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Evening star., 1936-09-27

think | can understand the entire
situation. Am addressing couple of
breakfast hunters? It's rather late, but
think can tell you how to promote
some delicious ham and eggs"
I've had breakfast" Browning
rejoined.
Lynn nodded. shifted her eyes to
Burke. waited for him to signify that
her suggestions would be welcome, but
the young painter, feeling strangely
i'll at ease, conscious of the rebuff he
had received before, bowed and said,
Its very kind of you. Some day. per-
haps. when I'm really hungry" He
shrugged his shoulders and turned
away. leaving the field in the undis-
puted possession of Roscoe Browning.
As the ship moved northward to.
ward the equator, Tracy determined
to interview each of the persons Ros-
coe Browning had referred to.
1t was no trick to contact Alton
Clegg. Before the ship had reached
the doldrums, Clegg was unburdening
himself to Burke. To be sure, Burke
had no means of knowing whether the
glib recital which poured from Clegg's
lips had any modicum of truth or was
a carefully rehearsed story which had
been concocted for the purpose.
Watch this man Browning" Clegg
said. Hes deadly. I'm going to tell
you frankly where l stand. because
think you'll prove a valuable ally"
He flicked ashes from the end of a
cigarette. II can't tell you the stakes
that are being played for" he added,
because don't know all of them.
But can tell you that human lives
are merely pawns in the game. Ever
hear of free-lance international spies,
who unearth secrets no government
would ever dare to try for. officially"
only in fiction"
well. don't scoff at fiction! 1t has
to follow the general groundwork of
fact or it wouldn't be convincing. Take
Browning. for instance. He's a ring
leader of the free-lance spies who steal
information and sell it to the highest
bidder. And look at this woman who
goes by the name of Lynn Downey
Has she ever demonstrated to you her
wonderful memory?"
Only in a casual manner" Burke
said. trying to keep the interest from
his voice.
well, let me tell you something
about her. You can cover a page of
paper with figures. hand it to her, let
her look at it, and take it away. She'll
close her eyes and tell you the total of
all the columns reading from left to
right or the total of all columns read
ing up and down. She'll duplicate
every figure on that paper. That wom-
an has Photographic brain. and if
you think she's using those powers
merely to teach school or to give a
few jaded business men lectures on
how to improve their memories, you're
crazy"
you mean she's one of these free
lance spies?"
Clegg nodded.
"And has used her powers of obser-
Evening star., 1936-09-27
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Evening star., 1936-07-21

the "littIe cousin of the beaver" The
truth really Is, while they are neigh
borly with each other to high de-
gree, and are very efficient builders,
they are more closely related to the
meadow mouse family. The great dif-
ference is their more portly size. Also
they have a sword-shaped tall, where
as the mouse has q toothpick-sized
one.
In construction the muskrat's house
Is far more simple and 1t does not
last so long. The building material
used is OF less durable quality. The
muskrat builds for the Winter and Is
not what you may call good house.
holder, for he permits his property TO
run down terribly when not in use,
and even has been known to have
his Winter residence swept away after
a heavy rain.
However, by Autumn his family can
all pitch in and help him rebuild.
The house stands about five feet above
the water-a rather commodious al
fair and about the same width az
the base, or water level. Grass, sedges,
cattails, reeds, sods, mud and roots
are the materials used in building.
Plastered walls hold them firmly TO-
gether. BY the time the mud plaster
has set the home is strong and COM
Portable for the Winter. There Is al
ways q ventilator at the center OF the
roof. The exists are in the floor OF
the bed chamber, well to one side, and
sometimes there are two. The extra
one is said to be for the use Of the
family in case of hasty exit is needed.
Evening star., 1936-07-21
How 1t Started
BY JEAN NEWTON.
Prophet.

