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Evening star., 1933-03-02
St. Elmo's Fire.

r YAS the mast caught fire? That
IL question must have been asked
by many person who has seen
i i st. Elmo's Fire playing around
the top of a ship mast, or along
the yardarms. After darkness has
closed over the sea, this sight comes
sometimes with a cracking or Kissing
sound; but the mast does not burn
down.
st. Elmo's Fire is a strange thing.
It appears to have been named in
honor of patron saint of sailors; and
sailors have said that it brings good
fortune. OF course there Is no proper
reason to say that it causes either good
or evil fortune-it is just one of the
ways in which Nature plays with the
folk Of earth.
Church steeples and tops of trees
also are visited by St. Elmo's Fire dur
ing thunderstorms. It may come as
often during the daytime as at night,
but 1t can be seen more easily after
dark
Greek sailors of ancient times were
fond of saying that the fire was visit
Of twin heroes named Castor and Pol
luxI 1t was declared that these heroes
were brothers of Helen of Troy, and
that they had won fame as sportsmen
while they lived on earth.
There Is little doubt that st. Elmo's
Evening star., 1933-03-02
How 1t Started
The "Wardrobe." ;"
BY JEAN NEWTON.

The origin Of this word brings to
light the old English word ward"
which survives in our language today
only with of" as ward of that dan
ger" From the Anglo-Saxon Wear
dian" this was an ancient synonym for
guard. 'Warder" for a guard is one Of
its descendants. Also the ward" in
wardrobe.
Wardrobe" comes to US through the
old English from the old French
wardrobe" which was originally
"garder be"-of German origin, and
good German today, for a room or
compartment where clothes were kept
or guarded.
Copyright, 1933)
Evening star., 1933-03-02

the spathe offers an easy way Of escape.
Those who give up easily die. The
enterprising ones are searching Tor
another pulpit and joyride. OF course,
the plan Of nature never goes astray
and the insects 60 from the father plant
to the mother plant, transferring the
pollen for them.
The clever preachers use the wood
land guests to further their plan. The
bright red berries in Summer attract
the hosts Of bird travellers. They eat
the little red coat Of the baby seed
and drop the naked little seed baby In
the woods far from home. This Is
how the preacher has established his
family from Nova Scotia westward to
Minnesota and southwark to the warm
Gulf States.
The Indians used to boil the berries
and make them into . sort OF cake.
They boiled the bulb. called q CORN,
and 1t was known as the Indian turnip.
Country boys sought the haunt Of the
preacher and used the CORN for initia-
ton purposes. A few bites OF the raw
turnip are as mild as q mouthful OF
tobasco sauce.
(Copyright. 1o33)
Evening star., 1933-03-02

an mSurmOunLaple
obstacle to the
WINNING of cham
pionships, in our
hands, but main
tain. that it Is too
dimcult for the
average player to
learn or employ
safely. I will leave
it to my readers to
Judge the validity
of these "criti-
cisns."
When the part
ner of the opening
bidder Immediately
jumps the bid TO
within one OF
game, that Is q
1oroS,o hid which
Evening star., 1933-03-02
..JArk-,N.1Hr-plilp DIT.

the preacher and shoot down the
column as If it were q creased pole. 1t
Is the most fascinating thing you can
imagine to watch the insects make the
rapid descent. They try so hard to
right themselves. but finally give up
and land in a rug made Of golden
pollen. After feasting they try to re-
turn by the route they entered. This
is impossible, and only those who perse-
we're find that gap between the folds Of
Evening star., 1933-03-02
My Neighbor Says:
Waffle sandwiches are good for

Waffle sandwiches are good for
Sunday tea. Put two hot waf-
fles together with butter, honey
and one-fourth teaspoonful OF
cinnamon.
A dry cork will remove stains
from plate or silver more quickly
than anything else, and, OF
course, it never scratches. II
the cork is cut to a point, it can
be worked into crevtces which
have become tarnished. 81
, If the oven is very hot, put .
piece of waxed paper under the
casserole cover. This will pre-
vent the contents Of the casserole
baking too quickly.
Evening star., 1933-03-02
The Leeway Principle.

