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Smyrna times., 1934-03-14

absolutely no connection with the
preceding paragraph - from the
Social Register. Among those listed
therein were 91O marriages last
year, while the year before, there
were 1.O44. Five hundred and fifty
nine deaths were recorded.
Dave Chaser is certainly a dur
able stooge. At every performance
Of Hold Your Horses" now on tour
six husky stage hands had to be on
the alert to keep him from being
killed. In the course of the perform.
ance, Joe Cook tells Chaser to drop
down to the corner and get him
cigar. Chaser instantaneously dis.
appears through trap door. Yari-
GUS devices were used to break the
force Of his fall. But only human
arms proved reliable. And at that.
Chaser took lot Of bruises on the
road with him.
a Pail cvD8Ir.fa-wAyrr a~-,ts-
Smyrna times., 1934-03-14
BRIEF ITEMS OF
THE PENINSULA
Brief News Items of People
We Know in and Around
Larger Peninsula Towns
FROM OUR EXCHANGES

Sorin E. Thompson and Albert
]. Lark of Seaford, were elected
councilmen last week for terms of
three years. T. Scott Purse was
elected Mayor of Seaford for a
term of one year.
The Millsboro Town Council has
been organized with these officers:
President, Jacob Reese White; sec
rotary, Walter P. Monroe; treasur-
er, Elijah E. Carey; street super
visor, John E. MCGEE; assessor,
Charles B. Godfrey.
DR.. Walter Hullihen, president
of the University of Delaware, will
address the next meeting of the
Torch Club, which will be held this
Wednesday evening in the Hotel
dupont His subject will be Some
Impressions of a Recent Trip to
Europe"
0hi .. LIAM NAOyO, 1AoIlOA VI IAC
Bradford Cottage of the Murphey
Home for Children who has been
quite i'll at the cottage for several
weeks is rapidly improving. To
celebrate her birthday anniversary
the boys of the cottage surprised
her by carrying a large birthday
cake with the lighted candles on
it, to her room.
A woods fire of large proportions
occurred in the Milford Neck sec
ton Wednesday afternoon and
threatened several homes. The
fire ragged in tract of timber
known as the Jenkins land about
three miles northeast of Milford.
1t also burned on the Martin farm
which adjoins this stretch. The
Martin home was threatened and
several other buildings.
The sudden advent of spring
weather around Lewes has brought
forth a remarkable growth of daft
fodils and perennials. Two days
after the rains over the weekend
had melted the heavy covering of
snow, jonquils and daffodils were
seen three inches above the ground
about to bud. Young shrubbery Is
sprouting tender green leaves, and
buds are seen on trees throughout
lower Sussex county.
Smyrna friends of David Hugg,
youthful journalist of Dover, will
be interested in learning of his ap-
pointment as Secretary and down.
state representative of the VIII
mington Colonies for the 1884
baseball season. Hugg served as
of the Dover Chicks
last summer and in a similar ca
pacity with the Dover Community
basketball team the past cage sea-
son. Young Hugg is well known
in local sporting circles having ap-
peared here the past summer with
his baseball team which played a
15-inning tie with the Smyrna
club on a local field.
Smyrna times., 1934-03-14

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'ia y TOO dull"
be- SIX years ears, T Sss man n
' Y, i've hundred dollars 4sas
IA s.ps account. Now ,, Una,
',. II, she had decided cit
'' ,,,stion and see Califor-
ii s the Grand canyon yOa
~ ar,T mountains She naa
wi spr friend, Dorothy
=, ,saut ths trip, suggesting
III thp trip t0gelneI'
a ,a,r the two young
.,.'ipd that they could ac-
,o0d deal Of sightseeing
Test during their three
sntIOn. 50 sally paid a
!, central ticket agency to
earned advice on the pro-
ncatOn
me back and was most en-
DOT, there's the incest
there. He certainly took
4 d me. he said his name
bsllgan.''
Ety and Sally joined forces
10 see Mr.. Branigan to ask
Ltg information about their
hin As Dorothy was just
1rsay Impressed with the
t,l as Sally, whenever they
tgether Of an evening they
! ID more questions TO con-
ID. Branlgan with.
! get.togethers we're by ap-
Zkit as Sally lived in Stone
little suburb town, and she
kpi 10 work in the city. One
de vas at the station wait
cstch a train to convey her
Il she vas exceedingly sur
b see a familiar face behind
Es1sr There was Mr.. Brani-
.dn,
lch that day she told Doro-
bout the incident as they ate
|nst sandwiches and drank
EiAsi uilks through straws.
Dorothy said Sally. I've
n tod that man my entire
knd how much money l have
bank. Before | know it, 1t
J be talk Of the town"
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|At decided to risk taking
p hour for lunch and she set
n NJ. Branigan at his office.
EdHtsd that she would not
D Sansvall until he did.
|f's VI. Branlgan smiled so
~ II her, Sally let her
/ d. Mr.. Branlgan," she
3 ''a live In Stonewall,"
mug man said that he did
'nA to the discussion of
s'd trip with Dorothy.
ashov Sally was more in
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g hat particular moment
= Idea that you lived in
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nan Of that name there
! stnptl0ns colncIded.n
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y citizen Of stonewall. In
born there and have
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Mn never seen me abou,
! me your
I'm you by sigh. for
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n' Sally couldn't hide a
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! t Z to sign and as she
= = name on It, the ticket
J ~, ! had an Idea the :
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. ~ s,a behind you one day as
~ sa'lns your commutation
!. =. 'ee-you were wear.
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y Inc collar. Am n
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. y. ,seiasd that it was past
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d = j nasty good-by she
- r o. :, she and Dorothy
|, a,a % their vacation, Mt,
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d ~, w.. we're looking over
~. ~, ''sae park when
il "a I.as. It was Dorothy n,
/ =. uef mother had 49,
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4, !. There was notbin =
m ~ 70 out to cancel bar
Smyrna times., 1934-03-14

