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Evening star., 1922-04-26

be 100 plainly jtated as warning. At
present the physicians who are en-
gagged in the work of research are
thinking to arouse the American pub
lie to appreciate the fact that cancer
can be controlled If it is taken in sea-
son. There are certain symptoms that
can be readily recognized. and that
should be Immediately reported to q
competent practitioner!
For many years various "cures"
ly pastes and powders. These are now
declared to be worthless. The radium
treatment also is gravely questioned
as being more than In an encouraging
ment is sought, however, when the
disease has progressed beyond the
stage Of check.
1t is announced by the president of
the society that cancer can be brought
under control as soon as the public
learns to recognize the signs before
j they become signals" 1t is the work
of this society now to spread the word.
This is just the same sort of work
that has been done heretofore success
| fully by medical societies and special
| organizations combating tuberculosis.
That disease has been in large degree
| brought under control in this country.
1t Is no longer rated as deadly
devastation, though, Of course, it still
| takes percentage of life. But the
correction of living conditions, the Inn
| provement Of foods and especially the
teaching of the lesson Of fresh air and
wholesome housing have all lowered
| the percentage Of prevalence. while in
| the treatment of the disease itself
much ground has been gained through
| earlier diagnosis and actually curative
| treatment. In short, tuberculosis is
no longer rated as an incurable dis
ease.
In the light Of what has been accom-.
plished with tuberculosis through
publicity and education 1t is by no
means to be questioned that great
gains can be made against the spread
Of cancer with this organization carry
ing on in all parts of the country.
Evening star., 1922-04-26
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

Wireless.
When the wind comes whisperin
through the tree
On a springtime sunny day,
A message clear 1t brings to me
From scenes so far away.
Some folks know
Have a radio
To cheer the hours along.
But give me the south wind, soft an
low,
Singin' a springtime song.
The honeybee mid his thrifty care
Is hummin' a tune once more,
And a soft refrain sounds from way
out there,
Where the ripples touch the shore.
This wireless theme
Brings a soothing dream
And nothing at all seems wrong,
AS the wind drifts by in the twilight
CLEAN.
Singin' a springtime song.
Evening star., 1922-04-26
Sedateness Of Supreme Court
A Feature Of Capital City

great desk. ten feet wide. would be
the next concern.
Everything Is dignity and decorum
| in the courtroom itself. The members
! of the bar, who have chairs within a
| rail that divides them from .he few
| benches allotted 10 visitors. are for
the most part formally attired, anu
frock coats and occasionally an old
time prince Albert" are in evidence.
When the court enters the chamber
on the stroke of neon. everybody
rises. and az the marshal of the court.
followed by the Chief Justice and his
| eight associates enter, the crier an
nounces "Oyez. oyez. oyez! All per
sons having business before the hon
orable. the Supreme Court of the
United States are admonished to
draw near and give their attention:
for the court Is now sitting: God
! save the United States and this hon
orable court" The justices bow to
the bar, everybody bows to the court
| and all are seated.
*+**
| Monday is the day upon which the
court announces its decisions. the
junior member reading first. The de-
of these proofsheets from which the
| justices read Is one of the sacred
traditions. One printing firm has
done the work for, many years. and
probably the same employees. The JUS
1 tices, unless in the case of an ex-
| ceptionally important decision, read
| summaries of the opinions announc-
| ing the courts action of affirmation
or reversal of the lower court at con-
| clusiOn. AT times as many as thlrty
| or forty opinions are handed down.
| and sometimes 1t takes until 3 o'clock
! to conclude them. During the read
ing the bar is expected to pay close
| attention to this. the last word on
appeals. At . o'clock this honorable
court rises and repairs to its private
| quarters for luncheon.
x X 4 \
| Efforts have been made in the past
to change the custom Of announcing
decisions, but custom does not change
in the court. even to please the i'm
patient press, whose wires in the
Senate press gallery await the flash"
of the announcement Of the action
Of the court on great issues. Opin-
ions will continue to be read and the
court to take it's own time in doing
so and the wires will have'to await.
The late Chief Justice Fuller had a
| habit of speaking in a low voice and
could hardly be heard on the report
| ers' bench. One day fresh young
reporter printed a paragraph saying.
Some day the Chief Justice Will
! speak out loud, and somebody VIII
| hear him." The court officials were
Mortified at his temerity and next day
| gave him bad half hour by sug-
| gestions of contempt of court and
| condign punishment.
Evening star., 1922-04-26
Airmen's Hard Luck" "

