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Evening star., 1936-12-24
PERSONAL.

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waHs VAT EEa sSoqssory wTa Room sS
Westory Bldg. 18th and F Open Sun. 9. m
HEMORRHoIDs ERADICATED BY MY
own own method; Results 1 effective fST 2 life, iM.
druss s y or VnnS suTsery. ETY. DR, so%MGRWERcK' sc
1855 Columbia I'd Adams 03S8.
PHI PHYsIO-THERAPY. ELEC. CAB. BATHS.
intrs.red rays sun 100 room s1Ss SCI
FOR HIRE-NEw TUxEDoS, FULL DRESS IS
and complete accessories. Ace" 1927 7th
PHYsIo-THERAPY TREATMENTS. COL
dence or mine; hours. 1913 Decatur 2134.
CHILDREN-COUNTRY BOARD NoUR-
ishing food. careful supervision. sports;
school. near; 18th year: reference Box 3D.
PHONE YOUR CHRIsTMAs REsERXA-- "a :
ner. Greet your friends before the hackSEy e SE.
1880 ioz: n p.6 Go'0J1fl JUL1A scoTT HEksHBER:
GER. Hunserford Tavern. Rockville. Md
3O25 o. West I12O.
IN OLD ST. AUGUSTINE sIx-ROOM
home on the water; two baths, steam heat,
sarage; $500. Address Box 34o-x. Star
dinner served December 25. 1890 to 8,
under supervision Of Miss Sudderth.
Adults. 81. Children. Soc. Free parking.
lumbia 5000.
WHEN DEATH STRIKES A FAMILY
there is no need to feel that they must
e sPt inferior fSns1.l services s due to n,
w W. Chambers Co offers o complete
funeral. cars and all for as little as s75.
teed steel burial vault may be had from
Chambers for SS5. In case Of death call
the Greater W w. Chambers Co.. l4th st..
corner Chaplin Nv. Columbia 0432. Phone
or write our address We will send you .
beautiful catalogue Of how we do it. 400
Chapi" st. NV. phone Columbia 0432. SIT
11th st s.e.. phone Atlantic 6700.
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MONEY

and substitute figures tor the letters 80
that q correct addition problem re-
suits, I'll send you money. Different
letters equal different numbers, but, of
course, some letters equal some num-
bers."
II you had been Percy, would you
have gotten the money?
Evening star., 1936-12-24
HELP WOMEN.

BOOKKEEPER AND CASHIER, with INSTALL
ment store experience; steady position.
Reply. stating age. salary and experience.
Address Box 9-Z. Star ONCE.
BOOKKEEPER experienced for grocery
store. New York Kosher Meat Market
1902 GEORGIA ave. NV.
GIRLS over Is years of age for curb serv-
ice. Meals and TIPS. Apply 5l11 Georgia
ave. NV.
MAID. colored. with hotel experience only:
medium weight and heisht: must be neat
and willing worker: 6-day week. Apply in
person. with reference. Ritz Hotel, 92O
z ST. NV
MANICURIST. experienced. Apply Barber
ShoD. 925 9th st. NV.
PROTESTANT LADY as companion house
keepe' for widow; references. 1854 Mt.
Pleasant st. NV.
SECRETARY with bookkeeping experience
State age. experience. references and SAL
ary expected to start with. Address Box
349-X. Star once. 26'
WAITRESS neat. over IS. Apply 1901
WAITRESS. white. neat. over 21 years
preferably living in vicinity. Apply White
Horse Inn. 42Il r. ]. ave, Brentwood Md.
MATTRESSES. experienced. neat. attractive.
Apply Sill Georgia ave. NV.
$500 14th ST NV mattresses. expert
enced restaurant and soda fountain; good
wages
Evening star., 1936-12-24

WOOD WORKING MACHINERY used:
planers. rip and cross-cut saws. molders
doyetailer. tuning lathe shafting, pulleys
land ave. s.w. TELEPHONE National 11O4-5.
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MOTOR TRAVEL.

