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Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1935-10-19
HIGHWAY SAFETY CAMPAIGN

A statewide campaign to reduce the
number OF automobile accidents on
Montana highways has been inaugll-
rated by the state highway patrol ac-
cOrding to announcement by Walter
Beck assistant chief The regulations
governing reckless driving win be
broadened and drivers passing or at
tempting to pass another car On a
blind curve or the crest of hill, or
stopping to repair tire on the high
way, or failing to dim lights, wiz be
subject to arrest.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1935-10-19

BY MRS. MARY BELLAEAN WILKINS
As Told TO GRACE STONE COATES
Mary BilIman, now Mrs Al n. WI
kfns OF Iivingst8n, was one Of 3 fam
Hy Of six children who came with
their parents to the present site Of
Livingston, Oct. IS. 1881. She tells
the following story Of her father,
Charles HI. BiIIman and his brother,
Andrew BiIIman, who headed west
Ia 1853:
Andrew and Charles Billman were
born in Fostoria, Ohio. They had the
pioneer spirit, and went first to Mich
igan, then to Iowa City, Ia, where they
spent three years. In the fall. 1859,
they joined an expedition to Pixies peak,
and with a friend, they made on the
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1935-10-19


recited an incident S''-'
in visit Of j. w. Proctor Of Billings
to the Wadsworth ranch. What was
written was highly complimentary to
Mrs. Wadsworth.
Early-day rangemen we're the ardent
champions of the virtuous woman.
Modesty, as well as skill and dex-
terity IN handling horses on the part
Of women drew the deep and sincere
admiration of many a cowboy ANY
uncouth cowpuncher, sober or drunk.
or any individual. who esSayed to vio-
late the proprietors exercised by a good
woman were repulSed with such vim
dictiveness that the untoward acts
were never again repeated.
Mrs. Wadsworth," says an excerpt
from the account appearing in early
May, 1885, els not only an accomplished
rider, but, as a huntress. can take the
laurels from the Marquis de Mores.
Lady Florence Dixie, and all the other
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1935-10-19

APPLES BROUGHT FROM EUROPE
Apples, both wild and cultivated,
were probably grown originally over q
wide area in Europe, and were brought
to New York state by Europeans when
they began to settle there nearly 800
years ago.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1935-10-19

The written brief system Of submit
ting cases to court existed in Egypt
5000 years ago. The Berlin museum
has one such brief that is said to be
the oldest court document in existence.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1935-10-19
ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS RESIGN

Under the reorganization Of the state
liquor law enforcement squad follow
ing the appointment OF Walter 81.
Balkovatz as investigator In charge,
designations Of all members Of the force
have been accepted with the exception
of Jack F1annery of Great Falls, and
Al Smith Of Helena. Those who have
Harry Mitchell Of Butte, Jack Ballard
Of Carlyle, o. D. Clark of Shelby, John
Berger Of Butte and John Reardon Of
Great Falls.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1935-10-19

Defects In automobiles are said to
have been responsible for 10000 &C
cidents In Great Britain last year.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1935-10-19

way, DOuBub an uAbct .
est In some gold min
ing claims. They work.
ed these claims for two
years, but didn't strike
It rich. They made
good wages, but that
was all. In 1858, they
started for Bannack
with bull teams. There
were four Of them be-
sides the owner Of the
outfit, and each paid
$25 to have his bedding
and his grub hauled.
At Fort Bridger the
party split up. Andrew
Billman kept on to
Alder Gulch, but
Charles Bi1lman and
A. 49,. m~v4a ~ a4nrr q
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1935-10-19

The Scottish Temperance Alliance of
Edinburgh has started campaign
against the propaganda to the effect
that the drink problem Is solving itself"
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1935-10-19

The loquat plant is native Of China
and Japan.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1935-10-19

There are approximately two birds
to the acre in the United States.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1935-10-19

Singapore Is boosting aviation.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1935-10-19

saddle stock in 1885,
was made up of the
best breeds. A west
ern correspondent
of which there were
many in Montana
when the cattle In
dustry was ap-
preaching its peak.
wrote an interest
ing account Of Mrs,
WardSworth's ex-
pert horSemanship
The item was pick
ed up" by the Hell
e ma Independent.
The correspondent
recited an incident
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D. C.

