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Evening star., 1925-09-02
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHnANDER JOHNSON.

u.
I'm going to take vacation
And see if my verses were true
Which told of the gentle eIation
Where blossoms and trees are in
view.
I'm going to turn from each duty
And dwell where the breeze blowing
free
Brings a whispering song of the
beauty
OF a world as we wish ii to be-
Afar from dissension so fretful,
Afar from satirical show.
Where the sunset of care is forgetful
And the dawn is caressing and slow,
I'll see If the dewdrops and flowers
Are filled with strange beauty that
CLEANS
Through the far-off and fanciful
bowers
OF the work-a-day Land of my
Dreams.
Through the scrap book l turn and
i listen
For echoes of mountain and wave
Where rainbows so TRANQUILITY glisten
Or storms in wild majesty rave.
The bird in it's tuneful oration-
The sky and the water so blue
I'm going to take a vacation
And tell you ere long if they're
true.
Evening star., 1925-09-02
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES Z. TRACEWELL.

, the city-bred man may wonder. You
see, even the climate is civilized in
city, IL no farther than by the inter
vention of tall buildings, which some
what cut down the force of the wind
Out in the tremendous country and
smalltown sections. however. Nature
walls full-blast all Winter long. They
have a different Winter out there
than we do here in Washington.
One does not have to go farther
than the so.called Middle West, either,
to realize the full force of the above
statement. Out there the temperature
goes down to zero and stays there
week after week.
Woolen underwear comes in mighty
handy in such cold, especially If your
work is outdoors.
The tendency Of modern city life is
to discard heavy underwear, especially
when so much of the work of the city
is done indoors.
Modern heating has given us too hot
houses and offices in the vast majority
of cases, SO that If one persists in
wearing heavy wooden underwear he
is likely to be bathed in perspiration
most OF the time and catch cold
when he goes out.
Many. therefore, have cast aside
their "woolens' for good and wear
simple. light clothes the year around.
Some still find that too much OF d good
thing and. having tried IL. have gone
back to a medium weight Of cotton
or other material with long sleeves
and legs.
The writer knew one gentleman
who, after seeing picture OF gentle.
man bathing in the snow. hotfooted
it out the next day in light Summer
underwear and caught the influenza,
pneuponia and pleurisy all at once.
Moderation almost always pays.
Perhaps most readers can recall one
or more experiences with heavy un-
derwear How we hated to wear it in
the DAYS of our childhood, II we
'trailed clouds of glory then, as
Wordsworth says, we also were en-
numbered with wooden underwear.
which more than offset the glory, at
least in our young opinion.
Sturdily we resisted the slowly drop
ping thermometer.
Aren't you cold?' mother would
ask US.
through our blue lips. We knew what
she was up to, She wanted to drag
out that old prickly wooden underwear:
So we were never cold. We would
not get cold. We could not get cold.
Though we froze stiff In our tracks,
nothing could make US admit we were
at all chilled.
We could, however, take colo, ana
this we proceeded TO do. Then we
knew that our fate was sealed. we
could venture forth again only in
wooden underwear. and woolen under
wear only of the thickest, heaviest,
prickliest brand on the market.
How IL did itch,
About noon our vocal protests went
up. after our 5000 square miles of
epidermis tor however many square
miles of skin the physiology said we
bore around with us) had been pro-
testing TO US all morning.
Nav, | itch" WAS our brazen ad-
mission.
you'll soon get over il, she said.
Cant | take em OF, Nav. AW,
Nav, can't | take 'em OFF?
And take your death of cold? why
certainly not. II will stop ltchlhS
after a while"
Sure enough. lit" did stop itching
after while, and we forgot about our
underclothes: but TO this day we bear
a grudge against ''woolens,' despite
the fact that modern inventive genius
has modified the old prickly material
Evening star., 1925-09-02
Catering to Curiosity.

