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Evening star., 1939-11-05

Is gathered onto q shoulder yoke
and has 2 skirt with stitched cores
that gives 1t charming, lively kind
Of swing. Basically tailored, yet
very feminine and soft-looking, this
Is q good dress for business and
straight-from- -the-oface dates. It
makes up beautifully in fiat crepe,
sheer wool, challis and jersey.
Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1834-B
is designed for sizes IL, IA, 16, IS
and 20. Corresponding bust meas
urements 80, 80, "a. 36 and SO. Size
IA (32) requires 5A yards Of 39-inch
material.
Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1855 b
is designed for sizes "a, IS, 80, 40,
AZ, A, Is and 48. Size SO requires
~ yards of 39-inch material.
Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1903
is designed for sizes IL, IA, Is, 10
and 20. Corresponding bust meas
urements 80, 80, "a, SO and SO. Size
II (32) requires 37s yards Of 39-inch
material with long sleeves; 3ss yards
with short; y yard contrast for COL
Ian and cuffs.
Send Is cents for the Barbara Bell
Fall and Winter Fashion Pattern
Book. Make yourself attractive,
practical and becoming clothes. Sc
lecting designs from the Barbara
Bell, well-planned, easy-to-make
patterns. Interesting and exclusive
fashions for little children and the
difficult junior age, slenderizing,
well-cut patterns for the mature fig
ure, afternoon dresses for the most
particular young women and ma
irons, and other patterns for spe-
cial occasions are all to be found
in the Barbara Bell Fashion Pat
tern Book. Send Is cents today for
your copy.
Evening star., 1939-11-05
Out>of>Town
Visitors in
Takona Park
Mrs. Remsen's
Mother Being
Entertained

Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Remsen of
Takoma Park, Md, have visiting
them for a month Mrs. Remsen' S
mother, Mrs. Alice Rowe of La Fay
ette, Ind. Mrs. Remsen is planning
several lunch parties for her mother
during her stay here and will en-
tertain Thursday in her honor and
also Thursday and Friday Of the
following week.
Mrs. Raymond w. Newton Of Wor-
cester, Mass, who is the guest of
her sister, Mrs. Ralph E.. Gould of
Woodside Park for a. month, is being
extensively entertained by Takoma
Park hostesses. Mrs. Charles r.
Mills was hostess at luncheon and
bridge for Mrs. Newton Friday at her
Aspen street home. Mrs. Gould en-
tertained at bridge luncheon
Thursday and on November 13 Mrs.
p. A. Croney will give dessert
bridge party for the visitor. Mrs.
Gould recently moved from Takoma
Park.
Among others who are entertain
ing out-of-town visitors are Mr.. and
Mrs. John T. Lucker, who have with
them for several days Mrs. Lucker's
aunt and uncle, Mr.. and Mrs. j. L.
Peacock of Portland, Greg, who
have been touring the East. Mrs.
Lucker's mother, Mrs. w. p. Landon
who spent several months on the
West Coast and in Canada, arrived
q short time ago to be with her SON.
h-law and daughter for the month.
Mrs. George Persing of Knoxville
Pa, arrived Wednesday to spend
several weeks with her son-in-law
and daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse
]. Ramsdell.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. L. Stinson again
are in their home on Holly avenue
after a months stay in California.
Mr.. Howard Thomas left Wednes-
day for Richmond. Mrs. Thomas
and their daughter Georgia Ann
plan to join him about the middle
of this month to make their future
home there.
Mr.. Roderic F. Davis, son of Mr..
and Mrs. Ben G.. Davis, has re-
turned from San Francisco, where
he has been in charge of one of
the exhibits at the Golden Gate Ex-
position since January.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Maddox and
their family have moved into their
new home on Maple lane, at Silver
Spring.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph B. Simpson,
1r., whose marriage took place last
week, are now in their new home at
218 Cedar avenue. The bride is the
former Miss Catherine Thoenen of
Washington.
Evening star., 1939-11-05
BY BARBARA BELL.


