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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-06-17
STATE CONFERENCE OF SOCIAL
WELFARE

Section meetings on tuberculosis,
vocational education and rehabilita-
ton, trends In recreational pro-
grams, community adjustment Of the
mentally deficient, community prob
lens In the care of children dis
charged from institutions, housing
problems rural and urban, and on
problems of special significance in
the care of dependent children and
In the administration of relief, were
included In the program for the an
nual meeting Of the Maryland State
Conference Of Social Welfare,
held at the Lord Baltimore Hotel,
Baltimore, Thursday, Friday and
Saturday, June 8, 10 and IL.
The symposium on tuberculosis
was held Friday morning, and
was presided over by DR.. r. ii.
Riley, Director of the State Depart
ment of Health. The discussion
covered the following: Surgery in
tuberculosis control; sanatorium care
in Maryland; Clinic activities Of the
Maryland tuberculosis Association;
the control program of the City Of
Baltimore; modern methods of
treatment; the extent to which tuber-
culosis is responsible for incapacita-
ton in public assistance cases; the
work of the United States Public
Health Service in the schools; the
epidemiology of tuberculosis; and
the Importance Of nutrition In a
tuberculosis program: The speakers
included:
DR.. T. B. Aycock, University Hos
pital.
DR.. H. Warren Buckler, Baltimore
City Health Department.
Mr.. w. B. Matthews, Maryland
tuberculosis Association.
DR.. Huntington Williams, Com
missioner of Health, Baltimore.
DR.. w. A. Bridges, Superinten-
dent, Eudowood Sanatorium.
Miss Pauline Bushey. Board of
State Aid and Charities.
DR.. w. Ross Cameron, Deputy
State Health Officer, Hagerstown.
DR.. c. H. Halliday, Epidemiologist,
State Department of Health.
Mrs. Jean Loosli, Nutritionist,
State Department Of Health.
The conference was opened
Thursday afternoon. There was
a general session at night which will
be addressed by Mr.. Thurman w.
Arnold, United States Assistant At
torney General who spoke ON
the Social Philosophy of Tomor-
row.. On Friday there were sec
ton meetings in the morning and
afternoon. The annual business meet
ing with the address, of the president,
took place at a luncheon meet
ing; and there was dinner ses-
sion at night which was address,
ed by Howard w. Odum of the Uni
vesity of North Carolina. DR.. Odum's
subject was "The New Realism
of Social Work..
The section meetings continued
on Saturday morning. The speaker
at the closing general session was
Mrs. Elizabeth McCord de Schweinitz
of the Philadelphia Child Guidance
Clinic.
The officers of the conference are
Mrs. Adolf Guttmacher, President;
Mrs. j. Milton Patterson and Miss
Estella Everett, Vice-President; Mr..
Howard c. Hill, Treasurer. Detailed
information regarding the program
may be obtained from the conference
secretary, Mrs. Pauline C. NOVEL;,
16 West Saratoga Street, Baltimore.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-06-17
German Raider "Norwegian"

In 1916 a German raiding ship
passed the inspection of the British
blockade in the North sea and, in
the next seven months, sunk ten Of
the Allies vessels. 1t was disguised
as a Norwegian sailing ship, says
Golfers Weekly, and every detail
was Norwegian, including its cargo,
language, and clothing of the crew,
furniture, photographs, ships pa
pers, logbook and flag. It even car
ried the name Of real Norwegian
ship that was due to arrive at the
blockade in a few hours.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-06-17
Origin of the National Grange

On January 10, 1866, Oliver H.
Kelley started on trip through
the South during which he conceived
the idea of fraternity of farmers
to restore agriculture and unite
North and South. The first meeting
of the founders was held on Novem-
Der Is, 1867, for the purpose of Or
ganizing an order of agriculture in
the United States. On December A,
1867, formal session was held at
Washington and the National
Grange was organized and officers
elected.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-06-17
Profitable World War Deal

A most profitable transaction in
the World war was the purchase of
a German register by the British
Secret Service in Belgium in 1917.
It contained far more information
about the German military forces
than had been secured in the pre-
vious three years from an army Of
spies. The seller, says Golfers
Weekly, accepted $500 for it when
he could have successfully demand
ed several hundred times Is much
money,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-06-17
Ton Of submerged Range

