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Evening star., 1924-06-29

Mechanism.
How often . project that promises slee
With dire disappointment il loaded.
We planned steam roller which
turned out to be
An airship whose gas tank exploded.
Jud Tunkins says one Of the things
to be admired about politics is that It
encourages the bands to play some.
thing besides jazz.
Incomplete Elucidation.
Tenaciously the custom clings
And leaves new troubles on our
hands;
This arguing about the things
That no one fully understands.
Utilizing tho Professions.
1.-THE political affairs OF the country
should not be turned over entirely to
lawyers"
NO." answered Farmer Corntossel.
There should be all kinds Of people.
For awhile It looked as il our delesa.
ton was going to need doctors and
trained nurses"
Arts OF Speech.
Let those who will display their skill
In oratoric freedom.
wise men don't rave. They try to save
Their words until they need 'en.
de busiest man I knows" said
Unole Eben, ~ one dat's allus stirrin'
up trouble for other people to settle.
Evening star., 1924-06-29
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Evening star., 1924-06-29

Fifty years ago the project of i'm
proving the Capitol grounds and
Evening star., 1924-06-29

The last territorial assembly Of
the District under the form OF gov
Evening star., 1924-08-21
Choosing Sides.

The other day, as q feature Of q
benefit performance in Cleveland,
two teams of old-time base ball
players engaged in q game which
was full of thrills for the spectators
and was richly provocative Of
memories Of past glorious careers on
the diamond. The names Of the
players were all famous. Some Of
the greatest performers Of a short
generation ago were in uniform,
taking Sides" and fighting with
much OF their former vigor and
fervor for the honor Of q victory.
Now comes a news picture which
shows how the sides are assigned.
Two OF the aforetime stars, Cy
Young and Larry, better known as
Napoleon LAjoie, are depicted
standing with a bat held in their
hands, "palming up to see which
should have first choice. Every
"boy" who Is now in middle life re-.
members that process. Maybe that
is the way the sides are still chosen.
To leave the matter In doubt is to
confess ignorance Of the practices Of
the modern playing fiA(d. But it may
be questioned whether many games
= q - -
Evening star., 1924-08-21

For most of the boy teams Of today
are definitely organized. They have
their regularly enrolled membership,
and they are in turn members Of
leagues. II q spontaneous game Is
played on q back lot-and there are
very few back lots now-or on q
public playground, 1t is usually not
an affair OF sides" Two batters
occupy the plate in turn until one of
them is caught out, when the catcher
replaces him as he goes to the outer
most field.
Tossing the bat for the choosing Of
sides was really a matter Of some
skill. To make the grip as broad as
possible called for finesse. To ex-
haust the last fraction Of an inch Of
the upper handle without evoking
strenuous protest required skill.
Then, if the least margin was left
and a finger-tip grip was possible, to
hold the bat thus and swing it
around the head in proof, as the
strict rules required. called for digital
strength and for nerve. And when
the right Of first choice was thus
secured, by getting the final grip on
the bat, how the ears were assailed
by clamorous petitions, Choose me"'
"Pick me. buddy"' These cries
mostly came from the lesser lights Of
the game, the least eligible ones.
Those OF assured skill were confident
and awaited the honor of first Sc.
lection without perturbation. AS the
picking went on and the sides were
lined up and the choices became less
promising there were heart burnings
To be picked last was one of the
hardest things boy had to bear
in life.
Now with regular teams, named
and uniformed. and enrolled in
leagues and playing scheduled games,
base ball is not quite what it used to
be for the small boy. But he enjoys
the sport nevertheless. He is wise
to the records Of the professional
players, and even if some Of the
modern juvenile sportsmen do not
fully understand that picture Of Cy
Young and Nap Lajoie palming bat
they know that a ball game was in
prospect under the leadership Of two
Of the greatest players the sport
ever knew.
Evening star., 1924-08-21
Steps Which Must Be Taken
BY FRANK H. SIMONDS.