The probable failure of the Portu-
guese airmen to fly in four hops"
from Lisbon to Rio Janeiro, by the
damage to their plane in landing at
St Pauls Rocks, 500 miles from the
South American mainland, empha-
sizes comment recently on the time
consumed in the flight. If the sea-
plane is smashed too seriously to
permit the long journey to be fin
ished, the dependabiiity Of that mode
of transportation is thrown more into
doubt While these machines move
at terrific speed when in fight, their
travel radius is not great if the fac
tor OF safety is kept high, and the
time wasted between Jumps" cuts
down the actual speed.
Soaring through the air at 80 or
100 miles per hour for eight or
nine hours runs up big total hastily.
but when several days of inactivity
follow. the average falls to a figure
which is by no means impressive. In
time, no doubt, the airplane will be
the standard of certain classes of
travel, but not until some obvious
improvements are made. Trains and
ships will continue to carry passen-
gers for a long time to come.-Pitts-
burgh Dispatch independently.
Evening star., 1922-04-26
Seeking to End Strikes.

President Harding and his advisers
are reported to be at work on a plan
for ending the coal strike which will
involve such basic reforms in the in
dustry that the effect will be to pre-
vent strikes in the future. That is 60
ing at the thing in the right way. The
country would be better of today had
il not been that In the recent past
strikes have been ended or averted
on basis solely of eXpediency. leav.
ing the fostering causes Of industrial
conflict in as bad condition as they
were before.
There has been no disclosure Of de-
tails OF the administrators plan. but
it is apparent on the face of things
that the present is an opportune time
to apply measures for permanent cor
rection. The mine strike now is near.
ing the end of it's fourth week. So far
/. has involved little inconvenience to
the public, but reports indicate that
both the miners and mine owners are
firing Of the situation and anxious to
get back to work. The early bitter
ress of feeling has begun to pass
away, and the time is not yet in sight
when public necessity will force set.
tlement which might advantage both
the miners and their employers at the
expense of consumers OF coal. Both
parties, therefore, may be more in
1icto 10 thQv
were a month ago. or than they
might be later on when there ap-
peared chance of such advantagins at
the public expense.
If the President and his advisers
can work out a set Of fundamental
principles which will end the present
and prevent future coal strikes. such
principles ought to be applicable. with
necessary notifications. to other in
dustrial relationships, and 1t might
we'll show the way to the ending of a
problem the. existence Of which does
little credit to the much-vaunted
American ingenuity and common
sense. So authoritative a foreign OBJ
server as the late James Bryce agreed
with us in believing that our fore
fathers had the wisdom to devise the
best scheme of government yet
evolved by man. Are the descendants
of those forefathers to adrlit that they
lack the wisdom to devise q way OF
preventing the senseless waste Of in
dustrial conflict?
May the plan which President Hard
ing has in mind be speeded to fruition.
Successful, it would take rank along
with the arms conference as a great
master achievement in constructive
craftsmanship, and the voices OF the
minor critics who seek out petty flaws
to carp about would have little carry
ing power.
Evening star., 1922-04-26
Cancer Control.

There is no more important medical
work in progress today than that
which seeks to lessen the scourge Of
cancer. The American Society for the
Control of Cancer is now in session in
this city. and its proceedings are the
subject of the utmost public interest
and concern. For this disease is today
one Of the most dreaded Of scourges.
It is takitg an enormous toll Of life.
One Of the speakers at the society's
session declares that there are 10000
deaths in this country annually from
cancer, one in every ten persons over
forty. The dissase attacks women
more commonly than men, a. in the
ratio Of fatality enc woman In stght
over forty dies Of cancer and one man
in twelve.
This is q shocking average Of deaths
frcm this discasea Il cannOt. h0Wesers
Evening star., 1922-04-26
= oMMENT upon the character.

