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Evening star., 1923-03-02
D. c. MAY WIN MAIL
BOX RECORD IN u S.
Majority of Residents Comply
With Post Office EdIct'
Few Protests Received.

W.ashirston perhaps leads the nation
In responding 10 the mo boX--no mail
order which went into effect today.
Only a few hundred residents mere
eaye not placed mail boxes at their
front doors. il was learned at the clty
post office today. which is believed 10
constitute record for city this size.
Many persons called up the post or
fee to announce that they had COM
plied with the order overnight. and
wanted the letter carrier TO resume
his stops at their front doors
Protests Are Received.
There we're several score persons
who called at the general delivery
window at the main post office. how
ever. and others who visited oranSh
post offices TO get their mail, With
held yesterday.
-Four letters OF protest have been
received by the post office. and these
turned over to the Post Office Depart
Gent for action. City post Office of1l-
Gals pointed out that they are acting
t.uder orders. and have no choice In the
matter.
Those who place boxes today should
personally notify the carrier on their
route, and he Will notify the post Of
acc Mail delivery Will then be
resumed.
Postmaster Chance expressed him
self as delighted with the way the
people OF Washington have responded
- the order. and said that In day
or two he expected to see the city
equipped practically 100 per cent with
.tSr boxes.
MAJORITY Obey Order.
oIfciais OF thc Post Office Depart
I..,ut a.d today that word from post
.,...stcr.5 OF uLdcr cities showed the
Z, der is icing complied with generally
throughout the country. and tnat the
.smptt ttatiNcly flw who: hold out on
i. .,Uts oi personal nights" will lind
,iCmSe. yes sufferers.
The Postmaster General, it is point
Cd out, has vide latitude by law In
max ing regulations concerning the
'ie!INcry of mail. and in the present
order is acting well within those
rights.
I;ut there is really no Issue. officials
said today. in view of the way in
which the country is responding to
Lhc order. placing boxes in compliance
with the wishes OF the department.
Evening star., 1923-03-02
Origin of "Seven Seas.

From the Pittsburgh sun.
The phrase tho seven seas" has
b"cn familiar ono among the Iranic
ara Indian ArysnS from the earliest
i..S biological traditions OF these races
Their original seven seas are en-
t.rclt Psychological: the earliest
geographical seven seas" OF the
Iorastrian PcrSfans are the streams
forming the River OXus. and the
earliest geographical "seven seas" of
the Iilndus are the so-called five
waters" of the Punjab. With or with
out the addition of the Indus. Jum-
ma and Ganges.
But in India. as in the east gener-
ally, the number seven. through the
sacrcdness attached 10 1t, came to
mean also "all. whole Compile
ton" perfection etc. So "seven
seas in the common parlance OF the
Hindus. means "all the seas" or "the
whole world of waters" This still
living oriental expression was we'll
known to the Romans, and appears in
virgirs "Aeueld." II is also found
among the Hebrew.
Evening star., 1923-03-02
Cornered and Held Up.

From I.oudon lid Bits.
The bazaar was in full swing when
young man strolled round the
stalls. lie had no intention of buy
ing anything. As he passed Il taste
fully decorated stall the pretty sales
woman detained him.
Wont you buy a cigarette holder:
she asked
NO, thank you. ! don't smoke was
the curt reply.
"Or a pen wiper worked by my own
hands,"
"I don't write"
Then do have this nice box OF
chocolates"
"I don't eat sweets.
The young womans patience was
exhausted.
Sir" she said grimly. will you
buy this box Of soap?'
The young man paid UP.
Evening star., 1923-03-02
Took Notes ON His Nails.

From the Manchester Guardian.
The Vatican library includes large
number of photographed rarities.
Among them is the famous Codex
vaticanus B. described by DR.. Scriven-
er as probably the oldest vellum
manuscript In existence" This con-
tains the Septuagint version of the
Old Testamint and one of the earliest
known texts of the New.
In 1S45 DR.. Tregelles, armed with a
letter from Cardinal Wiseman. visited
Rome with the sole purpose of study
ing this manuscript. At last he sue
ceeded in obtaining the coveted per-
mission, but two prelates were as
signed to the duty OF watching him,
and they would not even allow him
to open the volume without searching
his. pockets ard taking away all i'm
plemcnts by which he could copy the
text ...
They interfered with any prolonged
study, and often took the book hur-
riedly away from him. By a little
craft and patience: however. DR.. Tre-
notes on his cuffs and finger nails.
Evening star., 1923-03-02

