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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-09-26
NOT TAKING IT TOO SERIOUSLY
Escabed the G1oons and Grouches.
BY KIRK MILLER.

Lettering through the aroma OF the
local curb market, it's easy to ascer-
tain that pumpkins have made their
debut.
When pumpkins pop into the cul-
mary quotations and sprig Of
golden rod is thrown in for short
measure, it's pretty sweet bet that
autumn is lingering around for a
place to park herself.
One stroll through the city food ex-
change where the caulifiower and
trapped chickens lie in state is ample
proof that all the fortunes aren't
made in Wall street and that all of
'em aren't lost in the stock market.
The municipal chow garage is the
joint where the dividends disappear
in the hollow of peck measure. 1t
takes kale to buy kale! The younger
married couples can live on, love, but
old age must have a few calories
thrown in with the spooning stuff.
Anyway, the turnips and spinach
and parsley and chrysanthemums
prove that fall has arrived with both
feet ON the ground, although the
leaves and straw hats are still
dangling III Tie VAStd-
Summer is in a practical state Of
coma like William J. Bryan. Dog
days have evaporated, but the hot dog
days are no respecters of seasons.
The fiscal year is three months old,
but the landlord year has just COM
menced-
June is the month of marriages,
July the epoch of divorces, August the
regime of alimony and in September
you get your rent raised whether you
ask for it or not October / the poul-
tice is slapped on, and that is why it
is called the Landlords New Year.
The fiscal year Is the Interim for
which the fish pay their annual out-go
tax. In prehistoric days it was called
income tax by few supplemented
folks, who believed everything that
was told 'em, but since Congress
threw the wet blanket on witchcraft
and made an ace an ace and deucss
wild, everything in America must be
called by it's undiluted name.
An out-go tax on your income
would be pure Anglo-Treasury De-
partment lingo for this extra bunion
which is soaked on every American
gent who boards up more than 1000
editions of the American dollar fiscal
yearly.
The internal revenue bureau has
nimble way Of explaining everything to
the complete and undisguised salts
faction of the internal revenue bu-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-09-26
Naval Bands Reduced.

New orders reduce the complement
of standard naval bands from TWEEN
weight members to twenty-five
members for all ships except the
ffagshfps of the Atlantic. Pacific and
Asiatic fleets. The bands will be COM
posed Of bandmaster, four first mu-
sicians, eight musicians, first class.
and nine musicians, second class The
new order does not apply to the large
bands at the Washington navy yard
and at the training stations at New
port, Hampton roads. Great Lakes
and San Francisco. which Will retain
their present strength.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-09-26
Retirement PAY RULING.
Extra CONDENSATION to Soldiers
Omitted From Computation.

Extra pay which enlisted men Of the
Army receive as specialists cannot be
includede in computing their retirement
pay under the existing law. according
to Controller of the Treasury W. W.
Warwick, who has expressed the opinion
that only by the amendment Of the re-
tirernent act can such addition be made
to the compensation of retired soldiers.
The decision of the controller is set
forth in letter to Secretary Baker of
the War Department. in reply to a ques-
ton as to whether extra pay attaching
to the rating of specialist, which may be
granted to enlisted men of the sixth
and seventh grades, could be included
in computing their pay on retirement
The law provides that after thirty
years service the soldier may, be re-
tired on two-thirds of the pay and al
lowances he is receiving at the time of
retirement. but it is held that tho extra
compensation is not embraced in thsse
terms
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-09-26

