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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-23
PARKING LAW AMENDED

The District Commissioners yesterday
adopted several amendments 10 the
traffic regulations relating to parking
One Of the regulations removes the re-
striction on parking on the south side
OF H street between Massachusetts, ave-
nue. and Seventh street. on account of
the recent widening Of the street
Another prohibits parking at any time
on Grace street between Wisconsin ave-
nue. and Potomac street. Parking Is
forbidden at any time on the east side
of Sixteenth street northeast from Ben
ming road 10 Rosedale street and on the
west side of Fourteenth street from
G9rard TO Newton street from 8 to 9 80
q m and on the east side Of Four
tenth street from to 8 pm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-23
DRY AGENT SLAYER
is ELECTROCUTED
Execution Ends Three Year Court
I Fight to Avoid Electric
Chair.
nv the Associated Press.

M1LLEDGEVILLE, Ga. May % up.
Burnley Adams was electrocuted at
1928 am. yesterday for the Staying Of
walter Tolbert, prohibition agent, In
Columbia County In February, 1928.
The execution ended q three-year
legal fight by Adams attorneys to save
him from the chair. The case was car
RED to the State Supreme Court three
times and once to the United States
Supreme Court. Three times he had
been denied clemency by Gov. Hard
man.
Adams last attempt TO escape the
chair failed last. night when Federal
Judge Bascom s. Deaver at Macon re-
fused to grant q writ Of supersedas.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-23
Dog Valued at 500 Stolen.

A black greyhound. owned by Pat
rick J. Bligh and valued at 500, was
stolen yesterday from 1903 Pennsyl-
vania avenue, 1t was reported to police
A man was said to have been seen
near Twentieth street and Pennsyl-
Yania avenue, leading the dog away
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-23
SEA SCOUTS TO CRUISE
District Council Announces Dates
Set for Each Two-week Voyage.

Sea Scouts Of the District Of Column
bia Will go on series of two-week
cruises this year, the first to be from
June % TO July aboard the Argo. the
Sea Scout craft, it is announced through
the District Of Columbia Council, Boy
Scouts Of America.
The second cruise will be from Au-
gust ! to Is, and September to l6 is
tentatively named for the duration of
the third cruise. Some Is Sea Scouts
viii be taken on each cruise They win
be selected in the order Of the dates on
Which their applications for the cruises
are filed, with preference accorded
those who have served on the Argo.
The dates Of short week end cruises
viii be announced later, 1t is stated
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-23

Richard DIX
/ ds on its
m e I o d ramatic
way in the Of
fering now at
R-K-O Keith's.
The two, in
rough setting,
make good en-
tertainment, al
{ h o u G h the
gangster fea-
lures show lit
tie originality,
and the story
itse If, made
from d 1 g
70 err" by
Rex Beach, Is OF
interest chiefly
ha1mVamA a. "a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-23
MISSING WIFE SOUGHT

Police Asked to Help Find Mrs.
Mary z. McClanahan, az.
Police have been asked to aid in the
search for Mrs. Mary E. McClanahan.
%, who Is reported to have left her
home, at 81 K street northeast, yester-
day. The report was made by David
z. McClanahan, her husband, who said
that the woman took their 4-year-old
child TO the home of relatives before
she left, taking all her clothing with
Mechanism said he called at the
home Of friends with whom hts wife
had previously visited near Anadale, Va,
but was told she was not there.
The woman, who is about 5 feet tall.
has blue eyes. black hair and weighs
las pounds, her husband reported. She
was dressed in blue hat and coat and
yellow dress when she left, he said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-23

Japanese manufacturers Of the ma
tive instrument, the samisen o kind of
banjo, have dedicated . bronze statue
in q famous Buddhist temple TO the
cats and dogs, which provide the strings
and drumheads for them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-23
Textile Merger Planned.

LONDON. May 20 (P).-Six of Ian
cashire's most important manufacturers
OF textile machinery, whose total capt.
tai exceeds $36,500, 900, are considering
a merger
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-23
From the 'FRONT.' Row


''DonOvan's Mid"
Presents an Emotional Juvenile.
JACKIE COOPER, who In more
of Q personality than O dis
tinguished artist, has been
~ dignified by advancement frcm
the humble ranks Of o natural
comedian. by Hollywood decree, and
nov moves along the highway that
leads to emotional acting Of the
juvenile type. In "Donovan's Kid"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-23

