davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
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moss, grasses and anything of this or
der handy. When birds have been
robbed of their eggs for a season or
two, they pass the word about. and
the nests are built in tree. There
are two or three grayish, olive-brown
eggs, spotted and blotched with dark
chocolate markings. In New York
you may find them the first of May.
The babies have downy coat Of a
mottled pattern, which they wear
from the first day, and they race
about as soon as it is dry. They de-
pend upon their parents for their
food supply and protection until they
are able to fly. BY this time, they
have their feather coat.
They are very lovely when fully
matured-yellow bills, with a red spot
near the tip of their lower mandible;
pink feet, and backs and wings of
pearl gray. Gulls' voices are very
human in their expression, and may
even be heard above the din and roar
of the winds and waves.
(Copyright. 1e35)
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~ RAY FOX knows, for he has
had to make just such
r choice. For that matter, SO
~ has Reddy Fox. Gray Fox,
caught by three toes in a
cruel steel trap, had been advised by
Reddy to pull or twist those toes of
and leave them in the trap.
"Oh" Gray Fox had gasped. II
can't do that" He added after a
moment: you don't know what you
are talking about. IF you did, you
wouldn't suggest such thing"
Reddy held up one paw. A toe was
missing. THAT is what I did when
I was caught in a steel trap" said
he. ITO be sure, I was caught by
only one toe, but I would have done
the same thing if I had been caught
by three toes I suppose you know
what will happen if you don't. You'll
lose more than three toes"
II suppose you mean I'll lose my
life," replied Gray Fox.
Reddy nodded. you'll lose your
life; there is no doubt about that.
You'll freeze or Starve to death or
you'll be knocked on the head with
a club by that trapper I would
prefer that myself. That trapper may
be one Of the kind who doesn't visit
his traps every day, perhaps not for
several days. Sometimes I wonder if
these trappers think that just be-
cause we wear furs and run on four
legs we haven't any feelings. They
act that way. From the looks of you,
Cousin Gray, take it that you have
been here for some time"
Gray Fox nodded. Il guess the one
who set this trap is that kind" said
he. Il don't think I can stand the
cold much longer" He shivered.
"I thought as much from the looks
of you," Reddy replied. I've found
folks frozen or starved to death in
traps before now. But. of course,
that trapper may return any time.
That will make quick end. There's
some comfort in that"
Gray Fox feebly tried to grin. I'm
glad you can sec it. I don't" said he.
But" continued Reddy, were I in
your place, just wouldn't be here
No. sir, wouldn't
Gray Fox shuddered, You had to
lose only one toe," he murmured.
II never yet have seen three toes
worth any ones life" continued
Reddy. mo, sir, I never have, and
7 never expect to. I once knew a
Skunk which left half of a hind leg in
trap, but he saved his own life
and managed somehow to live. More
than once I have found in a trap a
foot of one of Jerry Mllskrat's family
You have your choice of freezing or
starving to death, being knocked on
the head or losing three toes. would
have made my choice and been out
of that trap long ago"
1T isn't so much the loss of those
toes as the losing of them. Won't it
hurt dreadfully?" replied Gray Fox.
Reddy shrugged. "Of course" said
he. What of it! You won't suffer
any more than you have already suf-
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fered, or you will suffer freezing or
starving to death. Well, I don't see
as can do anything for you, so I'll
be going along"
Gray Fox lay there for some time
trying to make up his mind to tear
himself loose from that dreadful trap
His foot was numb, but despite this.
it hurt to move it, and somehow he
couldn't get up the courage to do the
thing he knew he must do if he were
to save his life. BY and by he heard
sound that caused him to prick up
his ears and listen. Faint and far
away sounded the baying of hound.
Supposing that dog should come that
way. He shuddered at the mere
thought. A few minutes later he sat
up despite the trap. The voice of
that hound was louder. He was COM
ing that way. There could be no
doubt about it.
Gray Fox heSitated a few minutes
longer. Then he made his choice.
(Copyright 1850
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Euraa

THIS surname is taken from the
- Greek and Latin word denoting
luminous. 1t was first used by the
Apostle St. Luke.
Lucas is a well-known name in the
United States, being found today in
almost every section of the country.
In New England the name was early
represented by Thomas Lucas, who
settled in Plymouth prior to 1856.
William Lucas was resident in Mid
dletown, Conn, in 1866
Jonathan Lucas came from Eng
land and settled in Charleston, S. c.,
Evening star., 1935-03-01

