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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-12-01
Christmas
Play

By Katherine EdeIman

THE town hall was wreathed with
= holly and mistletoe. Bright red
bells hung from the old-fashioned
chandeliers. Christmas candles sent
their soft glow into the night. The
whole place cried out welcome to
the crowd who thronged through the
doors.
BY eight o'clock every seat was
occupied. Small gossip and muir
murs of expectancy ran through the
crowd. The little town was proud
of the boy who was taking the lead
ing part in the play. They had
known Ted Rawlings all their lives.
Known him as an easy-going lad, in
terested in nothing more than fish
ing and hunting around the coun-
try, and later as an astonishingly
changed ambitious fellow. No one
seemed to understand how the quick
transition occurred.
All eyes turned to the stage as the
heavy curtain rolled upward. Three
hundred pairs of eyes fastened
themselves upon the moving, speak
ing figures. Isn't Ted wonderful"
young girls whispered breathlessly
to each other. Between acts, thun-
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-12-01
Zoo Animals Turn Popular Beliefs to Fables

An elephants memory is no long,
err than it's tail. Humming birds, so
fragile that they seem winged in
sects, are greedier than pigs. Mon
keys prefer popcorn to bananas. The
house cat is more cruel than beast
of the jungle.
In fact, name any popular belief
about animals and it's a good two to
one bet that it is wrong.
That's the conclusion Of experts
after actual observation at the Chi
cago Geological park at Brookfield.
Consider the elephant, most ma
ligned of the animal kingdom.
He is supposed to live the $50
years of Methuse1ah, but instead
lives only the three score and ten
of man. The female is said to breed
at the age of 40 or so; in reality, she
breeds at six and eight years. Her
pregnancy is said to endure seven
years; as a matter of fact, it is 10
months, which is short enough, con-
sidering the size of her offspring.
And the elephants memoryl Leg
end says it is enduring, tenacious.
Do an elephant an injury today and
he will repay you in kind IS years
later. Brookfield officials say this is
applesauce.
IAN elephants memory probably
is not as good as that of other ami
mails" Robert Bean, assistant direc-
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-12-01

tor and curator Of mammals, de-
clared.
81 never heard anyone who
worked with them say their memory
amounted to anything. Take Honey
and Tembo, the baby elephants that
Christoph Schulz captured and
brought here.
when he found Honey, she was a
baby, half starved and wandering
in the jungle. He brought her here,
feeding her by bottle, and she would
follow him everywhere. When he
left, she tried to trumpet, but when
he came back eight months. later
she didn't remember him at all.
Schulz" he added, twas very dis
appointed"
Elephants, too, are said to be
afraid of mice. The truth is, Mr..
Bean says, that they ignore them,
making the pachyderm house at
Brookfield the hardest in the park
to free of mice. Elephants like cats,
however, and allow them free access
to the stalls. The only animal most
Of them despise, Mr.. Bean says, is
man.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-12-01

valance With this letter all the
window dimensions were given.
The sketch at the lower right
reveals the difficulty. The space
between the top of the windows
and the top of the bay made it
impossible to hang the draperies
as desired. A / by Pinch strip
of wood nailed next to the ceiling
of the bay and extending 6 inches
over the walls at the sides as il
lustrated will solve the problem.
The cranes for the side Grapes
may be screwed to this strip,
and the rods for the pinch pleated
valance fastened to it. The rods
for the glass curtains may then
be attached in the usual way to
the tops of the window frames.
NOTE: Readers who are now
using Sewing Books No. l, 2 and 3
will be happy to learn that No. 4
is ready for mailing; as well as
the 10 cent editions of No. l, 2 and
8. Mrs. Spears has just made
quilt block patterns for three de-
signs selected from her favorite
Early American quilts. You may
have these patterns FREE with
your order for four books. Price
of books-10 cents each postpaid.
Set of three quilt block. patterns
without books-10 cents. Send or
ders to Mrs. Spears, Drawer 10,
Bedford Hills, New York.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-12-01

