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Evening star., 1925-04-20
British Rum Runners.

Some time ago a British baronet,
Sir Broderick Hartwell, organized a
syndicate in England for the purchase
Of liquor to be smuggled into the
United States. The scheme was con-
Quoted openly, with advertising. Circu-
lars were distributed inviting the pub
lie to participate in the adventure and
promising a profit at the rate Of 120
per cent. About 500 persons supplied
the funds. Several shipments were
made, the success Of which apparent
ly encouraged the promoters of this
enterprise, but the seventh shipment,
it would seem, has come to grief. A
London paper prints the text Of a tele-
gram seid to haYe been received from
Evening star., 1925-04-20

The defeat by the voters of Chicago
of the proposal of Mayor Dever to
take over the traction lines with
municipal expenditure of $3.50, 100000
has been variously interpreted by edi-
torial writer's. Some look upon it as a
verdict against public ownership, while
others believe that special conditions
in the Illinois city contributed to the
result.
Hundreds of citizens who were
asked for their opinion on the proposal
said they thought it would mean more
graft and politics. explains the New
York Evening Post Like some other
cities, Chicago already has more graft
and politics than are good for it. 1t
Is not surprising that 1t should have
declined to give it's politicians chance
to multiply their peculiar activities. If
Chicagoans needed any illustrations
of the folly of handing transit lines
over to political manipulators, they
could have found them in this city"
The Louisville Courier-J Journal points
out that the franchises expire in two
wears, when legal control of the streets
will revert to the city, which then
NAV be able to drive a better bargain.
"At least" continues the Courier-Jour-
nal, "the municipal authorities WouId
then be able to QlCtdCe improvement
in conditions which were the basis OF
the complaint against private opera
ton" The competition of bus lines,
Operating on a comparatively small
investment and at much lower cost,
also is cited by that newspaper as
factor of uncertainty for the future.
The strong support that the public
ownership plan had in influential cir
cIas ia noted by the Christian Science
Monitor, which states: THE most
powerful newspapers in the city-the
Tribune and the Daily News-advo-
Gated the proposal. It had the politt-
cal support of an administration
elected to power on that very issue by
an overwhelming vote. The great
financial figures of Chicago were for
it practically to a man, and 1t might
have been anticipated that the masses
of the people would have been equally
favorable, since Chicago suffers from
the most inadequate and antiquated
street railway system of the day. Yet
by a swinging majority Chicago has
agreed rather to bear those ills 1t has
than fly to others that 1t knows not
of. And why? There will be in
Vulnerable answers. Perhaps the most
picturesque one is that the anti-pro-
hibitionists voted against Mayor De-
ver's plan because he has been en-
forcing the Volstead law. This ex-
PLANTATION may be set aside, particu-
Evening star., 1925-04-20
Practice on Dandelions
Is Advice Given Vandals

Herewith is offered a mild sug-
gestion to persons who, while en-
joying a country outing, are unable
to differentiate between the beauties
of a protected field of wild flowers
and the desolation of a field which
has been stripped and left to weeds
and grass by the wayside vandals
If they must pick something which
does not belong to them, let them try
picking dandelions.
The flower of that Ubiquitous weed,
we are told, though we haven't tried
1t, forms the base of a potent, pleas
ing and inspiring beverage. The
leaves, we know by experience, can
form one of the most wholesome and
appetizing vegetable dishes known to
modern cookery. 1t is the spinach
with a kick.
And no one will begrudge their pass
ing. Vandals may exercise their
most destructive inclinations against
the dandelion. Tear them up, root
and branch. Bedeck the automobiles
with them. Throw them into a boil
ing caldron. Serve with oil or
vinegar Eat them alive Do your
worst to the dandelion. But let the
wild flowers live.-Atlantic City Eve
ming Union.
Evening star., 1925-04-20
Approves Higher Tax
On Marriage License

