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The Coolidge examiner., 1936-01-03
BEDTIME STORY
By THORNTON w. BURGESS

could not take another stroke and
that the end was at hand, foot
touched something. Then all four
feet touched. A second later he
had found solid footing and was
standing with the water only up to
his knees. He had found little
sand-bar out in the Big River.
With little gasp of returning
hope. Lightfoot waded along until
the water began to grow deeper
again. He had hoped that he would
be able to wade ashore, but he
saw now that he would have to
swim again. SO for a long time
he remained right where he was.
He was so tired that he trembled
all over, and he was as frightened
as he was tired. He knew that
standing out there in the water he
could be seen for a long distance.
and that made him nervous and
fearful. Supposing a hunter on the
shore he was trying to reach should
see him. Then he would have no
chance at all, for the hunter would
simply wait for him and shoot him
as he came out Of the water.
But rest he must. and so he stood
for a long time on the little sand
bar in the Big River. And little by.
little he felt his strength return
ing.
OF W. Burgess.-wNU Service
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COME of the cleverest of i'm
~ prOmptu tricks require bit of
''bunkum" to make them mystify.
This is the case with the Mag
netic Dice" Most persons will
doubt you when you tell them that
dice are magnetic. SO you proceed
to prove it.
You set one of the dice with the
six side up. Taking the other, You
carefully place it on the first, hold
ing the six side down. The same
surfaces must contact, you tell
your friends. Skies are the best
sides to use.
Whereupon, you lift the upper
most of the dice. Invariably, the
lower one comes along. There are
the dice, magnetized as you prom
ised.
Sides have nothing to do with it,
nor has magnetism. That is your
story to cover the real secret. Sim.
ply moisten the lower side of the
upper cube. Press the dice together
and they will stick until you sepa-
rate them.
WNU Service.
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Breaking In New Shoes
Is All These Girls Do

Nobody likes to break in new
pair of shoes. The old ones feel sn
comfortable. Suppose, however. it
was your job to test new shoes by
breaking them in, you would have.
TO say the least. one of the oddest
of vOcations. Then you would be or.
a par with Miss Peggy Robertshaw
and Miss {. Davies of Liverpool.
All these two English girls have to
do is to walk II miles each day.
wearing a pair of new shoes to test
them. Each girl has a pedometer
attached to her leg. When she has
walked the prescribed number OF
miles in new shoes her pedometer is
officially checked and record is
made of the condition Of the foot
wear.-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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Women Have Lost Ground in
Last Few Years, Claims Judge

her associates and who didn't try to
take over the reins completely"
The judge believes women could
accomplish much more if they were
strongly organized, mot as a third
party but as a unit that could be
counted on to help, rather than an
tagonize, men in public enterprises"
And she thinks women have unique
contribution to make to human well
fare because no matter what their
interests they can always be counted
upon to defend the fireside, the fam
lily life of their country.
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-01-03
Choosy Thief

A milk thief can push millkman
TOO far and make him pretty mad.
Fred Allen, in Flint, Mich, took the
complaints Of his customers compla-
Gently when they said they didn't get
their milk. But when the thief be
gan leaving notes in the bottles say
Ing. Make it chocolate" Allen blew
up ard told the police they'd have to
do something about it.
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LICHTFOOT'S LONG SWIM

THE Big River was very wide. 1t
l. would have been long swim
for Lightfoot had he been fresh
and at his best. Strange as it may
seem, LightfoOt is splendid swim
mer despite his small, delicate feet.
He enjoys swimming.
But now Lightfoot was terribly
tired from his long run ahead of
the hounds. For a time he swan
rapidly, but those weary muscles
grew still more weary, and by the
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-01-03
Largest Bus

What is said to be the largest bus
ever built has been made in Cleve-
land for service between Damascus
and Bagdad across the Syrian
desert. 1t is 50 feet long, has Is
wheels, compartments for 80 first and
second class passengers, and is in
sulated against the desert heat.
Three oil-burning Diesel engines fur
nish power.
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THINGS so GOOD

