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Evening star., 1936-04-04

quired, quite casually, while We rested
after she had drubbed me unmerci.
fully at tennis.
Il can" There was q certain
amountof coldness in her voice. No
doubt she was beginning to resent my
attitude, and I can't say that blamed
her. 1t wasn't exactly her fault that
she was beautiful and could do every
thing.
WILL you invite me to dinner
w some time?" asked, . little less
casually.
why should -" she dema nded. and,
Of course. I didn't know what to say
to that.
Perhaps never would have tasted
Janet,s cooking If it hadn't been for
my friend Marie. She approached our
bench on the edge Of the tennis court,
and I could see by the expression on
her face she had had another idea.
when We get rid of these other
people," she said to Janet, Chad and
I and Jack will 90 to your apartment
and you can get us something to eat.
Something will have to be done to ef-
face the memory Of that horrible din
ner!"
Evidently Janet never tried to argue
with Marie either, 20 the four Of u
went to her apartment and had . de-
licious supper. I don't remember what
We had, except biscuits, but II was oil
wonderful.
After We had eaten We sossiped for
about an hour and then Marie and
Chad said they had to 20.
Aren't you going to help me with
the dishes?" asked Janet.
7 THOUGHT that was . queer request
to make of company, but Marie
only smiled and said: Not this time,
dear. Chad has to be up early in the
morning."
They departed gaily and I was left
alone with . changed Janet. She was
huddled in . chair like hurt rabbit.
IL have . headache" she MUIR
INJURED.
Because you have to wash dishes7"
asked.
She nodded. washing dishes sim
ply kills me-"
I slid into the kitchen, put On .
cute little apron, and in no time had
those dishes polished OF in . highly
professional manner. Janet watched
with awe in her adorable eyes. When
I finished took the apron OF and put
my arms around her.
IT you marry me you'll never have
to wash q DISH" said.
She cuddled gratefully against me.
But you'll have to make one con-
cession," added. Let me change
the tires. Otherwise, 1t wouldn't look
well"
(Copyright. 1850
Evening star., 1936-04-04
Washington Wayside
Random Observations of Interesting
Events and Things.

ounlent NTH another Irishman
called up to tell ns about 1t yester.
day.
The subject Of their controversy
iDas phether the Irish Hospital
Sweepstakes gaze more EMPLOY
ment than any other single enter
prise in Dublin. The Irish Free
State Le0ation-ichich incidentally
respects the illegality OF lotteries IN
this country by refusing to say
anything about the Sweepstdkes-
did unbend sufficiently to soy that
such ,Dds not the case.
We thought that you might be
interested in case the subject ever
came up.
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REPORT.
TO DIRECTOR, Washington Way
side: Your agent has the follow.
ing distressing report to make oi
dramatic occurrence at Nationa
Theater. night Of April /, 1886. Al
final curtain lowered, lady occupying
seat near aisle down front, wearing
tailored suit. stood up and for som,
reason not known to this agent he
Evening star., 1936-04-04

STALE.
~HE world may have got . big
laugh out Of Mark Twain's
statement that reports Of his
i death were greatly exagge-
rated, but 1t was not funny when
Robert Erwin paraphrased 1t yester-
day.
His wife down in North Carolina
had noticed the same name on the
list Of injured in the Southern tor
nado. Being naturally solicitous. she
wired him, feeling certain that he was
in Washington but anxious to be COM
pletely informed on the point.
Reports of my injuries greatly
exaggerated" he wired back.
A short time thereafter came q
telephone call for Mr.. Erwin. He
was only foolins, he said, when he
sent that wire. Why. he hadn't been
hurt at all. What was left OF the
three minutes after he had explained
was consumed by Mrs. Edwin. She
wasn't fooling.
'TISN'T.
An Irishman who mon an ar
Evening star., 1936-04-04
SALE IS REPORTED
OF 70 PROPERTIES
Shannon & Luchs Complete
Transaction During
i 3O.Day Period.

