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Evening star., 1924-03-14
A Good Friend of Washington.

The announcement Of Senator Law.
renee c. Phipps of Colorado to his con-
| stituents that he will be a candidate to
! more than passing interest to the peo-
! pie of the District of Columbia. Sena.
/ tor Phipps has been consistently a
! friend to the National Capital during
his service in the Senate. AS chair
man of the subcommittee Of the Sen.
ate appropriations committee in
j charge OF the District appropriations
| bill he has given much time and much
effort toward obtaining adequate ap-
| preparations to meet the needs of the
District. He has had at heart the i'm
provement of the public school facili-
ties, the enlargement Of the police
and fire departments, with juster rates
of pay provided for the members of
those forces.
Senator Phipps also was charged by
the last Congress with the important
duty Of investigating the fiscal rela-
| tions of the federal government and
the District of Columbia, as chairman
of the joint select committee to de-
termine what surplus revenues Of the
District had accrued in the Treasury
of the Unit. / States to which the Dis
trict was entitled. The findings of that
committee were to the effect that
S4,43S, ,154.92 of such surplus revenues
I We're in the Treasury which should be
used exclusively for the District, and
Senator Phipps has bill now before
the Senate, with a favorable report
from the District committee, making
effective the findings of the joint Sc
lect committee.
In national legislation and in the
affairs of his own state Senator Phipps
has been both diligent and effective.
Effort and hard work in the interest
Of this voteless community is too often
considered a thankless task at best.
But to those members Of Congress
who. like Senator Phipps, work and
strive for the betterment of the Ma.
tional Capital go the friendship and
gratitude of the people of the District
Of Columbia. These friends of the Dis
trict have the consciousness Of a job
well done, of having befriended a
people who are taxed without repre-.
sentation in the body that levies the
taxes and then spends the money so
raised. They have, too. a permanent
monument to themselves in the ever
growing beauty of the nations Capt.
tai, and the happier and improved
conditions of the community.
Evening star., 1924-03-14
Prince Georges Gambling Charges

A good many of the people of Wash
ington will be interested in the re.
suit Of the trial at Upper Marlboro,
the county seat Of Prince Georges, of
men charged with being proprietors
of over-the-line resorts, against which
complaints have been made. The cases
had been set for hearing last Mon
day, but the storm prevented the
presence of some witnesses called by
the prosecution, and postponement
was asked by the states attorney.
The trials are now set for next Mon
day, and it is likely that all the evil
dence as to how the places of gather
ing or of entertainment were con-
Quoted, and whether they were run in
violation of law. will be presented. 1t
appears certain that the attorney for
the state believes that he has a strong
case against the accused men and
that he will do the best he can to see
that the law is upheld.
Evening star., 1924-03-14
Bosses and Results
BY JOHN CARLYLE

Some men who have good execu-
tive jobs have hard work holding
them and make little progress be-
cause they are always trying to be
something which they are not and
never can be.
Every man wants to grow and de-
velop. The best way to do it is to
grow and develop along the lines that
are natural to you. The most sue
cessful way by all odds is in the man.
ner and type of your temperament.
If you are naturally a driver, if you
are naturally hard d-boiled, if you nat
urally get your results as an execu-
tive by cold and severe methods. you
are due to fail If you start in trying
to be a good fellow, tying to be a
kindly, talkative, generous boss.
But If you find it easy and natural
to get your results by attracting and
leading and mixing and being one of
the boys to those who are under your
direction, it will be wise for you to
pursue those habits and develop those
methods.
Men are all too frequently spoiled
for their greatest usefulness by pos
ing, by trying to assume a role which
doesn't fit them and never can be
made to fit. That is the sad part of
it-they do not know that the pose
can never be made to fit. that it will
always De Il pose ana De perfectly
recognizable as such.
When you get your executive job,
then, the thing to do is to cultivate
the talents you possess. Practice and
perfect them. Be natural.
i. More than one man of fine ability,
of the proper training. possessed by
an earnest desire to make good in a
big way on his new job-promoted,
very likely, from the ranks-imme-
diately sets out to be the kind of boss
he has read about in the magazines
or to be the kind of boss his boss was
or the kind of boss he has dreamed he
would like to be.
He folds his jaw into new and hard
and heavy lines, purses up his mouth
into an attitude of tremendous Judi
cial contemplation. makes up his mind
that smiles and naturally easy man
ner no longer become him. He just
naturally sets out to be boss.
Everybody in the office can see the
wheels go round and smiles a little.
more or less inwardly.
The new boss means we'll. He has
even made up his mind that he will
never appear egotistic. He will be
magnan1mous. So he unbends now
and then. But his unbending is con-
descending. You 's>p hear his join Is
creak.
After all. the big boss, the beloved
Evening star., 1924-03-14
CAN YOUR TAXES BE CUT?
Series of Articles on the Cost of Government;
Where the Money Goes. and Why.
BY JOHN r. SINCLAIR.
Author of "Can Europe Hold Togethery'

