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Evening star., 1924-10-05

speculative, and an investment" in
in race horses. She owned racing
stable and Lotta's colors flashed on
many tracks. Even by this means
she seems to have made money and
retired from the turf ahead Of the
game" There is no doubt that the
greater part of her fortune was made
by investing in real estate. She
bought land and put up buildings in
various cities in whose future she had
faith. These investments made her
a multimillionaire.
. Though Lotta in her youth was
known for her thrift. she early be-
gan to make some fame for serself
as a philanthropist. No doubt the
list of her benefactions is long. but
there comes to mind at this moment
the fountain she gave to San Fran
cisco when such a gift was a popular
benevolence. During the great war
Lotta came from retirement to give
her name and aid to charitable af.
fairs and she was active in many
forms of war work.
In her will she leaves a trust fund
Of s2,000.000 for the benefit Of dis
abled veterans Of the World War
and their. wives. and names as
trustees Gen. Clarence II. Edwards,
Judge William Waite of the Superior
Court Of Massa C chusetts and William
A ~ - ;cl,o
The Lotta Agricultural Fund for
the benefit Of graduates Of the Massa-
chusetts Agricultural College to aid
them in entering the business Of
farming She establishes a trust fund
Of $4,000 "fcr the care of dumb
animals. but principally to wage war
on vivisection." She creates The
Lotta Thea trical Fund Of 500, 900
for needy and worthy actors and
actresses She creates trust fund
Of 100000 in aid of discharged con-
victs, and another trust fund Of
$100,0 600 in memory of her mother
for making Christmas gifts to the
poor. She establishes a trust fund
of $4,000 as the Lotta hospital fund
to provide beds for the poor in Boston
hospitals. She also made generous
bequests to relatives. who, however.
are now reported as planning a
contest.
The name Of Lotta brings up many
sad-happy memories to old and mid
dle-aged men and women. They feel
sense OF pleasure that the merry
little actress made and kept her
money and on leaving the world left
her fortune to carry on good works.
Evening star., 1924-10-05

! any other major league player
thinks he can compete with Walter
IN the line OF "discoverers'' let him
come forward now or forever after
hold his peace.
The incipient wave Of morality
which has been threatening the New
YORK theatars these last two or three
weeks has given at least some of tho
managers "a case of cold feet oyep
II others are loudly announcing thev
VIII not clothe their beautiful girls
and eliminate all the "cuss" words
from their script. In one of the big
New York reviews Will Rogers has
had wheeZe that he is the ONLY
person in the show who comes ONT
iuiIN clothed and remains that way
TO the end. It was Il good wheezr
when the show first opened, for there
was Il state Of undrcSs about some nf
the "glorifed" girls thai fairly took
the breath away from the out Of
town visitors. There was Mother
Eve. for instance. who look ed as il
she might just have had the gates Of
Eden closed upon her and had had q
abandon everything she posses sscd eS-
Cept three rather charming fig leaves
and glorious head OF flowing hair
Sinc" the morality crusade started
-
backward move was to give the audi
oncc Just fcetin- glimpse of Eve
instead Of the long. long gaze which
marked the earlier performances. But
the producers feet got colder still
and nov Eve appears in something
that looks like black lace curtains.
III" glimpse is just as ncetinS "a
ever, and perhaps il is just as wei.
for an Eve in window curtains ia not
f1-y n
sight. on, censorship what inartfstic
crimes are committed in thy name.
I: 4
Rcv"rting once more to sports. il *
an odd thing that two young men
climbing to the purple heights this
season adopted the same successful
psEChologN Of the game BOBBY
Jones OF Atlanta had been battling
eight years for the national amateur
golf championship, hut did not attain
1t until this year He won because he
ceased trying 10 play just stronc
enough TO beat his competitor. but
went out to play the best he knew
how, which is just d little better than
any one else can play. Bobby ddnf
watch his competitor, he just kept
shooting for the flag and getting
ther" and ii was inevitable that his
opposition should crack and tumble.
Stanley Harris, Youthful manager
Of the Washington Nationals won
tn" first major league pennant for
the National Capital by precisely th"
Sd IN" sort Of strategy. When the race
got close and the New York YankS
were pressing the Nationals inning
by inning. rather than game by game.
Stanley Harris took his athletes
asid" and told them to stop watching
he score.
Take il for granted that the
Nanks arc going to win every gam
they play, hc said But We arc go
ing to win every game. too. JUS
YOU stick to winning your own
games That will be plenty
1t Was fine psychology. and hes.
of all. il won.
Copyright. 1921
Evening star., 1924-10-05
Illogical Resentment.

