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member of his family with these tokens" as he called them.
 Are you married?" he would ask. That's splendid, and have you any children? And are your parents living, and your wife's par ents?"
 There would be a shiny new dime for each. And as he placed them separately into the reporters hand MT. Rockefeller would say: Bless him" or Bless her.
 Do you think he'd ask as the reporter started away, that some one else might get some good from these if you published them?" He handed over copies of what had been read at the morning medita- ton.
 Call Him MT. R."
 MT. R"-his household staff ad- dresses him thus particularly loves poetry Often if poem ap- peals to him he has it reproduced on small cards to give to friends and acquaintances. One called The Best Memory System runs: Forget each kindness that you
 do as soon as you have done
 it;
 Forget the praise that falls to
 you the moment you have
 won it;
 Forget the islander that you
 hear before you can repeat it;
 Forget each slight, each spite, each sheer, wherever
 you may meet it. Remember every kindness done to ycu whate'er it's measure;
 "Rember praise by others won
 and pass it on with pleasure; Remember every promise
 made and keep it to the let- ter;
 Remember those who lend you
 aid and be grateful debtor.
 Remember all the happiness that comes your way in liy- ing; Forget each worry and dis
 tress, be hopeful and forgiv-t
 ing;
 Remember good, remember truth, re m m CT heavens above you, And you will find, through
 age and youth, that many hearts will love you" Rockefeller Rules
 Some 20 years ago, John D. Rockefeller's personal physician outlined five simple rules for
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-07-16
aL.l TICKETS FOR CONCERT ON SALE IN DOUGLAS

Tickets for the Peep-Nowell con- cert to be given m Juneau Tues day and Wednesday nights at the Northern Light Presbyterian church are now on sale at Guys Drug store in Douglas. aH
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-07-16

William H. Carpenter, 82, has served as Postmaster of Rescue, Cal. a tiny mountain hamlet, for 39 years, having started under Grover Cleveland and serving und- CT nine Presidents.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-07-16

Seyenty-six conventions of vari- GUS sorts were held in Asheyille, N. G. last year and 10,699 dele gates attending them spent some thing like $48, 1000 in that city.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-07-16
VISITS IN JUNEAU SissSt}s sN WITH HER SISTER

Mrs. Mary Torkilsen, of Peters burg, arrived on the Alaska Sat urday to visit with her sister. FL len Keep, the concert singer
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healthful living. The aged finan- cier's friends report that he still observes them.
 l. Don't worry.
 2. Don't acquire overweight. 3. Drink three quarts of water a day.
 4. Exercise daily.
 5. Sleep in fresh air
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-07-16
FIRE ALARM CALLS

Ia Third and Franklin. 1-4 Front and Franklin. l-5 Front. near Ferry Way. 1-6 Front, near Gross Apts. l-7 Front, opp. City Wharf. 1-8 Front, near Sawmill. 1-9 Front at A. J. Office. 2-1 Willoughby at Totem
 Grocery.
 2-3 Willoughby, opp. Cash
 Coles Garage. 2-4 Front and Seward. 2-5 Front and Main. 2-6 Second and Main. 2-7 Fifth and Seward. 2-8 Seventh and Main. 2-9 Fire Hall. 3-2 Home Boarding House. 3-3 Gastineau a and d Rawn
 Way.
 3-4 Second and Gold. 3-5 Fourth and Harris. 3-6 Fifth andd Gold. 3-7 Fifth and East. 3-8 Seventh and Gold. 3-9 Fifth and Kennedy. Al Ninth. back of power
 house.
 A Calhoun. opp. Seaview
 Apts.
 4-3 Distin and Indian. 4-5 Ninth and Calhoun 4-6 Tenth and c. Al Twelfth, B.P.R. garage. 4-8 Twelfth and Willoughby. 4-9 Home Grocery. 5-i Scatter Tract.
Evening star., 1934-04-29
Gov. Richie Tea for
Womans 8 Farm Body

