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The Washington times., 1932-10-12
DEATHS

Isaac R; Bowen; 9a years. 1929
AnIH Alice Z. sikken. IS years. 1924 Mon
'0 waiter at NJ. Brodie. So years. 1907
William F. Arvin, rs years. Home
for Aged and Infirm. en-,
James A. Healy. - years 1903
yarnum st. N. W. ,oon
Annietta L. Freeman. 5S years. 1890
Calvert st. N. w. -,..
Keith keenan,, 40 years. Casualty
Hospital. .ooo
Capitol Ave. N. e. c.r
Dewey Jackson. Z months. Chill
Lizzie Beckman. "A years. Little
Emma Williams, s5 years a2s U
Joseph Washington, SIS years. st,
-,j,s.Iis JossP9s \ Allison r " years. 'l''
Lucy Coles, As years. 7a1 Fourth
Eddie smallwood. 81 years. Emer-
Rata. T. Thomas, II years. 4s'
Third st. N. E. ,.,.
Jean P. Roache. / month. 1913
Infant of Eugene and Lucy Gibson.
days. 344 E ST. 8. W.
The Washington times., 1932-10-12
BIRTHS

Edward E. and Frances L. shatfner'
Hewlett and Ellen Kleinstuber, boy.
Budd L. and Philomene N. MckiI-
ups, boy. 49,,
Francis L. and Blanche Davis, boy;
charles e. and Helen T. White, girl
James G. and Esther Paulett, girl.
John W. and Mary Leidingere, girl
John W. and Helen F. Davis girl;
Raymond L. and Emma L. SpauIo'
William R. and Mary E. coter. girl.
Minor E. and Emma e. Putten-
harger, girl. +,
Emorey L. and Myrtle NJ. Fowler
girl. -,
Warren A. and Evie Thompson girl.
Claud and Carrie Jones, girl.
The Washington times., 1932-10-12
MRS. SARAH w. GREEN


Funeral services for Mrs. Sarah
w. Green, SO, a resident Of Wash
ington for the past 40 years, who
died Monday at her home, 64OO
block Eighth ST. N. W., were con-
Quoted from the residence this
afternoon. The Rev. w. ". Nc
1ntyre, pastor Of st. Pauls Meth
odist Episcopal Church, South,
officiated. She was buried IN
Rock Creek Cemetery.
Mrs. Green was born in
Fauquier county, Va, the daugh-
ter of DR.. William B. and Mrs.
Emily P. Day. She was the
widow of william Taylor Green.
Surviving are three children, Mrs.
Julian s. freeman, John Day
Green and Mrs. Harry L. Slye.
MISS JEANETTE KENNEDY
Mrs. Emily B. Attersall, Of the
1900 block L st. N. W.. today an
nounced the death of her sister,
Miss jeanette Kennedy, who sue
cumbed Monday in Tyler, Tex, as
the result of severe burns re-
ceived when her dress caught fire
from a gas range in the kitchen
of her residence there.
Funeral services were held to-
day in Tyler. Besides Mrs After
sail, Miss Kennedy is survived by
her mother, Mrs. Ida Kennedy;
two other sisters, Mrs. R. E. Reed,
Little Rock, Ark, and Mrs. Roy
w. Phillips, of Tyler, and two
brothers, John M. Kennedy, Hous-
ton, Tex, and Charles w. Ken
nedy. of Tyler,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-01-29
Washington Shown as
Master of Light Humor

One of General Washington's most
graceful bits of humor crops out in
letter he wrote In 1910, inviting sew
eral ladies to dine at his table. To
prepare them for the Spartan fare
they might have to face, he wrote:
"Since our arrival at this happy
spot, we have had a ham sometimes
a shoulder) of Bacon, to grace the
head of the Table; piece of roast Beef
adorns the foot; dish of beans, or
greens, (almost imperceptible) deco
rates the center. When the cook has
mind to cut figure, (Which I pre-
sumo will be the case tomorrow, we
have two Beefsteak pyes. or dishes Of
crabs, in addition, one on each side of
the center dish, dividing the space &
reducing the distance between dish &
dish to about 6 feet, which without
them would be near IL feet apart. OF
late he has had the surprising segacity
to discover, that apples will make
pyes; and its a question, If, In the
violence of his efforts, we do not get
one Of apples, instead Of having both
Of Beefsteaks. If the ladies can put
up with such entertainment, and will
submit to partake Of it in plates, once
Tin but now Iron-(not become so by
the labor Of scouring), I shall be hap
by to see them"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-01-29
Bottle. in History

