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Evening star., 1933-12-11
THREE DIE IN FIRE
AT DANCE CONTEST
Marathon Crowd at Hamp-
den, Me-, Routed in Snow,
Many Suffering Injuries.
Ry the Associa ted Press.

BY the Associated Press.
EAMPDEN. Me- December 1.-THE
gay and stormy history Of Hampden's S
marathon dancing contest has ended in
tragedy.
Fire, breaking out last night while a
blizzard howled outside the pavilion and
the footsore contestants rested in their
cots, cost the lives of at least three and
brought injuries to many more.
From the blazing Paradise Dance Hall,
where they had plodded many weary
weeks amid the applause of their sup
pCrters. the thinly-clad dancers fled
into the bitter gale. They forgot the
prizes for which they struggled as they
plunged knee deep in snow drifts piled
high by 30-hour storm.
Pajama-clad young men and women,
barefoot and many of them painfully
burned, milled about in the driving
snow and near-zero temperature seek
ing partners and friends. The charred
bodies Of three were found in the ruins
early today.
Tentatively Identified.
The victims were tentatively identi-
fed as John Ryan of New York City,
Emile Pelletier of Waterville, Me, and
Gertrude Sousa of Dracut, Mass.
Many Of the survivors suffered severe
frostbites in addition to their burns.
OF the injured the following had been
accounted for and taken to the Eastern
Maine General Hospital at Bangor:
Mrs. Eleanor Ryan Of New York City,
wife OF one of the supposed victims,
serious burns.
Capt. Mccoy of Kokomo, Ind, burns
and cuts.
Ginger Beck, Portland boxer, burns.
Helen Emery of Maiden, Mass, frozen
legs.
Kay Wise of Chicago, exposure
Dorothy Wilson of Chicago, burns
The origin of the blaze was uncer-
tain, but several of the survivors be-
lieved the pavilion's chimney had been
toppled by the storm and the building
ignited by the hot-air heating plant.
Flames Driven by Wind.
The marathon had suspended over
Sunday to comply with the Sabbath
laws. The cry of fire" aroused the
browsing dancers shortly after II pm.
So rapidly did the winddriven flames
sweep through the barn-like dance hall
that none Of the group was able to
stop for clothing or belongings.
The Hampden Fire Department, aid
ed by apparatus from Bangor, could do
little to stop the flames. An ice-bound
brook afforded the only water supply.
The marathon opened five weeks ago
In the midst of bitter controversy. The
town selectmen denied petitions that a
license for the enterprise be refused.
The Sunday following the opening police
raided the hall while 1000 persons
looked on. The management paid fines
totaling S2505o and the dance went
on. Since then. however. it has re-
cessed over Sunday.
Evening star., 1933-12-11
Code Would CurtaiL
BARRIERS Talk Only.
As to Competitors
48 to So Hours Per Week
and SI3to$ SIS Wage Are
Proposed Mi1imunis.

N. r. A. may curtail the talk of
BARRIERS.
A proposed code for the barber trade
was filed with the administration yes
terday by the BARRIERS Industrial Re-
covery Association and a hearing was
set by Deputy Administrator A. D.
Whiteside to be held at the Commerce
Department on January 8.
The code set up maximum hours of
48 to So per week and minimum wages
of $13 to SIS for BARRIERS; So and $40
for manicurists and $3.50 to $3.50 for
bootblacks or brushboys, exclusive of
tips.
A scale OF prices for haircuts, shaves,
shampoos and other barber services
would be fixed by code authority, and
price, cutting would be forbidden. APP
prentice BARRIERS would be required to
wear marking to show that he is an ap-
prentice, and the usual practices Of
fair competition would be required.
But the barber code includes one pro-
vision not common to the rules of con-
duct included for other industries. He
may talk to his customers just as much
as he does now, but a barber may not
circulate harmful rumors concerning
q competitor"
Evening star., 1933-12-11
ss47l47 and those in vir-

