Evening Star Newspaper, August 8, 1926, Page 23

POST OFFICE CAT TAKES TIME our Missing Several Days, Jen- nie Returns With Kittens to Carry on Warfare. Jennie. Uncle has taken ti duties at the in order to atiend to sor domestic problems. The problems are litife ones them—all destined to become mous as their mother in the world of rat-smacking and mouse-pouncing. The joy which had heen rife among the harassed rodentary colony in- habiting the mail rooms of the big Post Office Building during Jennie's temporary surcease from her forays has been chilled by the news of the feline army which Jennie hus conjured up overnight, so to speak Crities Are Ashamed. Jennie is all purs, who had been catty enough to criticize her for neglecting household tasks while she slunk hither and thither among the mail bags and boxes in quest of wary game are maintaining & somewhat shamefaced silence. Jen- nle has proved that she, too, belleves - is in the home, albeit she is not loath to leave it now and theh to serve her country. Reports that Jennie draws wages from the Government under a regular appropiation are unfounded. She is not that kird. She insists on support- ng he Mouse is her meat, and pion om her nst Office pressing mouse however. Those =he has City Mooney and As- mistant v much concerned over trary le of absence did, they vately had Kno ennie as th i not belleve she deliby t her job flat without giving due notice. Their faith in her ultimate return was not ill-founded, but even this strong faith ad not envisioned a return =o overwhelming as Jennie staged with her litter of sleepy-eved kittens, Parentage in Doubt. Jennie 1s pure white all over, but, strangely enough, several of her off- spring have colored markings. This has given rise to conjecture among lennie’s aforementioned catty critics to who is the kittens’ papa. o all inquirles, however, Jennie merely responds with a smile and a wink of her inscrutable eye, while she reminds her friends of what curiosity once did. Then she walks off, humming “That Certain Part TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA STILL IN HEAT GRIP Temperature Runs as High as 110. Two Killings Are Traced to Torrid Weather. AEO. Ry the Associated Pross KANSAS CITY, August 7.—Okla- homa and Texas continued in the grip of a heat wave today ox sivo temperatures of midweek. Two killings in Texas were indirect Iy attributed to the extended hot spell. William Mueller, a_farm laborer, be. lieved to have been ed by the heat, wounded his cousin, . J AMueller, at the latter's farm ar uero, Tex., last night. shot and kill- &l Mueller's wife and then ended his wn ilf In western Oklahoma temperatures | aziln rose over the 100 mark today Okeene reporting a maximum of 110, The hish mark at Oklahoma City was 101 The merey v meared the century n Oklahoma, but cooler forecast for tomorrow. was in sight for western however, nent crop expert ideal for maturing reliet id the otton aximum at Fort afternoon was 102, Worth this CUTTLEFISH CURIOUS. Greedy and Full of Tricks—Cuttle- bone for Birds. From tha Nature Magazine Under the skin of the back of ahe euttlefish, or the squid, this rela- tive of the devilfish {8 also known, is bone o skeleton), hi, a suitable sub Al to sharpen their beaks on Oiddly enough, no American species of ctory cuttle bones come from China Mediterranean ground to powder, is an ingredient dentrifices * thrown out by the animal to cloud the water when trying to es- cape furnishes the “sepia” of com- merce, being dried and pressed Into cakes. Tt enters wso into the composts tion of “india ink.” The cuttlefish has a beak of its own, parrotlike, sharp and powerful. Tt is remark to seo these mollusks dash 1hg rizht and left through a school of young mackerel, biting piece out of the neck of kil snap by seve spinal cord. They are frightfully zreedy creatures and will devour their own kind with avidity. The mackerel, when grown their turn at gobbling the cuttles dead, all carnivorous animals dwell in the sea feed la =quids. by myriads. The chameieon, In that Iy upon ur them famous for chang ing fts coat colors, 18 an ameteur at camo e compared w [ which autom ¢ and ins its match passes over one another to und and obtain u Dropping to sandy bottom, it assumes the color of sind. Among rocks it adopts the hue thereof. Swim- ming in the water after prey if is ai- most UmL]n_nm\ Africans }{ave lhdie S;atmn. Native Africans in the depths of the equatc forest and ju e have their own 1 and tejeg tems, having fashioned own style instruemnts goudougvudou, & block of long end 3 feet th the \Mmd 6 feet , & narrow siot cut in one side, the interior scooped making it a great shell On that the native strikes with two hammers. each covered with rubber sum, striking so that different sounds are pruduced according to the force the blow and the point st . and the investigating scientist < the message is adily heard six miles and, if the broadeasti £ ton s on the river bank, the sound runs up and down the river for a dozen miles and the natives seldom fail to get the news R DPuring 1925 there were 115,473 wtreet accldents in Great Britain, and some 3,971 of these were fatal. while States to the north enjoyed relief from the ! Jennie’s On Leave BENRY MiLiin W. H. Haycock, assistant’ postm: ter at Washington, holding Jennie, the office cat. Jennie has taken leave ‘l’nr“n short time to attend to domestic uties. ANTIQUE SEEKERS ENTERNEW FIELD Doors, Panels and Other Parts of Old Houses Are Now i Much Sought After. By the Associated Press. NEW HAVEN, Conn., August 7.