~ OMMENT upon the character.
istics Of Washington by
visitors seldom fails to note
the atmosphere OF sedateness
which obtains at the National Capital,
and the absence of frantic hustle and
hurry. There is one place in the
town where this is especially OBJ
servable; where one seems to De
living in the yesterdays and cogni-
zant Of an environment different from
that of the pushing. clamoring out
side world. The purlieus and pre-
cincts of the Supreme Court of the
United States give this impression
to the observer.
Maybe this is due to the perma-
nency of the honored institution and
the fact that changes there are few
and far between. and to the further
fact that there is one body that can
not be hurried--the honorable Su-
preme Court Of this republic. For one
thing, there Is no power on this earth
that can say yea or nay, stop or go
to this body.
"From the judgment of this court.
Is the frequent pseiSdtioi VI Soii
mentators upon it, there is no ap-
peal, except to Heaven" And no
mandates or injunctions have been
noted as coming down from that
source.
When one enters the Office of the
clerk of the d-fashioneo
lawyers apply the English pronunci-
-, =, To nct
BILE of sedate and dignified atmo-
sphere. On these cold spring morn
ings the visitor finds a CHEEKY log
fire burning in the open fireplace
with it's trimmings of marble and q
marble mantel-piece as old as the
Capitol. In a rack is stuck the
days mail for out-of-town attorneys
expected to be in attendance. In the
room are mahogany desks. FAR from
modern. and a fat-topped table; phec
high with briefs and printed evil
dence. From ceiling to floor on two
sides are cases with glass doors con
tanning reports of the court. Be-
side window are two big chairs
facing a long settee. usually occupied
by dignified attorney as old as the
furniture.
In the next room Is another open
fire, and chair which has been
coveted by the greatest lawyers OF
the land. 1t was made sixty years
ago. and would drive to distraction
the collector of old mahogany furni-
ture. If a fire ever breaks out in that
room, the whole stan will probably
rush to rescue that chair first. The
Evening star., 1922-04-26
EDITORIAL DIGEST

would be the one man to whom all
members OF his party would look to
name the standard bearer" Which
leads the Cincinnati Times-Star tre-
publican) to venture that now that
Mr.. Bryan has reached the age of
an elder statesman he has dis
appeared almost from public view.
Instead of fighting the age-long bat
tie of the peepuP against oppression
he has raised his lance against the
windmill of the Darwinian theory in
stout championship of the Garden of
Eden story" In the opinion of the
Utica On. " Observer (democraticl.
his refusal means that Florida "is to
lose the possible distinction of having
a senator whose name is known"
Evening star., 1922-04-26

1t is wisely observed by Lady Astor
that what the world needs is the es-
tablishment of confidence. The need
is a very old one, and up to this time
very difficult one to supply. Con-
tary state of mind. 1t is a mental at
titude suggested by surrounding con
ditions. and the adjustment OF condi-
tions is the endless work of statesman
do not offer immediate and practical
solution Of world-old perplexities does
not prevent her whole-hearted opti-
misms from constituting a cheering
and charming influence.
Evening star., 1922-04-26
The Plesio Hunters Draw Blank.

1t is reported from somewhere down
in the southern part of South America
that the plesiosaurus hunters are re-
turning without success. The expedl-
ton that started out from Buenos
Aires after q protracted period OF
watchful waiting around the lake in
which the prehistoric animal had been
reported has given up hope and is re-
turning home. They heard tales from
Indians that gigantic creatures had
been seen in the lake "as big as four
ponchos." In the absence Of a trans
lation of the "poncho," which is an
Indian unit Of measurement, this does
not mean much.
These travellers tales Of giant AMI
mails in remote sections Of southern
South America have bean heard from
time to time for years. Doubtless 1t
was the currency of this story that
caused Conan Doyle, in the days be-
fore he was knighted, to write a novel
about hunting such giant game on an
isolated tableland in that part Of the
world. II there is really 9. surviving
specimen Of plesiosaurean life in
South America undoubtedly some day
it will be found. Science is persistent,
and though this present expedition
seems to have failed 1t is only a ques-
tion of time when some reputable wit
ness with a clear vision and q capacity
for classification will actually see this
giant saurian. On the other hand, II
these tales are but the spoofings Of
mischievous travellers or the imagin-
ings Of superstitious natives the hunt
will continue without result. For the
present curiosity must be held in
check, as there is no prospect Of i'm
mediate solution Of the mystery.
Evening star., 1922-04-26
Songs Instead Of Speeches.

