Evening Star Newspaper, December 28, 1924, Page 20

'F00D SHOW OFFERS HINTS ON ECONOMY Hard-Pressed Housewife to Get Many Tips Useful for Budget. The budget-paring housewife, who delves into higher mathematics in a despairing_effort to keep the cost of living within her husband’s income, will find prac 1 suggestions at the national food show and household cxposition to be staged at Conven- tion Hall January 5 to 17 under the auspices of the Retail Grocers' Pro- fective Assoclation and the Capital Retail Grocery Assoclation. ery exhibit and demonstration, and there will be scores of them, will emphasgize economy in foodstuffs without sacrificing quality and quantity. The exposition also Is ex- pected to prove a stimulus for the retall grocers of Washington through an increased demand for food and grocery products. Many Exhibitors. of exhibitors includes a national and international in addition to local corps of demonstrators in the art of cookery like- ise will be at the exposition. Each exhibitor has planned to place before riminating Washington house- olders the best food products as well many modern and essential ippliances for the home, Executive committees of the asso- confident of the success of the food show. They have the co-operation of Washington's pri gressive retail grocers as well oth business firms and manufac- turers in various sectlons of the country. The list number o A ciations are Special Features. the household several special these are exhibit of completely ex- Augmenting fea- 1 hibits will be tures. Among programs and an d cottage. d and equipped. neral sessions of the exposition 11 be held afternoon and evening | throughout the two weeks, except on he first when the doors will not | spen until 7:30 o'clock. Thereafter, swever, sessions will be held from 2 o 3:30 in the afternoon and to 11 at night. Partly pgid tickets are being distributed free by grocers at 8. Kann Sons Co, pit fur- nd POLAR BEAR “MARKET” BOOMS AS Z00S BUY “Stocks” Depleted During War Period and Spitzbergen Hunters Find Demand for Animals. Cortesponaence of the Associated Press HAMKURG, Germany, November 9 -—There has been an unusual and Profitable demand for polar bears of ate, owing fo the fact that the zoos of the world neglected their stocks | during the war and now are endeav- | oring to replace them Most polar bears come from Spitz- bergen. The hunters are sent out by | ! I company in the wild animal husiness and the bears are brought to | Hamburg, where they are kept until they get accustomed to clvilization A party of hunters returned recently with 40 polar bears, all of which had | & been ordered in advance of capture. | Another previous expedition brought 28 bears, most of which by this time have been scattered to various parts of the world and taken thelr places in the cages which will be their homes until the end. WORKMAN IS INJURED WHEN GASOLINE BURNS| Employe Government Fuel Station Washing Hands When | Fluid Explodes. ! Charles Seniff, 28 years old, of 1209 C street, is in the Providence Hospital in a critical condition, as the result of burns he received vesterday after- noon. The Government-owned fuel sta- tion ond garage at 58 B street southwest was damaged to the extent of $5,000, when gasoline which Seniff was using 1o clean his hands exploded. Seniffy was burned in attempting to fight the | blaze, which started in the washroom on the second floor of the two-story -wood garage and storehouse. Physicians said that he had suffered serious burns on his hands, head and stomach. The blaze spread rapidly to the roof and it was soon a mass of flames. Firemen fought the flames from thrae sides and smothered with tons of water what would have been a sorious loss had the flames reached the power house, located in the rear of the fuel station. Three trucks were partially burned and another destroyed on the first floor of the structure | | | at KOREANS USE TELEGRAPH LINES ON LARGER SCALE Natives Who Once Failed to Take Advantage of System Sending Many Messages. @orrespondence of the Assoclated Press. SEOUL, Korea, November 20.—Al- though the telegraph system of Korea i< still used chiefly by the Japanese fMclals and residents of the country, he natlves are making an ificreasing se of the telegraphs and in their wn language, according to statls- ics published by the communications ureau of the Korean government general | Ten vears ago telegrams delivered to Koreans were only 11 per cent of {he total, and of these practically Bone were in the Korean language. ‘Iurlnz the present vear 27 per cent f telegrams delivered are for Ko- deans, and of these more than half 110,000 square feet THE - SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., ‘Funny Little Line” on F inger Is Tip-Off on One’s Ancestors H. C. Gauss, Studying Digit Markings, Says Loops and Circles Indicators