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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-11-18
Public Building Sites.

President Coolidge is reported as
disappearing the proposal Of Repre-
sentative Underhil of Massachusetts
that the Government purchase i'm
mediately the Mall-Avenue triangle
at an estimated cost of SIS 100000,
He is said to feel that the time is not
appropriate for such a large drain
on the Treasury and that the Airing.
ton Memorial Bridge project is cost
ing such large sum that further
expenses along development lines
should be held down.
With Congress soon to pass Sen.
ator, Shoots 100000 900 public build
ing bill to relieve congestion in the
conduct of Federal Government bust
ness in Washington, it is apparent
that the Government will be in ur.
gent need of building sites at an
early date In view of this fact, IL
purchase the land south of Pennsyl-
vania avenue as recommended by
Representative Underhil, not only
for the Identification of the city but
for the purpose of providing neces'
sary sites for the carrying out of the
public building program.
1t will take at least two years for
condemnation proceedings on all the
parcels of land in the project. BY
that time the Arlington Bridge Will
be well on its way to completion so
that. although the expenses of the
two proposals will slightly overlap
they will not be particularly heavy
drain on the Treasury.
Purchase of this property lying he
tween Pennsylvania avenue and the
Mall, the Botanic Garden and Four
ment an ideal location for the concen.
tration of public buildings. 1t would
enable Government departments to re.
call their scattered forces and pro.
vide enough ground for the housing
of units under single roof.
This project has been proposed time
and again. In principle it has univcr.
sal approval. 1t is not likely that Mr..
Underhill will give up his fight and he
will probably find large measure of
support from his colleagues. Favor
able action by Congress in conjunction
with the Smoot bill might possibly
lessen to some degree the opposition
of the President and Washington
may see this plan fulfilled in the neal
future.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-11-18
Investigate Before Giving !.

At this season of the year many
solicitors are abroad for funds for va
rious causes, in the name of charity
or public welfare. They are beseech-
ing merchants, business men and citi
zens generally for direct subscrip-
lions or the purchase of tickets for en-
tertainments in behalf OF wide range
of activities and superficially worthy
objects. Unfortunately many Of these
solicitations are unwarranted. Sad to
state, advantage is being sought from
the inclination of most people to be
helpful to any cause that is suggestive
of charity.
Warning has been sounded against
this form of promiscuous solicitation
A committee has been created by the
District Commissioners of representa-.
tives of various civic organizations
and the public at large called the I'm
dorsement committee of welfare Or
CARNATIONS" That committee has
made public a list of organizations
that are worthy of public support.
Copies Of this indor sement list are in
the hands Of business Washingtorians.
and IL any person approached for con-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-11-18

a high standard Of living and high
wages
To have Your cake and eat 1t. too,
IS problem that has puzzled mil
lions of people for thousands OF
years. Naturally, the American PEG :
pie would like TO have the war debts
which are justly due this country
paid in full with interest. But ii
they are asked to pay the price OF
less business activity and lower
wages for the payment of these debts
the matter takes on different com
pleXion.
Mr.. Hull estimates that in the
Italian debt settlement alone the
United States is giving up between
50 900 900 900 and $4,000, 000. 900 in the
remission of interest. The American
Debt Commission has become con-
WINGED that Italy's lack of resources
makes it impossible for her to meet
this interest obligati ton without un-
due hardship, or perhaps. at all. If
Mr.. HulIs plan Woe followed to its
logical conclusions his two or three
billions of dollar would be paid in
American money. derived from the
sale OF Italian goods in the United
States. goods which would have TO
go into competition with American
made goods.
Mr.. Hull will have to make it clear
to the American working people and
business people how they will bene-
At from the payment of this debt
TO the United States by Italy through
such a plan with such results 10
American industry. He argues Euro
pean nations may be unable to pur-
chase America surplus goods unless
they are able to sell more goods OF
their own in the United States. They
will continue TO purchase goods
where they can obtain the greatest
value for their money. however. just
as every careful purchaser does. II
American goods meet these require
ments, Europeans will continue 10
buy them. They are continuing to
buy them.
The Republican administration has
insisted that American industry
should be protected by the tariff and
immigration laws. Ii has, likewise.
insisted that America obtain the best
terms il can from the war debtors of
the Nation. Its inSistence is bear.
ing fruit. 1t will require strong and
defirite arguments to shake the faith
of the people IN these policies.
