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Evening star., 1926-02-17
Playground Opening.

Ihere Is pleasant touch of Spring
III an announcement by the play
ground supervisor that twenty five
municipal and twelve public school
Fairgrounds will be opened March l.
Ten of the school Fairgrounds are
those which We're kept open through
December Two municipal play
grounds recently acquired by the Ma
tional Capital Park Commission will
be opened July l If Congress makes
the required appropriation. That
seems far in the future, but marks an
advance in playground expansion.
Washington has followed a long
trail and met much delay and dis
couragement in securing public play
grounds, but devotion to the idea is
bringing the desired result. 1t was
not easy at first to convert a large
number Of persons to the theory that
it is a duty of the city to provide
public play spaces for children. Many
old Washingtonians found it hard to
get away from the remembrance that
they were children. Men remembered
that as boys they found many COM
mons and vacant lots in the city.
There was plenty of play space in the
suburbs. To get to the country from
the center of the city was an easy
walk for a ten-year-old boy. Brooks
in which boys would wade and swim
flowed through many valleys, and
there We're hills to climb. There We're
large tracts Of woodland which held
Indians. bandits. hermits and bears
dwelt. in the imagination Of the
youngsters. There were alleys in the
city in which boys played their games
without interruption by traffic. There
were miles of quiet streets along
which a cart or wagon came now and
then.
A few squares north or south Of the
Avenue the homes had gardens where
children could play. There have been
great changes. Many apart
ment houses have taken the place of
the woods where the Indians, bandits
and bears lived. Steam shovels have
cut down the hills and rows of houses
stand where the hills were. Most of
the brooks now run through sewers,
and the few streams left are shallow
and tainted. The auto has made the
streets so dangerous that children
gardens are few. and grass has be-
come so precious that it Is against the
rule for children to play in a garden.
A garden" or "the lawn" used to be
merely the yard" and children could
have good time there. There is lit
tie thought of playing In the alleys.
There IS more going and coming of
vehicles in many an alley than there
was on Pennsylvania avenue when
many spectacled readers of The Star
We're -ollicking boys.
Children have multiplied. 1t becomes
urgent that in addition to school
houses they should have Fairgrounds.
There is no way to enforce prohibition
pay ny LNSH !
the sternest statesmen should write
terrific statutes against all forms of
ball, tag, hopscotch. hoops, marbles
and the like the children would f1aunt
them. AS long as there are children,
and as long as children will play, it is
public duty to furnish them with
public Fairgrounds.
Evening star., 1926-02-17
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

Booklovers stand in need of the
warning issued by Lord Chest sterfield
to his son in 1850. When You re-
turn here" he said, Il am apt to
think that you will find something
better to do than to run to Mr. Os-
borne's at Grays Inn, to pick up
scarce books.
Buy good books and read them;
the best books are the commonest
and the last editions are always the
best, II the editors are not block
heads, for they may profit Of the
former" so he continued
But take care not to understand
editions and title pages too well. 1t
always smells of pedantry and not
always of learning. What curious
books | have-they are, indeed but
feW-shall be at your service / have
some of the Oid Collana and the
Macchiavel of 1900. Beware OF the
Bibliomanie"
1t will be seen that Chesterfield
was not Il bisot on the subject. lie
had a few good old ones himself, but
put no particular store by them. Be
cause a book was musty was no
recommendation TO him.
lie had what one may choose to
call healthy disrespect for old
clean and new. Perhaps the world
Will be forever divided upon this par.
ucular point, as it is on so many
others.
Collectors always have a place in
the world whether of books. china,
furniture, stamps, or what have you?
one who gets the old furniture
bug, for instance, likes to stock his
nome With antiques. His living room
presents all the appearance of a curio
snop. he even goes to the extreme
OF placing spinning wheels in a 1926
home.
TO such a collector an old spool
Ded Is thing of extreme beauty
The fancicr OF the modern however.
is rather repealed by the old piece. and
prefers a bright new bedStcad. whether
Of wood or metal.
Just as the one feels comfortable in
the presence of antiques, the other
Inds himself rather shrinking from
lhem. The latter can imagine all sorts
of germs in the fossil, and wonders
how the former dareS to go 10 sleep
upon it
In the world Of books this same
division OF opinion holds good. al
though with some notifications: for
.,
basiCally
The bibliomaniac, however, goes off
At tangent. and while holding true
in his love for books in general CON
centrateS his affection upon particular
volumes in inverse ratio TO their new
ness.
Let a book he thoroughly old. he
finds ii interesting
The question, therefore, in the
minds of others. is whether or not he
is so much interested in books as in
antiquity
Certainly things OF other days exer.
else tremendous fascination upon
the mass of mankind. as witness the
world wide interest in the tomb of Tut
ankh- Amer Even the mind of the
most obtuse person is thrilled at the
thought of 50 much pure essence of
time. miraCulOusly preserved for the
nhEsical sight of these latter genera
tionS.
So men delve into deserts. forests.
lost cities, with the supreme hope of
Inding real antiques. beside which
even the Oldest volume is 4 mere babe
in arms
The lover of old books has his place.
we generously admit; Mr.. Newton and
Evening star., 1926-02-17
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHHANDER JOHNSON
Dashing On.

