Washington Digest?
Lawn Furniture Can Be
Made at Very Low Cost
Weather Vane
Alas, Poor Yorick, C apital
Has Seen Its Last Theater
Grass Silage Offers
Benefits to Dairymen
By BAUKHAGE
Analyst und Commentator.
WASHINGTON—As W ashington h u rrie s through su m m er
f".'tt(i to com m ute to P hiladelphia for its m ajo r distraction
it is faced with a painful prospect of less diversion next fall.
This city which once boasted of alm ost a dozen legitim ate
theatf rs (when it had a m uch sm a lle r population) is about to
have the last one th at lingered on alone tu rn ed into a movie
house.
The old N a tio n a l theater, w hich opened in 1935, was burned and re b u ilt
fo u r tim es, collapsed once, is now about to end its le g itim a te days on an
issue which is g iv in g the D e m o c ra tic p a rty equal c o n c e r n - c iv il rig h ts
qhe A cto r s E q u ity, to w hich m ost actors belong, w o n 't p la y here because
Negroes are not p e rm itte d in the audience.
Advantages Are Shown
In Wisconsin Research
T w elve positive advantage» th a t
grasa silage offers d a iry farm ers
were compiled as a resu lt o f test»
conducted by Wisconsin F F A chap
ters and K ra ft. Some o f the decided
advantages were:
Grass silage preserves as m uch as
30 per cent more pro te in o f a lfalfa.
WHEN THE AIRIS HEAVY WITH
OUST PARTICLES THAT ARE
LADEN WITH MOISTURE FROM
THE DAMP AIR BEFORE A
S T O R M , TH E SUN LOOKS
LIKE A FIER Y RED BALL.
T here is ta lk that the old Belasco
(heater, erected in 1895 on M adison
his life , w ouldn’ t th in k o f le ttin g him
».
P 'ace- fa cin g La-
sit anyw here but in a box w here he
fa ye tte square, m ay
is separated fro m the crow d. This,
; be r e c o n d it io n e d
on the o th er hand, m akes h im con
and leased to a
spicuous. One guard outside the door
m anagem ent which
to L in c o ln ’ s box in the F ord thea
w ill lif t the ra c ia l
te r could have prevented the as
d is c rim in a tio n prac-
sassination.
â
e rn m e n t
PROVERB
IPRED THE SUN BEGINS HIS RACE,
BE SURE THE RAIN WILL FALL APACE
The fa ct th a t there was no p ro
vision fo r p ro te ctio n by the g o ve rn
m ent in the T em p le o f M usic in B u f
falo cost the nation its President
W illia m M cK in le y.
p ro p e rty
Since then, the chief execu
tive has had a bodyguard wheth
er he likes it or not, and a body
guard can’t hide its light under
a bushel. Entrance and exit from
a public building become a little
bit of a pageant, no m atter how
they are effected.
by STAN J. COLLINS & L J. SLAWSON
a more or-
d istrib u te d
Woodrow W ilson loved the theater.
He like d va u d e ville and was a fre
quent v is ito r a t K e ith ’s—now one
o f our b ig m o vie houses. E dm und
Baukhage
W a s h in g t o n 's
th e a tric a l tra d itio n S ta rlin g , head of the secret se rvice
often
began e a rly One o f the firs t theaters under several presidents,
here was the W ashington th e a te r at ta lke d to m e about how m uch W ilson
E le ve n th and C streets. I t opened loved the theater. S ta rlin g enjoyed
in 1804 and its ads p ro c la im in g the it. 1 enjoyed it, and perhaps to g eth
grand p re m ie re added in sm a ll er, we exaggerated W ilson’s a ffe c
type: "N o Segars are to be smoked tio n fo r the fo o tlig h ts. B ut S ta rlin g
used to say th a t Wilson got m ore
d u rin g the p e rfo rm a n c e ."
recre a tio n fro m th a t source than any
When fliat edifice burned, a
other. In his book, "S ta rlin g o f the
second Washington theater. seat-
W hite House.” he says W ilson p re U. S. Wheat Champions
ing 700 persons, was opened in
fe rre d m usical com edy and vaude
1821. It boasted numerous im
Honored in Minnesota
v ille to serious dram a. T h a t was
provem ents and innovations, in
M illio n s of fungi are in the tw o
the general im pression am ong the
cluding stoves, reserved seats.
tin y dishes held by Dr. J. J. C h ris
newspaperm en, I know.
