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Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1937-08-20

"fans."
With reference to the editorial, the
Democrat" did not wish to be under
stood as condemning wholesome root
ing. Nearly all the pleasure deriv-
ed from ball game consists in yell
ing, criticizing, and being hilarious in
general. The editor feels confident
all those who attend the games know
what was adversely criticized in the
editorial. "Sid Pudney's" letter fol-
lows:
"Your baseball editorial in the issue
of August has altered my character
and changed my whole outlook. I
once went to games simply because I
enjoyed the fan banter as much as
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1937-08-20
Local and Rural News

Mrs. Edward Birmingham of Snow
Hill, and Mrs. James D. Justice, of
Wattsville, have been recent visitors
at the home of Mrs. Goldsborough
Hurley.
Miss Mary Willis, daughter of the
late DR.. H. N. Willis, was visitor
in Pocomoke on Friday last. Miss
Willis is connected with the Florence
Crittendon home in Philadelphia.
Mrs. R. S. Matthias is entertaining
this week her mother, Mrs. John Pol
lizard, of Onancock, Va, and cousins,
Misses Mary Jean and Carolyn Lore,
of Smithfield, N. C.
Mrs. E. w. Shackleford and son,
Walter E. Shackleford of Durham, N.
c., will arrive Monday for visit with
the formers daughter, Mrs. J. G.
Parks and Mr.. Parks of Second St.
Mrs. L. T. Somers and daughter,
Mrs. Lester Kirby, Mrs. Herman Mill
er, of this city and Miss Frances
Smith of Washington, D. c., are spend
ing some time at Ocean City, Md.
Mr.. and Mrs. Courtney Hudson and
children of Wilmington, N. c., have
returned home after a visit with Mr..
and Mrs. j. Thomas Merrill of near
this place.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. F. Beaver have
returned to Hillsboro, Md, after spend
ing the weekend in Pocomoke. They
were accompanied by Mrs. Beaven's
sisters and brother of Greensboro, N.
&c.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence Parsons an
nounce the birth of a son, born Satur-
day, Aug, 18th in the Peninsula Gen
eral Hospital in Salisbury. Mrs. Par
sons was formerly Miss Bessie Mar
liner of this city.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Miller and
daughter, Gertrude of Baltimore
were weekend visitors at the home
of Judge and Mrs. J. T. Riley. They
left here Tuesday and motored to
Ocean City where they will spend the
remainder of their vacation.
Judge and Mrs. John T. Riley have
returned to their home here from
Washington, D. c., where Mr.. Riley
has been patient in the Walter Reid
Hospital. Friends here will be glad
to know that he has been greatly bene-
fitted by the treatments and that his
condition is improved.
Hon. William Hall Beach, U. S. Con
sui stationed at Antwerp, Belgium
with Mrs. Beach and son, Billy, arriv.
ed Tuesday night for a visit with Mrs
Beach's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Franz
E. Hudson. They will also visit rela.
tives of the former in Virginia. Mrs
Beach was formerly Miss Irma Bell,
Hudson of this city.
Mr.. and Mrs. Levin J. Miller, Of
Penns Grove, N. J., Mr.. and Mrs. Chas
K. Howard, Mr.. and Mrs. William T
Howard, and Mrs. John Taylor of thi1
city, were dinner guests Tuesday O.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred c. Hayman, il
honor of Mr.. Hayman's birthday. 9th
er guests were: Mr.. and Mrs. Grover
Collins and daughter, Mr.. and Mrs
Lawrence Howington, of Akron, Ohio
Mrs. James A. Somers and Mrs. R
G. Somers, of Crisfield.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1937-08-20
SID PUDNEY' DISACREES
WITH FAN CRITICISM
Continued from Page l

Continued from Page 1
ly, relative to certain occurrences at
the ball park.
This letter is signed "Sid Pudney,"
which sounds rather fishy, and the
stationery bears no post office nor
other kind of heading. The envelope
is postmarked "New York" It is not
the custom of this paper to publish
anonymous or pseudonymic communi-
cations, but this is an innocent epistle
and may furnish comfort to some
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1937-08-20