~ to you a bidding principle,
which, as far as my knowledge
l." goes, is not found in any other
system and is, in fact, con-
demned by many experts on the
erounds that it IS deliberately lacking
In precision and that 1t infiicts a need
less guess on the partner. They admit
thats it has somehow not proved to be
Evening star., 1933-03-02

Mr.. Sims is universally acclaimed
fhegreatest Hping contract and duc-
tiorf player. He tDas captain OF the
renowned "Four Horsemen" team
and has ,oon "a national champion
ships since 1924.
Evening star., 1933-03-02

(Copyright, 1933.)
Evening star., 1933-03-02
Health Bubbles in Germany.

BERLIN [P.-Germany has PIG
health-giWng springs says a survey by
German travel bureaus The spas were
used by a million health seekers in
1882. the income being estimated at
S40,000,O00
The Washington times., 1933-02-28
5000 New Inaugural Seats
Rushed to COMPLETION
(COntinued from, Local Page)

(COntinued from Local Pdge)
vacate the structures before 8
o'clock Sunday morning.
Everybody is interested in the
weather. Tomorrow may tell the
tale. March will come in either
as a lamb or a lion. Whatever
the weather, the show must go on,
and Franklin D. Roosevelt and his
running mate, John N. Garner,
will be inaugurated, with their
loyal constituents we'll housed in
stands that are said to be the best
ever built-moStly all covered.
Room for 100000 at Plaza
Only the common, ordinary, hoi-
polloi will suffer in case of rain
or snow or hail. Of these folk,
100000 will have choice standing
place on the Capitol Plaza and
along the line of march, but there
Is not too much room for them
along the line of march, since one
of the criticisms is lack of stand
ing space between the Capitol and
the White House. The public
the standing public, will be &C
Commodated from the Capitol to
John Marshall Place, and from
Seventeenth to about Twentieth
Streets, where the parade breaks
up.
In those ST seats near the Court
OF Honor, the ladies and gentle
men, the notables, the grandees
will enjoy steam heat-the first
ever supplied at an inaugural.
Committees Kept Busy
Whatever betide on Saturday,
nobody can honestly say the in
augural committee, under the di-
rection of Admiral Cary Grayson
failed to prepare for the inau-
gural.
Committees, notably the hous-
ing and hospitality committee,
under the direction of Mrs. Blair
Banister-Senator Carter Glass
S1Ster-Worked until midnight last
night. So, too. the inaugural ball
committee, with Mrs. John Allan
Dougherty in command.
So far. there has been not
hitch in the plans. Everybody has
been taken care of, even the press.
The stands at the Capitol, erected
under the supervision of David
Lynn, architect of the Capitol,
will hold $4,000 persons. They are
the only stands erected at Gov
ernment expense, and the seats
there are reserved for members
of Congress-ten for each Sena-
tor and seven for each Repre-
sentative. Two areas, containing
The Washington times., 1933-02-28