A~OUR republic" wrote Macaulay
L comparing America with Rome
will be pillaged and ravageo IN the
twentieth century just as the Roman
Empire was by the barbarians OF the
fifth century, with this difference:
that the devastators of the Roman
Empire came from abroad. while your
barbarians will be the people OF your
own country and the product OF your
own institutions"
Macaulay, any number of people are
ready to insist, was a true prophet
q prophet in the intrinsic classical
sense, since the term is rooted ultl-
mately in two Greek words meaning
literally 'to say beforehand"
In the Hellenic idea, the man who
Soretold events was considered to be
the spokesman of their gods; but when
the Greek notion of multiplicity OF
deities was supplanted by the He
braic conception of oneness, the proph-
ct was regarded as one who was in
spired or instructed by the Lord, and
who was therefore the emissary OF
the Almighty.
The word prophet" has lost much
of its Biblical connotation, its modern
usage barking back to its original
sienificance of simply one who pre-
diets, the term being applied variously
10 economists and historians.
(Copyright, 1867
Evening star., 1936-07-21
Psychology
BY DIR. JESSE w. SPROWLS.
Inferiority.

THE so-called new psychology has
- made lot of the ordinary feel
ang Of inadequacy or inferiority. The
capitalization Of this new psychology
has undoubtedly made these feelings
of inferiority out to be something
foreign to a normal person or some
thing that must be gotten rid Of at
all costs.
Such is by no means the case. A
person devoid of all feelings Of in
feriority or inadequacy Is even more
abnormal than one with feelings Of
inferiority. The imputation of pos
sessing an "inferiority complex"
should be reserved for severe and
chronic cases only.
The signs of real inferiority are
easily discovered. A person who is
totally unable to stand even mild
criticism might be regarded as the
possessor of an inferiority complex.
Another telling symptom is that of
believing that others are conSpiring
against him. He misinterprets the
casual conversation of others whom
he happens to notice talking apart
from him.
A third symptom is the continual
search for approval. This Is, of
course, nothing more than an ex-
aggerated attempt to test his every
accomplishment in the light of pub
Tic opinion. This symptom is often
mistaken for a desire for flattery.
(Copyright, 1861
Evening star., 1936-07-21
mo Doubt"
BY w. CURTIS NICHOLSON.

BY w. CURTIS NICHOLSON.
A PART of q sentence OF q test
"A reads, when there was no doubt
but that" etc. Now Mrs. w. 8.
Kincheloe Of Crewe. Va. writes:
"Webster's gives 'But-prep. and conf.
I. without; except; save; that; as. all
went but me; none but the brave;
there Is no doubt but he is here"
Mrs Kincheloe makes no comments
after the definition she has quoted.
However, we infer that our corre-
spondent desires to defend the use OF
but"
webster's Unabridged Dictionary
says:
q. Often that alone is now felt
to be more logical or natural In (such
sentences as the foll0Uing:) I do not
doubt but that you are surprised
Ruskin."
From the Unabridged New Stand
ard Dictionary: doubt but Is now
less used than the more logical doubt
that"
From A Desk Book Of Errors in
English, by Frank H. Vizetelly:
"'doubt but that. In this phrase
but is superfluous as it does not add
anything to the sense"
From Handbook Of Composition, by
Edwin c. Woolley: After doubt,
that Is considered more logical than
but that But what Is incorrect.
(Copyright, 1850
Evening star., 1936-07-21
Bedtime Stories
Disappointment.

that Dog would do. He came baying
steadily until he reached the place
where she had jumped up on the wall.
There, of course. he lost the trail.
He stopped baying. He began to sniff
around eagerly. He ran down along
side the wall Q little way. Not find-
ing the trail there he circled out
around. The young Fox, watching
him, grinned.
$50 that's the way he does it," said
she. "I'll have to remember that"
The dog came back to the stone wall.
He went back on his own rail little
way, and then circled again. He was
just making sure that that Fox hadn't
turned back on her own trail and
then jumped OF to one side. Once
more he returned to the place where
she had leaped up on the wall. He
climbed over the wall just back Of the
spot where she had landed on the
wall. On the other side Of the wall
he circled about, trying to ind that
lost trail, just as he had done before
jumping the wall. The young Fox
almost chuckled aloud.
"1've fooled him." she chuckled.
"I've fooled him. He won't find that
trail again now. That was . great
idea of mine"
Just then the Dog stood up on his
hind legs, with his front feet on the
wall and, reaching up, he shifted care
fully He smelled nothing, for he was
above where the young Fox had
jumped up on the wall. He dropped
back on all four feet, and shifted along
close to the wall for a short distance.
Then he repeated the performance Of
standing up and smiling on top Of the
wall. This time he caught just the
faintest scent of fox. He whined
eagerly. Then he scrambled up on
the wall. The scent was faint, but it
was there. With his nose down to the
stones he began to walk along the
wall. In moment or two he lifted
his head and bayed joyously.
Once more fear clutched at the
heart of the young Fox. Such disap-
pointment as it was to have that dog
find that trail on top of the old stone
wall.
Copyright. 1850
Evening star., 1936-07-21
Travel Ads
BY ANNE CAMPBELL,