capacity indicates it must be full
grown cat!
Or else-or both, as the judge chirp-
ed to the bootlegger
The landlords are-hemm- m m, that is
a zebra of different stripe. The land
lord year is self-starting Internal de-
vice time-fused to bloom about three
months after the fiscal year explodes.
1t is a perennial disease whichSrecurs
with rare mathematical precision on
approximately midnight September 80.
Packing so much joy in between
July and October seems like overflow
ing the stein of gladness. However.
the ecstacy of having your rent hyped
up is regulated SO that you will be al
most convalescent from calculating
out-go taxes, poker losses, liberty
bond depreciation and stock def1ations
of the previous fiscal servitude.
Every hound must have his day, and
the rent duke picked out October 1.
That day is the birthday of fire es-
capes. folding doors, disappearing
bathtubs and revolving dumb wait
Iers-what could be fairer? And,
speaking of dumb walters, the land
think of receiving payment before the
morning of the second of the month,
and if he hasn't got it by noon. let
your conscience be your guide!
You have your choice of sleeping on
station, and you can get pinched for
doing either. Time and landlords
wait for no man! u
companies the revolving landlord
fiesta is the impressive moving van
pageant as the dizzy tenants leap
from house to apartment and from fiat
to bungalow. The galloping cantata
is inspired by the Undiscovered die
move than to pay rent. That chunk
of logic has turned slightly sour since
the gasoline-canoe has been the styl-
ish wrinkle in public display of house
hold effects at $50 a day, including
captain and crew.
Still, many seem to adhere to the
theory. so each October witnesses an
imposing cortege of perambulatfng
boudoir, kitchenette and bath Access
series. all stacked on single-horse
powered dray like mud on dirt
fence.
Only the chronically rich can afford
the splendid agony of picking up fur
ing them to a new set of surround
ings, waterbugs and all.
Apartments are being built leaner
than ever and the rents are patterned
large around the waist line. Aston ,
ishing how the owners can get so
much out Of SO little.
No wonder the building wizard is
called a contractor. He can alb
sorb a three-roomand- sleeping-porch
apartment into coat closet space in a
manner that would do credit to the
Arabian Nights" r,+..,.,l
An expansive operation of six
in one of our most fash
ionable slums doesn't mean anything
to the public. The only thing which
expands is the, owner's bank roll.
Building bricks never were SO
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-09-26
Another Chance for Reservists.

Corps area commanders have been
ordered to convene not to exceed ten
boards in each area for the examina-'
ton of candidates for appointment
in the Regular Army to fill 200 va
cancies left over from the July ex-
amtnations. These boards will meet
not later than October IS to study
the regulations governing the exam
.natfons. and be ready to begin work
promptly October rs. All members of
the boards will be Regular Army off,
GERS OF not less than ten years sery-
ice Any candidate who does not re-
port on or before October 81 will not
be examined. No candidate will be
examined by the boards unless author
ixed by the adjutant general OF the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-09-26
New Branch of Medical Corps.


Vessels of the 4th division of the
Atlantic feet shortly will visit Ber-
muda at the request of the British
government to take part in the ter
centenary celebration and also to take
part in the ceremonies to be held in
Bermuda during the coming visit of
the Prince Of Wales on his way home
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-09-26
May Wear the Navy Blue.

Enlisted men of the Marine Corps
-have been authorized to wear the old
time blue uniform when off duty. a
privilege heretofore confined to Of
5icers The regular field service uni
form is prescribed for both officers
and enlisted men on duty. both with
troops and on detached service. Cam
paign hats will continue to be worn
on field duty.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-09-26

bashful. In the good old days all
you had to do to get bricks was to
stand in vacant lot and call your
neighbor epitaphs and you'd soon
have enough to start a city. Now,
they're delivered by bonded messen-
gers. which used to mean something,
but doesn't any more.
Yep, fall is ripe: we've got to shed
the summer cocoon and bust out in a
stylish galaxy of steam heated roosts
whether there's any steam in it or
not. The janitor can empty his corn
cob pipe against the radiator DOWN
stairs and you will have all the noise
of Steamboat without any of the
comforts.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-09-26
New Industry for Brazil.

Brazil proposing to embark in the
caustic soda industry, a commission
of experts has reported unanimously
in favor of the use of the electrolytic
process. a-,s
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-09-26
Army Entry in International Race.