Next to scandal, other peoples busi-
ness is probably one Of the most en-
trancinE subjects of discussion we
have. This is not because it ought to
he. but because of the frailities OF hu'
man nature. The publication of the
income tax payments for the year 1924
is now under way. and the world and
his wife are scanning the figures to
see what their neighbors paid. or did
not pay. There is q certain amount
Of satisfaction either way, it seems.
1t is hard to see what useful pur-
pose the publication of these figures
serves. 1t gives an opportunity to
satisfy the curiosity. 1t enables some
to visualize a little better the success
or lack of success of others. But in
the end, where does that get them?
The intent of Congress probably was
to make it more difficult TO file false
returns. But the details of the returns
are not made public, only the totals
Of the taxes paid, and there is much
that is not cleaned merely from a
glance at the total of an income tax
payment. The private affairs of man
or woman have been protected, gen.
orally speaking, in this country, al
though in the scramble for sensational
rudely torn asunder. 1t has been con-
sidered unfair to give one business
man or concern a statement Of a CON-
petitor's business. In measure the
publication of the income tax returns
has this result.
President Coolidge, it is represented,
is firmly convinced that the publica-
tion of income tax payments should be
discontinued. An effort may be made
TO amend the law in this respect when
the revision Of taxes is undertaken at
the coming session of Congress. Sena-
tor Pat Harrison of Mississippi, one
Of the Democratic leaders of the Sen
ate, is on record as favoring repeal Of
this publicity, and Senator Smoot,
chairman Of the Senate finance COM
nittee, has taken a similar stand,
The chances for repeal, however,
seem remote. Opponents of repeal
will charge that an effort is being
made to hide" something, and to hide
something, no matter what, is a. sin
Of the first magnitude in the eyes, and
particularly in the mouths, Of some of
our legislators. Indeed, some Of them
have already declared they will seek
still further publicity Of income tax re-
turns than is now permitted under the
law
Evening star., 1925-09-02

Perhaps it is not too early to begin
thinking about Winter underwear.
To wear 1t, or not to wear it--that
is the question! Whether 1t were bet
ter TO shiver in XYZs, or don the tick
ling woolens; or make an end of the
problem quickly by compromising on
d medium weight covering.
The world largely may be divided
into two camps on this momentous
! matter. There is one large group,
sometimes called ''old fashioned" the
members of which swear by wool un-
derWear
The other section of opinion leans
as strongly to light underwear, and
the more radical members even speak
out strongly for exactly the same
weight underclothing in Winter as is
worn during Summer.
The warmth of the body, these
latter hardy individuals declare,
! should be governed by the amount of
outer garments worn, not by the
| thickness OF the inner.
So, in the last analysis, the whole
problem is up to the individual, ex-
cept in the cases of little Johnny and
little Susie, whose unsuspecting limbs
are clothed as mamma wishes.
III mamma has fear of drafts, and
that modern monster. a cold" she
Will neatly incase Johnny and Sue in
heaVy woolen garments. There are
even mothers who will not allow their
offspring to stand by the window in
Winter.
Honest
ems upon their little ones, and some
even go TO the extent OF sending them
out IN the snow with bare knees.
bringing up children is such a
/ trial, my dear" saws the former
mother. as she shudders at the pros
pect of some cruel cold germ getting
within the protective arnor of little
Gertie's woolly skirties.
One may be forgiven for wondering
what this modern mother would have
done if she had lived a couple of gen
erations ago, when the mothers
thought nothing in the world of bring
ing up nine children, spinning All the
clothes worn by the entire family
doing the washing, etc, etc.
And she had no washing machine
either be it remembered. Neither did
she have the time to see that Johnny,
Susie. Mary, Helen, Annabel, Hortense.
Genevieve, Bobbie and Lillian got
their correct amount of orange juice
each day.
AS a matter of hard fact, there
wasn't any orange juice. An orange
in those days was something that
made its appearance once a year in
the Christmas stocking.
An orange was an Event!
One of the golden fruits looked big
ger in the stocking then than a whole
electric train system does on the floor
today.
Yet progress Ca mot he gainsaid.
Nobody but the late Col. Roosevelt
wanted women to go back to the days
of nine children, and surely no one
would want them to spin the entire
| clothing for the whole family any
more
Perhaps the clue to wooden under
wear lies right there. The old lindsey
woolsie, as ii was called. was the cloth
commonly spun, and since there was
nothing else but wool, 1t was but nat
ural that woolen underwear got a
start.
II is still in the ring, too.
Throughout the length and breddth h
of this land of ours there are thou
sands and thousa nds of men and wom-
en- who would as soon venture out in
Winter wearing nothing AT all as TO
go without their "woolens.
There is reason for II. too. although
Evening star., 1925-09-02
Classics and Costumes.