idealism,"" said an Arab to. me- Now
we know that the west believes in
nothing but force
Force of arms. force of none. Must
the east go down before them, OF VIII
the west sec the waste Ii colonizing
methods before it is too late? Or will
the east bide, it's time. until western
civilization Is exhausted, ard at last
come into it's own?
/ cannot answer these questions.
They come to mind again and again
In the east. And If one thinks TO-DAY
that one has found the answer, TO-
morrow one knows that. the answer
lies hidden in the future. How
beautiful is this country beyond Jor-
dan! Transjordania-betw the
west and the desert. Will the west
play fair? And the desert-what will
come out OF the desert?
Evening star., 1923-03-02
LS'iSWACCER
STICKS USED TO
CARRY LIPSTICKS

Now we know what the girls
carry those swagger sticks for. 1t
was admitted they were too short
for cane purposes and not heavy
enough for welding over the head
of male tlirts. SO mystery had
developed.
All was cleared up, however. at
the style show yesterday after
noon and evening in the new
home of the Raleigh Haberdasher,
1910 Il street northwest. They
merely serve to camoufiage lip
sticks, eyebrow pencils and pow
der puffs, which are contained in,
the specially designed heads. Thus
the girls are rindicated.
The exhibition was arranged by
Clarence w. Grosner. proprietor
of the firm
Evening star., 1923-03-02
ANTf-SAL00N INQUIRY
DECISION LIKELY TODAY

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, March 2.-The grano
jury which has been investigating INC
alIexed misuse of certain funds Of the
State Anti Saloon League by William
II. Anderson, state superintendent,
will probably make finding today. II
was said at t,hedisirict' attorneys Or
flee. ::
Acting District Attorney Pecora is
sued O. statement declaring that II any
director Of the league would offer PROOF
of Anderson's assertion that he spent
s24.7oO of his own money for prohiol-
tom. publicity, he would clear him IN
thirty minutes. The directors, how
ever, must submit legal proof, showing
from. whom Anderson received the
money and how 1t was spent, Mf. re-
cora said. T cannot accept mere ex,
pressions Of confidence in Anderson,
he added,
Evening star., 1923-03-02

display OF clothing will mark the formal
opening Of the "Butler's' Of Washing
ton Souvenirs will be distributed 4"
visitors William holman will be man
ager Of the new store
The general Office of the Butler stores
is at 1920 Broadway. New York city.
The first store was organized in Troy.
y. Y. in 1893, and at the present time
twenty-five are in operation and others
are planned.
Evening star., 1923-03-02
Notable Women.
From the Boston Traveller

From the Boston Traveller. 49,, q
Women Of notable achieyement
whose centenaries will be celebrated
In 1923 include Charlotte NJ. Yonge,
one Of the most prolific writer's of the
Victorian era; Augusta Theodosia
Drane. member and historian of the
thsrd order Of st. Dominic: Elsie
Ecgel Polko. who not only attained
Tame as singer. but also won notice
In the field of literature: Sara ]. Lip
pincott. American writer and jour
naltst who became we'll known under
the pen narne of Grace Greenwood,
and Mariette Alboni, Il famous repre-
sentative of the old Italian school of
singing
Evening star., 1923-03-02
The Money Handler.
the Chicago Herald.

From the Chicago Herald.
Now said the bridegroom TO the
bride. when they. returned from their
honeymoon. "let US have clear uD-
derstanding before we settle down ia
married life. Are you the president
or the vice president of the society,"
"I want to be neither president nor
vice president" she answered. II will
be content with subordinate posi-
ton"
He-What position is that, my dear
She-TreaSurer.
Evening star., 1923-03-02
Dentists Choose a Saint,
,onuIar Mechanics Magazine.

From Popular MECHANICS MdEHE'Ilt.
London dentists have chosen s.;
Apollonia as their patron saint. Apol-
loria was a Christian virgin OF Alex
andria, who suffered trartyrdom dur
ing an uprising of the heather. She
was seized. and had her teeth broken
by repeated blows before leaping OF
her own accord into funeral pyrt
prepared for her Since then her name
has been invoked by sufferers from,
toothache. Old paintings go further
than ascribing efficacy to her spiritual
influence. She is represented as hold
ing pincers In her hands. in whicf
there Is a tooth, as though she had
lust drawn Il.
Evening star., 1923-03-02
Queen Mary Economical

Queen Mary will not tolerate waste
or extravaganza in any form. and in
her capacity for making the most
sof her housekeeping allowance she is
declared to, be the equal of her
hunlbIest subjects. Periodically she
has household balance sheets pre-
Tared. so that any undue expenditure
may be checked and guarded against
Evening star., 1923-03-02
Noah and the Mules
m Ererybody's Magazine.

