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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1931-10-13
CHAPTER 2

CHAPTER 2
We put on cheerful faces.
But who can deceive a dying
peasant. While Bethke is yet
telling him that he is to be
operated on later, but the
wounds must heal little first,
Wessling already knows all. He
Is silent a moment, then he
cries aloud: Eyes, you stand
there and are whole-and are
going homeland I-I-four
yearS-and then this"
you're going into the hos
pital, all right. Heinrich" says
Bethke, comforting him.
But he would not listen. Let
be-"
Thereafter he does not say
much. Nor does he want to be
carried in; but to stay outside.
The hospital is on a gentle
slope, whence one can see far
out along the avenue down
which we have come. It is all
gay and golden. The earth lies
there, still and smooth and
secure: even fields are to be
seen, little, brown, titled strips,
right close by the hospital. The
distance is blue and everywhere
peaceful, for from here the view
is away from the Front.
Clear And Alert
WesSling is still. He is OBJ
serving everything most mar
rowly. His eyes are clear and
alert. He Is a farmer and at
home with the country: he
understands it better and other
wise than we. He knows that
he must leave 1t now. So he
will miss nothing: nor does he
take his eyes from it again.
Minute by minute he grows
paler. At last he makes a
movement and whispers,
Ernst"
bend to his mouth. Take
out my things" he says.
There's plenty of time for
that, Heinrich"
mo, no-Get on!"
I spread them out before him.
The pocketbook of frayed calico,
the knife, the watch, the
money-one gets to know these
things.
Loose in the pocketbook Is
the picture of his wife.
Show me-" he says.
I take it out and hold it so
that he can see it. A clear
browniSh face. He considers it.
After a while he whispers. $50
that is finished" and his lips
culver. At last he turns away
his head.
Take it," he says. I do not
understand what he means, but
I do not want to ask him more
questions, so thrust it into
my pocket. Take those to
her" He looks at the other
things. I nod. And tell
her" He looks at me with
O strange great gaze, murmurs,
shakes his head and groans. I
try desperately to understand,
but now he only gurgles. He
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1931-10-13
Contrast It! act, ! Bridge
"The Official System"
BY E. V. SHEPARD

mand, and bidding one on
hands of all sorts of strength
that fell a bit short of obliging
partner to respond. For the pres
ent, at least, it will be wise to
consider the no-trump as prob
ably showing less strength than
a suit shift.
Changing the Cords
Shift partners Heart to 1.No
Trump on the next hand. If he
rebids his hearts, you may bid
3-Hearts, allowing him to decide
whether 4-Heart, 3-No TrumpS
or allowing the bidding to die
will be best.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1931-10-13
Thanks for Sympathy
EAR MRS REECKMAN:

DEAR MRS. BEECKMAN:
What should I say when a
person expresses sympathy for
a death in the family?
PUZZLED.
The person should not do
this. for no one should speak
to another of such a personal
grief unless the sorrowing per-
son should introduce the con-
versation. However, If some
one does do this, say Thank
you for your sympathy. You
are very kind" or II appreci'
ate your sympathy so much.
Thank you."
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What Do You
Know
ANSWERS to TodGy'S Test
Questions on Editorial Page

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Isolation of person with in
fictitious disease. 3. Another
name for rabies. 4. A wood
nymph. S. Vertical window in
a sloping roof. s. Bodily exer.
else. z. Eater. 8. An oblong
tray to hold type set. 8.
Shoulder blade. 10. Molokai.
II. Thomas Hardy. IL. Elsi'
more. Is. Arthur Conan Doyle.
IA. Adams. is. Louis XIII.
Copyright. 1881, by King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
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roar of progress - and even
when it is, the only response
is "Who cares?
Nothing hurts a woman's
vanity so much or makes her
SO sore, as to have you agree
with her that the man she
happened to marry is the
brute" or the "oil-can" she
just finished saying he was.
Alas, the moment a woman
begins to take a lot of stock
in a mans love, the "stock"
goes down, and ceases to de-
clare any dividends.
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It simply cramps his style!