During the so-day period ending
March 81, Shannon g. Luchs Co., re-
ports the sale of 20 homes and business
properties.
Among the most outstanding are:
Northeast corner Of Twelfth and
Newton streets northeast, grocery store
and parking lot sold for approxi-
mately $4,000 to local investor; 100
West Bradley lane. new home in Chevy
Chase, sold to Mrs E. L. Lyon; 314
Delafield place, new four-family nat,
sold for approximately $4,000 to an
out of town investor; 62l7 Georgia
avenue, sold for site for commercial
development to G. Williams; 1871
Montello avenue northeast, sold for
Mr.. E. A. Garvey; 6l9 Lamont street,
Evening star., 1936-04-04

OF which was Q 1o-cent can Of tomato
soup. Faithfully, he did the errand,
reading OF the food staples to the
clerk.
When the order arrived at the
home the delivery boy toted In two
unopened heavy pasteboard cartons
from the wagon. Puzzled, the house
wife said: What in the world is all
this?" The boy replied: "The grocer
says he can't spare but two cases Of
soup just now; he will send the rest
later"
With all the instinct of a G-Woman
Evening star., 1936-04-04
anything to do about 1t, went on
home, wondering what happened.
= \

anything to do about 1t, went on
home, wondering what happened.
SAVED.
WHEN a certain New Deal expert
W ment was discontinued, its papers
were at first considered to be mot
worth storage space"
But the National Archives inter-
vened to rescue the correspondence.
Six weeks went by. Then, suddenly,
there came a call from q distinguished
member Of the cabinet. In great ex-
citement famous voice Travelled over
the wire to demand: you've got to
let me have those letters Immediately.
find that simply must have them.
You haven't burned them, hope"
The answer was: mo, we have pre-
served them. But If we had not dis
agreed with you about them they
would have been lost forever"
In telling the story the cabinet
member adds: "One up for the ma
tional archives. yes?"
\ X n r
PLATO'S PAL.
Washington has philosophical
but perhaps mildly impertinent
tari-driper His name does not
matter, because he cares nothing
TOR fame.
But he Is a story. For example.
one day recently he i0as sitting in
his cab at the curb 1Uaiting for
business t0hen an elderly Uoman
approached Dith the question:
young man, are you Jree?"
The hacker smiled an impudent
smile as he redched back and
opened the door. Lady," he said,
you ought to remember that Plato
remarked that no man is free"
NARROWING.
She was rotund little old lady
whose bobbed gray locks were neatly
folded beneath a black felt hat. She
climbed carefully out Of her coat and
laid it with a bulging handbag and
gloves on chair beside the scales. All
Evening star., 1936-04-04

vas Saturday afternoon. We were
swimming in the Shoreham pool.
Janet and her brother had been be-
hind us when we left the Chadwicks,
but they arrived IS minutes later be-
cause of puncture.
For an invalid, Janets brother
changed that tire pretty quickly"
some one remarked.
Marie Immediately set him right.
Janet always changes the tires"
she caroled.
DUT don't make any mistakes. Janet
- didn't look any too robust. She
vas beautiful, as I said before. And
her swimming and diving were cham
pionship stuff. Just like the Olympics.
After she came out OF the pool nobody
else did any.
Later in the afternoon we played
bridge, with Janet for my partner.
I've come out near the top in a lot
. Of tournaments, but I never came
across playing like Janet Dolbys.
Superchampionship stun.
In the evening we danced. Janet
wore something that looked like moon
light and music, and she danced like
o breeze.
Commonplace smiles, I know, but
such sublime perfection always seems
to bring them out. I decided that
there was nothing for me to do but
fall in line with the plans, so took
Janet out on the veranda.
How much does 1t cost to keep you
In clothes?" asked, by way Of q
start.
"I couldn't say, ofIhand," she
evaded.
We'll. for an example. what was the
bill for this dress?"
THE material was about ten dol
lars and the trimmings and things
about five more, but can't say how
much my labor Is WORTH"
You mean, you made the thing
yourself?"
II make nearly all my Clothes" she
said.
gave up for the time being.
\ 4 \
ne HcAL ulOiIl1iie iic pinycu gull
If course isn't too dificult can
usually break 80, and did this time,
but Janet didn't. However, was sus-
picious. She seemed to be shooting for
the rough and the sandtraps too many
times when 1t wasn't necessary. And
I could see that she made an effort
to overputt.
Marie gave the whole show away
when we came back to the club house.
She grabbed the scorecard and i'm
mediately began shrieking.
"Janet!" This can't be your score!
You never do as badly as this! What
ever is the matter with you?"
I looked at Janet and Janet was
blushing furiously.
got it. She had purposely dubbed
Evening star., 1936-04-04
DAILY SHORT STORY
MISS ACHILLES
Bg Alice Costello.

her game because
she liked me and
she didn't want to
be better at every
thing than. I was.
I was sweet, but I
couldn't take any
charity.
Just the same, I
was fond Of the
girl, 50 I decided to
hang around . lit
tie longer to zee II
I couldn't unearth
something that she
wasn't good at. A
thought came to
me after dinner
Sunday afternoon.
The dinner hadn't
been good. because
the c ha d " l c ks
cook was having .
At Of sulks, and
Marie couldn't boil
the proverbial egg.
Can you cook,
MIA nN1h~Sp 7 iN
Evening star., 1936-04-04

