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rescues the wounded hero. and takes
him to Frisco and nurses him back to
health in the record time of two hours
and a half. Just as he recovers, in
walks the william, and the fire of man
hood that is supposed to have been
smoldering in the breast of the hero
for five reels suddenly bursts out into
flame. He shoots the william in the
back.
In Frisco in those days they hanged
men within the hour. The vigilantes
arrive. and Pola and her men have
visions of a moose. but, 10 and behold,
the vigilantes were going to shoot the
william themselves, 50 instead Of being
executed the hero is congratulated
And here ends the tale.
Under the circumstances, Pola is
hardly to be blamed for not acting.
Neither is Youcca Troubetzkoy, who,
however, had the poor taste to try
Warner GLAND is the blood-and-
thunder william.
The comedy is not funny. A travel
picture and news reel complete the bill.
The orchestra is the chief attraction.
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But to compare this far-fetched story
by CASTOR Leroux with Hugo's i'm
mortal "Hunchback" for with Poe's
fantastic creations is to compare the
ridiculous with the sublime. Even
in Poes Widest flights of gruesome
fancy, his normal characters reacted
NORMALLY to the superhuman horrors
about them. But in The Phantom
Of the Opera" their reactions are
forced and unnatural-furtherin the
plot at the cost of that subtle plausi-
bility which marks truly great
fantasies.
For gorgeousness and splendor of
scenic effects, however, this produc-
ton scarcely has a peer. The mag
niticent reproduction of the grand
stairway of the Paris Opera House,
the beautiful costumes and the weird
scenes in the underground torture
chambers beneath the theater, which
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form a sharp contrast to the gayety
above, are well worth the price of
the show in themselves.
Mischa Guterson offers, in addition
to his overture from Relationships
Fourth Symphony" vocal prelude
which creates the proper atmosphere
for the spectacle to follow. A por-
ton Of the first and last acts of
Faust" is given in costume John
Smith sings Mephistopheles, Nina
Norman. Marguerite. and Tandy Mac
kenzie, Faust. The famous trio from
the last act is especially effective.
The usual news reel completes the
program.
METROPOLITAN-"The Freshman"
Harold Lloyd's latest comedy, The
Freshman" went into its second week
yesterday at Crandall's Metropolitan,
Continued on Eleventh Page)
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RIALTO-"Phantom of the Opera

1.-The Phantom of the Opera" hauntS
the Rialto Theater for another week,
stalking through the shadows to
bring terror to all who behold him
The Phantom" is held over by
the force of his own weird personal
ity rather than for the Indifferent
vehicle which carries him through
series of highly spectacular but
unconvincing scenes eliminating in
his downfall.
Lon CLANCY in this latest portrayal
is true to his reputation as the great
est make.mp artist on the SCREEN.
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PALACE-"FIower of Night"

Poor. direction probably more than
anything else makes Flower Of
Night" which opened yesterday at
Loew'S Palace, one of the sort of pic
lures that does not seem destined for
success. With the scenario she had to
work from one can hardly blame Pola
Negri for her failure to display the fire
of dramatic genius or whatever 1t is
she IS supposed to be noted for. 1t
couldn't have been Joseph Herges-
heimer's fault. Nobody who saw The
Bright Shawl could be guilty of SO
scrilegious a thought. One prefers to
believe that Hergesheimer was in
hurry and didn't have slime to stop
and see what happened to Flower of
Night" after he let 1t out of his sight.
The daughter of an old Spanish
aristocrat goes to a mining camp
dance, dances with a drunken man
and comes back and tells her father
about 1t. Therefore her father shoots
himself. She goes to San Francisco
(time-during the gold rush), gets
job as dancer in IL saloon, and because
for some reason loved refuses TO be-
iieve her virtuous, she throws herself
on the mercy and lap of man of
low morals, but high standing in the
community. AS soon as this villianous
fellow learns who she Is he abandons
all idea of hasty seduction and offers
her gold mine. which she accepts
with pleasure. But when she learns
that her hero is to be shot she
changes her mind. dashes to the mine,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-08-06
Loading Platforms
And Motor Traffic