WE ALL enjoy good noodles
w baked, in soup. with cheese.
and now they are being served in
place of pastry, much more
wholesome pie than the usual rich
crust, much as we still enjoy
it. Spaghetti, macaroni and noodles
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-01-03
All Husbands the Same

Mistress (eXplaining routine to
new cook)-Now, my husband al
ways goes to his club Wednesday
evening.
Cook-I understand, ma'am. SO he
won't want no breakfast Thursday
Pearson's Weekly.
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Enough

Would-be Employer - Have you
my references?
Would-be Employee-Sure, here's
the letter: "To whom it may con-
Germ: John Jones worked for us
one week and we're satisfied. An
napolis Log.
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VIII Be Useful

"Whom is your baby really like?"
"He has my wife's eyes, my nose.
but l think he got his voice from the
motor horn .'-Lustige Koelner lei
tung, Cologne.
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Something Higher

want to leave me, Mary? |
thought you were quite comfortable.
What is it for, something private?"
"No, ma'am, it's sergeant. -
Troy Times Record.
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Sf1dlS1g
Pity His Return

Mrs. MacTavish-My little boy
lust swallowed a SO gold piece.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., is the child
danger?
Mrs. MacTavish-No, thank good
less, his fathers out of town.-Fifth
'Orps Area News.
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Too BUSY

EmplOyer-Can you come to work
tomorrow?
Unemployed-NO, you see, I'm
marching in a parade of the unem-
plOyed.-Wall Street Journal.
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FLORESTON SHAMPOO - Ideal for use in
connectionwith Parker S Hair Balsam Makes the
hair soft and fluffy. so cents by mail at drug
gists Hiscox Chemical Works. Patchogue. NY.
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OF. W. Burgess.-wNU Service.
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this small unit, which rents Tor
$3.50. You can afford to be a
little high-hat if your choice falls
mere, for it is in the exclusive res
idential section near Dupont
Circle.
FURNISHED SUITCASE:
Due to unforeseen circumStan,
ces, here is a chance to have that
downtown furnished apartment
you want. The unit consists OF
beautifully furnished living room
with a sun room equipped with
day bedD at one end. The junior
dining room is Of adequate size to
entertain in, and there are all the
necessary dishes, silver, etc, and
it connects with modern kitchen.
A huge corner bedroom has two
exposures and contains a full COM
plete suite of bedroom furniture
of modernistiC design. II you
happen to be d Government work
er or employed in any downtown
concern. it is just matter OF i've
minutes walking time to 10Th ana
PENNSYLVANIA Avenue.
200 BLOCK BRYANT ST. N. E.:
Here is a coy apartment that
should prove interesting to the
family on strict budget. Two
good size rooms kitchen, private
bath and porch. Regardless of
the season, back porch is always
a welcome asset to any small
unit, as it can be put to many
practical uses. You will find all
the modern improvements here
and as it is located in a nice resi-
Dental section. I think you will
agree with me it is a good buy for
$4500.
SHARE A HOUSE:
Over in nearby Virginia there is
a beautiful home that overlooks
the historic Potomac. 1t is occu'
pied by the owner. who wishes to
retain a room and extend the
privileges of the entire house to
the guests. The house is COM
fortably furnished with everything
needed for housekeeping on a
large or small scale. Rental is $50.
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100 BLOCK IRVING ST. N. W.
Having your own private bath is
not only luxurious but when it is In
a house that is occupied by a
small family of three, it is my
idea of real living. The room is
we'll furnished, carefully carrying
out the ideas needed for solid COM
fort. Rental IS around $50.
DOWNTOWN FURN. APT:
Do you like tall ceilings, huge
rooms and deep, roomy closets?
If so, down on Eye street in one OF
those old homes that has been
turned into apartments, you will
find on the third floor back, just
such an apartment. 1t is strictly
bachelor apartment with no
kitchen, but peeped into a closet
and saw an electric grill which
would be swell for Sunday morning
coffee. The room is huge and
furnished in very charming taste,
with lots of pretty colorful knick-
nacks. Off this room is a small
one with a single bed in it which
gives you attractive sleeping
quarters. The bath is also large
and while not strictly modern, the
plumbing is okeh. Recently I
have noticed this section around
18th and H and Eye Streets is
taking on the aspect Of the Vii
lage" in New York. Many we'll
known writer's and artists are
living in that locality and have
promoted quite an interesting at
mosphere.
MODERNISTIC STUDIO
These are ideal quarters for
the bachelor girl or boy for I am
firmly convinced that they could
live nicely and economically IN
this studio type apartment. The
bedroom is quite spacious and is
modernistically furnished in at.
tractive pieces of furnishings and
Grapes. The alcove is nearly
large enough to contain a bed
and would make a splendid dress
ing room. A small kitchenette
and bath, the former containing
an electric refrigerator, completes
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AMBITIOUS YOUNG MEN
Help Wanted-MaIe & Female A

