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MASONIC RITES
FOR ROLLER
FUNERAL

Rose Croix rites of the Scottish
Rite MaSons will be conducted to-
night at 8 o'clock in the Hines
funeral chapel for Frank Michael
Roller. ST, retired proofreader of
the Government Printing Office,
who died Tuesday at his home, 81
U st. N. w.
Tomorrow his body will be sent
to his birthplace, Lancaster, Pa,
for burial. Services there will be
held at 1870 p. m. in st. Paul's Re
formed Church. Interment will be
in Greenwood Cemetery.
Mr.. Roller, who learned the
printing trade in Lancaster, had
been a resident of Washington for
more than 26 years. He was per
manently appointed to the G. P. o.
in 1911.
Mr. Roller was past commander
Of Washington Commandery, K.
T.; high priest of Mt. Vernon
Chapter, No. 3; past master of st.
Johns Lodge, No. IL; a noble of
Almas Temple, Scottish Rite Ma
son, past venerable master of NTH
ras Lodge of Perfection, past wise
master of Evangelist Chapter,
Knights of st. Croix. past precep-
tor Of Robert de Bruce Council,
Knights KadoSh; past master of
Kadosh Chapter, Albert Pike Con-
sistory.
Considered by fellow members
of the fraternity the best posted
Mason in Washington on degrees
and rituals, he had been Dad"
Of the DeMolay boys in recent
years.
Mrs. Katheryne R. Roller, his
widow, is his only close survivor.
MILDRED A. FAUNCE
Mrs. Mildred Alice Faunce, IT,
former teacher at the Potomac
ard jefferson schools, who died
Tuesday at her residence, 614
Eighth st. S. w. was buried to-
day in Mount Olivet Cemetery.
Services were conducted in her
late residence by the Rev. DR..
Karl G.. Newell, pastor of Ryland
M. E. Church. of which Mrs.
FaUnce was member.
The widow of Philip PoCe
Faunce, she was the daughter of
the late Mr. and Mrs. Mildred
Thompson and Thomas L. Carroll
of Stafford county, Va. She was
the granddaughter of Daniel Car
roll framer of the Constitution,
who was a first cousin of Charles
Carroll of Carrollton, Md, one of
the signers of the Declaration Of
independence.
She is survived by two sons,
Leonard C. Faunce of Brooklyn,
N. Y, and Phillip w. Faunce of
Washington; daughter, Mrs.
Charles E. Burner of Vienna, Va,
ard four grandchildren.
Carbon County news., 1937-09-03
Ask Ne
Another 1
. - A Quiz With
Answers Offering
Info rm alton on
Various Subjects

4. In taking the census, any,
thing from three acres up is con-
sidered a farm No tract small
er than this is recorded as farm
unless it produces $3.50 in crops
annually.
5. Trees that actually build is
lands and create extension of
coasts are the mangroves, COM
mon seaside trees, found in pro-
fusion on shallow shores in the
American tropics and subtropics.
They collect mud in their tangled
roots.
6. In 1923, N. Altimani of Italy
walked 8 miles, 566 yards in one
hour.
7. Louis Casabianca was a
French revolutionist and naval Of
ficer. At Aboukir bay, in 1898, he
was in command of the Orient,
which caught fire. He refused to
quite his ship and his young son
refused to desert him. This event
is the basis for Mrs. Hemans'
poem.
8. 1t has been found that wood
fiber, not varnish, has a vital eff
feet on violin tones.
Carbon County news., 1937-09-03

They fred no more, but passed on in
silence, and she secured the flag in its
place, where it remained unmolested
during the whole of the rebel occupa-
ton of the city. "StoneWall'' would not
permit her to be troubled.
Garbled Versions.
From this it will be observed
that Mrs. SouthWorth had re-
ceived from friends who were in
Frederick at the time" garbled
version of what had actually TAX
en- place or perhaps had reported
it inaccurately herself in writing
to Whittier. She has Barbara
climbing "up to the top of the
house" (something of feat in
itself for a ninety-six-year-old
woman), whereas the testimony
of eye-witnesses is that the old
woman stood on her front porch.
She has the Confederates firing.
at the flag, whereas their testi-
mony is that not shot was fired.
Then Whittier, either relying on
the Southworth version of the
yarn or adding some imaginary
details of his own, transforms
Barbara's Fire at this old head
then, boys; it is not more vener-
able than your flag" into 'Shoot,
if you must, this old gray head
but spare your country's flag"
Whittier's poem appeared in the
October, 1852, issue of the At
lantic Monthly. Almost immedi'
Carbon County news., 1937-09-03
OF INTEREST TO
THE HOUSEWIFE