CENTRAL GEORGIA. DECEMBER q. RE-
turning January 3: or 4 passengers, one
way Sc: round trip. SO; 1885 Oldsmobile:
radio heater. Atlantic 56S7-W.
LADY DRIVING FLORIDA CHRISTMAS
holidays will supply car and fuel for driver
furnishing satisfactory references. Address
Box :'5O-X Star of1ice.
WANT 5 PASSENGERS TO N. Y. CITY
Friday morning; l cent mile: 9-pass. limou-
sine Phone North 6106.
MAN. COLORED. DRIVING LA SALE Sc
dan TO Phila.. Pa. Thurs. midnight: room
for 4: returning Sunday. Hillside 0465-W.
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HELP DOMESTIC.

WOMAN, white stay or 60 home nights;
employed couple. Q school children: refer
0nces. 3906 window ri. NV.
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MISCELLANEOUS FOR SALE.
RUGS.
Imported Oriental Designs
-SHAe-

Imported Oriental Designs.
CHRISTMAS SPECIALS-OPEN TO 10 Pm.
Room sizes So so to S24.5O: scatters as
low as 15c: and IL fl. runners S3a5
and S4 95. RUG MART, 1404 Girard NV.
RE-UPHOLSTERING.
Three-piece living room suite upholstered
for S45: covering and new inside material
included: made like new in finest tapestry
and friezette workmanship guaranteed.
LA FRANCE UPHOLSTERY CO.
e509 l4th ST. NV COLUMBIA 101Tc.
RUGS, IMPORTED AND
DOMESTIC.
Wide selection. all sizes at large savings.
Room sizes. 9.95 10 S29.15: Scatters. hall
runners. New patterns weekly.
CAPITOL RUG COMPANY,
1921 18th ST. NV.
CAT Harvard. Open EVENINGS.
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SITUATIONS MEN.

OVssSs~S "esN.
BARTENDER experienced in mixed drinks;
good references. Phone Lincoln 3S45-R.
to pm. "a"
CHAUFFEUR. colored, neat, reliable. mar
ried; go anywhere; excellent references.
31S Pleasant ct. ne. rear 322 H st. ne.
CHAUFFEUR (coiored) desires place in
ence. Decatur 4359-W. ask for James.
FILIPINO wants a Job as butler, house,
man and driver: city references. Address
Box 33S-X. Star Office 24s
MAN capable. honest. wide experience in
foreign countries. speaks Spanish fluently
wants position Of trust where ability and
experience can be used to mutual advan-
tage Go anywhere. Excellent refer.
ences. Phone Potomac 2732, "a.
MECHANICAL CRAFTSMAN interested in
1ayouts of air-conditioning. heating, plumb
ing. machine designing or map work,
Permanent. Excellent references Lincoln
1858. Fred williams
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REALITY OPERATORS

Lady Jane is being completely reorgan-
lied Here is an opportunity that comes
once before our capacity is filled If you
are an expert operator and HAVE FOL-
you will be interested in the unusual propo-
sition We are making. All interviews will
be held in strictest confidence. Phone Ma
tional 6132. make your appointment for an
interview now 2Ss
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HELP MEN AND WOMEN.

COLORED COUPLE for private home: must
be experienced in all lines OF housework:
references required; live in. Address Box
SO-Z. Star ONCE
perienced In assembling newspaper clip.
pings and able to Gull intellsent1y State
qualifications. experience and salary de-
sired. address Box liz. Star ONCE.
QUARTERS to reliable colored couple for
care Of furnace and part-time services OF
wife. 3110 Mt. Pleasant st. NV.
Evening star., 1936-12-24

