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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-11-11
Shaving Contest Tonight.

A womens shaving contest, In
in which the women will select their
men victims" will be a feature of
the food show tonight, scheduled to
start at 7.30 pm. Each woman TAX
ing part will be provided with a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-11-11

yesterday afternoon, 10 10 Madison,
as months old, of 1719 Thirty-nfth
street NV, and John Joseph Mack
all, 1893 Tennyson street NV, tied
for first honors. The award for the
winner was divided between them.
Miss Betty Smith, l40l Locust road
NV, was awarded vacuum cleaner,
one Of the free food show gifts, at
yesterdays matinee.
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-07-22
Powdered Bone Used as
Remedy for Pyorrhea

New York. Boiled pow
dered bone was suggested as
a remedy in pyorrhea and
diseased jaw bones at a fac
ulty clinic at Columbia uni
versity school of dental and
oral surgery here.
Powdered bone was successful in
treating pyorrhea and jaw bone
damage in dogs, DR.. Frank E.
Beube reported.
The bone used was obtained from
the long bones of sheep and cows.
This boiled powdered bone was
packed into the holes surgically pro-
duced in the jaw bone 10 resemble
the holes produced by disease or in
jury. Within few weeks new bone,
natural cement layer, and other
dental tissues had grown in to re-
place those lost. n the case of pyor-
rhea, quite loose" tooth was firm
in its socket after the powdered
bone treatment had healed the dis
eased condition.
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-07-22
"Parapsychology
New Approach to
Old Problem
Search for Truth of
Thought Transmission
DARAPSYCHOLOGY! A

DARAPSYCHOLOGY! A
i new scientific term to de-
scribe a new scientific ap-
proach to an old subject.
Making its bow at Duke unver-
sity, new journal. and the first in
its field to appear under the sane
tion of a recognized university. will
be devoted to clairvoyance, telepa-
thy and other arts of mind-to-mind
communication without benefit of
the inventions of science.
Para" means beside. In the
Greek from which it comes. IT also
had such meanings as "amiss.
faulty. irregular. disordered. i'm
proper, wrong" according to the
Oxford dictionary. These latter
meanings are probably not intended
by the sponsors of the new journal
devoted to parapsychology, howev-
er. for the editors, Prof. William
McDougall and DR.. J. B. Rhine.
are convinced that men can trans
NIT ideas without recourse to wires,
radio, postal facilities or even
speech "extra-sensory perception"
they call the art.
Man Seeks to Pierce the Veil.
For many centuries man has
sought the means for looking into
the minds and hearts of his fellow
men. Perhaps it is because COM
munication arts, amazing as the
radio and telephone. telegraph and
television are today. lag still be-
hind the feetness of human thought.
Perhaps it is because of the truth
of the saying that words are but
cloak to hide thoughts. Man has
need to supplement the clumsy in
adequacy of his language skill; he
needs also to pierce the veil of hu-
man deception.
Science is always the balance
wheel that can protect men against
wishful thinking and what the men,
tai physician calls a flight from
reality. Scientific research. care
full and internationally conducted,
should set aside doubts and blast
unfounded hopes in this emotionally
charged field just as it has to so
large an extent in the physical and
biological sciences.
II there exists a way to reveal our
thoughts to others without the medi-
um of voice or post or printing
press. then the persistent conscien-
tious research of enthusiasts in the
field of parapsychology should dem
onstrate it.
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-07-22
No Housing Shortage
in DAYS of Cave Men

New Haven, Conn.-There
was no housing shortage in
the United States in prehis-
toric times when men were
cave men, and went cave
hunting. Many a fine cave
was vacant century after GEN.
tury.
In Europe practically all caves
and shelters have yielded evidence
of occupancy by ancient man. says
DR.. George Grant MacCurdy Of
Yale university, director of the
American School of Prehistoric Re-
search. Caves in the United States.
including some of the biggest and
most beautiful caverns in the world,
are. from the viewpoint of impor-
tance in study of the cave man, not
comparable with Old world caves.
DR.. MacCurdy believes there is
evidence indicating that man may
have come to America some 10000
years ago, but that it would have
been far easier for man to have
reached this country ten or fifteen
thousand years ago, so far as the
route across Bering Strait is con-
cerned.
The oldest known prehistoric in
habitants of this country, called Fol-
som and Yuma men after their
characteristic weapons of stone.
were older than the Basket Makers
of the southwest, who in turn were
older than the Pueblo Indians in
that part of the country. The Fol-
som and the Yuma weapon makers
were widely scattered, judging by
their Clipped spearpoints which
have been found in various states.
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-07-22
Old Ship Meeting House
Is Still in Use.

