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Evening star., 1936-11-24
Natures Children
Indian Python python molurus).

OF the snake. These spurs are capable
OF inflicting an ugly wound.
There are many untrue stories cir
culating about their ability to swallow
large animals. As q matter of fact,
pythons use discretion even about at
tachng them. They can, it Is true,
engulf pig weighing about 40 pounds,
or other animals Of this size. A small
er creature would be more acceptable.
All members of this family kill their
victims by squeezing them to death,
then swallowing them.
The Indian python has q blotch
between the eyes and in the back that
resembles the head Of javelin. The
pupils of the eyes are vertical. Black.
olive and tan blotches are the usual
color pattern, and usually there is a
band, with pinkish hue, on each side
OF the head. The more brightly col
ored Indian python Is the favorite
snake seen in travelling shows. 1t is,
as you can see, thick-bodied snake
with q very small head. In captivity
1t is highly nervous and very angry
at being held q prisoner, voicing its
resentment by kissing and striking
viciously at every object. After a few
weeks the tempest has blown over and
the snake can be tanned.
In fact, they are used by snake
charmers In preference to other
snakes. They learn to come when
called by name, and seem to know
they are beloved and that they will
have all the food they desire. They
learn to know their mistress we'll and
watch for her to come to feed them
and even tuck them in bed with
warm blankets" and, If necessary, hot
water bottles, when travelling in a
very cold climate. With such care
and devotion there are many records
to prove that snakes used thus have
lived to a ripe old age.
tcopyright. 1850
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but it brought out his shape in sharp
relief. Big was he, bigger than any
of the Green Forest people. He was
bigger than Mghtfoot the Deer; big
ger even than great big Buster Bear.
His legs were long, the longest legs
in the Green Forest, so that he stood
high. His shoulders were bumped.
But what instantly drew the eyes Of
all was the great crown he wore.
Peter Rabbit almost gasped when
he saw that crown. He had thought
1ightfoot's crown very wonderful. but
he quite forgot it now at the glimpse
of this other crown. Each half Of this
crown was very broad and flattened
and had many short points. Only
head Of great size could support such
a crown, and the strangers head was
very large. From his throat dangled
something long and dark. Even as
Peter wondered what this might be
the silence was broken.
"K'honkl" exclaimed Honker the
Goose. "Flathorns the Moose!" And
he started to swim straight toward
the place where the great stranger
stood.
tCopyright. 1850
Evening star., 1936-11-24
BY THORNTON w. BURGESS.
The unfamiliar. it is clear.
q often looked upon as queer.
Old Mother Nature.

TUST when the stranger did ar
rive none could say. And this
is the more remarkable be-
~ cause of his great size. One
moment there was no sign of him and
the next moment he was there, or
so it seemed. No one saw him come.
No one heard him come. 1t was as If
a huge Black Shadow had suddenly
taken his shape. There he stood on
the shore of the pond Of Paddy the
Beaver, deep in the Green Forest, and
there fell silence almost as startling
as his sudden appearance. 1t was as
If every one around the pond or in
1t was holding his breath.
1t was that peaceful hour just after
the departure of jolly. round, red Mr..
Sun to his rosy blankets down be-
hind the Purple Hills, and before the
Black Shadows had fully taken pos
session of the land Not single Lit
tie Night Breeze was stirring. Paddy's
Pond lay like mirror, save for q
few silvery lines here and there where
members of the flock of Honker the
COOSe mOVcO. MOSC Oh lIle IlOCk were
on the edge of the shore. Most of
them were Goose goSSiping. Had you
been there to hear them, you would
have said that they were Cabling.
Paddy the Beaver and Mrs. Paddy
were sitting on the roof of their big
house, out in the water. They were
resting. They had been patching that
roof with mud. Buster Bear was pok-
ing about near one end Of the dam.
Eightfoot the Deer was watching him
from the other end of the dam, his
handsome head, with its crown Of
many points, held high. Yowler the
Bobcat, Old Man Coyote and Reddy
Fox were trying to creep up on q
Goose a little farther from the water
than the other Geese. They were ap-
preaching from three directions, each
unaware of the others.
Then, without so much as the rustic
Of single dry leaf or the snap of
the tiniest twig. without the slight
est movement that any one saw, with
out the slightest scent to warn SEN
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SCHOOL BUS SERVICE
Improvement ASKED
Conduit Road Conference Board
Calls Mass Meeting for
December 10.