Painters Fall Forward
Persons who faint always fall for
ward.
Smyrna times., 1934-03-14
Sunstroke, Heat Stroke

Sunstroke, Heat Stroke
SunstrOke. one of the oldest
known diseases, is really a heart
stroke.
Smyrna times., 1934-03-14
PLAN FLIGHTS
INTO ETHER

Continued From Page Six
Smyrna times., 1934-03-14

The Millsboro Town Council has
been organized with these officers:
President, Jacob Reese White; sec
rotary, Walter P Monroe; treasur-
er, Elijah E. Carey; street super
visor, John E. MCGEE; assessor,
Charles B. Godfrey.
Smyrna times., 1934-03-14

Sorin E. Thompson and Albert
]. Lark of Seaford, were elected
councilmen last week for terms of
three years. T. Scott Purse was
elected Mayor of Seaford for a
term of one year.
Evening star., 1934-07-01

murder Such weather in effect exerts similar
influence to actually dlssrming the criminal for
the time being. He becomes temporarily harm-
less insofar IS the welfare Of society is con-
cerned All OF which demonstrates that
weather is more potent than any human inf1u-
ence on crime. The wind, storm clouds and
the actual precipitation al affect crime waves
measurabiy.
nURING tWo-ffths of the year the wind
- blows az a velocity Of from $50 to 200
miles dav. That is the time when crimes OF
assault flower. Unlike these average winds,
high winds are not crime breeders. Clouds and
rain operate as stop gaps which curb crime
until sunshine. the harbiuger of fair weather,
once again shifts the scene and ushers in
another era of dangerous knife and gun play.
During days of weather discomfort the mur-
derer, the thief and the guuman like the ordi-
nary individual. are decidedly languid at their
respective callings.
Dr. Dexter has discovered that women are
far more sensitive to atmospheric changes than
When the temperature ranges be-
tween 30 and 85 degrees the court records
show that women are almost twice as violent
in proportion to men. However, with falling
barometer their violence decreases much more
rapidly than that of men. When temperature
remains for a time at between 40 and SO de-
grees, women are comparatively peaceful, while
men take to the crime path a large
scale Curious to tell, when the thermometer
descends to about IS or 20 degrees and mans
criminal energy wanes women suddenly and
surprisingly resume assaults in sensational
style, so the statistics demonstrate. The effects
of atmospheric pressure on women is similar
to that on men, with the exception that the
fluctuations of womens crime energy are
greater than those of men. Excessive humidity
affects. women much more than it does men.
Evening star., 1934-07-01

