Evening Star Newspaper, February 11, 1929, Page 6

THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. ¢, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 11 1929. - . .SJX SCHOOLS ADDED <IN CRATORY TEST . Latest Enrollment in Star’s Area Brings Total to 71. Territory Represented. ’1!'.1'- enrollment of six\ additional #chools in The Star's area of the Sixth National Oratorical Contest brings the total number of participating schools here up to 71, inia supplied four of the latest in- to enter the meoet, while| ryland added two to its complement. inia whose participation is today are the George Mason High School of Potomac, Ar- lington County; Nokesville High School, Calverion High nd_the Villa Falls Church s latest {wo entries are the | High School and the Char- | School, both of St. Marys | Schools List 300 Students. The enroliment of these six schools fPepresents the participation of over 300 more siu , according he state- ments from tRe institutions themselves. | The George Mason High School has en- tered 130 bo; s whose work on | s assigned as regular | H. Thomas is principal hile the contest partici- rected by a faculty . Henry Ran- rth year English rman and Miss Eleancr | ond year English nt. chool’s contestant already to six picked sludents, who now are working on their 7 preparation for their final ons which will be held before the Community League next month. _Forty-three students are entered from the Calverton High School of which V. E. Tyler is principal and ¢ontest com- mittee chairman. Villa Maria Academy Eurolls. st time this year. tion of contest orations on contest subjects pertaining | nstitution of the United States, | has been assigned as regular class work to the senior class in English. Sister vl:im"a Sidex, teacher of English, is 1airman of the academy’s contest com- miitee, Seventy-five pupils of the Great Mills 8chool are competing for the right to represent their school under D. E. Wil- lard, teacher in history and chairman %{ the faculty contest committee. L. E. ooper i otte Hall School is sending 50 tudents into the competition this year, | are members of the junior and enior classes, and are making their preparation for the future meets of . ihe contest under the direction of J. F. Coad, public speaking instructor *and contest committee chairman of that| school. Col. C. F. Crowson is principal of the school. Students Begin Preparation. At present the 71 schools, includin; the elgint senior public high' schools of the District of Columbia, are in the carly stages of preparation. Each of the State schools and those of the pri- vats and parochial school district will « Teduce its contestant field to a single orator who, in turn, will represent his y school in the inter-school group meet= ings, and the victors in those meets will compete for the championship of the varlous districts. Each of the District public high schools, however, constitutes a “district” in itself, and the winners in those institutions consequently are rict” champions entitled to com- pete in The Star finals. The winner in The Star finals will re- ceive the right to compete here in May in the national finals, and, by virtue of that _competition, will receive the big | 12,000-mile tour through South Amer: | ica next- Summer. | BOLIVIA TO EXCHANGE | PRISONERS OF WAR By the Assoctated Press. Instructions from its government to egree to the exchange with Paraguay of the pr s captured during the Paragueyan-Bolivian boundary clashes | i were received by the ation here yesterday. The insiructions calied for the ex- change to take place one month after 2 special agreement to this effect shall have been signed in Washington. The diplomats of the countries expected the &, @grecment to be completed tomorrow. .. _Both Bolivia and Paraguay now hold § sbout a score of prisoners, the Bo- +licians having been captured by the “Paraguayans at the Fort Vanguardia wincident on December 6, and the Bo- livians holding a corresponding num- ber of Paraguayans that fell in their hands at the later clash at Fort Bo- %+ queron. All_communications between Bolivia | sentatives NUMEROLOGISTS Mysteries of Ancien Society in Pr This is the second of a series of ar- ticles concerning those who practice the occuit sciences in Washington. The third will be published tomorrow. BY THOMAS R. HENRY. The upper crust of practitioners of the occult in Washington this Winter are the numerologists. . Numerology is the fashionable way of probing the infinite. For the time be- ing, its followers have displaced the as- trologers, the metaphysicians and the “psychologists.” An eminent visiting numerologist was a guest of honor a few weeks ago of the exclusive Congressional Club, composed | of wives of members of Congress. A few nights later he was a guest at Con- gress Hall Hotel and demonstrated his | mysteries to several Senators and Repre- Shortly thereafter, intro- duced as a “graduate of the School of Supermind Science,” he addressed a club of local professional men. The practise of numerology is cen- tered largely in exclusive hotels and apartment houses. The success of this school, however, has aroused the envy of practitioners of the more orthodox methods of probing the tangled path- ways of the infinite, and all over tow palmists, clairvoyants, phrenologists and trance mediums are devoting their spare time to intensive study of the philosophy and technique of the revived science. Mystery of Egypt. its practitioners say, is derived directly from the mysteries of ancient Egypt which did not perish with the fall of Egyptian civilization but sur- vived through the troubled Middle Ages in the possession of various occult groups. Now these mysteries are coming into their own with the appearance of new