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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-12-23
S. o. Sized THE BIRDS

Our appeal to the general
public annually to feed the
birds, we are pleased to report,
has produced wonderful re-
suits. We take this opportun-
ity o thank the Press of this
State who have cooperated
with us each season in request
ing the public to inaugurate an
active winter feeding program
in each and every section of
each and every county of Mary
land for the protection of our.
game, song and insectivorous
birds and desirable fur-bearing
animals. Some sections have
taken a special interest in this
matter and have rendered one
hundred percent service while
other sections have not been as
active as they should have
been. 1t is very essential, if
we expect to maintain wildlife,
that a winter feeding program
be established in every COM
munity and, in fact, there
should be a special effort made,
for every person, not only the
griculturists, orchardists and
woodland owners, but residents
of the towns and cities of our
State, could cooperate by furn-
ishing a dinner table for the
song and insectivorous birds
which visit their homes.
After the close of the upland
game season, December 31st,
1881, our winter continued
mild. However. the majority
of the counties of Western
Maryland carried on a winter
feeding program which proved
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-12-23
42s -
Wreaths, Garlands Gay
Shout ssMerry Christmas! =

XNHAT joy II is TO come into u
w home scented with spicy pine
and hemlocks- 81 suggestive of Yule
tide that each room fairly shouts
"Merry Christmas And what n
real pleasure. too. 70 gather the
green's and dispose them so thai they
express all the kindliness OF the
blessed seasnn. intensffying the de-
lights of the ,'friendliest" period OF
the yearl
AS garlands. the various types OF
greens may decorate windows and
doors. or they may be massed on
mantels or tables.
To make a flexible rope ot green
cry. supply foundation OF heavy
Irvine and to this att;.ch the short
sprays of pine hemlOck or. spruce. in
terspersed regularly with clusters ot
laurel; or for more decorative ct
feet use the artificial berries with the
greens. Fine flexible wire is best for
fastening the sIrays-in place.
Another use for greens is in the
formation OF windaN wreafhs Ar
range the small sprays ON II neavy
wire foundation. taking care 10 keep
the wreath symmetrical. Small
groups of red berries. regularly
placed. give character to>such dec
Grafton.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-12-23
Christmas Essentially
the Day of the Child
N ECEMBER the 25th is the Day
~ of the Child.

n ECEMBER the 25th is the Day
~ of the Child.
1t Is upon this day of days that
countless men and women and little
ones barely able to speak their Ian
guage utter the great rejoicing: For
unto US Child is born. unto as
Son is givenl
Even those who hold creeds in
which there is no Christmas feel the
splendor OF that cry. and those who
have no formal creed at all. still
know there is one of the 365 portions
of the year which is essentially the
Day of the Child
It is the day when even the most
unsentimental adult, long since con
gealed and hardened by the years. can
hear In his heart the footsteps OF the
little ones. Today they are running
about so eagerly all over the world
pattering TO see what good gifts may
have been received. ardent with hope
that only young hearts can feel.
On this day the austere scientist
who has almost quit believing in the
very laws of astronomy which recent
~ seemed so sure and stable, hu,
which now seem Gissolving in mist
of relativity-this careful profession.
al skeptic becomes as a child himself.
and considers II hard indeed II he
cannot believe in Santa claus. heard
ed fairy godfather of the children.
On this day even those who have
been the most careless feel like say
ing over reverently that beautiful
prayer for wisdom in the rearing OF
children:
Almighty God, heavenly Father who
hast blessed Us with the Joy and care
of children: Give us light and
strength so to train them that they
may love whatsoever things are true
and pure and lovely and OF good re
port"
For on this Day of the Child we all
remember that the most precious gift
we can bestow upon our children Is
capacity for feeling just such tender
and generous and helpful emotions as
today stir in the breasts OF all good
men and women.-Seattle Post intel
ligencer.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-12-23
C.lN WE DRINK OURSELVES
INTO PROSPERITY?

