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night night watch is not kept in fair weather,
but the sleeping room of the keeper faces the Ian
tern tower that the absence of the bright beam
shining in the windows would instantly awake the
light keeper Of long experience. BY day as well as
by night the lighthouse keeper must be the look
out for fog. It may steal quietly in, not quite
enveopinR the station but making 1t impossible for
nearby Ships to see the land II the fog promises
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sITUATION-DOMEsTIC

GIRL. colored. wishes Job as general house
worker; good references. Call North e3l2.
GIRL, colored, neat, would like a Job as
mothers helper or light houseworker Call
Maggie Bradley. 1881 Columbia I'd. NV
GIRL, colored, frst-class cook: good city
references; prefer good Job and good pay.
Met 1855. 1913 list st. NV. -
GIRL colored, wants job as general house
worker. 2259 18th pl. NV. Phone North
GIRL. neat, energetic. to do housework,
nursing, child training or table waiting;
references. Ga. 365e-J. --- 4
GIRL reliable, wants Job as private maid;
am not choicey; can do most any house
work. Phone North 1o4ss. Address 1911 5th
Girl, for homework. part or full time;
three years reference. Dec. 1894. BIS West
MINISTER 81.
GIRLS, q, colored, wish Jobs, cleaning, dish
washing; reference. 1900 Vermont ave. NV.
GIRLS (2) want house cleaning or part-time
work. Call Met. 2o04. l2s
HOUSEWORK or cooking, good ref; answer
by card 2428 18th st. NV. 49,
MAID. colored, neat, good cook, general
houseworker;. full or part time; good APP
pearance; reference. North 1892 -
WOMAN from virginia wants general house
work: stay nights. Call Met. 0059.
WOMAN. colored. wishes place as cook;
stay nights North 46l5-J. Call mornings.
WOMAN, colored. wants position as cook;
can stay at night. North 1881. 14bS Que
st. NV.
WOMAN, neat, colored, wants work as maid
or cook; no laundry; best references. can
Adams 5484. l1-
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HELP-MEN AND WOMEN.

MEN OR WOMEN, colored, several, to learn
the real estate business: good opportunity
70 earn while you learn and ultimately set
your own income limit; not necessary TO
give up your present employment until you
feel justified in doing So Your principal
qualifications are integrity and energy. II
interested mail postal and get all informa-
ton. Address BOX 1897, Star ONCE.
WANT PROTESTANT MEN. WOMEN for
members and field workers, secret fraternal
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every few hours to the edge Of q gale-swept cliff
where the bell is hung. History contains several
instances where q woman has stood by the fog bell
for an entire night, striking 1t regularly with all
her might by hand, when the clockworks mechanism
was disabled. Observation-Disclosures As Life
savers.
Nn rishts protected Trade De-. mark registered o.
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INSTRUCTION COURSES.

JAZZ, POPULAR MUSIC IN 10 LESSONS;
n you buy instrument. Christensen School.
1ls nth 81. W, Dist. 1913. Free booklet.
gHOT TEST and one Of the most reasonable
courses TO learn-telephone switchboard op-
eratine. Est. 1918 oxford Bldg, 18th 81. al
CONTRACT BRIDGE MADE EASY. IN
etruction BY q qualified teacher. Cali M.
CfssEL. Potomac 5i33, after IN, daily. izs
LEARN BEAUTY CULTURE AT THE Ma
belle Honour School tEst. 1919. Inyssti-
rate our Economy Courses" only $50. Easy
terms; day, eve classes. s1e 18th 81. NV
and 1926 N. n. ave. nv.
DRAFTsMEN AND DEsIdNERs ALWAYS
Y asma ne $50 star e otaca a' 'iS'
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Statesmen

have an unusual proposition for one or
two serious men who have had some ex-
perience in speciality selling. A complete line
Of nationally advertised household appliances
Offers constant opportunity 70 make money.
502 10th ST. NV.
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1917 L St NV.
Optometrist Graduate

