Evening Star Newspaper, December 16, 1936, Page 32

B—8 SMOKE IS BLAMED ON FAULTY FIRING Southeast Council Is Told Capital Must Learn to Dislike Nuisance. An estimated 80 per cent of plants that are “hand fired” cause the most smoke nuisance, declared H. K. Kugel, District smoke engineer, at a meeting of the Southeast Council last night in the eleventh police precinct. “This is mainly due to poor firing of the furnaces,” he said. “The boiler may be all right and the coal all right, but indifference or a lack of proper firing will cause unnecessary smoke,” he added. Kugel explained that a boiler adapted for “hard” coal and burning “soft” coal would cause unnecessary smoke, as would also the type of coal used. He compared smoke regula- tions here with those in Cleveland, an industrial city, where he formerly worked, and said that despite opin- fon to the contrary, Washington has # surprisingly large amount of smoke. He finished by saying that the prob- lem couldn’t be dispensed with en- tirely at this time, but that if the public were educated to ways of com- bating the nuisance and made “smoke conscious,” it would be a decided help and a definite step toward the erad- fcation of the smoke problem. The council, by an overwhelming vote. opposed the resolution submitted by the Lincoln Park association up- holding the Adolf Gobel Co.’s request to rebuild its abattoir in Benning. The action was taken after a lively dis- cussion. Nature’s Children BY LILLIAN COX ATHEY. HICK-SKINNED and ponder- ous is one of the ways you think of these large animals. Their massive legs are short and have three toes, well provided with broad nails. Once upon a time it was believed that the rhinoceros was provided with a skin so tough that a bullet would not penetrate it. It was even claimed that the bullet bounced back and struck the sender. 8o, with this reputation in mind. an Irish soldier, feeling gay and venture- some, aimed well at a captive rhinoc- eras, which promptly dropped dead. The regiment to which the soldier | | belonged had to pay for the animal. plough up the ground with them. (Copyrisht, 1936, Will Fix Bread Price. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1936. e P oo e wor | BALDWIN SAYS U. §. Under its new law Irish Pree State| Parliamentary Committee Holds will fix the price of bread according to the price of flour. - Develop Resources. First Dinner Meeting—No Mention Made of Debt. By the Associated Press. LONDON, December 16.—Great Korea and Manchukuo are organ- | Britain and the United States “have izing to develop natural resources in| a common bond, namely a democratic the areas along their frontier, . aystem,” Prime Minister Stanley Bald- ACCORD IMPORTANT = win declared last night at the first dinner meeting of a committee of embers of parliament formed unof- ficially to further understanding with America. The man who won over the desire of former King Edward VIII for mar- riage, as King, with American-born Mrs. Wallis Warfield Simpson, con- tinued: “Uninformed eriticism on both sides is useless and might do a great deal of harm. Rather should we both pull together for the ideals we both hold.” American Ambassador Robert Worth Bingham hailed the formation of the committee as most important. Sir Austin Chamberlin, former sec- retary of state for foreign affairs, presided. . Although the dinner was held on the date that a British war debts payment was due to the United States, no reference was made to that fact. Granted Tax Relief. Czechoslovakia has granted tax re- Hef to buyers of automobiles and trucks used for business or professional pur- poses. Wo HOTEL AND_STORE FIRE LOSS PUT AT $100,000 Ropes and Ladders Needed to Rescue Several Trapped Inside Buildings. By the Associated Press. LANCASTER, 8. C., December 16.— Damage by an early morning fire which swept the Royal Hotel and an adjoining structure here yesterday, forcing rescue of several persons by \\\"{”’% W%sz{ LOTEZI?L{OP ropes and ladders, was estimated by building owners last night at approxi- mately $100,000. A storehouse owned by a five and ten cent store also was destroyed. Mrs, Bettie Rose, who operated the hotel, suffered a leg injury when flames ate through a rope by which she was clambering to safety and dropped her 17 feet to the ground. o Guard Against Snake Bites. Nearly 1,700 anti-viper-poison se- rum packages have been sold to tour- ists in Czechnslovakia in six months. Organ Recitals of Christmas Music—on our first floor— daily from 12 to 12:30 qnd from 4:45 to 5:15; with an additional concert on Saturday, between 2:30 and 3. Gifts of Colorful Comfort Tufted Bath Mats $|.50 and 53 Soft tufting—Iluxurious to step upon—assumes a gay guise in the modern design of these well-made, fast color chenille bath mats. At $1.50, bold diagonal stripes are presented in delightful shodes of green, blue, lavender, rose or brown—in smart black-and-white—or candy- There are so many myths and strange tales about the horns of this | animal that one of them, at least,| ghould be cleared up. It 15 said that | the animal, when feeling safe and at peace with the world, lets the fore- | mest horn drop, and at this time it is | flexible like the elephant’s snout. But | if you make the rhino angry, up eprings the horn, capable of inflicting painful wounds if used on the offender. The horns can, of course, | be used to gore animals or men. | The foundation for this story may | be the fact that the root of the horn | is in a bed of muscles on the top of | the nose. It can be moved by its owner to a slight degree, and pos- sibly at the time its ire is aroused, may stand up more erect or quwer. The frightened behnider may think | the horn is manipulated as the hog does its bristles. | The horns are believed by some of | the tribes of Arabia to have specal power to ward off being poisoned by an enemy, if a drink offered is drunk from one of them. They also say this horn hae the power to cure all man- ner of diseases. Even the Apothe-| caries’ Society has the horn of the | Indlan species on its crest. i The two-horned animal of Africa was first seen in Europe about 39 B.C. | Augustus decided to have a fine show to celebrate a victory, and had his slaves collect several hippopotamuses | and two-horned rhinoceroses. There | is no doubt but many were impressed, | but nothing is said as to what the | beholders thought of the circus. | ‘The animal has & thick hide, nearly bere except for a fringe of hairs on the ears. The skin is decorated with giant warts, known as tubercles. The deep folds are almost like shields, and there are, as you can see, many of | them. It is almost black in color. You would not think, to look-at it, that it could make any speed at all, but it can trot, and upon feeling the | urge, gallop. | Perhaps it is because it has poor eyvesight that it is of such a nervous temperament. It rarely molests its human brother, but makes a thorough Job of it, once started. If killed, the rhinoceros falls to the ground with | its legs tucked under it, and looks as | if it were sitting down. This strange | position is maintained. ® | The black rhinoceros prefers the tall bushes in which to hide, and from them it makes paths for regular trips. Roots and stems are so thick, where these animals hide, that their retreat has been called rhinoceros-houses. There is & yard well cleared out by their tramping, and deep, comfortable hollows, where the great beasts take Sheir rest. If hunters disturb them, they have —_— & Announcements a«r new styles of s are moderate I:‘i:. cost to meet pre present -day .on BrewaD Engravers and Fine Printers 1217 G St. N.W. PHONE DISTRICT 4868 Exceptional Selling - Candelabra $35 pair In Regular Stock Would Be $50 Pair Brilliant, unusually lovely appointments for your Christmas table . . . with their ever-changing sparkle of hand-cut prisms and finials. 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