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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-03
Tennis 10 a great game.

Tennis 10 a great game.
In our youth we INDUCED in It with
great vim, playing more wisely than
well for several years until we were
defeated regularly by every one we
knew. when we gave up the pastime
In despair
You have to win at anything to
enjoy it,.
A few optimistic souls may tell you
that they do not mind being beaten,
but most of us do. Lord, how we hate
to get licked.
The realm of sport has given many
interesting and instructive examples
of this, from the shyness of prize-ring
champions to meet the challenger to
the actual running away of chess
masters.
When Paul Morphy OF New Orleans
went to England during. the Civil War
to engage the great Staunton In a
match the latter fed to France, and
when Morphy crossed the Channel
Staunton came back again.
The reigning chess master must
have had a sneaking suspicion lal'
ways the worst kind that Morphy was
the better of the two. He knew that
if he allowed himself to meet the
American face to face there would be
no getting out of a match. so he pro-
ton Is the better part of valor.
Any chess enthusiast Tor tennis
player, either) who will compare the
recorded games Of Morphy with those
of stanton will gee that the former
played an entirely new brand of chess
one that was to color all future
chess strategy. Staunton would have
been licked as soundly by Morphy at
chess as we were defeated by our
opponents in tennis.
y r X y
Always, however, tennis has re-
tanned warm place in our affection.
because 1t gave us our only oppor-
tunity to pose as an athlete.
Every creature that wears trousers
in this day and age has a secret de-
sire to be an athlete. If you could
look into the brain pictures of yonder
successful executive, he with the fat
paunch, you would be amazed to see
him 1.-the, trim and speedy, flashing
down q track beating the world
record for the 100-yard dash.
Every man has dreamed OF receiv-
ing the plaudits of the crowd, and
there Is no easier way for the average
male to do it than to do something
In a physical way faster, or higher,
or longer, than his fellows.
So one athlete runs faster, another
jumps higher. another Jumps longer.
These sorts of records are for high
school boys and college men. For men
grown there remain professional ten
mis-, golf, and so on.
The men in the business and pro-
fessional world who have stuck to
tennis as an exercise are those who
were good at it," as the saying is.
There is no particular pleasure in
being beaten at games. One has TO
win now and then If he is to keep up
his interest.
For this reason we have always
thought there ought to be two sets OF
tennis courts-one for the good play
ers and the other for the poor per-
formers. The former naturally prefer
to be seen of all men, but the latter
wish to hide their miserable work
from all eyes.
Therefore, the dub" courts ought
to be inclosed by high board fences
80 that the fellow who knocks his
serve into the net times out OF 10
might whale away in peace.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-03
A Problem to Solve.

| After thorough and comprehen-
sive investigation of all angles Of the
problem both Traffic Director Eldridge
and Assistant Director Moller are con-
WINGED that neither Fifteenth street
nor Seventeenth street will work sat
isfactorily with automatic lights UNI
less changes are made. The signals
for these streets have already been
ordered, and will be installed within
| the next few months, but in the mean
time the traffic office has a perplex-
ing enigma to solve.
Because of the narrowness of these
thoroughfares. which are only thirty
two feet in width, traffic officials feel
that they are faced with two alter
natives--that of banning all parking
or creating one.way streets. With
parking allowed with two-way traffic
there would be no possible way to CO.
ordinate the lights for a nonstop pas
sage as is the case on Sixteenth street
and Massachusetts, avenue. because
there would be room for only single
lane of traffic each way, and. in rush
hours particularly, this would not be
enough to meet the situation.
Parking in Washington is being
necessarily cut down SO rapidly that
1t would appear that the one-way
street plan is the solution. One-way
streets have come to be the accepted
method of dealing with traffic conges'
ton, especially on narrow arteries. 1t
would seem logical. therefore. to treat
these highways in the same manner
rather than to bar parking.
With single.way traffic north on
Fifteenth street and south on Seven
teenth street, movement of vehicles
would be expedited to such degree
that timing of the lights could be
shortened considerably. In other
words, the signals could be so regu-
lated that a fast passage through the
one-way sections of these streets
would be a regular occurrence.
Abolition of parking, however. would
work a serious hardship on all resi-
dents Of these streets. 1t would create
an undesirable situation.
The support of Washington citizens
is needed to bring about the solution
Of the problem. The traffic office is a
unit in believing that one-way streets
will be the most satisfactory method.
Many motorists are of the same
opinion, There are some, however,
who believe that parking should be
abolished rather than establish add
tionaI one-way streets. There Is plenty
of time for the matter to be discussed
and for the plan having the most gen.
eral support to be adopted by the traf-
fic ONCE. Hence residents should give
their most earnest consideration to
all angles of the proposition.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-03
British Feeling Reacting.