Deer by Christina" will not
solve but it will multiply our
problems and our suffering.
10 individual or nation has
ever drunk itself into prosper
it, and those who imagine that
the return of legalized liquor
will put America on the high
way to prosperity are due for
rude awakening.
Many things have happened
in the United States since ma
tional Prohibition went into eff
feet that the newspapers do not
tell us about. Even with the
poor enforcement of a new law,
the gain in many directions
has been SO great that no one
not deliberately blind can fail
to see them.
''The death rate has been re-
duced more than one fifth,
child labor has been reduced
from 1,06O,85o in 1929 to 667,-
118 to 1899, ordinary life insur-
ance has increased eight times
as fast as the population, col
lege attendance has increased
ten times as fast as the popula-
ton, and 303 college presidents
testify that conditions among
students are greatly improved"
The National Congress of
Teachers says that: High
school e nroll m e mt in the
United States has increased
from two million in 1920 to
nearly five million in 1890
the most remarkable advance
in the history Of civilization"
In the ten years before Pro-
hibition there were 637 lynch
ings; in the ten years since
Prohibition there were 313.
Bank deposits increased from
six and one half billion dollars
to eleven billion dollars. Be-
side, more than twenty-four
billion dollars that formerly
went to the making of drunk
ards, in the years of Prohibi-
ton have gone to buy food,
clothing, homes, automobiles,
radios, washing machines and
other things that make for the
comforts and happiness of the
home.
The automobiles that carried
the sign, Repeal the Eigh-
teenth Amendment" ought to
have had under that sign an.
other one, "And fill the high
way with drunken drivers"
During the last ten years only
two per cent of automobile ac-
cidents in this country were
caused by drinking, while Eng
land has three times as many,
though she boasts only one to>I
our eight automobiles in the
United States.
No, we cannot drink ourselves |
into prosperity, but we can
drink away the education of our
children and set back the next |
generation hundred years.
We can drink the savings of
families, the homes and COM
forts that Prohibition has
brought in. We can drink our
selves into poverty, disease and
disgrace until our enemies
multiply and gloat over us be- !
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-12-23

to be of great benefit to our
wildlife. We never know at
what time we will have severe
freezing weather, probably ac-
companied by snow and sleet
and we have just passed one of
those periods at this writing
and during such periods our
feathered and furred friends
need our assistance as it is i'm
possible for them to secure adj
equate food during certain per-
iods unless assisted by man
kind.
The best evidence of the ben
eft of the winter feeding pro-
gram is shown in sections
where it has been extensively
carried on and the results are
that thousands of pieces of
broodstock have been saved
during the past few years,
which has greatly contributed
to the increase in our wildlife
supply and unless such action
is taken, game, song and in
sectivorous birds and fur-bear-
ing animals of certain species
would have been almost ex-
tinct in certain sections of this
State. Man is accused of up
setting thn haIanoa Of natIlrn
and it is his duty to restore it
as quickly as possible. We
feel it is the duty of every man,
woman and child to protect one
of our most valuable assets
the Birds.
e. LEE lie COMPETE,
State Game Warden
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-12-23
y s J[1s32I Z;
"a Merry Christmas" as
Other Nations Say 1t

II HIS is how the nations of the
world express the wish "a Merry
Christmas" France. Bon Noel;
China. Tin Hao Man: Portugal Roas
Festas; Japan. Kinga Simmer; rur
key. Tchok YiIara; Hungary Boldos
Karacsonyi Unnipeket; Greece, Chrys
tovjena: Croatia, Sretan Bozic; H"l
land. Fen Vroolijk Kerstmis; Spain
Felices Pascuas; Germany Frneh
liche WeIlnachtan Sweden. Glad
julien; italy. Felice Natalie; Runmnia
Cracium Felicitatiune; Bohemia. We
sele Vance; Poland. Wesolych SWAT !;
Denmark. Giaedelig Jnl.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-12-23
a. % SageT. z e ~
Selecting Christina. Card.

We unconsciously betray our true
selves when we select Christmas cards.
People who live in city apartments are
apt to send drawings of farmhouses
that nestle cozily among tall trees;
lawyers holiday card is likely 10 be
sugary with sentiment. Golfers
Weekly.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-12-23

cause we have left unfinished
the noblest social experiment
ever attempted by any nation.
-Epworth Herald,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-12-23

We ought all to be reconciled
to doing our share of worrying
in the world. 1t is something
that can't be escaped.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-12-23

Those who guess correctly
which way the people are go
ing are the born leaders"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-12-23
THREE CELEBRATIONS
THREE christmases are cele-

HREE Christmases are cele-
4 brated every year In the
Church of Nativity AT Bethlehem
The first occurs in the Roman
Catholic section on December 25:
13 days later the Greek Orthodox
church hold their celebrations To
he followed by those of the Ar
menian church in another IL days.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-12-23
Boy-Mamnlal

Boy-Mamma
Tired Mother-Well?
Boy-When Santa Claus was lit.
tie boy. who filled his stocklngi-The
Country Home.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-12-23

One of the great family salts
factions is to be able to buy all
the new shoes that are needed.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-12-23

Clever people are under a
-;eat strain. They know they
We tc entertain.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-12-23

Who speaks sows, who lis
tens reaps.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1932-12-23

Trickery comes back to its
master.
Evening star., 1932-02-16
BY ARMANDO MATTE.

