Evening Star Newspaper, December 7, 1930, Page 84

The Secret of MARGARET YORKE By Kathleen Norris o3 b Y A Mo A INSTALLMENT XIV. TAN and the cattle man reached Uplands at about 4 o'clock upon a warm October afternoon. As he stopped the car at the porch steps, Stan looked about for Margaret and almost immediately Soposteit oa the porms Sndshe 'one on the porch, and sl e down to the car. the big cattle man un- ly, but with all her usual sweet- composure. To Stanley she ly & glance; it was evidently one of her serious days, when she with- mysteriously into herself. Mr. Crittenden has to , Mr. Kent,” she said. “But walk about the farm with me the light lasts? Your aunt is not Stan,” you go in and see her?” "ngm away!” Stan said, concerned- ly. “But where do you get this got-to- go-back stuff?” he asked. He had tele- phoned his aunt this afternoon that he ‘would have barely half an hour at the , but now he felt entirely unwilling to go away. Margaret gave him a temperate glance d _shru, her shoulders slightly. Stanley felt that she declined to argue with a fool, and set off upon their tour, five minutes later, in a somewhat un- sympathetic mood. But the charm of the place rapidly both to friendliness again, and when they came to Battersby's white cottage, around the hill, Margaret's face brightened into positive radiance. “Oh, Stan, your aunt told you about the baby?” she explained to the vis- itor, “two weeks old today! Wait a minute—" She flashed into the cottage, whose walls were not so sturdy but what the men on the porch could hear a cer- tain murmuring, like the warm coo- ing of doves, within. ediately Margaret reappeared with the infant upon her arm. Old | d Kent bent interestedly over it, and little Jim pushed his brown face close against the aggrieved little pasty face. “You love children, don't you?” Stan- ley asked, curiously teased by some in- Ber desire to make her talk. “Oh, yes!” she answered simply, sm! at him and then down at Jim. “Shirley says this one is spoiled and needs discipline,” he told her, with an amused glance at the little boy. “Jim?” she asked sharply. And she an odd look coming into nt face. “In what “I don't think he's spoiled. I think he's the corkingest little kid I ever 'w—he's never under foot!” Stan- ley hastened to say. “Shirley really doesn’t know him. She'll like him bet- | clal ter later on!” “It’s to be the twenty-seventh,” Mar- B9 | doctors fine “Isn't she added to Stanley. | added, meet Shirley and a real estate agent this morning at 12 to look at an apart- ment on California street. Stan heard the clock in the hall softly chimin 12 as he remembered it. He shrugged, smiled, and turned back to his aunt. Shirley telephoned, angry and in- credulous, at lln‘;lock.ler‘:r:; ;:fl called to the telephone to speal 3 “We called him home, Mrs. Theobald. Mrs. Cutting is seriously ill.” “Well, I don't care who's seriously ill, I want to nglk to him!” Shirley said furiously. “I wait and wait—-" “I can’t call him now,” Margaret pro- tested. “She is in the surgery, and Mr. Crittenden is waiting to learn what the d this” the Burlingame house?” Shirley asked, after a pause. ‘.’vWell. then, why do you say surgery?” she de impatiently, as Margaret an- swered with an affirmative. “Ah——?" she said, in a completely changed tone, when Margaret had more fully ex- plained the situation. “I see! I didn't understand. Isn't that terrible?” she said eagerly. In .fion, all Shirley's acquisitive eagerness, all her sense of her own im- lxmance as Stan's promised wife, was instantly awakened. Stan was com- 1orub|% rich now, he would be really rich when Mrs. Cutting died. Her impatience vanished, she imme- diately went home, changed to a dark, trailing black gown, and walked thoughtfully and pensively to the Cut- ting home. Margaret, suddenly enter- ing the library at 3 o’clock, found her established there, on a“divan beside Stan, their fingers locked, and Shirley's baby face the picture of conscious sym- pathy and grief. Stan got to his feet and walked to Margaret, his face grave. “No news,” Margaret said. “The doc- tors want to talk to you, Stan—" “Stan?” Shirley echoed the famil- iarity, amused, and Margaret flushed. “I think I will go up with Mr. Critten- len.” Stan gave her a perplexed look and instantly turned to Margaret. .j;!'ne us up—you're in