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Beverly banner. [volume] (Beverly, N.J.) 1877-1964, 1924-09-19
WHEN WINDS ARE FAIR

TN THE summer time of life, when
= the winds are fair, very few Of US
are disposed to think about anything
except pleasure.
II is our turn upon the stage.
We are anxious to play our part
with magnificent gusto, though we
may be dis green as pair of rustic
pumpkins in the art of dancing the
stately minuet.
But the minuet, alas, Is too beauti-
full, airy, dainty and graceful for the
present summertime folk.
There is too much exquisite charm
in its movements and not enough
noise. Yet SO it Is.
If We would acknowledge 1t. we
might without the slightest blush adj
NIT that this is the age Of jazz and
brass, and the two according to our
way of thinking, jangle ravishingly to-
gether, especially when we furnish
the brass. OF which we have large va
rieties.
In spite OF our supposedly higher
education, we are deficient in many
of the finer social arts with which our
forebears Of 20 or 40 years ago were
intimately acquainted.
They were more esthetic than we,
more particular with whom they
formed social alliances; money and
brass, even though they might have
been well introduced, could not In
those days enter the homes of the
best people and get a cordial recep-
ton.
Pedigree and character took the
long count, and around these two es-
sential qualities the clock of propriety
had to tick perfectly accurate seconds.
But in these days the winds seem
to be fair for everybody, quite re-
CARELESS of the barometer.
Even young men and young women
attractive of face and form, with moth
ing to substantiate their character but
brass and wealth, cannot enter in real
society or become intimate with the
cultured people.
And If you will stroll through these
little towns you will become conscious
of delicious sweetness in the air,
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Through the Glad
Eqes Of a Wounan
BY Jane Doe
LAST HUMAN FRAILTY"
By Jane Doe

ct OFTEN think" said New Eng
4 land minister, shat the last hu.
man frailty which Christian religion
will succeed in conquering will be the
tendency to gossip"
Well, you know, for myself. rather
hope 1t will be.
! am a great believer in gossip.
OF course. I can quite understand
the minister's feeling rather badly
about 1t, because it seems that one of
his dearly beloved congregation has
circulated the false rumor that the
reverend gentleman's good lady was a
servant before her marriage.
I'm the ordinary way, In view of its
grave possibilities of evil, gossip
should be altogether ignored, but now
and then there are specimens of the
more harmless variety that are so re-
freshingly humorous as to call for mo-
tice."
This also the minister.
/ don't lay any claims to humor my
self, which perhaps explains why |
can't see the ''refreshingly funny"
point about having your wife mistaken
for an ex-servant.
/ know one or two domestics who
would make darn good ministeresses.
And lots of ministeresses whom /
can't think would be good for any
thing.
/ agree with the gentleman. how
ever, that considerable amount of
catty, dangerous, and ill-considered
gossip should be ignored.
But / don't want any of US to lose
our delight in or taste for it.
A wholesome fear of our neighbors'
Beverly banner. [volume] (Beverly, N.J.) 1877-1964, 1924-09-19

was great excitement before / came
There Is Two-Horned African
Rhinoceros over yonder. But I am
quite different.
YES, there was great excitement
when they were expecting me.
"For days before came the keeper
said to all his friends:
"T expect fine lady Rhinoceros in
two days, or three days at the latest.
She is coming by boat. You must
surely come and see her.
"And they've been coming to see me
and drawing pictures of me and ask
ing all about me-"
The Land Lizards were very good
sized lizards and their funny express
sions were quite delightful. Their
mouths were yellow and the skin was
rough and had many little yellow horn
like decorations.
1--WE used to sleep under cactus
trees" they said. Each one Of us
had a bush to himself. But here we
share several cactus or cacti trees
which were brought along when we
came"
They crawled over each other and
did not seem to mind If one walked
right over anothers back to creep to
the place he wanted to reach.
And another would look up and
stay that way with his head up and
his front feet resting upon his neigh
boris feet.
The python spoke in his kissing
fashion.
"We big snakes change our skins
about six times year. Pretty SUI
perior are we In the way we change
our suits. We pull the old one off
inside out as we get out Of it and our
new skins grow so nicely underneath"
81" said the Slow Loris, '.came from
India. They said that the life in the
zoo would not agree with me, but
have been here for four years and it
has agreed with me perfectly. AS
you see, am furry little brown ami
NAL. am not much larger than
very, very large rat. But I'm not a
rat. / belong to the monkey family,
though I'm one Of the lowest forms Of
that family.
Don't you admire the dark, dark
brown streak down my back? And
don't you think my huge eyes are very
remarkable? Well. If you don't, do
not care, for l am not very friendly"
Some pretty little lizards with gray
and red throats were in sandy home
next to the one where the Slow Loris
lived. but he sat In a corner of his
cage and looked at them and 1T the
visitors with his huge, huge eyes but
he didn't make friends with any snc.
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however trifiing, connected with that
big family.
Which is why newspapers are the
most popular forms of literature.
They are simply gossip sheets-rec-
ords Of the doings of every one who
does or says something worth gossip
ing about.
But be kind.
Never say anything behind anyone
else's back that you would not like
said behind your own.
My, how easy it Is to write thisl
/ dare say If could have a short
hand report of all the unkind things
I've said about other folk during my
little lifetime I'd commit suicide.
And similarly, If 1 could have a
shorthand report of all the unkind
things said about me I'd commit
murder.
20 by Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate,
Beverly banner. [volume] (Beverly, N.J.) 1877-1964, 1924-09-19
WARM WEATHER FOODS

