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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-06-23

us. perhaps because some Of these
things against which we have been
warned are after all not so bad. But
whether good or Ill. the summer
comes in it's due rotation and steams
and sizzles and fries humanity. and
somehow the human race prevails
over natures attacks.
There IL one thing which We all re-
member, and all should do; that IL. all
who are In a position to do. We
should remember those unfortunate
ones who are city-bound in the hot
spell. who have no means to get away
who cannot leave home for the coun-
try because they must keep on the job.
the working Job outside or the home
Job. For such as these summer camps
have been established and maintained
by the donations Of generous citizens.
AS we sit in the blast of electric fans
and contemplate the weather, some Of
US might write checks for these sum-
mer camps and insure that some at
least Of the real sufferers are rescued,
even for a little while.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-06-23
Summer Sufferers.

With q temperature here in Wash
ington Thursday of SO degrees. and
with a practically breezeless night fol.
lowing. this city may be said to be in
the grip Of heat spell of trying quail.
ity. 1t Is idle to discount the temper
atures above the 80 point. It il al.
ways hard to endure them, easier
when the winds blow and harder when
there is no air stirring.
A sure way to suffer at such a time
is to make the heat q topic Of com.
plaint and to fuss about it. Crouch
ing will not lower the thermometer by
the width Of hair, and will only raise
the personal temperature.
Hot weather suggestions are more
or less futile. Everybody follows his
own bent in such cases. We all know
that it is bad to hurry in the sun, or
anywhere, indeed, when the tempera.
ture is in the nineties. We all know
that it is bad to drink iced LIQUIDS
copiously, especially while we are
heated. We all know that it is un.
wise to eat heavily while excessively
high temperatures prevail, and par.
ticularly to eat strange mixtures that
are likely to cause fermentation and
disorder. Then there are many more
things we should not do. But we do
them all, going ahead biithely with
cur customary procedure without the
least regard for the words Of wisdom
that have been poured upon US.
The wonder Is that we survive.
Perhaps we do because we are tough.
perhaps because the heat Is good for
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-06-23
Water Supply.

Washington cannot cast a stone at
those Montgomery county suburbs in
our metropolitan territory whose
water supply system has broken down.
The capital, in consequence Of tardi.
ness of congressional action on the
subject, has gambled with fate a
good many years in placing its sole
dependence on one conduit for the
supply of the city reservoirs, and for
a long time this conduit has worked
at or so nearly at capacity twenty
four hours a day that it could not be
cut off and unwatered for inspection.
and If a serious break in 1t had oc.
Cured the city would have been in
danger Of great suffering, confiagra
tion and widespread disease.
The lesson which the present emer.
gency teaches the large body OF PEG.
pie who have drawn their water sup
ply from Sligo creek through terra
Gotta pipes will not be lost upon them.
They will rebuild better and stronger,
will provide for greater margin Of
safety in their water supply, and they
Eioy construct dual system Of sup;
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-06-23

ply 10 that II one goes out OF commits
sion the other can be set to work.
The District Of Columbia IL not yet
free from the danger which It has
faced for many years. The second
conduit is being built. and new ressr.
voirs and expanded filtration facilities
will be at hand in course Of time. 1t
is a source Of qualification that the
work is proceeding as spidiy a. pos
sible. With the Districts increased
water supply 1t may be that District
water mains will be connected with
those built and to be built in the
metropolitan territory beyond the
District lines. This will make for the
comfort and security OF thousands Of
people who are virtually Washing.
tonians, but who live across the line
in Maryland.
With the increase in the water sup
ply from the Potomac at Great Falls
will come q very large increase In the
consumption Of water. There will be
an extension Of mains within the Dis
trict, and very likely water will be
served to many thousands Of sub.
scribers outside the District. On com.
pletion Of the new conduit from Great
Falls 1t will be time to take up the
proposal to utilize the upper Patuxent
as an auxiliary water supply for the
District. This project. which many
engineers have reported on as feasible,
would supply the Maryland towns
north and east Of Washington and in.
crease the supply Of the fast.growing
District. Because Of these factors 1t
might be a project in which the ma.
tional government and the state of
Maryland would cooperate.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-06-23
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY Frederic J. Haskin