Press reports from London indicate
that attacks upon America because OF
American prosperity and England's
war debt to this country are becom
ing less popular, Indeed. it is said
there has been a strong backfire to
the Winston Churchill criticisms of
this country and to Lord Rother.
mere's slurs. Thoughtful people in
England and America are giving heed
to the dangers of such anti-American
displays, of temper on the part of
British people.
As practical proposition, men of
business. hotel keepers, storekeepers
and shipping men view with concern
attempts Of the politicians to rear a
barrier between Britain and American
trade.
leans have been particularly close to-
gether since the end of the war. The
British tackled the matter of funding
their debt to the United States
promptly and with good grace. They
stood strongly with the American
Government in its effort to improve
conditions and minimize the chances
of further wars at the Washington
conference on limitation of ornaments
and the problems of the Pacific. In
more than one quarter the suggestion
was made that the hope of the world
lay largely in the great English-speak-
ing nations pulling together. There
is still reason to believe that the CO,
operation of the United States and
the British Empire gives promise of
greater stability in the world. After
all, Americans and British, including
the peoples of Britain's vast domin-
ions, are the only two great nations
that understand each other thor
oughly when they speak. A common
mother tongue is a strong influence
for good feeling.
There is a growing belief in Great
Britain that the prosperity of America
is by no means due alone to war
profits. The United States national
debt when the war ended was stu
pendous and is still, although 1t has
been reduced by several billions or
dollars. Yet the country is greatly
prosperous. There Is a feeling among
the British themselves that they could
with great benefit follow some of the
methods and policies adopted in this
country to better economic conditions.
Premier Baldwin's decision to send a
government commission to America
to study the relations between cap
itaI and labor is an evidence of this
feeling.
Americans have never been slow to
respond in kind when they have been
subjected to attacks by foreigners. 1t
would be unfortunate for both nations
if a period Of backbiting, slurs and
contemptuous charges should endure
for any length of time on both sides
of the Atlantic Ocean.
Politics, rather than good sense or
good manners, has been responsible for
the anti-American outbursts abroad in
recent weeks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-03

the goal. Gertrude Ederle ane Lii
Ian Cannon, both of whom have tried
before, unsuccessfully. will probably
make the attempt In few days.
More than two hundred persons
have tried to swim the Channel, max
ing at least one, thousand attempts.
Five only have succeeded. Those Ave
are Capt Matthew Webb, 1876;
Thomas Burgess. 1912; Henry Sulli-
van and Charles 10th, Americans, and
Sebastian Tirabocehi, Itaiian-Argen-
tinian, 1923.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-03
Little Sympathy Is Shown
For Philippine independence

