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The Washington times., 1932-02-08
IL URGES ARLINGTON COUNTY FIGHT u. S. ENCOURAGEMENT
TT TAKES MORE THAN LEGS" -ZIEGFELD
Of Course, They Are
Essential, but Brains
Help a Lot

What makes fate and the pro-
ducer smile on two score girls out
of 1000 when it comes to picking
a chorus?
What equipment does a young
girl earnestly trying to get along
need to qualify?
First, pair Of legs, Of course.
But they have to be very special
kind of legs-legs that will do
more than Just reach the ground.
They must be, according to
Florenz ziegfeld, the master
picker of choruses for so long that
the memory of woman will not
admit to running to the con-
trary-they must be in the first
place fairly long legs.
Perfect" Legs
For instance, Marjory Levoe, de-
scribed by ziegfeld as the pos
SCISSOR of the shapeliest legs in his
forthcoming show. "Hot-Cha," has
a pair that are almost exactly
half as long as she Is high. That
is, her legs are 32h inches long,
and she Is 651 inches tall.
"And after I look at the
figure, / look next at the face"
ZiegfeId declared. Remember,
now, / don't insist that every
girl be exactly s feet 5l@
inches tail, or anything like it.
That is the ideal height, but
height doesn't matter so long
as we keep away from ex-
tremes. IT'S proportions that
count.
PERSONALITY NEEDED
"The successful candidate for
one of my shows must have a
lovely face. The best figure In
the world won't make uD for
an unattractive set Of features.
"And the face must contain
more than beauty.
"It must have o spark OF
something I'll have to call per-
sOnality-SO m e hing that I
think will register across the
fOOtlights. That's most i'm
pOrtant. without that the girl
is lost. It's hard to say. what
it is, but the expert recognizes
it instantly when he's inter-
viewing a line of girls.
BORN, NOT MADE
"Out Of o line Of 20 girls,
perhaps two or three will stand
out instantly as the pOSSeSSOrS
of stage personality. And it is
essential in my shows, for my
long experience in picking girls
for show purposes has shown
me that the spark Of whatever
it is can't be acquired"
Experience is one thing Zieg-
field doesn't consider in reviewing
girl for his show. Ability, yes,
and aptitude, but not experience.
prefer 'em without" he re-
marked bruSQuely. Experience
The Washington times., 1932-02-08
WARNS Of LOSS
Of REVENUE AS
WELL AS LAND
County Board Resolution Is
Plea for Legislation to
Fix Boundary

"Unless we take steps to
fight the Federal suits in
stituted for the purpose of
seizing Virginia property at
the foot of the Highway
Bridge, Arlington county
will be the only political
subdivision in the world
that has a navigable river
as q boundary and yet has
no access to that river"
In these words, former State
Senator Frank L. Bali, of Airing
ton, warned the county board Of
commissioners to begin their fight
against Federal "encroachments'
at once or lose the two-mile-wide
strip of land that extends along
the northern boundary of the
county.
More Suits Planned
According to Mr.. Ball and Com
monwealth's Attorney Lawrence
W. Douglas, the United States is
attempting, In the suits already
instituted for taking over the
Washington Hoover Airport and
surrounding property. to set a
court precedent which will enable
it to take the entire strip of land
skirting the Potomac in Virginia
In the suits instituted already,
the claim is made that under the
Congressional act of 1912. the Fed
eral Government is given title to
land in Arlington as far up Vir-
giria creeks as the tide flows and
ebbs. Further suits are planned
by the Government, Mr.. Douglas
said.
Legislation Sought
Property involved in suits al
ready filed brings to the State of
Virginia an annual income of $75,-
900, figure which is increasing
with the growth of air commerce.
Realizing the seriousness of the
situation, the county board
adopted resolution asking the
general assembly to enact legisla-
ton looking toward joint action
with Congress in definitely deter
mining the boundary line between
the two jurisdictions.
The Washington times., 1932-02-08
HOOUer to Broadcast
Address on Lincoln

The voice of President Hoover
will be heard throughout the land
Friday when he delivers a Lin
coin Day address from the Lin
coin study of the White House.
The address will be broadcast by
the National and Columbia
broadcasting systems.
The National Capital Republi-
can Club will sponsor a Lincoln
Day dinner here. Speakers will
include Senators Hatfield and
Watson. Secretary of the Inter
ior Ray Lyman Wilbur and Mrs.
Everett Gam.
The Washington times., 1932-02-08
ADVERTISEMENT
Ends Stomach
Torture Of Yrs.

