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Evening star., 1940-05-25
2401 Calvert St. NV.
Opposite Shoreham Hotel.

Living room. dining
room. . bedrooms, Q
baths, kitchen and en-
closed porch. Electric
refrigeration included in
rental. elevator service:
switchboard. Resident
manager.
Evening star., 1940-05-25
sEDGWIcK GARDENS

VVI Toss' W. 'H'Vs
Rec. hall. living room. bedroom,
bath. dinette and kitchen. Re.
frigeration on house current.
Elevator and switchboard serv.
ice. Resident nfanager.
Evening star., 1940-05-25
1926 18th STREET
4701 CONN. AVE.

Large foyer. living room. dining
room, 2 bedrooms. bath. porch,
dinette and kitchen. Refg. on
house current. Elevator. Sec.
switchboard. Garage. Res. mgr,
EN-, OS03.
Evening star., 1940-05-25
s115 MT. PL. ST. NV.
2s17 K ST NV,

Electric refrigeration.
2 rms. kit. and bath 45 90
Evening star., 1940-05-25
THE WEST VIEW

2123 EYE STREET NV.
Elec. refrigeration on house current.
Resident Manager.
2 rms. kit, d. g.. rec. hall and
Evening star., 1940-05-25
VALUES WORTH SEEING
THE WINSTON

BIAS Nj. Pleosont Street
Near 18th & Columbia Road.)
bedrooms, living room. kitchen,
bath and porch, $4,000
rooms, kitchen, bath and porch.
$50. Electric refg, on house
current.
Evening star., 1940-05-25
THE METROPOLITAN

200 RHODE ISLAND AVE. NE.
b:story eley. bldg, secretarial tels-
refrigeration included in rent. Resi-
dent Manager. DE. O92S.
l rm.. kit. d. T., rec. hall and
rms, kit. d. o.. rec. hall and
Furnished S72.6O
Evening star., 1940-05-25
574s COLORADO AVE. NV.

1893 MERIDIAN PLACE NV.
Elsc. @ refriseration. rms. kit. oath
Evening star., 1940-05-25
THE DE SOTO

$40 TULIP AVE-, TAKOMA
PARK, MD.
Resident manager. SH. 33s0-M
4 rms, kit. bath and porch SAT 90
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-07-12
Machine Now Can Show
The Inside of Solids

A machine which enables scien-
lists to look inside solid metal was
described recently before the final
session of the American Physical
society meeting.
Three Johns Hopkins university
research workers reported the de-
velopment of double crystal spec
trometer which makes possible new
studies of the inner crystalline struc-
ture of metals and their alloys.
When X-rays are shot through
pieces of metals the resulting photo
graphs reveal exactly the ar
rangement of the crystals inside the
metal, DR.. J. A. Bearden, DR.. T. M.
Snyder and DR.. w. w. Beeman said.
A prediction that three ''ghost"
elements of matter will be- found in
the near future came from three
other scientists.
The existence of these elements is
indicated by tables of atomic
weights, but they have eluded the
best detective work of hundreds of
research laboratory workers.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-07-12
Boys Will Be Boys,
Goethe Liked Puppets

The German poet, Goethe, was q
friend of puppets from his childhood.
When he was about the age of seven,
friend of his good mother made
some puppets and sent them to him
and his sister for Christmas pres
ent.
The mother had a happy thought.
She made little stage and set it
in the doorway of a room, just off
the living room.
On Christmas morning, so the sto-
ry is told by Winifred H. Mills
and Louise M. Dunn in Marion
ettes," after the children had seen
their presents, she had the family
sit down before the closed door.
When she opened it, there was kind
Of porch concealed with a mysteri-
GUS curtain.
The children were curious and ca
ger to know what was behind that
half-transparent veil. The moth
er, however, babe each sit down
upon his stool. At length, Goethe
says, "all were silent, whistle gave
the signal, the curtain rolled aloft
and showed us the interior of tenn
pie painted in deep red colors.
The high priest, Samuel, appeared
with Jonathan, and their strange al
ternating voices seemed to me the
most striking thing on earth. Short
ly after entered Saul, overwhelmed
with confusion at the impotence Of
that heavy-limbed warrior who had
defied him and all his people. But
how glad was when the dapper son
of Jesse, with his crook and shep-
herds pouch and sling, came hop
ping forth and said, Dread king and
sovereign lord, let no ones heart
sink down because Of this. If your
majesty will grant me leave, I will
go out to battle with this buster
ing giant!'
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-07-12
From Veil to Shorts
Go Turkish Girls

