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Evening star., 1925-07-04

Is is always Christmas eve on up
per Fourteenth street The spirit
of perpetual Yuletide ripples and
rolls there all day long, assuming
largest proportions at night. when the
thoroughfare is converted into
white way"
This is the impression one is likely
to bring away with him. no matter
what time of the day or year he
visits IL. / know of few streets any
where, and certainly not in Wash
ington, where this atmosphere of gay
ETY. so largely prevails.
Even z street, famous for prone
nades, does not so surely convey this
spirit as does FouNeenth street from
the top of the hill" northward. And
this comes about because the latter
street is situated in the midst of
great home community.
Fourteenth street is the Main street
of Columbia Heights. There. in the
evening, gather the beaux and bellies,
either to attend the movies" or Just
to walk up and down.
f street is tame at night compared
with upper Fourteenth street There
Is light. motion. joy, of course, on
F, but not so much of 1t. People
come downtown for a purpose, and
after they get there walk as IL they
knew exactly where they were going
on Fourteenth street, on the other
hand, they just amble along The
pedestrians have exactly the same
look on their faces as the inhabitants
or small town on Main street on
Saturday night.
No one who ever has joined in the
happy, aimless meanderings on any
OF the countless Main streets of this
broad land can ever get over the feel
ing that he is back home again when
he walks along Fourteenth street.
The ceaseless flow of automobiles
and street cars sets the pace for the
river of pedestrians that goes both
ways on the west side of the street.
AS on all ways. Fourteenth street has
its favorite side.
They walk north. they walk south.
They come in bright dresses, now
leaning toward the cretonne frocks
that remind one Of window curtains;
they amble by in short, very short,
skirts; they come and go in costumes
beyond the power of any man to de.
scribe.
Each fair creature is attended by
one of these aforementioned persons.
And the two of them just walk. 1.-The
Same Old Two" went the song from
the late Victor Herberts beautiful
musical play, Algeria -
Yes. 1t is the same old two, the
same when Noah was a lad, the same
today, and the same tomorrow. The
story of the Ark, and how all created
things went into it two by two, strikes
a sympathetic chord in the heart of
man
Although, in the final analysis, each
one Of us must depend upon himself
must face the crises of our lives alone,
yet for the most part we are happier
If we can take life two by two"
Thus comes about father and mother
husband and wife, brother and
brother, sister and sister, buddy and
buddy, pal and pal, Damon and
Pythias, David and Jonathan, friend
and friend.
You find them all here on Four.
teenth street every evening in the
week. Many of them you will see in
the afternoon. too. Children, bright
haired and bright-eyed, proceed on
their happy way.
No child wears hat on this street
This is a sure sign of the home
town" main thoroughfare. In Podunk
the kids never wear hats when they
go down town"
Evening star., 1925-07-04

a source of profit, but would be the
means of providing many conven-
fences for the farm and home, such as
light fences, trellises, bean poles, pea
stakes and stakes for flowers and
young trees, fish poles and fruit
poles, hay-curing racks and water
carrying pipes.
Q. What purposes does the fiat
wide tail Of the beaver serve?-G. H.
A. In the water it serves as a rud-
der, propeller and signal gun by Civ
ing loud slaps on the surface of the
water as a warning Of the approach
OF enemies.
Q. Is It true that we have to go
abroad for most of our scientific IN
struments?
A. At the present time, according
to the director of the Bureau of Stand
ards, more than So per cent of the
scientific instruments used in the
United States are manufactured in
this country.
@. Did Martha Washington's son
serve in the Revolutionary War;
S. A.
A. He was a captain on Gen.
Washington's staff and died of fever
contracted at the siege Of Yorktown.
!, ~ Al d AedLlny Hsn Is frozen INTO
the ice will it come TO life when the
ice thaws in the Spring?-B. P. L.
A. Ichthyologists say that this de
pends upon the species of fish. In
frigid waters many fish freeze in the
Winter and become active in the
Spring. Tropical fish, however, would
die If frozen in ice.
Q. How many towns in the United
States are named Lebanon?-E. Y. A.
A. The name Lebanon is of fire.
quent occurrence. The States Of Illi-
nois, Indiana. Kentucky. Missouri
New Hampshire. Ohio, Pennsylvania
and Tennessee all have towns of that
name.
Q. Is the Philadelphia Camden
Bridge TO be a toll bridge or a fres
one?
A. 1t is the contention of the legal
advisers of New Jersey that tolls must
be charged in New Jersey for the re-
tirement Of bonds sold to defray the
expenses of building the bridge. 1t is
said that the citizens of New jersey
were led to believe in voting for the
bond issue that tolls would be charged
The State Of Pennsylvania wishes to
have the bridge made free. At the
present moment the situation is that
New Jersey insists that tolls must be
charged and Pennsylvania insists that
the bridge must be free. 1t is. of
course, impossible to predict the out
come.
What tCould you do II yoD sodnted
to get passport or stop your shoes
| from SQuedkiHg or build q chicken
| coop or found q hospital or preserVs
| perSimmons or become q diplomat
and UOu didn't knotU hour Suppose
you acdHted to bnot0 1Chy the sun
! looks large at sunset or the cost Of
! hriHg in South Africc or the total
exports of the United States last year
| or the income of the Rockefeller
| Foundation or 1Cho tCrote "SfIUer
Threads Among the GoldP" Our
| Washington Information bureau hos
GnStcered eUery one Of these questions
and many other aud more difficult
ones. 1t maintains q big staff Of er-
perts and correspondents tOhose bust
ness it is merely to Gnstcer queS-
| ttoHS-your questions. This SerUice is
| free. Send in your question together
lcith G 2cent stamp to coUer the re-
turn postage. Address The Star In
| formation Bureau, Frederic J. HdskiH,
director, Washington, D. C.
Evening star., 1925-07-04
WHAT is EVOLUTION?
By LemueI F. Parton

