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Evening star., 1924-02-20
COURAGE
II an, the master of my fate.
| am the captain OF nay soul.
HENLEY.
wrixley often Was Broke.

Exnelled from school many times,
going broke when away from home.
undergoing three failures and being
burned out of his factory twice, did
not stop William Wrigley. jr.
When he was ten years old he ran
,way to New York, arriving there
with less than a dollar IN his pocketS:
He sold newspapers, ola eIranos anu
worked on boats, but sleeping out-ot
hack to his home in Philadelphia-
In public school again, he threw
ME against the schoolhouse, his edu-
cation was stopped, ana he stirred
in his fathers thietesy seliinx
soan on the road, he made more
money than he dreamed could be
The mining fever started him to-
ward Leadville, Colo, % the wma ID 6iew Nv
was put off at Kansas City. waiting
in a restaurant and selling rubber
stamps, he earned enough to get
back home. e,o
week. and married, he quit and start
ed for Chicago, with $32 capital, to
omen q branch Office Merchants there
could not make enough proht re-
failing the bars at 5 cents; there
fore he raised sa the ae.5ar prlce an ~ umbrella
with every box. 1t won. Then ne
tried selling baking powder with
a cologne bottle as a premium, and
went broke. Next he gave gum as
a premium, then sold it, using other
premiums. Business doomed, but he
kent on being his salesman, book
keeper, packer and manager.
Advertising In the south was sue
cessful. Other fields also Responded.
Accommodating 100000, he tried 1t In
New York, but without effect. Saving
another $1oo 900. he invaded Manhat-
tan again,-,with no apparent result.
Evening star., 1924-02-20
Theory and Practice.

English radio broadcasting stations
have received a jar from their woman
listeners-in. The stations have been
broadcasting cooking recipes. hints on
household management. talks on
domestic economy and how to make
81 vegetable garden pay. The women
have protested. They have told the
stations that much Of this is bunk.
though, OF course, bunk may not be
the British word. They say that many
of the talks on domestic economy and
on how to run the table on a shilling
and sixpence a day, or something to
that effect, arc being made by women
who never cooked a meal. made up i
bed or got the children off TO school On
Evening star., 1924-02-20

been mad and dangerous racing Of
automobiles through the streets in pur-
| suit OF bootleggers' cars. The boot
logger sets the pace in his effort to
escape and is utterly reckless iof
pedestrians or other cars. The police
car is under the necessity Of putting
on speed. If the police observed the
speed limit and other traffic regula-
tons fleeing bootleggers would sell
dom or never be caught. 1t is an un-
fortunate condition, brought about by
The commonness and persistence Of
the crimes of making, transporting
and selling liquor.
There has also been shooting in the
streets. 1t is assumed that most boot
leggers carry pistols and are ready
to use them to avoid capture. If
police were not ready with their
weapons bootleggers would laugh at
them.
Police and prohibition agents have
been shot down here and elsewhere in
the performance of their duty by
pOOdcSSSIo d4iu liiCll OiSlAicTS. IL
the police are not ready to shoot boot
leggers. bootleggers will continue their
criminal work and will shoot police
If interrupted. 1t is a question with
several angles, but whatever can be
done the better to regulate the owner
ship of weapons and prevent or pun
ish men for carrying them in defiance
Of law should be done.
Evening star., 1924-02-20

New York newspaper publisher eouip-
PED ship with all the paraphernaIia
Of printing. He furnished it with
typesetters and reporters. When the
snip left Boston. upon the instant
that Webster finished his speech and
the reporters came aboard, the prepa-
ration or a newspaper began at sea.
RBeportsrs transcribed their notes.
Prlnters set to work. Type was up
and locked in forms before New York
was reached. The presses were ready
when the ship arrived. That enter
York
Sixty blooded horses raced in a
famous pony express to carry the
stream of news of the Mexican war
from New Orleans to Baltimore. IN
satisfy an ingenious publisher. By
means of ships from Texas ports and
fast horses ridden by hardy couriers
this Baltimore publisher told his read
ers OF the war long before the gov
ernment at Washington could receive
Early American publishers char
tered ships to bring the news from
England. No pains were spared r.
make journalism function.
The enterprise Of today's newspa-
pers is an inherited enterprise. The
resourcefulneSs and the aSton;sbinp @
ingenuity Of early editors set the uace
for today's achievements.
IoCayS newspaper is more com
plete, more accurate, more informa-
tive, more entertaining and more in
spring than it ever was And if is
the healthy, growing child of re-
sourceful forebears.
Copyright, 1924.)
Evening star., 1924-02-20
A Busy. Prosperous People.

