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THE EAST HAMPTON STAR, FRIDAY, AUGUST 26, 1927 American History Puzzle Picture William Penn trading with the Indians, antf the founding of Philadelphia In the year of 1683. Find a peace pipe. \hyster Lawyer Had Overlooked a Point ' When Musa Ben Adhem was poor, is be was crossing a plain one day, he ime to the house of the widow Zai- ah, who was poor also. Musa nocked and told the widow of his anger, and she gave him two hard- oiled eggs, all the food she had. In after years, when Musa Ben Ad- em had grown rich, Abdullah, the lyster lawyer, persuaded the widow sue him, not for her two eggs alone, snt for the two chickens which they ould have become, together with all sie chickens’ eggs and offspring, a ist sum equal to the whole of Musa en Adhem’s fortune. “ Where Is the defendant In this ise? Why isn’t he present?” the idge demanded sternly. Then the brilliant young corpora- on lawyer, Haroun, rose and said in s suave voice: “I represent the defendant, your )nor. I have sent him out into the iuntry to sow baked potatoes.” ‘‘To sow baked potatoes?” "Yes, your honor.” "Why, he must be mad. You must ; road. The pair of you are mad.” “No, your honor, we are very wise,” lid Haroun In a suaver voice than • er, “for surely, If boiled eggs can -3 hatched, baked potatoes can be 'rown.” =The Judge laughed heartily. Then ■e delivered Judgment against Abdul- _b, the shj’ster lawyer, with heavy 'orridge That Makes for Domestic Felicity When a husband begins staying out .te at night and cultivating his crop ! wild oats, the women of the native lbes in central Africa provide him 'Uh a bit of food considered certain J bring him back to the paths of ^mesticlty and proper conduct. The ~>od must he served without his nowledge, but, once it has entered Is system, the woman expects him ]> be a model husband for all the pars ahead, says the Adventure Mag- dne. , The food Is a porridge thickened Iflth meal made from the flesh of Tied lizards. The wife, taking the zard, kills it, dries the body in the in, pounds it to a fine powder with ‘ .ones, then pours into his porridge ie dose the misconduct of her hus- and appears to require. She is supposed to serve it to him hen he comes in from hard labor, i tired and hungry, liable to take the >od and devour it without asking aestions. The dried lizard powder orridge is the antidote for divorce >urt troubles, and is said to work «ll among the people there. The Other Man’s Job It is useful to examine our own Bpabilitles when we find ourselves avying the lot of others. Are we mak- >g good in our own sphere of work? ’bat is the first test. If we are mere- r pottering along In an undistin- ulshed way the chances are we should o the same In any other role. In ur own work wo are very conscious f Its difficulties and barriers. Our dvancement Is slow because we daily Qconnter the little lets and hindrances <ftat are hidden from the outsider. • ;ut these would be much the same In ny other Job. If we cannot surmount Hem in our own case, It is unlikely ’e should be more successful In a osltlon with which we are wholly un- cqoalnted.— Exchnng«~ Skill That Becomes Art The attainment of proficiency, thV ashing of your skill with attention to most delicate shades of excellence, 4 a matter of vital concern. Efficiency t a practically flawless kind may be Stched natarally In the struggle for rend. But there Is something beyond -a higher point, a subtle and unmls- ikable touch of love and pride be- ond mere skill; almost an Inspiration 'hlch gives to all work that finish C ch is almost art—which Is art— rad. Poland’s Capital Warsaw was the capital of the an tent kingdom of Poland, and later the Wef dty of the Russian provlnc« ot bat name. The peace settlement of •ID re-establish ed Poland as a sot- rv*gn state with the republican form f fo Tern men t, and