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The Washington times., 1936-12-28
u. 5. JOB LURES
STAGE PIANIST

Despite the fact that she looks
as if she had just graduated from
high school, Emile Mann of the
Civil Service Commission, has al
ready served 10 years in the
service Of Uncle Sam.
And during the 19 years she
has seen service with four diff
ferent units of the Government,
making numerous friends in each
and performing work outstand-
ing in efficiency on each assign
ment.
Miss Mann, a Washington girl,
originally had intended following
a career as a music teacher. Her
speciality is the piano, an instru-
ment on which she is a master
performer, and after graduating
from Central High School, she
matriculated at the Washington
College of Music.
Finishing her initial studies,
Miss Mann became a teacher at
the latter institution and proba-
bly, would have devoted her life
to music but for the World War,
which caused the departmental
service in Washington to expand
to twice its previous size and
produced a demand for as many
people able to do clerical work
as could be found.
Began in Treasury
Miss Mann forthwith became a
Government employe, entering the
service OF the Treasury Depart
ment early in 1917 and giving up
the piano as a professional career.
After a period with the Treas
ury she shifted to the War De.
partment for a year of service,
and then accepted the offer of an
appointment with the Veterans
Administration. Seven years ago,
however, there was a need for
experienced workers at the Civil
Service Commission and she trans
ferred to the old Pension Office
Building, where she has remained
as a clerk in the commissions
service records and retirement d.
vision.
KlineStiver Popular
The attractive young Govern
ment veteran" has continued play
ing the piano as hobby and also
remains a member of the Washing
ton Music Teachers Association,
although she doesn't have the
time to concentrate on teaching
that she had before taking up a
Federal career. She also enjoys
the study of languages and enjoys
dancing and swimming when the
opportunity for such pleasures
arises.
Alton r. Klinestiver Of the Com
missions staff lacks the long
service enjoyed by his young col
league but is nevertheless quite
popular at the Civil Service Com
mission and is known for his
general ability and efficiency in
the capacity of a clerk" for the
service records and retirement
unit.
Mr.. Klinestiver is from Warren,
Pa, where he attended high
school, and is graduate of Penn
sylvania State College. He came to
washington about four years ago
when offered an appointment with
the Department of Justice and
remained with that agency for
over two years.
Early in 1885, however, he trans
ferred to the Civil Service Com
mission when the opportunity
arose and has remained there
since.
The Washington times., 1936-12-28
World Healthier

SYDNEY, Australia G.N.SO.
So many diseases have now been
conquered that soon the chief
cause of death will be old age, &C.
cording to Sir Robert Muir, for
merly professor of pathology at
Glasgow University for 81 years.
"All infective diseases are in hand
now," he said when he arrived
here on the liner Orontes.
"Typhus, typhoid. malaria, and
smallpox are not the terrors they
The Washington times., 1936-12-28
Thirty-ounce Infant Dies

LAWRENCE, Mass. Dec. %.
A 30-ounce baby boy born Christ
mas Day to 17-year-old Mrs. Stan
ley Sustakovsky died at a hos
pital last night. The baby was
Mrs. Sustakovsky'S first born. The
father is 81.
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|. A. Police Captain
browns Near Redondo

REDONDo BEACH, Calf. Dec.
% I.N.SO Captain
Robert M. Jacks, 38, Of the Los
Angeles Police Force. drowned to-
day when he was believed to have
suffered a fainting spell while he
was cropping in the shallow water
of an ocean cove at Abalones near
here,
The Washington times., 1936-12-28
90 PldStererS
Are J0bleSS in
Washington

# all the plaster that is plas-
tered in Washington each year
was spread along the milky way it
would reach
No one has bothered to figure
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In MemUrian.

