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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-06-25
Failure to Meet the Standard.

While it is gratifying that so many
at the recruiting stations for enlistment
in the National Guard it is discourag-
ing to find SO large percentage physic-
ally unfit for service. About half of
the would be recruits are accepted for
duty, the remainder being rejected on
the score of physical defects, lack of
stamina, bad eyes, or some other cause
that would presumably make them I'M
suitable for active duty. The ques-
ton arises whether the average Ameri-
can youth is a strong specimen of hui
mainly.
The other day at the Central High
School graduating exercises in this city
Representative Reilly of Wisconsin
spoke earnestly Of the urgent necessity
of physical preparedness for American
manhood, and dwelt upon the fact that
at the educational institutions of the
country the attention of athletic di-
rectors is concentrated upon those al
ready strong, while those who are not
exceptionally fit are ignored.
1t is the common boast of the average
American citizen that in the event of
a war an army of millions of men>could
be raised quickly. Judging from the
experience of recruiting officers in this
present emergency it would be no easy
task to raise such an army in hurry.
In mere numbers doubtless great force
could be assembled, but numbers do not
necessarily decide conflict. A great
force of unfit, unframed men does not
constitute an army in military sense.
The Spanish American war taught def
nitely the folly of unreadiness in this
respect. Hundreds Of men died during
that campaign through sheer lack of tit
ness and through the failure of the or
binary precautions against disease.
Fortunately the lessons of that cam
paign have been sufficiently learned to
assure against the repetition Of the mis-
takes of inadequate sanitation in the
camps and more complete equipment
for the troops is fairly assured. Yet
the fact remains that for every man
who presents himself for service and
who is found to be fitted for duty an
other one offers who is incompetent
physically to bear the burden of mill
tary duty. Evidently the citizens
camps. such as that at Plattsburg, start
ed last summer, might profitably have
been begun ten years ago. or better
still. Immediately after the campaign Of
1898 in order to assure fit citizen army
for emergencies.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-06-25
A Simple Declaration.

A Simple Declaration.
We have heard the serious tidings down
to Pohick on the Crick
An our boys are maxim ready fur the
perils that grow thick
We have had our various quarrels. Some
of 'em amt settled yet.
What we find can't be forgiven we are
tryin' to forget.
Opinions often differed bout the way
the town was run.
Suspicious mild have been expressed of
much that has been done
There's now no room for any thought
that fankles or annoys.
We aren't thinkin' bout ourselves. We're
thinkin' bout the boys.
We're tellin' 'em good bye. An men as
hasn't spoke for years
Look different to each other through the
passin' mist Of tears.
The boys that march together, all so
generous an strong,
Make old grudges seem so trifin' that
they can't stay by us long.
They haven't learned to wrangle as US
older fellers do.
They'll stand by one another and they'll
stand by me an you.
As fur personal opinions, it's no time
to choose an pick.
God bless you, boys" is all We say at
Pohiek On the Crick.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-06-25
COMMENTS ON CARRANZA.

From the New York Sun
Carranza may find that he is the stick.
not the head. Of the Mexican skyrocket.
From the Atlanta Constitution.
In case of a genuine clash Carranza
will have more trouble than he bar
gained for trying to pay off his troops
in money with his picture on II.
From the Baltimore American.
The reply of Carranza is likely to be
q masterpiece in impudence
From the Council Bluffs Nonpareil.
Carranxa's demand that the United
States withdraw its forces resulted in
an order to mobilize 10000 additional
troops. Wonder II the old mutt will
catch the significance of this order?
From the Memphis Commercial Appeal.
Carranza is asking Justice" from
Uncle Sam. Why, IL we gave him jus
tice" we'd shave his political whiskers
and shake him till he spits." as the
nursery rhyme goes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-06-25

From the Providence Journal.
This country onicially recognized"
Carranza many months ago. but it is
suspected that he Is just lightning to
get the sort of recognition to which he
has always been entitled.
From the Syracuse Herald:
All that Is lacking in that note of
Mr.. Lansinxs to Carranza is the old
time graceful wind-up to such curtain
lectures-"So put that in your pipe and
smoke it."
From the Kansas City Times.
1t is believed the diction Of the Presi-
dents latest note to Carranza will be
appreciated by the Mexican first chief
much less than that In the order call
ing out 100000 American militia.
From the Providence Evening Bulletin.
Senior Carranza is perhaps sobered by
the thought that II there is any real
lighting It will hereafter be all on his
side Of the border.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-06-25
The States Exposition Bill.

