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Evening star., 1924-10-27
Lew Dockstader.

With the passing Of Lew Dockstader
goes another of the old-time minstrels
who once in black face gave great
amusement to the American people.
Few of them remain. That style of
show has passed out of vogue on the
large circuits" Of the country, though
minstrel companies still tour and draw
good houses in certain sections. Gone
are the big troupes with national repu-
tations that held the boards at the
largest theaters Of this and other cities
Of considerable size, usually for a week
at time. Gone is the old-time parade
Of the performers, with their natty
fancy costumes, their shining high
hats of gay colors, their twirling
canes, their wide-skirted frock coats
Of satin, the fssnd, also in gay array,
swing "concerts" at the theater doors
.Ast before the performance.
Few Dockstader was a great lend
tpan." He held many a conversation
With tho interlocutor, who gravely ad-
dressed him with momentous ques-
lions OF a searching nature, to bring
out the witticisms that caused the
house to rock with merriment- Min
srel jokes were never subtle, but they
got the laughs. Dockstader held his
own with the greatest Of the "eJni
men," He had an unctuous hunsos
that never failed tq evoke response.
Evening star., 1924-10-27
F LO W E r S
For the Living
Chauncey Depew
BY SCHUYLER PATTERSON

| Two Sunday edition feature writer's
were standing on the steps of the
| Public Library in New York. News
was scarce. Editors were implacable.
| What to do?
1--WE got it," said the first; well
! have to interview some one"
! pine" said the second; well go
! see Chauncey Depew. He'll help us
| out. He always does"
! If Chauncey Depew possessed but
| two OF his many attributes-his kind
| Illness and his age-he would yet be
| a person Of great interest TO the
| country. Being what he is however
and, in addition, rounding out the
91st year of d career flled with useful
| activity, he has frequently been de-
| Scibed as Americas foremost citizen.
| In that lifetime he has satisfied the
! ambitions or three ordinary men. He
| has attained prominence politically,
| having served as Senator and having
| been named for the presidency OF the
| United States. He has become multi
| millionaire. He has been president
and is now chairman Of tho board
| of directors of the New York Central
| Railroad system.
| Opponents Of big business and the
aSs;ilants OF soulIess corporations
| have never found in him target at
! which to shoot. His utteranccs at the
| $500 banqucts which he has attend
| ed in the course Of an extended and
varied after-dinner speaking career
have completely disarmcd them. For
Chauncey Dcpcw has the reputation
| OF possessing sense of humor and
a hearty interest in the WelI-being Of
| his fellow man. II is a widely known
TACT that the door to his office in the
Grand Central Terminal Building
swings wide for all who wish to en-
ter, whether they be of the country's
wealthiest or his own organizations
most humble laborcr
And the caller. whoever he may be
will leave with the feeling that hc
has drunk deep at the fountain Of
wisdom; that he has talked To II man
to whom years have brought a phi
| losophy Of tolerance and patience
coupled with Il keen desire TO do
good turn where he can.
Chauncey Depcw was born in
Peeksville, n. Y. April %, 1894 He
graduated from Yale when he was
%, and two years later was made Il
delegate to the Republican State con-
vcntiou, to which he has been elected
with few exceptions, every year since
lie has also been large to
every Republican national convention
since 1883.
He has declined such outstanding
political posts as Ambassador to
Japan and Secretary of State. IT was
through Cornelius Vanderbilt and his
son William that he became connect
cd with the New York Central in
1866, when it was known as the
Vanderbilt line. He is Il 33d degree
Mason.
His chief recreation is public speak
ing. speech making is d tonic to
me-" he said, and not an occupa-
tion of wear and tear" Through all
his banqueting career, however, he
has been extremely watchful of his
digestion. II have always been care
full of my food" he said recently, in
response TO an inquiry as to what he
ascribed his longevity. My health
is due, more than anything else, to
that fact: that l have always been
very careful what got inside of me.
Copyright 192i)
Evening star., 1924-10-27
A Safety Conference.

