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ular series could total $l3,52l13, as
announced by the Post Office Depart
ment?"
Elmer c. Pratt, stamp editor of the
Camden Courier Post, advises COL
lectors not to neglect the high value
bicolor stamps Of the old and the new
sets. Just remember" he says. IF a
color change or any other alteration
is made, it will be the high value
stamps that will increase in value,
not the low values"
Official stamps of Switzerland are
being punched" with cross perfo-
ration.
The Philatelic Agency has let it be
known that it will not attempt to
stock all plate numbers of the presi-
Dental series.
Liberia, Norway and Rumania ac-
cording to the New York Times. have
been persuaded to issue special stamps
for the New York World Fair. 1t would
be interesting to know who circularized
the different foreign governments for
such a doubtful courtesy.
During December Cuba will have
compulsory l-cent stamp to aid in the
fight on tuberculosis. 1t will be obli-
gatory on all postal matter for the
month including the Christmas holi-
days.
The 1899 Scott Standard Postage
Stamp Catalogue will show many in
creases in the market prices of United
States stamps. but there hardly will
be enough OF them to crafty the spec
ulators who have bought recent issues
in the hope Of vast as well as quick
profits.
Stamp meetings for the week are
listed as follows:
Tuesday evening at 8, Collectors
Club of Washington. Thomson School,
Twelfth street. Program, bourse, ETC.
Wednesday evening at 8. Washing
ton Philatelic Society. Hotel Carlton,
Sixteenth street. Miss Dorothy R.
Fisk will discuss Type Collecting
and exhibit her specialized collection
OF stamps showing horses.
FRIDAY evening at 7:45, Washington
Stamp Club of the Air. Station VOL.
Albert F.. Kunze will present a stamp
romance and comment on philatelic
news
Saturday afternoon at 3, National
Federation Of Stamp Clubs, Station
WRC.
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took up his residence there, to 1877.
Also seen on the new stamp is the
famous Avignon Bridge. The Rhone
at this point is SO powerful that the
ancients were never able to construct
a bridge across 1t. Even those in
trepid bridge builders, the Romans,
were unable to conquer the Rhone.
However. st. Benezet devoted the
years from lit to 1185 to building a
span, which was broken down and re-
paired many times until it was finally
abandoned in 1880. That portion of
the bridge supported by the four
arches nearest Avignon still stands"
The Collectors Club of New York
now has more than 1000 members.
Airmail service between London and
the Orient has been expanded There
are five flights each week to India,
three to Malaga, Siam and Australia,
and two to Hong Kong.
The postal authorities of Panama
have announced that the Forthcoming
series for the sesquicentenary of the
United States Constitution will omit
the high values originally intended. 1t
also is understood that there will be no
special miniature sheet printed.
Robert D. Byrnes, philatelic editor
Of the Hartford Courant, writes: will
some one please explain how first-day
sales Of the 2-cent stamp Of the reg
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therefore, 1t is the more desirable for
those seeking quietness. The quality
Of the actual beach here, as at Re-
hoboth, is unexcelled. A practically
perfect beach extends from Lewes,
Del, to Chincoteague Island, Va 1t
is possible to drive along it from
Bethany to Ocean City, but the best
advice is to take the inland road
through Millville and Selbyvile.
Ocean City Is the largest beach re-
sort between Jersey and Virginia.
The shortest distance from Washing
ton to Ocean City by auto is 1877 miles.
Plan to stay overnight at one of these
three beaches.
r ETURNING the next day, swing
south through Snow Hill, the
beauty spot of the Eastern Shore The
little city of Snow Hill. Md. easily
ranks on par with such New England
villages as Wiscasset. Me. or Litchfield.
Conn, for sheer loneliness. It's at
tractiveness lies largely in its quaint
houses-small, spic and span-like
bird nests in the heavy-foliaged oaks
and elms that line every street. Each
house and each lawn and each street
is worth an inspection Many Of the
homes are old and a few historic
Some of them have been discovered"
by retiring business and service men
who are living out their retirement in
perfect contentment In the placid
milieu Of Snow Hill.
There is no hill at Snow Hill. nor
does it often snow there; the town
was named for an English village of
the same name. There are two
churches. beautiful as we'll as his
