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Evening star., 1939-08-27
Daughters of America

The Good of the Order Commit
tee of Independent Council will
give supper party at 808 I street
NV. tomorrow preceding the regu-
lar business session at 7 pm. Miss
Marjorie E. Block will be initiated
at the meeting on September II.
Fidelity Council met, with the
councillor, Sarah Cavanaugh, presid-
ing. The State Council banquet
and dance will be held September
l3 at the Maydower Hotel.
There was locker shower for the
benefit of Loyalty Council Wednes-
day evening, followed by an enter
tainment and refreshments.
Betsy Ross Council, No. Is, is
planning luncheon at the home of
Mrs. Florence Whitney. 1852 Shep-
herd street NV, at noon, August
20, to be followed by an entertain
ment.
Betsy Ross Council gave a fare
well reception to Mrs. Olive Vowel,
financial secretary, who has re-
moved to Culpeper, Va. Marjorie
Wine rendered vocal and instru-
mental selections and sang a duet
IN honor of Mrs. Olive Yowell. Dep
uty State Councillor Lillian M. Mar
tin Of Pride of Washington Council
installed Mrs. Martha Inscore as
representative to the State Coun-
Gil.
The Deputies Association will hold
its annual banquet on August 30
at 7 pm. at the Highlands. The
presidents, Mrs. Annie M. Inscore
OF Betsy Ross Council and Mrs. Julia
Columbus of Loyalty Council, will
be feted with special songs and
praised for their efforts of the past
year. A committee, composed of
Eunice Gettings, Harriet Fairall
and Annie L. Mehler, has made the
arrangements.
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Odd Fellows

Columbia Lodge will meet August
81, William F. Zimmerman, noble
grand. presiding. Last Friday eve
ming the officers met at 5233 Eighth
street NV. Grand Instructor M. F.
Zepp gave instructions in degree
work. Vice Grand Rufus Colvin
was host.
Columbia Encampment will meet
August 30 The Golden Rule degree
will be conferred.
Cantor Washington Patriarchs
Militant will meet September 2, 8
pm, Capt. Fay F. Hunter presiding.
Department Comdr. Charles B.
Lampe and Capt. Fay F. Hunter
headed a caravan yesterday morn
ing to Pottstown, Pa, wher they will
participate in field meet.
Evening star., 1939-08-27
Order Of AIhambra
Will Open 3-Day
Session Thursday
Picnic and Sightseeing
Tour Are Included in
Entertainment Program

The 18th Biennial Convention of
the Order of Alhambra will open
next Thursday for a three-day ses-
sion at the Willard Hotel. The con-
vention will open with mass at
st. Patrick's Church at 9 am, fol-
lowed by the opening of the first
session at 1890 at the Willard by
Commissioner Melvin H. Hazen's
address of welcome. Supreme Comdr.
John M. Miller of Baltimore, Md,
will preside at all business sessions.
The entertainment features are
In charge of several committees.
Alfred Paul Neff is general chair
man, James A. Sullivan, general
vice chairman; Francis A. McCann,
secretary, and Walter I. Plant,
treasurer.
There will be an old-fashioned
picnic Thursday afternoon at Fort
Hunt, followed in the evening by
an informal party at the Willard.
On Friday and Saturday mornings
during the business sessions the
ladies will be entertained by the
committee headed by Mrs. Lillian
NJ Griffith with a shopping tour, a
sightseeing tour and a luncheon.
The supreme officers will place a
wreath on the Tomb of the Un-
known Soldier at Arlington Thurs
day afternoon before going to Fort
Hunt.
The party will go by boat to
Mount Vernon on Friday and in
the evening participate in an in
formal dance at the Willard. Sat-
urday afternoon will be spent in
sightseeing trip, visiting the Fran
ciscan Monaftery and the Shrine
of the Immaculate Conception. That
evening will be the closing feature,
the all-States banquet and ball at
the Willard. The guest of honor
will be Gov. O'Conor of Maryland.
James E. Collif1ower will be toast
master. Roy M. Perry is general
chairman of the committee in charge
of the banquet.
The business sessions will close
Saturday with the election of officers.
Evening star., 1939-08-27
New Device Lets Scientist
See Arrival of Death
Curved Quartz Rod Lights
Organ for Microscope Study

