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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-02
PROMINENT FARMER DIES
H. o. Graham of Near Lovettsville
succumbs at So to Paralysis.

LOVETTSVILLE, Va, November a.
Howard o. Graham, So years of age, a
prominent farmer of the Lovettsville
neighborhood, died at his home, near
Jovettsville. following an illness of sew
eral weeks OF paralysis. He was a son
of the late John Graham and life
long resident of the county.
Surviving are his widow, five sons.
John, Brunswick, Md; and Edgar, Fred,
Ralph and Ernest. at home, and one
daughter. Mrs. Mary Fry, living in
Maryland.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-02
MAN BLAMED METEOR
FOR BLAZE IN FOREST
Maryland Forester, However,
Doubts Story, SO Hartford Resi-
dent Pays for Damage.
BY stat Correspondent Of IRE Star.

BY star Correspondent OF IRE Star.
LAUREL. Nd, November District
Forester c. p. winslow refused TO fall
for a falling meteor story.
A Hartford County resident. charged
with the responsibility Of starting a
forest FIRE. tried 10 explain the blaze
vas started by a falling meteor.
Forester Winslow. however, persuaded
the man that such story would not
carry much weight with the judge, and
a settlement was made.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-02
DELEGATES RETURN
Arlington Business and Profession
al Women Back From Danville.
Special Dispatch to The star

Special Dispatch TO The Star
CLARENDON, Va, November a.
Mrs. Dorothy Dunn. Mrs. Catherine
Cohen, Mrs. Helen Collins and Mrs
Millicent Willis returned today from
Danville, Va where they attended the
Fall meeting Of the State Executive
Board OF the Virginia Federation of
Business and Professional Women's
Clubs. as delegates from the Arlington
County Business and Professional
Woman's Club.
In addition to reports Of various State
officers and chairman, Mrs. j. K.
Bowman, chairman of the Old Dominion
Convention recently held at Richmond.
gave a detailed report OF the handling
of that affair.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-02
Fake Death Shocks
Revelers as Heart
Attack Kills Man
nr n. h.soela,sa pre-.

wHTTESyTLIE. W. Va, No
yember Sam Bradley. 81. en-
route 10 a Halloween party. told
companions ne intended TO fan
upon the floor as though dead 20
frig1ten guests. He fell TO the
floor. but failed to arise. A
physician was called and pro-
nounced him dead Of heart dis
ease.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-03
Buying for Profit
BY GEORGE T. HUGHES.

Securities may be graded according as
they are responsive in market price to
changes in the earning power of the
corporation represented 1t is impossible
20 draw a line exactly between stocks
and bonds so responsive and those that
are not because the one shades into the
other and yet the distinction is an i'm
portant one.
An illustration will make the matter
palmer. No conceivable fuctuation in
the income of the United States Steel
Corporation would make any difference
N the market price of United States
Steel preferred stock. There are plenty
of preferred stocks of which that could
not be said. 1t could not be said of a
preferred issue of company which was
paying nothing on its common. 1t could
not be said of preferred issue which
was not seasoned, that is to say which
mad not long record of dividend pay
mentS. 1t could not be said of a pre-
ferred stock that represented new in
duStry regardless of whether or not
the common shareholders were receiving
returns on their investment.
Nevertheless in times of business de-
preston preferred stock falling into
any one of the positions described, often
presents an attractive buying oppor-
tUnity. If the company in which it is a
SlidAC 40 oOAC W OEJNAoO PAO1ILdDly WILLIE
others in the same field are operating
unprof1tably that preferred issues, as
Stunning that it is paying dividends, COM
bineS investment with speculative DOS
Sibilit1eS. It's investment position is be-
ing improved with improvement in earn
ing power and that gain must eventually
be translated into a higher market price.
One must be sure, however, that the
possibility of an advance is not mega
tived by technical considerations. One
of the most important of these is the
call price. The farther away from the
market the call price the better for the
investor. If the stock is non-callable it
is that much more attractive It hap
pens that most electric light and power
preferred stocks are callable but when
one can be found with sufficient spread
between the market and the call price,
selling to give yield higher than the
average and an equity in a company
with increasing earnings it furnishes al
most an ideal investment.
Copyright. 1917
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-03
METALS MARKETS
HAvELOWER TREND
Steel During Past Week Gen.
orally Quiet, With Demand
Checked by Stocks.
Nv the Associated Press.