received s347,l47 and those In vir-
ginia $282,192.
The checks are the first adjustment
payments in return for the farmers
agreements to cut their acreage sown
to wheat Is per cent during 1884 The
total paid out represents about per
cent Of the estimated $4,000. 900 avail
able to farmers as soon as their con-
tracts are approved in Washington.
Nest Of the payments made have
gone to counties with comparatively
small wheat production. There have
been $50 counties approved for pay
ments aud checks are being written as
rapidly as individual contracts are ap-
proved. More than SOC, 900 contracts
are expected. but only 253,719 have
reached Washington.
Payments made to other States to
date are: Colorado, $7,176; Illinois,
s175,078; Indiana. $622,340; Iowa,
$112,615; Kansas, 81, ,324,543; Kentucky.
sl0,594; Michigan, $92 sos; Minnesota,
Evening star., 1933-12-11
DR.. BROOME SPEAKS
TO ROCKVILLE WOMEN
Superintendent Provides Informa-
ton Concerning Schools
Throughout County. =
snecial nisnatch to The star

Special Dispatch to The Star.
ROCKVILLE, Md, December IL
Interest in meeting of the Rockville
Woman's Club in the Presbyterian
Church here Thursday afternoon. at
which Mrs. Porter Ward was hostess,
was heightened by the presence of DR..
Edwin w. Broome, county superintend-
ent of schools, who answered numerous
questions relative to public school
matters in the county.
The program included vocal solos by
Mrs S. Peter Wagner. who was accom-
panied by Miss Katherine Smith, and
a duet by little Miss Mary Kee Monday
and Master Paul Wilson, who sang "The
Little Red School House" and who were
accompanied by Mrs Hughes Monday.
It was arranged for the members
attending the next meeting, to be held
at the home of Mrs. Josiah w. Jones,
near Olney, December 81, to bring do
nations for q Christmas basket for a
needy family of Rockville.
Evening star., 1933-12-11
Benefit Will Be Given.

OAKTON, Va, December IL (SpeciaD.
The freshman class of Oakton High
School will give benefit entertainment
in the school Friday evening, beginning
at 8. o'clock.
Featuring the program will be a two
act play, Christmas pantomime, a
Christmas drill, music BY the Boys
Glee Club and selections by the school
harmonica band. M. H. Nipe of the
faculty will have charge of arrange
mertS
Evening star., 1933-12-11
RIST WATCHES

CS M Elgin, gold-fllled
oo and solid gold
cases; Z and Is jewel.
Evening star., 1933-12-11
$4,388, ,434 IN WHEAT
CHECKS DISTRIBUTED
Maryland Farmers Get $347,14
and Those in Virginia Total
of $2s2, ,192.-
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Farmers in $50 Of the 1850 counties
participating in the wheat acreage re-
duction program Of the Agricultural
Adjustment Administration have re-
ceived 77.o2l checks totaling $685.
434 to date. Maryland farmers have
Evening star., 1933-12-11
DR.. ELLICOTT TO SPEAK
Kensington Club to Hear Mont
gomery Health officer.
Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star
KENSINGTON, Md, December IL
DR.. V. L. Ellicott, county health officer,
will be the speaker at meeting Of the
woman's Community Club here to-
day, when County day. will be OBJ
served.
Christmas carols will be sung by the
club, under the direction Of the music
section. Mrs j. H. Wilmont of Bethesda
will sing several solos. Donations will
be made for the Christmas opportunities
Of the County Social Service League.
Mrs. George H. Snyder is chairman
of the Luncheon Committee.
Evening star., 1933-12-11

the President, by executive order, or by
Congress during the coming session"
Committee members already appoint
ed, Malone said, include: A. M. Barton,
California; A. l.. Moore, Arizona; E.
Hayes, Colorado. and Osborne c. Wood
New Mexico. Malone is the Nevada
representative.
Evening star., 1933-12-11
Woodson to Speak at Herndon.