Fifty years have taken Turkish
women far, all the way from the
veil to shorts. Recently the Ameri-
can Girls College Of Istanbul cele-
brated its half century anniversary
of turning out Americanized versions
OF Turkish young women. Although
there were only two Turkish girls in
the first graduating class, the num-
bers have increased since the adj
vent of the Turkish republic and the
recognition Of women's rights until
80 per cent of the college is Turkish.
The leading Turkish families are
eager for their daughters to have
American educations. But even
though the students appear in brief
white shorts and bare legs for gym
classes-a far cry from the days
when they had to be yelled for COM
mencement-the Turkish govern
ment and national customs tend to
lessen the Americanization process.
Even though "Gone With the
Wind" is the Turkish students ia
vorite reading matter and pictures
of Clark Gable and Tyrone Power
decorate her room, she does not
entertain men at college proms. The
ministry of education prohibits boys
and girls dancing together within
the college walls.
Although the Turkish co1legian
speaks good English and studies
with many of the same books as her
American counterpart, she doesn't
wear makeup, doesn't like to eat
between meals, has never heard Of
a locke" or ''jitterbug" and prefers
tango to swing. She'd rather 60 to
the movies than to dance and only
drinks alcoholic beverages at ball
or wedding.
Boys aren't allowed to call at the
college, so the dean isn't bothered
with the ever-present American
problem of petting in parked cars
because the average Turkish youth
doesn't own one, there being but
5000 in all Turkey.
Although new vistas have been
widely opened to women in the last
two decades of Turkish history, the
average student prefers marriage to
a career. None looks forward to
movie or stage career because that
still "isn't the thing to do" Al
though She gets her fashion ideas
from the American movies, she isn't
as susceptible to fads as American
girls and her sweaters and skirts
have more individuality than those
found on American campuses.
She chooses her own clothes but
doesn't have an allowance. She likes
sophisticated clothes rather than
casual sports things; wears her hair
in long glamour-girl bob, favors
snoods and costume jewelry.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-07-12
Boys Who Hit Sour Notes
Should Avoid the Jungle

Music in the African jungle is a
serious business, says DR.. Wilfrid
D. Hambly, curator of African eth
nology at Chicago's Field Museum
of Natural History.
Certain dark races have punish
ments that fit the crime of blowing
sour notes or dropping beat. The
proper technique on the native
drums or other musical instruments
is no hit-or-miss affair. The boys
who make "moosick" better strike
the right note first or else. Those
that don't get their ears cut off, their
mouths slit and the offending hands
chopped right off.
Any American jazz band planning
an African tour better leave at home
that saxophonist who walls off key,
or drummer who flakes sloppy" on
the traps.
Where hitting q false note or
dropping beat is such serious bust
ness the boys who made good occu-
py a high social position. But their
job isn't only entertaining the other
boys and girls. The jungle drum
mers send messages to other tribes
from 5 to is miles away-as the
sound flies. If any mistakes are
made, there's no second chance.
Any travelling swing band that
could bring home a certain kind of
African drum would certainly be a
hit. A wooden rod sticks up through
the drum head. The player just
rubs this protuberance with a we'll
resined hand, to bring forth walls
and groans ear-splitting enough to
please the most confirmed glitter
bug"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-07-12

Near the front door in the resi-
dence part of the White House hangs
a board with pegs in it, to check in
and out all members of the house.
hold. 1t is described by Drew Pear
son and Robert Allen as similar to
the board used on ships in the navy,
and is the latest navy touch in the
household of the man whose friends
call him Skipper" The board has
two columns of cards, "a in all, each
card bearing a name. Opposite
each name is a peg, which is
plugged into the "out" hole or the
sin" hole, as the person leaves or
arrives.
One feature about the board is
that nowhere does it carry the name
of the President or Mrs. Roosevelt.
Yet there is a card for each-a
blank card. Every time the Presi-
dent leaves the house, a peg is
moved opposite a certain blank
card, known only to aides. The
same for Mrs. Roosevelt.
Only if all the rooms are occu-
pied, which does not often happen,
are all "a cards "active." In the
case of Mrs. Roosevelt, the peg
stands "out' more often than ''in."
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-07-12
Grand-daddy Of Stamps