An illustration of the unrea son
which affects some voters in the pres.
ent presidential campaign is given in
a dispatch to The Star. printed Fri
day, from staff correspondent at
Portland, Greg, as follows:
| heard of one farmer today who had
$4,000 bushels of wheat in 1920 when
wheat was quoted at about $40: he
borrowed dollar busheI on his wheat
and then held it, hoping that the price
would go to SO. While he was spending
the money he had borrowed the price
fell and fell In the end he had to sell
for less than 81 bushel. Since then his
crops have been short or the price has
been low. He is stone broke. Eight
members of his family are going to
vote for La Toilette. The fact that 1t
was his poor judgment and not the Re-
publican administration which put him
in a hole is not considered.
This man gambled on his wheat He
could have sold his crop for $67 500.
He hoped to get $4,000 for it. He bor-
rowed $4,000 and spent it. He vir-
tually played a marginal game, put.
ting up s67 500 worth OF wheat for the
sake of a gain of $500 additional
profit. He lost. The market fell. What
pulled it down? Speculation such as
his contributed. No political influences
affected it. Economic law governed.
But in his heart he blamed the
"nanipulators," not Yealizing that he
was himself playing the very game
that is charged against the factors
and middlemen and brokers, to the
disadvantage of the wheat grower.
Illogical? OF course, to the extreme
degree. Yet a typical case Of blaming
ones own fault upon another. This
thing happened while a Republican
administration was in office. There
fore the Republican party is to be
held responsible for the disaster. If it
had been a Democratic administration
that Oregon farmer would have
blamed the Democratic party.
Along comes a candidate for the
presidency dcnouncing the regular
parties and offering panaceas for the
ills of the agriculturists and the work
ers and all sorts and conditions of
men. Could he have sent that wheat
price on up to So bushel in 1921?
Could he have prevented the fall in
price back to a dollar? Assuredly he
could not. But the farmer who was
stung by his own bad judgment and
his greed for a few more thousand
dollars of gain, when he had a large
profit right in his hand. now feels that
perhaps somehow, by some legerde-
main of politics, this candidate may
save him from future disaster Of this
sort
No candidate for office. if elected, no
party in power in Government, can
save a man from overreaching him.
self from holding too long to crop
for better prices and losing his profits
through foolish dealings. No candi-
date and no party can check the
wheat from rusting, or keep out the
grasshoppers or hold back the frosts
or assure the needful rains. Nature is
supreme in these matters, and nature
governs the laws that control the
prices. Still, eight votes in one family
are to be cast for the medicine man"
because it so happened that a Repub-
lican occupied the White House while
this Oregon farmer was foolins away
his fortune.
There is no accounting for the
vagaries of judgment in campaign
years.
Evening star., 1924-10-05
Lotta's Will.

Charlotte Crabtree-La Petite Lotta
Of the stage from about 1853 to
1S91-who died at Boston a few
days ago, left an estate Of $4,000, 900
and in her will made magnificent be-
quests for objects that were close
20 the little woman's heart. When
Lotta was one of the prominent
actresses. in the 7o's and SOS she
was believed to be a rich woman.
There were stories in circulation as
to her economy and thrift. She did
not waste money in lavish living.
She kept the major part of her large
and steady earnings and, either
through her own sound sense or
advice Of good counselors, she made
investments that paid. One Of her
which was highly
Evening star., 1924-10-05
BY THOMAS r.. MARSHALL,
Former Vice President of the United
States.