North Carolina has increased her
tax on marriage licenses from SO to
So. And why not? If it isn't worth
50 TO the state to enjoy the holy rites
of wedlock, then those who undertakes
1T had better let it alone. North Caro-
lima is always progressive. The next
General Assembly of Virginia could
well afford to follow the example.
1t is to be hoped that bridegrooms
in North Carolina won't reduce their
fees to the ministry as a result of the
increased cost of licenses to the State.
The poor preachers have hard
enough time of 1t anyway. There
never was a class of men so mod
erately compensated as ministers of
the gospel. Out in Staunton last week
a Methodist minister was forced to
resign his charge because of poor pay
and the long distances between his
charges. He had six churches and
two of them were as much as 80 miles
apart-Portsmouth Star.
Evening star., 1925-04-20

in surrounded by a large white apron,
a menu card in his trusty right hand
and glad expectancy of tips in both
eyes.
Last call for dinner, gents! Dining
car in the rear" he ought to call.
Then a big jolt as we pass over that
bad place in the street Congress ought
to have given the Commissioners
money to fix long ago.
And we snap out of 1t. THE meet
ing will come to order some one
facetiously calls.
X X u
Good fellowship distinguishes the
bus from all other public vehicles in
the District of Columbia.
The drivers greet one with a smile,
stop to let you on almost anywhere,
even back a bit. They keep to their
schedule, too.
The staid Indifference assumed by
street-car riders is totally lacking on
the bus. Every one sort of feels
well, what shall we say? Like a hui
man being! 1t is astounding but
true. Maybe those two extra wheels
turn the trick.
If the wheels are what make the
spirit of friendliness go round, I am
for putting at least eight wheels on
every public vehicle in the National
Capital. We ought to have 'em. We
need 'em.
AS it is, we are pretty chummy on
our busses. Nothing makes us sour.
Busy drivers manage to smile at all
happenings.
Take that little incident down the
street the other day.
Two old ladies, stiff in black dresses,
got off another bus at a transfer
point. Our bus was going west as
quickly as the poorly repaired streets
would permit. (At this point 1t is only
fair to say that some repairs are now
being made)
The ladies came across the street
toward the left side of the bus; that
Is, opposite to the door, which is at the
right front, of course.
Does this bus go to Dogville?" the
Oldest lady asked, or words to that
effect.
Yes, ma'am," replied the driver,
courteously touching his hat.
The two old ladies' solemnly look
ed at the bus, trying their best to
see the door.
They failed to spot it.
Whereupon one of them started
upon a scouting expedition 1t is
only the courtesy one extends to
age that allows that dignified pro-
gression to the rear Of the bus to be
called so, however.
1t was more along the order of the
crawl. The old lady stopped at the
left, rear, to find a door, but, finding ii
not, took up her ton
again. She wended her way around
to the right, rear, while the driver
clutched his wheel in agony and the
passengers began to smile at each
other.
The old lady intently examined the
bus. rear, right. Still finding no en-
trance to the magic vehicle, she moved
forward. Now the passengers began
to talk to each other.
Coming to the door, the old lady
paused.
Step right in, lady! We are late
now" called the driver.
Wait for my sister, please" re.
joined the woman in severe tones.
So there was nothing to do but wait
while sister made a similar tourney
around the entire bus, ending up al
the door.
Now we can gor' exclaimed a Joy
Gus passenger.
Get right in, ladies'" pleaded the
driver.
Are there any seats?" asked the
ladies'.
Nor shouted the driver. while the
passengers thundered a like negative.
And the bus drove on to Dogville.
Evening star., 1925-04-20
Plant Dogwood Trees
I'm Potomac Park

