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Evening star., 1935-02-24
Bill to Aid Needy Blind in City
Expected to Pass House Soon
Ellenbogen Relief Measure Probably to
Be Considered T0mOrrO,u- 900
Appropriation Included.

please help the blind'-the age
old and stereotyped prayer of the
sightleSs tin-cup beggar and the
| safety match and shoe string vendor
| is about to be answered
The House tomorrow plans to con-
slider the Ellenbogen bill for re-
lief of the Districts NEEDY blind"
and indications are it will be passed
without difficulty.
In fact, a similar bill went through
the last Congress and got as far as
President Roosevelt's desk, where it
| died for lack of signature because the
Commissioners told him they did
not know where they could find the
money to put it into effect.
The Commissioners are still In the
same dilemma-they favor the FL
lenbogen bill. subject to one reserva-
ton, that some means other than the
District treasury provide the neces-
sary funds.
Commissioners Ask Money.
To Chairman Norton of the House
| District Committee they wrote:
! The Commissioners understand
that the proposal for taking as many
classes of people of the relief rolls
as possible, by providing special forms
of assistance on the basis Of special
needs, is in accordance with the
policy of the Federal administration,
| and. therefore, give their approval to
this bill as amended, subject to the
| making available of the necessary
funds
1t is estimated the proposed blind
relief would cost $4,000 a year, and
the bill authorizes an appropriation
of that amount for the coming fiscal
year. The estimate is based on the
belief that the number eligible would
be between 200 end $50 and the
amount of the benefit would average
$40o a year.
157 to 400 Blind in District.
The latest census report of the Dis
trict listed a total of 157 blind per-
sons. Private surveys, however in
dicate there are about 400 in Wash
ington now. OF these are a number
who are self-supporting and could
not apply for the pension.
Administration of the pensions
would be placed under direction Of
the Board of Public Welfare, which
is given authority to determine the
amount Of the benefit, based, Of
course, on the circumstances in each
case. Therein lies the chief objec-
tion to the bill, in so far as some
members of the House are concerned.
Representative Patman. Democrat of
Texas, is particularly opposed to this
feature, and he may attempt to have
it amended to limit the amount of
the pension.
In the Is States that have blind
relief laws, the amount of the pension
ranges from $3.50 to $500 year, with
California. Kansas and Navada show
ing the greatest generosity. Mary
land gives its needy blind $3.50 a
year, Maine, $500; Ohio, s400, and
five States, Connecticut. Massachu-
sets, Minnesota, Pennsylvania and
Wisconsin think $3.50 is adequate.
Only the destitute blind would re-
ceive aid under ELenbogen's bill,
and if they ever started to solicit
Evening star., 1935-02-24
GROCERY CHAIN EXPECTS
STRIKE IN WAREHOUSES
James Butler Officials Say Man.
ayers and Clerks Walkout
Is Ineffective.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, February 23.-Off1-
cials of the James Butler grocery
chain asserted tonight a strike
called for its store managers and
clerks had been Ineffective, but dis
closed the firm expected a large group
OF warehouse workers to walk out
Monday.
William F. Fryer, assistant to the
president OF the company, said a
poll Of employees at the Long Island
City warehouse showed that 100 Of
the 120 workers would not report after
the week end.
Leaders of the Grocery Chain Store
Executives and Employees Association
disputed the company's claims as to
effectiveness of the walkout which
began this morning. The firm has 571
stores withS 1900 employees in the
metropolitan area.
Martin c. Kyne, president of the
local, claimed the strike for higher
wages, shorter hours and union recog-
milton was so per cent effective and
would be 100 per cent effective by
Monday.
Fryer described the situation as
every quiet and hopeful" with all
stores open for business.
Evening star., 1935-02-24

