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The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-05-08

Mrs. E. A. Love of Danville,
Va, and Mrs. F. H. Parrish of
Smithfield arrive today to spend
the weekend with Mr.. and Mrs.
w. M. Pugh.
Mrs. M. T. Van Hecke enter
tanned at tea Saturday afternoon
of last week.
Mrs. R. M. Grumman gave a
tea honoring Mrs. Malcolm Lit
tie, of Milwaukee, Wis, We'd
nesday afternoon.
Mrs. Robert D. Johnston of
Winchester, Va, who is visiting
Mrs. Will White of Graham, was
here Friday and Saturday with
Mrs. AthOl Burnham.
Bob Sellars passed through
Chapel Hill a few days ago on
his way from Mobile to Ocra-
coke.
Miss Frances Lacy of Raleigh
was here for the weekend.
Miss Mary Armand Nash of
Charlotte was with Miss Kate
Graham for a few daVS recently.
Miss Bess Bason of Raleigh
was here Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard H.
Lewis drove over from Oxford
Sunday. Mrs. Lewis's mother,
Mrs. Weldon Huske of Fayette-
vile, accompanied them on their
return trip to Oxford.
Mrs. Joseph Archer came to
Chapel Hill Saturday. She is
at the Hickerson home.
w. G. Coker is back from a
visit to Baltimore.
Mrs. NJ. E. Robinson returned
to Goldsboro Friday.
Miss Daisy Ross and Miss
Ruby Ross were with Mrs. Theo-
dore Ravenel in South Carolina
recently.
Mrs. T. G. Figgatt of Roanoke,
Virginia, spent Friday night in
the village.
Miss Elsie Linton of Saginaw,
Mich, and Miss Priscilla Briggs
of Garden City, N. Y, left Chap
el Hill Monday after visit to
Miss Josephine Sharkey.
Mrs. G. r. Woollen is visiting
her brother, DR.. Charles Rober-
son, in Greensboro.
Mrs. J. Gordon Gray of Phila-
delphia is with her daughter,
Mrs. Morgan F. Vining.
Mrs. Alex Webb Of Rocky
Mount is in Chapel Hill visiting
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. J. ID.
Webb, and her sister, Mrs. V. A.
Hill.
Rev. Ira Andrews has gone
back to his home in Clayton af-
ter two weeks with his relatives
here.
Mrs. Donald T. Stanton Of
Birmingham, Mich, the former
Miss Jean Holmes of Chapel
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-05-08
Honor for Mrs. Leonard

Mr.. and Mrs. Grady Leonard
attended the convention of the
Congregational church of the
two Carolinas in Greensboro
Wednesday. Mrs. Leonard was
elected president of the women $
unit.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-05-08

A union meeting of the
churches of Chapel Hill will be
held at 8 o'clock Sunday eve
ming in Gerard Hall in celebra-
ton of Memorial Day MAY 10).
Frank Graham will speak.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-05-08
Boy Scouts Roundup

The Boy Scouts Of the Occo-
neechee Council have their
Roundup tomorrow Saturday
in Durham. They assemble at
the rear of the Presbyterian
church at TO a. NJ. and parade
to- the Central junior high
school. They will go out to
Duke University later, have a
picnic dinner in the woods, and
engage in various contests in
the Duke stadium.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-05-08

The attention of Country Club
members is called to the fact
that the policy of keeping the
club house open for informal
dancing Saturday evenings is
discontinued, beginning with
this weekend. -
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-05-08
Howe Garden on Display

The Garden Club has arranged
with Mrs. Howe for the display
Of her garden to all comers Sun
day and the rest of next week.
The Howe home is out at But
tons, beyond the Country, Club.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-05-08
A Music Recital>

The music pupils of Mrs.
Anne Wear Smith will be pre-
sented in recital at 8 o'clock
next Thursday evening in the
school auditorium. The public
is invited.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-05-08
Track Meet Here May is

The annual Southern inter-
scholastic track meet will take
place here on Emerson field Sat
urday, May Is.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-05-08

The universities of Virginia
and North Carolina will meet
here this (Friday) afternoon
and in Greensboro tomorrow.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-05-08
THE FORD EXHAUST
HEARD ALL OVER THE WORLD
VOL III MAY l.

