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Evening star., 1934-10-05
Jack Rabbit.

OdNh xtdOO4Gs
lack rabbits are not sociable
Therefore, one would say they
are selfish They do not seem
~ to have any way of communi-
eating with each other, as So
ciable creatures have, and the rabbit S
conduct toward his family would in
dicate he thinks only of himself. His
wife or wives are devoted mothers.
1t does not mean that the jack
Have you ever heard his war whoop
or his scream of terror? 1t is one Of
the cries Of the outdoor children,
never to be forgotten, once heard.
Jack and his family are truly vege-
tarianS No fish, flesh or fowl for
them. At one time they were satisfied
with the sagebrush and other hardy
herbage to be found on the plains.
Today they have, instead, cabbage, all
kinds Of vegetables and melons. They
have accepted the gifts the gods have
sent. How are they to know that the
farmer has cleared the land for his
own use, and that all of his trouble
is not for them?
ana enemies! Inc poor jack TaD DDlC
has little peace of mind, day or night.
Is it any wonder that he has no home,
but squats down behind clump of
grass or in the shadow of a low bush?
He sleeps with one eye shut, one ear
cooked due east, the other due west,
always ready to make long jump ana
be on his way.
When jack squats, every one of his
distinctive marks disappear The
protective ones blend so perfectly with
his surroundings that you walk
right up to his place of concealment
or past it, if he finds it is safer to
"lie low"
His tracks in the snow may be read
with little effort. You can tell how he
was travelling, and whether he con-
sidered it worth while to double on
his tracks A jack will jump about
IL feet, a cottontail about 6 or T..
When he is going at good clip both
of his hind feet are paired, and some
times his front ones. This Is not
true of the cottontail, and the latter
leaves no tail mark.
Evening star., 1934-10-05
Bedtime Stories
BY THORNTON W. BURGESS.
The New Colony.

The New Colony.
~ ADDY was excited. He was
more excited than he had been
for a long time. Somewhere
i above on this stream he was
exploring we're some Of his
own race He knew it by the signs
he had found, sticks from which the
bark had been peeled, and finally
footprints in the mud. They we're old
prints made several days before, but
there was no mistaking them for
prints Of any but Beaver feet.
Paddy hurried. 1t would be good to
have some one to talk with, some one
Of his own kind. He hadn't felt lone
some until now, but now he suddenly
was eager to meet these folk even
| though they we're strangers. And SO
he hurried.
Abruptly he stopped to listen. He
had heard the crash CT falling tree
in the distance ahead. He hurried
forward eagerly. There was no wind,
and trees do not fall Of themselves.
That tree had been cut by a Beaver.
And SO at last he came on a busy
| scene. Across the stream was partly
built dam. Two Beavers were at work
on it and another was swimming to-
ward 1t towing a long stick. Paddy
kept hidden while he watched. He
suddenly felt shy. Perhaps these peo-
pie would resent having q stranger
among them.
He waited until all three had left
the dam to 90 for more material
Then he made a little mud pie. Any
| way, that is what it looked like. 1t
was little pile Of mud just at the
waters edge near one end of the dam
| On it he left little castoreum. which
is the special scent of the Beaver,
as musk is the special scent OF the
Muskrat Then he went back into
hiding. That scented little mud pie
that there was visitor N the neigh
! borhood
The first of the Beaver people to
return saw that sign at once and went
TO investigate. When the others ar
rived-and this time there was q
fourth one-all gathered around it
and smelled of it. For time work
was forgotten as they talked the mat
ter over and looked this way and that
| way. Finally one of them. the biggest
one, started to swim toward Paddy.
He was a big fellow, but Paddy was
| bigger. He saw that all four were
| young, much younger than himself.
So he came out Of hiding and slowly
swan to meet the other.
They approached slowly until finally
| they touched noses. There had been
suspicion in the attitude of the big
Beaver, but when they touched noses
this disappeared. Together they swan
back to the others. Paddy knew then
that he was accepted as friendly
visitor. At once they wanted to know
| where he had come from and why he
had come and how long he would stay
and where he was going and a lot
Evening star., 1934-10-05
Fancy Socks Win Public Favor

