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Evening star., 1925-11-08
Algebra Making Things Look Honey and Other Bright Ideas
A, B and c., Creatures of Flesh and Blood,
Weave the ROmances of Mathematics

For years after that 1 used TO see
them constantly about town and
always busy. l never heard of any
OF them eating or sleeping. Then.
| owing to a long absence from home
L lost sight Of them. On my return
/ was surprised to find no longer A
u, and { at their accustomed tasks.
on inquiry ! heard that work In this
line was now done by y, NJ. and o.
and that some people We're employing
for algebraical jobs four foreigners
called Alpha, Beta. Gamma and Delta.
Now it CHANGED one day that |
stumbled upon old d. an aged labor
ing man, who used occasionally TO be
called in to help A, b and c. From
this garrulous old man | learned the
| melancholy end OF my former ac-
quaintances. Soon after I left town.
he told me, G had been taken i'll. II
seems that A and B had been rowing
| on the river for q wager, and c had
| been running on the bank and then
| sat in a draught. OF course, the bank
had refused the draught and was
| taken ill.,
! A and 3 came home and found &
| lying helpless in bed. shook him
roughly and said, Get up, G. We're
! going 10 pile wood" G. looked 50
/ worn and pitifuI that Z said. Look
! here, a, | won't stand this: he isn't
! fit TO pile wood tonight
! c smiled feebly and said Perhaps
| might pile d little if l sat up III
! bed" Then q, thoroughly alarmed
| said, See here, A, I'm going 10 fetch
a doctor; he's CaVing in." ! think that
even A was affected at the last as he
| stood with bowed head, aimlessly Of
! fering 10 bet with the doctor on C's
labored breathing.
"A" whispered c, Il think IN
going fast"
| How fast do you think you'll go,
| old man." murmured a.
Il don't know" said c. but I'm
going at any rate" G rallied for u
moment and asked for a certain piece
| of work that he had left downstairs.
A put it in his arms and he expired.
| B burst into a passionate flood of
! tears and sobbed. Put away his little
cistern and the rowing clothes he used
to wear. ] feel as if l could hardly
ever dig again"
The funeral was plain and unosten-
! tatious. except that. out of Difference
| TO sporting men and mathematicianS,
A engaged two hearses.
Both vehicles started at the same
| time. E driving the one containing
| the remains of his Inflated friend. A,
on the box of the empty hearse, gen
erously consented to a handicap of u
| hundred yards, but arrived first at the
! cemetery by driving four times as fast
| as +. (F'ind the distance to the ceme
tery.b
! (CopyriEht. 1e25D
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Will the People Who Support Broadway
Boycott the Place Because It's Wicked?

