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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1935-11-29
ECOND ANNUAL WINTER
SCHOOL OF UNIVERSITY OF
MARYLAND

MARYLAND
The second annual Winter School
of the University of Maryland will be
held at College Park from January s
to February IA, it is announced by
DIR. Harold F. Cotterman. Director Of
the School. More than forty courses
covering various home economics and
agricultural subjects will be offered
during the six weeks period. Any
one over seventeen years of age may
attend the Winter School and high
school graduation is not required Of
those who matriculate.
According to DR.. Cotterman the
school was established for the pur-
pose of providing a practical six
weeks course of intensive training
for those who, for one reason or an
other, are unable to attend full
four-year college course. In most
cases, the courses are given by che
regular members Of the University
faculty and every effort is made to
provide the same privileges and op-
portunities as the full time students
enjoy.
Students in the winter school at
tend all University functions, such as
dances, lectures and special as
semblies, and are even provided with
an athletic book to cover all con-
tests held at College Park during the
six weeks. In addition, they are
taken ON special trips of interest to
Washington and other nearby points.
Courses offered at the Winter
School include: Home-making. The
Rural Community, The Farms.ead,
Farm Business and Accounting,
Plant Husbandry, Livestock PRODUCE
ton, Farm Mechanics, Rural Journal
ism, English, Public Speaking, and
Music.
Anyone desiring further informa-
ton regarding the Winter School
should write to DR.. Cotterman at
College Park. Catalogs will be is
sued upon request.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1935-11-29
ORPHANS, COURT

Bonds Approved-Perle Gillespie,
Administrative of James e. H. Giles
pie; ]. Edward Davis, executor of
May W. Davis; Connie Kilby.
guardian of Wiley Wilson and Ed
ward Jeston Kilby.
Accounts Passed-First and final
accoun. of The National Bank Of
Rising Sun. executor of VIM. Nc
Dougal.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1935-11-29
FORESTRY UNIT 10 And HOLLY
GROWERS

: The Maryland Forestry Depart
ment offers aid this year to holly
growers by showing them how to
handle their Christmas green's from
the time they are cut until they are
sold. The department will show
holly owners how to trim branches
so they can harvest crop, but at
the same time, preserve the trees
for future cutting.
After these lessons. the department
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1935-11-29

Next to knowing how to draw up
Law TOR the welfare of the people is
hax1uE zlzsr courage to do it.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1935-11-29

Isn't is cheering when something
turns out just the way you planned
1t?
To get on mans friendly side
say. I've always admired your judg-
men.."
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1935-11-29
THE AsrRo1oeER OFFERS

General Life Reading, giving
Tendencies and Prospects. 80. $40
\ Yearly Reading Zone full year
ahead) Day by Day Analysis. IL
Special Trial Reading (Three
Months Analysis. o.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1935-11-29

plans to set up a merchandising
agency through which orders can be
taken.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1935-11-29

Most of the shouting is empty. Il
q the whispers that count.
Evening star., 1935-02-05
Deadly Black Spider
Killed Near Baby's Cart
To the Editor of The Star:

10 the EDITOR OF The Star:
The Bureau of Entomology saws
that black widow spiders have in
creased alarmingly in recent years.
have become widespread and COM
mon, and may be found in some
quantity in Washington.
However, it was more of a shock
than we anticipated when, the other
day, we discovered one of these pests
crawling toward the baby carriage
in which lay our young daughter. ANY
kind Of spider bite would be serious
for a f1ve-month-old infant, but
imagine our feelings when, after be-
ing stepped on, this spider turned on
its back, revealing the significant red
warning sign, and tried to fight. For
tunately, the second blow killed it.
Apparently the creature gained ac-
cess to our living room from the cellar
by crawling up a radio ground wire,
which runs through a hole in the
floor. This incident happened before
the recent storm and cold wave. ]
am aware that ordinarily this spider
hibernates in sheltered places out
doors. so perhaps the recent bad
storm and the following cold have
killed many of the pests, except pos
sibly some which may have got
into cellars, like this one, before
the cold set in.
For many years nature study has
been a hobby of mine, and while ]
prefer birds, animals and fish, know
enough about insects to make me feel
that I identified this spider correctly;
therefore will you kindly publish
this letter so that your readers may
be on guard against this most dan
gerous of insect pests.
ROBERT A. MULLEN.
Evening star., 1935-02-05
John Barton Payne Lauded
AS Useful Public Servant