THE FORD EXH u 8 T
Published in the interest Of the
Motorists of Chapel Hill and
Vicinity by
STROWD MOTOR co.
Bruce StrOwd .............. Editor
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-05-08

Wives should remember that
the average man is like an egg.
II you keep him in hot water,
he soon becomes hard-boiled.-
Canton Repository.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-05-08

The Burden Bearers Circle
The Burden Bearers Circle of
the Kings Daughters will meet
at d o'clock Tuesday, May IL, at
the home Of Mrs. A. A. kluttZ.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-05-08
Not Much Difference

Not Much Difference
Lady: Where will find the col
lars?"
Salesgirl: DOG collars, Mad
ann"
Lady: "Well something similar
they're for my husband" ~
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-05-08

Our Used Car Park is showing
some interesting offerings this
week and the prices and terms are
right.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-05-08

fore buying. We can save you
money and give you real tire for
what you spend, also convenient
year round service.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-05-08

We furnish you the most com.
plete fabrication service in town,
lnasmuch as we carry complete
line of motor oils, Quaker State,
Pennzoil, Standard, Mobiloil, etc.
We also use the Alemite high pres
sure grease gun with genuine
Alemite lubricants. We also have
a Rotary Lift that elevates your
car, leaving the wheels free to turn
so that every part of the chassis
may be thoroughly fabricated.
Give US trial, for your cars sake.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-05-08

Don't neglect to get our prices
on Standard make tires, such as
Goodyear and United. States, be-
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-05-08
Exchanging COurtesies

II had a beard like yours once,
and when l. realized how it made
me look, l cut it off,"
yeah. Well, had a face like
yours once, and when ! realized
that l couldn't cut it off, grew
this beard"
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-05-08
Found Out

Found Out
She: "Oh! These flowers are so
beautiful and fresh. l believe there
Is some dew on them yet.
He: "Y-yes, bu-but I'll pay it
off tomorrow"
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-05-08

Trained monkeys are now used
by Chicago burglars to squeeze
through transoms and the like and
to open locked doors from the in
side. Thus demonstrating the up
lifting power Of evolution.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-05-08

During the past week we deliv-
cred two new Ford cars to the fol-
lowing purchasers; new Standard
Sedan to DR.. W. deb. Mac II ider,
and a new Town Sedan to Mr.. j..
S. Henninger.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-05-08

Mysterious radio echoes from
points five million miles or so dis
tant are puzzling scientists. Mere
ly the other stars vieing with
Amos m Andy.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-05-08

! used to love my garden
But now my love is dead
For l found a bachelors button
In the black-eyed Susan's bed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-28

upon by the propagandists against
Japan, who have been conducting q
widespread boycott for which the gov
eminent at Marking has disclained re-
sponsibility, but which, it is claimed, Is
actually fostered by the authorities.
Now the students" at Marking attack
the government on the score that it has
not acted with SUFFICIENT vigor to cause
the punishment Of Japan for the Man
churian affair.
Japan has declared truce in the
Manchurian hostilities and withdrawn
the troops back into the railway zone.
But Chinese complaints are heard that
further attacks are being made by air.
planes. Meanwhile, Russia Is reported
to be sending troops to the border of
Manchuria, with perhaps sinister pur-
pose. From Moscow comes the state
ment that these forces are being as
sembled merely to safeguard Russian
interests in the Chinese Eastern Rail-
road, which is jointly owned by Russia
and China. OF course, Russia will be
ION the job" in the event of an outbreak
of warfare. It will not lose any chance
to dig into the northernmost of the three
eastern provinces" of China, known as
Manchuria. Its shortcut rail line to
Vladivostck runs through Manchurian
territory. 1t hopes for turn of affairs
in that region that will enable it to
secure possession of Hardin, from which
the Chinese Eastern starts southwark
and through which the Vladivcstok
branch of the trans-Siberian line passes.
The attack at Marking upon the per-
son of the foreign minister is, of course,
solely the affair of China But a stimuli
taneous outbreak of mob violence at
Kowloon, a suburb Of Hongkong, in
which a japanese family has been
slaughtered and attacks have been made
upon other Japanese residents, may be-
come CT international significance Re-
prisals of this kind serve to strengthen
Japan's hand. The Kowloon incident
may balance the Manchurian affair X.
the final reckoning of responsibility in
the eastern Asiatic complication, which,
despite the efforts Of the League Assembly
and the advisory action of the United
States. may yet flame into a general
conflict.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-28
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRAcEWELL.