More Shan 1,000, 900 crabs werGmcaught
on the Norfslk coast Of England last
wee
Evening star., 1931-04-21
BEDTIME STORIES
BY THORNTON
". BURGESS

the top Of Mrs. Yellow Wings head.
But Speckles was very much en-
gagged with Yellow Wing at that mo-
ment and by the time he could come tc
her aid it was too late. Some feathers
had come out and Mrs. Speckles had
lost her grip. BY this time news Of the
fight had reached the Old Orchard and
all the nsighbors were hurrying over tc
watch 1t. All were shrieking encourage
ment and advice to the Yellow Wings
but no one offered to help. 1t really
wasn't thsir business, you know, and ii
never is wise to mix in a neighbor-
hood quarrel.
Finally Speckles dashed in from one
side and Mrs. SpeckleS dashed in from
the other side at the same time They
struck Yellow Wing together. He lost
his hold and all three tumbled to the
ground. Such a mix-up as followed
First one was en- top. and then another
The feathers few and none of the on
lockers could tell who was getting the
best of 1t. They gathered in a circle
around the fighters, all screaming ex-
citedly. Speckles had wanted a fight
and he certainly was getting it. Yes
sir, he was getting it,
Mrs. Yellow Wing was leaning so far
out her doorway that it was a wonder
she didn't tumble out. She was scream
ing encouragement TO Yellow Wing and
growing more and more excited every
minute. Presently she saw that Yellow
Wing was getting the worst of it, and
quite forgetting the need of guarding
that doorway, flew down to aid him.
(Copyrisht. 1s31)
Evening star., 1931-04-21
DOROTHY DIX'S LETTER BOX
Shall the Boy in Love With Crippled Girl Marry
Her Despite His Friends Warnings?

DEAR IN a S
crippled She wouldn't take beauty
courtship
able to get along with But we pretty miserable
onpS @ 20 spos @ % ETC. and her friends say she viii H lucky She % lands
me right? I they
tnue to cause trouble? BOY FROM IOWA
marrying the girl, friends
going to live with wife they or you? It seems to me that the i'm
spend WITH that
tell medding
live happily
crippled misfortune
be glad that physical blemh and not her character
million
a
in her temper
perfection
married crippled he fine and intelligent and
not his
him all the better be all the nderer him his
fortune
with
but ne girl can SIT at home and suck her thumbs for
think their wives weight hair sufficient for 7orsakng
swimmer Probably could
the thing the world that
girls ability skill
under the head good investments for there short time
for goal for the mothers take Of their youngsters
seldom figure much either the ball floor the links
girl is intelligent talented sympathetic and
and her tongue ana who undands well enough to know how
handle him before marriage the attractions that fail
ceased girl good
sports has forgotten her games DOROTHY DIX
Evening star., 1931-04-21
Household Methods
BY BETSY CALLISTER.

"I do hope you can help me to restore
the old finish to some fine old family
furniture that has just come into my
possession Some members OF the fam
ily foolishly vanished it and to begin
with I suppose I will have to remove
the varnish, which gives 1t shiny ap-
pearance that 1 do not like. l do not
want to use varnish remover If it Will
tnture the finish of the wood in any
way. What would you suggest?"-E.
M r.
The best thing would be to send the
furniture to an expert and have him
do it. But If this is out Of the question
you can get good results in the follow
ing way without running the risk of
injuring the wood: Apply the varnish
remover and let it stay on about Is
minutes. Then rub of the remover
and the varnish with soft cloths and
wash of with wood alcohol. Then soak
a clean cloth in lemon oil and sprinkle
little powdered pun1ice on the wood
and rub with the lemon oil, working
with the grain of the wood After this
rub with a good furniture wax, and
leave a generous coat of wax on the fur
niture for an hour. Then rub gently
with the grain Of the wood with soft
cloth.
(Copyright. 1e3l)
Evening star., 1931-04-21

and Joined us in the onslaught on the
numerous edibles there displayed
Champagne, sherry, port, whisky
punch and, in fact, every kind and
quality of wine or liquor that come first
to hand satisfied their wants.
"A rather tall and gaunt japanese
that sat next to me drank them all and
was, of course, rather merry afterward
The various toasts Of the evening were
Japan and California, may they bt
united by steam and commerce and
The ladies of Japan, may be become
better acquainted with them
In the course of the afternoon the
commodore made his appearance or
deck with the commissioners and said
Gentlemen, we will now adjourn tc
hear the minstrels.'
"A profound silence followed by q
shrill whistle from one of the japanese
followed this.
THE commodore looked grave (nc
one appreciate a joke less than he
does). However, all hands proceeded to
the place Of amusement. thought
that the commissioners would have
died with suppressed laughter (for they
never laughed out, as we did,
II looked, and to my astonishment
saw an arm placed affectionately
around the commodore's neck, the arm
being that of the chief commissioner
(what will not champagne do?).
And thus closed a days amuse-
ment"
The next entry that Sproston made
was the simple statement
This day has the treaty Of amity
and friendship been signed"
Evening star., 1931-04-21
LITTLE BENNY
BY LEE PAPE.
Rain.
By FANNY Y. CORY.

