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Evening star., 1934-04-08

were guests of Admiral and Mrs
Thomas c. Hart at luncheon at the
Naval Academy.
Lieut.. and Mrs. John r. Van Nagell
spent short time in Annapolis this
week Lieut.. Van Nagell, who was
| formerly on duty here, is at present
stationed at the Naval Gun Factory at
the Navy Yard, at Washington.
Miss Evelyn McCrone gave a dinner
party Saturday evening in honor of
Miss Anna Catherine Bootes, daugh-
ter of Col. and Mrs. Bootes, who is a
student at Goucher College, Balti-
more, and IS spending the holidays
with her parents.
Mrs. Emory Sands and her son, Mr..
Frederick Sands of Washington, spent
Easter with the formers uncle and
aunt, Commodore and Mrs. Edward
Lloyd. Later this month Mrs. Sands
and her son will leave Washington
for California, where they will join
Mrs. Sands sister, Mrs. Raymond
WEIGH, and her children in their
home, at Burlingame.
Lieut.. and Mrs. T. Clagget Wood
and their young son of Fort Hoyle,
Md, are spending this week with Mrs.
Woods parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Harry
Enoch, in their home, on South River.
Ensign John H. Kaufman, who was
recently detached from the U. S. S.
Pennsylvania, motored here from the
West Coast and is visiting his parents,
Capt. and Mrs. John B. Kaufman, at
their home, at the Naval Hospital
Ensign kaufman has been assigned to
the Tuscaloosa.
Easter Monday Wedding.
The wedding of Miss Helen Audrey
Mckee, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs
Robert E. Mckee, to Mr.. Irving
Maurice Page, jr., took place at 2
o'clock Easter Monday afternoon at
the Asbury M. E. Church, at Arnold
near Annapolis. Rev. Allen Gillis per-
formed the ceremony. Miss Miriam
Mckee. a sister of the bride, was maid
of honor. Mr.. John Sullivan was best
man and the uShers were Mr. Thomas
Linthicum, Mr.. Earle Young, Mr.. Fred
Dammeyer and Mr.. Basil johnson.
DR.. and Mrs. Ford K Brown of the
st. Johns faculty spent a few days
this week as the guests of DR.. and
Mrs. R. T. H. Halsey at their home,
at Huntington, Long Island. DR.. and
Mrs. Halsey formerly resided in An
napolis in the Randall House, on Ran
dali place.
Miss Katherine D. Johnson, daugh-
ter of DR.. and Mrs. Edward Darling
ton johnson, who is a student at
Vassar College. spent the Easter holi-
days with her parents at st. Anne's
Rectcry. Mr.. Johnson's niece, Miss
Elizabeth Enge, who spent the Win
ter with them, left Monday for Bos-
ton.
Admiral and Mrs Thomas j. Cowie
of Washington were week end guests
of their son-in-laW and daughter,
Capt. and Mrs. Clyde r Robinson.
Evening star., 1934-04-08
Capital and Other
Engagements Are
Formally Listed

Continued From First Page.)
Evening star., 1934-12-16
Do you realize how far you
walk in a day. and how much
effort it costs you? And what
effect a seemingly irrelevant
thing such as this has on you
when you do your shopping?