— The quest for antiques has left a jthriving business in its wake, one in | which the property owner and sal- vager have found a mutual profit. | Particularly in this section, one of the oldest in the United States, ancient residences and buildings are being placed on the market valued principally for their aged carpentry. Wreckers have found new revenues by sale or careful handling of houses wanted for future use in a modern home or office. Take Up Carpentry. The drift of souvenir hunting for antique doors. staireases, window j casements, cupibc s and room pan- ;eling has its present stage due to sc: real antiques in rt of unquestioned age » people believe. And many polnted in failure {to obtain old furniture or objects for | { their homes, are going in for car-| pentry which shows combined artistic | furniture an nd origin, the persons, dist desien, quality and age. | “The bits which sal s tear out | lof old structures are being incor: perated into the finish of a den e R R e {home. Ceiling beams are in good de {mand, and architects have to solve | the problems of harmoniously work 15, paneling or n arrangement | |ing interior finish b { staircase into a mode of a floor | Aged Mansions Disappear. Really old houses built by men who put art into their work as well as age. | resisting woods are becoming scarce fn Connectlcut. This has been strik ingly hrought to notice as the man towns and country churches have cels brated anniversaries of 100 to of existence. Former towns-| 0 vears i:‘nlk~ and “members of families de scended from the settlers have re- lturned. Many of them have sought to i take back home souvenirs of colonial {days, and there being no furniture, {pewter. or old silver, they have turned to old houses for thelr relics. More old houses built in the 1700's have heen torn down than in any pre- vious vear. If not wrecked, they have been stripped of choice sections of in- terior. Prices pald for material re- moved frequently has been more than the market value of the structure. 0ld Pieces in New Homes. n old House in which In Ansonia, Itved the Rev. Mr. Mansfield, first priest ordained by the Episcopal Rishop of Connecticut, has been bought by a group of Poles. 'Some one knew that the woodwork in it was very old and good, and a nelghborhood sub- scription_resulted in the building be- ing purchased, moved to a new site, restored and used as a museum for revolutionary period relics. At Yale University library are the doors the Rev. Dr. Russell's house in Branford, through which the founders of Yale assembled in 1701-2 e on the study table of their host an offering of books toward the founding of a collego. hanging on their originl strap hinges, are preserved as relics from the earli- st building which had anything to do with the founding of Yale. The staircase, doors, paneling, a china closet and the wood trim of the 0ld North Meeting House, forerunner of the pr nt United Church on New | Haven Green, have been stored by to pl In North Branford, where lund is be- red for a preat reservoir, there ir was old mansion. Seekers after woodwork in that house bid for it, |and some of it eventually may go to the Yale Art School i British Anti-Smoke Law. i In 1308 King Edward-1, after long conferences with his counselors, pro- rated a_decree forbidding the use n f coal in London and suburbs, “be- ise of the sulfurcus smoke and | savour ng,” and commanded | make their fires of | to : that is, wood and charcoal. | all person. bavins But the great King died during the following year and was succeeded by Edward 11, to whose wishes nobody ever pald much attention, and the tell into Ablout the same time the ifronworkers of Westphalia were charged with polluting the atmosphere | 10f the whole countryside and endan ring the lungs and lives of the pop- Ulation, and they. too. were gorbidden lto use « But coal had become * husine: and s in England, was . ¢ £ 800,000 bullocks sieep and | lamhs pigs swere handled at the great Smithield \Lu-l kets in Londod. These doors. | g ) for use at some future time. | P Navy Crosses, and Others Will Be Advanced in Grade. By the Associated Press Award of three Distinguished Serv- ice medals and nine Navy crosses to officers and men roles in the marine S-51 wa In addition, vanced one bilit as neies occur ficers and men commendation. Those rece Capt. ng who played overing innounced yvesterday. 