In MemUrian. 3
IN LOVING MEMORY of our dear daush-
ter and sister. CATHERINE ELLIS. who
passed away four years ago today. Decenl-
Der 20. 1882. HER FAMILY.
LAKE, DAVID ELMER-In loving men,
ory of my dear son. David Elmer Lake
who passed away. five years ago today,
December 49, 1881.
What would we give his hand to clasp.
His patient face to see,
To hear his voice. to see bis smile
AS in the days that used to be.
But some sweet day we'll meet again
Beyond the toll and strife,
And clasp each others hand once more
In heaven, that happy life.
LOVING MOTHER AND AUNT FAITH.
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DICKERsoH. MARY F.Zon SATURDAY i Pc; e
Fairfax Road, Bethesda. Nd. MARY F.
DTCKERsON. the beloved wife of Francis
A. Dickerson and mother Of Jane E; Dick
Schultz Funeral services from the w.
W. Chambers Co. funeral home, 1400 Cha
pin St. N W.. on Monday. December %.
1885. at 8 p. m.
Relatives and friends are invited.
Interment Kensico Cemetery, Valhale
New York.
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MANSFIELD. JULIA E.-On Friday. De.
cember 25. 1886. at her residence. 1915
E St. N. E, JULIA E. MANSFIELD. be-
loved aunt Of justin ". Swain:
Southeast funeral home. SIT Eleventh
St. s E.. on Monday. December %. at
o. m. Interment Congressional Cemetery.
Relatives and friends invited to attend.
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DIED

BECKWITH, RAYMOND EVANS - Sud
denly on Sunday, December 81. 1886,
at the Washington Sanitorium. Takoma
Park. Md, RAYMOND EVANS BECK
WITH. Late residence 914 Baltimore
Boulevard, Riverdale. Md. the beloved hus-
band of Lena c. Beckwith
Remains resting at the W. W. Chambers
Co. Suburban funeral home, 91s Cleveland
Avenue, Riverdale, Nd.
Notice of funeral services and interment
hereafter.
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OFFICIAL PROGRAM
Motion Picture Theoter Owners
Of District Of Columbia
CAPITOL
R.K-O KEITHS

