Evening Star Newspaper, June 22, 1930, Page 96

THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., JUNE 22, 1930. 22 Sunday Morning Among the Cross-Wor ACROSS. Sprinkle. Indian nurse. Circle of light. Nuzzled. Franciscan nun. A perennial plant, External, Corrode. A pun. Indian edin. Right to decide. Faint Pertaining to primitive people of Europe. Exist. Flame A cucurbitaceous vine, Hebrew letter R. Early: comb. form. Prefix denoting on this side. Leading player. Name of a county in seven different States. Point. Loose garments. King conquered by Moses. Short play. In a direct line. Duration. Mischievous. Calcium oxide used in cement. Sea eagle. Tree. Character denoting pitch on musical staff. Directed. Organ of respiration. Long space of time. Primary bud of seedling. Inexplicable. A puzzle. Son of Seth. Wayside inn. Odd: Scotch. Putting on airs: slang. Powerful. Post again. Resinous substance. Sodium chloride. Unit of energy or ACROSS. 1 Ancient Irish capital 6 Tips up or over. 10 Fiber used in making rope. w14 Encourage. f15 Music drama. #16 Biblical river. 07 Gave for temporary use, #8 Post of a staircase B9 Horse of a certain color. 20 Rights 22 Barbarity. 24 Part of a plant. 26 Small valley. 27 Came @1 Despoils: archaic 85 Thrice: prefix. BG6 Commence. into view E BK N O IEEER K W0 I U W work. Heap. Slang negative. A nomad. Highway. City in Texas. Facile. Serpent. Large containers. Prefix meaning good. Side of an arch. Always: poetic, A large knife, Attendant. Norwegian masculine name. Exists. Vessel for heating liquids. Mistake. A holiday: abbr. Cerium: chem. symbel. Implement for cutting. Deface. Runs quickly. Dispatched. Having three teeth. Periods of time. Roman measure, Animals having no teeth. Artless. Clear sky. Salamander. Allows. Malicious burning of property, DOWN. Scour. Feather. Grate or scrape. Crafty device, Pronoun. Maxims. Mud. Past. Obstruct. Swinging bed. Wing. Defect of speech. Willows, Not at all. Excel in splendor. Male deer. Uncanny. Constellation. Labor. Equal value, Beverage, Danger. Italian wine. o Scene of combat. Small particle, Fashionable: collog. Concealed obstacle. Gets up. Diversion. Devoured. Robs. Letters. Written promise to pay. Biblical proper name. Metal merchandise. Rubs out. Musical instrument. Pertaining to an Italian city. Unit of electrical pressute, ENEEE E N N E BT N N 68 69 70 T T2 8 Wise men of the Small spike Make known A dandy: British slang Three-toed wading birds Travel. Walk A thousand years. Trade Leaders of flocks. Mute consonant, One who holds view of Pergamese grammarians, that there is no necessary analogy between word and thing. Feminine name. Ogle. A heavy hammer, Greek letter. Pointed ends. Indian flat- bottomed dugout. Dark elf. Implement for cleaning. Philippine tree with light reddish wood. Worn track. Masculine name, Having eight leaves to a sheet, Silkworm. Strike sharply. Spun wool. Heroine of Lohengrin. Pintail duck. Behold! Stopple. Water India. Valley. Shakespearean king. Barber fork for catching a fresh- water fish Fragments, Torture, Heavy soil Unproductive, Entranceway. More than specified amount. Publish. Odor. By no means. Speak wildly. carrier of Winglike. Proclamation Silkworm Anarchists. Withers. Shakespearian king. DOWN. Acid magnesium metasilicate. Brother of Cain California rockfish: var. Garb Keeps company Imitate Tidings Walk Tray Thieves Medicinal plant Region hetween France and 117 The opah. 118 German e EEEN d EEEE " 13 Diminutive. 21 Extinct New Zealand birds. 23 Appellation of Athena. 25 Spans of horses. 27 Perfumes. 28 Small: law. 29 Ordinary language. 30 Hang loosely. 32 Basely purchasable. 33 Growing out. 34 Wise men. 37 PFigure of speech. 40 Wanders aimlessly. 42 Three-pronged spears, 45 Sluggish. 47 Former ruler, MR EN manufacturing city. 120 Measure of length 121 Boundary line, 123 Let it stand. 124 Goddess of S Q. 128 Consumed. 131 Land measure. 