Evening star., 1923-01-11

"Simon says Thumbs up. IhuIhpS
down." In place of Simon. take the
suggestions as to where to md room
in a crowded city like washington To
park the accommodating automobiles
The idea of an underground garage
under all parks or "circles" in the
congested region is urged. also ga
RACES. like subways, under the
streets. and one reason advanced Tor
the underground cellar for automo-
biles is that It Is less troublesome 10
roll down than 1t Is 70 go up an ele-
yator. The cost OF excavating vast
garage space has not been estimated
and one may perhaps be excused In
stating that air is cheaper OF psnetras-
always room at the top"
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1t is not necessary that going to
upper stories of garages must be done
vertically upon an elevator. for, with
the huge garages which would de-
velop, inclined roads would lead 20
upper stories. and cars would do their
own climbing-as is done now in some
private garages. The ancient Aztecs
had sacrificial pyramids which were
ascended by. incliped spirals running
around the sides. Pictures OF the
Tower of Babel show similar. device
for getting above ttdewaters although
they were but the fancy 'of the old
artists Elevators are of m oder M IN :
vention and are not essential. Any
public garage. that win accontn1 odate
all the machines that must be- parked
will be miles in dipensions. whether
above or below the surface of the
streets; hence inclined roads into
them would be the only practicable
method of entrance. But neither the
cellar garage nor sthe skyscraper
parking palace is needed There Is a
better plan. -.
Who was it that was reputed to
out Herod"? The modern ex-
ample is Representative Upshaw, who
"out-Volsteads Volstead" in his zeal
for stopping moonshining. Mr.. Up
shaw has q bill in the House. which
will subject the buyer of intoxicat-
ing liquor to the same penalties as
the law now inflicts upon the moon
sinner who peddies the stuff. Repre-
sentative Volstead opposes the Up
shaw measure on the ground that 1t
would shut Oft the opportunity of de-
tecting the sellers by putting the
buyer of "evidence'' in the same
boat as the seller. Spies would be
blackmailed and framed" by the
moonshiners, according TO Mr.. Vol
stead.
There is no difference in the pur-
poses OF Messrs. Volstead and Upshaw,
but a diametric difference in the
policies favored. Even Mr.. Upshaw' S
suggestion that he would accept an
amendment exempting officers of the
Ia III So, Inv fHE nICfC "a n
law does not satisfy Mr.. yolstead
that the idea is safe for the real en-
forcement of the law, since, at pres
ent, much of the evidence" comes
from non official sources.
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Here is something new under the
SUM-" dairyman at Franklin, Va,
has established a rural route parcel post
milk service. He has thermic con-
tainers for his fresh milk, and has
abolished his own delivery system,
substituting the parcel post service
on four routes. He gathers the fresh
milk from the farmers, and. without
opening the individual containers. de-
liYers ii to the town customers. That
beats driving nanny goats from door
to door. as they do in some countries.
milking as per order.
The deviser of this new method is
laying its feasibility before the Post
master General. with the view to en-
listing nationwide cooperation of
the post office in spreading the sys-
TEN, until the whole land will be lit
orally flowing with milk" il not
with honey.
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If his thermic containers are sue
cessful in retaining the coldness of
the fresh milk, duly aerated, they will
be equally effective in retaining heat
and old "Col. Sellers" of Mark Twain
fame will actually turn over in. his
mythical grave, for There's millions
| In it!"-aye, billions!
OF course, thermoS bottles are fa-