Warsaw is the •JMtaL it has a population of TW,- W, ooe-third of whom are Jews. It • an Important railway center and la flrat place In what used to be ostfcwesterr Russia. Cheapside First Home of Great British Bank How came the bank of England to be built? And why the appellation “The Old Lady of Threadneedle Street?” Mr. H. Rooksby Steele, a well-known London architect supplies the answers in an article on the archi tectural history of Britain's bullion house. Many think that Sir John Soane, the wizard of Lincoln’s Inn- fields, built the bank. His are the girding walls, but in the raising of the fabric three other names— those of Sampson, Taylor and Cockerell— have to be joined. Mercer’s hall, Cheapside, was the bank's first home; but a quick move was made to the Grocer’s hall, in Poultry, and it was not until 1752 that the foundation stone of the present bank was laid. George Samp son was the first architect and it is curious that no building, other than the bank, can be attributed to his hand, a writer in the Cleveland Plain Dealer comments. In the cornice ex tending the full length of the build ing, Taylor sculptured an excellent figure of Britannia, some years after the completion of the building. “This carving, the ‘trade mark’ of the bank,” writes Mr. Steele, “was probably the inspiration for that trite appellation, the ‘Old Lady of Threadneedle Street.’ ” Taylor added to Sampson’s building, and in 1870 the Gordon riots led the directors to fear that the ad joining church of S t Christopher-le- Stocks might lend Itself as a danger ous vantage point for a mob, so pow ers were obtained, the fabric was pulled down, and more extensions were made. First Rude Telescope Evolved by Accident When the son of a Sixteenth cen tury spectacle maker in Holland picked up some spectacle lenses In his father’s shop one day and happened to hold up two of them, one in each hand, he was surprised on looking through both lenses to see the weath ercock on a neighboring church steeple greatly enlarged. Excited by this discovery, he ran to his father and told him what he had seen. The father Immediately took the two lenses and repeated the experiment. The result confirmed his boy’s report and the father set to work at once, fixing two movable lenses on a board —an Idea suggested to him by the varying view he had obtained by mov ing the lenses in his hands— and thus the first rude telescope came into being. Shortly after the news of this discovery had leaked out a friend wrote to Galileo in Italy describing the contrivance of the Dutch optician and It was from this description that the Italian inventor built the tele scope that made him famous—New castle Weekly Chronicle. H. C. RAMPE Groceries, Meats, Fruits, Vegetables, Cigars, Candy, Soda North Main Street — — East Hampton EAST HAMPTON BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY EAST HAMPTON FREE LIBRARY Library Hours— Every week day i from 10 a. m. to 6 p. m.; Tuesday.! Thursday and Saturday evenings J from 7:30 to 9 p. m. EDWARD M. GAY Contractor and Builder All kinds of Building and Jobbing promptly attended to Shop Newtown lane, near School EAST HAMPTON PHONE 472 CLIFFORD C. EDWARDS A. B„ LL. B. ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW—NOTARY PUBLIC Ollswang Building luiuiim iuuiiimwimniniiiimum Wood & Chute (UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT) BOAT BUILDERS Hauling Repairing Painting MACHINE WORK BLACKSMITHING GREENPORT, L. I. Telephone 84 § GROCERIES, FRUIT AND VEGETABLES 1 ORDERS TAKEN FOR FRESH-KILLED DUCKS. FRESH EGGS AND BUTTER X Pork Loins Chops Smoked Hams Shoulders Cooked Corn Beef foiled Hams Roast Hams Bacon JOHN H. MULLIGAN X North Main st. THE EAST HAMPTON LIMBER &COAL CO. YARDS AT BRIDGEHAMPTON, EAST HAMPTON, SAG HARBOR ANTHRACITE AND BITUMINOUS COAL EVERYTHING IN THE BUILDING LINE E. S. DAVIS, ROYAL