the Veterans Bureau said in a recent
letter to the writer that the total num-
Der or ex-service men who had entered
vocational training up to January 1,
1924. was 171.5 .552. OF this number Co.
Ola were stiil in training.
close checking of the records OF
the department shows that Of the 445
trades and professions which have
oeen taught to the veterans. the most
popular have been electricity sales
manship bookkeeping and shoe re-
pairing. This work is extensive. 1t
IS nation wide. 1t is also very ex-
penSiVe How many of us know that
2,340 colleges and schools and $4,000
business ths Ws @ esta biishments were paid by
the veterans Bureau to help teach
these veterans the work required? 1t
Is a great university In itself.
Insurance Runs to Billions.
The fourth major function is the
maintenance of insurance records for
veterans who have applied for insur-
ance and are maintaining current
payments of premiums This is a
most interesting function. Insurance
records are maintained at headquar-
ters for 540,273 insurance policies
Term and conyerted), representing
SO. 1855. 900 insurance. OF these
policies 359.l02 monthly premium pay
ments are received by the bureau
The total liability of the government
and that means the taxpayer-on
account of term twar-time) insur-
ance. largely due TO the hazard of
war. approximates $1,000. 900. 600. Ieav-
ing s900.0O0.O00 as the present value
OF this ability. This will result in
the final payment by the United
states through it's taxpayers of over
one billion dollars.
To care for this great work, the
United States has been divided into
fourteen districts, each maintaining
an Office with large force work ing
along the lines suggested above. In
addition, other Guboffices were being
maintained on November Is, 1923. in
ninety-two cities. 1t is expected that
the number of subofiices will uIti-
mately be reduced to seyenty-seven
for all districts
What does all this cost the tax
payers of the United States? Let us
see. Here is the record of cash ex-
penditurcs up TO and including the
estimates for 1924:
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the room as to how. long IL would
tbre,e thre inc yolk of fresh egg to pass
SUCK to the shell. Some eggs may be
Kept two months and not do this
Whlie others might be kept only five
or six days.
@. When will the next moonlesa
month occur?-H. f. d.
a. There will be no month that
VIII be moonless, but this expression
which there is no full moon. The
| Naval Observatory says that the next
| time that there will be such a moon
Viii be February, 1861. The last time
this occurred was in February, 1866.
@ When was the first Ford car
made.-D. L. S.
A.. The first Ford car was model A,
which was made in 1908.
9. What species are the trees in
Yellowstone National Park?-M. E.
A, Five-sixths of the area of the
YELLOWSTONE National Park. is for
erous. Approximately three -fourths
| of the forests consist of ledge-poIt
pines. Other trees are white pine
Englemann spruce, silver fir, cedar
| and cottonwood: the quaking aspen
| grows in all parts of the park, fur
nishing food for elk, deer and beaver.
| ~ is tHe place known where
Moses was found in the bulrushes?-
! V. A. W.
A: Opposite Cairo lies the Island
of Roda where, according to Arab
! tradition, Pharaohs daughter found
Moses in the bulrushes. At the south
! Nilometer, by which the rise of the
! Nile has been measured by the
Cairenes for 1000 years. II is
square well with an octagonal pillar
lysaI iy, ~ in
| Q. understand that fighting ships
Of $50 years ago had COPPER bottoms
/ Why were they used and how thick
were they?-C. l.. a.
! A. The Navy Department says it is
true that fighting vessels of $50 years
ago had copper bottoms. The copper
was extremely thin, although the
1t was used to protect vessels against
worms and barnacles. The plates
were applied on the outside of the
hull, This practice was principally
chant vessels also used the copper
plating.
Q. What were the names OF the
chorus girls in the original F1orodora
SeXtet?-A. G.
A. The original F1orodora Sextet
was composed of the following girls:
Margaret Walker. Mary Wilson. Daisy
Green, Agnes Wayburn, Marjorie
Ralyet and Vaughan Texsmith.
O. How large is an orang-utan?--
H. NJ. o.
A. The orang- -utan. the name be-
| ing Malay for man of the woods, is
shorter and broader than a man. The
adult male stands about four feet
high and sometimes weighs as much
as 250 pounds.
@. What is the meaning Of 'bar-
aca"?-V. |. G..
A. This word. which is used as 3.
Sunday school class name. is trans
liberation OF the Hebrew word mean
ing blessed used in Chronicles,
20.2G.
Q. Were annuities known before
life insurance was issued?-G. NJ. 3.
A. Annuities are much older. Pos
sibly they were known TO the Assy-
rians and Babylonians. The first
record of an annuity is in Rome in
| 40 &c.
(Tdke advantage of the free fntornG-
| tioH bureau maintained by this paper
any reader can get the dnstcer to any
| question By addressing q letter to The
| Star Information Bureau. Frederic J.
HdSkin, Director, Washington, d. c. In
close cents in stamps for reply.)
Evening star., 1924-03-14
East Washington and Buses.