2 by inc Associated EIeSSs
y NEW YORK, May Quiet condi-
tons prevailed in the steel market dur
ing the past week, with demand check
ed to some extent by recessions in the
stock market and an eased undertone
for some produce. Although a fairly
4, large volume Of structural orders are
In prospect, actual placing of contracts
was said to have been the smallest
for about three months, rejecting the
, cautious attitude of buyers. There is
some hope for improvement in demand
from the automobile industry owing to
some increase in output there. Buying
by railroads Is restricted. Steel ingot
production improved in some districts,
but declines elsewhere brought the to-
tai output down to about AZ per cent
of capacity. Price easiness was con-
fined largely to scrap. Demand for
pig iron is restricted but the price is
unchanged.
Reduction of copper prices to the
basis of 912 cents for electrolytic de-
livered in the Connecticut valley failed
and further concessions were made by
customs smelters late in the week. For
eign buying improved when the export
price was reduced but further easineSs
in London and domestic markets caused
this to taper off later. Producers are
maintaining prices owing to a belief
that consumers are in need of metal.
The decline in tin to the lowest
level since 1902 attracted improved buy
ing with the undertone steadier at the
close of the week. Easiness was at
tributed partly to an unfavorable view
of April statistics. which showed an
increase in Far Eastern stocks.
Lead eaSed about &c per pound from
recent levels under increased selling
pressure. Demand improved at the de-
cline, with consumers showing interest
In forward deliveries.
Zinc declined further owing to in
difference of buyers who confine pur-
chases to carload lots for prompt ship
ment.
Anthony remains quiet with quota
tons largely nominal.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-03
CURB PRICES MIXED
IN QUIET SATURDAY
More Active Shares Develop
Firm Tone Toward End of
Short Days Trading.
BY CLAUDE A. JAEGER,

NEW YORK, May 1.-THE curb mar
ket fiuctuated uncertainty in fairly quiet
trading today.
Most of the more active shares de-
veloped a firm tone toward the close,
but net gains and losses were mixed at
the finish. The days transfers approx
mated 100000 shares, making 1t the
auietest Saturday in three weeks.
The more actively traded oils were
steady to firm at the close. Gulf closed
a point and Standard Of Indiana p.
cities Service closed Il higher at Is
after an early sag. Standard OF Ohio,
however, lost about and Kentucky !.
In the utilities, Electric Bond &
Share and American & Foreign Power
warrants gained a point each, while
American Gas &c Electric and United
Light "A'' lost about as much. Middle
West was firm, closing up 70.
Coppers, now minor group IN this
market, sagged. Newmont and May
flower Associates each declined about 2
points to new lows.
American Meter and Dictaphone, two
lightly traded industrialS, dropped and
3 to new lows in a thin market. Crow
ley Miner, trading for the first time
this year, appeared at II, off z.
Parker Rust Proof gained and
Aluminium Co. l. Pilot Radio and Cord
Corporation we're firm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-03
FAILURES IN APRIL
SHOW BETTER TREND
InsoIvencGes for Month Decrease
From March and Same
Period Last Year.
Nv the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, May "A slightly bet
ter trend than has been shown in any
of the earlier months of the year was
shown in the April insolvency statistics,
r. G.. Dun & Co. reports.
The 1886 commercial failures in the
month just ended represented drop
of 68 per cent from the March total
of 1904, compared with 6.3 per cent
reduction in April last year from the
previous month. The April total COM
pared with 2,198 defaults for the like
month last year, representing an in
crease of TT per cent, compared with
an increase of 10.9 per cent shown by
the March total this year over the like
month of 1880.
The aggregate indebtedness involved
in the insolvencies last month was
$50,868,135, a decrease of nearly $10,-
100000 from March, and an increase
Of 3.5 per cent over the total for April
last year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-03
COMMODITY MARKETS
SEEN MORE ACTIVE.
Head of Chicago Board Of Trade
Forecasts Greater Interest
by Public.
BY the Associated Press.