There is now before the Senate,
recently introduced by Senator Works,
a bill which provides for the acquisi-
tion of lands in this city on which to
establish a permanent exposition, rep
resentative of the industries and prod
ucts of the various states of the Union.
The plan has been in mind for long
time, but has never been brought be-
fore to so definite point as in the
Works bill. In another part of The
Star today appears an interview with
the author Of this measure in which he
sets forth the advantages of an EXPOSE
ton of this character and notes that he
has appealed to the governors of the
states for their assistance in promoting
the enterprise.
Washington should be the site of a
states exposition. In no other city can
such display of state activities be
established and in no other way can the
composite character of this country be
sition here embodying all the states Of
the Union would be in evidence before
all the people of the country. Thou
sands visit here annually who do not 60
from state to state and who do not ap-
preciate the wide variety of the Amer
lean industries. The advertising value
of an exposition like this would be in
finite
1t is for the government to make a
beginning on this work, whatever the
states may do individually. Yet the
co operation of the states through the
governors and the legislatures as So
licited by Senator Works would be of
infinite value. The plan which he has
proposed is one of magnitude and at
tractive in its possibilities. 1t makes
for the real development of Washing
ton as the true national center, and al
though, as Senator Works says, it is not
likely that action will be had at the
present session, it is to be hoped that
at the next session of Congress, at the
expiration of which he expects to retire
from the Senate, there may be an en-
actment which will place the permanent
states exposition plan upon a definite
basis of accomplishment
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-06-25
Policeman Ippolito's Position.

If under the law Crossing Policeman
Ippolito, who was seriously injured
some weeks ago by fire department
motor while he was saving the life of a
child, must be dropped from the pay
roll pending his full recovery from in
juries, then by all means the law should
be Immediately amended to enable the
Commissioners to retain him on the sal
airy list. The case is brought to point
by Dr. Walters letter, as chairman Of
committee of the Northeast Washing
ton Citizens Association, to the Com
missioners urging them to find way, if
possible, to retain Ippolito on the pay
roll This case has heretofore been
cited as an unanswerable argument for
the enactment of a more dependable
system of pensions for policemen and
fremen injured in line of duty, but
thus far no action has been taken, and
unless a special effort is made il is
likely that the present session will pass
without any relief from the conditions
that now greatly handicap the Commits
sioners in the maintenance Of the po-
licemens and 6remen's pension fund.
Policeman Ippolito's heroic action in
stantly won the admiration of the com
munity. Without hesitation he risked
his life, and, as the event proved, almost
lost il in order that a child menaced Inv
An approaching FIRE engine might be
saved. Had he died from his in juries
| it is probable that in the sympathetic
reaction some provision would have
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-06-25
THE NATIONAL GUARD.

From the Philadelphia Record.
If Carranza is foolish enough to per-
sist he will find that the National
Guard is not at all N. G.
From the Pittsburgh Dispatch.
Another important question is: Will
the boys get back in time to vote?
From the Baltimore Star.
Those boys in the Maryland Ma
tional Guard are going to live up to
tions if they get to the fighting lines.
From the Philadelphia North American.
The guard probably will be ready
when the time comes for the United
States forces to attack: but what IL an
enemy had been the first to attack?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-06-25

From the Rochester Post Express.
1t is taken for granted that the army
aeroplane has been modified along
with the National Guard.
From the Jacksonville Times-U
Service in the National Guard prom
Uses enough excitement to tempt re-
cruits.
From the Knoxville Journal and Tribune.
At any rate. they aren't calling them
'tin soldiers" any longer.
From the Birmingham Age Herald.
The employer who pays his men fun
wages while they are doing military
duty and keeps their places open for
them may safely be classed among t.
patriots. 4
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-06-25
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Adiustable Mathe matics

Figures prove" began the statistical
expert.
Wait minute interrupted Senator
Sorghum. "You tell me what question
you are discussing and which side of it
you are on and I'll tell you without the
trouble of going through the calculation,
just about what your figures are going
to prove"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-06-25
BADLY NAMED.