LUTHER, Managers East Hampton Yard Yard Opposite R. R. Station, East Hampton Telephone 5 MRS. ISABELLE E. GLUCK Graduate Nurse “ Colonic Irrigations” Night Nursing TELEPHONE 568 EAST HAMPTON G. A. ELDREDGE & SON Contractors and Builders All kinds of Building and Repairing promptly attended to PHONE 37-J EAST HAMPTON WILLIAM H. GREENE FLORIST Contractor and Trucking, Lawn Mow ing, Excavating and Road Building Newtown lane East Hampton Telephone 32-R LAWRENCE H. MOORE Carpenter and Builder JOBBING OUR SPECIALTY Post Office Box 950 East Hampton OTTO SIMMONS Telephone 106 Flumbing, Heating METAL WORK JOBBING CONTRACTS VINCENT BARSDIS TRUCKING TELEPHONE 594 EAST HAMPTON L. C. CALDWELL Licensed Surveyor Formerly with W. H. Halsey Reasonable Prices Telephone Connection Marley Bldg. East Hampton PHILIP DALESSIO HIGH CLASS TAILORING NEWTOWN LANE JOHN L. MATTSON Lawn Mowing and Gardens Cared For PANTIGO ROAD Who A5ovTjo°rtantJuasI Where l::e Quick Service on Long and Short Distance Trips Shipping, Expressing, Moving EAST HAMPTON TAXI & TRUCKING CO., INC. Telephones— East Hampton 1 or 16 n : Cape Horn Gen. William T. Sherman wrote In his Memoirs that Cape Horn was an Island rounded like an oven, “ after which it takes its name (Ornos) oven.” However, he was in error, for the Spanish word for oven Is "homos,” though it Is pronounced without the "h” sound. The Islnnd to which Sher man referred Is known as Horn Island and the actual cape Is only a portion of the Island, says the Pathfinder Magazine. But the cape did not get Its name because of Its resemblance to an oven. It was named for the Dutch navigator William Schouten van Hoorn who. with Lemalre, doubled the cape In 1010. Horn Is an anglicised form of Hoorn. In Spanish it Is called Cabo de Homos. No wonder Sherman was misled, for literally Cabo de Hornos would mean cape of ovens; that Is, it would according to the form, did It not have a different origin. People of Mixed Blood The Melungeons, a rac« of people said to be living In the mountains of east Tennessee, are supposed to be an offshoot of the so-called “ Croatan Indians” of North Carolina, The name ! “Melungeon” is probably from the | French ‘'melange,” meaning mixed. They are of mixed Indian, white and ! negro blood, according to ethnologists. ! although the original admixture of 1 blood occurred centuries ago and the j history of these people Is obscure, j The Melungeons, who in general re- I semble Indiana more than negroes or j whites, refuse to be classed as ne- | groes and refui* to attend negro 1 schools and churches. At the 6ame time they are socially ostxacixed by j the whites. Although they are as dartt as mulattocs. their hair Is straight. For the most part, the Melungeons are farmers.—Exchange. Richard H. Smith ARTISTIC PAINTING and DECORATING ..Sign Painting- uphoistermg and Hard-Wood Finishing Remodeling and Glazing 1 I North Main Street Telephone 13-J | I Pearson Construction Co. General Contractor Montauk, L. I. Tel. Montauk 9-R-l Rose DeGate, Mason Contractor FIREPLACE, BRICK AND TILE PIAZZAS A SPECIALTY JOBBING POOLS AND BIRDBATHS CONTRACTING STONE WORK PLASTERING CEMENT WORK BRICKLAYING ESTIMATING TELEPHONE 397 KING STREET BUY YOUR GASOLINE! KEROSENE AND OILS WILLIAM P. COLLINS HEADQUARTERS ON CEDAR ST.j DAILY DELIVERY W. A. HASTINGS Real Estate Broker EAST HAMPTON. L L TELEPHONE 409 EDWARD M. OSBORN PIANOS TUNING A SPECIALTY PHONE 43-M BOX 723 ICE ror. PERFECT REFRIGERATION East Hampton Ice Co. Phene 305 II. H. Parsons, Mgr. FRANK B. SMITH General Contractor and Builder SHOP, NEWTOWN LANE East Hampton, Telephone 9 East Hampton HARRY G. STEPHENS Attorney and Counselor at Law Notary Public HAND BLDG. EAST HAMPTON CONRAD & SHOTT Carpenters a7id Builders CONTRACTING AND PERCENTAGE JOBBING Floors Refinished a Specialty Telephone 540 GRIMSHAW & VAIL CONTRACTORS and BUILDERS Jobbing Promptly Done Shop