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The Washington times., 1935-09-03
HEALTH PERIL
REVEALED IN
DC. WATER
Systems In Use Here
Potential Carriers
of Bacteria

Water systems used daily by a
large proportion of WaShington's
population were today laid bare
as potential carriers of the bac-
terra and amoebae which cause
dysentery and other intestinal dis
orders.
The revelation came with the
admission by District officials
that "cross connections" existing
in the plumbing systems of numer-
GUS buildings here, both public
and private, permit "back siphon-
age" and comingling of used and
dirty water with portable water.
According to District Health
Officer George C. Rutland, who
recognizes the condition as a
menace to health, these cross
connections exist primarily in in
door swimming pools, large or tall
buildings and in industrial estab-
liShments, especially where pri-
vate water supply system has been
installed as for cooling systems OF
boiler use.
Problem Studied
DR.. Rutland told The Times:
"While there is nothing in the
cOmmunicable-diSeaSe reports on
Washington to indicate we have
any particular problem in re-
gard to these crOSS-cOnnectiOnS,
we are aware that they exist.
Indoor swimming pools are
obviously problem, and we are
completing a report on their
plumbing systems. From ex-
perience, 1 know that every in
door pool in Syracuse, N. Y,
had to be closed and the entire
water-Supply system altered to
eliminate the dangerous cross
connections.
"Any large or tall building
constitutes a potential risk be-
cause of the danger of SiphOn-
age and varying water pressure"
An official of the District
plumbing inspection department
went so far as to assert that
practically every hotel and apart
ment house in Washington" has
dangerous cross-connections in its
Water-Supply system. He asserted:
FORCE TOO SMALL
"It is physically impossible
for our force of inspectors to
rum these crOss-cOnnectiOns down.
We only have nine inspectors
covering the entire District of
Columbia, and We have more
than 1000 complaints on hand.
1--WE have a number of com.
plants regarding private wells
and water supplies which are
under suspicion as potential
cross s-cOnnectiOns between Sew
age and drinkable water. These
must await their turn for in.
spectiOn."
This condition has been known
by the Master Plumbers ASsocia.
ton of the District of Columbia
for some time. Recently they
charged:
whenever plumbing is 10 or
Is years old, so that wear or
settlement have played havoc;
wherever there is fluctuatiOn in
water supply volume or pres
sure; wherever there are faucets
or water supply inlets to
plumbing fixture below the level
that the fixture would overflow
on the floor if the waste be
stopped up, or wherever there
are water closet flushing valves
without adequate vacuum valve
attachments, there is danger"
Danger Multiplied
A. R. McGonegal, chief plumb
ing inspector for Washington, as
serted that the rapid installation
of air conditioning equipment
having water-cooled condenSers
has multiplied the danger of in
fection through cross-connections
in water systems.
The Washington times., 1935-09-03

Mrs. George L. Radcliffe is
one of the most skillfu garden.
ers among Senatorial wives. The
wooded hillside on which her
delightful house in Roland
Par&, Baltimore, is built, she
has transformed into a rock gar
den, green with vines, shade
blooming plants and hundreds
Of varieties of seedum.
The Washington times., 1935-09-03
New Theater Play

Peace on Earth" will be the
title of the first play to be pro-
duced by the New Theater Group
tomorrow night at their new head
quarters, 80 F St. N. w. A short
business meeting will precede the
play.
The Washington times., 1935-09-03

According to Phyllis. girls
have taken to black-eyed Susans
and gardeniaS in the hair.
Therefore, prepare for a boom
in marriage this winter.
Being feminine is Woman'S
best trick.
The Washington times., 1935-09-03
Marvin Plans Return Trip

President Cloyd H. Marvin, OF
George Washington University,
will return from Mexico City in
time for the first meeting of the
university faculty which will be
held September 20, at 4 p. m, in
COrCOran Hall.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-03-07

