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Evening star., 1924-07-05
Continue the Safety Work!

Next Tuesday afternoon the execu-
tive committee of the Washington
Safety Council will meet for the pur-
pose of considering the question of
dissolving or continuing it's work. This
is an issue of moment to the people of
the Capital, and the hope may be
strongly expressed that the answer
will be favorable to a continuation of
the good work that has been under
taken and thus far so successfully
conducted.
Washington's streets are badly con-
gested with traffic. Conditions have
developed with the increased use of
motor cars that are highly dangerous
to life and limb. The rush of motor
use preceded the adoption of rules and
the increase of the protective and
regulatory force of police, so that
measures adopted subsequently have
merely served to keep a tardy pace
with the dangers. Only through edu.
cation of those using the streets. both
motorists and pedestrians, is it pos.
sible to maintain an average Of safety.
The Washington Safety Council was
a pioneer in this work. 1t started
measures that have been subsequently
adopted in other cities, where the con.
ditions are as bad or worse. 1t is q
volunteer movement on the part of the
citizens. financially supported by the
people. Here are some of the things
Il has accomplished: 1t has maintained
q system Of protective and warning
lines on the pavements to guide both
ciasses Of street users: II has placarded
the city with striking posters. sue.
clnetiy giving advice against careless
ness and calculated TO inculcate habits
a nfsty. II has conducted schools for
80 driving. graduating no less than
i.eee ertvssA practiaally ell - whsu
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have conducted themselves thence
forth with scrupsIous care; it has or.
ganized . "safe.drivers' club" the
members Of which are engaged as mis-.
sionaries Of care; It has promoted the
display Of moving pictures. teaching
the lessons OF carefuIness In street
use; it has conducted q campaign in
the schools, both public and private,
to teach the children of Washington
the lessons Of safety; 1t has organized
twenty.one junior safety councils to
supplement and carry forward the in
structive work In the schools.
This is q notable accomplishment 1t
has cost relatively q triffe. The actual
budget estimated for the current year
is $4,000. of which to date $5,s7S has
been contributed, by ia members,
leaving $4,000 needed to carry on the
work to September and $1,000 to
continue it throughout the year.
The true measure Of the value of
this very small investment in public
safety is to be found in a comparison
Z
were sixty less deaths from accidents
in 1923 than in 1922, and six less
deaths in the first five months Of 1924
than in the same period in 1929. not
withstand nding an increase Of 25 per
cent in automobile registration: there
was Furthermore a reduction in pub
lie liability insurance rates on pri.
vate cars in 1924 of IL per cent, based
on the experience of 1928.
Money saved in insurance rates.
Lives saved as well. What better
showing could possibly be made? The
Washington Safety Council has proved
it's value. 1t should be continued. and
every dollar needed for its mainte-
nance should be given. promptly and
eagerly. The per capita charge upon
the people is a trifle Of a few pennies.
Before Tuesday afternoon those who
compose the executive committee Of
the council should receive assurances
that the community wants this work
to proceed, and is willing to spend the
small sum necessary to that end.
Evening star., 1924-07-05