624 seats, are for the newspaper
men.
One of the first official func
tions will take place Friday night
when Mrs. James D. Roosevelt
mother of the President-elect, will
attend the official Inaugural con
cert in Constitution Hall. The
program will be produced by the
National Symphony Orchestra
under direction Of Hans Kinder
Huston Thompson. chairman OF
the general entertainment com
mittee, announces that Cordell
Hull, the new SECRETARY of State,
and William H. Woodin, the next
SECRETARY of the Treasury, also
will attend.
At that concert, Rosa Ponselle,
soprano; Lawrence Tibbett, bari,
tone, and Efrem Zimbalist, VIC
linist, will be the stars.
Next morning the Inaugural
ton proper gets under way. The
program worked out by Mark
Trice. acting sergeant-at-arms of
the Senate, calls for this arrange
ment of the line of march to the
Capitol:
Seven automobiles will leave
the White House for the Capitol
at II o'clock.
In the first machine will be
President Hoover and the Presi-
dent-elect, Senator Robinson Of
Arkansas and Representative
Pou of North Carolina.
In the second car will be Mrs.
Hoover, Mrs. Roosevelt, Sena-
tor Hale of Maine, and Repre-
sentative Rainey, of Illinois.
The third car will contain
Vice President-elect Garner and
Representative Smell of New
York, Republican leader of the
House.
The fourth car will be occu-
pied by Mrs. Garner, Mrs.
Gam, sister of Vice President
Curtis, and Senator Moses of
New Hampshire.
The remaining three machines
will contain Admiral Cary T.
Grayson, chairman of the inau-
gural committee; the White
House military and naval aides,
President Hoover's secretaries,
and Capt. Joel T. Boone, the
White House physician, and the
secretaries to President-e e ct
Roosevelt.
The Washington times., 1933-02-28
PARRAN BONDS 5
ON RUM WR|TS

Five persons appeared before
U. S. Commissioner j. Frank
Parran yesterday at Upper Marl-
boro, over the weekend, on liquor
charges.
In one case A. Dent Gamble
and Sam Wolf, who live near La
Plata, were held in $1,000 bond
each charged with sale and posses
sion of liquor.
Sidney Thomas was held in
$1,000 and Joseph Graves in
$4,000 bond on charges of sale
and possession following the al
legged seizure of 100 gallons Of
liquor from a house formerly oc-
cupied by Graves at waldorf, in
which place both men live.
George Allen, of Waldorf, was
held in $1,000 bond on a charge
of sale and possession of liquor,
following seizure of seven half
gallon jars of alleged whisky said
to belong to him.
The Washington times., 1933-02-28
SCHOOL LUNCH
FUND RUSHED

Plans were under way today to
speed action on the bill which
would appropriate $4,000 for
feeding undernourished school
children in private, public and
parochial schools.
The bill went to the House cal
endar today, when Representative
Clarence J. Mcleod (R) of Michi-
gan filed. favorable report fol-
lowing action taken last Saturday
by the House District Committee.
In the report Mcleod pointed
out that more than 5000 families
are wards of charity and that the
pro rata share they receive each
week is about 81. He said the
necessity of appropriating the
$4,000 fund. which will be admin
istered by the Board of Education
on advice of the District health
officer, was imperative.
The Washington times., 1933-02-28
ACCOUNTS OKAY
IN ALEXANDRIA

The auditing firm which COM
pleted the 10-year audit Of the
Alexandria city books, January /,
will submit it's report to the
city council tonight.
The report shows that there
we're no apparent shortages in
any of the city accounts. but
criticises the systems used by
nearly all departments. It also
recommends the bonding of nearly
a dozen city officials who handle
city money and are not now
bonded.
The Washington times., 1933-02-28
Virginia Widow to Wed
M'Cully Waif

BALTIMORE. Feb. 28.-Nikolai
McCully, one of the seven Russian
wards of Rear Admiral Newton A..
McCully, retired, has taken out a
license to marry Mrs. Clara Me
mann, Virginia Beach widow, it
was learned today.
Mrs. Niemann admitted that
the license had been taken out last
Friday, but declined to say if they
had been married or when they
were planning the ceremony.
In the license she gave her age
as 80. Nikolai is 26. Nikolai and
the other children were brought
The Washington times., 1933-02-28

to this country by the admiral
shortly after the close of the
World War.
In 1881 the admiral and five of
his wards found refuge with Mrs.
Niemann when their yacht was
rammed and sunk by steamer in
Chesapeake Bay, as they were on
their way to Charleston, S. c.
where the admiral was on duty.
Of the seven wards two girls al
ready have been married in this
country. The other five, all boys,
are still with the admiral at his
home in Anderson, S. C.
The Washington times., 1933-02-28
ROCKVILLE LICENSES