seven years. the maximum Of criminal assaults
occurred annually at temperatures of from 90
to s5 degrees. 1t seems as though the criminal
resembles the base ball player to the extent
that hot weather is essential in order that he
will warm up" to his work most efficiently.
Cold days. on the other hand, tend 50 to say,
to atrophy the criminals acts of violence. This
is proved by the Dexter research which ferreted
that crime was at its lowest ebb at tempera-
lures of from to 10 degrees. Apparently, the
pedestrian is safest from the assault of high
wayman during January. During late June and
early July when the natural heat is high, such
assaults are large in number.
Periods of intense heat, when the mercury
scars to 95 degrees or higher, are as free of
crime epidemics as is cold weather. 1t is
evident from this that a temperature in excess
OF 35 degrees devitalzes the average criminal
as it does most everybody else. Despite that
a man may wish to MAIN or murder when the
thermometer registers 80 degrees, his vital
force is too low under such weather condi-
tionS for the act ot violence. The criminal
defers his crime until the weather cools pre-
ceptibly. Violence goes on vacation when
swelterirg weather speckles the Atlantic sea-
board from Washington to New York City.
Intervals of low atmospheric pressure pre-
vioUS to severe storms hatch crimes Of violence.
Thus the barometer is as sure and certain
tallSrnal OF crime activity is the thermometer.
Most people. and particularly the criminals. are
very sensitive to atmospheric changes. That
is why the most progressive police departments
especially guard when the barometer is
low and meteorological conditions forecast a
storm to come.
Just as a low barometer and portending
storm aid in arousing the evildoer to crime.
dog-day weather with its customary muggi-
ness and excessive humidity deters and dis
courages those who ordinarily would rob and
Evening star., 1934-07-01
Crime Follows When Sun Is Hottest

This Has Been Discovered by WashiMgtou
Scientist, Who Has Made an Exhaustive
Research h-Hoz0 d Police Department
Might Be Conducted BY Keeping
Close W>atch Of Thermometer and
Barometer.
Evening star., 1934-07-01
BY GEORGE Fl. D4CY.

] pray thee good Mercutio let's retire:
The day is hot. the CdpuletS abroad.
And if meet. shall not 'scdpe brGpl,
For nOT, these hot days, is the mad blood
stirring.
fHICH quotation from Romeo and
Juliet indicates that Shake
~ speare knew his weather and its
NM probable effects on human con-
w. " duct PeruSe the literature OF
the masters and ever and anon,
Evening star., 1934-09-23

ready 1s such artists have signifed
their intentions to enter the competi-
ton. A spirited response and keen
interest is being displayed by teachers
Of recognized high standing in this
city who are actively preparing their
pupils for this contest"
Contestants who participate IN the
contest to be held in this city on
March z must have reached their 2lst
birthday, but not their 30th, by
April l In the case Of singers, pianists
and violinists, except that contestants
in the opera voice class must be be-
tween % and 80 years Of age. Three
weeks after the local contest the win
ners Of that event will compete with
the winners from three other States
in the semi-fnals. These latter win
ners will be entered in the national
event, to be held in Philadelphia April
"a to 26, inclusive.
There will also be a contest for
student musicians between the ages
Of 18 and % years who will compete
In the local and semi-finals, but who
will not take part in the national COM
petition. The object of this class is to
give a definite, immediate objective
toward which students may work and
to aspire to a greater effort toward
artistic achievement. Students will be
given certificates Of merit for winning.
Organists and cellists as well as
singers, pianists and violinists may
enter this class.
Full information and the lists of all
numbers to be played and sung may
be obtained from the chairman Of
the music contest, 1910 N street north
west,
Evening star., 1934-09-23
Latvian Wages Down.

In spite Of considerable increase
in industrial activity in Latvia wages
are lower than year ago.
Evening star., 1934-09-23
In Local Music Circles

ent grades to teachers and Students
aspiring to become teachers. This
course has been inaugurated by spe-
cial request and will be given in the
evening.
The Fall business meeting of the
Chaminade Glee Club will be held
Thursday at 7:45 pm. at the Thom-
son School, Twelfth and l. streets.
Old members are urged to attend.
The club, Esther Linkins, director,
and Barbara Brown, accompanist,
will hold its first rehearsal of the
season Thursday, October 4, at 745
pm. at the Thomson School New
members and prospective members
are cordially invited. The resignation
is announced of Mrs. Howard Blandy
as accompanist.
Minnie Volkmann has returned to
Washington after a vacation in
Canada and has resumed her work at
st. Andrews Episcopal Church as
choir director and soprano soloist.
She will open her studio, 14O6 H
street northwest, on October !.
Mccall Lanham, baritone and voice
instructor, of New York, will return
to Washington on Thursday for the
opening of his classes at the Chevy
Chase School. On Friday he will
meet his old pupils at his studio, 1910
Nineteenth street, and new appoint
mentS may be made by phone through
his secretary. He will give his annual
recital at the Chevy Chase School
next Sunday evening.
John Russell Mason has returned
to his position as organiSt of the Cen
trail Presbyterian Church, Sixteenth
and Irving streets northwest, after a
visit to Dublin and London.
Margaret's Church choir. Any one
interested will please communicate
with Charlotte Klein, the organist
and director.
The first rehearsal of the new sea-
son for Foundry Church choir will be
held Tuesday evening at o'clock and
a second on Friday evening at the
same hour. Rally Sunday is Sep
tember 80. Choirmaster Justin Law
rie plans elaborate programs for all
services. New singers will find
hearty welcome, as there are many
vacancies. Solo opportunities will be
given to the most talented.
Evening star., 1934-09-23
National Symphony Looks
Forward to Best Season
Subscription Sale Of Season Tickets Is We'll
Advanced-Dr. Kinder Arrived in Wash
inston During the Past Week.

