Evening Star Newspaper, August 1, 1928, Page 8

THE EVENING STAR ~—— Wb Sunfay Mocning Bition. WASHINGTON D C ‘WEDNESDAY . ...August 1, 1928 THEODORE W. NOYES. . .. Edito The Evening Star Newspaper Company | 11th St ne o & ‘Ruropean Office, NSYIvANIA ave 0 St. 10 Fast Jand r 0 Rate by Carrier Within the City. g- Evening Star ... 43¢ rer month Evening and Sunday Sar When 4 Sundasa) MAN &3 positive assets. North Carolina 18 set down with confidence as both Re- publican and Democratic. Oklahoma I8 reckoned as a Republican State because | of the transfer of allegiance by its for- ter Senator and s at the same time cloimed as Democratic despite that shify: Then there are the rainbow chasers, who are in a somewhat different cate- gory from the claimers and reporters ot sound conditions, They can see no chance of loss anywhere. The Demo- cratic rainbow chasers see vietory in Pennsylvania and the Republicans see | | « Ay 60e per month e Evening and Sundas star on indays) The Sunday Star 5c per cony Colleetion miade at the end af sach mon:h rtars AT B sent In BY MAT (7 1ewnRene Main 8000 Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. nd and Vi ia. 3¢ per month | we 1 me. M 8 RS r unday enly All Other States and Canada By and Bunday. .l yr. %1200 1 me 1v 8.0 adas R Member of the Associated m‘ » ted Press 1s exclusively entitls Qfi,‘lr;lmotf‘:r!r!mfl*“r”inv of all . ews dAix- “ches eredited 0 1t or nat brherwise cred- ec In this paper and also the iocal news out herein. All Tights of publication of | soecial Hispatehes herd "o I 1 n are Alta rese e vietory in Mississippl. Nobody takes them seriously least of all the wise men at headquarters. who listen politely, per- baps encouragingly. but do not promise appropriations for activities in hoppless arear At this stage of the campalan these | | elaims and reports make interesting | place within A comparatively short | reading. but are not at all conclusive or | convineing. A little later it may be pos- | National Capital can be regarded with | i3c | sible to discrn & change of ton® on the | myuch more optimism than heretofore. | air—there Is something so tonic | part of those who frequent the head- | Ajthough the contract for reflooring | invigorating in the cool, moist tang | quartert and who submit to INtErviews | Chain Bridge has fust been awarded ' About six weeks hence their observ: tions, read in the light of positive hap. penings at different points of the bat-| THE EVE! 1t'will not destroy lte. The ultrasviolet, sible for about ten milliwatts of the one hundred and thirty-five total, finally comes to the earth in the rela- tion of approximately two and a half to A total of sighty-six. Eventually we re- celve a little more in the form of * light.” Thus nature takes care of ita own. Probably life would be impossible, in its present form, if the ultra-violet was cut off altogether. It certainly would be impossible if the entire amount re- ceived from the sun came through un- changed. . won The Bridge Situation, With Chain Bridge. which has been closed for more than a year. to be re- openad to trafie within ten days. and with the resurfacing of the roadway of Highway Bridge scheduled to take period. the bridge situation of the And the lumber will not be delivered for sixty days, Capt. H. C. Whitehurst, Assistant Engineer Commissioner, has ~ | tleground. will be illuminating and - [ apnounced that the bridge will be open “What shall we do this evening?" asked the statuesque and fiaxen-haired Isabel. Nobody answeced, but all sat staring out at the breakers which came tumb! in obliquely, a state of af- fairs resulting from the nor'easter which had raged for three days. It was over now, however, and those curling waves tunubling in at almost right angles were the only evidences left of its fury. The chimney of the 'house across the way was gone, but It looked rather plcturesque lying there ! tumbled in the gray sand. How gray the beach looked nfter the blustering. rainy storm! And how wet | everything was, from the cushions in the roeking chairs on the hotel porches | ta_the girls’ hair, The damp of the seaside, of course, is | not, just ordinary dampness: it contains | obscure properties which make it en- durable. Vitamins really began in salt 80 it It was on such a late afternoon As this that a small group on ’mrm of the Lanham cottage began this discussion of what to do that evening | 1sabel, she of the pale blue eyes and | fiaxen hair. hegan it with her famous vealing. But just for the present it|as soon as the concrete abutment on | question: the side ' THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. real idea. They were going to have a marshmallow roast! * Rk Jim and Henry were -g‘)olnted fire- | wood rustlers, Mary and Bill custodians of the matches, and Charlie and D! | given the special appointment of secur- |ing the marshmallows. | Isabel. of course, was boss. She al- | ways was. Hers was the pleasant task of supervising everv one and every- | thing else. She gave orders which the | others obeved. “You and Jim." she said to Henry, “will ind enough driftwood for a big blagse ™ | "Henry and Jim signified their satis- faction. “You and BIill,” sald Isabel to Mary. | “will take care of the matehes. And | you two.” she grinned, turning te Diana “will get the marshmal- How many?" asked Charlie “Oh, 1 should think a dozen hoxes would be tnough. dan’t you?" Isabel was so careless with other people’ money “Why, I eould eat a dozen boxes my- self!” “Well, maybe you better get another dozen for the iest of us. then," agreed the leader, dismissing the subject. Afterward the firewood hustlers could “A doven boxes!" stormed Dlanl,l Politics at Large By G. Gould Lincoln. With the presidential election three months in the future, the campal has | not yet developed enough to make a curate predictions of the results in No- vember. Yet claims of the supporters of both Smith and Hoover that they will carry this State or that are daily currences. For example. the Democrats lay claim to New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Connecticut and the Re- publicans are talking of breaking into the solid South and wresting away North Carolina, Virginia,. Florida and other | | States whore they believe a strong anti- {Smith and anti-we. and anti-Tammany | sentiment exists. Any or all of these events, which would in reality mark gn litieal upheavals, may take place. But there Is little yet upon which to bufld | real hopes of such victories. * oo | | Usually the politicians and political | | observers can look to the elections of the | past to guide them in their predictions for the future. But this year many are | |insisting that party lines will be torn | sunder due to the wet and dry lssue. | he religious issue, the Tammany issue the farm issue and what not. Still de: spite these issues, Old Man Arithmetic | ANSWERS TO ‘The answers to guestions printed here each day are specimens picked from the mass of inquiries handi by our great information bureau main- tained in Washington, D. C. This valu- able service is for the free use of the public. Ask any question of fact you may want tc know and you will get an immediate reply. Write plainly, inclocs 2 cents in coln or stamps for return postage, and address The Evening Star information Bureau, Frederic J. Haskin, director, Washington, D. C. Q. Can a base ball bat be weighted | with lead’—V. K. A. Spalding's official base ball rulet says that a bat loaded with a metal Alling I8 not legal. Q. How it the personnel of the| Smithsonian And National Geographic exploring expeditions made up?—1. N A. In the Smithsonian a prominent | scientist who is A member of the staff 1s given cha of an expedition, and his personngl #p selected generally from scientists al in the employ of the Government under the efvil service, | ‘The National Geographic Society’s ex- peditions are in charge of noted experts | should probably be considered when it | comes to claiming such remarkable re- | versals of voting form, Take Massachu- setts, for example. President Coolidge \carried his home State by more than | 14006 0 over. his Democratic opponent. | who have a large following of | and students from varfous lal and colleges rager for an opportunity for such service. | | QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN. the mean level. It is thought to be caused chiefly by local tions in atmospheric pressure and continued by the oscillations of the water surface after the inequalities of the atmos- pheric pressure disappear, Q. Wasn't the tomb of Queen Hetep found intact?. D. ‘The Boston Museum of Pine Arts |says that the tomb of Queen Hetep Heres 1, mother of Cheops, ca. 3000 B.C., was found by the Harvard Uni- versity-Museum of Fine Arts expedi- tion in March. 1925. It had never been tampered with in any way after it was made, during the rei of Cheops King Tut’s tomb. on the other hand, had not been disturbed through the thousands of years, but hore evidence of having been entered and some things ;nm’m‘md shortly aftar the original uria Q. What is face powder made of® RN A. The main ingredients wders are stare and taleum powder, boric acid and precipitated cl per- fumed and tinted to various shades. It is immaterial what kind of starch s used—rice. wheat and potato starch being equally sffective, provided thev are clear white and ground fine. Pure rice powder suits cortain skins How many ecadets will there be of face Q L. in the United States Coast Guard Acad- emy this year?—R. H. A. Porty cadets will be appointed to fruuy the academy this vear. There will be follow- | at the academy this coming year about “What shall we do thit evening?” Nobile's Home-Coming. must always be remembered that these the Virginia side it completed. the | As she said this she grinned out of Umberto Nobile and four of his €OM- | yre the days of budget making at head- | fiooring to be installed later while the |t g i 7 ight oy o [the c 5 er rather wide mouth it ion ihe It x."n‘mmf!? | quarters. when the funds are being al- bridge s being used for trame. The | {0 NS 0 BEE TRACT OC TG | Halt Way House, as the shanty was|iti“had a lead of some 280,000 votes. | to the North Pole returned yesterday 10 | jocated and the optimism of callers has | Commissioners are now studying bids |grin like that. It was at once a smile called where the beach patrols met on It would be fatrer. however, to look mj be seen roaming to and fro on the |jonn w. Davis. With La Follette’s vwl"q. Is Abdul Bahal still living beach, even golng almost as far as l.halA ded to t v lidge | . dred (o the Democratic vote, Coolidge | A- V- |\ o0 o and died in 1921. He woas a loved Persian philosopher. His Rome from the North and were greet- g although, strictly speak- | their nightly walk from the Iife-Saving | the elections of 1926, when the Bay | | neations. | State elected a governor. a Senator and The waves came curling in as the|memierc” of the House of Represent- boys picked up now here a box. noW |agives, The favorite-son element which there several planks, usually found be-!,niered into the Coolidge victory did All the |candidates were Massachusetts men. In the 1926 gubernatorial election Fuller, the Republican. defeated Gaston, the Democratie candidate, by 138.000 votes ed with tremendous acclaim. They were given the honors of conquering Neroes, despite the fact that their ex-| Ploit. though successful in the attain- ment of the point of farthest north ended in a terrible tragedy and led to the sacrifice of many lives in the efforts At rescue. The vigor and heartinest of the welcome accorded these unfortu- pate men in various cities of Ttaly. cli- maxing at the capital in a demonstra- tlon that hac been seldom equaled there, may be attrituted in some part to the criticisms and the unfriendliness @eveloping from the rescue work in| the ice fields of the Arctic. { This episode of the Italia expedition and its aftermath of tragedy has been marked by some entirely unworthy dem- enstrations of ill feeling and hostility. When the dirigible failed to return to ! Dase from its flight over the Pole efforts | were immediately begun to reach the | party. But the season was not suffi-| elently advanced to permit the contact | with the marooned explorers. Gallant definite financial implieation. o The Vacant Throne. Gans Tunney has quit the ring. Soms say that this strange Galahad among the Ga :ain: of the ropad canvas in- tends to study philosophy at the Sor- bonne, nthere that he will prepare him- self for holy orders, and still others that he will marry And settle down tn the placid life of a country gentleman. The heavyweight champion of the world does not say what he intends to do. Probably he does not know. Cir- cumstances seém to have made his Y“A' tirement unavoldable. There ix no foeman left worthy of his glove. The | reasons that lead him to vacate his | throne are easily appreciated and ac- cepted. But Tunney leaver a place which it may be impossible to Bl The heavy- | weight ehampionship itself is of no great Intrinsic consequence. Its sym- | bolic consequence, however. is almost inestimable. The idols of the ase are| ' | tor the resurfacing of