Marriage licenses were issued at
Rockville to StoneWall j. Leffyear,
As, and Beulah J. Jones, 38, both
of Washington; Roy Showers, %,
of Leesburg, Va, and Lillian c..
Hope %, of Lucketts, Va, and
Howard Sellers, %. and Suzanne
Baer, 18, both of Washington.
The Washington times., 1933-02-28
LAYMEN'S LEAGUE

The Rev. C. S. Abbott, of Wash
ington, will address the Laymen's
League of Chevy Chase All Saints
Episcopal Church tonight in the
parish hall. Rev. Abbott will talk
on missions. Lester G.. Wilson Is
to preside,
The Washington times., 1933-02-28
YELLOW DOG
AGREEMENTS
POWDERED
New Yorker Gives Views at
Invitation of Annapolis;
Liquor Acts Repealed

ANNAPOLIS, Feb. 28.-Repre-
sentative Fiorella LaGuardia (R0
of New York is appearing before
the judiciary committee of the
Maryland House of Delegates to-
day in support of a measure
which would abolish yellow dog"
contracts.
LaGuardia is co-author of the
Federal legislation which sets up
a new system of collaboration be-
tween capital and labor as a
model law for the States.
Liquor Laws Abolished
He appears at the invitation
of sponsors OF the bill which was
introduced by Delegate Robert B.
Kimble of Allegany.
The Senate last night passed
bills repeating the liquor laws of
st. Mary'S and Baltimore counties
without a dissenting vote.
The st. Mary's county measure
repeals the local option law in
effect there and provides that
laws pertaining to liquor and
Intoxicating drinks there be re-
pealed as of June 80, 1888.
Ready for Governor
1t is now ready for the COVER
nor's signature.
The Baltimore county bill is
designed to control the traffic of
beverages containing alcohol to
any extent that Congress may
deem legal and amends existing
liquor laws of the county.
Evening star., 1933-05-22
FAST CHUTE LEAPS
STUDIED BY ARMY
Air Corps Considers Means to
Throw Pilot From
Plane.
Nv the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The possibility of a man making a
successful parachute leap from an ar
nlane fiying at a speed of 200 miles an
hour is being studied by the Army Ar
Corps. No man, in the knowiedge OF
the Air Corps, has successfully per-
formed such feat. l..
connection with the suitability OF para
chutes for leaps from extra-fast mail
planes and courier planes which nave
been recently introduced into air traf-
fic.
The main difficulty is to get person
clear of an airplane travelling at
velocity as high as 200 miles per hour.
Army experimenters say that If man
leaves an airplane which is flying at
speed in excess of his terminal
velocity" say 12o miles an hour. he
would appear to be blown backward
May Use Force.
Experiments have indicated that
roughly near sea level the terminal
velocity of man falling freely through
the air is surprisingly low. The figures
vary from about 90 to 120 miles an
hour for man weighing 180 pounds
and carrying his body parachute
pack.
In order to get Sucn loW-Veloclty
"jumper" cleaS of the plane. they are
considering t1r method of deliberately
throwing him out. Regarding this
problem, Army experiments make the
following comment:
"If he could get clear Of the airplane,
and he could by being thrown out
either accidentally or deliberately.
which latter method is being carefully
considered, it is thought that in the
one or two seconds which are required
for the parachute to deploy and open,
a mans velocity could be reduced
enormously
Strain on Parachute.
The strain on a parachute Is another
problem. Drops have been made by the
Army Air Corps with dummy men on
airplanes in dives at speeds which ap-
preached 200 miles an hour. The dyna-
mometer readings on these tests did
not seem alarmingly high enough to
endanger the strength of the para
chute" the experimenters report.
Recent experiments have led to the
conclusion that a parachute dropped
from an airplane in steep dive is sub
iected to a higher shock than is one
dropped at the same speed from an
airplane in level fight.
When parachute is dropped from an
airplane in level flight it falls in a
somewhat curved trajectory and as
consequence the lower side or edge of
its mouth is blown inward somewhat
during the opening stage.
This pressure of air from the outside
Is said to be the principal reason for
the reduction in shock loading when
compared with a parachute which has
been dropped more nearly vertical and
has not had the cushioning effect Of the
air pressure from without.
Evening star., 1933-05-22
LYON VILLAGE CITIZENS
WILL HEAR w. D. MEDLEY
Candidate for House of Delegates
Will Address Meeting
Tonight.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
LYON VILLAGE, Va, May 22.-Wil-
ham D. Medley, candidate for the House
of Delegates and past president of the
Lyon Village Citizens Association, will
address q meeting Of the association
tonight at the home of John Dew.
johnson, 200 Cedar street.
It is anticipated that the associations
Public Utilities Committee will have
report on the civic federation's plan
to invite the Potomac Electric Power
Co. to have its subsidiary, the Brad
dock Light & Power Co., extend its
service to cover the entire county in
the area now served by the Virginia
Public Service Co.
Evening star., 1933-05-22