toric. that date from the middle 18th
century. All Hallows Church contains
a Bible which was the gift of Queen
Anne. The Presbyterian Church is a
memorial to Francis Mackenzie, the
founder Of Presbyterianism on the
Shore.
Salisbury after Snow Hill. seems
| rather big-cityish and crowded. 1t is
the Shore metropolis. being one of the
largest markets in the State OF Mary
| land.
The road crosses the Nanticoke River
and comes to the wide Choptank River
at Cambridge This harbor ships out
oysters, crabs. fish and terrapin in
great quantities Cambridge was
settled in 1884. Because of the reli-
gious tolerance in the county. Cam
bridge attracted many refugees.
Acadians. exiled from Nova Scotia in
l755, settled here. Their descendants
still live in Dorchester County A
colorful present day industry is musk
rat trapping.
Near Easton. north of Cambridge. is
the Old Friends Meeting House. Built
In 1884, it is the oldest frame church
in America. Nearby Wye House and
Plimhimmon are relics from the Manor
House days of our Southern history.
From Wye Mills the road retraces
to Washington.
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1t is indicated that the philatelic
exhibition truck, now being built in
Chicago, will not be equipped with
sales windows. Instead, local post
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Ing its integrity and increasing its
wealth and Importance at the present
time. Other like areas have deterio-
rated into original wilderness. covered
by third-growth pine after 800 years
of settlement.
ET'S take a short trip through
Del-Mar-Va and see its farms
fisheries and people. and little bit
Of its history. The ferry lands on
Kent Island, whose rich soil was re-
garded as prize as early as 1855, was
the object of contention and actual
warfare between the royal colonies of
Virginia and Maryland. The island
was enormously granted to Lord Balti-
more after Virginia. in the person OF
William Claiborne. had set up trad
ing post on what was then Virginia
soil. Claiborne contested the right
of settlement with the first Mary
landers to arrive on the island, and a
small naval battle resulted. The dis
pute. Of course, was settled in Mary
lands favor.
In the old village Of Wye Mills, to
the right Of the road. is Wye Oak, the
largest and oldest white Oak known
in the world. 1t is 375 years old. Its
size can be realized only on inspection
1t covers two large lawns and makes
a tunnel Of the highway Many of its
limbs would make full sized trees
The trunk Is 1S feet thick at the
ground.
At the Choptank River the road
crosses into Denton. where historical
marker explains that the town was
originally named Edenton, after q
man named Eden. From here to the
Atlantic the road traverses the level
farm and forested land of Delaware
Three nations figured in the settling
Of small Delaware-Holland, Sweden
and England. Georgetown, the only
town of any size on the road. is pure
English. It's beautiful brick court
house is the central attraction The
old courthouse. built in 1892, is in the
rear of the Farmers Bank Building
st. Georges Chapel on the road tc
Lewes, dates from the 18th century.
I EWES, where Dutch settlement
reached its peak in Delaware, was
| recently famous as the home of Della
ware River pilots. The Lewes- Rehoboth
Canal, which allows coastwise ship
ping to avoid dangerous Cape
HenIopen. separates Lewes from Lewes
Beach. At the latter place a gravel
road leads to the right past noisome
fish factory to the cape itself.
The Dutch settled and built a fort
at Lewes in 1881. A few years later
the Swedes followed suit in Northern
Delaware. While they were wrangline
over the territory. the English, in
characteristic fashion, conquered the
whole shooting match
From Lewes it is but a short trip
south to Rehoboth and Bethany. Della
wares Bible" beaches. Rehoboth
the closest ocean beach to Washing
ton. is. by the route here outlined, 1872
miles away. The Hebrew word ere
hoboth" means enlargement" and it
f1ttingly describes the spacious beach
here.
The shore drive south to Bethany
Beach is disappointment because the
ocean can be seen only once-where
the road bridges the Indian River
Inlet. Bethany Beach is smaller and
has fewer attractions than Rehoboth;
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you should bid two spades 1t is not
unlikely that he holds the same kind
Of spades that you do d hearts-two
small. He knows as we'll as you that
two diamonds will put the adversaries
out. and the decision of a further bid
should be left to him. Your pass has
told him that your hand is weak and
the responsibility is upon him, not
