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promise can the future hold for the
| world when persons such as these
cumber the earth? Many persons who
will spill their golden ducats for pome
granates will drive past a persiInmon
tree with sneer. The leafiess branch
es may be freighted and the ground
gloriously sprinkled with persimmons
sweetly softened and shrunken by the
frost, yet will the passerby push on.
Inc persimmon is fruit. 1t may not
DE In the exalted class OF the pawpaw
nut IT has virtues and flavor all its
,, own. III Pomona her dear self were
to set out an orchard, the first tree
she would plant would be Il 'siInmon
Tree. and perhaps she might borrow
! Il wreath of posies from her friend
| Miss Flora. and hang it on the rough
| parked bOughs. To that wreath OF
flowers Pomona would pin this note
TO my best and dearest, though most
| lonely and neglected, wild fruit Of the
Potomac countryside Diospyros Nir.
giniana."
II the persimmon tree were not a
stalwart and substantial member OF
the dendron tribe it would have passed
from earth. But neglect, contumely
and bitter winter winds have not yet
driven it from it's stand in sterile old
fields or from its favOrite resting place
by the side of an old road. The In
dams who occupied this region before
vices admitted the merits of the per-
simmon tree. No doubt at this fruit
full. frosty time of year they saluted
it with grunts OF admiration. The
white explorers gave praise to the
persimmon which we now deny it.
Capt. John Smith in his description of
Virginia printed in 1912 made this
reference to a wild native fruit which
he called after the sound of the name
as given by the Indians. "Putchamins'
IN some parts were found some
chestnutS whose wild fruit equalizes the
best in France, Spaine, Germany or It.
ally and to their lasts that had tasted
them all. Plumbs there are of three
sorts. The. red and white are like our
hedge piumbs: but the other which they
call Putchamins grow as high as a
Paleta. The fruit is like a medler; it
ls first greene, then yellow and red
when it is ripe: il it be not ripe it will
drawe mans mouth awrie with much
torment; but when it is ripe it is as
delicious as an Apricock.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-10-09
Ecuador's Centennial.

Fluctuations are due today tC
Ecuador. which is celebrating the cen
tennial of independence as republic
That independence was not achieved
without bloody sacrifice. The urge
of independence had never been stified
in the nations and peoples OF America
who had been brought. by force and
skill at arms. under the domination of
Spain. but the American and French
revolutions stirred in them an in
tensity and unity of desire which per-
haps they had not felt before. 1nsur-
rections. sanguinary in their conse-
quences and fruitless in results to the
people of the country, broke out in 1909
and 1912. The people of Guayaquil
rose up for liberty in 1920. The great
Bolivar sent aid. the Peruvians lent a
hand and on May 90, 1922, a battle
fought 10000 feet above the sea on
the slope of Mount Pichincha secured
the right of self-government. which
the Spanish president of Quito. Don
Melchor de Atmeric, admitted a few
DAYS later That was the Yorktown of
Ecuador.
Like the other republics of the south.
Ecuador fashioned her constitution and
form of government after ours. They
accepted our Constitution. which we
bitterly fought over in the constitu-
tional convention. narrowly approved,
and which was ratified in several
state conventions by a slender ma jor-
Ay. as the guiding instrument con-
formable to their needs and aspira-
tons.
Ecuador has had her periods of revo-
luton stress and trial, but her place
in the family of nations is secure. Be-
cause of her geographical position she
chose the name Ecuador. which is the
Spanish for equator" 1t is the sim
cere hope of all Americans that the
friendship between Ecuador and the
United States will always be strong
and hearty and that trade will prosper
between the two countries to their
mutual profit.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-10-09
The People and the Power.
Speaking in ST. Paul yesterday. VII