Highway Bridge |and a laugh, |and it and will probably make a decision in the near future. The protracted closing of Bridgs for necessary repaire of the Vire ginia shore Abutment hat inconve- nienced thousands of motorists who have Wten ascustomed daily to use this road into and out of the Capital. They Chain | {due consideration | come state questions at the seashore, {where amusement fs at a premium and " must be taken seriously, clse we die of boredom have been forced to detour over romde | Isading to Key Bridge with the conse- quent inerease in congestion. It will | be cheering news, tharefore, to this vast | army of persons living i adiacent Vir- ginia that this important conneecting link over the Potomac will soon be put inte servioe. The Highway Bridge surfacing has | been in atrocious condition aver a long period and to those using this structure 1t is lkewise A source of gratification that work on It it under way. Due to the heavy volume of traffic over this structure the surface deteriorates rapidly is extremely difficult for the District to keep it in proper repair. Compietion of these two projects will 2 e i . The ity to beat ang heroic assaults were made upon | ol t.:;::dm::‘"i: e sl or | materially lessen congestion and remove the fce. Rescue parties were themselves 2 | bresding spoit of accidents. The Dis- eaught in the drifting fields and m-: tame in turn the objects of endeavor #t succor. Amundsen. the commender of & previous aerial polar expedition. of which Nobile was a member, organized & telief party and he and his men are, mow rated as among the victims of this | ‘great misfortune. In the course of the with the occasional recovery of mem- bare fists or broadswords. Tt was only | cerities. many. many generation to come remain, for all practical purposes, a tause for idolatry. For by far the great part of the his- tory of the human race leadership de- pended on ability to fight. That indi- | vidual stood highest in the esteem of | his fellows who was most formidable mination to push forward as rapidly a: possible a program which (& certain o redound th the .enefit of those whe USh MOtor ears at a means of trans- portation. B Youth now makes a choice between rescue work. {with the weapons of the day, Whether | the follies of life and the studious sin- The present pleasure may pers of the Nobile expedition, eriticism | vesterday. comparatively speaking, when | easily involve a sacrifice of time and expressed. When Nobile himself |any other sort of ability commanfled'mlm that might have eollected fine from the ice floe, crippled . the suggestion was amm' should not have left his i been subject to attack ner: , has explained. has been ordered By the ruler of Italy to abstain from quiry. On his way southward he and any respect at all. Even in Greece | philosophers and poets somstimes were slaves. A mere two thousand-odd years has heen far from sufficient to cthange the pattern of the human mind. imagination st prise fighting. simply ! Ris companions were treated to a dem- | because it is the most highly individual | emstration of hostility i the Scandi- | form they | viduality which, by the laws of nAture. | Mavian cities through which From the Russians who par-| it Wieipated in the final rescue of all who | et are probably now alive have :ome criti- ' Logic cannot change it. elsme. Four countries were at one time | 0 & bitter dispute over the merits of ! tify himself with the base the rescue work and over the eonduct |the foot ball plaver. etc. of the participants In the expedition | id and the recovery of the survivors. There was, in the first place, no par- | depends upon team york. It is an expression of that indi- Systems of the pattern. dominant in every man. hies eannot change The individual can, In 2 sense, iden- ball player. entification never is very sincere. {Much of the success of these Athletes On-apera- Meular reason for the Italia expedition. tion is at the best only a secondary It was undertaken, it is believed, be- | human impulse. The ev-operative en- eaude of the feelings engendered after the successful flight of the Norge over‘ the Pole. It is a great pit. that in an enterprise of this kind, the object of which, if at 1l worthy, is the widening | of humean knowledge for the benefit of all. there should be a display of hostility to | ot | th the imagination. But prize fighting s an expression the solitary man, the dominant ego, e all-conquering individual Hence, until human nature is changed | terprise never has a very strong appeal | | i 1-nmcally. the heavyweight champion | and suspicion and animosity. The wel- [ Will remain an idol after whom thou- | come at Rome may allay the harsh feelings that have been engendered, but ft &8 not assured that the end of this mery affair has been reached with the | demonstration of national partisanship | Ot the Italian capital. The aceounting # yet to come. and it is likely to be provocative of further animosities e~ George Washington set 8 truthful ex- | ample that is influential even to this day. Hoover's refusal to be photo- graphed with a fish he did not catch | Shows a precise sense of veraeity which must win him universal respeet ——te——— Persons temporarily unemploved are ! MOt necessarily unoccupled. There is| always a flivver somewhere around that | neetls work done on it { ——ste s { “Now Is the Time” for Optimism. | *Now is the time for all good men to | @ome 1o the aid of thelr party.” 8o runs | the well known sentence that is used by | typists in speed practice. It has a pm-‘[ ent literal significance in practical poli- | tics. Por now is the time for all good men who are deeply concerned in the welfare of their organizations and can- didates to come to the aid of their party with glowing optimism and assur- ances that all is well in thelr respective Wtates. This is the seagon, in short, when the headquarters of the national com- mittees are veritably besteged with call- e who tell their party chiefs that eon- ditions were never more favorable o @utocss, who assure the chairmen that States that have hereinfore gone regu- | larly Republican or Democratic will positively repeat this year. They aiso tall the chairmen that there sre excel- jent chances of success in States pre- viously listed in the opposition column At least these are the reports that are made public. No pessimism iz permitied | 10 gain currency. The printed words re- garding the communications are all of l I golden hopes and expectations. Nobody | but the chairmen ana tne callers kmnw' # 1f the latter bring gloomy messages |1y thr | reaches