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Evening star., 1936-12-20
Beard Makes Woman Hermit.

Beard Makes Woman Hermit.
EAST HoRsLEY, England R-Ths
reason Miss Mary Laura Kyle, SO, lived
the life Of q hermit for seven years
was disclosed when police found her
dead Of heart failure at her secluded
home. 1t was because she had beard
4 inches long.
Evening star., 1936-12-20
LINERS BRIDGE
SNERVE CENTER
Here Are Housed Many
Novel and Automatic
"Gadgets" for Safety.

NEW YORK, December 19.-You've
often heard of the gyro compass, the
metal mike" and all of the other
gadgets which go to make up the
brains" of a modern trans Atlantic
liner, but have you ever stopped
to wonder about them and just what
purposes they serve?
A curious correspondent decided to
find out about them in a language
easily understood. He went to the
bridge-that mo passengers per-
mitted" land of any vessel-of the
super liner Queen Mary when she was
in port the other day to get all of the
details on the most modern navigation
instruments.
Junior First Navigating Ofhcer
Harold p. Grindrod said he'd be glad
to explain the bridge instruments and
Evening star., 1936-12-20
MEXICANS VISIT G. w. U.

Twenty-Five Mexican educators,
sent by their government to study
American educational methods, and
officials of the Mexican Embassy were
visitors at George Washington Uni
versity yesterday.
The group were guests at tea Of
President Cloyd H. Marvin. Other
university officials present were Prof
John B. Whitelaw of the School of
Education, George Rowland Cox, di-
rector of the Center of Inter-A -Ameri-
can Studies. and Prof. Alan T. Deibert,
adviser to students from foreign coun-
tries.
Evening star., 1936-12-20
BY JACQUES FUTRELLE, Jr.


. CR1BBL1NGs Many wealthy
Yucatan families 60 for their
vacations to Taxco, the "curios-
ity town." which is one of
MeXico's show places.
Spectacular dressing of the Pyra-
mids is planned for the night visitor
Also the Sphinx. The Egyptian gov
ernment is now experimenting with
flood lights. trying out the effects of
various hues from different angles 10
bring out these wonders strikingly
after darkness falls. Flood lighting
in Cairo is nothing new. For some
time the Mausoleum of Saad Zaghlul
Pasha has been so revealed The idea
is being seriously considered also for
the new Mixed Courts Building. the
Chambers of Parliament and the
Citadel.
Tampa's colorful Gasparilla pageant,
when the legendary pirate captures
the city, will be held again this year
on February /. Fifty thousand visitors
are expected for this gay spectacle,
which includes a costumed parade in
which several thousand take part.
Visitors to Canada from the United
States in 1886 outnumbered the popu-
lation of the Dominion by more than
100000, according to latest travel
figures. Canada's last census de-
termined the number of its residents
at less than 10,5O0,0O0, yet nearly
IA 100000 crossed the border to tour
the attractive scenes offered by the
northern neighbor These visitors, ii
is estimated, spent 100000 i'll
Canada for passage, purchases and
accommodations.
OYSTERS grow on trees in the
~ Everglades National Park, Ernest
F. Coe, park official, explains: The
red mangrove trees growing on many
of the 10000 islands in the park re-
gion are partly under water when the
tide is in. At this time the infant
oysters take hold of the lower branches
and cling to them At low water they
are left high and dry, many clusters
suspended several feet above water"
Evening star., 1936-12-20

Queen Mary three complete sets Of
steering gears-the duplicate hy-
draulic telemotors and the electric
telemotor system incorporated in the
gyro pilot, which is parallel system.
Bearing and steering repeater COM
passes-There are two bearing re-
peaters, one on each wing of the
Queen Mary, which are used for TAX
ing bearings from either the sun or
land. The steering repeaters are To-
Gated inside the pilot house, one atop
the gyro pilot, and also are used for
taking bearings and celestial observa-
tions. These also are auxiliaries Of
the gyro compass.
Magnetic Compass. Too.
Magnetic compass-This supple
ments the gyro compass for taking
bearings. 1t is similar to the old
style compass as first carried on ships
Evening star., 1936-12-20
BRILLIANT BALL OPENS
MIAMI BILTMORE HOTEL
Poinsettias Against Background
of Green Decorate Center of
Social Activity.