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WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC HILLI4H FILE.

The great Morse centennial in the Twin
Cities last June. Gov. Sorlie was
elected as a North Dakota Non-Part
san Lacquer, but the stalwarts of that
radical faith have suspected him OF
Republican hereSy ever since he tool,
the Office. in January. 1925. Sorlie is
tremendously impressive figure Of a
man. There's little of the typical Scan
dinavian about him, Native of North
| Dakota, tall. broid.shouldered and
with a shock of snow-white hair worn
In La Toilette pompadour style. Sor-
lie looks every inch Il real American.
When this writer talked politics with
him on the porch of the humble ex-
ecutfve mansion at Bismarck last
Summer the governor was under the
spell of the Coolidge economy program
and Of the Coolidge plan to lei asri-
culture largely work out it's own des-
tiny.
! Democratic friends in Washington
| report that Franklin u. Roosevelt of
New York Is recovering the use of his
lower extremities so rapidly that he
| may be we'll able. as 1t were, to run for
| President in 1928. James NJ. Cox's 1920
ticket mate is devoting all Of his time
and energy to overcoming the attack
him couple of years ago. "AI''
Smith thinks the world of Roosevelt
| and would undoubtedly throw Smith
strength to him if desired and If the
Smith bark itself should be shipwreck.
ed In another Madison Square Garden
gale. Just now the Walker. Smith slate.
makers are weighing Roosevelt's eIigi-
bility for the police commissionership
or New York City under the new Tam.
which another Roosevelt once vaulted
into the presidency.
''Tay Pay" O'Connor. veteran Irish
Nj. r. and raconteur, pays handsome
trlbute to the achievement OF Alanson
b. Houghton in mounting within a
Few months to the highest level at.
| tanned by any contemporary American
| Ambassador to the Court of ST. James.
OConnor has just written:
Mr.. Houghton is always wei
come and always a most satisfac.
tory guest at any banquet in Lon
don; lew men have risen to such
influence and popularity, even
though ne belongs to such a long
me OF INDUSTRIOUS predecessors in
his great Office. His speeches are
terSe-sometimes the after.dinner
speaking of Americans strikes MS
, Londoners as a little too long.
sometimes also as little too sol.
| emn-EnSllshmen take even their
| important dinners not SADLY hut
| frivolusly-more frivously certain
| ly than Americans on their big oc.
casions. Mr.. Houghton never com.
mits the mistake of proliyity. He
mas also a very agreeable style: a
| little ironic
May | add that there is one other
great distinction of the Ambassa.
dor?-he has one of the prettiest
and the sweetest and most attrac.
tive girls that even America has
ever sent to London.
(CoDyright Iao5)
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Q. Is George Arliss as popular in
other cities as re is in Washington
A. II. r.
A. What IS believed to be the
largest gross receipts ever rea ched
by dramatic star in a four-week
enga cement in Philadelphia was re-
ceived by George Arliss in Winthrop
Ames' production of John Gals
worthy's old English" at the Wal
nut Street Theater, where ArllsS
PLAYED to $73,S23.25. The record at
the Walnut the oldest theater in
America. was broken both for at
tendance and receipts on the open
ing night. a. well as for the run Of
the dra ma.
O. Explain the check on which
is so often mentioned in the present
coal strike.-E. r. G.
A. The check off" is an arrange
ment under which the operator, after
written authorization of the individ-
VA miner checks off or deduCtS from
ms earnings regular dues, assess
ments, fines. or the charges levied or
assessed against the miner by IN"
union. and pays the aggregated
amounts thus deducted from all
miners over 10 the treasurer Of the
local union. The Check-oH mas never
been in operation in the anthracite
fields, but has been for many years,
and is now, in operation at bitumi-
nous coal mines working under agree
ment with the United Mine Workers
of America. 1t was one of the prin-
cipal demands made by anthracite
miners when the negotiations for a
new agreement in 1928 began. and
one Of the questions at issue in III"
controversy. and in the September,
.. How much greater il the In
tengitN of sunlight Than that Of
moonli@h IL NJ. g..