Secretary Hoover has called a ma
tional conference to meet in this city
December Is. Its purpose will be to
obtain organization and cooperation
of all activities in the reduction of
traffic accidents. Representatives. of
police departments, insurance COM
panies, safety councils, chambers of
commerce, labor unions, automobile
associations and other organizations
from all parts of the country will at
tend
In 1928, notes Mr.. Hoover, there
were no less than 22,600 deaths,
61S.000 personal injuries and property
damage to the extent of $500. .0OO. 900
in traffic accidents alone in the United
States. This is a casualty record equal
TO those Of some wars. Yet the deaths
and injuries and property losses have
been incurred in a time of profound
peace, in the course of the ordinary
business of the country.
Too heavy is such Il toll to pay for
rapid transit. The motor car is un-
doubtedly a necessity. 1t cannot be
ruled out of existence. 1t must be
regulated to the point OF safe service
The people need instruction in the use
of the streets and highways, both as
pedestrians and as drivers. Plainly, in
the face of these figures of loss, pres
ent conditions are unbearably bad Is
it the fault of those who drive, or
those who walk, or both?
There is little value in considering
where lies the fault of this condition
save in seeking to find remedy. Does
that remedy lie in more regulation or
in less? Some persons advocate the
withdrawal of restraints and the i'm.
position of more severe penalties for
accidents where responsibility can be
placed. Others hold to a stricter regu-
lation, togther with more severe penal
ties.
Probably one of the prime causes of
the mishaps is the incompetence of
drivers, who are licensed without suf-
ficient regard for their qualification.
Recklessness prevails to a shocking
degree, with utter disregard for the
rules. Yet the great ma jority of drivers
are careful and rule-respecting, self
protective in their caution. A small
percentage of careless drivers can do
a great amount of damage before they
are themselves put out by their own
disregard of the law.
The coordination Of rules OF safety
is desirable to effect the greatest de-
gree Of reformation. The conference
in December will aim at the establish
ment of a standard of safety through
out the country. This is large task,
but in view Of the tremendous cost of
carelessness it is well worthy seeking,
and the hope of the people is that out
of this meeting will come some ad-
vance toward safety.
Evening star., 1924-10-27
Regular Army Records.

The report comes that records of
the Regular Army for the 100-year
period from 1912 to 1912 have become
dila pidated as the oesult of years of
constant handling, that some OF the
original muster rollsi have been backed
with tracing cloth tno keep them from
falling apart and that many OF the
The adjutant general says: The only
practicable solution is to abstract from
the muster rolls all the data pertain
ing to each OF the 5000 or more in
dividuals concerned, and following the
system so successfully applied TO the
records of volunteer organizations in
Fed d-.'al service to transfer those data
to indcx-record cards" AS the case
stands the original record must be
withdrawn from file and searched
whenever certain information is in
quired for 1t has been said that the
Government is slow in adopting mod
ern filing and index systems, and the
plaint of the adjutant general seems
to show that the Government is not
up-to-date in its keeping Of old records
of the Regular Army. 1t may be that
it is behind the times in keeping other
records. Under the present plan not
only are the records being worn out,
but the time and clerical effort in get
ting from those records data needed
must be wasteful.
Evening star., 1924-10-27

ca mpaiSn has made for the intensity
of the feelings that have been shown.
Here the contest is spread over three
or four months. There the campaign
is concentrated into less than a month.
There is time here for partisan steam
to ecape without violence. That is at
least one of the advantages of a long
period Of canvassing for votes.
The use Of the radio for the broad
casting of speeches has undoubtedly
had an effect in keeping the temper
Of the people even. 1t is impossible TO
work W, "a rage against a talker who
is, perhlg,s, Il thousand miles dis
tant. TIE. utmost that can he done is
to hang UP the ear phones or to turn
off the rtiud speaker. Neither action
affects the, man at the microphone in
the least.
Complaints against the length of the
campaign in the United States are
heard eveiy time the people are called
upon to decide upon their adminstra-
tors and Legislators, but there is no
disposition, it is plain, TO change the
system by curtailing the period Of
agitation and appeal. The vast extent
of the country calls for at least three
months weork. Candidates cannot
cover the debatable States, if they
take the road in less time, and render
effective service for themselves and
their causes. Certainly, in view NJ the
rancorous manifesto tipns. in England
in the present three-week campaign
there no demand is likely to be heard
for any material shortening OF the pre-
election period in: this country.
Evening star., 1924-10-27