aims or peddle shoe strings. pencils,
ETC., they would Immediately lose the
pension. Each applicant would have
to stand rigid examination as to
the means of support before going on
the pension list.
The bill, in fact, describes the term
blind needy person" as any one who
by reason Of loss or impairment OF
eyesight cannot be rehabilitated for
self-support, who is unable to provide
himself with the necessities of life
and has not sufficient means Of his
own for his maintenance.
The age limit also is fixed for those
who have become blind while residents
of the District at Is years. and the
residence requirement of one year /;
while for those whose blindness origi-
mated while non-residents the age
limit is 81 years and the residence
requirement five years.
Must Submit to Treatment.
Benefits would not be extended to
persons capable OF uSelul occupation
who refuse to work or to take voca-
tional training, or who refuse to sub
NIT to treatment or operation to effect
cure when recommended by three
examining oculists.
Nor would benefits be extended to
person who Intentionally deprives
himself Of his eyesight, or loses his
eyesight during the preparation Of a
criminal offense by reason of vicious
habits or through indulging in alco-
holic beverages. The bill also provides
that no blind person shall be eligible
for aid who for five years preceding
his blindness has been dependent
upon public relief when such de-
pendency was not caused by physical
or mental incapacity or the general
economic depression.
In addition, the bill provides that
If the estate left by an unmarried
person who has received a pension
shows more than sufficient amount
to pay expenses Of his last illness and
burial. the property shall be charged
with the amount paid and action for
recovery brought.
Evening star., 1935-02-24
JURY COMMISSIONERS
ARE NAMED IN FAIRFAX
B. B. Iden Is Reappointed al
Member of County Electoral
BOARD
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
FAIRFAX, Va, February 23.-Jury
commissioners for the Circuit Court
have been named for the year by Cir
cult Judge Walter T. Mccarthy as
follows: Harry v. Leigh, T. Mason
Hlrst. A. S. Lynn, George c. Davis
and Guy r. McGlincy.
Judge Mccarthy has also reappoint-
ed Benjamin B. Iden of Providence
magisterial district as a member of
the County Electoral Board for an
other three-year term. Other mem
bers of the Electoral Board are B. F.
hewitt of Lee magisterial district and
George r. Bready, Dranesville magis-
terial district,
Evening star., 1935-02-24
Detroit Truck Strike Ends.

DETROIT, February % R.-A
three-day strike of truckers ended
conditionally today with an agree
ment between representatives of the
Individual Highway Haulers' Associa-
ton and the Interstate Motor Freight
System. The truckers agreed to
return to work pending further ne
gotiations by the Regional Labor
Board. Nash, president Of the asso-
ciation, said the association already
has won recognition and a small wage
increase.
Evening star., 1935-02-24
FORMER ROXY SINGER
DIES OF HEART ATTACK
James Parker Coombs Was Wide
ly Known to Radio Audience
as Daddy jim"

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, February 23.-James
Parker Coombs, 65, opera and radio
singer. died after sudden heart at
tack last night.
Coombs was widely known to radio
audiences as the basso originally a
member Of "Roxy's Gang" in which
ne was known as Daddy Jim"
Evening star., 1935-02-24
CHURCH PLANS FINISHED
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW MARKET, Va, February %.
Plans have been completed for the
rebuilding Of st. Martins Lutheran
Church, 1t was announced today.
Funds are in hand or promises Of
labor and material to build and
equip it, and actual construction Is
In the hands of Minis g. Speake,
Luray architects. The building was
burned less than q month ago.
Evening star., 1935-02-24

DIR. HAROLD E. WARNER,
Principal of Hine Junior High
School, who will be honor guest
Tuesday of the Department of
Secondary School Principals Of the
National Education Association at
it's convention at Atlantic City.
The program will be devoted to the
tercentenary Of the Boston Public
Latin School, the first secondary
school established in America. It
was DR.. Warner who suggested the
celebration, having offered a reso-
luton at Boston in 1928 to observe
the anniversary. He formerly
served as president of the Depart
ment Of Junior High School Prin.
cipals of the N. e. A. Joseph L.
Powers, present head master Of the
Boston Public Latin School, also
will be honored at the meeting.
Evening star., 1935-02-24
ESSAYIST SELECTED

j. LEWIS HuSseII 20 represent ST.
Mary's Academy.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
LEONARDTOWN, Md, February
23.-J. Lewis Russell of the senior class
Of the st. Mary's Academy has been
selected in a competition to represent
his school in an essay contest, it was
announced yesterday by superior Of
the school.
Evening star., 1935-02-24
FINE ARTS BOARD
STUDIES REVISED
CENTER PROGRAM

Continued From First Page.)
Evening star., 1935-02-24

Genealosists have found, he says,
that his grandfather, Ephraim Hanks,
Evening star., 1935-02-24

life for him, it meant merely a con-
tinuation with increased determina-
ton and more difficult circumstances.
Evening star., 1935-07-19