Sailers and firemen often have colds
in the he'd but they never carry UNI
brella no matter how hard its raining,
while men with rubbers and old ladies
always carry umbrella even II 1t ony
looks part ways cloudy and catch cold
the same as everybody eltS.
This proves life is short and the ony
thing to do is act naturel and take a
chance.
Ducks think the weather is perfeck
on rainy day and are never absolutely
comfortable unless their feet are wet,
while on the other hand human beans
think wet feet are one of the werst sines
they can have, especially II they get
SneeZy at the same time.
This proves your ideerS depend on the
way you are brawt up.
Some people are sure its going to
rain Just because there's one cloud in
the sky looking for more, while others
wunt to bet its not going to rain even
If its been laundering all day and a
drop comes down and hits them on the
nose. But no matter what they bleeve,
If they get cawt out In 1t the taller
charges them the same price to press
their clothes.
This proves we are all born equal.
No matter how good Of argewer q
fellow is, he generally has to stay in the
house when it rains even II he has a
raincot, gunr boots and a umbrella as
result Of different presents.
This proves riches are useless with
out independents.
Evening star., 1931-04-21
What Wife Should Know.

Because women are commonly sup
posed to know or understand little about
business affairs, they are often sub
jected to hardships upon their hus-
bands deaths. Unfamiliar with their
business interests and holdings, it is
easily seen that a dishonest partner or
corporation may swindle the widow.
There is no sensible reason why wife
should not know what to do when her
husband dies. If she cannot understand
verbal instructions, she should have her
husband put in writing just where and
how she will stand. Frequently there
arc family lawyers and friends to safe
guard the widow, but as frequently
there are not.
wives talk these matters over with
their husbands every night. A wife
children as well, to know these vital
facts. In cases where the husband is
salaried worker, there Is little to
know-simply that his insurance is
paid up, that any benefits accruing
may be collected and that he is not
owed any back pay or bonuses.
Men in the service of Federal, State
or city governments are sometimes en-
titled to some sort of death benefit
entitled to their pensions. Shares in CO.
operative stores, loan associations and
the like may ago be liquidated by the
widow. Membt~ hip in workmen's be-
nevolent societies may confer benefits
Also
Unless there has been a previous
agreement in most States, a partner
ship is dissolved upon the death of one
of the partners. The business may
either be liquidated or the surviving
partner may buy out the interest of the
deceased one. Husbands should keep
in their compartments Of the safe an
up-to-date statement of the condition
Of their businesses.
Widows experience their greatest diff
f1culties in cases where their husbands
are officers in closed corporations. Their
stock usually has little market value,
and corporation may wait indefinitely
to redeem the stock or call II in. If
others will not buy it, the widow may
Evening star., 1931-04-21
Beads i'm Warm Weather Styles
BY MARY MARSHALL.

chalk-white beads to break up and use
In connection with some of your colored
beads.
The sketch shows some Of the new
necklaces that may help you in making
over old ones A new trick is to string
the beads in single strand arrangement
at the back with a three-strand ar
rangement at the front.
Another new type of necklace con.
sists of two or three strands of graded
lengths. You may have a number OF
chokers that may be made use of in
this way. One of the newest necklaces
of this sort consists of strand Of
chalk-wflite beads, then one of red and
then one of black, the white circling
the neck. with the red little larger
and the black largest of all.
Red coral is combined with black
beads or turquoise and white coral is
combined with metal or colored beads
of all sorts. Large beads and square
PLAQUES are used to give weight to neck.
iaces at the front and rondels are placed
between beads for the sake Of variety
Evening star., 1931-04-21
SPRINCTIME
By d. C. PEATTH.