charge,” he A grave discussion of the operation ensued: Mrs. Cutting had survived it, they could say no more. It would be hours, possibly days, before they could give any definite hope. “Oh, I'm just not going to believe that she's going to die—it's just too ter- rible!” Shirley said. Margaret said nothing, except in an- swer to brief questions or directions from the doctors, but her anxious eyes— surprisingly anxious, Stanley thought, moved m&shntly’!mm face to face. He was conscious of a certain impatient dislike of Shirley's fluttering lnp; ex- SHcmmention: it she - thoeht s \ e had better go to the anflsley!:‘d.lnnu, garet sald, reminded by his last words | after all. of the wedding. hing “Or thereabouts,” Stanley answered. | argue And a sudden cool doubt assailed him. He walked along in silence, busy with uneasy and led thoughts. “I have & silly feeling of—homesickness,” confessed suddenly, after a while. “But you're here!” Margaret said, ly . “Please don't be silly!™ “I'm not being silly,” Stanley said, in- another ir it] ips, and when little Jim asked her some ques- she encircled him with her arm thoughtfully kissed the top of his head twice before she answered. all the time she never once glanced t Stanley. Ten minutes later, with incredible reluctance, he tore himself from the m}{ comfort of the scene. Well, he and Shirley would live here sometimes, he thought. But it was not Shirley’s natural setting. Shirley liked only to rest and be idle here or to en- just as she would entertain any- > Driving north, in the chill Autumn h tains, 5 he her surrender when she did sur- render! It would embrace everything, be t; old-fashioned, tender, un- wifely love and trust; old- fashioned, prayerful welcoming of chil- dren; it would & and ice cream freezers, and— yes, and goodness. “But not for me!” he sald, with a sudden deep ache in his heart. *x % x “Stanley, this is Margaret. Can you hear me?” Stanley, his whole quiet office sud- denly metamorphosed, nodded to Miss Blske to shut the door and concen- trated upon his telephone. “Certainly—I hear you. Where are you—at the farm?” “No, we are at San Mateo—we came this morning. Stanley, you had better come down at once, I think. Your sunt is very il Hattie!” His voice was “What seems to be the mat- ter?” he asked, in concern. ‘e don't know. Dr. Pullen has sent for Carter and White. She seems——" “TU beh.l::;l'e in Qfihz\nu,lt.i“'nhe said quietly, ing up telephone. Less than half fi;‘lu in the Bur- rgaret came out of room door as he :'R- proac and drew him quietly down the hall and into her own room. "'l'he doctors :‘r!“x}‘lere. Sun:]'-hty‘r: the upstairs sitting room. I've gof nurses he they think they will 0 te. t Stanley asked, his “what 1 mm nley h"x‘" pping shoulder. 0.'.—&:1 fear a broken appendix,” Ko whe answered. ‘“They're that it is she? 1Is she suffering now? she know it?” “She's wonderful. She's lying quite a nurse watching her mustn't stir. But you see her—she wants to o) come and the end,” he whispered. ‘s serious, of course” Margaret S guardedly. “But they say felt dazed. Aunt Hat had in his mother's place for 20 went into her altered, orderly was Aunt Hat, so still the plain, stretched sheet, with old and colorless. , her lips smiled, she & wrinkled hand. chair beside her and he | Stanley said, patiently Was_ consc! d the | Legi an hour later he | walk g _can happen tonight” she ““There is really no reason why {ou shouldn’t go, too, Stan. It isn't as f it was your mother, you know.” ‘Still, T think I had better stay,” e Mn.:nd gravely. He garet was con- sclous, of an impatience to have her fone—out of ithe , out of sight and (Continued in Tomorrow's Star.) American Gold Star r| A of the association will ,hfldm;e“%y evel . It will .