- LATIM desserts, frozen dishes
- and fruit of all kinds make an es-
pecial appeal to the appetite during
the hot. sultry days of late summer.
A dessert is not dish to worry
about with Ice cream to be bought In
all markets and fresh fruits so avail
able.
Meats in large quantity or at every
meal are not desired by the average
appetite during the warm weather;
eggs, fish, fresh vegetables. fruits and
plenty of milk will keep the body in
good condition--with very little meat.
Fried eggs should never be given TO
anyone who has not good digestion.
Ro-calpd ssff cooked eggs are often
vailed an agg to be perfectly easy
Beverly banner. [volume] (Beverly, N.J.) 1877-1964, 1924-09-19
Just Wind

The child had been greatly inn
pressed by her first experience in Sum
day school,
She pressed her hands to her
breast and said solemnly to her sister,
two years older:
"When you hear something wife
here it is conscience whispering to
you"
'Tts no such thing" the sister
jeered. THAT'S just wind on your
tummie. "-Exchange
Physical courage may make man
sweat, but moral courage is more
likely to make him "cold sweat"
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Something to Think About
BvF. A. UALKER
By F. a. WALKEE

which at first cannot be measured or
understood.
1t permeates the homes, the hills,
the prim flower gardens, the shaded
porches, and gives to life nobility
that neither wealth nor brass can ever
hope to acquire.
20 by Mcclure Newspaper syndicate.l
Beverly banner. [volume] (Beverly, N.J.) 1877-1964, 1924-09-19

Makes Tea Automatically
%. lsa4. western Newapaper union.

A tea-maker that Will light a spirit
lamp at time set as for an alarm
clock, and later put the tea and boiling
water into the teapot. is popular In
vention Of an English army Queer
Beverly banner. [volume] (Beverly, N.J.) 1877-1964, 1924-09-19
: Mother, Cook Book


War Is terrible menace to the
world. but folly. weakness and decay
are worse.
Evening star., 1924-02-21
SENATE REJECTS
HOWARD j. FUND
$5C0,0 900 for Medical School
Eliminated From Bill
by 40-to-35 Vote.

BY a vote Of 40 to 35, the Senate to-
day sustained d point of order made
by Senator Overman of North Caro-
lima against two proposed amend
ments to the Interior Department ap-
preparation bill. totaling 100000 for
an addition to the Howard University
Medical School.
Other amendments proposed by the
Senate appropriations committee for
Howard University amounting to
about S205,000 were not included in
the point of order.
The vote Of the Senate had the ef-
feet of recommitting the bill, with
instructions to strike out the $780,
900 proposed for the Howard Univer-
sity Medical School addition, I'm
mediately Senator SmOot of Utah. in
consent to report the bill back to
the Senate without the 100000 for
the medical school, and this was
granted. The roll call was as fol-
lows:
Those voting aye sustained the
point of order, and those voting mo"
Ayes, 40-senators Ashurst, Bayard,
Borah, Broussard, Bruce. Carraway.
Couzens, Curtis. Dial, Fcss, Fletcher.
rison, Helm, Howell. Jones Of New
Mexico, Kendrick.. King, Ladd, Len
root, Mayfield, Neely. Norbeck, Norris.
Overman, Pfssman, Ransdell. Reed of
Missouri. Robinson, Sheppard, Sim
mons, Smith, Stanley, Stephens, Swan
son, Wadsworth and Wheeler.
Noes-35: Senator'S Adams, Ball,
Brandegee, Brookhart, Bursum. Cam
eron, Capper, Copeland, Cummins,
Dale, Dill. Edwards, Elkins. Ferris,
Gooding, Hale, Johnson of Minnesota,
Jones of Washington, La Toilette,
Lodge, Mckinley, Mclean, McNary.
Moses, Oddie. Pepper, Phipps. Reed,
Shipstead, Shortridge, Smoot, Spencer.
Walsh of Massachusetts, Warren and
willis.
Senator Spencer of Missouri later
offered as an amendment to the ap-
bill the item totaling
$500,000 for the Howard University
Medical School addition. which will be
when that part of the bill
is reached. possibly under a motion to
suspend the rules.
Evening star., 1924-02-21
SLAYER OF PARENTS
AND SISTERS ONCE ID. C.. STUDENT
Frank McDOicell, Florida Youth, DishOnOrabIy Dis
charged From G. ". University for False
MatricuIation Papers.