The international dinner which the
Woman's National Farm and Garden
Association will give at 2400 Sixteenth
street the evening of Wednesday, May
2, during its annual convention, will
have as its guests members of the dip
lomatic corps in whose countries there
are branches Of the association known
as the Associated Country Women of
the World.
Other interested guests will be Frau
Prof. Marie Michelet of Norway,
first vice president of the Associated
Country Women, whose executive
committee holds monthly meetings In
London, England, and Mrs. Robert T.
MoSeley of London, who represents
all rural American women on this ex-
ecutive committee. Miss Grace Fry
singer, another member Of this execu-
tive committee and also chairman of
international Cooperation for the Ma
tional Capital Division of the Farm
and Garden Association; Mrs. John @.
Merriam, vice-chairman, and Mrs.
Charles D. Walcott, local representa-
tive on the council Of the association,
are IN charge Of arrangements.
Gov. Ritchie Of Maryland will
be host to the members Of the asso-
clation attending the convention at a
tea IN the Governors mansion Thurs
day, from $3.50 to S o'clock pm, and
Will be assisted by officers of the as
sociation from Maryland, Mrs. Ray
mond A. Pearson, Mrs. Charles I.
Corby. Mrs. Morris A. Long and Mrs.
Eileen Seaman.
Evening star., 1934-04-29
Horse Show Boxes
T. Taken for Nav 10, II, 12

The list of box holders for the Ma
tional Capital Horse Show, to be held
at Bradley Farms May 10, IL and IL
Is growing rapidly under the enthusi-
astic sponsorship of Mrs. Lewis w
Douglas, wife of the director of the
budget, chairman Of box reservations
The Junior League has charge OF
all seat reservations for the show, al
its headquarters, 1913 Connecticut
avenue. The league also will be ir
charge Of the cafeteria and amuse-
ment features of the show.
The horse show this year will differ
from those of the past in that it will
open In the morning each day rather
than in the afternoon.
So fast are the boxes going, Mrs
Douglas reports, that there is every
indication of a complete sell-out be-
fore the opening day of the event
Forty-eight boxes and three single
seats had been purchased up to noon
yesterday, with requests continuing to
pour in steadily
Many distinguished members of Of
f1cial, diplomatic and residential So
c1ety who have boxes for the various
days are: May 10-The British Am
bassador, Mr.. Dwight F. Davis, the
Undersecretary of State, Mr.. Phillips;
Mrs. Robert Wood Bliss, Mrs. Truxton
Beale, Mrs. M. E. Locke and Mrs. l.
Wilson. Also seats for Nine. Peter
wife of the Minister of Switzerland
Mrs. William Beverly Mason and
Mrs. Moffat.
For May 11-Mr. George Sloan and
Mr.. James Dunn
For May 12-The Italian Ambassa-
dor, the French Ambassador, the Am
baSsador Of the U. S. S. R., the
Rumanian Minister, Mr.. Leander Nc
Cormick = Goodhart, Representatives
Isabella Greenway, Mrs. william Cor
coran Eustis, Mrs. David A. Reed, Mrs.
Eugene Meyer, Mrs. Mary Rumsey
Mrs. Alec Hagner, Mrs. William Nc
Dowell, Mrs. Laughlin, Mrs. Cary T,
Grayson, Representative Richard
Wigglesworth, Representative Robert
Bacon, Maj. Henry Leonard, Mai.
George S. Patton, Col. Robert Gug-
genheim, Mrs. c. N. Goodwin. Mrs.
Jock Whitney, Mrs. Warren Barbour,
Mrs. Lewis w. Douglas, Miss Alice
Paddock, Mrs. Clarence Norment, jr.:
Mrs. Thomas Jefferson Coolidge.
Also Mr.. Richard Whitney, Mr..
Averill Hartman, Mr.. Newbold Noyes,
Mr.. Lee Counselman, Mr.. Leland
Harrison, Mr.. Alanson Houghton, Mr..
Karl Corby, Mr.. William Lyon, Mr..
Pierre Gaillard, Mr.. Van Ness Phillip
and Mr.. Carter.
Evening star., 1934-04-29
Woman $ Auxiliary of
Medical Society Dates

The program of the Woman's Aux
iliary to the Medical Society of the
District Of Columbia, for the visiting
ladies attending the annual meeting
includes luncheon and annual meet
ing Wednesday at the Mayf1ower Hotel
at 1:30 o'clock.
Thursday there will be a garden
tour at pm, followed by tea at the
home Of Mrs. Prentiss Wilson, 2940
Albenlarle street, president Of the
Woman's Auxiliary,
Evening star., 1934-04-29

their guests this week Lieut.. and Mrs.
Geoffrey Sage of Annapolis, Md. who
recently arrived in Annapolis after
being stationed In China for three
years. Before her marriage Mrs. Sage
was Miss Mary Lilly and is well known
In Calvert County.
Miss Louise Finan Of Cumberland,
Nd, who has been visiting Miss
Eleanor ]. Digges Of La Plata, Nd,
has returned to her home there.
Evening star., 1934-04-29
Wins British Golf Title.

