Evening Star Newspaper, April 4, 1923, Page 16

QUICK OBLIVION, SHOULD PLANET' DISPORT IN EARTH’S BACK YARD It other celestlal bodles keep at a re- Spectful distance in the heavens from the earth, there fs no danger of this planet and its peoples suffering the fate of Beta Ceti, the star that has occupied the attention of astronomers for the past two menths. But, if Alpha Centaurd, the earth’s nearest neighbor among the stars, should develop a playful mood and gallop through space at 60,000,000 miles or so a day to disport in this planet's back yard, there wouldn't be anybody home when Alpha arrived. All the earth’s inhabitants would be black dust; all the works of civiliza- from Tut's tomb to the Woolworth vould be molten lava, and the | would be a twisted inass, sphyxiating gases and belch- mes from a crater as big as ¥ or France in the view of Rev. Father S. J., astronomical observer at Georgetown University, is about the fix that Beta Cett and its people, 1t it w f this -rs of other planets, the Mars ger would interview the Mar- | tronomers and announce that another planet had flared up in the sky, so insignificant would it be. Beta Cetl Burning Up. Beta Ceti, the as; today, is burning up because it efther collided with or approached too close- | 1y another star. Father Archer holds the theory that while the end of this world might come about in a similar thus fulfilling of des fire and probable. | of regularity . lammarion, noted Irench astronomer, that if some meteoric body or dying sun ther struck the earth or approached suxh, “there would occur a upheaval, which though and lost in the vault of the uld destroy all appallng )f asphy 5 and the To scienti t plained, the earth is like an orange Wwith a piece of tissue paper around it The tissue paper represents the | pee crust of the earth—the part that h cooled off sufficiently for the people to live on it and to plant crops orar ALUMNI EASTER DANCE. Central High Association Event to Be Tomorrow Night. High School Alumni As- 11_hold its Easter dance I armory special committee composed uise Epsey. Thomas rklin, h: Central by Mrs ident of the rge of the entertainment Easter date was chosen as one which would enable undergradu- ates and recent graduates, home from college for the spring vacation, to attend, but all alumni and friends Ae fee of $1.50 is to be charged cover expenses; any money which is not needed for that purpose is to be devoted to the war memorial fund, in which the ussoctation is especially cnter. This fund is _installing library of the school a serles ions of the v Edwin Aboey, & are in the Fublic This is the third dance which the as- sociation has given during the season. The two preceding ones which took place, one during the Christmas holi- and one in February, were such ul occasions that the success of r one seems already assured. erest of the undergraduates is in thé fact that a committee of enior girls has been appointed to in the arrangements — Lois pson, Thelma Castle and Margaret Somerville' are serving in this capacity. s RUM SELLER SENT TO JAIL. 1 Daugherty, 319 Fish alley - with sale and pos- in violation of the when arraign- €d in the Police Cour: vesterday before Judge Hardison pleaded guilty and was to ninety days in jail on the iling, without the alternative b biblical | their conduct as the stars, the The | worlds, the birth of new ones.” e would be the white hot mass ' tomorrow | Co ¢ | Comn inside the polsonous i Even now these gases cause the ! earth to swell and deflate from six- teen to twenty inches without out-| side attraction. If a star, such as Alpha Centauri, approached the earth | even as closely as the sun, which is! 93,000,000 mliles away, the heat would | become so intense that human life | would be impossible. The tidal at- traction between the two stars, F: ] ther Archer sald, would be so great that the crust of the earth would be | broken and the g | its burning, | e 1y problematical, one of tho: we speculate upon. As a J proposition, it s not probabl one of the celestial bodies come close enough to cause an ex- | plosion on tre earth.” Long Space Between. Figures that convey the amount of | the national debt appear as insigni- | flcant trifles alongside the