Evening Star Newspaper, September 19, 1935, Page 26

Washington Wayside Random Observations of Interesting Events an STARLINGS MOVE WEST. HE starlings have not been content with subjugating the Eastern States. They are in- vading & new territory. The Bureau of Biological Survey has traced them to North Dakota and fears they will sack the Great: Plains as far west as the Rocky Mountains | in spite of lack of nesting sites. Even- tually they may occupy the Pacific Coast. The European starling first ap- peared in New York City in 1890. By 1928 they were in every State from the Atlantic to the Mississippi. Unpopular because it congregates in great numbers around public buildings and homes, the starling is not entirely an undesirable alien. As & destroyer of the Japanese beetle, the clover leaf weevil, May beet:es. cutworms, grasshoppers and otner pests, it is even more energetic than many native birds. * % X X JUST TUNING UP. ADIO technicians, testing for a new broadcast set-up, sound like an Airedale with a cold. They must count to 20, each nu- meral being interspersed with a Wuff, Like this: 1—Wuff, 2—Wuff, 3—Wauff. ‘They never dare, however, put in a WUFF-WUFF! 20 |\ \P PARADE ANNIVERSARY. The first parade ever held on Pennsylvania avenue was ezactly 142 years ago yesterday. On Sep~ tember 18, 1793, President Wash= ington led a company of militia together with civil and engineering officials of the Government to the Capitol. The occasion was the lay- ing of the corner stone of that duilding. * kX X DOOR DECORATIONS. OVEL among swinging-door deco- rations must be those of the For- est Service in their quarters at 93¢ F street. Climb the stairs the full nine floors and watch the office-room doors swing in and out. Note that every one is glass and that every glass has like- wise a colored photograph on it, cov- ering its entire surface. Windows in many of the offices, incidentally like- wise have pictures. ‘They are called transparencies, and have been there for many years sinc2 C. C. Jones, an old employe in the photographic branch of the service, painted them. Each is a giant nega- tive, reproducing a scene from one of our national forests, transferred to| the glass, then hand-tinted and cov- | ered with another thin sheet of semi- frosted glass for protection. ‘The seventh floor has a huge one, in three sections, transferred to glass. | This one was painted, by the way, by | the late J. K. Hillars, for many years with the Geological Survey. * * X x MARRY TO MARRY. A John J. Marry recently ap- plied for a marriage license at the District Supreme Court. * x X X ANOTHER CAMPAIGN OME ONE else besides The Evening Star is waging a safety campaign The Star’s rival is very mysterious and works under the cover of dark- ness, for when Washington Wayside Operative No. 13 went to his car the morning after he had proudly posted his safety pledge sticker, he found to his amazement another sticker had been added to his windshield. On the sticker and under the figure of a black cat was the slogan: ‘Watch your step, As I watch mine, You've only got one life, T've got nine. RUSHING THE SEASON. The first letter inquiring when the cherry blossoms will bloom next Spring usually arrives before Christmas, in advance of thousands of others, but this year it came be- Jore Labor day. Since the blossom= ing depends on the Spring weather, AUTHENTIC REPRO- DUCTIONS OF TRUE COLONIAL PIECES Direct from the hands of Biggs Master Craftsmen %o you. Queen Anne Card Table from about 1730, has typical cabriole legs and pad feet. Spacious drawer with brasses copied from the original. Reg. price_$60.00 Sale price_ 48.00 Discuss with us your furniture ~ problems while you still have the opportunity to purchase at - 20%- DISCOUNT BIGGS d Things. not even long-range prognosticators could attempt an answer now. The information agency was forced to confess that next Spring’s cherry blossoms are still unpredictable. * k kX PARADOX. DOWN in the Virginia horse country, near Middleburg, there’s a four- story grain barn that has an entrance to each floor from the ground. The building is located near the Winchester Highway on the estate of Mrs. George H. Slater. It is set in a small valley with sharp, sloping sides. ‘The door to the ground floor is on the lower side of the valley floor,|as a flash, “corn liquor.” This Regular $69.50 Model have now. o We Repair AllMakes of Machines. IQUE