humanitarian work of the American
Red Cross, of which he had been
chairman since 1921" and the Bir-
mingham News points out that lit was
under his Craftsmanship that the or
ganization attained its greatest peace
time usefulness" To the Kansas City
Times the range of his interests" is
remarkable" while the Des Moines
Tribune thinks that 'if our system of
government provided for a community
of elders, offering counsel and guild
ance as did those of ancient Israel
and Greece, John Barton Payne very
likely would have been among them
during the last quarter century" The
San Antonio Express pays tribute be-
cause during hfes eventime, when
most men are content to retire, Judge
Payne carried forward his arduous,
greatly responsible labors."
"One of those tremendously busy
men, never too busy to help Others"
is the way the San Francisco Chron-
icle describes him. while the Idaho
Statesman feels that ''hiS life stands
as an example worth following today"
The Rochester Times Union speaks Of
"a career notable for public service"
and the Nashville Banner declares
that "he died Recognized as one of the
worlds greatest, husnanitarians."
Evening star., 1935-02-05

photography. Plates made by the
earliest pioneers recently have been
printed for display in public museums
and great numbers of people have
found them worthy Of inspection and
comment. Celluloid negatives also are
available in notable quantity. and
many reels of pictures taken by
camera men employed by the several
news movie companies still are pre-
served in the hands of persons who
doubtless will be happy to cooperate
with Mr. Connor.
Different Government departments
and bureaus likewise have film rec
ords which. obviously. should De pre-
served in a central treasury. The
cinematic chronicles Of the World
War period especially are valuable
and ought to be protected. They
illustrate an age as we'll as an event
and therefore have photographic sig
nificance of a high order. Students
of later generations will appreciate
them.
But films deteriorate unless care
fully guarded. Some, it may be, will
have to be recopied. A fund to make
reproduction possible should be pro-
vided. Facilities for the showing of
the pictures also will be necessary,
and Congress should appropriate
whatever money may be required for
that sort Of equipment.
Costs, however, never will be ex-
ceptional and every penny will be
justified in terms of educational and
patriotic service rendered Nothing
can surpass the pictorial illustration
of history as an agent for the pro-
motion of love Of country. How Won
derful. how thrilling it would be If
the Nation had movies of the inaugu-
ration of George Washington or the
signing of the Declaration of Inde-
pendence or the battle of Bunker
Hill
Evening star., 1935-02-05
An Architectural Standard.

Gratifying evidence that the next
addition to the Governments build
ing equipment in Washington will con-
form to the standard lately set In the
development of the Mall-Avenue tri-
angle and other spaces taken for con-
struction purposes is afforded by the
statement that has been issued by the
Federal Reserve Board, with regard to
the plans for its projected new hous-
ing. The site selected, within the area
north of Constitution avenue and west
of the White House group, is in the
natural line of development of con-
sistent scheme of placements. Fur
thermore, the program for the struc-
tural design, submitted to the archi-
tects who have been selected for the
competition, is calculated to satisfy
the requirements Of utility and beauty. !"
While considerations of practical use
fulness and adequate space will govern,
the dictum Of the Commission Of Fine
Arts, which has been accepted by the
Federal Reserve Board, that the new
construction must have impressive
dignity" will prevail.
1t is noted in this statement that the
proximity Of the. projected building to
Evening star., 1935-02-05
Workers Will Finance
Proposed Work Relief

