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Evening star., 1926-06-06

Uncle Dud Tells About 1t.

Well, boys and girls, this time |
think I'll tell you about trip |
once made with four friends in an
automobile. We decided to drive
up into the Green Mountains OF New
. Hampshire and spend a couple OF
weeks on the trip. So we bought an
old car, packed our luggage and our:
selves into it, and set out.
/ can't begin to tell you all OF
rhe places we visited on the way
es. all of the things we did, but |
remember vividly about one night
spent in the Berkshire Hills. We had
driven nearly 800 miles that day, and
as night came on we decided to stop
and sleep under the stars, scorning
a. hotel. We parked the car on a
little road on the side of a hill and,
on the bank above, spread our blan-
kets beneath the sweet-smellins pine
trees.
We were all asleep i'll few min
utes 1t must have been several
hours later that we were awakened
by the loud crash of thunder and the
fash of lightning. The rain was
upon us before we could move and
by the time we reached the shelter
of the car. dragging our blankets be-
hind us, we were drenched to the
huddled and crarnped in the little
automobile. and | never passed a
more uncomfortable night in all my
' life.
At Bennington. Vt, we climbed the
tall monument that stands on a hill
there. and one of my friends, whose
heart was not as strong as 1t should
have been. tainted, because of the
high altitude. We had a pretty busy
time carrying him down the narrow
winding stairway TO the ground.
You all know of the famous ride
Of Paul Revere from Boston to Con-
cord Mass. That was another OF the
Interesting places that we visited.
We drove our car over the very route
hat Paul rode as he gave the alarm
TO every Middlesex village and farm ~
Now that road is finely paved and
covered with a constant stream of
automobiles. but AS we rode along |
wondered if the ghost of the famous
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Wit Testers.

Have d riddle? There are 10 here
for you. and 10 good ones. If you
think you know any as good or better.
let's have them, for the Riddle Editor
is always on the lookout for new and
better riddles to feed to you fans.
251. When is a sailor not a sailor?-
Paul Peters, Ottowa. Ontario, Canada
252. What is the first thing that
goes into boot?-Raymond Cross. ST.
Louis, Mo.
253. What is the first thing a little
boy does when he falls into the river"
Mary f. Simmons. Alliance. Ohio.
$50. Why are chickens the most
profitable thing that farmer keeps?
=. II. Wenmoth, Sandusky, Ohio.
256. Why should Ireland be the
richest nation?-Lowell Gray. Los
Angeles, Calf.
25S. What is it that never asks cues.
tions but requires many answers?-
Louise Gardner, Atlanta. Ga.
259. When does a rabbit sit on "a
tree stump?-Ruby Witt, Farmer.
S. d.
260. Why is turkey a stylish bird?
Marie. Yancev, Murray. Utah.
'... Answers.
251. When he In a. board. 252. The
last. 253. He gets wet. 255. Because
for every grain Of corn they eat they
give a. peck. 256. Because its capital
Is always Dublin (doublinJ. 25S. The
door knocker. 259. After the tree has
been cut down. ESQ. Because he al
ways comes to the table we'll dressed.
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rider didn't sometimes clatter over the
very route that Paul took on that mo-
mentous night.
In Pennsylvania we spent part Of
one afternoon driving over the Gettys-
burg battlefield. We had guide with
us, and he pointed out all the places
of interest. The battlefield. as you
know if you have been there. is liter
any covered with tablets and memo
rials, each concentrating some par
ticular regiment, officer or group Of
men. The guide will tell you that q
certain charge was made here, a GER
tain officer fell mortally wounded
there, and a. certain company fought
until hardly a man was left some.
where else. 1t is all very thrilling,
and it makes you realize not only the
bravery of our forefathers. but the
horror Of a war in which brother
fought against brother and father
against son.
You should visit some of the his
toric spots of our country when YOU
get the opportunity. UNCLE DUD.
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Summer Time Will Bring Dollars if You Follow These Instructions