Frank Mcdowell. who is awaiting
trial in Florida as the confessed slayer
of his parents and two sisters, was
dishoncrably dismissed from George
Washington University a little more
than year ago. after his failure as
student disclosed that lie had been ad-
mitted as a child prodigy upon forged
matricuiatioa papers.
Dispatches from ST. Petersburg. Fla.
describing how Mcdowell. not Yet
twenty years old confessed to shooting
both his mother and father last Tues
DAY and admitted that on the same
date a year ago he had burned his two
sisters to death, to atone for a bias
phemy against the Holy Ghost" pro-
foundly shocked his former professors
and fellow students here today.
Check boy at Library.
Only few officials at George Wash
ington University knew Mcdowell
had been driven from the cIassrooms
with dishonor. and to his many ac-
quaintances here he was known as
the boy genius, who completed his
collegiate course at the age of six
teen and was already a budding au
thor. AS a matter of fact, his posi-
tion in Washington was that of check
boy at the Library Of Congress.
Evening star., 1924-02-21
BLOOM DECLARED
ELECTEDBY FRAUD
House Committee Votes for
Unseating New York Men,
ber, Six to Three.

The unseating of Sol Bloom, demo-
crat, as a member of the House from
the nineteenth New York district, was
recommended today by an elections
committee which investigated charges
Of fraud in connection with his cleo
ton.
The committee decided today that
former Representative Walter NJ.
Chandler, republican, Blooms oppo-
nent in the 1922 election. is entitled
to the seat. The vote was on party
lines, six republicans, including Chair
man Elliott of Indiana. voting for
Chandler. while the three democrats
espoused Blooms cause.
On recount after the election Mr..
Bloom was declared elected by 126
votes. Chandler insisted there were
frauds and irregularities in five cleo
tion districts. The committee to-
day threw out entirely three dis
tricts-the twent .,-third of the elev-
enth assembly district and the thir-
tieth and thirty-ffrst of the seven
teenth.
If Mr.. Chandler is given Bloom s
seat the New York state delegation
in the House will be composed of
one democrats.
The seats of two other New York
members-La Guardia. republican. of
the twentieth district and Weller,
democrat, of the twenty-first-alSo
are being contested.
Evening star., 1924-02-21
BERBERICH AWARDED
$4,000 FROM D. C.

The District Of Columbia must pay
Joseph A. Berberich $4,000 damages
for the loss of his automobile, which
was demolished when it collided with
one of the supports of the Rhode Is
land avenue viaduct, November "a,
1920, according to verdict of jury
in Circuit Division /, Justice Hitz
presiding. Mr.. Berberich's son was
killed as a result OF the accident. but
no claim was made for the fatality.
The plaintiff, through Attorneys
Tobriner & Graham, alleged that the
District was negligent in failing to
illuminate properly the supports of
the yiaduct, and for that reason Mr.
Berberich. driving his car at night,
was unable to see the obstruction in
the roadway and crashed into it. 1t
was shown that the automobile cost
$1,000 and was sold after the COL
lision for $500.
Assistant Corporation Counsel Hart
pointed out that the viaduct was
erected under an act of Congress and
according to plans approved by the
Commissioners and was lighted. He
charged contributory negligence on
the part of Mr.. Berberich, who. he de-
clared. was exceeding the speed limit
The District will file a motion for q
new trial, it is expected.
Evening star., 1924-02-21

