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mitted thus to get within striking range
even with this widely extended arm OF
actual attack. This Implies greater sea
power than the antagonist. This I'm turn
means the possession of an air fleet of
greater effectiveness, to destroy the on
coming planes aloft or to sink the con-
veying ships before the hostile planes are
launched. And all this means that to be
effectively prepared against attack in
modern conditions, as now developing, the
United States must progress faster than
ii has during the past two or three years,
since aviation has received its practical
impetus. to put itself in a position of
trustworthy defense against the most
perfectly equipped fighting force.
1t is idle to continue to regard the air.
plane as toy. sporting novelty, or
to scott at the necessity of eduipping for
defense against a flying enemy. Yester-
days flight of a skillful. daring English
man should cause the United States to
accept the doctrine. which the European
powers have already accepted. that the
war of the future will be fought largely
in the air. France England, Germany
and. IL is pointedly limited. Japan are
far in advance of this country i'm regard
to the possible utilization of the airplane
as an agency of offense. The United
States possesses one airplane. one di.i-
gible and a few small observation bal
looms. Its only reliance at this time is
upon the amateurs and the professional
exhibitors who are giving entertainment
exhibitions. An aeronautical reserve has
been organized. but it cannot remain
the sole reliance of the government. The
time has come to readjust our army and
naval equipment to suit modern condi-
tons.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-15
Obnoxious Festival-Making

rom the new 1Ofk lines.
In late years the growing eagerness of
the American people for festivals, which
has not been accompanied by an increase
of skill in the making of festivals. has
led to a very general observance in many
states of All Halloween, October 81, as
time for public merriment. Within the
memory Of men who still call themselves
young the old observance in these parts
of New Year day as a time for social
calls, almost inseparable from conviviai-
ity. has become obsolete. while New Year
eve, which used to be devoted to prayer,
with the harmless relaxation thereafter Of
hearing the chimes at midnight, has be-
come the occasion of fairly riotous merry
making with thousands Of generally
peaceabe citizens abroad and making a
noise and a huge consumption of cham
payne. The night of election day, too, is
marked by the same disorderly and joy
less effort to be multitudinously happy
Halloween has lately taken its place
among these comparatively new festivals.
The old English custom of celebrating this
harvest festival has long been preserved,
mildly, in many American neighbOrhOOds,
and the traditions of the night, associated
with mystical folklore, have been known
to everybody from childhood. But the
new Halloween of American cities Is
quite unhallowed, and has no close con-
nection with traditions. Such disorderly
conduct has prevailed in some places that
timely efforts are making this year to Sc
cure closer police surveillance Of the
crowds In the streets. The whole subject
of festivai-making in the United States
deserves the study Of psychologists.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-15
Susauehanna Power.
From the Baltimore American.

Baltimore views with satisfaction the
opening yesterday Of the hydrO-electric
plant of the Pennsylvania Water and
Power Company. With the actual deliv-
cry in this city of power generated by
the harnessed currents of the Susque-
hanna, forty miles away, dream of
years Is realized. Capital and engineering
skill have accomplished a difficult feat,
and Baltimore hopes for material ad-
vantage over competing communities in
the possession of a cheap electric cur
rent The financiers back of the move
ment show commendable faith In the
city by marketing their product here, and
their confidence will not be misplaced.
Electricity Is a strong young giant rap
idly displacing steam in doing the world s
work New uses are constantly being dis
covered for il, and its adapta bility to
manufacturing enterprise is Indicative of
greater progress in this the electric era.
The introduction into community. there
fore. of an electric supply generated
through the forces OF nature at q COM
paratively low cost is AN event of no
minor importance. II is yet to be demon
started to what extent the Susquehanna
current will cheaper rates. but inasmuch
as the profit of the costly enterprise de-
ponds upon large consumption of current.
IL stands TO reason that inducements will
be made that will insure its use by manu-
facturers, with a corresponding increase
in local industrial production.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-15
The Campaign in Indiana.

