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Evening star., 1926-03-13

work, and a bill Is about to be intro
duced at Albany for like apprepria
ton 10 start New York's participation
The approved plan for the Hudson
River viaduct calls for a suspension
bridge with q river span 1880 feet
long, or twice the length Of the longest
span In the new bridge over the Della
ware between Philadelphia and Cam
den. This span will be carried by
granite and steel towers rising $50
feet above high.water mark. OF
50 fee: higher than the Washington
Monument The roadway is to be 10.
Gated about 235 feet above the river.
and will pass through each Of the
towers beneath an arch 9s feet wide
and 230 feet high.
In order to obtain the proper ap-
proaches on both sides it is necessary
TO locate the bridge ar the northern,
end Of Manhattan Island. on which
there is high land. 1t will connect
there with the palisades on the New
Jersey shore.
It would appear that this great prof.
ect is now in the way AZ last Of ac-
co,nplishment. New York has suffered
seriously from the lack of adequate
communication with the West. A
vehicular tunnel is now in the max.
ing, but so long has it been under con-
struction that if will he outgrown by
River Bridge. it is estimated. can be
finished for use in 1898, n that Is ac-
complished it vii! be a remarkable
achievement.
Evening star., 1926-03-13

@. When did Lon CLANCY appear
first upon the screen?--P. r. A.
A. In 1912. he made his screen
debut as a. slapstick comedian In q
Universal production.
Q. What was the first name given
the White House?-S. L.
A. When the White House was
provided for In the original design Of
the city it was known as The
Palace" When it was first built it
was THE Presidents House" After
Il was burned by the British during
the War of 1912 it was painted white,
and in popular parlance was soon
called by it's now familiar name. al
though officially it was known as THE
Executive Mansion" until the late
Theodore Roosevelt became its oc-
cupant. lie gave his sanction to the
title '"The White House" and this Is
now it's official name.
@. What does the japanese
''Sayonara" mean?-H. c. L.
A.. This phrase. used in parting.
Q. Please tell something about the
lighting Of the way for the night air
maii-C. +. T.
A. The electrical engineers provid-
ed FIVE stations with aerial beacons
aptly nicknamed midnight suns of
the air mail" Each beacon Is high
intensity arc searchlight. mounted on
q 50-foot tower, and it revolves three
times a minute. Set at an angle Of
one degree, the 100000, 0,000-candle-
power beam from each Of these land
lighthouses sweeps the sky Just above
the horizon. Pilots have sighted
beacons 130 miles away on clear
nights At 100 miles the diameter of
it's beam is about miles If weather
conditions permit It being seen at all.
On "a emergency landing fields along
the night airway, large guiding lights
have been installed. There are smaller
light guides every miles. A continu.
Gus light lane 1900 miles long con-
meets New York and Cheyenne now.
@. What was the ground for the
debate between Abraham Lincoln and
Stephen A. Douglas?--H. J.
A. The reason for the debate be-
tween Stephen A. Douglas and Abra,
Evening star., 1926-03-13
Addressing the Chair.

Vice President Dawes, In MS ocSlfe
to make the Senate q working BODY.
instead of. as it often tends to be, an
aroma OF mere debate. has proposed
tho amendment of tho rules. To the
Same end he now finds it necessary to
invoke an old rule of procedure. yes
terday in the course OF debate
which, by tho way, is not reported In
the current issue Of the Congressional
Record, owing to the fact that the
speech in progress will be published
entire after it shall be concluded" one
Of the Senators, interrupting the
sneaker. faced the latter and in doing
so turned his back toward tho chair
Thereupon the Vice President admon-
ished him to face the chair" He did
SO momentarily and continued his di'
rect address to the Senator who had the
floor. Finally, after repeated admoni
tions by the Vice President. he com
promised by standing on the bias
greatly to the amusement of the gal
leries and somewhat to that OF the
Senate. Later the Vice President
made a statement "in behalf Of the
very able and conscientious reporters
of the Senate" II Senators do not di
rectly address the chair, he said. the
reporters will not be able to report
them properly.
But there is moro in the rule thar
mere convenience OF stenographic re
porters. Under the parliamentary rule
all remarks are addressed to the pre-
siding officer. No colloquies directly
between members are in theory per
mitted. All references to one another
are made in the third person. BY i'm
memorial usage the chair. Speaker OF
Vice President. is the medium OF com
munication. the repository OF al
speech, the universal ear.
This rule is frequently disregarded
Although through long training mem
bers of the House and Senate avoit
the second personal pronoun in th'
main. occasionally they lapse in this
respect. Frequently they forget t.
ask permission to interjeot their owl
saemaxks into those Of the occupant O
Evening star., 1926-03-13
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