To the Edito- OF The Star:
Just a word in appreciation of your
common.sense editorial in Tuesday s
Star. Loading Platforms and Traffic.
Allow me to add word or two from
the viewpoint Of both driver and pc
destrian. Most drivers. if left unre-
strained. would soon become so care
less than life on the streets would not
be safe at all, and actual barriers. such
as are the present loading platforms.
are necessary for the safety of life
and limb. They command respect
through the fear of the driver for the
safety of his car, if not from any
other motive. Remove these barriers
and paint the entire safety zone all
the colors of the rainbow, il will not
prove of value, for in a painted line or
strip there is no protection for the
pedestrian. When standing upon a
platform one has feeling of security.
One cannot say the same thing while
standing within a painted zone. In
the interest and for the welfare of the
many who ride on the street cars
not forgetting the large number of
visitors our city has each day-and for
the welfare of our beautiful city, do
not abolish the loading platforms.
Speed IS not the only essential.
WILLIAM r. WALTON.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-08-06
An American Nobility.

How shall that big foreign debt to
the United States be paid. if the
debtor nations are unable or unwill-
ing to pay it? If it Is merely a ques-
ton of getting money back into the
war bonds and bring taxes down to
a peace basis, says an ingenious
American, the thing can be managed
easily enough. Get the money from
American multi-millionaires by sell
ing them titles.
American regard for titles. of no.
bility is well known. especially among
wealthy women. Why should these
women have to go abroad and marry
impecunious noblemen to get their
coveted titles? Captains of industry
and retired capitalists and the heirs
of such could easily afford them.
Sell 20 princedoms at $4,000, 900
each, 1903 dukedoms at $4,000, 900
each, 800 marquisates at 10000, 900
each, 500 earldoms at $4,000, 900 each
and 1000 baronetcies at $4,000, 200
each. That, says the proposer, will
bring in s21 900, 900 900, wipe out the
foreign debt and keep our socially
ambitious women at home. We shall
have the money, the heiresses and the
titles.
OF course, it. would be unconstitu-
tional, but what's the Constitution
between debt-collectors and title-wor-
shippers? Now let somebody propose
that in Congress next Winter. Just
let them!-Johnson City Staff News.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-08-06
The Watermelon.

Kind words for the watermelon were
written in a letter printed on this
page lately. 1t is sweetly refreshing
to have an apostle Of the watermelon
stand to the fore and sing a paean
to the watermelon. Its virtues are
known, but public recognition of its
greatness is rarely made. Poets with
singing pens have chanted of the
peach, the apple and the grape, but
seldom has the watermelon stirred
their muse. Men will speak with van
ity Of the grapefruit, shaddock or
ponelo they had at breakfast, but
If they tell Of a watermelon at din
ner they speak with the air of coh-
fession as though the watermelon
were unworthy of them. Yet no
longer is the watermelon a cheap
skate. In the happy days of yore
a Potomac watermelon would come
upon the table and brighten the feast
with crimson for ten cents. Now a
watermelon demands a dollar for that
service.
The watermelon is African and it is
thought that it's seeds came to the
land Of the free in SLAYER. The
watermelon found here home it came
to love. and the American melon is
grander and more luscious than it's
forebears or its kindred in Guinea and
Senegambia. The Potomac water
melon, born and bred on the Eastern
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bringing a multitude to the city. Just
why this change of estimates, this
seAsaw, is also matter of public spec
ulation. Perhaps the reduction of the
figure first named was to allay appre-
hension. Possibly the alienation has
been to enhance the mystery of the
proceeding. Saturday will tell it's tale
as to numbers AND possibly with re-
gard to the purpose of the assemblage.
There will be no disorder on Satur-
day unless disorderly elements out
side of the marching organization start
the purpose of this band of white-cos-
TUNED people is to establish a higher
standard Of citizenship, to inculcate
higher respect for the law. 1t is in
conceivable, therefore, that the march
erS themselves will foment friction. If
all others maintain as good order as
the marchers are likely to preserve, the
occa sion will be one of peace, what
ever the size of the parade.
Certain spectacular features of the
ku klux Khan have given it a perhaps
unmerited sinister significance. Its
name, revival of an institution which
Immediately followed the Civil War,
and which caused grievous suffering
in the South and led to wild lawless-
ness directly and through imitation.
has an unpleasant meaning. The
rather absurd nomenclature of the or
der, and particularly the masks and
concealment Of identity, have lessened
rather than increased the influence of
the orga MIA ton. The fact that now
in this parade, one of the greatest, it
may prove, in the history Of the order
the members will march without
masks, may indicate a change of pol
icy which is TO be welcomed and
praised If this orga nizati is TO be
maintained as an influence for good
citizenship and not as secret force
for the fomenting of race and religious
prejudice contrary to the spirit of the
American Constitution.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-08-06
True to Precedent.