The girl Of yesterday was look
ing for an ideal husband; but,
the girl Of today is no such optl-
mist. She is perfectly satisfied
to find one good enough to last
until a better one turns up.
There may be more dust and
cobwebs around the modern
wife's house than there were
around her grandmother'S; but
there are also more places
where a man can put his feet,
throw his cigar ashes, and
spill his drinks-and he doesn't
have to go out back of the
barn to do his smoking and
swearing.
One Of the compensations
for living in this machine age
is that the whisper of scandal
is scarcely heard above the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1931-10-13
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

) legal safety catch, and leave
him free to get tangled up with
all the women, to whom he en-
joyed making love, while under
the protecting wing of matrl'
nony,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1931-10-13
Flashes From the
Fashion World

Why not short evening gloves
if we are going in for modes Of
other days. Smart is a glove
of white kid of the short length
that was the thing in 1870. It
has vertical tucks and a bow at
the wrist.
A wise move for the after
noon shoe for formal wear is
to select one of fabric. Ideal
with a black satin trock would
be a pump Of dull satin with
a vamp of MORE with silver
piping and insest Of the kid at
the throat.
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Hand No. 3.
ASS
V-Q-J.10-S-6
&-7-3
A.A.K.g

It is customary to consider a
SHIFT to 1-No Trump as showing
less strength than would shift
ing your partners suit declara-
ton into another suit. This no.
ton came from those using
every opening two bid as a de-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1931-10-13
Correct Manners

Do come again and do let me
help if you think that I can.
Will you?
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1931-10-13

If weak in two suits, take
partner out Of no-trumps upon
any single long suit capable Of
being rebid in case he returns
to no-trumps; also take partner
out upon any two biddable suits,
first showing one and then the
other. No hand can be too
strong to take partner out Of
no-trumps into a powerful suit.
Tomorrow: Rebidding.
Copyright. 1881, by Newspaper
Feature Service, InC.)
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1931-10-13
Shifting Partners Bid


Introduction Of a normal
opening bid of two for display
ing holdings better than ordin-
airy, and somewhat below de-
mand bid strength, has re-
moved all need of keeping bid
ding open on nondescr1pt hands
with a couple of kings and no
very long suit.
Pass your partners opening
bid of one unless able to i'm
prove it. There are two i'm
portant ways of improving
partners bid: naming another
suit at which your joint cards
can win more tricks; shifting
to a declaration requiring
fewer tricks for scoring game.
Avoid weak rescue bids; the
very name is enough to make
one shudder.
Do Not Get Excited
Probably your partners open
ing bid of one indicates ability
to win five tricks in his own
hand, provided you hold three
small trumps. Do not become
excited over the notion that
partner holds only four trumps;
there are fewer than 3 in 10
chances for that to happen.
Unless able to make a good
shift your only excuse for tax
ing partner into another suit
is a holding of fewer than
three of his suit. Pass partners
Heart on the first hand be-
low, but shift to 1-No Trump
upon the second hand. It is
worth only three tricks, but it
affords partner an opportunity
to show you another suit that
YOU can better support.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1931-10-13

Most modern men appear to
regard marriage as either de-
tour from the path Of pleasure
of a traffic jam on the road to
success.
The meanest thing woman
can do to a philandering hus-
band is to loose him from the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1931-10-13

On the next hand you will bid
2-Hearts over partners 1-Spade.
After that you may support a
rebid of spares; in case partner
bids 3-Clubs, instead of either
supporting your hearts or re.
bidding his spades, you should
assist his spades.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1931-10-13
A Story Of the Aftermath
or the World War
The Story Thus Far

impending handful Of German soldiers
In the trenchethe remnant Of full platoon Ernst who en-
listed schOobOy the The bare
hope peace the Hours drag by eaden feet
minute agelong wedge of geese
flying high overhead brings tOrtung thought Of square meal
attack, Brandt killed direct shell
hit Ludwig stops bullet in the Wrestling
retreat by his
panions They behind lines at dressing
Wessiing the doctor
stitch up his wounds
Now Continue
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1931-10-13
By Helen Rowland
Machine-Age Philosophy

