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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-09-22
Hippocampus Il Queer u.
Personality of the Seas

Perhaps In no other animal have
been packed 50 many anomalies AZ
In Hippocampus, popularity known
as the seahorse, systematic study
Of which recently has been conn
pleted by the United States bureau
Of fisheries. This queer personality
has the head Of Lilliputian horse,
prehensile tail, plate-like scales
like those of the sturgeon and q
pouch like the kangaroo's. The
creature also reverses the ordinary
way Of nature In that "child bear
ing" is exclusively function Of the
male, says Nature Magazine.
The seahorse IL almost worldwide
In Its distribution In warm ocean
waters where there are growths Of
sea vegetation. Although they have
provided the models for some OF the
nightmare monsters of the human
imagination, they are small, feeble
and almost defenseless. The head
Is unquestionably similar to that
Of miniature horse In general out
line. The neck, however, Is no neck
at all. What looks like q neck Is
the forward part of its body. It's
shell-like covering left early natural
lists In doubt as to whether It was
not some rnonstrous sort of q water
bug, but 1t Is true fish. It's weight
and its single fin leave 1t an In
efficient swimmer, and It Is able to
swim at all only because Of large
air bladder 50 delicately adjusted to
Its specific gravity that II a bubble
the size Of pinhead Ia let out by a
puncture the seahorse sinks to the
bottom. There It moves clumsily
about until the wound has healed.
The greatest anomaly Of tho
species Is its way Of reproducing.
The male actually ''gives birth" to
the living young. Unfertilized eggs
are laid by the female, who places
them a few at time into q pouch
like organ on the under side Of the
males body. In some manner un-
known to biologists they are ferti-
lized in the transfer. The eggs are
incubated In this pouch and remain
for some days after they are
Matched. Then the living young, fully
equipped to take care Of themselves,
are expelled. -.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-09-22
q. s. Sentry ON Caribbean

Guantanamo, Cuba, constitutes
one link In the steel chain which
Uncle Sam uses for defense Of the
Panama canal. Located on the
south shore at the eastern end of
Cuba, the Guantanamo naval base
came into being early In the Twen-
tieth century, when land there was
leased by the United States from
the Cuban government. Today, the
station costs comparatively small
rental fee, and provides an impor-
tant sentry at q Caribbean cross
roads. Under the jurisdiction of the
United States navy department, the
Guantanamo base affords In addi-
ton one Of the best harbors in the
West Indies, wide enough and deep
enough to give shelter to the whole
American fleet, yet protected by a
narrow entrance from huxxicanas
and sea attack
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-09-22

are the rare and precious metals, gold,
silver, cobalt, tungsten and palladium.
The magnet is of alloy steel, the base
plate of steel, the wires of copper, the
brackets and screws of brass and
steel, the soldered connections Of tin
and lead, and other parts of aluminium,
silicon and nickel alloys. The cradle
and base of the telephone are of zinc
or aluminium alloy and the black
handset case of phenol plastic.
Other raw materials that find their
way into the telephone are silk, cotton,
rubber, asphalt, shellac, Kauri gum,
Carnauba wax, paper, carbon, tale,
clay, coal and cowhide.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-09-22

The complexity and magnitude of
telephone apparatus is difficult thing
for subscribers to understand. To pro-
vide telephone service, the Western
Electric Company with it's accumu-
lated skill Of nearly 70 years produces
$4,000 separate piece parts which,
variously combined, enter into $4,000
different designs of finished apparatus.
If your telephone were made of
glass, you could see. the 248 pieces
that 60 to make it up, representing
$500 manufacturing operations. To
produce this instrument the Western
Electric Company draws upon "a diff
ferent raw materials gathered from
the corners Of the earth. Among them
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-09-22

