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Evening star., 1925-08-25
The Music Festival.

In announcing a plan for musical
festival in Washington next May the
sDistrict Commissioners put in motion
a. project which has been wished for
ardently for some years by the resi-.
dents Of the Capital. They are NOV
ing in the matter with foresight to ef.
feet an organization in good season.
Within month representative COM
mittee of 200 citizens will be named
OF the details Of the festival. That
will give full seven months for prep
aration for the event, not too long a
time if the occasion is to be worthy Of
Washington.
This city has steadily developed
during the past quarter OF a century
as an art center, as a community of
culture. 1t has grown greatly in pop
ulation in that time. It has not only
attracted here many who are devoted
to various forms of expression, but
has developed home talent of a high
merit. 1t is therefore capable Of hold
ing a musical festival on a large scale.
which, under the auspices of an enter
prising, active citizens committee,
should attract and hold the attention
OF the country.
No program has, of course, yet been
prepared. 1t will be time enough to
outline the happenings OF the week
which it is proposed the festival
should cover after the directing com.
nittee is organized. Certain possibil-
tiles, however, are suggestive; an
operatic performance by the excellent
organization that has been successful
ly maintained here for several sea-
sons; choral singing by the groups
that have been developed during sew
eral years Of community vocal music;
orchestral programs by an organiza-
ton that can readily be formed out of
the material here available; band con-
certs by the Governments musical
units, which rank with the best in the
United States-these are some of the
features which at once propose them
selves.
A musical festival always stimulates
the best In any community. Other
cities have held these affairs on a
large scale and have been benefited by
them. Music brings people together,
stimulates their spirit Of cooperation.
During the war the strains of group
and community sings were a factor
for victory.
There can be no doubt Of the sue
cess of the Commissioners proposed
Washington music festival. Those
whom they invite to participate in the
organization will in accepting this call
render a valuable service to the Dis
trict. The Commissioners are to be
thanked by the community for putting
into concrete form the plan for week
of music in the Spring at the National
Capital.
Evening star., 1925-08-25

about Nye's work. His quaintness Of
expression was spontaneous and not
forced. He was, moreover, always
clean and wholesome. He did not ap-
peal to a low taste. He did not resort
to false orthography or grammar for
his effects.
1t would be well for the people of
today in honor Of a man who did SO
much more than 80 years ago to
tighten the spirits of the country. in
recognition Of this ceremony of appre-
citation in North Carolina to read some
Of Bill Nye's works. They are, there
fore, referred to "Bill Nye and Boone
rang" Forty Liars" and the comic
histories Of the United States and
England, which are merely some of
his collected works.
Evening star., 1925-08-25
The Last Week.

CnleSS some agreement is reached In
the meantime. work in the anthracite
mines will be suspended one week from
today. The most recent move looking
to a solution of the controversy be-
tween the miners and the operators
comes from committee Of business
men in the anthracite region, that
small but important corner of Pennsyl-
vania from which the fuel supply of
millions of people comes. John L..
Lewis, president of the United Mine
Workers Of America, and other repre-
sentatives Of the miners will meet with
this committee in Hazleton today. and
committee in Wilkes. Barre tomor-
row.
The business mems committee in
arranging these conferences has
81 eessed the importance of laying be-
FIRE both sides to the controversy the
.ttitude and sentiment of the public.
II the committee can really convey to
the miners and the operators an ade-
quate understanding Of the public's at.
titude toward a coal strike, with its
consequent shortage of fuel, discom-
fort and increased costs, it will have
accomplished much. Both operators
and miners are too close to the issues
between themselves TO get a clear view
of the attitude of the consuming pub
lie.
Furthermore, the business men of
the anthracite region can visualize the
distress which will fall particularly
upon all residents of the region IL
there is a prolonged strike, with pro.
duction halted and purchasing power
gone. The principals in a fight not In
frequently become totally oblivious to
the blows that may reach the limo
cent bystander."
The innocent bystander, however, is
giving more and more signs Of irrita-
ton at the prospect of a coal strike.
There are threats in the air which
both miners and operators may do well
to heed. The governors Of New Eng
land are planning not only to bring into
use substitutes for anthracite during
a possible strike and shortage Of hard
coal, but as a permanent supply. The
Federal Government quietly is laying
plans to aid in a rapid and general
distribution of bituminous coal. coke
and other substitute fuels in the event
Of a shutdown of the anthracite
mines.
The bituminous mines OF the country
in recent months have suffered much
for lack of business, many of them
closing or running part time. But al
ready production is increasing in the
soft coal mines in anticipation of the
anthracite strike, and a week ago
more than 100000 tons were mined.
The number of mines in the btu
minous fields, scattered through the
country, are more than capable of
producing enough coal to meet the
fuel needs of the Nation with anthra-
cite off the market entirely. This is
one of the matters which the anthra-
cite industry must consider. If their
market goes. both sides of the contro-
versy stand to lose.
The public-be-damned' attitude on
the part either of the workers or the
capitalists is no longer one to be as.
sumed with impunity in this country.
Evening star., 1925-08-25
Over-impulsive.