they are likely to cause overheatinE
and often produce shedding of the
hair. A mixture of fish oil, one gal
Ion; oil of pine tar. two ounces: oil
sene. one-half pint, has been found to
be effective in keeping flies off live
stock when applied lightly and thor
oughly to the portions of the animal
that are not covered with blankets or
nets.
Q. Isn't there biblical saying that
cheerfulness is better than medi-
cine?-D. C. H.
A. In Proverbs. xvii.22. you will
find: "A merry heart doeth good like
a medicine"
Q. With what material is the Capt.
toll in Washington built?-R. w. A.
A. The center part is OF sandstone.
painted white. The wings are mar
BILE. The dome is of cast iron coated
with copper and painted white.
Q. Is there any way tQ&&dge the
distance to an electrical q by the
fash of the lightning or tM9sound OF
the thunder?-W. c. c.
A. 1t can be judged with Some ac-
curacy by noting the difference in
time between the sight of lightning
and the sound of thunder. They occur
almost simultaneously dHu llRnt
travels so rapidly that time need not
be taken into account. Sound travels
only about LOO feet per second. The
number of seconds that elapse before
the thunder is heard will tell ap-
proximately how far away the fash
was.
Q. Why is the Sargasso sea so filled
with seaweed?-M. NJ. w.
A. The Sargasso sea is almost the
resting center of the whirl of the
ocean currents in the north Atlantic
The seaweed comes from distant
shores, where II has been wrenched
off by the force of the currents
There are four other great weed
| hampered areas of little motion be-
side the Sargasso sea.
Q. Where will the next Olympic
games be held and what cities have
| had them?-P. ]. ].
A. The games will be held in Paris
in 1924. In 1895 they were in Athens:
1900. Paris; 1904. st. Louis; 1908, Lon
| don: 1912, Stockholm, and 1920. Brus-
! sells.
Q. Is the Bagdad railway complet-
| edit. G. J.
J A. 1t is still incomplete and prog
| ress is retarded by bands Of Arab
raiders. who tear up portions Of the
| track.
| (An questions of fact are free TO
! those who send their inquiries. with
| two cents in stamps for return post
age. to The Star information bureau,
] Frederic ]. Haskin. directory
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-06-23
A Proposed District Economy.

A centralized motor transport serv-
ice for the District government has
been proposed as a means for effect
ing economy. The plan calls for con-
siderable first cost" but it is put
forth as means for saving public
money in the long run. Under the
present arrangement each division of
the engineer department maintains
separate fleet of trucks and other
vehicles. The hauling activities Of the
District government would be CEN
tralized in one division, and very re-
spectacle economies are figured out
on paper. Maj. Besson. in urging the
single motor transport corps, has
said that the plan should be adopted,
not only because of possible economy,
but also because Of the necessity for
taking care of those District services
which have until recently occupied
government reservations which are
soon to become part Of the new
Botanic Garden. During the current
fiscal year motor transportation for
the District government cost 1881 ,119,
distributed ''in a score of appropria-
lions for different departments" The
plan has been submitted to the board
of District Commissioners, and the re-
sponsibility is theirs whether to EN-.
body the estimates for the plan in
their recommendations to Congress.
Capitalization and coordination are
the order of the day, and public money
should be saved wherever 1t can be
without impairing the operation Of
government. A plan which proposes
tn improve service and save money
should be carefully gone into. and
there is no doubt that the Commits
sioners, if they believe that the CEN
tralized transport plan will save
money and promote efficiency, will
strive for its adoption.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-06-23
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
by FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE

admirer q desired autograph. Since
then he's been known to HIS friends
a. Eugene"
Europe's standard political alma
nae. Diplomatic Year Book" now in
its 163rd year. is a little confused
about Mr.. Harding. The 1923 edi-
ton. which has just reached this
country labels him the thirty-sev-
enth President of the United States.
He happens to be only the twenty
ninth. Perhaps the editors of the
almanac think Harding will come
back" forty OF fifty years hence.
for the numerical rank they now as
sign him. The original publishers Of
the year book. the ancient house OF
Justus Perthes, at Gotha, Germany,
are still issuing II. The 1929 volume
has as frontispieces the portraits OF
Lieut.. Nina Van Wrinkle, chief of
Washington's women's police bureau,
once owned a slice of the British
will cut mail losses 100000 a year.
able island in the south Atlantic,
fourteen or fifteen miles off the coast
Of Miami. Mrs. Van Wrinkle and her
late HUSBAND sold the property to
who changed its name to Treasure
Island and occupies II in winter time
with his family. Mrs. Van Wrinkle
IL often asked how many generations
its most celebrated ancestor, Rip Van
Wrinkle: A visiting Japanese parlia-
mentarian courteously sought that
information the other day.
t*f&
More than ordinary interest at
tRches to next weeks republican state
convention in Kentucky. because OF
the effort which reform elements are
making to secure the adoption of a
platform committing the party to
abolish betting on horse racing. When
the Blue Grass region ratified the
eighteenth amendment. many of its
people thought the age of miracles
had returned. and II remains to be
seen If the home of the Kentucky
Derby now viii ban race gambling
Prof. George Colvin. state superin-
tendent of public instruction. for the
@. o. p. gubernational nomination
because of his hostility to betting
ing backed for the democratic nomi-
nation for the same reason.
Petty larceny of mail matter and
losses due to other causes have been
occurring at such a rate that Post
master General New has inaugurated
the policy of requiring receipts for
special delivery mail. The innoya-
ton comes into effect July 1. Its
the most sweeping postal departure
instituted for years. for II will mean
personally autographed receipts for
/ 00. 900. 900 or more special delivery
articles a year. During the last fiscal
year 74.124,951 special delivery stamps
were attached to mailed pieces First
Assistant Postmaster General Bartlett,
estimates that receipts for specials
will cut mail losses 81 900. 900 a year.
(Copyrieht 1929
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-06-23

1t will be noted that the peak of
the high cost OF living in the Army
was in 1920. Since then. the ration
has fallen in cost from 1888 down 70
29.1S cents. "a ration is q whole
days food for one person.)
That Is a reduction of 42.6 per cent
How much has the cost of food fallen
cent. Who gets that 42.6 per cent.
Not the producers. for farm prices
are far from being the 1920 prices
The cost to consumers has risen
while the compensation to producers
has fallen. All the 1925 per cent
plus all that farmers have suffered in
price reduction, sticks to the hands
between farm and table.
The Department of Agriculture
seems to find that the storage inter
ests are getting short on butter The
five-year average of butter in storage
June ] has been 17.97S,00h pounds.
Last year II stood at 13,202,p0D. hut
this year. June l, ii stood at only
100000 pounds.
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There would not be a pouni OF hut
ter in storage today If the commerce
had been the same this last year as
in the preceding year. for in 1922 We
exported 100000 pounds. and th's
year we not only lid not export any.
but we imported 5000. 900 pounds.
without that shift of commerce by
the 100000 pounds. we would now
be short over a million pounds. with
none in storage.
Is tine explanation that the masses
are now SO prosperous that they az
sprend:rg butter IN both S:':es of
theii bread and baking ii in their
cakes? The future looks like dry
bread.
AS goes the nonsense song. Yes
we have no bananas" so We may
have to eat our bread while hum
ming: Yes, we have no butter"
We may cheer up. however, with
the information that the original
song is doomed. Nicaragua is ship
ping US a million punches of bananas
a month. Like the old lady with her
first view of the ocean, we may be
glad to find something of which
there Is a plenty.
Copyright. 1923, by p. V Collins)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-06-23