Like the other smaller islands of
the West Indies, Jamaica is the
very top of a submerged range of
mountains, which rise out of the
sea as the last vestiges of a remote
age. The contour of the land was
quite aptiy described nearly 400
years ago by its discoverer, Column
bus, who, in telling his queen, Isa-
bella, about it, crumpled piece Of
paper in his hand to make an inn
ptomptu felief-map.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-06-17
White Woman Of the Genesee

Mary Jemison (1743-1843) was
captured by Indians from her west
ern Pennsylvania home when she
was fifteen years old and lived with
them the rest of her life. She
married first a young Delaware
warrior, and, after his death, an old
chief, Hiokatoo. After the Ameri-
can Revolution she was given a
large tract of land on the Genesee.
She leased much of it to white set
tiers and became noted for her kind
ness and philanthropy.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-06-17

What Polynesian first stood erect
on a slab of light wood and sped
backward on the forecrest Of a
Pacific wave is not known. Who
ever he was, he invented Hawaii's
sport of kings-and queens-surf
riding. Legend has it that King
Kamehameha I, ancient island con-
queror, rode the waves when he was
very old. Capt. James Cook, great
English explorer, found surf riders
in Hawaii when he discovered the
islands in the middle Eighteenth CEN
tury.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-06-17
US SHOW YOU

II mems principles are made by
their interests. the obvious way to
promote peace Is to make their in
terest idsatiealsr
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-06-17

II you want wedding cake
dream. eat II before retiring,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1938-06-17

why isn't a decree of DIVORCE .
parting inianesions
Evening star., 1938-12-02
Dr.. Seth R. Brooks
10 Take Up Pastorate
Here January IS
Succeeds Dr.. Perkins at
.UniversuIist National
Memorial Church

The Rev. DR.. Seth Rogers Brooks
Of Maiden, Mass, will become min
lister of the Universalist National
Memorial Church, Sixteenth and S
streets NV. about January Is, Sue
ceeding the Rev. DR.. Friedrich w.
= Perkins.
DR.. Perkins rendered his resigna-
ton last spring, to take effect about
October l, but remained until his
successor was appointed. He will go
to Boston, where he will engage in
work for the General Convention.
The Rev. DR.. Brooks has been
minister of the historic First Parish
Church of Maiden for the last 10
years, during which time he has
become one of the best known of the
younger ministers throughout Mas
sachusetts and New England. He
has been active both in Y. M. c. A.
and Y. w. c. A. work, and in the
work of the local nti-Tuberculosis
Society and Associated Charities. He
is speaker for the Y. M. c. A. older
boys conferences. He is also a di-
rector of the Boston Lend-a- Hand
Society and vice president of the
Bethany. Union Home for Working
Girls.
DR.. Brooks has also been active in
the general denominational affairs
of the Universalist Church, having
served for several years as chairman
Evening star., 1938-12-02

of the International Church Exten-
sion Board and for time as chair
man of the Unitarian -Universalist
Student Work Commission.
He was born in New York City
June 81, 1901, and received his early
education i'm the public schools of
that city. Later he attended st.
Lawrence University, where he was
graduated with degree of bachelor
of science in 1922 In 1924 the Can
ton Theological School of st. Law
renee University conferred on him
the degree of bachelor of divinity
and In 1896 his outstanding work as
Afish minister, administrator and
Hahc speaker Was recognized when
hhsAlma mater, St. Lawrence Uni
versity, conferred on him the hon
orary degree of doctor of divinity.
After being graduated from theo-
logical school, DR.. Brooks became
pastor of st. Pauls Universalist
Church of Little Falls, N. Y, where
he remained from 1924 to 1923. There
his work attracted the attention of
denomlnational leaders and when
the pulpit of the First Parish in
Maiden became vacant in 1928 he
was called to assume that pastorate.
Through all the years of his pro-
1esslonal life DR.. Brooks has been
active in alumni affairs of st. Law
renee University and in the national
work of Beta Theta Pi, a Greek
letter fraternity. He has served as a
member of the Alumni Council of st.
Lawrence University and as presi-
dent of the Greater Boston st.
Lawrence Alumni Association. In
1886 he was chairman of the st.
Lawrence Alumni Fund Commit
tee. He is at present trustee of
st. Lawrence University. He has
served his fraternity as district chief
and as national alumni counsellor
and as president of the 92d general
convention.
Mrs. Brooks is also one of the
outstanding younger leaders in Uni
versalist Church work. She has
been active in religious education
work. She has also served as Sec
sretary of the Women's National
missionary Association of the Uni
versalist Church and is now vice
president of that organization.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1938-07-08
DOg-Owned Island