FORMBY, England, April % (P.-
Stanley Lunt of Mosely, 33-year- old
Birmingham business man, today won
the closed English amateur golf cham
pionship, with a 1-up victory in 81
holes over Leonard Crawley, the 1881
title holder, and thereby probably as
sured himself place on the British
Walker Cup team.
Evening star., 1934-04-29
Attend Conference.

Mr.. and Mrs. Guy P. Bowen, with
Mrs. Wilmer Bowen, Mrs. j. F. Buck
Ter and Mrs. S. c. Cox Of Prince Fred
erick, Md, attended the District M.
e. Church South Conference in Gal
thersburg, Nd, this week. Mr.. Bowen
was elected a delegate to the annual
conference in Baltimore In October.
MI. and Mrs. Harry H. Harkness Of
Prince Frederick, Nd, have had IS
Evening star., 1934-07-07
Uncle Ray
Where Rain Falls.

"THUNDER1NG Java% That is an
expression which we might use: /:
for more laundering goes on above
Java than above any other land Of
the earth. There are storms on this
good sized island between Australia
and Asia from 18 to 20 days each
month, on the average.
We might say that it is always
laundering somewhere on earth, day
and night, for weather reports show
that more than 1,250,000 thunder
storms take place every month of the
year. II 1t isn't laundering in north
ern parts during our Winter, it is safe
to say that people in the southern
half of the earth are enjoying the
heavenly music Argentina,
Chile, South Africa and Australia
have Summer when old Thor puts
away his thunder hammer for the
Winter in our part of the world.
A very wet section of Africa is the
Guinea region, which includes the
Ivory Coast. the Gold Coast and the
Slave Coast: but within few hun
dred miles is the dry Sahara Desert,
and an extremely dry edge of it has
been found to have only one -thirtieth
of an inch of rain in year!
Java holds the record for thunder,
but India has parts which are much
wetter than Java. The wettest of all
sections of the earth is Assam, north
zF ~
KhaSi Hills, small mountains that
block the wet winds, known as mon
soons," which blow in from the Bay
of Bengal.
Evening star., 1934-07-07
tCopyright, 1934)
Little Benny.
BY LEE PAPE

BY LEE PAPE.
WAS sitting on our front steps
feeling kind Of punk. and pop
came home slapping his leg With his
rolled up newspaper like somebody
feeling all rite personly, saying. What's
wrong, young offspring, you look like
the last rose of the Summer before
last.
Aw heck, I been sitting here by my
self for 2 hours and nothing hasn't
happened and I don't know where all
the fellows are, good mite you mite
think they'd all moved or something,
I said, Holey smokes what's a use of
it being vacation if you don't have any
fun, and G. winnickers before that l
wawked all ways around to get a
Ice GREEN cone with my cents and
the ice crem fell out into a puddle
before I hodn't hardly took the ferst
bite, I said Jimminy Christmas. said.
l see what you mean but I'm afraid
you have the wrong slant on life, pop
said. Happiness is all state of mind
and if We realize there are millions of
people III JI1e WeGlO a TOOI over
their heads, or a cent in their pockits
or one meal to rub against another
we should be happy and contented and
sing all the day long Just at the thawt
that we have a good home to park our
good health in, That's way l am,
and as a result little worries roll off
me like water off a ducks back, he
said, and I said, Yes sir, you have to
60 out and play bridge tonite.
The doose I do. who said so? pop
said, and I said, heard ma tawking
over the fone to Mrs. Hews and she
made engagement for you
Well I wont go. I wont play, it's
too hot hang it all I'm not in the
mood, pop said
And he started to go in the house
still tawking to himself, and l said,
What's matter, pop. aint you happy?
o yes. I'm as happy as a lark. I'm as
happy as a lark in a cage down a
damp celler full of cats, pop said.
And he slammed the front door mad
like somebody that didn't care how
healthy they was or how many homes
they had, and I kept on sitting there
waiting for the dinner bell to ring
Tor supper.
Evening star., 1934-07-07
Progress
BY JOHN BLAKE.