The process begins when hundreds
of the muskrat skins are motored up
to the door of the factory. They're
piled into big bins in the receiving
room. The skins are inside out, and,
after being stamped, the hide is treated
with chemical, the formula of course
being secret. This chemical greatly
benefits the leather and tends to soften
it, although at this phase it has about
the consistency of tough cardboard.
What do you suppose they do to
contiue the softening process They're
"kicked." Very thoroughly Kicked, too
for from 7 to s days. The "kickers"
are really machines. Each machine
has two beams, or legs, seven or eight
feet long, fastened together at the top,
and, at the Clicking" end they're fin
ished off with two big aluminium feet.
These feet rest in curved sort of bin,
which, when in operation, is filled with
the muskrat skins. When the machine
is started, away they go-right, left
right, left-right, left. For all the
world like a robot football team at
practice. The kicks seem pretty well
directed, too, for when the skins are
through with this operation7the card
board-like qualities have been utterly
Imperial Valley press., 1935-03-07

Each operation seems more inter-
esting than the last. Shearing, for in
stance. First, girls sew the skins
loosely together into long strip which
is then laid fiat on a wide belt which
runs under the knives of the shearing
machine, each skin being fed separ-
ately to the knives, guided by the hand
of the workman. The machines run
at great speed and the knives are
razor-sharp. They are run through
again and again until almost all of
the long hair down the back of the
muslrat has been sheared off, and the
skin has a lovely plush-like surface
although it's still in what is known as
the "white stage"
The "black stage" of course is after
they have been dyed. There are two
dyeing operations-one for the ground
dye-the other dye which gives the
Imperial Valley press., 1935-03-07

routed. The skins are now as soft
as chamois.
After their initiation in the
'kicker," the skins are again treat
ed with beneficial chemical, and
cut down the center so that they
can be laid out fiat. They also
visit a trimming department, where
any little straggly ends are nicely
rounded off so that they have
more even outline.
Now the dressing of the skins
begins in farnest. They are
brought in piles to a long row of
immense "drums" nearly seven
feet in diameter. There is an open
ing in each drum through which
the skins are dropped into a supply
of sawdust, previously treated with
their own compounds. When these
big drums begin to operate, the
skins are rotated around and
around in this sawdust, until they
are saturated with it. And no
sooner do they get saturated with
it than it has to be taken out
again, in big machines called
"cages." But with it come the i'm
purities and foreign matter which
may be present. One trip to the
drums and cages leaves the skins
Imperial Valley press., 1935-03-07

fairly clean.
Fairly clean" doesn't
mean a thing in this pro-
cess, though-for the next
thing they do is comb
every solitary skin with a
fine steel comb and brush,
by hand. Out comes any
little lurking tangle in the
fur or any bit of stray
sawdust.
Now their real beauty
treatment begins. They
are plucked, sheared, un-
haired, dyed, dried with
dry steam, f1eshed. Every
operation is done by high
ly skilled, highly paid
workmen. Any skin which
developes an imperfection
is discarded.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-03-07
Into Aristocratic HUDSON SEA
Through the Use of Chemicals and Dyes,
EXPERT Hands Turn UnattractiVe Little
Rodents by the Thousands Into the Softest
Blacklist and Most Supple Furs

mirror-like sheen to the top of the
fur. The ground dye is 'paddled"' on.
That is-great vats stand in a row,
filled with the blackets dye you can
imagine. The paddles" are something
in the shape of huge old-fashioned
water wheels. The power is turned on
and the paddles rotate and paddle the
skins around and around in the dye.
When they are thoroughly black the
skins are removed from the dye and
wrung out. But that's not all. No
less than six times this is done. When
a skin is dyed by these furriers it
stays dyed.
The ''top dye" is put on by ma
chine through which the skins are fed
by hand over big belt. They're run
through again and again until the
operator considers the top gloss per-
feet. When they come out of this
operation they are really lovely black
silky "sealskins" to you.
One of the biggest moments, though,
comes next to the last. The skins are
"1eshed." The operator has, attached
upright to a dong table, what looks
like big compass, only the wheel
part is razor-sharp knife about a
foot in diameter. Every skin is held
one by one by an operator against
these knives in such skillful way as
to even up the hide and thin it out to
a certain point where it's thin and
supple enough to present debutantes
with the slim silhouettes they demand
of their fur coats.
Now they're taken to another long
table, along which at intervals there
are "blowers"-the same general sys-
tenn as on our vacuum cleaners. The
skins are held against this current of
air, and every tiny hair is blown out
fluffy and silky and beautiful. Then
they're piled leather to leather and
away they go to be made into Hudson
seal coats. And thereby hangs the tale
of little muskrats.
Imperial Valley press., 1935-03-07