Dresses designed in the new cov-
er-up mode are extremely charming
and attractive, as well as smart,
because while they conceal lot of
you, by bringing the fabric close up
to your throat dnviting many
changes Of brilliant jewelry) they
also glorify your figure, belittling
your waistline and emphasizing
curves. They combine the demure
and the provocative in quite ir-
resistible way. Make up whichever
you like best of these afternoon
styles in your favorite color, 50 that
you will be sure of its becoming
ness Each is perfect for your
good black dress" too. They all
fit with inspired perfection. And
the making is easy. Each pattern
includes a step-by-step sew chart.
This lovely dress Q834-B) with
the swept-to-the-back fullness that
is so becoming if you are a little
rounder in the rear than you could
wish, has a beautifully aristocratic,
expensive look, when made up in
velvet, wool broadcloth or fiat crepe
The detachable hustle bow gives
you an ultra smart detail in a very
simple fashion; you just loop it
over the narrow side belts. Gath
ers, adroitly placed, create a nicely
rounded bustline above a tiny waist.
The pattern gives you a choice Of
two necklines-one close up to the
throat and dipped trifle to make
it more becoming; the other irregu-
larly square.
This charming dress with smooth
hipped, high-cut skirt Q655-B) is a
perfect example of that hard-to- find
style-the youthful, spirited dress in
women's sizes. With gathers and
with inside shoulder tucks, with a
smart row of little buttons for its
only trimming, it places all the en-
phasis up-top, which is important
Evening star., 1939-11-05

to the success of women's fashions.
You'll enjoy it especially for lunch
cons and bridge afternoons, and it
is an excellent platform style. Make
this Of faille, fiat crepe or thin wool.
For the white-collar class-name-
ly those Of you who look best with
a flash of white at sleeves and neck
line, design 1808-B is unusually
pretty. Distinctly a style for slim
figures, it blouses at the waistline,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-11-08
UNCLE RAYS CORNER

The great fire of London is one
OF the famous fires in history. 1t
took place in 1866, one year after
the coming of the Great Plague, and
before the plague had been quite
stamped out.
Samuel Pepys was there, and day
by day, he wrote in his diary about
the things he saw. Here, in Short
ened form, is his story:
"On the night of September 1,
some of our maids stayed up late
to get things ready for a feast the
next day. Jane called us about 3
o'clock IN the morning to tell us of
seeing great fire in the city.
$50 I arose and went to the win
dow. saw the fire in the distance,
but thought it far enough away, so
went to bed again.
About 7 o'clock, I awoke and
looked out of the window again, and
saw the fire, but il was farther away.
Jane came and told me that she had
heard that more than 300 houses had
been burned down in Fish street, by
London Bridge.
so l walked to the Tower (of
London) and there saw the houses
at the end of the bridge all on fire,
and huge fire on the other end of
the bridge.
1.-THE lieutenant of the Tower told
me 1t began this morning in the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-11-08

The Four Aces will be pleased to
answer letters from readers if stamped
t3-centl. Self-ad6reSsed envelope is in
closed with each communication, adj
dressed to the Four Aces. care The
Evening Star. II you desire the pocket
contract bridge send with your request
to the Four Aces care The Evening
Star, stamped t3-cent, self-addresSed
LARGE size envelope and YOU will re-
ceiVe an outline without any charge.
released by the Bell Syndicate. Incl
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-11-08
TwizzIer Answer

BY cutting the three links of one
piece of chain and using them as
connecting links for the other
pieces only three cuts and three
Yields would be necessary. There
fore the mans price of 1925 was
correct,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-11-08

kings bakers house in Pudding lane
So I went down to the water side
and got a boat, and had a closer
view of the fire. Every one was try
ing to take away his goods, to throw
them into boats or into the river.
Poor people stayed in their homes
until the fire touched them, and then
ran to boats or to stairways leading
down to the river.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-11-08
Winning Contract
BY THE FOUR ACES.

