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Evening star., 1920-05-22

less there has been a large increase IN
consumption of sweets, but it has not
been by the children particularly, but
by the adult population. This has been
attributed to prohibition. Millions Of
pounds of candy are consumed by
people who formerly took stimulants
Of some sort freely at public dlspen
saries. None of this excessive use Of
sugar relates to the family table. There
is also a large increase Of sugar use
in preserving The people have been
admonished to can fruits and vege-
tables in summer as a reserve supply
for winter. Even when sugar was IN
the first stages of its price rise = ecu
pie Of wears ago. the housewives were
doing their best TO till the pantry
shelves. athough the preserving proc
css was COSTLY Nov preserving IS out
OF the question. with sugar a its pres
cnt price. II may he tru.. - >ecre-
tarv Houston says. that '!r gr. III
crease in III" per can't. sugar edn-
sumption has les-@nc.i the available
supply But ;hcf, 4" warrant What
ever for the cztart,on%:c price that is
now being charged Whoever is to
blame i"r t,,c cuurmc,!s Increase in
sugar use. ;.c housewife is today bear
ing the burG".
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Sugar ConsumDtion.

Every housewife viii challenge See
retary Houston's statement about the
consumption of sugar. which, he points
out, was increased to per capita aver
age of 93 pounds in the year 1919. as
against a pounds in the year pre-
vious. Mr.. Houston admits that it is
mot at the breakfast table where the
everconsumption occurs, but ne says
it occurs in the eating OF SO much
more cakes and pies, and ice cream
and candy. 1t is very greatly to be
doubted whether more cakes and pies
are baked in the average American
home now than before the war. In
deed, with sugar at the prices that
have been prevailing recently pastry
making has become almost lost art
In American domestic Kitchens. As
for lee cream and candy, that is a
matter With which the housewife can
not be even remotely charged. Doubt
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The Indiana Senatorship.

At Indianapolis Thursday Mr..
Marshall gave his Endorsement to
Thomas Taggart for United States sen
ator. The republicans had previously
given their Endorsement TO Senator
Watson for reelection.
II will be Il contest between organi,
zation on the one side. and organiza
lion and oratorv on the other side.
Mr.. Taggart is not speaker. but is
a master OF the art of mastering the
boys for duty at the polls. He pos
keeps it in prime working order. What
ever he has accomplished in politics
and some notable winnings are cred
tied to him may be set down to the
skill with which he operates that con
traption.
Mr.. Watson is a speaker. and famous
on the stump in the middle country.
But he is an organizer, too, and in the
coming campaign may be expected to
employ both gifts for all they may
be worth
In years agone-and for that matter
not so very long ago-senatorial con
tests in Indiana were spirited stump
affairs. Oliver P. Morton and Ben
.jamin Harrison. and more recently
Charles W. Fairbanks and Albert J.
Beveridge. made things hum. And on
the democratic side Thomas A. Hen
bricks. Joseph E. Mcdonald. ID. w.
Voorhees,, David Turpie, and more re
Gently B. F. Shively, were very ef-
fective pleaders for votes from the
stump.
Should Mr.. Marshall be nominated
for President at San Francisco. In
diana will stage the most strenuous
campaign the state has known in a
long time. The Vice President is
popular at home, and besides is a
| stumper himself of high class. He
and his friends would be put on their
mettle, and would pull every string
! within reach in an effort to carry the
state.
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Canned Spinach.

Now it is canned spinach that is
subject to suspicion of causing death.
Ripe olives lately have been cleared of
doubt through Improvements in the
methods of packing. The death of a
person in this city has occurred in
circumstances to cause an inquiry into
the condition of preserved spinach,
some Of WHICH she had eaten. Evi
IDENTIFY there is no assured safeguard
against foodstuffs prepared in this
way. Accidents may happen in the
best regulated canning factories. 1t
is, of course. to the interest of the
packer To use the utmost precaution
against the spelling of goods or the
development of harmful bacteria.
Thorough inquiry will doubtless be
made in this case to ascertain whether
there is any basis for the doubt as to
the wholesomeness of this particular
and it may be assumed that
if there is any ground whatever the
food prcservers will at once look to
all their processes to insure against
further danger to the public health.
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Bergdoll's Escape.