There are for every human being
odors that mean home and happiness
and they do not necessarily come under
the classification of perfumes, if by
that Is meant a honeyed and penetrat-
ing sweetness, like the sort that comes
out OF bottle. And every nature lover
would rather be able to breathe the
aroma of lichen and moss and fern
than all the distillations Of the Paris
perfumers.
Now in the woods a little flower
begins to open its strange blossoms
and nobody, suppose would grant that
and jonquils have perfume. Nothing
so elegant-a mere smell. But the pun
gent emanation from the small red
trillium that holds up its petals, stiff
as three little soldiers, Is a fragrance
peculiarly dear to me. 1t makes me
think of the white-throat's song OF
farewell, of the cardinals shout OF
Joy in the Spring, of the rush Of show
ers on the roof Of the forest and the
smell OF wood smoke in old country
kitchens.
There are trilliums that have ex-
quisite perfumes and some that smell
badly. There are great white ones anc
the species called painted trilliums.
Here in the District we have only the
small red species, with the leaves mot
tied in three shades of green. There
are always three leaves, three sepals
three petals, three styles and twice
three stamens. It has the perfect tri-
Symmetric flower design, hence its
name, tri-llium. Country people call 1t
wake robin, and John Burroughs named
a book Of nature essays after it.
Following the color-blind writer's OF
books, I have, I see, referred to the
flower as red. But, in truth. the petals
are maroon, and the fragrance that
arises from them is little like that Of
crushed strawberries and lemon pleas
antly blended. The odd thing is that
several other flowers, at opposite ends
of the kingdom of the Towering plants
have the same odor and the same ma
roon-colored, fleshy petals. Among them
are the strawberry-bush or sweet
shrub or calycanthus, which Is not
found nearer than the Blue Ridge, and
the pawpaw flower, which is in bloom
in marshy woods of the District now
have asked many botanists to ex-
plain to me why the color maroon
should be accompanied in flowers BY
this strawberry-le lemon odor, but without
receiving a satisfactory answer.
More than I7,0oo,oo0.0oo postag'
stamps are issued annually In tht
United States.
Evening star., 1931-04-21
Hungarian Goulash.

Cut pounds of beef into pieces
about an inch square and put them
into a saucepan With three pintS CT
water. two chopped onions, two chop
ped carrots. teaspoonful of kitchen
bouquet and good seasonings. Simmer
for an hour before thickening the gravy
and adding two tablespoonfuls each of
Chilli sauce and tomato catsup. Let
simmer for another hour, add a dash
of paprika and serve with boiled rice
and baked tomatoes
Evening star., 1931-04-21

IN q stiff point. He was fighting de-
1ensive battle and his head, with its
beautiful red band across the back,
1unged this way and that way as
Speckles and Mrs Speckles few at
|. him. The Starlings were little smaller
Athan Yellow Wing, but they more than
made up for this by the qutckness OF
their movements. yellow Wing is nat
urally little slow and clumsy. Besides,
they were two TO one.
Mrs. Yellow Wing could take no part
IN the fight because she did not dare
aeave the house unoccupied, Az long as
she filled the doorway, or protected 1t
from within with her long sharp bill,
neither Of those StarlingS could get in.
% she had TO be satisfied with scream
ing and calling names and urging yell
low Wing on. Poor Yellow Wing was
doing his best, but he was In a. poor
position for fighting; he was getting
much the worst Of it. While he was
striking at Speckles there would be a
chance for Mrs. Speckles TO dash in and
strike him from the other side.
"This is our house; we built it!'
hhrieked Mrs. Yellow Wing. Go away
and leave us alone you house stealing
foreigners
Now it wasn't true that Speckles and
AIrs. Speckles were foreigners, for they
had been hatched from eggs laid in the
Old Orchard. Speckles from a nest in
o hollow in an old apple tree and Mrs.
EpeckleS from q nest in a box put up
for some one else by Farmer Browns
Boy. What Mrs. Yellow Wing meant
was that they were not natives. The
Starting family Is not an American
family and has no business here. So
the StarlingS are regarded as foreigners
by the other feathered folk, and no one
viii have anything to do with them if
It can be helped. They are looked on
with much the same feeling as Bully
the English Sparrow and his family are
regarded.
THAT house was empty when we
found it, so we had a perfect right to
take It," retorted Mrs. Speckles, making
o sudden dash at Mrs. Yellow Wing
mo such thing" retorted Mrs. Yel-
low Wing, striking back. my nest was
IN It,"
'Nesti" shrieked Mrs Speckles.
"Nest! Do you call lot of chips a
nest? Help me pull her out Of there
Speckles! Help me pull her out.
Mrs. Speckles had managed by sud-
den dash TO get hold Of the feathers on
Evening star., 1931-04-21
SPANISH CREAM.