David Bruce Burnstone, Merwin D.
Maer, Oswald Jacobv, Howard Schen-
ken worlds leading team of four in
ventors of the system that has beaten
every other system in eXlStenCeD
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-11-08
Describes Great PLAQUE

The WIND was high and was
spreading the flames to the city.
saw no one trying to put 1t out.
$50 went to White Hall and told
the King and the Duke of York what
had seen. I told his majesty that
unless he ordered houses to be
pulled down, nothing could stop the
fire.
The King commanded me to 20
to the Lord Mayor and tell him to
spare no houses but to pull them
down every place in the path of the
tre. At last I found the Lord
Mayor in Canning street. TO the
Kings message he cried: What can
do? I am tired out. The people
will not obey me. have been pull
ing down houses, but the fire over
takes us faster than we can do it,"
Cor history section Of your scrapbook.)
If you want a free copy of the
Illustrated leaf1et, "True Adventure
Stories" send me a Scent stamped,
return envelope, in care of The Eve
ming Star.
I~e&< Rad
Tomorrow: More about the Great
Fire.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-11-08

"A SldllSC az Vic NOl tll-SOulll
hands will show at least one loser
in every suit. Yet the cards were
so favorably distributed that the
contract was made.
West opened a club, which East
won. East shifted to a diamond.
South played the Jack, West the
king and dummy's ace won the trick.
Declarer then drew two rounds of
trumpS. Next a heart was led to
dummy's queen, and the same suit
returned, declarer fnessing the 10.
West won the second round and
"exited' with his remaining heart.
Declarer now cashed the club king
and the diamond queen, then played
his 18th heart, discarding a diamond
from dummy. East properly refused
to trump, but South then threw him
IN with a trump. East was now
forced to return a club and declarer
trumped in dummy, meanwhile dis
carding his losing diamond.
The declarer got at least five sep
arate and distinct breaks in his favor
on this hand.
\ X
Yesterday you were David Bruce
Burnstones partner. Both sides
were vulnerable and you held:
voJs8e4
<Axx
J. xxx
The bidding:
Maier Burnstone Jacoby You
IA Pass INT CD
Answer-Pass. You have a good
suit to lead plus two probable re-
entries. On the other hand, a two
heart overcall may be severely
penalized.
Score 100 per cent for pass, so per
cent for two hearts, 80 per cent for
double.
Question No. 285.
You are Oswald Jacoby's partner.
Both sides are vulnerable and the
opponents have so on score. Again
you hold:
~QJ 9864
<Axx
4 xxx
The bidding:
Schenken Jacoby Maier You
IA Pass INT CD
What do you bid? (Answer to-
morrow
Evening star., 1939-06-14
Chicago Livestock

