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FAvORITES OF VISITORS
Monument and Lincoln Memorial
Attracting More Sightseers.

The Washington Monument and
the Lincoln Memorial, standbys for
sightseers here, are increasingly at
tracing greater number of visitors,
the National Park Service announced
today.
Charles A. Peters, jr., assistant di-
rector, said the Monument last month
attracted 29,264 visitors, compared
with 40,789 in November Of last year.
The Lincoln Memorial was Officially
seen by 25,628 visitors in December.
compared with 54,927 In November.
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Road Opened to Cyclists.

After several months trial the
Oologne-Bonn motor road In Ger
many 1s 70 BE- available free to motor
Ecyclists.
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Record for Last "a Hours.
(From noon yesterday to noon today.)
Highest. 81, at 2:45 pm. yesterday.
Year ago. SO.
Lowest, 80. At am. today. Year
ago, 40.
Record Temperatures This Year.
Highest, "a, on January 5.
Lowest 20. on January 6.
Humidity for Last "a Hours.
(From noon yesterday to noon today)
Highest. 66 per cent. at noon yesterday
Lowest 80 per cent, at noon today.
Tide Tables.
FURNISHED by the United States Coast
and Geodetic Survey
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Precipitation,

Monthly precipitation In inches in the
CAPITAL tcurrent month to datel:
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River Report.

Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers clea
at Harper's Ferry: Potomac slightly mudd
1t Great Falls today.
Report for Last "a Hours.
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Kilkenny Cats

Inhabitants Of the Irish city Of Kill
kenny are sometimes jokingly re-
ferred to as Kilkenny Cats" Here
is one story of the origin Of the nick
name, according to London Answers
Magazine. During the Irish rebel
lion Of 1893, Kilkenny was garri-
soned by troop of Hessian soldiers
who amused themselves by tying
two cats together by their tails and
throwing them across clothesline
to fight. The authorities decided to
stop this sport" but when the Of
f1cer on duty approached, trooper
cut off the tails with his sword and
the cats bolted. When the officer
asked for an explanation Of the tails,
he was told the cats had fought till
nothing was left but their tails. This
may be a fable, but it is fact that
the municipalities of the district
quarreled so bitterly about their
boundaries that they impoverished
themselves, leaving only two tails"
behind.
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Jurisdiction Over Lakes
Shared. ,bv u. s.. Canad

The boundary between. the United
States and Canada runs through the
center of the four border lakes and
their connecting channels Oake
Michigan, of course. being entirely
within the United States); and iu-
risdiction' over the. lakes is shared
by the two countries, observes a
writer in the Cleveland Plain Deal
err. 7s% Il sGsss "
Both countries have an interest
in maintaining the natural level
of the lakes lin, order to keep the
water power j at Sault Ste. Marie
and at Niagara undiminished, and
in order that, the depth Of harbors
and the channels connecting the
lakes may not be lessened.
There is a permanent Information
al Waterways commission, consist
ing of three Americans and three
Canadians, that has control Of the
waters of the lakes for power and
other purposes.
Within the territory Of the United
States, shipping and navigation are
subject to the same laws and regu-
lations as prevail on the other nat
ural waterways of the United States.
On the Canadian side shipping OBJ
serves the Canadian laws. Each
country provides the necessary aids
to navigation at its own ports.
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Early Mahogany Period
Left No Great DESIGNERS