The safest side for the inno-
cent bystander, in a lovers quar-
rel, is OUTSIDE.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1931-10-13

The two chief causes OF d.
vorce, these days, are a woman's
longing for more clothes to
The Washington times., 1931-09-11
GIFTS SHOWER ON BRIDE
Despite Plea to Give
Money to Charity,
Wed on Links

NEW YORK, Sept. II Q.N.S0
Mrs. Muriel Vanderbilt Church
and Henry Delafield Phelps were
to be the principals today in one
of the most brilliant society we'd
dings of the year.
A private golf course on the
sumptuOuS estate Of Mrs. Graham
Fair Vanderbilt, at Manhasset,
N. Y, was to. be the scene Of
the former Mpriel vanderbilt'S
marriage to . childhood friend.
The bride. elder daughter Of
Mrs. Graham Fair Vanderbilt and
William K. Vanderbilt, has re-
quested relatives to turn ever to
charity the money they would
have spent for wedding gifts.
Despite this request, however, it
was believed that presents total
ing a quarter of a million dollars
in value have so far been received.
The ceremony was to be per-
formed by Supreme Court Justice
Lewis L. Fawcett, and the groom's
father, Edgar M. Phelps, was to
be his best man.
The Washington times., 1931-09-11
7. R. MEMORIAL
. FOR ISLAND

Analostan Island, IN the Poto-
mac River opposite Georgetown,
probably will bear a stadium in
honor of Theodore Roosevelt.
This became evident with the
sale yesterday of the island to the
Roosevelt Memorial Association
by the Washington Gas Light
Company. Officials of the gas
company denied that any papers
had yet been signed on the trans.
fer of ownership.
Although the use to which the
island will be put has not been
officially announced. the memor-
ial association already has made
public plans for a stadium.
If the sale is completed, it is
understood that the Park and
Planning Commission will with
draw condemnation proceedings
which have been requested against
the tract of land. The price of
the island is reported to be about
5000, 900.
The Washington times., 1931-09-11
TEST MAY FILL.
/ KICKER JOB

Because no examination for
the position of industrial consult
an; for the National Capital Park
and Planning Commission has
been announced, it is indicated
the new secretary who is to be
selected through competitive ex-
animation may take over those
duties also.
The Civil Service Commission,
in announcing that George A.
Kicker, industrial consultant, has
been removed because he has no
civil service status. also an
nounced an examination for the
post of secretary to the planning
commission, with applications
ending September 20.
The place pays $4,000. For six
months it has been held py
Thomas S. Settle, local attorney,
In a temporary capacity. He will
take the examination with others
for the permanent post.
Kicker as industrial consultant
has been conducting negotiations
between the planning board and
Arlington county for develop
Inent of the Potomac waterfront.
Lieut.. Col. U. S. Grant, 3rd, direc-
tor of Public Buildings and Pub
Ii; Paris protested the removal
OF Mr.. Kicker.
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Cold Better, Walker
Continues Activities

CANNES, France, Sept. ii.
G.N.S) Mayor Walker, of New
York, who has been suffering
from a severe cold, was expected
to resume his activities today.
The mayor is due to leave
Cannes tomorrow for London.
The Washington times., 1931-09-11
HARDNESS COSTS ST

Russell w. Schwartzbeck was
fined Sc and costs by Judge
Charles w. woodward in Rock
vile police court for operating
with improper headlights. He was
fined $6 instead of SIS, Judge
Woodward said. because he failed
to appear Tuesday when his case
was called.
The Washington times., 1931-09-11
0DOMS SAIL FRIDAY

Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Leo Odom,
both former students of the Wash.
ington Missionary College. will
sail from New York today for
Spain, where they will take up
EVANGELICAL work.
The Washington times., 1931-09-11

