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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-27
Notables in the Storage.

Two sons of John D. Rockefeller,
Jr., made the trip home from Europe
as third-class passengers on slow
ship. Third class" is late parlance
for Storage"
It may be that the young men have
inherited the desire to save money,
but 1t is rare that young men inherit
that talent. The thrift instinct Of rich
ancestors is not often passed on to
their descendants. Children of an &C.
cumulator-ancestor are often speedy
spenders.
Perhaps the young men thought
that few days Of rough living would
be a relief from the monotony of
wealth. One may have heard now and
then that man gets bored by buffers,
Wallets, mushrooms and salads, and
that it seems a picnic to drink out of
a tin cup, lay out his own socks and
nut the buttons in his morning shirt.
One sees in the movies" that once
in while the daughter of million.
aire wearies of marble halls and runs
away to live in cabin in the pines
and make corn pone for the noble
truck driver to whom she gave her
heart. But that is in the movies, and
generally before the show is done dad
finds his wandering daughter and
takes her back to Fifth avenue or
Sheridan Circle.
It is not likely that the young
Rockefellers got all the kick out of
poverty that is In 1t. Perhaps they
had the feeling that If they got tired
Of plumduff and canned corned beef
hash they could buy the ship. fire the
cook and move Rinto the captain S
cabin. They felt that when they got
to New York they had place to go
and need not wander along West
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street or the Bowery reading the food
price LISTS and the lodging signs. 1t is
not so uncomfortable in the steerage
when the passenger knows that when
he comes to the gates at home the
lodgekeeper, gardeners, buffers, foot
men and maids will bow their heads
off and that dinner will be served in
the banquet hall.
1t may be that these young men
will be accepted as sociological heroes,
and that in their clubs their opinions
on poverty and the poor will be given
weight. Well, one hopes that the boys
had good time, and that they learned
more about the sea and ships than
some persons do who travel first class
in a cabin de luxe. 1t is said that the
young Rockefellers on landing from
the ship took taxi. There is some
thing democratic about those chaps.
One of their automobiles might have
been waiting, or one of their private
yachts might have taken them out of
the steerage off Ambrose lightsh1p or
Quarantine. On the other hand, to get
the full force of mixing with the Four
Million they might have taken a sur
face car or the subway.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-27

with be lively. The particular purpose
of the session is to pass Legislation
legalizing certain road bond issues,
the validity of which has been
brought into question by judicial deci-
sions. These bond expenditures have
been the subject of much agitation in
Texas. Heretofore the governors--for
it has been accepted generally that the
governorship is family syndicate
have refused to call an extra session
to straighten out this matter because
it was believed they feared move
toward investigation of State admin
istrative matters. Now that the gov
ernor, to use the official singular, is
to resign. apparently there is no hest
tation. Indeed, in the governors state
ment announcing the cail and her in
tended resignation she explains that
the special session is summoned ito
make such investigation of any de-
partment of the State that the Legis-
lature may desire to make"
The election will be held in Novem.
Der, and the new governor will take
office in January. 1t may be that no
investigation will be undertaken, after
all, as SO little time remains of the
Ferguson regime. The vote cast on
Saturday was an overwhelming re-
pudiation of that regime, and it's re-
vival in future campaigns Is not be-
lieved to be at all likely. Still, the
special session will probably furnish
some fireworks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-27
End Of the Ferguson Regime.

Recognizing the futility of further
contest. Mrs. Ferguson, the Governor
Of Texas. has announced that, keep
Ing her promise made before the
primary, she will resign that office.
But she resigns conditionally. She
first announces the summoning Of the
Legislature in special session in Sep
TENDER. and declares that as soon as
the program of legislation proposed
to 1t has been completed she will re-
linquish Office. She further indicates
that she win make no further contest
AR the nomination, and so, despite
sl1e fact that Attorney General
Moody, the leading candidate, is still
a few votes short of an actual ma
jority, his nomination as the Demo.
cratic candidate for governor is as.
Kured. The third factor In the Ave.
cornered race for the governorship
nomination. Davidson, has announced
that IN event Of a run.on primary his
followers will support Moody.
The special session of the Legisla-
ture which Coy. Ferguson has called
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-27
Economy or Brutality?
From the Oklahoma city Daily oklahoman.