To the Editor of The Star;
Permit me to submit for your con-
sideration the suggestion that you
promote some sentiment for improve
ment of Potomac Park by trans
planting dogwood along the driveway.
To secure dogwood from extermina-
ton the public needs to be educated
to appreciate it's beauty. A few years
ago it was thought impossible for the
small boy to resist stoning birds or
squirrels in the public parks, but no
one disturbs them now.
The dogwood, with it's blanket of
snoW-white blossoms, rivals the
cherry blooms in beauty and retains
its bloom longer and in the Fall the
brightly tinted foliage is almost as
lovely. While almost extinct in near
by woods, it is very plentiful in
southern Maryland off the main trav-
eled roads, and it would not entail
much expense to procure hundreds Of
small trees an inch or a little more
in diameter, to transplant in the Fall.
Please notice the dogwood near the
front entrance to the State, War and
Navy Building and on the lawn of the
Fairchild residence, on Connecticut
avenue, two Of the beauty spots in
Washington.
ERNEST A. SHORT.
Evening star., 1925-04-20

party of five. Guide asks what's
wrong. Were from the South"
Is the proud explanation.
If Maryland woman Democrats have
tnelr way In 1926 the wide-open spaces
OF the West, where men are men.
and women are governors, will have
no monopoly of that distinction. The
newly enfranchised sex in MARYLAND
Is talking seriously of nominating
Mrs. Wilbur w. Hubbard of Chester
town for the gubernatorial post which
will prospectively be vacated by AL
bert G. Ritchie on January ., 1927.
Mrs. Hubbard lives on Maryland's
aristocratic Eastern Shore She has
been potent in the States Democratic
politics ever since women have had
the vote. Mr.. Hubbard is a prom
inent factor in the fertiiizing indus
try of the United States Mrs. Hub.
bard is accustomed to spend the Win
ter in Washington, taking an active
part in Democratic national politics.
Her friends say she has the natural
talent for executive office.
1t pays a college to graduate a fu-
ture President Of the United States
Amherst, at any rate, has come into
its place in the financial sun. Gifts to
that institution, aggregating nearly
S4O0, 900, have just been announced.
Half of that sum. 100000, comes
from Dwight w. Morrow Of ]. P. Nor
gan Co., who was President Cool
idge's classmate, '95. George d.
Pratt of New York, Amherst, '93, a
great conservationist and outdoor en-
thusiast, gave $4,000. The Morrow
endowment is to build a dornitory.
and Mr.. Pratt's donation a new heat
ing plant. Amherst is not poor 1t
has $6,500,000 endowment, though
that fortune is small compared to
Harvard's $64 200, 900, Columbia's $56,-
100000, Yale's $39,000,000, Chicago's s
$32 100000 and the $4,000, 900 each
which Cornell and Johns Hopkins
possess.
X X X \
Some truly terrible figures of DO
litical lethargy in America have just
been disclosed at the Richmond ma
tional convention of the National
League of Woman Voters. Seventeen
States of the Union-more than one
third-registered decrease of voters
in 1924 over 1920, despite an intensive
drive in the recent presidential cam
paign to get out the vote" The
vote-slacking Commonwealths, with
their percentage of decrease. are.
Evening star., 1925-04-20
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDBR JOHNSON.
The Lure of Fishing.

The Lure of Fishing.
To go a-fishing Is but play,
For youngsters only fit.
think I shall go out some day
AND try to fish a bit.
Though idleness 1 never yet
Was tempted to admire,
I'll spend the time with no regret
That fishing may require.
I'll seek again some tranquil spot
Where shadows softly stray,
And there forget that 1 am not
A careless lad today.
Evening star., 1925-04-20

1t is explained by Ex-Gov. Lowden
Of Illinois that the farmers difficulty
arises from the fact that he is COM
PEELED to pay out more than he re-
ceives. This is situation which will
be sympathetically comprehended by
a great many citizens in all sorts Of
occupations.
Evening star., 1925-04-20
Water for the Birds
And Squirrels in Parks
To the Editor Of The Star:

To the Editor of The Star:
The other day while passing through
the small park back of the Interior
Building l saw several birds trying to
get a few drops from one of the wa
ter cocks used for watering the grass
AS / passed the White House J. saw
thirsty squirrel trying to secure a
drink for himself from another one Of
these water cocks.
1t would be a good thing if at each
of these places in the various parks
there could be a small concrete pool
like the arrangement in Lafayette
Park, where each morning dozens of
birds are drinking. Two or three
times a day one Of the park guards
could, by a turn Of the screw, refill
these pools and so satisfy our furred
and feathered friends.
r. W. FORNEY.
Evening star., 1925-04-20

President Coolidge can press a but
ton and open an exposition in a dis
tant city, although he cannot always
get results at much shorter range
by ringing up Congress on the tele-
phone.
Evening star., 1925-04-20

The National Order of German
Youths is commanded by its grand
master to give up tobacco and alcohol
and to refrain from frivolity, in order
to contribute to Hindenburg's cam
paign fund. This Is calling on what
may have started as a harmless sort
Of frat to take itself seriously, indeed.
Evening star., 1925-04-20

The Senate rules will be discussed
by Vice President Dawes on Tuesday.
The fact that his first official speech
was not great hit with his immedi-
ate associates does not prevent him
from making response TO enthusiastic
encores.
Evening star., 1925-04-20

Washington's civic associations
prove that they have ideas and the
gift Of organization. Only a techni-
cality prevents them from being help
fully influential voters.
Evening star., 1925-04-20
Rate by Mail-Payable i'm Advance.
MARYLAND and Virginia.
All Other States.
Member of the Associated Press.

The Associated Press is exclusively entitled
20 the use for republication of all news dis
patches credited to ii not otherwise cred
tied in this paper and also the local news
Of special dispatches herein are also reserved.
Evening star., 1925-04-20
The Wrong Word.

do you always think before you
speak?"
"Yes," answered Senator Sorghum;
''but not as hard as 1 am sometimes
compelled to think afterward."
Evening star., 1925-04-20

A revolution was threatened for a
day in Portugal. Its precise cause is
not easy to determine. Like many re-
volts it's causes may be more tempera-
mental than logical.
Evening star., 1925-04-20

The vice presidency used to be
position famed for its quietude. Mr..
Dawes is evidently ready to prove that
he regards his election as an invitation
to go to work and not permission to
take a vacation.
Evening star., 1925-04-20

Politics and the D. A. r. are old
friends. This particular style of poll.
tics, however, brings exhilarating de-
bate, but does not cause anxiety to the
general run Of the Nations taxpayers.
Evening star., 1925-04-20

Sending Sousa and jazz across the
Atlantic from London Is rather like
shipping Goals to ewcastle.-Spring-
field Republican.
Evening star., 1925-04-20
Has Nothing ON Sermon.

From the Boston Transcript.
1t may be good omen that the
radio carries the sermon as far as it
carries the jazz.
Evening star., 1925-04-20

after being worn a while?-A. W.
A. This is generally due to the
grease from the skin.
Evening star., 1925-04-20

Getting something for nothing is i'm
possible, but bootlegger can come as
near doing it as anybody.
Evening star., 1925-04-20
Locations.

Human customs are unstable.
From our ancient ways we slip.
Once, the Stein was on the Table.
Now the Hootch is on the Hip.
Evening star., 1925-04-20
Dog Preferred to ssCoat.''
10 Omaha Wnrld-HaraI6

From the Omaha World Herald.
The notion seems to have become
fixed that an administration must
have a dog.
Evening star., 1925-04-20

To become a bowling success you
must do something more than
hoWl.-Altoona Mirror.
Evening star., 1925-04-20

Probably the most futile thing in
the world to say is this: But don't
tell anybcey. ."--Ohio State Journal.
Evening star., 1925-04-20

The Evening Star, with the Sunday morn
ing edition. is delivered by carriers within
the city at 90 cents per month: daily only.
40 cents per month: Sunday only. 20 cents
per month. Orders may be sent by mail or
telephone Main 5000. Collection Is made by
carrier at the end of each month.
Evening star., 1925-04-20

Jud Tunkins says if you don't be-
lieve brain work is cheap, look at the
prizes offered for solving crossword
puzzles.
Evening star., 1925-04-20

Quest of Silence.
1.-THE radio is out Of order"
ct like 1t better So" answered Miss
Cayenne. "I don't care for the music
I put on the ear phones merely to
shut out the family conversation"
Evening star., 1925-04-20

DE great objection to idleness,'' said
Uncle Eben, sis dat de man who picks
out loafin' job in life allus wants to
act bossy,"
Evening star., 1925-04-20
The City Gardener.