CORAL GABLES, December 19.-
The formal opening of the Miami
Biltmore has sent society into
the middle of resort festivities. Many
of the colonists who have arrived
early to open their villas and estates
made reservations for the ball, one
of the most brilliant in the South's
history.
Poinsettias, flaming against a green
background, gave a holiday motif to
the Spanish ball room, gathering place
for the social contingent in Coral
Gables. More than 800 guests attended
the opening, the fifth since the hotel
became one of the resort properties of
Col Henry L. Doherty.
The Roney Plaza opened last Mon
day, it was announced here. with
the greatest advance reservation list
in its history.
Evening star., 1936-12-20
To Open Paper Mill,

japanese will open paper mill with
5000 tons annual capacity in North
China.
Evening star., 1936-12-20
ATLANTIC C|TYS
LIGHTS TO BLAZE
. Colorful Decorations to Lend
Bright Yu|etide Scene
to Visitors.

ATLANTIC CITY, December 19-
Evergreen by day. ablaze by night"
Is Atlantic Citys Christmas slogan as
the resort prepares for its greatest
Yuletide display.
For years Atlantic City has been
noted for its festival of light during
'the Christmas season and this years
display will be even more elaborate
than heretofore.
The heart of the business district
Atlantic avenue from North Carolina
to Michigan avenues a mass of
red and green with ropes of lights
crossing the avenue to form colorful
canopy above. Pine trees at the base
OF the street lights and twisted holly
will go to carry out the Christmas
motif.
Hotels Decorated.
The evergreens and electric light
decorations along the Boardwalk will
be augmented by the displays of the
individual hotels. Here is an oppor-
tunity for the towering structures to
present themselves in an even more
colorful style and each tries to outdo
the others in originality of their Gre
ations.
City parks at Albany and Arkansas
avenues and Park place will each have
their huge Christmas trees and other
appropriate decorations. The public
buildings-the City Hall. the railroad
station and the high school-will also
be fittingly illuminated.
Business houses and private homes,
too, vie for honors in elegance of their
displays. At the corner of Tennessee
and Atlantic avenues an igloo has been
set up in glade of evergreens and
Santa Claus Is on hand to welcome the
little visitors
Further down the island Ventnor,
Margate and Longport, residential
suburbs of Atlantic City. also decorate
SO that the entire section takes on a
Yuletide atmosphere.
Lights Draw Thousands.
Thousands of visitors come from
miles around to view the spectacular
lighting effects and each night during
the holiday period finds a steady
stream Of automobiles passing up and
down the island Most Of the hotels
take the guests on sightseeing tours
in their buses.
Special programs are also provided
at this time of the year and pine logs
burn in the open fireplaces, while the
guests join in singing Christmas carols.
All of the hotels also stage parties for
the youngsters, with each tot receiving
a stocking flied with gifts just as they
would in their own home.
Gay parties are planned for the
hotel grilles and night clubs. while the
churches will have special services to
care for the large number of persons
from other cities who spend the holi-
day period at the shore.
The municipal convention hall be-
comes Atlantic City's sport center dur
ing the Winter months. Ice hockey is
on the card every Friday and Satur-
day nights.
For those who prefer to participate,
there is ice skating on the Convention
Hall rink every afternoon and evening,
horseback riding on the beach, Board
walk bicycling, golf on the nearby
courses and hunting on the mainland
and meadows as long as the season
continues.
Evening star., 1936-12-20

spent a half day doing so. At times
Grindrods language got little too
technical, but blank looks managed
to bring him back to landlubber terms.
The following is faithful record Of
his explanation of the myriad instru-
ments on the bridge:
Gyro compass-This is q mechani-
cal compass. the principle Of which
was adopted from the gyro top Of
childhood. 1t is q wheel weighing 60
pounds and makes 5000 revolutions
per minute. This compass always
points to the true north" as it gets
its directive force from the earth's
rotation and the force Of gravity.
This is perhaps the most important
instrument on the bridge.
Automatic Plotting.
Gyro pilot-This is an automatic
steering device, known in navigating
parlance as metal mike" When this
instrument is connected to the gyro
compass, the navigating officer can
set it on any course he wishes to fol-
low and the vessel will follow that
course without deviation or human
operation. BY merely moving a lever
on the steering apparatus of this
instrument it can Immediately be
changed from automatic to hand
steering.
Telemotor gear-There are two Of
these aboard the Queen Mary and
they are used for hand steering. They
operate hydraulically. This gives the
Evening star., 1936-12-20
P, M, NELSON LEAVES
Father Of Assistant Corporation
Counsel Was Guest in Court.

p. M. Nelson, father of George D.
Nelson. assistant corporation coun-
sci, who has been visiting his son in
Police Court for several days, has re-
turned to his home in Logan. Utah,
where he is engaged in the merchan-
disc business.
Mr.. Nelson. close friend of Senator
William H. King of Utah. sat on the
bench with two of the Police Court
judges as guest during his visit here
Evening star., 1936-12-20
ALL.STATES CLUB READY
Dances, Excursions and Recitals
Scheduled at Miami.