Juan de Nova is in the Mozam-
bique channel, nearly a hundred
miles from the coast. Four hun
dred years ago it was an isle Of
Birds at which Portuguese ships
called for water, turtles and fruit.
Many a brave ship was wrecked on
its lonely shores, and marooned cats
and rats found a happy hunting
ground. Then the dogs came, in
the same way, and from that time
Juan de Nova has been a kingdom
of dogs, says London Tit-Bits Maya
zine. Large and dangerous packs of
them roam the island, hunt in the
thick bush, and prey along the
beaches. Well-nigh every known
breed is represented. It is stated
that the different packs claim their
own territory, and woe betide dog
which dareS to pass the unseen bor-
ders. The dogs, whose tails droop
like those of wolves, resent the pres
ence of men; and often a ships
watering company will be attacked.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1938-07-08
First Governor of N. W. Territory

Gen. Arthur St. Clair was appoint
ed the first governor of the North
west Territory, and in the summer
of 1888 he established his headquar-
tiers at Marietta, Ohio. The day Of
his arrival someone stationed at
Fort Harmar wrote in his journal
that ION landing he, was saluted
with Is rounds from the field piece.
On entering the garrison the band
played salute; the troops paraded
and presented their arms. He was
also saluted by clap of thunder
and a heavy shower of rain as he
entered the fort, and thus we re-
ceived our governor of the western
frontiers. Of the original domain of
the Northwest Territory six states
were formed-Ohio, Indiana, Illi-
nois, Michigan, Wisconsin, and part
of Minnesota. Such were our hum
BILE beginnings. The pattern of de-
mocracy had been established in
he old Northwest.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1938-07-08
Descendants of Viking
Chiefs Recall Grandeur

, At Visby, picturesque capital of
the island of Gotland, there is pre-
sented an historical pageant, which
is popular feature of the Scandi-
navian season.
Over this lovely Baltic island flies
the flag of Sweden and over its tur-
reted walls and vaulted ruins there
is peace-a peace shot through with
dreams of long-gone grandeur, says
a writer in the Philadelphia Inquir-
er.
Here roses bloom in profusion
where once bearded Goths prostrat-
ed themselves in worship of the sun
where later Viking chiefs sought
safe harbor for their sea-wesry
ships and where, during the Middle
ages, the all-poWerful Hanseatic
league established its trading CEN
ter.
Here, long ago, sea-faring Got
landers lived amid wealth and re-
fnement, their ships the rulers of
the northern seas. But their very
wealth brought about their decline.
Seemingly secure behind its
mighty city walls, Visby allowed the
tales of its great wealth to spread
beyond the seas. They were mint
ing their own gold coins, those Got
landers-even their pigs ate from
troughs of hammered silver.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1938-07-08

to pronounce Tie unfamiliar names
of places along his route. So diff
cult for the stranger are some of
these Indian and Spanish words
that travel companies distribute
key to the pronunciation of towns,
lakes and falls which tourists usually
visit in a journey round the southern
continent. Magallanes, for instance,
town near the Magellan straits,
is pronounced Mah-gal-yea-nayes,
and Llanquihue, a lake in Chile's
vacationland, sounds like Yankee
Way. africa (Ah-ree-ka), Asuncion
(ah-soon-see-own), Bahia (Baa-ee-
yah), Barranquilla (Bare-ran-keel-
ya), Buenos Aires Bwa-nows-eye-
race), Cartagena (Car-tay-hayna)
Iguazu Falls Ee-qua-soo), Iquitos
(Ee-key-toes), Lima Gee-mah),
Llama (Yah-mah), Llao-Llao (Yow
Yow). Rio de Janeiro (Ree-oh-day
Zhah-nay-row), and Toquilla Glow
keel-ya).
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1938-07-08
Scent Guides Lives of
Creatures of the Wilds