I named my villa "Idlehour,'
But I have had to put on power.
I've had TO paint and trim and hoe.
Work like q human dynamo.
A man who has q country home
Finds that he must keep going some.
I must admit since ] moved in IL
l haven't had an idle minute.
Louisville Courier Journal.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-06-25

A few years of legislative experience
is sometimes necessary to teach states
man of the more primitive type that
seat in Congress is something more
than merely stake in the political
game.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-06-25
Physiological Inquiry.

Il say exactly what I think" exclaim-
ed the vociferous man.
"How Interestingly" exclaimed Miss
Cayenne. "Do you think Of what you say
before you say it or do you admire the
way it sounds and then think it,"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-06-25
ParadoxicaI Experience.

Have you been studying the science
of efficiency?"
eyes. Had to quit reading about it.
Got so interested that l found it was
interfering with my regular work"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-06-25

If Col. Henry Watterson could become
reconeiled as he did some time ago there
is no reason why Col. Bryan should not
be able TO forget any shocks his feel
ings may have suffered.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-06-25

Suspicious that Mexico has foreign
backing are natural, in the light of re-
cent history. A very small country can
lee made 10 serve as a pretext for start
ing very large war.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-06-25

Col. Roosevelt is still "in politics" suf
ficiently to make the republican cam
paign managers exceedingly solicltous
about his health.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-06-25

Mexican troops have been taught to
regard fighting as an irresponsible diver
sion. United States troops regard it
as a solemn duty.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-06-25
A Simile.

Hope swings hammock meath the trees
Expecting there to dream at ease
The hammock bumps. Hope gets a pain
But swings the old thing up again
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-06-25

There is enough to be said against
Carranza without lining him up among
the German plotters who have given SO
much provocation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-06-25

A vice presidential candidate enjoys
the privilege of preserving silence
without creating suspicion that he is
trying 10 be a sphinx
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-06-25

The schoolbov on his summer vaca
iion continues to find geography fas
"inating study in connection with the
daily news
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-06-25

Instead of getting Villa the Car
ranzistas saved up their arms and am
munition and proceeded to indorse his
policies.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-06-25
Mary and the Lamb.

Mary had a little lamb.
She passed her plate for more,
The lamb that pleased her palate SO
Was purchased at this store"
A Braintree Butcher.
Mary likes q little lamb,
Shed like to buy some more;
Tho trouble 10 the price 10 high
Er than 1t was before.
Boston Globe.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-06-25


strenuous efforts to have Congress pass
it's COVER nm g n t
viding fe d a lily
United States. owned vessels as
carriers for the country's increasing
foreign trade. now hampered by the
war shortage of available foreign bot
toms and mounting freight and insur-
ance rates, the vessels already operat-
ing under United States ownership are
almost swamped with traffic. These
governments owned vessels, whose very
existence is often lost sight of by the
general public are the ships of the
Panama railroad steamship line, which,
contrary to the opinion of many. Of its
citizen owners. does regular COM
mercial carrying business.
Since the reopening of the canal
freight from the Pacific coast countries
Of South America has been about dou-
BILE what it was before the waterway
was obstructed. Although the govern
ment's steamship line operates a fleet
Of six vessels capable of carrying in
the aggregate approximately $4,000
tons of cargo, more than $4,000 tons of
freight waiting for transportation has
accumulated on the wharves Of the
isthmus. So great is the pressure that
government-owned ship under still
different control-a large army trans
port-has been temporarily detailed to
help out by using its surplus cargo
space for the commercial traffic.
While Uncle Sam is hauling freight
in his Panama railroad vessels, he is
also. of course. carrying passengers.
This service will also be extended by
the detailed army transport.
+. Il
Although the United States is the
greatest exporter of cotton among the
countries Of the world. our
Egyptian manufacturers have found it
necessary for generations to
oottoA. import cotton from Egypt.
This is because the Egyptian cotton,
which is a distinct botanical type. has
longer fiber than any other variety ex-
cept the sea island. and is at the same
time exceptionally strong 1t is thus
more valuable than our short staple up
land cotton of the south for many i'm
portant purposes. including use in thread
manufacture and in the rapidly advanc-
ing automobile tire fabric industry. The
best Egyptian cotton sells for from 20
to rs cents a pound under normal condi-
tons, while our ordinary upland cotton
brings approximately about half Of these
prices.
Federal experts began a number of
years ago search for an extra long
stapled upland cotton that could be sub
stituted for the Egyptian product, but
found that even the best Of the uplands
produced cannot fill the place Of the
Nile grown fiber in our manufactures.
Uncle Sam therefore resigned himself to
the use of Egyptian cotton, but deter
mined that as much of 1t as possible
should be Egyptian only in name. being
made in the U. S. A." In accordance
with this decision. experts of the De-
partment of Agriculture were set to work
in Arizona, and their activities resulted
in the creation, in 1912, in the irrigated
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-06-25