BY stan Correspondent OF The Star.
GLEN ECHO, Nd, November "a
A mass meeting, which will be at
tended by county officials, is to be held
in the Glen Echo Community Hall
December 10, in an effort to obtain
better bus transportation for local
school children attending public in
stitutions in the western suburban
area Of Montgomery County.
The parley was called by the Con-
duit Road Conference Board, CON-
posed of representatives Of citizens
associations. after a survey disclosed
that the bus, with q capacity Of 40
children, has carried from So to 103
students to school.
School officials will be asked to pro-
vide several busses to carry the chill
dren to Glen Echo Cabin John Ele-
mentary, Leland Junior High and
Bethesda Chevy Chase Senior High
Schools.
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ing harmless. AS rule, they seem to
be in a bad humor, and their long,
recurved teeth can make deep, pain
full wounds. Besides. they get q hold
on q victim and cling with bulldog
tenacity. With this advantage they
coil their great bodies about a cap
tured one and squeeze the life out
Of 1t.
All members in this family are
clad in small scales on the upper part
OF the body. and on the abdomen
there is q row Of enlarged, crawling
plates. These plates, however. are
much narrower than may be found
on many snakes. There is one most
interesting thing to remember about
the Indian python. There is q pair
Of internal hind legs that protrude
in the shape Of q pair of sturdy
spurs. You will find them at the vent
Evening star., 1936-11-24
STRIKING STUDENTS WIN
Polish University Promises to
Segregate Jews and Gentiles.

WILNO Poland November "a (P).-
Three hundred hunger striking STU
dents yesterday wrung from Wilno
University authorities a promise to
segregate Jewish and Gentle students.
The Archbishop of Wilno intervened
to end the anti-Semitic hunger strike
after eight girl participants had te-
come so weak from lack of food they
were taken to hospital in ambu-
lanceS.
Angry relatives and friends of the
girls started q street procession.
smashing windows Of Jewish shops
and beating eight Jews. Police ar
rested so persons.
The Jewish population protested the
university segregation order as "re-
turn to the medieval Ghetto system"
Evening star., 1936-11-24
BY LILLIAN cox ATHEY.

A SNAKE 20 feet long Is some
~ snake and will weigh about
~ 200 pounds. This snake, OF
4 a Southern India, China, the
Malay Peninsula and Java, has been
known to reach length Of Is feet.
Those seen in captivity are large
enough to make us look with fascina-
tion and awe at such beautifully
marked creatures, that have only
thoughts Of fear directed toward them
by all beholders.
These great snakes, as far as being
poisonous Is concerned, are harmless.
For they have no poison-conducting
teeth or glands which secrete poison.
But these monsters are far from be-
Evening star., 1936-11-24
Bedtime Stories
A Startling Arrival.

sitive noses, a blotch Of deeper black
ness in the midst Of the Black Shad-
ows took shape and there the great
stranger stood at the head OF the
pond. 1t was startling. Who first saw
him no one knows. 1t was as If they
all saw him in the same instant.
The Geese stopped gabbling. You
would not have known a Goose was
there. Buster Bear stopped poking
about and stood perfectly still,, star
ing across the pond. Lightfoot the
Deer turned to look and then stood
as if suddenly turned to stone. He
was like a statue rather than some
thing alive. Yowler the Bobcat, Old
Man Coyote and Reddy Fox, warned
Evening star., 1936-11-24
My Neighbor Says:

Cyclamen bulbs will keep for
years. They may be cut into
pieces like potatoes. The wounds
in these pieces heal over and
bulbs grow into healthy plants.
To remove obstinate bluing
spots from white clothing, boil
ing in clear water will remove
them.
To give a glaze 70 the top Of
fruit cake, when half done
spread over top one-third cup
strained honey mixed with 2
tablespoons milk and a slight
ly beaten egg white. Apply with
soft cloth fastened on fork.
Work quickly.
The best kind Of container for
keeping holiday cakes and
cookies fresh Is the old-fash-
ioned stone jar. Cover tightly,
store in cool, dry place, and
the products will remain fresh
during the holiday season.
(copyright. 1850
Evening star., 1936-11-24
Brain Twizz1ers
BY PROF. J. ID. FLINT.
CHADEs OF SHERLOCK A bit ,

SHADES OF sHERLOCKl A bit Of
a tidbit from the annals of crime.
Let's look 1t overl Jane and Janet
were loving and inseparable sisters.
They had always led a life very diff.
ferent from the lives of most people.
One day the desk sergeant Of District
43 Police Headquarters looked up from
his work and there stood Jane and
Janet. Much to his surprise, Janet
said, II Just killed a mani" After
investigating. the police we're at q
loss to decide what course to take.
but they filed the case, and in due
time Jane and Janet appeared in
court. After hearing the case, the
judge, without further thought, had
to render a verdict of mot guilty"
Why was it necessary for the Judge to
release Janet?
Yesterdays Answer.
The evolution of processes to get
four gallons of gas was as follows:
8 gal. can gal. can 3 gal. can
Evening star., 1936-11-24
Union Service Arranged.

SANDY SPRING, Md, November
"a Especially "A union Thanksgiving
service including members of all the
local churches and the two Friends
meetings will be held on Thanksgiving
day at 10:3o am. in the Old Brick
Meeting House at Sandy Spring. The
music for the occasion will be in
charge of Emory Church. with Mr..
James Edwards Of Westminster, Md,
as soloist.
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LODGE TO MEET
Ex-Chief of Maryland Knights
Templar Will Speak.
Stan Correspondent OF The s:ar.

By Stan Correspondent OF The s:ar.
ALEXANDRIA, Va, November "a
Alfred E. B. Jones, past grand COM
mander of knights Templar of Mary
land. will be the guest speaker at a
regular communication of the Henry
Knox Field Lodge of Masons in Po-
tomac Community Hall at 7:30 to-
night.
Members of the Old Dominion Com
mandery, knights Templar, of this
city will be guests of the lodge.
Evening star., 1936-11-24
Cheese-Makinp Grows,

J. c. Holton. Mississippi commits
sioner Of agriculture, says cheese
manufacture in the State last year
reached an all-time high record Of
7,284,994 pounds.
Evening star., 1936-11-24
END OF A PERFECT MEAL

Three lordly puddings for the grand finale! Heinz
Plum Pudding - from treasured recipe. Heinz
Fig Pudding made from finest Smyrna figs and a
steamed date pudding such as they used to serve at
Thanksgiving in old Kentucky.
Evening star., 1936-11-24

by the sudden silence that there was
something unusual and always being
suspicious of the unusual, forgot the
Goose they were stalking and on swift
but silent feet made for the shore
and stopped abruptly as they also be-
came aware Of the new arrival.
So still was it that almost might q
pine needle, falling from the tree,
have been heard. The last of daylight
faded. Gentle Mistress Moon came
from behind cloud and poured her
soft light full on the stranger. 1t
made him appear blacker, II anything,
Evening star., 1936-11-24
All GREEN AND GLORIOUS

After the turkey-and before the pe-you'l wei.
come the tantalizing freshness of COOL green salad
to clear the taste simple salad dressed with Heinz
imported pure olive oil and Heinz vintage vinegar.
Four kinds: cider, tarragon, malt and white.
Evening star., 1936-11-24

ACCESSORIES TO THE FEAST
Our fxin's make the feast. Toothsome trimmings
Gas much part Of the great American dinner scene
the turkey Heinz shmmerng jellies a kinds;
pquant picked onons-matched like pearls; plump,
selected olives and fresh cucumber pickle.
Evening star., 1936-11-24