After several years untold stomach
torture, 1 tried ACIDINE." says G. r.
Weber, Chicago. Illinois. II can truth
fully say it is everything you claim
Now l eat and sleep as If | never had
sick day in my life. l feel like
new person again.
End gas, sourness. heartburn. dizZi-
ness, sleeplessness. headache resulting
from acidity. Maker guarantees ACID
INE ends your stomach trouble or money
back. All druggists have ACIDINE.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-10-07
BURNING UP FARM PROS.
PERITY

The farmer is one of the
worst sufferers from fire.
1t is estimated that the farm
fire waste totals $100,000,000 a
year, and in rural communi-
ties of $500 or less reaches
$16O,OOO,O0O. More important
than that, farm fires take $500
irreplaceable lives.
The magnitude of the $780,
100000 loss is difficult to visu-
alize. 1t would build $4,000
homes costing $4,000 each
enough to house 100000 peo-
pie. These structures, stand
ing end to end, would form a
wall 400 miles in length. The
replacement of these buildings
requires 100000 acres of forest
each year.
Farm fires are a luxury we
cannot afford. That a hun
dred-million- dollar waste is an
influence opposed to agicultur-
al prosperity goes without say
ing Worst of all, at least 80
per cent of that waste-$S0,-
100000 and $500 lives-is en-
tirely unnecessary.
The solution is unremitting
care, plus development of first
class rural fire-fighting units
capable of combating farm fire
hazards. The week of Octob-
er 9th is Fire Prevention Week
the American farmer
should be one of the most at
tentive students" of the fire
problem during that time.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-10-07
TRAFFIC DANGERS

Governor Pinchot pointed to
a chief cause of motor acct
dents when he blamed incom-
petent 'slowpokes," road
hogs and juggernaut" buses
and trucks. These menaces
are seen on every hill and al
most every curve whenever the
roads are crowded. The road
hog" and the driver who con-
siders it an insult to be passed
by another car are always with
us. Persistent arrest and even
revocation of licenses will help
rid the roads of the latter two
offenders, but the timid "slow-
poke" unless he is flagrantly
incompetent, is primarily a
subject for education.
"Juggernaut" trucks and
buses are in quite another cat
egory. Their drivers are usu-
ally skillful, and their danger
comes from excess speed, from
rigid schedules, from excess
weight or from sheer size. To
bring their speeds down to the
point of safety for every one
the schedules, particularly of
BUSES, must be supervised.
Size can be reduced only by re-
vising the motor code. There
is no compelling reason for al
lowing trucks and trailers sew
enty feet long, eight feet wide
and fourteen and one-half feet
high to roar along the high
ways used by passenger cars.
Rigid enforcement of the
present motor code will end
many abuses and prevent many
accidents, but revision of that
code is also necessary.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-10-07
ELECTION PREDICTIONS

In these prediction days
newspaper polls, predictions,
etc., show the sure election of
both the G. o. P. and the DEM
ocratic Presidential nominees.
Not to be out-done the Woman
Voter, published at Washing
ton, d. c., gives the following
version:
Former representative Will
liam D. Upshaw, running on
the Prohibition ticket this fall
for the Presidency has made
gains within the last week
many are predicting that with
both old parties running on
dripping wet platforms, the
election may be thrown into
the House.
"There is no question but
that New York state will be the
battle ground and is the strate-
gic point. Hoover, to be elect
ed, must carry New York.
Roosevelt, to be elected, must
also carry New York. At pres
ent neither could carry New
York, as the vets which both
old parties have sought to line
up, are even divided between
them. Therefore the "Drys"
hold the balance of power.
eff Upshaw carries New
York, and there is every indi-
cation that he can, by the up
state vote alone, undoubtedly
the election will be thrown in
to the House.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-10-07
LOWER POSTAL RATES AID
VOCATED