NEVER was there any very good
reason for ignorance. Today
there is less than ever.
You can go down the street or il
you are rich enough, sit in your liv-
ing room and look at religious pro-
ceSsion In Russia, bull fight ir
Spain or a tiger hunt in India. YOU
can hear the voices and the words Of
great men and women in almost every
nation in the world.
When Shakespeare wrote, Home
keeping youth have ever homely wits.
he could not foresee a time when
housekeeping youth, and adults fol
that matter. could sharpen their wits
by looking at the world by means OF
tiny sparks that may be carried from
one end of it to another
Although these opportunities are
here, they will prove of scant value
if people do not make use of them
And comparatively few people do.
think that the speakies are excel
lent, many of them. Even if their
stories are too often florid, their set
tings enable one to get and keep a
wider understanding of people all
around the world than they could ever
gain by mere reading and using their
imaginations. The imagination has
to have something to imagine, or it
is not very useful.
There is little doubt that within a
comparatively few years we shall have
sight with our sound. That means
that we can look across the sea and
witness events in foreign countries
while they are actually happening
We shall be able to look out on the
ocean and see friends and acquaint-
ances walking decks that are a thou
sand miles away from us. And they
will be able to look at us, if they like
us enough to do it, and to hear what
We are saying to them.
1t seems too bad that with all this
physical progress there is so little
progress in getting rid of old, rooted
prejudices and animosities, and that
now, when the world has plenty of
time to go about its own business it
is building armaments and making
ready for another var
l am not convinced that another
war will come Immediately. 1 am not
persuaded that it will come at all.
But to prevent it, and at the same
time to avail ourselves of all the pos
sibilities for happiness which have
been created by thinking and study
ing men, we must get rid of interna-
tional disputes and hatreds, and with
the endless endeavor to gain new ter
ritory which nations would not know
how to use if they captured it.
What blessings men may have a
hundred years from now we do not
know, and it will not make much diff
ference to us. But in our own ind1-
vidual cases we can help little by
being more charitable and more SYM
pathetic with our neighbors, and by
cultivating an active dislike for the
practice of carrying chips on our
shoulders.
(Copyrisht. 1934)
Evening star., 1934-07-07
A Washington Daybook
BY HERBERT PLUMMER.

especially the West-will go far in re-
moving any remaining dissatisfaction
that an Easterner was chosen to heac
the committee.
Despite suggestions, Republican
headquarters should be moved to Chr
cago for better contact with the West
in the coming congressional and 1896
presidential campaigns, it definitely
has been decided to keep the main
offices in Washington. Branch head
quarters will be set up in Chicago.
In the few weeks the white-halred
handsome Pennsylvania has beer
chairman of the committee. Fletcher
has given no indication of injecting
high-pressure or spell-binding tactics
in his conduct of the job
1t seems his idea, that being ma
tional chairman of the committee, is
to play the role of the silent, behind
the-scenes organizer and let other!
shoot off the fireworks. Ballyhoo is
personally distasteful to him, as is the
old idea that the chairman is the
party's front.
Perhaps his observation on a re-
mark once made by Charles G. Dawes
best illustrates Fletcher's modus op-
erandi. Dawes. when Ambassador tc
England, remarked that diplomacy
was easy on the brains. but hell on
the feet" When Fletcher was asked
his reactions, he replied: 1T all de-
pends. upon which you USE"
Evening star., 1934-07-07
ENOUGH RAIN FELL IN A YEAR
AT ASSAM, INDIA. TO DROWN
A FIVE-STORY BUILDING.

Monsoons. from May TO October,
contain more water vapor than any
other winds which are known. They
gather it up after sweep Of thou
sands of miles over the Indian Ocean
and across the Bay of Bengal and
they let much Of it down at the
KhaSi Hills.
At one point in Assam. the yearly
rainfall is about 425 inches, or more
than IS feet. Imagine having down.
falls of close 10 3 feet OF water per
month"; That is only part of the
story. In its record year, a total
rainfall Of more than 81 feet was re-
ported for Assam-enoueh to cover a
fve-story Office building.
Farmers in our drought region
might have wished, the past Spring,
that Assam would spare a few inches
OF its mighty supply of water.
North America has some districts
where there is heavy rainfall-Florida
and parts of the coast of British Co.
lumbia. Washington and Oregon; but
none can begin TO match Assam, In
ola. or Java. or Borneo, and few points
have an average of more than feet
per year.
In the great drought area. the
bread basket" of the continent. the
normal yearly rainfall runs from 10
to 40 inches-not a great deal, but
enough to take care of the crops if
it falls at the proper time.
(For general interest section of your
scrapbook)
The leafet called "Marvels of the
Sky" contains a diagram showing
sizes of the planets and their distance
from the sun. 1t tells about Donati's
comet and other wonders. If you
want copy, without charge, send a
Scent stamped, return e'-1lope to me
in cafe of this paper. UNCLE RAY.
tCopyriEht. 1a34D
Evening star., 1934-07-07
.rdinayPeoP|e
BY REV. JOHN r. GUM.