siat"E,- the excuse Ter letting
Siar-krr Bcrgdoll 20 under guard from
inc military prison 1T Governors Is
I'D :" his home in Philadelphia. gross
.arc!csSness was manifested by his
guards. from whose custody he es-
capped yesterday with ridiculous ease.
This Young man. Il draft dodgcr. has
cost the government already IN i'm
mense amount of money III his puT-
suit. When he was caught he put up
Il fight that cost his mother Il large
sum- But. Notwithstanding all efforts.
he was convicted and sentenced to
serve five years Imprisonment. which
was wholesome example OF the prln-
ciple that the law knows no distinc
tion in social status Of Offenders
Yet would plain John Smith. desert
er. or Stacker. have been allowed to
leave Governors Island under guard
to transact ''cuntidential business"
The official statement is made that
Bergdoll WIS allowed to 90 10 I'hlia
delphia to secure Il sum Of money Sc
creted in Il place which only he could
find This will hardly justify the ex
traordinary concession granted. If
Bergdoll knew where the cash was
hidden he surely could have described
the place to his legal representatives.
A full official explanation Of this
case is demanded The public will not
be satisfied with merely the punish
ment of the men through whose care.
lessnesS this prisoner escaped. 1t will
not be content with the present
statement Of reason why this man
was taken from prison under such
slight and lax guard and given an
extraordinary privilege which he
abused and which il might have been
expected he would seize the first OPP
portunity to abuse
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The Cost of Presidential Booms

The Senate is curious on the sub
Ject of money laid out in primary ex-
pcnses by and for candidates for the
Chicago and the San Francisco nomi-
nations. 1t is legitimate subject of
inquiry, and now that he Senate is
going into the matter it will probably
make its investigation thorough.
As usual, there are a good many
rumors about lavish outlays in this
mans behalf and that Gossip, both
printed and spoken, carries large fig
ures. The figures probably are too
large. Such figures, as rule, are much
too large. Still, whatever moneys
have been expended in this way, or
may be before the conventions meet
should be accounted for. And prompt
ly, it is to be noted. the managers of
several Of the booms who are familiar
with the details of activities express
perfect Willingness to present their
accounts for inspection.
Money is not the only means Of for.
warding presidential booms. It is an
old charge in presidential campaigns
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Carranza Slain.

Though without contirmatory detail,
the official statement from Mexico City
that Carranza. with a number of his
companions, has been killed in an en-
gagement in the mountains to which he
recently fed may be accepted as au-
thentie. 1t has been quite probable
hills he would eventually lie either
captured or slain. lie had possibly a
chance to escape TO the coast ii his
group had separated But seemingly
the fugitives held together and the
pursuit was not difficult save as the
natural obstacles of the mountainous
country checked the progress of the
forces of the government. CarranZa' s
fate. if this be true, settles difficult
problem. 1t is always hard to know
what to do with a deposed executive
in a land of such turmoil as Mexico. If
he escapes beyond the boundaries he
may become the center of reaction
ary agitation If he is held as pris-
oner he elicits sympathy. In Mexico
the "law of fugitives" has often been
applied for the solution Of this prob
lem. The fate of Madero is remem-
bered in this connection. just what
happened in the hills when Carranza
was killed will perhaps never be known
definitely.
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that promises of patronage play a
part; that local politicians are spurred
to greater activity by assurances Of
what will be ain it, for them at pie
cutting time in ease of success. such
men are not approachahle with spot
cash, but make Il difference between
money aud office.
A Senate committee sitting IN the
eve of the national conventions and
looking into the why's and nherefores
and supports OF presidential honmS viii
be a new wrinkle in our affairs. and
may add TO the gaycty Of The t""
occasions. They would not. however,
have lacked for ginger il any rircunl
stances.
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Buchu and Hops

which will keep these little crystals in
a soluble form and at the same time
promote painless discharges. 1t COM
bines the solvent properties of these
standard remedies with the alkaline
effect Of Potash, and this combination
has a pleasant taste and is devoid of
the slightest irritating influence upon
the digestive tract Under its influence
gouty or rheumatic pains subside, the
urine becomes clear and is passed in
large quantities and the gravel, if pres
ent. disappears. A very pleasant and
pa1atable mixture, it mixes with water
without turning turbid. 1t contains no
sugar of any kind. 50 cts. bottle by
mail or messenger to your home with
out delay by Tyree & Co.. Druggists,
18th and H Streets NE. Washington,
D. C., or Drug Stores everywhere.
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SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
An Elemental Economist.