Critics are in disagreement over the
merits of the London performance of
Hamlet in modern clothes. Some are
scorning it as an outrageous anach-
ronism and others are praising it as
demonstration that costume is not
so important factor as tradition has
heretofore decreed. But even some of
the latter agree that the lines of
Shakespeare, written for his own day
or earlier, in point of the chronol-
ogy of the play, are not suited to ut.
terance by people in present-day
dress. No one can believe a middle
Evening star., 1925-09-02
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN.

0. How late can ball game In a
major league Start?-W. II. +.
A. The game must start at least
two hours before sundown.
Q. What is the name of the book
Dayton, Tenn?-F. A. X.
A. 1t is Hunters Biology" and Is
text book in use in the schools of
Tennessee.
@. Do the swimmers who attempt
the Channel have any support, such
as a tube? Are they fed while swim
ming "a. y. NJ.
A. They have no support whatever.
They are given broth and light
nourishing food al intervals.
Q. What has been proposed as the
twentieth amendment to the Consti-
tution?-W. B. NJ.
A. The amendment. which was
passed by both houses of Congress, but
so far has failed of ratification by the
necessary number of States, was
known as the child labor amendment.
Q. How far are Mira and Antares
from the earth?-C. II.
A. The Naval Observatory sa VS. that
the distance from Mira from the earth
is 270,O00, 900 900, 900 mile sand of An
tares, $50 900 900 900. ....
Q. In speaking OF the American
flag is it proper to say color" or col
rs?"-C. Z.
A. "CoIors" is the term usually
heard, although either singular or
plural form may be used.
Q. What is the difference between
oh nd cd -I iySo
M. f.
"A. Shipping in foreign trade is reg
istered. while that in coastwise trade
is enrolled.
Q. What kind Of climate has the
Panama Canal Zone A. c. s.
A. The climate is tropical but il is
possible to live there in health and
comfort. The average temperature is
80 degrees +. and f1uctuates about Is
degrees above and below that mark.
The nights are cooler and there is a
breeze from January to April. From
April to November heavy rains are
frequent, but not continuous.
@. What is the average per capita
consumption of sugar in the United
StateS?-W. A. p.
A. The average amount eaten is
Two POUNDS per person per week. This
includes the sugar used in candies.
sweet drinks and other foods not pre-
pared in the home. The amount which
would be used in cooking and on the
table averages about IL pounds per
person per week. The amount Of sugar
consumed is now higher in the United
States than in most other parts of the
world, the per capita consumption
having increa sed during the last 100
Evening star., 1925-09-02
A Good Judicial Example

Judge Sheppard has returned 10 MS
own court in Florida, after two mem
orable months on the bench of the
United States District Court in Los
Angeles. And it is said lawyers and
court attaches still have that dazed
look. Judge Sheppard while here gave
an exhibition of judicial speed and
alacrity which figuratively took away
the breath from all that came before
him. He went at the business of dis
posing of booze runners and boot
leggers with dash and vim which
even those convicted couldn't help
but admire. No time was consumed
in needless argument between attor-
ney or taking under advisement"
cases that had been heard The
breezy jurist from the Everglades set
a good example which other judges,
in all the courts, might follow with
benefit to the state and everybody
concerned.-Los Angeles Evening Elk
press.
Evening star., 1925-09-02