The North Carolina delegation in
Congress are Senator Josiah w.
Bailey, Senator Robert r. Reynolds,
Representative Lindsey G. Warren,
Representative John H. Kerr, Repre-
sentative Graham A. Barton, Repre-
sentative Harold Cooley, Representa-
tive Frank Hancock, Representative
William B. Umstead, Representative
]. Bayard Clark, Representative j.
Walter Lambeth, Representative
Robert L. Doughton, Representative
Alfred L. Bu,winkle and Representa-
tive Zebulon Weaver.
DR.. Ovid c. Foote is president OF
the society and Miss Jane Elizabeth
Newton, the Chastleton Hotel, Is
secretary-treasurer, and assisting the
secretary-treasurer Saturday evening
will be Mr.. Giles Yeomans Newton.
Miss Evelyne Hall Turner. Mr.. Yates
Edgerton. Miss Dorothy l.. Huneycutt,
Mr.. George w. Ewell, Miss Parkhurst,
Mr.. and Mrs. William H. Hessick, jr.;
Mr.. and Mrs. Alexander M. Walker,
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ding gown Of egg-shell color satin,
en- traine, fashioned on princess lines
and with deep yoke of duchess lace
and collar Of alencon. Her veil of
illusion fell from a coronet Of cor
responding lace and she carried a
shower bouquet Of white lilacs and
valley lilies.
Miss Mary Hamp. sister of the
bridegroom, was maid of honor, and
Miss Courtenay Page Waller Of Alex
andria, Va, and Miss Margaret
Mccoy of Staunton were bridesmaids.
Mr.. Hamp had as his best man
Mr.. John Sidney Harrison of Cleve-
land, Ohio, and the groomsmen we're
Mr.. Joseph Alexander and Mr.. Rodes
Woodbury. of Staunton and Mr.. John
White of Waynesboro, Va.
The bride is only daughter of the
late Mr.. and Mrs. Harold C. Gibson,
long residents of Staunton. She is
graduate of Stuart Hail. Staunton,
and has been a prominent member
Of the Staunton Players, local little
theater group.
Mr.. Hamp, only son Of Col. and
Continued on Eighth Page)
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Mr.. Arthur w. Dew and Miss Mildred

Mr.. Arthur w. Dew and Miss Mildred
Battle.
The officers and members Of the
Florida State Society Of Washington
will hold a dance Thursday evening
from until / o'clock in the ball room
of the Roosevelt Hotel in honor Of
the Florida congressional delegation
and their wives. Tickets and men,
bership cards may be had at the door.
A meeting of the Legislative Com
mittee to discuss the absentee regis
tration and absentee voting bill to
be introduced in the coming session
of Florida Legislature will be held in
the Senate Building in the banking
and currency room, Saturday after
noon from 2:30 to 4:30 o'clock. A
committee of Is, Of which Mr.. AM
mon Mcclellan has been named chair
man, has been appointed to draft and
discuss this measure All Floridians
who can assist are invited to attend
and give their views.
Miss Kate BIlsby will entertain at
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Reservations for cards may be made
with Mrs. w. Stuart Hodge, chairman
of the Entertainment Committee.
On the committees for the party are
Mrs. Charles S. Eisinger, Mrs. w. E.
Richardson, Mrs. Lewis j. Battle, Mrs.
H. v. Lansdale, Miss Margaret E.
Forbes, Mrs. A. M. Talbert, Mrs. Fred
erick Umhau, Mrs. William Broaddus,
MIR. and Mrs. William H. Grovermann,
Mrs. Watson v. Shelton, Mrs. w. E.
Richardson, Miss May E. Hungerford,
Mrs. Dora knight Muir and Mr.. Fred
erick Umhau.
Mr.. Henry Harding Burroughs,
president of the society, will receive
the members and their friends.
Evening star., 1935-01-15

