Evening star., 1923-05-15

ucational, mammoth cong lorn GRAFTON
Of all that is grand. magnitirenA
| splendid, glorious and enlightcuiuE.
Nothing that has ever preceded ~
can be compared TO its 0verwhcIut-
ing, stupenduus irnprcssivencss I1s
camel park alone, during june Is Ill
surpass Ncahs ark. Allah's garden
lis ineomparably superior to, Eal,y-
! Ions famous hanging gardens, 30
that, with all the spectacular -siler-
dor of the arches and hooth4 ni.d
wonders, Pennsylvania avcnae wi.s
defy the tongue or typewriter bt NOR
tai man to depict: H.
! There will be historic reproduc-
tions of every century. from l%"a
l.. c. 10 the last day Of Congress.
| and the pageants, which viii paIda,.
! before the astonishcd eyes If til"
| millions of bystanders. VIII daze th.n,
! with their amazing charm and Srs.cB
| tlingly realistic and convincing F.
| Multitude, so true to life as 10 Ge-
ceiVe and enehant the very elect III
even the elected -enlighten the iI.-
| tellect and inspire tn. imacin Ion
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devoted fan of the celebrated
Arabian Nights. The erHGitinn Of Ill
the best scholars sf America has cpt.-
| tributed 10 make this the climax i.
pomp. the essence Of beauty tho 81.
perb elimination of splendor and .f.a
ecstasy of poetic dreams.
! King Solomon and her ma jeEty. IL"
Queen of Sheba. have sent their rs-
grets, but her imperial najcs:y
| Queen Cleopatra. and both Caesar and
Antony viii arrive in duo time. The
! west is sending a mGnstr0us caravan
across tho great American desert, an
several automobiles from Baltimore
| Will get free admission.
Al ordinary activities OF men s..
suspend. The public schools VIII l.
| dismissed. The weather bureau VII
| cease 20 bambopZlr. and the polit!'ia'.
! Will become humble and tTuJhfu.
| The flowers will don their most h"aH-
! enly hues. and the music rf rfe
| spheres will sway tho foliage Of the
trees and the tender blades of tae
grass. The glory Of the moon Wi
compete with the enulgence of Ii i.
| sun, and the stars will differ. eac:l
| from the other, in glory. The night
day Will be filed with sunbursts.
! Lest the unSophiscatcd and ~
| imaginative might fail 10 comprehend
| and accuse us OF Oy"rstatlEg lie
| facts, the ha!f-Eay the teuth-Aas
| not been told.
| ~ *
| The expected has happened. Here
we gave the ballot to women, and the
first thing they do is to prove THAI
| George Washington not only entered
! into IAN entangling alliance" hut
| that he dotted on kousecIeaLiL2 IT.
| alliance" was his marriage, and the
| day before he arrived, with his bride,
| at Mount Vernon. he sent ahead a
| letter to his care -taker, directing
that: You must have the house very
| well cleaned. and were you to make
! fires in all the rooms below it would
| air them"
= Then he further instructs that the
Staircase is to be polished in order
: to make it look WELL and he should
| put the beds, tables and chairs in
order. that they may be well rubbed
| and cleaned"
Does not that have familiar sound?
| Perhaps it was a cold, backward
| spring that year, just like 1923. Clean.
Polish, Air out, We had always
supposed that Mr.. Washington was
above such petty. unnecessary dis
turbances of tranquility. Was ne
afraid of criticism from Martha
| Martha, Martha. thou art careful
| and troubled about many things
Copyright. 1928, by p V. Colins)