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The Washington times., 1938-08-20
HAPPY 50 YEARS
VIM. Golfers Marx
Golden Wedding

Fifty years ago, when Mary Jane
Fletcher, slim and dark.eyed, mar
ried young Bill" Collier, the sex
ton Of the Church Of the Cove
nant, she wore gray tailored suit
with puffed sleeves and a Fedora
hat.
Tonight Mr.. and Mrs. William
Collier will celebrate their golden
wedding anniversary and Mary
Jane, whose dark locks have
turned gray, will blossom forth in
a black lace dress and a corsage
Of roses.
Surrounded by their five grown
children, four grandchildren and
more than 800 friends, neighbors
and relatives, Mr.. and Mrs. Collier
will cut q huge wedding cake.
The couple, who live at 1414
Massachusetts, Ave. N. w., are now
IA. Mr.. Collier has retired, and
they are looking forward to many
more happy years together.
The Washington times., 1938-08-20
Regatta Pageant
Plans UP Monday

Plans for the night pageant and
carnival to be staged during the
Presidents Cup Regatta will be
disclosed at a luncheon meeting
of the Foc'sle Club at the Raleigh
Hotel Monday.
Col. H. S. Kimberly, chairman
Of the pageant committee, and
Fred Huber, vice chairman Of the
Civic Division, will reveal the plans
for the greatest pageant ever at
tempted in the history Of the
regatta.
The Washington times., 1938-08-20

drive to Nineteenth and Newton
Streets Northwest. There the
passenger drew a pistol, robbed
Neville of So and fled.
Roy Payne, night watchman In
the $500 block New York Avenue
Northeast. reported he found a
colored man hiding in the yard
while he was making his rounds
about l o'clock this morning.
AS Payne started to question
the man, the suspect drew a re-
volver and fired at the watchman,
then fled.
The Washington times., 1938-08-20
Potomac Dragged
For Body Of Man

Harbor police dragged the Po-
tomac River opposite the HainS
Point Tea House early today for
the body of colored man re-
ported to have drowned about 10
feet off shore. Walter Davis, SO,
colored, of 11O7 Eleventh st. N. w,
told police he saw a man throw
up an arm in the river about 100
feet off shore. When he ran to
the spot, Davis said, he saw him
in the water close to the sea wall,
where he disappeared. He de-
scribed the victim as a heavy-set
colored man wearing q blue shirt,
The Washington times., 1938-08-20
D. C. 5 CHOSEN
For Examinations to
Enter West Point

Five Washington youths have
been designated to take examina-
tions for admission to West Point
Military Academy July l, 1889, &C.
cording to an announcement made
by the War Department. The tests
will be held March /.
Candidates for Presidential ap-
pointments are Dewitt c. Arm
strong, 3rd., of 21S0 wyoming Ave.
N. W.; Stephen Otto Benner, 1918
N st. N. W.; Thomas jackson
Heavey, jr., 1918 N st. N. w.;
Robert Dugald Mcclure, son Of
Mai. r. A. Mcclure, U. S. A., Army
War College and Robert Hamilton
Mattox. jr.. 1445 Rhode Island
Ave. N. w,
The Washington times., 1938-08-20
ParaIyzed Mute
Reported Missing

Police today were asked to
search for Clarence Bell, "a, partly
paralyzed mute, who was reported
missing by his grandmother, Mrs.
Margaret Pennington, 900 block
Fourth st. N. e.
Bell has been missing since July
20, Mrs. Pennington said. He is
described as being five feet tall,
weighing 125 pounds, with light
hair and blue eyes.
The Washington times., 1938-08-20
Banner Crowd
At Church Fete

A special program has been ar
ranged for tonight at the st. Dom
inic's carnival, now taking place
near the parish church, Sixth and
z Streets Southwest. Surprise
and speciality numbers will be pre-
Sented on the program, and it is
expected there will be a banner
crowd. The carnival combines a
reunion for former members of
the parish, and many persons who
have moved away have come back
to greet old friends.
The Washington times., 1938-08-20
CHILDREN HOLD
ART EXHIBITION