THIS average customer drove his automobile
to the worlds fair, but that and the slow
walking all day long at the exposition con-
sumed so much Of his energy that he could
scarcely sleep nights. He has decided that
after this he will take the train when he is
going any distance. In the meantime, the
railroads are trying to sell everything except
this vital fact-that it is less tiring to lounge
on a train than it is to keep eyes glued re-
lentlessly on the glaring highway and swing
a steering wheel around curves and between
swaying trucks.
A recent study of thousand average Amer
leans determined what they consciously thought
was the thing they lacked and needed most.
More energy was the answer 13 per cent OF
them gave without hesitation.
We know, in addition, that almost half OF
grown-up persons wake up mornings not feeling
rested There are % per cent who have muscle
stiffness or soreness on waking, and find it
an effort to move. The chair and bed busi-
neSSes will never go out Of fashion.
Now we can see one reason why an automo-
bile has become indispensable-it saves energy,
even if it does consume time away from other
commodities in the long run
What Is more natural, then, that economy
and initial price have become secondary in
electric refrigerators, for instance, to energy
saving gadgeteering to give automatic defrost-
ing, foot door openers and sliding shelves?
The female of the species may not be more
dangerous, but she is more fatigued all the
while than the male. The young wife with
one or two children may not work like horse,
as she complains about but she is certainly
as tired one.
Working hard as hod carrier is nearer the
truth, for in doing an average family ironing
by hand she is doing the work equivalent to
unloading six tons Of brick She wants to sleep
a few minutes longer mornings, and takes
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play in the neighbor's yard.
When the housewife goes upstairs she uses
up her energy Is times as fast as when walk
ing on the level. Walking downstairs takes the
energy out Of her 5 times as rapidly as walk
ing on the level. When the diShwashing table
Evening star., 1934-12-16

block for the trolley, and was still short Of
breath half an hour later@it takes full hour,
or more for the oxygen debt Of q l0O-yard dash
to be paid of in the breathing even of the
trained athlete.
Thus while he has never seen a calorie OF
his energy. he has felt the loss of lots of them.
He wishes the garage were right at the side
door rather than at the back end Of the lot
where he has to use bodily energy walking to
it; if he ever buys another house the garage
is going to be right beside the front hall closet
where he stores his overcoat and rubberS and
then he can save little more of his energy.
When he was 20 or, perhaps IS, he did not
mind q dozen or a Thousand extra steps, but
each year after that energetic age he begrudges
having to put one foot in front Of the other If
it can possibly be avoided. He plays q round
of golf each week because he thinks 1t keeps
him healthier, and because he enjoys loung-
ing relaxed after the game on the ladies cock
tail terrace.
We can understand better, in the light Of
this information, why he likes to trade at the
chain store which is block nearer
His cousin in the big city, so long as it can
be afforded lives where he will not have to
walk more than half mile altogether in getting
to work, fact which many apartment house
promoters overlooked when they bought
cheaper site two blocks farther from the big
Office buildings.
The motor car may have been purchased
originally largely to save time-although
more expensive car than was needed was
bought in order to help the customer feel
adequate But after the time saving has been
obtained, if it really does save time, comfort
and fatigueless riding become prime consid-
Grafton in the choice of the next car. It must
steer without effort, the clutch must be light
to operate-which tell nothing about the econ-
omy of the car, although they decide him in
buying.
Evening star., 1934-12-16
Rural Fire Loss Is Huge

THE fire demon took a terrific toll on the
farms of the Nation last year, the total
loss being more than 500. .000, 900. The figure.
when expanded to include all rural commune
ties with $500 or less population. reached the
staggering sum of $3.50 900 900, or 65 per cent
of the fire loss of the whole country.
This loss averaged SIS per farm for the
United States, serious outlay particularly be-
cause of the fact that many, If not most, Of the
fires were due to carelessness.
Farm fires will have added seriousness
this year because of the shortage of live stock
feed. Most farmyard buildings which are de-
stroyed by fire, barns especially, contain stored
feed. Buildings can be replaced, but replacing
feed this year may be physical imposSibihty.
Experience shows that prudent farmers who
are careful in their use Of matches and open
fireplaces and exercise caution with gasoline
and kerosene motors around barns and hay or
straw stacks have few preventable fires.
Personal precautions and a study Of fire pre-
vention and fire fighting is urged by Depart
ment of Agriculture officials. They point to the
excellent work that Is being done by All clubs
and farm organizations in spreading informa-
ton on the causes and effects of rural fires
They hope that some day every farm and
rural home will be supplied with plenty Of
water in storage tanks. cisterns or ponds. With
the coming of better roads and the organiza.
ton of volunteer fire departments in thousands
of rural communities, there is no reason why
most farm buildings should not be as well pro-
tected as city property
Evening star., 1934-12-16