The administrations plan for solv.
ing the transportation problem is re-
vealed by President Harding in his
Kansas City address. In the main, he
proposes the merger of the railroads
into several great systems. the
stronger roads with the weaker, SO as
to bring about greater efficiency and
economy, with a resultant-and hoped.
for-reduction in rates.
The country as a whole undoubtedly
would favor greater efficiency and
economy in railroad management.
Particularly 1t would favor a reduc-
ton in rates. The Presidents proposal
has in it much merit. Such consolida-
ton as he proposes should bring re-
suits. But the difficulties Of bringing
the mergers suggested into effect are
recognized.
Under the existing transportation
act, the Cummins- Esch law, permits.
sion is given to bring about the merger
of the railroads into greater systems.
But when it comes to compelling such
a merger it is doubtful that Congress
could do so by direct legislation with
out first having the government pur-
chase the railroad properties.
On a small scale the transportation
problem Of the people Of the National
Capital is on all fours with that of the
! people Of the country. Here the prob
lem has been to bring about merger
| Of two street railway systems, one &C.
cupying a stronger position than the
other. Bills in Congress have been ad-
| merger. But the two companies have
! shown no signs that they could reach
a basis of adjustment, even il that
permission were given. If these diff
culties Of adjustment are found SO
great In q single case, such as that
presented by the street railway lines
Of the capital, what hope may be held
out that with thousands of railroad in
terests throughout the country pulling
this way and that agreement for
mergers may be reached?
1t has been proposed in Washington
to levy an excess profits tax on the
operating income of the street rail-
ways as a means of putting the roads
into a better frame of mind for ad.
justing their differences over a merger.
Possibly such a scheme might be ap-
piled to the interstate railways Of the
country in an effort TO force them to
reach an adjustment
Another lever which might be ap.
piled to bring about consolidation is
the proposal that unless the mergers
were consummated the alternative
would be government ownership and
operation, the nightmare Of the rail.
roads.
President Harding in his speech has
dubbed government ownership and
operation a colossal blunder.' In
this view he will be joined by millions
Of his fellow citizens. But if the roads
are to remain in private ownership
selfish interests must be laid aside.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-06-23

5000. 900 board feet OF lumber, with
out depicting the forests If IL Is prop
erly harvested.
The biological branch is looking
after the rapidly increasing reindeer.
which supply both meat and trans
portation. 1t also has the super
vision OF the preservation of fur
bearing wild animals.
While the population is less than
10000 whites, aside from natives.
the commerce is increasing-has in
creased 238 per cent in the last dec
ade. Imports have decreased % per
cent and exports have increased IL
per cent in the last decade. Alaska
Is becoming self-supporting and cor
respondingly Independent. There is a
restlessness there. because of that
fact, over the long distance form Of
government, and the presidential
party will seek to investigate the
situation and perhaps recommend
certain measures of greater autonomy.
Gov. Scott Bone is a former Washing
ton editor, familiar, therefore. with
both ends of the situation.
r
Wouldn't II be grand and glorious"
IL the cost of food for civilians could
follow the fluctuations of its cost in
Army rations?
Here are the figures for the cost OF
the ration. for the respective years:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-06-23

Q. How many people from Wash
ington will sail for England on the
Leviathan July Al. r.
A. The Shipping Board says that
more than Fifty reservations have
already been made from Washington.
The following are listed: Minister
from Ecuador and wife. Secretary of
Labor Davis. Representative and Mrs.
Nicholas Longworth, Representative
Madden and two, Senator and Mrs.
Harreld, DR.. and Mrs. Sawyer, Be-
livian minister, Senator and Mrs.
smoot. Representative Britten, Mr. and
Mrs. Dewey. Capt. and Mrs. W. B.
Bradfort: Mr.: and Mrs David Law
Hope, Mrs. J. E. Billups. Mrs Thomas
Hogan, Mrs. Humphreys. Gettings
party. Misses Harris. Mr.. and Mrs. G..
Logan Payne and Mr.. Payne, jr.: Mr..
and Mrs. j. MacMahon. Mr.. and Mrs.
Van Fleet. Mr.. Harreld. Mr.. and Mrs.
@. Bryant and valet, G. d. Hope,
Mrs. M. G. Forsyth. Miss Virginia
Forsyth. Miss Frances Forsyth, Mrs
Turner, Mr.. and Mrs. r. D. Matthew
and two children, Mr.. Hartman, Miss
Charlotte Cuttings. Mrs. A. Warner.
one. Mrs. Robert Forrest Wilson and
daughter. @. Bryan Pitts and Samuel
]. Henry.
Q. What kind of a golf ball did AL
bert Mackenzie use in winning the
Middle Atlantic championship?-M. c.
A. In this memorable match both
father and son, the winner and the
runner-up. used Spalding 30.
@. Have we had hotter weather this
June than we had in the same month
last year?-F. X.
the hottest June day last year the
official high temperature was SO de-
grees Fahrenheit. This year that
record was broken at the outset The
official high temperature June was
95 degrees.
Q. When the government calls in
victory bonds before they are due
does the owner lose the interest call
ed for on the last coupon?-R. M. A.
A. The Treasury Department says
that interest ceases on victory bonds
on the date on which they are called
Therefore those bonds which were
called December IL carried no inter-
coupons for May 20 are not paya BILE
@. What Is safe spray to keen
flies off cows2-D. ]. NJ.
A. Many mixtures. particularly OF
an oily nature, have some value as
repellants. but in preparing these
care should be taken that they are
not too strong. particularly when the
animal is exposed to the hot sun, as
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-06-23
Speculation Versus Manipulation.