the surface of the earth from from their batliwicks | sration. Tunney was the expression of | sands of men and boys unconseiously | will medel their lives. This is not & | very complimentary fact. But it ean hardly be disputed. Prize fighting in the past often has been Cisreputable. Doubtless it still is | tarnished. But the importance of hav- ing in the highest position a man who exemplifies in his life something of the ideals which have been identified, how- ever falsely. with knighthood. Ix great | indeed | The champion is an expression of the individuality of his time and gen- | the individuality of the better type of returned soldier. He was placed In a | position where, for all practical pur- poses, he exerted an enormous influ- ence on the lives of thousands of per- | sons Thix is the position which prohabl:e | will pase to A less worthy man 2O Tammany Hall relationships are not regarded as an asset in national politics, | Yet the assailant of Tammany usually pauses for a parenthetical personal com- | pliment. for Gov. Smith. Without Tam- | many support Smith would be nowhere | tnday. He played the game as he found it and plaved it intelligently. | .- A Cosmic Magici Ultra-violet hight doubtless is a potent cosmic magiclan. During the past few years the beneficial effects on the hi- man hody of the short wave lengths that lie beyond the visible spectrum have hecome generlly appreciated Hellotherapy now Ix a recognized ad- funct to medical sclence-—of unguestion- able value when in the hands of com- petent practitioners. At the same time some knowledge has heen acquired as 10 the equally destructive effects of oo rash exposure 10 these same powerful | ght waves. But, fortunately for human and ani- mal life, the magician is a dwarf, Hard- per cent of the energy that 1f & balance could be struck at this|the sun in the vicinity of Washington stage of the campulgn between Lhese | comes (rom the witra-violel. A table of Btate published reports angd tendencies the pear as & stalemate. Nobody could pos- | Bureau s instruetive. sibly win. For encugh States are claimed | alent on both sidee to win. There are Demo- | five milliwatta per euble ocentimeter | eratie claims for New York and Mussa- ehusetts and Republican claims as well | i Missour, Kentucky snd Tennesses are | e gasured to the Democratic chairman conditions | from election would ap- | Kimball of the United States Weather Energy squiv- | the hands of Dr. Herbert H in one hundred and thirty- omes from the sun in the form of ght 1o the outer atmosphere of the | arth. There & scattering takes place | Wherever you future dividends if properly Invested. racin e oM s A campaign doubtiess proves a relie! to Col. Lindbergh in bringing forward | new stars for the public to talk about | No other form of competitive en- And permitting him to retire for a time | | deavor appeals quite so strongly to the | to private life. = v | A student took her life, declaring she was a failure in art. No true artist, however unappreciated. admits faflure it his interpretations have brought him hanest personal pleasure. In spite of the sincere resentments he has aroused. it will not seem the Blanton of Texas. - Whichever party succeeds in & na- tional election the losing organization is sure to cherish dire suspicions of the influence of Wall Street. . oo While acknowledging his merits as a fighter, Tex Rickard will always regard ‘Tunney as a rather shabby specimen of mascot. .ot SHOOTING STARS. RY PHILANDER JOHNSON, The Frost Prophet. Heard the orchestra so fine; Heard some opera, too, Many a bird's a friend of mine, With charm forever new, And yet the melody most dear Is that familiar song With which the katydid draws near When August eomes along. It is no echo of the streas In some romantic heart. It hids life turn to hopefulness Andl make another start, In some few weeks, farewell we'll bid To ills we're passing through. You are a prophet, katydid, 8o faithful and so true! Forgiveness Necessary. “Have you learned enemies?” “Absolutely,” answered Senator Sor- | ghum. “I don't belleve a man could stay in big-time politics for a year without schooling himself to praise to the hest of his eloquence men with whom he has at one time or another been in disagreement.” Concealing the Discomfort. may be. your Summer Int. Like mine, is hard, O Brother! Each generously sought a different spot In 14ine from each other Jud Tunkine says you ean't make suspenders look slegant. Even the #x- periment of having them embroidered proved a fallure Art and Architecture, “Do you enjoy the seenery when you are motoring?” “Not any more,” admitted Mr, Chug- gins “There doesn’t seem much left 1o look at except big signboards and gas-filling stations.” e man who ix cheerful In adver- \" sald Hi Ho, the sage of China- town, “must beware of seeming content with 1o little, and finding the benefity are awarded 1o the loud waller.” Gone Fishing. Everybody’s gone a-fshin’ That 18 how it seems, Even stay-at-homes keep wishin PIshin' In our dreama! snid de ones dat “Retigion makes men better.” Uncle Ehen. “all except it 1 responsible for the blue sky —sand!argues about it 11 dey loses deir tem- Lertainties, and 1o the Republican chair- the spectrum 15 reconstructed so that pers.” " to forgive your | ing. neither. The momentous issue having been precipitated and followed by such a smile, the group thought best to give it R | “let's go th the Casino’ and dance.” | finally suggested Diana. she of the !brown eyes and hair, who alway: wore red and invariably looked well in it Shucks! T don't want to dance.’ said Charlie Manning. “You don't have to dance’ Diana. ‘I can't dance, to if T eould.” “Oh, you can sit replied and 1 wouldn't like it out with some- “No, T can't see dancing.” continued Charlie. “Let’s roll duckpins. “Oh. you and your duekpins Diana. "d rather stay here. Isabel and the others remained quiet | while this repartee was in progress, but !no sooner had the two quieted down than the original broacher of the sub- | ject began again “T have an idea." she said loftily. She was so lofty herself, with her full 6 feet, that her veriest suggestions had |A quality of importance about them | One hardly ventured to suggest any- scofted | triet it to be commended on its deter- | thing after she had spoken “What you got. Isabel?” queried a tenned mist of 16 Summers-—~this was her sixteenth, of course—who sat with Both legs swung over the arm of A rocker. Isabel smiled that smile again “I thought of a marshmallow roast.” She hesitated Her suggestion | most of them did roast!” It was