The first bottles probably were made
OF animal skins. In ancient Egypt
bottles were made out Of such ma
terials as stone, alabaster, porcelain.
ivory, gold, silver, bronze and glass.
The Phoenicians and Romans also
made glass bottles. Earthenware bot
ties were possessed by the Egyptians
and Hebrews, and still are used in the
East. Venice held the monopoly Of
the manufacture of glass bottles in the
Middle ages. In China, beautiful bot
ties of various forms, and substances
such as jade, agate, and rock crystal,
have long been known. Bottles made
of the dried rind Of gourds are used
by italian peasantry. The first bottle
blowing machine was invented by an
Englishman named Ashley in 1882.
The first fully automatic machine was
invented by Michael J. Owens in Amer
lea, between 1899 and 1902.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-01-29
Historic Mediterranean

There is only one sea that has been
contemporary with all history-the
Mediterranean.
The Pacific and the Atlantic have
been known to us for less than 1000
years, but the Mare Mediterranean"
has been "the Great Sea" from the
aforementioned past. The ancient ma
tons who ruled the waves-Phoeni-
clans, Carthagenians, Greeks, Romans,
venetians-were all Mediterranean
peoples.
It is the sea Of the ages. On its
waters Odysseus journeyed home from
Troy, and Aeneas made his eventful
voyages. IT bore Caesars prows as he
set forth to conquer, and carried the
argosies of Byzantium as they brought
home the wealth of earliest commerce.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-01-29
Architecture of Today
Neglected by the Poet

Haven't Troy and Tyre and Babylon
been sung too much by the poets and
London, Paris and New York too
much neglected? Where are the great
epic compositions about the most stu
pendous cities of all time; or even
ballads and lyrics? 3. Fl. Collier asks,
in the st. Louis Globe Democrat.
We grant you that the ancient lives
of human beings are more inspira-
tional, because there is more room for
the fancy to play. One doesn't have
to be extremely accurate. There is
necessitated the sticking to facts in
celebrating London, Paris and New
York. The last named of the cities
was nothing much to stir untrammeled
thought in its ferryboat days, but in
its skyscraper era it is startling, to
speak mildly. It has lost some Of its
olden charm, reverting to Washington
Irvings days, but now it Is making
the worlds mouth hang open in as
constituent
Those thousand-feet towers are ex-
citing vague feeling Of apprehension,
such as must have moved the judicious
when Babel's mighty shaft grew taller
day by day. 1t is true, they are over
towering proof that our race is not a
slothful one, but where is the limit
beyond which appreciation cannot go?
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-01-29
First "Medal of Honor"

The first Congressional medal Of
honor was awarded to Capt. Thomas
Truxtun on March 20, 1900. On March
II in that year Mr.. Parker observed
in the house Of representatives that
information had been received Of
very gallant action having occurred be-
tween a frigate of the United States
of 80 guns. commanded by Commodore
Truxtun, and a French vessel of 81
guns. He stated that 1t was not usual
to grant emoluments on account of any
past gallant action to our officers. but
that it was common and consistent to
grant appreciation. He also stated that
in other countries monuments were
erected in cases of this kind. As al
ready indicated, congress approved of
his suggestions and the medal was
awarded.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-01-29
HOG CHOLERA in STATE

Hog cholera was reported on
forty premises in Maryland
during December, 1881, COM
pared with thirty-two out
breaks as an average for the
month during the last twelve
years. Twenty-four were class
ed as backyard outbreaks, and
sixteen occurred on farms
where hogs are bred and raised.
However, garbage feeding
plants we're maintained on one
of the farms, and on seven of
the premies classed as back
yards. Thirty-one were classed
as primary, or new outbreaks,
and six a secondary, or a
spread of the infection, and
three were of unknown origin.
Fifteen of the twenty-three
counties reported one or more
outbreaks. Montgomery coun-
ty, seven; Baltimore, Cecil,
Washington and Wicomico.
four each; Howard, three
Caroline, Carroll, Queen Anne's
Charles and Worcester, two
each; Calvert, Dorchester,
Frederick and Hartford, one
outbreak each.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-01-29
If thou art a witch,
Go, o DEVILS daughter!
And be borne away
On the running water!
Jennings Once Thought
to Come From Clouds