er's bodily energy at rate from two
to four times as rapidly ordinary walking.
Two days later he is still tired and slightly
stiff.
If he had more money he would buy more
things. So would he II he had more time to
use everything he would like to own. And he
would consume still more If he had unlimited
energy.
Something like miles a. day Is the dis
tance walked by the average man. This uses
up energy. The store manager is favored, and
walks only average of 612 miles. The noble
mail carrier, daunted not by Sleet and snow,
covers an average of % miles every working
day. The extra two or three blocks to get
to work is, obviously, but small increase. 1t
is the straw, however, that breaks the walkers
insteps-and affects his conduct, too.
Human energy is limited. Of course, re-
stricting the consuming power of both million
aire and pauper. The average consumer has
felt this limiting power of his energy resources,
but he seldom puts it into words, just as he is
reluctant to admit it.
II he is 154-pound man it takes 65 calo-
ries of his bodily energy per hour just to sleep.
Lying in bed but awake takes II calories per
hour. Sitting up as relaxed as possible con-
sumes % more each hour than lying in bed.
When he stands up he is consuming lis calo-
ries an hour, and that Is for simple standing,
and not being at rigid attention
He can visit the museum only few times q
year because even the slow walking past the
exhibits up his energy at the rate Of
200 calories an hour. That Is how he has to
pay from his own energy, too If he is simply
window shopping wandering around show
room.
If he would sit down he would consume
only half as much energy. After he has been at
the seashore he comes back feeling peppy and
energetic; on the boardwalk, you see, he walked
sitting down in a wheel chair while hired
fiunkys legs did the actual walking for him.
When he is going to his work, at his usual
going to- -work-pace, he consumes in the vicinity
Of 300 calories an hour, and when he quickens
his pace almost to a trot he is using up 10
calorieS each minute.
A THOUGH he has never seen a calorie in
q show window or had a physician punch
him where the calories were concealed in his
body. he has felt their loss. Once he ran q
Evening star., 1934-12-16

of before and for an Interesting reaSon. TIC
disnIay room had several comfortable chairs.
and an understanding salesman had moved
a chair for her close to one OF their best
boxes so she could be at ease.
She heard his explanation and answers, and
saw and heard while other people examined the
box. Although she knew practically nothing
about that make before she entered the show
room the chair was so comfortable and she
STAYED in it so long that she could almost have
sold the box to a stranger herself.
Evening star., 1934-12-16

is "a inches high the average house
wife uses up only two-thirds of the
energy she does at a table 26 inches
high.
ONE of our pressing social needs is
~ an education of the average con-
sumner in how to work to save energy,
as attempted in my books, "Increas-
ing Personal Efficiency" sleep" and
"How to Use Psychology for Profits"
The average manufacturer has an
obligation to give more study to the
design of his products so the user will
truly save energy by their use.
Not just by letting electric motors
do the obvious work, but by a scien-
ing and all possible fatiguing or use
less motion is eliminated, for example.
We can't blame the housewife for
letting a subscription to one magazine
expire because it came each month
wrapped so tightly in tough brown
paper that it was too much work TO
open it. And then, when it was once
unwrapped, it stayed curled up like
the tin strip she unwound from the
coffee can.
The soap chips and cereals she buys
are favored because the patent pack
ages that were easy to open attracted
her when she first saw them adver-
tised. 1t is for the same reason that
she smokes cigarette which comes
in a transparent wrapper that opens
just like nothing.
She buys with least resistance when
the package is scored to be easy to
open, or when there is starter flap
or lip to make its opening easier. Her
family would be served more sardineS
il she could get into the can without
using a button hook and the ash
shaker handle to persuade it to open.
CHE is so constructed that sales
- costs are lowered when the pack
age is Of such a size that she can pick
it from her pantry shelf without hav-
ing to use both hands to grasp it, and
wher it does not stretch the fingers
of one hand to the breaking point to
hang on to it. She even bought a
nondescript mattress because it had
generous handles sewed on the edge
which made it easy to handle.
When she and her husband went
to look at electric refrigerators she
decided on one she had scarcely heard
e and for an interesting reason. The
room had several comfortable chairs.
understanding salesman had moved
Evening star., 1934-12-16
"Once he ran a block for the
trolley and roas still short Of
breath half an hour later
BY DR.. DONALD 4. LAIRD
OF Colgate University.