Children who have worked and
played in the Ben Murch Play
ground art and drama group this
summer exhibited results of vaca-
tion studies at a festival at the
school playground yesterday. Jane
Davis, II, of the 1900 block Thirty
sixth st. N. W., and Muriel War
mack, II, of the $500 block Daven-
port st. N. w., presented a marion
'ette show.
Anabel Schreiber, IA, of the $500
block Nevada Ave. N. w., showed
her prize-winning Mexican mural.
The Washington times., 1938-08-20
2 PEDESTRIANS
HURT AS SAFETY.
DRIVE IS PUSHED.
Accidents Emph asize
Need of Control

In the face of Commissioner
Hazen's skepticism on additional
regulations for pedestrian control,
two more pedestrians were injured
by autos last night-as the new
citizens advisor committee
pushed its efforts to improve con-
ditions.
Commissioner HaZen approved
the safety program recommended
by the committee yesterday with
exception of the pedestrian con-
troll recommendations, pointing
out the doubt Of enforcement.
Meanwhile, five accidents over
night added urgency to the need
for measures to check traffic dan
gers.
TAXI INJURIES MAN
Most seriously injured was Carl
Click, 80, of 5000 Patterson st. N.
w., who is said to have walked
into the side of an auto at Penn
sylvania Avenue and Nineteenth
Street about midnight. He was
taken to Emergency Hospital to be
treated for collapsed right lung,
lacerations of the body, compound
fracture of the ribs and possible
fractured skull.
William Devlin, 48, of SIS Third
st. N. W., another pedestrian, was
knocked down by a taxi on Ninth
near E Street. He was treated at
Emergency Hospital for slight
lacerationS of the forearm and was
able to go home.
Elizabeth johnson, colored, 81,
OF 38 r St., was a passenger in a
truck which was struck by street
car at Eleventh and r Streets. The
truck turned over and she was
thrown out. After being treated for
bruises at Garfield Hospital she
went home.
DRIVER BRUISED
Joseph Lindsay, colored, 1881
Fourteenth st. N. w., driver of the
truck, was bruised on the forehead,
but refused treatment.
The condition of June He'll, 10,
who was struck by an auto Thurs
day and taken to Casualty Hos
pitaI, was said to be fair" but
still serious today. June, who lives
in the 1900 block Of L st. N. W.,
suffered a broken leg and wrist
and possibly a fractured skull.
The Washington times., 1938-08-20
Coroner 10 Probe
WaIkathon Death

Au autopsy has been ordered to
determine the cause of the death
Of Arthur N. Williams, Al, 1923
w. st. s. f., following his collapse
last night while at the walkathon
at Silver Spring, Md.
Williams was taken to Walter
Reed Hospital in an ambulance
The Washington times., 1938-08-20
Columbia Heights
Group 10 Meet

The Columbia Heights Business
Mems Association will hold its
weekly luncheon at 1918 p. m.
Tuesday on the balcony Of sholl's
Cafe, 3027 Fourteenth st. N. w.
The Washington times., 1938-08-20
A. B. and W. Buys
IA New Buses

ALEXANDRIA, Va, Aug. 90
The A. B. & w. Bus Company to-
day announced it has signed o
$4,000 contract for the purchase
Of IA new buses for its Alexan.
dria.WaShington run.
The Washington times., 1938-08-20

trict, a representative Of the Com.
Center Council on Public
Schools, and represents employees
on the Unemployment Conference
Board Of the District.
Monday
Mrs. Elizabeth T. SulliVan)
The Washington times., 1938-08-20

"UTOPIAN" GreenbeH should haze sckLy children
rolling hen TuOUetOlOns model school opens in the
model community this fall and yesterday all day clinic
Ivas held the Greenbet elementary school building for
prescEoO checkup the youngsters AdOLeScent eyes,
The Washington times., 1938-08-20

ears noses trOats and bodies gUen rigid Once-OUer
by Dr. Thomas Christensen, Greerbefs health officer to
anticipate any aiInent that might trouble later The
children Uaccinated against smallpox, inOcuLaed
against diphthertn and teeth uUere examined.
Evening star., 1938-07-20

as likely as not those very same neigh
bors have worries and troubles q
great deal worse than our own.
So it was that Peter Rabbit often
had envied Grandfather Frog. "All
he has to do is to sit on his big
green lily-pad all day and wait for
foolish green fiies and other things
just as foolish to come his way.
Nothing to worry about. Oh. it's an
easy life that Grandfather Frog
leads" said Peter more than once.
Perhaps Peter would have changed
his mind If he could have seen
Grandfather Frog on this particular
Evening star., 1938-07-20