\. In answering this question an
average must he taken. However.
generally stated, the intensity Of
da Wight 1T noon on clear day is
2 bout 600. coo times greater tha u
the liehi furnished by the fun moon
on a cloud1ess night at zenith.
q. Is there any difference in the
food value of white and brown
ecG?-M. -. NJ
A. Analyses show that there i
practically no difference in compost
zion between hens eggs with dark
shells and those with white shells
However, the"e is popular belief that
the former are richer
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-11-18
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HISKIN.


Messages From Great Hymns" says
| that the Poet Laureate so regarded
Bishop Heber's hymn, Holy. Holy.
holy"
Q. 1t is claimed that black sub
| stances absorb heat and that white
| reflect the heat. Can this be proved
correct by placing strips of whi,e
| and black cloth on ice and placing
| them in the sun? If this is fact
| then would not colored mans skin
absorb more heat than white per
sons III. o. II.
a. 1t is an accepted fact thai
| black substances absorb the heat
while white reflect il. If two pieces
of cloth, one black and the Other
white, be placed upon ice. it will
be found that when the sun shines
on them the black piece will absorb
the heat and melt its way into the
| ice more readily than white The
| same law applies in all cases The
| dark color of the skin OF the negro
race is due To the excessive develop
, ment of pigment as a natural pro-
! lection against the ultra violet r.iv-
in which the tropical light i So ricn
and which are destructive To- proto-
! plasm.
Q. Please tell me in what parts
of the United states rainbow troul
are found. How large have they
been known to grow?-A l.. A.
a. The rainbow trout is the
trout Of the Pacific Coast ranges from
central California northward to
Puget Sound. 1t takes its name from
the large. brilliant spots scattered
over its blush silvery body. Twenty.
six and a half pounds and approx
mately ~ inches long is the largest
species Of the rainbow trout recorded
Q. How long would it take an
average person Ia count one million
81 bills. and how long would ii take
an eXpert?-E. e. g.
y. The Treasury Department says
, that the length of time il would take
for a person To count one million 81
bills would depend entirely on tn"
/ rapidity of the counter. Some Of the
counters in the depa rtment ha y a
counted as many a. 10000 notes a
day. Many of the Treasury experts
count 10000 day.
@. Who first declared that the
world is round?-F II. {.
\. The doctrine of the spherical
form Of the earth has been erroneous
ly assigned to ThaIeS. but he accepIe !
was a disk. The discovery that The
earth is round vas undoubtedly made
by Pythagoras. His theory was ac-
cepted and taught by Aristotle. whose
arguments are substantially those
which we employ today.
@. Are such German words as
"Stimme' and "sprache" pronounced
with the -" sound in stone" or the
.'Sb'' ''Sbt ne III NJ
\. There are two accepted pro
nunciations of the letter - in the
German language used in various
parts of Germany. The ajority ol
Germans use the "sh" sound but
the Hanuverians use the plain IS
sound similar TO that used in English
and contend that il is correct.
tTHF person trhO loses out is the on"
'rho OU"SS"S The person tChO gets on
is ARRAYS the one rho acts upon re-
liable Information. This paper en-
plOUS FrcdrriC j. HdSkiH to conduct
an Information bureau for the public.
There is no charge crcept > cehtS il
stamps for return postage. Write 10
him TO-DAY for any facts non desire.
Your inquiry should be addressed 10
The star Information Bureau. Frcd-
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-11-18
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.
In.itead Of being an Old Woman in a
Shoe, she was a Young Woman in a

In;tead of being an Old Woman in a
Shoe, she was a Young Woman in a
Bus.
She did not have so many children
she did not know what to do. She had
five of them-four boys and a girl
and she seemed to know exactly what
to do with them.
Just how old young woman she
was we did not know. She was one of
the sort that Is hard to guess. She
might have been % years old, and
then again she might have been 35.
but we put her age down at 80 and let
it go at that.
Anyway, it seemed impossible that
she could be the mother OF all those
children. Probably she was taking
them down town to the matinee. or
something like that. Neighbours chill
dren. and all that sort of thing.
1t was rainy afternoon. How chill
dren hate them, especially our modern
children. who are no. experts at anus
ing themselves. They do not know
what to do with themselves. and must
be taken to the movies, or something
along that order
The day when YOU could put a child
down in a corner with book or a
Few simple toys nd let him amusa
| himself for whole afternoon are van.
ished in the past. where most things
disappear, after all.