Dashing On.
Now, isn't Existence a dashing affair,
You dash off q poem in phrases so
rare;
And, maybe, when out in your auto
mobile,
You turn sharp corner and dash
off a wheel.
But, hang the expense! AS you pay
for the wreck
You draw out your pen and you dash
off a check
The pace is so rapid, there's no room
for care.
Now, isn't Existence a dashing affair,
Evening star., 1926-02-17

nation Of hops, skips and jumps that
characterizes the fox trot.
So long as ''jazzmania" prevails the
more vigorous and muscle-testing style
or dancing will be in vogue, whatever
congresses" may vote. The waltz
does not lend itself well to the social.
ed Jazz music. 1t requires a smooth
ness of rhythm which is absent from
the eccentric accentuation of the
prevalent mode of harmonizing.
Spread Of the waltz or a waltz-form
dance would be probably a symptom
rather than the cause of a change of
mood on the part of the dancing pub
lie in this country
Evening star., 1926-02-17
The Change-of Date Amendment.
photograph

The overwhelming vote, IS to ..
whereby the Senate on Monday adopt
ed a joint resolution changing the
date of the inauguration and
otherwise revising the national calen-
dar, does not necessarily indicate that
this measure will have an easy
passage through the House. For the
Change of date" proposition, as it is
now formulated, entails a considerable
reduction Of the terms of all members
Of a certain Congress, whereas there
IS objection on the part of many mem
bers of the House to the plan to elimi-
nate the short session altogether.
Under the Norris amendment, as it
Is called after its proponent in the
Senate, the terms of the President
and Vice President in office at the
time it takes effect shall end at noon
on the third Monday in January in
stead of the fourth of March, and the
terms of Senators and Representatives
then in Office shall end on the first
Monday in January and those of their
ouCCeSSOlS SIleLl tItll DtSlll- IL III u
vides further that Congress shall as
semble at least once in every year
meeting on the first Monday in JAN
uary, unless it should by law appoint
a different day.
Under this procedure the outgoing
Congress may continue to sit as a
board of canvassers for the electoral
vote. This would entail session of
the outgoing Congress at some time
between election day and the first of
January. Congress may determine
the time of choosing the electors and
the day on which they shall give their
votes. That is a specification by the
Constitution. Under Article XII. OF
the first group Of amendments adopt.
Evening star., 1926-02-17
President by ''Talkirs Back
Opens Up Lively Discussion