~ said the first seal, rising
with dignity from his seat
on a block of good Alaska ice
How do muskrats get that
way?" 1t was at big seal con-
ference.
81 wish to submit just one case in
point" said he. "a few years ago
several of my finest cousins were Sc
lected to go to New York, there to be
made into sumptuous, thick, warm
coat for rich woman living on Park
Avenue.
"But this is what we are facing,
gentlemen. Just the other day, right
across in the next 30-room apartment,
didn't they discover whole family of
muskrats, mind you, which had been
turned, absolutely turned, gentlemen,
into seal skins! Imagine my cousins
embarrassment! These converted skins
were SO soft, so supple, that they could
be used like piece of velvet, and there
they had been made up into a slim,
swanky coat with the dressmaker touch
that they're mad about in the Big City.
All made of this Hudson seal, as they
call the converted muskrats."
Then followed the story of how a
renowned fur manufacturer perfects
Hudson Seal by new process. The
secret of the perfecting process is
closely treasured, of course. All that
is really known is that through the use
of chemicals and dyes the unattractive
little muskrats are turned by the
thousands by expert hands into the
softest, blacklist and most supple of
Hudson seal.
In the days gone by Hudson seal
was thick, heavy and bulky, fit only to
be made into straight line coats and
wraps. The younger woman could not
be persuaded to choose it for a coat.
With the new custom process, that's
all changed. The seal, instead of being
heavy and unwieldly, is like a piece
of chamois to handle. 1t is the last
word for youthful stylings, rippled col
lars, full sleeves, clever outlines.
1t has been said that a fur cutter
needs two things-a pelt and a tenn
permanent. The highly technical meth
DDS involved in all fur-coat making re-
quire skill that seems nothing short
Of magic. A good furrier can make a
skin longer or shorter, can make one
into two or two into one without any
deterioration in the quality of the fur.
In the making of Hudson seal, the
magic of the trade is doubly empha-
sized, for no muskrat would ever
recognize himself once he has been in
corporated into Hudson seal coat.
Close by to New York the factory of
the inventors of the new technique
which renders fur as soft and drap-
able as satin, permits an intimate
glimpse of the transformation process.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-04
LOWER PRICES
/. ON COAL INVITE
PURCHASE NOW
Monument Company Yards
Stocked for Those Who
Buy Early.

Richard w. Tubbs, president and
manager, Of the Monument Coal
Co., 7O1 E. Westinghouse, declared
today:
The wise coal buyer will stock
his next years supply of coal now.
The new summer prices are now IN
effect, and with the miners work
ing hours and wages yet unsettled
all types Of coal will. in all proba-
bility. be considerably higher in the
future"
The Monument Coal Co. has an
ticipated the needs of their GUS
toners and have stored in its yards
large stock of fine Goals of all
kinds and is now preparing to make
deliveries at these new reduced
summer prices.
Mr. Tubbs further states that
drivers have been instructed to be
especially careful of customers
yards and shrubbery in making de-
liverieS at this time of the year.
This company has a reputation for
prompt, courteous and efficient
delivery system, with the slogan. "A
phone call starts a truck" and it
takes pride in keeping this true
statement, regardless of conditions
or circumstances.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-04
LUMBER FIRM
NOW OCCUPIES
NEW QUARTERS
BrOokSide Company Moves
for First Time in
rs Years.