excited Filipino, who clamors for in
dependence as small boy impatient.
" demands a huge piece of pie. re-
CARELESS of whether or not it is likely
to agree with him, our Government Is
as despotic as any of ancient Rome.
1t seems impossible for these pur.
blind people to appreciate the anon.
alous position they present to the
world--the strange spectacle of TO-
oOO. 900 trying to get out of the United
States, while at the same time more
than 100000 Europeans are wildly
anxious to get in, but must be denied
admission.
The conclusion Of the Tulsa World
is that "Uncle Sans experience in
the Philippines shows what comes OF
taking people and teaching them
the ways of modern politics: now they
are playing the game or politics with
greater fineness than their precep-
tors"
The position of Gen. Wood is dis.
cussed by the Des Moines Tribune
independent Republican,. Legisla-
tive opposition to the governor is gen
eral, rather than exceptional, extend
ing into minor matters says that
paper, basing its statement on news
reports. Another news event is the
DEVELOPMENT and expression of OPP
position to the governor on the part
of Americans in the Philippines. One
important group has come to the con-
clusion that, regardless of the merit
of his proposals, he has developed
such hostility toward himself among
the natives that his recommendations
cannot result in favorable action"
The. proposed plebiscite on the ques-
ton Of independence inspires the
statement by the Yakima Herald I'm
dependency that "the minority would
be almost negligible and the vote for
Independence would be overwhelm-
ing" but that 1.-THE main question re.
mains, whether even then the United
States would relinquish its protecto-
rate" The Bangor Daily Commercial
independently holds that foreign
capitalists have no confidence that
the Filipinos could successfully han
die their own affairs; that this as
meet of the situation is making its ap-
peal to the more intelligent of the
Filipinos, who desire that the United
States shall continue its friendly
suuervision of their affairs" The
Abilene Reporter independently feels
that abandonment of the Philippines
at this time would mean the domina-
ton of the Pacific by the little brown
men of Nippon" and Uncle Sam lis
not quite ready for that"
The independence party lis en-
titled to the serious consideration OF
the American people," says the
Springfield Illinois State Journal Gre
publican), while the Sioux Falls Argus
Leader Republican) is of the opinion
that the islands will get their indie.
pendence in few years, and will
then be easy prey to designing ma
TONS" The Santa Barbara News Tin
dependent Democratic) sees mo rea.
sonable excuse for retaining control
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-03
Advises Drive Against
Higher-Ups in Drug Ring
To the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor of The Star:
Your editorial in The Sunday Star
of July Is, 1926. entitled, The Dope
Traffic Raids" does not go to the
bottom Of the problem at all. 1t
hardly skins the surface. What
good does it do to arrest and convict
a few peddlers of narcotics when the
wholesalers, importers and smugglers
are not apprehended? Other peddlers
can easily be found to sell the stock
supplied by the arch criminals who
make it possible for the little fellows
to obtain it.
without removing the. source of
supply the traffic in drugs can never
be solved even il the jails, work
houses and penitentiaries are filled
with the little dope peddlers. Destroy
the source of supply Of these ped
dlers which is the traffic in drugs
carried on by importers and SNUG
gIers. ROSCOE w. ROSS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-03
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

@. How many shows are produced
| in New York theaters in the course
! of a year?-B. c.
A. During the last year for which
| figures are available, 1924, 264 pro
ductions were made in New York City
playhouses.
@. What is the object of the Gug-
genheim Foundation?.-L. l.. ID.
A. The John Simon Memorial
| Foundation, established by Mr.. and
| Mrs. Simon Guggenheim in memory
of their son, is for the purpose Of
providing fellowships for advanced
study abroad The value of fellow
ship is about 81 500 per year and the
| first appointments will be for the year
1926.27, when it is expected that 40
to so students will be designated.
@. Has Finland any other manner
N. d.
A. The official name Of Finland is
Suomen Tasavalta.
@. Is the production of gold in
| creasing or decreasing in Alaska?-
f. C..
A. Government statistics give
Alaska a gold production, estimated,
of $6,150.000 for 1925 as against S.
,724 for 1924, a slight decrease,
although the final figures for 1925
may make different showing.
O. What company or firm spends
the most in advertising in a year,
p. j. II.
A. Authoritative figures covering
all forms of advertising are not avail
able, but advertising experts say that
one of the largest, If not the largest
advertising appropriation for 1925 was
that OF S4,000,000 for Palmolive Soap.
@. Who was the author of the
annotated Hebrew Prayer Book?-
b. ID. f.
A. Israel Abrahams, an English
author and lecturer; who died at
Cambridge in 1925, Published in 1914
volume entitled, Annotated Hebrew
, Prayer Book"
Q. Where are the most farmers
CO operative marketing associations?
A. T. II.
A. More than 70 per cent of all
| the farmers co-operatives are In the
IL North Central States, the largest
number reporting from any one state
last year being 1883 from Minnesota,
Iowa ranking second with 1904, and
Wisconsin third with 1902.
@. Can you give me the Civil War
! record of the late Gen. Agnus of Bal
| timore?- F.
A. Felix Agnus enlisted May 2,
| 1861, as a sergeant in Duryea's 9Th
| New York Zouaves; promoted to
| lieutenant September 6, 1851, for
saving the life of Gen. Judson Kill
| patrick at Big Bethel: promoted to
| first lieutenant July s, 1862; to cap
| tain on November 6. 1862: to major
on September .. 1868. and on March
| 10, 1865, he was brevetted lieuten-
ant colonel for gallant and meri-
| torious services" at the battle of
| Gaines Mill, where he was wounded;
colonel for similar services rendered
at the battle of Port Hudson, La,
where he was again wounded, and
brigadier general of volunteers for
| gallant and meritorious services
rendered throughout the war"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-03