The honeybee sings as of yore
His comfortable song.
He adds unto his precious store
OF sweets the whole day long.
Mid blossoming by zephyrs tossed
He makes his busy round.
And does not know that sugars cost
Is 20e per pound.
He only asks what may be due
As the producers share;
And even if the price he knew,
He wouldn't need to care.
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Col. Bryan. who used to be at home
in complicated calculations involving
l6 to ] is not devoting as much time as
might be hoped for to explaining the
bisected purchasing power of the
dollar
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Immediate Business,

care you still engaged in an effort
to signal to Mars9"
"Not at present" replied the scien-
tist. "Signaling isn't so easy these
days. | regard myself fortunate if /
can attract the attention of a telephone
operator for strictly local communica-
ton"
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Young persons who leave home to
answer "the call of the movies" do not
realize that as in other industries all
the fabulous salaries are by this time
pretty well monopolized
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The consumer can always be sure
Of reducing cost of commodity by
going without, at least so far as his
own purse is concerned.
Evening star., 1920-05-22

Flesh Seco Silk Gowns, with low
square or v necks and short or no
sleeves; trimmed with yoke of Val
lace or tailored with picoting and
hemstitching. $500 to $3.50.
FIesh Seco Silk Billie Burke Pa
jamas, with low V necks and short
sleeves. Empire style with hem
stitching. $6.75.
Flesh Charmeusette Billie Burke
Pajamas, with low necks and short
sleeves. Empire style with hem
stitching. $3.50.
Flesh nd White Charmeusette
Bloomers, strictly tailored. $500.
Silk Negliges, in many new and
attractive styles; made of crepe de
chine or satin; in simple or elabo
rate effect; breakfast coat. slip
over, kimono, loose or empire style
Some with colored silk slip with
overjacket of Georgette. figured
lace or lace and Georgette com
bined. In pink, blue, old blue. rose.
lavender, violet and yellow. S10.50
to $500.
Evening star., 1920-05-22

German POLITICIANS led the way into
trouble with ease, but have difficulty
in agreeing on satisfactory "this way
OUT signal
Evening star., 1920-05-22

As in the old days. John Barleycorn
has some friends, but few who are
willing to make a public boast of the
acquaintance
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If car fares continue to 60 up the
copper, as we'll as the nickel, will be
of little service except for slot ma
chine purposes
Evening star., 1920-05-22

1t is perhaps little early in the
season to look for any reports of a
sudden and widespread reduction in
coal prices.
Evening star., 1920-05-22

The old fashioned "steam roller is
not positively announced as feature
OF the exercises at either convention.
Evening star., 1920-05-22

Marshal Foch insists that it is al
ready time to revive preparedness as a
question of the hour.
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Bargain days have arrived in most
lines of merchandise, but none has
as yet come into evidence at the gaso-
line station.
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The sincere economist now proves
himself by producing bona fde last
years straw hat.
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Higher Authority.

To the police in days gone by
To tell my troubles forth j went.
But now | join the crowd and try
To tell 'em to the government.
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An Exception.

"Patience and perseverance conquer
all things" remarked the ready made
philosopher.
"Not in all cases." commented Uncle
Bill Bottletop. "That old mint patch
o mine keeps on GROWN same as if
nothin' had happened. But don't
see it gettin' any results worth men
tionin'."
Evening star., 1920-05-22

Russia does not make it clear
whether Lenin has gotten out of poll
ties or i'll over his neck.
Evening star., 1920-05-22

The ultimate consumer does not care
so much who is going to own the rail
roads as who is going to run them.
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Surplus of Information.

Jud Tunkins says one reason he
doesn't believe all he hears is that he
couldn't possibly remember it.
Evening star., 1920-05-22

Mr.. Will Hays appears to have solved
the problem of how to be happy though
heckled.
Evening star., 1920-05-22

Villa seeks promotion from "brigand'
to political boss
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Sinister Influence.