Possibility that Congress at
it's next session will authorize
the return of the two-cent let
ter rate is increased with the
declaration from the House
post Office subcommittee, in
vestigating the postal service,
that the two-cent rate should
be restored, "in view of the fall
ing off in the volume of first
class mail since the Scent rate
went into effect"
The Post Office Department
has made public no comparison
of the revenues under the two
cent and three-cent rates but it
is known that the returns are
not so satisfactory as the Post
master-General had hoped
they would be when he recon-
mended the increase. The ex-
act financial effect of the new
postal rates would not become
known until several months
after the enactment of the law.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-10-07
ORPHANS COURT

Bonds ApprOved--John A..
Hartenstine, administrators of
Alice H. Makinson; John Per-
kins Harvey, executor of Eva
lyn May Harvey; William
Parker Lusby, administrator of
Robert c. Lusby; John Harlem
slime, administrator of Ken
meth B. Hartenstine.
Accounts Passed-First and
final account of Edward T..
Williams, administrator of
Warren H. England; first and
final account of Clara B. Short,
administrative of Laura Price;
seventh account of Blanche HI.
Brandhoff, guardian of Cecil
v. Humphreys and Elizabeth
Humphreys.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-10-07
DOWN GOES GASOLINE

The reduction of gasoline
throughout the Atlantic Sea-
board to 1871 cents per gallon
in the Baltimore Zone, COM
mencing with yesterday (Fri-
day. meets with the approval
of thousands of motorists
throughout Maryland, as we'll
as all other sections of the
country. Gasoline at 20 cents
per gallon is entirely too high,
and the exhorbitant prices
should not have prevailed in
these times of depression. A
delegation of oil dealers from
the Eastern Shore, headed by
Representative T. Alan Colds
borough, appear before
Chairman HUMPHREYS, of the
Federal Trade Board at Wash
ington last week and made for
NAL complaint against tactics
OF the Standard Oil Company
to gain control of filling sta
tons in this section of the
state. Mr.. Goldsborough very
ably presented the unfair deal
ings of the oil companies to
Mr.. HUMPHREYS, and it was
through his untiring efforts, it
is generally believed, that gas
oline dropped in price so quick
ly. Our distinguished Con-
gresham, who is a candidate
for reelection this fall, has al
ways worked to the best inter-
ests of his constituents, never
Sinking those duties which
best serve the people he repre-
sents. We wish to congratu-
late our neighbor and friend of
so many years of long standing
for his assistance in bringing
about the reduction of gasoline
prices. Automobiles and
others should make note of this
fact, and at the coming cleo
tion should remember Mr.
Goldsborough for the very i'm
portant part he played in
bringing about a noteworthy
reduction on a commodity that
is practically used by every
family in the state. Caroline
Sun.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-10-07

According to B. G. Willis.
vice-president of the Firemen's
Fund Indemnity Company, the
annual economic loss due to
automobile accidents is about
$1,000, 100000. Some realiza-
ton Of the magnitude of the
waste can be obtained by the
knowledge that public school
education in the entire country
costs only $2,20O,O00, 5000 an
nually.
Practically all of the two
and-a-half billion loss is due
20 three factOrs-ignorance,
carelessness or incompetence.
There is no other major cause
OF automobile accidents. The
unavoidable accident is rare
indeed. The percentage of &C
cidents due to mechanical fail
ure OF the car is swaziland in
the bulk of these The fault
lies with the owner who
has not kept his machine in
proper condition. The human
factor is present in every con-
ceivable mishap.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-10-07

~ o out to the beach with her!
Share the jolly fun of splash
ing in blue water and build
ing castles out of silver sand.
Don't hurry home until the sun
says it's supper time-time for a
tempting hot soup that floats
golden croutons, and vegetables
that feel good in small tummies,
such vegetables as pureed car
rots, peas and tomatoes. Then
perhaps jello for dessert, filled
with buried treasures of fruit.
Model Mothers
Canned pureed foods have been
recommended by physicians for
children, and the variety of these
foods is constantly increasing, as
more and more mothers find that
they are good for children be-
sides being labor savers for busy
mothers. Children like them II
they are attractively prepared,
and they also like mothers who
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-10-07
Purged Foods for Children