ray, president of the Board of Trade,
expressed confidence today in a return
of broad public activity in the COM
modify markets with the abandonment
of Government sterilization operations.
Great value" he said, properly Is
attached to public investment and spec
ulative support of our commodity mar
kets. Such support, largely withdrawn
from the markets in the past year, is
expected by leading market analysts
and economists to return to commodi-
ties with the judicious handling of
Government stocks of wheat and cot
ton and the discontinuance of Govern
ment sterilization.
Broader activity in the grain mar
ket reflects the renewal of public inter-
est with the opening up of trading
through the regular channels"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-03
NOBEL PRIZE is $4,000
Value Has Increased Since Original
. Awards Were $37, 500.

STOCKHOLM (P).-Each CT the five
Nobel prizes for 1891 will amount to a
little more than $40 900, according 10
calculations Of the administrators of
the prize fund.
about S37.500.
The prizes are given for literature,
physics, chemistry, physiology or
medicine, and the cause of peace.
Scholarships are held by 1851 pupils
Of various claSsiflcations in London.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-03

The Westinghouse Electric plant in
East Pittsburgh received half-million
dollar order for locomotives from Chile
by telephone a short time after the
wire service was established.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-03

annual "Ex-dvdend
Payable
stock Plus 81 in m 81 il
stock. Plus BE p
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-03
CORPORATION EARNINGS.

earnings CT corporations reporting this
week, with comparisons with last year,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-03
INVESTMENT TRUSTS

NEW YORK, May 2 [P.-Over-the
counter market investment trust Sc
ci1ritinc
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-03
BONDS.


(Copyrlght. 1881 STANDARD statistlcs Col
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-03

Nearly three-quarters of a million
farms in the United States are using
electricity.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-06-05
A Pennsylvania Blue Law
(Cirnrd IN PhjIn TnU7iirpr

(Girard, in Phild. Inquirer)
A citizen of Stroudsburg sent
me this query:
Does Governor Pinchot fish
on Sunday"
] do not know whether or not
the Governor fishes on Sunday.
| do know that hundreds
Of Philadelphians of more or less
eminence during the trout sea-
son count those Sabbaths lost
which do not see them whipping
the bright waters of the PocOnO
region.
Weekend parties to the vari-
Gus beautiful trout preserves IN
the Poconos are quite the Phila-
delphia fashion.
Nor is Sunday a day of rest
for speckled beauties along 5000
miles of trout streams in other
parts of this state.
The blue law of 1894 says it
protects fish on Sunday, but as
in many other particulars that
old statute is a liar.
No angler in Pennsylvania
seems to be able to think back
1877 years, which makes it tough
for the trout.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-06-05
NOTICE OE SALE

Under and by virtue of the power
conferred upon me in certain deed
Of trust executed to me by Jim
Blackwell and wife, Alice Blackwell,
dated September /, 1919, registered
in the office Of the Register of Deeds
of Orange County in Book 81 at Page
240, to secure certain Indebtedness
therein described, and default having
been made in the payment Of the said
Indebtedness, and having been re-
quested to do so by the holder of the
note evidencing the said Indebtedness,
will offer for sale at public auction,
to the highest bidder for cash, at
the Court House Door in Hillsboro,
N. c., at twelve o'clock. noon, on
SATURDAY, JUNE 13. 1881
the following described land, to-wit
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-06-05
Adjoining the lands Of Mary Nc

Adjoining the lands Of Mary Nc
Cauley Lindsay, Peace Estate and
others, beginning at the South cor
ner of Mary McCauley Lindsays
land and running thence West with
said Lindsay line to William Peace
corner; thence South with said Peace
line to a rock pile; thence East with
said Peace line to a point to h. n.
Williams line; thence North with n.
H. Williams line to the beginning,
containing 20 acres, more or less.
This sale will be held open for 10
days to receive any increased bids as
required by law.
This the 18th day of May, 1881.
MRS. c. l.. LINDSAY, Trustee.
L. J. PHIPPS, Attorney.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-06-05
Chapel Hill Business
VOLUME ]
NUMBER 10
"A Brief History of Chapel Hill