President Coolidge, it is stated on
the authority of u White House
spokesman" regards the general busi-
healthy. He is in a position to get the
most accurate and comprehensive re-
ports of the situation. Through official
and unofficial channels he knows Of
the state of trade, the degree Of en-
ployment, the various elements of in
dustry and agriculture. 1t is his busi-
hess to know, as Chief Executive. And
/; is his business to judge things with
out political prejudice, without undue
optimism or pessimism. When the
President. then. says that according
To all Information which he has in
hand the economic situation in the
United States is good the country
may be assured of the fact.
There is d lively current of trade to-
day, and trade means employment. 1t
means activity in manufacturing,
which means demand for labor. The
farmers are at their slack period of
production at this time. and they are
confronted with a serious question re-
Specting the acreage and the crops
they will plant this spring. They are
looking forward to some form Of gov
ernment aid, direct or indirect. to bet
ter their markets and lessen their
costs. The President has already out
lined his own proposals to that end.
He looks forward to such action as
Congress can take i'll the premises.
Doubtless his declaration that busi-
ness is good and that the prospect of
the country for the coming season is
bright is based in large measure upon
its expectation.
The rational campaign will open
shorty-is, indeed, already in its first
stages. The people are busy, are pros
porous and are contented. They have
been shocked by the disclosure of cor
ruption in public life. Their confidence
has been somewhat shaken. but there
is no reason for despair. no reason for
losing faith in the efficacy and in
tegrity Of government. The very out.
'uI St VI WHICH swept
the country following the disclosures
is a most wholesome sign that the pub
lie conscience is sound.
\ busy country will not brood over
scandals. 1t will not despair over the
processes of lawmaking and law en-.
forcing. 1t will proceed with it's own
business, and when the time comes in
the national schedule it will vote calm.
ly and with discretion.
Evening star., 1924-02-20
Gov. Smiths Victory,

Gov. Alfred z. Smith of New York,
after many days, is tasting the sweets
of victory in his contest in the legisla
ture for his reform and progressive
legislation. Yesterday he breach the
republican lines of opposition in the
state senate and witnessed the pa ssage
of six of his measures. With this
achievement to his credit he will now
tackle the embattled republicans in
The assembly. with good ground for
hope Of success.
DiSintegration of the republican
forces in the senate enabled the demo
Gratis to put across the governor S
bills. Twelve republicans Joined the
democrats in voting for the bills. The
measures passed comprised reduction
of the state income tax by % Der
cent; restoration of direct primaries:
compelling candidates for state Offices
10 file prediction statements of ex-
penditureS: giving voters the power to
initiate constitutional amendments:
making the terms of governor four
years; establishing an executive bud.
get system.
Gov. Smiths tussle with the legis-
lature has been long and persistent.
the republicans up to this time having
frustrated his aims. His victory en-.
larges his status in the pubic eye at
an interesting period in national poll
tics. He will go to the democratic ma.
tional convention with added personal
prestige. Although he may not be able
10 turn them to his own advantage, he
is likely to get heavy complimentary
vote which, if it can be held in bloc.
might determine the nomination.
Evening star., 1924-02-20
rade-Crossing Casualties.

Maryland has its share of grade.
crossing accidents. Not SO many of
these tragedies are on her record as
on records of states where there are
more trains, more grade crossings and
more people TO be killed, but Mary
lands record is sad enough. In the
past twelve months nineteen persons
were killed and eighty-seven were in.
jured. A significant thing is that only
one pedestrian was killed and two
were injured. The others killed and
injured were motorists. The number
of persons who walk grows smaller.
and the number who ride in automo.
biles increases. The automobile, rail-
road train and grade crossing make a
dangerous combination. and with a
little carelessness on the part of the
auto driver the danger is multiplied.
Too many auto drivers will not stop,
look and listen. Too many take reck-
less chances. pay a fearful price and
bring pain and grief to others.
Another significant thing in the re-
port which comes from the Maryland
public service commission is that
eleven accidents happened at cross.
ings guarded by gates and night and
day watchmen. Six happened at cross.
ings guarded or supposed to be guard.
ed by signs and bells, and twenty-five
happened at crossings where there
were only signs to give warning. A
sign is an inefficient guard. There are
SO many signs along an automobile
road that many motorists have come
not TO believe in signs. 1t seems
strange, though. that motorist
should not see and heel the familiar
railroad crossing sign.
1t is clear that railroads. states,
counties. towns and cities must get rid
of grade crossings as fast az it can be
done. There is a movement in that di-
rection in several states. but in some
of the efforts there seems to be a lack
of push. The only solution Of the
grade-crossing problem i. that there
shall be no grade crossings.
Evening star., 1924-02-20
Deadly Weapons.