The two great roadless tracts Of
Yosemite national park, combined,
comprise an area Of approximately
half q million acres. Here. a. In
other wilderness national park
areas, conditions are truly prime
val. That Is, all original plant and
animal life Is given full protection
and no travel Is possible except by
primitive means. Unlike other
mountain areas outside the national
park system, no hunting or other
disturbance Of wildfife u permitted
and al forms are free to carry ON
their original natural existence. For
est and other plant life b fully pro-
tected. Grazing Of sheep, cattle or
other domestic stock ID prohibited,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-09-22
Temple Receives Statue -

A sandstone temple statue Of
Merenptah, king Of Egypt, repre-
scented az Osiris, god Of the dead,
and dating from about 1220 B. c.,
has recently been presented to tho
Boston Museum Of Art by the Sir
Robert Mond expedition of the Egypt
Exploration Society of Great Britain.
It was given In recognition Of tho
museums contribution TO the OK
petition from the Harriet Otis Cruft
fund. The museum possesses little
temple sculpture despite its great
collections Of Egyptian art. Tho
figure was excavated by the Mond
expedition at Armant and II one
OF several lha-size Osiris figures In
limestone and sandstone found Of
the same site.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-09-22
Tar Heels Proud Of Tarnish

North Carolinians are proud of the
green-tarnished dome Of the state
capital in Raleigh. Built 100 years
ago, the capital was given bright
copper-coated dome; time and
weather has turned the copper to a
bright blue-green. When bill came
up before the legislature. a few
years ago, to re-copper the dome,
or at least shine 1t, the motion was
shelved as lobbyists claimed that It
would take away much Of the at
mosphere and antiquity Of the build
ing.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-09-22
Red Coral Always PRICED

It is red coral that Is and always
has been priced, not solely for jew
elry and buttons, but as charm to
bring safety, health and secrets not
revealed to the ordinary person. AS
ancient Gauls rushed headlong in
to battle, they trusted their safety to
their swords, strength and the
magic" coral imbedded in their
shields or helmets. Many Italians
and Indians regard coral as protec-
ton against the "evil eye." The
worlds red coral comes from the
reefs of the Mediterranean coast of
Africa, says the Washington Post,
and y obtained chiefly BY Italians.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-09-22

The United States Biological Sur
vey has been counting its wild
animals, and the inventories show
nearly million big-game animals
in our country. The officials say thii
is an increase of one million ami
mails since 1887.
There are more than million
deer In the United States, scattered
all the way from deer" old Penn
sylvania to deer" old California.
Wyoming has $1,000 elk, 7,40(
moose, and $500 buffaloes. Bis
black and grisly bears thrive In
Tennessee, California, New Hamp-
shire, North Carolina. Mississippi
Washington and Wyoming. Della.
ware is the only State In which nc
big-game animals are found.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-09-22

Every man who courts married
women Is selfish tight-wad. He
likes women, but wants somebody
else e RAx theig hillA
The Washington times., 1939-01-05

Lou McVicker, of the Democratic
Women's National Council; Mrs.
Emmeline Samuels, Of the Okla
homa Democratic Club; Miss
Margaret Dean, Of the Massa-
chusetts Democratic Club; Miss
Mildred Powell, of the West Vir-
ginia Young Democratic Club;
Mrs. Merle Greene, of the North
Carolina Democratic Club; Mrs.
Verda Barnes, of the Young
Women's Democratic Club; Miss
Nellie Polly, of the Young Demo
cratic Club of Washington; Mrs
Betty Serafin, of the National
Capital Young Democratic Club;
Mrs. Ruth Hayden, of the Dela-
ware Democratic Club; Mrs.
Florence Shreve, of the Cali
fornia Democratic Club: Miss
Eleanor Schneider, of the South
Dakota Democratic Club; Mrs.
Fred Meller, of the Pennsylvania
Club, and Mrs. c. Beulah Ship
ley, of the Arlington (Va.) Wom-
ems Democratic Club.
The Woman's National Demo
cratic Club had planned tea
for Saturday afternoon, which
it has postponed so as not to
conflict with the Jackson Day
affair.
The Washington times., 1939-01-05
Tau Beta Phi
To Celebrate