Improved acoustics, no liquor in
tiansen, professor o f p la n t pathology,
Both the Roosevelts, Theodore and
the box lobbies and facilities for
U n ive rsity o f Minnesota, as he e x
F
ia
n
k
lin
,
were
gre
a
t
theatergoers.
Negro playgoers. ‘'F acilities”
plains disease co n tro l to W. A.
N
either
of
them
was
a
blushing
v
i
today wouldn’t satisfy—accom
Brow n, left, national wheat cham-
olet as fa r as re c e iv in g adu la tion of
modations would have to be on
the crowds was concerned, but fo r
a basis of race equality.
F ou rte en years a fte r the new a num ber o f reasons, la rg e ly the
hectic tim es of the late R oosevelt’ s
W ashington th e a te r had opened iti
regim e, the fo rm e r m ade his a t
doors the N a tio n a l th e ate r appearec
tendance anyw here m ore o f a show.
on the site of the present movie-
Although an assassin’s b u lle t d id la y
house-to-be. It is located in the very
low a man in F riin k lin R oosevelt’s
center o f w hat only re ce n tly has
entourage— M a yo r Anton C e rm a k of
been ca lle d ‘ ‘d o w n to w n ," on E
Chicago when both were v is itin g
street w hich meets Pennsylvania
M ia m i — Theodore Roosevelt was
avenue ju s t before it bumps into
h im s e lf a c tu a lly shot and b a d ly
the tre a su ry b u ild in g , s k irts its
w oundtd on one occasion. H ow ever,
n o rth e rn fro n t and am bles past the
this was a fte r he le ft the W hite
W hite House
House and w h ile he was m a k in g a
Im p o rta n t clubs, hotels, and res
p o litic a l speech in M ilw aukee.
ta u ra n ts are only a few blocks from
the N a tio n a l today but when it was
It « a s the m ovie which drove
pion, Pierce, Colo., who w ith his son,
b u ilt, it was. lik e any o th er point
out the later Washington legiti
Norman, won the national P illsb u ry
in the young ca p ita l, w ell-m eh i n .
mate theaters, but this death
title w ith samples from th e ir 1,600
blow to the present-day National
acre farm . Tom R idley, national re
theater arises out of the grow
serve champion, Langdon, N. D .
ing demand to end segregation_
a demand which m ade itself felt | center, won w ith d u ru m wheat in
com petition w ith wheat farm ers in
alter World War I. and which in
13 states.
creased in World War II. The
The m anager of the N a tio n a l thea-
r r is not clo sin g the th e a te r fo r
ocial reasons. He s im p ly ca n 't book
hows i f he continues race d is c rim -
la tio n and he th in k s th a t if he
lise s the ban. he c a n 't sell tic k e ts
enough w hite people to m ake it
"STERLING
H oney Bee Im p o rta n t A gent
In P o llin izin g F arm Acre?
I odav good silver is referred Io as ster
ling silver. I his title was leeured from
the Easterlings of North Germany, the
first coin makers of England, who es
tablished a reputation for the purity
of their eoins-thus sterling silver be
came good silver.
LOOKING AT RELIGION
I vir mans y e t is , over the bar
M that saloon, hung a crude pic
ture of the asMaMRination, and on
the floor w ,n a m etal marker
where the half-mad a< tor wan
«uppo*cd to h a te Mood an he
s» armed hi«« courage in prepara
tion for hin theatric crim e.