| Newness, being up and doing, being
progressive, and totally lacking in
meanness, Is something to esteem as
totally lacking i'm worth. So Pierre
Cadaudle esteemed 1t.
Living in the midst of wonders, Mr..
Cadoudie resolutely set his face against
them.
1t must not be thought that our
hero acted thus in the manner that
one steers his automobile. The latter
is an act of volition, If the rider lives
up to the prohibition amendment.
Pierre Cadoudle. however, some
times, in the secret recesses Of his
heart, asked himself why 1t was that
the retort discourteous always sprung
to his lips.
1t will be realized, therefore. that
Cadoudle was not entirely a villain.
His meanness, his best friends
averred-thoSe few that life left him
proceeded rather from a critical out
look on the world OF men and things.
In the minds of those who disliked
him land they comprised the large
majority his perpetual meanneSS was
not so easily explained.
One does not get into such habits,
they said, without working ones self
into them. Training and sincere ap-
plicatfon is necessary, they secretly
declared, before any man can attain
to such eminence in any profession.
Without much thought, it WAS claim.
ed, was 1t at ali likely that one could
invariably touch upon the very sub
ject that the third party was tender
| upon?
Was il at all possible. these inimical
mn N
,,nerrinCiy leave wounds and rank.
lincs OF the spirit behind him, unless
he had made long and assiduous study
of the best ways of wounding others?
X 4 * 4
SO We pass the early and middle man
hood OF our subject, and come TO the
end Of his life, when the shadows deep
encd. as they must for all of us. and
man--in this ca sc represented by Pierre
Cadoudle--goes TO his last long home,
An the swift young dreams, the
pleasant ministers OF thought. had
passed him by long ago. Where other
men had found faith, faith answering
back to faith, he had found only dis
trust echoing back distrust.
Where other men. lesser men, even
had tasted Of the happiness that gives
a foretaste of heaven, Pierre Cadoudle
ness.
Turning ami ranking his self made
barb in his victims, he had found, by
the justice of God, that the wounds
in reality had been made in himself!
This was the lesson it took him
lifetime to learn, but which any one
rejecting, may discover Tor hlmselt
and at no more trouble than reading
For here, in brief, we have spread out
the petty meanness of a life. in order
that it may be seen in all its enormity
and in order that, being seen, its hke
may be Stunned.
Life is so fun of a number of things
las the poet saidl that ii Is nothing
short of ridiculous to refuse TO praise
and wonder a bit now and then. To
steadfastly refrain from seeking every
opportunity for sneering at others
this is TO travel the road OF wisdom
as far as we are given to see the way
Evening star., 1926-03-13
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKfN.

bou lincoln Was the advocacy BY
DoupIas of State rights as Indicated
in the Kansas-Nebraska bill repeat
ing the Missouri compromise ect
(which prohibited slavery from the
territory of the Louisiana Purcnass
north Of sc degrees 30 minutes) ana
left the Inhabitants thereof perrect2
free to form and regulate their 90
noestic institutions in their own way
Abraham Lincoln was stancn sup
porter of Federal rights
O. How many negroes are there
in the United States?--E. W.
A. There are approximately IL
100000.
@. why is a coat.of-arrns SC called?
B. T.
A. Knights wore tabards or coats
over their nrrnor and on the coats
we're placed their armorial bearing
From this came the expression coat-
of-arms.
O. What is the largest bird?-L. G:
A The ostrich is the largest OF
living birds. an adult male standing
nearly 8 feet high and weighing
about 800 pounds.
@. In the Winter when 1 keep no
ice, my refrigerator gets q stunY
smell. What will prevent III
E. e. p. 49,
A. The Bureau Of Home Econorn
les says that when an ice box Is
not being used the doors shouio pe
opened and no food should be placen
in it. If your ice box is stury'
scaid it out with hot water and Keep
.l,o doore ooan and remove any food
that you are keeping in it.
Houe ace had the pleasure OF seTC-
ino you through our Washing gton
Information bureau? can't are be Of
some help to you in your daily oroh-
len.se Our business Is to furnish you
4rifb authoritative information, ana
ace inrite aJou to ask US Gny question
Of fact in tohIch you ore Interested
Send your inquiry to The Evenino
Stdr Information Bureau, Frederic !
HosEtn, director. Vdshin gton, ID, e.
IncIose 2 cents in stamps for Terw7"
DOStd1P.
Evening star., 1926-03-13