Perhaps you wonder just how you
can pick up a few extra dollars be-
tween now and September. Probably
you don't want to get a regular job,
which would leave you little time to
go swimming or to play ball with the
other fellows in the vacant lot, but
in spite of that, you would welcome
some part.time employment that
would pay you we'll. Here are some
dollar ideas for you. They have
been used by other boys and have
worked" No doubt one or more Of
them would also work for you.
Moving Lawns.
First of all. there IS the tried and
tested business Of moving lawns. In
order to make this job pay well, how
ever, you should take it up in a sys-
tematic way. Make out a list of the
people in your neighborhood who you
think would be good prospects. Then
call upon them and tell them that
you are making grass-cutting your
regular Summer job. Give them q
price that will be fair, according to
the time that the work requires
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than a white ermine wrap-or any of
the more usual Summer furs or fur
trimmed wraps.
When weather is more mild some
lighter shawl or scarf is sufficient.
Some sort Of silk or lace shawl can
hardly come amiss in the wardrobe
Of the woman who intends to wear
evening dress In her travels. On the
sea and in the mountains evenings
are chilly-and to go from fairly sub
stantial day clothes when the sun is
warm to low necks and bare arms
when the sun is down is, to say the
least, uncomfortable, unless some sort
Of wrap or shawl is at hand.
Whether or not evening clothes
should be included in ones travel
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POSers!

Cmon. everybody. Let's play the
Thfnking-Cap Game. Whoever can
answer all of these questions wins
the game besides being a very smart
boy or girl.
I. After whom vas America named!
;. When are a boy and girl "of
age?
3. Where did the Pilgrims land?
4. What nation is very fond of rice!
5. Who was Socrates?
6. Who was victorious in the bat
tle of Gettysburg?
z. What is the difference between
Straight and curly hair?
Answers.
4 America was named after Ameri-
no Vespucci.
4 A girl is of age when she IL
10: o boy when he is 81.
3. Pilgrims landed at Plymouth.
Mass.
4. The Chinese.
!, a s. Socrates was "A Greek orator ana
philosopher who lived about $50 B. c.
9. The North was Victorious in the
Ia attle of Gettysburg.
T. The core of straight hair is round
while that OF curly hair 10 oval
shaped
Evening star., 1926-06-06

might as well pay you. Get a let
ter Of recommendation from your
teacher or minister, and visit the men
in the Offices of your town. Tell them
that you will do their errands for
them, and leave your name. address
and telephone number. Later call
upon them again SO that they won't
forget about you.
Soon these men will acquire the
habit Of having you do their errands,
and the small fees charged will begin
to mount into dollars. If you have
a bicycle It will be of great assist
ance to you in a job Of this kind, and
will enable you TO give quicker serv-
ice. But even IL you have none, you
can still make it into q tidy little bust.
ness for yourself
A variation Of this plan is that of
making yourself the errand boy for
the women Of your neighborhood.
some Of the housewives do not have
sons to do their errands for them, and
they would be glad to employ. your
services. Moreover. many OF the er-
rands could be performed while you
were doing those for your mother, and
would require very little extra work.
Evening star., 1926-06-06

Gardens.
Lots of the people near you have
backyard gardens. Often they do not
have the time to care for them prop
erly. Arrange to water and weed their
plots regularly. Get a seed book or
book of instructions in gardening and
learn your work before you begin.
Then YOU will be able to render them
good service and charge them ac-
cordingly.
Window Washing.
Keeping their windows clean is one
task that most women dislike sincere
ly. For one boy in a town in south
ern Illinois. however, window wash
ing proved a profitable Summer enter
prise.
His working outfit consisted OF an
old stepladder that he found in the
basement of his home, a tin pail for
water. a set Of drying rags that would
not leave lint on the glass, a window
dryer with a rubber edge, q sponge,
a, piece of channels skin and q bottle
Evening star., 1926-06-06
Vacation Jobs.

If you had nothing to do but play,
your games would. grow monotonous.
It is because you have some work to
do that you appreciate your time OF
recreation.
Vacation is here. and vacation is
children's time for play. But II you
were to 70 through the whole Summer
without doing one stroke of work,
September would find you discon.
tented and unhappy. Moreover. there
are many little jobs you can do this
summer by which you win earn
money. -,
OF course, your parents will give
vo,, money. but how much better Il
Is to earn your own, and how much
fun it is, watching the dimes pile up,
and saving them for some definite
purpose!
Why not, strike a happy medium
between work and play this Summer!
You will enjoy your play more, and
you win be dollars ahead when the
time comes for you to 80 back to
school,
Evening star., 1926-06-06

wardrobe is one of the most usual
questions asked by those about to
roam for the first time. Here is good
advice: II you do not wear evening
clothes habitually at home then do
not plan to wear them habitua1ly when
you travel. You will probably give
yourself away IL, you do. - s. i
At sea it usually happens that there
are two dinner hours--the FIRST table
and the second. Those who do not
wish to dress are usually more CON-
Portable at the earlier dinner, for II
is then that the quieter folk ana the
children eat. 1t is at the late service
that one sees more bare arms and
shoulders. Even il you do dress for
dinner at home. it may be that you
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one to observe every one else, and
there Is usually opportunity for closer
observation than at home Many
smart women never wear jeweiry on
their travels. save when they have set.
tied themselves and are among friends.
Their jewelry they trust to the purser
on board the steamer. and doubtless
sleep more peacefully because they
have done so. On the other hand,
there are very, very many others who
consider dia amonds as necessary for
Evening star., 1926-06-06