Members Of seven local chap
tiers will gather for a supper
dance to celebrate the sixteenth
birthday anniversary of Tau
Beta Phi National Sorority, at
the Mayflower Hotel Saturday
night from 10 until 2 o'clock.
Mrs. Lucille Malloy, province
president, will be the presiding
officer. Guests of honor will in
clude Mrs. Jewel Perry, national
president.
The committee arranging the
event includes Miss Adele M.
Bateman, Of Alpha Chapter,
Miss Bertha Clayton, Nu Chap.
ter; Miss Mary Long. Omicron;
Mrs. Marjorie Johnson, Gamma;
Miss Rita Ridolfi, Kappa; Miss
Emma Lee Mcknight, Alpha;
Mrs. Gladys Morris, Theta, and
Miss Dolores DriScoll, Of Mu
Chapter.
The Washington times., 1939-01-05

dealing with men. Now it's a
mo mans land". Seventy-five
per cent of her clientele are
working girls. There have only
been half a dozen women who
wanted baths to get over the af-
fects of alcohol. Outside of
her work, her interests are nu-
merous She frankly admits
she is not at all domestic and
claims that her apartment
keeps her, instead Of her keep
ing it. She does not care for
travel, except motoring in her
own car. Good movies, the
legitimate theater and concerts
are favorite forms of diversion
:. You will often find her tax
ing Sunday morning hikes, and
on Sundays and "ladies' day"
she often is at the baseball and
football games. She finds time
to read the latest novels and is
greatl,- interested in politics, be-
cause her former work necessi-
tated keeping up with legisla-
tive matters. She likes to be
with people and everyone finds
her an enthusiastic and inter-
esting personality. She enjoys
the gatherings and luncheons
of the Soroptimist Club and has
been a most active member
since she joined in 1887. She
is also a member of the Business
and Professional WON e MS
Cluh
The Washington times., 1939-01-05
Continued from Page 16)

NNOnLluue0 IEOm rage I0I
Fotitch, wife Of the Minister Of
Yugoslavia; Nine. Hurban, wife
of the Minister Of Czechoslo-
vakia; Nine. Naoumoff, wife of
the Minister Of Bulgaria; Mrs.
Ralph William Close, wife of the
Minister Of the Union of South
Africa, and Nine. Rajamaitri,
wife of the Minister of Siam,
who was accompanied by Mrs.
Thomas Burke.
Mrs. James Hamilton Lewis,
wife of the Senator from Ili-
noiS, was conversing with John
Philip Hill in the large hallway,
where hangs a portrait of the
Secretary. Mrs. Bruce Barton,
wife of the Representative from
New York, made her calls with
Mrs. Charles Gleason, wife of
the new Representative from
Massachusetts,. Others seen
we're Mrs. Henry A. Wallace,
wife of the Secretary of Agricul-
ture; the Secretary of Labor,
Miss Frances Perkins; Mrs.
Royal McKenna, Lady Leslie,
Mrs. Walter Wyatt, Mrs. Rob
ert Freer, Mrs. Clarence Norton
Goodwin, Admiral and Mrs.
Mark Bristol, Mrs. Thomas F.
Ford, wife of the Representative
from California, and Mrs. Harry
L. Englebright, wife of the Rep
reSentative from California.
The Washington times., 1939-01-05
'SOrOptimiSt Fete
Marks Annual
Installation

