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Evening star., 1933-08-13
Heirs-APp0rent to the
Empty Thrones Of SPAN
and GermnuyM0dePapA
and Graudp0pa Mad
When They Married
Commoners, but They
Were Right in Style.


His son was shorn OF royal prerogatives and
was scolded as a disgrace to the House oi
Rourhon Defiant to Alfonso'S decree, the
crown prince promptly applied to SPANS presl-
dent for status as a simple cltiZen- ne
seemed glad to drop the cares OF royalty.
The Prince of Asturias smiled happily as ne
kissed beautiful Edelmira, famed for her
charm Whispers of admiration greeted hei
as she marched up the town hall i'll lc-1oot
train and a pearl-studded heaopaho' carrying
an armful of white lilies.
No longer a prince Asturias was given the
nominal title of Count of Cavandonga his
parents, Queen Vi-toria and KING Ahohso'
didn't even as much IS send card OF consrat-
uIations friends reported. and a report thas
Alfonso had sent a message of forgiveness was
later denied
In the meanwhile power behind the throne
of Rumania is seriously influencing the political
life of King Carols nation She is exotic
Magda, red haired mistress Of the monarch,
who accompanied Carol into Partisan exile,
and later, followed him back to Balkan royal
palaces
With King Carols divorced wife, Princess
Helene, refusing reconciliation, Magda has
free reign in the Rumanan court.
The love matches of present Europe are IN
sharp contrast to the state ceremonies which
formerly marked political marriages. Specially
each eligible princess and report back to the
crowned heads, who sought a bride for their
heirs.
The trend toward morgaEatic marriages is
the result of postwar democracy which has
caused century old kingdoms to crumple and
fall Only a handful of thrones-not q single
one of which is an absolute monarchy-remain
in Europe.
1t is no wonder, then, that handsome princes,
he han he
linquishing titles and thrones cynical observers
point out in scofhng at the supposed love
matches Of the past few months.
DOYAL matchmakers deny that there is a
dearth in eligible princesses. They declare
that the present group of brides-to-be are in
every respect equal in beauty and charm 70
the most vinsome commoner
Royalty points to Princess 1ngrid Of Sweden.
'the most eligible princess in Europe; to
Crown Princess Julana Of the Netherlands, to
Princess Eudoxia Of Bulgaria, and to the three
daughters Of Prince Harold of Denmark as only
q few of the 1888 lasses who are waiting for
their Prince Charming.
Princess Ingrid, who is o. is the only daugh-
ter Of the Swedish crown prince and his wife,
the former Princess Margaret of Connaught OF
England. Wealthy, beautiful and an excellent
royal home at Bagshot Park. England, and is
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PURNING titles, thrones and prospec-
tive kingdoms, Europe's bachelor
princes are turning their backs upon
pomp, circumstances and age-old
tradition and are demanding the right
- to marry whom they please-"com-
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MethOdiStS.

"Do you remember when last she smiled?
remember it. Yes: 1t was when she said she
should meet me In the chapel! Yes, that was
the last time We saw her smile; and how she
blushed when you told her that the chapel
would be the best place, provided the priest
was therel Ha! hal hal She would meet me
in the chapel, she said, and here We are; and
here's the priest!-and you, You have come
to the wedding! Come-come up and salute
tho bride! She was In her ball dress then;
she's In her wedding dress now!'
Carlton turned ghastly. May God for
give mel he said.
"Welden. who had been silently watching
his movements, suddenly walked rapidly for
ward, seized Cartons wrist With one hand,
and tearing of the fastenings Of the pocket
with the other. pulled out q packet Of letters.
which he had no sooner glanced at than he
threw them ON the condn. It was the work
OF an instant. Carlton at first tried to snatch
them, and failing in this, turned and LETT the
chapel
'"They were the missing letters Of Welden
and Adele bearing marks Of having been long
carried about in the pocket from which they
were taken; but the seals were not broken"
Carlton left the city and was never after
ward recognized by any one. Welden re-
manned for some years attached to the English
legation He mingled little In society, finally
returned to England and died there.