vival attributes are accentuated bv
use. They become tree-dwelling crea-
ture, the ancestors of the little lemur
and possibly of man. Thus, there is a
continuous winnowing out of those
who cannot conform to changes of
environment, failure of food supply or
attacks by enemies.
Elimination Continual.
The theory Of the survival of the
fittest limits considerations of fitness.
not TO any ultimate worth or efficacy
in the scheme of things, but to the
superior fitness TO survive in any par
tlcular environment. 1t is, of course.
obvious, that in a competition for
food, or mates, the stronger or more
resourceful individuals will survive
and propagate their kind. 1t thus be.
comes plausible that with life con-
stantly outrunning food supply there
Is continual ruthless elimination of
the unfit and an increasing dominance
OF the fit to the point of their emer-
gence in a new species
Nature creates countless billions
OF lower organisms. Indifferent to the
fact that many, or even most of
them, VIII die without reproducing.
AS her creatures become better
equipped for their struggle in a saw
age world and the individual chances
of survival become greater, the rate
OF reproduction becomes less. The
eVolutionists use the word "individ-
uation" as indicating the individuals
degree of adaptability and assurance
OF survival. Herbert Spencer then
states the foregoing as follows: Re
production is in inverse ratio to in
dividuation."
Many RamificatiOns.
Here we have one of those mean
derings from a laboratory into the
walks of everyday life which have
made evolution provocative and
stimulating theory and which have
kept 1t constantly in the public mind.
Spencer's reseaches helped to stim-
ulate Investigations of the laws of
heredity, which have an increasing
Importance in their bearing on press
ing problems of modern life. There
are 1nnumerable by-products and de-
rivatives of the evolutionary theory
which had their origins in the prob
ing into the stuff of life which fol-
lowed Darwin's books.
Possibly the argument at DAYTON
Will be confined to purely legal prob
lens. If not, it will range far afieId
Continued Tomorrow.)
Evening star., 1925-07-04
Spunky, Peacemaker.
To the Editor of The Star:

10 the Editor OF The Star:
Mr.. Londun tells a thrilling cat
story in Mondays Star and then calls
for next" I think l can match his
story
Spunky, a handsome Maltese, lived
in the house next door. One day the
two dogs were fighting over a bone
on the walk between the two houses.
They were making so much noise,
swapping and snarling so fiercely that
they attracted both families to the
windows, so there were several wit
nesses to the affair. When the fight
was at it's noisiest, Spunky made his
appearance in another part of the
yard. With back arched and tail in
the air. he pranced across the yard
until he was at the proper distance,
then he made one leap and landed on
the swapping, snarling bunch. Never
did an uproar subside SO suddenly.
Two crestfallen dogs skunk off in
opposite directions and Spunky fol
lowed the one that lived in his own
house and administered several cuffs.
Spunky didn't believe in fighting
and he proved himself very effective
pacifist. MRS. E. f. CHURCH.
Evening star., 1925-07-04
Surplus. Debt and Taxes.