a White House statement attribut-
ing recent criticisms of the President
in Congress to politics and the ap-
proach of the 1926 congressional cam
paign caused q furry of editorial
condemnation and approval.
For the President to make such a
charge" declares the Little Rock Ar
kansas Democrat Democratfc), is
again to exemplify the old saw of the
pots uncomplimentary remarks about
the kettles brunette complexion The
Republican Columbus Ohio State Jour
nal also remarks: 1T seems to us that
the Democrats in Congress and else
where have fully as much right 70
criticize and attack and play politics
as the Republicans have. If they don I
stick to the literal truth. that fact soon
will appear 1t is possible that some
of the things they say will make Tor
the Improvement of the status quo and
the general walfare. Anyway, they
can't be stopped"
But the Topeka state Journal Gnde-
pendent Republican, insists that the
President was mot talking politics: he
was telling the truth" and that were
it not for hope of the political effect on
voters. few speeches would he made in
Congress- From the Fort Worth
acknowledgement independent Demo
CratlCl, too. comes the statement
president Coolidge told the truth. He
didn't include himself, probably, be-
cause he has said little. He evidently
means to get the idea over that he
isn't going to say any more
x X x
The Christian Science Monitor Gnde-
pendenD credits the President with a
non-partisan purpose when it states
that even the SevereSt critics Of the
President have refrained from imput-
ing to him n selfish disregard for the
welfare of the country in an effort to
intrench himself or his party in popu-
lar favor
In its summary of the situation,
the Wichita Beacon independent Re
publican) says: THE country now is
witnessing the biennial skirmishing
of political armies. This is the year
when congressional elections fill the
off-year vacuity of politics, and, as
usual. the party in power is being
Evening star., 1926-02-17

All that is needed for more auto
matte traffic lights is sufficient money
restore the ancient grandeurs OF
Rome. A large imagination and a
small purse have never provided a
comfortable companionship.
Evening star., 1926-02-17

1t Is an unfortunate fact that the
New Year resolutions in many in
stances are forgotten before the
Christmas bills are paid.
Evening star., 1926-02-17

The Riffs are primitive, but they
succeed by fearless determination in
prolonging the argument with highly
civilized antagonists. There is tempera-
ment in war, as well as in art
Evening star., 1926-02-17
Transmission of Thought.

"Why don't you make speech
that will echo down the corridors of
time?"
What care 1 for the corridors of
time?" answered Senator Sorghum.
"a statesman nowadays is lucky if
he can get ten minutes on the radio"
Evening star., 1926-02-17

The average governmental econo-
mist finds difficulty In making a saw
ing which fully compensates for the
expense of the incidental red tape.
Evening star., 1926-02-17

Sentiment is rapidly organizing in
resentment of the Importance Tia
Juana has hitherto enjoyed as a sport
ing suburb of the U. S. A.
Evening star., 1926-02-17

Immigration laws assert themselves
not only in matters of economic expe-
diency. but as very serious moral in
fuences.
Evening star., 1926-02-17

A system of traffic regulation that
will prevent motorists from facing
death on insecure bridges is in urgent
demand.
Evening star., 1926-02-17

Tia Juana made the mistake of it's
municipal life when it decided to
break out of the racing reports into
the police news.
Evening star., 1926-02-17
A Definition.

From the Omaha World Herald.
A Russian killed three physicians
who had failed to cure him. That
gives another meaning to xiii or
cure"
Evening star., 1926-02-17

Suzanne Is the tennis champion. At
least America will be permitted to
boast that Helen takes the better
photograph.
Evening star., 1926-02-17

From the Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph
The pies that mother used to make
seem even more wonderful when we
consider the dough that father used to
make.
Evening star., 1926-02-17
Rehnements of Vice.

heHnementS OF vice.
ANY bootleg ticker around here?'
Nope" answered Uncle Bill Bottle
top. "All the bootleggers have got
rich and are now wearin' patent
leather Shoes"
us heard bout a 'gentlemen's
agreement" said Uncle Eben, ''and
I has been wonderin' why religion
and science can't make some such
like arrangement
Evening star., 1926-02-17
Casual Observation.

Investigations bring
A state of mind intense
Yet seldom show a thing
That makes much difference.
Evening star., 1926-02-17
Artistic Enjoyment.

Artlstlc Enjoyment.
Did you enjoy the grand opera?"
VERY MUCH" answered Miss Cay
enne. Il was assured by a number
of people that my costume was the
handsomest in the entire auditorium"
Evening star., 1926-02-17
Overwhelming.