During the celebration of the Tooth
anniversary OF the postage stamp,
collectors heard much talk about its
father, Sir Rowland Hill, but little
about its grandfather, Jacob Per-
kins.
Without him, the penny postage
stamp would not have been possible
to produce economically.
Probably about 1910, Perkins dis
covered that steel could be softened
and hardened. Being a steel en-
graver and a printer of currency
for the Massachusetts government,
it occurred to him that one steel
engraving could be transferred to q
steel plate in any number desired.
He went to England in 1918 to COM
pete for a currency printing con-
tract and when the Penny Black
was conceived, his firm of Perkins,
Bacon and Petch was ready with
the machinery to bring it into the
world.
Perkins was born at Newburyport,
Mass, July 10, 1865. and died in
London July 80. 1e49.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-07-12
Addison E. MuIlikin
Indorses Peoples
Court Amendment

A former county" man, with keen
appreciation of the county mans point
of view, Addison E. Mullikin, one time
Republican candidate for the Cover
norship, this week called on the people
of Maryland to help Baltimore City
improve it's Peoples Court.
Mr.. Mullikin, who left Talbot Coun-
ty to win business success in Balti-
more, urged that the State join Bal
timore in returning an overwhelming
eyes" vote on the Peoples Court
Amendment to the Constitution at the
polls in November.
Putting partisan and fractional
politics aside, Mr.. Mullikin Joined with
former Governor Harry W. Nice and
Governor O'Conor in approving the
aims of the Statewide Nom Partisan
Committee seeking to assure the pass
age of the amendment.
Pointing out that the busiest court
in the State of Maryland should have
the status of real court, and be en-
tirely freed from any hint of politics,
Mr.. Mullikin said:
"The move to eliminate politics
from the administration of the Peo-
Piles Court is definitely worthy OBJ
jective, and is deserving of the sup
port of all fair-minded citizens Of
Maryland.
"The caliber Of men who are making
the Statewide campaign for the Peo-
Piles Court amendment should be as
surance to every voter that the
motives back of the campaign are sim
cere. The amendment should be pass.
ed, and I believe that it will pass.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-07-12
Palate Poll Reflects
Personality of Eaters

While celebrities of stage, screen
and radio profess a liking for cpl
curean dishes, the tastes of other
public figures are for the more
conventional foods. The prefer
ences, which seem to prove that
what you eat determines your per-
sonality, were collected in ''pal-
ate poll'' conducted by the National
Restaurant association.
Numbered among the gourmets
are Bette Davis, Lillian Gish, Doro-
thy Lamour, Cecile B. De Mile
and H. v. Kaltenborn. Miss Davis
likes to start her perfect dinner"
with caviar and egg, Miss Gish with
"bit of DuBonnet," Miss Lamour
with fresh shrimp served on cold
artichoke leaves with whipped may
onnaise. Mr.. De Mile votes for
crab creole with sauterne as an APP
petizer and roast pheasant with bur-
gundy for the entree, and Mr.. Kali
tenborn forgets about the European
troubles of his radio broadcasts in a
meal that starts with blue points on
the half shell and winds UP with
cognac served in an inhaling glass.
But If you're entertaining a sena-
tor, congressman, governor, mayor,
or sports notable, more common
fare would be in order.
Gov. Keen johnson Of Kentucky
submits combination of tomato
juice, old-fashioned bean soup,
broiled steak, green's, beets, pota-
toes, head lettuce with roquefort
dressing, milk and ice cream with
cake as his company dinner" but
breaks down and confesses under
the heading of remarks" that ''my
favorite menu really is: hog jowl,
turnip greens, cornbread, navy
beans, butteHmilk and cherry pie
Sen. Guy M. Gillette of Iowa casts
a ballot for roast beef or steak, but
admits that he is willing to trade
either for meat pie. Sen. Gerald
p. Nye of North Dakota says he
likes his chicken soup thick and
his vegetable soup thin.
GoV. nalpn II. Carr OF OOloTaQO
adds this thought after listing his
preferences: "Give me a glimpse
of a Colorado sunset and as twilight
falls over the Rockies, / would
change places with no man on
EARTH" Mayor Dan B. Butler of
Omaha, Neb., prescribes heavy
repast and concludes under "re-
marks" that latter eating a meal
like the above, too full for re-
marks" Mayor Brantly Harris OF
Galveston, Texas, also under ire
marks" says: IA good couch to go
to sleep on" suits him best after his
favorite dinner. Mayor j. j. Kauf-
man of Tacoma, WASH, admon-
ishes: ''Don't forget the finger
bowl"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-07-12
FARMERS WARNED AGAINST
HARVEST.TIME ACCIDENTS

