Evening Star Newspaper, January 19, 1930, Page 100

& Across. 1 Last name of a popular actress. 5 Heroine of one of ‘Tennyson’s poems. 9 Be attractive. 13 River in Bohemia. 17 Tree-dwelling mammal. 18 Make easier to be - endured. Point of insertion of a leaf in a plant stem. 21 Eldest daughter . of Oceanus. 22 English royal " house. 23 Imputed. ‘24 Spanish inn. 26 A single time: - - ‘Scot. ~ 27 Game of cards for two. 29 Excels. 31 French partitive article. 32 Twisted. .83 Metallic bodies fallen to earth from outer space. .37 Man’s garment. 41 Anglo-Saxon ' money. .42 Rounded protuberances. 43 Tooth of a sprocket wheel. 44 In geology, facing in the direction of motion of an overriding glacier. 45 Islands west of . West Guinea. 47 Casket. 48 Refuse. 49 Kind of fish. 50 White crystalline solid found in the camphor tree. 52 A familiar friend. 53 Hinder from ap- 5 proach. -54 Upper part of backs. 55 A person of skill: coll. % 56 Manufacturing city in Yorkshire, Enghnd‘ ' 57 Mythological giant representing the sea. 58 Wrap. 59 Accounts. 61 Nocturnal carnivore: coll. 62 Gyrate. 63 Algonquian Indian. 64 A kind of heavy black wood: obs. var. 65 Period of popularity. 66 Presses. 67 Bar by process of law. 69 Threefold: prefix. 70 Cinnamon stone. 72 Quality of being soft and smooth. 74 Girl's nickname. 75 Golf termn. 76 Foretell: Scotch. 77 Public thoroughfare. 80 Tapestry. 82 Biblical queen. 86 Last. 87 Colossal object. 90 Armor. 91 In addition. 92 Acts of choosing between alternative nominees. 93 Draw. 94 Depression among hills. 95 Ancient maritime city in Phoenicia. 96 Fruit of an evergreen tree, 97 Hebrew month. Down. 1 Point of a crescent moon. 2 To and upon. 3 Methods. 4 Put out of joint. 5 Il timed. 6 Wing. 7 A bone. 8 Settles. 9 Flat, round plates. 10 Have rank. 11 Gnawed. 12 A cannibal of folklore. 13 Inserts. 14 Rise. 15 Superintend the publication of. 16 A telling of something: archaic. 19 Flat, extended parts of feathers. 25 Grief: Scotch. 28 Disease of throat: var. 30 Sorceress. 32 Wither. 33 Territory east of the Dead Sea. 34 Wrong. 35 European plants. 36 A State: abbr. 37 Acknowledge with gratitude. 38 Involved. 39 Those who re- nounce their opinions. 40 Prophet. 43 A verticil. 46 Unfasten. 48 Enclosure for fish. 49 Place where military stores are kept, from which they are distributed to the troops. 51 Always: poetic. . 52 Salmonoid fishes. B _ 1 Before: prefix. 4 God of war, 8 Irish expletive. 12 salve. 14 Consider. 45 Really. 16 Pass. 8 Vase. 9 Dessert. $0 One: German. THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, JANUARY 19, 1930. orning Among the Cross-Words - 53 Immerse momentarily in a liquid. 55 Beam. 56 Pay. 57 Field. 58 Guesses: coll. 59 New Zealand forest trees. 60 Strips of wood fastened to the feet, used for gliding over snow. 62 Flexible band for . 21 Baking chamber. 23 Unvarying. 25 Pronoun. 26 Shallow vessel. 27 Salt. 28 Myself. 29 Type of war o BB 35 Old expression of disgust. 36 Reels. g 39 Certain. 40 Short for a kind of dog. 41 Old times. 42 Three-toed sloths. 43 Obliterated. 45 Silver. 48 River in Egypt. 49 Locomotive driver. 51 Prescribed course of eating. 52 Part of a fishing outfit, 53 Kind of bean. Down. 1 Hawaiian native food. 2 Pirst name 'of a famous dog. arm. 63 Compass point: abbr. 66 African arrow poison. 67 Irregular. 68 Hawailian starch- yielding roots. 71 Titania’s husband 72 Weight unit. 73 Pique. 75 Outlay. 77 Booty: thieves’ slang. 78 Unconfirmed report. 79 To make level with the ground. 80 State. 81 Begone! 83 Move with effort. 85 Dance. 88 Island near England figuring in early English history. 