ping, was struggling through
~ the aisle of department
store with her arms and
hands loaded with bum
dies of assorted sizes, shapes and col
ors. Her hat was pushed amusingly
toward one eye-perhaps she got that
in the revolving doOr-and fragment
OF her hair was stringing down at the
back On her face was an expression
of grim determination which seemed
to say, "Just watch me shopping
again when am in my right mind"
A crisp-looking girl, in the plain
dress the store insisted on for its
clerks, smiled understandingly to the
woman.
won't you let me wrap these into
one snug bundle?" she said, extend
ing her hands to relieve the stores
guest of her fumbling load.
There" she said when the bundling
had been completed with dispatch.
"Now, why don't you let me tuck it
under the counter until you are
through shopping?"
The salesgirl got no sale entry in
ner DOCK 1Or CnlS nelp-OuL she WdS
a master salesperson. She gave her
customer free energy-which the GUS
toner badly needed-with which 10
make purchases in the store.
With all the things the average Gus
toner does to make time a precious
commodity, it is little to wonder at
that he rather early in life becomes
as hard pressed for energy as ne Is
for time For it takes energy, as well
as time to keep plowing through life
at the pace he is keeping up.
THE dance he attended Wednesday
! evening, for instance, took four
hours time. But 1t took energy, too,
lots OF it. The dancing leaves hang
over in his entire body, as well as in
his legs, because the fox trot, or the
stately waltz, consumes the consum-
ere hotiIv energy at a rate from two
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1934-08-30

rates, and copious sweating" says
the bulletin. at speeds mp the
body's metabolism, that is, its con-
sumption Of fuel, causing it not on
ly to oxidize food but to draw upon
the fat tissues to provide fuel for
increased activity, Excessive dos
age causes fatal high fever. In
smaller doses, it may be extremely
dangerous for persons suffering
from some Of the common chronic
diseases"
Recent reports by the Pure Food
and Drugs Administration show
that dinitrophenol or one Of it's
compounds is being used in some
patented flesh reduing prepare
tons. The medal association
issued special warning against use
of any sub preparation containing
the drug.
Taking off weight still has TO
be done in most normal cases by
taking in less food than the body
consumes each day in physical ex-
ercise. That means, in most cases,
eating less and exercising more.
There is no royal road, yet to slim
figure.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1934-08-30
sAUK CENTRE HERALD, Sank Centre, Mimi.

feet in Minnesota since June i,
and UP to the present time about
100000 head of cattle have been
purchased. Since farmers in the
emergency drought, counties will
soon know how much winter food
they will haye,stit should be pos
sible for them to determine how
many cattle they should dispose
of before winter sets in" says
Mr.. Miller.
This terminal date will give
farmers two months to dispose
Of cattle they cannot carry
through the winter because of
feed shortage" adds Mr.. Miller.
shipping must begin at once,
however, since it will be necessary
to move the cattle according to a
daily schedule. If producers wait
until nearly the end of the time
limit, it will be impossible to pro-
vide clearance for their cattle"
Minnesota was the first of the
several drought states to start its
dattIe-buying program, and 1t is
expected to be the first to end
its program. Mr.. Miller estimates
that about 100000 head will be
moved out of Minnesota drought
territory by November /, and
that all producers in these coun-
tries will have had an opportunity
to benefit from this relief meas
ure.
AS the cattle buying program
nears the end, undoubtedly a
very definite quota will be given
each county each day as to the
number of cattle to be shipped
in from that country. In order
to avoid as much congestion as
possible at that time, the County
Agents Office, st. Cloud, urges
every man wishing to sell to dis
pose of them long time before
November 1, so as to make the
movement just as orderly as poss-
ible. Shipments are being made
every day in Stearns County and
producers will be taken care of in
better manner if shipments are
kept going at regular rate as
they are now going.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1934-08-30
Doctors Warn of Danger
In Dinitrophenol
New Weight Reducing Treatment
May Cause Death II Improp-
erly Used