HERNDON, Va. December IL (Spe-
ciaD Wv. T. Woodson, superintendent
of Fairfax County public schools, will
address a meeting of the Parent
Teacher Association on Vocational
Guidance" this evening at 8 o'clock
in the high school,
Evening star., 1933-12-11

10 IN Walt h a m and
A~co Swiss, chromium
and gold-filled cases; 7 jewel.
Evening star., 1933-12-11

s12s, ,os4: Missouri. $41e,23s; Nebraska.
$685. ,348; Nevada, $15,985: New York,
S6.557; North Carolina, $8,101; Ohio,
$507, 7,218; South Dakota, $42, 100; Utah,
$3.50; West Virginia, $28,864
The Coolidge examiner., 1933-06-02
THROUGH A
Womanns Eyes
By JEAN NEWTON
SHOULD WE. TELL?

IN THE Supreme court of Los An
L geles the other day, Estelle Tay-
Tor won an important legal point.
She did not have to tell her agel
Asked in the course of cross-ex-
animation how old she was, she said.
Il object to that; | don't think
should be required to tell"
objection sustained said the
Judge!
/ remarked to a friend that in the
case of very attractive woman
who does not look anywhere near
her age, should think there would
be certain pleasure, a particular
satisfaction to her vanity to tell her
age-and enjoy the general conster-
nation.
THAT" said my friend, would
be very fleeting satisfaction. For
as soon as people knew, they would
begin to discover that, of course she
looks younger-at a distance-but
just take a good look They begin
TO note little faults and imperfec
tions that they just never thought
of mentioning beforei In the case
The Coolidge examiner., 1933-06-02

IN ASSUMING ones stance it is
well to watch certain prepare.
tions, for the beginning of the swing
often foretells what the entire
stroke will he like. For example:
O Grasping the club with the left
hand first lessons chances of a too
tighened grip with the right, thus
reducing tension. ~ Exerting a pres
sure against the shaft with either of
the two thumbs tautens the fore
arm muscles with the result that
one of the hands is pressing too
hard. This prevents the hands from
working together and exerting a
similar force. (3) Gripping the
club while il is in its natural lie on
the ground so that the angle of the
grip will coincide with the lie of
the clubhead. (4) Placing the club
head back of the ball before assum-
ing your stance insures standing
just the right distance away with
no tendency of crouch that might
tie up and hurry the swing. (5)
Putting most of the weight on the
right foot which might cause a low
ering of the left shoulder in the up
swing and result In q miss hit.
g. l9ae. Bell syndicate.-WNU Service.
The Coolidge examiner., 1933-06-02

Napoleon was a dark complex
ioned man. He was of short build
predominating, and very young
when he began.
Ploughmen wear guitars round
their legs while at work.
Harold mustarded his men be-
fore the Battle Of Hastings.
In case of asphyxiation apply arti-
fetal respiration until the patient is
dead.
A peninsula is an island but not
quite.
To be healthy don't eat any kind of
food.
What happens when there is an
eclipse of the sun?
A great many people come out to
look at it.
g, 1893. Bell syndicate.-wNU Service.
The Coolidge examiner., 1933-06-02

of an actress, of course, this would
be fatal. And in the case of any
woman who retains the aspiration
to be attractive it is no less a per-
sonal tragedy.
1--WE know that today a woman
can be beautiful-really beautiful
as a woman-at any age that once
classed her definitely as an old
woman Several of our best known
actresses. successfully playing ro-
nance parts, have passed that age,
as have countless women leading
thrilling and not unromantic lives.
But people do not know their age.
And once they do, as soon as the
momentary surprise and admiration
has passed, the old sheep psychol-
ogy says, of course she is old. l
noticed that all along-didn't your
SO ! don't blame any woman for
fooling them-and not telling her
age"
g. 1893. Bell syndicate.-WNU Service.
The Coolidge examiner., 1933-06-02