the time playing catch as catch car
with the mortgage. About twice q
month they go to a show, and the
show the average New Yorker pick
| IS htgh-claSs drama or comedy
The yokels make the 'Follies' pay; il
takes the New Yorker to keep the
Hampdens, the Barrymores and thai
kind out of the poorhouse"
The way you talk" sneers the
frau, New York ought to boycott the
rest of the country on account of the
other States all being immoral"
Don't get silly" l barks. New
York's just what the rest of the coun.
try wants it to be. If there was a
rush by visitors toward museums and
churches, Broadway would have
| nothing on it but museums and
churches. Brooklyn's a New York
| residence section, amt it?"
Yes
And l goes on. its known as the
City of Churches. How many visitors
go to Brooklyn"
Mighty few" admits the misses
They'd never find their way out"
"All right" says l. "Brooklyn's made
! UP of New York residents and it's a
nice. quiet, decent place. Manhattan
caters altogether to visitors and it &
| cesspool of hell, according to the re-
formers. What's the answer"
| Whatever you want it to be-" comes
back the frau, but how about all
! those rotten magazines that are print
ed in New York and sent all around
| the country"
'They send bananas up here from
| Costa Rica," l returns. because the
people in the United Statese like ba
nanas. Nobody in Costa Rica hardly
ever eats one. If a reformer in a little
town of a hundred families can't talk
them out of subscribing to 20 or sc
copies of vicious periodicals where"-
Just the same" cuts in Kate, IT bel
those reformers will make trouble foI
New York yet"
mot for some years" says I. "rhere
never was a time when those profes
! sional reformers were weaker thar
| they are now. Somehow or others the
country's got disgusted with them. The
| shows In New York are nastier than
ever without Interference, the young
| fappers wear less clothes than ever
! before without any hollering. race
tracks are running wide open all over
the country without a peep, there
never was a period when liquor was
sold more openly without yelI
| and"
You approve Of that?" demands the
wife.
| No. don't" tells her, "but be
| tween an oily, paid reformer and open
vice, which you can take or leave. give
me another helping of spinach"
tCopyright. laa51
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between silks" and "and" and land"
and "satins.''
Dear Mr.. Wynn: l have just ar
rived in America. l always heard
this was the land of opportunity.
In fact, since childhood / have always
heard YOU can pick gold up in the
streets in this country. When / got
off the boat yesterday ] saw some
thing shining on the ground. l pick
ed it up, and sure enough it was a
f1ve-dollar gold piece. l was going
to put it in my pocket when l noticed
n man holding his hat in his hand
and sign on him read: Please help
the blind" so I dropped the five-dollar
gold piece in his hat. Did do right?
Truly yours, M. F.. GRANT.
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Presenting Sure Way to Escape Fate
Of Man Who Isn't Strong Enough to Work

Answer: You did the right thing
in giving the gold piece to the blind
man, because You can see to pick
them up.
Dear Mr.. Wynn: | live in the coun-
try and am 12 years of age. My
boy chum of the past four years
doesn't play with me any more. We
had fight. He says that my father
went over to his fathers home and
stole the gate" from in front of his
fathers house. If this is true why
doesn't his father say something to
my father for taking his fathers
gate" Truly yours,
IGO BAREFOOT
Answer: The reason his father don't
say anything to your father for TAX
ing his fathers gate" is that his
father is afraid that your father
might take "offense." "a fcnceg
Dear Mr.. Wynn: should children
have parents? Yours truly
INA FLAPPEE
Answer next week
THE PERFECT FOOL.
Copyright 1921
Evening star., 1925-11-08
IAN OCCASIONAL CAME OF CRooUET."
have time for an occasional game ,

have time for an occasional game of
croquet.
Personly my birth number (March
8, 1885, for the benefit of the curious)
adds up to 4, and a 4 is "A heavy
physical number indicating tenacity;
in it's undeveloped state it is apt to
be pugnticious. coarse and material" :"
And my present name number is a 8
or the same as Miss McMein's was
before she changed 1t. But l am a
great admire of Miss McMein and
don't know nobody ! would rather be
like, so l have decided to also be-
come which | find is possible by
changing my name to Feona Rinona
Evening star., 1925-11-08
l guarantee that you will work hard
very hard, for the next six months.

Dear Mr.. Wynn; l am a schoolgirl
and my English teacher wants me to
write a sentence with the word '.and"
nve times In succession, and still
write 1t sensibly. Can you help me
out? Yours truly, /. ITALIAN.
, Answer: That is very simple. Say
you were having sign painter paint
n sign which should read: silks and
sattns," and say the sign painter con-
nected the whole thing like this,
"silksandsatins," and you wanted him
to paint 1t over 50 1t would be right
You would say to him. Paint this sign
over and be sure to leave a space
Evening star., 1925-11-08
No Soap!