1t is probably true that more per-
sons than ever have swung over to
the wool-sock habit, either acquiring
the notion through dressing for golf
or as measure of protection against
Winter SHOWS Yet silk and synthetic
silks remain the all-purpose sock fab
ric-neat, comfortable, available in an
infinite variety of patterns and
colorS.
On the other hand, as between silk
and wool, isle continues to offer men
the perfect compromise-the warmth
without weight quality, the soft color
ings that silk does not provide and
wool cannot achieve.
The 6-and-3 ribbed sock, imported
from the continent some years ago,
still appeals to about one best-dressed
male out of ten-which represents
small proportion, but a significant
number who like their ankle -clinging,
snug-feeling. self-pattern effects.
There was time when America was
as much black-Sock country as Italy
is now black shirt. But this Fall al
most as many people will buy theirs
blue as black-and the brown socks
are no mean aggregation, either.
Evening star., 1934-10-05

of Ross being the eldest son Of Gilleoin
ma h-Airde, the ancestor of Anrias.
The plaid of the Andersons, An
dreVses and Roses is an attractive
one, having bright red background
with green and blue stripes.
There we're many early American
Immigrants bearing the name Of An
derson wko settled in both the New
England and the Southern colonies.
One of thc earliest of the Virginia
AnderSons vas Thomas, who came
from No o~'humbarland, England. on
the border Of Scotland He settled in
Gloucester County. Va. The coat Of
arms reproduced was borne by
Thomas.
There were two John Andersons,
both in the shipbulding business, who
came to Boston about 1647. Another
John Anderson was in Ipswich, Mass
in 1865.
There are countless citizens Of the
United States today who bear this
name, many who trace their an
cestry to early American immigrants
from England and Scotland. and
many others whose forbears came at
a later date from Sweden, Denmark,
or other parts of Europe.
CCopyriEht 1934l
Evening star., 1934-10-05
BY BARBARA BELL.

- MART women who look forward
to a Winter of social gayety are
including dress or two of this
~ type in their wardrobes. They
fit into heterogeneous assemblies
so nicely, and, but for the ruff at the
neck and wrists, are plain enough not
to make you feel overdressed on oc-
casions calling for simple attire.
Besides being 50 modish, dresses like
the one shown today are simple. wear
able and inexpensive. The lines make
a feature of the fitted silhouette. A
smart belt OF a long and graceful
Cleo sash may break the plainness, if
you want them to. The neck is in
q severe v and may be worn so, if
you happen not to be frilly type.
However, we give our Endorsement to
the ruffled treatment. when you are
booked for an attractive date. 1t is
soft and f1attering above the table
top. and thoroughly irresistible under
artificial light.
The approved material is velvet, of
course. After which come the less
formal metallic cloths that span a
range reaching from dark wool jerseys
to failles, satins and the softest of
taffetas. The wool jerseys glitter with
Evening star., 1934-10-05
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an air Of mystery. and when the color
is deep and rich, this fabric is re-
garded as one of the newest on the
semi-formal horizon. In dresses Of
this particular type, it is perfect.
Black and all the very dark shades
are popular. Deep green, brown, wine
and grape blue are the noteworthy
colors. Rich lace or lame is used as
contrast to transform them into the
accepted spirit of lightness.
Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1465-B is
designed in sizes II to AZ. Size Is
requires u yards of 39-inch material,
81 yards of lace edging.
Every Barbara Bell pattern includes
an illustrated instruction guide which
is easy to understand,
Evening star., 1934-10-05

more about himself. And Paddy was
just as curious about them.
He told them that his home was on
the Laughing Brook deep in the Green
Forest many days journey from there;
that the Laughing Brook flowed into
the Big River and that he had come
up the latter until he had found this
stream flowing into it, and then had
come up that just to find If it was a
good Beaver country. He explained
that he was on a vacation; that, hav-
Evening star., 1934-10-05

SO a supple
mentary ( 0 O d
only.
A food that II
planted in the
ground will re-
produce itself. is
a vital food in
every sense o I
the word, as OF
course a cooked
food will not do.
We have learn
ed much during
the past rs years
of vitamins. yet
we do not know
toJou ruhot q vi
Evening star., 1934-10-05
Wal and Dead Foods.

" VERY food that we eat every
l. day is either vital or dead, or
surely largely one or the other.
IL Every food that grows out
of the ground, if edible at all,
is q vital food If unchanged from
the condition In which nature pro-
duced it.
A vital food may be largely de-
vitalized through cooking, yet may
retain much chemistry that is useful,
Evening star., 1934-10-05

1H1S is the open season on wool
socks, and with it comes the
annual breaking out of re-
l. pressed pattern desires. 1t is
known right now, Tor example,
that more people than ever this Fall
are going to want, buy and wear socks
with more pattern interest, more color
emphasis and more design.
This will be particularly true Of
lock-designed socks dncluding both
clocks on plain grounds and clocks
on pattern grounos-the latter getting
more popular.
1t will be true of the vertical-stripe
socks and space-figure socks which go
so well with checked and stripe suits,
brighter neckwear, more patternful
shirts, colorful pocket handkerchiefs.
And it will certainly be true of the
thousands who today are buying their
Fall supply of bright Argyles and
checks in Scotch reds, blues and grays.
In this respect, Fall socks don't fol-
low the trend in necktieS so closely.
Allover patterns and spaced figures are
a commonplace in ties. but they are
as rare land distinctive) in socks as,
for example, horizontal stripes.
Evening star., 1934-10-05
Nature Children
BY LILLIAN cox ATHEY.