The power of scent plays vi
tai part in the lives of all creatures
of the wild. Through it they receive
advance notice, by way of the air
currents, of the presence of enc
mics, are able to recognize their
kind and find mates. In fact, al
most every moment of their exist
ence is influenced by the sense Of
smell, and the distance over which
they are able to pick up scent is
truly astonishing. Thus to the weak
er fraternity the air often carries
terrorizing news, while to the strong
it watts a gratifying message of
meal in prospect, according to Mack
B. Stielau, secretary Detroit Izaak
Walton league, in the Detroit News.
The very young of most species
do not emit scent, but whether
this is due to immaturity, or wise
provision of nature to protect her
helpless children, we do not know.
All kindred of the wild, however,
inStinctively recognize the scent of
their natural enemies, and either
hide or hasten to get as far away
from it as possible. Even while at
play, time is taken out by the young
to sniff the air for alien odors. This
same trait may also be observed by
some domestic animals.
In the insect world, smell also
plays an important part and we
find that the sentinel bees are able
to detect and keep foreign" kin
from entering the hive. It guides
the butterfly and the moth to the
female, and it is said that in the
pursuit they are able to discover
the last spot on which she rested.
Through this sense the lowly ticks
which attach themselves to some
animals are able to pick a suitable
host on which to satisfy their I'M
quenchable thirst for blood.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1938-07-08
Old Viking Port of Bergen

Situated at the head of the Ber-
gensfjord and pierced by its three
branches, the old Viking port of
Bergen, Norway, lies wedged in be-
tween its quays and it's mountains,
with Floifjellet, over 1000 feet high,
rising at its back door. Tile-roofed
houses in white and yellow stick to
the mountains sheer slopes like pins
on map, and cable-car takes
travellers up to Floien on its crest,
where they can look down on the city
and the ford spread out below.
On the old German quay is
Nordnes, the oldest part of the city,
where tiny houses, jammed one
against another, cling precariously
to the slopes of steep hill and mar
row streets climb zig-zag course
to the top. These houses are an
cient, and Bergen, in spite of its
tumble of traffic, the life and color
of its fish market, is an ancient
city. 1t was founded in 1910 by
King Olav Kyrre, the Peaceful, and
during the Middle ages was great
part of the Hanseatic league.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1938-07-08
Maguey Plant Source of
Powerful Alcoholic Sap

Siphoning out the sap of the ma
guey plant is one Of the first steps
in the making of pulque-that potent
drink which puts pep into native
festas in South America. The ma
guey plant is a form of cactus and
when full grown is an upside-down-
looking affair with ten-foot leaves
massed in artichoke formation near
the ground, giving rise to flower
stalk which often grows to height
of Is feet and bears thousands of
flowers. Plants such as this are
among the strange sights in Mexico
City, writes a correspondent in the
New York World-Telegram.
When the plant is ready for har-
vesting-just before the flowers are
born-the tlachiqueros cut off the
newly formed flower stalk and dig
out the heart. In the hollow pocket
thus formed the sap gathers, which
in the normal course of events would
rise in the flower stalk and feed
the flowers. AS this honey water
collects in the hollow the tlachiquer-
os make the rounds, two or three
times a day, and siphon out the
fluid. The siphons, or acocotes, as
they are called, are in the form of
long gourds with small pipe at
each end. One end is placed in
the sap pocket, the other in the
mouth of the tlachiquero, and the
sap drawn by suction into the gourd
and from there emptied into the
key. These kegs are then taken to
the hacienda, and the honey water
is placed in large watts to ferment.
The resulting pulque has 6 per
cent alcohol content and is very
powerful.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1938-07-08
Famous St. Bernard Dogs
Have Saved Many Lives

The original St. Bernard, raised
many centuries ago, was cross be-
tween Swiss mountain mastif and
Danish female bulldog. This stock
turned out progeny of magnificent
creatures strong enough to carry a
man considerable distance.
The breeding of these dogs was
begun by the monks at the hospice
founded by st. Bernard of Mention
in the early Ninth century, notes a
writer in the Chicago American.
The monastery is 5000 feet above
sea level, near the path, or pass,
across the Pennine Alps. This pass
is covered with perpetual snow from
seven to eight feet deep, and drifts
sometimes accumulate to the height
of forty feet. This pass is used by
French and German pilgrims on
their way to Rome. For the con-
venience and protection of the trav-
elers st. Bernard founded the hos
pice.
1t is estimated by students of his
tory that the St. Bernard dogs,
named after st. Bernard, have
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1938-07-08
Shrine Founded in 10

Entering the deer park of Nara,
you pass through great tori, or
front gate, of red wood and stroll
past many stone lanterns and wis
taria-festooned trees. Finally you
reach the vermilion-painted Ka-
suga-no-Miya, a Shinto shrine which
Fujiwara Fuhito founded in ITO. 1t
is dedicated to the original ancestor
of the Fujiwara family, who was not
far removed from the sun goddess,
and is one of Japan's most ancient,
venerated sanctuaries. A good ex-
ample of primitive Japanese archi-
lecture, the Kasuga shrine has often
been rebuilt like most Shinto tenn
Piles.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1938-07-08
To Help Sponsor Capitol
Boat Excursion