Travel economically in one of the
Sood used cars advertised for sale to-
day in the Classified Section.
The Washington times., 1931-09-11

Your choice here &
of s real Snaps. " Y
See them to ap-
preciate them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-05
BEES AND FRUIT

The following release should prove
Of interest to suburban fruit growers:
THE use of package bees for or
chard pollination is a recent develop
ment of much interest to beekeepers
and orchardists," the United States De-
partment of Agriculture reports.
For many years orchardists de-
pended upon the natural supply OF
bees and other insects for pollination,
but modern farming and orchard prac-
tees have reduced the supply and 1t
has been almost necessary to import
bees during the pollination period.
"Orchardists need not be skilled bee
keepers nor keep supply Of bees.
They may rent colonies of bees from
a beekeeper. who will look after them
or buy package bees. Package bees
are bees placed IN small boxes by bee
keepers and sold to orchardists. All
the orchardist has to do is to set the
package in the orchard, pull the cork
from the box and let the bees go. When
the pollinating season Is over, ne may
dispose of the bees as he sees mt. One
strong package OF bees an acre Is rec
commended. Package bees are pro-
duced mainly in the Gulf States and
in California, whence they are shipped
long distances by express or mail.
"On the whole, the practice Of rent
ing colonies of bees has been found a
better one for the orchardist than for
the owner Of the bees, because the
bees may be poisoned by sprays or dustS
which have been put on trees. The
cash rental often Is not sufficient to
cover this loss and the bees do not
usually gather enough honey TO make
it profitable"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-05

fact, the control Of sucking insects is
rather dih1cult because of the fact that
few materials are powerful enough to
kill the insects without also injuring
the plants. So-called plant poisons
such as nicotine, pyrethrum and derris
have given the best control of these
sucking insects. So effective are these
plant insecticides that only a very
small portion is required in water to
make powerful insecticide. At the same
time these plant poisons are much safer
to use than arSenicals as concerns
danger to people and animals With
the plant poiSonS mentioned there Is no
problem Of removing the insecticide
such as is involved with arsenic ma
terials.
On the other hand, leaf-chewing in
Sects will not readily yield to the same
type Of poison that controls sucking in
sects. Leaf-eating insects are generally
more mobile and fly from the poison to
other plants Arsenic poisons sprayed
on the foliage make the Surest remedy
for leaf-eating pests. However. arseni-
Gals may injure the plant and its fruit.
Take. for example. the bean plant,
which has been found to be highly sus-
ceptible to certain arsenates, such as
lead and much less so to magnesium
arsenate. In using arSenate OF lead by
itself, 1t Is always advisable to add at
least an equal quantity of hydrated lime
to neutralize the free arsenic. If used
in Bordeaux mixture. there is enough
lime present to prevent burnings. When
in doubt as to the best spray material
to use for any crop, the home gardener
may we'll call on hts State experiment
station or the Department of Agricul-
ture for recommendations.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-05
BEAN BEETLE

A few years ago beans were the easiest
crop to grow. so easy in fact that there
arose the popular expressions any one
can grow beans" or "aS easy as grow
ing beans" This situation no longer
holds true wherever the Mexican bean
beetle has reached. In fact, unless the
pest is controlled there are simply no
beans. No more ravenous pest ever
appeared in the vegetable garden. since
a day or two after its appearance the
bean vines will be pretty well stripped
of leaves and rendered useless. The
Mexican beetle may be recognized by
the characteristic appearance OF the
young or larvea which one entomologist
has rather aptly described as that of
miniature dragons. The manner OF eat
ing also is unique, that of eating the
soft tissue Of the leaves and leaving
the midrib or veins.
The control is relatively difficult be-
cause Of the rapid eating of the
beetles and their great numbers Then
again the bean plant is injured by GER
tain spray materials, such as arsenate
of lead, which are commonly used as
insecticides. Magnesium arsenate has
been found to be an effective beetle
poison and certain trade compounds of
pyrethrum also are useful. The latter
have an advantage In that they are not
poisonous to persons and animals.
Pyrethrum materials are rather costly,
but for the small home garden are worth
while because Of their non-toxicity
Because of the rapid action of the
Mexican beetle, 1t is we'll to have the
spray material on hand and not wait
until much Of the damage is done.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-05
FRUIT THINNING