One pint milk, two eggs, half
cup sugar, half envelope gelatin.
Soak gelatin in half scant cup
cold water for two minutes, then
add one pint milk and beaten
egg yolks. Cook like soft custard,
take from stove and flavor, cool
slightly and then beat In whites
Of eggs, beat thoroughly. Turn
into molds and cool, put on ice.
Serve with cream. If made in
morning, will do for luncheon.
(Copyright, 1931)
Evening star., 1931-04-21
Fig Custard,

Take one pound Of best cooking figs
four eggs, two large cupfuls Of milk, and
one dessert spoonful of sugar. Wipe
the figs with a damp cloth and split
them. Butter plain mold large enough
to hold this quantity, and line it with
the split figs. Arrange them with the
seed sides up. Chop up any that are
left. Pour the milk, which has been
brought to boil, cnto the beaten eggs
and sugar, and some cornstarch, which
has been previously mo:stened in little
cold milk, just enough to thicken right
Add the chopped figs and pour very
carefully into the mold. Cover with
butter paper and steam gently until
firm,
Evening star., 1931-04-21
Straight Talks to Women About Money
BY MARY ELIZABETH ALLEN.

be left temporarily without any funds
whatsoever. For that reason more and
more men in such corporations have
standing agreements.
If one dies, the others must either
buy up his stock or wind up the busi-
ness within a definite period Of time.
The widow usually must give 80 days
notice before trying to sell the stock.
Evening star., 1931-04-21
THE STARS
DAILY PATTERN
SERVICE

Here's a darling bolero dress that
wins instant approval with the little
mademoiselle.
1t is a printed wool challis in a
fascinating mixture of soft yellow and
blue. The cute tuck-in blouse shows
striking contrast in yellow batiste ac-
cented by blue buttons.
The all-around box-plaited skirt
swayS so prettily and affords such per-
feet freedom.
1t is smart not only for immediate
wear but may be worn all through the
Summer for cool mornings, for resort.
Evening star., 1931-04-21

miral Perry's his
toric expedition In
1854 to open the
isolated empire of
Japan to western
commerce.
T he document,
written by John
Glendy Sproston,
was found by a
woman engaged in
preparations for the
establishment Of a
japanese division In
the library. Spros-
ton was an officer
in the expedition.
It was March %.
The United States
squadron lay at an
Evening star., 1931-04-21
Corn Chowder.

Cut two slices of salt pork into small
pieces, heat them and add a sliced
onion. Cook for five minutes. Add six
parboiled potatoes and a pint of boil
ing water and cook until the potatoes
are soft. Then add a can of corn,
half pint of hot milk, pepper and salt.
and heat to the boiling point. Serve
with large, plain biscuits
Evening star., 1931-04-21
Leather Furniture.

Leather-covered furniture, screens
boxes or books can be kept in perfect
condition during damp weather by rub
bing the leather frequently with a dry
soft flannel sprinkled with oil of cloves
which prevents the growth of those
minute vegetables that form mould.
Evening star., 1931-04-21

If you have beads to string prepare
20 string them nowl
Look through your boxes Of knick-
knacks and your bureau drawers and
make q collection of all the strings OF
beads, short or long, necklace or choker,
and let's see what can be done about
them to make them useful In your
Evening star., 1931-04-21

warm weather wardrobe. To begin
with you will need some silk to string
them on or if you like you may use
dental floss, and for the shorter neck
laces you will need few clasps, which
can be bought for a very small price.
Many of the new necklaces show in
teresting combinations of different sorts
of beads, SO the chances are that you
will be able to combine some of your
beads to advantage. Possibly you will
want to buy string of inexpensive
Evening star., 1931-04-21

speckles the Startling has said that
he wanted to fight. He was having II
now. Yellow Wing the Flicker has a
long, sharp bill, stout bill with which
he cuts holes in trees and poles and
posts. That bill is not only tool, but
also a weapon and Yellow Wing can
strike quite as hard with it in fighting
rs In working. Speckles soon found
this out, and after he had felt that bill
once or twice he became more careful.
yellow Wing clung to the telegraph
pole just below the doorway Of his new
house. He chung with his claws and
braced himself with the points of his
spread tail, each feather Of which ends
Evening star., 1931-04-21

negotiations were progressing toward a
treaty. Four Japanese ships approach
ed. japanese commissioners sought and
received permission to visit the admiral's
flagship.
give or six officers from this ship
(the Macedonian), I among them" ;"
wrote SproSton, started in boat for
the flag ship. . On the quarter deck
were arranged tables, or might say
a table, for they were placed so as TO
form one continuous array Of deli
cacies.
Having walked round the ship, they
(the Japanese) descended into the
cabin with the commander and the
captain.
"Their retainers remained on deck