of Progress of Prehistoric Progenitors. Did you know that you have at your finger tips an indelible record of the life and character of your ancestors, back, perhaps, to the gray day at civ- illzation's dawn’ when your primeval grandma cracked her complaining helpmeet over the cranium -with a granite rolling pin, permanently cur- ing his headache? If you don’t. prepare for the worst and examine your finger prints care- fully. That little line that sweeps around the end of your index finger in a loop and then comes suddenly to an end may be nature's own story of your great - great - and - then - some- grandpa’s unfortunate demise. At least, that is the theory ex- pourded by H. C. Gauss, commercial engineer, formerly with the Depart- ment of Justice, who is conducting an extensive study of finger prints and methods of identification. From his studies, Mr. Gauss be- lHeves that a man may read the gen- eral trend of the morals and mental- ity of his whole ancestral line, back even to the lowly protoplasm that drifted to the shore of a slimy sea some billlons of years ago, grew legs and developed Into the flappers and collegians ‘of today. b “That. Funny Little Line.” “See that funny little line with the peculiar twist on vour little finger?" Mr. Gauss explained to a dublous re- porter. “Well, that may be the story of how one of your simian forefathers lost his grip on & tree and fell into the open jaws of a dinosaur or some- thing. _“Furthermore, T am inclined to.be- lieve that the more loops you have, the slower was~the mental develop- ment of your forbears. Here is ho MOSAICS SKETCHED FOR SHRINE ALTARS Crypt at Immaculate Conception Structure Near Completion. New Year Suggestion. The crypt of the National Shrine of the Tmmaculate Conception, under construction at Catholle University, is so near completion that for the’ mosalc work of have been received by Dr A. McKenna, national director, will be submitted to Bishop Thomas J. Shahan The Guastavino ceilings in tha triple apse have heen finished the 62 marble columns, from 215 to 10 tons e . have been installed, and the ceramic decorations will be under way beginning with the new year. As a New Year effort. Dr. McKen- na suggests that the generously in- clined may assist in the contru n of the National Shrine by paying for of marble wains- oating at $5 the square foot, ,000 quare feet of Guastavino ceiling at 35 the square foot, 20,000 square feet of marble floor at $4 the square foot. formosa columns at $150 stained glass windows at 0 marble columns at marble altars at $3,000 o e columns at each, 2 marble vestibules at each, 15 apse chapels, complete, $10,000 each, and 3 large apses $50,000 cach at at - After a sow at Kent, England, had eaten a setting of eggs the hen took charge of the pig’s litter of seven and is raising them. and | $2.000 | $6.000 | I figure it out: The finger lines that form circles, instead of loops indicate that somebody away back-there some- where was slow to develop into a climbing and walking mammal, and the Halls on the paws consequéntly lagged in forming. - See -that loop there? Maybe one of your ancestors back at the very beginning preferred wriggling around like a snake to holding his body up with legs. Hiby dilatory tactics have left their mark. “You've got five loops and five cir- cles. That doesn’t mean you're only half-witted, however, because that one ancestor's very laziness may have 0 angered his offspring that they de. cided to make up for lost time, gen- eration after generation, thus over- taking and surpassing in develop- ment many of the steady plodders.” Studles Mummified Hands. Deeply interested in his hobby, Mr. Gauss has gone so far as to study finger prints of Egyptian mummies. A mummy hand at the National Museum, he says, has well-defined lines below the first joints of the fingers, but those at the tip have been obliterated. He has examined avail- able mummy hands at the University of Pennsylvania Musium, and has been in communication also with mummy experts in Kurope regarding the finger-print subject. “I am desirous of seeing just how the mummy prints compare with those of this generation Foolishly, of course, I have even hoped sometimes to find a finger print of that long ago period that might be the duplicate of some one's of today. And with this thought has come the recollection of the Egyptian theorles of reincarna- tion “But I'm s just for fu {WiDOW, DESPONDENT, | TAKES LIFE BY GAS Mrs. Edna M. Price Bereaved Three Months Ago—Niece Discovers Act. 1 looking, now and then, Despondency following the death of her husband was given by the police as the cause for the suieide of Mrs. « | Edna M. Price, 51, of 1314 Fast Capi- tol street, who was found in a gas- | flled room thers last night by her |niece, Miss Jessie Cornwell Dr. M. . Price, her husband, for- merly a druggist and later a practic- ing physician, died suddenly from heart failure three months ago, and since that time, friends of Mrs. Price told police, she had been subject to melancholia Miss Cornwell, after finding her aunt, notified Dr. C. J. Murphy of 1300 East Capitol street, who pronounced Mrs. Price dead. A certificate of rui- cide was issued by Acting Coroner Herbert 1. Martyn - < 2 | Fish Gives Electric Shock. | An eel, capable of giving an electric | shock up to 440 volts, is on exhibition in the Zoological GGardens in London and is attracting much attention. It is over four feet long and four inches | in diameter. 