Scneuuled at miami.
MIAMI. Fla, December 1e.-To
make Miami a Winter home for Wis
itors from every corner of the country,
the All-States Club is inaugurating its
program for the 1867 season on the
basis of participation in the enter
tainments and community activities
by $4,000 members, according to Jules
Brazil. city director.
Elaborate plans Of the All-States
Club include dances, recitals, sports
events and excursions around the
American Riviera that will bring to-
gether vacationists from every State.
Through the activity Of the Miami
Chamber of Commerce, headquarters
for the club we're last year estab-
lished in the new Miami Civic Center
Building. the largest tourist headquar-
ters in the United States.
Evening star., 1936-07-05
World Marks Death Anniversary
Of Erasmus, Greatest Publicist
APOSTLE of Intellectual Freedom Ex-
banded Intellectual Horizons of
Europe in Critical Age.

liant school days at Deventer, his ordi-
nation as a priest and his admission
TO the University of Paris, the rise
of Erasmus was like that of meteor
across the sky of the European world
of learning. The shining influence
that he welded in forming the public
opinion of his day has continued I'M
dimmed despite the passage of what
will be 469 years this month.
With a mind as sensitive to the
needs OF his time as photographers
lens is to current effects Of light and
shade in our twentieth century, it is
small wonder that with Erasmus the
desire to humanize the diffusion of
knowledge became the incentive Of his
life. In its pursuit he has been ranked
by many as the leading man of letters
in Europe after the fall of the Roman
Empire.
His first notable work was the trans
lation of the Greek Testament and its
publication in print when printing was
still a little known art.
Then came his association with
Froben, struggling to maintain his
printing press. Through the partici-
patton of Erasmus IN the activities Of
the Froben printing establishment, it
easily became the most important
Evening star., 1936-07-05

distinguished citizen, will act IA an
official capacity as host to the visiting
guests, while Gov. Peery will represent
the State. Representative A. Willis
Robertson of the seventh Virginia dis
trict will deliver the charge to the
knights in jousting tournament Sat.
urday.
The program will officially begin
with the coronation of the queen.
which will be followed by the initial
performance of a pageant depicting
the historical progress of Clarke
County from the time of the first set
tiers to the present day. A cast Of
about 500 will portray these events.
Thursday at IL am. the local u.
D. C. will plant tree at the Grace
Episcopal Church in memory of the
visit of Gen. Robert E. Lee when he
attended services there while en-
camped outside of Berryville on his
way to Gettysburg. At 8 pm, a
representation of the pagean will be
staged. A base ball game Friday
afternoon at 2:30; representation OF
the pageant, and the queens ball at
10 pm, will complete that days pro-
gram, while on Saturday afternoon at
230, the jousting tournament will be
held
Home coming services In all the
churches will be held Sunday. During
the entire celebration, a museum CT
historical relics Of the county will be
open in the Berryville High School.
The queen and her court Of prin-
cesses will reign over the entire affair
Princesses already named to the court
include Miss Margaretta Whiting,
Miss Frances Van Deventer, Miss Jane
Cary Randolph and Miss Eleanor
withers. from this county: Mis-
Margaret Virginia Gather Of Win
chester, and Miss Elizabeth Campbell
of Frederick County.
Evening star., 1936-07-05
place Of reason as a guide In all ques-
tions religious and political.
Visited Many COuntriea.

place Of reason as a guide In all ques-
tions religious and political.
Visited Many Countries.
His intellectual curiosity went hand
m hand with an itching geographical
foot that led him into the aroused
centers Of learning throughout the
European world. He knew intimately
current thinking In his native Holland
and in England, France. Italy and
Switzerland. II was his pleasure dur
ing what We would now call speaking
tours" to enjoy travelling incognito.
His delight in Sir Thomas More's be-
wilderment incident to their first meet
ing under such circumstances was
unbounded when Sir Thomas More,
after a long conversation, remarked,
You are either Erasmus or the devil" ="
The genius of Erasmus was not dis
tinctively creative. He left no original
work to rank among the masterpieces
of the world. Yet, because he was
the humanitarian classic publicist Of
his age, he was in the truest sense a
great educator whose influence in his
own time was incalcuable.
AS the foremost Intermediary be-
tween the age Of Greek scholarship
and the humanists of the Latin Rem
aissance, he translated the ideals Of
the past to those of his own genera
ton in terms that they could under
stand, and for this service alone de-
serves to be remembered in all ages.
Even in his last will and testament
Erasmus not only showed thought
for his less fortunate fellows and an
interest in furthering the pursuit OF
knowledge, but did 50 in what would
be the most thoroughly approved man.
ner Of today. by leaving legacies ir
trust for the aged and infirm, and
scholarships which should not only
further the education of young men
but Of young girls Of promise.
Evening star., 1936-07-05

