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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1935-11-08
Human Long Shots
Crowd the Fence

The late Mr.. Butler often was termed
crotchety. Undoubtedly he surpassed
most men in his esteem for a dollar,
and the crowds were not fIocking to
his racetrack then. He looked at those
outsiders and there was CLEAN in his
veiny eyes. thought that he was going
to complain bitterly about this wear
ina out of the green grass on the outer
border of the course. Then he sighed
and turned away. Mr.. Butler also loved
horses and the thrill that comes from
watching them no matter how precari-
GUS the view.
That is why l hope l am not blow
ing the whistle on them now. like to
mingle on the fringes on chilly autumn
afternoons, and surely they can be do
ing little harm. Perhaps I may even
make a bet with them now and then,
for, of course, they have their books.
That these books have not been
sanctified by the approval of the State
Racing commission and that they do
not deposit the daily fee in the Golfers
Of the tracks does not perturb me In
the least. Bets of two bits, ofAWo dol
lars and of ten are made without fear
and are paid off without favor. Per-
haps the gentlemen who slip by on the
rail so unobtrusiveIy displaying pro-
grams with the odds marked upon
them do run out now and then. Vet
it is probable that they do not run far.
That group outside the rail has no pa
thence with such doings and punish
ment might be sharp as well az sudden.
Strangely enough, those outsiders
looking in seem to bet in much the
same manner and by much the same
impulse as impels the insiders looking
out, for themselves. With all, their
sympathy for the dark horses these
long shots of life seem to rattle down
their dollars on the favorites with as
much unanimity as their brethren on
the other side Of the rail.
Whether that makes those spots so
far from the crowd good training
schools for bettors do not know. Yet
they seem to provide experience and,
perhaps more, for the men who rustic
past with programs cinched in tight
fists.
Johnny Ferrone, who operates one
of the larger books in the ring and
whose judgment is so much sought on
the opening line, now is very much of
an insider. Ten years or so ago, am
told, he was perfecting his knowledge
Of prices and horses on the other side
of the fence.
THINGS the box score never told
L me:
Although they insist that they still
like him personally, Fordham alumni
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1935-11-08
Canaries at School

The finest canaries are now given
a university musical training. First
class musicians are engaged to play
to cages of promising young pupils
revealing to them the full range OF
Instruments like the VIOLIN. harp, wa
ter organ, and chimes. Listening in
tently, the birds learn to recapture
the notes with their wonderful voices.
According to one professor trained
canary should be master of the
glucke, glucke roll, water glucke,
deep bubbling water tour, hollow
roll, hollow bell, bell roll, bell tour, bell
glucke, water roll, schockel, and flutes.
These singing lessons are conducted
in specially built soundproof labora-
tories. A diseordant note, coming
from outside, might easily ruin
months of patient tuition.-Tit-Bits
Magazine.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1935-11-08

all the aches and pains begin to creep
up on YOU. Boys, how you hate to
get out Of bed!
The only difference between pro and
amateur in that respect is that you
ache all over day later in pro foot
ball.
really believe, though, that the
principal difference between amateur
and college football is one Of expert
ence. You learn something, naturally,
from every football game you play.
All the improvements, and certainly
there are improvements in profession
al play over amateur, trace back to
experience.
Our coach, Steve Owen, tells me Pm
a better ball carrier now than l was
in college. Also, that was better a
year ago than l was my first year in
professional ball. That's experience.
never ran with the ball much in col
lege.
Quarterbacking-caIlin plays-is a
little harder in professional ball.
Wider experience helps you here, too.
In college used to call plays and Of
ten just take chance on their work.
ing. In professional ball you don't
guess. You know just what play to
call, and If it doesn't work you know
exactly why it fails.
That goes back to experience. You've
learned to watch for little things that
indicate weakness in the opposition.
You know position play better, and
how to take advantage Of every little
thing, like a lineman half-step out
of position. Then, of course, you keep
plugging at that hole until another
opens up or the opposition gets wise.
That leads to another. progression.
In professional ball lots of times you
have to make your holes. Sometimes
( you'll call whole series Of plays,
knowing that ultimately you're going
to decoy some man out Of position.
Such a necessity seldom exists in
cole. play. This is due. probably, to
the fact that college teams seldom
have perfect, or nearly perfect, men
in every position. There is bound to
be a weakness somewhere.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1935-11-08
HUNTING WALRUS
IN THE ARCTIC A
COMMUNAL AFFAIR