INSTRUCTION COURSES.
HEADQUARTERS for CIVIL SERVICE books
and home study courses with questions and
answers at various prices; quality pays.
BOYD SCHOOL 1893 st. NV
LEARN BEAUTY CULTURE.
EARN WHILE LEARNING.
WARFLYNN BEAUTY COLLEGE.
1018 VT. Ave. NV. (Near R. Dist. 1862.
LEARN BEAUTY CULTURE.
"A Lifetime Christmas Gift"
SPECIAL-Reeular S150 complete course.
$50 Gncluding tools and text book, II
enrolled this month. Individual instruction.
Shop experience. Graduates placed in posi-
tions. Start any time. Easy terms.
MODERN SCHOOL OF BEAUTY CULTURE
1917 F st. NV.
NEW CLASSES START
Jan. 4 in all subjects-Secretarial. Steno-
graphic Calculating Machines ACCOUNT
ING. Bookkeeping. REGISTER EARLY.
BOYD SCHOOL,
1888 r st. tEst. 20 Yrs.) Natl. 1898.
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SALESMAN,
INSTRUCTION COURSES.

HOUsE-TO-HOUSE statesmen; Transport
tation furnished Appis SGT 9th st. NV,
Room 200 between and 10 am.
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VACUUM Gsts GLEANERssensational baT
Airway or Electrolux, with attachments.
S14,75 worth $50 each. Important! Not
Just rebuilt. but factory rebuilt like new
one year. Call Decatur 1894. day or
night. also Sundays until 10 pm. We
demonstrate in your home. No obligation
to buy For best brands call STANDARD
BRANDS. 1888 14th st. NV. Decatur 1854.
cRs
Evening star., 1936-03-21
Innocent Victims.

II Is unfortunate that the innocent
victims of what appears to have been
q misunderstanding, certainly o mis-
apprehension, over the availability Of
certain local funds are children whose
disabilities demand extraordinary SYM
pathy.
Some months ago DR.. Ballou reported
TO the Board of Education that funds
for the transportation of physically
handicapped children to and from school
were not suficient to pay such costs for
the remainder Of the current fiscal year.
He presented two alternatives-curtail-
ment Of the service at that time in order
to make the money last. or continuation
Of normal service with the prospect Of
incurring q deficit, to be remedied by
O deficiency or supplemental appropria-
tien. The board decided upon the latter
course, DR.. Ballou having been given to
understand that the Budget Bureau
would authorize additional funds.
The bureau has declined the authori-
cation, with the result that bus service
for these afiicted children will be dras-
tically curtailed for the remainder OF the
year. What does that mean3 Children
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suffering from tuberculosis will be fur.

suffering from tuberculosis will be fur.
nished carfare. Those who are strong
enough will ride crowded street cars
and buses. Those not strong enough
must cut short their schooling. Some
twenty-six crippled children must be
taken by their parents to designated
points-which in some cases involves
relatively long journeys-where busses
will pick them up. Forty-three children
attending special sight-conServation
classes will be put to the same incon-
venience. Either that or cut short the
schooling the community owes them.
Why Is 1t that the District must SO
frequently be subjected to the penalties
of official Misunderstanding and that
few orderly programs of any sort can be
carried out without being halted or
radically changed through the decision
of some Federal official or bureau, not
responsive to community needs? The
divided authority over expenditure Of
funds derived from local taxation is q
constant source Of difiiculties, depriving
local officials of the small authority they
possess in administration Of municipal
functions.
Evening star., 1936-03-21
Enthusiastic and Generous
Response to Relief Plea

To the Editor Of The Star:
The deluge which overwhelmed many
parts of our beloved land carries with
it an important lesson. Amidst these
catastrophe events one must discern not
only the deplorable loss Of life and the
terrible plight which engulfed so many
of our countrymen, but it is also the
readiness of our faithful and compassion
ate citizenry stretching out an immedi-
ate helpful hand to the unfortunate
victims of the flood that is noteworthy to
record. I understand that in this serious
emergency the appeal of the Red Cross
that great humanitarian institution
is being enthusiastically and generously
met. If only in normal times each one
of us should say, Eyes, am my brothers
keeper" most of the evils prevailing in
modern maladjuSted society would grad
ually but surely disappear.
1t is profoundly interesting to observe
that the ancients used to look upon such
calamities as the present flood as viSi-
tation by the Deity upon the people for
their transeressions and inhuman con-
duct toward one another. So were the
deluge In Noah's days and the earth
quakes of Sodom and Gomorrah, In Abra-
hams times, interpreted.
Let us accept the horrors OF the past
few days as merely the result Of natural
phenomena, but let us also stop and
deeply reflect upon the finer qualities
which live within us, to the end that We
may really and truly, in an American
way, whether in prosperous or distress
ing periods, at all times. extend friendly
hand to our fellow men, and say "Yes, I
am my brothers keeper"
MARGARET 8. SNEAD.
Evening star., 1936-03-21
Do Your Part!