You should be able to get at least
a dozen customers in this way. Ar.
range to NOW their grass each week
on definite day. Make out a sched
ule for yourself, and follow it faith
fully. The jobs can be done before
the sun is too hot in the morning or
at other convenient times, and you
will still have much Of the day for
play.
Messenger Service.
This is a job that is a little diff.
ferent, and for that reason should
appeal to you.
often the doctors, lawyers and bust
ness men in your community have
errands to be done. and they must
either do them personally or pay
somebody else to do them. They
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AT THE SIDES

wish to travel entirely for your health
and for the rest there is in it. and then
you may choose TO remain in a day
frock for the evening meal-just as
you would do at a mountain camp
where simple life was the rule.
Be sure of one thing. II you wear
striking or unusual clothes on your
travels they will be observed. Some
vacant.minded globe trotters immedi-
ately make note Of the number of
women on board their boat who wear
anklets. II is the privilege of every
Evening star., 1926-06-06

rope it is often possible TO get the
femme de .chsmbre or chambernaid
to give your clothes the little atten-
tions needed to keep them smart and
fresh. Whatever you select, you
should consider It necessary to spend
something for it's upkeep. Even gray
tweed cannot remain fresh for an en-
tire holiday.
Evening star., 1926-06-06

or ammonia. He always put little
ammonia in the water.
This boy charged 15 cents a win
dow. lowering the price to a dime If
1t was to be washed on only one side.
However. you can charge whatever is
the fair and customary price.
Usually women will call upon you
to wash their windows about once a
month, and oftener after a few days
Of hard rain. If you have enough Gus
toners the profits from this business
will be large enough to keep you we'll
supplied with spending and saving
money.
Flower Boxes
A boy of my acquaintance discov-
cred last Spring that nice, we'll built,
reen.painted boxes for flowers looked
we'll in the windows of his own home.
He made some. and they looked 50
well that his mother told him that
she thought other women would like
to have them, too.
so he went around and asked some
Of the women he knew. Result-two
rush orders for six boxes. The boy
had a tool chest in the basement Of
his home. and with a little material.
paint and care he turned out boxes
that were useful as well as an i'm.
Evening star., 1926-06-06

gay times at sea as they do for the
opera.
The actual travelling costume or suit
Is q difficult one to select. Some Amer
lean women follow the sentiment usu-
ally held by English women that the
travel costume should be of some
mixed tweed or other material that
will endure an endless amount of hard
Evening star., 1926-06-06
The Duel.

In olden times when two men quar-
relied they did not 60 into q law court
to have the dispute settled by a wise
Judge, but instead they decided the
matter by fighting.
The custom started when, in olden
courts. one man accused another Of
some misdeed. The accused man
would then reply to his enemy, and
they would fight with their swords,
trusting that God would bring VIC
tory to the man who was right.
In the seventeenth century dueling
was SO popular among the nobility in
France that between 1901 and 1903
over 1000 men were killed on the
dusling ground. This needless waste
Of life, which really was far from real
Justice, soon led to the passage of
laws which stopped the custom in
many lands. Yet even as late as rs
years ago men in our own country
who believed themselves to be ins,llted
| would challenge their enemies to fight
with pistols or even with swords.
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Evening star., 1926-06-06
The Horse Maker.

Little Robert, while. ont walking
with his nurse, saw blacksmith
shoeing a horse. When he returned
home he said Mamma, ] saw the
man who makes horses today"
Are you sure you did?" his mother
inquired.
''Of course. am" answered Robert.
e'1e had one nearly finished when
saw him. f1e was just mailing on its
hind feet"
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wear without showing spots or signs
of habbiness-somethin that will
never need to be pressed or cleaned.
But there are some women who look
dowdy and cannot possibly look any
other way in a mixed tweed suit Or
costume. After all. you can usually
find a tailor or valet who will sponge
or press a suit over night. and in Eu
Evening star., 1926-06-06
Unusual Stories About Pets.

no matter how far away he is. for he
knows that when the harness goes or
he will go somewhere. And no matter
how long or how often he. takes the
two girls. he never seems to get tired.
If we all had pets like Muggins, We
Just wouldn't ever walk. would We?
Evening star., 1926-06-06
I'll Speak to Him About That!