The Alaskan method Of hunting
walrus In the Arctic is extremely
communal. Some Of the men in kay
aks-the skin boats just large enough
for one occupant-take after the big
beast and hurl their harpoons into
1t. The harpoon is In reality spear
with loose point to which Is at
tached line ending In a bladder, to
keep the walrus afloat after 1t Is
dead. Also attached to the line is a
kind of drift anchor made of hide
stretched across square wooden
frame, which prevents the walrus
from travelling too far.
After the harpoon point is secured
III the animals skin. the killing must
be done with spears which penetrate
the lungs and intestines. This takes
time, skill and bravery, as the ma
tiyes cannot hurl the heavy spears
from great distance, and II the
spear sticks in the walrus without
killing it, the hunter has to row close
enough to the prey to get his spear
again, which is very dangerous.
1t is always great fun to haul a
walrus to shore and cut 1t up. Ev-
cry man gets his share, and he knows
from long precedent exactly what
portion is his. The man who thrusts
the first harpoon into the animal is
the owner and receives the credit.
For this he takes the head, the heart,
the left flipper and the CUTS. Num-
Der two takes the right forepart |;
number three the left rear portion,
and so on. l was lucky the first time
and secured forepart because l had
killed the animal after some one else
had harpoOned it.-Peter Freuchen in
Cosmopolitan.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1935-11-08
WATERS guides the

CLARENCE WATERS guides the
~ blond filly back to the judges
stand, salutes and slides to the ground.
The crowd, pressed close against the
rail of that tight little track which
once was Jim Buffers pride, applauds
politely, yet without heart, and turns
to other things.
They have no more attention to
waste on this opening heat. An out
slider has won, Bright Emerald, at 8
to l. Too bad, but another race Is
due scant minutes from now. Maybe
the tip will hold up better on that one.
Meanwhile those insiders looking out
(for themselves) must wander down
the slate-bordered line to gaze at the
odds or stare with calculating rever-
ence at the sleek thoroughbreds in the
paddock.
Far down the track, near the head
of the stretch where the outer rail
meets the brighter green Of the grand
stand, the excitement has not sub
sided among that queerly assorted
group who mill about on the steep
slope. Few of them have cashed the
bets that, in size and in wisdom of
choice, are as varied as the natures
or their costumes. Yet their pulses
have warmed with sympathy for this
long shot which has scored. They
also, these gentlemen and ladies who
cling perilously to the far edge Of the
rail, are outsiders. Long shots of life,
some of them, they cannot repress the
kindred glow that comes when the IA
vorite Is beaten.
1t Is scene, this one at Empire
City, which takes place at many
tracks. Saratoga, they tell me, Is the
easiest, yet nearly all of them provide
vantage points for the outsiders who
wish to look in.
Why they are outside, perhaps down
near the backstretch where the dust
from thudding hoofs swirIs about them
and clods of dirt whz past their heads,
is not my problem today. Some OF
them no doubt have been barred from
the turf for misdeeds which need not
be related here. Others may lack the
$3.50 admission fee. There is no use
going into all the reasons for the as
semblage of all these colorfuI charac-
tiers on the borders of racing. They
are present, more than anything else,
because they thrill to the lure of the
sport which has far outlasted the kings
whose titles were once linked with it.
Perhaps that is the reason why they
are permitted to remain there on the
outside, when the efficient Pinkertons
could dispense them at quick notice.
Not so many seasons ago l was talking
to Jim Butler just after one of his
thoroughbreds had galloped home.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1935-11-08

wins IN the l0ca |
mayoralty debate so
long as the winners
name is Jack Kelly
1t is to be feared that
the intellectual lads
missed the real point
of the hand clapping
which caused the Hon.
Herbert's high collar
to turn a pretty ce-
rise while rejecting
the warm tint of his
bushes.
.Actually-and this
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1935-11-08

against those slme
Boston Redskins last
year. 1t was the Cav
anaugh Memorial CON
test. The Giants won,
Z to 0.
That was one week
! had the Monday
black and b u e S,
aplenty. Among the
Giants we kid a lot
about how we feel
on Monday morning.
Sometimes it's no.
-. l ri Az ,a,h a -
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1935-11-08