You hoe the garden for a day.
You plant things in a row;
Then go away your golf to play,
And simply let them grow.
Evening star., 1925-04-20

Q. Do animals other than dogs suf-
fer from rabies III. G.
A. Cases of rabies have been iden-
titled among cats. cattle, swine and
horses.
Evening star., 1925-04-20

A. In 1919-1920 there were 126,o00
students taking the stenographic
course in commercial schools.
Evening star., 1925-04-20

Q. How many pupils enroll in the
commercial schools of the country
Evening star., 1925-04-20
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England.
Evening star., 1925-04-20

@. How many Of our World War
dead are still unidentified &C. E. V.
A. At the close of the war the
unknown and unidentified dead ap-
proximated 10000. According to re-
cent figures, the unknown have been
reduced to approximately 1,7O0.
Evening star., 1925-04-20

Q. Should willows for making bas-
kets be kept wet or dry?-C. B.
A. They should be kept in a dry
place until time for them to be used.
They are then soaked in a large con-
tainer of water.
Evening star., 1925-04-20

Q. Where is the Imperial Valley i1
California IN. n.
A 1t is located at the extreme
southeast part of California and ad-
joins Mexico. It is traversed by the
Southern Pacific Railroad and the San
Diego and Arizona Railroad. 1t con-
stitutes Imperial County and the
county seat is located at FL Centre.
Evening star., 1925-04-20

Q. Why is an Fastener called a
tenderfoot?-G. NJ. c.
A. The word "tenderfoot" is a col
loquialism common to both Western
United States and Australia. In the
long marches and journeys often
necessary in new regions, the feet of
newcomer are usually the greatest
point of suffering. Only those whose
feet have become hardened to the
heat and drought of the prairie can
endure without discomfort the long
travel necessary.
Evening star., 1925-04-20

=. " nat Is EsCOTIaI II 3. ,
A. The Escorial is the largest
building in Spain. Composed of
monastery. church, college, tomb and
palace, it is built on a height 2,700
feet above the sea, about 81 miles
northwest of Madrid. 1t was built be-
tween 1863 and 1854 by Philip II, and
the bodies of all the Spanish kings
since Emperor Charles V are burie4
there with the exceptions of Philip
V and Ferdinand VI.
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1925-12-10
SHARON, PA
KABARE EsTELY

Egy minden tekintetben POM
pas es elvezetes estelyben lesz re
sze a Sharon es kornyeki magyar
sagnak e no 25.-en, karacsony es-
te. Ezen esten a Munkas Bs. es
Onkepz6 Szervezet Silk osztalya
tanccal egybekotott miisoros es-
telyt rendez. - Remeljiik, hogy
magyarsagunk, Xix mar t0bbszor
elveztek ezen egyesiilet magas nj
voju S sikeres eloadasait, 0rom-
mel veszik a hirt minden alkal-
mat megragadnak, hogy ezen es-
ten pontosan megjelenjenek, vi
dam jokedvJkkel, hangos kaca>
gassal meghitte es csaladiassa te-
gyek estelyiinket. Az egyesulet
ezen estere nagysZeru egy felvo-
nasos darabokat, kacagtato vigja-
tekokat, magan- es paros jelene-
teket, valamint szavalatokat til
z0tt miisorra, hogy minden forma
ban eleget tegyen kozonsegiink
kivanalmainak. A szereposztas a
leheto legjobb. A szerepl6k mind
egyike ismert es kedvelt alakja a
helybeli szinmii jatsz6 ifjusagnak.
A pr6bak mar javaban folynak,
S kis tarsasag, mar felkesziilve
varja az estet, mil1or kozonsegiin-
ket megszabathtva a mindennapi
elet nehez gondjait6l, = ha csak
par orara is, - konnyeket fakasz-
to kacajra, hangos jokedvre bir-
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1925-12-10