From EveTybody's Masazine.
IT was a hot day on the border. The
regiment had been ordered to move,
and for more than an, hour soldier
had tried to get his mule into q box
car. The chaplain came along and
began to laugh at the soldier s dis
comIture The poor soldier turned
as he wiped hts perspiring brow and
said:
. "Chaplain, how did Noah ever get
two Of these things into the Ark?"
Evening star., 1923-03-02
BUTLER'S TO OPEN HERE.
New Store Will Make Appearance
at 3ll 7th Street,

H. H. Butler Stores. Inc, will add
another link in its chain of clothing
stores now established In twenty-five Of
the principal cities Of the east, when
It opens it's Washington branch tonor-
row morning at al eth street noytii-
west. The store will be known as
Butlers. It was formerly occupied
BY Levy Jester Co.. Inc. which the But
Ter corporation purchaeed.
An informal reception and a spscial
Evening star., 1923-03-02

Colonies OF Chinese on the western
coast dS Mexico have built up d. flour
ishing business OF catching large sea
turtles ard drying the meat for ship
ment 70 C'hiuu
Evening star., 1923-03-02

Io HatS-Nelours, fine felts
and derbses: sizes 81, ST 90
81 and Z. Formerly
$500 to $500. o............
III Cloth Hats, sizes o34, o7s,
73s and 7k. Formerly Enc
up to $500. 0.......... CV
Evening star., 1923-03-02
Overcoats and RaincOats

s Wool O'Coats, sizes-2 81;
.. So; l. 36; =. So; l. IS:
assorted styles. For $1,000
merly up to $4,000. IU
2 Regulation Army Officers
OvercoAts, sizes Sc, So. ST. ZOE
Formerly $4,000 to Id
$4,000 ..............
4 Mackinaw Coats. assorted
sizes. 35 to AZ. For 500
merly $1,000. 0o............. y
1 Gray Raincoat, size $500
40. Formerly $3.50. "
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-02-25
MAJESTIC.

In addition to the fast. snappy
vaudeville bill at the Majestic this
week, is a picture entitled a Front
Page Story" which is worthy of spe-
cial mention, for it is n delightful
story of a small town newspaper.
Emile Lea in "Rehearsing for
Vaudeville" headlines the vaudeville
program and is assisted by Clarence
Rock and Sam Kaufman. two clever
boys. A double song, with two per.
sons singing different airs at once, is
one feature, but it is the lifting music
and the exquisite dancing OF the
fetchingly dressed Emile which form
the real reason for the number.
Charles Songs" featuring Charles
Olcott and Mary Ann. both popular
vaudeville singers, promises TO be
quite entertaining.
Lou Edwards and Jack BeasleE
who pretend TO be motion picture
stars, label their net 1.-Two OF the
Four Horsemen."
A Southern railroad station is the
scene Of another act with negro por,
ter and a girl, the characters, in "Two
Tones of Brown" featuring Coffman
and Carroll. Mr.. Coffman is from
the ranks Of minstrelsy. having been
with both the Al G.. Field and the Neil
O'Brien shows, while Miss Carroll
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-02-25
PRINCESS.

hry Pickford in her new "Tess of
Storm Country" will be shown at
Princess Theater a week, begin
Sunday.
lere is no doubt as to the wisdom
good judgment of Miss Pickford
flecting this triumph of the past
Iorthy material for the making of
PHI greater film.
ISIS Pickford has written an i'm
ant chapter into screen history in
manner in which she has produced
ipicture for a second time in her
ant career and, if it is true, she
led this revival with the idea of
ping n classic which would live
psterity, there is every indication
has insured herself adequate sue
in the ambition.
is confidently predicted BY most
he best versed critics that this
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-02-25
EMPIRE.

