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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-03-18
The Conduit Boulevard.

The National Park Commission has
y plan for widening the Conduit road
TO 12l feet between the Georgetown
|hnd Dhlecarlia reservoirs, with a cen
Ter parking space nineteen feet wide
There is also the proposal that in some
parts Of the course of the road the
kwo uriveways be at different levels.
To carry out the plan 1t must be APP
proved by the District Commissioners
|hnd the land required must be given
Iby abutting property owners. BY
fhis plan Conduit road between the
Two reservoirs would become a beau
kiful drive and perhaps the most pop
: Ilar boulevard IN Washington It is
|a striking proposal and ought to be
carried through.
There are some thoughts In connec-
zion with the plan on which the en-
|gineers do hot touch. One is that
the Conduit road might he widened
From Cabin John, with new bridge
across the creek, to the Anglers
the line of the conduit and turns
north to the top OF the ridge, past
the old gold mine, and desceuds to
khe river at Great Falls. Instead of
turning away from the river near the
Anglers Club, a new road might be
cut in the side Of the ridge and fol
low the course Of the river at a con.
siderable height from 1t. The course
Of such a road is already marked by
the line of the conduit from the west
end Of the Conduit road nearly to
Great Falls. From the west end of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-03-18
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

turn away, when confronted with one
of these glorious gifts Of God. Is to
lose much.
To "get your moneys worth" In
every sense OF that amused
phrase, means to study. to work. TO
preside at the opening OF the latest
purchase of bulbs. to store them away
in cool place until planting time, to
be afraid the stalks will put forth be-
fore the time to plant, to dig the
ground at last, to put In the bulbs. to
cover them over to q depth OF or
inches, to wait for the life, power
growth stored away to function.
Hold one Of these bulbs In the hand,
and let the power Of wonder develop,
for here Is one of the strangest Things
in the world. ..
1t has no life or motion, and yet IT
lives, or at least will live. and Will
move upward and outward.
Who can say it does not think?
Surely, it must share in the univer-
sal intelligence, which takes sucn
strange shapes and forms, not the
least strange Of which must be man,
Judging from the universal!
1t is a strange thought. in this inn
patient age, to know that no man
whatsoever can hurry the Towering
Of this bulb a jot from it's appointed
time.
AS far as memory goes. even Jesus
performed no such miracle as this.
He never made gladiolus bloom spon-
taneously.
The Creator has set certain bounds
to this bulb which it must recognize.
This one flowers in 4S days, this one
H. I'D n
piety and wit cannot blot out day
Of it!
In His good time. not yours. each
bulb will send up It's flower spike and
then unfold its blooms, opening one
after another.
Tyrant cannot tyrannize here: power
has no power; harsh words Will not
avail. 1t will do no good to threaten
a gladiolus with a whip, to attempt to
bully it or persuade it.
All In it's good time 1t will grow and
bloom. Be patient, then: put the bulbs
away in a cool place: wait for Spring
What have we here? Even some OF
the bulbs are impatient! From TIE
center of this one there Is springing
up a tender white green shoot. as II
the power Of growth were longing to
do it's stuff
May we not be forgiven for being
impatient, If Nature itself, as exempli
fed in this gladiolus bulb. is likewise
in haste?
Thus Spring urges Life on.
Every warm day in Winter recalls
to us the joyous time to come. Each
sunshiny hour whispers to us stories
| of growing things, rising sap, green
ing grass. violets blue. strange wild
flowers, nodding in hooks in the wood
Memory transposes us in a flash tc
distant forests. where we wandered
with Gray's Manual in hand, trying
to discover the names of flowers, when
we had better have thrown the volume
away and given full sway to our own
particular nature. which is one of ad
miration OF beauty, rather than that
Of scientific classification.
Spring Spring
If we We're n poet we might indite
to you q few lines, as we stand here
looking at our new sort of Pandora s
box. filled with brown bulbs which
later will change into every color OF
the rainbow.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-03-18