Tracked to his hiding place, Charles
Schwartz, California chemist, charged
with murder in a plot to swindle an
insurance company out of $4,000,
killed himself as police smashed the
doors. Foolish man! Unseemly haste,
He lost hope too soon-before giving
the lawyers, the alienists and the
women a chance to weep over him and
save him from the penalty the law
once in while eXacts for murder. He
didn't even allow himself time to
acquire ''cell shock" that most con-
venient disease just recognized. This
unfortunate murderer was too i'm
petuous. Unfortunately most Of that
type are not equally so.-Eew Orleans
Tribune.
Evening star., 1925-08-25

Q. What proportion Of the gasoline
produced in the entire world is used in
the United States?-S. C. f.
A. Continental United States used
approximately 70 per cent of the total
world gasoline consumption, which
figure corresponds very closely to the
American percentage Of the total
world motor vehicle registration.
Q. What are the receipts to the Gov
ernment from the sale of seal and fox
skins?-W. r. S.
A. On the basis Of warrants issued
(neD the receipts TO the Government
from the sale of seal and fox skins in
1924 were S110,s5S.09. In 1923 the re-
ceipts were s4o0.445.7s.
@. What is the meaning of the word
"kilocycle"?--A.T T.
A. It is a measure that is taking the
place Of wave length" in radio. While
wave lengths are. measured in me-
ters, kilocycle is measured by fre.
quency. The rule for changing wave
length into kilocycles is: Divide $780,.
900 by the wave length in meters. The
answer is in kilocycles.
@. Was there ever an anti,Masonic
political organization of any strength
in this country?--B. G..
A. In 1926 William Morgan OF Ba-
tavia, n. Y, a Freemason, who was
preparing book revealing the secrets
of the order, disappeared, and II was
charged that he had been abducted
and drowned in Lake Ontario. Long
trials were held, but no one was ever
convicted. The affair led to the for
nation of an anti-Mason party, which
controlled over 10000 votes in New
York and secured the electoral vote of
Vermont in 1892.
@. What did it cost the ancient
Egyptians to make a mummy out Of a
dead body?-D. c. T.
A. The Egyptians employed three
methods Of embalming, according TO
the wealth and position of the de
ceased. The most costly mode Is esti-
mated at a talent Of silver, or about
$3.50.
Q. Are women more emotional than
men-M. NJ. T.
A. Psychologists estimate that 80
per cent of the men are as emotional
as SO per cent of the women, but this
Is in a measure offset by the state
ment that for generations the female
has been encouraged from earliest
childhood to express her emotions
While the male Is taught 10 repress
his. DR.. Thorndike of Columbia Uni
versity, says: "The individual differ
ences within one sex SO enormously
outweigh the differences between the
sexes In the intellectual and semi
intellectual traits that for practical
purposes the sex differences may be
disregarded."
G. How did the expression dough
face" originate?-N. III.
A. Edmund Randolph of Virginia
applied the term doughfaces 10 those
slavery supporters who voted for the
Missouri compromise. 1t was later
applied TO Northerners with South
ern principles.
@. What was the Battle of the
kegs" IS. T.
A During the Revolutionary Wan
an attempt was made TO destroy the
British fleet at Philadelphia by float
ing kegs Of powder down stream upon
a raft, with attachments for exploding
them when they struck any object
The plan was evolved by David Bush
Evening star., 1925-08-25

The Chinese are behind the times in
many ways. But their action in meet
ing the British claim for riot indem-
nifty with counter claim shows they
are in touch with the most modern
civilizations in matters Of diplomatic
finances.
Evening star., 1925-08-25
World WEAKNESS.