Mrs. Harvey NOrtnam IS visiting
Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Ards in Snow
Hill.
Mrs. G.. B. Jenkins entertained
few friends at bridge Wednesday of
last week.
Mr.. Lloyd Tarr is in Peninsula Gen
eral Hospital, where he underwent an
operation.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. T. Dryden have
returned from a motor trip to Maine
and Canada.
Little Miss Cherry Stevens has
been the guest of Miss Anne Nelson
in Onancock.
Misses Margaret Crockett and Lot
tie Fontaine are spending the week
at Ocean City.
Miss Lolita Smith is spending a
week at the Young apartments at
Ocean City, Md.
Mrs. Howard Littleton and son, Col
bourn Littleton, spent the week at
Public Landing.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Cohen have re-
turned from stay of several days
in Atlantic City, N. J.
Me- no~o+I,1, Dox,ou of Po1tinooro
is visiting her mother, Mrs. r. B.
Mathews, at the Rectory.
Mr.. James K. Riggan, of Baltimore,
a former resident of this city, was a
visitor in town this week.
Mrs. Claude Kerr, of Delmar, spent
the past week with her sisters, Miss
es Bertha and Willie Walters.
Miss Katherine Yoder, of Philadel-
phia, was the weekend visitor of Miss
Bessie Hayward, near town.
Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond o. Payne, of
Philadelphia, were welcome visitors in
Pocomoke over the weekend.
DIR. and Mrs. Eugene E. Veasey and
son, Norman, of Wilmington, Del, are
visiting Mrs. Eugene w. Veasey.
Miss Ethel Dix has returned to her
home in this city after spending the
summer with friends and relatives.
Mr.. Harrison Walters, of Annapolis,
spent the past week with his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. II. Merrill Walters.
Mr.. Elon w. Mills left Saturday for
visit with relatives in Delaware,
New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
Mrs. Norris M. Young, Mrs. VIM. E.
Craigmile and Mrs. E. w. Ross are
spending some time at Ocean City.
Mrs. Hartley Stevens, Jr., entertain
ed a few friends at bridge Tuesday
evening at her home on Market st.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Bruno, of
Rochester, N. Y, were weekend
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. r. S. Gilmore.
The pastor, DR.. S. J. Venable, will
preach at the Presbyterian Church.
Sunday, August %, at II A. M.
Mr.. G. Walter Evans of Youngs-
town, Ohio, was called here Monday by
the sudden death of his father, Mr.
George H. Evans.
Mr.. Howard Dryden, of Baltimore
spent a part of the week with Mr.
Fuller Walters and sisters, on Mar
ket st.
Mrs. James P. Blaine, Jr., gave g
luncheon in Salisbury Monday in hon
or of her guest, Miss Alverta Cook
of Gaithersburg.
Mr.. and Mrs. Francis Lloyd and
two children, Anne and Francis j., III
are guests of Mr.. Lloyd's parents, Mr.
and Mrs. F. j. Lloyd.
Mrs. H. D. Renninger has returned
after spending part of the summer in
Crisfield and the past two weeks at
Ocean City.
Mr.. Mifflin Hollyday, of Baltimore
has been the house guest of Mrs
Myrtle Smith and daughter, Miss Lo.
lita Smith.
After a visit of several weeks with
her sisters here Mrs. Chauncey Turner
and son left Monday for their home il
Springfield, Ohio.
Mrs. S. d. Corbin, Mrs. w. p. Evans
Mrs. James Cottman, Mrs. Walter 81
Long and Mrs. A. P. Long spent par
of the week at Ocean City.
Evening star., 1937-12-26
THIS WEEK

