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residence. and all police stations, including
Brightwood, Benning and 1enleytown; Colum-
bia Institute for Deaf and Dumb GoVernment
Hospital for the Insane, District Reform school,
Washington Asylum Health once ana cofo-
ner's Office.
The success of the private wires. however,
did not permit of connection with other phones
than those on the one circuit. and hence the
necessity for an exchange otlce soon mani
tested itself, and resulted in the signing OF
petition by a group of citizens. on Octooer l.
1873 and sponsored by Mr.. Maynard. in which
they agreed to become subscribers to the WASH
ington Telephone Exchange for one year from
the date of its organization. The first page OF
this agreement as photographed and given the
writer by the telephone company, the original
being in Mr. Maynard's handwriting reads:
washington, D. c., Oct. 1st 1873
ARRANGEMENTS have been perfected Tor es-
tablishng a Telephone Exchange in this city,
similar to those in successful operation in Bos-
ton. Albany New Haven, Chicago and other
cities, and it is proposed to commence business
on the first of November, or as soon as the
requisite number of subscribers can be obtained
THE subscription price, which will cover all
charges for use of the necessary instruments,
wires. ETC., will not exceed four dollars per
month.
GEO c. MAYNARD, Supt.
1.-The undersigned hereby agree to become SUBJ
scribers to the Washington Telephone Ex-
change for one year from the date OF its or
Ranization according to the plan explained
above. ."
And this was signed by R. Beresford. the
printer then located at 523 Seventh street
northwest; Washington Naylor. 1926 street;
w. w. Johnston M. D., 1907 street; T. E.
Chidister, Phi. D., Ninth and streets; A. M.
Gibson, 1912 Corcoran street; N. V. Jemres,
Mcpherson square; r. G. and E. c. 1ngersou,
1417 q street: Middleton 6s Co., 1927 street
northwest (northeaSt in originaD; James &
Saville, 342 D street, and Curtis, Earle q
Burdette, TOO Ninth street.
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lust how many Of these are still living the
y writer cannot say. r. Beresford Is dead.
but his daughters still carry on the business;
washington Naylor and DR.. Johnston are no
longer, r. G. and Ebon G. 1ngersol have both
gone down into history. Ebon C. died in June
1879 and his noted brother, Robert G. Inger-
soil, the once famous lawyer and agnostic. de-
livered his celebrated funeral Grafton at his
brothers residence. 1908 K street northwest.
In washington, Past and Present" we are
told, "Mr. Maynard began to make arrange
ments for the establishment of a central Office
system, and in the early part Of December,
1878, a 24-wire peg switch was installed in
room on the first floor of 1923 street north
Evening star., 1932-10-01

wall clocks for halls, this style may be
considered on equal terms of favor for
halls.
Reception rooms do not require clocks.
They are formal rooms and as the name
implies are for receiving callers. To
keep them informed of the passage OF
time is not quite the thing. Living
rooms. on the other hand, as they are
informal rooms and convenience is, and
should be, considered in their furnish
ings, are better equipped with than
without clocks. Mantelpiece clocks are
favorites, although wall and floor clocks
are equally desirable. Frequently clocks
are combined with radios. This IS con-
venient as there is nothing which re-
uuires such absolute accuracy to sec
ends more than does tuning-in on the
radio. With a clock in the radio case
tuning-in on: time is made easy.
A boudoir clock can be one OF the
daintiest of dainty appointments. These
clocks come in charmingly decorative
designs and constructions. 1t would
be a mistake to deprive room OF such
an asset as boudoir clock, although,
as the occupant will be sure to have her
own watch, its necessity is diminished
A maids room should have a clock
in it-an alarm clock. 1t is customary
in many places for the kitchen clock
to do double duty for this room and
the maids room also. If it is one OF the
light and yet substantial alarm clocks
such double duty eliminates the pur-
chase of two clocks without any IN
convenience
Evening star., 1932-10-01
NANCY PAGE
Generous Member Sends
Us Milky Way.
BY FLORENCE LA GANKE.