Nearly everybody is too much in
terested in the presidential campaign
right now to get excited over muscle
Shoals. SO Henry Fords withdrawal
Of his offer for the famous Govern
ment property in Tennessee Nallcy
passes with only ripples of comment,
compared to the storm which raged
when the proposal was alive.
In Tennessee itself there is real
and keen disappointment, and the
Nashville Banner declares 'it means
that the mulcting fertilizer trust has
won its fight against the cheap pro-
duction of agricultural essentials and
for a continuance of high prices to
the agricultural interest of America.
Generally the press is disposed to
feel that Ford's action clears a mud
died situation and opens the way to
proper disposition of the big project
without political interference.
..Nr. Ford's offhand withdrawal,
through the pages of a magazine,
the New York Herald-Tribune OBJ
serves. has about it something OF
that startlingly casual quality which
prevented him during the three years
that this simple affair of business
was debated in Congress from ever
once appearing to explain 1t. we
do not he remarks, intend to be
this lofty and detached note that
he closes one of the oldest chapters
in recent political history. Perhaps
IL is lust as we'll, for he has al
ready drawn Muscle Shoals, the en-
battled farmers and the nassed real
tors OF the Tennessee Valley into
politics and kept them there for three
years, while his retirement now sup
plies tho first valid hope that they
will ever be taken out again.
* X X x
The Topeka Capital thinks Mr..
Eord's example is not one of the most
admirable kind of citizenship any
way, because ''he speaks in terms OF
contempt of politics or government"
The birmingham News takes some
what the same view, and adds: He
or his representatives have practiced
evasion and equivocation. And at the
last he has not come out boldly and
made his withdrawal in letter to
Washington officials. His loyal fol-
lowers in the House and Senate are
left all at sea. The men upon whom
he has depended naturally feel crush
ed and disillusioned."
OF these followers, the New York
World says: 'They seemed to have
been under the fascination OF the
name of Ford and to have given little
attention to the actual merits of the
Ford terms. He was the miracle
worker, and nothing else mattered
BY throwing up the role for which he
was staged by his admirers, he should
help to put the whole Muscle Shoals
project back where it belonds as
straight business problem"
The Buffalo News agrees, 1T is pos
sible now to dispose of the Muscle
Shoals question on it's merits. without
consideration of politics. The
country has lost nothing through the
withdrawal of Mr. F'ord's bid. 1t
should have lost heavily IL his offer
for the power and nitrate plants had
been accepted"
suggests the Milwauixee journal, ssfor
Evening star., 1924-10-27
Believe MIDDLE Is Cleared .
Rv Ford Muscle Shoals Act