she's smart enough to do just that!
e
June Travis is learning to fly, for
her role as an aviation hostess in the
screen version of that thrilling play,
"Ceiling Zero" And she's being taught
by an expert-Amelia Earhart.
e.
Rko feels that 1t has great picture
In 1.-THE Return Of Peter Grimm" with
Lionel Barrymore, Helen Mack and
George Breakstone in the cast.
&
History has certainly been repeating
itself in Joan Crawford's case. Per-
haps you recall the preliminares of
her marriage to Douglas Fairbanks,
Jr-all the denials of an engagement,
all the rumors that they had been Sc
cretly married, and then the trip to
New York, with more rumors and de-
malls, and finally the wedding.
And now we've had Miss Crawford
and her new husband, Franchot
Tone, whom the movie fans were in
clined to ignore until he turned in a
grand performance in 'The Lives of
Bengal Lancer" travelling to New York
on the same train, engaging a large
suite in hotel, and swearing-at least,
she did-that the trip was made for
broadcasting purposes, not matrimonial
ones.
The suite, incidentally, was on the
seventh floor. That's not surprising,
though most people like to be high
above the tumult of the city's streets.
But Californians insist on being near
the earth, and when pressed some Of
them break down and admit that it's
because they're afraid Of earthquakes!
Some Of us can remember way back
to the days just after the Crawford
Fairbanks nuptials, when starry eyed
Joan (who surprised her public by
using very little makeup and letting
all her freckles show, and devoted
Doug Junior held hands even when
lunching in hotel dining room.
i *
Morton Downey's appearance as
guest star for Paul Whiteman remind
ed Paul of the days when Morton was
singing regularly with his band; when
he wasn't singing he played the French
horn-that is, he pretended to play the
French horn; he really couldn't play
note, but nobody found that out until
he'd become singing star and didn't
care If he never saw horn again.
/ *
The Sisters of the Skillet started
their new radio program recently, and
by Friday midnight following their
Sunday broadcast they had received
1000 letters from fans-and it was
just 15-minute broadcast! Took seven
extra stenographers to take care of
the mail, and the reserve supply of sta.
tionery was exhausted in no time.
. Speaking of freckles, Myrna 10y has
made them fashionable. Since she
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1935-11-08

Millions have found in Calotabs a
most valuable aid in the treatment
of colds. They take one or two tab
lets the first night and repeat the
third or fifth night If needed.
How do Calotabs help Nature
throw off a cold? First, Calotabs is
one of the most thorough and de-
pendable of all intestinal claimants!
the germ laden mucous and toxines.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1935-11-08
Fans Remember
Forgotten Man

hiIadeIphia.-When the Hon. Her.
bert Hoover, once shrilly jeered by a
sports crowd In this same town, had
his soul warmed by applause while
walking out on the YaIe-Penn game at
Franklin field, editorial writers gasped
at the political implications and began
digging in with their pencils.
AS usual, though-and I mention
this as one who does not care who
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1935-11-08


forts. Mr.. Benny re-
mains one of our best radio comedians,
and Michael Bartlett fitted into the
new routine very nicely.
*
Those rumors of impending divorce
annoyed Frances Dee and Joel McCrea
no end: they swear they're perfectly
happy together.
ODDS AND ENDS !. Mae West ha.
nei0 s0hite autonobiLe-and her chauf
feur ieears Unite uniforms to match it
Lanny Ross name is really "Lancelot'
Clark Cables of to Mexico for Vaca
ton Schumann-Heink has started
soork in her first picture under her neu
contract :. Jean Muir feso to Nero Yorh
for the gala opening Of Midsummer
Nights Dream" Barbara Stantoyc.i
seems to be soeH started on return 10
movies :. Noro Paramount s0anis to Dor
ro,O Jean Harloto for National Veivef,"
its said-Kaiherine Hepburn being much
better stated to the role Bur perhaps
harder TO b0rr0tD Z. Fox's Thunder
Mountain" is pretty siOeU Western.
@ Western Newspaper Union.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1935-11-08

New Workers, for ex-
ample. Miriam Hop
kins found a way out
when she bought her
charming h ouse in
New York city. It's
owned by the Miriam
Hopkins corporation.
which makes all the
difference in the world.
But don't ask how
much she paid some
body to think that
upl Or perhaps she
Al,.~kk 30 a. harcolf .
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1935-11-08
STAR
DUST
Movie . Radio
f** BY VIRGINIA VALE Xxx,

HOLLYWOOD movie actors
4 Il are having fits all over again
about that state income tax-they
swear they'll move out of the
state, that they'll make fewer pic
lures and so actually make more
money, and all that sort of thing.
And they get no sympathy whatever
from the people who've been paying
state income taxes for years and years,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1935-11-08

is especially noteworthy since the
pinIie patting came mainly from the
Pennsylvania, or defeated, side Of the
fSsld--it may have been that the boys
and; aifIe merely were expressing their
Keen gratifIcation a. having some ex-
9so for applause this late In = game
AreeentIy filled with travail.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1935-11-08
TRUSTS ELSEWHERE
A mans intuition Is as shrewd as
woman's, but he disregards 1t.
How Calotabs Help Nature
To Throw Off a Bad Cold

