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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-07-08
Annual Fair in Which
Javanese Take Delight

The Pasa Gambir is q tawdry fair
which is held annually for the delight
Of the Javanese The buildings are
erected for each event and are Of light
construction Of bamboo, but are rem
dered quite effective by the erection Of
towers at intervals and by the use Of
bright paint Of many colors. Work
commences in the spring and the fair
opens during the latter part Of August
for two weeks, during which 1t Is Wis.,
tied by half a million persons. AZ the
time of opening approaches there Is q
mushroom appearance Of street traders
Of every description. The sideways
are lined with bamboo stalls and the
worlds strangest 5-and-10-cent store
begins to function-here the prices are
4 and TN cents, respectively. To catch
the natives fancy Is an endless assert
ment of bazaar goods, ranging from
cheap toys to all sorts Of inexpensive
jewelry and cloths, from wearing ap-
parel and toilet articles to popular ma
tive foods.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-07-08

: Telephone development In Mary
land, Virginia, West Virginia and the
District Of Columbia exceeds that of
all South America This area, con-
tanning about 100000 square miles is
now served by more than TAT 800 tele-
phones. In comparison, nine countries
in South America with 6,64S,000 square
miles have only 100000 telephones.
With the exception of Argentina,
which had 100000 telephones, and
Brazil with 162.670 telephones, all of
the South American countries have
far fewer telephones than the District
of Columbia, or either Of these three
states.
The District of Columbia is now
served by 1S2,324 telephones; Mary
land. 221,5OO; Virginia, 205,110; and
West Virginia, $4,000 telephones. Not
only are there more telephones in
these states than in the South Amer
lean countries, officials of the Chesa.
peake and Potomac Telephone Com.
panies point out, but there are many
cities in this area with even more tele.
phones than entire countries In South
America.
! CITIES with more telephones than q
humber of these countries are Balti
more. Nd, 1888; Cumberland, 6,644;
Hagerstown. s,1os; Annapolis $3.50;
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-07-08
Men and Women Readers,
as Novelist Sees Them

The existence Of the average woman
in the United States is still without
variety or romantic lovers, splendid
husbands. The prospect for them in
most cases is not bright.
There is great gulf, in such wom-
an, between her life and her thoughts,
her aspirations; and novels about glor-
ious feminine conquests, nobilities and
power compose large part Of her in
ner, necessitous being. To great ex-
tent she dwells in and upon them. l
would never expect to sell novel
about lonely and defeated woman
to women. Not unless it were wholly
sentimental.
sentimental novel, in such case,
would be one where the woes, the i'm
portance. of the woman were grossly
exaggerated. A cold record Of fact
could have no success with them; the
question, the presence Of truth and
beauty have no substance. An over
whelming majority Of women read for
support, for the illusion Of an ameli-
Grafton of their fates.
Men, when they read at all, are Diff
ferent; they are SO various that NO
general classification is possible.
Sometimes, engaged with my mail, I
think men read mostly to discover the
numbers of mistakes in the books they
examine.-Joseph Hergesheimer In the
American Mercury.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-07-08
COLOMBIA THE
TREASURE LAND Of
SOUTH ANE RIGA
Republic Is a Large Producer
of Emeralds, Platinum,
Gold, Oil and Coffee.

One thousand miles south from the
tip of Florida is a treasure land, COW
ering an area about the size of the
State of Texas, which is rapidly COM
ing into prominence In the world OF
commerce.
This "El Dorado" is the Republic OF
Colombia, South America. Within Its
boundaries-the Atlantic ocean, on the
north: Ecuador. Peru and Brazil, on
the south; Venezuela and Brazil. on
the east, and the Pacific ocean on the
west-there are nearly half million
square miles Of fertile land productive
of not only great variety of food
products, but of gems and minerals
of inestimable quantity and value as
we'll.
Colombia ranks first In world pro-
duction Of emeralds; second Of plati-
mum; third of bananas; is the largest
South American producer Of gold, and
is one of the largest prospective oil
producers of the world. 1t also raises
large quantities of tobacco. rubber.
sugar cane, cotton. wheat rice. pine
apples, peaches-in fact, all the crops
common to both the temperate and
tropic zones. Cattle raising is an Inn
portant industry Of the republic, there
now being more than 100000 head on
its spacious ranges.
Coffee Leading Product.
The most outstanding product Of the
country, however, is coffee. Colombia
is the second largest coffee producing
nation, and its coffees are recognized
as the finest in the world. That these
coffees are rapidly gaining popularity
in the United States is evidenced by
the fact that Colombian exports Of its
famed grades. known as "milds," to
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-07-08
"Ski" Idea Not New