"Chug-" said Grandfather Frog,
and without waiting to finish he made
flying leap for the Smiling Pool.
A minute later from way out In the
middle Of the Smiling Pool he looked
back. Bobby Coon was sitting on
the bank in the very spot Grandfather
Frog had been. Bobby Coon was
grinning, but at the same time he
looked disappointed.
That was the beginning of that day.
It made Grandfather Frog feel out OF
sorts. He wouldn't dare go hunting
on that bank until he was quite posi-
tive that Bobby Coon had gone back to
the Green Forest. So he swan over
among the bulrushes, where he could
Evening star., 1938-07-20

pad and climbed out on it. Some
foolish green flies coming his way, he
began to feel better. He was Just won-
dering If it would be safe to take
brief nap when he saw q shadow NOV
ing across the Smiling Pool. Grand
father Frog rolled his big. googly eyes
up to see what made that shadow,
then with q regular squawk Of anger
dived once more. The cause Of that
shadow was Redtail the Hawk.
This time Grandfather Frog stayed
down in the mud for q long time.
He was safe down there, and it was
better 70 be safe even If he did have
to giySup his usual sun bath. When
at last he did decide to come up he
Evening star., 1938-07-20

sit on the bottom with just his head
out Of water and tried to recover his
spirits. He had almost recovered them
when he discovered Longlegs the
Heron slowly and carefully stalking
along the shore. Grandfather Frog
didn't wait to say good morning. He
didn't wait at all. He made q frantic
lump for deep water and breathed
easier when he knew he was beyond
the reach Of Longlegs.
Longlegs settled himself among the
bulrushes with his head drawn back
on his shoulders as II he intended to
spend the rest of the day there, 50
Grandfather Frog. more out Of sorts
than ever, swan to his big, green lily
Evening star., 1938-07-20
BY Edgar Rice Burroughs

was very careful to put Just his eyes
and nose above water and look well to
see that the way was clear. It was
well he did, for almost the first thing
he saw was the head Of Mr.. Water
snake close by his big, green lily pad.
Without making ripple Grandfather
Frog sank out Of sight and hastened
to bury himself in the mud once
more, for Of all those who seek him
he fears none 50 much as Mr.. Water
snake.
It was dusk before Grandfather
Frog ventured up again. This time the
ray was clear, and he climbed out on
dis big, green lily pad to lead th3
evening chorus as usual. But he had
Evening star., 1938-07-20
day I am going to tell you about.

day am going to tell you about.
To begin with, Grandfather Frog
had begun the day by climbing up
the bank of the Smiling Pool to look
for a change Of fare. You see, he
likes variety in his bill of fare. It
was very early in the morning, SO
early that jolly, round, red Mr.. Sun
had not yst shown his face over the
edge of the world. Just from pure
Joy Grandfather Frog sat down and
with his great, bass voice led the
Smiling Pool chorus. Two minutes
later, as he was taking a long breath
for an extra loud "Chug g-a-rum," out
Of the corner Of h. left eye he caught
glimpse Of something moving.
Evening star., 1938-07-20
By Willard
BY Mormon Marsh
BY Bud Fisher

been singing not quite half An hour
when another shadow seemed to drift
over the Smiling Pool. Grandfather
Frog knew that it was no real shadow
this time; it was Hooty the Owl. So
once more he sought the safety Of the
mud at the bottom of the Smiling
Pool. So ended trying day. II Peter
Rabbit could have seen all that had
happened I doubt If ever again he
would envy Grandfather Frog.
Evening star., 1938-07-20
Bedtime Stories
BY THORNTON w. BURGESS.