inadequate preparation Of the applicants for admission
compelled the University establish preparatory department.
the building the Grammar School erected down the
hill the north beyond the line Of the Rosemary lane
and little the Of the place which know Cobb
Terrace.
Here instructed the young Students of whom
chronced Kemp Battles History of such tender
though tough that for their
benefit to introduce corporal punishment
addition instructors, present
the Unverstys Commencement July 49, 1875, about
dozen and only William r. Dave Father of
the University of the visitors.
The Debating Society, the Dialectic and
Phanthropc societies. established June g. 1895 One OF
its principal officers the Censor Moru whose Junction.
described in the Laws and Regulations to inspect the
duct and morals of the members and to the society those
who nattenve to their sude neglect their duties
ber in such to reflect disgrace their
felow-members.'
This organization later changed it's the Dialec and
its oshOo first called the Concord Society," became the Phan
thropc These bodies absorbed large of the interest
and energies Of the students There little
activity of the know today The boys
Weeks nervened between letters from home Travellers
in chairs double sukes horseback There not
shoemaker in the village and the University looked for
ward with eagerness to the visits of an inerant mender
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-06-05

pajamas he would do the same
thing at the same time in Eliza
beth City. My answer was
prompt and unequivocal. | de-
clined. That | should go out
into the public view in strange
and conspicuous clothing-this
was to me a Eorrid thought.
What | wanted to do was to nag
other people on, persuade some
bold spirit to introduce the new
style, and then trail along with
the multitude as a beneficiary of
his daring.
| rather expected that Mr..
Saunders, the idea once lodged
in his restless brain, would go
ahead with his demonstration
without any assurance of like
performance on my part. And
he did. He went downtown in
pajamas. He was arrested-by
arrangement, | have always sup
posed-and was photographed
while in the custody of the
police. He was released by the
mayor. OF course he celebrated
the event unanimously in his
own paper; and the news asso-
Citations broadcast the story all
over the United States
Later Mr.. Saunders went to
New York, where the channels
of publicity had already been
prepared put up at a celebrated
hotel and, attired in pajamas,
walked up and down Broadway
and Fifth avenue and rode on
street cars and subway trains.
The metropolitan newspapers
wrote him up and published
photographs of him.
Where my writings had
brought an occasional few lines
of comment, Mr.. Saunders spec
| tacular demonstrations reaped
hundreds of columns. His VEN
ture was the topic Of scores Of
editorials. People wrote him
letters of praise and encourage
ment from all the states of the
Union
The really important result Of
his enterprise, however, was the
idea it conveyed to manufacture
ers Of pajamas. The record of
the correspondence he had with
them in the ensuing weeks gives
evidence that he made them see
a Light. 1t may be that, before
this, they had sensed the golden
opportunity that lay in pajamas-
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-06-05

fer in detail from my coEcep-
ton, reflect the idea of orna-
mentaGion and variation. Dress
pajamas in the most elaborate
designs" says the Herald Trl-
bune in the editorial from which
| have already quoted, ARE being
offered by dressmakers with the
blanket assurance that the wear
er will be tricked out in indis-
putable rect;tude at almost any
sort Of formal gathering. .
They come in an infinite variety
Of styles. There are costly and
luxurious ensembles for the
woman Of fashion, sporting pa
lamas with bottoms Of the sort
called 'whoopee pants thirty or
forty inches wide at the cuff, and
handsomely tailored outfits for
gentlemen, resembling dinner
clothes, designed by a color
blind futurist. 1t is all very
confusing, but apparently the
style experts mean it.
These celebrations Of the sim
pie pajama pattern have far out
distanced my own fancies. Fur
thermOre, palamaS for women
was beyond the purview of my
reform. ! was interested only
in relief for men primarily com
fort, with beautifcation as a
minor incident. Women had al
ready changed their styles in the
interest Of comfort and | pre-
sumed that they would be able
to take care of themselves. Men,
on the contrary, had shown that
they We're 50 stupid and slavish
about clothes that they had to
have sense dinned into them.
For while my repeated lam
entatlOnS, arguments, and APP
pealS had no effect other than
to inspire mild form of amuse-
ment in a limited circle of read
ers. Then they chanced to come
to the notice Of w. O. Saunders,
editor Of the Elizabeth City IN
dependent. Mr.. Saunders is not
merely a writer; he is d man of
action. He saw that a dress re-
former would get nowhere Just
by telling people what they
ought to wear What the situa-
ton called for was a practical
demonstration.
SO he issued me a challenge
On his front page he proclaimed
that if | would walk down the
main street of Chapel Hill ir
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-06-05
Paiamas.in.Public Now in Fashion