To the Editor of The Star:
William Green, president of the
American Federation of Labor, pro-
tests that relief employment at $50
month will injure wage earners instead
of being a benefit to them.
1t might help us to keep this matter
straight in our minds if We recognized
fully that the s400O,OOO, 900 work
relief fund is not going to benefit"
anyone-least of all the present wage
earners.
It is merely a necessary evil-pre-
sumably necessary, at any rate, since
we have been unable to do WITHOUT
it-but certainly an evil. Its sole
object is the relief of those millions
one to employ them and pay them
wages are unemployed and wageless,
and more or less destitute.
The idea that the fund should be.
or by any stretch of the imagination
could be, conceived as benefit to
wage earners in general is absurd.
The only way it affects wage earners
is that they, together with workers
in business and professional life, will
have to pay the bill. 1t will cost each
one upward of 500 for the current
year.
In other words, since seven or
eight millions of workers have been
unable to find any one to employ
them and pay them wages, their
fellows who are working have under
taken to perform that function. The
Government is merely their agent in
carrying out the plan.
w. H. HULL.
Evening star., 1935-02-05
Section s of Constitution
And Gold Clause Issue
To the Editor of The Star.

To the Editor of The Star:
The answer to the "greenback letter
Of w. E. Ryan" in a recent issue of
your paper will be found In article l.,
section 8, of the Constitution of the
United States.
Since some of the folks are keen to
wager on what the Supreme Court will
do in certain instances it may be well
for them to read section 8.
have a hunch the reading of same
will affect the betting odds and I
also have hunch the Supreme Court
has read section 8.
The money power Of this country,
which has lived off interest piled
upon interest for a century, knows its
back Is broken. The center Of the
money power is now the U. S. Treas
ury, which will make it flexible to
meet the conditions Of the moment.
To save Mr.. Ryan from looking up
section and to save the betting boys
the trouble also I will say that sec
ton 8 reads this way: "The Congress
shall have power to coin money and
regulate the value thereof and of for
eign coin"
BY the way, haven't seen anybody
which some people say Al cents is
missing. How come?
4 RUSSELL 7. EDWARDS,
Evening star., 1935-02-05
Washington Alone in
Car Parking i'm Streets

To the Editor of The Star:
With reference to James N. Gala
gher's letter in The Star of January
25 I will say seem to have the same
trouble in trying to park my car for
an hour or two somewhere within a
block from my home.
That certainly is the truth about
cars being parked for days in the same
spot-in fact, there are any number
of cars parked right in this block for
a week or more, and probably they
will be there several days more.
Why does not the Traffic Depart
ment do something about it? I have
never visited a city with such poor
traffic regulations as those of Wash
ington.
You hear all this talk about build
ing more garages and getting more
parking lots. but what is the use in
doing that if you can use the streets
for garages? There are lots of
garages right now that hardly make
their taxes because cars can be parked
on the street.
think if man can afford to drive
car he can afford to keep it in a
garage. I am sure the city of Wash
ington would put up an awful holler
if every one who owned piano parked
it on the street.
How can garage or parking lot do
any business as long as the cars are
allowed to stand on the streets for
days? I want to state here I do not
own garage or parking lot, but just
wanted to express my views on the
subject. I have been in a number
of large cities and in none of them
can car be parked for days in the
same spot. F.O. SIMPSON.
Evening star., 1935-02-05

