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General Orders

about military medicine and the care of
troops; he has to know about the care
and maintenance of vehicles; he must be
must be an excellent psychologist, speak
er, diplomat and whatnot.
Nor does general work behind desk.
Gen. Mueller arose very early, shaved
with water in his metal helmet and had
breakfast in the field Then he called
a staff meeting, answered all the ques-
tions his men asked, gave his ideas on
different matters that came up, and dis
cussed training. He gave lot of advice,
listened to any good ideas others had
to offer.
He covered the artillery regiment in the
field on maneuvers, the quartermaster
unit and took in an ordnance shop which
had just received some new equipment.
All this covered miles Of ground, much
Of it on foot And after dinner, when the
general started out on night problem,
I surrendered, weary of foot and mind,
and sought an armchair from which I
will never try to direct battle again.
But found out other things by stay
ing behind. A general must be lawyer
diplomat for his men. It's a rare day
when he doesn't receive letter from the
wife of one of his soldiers telling of
marital difficulties and asking his help.
Wherever possible, he makes an effort to
solve the problem, because worried
soldier isn't good soldier.
He has to deal with local authorities,
and this can be a ticklish sort of propo-
sition at times, even In the homeland.
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On Buying Food

the weight Request for such a state
ment will convince the dealer that you
are a careful shopper whom he cannot
easily defraud.
Under District law. merchant is re-
quired to deliver to purchaser of food
or any other commodity sales ticket
containing a statement of weight,
measure or count, if requested by the
purchaser at the time the sale is made.
A merchant who refuses to comply with
such a request may be prosecuted and,
upon conviction, may be punished by
fine or by both fine and imprisonment.
sales ticket made out according to
law should always be requested when
ordering by telephone.
When buying dressed poultry which
the dealer will be allowed to prepare
for cooking by removal of head, feet and
lntestlnes, require a statement of the
weight or read the weight registered bv
the scale before any part is removed in
preparation. After preparation is fin
lShed, the buyer has no means of deter
mining the original weight upon which
might disclose short weight will have
gone into the garbage can.
Make Own Selection.
When buying fruits and vegetables
it is wise to make selections yourself.
Some dealers have formed the habit Of
including products which are decayed or
of inferior quality to avoid disposing Of
such at reduced prices. Apples, oranges,
grapefruit and other juice-bearing
fruits should be heavy according to size.
The light ones contain but little juice.
Choose flrmly-headed lettuce, cabbage
and other headed vegetables; they are
superior to the ioosely-headed product.
Examine carefully lunches of beets.
carrots, fresh onions and other vegetables
sold by the bunch to determine both
quality and number of articles. Retailers
often divide the punches after receiving
them from wholesale markets, making
two or three punches out of one, each Of
which is sold at a price sufficient for
the original. Thus prices and profits are
doubled or trebled.
When buying package foods, see that
packages are compactly filled A small
package compactly flied may contain
more food than larger package loosely
or partially filled. The law provides that
a statement of quantity must appear on
the outside of all packages containing
food for sale. The statement of quantity
is required for benefit of consumers; do
not overlook it. Use the information for
comparison of prices. If you fail, your
pocketbook and ration book may suffer
severely because of your negligence.
Briefly summarized: housewives should
be businesslike, watchful, clever; should
learn the tricks and guard against being
imposed upon. They should insist upon
square deal when huying foods and
the ration coupons and the money they
spend will buy more for the family table
than if they are careless or indifferent.
At the end of year, the dimes, nickels
and pennies saved will have added sub
stantially to the bank account.
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THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON D. C.. JUNE 90 1e4s.