prophets with minds competent to interpret them. Numerology, apparently, is a refine- ment of astrology. The number of letters in one’s name, the day, month and year of his birth, and his age are fitted by the practitioner into astrologi- cal formulae which serve as a solid pathway from this world of flickering | shadows of reality into the true reality | of the “infinite.” Everything in crea- tion, say the numerologists, is tied up with everything else. tied up in some way with the planet Venus and the star Alpha Centauri and the spiral nebula in Andromeda. You can't help being affected by their move- mens, but the way you are affected de- pends on the sequence and relations of your numbers. made clear to a Star representative, “You must admit,” he explained, “that your life is tied up very closely | if it is 90,000,000 miles away. Think | should disappear!™ All Life Snuffed Out. It was, the reporter admitted, a ter- rible prospect. All life on earth would | be snuffed out. “You must also admit” said the numerologist, “that your life is tied up very closely with the movements of the moon. The moon is responsible for the tides. Any scientist can tell you what would happen to you in the long run if there were no tides.” The reporter could not deny that the moon was quite important in his scheme of exist®nce. “S0, you see” ‘the numerologist clinched his argument convincingly, “your life is greatly affected by objects millions of miles away. The sun is a star. It influences your life, and so do all the other stars.” This seemed conclusive. There was no room for further debate, at least in the mind of the professor. It must be admitted, however, that the numerologist had more specific_ar- Oculists’ Prescriptions Filled CLAFLIN 922 14th St 310 R S Meet Whims of Fashionable D. C. | statements were “all off” from every | memory slipped a cog while he was Thus you are| with the movements of the sun, even ||| what would happen to you if the sun| | ———— \\\\muml//////// Cheaper NOW HOLD THRONE OF OCCULTATION t Egypt Revived to obing Infinite. guments he could have presented if pressed. He merely threw out an off- hand illustration to show how it worked. It is not to be assumed that many wives of members of Congress have been converted quite 5o easily. Didn’t Have Time. Also it is likely thdt the professor's haste was largely responsible for the extreme inaccuracy of the results of numerological calculations as applied to the reporter. The practitioner ex- plained that he didn’t have time to “build up a horoscope” and could only give a rapid sample of his method. His possible angle. He assured a man almost pathologi- cally lacking in sense of form and who couldn’t draw a straight line if he were provided with all the instruments of the mathematician and give an hour to produce said stralght line under pain of death if he failed, thal his real| vocation was that of an artist. His describing the wonderful virtues of the reporter’s little several times a: been told that the Reminded of the er embarrassed, but i he was a bit ed that the child ould have ben a “she” and was a “he” only because 0f some temporary slip-up of the cosmic mind. ‘The numerologists like to dwell upon the excellences of children. This is one of their best talking points, because all parents are inclined to agree with them and are disinclined to ask pointed ques- tions lest the lovely picture be effaced. “I have never seen your little boy,” the numerologist will say, “but marvelous as it may seem, I can tell you all about him. He is a beautiful child. He is mischievous, spirited, rather destructive with his toys, mercurial in tempera- ment, sympathetic and exceedingly clever. He will have certain obstacles to overcome in life, but, the numbers indicate, he will be a millionaire.” What father or mother wouldn't admit that this was a marvelously true pic- ture, especially if it was not stated so crudely and bluntly? Yet college graduates are impressed by this. Even professional astrologers | and clairvoyants, who of. all persons in 'SUGAR 0. K. FOR| ‘TEETH, SAYS M.D. Any and All Food Should Be Brushed from the Teeth After Eating. | Who, with any basis of fact, |ever said that sugar is harmful ito the teeth? An eminent Brit- {ish medical authority recently showed that sugar, perhaps more than any other food,| tends to promote the flow of | saliva in the mouth, which ' should be conducive to preserv- | ing the teeth in a clean state. He also pointed out that sugar | | promotes the flow of' gastric| Jjuice and so is an aid to diges- {tion. Rough foods and fruits| |are thought to be good for the | |teeth. How could anyone ever| eat them without sugar? | | The main thing is to eat a! | variety of healthful foods and | 'to enjoy them. That’s what the! |teeth are for. Medical authori- |ties are alarmed today that so! |many girls and also adults are |starving themselves in order to reduce weight. This passing | |fad, in the opinion of many! || doctors, has become a serious| |menace . to health, frequently! |causing injuries that are per-| manent. | | Eat enough nourishing food, | and remember that sweetness | |is nature’s perfect flower. Noth- | |ing can take the place of sugar| in ‘making the whole meal en-| | joyable. Eat some citrus fruit— sweetened to taste—at least joncé a day. Take care of your| teeth and enjoy eating. The Sugar Institute. — Advertise- ment. ent < so the series would read 3171893. the world should know better, seem to be sincerely impressed by this branch of the occult. The numerologists wax fat on fees which range anywhere from $2 to, $20 an appointment. To the casual observer mumerology seems to be nothing more than the expansion into a pseudo-science of some of the most widespread of