kirch? If he satisfied such nobleness, is he not
good enough for you?
ALSO, you reveal to the kitchen your
origins, and thereby lose respect - prestige.
1t is hopeless. Will you remain all your life
in the kitchen?"
''Mein Gott, Minna, what shall do? This
pig-slops! You ask me to eat it You ask that
should a guest ever dine in our house - which
is, to be sure, highly improbable - give him
cattle food, such as these cooks serve? have,
however, an idea. could get very good
him lessons in my kitchen. What do you
think of that?" He looked at Minna slyly.
But Minna raised her hands to high heaven
and cried, I'VE should turn our Schloss into
cooking school, with the master. the Herr
L0ndbesitzer teaching frying! shall kill N.Y.
SELF"
Once in while Herr Won Meyerdorf cheered
up He broke in upon Minna one day with
his face beaming. "Minna, my treasure, he
cried, think what luck! have caught in
our little lake a netful of minnows, which,
rolled in flour and cooked quickly in deep
fat, are of startling resemblance to white
bait The whitebait of England which is un-
obtainable in these parts. Minna. my treasure,
come quickly. have cooked a platterful, and
with sauce -"
Minna, who was also kindly, and spoke
often of suicide as only the healthy do. had
not the heart to answer him tartly - besides,
the crisp little fish were really delicious.
The hunting season came. The estates
around Birkenbach were noisy with leather
coated huntsmen. The local newspapers were
gay with reports of shooting parties and
shooting luncheons. But the owner of Bnken-
bach sat alone in flatboat, on his little trout
Evening star., 1937-12-26

water in the samOvar after an hour had passed.
They carefully laid damask serviettes over
the sandwiches after another half hour.
At seven o'clock they removed silver, sand
wiches and the cakes, which had become a
little blurred in outline in the heated room.
80 now you see" sniveled Minna. THAT s
what they think of you! You i. you cook"
And she departed to her boudon in tears.
Herr Won Meyerdorf sat with leaden heart
and extreme confusion in his brain. 1t was the
first time in his mature life that he had ever
made cakes that no one had wanted to eat.
Minna had courage according to that defni-
ton which says it means, go on, go on, go
on"
I'VE must take time" she said. People
will be slow to take US up. Probably some
of them know of your past. After we have
lived here some months, as real country gen.
try, they will forget"
''Minna," said the cowed husband, Il am
bored. am, confess it, lonely. Nor can l
forget the insult to my cakes. We have made
mistake. When Meyer" - "Meyer-doU''
corrected his wife - cannot give away his
cakes, something is wrong.
Moreover" he continued, 'osr domestic
organization is driving me to frenzy. We have
been in this house now for one month, and in
that time we have had five cooks. mean to
say that they call themselves cooks in return
for exorbitant wages. And they are splendid
shoemakers, blacksmiths, for all know good
stone masons, carpenters, or street-car con-
ductors. They may have the makings of gen.
erals, emperors, or painters in oil-linseed, not
olive. They are not cooks! Swine -dogs!'
How can we keep cook ever" shrilled
Minna, "ifyou will not keepout of the kitchen?
Every raeout, every souHi, you send back.
Are they not as good ragouas and sosstats as
Evening star., 1937-12-26
Moeozins Section

lake, gloomily casting for fish. He had found,
alas, that the traditional activities of country
gentlemen bored him exceedingly Even in
company they would have been boring, and
he never had company.
Pheasants and partridges, trussed and
stuffed, their legs neatly tied, their heads re-
moved, interested him extremely. The same
birds on the wing received from him merely
glance of languid hostility Still, one must
do something, 50 he fshed.
And as he fshed he thought, within
radius of twenty five miles of me hundreds
of birds, hare, and deer are being shot. Saddles
and launches of venison, hare roasted and
stewed, birds broied and baked, are being
served to gentlemen of title and no6lesse. And
l will wager Bikenbach - and hope to lose
it that not one of them is really properly
cookedr'
He stood up in his boat, moved by this
mighty thought, and yelled these last two
sentences into the vacancy of surrounding
nature. He yelled them 50 loud that he heard
a sudden "Mefn Gott" from the bushes at the
nearby shore, and in the same instant
gentleman emerged.
He came to the bank, he looked full and
solemnly upon the master of Birkenbach,
standing dazzled in his boat; and speaking
judiciously. as of highly important affairs, he
said: 1T has been my privilege to overhear
what you have just remarked. sir. Words of
profound wisdom. The partridge, the Reb-
h.h,s, most succulent of fowl, from whose
pierced bosom slightly rosy stream should
flow to commingle with stuffmg of chopped
liver or properly prepared chestnuts, is served
by these well-meaning but untalented land
owners in dessicated condition; roasted to a
chip; bloodless and favorless. Nor are there
anylonger decent wines to accompanyth the fowl.
Evening star., 1937-12-26
Dsesmbs, rs, 1897