| “Street and Highway Safety.” Bar T. Lyons, assistant welfare, American 3 Holt, adjutant, Forej All material for this column must be | tion State office, mailed to the , Room 101, Burlington Hotel, in time to be received | exand on the first delivery on Wednesday pre- ceding the Sunday on which pubg::- tion is desired. Dr. Paul Ewerhardt, director of the Child Guidance Clinic, who addressed the Committee on Child Guidance of the District of Columbia Congress of Parents and Teachers, under the direc tion of Mrs. E. N. Leach, Tuesday aft- ernoon, has been invited to broadcast over Station WOL December 10, for 12 minutes from 10:45 am. His e will be “Christmas Books and Toys for Children,” and he has made a list of such books and toys available at the State office, where members may view it at their lelsure. . g Dr. Eugene L. Swan of the American Social Hyglene Society broadcast Wed- pesday evening under the auspiges of the District of Columbia ccnnm of Parents and Teache:s. A conference of the Board of Mana- gers of the Distrizt of Columbia Con- gress of Parents and Teachers will take place December 9 at 1 o'clock in the Burlington Hotel, Mrs. B J. Dowling, State Student Ald chairm: Jan Hoppe of Holland, who, with his wife and two children, are in Wash- ington, entertained the children of the Takoma School last week. The enter- tainment was given by the Tokoma Parent-Teacher Association. Mr. Hoppe and his family are available to er ations for like- entertainments. He can be reached through the State office, Room 101, Burlington Hotel. ‘The Child Guidance Committee met December 2 at 1:30 p.m. at the Bur- ington Hotel. Mrs. Morgan Otterback asked those present have their schools co-operate in the Christmas party at the Receiving Home. It was voted that the committee visit the in- stitution in which children are cared for, and a visit to Neighborhood House was planned for December 9. The Singing Mothers Chorus will have a rehearsal December 8, at 2 pm. in the Thomson School. ‘There will be a meeting of all Thrift chairmen in the State e next Tues- day at 10 pm. Mrs. E. T. Newman, Thrift chairman of the Bancroft Asso- clation, will have an exhibit of some of the Thrift work done by her sehool at this time. A meeting of the Safety chairmen will be held in the State o&be Decem- o ber 11, at 10:30 a.m. Bancroft. A m of the Bancroft Associa- tion was held Tuesday. In the absence of the president, Mrs. Norman Stentz, Mrs. Willlam Sweet; presided. An ap- propriation of $100 was made by association to add necessary equip- ment to the different class rooms. Dr. Homer J. Councilor delivered an address. Miss Ruth Gary gave read- ings. There wa san exhibit of the dolls and toys mended and painted by the children of the school for the less for- tunate of our city. Powell Elementary. A meeting of the Powell Elementary Association will be held December 8 at 8 p.am. The speaker will be Stephen H. Talkes, secretary- rer of the Association of Retall Credit Men. Harold King, soloist of Petworth Bap- tist Church, will sing. Brightwood. - be be will of ‘The the M. “Fathers' Night” and program be devoted to the vital subject ers will be C. H. Lutz of ith police precinct, and A. Chamber of f | Koehler of the John Eaten. J. B. Colpoys, chairman of the Ad- visory Committee on Vocational Educa- tion, will be the speaker at a meeting iof the John Eaton Association tomor- row at 8 pm. There will also be a demonstrat of the “Curtis Practical ;| Tests.” Legio i . George H - ham, Gold Star Mo!hr:r; Mo:"lo(&'ra M. Wolf, Syracuse Gold Star M 3 other, and Mrs. E. M. H. Guedry, treasurer. Mrs. Guedry was instrumental in ge- curing from the quartermaster general & flag, which was forwarded direct to Mrs. Catherine Minogue, a Gold Star Mother in New York City. A memorial stone was contributed to the ‘Washing- ton Cathedral and the annual contri- bution sent to the treasurer of the Women’s Patriotic o % I foniiotic Conference on Na Three new members were enrolled as follows: Mrs. Elizabeth Cunning- ham of Waterbury, Conn., mother of Thomas A. Cunningham, died of pneu- monia at Camp Devans, Mass, March 17, 1918; Mrs. John T. Kelly of Water- bury, Conn., mother of Sylvester P. Kelly, killed in action, July 29, 1918, in France; Mrs. Ida Bell Porter of St. Petersburg. Fla, mother of George R. Bell, killed in action, July 23, 1917, in Arm; of Occupation, Coblents, Ger- Mrs. Catherine Barrack reported hav- ing earned $15, to be used for Chrisf mas cheer in Naval Hospital. Mrs. M. E. Warfield will be assisted by Mrs. C. Barrack, Mrs, E. 8. Bruce, Mrs. R, E. acobs, Mrs. Delia Barber, Mrs. E. M. Guedry and Mrs. E. M. Nash for Christmas party at Na: Mrs. Mary K. Killeen will be by Mrs. G W. Hibbs, Mrs. Fannie F. Meeks and others for a Christmas en- tertainment at Mount Alto Hospital. Mrs. Seibold, assisted by Mrs. John C. Kelton, Mrs. H. L. Hurley, Mrs. M. E. Loveless, Mrs. Carrie