Merchants and amusement man.
ayers in the coal regions expect good
business as a result of the lay-off, as
miners will have more leisure TO spend
their savings. Those who have been
disputing as to whether the situation
should be referred to as a strike or a
lockout might compromise and call il
4 holiday.
Evening star., 1925-09-02

The need of impressing the fact
that the vehicle approaching on the
right hand has the right of way indi-
Gates a mental confusion that necessi.
tates going back TO primary instruc.
ton
Evening star., 1925-09-02

British Columbia reports a large
area whose climate is so Influenced
by warm springs as to produce a
tropical valley surrounded by snow
clad hills. The announcement is just
in time to enable Canada at the close
Of fine Summer season TO get in line
with Winter resort ADVERTISING
Evening star., 1925-09-02
The New statesmanship.

Have you decided ON the subject
for your next speech?'
NO" answered Senator Sorghum.
'Speechmaking has become very
general accomplishment. I think /
am oy this time sufficiently important
in affairs to command attention by an
occasional impressive silence
Evening star., 1925-09-02

Government statistics relating to
the incomes Of movie stars represent
one form of startling publicity for
which the enterprising press agent
can claim no credit.
Evening star., 1925-09-02

President Coolidge declares that he
has been greatly benefited by his ten
week vacation, There is nothing like
good rest in a small town where the
traffic regulations are still tempered
by a neighborly consideration.
Evening star., 1925-09-02

Science continues to discuss many
methods of securing heat without the
use of mineral fuel. By this time the
question of warmth should be as com.
pletely answered as that Of illumina.
ton. A coal miners strike should be
as obsolete as d candle makers strike
Evening star., 1925-09-02

There is no other agency ia the
1rorld that can dnstceT as R1ny lc1iti-
mate questions as our free tnfOTnd-
ton bureau in Washington, D. e.
This highly organized institution has
been built up and is under the per
sondI direction of Frederic J. Hdstiu
By Keeping in constant touch tcjth
Federal bureaus and other educd-
tional enterprises it is in position IN
pass on to you authoritative iHforDi0-
ton Of the highest order. submit pour
queries to the staff Of experts tchoSe
serUiceS are put az yoRr free disposal
There is no charge cJcept , cents in
stamps for return postage. Address
The Star Information Bureau. Fred
eric J. Hdskin. director. TtEenty- first
and C streets northwest, Wdshin gfot'
ID. C..
Evening star., 1925-09-02
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All Other States.
Member Of the Associated Press.

The Associated Press is exclusively entitled
TO the Use for republication of all news as
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OF special dispatches herein are also reserved.
Evening star., 1925-09-02

In addition to her well known
economy in money matters. France
expects to be able, through Minister
Caillaux, to set an example in time
saving.
Evening star., 1925-09-02

1t would, Of course, be a gratifica.
ton to many citizens to abolish in
come tax publicity by eventually do
ing away with the income tax.
Evening star., 1925-09-02
Ruthless Base Ball.

When angrily our Babe doth cry,
The husky base ball nurse
Sings out an ill-tuned lullaby
Which makes Babe holler worse.
Evening star., 1925-09-02
Information.

do you see any use in publishing
income tax figures?'
"Oh, yes" answered Miss Cayenne.
"It may help many grass widow to
check up on her alimony account"
Evening star., 1925-09-02
Mixed Emotion.

Oh. Income Tax, relentless debt.
You cause me much distress.
I'm sorry you're so big, and yet
/ would not have you less.
Evening star., 1925-09-02

''De man dat plays poker till sun
up" said Uncle Eben, lis de one dat
keeps bluffin on, tryin' TO take credit
foh bein' an early riser."
Evening star., 1925-09-02
Pertinent Pointer.