BOBBY BREEN in RAINBOW ON THE
RIVER" with May Robson. Charles But
terworth, Louise Beavers and Alan Now
bray and His Famous Hall-Johnson Choir
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STRAMER. PATRICIA E.-on Saturday.
December 26. 1885 PATRICA E. STRA-
MER. the beloved daughter Of Catherine
and Bella Stramer Funeral services from
the W. W. Chambers Co., 1400 Chaplin st.
n. W, on Tuesday, December %. 1885.
at II a. m.
Relatives and friends are invited.
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DANIEL. JAMES F.-on Friday. Decem-
Der 26. 1885. at Emergency Hospital.
ette and Hattie B. Daniel. He is survived
by three brothers and one sister. Flu
neral from the residence of his sister, 3721
Fourteenth st., South. Arlington, Va. on
Interment Columbia Garden Cemetery.
Relatives and friends invited.
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December 27, 1885, at his residence.
1920 Neal Street Northeast, NICHOLAS
CAMPAGNOLI. the beloved husband of
Carmela Campsgnoli and father of Francis.
Paul, Carmen and Gabriel Csmpagnoli, and
only brother of Dominic CampaSnoLi
Funeral will be held from the above
residence on Wednesday. December 30,
1886, at $50 a. m. Requiem mass at
Holy Rosary Church at a. m.
Interment St. Marys Cemetery.
Relatives and friends are invited.
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HUNTER. ROSA A.-On Sunday. Decem
ber 27. 1885 at GEORGETOWN Hospital,
ROSA A. HUNTER. beloved wife Of Will
liam T. Hunter.
Funeral services from the W. W. Cham
bers Co.. 400 Chaplin St. N. W., on
Wednesday December 80. at 10 a. m.
Relatives and friends are invited.
Interment Potomac. Nd.
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VALLEY. JOHN TOWNsEND-suddenly
on Saturday December 20, 1885. JOHN
TOWNSEND VALLEY. the beloved hus::
band Of Sadie C. VALLEY and father Of
Sadie VALLEY and Alice VALLEY. Funera!
from the W. W. Chambers Co. funeral
home. Fourteenth and Chaplin SITS. n. w,
on Monday, December %. 1885. at 2 80
p. m.
Relatives and friends are invited.
Interment in Washington Memorial Park
Cemetery.
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DAILEY's FUNERAL HOME
2S19 18th St. N. E. POI l46I
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IS, 1885 NELLIE E. FORD tnee Nor.
rison(. beloved wife Of Glenn $; Ford; She She
son. sister and brother.
Southeast funeral home, Si7 Eleysnt6 St;
e. q Rstgs. MEnSay and PessSF fss1ds ;91S3ed 9S3
attend. Interment Glenwood Cemetery.
HAM. EUNICE RowE-on Saturday. De-
pts efPH5 GGNfeE III ROW ROVE HAM Services vii viii
be held at her late residence. 2401 Calvert
St. n; W. on Tuesday. December 20. 1885,
" 1nterment in Mt. olivet Cemetery.
HUNT, ALBERT Bon Sunday. Decen-
vs Der 1G9S At b his S rssTe4Se nee beoTed apTs
husband of Elizabeth G. Hunt and father
of George B. Hunt.
. Remains resting at the W W. Cham
6ers Co Suburban 1,dn9s,a funeral home BIS
Notice of funeral services and inter-
ment hereafter.
HgNTEE. 1Sss Rosa AGon Sunday Hdaisa' DsssR-
ROSA A. HUNTER. beloved wife of Will
psF. ca 'fSe' FoS chspn tS ns s. W. w. Cham on
Wednesday December 80. at 10 a. m.
Relatives and friends are invited.
1nJ6rmenl. FOLOmaC, MO.
LEWIS. ESTHER E.-On Sunday, Decem-
ber 27, 1896. at her home. 3706 Fulton
Street Northwest. ESTHER E. LEWIS, the
beloved wife of Fred NJ. Lewis and mother
of Mrs. Max Bakhardt and Claude Lewis
of Plattsburg, N. Y.
Funeral services will be held on Tues
day December %, 1896 at p M, from
her late residence 3706 Fulton Street
Northwest. Relatives and friends are in
vited to attend.
Interment in Cedar Hill Cemetery.
Services by W. W. Chambers Co.
MCKNIGHT. ADAH JEAN On Sunday.
her daughter. 80 Holt Place Takoma Park.
Nd, ADAH JEAN MCKNIGHT. beloved
wife of Albert H. Mcknight and mother
of Mrs. Anna l.. Nickols and ]. L. Q. Nc
of Mrs william H. McElroy. of Washing
ton. D. c.. and Mrs. NJ. E. Pennypacker,
of Philadelphia. Pa. Remains resting at
the w. W. Chambers Co. funeral home,
1400 Chaplin Street Northwest.
Funeral services will be held on We'd
nesday. December 80. 1896. at 1 p. M,
from the W. W. Chambers Co. funeral
home, Fourteenth and Chaplin Streets
Northwest Relatives and friends are in
vited to attend
1nterment in Norris Cemetery. Phoenix
vile. Pa.
MANSFIELD. JULIA E.-on Friday. De.
- eember Is. 1920. at her rssdsnce; dd4H 1915
'0GF1 Funeral s' from fa HO' ". VI. Chambers Co.
Southeast funeral home. SIT Eleventh
St. FL on MSndHsy DsssmSer Ss a.
Relatives and friends invited to attend.
Marriage Announcements
~C0OTEc o0noTroa1,An1. "a 7S nm. "a hr
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EENTp AZ 4sS 9th Street W.
JOHNNY wEIssMULLER and MAUREEN
O'SULLIVAN in "TARZAN ESCAPES. :"
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COLONY sso5.!. eso,...* AysHgs =. S and nd
Matinee 2 p. NJ
THE CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRI-
GADE." with ERROL FLYNN and
OLIVIA DE HAVILLAND.
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FARLAWN 1874" Good Hope
Stuart Erwin and Patsy Kelly in "PIG-
SKIN PARADE" Matinee at 3 P. M
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HOWARD eth T st'. N. W.
On Stage: 1887 Edition of the Black and
White Revue. 1O0-Stars-1O0.
On Screen: CAIN AND MABEL" WIS
Marion Davies and Clark Gable Midnight
Show Saturday with reserved seats.
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Funeral Directors

VIM. ]. NALLEY. INC.
522 STH ST g. E. IL OA9O
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Marriage Announcements
WEDDING announcements, So. .75 up; "a 4.hr
service. Goodhart's. 1914 II. MA. S172.
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RECKNOR. FLORENCE E.-Suddenly on
Saturday. December 20. at Casualty Hos
pital. FLORENCE E. RECKNOR. the be-
the late Thomas J. Beckwith. and sister. of
0rville j., Albert A. Carl E. and Mrs.
Pearl z. Duton.
Funeral from the above address on Tues
day, December 30. at 2 p m.
Relatives and friends are invited.
Interment in Washington Memorial Park
Cemetery.
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STATE BETHESDA Md
FRANCIS LEDERER in my
AMERICAN WIFE," ALL STAR
CAST in rs MAIDEN LANE"
MARCH OF TIME No. Il. NEWS
and MICKEY MOUSE. MATINEE
2P. M. Cont. .
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DIED