1t was brought fram | South America and is allied to the { catfish. When handled | touched it gives off a seri | tric shocks in quick succession, faculty probably being a natural pro. taction against other fish and to aid it in killing its own prey OUR LIBERAL J PAYMENT PLANS INSURES A 4re written in Korean. | HARVARD CLUB MEETS *’rospective Students Are Among i Guests at Luncheon. ! The Harvard Club of Washington beld its weekly luncheon yesterday, with many undergraduates and pro- $pective students present as guests. €hief Justice McCoy of the District of Columbia Supreme Court presided. As has been the custom for years, tndergraduates were called on for addresses. Those who spoke were €. P. Pickford, C. P. Light, jr., and A. Dennison. Among those present who are holding scholarships from the Washington Club were J. M. Graves and W. A. Clementsin. H. W. Keyes, jr, son of Senator Keyes, made a short. address, which closed the meeting. LT T Inmates to Eat Turkey. A _committee of which Mrs. Oden B. Gray is chairman, from Friend- ship Temple, No. 9, Phythian Sisters, will serve a turkey dinner to the ihmates at the Alexandria Almshouse today. Arrangements have also been made for @ religious service at 3 p.m., to be conducted by Rev. John A. Davis of the Christian Church, Republic, Pa. R e e tylish Clothes) for Young ana Old Corner 7th & E Sts. Over Kresge's 5¢c & 10c Store DESERTIONS SEEN IN STRIKERS' RANKS Union Leaders Base Predic- tion on Vote by 1,300 Miners to Return. By the Aseociated Press. WILKES-BARRE, Pa., December 27. —Wholesale desertion from the ranks of the 11,000 employes of the Penn- sylvania Coal Co. who walked out on an unauthorized strike more than a month ago was predicted by union leaders here tonight after 1,300 of the men who left the Underwood colllery of the company voted to return to work Monday morning. The decision wag reached late today at a secret meeting. Employes of colliery No. 14, at Pittston, planned a similar meeting ) \ 7 % % Z % % 2 24 Can Peas ..... Mattresses . 12-in. Cold Chissels. . . Hack Saws... Extra Salespeople Sale Starts 8 A.M. To Every Customer ONE Trench Periscope 1336 7th EVERYTHING MUST GO! Stillson Wrenches, 8-in., 65¢ 1lc 6-in. Butcher Knives... 15¢ Long-Handle Shovels, $1.00 coee 35c this afternoon, but it failed to ma- terfalize. Unton leaders declars that senti- ment among the Underwood employes showed that the rank and file favored the resumption of operations. It was reported that 828 miners voted to re- turn to work and that only eight cast thelr votes in the negative. Company officials have completed arrangements for the return of the men to their former places. While they are no longer membrrs of the United Mine Workers, due to action taken as a result of their unauthor- ized strike, steps are expected to be taken immediately to restore them to the union. Nelson’s Column Is Huge. The proportions of Nelson's column in Trafalgar Square, which place In London is dedicated to the famous officer, are still considered huge. The figure of Nelson alone is 17 feet high and the distance from the heel to the toe of the foot is three-quarters of a yard. The total cost was about $2i 000, of which $100,000 was raised by popular subscription and the balance voted by Parliament. Australia’s new aircraft factory is expected to turn out 150 airplanes the first year. NEWY &NAV GOOD a of items for Jow prices reds y cidiculous!y feen resorted es have DT hes of atinues oDS W \ premiuf Copper Coffee Pots. . Bridles Drawknives ....... 1l,-gal. Heavy Tin Coffee Pots Pick Mattacks, with 1 Lot Rip Saws. .. $1.00 Huck Towels... $1.50 doz. Woolen Navy Gloves.. 30c Plush-back, Horsehide Palm, Lined Gauntlets, $1.35 Army Mitt, lined; Motor Transport Style.... $1.25 Lined Gauntlets, White and Black; 5-finger, $1.00 Moleskin Dress Pants, Thick and Durable, $2.75 Canvas Pants, Very .Strong. ... B & O Overalls and Jumpers ,...... $1.50 ea. DECEMBER 28, 1924—PART 1. PREMIER EXPLAINS ELEGTION REFORY Mussolini Says Changed Con- ditions Make New Laws Necessary. By the Associated Press. ROME, December 27.