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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1938-01-13
Believe II n You will

A pig is the only animal on the
farm that will not make a hog OF
himself when eating. No pig will
eat more than is good for him-he
win consume just enough. then stop,
according to one authority. A horse.
cow or sheep viii eat until il be-
comes ill-or as the farmers saw.
"gets foundered."
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1938-01-13
SPELLING 1T
Latent Lunch
By G.. M. PAYNE
Well Known
By J. MILLAR WATT

The popular film star was always
trying out her French on table com.
panions. so it happened that when
a certain gallant asked her il she'd
have sugar. she said. "Oui."
What do you mean by .we'?'
asked the gallant.
20, U and l." said the actress.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1938-01-13
Muscular
Rheumatic Pains

1t takes more than lust a salve" 30
draw them out. It takes a ~counfer-
irritant" like good old Musterole
soothing, warming, penetrating
and helpful in drawing out the local
congestion and pain when rubbed ON
the aching spots.
Muscular lumbago, soreness and
stiffness generally yield promptly.
Better than the old-fashioned mus
tard plaster, Musterole has been
used by millions for 80 years. Recon-
mended by many doctors and nurses.
All druggists. In three strengths:
Regular Strength, Children's (mild),
and Extra Strong.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1938-01-13
CREDIT

Beggar-Will you let me have a
dime, mister? .1- ....s-. T.
Sailor-I haven't any change on
me, but I'll give it to you when l
come back this way. .-#
Beggar-Well. all right, but you'd
be surprised at the money lose
giving credit this way.-Bee Hive.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1938-01-13
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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1938-01-13
Round One

The professor raped on his desk
and shouted: "Gentlemen-order!"
The entire class yelled: "Beer!"-
New York Post.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1938-01-13

IF YOU are ever offered an oppor.
tunity to buy the death warrant
Of a Salem witch, an original docu.
ment-and very rare item Of early
New England, dated 1892" don't in
vest, no matter how much of a
bargain" it is. Not even the fact
that it is lone of the few papers
containing the autograph of Indian
King Phillip and especially fine
autographs Of Cotton Mather, In
crease Mather, John Winthrop and
Gov. William Phipps" should influ-
ence your decision.
You see. the first John Winthrop
died in 1649, the second one died in
1876 and King Phillip was killed the
same year, which would have made
it difficult for them to be signing any
kind of document in 1892. Usually
there's a typewriter card with this
rare old document" saying that
it has been pronounced genuine by
the Massachusetts, Historical soci-
ety. Cor it may be the South Caro-
lima Historical society, but that
doesn't mean thing, except that
the not-so-clever forger who peddles
such documents (he's always hard
up and is willing to sacrifice his
precious possession to get enough
money to get back to his home in
Texas or Maine or California; re-
allies that many people are rather
vague in regard to dates in Amer
lean history. So he tries to cash in
on that ignorance.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1938-01-13
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PIMPLES

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Makes Skin Look Years Younger.
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grow smaller, the texture of the skin
itself becomes trmer. Before you know
II friends are complimenting you on
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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1938-01-13
Short Cut

Mechanics Professor = Name a
great time-saver.
Sophomore-Love at first sight
Boston Transcript.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1938-01-13
Historic
Hoaxes
g
The Spider Farm
By ELMO SCOTT WATSON
@Western Newspaper Union.

% ALPH d. PAINE made a name
An for himself as . war CORE
spondent in the Spanisn-American
war and the Boxer uprising, but it's
more likely that his fame will en-
dure because Of hoax which he
perpetrated while he was reporter
for the Philadelphia Press in the
l89Os. One day he turned in a story
about a certain Pierre Grantaire,
who lived out on the Lancaster pike
and was making fortune by rails
ing and selling spiders that were
trained to spin cobwebs over wine
bottles. thus giving them the de-
sired appearance of age.
According to his yarn. Mr.. Gran
taire sold thousands of these trained
spiders every year, shipping them
to customers in little paper boxes,
so many dozen TO every crate" But
he always kept his queen spider"
named Sara Bernhardt, who, when
he tapped on her filament, ran up
his finger for fly, after which 1.-THE
startling pet tripped back indoors
witt the booty" "Sara's" consort
was Emile Zola," a fearsome spec
linen of the famed bird-huntnng
spiders of Surinam."
After the story was printed, hope
full investors began flooding the
Press Office with letters asking for
M. Grantaire's address. More than
that, other papers began reprinting
the yarn under the head of Sci
entific Notes" and Nuggets of
Fact" Years later this same yarn
kept bobbing up in different places.
As recently as last year a magazine
featured the story under the title Of
Webs for Sale" and an anonymous
writer in the Atlantic Monthly's
Contributors Club" repeated the
hoary yarn, declaring that my
grandfather" kept the spider farm!
The Washington times., 1938-07-01
Walsh RdpS
Politics in
Relief

