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The Washington times., 1936-12-09
Il HEO WASE@IN0ToN'@ hS
ID Heroes 1nRzUe 9
John E. Thompson's Many Friends Proved an Asset
In Helping Him Solve Battling Cases;
Ran Police Nine

When John E. Thompson Joined
the Metropolitan Police Depart
ment back in 1900, he decided the
best thing for q policeman to do
was make lots Of friends.
And so successful was he in
this that he solved many crimes
through information furnished
him by his friends.
And so successful was he in
this that he solved many crimes
through information furnished
him by his friends.
Shortly after he Joined the de-
partment he was given informs
ton that led to the arrest Of Q
man who had killed two men in
a grocery store holdup, and later
he solved another battling murder.
Several times he narrowly es-
capped death in gun battles with
criminals but always managed to
get his man.
In 1918 he helped organize and
was named assistant manager Of
the police baseball team, and
always showed much interest in
this organization.
Following his retirement with
the rank of sergeant he was one
The Washington times., 1936-12-09
CURLEY FETED
BYCATH0LICS

The Catholic Charities of Wash
ington have spent $53,2S2 since
the beginning Of the year, accord,
ing to the annual report given by
the Rev. Lawrence J. ,Shehan,
assistant director, at meeting of
the organization at the Hotel Will
lard last night.
A total of Ala families received
aid for periods Of a month or
more, while 67l cases received
emergency care, the report showed.
Board members and other Of
ficerS were elected. The Rt. Rev.
John O'Grady will remain as di-
rector, and the Rev. Lawrence j.
Shehan will continue as assistant
director.
Prior to the meeting a recep-
ton was held, honoring Arch.
bishop Michael j. Curley, of Balti.
more, who was the guest speaker.
The Washington times., 1936-12-09
MR.. SIMPSON
SHUNSPUBLIC
IN CRISIS
BY KINGsBURY SMITH

LONDON, Dec. 9 Q.N.S).
With the same modest self-efface-
ment that has characterized his
entire life, Ernest Aldrich Simp'
son, divorced husband Of the
"most-talked-of woman in the
world" is playing the role of for
gotten man in the marriage crisis
that has rocked the world.
Seldom seen in public, Simpson
remains in the background. He
dined with his father last night
and is to dine with close friends
tomorrow, but his engagements
these days are almost invariably
in the clustered confines Of the
Guards Club or some equally pr1-
Vate place.
Lives At His Club
Simpson, a former officer in the
crack Coldstream Guards, lives at
the Guards Club. He goes to his
ship brokerage office in st. Mary's
Axe Zone of the weirdly-named
side streets in the financial dis
trict) daily, and by unspoken
agreement, the name OF Mrs
wallis Warfield Simpson or the
decision with which King Edward
now is graphing are never men
toned by his associates.
The only time Simpson has
emerged into public notice since
Mrs. Simpsons divorce action was
heard at Ipswich some weeks ago
was when he met Mrs. jacques
Raffray, an old friend, on her ar
rival at Southampton from New
York.
Sees Her Often
He escorted her to her Hyde
Park apartment in London, but
refused all interviews, and then
resumed his self.chosen obScurity.
Simpson sees Mrs. Raffray fire.
quently, but they rarely appear in
public.
Simpson remains, to his close as.
Sociates, a good-natured, soft.
spoken Englishman. His social
position has not ben affected by
recent events, although he is less
in the company Of the Kings own
circle of friends than when he
and his wife lived together.
His friends assert he still has
deep and abiding affection for
Mrs. Simpson and that he feels
no bitterness.
The Washington times., 1936-12-09
No More Gas
In Stomach
and Bowels

If you wish to BE- quickly relieved OF
gas in stomach and bowels, take Basl-
mann's Gas Tablets, which are prepared
especially for stomach gas and all the
bad effects resulting from gas pressure.
That empty, Enawing feeling at the
pit of the stomach will disappear; that
anxious, nervous feeling with heart
palpitation due to gss will vanish, and
you will again be able to take q deep
breath without discomfort.
That drowsy, sleepy feeling after dinner
will be eliminated. Gas bloating will
cease. Your limbs, arms and fingers will
no longer feel cold and "go to sleep"
as result Of gaS pressure because
Baalmann's Gas Tablets prevent gas from
interfering with the circulation. Get the
genuine, in the yellow package, at any
good drug store
The Washington times., 1936-12-09

of the charter members Of the
police association, and served as
secretary for seven years.
Since retirement he has served
as an adjuSter for a taxicab COM
pany, and resides with Mrs.
Thompson at 5000 Eighteenth
st. N. E.
The Washington times., 1936-12-09