From the Oklahoma City Daily oklshoman.
If it be true that the mutiny In the
Kansas penitentiary has been due to
the policy of the management in re-
fusing to furnish sheets for the beds
In which the convicts have to sleep,
then it is quite evident that most
radical reformation is needed quite as
much in the mind and heart of the
warden of that institution as in those
of the occupants of the felons' cells
within it's grim walls.
If the Commonwealth of Kansas
whose people are not always free
from justifiable pride of attainment
and prosperity--is too poor to furnish
the inmates of her penitentiary with
clean bedding, of however coarse ma
terial, she might at least pass the hat
and raise some additional funds for
such worthy purpose by popular
subscription!
Seriously, society owes an obligation
to it's most unfortunate and most
wayward dependents. The men who
are responsible for such petty pol
icy should be enlightened or elimi-
mated from a. position of such power
and far-reaching results.
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ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HISKIN.

bulk Of HIS estate, estimated ae 80.
100000, to the Metropolitan Museun
of Art. Exactly what the Metropoli-
tan will realize from It Is not yet
known, but 1t Is the largest bequest
ever made such an institution.
Q. How many fourth-class post
Offices are there in the United States?
w. c.
A. approximately $4,000.
Q. What is the population of
Mexico2-T. G. NJ.
A. The official census Of 1921
showed the population Of Mexico 20 be
14.234,799, OF which between So and
linked blood.
@. How long has gutta>percha
been produced in this country?--A. D.
A. The manufacture of gutta-
percha was begun in the United States
In 184S. In that year the first sub.
marine cable in this or any other
country to be insulated with gutta-
percha was laid across the Passaic
and Hudson Rivers for the telegraph
line between New York and Philadel-
phia.
@. Were there ever any cameis on
this continent except those imported or
bred from imported stock?-T. 3. NJ.
A. Scientists say that camel fossils
were unearthed in the Pleistocene
lakes Of Oregon last year.
Q. How many States have Farm
Bureau Federations?-R. w.
A. At the close OF last year there
we're 46 State Farm Bureau Fedora.
tons, with 1880 County Farm Blu
reaus and more than IL, 900 commu.
nifty units organized and in operation.
Q. When was patent leather first
produced in this country?-N. T. T.
A. The first specimen of patent or
japanned leather produced IN this
country was made as an experiment
by Seth Boyden, Newark. n. j., I'm
1919. In 1922 he commenced it's manu-
facture on small scale and estah-
lished a large factory a few years
later, about 1926.
@. Is It important that a COW be
MIXED at the same times each day
and by the same person?-P. H. T.
A. The Bureau of Dairying saws
that experiments lead to the belief
that neither is an important factor in
the quantity or quality of milk. The
time may be varied a little when
necessary, and the personal equation
is negligible. 1t is much more I'm
portant that the cows be fed with
regularity.
Find out 1nRGteUer you tcdnt to
knotU. There is no room for iano-
rance in this busy 1CoTId The per-
son 1oho loses out is. the one tcho
gucSscs. The person toho gets on Is
GI,cGys the one tCho acts upon reH-
able information. This paper en-
pl0gs Frederic j. HdSkin to conduct
an Information bureau In Washing
ton for the free use Of the public.
There is no charge ercept taUo cents
in stamps for return postage. Write
to him today for any facts you desire.
Address yOur letter to The Evening
Star Information Bureau, Frederic J
HGSktn, Director, Washington, D. G.
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Country Is Stirred
By Need of Traffic Remedy