J. Searl and Mrs, Josephine Talks, will distribute ®ifts at Walter Reed Hospital. The mothers responded to needed as- sistance for several veterans during the past two weeks, one veteran having ed from Cleveland, Ohio, I.n:lnh? E. Jacobs, cl;alrmln of Ways leans, reported arrangements having been made by her committee of young people in the furtherance of plans for the dance to be given in the Hotel Hamilton January 9, the pro- ceeds to be used for assistance to worthy veterans. Mrs. R. E. Jacobs, Cairo Hotel; Mrs. Bessie O'Neill, Longfellow street, Ji H. the and Mr. and Mrs. . C. Barber, 3017 Twenty-fourth street northeaat, are in charge of the tickets. A group of mothers will meet with Mrs. Eugene 8. Bruce, 14 Rhode Island avenue, tomorrow at 2 o'clock to make articles for distribution during the ‘l::mn will t with the. presiaey mee sident December 11 at 2 p.m. i 2 Mrs. Josephine Talks, Sunshine chair- man, reported having sent Thangs- giving greetings to Gold Star members in 21 States. Mrs. Esther L. Thomas and Miss Thomas were guests. The next meeting wu!“be held De- Whittier, ‘The Whittier Association will t, meet Monday at 3:15 p.m. The children who were found to be 100 per cent in health, through the Summer round-up, will be awarded blue ribbons, and an address on “Child Health” will be given. Blair-Hayes, A program has been arranged for the “Pathers’ Night” meeting of the asso- ciation Thursday evening at the Hayes School. The fathers are especially urged to attend. Thomson. The executive committee of the Thomson School met Tuesday at 2 o'clock. The next meeting of the asso- clation will be held December 9 at 7:30 . m. in the school. The speaker will J. G. Yaden. Miss Eleanor Hulburt will render two musical selections. Plans are being made for an enter- tainment December 13, at 7:30 o'clock, at the Thomson School. Bowen-Greenleaf. ‘The Executive Committee of the Bowen-Greenleaf Association “met at the Bowen School and final arrange- ments were made for the card party December 9 at 8 pm. in the Bowen School. Business High School. ‘The Business High School Associa- tion will meet Wednesday. Speaker, Dr. Willlam L. Darby, executive secre- tary, Washington Federation of Churches. Langdon. The students of the 6 A-B grade of . | the Langdon School have a reward of their efforts on their Forestry note book which they sent to the Forestry Exhibit at the National Museum. Not only did their book receive honorable mention, but it was chosen as one of 12 to be sent to fl;e New York :Xhllbl':. and they are proud possessors of a lef ter of Jnmwlnlm from Mrs. J N. Saunders, lent of the District of Columbia of Parents and Teachers. The next meeting of the Langdon Association will be held December 12 at 8 o'clock. Miss Madge ) speaker, Central High. The Central Association was ad- dressed by Dr. Cloyd Heck Marvin, president of George Washington Uni- \&e‘mty. Monday evening. The rest of | yise was in celebration of the e m Virgil Bimillennium and was presented by the students of the Virgil Class. It | indc consisted of chorus. & reading, a play and a ‘The Wheatley December 9 at 2:30 p.m. At the executive meeting, December 3, a special treat was planned for the children of the school, when arrange- ments were completed for mom- ance by “The Hollanders,” wi was the school auditorium on the December 5. cember 16 at 8 p.m. in the Hotel Hamil- | J ton, when amendments to the consti- tution and by-laws will be voted upon. A committee will be appointed to nomi- nate officers, who will elested Janu- ary 20. Mrs. (A{e‘xnndn K. Anderson chairman of v ws and Nominating Sl a ST Olympic's Captain to Quit. NEW YORK, De —, tls White Star “nc:rmboell;l:pl::’ ’..u% late last night for Southampton Caj age in command. of the ance direction of the Ways and Means Com- mittee, Lenox. The Lenox Association met Novem- h | match. No competitor will . William dera, philanthropic chairman, reported baskets of provisions and clothing sent to the needy at 'l‘hankulvi% The Study Circle will meet next Thursday evening. Brent-Dent. Mrs. Joseph N. Saunders, president of the District of Columbia Congress of Parents and Teachers, will be the speaker tomorrow at 2:30 p.m. at the Brent School. Other features will be a play by Mrs. Gammell's second grade Brent, and violin solos by Robert Ko- ber, sixth