The coal strike preliminaries are
running true to tradition. The usual
course is being followed. There have
tives of the mine owners and of the
operatives, and they have failed. They
usually do fail. Then, these meetings
being adjourned, the union scale com.
nsittee of forty members has now voted
to place full authority for the calling
of the strike in the hands OF a sub
committee of six. That is also the
customary practice. The position Of
the president of the organization has
been Endorsed una nimously, which is
likewise the common course of proce-
dure. Members of the small subcom.
mittee of six are granted additional
authority ito meet any emergency in
accord with their Judgment" which
means to resume negotiations and to
cooperate with the owners to prevent
the flooding of the mines in case of a
strike. This also is the ordinary prac-
tice.
Thus it will appear that the case is
altogether normal. In every respect
the strike menace" is running true
to form. In every preceding crisis of
this character responsibility and au-
thority have been vested in small
group of union representatives. In
the same manner the mine owning in
terests are concentrated in a small
group of representatives. Thus about
ten or twelve men are for the present
the arbiters of the public's welfare in re-
spect to the supply of fuel When it
comes down to cases probably two
men, one on each side, will have the
final say as to whether or not mining
will be continued or interrupted, the
president of the union and the chair
man of the operators organiza ton.
n In one respect the people who burn
anthracite are much better off in this
present emergency than usually here
tofore. Formerly the hard coal min
ing contract dated from April l, which
is about the end of the season of fuel
consumption. AS a result of the latest
strike, the date was shifted to Sep
TENDER 1, approximately the beginning
of the period of Fall and Winter con-
sumption. This is a much better time
for the sake of the coal consumer, for
by the 1st of September surplus stocks
are accumulated, assuring some meas
ure of supply, whereas on the LIST of
April the reserves have usually here
this one particular does the hard coal
strike situation differ from precedent.
There is still chance that during
the next three weeks and a half a
settlement will be effected that will in
sure continued mining and a sufficient
supply of fuel for the Winter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-08-06
French

American opinion is virtually unan-
imous in acclaiming the wisdom Of
the French and Belgian withdraw |
from German territory in the Ruhr,
however wide apart may be the
differing views of the occupation in
the first place.
Noting that church bells in the
Ruhr chime because French troops
are going out" the Milwaukee Jour
nal remarks that il was "a foolish
thing for France to occupy this
region" but adds: I'VE forget that
when France took these extreme
measures. Germany was squirmins
and lodging payment of the debts
she had promised to pay. Well may
the chimes ring out-not because the
Germans are happy TO see the French
go. but because the marching feet
of French troopers mark a new day
in international affairs. Heretofore,
on whatever pretext land was seized,
1t has been the habit of nations to
stay on until elected forcibly by other
wars.
The end of Poincare's "inept venture
to mine German coal with bayonets"
is hailed by the Louisville Post with
the Judgment that history has dis
closed how foolish was the policy
that sent French troops back into
Germany, an act deplored at its in
ception by all the world except the
French Nationalists.' The French
people nave occasion to be sick of
their Poincares and MilleraD6s," says
the Des Moines Tribune News. which
sees as the net results to France of
the. program of Poincare "a larger
debt. delayed economic restoration,
heightened distrust in the rest of Eur
rope and heightened hatred of Ger
many"
The Philadelphia Public Ledger
also contends there was no need for
the occupation. 1T was ruinous for
Germany" says the Ledger: cit in
jured France; it made the task of
postwar rehabilitation more difficult
than it might otherwise have been.
The principal mistake involved d
misjudgment of Frances position at
the end of the war, a failure to COM
prehend the vital Importance to her
of the unsettled issues of reparations
and security. The second blunder in
volved a misjudgment of French
temper"
1--WE had a suspicion that they never
intended to withdraw from that
stronghold of German military re-
sources" comments the Burlington
Free Press, and 1t adds that Euro
pean peace is now more promising
than. at any time since the World
War began in 1914" The economic
Strengthening of Germany is seen by
| the Buffalo News. which believes that
coming at a time when a security
pact is under discussion, the evacua.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-08-06

