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Evening star., 1924-05-22
"Reminiscences.

The Board of Trade makes ready
for it's yearly shad bake Saturday at
Quantico. 1t is the thirtieth annual
bake" The Board of Trade was
organized in 1889, held it's first ban
quet in February, 1891. but did not
contract the shad.bake habit until
1894. The time was Thursday after.
noon and evening May II and the
place Marshall Hall. Even then the
steamboat, Charles Macalester carried
the "sha bakers and the report in
The Star said: The steamboat made
her way into the west channel and
steamed along the west front Of the
flats improvement. This part Of the
excursion was in the nature Of an
object lesson to the business men
and guests on board. BY a neat
piece of steering the boat passed
through the Long bridge, and the
trip was extended as far up as the
Aqueduct bridge"
At Marshall Hall the dining room
was not large enough for the crowd
and a hundred Of the Board and its
guests sat at tables under trees. The
Capitol Glee Club sang-Galloway,
Smart. Shedd, Coward, Hall, Cronin
and DR.. Willis Pomroy, jr. B. H.
Warner spoke, followed by Senator
John Sherman Of Ohio. He was
reminiscent and said that when he
came to Washington. forty years be-
fore Washington was without almost
everything that goes to make up a
.neat city ~excepttng hope and prom
Evening star., 1924-05-22
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE

Prince Won Buelow. erstwhile chan
cellor of imperial Germany. used to
say that the real leader of the Con-
servative tJunker) party was his
cook. Buelow explained that when
ever the government program wasn't
progressing in the Reichstag, he'd
wine and dine few Junker leaders
or the entire Reichstag group. if nee
essary, and parliamentary miracles
would forthwith be wrought. Evi-
IDENTIFY President Coolidge, too, be-
lieves that cooking hath charms to
soothe the political savage. White
House breakfasts and dinners have
become his favorite recourses for i'm
proving the congressional digestion.
They didn't produce desired results
on the bonus, but better luck ensued
in the case of the world court. Hiram
johnson was one of the conspicuous
absentees at the world court dinner
for the foreign relations committee
Perhaps he feared crow would be on
the menu.
No more active campaign for vice
presidential nomination is being
waged in either party than that now
under way on behalf of George L.
Berry of Tennessee Democrat. Few
men, either Republican or Demo-
cratic. are so many-sided. Berry is
one of Americas foremost organized
labor leaders. ex-service man and
past vice commander of the American
Legion, and dirt farmer in his native
Tennessee. His chief occupation is
that of president of the International
PresSmen's Union and director of its
fine institution for pensioned printers
at the town of PresSmens Home,
Tenn. Col. House, Woodrow Wilson's
Warwick. has bestowed his blessing
upon Maj Berry's candidacy. Ten
nessee. of which Berry once just miss
ed being elected governor, will be for
him heart and soul at New York in
June. Berry has the good will Of the
big New York newspapers. He set
tied their great printers strike last
year.
Secretary Mellon recently got a
present a king might envy. Next to
juggling with vast figures in high
finance Mr.. Melons principal passion
is a cigar. AS a testimonial to his
public service at the Treasury mem
bers Of the Pittsburgh Chamber Of
Commerce have given him a humidor
"a receptacle in which men who
scorn Tom Marshalls scent cigars
keep more expensive brands moist.
The Mellon humidor is a replica, in
intricate detail, Of the Mellon Ma
tional Bank building. in Pittsburgh.
Ii is made of platinum. gold and
precious stones, and rests on a mar
Evening star., 1924-05-22
Tax Reduction Prospect Brightens