(Copyright. 1892. by the Associated Press.>
MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, February
16-Stalin was an unheeded revolu-
tionary agitator In st. Petersburg and
Leon Trotsky was fleeing in disguise
from a Siberian exile camp when Uru-
quay committed itself In 1911 to state
operation of the insurance business.
Uruguay already owned light and
power plants, railroads. chemical fac
tory and a packing plant and had given
the government power to acquire all the
nations telephone and telegraph lines
before North Dakota made banking and
-four milling State affairs, before South
Dakota entered the businesses Of hail
insurance, rural credits, coal mining
and cement manufacture or before Ne
braSka made the State the guarantof
of bank deposits.
Russia Lowest Bidder.
Today Soviet Russia Is selling Uru-
quay 6150.00O gallons of crude oil with
which to start the refinement Of petro-
leum into gasoline and by-products in
government-bui ref1neries. Uruguay
saws there is no commercial partner
ship between them-that it desires
merely to buy from the lowest bidder,
and Russia made the lowest bid, the
United States and European countries
having Withdrawn from competition.
The national administration of COM
busubles, alcohol and cement has been
set up to exploit the fuel and cement
business Of Uruguay and to deal in Pc
troleum derivatives. The board has not
vet got beyond the planning stage, but
architects are working on the refinery
plans, and the contract for the crude
oil Is agreed upon.
The fuel monopoly will be one Of re-
fining only until government reflneries
are producing gasoline enough to sup
ply half the nations needs of 10000
long tons a year. Until then foreign
companies may continue without re-
striction the importation Of gasoline.
Uruguay uses about 100000 long tons
. year of petroleum by-products, worth
about 100000. It is calculated that
in the future only half this amount will
be paid to foreign countries and that
Uruguay will keep at home another
$4,500,oo0.
Plan National Fuel"
The newly created board will erect
Q plant to distill alcohol Of the best
quality for medicinal and industrial
uses, deriving the alcohol mostly from
corn, and thus helping the farmers
Most of the alcohol nationally distilled
will be used In national fuel" mix
ture Of half alcohol and half gasoline
of proved value for combustible engines.
Cement will be made for sale in
Uruguay. but the board does not yet
foresee definite time when the gov
ernment will monopolize its manufac-
ture and sale.
Some Uruguayan leaders have con-
templated the eventual necessity of
building Uruguayan tankers to carry
hither the crude oil which will be need
ed by the government refneries when
they are in full operation. The 100000
long tons Of petroleum which Russia
will supply to start the experiment will
be only beginning, and they probably
will be transported in Russian tankers.
Evening star., 1932-02-16
ANIMALS SLAIN TO GO WITH
ANCIENT ETFiIOPIArNS IN DEATH
Burial Rites Revealed by Expedition Mounds of Goha,
in Windswept Nubian Desert.

delicately embossed with Greek and
Egyptian designs. With them were
found massive silver bits and brides
and a heap Of silver pendants sus-
pended from heavy silver chains, which
were apparently hung from the horses
neck and body.
Interest was stimulated by the dis
covery of the skeletons Of four horses,
girt with silver harness and set with
semi i-precious stones. Nearby was q
heap of the bones Of four young men,
strangled at the time Of the death of
their master. Pieces Of rope were still
knotted around their necks
One of the tombs revealed the re-
mains of a foal and 46 dogs-beside
them the skeleton Of strangled slave
with an iron sword and a wooden drum
by his side. Other finds included a
Evening star., 1932-02-16
AUSTRIANS' BEER
CONSUMPTION DROPS
Increased Tax Causes Big Decline
in Amount Of Brew Used
in Nation.