! large bone ones keyed to match ker-
chief, bracelet and shoes.
Silks. shantungs. linen. canvas,
seersucker, pique. broadcloth and pop
lin are featured strongly in sport
clothes for Summer. Sheer wool,
flannel and costume tweed are favored
| for climates where weather permits.
Contrast may be used in kerchiefs OF
silk. linen and fine wool Scarfs.
Barbara Bell pattern No. 1604-B is
designed in sizes IA, 16, 16, 20, 40 and
AZ. Corresponding bust measures, 80,
"a, SO, 38, 40 and AZ. Size 16 (34)
requires about 314 yards of 39-inch
material with purchased scarf.
Every Barbara Bell pattern includes
an illustrated instruction guide which
Is eaSV to follow
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fellow many times, as his
range is wide one. His serV-
ices at last have been recog-
nized and he has legal pro-
lection.
BY profession he Is scavenger.
He keeps the surface OF the water
free from Objectionable matter IN
harbors, and, where many ships are at
anchor, he is always on hand to clean
I'D, for there is much thrown over
board, which would soon make the
air anything but good to breathe.
Possibly you have seen hundreds
of them in the wake Of vessels at sea,
or in inland ponds along the Atlantic
Coast in the Winter.
In the Spring, the family returns
from vacation and becomes interested
in family affairs. The members may
90 to the Arctic regions, south to
British Columbia. Southern Alberta,
Northern North Dakota, Central Wis
consin. Southern Ontario or Northern
, New York and Maine.
Gulls are larger than terms, having
less pointed, broader wings. and, as
a rule, square tails. Many confuse
the two birds when trying to identity
them, at first.
The gulls procure their food by
picking it up from the surface of the
water with their strong, hooked bills,
while the terms dart down and plunge
for theirs.
One black mark against these able
assistants of ours is that they help
themselves to the eggs belonging to
their neghbors and even their young.
They do not touch their relatives
possessions.
They are very buoyant swimmers,
and, unlike their neighbors, the
terms, the gulls rooSt on the water,
and often gather in close-massed
"beds," where they have conversation
of sort, before settling down for the
,,;n11f
Evening star., 1935-03-01

" RIED foods are always popular
l. because they are so attractive
and so palatable, and, if prop
i erly cooked, the amount of fat
they absorb can be greatly re-
duced, and the ease with which they
are digested can be greatly increased
This necessary care in frying also
greatly improves the flavor and ap-
pearance. The art of frying in deep
fat can be easily acquired and can be
applied to wide variety of foods. In
no other way can we obtain the dis
tinctive flavors and decorative effects
which characterize fried dishes.
Fried foods are not indigestible, but
they are slower of indigestion. They
they are slower of digestion. They
should not be eaten too much at
between-meal parties, because this
causes loss of appetite for the next
meal.
Deep-fat frying is much easier and
safer if a deep iron kettle is used.
Although the iron kettle is heavy to
handle, it has the advantage of hold
ing the heat evenly during the frying.
It's deep sides also prevent the spat-
tering of fat on the stove. A wire
basket with q bale is also a useful
piece of equipment and very inexpen-
sive.
The food may be put in and taken
out of the fat, all at one time, and
allowed to drip before turning it on
to a piece Of unglazed paper to drain
further. Paper towels or crumpled
brown paper will also absorb any ex-
cess fat adhering to the food.
The actual frying takes such a
short time that it pays to stay near
the kettle. AS damp food is added to
the fat, there is good deal of sput-
tering, and, If the kettle is too full,
the fat overhows. There is then pos
sibility Of its taking fire. It is well to
have q heavy cloth ready for such an
emergency, though there is no occa-
sion whatever for its happening.
In order not to have the food fat
soaked and difficult to digest, and
in order to use the fat economically,
the temperature for frying must be
accurate for the particular food being
prepared, and the only way of as
Suring this is to use thermometer.
Often putting large quantity OF food
in to fry reduces the temperature
so much that an unnecessary amount
Of fat is absorbed.
The smoking test, to determine
when the fat is ready for frying, is
very inaccurate. If new supply of
fat is used, by the time it smokes,
the temperature will be much too
high, and if the fat is heated to
the smoking temperature each time
It can be used only a few times,
for it will soon become brown and
give most undesirable results in the
way of both color and flavor.
The temperature for frying some
foods can be tested with cubes OF
bread, but when batters or doughs
are involved the temperature is so
important that it Is difficult to judge
accurately enough without ther-
mometer.
As a general rule, foods which have
been previously cooked, such as cro-
Quettes, fiShballs, and so forth, and
which therefore require merely to
be heated through and Drowned. call
for q temperature of about 395 de-
grees r. Raw or partially cooked
foods, such as doughnuts, fritters,
French fried potatoes, and so On,
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The Debunker
BY JOHN HARVEY FURBAY, PHI. d.