upon you. with less than a full honor
trick in your hand. Should you make
a free bid of two spades over the two
diamonds it would tell him that you
had some strength which you have
not; he might be LED into an impos-
sible contract, resulting in disastrous
set. There comes times when the in
evitable must be accepted, even II 1t
means the loss of \ rubber. One side
cannot win all the deals. Pass. That
is one of the most eloquent words in
bridge when the circumstances war
rant it.
A MoNG last weeks winners were the
H6
Tuesday. at the Fairfax-Mrs. Rose
Robins and Mrs. Fannie Samuel frst Col.
Z. B. Gray and Gen. J. r. McLachlin. sec
ond; Mrs, Oliver Hoyem and Miss Edna
Mertons. third.
wednesday-John Donnelly and James
Sourilas. irst: Col. E. B. Gray and Mrs.
c. W; thinner. second: Mrs. J. W. Jackmsn
and J; A. Dearins. third.
Friday north and south-Mrs. N. T. N
Robinson and John D. Mothershed. first;
John Donnelly and Fred Hayden. second
Mrs. Rose Robins and DR.. A. J. Steinbers.
third. East and west-Mr. and Mrs. w. S.
Athey. first: Wayne Evans and Ralph
Touch. second: Mrs. Katherine Tidball and
Col. E. B. Gray. third
AT the American Association Of Univer-
sity Women-Mrs. Roy Hackett and Mrs
June Hodgkins FIRST: Miss McEnery and
o. L. Veerhon. second
At the Community House. Columbia
pike-Mrs. Ruth Kavanaush and Homer
Au. nrst: Alice Robinson and James Stone.
second
At the La Sale studio-Mrs. J.F. Casey
and Col: E. B. Gray. FIRST; Mrs. H. NJ
Burt. and Mrs. A. D. Taylor, second; Mrs
j.. w. Jackman and j. A. bearing. third
At the Agriculture Bridge Club Grafton
Buckley. frst: Dr. Emily Greve and Dr..
J. T. Lynch. second
At the Federal Bridge League. Grafton
Hotel-.Lester D. Johnson and Miss Maria n
Esli. hrst: Joe Granger and J. F. Nc
Donsush second: Rush Buckley and Mrs
Elizabeth H. Brown. third
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office facilities will be used when the
stamp circus wagon" is on tour
Stock from the philatelic agency will
be furnished to local postmasters for
the accommodation of customers
whose interest has been aroused by
the presence of the truck in their
respective towns.
New York dealers are troubled by
the news that the sponsors of the
World Fair are planning to invite
foreign governments to set up branch
philatelic agencies at Flushing. The
metropolitan trade already is in dis
tress. and such competition would ruiz
it altogether, at least for the year
1899
Peru will bring out series of COM
memoratives for the Pan-American
Conference to be held at Lima in
December.
A complete sheet of each OF the Is
stamps in the 1929 regular post
tage series would cost $1.064. The
price for blocks of four of each de-
nomination is s4256.
chosen for the 81 stamp is taken from
the second inaugural medal struck by
the Mint for the wartime President
George T. Morgan was the designer
Kenly S. Bell OF North Kensington
Nd. has been collecting stamps since
boyhood. His present specially is
Latin America ION cover"
Add to the list of active junior
philatelists the name of James Roman,
Is. pupil at Wilson High School
who resides at 56l6 Nevada avenue
NV He collects United States in
blocks and sheets.
Mrs. Catherine L. Manning. philate-
lie curator of the Smithsonian Insti-
tuition and former vice president OF
both the American Philatelic Society
and the Washington Philatelic So
ciety, has the sympathy of a legion
OF stamp-collecting friends in the
loss of her son, Alfred w. Manning,
drowned in the Potomac River on
Thursday.
Collectors whose philatelic mail is
damaged in transit through the postal
system should communicate with Rob-
ert E. Fellers, superintendent of
stamps. Post Ofi1ce Department
Especially in cases where malicious
mischief is indicated. the mutilated
covers should be inclosed with letters
Of complaint. Some postmasters and
clerks undoubtedly take a sadistic
pleasure in hurting the collecting pub
lie, but definite evidence is imperative
If they are to be weeded out of the
service.
Muriel Nissen. writing for the Bell
Syndicate, says: The get-acquaint-
edwith- our-country stamps that
France is now issuing to present to
the world her architectural gems of a
bygone day will assuredly make one
of the handsomest stamp sets extant.
The latest addition to the series is the
Avignon stamp, which is issued in a
3-franc value, printed in carmine
brown. The design is a striking pres
entation of the famous papal palace
high on the bank of the River Rhone
The city of Avignon was the papal
seat from 1909. when Pope Clement
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-08-21
Automotive Briefs