THE Farrand family is one OF the
oldest and most distinguished
ones of all France. Strange as it
may seem, the original name was
not Ferrand at all, but Dusson
(d'UsSon or de Husson).
For many centuries members OF
the Dusson family were counts of
Mont de Ferrand, at Clermont Fer
rand, in Southern France, and so
came by the name Ferrand, which
In later times In England was
spelled Farrand.
The Ferrands were connected with
the Clermonts by marriage and both
houses became actively identified
with the Hugenots. 1t appears that
one Daniel Ferrand and his two
brothers, Charles and Richard, left
France and took up their abode in
England prior to 1900. Another,
Daniel Ferrand, had come to England
as a refugee from France about 1860,
and it is thought by some authorities
that he was the father of the three
brothers whose names are found there
in later period.
The color description of the Far
rand coat of arms is: Argent, on a
chief gules, two crosses crosslet of
the first" Crest: "A cubit arm
erect, vested vaire, cuff argent, hold
ing in hand proper a battle ak of
the second" These armorial bearings
were brought to America by Nathaniel
Farrsnd, the son Of Daniel Farrand.
Nathaniel came to this country in
1645 and settled in Milford, Conn.
Some Of his descendants moved to New
Jersey and from there to other parts
Of the United States.
Copyright. 1850
Evening star., 1935-07-19

Unc' Billy Possum was in trouble.
He was in about as deep trouble as 1t
was possible for him to get into. He
was in Farmer Browns cornf1eld,
where he had been sampling the corn
In the milk and now there were others
in that cornfield, others with whom
he had no desire to have anything to
do. They were Farmer Brown,
Farmer Browns Boy. Bowser the
Hound and Flip the Terrier. Do you
wonder that chills were chasing each
other up and down his backbone?
Unc' Billy was running his best, but
his best is nothing to brag about. He
wasn't half way to the lower end of
the cornf1eld when he heard Bowser
the Hound only little way behind
him. Bowser was baying in a way
he has of doing when he is following
a warm trail with that wonderful nose
Of his. Unc' Billy supposed it was his
trail. 1t would be only matter of
minutes now when Bowser would
catch up with him. Unc' Billy turned
a little aside and stopped running.
Yes, sir, he stopped running. What
was the use of running when 1t was
hopeless? There wasn't any use, so
Unc' Billy stopped. He stood there,
shivering and shaking, and then, as
he heard the rustling Of Bowser's feet,
Unc' Billy just fell right over on his
side. Yes, sir, that is what he did.
He fell right over on his side and, as
he lay there in the moonlight he
looked to be dead.
On came Bowser, Unc' Billy, lying
there with his eyes closed, expected
every second to have BowSer sniff him
over and perhaps pick him up and
shake him. Bowser did nothing OF
the kind. In fact, Bowser passed right
on without seeing Unc' Billy at all
You see, it wasn't Unc' Billy's trail
that Bowser was folling with that
wonderful nose of his. No, sir, it wasn't
Unc' Billy's trail at all; it was the
trail Of Bobby Coon and Bobby was
you know, already well on his way
to the Green Forest.
Bow, WOW, wow," roared Bowser
and tore along through the corn.
Never in all the Great World was
Evening star., 1935-07-19
Bedtime Stories
Unc' Billy Does the Only Thing.