ship.
Army Entry in International Race.
The Army air service entry in the
Gordon Bennett international alrpiane
race of 1920 is said to be more truly
representative of the nation than any
other competitor. That is because the
machine entered by the Army air
service is truly an Army airplane, de-
signed first of all as chase" plane
for war purposes, by member OF the
Army, and that the pilot of this air
plane is Mai. R. w. Schroeder, justly
famous for his past altitude work
and now holder of the worlds altitude
record. The airplane has been known
to the air service as the "Verville
scout" except that a new twelve
cylinder Packard engine has been sub
stituted for the Hispduo>S
The main and outstanding charac-
teristics of the airplane itself is that
it embodies all of these features,
which have come to be known among
airpfane designers as making for
speed and efficiency.
BattIeships as Targets.
Tests of radio control installation
cluded by the Navy Department off
the Virginia capes. are declared to
have fulfilled the highest expecta-
tions of naval experts. The 12,o0e-ton
battleship was nayigated with pre-
else accuracy solely by means of radio
waves, emanating from a control sta
ton on the sister battleship Ohio. The
control way found thoroughly eff
cient up to a maximum distance of
ten or twelve miles. Plans are being
made to use the Iowa in war target
practice for the Atlantic fleet. 1t
will be the first time in naval history
that a battleship moving at full speed
has been used as target. Guns of
all bores and calibers, will be turned
loose on the old warship, and 1t will
be given a fair chance to escape by
the use of smoke screens and other
battle defenses. The target practice
probably will be held next week. I'm
portant experimental gunnery work
also will be carried out by the Army
in the next few months. For the
first time seacoast batteries will be
fired against a battfeship. The Navy
Department has granted the use of
the old battleship Massachusetts for
the test The firings will be con-
duucedAat Forts Barrancas and Pick
ems ofSthe coast defenses of Pensa-
cola, Fla. 1t is designed among other
things, to show the effect of gunfire
of various calibers and at different
ranges from shore batteries, on armor
plate of warship and on vital parts
of the vessel.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-09-26
The autumnal bungalow exit is ripe.

Tents are being traded for col
lapsibfe cliff dwellings. The landlord
armistice is being universally mourn
ed by every one except the landlord
and the home hunters are touring the
city like they were candidates for
something.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-09-26

ceived by him after October 8. The
examinations will be conducted under
the same regulations as those held
last July.
Army Units Fully Organized.
With the exception of applicants al
ready accepted and of men who re-
enlist to fill their own vacancies, no
more recruits will be accepted for
the following regiments, according to
an announcement made by the War
Department:
Medical Corps detachment, Fort
Ethan Allen, Vt; 9Th Aero Squadron
coast defenses of Savannah, Ga; the
5th and 9Th Field Artillery and the
LIST. Sd. 4th. 5th, 7th. 9Th, 18th, 18th
and 18th Cavalry. 1t is stated that
all those units have their required
quota of enlisted men.
New Branch of Medical Corps.
Steps have been taken by the sur
geon general of the Army for the Gre
alton of the administrative CORPS of
the m edical department of the Army,
an entirely new branch authorized by
the Army reorganization act Appoint
ments have been made in large num-
bers and the remaining vacancies are
to be filled at once. The number of
of the total enlisted strength of the
Army. Most of the appointees were
former commissioned officers in
the medical department Capt. r. A.
Dickson, formerly Of the Sanitary
Corps. will be in charge of the admin
istrative branch in the surgeon gen
erals Office.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-09-26
reau, may the public take the hind.

reau, may the public take the hind
most!
That fiscal year unravels July 1 and
folds up June 80! Backwards 1t isn't
much of a leap, but frontwards it's
quite a setback. Everythingyo you roll
up between times which can't be
separated by a decimal point, you
have to pay an amusement tax on
or else.
Or else-is the equivalent of fine
or imprisonment-or both.
The fiscal year, as the tortoise
shelled scientists buzz US, is the finan--
cial honeymoon of our discomfort
Anything the wife and debutant
daughters have left you out of the
fiscal carnage, that you can't crowd
into the dimple of your chin, you feed
the Treasury Department kitty. Its
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-09-26

from a visit to Australia. Rear Ad-'
miral Charles r. Hughes, recently in
command Of the navy yard at Phila-
delphia, has been assigned to the com
mand of the 4th division. He re-
!lieves Rear Rdmiral Andrew Long.
who has been ordered to this city for
dutv as director Of naval intelligence,
Navy Department The battleship'
kansas win be Admiral Hughes flag
ship
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-09-26
THE RAMBLER WRITES OF ACCELERATED
VIRGINIA. MINISTER OF THE OLD DAYS
Incidents in the Life of Rev.
Lee Massey, Long a Resi-
dent of the Occoquan
Neighborhood- Farm
of bradley"

A +: :: :: +: :: T.. $ = Is; e: );
"A first Is inscribed II H. Wiley:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-09-26
BY OLIVER OWEN KUHN.