Most of the passengers in the bus
that rainy afternoon inwardly shud
dered when they saw the woman with
the five children coming aboard
One at a time they filed ina boy
about Il years old first. then one. say
10 years old, then a girl about 9. a
boy about and a little chap perhaps
in the neiGhborhood of wears old
They rushed down the narrow aisle
for the long back seat that stretches
the whole width Of the bus. where one
can set jolted A little hit better than
on any other seat.
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The Presidents Wild Turkey

The President has received for
Thanksgiving dinner a wild turkey
that drifted from a flock of wild ones
and was raised among tame asso-
ciates in Pondera County. Mont. How
wild this turkey may be is a ques-
ton. That he left his wild cOmpa MONS
TO make his home with tame ones
may indicate that he had a better ear
for the call of the tame than the wild.
Perha ps he saw tame turkeys eating
substantial breakfast and decided
that barnyard life was easier thar life
in the forest.
And this induces the reflection that
the turkey is 100 per cent American
bird. Many of the early settlers in the
North American colonies believed that
the turkey was of -Asiatic extraction,
but ornithologists say that this is non.
sense. The turkey lived in America
long before the coming Of the whites.
When Spaniards took fancy to
Mexico they saw wild turkeys. and
they saw also that Indians had dones-
ticated some and had private tlocks.
Wild and domestic turkeys from Mex
leo were taken to Spain, and the breed
ing of them became common in Eu-
rope before pilgrims set out from Eng
land for Virginia. Massachusetts and
Maryland. When they got here they
saw wild turkeys like those they knew
at home. There is a record that turkey
was served at Christmas dinner in
England in 1j4l. The Spaniard called
the bird ''parvo." the French called
it ''pouie d indie" the equivalent for
Indian chicken" and later they called
il "dindon" The English called it
turkey" and why they did this has
been discussed. affirmed and denied
many times during three or four cen
turtles.
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Gen. Lincoln &. Andrews, Uncle
Sans new prohibition boss. at the
United States Treasury. vigorously
denies that Maj. Roy A. Haynes, Fed
eral prohibition commissioner. has
been denoted Haynes wet foes,
whose name Is legion. sought to
create the impression that Haynes
was virtually snuffed out by the
recent designation of his assistant
commissioner, James E. Jones, to
supervise certain administrative de-
tails under the new enforcement re-
CINE. Gen. Andrews asserts that
Jones' appointment was made in
order to relieve Commissioner Haynes
! Of routine and liberate him for the
development of the vitality important
field program" CT prohibition enforce
ment. Maj. Haynes has no intention
Of deserving the ship of which Presi-
dent Harding gave him command in
June, 1921 The drys of the country
would consider Haynes retirement an
irreparable loss. He received a ire
mendeus ovation at the recent Anti
Saloon League convention in Chicago.
HAYNES continues to be q strong pos
sibility for the next Republican gov
ernorship of Ohio.
Florida has all the luck. For years
now our idle rich have been estab-
fishing luxurious vines and fig trees
in the sunny spaces where men are
real estate men, because the Alligator
State has no inheritance tax. Now
the plutocratic classes are heading
for Florida because Of the coal strike.
This observer has knowledge of a
millionaire Washington family which
has more money than foresight, for
it failed to put in anthracite betimes.
AS it's palatial establishment requires
100 tons of coal for the Winter, and
! the owner SHES at paying SIS a ton,
he is about to decamp for Florida
with his entire family and staff of
| servants. He's come to the conclu-
sion it will be cheaper than buying
Pennsylvania black diamonds at pre-
vailing prices.
%* II X
Louis Tarnum Woulfe. who sat at
the right hand of Henry G.. Wallace
and Is now in the same strategic posi-
ton with William NJ. Jardine, has just
glorified the Department of Agricul-
tura in a piece Of gripping English. In
a little monograph modestly entitled
introduction Mr.. Woulfe. in part.
| thus epitomizes the farm branch Of
the Government:
] am an institution of helpfulneSS,
the outgrowth of an American need,
university of service.
| make the cultivation of land
pay, conserve the forests, protect
the life OF birds, improve the soil,
forecast the weather-in all func-
tions / am the friend of the farmer
and of all others.