STATISTICS of life insurance COM
- panies show that the most dan
gerous place for any one is at home.
More accidents happen there than
anywhere else. A person is safer IN
his auto, on train, playing sports, at
his work or even in an airplane. One
of the most dangerous places in
which to be in a home is a bathtub.
while the safest Is bed Submitted
by F. T., Melbourne, Australia.)
(Convripht 1g35)
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Who Are You?
The Romance Of Your Name
BY RUBY HASKINS ELLIS.

in 1870. He was the son Of John and
Ann Noble Lucas. Jonathan became
interested in rice planting in South
Carolina and invented rice-pounding
mill which won great favor in the in
dustry.
FrantZ Lucas came to America from
Germany in the second Palatine emf
grafton in ITO. He settled in New
Rochelle. N. Y, in the same year.
Robert Lucas was Pennsylvania
settler. who came over from England
in 1879.
(Copyright. 1880
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BY BARBARA BELL.

R44SSG WAt4A CAAS "a 81 w IA Noo
their necks in a new scarf
every day Of the week will like
the new collarless sports
frocks. The newest of them
are artfully contrived to take care of
all the detachable neck-dressings
anticipated by style prophets for
Summer, 1885.
Smart women have taken to their
hearts the tailored sports frock-that
comfortable type of dress that is ver-
satile enough to go from breakfast
to market and on to a morning call
or a chat on the veranda of the
country club.
The one pictured is a smart illus
tration of how very brief the new ones
are. Their simplicity is their most
interesting phase. This one features
plain, dropped shoulders, extending
into cap sleeves. Darts insure ease
over the chest. Patch pockets are
amusingly made on the double of the
material and stitched to the skirt in
the shape of a v, allowing the lower
corners to flap loose and give an in
terest to the hipline.
Central closings are better than
ever. Saucer buttons are used here
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Mature Children
BY LILLIAN cox ATHEY.

As a rule, you will find them in
large colonies on islands, where they
build their nests. These are found
on the ground. made Of seaweed,
Evening star., 1935-03-01

Yestiday you an me both had a
sucker. I ct mine like a gent man,
an If I hadn't seed you with my own
eyes throw this stick in the coal scut-
tie I never would have believed you
saved yours.
Copyright, 1881
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Dorothy Dix Says

YOUNG telling with glee that after
band had and she had said
lingering good night he had gone home walking
she walked the middle Of the night by the nsent
telephone
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Bedtime Stories
BY THORNTON W. BURGESS.

pity those with choice to make.
Where life itself may be at stake.
Gray Fox.
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American Herring Gull.

20 DOUBT you have seen this
fellow many times, as his
I'll range is wide one. His serv-
Y ices at last have been recog-
nized and he has legal pro-
Evening star., 1935-03-01

" RIED foods are always popular
l. because they are so attractive
and so palatable, and, if prop
i erly cooked, the amount of fat
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tCopyrisht. 1889
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-05-30
WOMAN WRITES
NOTE AND DIES

Despondent over domestic diff
culties, according to police, Mrs.
Edwina P. Beans, IS, ended her
life early today by inhaling gas
in her home in the 800 block of
B st. S. E.
Ivor Williams, resident of the
house, detected the odor of gas
escaping from a room and on in
vestigation found the body. Mrs.
Beans had placed blankets around
cracks of the door and floor. She
left note addressed to her niece.
Virginia Payne, of the B Street
address, which read:
"Call up Aubrey Hall ian un-
dertaker) at Percyville, Va, and
tell him to take charge of my
body. Also call Uncle Roberts
store"
Police reported that Mrs. Beans
had been separated from her hus-
band about a month.
Mrs. Nora Tracy, SIS, of the
200 block F st. N. w., is in a
serious condition at Gallinger
Hospital suffering from poison
police say was self-administered.
Police said she wrote a note say
ing:
"My daughter is the cause Of
what am about to do"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-05-30
RUTLAND TALkS
To STUDENTS