Second, Calotabs are diuretic to the
kidneys, promoting the elimination
Calotabs serve the double purpose of
purgative and diuretic, both of
which are needed in the treatment
of colds.
Calotabs are quite economical;
only twenty-five cents for the family
package. ten cents for the trial
package. (AdvD
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1935-11-08
BY HARRY NEWMAN

FOOTBALL still is lot of fun. "
l. II weren't It wouldn't be worth
while, regardless Of how much they
paid you for 1t. Believe me, I've
missed It the few weeks was out
and ! was mighty glad to get back
into action when our Giants played
the Boston Redskins at the Polo
grounds.
One of the toughest games of foot
ball ever played in, i think. was
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1935-11-08

, WCAb W 6uAVpC anu
was mobbed by the
public, there has de-
veloped a fad for
painting freckles on
pretty faces. Helen
Hayes return to radio
started the fall season
off so far as radio was
concerned - though
Jack Benny had done
his bit the previous
Sunday evening with
one of his best ef-
- a
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1935-11-08

plan to replace Jimmy Crowley as
coach this winter. After the Purdue
defeat on Saturday many of them wan
dered through the stands uttering
lusty cheers for Hiker Joy, who SO ably
assisted Major Cavanaugh a few sea-
sons back.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1935-11-08
Newman Knows
Differences of
Amateurs, Pros

Harry Newman, the all-America quarter
back ,uhile at Michigan and one OF the
outstanding players in the National Foot
ball league, is this weeks guest coluntnist.
He discusses the difference bet,0een foot.
ball as played by the amateurs and the
professionals.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1935-11-08

no longer argue freely about that
thing, he is mad SO far as that thing
is concerned.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1935-11-08
WITHOUT FAULTY

The greatest of faults, should say,
Is to be conscious Of none.-Carlyle.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1935-11-08

st. Peters Episcopal reetory at He
bron, Conn.,, was 40 pounds of honey.
They removed the hive.
Evening star., 1935-03-30
REV. J. +. WENCHEL
TO PREACH ON 'AVERICE'

The fifth sermon of the series on
"The Seven Deadly Sins" will be de-
livered at II o'clock tomorrow by Rev.
J. Frederic Wenchel, pastor of Christ
Lutheran Church. The sermon will
be on "Avarice"
Miss Susan Mylroie will be special
soloist. She will sing my Heart Ever
Faithful" by Bach. The Junior Girls
Choir, under the direction of Mrs. E
KryZ, will also sing.
From G to 8 pm. there will be a
devotional and educational meeting
under the auspices of the Young Peo-
Piles Society. Raymond Fowler will
take charge Of the devotional exercises.
Kenneth Allen will lead the discussion
of the question, Has Modernism in
Life Made Us Happier Than Our
Fathers?"
The sermon at the Lenten service
Thursday evening will be delivered by
Rev. Edwin Pieplow, pastor of Trinity
Lutheran Church. Mount Rainier.
feature of these services is the reading
Of the Passion Story, compilation
from the four gospels.
Evening star., 1935-03-30
Church Federation

The annual meeting will be held
April 10 in the old Vermont Avenue
Christian Church. Dinner will be
served at 6 o'clock. The speakers are
Senator Gerald p. Nye, Wilbur La
Roe, chairman OF the Committee on
Civic Affairs, and DR.. Oscar F. Black
welder, pastor of the Lutheran Church
of the Reformation. The attendance
is limited to $50. Tickets must Be
purchased from the office In advance.
The Committee on Young Peoples
Work will meet tomorrow night In
the Office to discuss plans for Easter
work in the hospitals.
The Nominating Committee meets
Tuesday at 1880 in the office.
The financial campaign Is making
progress, the total in cash and pledges
now being more than $1,000. The
final reports will be made at lunch
con tomorrow at 1890.
At meeting Of the Central Com
mittee Of the recent Youth Confer
ence last Sunday 1t was voted unani-
mously to proceed with plans for the
organization Of youth council for
the Washington area. Chairman Jack
Patterson has appointed a committee
of five to learn what other cities are
doing and suggest suitable plans for
this city. They are to report at q
meeting April 7.
DR.. Darby will preach tomorrow
morning in the Southern Methodist
Church in HyattSville, Md.
Evening star., 1935-03-30
KEEP THE GLOW"
|SSERM0N THEME
DR.. Frederick B. Harris Will
Preach on Topic Tomor-
row Morning.