"a little nonsense, now and then,
Is relished by the best of men"
But too much nonsense. freely spoke,
Makes common sense look like a Joke.
Evening star., 1926-02-17

Jud Tunkins says it's all right to
forgive your enemies, but it's dan
gerous to forget 'em.
Evening star., 1926-02-17

Q. Can a minor secure a patent? p
T. II.
\. \ minor may secure a patent as
well as d person y Years old or more
Evening star., 1926-02-17

Q. What fats are used in the mama
facture OF butter substitutes a. !.
a. At the last report the fats used
were sesame oil, peanut oil. oleo oil.
neutral lard. butter cocoan oil, corn
oil, mustard oil and edible tallow.
Evening star., 1926-02-17


Kentucky has elected a Republican to
fill the vacancy caused by the retire
ment of former Representative John
w. Langley, who for so many years
represented that district in the House
A. j. Kirk won over j. c. Cantrell, the
Democratic nominee. For years this
has been a Republican district, and the
success of the Republican candidate
was fully expected here. President
Coolidge carried Kentucky in the ma
tional election in 1924, and Senator
Sackett, Republican, was a victor over
former Senator Stanley, Democrat, in
the same election. Mr.. Kinks success
may be considered in some quarters
an indication of continued Republican
success in the State, but it must be
borne in mind that in electing him
the Republicans have only run true to
form in that particular district. Ken
lucky is admittedly debatable State,
and usually Democratic. Senator
Ernst has a real contest on his hands
for reelection next November.
X x x
Representative w. A. Ayres of Kan
sas, one of the Sunf1ower States two
Democratic Representatives in the
House in the present Congress, has
announced that he will not be can
didate for the Senate against Senator
| Curtis. the Republican leader of the
Senate. Mr.. Ayres will, however, be a
| candidate to succeed himself in the
House. He had been urged by some
Of his Democratic friends in the State
to make the race for the Senate, and
made his announcement that he would
not do so after careful consideration.
Mr.. Ayres, upon the completion of his
present term, will have served 10
years in the House, longer period of
service than any other Democrat sent
to Congress by Kansas. He defeated
Chester I. Long in 1924. Mr.. Long
had served in both branches of Con-
gress, and had been president of the
American Bar Association. Although
J President Coolidge carried the eight
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-22

There aciH be no charge for alterations
Topcoats-at Proportionate Reductions
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-22
Dividend Reduced.

NEW YORK, July % UP.-P. Lor-
lizard Co. announced today it's inten-
ton of paying dividends on the COM
mon stock at the rate of per cent
in common stock instead of the pres
ent rate of II per cent, or So on the
$25 par value common, beginning DC.
tober 1. An official statement said
the company was in a strong finan-
cial condition. Wall Street remors
that officials of the company who are
large shareholders were selling the
stock were denied.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-22
Lull in Wool Market.

BOSTON. July % (SpeciaD.--A dis.
tinct lull was noticeable in the wool
market today. While mills are in the
market for choice woods when offered,
they are going slow. Some mills have
suspended negotiations for wool under
consideration at the time the light
weight goods were opened, a reflection
of the low basis and intense competi.
stion brought by Offering of new lines.
Some fine territory staple has sold
at $1.14a$1.15 and the movement of
quarterblood wool is continuing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-22
CAR LOADlNGS DROP.
Total Falls Below Million Mark
for Week in Review.

Loading of revenue freight dropped
below the million car mark for the
first time in eight weeks during the
week ended July 10, which included
the July holiday.
Total loadings were placed by the
American Railway Association today
at 900,977 cars, a decline of III, 647
from the preceding week and of S5,916
from the corresponding week last year,
during both of which there was no
holiday.
Miscellaneous freight loadings
amounted to 329,266, a drop of 70,756
from the preceding week; grain and
grain products, 43,72S, drop of 1921;
coal, 147.780. a decline of 24,933: mer.
chandise and less than carload lots,
226,367, a decrease of 39,S6l, and live.
stock, 25,S27
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FARM LABOR SUPPLY.
Maryland Estimator Finds Stu
alton Is Somewhat Easier Now.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, July 22.-The farm
labor supply in Maryland Is somewhat
easier than 1t was a while back, &C
cording to John s. Dennee, Federal
crop estimator for Maryland, who
bases his deductions on reports he re.
ceives direct from the farmers.
The ratio of farm labor supply to
demand on July was 90. against IS
on June 1 and 81, the July l average
for the past two years. But wages
being paid hired farm labor, says the
statistician, average at the present
time about per cent above the aver.
age of the past two years on July l.
Present wages average: BY the month,
with board, $36.12: by the month, with.
out board, 1929: by the day, with
board, $2.15; by the day, without
board. $2.S1.
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ALI Three-Piece Suits
Both Fashion Park and Mode