grade, Dent. Powell Junior. Mrs. Thomas P. Martin will lead a discussion, having as its topic “The Home and Character Education,” at & meeting of the association Wednes- day at 3 pm. Adams. Dr. James Allen Hicks, of the Na- tional Research Council's division of Anthropology and Psychology, spoke Tuesday evening at & meeting of the association. In a resolution, passed by the asso- ciation, the District Commissioners were asked to order the immediate closing of Nineteenth street between Columbia road and Florida avenue un- til trafic lights have been installed. Three recent serious accidents to chily dren were mentioned as pfoof of the trafic hazard to them which now ex- ists at that point. ‘The Boy Patrol members will be en- tertained, with their teacher, Miss Muntz, at a performance. A gift of $10 was voted Mr. Cleary, manual training teacher, for the purchase of material for the making of model air- planes. ‘The attendance banner and book were won by Miss McLaurine, second and third grade teacher. Curtis-Hyde-Addison. The Curtis-Hyde-Addison Associa- tion at its meeting November 19, in the ' Heights, 1 fhe next meeting will be held Decem- ber 8, at which time the children in the different grades will entertain with songs and recitations. The cup for attendance was presented to Hg. Hellinger’s class in the Addison. Petworth. Dr. Homer J, Councilor addressed the Petworth Association last Tuesday eve- ning. Mrs. I. V, Ashburn spoke in the interest of the “Sing Mothers” of the District of Colu;\‘gli Congress of Parents and Teachers. ‘A reading by Miss Dorothy Sampson and a. violin se- lection by Miss Bernice Shepherd, ac- companied by Miss Evelyn Wells, at the plano, completed the social. Announcement was made that the Petworth Girls' Athletic team was awarded the pennant for first place in the inter-scholastic contest. e prize of $5 for largest percentage of parents present was won by Mrs. Helen R. Cole’s first grade. Francis Scott Key. J. W. Talley, troop committeeman of & Boy Scout troop and formerly assist- ant Scout executive, will address the Francis Scott Key Association Tuesday at 8 o'clock. ‘The following members of the Child Guidance Committee aind volunteers from the association will assist during the week in caring for children appear- ln‘ before the court of Judge Kathryn Sellers: Monday, Mrs. Charles Depue End_ruru. Hans Sorenson; Tuesday, Mrs. Steiner and Mrs. Floyd E. Botson; Fri- day, Mrs. Hans Sorenson and Mrs, H. F. Maurice. At a meeting of the Executive Com- mittee of the Assoclation, last Monday, Mrs. Charles T. Goude was nemed to Tepresent the association in connection with plans under way by the Potomac Palisades Garden Club and the Conduit Road Citizens’ Association to have a community Christmas tree in Potomac e District National Guard Instructions for the conduct of an indoor rifie team match for organiza- tions of the National Guard through- out the United States, Hawali and Porto Rico to be held during the month of February, have been issued according to an_announcement received from the Militia Bureau of the War Department )y the br headquarters of the Na- g‘:‘nfl Guard of the District of Colum-= ‘The notice says that in order that maximum results may be obtained, all adjutants general and organization com- manders are requested to give their co- operation in carrying out the details, and the hope is expressed that, aside from the training benefits obtained, these matches will inspire a wholesome spirit of rivalry between States, organi- zations and individuals. ‘These matches will be known as the Chief of the Militia Bureau’s Indoor Rifle Team Matches and will be fired under the following conditions: Entries, general—There will be se- lected in each State, the District of Co- Jumbia, Hawaii u‘|ld i(g’-m néw a ma to represent each regiment, e battalion, or part of a regiment in, the case of split organizations, whose prin- cipal arm is the rifle. These teams will be selected in the manner stated below by firing the course outlined and under such administrative regulations as may be prescribed by State adjul general. Each team will consist of “one team captain, one coach, ten firing members and two alternates. The team cap- ulx;‘ and coach will not be authorized to fire. Company, troop or bati teams—A team will be selected in each company, troop