MILLS, FREDERICK LEE-suddenly on
Saturday. December %. 1895. at Casual
616 C St N E. beloved husband Of Ruth
Mills (nee Dameronl. Services from the
above residence on Tuesday. December 30,
1895. at 2: 80 D. m.
Interment Fort Lincoln Cemetery.
The Washington times., 1936-12-28

Screen: DICK POWELL and JOAN BLoN-
DELL in GOLD D1GGERs OF 1887"
Stage: TINTYPE REVUE and other Acts
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HAM, EUNICE ROWE-on Saturday. De-
cerber 26. 1888. at Georgetown Hos;
be held at her late residence. 24O1 Calvert
St. n w, on Tuesday. December 90. 1886.
Interment in Mt. olivet Cemetery.
Matanuska Valley pioneer. (Palmer, Alaska) 1935-1936, 1936-11-05
FIRST VALLEY FAIR
A HUGE SUCCESS

The first Matanuska Valley Agri-
cultural and Industrial Fair, under
the able direction Of M. D. Snod-
grass and commit tees, stands out as
the high light of the Matanuska
valley projects second year.
Exhibits spoke for themselves. Be-
sides displays from the Valley, there
were exhibits from Cordoya, Valdez,
Seward, and Kodiak. Everything
from babies to beans, baets, and
berries were on display. The SPLEEN
did quality of the exhibits was evil
dent, not only in the agricultural
line but in domestic arts, livestock,
poultry, handcrafJs, floral displays,
amateur art, furs and minerals
Among the notable displays We're
those from the boys and girls Al
clubs.
Several Thousand persons swung
through the Fair gates to inspect the
exposition and enjoy baseball
games, boxing matches, dances,
races, rodeo, side saows and other
events.
Officers Of the Fair Association
were: NJ. D. Snodgrass, president;
Joe Flalzne, vice president; Ruin
DeArmond, sec'y; Luther Weeda,
treasurer. Ross L. Smelly and the
officers formed The board of direc-
tors.
Regional representatives wert
Wm. T. Marry, Anchorage; ]. C.
WingHeld, Afognak; Mrs. H. l.
O'Neill, Cordoya; G. w. Gasser,
Fairbanks; Mrs. B. Karft, Kodiak;
Nellie Neal-Lawing, Lawing; Tom
Jones, Nenana; and Elwyn SWEET
mann, Seward.
Matanuska Valley pioneer. (Palmer, Alaska) 1935-1936, 1936-11-05
MORE COLOnISTS
DRAW TRACTS

Eight vacated tracts are again oc-
cupied as a result of the recent
drawings held to replace re-
turned colonists.
On September 5, Virgil Wagner
and Kerwin Frank, both of Gosh
en-, Indiana. were assigned by lot
to tracts No. SO and No. $50. Ker-
win Frank is a brother of Darrell
Frank who drew tract No. 1877
when the project was started.
On September 18th Clell Bert
Ashby of Washington State drew
141 and Joe Hemmer, brother of
Pat who has No. A at the Butte,
drew the old Kalliosaari place
No. 46. At the same time Ernest
Septka of Sturgis, S. D., was
awarded the very desirable tract
No. 3, recently relinquished by
Oscar Engebretson.
On the 18th Mr.. Roland Warner
drew tract No. 1877, out near Camp
5, and on the 26th James Berry of
Princeton, Mimi, drew tract III.
On Oct. End Robert Risley, former
AFRO employee who halls from Red
Bluff, California, was awarded the
tract abandoned by Walter Manginon
when he returned to the States, mum
Der ISL.
Four more replacement families,
all chosen by t..Stew" Campbell. left
Seattle for Palmer on the 18th.
Matanuska Valley pioneer. (Palmer, Alaska) 1935-1936, 1936-11-05