Former Vice President of the United
ohe or the prerogatives Of old are
IS garrulity. The good nature of the
American people finds expression in
their tolerance toward the man who
thinks he has won a doctorate in the
school OF experience. Without i'm
patience they permit him to diagnose
diseases of the body politic' and other
diseases that he runs across and to
oHer remedies. They may not con-
sent TO take his remedy. but they are
Wiling to pay respectful attention
while he cracks up his cure-all.
Nearly every man has a vocation
Yet, only few seem to realize that
1t takes a long time to perfect one in
any vocation. Perfection is always
remote, although methods of pro
hciency as set forth by those who
nave achieved success are numerous.
To instance, one might suppose be-
cause OF the many works on medi.
cine and law that novice would be
equipped to discharge every duty.
Not so. Otherwise it would not be the
practice Of medicine and the practice
OF law. Accomplishment does not ac-
company the procurement of a di.
ploma.
DimcuIties Are Evident.
The difficulties in preparing ones
self for a vocation were brought
sharply to my mind several years ago
in the trial of lawsuit. The action
was one to recover damages for al
legged malpractice upon the part OF q
surgeon. The disability which he had
sought to remove was dislocation
OF the thigh bone suffered by a man
who had been run over by wagon
loaded with brick. AS the trial pro-
ceeded the main point OF controversy
was whether the dislocation was
downward and forward or upward and
backward.
A noted surgeon was on the wit
ness stand to give expert testimony
and he was being cross-examined by
one of Indiana's most brilliant law
yers. Whether an ordinarily COM
petent surgeon could have discovered
the character Of the injury was the
point that the lawyer was trying to
establish through the witness. The
witness countered by asking the law
yer what he meant by an ordinarily
competent surgeon. This led to an
exchange OF definitions. The witness
described an ordinarily competent
surgeon as one who profits by his
own experiences. The lawyer appar-
emily was amazed. With a voice like
thunder he demanded to know: DO
you mean To say that your profess
sion Is so uncertain that you sur
geons practice of the infirmities Of
mankind" To which the witness
answered: eyes; the practice of surg
cry and the practice of law arc much
alike in that respect. / knew you
when you could not try a dog case.
Yet you kept on practicing law at
the expense of your clients until now
you are known as great lawyer"
In many ways one generation can
start where the last generation stop
ped but this is not true as applied to
vocation. This we acquire from
day to day and year to year by con-
slant practice.
Vocation IL Essential.
4 vocation is essential to the lead
ing of a normal life--a life of success
Evening star., 1924-10-05

1t Is in the Treasury Department. but
not under it's jurisdiction or direc-
ton. 1t is under the immediate di-
rection of the President and operates
under his instructions. 1t is the
Presidents agency for handling the
details involved in the preparation
of his estimates of appropriations for
the ensuing year. estimates of re-
ceipts and expenditures of the Gov
eminent for the prior, current and
ensuing years, and statements rel
ative to the financial condition of the
Government. The President is re-
ouired by law to transmit the budget
to Congress on the first day of each
regular session.
Copyright -1AcdS
Evening star., 1924-10-05

The eyes Of the country are again
turned to Washington, D. c., the city
to which people look for their base
ball information as well as their politi.
cal news.
Evening star., 1924-10-05

Fortunately for the already heavily
burdened United States Senate the
industries pertaining to the Nation S
entertainment are endeavoring to pro
duce their own investigating ma
chinery.
Evening star., 1924-10-05

II is sometimes best for a candidate Q
to make only such speeches as are re-
not desirable to encourage the popular
tendency TO minsle in confused con-
sideration eminent statesmen and IA
vorite entertainers.
Evening star., 1924-10-05

In addition to profiting by the price
Of wheat in the markets the agricul-
turist can effect valuable economy
by holding out enough to bake his
own bread. After all it is still the ulti.
mate consumer who pays and pays.
Evening star., 1924-10-05

Higher prices in active markets do
not indicate any business agitation be-
cause Of the complicated, though
rather remote, possibilities pointed out
in connection with the coming cleo
ton.
Evening star., 1924-10-05

The city dweller has had an oppor-
tunity to sympathize with the farmer
who is resentful of spectators. The
base ball ticket scalper has helped to
create a fellow feeling.
Evening star., 1924-10-05
Total Disappearance.

IOt4l DlSdppe4Fdncc.
Sister Susie's bathing suit no longer
is required.
She took it home and put it on de-
posit.
And now it's lost forever. For a
mouse those togs admired
And dragged them through knot
hole in the closet.
Jud Tunkins says if women are ex-
pected to keep up with all kinds Of
important public activity they may as
we'll make up their minds they'll have
TO learn to play base ball.
Not the Agricultural Role.
Don't you ever feel thoroughly
hopeful and contented?"
YES" replied Farmer Corntossel.
But whatd be the use of mentionin'
it. Nobody'd believe me-"
Zones Overlooked.
The street car runs from place to
And in addition to that pace
We ride as earth revolves each day,
While also speeding on it's way
Around the sun, which also moves
Along in space, as science proves! :.
How is If that the railroad skips
A chance to charge for all those trips?
I'VE didn't realize we was livin' in
what was gineter seem de good OIL
times" said Uncle Eben, when bout
de worst dat could happen in de street
was bein' run into by bicycle"
Evening star., 1924-10-05

obliterated: and in place of them w.
have clean streets and cutters, pleas
ant drives and walks and attractive
lawns and parks. Public spirit and
thrift seem to prevail generally. not
withstanding there Is "A general de.
preston of business throughout the
country. But these periodical de-
prcssions arc always remedied by a
cessation OF the cause, which Is ex-
trava gancc, and a return 10 the habits
of economy"
Evening star., 1924-10-05