s'Look at me-"
His eyes were hardly less fiery
than the glowing end Of his ciga-
rette. They made Lynn's flesh tin
gle. He threw away the cigarette.
Lynn, you romantic girl, this
scene enchants you because love
has stolen on you unaware. Neither
of us until now has ever known
what love is"
"Do you think you know now?"
she retorted.
"You know I know it. You are
cruel"
81 wish you'd sit farther away"
she interrupted. "Why don't you
make love to your own countrywom-
en?"
''There isn't in all India such a
lovely girl as you are"
''How do you know? It's true, isn't
it, that most of them are kept in
seclusion and you're not allowed to
see them? Is that why you make
love to me? Why not burgle a ze-
nana?"
LYNN" he said, 81 don't make
love. am love. And you also. We
are love itself, as musician be-
comes music. Why waste the glo-
rious hours?"
''What do you know about mu-
sic?" she retorted. "Can you sing
Indian songs?"
eyes, love songs! play the gui-
tar"
"You can? What fun! Why not
get it? There couldn't be a more
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-12-01
CHAPTER Iv-Continued

Lynn laughed: 'That's testimo-
NAL for me! But thank you, I'll take
care of Aunty."
''No," said the doctor. He caught
Rundhia's eye. Rundhia came to
his rescue and made signals to the
Maharanee, who wanted nothing
better than to have Lynn under her
own roof.
Lynn, dear, please do as the doc
tor tells you. Please, please"
Aunty groaned and protested that
it was shame to infiict Lynn on the
Maharanee, but she was overruled.
She was carried out on an impro-
vised litter and rushed to the guest
house, where Lynn's belongings
were collected by the servants and
conveyed to the palace.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-12-01

perfect place for singing than this
garden wall in moonlight"
Rundhia Sensed that he had cast
his fly too boldly. She wasn't hooked.
She needed more subtle persuasion.
He shouted to the servant to fetch
the guitar. There was no answer;
the servant had taken him too strict
ly at his word, he was out of ear
shot. Rundhia shouted again and
again. He swore under his breath.
Then he governed his anger and
smiled at Lynn:
"Will you wait here if 60 and
get it,"
"Yes, but"
''What?"
"You look murderous. Don't whip
the servant"
His undercover man was waiting
for him in the usual place, by the
gate in the wall that separated the
Maharajah's palace from Rundhia's
IAN unimportant-looking but pecu-
iarly unmeek Hindu, who spoke in
a low voice without preliminary ges-
lures of respect:
"The priests have learned of Cap
tain Norwood's arrival. They sent
me to speak with his Eurasian spy,
O'Leary, who is a reptile. O'Leary
has already detected the opening of
the mine"
Rundhia thought swiftly, and
spoke slowly: $50 and tell the
priests that Captain Norwood is here
to line his own pocket. Say he is
in debt and seeks an opportunity to
pay his debts. His secret report
will be in favor of the highest bid
der. But don't say you heard it
from me. Say O'Leary was drunk
and you heard it from him. Make
it perfectly clear to the priests that
any other officer than Norwood
would be scrupulously fair, so let
them think about it,
Then Rundhia found q servant in
the garden of his own palace and
sent him running to fetch the guitar.
The palace front gate changed be-
hind Norwood. The sullen sentry
stood at ease, then easy and re-
sumed his snooze. Norwood turned
his horse along the road by the pal
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-12-01
The First Santa Claus

The first Santa Claus was st. Mich
olas, Bishop of Myra, who started
mysterious midnight gift-bearing
journeys. In the Fourth century he
was famous because he was rich
man who enjoyed giving secret gifts
to the poor. One of his tricks was
to throw purses of gold into cottage
windows and run away.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-12-01
CHAPTER "