Marguerite Nielka, niece of Lord
Cowdray. the British Oil magnate, has
some repute as a vocalist and an
nounces her intention Of singing her
way into the House OF Commons as
member. She puts it this way: IF
the voters still believe that the ordi-
nary politicians can bring about their
civic salvation they would not un-
derstand a logical exposition of rea-
sons" So, promising that the popu-
lace elects it's rulers through it's ONO
tfons rather than its head. she thinks
her songs may he as effective cam
paign appeals as the piatitudes and
ponderosities that constitute the av-
erage political speech.
she msy have anse II II she
sing pleasingly she will at least be
showing the voters what she can do.
which is more than most politicians
are ever able to offer.-Pittsburgh
Dispatch Cnderendent).
The main use Of government is to
have something to blame.-Greenville
(S Co Piedmont.
II Ford has too much money why
doesn't he try raising chickens?-
Flint (Mich.) Journal.
The worst thing about the napper
is the noise the goody-goodies make
about her.-Cincinnati Enquirer.
Some Of US Just leave of our vests
and we have our spring suits.-Pitts-
burgh Press.
When you want. q change OF cli-
mate all you have to do is wait until
smother day comes.-Watertown IN. Y.t
standard. -
Tho next Improvement in radio
cervics will be to broadcast the score
by innings.-Indianapo Star.
It Is interesting to note that Phil
adelphfa miniater. Invented the jim
rickshaw. We knew some speed de-
tmQn invented NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. aApotte.
Evening star., 1922-04-26

Atlantic City announced an 'anti,
cigarette day." 1t may have been OBJ
served by the local population, but
there were evidently many strangers
present who did not know anything
about it.
Evening star., 1922-04-26

Kindness to animals cannot be
taught In a week, but the annual re-
minder Of human obligation toward all
helpless creatures cannot fail to work
for benefit Of mind and heart.
Evening star., 1922-04-26

The fact that some Of the allies can
not pay debts already contracted does
not prevent Russia from asking loans
amounting to billions.
Evening star., 1922-04-26

A Chicago golf expert declares thai
President Harding plays a fine game
Washington is the center of political
information, but it is necessary to 60
to Chicago for the golf news.
Evening star., 1922-04-26

A statesman just now is obliged,
while surveying the great perspective
Of international politics to cast an eye
occasionally on the fall elections here
at home.
Evening star., 1922-04-26

A monaI ch does not necessarily hold
the spotlight. Lloyd Georges name Is
mentioned a hundred times to King
Georges once.
Evening star., 1922-04-26

The nerve required by their opera
tions on land and sea makes it clear
that very few bootleggers, use their
own merchandise.
Evening star., 1922-04-26

Bergdoll continues to hold America
in sufficient esteem to keep writing
home for money.
Evening star., 1922-04-26

Wilhelm Hohenzollern IS still wait.
ing patiently for some boy to page
him.
Evening star., 1922-04-26

Lenin is doing what he can to put
more business into soviet politics.
Evening star., 1922-04-26

When you want. change Of cli-
mate all you have to do is wait until
snother day comes.--Watertown IN. KY
standard.
Evening star., 1922-04-26
Going with the Crowd.

Going with fne crowd.
''what is your personal opinion with
reference to the great question we
have been discussing?"
"My friend" replied Senator Sor.
shun, when I find myself in an ir-
resistible wave Of sentiment vote &C.
cordingly. l once saw a steer caught
in a cattle stampede. He might have
had. his own ideas about which way
he ought to travel. but there wouldn': ;:
have been the slightest use Of his try
ing to stop and express them"
Jud Tuni.ins says he doesn't believe
they can stop jazz by pas~ng laws
against it. Very few people get to be
good musicians. and SO long as there
are bad musicians, there's bound to
be jazz.
Inexhaustible Topic.
The tariff long our thoughts has led
Z Upon a studious way.
However much there may be said.
There's always more to say.
Far-Sighted Brother.
s.My brother insists on my buying
a n,it Of knickerbockers, remarked
Miss Cayenne.
"ae wants you to wear tina: kind Of
togs7"
II don't think 50. He probably
wants to borrow them to play golf in. "
S .sDishere wood alcohol" said Uncle
Eben, sort o puts It up 70 q man TO
take his pick between Q water wagon
an 4 hoaxea. = n Il II s y IS ass.
Evening star., 1922-04-26

ceryics will be to broadcast the score
by innings.-Indianapolis Star.
Evening star., 1922-04-26

