Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-01

| In the Adult Bible Class Monthly.
Methodist magazine. for July there's an
article entitled THE Home Wine Men,
ace" by Deets Pickett. research secre-
tary of the Methodist Board CT Temper
ance, Prohibition and Public Morals.
The piece makes some diverting revela-
tions about the California grape concen-
trate concern with which Mabel Walker
Willebrandt Is identified in a legal ca
| pacity. Mr.. Pickett describes the sue
| cess with which Portals associates are
shaking the national thirst for light
| wines as "a problem with which all
| friends of temperance must grapple
without delay" The high spot is a quo
tation from brief submitted to the
prohibition commissioner Of permits by
Mrs. Willebrandt and from which the
following language is quoted: Fruit In
dustries, Inc. is spending United States
Government money. having all its prop
erty mortgaged to the Federal Govern
ment, with a manager and board CT dl-
rectors chosen or approved by the Fed
eral Farm Board, and Is practically an
arm of the Government itself" The
brief also calls attention to the fact
that the California grape organization
has been guaranteed permit to manu-
tacture wine tonic containing only 22l2
per cent of solids. while other manu-
facturers Of wine tonics are required to
make use Of 80 per cent.
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Apropos Secretary Melons negotia-
tions in Paris, Washington is recalling
a story which Mr.. Hoover, before he be-
came President. was fond Of repeating
When the Belgian debt was funded
King Albert's commissioners insisted
upon writing into nearly every section
of the agreement that Belgium was to
=. asrr-jk he ifHy
to pay" The night before the Brussels
delegation left the United States the
Belgian Ambassador gave dinner for
the American debt commissioners, in
Guiding Mr.. Hoover. Mr.. Mellon and
Senator Smoot One Of the Belgians
turned to Smoot during the evening and
said: Senator, your name and religious
Affiliations are famous in our country.
and I am sure, when I get home, to be
asked a lot about you. Would you mind
telling me just how many wives Nor
turned his blandest smile upon his
questioner and replied, within his ca
pacity to pay"
Here's another debt yarn Of timely
interest. During the funding negotia-
lions with the Italians President Cool
idge requested two Of the American
commissioners-Mello and Representa-
tive Olney. Democrat, of Massachusetts,
to consider themselves a special COM
mittee to keep him up to the minute
on the progress of affairs with Musso-
lini'S astute bargainerS. Messrs. Mellon
and Olney arrived at the White House
one afternoon after lunch to let Mr..
Coolidge know that matters for the mo-
ment were at critical stage. The story
goes that after an usher had run up
stairs and announced to the President
who his callers were the message was
brought back that "the President Is
taking a nap and doesn't want to be
disturbed. Tell the gentlemen to come
back in an hour"
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Few people know that George Wash
ington was known to the Indians Of his
time by q special name. It was Como
tocarius." AS early as 1754 Washing
ton, In a written address to the Indian
HALF King signed the communication:
go Washington Conotocarius." The
meaning Of this name was "Devourer OF
Villages" This name. strangely enough,
was bestowed by the Indians upon John
Washington, the immigrant. great
grandfather of Gen washington, who
in his day had also been a colonel of
Virg ina militia. Young George fell
heir to the title in his youth when he
, first became known to the Indians.
From Kansas Q constituent Of these
observations sends the following ezpla~