people who take a chance or don't
give boot would drive as they ask
the other fellow to drive, the long
list Of accidents and frequent fatal
tiles would dwindle to the vanishing
point
The Canton Daily News quotes
from the National Bureau Of Casualty
and Surety Underwriters and re-
marks: THE statistics Of motor acct
dents for 1925 read almost like battle
casualties" The News contends that
there are few unpreventable acct
dents in traffic, whether by rail or
road. Most of them are due to care.
lessness and, in the case of motor
cars, due to the attempt to operate
them on the open road at train speed.
without thought that trains run on
tracks, operated by trained engineers
and with the most careful guidance
by dispatchers." the News points out.
\
Nearly all the distressing fatali-
ties In the opinion of the Syracuse
Herald, occur in sections OF the city
where motorists, released from the
central crush, are going at an accel-
Grated pace to save the time they
had lost in the downtown impasse.
These reckless mortals must be
taught that their time Is not nearly
so precious as the lives they leopard
iZe every hour Of the day and every
day Of the year" The Morgantown
New Dominion observes that "a great
many accidents come from the inex-
perienced driver and his overpacked
car" while the GAnn Arbor Times
News is convinced that 1.-The private
operator easily may be a public
menace and would hold him to the
requirement by which "the driver of
almost any public conveyance must
have g. license which is testimony as
to his fitness to drive" The Flint
Daily Journals judgment is that :it
is waste of time to argue for more
and stricter laws until the public
fully realizes that safety-f1rst prin-
ciples exist in a state Of mind rather
than in hard and fast rules"
THE grade crossing appears to be
losing mono Of its deadliness, despite
persistent efforts to safeguard hui
man life at the crossings" says the
Admission Star, which advises greater
care on the part of drivers, while the
Oakland Tribune would punish even
reckless drivers who beat the train
and escape" The Bluefield Telegraph
sees hope of the Standardization Of
Embarrassing signals.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-27

@. What significance have the col
orS red, white and green on the RID
bon attached to the Interstate Com
merce Commission medal of safety
w. ]. Nice.
A. The red. white and green colors
on the medal are known as signal
colors. At the time the act was drawn
up in 1905 the colors signified: Red,
danger; white, safety, and green, eau
ton. At the present time the white
has been abolished entirely and the
colors signify: Red, danger; yellow,
caution, and green, safety.
@. If I buy an automobile in Au-
gust will 1t be this years model or
next year's?-R. ID. p.
A. 1t might be either. Cars which
are actually manufactured In the lat.
ter part of the year are often termed
models of the coming year. For In
stance, automobiles are being put
out now which are called 1927 models.
@. When were needles first made
in the United States?-O. P.
A. The art of making needles was
introduced into this country in 1866
by Elias Grouse, a German, who
taught the art to the English.
@. What varnish can / use on my
table so that hot dishes will not leave
| a white mark?-C. A. r.
A. Any varnish will melt and
spread If concentrated heat and pres
sure are applied. Some varnishes
Withstand hot water being poured
upon them, but if pressure were adj
ministered a white spot would result.
O. What size are the icebergs that
get into the lanes of ocean trafic?-
| e. NJ. c.
A. They differ in size. The largest
one of last season was at one time
267 feet above water, sig feet long
| and weighed a million and a half
tons.
@. What proportion of the cost Of
farming is charged to labor and
power?-A. E.
A. Together they account for ap-
proximately 60 per cent OF the cost
| of farming.
Q. How do earthworms multiply
J. w. z.
A. Earthworms multiply by pro.
| ducing eggs, which are laid In cap
| sules In the ground. The young be.
| come fully grown in four or five
| months.
| Q. When will the next meeting of
the Institute of Politics be held at
Williams College?-A s.
A. The 1926 session Of the institute
will be held from July 20 to August
| 26 and will consider some aspects of
| international relations.
Q. Does Portugal maintain a navy?
| H. T. b.
A. Portugal has a navy consisting
| of three protected cruisers, four gun
| boats, four transports, two training
| ships, mine-layer. four destroyers,
| six torpedo boats, four submarines
| and one salvage vessel, with q naval
| personnel of 5000
| @. What was the amount OF Frank
| A, Munsey's bequest to the Metro.
politan Art Museum?-T A r.
A. Mr.. Munsey bequeathed the
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placing yourself just inside q barn or
garage door, or peer at 1t through
an aperture, such as a. small opening
in a mass Of leaves.
This is the way to transflgure the
familiar, to arrive at the apotheosis Of
the commonplace. This was the sys-
tenn of famous person whom his
students once caught kneeling down
with his eye glued to a knothole In
a solid board gate.
What are you doing there, profess
sor?" one rather holder than the rest
demanded.
II am looking at the garden" re-
piled he.
Would it not be easier to stand
up and look over the top?" smiled the
beloved student.
lit would be easier. no doubt" said
the professor, arising and brushing
his knees, but it would not be so
good
Painters long ago learned this trick.
that is why practically all paintings
are confined within four boundaries,
commonly called a frame. The charm
Of windows lies in their restrictive
value. One sees out the windows
picture, bordered by the window
frame.
If you want to see anything in g.
new way, approach it from a different
angle. If you have been used to see.
ing something from a low place, go to
a high place, and look down on 1t.
Conversely, If you have accustomed
yourself to seeing a thing from a
high place, look at it from a low one
for a time.
So far we have considered only the
physical aspects Of things. the sight
of the eyes and the mental reactions
to-the same.
There remains the no less I'm
portant purely intellectual seeing.
done with the heart, as the Good
Book says.
Here, too, one may see the familiar
from the standpoint of the unfamiliar,
If he will really try to look at things
from the other fellows standpoint.
How often have we been told to do
that. and yet how few of us ever do
it, especially when we get mad" as
the phrase has 1t, and then are most
in need of doing It!
You know all the tiTn0 how your
friend Jones feels upon a certain
question, but the moment he breaches
his opinion, you fly Off the handle"
and allow an angry tone to manifest
itself in your speech.
How dare the fellow disagree with
you, the wonderful, the all-knowing?
Is it not a sort of lese-majesty for
the simpleton to voice a contrary
opinion? Is not your opinion the
last word, the law, the finished
product of mentation, the alpha and
omega of thought?
It most certainly Is not! Look at
the thing from the other fellows
viewpoint for awhile. and. as strange
as it may seem, you will be delighted
to see new beauties In an old topic.
Put q frame around the subject
the other fellows limitations-restr1ct
yourself deliberately to his vantage
point, whatever 1t may be. and find
out for yourself what new aspects
may be given q subject you imagined
was all cut and dried.
Nothing is really cut and dried In
this world, If we may Judge from the
appearances of things and the
progress of humanity towards its I'M
known objective. Everything moves.
and puts on new aspects every day,
and IL we want To be sure of seeing
them, we will have to look at the
familiar from the standpoint Of the
unfamiliar.
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The Bad Bow Of Britain.