"Who said she wanted Q blue and
white quilt?" Nancy's question was
answered by q chorus of Il did,"
That's just what want" "Oh, goody-
do YOU have one?" There was no doubt
that all the members of the Nancy Page
Quilt Club were interested in blue and
white pieced quilts. This one" went
on Nancy, was sent to me by mem
Der of a quilt club in another State.
She says it Is an old. old one, which
has been in her family for years and
wears. She says, also, that she never
tires Of it. Because she likes 1t so well,
she wants to share it with the rest OF
the club members"
This quilt is an all-over pattern. IL
is made up by repeating two sets OF
blocks, each one of which is inches
square. The effect is gained by revers-
ing colors in adjoining blocks IS,
"A" in the corner block Is dark blue,
while In the block next to it Is white.
"B" in the corner block is figured Dlue
and white In the block next to 1t, 1t Is
white. &C" in the corner block is fig
ured blue and white, while in the block
next to 1t, it Is white. The effect when
blocks are put together is that of pin
wheel star effect in figured white and
blue, alternating with star in white.
This quilt does not have to be made
In in blues and white. 1t may be in
yel.ows, pink latenders and white. But
in any cases a better effect Is gained
if the same materials are repeated
throughout the quilt. The beauty
of this old quilt pattern, like that OF
all old ones. lies in its repetition and
regularity Of pattern
The actual size pattern which may
be procured by following the direction
given at the end Of this article gives
the three blocks which make up the
Evening star., 1932-10-01
GOOD TASTE TODAY
BY EMILY POST.
Famous Authority on Etiquette.

surdity to tell people who were present
at the wedding that Mary Smith Is
now Mrs Henry Jones! That Is all
an announcement is!
rs it not bad form to ask for reply
on at home invitations? Is 1t not
taken for granted that those invited
will notify you?" Answer-R. S. v. p.
necessary if hostess wants to know how
many to provide food for. No request
for reply signifies that no answer Is
required.
When announcements are sent to
all members of family. is it permissible
to inclose at home cards to one men,
ber of the family and not to the others?
1 have in mind where the bride may
know the daughter well and has only
a slight acquaintenceship with her par
ents... Answer-Yes.
II plan to have an informal evening
church wedding and to invite only the
immediate families for a wedding sup
per at my parents home. and to en-
tertain those of our relatives and friends
whom we should like to have had for
reception, at tea or open house uopn
our return. What do you think of this
plan?" AnSwer-You can do this II
you choose, Of course. But I think
people would prefer to go from church
to your house on the evening of the
wedding. The preparations for tea
or simple wedding reception are
Identical.
tCopyrisht 1922
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his pest effort, reach three times the
average normal rate. When you work
or take exercise, the heart not only
pumps the blood faster. but actually
pumps more with each beat than when
you are at rest.
If you work regularly or take exer-
else regularly for certain period you
will find at the end of the period, SIX
weeks or six months, as the case may
be, that your heart beats lew
strokes less per minute when you are
at rest than it did before you under
took the exercise, and does not beat as
many times to the minute with eX-
treme exercise.
Thus with a heart 76 at rest and
beating 100 with extreme exercise. you
will find that. after training pc
riod" of a few months, the heart Will
beat 10 to 70 at rest. and only ABOUT
1872 with extreme exercise.
The heart beats away without any
thought or action on your part. II Is
like breathing. However, If you are
willing to take little exercise daily,
YOU can actually train your heart to do
better work for you.
1t has been my privilege for num-
ber of years to examine most OF the
outstanding boxers-Dempsey, Carpen-
tier, Walker, Greb, Dundee and others.
What do we find? All these men have
normal or ''sloW" hearts. ranging from
70 down to 60 beats a minute.
What does this increased heart
power mean to you? Your doctor Will
tell YOU that, in any severe illness
pneumonia, appendicitis, typhoid fe-
vert is on the heart, the strength
Evening star., 1932-10-01
A Sermon for Today
BY REV. JOHN r. GUM.