The Society of Natives of the Dis
trict of Columbia will hold a card
party and dance at the Washington
Club at Seventeenth and K streets
Friday at 8 o'clock in the evening
An elaborate floor show has been
planned for the dancing intermission
at 10 o'clock by Mrs Madolin Smith
son HodgSon'S dancers.
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rived from Indiana. Among those at
the dance were Col. and Mrs. w. G..
Noa. Lieut.. Col. Donaldson, Medical
Corps; Capt. G. washington Booth,
U. S. A., retired; Capt. Allen, U. S.
M. c.; Lieut.. and Mrs. Robinson, Miss
Lamb and a group of the nurses, En-
sign William c. Morrow and DR..
Darwin, Miss Young and Lieut.. w. w.
Fuller, u. S. N.
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The North Carolina Society of
Washington will observe Congress
sional night with a reception. and
dance in honor of the North Carolina
delegation in Congress and their
wives Saturday evening in the west
ball room of the Shoreham Hotel at
9 o'clock. The reception will begin
at o'clock and will be followed by
dancing
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Enthusiasm Over Opera
In Constitution Hall January 20.

In COnStltut1On HaH JdHudry %.
Mrs. Robert Low Bacon, Mrs. George
Barnett, Mrs. James F. Curtis, Mrs.
Nicholas Longworth, Mrs. George T.
Marye, Mrs. Walter Tuckerman and
Mrs. John F.. Williams have accepted
as members of the Box Committee for
the performance of Verdi's La Travi-
ata," which the Cosmopolitan Opera
Association of New York. Max Rab-
inoff. general director, will present at
Constitution Hall on the evening OF
Tuesday, January 20.
The announcement comes from Mrs.
James E. Hughes, who is chairman OF
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the Committee on Arrangements for
this event

the Committee on Arrangements for
this event.
Mrs. Hughes also announces that
Junior Box Committee is being or
ganized among the younger married
set and debutantes, to be announced
later.
Mr.. Rabinoff, who has been in New
York over the week end. returned to
his headquarters at the Mayf1ower
Hotel yesterday.
Reservations already are being re-
ceived in the mail, both by Mrs.
Hughes at the Mayflower and by Mrs.
Dorsey, who will handle the general
ticket sale at her Concert Bureau in
Droop's, Thirteenth and G streets
northwest.
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SOCIETY
Continued From Third Page }

Of the brides parents. Later in the
evening Mr.. Chamblin and his bride
left on short trip South and after
January is they will make their home
with the bridegroom's parents in
Washington.
Mrs. John H. Higgins of Carroll
avenue, Takoma Park, Md, accom-
panied by her sister, Mrs. Louis Bos-
bury, have left for the latter's home
in Mercedes. Tex. where they will
pass the Winter. Mrs. Bosbury has
been in Washington since the Sum-
mer.
A delightful dance was given Friday
evening by a group of Army and
Navy officers and friends at st. Eliza
beth'S Hospital, DR.. William A. White,
superintendent; DR.. Duval, assistant,
and DR.. Alexander, who recently ar
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dinner party this evening at her home
in Chevy Chase, Md.