World WEAKNESS.
Each little invention that comes unto
earth
Is announced as a promise of comfort
and mirth.
Each little contrivance is called a de-.
vice
For making existence so easy and
nice.
Each little contraption we hailed with
such pride
Begins, after while. to explode or col.
lide,
And the way that these modern i'm
provements behave
Make us want to turn backward and
live in cave.
Evening star., 1925-08-25

Henry Ford has tasted the blood
Of victory in his fight TO put the
horse out of business and now he
announces that he will do likewise
with the gentle and useful milch COW.
He will have quantitative production
of mechanical cows, which by the
mere turn or a faucet will give syn
thetic milk IN abundance.
Whether his tin COWS Will be called
Lizzies or Fordson LiZZettes has not
been declared. but, according to MI:
Ford, the old style flesh and blood
COWS must go. They are alleged TO
be inefficient. Like horses, Whlch
had to be fed oats and hay whether
they worked or not, the Bossle OF oIo
has kept on chewing her cud whether
she gives down" or kicks over the
bucket just after being stripped.
Instead of clover hay. the new COW
will consume soy beans and peanuts.
The familiar soothing call TO quiet
restive "So-So-o-B Bessie" will
he interpreted into Soy, Bessie. Soy.
SOW beans, Bossiew The three-legged
milking stool will be relegated to the
antique shop, along with the spin.
ming wheel and the fail. 1t may all
be a scheme to get the stools FOR
furnishing Mr.. Ford's New England
ROADSIDE nOStSlTlcS
X * x
However, there are old-fashioned
folks in the Department of Agricul-
ture, and they do not take kindly TO
Mr.. Fords S soy bean fodder. They
declare that as the cobbler should
not go beyond his last, so the self
starting Lizzie should not think that
because she can bawl she can give
milk.
X X X
Mr.. Ford says the COW is inefficient.
The Department of Agriculture points
with scorn at that statement and then
at the following table, which proves
that the COW is the most efflcient
animal upon the farm, for out OF
every 100 pounds of feed consumed
she returns IS pounds of milk, the
acknowledged ideal food" for man.
Agricultural authority states that
"the dairy COW returns through her
milk more of the nutritive elements
consumed than are recovered in the
flesh of meat animals" Jordan gives
the following figures as TO human
food produced by farm animals from
100 pounds of digestible matter con-
Sumed:
Evening star., 1925-08-25

In studying the Florida land boom
the United States Government has
been moved to withdraw certain sec.
tions from free entry. This is at least
an expression Of confidence by Uncle
Sam himself in the stability Of ex-
traordinary values that have asserted
themselves.
Evening star., 1925-08-25

why then should Mr.. Ford pick
on the cow?"~they ask. why stop
before. making quantitative tin repro
ductions of all the farm animals? He
has already put the veterinarians out
of business. Let him call to the tin
chanticleer weathercock to come down
off his perch. Wall Street brokers
imagine that the lambs Of the market
should be made of tin, so Mr.. Ford
might make his peace with them II he
would introduce tin lambs in quantita-
tive production"
Mr.. Ford is making ducks and
brakes of his chances of political pre-
ferment. Both political parties are
on record against his radical views
of farming. Farmer Calvin Coolidge
said in a speech at the Worlds Dairy
Congress of 1928:
"As a food product, there is no
substitute for that which comes from
the dairy. 1t contributes an i'm
portant element to the growth and
development of both body and mind,
for which there has never been dis
covered an adequate substitute.
To show that the COW is non-parti-
san, one may quote from the Demo
cratic Senator from New York. DIR.
Copeland, former health commissioner
of the metropolis:
than milk, whether for children or
adults, and / am q strong exponent
of it's use.''
The man who has fed more babies
than any man in the world. Secretary
of Commerce Herbert Hoover, in a
speech made at the National Radio
Farm School. said:
Evening star., 1925-08-25