dialogues, many times witty and
humorous like our own Ben Franklin
with his Poor Richards Almanac,
he reached out to those who were not
scholars but who could understand the
purport Of his reasoning.
"Praise of Folly"
In the Praise OF Folly" too, Erasmus
caught the public mind and motivated
it. In the jargon Of our day, "he knew
his stuff" always being wise enough
to realize that continuous and un-
varied censure Of the accepted easily
degenerates into ineffective abuse I'M
less interlarded with sufficient humor
to lessen the sting of the blow.
Had Erasmus lived in our genera
ton he would have been an eagerly
sought for after luncheon and dinner
speaker, for in addition to being witty
and wise he had the gift of poking
fun at himself. Never Of particu-
larly robust constitution. digestive
idiosyncrasies during the later years
of his life made certain foods ana
thema to him, particularly fish in any
form. So, he was wont to remark n
this connection. MY heart is Catholic
but my stomach is Lutheran"
He was a great liberalizing educa-
tional factor in fighting the battle OF
sound learning and PLAIN common
sense against the classical obscurists
The purists and the pedants, with
their criticisms as to occasional in
accuracies and what they were felt
we're too hastily drawn conclusions
disturbed him so little that he has
many times been considered vain, un-
duly impressionable and too easily
susceptible to current needs. Be that
as 1t may, apparently he never swerved
from his own belief in the sovereign
Evening star., 1936-07-05

printing press In all Europe. although
many documents once considered to be
the products of Erasmus facile pen, 1t
has been discovered were only edited
by him for the Forben press.
Paraphrased New Testament.
At one time Erasmus paraphrasing
Of the New Testament was so popular
and was considered Of such value in
interpreting the Bible that copy of
it was provided beside the Bible in
most of the parish churches Of Eng
land.
1t Is even claimed that certain of
Shakespeare's lines are "reminiscences
of those from Erasmus.
His "Asagio." now no longer valuable
in our day of lexicons and dictionaries,
was for many years a boon to those
who we're studying the classics.
The sons of the physician to Henry
VIII we're among the pupils and bene-
factors of Erasmus. Through them he
became the friend Of Sir Thomas More
and of Latimer. He has the ear of
oxford and of Cambridge because of
his connection with Cambridge for
limited time as professor of Divinity
and Greek.
Yet, teaching was not primarily his
forte. Rather was his the gift that
could inspire others from the teachers
chair and the talent that could en-
tighten others by means Of the writ
ten word.
Erasmus was a new type Of crusader
in the world-a crusader who with
reason as his sword and buckler and
pen instead of sword stirred the
academic world of his time to more
humanized thought along social. re-
1igious and educational lines.
His "Colloquia" published in 1919
accomplished just this, although 1t
will not live as a great piece Of origi-
nal research work. In a series OF
Evening star., 1936-07-05

SreclaI DISPATCH 70 Ht SUI
~ ERRYVuLE, Va, July A.
- Clarke County is preparing
~ hearty welcome to some 1000
IL guests and former residents
that will be present at the Clarke
County centennial celebration open
ing here Wednesday.
An imposing list Of national and
State dignitaries, headed by Gov
George c. Peery and Senators Carter
Glass and Harry F. Byrd. have ac-
Evening star., 1936-07-05

cepted Invitations TO attend as this
county, counted as one of Virginia S
smallest, celebrates its Tooth birthday
anniversary.
Senator Glass. who introduced this
years Winchester Apple Blossom
Festival queen to radio audience
over a Washington station. will crown
Queen Clarke County, Miss Agnes
Page Mitchell, at impressive corona
tion exercises Wednesday at 745 pm.
Senator Byrd, the county's most
Evening star., 1936-07-05

Three princesses the court OF Queen Clarke County, 1ho
is Miss Agnes Page MITCHELL
They are 6fet to right: Miss Frances Van Depenter
daughter OF Mr. and Mrs. c. Van DeUener OF Boyce Miss Jane
Cary Randolph daughter of Mr. and Mrs OF Randolph OF
B. Whiting and the late Judge Whiting OF BerryUle.
Evening star., 1936-07-05
Good Is Your Memory for Names, News and Faces?