medical name Is rouleaux forma ton.
All this happened during death.
1t had the appearance OF obeying
some prearranged signal!
Actual existence of some sort of
signalling apparatus is plainly seen
in actions of the normal, healthy
spleen. Whether this signal is
mainly a chemical change. or comes
from one of the body's nerve CEN
ters, or from the brain itself, is not
known.
Similar action can be seen in mo-
ton pictures of the liver taken by
DR.. Kniselys p Ncess. The pictures
show some of the hundreds of thou
sands of "sinuses" in frog liver.
In the spleen the sinuses ordinar-
lily look merely like slightly broad
ened sections of veins. Blood courses
freely through them.
Then, at some as yet unseen sig
nal, the downstream end of such a
sinus will pinch together, so tightly
that corpuscles cannot get through.
Meanwhile, the fluid part of the
blood passes on through the sides,
like water draining out of a sack.
Trapped Like Fish.
The red corpuscles remain be-
hind, trapped like fish in a bag net.
The sinus widens until it looks like
a tiny sausage, and is filled COM
pletely to the top with red cor
puscles. At that moment the top
end also pinches off, like tying the
top of a sack.
After a few minutes, as a rule,
this living sack opens both its ends,
disgorges the corpuscles back into
the blood stream and seems to rest.
Occasionally it may remain tiled"
for hours. The little sacks do this
individually, or in groups, but
usually not all Of them in the spleen
simultaneously.
Right after rich meal thousands
of them will fill with red corpuscles.
But If an animal is frightened, or
has been working hard, the sau-
sages hardly trap corpuscles at all,
but permit them to flow freely with
the blood.
In these normal processes there is
evidence of a definite control sys-
tenn. There are no visible muscles
to do the construction at the ends
of the sausages. Yet the constric-
ton is plainly visible. The sacks
seem to know when they are full.
They stop when their stretched
walls become so thin that appar-
emily any further enlargement
would begin to let corpuscles leak
through the walls.
Similar Storage in Liver.
Similar storage of red corpuscles
has been seen in the liver. In that
organ there are million hexagonal-
shaped arrangements of the sinuses
which at will can trap red cor
puscles or permit them to flow
through freely. Each Of these tiny
corpuscle resthouses works inde-
pendently, as if equipped with its
own signal system.
Frogs, slightly anesthetized, lying
at rest with their ivers visible un-
der the internal eye" sometimes
give a slight kick with their legs.
Almost simultaneously with the
kick some of the storage depots in
the liver open and pour their red
cells out into the blood stream.
The speed and sensitivity of this
unseen signal system, with its mil
lion subscribers" outdoes anything
made by man. One of the new
things made possible by DR.. Knise-
ly's method is use of chemicals to
try to trace these controls.
Evening star., 1939-08-27
Daughters of Isabella

Mrs. James F. Hartnett, regent.
represented the local circle at the
biennial convention of the National
Circle in Providence, R. l., last
week. Others from this section in
clude Miss Elizabeth j. Dolan.
state regent; Mrs. Stephen M. Staf-
ford, vice regent, and Mrs. Harry H.
Bicksler of the local circle, Mrs. P.
Schroeder Of Indian Head, Md, and
Miss Clarine Ross, regent; Miss
Marguerite Brennan and Mrs.
Kaufman of Ave Marie Circle, Nor
folk, Va.
Payment of the fourth $4,000
installment on the 100000 founda-
tion at the National Catholic School
of Social Service, Washington, D. c.,
was announced at the convention.
The foundation was created to pro-
vide scholarships to members of
the organization for training in So
cial service.
Mrs. Caroline Manning of Massa-
chusetts was elected national re-
gent, and Mrs. Mary Howard of
Ohio, national vice regent; Miss
Mary F. Riley, national secretary,
being returned to office.
Evening star., 1939-08-27
Marriage License
Applications.