The soloists for the 10 Sunday con-
certs are Mischa Elman, Sophie
Braslau, Josef Lhevinne, Bartlett and
Robertson, duo pianists, and Gloria
Perkins. Lucre1a Bori, Harold Bauer,
Myra Hess, Olga Averino and Frances
Nash are listed as soloasts for the
eight Thursday concerts.
DR.. Kinder left yesterday to take
part in music experiment In
Winston salem, Charlotte and Green's
boro, N. c., where he was requested
to conduct the North Carolina Orches-
ira concerts September "a, IS and 26.
While here, DR.. Kinder conferred
with George Gaul, the National SYM
phony personnel manager, and O
statement concerning the orchestra
personnel for the coming year will
be made shortly.
Mr.. Cappel announced today that
the business personnel Of the orches-
ira for the coming season would be
as follows: Mildred K. Fisk, secretary;
Peggy Martin, in charge Of special
organization work; Frank Howard,
programs; Edward N. Waters, as
sistant director of the music division
OF the Library Of Congress, IN charge
OF program music notes, and John T.
O'ROurke, publicity,
Evening star., 1934-09-23

Symphony Orchestra, DR.. Serge Kous-
sevitzky, conductor. would continue its
series Of concerts in the Capital, ac-
cording to Dorothy Hodgkin Dorsey,
local representative Of the orchestra
The Washington concerts this season
will be given at 4:4o o'clock on three
Wednesday afternoons at Constitution
Hall, November "A, January 80 and
April 8.
Owing to the demand for concerts
of the orchestra in Boston only six
weeks Of the 3o-week season are avail
able for out-of-town concerts. One
of these six weeks Is required for a
tour, which will include concerts at
Buffalo, Ann Arbor, Toledo, Cincin-
natl, Pittsburgh and Schenectady.
Five trips to New York, during which
Washington and Baltimore are visited
thrice, and additional concerts at
Providence, r. l., Hartford and New
Haven, Conn, and Northampton,
Mass. require the other available
period.
Dr.. Koussevitzky, who is beginning
his eleventh consecutive season as
head of the Boston Symphony, is ex-
pected to reach New York next We'd
nesday.
Evening star., 1934-09-23

-HE concert which will open the
most ambitious and extensive
season that the National Sym
i phony Orchestra has ever
scheduled will take place
Sunday, October 21.
Beginning tomorrow the orchestra's
box office opens for the first time this
season, at It's usual location ON the
first floor of Julius Garfinckel & Co.'S
store at Fourteenth and r streets
northwest, and will be in charge Of
Edward r. Norris.
According to G. G. Cappel. manager
Of the orchestra, a gratifying number
Of persons have made their reserva-
tions during the Summer at the
orchestra's executive ofnces In the
woodward Building. To date the
preseason sale of subscriptions Is
already 20 per cent greater than at
this time In former years.
DR.. Hans Kinder, conductor, ar
rived in washington during the past
week, more enthusiastic than ever
over the musical prospects for the
season, due to the soloists who have
been engaged and the technical i'm
provements to be made in the orches-
ira this year.
Evening star., 1934-09-23