"Keep the Glow" is the subject Of
the sermon by DR.. Frederick Brown
Harris minister of Foundry M. E.
Church, tomorrow at IL am. At 8
pm. his message will be on THE
Peaks of Lent
The fifth in the series of services
in the Lenten Chapel will be con-
Quoted Wednesday at pm. by the
minister. DR.. Joseph r. Sizoo of the
New York Avenue Presbyterian Church
will speak. Merle Reynolds, pianist,
and Bernard Slebos, violinist, will play
old hymns of the church preceding
the service, and the Radio Quartet,
heard over WJSV every Sunday
morning, will sing in addition to the
vested choir under the direction of
Justin Lawrie and Mrs Mabel Linton
Williams, pianist.
Tea of Nations" will be held
Friday at o'clock at the home of
Mrs. Leo Paulger, 1886 Chesapeake
street.
The Foundry Players are presenting
a three-act comedy. Three Cornered
Moon" in the Dramatic Hall, Friday
at pm. Young members of the
church are participating in this
production as follows: Betty Weist
Helen Hoeffken, Dorothy Boulware,
Helen Duey, Ray Kurtz. John An
drews. Martin Havens, Frank Brise-
bois and Robert Hill.
Evening star., 1935-03-30
SHARING BURDEN
IS SERMON TOPIC
Dr.. Albert J. Mccartney to
Preach at Covenant Pres.
byterian Church.

Sharing and Bearing the Burden
will be the subject of the sermon by
DR.. Albert Joseph Mccartney ut the
Covenant-First Presbyterian Church
tomorrow at II o'clock. He will take
the fourth of his series under the gen.
eral theme, Might Scenes from the
Bible" with the special subject "Vic.
tins OF the Night-At the Feast OF
Belshazzar" at 8 pm.
Judge Hugh M. Tate will address
the All Corners Mems Glass at GAS
am. on Peter Walks Upon the Wa
ter"
The Covenant Fellowship, under the
leadership Of Miss Ethel Wakefield,
will discuss "Our Attitude Toward For
eign Missions" at pm. in the church
chapel. The Westminster Club, under
the leadership Of Miss Eleanor Simp-
son, will discuss What Is Christian
ity at pm. in the church house.
social with tea in the chapel from
to o'clock.
The Business Women's Council
meeting in the chapel Tuesday evening
will be addressed by E. J. Bliss, gen.
eral commercial manager of the c. &
p. Telephone Co., whose subject will
be ''The Romance of the Telephone" "
I. H. Linton will take charge of the
devotionals at 6:45. Supper served
from S to 6:l5.
Lenten services Thursday at Sis in
the church instead of 8 O'Clock
throughout the Lenten season.
Evening star., 1935-03-30
PASTOR TO PREACH
SERMON ON GIVING
Rev. W. S. Abernethy An.
nounces Topic at Calvary
Baptist Church.

Rev. W. 8. Abernethy, pastor Of
Calvary Baptist Church, will preach
tomorrow morning on "Giving-As
the Minister Sees It." Ben johnson
will give a prelude on "Giving-As
the Layman Sees It." At the evening
service DR.. Abernethy win continue
with the fourth sermon in the series
on Practical Wisdom From an An
cient Book for a Modern Day" with
"Bucking Up-When the Load Is
Heavy"
At the junior church service at II
o'clock Rev. Philip G. Murray, min
lster's assistant in charge, there will
be featured special musical program
given by members of the junior
church.
At the church on Tuesday evening
the following groups will meet: The
Wilbur Class, business and social
meeting; the Of1cers' Council, the
Dramatic Club and the Florence M.
Brown Glass, executive meeting.
w. G. Waldo, teacher of the Drake
Glass, will give a special lesson to-
morrow morning on Foundations for
Faith Offered by the Natural
Sciences" results Of scientific research
that point toward God. The class will
pose for a group picture following the
class session at IT'S Eighth street.
Evening star., 1935-03-30
DR.. SMITHS TOPIC
in STRANGE LAND
Mount Vernon Place Meth.
odist to Hear Pastor
Tomorrow.

At Mount Vernon Place Methodist
Episcopal Church South tomorrow
morning DR.. w. Angie Smith, pastor,
has selected as his topic Living in
a Strange Land" In the evening
he will speak on Quest for Hearts
Desire" At both morning and eve
ming services r. Deane shure will
direct the chorus choir of go voices.
The Wesley Club of George Wash
ington University will attend the
Sunday night service in a group.
The Board of Christian Education
and the Church and School Council
will meet Tuesday evening at the
Church. Tuesday afternoon, Mrs. M
e. Palmer will discuss in room 10
at the church Chapter III "Orientals
in American Life"
DR.. Smith will conduct the mid
week prayer meeting.
The Board of Stewards will meet
Monday night.