Implements for the purpose served
by the modern "ski" were used by
many nations Of antiquity. Xenophon
describes the shoes or pattens Of skins
with which the horses of the Armen-
fans were shod to prevent them from
sinking into the snow, and Procopius
made mention of the ancient Laps,
known in Scandinavia as Skrid-F Fin
men, or sliders. Snowshoes have al
ways been used by the Mongols Of
northwestern Asia. From the evidence
Of the old Morse sagas they must
have been general in Scandinavia
long before the Christian era. Ulf or
Ullar, the god Of winter, is always
spoken of as walking upon skis, the
curved toes Of which gave rise to the
legend that they were really ships
upon which the god was waited over
hill and dale.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-07-08
Shamrock of Tradition
Common White Clover?

On March II, Of all the year, one
simple little trefoil of green stands
proudly above all flowers, at least in
the hearts Of millions Of Celts all over
the world. The story Of the Irish
shamrock, and Of its use by the zeal
Gus and adroit Patrick to illustrate
to wavering pagan king a vexed
point in Christian doctrine, has been
told over and over.
Just what plant Patrick stopped
down to pluck in that memorable de-
bate cannot certainly be stated; but
1t is likely that it was the common
white clover. For the traditional
shamrock Of Ireland is not peculiar
to the Island Of Saints alone, but
grows everywhere that a chalk or
limestone soil gives it favorable root
age. Its special luxuriance in Ire
land is due simply to the combination
there Of ideal soil conditions and the
peculiar Irish climate, with its mild
winters and long, cool, moist sum-
mers.
One other plant contests with the
clover its claim to the honor of be-
ing the original shamrock. This Is
one Of the species Of the oxalis or
sheep-sorrel, well known in this coun-
try. Old Irish herbals give this plant
also the name "seamrog," and ascribe
to it medicinal virtues almost mir
aculous.
1t will never be possible to deter
mine the matter accurately. Before
the Seventeenth century or there
abouts, plants were classified by their
leaves rather than by their flowers.
SO that the three-leaved clover and
the three-leaved oxalis were both
'shamrocks" to the early Irish.-Kan-
sas City Star. n
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-07-08

Frederick, 1858; Salisbury, 2,738: and
Gainesville. 2.346.
In Virginia, Richmond is served by
43.S45 telephones: Norfolk, 26.S7s:
Roanoke. 16,075; Lynchburg, 1928:
Portsmouth, 5,914; Newport News,
5,225: Danville. 1855; Alexandria.
4,S46; Clarendon, 1913; Staunton,
2.612; Hampton, 1856, and Winches-
ter, 2,475,
Telephones serving West Virginia
cities include Charleston, 1881:
Wheeling, 1903; Huntington, 1880:
Clarksburg, 1887; Parkersburg, 7,156;
Fairmont, 6,26S; Morgantown, 4,S77;
Martinsburg, 2,SSS, and Beckley, 1887.
Bolivia ON January 1, 1881, accord
ing to telephone and telegraph sta
tistics of the world, had 1888 tele.
phones; Chile on that date was served
by ASST: Colombia, 29,3Ss; Ecuador,
1900: Paraguay. 1850: Peru. 13.745:
Uruguay, 1886; Venezuela, 1852
telephones, and other South American
places $3.50 telephones.
A comparison of world telephone
development shows that 61.80 per cent
of all telephones are on the North
American continent; South America
has only LIS per cent. Europe has
1896 per cent Of the total. The re-
mainder of the telephones in the
! world are In Asia, Africa and Oceanic.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-07-08
National Conventions