DETER RABBIT so often has to run
for his life that sometimes he is a
wee bit inclined to envy some of his
neighbors, because it seems to him that
they have an easier time than he does.
But that is largely because Peter
doesn't know all that his neighbors
have to contend with. He doesn't
know all their troubles and dangers.
1t Is Just that way with most of US.
We envy our neighbors, when quite
Evening star., 1938-07-20
LETTER-OUT
BY Phillips

Remove letter from rearrang spell the word
called for in the center column
the word have removed correctly
they ca engines @
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Letter Out
CD FLOBERT-BOLTER Che away.
OD MITHRA-MIRTH Gollty).
CD FANTEST-FATTENS Che puts on weight)
CT NESTLES- LESSEN Ito reduce
(E) CHASER CARES (they bring wrinkes)
Evening star., 1938-07-20
TwizzIer Answer

II it was the mans uncle's sister
and yet wasn't an aunt. It must havs
been his mother.
Evening star., 1938-03-27

ago. If ancient man actually was
present at such world-shaking hap
pening it would explain the common
elements in the myths. 1t is an en-
tertaining speculation, but astrono-
mers are hardly likely to give much
credence to TT. r. H.
PSYCHOLOGY AND RELIGION.
Carl Gustav Jung. Yale Univer-
sity Press.
nR. JUNG seems destined to pass
into history as one Of the great
philosophers Of the age. Few have
probed so deeply into the underlying
motives Of human beings and the sub
conscious forces that have moved his
tory than this Swiss psychiatrist.
In this book, which originally was
. series Of lectures delivered at Yale
University, he attempts to isolate the
underlying factors out Of which re-
ligion has been built up and to give
some appraisal of their present status.
Religion itself does not change. Creeds
change. The gods disappear and one
god takes their place. This one god
disappears and, as in the totalitarian
states of Europe, the state becomes
god.
DR.. Jung finds clues to what is
happening in the dreams Of some
OF his mental patients and actually,
ne tells us, was abole to predict some
years ago just what was going to
happen IN Germany Germans were
dreaming 1t In symbols. +. r. H.
Evening star., 1938-03-27

tain elements in common.
one such element is the story Of q
great Hood which mandates the whole
world and destroys all life except that
OF single pair of culture heroes who
escape to start things all over again,
Another such element Is the concept
OF an evil spirit, often in the form
Of serpent.
One explanation of the flood story
OF course, is that most parts of the
earth have been inundated at one
time or other during the days of
man. The Ohio Valley, for example,
had a very close approximation to
the flood of Noah i.st winter. It is
seldom suggested that there was one
common flood which covered the
whole earth. AS for the devil and
the other common myth elements,
there are about as many explanations
as there are explainers.
Mr.. Bellamy tries to weave all these
elements into cohesive pattern by
accepting the so-called "cosmic ice
theory" first advanced in 1918 by an
Austrian astronomer. This theory
holds-among many other things
which few astronomers take seriously
that there have been five or six
moons" that the present satellite is
only the last Of the series, and that
the others have all been broken up by
coming too far into the gravitational
field of the earth. Just before such
satellite was pulled to bits there
would be tremendous floods on this
planet and then would come de-
structive rain OF fragments Of this
shattered body.
The last Of these cosmic events, Mr..
Bellamy believes, happened during
the time Of man, about $4,000 years
Evening star., 1938-03-27
Brief Reviews of Books

Education.
EDUCATIONAL FREEDOM AND
DEMOCRACY. Edited by H. B
Alberty and Boyd H. Bode. New
York: D. Appleton Century Co.
The second yearbook of the John
Dewey Society. A comprehensive and
technical study of academic freedom
Hardly for laymen.
Gardens.
GARDENS AND GARDENING. New
York: Studio Publications.
A very complete guidebook tc
beauty in your plot. with diagrams
and pictures a-plenty. Worth having
Pictures.
CHAMPIONS IN ACTION. New
York: William Morrow e. Co.
A Photographic album of great ath.
letes and sportsmen of all nations
With comment by Frank A. Wrencsh
and an introduction by Grantlano
Rice. Photography and sports fans
should have it.
The Dance.
TANGO AND RHUMBA. Described
by Veloz and Yolanda. New York
Harper g. Bros.
A textbook on how to do them II
you think you can learn it from q
book!
Writing.
FIRST PRINCIPLES OF VERSE. BY
Robert Hillyer. Boston: The
Writer, Inc.
How to do it. BY poet who should
know. Just the same, what he says
adequately for himself will probably
not improve your sonnet a great deal
Evening star., 1938-03-27
Public Library
\ THOUGH there is an unhappy