Boss--What does this mean? Your
| brother just called UP and said you
were sick and wouldn't come to work
| today.
Office Boy--Why. the big boob He
! wasn't supposed to call UP until TO-.
Evening star., 1926-06-06
Try Your Side.

Coach-You can't go in swimming
on full stomach
Freshman--If you'll only let me
SO, coach, Ill swim on My back.
Evening star., 1926-06-06
Iuckv He Woke Up!

II had funny dream last night.
"Yeh? What was it?'
II dreamed that was eating wheat
and when woke up half the mattress
waa uonss"
Evening star., 1926-06-06
Spasmodic Investigation.

"How many ribs have you, John.
ny2" asked the teacher.
II don't know. ma'am. I'm SO awful
ticklish / never could count EN-
Evening star., 1926-06-06
Fair Trade.

Joe-Great Scott, I've forgotten
who wrote "IvanhoA."
Jo-Ill tell you IL you tell me who
the dickens wrote the Tale Of Two
Cities"
Evening star., 1926-06-06

in 25 years the petroleum industry
in the United States has grown from
an annual value Of 41oO.0Ao,0o0 to
] Sd. .eoa 0eA A0eA
Evening star., 1926-06-06

London has an amateur aviator's
club
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~ b sure of one thing. No mat
- ter how carefully YOU plan
or how many questions YOU
D ask, when you go travelling
Evening star., 1926-04-22
DISTRICT w. C. T. u. HOLDS
CONVENTION TOMORROW
Mrs. N. M. Pollock to Preside at
Quarterly Session in Rhode Is
land Avenue M. P. Church.

The District of Columbia Woman s
Christian Temperance Union will hold
its quarterly convention in the Rhode
Island Avenue Methodist Protestant
Church tomorrow, beginning at 10
o'clock. The morning session will be
called to order by Mrs. y. NJ. Pollock,
vice president, in the absence of Mrs.
Emma Sanford Shelton, who is recov-
ering from a recent illness.
The principal address will be deliy-
cred at the morning session by Setsuzo
Sawada counselor of the Japanese
embassy. while the afternoon session
will be addressed by Miss Charl Or
mond Williams of the National Educa,
ton Association.
The committees in charge of the
convention are as follows:
Director of music, Mrs. Wayne E.
Wheeler: courtesies, Mrs. Grace Nor
ris, chairman; Miss Helen Harman and
Miss Marion Mccoy; Pages, Mrs Ber-
tie Farmer. chairman; Miss May Simp-
son and Mrs. n. Guerrier; program,
he District officers, Mrs. Charles Gran
field, Mrs. Bradburn a~l Mrs. o. w.
Coster; resolutions. Mrs. T.. G. Din
widdie, chairman: Mrs. o. w. Coster.
Mrs. Ida Scaggs, Mrs. William i.
Knaub and Mrs. +. c. Stanton; ushers.
Mrs. Edna II. Taylor, chairman; Mrs.
W. A. Smell. Mrs. a. w. Miller, Mrs.
Eugene Thompson and Mrs. w. F.
Peters; banners, Mrs. Alden.
Mrs John {. Palmer will play ac-
compartment for singing in the morn
ing, while Mrs. Issac Birch will be the
accompanist at the afternoon session.
Evening star., 1926-04-22
WAN Jury HEARS
BANK OFFICIALS
Brother of Chinese Murder
Defendant Offered $1,000
Check, Is Testimony.

Officials of the Riggs National Bank
were the chief witnesses heard today
at the trial of Ziang Sun Wan, the
Chinese student charged with murder
in the first degree in connection with
the killing of Ben Sen WI, an under
secretary Of the Chinese educational
mission, in 1919. This is the third
day of testimony, and the prosecution
is moving so rapidly with the presen-
tation of it's case that more than 20
witnesses have already been heard.
The evidence of the bank officials
was not reached at the last trial until
the second week of testimony. Among
those giving evidence today were Rob
ert V. Fleming, president of the bank;
George .. VaSs. vice president and
cashier; r. Gwynn Dent, a teller, and
Mrs. Mildred f. Hoeke. Charles ID.
Ratcliffe. vice president of the Mum
Sey Trust Co, also was a witness for
the Government.
The bank officials told of the presen-
tation by Van, a brother of the &C
cused. Of a check for $4,000 purporting
to be signed by DIR. r. r. Wong, di-
rector of the mission, and Secretary
Hsie. The officers of the bank had
some doubt about the authenticity of
the signatures, and told Van he would
have to have some better identified
ton before the check could be cashed.
Van left the bank and the check was
not again presented, the bankers said.
The hearing today was enlivened by
verbal clashes between United States
Attorney Gordon and Attorney Wilton
J. Lambert over the right to ask GER
tain questions OF the witnesses. The
prosecutor denied that Justice Staf-
ford had permitted the question at the
second trial, and Lambert insisted
that he had asked the Identical ques-
ton.
Evening star., 1926-04-22
HESSE WOULD CUT !
TRAFFIC ARRESTS
Said to Seek o. K. for Having
Police Relax in Enforcing
Minor Rules.