BOOKKEEPER-Prefer with retail
automobile experience: must drive car;
good salary and permanent position. No
telephone applicants considered. Apply
between noon and 2 .. M. 500 Tower
Bldg.
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RENTAL HUNTING
with BARBARA HOMES

YOU the places described beloO ~ phone
or call on Holiness 1919 ST. DIS 500 DIS 1000
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MEN (1Ol 10 sell and distribute washing
powder Guaranteed salary, permanent
work. Apply 700 Otis Bldg" $40 18th
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PAPERHANGER, good mechanic for LIST
place. Box Gao. Times Herald.
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TYPTsT-P. B. <. oPERAToR-1s-25y years;
neat, alert able to meet public. S4O
month and board: at once. Miss Dodge,
Rovds' 1333 F ST N W.
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PAPERHANGERS & painters. first class
mechanics Apply 2727 Bladensburg Rd.
F Line 65lO,
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ROYS

16 years of age or over. with bicycles,
wanted at once for messenger work Per-
manent employment with good pay. Apply
Mr.. Schryver, 1917 New York Ave. N. W.
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WAITER, white. age 25 to 80, knowledge
annIv, 354O l4th St. NV. From 2 pm. on
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TIMER AND PAPERHANGER wanted.
Apply 3941 Van Ness ST. N. w.. before
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PLASTERERS (1O) at once. Apply 1928
New Hamnshire Ave n. WI.
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THE RAvENEL, 1910. 10th St. \; w
Two rms pullman kitchen and bath.
Frigidare sos. Decatur $3.50.
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MASSACHUSETTS AVE. N W, 14O2-
Nicely furnished apartment consisting Of
large bedroom. living room, kitchen and
bath, $50 month: electricity, gas and heat
included free. Inquire Apt. 2.
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STENOGRAPHER not over 90 years old.
Some office training. Good telephone
voice, Opportunity for advancement. In
credit department of large company. Per-
sonnet Service. 1911 st. N. W.
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KEYSTONE, APT, 2150 Pa. Ave n W..
Apt. 405-Living rm., sun rm., din. kit,
dressing rm.. b.: Mr.. Sothoron. ME. 1000.
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L ST N. E.. 5O4.--Two. large front rms.
enclosed porch nicely furn., sink. range.
cleo gas, c. wv everything furn . adults
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Children Boarded

LARGE. BRIGHT ROOM, we'll furnished;
modern. we'll kept home: breakfast op-
tional; near bus; garage: Walnut 5000.
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K ST. N E., 63-2 large heated rms, kit.
private b. gas, cleo. incl: $3.50 week.
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EYE ST. N. w. 1721-For discriminating
man. large attractive living room. bed
rnnn and hath. S67 30. Nal 2l66
Evening star., 1936-03-15
New Connecticut Marriage Laws
Expected to Kill Cretna Greens