--wsshington license, with knowledge Of
shop work: ore who can also assist behind
counter. state experience and salary eE-
pected. Address Box 1891. star once. ~
SALESMAN-Must be expert
enced in shoes and furnishings.
Ask for Mr.. Luh, Eiseman's, 9TH
and T St. NV.
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NASH SPECIAL sEDAN-s5o down, SIS
per mo. Looks hne; Al condition: guAran-
teed. Warrington Motor Co., 2o3S nth NV.
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NASH 1928 CABRIOLET-S50 down, $40 per
mo. Excellent condition; looks hne; guar
anteed: Warrineton Motor Co., 2o36 nth
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MARQUETTE, 1880 SEDAN, 4-door; actual
mileage less than 10000; new tires and fully
equipped this car is equal to new in every
respect; $3.50 and really worth much more;
30-day guarantee. H b. Leary, Jr., e Bros,
1921 l4th. North $500.
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NASH 1929 ADV. SEDAN-Si00 down, $40
per mo. fine car in k-1 condition; s-ply
tires; guaranteed. WARRINGTON Motor Co.,
2035 nth NV Pot 0O44
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sporty rumble-seat coupe; six wire wheels.
other extras: S375. Only $40 down, year
to pay. Pohanka Service, 1925 goth st. NV
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tifui two-tone tan Duco. A much better car
than you expect to buy for only sass. Tri-
angle Motor Co, ". Y ave. NV.
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MARMON sEDAN--e-cyl; SIS down. tas per
mo-; looks new; runs fine; new tires; guar
anteed. Wsrrinston Motor Co., 2035 18th
NV. Pot o044
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OLDSMOBILE COACH. Io3l-DemonstratoY:
used only a few hundred miles; many extras;
antee; liberal discount. Pohanka Service.
1875 10th St NV North 0347
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YOU ARE THE LOSER

1915 Overland Coach, good ........... Sse
1927 Chevrolet Coupe, rumble ......... so
1923 Oakland Sedan, runs o. &. s9
1927 Chevrolet Coupe. very good. 60
1927 Buick Sedan, runs fine ........... 125
1928 ChrysleP Roadster, fine, rumble 21s
1925 Graham-Paige, very good ........ $50
1929 Ford Sedan, perfect, cheap 900. $50
1880 Ford Coupe, like new, rumble. go. $50
1880 Chevrolet Coach, like new. ...... $50
1890 Chevrolet Coupe, rumble, hne.... $50
1880 Plymouth Coupe, like new. $50
1880 Pontiac Sedan. like new......... 495
1881 Plymouth Coach, used few miles. 495
1881 Plymouth Sedan, like new. 49,. 599
1880 Graham-PaiRe Sedan, 4-speed..... 599
ie3i De soto Six Sedan like new. 72S
1851 De soto 5 Coupe .................. us
NATIONAL AUTO SALES CO.,
De Soto and Plymouth Factory Dealers,
"a New York Ave NE
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PEERLESS 1919 81 sEDAN-SiO0 down. $50
per mo. Almost new; AL: new tires; guar
anteed Wsrrington Motor Co, 3osS l7th
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be proud to own; finish like new; new tires
Pohanka Service, 1126 20th st. NV. North
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LOCOMOBILE LIMOUSINE, ie3e-Painted
dark blue. equipped with 4-wheel brakes ant
quick sale, SAYS Warheld Motor Co, Dec
Sil0. 1850 Conn. ave NV. Terms
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sITUATIoN-D0MESTIC.
COOK. general houseWorker, colored woman (;
exceptionaiiy competent, very neat pest Lett-
erenees; good laundress; also oays WoiA
COOK houseWofk, no laundry, b. Capable
coiored woman. Col. 4o0t.W. -
COOK, housework, no laundry, By capable
colored woman. North 46O1-W .----
COOK excellent. colored, neat, high-class
servant; does housemaid, mothers heiper ot
part time; reference. Dec. 0651.
COOK and general HORSEPOWER. coloreo.
II desired; references. Col. 1886. -
COOK and houseworker, white, middle Age,
experienced; good references. Address BoA
1927, Star once.
COOK houseWoFk no laundry, By capable
colored woman. North zeoi-W.
GIRL, refined, colored, wishsa, place for
dress s16i Sherman ave: NV. -
GIRL, coiored, wants chamber work or walt
GGi Eef&s Phone Potomac eo0e~Js
Smyrna times., 1931-11-18
Eastern Shore q