Branch and in Prince Georges, Charles
and st. Marys Counties, is the water
melon supreme. Some quite respecta-
bic watermelons grow in Virginia, ard
| a devoted son of that mighty State
| would hold that the Virginia melon
| is king, but there would be local pride
and prejudice I'm that opinion. 1t is
| the Maryland melon which pours out
the most splendid flood of nectar when
stuck. There are some who play the
harp in praise of the Georgia and
| the Texas melon. Without wishing to
clip a single laurel, bay or olive leaf
from the crowns that have been
wrongly placed on the green brows
| of those melons, people here respect
| fully couch their lances under the
triumphant banner of the Potomac
products.
The best watermelon patches of
Africa were not known 10 the
Romans. They knew Egypt. Cyrene,
Numidia. Mauritania, Caetuli and the
| Libyan Desert, just on the fringe OF
the watermelon belt but it must be
| that at the lawn fetes in the garden
Of Lucullus watermeIons embalmed in
mountain snow were brought in by
the famuli. The very word melon
! suggests melody and sweets.
There is art in gathering and eat.
ing a watermelon. Boys were once
the true and just judges and their
| verdict. rendered many years ago.
was that a melon should be gathered
from farmers patch at night, borne
| to grassy spot where the moon shone
above locust trees and cedars and
there sacrificed. Its heart should be
taken lovingly in the hands. The
juice should joyously splash the face
The habit Of some adults in cary
ing poor melon into thin and
stingy slices and eating it with knife
and fork is to be deplored. Men who
were boys so years ago know that this
is no way TO treat a watermelon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-08-06

Combined with this slight tension is
perfect posture, so that every organ,
every bone, is held just as it should
be, You will see no -bellied, round
shouldered cats.
Cats eat naturally.
Given a chance, they will eat flesh,
as Nature intended them to, since they
belong to the carniVori.
Milk, peas, beans, eggs and other
foods high in protein content are &C
ceptable, although they prefer raw
meat.
In other words, the cat eats ac-
cording TO its nature, of very limited
list of foodstuffs.
Cats are clean.
Owing to the necessity under which
they are of being free from odor, so
, that the mouse will NOT smell them,
cats have evolved a very elaborate
rite of washing themselves.
Our ideas OF bath. of course, are
different from those of our cats, but
the cat.bath is just as good for the
! cat as our baths are for us.
A cat even washes carefully inside
its ears, something that not one small
boy in a hundred will do voluntarily.
Cats do not eat when they are i'll.
No one has ever told them that
they must "eat to keep UP their
strength" so when they become ill
maybe from eating too much canned
salmon-they retire to a. secluded
place and abstain from all food until
well.
Aside from bit of grass, Nature s
medicine, they eat nothing. depending
solely upon the healing power of Ma
ture to bring them around
An integral part Of their system
10
| tirement.
Cats have enough sense to rest when
! they get sick. They are under no
compulsion to keep going" feel no
necessity of showing up at the of.
! fee" have only one boss TO please
Nature.
Hence the cat goes To bed when
| he gets sick. thus allowing all his vital
! forces to work together toward speedy
| healing.
Cats take life easy.
They do not foam over the land.
| scape in motor cars. nor in a hundred
other ways strain their nerves. Their
| life is orderly in the main calm, free
| from tension other than that of the
| muscles.
Cats are Appreciators. They actual
| ly singi
| w men cat is happy, ne purrS
! vigorously. This purring is a form
| OF song, a long -drawn-out drone bass
| or melody on one note. The cat has
been slandered enough by those who
| say he has no gratitude.
There is not day goes by but
| that your cat sends up his honest
| gratitude TO God for life
| This is his way of being an Appre
| ciator, not knocker, or a "kidder, "
/ or kicker.
| The cat thus puts himself in tune
| with the universe, such mind as re
| has been in receptive, not a hostile
| state.
| What can we learn from this? II
| we are willing to take some pointers
! from our little friend. we will:
!. Be outdoors as much as possible
2. Stretch frequently, and stand
| straight.
| 3. Eat naturally
4. Keep clean.
| 3. Eat as little as possible when i'll
6. Rest when really sick.
Z. Take life easy.
J s. Be grateful.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-08-06
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEHELL.