Can any good thing come out OF
Nazareth ?"-John i46.
This is always the question of the
wiSeacres and the knowing ones" says
Feuerbach. But" says he, the good
the new, comes from exactly that quar-
ter whence it is not looked for, and is
always something different from what
is expected. Everything new is received
with contempt. for it begins in obscurity
1t becomes power unobserved."
Yonder on the hill stands Jerusalem,
the capital city, the city of the temple
and the school, the city of wealth and
There live the money princes, the rulers.
the legislators, the leaders, the school
men, the men of letters, the men Of
science, the scholars and wise men.
Surely, if any good thing comes from
anywhere, it will be from Jerusalem
not from Nazareth, hidden and obscured
yonder in the valley mere provincial
village, village Of carpenter shops and
narrow dwellings, the habitat of the
unschooled, the unlearned, the under
privileged, who have never known any
thing but poverty and toll and strug-
gle And yet how often Jerusalem has
been startled by some carpenter from
Nazareth, appearing in its midst with
some new idea or some good thing never
before thought of.
The great triumphs of history have
been the triumphs OF toll over penury
and privation. The best things have
come out of Nazareth. Men who give
the world new ideas and lead the race
on to better things seldom come from
Jerusalem, where the people have all
the advantages and privileges live in
ease and luxury, SNUG and complacent,
and satisfied with things as they are.
Naturally. Jerusalem is suspicious Of
anything that comes from Nazareth.
Advocates of better things seem danger
Gus to those who are satisfied. The
men who have changed history. and
whose names We now venerate, were
once regarded as outlaws. Even Jesus
of Nazareth was rejected in Jerusalem
Evening star., 1932-10-01

"HERE are certain rooms in which
clocks are necessity and others
where they are desirable, ana
still others where they can lend
decoration although not es-
sential, A clock is necessary in kltch-
en-. Many foods must be cooked dur
ing q definite length Of time or they
are spoiled. while others are better for
restricted or prolonged cooking. A good
cook would no more consider cooking
without a clock to consult than she
would 20 without preserving kettle or
q kitchen spoon. Then. too, she must
have the clock in order to serve meals
on time. Kitchen clocks have become
decorative assets today, the color OF the
cases matching the decorative scheme
for the room.
The dining room should have clock
In it. Those who have trains to catch
in the mornings should not be obliged
to consult their watches when glance
at a clock is sufficient Dining room
clocks are frequently wall clocks, OF
which there are endless varieties from
the familiar banjo clock to the amusing
cooKoo clocks with a wide range OF
STYLES In between. A grandfather'S
clock is dignified in dining room, or
the smaller floor clocks termed grand
mothers clocks. Mantel clocks are even
more useful than these types named.
A clock is desirable in hall. Floor
clocks such as mentioned are the pre-
ferred clocks for halls, with wall clocks
of somewhat stately designs as second
choice. As there are persons Who prefer
Evening star., 1932-10-01
Chatherer Suspects Something.
Suspicion sometimes has excuse
And rightly guided Is of use.
Old Mother Nature

- HArTERER THE RED SOUR
REL Is noisy, impudent, mis-
chief-maker and has few real
~ friends, yet no one in all the
Green Forest would be more
missed should anything happen to him.
He is always poking his nose into the
business Of other people, yet to his
credit 1t must be said that he does not
neglect his own business. Little goes on
that Chatterer doesn't know about. OF
course, there are secrets in the Green
Forest that he hasn't found out, but
not many. He could If he would tell
you all about the affairs Of his neigh
borS. Noisy as he SO often is he can
when he pleases be as quiet as any one
/ know so that you never suspect that
he is about
We usually think of the feathered
folk as being at home in trees and
SO they are. But when you come to
think Of it, most of the birds merely
use trees to sit in and to nest in. Some
Of the smaller ones, such as the Warb-
lers and the Vireos, fit about among
the branches hunting for insects. The
Woodpeckers, the Nuthatches, Tommy
Tit the Chickadee and Seep-seep the
Brown Creeper are among the few who
are intimately acquainted with trees
and familiar with every branch. But
even they are no more at home in
trees than Is Chatterer the Red Squir-
Evening star., 1932-10-01
DEnTTNTE CTnPTEC BY Thornton
DAD 1XlL Ol lOANACO ". Burgess

rel nor DO they make more use Of trees.
Chatterer can scamper fast along the
ground, but you seldom see him travel
ing any distance that way. When he is
going places he prefers to travel through
the tree-topS. He knows just what
branches to run out on to jump from
tree to tree. 1t sometimes seems as II
he has a regular highway laid os,t
through the tree tops he travels so rap
idly Seldom is it that he makes mis-
take. It is a good thing that he never
becomes dizzy. Apparently he never
does. When he falls, as once in a great
while he does, it is because he mLsludged
distance in a jump. Then he usually
catches another branch on his way to
the ground.
The tops of trees or some OF the
higher branches are splendid places
from which to watch what Is going on
below. yet remain unseen himself. and
Chatterer makes the most OF them. II
is thus that he learns many things OF
use to himself and sometimes OF use
to others. Chatterer may quarrel with
his neighbors, but If he discovers them
in danger, he Is quick to give them
warning.
Now that Fall had come and 1t was
almost time for early visits OF Jack
Frost to open the burrs Of the chest
nuts and the husks of the walnuts
Chatterer was spending much time
travelling about looking things over In
preparation for the harvest which
would soon begin. He was interested
in nuts and he also was interested In
seeds of the pines and in such late
mushrooms as he could find. And be-
cause this going and coming on his part
was nobodys business but his own, he
was very quiet about it. So he saw
much without being seen.
Now, on several of these trips, he had
noticed a stranger. one OF those two
logger creatures called men, In the
Green Forest Had it been Farmer
Brown or Farmer Browns Boy he would
have thought nothing of it, but he
Evening star., 1932-10-01
UNCLE RAYS CORNER

