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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-09-08
Arthur Brooks.

Arthur Brooks was known by great
multitude of people as man and as a
public servant. His death in this city
Yesterday occasions deep sorrow Tor
the ~untimely passing Of one who has
earned and held the high respect not
only of the community, but of many
persons outside of Washington who
have come to know him during the
long period of his Government duties.
His was an exceptional career. lie
came to this city as youth and Sc
cured the position of chief messenger
to the Secretary of War. For half
century he has remained here in that
and one other task. In these two as
signments, first at the War Depart
ment and for seventeen years and
half at the White House as personal
attendant upon the President, he held
the confidence of many officials. Ten
successive Secretaries of War and
four Presidents of the United States
relied upon him for service, which he
rendered with dignity and efficiency.
In other ways he was a useful citizen.
He was greatly interested i'll the or
sanitation Of the District National
Guard. rising to the rank of major in
the 1st Separate Battalion and retir-
ing with the rank Of lieutenant col
onel. earning a gold medal for twenty
five years of service. Had it been
poSSible for him to do So Col Brooks
could have told a wildly interesting
story of his half century of depart.
mental and White House duty. He
saw the making of history in'the two
roles which he filed. from a point of
view held by but few. But with a
fidelity that was exceptional he re-
spected the condolences reposed in him
and thus established a remarkable
record of loyal efficiency far better
than the passing fame of entertaining
narration.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-09-08
Not Entitled to Mercy.

Appeals against revocation of per-
mits have been flooding upon the Dis
trict Commissioners. Every driver
who is charged with drunkenness,
recklessness and other offenses and
who has had his permit revoked has
made haste to spread his tale Of woe
before the officials of the District, to
protest against the outrage Of not be-
ing allowed to drive in the fair City of
Washington. Drivers who have run
down little children and left them
in the street without even backward
glance, drivers who have filed them
selves up with liquor and started on
death rides through the streets, and
policemen with noxious gas from the
exhaust, have all filed their appeals
against revocation of their permits.
And, wonder of wonders, they are
the recipients of sympathy in their
pitiful plight by a certain portion of
the public. They, who have been re-
fused the privilege Of driving because
Of their dangerous proclivities and
deeds, are supported in their drivel
about injustice by short sighted .senti-
mentalists.
It is nauseating. Instead Of lessen
ing the revocations Of permits, they
should be increased. There is no
sense in letting criminally reckless
persons drive through the streets.
They are a public menace and dis
grace to the great body Of conscien-
tious motorists. The heavy hand of
the law should be clamped down tight
upon them and should stay down. 1t
is the veriest nonsense to sympathize
with the type of driver who commits
traffic offenses serious enough to
merit permit revocation. He should
be put off the streets for good and
all and no amount of weeping and
wailing of the sentimentally inclined
should be allowed to change the stand
for law. order and public safety.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-09-08
Trash Spreaders.

Making The punishment fit the
crime has it's decided merits in many
cases. The principle was followed the
other day by the chief of police of
Interlaken, suburb of Asbury Park
n. j., who. while driving on the road
near the town, noted motorist
little distance ahead from whose
speeding car pieces Of paper flut-
tered occasionally. to litter the road
side. Newspapers and food contain
ers and paper bags were strewn along
the way. The chief followed, and
finally overhauled the speedster and
compelled him to go back over mile
of road and pick up the trash that
had been scattered by him and his
passengers. He protested that not all
CT the stuff that lay alongside the
road had come from his car. The po-
lice chief. with the sagacity of a
Solomon. declared that only by pick.
ing up everything could he be sure
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-09-08
Country Finds Inspiration
In Rodgers Life of Service

sonnet" The Flint Daily Journal,
too. pays its tribute to the stock from
which Comdr. Rodgers sprang, saying:
"Comdr. Rodgers came Of a famous
line Of fighting men. He was the son
of Admiral John A. Rodgers, one of
the founders Of the new American
Navy. 1t had been the boast of the
family that there had been a Rodgers
In the service ever since there was q
Navy. The famous line persisted with
Comdr. Rodgers
1t is uplifting to all men to have
the example before them of one man
Who prefers a life and work full of
hazard, in order that he may aid in
the development of something that
Will bring undreamed-of benefits to
future men, says The Omaha World
Herald. THAT was the kind of man
John Rodgers was; the kind of man
that more of us ought to strive to be. :"
Speaking in similar vein, the Hollv-
wood DAILY Citizen praises the dead
hero as the type of man who places
his mission in life above personal
safety or personal advancement, as
may be seen by his refusal a few
months ago to retain an importa nj
naval position in the City Of Washing.
ton because he felt that he could do
more good for the service by the per.
formance of active aviation duty"
The Butte Daily Post lauds him as "a
splendid example of American cit
izenship and an inspiring model to
other officers of the line" and declares
that lin the records of the naval
service to which he added notable dis
tlnction, and in the affection of the
citizens Of this Nation as we'll as the
scientific world In general, the name
of Comdr. John Rodgers will shine
illustrious, worthy successor to noble
forbears''
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-09-08
Flashing Beaccns.