or battery in the organizations noted above in any manner approved by the organization commander a State adjutant general. imental or separate battalion or squadron teams— company, troop or battery teams selected will compete by firing the course outlined to deter- mine team to représent the regl- ment or separate battalion in the Militia Bureau match. Upon completion of these organiza- tion matches, the Militia Bureau match will be fired in February. The entries for this match will be the company, troop or battery teams winning the organizational matches explained above. ‘The winning team in each State and in the District, Hawail and Porto Rico will be_known as the “Chief of the Militia Bureau's Indoor Rifle Team"” for a period of one year, or until the win- ners of the succeeding year's matches are announced. National championship—In order that the champlonship for the entire Na- tional Guard may be determined, the adjutant general of each State, the District and the territories will certify to the Militia Bureau the scores made by the team winning the matches fired. ‘Targets and certificates of officers wit- nessing the firing must be certified to the bureau. These scores and targets must reach the Militia Bureau not later than April 1, 1931. Those arriving after that date will not be considered. The rules for the conduct of the matches are given as follows: All matches must be fired under the L4 under such administrative instructions as they may issue except that no devia- tions from the provisions of the Militia Bureau circular will be permitted. A match having been announced as a competition and one shot fired must be completed as such. All matches must be announced as such before any firing is done. Each match must be fired by stages. A stage having been begun must be completed the same day. A match having started, no further prac- tice firing will be allowed until the completion of all record firing required for the completion of the match. Alternates may fire only when a prin- cipal has become physically incapaci- tated or has been discharged from the service. An alternate may enter a match under the above conditions only at the beginning of a s of the llowed to change his rifle during any compe- tition unless his first plece has become unserviceable through accident, which contingency must be certified to by a range official. Violation of this rule will be considered a just cause for ex- clusion from the competition. Any competitor who may be detected in a wilful evasion of the conditions will be debarred from further competition. State adjutants general have been in- structed to designate an officer to super- the conduct of the matches in each organization. Each company, troop or battery will fire the matches on its own loor range. Correspondence matckes are author- ized where it is impracticable to as- semble contestants at a central point. The only eligibility requirement is actual membership in the unit con- ducting the match for at least 90 days prior to the opening of the match. Ties will be decided by the highest team aggregate score in the standing position, by the highest team aggre- gate score in the kneeling position, by the highest team te score which may have been fired at each bull. A time limit of one minute per shot has been fixed. To the organizational team in each :::k’e, the District or the territories be awarded the title “Chief of the Militla Bureau’s Indoor Rifle Team for 1931” and 10 bronze medals. To the team making the highest ag- te score as determined in the Mi- tia Bureau from scoring the targets submitted will be awarded the title “Champion National Guard Indoor Rifle Team for 1931,” a trophy and 10 silver medals, the trophy to remain in the custody of the winning organization for one yes or until the winning team for the succeeding year is announced. Four organizations of the local Guard mustered sufficient men at their weekly drifl last week to receive the classifica- tion of superior in attendance. They were, in their relative order, with per- : 29th Division Military Police . 