pot to be bought for the kitchen, and Herr
and Frau Won Meyerdorf sent out cards for an
afternoon reception. The cards we're engraved
in the handsomest and most conservative
style, and the addresses read like the Almanac
de Gotha. All of the recipients were persons
whom Meyer the cook would have been proud
to learn we're patrons of his restaurant. Minna
had dress from Cerson's; the tea was or
dered from certain house in London, as was
the whisky for that most elegant of German
beverages, "visky-soda" and against the al
most fearful protests of Minna, the cakes
were concocted in the new kitchen by the host
himself.
He had risen at daylight, while Minna slept,
to make them. He had encountered the hostile
and contemptuous looks of the newly installed
cook. But these looks had changed toan express
sion of wonder, admiration and dismay when
the creations Meyerdorf were finally spread
out upon the oaken shelves, and the room
had ceased rumbling with the furious excla-
nations of an artist in his passion. For Meyer
dorf had been trained in Dehmel's in Vienna,
and within twenty-four hours journey there
was IO HAIL. Vi WOIILdL cIlIlc1, VIII COUu HIdAC
such jewels of cake and cream, colored and
textured like specks OF sunset cloud, tligreed
like Benvenuto Cellini jewel. favored like
Moslem dream. One bit into them, morsels
held between thumb and forefnger, and some
exotic fruit had changed its texture to melt
creamily upon the tongue; almonds were
breath in ones nostrils; liqueurs of the most
delicate had miraculously become edible;
chocolate was remembrance on the palate;
the eye was enchanted, the tongue f1attered,
the heart warmed.
Before a tea table spread with Venetian
lace, silver tea urn, one-way sandwiches and
the hosts jewel-like cakes, Minna in chiffon
and Meyerdorf in morning clothes waited for
the guests to arrive.
1T is strange that no one has called before"
Minna had suggested little timorous)y.
earlier in the afternoon.
1T is obvious that we have been engrossed
in remodeling the house." Herr Won Meyer
dorf had replied.
A butler and two footmen replenished the
Evening star., 1937-12-26

one would get IN other
houses in this cornmun-
ity? Was not the late
Schmidt whom you pre-
cipitated into the drive
way on his ear - was
he not cook for years to
the family of the Herr
Graf Oscar Won Olden-
Evening star., 1937-12-26

you spoke just now with
feeling, as an artist and a pa
triot. Perhaps you recall with
me the days before the war;
before the greater aristocracy
became impoverished, when
the great restaurants were
proud to serve men of taste;
before Berlin was overrun with
porsesxs whose only ideas of
delicacies are oysters and cham
pagne; the great days when
that unexcelled master was
cook at Muller's II refer to
the Incompatible Meyer"
The incompatible Meyer
stood still in his boat. His neck
and face were swollen with
emotion. For he had heard
these musical words issuing
from the mouth of a man whom
Continved On pogs 12)
The Washington times., 1937-10-22

Service for the islands. Now
comes the gold mine.
In 1903 along came the only
American confectioner in those
parts, with an idea to make
some money. He had obtained
a claim to a gold mine in the
summer capital, Bagino, a half
mile up in the mountains. The
candy man didn't have enough
money to float the venture with
out help, and offered DR.. Fall
.Coner a slice.
Since the stock was a cent
and a half a share, the Ameri-
can didn't see what he could
lose. So he took a chance. For
13 years no luck. They put UP
three mills to be washed away.
Then, when Falconer had given
up hoping, and practically for
gotten about it, the gold mine
started to perk up. So now he
takes trips around the world.
ILLNESS BROKE SERVICE
In January, 1915, DR.. Falconer
was compelled to resign and re-
turn to Marlin because Of i'll.
ness, but in November he was
reinstated as an examiner in
Civil Service and sent to Bos-
ton. In 1925 he went back to
Manila after a series Of Govern.
ment adventures.
Since his retirement the doc
The Washington times., 1937-10-22
GOLD MINE ENTERS