Secretary of Agriculture Wallace
has signed and promulgated rules for
carrying out the provisions Of the
grain futures act of Congress, the OBJ
ject of which is to prevent manipula-
ton of the grain market by unscrupu.
lous dealers, the dissemination of mis-
leading statements by men bent upon
fleeing the farmer and the trader
alike and to make a reasonable and
safe market in which to deal. Score
tary Wallace, in his explanation Of the
effect of the rules he has laid down,
takes pains to point out that they do
not forbid future trading on the
rise and fall of the market. but that
they are designed to shut out the
crook as far as possible.
He declares it to be his purpose Ito
put stop, if possible, to the circula-
ton of unfounded rumors set af1oat
by designing operators to deceive un-
wary spectators, and further. If pos
sible, to put an end to unfair price
manipulation. Legitimate operators
meddling with their business"
The method Of accomplishing these
purposes is explained to be to require
reports to he made giving information
concerning operations on future trad
ing markets which will make 1t pos
sible to make a systematic study OF
the manner in which grain prices are
registered in these markets.
Present conditions in the New York
stock markets would seem to suggest
the query whether it will be possible
or advisable for the government to
apply a similar system Of check and
inquiry there. The precarious condi-
ton of the markets in the past week
or ten days, reaching such a stage
that the leading banking interests
were compelled to get together and
agree to stabilize the market. is in
part ascribed to practices which the
grain futures act seeks to prohibit in
the grain market.
Speculation will never be abolished
In the nature Of man and things. 1t
should be safeguarded. however. II it
can be done, against the raids of
crooks The attempt being made un-
der the grain futures act will be fol-
lowed with interest
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-06-23

One OF President Harding's fare
we'll cogitAtions In Washington con-
cerned the number OF brass bands
he'll have to listen to on the western
trip. The only objection Noble
Harding had to the 10 bands that
filled the air with melody during
Shrine week was the sameness OF
their repertoires. In the west the
President hopes to get away from
Dixie" which was the Shrine IA
vorite. but he may have no better
luck than Gen. Sherman experienced
on trip to Europe. For years after
the civil war "Old Tecumseh" couldn't
move anywhere in the United States
without having Marching Through
Georgia" blared at him. He fed over
seas one summer mainly to escape 1t.
town late at night. At 8 O'Clock next
morning the general was reused from
his sleep by an Irish band beneath
his hotel window. vociferously pound
Ing out the old tune.
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"reminiscences of political and So
cial New York and Washington are
shortly to appear between the COW
ers of a book by Mrs. J. Borden
Hartman. one Of the great hostesses
of the Wilson administration. They
will deal with an exceptionally varied
public career. dating from 1906, when
Mrs. Hartman became manager of
the New York state reformatory for
only woman member of the Federal
Industrial Relations CommisEon. Dur
ing the war she was a colonel of the
District of Columbia Red Cross Motor
Corps. Nowadays, when not on the
wing in America or abroad, Mrs. Har-
riman presides with uncommon grace
over a popular political salon in her
old-world home in the residential end
of F street Critics who have seen
her memoirs in manuscript predict
they will attract wide notice. IL the
author goes in for political revela-
ttons, they ought to contribute to the
spice Of the times. for she has enjoyed
exalted sources of Information.
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Jack" G. O'Brien, until recently a
Washington newspaper man. has en-
tirely against his will been sailing
under false colors in and around
Hollywood. OBrien was rescued
from journalism last winter by Gen.
Charles G. Dawes and is now. in con-
nection with the former budget di-
rector, an amateur oil magnate in
southern California. At luncheon In
a Los Angeles hotel the other day
a party at an adjoining table heard
O'Brien introduced, and. as Jack"
Is not wholly devoid of pulchritu-
dinous charms. jumped TO the con-
clusion that he must be Eugene
O'Brien. the movie star. Presently
an elderly lady mustered up courage
to address him and expostulate how
much she had enjoyed him in The
Voice from the Minaret." The mis-
take was too rich to clear up. where
upon Jack" obligingly handed his