distance between the earth and Alpha Cen taurf. The star is 1 trillion miles from the earth, the astronomer | The relative distance be- stration, would be rep; ted by 't ball held in the hand of a man in Washington and another foot ball | held in the hands of a man in Austra- |lla, 8,000 miles away, Father Archer said. “And the probability of a collision between the two is about as great as | those footballs coming together,” he added, smilingy. Blanats are not so promiscuous in move in well defined orbits w tha has b alcu- | Jated. " Plancts, "besides, are sta | that ‘have cooled off and are not | dangerous as the dying suns. V. and Mars. two of the butter Kno: planets are only 30,000,000 mt! away | from the earth on thelr closest swings toward us. In the 2,000 years of astronomical scientists hav been d only thirty ses of | such incendiary bodles as Beta Ce | Hope is also held out in the ratio | for_while thirty stars have burned, | there are 30,000,000 in the heavens. | Sixteen of the conflagrations have n of major importance, fourteen of minor brilliance. Each, however, has possibly marked “the agony and end of (Copyright, 1928.) LOWER COURT UPHELD. Ruling on I. C. C. View in Re- frigerator Company Case Stands. The District Court of Appeals in an opinion by Chief Justice Smyth ves- | terday affirmed the action of the Dis- jtrict ‘Supreme Court which had up- | held the contention of the Interst.te »oa| ¥ the transportation act for the use of its cars by the government during the world war. The commission held that the ref within the purview of the law its finding has been sustained by both | | ®uaranty under if the refrigerator company jdid own a system of transportatic would not be brought 1 within the right to a guaranty the law, the court holds. Such gua anty is'due to a carrier by railroad or partly by rall and partly by water. the appellate court declares. King Alfonso of Spain is reputed to be the best-dressed monarch in the world and buys average of a| hundred_suits a SUPERIOR PRINTING THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. U, Vests and Vestees Figure Prominenly in New Neckwear —We are showing three styles of Smart ,Mannish Vests, of pijue and linen; also High-neck Piqus Vestees with tucks and belt simulating walst eftects. At $1.50 and $1.75 Kann's—Street Floor. —If you were so un- fortunate as to have missed the first two days of our free _'WEDNESDAY, S. KANN SONS Co. Program THURSDAY Lecture— Buffet Simple Spreads and Setting _ and 8th & D Streets An Easily Adjusted Bordered Snap-On Veil —A vell that gives a smart, trig fin- 1sh to your hat, is easily adjusted, @ is” shown in many different meshes and colors. Each vell is fin- ished with a ribbon border and snaps at the back. The colors in- 75 clude brown, taupe, navy and black. Each............ c Kann's—Street Floor. Thursday Good Values for Little Folks —With some specials to add to the interest of the event. Childrern’s Dresses $1.69 —DMade of splendid quality ginghams, some plain colors trimmed with checked ginghams and ornamented with cross-stitching in front; plain chambrays trimmed with checked gingham, touches Remember the Demonstration of the Netherall This Week —The Netherall delights Small Work Exclusively ‘Where Quality and Serving, Baked Beans, Boston Brown Bread, Sponge Cake, Fluft Cakes. Buffet Luncheon Menu Cold Sliced Tongue, Potatoes au Grautin, Jellied Celery, Horse- radish, Cream, Spiced Peaches, Hot Rolls, But- ter, Sponge Cake, Sher- course in cooking, try to get to the last two. —These last two lec- tures and demonstra- : 5 red, etc. Sizes 8 to 14 years. tions are the most im- of embroidery and little pearl buttons; combinations of plain and checked gingham, others of checked gingham trimmed with plain material and some in checks with white poplin collars and crochet buttons, others with plain colored eponge collars and trimmings, some with applique patch work. Colors are lavender, green, blue, bet, Coffee. FRIDAY Lectures— 1. Short Cuts in Cook- portant. Be sure to .come. wash braid. Sizes 2 to 6 years. Choice —Pretty Voile Dresses for smaller girls, with trimmings of fancy Colors are rose, green, mais and white. $2.00 2. Salads and Salad Dressing. Demonstration— Whole