Coyotes are the most dreaded foes,
though the fox, wolf and badger are
not friends by any means. Then,
from the air, he may have an attack
from the great horned owl. the red
shouldered hawk, the prairie falcon
and others. Besides all these enemies,
the poor thing is troubled with ticks,
BOTTLES and even tape worms!
Evening star., 1934-10-05

The lead of the deuce Of trumps
squeezed East first Not being able
to discard the queen of spades he
threw a small heart. The jack of
spades was discarded from dummy,
and now West was squeezed. II he
discarded the king of diamonds, the
jack would be set up in the declarers
hand If he discarded a small heart,
the declarer would win the last three
tricks with the king, ace and nine OF
hearts. (Copyrieht lq34O
Evening star., 1934-10-05
Contract
BY p. HAL SIMS.
Pay for Grand Slam.

Pay for Grand Slam.
IT WAS North's own fault that
North and South reached a grand
/ slam on the following hand. North
/ had a habit of leaping to the
eventual contract Immediately,
overlooking the fact that his partner
had another bid.
Evening star., 1934-10-05
Qn0frson

THIS name signifies the son of
Andrew and is the ninth most
popular name in all Scotland. The
clan Aindreas, Sons of Andrew" y"
came under the head of the Clan
Ross, the progenitor Of the old Earls
Evening star., 1934-10-05
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The bidding:
South. west. North. East.
g. g. s.: 81: : S.s! 6 sB::: Is:
If North bids five clubs over two
no trumps South will go to six. Since
North bid six, South, holding two
aces and some filters, went to seven.
The opening lead was the king of
spades. which North won with his
blank ace. The ordinary play on the
hand is to finesse the queen of dia-
monds. When that loses, North should
accept the one trick set with as much
grace as he can.
This North, however, saw such a
fine play for triple squeeze, provid-
ing West held the king Of diamonds,
that he couldn't resist the temptation
to play the hand that way. He drew
trumps and then removed the ace Of
diamonds from dummy. Five more
rounds of trump followed, leaving the
following situation in the four hands:
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Evening star., 1934-10-05

This is an old method of cookery
brought back into use by modern con-
veniences. A kitchen spit" in old
time parlance, was the skewer. not
quite the skewer of our times, but
rather ornamental affair of varying
lengths, on which the housewife cooked
the smaller birds, portions of tender
Evening star., 1934-10-05
Dorothy Dix Says

YOUNG telling about going
nd q
sport and has the disposition world
In fact she everything could wife.
The Washington times., 1934-06-12
STREET LIGHTS
D|M|N JULY

Practically every street light in
the District of Columbia will be
dimmed by nearly a half begin
ming with July l.
An official order to this effect
is now being prepared at the Dis
trict Building. It has been made
necessary by congressional slash
ing Of the electric light item in
the next years appropriation act.
The sum of $6S,700 has been cut
from the regular lighting appro-
priation.
Electric light engineers at the
District Building have been study
ing ways and means of meeting
the cut. At first it was planned
to turn out every other light in
the business section and make
other drastic changes.
Walter Kern, electrical engi-
neer, was asked to make up a
schedule of reduced lighting that
would use less candlepower but
keep all the lights burning. 1t is
on this plan that the Commits.
sioners will order q lighting SChed'
ule next year.
The Washington times., 1934-06-12
MISS HAWKINS
NAMED ERA
AIDE HERE
New Set-up Complete, D. c.
Heads Say, Announcing
Three Appointments

Miss Mary Hankins, director Of
emergency relief in Roanoke, Va,
today was appointed by the Dis
trict Commissioners as assistant
director of emergency relief for
the District.
Miss Hawkins, who will take up
her duties here July 9, will be in
direct charge of case workers.
Set-up Complete
The Commissioners expressed
the belief that this appointment
will complete the set-up necessary
to bring local relief work up to
the standard required by Federal
authorities.
Miss Hankins is said to have
the personal approval Of Harry l..
Hopkins, Federal Emergency Re
lief Administrator, whom she met
several years ago when she was
engaged in Red Cross work.
Before going to Roanoke five
years ago, Miss Hankins was for
two years secretary of the George.
town office Of the Associated
Charities and for two summers
was in charge of Camp Good Will,
the Associated Charities camp.
Two Other Appointments
In addition to appointing Miss
Hankins, the Commissioners
named Mrs. Florence M. HUH,
who was a case supervisor here
for several years before leaving
the relief work short time ago;
as supervisor of personnel ana
case work training.
They also named Mrs. Pauline
shereshefsky, an aide in the relief
office here, to the position OF
field supervisor of relief work.
The Washington times., 1934-06-12
D. E.: ALLEY. BILL
BECOMES LAW