Speaking IN 81. raul yesterday, wee
President Marshall said:
81 am vitality interested in the sue
cess of the democratic party, but |
want most to see, not partisan spirit
or victory, but real searching
through the hearts and consciousness
of the American people that the ma
ton may function as true democ-
racy | have been in Washington too
long to have any faith in mere legis-
lative enactment. The responsibility
of the nation does not rest on the
shoulders of the President, Congress
or the Supreme Court. but on the
shoulders of eYSry man and woman in
the United States today"
The people elect the President and
the Congress, and the President and
the Senate are responsible for the per-
sonnet of the Supreme Court. The
right man in the White House insures
the proper execution of the laws. The
right men in control on Capitol Hill
insure the enactment of the right
laws. And the right men sitting on
the Supreme Bench insure the proper
Interpretation of the laws SO it is,
as Mr.. Marshall states. The power re.
sides in the men and women who
compose the electorate, and the re-
sponsibility rests on their shoulders
1t is the right time to emphasize
this old truism. We are engaged in
d great national contest for control of
national affairs. The issues are nu-
merous. Discussion of them is grow
ing heated. 1t is always assumable
that the people want good govern.
ment-the best possible. But to get
what they want they must consider
the issues and the candidates thor.
oughly, and make their choice delib.
erately. The matter is now in their
hands. After election day next month
it will be in the hands of the men
they have made their representatives.
Millions of new voters will cast their
ballots for the first time this year,
and they in particular should con
slider most seriously the nature and
the scope Of their responsibility.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-10-09
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
The Outdoor Audience.

The Outdoor Audience.
man in the crowd mid the speech
making loud placed his handkerchief
UP to his Eye.
And he teArfully vowed, 81 am won.
drously proud. as to wisdom like this
1 draw nigh.
AS you pause to crate on the sub
jects of state, your words in my heart
l enfold.
Yet my personal fate holds problem
that's great--could you tell me what's
good for a cold?
your warnings I quote as to how l
must vote and on what my opinions
should be.
respectfully note what you uttered
or wrote on relationships over the sea.
Unselfish I'd stay, but find with dis
may, my sorrows are sad to behold,
But give heed as I pray for more
guidance and say: Could you tell me
what's good for cold?
"All over the earth for what they are
worth. my sympathies deep expand,
But I say without mirth that there
isn't a dearth of troubles that rise
close at hand
i have tried for my ills powders,
liquids and pills, the remedies home
made or sold.
Though your eloquence thrills. as the
landscape it fills-could you tell me
what's good for cold?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-10-09
The Persimmon.

Tastes differ" is a saying that is
Pawnese. and perhaps people said it
when Sumerian was the lingo spoken
where Assyria and Chaldea came to
be. Taste differ on few things as they
differ on persimmons. In spite of the
multiplication Of free schools and the
increasing output Of newspapers one
still finds many persons so low down
in the depths Of abysnaal ignorance
that they will say the persimmon is
not fruit-it is a disease" What
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-10-09
The Candidates and the Senate

On tour. both Mr.. Harding and Gov
Cox are saying a good word for party
friends running for the Senate. Both
appreciate the Importance of that
body in the coming equation.
The first thought probably is Of the
Senate as a factor in the treaty-mak-
ing power. 1t cannot be dispensed
with. If Gov. Cox wins, and attempts
to complete Mr.. Wilson's peace pro-
gram. which the present Senate would
not accept from Mr.. Wilson's own
hand. he must in some way bring the
Senate to his side, or fail. as Mr.. vii.
son has failed. II Mr.. Harding wins,
he must seek Senate support for what.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-10-09

The league of nations speakers are
giving the thoroughfares of great
cities as much picturesqueness as they
showed in days when all kinds of
drives We're in progress. In this case
audiences are expected to receive wis
dom instead of giving riches.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-10-09

The advice of the book agents as
ISOLATION to persuade every farmer to
buy one good book every year is
hardly needed. Since earliest times it
has been the custom of the farmer to
have new almanac every January.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-10-09

1t may be assumed that even at this
early date the democrats will concede
Marion. Ohio to the republicans, while
the republicans can be no less frank
in conceding Dayton to the democrats
The fact that Dayton is the larger
city gives Gov. Cox Il slight but re.
liable advantage in the forecast
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-10-09
Familiar Incident.