Assistant Traffic Director Moller is
DESTROYS of equipping every street
car loading platform in the city
with concrete based flashing beacon
to prevent repe tition of an accident
on Sunday night. when Il motorist
smashed into one of the platforms and
injured a woman who was waiting
for a car. There have been several
cases of this kind within the last few
months and the assistant director be-
lieves that some means should be
taken to make loading platforms Inn
pregnable to automobile attack.
In this stand he will be given the
hearty support Of all Westinghouse.
If the street car platforms are not
safe against the onslaught of reckless
motorists they should be made safe
with as little delay as possible. Con-
crete flashing beacons serve not only
as a warning TO the motorist, but as
protection to those on the platform.
They are a traffic necessity of the
present day and their use should be
encouraged at all points where they
can be utilized to save life and limb.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-09-08
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEVELL.

| kept my associates in tobacco for a
| month, while l was trying and dls-
carding them, one after the other.
| Tell me, but don't sheer me?
| X y X X
He always has read a newer. better
book than you have, or, il old BOOKS
are the subject of conversation some
erudte work that no one ever hearo
of. but which, under his praise, sud
denly turns out to be one of the most
wonderful works in all literature.
| You may have prided yourself on
| having read mot Everything" which
| is absurd q great deal Of the world s
| best, and a large amount of distinctly
| the worlds worst. One has to pillow
| through the worst to find the best.
/ Yet your work of years is as naught
if you have not read the book he
book can thus totally wipe out thou
sand books?
We rather think it Isl
To be a day late in reading the
latest novel is to be woefully behind
| in the march of the centuries. OF
course, you have more than a. suspi-
cion that it will make not the slight
est difference whether you ever read
| the latest best seller" or not.
| Your experience with books has
told you beyond dispute that there is
a Woefully large amount of trash
printed every year. The publishers
know it. too, as we'll as you do, but
they are never exactly sure what will
| make q hit and what will not, SO they
must take a chance.
| 1T they can publish one big HIT
out of 10 novels, they will be satisfied.
Our young man. though, knows bet
Ter than the men who have made pub
fishing their life work. He positively
knows that "Goolash Days is doomed
TO poster1ty. Surely the book publish
erS mad better get him on their staff,
| The shows you have seen, the mu.
SIC you have heard. count as moth
ing against the performances he has
witnessed. the divine melodies he has
had played before him.
| We wish we could be as sure of
anything in the world as he Is about
everything.
Somehow doubts have a habit of
cropping up in our mind. The dim
horizons OF memory tell us of doubts
That PANIED out when the full sun
or day revealed how we would have
been taken in Woefully had we
listened to the siren voice Of optimism.
| Yet doubts never assail our good
friend. The house he owns is perfect.
| the radio he listens to is positively the
best on the market, the tone quality
is uneXcelled. the clothes he wears are
the last word in style, and the church
ne graces each Sunday the abiding
place of GODS elect.
Happy fBKow!
Yet we would not willingly be like
him. ''fAo
Strongly we resist the urge to be
like him. For the sake of our i'm.
mortal soul, we must not be like him,
He is the sort who glides along on
rubber Wheels, and does not see nor
wish to see the misery on every side.
A pathetic kitten in the gutter. mis-
| treated by young cruelty, to him is
less than an expensive plush cat made
| by London craftsmen who "imjtate
animals wonderfully we'll, you know -
Underfed children, i'll kept homes.
dirt, distress. disease-these he never
sees. because he does not want to see
them. His country is the best in the
world, and these things ought not to
exist In 1t. Really, you know, they
| ought not
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-09-08

to time departments have been Great
ed as the country has grown and the
executive business has diversified.
There were originally but three de-
partments and shadowy organiza-
ton Of fourth. There are now ten,
with several propositions pending for
additional departments. From time to
time bureaus have been created with
in the departments and Independent
establishments have been provided
for. It is in the relation of these bu-
reaus and independent establishments
that the present confusion exists, to
cure which the reorganization meas
ure is proposed.
Naturally opposition to any project
for q change arises on the part of
those affected. Those in charge of
as rule resist reorganization. Some
favor 1t, realizing that better work
can be done with readjustment. But
If this opposition prevails the Govern
fer from its present lack Of co-ordina-
ton, its OVERLAPPING jurisdictions, its
duplication of service and it's needless
expenses for maintenance.
No large business corporation would
long tolerate such a condition. 1t
would reorganize for the sake of
economy and efficiency. It would
eliminate superfluous branches and
divisions, consolidate related offices
and prevent excrescent groWtts. Con-
gress is the board of directors of the
Federal corporation. 1t alone can APP
ply the necessary remedy to cure the
present i'll of Government confusion.
In the interest of economy and eff
ficiency it should act to that end.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-09-08