CHICAGO. June IA tP.-Hogs were fairly
active and steady to strong today, with spots
) cents higher on medium weight butchers
he s9e TOP d equal to the
5000 head, 1000 more than expected.
Cattle were mostly stronger 25 cents
higher in generally active market Medium
weight and weighty steers were UP 10 to
Upward stil were slow compared with the
lively action on light yearlings and plain
and medium grade cattle of all weights
Cutter, grade cows and bulls were 10 to Is
cents higher and yealers were up 25 cents.
The he snHep and sh markets
packers at $50 to 9.S5
UNITED States Department of Asricul-
turel, -Salable hogs. 5000: fairly active.
steady to strong with Tuesdays average;
top. s.55;; best good and choice; 1s0-25o
s.Io-40; 29Q,35o pounds; butchers. $50
500; good S30-45G pounds, packing sows,
si 4G,Iss light 1nds nushsG ovi KINDS os5 e 500
salable cattle. 5000: salable calves,
l 900; general market more active; mostly
strong to % higher; medium weight and
Teighty sgh steers 1o,l3 up steers sealing
with lively action on ,lieht yesrlines and
top 10 .65 on lfkht steers; best yearlings,
1880; weighty steers, 1925: but mostly
CO. hsifers Sp to Ssb cutter srade
standing sausage bulls as high as $50;
mostly 7.35 down cutter cows with weight,
5.s5 down: vealers % higher at s.50-9.25;
thin replacement cattle very scarce. -
ssssss seed Il Mssssln s!!sesa
73-pound weights to small killers. 1000;
native slauehter ewes. 3.25 down.
Evening star., 1939-06-14
Hardware Dealers
Show 1919 Pei. Gain
Over March Sales
Reporting Stores in 80
States Have Volume
Of s., sos, 1856
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special OlSpdtCN 10 1le Star.
NEW YORK CITY, June IA
Sales of 1850 independent retail
hardware dealers in 38 States
showed an average advance of 109
per cent comparing April, 1899. VOL
ume with sales for the previous
month, Hardware Age will say to-
morrow in its semi-monthly market
summary. The reporting stores en-
joyed a volume of 50 COS 1885 in April,
1899, compared with $8,66l.876 in
March, 1899. The April, 1888, total
for the same stores was $9,898,431.
The best showing comparing April,
1899, volume with that of the same
month last year was reported by %
Georgia stores having an average in
crease of 233 per cent. Other good
increases were 1873 per cent for
wyoming stores, 1877 per cent for
81 Alabama stores, 10 per cent for
IS Iowa stores, 1872 per cent for 36
Colorado stores. Other increases
ranged from OF per cent for 344
California stores to 8 per cent for
80 Oregon stores. Declines, COM
pairing the same periods, ranged
from IL per cent for 10 Idaho stores
to 28.7 per cent for Z West Virginia
stores
Increases in April, 1899, as COM
pared to volume for March, 1899,
ranged from 43.6 per cent for 80
Michigan stores to l per cent for
IS Texas stores. Declines ranged
from an average Of IL per cent for
10 Idaho stores to 28.7 per cent for
7 West Virginia stores.
Evening star., 1939-06-14
Southern Plans
| |$3,750,000 Cut
I'm Interest
BY the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, June 14.-Plans for
readjustment Of the Southern Rail-
way Co. capital structure to effect
a $3,150,000 annual cut in interest
charges are being studied by the
management.
Stockholders have been advised
officially that the matter of rear
rangement of finances was discussed
at length at the annual meeting
last month.
A proposal considered, it was re-
ported, would involve a change in
the terms of the development and
general mortgage 6 per cent and 612
per cent bonds of 1856 to make them
callable at intervals of five years
at graduated prices and giving
bondholders the right to subscribe
to common stock at price of not
less than $45 a share.
Thomas o. Thatcher of the New
York investment firm of A. M.
Kidder & Co., who recently COM
pleted a study of the Southern sys-
tenn said he understood that there
had been preliminary talks between
the management and institutional
holders representing about 40 per
cent of the S50,OO0O0O outstanding
IS and 61as.
The management's goal, he add
ed, was the elimination of this
amount of funded debt, together
with an annual reduction Of more
than 100000.
Evening star., 1939-06-14
Increased Output
Declared Probable
In Steel Industry
Peak Of About so Per Cent
Is Expected During
July and August
PS the Associated Press.