there q more surprised 'poSsunn than
Unc' Billy. It was too good to be true.
He opened one eye. Then he closed
it again in a hurry. Flip the Terrier,
who had been called back by his
master when Bowser started on Bobby
Coon's trail, was coming along now.
He wasn't following that trail Would
he go on past, as Bowser had done?
Unc' Billy opened one eye just a
crack, Just enough to see Flip sud-
denly turn and come straight toward
him. That eye closed in hurry.
Yes, sir, that eye closed in a hurry.
There lay Unc' Billy, with his mouth
slightly open, his eyes closed, his lips
drawn back a little. looking as dead
as a dead 'possum could look.
Flip stopped short and stared at
Unc' Billy for a moment. Then he
began to bark at Unc' Billy. He made
little jumps at Unc' Billy, without
actually jumping on him. He danced
all around him. Unc' Billy didn't
move. He didn't move so much as a
whisker. He just lay there, doing the
only thing he knew to do, and this
was to play dead.
Flip gained courage. He reached
out and suddenly grabbed Unc' Billy
by the loose skin of the back Of his
neck. He shook Unc' Billy. He shook
him hard. 1t wasn't pleasant. In
deed, no. But Unc' Billy made no
sign that it wasn't pleasant When
Flip dropped him he fell limp and
lfeless. Flip grabbed him again and
began to pull him around. He did
this few times and then he stopped.
Quite abruptly he lost interest in Unc'
Billy Possum. Like most dogs, he
wasn't interested in anything that was
dead. Had Unc' Billy made the slight
est sign Of life, had he moved ever
so little, Flip would have jumped on
him and tried to shake him to death.
But, believing that he was already
dead, Flip merely stood by, wait
ing for his master to appear.
Bowser's voice was faint over to-
ward the Green Forest. Drawing
nearer were the voices of Farmer
Browns Boy and his father. Flip
barked sharply now and then. to draw
their attention, and all the time there
on the ground lay Unc' Billy PoSsum,
doing the only thing he knew to do
at such a time and so far he had
escaped any real harm.
Copyright. 1850
Evening star., 1935-07-19
BY WINIFRED HAHN.

~
young man with gray eyes and slow,
winsome smile. And he didn't seem
quite so insensible to feminine charm
as had been predicted. At least he
seemed fully aware OF Johanna's
proximity.
One afternoon when Pokey's visit
was almost over the young people
were gathered in the parlor munching
cookies. Suddenly the big brass
knocker on the front door clattered
noisily. Dan went to answer it and
returned smiling broadly. Its Jon"
he announced.
10 was stunned and Pokey looked
up with obvious disapproval. Here
was a rival. Seeing no way to es-
cape, 10 went to the door.
She stepped to the door and found
herself face to face with the hand
some young man who had certainly
been adorning her dressing table for
weeks.
Hello, there!" she said with a
strained smile.
The man looked astonished. "How
do you do?" he answered politely.
10 cast an anguished eye toward
the open living room door, gulped
audibly and said: Lets go out on
the porch where it's cooler"
She stepped outside and closed the
door after her.
"Now, young man." she stated icily,
"you may take your departure. / don't
want to buy any shoe laces and I'm
not interested in colored fish bowls"
And haughtily turned on her heel,
leaving him gasping.
Pokey was alone in the living room
when she returned. Dan and Bub
were strangly missing. However, If
Joe had Just then glanced out Of the
window she might have been amazed
to see Dan clapping her previous
caller on the back, down at the front
of the lawn near the sidewalk. Per-
haps she would have realized then
that it is rather difficult to deceive
a brother who has an interest in his
sisters affairs.
Luckily, however, JOS attentions
were quite monopolized by Mr.. Pokey
Chancery.
40, dear one" he said, gently
taking her hand, during the last
week I have, for the first time in
my life, realized the value of lovely
woman in a home"
Jo smiled demurely. Nov, what
am I supposed to say, Pokey?"
Darling" he replied gravely, cant
you see? I'm asking you to be Mrs.
Pokey. I'm not going to take any
chances with that other fellow hang
ing around"
Late that night dark object,
hurtling over the alley fence, and
the tinkling Of breaking glass marked
the very sudden end of Jon Co.'S
tello.
(Copyright, 1880
Evening star., 1935-07-19

the family In Georgia and Florida. As
you see. his wings are quite short,
body robust and hind legs of q
prodigious length. His uniform varies
from green to black in color. His
cousin of the Southwest is larger and
greener
The rice fields near the mouth of
the Savannah appeal greatly to them,
and their plump bodies are clear evi-
dence how well the food agrees with
them. To step on one is a most dis
agreeable experience. To handle one
Is more so. At such time he Is very
nervous and has what appears to be
a sudden nose bleed. 1t Is not tobacco
juice that spills all over your hand,
but really is the grasshopper's life
blood.
The lubbers belong to the short
horned side of the family and are
true locusts. They are also musical.
You will be aware of their talent in
this direction as they sail over the
aelds. The loud swapping or rattling
sound produced at the will of the in
sect seems to fill the performer with
delight. On hot days, especially, the
musicians simply go wild with joy.
Their cymbals are in use all day until
twilight descends upon them. Some
of the lubber's cousins prefer to be
stationary while playing.
The lubber mother is possessed Of
an instrument which has double
purpose. She uses it for drilling a
pocket into the soil and also as an
egg placer apparatus. In fact the
ovipositure is one of the most intricate
little gadgets you can imagine.
She selects, to her own satisfaction,
q location In the field or meadow
where food VIII be plentiful for her
children the following Spring. Press
ing her egg-placer to the ground, sne
uses muscular contractions that are
as effective as an electrically run drill.
When the pocket is ready, an egg
pod, shaped like bent flask, lines
the earthen form. This damprroof
container Is now filed with two to
three dozen eggs. Each grasshopper
mother has two or three Of these egg
Evening star., 1935-07-19
Natures Children
Lubber Grasshopper (Dictyophoreis