(Copyright. 1850
Evening star., 1936-04-04

skirt dropped to the floor, leaving
lady fully clothed with exception OF
said skirt. Lady grabbed topcoat and
wrapped 1t around her hips, stopped
to recover errant garment, bundled In
arm, made way toward alley exit,
gradually working topcoat around
shoulders.
Reaching alley with panied look on
face, she found it fully occupied. and
after frantic look at stage dressing
rooms, turned against crowd and re-
entered theater. Agent, not knowing
Evening star., 1936-04-04
Working Paint Into Brush.

A new paint brush should be broken
in on the printing coat, never on one
of the finishing coats. 1t should first
be dipped in the paint to q depth Of
2 or 3 inches and wiped across the
edge with q mixing paddle several
times to work the paint well into the
clean bristles.
Evening star., 1936-04-04

7 SHOULD hav.
resented the fact
that Janet Dolby
was being pushed
at me, but I could
MT, because she was
SO beautiful. Marie
IN a d W C k. m y
Chevy Chase host
ess, was one OF
these m arri e d
women who want
every one else to
get married.
Jack" she said
to me, I'D die OF
happiness If the
most perfect man
I know-except my
hus band - would
marry the m os I
perfect woman /
know. Janet has
everything and she
can do everything.
Just wait!"
We didn't have
lonr to wait. That
Evening star., 1936-04-04

the wife ferreted out the mystery.
She had written the soup numeral as
10" and then added a &C.. sign for
cents. The near-sighted head Of the
house read it. "106 cans tomato
SOUP"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-05-27
MINISTERS MEET {. AT BUNKER HILL
Congregational Valley As.
 !. sOciatiOn Members Hear 2 Yale Dean

2 Horace D. Taft, headmaster ct
 Taft school, Dean Luther 4, Weigle,
 of Yale Divinity school, and Rev. 7 Frank 0. Laubach. were the pTinci- !. pal speakers at the spring meeting ]. of the Naugatuck Valley Association of Congregational churches and : Ministers, yesterday ct the Bunker . Hill Congregational church. z FolIowing the first session on sup- per wa sserved. During the second session Q supper was served. Dur 1. ing the second session Q short pro- sRram of readings was offered by {. William B. EIwell, head of the Eng
 fish department at Crosby High . school. Rev. Edward A. Jones, of the Seymour Congregational Z church, was moderator, with Allen 2 A. Boardmar assistant.
 l, Rev. Herbert D. dallaudet. former !. pastor of First Congregational ]. church, conducted the devotional
 services during the afternoon ses.
 sion and Rev. Chester Ramsey of
 oxford was in charge of the eve-
 ming services.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-05-27
41sTH INFANTRY g MEETS TOMORROW

Motion pictures taken an . recent |Arin to the Oarrlbean sea will be shown tomorrow night at the Arm- ory by Lieutenant-C Colonel Harry J. Rsardsley. The exhibition will fol- Iow a meeting ol the 4ieth Infantry And reserve officers ct which Major 3ohn Vorhees of the field artillery reserve wlll deliver Q talk.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-05-27
Treasurer


 careful and pairstak!ng application of the accufnulative Knowledge of the 22 years of active automotlve experience of the Lincoln Store'G, president, MT. Klamkin, and this wide and invaluable experience Is also reflected in the utility and qual- ity of every article sold at the Lin- coin Store.
 MT. Lax, the Lincoln Stores treas urer, has had many years of ex" perience in display work in every field and this experience Is reflected in the artistic and colorful arrange fnent of the Lincoln Store which in the short space of one year has be- come a frequently discussed subject throughout the entire automotive supply industry.
 All motorists who have not re- gently visited the Lincoln Store will find 1t to their interest ahd profit to do so during this great birthday celebration sales event.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-05-27
President


 are the automotive supply inerchan. diSing methods of the horseless car- riAge days and the modern methods of today. In those days the lnotorist purchased his auto needs either from . back alley garage or from a mali order catalogue. The Lincoln Store Is an outstanding example of the tremendous strides made in pro- gressive modern auto supply re- tailing. This store is modern in every detail. It is large, roof1iy, every article Is displayed in most ap- pealing manner. Over 5000 differ ent items are included in It's wide variety of every known "gadget" or auto accessory necessary to the safe ety, comfort and economy of the inotorist.
 ' The Lincoln Store reflects the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-05-27
LINCOLN STORE'S
 FIRST BIRTHDAY
Popular Firm Celebrates
 Occasion With Rare Sales Event