It was in 1900 that DR.. Fal.
coner was appointed chief Of the
examining division Of the Philip
pine board, then later stepped
up the ladder to director of Civil
The Washington times., 1937-10-22
Harrington Buys
3 Old Masters

NEW YORK, Oct. 22.-Booth
Harrington, novelist and art col
lector, has bought three paintings
by old masters from the E. and A.
SHERMAN Galleries to be added
to the varied collection in his
home in Kennebunkport, Me.
One of the paintings is a 'Por-
trait of an Author" by Jacopo da
Pontormo Q494-1552). The others
are q portrait OF Menaud d'Aure,
Viscount d'Aster by French mas
ter of about 1920, and "Sibylla Of
Thur Before Emperor Augustus"
by Jan de Beer, Antwerp painter
active from 1904 to 1920.
The Washington times., 1937-10-22
The Johnsons!
All in Wedding Haze
Same Name

WINNIPEG, Manitoba, Oct. %.
The name is Johnson! The bride
was Pauline johnson. the bride
groom Magnus Frederick John
son. They were married by the
Rev. 3. B. Johnson.
The bride was attended by
Joyce johnson and Eleanor John
son, flower girls. The best man
was John johnson. The ushers
were Harold johnson and Elmer
johnson.
During the signing of the reg
lister, Mrs. Lincoln johnson sang
20 Perfect Love-" The wedding
date was the fifty-first wedding
anniversary of the brides parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. w. G. johnson.
The Washington times., 1937-10-22
Bar Honors W. L. Houston

william L. Houston, recently ap-'
pointed special assistant to the
Attorney General, the first Wash
ington Negro ever named to such
a position, was rendered q ban.
quet last night by the Washing
ton Bar Association at Harrison'S
Cafe.
Houston Is president not only
of the Washington Bar ASsocia-
The Washington times., 1937-10-22
Loves Wife He
Fails to Support

PHnADELPHIA-B e n jamin
Barone looked hurt when his wife,
Jennie, told Judge Theodore
Rosen that he didn't support her
and took their 2-year-old son to q
gambling house.
why, Judge, I love Jennie
and the boz" Barone said.
The Washington times., 1937-10-22
Il Work for Uncle Sam
DR.. FdLcOner FiLLSt
Retired Life With |
Busy Travels

Strictly speaking, our victim
today is retired from Uncle
Sans vineyard. But this is to
offer a few suggestions as to
what to do with your spare time,
when you are no longer on the
active list. First-buy a gold
mine, but that is getting ahead
Of the story!
DR.. Bolivar Lang Falconer was
in the Civil Service Commission
for Al years. In 1881 he retired.
He calls it retired life he's lead.
ing now. However, he has since
circled the world five times, the
last time as the first civilian
paid passenger to fly around,
so that is putting it little too
modestIy! The air trip was 1885,
partly by Zeppelin with Eckener
on the Inflated Hindenburg.
INCORRIGIBLE BACHELOR
In his spare time, DR.. Falconer
has written a book of his air
adventures titled Flying Around
the World" 1t is crowded with
intriguing experiences and gives
the high spots of this amazing
Government employees career as
a world adventurer. Gen. j. G.
Harbord, who was DR.. Fal-
coner's good friend during IL
years spent in the Philippines,
wrote the foreword in which he
leased:
can incorrigible bachelor, I
am in doubt whether the doctor
has been fleeing or pursuing"
The doctor was born in Missis.
sippi on a plantation. He
attended public and private
schools of the one-teacher va
riety in Marlin, Texas. In 1885
he was graduated from high
school, then went to the Agricul-
tural and Mechanical College Of
Mississippi, standing first in his
classes with the highest grades
ever made there.
FIRST JOB IN TEXAS
Afterward, his first Govern.
ment job was in the Marlin post
office-then to the Taylor
(Texas) post office. On July
81. 1880, three days after reach.
ing the minimum age, he took
the examination for q clerkship
in Washington and made the
highest rating of anyone com.
peting from the Southern States.
Six weeks later, young Fal.
coner was appointed a clerk in
the War Department. After
that he held several interesting
posts before appointment as an
examiner in the U. S. Civil Serv.
ice Commission. Later, he was
sent to every State in the Union
to conduct Civil Service eXamt.
nations.
GOLD MINE ENTERS
It was in 1900 that DR.. Fal.
coner was appointed chief Of the
examining division Of the Philip
pine board, then later stepped
I'D the ladder to director of Civil
The Washington times., 1937-10-22