The Gulf Oil Corp. announces the
opening of new super service station
at 1927 Adams Mill road This station
will be completely equipped with mod
ern tools and machinery and all types
OF automotive service will be avail
able,
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The Associated Press, in a report
distributed universally on August 10,
said: The Post Once Department
wishes more persons would adopt
stamp collecting as hobby The
more collectors, the greater the profit
for the Government"
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EASTERN SHORE TRIP OUTLINED
Farmers of DelMarVa Harvest Waters for Livelihood
Settlement of Delaware Reached Peak at Lewes
By Ralph Gray
Touring Counssloy, american Automobile
Annexation.
Trim Directions,


U. s. No. so to Annapolis, ferry
to Matapeake: No. 404 to Bridge
vile. Del; No. Is and No. IA to
Rehoboth Beach: No. IA to
Bethany Beach; No. 26 to juno
ton with No. II; left on No. II
to Selbyville: U. 8. No. lis and
No. 2l3 to Ocean City. Return:
U. s. No. 2l3 to Berlin: U. s.
No. ll3 to Snow Hill, Md; No. IL
to Salisbury; U. s. No. 2l3 to
Vienna; No. 344 and No. Is to
Cambridge; north to Easton: U.
8. No. 2l3 to Wye Mills, and re-
trace to Washington. Mileage,
32l.
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Ing its integrity and increasing its
wealth and Importance at the present
time. Other like areas have deterio-
rated into original wilderness covered
by third-growth pine after 300 years
of settlement.
Evening star., 1938-12-11