April came from an old Latin word
which meant Ito open" April is in
deed a month of opening buds.
May" was named after Maia, the
Roman goddess of growth. and June"
came from the Latin name "Junius."
July" was named in honor Of Julius
Caesar. noted Roman general and
writer.
August" was named after Augustus
Caesar, who is known as the first
Roman emperor
September" October" November"
and December" came from Roman
numberS-seven. eight, nine and ten.
Since in the calendar now used, Sep-I
tember is the ninth month, its name
ought to be November. and the MONTH
of October should be December-if the
names are to have their proper mean
ingS. However it is hard to correct
customs which have been in force for
hundreds of years.
Sometimes-in fact, very often-old
customs are changed, but usually the
changes come slowly. More important
than changing the names of the
months is the movement to divide the
year into 13 months of exactly fouf
weeks each. That would make it easier
to keep track of many things
UNCLE RAY.
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N A T u r E. S
IL ID r E. N
BY LILLIAN cox ATHEY.
STINK BUGS.

~ AS BOMBS have been the
weapon of defense Of this
r family for thousands of years.
Fortunate 1t is for us that out
of the 1000 species only 800
of them call the United States their
country. 1t Is a grave mystery to all
fruit lovers why the stink bug selects
the juicy fruit for target practice. A
small creature who escapes our notice
until we happen to choose the same
fruit. Then the mental reaction is of
such a nature that We are not satisfied
until we see the culprit.
In size he counts not at all. 1t Is
his guns and their range which occupy
all our attention. Upon investigation
and a little experimenting. we find his
squirt guns can hit bulls-eye two feet
away. Not so bad for an insect less
than one-half inch in length. His jaws
are strong, his wing cases hard and
his eyes are compound The latter are
not needed for sighting purposes.
Some of this family are clad in beau
tiful armor The Harlequin cabbage
bugs, whose eggs are reproductions Of
little beer kegs, belong to this family.
In fact, collection of these bugs in
the cabinet of a naturalist remind you
of jewels, but that is a later experience.
The mother lays beautiful colored.
sculptured eggs in groups Of 10 to 80.
At first they are bronze, later turning
quite dark as the time approaches for
the occupant to step out About 8
days after he was placed on the leaf
or some object near his food supply he
cuts his shell house cap neatly of and
is free His first act is to consume his
late residence and for the second course
he selects a juicy insect, sometimes
twice his size Or if he belongs to
vegetarian family he eats the sweet
corn or the berries close by
Five suits are outgrown, each one
more brilliantly colored than the last
and at this stage he usually interns
under some object for the Winter There
are three generations year and some
Of the family are friends of our, others
foes.
There are many enemies which are
Evening star., 1932-10-01

Walt Whitman spent his life seeking
what he called the divine average"
And then he set himself up as the
poet philosopher of that average man.
Many things have happened since he
began to strike the average. For one
thing. the average man Is no longer
thing to wonder about You find
him at least every other time you meet
a person on the street.
Civilization Is leveling process, and
the last 30 years have flattened the
world of human beings to something
like a dead level. Where will you find
a man who doesn't cherish the idea
that he has about as much power as
his neighbor? Where Is the man today
Evening star., 1932-10-01
Peach Pie Glace.

Three or four cups peaches, sliced;
three-quarters cup sugar, one package
orange or lemon favored gelatin, one
and one half cups boiling water. dash OF
salt. one baked nine-inch pie shell.
Combine peaches and sugar and let
stand 10 minutes. Dissolve gelatin In
boiling water, add salt and pour over
peaches, stirring occasionally as mix
ture cools. Chill until slightly thick
ened. Turn into cold pie shell. Chill
until firm. Garnish with whipped
cream if desired.
Evening star., 1932-10-01
LITTLE BENNY
By Leg PAPR.