Ey American Wife," featuring
la Swanson, will be shown at the
\ re a week, beginning Sunday.
IS Swanson states that an &C.
must often reverse, in practice,
Eheory of reincarnation. To prove
this can be done she dons q be-
ed costume and headdress, steps
a setting representative of the
lecture of the ancient nce of
Pncas in South America and be-
5 TO all appearances an Inca prin-
|of hundreds of years ago.
|e sequence is n cut-back vision
bis latest production in which
Swanson plays the role of an
|ican' girl in a romance with q
& Argentine sportsman and arts
Il. In a love scene between the
hnd the man, played by Antonio
|no, the hero points out an old
ait hanging on the walls of his
:, country mansion and tells
DIZZY of the subject of the por-
llraW' Of his forebears (; how he
Issls, with the early Spanish con-
Bnifes and after his conquests
her for himself, an Inca princess
bride. In the scenes depicting
story, Miss Swanson plays the
pf an Inca princess, while Moreno
lays the Spanish warrior.
|e setting was prepared and the
bmes selected after careful re-
|h of the architecture of the Incas
the people of that period and sew
days were required to construct
bet in the studio and make the
es.
|e ball room of the presidents
Bion in Buenos Aires, capital of
ntina, is reproduced. The dra-
e climax of this picture takes
in this setting on the occasion
reception given by the president
of the republic to statesmen. dip
is and political leaders of the
b American nation.
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GRAND.

Tom OKeefe and his follies Of 90
will present Flying u Ranch" at
the Grand Theater three days, begin
ming Sunday.
This comedy which is entirely new
will show the players ability to act
in better way than any yet attempt
ed by the company.
Miss Vida Van Allen has the stellar
role in the cast and will give one of
her popular vocal selections from the
Blue Numbers.
Free Air" adapted from the story
which ran in the Saturday Evening
Post. will be shown in addition to
Flying U Ranch"
This picture was directed by L. II
Griffith and every inch Of it, from
beginning to end, was made in the
free air" of Montana, Minnesota
North Dakota and Wisconsin.
The company being formed in New
York left on a special train for St
Paul where the opening scenes were
made. From that time on, until the
company reached Glacier Park. where
the concluding scenes were shot, tho
J company lived out of doors and
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-02-25

was formerly in musical comedy, hav.
ing played with Raymond Hitchcock
and Richard Carrie.
Some of the most startling foot bal
ancing will be given by three nimble.
footed Japs, the Tan Araliis. They do
things with their feet that the ordin.
airy jugglers and balancers cannot
even do with their hands.
One of the most unique acts on
the road is promised by the Nagyfys.
They play with and in fire and have n
regular barrage of flames about them
at various times.
"a Front Page Story" is built
around an unusual romance with
much fine comedy placed into the
frame work. 1t wasn't much of a
newspaper but it surely created q SEN
sation. The story turns out alto
gether different from what everybody
expects.
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that a picture version of a successful
stage play can be even better than
the original in the hands of skilled
Snowman.
Much care was taken in selecting
stars for this picture. Douglas Mae
Lean plays the role of Sam Harring-
ton and Madge Bellamy that of Peggy
Fairfax.
The Hottentot" furnishes laughter
and excitement from beginning to end.
1t starts with a race between run
away horse and an auto and ends
with a unique steeplechase. The ac-
ton never flags One comic situa-
ton develops into another even fun
nier as Sam founders from deep
water 10 bottomless depths.
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his Week
at the
Theaters
ROYAL.

.e Edna Park players offer
! hin the Law" one of the most
US plays on the American stage
be Royal a week, beginning with
ay matinee. This melodrama by
I'D WELLER, ran for two years in
York City, with Jane Cowl in
ftle role. At one time there were
Fe separate road companies play
Within the Law" each headed
star of note and the followers
e Edna Park players are assured
production and performance that
in all ways equal the original
agnes Lynch" a confidence
1hn and what not, Miss Edna
has a role well suited and those
saw her as the little tough in
Brat" know that her character
In of "Aggie" will be q real de-
Jack Edwards has not a matt
dol role this week, but instead,
Of Joe Carson" a forger and
prough crook.
10 story is told of a band of
--s.ooks who are operating just
IN the law. Mary Turner, played
rene Hubbard, heads this band.
she was employed in the de-
bent store of Richard Glider;
5 were frequent, and Mary was
lgfully accused, arrested, tried
sent to Jail for a long time. Upon
|elease from prison, and with the
ding Of the police to keep her
honest work, she becomes the
IS of the greatest gang Of clever
h the New York police has had to
with. Mary states that big
~ is not made because of the law,
lin spite of it. 1t is made by
who can afford to hire big
ers to show them how TO break
aw. / went to Jail for something
not do. When j came out, the
B wouldn't let me earn an hon
wing and now I'm making more
a living dishonestH-and my
er is showing me how to do it."
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the EIaito week, beginning Sun.
day.
The correctness Of the producers
lightning judgment is evident in the
finished screen play which is more
hilariously funny than the stage play
and carries, in addition, all the wal
lops of outdoor action. not possible
with limited stage facilities. 1t tool;
two production companies, weeks of
time, tremendous expenditures and a
good many broken bones 10 screen
The HOttentot," but the result proves
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-02-25

worked out Of doors for a period Of
more than eleven weeks. Some of the
scenes in the picture were taken at an
altitude of more than 10000 feet above
sea level. and on one occasion the COM
pany was caught in a binding snow
storm. BY morning the ground was
covered with more than ten inches of
snow. consequently the actors were
forced to postpone outside work for
more than week,
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Environment.