What shall be done with the bright
young gentleman who always Knows
something better, brighter, greater,
larger than any one else?
He has seen men run faster, horses
go farther, ships sail swifter than any
one else in the world, evidently.
If you know, celebrated actor. he
knows two of them, each more IA
nous than your puny star The
prize fight you saw was good one,
admittedly, but you should have seen
the one he saw!
You may have tried out some 80
or more brands of smoking tobacco in
your search for the perfect blend
but, say, have you ever smoked A. A.
Mixture?
The way the gentleman asks the
question plainly shows you that your
taste in tobaccos, in his opinion, is
excessively primitive. A. A. comes
from England, you know, and is i'm
menSely superior to any mere Amerl-
can tobacco.
Did you say it was probably grown
in Virginia and shipped to London?
Yes-yes-that is true, but they know
how to mix 'em over there, long ex-
perience. and all that sort of thing.
An old smoker told you that tobacco
absorbed sea air, in crossing the At
lantic. and never tasted right after
ward? Why, my dear sir, that is
absurd! They pack tobacco in air.
tight tins, and the thing is impossible,
simply impossible.
lie has such pity for your 90 brands
and such faith in the A. A. Mixture,
although he has not smoked a pipe
for many years. TRY it. old man,
and taste something good"
X X !: X
Now, the one to whom all this ad.
vice is given knows perfectly well
that the A. a. Mixture will turn out
to be no better or worse than the best
Tor worst of the 90 brands he has al
ready smoked.
Has he not tried the famous London
tobacco that costs--in America-70
cents per ounce? Has he not also
stuffed into his briar another famous
London mixture at the hobby sum of
SO cents an ounce?
An ounce of tobacco is not very
much, so that the two London blends
are practically worth their weight in
gold. Yet perfectly honest opinion
forces the American consumer to adj
nit that they are no better, although
slightly different. than many straight
United States tObaccOS on the market
at much less cost.
Why should a good American pay
20 cents for an ounce of tobacco when
he can get as good q mixture here for
10 cents an ounce?
SO you are not even going to dig.
nifty your know-it-all young gentlema n
by trying his Z. z. Mixture, or what.
ever he called 1t. But he does slightly
irritate you, you admit it to yourself,
after he has gone.
Perhaps you should speak harshly
to him, admonish him severely, in this
wise:
Young fellow, you make me tired
Instead of sneering at my 80
blends, insinuating that l really don't
know good tobacco when I smoke it,
you should simply say YOU remember
a mixture that struck your fancy
once, and let it so at that.
Il am quite willing to allow you to
prefer any tobacco you wish. Per
haps your acquaintance with the
blends was rudimentary. Maybe A.
A. really was the best you tried.
Give me credit, however, for hav-
ing smoked 80 different brands, every
one guaranteed to he perfect by the
manufacturer. Kindly consider that
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-09-08
Departmental Reorganization.

1t is stated in dispatches from the
Summer White House that the Presi-
dent has little hope of the enactment
At the next session of Congress of the
bill for reorganizing the executive de-
partments. Thus that great reform
which is SO urgently needed will go
over to another Congress.
Surveys OF the departmental or
ganiZation have been made on several
occasions, and all have shown a seri-
Gus lack of coordination. with much
duplication. Schemes for the read
justment of departments and bureaus
have been drafted. and finally a plan
has been devised that arouSes a mini
mum of opposition. Still. Congress for
one reason or another does not put 1t
on the list OF measures to be adopted.
and the administrative work of the
Government continues TO suffer in
consequence.
Under the Constitution the Govern
ment of the United States is divided
INTO three component parts, executive,
legislative and judicial. Each may be
organized by act of Congress. The
administrative branch may be placed
under one head or under many. with
The President as the chief. From time
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-09-08

that he got his own strewings. So
the sportily CARRIED motorist trudged
along the road and gathered up the
trash, which soiled his 'ice cream
pants" and his natty silk shirt. He
weakened after a time and said he
would rather spend a month in Jail
than continue the toilsome job. The
chief agreed to let him take that
alternative, but he decided to go on
with his wearying trips, bringing the
trash to the car, into which it was
packed. When he had finished to the
satisfaction of the police chief he was
sorry-looking person and quite
humble in spirit. He was then arrest
ed for speeding.
Trash strewers are an offense to
the public, and should be treated in
just this manner whenever they are
caught. They are not only motorists.
They are, indeed, usually pedestrians.
They have no thought whatever for
the appearance of the highways. To
them bit of paper that has served
it's purpose Is something to cast aside.
In the parks, in the streets, in the
country, they raddle the landscape
with debris. Perhaps they are untidy
at home, and their own private prem
ises are always disheveled. Or it may
be that they are neat at home and
disorderly only when abroad. But in
any case they are public nuisances
and lesson-teaching punishment. This
Interlaken police chief has shown a
way to bring them to book.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-09-08
THINK 1T OVER
a Freshman College.
By William Matler Le,vis.
President George Washington University.