During that era in furniture his
tory which is called the early ma
hogany period and which lasted
from 1920 to 1740, no great names
have survived as master cabinet
makers, states writer in the New
York Herald Tribune.
Wall furniture was mostly in
spired by the classical designs Of
such architects as Kent, Wren and
Chambers. The masterpiece of this
era was Houghton hall, home of
Robert Walpole, premier of Eng
land, in which Kent used whole car
goes of mahogany for woodwork and
furniture. The earlier mahogany
pieces of this period were in fact
still typical Queen Anne, exhibit
ing the simple Queen Anne lines Of
Gabrielle leg and club foot with little
effort to decorate with carving.
The first effect of the use of ma
hogany was a tendency to tighten
the structural elements of furniture.
Specially tempered tools were man.
ufactured to work mahogany, and
its strength rendered its use in
smaller sections practical, thus, legs
Of tables and chairs curved to del
icate Gabrielle could stand without
the bracing of stretchers.
III ~
OF carved decoration, the shell and
acanthus, &c" scrolls and bird and
animal claw and ball feet. Social
usage, particularly tea-drinking,
called forth all kinds of tables and
put premium on tables, such as
t1lt-top, that could be put aside I'M
til required, and side chairs that
could be drawn up closely.
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confusing. i. They tell me that
K. v. still receives letters from
L. c., former Twin City school stu
dent. A Minneapolis young
married couple were having a
terrific spat the other evening
when one of our popular bachelors
(also Minneapolitan) happened in.
With a self-satisfied smile he re-
marked, "That's the way it is;
married life is like being in prison"
But the young wife quickly re-
torted, cts better than being in
solitary confinement like you are"
Here's a subject for debate, folks.
Choose your side. !. And don't
little boys say the cutest things
sometimes? A certain little boy
was asked the other day if his
mother ever whipped him and he
replied, "No, but she washes me
all over every morning" And the
song of the week seems to be,
You're a Sweetheart if There
Ever Was One"
Well, I must be dashing along
before your head gets dizzy and
until next week don't forget,
Your old Pal,
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Stradivari Improved on
His Violins Every Year

The first violins made by Antonio
Stradivari were Of poor-quality ma
terial, vanished in thick yellow
varnish, and Of a solid build and
proportions following those of
Amati's smaller pattern. This small
pattern Stradivari adhered to, with
one exception. until 1884, when he
turned his attention definitely to
larger instruments. While he proved
himself an uncommonly skilled
craftsman in these early violins,
says a writer in the Washington
Star, it was not until the years be-
tween 1884 and 100 that he showed
progress in. those experiments which
were to eliminate in perfect form
and balance in his instruments.
In 1888 there appeared the first
marked alteration in the detail Of
his work, when he outlined the
curves of the scroll and the back
rib of the scroll in black. Every
year he gained in the beauty, ac-
curacy and finish Of his work, in
the cutting Of the 'sf'' holes, the
carving of his scrolls, and the ex-
quisite precision of the purling. In
1890, to crown his perfect crafts
manship, he built the 'slong Strad"
to a new set Of proportions, suggest
ed by a Maggini violin which he had
seen. Searching for increased tone
value, he gradually increased the
breadth Of his instruments year by
year. I2--si" Es q
There was a change, too. in the
varnish used by Stradivari after
1884. It<became deeper in color,
and on the long Strads"' it is rich
amber and light red.
Stradivari adopted this long
pattern almost entirely until 1898,
when he returned to proportions
used previous to 1890.
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SAL.
Transferring Prints on
China 1850 Ceramic Art

When the process of transfer
printing on china was introduced by
Sadler and Green of Liverpool in
1850, it opened a new phase of
ceramic art, according to a writer
in the Los Angeles Times. The
process consisted of printing on pa
per from an engraved copperplate
and transferring the ink to the body
OF the article, and glazing over the
print. This new method superseded
the old crude one of individual
painting and enabled potters to dec
crate their wares with artistic de-
signs at little cost, for the same
design could be used over and over.
This naturally increased the demand
for pottery wares and the new form
OF decoration was adopted by many
of the potters of Liverpool, the Stat
fordshire district, Leeds, Bristol
and other potting centers. Many
OF these potters employed we'll
known artists and engravers of that
time. The result was a new pic
torial art which depicted English
scenery, historical events, notable
public buildings, distinguished peo-
pie and many other objects.
Scenery painting, or rather en-
craving and printing, was a par
ticularly happy phase of this art.
The Englishman took great pride in
his country and his home, and many
of the models or designs were drawn
from scenes around him. A not
able table service made for the
royal family at st. Petersburg IN
l774 consisted of several hundred
pieces, each one beautifully decorat-
ed with a famous English country
seat. There were more than 1900
different views and the value at the
time it was produced was over 5000
pounds.
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Light, Sound and Bullet