For those still alive, the menace OF sud-
den death and destruction has receded
with the flood waters. 1t Is followed by
the less terrifying but even more wide
spread menace of suffering, stark pri-
vation, hunger and disease. To meet
this new emergency the American RED
Cross has appealed to the citizens for aid
in the form of cash donations. That
aid must be sent swiftly, surely, in
race with death itself.
The task confronting the Red Cross
is enormous. One of the most destruc-
tive floods in history has left broad
path of desolation, difficult for the for
tunate who escaped to picture. Thou
sands have lost everything-their homes,
their possessions and even their ability
to rely on community assistance. In
some localities water service, sewer serv-
ice, all the taken-for- granted protec-
tions against disease, have been de-
stroyed. Men and women and children
are homeless, without food or clothing
or even adequate shelter against the
cold.
The Red Cross is charged with prac-
tically exclusive responsibility in dealing
with this immediate emergency. 1t is
rushing food, medicine, clothing into
the devastated districts, organizing the
work Of finding shelter for the homeless.
1t is the organization set up and main
tanned by the American people to act in
such emergencies. Its plans have been
made in advance, like those Of an army
prepared for sudden attack. Once under
way, its forces will move with precision
under the direction of those skilled In
the business of emergency relief.
But to function the Red Cross de-
pends, as always, upon the sympathetic
generosity of the people. The Red Cross
is merely the agent of the people. put
ting into helpful, skilled action the
otherwise unorganized impulse common
to mankind to help the unfortunate,
alleviate the suffering and rescue those
in danger. No appeal of the American
Red Gross has ever been made in vain.
No appeal Of the American Red Cross
ever deserved more immediate response.
Congress and the Legislatures of the
afflicted States are to deal with the more
complex question Of reconstruction.
But the immediate question is the pro-
vision Of quick relief in an emergency.
The Red Cross, with your help. viii
attend to that. Do your part!
Evening star., 1936-03-21
STARS, MEN AND ATOMS
Notebook of Science Progress in Field,
Laboratory and Study.
BY THOMAS r. HENRY.

One Of the most potent of war ex-
plosives promises to be a noteworthy
agent in checking the spread Of such
epidemic maladies as encephalitis and
infantile paralysis.
Experiments on checking infections
with the viruSes of these dreaded dis
eases with picric acid have just been re-
ported by DR.. Charles Armstrong and
DR.. w. T. Harrison of the United States
Public Health Service.
In war this intensely bitter yellow
powder, when mixed with other ingredi-
ents and placed in shells. was a terrible
agent of death. The Public Health Serv-
ice doctors simply spray minute
amount of it in the nose. They used
mice and monkeys to test its efficacy in
preventing virus infection, but they also
sprayed it in their own nostrils to de-
termine whether it had any harmful
effect on human beings. They found
none.
1t now is generally recognized that the
nerve tracts of the nose constitute one
of the routes-perhaps the principal one
by which the extraordinary minute
organisms responsible for these diseases
make their way into the human nervous
system. For year or more DR.. Arm
strong and DR.. Harrison have been
searching for some substance which
would serve as an effective bar to this
unprotected portal, wide open for any
disease germs which might be in the
atmosphere. Earlier experiments indi-
Gated that alum had q notable effect in
increasing resistance, perhaps because OF
its well-known 'puckering" effect which
made 1t more difficult for the organisms
to get foothold. First the nostrils Of
mice would be sprayed with an alum
solution and then drops of solution
containing one OF the viruses would be
given. It was found that fewer animals
developed the disease than in cases
where no alum was used.
They then set to work to test other
substances-among them cobra venom,
salt water, plain distilled water. formalin,
zinc and ammonium chlorides, tannic
acid, lead acetate, sea water, thymol and
quinine hydrochloride. Some showed no
effect at all. Others were effective, but
extremely irritating to the nostrilS. Some
of them, in fact, killed the animals used
in the experiments.
The best effects were obtained with
picric acid, either pure or mixed with
alum. From 80 to 100 per cent Of the
mice and monkeys so treated did not
develop the disease. Nearly all developed
1t without such protection.
The effect of the picric acid instilla-
ton In the nose, Drs. Armstrong and
Harrison report, is not confined to pro-
lection against the -viruses which
get into the body directly through this
portal and thence, by way of the olefac-
tory nerve tract, to the tissues of the
brain. They tried the protection afforded
In cases where the polinmyelitis vir,A
Evening star., 1936-03-21