that rough way, now only passable
by pedestrians, the conduit tunnels
the ridge to Great Falls. but it would
be easy engineering to blast broad
way and build the road to the falls
Such a road, with a stone parapet on
the drop side, would be of Alpine
character. Then this boulevard might
cross the river at Great Falls and lead
back along the Virginia side to Little
Falls or the Key Bridge, following
the crest of the ridge and bridging the
deep wales of Difficult Run, Prospect
Run and the other gorSes that open
10 the river.
Perhaps the Virginia part of this
road would pass at different he tights
above Lake Meigs. which would be
formed by the proposed dam at Little
Falls and which would fill the bed Of
the Potomac to the foot of the rock
gorge below Great Falls. This road
would surely rank as one of the
scenic ways of the world and would
open to millions of Americans a
knowledge of up-river scenery which
is only seen now by persons who go
afoot
If the engineers were exceedingly
ambitious they might build another
part of the up.river boulevard from
Great Falls to Seneca. bridging the
river there and bringing the road
back to Great Falls along the Vir-
ginia bluffs. 1t might come to be
that finally the line of the Chesapeake
and Ohio Canal could be transformed
into motor way from Seneca to
Cumberland. 1t would be one Of the
wonder roads of Anne RIGA and would
connect with road systems in the
M0nocacy and Shenandoah Valleys
and all the other valleys that debouch
into the Potomac Valley. That would
be conditioned on the abandonment
of the canal and many would lament
its passing from the landscape. AS
time goes on the need for cheap
transport of freight should grow
greater and this canal, widened aud
deepe ned and with enlarged viadncts
and locks. leading from the Appa-
lachian country and across the val.
leys of the Piedmont to the head of
tide Of a wide river connecting with
the sea, ought to be Of high CONNER.
cial value.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-03-18
Protecting the Innocents.

A fraud order has just been issued
bv the Post Office Department against
O. particularly mean swindle- A so
called music-pubnshing corporation
operating in New York has been
barred from using the mails after
having taken hundreds Of thousands of
dollars from the guileless writer's and
composers throughout the country.
This is the last, it is believed, Of a
group of these frauds that, 1t is esti-
mated by the postal authorities. have
mulcted would-be song writer's Of more
than $4,000 in the last ten years.
The game that these swindling COM
panies has played Is a simple one
based upon the public belief that for
tunes are to be made in successful
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-03-18

Announcement by Johns Hopkins
University of its intention to engage
in postgraduate work and to abolish
the A. =. degree has been received
with enthusiastic approval in many
quarters. Recognizing the Importance
of research work to the student and
to the country, the move is welcomed
as typical of the new educational
spirit which encourages the develop
ment of individual talents.
Commenting on statements from
Johns Hopkins that the university
intends to encourage students to fol-
low the bent of their natural apti-
tude" and that mo one has discovered
a standard yardstick for the measure
ment of human minds the st. Louis
Post-Dispatch finds these views re
freshing from an educator in coun-
try where many universities turn out
graduates with something like the
workings of sausage machine.
Education" continues the Post-Dis-
patch, lis being standardized, card
indexed and formulated. In many
cases universities are dominated by a
babbittry which gauges their great
ness by the size of the enrolment
figures Admittedly. if Johns Hopkins
methods and standards were applied
everywhere, large percentage OF the
college students WOULD ne driving Ice
wagons, running errands or doing
anything else but pursuing degrees.
Johns Hopkins is not only teacher
of students but, by example, teacher
of universities" The step taken inn
presses the Danville Bee as "a pro-
gressive one of great moment, reveal
ing a determination to explore more
deeply the unknown fields of science
through which humanity may be ex-
pected to benefit, and advancing the
standard of Johns Hopkins educa-
ton The Bee continues. THE great
and forward-lo looking institution has,
however, reason to be proud of the
material it has furnished the world
constantly in quest of new truths and
new discoveries"
IF one were asked" according to
the Terre Haute Star, ito point out
the most distinctive change that has
come to pass in the educational field
in this country since the war period
1t would be the departure into the
realm of research, ordered research
for researches sake-break with
utilitarianism and encouragement of
pure science, love of kns Wedge for
knowledge's sake, not for what ii may
bring in dollars. The United States
Is finding out that great wealth has
other uses than in adding to that ma
terial wealth. 1t is not enough that
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-03-18