Light travels very much faster
than either sound ora bullet. The
relation between the speed of light
and sound is illustrated by the
length of time which elapses be-
tween the flash of lightning and the
thunder that follows. The speed Of
light is 1885, miles per second
through the air, while the speed Of
sound, through the .airsat ordinary.
temperatures, is about /, 100 feet per
second. The speed Of a bullet is
measured at the point of leaving
the muzzle and is called muzzle
velocity. AS soon as il. meets the
resistance Of the air and the pull
of gravity its speed begins to slack.
en-. The muzzle velocity of the regu-
lar army rife-iss25 200 feet per Sec
ond, and sports rifle has a muzzle
velocity of $500 feet per second.
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william PENIS Children

William Penn had seven children
by his first wife and seven by his
second, total of IA. ! OF the chill
dren by the first marriage only two
survived, daughter, Letitia, and a
son, William. The children of the
second marriage were John, Thorn
as, Hannah Margaritta, Margaret,
Richard, Dennis and Hannah. Rich
ard Penn, SRI (1705-7D became
joint proprietary governor with his
brothers, John and Thomas Penn.
but paid very little attention to the
colony. Thomas Penn, second son
of the founder sby <his second wife
17O2-1775t, Nast insthet colony from
1882 to, 1741 and was active in its
administration, Richard Penn, Jr.,
a grandson Of the founder (1735-
181D, was deputy governor of the
province from l771 to I773 and a
warm supporter of the Colonists in
the Revolution
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me "DoImen Bullders,,

From 5000 to 5000 years ago
there lived race of people now
often called "Dolmen Builders" Re-
mains of their work have been found
in Great Britain. France, Spain,
Italy, Germany, Malta, Sardinia,
northern Africa, and Asia. In south
ern England, near Salisbury, is
Stonehenge. The Dolmen Builders
appear to have been worshipers of
the sun. Some of them were buried
just outside the circle, or ''crom-
1ech," of Stonehenge. The Dolmen
Builders lived in the late Stone age
and in the Bronze age.
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introduced the Dahsia

The dahlia was known hundreds
Of years ago but Swedish botanist
by the name Of Dahl was the first
man to really introduce it. The
birthplace Of the dahlia originally
was Mexico. Empress Josephine
of France planted one Of the tubers
in her garden and would not permit
it to be taken from there. How
ever, a Polish prince who visited
Josephine bribed the royal garden
er to steal some Of the tubers. The
empress upon discovering the theft
refused to cultivate them from that
tune on.
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THE GOSSIP MILL
Reprinted by Request