Mcdowell first registered at George
Washington University in 1921 for
eight courses. embracing mostly eco
nomics. political economy and COM
merce.
He withdrew before matriculating
that year, but in March, 1922, pre-
sented a certificate from Emory Uni
yersitT in Atlanta, Ga. crediting him
with three full years of the most sat
isfactory work To the university
registrar he represented himself as
eighteen years old. although in fact
he was a year younger.
shows Lack OF Training.
The boy was Immediately admit
ted to the senior class, but soon be-
gan to show his lack of training. He
failed utterly in three subjects and
received only a fair average in the
fourth. having chosen only four sub
jects upon his second registration.
He was asked to withdraw from the
university, and. in the meantime, their
suspicious aroused, officials queried
Emory University heads as to Nc
Dowelrs true record there.
Their reply was that he had COM
semester there, had received no cred
dent. 1t was then learned that at the
graduated from Fulton High School.
in Decatur. Ga, where he and his
family lived for a while, he was re-
Evening star., 1924-02-21
AUTO RECIPROCITY
EXTENSION LIKELY
Gov. Ritchie Willing to Grant
Reasonable Period, De-
cIares ZihIman.

Gov. Eitchie of Maryland has as
sured Representative Fred n. Zihl-
man of Maryland, acting chairman Of
the House District committee, who is
fathering the gasoline tax legislation,
that he is not opposed to a reasonable
extension of the existing reciprocity
agreement between Maryland and the
District of Columbia, and that he will
confer at an early date with the Dis
trict officials with this extension il
view.
Representative Zihlman went to An
napolis yesterday and urged upon
Gov. Ritchie the advisability of ex-
tending the temporary recognition of
license tags, which is now in exist
ence between the state of Maryland
and the District of Columbia officials,
and which will expire on March 1.
Representative Zihlman called Gov.
Ritchies attention to the fact that the
bill providing for the gasoline tax has
passed the House and is now before the
Senate and that the Senate committee
on the District of Columbia will take
action on the measure on February a.,
three days before the expiration Of the
existing agreement.
The inconvenience and hardship that
automobile drivers. not only in the Dis
trict, but also in Maryland, would be put
to. if something was not done to extend
the period of reciprocity beyond March
l. were stressed upon the governor by
Re preventative Zihlman.
The District Commissioners already
have intimated their intention of ask
ing Gov. Ritchie for an extension II the
bill is not passed before the first of
next month.
Balls Propo~aIx.
Senator Ball, chairman Of the Dis
trict committee, after a conference
today with Representative Zihlman of
n Ia, II =
seek to have the. gasoline tax bill re-
ported to the Senate by the commit =
tee containing. the, following provi-
Sions:
/. Two cents a gallon tax on gaso-
line.
2. One dollar license fee.
g. The personal property tax on au-
tomobile.; under existing law.
4. Provision that the money raised
from the gasoline tax should go into
trict of Columbia and be used for
street improvements and street light
ing, in addition to the regular ap-
propriations for those purposes made
under the 6o-40 plan.
Senator Ball said that Mr.. Zihlman
had told him that he believed the
House would agree to the bill in
that shape. AS matter of fact, it
is practically the House bill with the
exception of the dollar license fee in
placed in the bill by the House.
Senator Ball said that, he would
seek to have a conference with the
local committee representing civic
and trade organizations on Saturday.
The conference will be in the ma
ture of a hearing and will be held at
10 am. Saturday. One representative
from each of the following .organiza-
tions will be given an opportunity to
be heard: Chamber of Commerce.
Merchants and Manufacturers Asso-
citation, Board of Trade, Automotiye
Association, the American Automobile
Association, the National Motorists
Association and the Federation of
Citizens Associations. Representa-
tive Blanton of Texas also has re-
uuested a hearing. 49,,
Evening star., 1924-02-21
BILL TO ADD PARKS
TO D. c. APPROVED
Budget Bureau Notifies Com
missioners of Decision.
No Funds Authorized.