1t is indicated that there will be a
tightening up of regulations govern
ing the purchase and possession of
deadly weapons in the District. The
need for stringent regulation of the
carrying Of concealed weapons, as
we'll as more effective regulation of
the sale and possession of such
weapons, has been stressed many
times by the Commissioners and the
chief Of police. Law-abiding citizens
favor any plan which will keep pistols
out Of the hands of weak-minded and
crinie-minded men.
President Coolidge has asked the Com.
missioners to send him copy of the
section of the District Code which gov.
erns the traffic in firearms. The very
fact that the President shows interest
in this matter will call more general at.
tention to what is believed to be fact,
that it is too easy to buy pistols and
that the punishment for carrying
them is too light to act as a deterrent
and to weed out the lawless men who
think it a good thing to have gun
in the pocket because sit may come
in handy
1t is said that the President will
ask the prohibition commissioner for
the regulations Of his Office covering
the use Of weapons by his enforce.
ment officers. The thought Of the
President has no doubt been turned
to these matters by the deplorable
shooting Of Senator Greene. Senator
Lodge has been quoted in The Star as
saying, This is not the first time that
lives have been endangered here and
elsewhere by such handling of fire.
arms by prohibition agents. and effec.
tive measures should be taken to pre-.
vent a recurrence Of such shooting. I"
Other senators have also sternly crit,
icized the use Of firearms by prohihi
lion agents In cities.
Thisis a knotty problem. There ha.
Evening star., 1924-02-20

| The testimony of William Gibbs Nc
Adoo that his connection with Ed
ward l. Doheny was entirely a bus-
ness relationship between lawyer
land client cleared the air so far
| as he was personally concerned,
in the opinion of editors who have
discussed the situation. The majority,
however, are convinced that. regard
i less of this fact, Mr.. McAdoo's presi-
Dental boom has been punctured TO
/ an extent from which it hardly can
recover.
| Because, as the Springfield Repub-
lican sees it, politics is law unto
| itself and is insensitive to the APP
peals of logic once a peoples suspi-
cions, prejudice and emotions have
been aroused" and "the chief benefit
McAdoo's candidacy could bestow
upon his party would be, perhaps, the
prevention of the nomination of
candidate less available. certainly less
oil scandals" Although "intelligent.
! friends of Mr.. McAdoo consider him
blameleSs in this affair, the Louis
vile Courier-Journal holds that in
the passions and partisanShip, the
i Ignorance and unscrupulousness of a
national campaign. Mr.. McAdoo would
be at a certain disadvantage which
wise party leaders would prefer to
avoid in a leader.
| The San Francisco Bulletin claims
| further that regardless of any GER
| tificate issued by the Senate commit
| tee sit is improbable that it will have
the effect of satisfying the democratic
national convention that he is a de-
sirable candidate" "Then, too. the
voters have every right to say that
| they don't want a man who is SO
closely affiliated with the oil com
| panieS for President of the United
States" the Duluth Tribune argues,
| and Mr.. McAdee can protest IN
dignantly' from now until the crack
/ of doom, and it won't change the
| opinions of very many"
| AS it stands, the new York Times
/ observes his unfortunate experience
[ will have the effect of being, as II
| were, a public notice posted aooVe
| the entrance of the office of the Mexi-
| can Petroleum Company: Abandon
(PoliticaD Hope All fe Who Enter
! Here"
asks, eff McAdoos connection with
| Doheny was not such as to render
| him unavailable as a candidate. why
| does he relinquish his $4,000 retainer
after his connection is disclosed. and
why, under the circumstances. did he
quit at all%' If he were prompted to
! his course on the theory that the pro-
| fessional connection is harmful to his
| presidential candidacy, the Butte Post
! insists, "the public comment will be
that his resignation comes quite too
| late"
| X X X +
| Granting that there may be nothing
| fraudulent about his actions, the
| Lansing State Journal questions
| whether at is altogether proper for a
high government official. either pres
! ent or former, to undertake to pro-
mote the private interests of corpo-
ration in another country For all
| Of this, now that he has had his day
| in court, it seems to the Richmond
News Leader that "he has demon
strated plainly that in 1919 he un-
Willingly had been compelled to
choose between the presidential nom
| ination this year and clients of Ger
1 tain type-and had chosen the
| clients" And it is his misfortune.
laccording to the Norfolk (Neh0 News.
Evening star., 1924-02-20