Secretary Mellon has cut the Gordon
knot. Members of Congress who have
been figuring on applying the $780,
600 900 Treasury surplus accrued dur
ing the last fiscal year toward tax re-
duction now learn that the Secretary
of the Treasury has already used this
surplus TO reduce the principal of the
national debt. President Coolidge, dis
patches from the Summer White
House indicate. fully supports Mr..
Mellon in this course.
The action taken by Mr.. Mellon in
applying the surplus to the reduction
Of the national debt, however. does not
taxes by the next Congress. 1t means.
however, that the expected tax reduc-
ton will be measured by the surplus
of revenues over governmental ex-
penditures for the new fiscal year, a
surplus which has been estimated at
$500 1000, 900, but which may run into
considerably larger figures.
The President has repeatedly stated
that he intends TO recommend to the
Congress when it meets in December
the reduction OF the Federal taxes.
The exact size of the reduction he will
propose, however, has not been an
nounced. He will take counsel with
his chief financial adviser, Secretary
Mellon, and with the chairmen of the
Senate and House committees which
must handle tax legislation before
reaching a final conclusion on this
matter. The popular estimate now is
lop from $3.50, 900 TO 100000 900
off the amount TO be paid.
Both Democratic and Republican
members of the Senate and House are
putting forth statements which indi-
cate they are prepared to go much
further than this in the matter of
tax reduction at the next session of
Congress. Tax reduction is a most de-
sirable goal. The taxes are levied,
however, to enable the Nation to meet
it's obligations, and should the taxes
be reduced below the mark which
will produce sufficient revenue for
that purpose, then either the country
will fail to meet those obligations, or
taxes must again be increased. An in
crease in the tax burden would, in
deed, be a discouraging step, should it
be forced on the Nation a year or two
hence because of ill-considered tax
raduotinuS paxt nanapobar
Secretary Mellon and the President
are welded to the safer method of
financing. Whenever the national debt
is reduced the interest which the
country must pay on it's debt also is
cut down. The more rapidly the prin-
cipal is reduced the less interest the
country in the long run will be COM
PEELED to pay and the taxes eventually
will be less. The national debt is the
fundamental reason for high taxes. AS
The country gains little by prolonging
the payment of the debt so that pres
ent taxation may be cut to the bone.
The country has Jared we'll under
the financial direction of the Govern
ment by Secretary Mellon. The ma
tional debt has been enormously de.
creased and taxes have been lowered.
If there must come a contest between
members Of Congress, on the one hand,
the Treasury Department and the
White House, on the other, over the
extent of tax reduction at the next
session of the National Legislature
the people undoubtedly will take into
consideration the past performances
of the administration.
Evening star., 1925-07-04

There are times when a politician
finding circumstances adverse to his
public projects has to kill time Col.
Bryan is, first of all, politician. His
anti-evolution activity looks a little
as IL he were killing time.
Evening star., 1925-07-04

English capital is seriously consider
ing the possibility of excluding Ameri-
can films from the British motion pic
ture market. The idea comes too late
Instead of developing a Chaplin or a
ing on James Barrie and Bernard
Shaw
Evening star., 1925-07-04

1t is fortunate for the political des-
TIMES of this country that before pro-
seeding to frame the Declaration of
independence the responsible states
men of the Nation did not feel it in
cumbent on them to force a decision
on the theory of evolution.
Evening star., 1925-07-04
No Difference.

What's your idea of the difference
between a statesman and a politician?"
There isn't any," answered Senator
Sorghum. "A politician is a states
man who is trying to conduct himself
in a way to prevent him from losing
his job"
Evening star., 1925-07-04

California is afraid earthquakes will
intimidate people who might be con-
templating enjoyment OF the charms
of the Pacific slope. The fear is
groundless. People never avoid a
beauty spot because it is from time
to time visited by commissions of ma
ture. Vesuvius herself has never been
able permanently to terrorize Naples.
Evening star., 1925-07-04

SO far the discreet Japanese have
avoided any demonstrations which
might encourage Mr.. Doheny's evident
idea of leading them into the Oil con-
troversy.
Evening star., 1925-07-04

When Col. Bryan gets through with
evolution he may consent to take up
the question of the fourth dimension"
where Master Sidis, the mathematical
prodigy, left off.
Evening star., 1925-07-04

Explosives are still respected as rain
promoters. In addition to its patriotic
creasing consideration as a protection
against drought.
Evening star., 1925-07-04

Smedley Butler says he will be
through with his job of Philadelphia
reform on the 1st of next January.
And he cheerfully implies that he is
wishing himself happy New Year.
Evening star., 1925-07-04
The Subordinate Male.