A rendez6seg mar most mum
kaho2 latott, hogy ez a mulatsag
nninden tekintetben kitiin6en si-
keruljon $ az 6esztendSnek ezen
svzar6 bAlja minden id6kre felejt-
hetetlen legyen. A szilveszteri ba-
lon Zsiga Janos hires eiganyzene-
kara fogja huzni a talpalavalot.
A nagysikeriinek igerkezo tame
mulatsagra mar most felhivjuk a
magyarsag figyelmet.
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1925-12-10

ia. A zenet ez>alkalommal egy 10
newt zenekar szolgaltatja, melyt
mex hangjai mellett mulathat min
denki, kivilagos virradatig. Aki
kellemes es valoban boldog kara
csonyt akar slnaganak biztositani,
annak csak ez lehet a jelszava
december 25.-en, karacsony es-
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1925-12-10
CANTON, OHIO.

A Cantoni 1paros EgyesJlet de-
cember 19.-en, szombaton este, sa-
jat helyisegeben nagyszabasu ka-
racsony esti iinnepseget rendez.
Ugy a felnottek, mint a gyerme-
kek szamara emlekeztesse 6hajtja
tenni rendezoseg Jezus sziilete-
senek emlekunnepet ICY kival6-
an ertekes musort allitott ossze
Az iinnepseg programjan kovet-
kezo szamok szerepelnek: lima
szavalatok, egy rovid szindarab,
bazaar felnotteknek. A jelenlevt
gyermekek mindegyike ertekes ka
raesonyi ajandekot kap SIT. Mix.
los maszkjat viselo tagtarsunk
t6l.
A cantoni magyar iparosok al
tai keszitett Jezus sziiletes heiye
megerdemel maid minden hcsere
tet. Egy kicsinyitett templom
melyben oltar is lesz, veszi k0ru
az istall6t. A sziilok keretnek
hogy ere a szep iinnepsegre hoz
Yak maid magukkal gyermekei
ket.
Minden kedden es csIt0rt0kol
este proba folyik a karacsony es
miisorab6l.
Ugy helybeli, mint videki ma
gyarsagot a rendezoseg ezuton i
szeretettel invitalja meg ere ;
sep iinnepsegre.
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1925-12-10
WARREN, Ohio
SZILVESZTERI BAL

A Warreni E. M. Ferfi es N0i
Bs. Egylet, az esztendG utols6
napjan, december 31.-en, csiitort0
kon este nagy szilveszteri tame
mulatsagot rendez a mindenki al
tai ismert Walnut St.-i Roman
Hallban. >
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1925-12-10
TttzEsETEK.

Rimaszecsen oriasi. tuz puszti-
tott. Kolozsi Tstvan kozsegi bir6
csiirje gyulladt Xxi percek alatt
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1925-12-10

tobb egymas me6 spe pa Zoan osspo garnur4jkt
gepszn IS csIr bout angba utos6 panaban skeru Ian
Koml6s MhAy Dulai Zolan es e6 megmeneni tz
Nurany AndrAs kroodtsk leg faya s6 gyermekek dezk
f6eppen tzesetn ss Dna e rmaszecsiek kozese
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1925-12-10

ten Maenenchor Hallban talaI
kozunk!''
Nemes J6Esefs
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1925-12-10

Nemesmartonfalvan a kozsegi
z es4 s.r. 49, - ~
"allas" gyulla'dt ki ismeretlen ok
b6l es miel6tt mentesre gondolni
lehetett volna, a faeptilet teljesen
elhamvadt.