In order to be mean, one does not
have to be the meanest man In the
world" that legendary creature that
comes to light, now and then, in the
news columns of the papers.
The lamentable history Of Pierre
Cadoudle ought to convince even the
most obdurate of the fact that one
may be mean in a little way, and
yet still be a shining light unto all
those lingering in darkness.
A little meanness, day by day, if
persisted in. will have much the same
erect, at the end Of the first hundred
years. as that negotiated by the man
who Jumped his meannesS into some
one great injustice.
Those thinking Of taking up the
practice OF neanness ought not to
overlook this simple fact. BY putting
this theory into operation, the devotee
of MeaneSs as q Fine Art may safely
practice his profession.
To be mean in one tremendous ac-
ton often takes courage and other
desirable qualities that no one aspir-
ing to distinction in meanness ought
to seek.
To be mean, in the true sense. is
to be bit sly, bit sneaking. so that
the ancient sense Of the term is best
kept.
10 oe truly mean. one ought to
model himself after Pierre Cadoudle.
y X
This sublime man, after he reached
the so-called years Of discretion, never
oeSLenIed TO any action or word un
becoming mean man. His best
manners We're nastily nice. and his
greatest praise so filled with sneers
| rOI1l1 70 oil.
Such was Pierre Cadoudle in the
years of his prime. From sun.up 10
sun-down he consciously and uncon-
sciously sought opportunities to prac-
tice his art, and. since the world is
luiI OF number of things, never
had to seek very far.
yo'sns friend. for example, in the
pride OF intellectually. and also of
possession. came to Mr.. Cadoudle TO
display fancy new mechanical pencil
OF the very latest type. It was, in
truth, n lordly writing implement. II
took millions of years to evolve that
pencil.
DO YOU think ] will be able to
write better with this fancy pencil?'
asked the young man.
You couldn't write worse" replied
Pierre.
Why didn't he say, You could not
write better?
In the reply of Pierre Cadoudle is
demonstrated the quintessence of
meanness, both applied and pure. To
convey slight sneer, under the cover
Of the double meaning. is TO merit the
masters degree.
When some one. in the innocence
OF youth and experience. comes to the
master with something with which he
is well pleased. the proper procedure
is to look absolutely uninterested.
quickly think of some remark that
will cause a laugh at the expense of
the other and then get it off, as
quickly as possible.
Having demolished the enemy thus
expeditiously the Mean Master returns
at once to his occupation of the mo
ment when interrupted. What does
it matter to him that he may have
been shown cor told something new?
Evening star., 1926-03-13
SHOOTING STARS.
BY pHrLANDER JOHNSON.
Shz.,lah2n

Shanahan.
My good friend Mister Shanahan,
who kept the old shabeen-
He tells about an ancient plan
Convivial and serene.
And oh, It is fearful thing,
With prohibition strong,
To find that my affections cling
To ways so very wrong!
OF "Mornin's Mornin's" he'll recite
And comrades gayly met,
Until each eye Is sparkling bright
With dewdrops Of regret.
,rba Agents would account him now
A willful, wicked man
And yet, my heart goes out, / vow,
To dear old Shanahan'
Evening star., 1926-03-13

Prof. Trotsky as the head of a
school OF Journalism will be able to
instruct Russian youth in the meth
DDS of propaganda. But he lacks basic
experience and would never be able
to tell Il cub reporter how to describe
a fire or a motor collision.
Evening star., 1926-03-13
Color Shades in the FLAG,