Eastern Shore grangers
again demand corporal pun
ishment for chicken thieves,
and those Of Dorchester-Tal-
bot counties have named a
committee to confer with the
officials to protect their coops
and henneries against the
raids Of marauders. Other
counties Of that part of Mary
land have made similar de-
mands in recent months and
perhaps the grangers of the
two counties have come the
nearest to having the protec-
tion they seek. 1t is obvious
that the thieving must be
stopped or chicken raising
abandoned, but Maryland hes
itateS in taking action. Com
menting on this the Every Ev-
ening says: ''We believe the
state has a post for the dis
couragement of the offense of
wife-beating, but she rarely
turns to it except when cases
of unusual brutality are dis
closed. While the lash has
not entirely put chicken thiev-
es out of business in our own
state, there is a conviction
that it spares many fine fowls
from the robbers, Anti-whip-
ping addicts must be losing
their hostility to corporal pun
ishment now that it is sought
as a penalty for wife beating
and chicken thieving in sever
Al states"
Smyrna times., 1931-11-18
Warning About Neglect
Credited to Franklin

The authorship of the old saying
about "for want of a nail a king
dom was lost" is attributed to Ben
jamin Franklin. In the preface of
his Poor Richards Almanack for
175S," Richard Saunders, the name
Franklin assumed in the writing,
quotes a man named Father Abra-
ham as saying: And again, he Rich
ard adviseth to circumspection
and care, even in the smallest
matters. because sometimes a little
neglect may breed great mischief,
adding, for want of a nail, the
shoe was lost; for want of a shoe
the horse was lost; and for want
of a horse the rider was lost, be-
ing Overtaken and slain by the
enemy, all for want of care about
a horseshoe nail" No historical in
cident Of the nature is known, and
it is believed that Franklin in
vented the story. IN old school read
ers, Franklin's precept is given as
follows: For the want of a nail the
shoe was lost; for the want of
4 shoe the horse was lost; for the
want of a horse the rider was lost
for the want Of a rider the battle
was lost; for the want of a battle
the kingdom was lost-and all for
the want Of horseshoe nail"
Smyrna times., 1931-11-18
Flowers Prominent in
Every Age of Mankind

The love of flowers seems to be
an innate thing, a mysterious power
that has always had a part in the
affairs of men. The Greeks were
fond of flowers, especially those hav
ing a pleasant perfume. They used
them ia oll kinds of decorations and
In their religious ceremonies. The
Greeks and Romans both loved roses
and used them extensively, and Cleo
patra was most extravagant in her
use of roses, spending huge sums
of money for them. OF all peoples
it is said the Hindu has the most
sincere love for flowers, having as
well a mystic understanding of
flower life. He visits his garden
with reverence, talks TO the flow
ers. and weaves fanciful stories
around them.
Long, long before the Christian
era poets sung the praises of flow
ers, the rose always occupying
prominent place in the ceremony.
Dedication to the gods was one
of the many honors heaped upon
this popular queen of the garden.
Smyrna times., 1931-11-18
Must Have Astonished
Good Bishops Audience

One of the leading broadcasting
experts said in an interview in Gin
cinnat:
Nearly everybody makes some
fluke or other on first talking into
a microphone. The usual fiuke is
to say, when your speech is over,
There. I hope they heard me all
right and those last words Of
course, go out on the ether along
with your prepared speech.
81 remember the case of a dear
old bishop. He wound up a radio
sermon, And if we obey these
blessed precepts we will all meet,
dearly beloved, in heaven And
then he turned to me and said, I
don't think l was too Iongwinded,
do your
We'll, 1 tried to pull out the
switch so that the public wouldn't
hear that last question of the bish-
ops, but 1 wasn't quick enough.
The words. I don't think got
past me, and the result was that
the bishops radio congregation
heard his eloquent sermon end like
this:
"'And If we obey these blessed
precepts we will all meet, dearly
beloved, in heaven-I don't think F"
Smyrna times., 1931-11-18

The rise in the prices of
wheat and corn is heartening
to depressed farmers. I'm
fortunately it means little
present help to most Della
ware wheat growers because
they were compelled to mar
ket their crops at harvest
time at around 40 cents per
bushel. The Dover Index in
commenting on this suggests
that the Department of Agri-
culture might we'll be prohib-
tied from further indulgence
in its misleading and hurtful
estimating of crops and crop
conditions.
Before and at harvest time
the department news was
gloomy indeed. Not only were
we told that we had a bumper
crop which with the carry
over far exceeded our needs
and that of available markets
but that other wheat growing
countries were in the same
condition, particularly Russia,
that was threatening to dump
on the world wheat at any
price that it could get for it.
"To add to this was the un-
marketed holdings of the
Farm Board which might be
put on the market at the
whim of the board despite the
protest of the growers and the
advice of the President.
'1f the agricultural depart
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InpersoIl's Eloquence