The New Maid--rn my hast place /
always took things fairly easy.
The Cook-It's different here. They
keep things locked ua
Evening star., 1925-11-08

I might say in passing that Miss
McMein recently changed her name
to Mrs. Baragwanath, but l haven't
time TO add that up and find out
what she was aiming at.
The way you find your name num-
Der is to divide up the letters of the
alphabet into 8 groups of letters like
as follows:
. 5 5 I S
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Then go ahead and add together the
numerical value of the letters of each
Evening star., 1925-11-08

ri SEE" remarks the misses.
80 where a lot of them reformers
is talking about boycotting
L New York"
Evening star., 1925-11-08

A S Hendrix Hudson. the man
~ who discovered the half moon
~ was a cheese, said. "Once an
4 \ insurance policy has expired.
Evening star., 1925-11-08

are often called Y. Y, II. But these
are only their Christian names, and
they are really the same people.
Evening star., 1925-11-08

-O THE EDITOR: No doubt the
most of my readers has heard
OF the science of numerolosy,
which has been quietly In
eNistence for a long time, but
Evening star., 1925-12-05
HOLDS MRS. CROKER
CHARGES LIBELOUS
A. c. Sheridan Amends S10O. 900
Damage Suit to Cover Alleged
Reputation Loss.
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
JACKSONVILLE. Fla. December
5.-An amendment To his suit for
$1,000 damages against Mrs Bula
.c. Croker. second wife and widow Of
the late Richard Croker. New York
Tammany Hall leader was Med in
Federal Court here Yesterday by
Arthur G. Sheridan Of New York
Sheridan alleges that Mrs croker
employed him on February Il. 1928.
10 sell at public auction certain real
property in Palm Beach County. Fla
known as the Croker estate He
claims that he Comptt ed the agree
ment making the sale and received
deposits, turning over the funds 10
the defendant. lie claims Ia have
spent $4,000 in making he sale in
Guiding advertising in Palm Beach and
other papers.
Sheridan claims that Mrs. Croker
had the following. published in a
Palm Beach paper on March y.
The auction sale that Mr. Sherida n
advertised was failure and Mr.
Sheridan did not sell one foot of my
property. His advertised statements
that he sold my property are there
fore untrue"
With his declaration sheridan filed
copies of letters he said he wrote in
negotiating the deal and 0rher notes.
Sheridans amended declaration
charges Mrs. Cookers denials arc
dana 9inG his reputation.
Mrs. CrokerS attorneys filed 4 de
murrer that the Sheridan declaration
does not set forth any facts and that
the alleged publications complained pf
were not libelous.
Evening star., 1925-12-05
LAWS0N'S SUM MER
HOME ON LAKE SOLD
Syndicate Pays Sum Said to Be
$500.0O0 for Magnificent
Wisconsin Site.
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press
CHICAGO, December "a svndi-
cate here has purchased he magnifi.
cent Green Lake Wis estate of the
late Victor r. Lawson. owner of the
Chicago Daily News. for Summer
home development for members of the
syndicate and their friends The con
sidera ton was said 10 have been more
than $500 900, and il j. understood
the development will be co-opera tive
The Lawson country estate of more
than geo acres on Green Lake Wis
was nota bic for its Ia ndScape beauties
its seawal bouTders extending for
several miles. and its rs miles or more
of roads built since Mr.. Lawson ac-
qured il.
the late Mrs. Lawson supervised the
improvement Of the estate nd during
the lifetime of herself and of her hus-
band the place was source of great
satisfaction 10 them. as ii was there
that Mr.. Lawson went to get relief
from his newspaper responsibilities.
and while the farm buildings were
most modern. the La awson cottaC
there was unpretentious
Evening star., 1925-12-05
SLOW ANTEEXCLUSION DRIVE
FOR JAPANESE is PLANNED
Federal Council of Churches to Open ''Campagn of
Education'-No Chance Seen Now-Ca
fornia and West Bitterly Oppose Change