[ manifest myself in numerous
ways-in wheat and corn fields, in
mighty forests, on National and
State roadways. But my true dig
nifty is in every home-for the
bread, the meat, the fruit, the
dairy products have all passed the
muster of my guardianship.
am the Department of Agricul-
tufe.
X X y
Gov. Arthur G. Sorlie of North Da-
kota, who will be under fire in the
Senate when his recent appointee Ger.
aid p. Nye, attempts to take the late
Senator Ladd's seat, Is one of the
quartet, of Scandinavian governors
now enthroned in the Northwest The
| others are Christianson of Minnesota,
Gunderson of South Dakota and E;rick-
son of Montana. All of them were on
hand to greet President Coolidge at
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than there are man voters. The women
in Massachusetts have not come round
so far to voting merely as women.
They are Democrats and Republicans,
Just as the men are. But there Is
growing disposition TO win Tor
women public office, and they have
the votes to do it. Massachusetts, by
the way, will have one of the few
woman members of the House when
Congress meets in the person of Mrs.
John Jacob Rogers, elected to fill the
vacancy caused by the death of her
husband Representative Rogers.
There are indications that the Re
publican national administration Will
recognize women to somewhat
greater extent in Federal appoint,
ments in the coming months. Pres
ident Coolidge has already appointed
women to fill important Government
posts which have hitherto been held
by women, and month ago he ap-
pointed Mrs. Edna Mccall Priest col
lector of the port of Memphis, Tenn,
whose district includes Arkansas as
we'll as Tennessee. This office former
ly was held by man.
X X
The campaign for the reelection of
Senator George Wharton Pepper of
Pennsylvania is well under way. with
Senator Pepper stamping the State.
Senator Pepper is strong supporter
Of the administration. and ordinarily
in rock -ribbed Republican Pennsylva-
MIA his election would be assured.
But he Is being attacked, it appears,
from two angles. Gov. Pinchot, on
one hand, is believed to be candi-
date fer the Republican senatorial
nomination, and on the other hand
is the Philadelphia machine. whose
toes Senator Pepper has trodden on,
and Joseph r. Grundy, president of
the Pennsylvania Manufacturers AS
ISOLATION, who is personally antago-
nistic to Senator Pepper.
If Gov. Pinchot gets into the race.
al is now expected, and another can
dllate Is put forward by the Phila-
delphia orgaization and Mr.. Grundy,
a three.cornered race, which may
make the result uncertain, will de-
velop. Gov. Pinchot with the sup
port of the "drys" and the progress
sive element, may make a strong
bid for the nomination. His cleo
ton of governor was brought about
by split in the opposition.
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Deeplv sensible To the wave Of hu
man sympathy which has been stirred
by the pitiful case of the Colorado
doctor who took the life of his i'm
beetle child. the American press seems
to feel the need of urging reversal
of the famous plea of Portia and
temper mercy with justice" This
is the undertone of warming to a pub
lie too prone to let sentiment create
dangerous presidents which may un-
dermine the law of the land.
"Huma sympathy is like that,
says the Buffalo Evening News.
once it is deeply stirred, it has no
regard for the law and precedent. And
who is there to quarrel with it, asks
the News. The case is one calculated
to stir the emotions of even the most
callouSed person." in the opinion of
the Racine Journal News, which sus'
gests that normal persons try TO
imagine themselves lin this mans
place" and asks. Are we at all sure
that we wouldn't have done the
same?" The Uniontown Herald eH-
claims: Here, indeed. is situation
that tears at the heartstrinss. and
il recognizes the trend of public SEN
timent in the words-"doubtles the
great majority of readers who had
read the case forecast the verdict.
* Il &
This warning is re-echoed in many
other newspapers. Says the st. Paul
Pioneer-Press: Society does not dele
cate even to the state, much less TO
individuals, the right to kill the help
less or insane who have done no
wrong" Though agreeing that the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-11-18
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
COryphee.

COryphee.
Frolicsome girl in the foremost row.
Dancing to measures fast or slow.
The fat comedian makes his play.
The prima donna assumes her sway
Arrive with a confidence complete.
But the humble folks are the folks at
last
Whose efforts will animate the cast
Billboards blazon the names well
known
In a long and wearisome monotone:
But you are the one who makes the
show,
F'rolicsome girl in the foremost row,