Removing Shine From Serge
SuitS.-Some of the shine can be
taken off blue serge suits and
coats by sponging lightly with vim
egar before pressing.
Wash Light BuIbs.-For better
light-don't forget to wash the
dust off electric light bulbs and
fixtures occasionally.
When Frying Eggs.-A teaspoon
of -four mixed with the hot grease
in which eggs are fried will keep
them from popping.
Removing Ink From Carpet
If ink is split on a carpet, mop
up as much as possible with blot
ting paper, then spread salt
thickly over the stain and leave
for several hours. Remove the salt
afterwards and sponge the mark
with warm water containing lit
tie vinegar.
Removing Alcohol Stains From
Furniture.-Alcohol stains on pol
ished furniture may be removed
by rubbing olive oil over the spot
as soon as the alcohol is wiped
off.
WNIJ Service
Carbon County news., 1937-09-03

Then the officer rode on a short
distance and returned with an
other officer. This officer said to
her "Give me your flag, Granny,
and I'll stick it in my horses
head" ''No, you can't have it,"
replied Dame Barbara, where
upon one of the soldiers shouted
''Shoot her damned head off"
The officer turned angrily upon
him, saying eff you harm a hair
of her head, I'll shoot you down
like a dog!" Then, turning to the
old lady, he said go on, Granny,
wave your flag as much as you
please" and a moment later gave
the order for the troops to march
on.
This is the story which is given
in ga Sketch of Barbara Friet-
chic" a booklet written by Miss
Eleanor D. Abbott, great grand
niece of me.Barbara, and it is
substantiated by the later testi.
nony of Confederate soldiers who
Carbon County news., 1937-09-03

Maryland, My Maryland!" The
main body camped at Frederick
Junction, three miles south of
Frederick, but a large portion of
the army, including the forces
commanded by ''Stonewall" Jack
son, marched through the town
and camped at Worman's Mill,
two miles north. For three days
the Confederates remained in
and around Frederick. Then early
on the morning of September 10
the army broke camp and began
to move west, marching out on
West Patrick street which took
them past the home of Dame
Barbara. But "Stonewall' Jack
son was not with his troops when
they reached her home. He had
left the line at West Second street
and ridden up to the Presby-
terian parsonage where lived the
Rev. DR.. Ross. Under the door
of the parsonage an orderly
slipped this note:
'Regret not being permitted
to see DR.. and Mrs. Ross, but
could not expect to have that
pleasure at so unreasonable an
hour.-T. J. Jackson, September
10, 1862-5:15 a. M"
AS he rejoined the column,
which had halted, a sudden ex-
citement broke out toward the
rear. The word passed up along
the line that an old lady was shak-
ing a Yankee flag right in their
faces and defying them to take it
away from her. Order was soon
restored and at the command
"Forward-march!" the long
gray column filed out of town.
What Happened.
It was not until some time later
that Dame Barbara confessed to-
her niece, Caroline Ebert, what
had happened. Her account of
this incident was substantially as
follows:
Early that morning some peo-
pie had rushed up to her door and
told her to get out her flag be-
cause the soldiers were coming.
Hearing the tramp Of marching
men and believing that they were
Union soldiers, she took her little
silk flag from between the leaves
of her Bible and stepped out on
the porch where she began to
wave the banner.
Immediately an officer rode up,
saying Granny, give me your
flag" "You can't have it," re-
piled Dame Barbara, then MOTTO
ing the gray uniforms, she began
waving it more energetically than
ever. The officer spoke to his men
and they turned facing her. For a
moment she believed that they
were going to fire on her, but
she continued to wave her flag.
Carbon County news., 1937-09-03

These statements can be
accepted as facts, as matters
of historical record. But
when you go beyond them,
you find yourself in a maze
of fiction and fact, of asser-
tions and denials, of CONTRA
dictions and controversy. All
this has resulted from a poem
written by John Greenleaf
Whittier which has taken it's
place, along with Henry
Wadsworth Longfellow's
'Paul Revere's Ride" and
Carbon County news., 1937-09-03