The AForseless Carriage" which wAg considered luxurious 90 years ago would create considerable laughter today. New cars were ptr- chased then without windshlelds or tops. The closed car was practically unknown and the "toot toot" of the bulb horn was delight to it's owner. Quite an extreme from the luxurious automobile of today.
 Equally extreme in comparison
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-07-30
400 NEW SCHOOL BUSES
TO BE READY THIS WEEK

Lloyd Griffin, secretary Of the
State school commission, reports that
first deliveries on an order of 400
new school buses will be made the
last of this week. Deliveries are to
be completed by the last of August.
At the same time Griffin announc-
ed the meeting in Wilson Friday to
discuss maintenance Of school buses
and school plants of from 200 to 800
county commissioners, chairmen Of
county boards of education school
bus mechanics from so counties of
the State. Lieutenant Governor A..
H. Graham, chairman of the COM
mission, will preside, and members
of the commission are to attend. A
similar meeting will be held later in
the summer for school officials in
the western counties.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-07-30
Public Invited to
Attend Programs
Meetings in Various Parts Of
Ashe County Intended to
Be Educational

A schedule has been worked out
to reach all parts of the county or
Sunday, August 9, for temperance
field day rally. The public is invited
to attend as many of these programs
as possible and cooperate in any
other way possible. The meetings ara
intended to be educational and help
full.
A friendly offering will be taken
at the various meetings which will
be used for the expense of the work
that is being carried on throughout
the state and nation.
The program that is now complete
is as follows:
IL A. M.
West Jefferson Baptist Church
Speaker, Gale K. Burgess, Raleigh.
Greene Valley Methodist Church
H. B. Duncan, Trade, Tenn.
Warrensville Baptist Church
Charley Goodman, West Jefferson.
Oldfelds Baptist Church, Clyde
Eggers, Boone.
Friendship Baptist Church, Prof
F. c. Nye, Grassy Creek.
Healing Spring Baptist Church
Prof. R. E. L. Plummer, Healing
Springs.
Obids Presbyterian Church, DR.. J
D. Rankin, Boone.
Mission Home Baptist Church
Clyde Eggers, Boone.
Stafford Methodist Church, Hon
Ed. Bingham, Boone.
Orion Baptist Church, Prof. F. c
Nye, Grassy Creek.
Two p. Nj.
Lansing Presbyterian Church, Hon
Gale K. Burgess, Raleigh.
Landmark Baptist Church, Mr.. w
H. Worth, Jefferson.
Four p. M.
Nathan's Creek Methodist Church
M. A. Adams, Rutherfordton.
Since Gale K. Burgess, of Raleigh
is speaking in West Jefferson, no ar
engagements were made for a pro
gram in Jefferson. The Jefferson peo
pie are invited and urged to heal
Mr.. Burgess in West Jefferson.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-07-30
Thursday Night
| Business Mems
Night at Tent
Mr.. Dick Is Conducting Services
at Night; Interest Grows and
Attendance Increases

The gospel services being held at
the chautauqua tent in this city are
attracting large crowds from all
parts of the county. Rev. John Luke,
pastor of the Presbyterian church
here is leading the singing, and Rev.
F. Marion Dick, of Greensboro, is
doing the preaching. Loud speakers
have been installed outside the tent
so that the overflow crowds. may
hear.
Thursday night has been designat-
ed as business mems night. The bus
mess men of West Jefferson are ex-
pected to attend and the Cook Har-
less quartette will sing. The visiting
evangelist will conduct service for
men only next Sunday afternoon at
three o'clock. His subject will be
when Man is a Man..
The Daily Bible School, which is
held under the tent each morning, is
growing in interest and attendance
which has made it necessary to add
two young ladies to the faculty since
the school commenced.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-07-30
AT GREEN'S CHAPEL
CONTINUES INTO 4TH WEEK

The community wide revival at
Green's Chapel (Howell's Hill on
Silas Creek entered its fourth week
with five professions Monday night.
Rev. Claude Jones, son of Tom
Jones and a student last year at
Gods Bible School in Cincinnati, has
held the large audiences with his
earnest and helpful preaching.
The meeting will close Sunday
night Sunday at three o'clock in the
afternoon, baptismal services will be
held at the river to which all de-
nominations are invited to bring
candidates either for sprinkling or
for imersion.
1t is reported that this revival is
the best held in the church for many
years and the public is cordially in
vited to attend the remainder of the
services.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-07-30
LegiOnaires Leave
for Asheville Mon.
Ashe County American Legion
Post Shows Rapid Growth
Since Organized