weather. is of course an old
story. And there was nothing
new in the point | stressed at
the outset of my crusade for
pajamas-namely. that Ameri-
cans had adhered slavishiy to
customs and fashions inherited
from northern Europe The eli
mate there is far different from
ours, and anybody whose
thoughts upon this subject are
not bound by the shackles Of ira
dition must perceive that cloth
ing should be adapted to eli
mate. Yet, for generations, mil
lions of American men have been
sweltEring, through the summer
months. in tlght-titting wool
garments. In recent decades
lighter materials have grown in
favor, and the habit of going
without coat has become more
common; but clothing utterly un-
suitable to the climate remains
an everyday sight not only IN
the cities but even in rural re-
gions where formality has its
weakest hold.
What | proposed for mens 5 or
dlnary wear was not an exact
replica Of sleeping pajamaS. |
always employed some such
modifying phrase as "a costume
similar to pajamas, or "a cos
tune built upon the general
plan of pajamas. advocated
an establishment Of the Jack
ct ) neck, with something in the
nature Of lapels, and ! suggested
a light sash, preferably of some
bright color, to give individual
ity and d degree Of gayety to
the ensemble. BY way of illus
tration | clothed (in fancy
various members Of the CnlVer-
sity Of North Carolina faculty.
| invited my readers to imagine
the great improvement In the
Chapel Hill scenery if, for ex-
ample, Roulhac Hamilton, pro-
fessor Of history, were to be
seen on his way TO the post office
in a blue pajama suit with a
scarlet sash, and if Louis K. Will
son, the librarian, should amble
across the campus arrayed IN a
suit Of purple and gold.
The pajama suits now come
into fashion, although they diff
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-06-05

in-public; maybe they would
have invaded the larger field
anyhow. But it is certain that,
after Mr.. Saunders demonstra-
ton, they devoted exceptional
zeal to designing new pajama
styles and to promotion. |
wouldn't be surprised if the wide
publicity that was given to Mr..
Saunders pajamas, reactlng up
on the manufacturers, had a
good deal to do with stimulat-
ing the present vogue.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-06-05

A man always likes TO see his
notions gain general acceptance,
and hence il is with no little
satisfaction that | read in the
public prints of the adoption of
pajamas as a costume for the
drawing room. the piazza. and
the garden as we'll as for the
bedroom.
Of course | know that my ad-
vocacy Of the reform in this
remote neck O the woods had
little to do with its triumph in
the citadels OF fashion. The
commonsense Of it was so OBJ
vious that il was bound to be
fermenting in many quarters at
the same time. Still, ! was
preaching in these columns,
years ago, the merits Of paJamas-
in-public; | saw reprints Of my
pieces in various city news
papers-albeit the reprints were
sometimes accompanied by COM
ments Of derisive flavor, sug-
gesting that my proposals We're
freakish and il was in conSe-
quence Of my stimulation that
W. o. Saunders went to New
York and paraded up and down
Fifth Avenue and Broadway
in pajamas with the laudable
purpose Of calling the world :
attention to the comfort and
good appearance Of this hlther-
to private apparel.
1t is no wonder, then, that |
swell out the chest in pride
the pride of one whose exhOrta-
tions have at last been heark-
ened to by the stiffnecked-
when ! come upon an editorial
in the New York HerdId Tribune
upon "the continued emphasis
by coutouriers and fashion arbl-
ters upon what once was con-
sidered nightWear as suitable at
tire for both men and women
at more or less formal gather
lngs' it is no wonder that |
have that agreeable I-told-you-
so feeling when 90 to the mo-
tion picture theatre and obtain
the screens testimony that pa
jana parties enjoy the highest
social sanction.
Advocacy Of dress reform for
American males, particularly for
the sake Of comfort in warm