Rogers w. and L. Captain
LEXINGTON, Va, Dec. 9.-Will
Rogers, Of Petersburg, Va, was
elected football captain for 1887
at washington and Lee.
Evening star., 1936-04-26

very simple. A piece of beaver board
or corrugated cardboard the size Of
the rear Of your stage can be painted
to represent any scene needed. For
instance. a woodland scene can be ar
ranged as indicated in the diagram.
The backdrop can be painted with
more trees to indicate a deep forest,
or with sky to represent open woods.
1t is also possible to use wallpaper,
If you can find design that is ap-
propriate to your play. Be sure to
choose something that will represent
a scene of the right size for your pup
pets. The puppets will not be more
than IS inches tall so you can judge
the background objects accordingly.
The scenery can be fastened into
the stage box by means of string or
hooks, and screw-eyes. Cut two holes
in the lower corners Of the backdrop,
so that your arms can be put through
to operate your puppets.
The operator of the puppets, who
is called the puppeteer, sits in chair
behind the stage and is hidden by the
scenery. The puppeteer's elbows rest
on the table below the little built-up
stage. and this gives him good posi-
ton for operating the puppets.
In setting the stage for a puppet
play, doll furniture can be used if you
do not wish to build the properties
yourself. Small electric light bulbs
can be fastened to a board and laid
IN little trniInh hinoad halAr1-
the inside of the stage opening. These
will act as footlights and will light
your scenes very nicely.
Evening star., 1936-04-26

a keyhole saw. Then attach the cross
feet to the Dashboard. Attach the
bumper post to the Dashboard with
nails and heavy screws. On top Of this
post attach the bumper arm with a
long bolt through holes bored in the
arm, so the arm can be moved back
and forth to adjust and regulate the
arc OF the throw. The nut on the
bolt will hold the arm In place.
The throwing arm is hinged to the
Dashboard. The rubber band spring is
placed over the top of the humping
post and the ends are fastened securely
to the end Of the throwing arm.
Wittie the trigger arm from a 2 by
4, cutting the deep notch with band
saw, and then pivot it in the slot in
the Dashboard so that it will hold the
throwing arm down until you are ready
to release it for pitch. Pulling back
on the trigger arm releases the throw
ing arm, which is pulled up with the
rubber spring and bumps against the
humping arm. The impact catapults
the ball, which is placed in tin can
nailed to the throwing arm.
BY using a very heavy rubber spring
you can throw a base ball great dis
tances and high in the air. This cata-
putt can also be aimed to toss looping
ball toward a batter.
Evening star., 1936-04-26


the beaten path, and instead
of the usual trick we have a
sort of magic puzzle.
Efect.-An ordinary finger ring is
tied on the end of a piece of twine
The magician holds this piece of twine
in his right hand, resting his elbow on
the table.
Now, any girl resting her hand
under the ring will find that the ring
will move in a circular motion. while
any boy placing his hand under the
ring will find that it moves in a
straight forward and backward motion
Any one may watch, but the person
who is holding the string does not
make any movement at all to influence
the direction in which the ring moves
Explanation ring on the
string" has been heralded as marvel
GUS mystic talisman for several hun
dred years, and has been sold under
all imaginable names for prices rang
ing from fabulous sums down to 2s
cents.
Its peculiar behavior is due entirely
to unnoticeable muscular motion, and
to suggestion. The ring will actually
do what you want it to, although you
don't know that you are influencing
it at all.
Another interesting thing is that
the ring will not move at all unless the
person holding it knows which way it
should move, For instance, if you let
a person hold the ring and he doesn't
know anything about the puzzle, even
though a person holds his hand under
the ring, absolutely nothing will hap
pen. This only goes to prove that the
Evening star., 1936-04-26
old Timer Tells
OF Thrilling Fight
In Wildcats Den
By Ell C0manch0.