There is a good-natured stir in Indiana
over a sentimental feature that has been
introduced into Mr.. Beveridge.s cam
paign The senator, being young. hand
some and eloquent, has the good will OF
many of the women Of the state, and
they are manifesting much interest in
his speeches. Those with the time TO
spare attend his meetings. while those
kept at home by household duties signal
their appreciation from front doors as he
passes. or discuss him with their more
fortunate ncighbors after the hubbub is
over.
MIR. Beverage knows the value of this
interest, and is acknowledging it in the
best style. He has graceful words for
the women-many of them. He eonfesses
TO their influence on affairs, and well
comes with gallantly expressed gratitude
what they are doing for him. In such q
contest as is now in progress, the wom-
en-. though without votes may count at
the polls.
The Hoosier state has for long been
very practical in it's politics, with atten-
ton principally for facts and solid argu-
ments from spellbinders and candidates
Mr.. Hendricks. Mr.. Mcdonald, Mr.. Eng
tie ornamentation as speakers while the
same was true on the other side of Mr..
Morton. Gen. Harrison and Judge Gresh-
am. These men were lawyers In private
Afe, lawyers on the stump and lawyers
IN office. and sentiment and rhetoric were
outside OF their calculations. They
wrought their effects by other means
But there were two men of that day
one democrat and the other a republi-
can. and both popular and successful In
politics-who often played upon the
string Mr.. Beveridge is now touching.
MIR. Voorhees, and Col. Dick Thompson.
when young, were, as Mr.. Beveridge now
is. both good to see and good to hear
They looked the part Of leader and tic
killed. the ears of audiences with much
fowery speech. They could fly as high
as any politicians of the period, and even
with hard-headed men of business and
hard-handed men Of the plow became ex-
ceedingly popular. Mr.. Voorhees,, indeed,
remained In office to. the end largely
through the power Of his popular stump
address.
Mr.. Beveridge, therefore, is not a pio-
neer, nor mistaken as to local tastes He
is addressing the sons and daughters of
men and women who sat often under the
spell of Dan" and Col Dick" and
have probably inherited liking for a
compliment neatly turned, and senti-
ments out of the beaten track and reach
ing to the fireside.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-15
The Oracle.

When Willie gets into a fight,
Or Jimmy stubs his toe.
Or father stays out late at night,
Or sister has a beau,
Ma looks as worried as can be,
And when the day is through
She reads a magazine to see
Just what she ought to do.
II there is naught to ease her mind
In picture or in text,
She knows full we'll that she will find
An answer In the next.
So when the postman, grave and stern,
Comes round, We block his way
To get the magazine and learn
What ma is going to say.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-15
The Kaiser on Sport.

American communications are correct
ing the kaiser's view of things. He sees
a good deal of American company, and,
fortunately for us. it is of the best. Men
OF learning. men of action-scholars, sol
diers, sailors. diplomats and politicians
are received by him on their visits to Ber-
lin, and find him d charming host, In
terested in their country and remarkably
we'll Informed about it. His perfect COM
mand of English enables him 10 get near
to them and they to him. AS our phrase
il. they like his style, which is easy and
cordial without being familiar. Several
of them have brought away the impress
sion that if he lived in America he could
BE elected to Congress-high praise. as We
all know.
Behold an American phrase adopted by
the kaiser for the benefit of German
students. Says he to them with respect
TO university life. and pointing to Amer-
can models: Less beer, and more sport.
This, of course, is a happy rendering of
our phrase, used in politics, LESS hell,
and more hogs" In TeXaS-or was 1t
Kansas where everything political had
been boiling for a long time and crops
had languished, the people were adjured
10 reform I'm the terms quoted. The
phrase caught the popular fancy, and
has been doing duty ever since. And
now it has crossed the Atlantic and found
place in a royal vocabulary. Good for
the kaiser! Adopting a nations. idioms
is praise indeed.
Maybe the matter has been overworked
but the stein and the sword have fig
ured too much in popular impressions,
especially al distance of the German
university student. He has long been
represented as largely a roisterer, fond
of trouble, and hunting it when scarce
lie would turn to books only when the
beer ran low and fighting for a time
had palled- Learning was secondary. 4
roaring time fitted the fancy, and was
TO be obtained at all cost.
Americans, after finishing up over
there, who have returned home with
their figures preserved and their faces
still smooth have been suspected of fail
ure. Several years in such surroundings,
and yet no bulk or Disagreement? Had
put nobody under the table, or been
slashed in no duel?
Sport at school is a good thing, but
Americans are accused of INDUCING in
too much of il. Sometimes our scry is,
Less sport, and more books" But as to
an excess, where the choice is between
sport or beer, the kaiser's advice is good
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-15
The Airplane in War.