The suggestion has been made that
France turn over her tobacco monop-
oily to the United States by way Of an
item toward debt settlement. 1t
would be q philanthropic move en-
abling the French smoker to enjoy
the flavor of tobacco as it has hith.
erto been unknown. The tobacco mo-
nopoly may yet correspond on q large
scale to the primitive pipe of peace.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-03

Eminent Republicans and Demo
Gratis agree that the candidacy of Mr..
Butler may be regarded as a test of
President Coolidges strength in Mas
sachusetts. Even the most tmplaca>
BILE antagonists may find themselves
in unexpected harmony.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-03
SHOOTING STARS.
nv PHILANDER JOHNSON.

The Era of Mechanics.
Faster and faster still
The wheels go round!
Fashioned with wondrous skill
Machines abound.
They bear us on our way
Strange things to view
Which, after all, display
Not much that's new.
Where is the gentle lay
OF simple grace?
Where is the dance so gay,
In courtly pace?
Where is the thoughtful skill,
Smart, or profound?
Faster and faster still
THE wheels go round!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-03

Americans pay their bills when
touring in Europe. In doing so with
out argument, they sometimes create
resentment. Their readiness to meet
debt may be construed as antagonistic
to a local Interpretation of interna-
tional policy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-03

Mexico, with characteristic reck-
lessness, has picked out the hardest Of
all problems as dominant feature
of controversy, that of church and
state
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-03

Swimming the English Channel is a
athletic undertaking. The
average person would be satisfied
with a demonstration of some way
to get across without becoming sea
sick
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-03

Ford. .jr., bids fair to have more
success in reducing the cost of fiiv-
vers on land and air than Rockefeller,
jr.. has in reducing the cost of gas
to run them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-03

Statesmen never fight duels any
more"
mo" said Senator Sorghum.
Opinions have become so confused
that when you meet a foe in one is
sue you are not sure he may not
prove a valuable friend in another"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-03

The Associated Press f. exclu sivsly entitled
to the use for republication II all news dis
patches credited TO it or not otherwise cred
tied IN this paper and also the local news
published herein All rights OF publication
of special dispatches herein also reserved.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-03

Large programs relating to the reg
ulation of radio are in progress. The
programs may improve. Please stand
by.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-03

The sentiment In Texas appears to
be that Ma Ferguson ia too good a
wife to make a successful politician.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-03
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-03
Awaiting q Songster.

Awaiting q SOngster.
Katydid! Katydid!
Your silence has been long.
Somewhere you are stayin' hid
A-studyin' your song.
katydid! Katydid.
Our hope we haven't lost.
Soon you'll do as you are bid
An sing six Weeks Till Frost!"
Jud Tunkins says the chief objec-
ton to a natural born loafer is that
every once in while he gets tired
of loafin' and wants to butt In"
Sense of HumOr.
Have the Europeans a sense of
humor?"
They must have" replied Miss
Cayenne, "a tremendous sense of
humor, when they can regard a ma
tional debt as merely a joke"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-03
Says the Farmer.