121st Engineers, 93.33; State Detachment, 93.33. Thf other ornt\;untmmmhm their re- spective classifications, with percentages of attendance, follow: Excellent—Company A, 372d Infantry, 88.73; headquarters Detachment, 29th Division, 82.97; Battery E, 260th Coast Artillery, 80.32; Headquarters and Serv- ice Company, 121st Engineers, 80.00. Very _satisfactory—Medical Depart- ment Detachment, 121st Engineers, 77.27; Battery B, 260th Coast Artillery, Hmmm Detachment and it , 260th Coast TS, | installat nd the | Di Company F, 121st Engi- Unsatisfactory—Battery A, 260th Coast Artillery, 87.14; Battery C, 260th Coast Ar‘!.’nhry. Bl.lsim i ey unsatisfactory—Com B, 121st Engineers, 45,!1‘? s Pirst Lieut. Hugh Everett, jr., Head- quarters and Service Company, has. been ordered relieved of duty as recruiting officer for the 121st Engineers and First Lieut. John D. Powers, adjutant, 2d Battalion of the re ent, been as- signed to this work in addition to his other dutles. EDUCATIONAL GAINS SEEN STAMBUL (N.AN.A). — Although the new Turkey still has some 5,000,000 illiterates among her 8,500,000 popula- tion, Stambul has now 388 schools with 42875 puplls, as against 196 schools and 32,000 pupils in 1908. Twenty-three of the 34 new elemen- tary schools to be erected are now md{ and when the rest are completed the laws on general education will be tightened up. ~ ‘There seems to be a long way to go in the fight against illiteracy when one remembers that in the whole of Turkey only 500,000 puplls go regularly to school, representing only about 4 per cent of the population. (Copyright, 1930, by North American News- paper Alliance.) ANSWER TO YESTERDAY'S PUZZLE [GRASIPED REISTITVIE] ESSENEIS] EITIADE] IO ISICIRAIP ICRATEMG! IR} 1 DEMP AINLLIA = A BARTY Bl ICADORRELEVAT ErsmINERBaO o “‘About two years ago I having trouble with my skin. Pim- ples broke out on my forehead, nose. and chin. They hard ing the highest aggregate score will to rom Washington of stroyer Abel P. Upshur, officers of the 1st Battalion, United States Naval Re- serves of the District of Columbia, are lanning to make the best of the situa- aon by fitting up the armory as much like a sea-going ship as possible. It is to acquire as much equipment as ible and use the ship keepers formerly attached to the Upshur in the installation work. In this connection, it is understood that a detall of 10 tel"\},,ls'-:d melb'l-'ln ‘{.he ship-keeper gang a e local talion vurba sent to Philadelphia for the purpose of obtaining equipment from the destroyers in reserve basin at the League Island Navy Yard and having it 'nnllered u: Y;ulg:nhs ton. Destroyer equipmen sought, it was nld?qbecluu of the fact that in the event of war the local Re- servists would be assigned to a vessel of the destroyer type. In addition to the 10 men from Washington, it was said that 12 other men and a commis sioned officer, the latter probably from the Phiiadelphia R«enrlve. wt{u}d h:hlu- signed to prepare equipmeet for ship- ment to other Reserve organizations along the East Coast which do not have the advantage of a training ship. It was indicated that the idea for equipping the armory in such a man- ner originated with the local Reserve, is understood that it has the approval of the local naval authorities. ‘The work of fitting \;g the armory had started here before the move was in- auj ted to get equipment from the destroyers, as dummy fire plugs were installed throughout the armory for the purpose of giving the enlisted person- nel training in emergency fire drills. One of the most important pleces of equipment to be acquired here is a naval gun. However, as the local Navy Yard a gun factory, this plece wiil be obtained here and fixed up in the armory. Owing to the fact that the drill-hall floor is not of sufficient strength to support the gun, it will be placed in another part of the armory. Also, one of the old 3-inch type will have to be used instead of the 4-inch type on destroyers, because of the weight of the latter gun. 1s considered rather training of Reserv- ists because each year, while on the annual cruises, each of the divisions has to furnish a couple of gun crews. While the destroyer was here this was done on the vessel. Without a gun, the trainirg of pointers, trainers and sight setters would have to be o prior fined principally to a few da; 't practice while the men are at ‘The gun training important in the sea taking their annual periods of sea | o 1t is planned, it was said, to construct bridge in the armory which is to be as much like a ship's bridge as it is possible