and fatally injured. An account of this
great misfortune has this to say:
Poor Jumbo's death was tragic and
affecting. The Barnum Circus had been
giving an entertainment at st. Thomas
on the evening of September Is. and
Jumbo had. as usual, conducted him.
self in the most meritorious and praise
worthy manner. With the plaudits Of
the people still ringing in his big ears,
he was walking contentedly down to the
railroad train that was to carry the
circus out of town, when a special train
of cars, drawn by heavy locomotive,
came laundering down upon him. The
track upon which Jumbo was walking
was built on an embankment only suffl-
GENTLY wide to accommodate two tracks
the main track and siding.
'"The circus train occupied the siding.
There was not room for the poor ele-
phant to stand between the two tracks,
and on the other side escape was cut of
by the steep embankment, which was
nearly IL feet high. Jumbo. at sight Of
the advancing locomotive, took in the
full significance of his perilous position,
and throwing up, his trunk, sounded a
long shrill note of warning to the baby
elephant which was accompanying him,
and then set of at brisk trot down the
track ahead Of the swiftly moving train.
In vain the engineer whistled for brakes
and tried to check the progress OF his
train; the grade was steep and the heavy
cars pushed the locomotive forward.
The baby elephant was struck by the
cow-catcher of the locomotive and
tossed to one side with a broken leg.
after which the rocking engine bore
down upon old Jumbo. Seeming to
realize that escape was impossible, the
big beast came to a stahdstill an in
slant before the locomotive reached him.
and braced himself for the collision. 1t
was like the coming together Of two
freight trains The locomotive was
thrown upon the embankment and six
cars were derailed. Jumbo alone held
the track, but the luckless giant had
received injuries from which he died
few moments later"
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Grace Nj. E. Church

In the 7Os and S0s the upper floor OF
the old church building, still standing
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In addition to the places mentioned,
the Monument lot was also occasionally
used for circus purposes many years
ago. However, the first circus the
writer ever saw was at Ninth and s
streets 1t was OBrien's and it was of
the one-ring variety, and he will never
forget the monkeys, dressed in their
little red jackets, riding the ponies
around the ring, and the spirited tune
played by the band. Indeed, there are
some scenes of our childhood days we
can never forget, and this was one.
This particular circus ground was be-
tween Ninth and Tenth. S and T
streets, and was for number of years
annually used by both P. T. Barnum
and Adam Forepaugh, and, as the writer
recalls, the sideshow was on the north
west corner of Ninth and S streets and
the ticket Office and main entrance were
Just to the north, on Ninth street, and
here in the sideshow, of course, were
the tattooed man, the sword-sWallower,
the legless man, the woman who wrote
with her toes the giants and midgets
and all sorts of freaks and oddities
Buffalo Bill also gave performances on
this square, and, as the writer recalls,
upon one occasion he was accompanied
by Buck Taylor, advertised as King of
the Cowboys"
Well does the writer recall the famous
elephant Jumbo, and the time he made
his debut in Washington. which hap
pened to be May /, 1882, or 81 years ago.
The massive elephant came to Wash
ington several times afterward, but
finally, on September IS, 1885, he was
run down by freight train in Canada
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Barnum Began Here

The public streets were often given
over to the circus companies for their
performances, and it was on Louisiana
avenue (now oblterated, except small
section near the Capitol between Ninth
and Tenth streets, that Barnum is said
to have made his first appearance as
circus owner AS the story goes, it hap
pened in this way:
I'm the fall of 1868 Hugh Coyle, who
had been employed during the previous
summer as drummer in the band con-
nected with Gardner, Hemming g. Co.'S
Circus, returned to Washington, having
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finished his engagement, the circus 60
ing into winter quarters. w. E. Sim was
then running Canterbury Hall, on LOU
isiana avenue, as a variety theater, and
he gave Coyle job selling tickets. He
never sold any, however, for in talking
over circus matters with Sim he said
he thought it would be good thing and
make barrels Of money-circus people
always talk Of money by the barrel-if
winter circus was opened up in WASH
ington. The war filled the city with SOL
diers and they spent money freely.
Coyle further suggested that as the cir
Gus he had been with was doing nothing,
he thought it could be brought here, but
that to make it as attractive as possible
there should be some animals secured.
Up to that time Barnum had been be-
fore the public only as thAproprietor Of
hall shows and museums"
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As large an elephant as Jumbo, If not
larger, was the pachyderm Hannibal
who in his day was almost as great an
attraction as Barnum's renowned ele-
phant OF Hannibal the National In
telligencer OF May 26, 1865, gives the fol-
lowing account, following his death at
Centreyille, Pa:
THE world-renowned performing ami
NAL, Old Hannibal, who for almost half
a century has been the greatest wonder
of the animal kingdom, died in Centre
vile, in this country, on last Sunday the
7th instant, at 75l o'clock am. Hanni-
bal was attached to the combined me-
nagerie and circus which exhibited here
on last Friday. He displayed evidences
of indisposition and feebleness several
days previously at McConnellsburg, and
it required great labor and perseverance
to get him across the mountains to
Bloody Run. On Friday he was very i'll,
having steadily refused food for several
days. He left here on Saturday morning,
with very unsteady step, for Centre
vile, where he died on the Sabbath
morning.
The watchman who spent the last
night with the living Hannibal reports
him as having been very restless during
the night, frequently shifting his posi-
ton, lying down and getting up. At one
time he endeavored to break loose from
the stump to which he was tied. Some
time before his death he got on his
knees on all fours, and remained in that
position half an hour. When it became
apparent that his end was approaching,
a crowd Of persons assembled to see this
ponderous and tremendously vigorous
animal expire.
Fears were entertained lest in his dying
agonies some one might be hurt, but all
precaution was unnecessary. Hannibal
at the time above stated stretched him
self full length and died without CULVER
as if family sleeping. His proprietors
gave orders that he should be inferred
without robbing him of any of his natu-
raj ornaments.
Hannibal was the largest animal ever
exhibited on this continent His height
was II feet inches, and his weight was
ascertained to be $4,000 pounds, or 71a
tons. He consumed 300 pounds of hay
3 bushels of oats and 46 gallons of water
per day. He was supposed to be in his
Goth year at the time of his death. For
So years he traversed this continent at
an average of 5000 miles per year, the
greatest curiosity ever exhibited to the
wondering millions"
Grace Nj. E. Church
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Old Hannibal