THE common wildcat or "bobcat,"
as he is called by trappers and
outdoor folks in general. is full of
trouble all the time. He has the
meanest disposition of all the wilder
ness animals. He will fight his own
mother or brother or sister and is
always mean and quarrelsome. He is
sly as fox and a clever thief, yet he
will walk right into trap that an
other animal would avoid.
He is also bully and coward.
but if crowded or cornered he will
fight to his last breath and a more
wicked fighter never lived. He is
treacherous and ungrateful and can
never be tanned, petted or trusted.
This is the creature with which
once had single-handed fight, with
no weapon but short, heavy club.
And, believe me, that was fight to
date everything else from!
One day many years ago, ran into
an old miners prospect hole" up in
Montana. 1t was partly caved in,
but 1 wanted to- find out what the
miner had been looking for, so I
climbed down into it where one wall
had caved in, half filling the hole with
broken rocks and rubbish.
In falling, the rocks had formed
small cavern under the debris and
when got down level with this cave
like hole, I got real surprise. An old
mama wildcat and two small kittens
were using it for home.
When the old cat saw me, she
rushed out, snarling. making sounds
that could not be considered music in
any sense of the word. I grabbed
short, broken piece of a pine limb
which had fallen into the hole and
prepared to fight, for couldn't run!
She came at me like furious fur
cannonball, ears back and eyes as
green as sharks, with every tooth
and claw ready for business. l met
mer in mid-air with a blow that
knocked her fiat. But she leaped up
again so quickly that my second blow
was short and lacked punch. How
ever, it luckily caught her squarely on
the nose and dropped her again.
After that it was anybody's fight,
fast and furious for two or three min
utes. with the cat bouncing up. down
and crosSwise like a rubber ball and
me at work with the club. right and
left, as hard as l could swing.
was beginning to get winded from
the fast action and the spotted grey
fury was getting the best of it. She
had already cut my clothes to rags
and seemed as fresh as ever Then I
caught her with full arm blow just
and let me get in three or four more
blows on the head. One of these
cracked her skull and in a few sec
onds the fight was over.
But I was a sight for hospital serv-
ices-clothes cut to ribbons and bleed
ing from a dozen places where the
cats claws had cut me like a knife.
First aid was the order of business
then, so l climbed out, opened my
pack sack, took out my medicine kit
and got busy as quickly as / could.
Such wounds may easily cause blood
poisoning if not attended to at once.
When I had got myself fixed up, !
skinned the old cat and the two kit
tens, then got out of that prospect
hole, glad that I was able to move
Ever since then I haven't liked any
kind of cat.
But I never had found out who dug
that old hole or what he was looking
for when he dug it!
Evening star., 1936-04-26
Riddles

THE Riddle Man gets contributions
from boys and girls everywhere,
but he gets more from those living in
small towns and villages than from
city dwellers. What's the matter with
you city youngsters? Better think
up a good teaser and send it in!
/. What do you eat for breakfast
and drink at dinner?-J~ne Polma-
tier.
2. What a2iEaAis becomes a black
liquid if you cut his head off?-Kath-
ryn J. Wipf.
3. Why is cats tail like the earth?
Emma Schultz.
4. What age does a pig attain?-
Luke Dowd.
S. What word contains all the
vowels in their proper order?-Leroy
Alfred Hummel
ANSWERS.
!. Toast. 2. Mink. 3. Because it's
fur (far) to the end. 4. Sausage. 5.
Facetiously "a, e, /. o, u, -.
Evening star., 1936-04-26

Continued From First Page)
will end with the familiar "Haina ia
mai ana kapuana." which means COL
loquially, This is the end" Thus to
newcomers vacationing in Hawaii and
to old-timers listening in there is an
intimacy to the island music which
becomes part Of all who hear it.
The lei is an everyday part Of ap-
parel for Hawaiians the year around.
On May l every one in Hawaii wears
a garland of flowers-from bankers,
merchants. laymen. judges and police
men to the stevedores on the docks.
Elderly Hawaiian men and women
wear wreaths of flowers while they
work. Kanaka men do not fea dressed
without festoon of fresh petals about
the crowns Of their large woven lau-
hala hats. And women, as they sit
visiting in their yards, weave leis for
pleasure, just as debutantes and moth
ers on the mainland sit and knit.
The lei has a friendly significance
all its own. AS garland Of love and
friendship it has wound itself about
the heartstrings of natives and visitors
alike. Woven as it is by Polynesian
hands, it conveys the meaning of the
native aloha" which carries its mes
sage to those coming to the islands
and to those leaving its shores.
MAY ! is great day for lei ven-
" dors-those honest, sun-parched
Hawaiian men and women who live on
the power of aloha" With their
baskets of leis, freshly woven for the
incoming ships. they sit in the tropic
sun along sidewalks leading to the
piers. About their necks and hat.
bands are the choicest of flowers.
Each strand is jewel of art and can
be bought for half dollar. As the
last ship leaves the pier beautiful leis
OF hundred carnations can be had
for quarter.
Stretched out on boards or tackled to
nearby walls are reserve supplies Of
leis in single strands, later to be
fastened into continuous wreaths
when a sale is made. Barter and
bargain are blended in their smiles as
these career vendors see thousands Of
''malihinis" land within the shadows
Of the Aloha Tower" and see other
thousands sail for lands afar.
Steamer day, combined with Lei
day, is Nirvana to the Honolulu lei
vendor. Thus this week, q. in years
past and years to come. these indigo
nous folk lend charm to Hawaii that
can never be replaced.
Evening star., 1936-04-26
TOW good are you at locating
. buried treasure?