Although performing the function
Of selecting a man to rule the nation
for four years, there is not one single
statute relating to national conven-
lions. Public opinion alone policies
them and they are sovereign in them
selves A century ago, when national
conventions had their inception, John
Quincy Adams wrote In his diary.
"These meetings cannot be multiplied
without resulting in deeper tragedies.
Their. manifest tendency Is to civil
war" Nevertheless, the national con-
ventions have reigned supreme and no
man not chosen by one ever has been
elected President.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-07-08
s. AMERICAS LOCATION
TESTS MEMORY OF MANY

There is a general belief, especially
among adults who have not studied
geography for years, that South Amer
lea is directly south Of the United
States.
A glance at a map, however, win re-
veal that only the far northwestern
part of that continent lies due south
Of the extreme eastern section Of this
country, the main portion Of South
America protruding farther eastward
than the United States into the At
lantic ocean.
In fact, straight line drawn on q
map from Cleveland, Ohio, through
Jacksonville. Florida, and downward
into the Pacific ocean, will just touch
the extreme western tip Of South
America.
Another revelation to many, after
glancing at a map, will be that the
nearest South American neighbor Of
this country is the Republic of Colon
bia, from which the United States OBJ
tains practically all Of the finest
coffees used for domestic consump-
ton. Colombia is the second largest
coffee producer In the world.
A man is never offered a &C.
nonk oinor NTH rnx,arnont
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-07-08

''It is conceivable that cables Of
telephone wires could be laid I'M
foreground, or suspended over
head, communicating by branch
wires with private dwellings,,
country houses, shops, manu-
factories, ETC., uniting them
through the main cable with O
central Office where the wires
could be connected as desired,
establishing direct communication
between any two places in the
city. Such plan as this, though
impracticable at the present mo-
ment, will l firmly believe, be the
outcome of the introduction of the
telephone to the public. Not only
so, but l believe, in the future,
wires will unite the head Offices
of telephone companies in differ
ent cities and man in one part
of the country may communicate
by word Of mouth with another
in distant place."
Fifty-six years after the first woyds
were spoken over the telephone, this
system has been ex-
tended to practically the entire civil
lied world. Telephone communication
is now possible between about forty
countries of the globe. Americans
living in what can well be said to be
the center of the telephone universe,
can talk personally with people in
South America, Mexico. Cuba, Ber-
muda, the Hawaiian Islands, and the
leading countries of Europe, Aus
tralia, and with the islands Of Java
and Sumatra. The United States is
now served by about 20,OOO,0OO tele-
phones. Interconnection can be had
today with about 90 per cent Of the
total telephones in the world.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-07-08
Fiddle Once Banned

The old English word fiddle is q
corruption Of the French word vielle
meaning hurdy-gurdy. The word has
become a coloquial and rather q con-
temptuous substitute for violin. Time
was when fddlers or minstrels were
adjudged rogues, vagabonds and beg
CARS. The old Puritans considered
fiddling a crime only q little worse
than murder. There was famous
old blue law to the effect that no one
should eat mince pie, dance, play cards
or play on any instrument Of music eI-
cept the drum, trumpet or Jewsharp.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-07-08
Natures Special Device

The hog fish, found along the coast
Of southern California, spends its life
on the sea bottom, but 1t is necessary
for its eggs to reach the sunny surface
waters If they are to hatch. Nature
has met this requirement by teaching
the hog fish to spawn its eggs in
small blimp-shaped balloons which
rise to the surface in pairs, Joined to-
gether at the small ends. After the
Matching takes place the young fish
migrate to the bottom again.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-07-08
RATS DIE

so do Mice, once they eat BEST
YET. And they leave no odor
behind. Don't take our word
for it, try a package. CATS
and DOGS won't touch it. Rats
pass up all food to get BEST
YET. Two sizes.
so cent size, 3 OF. is enough
for Pantry, Kitchen and Cellar,
rs cent size, 6 OF. for Chick
en- House, Coops and small
buildings.
Sold and guaranteed BY deal
Iegs,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-07-08
Natures Arrangement