Russian Soviets are always willing
TO be blamed for disturbances in
China or anywhere else. A reputa-
ton for mischievous influence is bet
ter than no reputation for influence of
any kind.
Evening star., 1925-08-25

A beauty contest" can be conduct
ed without fear that the Judges" will
have to face a Supreme Court review
OF their decisions. There are some
forms OF frivolity that the Nations jul
dietary system has not yet been re-
quested to take seriously.
Evening star., 1925-08-25

One of the most patient performers
in current literature is the headline
writer who keeps on from year to
year trying to startle the gentle read
er with announcements that next Win
ter's coal will be dearer.
Evening star., 1925-08-25

julius Caesar is the one man to
whom Mussolini yields admiration. 1t
is only discreet to select an idol who
is removed by centuries from a chance
Of breaking into the picture as rival.
Evening star., 1925-08-25

II war could be regarded as impos.
sible until all the debts Of previous
conflict are squared up most people
"a be in favor Of extending pay
ments over a very long period.
Evening star., 1925-08-25

Jud Tunkins says he has a good deal
of respect for the weather man, even
if he is one Of these unrighteous
scientists who don't believe there's
much use in prayin' for rain.
Evening star., 1925-08-25

Traffic Director Eldridge has COM
pleted his vacation. AS a consistent
official. he limits himself to his leave
and takes no chances on parking
overtime
Evening star., 1925-08-25

1t is but natural for merchants TO
wish that parking restrictions at the
adjacent curb could be removed for
the benefit Of their own particular
customers.
Evening star., 1925-08-25

II anything could make Jazz un-
popular it would be the recent orders
OF the dry agents that the orchestra
keep playing while Milwaukee road
houses were being raided.
Evening star., 1925-08-25
Distant Acquaintance.

Il wish you would propose a bill to
make it unlawful for anybody To-
wait minute" protested Senator
Sorghum. "I don't intend to intro
duce any more bills that the public is
likely as not to refuse to be on speak
ing terms with
Evening star., 1925-08-25
Long-Range Shooting.

From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
Chinese marksnen are fortunately
erratic, but the shots fired at Canton
are heard around the world.
Evening star., 1925-08-25
Best Installment Plan.

From the Boston Globe.
One of the best things to buy on
the installment plan is an account at
. savings bank.
Evening star., 1925-08-25
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Evening star., 1925-08-25
Unjust InsinuatiOns.

DO you think the Prince of Wales
is responsible for the latest fashions
in mems clothes?"
NO" answered Miss Cayenne. .I
regard the Prince as entirely too seri-
Gus and polite person to go in for
practical joking"
Evening star., 1925-08-25

DE only man ! know dat's willin'
to work mo- dan eight hours a day.
said Uncle Eben, lis some one in de
neighborhood. dat's learnin' to play de
saxophone.'
Evening star., 1925-08-25
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Evening star., 1925-08-25

Q. In what States did women vote
for President before the Fedora
amendment was passed?-W. II. i.
A Wvoming, Colorado, Utah. Idaho,
washington, California, Kansas, Ari
zona, Illinois, Oregon, Montana, and
Nevada
The Coconino sun., 1925-10-16
APACHE SHERIFF LOSES
EVERY DROP OF BOOZE