There have been several mysterious
diappearances that kept the public
guessing. That Of Grover Bergdoll is
the latest.
Evening star., 1924-10-05

AS a dictator" in the realms of
public entertainment Judge Landis
has managed to get far more OF the
spotlight than Will Hays.
Evening star., 1924-10-05
Heard and Seen

Autumn is waffle weather as well
as base ball weather. All the glory
"f the Fan season j. not reserved fo-
the mighty heroes OF the diamond.
There is q hit left over for pancakes
Is there man with stomach s."
dead who never 10 himself has said
Think III step into this restaurant
and order me stack O wheat
When crisp Autumn days come
around. as they do usually once ii
year, about the time of the annual
world series, male warnings turn to
watfies ard pancakes. delightful con-
tections of the griddle
w neither or not the world series
happens 10 he il Washington. the an
nual urge for waff1es hits the Ma
tional Capital just as tho leaves be
gin to turn. and the flowers droop
on their stalks. and cats tilt their
ca twhi skers cloudward for the frs
warning Of rain, and children snuff
with colds. and the stores begin to
advertise over,natS and fall drcSSe.,.
and the old man reluctantly cOr-
down into tn" basement 10 start III,
furnace.
Evening star., 1924-10-05

To revive an old-time paradoxical
phrase, Senator Brookhart is Repub-
lican, but not working at it just now
Evening star., 1924-10-05

The term CLOSED incident" is to Ger.
tain popular persistences no more
reliable in base ball than it is in
diplomacy.
Evening star., 1924-10-05
SHOOTING STARS.
By PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Threats.

Threats.
give hints of woe
Unless things happen thus or so.
But men have frequently declared
They may be coaxed. but never scared.
are quite surprised
When fights draw near as advertised;
For this old world has never yet
Been made more peaceful by a threat.
Evening star., 1924-10-05
Railroad Car
Lighting.

Lighting. September m ~ % 1t ia q
is an editorial referring to a casualty
that had lately occurred:
The attention of the post office
authorities has been called to the
dangerous character of kerosene
lamps of railway postal cars by the
recent terrible death of a postal clerk
on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.
The matter of lighting postal cars
is left to the discretion of the rail
road compa nies. but the department
has for years invariably recommend
ed the use of the German students
lamp using lard oil in summer. and
the same material. with sufficient
quantity to prevent freezing. in Win
ter, and number of lines have adopt
Cd the suggestion. 1t is a subject,
however over which the department
should have entire control, since so
many dreadful accidents have uc-
cured from the use of explosive
kerosene. There are several lines of
Ioad-one. we believe, the Georgia
Central-whiCh use gas for lighting
purposes very successfully and with
out running any risk of accidents by
fire. 1t would be a good thing if all
roads would adopt this method"
Evening star., 1924-10-05

one sometimes thinks that no
waifie sizzleS So merrily as that eaten
in the little side street restaurant
where the proprietors have sense OF
the proprietieS.
Here there is no glarinE light In
proclaim to a street of paSsersby that
customer is therein consuming de-
liciouS waffies. The shop lets that
go for granted evidently, for inside
the patron eats in the dim light that
comes in the front windows.
The tables are neat and clean. In
this place customers attend strictly
to their own affairs 1t is the in
tiuence of the waffle, benign provendcr
fit for the gods.
1t is hard to recall any article 0f
diet that genuinely hits the spnl"
like a wafTle.
Ee they sugar waffies, or waff'cS
made with eggs, or waffles cooked in
butter, or containing butter, or not
containing butter. or however they
are put together. wa flies are WafficS
the world over.
They are those inimitable cross
barred goodies in search of which
the gods of Olympus devoted their
lives. and. lacking inventive genius
finally had to shut up shop and 60
out of business.
1t took modern ingenuity TO in
vent the waffle iron. | mean mod
ern in comparison with Jove. Jupiter
& Co.
Evening star., 1924-10-05