From the Topeka Capital.
Better Stop a Minute Than For
ever" Is good suggestion for a rail-
way crossing sign.
Evening star., 1925-09-02

II weariness of the general public
were a deciding factor the coal strike
would be over without further delay.
Evening star., 1925-09-02

Babe" Ruth insists on asserting
himself as the "enfant terrible" OF
base ball.
Evening star., 1925-09-02
years from 10 pounds to over 1os
nouDds YEARLY

years from 10 pounds to over 100
pounds yearly.
Q. Did some one discover new
planet recentiy?-R. T.. g
A The Naval Observatory SAYS
that you possibly refer to an ohserva-
ton of asteroid No 80, Amphitrite
The observer, who had not identified
the object seen, through error an
nounced that the rate OF motion was
twice what it actually was, and this
mistake led to the supposition that q
new body had been discovered.
@. When we're brass trimmings and
square dashboards discontinued on
Ford cars?-W. w. P.
A. They were discontinued in 1915.
Q. Who painted the first stormy
landscape?-H. c. NJ.
A. Giorgione has this distinction.
IT Is found in his beautiful painting
called ''Adrastus and Hypsipyle.
Q. Is it true that there are no tides
in the Gulf of Mexico or the Mediter-
ranean or any body Of water into
which rivers that have detlas empty?
M. Fl. II.
A. There are tides in both the Medi-
terranean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico.
In the Mediterranean they are so
slight s to be almost imperceptible;
in the Gulf of Mexico they run from
ga to feet. A delta is an alluvial
plain formed by deposit of sand and
mud carried down q river. AS the
stream enters ouieter waters the de-
posit falls to the bottom and increa ses
in area and height until it reaches
the surface and is raised by floods and
tides above the high-water mark. Ths
delta of the Ganges and the Brahms
putra has an area of $4,000 square
miles and that Of the Nile is zoo miles
wide and 100 miles long. The Missis-
sippi delta. which encroaches at
rate OF $50 feet a year, has an area
Of IL, 800 square miles. Great deltaS
are only found in comparatively tide
less seas, because the deposits would
not otherwise have a chance Of sc.
cumulating.
Evening star., 1925-09-02

Jud Tunkins says the income tax re-
turns won't be fully informin' until
the bootleg performers can be coaxed
to file returns.
Evening star., 1925-09-02

@. When were brass trimmings and
square dashboards discontinued on
Ford cars?-W. w. P.
A. They were discontinued in 1915.
Evening star., 1925-09-02

Q. Who painted the first stormy
landscape?-H. c. NJ.
A. Giorgione has this distinction.
IT is found in his beautiful painting
called ''Adrastus and Hypsipyle.
Evening star., 1925-09-02

Idaho, where William E. Borah is
not a prophet without honor, has just
tried-and failed-to hold a Lincoln
Douglas debate on the subject of the
World Court. Two modern Western
Imperial Valley press., 1925-01-27
Bedtime Stories
BY HOWARD E. GARIS
Copyright, 1928, ny Mcclure
Newspaper Sypdicare
UNCLE WIGGILY- AND THE
CATS WHISPERS