The Brookside Lumber Company
located on Massachusetts-av for
twenty-five years has moved its
plant and yard to 1850 E. 28th-st,
four squares east of College-av on
the Monon railroad. This new loca-
| ton IS the former one Of the Dynes-
Pohlman Lumber Co. The Brook
side Lumber Company has been re-
Incorporated and the Offices of the
new company are the same as that
of the old company. They are Amelia
Galloway, president; w. j. Good
win, president and, H. J. Gallo
way, secretary treasurer.
It is the opinion of those who are
acquainted with the new location
that the facilities and general lay
out is uneXcelled by any lumber
company in this city.
The BrOOkSide company carries a
complete stock Of all kinds Of hard
and soft wood, building materials,
window and door screens, paints and
roofing materials.
The BroOkside planning mill has
been well known for number of
years for fine quality of all kinds of
special mill work. 1t also has been
very successful for a number of
years in the manufacture of green
houses. With the added modern ia
cilities and conveniences at the new
location the company is promising
to serve all old customers, and new
ones as we'll, with better lumber and
mill products.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-04

Seekers of
Pleasure Go
to Bermuda

For those desiring delightful year.
round weather. it is the suggestion
Of R. a. Kurtz, travel manager Of
the Union Trust Company. 124 E.
Market-st, that they visit Bermuda.
Mild and equable, the average
temperature throughout 1882 was
Il degrees, which was one degree
above the normal average Of 20 de-
grees for the last > years. No sud-
den changes and no great rises or
falls occur, the average daily range
Of temperature being 10 degrees and
the greatest range IN any day Of 20
degrees. Frost and snow never Oc-
cur, While extreme heat and hui
Nudity are rare.
The prevailing breeZeS are south
erly, with an average velocity of 1t
miles an hour. This lnSureS cool
breezeS at all times, giving cool
nights and making warm days in
midsummer seem cooler than the
temperature indicates.
Rainfall is usually of brief dur
alton ana the skies clear very quick
~ after a shower. There is no rainy
season and no month in which rain
fall is excessive, nor sufficient 10
interfere seriously with continuous
enjoyment of outdoor recreation.
Visitor of all tastes can find IN
Bermuda exactly what they desire in
the way of hotels and guests houses,
with wholesome food, bright. WELL
ventilated rooms, comfortable beds.
electric lights, telephones and all
modern convenienccs.
Those who desire gaiety, dancing,
and contact with numbers of per-
sons naturally go to the larger no
tells; those who seek a Queter mode
Of life go to the smaller hotels and
guests houses. All hotels and guest
houses wherever located are con-
venint to the main lines Of travel
and the bathing beaches, and sew
eral have swimming pools.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-04
OvERHEATINC OF
AUTO DAMAGING
Official of Off Co. Cites
Need for Flushing
of Radiators.

Clogged auto radiators in many
cases are the cause of over-heated
motor, states Al of, an official Of
the C. Off Company, 1O7 N. Easiest,
The Off company is offering Spe-
cial flushing and cleaning for the
cooling system of automobiles. With
the radiator still on the car, the
flushing is done under pressure, re-
moving harmful material which
might accumulate within it and also
cleaning the radiator of any anti
freeze mixture. Mr.. Off further ex-
planned that expensive motor repair
bills develop if overheating of the
motor is not taken care of at the
proper time.
With SO years experience in In
dianapOlis, the Off company is said
to be one of the oldest firms in the
city in this line of work, specializing
in body, fender, top and radiator
repair and also frame and axle
Strengthening.
The firm also maintains a COM
piete woodworking department for
body rebuilding, inStalls window
glass, repairs tops and installs all
types of accessories.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-04
SPECIALITY MADE OF
RADIATOR CLEANING
Home Company Established
20 Years AGO.

The Acme Radiator Co., located
for more than II years at 623 N.
Illinois-st, is for a short time offer
ing a spring automobile radiator
clean-out at an attractive, reason
able price.
The cooling system is thoroughly
cleaned with a non-harmful chem
ical solution, and all winter alcohol
and rust is removed to prevent DAM
age to hose and other rubber con-
nectiOns.
This warning was given by Al
Terstegge, company owner and man
ager:
Don't overhead your cars mo-
tor this summer as it is extremely
harmful to all running parts. Drive
you car in now for cooling system
service"
The Acme company is one of the
oldest exclusive radiator and auto
cooling repair establishments in the
city.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-04
Indiana Company Also
Offers Variety of Paints
and Cleaners.