to make it. ‘There will be voice tubes, engine-room telegraphs, blinker-light systems for night signal- ing and a yardarm for flag signaling. It is hotgmpaedwwtlnlmnu wheel wi & compass on a movable gl:t!orm. 50 that while helmsmen are ing trained in the proper way to steer a ship the nlatform and compass will be turned, showing the different courses. As one officer remarked, if some way could be found to have this platform roll and pitch the practice would be made most realistic. Prior to the receipt of the special equipment from Philadelphia, the ship keepers have been kept busy renovat- ing and brightening up the building and making installations incidental to the new plans. In connection with the installation of the gun, it is planned to install a modified fire-control system, so that the fire of the guns may be directed in a similar manner to the methods used on the regular ships when a vessel is in_action. officers and men are said to be enthusiastic over the plans, and it was indicated that, the ship will be missed, it is believed that the proposed tions will make the drilling more interesting and will help mat in el the men to attend drills change the drills and instruction that it does not become monotonous, Officers of the battalion held a meet- | ¥ ing last Monday night, at which plans for the equipment of the armory were discussed in detall, and Lieut. Samuel the various paratus which will be sen cohfer on the best arrangements for the materiel, which is expected here in a week or two. As athletics are considered an im- it part of the training of the 1 Reservists, much attention is be- ing given them. The men have con- structed a portable boxing ring and the newly organized athletic association of the enlisted men is planning to stage another series of boxing bouts. first, serles was declared such a success tha the men are anxious to have an- other, and it is planned to stage it fol- lowing the ba While the deck force is to be sup- burjed in the va:l Ael&ny’ inhflfil ital ‘The | Paraupra,® a form of eding, descril ? the next monthly inspection of | €Te! ttalion. MIDSHIPMAN BURIED " WITH NAVAL HONORS Member of Class of 1931 Died Thursday Night of Paraupra, Rare Kind of Disease. By the Associated Press. ANNAPOLIS, Md., December 6.— Frederick N. Kollock, jr, of' the class of 1931 of the Uni States Naval 'fl of Academy was v Baval homor, B died Treases moks entered th:,mdeny from Schnecta ectady, N. Y., and was & member of the vm% W, plied with as much training apparatus boy as possible, the engine and fire room forces also are to have a large amount of equipment installed, under the direc- tion of Lieut. Comdr. Lockhart, chief engineer of the organization. o ora 1so is proposed to equi the armory with shower baths. i Many of the enlisted personnel of the local battalion are facing examinations to determine their fitness for lon to the next higher grade. Men who Baval work uring’the samial rataing naval worl e ann cruises last Summer have been recom- dended by their respective division com- manders for promotion, but before they may receive them they must pass a de- tailed examination before & board of Reserve officers. ‘These examinations go much in de- tail, and it takes several months for the board to examine the scores of men sent before them. Each man, on cer- tain subjects, has to be given a sepa- rate examination because of the varied duties required of men in the Navy. Lieut. Steinmetz last week announced member; Lieut. Shenier, Lieut. (junior grade) Coleman and Ensign Dike. The board will organize in a short time and begin the examination of the men cer- tified to them. Elaborate facilities for the training of radio men for the local Reserve are to be vided at the local armory, ac- cording to Lieut. Stinemetz. While it was sald that it is unlikely that a send- ing station will be installed, neverthe- less it is planned to have all kinds of ratus necessary to give the radio electricians a training in their tles Tor recelving messages in the Navy's les for recef messages avy's weekly broadcast for the training of those in the naval communications branch of the Volunteer Reserve. The Navy Dej ent has suggested that the fleet branch of the Reserve and the volunteers co-operate in this training. 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