Thomas Buchanan Reads
'tSheridan's Ride" among
Americas =favorite ''patri-
otic recitations."
How much truth is there in
Whittier's poem? Did the in
cident described in it actu-
ally take place as he has told
it? If not, on what basis of
fact does his poetic version
rest?
This article, based upon a
varied collection of evidence
and an evaluation of that evi.
dence, is an attempt to an
swer those questions.
First of all, let it be recorded
that Dame Barbara's name was
Fritchie despite the fact that
common usage has made "Friet-
chic" the accepted spelling. (It
is occasionally spelled ''Freit-
chic" also). She was born in Lam
caster, Pa, on December 3, 1865,
the daughter of Niclaus and Cath
crime Zeiler Hauer, who had en-
igrated from Germany to Penn
sylvania in 1854. She was baptized
on December IA, 1865, and given
the name of Barbara for her spon-
sor, Barbara Gambler.
Niclaus moved with his family
(his wife, another daughter,
Catherine, and son, Jacob), to
Frederick, Md, in 1857 or 1853
and there Barbara Hauer grew
up. One of the great events in
her early life, according to a
well-authenticated tradition, was
visit by George Washington to
Frederick in 1891. The first Pres
ident spent the night at the tavern
there and his dinner was served
to him by the prettiest girls of
the village, among them Barbara
Hauer. According to the story,
Washington was so impressed by
her appearance and pleasant
manners that he presented her
with a beautiful china bowl which
she treasured as long as she lived.
An Old Maid.
Despite Barbara Hauer's beau
ty, however, she does not seem
to have been much sought after
by the young men of Frederick.
At any rate, in an era of early
marriages, she postponed hers I'm
til she was an "old maid" of
forty. On May 6, 1906, she was
married to John Casper Fritchie,
who was the proprietor of a glove
factory and, incidentally, IA years
younger than his bride.
Shortly before the Civil war,
when Dame Barbara was past
ninety years of age, her cousin,
Miss Harriet Yoner, was installed
in her home as a companion, prob
ably by her nieces, Mrs. Kitty
Hanshew and Miss Caroline
Ebert. AS previously related,
Dame Barbara was intensely 10y
al to the Union.
Lees Invasion.
On September 5 Lees army
crossed the Potomac, singing
Carbon County news., 1937-09-03

ately its accuracy was questioned
and in reply to a friend who want
ed to know if Barbara was myth
Whittier wrote: II had a portrait
of the good Lady Barbara from
the sanity hand of Dorothea Dix,
and a cane from Barbara's cot
tage sent me by Doctor Steiner
of the Maryland senate. Wheth-
er she did all that my poem
ascribed to her, or not, she was
a brave, true woman. I followed
the account given me in a private
letter, and in the papers of the
time"
Later an article was published
in the Century magazine denying
that the poem had any foundation
in fact and to this Whittier re-
Piled: barbara Frietchie was
written in good faith. The story
was no invention Of mine. It came
to me from sources which I re-
garded as entirely reliable. I had
no reason to doubt its accuracy
then, and I am still constrained
to believe that it had foundation
in fact. If I thought otherwise, I
should not hesitate to express it.
I have no pride of authorship to
interfere with my allegiance to
truth" ..=s.S
Barbara Frietchie was stricken
with pneumonia soon after the
celebration of her l1inety-sixth
birthday and died two weeks later,
on December 18, 1862. If, as the
familiar song has it, "John
Browns body lies a-rnouldering
in his grave, but his soul goes
marching on then it. is equally
true that Barbara Frietchie's
body lies a-mouldering in her
grave" in Mount Olivet cemetery
in Frederick. But the controversy
over her deed, as reported in
Whittier's poem, goes merrily on
even after three-quarters of al
century. ..::s:T..
q Western Newspaper Union. ,
Carbon County news., 1937-09-03

l. Who was the greatest woman
financier of all time?
2. Is the "only child'' in a fam
lily superior, as compared with a
child who has brothers or sisters?
3. What is the proper way to
address a letter to the President?
4. From how many acres up is
considered farm?
5. What trees are said to build
islands?
6. How many miles can a man
walk an hour?
Z. Who was Casabianca?
8. What makes a violin's tone,
the Varnish or the wood?
Carbon County news., 1937-09-03

Answers
/. Hetty Green had the reputa-
ton of being the greatest woman
financier in the world.
2. Psychologists find that the
"only child" aged five, in a fam
lily is apt to be superior in health,
intelligence, play habits and other
points, as compared with a child
of five who has brothers or sisters.
3. The President, Washington,
D. C. Salutation, Sir, or infor-
mally, My Dear Mr.. President.
Carbon County news., 1937-09-03

In Frederick lived named Barbara Frietche,
nneysx years DID, At the outbreak of the Civil she
had declared 1.-THE Union of the States will be maintained
God takes of His people and He will take of this
country She had frequently repeated that belief In
city of divided aegances she had remained intensely loyal
to the Union and proof of her loyalty she frequently dis
played American flag from the window of her home
Carbon County news., 1937-09-03
BARBARA FRIETCHIE 5s 5s's,4a s94a,
By ELMO SCOTT WATSON