Backing of. he tried Buffalo, Roches-
ter, Albany and other cities with
success. Then he contracted for s1'-
10000 worth of space in New York
ana gave gum samples away. Had
the campaign failed he would have
been ruined, but he succeeded.
Now Wrigley has gum factories in
this and other countries, his produci
is sold all over the world. he is rich
and he never has worried.
"A mans doubts and fears ,ra h;s
worst enemies" he says.
(Copyriyht l92al
Evening star., 1924-02-20

The Box peace prize attracted an
enormous amount of attention, and
might have attracted still more if Con.
gress had not suddenly found itself
with 80 many different kinds of bust.
ness on hand.
Evening star., 1924-02-20

Possibility of another war in Europe
may be lessened if Uncle Sam. in adj
dition to being a forbearing creditor.
constitutes himself a judicious finan-
cial adviser.
Evening star., 1924-02-20

Owing to the protests OF union
musicians the Eiennese State Opera
Company will not be heard in London
next summer. Music is 80 broad in its
scope that it becomes not only an art
but also profession. business and a
trade.
Evening star., 1924-02-20

A prohibition agent assumes the
gravest responsibility. He should
never be the type of humanity that
develops a nervous trigger finger in
the Zest of manhunting
Evening star., 1924-02-20

1t will be conceded by the general
public that Senator Hiram johnson
was one of the most active winter
candidates that ever appeared in the
presidential arena.
Evening star., 1924-02-20

Europe has q few economists who
cling to the theory that the way to get
rid Of the debts caused by the recent
war is to start another.
Evening star., 1924-02-20
Rate by Mail-Payable i'm Advance.
NIaryIapd and Virpinia
All Other States
Member of the ASSOciated Press.

The Associated Press is exclusively entitled
10 the for rppubica ton of all news dis
patches credited 20 Ii or not otherwise credited
in this. paper and also the local news pub
lished herein. All rights Of publication Of
special diSpa tches herein are also reserved.
Evening star., 1924-02-20

Philadelphia lawbreakers are divid-
ed into two classes; those who have
reformed and those who are waiting
for Smedley Butler to get out of town.
Evening star., 1924-02-20

The soldier bonus gave precedence
in Congress to tax reduction, which
in turn gave precedence to several
other matters.
Evening star., 1924-02-20

The labor government in Great Brit.
ain promptly distinguished itself by
an attitude Of respect for government
as we'll as for labor.
Evening star., 1924-02-20
Echo From Daily Life.

Erom the New York Tribune.
Scientists are going to the Alps to
listen in for Mars. The rest of us
will have to be satisfied with hear
ing Venus say: wrong number.
Excusit please!
Evening star., 1924-02-20

Oil Investigations have reached a
stage that leaves the public, however
it may be saddened, hard to surprise.
Evening star., 1924-02-20
Misery and Company.

Ffun tho Harrisburg Patriot
Misery loves company. they OFTEN
come and 60 together.
Evening star., 1924-02-20
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
The Statesman.

The Statesman.
A statesman has to lecture folks
On health. fresh air and food.
He now and then tells gentle jokes
To cheer the public mood.
A statesman's style must not be stifY
AS he, in words refined,
Assures us We'll be happy if
We're always good and kind.
A statesman with attention strict
Must, as he learns to quote,
Elucidate or contradict
The things that Darwin wrote.
A statesman for a word sublime
Lets no occasion slip
We wonder where he gets the time
For simple craftsmanship.
No Heckling.
Are you going on the stump next
summer"
NO" answered Senator Sorghum
ANY speechmaking from me will be
won't have a chance to talk back"
Jud Tunkins says the only way to
avoid trouble with the income tax is
to be poor or bootlegger.
Biz for Congressional Record.
If resignation rumors all
Were to come true, both great and
small,
Your Uncle Sam, in deep dismay,
Help Wanted ads would print each
day.
Conscientious Doubt,
"You would hesitate to marry a very
rich man?''
YES" replied Miss Cayenne. "I
, fear I should be tempted now and
then to wonder whether his aIimony
wasn't worth more than his COM
pany."
From Bar to Bootleg.
What has become of the bartender
who used to wear a white apron?"
"He is still in business answered
Uncle Bill Bottletop; ''on1y instead of
an apron he wears a bullet-proof
vest"
Most everybody" said Uncle Eben,
is wifIfn' to tell de truth IL it's on
e1mehody else
Evening star., 1924-02-20

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Evening star., 1924-02-20
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Evening star., 1924-02-20
From Bar to Bootleg.