our relations with that proud people
Evidently for the purpose of dis
Crediting the churches crusade V. 6
MCClatchy. the executive officer of the
California joint immigration commit
Tee. recently hinted at the alleged mo-
tives inspiring the anti-exclusicn
leaders. McClatchy asserts:
Represented Japanese.
George W Wickersham. once
United States Attorney General.
Afterwards acted as paid counsel
for the Japa nese before the United
States Supreme Court in various
cases wherein they sought to have
set aside State and Federal laws
affecting japanese land holding
and naturalization. Wickersham
also represented Mitsui & Co. the
great japanese banking firm
which was involved in the airplane
fraud charges preferred by Repre-
sentative Woodruff OF Michigan.
WiCkersham is now chairman Of
the national committe for Ameri.
can.Japanese relations
As TO DIR. Sidney l.. Gulick. tn.
principal executive officer OF the
churches immigration orsanizat ton
MCClatchy says:
lpr. Quick was born and reared
and lived most OF his life in the
Orient. He was q professor in the
Doshisha University OF Japan and
had thoroughly absorbed the Jap
anese point Of view. He came to
the Inited States 10 years ago on
leave from that university, and has
devoted his time since then in at
ed conversion OF the Ameri
can nation to his so-called new Ori-
entail policy. which calls for grant
ing TO Asiatics. and particularly
TO Japanese, all the privileges and
rights accorded TO Europeans. in
Guiding privileges to immisra-
ton and citizenship. He early con-
verted the leaders of the Federal
Council OF Churches Of Christ to
his point Of view"
In statement evidently prepared
for the information OF its supporters
the Federal Council Of the Churches
Of Christ says:
There is nothing to do now except
circula ton OF Information and educa
tion TO cultivate the right spirit. There
is not the slightest use in approa hing
the present Congress. A bill might in
deed he introduced, but il would re
CeiVe little support. If by chance II
should reach the floor. bitter speeches
would be made and 1t would be de
feated. leaving matters no better.
Storm Brewing.
"The broad fact is that a psycholog
ical storm is brewing in the relatiO
OF the East and West. The activities
example. tea chings and civilization OF
the Occident are creating an Orie nj
that can not submit to humilia ton OF
exploitation a [ the hands of the West
ror can the United States afford tc
carry out national policy OF tina,
character. What Is happening in
China now is only the beginning
When China recovers complete SOW
ereignty in her own land she will be
gin to insist. as Japan Is already in
sisting. on the inherent rights Of her
people are courteous and equal treat
ment by other lands"
The future hopes and plans of the
anti-exclusionists are thus summar
iZed:
ultimately, solution will be
found equally acceptable to the people
Of both continents. acceptable because
it completely secures America from
Evening star., 1925-12-05
STRANGER AGAIN
ELUDES POLICE
Negro Attacks Girls and ES-
capes After Shooting Two
WouId-Pe Captors.
B. the Associated Press.

B. the Associated Press
PHILADELPHIA, December -
Police today were searching for n
burly negro who last night caused
CONSERVATION in the nclghbOThOud
where three women were stTangled to
death in the last two months by At
lacking two girls and shooting two #
his would-bc captors, one probably
fatally The police believe the negro
might be the ''Strangler.' and resi-.
dents of the neighborhood are con.
WINGED he is. He escaped after shoot
ing George Gordon, ~ years old
through the head, and wounding Jack
Meninkoff. Il druggist. in the wrist
When the negro aCCOSted two white
girls on the street one uf them
screamed. The negro thrust his hand
over her mouth and threatened -
choke her. The other girl ran ~ =
nearb" cigar store where Gordon AMI
half dozen companions were gath
cred.
Rushing 10 the street. the YOUR
men grabbed the negro. but he brnka
lo"s" and started shooting Gordon
dropped pr"bablE fatally wounded
and an instant later Mcninkof w.
shot By this tlme Il large crowd ha
gathered. but 'ilcE were held al h:I.
by the fugitive. who fired ae he ran
III" ne@r" leaped Il fcnc. I'd the erl
of blind all"r and d.sap ppDared
Evening star., 1925-12-05