Some time ago the writer received a
letter from correspondent who signed
his name Red Wagon in which he said,
in substance, that when Jumbo was
killed, w. H. Blackburn, for many years
head keeper at the National Geological
Park, had charge of Jumbo and the baby
elephant. He also states that Jumbo was
not the largest elephant ever in this
country, and in this he is undoubtedly
right.
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the same experiment with invariably the
same result. and the conclusion may
now be accepted as fully established that
In collisions Of this sort the course of
events, spirit Of the age or progress Of
mankind will always win. If any one
could have succeeded Juhmbo could, and
Jumbo is dead.
1T Is very desirable that the politi-
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clans and all others who cope with man
kind in the mass should study the anec-
dote of Jumbo and the freight train. No
matter how great and strong politicians
may be, If they either by accident or
design oppose themselves to the course
Of events. 1t Is certain that there will be
tragedy in which they, and not the
course of events, will be the chief suf-
ferers"
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disclosed short weights ranging from
few ounces to more than pound on
single fowls purchased
One dealer, selling large quantities of
dressed poultry, resorted to the deceptive
device of quoting prices by what he
claimed to be live weight" He thus
made his prices appear much lower than
prices of other Washington merchants.
Purchases by weights and m e assures
shoppers disclosed that in every instance
the statement of weight was far in ex-
cess of the true weight of the fowl as
sold.
When brought to court, the dealer
claimed that the weights stated were
live weight" as quoted; therefore, there
was no deception.
The merchants attorney. after learn
ing the facts, advised his client to plead
guilty which he did, and the trial judge
imposed fine of $500. Strangely, this
deception was never discovered by con-
sumers who apparently thought they
were obtaining bargains. A competing
dealer who suffered loss of his poultry
trade brought it to my attention.
Fruits and Vegetables.
In making retail sales of fruits and
vegetables, various schemes for deception
are resorted to by unfair dealers Among
them is a custom of displaying pears,
peaches, apples, potatoes. tomatoes, and
other fruits and vegetables of similar
size in strawberry boxes or other small
containers. with a card indicating the
price per box.
Usually the arrangement is cunning
enough to deceive the eye as to number
of articles. One article is placed in CEN
ter of the bottom of the container and
others are stacked around and over it to
give the impression that the container is
compactly filled when the contrary is
true. The same device is also employed
to dispose of inferior or decayed products
by placing same in the bottom of the
container with only products of finest
quality within view of the customer.
Housewives can avoid being cheated by
tricks such as those described and others
by always being alert and using sound
business judgment when shopping. The
loss on each transaction may appear
small, but the annual aggregate of losses
to consumers through failure to learn the
tricks and prevent being taken in by
them will reach large proportions. Like
wise, tremendous unwarranted profits
may accrue to unethical merchants
through careless shopping by thoughtless
housewives.
Get the Statement.
Psychology plays an important part
in preventing fraud by short weight or
short measure when food shopping.
Letting dealers know that you are a
careful shopper who is wise to the
tricks practiced to deceive works wonders.
Purchases of meats and other commo-
dities weighed at time of sale should
never be accepted without having the
dealer make . distinct statement Of
Evening star., 1943-07-06