U.N.S) Senator Walsh D1
OF Massachusetts,, a member of
the Senate Campaign Expendi.
lures Investigating Committee, to-
day placed before the Administra.
ton a warning that use of relief
funds for political purposes would
destroy the popularity of the
Democratic party.
Predicating his statement on a
speech by Deputy WPA Admins.
traitor Aubrey Williams in which
he admonished WPA workers to
keep our friends in power" Walsh
declared:
I cannot conceive of any.
thing more harmful to the sue
cess of the Democratic cause,
both in the approaching and in
future elections, than to have
the solemn obligation imposed
upon it of extending relief in
this dire emergency Prosecuted
with political favoritism and
pressure politics.
'TAITOR TO PARTY"
ANY agency or officer of the
present Administration, who
now or in this coming campaign,
will use Federal funds to influ.
ence votes is not only acting in
an un-ChriStian and un-Ameri-
can manner, but in my opinion
is a traitor to President Roose-
Velt and the Democratic party"
Meanwhile, the committee gave
the WPA a clean bill of health on
its recent pay rate increase in
Oklahoma, Kentucky, Virginia
and North Carolina.
After studying an explanation
OF the raise, submitted to the com
mittee by Williams, it issued the
following statement:
"The committee takes note of
the fact that there is no primary
election contest in two of the
four States virginia and North
Carolina) affected by the WPA
wage increases, and also of the
fact that Section 9 of the work
relief and public works appro-
priation act of 1888 provides for
payment of the prevailing rates
of pay as determined by the
Works Progress Administration
for the adoption of the wage
minimu standards fixed in the
labor relations act"
NO FURTHER ACTION
At the same time, the commit
tee, headed by Senator Sheppard
Cd of Texas, examined a par
tial transcript of Williams ad-
dress before the Workers Alli-
ance, an organization of WPA
workers, and decided no further
action would be taken. The COM
mittee previously termed the ad-
dress unfortunate"
A statement by WPA Admins
traitor Hopkins, denying newspa-
per articles declaring relief funds
have been used in Kentucky to
bolster the campaign of Senate
Majority Leader Barley, was
placed on file.
The Washington times., 1938-07-01
He's 80 Now, But
He Hikes q Miles

ADRIAN, Mich, July Mar.
cisse Boucher celebrated his
eightieth birthday anniversary
with a 28-mile hike from OnSted to
Adrian and return.
Moving to OnSted a year ago
to be independent from relatives
in Detroit, Boucher lives alone in
his house car. To get in condition
for his birthday walk he spaded
and planted a half acre flower and
vegetable garden this spring.
Evening star., 1938-02-20

fore you can expect them back. In
January just past there was a group
Of these storms. They were very Sc
we're. They came on the 18th, the
22d and the 25th. On this basis we
can expect therefore, disturbed mag
netic conditions to recur In the middle
of February, the last one occurring
tomorrow, the 2lst. During the next
year, says DR.. McNish, we will prob
ably have = great many more mag
nettc storms than usual, owing to the
sunspots being at the top Of their
cycle. Another strange thing OBJ
served about the storms that have
occurred this year is that several
violent storms have appeared in rapid
succession.
In 1928 seved magnetic storms ap-
peared at 27-day intervals for seven
consecutive times. This Is one of the
longest sequences ever observed. AS
q rule, five months marks the life
limit of q sunspot group. From 1874
to 1896" says Maunder. an English
scientist, there were 46s groups seen
twice; l18, three times; IS, 10 times:
II, i've times and, In one instance
and that somewhat doubtfully-did q
sunspot group seem to survive six
rotAtionA"t .e,..-,,
Evening star., 1938-02-20