133 Sodium: chem. 127 Condensed moisture, Exposing H ollywood s Racketeers.s Continued from Sevenicenth Page are annoying and are largely responsible for the studios discontinuing to buy stories on the open market, All manuscripts submitted to studios— and there are thousands of them every year— now are returned to the authors unopened. The studios either buy published stories or engage authors of known reputations. Every movie star who rises suddenly to prom- inenice and the huge salaries and sudden wealth which go with it, lives in daily fear of law- suits, Such stars are immediately marked men and women, considered as fit subjects for suits by any one who can think of a plausible excuse for going to court. Not only breach of promise and similar suits face the men, but all kinds of personal injury suits are a perpetual menace. Some of the stars actually refuse to drive or own their own automobiles because of the ex- cellent chance that unscrupulous racketeers will “frame” an injury and go to court for alleged damages. And the wealthy movie star, whose money seems to come so easily, has little chance for an even break before most juries. I)ERPE'I‘UAL watch must be maintained to prevent the unauthorized use of the stars’ names. Unless they are on the alert, they are likely to wake up any morning and find that they have indorsed the eating of Chipped Bed Slats for breakfast, or the Rapid Reducing Ray for Excess Equators, though they had previously heard of neither. Their names are in constant unauthorized use by people using them as a reference, al- though the stars may not even know, let alone approve, the people they are said to “recom- mend.” Only recently one of the Hindu ‘“‘Swaimis,” who find so many eager devotees among lonely women in Southern California, used as a refer- ence the alleged fact that Mary Pickford, Charles Chaplin, and George Arliss were de- votees of his cult. All these movie stars denied that they even knew the Swami, and have promised to testify to that effect when the Swami goes into Municipal Court to face charges preferred by a woman who claims he wronged her after gaining her confidence by telling how the stars swore by him. Even theater owners out here might be ac- cused of being racketeers. Certain long-run houses make a practice of charging $5 admis- sion on opening nights. However, the show is the same that can be seen the following day for anywhere from 50 cents to $1.50. Neverthe- less, the house always is sold out on the open- ing night. The stars pay their $5, doll up in evening clothes and go there to be seen. 50 Gazes. 52 Go from place. 54 Eat away. 56 Gray. 57 Competent. 58 Highway. 59 Arabian chieftain. 61 Motbidly tender. 62 Lamb’s pen name. 63 Celestial body. 66 Top card. place to And the other suckers pay their $5 for a chance to see the celebrities and with the secret hope of being able to go home and say they sat next to Clara Bow at one of Hollywood's premieres. If that isn't a racket, we don't know what is. SUCH premieres unconsciously serve another purpose. They give the kids a chance te get in on this racketeering business. The kids know that anywhere from 500 to 3,000 curious spectators will be crowded around the en- trance of the theaters to catch glimpses of the stars as they enter. So they appear with boxes of all shapes and sizes, selling them to the throng for 25 or 50 cents each. When the crowd disperses, they gather up their boxes and save them for the next opening. Another racket upon which the youths have a monopoly is that of pointing out stars’ homes. Saturdays and Sundays always find them parked in convenient locations, their dilapi« dated Fords covered with huge signs proclaime ing to the world that they will point out the homes of movie stars for 50 cents. Sometimes they point out the real homes of the stars and sometimes they don't, but since the tourist for whom they act as guides don't know the differ- ence, every one goes home satisfied. Yes, folks, Chicago may have its gangsters, but when it comes to real high-class racketeer= ing, Hollywood makes them look like babes. Male Bug Raises Young. HE zaitha, or giant water bug, has solved the question of which parent shall raise the young in a way which may please the female, but which decidedly meets the disap- proval of the male. The female lays the eggs on the back of the male, cementing them with a layer of watdr- proof glue. The male, either sulking or shamed, frequently hides away for days at a time until the eggs are hatched. The water bug is an enemy of fish, particu- larly during spawning time. It is able either to live on land or in the water, and has a habit of lying concealed in the mud, waiting to reach out suddenly and seize passing small fish in its curving front claws. Lake Springs Fatal to Elk. }_IARRISON LAKE, in Glacier National Park, is a spring-fed lake, and in this character- istic lies the death knell of elk and other heavy animals which cross it when frozen in Winter. The rising .currents of water and air from the springs keep the surface of the ice dotted with unfrozen places which do freeze over lightly in severe weather. The animals, crossing the lake, step unsuspectingly on the thin ice and plunge into the water, from which they cannot escape because of its depth.