Frank A. Robertson, 26. and Hazel j.
n etsnet c the Rev 0ota John Of Ynst9nsalem Rnstg
Marjorie r, Jones. 80. the Evangeline;
=, the Rey. Albert Evans.
Ames pl ne. and Margaret L. Blumen-
auer, 20 5622, 18th ST. NV; the Rev.
Henry l.. Ranck
and and Fay E; Richards 25 65l E st. ne;
CLARENCE H; Hahner 32 1909 PARK rd NV,
Nd: the Rev. J. Luther Frantz
Mas Mad Ris It, F:v FFsSsa TSo46v %f5 Ttehbars
Earl |: Norton "a. Maryland PARK, Md,
.n and Ethel n, Andre, :s3 Forestviile Nd;
1eo the 1hompsdn RsS mheoa9re 90 aI4 T5ieke
Rev Rev. BENJAMIN H. Whiting
Ralph Ml1sIos Day. us 2s' 500 Oneida pI, NV, and
Robert E. Dorsey 20. -5ls K st. ne. and
s Shirley c. HarraS, 90, 37l3 18th st. ne;
James K. Hoover. 81. 3a3a Nichols ave.
Ntc,osl ST. and IL Marian p. r speirs. 1s. 4335
NV. and Hazel Louise .Lantz, rs. Ala
Eittenhouse st NV; the Rev. Henry
aRsr Hs iaE = iss5 s; Fir First ana e.
NV; the Rev. Charles w Nelson.
David H. Coyner. 81 Alexandria, Va. and
Edith Edith petrille1 oil1. IS, BeIlevernon, Pa;
Leroy Moon, 81. 1895 10th st. ne. and
Sophie Tillman "a. s1s o st. NV, the
Rev. James A. Sprges
Grover Coleman: %, 1857 Florida ave. ne.
ana Violet M. Taylor. 1867 st. ne;
the Rev. Ernest Wilson.
George Bender, 81. 1907 :22nd ST. Sc and
Julia Sibold. 36, 221 2nd st. se the
Rev. oscsr F. Blackwelder.
BENJAMIN Dorenfeld. A.. and Rose Vein
berg, IS. both Of Baltimore; the Rev
Norman Gerstenfeld
Harold A.. Hubbell 2s. Norfolk Va. and
Mamie " Osborne, 81. 240 First st. Sc;
the Rev. Robin Gould
James Johnson. 81, 1873 Willard st. NV
and Corine Davis, 25 1103 s ST. NV;
the Rev r D. Grymes
Arnold Sokol 2:3. Arlington Va, and Ida
Fainman; IS. 1928 Raum st. ne; the
Frederick E. Fosnight, SO, 1341 L st
NV. and Leila P Tharp. 3S, 1345 L
St NV; the Rev. John w. Rustin
Ellsworth Hill %, and Carolyn L. Yates
60 both. Of Arlington. Va; the Rev.
Stephen G. Spottswood.
Robert L. Hovey, 81. Baltimore, and Emma
B Kraft. 40 1923 Connecticut ave; the
Rev R. H Miller
Evening star., 1939-08-27
Births Reported

Robert and Alice willcockson. girl.
alexander and Minnie Cohen. girl.
E Earl and Elsie Anderson. girl;
Alton and Eleanor Bishop. girl.
RAYMOND and Glennalle Anderson, girl.
Edwin and Mabel Meadows. girl.
Ernest and Adele Smith, girl.
Gerald and Mary Weikel. girl.
Henry. and Mary deButts, jr.. girl.
Francis and Catherine McMorrow. girl.
Ebert and Lenore Scudder, girl.
William and Eunice Dixon, boy.
Edward and Beatrice Ohm, boy.
Norbert and Lucille Fortier. boy.
Willie and Leona James, boy.
Robert and Nellie Cox, boy.
Geoffrey and Helen Tkorfett boy.
Orville and Edna Goodman. boy.
Ollie and. Gertrude thurman. boy.
Alton and Eleanor Bishop. boy.
John and Genevieve Fitzgerald. boy.
Carl and Ellen Feltner, boy.
Arthur and Miriam Chaite, boy.
Kenneth and Mary Nelson. boy:
Harry and Margaret Greenwalt. boy.
Frederick and Lucy Iremann boy.
Lester and Evelyn Roberts, girl.
Albert and Mary Ciuffreda. girl.
GaFa HmsF snd and Mslibs EyelHn Wslns MdnTs sI sT
Lester and Ada Olinger, girl.
John and virginia Jennings, girl.
ehsries ana snf FaR hf'S ryses Wess1i g. fE M
John and Dorothy Caskey, girl.
Fred and Edna Troglin, girl.
EDGAR and Ida Miller, girl,
Avery and Mary Kent. girl.
Dwight and Janice Randall, boy.
Caleb and Connie Hughes. boy.
Joseph and Viola Davis. boy
Frederick and Maude Reed. boy.
William and Alice Rupertus, boy.
Frederick and Esther Wiener. boy.
George and Virginia Krafthofer boy.
Guy and Lena Windsor. boy.
Wilson and Betty Carper boy.
Ray and Bee trice Messper. boy.
Frank and hazel Pinion. boy.
Leon and Minnie Lowe. boy
Thomas and E. Frances McAvoy, boy.
Eugene and Lottie Conway boy.
Thomas and Elizabeth Richardson, boy.
Leon and Mildred Lewis. boy.
Ricardo and Angeles Calderon, twin bo,
Leon and Mildred Lewis, boy.
Evening star., 1939-08-27
Capt. Phillips Wins
Federal RECOGNITION