British critics of the poor psychol-
ogy OF the German government In
the Great War. when Berlin blum
dered at every turn in forecast Of
the reactions Of other peoples, has a
new object of discussion in the blum
der Just committed by their own
government in the matter of the
dinner given to George Bernard
Shaw by a group of friends. includ-
ing eminent members of the Labor
Party, on the occasion of his seven
tieth birthday. When arrangements
for the dinner were being made and
the proposal was advanced that the
speeches should be broadcast by
radio. it was officially announced that
the radio could not be used unless
Mr.. Shaw would promise not to talk
about controversial subjects. The
least acquaintance with the Shavian
disposition should have assured
Whitehall Of the result of such a
prohibition. If anything was cal
marks from G. B. s. 1t was. the In
timation that he could not be broad
cast If he talked politics or contro-
versia1 sociology. And equally II
was Just as clearly assured that such
a prohibition would lead to a broad
casting Of Shaw's remarks by other
means than radio to reach a much
larger audience than even that within
the range Of the loud speakers.
But Shaw. Of course, accepted the
challenge, and his speech at the
birthday dinner in London last night
was q lashing attack upon the con-
servative government for its assault
against free speech and for ats sup
port Of Capitalism" Indeed Shaw
probably enjoyed himself much more
thoroughly under the radio ban than
II he had been talking to a micro
phone. There were no limitations.
He was quite himself.
There Is no suppressing Shaw. He
holds nothing in respect. He has no
regard for law. He is confirmed
individualist. He views government
with contempt. He makes copy" of
everything. He hates restraint. Dur
ing the Great War he was frequently
in hot water because Of his DISPOSE
ton to exalt the enemy and belittle
Britain.
The original plan Of the dinner in
honor of Shaw on his SEVENTEEN
birthday contemplated that It should
be participated in by eminent men
Of letters as well as by labor leaders.
But when the decision about the
radio was rendered It was generally
accepted that Shaw would surely en-
gage in controversy, and probably It
was for that reason that most Of the
literary lights were absent from the
board. Letters of regret were re-
ceived at the last moment from them.
Perhaps they would have declined
anyway, because Shaw is not par
ticu1ar1y popular person in his own
profession.
Now the British government is
wondering whether it pays to try to
muzzle Shaw. He will probably pro-
coed to write a play that viii, of
course. not receive the approval of
the censor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-27
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