II understand the platform on which
a candidate was speaking broke down
under him.
Nothing unusual" commented SEN
ator Sorghum. Il have very seldom
known a candidate who did not fall
other"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-10-09

Politicians are advancing the opin-
ion that women are more likely to
vote for men who do not draw the
line at fighting Faint heart never
won fair lady"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-10-09

While not as enthusiastic as he
might have been in his hopes for what
he considered best, Senator Borah has
decided to devote q little attention
to averting fears for the worst.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-10-09

The fact that three million workers
would indicate that the control of
affairs assumed by the workmen does
not succeed in pleasing anybody.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-10-09

In days gone by defalcation for
$4,000 was regarded as a consider
able theft. At present it is only a
days work for a crooked bank mes
senger.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-10-09

No night rider claims that burning
cotton is going to operate in any way
toward bringing down the high cost
Of living.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-10-09

Hecklers have demonstrated that
Senator Harding Is as much at home
in dialogue as in straightaway speech
making.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-10-09

The democratic national committee
now regards the republican campaign
fund as evidence that wealth does not
bring happiness.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-10-09

japan has heretofore consistently
refused to corroborate reports about
trouble she was going to make and
will probably continue to do so.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-10-09
Vain GlOrihcatiOn,
UHH 1
H., g. 0~fal;ool

The Injun is immortaliZed
On every nickel that we touch.
The fame by men SO deeply priced
For him does not amount to much.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-10-09
Stimulation Avoided,

do you want any hair tonic?"
asked the attentive barber.
NO" replied Mr.. Growcher. 1T
my hair grows any faster. won't be
able to afford to have it cut
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-10-09

The excitement of political cam
paign does not lessen the crowd in
front Of the base ball scoreboard
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-10-09
Raising Things.

From the Marion tArk.) News.
A gardener is a man who raises a
few things: farmer a man. who
raises many things. and a middleman
[one who raises everything,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-10-09

Coal prices are not expected to drop
as fast az the thermometer does.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-10-09

IN. Evening St,- with i've Sunhsv mnrrinR
edition. Is delivered nv carriers within the city
~ sd cents per month: daily only. - cents cef
Month: Sunday only 90 cents per month. W
ders NAV be sent by mail or telephone Main
5000. Collection IL made bv carriers st the
esd Of each month.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-10-09
The ParIOr BOlSIl.

What is a parlor bolshevist?''
Usually" replied Miss Cayenne. "he
is a man who has been obliged. since
the free lunch gave out elsewhere, to
look for tea and sandwiches"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-10-09
THEODORE w. MOVES. Editor

The Evening Star Newspaper Company
BUSINESS ONCE: I,th St and Penr.vlvan'" Ave
New York oeHre: Tribune Building
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-10-09

Jud Tunkins says he doesn't see
why anybody who wants to get good
job in a jazz band should waste time
on music lessons.
New-York tribune., 1920-08-10
ssBetter Ole" Owners
ToMakeAppearance
In a New Comedy
Mr.. and Mrs. Coburn, Back
After Trip to London, Tell
of Plans to Bring Eng
lish Players to New York

Mr.. and Mrs. Charles D. Coburn,
owners Of "The Better Olc," arrived
here yesterday from Southampton on
the Cunard liner Kaiser Auguste Vic
Goria> after q business trip to London.
Mr.. Coburn said that he and Mrs.
Coburn would appear as co-stars in a
play called "Frcnch Leave" French
comedy. which would be produced by
Marc Klaw.
The actor-manager said he had ar
ranged to bring over in the fall, two
popular English players, Sidney Fair
weather and Donald Calthorp, in a
comedy called "The Young Person in
Pink" which had successful run in
London.
He declared there would be no new
playhouses built<in London for at least
five years, and that there was a short
age of theaters there now, He said
American plays were being especially
we'll received in England.
Another traveller on the Kaiserin was
James X. Hackett, the actor, who re-
turned from England after completing
plans for his London debut at the
Adlwych Theater this fall.
~ shall open in Macbeth" said Mr..
Hackett, and follow in play by
Douglas Murray, the English dramatist,
the name of which is not yet decided
upon. Later / will appear in "The
Rise of Silas Lapham" and "The Ad-
venturer," by Alfred Gapus.
Mr.. Hackett said It was his desire to
appear as Falstaff in the merry Wives
of Windsor" In which his father, the
famous "Falstaff" Hackett, had starred
IN this country and abroad The cNer
Hackett was seventy years old when
his son, James X, was born.
The actor declared Mrs. Patrick
Campbell and Robert Lorraine would
appear with him as co-stars in "Mac-
beth" Mrs. Campbell playing Lady
Macbeth and Mr.. Lorraine appearing as
Macduff.
On the Calamares, which arrived
here yesterday from Costa Rica Ha-
vara and the Canal Zone, were Miss
Lulu Donovan and Miss Florence Smith,
who motored from Boston to Seattle
and San Francisco, and returned via
the Panama Canal to New York. The
young women said they sold their car
in San Francisco for more than it cost
them in Boston.
New-York tribune., 1920-08-10
US. Judge Orders
Acquittal ON Sugar
ProGteering Charge
Company Accused of Max
ing l2H-Cent Margin on
Deal; Disagreement Over
the Attitude of Jurymen