are good comrades far better than
those who stay home peeling and
pureeing when they, too, should
be out playing.
There is a wide choice OF these
pureed or sieved foods, now pos
sible, and the mother who has
her child's diet list from her ply
stefan, can buy pureed spinach.
carrots, tomatoes. peas, green
beans, mixed vegetables, prunes,
or strained vegetable soup.
Here is a Dreamed Soup worth
coming home from the beach to
eat: Heat one and one-half cups
milk to the boiling point. Add
slowly the contents of a fourteen
and one-half ounce can of strained
vegetables which have been
heated. Stir constantly while add
ing. Add one teaspoon butter
and one-half teaspoon salt. Beat
for a moment; serve hot with
croutons. Serves six persons
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-10-07
MARYLAND MOTORISTS
CAN SAVE $4,000

Maryland motorists can save
themselves and other taxpay-
ers more than $4,000 this year,
according to E. Austin Baugh-
man, Commissioner of Motor
Vehicles.
"How?" Colonel Boughman
was asked.
"By notifying this office of a
change in address before Octo-
Der TO-" he replied.
Failure Of motoists to let us
know whether they have NOV
ed since obtaining their last
set of tags causes this office
each year to spend uselessly
several thousand dollars" the
Commissioner explained.
IF we could get the proper
cooperation this waste could be
avoided.
ION October 10 we begin to
prepare the tag application
blanks for distribution, and we
print thereon the addresses
which appear in our files be-
fore that date.
Including paper, printing,
envelope, stamp and time, it
costs eight cents to send each
blank. Now if we have. as
happened last year, 10000
addresses in our files we are
compelled to waste $4,000.
With the increase in postage
the expense will be greater.
And think of the inconvenience
md time wasted.
In 1880 we had $4,000 ap-
plications returned and in 1929
10000. And all this in spite
OF the annual cleaning out of
the files.
"Afte,' pleading for years
with the motorists, l tried to
correct this condition by ac-
ton OF the Legislature, but
without avail.
This kind of law, which is
very effective in several other
States, would provide penalty
for failure to register a change
OF address with the office of the
Commissioners of MOtor Vah;o-
les within a prescribed time.
Despite all of the wall .ng
about economy, it may be nee
essary to enact a law to prevent
taxpayers from wasting money
that could so easily be saved.
What irony!"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-10-07

A total of 119 rams were
sold for an average of $14.91 at
the five ram sales held in the
State during the past two
months. it is stated by X. A.
Clark, animal husbandry spec
lalist for the University of
Maryland Extension Service.
The sales, which were held in
Baltimore, Worcester, Queen
Anne's, Washington and Gar
rett counties, attracted much
attention and twelve of the an
finals went to buyers outside of
Maryland.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-10-07

The Importance of life in
surance cannot be exaggerated
at any time. And in these
times, it's Importance grows
steadily. Sales of new life in
surance are holding at high
levels even though general pur-
chasing power is far down.
Millions of Americans have
learned, through bitter expert
ence, that life insurance is the
one investment that can be
counted upon to weather the
floods of depression without i'll
effect
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-10-07
MARYLAND FORCES AHEAD
IN PREPAREDNESS
State Ready To Take A New
Hold In Forest Protection