the Lincoln Memorial and nearby per-
manent structures already erected on
Constitution avenue or later to be
erected in the "West Rectangle" sug-
gests that the exterior of the Reserve
Board building should be in harmony
with its environment. That precept
should be maintained in all permanent
construction works in Washington.
Had it been adopted and faithfully
followed in the past, many misfits and
architectural blemishes would have
been avoided.
One passage in the program as
stated is Of special interest:
It is, however. thought desirable
that the esthetic appeal Ut the ex-
terror design should be made through
dignity Of conception, purity of line,
proportion and scale, rather than
through stressing of mere decorative
! or monumental features. For this rea-
son it is suggested that the use of
columns, pediments and other similar
i forms may be omitted and should be
restricted to minimum consistent
with the character of the building as
described
There has been some criticism, not
in all cases justified, of the character
of the ornamentation Of some of the
newer additions to the Governments
housing equipment in Washington.
Uniformity Of design is not in itself
desirable. nor, in the conditions that
prevail, is it possible Short Of the
wholesale revision of the architectural
layout, at an impossible cost. would
such uniformity be feasible. Success
sive impulses of building enterprise
on the part of the Government have
left numerous discrepancies, which
must be accepted and tolerated. Some
notifications are possible, as in the
case of the so-called State, War and
Navy Building, for the reconstruction
of which a plan has been adopted and
awaits execution. In another case, the
old Pension Building, completed half
a century ago, a redesigning plan is
under consideration.
In the planning of the structures
that are to be placed within the west
Rectangle" care should, and doubtless
will, be taken to avoid incongruous
misfits and departures, to perpetuate
anew the mistakes of the past. The
Federal Reserve building, designed in
accord with the instructions given
to the competing architects, will per-
haps establish a standard to be OBJ
served when the later comers in this
area, notably the contemplated homes
for the War and Navy Departments,
| are undertaken.
Evening star., 1935-02-05
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

know more than a dozen breeds Of
dogs by name.
He thinks, and most Of his friends
do, too, that he is something Of a
wizard, when 1t comes to having been
places and having seen things, but
compared with all the things human
might see and do he Is but piker,
not much different from most of us.
II any one wants an interesting
| diversion for an hour, he may think
over all the types of persons he has
never met. We have read Of kings,
queens, explorers, scientists, actors,
playwrights, authors and the like, in
bewildering array, but many a man
who rather fancies his many -sidedness
will discover that, after all, he has
not met many persons of renown,
even glimpsed them at So apiece at
lectures and the like.
He would be a great busybody in
| deed who sought to do everything,
know, hear and see everything.
This gigantic sampler OF life and
living perhaps would become the prize
| jack-of- -all-trades of the centuries and
in the end be little better off than the
homebody, popularity called bourgeois,
who might lament to himself that
he had seen nothing and been no
where.
What is possible for the latter is to
take genuine interest in the many
things which confront him every day,
instead Of maintaining, as so many
do, an indifference based mostly upon
the fact that these things bring them
| in no money.
Alas, how many things bring in no
pay, except the Joy and happiness
which may be in them for those who
are able to find them!
And SO it may be believed. without
reaching too far, that he who looks
for the crocus, because he loves the
| crocus. is far, far better off than he
who pays it no attention at all.
X y
The mystery of Nature Is nowhere
more strikingly shown than in the
fact that her thousands of bulbs lie
beneath snow and ice without taking
hurt from the cold.
Just cold air-somehow that does
not strike one as so inimical, but
much ice and snow-these impress the
| average beholder with their powers
| for harm.
Failure TO see the earth for days,
even weeks at time, is an experience
comparatively new for many local
gardeners.
Some who began their gardening
careers as long ago as 1923 did not
have chance until last year to wit
ness what many call IAN old-fash-
oned Winter"
Ten years is long time in any
gardeners life.
Yet hundreds who took up this out
door sport at about the time given
had to wait many years before they
realized that crocuses do not always
bloom in February.
During those years they built up an
entirely false idea Of what plant pro-
lection ought to be. They got the
idea, innocently enough, that such
protection was entirely unnecessary in
| this climate.
Now they know better.
If the last two Winters have done
nothing much except impress the
home gardener"with the need of fore
thought for his plants, they have done
some good in the world.
Evening star., 1935-02-05