aided by Yates 800, the zazaracs
swept the seventh-place Tailenders
to gain a first-place tie with Keep
EN- Flying, which lost a game to
last-place B. E. w. Despite 2-l
win over Abshers, erstwhile runner
up Brown Mixtures dropped to third.
Veteran Nick Chaconas hit last
nights high counts of l58 and 40l,
but his Monday Nighters were
beaten, 81, by Lucky Five as Moe
Meade and Mary Magnetic posted
respective scores Of 1863 and $50.
Ethel jenkins rolled 1868 TO lead
the women.
Arthur Nelson Of Keep En- Fly
ing sports record marks of l60 and
426 for the men while Mrs. Lewis
Isl and All are high for the women
Keeping a clean slate will be the
aim of the Robins when the four
man combination Of w. Stellar. who
boasts a 175-average; A. Widman
Quicker and Newland fire in Lucky
Strike Tenpin League tonight J
Smith OF the second-place Swallows
leads with 1873 for six games while
Ernest Hrast of Wrens Is second in
average with 178 Don McCrea
of Orioles and Richie Smith. the
Capitals leading girl tenpinner, are
tied for third place with 1854.
Evening star., 1943-07-06
BY WALTER McCALLUM.

Without enough pros to take care
of all the amateurs who want to
play in his amateur-pr tourney to-
morrow, Indian Spring golf pro Mel
Shorey is planning something new.
He will provide each of the half
dozen pros with six amateur part
ners instead of the usual three. In
addition, Mel will run off an anna
teur sweepstakes tourney. The Bal
timore contingent will be absent,
with all the pro entries haillng from
Washington.
Aided by winter rules and fast
fairWays, the amateurs around town
put on a splurge of low scoring in
the holiday Journeys ended yes
terday. Bernard M. (Buck Wise
had the lowest round of his career
a 73, at Columbia. to win Red
Cross tourney with 73-12-6l. Wise
even licked Fred Mcleod, the club
pro. with whom he was playing
Frank Bell finished second with
82-2O-62.
Volney Burnett, the golfng fire.
man, shot a level par 10 at Indian
Spring to win the gross award in a
tourney which raised another $10O
toward a Red Cross mobile unit
Preston Burrows, Lloyd Farmer and
William Rice had TBS, while Farmer
won the net award with 1854
and Rice was tied at 1856 with
John Owen, who hit an ST.
Harry M. Cohen won a War bond
In a blind bogey tourney with 81
30-57. Pro Shorey also staged a
composite blind-holes tourney, TAX
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late November. Thus, players may
engage in all types OF competitive
chess without having a crowded
schedule and over-the-board play
will be of highest caliber.
Federals Start Summer Tilt.
Tonight. pm. at 243l Four
teenth street NV, the Federal
Chess Club will conduct a Slap
the-Jap" blitzschach tourney, with
War stamps for admission and
prize awards in the same coin. The
public is welcome. Lightning
chess move every 10 seconds
quickens the thinking and affords
excellent gymnastics for the mind.
There will be a championship Sec
ton, with an inlaid chessboard to
be won and popular chess tones for
the winners in classes A, B and c..
No admission fee for men and
women in uniform.
Registration for the Federals
summer tournament is under way
Glasses according to ability are be-
ing set up, viz: Championship
division, and sections Al, B-2, C-1
and ca. Section B is in the making
All players may register and indi-
cate class preferred. Registration
closes on July II. For more details
inquire of Howard Altman, chess di-
rector, Falls Church 812-J-4, or
President Hyman Bronfin, OrdWay
1880. All matches will be played on
Tuesday nights at 2431 Fourteenth
street NV.
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Indian Spring Pro-Am List Slim;
Holiday Golf Scores Are Low