Rundhia was puzzled and Lynn
knew it. She enjoyed it. It was
cool and beautiful beneath the moon
lit trees in the garden.
"You are the strangest mixture of
intelligence and innocence that /
have ever met" said Rundhia. "You
are in love with all this. You are
thrilled by the exotic strangeness.
But it's all old stuff to me, rernem-
Der. I'm a babe in the woods, too,
in a certain sense. I'm as lost as
you are. Things and places don't
make life worth living. It's the peo-
pie in the places, and the things
they do together. If you loved me
and loved you
s'But neither of us Does" Lynn in
terrupted "We are East and West.
Europe delights you because you
can't ever really understand it. And
the East enraptures me for the, same
reason
$50 we've that much in common"
said Rundhia. ''Let me tell you
something else we have in COM
mon. We like each other"
''Do WEI"
eyes. One would have to be blind,
deaf, demented, not to like you.
What's wrong with me?"
Lynn's defensive tactic was a
thousand times more shrewd than
Aunty would dream of giving her
credit for:
''Well, for instance, why do you
dislike Captain Norwood"
s'For the same reason that he
doesn't like me-" said Rundhia.
"Cherchez la femme. Thank the
father and mother who bred him,
he's only an Engineer. If he were
Cavalry, I might feel jealous. Lynn,
I love you."
"How many women have you said
that to-"
Hundreds. But I lied to all the
Others"
II have sometimes had to lie to
Aunty. But I'm not nearly as prac-
ticed a liar as you must be. Let's
be truthful"
II am telling you the truth. /
have always thought myself cynic.
] didn't know ] had heart until ]
met you. I have found and lost it
in the same moment. It is yours.
What will you do with it,"
His arm crept around her. He
hardly knew how she slipped away
from him. She waltzed away. She
ran along the path, her arms ex-
tended to embrace the moonlit
luxury of hue and view and per-
fumed flowers. BY the time he over
took her, her retort was ready:
perhaps you don't like men with
red hair?"
81 am looking" he answered, eat
your hair, want to bury my hands
in it, battle my face in it, breathe
the"
''Borax! I washed it and the wa
ter's terrible!"
She escaped him again. Her black
pajamas vanished into shadow; she
became a beautiful, disembodied
head in a golden aureole that asked:
SIS Captain Norwood married? !
didn't ask him."
well, why didn't you ask him?"
81 didn't care
s'Good!" said Rundhia. 'sI'm GO
ing to make you care about some
thing else. Come along. I'll be-
have. Come this way"
He led her up steps to the top of
the ancient garden wall. There was
q sunmerhouse on the wall, sort
of kiosk; it had been swept and
provided with cushions by servant
who crouched in shadow. Rundhia
ordered the servant away. He went
and 1urked at the foot of the steps,
but Rundhia shouted at him and he
fed. Rundhia led Lynn into the
open-sided kiosk.
you have promised" she said,
ssto behave"
do you believe mems promises
when they're in love? Are you as
naive as that?1
Yes. Don't be silly. Let us look
at the view"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-12-01
BABY CHICKS
Hang New Curtains
In the Dining Room
By RUTH wYETH SPEARS

MYTH the holidays almost at
w hand everyone seems to be
giving curtains thought. An en-
thusiastic reader of Sewing Book
No. 3 writes, II have a bay win
dow in my dining room that has
always been problem to curtain.
Right now I would like to make
pinch pleated Grapes of figured
damask to hang from cranes to
the floor. I would also like .
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-12-01
cast am WesT
By TALBOT MUNDY
. TALBOT MUkDY-WNv SERVICE

"You'd better leave that woman
and her bully guessing, and show
me the mine. Where is it?'
O'Leary pointed: "Two hours
from now, when the moons about
there, ! can guide you to a place
where you can see along under the
apron of water"
Every well, O'Leary. Which way
did you conner"
"Short cut. Don't you try it. Horse
might break leg"
All right, I'll follow the road.
Meet me in camp"
O'Leary vanished. Norwood had
ridden another fifty yards when he
heard angry shouting, several times
repeated. He wasn't sure, but he
thought he also heard a girls voice.
He rode forward slowly and then, a
bit alarmed by the ensuing silence,
stirred his horse to a canter. He
drew rein, looking upward at Lynn,
not much more than two or three
minutes after Rundhia had left her.
She was sitting in full moonlight on
top of the wall, on a cushion, with
one foot hanging over the wall and
her back against the kiosk.
"Hello!" he remarked. "Did Run
dhia leave you all alone here?"
''He said he'd come back"
swell, he'll keep that promise.
How well do you know him?"
II met him for the first time this
evening""
Like hirn?"
Shouldn't II"
Sat your age. there is danger in
exotic likes and dislikes."
''I'm twenty-five"
"You don't look it. / had guessed
you as eighteen. However, no doubt
you know how to take care Of your
self among men of your own race.
I'm taking it for granted that you're
nice girl with sense of humor
but bit rebellious against certain
sorts of restraint. All this is new,
and you're enjoying it. You like the
Indian setting, and the novelty and
the moonlight and all that stuff"
Don't your"
eyes. And I like you. I would
not like to hear of you making
mess of your life for the sake of a
spot of excitement. You don't I'M
derstand India. You don't under
stand Rundhia."
A shadow moved. Someone chuck
led:
Doesn't she?"
Rundhia doomed on the wall with
a guitar in his hand. He smiled
down at Norwood. The moonlight
shone on his teeth.
''We were reaching beautiful I'M
derstanding," said Rundhia. "Are
you on your way to camp? Well, it's
a grand night for a ride. Sorry
you're tired and sleepy"
Norwood eased his horse a little
nearer to the wall. He gave the
reins to the sails. In another mo-
ment he was standing upright on the
saddle, with his head within six
inches of the top of the wall:
II am not SO sleepy as perhaps I
look" he answered. Give me a
hand up, Rundhia."
Lynn watched. This was some
thing altogether new in her expert
ence. Rundhia hesitated. Moonlight
betrayed him. Rundhia felt tempted
to refuse. But he hadn't the iron.
He could have scared the horse and
made Norwood look ridiculous. But
he hadn't the nerve. Lynn felt sor-
ry for him. With a shrug he handed
the guitar to her, in order to use
both hands to help Norwood scram-
BILE up the wall.
"You weren't invited" said Run
dhia.
Norwood stared. mo. noticed it.
Can you strum on that thing?"
Lynn spoke with all the malice she
cot&a put into her voice:
"You like music, Captain Nor
wood? I supposed your line was en-
cheering and ordering people
about"
(TO BE CONTINUED)
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-12-01
Getting = Shoeful in Hollandl