in Chevy Chase, Md.
Mrs. Harold e. Mac Even was
hostess at a bridge party last evening
at her home in Edgemoor, Md. There
were IL guests.
Mr.. and Mrs. John A. p. Farnham
Of Friendship Heights, Md, will leave
tomorrow for Miami, Fla, where they
will spend several weeks.
A marriage of more than usual in
terest took place in the First Presby-
terian Church in Staunton. Va, Sat-
urday evening, January IL, at o'clock
when Miss Frances Gibson became the
bride of Mr.. John Wilson Hamp, the
ceremony being performed by Rev.
DR.. Hunter B. Blakely, pastor of the
church, assisted by Rev. DR.. John j.
Gravatt, jr., rector of Trinity Episco-
pal Church. Miss Mary Highland Bell
presided at the organ, playing appro-
pirate nuptial music.
Entering the church with Mr.. C.
Wallace Wiseman, the bride pre-
sented lovely picture in her we'd
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Miss Kate Busby will entertain at
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Continued on Eighth Page)
Evening star., 1935-11-10

science have turned to other mediums
Of instruction. At the present time,
the bar room Is q favorite source Of
inspiration for popular scientists. The
facts and figures that are banded
back and forth across the mahogany
may be less reliable than those we
used to see in print, but they are also
more diverting.
Furthermore, the bar-hy savants
demonstrate their theories whenever
possible, using whatever material Is at
hand. With a bowl of potato chips
representing the sun, and pretzels for
planets, have seen the Copernican
system explained to the satisfaction of
every one present-except the bar
tender. I have seen mere tyros, with
nothing but piece Of buck dice"
chalk and the bar for q blackboard,
perform intricate mathematical prob
lens that Einstein himself couldn't
have figured out. As for demonstra-
tons of the laws Of physics-laws
governing stress, strain, balance,
gravity and what no~they are a
matter Of routine.
All the laboratory equipment q bar
room scientist needs Is . few bottles,
eggs, straws, toothpdcks. matches,
Evening star., 1935-11-10
WORKS OF ROWLAND LYON
Display Extremely Effective and Covers Wide Range of Sub
ects-New England Painter and Echer Exhibiting Arts
Club-Corcoran Offers Special Showing of Water Coors

azine Of Art. e. M. Benson remarks
that art, whatever else it may lie, Is
always an abstraction, with nature
as its point of departure. Later. he
speaks of the way in which Marin
limited his notations, befitting his
medium, which demands sureneSs
of touch and spontaneity of handling
that most nearly approach Chinese
script" Here are two things to re-
Observation-Disclosures departure from
nature-and a written language which
comparatively few can read.
Mr.. Thompson's landscapes and city
pictures are not actual transcriptions
of things seen. but impressions de-
rived through sight augmented by re-
membered experience. In some in
stances, disregarding subject entirely,
they are quite lovely, and if printed on
silk or cotton, would serve a decora-
tive purpose. When the observer has
shared a similar experience with the
artist, abstract beauty is recalled-it
may be of Summer day-or Of
Evening star., 1935-11-10

coins, cards, dice and an unlimited
supply Of glasses. Most Of the expert
ments require q glass or two.
There is, for example. the demon
stration whereby five dice are stacked,
one on top Of the other, by centrifugal
force. To do this you place the dice
Ia q highball glass, turn 1t upside
down and rotate it rapidly on the bar
with q scrubbing motion. II you stop
suddenly at Just the right moment,
the dice will climb up the inside Of
the glass and remain stacked in
single column when the glass re-
moved: That is, assuming that the glass
is not removed in small pieces. It is
best to select an old bar for this pur-
pose-and an old bartender, too.
The straw lever Is another problem
in physics involving the use Of glasses.
A tells B that he can pick up a glass
by means Of q single straw. B says,
What for?" A then makes an L.
shaped bend In . straw and inserts
it into the glass. II the horizontal
segment Of the straw Is slightly longer
than the diameter Of the glass, A can
Lift up the glass by the vertical seq
ment and dansle It IN the air indef.
Evening star., 1935-11-10
It's a Varied Assortment
of Tricks Possessed by
Bar Room SavantS.
Bv Weare HOlbrOOk.