"One of these little ones" Matthew,
x42.
IN AN article reviewing the important
events of the past IS years an edi-
tor writes concerning the discovery OF
insulin: Recent discovery of insulin,
conquering, or postponing for many
years. the deadly effect Of a disease
hitherto invincible. is of great value.
not because it will save millions of
ordinary lives that matter little, but
because it may save, in the course OF
time. some man or woman whose
health and work may be of greatest
Importance to the human race"
While appreciating the point this
editor had in mind. l think he was
most unfortunate in his references
to millions Of ordinary lives that
matter little" These millions of
ordinary lives have enough to dis
courage them in the monotony of
their lot, without being told that they
are of little consequence. In spite
of the narrowness of their cIrcum-
stances, life is as precious to them as
to the greatest among us. After all
do they matter little? Is it not upon
them that we have to depend for the
bulk of the worlds work? Many OF
these seemingly ordinary people may
matter a great deal more than some
we judge to be of greatest impor-
tance."
Charles Reade speaks to the point
when he says Not day passes over
the earth but men and women of no
note do great deeds, speak great words
and suffer noble sorrows. OF these
obscure heroes, philosophers. and
martyrs. the greater part will never
be known till that hour when many
that we're great shall be small and the
small great"
We hear Jesus speaking in terms OF
the highest estimate and appreciation
of "one of these little ones" He makes
service rendered to lone of the least
of these little ones" the test of de-
votion to Himself. Jesus never thought
OF any man as common or ordinary
He Saw in the ordinary man the image
of His Father. He saw infinite worth
and promise in the plainest people,
however little they seemed to matter
IN the worlds estimate. His chosen
twelve were just plain, run of -the-mine
personalities. BY far the larger num-
Der of those to whom He, committed
His plans and His ideals were men
and women of ordinary attainments
In ordinary; failing. taltering people
Jesus saw pctentiallties beyond all ira
dition or expectation If one thinks
that ordinary lives matter little. he
must be blind to real human values;
he needs to get his eyes open that
ne may see the meaning of human
personality.
Evening star., 1934-07-07

in perfect condition. During the Sum-
mer, when the marten is shedding, the
fur is valueless
Fortunately, in spite of the inces-
SAINT hunting, the martens are not
growing less in numbers; not because
of anything man is doing to protect
them, but the cleverness in the way
the animal hides his family, and there
is big one each year.
The marten is not an enemy of the
farmer. He does not enter the poultry
yard, as do the mink, fox and skunk
Indeed. the farther from man he can
get the better the marten likes it.
No. this creature depends upon him
self for all the food he needs, and he
is industrious. cunning and thrifty
He finds an abundance of food about
him-mice, insects, birds and their
eggs. Mice are not clever enough to
escape this agile hunter. Shrews and
moles can never outwit him. As an
expert climber, he can scale the
branches, peep into the homes of
squirrels and birds and help himself.
1t is also said he enjoys toads, frogs,
fish and lizards.
A marten baby soon becomes tame
and affectionate. The animal has
some musky odor, but much less when
it is domesticated than when it roams
the woods. 1t does not kill or attack
its prey, except for the need Of
enough food to satisfy hunger. Then
it hides what it does not need. until
the next meal
The marten is bright, interesting
animal. with a brown coat, tinged
with orange. The head is grayish
Evening star., 1934-07-07
Who Are You?
The Romance of Your Name
BY RUBY HASKNS ELLIS.

worth, Yorkshire, England, in 1925.
He was the son Of Thomas Newbold
of Yorkshire, and grandson of John
Newbold, a native of Hackenthrope,
County Derby.
Michael Newbold came to America
some time between 1878 and 1881,
bringing with him his family. He
bought large tract of land in West
Jersey, near Bordentown, and be-
came an influential man in his COM
munity. He was one of the first
magistrates of Burlington County, and
overSeer Of highways. His son Michael
inherited from him large part of his
estate in Burlington County, where
some Of his descendants still live.
(CopyriEht. 1934.)
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party. no definite plans are IN Slgnt
at present.
Fletcher himself isn't certain where
he will go next He has no elaborate
itinerary mapped out. He will vlsit
KEY cities as time and opportunity
permit.
The underlying purpose of his pro-
posed tour is not so much to make
speeches as to meet political leaders
in various parts of the country ana
let them see him.
He didn't get to Chicago until the
day after ne was elected chairman,
Many members OF the National Com
mittee left the city for their homes
the night before his arrival, It Is to
make personal contact with these and
other Republican leaders throughout
the country that he decided to go
travelling
As one Republican oh1cial states it:
The boys out in the country know
Henry principally for his reputation as
diplomat. They want to see what
he looks like as politician"
Then, too. there is feeling on the
part of many in the party that Fletch-
ers appearance in certain sections