Evening Star Newspaper, October 4, 1928, Page 28

THE FVENING STAR, WASHINGTON. D. C. THURSDAY. OCTOBER % 1928.° VIRGIN ISLANDS PLAN CELEBRATION Sine and’ceturn fate in Octaper: These | TO MARK PASSING OF HURRICANE SEASON |eianing sna end ot the hureiane sea” hurricane cellars. In this manner the |ccountry. believing the “encouragement toll of deaths and property Ik is kept jof physical education a government down in the one group, while at Porto | function. Rico, where no such preparations are | —— made, the storm took an appalling toll. | ALLENBY PRAISES - s s Euongs. | FRECKLES KELLOGG TREATY | British Near East Command- er Is Welcomed at New York. two months, however, mark the be- | area. Last month's hurricane did not miss the Virgin Islands entirely: in fact, its| center was right over the group, but | SHANGHAI ().—The Nationalist gov- || pen : 4 |Tittle damage resulted. according to a lernment of China plans to organize || " otmine win meer rrer ma letter received yesterday by Mrs. W. A. |athletic associations in all parts of the | e Pollard, 1523 Vermont avenue, from her | e ||| o ; s preparation 15 so successful in | e Capnar. . A Pullacd, removing freckies and giving clear, stationed at St. Thomas of the Virgin beautiful complexion that it is sold by i All drug and department stores with & | 1sland group, during the storm. guarantee to refund the money if it Build Solid Homes. fails. Don't try to hide There was little real damage, however, waste |vm'y on I-hr:\flnn ’1:\::- 1::::1::“': the letter said. and the natives are go- bers: get an ounce of Othine and. re- | |ing ahead with the celebration, confi- move them. Even the first few appli- dent that their prayers were answered. pphetbe et e el . Lo They are ignoring the fact that at provement, some of the lighter freckies [Porto Rico, n few miles away. the st ore il I natives were almost wiped out by the - . z | storm, despite the fact that they also _,r‘:’m"‘"_"u'°x"l‘;“_""'fm?»*‘:‘r'es—nf:uzl: obeerved the dsy of prayer | mones-back guarantee.—Advertisement. | The white residents of the islands = e Assass | advance another explanation to account [for the little damage to the Virgin Islands. Long experience in coping with the | terrific twisters has taught the natives | the value of building substantial homes with solid wooden doors and shutters, they say, and it was these which en- Phote- | abled their homes to survive the recent | hurricane. At the first sign of the storm ap- proach a signal flag is hoisted, and the residents are required to retire to their homes. At the appearance of a sccond flag they fasten all doors and window: and retire to the specifically constructe Traditional Rites Believed to Have Originated Cen- turies Ago. AREA IS LITTLE DAMAGED| Sturdy Native Homes Be- lieved to Have Aided in Withstanding Storm. By the Associated Press. | NEW YORK, October 4—Lord Allenby, commander of the British armies in the Near East during the World War and veteran of many other campaigns, last night expressed himself as firmly opposed to war as means of settling international disputes, and as- | tq have had its origin centuries before serted the belief that the Kellogg pact | the first white man set foot on the Vir- would be the foundation of ultimate |gin Islands, the natives of this little ohrsal Caribbcan group are making plans for O P eaC®: who Is en route to San |3 0aY Of celebration and thanksgiving te ot 5 yon_October 25. Antenio to attend the American Leglon | “pe gevastating tropieal Rurricanes in - - . BVERIAIN, TR s DIVS BUoE Al S of the Virgin Is'ands are | Palms lald fiai by the hurricane as it passed over ths Virgm Islands. public reception in Cumezle_l'gn"- Re- experienced in the pericd sraph made by Licnt. Comdr. M Pottard of \Washington. sponding to_addresses of welcome by | §NOF LY, EREIARCEE bl Ty BT AP civic lcaders and representatives cf | g organizations whose work in the Near | -cSilt: these two dates have assuried, B | graqually from Zast io West. Conse- | Cuba is reached, where the last known maj po! quently, the first day of pr: is Tield | ceremony of this kind is held. Neither Tast he aided, he described the Kellogg natives. N treaty as “a great move toward peace.” S : by the natives of the Windward Islands. | is the three-months hurricane period “I'am not a pacifist,” he said, “but| July 25 is a day of supplication and | the date gradually getting later until | constant, for in the neighborhood of 1 do believe that to insure our own pro- | prayer. From break of dawn until tection we must trust to ourselves for | Dight the natives forego their usual = our own defense. I think that nations | tasks and devote their energies to || = =—— = are beginning to trust each other and | Prayers, asking God to steer the dreaded not go unthinkingly into battle. I be-|hurricanes away from their homes. W ’ Soc R lieve the movement for world peace will | Thres months later, when the hurricane omens ayon grow until the world decides it must |seasen is over, they devote another day give up its militant methods if civiliza- | to celebration and thanksgiving—pro- H Sion. 13 ‘toTendi e vided there have been no hurricanes. ose, C Square and pointed heel stvles. perfect quality and in a splendid assortment of new shades for Fall. “The World War,” he said. “wiped Celibritions Vary. Children’s Sport Hose 25¢ out all ill feeling between the two English-speaking powers and brought| The custom is general throughout the | ||| 7:-length sport hese for girls and boys. All colors in light and dark patterns. them together with bonds of suffering | islands of the Caribbean Sea, according Perfect. Street Floor ves Neckties. Hats.> Shoes. s or anvthing cleaned with ASH 'is ‘made mew again. AVES A" PLEASANT “ODOR" Drug. Dept. and Shoe Stores In keeping with a tradition believed | | LANSBURGH & Bro ! 7th, 8th and E Sts.—Franklin 7400 8§10-818 Seventh St. N.W, Satisfaction Since 1859 and common experience. Together, | to officials at the Weather Bureau, al- Great Britain and the United States|though the dates of the ceremonies won a victory not only for themselves, | vary. but for the world at large.” ‘The location of the heat equator and The other speakers were Dr. Henry | wind systems is believed to have much Van Dyke and George W. 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