} ton but the National Bar Associa.
ton as well. Among those present
were Robert L. Vann, Of Pitts
burgh, former special assistant to
the Attorney General; Ralph Mi
zelle, Of New York, attorney in
the office Of the Solicitor Of the
Post Office Department; Judge
James A. Cobb and Theodore
Berry. of Cincinnati.
The Washington times., 1937-10-22
By
Alma Sioux ScGrberry
Chance on Gold Mine
Long Ago Helps
On Cash Side

ter has this to say Of his spare
time:
II have spent several months
in New Zealand and Australia
and in the interior Of China;
have toured Asia overland from
China through India, Africa
from Cape Town to Cairo, and
South America from Panama
down the West Coast to Chile,
trekked across the Andes to Ar
gentina, and up the East Coast
through Brazil and the West
Indies to Boston.
YOU TRY THE PLAN!
I'm 1885 decided I should
like to make a trip around the
world by air. While negotiating
for tickets. it was announced
that the Won Hindenburg would
begin its transatlantic service
between Frankfort and Lake
hurst. modified my plans &C
cordingly and, on May 8, 1886,
started on a flight around the
globe by regularly established
commercial Zeppelin and air
plane lines"
DR.. Falconer declares 1t is
possible to go around the world,
first class for $720. So save your
pennies, buy a gold mine-and
sit back at desk and dream of
a romantic retirement such as
you have never before imagined.
The Washington times., 1937-10-22
FENCE
CIRCL|NG EARTH,
SCIENTIST FINDS
Barrier Hats CosmiC
Rays, Says Compton

NEW YORK, Oct. ~ G.N.sJ,
A mysterious electrical fence
around the earth, located in the
upper atmosphere, has been dis
covered by DR.. Arthur H. Comp
ton, Nobel Prize winner Of the
University Of Chicago.
In a report issued here by
the American Institute of Physics,
DR.. Compton tells how the cleo
trical barrier or wall in the atmos.
phere was found through his latest
survey Of cosrnic rays.
OBSERVATORY ON SHIP
For a whole year, from March
II, 1896, to January 10, 1887, a
coSmic ray measuring observatory
established on the motorship
Aorangi, of the Canadian Austria
lasian Line, Travelled on the Pacific
Ocean. 1t made a trip around
the world from the northern to
the southern hemisphere, Vancou'
yer to Sydney.
How strong are the cosmic
rays, coming from celestial space
upon the earth, at different sea.
sons, and at different ATTITUDES
both in the north and the south
OF the equator? This question
was answered by the automatically
recording cosmic ray meters on
the steamers observatory.
NEW MYSTERIES Barred
But the answer, when analysed
in mathematical curves or graphs,
revealed number Of new myster-
les. DR.. Compton found that:
Both in the northern and
southern hemisphere, the inten-
sity Of the cosmic rays is greater
during the cold months"
But most mysterious and spec
tacular was the discovery Of the
electrical China Wall" around
the earth, which keeps away cos
mic or other electrified particles
coming from celestial space.
The Washington times., 1937-10-22
Dog Show Entries
Will Close Today

Entries for the Dominion Ken
mel Club dog show to be held at
Fort Myer, october 20 and 80, viii
close at 5 p. m. today. They must
be sent to Schmid's, 712 Twelfth
st. N. w. Approximately 500 ami.
mails have been entered, it was
announced.
The Washington times., 1937-10-22

The richest girl in the world -.
the handsOmest judge In the State
read what happens In Reckless
Lady" by Vera Brown running
now In the Washington Times.