One Washington National Guard
officer is among large number to
receive Federal recognition as Of
ficers Of the National Guard of
the United States, the War De-
partment announced yesterday. He
is Capt. Stanley w. Phillips of the
Headquarters Company. 104th Quar-
termaster Regiment. Capt. Phillips
makes his home at 1927 Sixteenth
street NE.
Recognition was given to only one
general officer, Maj. Gen. Clifford
r. Powell, commanding general of
the 44th Division, New Jersey Ma
tional Guard, which just completed
participation In the 1st Army ma
neuvers at Plattsburg, N. Y.
Evening star., 1939-08-27
District EIks Go
To Convention
AT CrisfieId
Robert S. Burrett Is
Indorsed for Grund
Exalted Ruler

Philip U. Gayaut of Washington,
president of the Maryland, Della
ware and District of Columbia State
Association, B. P. O. Elks, today
headed a large delegation to the
annual association meeting at Cris-
field, Md. Mr.. Gayaut is retiring as
president of the association. Among
the outstanding awards made to
him were his appointment to the
Board of Pardons and the presenta-
ton from the grand exalted ruler OF
a parchment scroll for his distin-
guished service to the Grand Lodge.
Evening star., 1939-08-27

has been set as the date for a visit
to Hagerstown by the Elks softball
team. Buses will leave the Elks
Club at II am.
The New York Worlds Fair Com
mittee has set September 1924 as
the date for Washington Elks' pill
gr''nage to the worlds fair. A spe-
cial train will leave Union Sta
ton September % at 4::55 pm. The
returning train will leave New York
September "a, at $3.50 pm.
Applications of members to be
initiated in the Gustave w. Brah-
Ter class must be in the secretarys
Office by September 6. Mr.. Brah-
Ter, chairman of the Board of Trus-
tees, is being honored on this occa-
sion for his 80 years service to the
lodge.
Evening star., 1939-08-27
National Union

Deputy Calvin S. Orth, United
Council, is leading in number of
candidates for the class ceremonial
to be held this fall. Melvin D. New
land, chairman of the Executive
Board, will have charge of the pro-
gram.
Members of United Council cele-
brated the 80th birthday anniver-
sary of John B. Dickman with a
program and refreshments. He has
been a member of the National
Union Assurance Society for SO
years.
Victory Council will meet on Fri
day In Woodmen OF the World Hall.
Evening star., 1939-08-27
BY DR.. II. d. Berpmau.