Wheat Date Muffins, Quick Coffee Cake, Fruit and Nut Rolls, Original Sal- ads. Fruited Break- Cereal, Mock Mayonnaise, _Simpli- fied Thousand Island sing, Smothered n, Steamed Po- Brussels Creamed. FREE— Complete course in cooking —Bring your cooking problems with you. Informal discussions after the lecture, at which all questions are answered. —(Girls’ Middy Blouses, made of Lonsdale Jean, all white, specially priced at .. —Infants’ Bands, at —Class starts prompt- ly at 3 P.M. in Kann’s Auditorium, Fourth Floor. Have a note- book and pencil with 1 preparing food. Classes every afternoon. No charge, you. no obligation. Kann’s “Superior” All Layer Felt Mattresses Are the Good Restful, Sleep-Producing Kind —These Mattresses are made up especially for us by the Capitol Bedding Co. They are full 50 pounds weight, 5% inches thick, with firmly rolled edge finished with four rows of stitching. Choice of sev- eral styles of ticking. Special, Thursday at— —Infants’ Silk Mixed Shirts, in sizes to 2 years, each ......ccecveevenne 950 —Infants’ Tan Blankets, with pink and white ders, each ....... —Infants’ Cotton Pongee Rompers, embroidered front, trimmed with brown 69c or blue collar, spe- ciallat._.....00 0ol Kann's—Second Floor. —Spring is shaking out her leaflets and donning her tiny flowerets with a joyousness that urges every woman to follow her example and array herself in Smart Spring Attire—the attractive outerwear that you find here. Spring Capes and Tailored Suits at Wraps at $29.75, $39.75 $35.00 and $49.75 and —Suits with the straight- line, chic, tailored coats in varying lengths. They are made of navy and black Poiret twills and twill cords, also of gray and tan mixtures, with crepe and —Bloused straightline coats, with loose, sleeves; all silk lined, silk braid and tassel trimmed. Also straight and pointed panel capes, in velvaline, Bolivia, twill cords and roshanara crepes. Some have the crush collar, others the monk and wrappy the young girls and the slender woman. They are Easy to Look at Easy to Launder Easy to Adjust —It is three garments in one, and takes the place of a vest, a bras- siere and a girdle. It gives just the right amount of support and control to keep the fig- ure slim and shapely, and yet it does not re- strict freedom of action in dancing, tennis or any other sport. —Consult the Demon- strator from the factory about the advantages of this garment. Kann's—Second Floor. o et S o b e fancy linings. in jail on the charge of pos- s Daugherty’s place was raided ursday night last by Lieut. Holmes, Precinct Detective Talley and Officers ally, Horney and Reh. il it Y George. when making =a = = PHONE MAIN 1816 909 12th St. N.W. HOWARD S. FISK, Manager tucked collar; all are silk lined. The colors are gray, tan, navy and black. Dresses for Street and Afternoon Wear, $29.75 Canton crepes have many pleated panels, long-waisted style, finished with long tie belts. Tailored models are shown in Morocco crepe. The Paisley Dresses are in a host of pretty new styles. f ; ; : Service Meet E : f —NMisses’ and women’s regular and extra sizes. Lloyd speech, has a habit of repeating the Jast few words of any sentence unon Wwhich he wishes to lay particular emphasis. PERPETUAL BUILDING N ASSOCIATION ||| NEW YORK Pays 6 Per Cent - Sunday, April 15 on shares maturing in 45 or 83 months. It Pays 4 Per Cent on shares withdrawn be- fore maturity. Assets More Than $8,500,000 Surplus More Than $850,000 Corner 11th and E Sts. N.W. JAMES BERRY......Presideat JOSHUA W. CARR, Secretary —Most adaptable styles that are suitable for the average oc- o casion, whether one wants the frock for a little informal din- White Enamel Bed Outfit ner or for wear on the street. —25 only—outfit consists of bed, spring and mattress. with reinforced coil Complete with soft $18.75 Kann's—Third Floor. —Made springs. cotton-filled mat- tress. At ....... —The materials include flat crepe, sat_in crepe, printed crepe, Morocco crepe, georgette and Paisley crepe, also satin. —The colors are gray, ashes of roses, cafe au lait, navy, brown = and black. _The Georgette Dresses are handsomely beaded, made with =~ 0 0 ¢ flowing drapery on skirt, also the new flowing sleeves. The Kann’s—Second