During these spring days while
decorating, painting and house
cleaning are uppermost in the mind
of the housewife, the Indiana Wall
Paper Co., % E. Maryland-st, offers
the home owner a most complete
line of wall papers, paints and
cleaning compounds.
Serving the major part of the
wholesale trade in Indiana through
dealers and decorators, this company
has on hand at all times one of the
largest and most extensive lines OF
wall papers and paints in this Sec
ton.
Unusual designs that formerly
were shown in only the higher
priced papers can now be obtained
in moderate priced papers, such as
brocaded, silk effects and satin
stripes. Water-fast wall paper with
non-fading colors is carried IN
stock
Home owners can find paint for
every purpose. Nationally known
lines such as Anchor, American
Home and Kyanzine Super Serv-
ice House Paints. Wall-silk for
bath rooms and kitchens, easy to
apply, easy to wash, and a COM
plete line Of Kyanize paint products
All of the paints carried by the In
diana Wall Paper Co. are of the
highest grade ana according to Her
bert o. Jose, president and general
manager, contain no water.
A new screen painting device to
easily and quickly apply screen
enamel is given with each can OF
screen enamel. The Easy-Way APP
plicator for self polishing floor
wakes and the new type floor var
nishes is supplied with purchase
of either of these products.
Quality, not price, has been the
policy Of this company for the last
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-04
LEGION OPENS
WAR ON u. S.
COLLEGE REDS
Move Is Launched Against
COmmuniStiC Activities
in Universities.

The American Legion today
launched an extensive American
ism designed 10 drive alleged COM
munistic activities from the nation S
colleges and universities and insure
compulsory military training in land
grant colleges.
The campaign was Endorsed at the
Legion's national executive commit
tee session yesterday following ad-
dresses by J. Ray Murphy, Ida
Grove, Ia chairman Of the Ameri-
canism Commission; Harry Col
merry, Topeka, Kas., and Dr.. Thomas
H Healey, Washington.
The committee adopted a measure
restoring the charter 70 the New
Mexico department. which was sus-
pended II months ago on charges
that its officers were playing parti-
san politics A commission was
authorized to supervise the depart
ment until November.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-04
POINTS TO SIGN Of
IMPROVED BUSINESS
Commercial Photographer
Reports Activity.

"One of the most reliable ways of
gauging business conditions is the
number of advertising photographs
ordered by manufacturers and COM
mercial houses states Harry E.
Clark, commercial photographer
associated with the Bretzman Stu
dio, 1927 Fletcher Trust Building.
Mr.. Clark says: Orders received
by us for photographs SO far this
year have far exceeded those Of any
spring in many years"
Besides indianapolis business, Mr..
Clark has been called to all parts
Of Indiana to make photographs.
Furniture factory sales departments
have been especially active in get
ting pictures made of new lines of
merchandise to be shown by sales
men and at exhibits.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-04
Wall Paper of Unusual
Type Moderately Priced
43 years ana has been a dominating
factor in the growth of the firm.
Hire Man Who Knows

Preparation of the surface before
exterior painting work is under
taken is of great Importance. For
this reason, it is the greatest wis
dom. to employ a master painter
who knows fully what needs to be
done, wether it is sandpapering and
busting off the surface to be paint
ed; cleaning cutters; mailing down
loose clapboards and shingles; re-
placing any small pieces that may
be missing; scraping off any loose
paint; touching up bare spots; re-
moving loose putty from sash, or,
if the surface is badly blister3d and
peeled, doing the necessary burning
and scraping.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-04
Color Prophecy

Leading New York decorators are
favoring dark, rich colors for in
terror decoration. According to
House and Garden, wine shades
come firSt-plum, Burgundy, null
berry, raisin. 1t is prophesied much
gray will be seen. White persists,
but it is now combined with vivid
accents. Yellow glows everywhere
and the extensive use of pink is
foretold. Blue is going to be i'm
portant-a dark, bright blue of the
new cool shade known as strato-
sphere.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-04
Floor Painting Idea

In some of the newer game rooms,
checker and backgammon boards
are painted on the floor. These
are made three or four feet square
and the spaces marked in bright
colors contrasting with the rest OF
the painted floor. The checkers
are cut frSm a one-inch thick pine
board and coated with black and
red enamel or lacquer.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-04
TOnight's Radio Tour
NETWORK OFFERINGS
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