: The Scandinavian Bishop Olaf, who
lived in the Sixteenth century, left an
account Of a plague of Jennings,
rodents about the size Of our common
rat, which devour most of the green
things growing in their haunts. At
fairly regular intervals these mammals
have invaded certain part Of Europe
in vast armies, and their appearance
is so sudden that many of the country
folk believe that they drop from the
clouds. Bishop Olaf himself conclud-
ed that this was their means of arri-
val, and he also noted that with the
coming Of these pests, their enemies.
such as foxes and owls, increased to a
corresponding extent.
The Jennings being smaller than the
fox have a shorter reproductive, span.
and increase more rapidly, until the
time comes when they must move to
new grounds for food. Their enemies
follow them, and plenty Of food means
that they produce larger filters, but
even then the jennings outrun their
enemies, until another enemy, disease,
steps in, and brings them below their
normal numbers. Their enemies, find
ing the food supply giving out, die Off
In corresponding numbers, and so this
strange cycle Of life goes on.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-01-29
Swede Was Discoverer
of Northeast Passage

Adolf Erik Nordenskjold was a
Swedish navigator, born, however, in
Finland. He was the discoverer Of
the long-sought northeast passage, in
1879.
His vessel, the steamship Vega, left
Gothenburg, Sweden, July 4, 1873,
passed through Jugar strait August 1,
crossed the sea of Kara, and an
chored August 6 in Dickson's harbor.
The explorers landed and took obser-
vations on Northeast Cape August 10,
and the next day weighed anchor again
and sailed eastward, passing the
mouth of the River Lena August q.
About a month later the ship was
frozen in, in latitude 81 degrees Z
minutes north, longitude 173 degrees
80 minutes, about three-quarters Of a
mile from the Siberian mainland. The
crew went ashore, made friends with
the natives, then little known tribe,
and spent nine months waiting for the
ice to relinquish their ship.
On July is, 1879, the Vega once
more weighed anchor, and continued
her journey. On July 20 she passed
through Boring strait, the first vessel
to pass from Atlantic to Pacific north
of the Eurasian continent. She
reached Yokohama September 2, 1879.
For his exploit, Nordenskjold was
made baron. He died In 1901.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-01-29

1t is only of comparatively recent
times that foot or a yard or quart
or some other measure has become
standard People Of today think of
them only in constant terms. yet 1t
was not always thus. The "foot'' Of
today was once that of the kings or
some officer appointed by him. The
"yard" comes from an old word mean
ing a rod or stick. The pound"
meant originally pendant. These
may first have been carried around the
kings girdle or that Of his officer. The
"gallon" was a large bowl. The
"quart" means fourth part Of some
thing, and the pint" is really paint"
and is probably a reference to paint
ed mark made on the larger bowl or
tankard.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-01-29
coconut. From Sea

The white mans first knowledge Of
the coconuts came from the sea. Early
explorers, long before the discovery of
America, reported finding coconuts in
the ocean hundreds Of miles from the
nearest land. Later, on South Sea is
lands, they found the stately palms
that dropped the coconuts into the
water.
In many tropical countries the CO.
conut palm is the family cow of the
natives, furnishing healthful meat and
drink.
Although spelled similarly, coconut
and cocoa are entirely different. The
coconut is the fruit of the coconut
palm; cocoa beans come from the pods
of the cacao. or chocolate tree.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-01-29
Sees Time Well Spent
in Study of the Stars

49, 0SSA>AV - $AAS $500 =
Napoleon consulted the stars, and he
was no fool, as everybody should be
willing to admit. Milton believed in
astrology, and so did emperors and
popes. There are millions Of people
who today believe In it and guide all
their actions by 1t, despite the wither-
ing scorn of astronomers and other
scientists.
Anyhow, how much are the SCI
entists sure of, asks John Steven
McGroarty, in the Los Angeles Sun
day Times. Sir James Jeans and DR..
Robert Millikan almost called each
other liars at convention where there
was an argument about the collapse
of the earth. Are they not all guess
ing?
If astrology does nothing else, It
puts you on guard. 1t admonishes
caution. At times it tells you to be
bold and to dare. In short, It warns
one to look before one leaps. And
that's not bad advice.
thing that has lasted and that is
still going as strong as it is going,
must have something back Of it.
And, when all is said and done, it
is interesting, which is more than
can be said of some other things.
The stars are full Of wonder and
beauty. To know them and to study
them is to be upon the quest Of beauty.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-01-29
Cousinlv Relationship