bingham. Mass. The oldest
building in the United States that
has been used continuously for pub
lie worship is the Old Ship Meeting
House here, writes a correspondent
of the Kansas City Star. The tradi-
ton is that it was built by ships
carpenters. That they did their
work well is proved by the fact
TIE frame structure they erected
has withstood the suns and SHOWS
of more than two centuries and a
half. 1t was put up in 1851.
This quaint wooden structure has
a hipped roof in the form of trun-
Gated pyramid, surmounted by
belfry and lookout station. 1t is
the lookout station which has CIV
en- the church its nautical name.
Surmounting the belfry is a wealth
er vane, and the bell rope bangles
down in the center aisle to the floor
of the church. Fourteen feet were
added to the north side of the orig
inal building in 1880, and a quarter
Of century later another fourteen
feet were added to the south side.
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-07-22

with many coats of old stain and
varnish. l intend to scrape and wax
the floors.
1.-THE living and dining rooms ad-
join with cased arch between. I
thought I'd like this woodwork in
gray, and perhaps gray wall pa
per. Would this be too much gray?
Then perhaps blue rugs with dusty
pink draperies for winter and
spring, and for summer green drap-
cries. My overstuffed furniture is a
tobacco brown mohair. My things
are all misft and nothing looks
right. I'd appreciate your sugges-
tions or criticisms of these ideas of
nine"
Well, we think you've embarked
on a very grand adventure. Any
way, there's nothing that whets our
ambition more than the prospect of
making something out of nothing in
the way of a house.
But we'd be careful about those
grays. If these two rooms are very
light, then that's good color and
very smart. Only use plain gray
enamel rather than the stippling.
Rather a pale gray and gray pa
per with white flower sprays in it
maybe. Then why not gray rug
too. And perhaps plain yellow dra-
peries +. l believe I'd like this col
or better here than dusty pink, al
though the latter would be quite all
right. Now your brown mohair
furniture could stay as it is, or
you could slip-cover it.
Now then, if you'd prefer to keep
to your idea of dusty pink, use dark
Ell brown slip covers on the sofa
and chair, pink for one chair and
figured pink and brown for another.
For summer windows I'd be in
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-07-22
Massachusetts Boasts
Oldest Church in i. S.

The first meeting was held in this
church January 5, 1852, and for
more than a century Old Ship
church was used for all town meet
ings and village gatherings. Week
days the congregation met to dis
cuss ways and means Of prevent
ing Indian depredations. Sundays 1t
came to hear Rev. Peter Hobart
preach for two hours on the sin of
hoop skirts and foppish millinery.
1t was minister of bingham
who, while sitting in his room above
stairs, heard hearty laughter below.
He went down with a stern visage.
Cousins" he remarked sadly, Il
wonder how you can be so merry
unless you are sure of your saliva
tion."
Tradition has it that the bingham
church was the last among the Puri-
tans to permit the solemnization of
marriage by the clergy. For in
those days. although st. Paul had
said it was better to marry than
to burn, marriage was considered
too worldly a thing for the clergy
to stamp with its official approval.
At one time Peter Hobart is said
to have been taken to task for
transgressing this ethic Of the pro-
fession by going to Boston to SOL
klAA vr.fD Of hpV
Of his parish. I'VE were not will
ing" said Governor Winthrop, ito
bring in the English custom of min
listers performing it."
OF Quaint Design.
The severe style Of architecture
of Old Ship Meeting House is typical
of the taste of the New England
colonists. There is little that is at
tractive about the building, but its
quaint design is interesting. The in
terror was plain. The congregation
worshiped under bare rafters and
there were no heating arrange
ments. The seats were hand-hewn
WOOdCA OGl41LGS NAhAOdt CdNAo.
Stoves later superseded the old foot
warmers and comfortable seats
were put in about 1877.
In 1869, when it became neces-
sary to replace the floor timbers,
modern seats were put in. The pull
pit, built in 1755, is massive struc-
ture reached by stairway on each
side and there is an oddly designed
canopy serving as a sounding board.
In the early days separate pews
were assigned to the elders, deacons
and the widow of the first pastor;
and, in 1868, to persons skilled in
musick."
The church was built by direct
taxation on the 103 members of the
congregation and cost 430 pounds.
A wall tablet contains the informa-
ton that for a period of l52 years
there were only three ministers,
one preacher being on the job for
sixty-five years. A two-hour sermon
was preached every Sabbath day
through more than a half century
of sleeveless New England winters.
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-07-22
Undulant Fever Peril
in Infected Horses