Before his th ird p a rty ’s con
tiun in P hiladelphia. H enry Wal
repeated several tim e s the assei
that he was not a C om m unist,
he d id n 't want C o m m u n ist supi
in fact, that he w ished they'd
out o f his p a rty. F o r this, as s
observers pointed out, W allace
m ild ly spanked by the D a ily W
er, m outhpiece o f M usko vlte c
m un ism In A m e rica.
It seems to me th a t W allaei
fo llo w in g one of A lexander Pui
q u a tra in s in reverse
Remom
V lee is a monster of
tul mien
As Io be haled needs
seen,
Vei «een too oft, fam
her fare.
He first endure, then
em brace.”
. he c a n 't help
mage on auch
! secret service.
: em braced the Reds. Wal
ms to be beginning to back
i«h p ity, and now is finding
as to endure them , whether
them o r not.
By DCN MOORE
M A r? K E T ~
iDELEGATES FROM 17 NATIONS
WHO WET IN 0IR KH O VEN , ”
IjNETHEPtANDS.TO DISCUSS
[THE WORLD SHORTAGE OF
9 IB L E S D isclosed a
'B lack market in copies
¡OF
IN INDIA
A N D IN JA P A N /
E m p h a sizin g the Im portance of
honey bees in p o llin iz in g a g ric u l
tu ra l crops. M . H. Haydak, asso
ciate professor of entom ology at
the U n iv e rs ity o f M innesota, called
bees the “ wings o f a g ric u ltu re ."
Honey bees by fa r outw eigh the
value of other insects as p o llin a to rs
of plants, according to D r. Haydak.
Between 75 and 80 p e r cent o f our
a g ric u ltu ra l crops are p ollinated
by honey bees alone.
D e p e n da b ility o f the honey bee
in p o llin a tin g is apparent fro m the
trem endous am ount o f w o rk It
does. About 10 loads o f pollen are
used to ro a r one bee.
In ve stiga tio n s show th a t to m ake
one load of pollen a bee has to v is it
346 red c lo v e r flo re ts or 84 pear
blossoms. A strong colony d u rin g
a y e a r rea rs about 200.000 bees and
so requires tw o m illio n loads o f pol
len.
L o c a tin g the a p ia ry close to the
fie ld to be p o llin a te d plays a very
im p o rta n t p a rt in m a k in g services
o f bees m ore effe ctive, as does the
n u m b e r of bees p e r surface area.
The m ore bees per fie ld , the la rg e r
the crop th a t can be expected.
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Metal Turning Lathe
SURÍDIATH
S+. ^nihonys^Church,
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FESTINA, IONA « ONE OF THE
*OPLDS SMALLEST ITHAS
FOUf?PENS AND NAS BUILT IN
I9 4 A FO P TITO FAMILIES.
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PANORAMIC VIEW OP PALEST
V E T IT 15 M EN TIO NED ONLY
IN T H E B IB L E .'
This stand for the metal turning
lathe has a plank top, one-inch
pipe legs and one inch angle Iron
frame for the top and bottom,
'■'heel metal for sides, front and
hack is u elded to the legs and to
the angle Iron frame.
E m b ra c e , P ity ,
T h e n E n d u re
IL V E R
A grass silage program helps in
control o f weeds because it destroys
the v ia b ility o f weed seeds.
A grass silage program makes the
control o f erosion and insect pests
easier.
I t can be used to preserve the
feed value o f weedy crops.
I t can be used to give pastures a
much-needed rest period in the fa ll.
Grass silage makes fo r more v ita
m ins and m ore color in w in te r m ilk
and b u tte r than eith e r corn silage
or sun-cured hay.
ton w ill be th e ate r-
frequent, well-publicized con
troversies over lifting of the seg-
regation ban in Constitution
hall, property of the Daughters
of the American Revolution and
one of the few available concert
halls in the city, have spotlight
ed Washington's segregation
habits—they aren't laws.
