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The Sesuuicentennial.

Philadelphia. which has a corner on
iaration of Independence, yesterda V
dedicated and opened a second show
designed to commemorate that his
toric event. To many people it is a
repetition within their memory. for
there are still numerous "survivors'
of the Centennial of 1876, and doubt
less most Of those will seek to attend
this observance of century and a
half of American freedom. To the
newer generation a worlds fair" of
historic significance will be largely an
occasion for pleasurable visit to an
always interesting city.
Eleven years have elapsed since the
San Francisco exposition which mark.
ed the piercing of the isthmus by a
waterway Despite the World War,
then in progress. II was a success.
Since then much has happened to di-
vert attention away from such great
gatherings of exhibits of mechanical
scientific advance. The war itself
into which the United States entered a
few months after the san Francisco
fair closed it's gates, gave the people
of this country much to think about
and much to do in reconstruction. 1t
may he that national appetite for these
great shows has been whetted by the
more than a decade of abstinence.
Comparisons between the Centennial
Of 1876 and the Sesquicentennial Of
1926 will be inevita BILE. and the present
exposition will necessarily suffer some.
what in consequence. The former oc.
Cured at a time when mechanical
and scientific advances were notable.
But the "marvels'' Of that time are
the commonplaces Of today. Greater
things in the way of exposition setting
have been accomplished since the Gen.
tennial closed. Chicago. Buffalo. St.
Louis, San Francisco, not to mention
half a dozen others, have established
new marks in splendor and novelty.
Ingenuity and resource are severely
taxed to exceed them.
There Is a SAVIOR of repetition about
the Sesquicentennial which will un-
douhGedly handicap it somewhat. Yet
tAe- date Is significant and worthy OF
Evening star., 1926-06-01
A Speedy Trip.

John GOldstrom is now speeding
across Asia in his attempt to break
the globe-circling record held by John
Henry Mears of approximately thirty.
five days Goldstrom, leaving New
York on May 10 by fast liner to
Plymouth and going from there to
Berlin and Moscow by airplane, Is
ahead of schedule and hopes to com.
plete the circuit in thirty.one days or
less. The entire success of his trip
hinges on his ability to catch the
President Madison, which leaves
Yokohama on June for the United
States. According to present calcula.
tions he should arrive in Manchuria
with four days to make the jump to
Yokohama.
Goldstrom's trip is an interesting
feature Of modern transportation,
which, with the addition Of the air
plane. has taken long strides in the
past few years. Every facility. Of
course. is being offered to the world
racer by the various governments,
but If any one cared to make the
arduous trip In the shortest possible
Evening star., 1926-06-01
Critics of Coolidge's Order
Say Confusion Will Result

cal officers as Federal agents may or
may not be found practical. But it
is both legal and logical. BY the same
token the eighteenth amendment may
represent unWiSdOm, but il is in the
Constitution" a position even more
favorable to the President action is
taken by the Rochester Times-Cnion
independently. with the assertion that
lit is probably desirable that State
administrative machinery should bear
a greater part of the burden involved
than it does at the present time, even
under the usual State enforcement
acts"
Strangely enough" remarks the
Burlington Free Press (Republicanl.
this commendable move has made
the wet politicians more unhappy than
when they claimed the law was not
being enforced. 1t is hard to satisfy
some people" So also the Lincoln
State Journal independent Republi-
cam. The wet brethren act as If
they feared the law which they say
cannot be enforced were in danger of
being enforced And the Des Moines
Register independent Republican,
AYERS that the order "at least has
served to bring into the bright light
the real desires and purposes of the
campaigning vets"
among various comments on the
question of State rights and divided
authority are the following: Divided
authority may easily result in weak
ening a police department'-Ok
City Times DemocraU. mo assur-
ance against carpetbagging across
State lines can obscure the fact that
it contemplates precisely that division
of service Eagle Gnde-
pendent Democratic). 1t Is a question
of setting a precedent which in the
end must leave the States PROSTATE
and helplesS''-AkrOn Beacon Journal
Republican). He has asked the
States to take more responsibility on
themselves; his order goes contrart-
wise to his advice'-Waterloo Tribune
Gndependent) There is increased
conviction among a majority almost
everywhere that it is time to set the
currents backward so far as prac-
ticable toward a reassertion of the
doctrine of State Sovereignty"-Hart-
ford Times independent Democratic,.
Evening star., 1926-06-01