The Commission of Fine Arts
believes that brighter blue,
deeper red and clearer white should
be used in the American flag. The
commission believes that in recent
years there has been a departure from
the shades Of red and blue originally
specified for use in the flag, and holds
that the red stripes are not now of
deep enough shade, sometimes, it says.
Vergtng on pink, and that the blue Is
so dark that It might easily be mis-
taken for black in some lights. There
is talk that there has been a letting
Hown in tho quality Of dye, and these
matters will he presented to the
proper authorities. Some persons have
perhaps noted that there are diverse
Shades of red and blue in the Aneri-
Ean flag, but It il not likely that many
persons have attached importance to
khiS. It would he better if the shades
could be standardized, and IL the
Fine Arts Commission thinks a livelier
blue and a more glowing red would
es effective, its opinion is deserving
bf consideration. II may not be posi-
bic to fix precisely on the shades of
ked and blue used in the flag Of the
american Revolution, and it may be
4hat there was no agreement in that
matter among the flags. 1t would be
possible. though, TO go back to the
original specification by the military
end naval authorities as to the flag
shades and have the flag makers fol-
fow those specifications. 1t would be
S9ell to fix some reasonable regulation
by which the shades of colors in
american flags. whether used officially
Or non-officially, would be invariable.
Evening star., 1926-03-13

Americas supremacy in business
e1ay be due TO the fact that income
eax returns require every citizen to
be TO some eXtent an expert ac.
eountaut,
Evening star., 1926-03-13

A German chemist claims to have
discovered a new motor fuel. The
hope will be general that it may
prove more eficacious in engine trou.
BILE than turtle serum was in pneu-
mOnia
Evening star., 1926-03-13

The weather prophet who forecast
the coolest Winter on record is en-.
titled to little credit compared to the
one who announced the coldest
Spring
Evening star., 1926-03-13

Assertions by Senator Cole Blease
that liquor can be purchased in the
Capitol tend TO confirm suspicion
that the average bootleggcr is a tact.
less and maladroit person.
Evening star., 1926-03-13

The former kaiser gathers UP his
estates, and is apparently content 10
forget possibilities OF restoring mon.
archy while waiting for a real estate
hn0r1
Evening star., 1926-03-13

Prohibition has put an end to the
CORNER saloon. Eventually it may
exert enough influence TO compel
tailors to make trousers without hip
pockets.
Evening star., 1926-03-13

Reduction Of taxes is the most con
yincing Of all assurances that the
World War is really over and done
with
Evening star., 1926-03-13
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Evening star., 1926-03-13

Considerable legal ingenuity may
be required to deprive bootlegging of
ets advantage as a non-taxable occu-
koafion
Evening star., 1926-03-13
NfOilolOgue.

You don't introduce as many fu-
morous references in your speeches as
you used to-"
NO" answered Senator Sorghum
II got tired of having adnliring con.
s,tituents asking me why wasted my
time in politics instead OF drawing a
big salary in vaudeville"
Evening star., 1926-03-13
Promotion.

do you think you can make a sue
cess Of agriculture?"
YES" answered Farmer Corntossel.
'rBy ~hangin' on till suburban develop.
nent comes our way. ynebbe I'll sit to
be a realtor."
Evening star., 1926-03-13
Martyrdorn.

The kindest heart gets in all wrong.
The early robin sings a song
Announcing Spring is on the way
And so contracts pneumonia.
Evening star., 1926-03-13

"One o. de people dat slows down de
factory" said Uncle Eben. lis de man
dat tries to make loud talk take de
place o. hard work" i,
Evening star., 1926-03-13
The Wise Orator.
He did not seek for glory
With intellectual show.
He told a funny story
Across the radio.