All drivers Of cars and motorcycles
on the highways of Alaska will have
to keep their eyes on the speed
ometers from now on, according to
Deputy Marshal Jack Hermon who
has been instructed to enforce the
new regulations just received.
According to the ruling anyone
driving carelessly in wanton disre-
gard for safety of others, or at a
speed likely to endanger any person
or property will be subject TO a fine
of not less than SIS, nor more than
$500, or by imprisonment i'll Federal
jail Of not less than five days, nor
more than six months, or both such
fine and Imprisonment.
For driving while intoxicated the
rap is much sitter The first offense
carries fines from $25 to 500, and
imprisonment of from five TO ninety
days, or both.
For the second offense the time is
from thirty days to nine months,
aud the fine from $100 to $500, or
both. If convicted a third time a
year in the penitentiary is the
minimum, and you may get five.
Automatically, if convicted or if
having plead guilty to either of the
above offenses, your license will be
revoked for three months on the first
conviction, six months on the sec
ond, and a year on the third. And
the time of suspension will com
mence at the expiration of your
jail term if one has been imposed,
otherwise, with the date of final
judgment.
Matanuska Valley pioneer. (Palmer, Alaska) 1935-1936, 1936-11-05
VALLEY ANIMAL
CENSUS GROWING

The other day big Hampshire
sow and her litter of small pigs
rooted their way across the grassy
square of the Community Center.
Every once in a while frisky team
stages spectacular runaway, and
almost any day you are forced to
stop your car while bunch of cows
or flock of sheep clear the road.
Yes, the valley is taking on all the
aspects Of real farming community.
The following figures form CEN
sus of the livestock and poultry that
has been shipped in and distributed
to the colony group.
Cows 210, Horses 245, Stations 4,
Bulls 5, Pigs 500, Sheep 600, Chick
ems 5000, Geese 388, Ducks 337,
Turkeys 484.
This, of course, does not include
this years increase, nor privately
purchased colony poultry and stock
owned by old settlers. A complete
census would show that there is
little difference between the farmer
and stock ratio here and in small
farming communities in the States.
Matanuska Valley pioneer. (Palmer, Alaska) 1935-1936, 1936-11-05
Farmers Here May
Qualify Under Soil
Conservation Program

The 1886 Federal Soil Conserva-
ton Program might be applicable,
to limited extent, to a number of
farms in Alaska. In order to re-
ceive benefit payments it is ne
cessary that an application for
grant farm be filled out. Then an
inspector must visit each farm
for the purpose of measuring
the performance of practice on
the farm, obtain the operators
signature on the application, and
execute the certiflcation of per-
Torrance"
It is possible that great many
farmers might qualify under the
following items of the Soil Con-
servation Act:
% Permanent pasture $500 an
acre. Permanent pasture is de-
scribed as ian acreage of
land planted to perennial
variety of protective monde
pleting cover crop which is
not turned under during the
year"
~ Application Of fertilizer $3.50
an acre. "Per one hundred
pounds of chemical fertilizer
Of which the principle con-
stituents of value are any
form or combination of phos-
phoric acid, nitrogen, or pot
ash, so cents; the payment not
to exceed $3.50 per acre"
There are several other condi-
tions under which beneficial pay
ments might be received but they
probably will not apply to farms
in Alaska this year.
Farmers who wish to apply for
benefit payments under the Soil
Conservation Act should make ap-
plication at once to Lorin T. Old
royd, Director of Extension, Col
lege, Alaska.
Matanuska Valley pioneer. (Palmer, Alaska) 1935-1936, 1936-11-05
WOLFE-WII-LlAMS
WEDDING SET

Miss Pearl V. Williams, Red Cross
Field Nurse, will become the bride
of Mr.. Harry Wolfe, Assistant
Architect with the AFRO, at a
ceremony TO be performed before
the attractive fireplace at the
dormitory OH the evening of Novem-
Der 7, according to an announcement
recently made by The pop liar young
principals.
Matanuska Valley pioneer. (Palmer, Alaska) 1935-1936, 1936-11-05
PALMER TO HAVE
A THEATRE GUILD