THE Lutheran Church had the opportunity Of
] being the first church IN what LEnfant
designed - Washington: for Jacob Funk. In
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Solving Mysteries of the Air, Four Miles Up, by Special Plane

Institute OF Technology have tested and already
are teaching their students . theory of the
weather which has resulted in the high average
OF 76 per cent accuracy for . series of daily
forecasts made for Boston over q period Of
three years .
And what is the new theory? Perhaps it can
best be explained by q contrast with the old
theory, which was almost universally used by
the weather services of the various nations
prior to the World War. According to this
theory, the weather was conditioned by the
position and movement of the areas of high
and low atmospheric pressure, and the interna-
uonal system Of telegraphic reports Of weather
data was built up mainly to give the forecast
ing stations Information Of these pressure areas.
On the basis of the highs" and flows" the
daily weather map was drawn and the daily
weather predictions were ventured.
But during the World War;" explained DR..
c. g. A. Rossby, chief of the division Of meteo-
rology at M l. T.. "a new school of thought
originated at Bergen, Norway. where Prof.
Wilhelm Bjerknes was teaching and demonstrat-
ing his polar front theory.
"Under this Interpretation Of the weather
mechanism, the significant factors are not 90
much the highs and lows but rather the
character Of the air masses which produce
these varying pressure areas. Where an air
mass OF polar origin encounters an air mass Of
tropical origin, quite characteristic changes
occur. Therefore, according to Bjerknes the
great problem is to know the air masses What
is their temperature? Their moisture content?
In what direction are they moving? What are
the fronts or boundaries between q cold and
q warm mass? Knowing these facts he was
able to make extraordinarily accurate weather
forecast. result is that today virtually every
European weather service uses the polar front
theory"
I'VE ind" summarized DR.. Rossby. "that the
atmospheric currents over the United States
are of three types. First, the polar continental
air cold dry mass that originates over the
ice of Northern Canada. Then We have Gulf
air, warm and moist, of tropical origin. Inter-
mediate in characteristics Is the third type,
polar Pacific air. which gets its start over the
Arctic. but in crossing the Pacific picks -
some warmth and moisture.
I'm general, Ne can map the bounds between
these contrasting air currents. and we find It b
hege that weather changes occur. Rain. snow
and wind are very definitely associated With
these boundaries, and there b reason 70 believe
thek z6g also is an effect Of cold front meet- !
ing warmer one"
Evening star., 1933-04-30
BY GEORGE n. CRAY.

NE morning Last Autumn gray
monoplane with . yellow spread Of
wings took on from the East Boston
Airport. II circled over Boston,
over Cambridge. and then began
steady climb into the upper sky.
II was only q dark speck when It drove into q
bank of silver clouds and was lost to the gaze
of the little group on the field below who had
gathered to watch the take-o6.
Into the westerly wind that Is forever blow
ing around the earth the plane pushed q way.
and stiffened its speed against that furious on
slaught of sea-going air. Still It climbed
one mile. two miles. three miles, In . little
more than two hours the ship had reached its
ceiling close to the four-mile sounding. Then
the pilot leveled his course, while scientific in
struments suspended from the wings registered
then impressions Of this never-never land
Prom his glass-inclosed cabin the pilot had an
uninterrupted view in every direction as far as
the eye could reach.
Here it would seem. the blue begins-for
the sky above deepened into . darker azure:
below it faded into . misty gray. For 10 full
minutes the thin dry air ct IS degrees below
zero, high above the ice fields of the sky. was
the frontier of human habitation and inquiry
The pilot busy pressing buttons. closing
switches. turning levers. manipulating the
varied recording apparatus Of his ship. At
intervals he took q necessary swig from his
oxygen line. Finally he gave the stick
firm tug; the descent began. and in 20 minutes
the plane had dropped down that invisible air
way which had required more than two hours
for its ascent
Every morning since then-barring hurri-
cane weather or bizzards-this flying laboratory
of the Massachusetts, Institute of Technology
has plumbed the heights to its ceiling
From the ground up it has recorded daily
the curve of temperature. atmospheric mois-
ture pressure. winds. clouds and the haze line.