shipped merchandise to foreign coun-
tries valued at S299. $50, 1888 New York
was second, with shipments abroad
valued at s248,111, ,439. California was
third, with exports valued at sl49, ,200,-
991, and Pennsylvania was in fourth
position, with shipments valued at $780,
425.070.
i. The exports leaving Texas ports last
year we're materially below 1924, ,370, 164
worth of merchandise sold by this
State in the preceding year. Cotton
topped the list of the Lone Star State S
exports. The report showed s206,53 =
$40 in cotton was shipped abroad in
1882. in comparison with s206,981 ,43s
in 1881.
Lubricating oil from Texas was
valued at $9.538.761 last year, COM
pared with S9,571 .308 in 1881. Gaso-
line exports we're valued at So, ,80l .946,
Evening star., 1933-05-22

compared with $50, ,22e,54s in the pr.-
ceding year.
IN relinquishing its position as the
leading export State of the Union. New
York shipped abroad goods valued at
only $248,111, ,439. in comparison with
$426, 1905 in 1881. California ex-
ports declined from $213. 3.740,582 in
1881 to $l49, ,200, ,991 In 1882.
The District of Columbia exports last
year slumped $47e,225 in comparison
with the year before. In 1882 only
Evening star., 1933-05-22
CIVILIAN CONSERVATION
CORPS TOTALS 10000
Figure of 275, 900 May Be Reached
by July / as Thousands
Join Daily.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The Civilian Conservation Corps has
nearly 10000 members and may reach
the 275,000 goal set by President
Roosevelt for July /.
The men are entering condition
camps, run by the Army at the rate Of
eight to ten thousand a day. From five
to six thousand go on to the forest
camps
OF the total quota, $4,000 are to be
war veterans. So far the conservation
service had taken over none of these,
but 1900 of the bonus seekers camped
at Fort Hunt, Va, 10 miles from Wash
ington, all last week, have signed up
and are to stay there for conditioning.
Evening star., 1933-05-22
TEXAS IS LEADING
EXPORTING STATE
Total of S299,650,788 in
Goods Was Shipped Abroad
During Past Year.

Texas is now the leading export State
of the Union. the Department Of Com
merce announces.
In making public the domestic ex-
ports from the United States, Puerto
Rico, Alaska and Hawaii during the
past year, the Department says Texas
Evening star., 1933-05-22
Hands Stolen Off Clock.

NEW YORK, May % (P).-Cyrus @.
Taylor would like some one to answer
this riddle. Burglars entered his Sum-
mer place at Hunters Lake and stole
the hands off his grandfather's clock.
What would any one want with hands
minus clock, Is what he wants to
know.
Evening star., 1933-05-22

1851 1856 in goods was shipped abroad.
This city's main export comprised
household furnishings for Government
agents throughout the world
Evening star., 1933-05-22
Boys Arm Broken II Times.