If one starts out right, the reckon
ing Of cousin relationship is really
quite simple. A cousin Is one collat-
orally related by descent from COM
mon ancestor, but not a brother or
sister. Children Of brothers and sis
tiers are first cousins to one another.
The children Of first cousins are Sec
ond cousins to one another; children
Of second cousins are third cousins to
one another. and so on. The child Of
ones first cousin is first cousin once
removed; the grandchild of ones first
cousin is first cousin twice removed.
and so on. And vice versa, the cousin
Of ones father or mother Is q first
cousin once removed. etc.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-01-29
Bad Cooking and Crime

We have seen it written a good
many times that bad cooking was at
the bottom Of large portion of the
worlds crime; and we have never
found any reliable statistics to support
the claim. Why don't the indefatig-
able researchers and surveyors go
about among our criminals and delin-
quents and ask them how the cooking
was in their homes? Personally we
think, and have often said, that this
would be better world If there were
more good apple pie than there is, but
we cannot prove even that.-Boston
Herald.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-01-29

Lying is a pleasure, and speaking
the truth painful necessity. How
true that is, especially when applied
to woman! Does woman lie to please
herself or through necessity? Certain
ly in society lying is as necessary as
breathing. Truth does not come out
of wells but from the mouthsNof guests
out of earshot Of their hostess. They
dilate on the scantiness Of the re-
freshments and the boring afternoon
they have spent. Every truth is good
to express except those which one
hides from ones hostess.-Maurice
Dekobra in the London Saturday Re-
view.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-01-29
Love Maxine

"AI love that does not uplift, de-
bases; 1t is a mistake to look for ten
derness In love, seek tenderness In
friendship; All women without love
are the sameage; A woman is eighteen
when she is in love; A hundred when
she loves no longer; When a man
says: You are the companion Of my
life. my best friend'-look out for your
rival; Love is spring garden where
the sun shines between two showers;
The joys of love last no longer than
roses" These maxims are from the
pen of Lucie Paul Marguerite. daugh-
ted Of the late Paul Marguerite. nov
elist.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-01-29
Early Fermentsd Beverage.

DR.. Harvey W. Wiley says that wine
is the oldest and most important Of
fermented beverages. He says: 'Tt
could not escape early discovery, be-
cause fruits Of all kinds, when crushed
and left to natural causes, undergo
the alcoholic fermentation. Primitive
man must, therefore, have been &C.
quainted with the properties of the
fermented juice of fruits, especially
Of grapes. Wine was known In the
remotest historical times, as evidenced
by reference to it in the earliest pre-
served literatures."
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-01-29

!, UtS oHtp HUS UsoetOV "~'0 SeN''o''S y
The largest flying telephone system
in the world, with 10 telephones,
switchboard and three miles OF cable,
but weighing less than 255 pounds,
took to the air when the Nays giant
new airship, the Akron, made its first
test flight last September.
The switchboard is located In an
opening between the control room and
the chart room, and may be operated
from either side 1t is operated by
designated officers as part OF their
routine duties.
Necessity for weight conservation
was responsible for the use Of alum
mum wherever possible In building
the system: the switchboard box is
made of welded aluminium and the
complete switchboard weighs only 80
pounds
i Telephones Aid Maneuvering
When the ringing key on the switch
board is pressed musical sound
approximately the key OF C-issues
from the instrument to which the call
Is going. All instruments on the ship
can be "rung" at once II desired. and
the sound can be used for transmitting
code messages. Should the captain OF
the Akron desire TO talk to all stations
ct once. he may do so
The 19 telephones are. located at
strategic points. Three are to be
found in the gangway leading from
the officers quarters above the con
troll rooms to the bow. The first Of
these is general utility instrument
serving the officers quarters, the next
is further up the gangway adjacent t.
important fuel valves. while the thirt
Is In the bow itself. and Is extremely
necessary as the ship approaches
mOoring mast
TWO observation and gun PLATFORM
IRE located on the top OF the Akron
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-01-29