There Is a demand in East Wash.
ngton for crosstown bus service sew
eral squares east of the Sth street line
OF the Capital Traction Company and
farther to the east than the rather
=. snort stretch of track of the Washing.
ton Railway and Electric on 11th
street southeast. This demand has
. been expressed by citizens bodies in
Southeast and Northeast WASHINGTON.
and several days ago it was announced
/, that there was in prospect the estab-
Hshment of bus line between the navy
yard and 18th and H streets. 1t was
said that this bus line would probably
run from the lower part of Sth street
southeast, along Potomac avenue to
18th street and thence north to the
junction Of 18th and H, Maryland ave-
nue. and the Baltimore boulevard
northeast.
Now conflict develops between the
two electric traction systems in their
anxiety to establish bus connection
with their electric lines in East Wash
ington. At hearing before the Pub
lie Utilities Commission the Washing.
ton Railway and Electric Company in.
sisted on its right to operate any bus
line that may be ordered by the COM
mission to furnish service to the East
ern High School, the Gallinger Hos.
pitsI and ''the rapidly developing ter.
ritory In that vicinity" The Capital
Traction Company thinks that it
should have the privilege Of Offering
bus service to that section, and pointed
out that It made application s-veral
weeks ago to extend Its Randall High.
LANDS bus line from 18th and Pennsyl.
Evening star., 1924-03-14
COURAGE
Il am the master OF my fate,
1 am the captain of my soul"
-HENLEY.
Julia Ward Howe's Ruddy Tresses,

Julia Ward was brilliant: she was
surrounded by luxury in a large city
but her hair was red and during
most of her younger days she was
very sensitive about it.
She was born in New York, her
mother died when she was five and
her father raised her. He built a
mansion" and there being no col
leges for women, provided a private
teacher. He died when she was six
teen and she and her sisters and
brothers were cared for by her uncle.
While on a trip to Boston she met
DR.. Samuel Howe. who was much in
terested in the care of the blind.
She was twenty-four and he forty.
but the friendship ripened and the
wedding in New York was n social
event. They sailed for England. and
soon after arriving he was taken Ill
with fever. After his recovery they
visited most Of Europe, spending
many months. and in Italy their first
daughter was born.
Returning to America, they gave up
luxury and settled in Boston at the
Institution for the Blind. but later
moved into separate home. Three
other girls and boy were born, but
she helped with the blind whenever
possible. -
Soon after going to Boston she pub
lished her first book of poems, PAS
sion Flowers" and other volumes fol-
lowed.
During the civil war she was
prominent in the care and entertain
ment of the soldiers. and in hotel
in Washington, after a visit to camp,
she wrote THE Battle Hymn of the
Republic"
Two years after the war she and
DR.. Howe went to Greece and aided
that country during it's war. Return
ing to Boston, she organized the New
England Woman's Club. the first of
it's kind in the country. and soon
afterward she became famous as a
speaker. Stirred by the Franco
Prussian war, she tried to form in
Europe a peace congress of women,
but Europe was not ripe for it.
Her husband died four years later
and she, ow gray-haired, took great
interest i'm study of the Bible. She
died at ninety. and the nation mourn
ed for her as the "0',Aad Old Woman
of America"
Copyright. 1a2a)
Evening star., 1924-03-14
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
The Universal Quiz.