V1ENNA.-The devil Of the Teutons,
which Luther said must be symbolized
in a wine barrel that is always thirsty
to be filled, seems to be losing some
Of its strength because Of high taxes
this year.
The old days of Germanic history,
when beer drinking contests were the
light diversion of Germans In Ger
many, Bavaria, Bohemia and Austria.
seem to have gone, If not forever. at
least for the duration Of the depression.
The consumption Of beer, which in
these countries is much more the ma
tional drink than wine. fell off in
Austria alone in 1881 by 260,898 hec-
toliters.
The consumption, although III per
cent less than in 1880, was fairly good,
Evening star., 1932-02-16
DREAD OF COURT ROOMS
KEEPS WITNESSES AWAY
French Judicial Authorities Be-
wall Tendency Of Citizens to
Avoid Testifying.

PARASITIC judicial authorities IN
this country are bewailing the fact that
citizens are developing a marked re-
pugnance to being witnesses. The dread
of giving testimony has reached such
a pitch that a woman of Nantes. IS
years old, took rat poison when sum-
moned to the police station as q
witness In q humdrum case. She
thought she was '"dishonored" and
and preferred death.
It has become q current saying In
France that it Is less dangerous to ap-
pear In court as defendant than as q
witness. In some recent trials attorneys
and bench have so badgered and brow
beaten witnesses that the latter have
pleaded for mercy.
It Is noted now that when anything
untoward happens in a street or other
public place the first care OF spectators
is to make of. If they cannot do so
and are summoned to give testimony
Evening star., 1932-02-16
BY the Associated Press.

BY tho Associated Press.
WADY HALFA, Egypt.-The burial
rites of the ancient Ethiopians were
revealed In discoveries made by an
archaeological expedition at the mounds
Of Goha, In the windswept Nubian
Desert.
The mounds, located south Of the
great temple of Abu-Simbel, 40 miles
from here, were erected in the late
Roman period by the Ethiopians over
subterranean tombs In one Of the
tombs were found the skeletons Of hu-
mans. horses, camels and dogs slaugh-
tered to accompany the dead owner on
his voyage to the other world.
The trappings OF the animals pre-
sented a gorgeous display of silver work
and gayly colored cloths The horses
saddles were mounted in solid silver
Evening star., 1932-02-16
Homemade Phone Found.

An ancient homemade telephone, be-
lieved to be the only one of its kind
In existence. was recently discovered in
the razing of an old home at Battle
Creek, Mich. The device, made more
than so years ago, consists of two
drumheads on frames with a fine cop
per wire attached by a button con-
Meeting the drumheads
Evening star., 1932-02-16
"EXTRA" ONLY A PRINCE

BERLIN-When Richard Oswald,
the German movie director, was shoot
ing a scene the other day for Russian
court ball he became enraged because
the extras were so dumb. Recruited
largely from Berlin's colony of Russian
emigrants, they simply couldn't act like
ladies and gentlemen of the old regime
One fellow particularly exasperated Os-
wald. walking up to him the director
looked him up and down in all hts
flnery and snapped:
"Well, you haven't the least idea of
how to act in a court scene! What
were YOU in Russia, anyhow"
The extra fiicked the ash from his
cigarette, Strengthened up and replied:
IT was only a prince!" Oswald blushed
and walked away.
Evening star., 1932-02-16
WOMEN BANDITS ACTIVE
Terrorize tho Aged in Mexico
City's Byways.

MEXICO CITY-A pair Of hard
boiled and husky women, armed with
safety razor blades, are terrorizing
pedestrians in the byways Of the Mexi-
can capital. These female criminals
use strong arm methods In preying
upon women. children and old men.
They employ the razor blades to In
timidate victims and to slash purses
and clothing In their quest for loot.
The pair recently robbed young
child Of two cents and q poor old
woman on her way to worship Of a
coin worth about nickel. They beat
up a frail woman returning home from
a futile quest for work because she had
no money and nothing Of value. These
fem ale criminals are giving the police
more trouble than any male bandit.
Evening star., 1932-02-16

however, Running into a total foamy
intake Of 1,25l,319 hectoileters, or 49,
534,294 gallons-about Is quarts for
each inhabitant of the country.
The tax on beer, which was designed
to bring In great revenues to the pow
erty stricken state, is not serving its
purpose, since the decrease in the con-
sumption of the product is approxi-
nately offsetting the increased tax.
(Copyright, 1922
Evening star., 1932-02-16
SANTA CLAUS TO PASS
AS GEORGE WASHINGTON
Call Goes Out for a Number Of St.
Nicholases, "Tall, Thin Ones
Preferred"