The Gossip Mill in my home town
Keeps grinding, grinding all the
time,
It's grasping sector reaches out
For every trace of social CRIME.
Its droning wheels turn resonantly
slow,
And through its loose-mouthed
channels flow:
''The Bailey's fed their dog today!
Another babe is on the way!
Some new-weds moved across the
street,
The groom has trouble with his
IeeC!
/ saw the pastor go next door,
Her husbands on business chore!
The great o'Malley's lost their
home,
/ wonder where they'll chance to
roam?
The widows stepping out of late,
She's much too old to have date.
Old Uncle Dan is just a mute,
His wife's rowing prostitute!"
2s~ 30
And on-and on, it's never still.
This old, prophetic Gossip Mill.
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44O"uy 1OAh0S
We may not have Decoration Day
and the Fourth of July yet but we
have the delightful Grounding
Day on hand. wonder if our dear
little furry friend is once more
nervously pacing his underground
abode tonite, in anticipation of his
yearly exit tomorrow to give the
outside world the once over. Pm
afraid he will have a pretty cold
reception if the old thermometer
doesn't get out of its present sub
zero condition. His little toes will
freeze before he even sees his shad-
ow. But who cares whether he
sees it or not. With snow on the
ground no one can be especially in
terested in his representations of
spring,
noticed quite number of Twin
City folk went "teaing" last Sun
day. That is they dashed from one
tea social to another all the after
noon, A good many turned out to
the Majestic tea at the Sterling
Club, Saw ROZELLA GARDNER
looking attractive as ever. &.
D0RQTHEA HARRIS was busy
dashing round greeting the differ
ent guests, BERNETTA CA
SON had on the cutest hat. (By
the way, did you notice the young
man in the cloak room trying on all
the gals different hats, also re-
marking which ones he liked and
which ones he didn't ike?) .. .
The SONNY BERRY THEL
SAYLES romance seems to be on
again. (Sonny must have it bad
to drive up in this cold weather for
just week-end.) :. Cute DAISY
McADAMS (Don's better half) was
there looking mighty good.
Well, let's dash on to the recep-
ton given for MR.. CLARENCE
MITCHELL, JR., Executive Sec
rotary Of st. Paul's Urban League,
at the Halle @. Brown House. st.
Paul citizens, as well as Mime
apolitans, seemed to be favorably
impressed with the genial Mr..
Mitchell. DR.. WEBER and
charming LOUISE BROMLEY
were on the reception COMMITTEES.
-. l noticed HENRIETTA JAMES,
GLADYS MCFARLAND and BE-
LINDA WASHINGTON assisting
at the tea table. ANNE HOR-
RIS and LEE HARRIS both rem
dered vocal solos, The whole affair
was most enjoyable,
Keep March 9Th open, kids, for
the big all day Youth Conference
at the Phyllis Wheatley. After a
day of interesting discussions on
up-to-date topics of vital interest
to our youth, the Conference will
wind up with a big dance. The
registration fee, including all of the |
days activities and the dance, is
only small sum-, so start saving
now if you're butter-fingered and
can't hold on to dough, cause I
vouch you'll really be pleased with
the whole youth program for the
day.
Where were C. and S. last Sun
day mite at 1890 p. M? i
Where were ]. and C. going down
Dale st. Sunday at 1880 p. M? :.
What young st. Paul couple are
'infanticipating ?" Why wasn't
D. with H. last Sunday? -. S. of
st. Paul is quite interested in what
handsome out-of-towner? Did
you notice B. giving C. that "evil
eye" look at Halle Q. last Sunday?
Of course you can't prove it by me;
It might have been the lovelight I'M
BIS eyes. It's hard to always read
eyes. suppose they are sorta
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NOW READY

make more friends than you do !. !.
quit staying SO close at home. As it
is you never know what an enjoy
able evening really is.
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Boys Military School in Britain to
Act as Filter to Aid Army at Large

An experiment has been inaugu-
rated at the Military College of Sci
ence at Woolwich, England, which,
if successful, will be adopted by
similar state institutions: secondary
schoolboys and the ADLER young vic
TINS of "blind-alley" jobs in me-
chanical trades may henceforth be
instructed in their avocation by
three-year course at the college.
So far instruction there has been
entirely confined to officers and en-
listed men, who have taken courses
varying in length from two years,
six months to four days. According
to the military expert of the Times
of London:
The college aims at acting as
filter through which knowledge shall
pass to the army at large. The
teachers visualize themselves as
trainers of instructors so far as the
bulk of their students are concerned,
and also, in the advanced class, as
trainers of officers for the technical
staff of the Master General of the
Ordnance.
On the less-advanced technical
side one of the more remarkable de-
partmentS is that in which artificer
N. G. O.s receive instruction in the
use and repair of wireless sets and
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CHAPTER XIV

Slowly, almost imperceptibly,
month by month and then week by
week, Sarah Lynn improved, inch
ing her snail-like way up the hill of
progressive recovery. The eminent
bone specialist was delighted, the To-
cal doctor enthusiastic. She could
turn her head; she could use her
hands; she could have the bed tilt
ed; the frame and the cast gave
way to brace. Joy, dewy and tri-
umphant, pulsed through the pretty
room, and Aunt Helena wore proph-
cts robes, swimming the cleaning
lawns between the two houses.
Sarah Lynn told herself, "The in
side of my mind is just like the in
side of this room: it is peaceful and
warm and l will keep flowers bloom
ing in it and canaries singing and
kittens playing. I won't let Light
ming come into my room or into my
mind because she whines and
means for me to 60 out and I am
never going out any more" She was
always family smiling and her eyes
were never wide open. Her mother
felt she needed mental stimulus.
Darling, now you're so marvellous
ly improved, wouldn't it be nice to
brush up on your French or re-
view your art history?"
cit would be very NICE" Sarah
Lynn answered with her strange
new docility. She had gained a little
flesh and now her dark eyes did not
overflow her face so completely.
Duncan read aloud pleasantly in
a well-modulated voice which never
grew hoarse. At least once a week
he put the book down and picked
up her hand and kissed it and asked
her again to marry him.
"No; I couldn't do that to you,
Duncan" she always told him gen.
thy. "That would be dreadful way
to repay all your kindness.
'There isn't any question of re-
payment, Sarah Lynn. But if you
think I rate a reward-you know
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STRAIT GATE
BY RUTH COMFORT MITCHELL
M FORT MITCHELL