st. Paul, Minnesota-The ques-
ton, How Can I Reduce" has not
been solved by recent experiments
with weight reduction by use of the
drug called dinitrophenol and its re-
lated compounds declares the Pub
lie Health Education Committee of
the Minnesota State Medical sAsso-
citation in bulletin issued today.
Dinitrophenol is a derivatiye of
carbolic acid, according to this
committee. It's use In weight re-
duction Is a recent development
and it has proved useful in the
hands Of physicians where other
methods of reducing are DIFFICULT or
impossible.
It is very dangerous in the hands
Of those who do not understand the
dosage or action and already sever
al deaths have been reported among
people who bought 1t on their own
responsibility and took it rechlessly
without knowledge whatever Of It's
proper use or safety for them.
The drug acts to produce fever,
increased pulse and respiration
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1934-08-30

other special conditions to make
appropriate recommendations. The
flexible season provision has also
made it possfbletto eliminate coming
within states, with the single ex-
ception OF New York, where q. sep
arate season is continued for Long
Island. In 80 states. including New
York, and in Alaska, the shooting
will be on three days a week for. 10
weeks.
Each person over is. hunting mi-
gratory waterfowl, must have in adj
dition to the regular license, hunt
ing stamp, costing 81 and sold in
all towns of $500 or over in coun-
ty seats or certain localities. The
fund thus realized to be used for
leasing and purchasing waterfowl
refugees.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1934-08-30
Safety Means More
Business From Tourists
Board of Control Members View
of Traffic Safety and
Courtesy >s4.-

That a reputation for safe drlv-
ing on Minnesota highways has a
commercial value to the state is
brought out in a communication
from the safety division of the
state emergency relief administra-
ton, quoted L. G. Foley, member
of the state board of control
Some excerpts from a talk on
this subject made by him recen-
thy, present safety values in a
new light.
Danger is the sign he would
have put up on Minnesota high
ways. He said he was not think
ing of physical conditions of the
roads-such as new graveling,
a newly-oiled condition, or that
sort of thing. What he referred
to, he said. was the fact that care
les and irresponsible drivers of
motor vehicles make the high
ways dangerous.
Minnesota is host to thousands
of motoring visitors every summer
and the state should give a hosts
protection and courtesy to its
guests, Mr.. Foley suggested. The
safety education program inaug-
urated by Governor Olson and
sponsored by the safety division
SERA should mean primarily that
highways and streets should be
made so safe, by all drivers of
motor vehicles, that no visitor
I.r hi I,xy
accidents, he indicated.
Declaring that the basis of this
courtesy should not be CONNER
cial consideration, but human vel
fare, he SATURATED the distinction
by pointing out that business
enterprise, such as a hotel, pro-
vides its guests with protection
and comfort so that they will con-
tinue their patronage. This con-
sideration is not absent in a
states entertainment of visitors,
but the attitude should be more
that of a host entertaining a guest
in his home, in Mr.. Foley's opinion.
We must be concerned for the
comfort and safety of our guests,
not alone for financial reasons,
but out of courtesy and friend
Illness. he holds.
eff Minnesota drivers use,
courtesy and common sense and
keep their cars in safe mechanical
condition, he said, ''our high
ways and streets will be fit to
entertain our visitors. None of
them will go home with a vaca-
ton darkened by accident. They
will carry back from Minnesota
fine impression of safe high
ways and uniform driving courtesy
as well as memories of scenic
beauty.
Pointing out that this demands
cooperation in the educational
campaign for safety Mr.. Foley
concluded with the statement that
good manners help to make good
driving. s