Week sm ' That $ 1a: r s s*s Very R s Name ~
Evening star., 1936-07-05
BY JESSIE FAINT EVANS.

w YE MODERNS properly look
M upon the offerings OF our
wv daily press productions with
tbeir StafFS of reu-s writer's
The Washington times., 1936-06-25
CYCLING IS FAD
ATWILDW00D

WILDWOOD, N. j., June Is.
Bicycling and roller skating are
two sports staging a strong come
back among the June vacationists
here, who find the exercise Of
cycling or skating enhances the
joy Of their vacations.
So strong is the comeback Of
cycling that the city commission
has ruled that bicycles are per-
mitted on the boardwalk until 10
o'clock each morning. Mayor
Doris w. Broadway is one Of the
leaders of the daily cycle brigade.
The four-mile stretch of smooth
boardwalk each morning is the
scene Of a joyful parade Of young
and old cyclists, most of the older
persons being women who are TAX
ing to cycling to improve the
figure.
The Washington times., 1936-06-25
Trout Fishing Reaches
Heiqht in Canada

MONTREAL, June IS. The
trout season, both for flycasters
and bait fishermen, is now at its
height in Quebec and Ontario.
Favorable weather has made con-
ditions favorable everywhere, and
anglers in the Laurentians are re-
porting excellent catches of brook,
red, and lake trout.
A party of anglers from Warren,
Pa, visiting Big Trout Lake,
caught a number Of brook trout
weighing about three pounds, and
one four pounds.
The Washington times., 1936-06-25
Largest Water Suit

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah
G.N.SO.-The largest water suit
ever filed in Utah was brought
here recently by the Associated
Canal companies against 5000 de-
PENDANTS over rights in Utah Lake
valued at $41,0OO,O0O. The Asso-
ciated Canal companies consist Of
five corporations. Defendants in
clude banks, steel companies. rail-
roads, and individuals, who have
been using waters of the lake, al
legedly in violation Of rights held
by the canal companies.
The Washington times., 1936-06-25
FISHING | u R {
At OCEAN CITY,
MARYLAND
BY WILLIAM L. BENNETT

By WILLIAM L. BENNETT
This past week in Ocean City
was one of intense activity for
the fisherman. Every boat was
chartered for the first three days
Of the week, and many have been
chartered for the entire week.
Catches Of blue fish lead in the
sports fish. Boats have come. in
with 40 and so blues ranging
from 2 to 8 lbs. each. A few Of
the boats have fished for blues,
trout. porgies. and bass. Catches
Of 800 pounds have been numer-
Gus.
The surf fisherman has not
been out of the picture, for king
fish have been biting along the
surf from the Isle of Wight, down
to Ocean City. Several parties
who went up the beach toward
the Isle of Wight had thrilling
experiences when they found they
had hooked channel bass. Catches
have been frequent. Reports from
Fox Hill Levels have stated most
parties with catches from 6 to
10. Last week one party made a
catch Of 10 drum. They ranged
in weight from Is to As pounds.
The past week has seen the
arrival of many fishermen from
Baltimore and Washington. Many
of those who came, opened their
cottages for the season. Real
estate agents report more activity
in real estate than in any pre-
vious year.
Reports from hotel managers
show a spirit of optimism prevail
ing which has not been expert
enced in years. Advance book
ings are very satisfactory. and
are much earlier than any pre-
viouS season.
This weekend will see the be-
ginning of the conventions which
are booked for the season. Of
the dozen which will be here
from time to time, most have
been unsolicited. The Veterans of
the Spanish American War will
be the guests of the Atlantic
Hotel on June 10, 20, 81. The
Eastern Shore Society of Balti-
more City will also be guests Of
the Atlantic on the same dates.
Gov. Harry w. Nice has been
invited to speak to the Veterans
Association Saturday when the
banquet vii be served in the din
ing room Of the Atlantic. Like
wise, other notableS have been
asked to be present at the con-
vention. Chief among them are
Senators Tydings and Radcliffe
from Maryland, Congressman
Goldsborough, and Senator Town
send from Delaware.
The Del-Mar-Va Fertilizer Asso-
citation will be in Ocean City
June 26, 81, %.