Well, outdoor gardening is about
through for 1881, and thousands Of ar.
| dent gardeners everywhere are mighty
| glad of It!
1t takes a real "fan" to get tired Of
digging in the earth.
Lukewarm gardeners are forced Il
pretend so much.
You will never hear one of them
admit for an instant that he is in the
| least bit tired of moving the grass, and
watering the vegetables, and culling the
posies.
The less one really cares for the
| calm and peaceful exercise Of the gar
| den, the more he must pretend to like
| 1t, so that it becomes necessary, in the
end, for him to be somewhat dishonest
WHAT You are glad Autumn i:
here?" such q one will ask. Really
I am SO sorry, myself"
* X "
The truth Is that by the time October
| rolls around one is about willing tt
withdraw indoors.
Emulating Nature, which puts hel
| leafy children to rest for the Winter
the householder from now on knows
the joy of getting everything ready for
the cold season.
He has had about enough of outdoor
almost too long. One speaks, of course
for this latitude.
We are convinced that It would take
long time to get used to California
and Florida. where one Summer nc
sooner ends than another Spring, OF
sort of Spring, takes up the eternal pro-
cession of the flowers again.
Summertime Is wonderful time, but
one can be heartily glad that it is over
especially when it has been as disagree
able as the one just ended.
X X \
The pageant of the flowers is not
ended by any means, but 1t is ending
And we, for one, are heartily glad
of it.
There is a season for everything, as
not stop to think how much q part
this periodicity plays in the life OF
human beings.
Even small boys in their school days
obey almost rigid unwritten laws as to
the various times when certain games
shall be played.
Nature first set the fashion with her
, day and night divisions. The law of
| light and dark is obeyed without ques-
ton by the birds and by far more
human beings than many suspect.
X + n
The procession of the flowers Is or
dered strictly on time basis.
Unless man monkeys with Nature,
she will bring forth her roses and her
hollyhocks and her peonies and her
iris in due season, neither before nor
behind
Showing us much in little, she prof
| fers growth, decline and death in few
months. But all Is not at an end in
the garden; many things but sleep to
| wake again. There may be q lot Of
comfort in that thought for many.
Most of the ANIMALS are on their last
legs, with the exception of the cosmos,
which will last until frost.
The grass insists on being cut with
almost the regularity Of deep Summer
This is somewhat unfriendly of the
grass.
What is the grass?" asked Walt
Whitman, as he leaned and loafed at
his ease.
Any gardener could tell him this time
| of the year.
X X
The grass is nuisance.
Every one is tired of moving It, and
moving it, and moving it, but il keeps
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-28