Termination of a fight of long
standing was to be marked today
when President Roosevelt signed
the local alley dwelling elimina-
ton bill.
The bill was the result Of
long campaign against alley
dwellings, conducted by local civic
leaders under the generalship of
Mrs. Archibald Hopkins.
At the suggestion of Mrs.
Roosevelt. herself keenly inter
ested in the alley dwelling and
slum elimination problems. the
President presented the pen with
which he signed the bill to Mrs.
Hopkins in Reorganization of her
work in behalf of the measure.
In addition to Mrs. Roosevelt
and Mrs. Hopkins, District Com
missionerS were among those at
tending the signature ceremony.
The Commissioners expressed
hope that the President would
designate the local government
as the agency to administer pro-
visions of the measure.
The Washington times., 1934-06-12
SCOUTS To SAIL
SHIP TOFETE

At high tide tomorrow it's
anchors aweigh for the Constitu-
ton, IT., and her crew, the Wash
ington Sea Scouts.
The miniature replica of Old
1ronsides owned by the local
Scouts will hoist sail and her
proud jevenile crew will navigate
her down the Potomac to the
precautionary celebration at St.
Marys City. Md.
The Scouts Scorn to use the
auxiliary motor of the Constitu-
tion, jr. They will sail to St.
MaryS City from the Eastern
Branch here-and they mean
Sail-and expect to make the no
mile trip by Friday morning.
A "two-gun" salute will boom
from the ship at st. MaryS City
before she lines up alongside two
destroyerS and a British naval
training ship, the Dundee.
besides Scouts, those on board
viii be Capt. James A. Callan,
Comdr. j. H, Ingram, U. S. NJ,
and Lieut.. Col. Edwin Sayre, U.
81 A., retired, all Sea Scout or
Tanizers. Captain Callan will be
sklNper. TWO mounted Shotguns
win fire the salute.
The Washington times., 1934-06-12
Tr0lleys TO Be Denied Use of 7aft Bridge
Roll Released
After 7MOnthS
In D. T.. Jail

After seven months incarcera-
ton in the District Jail, David
M. Roll, SO, accused of swlnd'
ling a former member Of Con-
gress through an alleged bogus
contract with Henry Ford, mil.
lionaire auto manufacturer, Tor
the lease of Muscle Shoals, was
liberated today by Justice Pey-
ton Gordon in District Supreme
Court.
Roll had been held in Jail
since last November under a
$4,000 bond. When Assistant
United States Attorney Julian
I. Richards informed the court
the Government would be UNI
able to bring the case to trial
until next fall, Justice Gordon
reduced the bond to $500.
Roll, who is being represent
ed by Attorneys Charles E.
Ford and Joseph D. Kelley,
stated upon his liberation:
81 will prove my innocence
and that goes for the Ford con-
tract and my business dealings
with the complaining wit
neSSeS."
The Government charges that
Roll obtained approximately
100000 from former Senator
Owen, of Oklahoma, by means
of the reputed false contract.
The Washington times., 1934-06-12
STABB|NG CASE
IS MYSTERY

One man is dead and woman
Is at the point of death in Cas-
ualty Hospital as the result of a
mysterious cutting affray in a
Brentwood Md) house early to-
day.
The man, Nelson Clark, colored.
was found lying in, the yard OF
the house by neighbors who called
the Fire Rescue Squad. He had
been killed by a stab near the
heart.
In the house police found the
woman, believed. to be Martha
Williams, with a severe knife
wound near her spinal column.
Police are questioning Russell
and John johnson, both colored,
who were found asleep in the
house.
The Washington times., 1934-06-12
SURVEY SHOWS
NEED Of BOOKS

Library facilities in rural
schools throughout the United
States are generally poor, a state.
ment issued today by the United
States office of Education said.
The office has recently COM
pleted a study of rural school
library practices and services
with Miss Edith A. Lathrop,
specialist in school libraries, in
charge.
Miss Lathrop says:
"The investigation revealed a
great need in rural schools for
books especially suitable for
children in the lower element
tary grades. RecreatiOnal read
ing was found to receive little
attention. Comparatively few
persons in charge Of rural
school libraries were found
trained in library work."
The Washington times., 1934-06-12
SPAN NOT BUILT.
To WITHSTAND
ADDED LOAD
Officials FroWn on Plea OF
Company to Abandon New
Calvert Street Arch