The government sustained reverse
yesterday when Federal Judge Edwin
r. Holmes, of Mississippi, sitting in the
United States District Court here, di-
rccted jury to return verdict of
acquittal in favor of Roulston- Beckert
Company, Inc, of 27. East 135th Street,
and Andrew Roulston, its president.
They were tried on an Indictment
charging that the defendants made a
profit Of 1919 cents a pound on a sugar
transaction May 6, 1920, in violation Of
the Lever food control act.
The Indictment charged that the
Roulston nBeckert Company had sold
52,765 pounds of sugar to G.. j. Rior-
dan at a profit which reasonably"
should not have exceeded cents a
pound. The defendants answered that
they had purchased some 1,l1O,00O
pounds of sugar in October, 1919, and
sold it at a profit which did not exceed
3 cents a pound, averaging the en-
tire lot. The sugar sold to Riordan,
it was testified, was negotiated during
a period when the sugar market was
rapidly rising and Riordan had ad-
mitted that he was. entirely satisfied
with the margin of profit made by the
company
New-York tribune., 1920-08-10
Denies Trying to Win
Mrs. Chisholm's Love
Husband in 100000 Aliena-
ton Suit Charges Romance
of Long Standing

Denial of all allegations Of Charles
B. Chisholm's 100000 alienation suit
against him is contained in William C.
Parker's answer, filed at Newark, N. j.,
yesterday. A copy of Chisholm's origi-
nal charge that Parker tried to steal
the affections of Mrs. Dorothy Becker
Chisholm, his wife, also was filed.
with malicious intent to injure
him." Parker broke in on Chisholm 8
homo life six years after the marriage,
Chisholm charges, and kept up a
clandestine correspondence with Mrs.
Chisholm. He accused Parker Of "fat-
tering her and processing true love
and affection for her, and promising
ever to love, protect and care for her"
He gained her affection through de-
Iregatory remarks, ridicule and slander
,of Chisholm. the charges specify.
Chisholm returned yesterday from
Avon, N. j., where he passed the week
end with his little girl, Virginia, and
the family Of his brother, w. T. CHS
holm, but at his BARRIERS supply office
at 178 Centre Street, he declined to
discuss his family affairs.
New-York tribune., 1920-08-10
Ladies' Night Lacks
Beds, but Little Else
Plenty of Lingerie Is on View
in Farce at Eltinge
Theater

Ladies Night" by Avery Hopwood
and Charlton Andrews, produced last
night at the Eltinge Theater is bed
roomless farce. Within these strict
limits A. H. Woods is true to his re-
cent promise to forsake this form of
the drama. The beds are absent, but
the lingerie and much of what it is
supposed to cover are still very much
on view
Noisy and heavy is Ladies' Night"
with lines fashioned rather with a
sledgehammer than malet And the
sledgehammer is the implement with
winch the authors have chosen to drive
boxers have telegraphed their blows
more obviously than have Messrs. Hop
wood and Andrews prepared the way
for their weighty wittcisms. A curious
audience gathered to see what the in
side of Turkish bath looks like on
ladies' night, and apparently they were
pleased, judging from the enthusiasm
shown.
Little is left to the imagination in
the second act, which takes place at
the Larchmont baths. A fat woman
e'oe0iHPCiHS W reduce ana thln one
trying to add besh to her frame. and
others who, fortunately, do not have
to deviate in either direction. appear
wearing sheets and not much more.
And into this sanctum of unadorned
feminity come three men. The expected
complications develop in boistepus
and rapid fashion,
After the second act there seems
scarcely anything left for the authors
to work with, but they have managed
by heroic efforts to put together
fairly amusing third act, much less OBJ
vlous than the one in the baths, but
hardly as slightly.
Honors were divided. The women
led in physical attractiveness; the men
in acting. The female members of the
cast were chosen moro for form than
for acting ability and the casting d.
rector chose we'll. John Cumberland
hero of many bedroom farces, shows
the, effects of the long training he has
had in this form Of the drama, and is
amusing as the man who can scarcely
control himself when in the company
Of women who wear backless gowns
But he seems to miss the necessity of
crawling under beds
Charles Ruggles, as one Of his
friends who plan to cure him by show
ing him more of the female form than
Is visible In ballroom, also acts we'll
Grace Kaber and Helen Barnes, al
though they have little to do, are the
best Of the women. Allyn King and
Claiborne Foster are pretty.
New-York tribune., 1920-08-10
Girl With Carmine Lips'
Vul gar and Humorless