Star from Sanford, Fla, the Central and
South Florida Water Conservation Com
mittee is sending "forty crates of the
finest Florida celery" as token of ap-
probation to the thirty-nine Senators
whose votes Tuesday killed the proposed
appropriation for the cross-State canal"
Senator Vandenberg, the announcement
boldly declares, "for his outstanding op-
position got two crates"
Now, is that lobbying or is 1t not
lobbying? Is the Black committee sure
that the Senators were not promised in
advance that II they voted against the
Florida canal project they would be re-
warded by a crate Of celery? Is there q
single Senator, weighing his vote against
a crate of celery, who would not be in
fluenced in favor Of celery? The fact
that the celery has been sent after, and
not before, the vote is not important.
If Senator is rewarded once he will
know where to expect rewards later.
If he has earned crate of celery is
there anything to make him believe that
next time he may not receive crate
Of lettuce, or even spinach, by "voting
right?
Something should be done to stop this
ex post facto lobbying. The thirty-nine
Senators should be ordered to the stand
and grilled. Their mail should be looked
into. And Senator Vandenberg is on a
very hot spot indeed. He is to get two
crates OF celery, when one should be
enough to convict any man. The people
Of this country must be protected against
the celery interests. The Government,
as o matter of fact, should take over
the celery business.
Evening star., 1936-03-21
Federated Churches.