Probably no living creature Is i'm
mune from serving as some other crea-
lures dinner. The total mortality of
animal groups is in strict proportion
to their numbers. A pair Of the new
generation remains, to replace a pair
Of the old, and apparent elimination
Of all but that pair Is very largely due
to agencies indiscriminate in their &C.
ton. ''There would seem to be no dis
criminative eliminating forces Of suffi-
cient strength to bear the very great
burden put upon them by natural Sc
lection theories" a prominent natural
ist concludes.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-07-08

CreGmed TxMa Fish on Toast:
Make white sauce Of two table
spoons butter, two tablespoons
-four and one and one-half cups
milk. Season to taste with salt
and pepper. Add the contents of
q 7-ounce can of tuna fish, and
heat thoroughly. Just before
serving, add one egg yolk slightly
beaten. Serve on hot buttered
toast.
Orange and Pineapple Sailed:
Cut the skin from one large Cali
fornia orange and cut into Sec
lions or slices. Lay them on beds
of lettuce and pile the contents Of
an S-ounce can of pineapple It'd
bits in center. Dress with four
tablespoons OF French dressing.
Top with a maraschino cherry
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-07-08

Dreams don't always come true, but
Alexander Graham Bell, inventor of
the telephone, had the courage of his
convictions, and set down on paper a
prophesy that has been realized in the
wide expansion and use of telephone
service in the fifty-six years since his
invention was put to practical use.
Professor Bell and his assistant,
Thomas A. Watson, after several years
of experimental work in their work
shop in Boston, transmitted human
speech across space. The first words
spoken by telephone over two instru-
ments connected by thirty feet of
wire were those of DR.. Bell, when he
said to Mr.. Watson, please come
here, / want you" That was on March
10, 1875.
Two years later, after DR.. Bell had
Atelephone service to numerous groups
In this country, while trying to inter-
est some English capitalists in the
telephone, he wrote prophetic letter
which follows in part:
1T has been suggested that at
this, our first meeting, should
lay before you few ideas con-
corning the future of the electric
telephone, together with any sug-
gestions that occur to me in
regard to the best mode of intro
dncing the instrument to the
public.
"The telephone may be briefly
described as an electric contriv-
ance for reproducing in distant
places the tones and calculations
of speakers voice, so that q
conversation can be carried on by
word Of mouth between persons
in different rooms, in different
streets, or in different towns.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-07-08
4 81 Dinner for 4
"Thot au-softening, oveyboooe,ing kneu
The tocGn of the soNl,-the dinner beu."

WHEN Byron wrote those
w lines, we surmise he was
- hungry. For we have all
heard and needed that all-soften-
ing sound. II the dinner bell Is
to be a real tocsin Of the soul,
the dinner must be good. It
needn't be expensive. You can
serve an excellent dinner for
twenty-five cents per person, pro-
viding your menu Is chosen for
taste and dietetic balance, and
each dish is prepared with your
heart in the work. Here's how:
Crean,ed Tuna Fish on Toast 34f
Cottage Fried Potatoes 81
Orange and Pineapple Salad zoe
RoisM Bread and Butter 10f
Apple Pie and Cheese 25f
Demi.tasse 81
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-07-08


this country have increased 80 per
cent since 1927. According to statis-
tics compiled by the United States
Department Of Commerce, Colombian
coffees now represent IS per cent Of
the value Of the product imported into
this country from all sources during
1881. America consumes more than
nine-tenths of Colombia's entire coffee
crop annually.
Although it lies In the tropic zone,
Colombia enjoys practically every cli-
mate in the world-from summer heat
to perpetual spring or perpetual win
ter. The country is crossed by three
ranges Of the Andean mountain sys-
tenn. which are designated as the East
ern, Central and Western Cordillera.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-07-08
A, Old q. His Creed

The story IL told of young rector
who, after q sermon on the divine
character Of the church, was ap-
preached by an elderly lady who said
wrathfully: "How dare boy like you
talk to us in that mannerT
The young man. who still wore his
surplice, drew himself up and replied
with crushing dignity: MADAM, when
] have this on am 1890 years old"
Boston Tranacripk -
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-07-08

One of the most interesting
pastimes is discovering mis-
takes made by otheIa
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-07-08

Nothing else increases the
alue of affection like being
Salienated.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-07-08