-77te7TSss 'T,Ss 77----'5SE-~wI
'Come on. Uncle Wiggily! Como
along!" called Nurse Jane Fuzzy
Wuzzy at the foot of the stairs in
the hollow stump bungalow pne af-
ternoon.
"'Come along where?" the bunny
wanted to know.
"Don t you remember, you prom
ised to go visiting with me today
to see Aunt Lettie, the goat?" ask
cd Nurse Jane. ''Poor Aunt Let
tie is i'll, and you might cheer her
up
"Well, IN do my best" prom
ised the bunny gentleman. but
you must watt few minutes for
MAJ
"Whv can't you come right
away2n Nurse Jane asked.
because l must shave off my
whiskers, answered the rabbit. Il
could never think of going to see
Aunt Lettie without being shaved.
look as if l had Il lot of dande-
lion fuzz on my chin.
.'That must look funny" laugh
ed the muskrat lady housckeeper.
And SO why not leave it on, Tn
elc Wiggily? Why bother to
shave? If you look bunny that
will make Aunt Lettie laugh and
when Il sick person laughs that S a
sign of getting better"
"'Well, II try to make the goat
lady laugh said Mr.. Longears,
but not by looking at my whiskers.
I'll think up a joke to tell her. And
now / II shave us fast as l can and
come with YOU.
SO while Nurse Jane waited Tn
Gle Wiggily went to the bath room
to shave. He made a lot of white,
soapy lather on his brush and be-
gan to sharpen his razor.
And while he was lathering his
face, and getting ready to trim off
his long whiskers, Uncle Wiggily
began to sing, as he often did The
song went something like this:
..Roo too tiddily um,
Rung bung ka binko. ! ~
Sloo slee ker snitzio,
Ju jump jerinko. .
1t is very pretty little song
whom hummed with the right words
fitted to it. IThe Only stfeuble iSwas
Uncle Wiggih could nevasTs.tt hink of
the proper words, and all Fhe knew
was one verse; so he used to sing
that over and ovar gain until he
drove Nurse Jane nearly crazy.
But l won't say anything to
him now" thought the muskrat
lady.
Imperial Valley press., 1925-01-27

Curtis Chandler; "The Enchanted
Land" Louey Christholm; "The
Island of the Mighty Padraic
Colum; 1.-The Story of Sunny Sa-
hibb,'' Mrs. Everard Cote; ''Book
of Seotland,' Sidney Dark; :" Tay-
tay's Memories" Elizabeth w. De
Huff; Little Sea Folk, 'Ilsien N.
Gaylord; 1--WE and Our History
Albert Bushnell; "The Brighter
Side of School Life" Ian Hay;
"The Little House of the Desert, -
Forrestine G. Hooker; "Pemrose
Lorry Campfire Girls" Isabel
Hornibrook; "Birds in Legend,
Fable and Folklore" Ernest Inger-
soil; "More Celtic Fairy Tales
Joseph Jacobs; "Celtic Fairy
Tales" Joseph Jacobs; "Catty At
kins Bandmaster, Clarence b. kel-
land.
"The First Days of knowledge, "
Arnold Frederic Hummer; 1.-The
Imperial Valley press., 1925-01-27

Friendly Adventures of Ollie 0s-
trich,' Janet Lewis; 1.-THE Walcott
Twins,' Lucille Lowell; "Colette, in
France" Eta b. Mcdonald; "Ger-
da in Sweden Eta B. Mcdonald; /;
"Josefa in SPAIN" Eta B. McDon-
aid; Marta in Holland" Eta B..
Mcdonald; Rafael in Italy" Eta
B. Mcdonald; "Lives of Busy
Neighbors, Inez N. McFee; "The
New Moon by Corneha Meigs;
"Under the Blue Sky" Zoe Mey-
er; "Story Land Clara Murray;
"The Pearl Lagoon, !" Charles Nord-
hoff; "Old Greek Folk Stories Told
Anew Josephine P. Peabody; " A
Human Boys Diary Eden Phil
potts; "The Boy Scouts on Cru
sade,'' Leslie w. Quirk; "They
Who Walk in the Wilds," Charles
Roberts; "Timmy with the Big
Tents,p Harvey w. Root; "When
Imperial Valley press., 1925-01-27
TEN YEARS AGO
January u. 1915

Initial preparations for the re
moval of the fire department and
bell from their present quarters to
the city lots, Sixth and State streets
were TO begin this morning.
The cleaning of the city settling
basins is going steadily forward, ac-
cording to Charles H. Fields, city
water superintendent, the silt de
posit from one of the tanks having
already been removed.
J. c. Thompson has been appoint
ed deputy clerk of Imperial county,
according to a certificate of ap-
pointment filed yesterday by Major
S. Cook, county clerk.