A. SEPTEMBER morning rs years ago. Through the
streets Of the little city of Frederick Md,
- marched a column of soldiers wearing the gray
III uniform of the armies of the Confederate States
f-1I-Tz ~ of America Their commander Gen. Thomas
TT J. jackson, since the Battle of Bull Run,
~ nowned as "StonewalI' jackson.
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of early life on the plains as well
as the present day songs.
ILLINOIS-A group of veteran
Chicago railway men will bring
some of the early American rail-
road lore, such as the casey
Jones" song. A chorus of 500 ne
groes, not including any paid or
trained performers, will sing
spirituals in real camp meeting
style.
INDIANA - From this state
come the French folk groups of
Vincennes, under direction of Ce-
celia Ray Berry, Chicago author
of French folk songs.
From Land of "Evangeline."
LOUISIANA-From louisiana
State university, Lafayette, and
st. Martinsville, home of EVAN
geline," come the Acadian dane
ers. They bring the Acadian
band, French songs and customs.
MICHIGAN - Constance
Rourke, the Grand Rapids au-
thor, Prof. E. c. Beck, Northern
State Teachers college, Mt.
Pleasant, and H. S. Babcock, AL
ma, bring group of former
lumberjacks who sing the songs
and dance the dances that were
peculiar to the lumber camp
bunk-houses of SO years ago.
MISSOURI AND ARKANSAS
May Kennedy McCord of Spring
field and Mabel Mueller of Rolla
have organized groups of the
Ozark mountaineers. In Kansas
City, a group of Mexicans have
been found who have kept alive
the folk lore which their people
have contributed to American
tradition.
NEW MEXICO-The Mexican
and Spanish songs and dances,
the influence of which is recog-
nized in present-day life through
out the Southwest, is brought to
Vic lCoIANol Ny SiOopo VI SollILCo
by Arthur L. Campo of Albu-
querque land Mrs. A. Lucero
White of Santa Fe.
NEW YORK-From Staten Is
land come men from the Sailors
Snug Harbor, who will bring the
sea chanteys or work songs of
the sea which these former be-
fore-the-mast sailors sang.
NORTH CAROLINA - Fred
erick Koch, University of North
Carolina, director of the Carolina
Playmakers, will bring folk plays
and Bascom Lamar Lunsford, di-
rector of the Mountain Song and
Dance festival at Asheville, will
present Anglo-Saxon lore, includ-
ing square dances, song games,
fiddle tunes and mountain ballads,
including such songs as 'Black
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-04-29
Optical Phenomenon
Is Discovered in
Strange Mineral

Corning, N. Yin this mod
ern day, when the properties of
ordinary masses of matter are
seemingly completely known,
it was announced here that in a
strange Canadian mineral a
new phenomenon of optics had
been found.
Scientists of the Optical Society OF
America heard of the battling glow
ing property of a mineral known
as Hackmanite. This mineral has
been known to science since it was
discovered, first in Greenland, back
in 19O6-O8 on a Danish expedition.
o. Ivan Lee, mineralogist Of Jer-
sey City, described how Hickman
lite exhibits a beautiful red-violet
color when first fractured into
pieces but how this color quickly
passes when the fresh surface is
exposed to light.
Mr.. Lees discovery is that this
striking and characteristic color
may be revived at will if the min
eral is exposed to ultraviolet light
for a short time. While kept in
the dark the color persists perma-
nently but exposure again to ordi-
nary light promptly makes the color
fade out.
There are two wel-known phe-
nomena which cause materials to
glow in a fashion somewhat like Mr..
Lees new discovery. They are flu
orescence and phosphorescence. The
new-found glowing, however, is nei-
Their of these for the color seen is
different in shade from the min
erals fuorescent or phosphorescent
light.
Mr.. Lee analysed, with spectre.
scope, the elements which Hack
mantle contains and then turned
around, experimentally, and tried
to make an artificial Hackmanite
He succeeded in obtaining a mass
or powder which shows approx.
mately the same color when ex.
posed to the ultraviolet light rays
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tie trail in the Old West-'The
Old Chisholm TRAIL" or BURY
Me Not on the Lone Prairiee.
Now it's a group of veteran
railroaders singing:
"Come all you FOUNDERS if you
want to hear
A story about a brave engi-
neer :"
Or it may be a bunch of old
time lumberjacks roaring out the
stirring chorus of 1.-THE Shanty
Boys" or "Wild Mustard River"
Listen now to that chorus of
several hundred voices as they
sing Couldn't Hear Nobody
Pray" or Joshua Fit de Battle
OBJ Jericho"
AS these, or other, negro spiri-
tuals end, the next music may be
the rollicking strains of a sailor
chantey or the throbbing rhythm
of an Indian dance drum or
fiddle tune" played by some old
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has in this short time become an
important one in 20 states. The
people who take part in the ma
tional festival are sent by their
various communities or civic and
educational organizations. They
are not paid entertainers but peo-
pie who are interested in pre-
serving American folk spirit and
molding it, through an annual
national festival, into a presenta-
ton of those expressions, such as
songs, music and dances, which
many believe form the real basis
of this country's cultural life.
Last years festival was held as
a part of the Texas Centennial
exposition and this years is
sponsored by the Adult Educa-
ton council of Chicago as its con-
tribution to the city's charter ju-
bilee.
During the last few months
many local and sectional festi-