89 Girl's name. Protecting the Seal Harvest. Continued From Seventeenth Page. preparatory to being tanned. To put them in a eondition for leathering, the somewhat stiff skins are moistened on the flesh side with a salt solution and allowed to remain for several hours until they have become pliable. They are then tumbled in sawdust until the moisture has been removed and they are further softened. By means of “beaming” them mechanically the hide fibers are separated enough to admit the oil used in tanning to all parts of the skin. This oil is composed of seal oil and certain fat and soap compounds and is applied to the flesh side with a brush, after which the skins are rolled and folded singly into a bundle and piled onto a table for a few hours while the oil soaks into the raw fibers. Two or three runs in mills which tumble the skins over and over, working the oil into the fibers and changing them into leather are necessary before the skins are fully tanned. They are finally cleaned by milling them in sawdust and are hooped and dried preparatory to being dyed. There are interesting exhibits of the skin for any who are interested in their various stages on display in the lobby of the Bureau of Fish- eries Building here in Washington. One of the skins on exhibition is marked by three distinct processes. The upper third shows the skin as it comes from the animal, with the coarse guard hairs protruding above the soft fur; the scond, or middle, third of the skin presents the appearance of tightly rolled light tan astrakhan fur and shows the fur after the removal of the guard hairs; it bears little 3 Invests. 4 Word of solemn assent. 5 Color. 6 Half em. 7 Drinking mug. 8 Feminine name. 9 Rescind. 24 Thick black liquid. 26 Kind of silk. 29 Drinking cup. 30 It is: contraction. 31 Ventilate. 32 Understand. 33 Mexican dish. 35 Railroad flare 10 Exudation from - certain trees. 11 Catkin. 13 Bird of the gull family. 17 School assignment. 19 Slender dagger. 21 Unit of electrical resistance. 22 Contend. 23 Preserve, signals. 36 Pay out. 37 Japanese gateway. 38 Church official. 39 Omen. 42 Seed covering. 44 Complete collection 45 Years of one’s life. 46 New: comb. form. 47 Attempt. 50 Compass point. resemblance to the finished third—a gleaming, velvety fur, soft and smooth and thick—the seal fur known to the retail trade of the world as one of the loveliest of lovely furs. Many trade sercrets are guarded jealously in the dyeing of sealskins. But, generally speak- ing, the process consists of applying a grounde ing solution to prepare the fur for the dye. This is followed by several applications of the dye until the desired color and lustc: are ob- tained. A beautiful new tone has been pere " fected in the dyeing of these fur skins, which makes them more valuable at auction. It is best described, perhaps, as a logwood brown, or, if you would be French, Bois de Campeche. It is interesting to note that at the last public auction held in St. Louis for the United States Government, these Bois de Campeche skins sold for much higher prices than the natural black, 5,022 black skins having sold for $109,- 011.50 and 9,000 dyed logwood brown for $240,- 636.50. Prices for regular skins of black dye ranged from $21 to $43.50, the average per skin being $29.65; for scarred and faulty skins the price at auction was $16.84, with a range from $1250 to $21. The “number threes” skins brought $5.50 each. This latest report from the Bureau of Fish- eries in Washington shows that of those sold at public auction in St. Louis, 152 of the fur skins represented the share of the United States Government in skins taken by the Japanese government on Robben Island, in accordance with the North Pacific Sealing Con- vention. Of the number sold, 14,022 were taken on Pribiloff Islands, two were confiscated skins; there was also in the group 544 blue and nine white fox skins and five confiscated sea otter skins. Altogether this last public auction netted the United States Government $500,000, which, is, we will all agree, a tidy annual ine come, bearing witness to the wisdom and foree thought exercised by our Bureau of Fisheries in the perpetuation and care of the national seal herd. ‘ield of Japanese Beetle. THE area infested by the Japanese beetle contains within its borders more than 4,000 nurseries and green houses from which stock is shipped to all parts of the world under Federal certificate. This entails a tremendous amount of inspection work by the Federal agents. It is estimated that as many as 73,000,000 plants are certified each year for shipment.