A fracture splint designed for use
on dogs has been used so success
fully on human beings recently that
victims of broken legs now can walk
without the aid of crutches in as
short time as 10 days. With older
methods it was necessary for such
patients to remain in bed for as
long as two months.
This is but one example of how
man has benefited from research
work on the illnesses of animals.
For the last 76 years-during which
time the American Veterinary Med
lcal Association has been in exist
ence-veterinarians have striven to
solve problems of animal health,
many of which have direct bear
ing on human health.
The annual convention of the A.
M. V. A.-to be held from tomor-
row through Friday in Memphis
Tenn.-promises to be the scene of
many significant developments.
Since the beginning of time man
has depended upon the meat of an
imals for food Today the livestock
and meat industry is declared the
Nations largest, with livestock ac-
counting for one-fourth of the total
United States income from agri-
culture
Safest Producing Place.
This could not be true, however
if the United States were not the
safest place in the world to pro-
duce livestock. For, without the
veterinary supervision now given,
plaques would quickly wipe out mil
lions of meat-producing animals and
result in the deadly famines which
formerly occurred periodically in all
civilized nations. Such plaques
would not only diminish the coun-
try's meat and milk supply; every
farm crop would suffer, because
horses would become infected, and
these animals are vitality important
to millions of farmers. In our
orchards, our groves, our berry
patches and on our farms there are
no less than 100000 horses and
mules at work.
The veterinarians who work in
the Bureau of Animal Industry,
Department of Agriculture, do yeo-
man service in eradicating diseases
from the animal population. Secre-
tary of Agriculture Wallace recently
declared: The Federal Meat In
spection Service has attained a
plane of efficiency and protection
unsurpassed by that of any other
nation" AS result, most families
Evening star., 1939-08-27
Reoulur Veterans

Gen. Malin Craig Post, No. 20,
will meet September at 1903 Four
teenth street NV.
Senior Vice Comdr. Elias j. Ben
nett, jr., has been appointed chair
man of the Halloween Dance Com
mittee.
Evening star., 1939-08-27
HosteSses
CONTINUED From Page C-4.)

never works more than 10 hours in
any one day and has at least one
day off each week and an annual
vacation with pay. She is given
free vacation travel on her airline,
ranging from 1000 to 5000 miles,
depending upon the number of years
of her service. Her company carries
aviation accident, group life, and
sickness insurance for her on low
cost basis.
The stewardess has considerable
distinction in the community; she
often is asked to attend public
meetings and to address them She
often takes part also in publicity
features, which may range from ap-
pearance at a worlds fair to posing
for photographs or motion pictures.
Duties Listed.
Her professional airline duties, as
listed by the various air transport
companies, are as follows:
She is in charge of the cabin,
acting as hostess to the passengers
on board. She assists passengers
with reservations and making con-
nections with other airplanes, trains,
boats or other transportation. She
provides reading and writing ma
terials. She answers questions about
the airplane and the airway over
which it is travelling and points Of
interest along the way
She serves complimentary meals
at the breakfast and dinner hours
and light refreshments between the
regular meal hours. She makes up
berths on the sleeper planes. She
assists elderly persons making trips
by air and aids mothers making trips
with young children. On occasion
she takes complete charge of a child
travelling alone.
She helps out occasionally with a
game OF checkers, backgammon or
chess, and is often called upon to
make a fourth at bridge
At the completion of the trip she
makes certain that all personal be-
longings are delivered to the pas
sengers. She takes care of certain
company routine work in connection
with tickets, baggage, etc. She sees
that all passengers routed for each
flight are aboard, with baggage and
effects. She sees that the air
plane is kept supplied with sufficient
items for passenger use and does
anything else she can to keep the
passengers comfortable during their
trip.
Needs Tact.
She must, however, possess the
tact "to determine the difference
between being of service to pas
senger or disturbing a passenger" !"
So high are the qualifications that
dificulty continually exists in find
ing the right type of young woman
for these exacting posts. The turn
over of these young women is large,
Mr.. Handbook reported, because
many of them marry and leave the
airlines.
The position of hostess on airline
ships was created about 1880, the
report states. Prior to that time it
was customary for copilots to care
for passenger interests during flight.
This included the serving or lunches.
1t soon became apparent, however,
that a third member of the crew
could serve this purpose better, espe-
cially since the work of the copilot
was continually increasing and he
found less time to take care of
passenger needs.
The first appointments OF air
hostesses were made in 1880, when
eight young women were assigned
to duty on the run between Oakland,
Calf, and Chicago. The innovation
proved popular from the start and
the practice spread rapidly.
Evening star., 1939-08-27

AS ANSt
meeting, Wash
ington L o d g e
passed a motion
indorsing Rob-
ert S. Barrett Of
Alexandria, Va,
as the n ex t
6 ran d exalted
ruler in t h e
election at the
Grand L o d 6 e
convention at
Houston, Tex,
in 1910.
Harry j. Leer
announces that
September 10
Evening star., 1939-08-27
BY HOWARD w. BLAKESLEE,
Associated Press Science Editor.