and property from going the way OF
so much leftover war prop rites for
he focused public attention upon the
matter, and, though this focusing
proved the undoing OF his own efforts
to get control. on his own terfrfs. IL
has served to awaken the AublIstSt 9 :
what d valuable possession it hasA
Muscle Shoals" s--- SSs ~
In the opinion of the FL Paso Her
aid, Henry Ford was right in callinG
off the offer, because mo busifess
man can permit a proposal to danE1e
in the air forever-the Government;
has been wretchedly indecisive IL
handling the Muscle Shoals offer"
Responsibility for the delay and
confusion, the New Orleans Times
Picayune insists. rests entirely upcfI
the Republican party. whose Leaders
have squabbled and jageled faffa
lodged the issue while the DeHla
cratic minority stood ready to vol,
upon it, and Mr. Ford's disgust 6S =
the Muscle Shoals mess will be shared
by millions of voters and should find
emphatic expression at the polls next
month"
The wonder is. according to the
Minneapolis Tribune, that Mr.. Ford
did not throw up his hands and quit
long ago. IF he had been dealing
with private agencies" the Tribune
adds, instead of with the Govern
ment, under conditions that gave
politicians a chance to play their
game, the whole matter would have
and almost forgotten"
* X 4 *
The Memphis News -Scimitar rs-
CARDS it as likely that the wikM-
drawal of Mr.. Ford will cause re-
vision of other bids, and may indnes
other bidders to enter the field 1T
would be better" continues this pas
per, Ito wait five or ten years for q,
satisfactory bid than to rush in and
sign a contract that would tie the
resources of Muscle Shoals up so or
100 years, and prevent the use OF
that exceptionally fine natural re-
source for the public benefit" In
this connection the Springfield Union
remarks that: Renewed demands for
Government operation and maintc-
nance may be expected PerhapS
other more advantageous offers will
be made privately. The President.
Furthermore, has limited at an Impair
tial commission to investigate posi-
bilities, which may, in the end, offar
the best means of disposal ViewsA
from any angle, however the with
drawal of Mr.. Ford is scarcely calami-
tous." rl
The Richmond News-Leader argues
that Mr.. Ford still hopes the Govern
ment will agree to terms acceptable
to him, and that before the new
Congress has been in session three
months, it is safe to predict, a new
offer by Ford or a new offer to Ford
will be discussed; then the old con-
troversy will begin all over again"
The Newark News also thinks Mr..
Ford tactfully leaves the way open
for counter bid" by the National
Government, but declares "he should
not get it, for there is no ssNehs
paucity of brains or organizing skill
in America that Muscle Shoals cannot
be put into successful operation hE
anybody but Mr.. Ford ard his N
Evening star., 1924-10-27
British Campaigning.

Critics of the American electoral
system, who have in the past COM
pared it unfavorably with that of
Great Britain, especially on the score
of the length Of the campaigns, will
have cause to modify their aspersions
in the accounts Of ruffianly behavior
at the political meetings that have
been held in England recently. Rowdy-
ism has prevailed to an extent to give
the managers of the three parties con-
tending for supremacy occasion for
vigorous protest. Hooligans have
broken up meetings and attacked
speakers on numerous occasions. One
candidate was felled by a blow with a
lead pipe. The attacks have come ap-
parently from men melted by political
opponents and perhaps hired for the
purpose. The assaulted candidate be-
longs to the Labor party, and his as
sailant is believed to be Communist.
Conservative and Liberal speakers
have been likewise boohed and hustled,
and in some cases compelled to close
their remarks.
Nothing quite Of the sort has hap
pened in this country during the pres
ent campaign, though in one or two
meetings feelings have been manifest
ed somewhat strongly, as, for in
stance, in one of the cities of the
Southwest a portion Of the audience
arose and with clamors of dissent
walked out of the meeting, which was
being addressed by a United States
Senator. There has been some heck
ling here and there, but no violence
has been manifested. The campaign
on the whole has been orderly and In
q spirit OF good nature and fair play.
Possibly the hreyfty Of the British
Evening star., 1924-10-27
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHIIANpER JOHNSON.

Unabashed.
L should not reprehend the rule, or
hiss it,
Describing it as enterprise illicit,
If my income tax grew bigger
Till it reached the proper f1gger
To be set before the world in terms ex-
plicit.
If my superior luck or my endeavor
Should seem to stress the fact that 1
am clever,
] am here to tell the Nation
That its broadcast publication
Would occasion no embarrassment
whatever.
Evening star., 1924-10-27

The fact that Charles Evans Hughes
left the Supreme Court Of the L. S. A.
at the call OF duty does not prevent
him from feeling an abiding faith in
its integrity and a profound respect
for its Importance as bulwark of the
Nation.
Evening star., 1924-10-27

During his stay in this country the
Prince Of Wales frequently appeared
in sport costume. but never once tried
to impress us with the sword and
lad has tact.
Evening star., 1924-10-27

In the old days, too, there was a
filling station on every corner, but
it had the shiny mirrors and brass
hardware.-Detroit News.
Things are pretty bad, but up to
the present writing, no law has been
passed. to make men wear the new
style trousers.-Charlesto Post
Another way to get your husband
Ia early Ii to tell him supper. is late
1e4nuell lyou were ont at target prAc-
kz1 " Haven RegiateE
Evening star., 1924-10-27

French comment dwells on the fact
that while American enterprise deals
in big sums, it is also compelled to pay
handsomely. This observation ought
to have its effect in international debt
adjustments.
Evening star., 1924-10-27
Friends of the Orator.