Investment in book learning
pays poor returns if there is a
lack of attention to health of
school children, DR.. George C.
Rutland, District health officer,
told 500 high school students at
Roosevelt High School late yes.
terday.
Prizes for heath posters we're
awarded during the meeting. The
District of Columbia Dental So
ciety sponsored the inter-school
poster contest.
In his address to the youthful
group, DR.. Rutland pointed out
that neglected teeth alone could
cause a serious illness in adult
life.
Eastern High School, Immacu-
late Conception Academy, Elliott
Junior High, Addison, and st.
Joseph's, won first prizes in the
poster contest in their respective
groups. Individual prizes also
were awarded.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-05-30
School Dancers
Too Nimble For
Rain Gods

Rain-which descended in tor
rents late yesterday-came too
late to spoil the May festival of
the Stoddard School, Thirty
eighth and Calvert Streets
Northwest.
Glasses and books were for
gotten as the children, bare
footed and clad in flowing robes,
danced ancient pastorales on the
greensward, led in the intricate
figures by Susie King, talented
young dancer.
Cool weather earlier in the
month resulted in scheduling
this and several similar celebra-
tions for its closing days.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-05-30
z DEAD, 8 HURT
IN COLLISION

DUMFRIEs, Va, May 30.-An
inquest was scheduled for II a. m.
today in the deaths last night of
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Rayell, st.
Louis, Mo-, killed in head-on
automobile crash on Richmond
Pike, near here.
Three other persons were seri-
ously injured in the accident.
They are Miles Lawhorn, colored,
30, Camden, S. c., driver of the
car that was in collision with the
Rayell machine; Alton Bolton, col
ored, Is. internal injuries. and
Lazelle Bolton, 10, colored, his
wife, cuts and internal injuries.
Lawhorn is suffering from serious
cuts about the head and body.
Police said Rayell's machine
skidded on curve and was thrown
into Lawhorn's machine. The in
jured were taken to Quantico Hos
pital by motorists, and the inquest
was set by State Trooper J. w.
Clarke, to be held before Judge M.
E. Marstellar at Woodbridge.
Mr.. Rayell was SO, his wife 81.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-05-30
TRANSFER PLAN
DEMANDED BY
NRA GROUP !;
Establishment of Employment
Agency Is Indicated After
Meeting of Employees

Establishment of a central
transfer agency to find new
places for Federal employees drop
ped from the service because Of
curtailment of activity in exist
ing units seemed probable today,
following a mass meeting of NRA
workers last night in the Wash
ington Hotel.
Called by the NRA lodge Of
the American Federation of
Government Employees the gather
ing adopted a resolution demand
ing that such an agency be
established Immediately and given
the right to place experienced
employees over persons with no
previous Government service.
A move to petition President
Roosevelt to set up the agency
by executive order was unani-
mously passed.
E. Claude Babcock, president
of the employees organization,
urged that the proposed transfer
pool should be strong enough to
foil political pressure. pointing
out that many Congressman
would oppose the program for
patronage reasons. He added:
eve must put teeth in this
transfer plan. 1t is not enough
to have administrative officials
merely approve it; we must de.
mand reasonable dealing and
see that experienced persons are
actually given positions through
it. Further, we must insist that
reductions, if any, must take
place with full and complete hui.
manity."
Pending results of the drive for
an agency financed from Federal
funds, employees who have been
dismissed or face dismissal will be
registered by the AFGE at room
500, Washington Loan and Trust
Building. Starting tomorrow aft
ernoon, a clerical force will regis
ter workers between $50 and
$50 each weekday evening.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-05-30
Conics,Sports
OuSterS Are Threatened i'm War on DUMPS
On Guard, Folks;
TOwn' sFuuOf
Magiiciians!

Ninety men mysteriously ap-
peared in the lobby of the Ward
man Park Hotel today.
Hotel attaches were puzzled
until the spokesman for the
mysterious 80 stepped up,
reached behind the clerks ear,
produced a Belgian hare, and
announced:
"The Society of American
Magicians is holding a cOnven-
ton"
The air of mystery vanished,
and Ray Otterback, president
of the Washington chapter of
the society, announced that
from now on there would be
nothing in the sleeves"
The convention opens to-
night.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-05-30
SHRINE TIES Up
PARKING LOTS
FOR CONCLAVE
THEY'LL Cash in on Government
Space While Convention
SidetraCkS Motorists