Sometimes this curve shows an abrupt shift
ing into extremes. Rising one day in late
March from a ground Temperature of 81 de-
grees, the plane reached at 18.400 feet an air
layer which registered 36 degrees below zero
Fahrenheit-and the weather data for. every
foot of that swift journey. from Spring up
into Arctic Winter and back again. was in
scribed by automatic mechanical fingers on q
rotating aluminium drum.
Other mechanical fingers write the record of
vertical air currents-those up and-dovn gusts
which sometimes toss an airship like q raft on
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ship On its way over encountered violent
Storm. which blew the vessel far out Of its
courDe and the captain put In Ut the nearest
port 1or repairs. This happened to BE- Aatanzas.
and to avoid delay he took sehomef sailing
for Alexandria, which had stopped q Aatanzas
for additional freight. He went aboard seated
himself upon . box and watched the taking
on and the arranging Of the freight
Finally. the box upon which Welden was
seated was replaced IN the hold Of the ship.
much to the relief Of the captain, who was
concealing the contents Of the box from the
crew, for It was none other than the body Of
Miss Barron, who had died In this far-oh land
while trying to ward of the dreaded disease.
OF course, Welden met aboard the mother and
brother, who conveyed to him the sad news,
which naturally caused him to be almost over
come With emotion.
She was placed in . vault IN Barry Chapel
Prior to the interment, and while Welden and
the family were viewing the remains. dramatic
scene ensued The story Is told:
Carlton, 1t seems, happened to be passing
the chapel, and hearing the talking within.
opened the door. Seeing his friends standing
around cof1n, he rushed in and exclaimed:
For Gods sake what's the matter?'
''Welden pointed toward the coffin: See there
said be, there! there! There b my bridel
You loved her likewise: there she lies: look
upon her! She's dead-smihng IN death!
Then, as If suddenly recalling something to
mind, he relaxed his hold, and advancing to-
ward Carlton, said, IN . low tone:
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where the family was to move in month o.

where the family was to move In month or
two.
At . reception previous to leaving New York
the defeated candidate for Miss Adeles hand.
referring to the more successful one, said: "And
20 this gentleman Is to meet you in the Federal
city On his return?"
HE win meet me In the chapel, then." said
Adele, jestingly, "for that h the only house
We are likely to have for some time to come"
"The very place Of all others where he should
prefer to meet you, provided the priest were
present" replied Carlton.
Welden sailed for England and wrote . letter
announcing his arrival, and naturally 1t was
full Of love and devotion, bot expressed the
regret that he would be detained longer than
he had at first expected. A long silence
ensued. and Adele began TO Waver. Had he
friendships? Carlton. the Villain In the case.
shook his head and intimated he had always
suspected the diplomat Of being fckle-minded.
"Her wounded spirit found no relief, save
In her own bosom" In 0eorgetown symptoms
Of tuberculosis appeared In her lovely cheeks. .
disease which had already carried on another
daughter. She rode over daily from George
town and watched the progress Of the chapel.
0upefhtended the setting out Of trees around
worse. . trip to Cuba Was planned and she
leaned on Cartons arm when she. her mother
and brother embarked at New York. It was
believed that had she recovered She would
have been his wife.
\AHDEN had not t-en neg1ectful, as sus-
wv pected. but his letteu had been inter-
eepted By his rival. Carlton, - Il developed In
the end, and Welden. feeling something was
amiss, took vessel back to the States. The
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It'll. when he laid out Hamburg, OF Funkstovu,
as Il was also called set apart thu lots At the
corner Of Twenty-second and q and Twentieth
The first was for Calvinist Society and the
other for Lutheran Society. However. no
effort was made to build churches on these sites
for long while, and they were only claimed for
the societies by Daniel Reintzel June %. 1893.
The Concordia German Lutheran Church
erected a building on the Twentieth street site
shortly after $780, This church. of course,
later gave way to the present structure.
This reference to the Lutheran Church re-
calls an incident related by an old-timer. It
happened when the Luther Place Memorial
Church was in course Ct erection. 1t seems that
the foundation walls had been run up about
four feet high and remained that way for the
years during the Civil War. During the Winter
months rain generally put about two and half
feet of water within the foundations. and when
that froze over it furnished a near and very
safe place for skating. Naturally it was
popular place for the children Of ti1e neighbor-
hood who were not permitted to 60 far away
from home. to the river or the canal, as might
have been the case in those days.