Plans have been completed
for the annual installation BAN
quet Of the Soroptimist Club,
taking place Saturday night at
7 o'clock at the Washington
Hotel.
Mrs. Edna Knight Gasch, sec
ond vice president of the Ameri-
can Federation Of SoroptimiSt
Clubs, will act as the installing
officer. Those who will serve
for 1899 are Mrs. Ada Jean
Bennett, president; Mrs. Laura
Waters, first vice president;
Miss Helen Barnhart, second
vice president; Miss Emma A.
Buechele, recording secretary;
Miss Augusta Uhl, correspond
ing secretary; Mrs. Emily Shah,
treasurer, and Miss Grace Good
pasture and Mrs. Marie Ted
row, members of the board of di-
rectorS.
Mrs. Henry Grafton Doyle,
president of the Baorc OF Edu-
cation, will be the speaker.
New Year Message to Women"
will be her subject. The Rev.
Henry w. Snyder will give the
invocation.
A feature Of the program will
be the Alden Singers, COMPOSED
of Mrs. Charlotte LaFond, Sorop-
timist; Earl Nails, Mrs. Erna
Embrie and Watson Ahlenfeld,
accompanied by Mrs. Jewell
Downs, also a Soroptimist.
Homer Rodeheaver will be the
main song leader.
Mrs. Agnes Newman, the out
going president, will be the
toastmistress.
Representatives Of the various
local men and women's service
clubs. as we'll as members of the
nearby Soroptimist clubs, have
been invited.
The banquet committee con-
sists of Miss Marjorie Webster,
chairman; Miss Estelle Zirkin,
Mrs. Ruth Baker, Miss Elva
Mcnamara, Mrs. Lorraine Good,
Miss Mary Bourke, Miss Ruby
Neal, Mrs. Jewell Downs. Mrs.
Betty Fisher, Mrs. Eva Turner
and Mrs. Betty Jones.
The Washington times., 1939-01-05
JeUiSh Group
Meets Tonight

Mrs. Mark Lansburgh, presi-
dent of the National Council of
Jewish Women, will be the
speaker at tonight's meeting of
the Washington Chapter. Ma
tional Council of Jewish Juniors,
at 8 o'clock in the Jewish Com
munity Center.
Miss Sylvia JoniSch will open
the meeting with a prayer. Miss
Goldie Bachman, president, will
conduct the session.
Complete plans for the mem
bership dance on January II
will be announced by Esther
Litman, chairman. This affair
is an annual event to close the
current membership drive. It
will be at 2400 Sixteenth st.
Plans will also be announced
for the bridge party Monday
night at 200 Rhode Island Ave.
N. E., a Embarrassing project.
Another speaker tonight will be
Abe Shefferman, choirmaster of
the Adas Israel Synagogue, who
will discuss and present eek
ampleS of Hebrew Music"
The Washington times., 1939-01-05
ENCYCLOPEDIA
OF MUSIC BOON
TO STUDENTS
Reveals Many Unknown
American Operas
By WILLIAM NEWMAN

There are many musical die
tionaries of great repute which
have been allowed by their pub
fishers to become out of date.
They crowd the shelves which
hold the Library of Congress
m usic departments reference
works and from them the student
and writer too often turns away,
his quest unsuccessful.
Wherefore the Macmillan En-
cyclopedia Of Music and Mus1.
clans, recently published, will be
welcomed. 1t Is in one volume,
beautifully printed, carefully
edited, the whole immense work
of 1000 pages prepared by Albert
E. Wier. It contains, among
other novel features, a tabulated
outline of the arts history and
development, presented under
the caption. "Musical Compost
tion Over the Centuries"
Another new and interesting
feature is the list Of American
operas, about 400, a wealth of ma
tive art previously unsuspected.
All that have been published and
many that still are in manuscript
may be found at the Library Of
Congress by those sufficiently in
terested. Some student working
for a degree in musicolgy will be
grateful to Mr.. Wier for the tip.
The National Symphony an
nounces that the last of the stu
dents concerts in the present am
bilious series, to be conducted by
DIR. Kinder, will take place in
Constitution Hall, Saturday, jan
uary IA. at II a. m.
The Washington times., 1939-01-05
Countess Here

Countess Maurice de Bosdari
Of Paris, France, is at the Carl
ton, arriving here yesterday for
q short visit,
The Washington times., 1939-01-05
Mrs.WoodringHo