CHICAGO, Aug. 26.-Death's ar
rival, as it looks to an observer in
side a living body, has been seen
for the first time with aid of a new
device at the University of Chicago
The view covers the two to five
final minutes, the so-called agonal
moments before and after the heart
stops. Rapid, dramatic changes
within the tissues have been dis
covered.
The new method of seeing inside
living body was perfected by DR..
Melvin H. Knisely, assistant profess
sor of anatomy. He is sandy haired
young man from Houghton, Mich,
and the idea came to him indirectly
from his fathers attempt to make
him a mining engineer, against his
wishes.
Knisely avoided this by spending
his freshman year at the Michigan
School of Mines reading books on
other subjects. He funked out.
Living Organ Lighted.
Among the books one told how a
rod of solid quartz transmits light
like a hollow tube, but with the
added advantage that the quartz can
curve the beam around a bend. DR..
Knisely remembered this later when,
as medical student at Chicago, his
professor of anatomy, DR.. R. R. Ben
sley, was regretting that many actual
life processes cannot be seen. Inter-
nal tissues are seen only after they
are dead, or so injured that they no
longer have much of the semblance
of life.
DR.. Knisely suggested inserting a
lighted curved quartz rod painlessly,
bloodlessly, and without any other
disturbance into an anesthetiZed
animals body to light living organ
so brilliantly that its internal de-
tails could be seen under a micro
scope. Prof Bensley told him to try.
The "try" has lasted about 10
years, with such success that the
device was shown this year at Great
American Medical Association meet
ing in st. Louis. Physicians saw de-
tails of internal life processes new to
science.
Magnified 600 Times.
DR.. Knisely was probably the first
man to see closeup of death, mag
nified about 900 times, in its natural
state. He viewed 1t in the spleens of
mice and other small animals. It
was always the same, regardless Of
species.
The red blood corpuscles, instead
of continuing their ordinary travel
through fine capillaries of the
spleen, swarmed out of these tubes
in all directions. The white blood
cells, the phagocytes. whose usual
job is to engulf and destroy foreign
particles such as bacteria, set out
after the red cells and began swal-
lowing them.
This cannibalism OF. the white cells
was contrary to their action-in the
spleen in normal life. For even in
health, few red corpuscles wan
dered outside their appointed chan
nels. They would penetrate blood
vessel walls by making themselves
thin and finally popping through
like a seed squeezed between thumb
and finger. But in health the white
cells were never seen to go after the
wandering reds in the spleen.
In the death moments, also, the
walls of the capillaries could be seen
to disappear.
Emptied of Blood.
At the same time the larger pas
sages Of the spleen, which are most
ly small veins and sausage shaped
passages called sinuses, began to
f1atten and emptied quickly Of blood.
Red cells piled on one another like
stacked coins, a phenomenon whose
Evening star., 1939-08-27
Sons and Daughters
OF Liberty

True Blue Council met at 808 I
street NV. with Mrs. Domer as
councillor. Mrs. Lusk was initiated.
Arrangements have been made by
Mrs. Canfeld for q social at the
next meeting.
Evening star., 1939-08-27
Health Of Man Is Improved
By Veterinary Research
Disease Conquered and Better
Nutrition Made Possible

Editors Note: The author of
the tollo,1ing article is president
OF the American Veterinary
Medical Association and head OF
the department of veterinary
Physiology and pharmacology OF
Io,1d State College, Ames, Iowa.
Evening star., 1939-08-27

Nearly 100000 young men are to
be mobilized In Formosa to con-
struct . motor road through the
mountains.
Evening star., 1939-08-27
Mundiocu Flour for U. s.

Farmers in the states Of Sac Paulo
and Rio de Janeiro are increasing
the production Of mandioca hour to
sell in the United States.