"I used to object to the kind Of
neckties my wife bought me at Christ
mas" said the ad-eyed man.
"Yes?'
Now I'd wear 'em gladly if she
wouldn t insist on buying all the queer
clothes have to wear the year
round
Evening star., 1925-07-04
The Ultimate Topic.

Though many an argument profound
The human mind pursues,
Most everybody gets around
To talking IOU's.
Evening star., 1925-07-04

Jud Tunkins says a jazz band
makes him want to dance in the hope
of using his feet so as to save him
from getting a headache.
Evening star., 1925-07-04

Today is a national holiday which
calls attention to the nobility Of our
American institutions, especially the
fire departments.
Evening star., 1925-07-04

The "Klan" apparently is just now
striving not for secrecy, but for pub
licity.
Evening star., 1925-07-04

A jaywalker is a citizen who honest
ly believes in the ancient traffic theory
that a pedestrian at all times has the
right of way.
Evening star., 1925-07-04
Our Bigness.

From the Detroit Free Press.
Another sign of our national bigness
is that we have more laws than any
other nation on. earth. And pay less
attention to them.
Evening star., 1925-07-04
All Other States.
Member of the Associated Press.

The Associated Press is exclusively entltisn
TO the use for republication of All news s uls
patches credited TO IL or not otherwise zs. eLeu,
tied IN this paper and also the local .io,' nSH
published herein All rights of puhllcaLloI.
OF special dispatches herein ore also reseFFeu
Evening star., 1925-07-04
Proof.

haven't anything to wear
Friend Wife, of yore, would oft de.
clare.
And, as she dons her modern dress,
Her argument is proved, l guess.
Evening star., 1925-07-04

ITS mighty hard to stop war" said
Uncle Eben. Oar is jes' as many
fights in our settlement now as dar
was before de safety razor was in
vented"
Evening star., 1925-07-04

Kate by MaiI-Payable in Advance
MARYLAND and Virginia.
Evening star., 1925-07-04

The Evening Star. with the sunday morn morn
inE edition, is delivered by carriers, VIII "nniH
the city at 60 cents ner month aaisSS can{s
45 cents per month: Sunday only, ~ &c Getts M
per month. Orders may be sent by MAJ ma. by Hv
telephone Main 5000. Collection Is h~uo W
carrier at the end of each month.
Evening star., 1925-07-04

Q. How many towns in the United
States are named Lebanon?-E. 7. A.
A. The name Lebanon is of fire.
quent occurrence. The States of Hi
nois, Indiana. Kentucky. Missouri.
New Hampshire. Ohio, Pennsylvania
and Tennessee all have towns Of that
name.
Evening star., 1925-07-04

Q. If healthy fish is frozen into
the ice will it come TO life when the
ice thaws in the Spring?-B. P. L.
A. Ichthyologists say that this de
pends upon the species of fish. In
frigid waters many fish freeze in the
Winter and become active in the
Spring. Tropical fish. however, would
die If frozen in ice.
Evening star., 1925-07-04

Q. Is It true that we have to go
abroad for most of our scientific IN
struments?
A. At the present time, according
to the director of the Bureau of Stand
ards, more than S5 per cent of the
scientific instruments used in the
United States are manufactured in
this country
Evening star., 1925-07-04

Q. Did Martha Washington's son
serve in the Revolutionary War;
S. A.
A. He was a captain on Gen.
Washington's staff and died of fever
contracted at the siege Of Yorktown.
Palisadian., 1925-12-04
News of the Women's
Clubs
Clifside Park
Civics Department

A meeting of the Civics Department
of the Woman's Club of Cliffside Park
was held on Friday afternoon, at the
home of Mrs. G. F. Hall to consider
the election of a chairman and other
business.
Mrs. Hall acted as temporary chair
man. Mrs. Charles Reeve, who has
acted as secretary for the Depart
ment, was elected chairman for the
unexpired term of Mrs. G. r. Thayer.
Arrangements were made in regard
to the Community Christmas Tree
which is under the care of this De-
partment and much larger one is
to be secured, if possible, and new
bulbs, ETC., are to be purchased.
The time for the Christmas carols
around the tree is set for Christmas
Eve by President Hall.
Mrs. Clara Warren was the guest
and speaker of the afternoon and she
gave an excellent paper on Americani-
zation, speaking from her experience
among the immigrants in our borough,
as she is teacher in the evening
AH6T1CdnlZaJlOn CLASS.
She also told interesting incidents
and made her hearers feel a deeper
interest in these strangers among us.
Literature Department
The December meeting of the Lit
erature Department of the Woman's
Club of Cliffside Park will be a
Christmas one, in it's program of mu-
sic and art, arranged by the chair
man, Mrs. Donaldson, in addition to
the poetry chosen by Mrs White and
art by Mrs. Benda.
The hostess for the occasion will
sisted by Mrs. H. r. Benda and Mrs.
w. Metzler at the luncheon. Mem
bers take notice that the luncheons
begin promptly.
The chairman suggests that mem
bers specially interested in art,
should attend the exhibit of the Ma
tional Academy of Design on the
morning of the Literature meeting, as
it begins at $50, planning to be there
early and leaving the Grand Central
Galleries not later than IL o'clock, in
order to be at the Literature luncheon
on time. The exhibit must be un-
usually valuable as it is called the
most important event in the art world
| in years.
Mr.. DiSciascio Home
| Louis DiSciascio, of the Bergen
Contracting Company, Grantwood, is
| home again from a business trip tC
BOSTON.
Palisadian., 1925-12-04
SCIENTIST r. As VIEW
THEORY OF MANKIND
Believes Europe Cradle Land
of Race.