T Tow good are you at locating
- buried treasure?
Study the map carefully.
a = Each square represents one
pace. North is at the top Of the map,
east at the right, and so on. If you
want to 60 northeast eight PAGES.
therefore, you move eight squares
along a diagonal line, up and to the
right.
You can see that there are many
good hiding places for treasure on
this map, and it's up to you to find
just where it is hidden. You start at
the black square beside the haunted
to follow all the directions without
making single mistake, you will
finally reach the treasure.
DIRECTIONS.
From the starting point go northeast
as many PAGES as there are ounces in
half a pound.
II times gives the same product
as Il times 4. go southeast as many
PAGES as there are days in the week.
If the products are not the same re-
turn to the starting point.
Go east as many PAGES as there are
months in the year of less than 81
days.
If America was discovered in l776,
go south 20 PAGES. If it was discovered
in some other year. go north twice as
many PAGES as there are men on a
base ball team.
If the longest day of the year is in
June, go west as many PAGES as there
are months in the year. If the longest
day is in July, go east six PAGES.
If quarter equals two nickels and
a dime, go southeast as many PAGES
as there are inches in a foot If a
quarter equals two dimes and a nickel,
go southwest u PAGES.
Go southeast as many PAGES as the
difference between the number of pints
in quart and the number of days
in week.
Go northeast as many PAGES as there
are years in a decade.
Now where did you find the treas
ure? Better look at the answer and
see if you are right!
ANSWER.
The treasure is hidden in the mine
shaft. To reach it you stand at the
starting point, then go northeast 8
PAGES. southeast PAGES. east PAGES,
north l8 PAGES, west IL PAGES. souh-
east S PAGES and northeast 10 PAGES.
Evening star., 1936-04-26
Pet Bear Learns
That Automobiles
Must Be Avoided

WE'VE had a bear in our town, q
real live black bear. Billy
Wurm caught him up in the North
Woods during a cunning season. It
just happened that the cub wasn't
any bigger than puppy when Billy
found him, and Billy was able to get
him away without being killed by
the mother bear. Perhaps she had
been shot. At any rate. Billy brought
Danny" home and raised him on
bottle.
Danny was mighty friendly and not
bit dangerous. He'd lumber around
the house very seriously, smelling of
everything. and now and then tipping
over a work basket just t. see what
happened. When strangers came to
call Danny would hide behind the
stove or q table and peek out at the
callers.
Billy would box with him and
Danny never tried to hurt. They'd
slap each others hands" gently, and
feint and shoot out blows, and dodge
back and forth.
One day Danny went for a walk
with Billy. They went up the main
street of our village and then Danny
got interested in something across the
street. His chain had been unlocked
and he went over to see what it was.
Halfway across, something on the
pavement attracted him and he bent
his head to smell of it.
Just then q car came driving up.
The driver footed the horn, but
Danny paid no attention. Billy called
out, "Drive up close to him and if he
doesn't move. bump gently. I want
him to know that cars are dangerous"
Well, Danny paid no heed at all to
the horn. The driver edged forward,
nearer and nearer. What would
Danny do If the car touched him?
He'd never had anything like that
happen before! Up came the car.
Up foot, another! Just few inches
now. Danny paved the object in the
street.
Push-h! The car bumper eased
against his rear end.
"Yee-ip!" squealed Danny! And
under him he gathered his legs and
down the street he went. Straight for
home, as fast as he could travel! And
bears can travel very fast, indeed.
Into the house he dashed, and back
Of the stove!
After that he never ventured into
the street unless his master was right
beside him.
After year or so Danny became
too large to have around the house.
and he was given to zoo. I'm going
up to see him some time. Want to
90 along?
Evening star., 1936-04-26
Burnt Bones and Linseed Oil
Form COmm0nest Ink Recipe