I love to read the travel ads,
And in imagination run
On silver sands to far-of lands
Beneath the cleaning, foreign sun.
But under my red maple tree
The earth is cool and sweet,
And hlacs bloom to shed perfume
Upon q city street.
love to read Of oceans blue
AS are my own familiar skies,
And beaches where the sun-drenched
air
Is pure, and beauty lies
Across a peaceful, far-on scene;
But in my ovsl backyard,
The green vines climb in Summertime,
In loveliness unmarried.
I love to read the travel ads,
And some bright morning will 70
To wander far where strange sights
are.
But now the roses grow
In my own little yard at home
The birds sing happy songs to me.
love to scan the ads and plan,
But 1t is here that would bel
tCopyright. 1850
Evening star., 1936-07-21

Tas for the first time being chased by
n dog. and so was learning what II
meant to run for her life. Her nrst
disappointment had come when sne
had tried very simple trick OF jump
Tag as far as she could to one side, so
as to break her trail. 1t hadn't fooled
that Dog more than a minute or two.
Then she had had to run again.
finally she had come to an old stone
wall. An idea came to her. It was
what is called an inspiration. Does
that seem like big word? 1t is quite
simple in its meaning. When an IDEA
about something suddenly pops into
xour head it is called an inspiration.
The young Fox had started to run
along close to that stone wall When
the got that inspiration. Instead OF
continuing to run along on the
ground she jumped up on the wall ana
started to run along that.
This is where I'll fool him., Sne
chuckled. Hell never think OF look
ing up on this wall. If he should, i
don't believe he would get my scent,
for I've noticed that stones, especially
when dry, do not hold scent very
well. I'll run along this wall down to
the corner of this field. where that
other wall joins this one. Ill run
along that little way, and then IN
tump out into another field just as lar
as I can"
Now that was smart thing to
think of doing, but, as I have told you'
that Young Fox was smart. She wasn't
the kind to give up easily. She ran
along the wall down to where tne
either wall joined it. Then she ran
along that for short distance and
finally she leaped just as far as she
could out into a field and ran up to
the top of little knoll in that field
There she sat down to watch What
Evening star., 1936-07-21
Natures Children
MUSKRAT.

The one room will accommodate q
couple or . family Of eight. They
cuddle close together for warmth dur
ing the cold weather and are in q
steam warmed" apartment no mat
ter what the temperature is outside.
Muskrats are not thrifty like the
beavers. They do not lay up food
supplies. They travel under the ice
In search Of food. There are always
roots and stems to be found, or
maybe . sleepy turtle.
During the day, they visit each
other, using tunnels already estab-
lished below the frost line ind under
the Ice. Besides, Winter time is court
ing time and there are some royal
battles fought.
In May or June. the babies are born.
The nursery may be In the warm nest
of the Winter home or in the bank
burrow. There are five or six Of them,
and each no longer than q mouse.
Pink, naked, blind and deaf, they
need all the attention their mother
can give them. They make rapid
Evening star., 1936-07-21
NATURE
WARNS YOU

An inactive liver b natures warn
lng that d b time for action. Head
sches, sluggishness, and that de-
dressed feeling are signs of faulty
elimination, known as constipation.
internal cleanliness Is the secret Of
Keeping physically fit. Flush away al
poisonous matter from your intestinal
tract with HEXASOI, the dependable
saline laxative. Feel like yourself
again. HEXASOL is physicians
prescription that has been used and
recommended for over quarter Of .
century. Safe, sure and agreeable to
take. Get . generous bottle, today,
for only 6oc, ut your nearest drug
store.
Evening star., 1936-07-21

These, too, are in
stunning solid COL
ors with a flower
motif at each end.
Will give you splen-
did wear.
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My Neighbor Says:

II o little butter Is rubbed on
the inside of pan when melting
chocolate for cake mixture, 1t will
not stick to pan.
Never rub soap on hannels or
woolens. Wash in soapy water
and rinse In clear, lukewarm
water II you wish to preserve their
softness and fine texture.
Tomatoes and peppers baked in
muffln pans or individual molds
keep their shape better than when
baked In larger pans.
Fish requires quick cooking at
a high temperature to seal the
juices. Fish cooked too long Is
tasteless.
(Copyright. 1850
Evening star., 1936-07-21
Aid to White-Collared.