kttO COuNtI " tts fOSN'e sNSNfS"s
and telephones are provided there.
Gangways extend along each side of
the ship providing access to quarters,
airplane compartment and engine
rooms, and number of instruments
are to be found in these gangways. A
telephone is located about thirty-five
feet from each engine room, so that
it is a matter of comparatively short
distance from an engine compartment
to telephone. Instruments are also
to be found in the generator room, air.
plane compartment, observation stand
in the extreme stern, and in the emer-
gency control room in the lower ver-
teal fin.
Ship Has 4,4so Horsepower
A line leading out through the nose
of the ship may be hooked in to any
outside telephone system When the ship
is on the mooring mast. Provision is
made in the emergency control sta
ton to plug in line to a head set
which can be worn by man on the
ground to assist the captain in ground
maneuvers.
The telephone instruments are SIM
liar in appearance to the square box
type sometimes seen in factories, and
all switches are gas tight. Ear pieces
fitted with rubber cups to eliminate
outside noises are provided. The
boxes are suspended by springs to
prevent interference by>yibration.
The Akron is 7S5 feet long, 1872 feet
in diameter, and has capacity Of
6,500,0 900 cubic feet Of helium.
The eight 56O.norsepower engines
are mounted in engine compartments
in the hull itself, with power being
delivered to the propellers by rigid
drive shaft system and bevel gear
Useful lift of the ship is estimated at
81 tons, and its top speed at SO miles
per hour.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-01-29
STATE FOREST NURSERY.

The State Department OF
Forestry has announced that
the State Forest Nursery at
College Park is beginning to
assign trees for spring ships
ment throughout Maryland.
State Forester F. w. Besley
says that orders for forest and
roadside planting stock are
coming in rapidly in anticipa-
ton of an early spring planting
season. Some sizes of forest
tree planting stock have been
exhausted already and the
unusual interest in tree plant
ing incident to the George
Washington Bicentennial Cele-
bration is promoting special
demand for State-gorwn trees.
Orders are being received much
in advance of the usual number
at this time Of the year.
The State Forester explained
that the State Forest Nursery.
although self-supporting, is run
without porfit, due to sale OF
trees at actual cost Of pro-
duction. Trees for forest and
windbreak planting are sold as
low as 1-5 cent each in Quanti-
ties of 100 or more trees, al
though select trees Of good size,
in Seeding and transplant clas-
sification, commonly sell in
quantity, at u cent to one cent
each. Larger trees for road
side planting sell at from 80
cents to $1.1O each, in quanti-
ties of ten or more trees. A
large order of trees has been
assigned to the State Roads
Commission for planting eleven
miles of roadside trees along
the Neutrality-suspicious. Pike
in the spring. Other public
road Identification projects are
anticipated in celebration Of the
Bicentennial, according to Mr..
Besley.
State Forester Besley says
there is a very real reason for
landowners taking an Increased
interest in forest planting. He
explains, "There are 100000
acres idle, waste land in Mary
land, most of which is better
adapted to timber growing than
for any other purpose, and
which constitutes a land-use
problem that can only be solved
through refoTestatioh. This
area was cleared of it's forest
growth many years ago but was
later found unfit for field crops.
Most of it can be brought back
to productive use by planting
it to forest trees. Half Of the
waste area, or 10000 acres.
should be planted in the next
20 years. requiring 100000
small forest trees annually.
The present production of the
State Forest Nusrery is $50, 900
trees annually, which can be
Increased to five million trees
annually, within a three-year
period. Landowners interested
in forest planting will be given
expert advice upon application
to the State Department of
Forestry"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-01-29

There is a striking analogy between
any one of the cables which radiate
from telephone central Office, and
the spinal cord, that bundle of nerves,
which is of such vital Importance to
every human being
This analogy is effectively demon
strated when. photograph of the
cross-section of a telephone cable is
compared with photograph OF a
microscopic enlargement of trans
verse section of human spinal cord.
While the nerves are not placed as
symmetrically as are the wires in a
cable, they are about as closely spaced
and each nerve is enclosed In an in
sulating sheath. or medulla. in the
same manner that the telephone wires
are insulated with paper.
The similarity may be carried furth-
err than mere physical resemblance
when the respective functions of the
spinal cord and the telephone cable
are considered. The spinal cord of an
individual is the conduit of the main
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-01-29

when a man is sure that his
friends never say unkind things
about him he can be sure that
all his friends are dead.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-01-29

A clock goes right on work
ing when it goes on a strike;
that's where It gets the bulge
on a man.