you can Immediately abolish menaces.
and thus procure a state of mind
which will make reduction Of armies
possible. Europe Is manifestly cooling
off and as it cools off the process of
mental demobilization Is taking place.
But unless all signs fail we are still
very far from any complete mental
demobilization. p
Question Of Boundaries.
Therefore, before much progress
can be made 1t will be necessary to see
just what relation to the existing
system Of European boundaries Rus
sia and Germany are to have. VIII
both accept or reject, or will one ac-
cept and the other reject the status
quo? The line Germany takes will
have immediate consequences for
French, Belgian, Polish and Czecho-
slovak military establishments. nor
will any Of these countries consent to
reductions of their armed strength
until they are satisfied in which d.
rection Germany Is going.
The single effective argument in
favor of a reduction Of the period of
service in the French army is the as
sertion that France Is, given the pres
ent state Of Germany, overinsured.
There Is no argument over the pres
ent need that all Frenchmen should
be trained in the army. but only the
debate as to how long it takes to
train him and how long he need stay
after he is trained in order to provide
the necessary numbers.
A discussion in any international
conference now over any real pro-
gram of disarmament would. so far
as the French and Belgians are con-
cerned, for example, lead at once to
reopening the old and sterile discus
sion of what guarantees the United
States and Great Britain would give
France and Belgium against Germany,
provided they disarmed and Germany
later attacked them. Since we are
not prepared to give any guarantees
and the British are in a similar mood,
1t becomes excessively difficult for
American or British representatives
to press arguments for Limitation Of
armaments beyond a certain point
Gradual Reduction Probable.
Doubtless there will be one or more
conferences dealing with ornaments,
and beyond all question there will be
a gradual reduction of the armed
strength of European nations as the
process of adjustment goes forward,
assuming that it will. But, after all,
what this means Is a gradual limita-
tion of ornaments, rather than any
actual disarmaments, which Is still far
removed from European minds as a
possibility. European nations will con-
tinue to base their military establish
ment on their political situation, and
the size Of their armies will be in di-
rect ratio to the size of the menaces
which they perceive about them.
The distinction between the Euro
pean and American standpoint can
perhaps be made clearest by saying
that while an American discusses the
reduction Of armies as a step toward
the re-establishment of peace, a con-
tinental European talks of the res
toration of peaceful condition as a
step toward the Limitation of arma-
ments.
Copyright, 1924. by the Mcclure Newspaper
Syndicate.)
Evening star., 1924-08-21

In his comment upon the termina-
ton OF the London conference the
British premier soberly reviewed the
further steps which must be taken
to bring about European pacification,
and with characteristic Scotch eau
tion referred to London achievements
as evidence that the right road about
had been entered, rather than that
the destination was in sight. Among
these later steps which Mr.. MacDon-
aid considered was that Of disarma-
ment, which Is equally interesting in
Britain and in the United States.
Since President Coolidge has at
least suggested a new disarmament
conference, 1t is plain that further
world discussion of the subject of
arms and armies is an immediate pos
sibility. perhaps to come in the early
part of next year. Europeans as con-
trasted with Americans will not, how
ever. look for any considerable or
swift change in the situation with re-
spSct of armies. Herriot, who took
office, pledged to reduce the period
of service in the French army from
Is to IL months. may be allowed to
fulfill this promise. but this is about
the only real prospect in sight.
Cut Of 100000 Men.
A curtailment Of the period of
service in the French army would
automatically reduce the number Of
French citizens serving with the
colors by a little more than 100 900
and would bring the active army Of
France down to approximately
$4,000. of which about half would
be the annual contingent called to
the colors In France, to which must
be added permanent stiffening OF
upwards of $4,000, corresponding to
our regulars; the balance would be
colonial troops. mainly north and
west African.
Conceivably 1T may be possible to
obtain an agreement among the
European states maintaining con-
script armies. that is armies based
upon universal service to limit serv-
ice with the colors to a year. since
the general belief Is that in this
period the recruit can be adequately
trained. In practice this term is
becoming increasingly prevalent al
ready. But 1t would be easy to ex-
aggerate the significance Of such an
agreement, in so far as disarmament
Is concerned.
Ruhr Army in Way.
Until the Ruhr is evacuated France
cannot consent to any reduction of
the period Of service, because such a
reduction would deprive her of the
requisite number of troops to main
tain the Ruhr army, the army which
holds the occupied districts on the
left bank of the Rhine and will re-
main in occupation under the Treaty
OF Versailles until 1895, preserve
French rule in Morocco, Syria and
various other colonies and at the
same time to keep on proper footing
the metropolitan army within the
frontiers of France.
Unlike reparations and debts. the
question of armaments in Europe can
not be settled at once and by any
definite agreement. These armies are
based in the last analysis upon a ma
tion's estimate of it's dangers. and
there Is obviously no fashion in which
Evening star., 1924-08-21