Indianapois.-New sources
of dangerous undulant fever
have been discovered in
horses, members of the So
ciety of American Bacteriol-
ogists learned at their an
nual meeting here.
The cases of two children who
developed serious undulant fever
following contact with an infected
horse, were presented by Drs.
Charles M. Carpenter and Ruth
A. Boak of the University of Roch-
ester school of medicine and den
tistry. These scientists and DR.. A.
w. Deem of Ohio State university
reported finding signs of undulant
fever in horses.
Undulant fever, known also as
Malta fever, infectious abortion of
cattle, and, according to latest SCI
entific terminology, brucellosis, is
a serious, sometimes fatal malady
characterized by the fact that the
fever goes up and down in waves
hence the name undulant.
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-07-22

we felt that the resulting economic
condition was both unreasonable
and unjust OF course, many people
did suffer unjustly and paid dearly
for the errors of others, but the
larger group did not want for the
basic necessities of life.
An interesting question arises.
Suppose we were left destitute
somewhere beyond the reach of CIV
ilization, without possessions, except
an ak, gun, and plenty of ammuni-
ton. Would we be able to build
an abode from the uncut trees
of the forest and maintain life by
the use Of the gun? If not, why not?
Our forefathers did. What has mod
ern civilization taken from us that
our forefathers possessed? We are
not arguing. for return to the So
called rugged days of pioneering.
We are simply challenging a self-ex-
animation of our inner rugged re-
sources of physical strength and en-
thusiastic determination to let no
external condition defeat us. Per-
haps there are ahead of us many ex-
periences in our modern civilization
that will require fortitude of life
beyond that expressed in the COW
cred wagon period.
Let us briefly recall the three
basic human needs: bread, water,
and light. If we eliminate single
one of these needs, we die. All
three are essential to life regard
less of our social or financial status.
These are simple needs but they are
necessary, and at least two of them
are given without price. We may
have al the water and sunlight we
desire. Bread, the staff of life,
must be earned. Our failure to ap-
preciate basic needs dwarfs our
evaluation of possessions that may
come slowly or rapidly. Basic needs
have more to do with courage than
with comfort of the Individual. A
basic need which is the first to be
distributed and the last to be de-
MED, has a way of developing like
spiritual qualities in the life of one
who appreciates the basic need.
Comfort may be gone with the
wind, but courage is great rock
in a weary land.
We plead for return to better
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-07-22
Restoring an Old Home.

I'm deep in the business of re-
creating our old home place built
by my great-grandfather in 1823-25,"
writes Mrs. Lansing A. Dickson.
Its really going to be interesting
when it's finished. The great living
room is being papered with old
maps that I've collected. And the
dining-room walls will be covered
with pages from an old county at
las which shows pictures of county
homes and towns in 1860. And of
course I'm accumulating as many
things as I can that belong all
through the Nineteenth century,
when this house was in its heyday.
OTIS made of brick, nodded and
burned right on the farm near the
house.)
$50 far the floor coverings are
hand braided, crocheted or hooked
rugs and I'm trying TO keep the
other furnishings in the mood of
the house. wish you could drive
up to see it sometime"
Wouldn't we like to, though! And
if ever we are in Mrs. Dickson's
neighborhood we certainly will.
We're thinking how charming some
Of the old Victorian things would
be in that house-a Brussels car
pet, for instance! And lace curtains
and wax flowers under glass.
a horsehair sofa, a what-not and
a velvet bound family album.
Remember that the Victorian Pc
riod in decoration had its own,
charm and much very beautiful fur
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-07-22
My Neighbor
-Says:=