Apart from its spectacular interest, the
flight of Mr.. Grahame-White over the
city yesterday was tremendously signiti
cant and should be regarded as conveying
a. warning. IL demonstrated that the air
plane Is an agency of warfare of which
any community has reason to be in
dread. Had the aviator in yesterdays ex-
bibition been supplied with a few gre
nades containing high explosives he could
have done more damage to Washington
IN a short time than a hostile war fleet
stationed at Alexandria, OF q besieging
army. 1t would have been possible for
him to rise 20 height at which he could
not be reached by rifle bullets, and from
that point drop not only decorating
bombs to tear down walls. but fire bombs
TO start a confiagration- He would have
been virtually immune from attack and
the city. however we'll fortified. would
have been utterly helpless. An enemy
having worked into a position TO launch
such an airplane over the capital could
have reduced II to subsection, IL not to
ashes. in a few hours.
OF course In calculating the effectiveness
OF the airplane as a war agency IL is
necessary TO assume the possession Of a
point of operation. Already plans are
Delns Drawn loF war vessels which Will
carry aviation equipment. The fighting
craft OF the future. il is believed, will
be largely constructed with reference to
its use as a launching platform. so that
q war-making power can send forth not
merely fleets of ships TO lombard the
cities or TO sink the war craft of an
enemy, but fleets OF aerial auxiliaries
capable OF extending the effectiveness OF
"a 10
hostile fleet approaching within a score
or two of miles of the Atlantic coast
could dispatch airplanes inland, far over
the maximum range OF vertical-firinG
guns. TO float desiructiveIy over cities
situated as far from the sea as Washing
too.
The answer to such a proposition is that
tie enemy would probably not be per.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-15
Texas at Beverly.

II was mentioned In the dispatches
from Beverly the other day that 4 dele
CATION of Texas republicans had called
on the President to enlist his interest in
a plan for strengthening the party In
that state. He listened. He could not
in the circumstances have done less. But
how he was impressed is his secret.
Every republican President since An
drew Johnson has examined plans for
strengthening the party In the south. In
some way, all have tried. All have failed
Patronage proved of no force. Cod
ding Of the populists yielded nothing In
the end. Appeals on the subject of pro-
lection, and tariff bills literally protect
ing southern raw materials and finished
products. changed no votes from the
democratic to the republican side. The
lower south was full of protection senti-
ment, but continued to support the anti
protection party.
Man never Is. but always to be biest."
The solidarity of the lower south never
Is. but always TO be broken. A recorded
failure Is Invariably followed by the
promise. next time
The present time, of all recent times,
would appear TO be the most unpropitious
for work OF this kind. Not only is the
lower south solid for the democracy. but
she Is feeling good over the party's
greatly improved prospects. She is ex-
pecting a democratic majority In the
next House, with southern man for
Speaker. q southern man for leader on
the floor. and a number Of southern men
in important committee chairmanships.
This Will inspire her next month to
make her usual contribution to the par
tvs forces in that body.
Then. il these expectations are realized,
she will turn her attention to 1912 and
begin calculations about the presidency.
She will figure that a democrat in the
White House should follow a democrat
in the Speakers chair. and she will keep
herself in trim to assist in that CAM
paign. The tariff will not disturb her.
She Jared pretty well under the Cor
man-Wilson bill. The democracy lost no
votes in the south In 1896 because of that
measure. And she is not likely to COM
plain Of any bill that may pass the next
House under southern leadership. She
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-15
Raising the Maine.
From the New York Tribune.

The Presidents approval of the plans
for raising the wreck of the Maine and
its removal from Havana harbOr doubt
less means the expeditions achievement
This approval is. OF course, merely OF
the specific plan which has been fOrmu-
lated for the task. To the general propo-
sition that the work should be done IN
some way the President long ago COM
mitted himself in the strongest manner
Indeed, it is to his brave and patriotic
urging that the nation is largely indebted
for the prospect of speedy removal OF
what has already been reproaeh and
what would. If not removed become dis
grace,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-15
Work More, Criticise Less.
From the Philadelphia Ledger.

