Evening Star Newspaper, August 7, 1927, Page 25

4 vie . 'RUBBER PROMISES PICTURESQUE CROP {Plants Under Experiment in| Florida Resemble Ram- | bling Rose. ) the south- | is likely to prove crop and the ballad | orrow will be penning | lines like: “When the rubber vines are blooming down in Dixie.” The rubber-bearing plant which ap- | pears to be most suceessful in south ern Florida, according to Department of Agriculture experts, is not one of | the tropical rubber trees frem which | the present supply is obtained, but | 2n exceptionally blooming flower the purple alamander. native of Madagasc and back fence rose. It bears t like that of < in Sprin; r throug tes it picturesc writers of tof ents. was learned, making his of the | grows over | Taboratory at |"m‘ » i8 a4 member of the Its juice contains an!\i.fl of rubber but | this can be obtained in ficient quantities at a low co: Justify ve cultivation has not been determined. s been used for seve rn Flor nybod; ve of g Besides the ci closely r hush and hears pink | These might be running for milkweed 1 larze pe hether ment of Agriculture exp *find something which the f: raise as a side crop. not have to bother with it at all in ,years when rubber prices were m..i tlow to justify tapping the trees, but | would always have a source of in-| ‘eome from them in good market year Results Unknown As Yet. eriments have been carried on ‘with numerous other ts which in some rubber material and | which can be grown in Florida and alorig the Gulf Coast west to It is altogether too early, how- Department of A Iture perts, to make predietions possibility of ~ profitable can | Then they would rubber as to the “crops. One of the most hopeful experiments is beinz conducted in Haiti, where a small grove of Para rubber trees was st out many planter to provi iscovered two years ago when full | wn and tapping experiments hav n carried on ever since to deter mine whether rubber can bs produced | country at = profit. | stated, is better situated for xulrv(‘x production than any other place in the New World hecause of the abundunce of cheap labor. It is the k in the Amazon v great rubber s there difficult. OLD CUSTOM REVIVED. 3 r These were [Bociety Woman Carries Bouquet ati L Son's Wedding. LONDON, August 6 (P.—An old custom was revived here when a prominent society woman carried a bouquet at the wedding of her son. Many years ago it the custom of mothers and near relatives of the bride to carry small bouquets. weddings in_ London. still followed in many tricts, but lapsed, so far as London is concerned, about 20 years ago. | ventive Department to Increase Ef- forts to Eliminate Sources, He Says. [Fifty Men Now Make Daily| Inspections of Buildings in Capital. Holding to the theory all fires are preventable George Watson believe oes on the Fire De] attention more siness of eliminating that as time ment will turn nd more to the sources of well as putting out those that | to-date fire-fighting equipment or in the expansion of its rombating flames. but it to extend the pre fire departments,” of work of said the chief. To the a e De- person the Fi the windows of a wcular side of the and Chief Watson preparedness f depa ! more em than on the less - fask of preventing fires Make Inspections. Jepartment's WoLK, | belic n complete fire fig hasis ¥ Now owds in the street never the firemen the sound of somewherd But e arative! that day after d. »-coated members of the department are gong quiet ibout the city. looking for the cond ause fires and taking ste] busy word th fow are more than 50 bl 3 ays been a small in- uad in the central office of e fire marshal, which now consists of 15 men. A o Chief Watson grea preven- tive phase of the department’s work by arranging to have each fire com- pany in the city deta uding 1!'0 r\‘"\llnr in the fire While it is any firss the: pections nave pre- \ vision of bright | 1 | i | THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, AUGUST 7, 1927—PART 1. MORE FIRE-PREVENTION WORK PREDICTED BY CHIEF WATSON RE CHIEF WATSO) vented, Chief Watson is satisfied the benefits have more than justified the | efforts. The inspectors do not go to private dwellings, but they pay frequent vis- nent houses, hotels, com Dblishmen hospitals, * institutions where large num- s of persons are quartered and of fee builaine, 61,943 Tnspections in Year. 1n those ses of buildings they concentr: B where an 'nm alo inspeet the fire escapes and examine the eits. If they find a con dition they zardous they inform t after a fi corrected. In the fiscal year force in the fire ma 61,943 inspections, tailed from da company made ment houses, schools. Chief Watson does not expect to he able to inc ar mspection | force in the marshal’s office within the or two, for the reason that 6 the limited al's office made and the men de- from each fire ts to apart- hotels, ums and thoriza will ba needed to or fire companies about to be establ § With a drill tower soon to be erected for the special training of all firemen in fire-fighting tactics, the department also will need some extra men to fill in for those who are at the drill tower from week to week. When those im- 1te needs have been provided for sideration can ba given to increas- ing the inspection service, Chief Wat son believes 10 more men could be sed to advantage in the inspection work of the fire marshal’'s office. KING HAS BUSY PROGRAM ON WEDDING ANNIVERSARY British Ruler Inspects Railway Works and Attends Egyp- tian Reception. By the Associated Press. LONDON, August 6.