On Monday evening, July 18, the
Junior Farmer-Labor Clubs of
Ramsey County will sponsor a
moonlight boat excursion on the
Steamboat Capitol"
Outstanding feature of the ex-
cursion will be the admittance of
all who purchase tickets regardless
of race. Some groups who for the
past years have been systematical-
ly excluded from using the steam
er Capitol"
The County Council of the Jr.
Farmer-Labor Clubs, including the
three regular delegates from the
New Youth Club, fatty refused to
consider the excursion on jim
Grow basis.
Mr.. ]. F. Sailor, Representative
of the Streckfuss Company, replied
that although boat officials had
never really taken the problem of
discrimination seriously, he didn't
think that Negroes really cared
enough to bring the problem to a
showdown.
The New Youth Club, largest Jr.
Farmer-Labor club in the south
half of the eighth ward, has been
given 200 tickets to sell. Albert
Black, vice president, is in charge
of the tickets and publicity. His
committee helpers are Charles
Blackburn and Beatrice Schuck.
Sole representative in Mime
apois is Miss Dorothy Carter, 3537
Fourth Avenue South.
Tickets may be purchased at the
Minneapolis office through De
Velma Strong and at Phyllis
Wheatley through Donald Session,
Helen Scott or Marjorie Mason.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1938-07-08
Word Spider May Be a
Corruption of 'tSpinther'

The word spider" may be a cor
ruption of "spinther," the spinning
creature, for our garden spider
web is a wonderful piece of weav-
ing, writes Oliver G. Pike, F. z. S.,
in London Tit-Bits Magazine. In
coloring the garden spider is mix
ture of beautiful browns and grays,
and if we examine one with a
pocket lens the eyes are fascinat-
ing, for they resemble tiny red jew
els, but to the creature on which
the spider preys they must be fear
some.
The web, with its symmetrical
lines and circles, is one of Natures
wonders. The spider selects the
site, fixes a few stays and guy
ropes, then constructs from 20 to 80
radial lines, all proceeding from a
common center like the spokes of
wheel. Working from the center,
she goes round and round, fixing
circles of web to the spokes until
she reaches the outside. A line is
made from the center where she
sometimes remains to sun herself,
to her lair, which may be two feet
or more away.
This line will carry a message to
her as she remains out of sight;
no matter where an insect settles on
the large web, the vibrations are re-
corded on her telephone. With the
exception of one or two spiral lines
in the center of the web, all are COW
cred with a sticky fluid which will
hold any insect that settles.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1938-07-08
Name Honor Means "HOnOr"

Honor, Honora and Honoria, fem
mine forms of this Latin name mean
honor" while Honorate and Hon.
orine, also feminine, mean "hon-
ored," as do the masculine forms,
Honorius and Honore, the latter
French form pronounced in three
syllables, writes Florence A. Cowles
in the Cleveland Plain Dealer. st.
Honora of the Sixth century was
the daughter of a British king and
there was also st. Honoria in early
days. Honore. Comte de Mirabeau
I'd. 179D, was French statesman.
Honore de Balzac I'd. 1850, French
novelist, viewed his own works as
part of one great human comedy.
Honore Daumier I'd. 1870 was a
French caricaturist, painter and
sculptor.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1938-07-08
Origin of the National Grange

On January IS, 1866, Oliver H.
Kelley started on a trip through
the South during which he conceived
the idea of fraternity of farmers
to restore agriculture and unite
North and South. The first meeting
of the founders was held on Novem-
Der Is, 1857, for the purpose of or
ganizing an order of agriculture in
the United States. On December 4,
1867, formal session was held at
Washington and the National
Grange was organized and officers
elected.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1938-07-08
Fort Garry Became Winnipeg

OF the original Fort Garry, built
about century ago at the juncture
of the Assiniboine and Red rivers
in western Canada, only the gate it
self remains. Fort Garry became to-
days Winnipeg. 1t was the scene
of the provisional government
which Louis Riel, the half-breed reb-
ell, established in 1859. The Chateau
de Ramezay was built in 1704 by
Claude de Ramezay, eleventh gov
ernor of Montreal. It was the head
quarters of Montgomery during the
American occupation of the city in
ITS, and in its vaults printing
press was set up by Benjamin
Franklin. Benedict Arnold once
lived there. Today it is a portrait
gallery and museum.