or suspended and it is expected that
this year 1936) its fate will be de.
cided by popular vote.
Nevada these days is becoming a
popular prompt marriage resort, be-
cause of the large divorce colony at
Reno, city which arranges to have
the freed partners of matrimony re.
wed only few minutes after the
dissolution Of their previous bonds.
Reno declares there is no validity in
the claim OF Yuma, Ariz., for the
marriage capital Of the Far West. In
Nevada there are also small towns
which have unusual facilities for quiet
weddings on short notice.
Just where the people of Connecti.
cut not fond of the new law will go
for licenses and weddings Is still a
matter Of conjecture. Westchester
County would be a logical candidate,
and at the town of Harrison there was
a clerk who was most obliging in
issuing licenses at any time Of the
night and day. Northern New Jersey
has several active Gretna Greens
which would also be in line for the
pilgrimage Of the Connecticut con-
tingent. In fact most States of the
Atlantic seaboard, not forgetting
Maryland with her Elkton, would bs
able to oblige.
In the opinion Of Mr.. Epstein and
others who have made researches
along the same line, there will be
Gretna Greens in this country until
there is uniformity in the marriage
and divorce laws of the various States
Of the Union.
Evening star., 1936-03-15
Speed Without Sacrificing Safety
May Put Dirisibles i'm Front Rank

FRIEDRICHSHAFEN.-"Ever more
speed without sacrificing safety" BY
this motto German dirigible experts
guide themselves as they carry on the
work which Count Won Zeppelin, re-
tired Germany army officer, initiated
when at the turn of the century he
constructed the worlds first rigid
dirigible. In contrast to all other
countries which have experimental
with dtigibles of this type, Germany
has succeeded in developing the safety
factor to q remarkable degree.
The Germans have attained their
most striking success in this respect
with the Graf Zeppelin which, when
1t arrived here early In December for
the Winter overhauling, had COM
pleted a total Of 500 flights covering
more than $4,000 miles. Though
often buffeted by storms, this airship
has never experienced a major acci-
dent. In advocating the advantages
OF a lighter-than-air craft for the
transoceanic air trafic, Germany dir
igihle experts point first Of all to the
safety factor. Thereafter they point
to the relatively large carrying ca
pacity Of dirihles and to the relative
comfort which can be provided for
In this type Of aircraft.
They 60 on to concede that In speed
dirigibles are Of necessity far outdis-
tanced by airplanes.
And just here is the explanation Of
the motto repeated by every dirigible
advocate in this air-conscious town
ON the shores of Lake Constance.
From Hugo Eckener on down the line
they realize they must increase the
speed Of their craft without sacrificing
Evening star., 1936-03-15

avowal of the French Communists
propaganda against the army.
Therefore, it was difficult for Laval
to feel indignant when confronted
with set of instructions to the devo-
tees of the Third International in
France which, although they evinced
the permanent subversive tendency of
the movement, laid great stress upon
the necessity Of q moderate line of
conduct and recommended co-opera-
ton with such middle-class parties s
the Radical-Socialists and Socialists.
so as to hold the European dictators
in check.
French Reds Less Extreme.
Indeed, as the outcome Of those
instructions, the French Communists
have become much less extreme in
their views than average Second In
ternational Socialists. That change
was not a recommendation in the eyes
of M. Laval, since it is likely to lead,
at the general elections, to the votes
of the Radical-Socislists, Socialists
and Communists being blocked to-
gether. Previously the Communists
have kept apart from the others and
thus have made possible, In many
constituencies, the victory of candi-
dates belonging to the Center and to
the Right. But the French premier
Evening star., 1936-03-15

laws are passed which strain the
morality Of the average citizen, crime
especially petty crime-will con-
tinue to rise. For the moral develop
ment Of western mankind has not
kept pace with his material progress,
due to science and invention, and
the harnessing Of both to our needs.
Besides, 1t Is 50 easy to be . criminal
when there are 50 many laws. In
Italy it Is q crime to hold foreign
securities. In Germany 1t is crime
for o Jew to marry q Christian, or
vice versa. In Soviet Russia murder
Is still q crime, but Is not half 50
serious as an offense against the
state-the one being punishable by
eight years in jail and the other by
death. In North China gambling,
armed robbery and indulgence in drugs
are not only crimes, but capital crimes
flour proprietors Of gambling houses
were executed in Peking during the
first week of February.
In Britain it Is now q crime for
pedestrian to linger on one Of the new
steel-stud-marked trafic crossings
(the first criminals were fined rs cents
apiece in q London court in Februarys
first week.. And let us not forget
that IN the United States It was until
lately o crime TO sell q glass Of beer,
and Is . crime nov te hold gold bullion.
Evening star., 1936-03-15
Mystery of Delphic
Oracle Is Unsolved