COMPANY ANTIQ 3 1217 Connecticut Ave. 1 1 1 1 4 / —An attractive cabinet model. trade-in allowance for the machine you THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. while the second-story entrance is on the opposite side where the valley floor is higher. The two sides of the valley form entrances to the other stories. Back in the days when wagons were used to transport grain, the barn was used as a stop-over for farmers hauling wheat from the Shenandoah Valley to market in Alexandria. * x x x WELL—? RECENTLY a party of sightseers from Arkansas was being shown through the Federal Bureau of In- vestigation. Among the wide-eyed ones was'an 1l-year-old girl. The guide took this young miss over to a cabinet in the reception room of Di- rector J. Edgar Hoover and pointed to a vacuum jug in which $73,000 of the ransom money paid in the Urschel kidnaping case had been buried. “Can you guess what our special agents found in this jug when they dug it up in a Texas cotton patch?” the guide asked the young lady. Mixed Population Causes Mix-Up on Name of Ethiopia A mixture of population seems to be at fault for a mixture about names, with Grecian and Portuguese geogra- phers sharing original responsibility. The point at issue is why or why not is Ethiopla called Abyssinia and vice versa, Explanations varying slightly in their details are found in different sources. On one fact, all agree, name- ly, that Ethiopia is now the “official” designation for the East African na- tion, at which Mussolini currently is making flerce faces. Somewhere along the highways and byways of history, however, the name of Abys- sinia was picked up and confusion has resulted. The Encyclopedia Britannica makes this explanation: eastern Africa, bounded on the north by Egypt and on the east by the Red BSea. In the Homeric poems the Aethiopes are the farthest of man- kind, the gods go to their banquets and probably the sun sets in their country. With the growth of sciertific geography they came to be iocated THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1935. less vaguely and their name was em- ployed as the equivalent of the Hebrew in addition to certain other territories. The Portuguese influence is in- ! have remained Aethiopes and no change in the anclent name of the Cush, the Kesh or Ekosh of the|truded by the Americana, which ex-| land probably would have taken place, Hieroglyp) ‘The etymology of the name, whiich to & Greek ear meesnt ‘swarthy faced,’ is unknown. In offi- equivalent of Hlbuhn,k rendered by the Greek geographers Abaseni and Abissa.” On o basis of geography, the present nation em- Ethiopian or braces the ancient Ethiopian empire plains that the population mgixture of this area was designated in Arabian as Habesch and that Abyssinia is the Portuguese form of Habesch. Without undue difficulty, it would seem, the two explanations may be reconciled in the similarity of Habesch and Habashat as a designation for the people of the territory in question. ‘Without the mi.tures which this term implies the entire population would | _ The “official” status given the name | Ethiopia at present has its basis in | the fact that the ruling family of | Emperor Haile Selassie claims descent from the Queen of Sheba and the Aethiopes of ancient days. Use Modern Machines. Use of modern farming machinery ! in Mexico is increasing. WoopwARD & LoTHROP DOWN STAIRS STORE “Ethiopia or Aethiopia was the “Yes, sir,” came the reply, quick ancient name of a district of North- for your old RANGE! IF YOU BUY A MODERN All Steel Construction. —You'll be much happier with a Westinghouse Electric Range to cook and bake for you! You can cook in your prettiest frock—a gleaming Westinghouse electric range is as clean as it looks. 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FOURTH FLOOR riday—Remnant Day avings for Everyone Remnant Day Merchandise is not returnable or exchangeable; not sent C. 0. D. or on approval; telephone or mail orders not accepted. Boys’ Shirts s... 58¢ Womens Silk Slips $]1-35 Were s1.95 350 Shirts in boys’, juniors’ and button-on styles and sizes. Slight irregularities of the Model make. Prints, plain colors, and white. All sizes. s . 4 134 slips in a group including tailored models with built-up shoulders, sizes 34, 38, 40 and 44: and lace trimmed and tailored models in extra sizes 46 to 52. 27 Silk Crepe Slips in white and tearose Sizes 32, 42, 44. Were $1.35. Now...