The following is the excerpt from
Ingersoll's famous speech in which
he characterized James G. Blaine
as a plumed knight:
Our country, crowned with the
vast and marvellous achievement of
its first century. asks for a man
worthy Of the past and prophetic
of her future; asks for a man who
has the audacity Of genius; asks
for a man who Is the grandest
combination Of heart, conscience and
brain beneath her fiag-such man
is James G. Blaine. Like an
armed warrior, like plumed knight,
James G. Blaine marched down the
halls Of the American congress and
threw his shining lance full and
fair against the brazen foreheads
Of the defamers Of his country and
the maligners Of his honor"
Smyrna times., 1931-11-18
Americans Interest in
Sleepy Little Sulgrave

There is great charm in the little
town Of Sulgrave of not more than
400 inhabitants so far from the
ways Of railroads and modern traf-
fic. 1t is of old houses of the Tudor
times, although there are of course
few modern dwellings. Sulgrave
was mentioned in the DOmesday
book, that earliest record of our
Saxon ancestors which William the
Conqueror had compiled to show
how rich was the land of his CON
quest. But the town, although
greatly interesting TO the historian,
does not especially concern us until
it was purchased by Lawrence
Washington when he was twice
mayor of Northampton. 1t has
been cOnclusively proved by recent
investigation that this Lawrence
Washington was the direct ances-
tor of George Washington and that
Sulgrave manor by right of descent
belonged to him. AS a gift TO ce-
ment the hundred years peace be-
tween the two great English-speak-
ing nations it was purchased by the
British peace centenary committee
in 1914, along with ten acres of land
and handed over to the Sulgrave in
stitution to be an active center of
work for the furtherance Of Anglo
American friendship.-Boston Her
aid.
Smyrna times., 1931-11-18
Dives With Her Babies

The grebe is a tiny bird endowed
with a wonderful amount of cum
ming. She hides her nest in a man.
ner that makes it impossible for
any human to discover, but it is
when the five tiny young appear
that the parents bring out their
cunning. You will seldom see them,
although the babies are able to swim
and dive short distances a few
hours after they leave their shells.
II there is the slightest sign of dan
ger, the mother gives the alarm cry,
and instantly the diminutive birds
scuttle across the water to her. She
lifts both wings, and all five scram-
BILE underneath. Then she brings
her wings to her side, with her
family safely hidden underneath,
dives with them, and carries them
under water to a place of safety.
Smyrna times., 1931-11-18
Birth of Great Industry

The first salt to be obtained from
spring water In New York state was
crudely manufactured by the
French Father Simon lie Moyne
In 1853, according to recent pub
lIcation of the New York state mu-
scum. While an visit to the Onon-
dago Indians during that year a
fountain was shown to him from
which he was to obtain salt as
natural as that from the sea-" Up
to that time the only salt made in
the state was got from the COM
paratively weak brines Of the ocean.
From such small beginnings has the
states present large salt indus
try grown.
Smyrna times., 1931-11-18
Two Men CARLYLE Honored

Two men l honor, and no third.
First. the toil-worn craftsman that
with earth-made implements labor
iously conquers the earth and
makes her mans. Venerable to
me is the hard hand. crooked.
coarse.
A second man | honor. and still
more highly: Him who is seen toll
ing, for the spiritually indispens-
able; not daily bread, but the bread
of life. These two in all degrees
| honor; all else is chaff and dust,
which let the wind blow whittier it
isteth.-Thomas Carlyle in "Sartor
Resartus."
Smyrna times., 1931-11-18

THE SMYRNA TIMES is an Independent
paper devoted to the welfare of the town
Il represents and the State of which 1t
is part. 1t also gives the Items ..
imnortance of the Eastern Shore Of
Maryland.
VERTTSEMENTS-T Smyrna Times
"a the business medium not only for the
.own it represents. but for the outlying
district of which it is the center. EN-
cbaswold Townsend, Leipsic. &c. A rate
of SO cents per inch an insertion charg-
ed for transient advertising. Season or
yearly display advertising rates quoted
on application. For Sale. for rent
Tost and Found advertisements occupy
M one inch space or less. minimum
charge of so cents per insertion Public
Sale advertisements rs cents per inch
sach subsequent insertion. Locals and
Reading Notices. IS cents Per line per
issue.
Smyrna times., 1931-11-18
Americans Use Most Power