just the night for a marthmallow roast. It was just cool » to make a fire feel good. The corner of the porch became ani- mated At once, such is the force of & | | w over big. as BY FREDER; willlam Allen White is sailing for | Burope this week. If the Republican I national committee were telegraphing him & -by message to the ship, it would probably redd something like this: “Bon vovage, Bill. Don't hurry home In other words, the Hoover organization is far from bpleased with the Kansas editor's free-lance mix-up with Gov. Smith an the subject of Al's Tammany-hossed record in_the New |to slam Smith mercilessly on ths Tam- many fissue, but Hoover leaders at | Washington frankly feel White went | too far with his “searlet woman of Baby- | {lon” stuft and the other picturesque mud which the man from Emporia slung In Smith’s direction, and now has rurtlcllv withdrawn. FEver since his 912 Bull Moose days. White has con- sistently and persistently plaved off his own bat in political campaigns. Re- | publican managers never know where {he's going to break out next. He Is an acknowledged asset to the Hoover cause, but White played ducks and drakes with the national committee program to keep the 1928 contest “high grade.” oo Most politicians snicker and snort at the Idea of Pennsylvania’s going Democratic this year, especially when an eminent Keystone Democrat itke Vance C. MeCormick holts the Smith ticket. Insiders are not so sure that | the idea of ecarrying Penn State for | the Democratic nominee is an iridescent | dream. They say it all depends on | what “Bill” Vare does. It Is an open ! secret that the Republican “senator- | efeet” It pressing the G. O. P. manage- | ment to help him out of his troubles on Capitol Hill at the next session of Congress and remove the bolts and bars 'whlé\ thus far have kept him from the | Senate. With what success the Phila- delphia boss has met in this direction 18 not nn record. What politicians are are recelves | 2 suggesting s that unless V some snr!,.nl assurances, stranger thfngs have happened than that the huge Majority the Republican machine regu- | larly rolls up in Philadelphia County | should be found, on November 6 next, | headed in the opposite direction, * % Not long Ago there was an {in the Department of Justice Darling. A Southern business man who ran afoul the Federal law found him- self required to pay frequent visits to Washinglon to sce Mr. Darling. A suspicious wife thought friend husband was journeying to the District of | Golumbla rather oftener than his business required, and told him so, He remonstrated, and finally banished her qualms. Not lonz afterward a telegram reached the business man's home ad- dress—it was sent from Washington on a Sunday. This Is how it read “Don't come here tomorrow after All Been suddenly called out of town Darling” There Was & sure-enough scene In that Dixie household that bbath day, but documentary proofs which re- ended all ofefal ‘were prompily produced stored peace and definitely 1 doubtings. * h A eertain good and true Republican. {who has cold feet on the safety of | Massachusetts and New York State for the Hoover and Curtls tickel, han | patented a lively suggestion. He thinks | possible danger in both States might be averted il Calvin Coolidge could be induced to run for the United States | Benate In_November Senator David 1. Walsh. in_ Massachusetts, and if Charles Evans Hughes would take the senatorial nomination in New York against Senator Royal 8. Copeland. The President is too young to be permitted in deprive the G. O P, of his services, the inventor of the senatorial idea points out, while Hughes could not claim he 18 too old for the Senate, however he may feel about his age in | connection with the White House. The | may State and the Empire State, with | Coolidge and Hughes on thelr rexpective | tickets, would il s contended. be safe [ not anly senatorially, but presidentially. | for the Republieans | L One of Manhattan Island's Russian- born citizens recently obtained per- mission from the Department of Lahor to bring in & spinster sister from: Rus- ¥ I “A marshmallow | Such matters be- hind the sand dunes, some hundred not maintain two years ago. !yards back from the fringes of the waves curling inte the sand. leaving wet lines all along. asross which vari ous sizes of smail sanderabs, gray as the wet sand, scampered to dig them- stlves in again with the water, o Darkness had come at last and cottage windows gleamed far and down the boardwalk. The thou- zand and one Activities of the shore at night were in progress, but a small group went about their affairs with special animations. “T got somethin' you ain't got.” the immortal ery of childhood is Also the secret slogan of their elders at their varfous stages. Just a few were “in" on the marshmallow roast, and that fact added immensaly to Curious faces looked at Isabel as she stepped off the boardwalk into the dark- wes which was the bsach. “Have you boys got the wood?" | she asked ‘es. Look at it.” chorused Jim and Henry “And the matehes?” “Here they are.” Scratch went a mateh. a bit of wood fiickered. then slowly. Ineh by inch, ate into the pile until a ruddy glare lighted the beach for almost a hundred feet You could see the reflection tossing on those oblique waves. “Where are th> marshmallows?" “Right here.” ®ame a voice from the darkness as into the light came Charlie and Diana, bearing tin boxes. A cheer went up. The party was about to begin! Tzabel hegan th open the boxes. Why, why-——" ow what’s the matter?” “Charlie Manning, do you know what vou've done?”" Isabel's voice was tragic “Everv last one of these marshmallows is chocolate coated!” WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS WILLIAM WILE. | sfa, under It retreating | Holel | the enjoyment. | Yet FPulltr was on the dry end of the | fight and Gaston stond on a wringing wet platform. CE In the same election the Republican | candidates for the House had a plu- rality over their Democratic opponents | of approximately 179,000. This estimate | does not. al can was unopposed and a Democral. was | similarly unopposed. and one district {in which only a Democrat ran is aec- | corded a 13,000 pturality. It would ap- pear to be fair to say that the State was Republican by something like 180.