right on demanding to be moved some
| more, threatening to grow long and
straggly unless one complies with ATS
unspoken request.
Nature is willing that grass rest. now,
but the grass plants do not seem to
have heard of it. Even where they are
dying out, mostly the strictly Summer
varieties, the remainder grow long and
thin, making the lawn look uneven,
The only thing to do, then, unless one
wants to go into the Winter with long
grass, is to put ones self into guess
ing contest with the weather
Sooner or later Autumn will be here,
in earnest, and then it viii be too cool
for grass to grow. It Is warmth which
makes grass grow, as Mr.. Coolidge
might have said, but didn't.
In the meantime, the home owner
will try to make his last moving about
two weeks ahead Of freeze, in order
that his lawns will have a good stand
by then, but will not be shaved.
u y y
We would say few words about
trimming bushes, etc.
Do not run wild with the shears.
Do not build trash fires so close to
trees and shrubs that the latter are en-
dangered.
Some home owners issue forth at this
time of the year, with blood in their
eyes and pair Of great shippers in
their hands.
Then they proceed to the indiscrim-
mate pruning of all shrubs, so that in
side of an hour the old nome place re-
sembles a newly built house before the
foundation paintings were put in.
What is the use Of growing shrubs
for five to ten years, getting them =lice
and big, and making a place look as If
human beings lived in 1t. II one is go
ing to undo all that has been done?
Time is time, and you can't recapture
It after it is passed. New bushes will
grow, 1t is true, but it takes them years
to do it.
Nothing gives a home more perma-
hence and good looks than healthy,
large paintings. 1t is better to err on
the side of too large bushes than too
small.
with all your pruning, use discretion.
##**
One may be glad that the active
work of gardening is over for the year,
and yet still regret that the bright
beauty of the flowers does not continue.
The wise gardener-but this Is pecu-
liarly the province of the gardeneress-
will have planted and gathered Chinese
lantern plants.
These brilliant pods, with straw flow
ers and the like, may be taken indoors,
there to shine forth through the long
Winter.
Many allow the lantern flowers to re-
main on their long stems, but trick
of the florists is this:
Remove the pods, and attach them
with thread to short wires wrapped in
green. This arrangement permits the
massing Of score or more blossoms in
fat bowl, making an arrangement
peculiarly fetching.
The pods can be pulled apart at the
natural divisions, and left resembling
wide-open flowers. Some like them one
wayA some the other.
It must never be forgotten, in Au-
tumn, that the leaves, brightly colored,
are flowers, too, in a sense. Few bios
SONS are more beautiful than the red
leaves of poison ivyi
So beware, when attracted by some
particularly fine red leaves in the
woods. Unless you are sure you know
poison Ivy when you see 1t, let them
alone, as, indeed, 1t will be wise to let
all beautiful things alone.
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northwest, which stretches from the
Lincoln Memorial to Capitol HILL is
destined some day to become Via
Triumphalis for washington. 1t may
never supplant Pennsylvania avenue as
the traditional route of inaugural pa
rades, but 1t has certain advantages
for ceremonial functions that the Ave-
nue. lacks. Col. u. S. Grant, Sd, under
whose direction Constitution avenue has
sprung into being, thinks one of its adj
vantages Is the possibility of erecting a
solid mile Of grandstands. Perhaps it'll
get try-out during next years Wash
ington Bicentennial doings. ConStitu-
ton avenue is lasting memorial to the
late Representative Henry Allen Cooper
Of Wisconsin, father of the House He
introduced the bill which rechristened
B street.
DR.. F. w. Won Prittwitz, German
Ambassador in Washington, who re-
Gently returned from Berlin, was there
during Secretary Stinlson's visit He
functioned as English interpreter when
the colonel communed with President
Hindenburg and Foreign Minister Cur
titus. DIR. Prittwitz, commenting on the
present sojourn of MesSrs. Laval and
BRAND in Berlin, observes that they're
10 nave las the new french AmD3SSa-
dor IN Berlin has just put it, oppor-
tunities Ito speak man to man with
their German hosts without witnesses"
That Is what happened when MacDon-
ald, Henderson and Stimson were, re-
spectively, in Germany last Summer.
They were just bundled of in automo-
biles, sans attaches, sans reporters. sans
cameramen, for an all-day drive into
the country and, under those salubrious
circumstances, proceeded to settle the
affairs of the world.
y y
The newest prohibition reform or
ganization, the League for Modification
Of the Volstead Act, is perking up and
taking particular notice amid the re-
vlval of the agitation for beer. Head
quartered at Washington, its president
Is Chesley w. Jurney, secretary to
Senator Copeland of New York For
n1er United States Senator Henry Clay
Hansbrough of North Dakota is chair
man of the national board. Hollins N.
Randolph of Georgia is chairman of the
Advisory Committee, and Rowland r.
Mahany, former member of Congress
and one-time American Minister to
Ecuador. is chairman of the Committee
on House Legislation. The leagues
slogan is: THE only solution of the
liquor problem Is to permit light wines
and beer and medicinal liquor"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-28