Some years ago farm power
survey showed that each farm work
er in the United States produced
more than six times as much farm
products as the average Italian
farm worker, and used 2.05 horse
power as compared to 10 horse pow
er for the Italian worker. Now the
average Nebraska farmer with more
than horse power available is
able to produce IS times as much
as the average Italian. This diff
ference In productive capacity ac-
counts largely for the difference in
their scale of llving.-Wisconsin Ag-
riculturist.
Smyrna times., 1931-11-18
MAY USE DESERT WASTES
Mankind, 1t is Declared. May Make
Vast Desert Lands Serve Pur-
pose In Time to Come

Whoever finds cheap way to sep
arate water and salt will change the
face of the world. Deserts, accord
ing to the late Prof. Percival Low
ell, are the beginning of the end of
life upon the earth, and they are
widening. Lower California and
the west coast of Mexico. Central
and South America down to Cape
Horn are arid most of the year.
Australia is ringed around with wa
ter and vast stretches of barren
beaches. The Sahara and Arabia
are bone-dry all year Yet here are
the seas, covering more than three
fourths Of the earth, used by US
merely to sail on and fish in.
In every 100 pounds of sea water
there are only three and one-half
pounds Of salty materials, three
fourths Of the salts being sodium
chloride, or common salt. If we
know how to separate the salt and
water economically, we could drive
back the deserts from every shore.
Nature knows one way; she evap-
crates the water, leaving the salt
behind, and then condenses the va
por into rain. On ships at sea, man
makes use of the same process, but
this evaporation process is too ex-
pensive for use ashore. Unless will
ing to let nature take it's course,
multiplying man will in time have
to tackle the water problem in a
new way.-Los Angeles Times.
Smyrna times., 1931-11-18

ment service is worth any
thing why could it not get the
real facts and encourage the
holding of wheat instead of
influencing its sale? We are
not sure that for all the real
good it does the farmers the
Department Of Agriculture
might well be abolished as has
been suggested"
Smyrna times., 1931-11-18
Knew His Host

He was well known to his friends
for his weakness for extravagant
living and a distinct aversion to
paying anybody when he could pos
sibly avoid it; and the other day,
having taken and furnished a some
what sumptuous fiat, he invited
some of his friends to dinner.
Don't you Think" he asked
proudly, as he was showing them
round the place, that it's rather
nicely furnished? Don't you con-
slider deserve great credit for it?'
You do" remarked one of the
party dryly, "and / should imagine
you've got 1t, too"
Smyrna times., 1931-11-18
Another Theory

A child expert from the University
of Toronto announces that mothers
are harmful to children, especially
unframed mothers, and that an hour
and a half day is about all the
time they should be allowed to
spend in the presence of their chill
dren. Try this on the new moth
er with her first baby and note
carefully the reaction.-Minneapolis
Journal.
Smyrna times., 1931-11-18

One OF our exchanges Has
this to say of the depression
business everywhere is suffer-
ing: ''Fear is holding this
country back from a return to
normal business. A dozen of
the leading business men in
the United States when asked
what the chief cause Of the
continuance of the present de-
preston was, gave answers
which all amounted to an
agreement with the above
statement.
Fear is holding millions Of
dollars in dead storage. Fear
keeps people who have money
from spending it; not only the
fear that their supply might
run out, but fear that the
purchase by them of a new
car. new clothes or some other
articles would bring down
upon them the criticism of
their friends and neighbors
who might not be able to
make such purchases at this
time.
"But perhaps if you bought
that car from your neighbor
or ordered some articles that
might be in his store, he in
turn could place an order for
some fall stock, and the man
ufacturer back somewhere
could employ some men to
make up the order.
'It is an endless chain. Re
move fear from the thoughts
and consciousness of the aver
age citizen and in proportion
as this is done will the chan
nels Of trade open up and nor
nal times come back.
eff 10 per cent Of the hid
den dollars Of the people Of
this country were brought
from their hiding places and
put 70 work, the unemplOy-
ment situation would be soIv-
ed at once.
"Now is the time to help.
If you have a real need for
some household articles, for
clothing, or a new car or re-
pairs to the house, make them
now. Now is the time to re
lieve the suffering Of hun
dreds and thousands, by be
ing unselfish enough to spend
a little extra money that may
have been held for the fu-
Smyrna times., 1931-11-18

Published Every Wednesday Afternoon, oy
P n HOFFECKER. Proprietor.
Founded by Robert D. Hoffecker. July o.
1854. Editor and Proprietor until Feo-
ruary 10. 1907