Of the university, will speak before
the Philopatrian Literary Institute
at Philadelphia this evening on
Safeguard Our American Christian
Traditions" Msgr. Corrigan will also
celebrate a mass Sunday, December
18, at 8 am. in the Shrine Of the
Immaculate Conception on the uni
versity campus for the Students So
ciety Of the School of Nursing.
Upon receiving q petition from
the Student Council, requesting
December 20 and 81 as the prom
ised extra free days commemora-
tive of the golden jubilee Of the
university, the rector has ordered
that as such recognition would be
given at some time during the year,
and as the students have particu-
larly requested them at the present
time, the Christmas recess will be-
gin Monday afternoon, December
10, at pm, instead Of December
81 as originally scheduled.
The Riccobono seminar of Roman
law in America will meet in the
law library of the university Thurs
day. A paper prepared by DR..
Hans Julius Wolf, professor of juris-
prudence at the National University
of Panama on "The Lex Cornelia de
Captivis and the Roman Law of
Succession" will be read and dis
cussed by the members.
Evening star., 1938-12-11

dents have been honored with an
polntment as officers of the asso-
citation.
Joe de Ganahl, Mclean, is presi-
dent, with Richard A. Fitzgerald.
kalamazoo, Mich, vice president.
and Charles Ford O'Neall, Lubbock
Tex: secretary. All have maintained
scholastic averages higher than B
IN their Law School work,
The Student Bar Association is
organized by the university as an
integral part of the Law School for
co-ordlnating law school student
professional extra-curricular under
taklngs. Its aims and purposes are
10 foster professional ideals of the
law among students training them
selves for that profession in the Law
School.
Responsibility for and direction of
It's program is placed in its Execu-
tive Committee, which includes the
student officers. three members of
the Law School faculty and three
alumni of the Law School who are
nominated by the president of
George Washington law alumni and
approved by the deans council.
Prof. Hector G. Spaulding, Prof.
John McIntire and Prof. William
r. Compton are faculty members of
the Executive Committee.
The alumni members are Arthur
H. Deibert, Paul Hannah, jr., vice
chairman of the Junior Bar Con-
ference of the American Bar Asso-
clatlon, and Stanley P. Smith.
Evening star., 1938-12-11
Parkinson Is Named
To Teach Suretyship

The appointment of Kenneth A,
Parkinson, local attorney, as pro-
lessor OF suretyship at National Uni
versity Law School, was announced
yesterday by Chancellor Leslie c.
Garnett. Mr.. Parkinson will con-
duct the supplemental class made
necessary by the large freshman
enrolment.
He received his A. B. degree from
Brigham Young University in 1915.
studied at st. Johns, Cambridge.
after the war, and took his IL. B.
degree at George Washington Uni
versity in 1923.
1t was also announced that Ed
mund D. Campbell and Francis Hill
Will teach the classes in bills and
notes during the winter term. which
begins January 3. Final examina-
tions for the fall term will start to-
morrow.
Evening star., 1938-12-11
Noted Author to Speuk

Christopher Morley, noted author,
will speak at Trinity College Tues
day at 4:30 pm. His subject will be
Literature as Companionship."
Evening star., 1938-12-11

women will present q dramatic skit
which will describe the purpose and
activities Of the organization. A
discussion Of the average citizens
responsibility in juvenile delin-
quency will be discussed. This will
be cited as a typical problem with
which the League Of Women Voters
Is concerned.
Plans have been completed for the
series Of Christmas concerts to be
presented by the American Univer-
sity Mixed Chorus. Tomorrow they
will present their program before
the American Association of Uni
versity Women.
The traditional Christmas chapel
service on Wednesday will feature a
program of Yuletide music by the
chorus and the singing Of Christmas
carols by the student body. The
chorus will be under the direction of
James McLain, instructor in music
at the university, and will be ac-
Evening star., 1938-12-11

Smith and Frederick F.. Russell, 1t
professor of anatomy and physiology:
Ihey were, Thomas Sewall, M. b.,
professor OF anatomy and physiology,
James Staunton, M. D., son Of the
president of the college, professor
OF theory and practice of physics:
Nicholas M. Worthington, M. D.,
professor of materia medica, and
Alexander McWilliams, M. D., pro-
lessor of botany.
To further their interest in Amer
lean source history, pupils of DR..
Lowell Joseph Ragatz, professor Of
history at the George Washington
University and editor of the Amer
lean Historical Association, have
been searching the files of the
clty's early newspapers in the Lii
brary OF Congress with regard to
the university's early days. They
have also been accorded access to
the university's own records Of its
historic past, particularly with re-
gard to its first commencement as
plans go forward for its midwinter
convacation on February %.
Evening star., 1938-12-11
Christmas Concert
OF E. u. GIee Club
To Be Thursday
Miss Louise McNerney
Will Be the Guest
SoIoist