- 1000 votes. Bnt along comes Senator | David I. Walsh. Democrat, and polish- | es off William M. Butler, chairman of ! the Republican national committee, and a close friend of President Coolidge. by | some 55,000 votes. It I8 true that Walsh had great personal following which Butler did noi have; that he probably had practically all of the big Catholic vote of the State, and that he was really elected by a large body of Independent (and Republican votes. The question | ‘his year is whether Walsh can deliver | these independent and Republican votes | to Gov. Smith in his race against Mr Hoover. It is generally believed that Smith will have the Catholic vote in | \fassachusetts which has gone to Walsh | the past. On the other hand, Mr. | Hoover s really popular among the ‘oters of Massachusstts, as indicated !by the big vote cast for him in th® ' orimaries against all other comers. It | does appear that under all the eircum- stances Smith will have a real job on his hands carfying Massachusetts. Wl W The contest in New York looks to- day ke a horse race | ning strongly upstate and Smith get- i at lead in New York City. In | 1920, when the Harding landslide swl\:‘?t the country, Smith was beaten by Mil- | ler by some 75,000 votes, aithough Smith | ran_more than a million votes ahead | of his ticket. Two vears later Smith into account two con- | gressional districts in which a Republi- | with Hoover run- | special dispensation. defeated Miller overwhelmingly and has ers believe him to have been a prophet. For 40 years he was imprisoned by the | ‘Turks in Acca for his religious beliefs. | During that time he wrote many of his discourses. The main ideas of = -hai's teaching are universal peace. universal religion. fatherhood of God and the | brotherhood of man. Q. Does any colored light rate —B. | :‘ngq»tur than white light r‘l,:»x A. There hax been no conclusive test proving that any colored light pen- etratex fog better than white does. . How many horses and mules are there in American cities and on the | farma®—J. A. P. A. The Department of culture | estimates that there are 2,000,000 horses and mules in the eities and 20,000,000 ' {on the farms, Q. 1s it necessary to have a lieense to operate gliders?—W. 8. A." As yet there is no Federal regul tion requiring the operators of gliders to have licenses. However, the different States m-v have specific regulations on this subject. Q. What causes the oscillation of the | water in & large pond when it is not | caused by surface disturbance?—J. J. L. A. The phenomenon ix probably what s known as a seiche. This is an os- cillation of the water above and below | 118 cadets. Q. Is the Protestant Episcopal Chureh of America considering a re' n of the Book of Common Prayer, as was pro- posed recently in England?—H. 8. A, It s expected that a report from the commission which has been work- ing continuously sines 1913 will be ren- dered at the general eonvention, ta }v;;nv in Washington. D. C., October 19, Qé ;h" 16 the oversea railrond?— “'A This term is applied to a Plorida East Coast. railroad which runs from Miami to Key West. Q. When did Portugal decline as & colony-hold! Ko-ey?ml C. M. A. Porty Irst lost her hold in the colonies about 1580 because of difficul- ties in the home country. Some of the | colonies were racovered in 1640, but be- causa of politieal troubles Portuguess colonial history since then has not been important. Q. What it the largest number of bushels of potatoes raised on one acre of land?—M. J. X. A. In the Pall of 1926 the Zucker- man brothers, near Stockton. Calif., offi- cially recorded a yield of 1,001.07 bush- els of white potaloes on nine acres of lnnnuA Averaging 111.23 bushels to the cre. An actress whose mastery of her art and whose charm of ity placed her among the great of all time, Elien Terry was as inspiring when death ap- roached as she had been through & ng and brilliant life. These lines, | written near the end, gave unique char- acter to her funeral services: {“No funeral gloom, my dears, when 1 am gone. Corpse gazings, tears, black raiment, graveyard ess Think of me at withdra dimness, Yours still, you mine. Remember all the best of our past wn into the Charm and Genius of Ellen Terry Appreciated as Last Curtain Falls clared by the Houston Chronicle have “had no rivals as " That paper also recalls her as “an intell ist™ who “studied her roies . The Roanoke World-News contends that “she gave a whole generation of thea- tergoers & new conception of the dra- matic power of " and the | Syracuse Herald notes that “for a full | half century she pursued her life work | as a Shakespearean educator and a re- | fined public entertainer.” Of her - |ter century with Irving the St. mrh | Times says it was & “in which the theatrical world witnessed the most named | | meant a fully reunited family on this «ide. Katrina—that not be her name-—duly arrived at Ellis Island. The | immigration authorities found that she | was deportable on the ground of | literacy, despite her permission to land. Katrina's brother was officially i notified. He resented bitterly the | iliteracy charge leveled against the | sister. To Secretary of Labor Davis he But this | S8me House of Representatives without | yprk Assembly The G. O. P. is ready [ wrote that it was a base imputation {on the honor of his parents, who had been married for years before Katrina wAs horn! L = All_ Washington regrets the depar- ture from the United States, after six years' service here, of Brig. Gen. George A 1. Dumont. military attache of the French embassy. Few foreign soldiers | sent to us for duty at the Capital have | ever taken the trouble to know America and Americans as thoroughly as Gen. Dumont. He has been In every State of the Union. knows thousands of our | pubtic men personally, has attended | World War divisional reunions and | American Legion conventions by the | score. and generally proved himself an | ideal laison officer in the realm of | PFranco-American friendship. _During the war Dumont was an aide-de-camp of the director general of French mili- | tary transportation, an eminently Im- | portant job. After the armistice, he | was chief of the interallied commission in the Rhineland, where he won a | high reputation for administrative ca- pacity. . * * % Figure this out. if you ean. The cel- ebrated Tokio newspaper, Jiji Shimpo. sends word to Ameriea 'that fts two | Rlobe-girdlers, Tolchiro Araki and Ry- | ukichl Matsul. made the circuit, respect- |vely, in 33 days, 16 hours, 33 minutes | and 29 seconds, and In 43 days, 13 hours, | 54 minutes and 48 seconds. But Mr. | Araki, who made the quickest time. | spent 1,000 yen ($500) more than Mr. | Matsul, who was 10 days longer on the | road. The moral seems to be: Travel | longer and spend less ook ow Certain important “interests” con- cerned with toggery for men are happy over one thing common both to Sec- retary Hoover and Gov. Smith. They are both careful dressers, Neither is addicted to the “colleglate” styles of soft collars no collars and hatless heads. They usually wear Ccoats, too. So | whether the felt or fedora or the brown | derby prevalls at the White House | after March 4. the arbiters of our | sartorial destinies rejoice to feel that | white collars, and All that goes with { them. will be the order of the day—and [ that the collars will be starched. The | Inspirational example, 1t's thought, will be potent, (Copyright. 