A dispatch says that Mexico is put
ting its case before the European gov
ernments Mexico has no case.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-06-25

No European nation has had quite
the assurance TO turn around and
seold little Serbia for starting the war
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-06-25

A peace expedition can now find an
appropriate destination without the ne
cessity Of crossing the ocean.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-06-25

Uncle Sam is making every effort to
quell the Mexican disturbance and keep
war on its own side of the map.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-06-25

ode man dat likes flattery," said Uncle
Eben, would rather wear brass jewelry
dan go wifout no decorations at ALL"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-06-25

The rise of Saloniki was revelation.
Under the expert genius of the French
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-06-25
European
Neutrals.

June 20, 1865. is the following extract
from the Independence Beige of Brus-
sells on the subject:
IF war breaks out what will be the
attitude Of the neutral powers? At
Vienna the people fiatter themselves
that Russia will be with Austria
against Prussia. That the st. Peters,
burg government has seen with the
same displeasure as the rest Of Europe
the ambitious and conquering feeling
Of Count Bismarck is all the more easy
to understand, because the extension Of
q Prussian maritime state in the Baltic
and the possession by Germany of the
two duchies Of the Elbe might inter
fere with the development of Russia
own navy and deprive her some day
of the keys of the North sea, still in
trusted to the enfeebled, but neutral
hands of Denmark. But absorbed as
she is by her internal transformation,
connected by friendship with the Prus-
sian court and with but little sympa-
thy with that of Vienna, it is to be pre-
sumed that Russia will not interfere
in the struggle except at the last ex-
tremity. 1t is possible that England
and France will observe the same. with
this difference, however. that France.
vexed, and with justice. by the failure
of her last pacific attempts. and morally
Obliged to sustain Italy. should she
be threatened in regard to the results
of the campaign of 1859, might be more
quickly led to join in the conflict than
the other two powers"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-06-25

In The Star of June %. 1856. is an
editorial discussion q the new party
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-06-25

In the Germanic plans Rumania
should attack Russia in Bessarabia and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-06-25

NJ. Bratiano. the prime minister of
Rumania, keeps on the even tenor of his
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-06-25

Flinging messages through the ether
for thousands of miles by wireless has
Oxford Democrat., 1916-01-25
A 2OS Egg Hen.