With the coming of midsummer
and harvest time, farmers are warn
ed against accidents---practically all
of which can be avoided if proper
precautions are taken, according to
Ray w. Carpenter, specialist in
agricultural engineering for the Uni
yersity of Maryland Extension Ser
vice.
He points out that one of the most
common accidents which kills and
cripples many persons at this time OF
year is the breaking of hay ropes.
The trip rope often becomes worn
where it connects to the fork or
sings and when the rope is pulled
hard or with jerk it will break at
the worn spot, causing the operator
to fall to the barn floor or hard
ground. Still another common acct
dent is for the old, worn hosting
rope to snap when the forkload OF
hay is halfway up to the track, allow
ing the load or fork to fail on the
individual below.
Mr.. Carpenter says the only sure
way to avoid these accidents is to
carefully inspect all ropes, hooks
and uulleys before harvest time
because, no matter what the original
quality, this equipment is constant
" subject to wear and tear, espec-
tally if it is outdoors---as 1t often is
for many weeks at time. 1t is
emphasized that broken hook or
pulley, flying through the air, will
kill and cripple as effectively as a
bullet.
AS Mr.. Carpenter points out, the
cost of new hay rope or pulley is a
small price to pay for the living OF
a normal life span.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-07-12
War Makes Birth Decline

Deaths on the battlefield are not
alone responsible for the decrease
in population reported at the end
of every war. In fact, the Journal
of the American Medical associa-
ton states in a recent issue: SAC
tual battle losses are matched by
losses in future population due to
reductions in the birth rate.
The depletion Of young men and
the resulting disturbance Of the
ratio of manageable men and
women constitute one Of the most
serious effects of war, the magazine
says in quoting statistics showing
that u per cent Of German military
deaths and IS per cent of French
military deaths during the World
war were men under 30.
In 1910, both Germany and France
reported they had about as many
men as women. After the World
war, however, Germany reported an
excess of $50 women per 1000 men
between rs and 20 years, 259 per
1000 from 80 to "a, and 181 per 1000
from IS to 80.
For the same age groups, France
reported an excess of women, re-
spectively, of 26l, 206 and ITS.
The Journal says:
Some of the results, such as the
great increase in the proportion of
marriages in the postwar period in
which the groom was much older
than the bride, were quite obvious.
Another effect was the continued
fall of the birth rate after the war
Clearly the actual battle losses are
matched by losses in future popula-
ton due to reduction of the birth
rate"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-07-12
A COMMON GOAL

The head of an agricultural or
ganization recently pointed to the
virtues of farm marketing coopera-
ton. This, he said, is necessary to
successful, profitable farming. And
he then said that marketing must
be two-fold. 1t is not enough for
farmers to cooperate among them
selves-they must also cooperate to
the full with our other great econ
omic groups, industry and labor.
The principal farm marketing
co-ops have long worked on this
theory. And that has been largely
responsible Tor their undoubted
success. No one group can stand
alone and apart in this country-only
when all groups work together to-
ward the attainment of common
goal, can progress for all be assured
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-07-12
Antarctica Will Become
Tropical, Predicts Byrd

Millions OF years ago Antarctica
had tropical climate, according to
Adml. Richard E. Byrd, the famous
explorer.
The climate, moreover, Is chang
ing, he says, and that region again
will become habitable.
But don't make any rush for Lit
tie America as yet. It will take
some millions Of years, Byrd de-
clares, till it's warm enough for you.
Byrd brought back from his re-
cent expedition geological and bo-
tanical fossils of wood and leaves to
prove the antarctic once was trop-
ical. He said fossil animals might
be found If the polar ice cap could
be excavated. However, he said it
was not possible to prove human ex-
istence there.
The far southern continent is pass
ing through glacial age and the
ice is slowly diminishing, Byrd de-
clared. Shepherds in Chilean Pata-
gonia had told him, too, that the ice
and snow was less now than gen.
GRAFTON ago, he added.
AS the ice diminishes in Antarcti-
ca, Byrd said, the temperature will
gradually rise through the centuries
and possibly the currents which
give sub-tropica1 Chile and Peru
their temperate climate will become
warmer.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-07-12
ARE WE ANY WISER?