= Every feast needs an overture-a fitting
prelude to induce the mood. Heinz soups
are worthy Of great occasions. Twenty-Five
delectables-old- home favorites. Step up,
ladies-take your choice.
At the dinner traditional, Heinz Cream of
Green Pea or Heinz Cream of Oyster
havorous bisque Of succulent bivalves. Re-
member how your grandmother made them
with country cream thicker than most
city folks have ever seenl That's our way
Of making cream soups-here at Heinz.
For the more formal Thanksgiving dinner
you'll like Heinz consomme-sparklin
amber essence of fine meats-or Heinz
Genuine Turtle Soup. Don't gasp. OF
course you can afford it. Heinz now offers
this epicurean soup at no increase in the
moderate Heinz prices
Scan the list place your holiday order
today-lean back and thank your lucky
stars-snd Heinzl
Evening star., 1936-11-24

VEGETABLE SOUP
VEGETABLE BEEF SOUP
CREAM OF SPINACH
CREAM OF MUSHROOM
CREAM OF OYSTER
CREAM OF ASPARAGUS :.
CREAM OF GREEN PEA
CREAM OF CELERY
CREAM OF TOMATO
CORN CHoWDER
CHICKEN NOODLE SOUP
CLAM cHoWDER
coNsoMME MADELEINE
BEAN SOUP
CoNSOMMk
PEPPER POT
SCOTCH BROTH
MOCK TURTLE
ONION SOUP
CHICKEN GUMBo (Cssols)
GENUINE TURTLE SOUP
CHICKEN SOUP WITH RIcz
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PAR FOR THE SOUP COURSE

Q Score and score again. The lady always wins
when she serves Heinz delicious home tasting soup.
Here's a ready foursome to you through the
holiday week -end-Heinz Cream of Tomato, Chicken
Noodle, Cream of Celery and Cream of Mushroom
Evening star., 1936-08-30

son. pianist, and Miss Laura Lindley,
reporter.
Delegates will register Saturday
from 2 to pm. with John A. Pater.
son. sr.; John A. Paterson, jr.. end
Edward L. Tolson as registrars. Presi-
dent Etchison will preside over the
Saturday evening session beginning at
7:3o pm. and followed by q reception
at 9:5 pm. for DR.. and Mrs. Fred g.
Holloway.
Sunday session will be presided
over by DR.. A. w. Cummings and r.
wing L. Koch. vice presidents of the
association, and Russell N. Fairhurst,
Evening star., 1936-08-30
Dies to Save Friend.

Lord Baden-Power has awarded the
bronze medal for gallantry to d. s..
Watson. Scout patrol leader who lost
his life saving q younger comrade.
The two were on the Thames near
London In craft which suddenly NO.
set. Both could swim, but Watson.
finding his companion. Alan Arnold,
growing weak, went to his aid. An
other Scout dived into the water and
took Arnold of the other boys hands.
Watson seemed able to care for him
self, but near shore he sank without
warning.
Evening star., 1936-08-30

ternity at the Mayflower Hotel We'd
nesday, Thursday and Friday.
Early arrivals will be invited to
participate in . fraternity golf tour
nament beginning Tuesday at 2 pm.
Registration of delegates is scheduled
from to 10 am. Wednesday. The
three-day program includes q round
Of executive sessions. entertainments
and sight seeing tours, closing with
a stag party at the Mayfiower Fri
day at pm.
Ladies attending the convention
will be entertained Thursday at lunch
con at the Olney Inn by Mrs. Thelma
Lohnes, wife OF Horace l.. Lohnes,
Evening star., 1936-08-30

minister, Md, for three days beginning
next Saturday. -
The main speaker will be DR.. Albert
w. Beaven. president OF Colgate
Rochester Divinity School, whose sub
ject Saturday night will be THE Tack
Of Christian Fellowship" His theme
again will be Christian Fellowship"
and related subject in addresses Sum
day and Monday.
Onicers of the organization include
Page NICK. Etchisen, president; VIII
liam r. Schmucker, treasurer, and
George E. Harris, executive secretary.
Schumacher Is song leader, Mrs. Etchi-
Evening star., 1936-08-30
president Of the National Federation
Of Mems Bible Glasses. Ofncers will
be elected Sunday night.
Gossip Kills Baroness.