Base ball exemplif1es that it is i'm
possible to keep one or two bad boys
from intrduing on any playground.
Evening star., 1924-10-05

Remarks for Immediate CONSUMPTION.
We'll never forget the things you
said in that speech tonight" said the
handshaker; mot as long as we live
I'm sorry to hear that" comment
ed Senator Sorghum; you know a
man in my line Of endeavor does have
to change his mind sometimes"
Evening star., 1924-10-05
Commissioner Blow
on Districts Prospect.

al form of government for the Dis
trict in 1874 in succession to the ter
ritorial government. In The Star
of October 9, 1874, is printed an inter
view with Commissioner Blow upon
his return from a visit to Missouri,
giving his views on the immediate
and prospective requirements of the
District and its outlook for develop
ment The Star said
"Commissioner Blow stated in sub
stance that there is no city in the
country in better circumstances. or
with better prospects, all things con-
sidered than Washington. Other cities
are heavily burdened with taxes to
nav for their public improvements.
and they have no rich partner. as this
city has. to help them out. The
citizens of this District have already
done nobly in the way of public i'm
provements, by which they have set
at rest for all time the question of
the removal of the seat of Govern
ment There is really no argument
left for the advocates of the scheme
The mud holes and dust heaps have
disappeared; the old canal nuisance
Evening star., 1924-10-05

The fine art of waffle eating as
taught by the waffle eaters, consists
Of two main points:
|. Eat EN- hot.
2. Use plenty of good butter.
Your true waffle eater insists upon
both of these points. He will eat
tough wafIles. il necessary but h."
will not eat cold waffies
Give a waffle eatcr plenty of pip
ing hot waffies. and plenty of good
butter, he asks no more of the world
for the time being
CHARLES T.. TRACEWTLL
Evening star., 1924-10-05

II is not for nothing that children
display consuming passion for pan
cakes. griddle cakes. waffies whether
done in wheat. buckWhcat or corn
The stack of cakes healthy boy
can get away with on a cold. frosty
morning is simply astonishing. as
every one knows from personal eN-
perience. either as boy or a parent
or as both, as time unreels the pass
ing of III" years
Corn cakes. perhaps have the most
tempting odor of all. Their flavor.
too. is entirely their own. Corn
waf1les offer another treat, especially
to those who have not run the gamut
of waffles.
1t is surprising how many waffle
eaters never have tackled waffies made
with corn meal AS variant Of a
great theme they are to be heartily
commended.
Evening star., 1924-10-05
Capital Movers
at It Again.

nCuItleS IN the way
and the complete ina ability of the
Capital movers to agree upon ii site
in substitution. In The Star of Oc-
tober - 1874, is the following eX-
tract from the New York Commercial:
"A convention is to be held at
Louisville on the 2lst of October to
consider the question of removing the
National Capital to the Mississippi
Valley 4 vast amount of talking
will be done. but nothing will come of
it, If the Capital is once removed
from Washington il will have TO be
put upon wheels and carried about
from one point to another as caprice
shall dictate There is no good ar
gument for removal which will hold
for a moment against the expense
and trouble it will cause. Steam and
the telegraph have made Washing
ton more central today than ii was
when the thirteen colonies fixed upon
it as the Capital of the Government.
Then il was a wilderness. Now it is
enriched by historical associations.
dignified by noble buildings and has
become the most beautiful city in
America To those who are not
pecuniarily interested in the pro-
posed Job of removing the Capital ii
the spot around which so many sacred
the names of the I3 States, that gave
move the Capital from the city that
bears the name of the Father of his
Country"
Evening star., 1924-10-05

The Associated Press is exclusively entitled
IN the use for republication Of all news dis
patches credited 10 il or not otherwise credited
IN this paper and also the local news pub
hshed herein. All rights OF publication OF
special disra ches herein are also reserved.
Evening star., 1924-10-05
Fifty Years Ago
In The Star

The methods in vogue for light
ing railroad cars We're such as to
Evening star., 1924-10-05
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Evening star., 1924-10-05

The Evening star, With the Sunday morning
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Evening star., 1924-10-05

Henry T. Blow was one of the frst
District Commissioners appointed un-
Evening star., 1924-10-05

Proposals for moving the Capital
from Washington continued to be ad-