Sheriff Buffers Is gallons of good
bootleg booze, taken in a raid few
weeks ago, was stolen last Saturday
evening from the county Jail and the
court house is now "bone dry" Sher-
if Butler was at McNary Saturday
night and for a few hours no one
happened to be around the court
house.
The booze was stored in the ladies
ceil which has an iron-barred window
on the south side 1t was only neces-
sary to draw the bolts and pull the
window out at the bottom, making an
opening through which full tea-gal-
lon keg was taken besides a number
Of jugs and fruit jars full of liquor.
Not drop was left in the cell.
Il is said no one knew exactly
where the tooze was stored except
the courthouse crowd, bat of course
that rlust be mistake as no one
around the courthouse would drink
he@tle~7 booze, much less break in and
steal it.
J0e Hale and Charley Crane, the
men who were held up by officers
near Concho a few weeks ago and re-
ieved Of the booze in question, are
stu in the county jail waiting to be
turned over to federal officers-St.
Johns Observer.
The Coconino sun., 1925-10-16

Williams of Williams who killed nice
buck but was not lucky enough to get
one himself
Rev. White of Williams, pastor OF
the Methodist church. south, con-
Aducted the church services here Sun
day night More than SO people turn
ed out to hear hi1n Rev White has
been hired by the local church organi-
zation to conduct services here evefY
other Sunday night. enough meheg
having been pledged by our people to
take care Of that many visits.
Mr.. and Mrs Tarleton went to
Phoenix Wednesday, expecting to be
there about a week.
Major General Hines, head Of the
veterans bureau, his aide and Colonel
Williams were visitors at the park
Sunday.
Mrs. Ray Burger entertained a
small number OF friends at bridge on
Wednesday afternoon.
Mrs. NJ. Melville. mother of Mrs,
Mccormick, came from Seattle the
first Of the week to remain here all
winter She brought Mrs McCor-
mick's son. Everett, who had been
there with her, They are living in a
tent house between the Lauzcn and
George Smith homes.
The Coconino sun., 1925-10-16
GRAND CANYON
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The ways and means committee OF
the z. T. A.will hold the annual ba-
zaar at the community house en- Fri
day night, the 10Th. The affair IS
in charge Of Mrs. NJ. K. Tillotson,
chairman, with Mrs. Tarleton, Mrs.
Carr, Mrs. F'rancy, Mr.. Nelson, Mi.
Stephens and the P. T. A. president,
Mrs S. G. Stephens, as assisting COM
mittee. Many special features Will be
put on this year among them being a
fish pond, fancy work booth, cooked
food booth, roulette wheel and jlt-
ney dance 1t was decided last spring
to hold it a month or more earlier
than last year, as so many employees
are gone at the later date and to al
low for Christmas shopping.
Mr.. and Mrs. jim Stevens of Will
liams were here a few days last week,
then left for California, where they
will spend the winter.
Mrs. Austin Shawcross Of Lafay-
cite, Ind, who arrived a week ago
Monday to visit her daughter, Mrs.
NJ. r. TiIlotson, and family, has not
been at all well since she came, being
confined to the house most of the
time.
Jake Sturgill and party of friends
went to Flagstaff and back Thursday.
1t should be said, they meant to re-
turn Thursday, but it was close to
Friday before they got here, the roads
not permitting the sort Of driving
Jake usually does.
Miss Lucille Odle returned from her
vacation in the east on Thursday.
Mrs. J. w. Shirley and son, Bert,
and Mrs. Tex Haute drove over from
Flagstaff on Friday to visit their re-
spective husbands. They returned
there again Sunday.
Painter Munroe and his uncle, Chief
Tewaguaptwa Of Oraibi are in Los
Angeles for a two weeks stay.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. E. Kintner left by
car Saturday for the southern part.
the state, where they will spend
week seeing different points of IL
terest.
Park Superintendent and Mrs. E.
Ross Eakin returned Thursday from
Mesa Verde, where they attended con-
vention of park superintendents. Mr..
ToTnlinson Of Mount Rainier national
park and Mr.. Kraeble of Glacier ma
tional park returned with them, leav-
ing the next day.
Guy Harris, chief engineer of the
Santa Fe system, parked his private
car at the Canyon on Tuesday. Mr..
Harris is cousin Of Ray Burger and
enjoyed a short visit with the family
while here.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Smith spent
several days last week at their~ranch
near Williams, driving down with Mrs.
King when she returned home. George
went hunting in a party with John
The Coconino sun., 1925-10-16

81 will" means something only when
you can say 81 did" later on.