1998 | 1 Protests Against Tree Destruction | To tha Kditor of The Star The Distriet authorities are proceed- Ing in their stupid vandalism to destroy the be.uty of Washington by further | destruction of the shade trees. Today they have hacked down the beautiful plane trees on Connecticut aAvenue im- mediately south of Dupont Circle. Pro- tests against the want,n and continu- ing destruction have been of no aval 1T, trees and ‘he beauty of Washin ton are in trust with the Commissioners. The naked appearance of formerly lovely streets Is & witness how they have kept this trust. The time has come to bring political pressure on the Commia- stoners and, 1f possible, to have them removed as unfalthful trustees should th 1l to desist. May 1 suggest through your columns that all citizens who desire to prevent further destruction of Washington's shade (rees communicate by wire di- reotly to President Ooolidge, requesting him to stay the hand of the vandals? THOMAS M. WOODWARD. B Huta and | Prom (he Kalamazon € The all-important question now Is which candidate will look better in a 10- gallon bat. olities. repeated hix victories over n candidates every two years since that time. It Is true that in 1024, a presi- dential year, he only beat Theodore Roosevelt, jr. by 109,000 votes, which is no great defeat in New York Sfate. Hoover for President against Smith for President might easily upset that lead ‘The only Republican to be elected in | the State-wide contests two years ago | was Attorney General Ottinger, whom | the Republicans are thinking serfousiy of nominating for governor this vear There is a great Jewish population in New York City. There are some sus- picious people who are whispering to- day that if Ottinger is the Republican nominee for governor, Tammany may make a “deal” with Jewish TS in the State whereby the governorship shall go to Ottinger in return for Jew ish support of Al Smith for President There is absolutely nothing to the sug- gestion, it is sald, that Ottinger would enter into such a deal or countenance it. But ammany is not infrequently under suspicion. Take a look at the so-called Repub- lican chances in Virginia and North Carolina. In North Carolina there is !a stronger Republican organization than in Any of the other States of the “solid South.” But there has always been a sufficiently great Democratic vote to smow under the Republican presidential electors since the days of the reconstruction. In 1924 Davis ran ahead of Coolidge by more than 80.000 votes, and In 1920 Cox led Harding | by 72,000 vetes. But in the Tar Heel State It is possible, they say. to greatly increase the Democratic vote if the Re- publicans really threaten a vietory. Democratic victories there are taken much as a_matter of course and thou- sands of Democrats do not trouble tc g0 to the polls as A rule in general elections. The same is true to an even more marked extent in Virginia Neither North Carolina nor Virginia has a single Republican Representative in the House. The Democratic political leaders in both these States are ex- pected to put their shoulders to the wheel for Smith, no matter how much they may dislike the task. Many ot them really believe that Smith has a chance to carry the country and wiil work for him willingly. The Repub- licans must rely upon disgruntled dry and anti-Catholic voters, largely, it is sald, upon the Democratic women. They must furthermore put up as presi- dential electors white men and women of standing if these Democratic vote:s are to be expected to cast their bal- lots for them. It looks today like an even greater task for Hoover to earry North Carolina and Virginia than for Smith to carry Massachusetts and Con- necticut, which are regarded s strong- Iy Republican in presidential years. oo Probably never before have the ac- ceptance speeches of two presidential candidates been more eagerly awaited than those of Hoover and Smith. the first set for August 11 and the second for August 22, What will Mr. Hoover nave to say about the prohibition issue? What about tarm .relief and organtzed Jabor? What more will Gov, Smith say vegarding the wet and dry. which he flung into the national campaign by his telegram to the Houston conven- ton following his nomination? What views upon immigration, the farm and the labor questions? What the candidates say may make a great deal of difference or little at all. The arty platforms have been written and ne candidates are expected to stand upon them, although Smith has thrown the Democratic prohibition plank into the discard and written one of his own in which he promises to nt the way to a modifica of the ws, The Mg;lb\!em prohibition piank, written hg nator Borah of Idaho, is considered the dryest which any national party. | other than the Prohibition )gmivi has ever piaced in a platform, r. Hoover might merely repeat that plank. But | many are awalting some interpretation ' of the plank, some statement regard-| ing his own personal position on pro- hibition, in hin speech of acceptance ! Chairman Work of the Republican n moments and forget the rest, | Jubech aclag In' the Dhistory of the And so < sy d %0 to where T whlt come RentlY| Her charm is viewed by the Spring- i | field Union as a quality “which defled “Summer flowers and golden u\msmnp’l“ the revolutionary changes in the were with Dame Ellen Terry at her!theater that took place during her long funeral.” quotes the Albany Pvening | life in it.” The Pasadena Star-News News from the dispatches, and it sug- states that “she kept her mind and soul gests that “as the world was indebted | young to the last.” and that her work to Ellen Terry for the beauty and (he| With Irving “was acclaimed in this inspiration of her life, so. too, it is country, as it was in Eurape. as being indebted to her for taking from death masterly.” The Kansas City Times de- much of the depression and the dread|clares: “She expressed the zest of life and the gloom that attends it." The | in joyous moods as few actrésses have.” Milwaukee Journal