With Traffic Director NJ O. Ell
bridge and Chief of Police Edwin B.
Hesse endeavoring to decide if the
Districts traffic code contains any
superfluous regulations which might
be eliminated without jeopardizing the
lives of motorists and pedestrians, a
report originated today at the District
Building that Maj. Hesse would seek
the sanction of the Commissioners to
have the police relax somewhat in the
rigid enforcement of minor traffic
regulations.
The primary purpose of the Com
miSSionerS in seeking a reduction in
the traffic regulations is to cut down
the arrests of motorists which have
been made at an unprecedented rate
since January ]. Since two Of the
regulations responsible for a large
majority Of the traffic violations are
not likely to be stricken out of the
traffic code, Maj. Hesse is said to be
of the opinion that he could call upon
the police to use more discretion in
making arrests and thereby cut down
the total considerably. The Com
misSioners, however. it was said, must
first give their approval to such a
move.
Maj. Hesse and Mr. Eldridge plan
to submit their recommendations on
abonshing the unnecessary regula-
tlonS to the Commissioners tomorrow
morning at the semi-weekly board
meeting. These officers have held
several conferences since their last
discussion of the traffic arrests stu
alton with the Commissioners Tues
day, at which they were instructed to
correlate their then divergent ideas
as how best to cut down the ever-in-
creasing number of traffic arrests.
Neither would intimate what the joint
report would contain, but Maj Hesse
has been insistent that the lifting of
the present restriction on parking
during rush hours on F and G streets
would materially reduce traffic ar
rests
Evening star., 1926-04-22
FAMED WRITER'S INVITED
TO AUTHORS BREAKFAST
Affair Saturday Will Open Sessions
of League of American
Pen Women.

The Authors breakfast" of MEM
bers of the League of American Pen
Women will be held at the Mayfiower
Hotel Saturday morning with wei
known writer's from all parts of the
country present. The breakfast opens
the session of the biennial convention
of the league which will last through
next week.
Mrs. Harry A. Colman. national
president of the league, will preside
and Ellis Parker Butler, the humorist
will be toastmaster.
The list of speakers and honor
guests includes Mrs. Sophie Irene
Loeb, Edward b. Brown, DIR. Henry Il
Rowland. Richard Washburn Child
Wilmot Lewis, Mrs. Minnigerode An.
dfews, Kathleen Norris, Mrs Mary
Roberts Rinehart, Mr.. Butler. Gov
w. We harrington of Hawaii, Nine
olga Samaroff, Mrs. Florence Strauss
Miss Daisy Woodruff Rowley, Robert
Roden, Miss Louise Sillcox and Charles
Norris.
Evening star., 1926-04-22

Berger Tells of Protest Letters in
Government Rap.

Failure of the Government to re-
store the citizenship rights of Eugene
V. Debs after his release from Atlanta
penitentiary was assailed in the House
yesterday by Representative Berger,
Socialist. Wisconsin, as a disgrace to
the country.
Replying to charges that the immi-
grafton committee had failed to act
on the Berger resolution to restore
these rights, Chairman Johnson of
the committee said Debs should ap-
peal to the executive department.
Letters of protest are pouring in
from Socialist papers to his commit
tee. Mr.. johnson said, denying that
the committee had any jurisdiction
over the matter and insisting that
Debs is a citizen.
Evening star., 1926-04-22
BURLEITH CITIZENS ASK
EXTENSION OF BUS LINE
Increased Fare Brings Plea That
Route Be Continued to
Union Station.

The Burleith Citizens Association
today petitioned the Public Utilities
Commission to extend the downtown
terminus of the Burleith bus line of
the Washington Railway and Electric
Co. from Tenth and T. streets to the
Union Station.
James A. Thames, chairman of the
associations utilities committee. told
the commission that when the railway
company first petitioned for an in
creased fare It was said that the bus
line would be extended upon the apl
proval of the organizations request
While the original petition was de.
MED, it was pointed out that another
plea for higher fare was later made
and granted, but in the second in
stance no reference was made to the
proposed extension. The association
now feels, it was said. that in view of
the increased fare patrons of the bus
line are entitled to a longer ride.