the dangers Of Asiatic immigration
and also IS quite free from discourtesN-
and any implications of Asiatic inferi.
ority. Many believe that all the neces.
sary conditions are met by placing
Chinese. East Indians and Japanese
under the quota. If this We're done.
beginning July !, 1927, the number of
Chinese and Indian immigrants admis-
sible annually would be 100 each. and
Of Japanese $50. This would meet the
immediate needs Of the situation. Then
if the naturalization law We're amend.
ed so as TO raise the standard of quail
ficatfon and to give privileges of citi-
Zenship to all OF every race who quail
ify. these humiliatins race distinctions
would be removed from our laws But
it is useless Ia advocate the immediate @
adoption of these concrete proposals. -
LCnnvrIght l0nh
Evening star., 1925-12-05
By FREDERICK WILLIAM VILE

lmmigra ton quota rights for Jap
anese and Orientals as soon pos
sfble, and eventual fun equality un
der amended immigration laws. is the
program OF the Federal Council OF the
Churches OF Christ. as announced on
the eve of the assembling OF Congress.
At one time II was planned TO launch
a drive during the coming session TO
place the Japanese on the quota ba sis
on July !. 1927. That purpose has
now been abandoned The leaders Of
the movement. who include George W.
WickerSham and :. ParkeS Cadman
have concluded that at present such
q drive would be useless 1t has
been determined instead to "underta ke
long. slow process OF education .
/ The churches do not propose 4 po-
litical campaign, to approach Con
Gress or even individual Congress.
men" They project '.an educational
campaign, to approach the people.
Mr.. Wickershsm. Dr. Cadman and
their associates declare il is q mis-
take to accept the view that the Jap.
/ anese immigration question is finally
and permanently settled" and that
nothing will he gained by further
effort" To arrive at a remedial solu-
tion. The orga MIA ton goes the lens h
OF sayins-more or less in the spirit
of the famous Hanihara grave con
sequences" dispatch-that If We want
friends across the Pacific. We must
show ourselves friendly. If We want
peace in the Pacific. must be cour-
Ieous and considerate. and must prac-
fice the golden rule and the laws Of
brotherhood "
Pacific Fights Move.
rhe movement sooner or later TO
abolish Japanese exclusion is bitterly
opposed by Pacific Coast interests.
banded together under the title OF
California joint immigration commit
/ tee. This organization lea CUES the
activities OF the American Federation
OF Labor. the American Legion, the
National Grange and the Native Sons
of the Golden West. 1t has adopted
as its slogan the declara made by
President Coolidge during the 1924
campaign when he said: The immi-
! alton Incident is closed" Mr.. Cool
! idEe added We must seek by some
means besides immigration To demon
strate the friendship and respect we
feel for the Japanese nation"
The committee states that the effect
Of the Coolidge policy upon Japanese
public opinion was notably in the di-
rertion OF sitting any hopes that eS-
clusion ever could be undone. But
. the Californians contend that the
American churches new campaign
for Japan" now threatens to reopen
an agitation which can lead only 10
disappointment in Japan and there
fore ageravate. rather than improve.
Evening star., 1925-12-05
AL SMITHS SON, IS,
MARRIED FOR YEAR
Governor Confirms E'ope-
ment of Second Child.
Baby Born to Couple.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, December 5.-Ro-
nance again has invaded the home
of Gov. AL Smith.
year ago, AL Smith, il. eloped
with Miss Bertha Gott of Syracuse
when he was just %. About the same
time, it is now revealed, his younger
brother, Arthur. the governors sec
ond son, then not quite Is, held an
elopement of his own.
Arthur was secretly married TO
Miss Ann Hess. his own age, of Al
bany, but kept the wedding secret
until few days ago. when his wife
became mother. Then the governor
and Mrs. Smith. for the first time,
learned of the romance of their young
college son. Details of the marriage
have not been revealed
Girl Often Smiths Guest.
Miss Hess is daughter of Joseph
NJ. Hess, engaged in the plumbing
business in Albany. She is Il friend
Of Catherine Smith. Arthur's sister.
and has frequently been guest at
the executive mansion
Arthur is a student at Mania titan
College. in New York, where he is
making brilliant record
over the telephone from Albany the
riage, and said that Arthur and his
bride We're away. Il am sort of SORRY
II happened. he said. Both of them
are very young-about 19-but. after
all, it's his and her affair, and we are
satisfied If they are. He's got a good
head on his shoulders. and usually
knows what he Is about. | am hope
ful everything will work out salts
faCtorily."
Brother Also Eloped.
Arthur's elopement was kept secret
much longer than his older brother
ma naged To keep his. Alfred, ir..
was married October IA, 1924. in the
Bronx by civil ceremony. but TWO
days later was married again in the
rectory of Holy Cross Roman Catholic
Church. His brides father Is engi-
neer on the Twentieth Century Limited
of the New York Central Railroad
Alfred finished up his education as
lawyer, and recently made his first
appearance in court He will he a
ca candidate for the Assembly from his
fathers old district next Fall
Evening star., 1925-12-05
WRC TO Observe Holiday.