welcomes “a thought | The Times also recalls that “she made tness for all who mourn.” and |the acquaintance, and in many instances “How can gleom be any mbuteiwm the friedship. of such persons a8 y that is bright>” | Gladstone, Disraeli, Tennyson, Huxlev, yes see clearer as death Spencer, Thomas and Jane Carlyle. approaches®” asks the Boston Tran-|George Eliot. the Brownings. Swine- seript. with the answer: “Perhaps not | burne, Joachim, Laura Seymour, Thack- always. But in Ellen Terry's case, de- | eray, Dickens, Leigh Hunt, Darwin and | spite her lately failing faculties, one is | Meredith.” ! fain to believe she spoke as a seer. In| qul sense one receives her last wishes | as a sort of psychic legacy to the world jat large, for all the world were and are her friends.” The Fort Worth Record- * v ox o 1l who have commented upon her life,” according to the Youngstown Vin- dicator, “speak of her beauty. the charin of her personality and the infectious | better known than thase of Gov | Telegram comments: “She placed the world in her debt a half century ago. She added to that obligation yearly. But none Was a greater one or one more to be taken home to the individual in personal appreciation than _thi she gave us literally ‘from " as she saw the final ‘cur- *oxow X | “Now she has stepped off the stage.” |says the Oakland Tribune. “but long ago she entered the tradition. It | sasy to imagine that Dame Terry. artist and honor to her profession. is wel- |comed on the other side by Irvin | Garrett, and. ves. Will Shake peare Of her dreams of years gone by the Ann Arbor Daily News emphasizes the | | words of her last days, "My heart is| | warm with the memories of my friends | | across the sea and remarks: “Thus/ | she went into the Beyond with A heart | warm with affection for this country. In her hour of death America’s heart | therefore is heavy.” “Dame Terry was not alone a great actress. Her brilllant intellect would | have permitted her to shine in litera- ture or any of the arts,” states the| Tulsa Daily World, while the Buffalo Evening News feels that “the woman whom cven Sarah Bernhardt called the greatest actress in the world was placed upon & pinnacle which no commend: { tion by any lesser judges could raise higher ¢ Savannah Press puls | her “in a class alone.” and the San An- tonio Express offers the tribute: “Na s ture is chary of her most valuable gifts. | It will be long before she ralses up another such actress.” oo “Here in America we regarded Ellen |Terry a one of our own’ avers the | Fort. Wayne News-Sentinel. with the| | conclusion as to the praise of Bern- hardt: “To have won such pralse was, a mighty achlevement. for her day was | A day of the greatest players the world has ever produced.” e Daytan Datly News observes that “her pre-eminence in the poetic, romantie and cassic drama has not been questioned, o 'en | by such a ecarping critic as Georrs | Rernard Shaw.” and that paper. ap- praising her success As one “Iargely of personality.” Adds that, “like Maude Adams, in her most successful parts. she was simply her glorified self.” “The idol of two continents” is de- | Is Mr. Hoover to take a similar position? Mr. Hoover did declare his erence to prohibition in his reply to the Borah questionnatre last ter, although some of his lllfi.' Wal rej a8 eryptic by the ultra drys. At all events it was satisfactory to Senator Borah who by all accounts will take a more rominent part in the coming presiden- ia] eampaign than he has.in any othe: in the past, Generally speaking Mr. Hoover's views on national issues such as the tariff, immigration and the like are Smith The Jovernor 18 expected, to give more proadly and clearly than ever before his ifonal committee has said publicly that prohibition 18 not to be an isaue atressed by the RepublicAn campaign managers. attitude toward such questions in his Acceptance speech. If he does not, mANY of the voters will be disappointed. e is | . i gaiety of her spirit. It is not too much to say that she was the most beloved actress of her generation. It is t privilege of persons so gifted to throw open to others larger and nobler and happler views of life. “She had vitality that time could not | kil and & personality that years could not dim.” savs the Richmond News- | Leader. of the great names and many of the great days of the late Vie- I torfan age were bound up with hers. * * With Henry Irving her profes. sional association extended from 1878 to the time of Ii.ing's death in 1905 It was the most fruitful theatrical part- nership of the nineteenth century.” “Terry was more than mere actress.” concludes the Birmingham News, “in that her work was a tremendous social- izing force in the English-speaking world's life—an unconscious pleader, i! not for the new woman, yet for wom- an's capability to take her place right- fully in the world's life, and by so doing :\nn\:kr r:fi”' '\h::rk & finer and far more vorth-while r~ than o b it had been UNITED STATES IN WORLD WAR Ten Years dgo Today In a brilllant operation the Ameri- cans and French advanced their line to the Bols Meunjeres, southeast of Sergy, and further to the west the Americans consolidated positions in front of Cierges and cleared the enemy out of Gierges Wood. In both opera- tions our Soldiers met and overcame the strongest kind of resistance by German shock troops. * * Among the American troops in today's fighting were & number of Indians, who gave an excellent account of themselves * Aviators report that the Ger- mans are rushing up reinforcements Including tanks, and the enemy's heavs gUNs Are wundh\‘ the Nesles and Meunteres Woods unmercifully. Ob \ervers report the forests are Hlled with Garman troopy and large quantities of supp s ¢ ¢t Americans and Ger- ans attle desperately for hours for & il co.smanding village of Cha- mery. The i,'es swayed back and forth many times, vt the Americans even- tually pushed the “srmans back. Pight- ing was open, and e americans dis- ?lu_nn} reAl COUrg. tenacity mch and British launched an attack at 4 this morning. aided by tanks, on western sidé of Soissons- Relms salient on a 10-mile tront and finally won three towns and the heights northwest of Fere. * * * Kaiser's worriea in the East are growing more every day The starving Fin. nish people are nostile to Germany even though their Army is pro-German * * In a communique from Gen Pershing made public by the War De- partment tonight the American com- :ml\d: q'\'l\(‘\rlaa an order issued June 30 v Luden that the Germans s| attack America: mfl lence “ta hinder tha - of an American Army in France."