—King George had one of the most variegated days v life V- In the afternoon, with Queen Mary, he drove down to the F End of | London to visit jand inspect railway ford. Here the royal pany moved through lanes of some of the poorest class of people in London and received the most hearty welcome. That evening the King was guest of King Fuad at the Egyptian legation, MOVIE ARTISTS OPPOSE CAREERS ON SCANDALS F¥rench Union Moves to Clean Up Screen by Blocking Path of Shady Characters. By the Associated Pr PARIS, August 6. is no longer to be re path to the s formers. Society scandal rded as a sure een by French film per- A licensing system controlled | by the Union of Artists aims at bar- ring the road to movie fame to those who try to capitalize scandal. In other ways the movie actors seek to clean up the profession and crowd out foreigners. Only French, French- speaking Swiss and Belgian: who served in the French eligible to a license. A reg logue of licensed screen actors. ere he was surrounded by Oriental splendor. The glamour of Egypt was introduced into the scene and the ban- quet carried_oyt in true Egyptian s . The Egyptian antiques were nted for the occasion. their experience and an indication of their ability, is to be kept for pro- ducers BumsteadsWonnSyrup “To children an angel of mq directions are followed, FAILS. Despite scareity and et f SANTONIN, It contains full dose, tood sixt e, teat Sold everywhere or by mal ®et. C. A, \Mm. H‘ D.. Philadelphia When arrested for having a radio receiving outfit without a license, an KEastbourne, England, man pleaded that for the past 18 months he had not received anything worth listening to, but he was fined. T enormous Rr»\ fiug TR IIIIllIII|IlIIIlIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlllIllllIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIHII!IIIlIIIIIII’lIIllllIlllllllllllllllilllllll||II|l|I|'|||II|||I||!IIIII|HII|IIIIII* FRANC 46h SRoceRs Bmé SeLy St K7 | JEWELRY CO,, 627 7th St. N.W. 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I | prefer them (. e., boys, not devils) to be short, or dark and red faced with just a suspicion of a cold in the head.” The advisory committee, (‘Dmmvnl- im, on the request for a “little tough."” “All employers are not so easy to satisfy, by any means.’ OFFICES PREFER DIRTY-FACED BOYS Unkempt Youths Most Reliable Workers After Being Cleancd Up, Employers Say. | = ated Press. | August 6. —Dirty-faced | youths make excellent office boys when given a good scrubbing, the W minster juvenile employme Vi y committee has concluded after nu- merous experiments. | to a slight decrease in the cost of flour. Some employers prefer dirty-faced | On the same day the cost of water boys to begin with. One employer | fell slight] than a sou per cubic wrote to the committee: “I want an it also tumbled 2 honest little lo\l).'v with rather dir Bread and Water Cheap in Paris. PARIS, August 6 (). water are cheaper in Pari d | beecame a sou cheaper on July 4, due st y cous the kilowatt. | By the A | bote, read and | Organ for E AIRPLANE MARRIAGES HIT BY GERMAN PRESS Daily Organ for Evangelical Ger- many Dezignates Such Cere- monies as “Coarse Nuisances. ciated Press , August 6.—The Reichs which bears the subtitle “Daily angelical Germany," and speaks for a large part of the coun- try’s Protestant populatio 3 plane marriages * The denunciation was called fol BERLIN by the announcement of the double | wedding in an airplane of two off of the Rohrbach airplane works. This s | duction b followed closely upon the recent fi airplane marriage in “Germany Heinz Orlovius, publicity chief of the Lufthansa. The paper finds it “the limit of poor taste” for a pastor to don his official robe to perform the rigging up of an altar in the plane. It threatens, “Should the re- port of this shocking event prove true, we shall expect the church au. nuisance.’ The Deutsche Tageszeitung, organ of the German Farmers' League, criti- Cotton growing i has proved so profifable that the pr. r steadily increased in the past six -ears. »ny up In the air, and to permit | | thorities to take a hand and stop the |’ airplane marriages in a similar | HAIRDRESSING PARTIES. London Women Entertain at Es- tablishments During Work. LONDON. August 6 (P Hair- dressing parties,” with gramophones, wine and sandwiches, have ome ar in the West End of Lon Society women find that so much time has to be spent in hairdressing that they have determined it shali be wasted me and have luncn with me at my hairdresser’s,” has become a com- mon form of invitation. While one woman is having her hair dried and wed the mophone amuses others ho are waiting and there is an inter- val for lunch while the permanent wave Is being set. 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The manufacturer made this A vast assortment of Side Tables in the new red and green lacquer and mahogany finish; Cogswell Chair to retail for §65.00, ;u we bought a quantity and place in our August sale $39 b Baby Carriages to retail for $35.00, The manufacturer made these but we bought a quantity and place in our August Sale for $17-50 The manufacturer made this threz-piece living room suite, covered all over in fine thres-color jacquard and with Nachman spring construction, to retail for $123.00, but we bought a quantity and place in our August sale for some with book troughs; made to retail for $5.00, but we bought a * $127.50 The quantity, and during our August sale offer choice for .... you your $2.98 . manufacturer made this large family size Refrigerator with two shelves, to retail for $35.00, but we bought a quantity * and place in our August sale for The manufacturer made this elaborate four-piece bedroom suite to retail for $185.00, with choice of either robe or high-boy, but we bought a quantity and place in our August sale for $117.50 The manufacturer made this magnificent ten-piece dining room suite $o retail for $185.00, but we bought a quantity and place in our August sula [ SO R O O R The manufacturer made these Lamps to retail for $20.00, but we bought a quantity and place in our August sale for Slo $110.00 $19 The manufacturer mad: these Lamps to retail for $25.00, but we bought a quantity and place in our August sale for ............ $12.50