mother-love! And Duncan, well, if
ever a fellow deserved a reward"
Mary Dana Webster told her hus-
band, 81 loathe having to admit it,
because I never could see him with
binocular, but Duncan is certainly
wonder about this. Honestly, he
is. I never gave him credit for
really caring, tremendously; I
thought the whole affair had been
motivated by the mothers. But he
must care, Neddy."
Her husband turned a lathered
face. Probably does, poor kid"
"Of course, I think he's getting a
great kick out of his own nobility.
No, really-I don't say that cattily.
1t doesn't detract from his credit.
But I do think he dramatizes him
self-Gunnar Thorwald, Norwegian
ace, heartlessly flying home, desert
ing his helpless, paralyzed sweet
heart; Duncan Van Doren standing
by. Well, that's natural enough. And
she gets more beautiful by the hour,
and I don't believe she was ever
happier in her life
"Oh, come, now" he reached for
his shaving lotion. "That's pretty
thick, old gal! After all her grief
and shock and"
She stood her ground. 81 can un-
derstand it. Cousin Adelaide is one
of those born-to-commanders, and
for the first time Sarah Lynn is
obeying. Even as baby, she wrig-
gled away, and was a contrary
child, and she wouldn't make a
proper debut, and she wouldn't be
engaged to Duncan Van Doren. And
then she would fly, and she would
marry strange foreign fiier. Now
her mothers got her, utterly. She's
just as much in cage as those
jittery canaries. She broods over
her and feeds her like a baby bird
in a nest"
To her husbands bewilderment
she burst into angry tears.
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100000 program. This latter con-
cession is most certainly justified.
Canals to Be Dredged.

000,0 900 program. This latter con-
cession is most certainly justified.
Canals to Be Dredged.
One part of the job consists prin-
cipally of deepening channels. To
carry 27-foot ship from Duluth to
the sea, Canada would deepen her
locks at Sault Sainte Marie and in
crease the depth of locks in the We'll
land project. The United States
would deepen the channel of the De-
troit and St. Clair rivers between
Lakes Huron and Erie.
But the biggest job would be in
the 183-mile stretch from Montreal
to Lake Ontario, where those rapids
are located. Here, four great dams
would be built to deepen the waters
and generate power. Ships would
run around the dams. An estimat-
ed 100000 horsepower would be
developed, half going to New York,
the other half to Ontario. There
fore these commonwealth would
pay large part of the bill, New
York being assessed $50, 1885, $50
against $182, 726, $50 for the United
States government.
A large portion of Canada's ex-
penditures would be chalked against
Ontario, but the treaty has been ar
ranged so that these OUTLAWS need
not start until 1949. Nevertheless,
it is from Ontario's Premier Mitch
ell Hepburn that major objections
to the waterway plan are coming.
Three years ago he announced that
his province would not abide by the
Hoover treaty, which automatically
died in the United States senate.
Hepburn Fears for Railroads.
Premier Hepburn's objections are
valid enough. He refuses to take
action on the waterway until Cam
adas railroads are in better shape.
President Reosevelt's answer to this
same problem is that improved
communications have Away
worked to the benefit of all sections.
Looking beyond the practical pur-
poses of lake navigation and power
development, far-sighted idealists
regard the project as but another
step in welding North America into
a continent of unified social and eco
nomic ambition. But the expendi-
ture of $3.50, 900 is no task for
idealists.
Prime Minister King has prom
ised to give the proposed treaty
careful study" Premier Hepburn
shows no signs of weakening. Mean
while, hard-pressed American rail-
roads will not stand idle when their
already dubious future is leopard
lied. It's beginning to look like the
folks in Massena, N. Y, were right.
The St. Lawrence waterway is COM.
ing, but maybe we won't live to see
it!
g Western Newspaper Union.