MY death shall sufiice to disprove
these unsavory charges" was the fare
well message left by the Baroness
Some. found poisoned at her home in
Toxic. Japan. Rumor had linked the
baroness name with that of M. Mkt
moto. Japan's pearl king. who had re-
Gently rendered the Some family finan-
cial aid. The family had lost its for
tune.
Evening star., 1936-08-30
LAW FRATERNITY
CONVENTION IS SET
300 Expected to Attend Sessions
of Delta Theta Phi Here
This Week.

Three hundred delegates are expect
ed in Washington this week to attend
the twenty-fi first annual national con-
vention of Delta Theta Phi law fra
Evening star., 1936-08-30

marshal of the supreme senate Of
the fraternity.
August H. Moran Is general chair
man of the local committee in charge
OF the convention, assisted by Homer
L. Mccormick, general counsel for
the meeting; Leighton c. Taylor,
treasurer: J. Raymond Bell, director
Of publicity, and Col. Temple w.
Seay, George F. Smyth arI Meredith
M. Daubin, vice chairme-
Evening star., 1936-08-30

Abors, wild tribesmen Of Mongo-
Ian type, live in Abor Hills border
ing on Tibet and Assam.
Evening star., 1936-08-30
Bible conference
TO HEAR DR.. BEAvEN
D. g. Association to Have Annual
Summer Conference at
Westminster.

The fifteenth annual Summer con-
ference of the Organized Bible Glass
Association of the District win be held
at Western Maryland College, West
Evening star., 1936-05-03
Woman Chess Champion.

Barcelona, Spain. is one of the prin-
cipal chess centers in Europe, and
among her champions is q woman.
Senorita Gloria Velat.
Evening star., 1936-05-03

10-month-old Virginia May Grille,
who-modeling for the baby-bathing
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS unabaShed at
meeting the Presidents wife and
posing for photographers in the midst
of her ablutions. The baby's mother,
Mrs. D. x. Grille, Of Falls Church,
Va, was the examiner in this test.
In the kitchen, Mrs. Roosevelt was
presented basket of hot rolls baked
by Anne Belts and Laverne Klein
wachter, who had been at their task
since am. A linen napkin, beauti-
fully embroidered by Mary Parker
with Mrs. Roosevelt's initials in the
center and the Girl Scout insignia IN
each of the four corners, was placed
over the rolls.
After she had been served orange
Juice and cookies in the living room,
Mrs. Roosevelt signed the little house
guest book ard shook hands with all
the scouts.
Evening star., 1936-05-03
American Army of Occupation,
1896 Version, Holds Paris Hall

4. The embattled Legionnaires con-
tracted a Chinese-American alliance
by employing two Chinese servants to
run errands and improve their mess
rations-thus far somewhat monot-
onous canned bean diet;
5. James MacAleSe OF Fargo, N.
Oak, major general of the army Of
occupation, said he and the other
major generals. Peter Mckay Of
Brooklyn, John Hunter of Great Falls.
Mont. and Julius Snowhill Of Quincy,
Ill. could sit it out on this line If it
took all Summer
The French Chamber of Deputies
vas asked to do something about it.
A bill for a 500,000-franc 1898 ,O00l
subsidy to help the Legion out Of its
difficulties was submitted TO the
Chamber. Parliament, however, is
not in session.
Evening star., 1936-05-03
SERIES OF FIRES
HIT VIRGINIA PARK
Hundreds Fight Flames, Be.
Iieved Incendiary, on
Blue Ridge.
,pec,sl pispatcn to The Star.