A THOUGH there is an unhappy
- rumor that the number Of song
birds visiting the District of Columbia
and its environs is diminishing, the
outlying sections Of the city and nearby
Maryland and Virginia still ring
cheerily with bird songs these spring
mornings. For those who follow the
pleasure of checking up on these visi-
tors the Public Library presents few
titles of books about birds which make
enjoyable reading.
Particularly attractive are the bird
picture books illustrated in color. OF
these THE Birds of America" by John
James Audubon made publishing his
tory in 1887. It is for reference use
only in the Art Division of the central
building. For circulation, however,
there are 'The Book Of Birds" the first
work presenting in full color all the
major species of the United States and
Canada, edited by Gilbert Grosvenor
and Alexander Wetmore, with $50
color portraits by Maj. Allan Brooks;
Birds Of America" editor-in chief T.
Gilbert Pearson, and Bird Portraits
in Color" 295 North American species,
text by Thomas S. Roberts.
Among the handbooks to carry afield
are Birds Around the Year." Lorine
Letcher Butler, and "A Field Guide to
Birds" giving field marks of all spe-
cies found in Eastern North America,
by Roger Tory Peterson.
That there Is adventure in the busi-
ness Of being an ornithologist is shown
by such works as ''The Autobiography
of Bird Lover" by Frank M. Chap
man; ITO Africa With the Migratory
Birds" by Bengt Berg, and Birds in
the wilderness; Adventure Of an Orni-
biologist" by George Miksch Sutton.
For the lobbyist there are such
Evening star., 1938-03-27

, Human Bondage" make the significant
points In his career. Not that the
present work has the quality to set 1t
beside the great. dolorous novel-sure-
ly one Of the worlds masterpieces Of
fiction. But II man be his work,
then these two books are the
best of Somerset Vaughan. The rest,
except for some such short stories as
Red can be set aside as gestures,
or as methodical daily produce. 1t is
IN "Of Human Bondage" and 1.-THE
Summing Up" that he has spoken out.
And 1t is a commentary on his method
OF thinking that the book which waited
longest to be written. has less to say,
and says it with smaller positiveness
PRAIRIE GROVE. BY Donald Cul-
ross Peattie. New York: Simon g.
Schuster.
THIS fine book is the biography Of
a grove on the Illinois prairie,
from the days Of the white mans first
invasion Of its shades to its breaking
by the plow 1t is the book of a
naturalist who is also a profoundly
feeling artist. Mr. Peattie will never
satisfy his love Of verdant spot by
classifying its grasses and animal life
and then moving on. He has that at
titude Of mind which takes scientific
knowledge as only step toward un-
derstanding humanities. And now he
writes Of his prairie grove in human
istic terms, in terms, that is, Of the
interrelation of its plant and animal
life with the lives of men, of what
flora and fauna and human beings
have done to one another within that
Evening star., 1938-03-27