The Universal Quiz.
Everybody's looking kind o. worried
Everybodys feeling kind o. glum.
Everybody's acting rather f1urried
AS he tries to do his little sum.
Bothered cause he has to pay his
taxes;
Or because his income is so small
That for him the rigid rule relaxes
And from him requires no tax at all
Everybody's working on addition
And upon percentages and such;
Threatening to look for a position
That won't call for figuring so much
Most forgot the troubles of the nation,
Though each day new sorrows are
made known.
Everybody, whatsoe'er his station,
Has financial troubles of his own.
Evening star., 1924-03-14
kdwlp Den ny,


Few men nave ever retired from
public office IN circumstances of ad-
<e7nry with greater honor than Ed
WIN DENLY, who was yesterday
81 "Ieu by his fellow -townsmen of
D>roit with acclamations of the
~armest affection and confidence
upon his return home from Washing
ton. On the occasion of his formal re-
linquishment of the duties of the Sec
retary of the Navy, last Monday, Mr.
DENLY received assurances of unquali-
fed esteem from his immediate asso-
ciates and from the personnel of the
naval establishment. He was at once
relnstated as reserve officer of the
Marine Corps, in which he served as
81 private in war time.
Last evening in Detroit the high
regard of Mr.. Denby's fellow citizens
was given expression in a manner
which indicates that the circum.
stances of his retirement from office
have not lessened the admiration
which Is generally felt for a man who
has been guided consistently in his
public duties by consideration for the
public welfare. Mr.. Denby's judg-
1nent alone has been challenged, in
the course Of the criticisms leveled
at his part in the naval Oil lease mat
ter. His integrity has never been
questioned. If the course he pursued
was wrong, it was an error of under
standing.
Measured against the misfortune of
involvement in a procedure that,
wholly without his knowledge. was
tainted with fraud and corruption. the
services rendered by Mr.. DENLY for
his country are now to be recognized
as worthy of the highest praise and
approval. Such measurement has
been applied by the people of his
home town. 1t is possible for them to
appreciate the value of his work as
the head of the naval establishment.
into which he infused a spirit of CO.
operation that ranges from the hum
blest ranks of the enlisted force to
the highest ranks of the commanding
grades.
Throughout the desperately trying
period Of malignant attack by parti-
san opponents Mr.. DENLY bore himself
with courageous equanimity. He met
the exigencies of a peculiar situation
by rendering his resignation, not in
acknowledgment of wrongdoing, but
for the sake of his chief in office, the
real object of political attack. He
went back to private life with no stain
upon his character, with a high rec
ord of achievements for the develop
ment Of the naval service, and, as
yesterdays demonstration in Detroit
attests, with the esteem of his fellow
men. Such demonstration may DOS.
sibly be rated as an adequate COM
pensation for the pains that have been
lately suffered by a conscientious, ca
pable citizen who accepted service in
the administrative .lanch of the gov
ernment even as when need arose he
sought and accepted service in the
military ranks Of his country.
Evening star., 1924-03-14
Pocketbook Snatchers
Tempted, Writer Says
RAitn. nf Thu Star.

To the Editor Of The Star:
we seldom take up paper without
reading one or more accounts of pock-
etbook snatchers If the girls will
carry their money in a bag, swinging
II along as they walk, the temptation
is too great for a scamp to resist and
he grabs it.
Keep your money out of sight and
II cannot easily be taken.
LOUISE Fl. ELDER
Evening star., 1924-03-14
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN

Q. Why do we speak of forty days
of Lent when it really lasts over six
/ weeks?-V. l. 2.
A. The forty days refers to the fast
: days. Sundays are feast days. Taking
+, out the six Sundays in Lent, there are
forty days of Lenten observance.
q. How many murders are there IT
the United States in the course of g
year-B. NJ. l..
! A. Estimates made for the Ameri-
! can Bar Association and stated to be
; conservative are that there were
! about $50 murders in this country
! in 1922, to which may be added 6,79(
cases of manslaughter and other un.
lawful killings, totaling III all 14,64(
unjustifiable homicides.
Q. Where do elephants go to die?-
! A. This is a question which has
| puzzled scientists for years. In the
countries where they live in wild
| state, elephants which have died Z
| natural death are never found.
Q. How much sugar. tea and coffee
| does the average family use?-G. y. ID
| A. According to survey made by
the Department of Labor in 1918-191s
! the average annual consumption per
! family is: Sugar. 147 pounds; tea, s
pounds; coffee, 40 pounds.
O. When does the school year be-
gin in Japan?-C. I. NJ.
A. The Japanese school year be-
gins in April and ends late in March,
, with short vacation before reopen
ing. The longer summer vacation and
! ten days or so about New Year divide
the year into three terms
@ What did the Egyntian phrase
! "maat kheru" mean?-G. r. Y.
I A. This was an epithet Of every
| true of voice" 1t may also mean
justified"
@. What highway has the heaviest
travel?-G. r. S.
A. The New jersey section of the
Lincoln highway has. the heaviest
travel of any road of It's length in
the United States. In 1920 an official
twenty -four-hour count taken near
Jersey City showed 6.747 passenger
cars, while in 1928 the number had
increased to 14,100.
Q. How many copyrights are issued
a year?-R. o. F.
A During the last fiscal year 49,
946 copyright registrations were made
at the Library of Congress.
O. What is used to color butter?-
H. T. B.
A. The Department of Agriculture
SAYS that the coloring matter usually
added to butter is annatto.
O. What is the Shenandoah pro-
gram for this summer?-N. p. L.
A The Shenandoah will be used as
scout cruiser for the Atlantic fleet
during the early summer and will
join the Pacific fleet for maneuvers.
Q. How many negroes can vote?-
r. NJ. c.
A The potential American negro
vote has been estimated It 4 100000.
A much smaller number than this
voted at the 1922 election. Official
figures are not available.
0. Is Bright Angel Trail an auto
mobile road?-F. ]. G..
A. The Bright Angel Trail is a
horseback trail leading from the top
of the Grand Canyon to the waters
edge of the Colorado river. 1t has a
descent of 5000 feet in three or four
miles.
O. How soon after being laid will
the yolk pass through the white of
an egg and stick TO the SHELF
Z. 3. q.
4. The Department of Agriculture
SAYS that it would depend entirely
upon the atmospheric conditions or
Evening star., 1924-03-14
May Try It Again.
From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.

Mr.. James M. Cox has expressed
his desire and intention to run for the
In his co inning ambition Mr.. Cox
will have the support and good
wishes of virtually every republican
in the country. Mr.. Cox is the gem
tleman who went into the campaign
of 1920 with tannery and came out
Iof it with shoestring.
Evening star., 1924-03-14

France is giving close attention to
the work of advancing the value of
the franc. Germany has afforded an
impressive object lesson as to how
far money may depreciate if it de-
velops too much down-hill momentum.
Evening star., 1924-03-14

In underworld slang the man who
dg,res as the victim Of confidence
game is termed the fall guy" The
term may be used with especial ac-
curacy in connection with the present
investigation.
Evening star., 1924-03-14

In the pressure of events it looks as
if there might be some delay in the
payment of the second installment of
the Box peace prize A reliable means
Of getting the undivided attention of
Congress just now would itself be
worthy of a prize.
Evening star., 1924-03-14

Financiers in arranging loans to
France are expected to insist that
none of the money shall be wasted in
the purchase of military playthings
as expensive as they are dangerous.
Evening star., 1924-03-14

1t may readily be understood that
Henry Ford, having decided to con-
centrate on anything as big as the
Muscle Shoals proposition, would have
no time for politics.
Evening star., 1924-03-14

BY this time Chairman Walsh is
probably convinced that one of the
educational needs of the country is a
good system of memory training.
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chieftain, is the man WHO remains
himself through all promotions. He
seeks to improve, but he seeks to inn
prove along his own natural lines.
He brings to bear on his new job his
greatest aSsAt--his own personality.
Ucpyr1gnt, ige4l
Evening star., 1924-03-14

A secret service code needs expert
ence to make it practical. In the hands
of the private citizen it is liable to
become more confusing than helpful.
Evening star., 1924-03-14

An independent attitude is assumed
by Attorney General Daugherty. He
did not start this resignation rumor,
and feels under no obligation to take
drastic measures.
Evening star., 1924-03-14

One hat which remains in the ring
is that of President Coolidge. The
Teapot Dome explosion did not cause
it even to flutter.
Evening star., 1924-03-14

Taxpayers are warned not to take
the same liberties in the way Of pro-
crastination that Congress has per-
mitted itself in making the reduction.
Evening star., 1924-03-14

BY the time the courts get around
to Mr.. Vanderlip's gossip there will
have been so many sensations that the
public will regard a libel suit as nero
trifling.