This means that every ~ days that
portion of the suns surface dotted
with sunspots rolls around again. So
every ~ days, Misunderstanding the
s,lnspot period-we may expect to
experience their disrupting influence
upon the earth. This influence con-
sists in increased bombardment Of
this planet by. the sun. just as If the
sun opened up on US with q huge
battery of Big Berthas. The projectiles
are minute electrified particles.
$; This extra bombardment Of the
earth with electrical particles at this
time causes disturbance of the earth's
magnetic field. The particles crowd
in on the polar extremities and pro-
duce the northern lights or aurora
borealis high in the atmosphere.
They intrude into our radio recep-
ton like bunch Of little impish devils
and raise CONSERVATION. They knock
the compass needle of its true course
and hold it there, sometimes q much
as degrees away.
THESE upheavak tn the earth's
magnetic field are called mag
nettc storms. When they set In we
can predict their recurrence with
periodic accuracy as long - the sun
spots ride. high. Every ~ days, there
Evening star., 1938-02-20
CHILD ART SHOWN
Portraits Assembled Here by Museum of
Modern Art Include Many Which
Won World Fame.
Current Exhibitions.

CORCORAN GALLERY OF
ART-Exhibition of Historical
Portraits, under the auspices
Of the United States Constitu.
tion Sesqulcentennial Commits
sion.s Exhibition of Water
Colors by Eugen Weisz. Exhi-
bition of Prints by Peggy Ba-
con ocens February Is.
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
-Etchings and Autographs by
Thomas Handforth.
UNITED STATES NATIONAL
MUSEUM-ARTs AND IN
DUsTRIEs BUILDING-Ex-
hibition Of Original Prints il
hstrated In American Annual
of Photography. 1898.
UNITED STATES NATIONAL
MUSEUM, Constitution avenue
Exhibition Of Water Colors
of California, by w. S. Bag
datopoulos. National Collec-
tion of Fine Arts, Group, of
Miniatures recently acquired.
PHILLIPS MEMORIAL GAL
LERY-Exhibition of Prelimi-
nary Sketches for Painting, by
Carl Knaths. Recent Access
sions, Drawings. Water Colors
and Prints. Print rooms.
PHILLIPS GALLERY STUDIO
HOUSE-Exhibition of Ameri-
can Folk Art opening tomorrow.
Also paintings by local artists
in Washington room.
ARTS CLUB OF WASHING
TON-Paintings by Philip Bell
of Washington and Contempo-
rary Water Colors lent by the
Treasury Department Art Prof.
ect.
MUSEUM OF MODERN ART,
WASHINGTON GALLERY
Exhibition of Portraits of Chill
dren by Great Masters and
Modern Painters. Opens to
Public February %.
GALLERY OF MODERN MAS.
TERS-Exhibition of Pictures
in Various Media by Contem-
porary Individualistic Artists.
PUBLIC LIBRARY, Main Build
ing-Drawings by Agnes Wein-
rich. Northeastern and South
western Branches-Oil Paint
ings by Local Artists.
CHILDREN'S MUSEUM, w. P.
A.. Independence avenue-Ex-
hibition of Humor in Chill
dren's Art.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTE-
RIOR ART GALLERY-Exhi-
bition Of Paintings by Students
m American Colleges and Pro-
fessional Schools.
HOWARD UNIVERSITY - Ex-
hibition Of Paintings and Prints
by James A. Porter and James
L. Wells.
INTERNATIONAL HOUSE. 6l4
E street Naturalization of
Paintings by A. H. o. Role.
Evening star., 1938-02-20
T,Do Faculty Members Hold
Engaging Exhibition in HoUard
Uf1iuersitu Gdlleru.
Radio and Compass Known
to Be Affected When
Active as Now.