nificance. In the judgment Of those
who were given the care Of this
youth, he was freed Of his dual per-
sonality Ave years ago. He was
rated as normal and was sent back to
society as trustworthy person.
the only excuse for his present
murderous mischief, it surely appears
that the process of protection is ex-
tremely faulty.
There is today a profound senti.
ment throughout the country in
favor of sending the Chicago youths
to the gaIlows for punishment for
their atrocities. That Is not blood
lust. It is a wholesome fear that a
slighter punishment, even imprison-
ment for life, would fail as a warn
ing and a deterrent to others. 1t is
inspired, too, by the fear Of later
clemency, turning these young men
back to freedom, with no assurance
against renewed outbreaks of their
bestiality. The mistake made in New
York in 1913 may be repeated any
where. at any time.
By good fortune, so far as known,
lives were not lost in any of the fires
Gustow set. Technically, however,
he stands as guilty Of a capital crime,
for the firing of occupied buildings is
to murder. He may be
given credit for being possessed of
the dual personality" if by that
term is meant a lack Of sanity, a
arrangement of his moral and mental
faculties. But if incarcerated again,
as he was in 1915, can there be any
guarantee of security against another
Of cure?
Evening star., 1924-08-21
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN

and about 1900 species of fresh water
fishes. Since then the number of
known species has increased to sew
eral times these numbers, and new
species are constantly being identified
Q: What is 1ogwood used for?-
F. U. O.
A. Logwood is used in dyeing.
chiefly black, although it also gives
shades of blue, gray and violet.
@. Our gang would like to know
what the record is for relaying
rails?-M. T.
A. What is claimed to be a world
record for relaying rails was estab-
lished by a crew of men on the
Canadian Pacific Railway, New Bruins
wick district, recently. In two days
the men tore up 29.7 miles of old
S5-pound rails and replaced them with
new. There were 220 men in the
gang. According to all available
records, the former Canadian record
was Ill miles, which exceeds that
established in the United States.
Q. Were many colonial women en-
gagged in business as merchants?
"A. S.
A. Probably the number was twice
as large as today. Elizabeth Dexter,
an authority on colonial women, says
that about 8 per cent of the mer-
chants of colonial days were women.
Q. Please give me a formula for
making fly paper.-H A. K.
A. Boil together 1 pound rosin,
3k ounces molasses, and az ounces
boiled linseed oil until thick enough,
then spread on heavy manila paper.
Q. Please give a short biography
of Chaminade.-L. w. G.
A. Cecile Louise Stephanie Chami-
made, the French composer, was born
in Paris in 1861. She was a pupil of
LIE Couppey, Savard, Narsick and
GODDARD and made her debut as a pi-
anist at Is. Because of their melo-
diousness and piquant rhythm the
Chaminade compositions have been
very popular.
Inform and entertain yourself by
making constant use of The Star
Information Bureau, Frederic j.
HGsEin, director, TUenty-frst and
q streets northwest. There is q
toedHh of information at the COM
nlGnd of Star readers There is no
charge for seruice ercept tuo-
cent stamp, t1hich should be in
closed for direct reply.)
Evening star., 1924-08-21
"Indecent."