No. Ala NJ Is the handsome Barred
Plymouth Rock hen, who, a native of
the University of Maine campus, was
hatched May -, 1914, and who has the
distinction not only Of laying 29S eggs In
one year, but also of being the. first hen
TO be cheered by student body, and
Ala NJ was certainly cheered on q morn.
ing recently, cheered enth usiastically
just after the chapel; Ala NJ has no other
name. -
In spite of her record, she is demo-
cratic lady, has very ordinary home
over in the poultry plant of the Maine
Experiment Station, dusts her prettily
mark ed feathers In the same dust, and
scratches In the same litter with the rest
of the flock, and she has never been one
of flock Of less than 125.
Ala NJ laid her first egg on Nov. 4,
1914, and the last on Oct. 90, 1915, while
making her splendid record Of 29S. She
lays an egg of about the standard
weight, two ounces-very dark In color.
Her record is probably the highest OF
any Plymouth Rock hen In the world.
Ala N has lived the useful, II uneventful,
life of all the hens at Maine. She has
eaten, worked and cackled her way
through almost two years of life under
the ordinary conditions, the same condi'
tiops under which any farmer may
bring up hen or keep flock of hens,
and her laying record Ii absolutely q
true one. When 4l4 n began her year
of egg-laying, che weighed five pounds;
at the close Of the record, she weighed
six and six-tenths pounds, gain Of one
and six .tenths pounds. go
Oxford Democrat., 1916-01-25
Beauty Merely q Matter Of Health.

Not long ago a woman said. IF ]
could afford to have a course Of treat
ment in a beauty parlor l might do
something for my appearance" She
needed to be told that the daily bath.
plain, nonpoisonous food, eight hours
of sleep evYy night daily walk,
sensible clothing and really good books
would do more for her attractiveness
than any beauty parlor could possibly
do, writes DR.. Maude Kent in Good
Health.
To have health means to live the
daily life of work and play In state
Of bodily ease, mental vigor and spir-
itual growth. We must consider health
In this threefold aspect, for mere AMI
NAL health is not desirable, nor fine
mind in stupted, pain racked body,
nor soulfulness that disregards, the
laws Of the body and intellectual at
tainment. 1t is the all round person
who Is the telling, efficient force in the
world, and the world greatly needs
every human being developed to his
greatest capacity.
Oxford Democrat., 1916-01-25
Eiah Eatinu Cattle.

The use Of fish as food for cattle u
an idea more novel than agreeable
According to Nature, however, It Is q
common practice In various parts Of
the world. In Shetland and Iceland
the farmers feed dry salt fish to cat
tie, sheep and eveL to horses. Cecil
Wood, describing experiments Of this
nature, mentions that certain special
cattle, kept for display at the village
festivals in Nandyal, in India, are fed
with mutton and adds that 1t is fair
ly common practice to make use OF
bandicoots by pounding them in a NOR.
tar and feeding them to cattle. In
Mr.. Woods experiments two lots OF
heifers were fed on dried fish diet and
normal diet respectively.
The animals took little time to get
used to the fish, but they ate 1t readily
enough. At the end Of six months the
fish fed heifers showed an average In
crease in weight Of fifty-four pounds
as against seventy pounds for the
normally fed animals.
Oxford Democrat., 1916-01-25
NUMBER 4

like und let Inein halberdier 60 bacx
und stand NIT his halberd. But, gen.
temen.' he says, pointing to the old
man, you go ahead and sue NIT der
dress. Sue me for 5000 or $4,000
stand der suit And the boss puffs
Of downstairs, Old Brockmann was an
all right Dutchman.
"Just then the clock strikes II, and
the old guy laughs loud. You win,
Deering,' says he. Let me explain to
all,' he goes on. Some time ago Mr..
Deering asked me for something that
I did not want to give him. Il looks
at the girl, and she turns as red as q
picked beet) I told him. says the old
guy, II he would earn his own living
for three months without once being
discharged for incompetence I would
give him what he wanted. It seems
that the time was up at II o'clock to-
night. came near fetching you,
though, Deering, on that soup Ques.
ton,' says the old boy, standing up and
grabbing Sir Percivals hand.
"The halberdier lets out a yell and
jumps three feet high.
Look out for those hands," says he,
and he holds 'em up. You never saw
such hands except on laborer in q
limestone quarry.
Heavens, boy, says old side whisk.
ers, what have you been doing to
'emr
"'Oh,' says Sir Percival, little chores
like hauling coal and excavating rock
till they went back on me. And when
couldn't hold pick or whip took
up halberdiering to give 'em q rest.
Tureens full Of hot soup don't seem to
be particularly soothing treatment