Can you imagine burning bones and
mixing the black. sooty stuff which
was left with linseed Oil to make ink?
This is the very commonest recipe
and briefly stated, it is lampblack
and oil. Ordinary printers ink is
probably not made from that excel
lent quality Of lampblack obtained by
burning bones, but from a poorer
quality made by burning moth balls.
But printers inks are the cheapest,
easiest inks to make. Writing inks
have more complicated history.
Ordinary black writing ink is often
made from the gall nuts of oak trees.
These gall nuts are really the homes
of little insects. For the purposes of
making ink they are taken from the
trees, soaked in water. and later treated
with a kind of iron which makes the
extract of the gals turn jet black in
color.
The peculiar acid found in the bark
of oak trees, called tannic acid, is also
used for ink. When iron is added
to this acid it also turns black.
But neither the insect gall nor the
bark ink is practical for fountain pens,
where the ink must be thin to be use
full. So for fountain pens, inks are
made from coal tar. The ink on type
writer ribbons is also made from coal
tar, mixed with glycerln so that 1t
retains its moisture.
s,,I~ ;e r1lf Nf ~
red dyes-magenta, carmine or eosin-
in water or ammonia.
India ink is perhaps the most i'm
perishable of inks. 1t is made by COM
bining lamp black with kind of
gelatin. Water is added when it is
used. India ink is similar to that
wonderful ink used by the ancient
Egyptians and Chinese on manuscripts
still unfaded after centuries.
Evening star., 1936-04-26
Riaht-or Wrong?

MO boy or girl can know too much
about safety, especially where auto
mobiles are concerned. You should be
able to mark every one of the state
ments below correctly-"T' for true,
or "F' for false. Try them, and don't
forget the answers!
l. When walking along a highway,
you should walk on the left and not
the right side.
2. 1t is perfectly safe to cross the
street in the middle of a block If you
don't see any cars coming.
3. A car won't skid If the driver
applies the brakes fast enough.
4. Most accidents result from care
lessness.
S. More people have been killed by
automobiles in the United States in
the last IS years, than in all the wars
In the Nations history.
6. It Is safe to play in residential
streets if you are careful
7. Hitching rides on passing cars Is
all right If you are sure no cars are
following you.
8. The tester car is going. the
quicker it can stop.
8. Safety campaigns among children
have reduced the accident rate.
10. You can afford to take a chance
once in a while If you are careful
most of the time.
ANSWERS:
True, 4, 5, 9.
False, 3, 6, z, 8, TO-
Evening star., 1936-04-26
Fight Fire From Air.

A TACK from the air, the Forest
Service hopes, may prove one of
the best methods of fighting forest
fires.
Considerable study is being given to
proposals to fight the fires directly by
means of water. frothy mixtures or
bombs dropped from airplanes flying
over small fires before they get out
Of hand. BY thus retarding conflagra-
tions until ground fighters can reach
the scene, it is hoped that disastrous
fires can be prevented.
No present type plane is sufficiently
developed to serve as fire-fighting
craft. but experimentation is planned
to develop ship which will serve the
purpose.
At the present time aircraft are en-
ployed to scout out fires and to trans
port fire fighters to the scene in far
less than usual time.
The small bomb which it is proposed
be dropped on fires just getting under
way would. it is believed, smother the
fire by throwing dirt over it.
Evening star., 1936-04-26

IL II Tie DdSe Ddll SEASON. at
M hand, your team will be
" " helped by having one Of
these catapults, or pitching
devices, for throwing a base ball far
out into the field and high in the air
for fly-catching practice.
The catapult is made from short
lengths of lumber, which you can prob
ably pick up around home. You will
need Dashboard inches wide by 48
inches long; two cross feet, 6 inches
wide by "a inches long and throwing
arm inches wide by 80 inches long.
The bumper post and the bumper arm
need to be of heavy material to stand
the impact of the throwing arm, so
make them from Pinch boards. Make
the bumper post SO the base will be 10
inches wide, the top 5 inches wide,
and the height II inches The trigger
arm is fashioned from 24-inch piece
Of by 4.
Besides these wooden parts you will
need a large strap or butt hinge,
coffee can, long, heavy rubber band
cut from an old inner tube, nails, bolts
and screws.
Before assembling cut a slot in one
end of the Dashboard for the trigger
arm. This inside slot can be cut with
Evening star., 1936-04-26
Scenery for Use in
Pubbet Theater Is
Easily Constructed
By Margaret Cole
MCCadden.

WHEN you have chosen play for
your parlor puppets, it is time to
plan the scenery for it. Decide Just
what background will be best for each
scene of the play. Then make small
sketches and enlarge them on the big
ger material for your scenery.
The scenery for Parlor Puppets is
Evening star., 1936-04-26
Ring on String Trick Has
Its Power Of Suggestion

power Of suggestion enters into the
picture.
This puzzle has never failed to
mystify, and skeptical persons can try
it for themselves.