1t seems to be harder to bal
ance a politician than to bal
ance q budget,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-07-08
Facts end Figures
on Your Telsphsae
BY EDWIN r. HILL

OAe OK tr@n9aG-
lantie radio tele-
phone service has
increased about TOO
per cent T.. the nve
years since It was
opened. January 2.
1927.
Then 4 was linn
tied to about g..
100000 telephones
embracing the met
ropolitan districts
Of New York and
London. This serv.
-fNA On mnW1 ax,~fN-
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-07-08

A fiddlers' contest is where
there is no music but a mighty
good time.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-07-08
T Telephones In Four States
Exceed All South America

Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, and the Dis
trict of Columbia comprising 100000 square miles
have, 747900 telephones. The southern continent
with 6,648O00 square miles has only $4,000 tele-
phones.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-07-08

A man is never offered a &C.
cent cigar with cQmmsnts
Evening star., 1932-02-25

at II o'clock. Mrs. Charles e. st. John
~ Boston will address the Alliance on
"our International Work"
The League Of Republican Women
will be at home tomorrow afternoon
from 4 to 6 in their club rooms In the
National Capital Republican Club. Six
teenth street at Scott circle The tea
will be in honor OF the new members.
Mrs. Frank W. Mondel, the league
president, Will 1be assisted in receiving
by Mrs. William N. Doak, Mrs. Vir-
ginia White-Speel, Mrs. Luther Reichel-
derfer, Mrs. Gilbert H. Grosvenor, Mrs.
Harry K. Daugherty, Mrs. Edward A.
Keys.
The tea tables will be presided over
bv Mrs. Charles L. McNary Miss Grace
Burton, Mrs. Wilbur r. Turner Mrs,
j. w. Lyman, Mrs. z. T. Pollock and
Miss Daisy M. Prentice.
The Congressional Country Club will
be the setting for another delirhtf1l
Sunday afternoon musicale during the
twilight hour, from S until 6 O'Clock,
Sunday afternoon, when the Capital
City Choristers, Miss Dorothy Radde
Emery, director; Mrs. Catherine Benson,
pianist-accompanist, and two of the
members Of the Bernheimer Trio, Miss
Elizabeth Bernheimer and Miss Louise
Bernheimer, violinist and cellist, will
be the assisting artists. These concerts
are given in the Pompeian room of the
club. Members Of the club and their
friends are invited.
Committees for the Leap Year dance
which will be held In the gold ball room
at the Shoreham. Monday, include the
post debutante chairman, Miss Laura
Barkley, assisted by Miss Mary Ingra-
ham Henry, Miss Kathleen Carmichael,
Miss Mary Ruden. Miss Marian Jardine,
Miss Eleanor Calvert, Miss Margaret
Evening star., 1932-02-25

Calvert, Miss Rosa Hayes. Miss Mary
Stuart Birdsall and Miss Mary Martha
Wren. The chairman for the Debutante
Committee is Miss Marbury Bean,
who has on her committee with her
Miss Olga Craven, Miss Evelyn Walker,
Miss Isabel Perry, Miss Lucille Elliott,
Miss Sidney Thompson, Miss Ann Park,
Miss Mary Louise Watson, Miss Mary
White and Miss Anne Wyant. The
Subdebutante Committee, the chairman
being Miss Florence Harris, includes
Miss Nellie Mccormick, Miss Bambie
McKenna, Miss Louise Tittmann, Miss
Sarah Lee Perot, Miss Alice Fleming,
Miss Bessie GILL Miss Josephine Rice,
Miss Catherine du Bois and Miss Betty
Perot.
The Ways and Means Committee Of
st. Johns Lodge Chapter, No. 18
Order OF the Eastern Star, Mr.. Will
liam Wharton. chairman, associate
patron, and Mrs. Agnes Groom, vice
chairman, are sponsoring the annual
dance and card party to be given fol-
the benefit OF the chapter Thursday
evening, March 8, In the Shoreham
Hotel. There will be cards from $3.50
until 10 o'clock, with a prize for each
table, and dancing from $50 until
1890 o'clock. Mrs. Leila J. Cooke has
charge Of the card table reservations