Although thinning of fruit is essen
TALLY an operation for the commercial
grower, there Is little question but that
the home fruit grower would also profit
by so handling his trees. The major
purpose Of thinning is to obtain larger
fruit. but. incidentally. thinning bene-
fits the tree by reducing the task Of
producing a crop and often saves dis
astrous results In the breaking down of
limbs under the weight OF an overload;
Peaches, plums, apples and pears will
all benefit by thinning If overloaded.
With bush fruits, such as the raspberry
and currant. fruit thinning is prac-
ticed by pruning the plants rather Sc
verely in early Spring.
Some years ago one Of the Canadian
Agricultural Experiment Stations OBJ
served that fruit thinning of plum
trees materially increased their resist
ance to Winter injury thus showing
very definitely that overbearing Is
weakening to the tree. Further evil
dence was presented by the Michigan
Agricultural Experiment Station, where
measurements of the growth Of thin
ned and unthinned plums showed very
clearly that overbearing greatly
checked growth.
In thinning, 1t Is we'll to wait until
after the main June drop so that too
much of the fruit may not be removed.
Rather obviously one should remove the
smaller fruits and by all means the
imperfect ones. In the case of apples.
one well developed fruit per spur is
enough, with a spacing of five or six
inches between fruits. A tree Is ca
pable of carrying about so many fruits
to satisfactory maturity and up to a
certain point the total crop as meas
ured in bushels will not be reduced
by thinning, the larger size offsetting
the loss due to numbers After all is
said and done. who would not choose
a package of large we'll colored fruits
in preference to an even larger guam
tity of smaller, less select specimens.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-05
THE CATALPAS

At least two types Of catalpa are
found growing in this locality, namely,
the tree form, now in full bloom, and
the round-headed dwarf type, often
known as the umbrella tree. used in
ornamental paintings. Frankly neither
type of catalpa really has any place in
the small home grounds. The stiff for
mality of the umbrella tree is generally
out of place in the dooryard and finds
a place only on large estates or in
parks, and then only where a formal
design is being followed. Strange to
state, the soft. coarse-grained wood Of
the catalpa Is very durable in the
ground and has much value as fence
post material, but as plant material
for the home garden the catalpa offers
but little outside Of its flowers. In
fact, the long seed pods which follow
the flowers are decidedly a nuisance as
they fall TO the lawn.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-05
DENIES ACCUSATION
IN CALDWELL CASE
Prosecutor Declares Indictment
Was Not Influenced by
Sinister Force"

BY the Associated Press.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, July 4.-District
ATTORNEY General Richard M Atkinson
arguing for a conviction In the tr1al
of Rogers Caldwell. former investment
banker, charged with fraudulent preach
of trust, today denied the lndlctment
was brought about by an unseen ana
sinister force"
Rascoe Bond. of defense counsel
charged yesterday the indictment arose
from politics in the form of an unseen
and sinister force which States attor-
news have neither the will nor the
power to combat"
Bond later said he had reference TO
the same political influences that were
responsible for the articles OF impeach-
ment recently proposed against Gov
Henry H. Horton but rejected by the
LEGISLATURE One of the articles charged
the governor and Caldwell conspired to
use State money for private gain.
There is no unseen and sinister
force behind this indictment" Akin
son shouted.
mo force short of heaven itself will
ever influence me to sign an 1ndlct-
ment against my fellowman unless
feel that there is evidence OF quit.
st was impelled only by spirit OF
Justice in signing this indictment"
Caldwell is being tried on charge
which grew out of a trust agreement
between Hardeman County, Tenn, ana
Caldwells gigantic investment house,
Caldwell & Company, now collapsed.