IN THESE troubled times 1t is con-
soling to be reminded that we are
living in the most interesting
i period Of the worlds history. Our
great-grandchildren, say the opti-
mists, would give pretty penny to
be in our shoes. And they may be in
our shoes yet. We haven't much else
to leave them.
No one can deny that it will be a
satisfaction to look back on the year
1885 and say, well. we lived through
that" War threats, hurricanes, as
sassinations and suicides have kept
the front page black in the face with
headlines, even during the New Deals
stertorous breathing spell. The pa
pers are so full of news-immediate,
urgent news-that it is almost impos-
sible for average readers to see life
in its proper perspective.
have always found it relief to
escape from the news Of the day into
the field of science-and by science I
mean popular science. There is some
thing serene and steadtast in mathe-
maticA The laws of physics do not
change overnight, and the study Of
astronomy can give you a glorious
feeling Of detachment, even If you
don't understand it.
For years used to CLEAN most OF
my scientific knowledge from the
newspapers. In every composing room
there was an inexhaustible supply OF
two and three line paragraphs
Gods gift to the myriad-minded
makeup man-that were used to NIL
space at the bottom Of o short column.
These items were brief, informative
and all-embracing in their scope. In
one breath they would tell you how to
remove gravy spots from the vest and
how to discover sun spots on the sun.
It was refreshing, after reading the
CORY details of the latest torso muir
der, to come upon a simple statement
concerning the mean rainfall in CAL
cutta or the specific gravity Of ignum
vitae A formula for delousing
chicken coops, following close on the
aeels of a cable dispatch from Geneva,
reduced world politics to comfortable
proportions.
PUT there has been a great dearth
Of these little informative items
lately. Newspaper space Is at q
premium. There Is no room for scien-
tific squibs; on some days there isn't
even room for Q single classified Ads
Bring Results"
In consequence, students Of popular
Evening star., 1935-11-10
L'Enfant
Continued From Third Page.)

ElOll 4AA4Au dkC.y
that L'Enfant within four months OF
the time he had first seen the site for
the new city hsi sent Washington q
complete draft of his plan.
THE MALL is considered the out
standing feature Of the L'Enfant
plan, and today. with the aid Of Public
Works Administration funds, it is be-
coming reality.
In its day considered a hair drained
scheme, much too elaborate. the
LEnfant plan has since proven its
merit. People laughed at it, as con-
templating 10 times the amount Of
land needed for the Capital of the
Republic. George Washington had to
caution prudence. lest 1t be howled
down as a fantasy.
A giant to late eighteenth century
eyes, the L'Enfant plan through the
Fastening years has become but
pigmy to twentieth century ambitions.
The City of Washington has far out
stripped the original limits it com.
pretended, but today, with all its
modernity, the city still is being guided
by that French schoolmaster who had
Washington and Jefferson and their
peers at the blackboard Of city PLAN
ming, and the lessons he inculcated are
being brought to reality in greensward,
in steel and marble. The artistry OF
the son of Versailles Is having its
fruition now in the genius Of America.
But this L'Enfant, who did so much
for the City of Washington, is off-
cially remembered not at all here in
statue, square or avenue. Again the
adage about the ingratitude Of repub-
lies has been verified. Even In death
he was forgotten and only little over
q quarter Of century ago was his
modest grave disturbed and he was
given honored burial in Arlington Ma
tional Cemetery. But from his tomb
on the Virginia hillside one may see
arising across the Potomac River that
dream city of his-a newer Washing
ton-something he envisioned more
than a century back.
Evening star., 1935-11-10
BULLETIN OF EXHIBITIONS.