RH the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, June 14.-1ron Age
Magazine predicted today that the
steel industry probably would in
crease its production rate in coming
weeks.
The magazine said:
although steel ingot production
this week has declined half a point
to 5211a per cent of the industrys ca
pacity, this slight change has no
special significance, merely indicat-
ing that some plants have replen-
ished stocks of semi finished steel,
which were depleted during the coal
crisis in early May.
mo sharp decline in operations Is
expected in the near future. On the
contrary, the rate probably will 60
up moderately, possibly to peak of
about 60 per cent during July and
August, when much heavier ship
ments of sheets and strip against re-
cent low-priced commitments will
be made. In fact, it appears that
the bulk of the production of this
GOlllld6C Will SOlllC uolllS VIC VAIL ~
quarter, when the automobile indus
try will be engaged in initial runs
on 1910 models.
steel scrap prices, which some
times give advance indications of
the trend of steel production, are
strong and are possibly headed
higher. The Iron age scrap
composite price has risen 81 cents to
$l4.79. which is only so cents below
this years peak figure of s15.29 in
late March The rise in the COM
posite from its low point of the year
is II cents. Last year in June the
scrap market began rapid advance
which carried the Iron Age COM
posite up 1888 from its low point
by August 9, and during that period
the steel ingot rate went up from
Is to 40 per cent.
aside from sheets and strip, in
coming tonnage is holding at a
fairly steady volume"
Evening star., 1939-06-14
Fl0rance to Head Discussion.
B. & 0. Car|oadings
Boosted by 6,936
srecja' Dispatch to The Star.

sr.e,a' Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, Md, June 14.-Bal-
timere & Ohio carloadings for the
week ended June 10, totaled 42.096,
including 26,851 cars loaded on line
and 15,245 received from connec-
tions.
This was an increase of 6.936 loads
over the corresponding week of last
year, when the total was $3.50,
comprising 21,692 cars loaded on
line and l3,468 received from con-
nections.
Last weeks total also showed an
increase of $3.50 carloads over the
previous week (the week ended June
-, when the total was 36, 6,166, con-
sisting of 23,327 cars loaded on line
and 1889 received from connec-
tions.
During the corresponding week
of the year 1880, the total was sc, ,233,
OF which 43,508 cars were loaded on
line and 22,725 received from con-
nections.
Evening star., 1939-06-14
Machine Tool SoIes
Hit Two-Yeur Peak
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
/ NEW YORK, June 14-Machine
tool sales, usually good Indicator
OF business sentiment, spurted in
May and exceeded any month since
early 1887, American Machinist re-
ported today.
There was a substantial increase
in both domestic and foreign orders,
but much of the former came from
the aircraft industry and Govern
ment armament purchases. It was
stated that the demand for tools to
make airplanes, warships, guns and
other war necessities is proving a
tremendous stimulus to the industry.
The volume of orders represent
ing demand for new productive ca
pacity on the part of industries not
connected with the national defense
program was reported to be not
large.
Evening star., 1939-06-14
Pennroad Directors
Named in Second
Accounting Suit
StockhoIder Alleges
$4,000, 900 Wos Lost by
lIlegol' Investment
b. the Associated Press.


PHILADELPHIA, June 14.-A suit
demanding an accounting Of $900O,-
900 in addition to the one for $4,-
100000 filed March 80 last, was
brought against 6 estates and 10
living directors of the Pennroad
Corp, in United States District
Court yesterday.
David Steckler of New York who
acquired IA shares of Pennroad
stock from the estate of his wife
Kate is the plaintiff. He also acted
for other stockholders.
Alleges illegal" Investment.
He charges Pennroad lost the
SO ,000,0 900 through the illegal" in
vestment by Pennroad of $40, O,138, 700
in 20l 1897 shares Of the voting cap
ital stock of the Boston g. Maine
Railroad, between April "a. 1929. and
when 1t was incorporated, and De-
cember 81, 1881.
The "lllegality" of the amount in
vested results from the fact Mr..
Steckler contends. that the POI ,387
shares represents 1872 per cent of
the total capital stock of the B.
e. NJ, whereas the public service law
of New York prohibits any holding
company, such as Pennroad from
acquiring a greater interest than
10 per cent.
Mr.. Steckler's action against the
directors. contends they are liable
to the stockholders, first. for allow
ing Pennroad to make the "exces-
sive" investment, and secondly, for
allowing the company to hold" the
stock.
List Of Defendants.
The defendants named in the suit
are Albert J. County, William M
Elkins, Herbert w. Goodall, Rodman
E. Criscom, Alexander D. Irwin,
Henry H. Lee, John H. Mason, Her
bert A. May, Joseph Wayne, jr.;
Mark Wilcox and the estates of
William w. Atterbury, former presi-
dent of the company; Jay Cooke,
Charles Edward Ingersoll Richard
B. Mellon, Ef1ngham B. Morris and
Levi L. Rue.
The March 80 suit was by lone M.
Overfleld of Salt Lake City, Utah,
against the directors for the re-
covery of loss of over $4,000 900
Pennroad allegedly sustained in
financing the National Freight Co..
which afterward became insolvent.
Evening star., 1939-06-14
Commodity Index Again
Drops 10 New Low