—The bill for the reform of the electoral law, which has been distributed to the depu- tles, is.preceded by a report from Premier Mussolai, in which, after enumerating the chief changes pro- vided for by the measure, the premier says: “The electoral system applied to the elections last April had its legiti- mate origin in the special circum- stances of the moment. It aimed at having the votes of the electors con- verge not on individuals, but on an entire party, thus representing a kind of bill of indemnity for what the Fasclst government and Fascismo in general had accomplished since Octo- ber, 1922. The trial was superbly succesaful; ft showed that the instru- ment was perfectly adapted to the object desired. “Today the situation is changed. Today the possibllity must be offered to the people to vote not only for or against the flag, but also for or against those who fly that flag, which i» of secondary importanck. The government therefore was guided not by designs of exclusive elsotoral or- der, but by lofty considerations of political .and moral order.” WOMEN TO ENTERTAIN. An evening of art and music will be presented by the entertainment committee of the Women's Alliance of All Soul's Unitarlan Church in the Emerson assembly room, Fif- teenth and Harvard streets, tomor- row at 8 p.m. Among those who will take part are Mrs. Gertrude Hosmer, Mrs. Ches- ter Adair, Lewis Atwater, J. Edgar Gray, Mrs. Bush-Brown and others. Following the regular program the glee club will sing and there will be dancing until 12 o'clock “SHE CAN KEEP SECRET,” PREMIER SAYS OF GIRL That Is Why British Cabinet Chief Has Miss Edith Watson for His Secretary. Correspondence of the Associated Press. LONDON, December 9.—Many men whose ambition it is to be lsading lights in the political world will doubtless envy Miss Edith Watson, who, now that Stanley Baldwin is premier of Great Britain, has return- ed to her old post of secretary to Britain's prime minister. In the case of & man the post {s looked upon as a stepping stone to high polit honors, but Miss Watson has no am- bitions in that respect. When Mr. Baldwin was asked re cently why he chose Miss Watson as | his secretary he replied, “Because she can keep secrets.” Nearly all her business career has been connected with government offices. Ten years ago she started to work in the colo- nial office. Then, becoming the late Premier Bonar Law’s “right-hand man” when he was secretary to the colonies, she continued with him as chancellor of the exchequer and pre- mier until ill health forced him to re- tir $67,000 WORTH of ARMY &NAVY GOODS MUST BE SOLD AT ONCE!! Army and Navy Goods Surplus Days are practically over —uwe realize this, and are anxious to adjust our policy along different lines in advance of the condition which IS SURE TO COME. No More Army Goods and Navy Goods, means Imported Blankets, 34 Size......... o Fancy Plaid Blankets, Double-Bed Size; Heavyweight Army Woolen Underwear, Regulation . ... $2.25 Suit Army Woolen Shirts, All Sizes.......... $3.00 Heavy Cotton Sweaters, All Sizes ...........$139 Good Heavy Woolen Sweaters, Slip-over Heavy Work Shirts, Part Wool......... $2.19 Leather Leggins, Strap or Snap Tobacco, Velvet; Doz. TR weies 90 Wide-Web Brighton Garters 5 Wide, Genuine Cowhide Leather Belts.. 79¢ Ribbed Union Suits.. $1.45 Army Woolen Socks, 30c pr. White Handkerchiefs, Art-Silk Socks Heavy Work Socks, Black, Cordovan, Khaki; 8 Prs...... $1.00 89c Felt Slippers, All Sizes; 75, Men’s Munson Last Shoes, Goodyear Well Reclaimed Army Overcoats, Good Condition.... $2.95 36-in. ........ Men’s Riding Breeches, Laced and Button Bot- _.toms; Gabardines, Cordu- roys and O. D. Wool, $3.45 Unionalls, Heavy- .. weight .. $219 Sheets, Heavy Quality, 81x90 Pillowcases, 42x36..... 25c Turkish Towels....... 25¢ ASHINETON SALVAGE CC LARGEST DISTRIBUTORS OF ARMY & NAYY GOOBS SOUTH OF NEW YORK THESE GOODS FOR SALE AT 303-305 10th St. N.W. T hese 3 stores will be open until 10 P.M St. NW. 7Tth St. and Florida Ave. 3255 that WE MUST SELL SOMETHING JUST AS DESIRABLE, EXTREMELY LOW PRICED, AND AS GOOD AS BEFORE. We have already made the necessary connections—BUT WE MUST CLEAR OUR STOCKS_BEFORE THIS POLICY CHANGE. T AT ONCE—-JUST TWO DAYS Complete Stocks have always been our record. THE FACT THAT THERE WILL BE NO “FILL-INS” MAKES THIS SALE A NECESSITY—YOU ARE OFFERED IN THE PRICES BELOW-—the most unusual opportunities for economy EVER REGISTERED IN A SIMILAR ANNOUNCEMENT OF OURS IN ALL OF OUR RECORDS OF BARGAIN SALES! 10th Street Store ONLY Pineapple; No. 3 Cans; p‘;pu;lhr brands. 25C (Limit, 4 Cans to a Customer) Peas; No. 2 Cans; 11 = popular brands. Can.. c (Limit, 4 Cans to a Customer) Gov't Office Supplies Files, desk files, clamps, rubber stamps, paper clips. SACRIFICE PRICES All Kinds Canvas for builders and con- tractors. LOW PRICES NO DEALERS Lay In a Supply Don’t Be Misled All Army goods stores are not ours—be sure you are at 303-305 when you visit 10th Street. M St. N.W.