Now that Premier Mussolini, Ita1y's
dictator, has come through the crisis
provoked by the murder of Deputy
Matteotti, chastened and pledged to
restoration of constitutional govern
ment, most American editors take an
optimistic view OF the Italian situa-
ton.
Whatever else may be said of
Mussolini. the Springfield Union
thinks, "he has brought order out of
chaos, and he may do it again. if
need be-" moreover, "it is probah4 e
that there is little demand for his
resignation among the more level
headed of the Italian people at this
time" Released from the RESPONSE
bilities of an extra-legal authority,
the Chicago Tribune is inclined to
believe, "Mussolini will gain rather
than los, influence" for Italy needs
a strong consistent government such
as Muss,lini, and probably he alone,
can maiIitain."
AS tho New York World sees it,
"the Fascist Organization was
severely tested by the Matteotti
murder, but it has probably survived
what it's leaders correctly describe as
it's crisis" and, "ff 1t is shorn of some
of it's arrogance for the time being.
future of the distracted and feud-
rent country" The Fascist may
have much for which to answer. says
the Pittsburgh Gazette Times, but
"it by no means follows in the alb
sence of proof that the RESPONSE
bility for the staying of the Socialist
deputy should be placed on Mussolini."
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To this the Grand Rapids Press
adds, "if Mussolini by his tremendous
personal magnetism and courage can
bring the tail Of his party along in
the same path as its head-if he can
persuade the less rational Fascist
to back him up-perhaps the history
of his nation win justly hold a
higher place for him than even
France has given Napoleon" Noting
that Mussolini seems to have wealth
cred the storm the Cleveland Plain
Dealer thinks that "by his earnest
activity In apprehending the con-
murdered Deputy Matteotti he has
sufficiently indicated his own dis
approval"
In the opinion Of the Louisville
Courier journal. ut was a somewha t
chastened Mussolini that declared to
the Italian Senate his regret and
horror at the murder Of Deputy Mat
teotti. 1t was the old Mussolini when
he attacked the wide-sweeping &C.
cusations of the enemies OF Fascism.
be done and the guilty should be pun
ished, no matter how high their posi-
tion."
Referring TO Mussolini's promise to
grant constItutional goYernmsnt, the
day for Italy" because 'the fact
that graft and corruption continued
L even In the face Of the fact that
such ssgissSs.,sd, rs.prcsShIs9s. ~. % !. cnsrss:
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The Whirlpool of Indecision.

Having broken all records, the Demo-
cratic national convention in New
York proceeds as though it were 60
ing to Set an endurance mark that can
never again be attained. This morning
it started on the sixth day of continu-
GUS balloting, taking the seventy-first
ballot, fourteen more than the record
established at Charleston in 1860.
There is no sign of a change as the
votes were recited in monotonous
iteration. The shifts are immaterial.
The only result of these successive
ballots is to intensity the blockade,
gradually to increase the votes given
to McAdoo and to Smith. And as they
increase they stiffen the deadlock. For
at the present rate of advance by
these two Smith is likely soon to have
more than one-third, which if held in
tact gives him a positive veto power.
This morning the leading Smith
newspaper organ in New York called
upon both of the leading candidates to
withdraw as means of saving the
Democratic party from division and
utter destruction They should with
draw, it pleads, simultaneously and
leave the field to about a dozen others
who are mentioned by name. This ad-
vice. however, appears to have been
ignored, for today's session opens with
the situation unchanged, and with
prophecies by some who have been
called leaders that the convention is
likely to continue over until next week.
Despite the monotony of the ballot
ing, each session of the convention has
had some dramatic high spot of hap
pening. Yesterday there were three
incidents-four. in fact-of this kind.
First came the withdrawal of Ralston.
then the less significant. but still in
teresting. withdrawal of Cox, who is.
as he has stated, still the titular head
of the Democratic party. Then oc-
CURED at the close of the afternoon
session the request to open the hall
to all the candidates for speeches, fol-
lowed by a proposal to invite Gov.
Smith to address the convention for
down, because it was not supported by
two-thirds of the delegates, the Nc
Adoo men were blamed for what was
denounced by the Smith men as dis
courtesy to the governor of the state
in which the convention is being held.
The fact that the governor of the state
IL himself a persistent candidate would
seem to lessen the obligation on the
part of the convention to hear him.
but that consideration did not in turn
lessen the bitterness. Then. finally, at
the evening session came a proposal
by Mr.. McAdoo that the governor be
asked to speak, a proposal seconded
by a delegate from his own state of
California. Then came a bit of poll
tics. The leader Of the Illinois delega-
Why? Because it was figured that
McAdoo had been put into a hole by
the refusal of his followers to invite
the governor to speak, and it was sup
posed to be good strategy to keep him
there.
All of this seems a futile and rather
silly proceeding. The Democratic party
has been plunged by a combination of
circumstances and candidates. into a
whirlpool of indecision and Ineffective
ness. There seems to be no escape as
long as the factional waters sweep
round and round, ballot after ballot
session after session, and day after
day.
Evening star., 1924-07-05