HAzLETON. Pa, May % (P.-Sev-
en-year-old Bernard Lamont fell of
his bicycle and broke his left arm That
makes II times he's fractured the same
arm
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1933-02-09

automobile-OR-a $4,000 Bank
balance? By signing the entry blank
on page 6, and bringing it here, we
will know your answer to the fore
going question-well?
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1933-02-09
County Tax Rate
Probably Will Be
Reduced 20 Cents
Conference OF County Commits
SiOners Discusses Plan For
New Fiscal Year

A reduction of 20 cents probably
will be made in the Montgomery
County tax rate for the fiscal year be-
ginning July 1, it was announced by
Lacy Shaw, president of the Board of
County Commissioners, following a
conference with other county leaders
last week. 1t was also made known at
the same time that bills calling for a
81, $4,000 bond issue for road and
school construction purposes and tc
replenish the county's emergency fund
would be introduced in the State Leg
islature.
Adoption by the General Assembly
of proposed legislative programs sup
ported by both State and county adj
ministrations and 10 per cent reduc.
ton in the salaries of all county
officials and employees, public school
teachers and other employees of the
Board of Education would make pos
sible the slash in the tax rate without
curtailing or eliminating any of the
activities of the county, they said.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1933-02-09
Montgomery County First In The
State To SET High Milk Standard
Regulations Adopted Tuesday By County Commissioners
Allow Period OF One To Two Years Before Ex-
pensive Equipment Is Required OF Dairymen

Grade label. In the suburban district
of the county no Grade B or Grade C
milk may be sold after January 1,
1884 land in the entire County these
lower grades may not be sold after
January 1, 1885.
"To sum up, milk regulations have
two essential purposes; to protect the
public against milk borne infectious
diseases, and to give the public con-
fidence in the milk supply. The gain
ing of he public's confidence is almost
as impt rtant health matter as the
safety of the milk, because the pub
lies confidence affects greatly the
amount of milk consumed and this in
turn affects the public's health from
the nutritional standpoint. Milk is one
of the cheapest forms of food and is
considered as mans most nearly per-
feet food. Therefore, milk consump-
ton is of great public health import
ance. A good standard of milk con-
sumption for community to strive
for is one pint of milk per capita per
day."
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1933-02-09
LaytOnsville School Asks
For Various improvements

The Improvement of School grounds
and the purchasing of supplies needed
for the building Of large sliding
board were measures approved by the
Parent Teacher Association of the
Laytonsville School on Monday night.
The president; Mrs. Douglas Riggs
appointed Mrs. Roy Barber, chair
man and Mrs. Mowatt Windham, and
Mrs. John Leizear grounds committee,
and G. C. Griffith Otis Lehman and
Lawrence Best to supervise building
and repairs.
Mrs. Remus Riggs, Mrs. M0rhle
Haines and Mrs. Hunter are to attend
the Child Welfare Institute in Rock
vile on February II.
The program as arranged by the
committee of which Miss Grace Rob-
erts is chairman, was as follows: lead
by Geneyieve Griffith members of the
elementary grades gave a typical
assembly program, with prayer, salute
to the flag, bible reading, stories by
Carlton Burkett, Jack Riggs, Carlton
Fink, Bobby Poler, Naomi Burkett and
songs by the group.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1933-02-09
Philip Lewis Injured In
Auto Accident Saturday

Phillip Lewis of Browningsville
was painfully injured and his car bad
ly damaged on Saturday, when il
skidded off the road near Etchison
and struck an electric light pole.
The car was driven by Jesse Mich
olson of Cedar Grove, Mr.. Louis was
sitting in the front seat with the driv-
err and his son on the rear seat, the
two younger men were not hurt but
Mr.. Lewis went through the wind
shield, and his face was so badly cut
that it was necessary to put in ten
stitches to close the wounds.
He was taken to Montgomery
County Hospital by Clarence Green,
of Etchison.