BARRIERS should never be permitted
to strike under any circumstances"
"But a man can shave himself,
"Have you ever observed the facial
expression of man who is shaving
himself? What is to become of our
optimism if it is cultivated day after
day7"
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May Lingerie Displays
In Profusion Of Styles for Prospective Brides

Such wonderful choice Of trousseau things satn chiffon, Georg
de chine lingerie and the dainty handmade hand embod
cred Philippine These dainty garments be had in ee
white flesh and in black, the French mode
listing of the dane garments and sill
negiges and kmonos ~s@s#sAsesrHNeaas
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Flesh Charmeusette Two piece
Pajamas, with low necks and short
sleeves: empire style, finished with
French fold and hemstitching
$3.50.
Flesh Seco Silk Shirt Chemise,
wit h camisole top: finished with
hemstitching and Val lace. $3.50.
Flesh Figured Seco Silk Bloom
ers, finished with hemstitching or
lace. $500 to $500.
Flesh Charmeusette Envel ope
Chemise, in camisole style shirred
in empire effect with hemstitching.
$3.50.
Figured Silk Kimcnos, in rose. old
blue and navy ,a-sfl Japanese floral
designs; IN contrasting shades; Jap
style or breakfast model with mar
row plea t ed ruffling. $3.50 to
$500.
Simpler Models of japanese Silk
and Crepe de Chine, in darker shades
sui able for pullmans. $12.00 to
$3.50.
Silk Underwear and Neslige Section. Third noor.
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Candles in a s.
sorted colors to fit
this Candlestick,
SOC each. =...
Iamn Section. Second floor.
Can1el's Hair
Blankets

Comparatively few peo-
pie know the extreme
luxury OF d cameTs hair
blanket.
1t has been a long time
since we have been able to
offer them. and now only in
very limited quantity.
They are the finest produced
and the price is $4,000 pair.
Blanket Section. Second floor.
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Electric Floor
PortabLes
Special Price,
SIS Each

Solid mahogany. in a neat
Adam design. with fluted
column; complete with cord
and plug.
The value is such that we
feel sure patrons will recog-
nlze it at once.
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A beautiful candlestick.
plaster modelled into fruit,
flower and conventional de-
sign and appropriately coll
ored: various shapes. A
massive design that is deco
rative and useful for living
room and library tables.
mantels, etc.
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for Highest Possible Qualify
at Loay5t Possible Price

partment. By this system costs were
increased, labor demoralized, the com
pletion Of the camps was delayed, sol
diers called to the colors were subject
to conditions that induced disease and
death, and from 40 to 80 per cent Of
the money wasted.
Twenty-Five million dollars was
spent for fees to favored contractors
on camps and cantonments, most of
which would have been saved had this
work been let by bids.
We spent $50, 100, 900 to build a
powder plant at Nitro, W. Va, 1t
never produced a pound of powder for
the war. After the amistce there was
stored at Nitro personal property
worth at a fair cash value $4,000, 600
Both plant and property were sold af-
ter the armistice for 1851 900. most
of which is in deferred payments.
We paid the Hercules Powder com
pany for operating the Nitro and plant
| $l1 ,293, 731.11. They produced no
powder that we could use in the war.
We spent millions, the exact amount
being unknown, for the production of
tanks, and did not produce n single
tank that reached the front before the
armistice To complete our tank pro-
gram we needed 1900 tanks which
were to cost $4,000 each. To build
these We started an immense steel and
concrete factory in France, which was
to assemble and turn out 100 Of these
tanks day, or the entire supply in II
DAYS. The British were to furnish the
guns and armour and ship them to
France for assembly, while we were
TO furnish the engines and ship them
to France for assembly. The British
supplied their part, but we supplied
nothing. The factory was unfinished
at the armirtice and never produced
anything. ll
We spent *11s,1s4,e73.37 on nitrate
plants Mt Sheffield Ala, Muscle Shoali
Ala; Toledo, Ohio; and Cincinnatti
Ohio These plants did not produce .
pound Of nitrate thst could be used
in the war Net . pound Of American
I h
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gas was ever fired in an American
shell, and only about 10 tons of Am
erican gas loaded in shells, ever reach
ed the field dumps.
The government built three piric
acid plants and seven plants to make
phenol and acid required by them. This
was to furnish piric acid for the
French, who desired it for explosives.
None Of these plants produced a
pound Of anything that was used in
the war. The plants cost us $3s 900
600. The French were to pay the
whole bill, but the war department
settled with France for $4,000 900.
We spent 1927 1871 900 for port ter.
minai at Charleston, 9. C. It was
built in an isolated swamp 10 miles
up the Cooper river, where It was nee
essary to dredge to reach it. There
never was pound of poduce, a man
or an animal shipped either in or cut
of this terminal during the war.
We spent 1927 1851 900 for port ter
minals Mt Boston, Brooklyn, Newark
Philadelphia, Norfolk, Charleston and
New Orleans. Some Of them were NOT
furnished and none Of them were used
for anything except storage during the
war.
The Ordinance department spent
~, 90, 4s94s, from the beginning Of
the war until June l, 1919, as much
Is it cost to finance the Civil war. A
large part Of it was spent in the pro
gram of manufacturing artillery and
ammunition. This ~ what we got for IL
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THE GREAT DEBAucH