Floor. RN ey Women’s “Eiffel ; G5 OGN Maid” Athletic Union Suits $1.00 —Made of figured, checked and striped voiles and plain batiste, in flesh color and white. Hem- stitched or lace trimmed tops, self straps, wide knees. Sizes 36 to 46. Kann’s—Street Floor. % 4 % Davenport Couch Beds Your Pearl Necklace Restrung and a 14-Kt. Solid White Gold Clasp Attached All for $1.50 —The price of this clasp is $1.50, and the service in restring- ing the necklace and attaching the clasp is free if the clasp is purchased in this sale. —Each clasp is of 14-kt. solid white gold, set with a small white stone, and has a safety catch which reduces to a minimum the danger of losing your necklace, even should it become unfastened. —Four different styles of clasps to select from. —Bring in the necklace you cherish and have it equipped with one of these new clasps. It will enhance your pleasure in it quite materially, though the expense be very small. Kann’s—East Room—Street Floor. Another Popular Trio of Spring Wash Fabrics —Voiles, in which the predominating pattern is the Egyptian de- sign, worked out in many different ways. Some of the most strik- ing effects are black and white combinations, but there are others in marvelous color combinations. larger floral patterns. At, a fard 7th ave. & 32nd st. Midnight, Special Tomor= May 13 row at.......... Tickets on sale beginning Friday Dreceding date of excursion Pennsylvania R.R, System The Boute of the Brosdway Limited 3,500 Cushions and Pillows In the 8 good styles sketched The ORIGINAL Malted Milk All at one price, for one day only. Choice, each... . Kinds brought out to sell at $1.45, $1.95, $2.45 and $2.95 —One of the greatest assortments we have ever assembled—and at the price: for tomor- row’s selling they should go in a hurry. —Buy the pillows and cushions you will soon want for the outdoor days. —Order by mail §f unable to attend the sale i inli —Vy v ith soft —Cretonne Pillows, in light and K\ elour Pillows, filled wi k. _Button center, shirred dark colors; square, oblong sides. In plain tone ¢olors of round, star shape, etc. Filled grech plack ete. withisoft Kapole —Cretonne Bar Harbor Cushions, —Silk Pillows, in_round styles. extra large size. Filled with sott ! 3 cotton. Well made, nicely boxed, }W‘“Y "l{,'.‘l’l’“d‘d ;’:;:hso";‘t“fi‘aggf; reversible styles, button tufted. oons. Filled w 5 Colors are rose, blue, gold, etc. Dentistry Is Vastly Different Than in Former Years This office has all the up-to-date methods that are practical. Our ex- perience of 31 years ta very bene- ficlal to the publl, Qur policy s sucl that you are as- sured of the best possible dentlstry and the xreatest attention. That has beem eur recerd past 31 years: o= oo erms of @B for All Ages " Avoid Imitations— Substitates —Leatherette Cushions, in square style. Extra well made and well filled. Covered in ex- cellent quality plain leatherette. Ideal for automobile use, stoop or general utility purposes, etc. and Third —Novelty Tissues, with small ratine checks and broader block checks and stripes of ratine on a tissue ground. The effect is beau- tiful, of the combination of the sheer material with the heavier, almost frosty effect of the ratine. The colors are navy, lavender, rose, Copenhagen, tan and brown. At, yard— $1.00 —Silk-filled Crepes, “Tut-ankh-amen” patterns and cther designs; Oriental and Bulgarian patterns and harmonious colorings. material which has been in great demand for making the new slip- over or fitted hip-line blouse. They are also to be in 51 50 evidence for the entire frock. A yard. ET i Kann’s—Street Floor. Women’s Thread Silk Stockings Special Tomor= —Full fashioned, high Ideal for. wicker furniture, office Kann's—Street My Perfect Sue. tion Teeth chair use, etc. win Slip er Drop -$5.00, Other Sets of Teeth, $5 Up Fillings, 50c Gold Crowns to $1 up and Bridge in gold, silver, Work, amalgam or $3.00—$4.00 porcelain $5.00 peor Tootn o for painiess extraction when other_work ls done. All werk gusranieed, HOURS, 9 A. M. TILL 8 P. M. SUNDAYS, 10 A. M. TILL 4 P. M. DR. WYETH 427-29 7th St. N. W. natural, pelican, gray, taupe and Russian tan. Many sizes to select from. 49 S =7 Style 8 Kann’s—Street Floor. boroughly enutvped P T