The habits of the cat have always
interested me, because this animal
seems to be automatically healthy.
You Will never see a cat taking
gymnastic exercises, or sweating over
a golf course, yet the creature seems
to be in the best OF trim all the time
If we sat around doing nothing
as much as a cat, we would be i'll
half the time, but Tom or Tabby seem
to be none the worse for their chosen
quietude.
Cats never so swimming-if they
can help it--yet there is no cleaner
animal. They are seldom i'll. and when
they do get sick manage TO pull out
OF IT In record quick time.
How does the cat do 1t.
After intensive study of felines.
believe | can answer that question. 20
some degree. at least. leaving further
observation TO catowning readers OF
this column, whose remarks on the
health habits of cats will be welcome
First of all, the cat is an outdoor
animal. During the past few years
there has been a revival of mans in
terest in the great outdoors" as II
mas become more and more realized
that Nature made man and fresh air
TO go together.
This movement of course. is some
score of years old and to it's steady
growth is attributed the decline in the
death rate from consumption and
other diseases.
The cat. however, has known al
that for thousands of years. and has
never been swayed from his allegiance
10 fresh air by his occupation in civil
lization.
He is called house cat" but his
nrif, S,,tA II.
of dwellings.
moment the fresh air touches his sen
sitive nostrils. he will sniff eager
ly. The air tastes good" as Wal,
Whitman said.
Cats are not afraid of might air.
either,
They love to he out beneath the
moon. soaking in the health elements
in COOL fresh air, so that when they
come into the house at am
they positively reek with ozone.
Friends OF cats who will take the
trouble to smell cats fur after a
night in the open will easily recog
nize the pungent odor of ozone. con
gealed there. as it were, by the effect
of the electricity in the fur.
The second cardinal health habi,
of the cat is that of alternating its
muscles between tension and relaxa
ton. The most apparent tension OF
its muscles is seen in stretching
which it does with real enjoyme nj
several times a day.
Such stretching comes about as
near exercising" as the cat takes
but is SO simple and elemental that II
does not come within classification as
a setting up" exercise Of the bore
some kind which men infiict- upor
themselves.
The cat invariably stretches every
muscle in its body after a good snooze
The secret of its supple, elastic mus
cles, l am convinced, lies In the slight
tensing- to which they are subject al
the time it is awake.
The cat Is a wary animal 1t Is
ever ready to move quickly, being
able to jump from an easy, seemingly
relaxed posture into intense actor
upon a seconds notice.
To do this it's muscles are always
ready. In other words, the cat is
always on it's toes literally and fig
uratively, except when 1t is asleep
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-08-06

us that of our total population of 1885,
710,620, only 5S,421,957 were native
born of native stock" and 36,398 1858
were either foreign born or native
born of foreign parentage, or of mixed
parentage-one parent being foreign
born. The rest, numbering 1O,889, 705,
were native born of negro descent, and
about $4,000 Indians and a few Ash
atics. In the last 20 years we have
admitted 10000 negroes born in
Africa.
The third generation of natives,
born of foreign or mixed parentage.
are counted as native Americans of
pure American descent" so that even
the $4,000, 900 natives of native par
entage" do not all trace their lineage
to the Mayfiower or to the founders of
the American colonies. who sought
America for idealistic motives of lib
erty of conscience.
Copyright. 1925, by Paul V. Coiiins.)