A delegation of eleven World. War
veterans left Monday to attend the
state convention of members of the
American Legion which convened in
Asheville this week. The delegation
was headed by the commander of
the local post, L. P. Coward, of
Jefferson.
The Ashe County Post of the
American Legion has shown rapid
growth and progress since it was
organized. Decided growth in mem
bership has taken place during the
past year. Last year there were AZ
members of the post and this year
the enrolment shows membership
of "a, making the post have the sec
ond largest membership in this dis
trict.
Besides Mr. Coward, those attend
ing the Asheville convention include
Mr.. and Mrs. P. G.. Wright, Messrs.
G. N. Stansberry, George Miller,
Charles Galloway, Charles ST. Clair,
Walter Huddler, Mack Absher,
Gather Baldwin, B. w. Jones, and
E. D. Barr.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-07-30
Brutal Asheville
Murder UnsOlved

Of the seven persons detained for
investigation since the brutal muir
der of Helen Clevenger in Asheville
IL days ago, only Daniel H. Gaddy,
28-year-old hotel night Waterman,
remained in custody this week.
Sheriff Laurence E. Brown, who took
charge of the battling case two hours
after the shot and beaten body Of
the coed was found in her room at
the Battery Park hotel, late Tuesday
RELEASED the only other prisoner, L.
D. Roddy, negro elevator operator.
Sheriff Brown, who said Gaddy is
the "key to this whole mystery" al
though he suspected him of no part
in the actual crime, did not intimate
how long he expected to retain the
night Waterman.
II think Gaddy is still the key to
this mystery" the sheriff said. when
he talks-and I think maybe he'll
talk soon-we will solve this crime p"
Gaddy, night Waterman at the
hotel was taken into custody week
ago. The sheriff did not explain why
until yesterday when he said, Il
think he knows something" He en-
phasized however, he did not suspect
the negro of the crime.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-07-30
State Will Be
First to Publish
Historical Record
Results of Surveys of Counties
by WPA Workers to Be
Put i'm Book Form

DR.. c. C. Crittenden, secretary of
the state historical commission, an
nounced Saturday the commission
would undertake publication of the
results of the historical records sur
very now underway under federal
sponsorship.
The government will expend about
100000 on the survey, Critenden
said, but has no money allocated to
publish the results, and it is evident
that North Carolina will probably be
the first state to undertake this pub
LEGATION"
Crittenden and Dan Lacy, execu-
tive assistant in charge of the survey,
will edit the publications. The first
volume planned will list public man.
uscript records in the 100 county
courthouses of the state, in many of
the city halls, in the state offices and
possibly the manuscript lists for col
lections at the University of North
Carolina, Duke university, Wake
Forest college, Guilford college, the
Moravian archives in Winston-Salem
and the Presbyterian archives at
Montreal.
Mrs. John T. Hoyle, of West jeff
erson, gathered the information nee
essary for Ashe county and she is
much pleased to learn that publica-
ton is to be assured.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-07-30

Anchovies are little fish abound
ing in the Mediterranean Seat es-
teemed for their rich and peculiar
flavor.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-07-30
ADVOCATES MILITARY CCC

Disabled American Veterans, in
convention at Milwaukee the first of
the week, were urged in an address
by James E Van Zandt, national
commander of the Veterans of For
eign Wars, to work for establishment
of military training in Civilian Con-
servation Corps camps.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-07-30

Hammerfest, Norway is the most
northernmost city of the world.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1936-07-30

Blueberries are red when they are
green or unripe.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-01-22
THE HOUSING FORUM
Notes On The Dining Room

taste; where candles are used regu. lariy, a small electric fixture close up to the ceiling with one or two bulbs in 1t is sufficient for general illumination when needed. Side brackets may Do used instead; these are moro expensive but arc quite decorative and such brackets are convenient when . light Is needed at . side table. Base or floor plugs should Do provided for tho ever- Increasing electric utensils used dur- Ing meals.
 The dining room must of course, connect directly either with tho kitchen or, if there iS one, with the buffers pantry. It should also con- nnct with the main hall and not with tho living room. This arrange fnent removes oil sounds Of setting and clearing the table from the living room, and kitchen odors arc less likely to penetrate.
 A fireplace in . dining room ia decorative but seldom used, aB it ia usuAlly impossible to keep the fur- niture far enough away from the Ire for comfort. .ss.4f