Architecture and the Postgraduate
library of the University of Chicago
are among the noted reference IL
braries Of the world.
Libraries and schools and, more
than all, the harmony of environ
ment have made Chicago an educa-
tional center Of North America. At
tendance figures and faculty rolls of
colleges, or even world-famed
name. do not determine eminence in
educational facilities; but, in stud
les made by the Association Of
American Universities, % universi-
ties were given the highest rating,
and three are in Illinois-North-
western, Chicago and Illinois
while no other state has more than
two.
The unendowed university of the
streets, where orators always have
an audience, and ideas are more
often bizarre than sound, flourishes
in Chicago Washington square,
fronting the Newberry library, and
the artesian springs in Washington
park have the largest attendance Of
these open-air night schools.
Some Fine Museums.
rs there a museum or art GAL
leryf' is sightseer's first question
in a new city. Illinois has such in
stitutions TO show the passing ages,
several of them outstanding in their
lines. All Of the flowers and birds
that once graced the sand and
marshes which now are Chicago
survive in the glass cases Of the
Academy of Science in Lincoln park
The State Natural History museum
in Springfield goes back even far
ther. A wall in one of its halls is
faced with stones starting with the
Archean age, which the curator says
was more than a billion years ago,
and rising in strata to the Pleisto-
Gene age. less than 100000 years
ago. At the side of each stratum
are paintings of the contemporary
animals which roamed the earth.
Two of the finest Egyptian col
lections in the world are in Chicago.
Field Museum of Natural History,
on the lake front, annihilates both
time and space. Its frozen Arctic,
with polar bears and seals and a
path of chilly blue stretching to the
midnight sun, is only a step from an
Indian jungle, with rhinoceroses
emerging from the marsh or group
of startled Queen of Sheba ante
lope on a rocky mountain side of
Ethiopia. They are so real that the
visitor, the roar of the city's streets
still echoing in his ears, is whisked
into the distant, lonesome wastes,
thousands of miles from Chicago,
glimpsing life from a forgotten past
and in unknown lands.
The Coolidge examiner., 1933-06-02
Bedtime Stor -
NThornton w BURGESS sE'sl EA aS s

know Of why we shouldn't become
acquainted" said Short-Tail, in his
high, sharp, squeaky voice. "As l
told you before, / am pretty well
acquainted with you already. If you
want to get acquainted with me,
and learn a little that you don't
know, come around, and see me once
In a while"
III come" declared Peter. I'll
come often. Where did you say
your. home is?"
Il didn't say" grinned Short
Tail. "What is more, don't in
tend TO say. Some folks may feel
safe in their homes where they are,
but the fewer who know where my
home is, the better pleased III be !"
Peter looked as he felt-disap-
pointed. But If you wort tell me
where you live, how am | going to
find you?" he protested.
"Oh, you'u find me around if you
keep your eyes open," replied
Short-Tail. Speaking of eyes. l
don't like so much light. so you'll
have to excuse me if l get back un-
der that old log"
Saying this, Short-Tail darted
back under the log. "Will l find you
under this log when call tomor-
row." asked Peter.
Don't know. Can't say. Maybe
Maybe not. Never know where l am
going to be another day. Maybe in
Hooty the Owls stomach. Ha, ha,
ha!" All this was said jerkily, and
in that funny, squeaky voice.
Don't joke like that, because IT
might come true, and that would be
dreadful said Peter. "If you are
not here, where may look for you?"
Look where you please. Ha, ha,
look where you please" retorted the
funny little fellow under the log.
Then as Peter looked hurt, he
FASTENED to add: IF you use your
eyes, Peter Rabbit, you1l see my
private little paths, and if you fol-
low these, very likely wen meet
somewhere. Now, please excuse me,
because | am half starved. ! haven't
had a mouthful since we began to
talk, and it certainly does make a
fellow hungry to go without food so
long
Peter caught a glimpse Of a little
The Coolidge examiner., 1933-06-02