"What we got for our money" is
the title of an expose of the Democrat
10 administration s waste and extrava-
gance during the war, made public by
Representative William J. Graham of
the House War Investigating commit
tee. He sums up the important dis
closures as follows.
We expended $1,O51 ,51l 1888 for
aviation and airplanes, and up to the
time of signing the armistice not a
single fighting plane was at the Ameri-
can front.
As a result of our entire aviation
program we obtained 213 DE Havilani
4 observation planes, all of which
were lily designed and extremely dan
gerous, and 527 secondhand foreign
planes, which we either purchased or
borrowed from our associates in the
war
We spent t20, 100000 for 4,6os Cur
tbs motors, 1915 Curtis-type aeroplanes
and LOO Standard JN-1 aeroplanes
which we purchased from the Curtis
Acroplane s Motor Corpo' stlon, tn
sold them back to this company for
$2,720,OO. The war department refns'
ed to sell these machines to avintors
for less than $4,000 each, and provided
in the contract by which they were
sold to the Curtis company that TIE
Curtis company should have the first
opportunity to buy any other aero
planes which the war department
might thereafter declare surplus.
We spent Ae,ooo,ooo on Bristo
planes and A17,5oo, 900 on Standard:
planes and got not n single machine
that could he used for any purpose.
We spent t9os, ss2 900 for 10 Nation
mn Army cantonments, built by thu
cost-plus system. These could hav'
been built for s,1o1 400, or ~,
5sl, SCI Len.
We expended u 200 900, 900 for III
construction Of camps and canton
tonments, largely by the eost-plps syi
tenn, > systsn adopted BY the mr. d
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THE choice of Washington to be

TIME choice of Washington to be
L commander in chief Of the Reyo-
luton is one of the mysterious but
happy accidents OF history. Nothing
in the deeds Of this militia colonel,
who had lost every fight that he had
fought, pointed him out as the one
and only man to meet the armies of
the greatest empire in the world. Moth
ing In the words of this farmer,
who never made a speech inspired
the congress at Philadelphia to turn
to him by unanimous consent as the
leader of the young nation. Yet
Patrick Henry testified that this 81
lent member was 'the greatest man"
in an assemblage which Lord Chat
The Glenwood post. (Glenwood Springs, Colo.) 1897-current, 1920-07-31

ham declared never had its superior
anywhere in history.
As he went to the front, he met q
courier on a lathered horse, bearing
the dreadful news of Bunker Hill. Ibid
the militia fight?" was all he wished
to know. ayes" "Then the liberties
Of the country are safe" Although it
is said that Washington never in his
life read but one book on the art of
war, he knew that If the people would
only stand up to the kings regulars,
they could lose every battle and still
defeat an enemy who was 5000 miles
from his base.
The Revolution was not won by the
sword Of Washington. but by his in
domitable character 1t was his char
acter, slowly builr up by poverty and
struggle, which had given him from
the start the leadership over men
who talked more; yes, and who knew
nore.
The invlncible fOrtitude of a people,
keTOically embodied in him, overthrow
the kings army and navy and his
AAe""'"' "e uhSoh4uciouic SPihH
OF the 1900 hunted. hungering. shiv-
ering, ragged COntinentals Of Valley
Forge wrested from the British crown
an empire greater than all the con-
quests made by NapoleOn's grand
army.
Al the last, as the Americans leaped
those last hurdles to Independence, the
British redoubts at Yorktown, Wash
ington only said: 1.-The work Is done
ana well done. Bring me my horse"
The war was over. but the noblest
victory was yet to come. Having re-
ceived the surrender sword OF Corn
Wallis washington surrendered his
own. unstained by personal ambition,
10 the people VINO had entrusted 1t to
MIN ana went back to his farm. from
winch ne was called to become the
nrst president OF the republic.
NO president has been more bitterly
amused tnan the hrst. HIS cabinet