ATHENs.-The mystery Of the
Delphic oracle. which was known
throughout the ancient world for its
prophecies, remains unsolved although
excavations and research In the an
cient city Of Delphi have continued
for more than 40 years. Scores of
visitors continue to search for the
chasm from which the prophecies
were supposed to have issued.
According to the records, the
priestess in charge did not prophecy
until she had breathed the air from
the chasm and become intoxicated by
1t. A priest then took down her
words, later putting them In verse.
The chasm or cavern has disappeared
In modern times or else never existed.
(Copyright 1936.l
Evening star., 1936-03-15
Backward Ethiopia's Secret Police
Watches ALI Foreigners for Selassie

Adds ABABA, Ethiopia
Selassie has been able to dispense
with the bluff manners Of such mighty
men as Stain, Hitler and his con-
temporary enemy, the Duce, but he
has not found it possible to get along
without that inevitable complement
to every dictatorship. the secret
police.
While Stain has his ex-Gay-Pay-
90. Hitler his Gestapel and Musso-
lini his Ovra, the Emperor Of Ethi-
opia has his "Yemister Zabehnya," I"
a band Of hardies, who, though they
may lack such machinery Of terror
as dictaphones and secret cellars,
have just as much resolution as their
contemporaries in modern Europe.
During such troubled times as
these which have now visited the
empire of Ethiopia the secret police
have much to do and the "Yemister
Zabehnya" has been forced to stretch
its tentacles into every part of the
medieval land. Assisting in the good
work are chaufieurs, interpreters and
ordinary citizens Of a thousand DIFF
ferent callings, all of whom readily
report all suspicious matters to their
superiors and in most cases expect
nothing for their trouble but thanks.
Foreigners Are Watched.
1t Is highly important to know
vI-hof thu ufrov v1nis, IAt,~
who cannot suspect every foreigner
of being spy?), and this work Is
done Systematically. In Adds Ababa
the job of tracking them is made
easy by the fact that most Of them
are equipped with servants loyal to
the regime and that, too, they 60
about in taxis whose chauffeurs can
easily report to the man down at
the market place who keeps track Of
such matters. Thus the government
can know by noontine that Mr.. Jones
Of the Bugle has spent his morning
at the italian and German Legations
and 1t is also likely to know to the
minute how long he spoke with the
Italian Minister. If he goes hunting
near that ammunition dump hard by
the radio station, sees an Arab about
q gun, or makes remark rejecting
on the color Of the trafic policeman
on Ras Makennen street, they are
also apt to know about it before he
has washed his hands back at the
hotel.
Native Abyssinians also come in
for a share of surveillance, with
resulting reticence about criticizing
the regime reminiscent of Rome and
Moscow. Only government-approved
men are allowed to take certain po-
sitions, and on occasion occupants
Of strategic listening posts" who have
not listened well are suddenly re-
placed by others with better ears.
Such was the case with a chauffeur
at the Hotel Imperial who recently
became hard of hearing.
Evening star., 1936-03-15

could not directly denounce these in
structions, any more than he could
dissociate himself from all response
biltty for them. In order to fight the
Soviet government he resorted to
much more convenient tactics: He
charged them with bad faith and dou-
BILE dealing. On the one hand, they
endeavored to win a French alliance;
on the other, they continued their
usual propaganda and, through their
French associates, tried hard to de-
feat the cabinet in Office and to have
it replaced by an administration of
the Left, more subversive to their
views-an intolerable behavior.
We stumble here over one Of the
great problems of the present political
world. Russia is a country Of 170,-
600, 900 Inhabitants, huge repository
Of raw materials. 1t has created in
dustries which, II foreign representa-
tives in Moscow are to be trusted, al
ready succeeds in supplying the red
army with some 80 per cent Of its
needs in war material.
Army Even Better.
Last Autumn, party Of French Of
ficers was sent by the general staff to
follow the maneuvers. Those officers,
on their return, expressed the opinion
that the red army was to be COM