Paraffin makes an excellent filling
for cracks in old floors. Scrape off
all surplus paraffin after it has
cooled.
Salt should not be added to the
water in which delicate green vege-
tables are cooked until they are al
most done. To preserve color,
green's should be cooked in an un-
covered pan.
AS soon as frost is out O;
the ground plant bare spots on lawn
with grass seed. April is good
time to sow grass seeds as it makes
a more satisfactory growth while
the weather is cool.
An excellent polish for mahog-
any is a tablespoon of olive oil
mixed with a teaspoon Of vinegar.
Apply the fluid with a soft flannel,
after the wood has been busted.
Then polish thoroughly with a soft,
clean duster.
If colored buffers are desired for
sandwiches, use pimiento combined
with butter for red or pink, while
watercress chopped fine will give
the desired green and orange or
lemon rind blended with butter
gives the yellow color.
g Associated Newspapers.-WNU Service
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-07-22

"W E BARELY had nest egg
w left after the depression"
writes one of the multitude of home
buyers who lost their property in
the crash. But now we're on our
feet again and having a grand time
getting settled in a new-old house.
we bought a run down suburban
place which sold for a $700 mort
gage. The woodwork is dark in col
or and banged and marred with
years of living. The floors are pine
but in fair condition, only too dark
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-07-22

is that Our basic
needs are very
simple and not
difficult to sup
ply. A careful
analysis Of our
personal budgets
may disclose the
startling fact that
the larger part of
our expenditures
are not for these
basic needs but
rather for luxu-
ries, some of
which we might
do without very
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-07-22
First Farm Show

The official birthplace of farm
ST ows and exhibitions is in Scotland.
In 1888 the Highlands and Agricul-
tural Society of Scotland wa S
formed with the primary purpose of
holding shows in a number of towns
in Scotland.
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-07-22

proftably. One of the difficult prob
lens which resulted from the last
period of prosperity was that we
accustomed ourselves to privileges
and possessions never before en-
joyed. When these were denied us,
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-07-22
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clined to advise sheer curtains rath-
er than green draperies as your
grays are enough cool color even in
summer, l think.
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-07-22

appraisal and deeper appreciation
of those things that are basic needs.
Possessions are perishable, but not
so, peace of mind. Tolstoy relates
that a wandering minstrel sang in
front of a noted hotel in Lucerne.
The people applauded, but met the
minstrers request for simple neces-
sites with respectful silence. Ma
ture is more generous. Shall we be
more wise?
Gwestern Newspaper Union.
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-07-22
OUR BASIC
NEEDS
By
LEONARD A. BARRETT

One of the lessons we have
learned from the recent depression
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-07-22

niture was made during that time.
We treasure in our own home some
marble top tables, several rosewood
carved chairs and a love seat, along
with an old bureau.
Victorian colors and fabrics sug-
gest fascinating ideas for today's.
decorating, too. There is an abund-
ant heartiness about them that we
enjoy.
g BY Betty Wells -wNU Service.
Milford chronicle., 1937-07-16
sERMONETTE FOR THE PICNIC

The party seen by the side OF the
road. consuming the ham sandwiches
and frosted cake. represent the love
of our people for outdoor life. and
their desire to get away from
starched clothes and company man
ners.
1t is all very sweet and poetic. un-
til they depart from the scene. Far
too often they have left dirty SOU
venir behind, which has turned a
ferny roadside into a reminder of
pig-pen. Or there may be a careless
L. extinguished camp fire. Perhaps
they hastily threw few drops of
water on it, but were too busy to
douse it with the needed pals of
water from the nearby spring.
For the rest of the summer, that
pretty spot may be turned into some
body's dirty leavings, or the smoul-
dering blaze become the forest fire
that has ruined a rural paradise.
Milford chronicle., 1937-07-16
BOY AND GIRL CAMPERS