11 enlisted men were ad- ade in rating: eight pet- ty officers were enrolled on the eligi- list for promotion to be chiefs and 14 other of- received letters of the medals were E. J. King, commanding the New London submarine base and in THE - SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D 12 TO GET NAVY DISTINCTIONS FOR WORK IN RAI%ING S-51 Three to Get Dlstlngulsh:a Service Medals, Nine 0., AUGUST 8, 1926—PART 1. CANDIDATES FIRM charge of the salvage operations; With Al Compromise Lieut. Comdr. E. Elisberg, Naval| > Construction Corps, salvage officer, | Offers Refused. major (and Lieut. H. Hartley, commanding of the sub-|the submarine rescue ship Falco - The cros: risked th They Divers James W. C. Wilson Francis ¢ Frazier, William 8. mon Schissel. went to the divers who r lives to locate the wreck e her for lifting to the sur- aré Boatswain R. Hawes of the Falcon; Thomas Eadie, chief gunner's mate (Reserve), Raymond Wickwire, Smith, John R. Kelley, and Seamen Willlams Badders and Solo- Bank Garden to Pass. | At the back of the Bank of there h turies a are numbered, ood for pleted the histor a site previously beautiful garcen, A for when the rebuild- ing operations at the bank are com- garden court will have vanished, says the Dallas News. In 1732 the bank was moved from the Poultry to Threadneedle street, to ogcupled b, the authorities, event of another ingland midst of the city the fearing that attack the church tower might become a dangerous fort- almost two cen- | ress, had the church demolished. but its days | churchyard remained, and after bones were removed from in the the old graves and it was planted with trees, shrubs and flowers, it was renamed the Garden Court and became a pleas- ant oasis of rest and shade in away, E. [lumbia department of and [tive slates for department officers. Five candidates for commander are in the ing Julius 1. Peyser, The others are Brig. Gen. Fries, chief Service: Harlan Wood, chairman the vete joint committee: s, sk and Charles I. were unsu field, The the | pers of McGroarty O'Connell Post, which the post is expected action at its meeting next week, as follov Harlan Wood; r, Thomas D. Walsh: second commander, J. Thad Baker: the house and garden of 'the bank's first As time went on more ac. became necessary, in 1765 the bank bought the rectory and garden of the neighboring Church governor. commodation of St. Christopher. In the Gordon riots bank was attacked by the mob and and | from the Detroit New Unostentatiously | the horse ha in. 1780 the | 000 more horses on than there were in 1900. How Horses Disappear. and little by been superseded by the motor until now there are only 4,152,- Americs commander. Miss Helen Prentiss; n: tional committeemaun, Daniel J. little home post. been approached by campaign for Gen. F por nd INLEGION CONTEST | Five in Field for Commander, With the elections only three weeks leaders of the District of Co: the American Leglon have prepared several tenta- department incluad- incumbent Amos A of the Chemical Warfare | panionable of How Riemer. ssful ve slite made up by mem on to take is For department command- first vice command- vice third vice Don- ovan; alternate. William Wolff Smith MeGroarty-O'Connell Post is Wood's Wood is known to have ers for the | urged to accept the post of first vice com | mander on a siate headed by the chief | of the Chemical Warfare Service, while Fisk has been asked by friend of Wood to stand for first vice” com mander on a slate headed by Wood. So far no compromises of this char | aoter have been effected and the field | open, in so far as the stand- | the five candidates for Several days ago Comdr. T wired his asso clates of “Costello Post that he would not run for reelection and counter- manded this telegram a few hours later gvith another again avowing his candidacy. I reentered the fleld, he safd, at the insistence of friends The department annual convention | | will be held August 27 and 2§ in the | Washington Auditorium. Oddest of Animal Jiggers. The cougar is. next to the wolverine, | the oldest jigger umong the wild think- | ers. barring human savages. of course, | A quirk is characteristic of the cougars | panthers, mountain lions, all | walk alone and alarm humans out of sheer com- 39, with no least intention | to harm. re ave records of h ougars attacking and badly ing children and men. In northern California a local doctory telis me he | by when @ bof was badly | 1 2 woman whoh went to hi injured to death, says the Adventure Magazine. But these hunger (probably) attacks are balanced against many times more demonstrations of friendliness, like the s that walk with late passers-by in lent dark hours of metropolitan nigh We have been so eager to butcher wild life, especally the nobles {of the forest, that we have only the| \intest understanding of the mental | ess of the creatures. 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