I want relief and want it bad
My day must yet appear.
I'm bout the only one who had
No chance to profiteer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-03

a busy bootlegger," said Uncle
Eben. '.instid o bein' satisfied wifi
de KILN he kin accomplish wifi
wood alcohol. is liable to go an git
hisse'f gun"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-03

@. Has Finland any other manner
N. ID.
A. The official name Of Finland Is
Suomen Tasavalta.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-03

C6L CAIu OK his QuhlllloS, anu W LESsC
the author devotes his work. Com
pletely in sympathy with the theme,
indefatigable in hunting out the truth
to its utmost point, wholly fair in his
findings and judgments, Mr.. Green
adds to these gifts of the Investigator
the art of the story-teller. And that
Is as it should be. A pity to submit
so grand an adventure of mans
spirit, and body, too, to the laborious
jottings of an unimaginative student.
However. there is nothing of this sort
here. The story fits the facts in every
respect. One reads here of the jour-
ney to the Far North, of Mrs. Peary's
participation in the actual hardships,
of the birth of the little girl, of the
dealings with the Eskimo people, of
faithful friends made, of valuable as
sistance rendered, of failures here and
there, of triumphs that blotted these
out, of exploring northern Greenland
under stresses of monstrous signifi-
cance-an incredible story, yet we
know it is true one. "On the Green
land Ice Cap" is an epic of endurance
and heroism and the dauntless heart.
1.-The fates and all hell are against
me, but I'll conquer yet"-this per-
haps sums the quality of the man as
it comes out in a hundred exigencies,
even one of which would crumple the
average man to a rag Of futility.
1t is not, one feels, the discovery Of
the North Pole that counts here-it is
Robert Peary that counts as an urge
to every one who has a purpose to
|.pursue. And it is this which Fftzhugh
Green has brought out SO markedly,
so dramatically, SO completely, by
way of the many and tragic expert
ences through which this indomitable
man passed.
But the time came when he could
no longer triumph. 1T came, not
ugly not too abrupt: Just dimming
vision, pickering of the candle flame,
sentence or two and a half smile,
and it was over
THE task was finished; oh, SO beau
TRULY nnishedr' -a,..-
The Washington times., 1926-12-27
The knowledge Test for
Times Readers

of the type that think paGooa
Spanish dance them out on these tests
Which of these statements true!
!. Boccaccio an Italian story teller
LA Boheme" Composed by Bizet
g. Ezekiel of the great Hebrew prophets.
William Sheridan during the Civil war mafcned HON
Atlanta Savannah.
Rearrange correctly
5 Two Years Before the Mast Henry James
g. Daisv Arnold Bennett
Z Little Lord Fauntelroy Richard H. Dana, jr.
The Wves'T Theodore Dresser
9. The Coster and the Hearth Frances H. Burnett
10. The Genius Charles Reade
The
IL. Parcel post naugurated in United States
IL. First stage between Boston and New York.
13. First steamboat the Ohio.
(1732-1S11-191S)
Fill the blanks
Id. Ireland is called the Isle.
Is. "The Eve of ST. -" written by John Keats
"Figoetto" composed by
IL The Boston Massacre was citizens and
- soldiers.
See tomorrows paper to verify your
Answers o Fridays test: ~
Oivant; Britons; g. Massenet admra England; 8,
Italy z, New Jersey g. Henry Fielding; Charles Lamb;
TO- Frank Norris; H. Mary Johnston; IL James Fenm0r0
Cooper; IS, true; II, true; Is, falSe1 16, false.
The Washington times., 1926-12-27
Talking DO1Un to Children Is Error

They underestimate the intelli-
gence of children.
Normal boys and girls of ten
or twelve years of age can under
stand anything that the average
adult can grasp.
It Is only In recent years that
grammar school children have
been able to find anything to read
on the shelves that were arranged
for them. What they really want.
ed were the books that were
thought suitable for high school
pupils, while the high school stu
dents wanted books for adults.
Both writer's and Librarians under
estimated their intelligence.
There is a peculiar pastime In
which fond relatives indulge and
that is telling each other what a
favored child said or did--and all
the time the young one Is sitting
right there taking in every word
of the discussion. A child of four
or five years understands almost
everything that is said in his pres
ence. Don't imagine that he
doesn't.
If you hope to make any I'M
preston upon boys and girls you
may as well think Of them as
alert. intelligent people and talk
to them accordingly. Those who
underestimate the intelligence OF
children defeat their own aims
where the younger generation Is
concerned.