With street parking banned in
virtually all of downtown Wash
ington during the week of the
Shrine convention, June 8 to is.
the Shrine committee has OBJ
tanned a number of Government
sites where Washingtonians who
otherwise would park on the
streets free may leave their cars
for a price.
At Shrine headquarters it was
said that the automobile commit
tee. headed by E. D. Anderson,
has been given permission by
National Capital Parks Offices to
use the parking lots. The prices
will be IS cents for the first three
hours; so cents for IL hours and
IS cents for "a hours.
The sites include Reservation B,
bounded by Constitution Avenue.
Missouri Avenue, Fourth and Sixth
Streets Northwest; Reservation C.
bounded by South Mall Drive,
Maryland Avenue, Third and
Fourth Streets Southwest, and the
south section of the "woodyard'
bounded by Constitution Avenue,
Sixth and Seventh Streets and
North Vista Drive Northwest.
These sites will accommodate
1000 cars, it is estimated.
The committee also has obtained
permission to use the west end of
Columbia Island, west of Memorial
Avenue, just across from Lincoln
Memorial Bridge, which will &C.
commodate 1000 cars.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-05-30

necessity of stOp-OverS. ANY
number of persons could read
the inscription on his shirt
front as he swOOped and side
slipped above their heads"
Mr.. Lincoln leaned forward and
his words were tinged with just
a touch of triumph:
Sand now, young man, sup
posing you tell me why the bob
O-link. instead Of the pigeon,
wasn't chosen to carry messages
for menu"
Imagine that!
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-05-30
Add to Lies Worries,
How Birds Get Home

pigeon. The superiority of the
pigeon, then is due solely to the
fact that he has been trained
through the years in this work,
and not because he is one whit
smarter than the rest of his
tribe. Let us take, for example,
the bob-0-link."
JUST MADE TO ORDER
We took the bob-o-link and Mr.
Lincoln continued:
"HOw much more color the
bob-O-link could have intro
duced into the business Of
carrying messages! He is a
whole lot handsOmer than the
pigeon to begin with, and al
though don't say he would
have done better job than has
the pigeon, he would have done
as well. His brown and white
uniform was made to order
and, in some cases, the gen.
erOus splash Of white across his
breast could have been pressed
into q kind of bulletin board
service-dOing away with the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-05-30
Careful Driving
Today Is Urged

Seeking to curb the thousands
of Memorial Day automobile acct
dents, the Keystone Automobile
Club last night broadcast a warn
ing to all motorists, urging care
full driving. The club called par
ticular attention to the fact that
Washington will be the mecca of
thousands of visitors.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-05-30
Ken MURRAY
Says:

Imagine our surprise, when
after flying high for two years,
the Blue Eagle was finally am.
pushed and killed by that au-
gust body Of Supreme Court
Justices. The old bird man.
aged to escape the Omen, but
not the J-men.
While the demise was sud-
den, it would only have been a
question of time. Those "big
guns" of business had put SO
many SlugS into him lately, that
he had very little red blood left.
AS the will hasn't been read
as yet, we don't know exactly
who will benefit by his requests,
but one thing is certain. He
surely left his big "bill'' to pos.
terity.
EPITAPH:
Here lies an old Blue Eagle
ShOrn of powers SO regal;
With his pride debaseds
He died disgraced
When they proved his birth was
illegal.
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tanned flights Of the Imagination
but there the analogy ends. His
answer to the question begins:
"OrnitholOgists have been
asking themselves and each
other that same question for
ages, and the answer isn't even
in the offing. We know that
some unerring sense of direc-
ton guides these feathered crea-
lures back and forth, year after
year, to their seasonal refugees;
but how that sense functions or
where in their mental set-up it
is centered we do not know,
and / think it safe to say we
never shall"
EVOLUTION OF PIGEONS
He was asked about carrier
pigeons-why they exhibited SO
much more of this mysterious
sixth sense" than, for instance
ducks. His answer:
"WhOever first started COM
municating by means of pigeons
is directly responsible for the
present widespread use of that
bird. But he might have used a
prairie hen or even the aux,
since at that time, every bird
knew as much about it as the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-05-30
Bowen Assumes
Naval Chief Post

Rear Admiral Harold G. Bowen
yesterday assumed the duties of
engineering chief and chief of the
bureau of engineering at the
Navy Department. He relieved
Rear Admiral Samuel M. Robin
son, assigned inspector of mate
rails at the General Electric plant
at Schenectady,