The weekly wholesale commodity
price index compiled by the Ma
tlonal Fertilizer Association de-
clined last week to TIC per cent of
the 1926-1928 average, the lowest
point reached since 1884. The in
dex was 72.0 in the preceding week,
72.6 month ago, 74.4 q year ago,
and 86.9 two years ago. The index
has now declined for five consecu-
tive weeks.
Last weeks drop in the all-com-
modify index was due to lower prices
for foods and farm products. The
price trend for industrial commodi-
ties was upward. With 10 items in
the group declining and advanc-
ing. the food price average fell to
a new low for the recession. In the
farm product group higher prices
for cotton, wool and poultry were
much more than Offset by declines
IN grains and livestock; the result
was marked decline in the farm
product price index, which is now
lower than at any time since July,
1884. While foods and farm prod
ucts were declining the average for
all other commodities advanced to
the highest point reached since
June, 1888. Higher prices for fuel
oil and gasoline took the fuel index
to a new high point for 1899. The
textile and building material in
dexes both advanced to the highest
points reached since 1887. The up
turn in the textile index reflected
higher quotations for cotton goods
and yarns, as well as for raw flbers.
Twenty-seven price series in
cluded in the index declined during
the week and "a advanced; in the
preceding week there were 10 de-
clines and II advances; in the Sec
ond preceding week there were 16
declines and Is advances.
Evening star., 1939-06-14
Hidden Toxes
Average Of Slab
On Each Meter
BY ALFRED C. FRODEL,
Tax Authority and Consultant.

Article Is.
One Of the utility companies raid
nearly 100000 a week in taxes
during 1898. The total for the year
was $51 1853, ,568. rs; $2040, ,9s1 .43 high
er than the year 1887. The taxes
were equivalent to $4.48 share on
the common stock and amounted to
81 per cent more than was paid in
dividends on the company's capital
stock.
Out of each dollar received from
sales of service, 21.41 cents was paid
IN taxes which was equivalent to
81 ,329 for each employe or 81 per
cent Of the sum paid to all employees
in the form Of wages, pensions, etc.
The taxes amounted to $14.23 per
meter in terms of the average num-
Der Of meters served - electricity,
gas and steam. Electric taxes were
So cents Of the average residential
electric bill of $265 These taxes
are paid by the workers and con-
sumers.
(Released BY the Bell Syndicate, Incl
Evening star., 1939-06-14
Jersey City Livestock

JERSEY CITY N. j., June IA lP.--
Omitted States Department Of Agriculture.
fairly active, mostly steady: occasional
sales 25 lower: medium and good !: 142.
l.351 1.pound Pennsylvanias and Virsinias
9.25- 1918 Cows fairly active. mostly
steady: some late sales medium cows %
lower Bulls active, steady to stroneer:
medium; 6,50-7.50: odd head. 7.75; cut
ter and plain. 55O-6.OO
vealers and calves. 11O salable: total.
80. Vealers scarce and steady: good
and choice nearpys. s.50-9.50; odd head.
~ Hogs. 210 salable Jersey City. 140;
New York. 70I; total. 1850. Butcher
neg hoGs declined mostly 10: good and choice
quality. 23s pounds. $40. '
aa Sheep and lambs. $50 salable: total.
na,na 1;S10a u,sa, one v vio.H good and choice a
steady. No other sradss arrived. A'~''