Recticulatis.)

caches to her credit. Then her hfe's
work is over.
Through snow and freeze of Winter
the eggs pass safely. In an unsea-
sonable Winter they are mislead by
the warmth and, fatally for them.
come out too soon. Thirty to ninety
days are needed for the grasshopper
to grow up. The babies look like
their parents at birth and they go
through four or five molts before
reaching maturity. Their fully de-
veloped wings come with the last molt.
One week after reaching adulthood
they choose their mates, and by the
last part of June you can find grass
hopper mothers attending to their
maternal duties, so intently engaged
you can watch the marvellous drill
at work. A pair of field glasses will
better enable you to watch one OF
the most cleverly manipulated insect
drills in the world in action. Don't
miss the show.
Evening star., 1935-07-19
Psychology
BY DIR. JESSE w. SPROWLS.
Levels of Activity,

IT IS customary nowadays for psy-
biologists to speak of different
levels Of mental activity. The figure
which might best represent these
levels is to liken the mansions of the
mind to an Office building with three
floors and a basement
First is the purely physiological level
which might be called the basement
of the building. You spend one-third
of your time there IN the twilight
zone of sleep.
The first floor is the rutritive level
for one must have ready ingress and
egress at this level Food rules the
world. Many persons spend their en-
tire lives between the basement and
the first floor. Some have no other
ambition. Others have no aiterna-
tive.
The second floor is the level OF
social life. While every one saunterS
to this floor at least a little each
day, only a few actively manipulate
the furniture and decorations thereon
Those who do not need to worry about
the first floor by reason Of servants
and money spend about one-third OF
their lives here.
Then there IS the third floor, where
dwell the thinkers, whose duty is to
lay plans for the conversion Of the
physical world into human needs and
human life. The stsirway 70 this
level is long, narrow. wobbly and
rough. Once you are there, it is q
delightful place. Tie view from its
windows is beautiful. There work
becomes play. 1t seems to take a
peculiar type Of person to find pleas
ure on the third floor
Copyright. 1889
Evening star., 1935-07-19
How 1t Started
BY JEAN NEWTON.
Witch Hazel.

NEVER believe the obvious is a good
rule for the careful student OF
words.
Attention to this guide would have
saved one casual investigator the quick
but incorrect conclusion that the ex-
preston witch hazel is a carry-over
from the days when necromancers
used the hazel twig 70 locate witches
an understandable hut easily dis
provable fallacy, which a little study
would have revealed.
Witch hazel, as We know, is the
name of a lotion distilled from the
tree so-called. Tire expression ix the
spawn Of corruption ano confusion.
The Old English word, wiche,
means kind of an elm. The Anglo
Saxon vice means species of tree.
And because the leaves of the wiche
looked like those Of CiIe hazel, it came
to be written flrs5 wych-hazel, and
then witch hazel.
Witch hazel should therefore really
be wice-elm, which wtuld unscramble
the eggs; but since this cannot be
done, we will Simply let it % with
the comment that anyway, that is
how it started.
(Copyright 1881
Evening star., 1935-07-19
Gold Coin Worth $3.50, 900.

A Napoleonic gold coin, estimated by
Hungarian National Bank experts to
be worth $3.50, 900, has been discovered
among odds and ends belonging to a
poor family named Formayer, living at
Szeged, Hungary. Only 10 such coins
were struck at the time because by
some mistake one side of the coin bears
the inscription "Repubiique Francaise, !"
while the other has the words LEM
pereur Napoleon"