Would you not feel disconnected If
your audience should fail to applaud?"
There's no chance Of that" an
swered Senator Sorghum, eff you have
your wits about you. No matter what
you are saying, your audience will al
ways cheer if you work around to the
mention Of George Washington and
Abraham Lincoln"
Evening star., 1924-10-27

The aggressive intellectually of
Germany has not prevented her from
attaining great success in the art of
letting other people do a large amount
of the worrying.
Evening star., 1924-10-27

The farmer can get more than usual
for what he sells, but is still entitled
to the customary sympathy when he
is obliged to make purchases.
Evening star., 1924-10-27

The farmer will naturally be in
clined to attach importance to the
fact that agriculture is not very lib
orally represented in the list of large
incomes.
Evening star., 1924-10-27

One of the great political problems
in the minds of many citizens is that
of seeing how large a portion of the
taxes he can make some one else pay
Evening star., 1924-10-27

Vatc by Mail-Payabie in Advance.
Mary land and Virginia.
All Other States.
Member of the Associated Press.

The Associate Press is exclusively entitled
20 tho use for republication or all news dis
Patches credited to IL or not otherwise credited
n this paper and also the local news pub
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special dispatches herein are also reserved.
Evening star., 1924-10-27

Attention is again drawn to the fact
that the income Of the educator and
the clergyman is much less than that
of the pugilist.
Evening star., 1924-10-27

The advantages of Drawn over brain
may be estimated by comparing the
income tax of Jack Dempsey with that
Of the Rev. Percy Stickney Grant.
Evening star., 1924-10-27

The agitaions of the present make
the ability of Calvin Coolidge to go on
keeping cool a mark of valuable dis
tinction.
Evening star., 1924-10-27

Among the non-taxable securities
may be mentioned the stock in trade
Of the bootlegger.
Evening star., 1924-10-27
Trying to Cheer Up.

The housing problems cares expand
And leave the world in doubt.
Lets organize a picnic grand
And all go camping out!
Evening star., 1924-10-27

Jud Tunkins says the Government
ought to pay him a little something
for the week or two Of hard work he
puts in figuring his income tax.
Evening star., 1924-10-27
Still GruDing,

Although Investigations by the score
Have caused me agitation,
do not feel I've added to my store
OF useful information.
Evening star., 1924-10-27

"Rches have WINGS said Uncle
Eben. Anybody dat uses em fob
nyin' high wants to be . IDS class
Evening star., 1924-10-27
InSur2nces,

Money doesn't insure happiness"
Every true" said Miss Cayenne.
''But the lack Of it insures a great deal
of discomfort"
Evening star., 1924-10-27
In the Bobber ShU1,

In the B0bber Shop.
The rules Of courtesy have left me
veXed.
I'll have to let my whiskers grow
complete.
For, when the weary barber hollers
"Next.'
Unto a lady I must give my seat.
Evening star., 1924-10-27

Q. What can be done to keep 4.
raincoat from getting stiffo-G. n N.
A When not in use d raincoat
should be frequently sponged with
water TO keep it in good condition.
Evening star., 1924-10-27

@ What is faiencc?-N T.. D.
A 1t is Il very general term IN
English denoting fine pottery that :
sometimes richly decorated in color.
Evening star., 1924-10-27

0. What is the difference between
kerosene and coal oil?-E. G. G.
A Kerosene and al oil are the
same, the name coal oil being used
when the oil was made from coal
and shaIes.
Evening star., 1924-10-27

Q. Why do mosquitoes seem to buzz
the most when near the ears?-J. W. y.
a. Mosquitoes buzz the entire time
that they are flying, but the sound IS
so faint as rule that IT cannot Dc
heard until it reaches the vicinity Of the
Evening star., 1924-10-27

Unto a lady I must give my seat.
Evening star., 1924-10-27

@. How did the system OF card in
dcxing originatc2-I. l. p.
A. 1t is recorded that as early as
the Revolutionary period An inmat >
Of a French abbey wrote titles Of
books on playing cards and arranged
them alphabetically on a tray.