Most everybody" said Uncle Eben,
'is wiiIfn,' to tell de truth IL it's on
R0nehody else''
Evening star., 1924-02-20

Q. What is a trunk linc?-W. J.
A. This is the main line of a rail
road or canal from which branch
lines diverge.
Evening star., 1924-02-20

Q. What event caused John Bunyan
to enlist as d soldier?-G. E.
A. Bunyan's father married again
within a year after his wife's death.
The son, sixteen years old. grieyed
so because Of his fathers act that he
enlisted in the civil war, serving prob
ably from 1914 to 164S.
Evening star., 1924-02-20

y. Prussian blue. which is one "f
the chief liquid blues, might haNc
this effect if soap or other alkali Is
not carefully rinsed from the clothe<.
If this precaution is taken satiSfac-
tory results are certain.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1924-03-20
DON DEMETRTo RIVERA

Ha sufrido una operaci6n quirtrgica,
tie Ia cual Sc encuentra va casi compile
tamente bien, nuestro excelente y culto
amigo don Demetrio Rivera, secretario
de la respectable corporation ''La Pla-
Ia Tobacco Company.
El dignisimo caballero don Demetrio,
Quien fue. operado, con 6xito brillante,
cl viernes iiltimo, ha salido va de la
clinica para su hogar, donds permane-
cera durante dos semanas, en- conva-
lecencia.
Los numerosos amigos que tiene tan
noble y excelente caballero, quien
Sc aprecia mucho en- Ell pals, pcr sus
bellisimas cuaIdades, han desfilado por
la clinica donde Sc lie opero, y han he
cho muchos votos por su salud.
Felicitamos al querido amigo por el
exito que obtuvo la operaci6n sufrida
por el, y nos complacemos en- dar tan
grata noticia, por tratarse de una per-
soma muy estimada, por su nobleza de
caracter generosidad, en- todo ell pals.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1924-03-20
LAS ENFERMEDADEs DEL H1GADo

Las intermediates del hfgado Sc ma
nifestan en- general por una sensacion
de pesadez, de estorbo de dolor al
costado derecllo del abdomen, debajo
de fas costillas. Ell color de los enfer-
NOS es amarillente bilioso y sus orinas
son inuy coloreadas, sstas enferinedades
son debidas a la presencia en- los pc
quefos canales del hfgado, de granos
de arena formados por la acumulaci6n
del acido tirico. Es necesario eliminal
este acido tirico y Ell mejor medic es el
tratamiento de regimen por Ell Arthri
Sci. Advt.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1924-03-20
Ell Sr. Montenegro ibre de sus
SufrimientOS
Con ell uso de Anticalculina Ebrey desaparecie-
ron sus males

FL conocido sefior Ernesto r. Monte
I.egro, residente en- la bella ciudad de
Caracas, escribe Ebrey Chemical
Works, New York, como sigue: "Quie-
TO por medic de la presente manifestar-
lie los maravillosos resultados que he
cbtenido con solo tres frascos de An
ricalculina Ebrey.''
"Despu6s de mas de dos afos de
agudos padecimientos en- el higado y un
pertinaz estrenimiento, me he visto Ii
Ire de mis- sufrimientos, gracias al uso
&c la Anticalculina Ebrey y de las
Pildoras Laxativas Ebrey, hbre de los
dolores de cabeza, de espalda, de la
pesadez por la maiiana, al levantarme
y de otros sintomas dolorosos que solo
los que sufren del hfgado pueden darse
cuenta.p
Ernesto R. MONTENEGRO,
Caracas, Venezuela.
Miles de personals que padecen ac-
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1924-03-20
MAS ACADEMIES .AUTOMO-
!. VIIISTAS

!. En- la ecarreteras que conduce de
Yabucoa al barrio "Juan Martin, ,,
tSh auto que era guiado por Martin
Rorandas, debido a la velocidad que
caminabas Sc fue contra una de. las
barandas del puente sobre el rio
"Guayanes" .destrozandose completa-
mente Y resultando ell chauffeur con
contusiones de las que fue asistido en-
ell Hospital Municipal.
Sc ha formulado una denuncia
contra Martin por violar las Leyes
de Automobiles.