If you want to see one of the
worlds most charming sights. go to
big railroad terminal in some city
about this time. and watch the
crowds of boys and girls starting off
for summer camps. 1t is hard to find
pure happiness anywhere in this
world. but you come fairly near dis
covering it in those smiling faces.
shining with the anticipations of glo-
rious days at summer camp.
Children are primitive savages to
some extent. and the formal ways
of civilized society bother them.
They don't like to wipe their feet on
the doormat or take baths in tubs.
They do like swimming in the lake,
exploring mysterious forest trails.
initiating the ways of the red man.
The kid who pays no attention to
the wise words. uttered by his par
ents, may cheerfully accept exactly
the same counsel, if given by camp
director. Wherefore camp life is a
fine experience for him or her.
Milford chronicle., 1937-07-16
CHILDREN IN VACATION

What can be done with children in
vacation time, if you can't afford to
send them to some boy or girl camp?
or think it best not to for other rea-
sons?
The idle child is like a fertile
field, in which all kinds of seeds take
root. The enemy of all souls is there
on the spot, ready to SOW his seeds
of selfishness and mischief. Count
less children have gone wrong be-
cause they had no useful occupation
for their vacations.
Children may find healthful and
useful occupation for much of their
vacation time at Fairgrounds, or
with the youngsters of nearby fami-
lies. Some youngsters who spend
all their hours in sports and pas
times, get the idea that that is all
there is in life, that it is the busi-
ness of older people to keep theel
happy, and that they are little kings
and queens, and everyone must bow
down to them and serve them.
The boy who is cleaning the back |
yard. the girl who has her stunt of |
busting and sweeping, forms habit /
of work that is the basis of success.
Such children should come back to
school in better mood than those
who have run loose all summer.
Maintaining a family is cooper
ative job. in which each member has
to do his own share. The boy who
won't clean up the yard should be
told that he is like the baseball field
er who won't stir after ball if he
has to take step to get it.
This is time of protest against
child labor. but not all child labor is
harmful. The boy delivering news
papers or running errands. if not
employed too long hours. is usually
happier than the idle one. and he is
far safer.
Milford chronicle., 1937-07-16
A FEW DO THE WORK

It is often remarked that in any
organization or community a few
people have to do most of the work
of carrying on these public enter
prises. The majority of people seem
to look for a free ride in home town
life, enjoying the privileges and ad-
vantages that others create and
maintain for them.
We need more of these few people
who have capacity for public work.
who are willing to serve as officers
and committee workers in organiza-
tions. and carry the brunt of these
labors. They may think they do
more than their share of public work.
They do. but they obtain many re-
wards. They become the leaders
of the community. they gain power
in administering affairs. people look
to them for advice, and they are al
most always successes in their work
or business.
Milford chronicle., 1937-07-16
VACATION PHILOSOPHY

: The philosophers say that every
one should have a vacation. The
old proverb had it that "All work
and no play makes Jack dull boy"
If you put on the same old harness
and pull along the same old rut day
after day, it is supposed to create
sore spots that diminish your work.
ing power. They say you can do
more work in SO weeks fn year than
in So.
Many people never get a vacation.
The toiling farmer and his wife
usually drill right along through the
year. The crops have to be harvest
ell in summer and the cows and pigs
fed in winter. On the other hand,
in many irregular industries there
are so many idle days for the work.
ers, that they are looking for less
vacation rather than more.
The large element of folks who
do take a rest each year need some
wise philosophy If the man who
sits on an office stool so weeks in a
year tries to climb a mountain, play
seven sets of tennis or SO holes of
golf every vacation day, he need |
not be surprised if the folks COM
ment on his thin and haggard face
on his return.
The teacher who through 40 weeks
Of school is strained up tighter than
the high string on fiddle, probably
needs just to sit in a hammock, look
1t the river, and hear the birds sing.
Unfortunately. she may have brought
llong a small library on pedagogy
md psychology. which continues the
strain through the rest time.
If you come back to your job in
Milford with a certain distaste. and 4
late to set your foot in the pleasant 4
lone surroundings. you are prob
bly, not we'll rested. If the vacation
las done you good. you should come
'ack to familiar scenes with cheer. '
determined to do twice as good work =
\ the coming year. =