Evening Star Newspaper, February 9, 1930, Page 104

THE SUNDAY STAR.V WASHINGTON, D. C, FEBRUARY 9, -1930. = S ‘Sunday Morning Among the Cross-Words EDITORS NOTE: 45 across and 17 down are . . in Webster’s defined below. It is hard to ’ 2 7 ’/ /13 Va Y15 lve 17 belfeve, isn't it? ' : 86 Pertaining to a whale. 87 Sideways. 88 Frighten. 89 To decree. 90 Refuge. 91 Concise. Down. 1 Full of matted 1 Spore cese. 6 Exhibiticn. ©13 One of the Philippine Islands 18 Moses’ brother. 19 Trespass. 20 Scotch weight. 21 Give. 22 Rasps. 23 Circular. 24 Make gestures. 65 Being directly before a pause. 27 The primeval 2= 6. 11 12. 14. 15. " 18, 20, 21. b giant from whose body the gods created the world: Norse myth. Side remarks. Rigidly. Attach as an accessory'. A granary: India. Feudal tenant. Refinemegt. Lettuce. Genus of liliaceous plants. Eternal: poetic. Exclamation of disgust. Disagreement. Rodent. Ottoman court. Correct. Garb. Lyric poem. Scorch. Conjunction of comparison. Man who leaves a will. Metal-bearing rock. Acoustie. Small rope: naut. A color. Three-oeared galleys. Required. Handcuffs: coll. Metric measures of tapacity. A salt marsh. Slate-like rocks. Head coverings. Make glad. Commentary or explanatory; to the side. A fruit. B rrrrig LEDNE . 7/ Acrols. Lukewarm. Dilutes. Threaten. Fame. Alternative. Proffers. Hawadian bird. ‘Thing. Decay. 2% Consumed. . Goes ashore. ikl Electrified particle. 2 3 4 32 33 34 35 37 38 39 40 41 43 47 49 50 53 58 60 61 64 65 locks. Seraglio. Rub out. Exhibiting marked difference. Opponent. Desuetude. Slope. Sit astride. Babble. Polynesian fruit pigeons. American humorist. Affirmative. Unusual. Excite. Small rodent. A record. In a red manner. Cap of a flail. Copper coins. Machine used for cutting annular grooves. Pompous show. Attic. Feudal lord. Musical note in Guido Aretino’s scale. Clarified, as liquor: rare. Old Hebrew name for Tishri. Cogwheel. An artery. Excelled. Turned aside. Bitterly severe. Spartan magistrates. One who caresses. Appearance of a play of colors; iridescence. Sheet of glass. Most sensible. Lying down. Valid mood of ogic. Cut into three parts, Absence of sound. . United. . Legume, . Emphasize. . Small island. . Difficulty. . Whatever occupies space. . Full-grown. . Self. . Pay back. . Tin container. . Thick black liquid. . Covered wagon. 0 il L 6 67 Kind of type. 69 Prame for stretching cloth. dHEE NN ERE . Outfit. . Morning. . Seamen. . Compass point. . Toils. . Implement for en- larging holes. . Bristles. . Secret military agents. Down. 1. Cylindrical. 's. Half ‘ém.' ' R _ dNEEn 71 Of the Alps. <72 Ancient coins. ol ol H dEEERd i dNEdENEN il B i L I A © dEE aEE AN WEN MEE dEJEEE AN TR BN J4JEdEE 4NN EN WEE JEE B e al . Touch lightly. . Freeze. . Contradiction. . Inclines in direction. . Pronoun. . Those in office. . Word of refusal. . Faints. . Ethical. . Memoranda. . Spanishgentleman. . Legislator. ', O ot . °, o, ». G SIS i i. - 76 Perfume. 77 Bridge span L] A J supports. 78 A pebble: Great Britain, i Lincoln Hero W orshiper. Continued from Third Page authgrize any one to go and return from Petersburg and Richmond.” “That, you see,” he explained, “was the last thing Lincoln ever wrote. They were ready to go to the theater and he kept Mrs. Lincoln waiting while he wrote this for the soldier who requested a pass. It took me an awfully long time to persuade the family of this soldier to part with this paper. They treasured it greatly. But when reverses came they needed the money, and so Lincoln’s last words, written at 7 o'clock on April 14, 1865, came into my possession. I obtained the woolen shawl through Mrs. Fowler of Chicago, to whom Mrs. Lincoln had given the shawl after Lincoln's death. She visited my collection here and mentioned that she had the shawl. I was beside myself to get it, but she steadfastly refused to part with it. However, she promised that she would will it to me. Years after, in 1920, hér daughter walked into the room and handed me the shawl “THE Lincoln family Bible was purchased by a Washingtonian and presented to me. He bought it for $125. It would bring thou- sands today. The old Bible was on exhibit at the World’s Fair and has had a rather preca- rious existence generally since it left the Lin- coln family. “I obtained Booth's spur on a trip I took which covered the route taken by Booth after the assassination. At the home of Dr. Mudd, who gave medical treatment to Booth, I learned that a man living not far away pos- sessed one of the spurs which he had cut from Booth’s injured foot. I found the man and, after some dickering, purchased the spur for $50.” There are about 5,000 articles in all, with a library of 1,000 volumes, containing a copy of every book that was ever written about Abra- ham Lincoln. Here, too, are autograph letters, pictures and papers of his early life, badges 21. European deer. 35. Estates. 23. Metric measure of 36. Elevates. capacity. 37. Go in. 24. Wandering. 40. Companion. 27. Small bird. 46. Drunkard. 29. Groove. 47. Southern constel- 32. Fusible opaque lation. substance. 48. Corded fabric. 33. Lizards. 49. Capuchin monkey. 34. Amend on re- 52. Exist. examination. 54. Myself. and caricatures of the 1860 campaign, sheet music and funeral sermons, eulogies and ade dresses, busts, masks, medallions and medals. And, most intimate of all, furniture and articles of clothing from the Lincoln home. Over in one corner is suspended a fence rail. It was taken down from the rail fence which “Abe” helped to build .in Illinots and which gave him the famous nickname of “Rail-Splitter.” This little house on Tenth street really cane not accommodate thé Oldroyd Lincoln collece tion so as to display it to advantage and the Government is making plans for a permanent home for it. The ol Ford Theater across the way, converted into a museum, has been men- tioned as a suitable location. And it is ine teresting to recall in this connection that Repe resentative Rathbone of Illinols, lately deceased, whose father was in the Lincoln box the night Booth shot him, sponsored this movement—as yet only a movement—before the Seventieth .congress. (Copyright, 1930.) Blast Prevention Gains. NEARLY 20 years ago the Bureau of Mines set off its first explosion of coal dust at the Pittsburgh Experimental Station, and, with that explosion, set off the campaign to con- vince coal men that the explosions that weré taking so many lives in the mines were largely due to coal dust and not gas, as was generally thought. Since that time more than a thousand ex- plosions have been staged, but they are no longer necessary to convince the mine owners, They are intended now to test various ways and means of checking the disasters. The falling death rate in the mines gives evidence of the success of the experiments and the pre- ventives. Gullible Poultrymen. AMONG the vast host of those who bear out Mr. Barnum’s famous remark about a fool being born every minute, stands a gullible number of poultry raisers who have fallen vic- tim to so-called stimulants which are supposed to increase egg production. Dr. H. E. Moskey of the Federal Department of Agriculture has issued a warning to poultry husbandmen to be- ware of such preparations, as he declares that there is no known drug or combination of drugs which will prove efficaceous in bringing about a greater egg yleld, admirable and am- bitious as that endeavor may he.