Quite naturally the La Toilette
organs of speech are all cluttered up
with eXpletives against the accept
ance address of Gen. Dawes, who on
Tuesday night at Evanston paid the
third party the compliment of calling
it the radical menace to American
constitutionalism. In the most CO.
herent statement that has emanated
from the headquarters of dissent
Gen. Dawes is scored as establishing
himself among the misunderstanding
conservatives His speech, it is de-
clared, would be ridiculous if it were
not Indecent"
To protest the proposals of the
third party, it would seem from the
tenor Of this statement. is to go
counter to the laws Of nature. Evolu-
tion of the Constitution is not only
the right but the duty of American
citizens. 1t may be changed. 1t
should be changed. To stand pat'
on it is to go backward, to sink into
desuetude.
The fact that the Constitution has
been amended in several important
particulars. respecting the income
tax, the direct election of Senators,
the prohibition of the liquor traffic
and the enfranchisement Of women,
is now cited as a reason why the
process of change should go forward
more rapidly. One of the proposed
changes is that which would deprive
the Supreme Court of the right to
nullify acts of Congress by declaring
them contrary to the Constitution.
Sober minded citizens are inclined to
draw back sharply from such a pro-
posal. They see in it the mark of
the communist. They discern in it
an attack upon the very citadel. of
security, the judiciary. They recog-
nize in it. the purpose to give un-
restrained power to the "proletariat. -
Judging parties, like men, by the
company they keep. it is impossible
to see anything in the present third
party movement but an appeal to the
extreme radicalism of that small
who are deluded by the Russian con.
cept of liberty. However pure its
conception, this party has come into
the world as a creature Of deformity.
It has all the attributes of shock
ingly mixed parentage.
No abuse of Gen. Dawes will
camoufiage the fact that the third
party of today is the cover of all the
forces that are aiming at a complete
revolution of American institutions.
To it's banner have flocked all the
elements of dissent and protest.
Honest pleaders for relief are jostled
in the ranks by scheming plotters
against the Republic. Deluded ad-
vocates of reforms are pushed for
ward by avowed believers in the
Soviet system.
If plain speaking about the charac-
ter of this movement is indecent -
then the country needs more Of it.
Evening star., 1924-08-21

Q. At what home will the Prince
of Wales stop in New York City and
Washington?-R. S. s.
x. He will stop at the James A.
Burden house on Long Island during
his stay in New York This estab-
lishment has been put at his disposal
by the owner who is now abroad.
At present the Prince of Wales does
not plan to stop overnight in Wash
ington.' s.-
Q. How can a political committee
borrow money from bank when the
committees are not Incorporated
/. N. A.
A. Money for campaign commit
tees that is borrowed from banks is
secured on the Endorsements of Off
cial party leaders as individuals whose
notes are regarded as acceptable by
the banks.
@. How is the value of a trade
mark figured?-F. T. ".
A The value of a trade mark de-
pends upon the advertising back of
it that has impressed it upon the
public mind. 1t is reported that the
owners Of one we'll known trade
mark refused an offer of $4,000 900
for 1t, although they only paid $4,000
for it originally.
@. How many people witness pro-
fessional base ball games on days
when all the teams are playing?-
P. T. B.
A. Figures are not available for
the average daily attendance at pro-
fessional base ball games. 1t is esti-
mated, however, that on Memorial
day and on the Fourth of July, this
year, the 16 major league teams
played to total attendance of &c.,
600 each day, while the 26 minor
leagues had an aggregate of $4,000
spectators. This would make maxi
mum attendance of approximately
100000.
Q. What corporation has the
largest number of stockholders?-
Fl. 8. L.
A The American Telephone and
Telegraph Company, with more than
100000 stockholders, is said to have
the largest number of stockholders of
any American corporation.
How many kinds of fish are there?
Il. E. c. NJ.
A. The Bureau of Fisheries saws
that as far back as 1900 DR.. Gunther
OF the British Museum had listed
about $500 species Of salt water fishes
Evening star., 1924-08-21
Swimming Pools.