song writing. 1t is true that certain
composers have made enormous profits
with song hits" But for each of
these there are thousands Of failures.
So simple are the popular tunes, so
elementary are the verses accompany
thinks that their composition Is easy.
Hence. alluring advertisements and
circulars sent broadcast through the
country have found many eager con-
have been charged for the examina-
ton of manuscripts. 1t Is computed
by the postal authorities that over
$4,000 persons have trusted their COM
the last of which has just been put
under the ban. From this number, all
Of which have been traced, only one
song was ever accepted by a legiti-
mate publisher, and it was not writ
ten by an amateur.
The "get-rich-quick" craze Is utilized
by swindlers in many ways, in fake
stock promotion, in real estate boom
ing. in motion picture scenario stimu-
lation, and, as this latest action of the
Post Office Department indicates, by
song-writing temptation. Legitimate
publishing houses, both musical and
literary. do not require fees for the
examination of manuscripts and do
not advertise great prospective profits
for successes. They have no lack of
material for examination. They do
not need to stimulate competition for
their approval. They are Just as keen
to get worth while stories and songs
as are the authors and composers to
produce them and to secure publica-
ton. Yet, the woods are full' of I'M
reasoning aspirants for literary and
musical honors-and profits-who are
lured by frauds to submit their wares
on a fee basis. The fraud orders of
the Post Office Department are design
ed to protect these innocents.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-03-18

plundering of Grecian art and the
rape of the churches and museums of
Europe whereby Napoleon enriched
the Louvre. l can even foresee the
time when art students from Europe
will turn their faces westward to
CLEAN inspiration from master works,
wrought while the world was young
and men worked for the joy Of the
working Fortunate America-un-
happy Europe"
If Congress will not appropriate the
money, is not there still another
Munsey or Libbey who will build and
endow a great National Gallery of
Art, who will see to it that the di-
vision of prints of the Library of
Congress has a sufficient fund to ade-
quately pay the salary of a trained
director, In order that we may honor
ably take our place among the nations
Of the world and evidence to those
not only of the present but of coming
generations that we as a people do
care for the things of the spirit?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-03-18

In contemplating future possibilities
the G. 0. p. is always compelled to
Hughes is a man of varied experience
with a mind well grouAaed in the
practice of politics as we'll as the ideal
ism of craftsmanship.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-03-18
Restraint.

Your dry constituents demand more
enthusiasm in your speeches"
TITS a matter for discretion" said
Senator Sorghum. IF I venture on
an enthusiasm that verges on great
hilarity, they'll think I'm engaging in
secret communion with the VETS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-03-18

After Berlin deliberations are con-
Germany is to be admitted to the
League of Nations or the League OF
Nations Is to be admitted to Germany.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-03-18

AS an instructor in Journalism
Trotsky will WELD great influence if
he can instruct his pupils to put his
ideas into print in terms more lucid
than he was himself competent to EN-.
ploy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-03-18

IAN ostrich seekin' shelter" said
Uncle Eben, puts his head in de sand,
but leaves his feathers exposed; thus
provin' dat even in de desert de hous-
in problem Is acute"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-03-18

The Associated Press is exclusively entitled
10 the use for republication of al news dis
patches c~e.'ited TO 10 or not otherwls" rreH-
4 tied in this naner and also the local news
published herein. All rights of publication
bf special dispatches herein are also reserved
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-03-18

1t becomes evident that as a means
farmer the cow-milking contests
among eminent statesmen, some time
since. were failures.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-03-18

International sentiments have be-
come so involved that nobody thinks
Of interviewing Sir Thomas Upton
about the prospects for another yacht
race
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-03-18

A Russian ballet Is always a gor-
geous affair, although frankly disclos-
ing the fact that it has not heard the
latest dancing news from Charleston.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-03-18

Much depends evidently on whether
the League of Nations is to be con-
trolled by the peacemakers or the
politicians.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-03-18

To a modern. practical mind the
ancient Egyptian tomb
suggests a warning against the hoard
ing habit.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-03-18

The first robin" Is in most cases
the last of the myths with which I'm,
agination strives to relieve the Winter.
time monotony.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-03-18

Collegiate authorities are compelled
to regret that an Oxford education
does not necessarily go with oxford
bags"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-03-18

Popular interest might cling more
If the U. S. Senate could
make it's Investigations shorter and
more snappy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-03-18
The Lambs Revenge.