Congress- new appropriation q al
most one and a half billion fol con-
tinuation of the work-relief program
includes $s5, 100000 ear-marked for
assistance for educational, profes-
sional and clerical persons"
Evening star., 1936-07-21
BY LILLIAN cox ATHEY.

THIS Is the time Of the year for
you to try to find o happy
family Of muskrats. They
= make charming pets II you are
close to q camp where you can visit
them regularly. The youngsters are
now getting their first lessons in hunt
ing their own food, and they are pretty
lively little fellows, eager for every
thing In the way Of amusement.
Muslrats, because they are famous
builders in the marshes. are called
Evening star., 1936-07-21
BY THORNTON w. BURGESS.

Who, disappointed. will not try
Old Mother Nature.
Evening star., 1936-07-21
strides on the diet she provides for

strides on the diet she provides for
them.
When they are about the size Of .
chipmunk, covered with lovely, soft
fur, eyes bright with adventure and
ready for lessons. they leave the
nursery. This is when they make such
charming pets and are 50 willing to
be friendly, especially after they find
you are generous and gentle.
(Copyright, 1850
Evening star., 1936-07-21
Jolly Polly
A Little Chat on English
BY los. i. FRISCH.

A. G.-"She Is a rare species" Is
the corerct form, not "a rare specie" I"
Specie" means coin or coined money.
Species" in the sense of kind. sort.
variety, form, is both singular and
plural. Thus we speak Of "a species
Of octopus; Several species Of
partridge" Species Is pronounced
spee-sheez or spee-she-eez.
Chinese Mohammedans.
Some 1000 900 Chinese are Moham-
medan in religion.
The Washington times., 1936-03-03
HOUSING CLASS
CLOSES TOUR

The final semester" of school
opened yesterday for a group of
students training for the newest
Of all Government jobs-low cost
housing manager.
Some so men and women, includ-
ing 10 Negroes, returned from q
six-weeks tour of housing projects
throughout the Middle West and
East for a final four weeks of
study, after which they will be
ready for appointment as mana
gers of PWA low-cost housing prof.
ects, at salaries ranging from
$4,000 to $4,000 a year.
Their school" is an undertak-
ing of the National Association of
Housing Officials. financed by the
Rockefeller Foundation, preparing
members for what in the United
States is new profession, due to
open up as soon as the Govern
ment can complete it's projects for
housing skilled workers and trades
men whose incomes are not more
than $500 a year.
The Washington times., 1936-03-03
BLOOD DISEASE
CURE SOUGHT

PHILADELPHIA Il. N. SO.-A
new treatment will be offered the
medical world for control of hemo-
philia If experiments now under
way at jefferson Hospital prove
successful.
The treatment, as disclosed by
DR.. Harold w. Jones, a staff physi-
clan of the Philadelphia institu-
ton, consists Of a special adapta-
tion Of a serum already used in
other diseases.
Collected from horses, the serum,
it is hoped, will enable hemophilia
patients to stop the frequently un-
comfortable bleeding characters
tic Of their cases.
The absence of materials in the
body of a hemophilic, DR.. Jones
explained, prevents the formation
Of blocked clotS and causes the
disease famous as the curse of the
former royal family of Spain.
The Washington times., 1936-03-03
Grave. Wolf Crisis
Reported by Russia

MOSCOW March 8 G.N.S.).
Wolves are a menace in Russia,
more thai 10000 stalking the
steppes, terrorizing collective farm
ers, stealing sheep and other do
mestic animals, declares Socialist
Agriculture, the organ of the
Commissariat of Agriculture, to.
day in an editorial in which it
calls on Soviet hunters to wipe
them out.
The bounty on wolves must be
raised, says the paper, and points
out that the present premium of
so rubles a head is too low and
no inducement to hunters.
The Washington times., 1936-03-03
February Freeze
Gives ShiUerS To
Dan Cupid