Every indication points to such a
shaping of the tax revision bill that
II will meet with the approval of
the President. The conference is pro.
crossing in adjustment of differences
and ii now appears that the measure
will go to the Senate and the House
without the features that. it is un-
derstood, are particularly objectiona'
BILE to the Executive, notably the
corporation tax levy and the pro-
vision for publicity of income tax
returns. AS it stands the bill is ex-
pected to make a reduction of s47o,-
100000 in the net income of the gov
ernment.
When Secretary Mellon laid his
proposal for tax revision before the
House of Representatives he pointed
TO the prospect of surplus of
S323, ,000. 900. 1t was expected that
The net reduction of income would
be in about the same sum. The
projected revision was based upon the
assumption thSt there would be no
toiS duultioii 10 lne expenditures,
particularly no bonus. Congress has,
however, passed the bonus bill over
the President veto and thus as,
Sured a very considerable addition to
the outgo during the next fiscal year.
A cut of s475, 100000 in taxes would
be about $4,000, 900 more than the
estimated surplus. If for example.
an addition Of $3.50, ,00O. 900 is made to
the normal expenditures on account
Of the bonus there is in prospect a
deficit of about $500 00O, 600 or ap-
proximately the amount of the esti-
mated surplus reported by Secretary
Mellon.
But the country expects tax reduc-
ton. 1t has been promised lower
ing Of the tax burden. 1t has the
right to look for it. The President
has pledged it and Congress has guar
anteed it. The average taxpayer is
not concerned about the question of
a deficit. He may know that deficit
means either an ultimate addition to
the taxes or drastic curtailments in
expenditures. But he does not worry
about that if for the present he gains
remission from the exaction of the
tax rates.
II is quite possible that the deficit,
II one is inevitable, will not be as
large as now computed. Nobody can
really tell the effect of the new tax
scale. 1t may yield a much larger
net revenue than is estimated. Pro-
spective deficits have heretofore van
ished in the final balancing Of ac-
counts.
In any case, a tax-revision measure
is now in prospect. one that can be
consistently approved by the Presi-
dent, and for that the country should
be grateful, and it doubtless will be
grateful, and in November will mani.
fest its ratitude-though just in
what manner remains to be seen.
Evening star., 1924-05-22
Editors See Last Civil War
Wound Healed in Church Union

Virtual agreement for reunion of
the northern and southern branches
of the Methodist Episcopal Church
in America strikes a chord Of praise
from editors throughout the country.
A schism lasting for eighty years,
over a difference long since oblit-
Grated in every other activity except
the church, is looked upon by the
writer's as perhaps the last trace of
the great sectional strike of the last
century which tore the Union SO
brutally.
The Detroit Free Press concisely
sums up the long struggle as follows:
1.-The schism about to be ended oc-
CURED precisely eighty years ago and
hinged on the issue that almost de-
stroyed the national unity eighteen
years later. At the General Confer
ence of the Methodist Episcopal
Church of 1874 the northern dele
gates supported a resolution advising
Bishop Andrews to 'desist from the
exercise of Office as long as he con-
tinued to retain the ownership Of
certain slaves whom he had inherited
from his wife. The remainder Of the
bishops undertook to avoid a crisis
by suggesting that the matter go
while Bishop Andrews be given over
sight of conferences only in parts
of the country which did not object
to his slaveholding. The confer
ence. however, refused to accept this
advice and passed the resolution, and
the next day. when the northern
delegations declined to interpret the
action as merely advisory the south
erners set. about making plans for
secession and when the conference
of l848 was called to order the
Methodist Episcopal Church South
had already been launched with about
100000 white members and -125.000
negro members"
Another step toward erasing the
lingering divisions between north and
south" is the way the Newark News
describes the action and adds there
have been no doctrinal differences to
overcome. for, while the southern
church was for a long time consid-
cred more conservative than it's
northern sister liberal tendencies
have shown themselves in recent
years, so that the two branches are
now said to see things from about the
same angle" To this the Savannah
Press adds "it was only a sentimental
cleavage which has obtained" and ex-
presses the belief that the only oppo-
siti0n to the reunion II there is any
will not be on sectional or political
grounds but because of the belief
that the interest of the church would
be subserved by preserving separate
organizations"
."Unification of the two great
branches of Methodism." declares the
Ohio State Journal, "after a division
that has lasted four score years, is
history making in Importance and
the big, outstanding event of the day
lin the religious world" Furthermore.
the State Journal observes, lit was
only q question OF time until the
l1AtAl tnaan4t1Al4 tA- Anton -Mnuld
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cling to that which is beautiful,
whether it is new or old. Let them
build on tradition, profiting by the
'labors and inspirations of those who
have gone before; let them. above all
others, hold high and carry forward
the torch of art; and let the buy
ing public lend aid by demanding
beauty in production. Let us not be
carried away by the false gods of
affected originality, by the giamor of
cule. When we look about us on the
outdoor world we see beauty; when
we stand in the presence of Gods
creations we recognize harmony and
loveliness. Let us measure art by
these standards, let us not forget
that the art of ages which has sur
vived, all conforms to certain prin-
ciples, all aspires to perfection, all
appeals through beauty to the imagi-
nation; and let US not be deceived by
the craving for individualism to cast
aside this precious heritage. Here is
our opportunity to become leaders in
the world of industrial art, rather
than, rs heretofore. blindfy led by
EufopA
Evening star., 1924-05-22