Not on reindeer but on a white
horse, St. Nicholas arrives in some
parts of Holland. and instead of look
ing for stockings he searches for
wooden shoes to fill them with gifts.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-12-01
From Earope,s Christmas Menu

Take your choice of Christmas
eats: Plum pudding in England.
Pfeffernuesse in Germany, Vier-
knack in Denmark, Fatigman's Bak-
kels in Norway, Horseshoe cake in
Hungary, Speculaas in Holland. and
Lutfisk in Sweden.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-12-01
THE STORY THUS FAR


Indispensable Moses
district
valuable diamond mine belongs temple priests or the ruler
carriage
American girl
Harding guest at
Harding ankle sends
PRINCE Rudh spoiled nephew Of the comes
doctors pills, and becomes violently ILL.,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-12-01
Pain, Kernel OH

The United States soap industry
Is using increasing quantities Of
palm kernel oil in place Of tallow
and coconut oil.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-12-01
The Better Way to
Correct Constipation

One way to treat constipation is
to endure it first and cure it
afterward. The other way is to
apoid having it by getting at its
cause. So why not save yourself
those dull headachy days, plus
the inevitable trips to the medi-
cine chest, If you can do it by q
simple conmon.sense ''ounce Of
prevention? t
If your trouble, like that Of
millions, is due to lack of "bulk"
In the diet, "the better way" is to
eat Kellogg's All-Bran. This
crunchy, toasted, ready-to-eat
cereal has just the bulk" you
need. If you eat it every day-and
drink plenty of WATERPROOF can
not only get regular but keep
regular, day after day and month
after month! All-Bran is made
by Kel1ogg's in Battle Greek. Sold
by every grocer.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-12-01

The palace front gate changed be-
hind Norwood. The sul1en sentry
stood at ease, then easy and re-
sumed his snooze. Norwood turned
his horse along the road BY the pal
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-08-06
Western Pacific Group
Objects 10 Delay

BY the Associated Press.
A committee representing insti-
tutional holders of first mortgage
bonds of the Western Pacific Rail
road objected yesterday to further
delay in recognizing the bankrupt
railroad.
The railroads management this
week asked the I. C. c. to reopen
the reorganization proceeding to
permit consideration of a plan said
to have been agreed to by all the
principal creditors.
The bondholders' committee said
in brief filed yesterday, how
ever. that it was without knowl-
edge of any negotiations between
the parties to the proceeding. 1t
contended the reorganization "has
already been unduly delayed" and
that mo useful purpose" would be
served by considering the new plan.
The I. c. C. issued a Western
Pacific reorganization plan July Is.
The so-called agreed plan generally
follows the I. c. c. proposal. but
differs within on several details.
The bondholders' committee is
composed of Frederick H. Ecker,
John w. Stedman and Reeve Schley.
The committee represents holders
OF 34.37 per cent of the outstanding
first mortgage bonds.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-08-06
Winston-SaIem Terminal
Bonds Are Authorized

The Interstate Commerce Com
mission authorized the Winston
Salem Terminal Co. yesterday to
isue 100000 of 3la per cent first
mortgage bonds.
The proceeds will be used to re-
deem 100000 Of first mortgage S
per cent bonds. due April /, 1866.
The 5 per cent bonds will be re-
deemed on october l at no per cent
of par and accrued interest.
The new bonds will be sold to
Dick & Merle Smith of New York at
111.078 per cent of par and accrued
interest Reduction of the S per
cent bonds and issuance of lower in
terest bonds will result in total
saving of about $325,000.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-08-06
Stocks Finish Week
With Modest Rally
In Short Session
Dealings, at Lightest
Since July IS, TotoI
Only 236,9S0 Shares
BY FREDERICK GARDNER,
Associated Press Financial Writer.