In order to keep pace with the con-
stantly changing demands Of compli-
Gated modern life, numerous colleges
ana universities are conducting sur
Veys in order to learn what improve
mentS may be made in curriculum,
teaching and administration. In some
instances these surveys are made by
members of the university staff; in
others, by experts from the outside.
In number of cases committees
Of students have made intelligent con-
tr1butions to discussions tending to
increase the effectiveness of the In
stitutiOn. For instance, the report on
undergraduate education of the Dart
mouth College senior committee has
received widespread consideration.
The Harvard student committee re-
port likewise has proved a thing Of
great value. And now comes the un-
dergraduate report of the University
of Oregon-"An estimate of the intel
lectual activity within the university;
suggested changes III administrative
policies
That these students have something
constructive and progressive to offer
Is shown by this recommendation:
THE committee recommends most
strongly the establishment of a fresh
man college which would include
within it's membership all freshmen
enrolled in the University of Oregon.
The freshman college would be an
integral part in a program of drama
tiZing' the development of the scholas-
tic side of the university education, a
step which the committee believes
would be extremely valuable in arous-
ing within the student an awareness
of the possibilities and the functions
of higher education"
Truly. these ultimate consumers
have suggested something which
fac Titles and administrators should
carefully consider.
lcopyrirh. 1sAA
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-09-08
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Seeking Safety.

Seeking Safety.
[ wandered down the country road
That seemed so free from care.
Once more in idleness 7 strobe
Through that quaint thoroughfare.
A f1ivver bumped me to the right.
OF Joy I was bereft,
And then another hove in sight
And slammed me to the left.
Most everywhere the flivvers fit
When carelessly I stray;
And that is why I go and sit
In some dull cabaret.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-09-08

@. What is to-radiogram:-
I. H.
A. Photo-radio is the process of
sending n single picture from one
point to another by electricity in
to 20 minutes. Capt. r. Fl. Ranger
effected the first completely auto
matte radio transmission of pictures
across the ocean in 1924. which was
called ''photo-radiogram."
@. Was 1.-THE Midshipman" the first
motion picture ever taken at Annap-
oils, aside from news pictures?-E. r.
A. At the time of it's production
such a statement was made.
@. What State has the largest
proportion of working women?-S. H.
A. According to the Women's Bu-
reau, Department of Labor. South
Carolina Is the State having the great
est proportion of it's women at work
more than one-third-Whlle west
Virginia has the smallest proportion
about one-ninth.
@. Why not grow all fruits and
shrubs from seeds?-O. M.
A. Where Improvements nave peeh
made, these qualities are not trans
mitted through the seed, but are per-
petuated through the buds. Renee.
the necessity Of using parts or the
pIant itself by budding, grating and
layering.
O. What does it say on the tablet
that the Statue of Liberty hoids?-
w. r. j.
A. The book held in its left hand
represents a Book of Laws, Whlch
the sculptor, Bartholdi. says was 10
remind the incoming immigrants that
without obedience to law there
could be no true liberty. The in.
scription thereon reads: July ~
MDCCCLXXVI. 1t was the 1nten-
ton of the French to present the
Gift upon the hundredth anniversary
of our independence. There was oe-
law and disappointment, and the or
fetal presentation was not made un-
til July 4, 1884, in Paris.
O. Please advise me of way 10
nroduce real lightning on a stage
G. MEG. .s
A The Bureau of Standards says
that to produce realistic lightning
discharges would require too much
apparatus and in addition would De
dangerous. BY means OF a CARBON
arc and a suitable shutter, the APP
pearance of lightning flashes or stage
can readily be produced, but 10 lnll-
tate an actual lightning flash where
the streak could be observed by the
audience is much more d1flcult
matter.
q Please relate the story OF the
connosition of "Rock of Ages. -
I. V. c.
A. According to the story. Yves
lev. the great leader and hymn writ
err, and Toplady, the Anglican church
man, met and were drawn into a
very heated argument over some
current theological questions. They
argued until long after midnlght'
Neither yielded a point. When they
separated. .Toplady was wrought up
to a high state Of spiritual excite
ment. Not being able to sleep. he sat
and thought. In q moment of eXalta-