popular superstitions— such as belief that ill luck attends $2 bills, the thirteenth seat at a dinner table, or work started on Friday. But the basis of these apparently foolish popular beliefs lies very deep in human experience. There probably are few minds which have not sensed at some time or other something mystical about numbers. The vagaries of these symbols puzzle the profoundest philosophers. Apparently astonishing tricks can be worked with them. By juggling them it is easy cnough to produce paradoxes where a part is greater than a whole, etc., etc. “The local numerologists apparently have | hardly sensed, as yet, the possibilities of the magic square. Perhaps the triangle is mystical of all human symbois. the most It has come down the ages from primitive man, forever fitting into experiences. It would not be difficult to picture life as a series of triangles. How many haven't been impressed at some time or ether by the traditional tendency of events to move in groups of threes? This is particularly notable in smail towns. Deaths, fires, robberies come by threes. On the whole, the numerologist has a solid basis of tradition on which to build up the faith he inspires. draws upon observations which have been made continually since the in- fancy of the race. Upon this founda- tion an airy structure of phantasy has been erected. The numerologist can tell a great deal from the date of your birth. It gives him your number. Supposing, for example, you were born on Marcn 17, 1893. March is the third month, Add up this string and you get 32. Add three and two and you get five. Then turn to five in the table of qualities which, you are assured,” was prepared by the ancient initiates and confirmed in the present day by centuries of close observation of human experience.” You learn that you will live always “close to the edges of temptation,” and will be called upon constantly to make a choice between good and evil. You will have a rather superficial learning but a splendid memory of faces, a tendency to attract people of learning around you, and you “will vibrate to the destiny of ups and downs and will do best in something that involves much travel, variety and change.” You will make a good actor or lec~ turer and should increase your vocabu- lary. But watch your step. The prin- ciple of “five” is governed by what happened, according to the book of Genesis, on the fifth day. On the fifth He | day God created the whales. "The whale stands for discard, just why I don’t know except that the Book says so. So you must be careful always to dis- card the unworthy. You are partic larly urged to “discard wild theorfe: and can make no mistake in doing so. But that’s not all. The numerologist will add up the letters of your name, juggle them a bit, and teil you a lot more about yourself. From your birth- day horoscope he will trace your prog- ress through the seven cosmic houses, work out vour astral classification, tell you whether you are a fish or a lion, deduce your reldtions to the mystical trinity, and give you a lot of hot dope on your lumanus, your flame color and your cosmic tendencies. He will take you for a swift and hair-raising ride through the infinite, set you down on the dark side of Venus and arrange for a little picnic in the mountains of the moon. What more can you ask for $5? Cumberland Racing Dates. CUMBERLAND, Md., February 11 (Special). —Cumberland's annual Fall racing season, which is held in con- junction with the annual Cumberland Fair has been fixed for August 27-31 by the Maryland Racing Commission. The local half-mile course will be the scene of the opening of the Fall racing season in Maryland which ends No- vember 30 at Bowie. WE PAY EXCAVATIONS PROVE SCRIPTURAL EVENTS Citadel of Beth-Shan of 1500 B.C. Yields Traces of Saul and Serpent Worship, By the Assoclated Press. PHILADELPHIA, February 11.—Alan Rowe, director of the University of Pennsylvania Museum's field expedi- tion, returned yesterday from the Holy Land, declared that all reference in the Old Testament to the ancient citadel of Beth-Shan had been confirmed by the excavations carried on there for the last seven years. This fact, unemphasized, but ever re- curring, was developed by Mr. Rowe in recounting experiences during the four years he has directed the expedition., Much work remains to be done, al- though the expedition has sifted the dust and broken fragments of 30 cen- turies of history. Because of the rain season and extremely unhealthful living conditions, Mr. Rowe explained, oper- ations each year were limited to the period between August and December. Beth-Shan, he said, “the house of the serpent god,” 1,500 years before Christ, was the mighty fortress which stood at the eastern end of the valley of Jezreel, overlooking that of the Jor- LOANS On D. 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Paul's armor was placed in the temple of Dagon, but the loyal men of Jabesh-Gilead stole the body in the quiet of the night to burn it on the farther side of Jordan because Saul had driven from Jabesh-Gilead the invading king, Uahash of the Am- monites. In all the levels of the mound at Beisan up to the time of the Philis- tinian dynasty the expedition has dis- covered hundreds of evidences of ser- pent worship, —_— Passenger automobiles made In Ger- many this year number one-third more than last year. SLAPPED PRINCE; FINED $2 Basil Stoica, Who Hit Bibesco Here, Is Penalized. BUCHAREST, Rumania, February 11 (#).—Basll Stoica, a subordinate in the diplomatic service, who slapped Prince Anton Bibesco, one time Rumanian Minister at Washington, aiter an alter- cation last November, was fined $2 Sat- urday by the Correctional Court. 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