ALEXANDRIA, Va, March 8.
Cold weather during February
played havoc with Dan Cupid'S
business here, according to Elliott
F. Hoffman, clerk Of the corpora
tion court, who revealed that the
so marriage licenses issued were
far below a normal months busi-
ness.
These figures fall below the aver
age months issuance, Mr.. Hoff-
man pointed out, regardless Of the
fact that this Is not only leap year,
but that leap year day itself is
accounted for during the month.
The collections for deeds, wills
and suits due to the State totaled
$729, with 202 deeds being re-
corded and Is suits filed.
The Washington times., 1936-03-03
CONSTELLATION
BILL PUSHED

Senators George L. Radcliffe
and Millard E. Tydings will head
a delegation Of Marylanders to-
morrow appearing before the
Senate Naval Affairs Committee
to urge a favorable report on the
bill to restore the Constellation.
The measures introduced jointly
by the two Senators calls for the
restoration Of the old frigate to
it's original condition so that it
can be kept as a national museum
at Fort McHenry, Baltimore, Md.
The bill calls for an appropriation
to be added to the contributions
and donations by private citizens
to meet the cost Of the work.
In the preamble to the bill, the
Senators point out that the frigate
was launched September 7, 1897,
from the port at Baltimore.
The ship is the sister ship Of the
Constitution and was used in the
Civil War.
The Washington times., 1936-03-03
Sale Of Stolen Coal
Shows Big Increase

Stolen or bootleg coal moved in
interstate and intraState channels
in 1885 reached a total of 1907
600 tons, according to a study just
completed by the Anthracite In
Stitute.
The traffic in stolen anthracite
last year increased 18 per cent
over that of 1894, when the illicit
tonnage was estimated at $685..
900.
The Washington times., 1936-03-03

4
sisted by Harrison Potter at the
piano, gave q convincing reading
of the Haydn quartet and the
Franck quintet yesterday evening
at $50 o'clock at the Phillips
Memorial Gallery. The quartet
which includes the following play
ers, Bernard Robbins and Jeno
Sevely, violins, Henrdik ESSers
viola, and Sidney Hamer, violon
cello, showed an even better tonal
quality and ensemble technique
than when last heard. Mr.. Potter
blended the fifth part of the
quintet with the sustained tones
of the strings in such a manner
that the listener was not aware
of any great contrast in the nature
of the instruments
The Strauss "Pizzicato Polka, "
heard yesterday afternoon at West
ern High School in the student
concert of the National Symphony
Orchestra, was provocative OF
much gaiety among the younger
music lovers present. The childish
peals Of laughter were so contagi
GUS that DR.. Hans Kinder had tc
wait some time before being able
to continue the program with a
repetition of this number.
Ann Sugar, young Washington
pianist, played with a firm torch
such as would be expected of a
much older artist. She negotiated
the difficulties of the Grieg con.
certo in A minor with apparent
ease and was recalled for an en-
core. The concert closed with the
brilliant climax of the Russian
Sailors Dance" by Gliere.
The theme published yesterday
was the final theme introduced by
the baSseS in Liszt's Hungarian
Rhapsody No. g" which, together
with the suite "Scheherazade"
(RimSky-Korsakow), will be heard
on the program of the young peo,
pies concert tomorrow afternoon
at 4 o'clock at the Navy Yard Sail
AOAG ny VIC " y. 4NdFy odAAO OyaA1
phony Orchestra.
Liszt wrote IS works in this Sc.
rieS, all of which included charac.
teristic themes and rhythmS of the
Hungarian gypSieS. The "Hunga,
rian Rhapsody No. g" opens with
a slow dance, followed by the in.
PRODUCTION Of several themes and
closing with the rapid "Friska, "
from the national Hungarian
dance known as the CZardas.
prince Kalender," from the
"Scheherezade" suite, gives the
musical background of the prince
who showed dignity in rags. The
movement is preceded, as is each
movement, by the peculiar
Oriental tune in triple rhythm
which seems to point to the
story-teller, Scheherezade. TIL e
bassoon introduces the theme
shown above and it is taken up
in turn by other instruments.
The development brightens until
there is dance movement; TO-
wards the close the music be-
comes more brilliant with the use