SMOKE WILL ALSO CAUSE
. A RED SUN BUT THiS IS
\ N O WEATHER SIGN
/
n ic gro un d. Y o u ’ll be a g re e a b ly
s u rp ris e d to see w h a t fun d in in g
out can be. Food takes on an added
zest when fla vo re d w ith the th riU
o f a p icn ic.
You can b u ild w o n d e rfu l pieces
of la w n fu r n itu r e a t v e ry low cost.
The set illu s tra te d above was
b u ilt fro m p a tte rn s .
These p a t
te rn s ta ke a ll the m y s te ry o u t o f
w o o d w o rkin g .
E ach shows the
fu ll size, shape and le n g th fo r
c u ttin g each p a rt. W here ver tw o
p a rts a re fastened to g e th e r, the
e xa ct lo c a tio n is in d ic a te d on the
p a tte rn . Step by step d ire c tio n s
e x p la in e v e ry p a rt o f c o n s tru c
tio n in easy to un d e rsta n d la n
guage.
M a k in g a hom e is tr a d itio n a lly
A m e ric a n . .T h e s tre n g th o f the
c o u n try rests on the people who
have b u ilt a hom e fo r them selves
and th e ir fa m ilie s . B u ild in g la w n
fu r n itu r e o r any o th e r hom e eq uip
m e n t is not d iffic u lt. You can do
it i f you tr y . E ach p a tte rn is de
signed so th a t no sp e cia l tools o r
s k ill a re re q u ire d . B u ild th is la w n
set f o r im m e d ia te use. Y o u ’ll save
m oney and have fu n b u ild in g it.
E a ch p a tte rn con tain s a com p le te
p u rcha se lis t o f m a te ria ls .
A ll
m a te ria ls w h ich the p a tte rn spe
cifie s a re stock size and re a d ily
o b ta in a b le a t lu m b e r y a rd s ev-
ROACH KILLER
C O N TAIN S
CHLORDANE (c,o % c,a)
It is eosy to rid your
homo of roaches
w ith the new F lif
Roach Killer. Spray
it a ro u n d roach
infested areas. It
leaves an invisible
film that keeps on
killing roaches for a
long time.
Precautions for Dipping
Sheep Are Suggested
Am ong rules to be fo llo w e d when
d ipping sheep are: Fast the sheep
several hours before dipp ng. D o n t
d ip sheep im m ediately on a rriv a l at
the bath if they have become heated
Don t d ip sheep in an arsenical bath
if they have open wounds. Don t
put the sheep in the bath head firs t
O r m i /« now of yovr
total grocery, drug or
hardwaro store.
Young Cockleburs Are
Poisonous for Swine
Young cocklebur seedlings wil
poison pigs, according to v e te rin a ri
ans at Iowa State college. The dan
ger of coeklebur poisoning is greater
this year because o f short pastures
W :th grass short, pigs w ill be te m p t
ed to eat young coeklebur» in search
of green feed. Best remedy is te
keep hogs out of field» contamina
Relieves D istress of MONTHLY
la u G h n IN. WHO
TRAINED IN the SAME CLASf f p p .
VED IN THE SAME UNIT SHIPPED
WERE
PPCA*CTE? TWICE TO THE SA’dE
uRADEfi, WEST NQ j NDCD Bv THE
same
S h e l l
went tc the a m e
H0SP’ AL.WEJJE DSC hapge T TE w
YTF SAV l CAMP ,'E M ID
tf £ SAME FPM.ENfiOUSO IN
'TV
T^SAM E BI .".‘ .ESS
AND
th e SAME COURSE.A i
FEMALE
WEAKNESS
Do female functional periodic dis
turbanees make you suffer pain, feel rt
"error«. Irritable—at such tim es’ Then
try Lydia E. Plnkham's TABLETS to
neuevs such symptoms Plnkham’s
Tsblets are also very effective to help
build up red blood In simple anemia