~ YE must continue a for
n eign policy worthy of
v v our victory and our
dead"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-09-26

An expansive operation of six
bungalows in one of our, most FASH
ionable slums doesn't mean anything
to the public The only thing which
expands is the, owner'a4 bank roll.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-09-26

The internal revenue bureau has a
nimble way Of explaining everything to
the complete and undisguised salts
faction of the internal revenue bu-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-09-26
Army and Navy News

Army and no applications will be re-
ceived by him after October 8. The
examinations will be conducted under
the same regulations as those held
last July.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-09-26

No wonder the building wizard is
called a contractor. He can alb
sorb a three-room-and- porch
apartment into coat closet space in
manner that would do credit to the
ARABIAN Nights" -7,.5 sd
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-09-26

Building bricks never were SO
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-09-26

Apartments are being built leaner
than ever and the rents are patterned
large around the waist line. Aston
ishing how the owners can get SO
much out of SO little.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-05-07
TRIAL OF ISAIAH FOUNTAIN.
Negro Accused Of Assaulting Bertha
Simpson OF Trappe, Md.

Baltimore, Md, May The prosocu-
ton sprang surprise yesterday afternoon
in the rctrial of Isaiah Fountain, colored,
in Circuit Court at Townson on the
charge of having oriminally assaulted
Bertha Simpson, white girl, near her
home in Trappe, Talbot county, when
Kate Webster, a young colored woman,
who said she is the common-law wife of
John Fountain, brother of the defendant,
was placed on the witness stand.
The woman gave the most damaging
testimony yet produced when she said
Fountain while at his brothers house in
West Chester, Pa, few days after the
assault, showed signs Of fear, and when
asked the cause of his nervousness said
he fled Talbot county because he had
''rlIn over a white girl and did not know
how seriously she had been hurt.
During cross-examinatlon Eugene
O'Dmne, counsel for the defendant,
failed to shake the Negroes testimony:
She told the attorney that the colored
family with whom she was living IN
Towson had attempted to get her not TO
testify against Fountain, and that their
efforts became so strong that sne lett
the house yesterday afternoon and spent
last night in Towson jail.
The defense will be that the giri did
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-05-07
CITY REALTY TRANSFERS.

The following parcels of city property
have been recently recorded as having
been transferred:
Poplar street, northeast corner Shear
man street; Morris Singer from Jacob
Statneko and wife, 81 500.
Pine street, east side, 23T feet inches
north of Tenth street John X. Tucker
and wife from Elvina c. Schnepf, 50, $50
Spruce street, 1913. J. A. Salady and
wife from Warren Curlett, $500,
Bennett street, l02S; Joseph Weggman
from Bvonislaw Unienski, 81, 700.
Tenth street, north side, l02 feet 4@a
inches east of Spruce street; ). j. Baer and
wife from Thomas T. Spaliane, 81 500.
Tenth street, southwest corner Church
street; George Soben and wife from John
cCaffrey, 1900.
Bennett street, COG; Stanislaw Klrszelka
and wife from Samuel +. Wilson and wife,
sI.75O
Kirkwood street, west side, "a feet 6
inches north Of Eleventh street; John
Barker and wife from Charles 4. Evans
and wife, $4,000.
Fourteenth street, 214 East; John f.
Bullock and wife from William V. Mont
gomery and wife, 81, $50.
Marsh Road; P, b. & ". X. X. Co.
from George A. Talley and wife, $1,000
Davis street, porth side, l42 feet west
Of ClavInont street; Matthew DomInick
from Martin Williams and wife, &400
New street, !: Joseph ". Turner from
A. G.. Shortlidge, 81 800
Buena Vista street, west side, 80 feet
inches from Race; Joseph F. Jacobs
from Patrick Welsh, s., $50.
Race street, northwest corner Buena
Vista street: Charles II. Howell from
Edward C. Pierce and wife. S3, 900.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-05-07
COMEDY AND MUSIC.

An audience Of 500 enjoyed a com ely
and musical program given last night by
the Ladies Aid Society in the chapel Of
Brandvwine Methodist Episc opal Church.
Mrs. John Schoneld was in charge of ar
rangcrnents. In the musical program tho
following took part; Mr.. John Schoileid
Mrs. J. L Blaine, Ross Reed, J. f. blame,
Marion Minker, Miss Lola Money Iho
cast Of the play, Our Busy Ladies Ald,
was as follows: Mrs Geo Baylls, Mrs
Harry McMullen, Mrs. Clara Jackson !,
Mrs. Charles Wingate, Mrs. George
Plurlmcr, Mrs Ruel LOOMS, Mrs. Charles
Tri ggs, Mrs Jagen, Mrs. Samuel Raer,
Mrs. ]. A. Pierce Mrs. Charles Bullock
Mrs. Frank Bothum. Mrs. Charles
Irncr. Helen Reynolds. Mrs. W Biddlc,
Samuel Raer. g. Lowry, Drank othum.
Charles TrigGs, Charles Mort on and
George BavlS
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-05-07
CANOE CLUB CELEBRATES.
Closing of Winter Season Marked by
Dance at Hotel du Pont.