A man who gives the right Of way
to a woman driver is not only chiyai.
rous. but prudent.--New Orleans
Times Picayune.
lf Rhode Island Republicans re-
turn to the Senate and are permitted
TO conduct business, the frst Item
on the program may be an appropri.
alton for gas masks.-Loweli Leader.
The difference between ianch ana
luncheon 10 anywhere from Q dollar
u0.--1tsuhenviilA oasAttA
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There was a widespread and gen.
erous impression that weary and
homesick delegates ought at least to
have the soothing experience of being
Smith.
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The fact that the Democratic vote
In Pennsylvania is not likely to have
great responsibility in deciding the
national election may have encouraged
the keystone delegates to be con-
spicuously liberal-minded in joining
the parades.
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SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
The Town Spellbinder.


I wish they'd call my Uncle Jim
To make one little speech
When lines OF reasoning grow dim
And drift beyond our reach.
He has a large. persuasive way
That soothes the troubled mind,
And anything he has to say
Il always good and kind.
Why should such things as deadlock!
be
To keep folks up at night
Where brethren frankly disagree
And even want to fight.
When any question great or small
They'd solve In speedy style
If they on Uncle Jim would call
And let him talk awhile,
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Political events have become so
to forget the new and important rea-
sons for erecting a statue to the i'm
mortal and glorious game of base ball
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Time might have been saved if the
delicate questions arising in connec-
tion with the unit rule could have been
decided in advance.
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Instructions in some cases were SC
binding as to make it appear that a
system Of voting by mail might have
been worked.
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One or two examples Of patriotic
self-effacement created a little sur.
prise, but aroused no prompt imita.
tion.
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The New York convention made it
clear that the La Toilette Fourth of
July demonstration was making no
impression on it whatever.
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At times the deadlock appeared so
stubborn as to suggest that the date
for tearing down Madison Square Gar.
den might have to be postponed.
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Str1tegists.

1.-THE folks around here are talking
about sending you to the legislature"
IT reckon mother and the girls
started that" responded Farmer Corn
tossel. They'd 60 to most any ZENITH
to git me away from home durin'
house -cleanin' time"
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In Cleveland the experiment is sug-
gested Of picking out a candidate and
allowing him to make up his party as
he goes along.
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Used to 1t.

my small boy can ask more ques.
tons in an hour than / can answer in
a year"
80 can mine," conf1ded Senator
Sorghum. But don't mind. My con.
stituents for a long time have been
doing the same thing
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The voting will be through.

Jud Tunkins says he likes the motto,
TRY, try again." but it's no excuse
for the man who talks through his
nose always wantin' to be the one
who reads the Declaration OF Inde-
'pendence.
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G. Battle: possibly because they liked
the sound of the name
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Gardening.
OF all summer gardens
That bring us despair
The hardest to manage
Was Madison Square.

I'VE ought to do mo- talkin' bout
dishere Einstein theory" aid Uncle
Ebsn. "Even N II can't b 'spaained. II
asa' ssaAt - - asAeAs
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Through by Thanksgiving.

Election IL long affair;
Delays are often great,
When patriots draw near with care
To choose q candidate.
The glorious Fourth has gone its way
And still there's work to do.
Let's hope that by Thanksgiving day
day
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The Broken Radio

Our radio is broken now
Because OF the convention row;
The tender thing could not
withstand
The strain Of strife, combined
with band.
Oh, such a noise! my word, the
din
Senough to make a fat man
thin,
Shouts ana blows and CATER
wau1s.
While every delegation brawls.
To choose q brand-new Presi-
dent
Is why these delegates were
sent,
And all this noise. like dogs
and cats.
Is rivalry 'mong Democrats.
But do you think. when all is
DER,
And delegates can talk no
more.
That we will have q nominee.
who's half a. good ~ you or
met
MARoARrr G. DAxTrR.
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Alabama threw one bombshell into
the convention, but after the voting
began it delivered mostly duds.
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Q. Can you tell me if in IincoIn,s
day. for example. long addresses
We're published in full. as in the case
OF Senator Harrison's and Representa-
tive Burton's speeches?-w. N. G.
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Address"
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-06