No crocus in bloom this Februaryl
An old Washington custom, yellow
and purple flowers shortly after the
grounding sees his shadow, takes the
count once more.
Last year, for the first time In years
these friendly little flowers failed to
appear os schedule.
The year before that-1933-cro-
cuses showed their colors on Febru-
ary /, and were in bloom almost ali
that month.
No bloom, not even that Of the So
called snowdrop. normally appears
earlier in this vicinity than the crocus
Overlooked by those who want to
have their "eyes knocked out" by huge
blossoms, the crocuS is beloved by all
persons really garden-minded.
II X u y
There is no snobbery in this at all
1t Is but another instance of at
tention to the particular, as distin.
guished from the mass.
It is one thing to see a group OF
flowers, quite another to see the in
dividual plants, of which the group
Is composed.
The best interest in gardening con-
tinues only so long as the gardener Is
eager and able to discern each plant
one from another.
When this stage of his education is
past he has gone out Of the best Joy
OF gardening as an art.
He still may love the growing plants
and get great deal of real satisfac-
ton out Of work with them, but he
will never again be able to enter into
the fullest Joy of the gardening year
X X X X
Therefore, the humble crocus may
be taken as a symbol, of something
held, if one still loves it; of something
lost, If it is matter of no conse-
quence in his own mind.
Then all these thousands Of city
folk who would not know a crocus
from a periwinkle-they have lost
something, eh?
This does not mean that they must
suffer from it, particularly.
Such things are not like food, and
clothing, and warmth.
One may not know a crocus from q
peony, yet be just the same man or
woman as ever
A matter of no consequence TO
them, of course-but surely they have
lost something. although rightly 1t
may make no difference to them.
X X X
All of us have lost something, many
things, whenever We have failed to
grasp the good in pursuits.
The real bonus, or good, Of life,
should not be few paltry dollars.
1t should be a vastly diversified
grasp on all the good things that
ever were.
1t should be a ready acceptance OF
anything that any human being, any
where, had found worth while.
1t should call for thousand, maybe
million, attempts. with, consequent
failings, but glorious memories.
Consider the most cosmopolitan
person you know.
The chances are that, despite the
fact he has been everywhere, and
seen everything, his real range of
intense interests is very narrow.
He has not flown an airplane. he
has never bowled, he knows nothing
of deep-sea fishing, and wouldn't
Evening star., 1935-02-05

certain period each year Is also
characteristic of meteor showers.
The case of 3-year-old girl who
weeps blood-apparently with no
physical abnormality of the eyes or of
the lachrymal glands to account for
its reported in this weeks issue of
the Lancet, journal of the British
Medical Association. The account is
from r. L. Haviland-Michin, an
army medical officer in India. The
patient was the child Of a native SOL
dier. With no ascertainable reason
for the abnormality, there was little
to be done from the medical stand
point. but after about three months
of observation. the army medical Off
Ger reports, the blood in the tears
finally has decreased until now only a
faint tinge of pink is discernible.
kx
Stinginess and sadism, or love of
inf1icting pain, are companion quail
ties, according to report published in
this months issue of the journal of
Nervous and Mental Diseases from DR..
Oluf Bruel, Danish psychiatrist.
Besides giving number of clinical
reports of cases where stinginess and
cruelty were combined, DR.. Bruel finds
that the relationship enters into the
idiomatic structure Of the Northern
European languages. Thus, "to bleed
any one is automatically synonymous
with taking money from the victim.
ITO skin alive" is an expression often
used to describe a shrewd and profit
able business deal. The reverse ex-
pressions are used when the speaker Is
the victim
DR.. Bruel finds that the districts of
Denmark where the populations are
reputedly the most parsimonious are
also the ones where the murder rate
is highest.
Hair may be "vulcanized muscle. -
The essential difference between
myosin, the protein substance of
muscle, and keratin, the protein sub
stance Of hair, is that the latter con-
tains a small amount of sulphur,
according to w. T. Astbury and Mrs.
Sylvia Dickinson of the Textile
Physics Laboratory of the University
of Leeds, who have just reported a
chemical study Of the two materials.