Corner Newt’n & Pleasant Ln. James H. E. Garfield Grimshaw Vail Tel. 183-M Tel. 552-W NORMAN S. CLEAVES Contractor and Builder Job or Day Work EAST HAMPTON LONG ISLAND Telephone 376-J FRANK JOHNSON CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER Telephone 500 P. O. Box 1012 East Hampton NORMAN W. BARNS Dealer in Masons' Materials of all kinds YARD OPP. FREIGHT STATION BARNS BROTHERS Contracting Masons Estimates Cheerfully Given S. J. L Y N C H Contractor for Mason Work of all kinds N. MAIN STREET PHONE 239 HAMPTON MASON SUPPLY YARD Dealer in Masons’ Supplies of all kinds Open from 8 a. m. until 4:30 p. m. YARD, KING STREET FRANK MACOMBER Mason and Contractor Estimates cheerfully given and orders promptly attended to Tel. Conn. East Hampton, N. Y. JAMES O’BRIEN Amagansett, N. Y. MASON, BUILDER, CONTRACTOR Hollow Tile Construction Tiling, Plain and Ornamental Plas tering, Cement Stucco a Specialty Estimates Furnished Monumental Work E. T. ARCHIBALD SAG HARBOR PHONE 33 Thompson & Osborne, Inc FUNERAL DIRECTORS Telephones Sag Harbor, Day, 210; night 23-Wl East Hampton, day, night, 22 \ B. M. OSBORNE REAL ESTATE DEALER Fine Cottages with all Modern Conveniences to Rent for the Sum mer :: :: :: :: Large and Small coun try Houses and Build ing Sites for Sale. Acreage in all parts of the Town :: :: :: N. FILLMORE MILLER Plumbing and Heating AMAGANSETT, N. Y. Telephone Amagansett 47 GEORGE E. JONES Building and Jobbing Furniture Repaired, Locks and Keyi Fitted Bridgehampton Road Telephone E. H. 119-W OSCAR KONGEVOLD CARPENTER AND BUILDER Montauk Highway P. O. BOX 731 TELEPHONE 166-M RAYMOND A. SMITH. LL. B. Attorney and Counselor at Laxo Notary Public THE OSBORNE BANK BUILDING DR. FREDERICK RUSSELL SURGEON DENTIST Opposite Post Office Tel. 293 J. CLSTIS LAWRENCE ARCHITECT HAND BLDG. EAST HAMPTON ADAM WILHELM Painter and Decorator Cottages renovated in a practical and artistic manner. Paper hanging. References. B.ox 595, East Hampton, Telephone 257-R. ARTHUR F. KING PRACTICAL PAINTER P. O. Box 536 Newtown lane Tel. 11-W East Hampton, N. Y. H. E. FANNING Practical Painter, Decorator Furniture Painted P. O. Bo* 223 Estimates Cheerfully Given CHARLES N. LLOYD PLUMBING Steam and Hot Water Heating Estimates Cheerfully Given Pantigo Road P. O. Box 38G TELEPHONE 49-M STOVES. RANGES, FURNACES FRED W. ROSS PLUMBING Steam and Hot Water Heating Newtown lane, East Hampton, N. Y. CHAS. V. MAPES Plumbing, Heating, Metal Work TEL. 198-M SHOP, BUELL LANE Cesspools cleaned Lawns Mowed ALEX McGUIRE Garbage and Rubbish Removed All kinds of chores promptly done Log Wood and kindling for Bale EDWARD M. OSBORN Agent for New York Life Insurance East Hampton, L. I. N. Y. Phone 43-M Box 723 H. WESSBERG BOAT BUILDER MARINE REPAIRS AND STORAGE Three-Mile Harbor, East Hampton JOHN HASSELBERGER Painting, Decorating, Paper Hanging and Sign Painting For Appointin’t Write P. O. Bo* 900 Telephone 485 ( W. F. Harvey PRACTICAL PAINTER Furniture Rcfinished Like New Work Done Reasonable To Be Convinced Give Me A Trial Telephone 152-M P.O. Bo* 915 M. J. PYNE Carpenter and Builder Jobbing Promptly Attended To Estimates Given EAST HAMPTON I GEORGE LISBURG FLORIST SUNRISE TRAIL MARKET FRESH AND SALT MEATS Poultry Vegetables and Groceries THOMAS H. LAWLER, Proprietor Amagansett Road J. F. MILLER MOVER OF ANYTHING MOVABLE GENERAL CONTRACTOR AND Non-Pumpable Cesspools, High Pressure Water System Install* ed, Wells Sunk, Drilled or Driven All Kinds of Concrete Work Done TELEPHONE 286-M ! If you want to buy, or have property i to sell, see the agent EAST HAMPTON, N. Y. WALLACE H. HALSEY. C. E. I Residence 771-48 I Phone 412 Phone 412' | Southampton East Hampton ; § Cameron Bldg. Hand Bldg. Civil Engineer & Surveyor Assoc. M. A. Soc. C. E.’s Telephone 575 TAXI OR VAN SERVICE Trunki, Pr*fgbt and Pianos care fully bandied Main Slre«t East Hampton F. M. CONKLIN