diced salt pork and salt to taste.
Cook the pork in kettle until the
fat is all fried out and the dice are
well Drowned. Add the onion and
stir for two to three minutes. then
add the remainder of the ingredi-
ents, cover with boiling water and
cook until tender. Season well, add
ing cayenne pepper and a half
dozen milk crackers, with a quart
or more of scalded milk. Heat hot
and serve one cracker with the
chowder to each bowl of the soup.
A half-pound of Goldfish added (after
parbOiling and shredding) to this
mixture will make good fish chow
der. Add more pork if it is liked
with more fat.
The Coolidge examiner., 1933-06-02

form disappearing among the leaves.
He looked up at Happy Jack Squir-
rel with a puzzled look on his face.
HE spoke as if he really meant
that he was half starved, yet it is
only a few minutes since we met"
said he. How could anyone get
hungry in such a few minutes?"
You don't know the Shrew fam.
lily, Peter" replied Happy Jack. 'T
never have seen such eaters as they
are"
G. 1898. by T W. Burgess.-wNU Service.
The Coolidge examiner., 1933-06-02
Have We Forgotten?
BY DOUGLAS MALLocH

Lave we forgotten, mourning
L i losses
And sadly counting as our crosses
The absent ease, the missing pleas
ure,
AS though these were our only treas
ure,
Have we forgotten days behind us
And do these little losses blind US
To larger things, less rich, less
clever,
We dreamed, and won, and have for
ever?
Have we forgotten all the walking
Together arm-in-arm and talking,
And asking this-not asking whether
We might be rich, but be together?
Have we forgotten, love beside US,
How little would have satisfied us.
The things that set our pulses leap
ing,
That we have kept, may go on keep
ing?
Have we forgotten? Let's remem-
ber,
And light again the fading ember
OF other days with less of schem-
ing.
With less of dross but more of
dreaming.
Have we forgotten? Let US never !!
We two are still as rich as ever,
Yes, richer if this rougher weather
Shall make US dream again together.
g. 1888. Douglas Malloch.-WNU Service
The Coolidge examiner., 1933-06-02
All-American Bunny.

To one pint of hot milk add very
slowly One-half cupful of corn meal.
Cook thirty minutes in a double
boiler, add two tablespOonfuls of
butter, one-fourth teaspoonfuI Of
mustard and two cupfuls of finely
cut American cheese Stir until the
cheese is nearly melted. add a little
chopped pimiento if desired and
serve very hot on crackers or on but.
tered toast.
The Coolidge examiner., 1933-06-02
Enn and Fish Loaf

Take three hard-cOoked eggs. one
cupful of faxed salmon. tuna or any
leftover cooked fish, one cupful of
cooked rice, one teaspoonful of onion
minced, three slices If bacon cur
into bits, salt, paprika to taste and
milk to moisten. Grease a baking
dish. Slice one of the eggs into thin
rings and place around the edge. Mix
the fish mixture and press into the
pan. Bake in a moderate oven thirty
minutes. Turn out on hot platter
and serve with tomato sauce.
q 1893. Western Newsnaper Union
The Coolidge examiner., 1933-06-02
nothQrr5(ooRBook
SEVERAL GOOD DISHES

CHOWDERS are more than cream
" soups and are SO nutritive that
they may make the main dish of
the meal with croutons or crackers.
With a salad and light dessert it
furnishes a most substantial supper
or lunch menu.
The Coolidge examiner., 1933-06-02
Fine Headquarters of the Y. NJ. C. 4. in Jerusalem

THIS magnificent group of
l. buildings in Jerusalem is the
headquarters of the Y. NJ. c. a.
in Palestine. 1t was dedicated re-
Gently by Lord Allenby. The
structures were built at cost of
S5,0O0,00O from funds donated by
the late James Newbegin Jaryie
Of Montclair, n. ].
The Coolidge examiner., 1933-06-02

taken for anybody but himself. And
If the truth is to be told, Short-Tail
the Shrew felt that his own family
was just a wee bit above the family
of Miner the Mole. SO, Short-Tail
the Shrew had resented being taken
for a Mole.
But no one could be angry with
Peter Rabbit for very long. Besides.
he had looked so funny when he
had discovered his mistake that
Short-Tail had wanted to laugh in
spite of his resentment.
There isn't any reason that
The Coolidge examiner., 1933-06-02
Potato ChoWder.