The budget bureau today notified
the Commissioners that it has ap-
proved a bill authorizing the Rock
Creek and Potomac Parkway Com
mission to proceed with the acquisi-
tion of additional parks in Washing
ton.
Although the measure as returned
from the Treasury does not carry
an initial appropriation, it would
have the effect of making the ac-
QUESTION an approved project. for
which funds would be made available
later.
Specifies klinSie Valley.
The bill specifies the Klingle VAL
ley and Piney Branch parkways, and
part of the Patterson tract.
In their urgent supplemental es-
Inmates for the current fiscal year
the Commissioners have asked for
s2O0, 900 for the immediate purchase
of the Klingle valley. This course
was followed because the city heads
received information that the land
would be developed by private in
terests this year and thereby become
lost for park purposes.
If this supplemental estimate is
allowed the Klingle valley item
could be striken from the special bill
just returned from the budget
bureau.
Essential Connecting Link.
In emphasizing the Importance of
saving the Klingle valley, Melvin c.
Hazen, city surveyor, pointed out to-
day that 1t would form an essential
link in the connecting chain between
Rock Creek and Potomac parks.
Although the, land necessary to
join Rock creek and Potomac parks
is now being acquired. Mr.. Haxen
said this route passes through the
Geological Park, which closes at s
o'clock in the evenings. The Klingle
valley, he said, would form an at
tractive bypass between the two big
parks without going through the Zoo.
Evening star., 1924-02-21
THEUNIS AVERTS CRISIS
IN BELGIUM'S MINISTRY
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BRUSSELS. February 21.-Danger
of ministerial crisis has been avert
ed, at least temporarily, by Premier
Theunis' speech in the chamber of
deputies on the financial and eco
nomic situation, his exposition MAX
ing an excellent impression both in
the parliament and throughout the
country.
The premier declared that. even if
Germany paid nothing more than
reparation in kind, Belgium was in
a position to meet all engagements
from her own resources. The heroic
measures put forward by the govern
ment met with wide approval, these
implying an entire change in the
policy of war damages, involving
cancellation of some claims and the
payment of others in securities OF
only after receipt of the money from
Germany.
1t is expected the speech will have
a salutary effect upon the exchange
crisis.
Evening star., 1924-02-21
VANDERBILT PLEASED
BY BIG LIBEL SUIT
Says 100000 Action by
Marion Star Owners May
Reveal Imprinted Facts.
By the Associated Press

by the Associate Press
NEW YORK. February 2l.-Fra nix
4. Vandcrlip. retired banker in a
reply today to the 5000, 900 libel suit
filed against him yesterday by the
owners of the Marion Star declared
he welcomed the suit and expressed
the hope that il woula be the fore
runner Of court proceedings that
would make public some of the news
that the great newspapers did not see
fit to print
II am prepared to spend quite as
much as has been asked for in these
court proceedings in an effort to make
public this news" the statement
said, adding that there is nothing
this country needs so much AT the
initiated by grand juries and pressed
BY incorruptible prosecuting attor-
neys.
Asleep Mt Switch.
The statement continued: Twenty
two months ago, in April. 1922. the
Senate, by unanimous resolution,
called for the facts in the Teapot
Dome leases. That resolution was SO
framed that the red flag of suspicion
was run up. For weeks no answer
at all was received and none was
pressed for. and thereafter. until
quite recently. the search for the
facts was made without vigor. What
were the newspapers doing for
twenty-five months? What was
Senator Walsh doing? 1t looks as if
somebody had been asleep at the
switch-or perhaps asphyxiated at
the switch. At least, no court pro-
ceedings have yet resulted from the
Teapot Dome situation.
Nor have there been, so far as j
am aware, any court proceedings
initiated as a result of the criminal
mismanagement of the Veterans
Bureau. The wholesale dishonesty
there is not a matter of rumor; it is
matter of official record in the
committee proceedings and the pro-
ceeding of Congress, and Mr.. Forbes
and his friends have as yet en-
countered no court proceedings.
There have been no proceedings,
nor even a thorough investigation of
the alien property administration.
CONTINUED on Page 2, Column %
Evening star., 1924-02-21
WARREN APPOINTED
ENVOY TO MEXICO
Coolidge Sends Nomination
of Detroit Man to Senate.
Served in Toxic.

Charles b. Warren of Detroit, Mich,
was nominated by President Coolidge
today to be United States ambassador
to Mexico.
Mr.. Warren was formerly ambas-
sador to Japan and was one of the
two commissioners who represented
this government in Mexico last sum-
nler in neEotiat tions which resulted
in the resumption of diplomatic rela-
tions between the two countries.
Mr.. Warren several times refused
the ambassadorship. but President
Coolidge and Secretary Hughes in
sisted that he change his mind.
Mr. Warren long has been active in
republican national politics and was
close friend of the late President
Harding. He made Il notable. record
at Toxic. where he negotiated several
agreements for better understanding
between the American and japanese
peoples, including that for cancella-
ton of the Lansing -Ishii agreement