Excepting Only Full Dress, Tropcals and the Bradsrees
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-22

The "Iliad" and the odyssey" are
considered the greatest poems in the.
literature of the world.
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GERMAN BONDS AND STOCKS.
touoted in dollars per million marks,

II your house caught fire could you
say you haa been presented with en-
illuminated ADDRESS?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-22

Cancer is disease almost unknown
among uncivilized peoples.
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Suits that were
$500 and $4,000,
now
Suits that were
$500 and $4,000,
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Suits that were $500,
10000 and $65.OO, S go
now ........... TO
Suits that were $1,000,
$500 and $500, S. 100
now ............ Do
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-T top off,
All Straw Hats $50 Off

This includes all the Mode Straws the
Henry Heath Straws. Panamas Leghorns and
Balbuntas.
New Britain herald., 1926-06-16
PERMITS GRANTED FOR
 SlOO,OOO IN DWELLING
Building Boom Continues In Spite of Predictions To The
 Contrary.

Forecasts for an early termination of the building boom was severely jolted by the issuance of permits for work valued at more than $100,OO0 yesterday.
 Ballon & Christoff took permits for single family dwellings to be built at ', II, 2 and 33 Logan street and al 1$3 Mill street. each to coS- $7,400; o. s. Bennett was granted permits to build single family houses lon Pendleton and Stanley streets Lyle and Dover roads. each to have d garage building attached, The Lyle road building will cost SS,000, the Dover road house S10, ,500, the PendIeton street house, $7.0OO, and on Stanley street, there will be ono costing $7,000 and a second to cost SS,0Oo. Samuel Naples was granted permit for a three-family house on Brook street to cost $9.500 and C, F.. and c. l.. Carlson took a permit for a single family house at 3S Park Boulevard to cost $13,O00.
New Britain herald., 1926-06-16

! the city council for the establish i ment of a building line on Federal
 street between Maple and Summer streets. This matter was referred 10
 the street committee for investiga- ] tion and a report at a later meeting. ] sidewalk Program Deferred ! At council meeting held last | evening. the street committee re- ported that it would not be possible
 to lay sidewalks on Park. Muzzy and Divinity streets this year. but that the work would be taken care of on next years program.
 II was, however recommended that sidewalks be laid on Curtiss and Oakland streets.
 Fireworks This Evening There will be a display of set fireworks this evening at Lake Com bounce and all of the concessions will be open. Trolleys have starfet on the regular summer schedule SIarung at 9 a. m. and continuing until ll;10 o'clock each night
 Mrs. Sessions To Speak '''"iei't I.' N' ions gave an informal talk on her recent trIn through South America at a meeting oi the Women's Foreign Missionary society held at 8 o'clock this aftor- noon in the parlors Of the Prospect Methodist church. A social lime followed the address at which Mrs Walter E. Spicer acted as hostess Death Of IN1,.,,,a.
 The funeral or Mrs. Laura Russell King, wife Of William J. King of Shelton, was held this afternoon from her late home at o'clock with Ihierment in Riverside cemetery. Shelton.
 Mrs, King vas the daughter of Charles E. and Martha Russell of this city and prior to her marrjaee in October, 1920 had lived all of her life here. She was a graduate of the Federal Hill school and the high school and for several years was hooEkeeper at the store of C. A. Lane. She leaves, besides her hus- band and parents, one sister. Mrs. |. H. Wi,mot of Ansonia and a brother charles Chamberlain Of Bridgeport
 To Widen Battle Street
 Plans prepared hy City Engineer Ruoll for the widening of Battle street which runs from Perkins street 10 the Chippaneo Country club were discussed at the meeting of the city council last evening and accent ed. IL is planned to abandon the present highway and secure the necessary property from property owners and the work, which will be done by the public works depart mcnt when completed will eliminate entirely one right angle turn and considerably improve two other curves.