WHAT are sunspots and what causes
W them? It is not exactly known.
They are swirling masses of gas
brought about by some condition of
the sun. possibly saucer shaped or
pitted. cooler and darker than the
rest Of the sun. They may be gases
expanding. as expanding gas cools
At the time Of their presence, how
ever, the ultraviolet radiation from
the sun increases. It changes con-
siderably, being more intense at time
of the larger number of sunspots.
1t Is this solar activity that does
the trick of upsetting radio reception
and throwing OF its true course the
compass needle. And, incidentally,
it is the increased dosage of ultra
violet radiation to the earth and the
life there, which comes at q time of
sunspot maxima, that leads some
scientists to believe that sunspots
have something to do with wars,
peace, the stock market, weather and
rabbit increase. For ultraviolet radia-
tion Is the stimulating what-not of
life. Biologically, 1t Is argued, the
increased dosage of ultraviolet radia-
ton to the earth works on rabbits
to produce q larger sex life, on man
to make him more irritable and prone
to fight, and to step him up in the
field Of trading to tempo faster than
normal
Whether all Of this IS true or not
is something for those interested In
the phenomena Of correlation between
ultraviolet radiation and life ACTIVE
ties to argue over, but, without ques-
ton, ultraviolet radiation has . stim-
ulating effect upon mankind. It Is
to absorb these beneficial rays that
we go to such places as Florida, Cali
fornia and Bermuda, during the win
ter months, don bathing suits and lie
along the edge of swimming pools, or
golf or swim on the beach. It Is for
this same reason also that We Lie
out in the sun during the summer
months atop roofs and. in solariums.
that We purchase violet-ray lamps and
bring them home to indulge In sun
tans in our bedrooms. .
Sunspots come and 60 on the face
of the sun. It Is as If the sun had .
rash-that it breaks out every II years
with . facial eruption that causes It
pain and makes it disagreeable to the
rest of the world And each time that
the. rash" breaks out. sun scientists
run to their Photographic telecopes
and take pictures Of the blotches ap-
pearing to the view. And they hope
some day really to get at the basic
cause Of sunspots and what thsy
really are. ~ !.
Evening star., 1938-02-20

zontally and criss-cross. the printing
thereon easily legible but without sig
nificance, subjectively or from the
standpoint of composition. Why, then.
one queries, its use? Art which is not
beautiful and which conveys no
meaning whatsoever has certainly
little reason to exist. Those who have
spent long hours solving crossword
puzzles may find such distractions as
these of Mr.. Knaths' engaging, but
can one ever be sure of reaching a
correct solution of their meaning?
Obviously, color Is sufhcient excuse in
itself, but this being the case, why de-
tract from the pleasure of color in
harmonious combination by the intro
duction of unexplained and inexplic-
able symbols or shapes? All such in
comprehensive work, entitled art, may
stand for new heaven and a new
earth, but 1t certainly has little rela-
ton to the present world in which we
live. 1t merely creates confusion
In justice to Mr.. Knaths it should
be added that few of his color COM
positions are understandable: such, for
instance. as two deer among trees
with moon in the background. and
one or two of cocks. but even these
to the writer seem trivial.
Karl Knaths was born in Eau
Claire, Wis, in 1891. studied at the
Art Institute of Chicago and is now q
member of the American Artists Con-
gress closely allied to the Art Un-
ions), the American Society of Paint
ers, Sculptors and Gravers, and Prov
incetown Artists and Writer'S Union.
He is represented in the Gallery of
Living Art of New York University, as
we'll as in Phillips Memorial Gallery
here: and. to be free and untram-
meled in his production. makes mis-
home in Provincetown, Mass, winter
and summer.
Paintings and Prints By Agnes
Wet'eytch at the Public LIBRARY.
TT is an interesting coincidence that,
while Karl Knaths is exhibiting at
the Phillips Memorial Gallery. his sis
ter-in-law, Agnes Weinrich. also OF
Provincetown, is showing water colors,
drawings and prints in the Public Ii
brary at Eighth and K streets. When
Miss Weinrich held an exhibition in
Boston not long ago. critical writer
in the Christian Science Monitor de-
clared her works to be Joy to the be-
holder, and placed her on a par with
Braque and Rouault and among the
foremost American artists of today.
That Miss Weinrich is a skilled
craftsman and has good color sense
is obvious. but her distractions are
difficult to understand and she has
apparently been strongly Influenced by
Demuth and John Marin. Presum-
Evening star., 1938-02-20
Italy Plans Airline.