March may go out like a lion
ut may" answered Miss Cayenne.
But that won't prevent Spring lamb
from costing seventy cents a pound"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-03-18

Ending the anthracite strike was
difficult; yet apparently easier than re-
Stunning the supply of first-class fuel.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-03-18
Related Spring.

st. Patrick's day came to an end;
We feel a joy serene,
Although on dyestuffs we depend
For "Wearin' of the Green"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-03-18

Jud Tunkins says everybody except
hisself thinks he could run the Gov
eminent much better if he had a
chance. Jud says, whats the use O.
deliberately huntin' out the hardest
job in the world?"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-03-18
Language Fails.

I halt with a respect intense;
The motor cop says go" or ''Stop."
Nobody has the eloquence
To argue with a motor cop.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-03-18

The dear old Shamrock stands For a
beautiful sentiment, but the prosaic
sietitian continues to recommend spin
ach
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-03-18
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
I,eaGe.

peaGe.
We're seeking Peace on every hand,
On every sea and every land.
Upon some method We'll decide
no crime wave can abide.
No gunman shall shoot up the street;
No bootleg salesman we will meet.
The jewel robbers trade will cease
And not till then will we have Peace.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-03-18
Human Decenfinns.

A man assumes a manner rough
Which shows he's a good natured
h1,,ff
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-03-18
THEODORE w. MOVES. al. Editor
The Evening Star New spaper Company

The Evening Star with the Sunday morn
ing edition. Is delivered 10y carrfnrs WITHIN
The city at 60 cents per month daily only
rs cents per month: Sunday Only. 20 .erfs
per month Orders may re sent Ivy mail or
Telephone Main 1000. Collection is MADE by
barrier at the end of each month.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-03-18

Blue laws fall under suspicion.
Where they are concerned q large
humber os people invariably prove
eolor blind.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-03-18
Rate hv NaiI-Pavahle in Advance.
MARYLAND and Virginia.
All ntbar StafaS aud Canada.

Daily and Sunday l VI. s." 90; mo. ST o.
sunday only 1911 yr $500: ! mo-. 35o
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-03-18

A man assumes manner kind
Which masks a cruelty refined.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-03-18

will fall into the hands and appeal to
the inclinations of those who have it
in their power to give.
X X X
And then there is our National Gal
lery of Art, still unhoused, still with
out visible form. Congress has set
aside a site and private interest has
provided a plan. A second site has
been offered by Mrs. Henderson, and
still the project waits. The richest
Nation in the world apparently has no
interest in art, no recognition of it's
value as a national asset.
How strange, in contrast, is the at
titude of the countries of the Old
World! Germany when bankrupt
Russia when torn by revolution were
willing to part with every other pos
session, but chung to their art treas
ures. In an interview reported by
Lincoln Eyre in a recent issue of the
New York Times Magazine, DIR. Bode,
the great art authority in Germany.
for many years director of the Berlin
Art Museum, is quoted as having said:
1.-THE German ministry of the interior
took the Neutrality-suspicious. too
late to safeguard many valuable
private collections-by appointing a
commission of art experts to make a
, list Of works. the sale of which would
mean an irreparable loss to the nation.
This list comprises 900 worlas-paint-
ings, sculpture, valuable specimens of
the arts and crafts as we'll as objects
of purely national and historical sig
nif1cance. Referring to the migration
of great works Of art from Europe to
America, he remarked: This is the
greatest transportation Of art works
the world has known since the Roman
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-03-18