6UlIE I'm OF EAf1161 11ONS.
Corcoran Gallery Of Art-Exhibi-
ton of winning designs for
murals and sculpture for pub
lie buildings, under auspices
Painting and Sculpture Section,
Treasury Department. Exhibi-
ton paintings by John E.
Thompson of Denver.
National Gallery of Art, National
Museum - Permanent Collec-
tions. Special exhibition, etch-
ings by American etchers and
others, presented by the Chi
cago Etchers' Society.
Smithsonian Institution - Etch-
ings and dry points by r.
Stephens Wright.
Freer Gallery of Art-Chinese
paintings, Oriental art objects:
paintings, drawings. etchingS
by Whistler, and paintings by
other American artists.
Phillips Memorial Gallery-Paint-
ings and sculpture by con-
temporary artists and others.
Studio HouSe-NeW prints by
contemporary print makers.
Textile Museum of the District
of Columbia-Rugs, tapestries
and textiles of the Near and
Far East.
Arts Club of Washington-Paint-
ings of the sea by Stanley
Woodward and etchings by
Robert Lawson.
Library of Congress-Special eX-
hibition, original illustrations.
by Charles Stanley Relnhart.
Public Library, Main Building
Exhibition recent paintings by
Rowland Lyon opening tomor-
row.
Mount Pleasant Branch, Public
MISREPRESENTATION by MEM
bers of the Landscape Club.
Howard University Art Gallery
Japanese prints from the Henry
B. Slaughter collection.
Department of Labor, Room 3l35
Exhibition of paintings and
woodcarvings by Henry Ben
nett, George Haskell and Henry
Geiger.
Evening star., 1935-11-10
Unpopular Science, It Flourishes in Bar Rooms
Straw Lever Display and
Egg-in.BottIe Show Top
Mahogany Magic.

initely. If not. B wins. This is an
illustration of the triumph of friction
over gravity, or vice versa.
At LEAST two glasses are used in
- the no-hands drinking test. A
full glass is placed on the bar with an
empty glass inverted over it. A tells
B that he can drink the contents Of
the bottom glass with both hands tied
behind his back. B does not hear
him, having just stepped out to see q
man about town. A bends over the
bar and grips the empty glass between
his chin and his chest, lifting 1t OH
the full glass. Then, picking up the
full glass with his teeth, he tilts his
head back, drops the empty glass on
the floor and spills the contents OF
the full glass all over his vest. This
demonstrates the principles of stress
and strain in a manner that B (or
even his little brother c. who is not
quite bright could easily understand.
Thermodynamics can be illustrated
simply with an egg and bottle. First.
buy one of those hard-boiled eggs in
the glass bowl behind the bar. (This
in itself will estonish your audience,
for it will be the first hard-boiled egg
sale since the place opened)
As soon as the bartender has recov-
cred from the shock, ask him for an
ordinary milk bottle. Peel the egg
and place 1t on the top OF the bottle
to show that it is too big to go through
the opening. Then remove the egg.
drop a couple of lighted matches into
the bottle and replace the egg. It
will Immediately be drawn down the
neck Of the bottle, landing inside with
q plop. That's thermodynamicss
In order to get it out again, place
your mouth against the top OF the
bottle and blow with a quick. sharp
puff. If you blow hard enough and
duck aside at just the right time. the
egg will whizz past your nose and land
in somebody's beer at the other end
of the bar. That's pneumodynamics'
But it is Just possible that before
YOU reach this stage of the experiment
large, red hands will toss you through
the side door into the alley and the
pavement will rise up and slap you
in the face. That's gravity.
Scientific research Is fascinating
subject. However, it is also pain in
the neck at times, and there are lot
Of us brass-rail savants who would be
quite content to read about 1t In the
papers from now on-if Mussolini and
the makeup man would only give US
q bresk.
Evening star., 1935-11-10

something glimpsed out Of the mo-
notony of long train rice. Not the
thing itself but the feeling it momen-
tarily awakened.
But why, one would ask, seek ex-
preston in so obscure form? Why
conjure impression with so much
trickery? Mr.. Benson affirms that
John Marin has gone further in the
use of water color as a medium than
any of his contemporaries, here or in
Europe. This may be so-but Mr..
Thompson follows him closely, and
has also very nearly reached the van
ishing point. But this does not mat
ter, and those who can read their
script and find pleasure in it, will in