and Injuries his arm. But the
next morning he insists he pitch, and says notn.
ing TO the coach Paul also had sore arm, put
has been taking Of it, In the frst inning OF the
game at Grayland, Union gets three runs. one OF
home run by Pete In their hall OF tne pn az
ming C;rayand scores When Paul asks, FeLS
how his arm is, Pete shortly that 1t Is al
right, but Paul knows it isn't.
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POSERS

Are YOU all ready for new bunch CT ques-
tions? Some of these are pretty nara ana 1t
,,,o7,t do for Won to tackle them while you are
a victim Of Spring fever
l. What are the Dolcmites?
2 What is the capital city of Rumania?
3 What former President of the United States
was a big game hunter?
f. What two British princes left England last
Winter for trip to South America?
S. How many strings has ukulele?
6. What is the base line in tennis?
T. Who wrote Legend Of Sleepy Hollow?
g. What is the Boy Scout motto?
ANSWERS.
/ division Of the Alps in Northern Italy.
2. Hrcl1~rc-t. 3, Theodore Roosevelt. 4, Prince
of Wales and Prince George. S. Four g. The
back line Of the court from which the ball Is
served Z, Washington Irving 8, Be Pre-
pared"
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RIDDLES

If you want some good brain exercise, Just
start in on these. The answers are all clever
and tricky and will take some thought to figure
out but it's such fun to do that you won't mind
the work.
/. Why are religious communities like beesP
2. Why is the first chicken Of brood like the
mainmaSt Of q ship?
3. When is a man like the letter b?
4. What is the difference between a Million
Rire and prize fighter?
5. why Is the letter G like the sun?
ANSWERS.
l. Because they are insects. 2. Because IT'S
a little ahead of the main hatch. 3. When he
is in bed 4. One makes his money hand over
fst willie the other makes his fist hand over
MONEY. 5. Because it Is the center Of light.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-03

=
Behead q word for extra and get 10 peel
Curtail this and get golf term.
Behead a fireplace and get price. Behead
again and get consumed
B
Below are four words all starting with boys
nickname Can you I'LL in the blanks and mo
out what the words are?
/. TOM o.
2. TOM r wv.
g. TOM ST - E.
f. TOM K.
-
Take four-Ietter word for a flower, add H.
Searrange the letters and form an animal
Take a four-letter word for separate, add M'
Searrange and form hike.
Take a four-letter word for excellent, add K,
rearrange and form a cutting tool.
$
CROSS WORD PUZZLE.
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order was the first man up In the
- second inning but the best he could
do was an infleld roller that proved
- tn he an easy out at first. Nor could
the next two Union hltterS 90 any DeV'ei' '--~
the side went scoreless.
In fact the Grayland pitcher, aIter raCneE
had first inning, was now performing peauVl-
fully and 1t looked as though those three runs
might be all Union would get. Even Pete' Wnen
he came ND the next time, struck out, ana the
0ravland players took advantage OF the occa-
s,on 20 point out that Big Shot wasn't so Dig
after ALL ,-.....
pete pretty freely. They almost scored In the
second inning but a double play cut their RAINY
short. They picked up run in the third on q
sirole and a beautiful double, but Union was
xtilI leading, SO. Pete did better in the fourth
and fifth. although he was hit in both innings.
Union went scoreless in the fifth, sixth ana nrss
half Of the seventh, and when Graylano came
to bat in their half of that inning the STANDS
were yelling for a rally.
They got it. The first batter flied out TO 4elt'
hut pete passed the second man to first and the
third man singled sharply past third. putting
two men on base. Then came an unfortunate
error. The batter hit through the box ana Fete'
after knocking the ball down, threw quickly 10
third The throw was fairly good, but the UNION
third baseman let it go through him. one run
ner raced home and the two others ended up
on second and third before Union got through
tossing the ball wildly around the infield.
A LII the Union players were a bit shaken, but
"A Grayland was iubilant. Paul, out in right
field. backed up a little as the next batter en-
tered the box. 1t was Biff Cousins the big f1rst
baseman for Grayland, left-handed batter and
q powerful hitter.
On the first pitch Paul heard the crack OF
the bat meeting the ball and saw that the hit
Vas toward him. 1t was vicious Texas Lacquer,
and Paul started in for it with all his speed.
Then Immediately he saw that he could not
hope to take 1t In the air. He checked himself
sharply stepped back pace and fielded it per-
fectly on the hrst bounce. His throw to the
plate was fast and true, but both the runners
had scored and the batter took second on the
throw-in.
Pete was now distinctly upset But he showed
the stuff that was in him by striking out the
next batter, and the third out came a moment
later when the Union catcher nailed foul ny
behind the third base line.
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PUZZLES

=.
Here is a jumbled word square TOT you 70
start ON. Rearrange the letters in each line to
form words, then rearrange the words 70 form
n perfect word square.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-03