The worst thing about the happer
is the noise the goody-goodfes make
about her.-Cincinnati Enquirer.
Evening star., 1922-04-26

Some Of US Just leave of our vest.
and we have our spring suits.-Pitts
burgh Press.
Evening star., 1922-04-26

It Is interesting to note that Phil
adelphfa miniater. Invented the jim
rickehaw. We knew some speed de-
tmen Invented sfts>-ArkaneAs 0asefte.
Evening star., 1922-04-26

II Ford has too much money why
doesn't he try raising chickens?-
Flint (Mich.) Journal. ta
Norwich bulletin., 1922-11-02
KALEIDOSCOPE

saten by birds.
 Rrsetor ,NtJ has the'siaFgest rnarbi. Wax has been. termed .tha most .raIua- 9le glant that grows. ss
 'TpN Pischof airplane weighs on,y esO pounsS and costs $500.
 Japstesz law-requires that all .uita,,. and neat be cultivated. A Msfssan iand owner recently so,d , iarIn or sNoe.eoo acres3 z l.
 More thss 50 per cent. Of JaRa6-s oo,- uiauon foiioas agriculture By a recently 65atshted prOoess rubb.r Is 10 be used igrnaking papef.
 Great B-ilainNpa,d out ssss ooa aas :, unemp,oymeht bteehts lsst-yea-' A crane. in ,theNLeagne- Island. rAr, yard has the iifiihs power of 5I.ooo i[sen. In the south seaislands in. eaoo, ,r, rec supplies aH the peeds Of soS,tr-. The art of t-dis-mskE5g was prssfe,d |, fGreeee. by PyrEoteies h sss B. C.
 one-fourth of all fiss tsnbtr to ,h. United States comes horn washinrton. In Europe seeds are rszsotcd frsn flax by hand to preserve bOtAsee and nSrr. : The highest point in tho united ststes. the top of Nit. whitney.sa lLsei feet above sea levelg
Norwich bulletin., 1922-11-02

Mir. and Mrs. E. W. Warrington of South Second avenue are spending a few days with their son-in-law and daughter, Mir. and Mrs. Harold E. Linderson of Grosvenordale.
 Charles Volkman of Norwich avenue, Christopher Krauss of Lisbon and An ton WunderIich of Norwich are enjoy Ing weeks shooting at Stone Hill.
 Thomas Grimshaw of North Third av- snue is spending a few days in Spring. field, Mass, with his parents.
 Mir. and Mrs. George Simino of North 8 street have purchased a residence on Merchants avenue.
 Joseph Legare of Norwich avenue has returned from an extended stay with relatives in Canada.
 I. O. Foresters met Wednesday even Ing in their rooms in St. Louis hall. Routine bushes was transacted.
 Applications for the registration of motor vehicles are being received in town from the department of motor ve- hicies at Hartford.
 Wednesday being the Feast of All Saints, special masses were read. at the Sacred Heart church.
 J. A. Arnold of Providence, R. l., was . business caller in the village Tues day.
 HaTsWe'en pranks came to light on various streets of the village Wednes- day. Some of the residents agreed that m a few cases the youngsters carried things a little too far. In some instanc- es clothes lines were cut or garments ex- changed for others on -neighborlng lines. 4 large iron boiler, which was used for an lneinerator was found tipped on end on the Providence Street baseball grounds. Wednesday morning. When the great number of youngsters who were out, are taken into consideration, the celebration was quite orderly. One small boy wearing a kinona and carrying a pumpkin set fire to himself on North A street, but the blaze was extinguished before any serious trouble resulted, aI- though the vicinity smelled badly of burning rags On North Third avenue | skunk joined in the fun and caused a crowd of ghosts and spooks to scatter Tor shelter. The skunk took refuge in a sewer pipe and all efforts to expel him by burning papers and leaves proved un- availing
 Miss Bertha weeks of Yantic spent Tuesday with Mir. and Mrs Joseph Wood of North B street. &
 Miss Rose Fink has resigned her po- 1ition with the Ponemah Company.
 Taking advantage of the moonlight nights of the past week, several parties Of hunters have been baggtng few coons, some of good size.
 Miss Sophie Gassek is enjoying short vacation.
 Mike Morin has returned to his home in Northampton, Mass, after spending a lew days in town.
 A meeting of some of the committees in charge of the Taftville Congregation sl Church fair was held Wednesday. ev- ening. -