The Taft Bridge, large as it is,
will not stand the pounding OF
street car traffic, in the opinion
of District building officials; and
therefore it is believed that the
Public Utilities Commission will
deny the Capital Transit Com.
pany's request to divert traffic
from the new Calvert Street
bridge to the Connecticut Avenue
structure.
The Public Utilities Commission
today requested Commissioner
Gotwals to institute a check-up on
the Taft Bridge to determine
whether it would stand the heavy
rolling loads of the Chevy Chase
and Cleveland Park traffic.
Adverse Report Predicted
If the engineers report adj
versely, the propose traffic
change will be denied Immediately.
No official would talk for pub"
LEGATION today but there is plenty
of official comment on which to
base the prediction that the
engineers will make an adverse
report. Engineers point out to-
day that there is no steel in the
Taft Bridge, while the Calvert
Street bridge is being built es.
pecially for heavy cas- traffic.
Street car loads on the Taft
Bridge, it was pointed out, would
rest entirely on the crowns OF
masonry arches.
Public Hearing Likely
If the engineers do not make an
adverse report, but leave the mat.
ter open, the Public Utilities Com
mission will announce a public
hearing at which all sides of the
question may be discussed by the
officials of the street car com.
pany as we'll as members of cit
liens associations.
1t was learned today that Pub
lie Utility officials are not pleased
with the idea of sending car lines
across the Taft Bridge. 1t was
said they are about to make pub
lie a comprehensive report on a
general plan for remapping street
| car and bus services and that they
do not like to take up traffic
changes piece-meal but would
rather have it included in a gen.
eral city vide change.
The Washington times., 1934-06-12
SENATE To TAKE
Up D. {, BILLS

Hope for passage of several
District measures improved today
when the Senate agreed to take
up bills on the calendar tomorrow.
Among District legislation pend
ing is a House bill to provide for
automobile insurance liability; a
bill regulating the foreclosure of
mortgages and deeds of trust; a
bill to lower the cost of liquor
licenses for steamboats,, and bill
providing educational opportun-
tiles for children of soldiers.
sailors and marines killed in the
World War.
Whether or not the bill provid-
ing an old age pension system for
the District will be reached is in
doubt.
The Washington times., 1934-06-12
HITS
D, c. SCHOOL

A heavy rainstorm shortly be-
fore noon today did considerable
damage and brought, a drop in
the temperature.
During the first 20 minutes OF
the storm, 80 inches of rain fell
Lightning struck the Fairmont
School in the 100 block Massa'
chusetts Ave. N. w., adjoining the
legation of Finland, and knock
ing down a chimney. The school
is closed for the summer.
A fire was started by lightning
at the A. M. E. Church on M
Street between Fifteenth and Six
tenth Northwest.
Emergency crews were rushed
to the 1000 block Blair Rd. N. w.
where high tension wires were
brought down by the storm.
A parked automobile was dam
aged in the first block K st. N
w. when the wind knocked the
limb off a tree.
A large plate glass window in
a millinery shop at Thirteenth
and F Streets N. w., was broken,
A flag on the southwest corner
of the Capitol was whipped to
shreds by the wind.
The temperature, which stood
at 70 degrees just before the
storm broke, dropped 10 degrees
in a very few minutes.
The rain was of short dura
ton and there will be gradually
clearing skies during the day
with fair and warmer weather
forecast for tomorrow.
The Washington times., 1934-06-12
Sentenced to Jail
For Attack on Girl

Charged with assaulting a 7.
year-old girl, John Henry Cole.
As, of the 1900 block E st. N. w..
today was sentenced to 24O days
in Jail by Judge John P. Nc
Mahon in Police Court.
The child testified Cole forced
her into a taxicab near the Wash.
ington Auditorium the night Of
June 4, drove her to Potomac
Park, slapped her and blackened
her eye. Park Policeman M. A.
Ramsay heard a child crying.
stopped the cab, heard her story
and took Cole into custody.
The Washington times., 1934-06-12
Piers Co. Bid High
For Boston Bose

Piers Operating Company, Of
Boston, was the higher. Of two
bidders for a five-year lease Of the
Army supply base at Boston
when proposals were opened yes
terday by the Shipping Board
Bureau. The Piers Company bid
$65,711 per year as against $44,-
1913 offered by Waterfront Ter
minalS, Inc, also Of Boston.