Take one quart of dried diced
potato, one turnip also diced, one
cupful each of diced celery and car
rot, one medium-sized onion chopped,
one pimiento, one-half cupful of
The Coolidge examiner., 1933-06-02

hotel with 5000 rooms, and one Of
the largest indoor sports stadlumS
Convenient location brings a million
visitors to national conventions each
year. The booster who delights in
bigger" also adds that it has pie
beian gas tank that could be
dropped like a candle snuffer over
the 2s-story Times building in New
York.
1t is a city of contrasts. Its peo-
pie reflect il, make the throboing
city theirs. Scholars mix In politics
and business men are artists. The city
is the same structural panorama. In
the corridors between Chicago and
the Indiana line more industry and
high-pressure recreation are mixed
than In any similar area In the
world-steel mills, oil rehneries, rail-
road shops, foundries and factories,
with country clubs, two race tracks,
and a dozen golf clubs, wooing de-
votees to fresh air and sunshine. Un-
der its pail of smoke, smell Of stock
yards, and hum Of aggressive ma
terialism, Chicago has art, science,
music, education, and other factors
which add to the comfort and con-
tentment Of humanity. It is Illinois
intensified,
Chicago is a musical city. One
Of its music schools is among the
largest in America.
With more students than any
other school OF its kind, the Art in
stitute gives Chicago an assured
place in art circles, but the fact
that il has more sustaining mem
bers than most similar institutions
shows a city's appreciation of art.
Great City for Reading.
Chicago reads as IL hustles. The
American Library association classi-
fies II among the great reading cit
les of the world. It's public library,
revived by donation from England
after the fire, circulates 100000
books a year, though the number on
its shelves is smaller than that In
the New York city public library or
In the Library OF Congress. For
completeness in their special lines
and for patronage, students coming
far to consult them. Newberry, IL
brary Of humanities; the Crerar
Technical and Scientific library; the
Fine Arts library; the Library OF
The Coolidge examiner., 1933-06-02
Crown Owns Many Acres

Agricultural estates in England
belonging TO the crown total up to
95,9S0 acres.
The Coolidge examiner., 1933-06-02

NOW, when Peter Rabbit was so
polite, and spoke in such a
pleasant way, and said he hoped
they might become acquainted what
could Short-Tail the Shrew do but
say he hoped so, too? He didn't
say it very pleasantly, for he had
not quite got over belAg a bit angry
at being taken for a member of the
Mole family. You know. anyone
with any pride at all dislikes to he
The Coolidge examiner., 1933-06-02
PETER AND SHORT-TAIL
BECOME FRIENDS

Who speaks a gentle, kindly word
And does ii in a pleasant way
Will find ill-temper vanishing,
Like mist when comes a sunny
day.
The Coolidge examiner., 1933-06-02

BONERS are actual humorous
tid-bits found in examination pa
pers, essays, etc, by teachers.
Evening star., 1933-08-17
Finer flavor, too!

And with Certo you will get far finer
tasting jelly or jam-with every bit of
the delicate fresh fruit flavor of fully
ripe fruit.
You get as much as one-half again
more glasses, too, from the same
amount of fruit. Because, with the
Certo short-boil method, no costly
fruit juice has time to boil away.
So get your fruits and berries now
when they are at their cheapest and
finest. And start at once to fill next
winters cupboard with marvellous
jams and jellies that will delight you
and every member of your family!
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