Much of the time we ara too critical
We spend in depreciation Of ourselves or
Of others too many of the golden mo-
ments that should be given to progress
sive action rather than to morbid intro
spection or TO captious, querulous analy-
sis of the various ailments of the long
suffering earth Citizen Ffx-it Is a very
useful fellow. TO be sure. but he is prone
to issue rather than to fill prescriptions
for the ills that flesh is heir to and the
diseases that affiict the body polite.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-15
Tammany.

Leader Murphy stands by his members
OF the House accused of making terms
with the republicans in the contest over
the rules at the extra session of this
Congress He likewise renominates Mr..
Sulzer, whom he opposed for the guberna-
torial prize at Rochester. Undoubtedly
the New York democrats are working for
harmony. Little graves are being dug
and little hatchets buried all over the
state. Brethren long estranged are try
ing to dwell together again in unity.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-15

will certainly not bolt the presidential
ticket on that account.
In time, conditions may change In the
lower south. but the promise Of a change
is not now on the horizon. It is an Oft
told tale that pours into Mr.. Tafts ear
on this subject, and not likely to affect
any line of his general policies.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-15
Shooting 0fhand.
From the Chicago Tribune.

The shooting of boy by quiet, peace
loving ana apparently respectable man
emphasizes the evil of our lax regulation
of the ownership of firearms Only a few
days ago dressmaker killed a customer
in petty alteration. The woman was
not OF the criminal class. On the con-
trary. she was normally most respectable
Why had both OF these victims of inn
pulse and opportunity firearms within
reach? Is Chicago an armed camp? Is
this the middle ages. when every citizen
was-his own guardian?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-15
For Success i'm Dress===
The Right Corset.

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-15
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-15
A Valuable Feature.

'Of course said the surgeon who had
operated for appendicitis, there will be a
scar"
That's all right replied the patient.
Leave any kind of mark you like that
will prevent some strange doctor from
coming along and operating again."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-15

ryIn order to avoid delays account Of
personal absence letters to THE STAR should
not be addressed 70 any individual connected
with the once, but simply to THE STAR, or to
the Editorial or Business Department, according
TO tenor or purpose.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-15

Senator Aldrich, who felt sure he could
save the government an enormous sum
every year. might turn his talents to ad-
vising the railways on economies which
would Obviate the necessity of rate
incIe ease.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-15

BY consenting TO appear in a sketch
with the vaudeville young woman with
whose name his Is associated, King
Manuel might make enough money to
return TO Portugal and WELD a great deal
oil influence.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-15
An Objection.

Every man should sleep eight or nine
hours day
II. couldn't think of IT. replied the en-
ergetic person. If didn't find life any
more interesting than that, I'd die Of the
blues
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-15
No Telling.

Oh, We who seek to change the drift
OF things, this warning hear:
a landslide travels mighty swift
But 1t is hard to steer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-15

1t is to the credit Of the suffragettes
that they never adopt any of the clothes
designed for them by fancifui costume
experts.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-15

Humane Society people must note with
approval the efforts to make the gasoline
engines relieve the burdens that have for
centuries been placed on the horse.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-15

There are theories to the effect that
some of those Illinois legislators were
over-anxiOus to believe the worst about
themselves.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-15

Italy will endeavor not to show signs
OF serious disappointment, whatever de-
cision may be reached in the case of
Porter Charlton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-15

Portuguese craftsmanship has not yet
taken up the question of how long it is
likely to be before another revolution
occurs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-15

If Air. John Chaloner is as quick With
firearms as he is at repartee. Prince
DOigorouki does wisely not to challenge
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-15

Another charm of aviation contests lies
in the fact that there is so little chance
for alterations with the umpire.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-15

Insurance might add to its already re-
markabIy large field of enterprise by
Writing policies on cows.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-15

The aviation work at Benning makes
the risks that the jockeys used to take
seem comparatively slight.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-15

Recent experiences OF Harry Thurston
Peck. although thrilling, do not serve as
poetic inspirations.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-15

Crippen is said to be fond of notoriety
And yet he is not happy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-15

The republican party will look for an
other landslide when the prodigal son
vote decides to get a return ticket.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-15
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