bring it about and concludes. "the
MethodistS have made a notable con-
tribution to the cause of church
union, cooperation and common cause
in carrying forward the spiritual
work of the church
The Springfield Union assumes that
otner influences than the old issues
have existed to keep apart the two
branches of the church since the orig
inal ones passed more than forty
years ago and concludes, until such
separations and distinctions as these
tend to vanish, it will be too early
to speak with confidence and consis-
tency of the breaking down of ma
tional lines into brotherhood of man
IN the cause of peace" While the
Boston Traveller more confidently OBJ
serves:
IF Methodism. North and South,
can can now worship beneath the same
tent, acknowledging not only the
same Lord. but common bond Of
human fellowship, it means the for
getting of old scores, the resolution
to forgive old differences and to live
at peace. Outward peace between the
Two sections of the nation has long
since been achieved. The reunion OF
Methodists will be the token of a
nearer approach to an inward. ear
nest peace founded upon mutual re-
spect and affection"
In the opinion Of the Brooklyn
Eagle, "the Methodist split has long
been a rather absurd anomaly, and
the prospect of eliminating it is
grateful to the denomination's COM
municants, as it is to the general
public, north and south" While the
Pittsburgh Gazette-Times observes
that though slavery ceased to exist
with the close Of the civil war, re-
'ligious organizations, agreeing in all
essentials except on a dead issue, con-
tinued to live apart, and, in some re-
spects to compete with each other"
To which the Portland Express adds,
branches of the church thus to be
consummated will be symbolic merely
of the spiritual union already exist
ing, a. union formed for the high and
holy purpose of bringing the king
dom of God to this EARTH 49,
"The line of demarcation long ago
ceased to be more than nominal"
the lapse of decades had raised up
barriers of administrative and finan-
cial conditions which 1t has been nee
essary to adjust to the spiritual union
which has long existed" The Phi1a-
delphia Bulletin observes that "the
plan for union adopted is notable for
its provision of jurisdictional confer
ences for the north and south, in
conjunction with the General Confer
ence as the general legislature Of the
reunited church." which it considers
"a statesmanlike solution of the diff
Guilty of separate problems and in
terest of more intimate concern and
import in one section than another"
The Providence Journal recalls
that the BaptistS and Presbyterians
in the United States divided over the
slavery issue long ago, and asks,
will the Methodist example inspire
those denominations to reunite their
churches, north and solthr
Evening star., 1924-05-22