"Taking my beau by the arm, I dragged him to a nearby park to make a snow-man; s policeman came along and helped us."
 on a gingham house dress. Her hair is gray, her cheeks smooth and rosy, her brown eyes sparkling and laughing, She was making ice cream for the youngsters and we wanted her to come for ride with us into the country for flowers.
 We finished the cream She put on her hat and coat and away we. went. She climbed up and down the hills and over the rocks with the agility of a young squirrel.
 That woman is ageless because she has kept her enthusiasm alive and this has reflected itself in her physical beauty and health. She is beautiful. When f h n bly dressed she is the center of every eye. And she has retained the love and admiration of her hus- band, who takes no pains to con ceal the fact that the mother of his five children, is still his sweet heart and, as he says:
 "A darned pretty one, toop
 Cosmetcis, reducing, etc., have very important place in woman's life but more important for the retaining of youth and beauty is the keeping alive of one's ener- Oiaa -.- s'
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Summer Millinery Selections

deep violet velvet. A similar shape in rose is trimmed with yellow daisies. The latter combination seems incredible, yet the effect is exquisite when the correct shades are selected.
 We are not losing sight of the white hat, which has always claimed first place during the Summer months, and this year we shall see much of it. A pure white hat, ungarnished by color, is not among the conspicuously populaf millinery creations. Instead, we are touching our white hats with a bit of black and fulfilling Paris's dictate for the domino effect. Lace trimming is much in evidence and there is a general tendency toward the softer colorings this season than those we chose to wear with our Summer frocks last year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-06
The Bitter End''

XYTE use the expression "bitter
 w end" often, perhaps, and yet few of us are aware of the origin of this expressive little term.
 When we come to the "bitter end" of quarrel, of happiness, of a false ideal, we use the term to express our emotion. Yet how many of us know that the term is in a reality a nautical term which sailors in medieval days employed when they hauled an anchor?
 z Sailing vessels were not so easy to ancAor when winds were strong and ocean bottoms soft, so that the task became one of genuine labor. Sailors worked for hours trying to locate a spot which would prove strong enough to hold an anchor. When they hauled the anchor pre- paratory to renewing their voyage, the rope was a long one, so that the anchor was considered the "bitter end" of the task.
 The story comes down to us that the task of removing the mud from the anchor was more bitter task than hauling the rope; hence the expression.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-06
Frocks Lead
 the Way

wUPITH the advent of warm W weather, the frocks which
 w lead the mode are essen tially simple. We had a season of ginghams and colorful cretonne gowns at the earlier part of the Summer. Now we are to enjoy the snug smartness of the simple silk frock for town wear. ta
 Those delightful tub silks, which can be laundered so readily and which. are so appropriate for the girl who goes to business, are now seen in exquisite colors. They are essentially simple in line, a low, tailored neck, narrow string girdle and short sleeves appearing as the predominant features. These tub silks resemble the silk fabrics of which mems shirts have usually been made up. Lines, blocks, checks and interesting plaid pat terms are among the designs of which this Summer silk is now fashioned.
 Then there are the gloriously colorful printed crepe silks, which are cool and stylish for Summer days in town. One can select the printed silk frock from a host of lovely combinations ranging in color from the conservative navy and white to a background of vel low with exquisite figures in red and pink lacing across it's sur face.
 A charming printed frock re- gently seen at teatime in smart restaurant showed background of navy blue crepe with riotous fig ures of violet over it's surface. A panel of the plain blue was trimmed with a row of tiny violet pearly buttons. At the navy collar a bit of dyed lace was employed and finished with a string tie of blue and violet ribbon.
 Reseda green is one of the new colors much in evidence among the printed silk fabrics. It is a delicate shade, not sufficiently dag zling for evening wear nor dark enough to be relegated to the color tones of Winter apparel. The green resembles fading grass and is lovely when combined with either darker shade of green or with navy blue. -
 Two tones of gray are used to create a beautiful pattern of silk fabric. Light gray silk has con. centric circles of darker gray lines over it's surface, and a frock made up of this combination could be made truly entrancing if adorned with rows of smoked pearl gray buttons.
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It is seen in vivid colors, ranging from scarlet to black, and is de- cidedly fetching when donned for the golf links. It would seem 8 little out of place when the mer- cury is high, yet Paris, during her rainy season no doubt, decreed the felt, snug-ftting hat for sports, and the world of style has followed the decree.
 During the lazy hours of after- noon the wide hat of milan, silk braid or horsehair is quite the thing. Dainty colors tint the sheer straw and the trimmings are in- deed exotic. Lotus flowers or Der muda lilies are gently laid across the front of a wide hat as it's trim ming.
 A transparent hat of orchid horsehair shows a wreath of lilies of the valley and bow or two of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-06
Iced Drinks for the Summer