The Matanuska Valley Theater
Guild was officially organized at
Palmer, on Monday, September
IA, with c. A. Nichols presiding
as temporary chairman. The pur-
pose Of the organization is to
provide dramatic entertainment
for the players and the Commun-
ity and eventually to acquire
some permanent stage properties
for the Community Hail.
The charter members present
were: Mrs. Sally Barnhill, Mrs.
Frances Nichols, the Misses r.
DeArmond, J. Mills, Vivian and
Fay Stoddard, A. Mikami. L.
Spencer, j. Borges, L. Ward, P.
Williams, Mr.. c. A. Nichols, j.
0sseward, G. Sturdy, J. Stewart,
H. fielder and N. Nathe.
During the meeting the follow
ing officers for the Guild were
elected: President, Ruth Dear
mond; Vice President, C. A. Mich
OILS; Secretary, Pearl V. Viii
iiams; Treasurer, John Osseward.
The executive committee made
the following appointments for
the first production: Director,
Peggy Piraperton; Assistant Di-
rector, Lorinda Ward; Business
manager, c. A. Nichols; Stage
Managers, Harry Telder, Ale,
Mikanli, Harry X. Wolfe; Costume
and Makeup Artists, Sally Barn
hill, Frances Nichols, and Vivian
Stoddard; Photographer, Gems
Sturdy.
Sponsors selected for the Guild
are Mr.. Leo B. Jacobs and DR.. C.
E. Albrecht,
Already, members of the Guild
are busy on their first play, Say II
With Flowers, )" three act comedy
to be presented on Saturday even
ing October 24th. Stage scenery is
being constructed and the new cur
tain will be hung in place.
All members of the guild have
tickets for sale at the price Of SO
cents for adults and % cents for
children. A matinee for children
will be given on Friday afternoon,
the 23rd, with a 10 cent admission
charge.
Matanuska Valley pioneer. (Palmer, Alaska) 1935-1936, 1936-11-05

At present there are 100 colonist
tracts occupied, and thirteen with
houses built; these latter to be
assigned as new families arrive.
Matanuska Valley pioneer. (Palmer, Alaska) 1935-1936, 1936-11-05

Bill Bouwens, local undertaken
is in charge of detail moving the
old graveyard to the new cemet cry
site North of town.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1936-03-05
Three Distinct Groups
Make Up Cricket FAMILY

There are comparatively few species
of crickets, but they represent three
quite distinct groups. These can be
distinguished as True crickets, Mole
crickets and Tree crickets, says an au-
thority in the Montreal Herald.
Mole crickets are so called because
they burrow in the ground like moles
The form of their bodies is fashioned
for this kind of life. They feed upon
the tender roots of various plants.
True crickets are the black crea-
lures seen in the cracks in pavements.
or in the paths in the fields They are
common everywhere, some even in
vading our houses. They usually feed
upon plants, but some are predaceous.
They lay their eggs in the autumn,
usually in the ground and hatch the
following summer.
The common name Tree cricket was
applied to this group by the fact that
they are apt to live in trees but they
are also found on shrubs, tall herbs or
grass. The song of the Snowy Tree
cricket is often mistaken for that of
the Katydid.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1936-03-05
Queen Victoria Shocked
Subjects by Ry. Journey

When Queen Victoria, in June, 1872,
made her first journey by train from
Slough to Paddington, and declared
that she had enjoyed it, wide circles
in Britain sustained a serious shock.
Men and women shook their heads, OBJ
serves a writer in Pearson's Weekly.
According to contemporary records,
Queen Victoria accomplished the jour-
ney free from dust and crowd and
heat, and was quite charmed with it."
The queens favorite coachman in
sisted upon accompanying the engine
driver in order to see that nothing was
done to endanger her safety. When
he descended from the footplate at
Paddington station, reliable observers
say he resembled a disheveled negro
minstrel more than a servant in Royal
livery.
A question was afterwards asked in
the house of commons by an M. P.
who Thought that her majesty's per-
son should not be subjected to the
hazards of railway travel" An an
swer was given stating that two car
riages had been interposed between
the engine and the carriage occupied
by the queen, to obviate risk of col
lision.
In those days many notable people
strongly opposed the new mode of trav-
Ell. The duke of Cumberland, for in
stance, in the house of lords, voted
against bill for a new railway be-
cause sit would be very disturbing to
the Elton boys" He added that ''pas-
sengers would be shaken to death in
these devils carriages, and all for
what?"