The skull of an ancient Galileen
who lived at Capernaum some 10000
to 10000 years before miracles began
to be performed there" may be taken
as evidence that Europe was the
cradle land both of man and of his
culture, Sir Arthur Keith, famous an
thropoogist, told the British Associa-
ton for the Advancement of Science.
The skull Of which Sir Arthur spoke,
a model Of which lay on the table be-
side him, is that discovered by Fran
els Turville Petre, of the British
School of Archaeology, few months
ago in cave on the northern shore
of the ancient city of Capernaum,
where Christ performed many of His
earlier miracles.
This discovery, Sir Arthur said,
makes all the Biblically recorded
events. which heretofore seemed to
mark the very beginning of history,
become the happenings of recent days"
There was evidence, he said, that this
early man was capable of performing
a simple surgical operation probably
by means of a stone instrument.
From this discovery" Sir Arthur
continued, I'VE can say that in remote
times, as today, the dominant type of
mankind spread abroad from a cradle
land. carrying their particular methods
Of life with them until large area of
the world was covered. The balance
of the evidence found In this Galilean
cave is in favor of Europe being the
cradle land of both man and his cul-
ture"
The Capernaum skull, the speaker
said, belonged to a species of man
kind profoundly different in structure
from all living races, who was mot
our ancestor, but the cousin of our
ancestor" 1t was a mistake, Sir Arthur
added to look upon this man or the
Neanderthal man as an ape, for while
the features certainly were more ape
like than those of any man living now
this man had brain which in point
of size, If not in organization, reached
modern standards at least"
Mr.. Turvilie-P Petre's discovery, Sir
Arthur said, will always rank among
the most important events of our pre-
history"
Sir William Boyd Dawkins, profess
sor of geology and paleontology in
Victory university and another noted
anthropologist, told the scientists that
they had before them 'the skull of
missing link"
Palisadian., 1925-12-04
EtaLy's Land Problem

Land reclamation work with which
Italy has given employment to hun
dreds of war veterans, is beginning to
approach completion. In ALL $4,000
acres have been set aside for this pur-
pose, some of the land being the gift
of the king to the men who should ac-
complish it's reclamation. More than
$3,O00000 has been granted for the
work. Hitherto some Of the districts
have been malarious and virtually un-
inhabitable Although Italy has vast
tracts of such lands which are not only
useless but positively dangerous to
health, 1t is still disputed whether it
is economically feasible to reclaim
them. In other words, it is believed
by some that the produce of the re-
claimed lands will not be sufficient to
pay off the amounts Of money ex-
pended on them.
Palisadian., 1925-12-04

The Rumanian debt of $44,590,000
has been funded in terms approximate
ing she British settlement, with a ten
year period of leniency, according to
Senator Reed Smoot, a member of the
commission.
Palisadian., 1925-12-04

Inquiries solicited from members OF
the American Manufacturers Export
Association show that American firms
do not object to the new South African
sales taxes for their agents. They
feel the tax is a legitimate one for
South Africa to impose.
New French Cabinet hopes for early
settlement of debts.
Palisadian., 1925-12-04
PAGE SEVEN

Vincent Astor to build small town
house in East Eightieth street, New
York, replacing sold Fifth avenue
mansicn
Chappie Moran, internationally
known confidence man, and three al
legged associates, are under arrest in
ST. Louis, Mo.
Palisadian., 1925-12-04

Madrid press attacks new civil Cab
met inducted by King Alfonso.
Prussian bill to reimburse Hohen-
zollern private castle near Frankfort
for ex-Kaiser's residence if he ever
returns to Germany.