The definitions are:
HORIZONTAL.
l. warning sign.
A. Wander
Q. A grain.
TO- Climbing plant.
IL To tread under foot.
a. Exclamation of surprise.
IS Owed debt.
TO- Note of the scale.
IS. Mother.
49, Like.
20. Greek letter.
b. Grand Army of the Republic (Abr).
IS. clear varnish.
%. Meadow.
20. Her.
81 Body of soldiers
80 They.
l. Either
2. Legend.
3. Ever Poetic).
5. Lubricant.
6. To state affirm.
z. PoSseSsive pronoun.
o. Australian bird.
IL. Proverb
Is. gem.
IA. To equip with weapons.
IL. Dine.
81. Employer.
%. The whole.
"a. Steady pain.
26. Kind of meet.
81. Cinder
20. Musical note
30. Printers measure.
ANSWERS.
l. The square Is viod, into, Otto and loot.
2. Spare, Crate.
3. Tomato, tomorrow, tombstone and toana-
hawk
A. Rose add H, form horse. Part, add NJ,
form tramp. Fine, add K, form knife.
5. Cross Word Puzzle Solution.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-03
BY ". BOYCE MORGAN.
INSTALLMENT ~.

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- to be an easy out at first. Nor could
Evening star., 1931-12-03

opened for the first time Tuesday from
IL am. to 4:3o pm. More than SDo
books are on hand, members of the
committee announced. i
The two small rooms, d< the building.
which was occupied by the Bank u
Bethesda at one time, have been
decorated by the committee of the
club in charge. One room win be for
adults and the second for children.
The library viii be open twice n
Week-Tuesdays and SaturdAys--witna O
librarian on duty to issue books to any
one desiring to take them out.
The committee of the Newcomb Club
which is handling the matter consists of
Mrs. BENJAMIN G. Potter. president;
Mrs. A. B. Foster, chairman of the
Library Committee Mrs, J. x,
O'Shaughnessy, Mrs William Ross Del
lett Mrs. 3, Peyton whalen, Mrs.
Charles w. Bouvet Mrs. Aldrich
Moore, Mrs. J. A, Bell and Mrs. II. z.
Hill.
Evening star., 1931-12-03
GLAD TO ESCAPE FROM CRASH
i GRAVE DIGGER CAN DO DUTY
"Such Mix-Up 1t Would Have Been,' He Speculates
Job Waiting When Death Loomed.
Nv the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, December 3.-When duty
calls, John O'Brien, so, is not the kind
OF fellow to shirk 1t.
Firemen extricated him from the
mechanism of a street car after it had
struck him last night and he was taken
to a hospital, where 1t was found he
was but slightly hurt.
All the way en- route to the hospital
he kept repeating:
such a mix-up it would have been;
it would have been"
An attendant asked him to explain,
and he said:
II had job to do tomorrow. If the
car had killed me I couldn't have done
it and somebody else would have had
to do the same for me. I'm a grave
Evening star., 1931-12-03
.atsIe Of eourds and the chants Of the

rattle OF gourds and the chants Of the
Indians as they gathered around the
crumbling walls Of the old mission San
Xavier del Bac to take part in the
ceremonies of the annual fiesta-one
Thanksgiving for past fsvors and 8
prayer for the future. Is
The Indians came from all parts OF
the Southwest, many braves accom-
panied by squaws and papooses.
A note OF sadness was added to this
years ceremonies when word came
that Chief Conderia, at Santa Rosa
Village, 100 miles to the west, was
believed dying. The chief WIS carried
to an ancient well nearby, where he
directed the viiktta, tribal custom,
which consists OF pantomimic appeal
for rain addressed to the sun god.
Many Of the chiefs tribesmen had
remained with him, preferring TO stay
at his side rather than come to the
observance here.
Today's ceremony was the observance
of the Feast Of st. Francis. Tomorrow
the Indians will continue their tribal
rites, ending their fiesta at sundown.
Evening star., 1931-12-03

take part In the exercises in Alexandria
that afternoon. It is planned to broad
cast the Presidents address over a
Nation wide hook-up. Members Of the
General Assembly. which viii be in
session at that time, will attend the
ceremonies at Alexandria in body
and will return to Richmond that night,
where exercises are to, BE held at the
Capitol, after which there VIII be a
banquet OF 1000 members of patriotic
societies, this function to take place at
one OF the local hotels.
The commission requests every local
ity in the State to have its own pro-
gram February %. st. Peters Asso-
citation will be asked to put on a suit
able program at st. Peters Church.
New Kent County, January 6, 1882 the
anniversary of Washington's marriage
at that place.
Evening star., 1931-12-03