$§1 DOWN STAIRS STORE. 10 Boys’ Leather Belts. Were 50c. Now 1 Boy’s Knicker Suit, two pairs pants. Size 7. Was $7.95. Now. 9 Pairs Boys' Broadcloth Pajamas, size 10. Reduced to DOWN STAIRS STORE. Men’s Briefs and Shorts, 20¢ 125 reduced from regular stock. Of fine combed cotton yarns. 14 Pairs of Suspenders, Paris and Pioneer makes. Were $1. Now. 12 Pairs Men’s Brighton Garters. Were 50c. Now. 76 Pairs Men’s Broadcloth Shorts. Sizes 40 to 42. L 1 Pair Men’s Brown Woolen Trousers. Size 40. Was $3.95. Now. Men’s Shirts Special 750 276, seconds of better shirts Full cut, well tailored. Some with fused collars, and also neck-band and collar attached models. Broadcloths, prints, and madras Sizes 14 to 18. 465 Pairs Men's Hose. Manufacturer's samples in a good assortment of new Fall patterns. Rayon and lisle. Sizes 10 to 11!;. Special, six pairs for. $1 64 Pairs Men’s Pajamas, Universal make, reduced from regular stock. Slightly soiled. Sizes A to D. Reduced to DOWN STAIRS STORE. Wash Dresses, 95¢ Were $1.50 190 Dresses in sizes for women and misses. 60 Wash Dresses in broken sizes. Some with jackets. Were $1.95. Now.. 17 Cotton and Crepe Robes in small sizes. Were $2.95. Now. 16 Silk Robes in broken sizes. Were $5.95. Now DOWN STAIRS STORE, WASH FROCKS. Women’s Shoes, §1 Were $1.95 and $2.95 489 pairs of white and brown, and white shoes; including oxfords, T-straps, step- in, and strap pumps. High or medium heels. Broken sizes. 309 Pairs Women’s Shoes in oxford, T- strap, step-in, and strap pump styles. White, or white and brown; in kid, and buck. Broken sizes. Were $3.95 and $5. DOWN ETAIRS STORE. Hats, 50c Were $1.95 and $2.95 200 hats in stitched crepes, felts. pique and straw. In pastels and white. Broken head sizes. DOWN STAIRS STORE. Sports Coats, ‘9~ Were $13.95 and $16.95 30 Women’s and Misses’ Sports Coats for immediate wear. Tweed mixtures and plain colors in swaggers, reefers, and belted models. Lined with Earl-Glo, and crepe. Tan, brown, navy, gray, and mixtures. Sizes 12 to 20, and 38 to 44. DOWN STAIRS STORE. COATS. Girdles, 75¢ Were $1 and $1.50 102 Summer Mesh Girdles in tearose, Broken sizes. 42 Bandettes in tearose mesh; sizes 32 to 36. Were 58c. Now 5 61 Garter Brassieres of a well known Evening Dresses, *3% Were $10.95 5 107 Evening dresses and washable suits in pastels, for women, misses and little women. Broken sizes. Some slightly soiled. DOWN STAIRS STORE. DRESSES. make, in mesh; sizes 34, 38, 40, and 41. Were $1.95. ----$1.35 40 Two-Way Stretch Girdles, in broken sizes. Were $2 and $3. Now DOWN STAIRS STORE Shirley Temple Dresses, #1:4 Were $1.95 35 Dresses in sheer prints and stripes. Sizes 3 to 6. 25 Handmade Toddler’s Dresses in dimity and dotted swiss. Were $1.95. Now_$1.45 50 Bonnets and Hats in organdy and pique. Were 58c. 138 in a group of Dresses, Bathing Suits, Pique Coats and Pajamas. Were 78c to $1.95. Now. ----50¢ DOWN STAIRS STORE Silk Sports Dresses, 2 Were $3.95 and $5.95 30 Dresses in a good assortment of pastel shades. Sizes 14 to 20. 15 Crepe Skirts in silk and acetate, iniflared and pleated styles; beige, maize, ai pink. Sizes 26 to 32. Were $2.95. Now. 50 All-Wool Bathing Suits in one and two plece models, broken size and color range. Were $2.95 to $3.95. Now 5¢ 35 Cotton Sport Dresses in shantung, linen and pique; si $295. Now - DOWN STAIRS STORE. SPORTSWEAR. Printed Silk Dresses $1-95 were s2.95 24 Dresses in printed silk. Sizes 7 to 14. 56 Pairs Knitted Slacks; sizes 7 to 16. ‘Were $1.25. 35 Girls’ Bathing Suits in all wool; sizes 8 to 14. Were $1.50. Now. 8 Shirley Temple Silk Party Dresses, 1 0. Were $3.95. $2.95 Seersucker Pajamas, °1 Were $2.95 23 Seersucker Pajamas and Robes in broken sises. 259 Pieces in a group of underwear including rayon mesh chemise, and cotton dance sets. Chemise in size 34. Dance sets in sizes 32 to 36. Were $1. Now...... — 21 Velle Gowns in rose and blue. Size 16 only. Were $1. DOWN STAIRS STORE. DOWN STAIRS STORE Children’s Shoes, ¥1 Were $2.95 and $3.50 83 Pairs of Children’s shoes, including white, white and brown sports oxfords, broken sizes. DOWN STAIRS STORE Irregulars in Chiffon Hose, 50c 642 pairs of & better chiffon hose, in the new Fall shades. If perfect, would sell for & much higher price. Sizes 8% to 10%. 1185 Pairs Chiffon Hose in a group including Summer shades. Were 68c, 78c, and 85c. N ects and irregulars, in broken M‘“