Special Dispstcn to The Star.
LURAY, Va. May IA series Of
forest fires, believed to have been OF
an incendiary origin, ragged through
the Blue Ridge Mountains today and
left in their wake more than $500
acres of blackened timber in and
around the Shenandoah National
Park.
Hundreds of men from the sur
rounding area were pressed into serv-
Ice and battled the flames from 2
O'Clock until dark. Little information
was available as to the extent to
which the fires were brought under
control.
Men from the c. c. c. Camps 2 and
3 near Criglersville were called to
fight the fires in the national park.
The center of the widespread blazeS
appeared to be In Cubbage Hollow,
Lucas Hollow and Dovel Hollow An
other blaze was raging in the vicinity
of Big Meadows and Camp near
Elkton.
Authorities we're unable to say how
many fires were burning.
Blaze Is Unchecked.
A forest fire that had burned more
than 1000 acres of valuable timber in
Dickinson County was raging un-
checked late last night despite the
efforts of workers from two CCC
camps who were aiding the regular
fire fighting crews, according to the
Associated Press.
S. G. Hobart, district warden, re-
ported to Fred Peterson, State for
ester, at Charlottesville. that the en-
tire Clintwood CCC personnel and 81
men from the Big Stone Gap camp
were working in the area.
In the meantime State Forester
Peterson issued a special warning
against carelessness in wood tracts by
campers and others in handling fires,
matches and cigarettes.
High Winds IncreaSe Danger.
High winds and lack of rain have
made the situation especially danger
Gus this Spring" said Peterson. Two
weeks have passed since the last
rainfall in many sections of the State
and conditions may grow more crit
ical unless we have heavy rains soon. "
Brush burning operations on Pine
River are thought to have caused the
fire in Dickinson County, Mr.. Peter
son said. The damage will total many
thousands of dollars to timber in the
Cumberland Mountains, he added
The State forester urged that farm
ers and others burn no more brush
until after the forest fire danger has
been relieved by prolonged and
drenching rains. -
Evening star., 1936-05-03
ADMIRAL R0WCLIFF
GIVEN new POST
Becomes Judge Advocate General
Of Navy June Admiral
Courtney Succeeds.

The Navy's baby adniral"-Real
Admiral Gilbert J. Rowcliff-will be.
come Judge advocate general Of the
Navy on June /, Admiral William H
Standley, Acting Secretary Of the
Navy, announced yesterday.
At present he is director Of naval
communications. He will be sue
eeeded by Rear Admiral Charles E
Courtney, commander of cruisers OF
the Battle Force. who will come here
the first of next month.
Admiral Rowcliff, director of naval
communications since last August 8,
was born July %, 1881, in Peoria, Ill.
He was aide at the White House with
Presidents Theodore Roosevelt and
Taft; recently commanded the Naval
Training Station at Newport, r. l.:
holds the Navy Cross for his World
War service and has been a rear ad-
miral since January l.
Admiral Courtney holds a Navy
Cross for his duty in the World War.
during which he commanded the
troop transport President Grant AS
previously announced. the present
judge advocate general. Rear Admiral
Claude c. Bloch, goes to command a
battleship division Of the Battle Force.
Evening star., 1936-05-03
By the Associated Press.


PARIS, April 2.-The entire Amer
lean army of occupation, composed
this year of a corporals guard, re-
manned intrenched tonight in Persh-
ing Hall, Paris headquarters Of the
American Legion.
Legion officers said they couldn t
afford to keep the hall open. The
corporals guard took an opposite view.
Four Legionnaires appeared to be
gaining ground by sitting still. There
were these developments:
/. A French Judge called attention
to "the noble sentiments between the
United States and France" in urging
Legion factions to show spirit of
conciliation;"
2 Legion officials. who said they
couldn't pay building Indebtedness
and therefore would have to close the
hall, agreed to pay the building cor
poration the expenses for the four
man occupancy:
8. The court appointed Auguste
Moulin, a professional administrator
to start administering the building
next Monday: -..