which q play entitled 1.-THE Spirit of
the Republic" is to be presented every
year or every two years, and said that
other States had already Endorsed the
drive, which was to be made largely
through the school children of the
country.
Other State Activities.
The drive is to open this month In
North Carolina, he said, with a cam
paign conducted by the schools, and
pennsylvania and Oklahoma will fol-
low shortly with similar campaigns.
Celebrations during 1882 are plan
ned to be held in every city and town
IN the State, and former Mayor w. A.
Smoot of Alexandria expressed the
hope that the commission would desig-
nate Alexandria as the place at which
EIglnlas celebration would begin.
Col. John w. Williams, clerk of the
House of Delegates, who is secretary of
the commission, suggested that q large
part of the States $4,000 appropria-
tlon Tor the bicentennial be used in
aiding the local celebrations throughout
the State, and this was taken under
Amusement and will be placed before a
special committee. 1t was stated that
all of the programs throughout the
state Will be in the hands of local COM
mittees.
President to Be Invited.
President Hoover will be asked to
speak at Wakefield, washington s
birthplace, at 10 am. on February %,
ana the commission will call on the
President shortly to make this request,
III Is also hoped that he will consent to
Evening star., 1931-12-03
V|RG|N|ANS PLAN
ELABORATE FETE
Alexandria and Wakefield
Ceremonies to Be Held
February ~.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
RICHMOND, Va, December g.
Plans for an elaborate celebration at
Alexandra and Wakefield February az
were formulated by the Virginia George
Washington Bicentennial Commission,
but the body deferred action on the
question of indorsing the proposed drive
for a $4,000. 900 fund for erection of the
George Washington Memorial Atheneum
in or near Alexandria, Gov. Pollard and
other members Of the commission ex-
pressing the view that such action
might be construed as seeking to COM
mercialize the anniversary.
Dan s. Hollenga, business manager
of the Alexandris Chamber of Com
merce, outlined the plan for the erec-
ton OF the Memorial Atheneum, in
Evening star., 1931-12-03
New York More Wicked.

NEW YORK.-Tnis talk of Paris be-
ing gay" is rot and drivel, so far as
Tade Styka, Polish portrait painter, has
been able to observe. New York is
more wicked than Paris, she said, and
Harlem is much hotter" than any,
thing gay Paree has to apologize for.
Evening star., 1931-12-03
NEW RITES ENTER
OLD PAPAGO FIESTA
Indians in Arizona Hear High
Mass Sung by Bishop
at Ceremonies.
NV the Associated Press.

Sy the Associated Press.
SAN XAVIER DEL BAG, Ariz.. De
eember 3.-The age-old pagan cere-
n1ony Of the Papago Indian mingled
today with the ritual Of the faith to
which he was converted by the first
white men who came TO the Southwest
The annual fiesta of the Papago
started at sundown last night with
tribal chants and dances. But today
the Red man digressed from his primi-
tive observance to hear a solemn ponti-
ficaI high mass sung by Bishop Daniel
j. Grrcke of the diocese of Tucson and
TO hear Rev. Father Bonaventure OBJ
iasser of Topowa deliver the sermon In
the Papago tongue. ....
Tfroughout the night there had been
n steady. boom of the tom-toms, the
Evening star., 1931-12-03
RUSSIA SELLS DOORS

HULL, December 3 P).--Soviet
Russia is competing with America in
exports of mill-work to Great Britain.
A shipment of 1000 Russian doors
was received recently from aboard the
steamer Cooperatxis, bringing the stock
here to 10000 doors. Heavy American
consignments OF mill-work recently
also have arrived for storage and sale.
Evening star., 1931-12-03

Pigeon racing has become so popular
in England that special trains are now
run to carry the birds to the starting
points OF the races. The sport has made
tremendous appeal to both the we'll
to-do and the working classes.
Evening star., 1931-12-03
LIBRARY FOR BETHESDA
TO BE OPENED TUESDAY
Newcomb Club to Make Facilities
Available to Public Twice
n Week

BY staff Correspondent of The Star.
BETHESDA, Md, December 3.-The
Newcomb Club Public Library, located
in the small building at Wisconsin ave-
nue. and Edgemonr lane, here, will be
Evening star., 1931-12-03

digger and thank goodness I'll be able
to do my duty"
Evening star., 1931-12-04

actual reduction of armament1. ALL
around reduction or cancellation OF war
debts and prompt entry OF the United
States in the World Court.
In addition to its action on matters
Of world interest. the committee Of
ncially indorsed unemployment insur-
ance. old-age pensions and ample wage
scales among other social reforms look
ing toward economic and industrial
stabilization.
A furry was created In yesterdays
session when = resolution was submitted
urging that the councils Administrative
Committee take full responsibility for
It's uterances as one result OF that COM
mittee's approval, for publication only,
OF majority and minority reports Of an
other group which investigated birth
control. Speakers argued that the pub
lication of the reports would create the
erroneous impression that they voiced
the opinion OF the Federal Council rs a
whole.
No nnal action was taken on the
resolution.
Evening star., 1931-12-04
CLERGY BANS FIGHT
: ON BIRTH CONTROL
Federal Council Session Ends
With Action on Other
Questions.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA, December with
a disturbing echo of a subcommittee's
report on birth control stilled, and ac-
'tion taken on comprehensive program
of international questions, the Executive
Committee of the Federal Council of
Churches OF Christ In America con-
cluded It's annual meeting today.
More than 400 clergymen representing
rs Protestant communions attended the
three-day sessions, at which the COM
mitee went on record as favortng i'm
mediate abolition of chemical warfare,