The Scriptures snow tnAt tnere Is
Divine injunction to the end that the
faithful should be united in service.
Christ in His own ministry taught the
righteousness, the power and the sacred
eficiency of cooperative effort. The
sole commandment that He personally
laid upon His followers, 1t Is said, was:
THAT We love one another" ..
But the point need not be overstressed.
The fact that religious fellowship should
be integrated and correlated requires no
argument at this late day. In the cur
rent era of confusion and distress no one
would presume to agitate for separation
or disunion. An emergency exists, and
the challenge of it is widely recognized.
Hence the trend toward mutual tolerance
and charity and pragmatic brother
hood. Those who have eyes willing to
see find the symptoms of a new idealism
everywhere.
Yet probably there are individuals who
have not realized that they may help.
The annual campaign to raise modest
funds to sustain the Washington Fed
Grafton of Churches, then, supplies an
opportunity which ought not to be missed.
Firstly, it provides an occasion for re-
viewing the enterprises sponsored by the
association to which one hundred and
twenty-seven congregations belong
educational, missionary, social service,
prison, Juvenile Court, hospital and re-
lief efforts of notable variety and high
utility.
And secondly, the drive affords q
demonstration of the basic democracy
Of corporate striving toward ideal pur-
pose. None of the children of God are
shut out from His cause. All are equally
blessed in the privilege of giving of ma
terial means, labor of mind or body as
circumstances permit. Some can spare
much; some but little. The wish to
participate, not merely the gift itself, is
what signifies.
The Nations Capital, surely, will not
fail to prove its Christian character, pro-
gressively and with ever r-increasing dedi-
cation, this year and throughout the
years to come. For the moment 1t should
only be added that the harvest will de-
pend upon the sowing, the fruits Of the
future upon the planting Of the present
season.
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was injected directly into the blood
stream.
OF nine monkeys so treated, only two
developed the fatal disease. OF nine
subjected to intrayenouS injection with
out the picric acid installation in the
nose, six died of poliomyelitis. This
leads to the tentative hypothesis that
the disease does not reach the brain
through the blood stream unless the
virus passes from the blood to the OLE
factory tract. The picric acid did not
afford complete protection.
This" reports DR.. Armstrong, SIS
possibly to be explained by the assump-
ton that certain portions Of the nasal
membranes inaccessible to intranasally
instilled picric acid are likewise inacces-
sible to virus by the same route, but
accessible to virus from the blood stream.
1t is conceivable, however, that infec-
ton from the blood stream into the
central nervous system may occasionally
take place, either at levels Of the men,
brane too deep to be Influenced by picric
acid applied to the surface, or even by
a more direct escape of virus from the
blood vessels, especially following severe
shock"
The only cases in which the picric
acid protection failed were those in
which the virus was injected directly
into the brain.
The time interval over which a single
picric acid instillation afforded protec-
ton was tested. In most cases monkeys
inoculated with the virus seven days
after the instillation did not develop the
disease, but the results were quite un-
certain. The protection seemed to hold
perfectly for four-day interval.
Says the report: "Picric acid appar-
emily produced no general nl-effect in
mice or monkeys, nor did it produce
changes detachable by ordinary patho-
logical methods in the nasal mucous
membranes. That it exerts its protec-
ton through local action is indicated
by the fact that picric acid intranasally
administered to mice apparently anords
no protection against intracerebrally
inoculated virus. This local action may
consist In some alteration in the nasal
membranes which render them less
permeable to the virus, although 1t Is
conceivable that the drug, either free
or united with the cells OF these struc-
lures, may exert a direct effect on the
virus ITSELF" .
While various poliomyelitis vaccines
have been introduced in the past few
years, their protective value has been
debatable. No protective vaccine or
serum has been developed against en-
cephalitis. Practically every Summer for
the past five years there have been epi-
denies of one or the other Of these dis
eases in some part Of the country. Med
ical science has had little to offer against
them.
The picric acid instillation developed
by the Public Health Service doctors
appears to be the most effective pre-
yentive measure yet devised.
Evening star., 1936-03-21
Shooting Stars.
BY PHlLANDER JOHNSON.

Slumber Song.
When you have troubles that involve
some calculation deep
And make you fear that soon you may
be walking in your sleep,
Go tell 'em to your Congressman. En-
tighten him until
He shows his sympathy and says he'll
introduce bill.
And when the bill is introduced it makes
O little bow,
Then gets acquainted with the crowd Of
others, which till now
Have vainly waited, while the months
went drifting on their way.
To get an opportunity to have their
little say.
What you have told your Congressman.
you fear has been forgot,
You call again and feel that you would
like to say q lot.
But he takes 1t from the pigeonhole and
puts it on display.
1t joins the chorus with the other bills
that sing Some Day."
Evening star., 1936-03-21
The Sinister Celery Scandal.

Something sinister is taking place or
about to take place that ought to make
the Senate Lobby Investigating Commit
tee sit up and take notice and round up
all kilograms and letters passing between
washington and the State Of Florida. It
concerns celery-celery by the crate-and
the proposed Florida ship canal. Ac-
cording to q document received by The
Evening star., 1936-03-21
A Rhyme at Twilight
By .
Gertrude Brooke Hamilton
Earth's Shifts.

Earth's Shifts.
Beyond the dawn the glory of high noon,
Beyond the noon the respite OF the even,
Beyond the dusk the splendor OF the
moon,
Beyond the moon the lure of midnight
heaven. >s
C.
Beyond bright childhood the gay span
Of youth, ~
Beyond glad youth maturity's grim
fight, "a
Beyond maturity old age and truth. =.
Beyond old age the One Unchangins
Light. =.