Upon one of these occasions. when the cellar
Of the church was in ideal condition for skat-
ing, the famous Russian skater Romanoff, Of
half century and more ago, gave exhibitions
Of his marvellous skill on this church pend, on
the Potomac River and on the ponds that then
existed In the suburbs Of the city; in the neigh
borhood Of the brickyard-anywhere from N
to Boundary street. H, was said to be not
only fast skater, hut especially skillful in all
kinds of fancy and trick skating. surprising In
his grotesque skating any of the roller skaters
appearing here at that time.
Romanof was able to skate on his head
Intentionally, and under control. For after
all. many Of us have done this stunt without
half Enthusiastically, of course and when
everybody was looking, or at least we thought
so. But this Russinan expert did this regularly
in his exhibitions and upon one occosion in this
city in the presence of Count Bodisco long
the Russian Minister in Washington. He used q
fur cap upon his head in performing the feat,
and to it a skate was attached. He would
turn handspring. land on his head, and skate
away upside down. He also did q trick, It Is
related, with skates ON his hands and feet
in which he represented . bear skating on
on all fours. The foundation of the church
afforded skating place IS feet by about 40,
which was sufficient for him to do his work,
On this occasion I refer to he had an audi
ence Of several hundred, though he afterward
did some distance skating on the Potomac un-
der similar auspices"
In the early days of the city the various re-
ngioU denominations met anywhere they
could find a meeting place and until they
could do better. DIR. Laurie's first church met
for . while in the Supreme Court room and
also In the corridor Of the Treasury Building.
The first known meeting place of the Metho-
dist Church was in the tobacco warehouse
vacated in 1907 by Christ Church.
Other early churches will be referred to at
some other time.
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reach . wind that carries them horizontally
until . descending air current brings them
down. Last year Gypsy moth larvae were cap
tured On sticky screens in the AIR above
Provincetown on Cape Cod, when q strong
westerly wind was blowing indicating that they
must have travelled by the aerial route across
Massachusetts, Bay from the mainland 20 miles
distant
May IS the time when Gypsy moth eggs hatch
out their larvae by the millions, and q grand
attack On the pest Is planned for this month.
Also . study Is to be made Of the circulation
Of pollen and plant spores in the upper air
with the Springs bursting into bloom.
Even in the dead Of Winter and at tenn
pzatures far below zero the flying laboratory
picked up drifting bacteria and moulds at
heights up to 1900 feet. A special instrument
has been designed to collect these minute
creatureA Il Is shaped like IN enlarged
chamber from . revolver, with ho3es contain
ing vads Of fine cellulose tissue instead Of
bullets The instrument Is attached outside
The body ol the plane and by means Of q
crank operated from within the cabin the pilot
is able to open and close one hole at . time,
thus taking his samples at various heights.
The institutes department Of biology and
public health is particularly interested in these
studies, because of their possible bearing on
the dissemination Of diseases The spread of
such plant epidemics Is the fatal chestnut
blight and the devastating blister rust of white
pine has long presented inexphcable questions
to foeesters> and 1t IS hoped that these aerial
samplings may throw some new light on the
problems
It would seem that the pilot Of the flying
laboratory has his hands full and his seconds
already occupied, but there are other mysteries
Of the upper air awaiting unraveling and new
plans for research are continually of1'ring
themselves. For example, It has been sug-
gested that project for measuring the cosmic
rays be undertaken-but one wonders where
there will be room In the ship for any more
apparatus. So many instruments already are
attached to the wings and fuselage that atten-
dants at the East Boston Airport have nick
named the research plane "the flying Christmas
tree"
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q choppy sea and whose power at their height
was recently demonstrated BY the disastrous
fate Of the Akron. It's difacult record to get
accurately on tossed plane-and only within
the last few months have the meteorological
experts succeeded in devisng An instrument
sufnciently sensitive and rugged to measure
such currents, from the most violent to the
hardly perceptible. The data Is important not
only for aircraft designers and navigators, but
also for the weather forecasterx.