labor of love. Should suit those of
like tastes, certainly.
Funny Stuff.
BRIDES ARE LIKE NEW SHOES.
BY Anne Fisher. Illustrated by 0.
Soglow. New York: Dodd Mead
g. Co.
Confidential advice to young and
bewildered husbands. The masculine
variety of the how to hold your
man" text. All right, If you like this
kind Of humor.
Political Questions.
CHRISTIANITY, CAPITALISM AND
COMMUNISM. BY Albert Hyma.
Ann Arbor: Published by the au-
thor.
A study of these great issues end
ing with a recommendation to use
Christian charity in all our troubles
and dispense with contracts and the
like. Nobody, apparently, ever thought
of that before.
New Modern Library Editions.
THE COMPLETE TALES AND
POEMS OF EDGAR ALLEN POE.
A Modern Library Giant.
PROGRESS AND POVERTY. BY
Henry George
The old classic now in the small
M. L. edition.
Mysteries.
THE FIVE RED FINGERS. BY Brian
Flynn. New York: NJ S. Mill.
Murder complicated by racing prob
lens. Average.
IF I DIE BEFORE I WAKE. BY
Sherwood King New York: Simon
& Schuster.
A very nice mystery-much killing.
Above the average.
DEATH TALKS SHOP. BY Paul
Haggard. New York: Hillman
Curl.
Murder in the nd-town set. Av-
erage.
FAST COMPANY. BY Margo Page.
New York: Dodd Mead e. Co.
A book seller turns detective This
one won 81 1000 prize None the less,
1t is pretty good.
THE CASE OF THE SUBSTITUTE
FACE. BY Earle Stanley Gard.
ner. New York: William Morrow
a. Co.
Terry Mason solves mystery which
begins on ship. Pretty good.
CURIOUS HAPPENINGS TO THE
ROOKIE LEGATEES BY E. Phil
lips Oppenheim. Boston: Little
Brown d. Co.
BY the old master. And you dc
recognize his touch!
THE MAN WHO MURDERED CO.
LIATH. BY Godfrey Homes. New
York: William Morrow.
Murder involving a trailer. Aver
age.
THE WRONG VERDICT. BY Walter
S. Masterman. New York: e. p
Dutton Co.
Mystery involving q Chinaman
Thriller.
RANSOM RACKET. BY Lee Thayer.
New York: Dodd, Mead g. Co.
Narrowing kidnapping. Solved by
Peter Clancy. Pretty good.
Poison.
POISONING THE PUBLIC BY Rus
sell c. Erb. Philadelphia: J. B.
Lippincott Co.
Poisons which you may meet In
daily life and how to cope with them.
Verse.
THE OLD WOMAN REMEMBERS
BY Arthur Stringer. Indianapolis
Bobbs Merrill
Irish verse of the light sentimental
variety.
Evening star., 1938-03-27

On Growing Old.
BE YOUR AGE. BY Marjorie Barstow
Greenbie. New York: stackpole
Sons.
From adolescence to middle age
psychology, how to be perfect, all of
that. AS good as any, if any at all
is good for you.
MIDDLE AGE IS WHAT YOU MAKE
1T. BY Boris Sokoloff. New York
Greystone Press.
How to avoid the dangerous 40s
BY physician. You will have to
read it, however, at your own peril.
Places.
REG MANNING'S CARTOON GUIDE
OF ARIZONA. New York: j. j.
Augustin.
A comic but practical guide to the
desert State. Amusingly illustrated.
The Drama.
THE BEST ONE-ACT PLAYS OF
1887. Edited by Margaret Mayorga.
New York: Dodd Mead Il Co.
Twelve plays, many by little known
authors. With prefaces and COM
ments by the editor. One Of those
anthologies which seems plainly to be
Evening star., 1938-03-27

books as Bird Flight" written and
designed by Gordon G. Aymar; . COL
lection Of 200 action photographs;
Bird Stamps Of All Countries, With a
Natural History of Each Bird; Birds
and Birdhouses," by Bob Becker, and
"A Guide to Bird Songs; Descriptions
and Diagrams Of the Songs and Sing
ing Habits of the Land Birds Of North
eastern United States, BY Aretas A.
Saunders.
Evening star., 1938-03-27
BEST SELLERS IN WASHING
TON WEEK ENDING MARCH
"a, 1898.

AVN "IGh EINDlNO NhnCn
"a, 1888.
Fiction.
ACTION AT AQUILA. Allen,
Farrar d Rinehart.
JOSEPH IN EGYPT. Mann.
Knopf.
NORTHWEST PASSAGE. Rob-
erts. Doubleday Doran.
THE NUTMEG TREE. Sharp
Little Brown.
THE CITADEL. Cronin. Little
Brown.
THE SUMMING UP. Vaughan:
Doubleday Doran.
Non-Fiction.
THE IMPORTANCE OF LIVING.
Yutang. Reynal d Hitchcock.
MADAME CURE. Curie. Dou-.
bleday Doran. -
PERSONS IN HIDING. Hoover.
Little Brown.
FOLKLORE OF CAPITALISM.
Arnold. Yale. -
THE HOUSE THAT HITLER
BUILT. Roberts. Harpers.
THESE FOREIGNERS. Sea-
brook. Harcourt Brace. a-sr