The closing az the winter season of the
Delaware Canoe Club was celebrated
last night IN the ball room of the Hotel
C,l Pont bv one Of the finest dances of the
wear. About $50 couples attended. The
room was decorated with the colors Of the
club
on the committee in charge OF the affair
were Otto Long, chairman; Mrs. Otto
Long. Miss f. Macpherson, Miss Nj.
Fitzgibbons. Charles Davis, Owen Vane,
Paul Swayne and Paul Hardin. Prizes
10 winners Of spot dances were presented
10 Miss Elizabeth Newkirk and Charles
Quimby, Miss Virginia Springer and
Holton Aikens.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-05-07
The high cost OF
living can be reduced
by pntronixing these
stores.
BRUNSWICK SHOP REOpENs.

After many delays IN delivery n
materials, on account of the recent strike,
=. Casper proprietor Of the Hrun swick
Shop, Talkingsnachines, sfT Orange street
announces that all h ready for the re-
opening tomorrow Tic show room and
floor space nave been increased IN size
considerably, tariefulIy redecora.ed With
hardwood floors throughout Sound proof
booths arc an added feature, adding to 'he
faciIities for the testing of records. Sou
ven n will bc nrescnted on opening day.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-05-07
THINK OF ME.
ANNIE r.. MiCHBNER-

In the spring-tIde, glad and free,
When YOU wander, full of glee,
Think of me, think Of me-
When you pluck the anemone,
Think of me-
When the roses bud and bloom,
Sending forth their sweet perfume,
Think Of me, think of me-
In the heat of summers noon,
Think of mel
When the golden summers fled,
And the autumn rich and red,
Think Of me. think Of me-
When the leaves lie sere and dead,
Think Of mel
When the autl,mn's past recall,
And the SHOWS of winter fall,
Think of me, think Of mel
Through the changing seasons, all,
Think OF me-
In the cozy nest at home,
Or abreast the ocean foam,
Think of me, think Of mel
Where soc err YOU chance To roam,
Think of met
Should we never meet again,
In the midst of JOY or pain,
Think Of me, think NJ me-
And when pleading In His name
Think OF mel
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-05-07
SOUP UNDER CHICAGO PROBE.
Thin Slices Of Ham in Sandwiches May
BE Investigated Next

Chicago, May THE high cost Of
coup will be the first object Of iuvestiga-
tion of the newly created high cost Of
living committee Of city council, Max
Adamowski chairman says
The mengerness of pie cuts and the
thinly sliced ham in sandwiches would
be the next things inquired into, Adano-
wlski said
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-05-07
HIT BY BASEBALL BAT.
Wallace butcher Victim Of Accident While
Waiting for Game

While waiting for baseball game 10
start last night at Eighteenth and Van
Buren,, Wallace butcher, 403 West
Fifth street, aged Is years. Of one of the
teams of the Church League, was watch
ing the players warm up. He leaned over
10 pick up glove when another Of the
players swung his bal at ball and struck
Young butcher over the right eye, badly
iniuring him.
butcher was taken to the Homeopathic
hospital and later an X-Ray photo was
taken to determine the extent Of his in
Ilries. He was still suffering this morning.
You try an Every Evening want adv
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-05-07
Stone Pals on Foot.

James III Bailey was slightly injured
when stone rolled on his right foot whilc
he was working at the building Of the
Industrial I.o,.n Association, Tenth and
Shiplev streets. YESTERDAY afternoon.
After being treated a. the Delaware
Hospital he was taken TO his home, 3l6
East Tenth street
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-05-07
Market Basket Specials

not clea rly identify Fountain as her
assailant and that Fountain was III faston
around 40 o'clock on the afternoon of
the assault MIR O'Dunne will contend that
il was impossible for Fountain to drive TO
the scene of the crime, which is a little
more than 10 miles from Easton IN time
10 he there before O'Clock. Charles l..
Morris, an Easton reporter, who did not
tistify ut the first trial, said today on the
stand that he saw Fountain leave Easton
a few minutes after o'clock the day OF
the Crime.