! dished up shocking variety during
the past few years, but for sheer futility
nothing has surpassed this duel to the
death, in which neither had q chance
to win and both must lose.
There was no craftsmanship in the
affair, nothing but heavy anger, fam
ing out, drowning out all considerations
Of mercy, peace, give-and-take, law or
justice.
The unhappy men who engaged in this
murder duel are gone, but the lesson
which they left behind them is very
plain. Anger is natural but the abil-
ity to curb it, to some degree, at least.
also is natural to man.
There are few slow angers, probably
aroused over some trifiing slight or
other unfriendliness, which cannot be
healed, in the long run, If both parties
to the dispute will use their God-given
brains.
Hate of another human being is cor
roding, and every man and woman
alive should think many times before
he carries it TO the point Of death,
either Of himself or another.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-28
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
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ington Star Information Bureau, Fred
eric J. Haskin. Director, Washington
D. G.
@. What is the world record for man
In running a mile; q horse?-J. K.
A. For q man, Paavo Nurmi holds the
record-4 minutes 1929 seconds. Jack
High holds the record for q horse
minute IS seconds.
@. What became of the pony blimp
made by Goodyear?-F. o.
A. 1t was built in the Spring of 1920
and exhibited at various air shows and
exhibitions around the country for
about q year, after which 1t was sent
to the West Coast. At the West Coast
the pony blimp opened the first regu-
lar passenger service by hghter-than-
air craft In the world. The service was
between Los Angeles and the Catalina
ger service the ship was used to make
pictures from the air. Marshall Neilan
purchased the ship, which was used by
his concern for about two years, when
1t was dismantled 1929.
@. What is white gold?-R. ". II.
A. 1t is an alloy composed either OF
gold, silver and palladium or Of gold
nickel and zinc.
@. What Is a tone poem?-N. l..
A. 1t Is an elaborate composition
for an orchestra, descriptive in charac-
ter but of no set form and therefore
permitting much freedom OF express
sion.
@. Why not grow all fruits and
shrubs from seeds?-O. M.
A. Where improvements have been
made these qualities are not transmitted
through the seed, but are perpetuated
through the buds. Hence the necessity
OF using parts of the plant itself by
budding, grating and layering.
@. What is the size Of. Manhattan
Island?-E. C..
A. 1t has an aggregate area of 21.s
about 1872 miles. its greatest breadth
about 2l2 miles.
@. Who was McGuffey whose readers
and spoilers have become so much
sought?-E. T.
A. William Holmes McGuffey was an
American educator born in Washing
ton County, Pa, September %, 1900;
| died in Charlottesville, Va, May A.
1887. He was graduated at washington
College, Pa, in 1926 He was professor
| of moral philosophy at Miami Uni
versity, woodward College Cincinnati
and then until his death professor al
the University of Virginia.
! @. How long has the British Empire
been known as the Commonwealth OF
Nations?-G. C.
q. It was styled the British Common
wealth of Nations for the first time
ofidially in the Irish Treaty of 1921.
@. How did the custom of having q
best man originate?-A. r. C.
A. Tradition relates that best man
was employed in the stone age. The
bridegroom swooped down upon the
home Of the bride and stole her away
while the best man diverted the atten-
ton of the BRIDES father.
Q. Where was the first juvenile court
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-28

in the United States established?-R.
T.. Y.
A. The first Juvenile court In the
world was established on April al, 1899,
IN Cook County. Ill, by act of the Illi-
nois Legislature. The bill was drafted
at the request of the members Of the
Chicago Woman's Club and was spon-
sored by the Chicago Bar Association.
O. What is q Chinese tong?-M. X.
| A. A tong Is Chinese form of Sc
cret society. The word Is derived from
the Chinese word meaning a hall or
private meeting place. The tongs are
| largely represented among the Chinese
population of America and frequently
carry on long and bitter conflicts.
@. Does the owl. which is supposed to
be such wise old bird, really live to q
very old age?-H. S.
A. Carl w. Neumann. q German AM
thority, says that the life expectancy of
/ the owl is So years, but this is not un.
usually long compared with that of
others birds, such as the falcon, vulture,
golden eagle, swan, goose. elder duck
raven and parrot.
O. Please mention some bells which
were made by Paul Revere. H. q.
A. Paul Revere and his son, joseph
| w. Revere, made a great many bells.
Among them may be mentioned the bell
at st. Paul's Church, Newburyport
| Mass, and the one in the First Church
Lancaster. Mass.
@ When was arrnor most generally
uSed?-J. C. N
A. The suit of armor reached its
complete development under Henry VI
of England (1422-I46I). eft about the
time that the English were driven out
OF France Q453). The armor was forged
OF thin steel and made to At the body
and limbs.
9: What kind of q fur is kolinsky?
A. Kolinsky is another name for
RUSSIAN mink. and it is very similar
tur to japanese weasel, the two animals
being different geographic races of the
same species.
@. What per cent of the automobile
drivers are women?-R. 8. 3.
A. 1t Is estimated that between "a
and % per cent of the drivers In the
United States are women.
Q. Who taught Helen keller to
| Speaks. r.
A. In 1890 she learned to speak un-
der the instruction of Miss Sarah Fuller
OF the Horace Mann School. New york.
O. What caused the yellow dav In
New England in the FAN Of 1852
e. A. w.
A. The yellow day was due to the
| fact that the veil of smoke caused bv
great forest fires over New England was
rather thin and small amount of
sunlight was able to pass through. cast
ing yellow tinge over the landscape.
! @. In Tales from Shakespeare. bv
Charles and Mary Lamb, is It known
which person wrote each tale?-N r. 8.
A. Charles Lamb wrote the tragedies
and his sister, Mary, wrote the COM
edies. The book was published In 1907.
and has become an English classic OF
i a minor order.
@. How long have book plates been
used?-P r.
A. They are ancient. Some of the
small tablets found in Assyrian libraries
must have been book plates. Japan had
them In the tenth century. Modern
book plates are nearly conternporaneous
with printing. The earliest actually
known is hand-colored heraldic wood
| cut of about 1880.