The Christmas holiday viii be u
served this year by star.on WRC i
Washington. The station viii i
closed throu@hoI, he entire dav. r.
lowing the braadcas,iuG uf the Chris
mas Eve midnight mass from :
Patrick Church. Following ~
mass, Nft' viii -" silent until roo
SATURDAY,.
Evening star., 1925-12-05
London Disturbed
By Loud Speakers
At Movie Shows
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press
LONDON. December 5.-More
noise has been introduced into the
clatter of London by motion pic
ture theater proprietors who have
loud speakers at their doors to
transmit the laughter Of the audi
ence on the inside
Whenever particularly anus
ing film Is on crowds soon form in
front of the laugh broadca sters
until the police shoe them away.
The city authorities agree that the
scheme is an excellent one from
the viewpoint Of the motion pic
ture owners, but aver il threatens
TO become d serious impediment to
traffic, and steps may hs!e to he
taken To bar any further instalIa-
tion of the laugh spreaders.
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all the profits acCruing from the
operat ton of the stadium. including
the sale Of tickets, fees from conCes
sionS. etc. after provision for the
amortization for the cost of the erec
ton of the building. shall be availah BILE
for the office of the director of public
buildings and grounds for the con-
struction and operation of athletic
and recreational facilities in the park
system of the District.
The stadium would be built by
means of bond issue and the bill
asks Congress to grant the national
banks of the United States permis
sion to accept the bonds of the asso-
citation. The proposed bill also pro-
vides that the location and plans of
the stadium shall he approved by the
director of public buildings and pub
lie parks, with the advice of the Com
mission of Fine Arts. Other minor
provisions are made for the carrying
ont of the project.
Evening star., 1925-12-05
CITIES TO COOPERATE.
Los Angeles to Aid Boston in Tele
phone Suit

Los ANGELES. December : CP) -
The City of Los Angeles. in response
to an invitation from EoStOU CITY off
clalS. Will intervene in q suit brought
by the Eastern city against the Amer
lean Telephone and Telegraph Go. 10
force a reduction in telephone service
rates. Mayor George Cryer announced
yesterday.
The mayor asked the city council 10
instruct the city attorney to assist in
the Boston action
Boston has invited other cities I"
pa ri icipate in the acrion
Evening star., 1925-12-05
FAVORABLE ACTION
DUE ON ARBORETUM
Bills for Purchase of Mount
Hamilton Tract Will Be In
troduCed Next Week.

Note This IS tHs Strrnfk IN So
ries Of rjoht articles shotCjnG IrhGt
ConorrSS W1fSt do 10 carry along and
perfect MAJ. L'EHfdnt'S piGn ftt0dr ~
1921. and npprorrd by Prr>i6rHt WASH
'nDtonl in Order fkRf hey rim nj
Washington s,dB prOperiV fHifN rs
d>SriHU n he hS 0reGt ,Torid cIDjtG'.
he riSibje erDrf>SjoH 0f Nr DO'rer
and t0SJ> Of fhc prOpiS ~ ne i"5fSd
States