Hold In Forest Protection
Forest protection forces in
Maryland have reached a new
and higher mark this year,
working toward the time when
adequate safety will be provid-
ed for the welfare of our tim
Der crop. A total of about $50
forest wardens pushes the
manpower ahead of any pre-
vious year, but even more sig
nificant is the recent advance
in the number of registered
crews, which now comprise a
total of nearly 1000 men.
Twenty-six hundred potential
forest fire fighters stand ready
to render service and coordi-
nate with the efforts of a look
out tower and forest guard sys-
tenn which comprises Is differ
ent units. Each year the sup
ply of forest fire fighting equip
ment, principally rakes, spray
pumps and fire torches, has
been growing, and though it is
far from adequate for the num-
Der of men available, there is
sufficient reason to believe that
an appreciate improvement
should be made, over other
years, in reducing the size of
areas burned.
An examination of fire rec
ords kept by the United States
Forest Service shows that
Maryland leads it's neighboring
states in keeping down the
average area burned per fire
during 1881. The figure is
given as 26 acres per fire,
which is six acres less than the
lowest competing neighbor,
and 81 acres less than the high
est competing neighbor. How
ever, Maryland's record is far
from imposing in comparison
with those of certain New Eng
land and North Atlantic States.
In 1881, New Hampshire held
her average fire to II acres.
and even New York, with sew
eral times the forest area of
Maryland, managed to hold the
average at 10 acres.
The success of Maryland's
forest fire fighting is not near
ly as dependent upon the phys
lcal equipment in tools, towers
and number of men, as it is
upon the attitude assumed by
those men. Far better for a
man to be alert and prompt to
extinguish a fire with a pine
bough Immediately after it
straits, or is detected, than for
a man to await developments
and spend fifteen or twenty
minutes tracking down his fire
lighting tools before starting
for a fire. Hitting a forest fire |,
with bang means MANY
things. 1t means first of all
that there will be less fire to
light, and that pleases an hon
est warden. 1t means that
there will be less timber burn
ed, and that pleases the prop
erty owner, as we'll as everyone
in the State using timber, and
we all want timber and want it
cheap. 1t means the cost of
extinguishing and patrolling is
reduced. and that results in re- L
duced taxes, which pleases
everyone including the man
who fights fire.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-10-07

Maintenance of the improve
ment in the employment situa-
ton noted in its July report
and further increases in activ-
tiles in certain sections of the
country were noted in the Aug
ust bulletin of the United
States Employment Service,
made public Wednesday.
The conclusions of the en-
pioyment service were corro-
borated by figures from Bureau
OF Labor statistics, which re-
vealed that employment in
creased one-half of one per
cent in August in 16 major in
dustrial groups. The manu-
featuring industries showed a
gain of Ia per cent in en-
ployment. Nearly $4,000 es-
adjustments are covered in
the bureaus survey.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-10-07
MRS. JENNIE TAYLOR

Licensed Funeral Director
Gentleman Embalmer Lie
ensed for Maryland and Penn.
sylvania.
Dignified service gwen all
calls. night or day
Cor N Queen & Walnut SITS.
Phone 1879 Rising Sun. Mo
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-10-07
Rising Sun M. E. Church

Rev. A. B. Frye, Pastor
Sunday School 9:45 a. m.
Preaching 11:00 o'clock.
Junior League 500 p. m.
Senior League 700 O'Clock
Preaching 1880 o'clock.
A cordial welcome.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-10-07

Experience generally leaves
q sore spot. !
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-10-07

Consistency is often anothl
name for contrariness.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-10-07

1t takes strong-minded wo-
man to hold her tongue.
The Washington times., 1932-04-28
DEADLY LARVA OF THE
INOSTEMMA.

make it impossible for human beings to raise pears.
There the of the tree and of
however strange tiny parasitic insect the lower pic
ture and called Inostemma Pnicoa.
The lower picture shows the fulgrown Inosemma and
cured its back with the pointing its ovposor
THE PEAR MIDGE.
With its long eggayng apparatus the nosemma searches
among the buds of the tree until it finds egg of the
In these eggs the parasitic nostemma remain quiet inside the
pear mdge eggs until the latter we'll developed pro-
duce larva fit for food for the inostemma.
Then the eggs of the nostemma laid in the
mdge egg hatch and the tiny arva make their to
the brain tissue of the victim in which they have been de-
posted They feed the brain of their host afrward
naming comfortably inside the dead pear mdge larva until
spring comes to release them.
The gruesome is this When than inostemma
egg is laid in pear midge egg they hatch the
osemma youngsters devour each other until only is
left
The upper picture inostemma under
microscope and greatly enlarged The little black spots with
the pointing raspng organs with which the para
site attacks its victim The claw with the sharp teeth enables
the parasite to hang
All Of these things be by the microscope onour
sight could not perceive them.
Beyond sight, in millions of FORMS the battles of insects
against insects microbes against microbes carried
If they ceased and form of insect life should become
dominant, has become dominant among the highly
developed animals it would be impossible probably for
to live this earth.
Of these parasite creatures of the most interesting
wasp
The mother wasp when the time to lay her eggs,
seeks fat caterpillar and sngs the caterpillar such
way as to paralyze it without killing it. deposits the cater