, etc. and also separates them from the
IIiuo. fIafninsos make their nests in
niarsaes. M. scraping up the mud until
ing out the top of the pile 10 contain
one or two eggs.
q. How many fights has w. s. Strib-
ling' the Macon schoolboy, had?-
c. S. NJ.
A; Young stribling has entered INTO
| these he has had no knockouts: won
tWenty-eight, knocked out seventeen.
eleven draws and lost two.
O., When were kodaks invented?-
A. In 1884 George Eastman naten,-
| ed the first successful rollabIe flms
and in 1888 he perfected the first
kodak.
Q. What is meant by "rotation in
office" IT r =.
A. With the developmept NJ tbs
spolls system in the distribution Of
PUBIC offices s a reward for marty
services there developed the idea that
the offices should be passed a-ound
and that no set of appointees should
hold for longer than one term or one
administration. This was called no
tation in office" Buchanan was the
first President to dispIace men ~ his
\
politics might be more widely Gistrib-
uted
Q. I have seen the address Homo
lulu, T. H." on letterheads. What do
| the initials stand for?-T. B.
A. T.. H. stands for Territory of
n V. no" long does twilight last
A. Twilight is daylight which con-
tinues after sunset. Light is re-
nected from the upper air till ths, SIN
is about 1S degrees below the horizon.
but the duration of twilight is mani
testify much Influenced by the state
OF the atmosphere. In low IatitIdes.
both on account of the quickness with
which the sun traverses the Is de-
sreeS below the horizon and because
OF the transparency of the arrnoe-
phere, there is little twilight. on the
other hand, in latitudes higher than
AZ degrees twilight at certain times
OF the year lasts from sunset 10 sun
rise.
O.. Where did the thirds rule
originate in constitutional and par
ilamentary law?-C. II. IT.
A. The two-thirds rule may be re-
garded as American in its origin and
grew out of the jealous vigilance with
which the smaller communities in
ciuded in the Union of states sought
70 safeguard their political rights
The Constitution. for example. in pro-
viding two-thirds vote of the SEN
ate for conviction in Impeachment
cases secures to a minority of the
states as represented in the Senate
the power to decide the result
. Q. Please advise how ordinary cot
ton can be made absorbent?-M. a
A. Boil best quality of cotton with
per cent solution of caustic soda
or potash for one-half hour. Wash
thoroughly, press out all water as far
as possible: and immerse in ) per
cent solution of chloride Of lime
(bleaching POWDER for fifteen 10
twenty minutes: wash with a little
water, then with water acidulated
with hydrochloric acid then with
water. Boil once more for fifteen
minutes with caustic soda solution
and wash with acidulated and plain
water as before.
Odd yon erer uvite letter to Fred
eric j. HdSEiny YoH can ask our IN
formation Bureau any question of fact
and get the anStrer in personal letter.
This IS q part Of that best purpose Of
thtS neDSpdper-SerUice. There is ~
charge, eIceDt cents in stamps for
return postage. Get the habit of asking
questions of Frederic j. Hdskin Di-
rector. The Star Information. Bureau
1890 North Gdpitol StreetD
Evening star., 1924-05-22
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN

@. How many feet of film for mo-
tion pictures are made each year.
G. A. w.
A. The manufacturers turn out
about 65,O00,000 feet of motion pic
ture film a month. This amounts to
10000 miles a year-enough to wrap
around the earth more than six times.
In 1895. the first year that the finn
was produced commercially, only
total of 21,6S3 feet was made.
Q. What degree of longitude is the
meridian for eastern, central and
other times in the United States p
H. s
A. In the United States the stand
ard time meridians are those whose
longitudes are west of Greenwich
co.. 750, 90', 1867 and 1907. The time
of the Goth meridian is called colonial
ern; 90th, central; 105th, mountain;
12Oth Pacific.
@. Has the peak of Mount Mckinley
ever been reached?-B. II.
A. The geological survey says the
highest peak of Mount Mckinley was
first ascended by Archdeacon Hudson
Stuck and Harry F. karstens on June
Z, 1914. The north peak, two or three
hundred feet lower than the highest
summit, was ascended in 1910 by
William Taylor and Peter Anderson,
two Alaskan mining men. In 1912
Herschel Parker and Belmore Browne
approached within few hundred
feet Of the highest peak, but were
driven back by a blizzard before
actually setting foot on the top. The
officially accepted height OF Mount
Mckinley is 90, 300 feet. Its geo
graphic position is latitude 63o. 03'
$3.50, longitude 1872, 00' 44.3s" west.
Q. How were schools first started?
A. The first schools were started
in the early history of mankind.
Schools were first held out of doors
and the teaching was conducted
orally. similar to the Hindu Brahman
schools. Among the Hebrews the laws
were expounded by oral teaching
from the porches of the temples. The
amount of instruction greatly in.
creased from the mere oral teaching
OF the law until it involved letters
and arithmetic. Among the Spartans
the education was almost entirely
along new lines. Elementary schools
became common after the Christian
era and in 64 AID. they were made
obligatory. In Athens nearly all of
the schools were private, teaching
music and literature. reading, writing,
arithmetic, geography and drawing
In early Rome the schools taught
reading and writing and sometimes
arithmetic
=. Please give some data about
the f1amingos of Porto Rico-D. II.
A. The fiamingos in the vicinity
OF Porto Rico are remarkable for
their deep vermillion color of plum
age, set off by black wing quills.
which makes them attractive to
sportsmen and plume hunters. The
males show the brightest plumage.
while the young are brown and fe-
males pink. The classification of
these birds has puzzled ornithologists,
put they are now regarded as a fam
lily representing a distinct order usu-
ally ranked as intermediate between
the anserine birds and the spoonbills.
biser. etc. The food of the famingo
is derived from water and mud and is
obtained by them while wading in
shallow places and supported in mud
by their great webbed feet. The bill.
which is long and broad and curved
downward, assists in the seeking of
food by the mandibles, which prevent
the escape of small worms, fish. seed.
Evening star., 1924-05-22
Traffic Signals.