| ing the best scores made on the 5th
7th and 18th holes. w. K. Patterson
won this one with a total of 10
strokes. B. E. Bentson and Jim
Sweatte, both with IL strokes, won
second and third prizes, when Far
mer and Rice, who also had II, lost
on the oraw
M. Parker Nolan, one of the Capt.
tails top amateurs, tied for the top
gross award with H. H. Spike
Clines in Red Gross tourney at
Kenwood, which enriched the Red
Cross by $75. w. D. Osgood won the
| top net award with 8l-20-61. with
E. H. Romaine and T. C. Edwards,
both with 88-25-63, tieing for sec
ond and third. L. C. Roy won flag
! tourney, playing the regular round in
/ II strokes, with l3 handicap. He
played his final stroke into the Goth
cup. E. NJ Warner was second in
the cup on the 10Th with his last
stroke.
Another low score was recorded at
| WoOdmont. where Dave Legum
scored 76-10-66 to win Red Cross
sweepstakes affair. Other leaders in
class A were: L. w. Jacobs, 77-10-
81, and Ed Workman, 80-10-70
Glass B leaders we're j. F.. Kahn, 90
ALL; Leo Shlosberg, 94-23-71
and DR.. Jerome Livingston, 90
1911.
A women's putting tourney at Co.
lumbia went to Mrs. j. r. de Farges
one of Washlngton's veteran femi-
nine golfers. Mrs. Thomas O. Bran
don was second and Mrs. V. Van
/ Leer won the consolation flight.
Evening star., 1943-07-06
Grays Battle Tough
Team in Bushwicks

Brooklyn Bushwicks, one OF the
country's top semipro baseball clubs,
make their first appearance in
Washington tonight as opponents for
Washington Homestead Grays, lead
ers in the Negro National League.
Game time at Griffith Stadium
is $50.
The Bushwicks beat the Grays
once last season and the Grays have
topped them twice since. The
Brooklyn club has served as a test
for many major leaguers and also as
place for old-timers to finish out
their string. 1t originally was or
ganized to advertise a cigar indus
try, but for the last 20 years has been
playing independent games.
So far this season it has won II
and dropped six games. Catcher
Eddie Dietz is the clubs leading bat.
ter with a 1865 average
Evening star., 1943-07-06
BY HAROLD CLAASSEN,
Associated Press Sports Writer

NEW YORK, July 6.-The jingle,
jangle, Jingle Of the mutuel ma
chimes substituted for the fireworks
of yesteryear in the l943 celebra-
ton of July 4th.
Saturday and Mondays racing
programs at New York, Chicago,
Boston and Detroit lured 2l8,85l
spectators through the turnstiles
and, once inside, the throng wagered
a two-day total of $10.228, 400.
Almost half Of that dollar deluge
was registered in New York, where
a national seven-race record OF
$2,232 ,285 was established Saturday
as Mrs. Barclay Douglas Chop Chop
ran off with the $25,000 Empire
City Handicap.
Record Lasts One Day.
That mark lasted only until Mon
day, when $2,564,124 splashed
through the machines while Will
liam Woodward's Thread o. Colo
annexed the Demoiselle at odds o1
1880 and Mrs. Edward Mulren-
mans First Fiddle rewarded his
hackers with $3.50 in the Ques-
tionnaire.
Chicago's Stars and Stripes
Handicap betting total of 81 300 ,00(
was the highest total behind thu
two staggering New York amounts
Rounders, property Of the lat
Emerson F. Woodward, galloped of
with the Windy City feature, payint
Evening star., 1943-07-06
Marine, Miller Issue
Is Hard 10 Settle

Headquarters Marines and Miller
baseball teams still are trying to
get the Departmental League first
half championship settled and will
meet again today at $50 on the Ell
lipse
They got together yesterday and
played a % tie in II innings. So,
if the Marines win today they take
the championship, and the second
half series. already overdue, begins
tomorrow with a game between B.
NJ Balcony and Naiman Photo. But
if Miller wins it will be a tie, and
they would play that off on Thurs
day, with the second half to start
Monday
Other sandlot loops here are run
ming smoothly Engineering and
Research nosed out Premier Cab,
5-4, in the Industrial League, while
Bureau Of Naval Personnel blanked
Bureau of Ships, SO in the Potomac
River Naval Command League yes
terday. Bates pitched a o-hitter
for Personnel in this last game, Q
inning tilt.