NEW YORK (N.A.N.A).-Another
CHEEKY note comes from an employment
agency, which announces that it can
use a number Of Santa Clauses, tall,
thin ones preferred"
Investigation showed that merchants
in the city and suburbs had taken
heartily to the idea of cooperating in
the George Washington Bicentennial
enthusiasm hereabouts, and had decided
to have George himself stroll up and
down the aisleS, In colonial costume.
The employment bureau was not
stumped for even moment, deciding
that any one who had been Santa Claus
could pass as George Washington. If
the waistband were sufficiently snug.
(Copyright. 1882, by the North American
Newspaper Alliance. 1nc.)
Evening star., 1932-02-16

large bullhide shield In perfect preser-
vation, a finely hammered spearhead
incised with figures Of the god Harpoc-
rates, a wooden silver-mounted draught-
board set with ivory and leather bag
containing ivory and ebony men,"
The burial chambers had evidently
been badly plundered in ancient times,
but still contained great wine Jars and
piles Of cried dates, intended as sus-
tenance for the dead in the after life
Many of the amphorae found were
marked with the name of the wine
merchant scrawled in Greek across the
shoulder of the jar.
Evening star., 1932-02-16
TINY TRAINS DISPLAYED
BY MODEL ENGINEERS
$50 New York "Boys" Meet for
Week to Show Handiwork
Of the Past Year.

NEW YORK CN A. N. Alt Is
playtime again for $50 New York
"boys'-lawyers, doctors, contractors
and engineers who proudly have come
together for a week to display the min
iature trains which they have made at
home In the past year.
In the rooms Of the New York Society
Of Model Engineers there are fitted up
$50 feet of track. and all safety de-
vices that will be found on an up-to-
date road.
Warren Crater. who is engineer on
the famous Blue Comet Special" to
Atlantic City. has brought a working
model Of his big engine. He has al
ready spent five years on It, and while
it will not be perfected for another
year.
Newspaper Alliance. 1nc.)
Evening star., 1932-02-16
URUGUAY IS BUY|NG|
RUSSIAN CRUDE OIL
But State-0wned Industries
Deny Any Direct Relation
to Soviet Republics.

Satisfied with the results Of . grad.
Nal monopolization over two decades Of
the most lucrative businesses and In
dustries in the republic; Uruguay, Is
launching now a monopoly of gasoline
and alcohol refining and finds Soviet
Russia ready to help its project. Yet
the .Urusuayan experiment antedates the
relationship is merely one Of buyer and
seller. not symbolic of any rapproche-.
ment In this article an Associated
Press staff writer recounts Uruguays
plans for its newest monopolistic ven-
Evening star., 1932-02-16

they send a medical certificate TO the
court to justify their absence. AS
subpoenas do not exist in France it
is rather easy for a witness to default.
Evening star., 1932-02-16
Elephant Tusks Are Teeth.

An elephants tusks are merely its
upper incisor teeth, and they keep on
growing as long as the animal lives
Evening star., 1932-02-16
SEC0ND-CLASS CABINS
WILL BE DISCARDED
Steamer Columbus of North Ger
man Lloyd Will Use Space
as Tourist Quarters.

BERLIN (SpeciaD There will be no
more second-class cabins on the fast
steamer Columbus belonging to the
North German Lloyd. Instead, they
will be made into tourist accommoda-
tions. At least 80 more rooms, origi-
.;ally third class, will be added to the
tourist class. First-class cabins remain
unchanged.
The liner. which now Is being used
for excursions from New York. will
commence regular weekly schedule
between Bremerhaven and New York
beginning the middle of April.
Evening star., 1932-02-16

Nearly 7s,50O government savings
certificates were sold in Scotland In a
recent week.
Evening star., 1932-02-16

"Colonial D0ys"-all-over print in a
wealth of Colonial motifs, black,
navy, brown, red, green grounds with
white.
Liberty BeHs"-dainty "pen-and-
ink" effect; white, maize, rose, light
blue, green, tan, navy, brown, black
grounds.
Palais Royal-Second Floor
Evening star., 1932-02-16
Reversible Terry q
Cloth, ; yds. for 5

in stunning large designs boldly colored.
Some in the popular damask stripe effects.
Every wanted color combination. Very effective
hangings are made Of this fabric!
Evening star., 1932-02-16

in white, cream or ecru. You will like the
fine, even weave of this marqusette 1t will
launder orisply and always look dainty and
sheer