As it wings its way through the horiDonless
blue. the flying laboratory picks up other rec
ords too-specimens Of dust tnflnitesimal notes
Of sea salt, volcanic ash from the other side
Of the globe, the floating incense Of our indus
trial smokestacks, the debris Of meteors, ran
dom stun Of the outer universe that drifts into
our aura Of atmosphere as We pIow cur path
through space hitched to the runaway star that
is our sun. Astronomers are interested In
knowing how many and what kinds Of particles
sift through the upper air; 1t helps them to
gauge the transparency Of the atmosphere and
also to compute the density of matter In inter-
planetary space And chemists want to know
II and how the air varies from their supposed
standards
Evening star., 1933-04-30

OM Of the gifts that this hying Christmas
~ tree may bring down to earth is . more
accurate system Of forecasting the weather.
Indeed, the meteorologists at Massachusetts,
Evening star., 1933-04-30

BIOLOGISTS, too, are interested In that daily
y am. take-on from the East Boston Air
port-for the flying laboratory Is making
studies that eventually may prove Of fmpor-
tance to such practitioners of biology as farmers
truck gardeners, foresters and lumbermen. The
plane carries a trap to catch living things If
they venture above the ground level-and there
is evidence that many bacteria, plant spores
and insect eggs do.
Consider the Gypsy moth, for example
that pest from abroad which has played such
havoc with the elms and other vegetation of
New England and Eastern New York. Con-
tinually the Gypsy meth has made its appear
ance IN localities which previously had been
free of the pest, and this despite the strict
ground quarantine and other defensive meas
ures that were waged against it. How did it
come over the forbidden lines?
by the air route" the Astrological rusearch-
ers would suggest. for there are n.xnerous
records of Gypsy moth larvae found at heights
above 1000 feet. One specimen was captured
5000 feet above the forests of Southeastern
New England last year. The larvae have no
WINGS and, Of course, have nothing to do with
directing their journeys through the aig. They
are simply caught up like . dust mote On an
ascending air current; ct some scw0 they
Milford chronicle., 1933-01-13
(Communicated)
RELIGION TRIUMPHANT

l was sitting in the Avenue M. f.
Church, intent upon listening to a
sermon, being delivered by the Rev
DR.. B. e. Warren, of New Yor.
The text from Joshua VIII, verse
81, was not appropriate for the sea-
son of the year:
when / saw among the spoils a
goodly BABYLONISH garment, and
two hundred shekels of silver, and
the wedge of gold of fifty shekels
weight, then | coveted them and
took them, and behold, they are hid
in the earth, in the midst of my
tent, and the silver under it."
1t was the old Biblical story of
the sinner, Achan, who caused Is.
rael's defeat in a crucial battle for
the conquest of Canaan. For which
sin Achan, his family and his cat
tie were cruelty punished.
Scarcely had the good preacher,
plunged into his discourse, when
the clear tones of the town fire siren
penetrated the walls of the stately,
church. The pastor unperturbed,;
spoke on, but realizing the distrac-,
tion, brought TO the minds of his
flock, interrupted his talk, and said
II hope this fire will bring no.
damage. May fire consume all sim
and may the fires of the Holy Cos
pei burst into a fame"
Manwhile, the Volunteer firemeni
of the Carlisle Company rushed tOi
the home of Harry and Isaac Orkin.i
Their garage was burning: the
flames shooting out dangerously at!
their dwelling place, twenty feet
away. And while the men were
pouring water upon the flames, Isaac
looked anxiously in the direction of
one room of the house.
Little Esther Orkin although
frightened by all that was happen
ing about her, understood those
glances.
"If the house burns" said she, 1--WE
must save that. She looked at the
Ark-standing in the corner of the
room devoted to service and prayer.
Inside of that Ark reposed the Sac
red Scrolls of Parchment.
Again and again Isaac 0rkin re- |
turned to see that that which was
spiritually most holy unto Israel |
was safe from danger. During those
anxious moments, his trucks, his I
cars, his home, his furniture-all |
his earthly belonging were threat !
ened by the flames without.
Soon the fire was under control.
And, while the flames were grad
ually subsiding, the good minister at
the church was eloquently cOnclud-
ing his plea to forsake covetous liv- |
Ing and false pride. Then, kneeling,
he prayed that all should serve God. T
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