@. Is there any substance that can
not be frozen?-B. l..
A. Helium has never been frozen.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-05-21
Maurice Lake
Plans To Build
New Building 4Sx100 to
House Both Market
and Restaurant.
OF Brick And ConcreteI
Well Known Market Man
Provides for Business Ex-
pansiOn and st. Improve
ment--Green Has Contract

In keeping with the growth of
business institutions in Pleasant
Vile, The Quality Fish Market,
Maurice Lake proprietor, has star
ted work on a new structure ad-
joining his present market at IA
20 North Main street. John j.
Green is the contractor.
TIE new building will be 48x100
it., with a nine feet concrete drive
running along the northern side
from Shore road to Madison ave.
It. w2s
crete block sides. There will be
a fruit store 3Ox100 in the section
adjoining the present market and
a restaurant 18x100 in the north
side of the structure.
The restaurant will have coun-
ter with stools and table service.
Regular dinners and quick lunch
will be featured, highest quality
at moderate prices" being a fea-
ture. The present market will be
used as now for fish, vegetables,
etc. The plans were drawn by A.
F. Amodio. A large house, once
a landmark on the Shore road,
has been moved to the rear end
of the lot to face another street.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-05-21
Leo Hewlett Has
Beautiful Store
Hardware Merchant
Has Establishment of
Credit to Mainland

Leo Hewlett has completed in
the city of Absecon a hardware
store which is of great credit to
the entire Mainland. The build
ing is new and modern in every
respect, constructed of brick and
concrete. The display windows
are spacious and lighted with the
indirect method, which makes
them most attractive. The light
ing arrangement throughout the
store is most effective, while the
arrangement of display cases and
shelves is the most recent in eff
cient store management. The
store Is without a counter. Pat
rons are able to move freely about
and to examine stocks of china
and hardware items at will. All
items desired in a hardware store
are to be found here, ranging
from household utensils of every
description to heavy hardware
paint and q rmimrfenfenrs
The color scheme of the store
is soft brown. 1t is of great cred
it to the enterprise and foresight
edness of it's progressive propri
etOr.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-05-21
Reduction In Rates For Gas And
Service Charges To Be Removed
Quality md Service of Gas Will Also Be Improved-Important Announcement for
All Cities on the Mainland Made at Conference of Officials

Mayor Charles E. Jackson stat
ed this morning that at a confer
ence between Carlton Geist, pres
ident of the Pleasantville Gas
Company, and the mayors and Off
Gals of the cities of the Main-
land, Mr.. Geist announced that the
rate charged for gas would be re-
duced and the service charge of
Is cents per month would be TAX
en- off.
This will mean a saving of at
least SO per year to every user of
gas. The present rate of 50 per
thousand feet will also be lower
ed, which means an additional
saving.
The change in rate will apply to
Absecon, Pleasantville, Mortified,
Linwood and Somers Point. Also
all other points on the Mainland
reached by the gas mains.
Mayor Jackson explained that
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-05-21

Petitions of candidates filed
with Nehemiah Andrews, city
clerk, show a Republican ticket
with contests for the Office of
mayor and for councilman from
the First Ward. The contest in
the primaries for mayor is be-
tween Charles E.. Jackson, the
present incumbent, and Thomas
F. Crawford, former mayor, a
well known druggist, with a sub
stantial following. The contest
in the first ward for councilman
is between Edward T. Stephen
son, the present councilman, and
Walter R. Thoms, the we'll known
florist of Washington avenue.
The only petitions filed by the
Democrats, aside from those COW
ering committeeman, was for
councilman and justice of the
peace from the Second Ward.
Charles w. Mathis, of 507 South
Main street, was named for Coun-
Gil, and Charles De Hart for JUS
tice of the peace.
A feature OF the petitions was
one filed for Mortimer Ware for
tax assessor from the First Ward.
Reuben E. Adams, who has been
occaccor from this ward for a
number of years, declined to
again be a candidate and the
friends of Mortimer Ware induced
him to accept the nomination.