Jud Tunkins says he's Iaw-respect-
ing citizen. The only trouble is that
there are SO many laws he can't re.
member 'em all.
Evening star., 1926-03-13

An interesting book to read as O.
supplement to Kenneth Murdock's
Increase Mather" is "Witchcraft and
the Black Art" by J. W. Wickwar. 1t
deals with the psychology and folklore
of the witches. A summary is given
of the history and development Of
witchcraft in England and the bring
ing of its traditions to America Mr..
Wickwar traces the descent of witches
from the ancient female worshipers of
Diana at the crossroads. patroness of
virginity and fertility. Many modern
|superstitions have their origin in
citation of the horseshoe with good
luck, counting out in games and dock.
iug hurses tam
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-04
LIBERTY OF NATION IS BASED
ON GOVERNMENTAL TOLERANCE
Lust for Legislation, Extending SO Far as to Attempt
to Limit Science, Must Be Curbed If Freedom
Is to Be Maintained

to say that an attempt to legislate
state OF mind is unAmerican in the
extreme. Where will our liberty and
tolerance be if our people decide upon
such course? All action of this
sort is. of course, entirely and abso-
lutely wrong. 1t is a combination of
socialism and tyranny and destruc-
tive of the very principles on which
our republic was founded
Not only has this intolerance made
itself felt governmentally in this
country. but we find it around us in
the everyday walks of life. Perhaps
its most dangerous manifestation has
been along religious lines. Religion
furnishes idealism and builds the
moral character of our people. 1t is
a vital necessity for our country. We
are told, however, that every man is
entitled to worship his God in the
manner his conscience dictates and
that no one should distinguish either
for or against a man on religious
grounds. We hold that a man should
be judged as an individual citizen and
on no other basis. We hold that no
distinctions should be made between
man and man in ordinary walks of
life on religious grounds. We hold,
above all, that religion finds no place
In our politics. We have no State
church and we must have none.
(Copyright 1887
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-04
BACK TO HAPPINESS BY SIR PHILIP GIBBS

and most people belonging to our modern civ
ilization are searching for an ideal happiness
which is continually eluding them 1t Is partly
the fault Of an education which has unsettled
the old certainties Of the human mind and de-
stroyed its old loyalties to simple code of
faith and duty.
in the old days men and women did not
expect much Of this life. They put their hopes
rather in some future life when they might get
some splendid and eternal reward for all their
drudgery and patience and poverty and hard
ship But now to many people that faith In a
future state Of happiness is q poor and doubt
full thing. The books they have read about
evolution, and philosophy and odd scraps Of
science have destroyed their belief In that
lfgtous consolation. They are very skeptical
Of God Anyhow. they want their happiness
here and now.
Those novels they read are rather disturb
ing. They deal mainly with ideal love, but
somehow other. this love game has not
worked out we'll in their case. The wife Is
rather sharp in her temper sometimes. She
is losing some Of her good looks. They bore
each other, get on each others nerves Per
haps one day loyalty is strained beyond the
breaking point. II only they could find the
ideal woman the ideal man! Meanwhile
they are damnably unhappy.
1t is. perhaps. the curse Of nerves. How is
1t that our grandfathers and grandmothers
seemed to jog along happily In this servi-
no cry for "easer divorce? Perhaps we think
too much. brood too much, are too sensitive
to the little worries and utilities of life.
Perhaps We have wrong ideals of happiness
Everywhere, outside the ranks Of those still
satisfied with the old forms of faith-not very
many in the nation. a whoe-there is a
cropping for some spiritual guidance which will
give new meaning to this unsolved riddle of
life. 1t Is leading many people into strange
paths. rather dangerous, l think.
In London at the present time, and | sus-
pect also in other great cities, spiritualism Of
different brands is taking possession Of many
minds. Table rappng. crystal gazing auto
matte writing, spirit photographs, materiaza-
tons, are exciting the curiosity Of intelligent
men and women, desperate to find new
Interpretation Of lifes mystery.
Some Of them tell me that they get comfort
out of this. Some OF them have tried to drag
me into it. though to my mind it is all mixed
up with the most sordd kind Of fraud and has
a disastrous effect upon the mentalty-and
sometimes the morality-of those who get
drawn into these circles and seances
My letter bag is filled with correspondence
from people-mostly women-who have taken
up other theories of life, wildly fantastic and
In some cases quite mad. Some Of them are
convinced that the British people are the lost
tribe of Israel.
The Theosophists under Mrs. Besant have
just produced a new Messiah handsome
young lndian-whO claims to fulfill the second
coming of Christ. I receive pamphlets from