The Engineer Commissioner Of the
District favors extension of public
swimming pools, and the matter will
be taken up in due time by the
Board of. Commissioners. Commits
sioner Bell has been on a short va
cation trip, and in Baltimore, one of
the conservative cities. he found
valuable suggestions which might be
given application to Washington.
He said that he was surprised at the
size and number Of public swimming
pools in Baltimore. He believes that
swimming pools may be made in
Rock Creek Park and on the Patter-
son tract when it becomes part Of
our park system.
A large number of swimming pools
can be made along Rock Creek when
the sewer system is 50 extended that
the creek is safe from pollution, and
the value of the creek will be much
enhanced when the flow from its
watershed is conserved. It would be
possible to enlarge facilities in the
tidal basin and in Anacostia Park, es-
pecially when that part of the pro-
posed park above .Benning Bridge
comes to be created.
There has been remarkable growth
in outdoor bathing. The increase in
patronage of the tidal basin beach is
testimony of this. The stream of pill
grims to river, bay and sea bathing
shores is other evidence. Young
people generally take to water as do
ducks. The advantage Of public
swimming places is greatly appreci-
ated by emancipated woman. The
girl with face, hands and neck not
sunburnt, is out Of style. Swimming
has become a great sport with chill
dren of parents who were afraid to
dip their toes in cold, open water.
Women who would not go "a-swim.
ming" except in SO many yards OF
blue flannel that they could not swim
at all see their daughters plunging,
diving and doing fancy strokes in
bathing suits that few years ago
would have been so shocking that
almost any woman would have called
for her smelling salts, whether she
needed them or not. And yet moth
ing has gone wrong with the world or
with womankind.
In the movies we see many, many
bathing scenes, and woman divers
and swimmers are good to look at.
The pictures have done something
to popularize the sport. In warm
sections Of the United States, especi-
ally on the Southern Pacific coast, it
is becoming common to have a
swimming pool in the yard. Perhaps
this may come to be the case in the
East. No argument can be put up
against extension Of the swimming
habit. The young people are for it,
and the older people, If they are wise.
approve. If we can have more public
swimming places in Washington the
"rising generation" will applaud.
Evening star., 1924-08-21
A "Cured" Pyromaniac.

1t was inevitable that the example
of the Chicago degenerates pleading
dual personalities as a reason for
escaping the death penalty would
incite others, caught in the tolls Of
the law, to enter the same excuse for
their misdeeds. A case comes to
point in the arrest Of a young man
named Gustow in New York City
for having set dwellings on fire for
the fun Of seeing the engines at
work and the occupants struggling
for escape from death. Admitting his
crimes, he says: II am man of dual
personality. There are times when I
am all right, like Mr.. Hyde, and then
comes the desire that I can't resist.
I have tried to, but I can't. Then 1
am DIR. Jekyll."
There will probably be more of
The Chicago youths have been pro-
claimed by the defense attorneys as
irresponsible lads within whom an
tagonistic natures struggled, with the
evil personalities dominating. This
New York pyromaniac, admitting to
having set no less than 100 fires
within the past three months. claims
the same right to shift responsibility
to an intangible influence.
It appears upon tracing the record
of this. f1rebug that in 1915, when a
lad of 16. Gustow was found to be a
pyromaniac, and by arrangement
with his family was sent away to
Bloomingdale, the local institution
for the insane, and later was trans
ferred to the State hospital at Middle
town for observation and treatment.
In 1919 he was discharged as
fcned."
Evening star., 1924-08-21

Candidates are disappointing any
mild hopes that campaign speeches
would develop a few new pie
turesque expletives. Producers of
theatrical comedy find themselves
hampered by the labor situation in
the theater. The prospects for this
seasons crop of rhetorical novelties
are not very favorable.
Evening star., 1924-08-21

statements. felicitously and carefully
phrased," in fact, "the smoothness
and rhythm of the style are reminis-
cent OF Mr.. Wilson's at its best" The
Ohio State Journal (Republican),
however, believes the speech "wilf
strengthen his candidacy" because
sit shows him a clear thinker, good
strategtst, 9 hard fighter, possessed
with all that joyful confidence, as he
terms it, which makes contender
always dangerous" and the Sioux
City Journal (Rspubltcan) charac-
Evening star., 1924-08-21

A reputation for having been one
Of the smartest and trickiest fighters
that ever went into the prize ring,
will hardly serve to provide "Kid"
Mccoy with theories Of precocious
supermentality inducing intellectual
abnormalism. -.-.
Evening star., 1924-08-21

Alienists may yet succeed in abol-
ishing capital punishment by con-
vincing public opinion that there is
too strong an element Of luck in the
preliminary proceedings.
Evening star., 1924-08-21
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

The Acceptance.
Our candidate has bravely
Consented to accept.
He did it all so gravely
The audience nearly wept.
He did as we demanded.
We're feelin' pretty good.
And yet, to be quite candid,
We kind O. thought he would.
The great suspense is ended.
sWe wouldn't stand a show
Had he not condescended
Into this race to go.
OF course it is essential
To have things understood;
And yet-Quite CONFIDENTIAL
We kind O. thought he would.
Evening star., 1924-08-21

There is a disposition to remind
Gov. Charles Bryan that a vice presi-
dental candidate is in no wise ex-
pected to go into training for the
exercise Of veto powers. ,.