There is plenty of criticism OF the
European democracies for what some
consider their astonishing failure
to recognize in time the fast-grow-
ing military power of the dictator
nations, and to prepare to meet 1t.
Informed commentators are now
asking if we are any wiser. We have
the same chance. to prepare that
England and France had a few
years ago. Will we do it, with max
imum efficiency and minimum waste
or will we permit red tape and poll
tics to make our defense program in
effective?
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-07-12
Protect Civil War Trenches

To serve the twofold purpose Of
Identification and prevention Of ero-
sion which threaten to damage Civil
war trenches, thousands of bios
soming periwinkle were planted In
the Fredericksburg -Spotsylvania Ma
tional Military park.
Since the mating Of underbrush,
which for more than 80 years held
the earth in place and made q
wilderness Of the historic battle
fields, has been removed, national
park service officials have been
combating the menace of erosion.
Branch Spalding, co-ordinating
superintendent of the Virginia bat
tlefelds, said the periwinkle was a
little evergreen that produces tiny
white blossoms in late April. Mr..
Spalding said that through the CO.
operation of park neighbors, hum
dreds of roots were gathered for
planting.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-07-12

Writing in Fortune short time
ago. Wendell Willkie said: This
effort to separate business from
the ordinary life of the people and
to set it in distinct and inferior
category represents a profoundly
false conception of our economic
system. There are about 100000
private enterprises in the U. S..
which employ about 34,OOO,OOO
people, who in turn support many
millions of other people. Business
is q part of life and way OF life.
BY it we earn our bread, build our
homes, care for our children, find
expression for ourselves. Every one
of us lives directly or indirectly by
business. s. 1t is business, In the
broadest sense Of the word--includ-
ing industry and technology, and
Including the modern farm, which
is q business enterprise-that has
made the American people SO great"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-07-12
Prohibition

hlHI I-fOUh per cent OF all
\ United States voters now favor
repeal of repeal and a return to
prohibition, according to the Janu-
airy, 1910, Gallup poll.
Despite the efforts of the liquor
subsidized propaganda groups which
brought repeal and which for six
and one-half years have tried to
convince Americans that personal
license is to be preferred to personal
discipline there still are "a out of
every 100 voters who today believe
prohibition to be the only, the final
solution to the liquor problem.
In 1888 less than one-fourth of the
nations electorate went to the polls.
Less than one-fifth of the voters vot-
ed Eyes" for repeal.
It is granted that opponents Of
prohibition are more vocal than
those who favor prohibition and
granted that this vocal strength has
served to hide the benefits of ma
tional prohibition from the eyes Of
the general electorate.
Facts are facts and John @. Pub
lie is beginning to wonder If he
hasn't been nisled in his judgment
of repeal VS.. prohibition.
Without arguing the merits of re-
peal and of prohibition, there are
certain facts which the general pub
lie is entitled to know about what
prohibition actually did for the
United States.
There now are millions Of voters
who have come Of age since 1888.
Their only basis for discussing the
prohibition period has been one
sided propaganda which usually
claimed that prohibition did nothing
but nurture gangsters despite the
fact, for instance, that a writer in
Golfers Weekly in January, 1910,
said that Chicago's gangsters were
developed in the mad subscription
wars of Chicago newspapers in the
pre-prohibition years.) There are
other millions who never have had
the correct facts, free from senti-
mental or propagandized treatment,
on which to evaluate prohibition.
AS starter, just consider this:
During the whole 1874 years of
prohibition the 250,0OO pre-prohibi-
ton saloons and hotel bars were
closed.
In scores and hundreds of cases,
the places formerly used as saloons
were occupied by banks, groceries,
and many retail establishments.
All advertising of liquors in news
papers and magazines and by radio
or the mails completely disap-
peared.
There was marked decrease in the
use of liquors at many public social
functions and all state dinners.
Saving deposits increased anaz-
ingly, rising from $144 per capita in
1920 to $233 per capita in 1929. Mem
bers of these associations rose from
Al per 1000 of population in 1921 to
100 per 1000 in 1928.
Life insurance in force more than
doubled, increasing from $342 per
capita in 1921 to 1858 per capita in
1929.
Automobile registrations increased
from ga per 1000 of population in
1921 to 191 per 1000 in 1929.
Pupils in high schools, public and
private, rose from 2,413, 900 in 1920
to 4,252, 900 in 1929. Students in col
leges, university, and professional
schools increased from $4,000 in
1921 to 1,143, 1000 in 1928.
A steadily rising standard of liv-
ing which, it is believed, was due
at least in part to diversion of money
from uneconomic liquor to necessi-
ties and home luxuries.
sponsored by W. C. T. W
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-07-12

A single drop of milk may con-
tain as much as 100, 100000 fat glo-
bules, according to a statement in
the manual for milk and cream test
ers in Maryland, published by the
University of Maryland Experiment
Station.