Judge-You are free to go, but !
would advise you to be moro careful
hereafter. of the company you keep!
One-Eyed Pete--Yes, your honor! I'll
try to keep away. from here!
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RLALTO.

Thomas H. Ince's "HottentOt. :"
one of the most thrilling comedy
dramas of the season, will be shown at
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-09-13

their removal at the rate of about
4S5 per year. Generations will be
required to wipe them out. The ex-
pense must not be, overlooked. $50, 600
per crossing is a conservative average
estimate for such work, the city cost
being vastly higher than the rural
This would involve an expenditure OF
$12,5 500 ,000, 900 all of which would be
non-revenue producing. the burden
falling upon the tax payers and the
railroads.
A substantial and immediate rem
edy can be found elsewhere. It's sim
plicity encourages hope Of attain
ment. It's practicability warrants
effort. 1t is just a matter of using
COMMON CARE by the railroads and
the travellers upon the highway. There
are duties devolVing upon the rail
roads in indicating the presence OF
railroad-highway crossings, keeping
such crossings in good condition foI
employees do their full duty in warn
ing of the approach. Of trains.
The railroads have learned the
value of organized effort for safety
through the" reduction Of deaths OF
] employees on duty from 1854 in 1907
to LAG in 1921, by far the lowest rec,
ord since 1888. This result has been
achieved notwithstanding a larger
force of employees during the veal
1921.
Railroad employees as a whole have
unquestionably developed a higher
degree of care in the performance o.
their duties.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-09-13
CROSS CROSSINGS CAUTIOUSLY


The American Railway Association
will resume its efforts during the
summer of 1923 to lessen the number
of deaths and injuries at railroad
highway crossings throughout the
country.
In 80 years our Country's pOpula-
ton has increased 6S percent. Fatal
railroad-highway crossing accidents
have increased 345 percent, and in
jury cases 652 percent. These dis
prOpOrtiOnate increases are due en-
tirely to the use of the automobile.
During the year 1922, according to
the National Automobile Chamber of
Commerce, and "Automotive Indus
tries" 2,527, 900 ears and trucks were
produced, making a total registration
December 81, 1922, of 12 ,357, 1872 cars,
or about one for every nine of our
population. The 1922 increase in
production was about "a percent. In
the same year the railroad traffic as
expressed by car loadings increased
11.16 percent. = s.
In five years 9,101 persons were
killed and "a ,20S were injured at rail
road-highway crossings in the United
States.
The automobile at the@ railroad
highway crossing presents a modern
problem. 1t must be met with fair
ness to the public and the railroads
The ideal solution Of railroad-high-
way crossing accidents is elimination
of the crossings. This is not attain
able with 251,5O0 grade level cross
ings on Glass l railroads alone, and
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-09-13

As education in and discussion OF
safety matters are responsible for the
gratifying results obtained in employe
cases, it is logical to assume that ed
ucatiou of the travelling public to the
exercise of a reasonable degree of
care when approaching and passing
over railroad crossings will likewise
have a good effect in reducing such
accidents.
Volumes could be written upon
present and proposed laws, ordinanc-
es and regulations governing the con-
duct of travellers upon the highway at
railroad intersections. They can be
epitomized into a simple, easily-re-
membered rule which is CROSS
CROSSINGS CAUTIOUSLY.
A literal, conscience-satisfying OBJ
servance of this rule by drivers OF
and passengers in automobiles will
undoubtedly ave lives.
While it is true the railroads have
a direct and financial interest in en-
deavoring to check these distressing
accidents, yet in the last analysis il
is the public which suffers the pain
mutilation, distress or death in such
mishaps. The public may mean YOU
You may be vitality involved through
someone's neglect of the simple rule
Cross Crossings Cautiouly.
To repeat the slogan smoothly on
must think clearly and act cautiously
In approaching railroad crossing
one should think clearly and &C
cautiously. BY so doing you will
actively cooperate in a worthy cause