Pop was smoking to himself with
satisfied expression, and ma said, o
by the way, Willyum, the secreterry OF
the Retail League telefoned just before
you got home, he wanted to tawk to
you about that speech they wanted you
to make at the League bankwet
I'm not going to make any speech at
the bankWet and told him so in plane
strate from the shoulder werds, pop
said. I'm not a speechmaker and I
gave him to understand that I don't
consider myself a speechmaker. My
motto is action, not werds. and 1 told
him so. I'm perfeckly willing to buy
tickit and sit and hssen and applaud
other mems hot air but why does he
haff to keep on nagging me to make a
speech? he said.
Well, he said as vice president of the
Retail League, ma said, and pop said,
I understand all that, appreciate the
dignity Of my Office and all that, but
l object to makinug speeches, and
wont make one except under compul-
sion. in case they find it impossible to
fill my place on the program. OF corse
if I axually made a speech don't say
it would be the werst speech ever made.
by long shot, but those are my senti-
ments. he said.
Well, you needn't worry because it
seems they're not going to force you
to, ma said. 1t seems he has induced
a certain Mr. Malloy or somebody to
take your place and that's what he
wanted to tell you, she said. and pop
said. o is that so. Malloy. heh? In
duced Malloy, did they? I suppose he
needed about as much inducing as a
dog needs to grab bone. Malloy. that
dunderhead couldn't taVk to a kinder
garden and keep the kids awake. A
mutt like that take my place, heh, I
wouldn't go to the bankwet at all if 1
wasn't sure Of good laff at Malloy's
expense he said
Well hee hee. Willyum, I thawt you
wanted to get out of it. ma said. and
pop said, Well so I did and so I do.
but if I couldn't make better speech
than Malloy I'd make a sound like an
ostrich and berry my head in the sand.
And he got in back of the sporting
Evening star., 1932-10-01
EVERYDAY PSYCHOLOGY
BY DIR. JESSE w. sPROWLS.

who doesn't boast of his self-suf-
f1ciency? And where IS the man who
doesn't believe that his opinion on all
things Is substantially as good as the
opinion of his neighbor?
It is precisely the multiplication OF
such beliefs that minimizes the aristo-
crat. The arrival Of this divine av-
erage in large quantities has reset and
complicated our problems-especially
our economis and political problems.
This leveling process has its dan
gers. Perhaps we shall one day
realize that the divine average is by
its very nature something other than
divine. But wait a hundred years be-
fore passing judgment.
Evening star., 1932-10-01
Star
+ a t t e r n S
Three.Piece Suit.

Simplified illustrated instructions for
cutting and sewing are included with
each pattern. They give complete di-
rections for making these dresses.
The double-date suit that offers two
charming costumes in one. Beneath
the jacket is a charming blouse with
novel sleeve detail that characteriZeS
the newest fashions The skirt is de-
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1t is No. 804.
Sizes 80. "a. So. 38. 40, AZ. "A Size SO
requires 35s yards of 36-inch material
or 3l2 yards of 39-inch material, or
Evening star., 1932-10-01

been 80 quarts a
m | n u t e, or five
times as much as
when he was at
rest. Instead of
three or four
ces being
pumped with each
beat, there must
have been six or
seven ounces. These
figures teach us
that the heart is
capable Of a tre-
mendouS amount
of work. if it is in
a healthy or nor
NAL condition.
The heart rate
of the trained ath-
toto n DURING
Evening star., 1932-10-01
A Little Saturday Talk.

N VOW we are entering october. a
N month which is one Of my IA
VI vorites among the months OF
1 the year.
The name October came
from "Octo," the Roman word for
eight" In the Roman calendar, dur
ing a long period. october was the
eighth month of the year; but in the
present calendar it is the tenth month
It might be interesting at this time
to go over the names of the months and
their meanings.
January" came from the name of
Roman god. Janus. who was supposed
to have two faces. 1t has been fancled
that one face of Janus looked back on
the old year while the other face gazed
at the new year.
February" came from a word used
by the Sabine tribes which dwelt in
Central Italy during ancient times. The
meaning is Month of Purifying" or
Month in Which Things are Made
Pure"
March" was named after Mars. the
Roman war god. Many persons would
say that such god did not deserve to
have a month named after him.