juice to color delicately, and serve with slice of orange placed over the rim of the glass.
 Soft apple cider is another splendid Summer drink. Gar nished with mint, the cider takes on a more zestful flavor if small strip of crystallized ginger is placed on the service plate beside each glass.
 It is good fun to experiment with these warm weather concoc- tions. Make certain your founda- tion liquid is palatable, then pro- ceed to add your fiavors to taste.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-06

6ClfCot 1O4 eAAk bAAAkC
 Youth is eager, interested, joy ful, elastic, definite, vital, active, playful, imaginative, bouyant, tol- erant and filled with the hopes aud desires and ambitions of the ages.
 These good points are eliminated one by one as most people grow older. A girl of. twenty-five is looked upon as a .s'poser" if she. becomes interested in her younger brothers fire engine. And some elderly, intolerant, person will kill the sparkle in the girls eyes and wipe the smile from her lips by, telling her she is too old to play with fire engines. :.
 It is the following of these youthful impulses, whatever they may be, that keeps the eyes bright, the body free and supple, and keeps one from growing old and set in ones ways and narrow and , intolerant and most of all--it keeps hope alive.
 am twenty-six years old, but l still steal apples from the corner grocery. NOW, AHOW Ouc shouldn't steal and that one should not encourage others to do so. But it's quite game between the groA ceryman and me for he never knows just when Pm going to slip an apple in my pocket and l never know when's he going to catch me. He knows I take the apples because tell him I do. I've figured out this takes away the curse of the swiping.
 Childish, you say? Indeed it isl I'm glad can sincerely enjoy some of my childhood tricks, now that Pm grown up.
 Not long ago I came out of 9 movie to find the ground covered with snow. Taking my beau by the srm I dragged him to a nearby park to make a snowman. The policeman on the beat came over with t'what the sam-hill" expres- sion on his face. We explained, and finally convincing him of our sanity, he helped us. When we
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-06

had finished he said:
 Gee, I haven't had so much fun since I was a kid. Thank you, young lady, for letting me play with you"
 He went on his way grinning and my escort and T. trudged home breathless, cold, wet, rosy faced and happy, feeling inexpres- sibly young.
 Of course, one can't spend ,one's life making snowsmen in a city park especially on the Fourth of July. But one can get up early, with the kids, and shoot firecrack- ersi
 Do, you: remember putting on old clothes, when you were kid, and playing in. the rain? And how much fun you had? But as we grow up we show tendency to- ward 'crossness if shower threat ems to soak us. But clothes will dry, and, pressing makes them as good as new, so why become ir- ritable? Why not laugh and enjoy yourself? Rain is wonderful for the complexion, while crossness brings wrinkles and irritability and an upset stomach. If your food doesn't digest you become i'll. If it keeps up, chronic indigestion de- velops and I defy anyone to be beautiful or young with chronic indigestion.
 met woman the other day, a wonderful example ofsthe art of . keeping young. Her oldest daugh- ter is nineteen. This woman had