NEW YORK, Aug 5-The stock
market today finished it's first Au-
gust week with modest rally.
The list got off to an indifferent
start, but soon converted small
minus marks into recoveries running
to point or so.
Gains were whitfield down at the
close, but the Associated Press aver
age of 60 stocks managed to retain
net advance Of 2 of a point at
1875. On the week this composite
was off a.
Attendance In boardrooms fol-
lowed the usual. summer Saturday
pattern and was hardly worth men,
tioning. Dealings, consequently, were
the lightest since July IS, amount
ing to only 236,980 shares. The turn
over last Saturday totaled 245 800.
The six-day volume was about $780,
900 shares under the preceding week
Business Tenor Is Bullish.
Some of the days buying support,
brokers said, was apparently due to-
the belief of certain traders that the
market might have been oversold in
Fridays sharp drop.
Wall Street seemingly was in a
happy frame of mind because Con-
gress was shutting up shop and 60
ing home. The underlying tenor of
business still presented a bullish
argument and merchandising sur
veys indicated consumer spending
this fall was expected to top that
of last year.
Foreign affairs, at the same time,
continued bit touchy marketwise
and were believed to have kept many
potential share purchasers in neu-
trail territory.
Steels Take Lead.
Steels were in front throughout
as next weeks mill production, de-
spite sharp drop in the South,
was expected to keep its balance. 1t
was predicted operations at Pitts
burgh would hit new top for 1899.
Virtual settlement of the General
Motors strike and contra seasonal
jump in July sales of new cars boil
stored shares in this group. Esti-
mates class railroads earned their
charges in July for the first time
this year kept carriers on the up
ward track. Large copper buying by
Japan helped the metals
Prominent in the comeback were
U. S. Steel, General Motors, Sears
Roebuck, U. S. Rubber, Douglas Air.
craft, American Telephone, Great
Northern, Loft, Phelps Dodge, Ken
necott and American Can.
Up moderately in the curb were
American Cyanamid b" American
Gas q Electric. Niagara Hudson and
Consolidated Copper Mines. New
mont Mining dropped 2. Turnover
of 10000 shares compared with 49,
900 week ago.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-08-06

the increases recorded over the
same years in the number of indi-
vidual income tax returns filed.
Postal Revenues Also Soar.
Were one to delve further as has
this observer, he would find addi-
tional parallels in the figures on
postal receipts by substations with
in the metropolitan area. In four
years, the receipts at the Bethesda
office have doubled; in Anacostia,
they have increased by upwards Of
IS per cent: in Brightwood. the
gain has been almost IS per cent;
in Takoma Park, an increase of bet
ter than 40 per cent has been scored;
while for Woodbridge, postal receipts
have almost tripled. In Silver Spring
the increase has been about ITO per
cent while in only three years Ar
lington receipts have about doubled
From here on the reader may
trace many other equally significant
relationships between the automo-
bile and the economic dispersion
and well-being of the people of
metropolitan Washington. Just
what impetus the mobility of GUS
toners gives to retail trade gener-
ally is difficult to estimate, but
the traffic congestion in the down.
town shopping area and the growth
Of residential districts. even to the
most casual observer, testify to
the enlargement of the trading area
of Washington dealers. and this in
an widening band beyond the
geographical limits of the District.
While it is true that neighborhood
retail units will supply in great
measure the necessity goods for
these new sections. it appears as
equally true that the shopping in
stinct will continue to increase the
patronage in the concentrated
downtown districts. Though not
apparent in Washington registra-
ton figures, the tremendous pur-
chasing power that stems from the
residents in nearby Washington is
revealed In striking form to the
investigator, who will but observe
the morning flow of traffic over the
principal highways leading into the
city.
ITO be continued in merit Sun
days Star.