Then another drive through
an increasingly heavy fog and
back to 1900 s ST., where Mrs.
Harry H. Woodring, wife of the
Secretary Of War, was receiving
for the second time this week a
large group. On Monday she
and the Secretary were at home
to Army officers and their
wives stationed in the Capital.
Mrs. Woodring was assisted in
receiving by Mrs. Louis John
son, wife Of the Assistant Sec
retary Of War. Each of the
ladies was in black velvet, the
hostess gown of street length
and fashioned on extremely
simple lines. She wore a white
The Washington times., 1939-01-05
Today's Club
Calendar

Woman's National Demo
cratic Club-Education COM
mittee, Mrs. Robert E. Mel
son, speaker, on "Pan-Ameri-
canism versus Nazi-FasciSm,"
II a. NJ; luncheon following,
clubhouse.
Takoma Park Women's
Club-Meeting of the Govern
ment Study Department, /
p. M, home Of Mrs. Arthur
P. Harrison, 200 block Viii
low Ave.
Danes Of the Loyal Legion
Meeting, 2::30 p. m, May
flower Hotel.
Society Of Free Lance Writ
ers-Meeting. 8 p. m, Shore
ham Hotel.
Arts Club-Dinner, 7 p. M,
colored motion pictures Of
northern Europe, by John V.
Hansen, clubhouse.
Soroptimist Club-Tea for
members, 5 p. m, at Waters
Travel Service, Trans-Lux
Building; board meeting Of
the club, 8 p. m, Willard
Hotel.
Women'S city Club
French class, S p. M; Junior
Guild meeting, 8 p. m, club
house.
Washington Chapter of the
National Council of Jewish
Juniors-Meeting, 8 p. M,
Jewish Community Center.
The Washington times., 1939-01-05

Women should study their
capabilities to find the field in
which they will be happier To
be a success, she belivees. you
must like what you are doing;
you must be sold on your own
work. .. Miss Epstein is inher-
emily a business woman Work
is a pleasure to her. "A native
Of Memphis. Tenn, Miss Ep-
stein was graduated from a
business school in that city.
Her career started as the secre-
tary to a judge of the Criminal
Court of Shelby County, Tenn,
a position she held for seven
years. In 1927 she became sec
retary to the late C. o. MoSer,
then president Of the American
Cotton Cooperative Association,
and later was made secretary
and assistant treasurer of the
organization, the first woman
executive in the movement In
August, 1884, Mr.. MNser ac-
cepted the position as president
of the Institute of American
Fats and Oils, with offices in
the Woodward Building here,
and Miss Epstein was elected
by the board to the position Of
secretary and treasurer The
work of the organization was
primarily the promotion Of the
use Of domestic oils over foreign
products. After Mr.. MoSer's
death in 1885, Miss Epstein con-
tinued in her position for
year. She had always wanted
a business of her own. The op-
portunity to buy her present
concern came two and a half
years ago. Miss Epstein had
always believed in Turkish
baths. Because she had been
a customer so often. she feels
that knowledge of her own buSi-
ness is mostly from the stand
point of the customer, and she
operates her business with this
policy in mind. Her work con-
sists of managing the establish
ment and directing her staff of
girls, specially trained to give
baths. &. Interesting to note Is
that her executive career, until
this business venture. had been
The Washington times., 1939-01-05
New Portrait

The Secretary was very much
on hand, showing with great
and justifiable pride the re.
Gently completed portrait Of
their three blond children. Vases
filled with pink and red roses
we're placed about the spacious
room and in an adjoining room
the Army Band orchestra gave
a program of music.
Here, too, we found a tempt
ing array Of delicacieS on the
tea table and found it also pleas
ing to the eye, with its center
piece of Talisman roses in full
bloom. Mrs. Charles McEner-
ney, whom we had seen at Mrs.
IckeS' with Mrs. Michael x.
Sullivan, was just ahead of us.
Others seen were Mrs. Millard
TydingS, wife of the Senator
from Maryland; Mrs. Elonzo
Tyner and her daughter, Mrs.
Tyner Dugdale; Mrs. Edwin T.
MereQlCn, MIS-. homer >. cum
mings, wife of the former Attor-
ney General; Mrs. j. M. Phalen,
Mrs. Francis Whitman and
Frau Won Boetticher, wife of
the Military Attache of the Ger
man Embassy.
Then on to the Mayflower
where Mrs. James A. Farley,
wife of the Postmaster General,
held the first of her lat homes"
Of the season, but unhappily we
caught but the merest glimpse
of her for her doors we're closed
promptly at six to enable her
to catch a return train to New
York. She wore a black vel
vet gown with lace trimming on
the bodice.
The Washington times., 1939-01-05
List Will Include
NeU Cabinet
HOSteSSeS
BY MARY PADGETT

Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt
will be the guest Of honor at the
jackson Day tea, under the aus
pices of the Women's Division
Of the Democratic National Com
mittee Saturday afternoon from
4 to 6 o'clock at the Shoreham
Hotel.
Several new Cabinet hoStesses
will make one of their first pub
lie appearances in the receiving
line at the tea-including Mrs.
Harold Ickes, wife of the Sec
retary of the Interior, and Mrs.
William H. Teahan, sister and
official hostess for the new At
torney General, Frank Murphy.
AS the Secretary of Commerce,
Harry Hopkins, is a widower, his
department will be represented
by the lovely young wife Of AS
sistant Secretary Of Commerce,
Richard Patterson.
Others in the receiving line
will be Mrs. Sumner Welles, wife
of the UnderSecretary of State;
(the Secretary of State and Mrs.
Hull are enroute home from
Lima, Peru, Mrs. Henry Nor
genthau, wife of the Secretary
of the Treasury; Mrs. Harry
Woodring, wife of the Secretary
of War: Mrs. w. w. HoweS, wife
Of the Assistant Postmaster Gen.
eral; (Mrs. James A. Farley,
wife of the Postmaster General,
is not in Washington), Mrs.
Claude Swanson, wife Of the
Secretary of the Navy; Mrs.
Henry Wallace, wife Of the Sec
retary of Agriculture, and Miss
Frances Perkins, Secretary Of
Labor.
The women members of the
Democratic organizations in
Washington are responsible for
arranging the tea, which is open
to all women in Washington. No
invitations have been issued.
This party is also given in con-
junction with the Democratic
National Committees jackson
Day Dinner scheduled for the
same evening.
An orchestra will play during
the tea and there will be several
dance numbers by La Trianita,
noted Spanish dancer.
Among those who will take
turn at the tea tables are Mrs.
william Bankhead, wife Of the
Speaker; Mrs. Alben Barkley,
wife Of the Senate majority
leader; Mrs. Oliver Quayle, wife
of the assistant treasurer Of the
Democratic National Commit
tee; Mrs. Emily Newell Blair,
Mrs. Blair Banister, Mrs. Lu-
cille Foster McMillin, Mrs. Ste
phen Early, Mrs. Marvin Mc1n-
tyre, wives of the presidential
secretaries; Represe n tative
Mary T. Norton, Representative
Caroline O'Day, Senator Hattie
Caraway, Mrs. Robert H. Jack
son, Mrs. Nellie Tayloe Ross,
Mrs. Charles West. Mrs. James
Helm, Mrs. Malvina Thompson,
Mrs. Marguerite LELAND, Mrs.
Julian Friant, Miss Charl Will
liams, Mrs. Mary Buford, Mrs.
William B. Mason, Miss Vera
Bloom, Mrs. A. E. Giegengack,
Mrs. Jewel Swofford, Mrs. Ellen
Woodward, Mrs. June Fickel,
Mrs. N. B. Dial, Miss Mary An
derson, Miss 10 Coffin and other
distinguished club and social
leaders.
Mrs. Ocie brennan Heady, ma
tional vice president of the Young
Democrats Of America, is chair
man of the committee in charge
Of the tea. Assisting her are
Mrs. Mary Redman Day, Of the
Young Democratic Club Of the
District of Columbia; Mrs. How
ard Savage, Of the Tennessee
Democratic Club; Mrs. William
Mcguire, of the New Jersey
Democratic Club; Miss Katie