William Penn has become a traffic
con, PhiladelpAia's chief regulator Of
vehicular movement. For, from the
statue Of William Penn on top of the
City Hail TOW flashes powerful
or1ngecolored ray to start and halt
the streams Of motors on Broad street
and the cross streets. 1t is planned
to put other such lights on the tower
at the. feet. Of the founders bronze
enigy and regulate the traffic in the
heart Of the city by that means.
This il an amplihcation Of the traf.
As control system now prevailing IN,
Evening star., 1924-05-22

Airplanes are used for carrying
mail and chlorine gas is employed to
cure a cold. These are bigger strides
toward peace than beating swords
into plowshares.
Evening star., 1924-05-22

Much of the immediate sentiment
regarding any world peace plan ap-
pears to depend in large measure on
the personal popularity Of the man
who happens to propose it
Evening star., 1924-05-22

A sudden movement in the New
York stock market is not necessarily
an index to prosperity prospects. 1t
usually signifies only that. like other
artists, fnanciers have temperament
Evening star., 1924-05-22

While the physicians are still feel
ing his pulse, Robert La Toilette is
expected to keep in touch with the
pulse of public opinion.
Evening star., 1924-05-22

A rapid survey Of recent Russian
history will give a glimpse Of the
evolution of a radical into an auto
crat
Evening star., 1924-05-22

The cost Of amateur gardening is
higher than usual this year owing to
che additional expense for umbrellas
and overshoes.
Evening star., 1924-05-22

1t is as well to start training for
the campaign early. Mr.. McAdoo
paused in Washington long enough
for hearty handshaking session.
Evening star., 1924-05-22

The bonus question has now gotten
out of politics and taken it's place in
practical finance.
Evening star., 1924-05-22
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON
Police.

Police.
Although the public goes it's way
With duties that increase.
The busiest men on earth today,
We find, are the police.
Our industries. we often fear,
Will falter in their course.
Because SO many men, we hear,
Are needed on the force.
The peoples fiivvers won't behave;
Men quaff forbidden brew;
The bandits let their victims rave,
And rents are overdue.
And yet we joyously proceed,
Each to his daily task.
The business futures bright, indeed.
What more could mortal ask?
And sorrows ought to cease
Somebody finds there's something
wrong
And calls for the police.
Significant Silences
THE people have ceased to discuss
those scandalous disclosures
1--WE noticed that" answered Sena-
tor Sorghum.
"Evidently they have decided to
forget the matter
You can't always tell about things
like that. When a man avoids
topic of conversation it may mean
two things; that he is no longer in
terested OF else that he doesn't want
to get any madder about it than he
already is"
Jud Tunkins says he understands
there are SUNS out in space much
larger than ours, but he has so many
ether things to be envious about he
doesn't intend to notice 'em.
Superabundance.
So many plans from which to choose
When work is to be done.
So many precious days we lose
In picking out just one.
Msrauding.
Amy more desperadoes in Crimson
Gulch?'' .
mot like in the old days, before
50 many of the boys want into the
MOVIES" answered Cactus Joe. "But
now an then they; get almost cross
enough to fight OWN to way they've
got into OF stealin' one another's the
atricaI cold cream
Motive Missing.
why don't you bob your hair?"
II might" answered Miss Cayenne,
"if I were married. At present there
is no one to object to it, and there
fore no reason for me showing my
independence"
"Of cohse,,' said Uncle Eben, '6ar
is still folks dat totes weapons, but
rs minded to give de safety razor con-
sid'able credit fob bein', = peace pro-
motena -
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"Of cohse,' said Uncle Eben, Oar
is still folks dat totes weapons, but
rs minded to give de safety razor con-
sid'able credit fob bein', . pace pro-
LmotEss ,..,.e4 Ia;
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MMaudine.
Motive Missing.

why don't you bob your hair?"
Il might" answered Miss Cayenne,
"if were married. At present there
is no one to object to it, and there
fore no reason for me showing my
independence"
Evening star., 1924-05-22
Supefabundance.

So many plans from which to choose
When work is to be done.
So many precious days we lose
In picking out just one.