"The Girl With Carmine Lips" no
doubt, will awaken this morning with
very unpleasant taste in her mouth
Mayhap with her ears burning, too.
She brought her vulgar self into the
pretty Punch and Judy Theater last
night in all her commonncss, devoid
of her one saving possibility-humor
and raced through a short (thank
goodness) evening in pink chemises,
bare legs and curses.
Wilson Collision, who wrote and pre-
sented the farce-comedy, set out to
his to produce what no doubt will go
ON record as being the most daring
piece of stage work New York has
seen since the first bedroom comedy
appeared some few years ago. But he
failed to do what other writer's did.
He failed to put humor into the piece,
and he failed to choose q good cast.
And so his daring failed to even amuse.
"The Girl With Carmine Lips" is
woman attorney in the play, but she
doesn't figure so largely as do her two
young women hirelings, who are paid
to assist her in making wives jealous
and in placing husbands in compromis-
ing positions. 1t is when two of her
girl operatives are found in hus-
bands home, disrobed more nearly to
the skin than one easily imagines, that
tbe "action" is supposed to begin. And
the faction" consists of "hells" and
"Gawds" and "damns" and "I'll say the
doeses" from the not particularly
talented young women, and from wiz
fred Clarke, who plays the divorce
figure and client of "The Girl With
Carmine Lips" Dallas Wexford, as
butler to the husband, is the one bright
spot in the entire performance.
The Girl With Carmine Lips" may
be able to weather the storm despite
Aer crimson theme. Who knows?
New-York tribune., 1920-08-10
Roads From New York
To Atlantic City Rough
Best Highways to New Jersey
Resort Are From Staten
Island to Perth Ambov
Motorists Tipht 1amoa
|sts Light Lamps
To-day ...... .8:02 p. m.
Thursday, August IL. 800 D. IN.
The best roads from New York

The best roads from New York to
Atlantic City. OF, one might better saw,
the least bad roads, are from Staten
Island to Perth Amboy by ferry. The
Richmond Road on Staten Island is
poor and rough" but the Amboy road
is in fine condition. Continue through
Perth Amboy about three quarters of
q mile and on into New Brunswick
Avenue. This goes into Metuchen and
on to New Brunswick
The bridge from Perth Amboy to
South Amboy is still closed to vehcu-
lar traffic, but it is said it soon will
be reopened. The much-reported bad
road between Metuchen and New
much less advertised stretches. The
worst roads are in New Brunswick
itself.
From New Brunswick, returning to
South River in South Amboy, makes
the trip to Atlantic City and the coast
resorts about twenty miles longer. The
roads are good to Keyport and Mata-
wan, but there is bad stretch before
entering Freehold, with an unusually
bad detour A particularly bad de-
tour about four miles northwest Of
Freehold is Followed by a splendid new
concrete road the last three miles to
Freehold
The roads are wide and average fair
through Lakewood to a point about
twenty miles from Atlantic City. There
the road is under construction and
dangerous for about two miles. The
fine new Absecon Boulevard leads for
seven miles into Ohio Avenue, Atlantic
City.
The trip is 150 miles from upper
Manhattan over South Ferry by this
somewhat roundabout route. Some
mileage could be saved by not going
back all the way to South Amboy, but
by using the road to Old Bridge,
Spottsville, Englshtown to Freehold,
but this road is not recommended.