Italy and Latin America are to b
linked by new airline, according to
plans being outlined In Rome by an
italian commercial air organization.
Special machines designed for the
transoceanic flight to South America
are being constructed and firms In
italy have been asked to submit plans
for plane large enough to carry heavy
loads Ut high attitudes. .- 49,.
Evening star., 1938-02-20

ably. to her, pattern is Of paramount
Importance, but pattern can be and
always has been attained through
competent design and those elements
on which all art is based-balance,
rhythm, emphasis correctly placed.
Distortion does not seem, to those who
still hold to tradition, to enhance ef-
fectiveness or increase significance.
Certain studies of still life by Miss
Weinrich in this exhibition have dis
tinction in their simplicity and di-
rectness Of treatment, but after de-
livering their message in the shortest
way possible, they have nothing more
to impart. Very like Marin are her
water colors Of Dunes" which un-
labeled would be utterly incompre-
henSible.
For a good many years now there
mas been tendency to 60 back to the
primitive, to reeapture the naivete OF
childhood. but with inherent sophisti-
cation this is impossible. Miss Vein
rich's prints and paintings do serve
as most excellent examples Of the
trend of art, away from tradition and
toward TIE realization Of new ideals.
For this reason its exhibition in the
Public Library is eminently worth
while as informative. The public
should have the opportunity. as in this
instance, of seeing that which is typ
ical and judging for themselves.
Attractive Landscapes by A. H. O..
Role to Be Seen at International
House.
IN AN utterly different vein is the
exhibition of paintings by A. H. O.
Role Of this city. member Of the So
ciety Of Washington Artists, WASH
ington Water Color Club and Land.
scape Club of Washington. now on
view in International House, conducted
by the Young Women's Christian As
sociation at 614 E street NV. This
house was once the home OF a family
named MCGUIRE, the father an auc-
tio1leer and art lover. the son destined
to become director for many years. of
the Corcoran Gallery of Art. To prop
erly house and display his private art
collection Mr.. MCGUIRE, ST., built sky
lighted gallery adjacent to his resi-
dence. and it is In this gallery that
Mr.. ROLES paintings are now ex-
hibited. They are all works In oil
pictures for the most part painted in
the vicinity Of Washington-not
masterpieces, but charming interpreta-
tions of the beauty Of nature as dis
covered by the artist and through him
made manifest.
To the many of foreign birth and
limited means who find their way into
International House. these paintings
bring delight, opening their eyes to
beauty in the outdoor world, enlarging
Evening star., 1938-02-20

corner of public reading room, with
commonplace patrons, none too in
tellectual in appearance, nor enlivened
by their occupation. Both little
sketches are character studies meant
to create indulgent smiles.
OF unique interest in this varied
group are works by Guys-a lady in
fashionable attire, with her back
turned to the observer, her gown in
voluminous folds much berufled-a
typical example Of Guys work, re-
necting the fashion of the day-and a
dramatic Interpretation by the dis
tinguished Mexican, Jose Clement
Orozco, a picture Of stream of people
in close formation, backs turned. re-
treating from the observer There is
also single example of Daumier, a
picture Of two rather substantial
Frenchmen. who, while taking them
selves most seriously. provide amuse-
| ment for the onlooker Like much Of
Daumier's work there is here chuckle
beneath the surface. Who ever knew
better how to chuckle than Daumier,
| ana without unklndneSS?
Finally, this collection of recent ac-
quisitions includes several etchings by
Clifford Beal, selected from among his
best. They are THE Net Wagon" )"
THE Lobster Man." "On for the
Georges" and Hay Wagon. Central
Park" Mr.. Beal is among the strong
est Of our contemporary paint-etchers
and his work notably holds its own in
this present interesting assemblage.
Sketches for Abstract Paintings
by Karl Knaths. Exhibited.
X ARL KNATHS is no stranger to
those who have formed the pleas
ant habit of periodically visiting the
Phillips Memorial Gallery, wherein
his paintings have been exhibited, not
now and again. but almost continu-
ously for some years. His Cock and
Glove" is a favorite with many and
in estimating his genius. Mr.. Phillips
has repeatedly prophesied for him
large future achievement. His origi-
nality, combined with his individual
istic standpoint has distinct allure
These qualities seem. however. to have
got beyond bound in the exhibition OF
drawings and small paintings in
water color or tempera which now
occupy the second print room. Ger
tain drawings in line. very cubistic in
treatment. are found to have en-
gaging simplicity but his distractions
in color, of which the majority of the
exhibits consist, are to the writer, and,
presumably. to the public at large
utterly incomprehensible They are
neither Piccasso nor Braque. but they
have no character of their own. For
the most part they are done on news
paper, mounted on other paper, hori-