The annual Christmas concert of
the Catholic University Glee Club
will be given on Thursday at 8:15
pm. In the auditorium of Mcmahon
Hall, under the direction of DR.. Leo
Behrendt of the university faculty.
Conrad Bernier, organist Of the
university, will be at the piano and
Miss Louise Ryan McNerney will
be the guest soloist. The program
Will include classical music, folk
songs, Christmas carols and other
works.
The Glee Club will sing also at
the reception for Father Flanagan,
famous for Boys Town." arranged
by the Calvert Club of Washing
ton at the Willard Hotel, Tuesday
evening.
MSgr. Joseph M. Corrigan. rector
Evening star., 1938-12-11
Bird Has Bio Beok

The toucan, bird of the Amazon
country. has a beak almost the size
OF Its body, but very light. The tou-
can normally eats fruit, and since
the fruit usually grows at the end of
very thin branches, the toucan is.
owing to the weight of its body, un-
able to get near its food. So it sits
upon stronger branch and can
reach out for long distances with its
long beak.
Evening star., 1938-12-11
FoxhoII Meeting
Slated Tomorrow

The annual meeting Of the Fox
hall Community Citizens Associa.
ton will be held tomorrow at 8 pm.
in st. Patrick's Episcopal Church,
Foxhall road and Greenwich park
way NV.
The association meets but once
q year, in December, at which time
officers for the year are elected
and committees appointed. Any
business accumulated during the
year Is acted upon at this meeting.
Evening star., 1938-12-11

companied on the organ by Margaret
Thornton, student.
A broadcast over Station WRC
from the N. B. G. studioes In the
Trans-Lux Building during this
week will climax the Christmas con.
certs.
Evening star., 1938-12-11

at the La W
School with JUS
tice Oscar Luh-
ring of the Dis
trict Court of
the United States
for the District
of Columbia, as
speaker.
Selected by the
deans council of
the. Law School,
on the basis of
scholarship, per-
sonality a n d
other character
isticS of leader
ship, three STU
Evening star., 1938-12-11
American i. Colds
Will Form League
Of Women Voters
Judge Fay Bentley Will
Address Meeting
Tomorrow

In an attempt to organize Junior
League Of Women Voters several
American University co-eds will
meet IN the women's residence hall
tomorrow at 4 pm. A feature Of the
meeting will be an address by Judge
ray Bentley Of the Juvenile Court
OF the District.
In addition, q group of university
Evening star., 1938-12-11
luhring 10 Address
Student Bar Group
Al 6. W. U.
Officers Are Appointed
To Head Law School
Association

The Student Bar Association of
The George Washington University
Law School, instituted this year, will
hold its first meeting tomorrow night
Evening star., 1938-12-11
LIGHT Receipts

ALMA, Mich. @.-A month ago
q pay telephone was installed In
q girls dormitory at Alma College.
When q collector opened the coin
box this week for the first time out
rolled SO pennies. Al slugs-and four
nickels.
Evening star., 1938-02-16
CLEARANCE!
Save-and Sleep more restfnlly
Sofa Beds, Mattresses
Reduced One-Fifth or More

| Single Box Spring with or
child fIoroI ticking in cotton.
Was $3.50. Now---$z2.50
! Single Box Spring with blue
linen ticking. Was $2o.75.
! Single Box Spring with tan
and white striped cotton tick
ing. Was $3.50. Now STATS
! Single Box Spring with tan
and white striped cotton tick
ing. Was $34.5O. Now $3.50
! Single Box Spring with green
cotton ticking. Wos $3.50.
Now w--------------$26.50
2 Single Box Springs with
green linen ticking. Were
$2o.75. Now-------$zz.5o
S Double Box Springs with
green cotton ticking. Were
$26.75. Now------$ $l9.75
Double Mattress with orchid
cotton ticking. Was $26.75.
Now --------------$J9.E5