Looking at familiar things from un.
familiar standpoints always has been
a favorite occupation of discerning
men and women.
In no other way can one keep the
familiar interesting and make the
commonplace thoroughly worth while.
And 1t is necessary to do all or TINS
if life is to keep its zest.
What Is life without the zest of
life?
When one thinks of all the mourn.
, full list of suicides, he is moved to
pity, for practically every one of
Them might have saved himself for
a life of happiness and usefulness II
he had known how to see the familiar
from the vantage ground of the I'M
familiar.
There must be a zest to life, the
same thing that German philosophers
called the will to live" This curl.
Gus will must have the sauce of
interest, the thrill of novelty, il 1t is
to make the most of itself, it would
seem.
Every small boy knows instinctively
the value of interest. He calls It
pep" If you have plenty of pep"
you will get big 'kick" out of the
game of living and never be bored
at all.
Being small boys no longer, how
ever, most of us will have to find some
other method than kicking tin cans
along the street, scooting on wheels
and firing off firecrackers for two
weeks before July A.
The only way left is to see the ia
miliar from the viewpoint Of the un-
familiar.
Do you remember when you stood
in the big barn door and turned
around to look back at the house?
How strange the familiar looked
then!
Could that possibly be the old place?
Why, there was something so differ
ent, so unexpected almost, that one
had to pinch himself to make sure he
was not dreaming.
Years later you step across the al
ley to speak to friend who has
Just run his car into his garage. You
stop in the wide door and, casually
talking away, turn to look back at
your own place
How strange 1t all seems! Can that
possibly be the old yard? Sure
enough, 1t Is! Why, the place some
how seems foreshortened. The very
shrubs and flowers take on a new
look.
You didn't know the lawn looked
quite so thick and green, although
you had more than a suspicion that
it was a pretty good-looking outfit at
that. You hardly suspected the
shrubs looked so bushy.
And how imposing the sweep of
theA roof line. Come to think Of 1t,
that sweep had always attracted your
favorable comment, but in recent
years you had become so accus.
toned to 1t you never stopped to
think about 1t any more.
What was that you were saying,
Bill? Oh, sure, yes-yes-
The paint job is pretty neat, too;
mighty good for having been put on
more than a year ago. At times you
had seen 1t too closely and imagined
it looked pretty shabby. but from
across the alley here it looks very
good indeed.
+ n = X
The best way to see the familiar
from the standpoint Of the unfamiliar
Is to look at 1t from a restricted area,
literally and figuratively.
Put a frame around your object by
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-27

Modern composers arise to contend
that jazz Is entitled to respectful con-
sideration in the annals of good music.
The question Of what constitutes "jazz"
presents itself for accurate definition.
The fact that eminent composers Of
enduring fame have employed synco-
pations does not give Jazz" an imme-
date claim to consideration on serious
artistic terms. It's present association
in public attention is usually with
crude expression and commonplace
idea. leaving no sense Of value to It
as means Of expressing tragic dig.
nifty or witty felicity.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-27
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PH1LANDER JOHNSON.

Friend Thermometer.
Old friend Therrnomy you've had your
day.
On you we gazed with deep dismay.
Your face, in humble fear, we saw
And bowed our heads in suffering awe.
You found your chance to be
The one whom all with dread must
see:
You were the terror Of the town.
Now, be yourself, old friend; come
down!
Be the companion Of an hour
OF perfumed breeze and rainbow
shown.
Bring back the hooking bird we love
From where he's hidden In the grove,
You've held a tyranny supreme.
F'orbiddirg us to smile or dream.
Where is the worth of such renown?
Come! Be yourself, old friend. Come
down!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-27

The private wealth in France is
said to be abundant. But like private
wealth the world over It objects to
being taxed. However, traditions of
that country point to an amazing
response in definite emergency with
money from more or less sequestered
experts. the famous stocking under
the mattress or the teapot in the
hidden corner Of the cupboard has
not been touched.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-27

The bus has come into such promi.
hence as a means of transportation
that its importance as q subject for
inquiry and regulation may give the
railroads a momentary rest.