~ OROTHY RADDE EMERY,
who has resumed her teach
l ing and accompanying
~ schedules, announces that
she has secured the assist
snce Of Villa Semple in the piano
studio.
Alice Finckel, pianist, and John
Alden Finckel, teacher of cello and
harmony, announce the opening of
the Finckel Music Studios at 1418
Rhode Island avenue northwest on
September II.
Howard Moore, baritone, and Ray
mond Rapp, organist, furnished the
music for the weekly Masonic SER
vice at Temple Heights last Sunday
afternoon.
Lillian Bailey. organist of the Nc
Kinley High School, has returned
from Rochester, N. Y, where she at
tended the Summer session of the
Eastman School of Music and the
convention of the National Guild of
Organists.
Lillian Harmon Burke announces
the re-opening of her piano studio
at 5004 Fifth street northwest. The
Harmony Music Club will resume its
meetings at the studio in October.
Beatrice Seymour Goodwin and
her sister, Mrs. c. G. McRoberts, have
returned from an automobile tour Of
the Allegheny Mountains. Miss
Goodwin will open her studio at 1406
H street northwest tomorrow.
Elena de Sayn, teacher OF violin,
will hold additions Tuesday from 10
to II. Children under years of
age will be given tests from l to 8
in the afternoon. Appointments for
interviews are requested by telephone.
Emerson Meyers, pianist and
teacher, announces the opening of
his new downtown studio in the
building at 1852 N street northwest.
He will continue to teach at his home
in Chevy Chase, giving special atten-
tion to children's work in both pri-
vate and class lessons.
Dorothy Sherman Pierson, teacher
Of singing, who has recently returned
to Washington from her Summer va
cation in Maine, announces the OPEN
ing of her new studio at 1701 H street
northwest.
Walter T. Holt announces that the
first rehearsal of the Nordica Banjo
Club for the coming season was held
at his studios on Columbia road last
evening, and that the weekly re-
hearsals of the Nordica Mandolin and
Guitar Orchestra will be resumed
Tuesday, October 2.
Mr.. Holt, organizer and director
has scheduled them for number of
concerts during the Fall and Winter,
among these being one at Richmond,
Va, under the auspices of the Rich
mond Conservatory of Music. The
radio section of the Nordica Man
dolin and Guitar Orchestra will con-
tinue to be heard over Station VOL
on Saturday afternoons.
Nine. Marie Won Unschuld gave a
piano recital last Sunday for the
freshman class of Trinity College,
O'Connor Hall Nine. Won Unschuld,
president of the Won Unschuld Uni
versity of Music and head of the
piano department, will give series
of lectures on technical training and
suitable study material for the differ
Evening star., 1934-09-23
Manuscripts Asked For.

THE Society for the Publication Of
American Music, A. Walter
Kramer, president. announces that
manuscripts for the season of 1884
1885 may be submitted until october
IS, 1884, and should be sent to the
societys secretary, Marion Bauer. 20
West seventy-seventh street, New
York, N. Y. The society, which Is de-
voted to the publishing Of chamber
music works exclusively. will select
and publish several works from the
manuscripts submitted.
Compositions must be by American
citizens or by composers who have
applied for citizenship. Manuscripts
should not bear the composers name,
but should be marked with q
pseudonym. The composers name and
address and postage for the return
Of the manuscript should be inclosed
In sealed envelope marked on the
outside with the pseudonym.
Evening star., 1934-09-23

side the shelter OF q teachers guid-
ance and the kindly interest Of the
home town musical circles, there Is
competition, jealousy, intrigue, disap-
pointments and many other soul-sear-
ing experiences waiting the newcomer.
Without a superabundance Of deter
mination and power of application
there can never be any success.
What is most needed are finished
musicians trained locally who can at
tract attention to the musical stand
ards of the city. 1t has been demon
strated time and again that there is
noteworthy talent among the students
of various branches Of music. Some
of them are undoubtedly ready with
the required programs Of the contest,
as far as actual knowledge Is con-
cerned. 1t now remains for the teach
ers to be sure that the technical equip
ment is clear cut and polished and
the Interpretation correct and based
on the accepted rules. If this has
been done, they should invite the
comparison with the products Of
other teachers which a contest dis
closes and profit by any new ideas
that can be gained thereby. Both the
music schools and private teachers
should welcome this occasion OF pub
licly demonstrating that washington,
so superior to other cities in It's many
charms, can at least rank with tnem
in musical education.
AS for the students themselves, tney
should feel no disbursement II tney
are not awarded some prize in such
a contest. They will have the ao-
vantage of the experience Of appear
ing before critical judges and OF hnd-
ing out what other students are doing.
It is a taste Of what they must ex-
pect when they do emerge from a
local atmosphere to the larger podlum
of an artistic career. II they possess
the ingredients of true artistry, they
will form another judgment of their
own work and be better equipped for
another such trial. II they are honest
with themselves, they will be able to
view their talent with the proper hu-
mility and be justly proud Of their
good points. At all events they will
come through either with feeling
of security that, If not finished artists,
they are well on their way or re-
newal Of the will to succeed II they
are dissatisfied after listening to the
other contestants.
Taking part in a contest as Nation
wide as this one is a sure preventative
against falling into a state Of con-
tentment for both teachers and stu
dents. BY its means an alertness is
put into the work Of all concerned
that makes for progressiveness. Great
educators have recognized the value
Of competition which insures better
teaching ideas and more application
on the part Of the student. Just
studying music is not sufficient, we
need finished artists, and the award
ing Of such prizes as is provided by
the Schubert Memorial is the best
means Of unearthing hidden talent.
1t is worth attempting, for the honor
is great for the winner and the one
who supervised his preparation.