| What we do not know about roses
| would fill many large volumes of the
size Of the annual publication of the
American Rose Society
Yet In the past three years we have
| learned one or two facts about this
queen of flowers which we are anx-
ious to pass on to those who do not
| know as much as we do.
We want to prevent the newcomer
to the field from experiencing disap-
pointment In one Of the most enter
tanning branches Of home gardening.
Every one loves the rose. 1t is the
universal flower. known and appre-
| ciated the world over, from the oldest
countries to the youngest, from the
long cultivated gardens of England
and France to the still more ancient
ones Oh China.
The beauty Of the rose has become
an expression for comparing the
beauty Of women. When we wish to
tell how soft a baby's skin is. we find
no simile SO good as that of the
rose petal
With this delicacy and rare lowell
ness the rose combines such sturdy
utility that it deserves a place in
every home garden, however small.
There Is no more common failure
In the garden, however, than with
the rose
Why Is this?
X X
Roses right are roses delightful,
but roses poorly grown are like unto
the famous little girl with a curl
right In the middle of her forehead.
When they are good .hey are very.
very good. but when they are bad they
are distinctly disturbing.
Rosebushes that produce a few
pinched-looking blooms, or bring forth
blossoms with scrubby looking outer
petals, roses that do not open up their
buds properly, are not the sort we
want.
with them. then the precious space
given over to them had better be de-
voted to the Zinnia. the marigold or
some other sure fire" flower.
The primary reason for failure with
roses is the inability of amateur grow.
ers to take advice. Put still more
bluntly, many an amateur thinks he
knows it all. to begin with. therefore
he will not heed words of warning.
Lack Of gardening with brains"
therefore. must be set down as the
primary reason of failure with roses.
for ii is distinctly understood that we
IeRdIu poorly producing DuSn as Il
failure.
TO have high expectations. and not
to have them realized, is to fail with
roses: for anything short of real
beauty in roses Is. just to the extent
that II falls short of floral perfection,
failure to get out Of them the pleas
ure and inspiration that Is in them.
horticulture is the oldest science
and art in the world II was only
when man settled down to grow
things" that he began to make homes.
and out Of home making have come
most if not all the real benefits Of
civilization.
Each newcomer to the earth. how
ever. has to learn for himself some
thing about this science and art. Be
cause II is so old does not mean that
you and !. gentle reader can know
ii without applying ourselves to it's
study.
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time without such aids he could prob
ably come close to the speed of Gold
strom. Airplane lines connect prac-
tically all Of the principal cities Of Eu-
rope. while fast trains and boats fill
in the gaps when planes are not avail
able.
Whatever record Goldstrom sue
ceeds in setting will seem slow in fifty
years time. The airplane will have
then come into it's own and a months
round.the-world trip by air will be
merely a little jaunt for Summer
vacation. Distance is being ami
hilated so rapidly that 1t takes trip
like Goldstrom's to awaken the world
to the wonderful developments of mod
ern science.
Evening star., 1926-06-01
fee of insurance within the Royal E>
change, London"

| fee of insurance within the Royal Ex-
change, London"
Q. Why do we say that man n
dyed in the WOOL in his political or
religious faith?-G. +. NJ.
A. Dyeing WoolenS is done in three
ways-in the wool, in the thread after
, it is spun. or in the piece after it is
| woven. To say that q man is dyed in
the WOOL" Therefore, means that he ac-
quired the "color" of his faith or be-
lief in the first or fundamental way.
@. What is the wild flower known
as broom?-G. V.
A. Scotch broom is a Towering
shrub or bush with bright yellow
bloom.
@. How is the water mark put into
paper?-E. b. T.
A. When the pulp is ready to be
made into paper it Is poured out upon
an endless cloth made of fine brass
wire. This cloth travels constantly IN
one direction by, means of rollers ana
is given at the same time sort OF
vibratory motion, TO cause the paper
fiberS to become more closely felted
together. On the wire cloth web are
woven words or designs in wire that
These words or designs are trans
ferred to the paper, making what are
called water marks.
@. Which Is harder TO reach, the
North Or South Pole?-J. a.
a. 1t is difficult TO say whether the
North or South Pole is the more difti-
cult of access, since similar condi-
tions are to be met with in both cases.
The south polar region is swept by
violent and prolonged bliZzards. and
the coasts are difficult of access, being
fringed by oceanic ice caps and pro-
jecting glaciers.
The dns1cers to questions printed
here each day are specimens ptCkff
from the mass of inquiries handled by
the great Information bureau main
tanned bD The Erenin0 Star in Wash
in gton. u. c. This rGludbie SerUice ts
for the free use Of the public. Ask
any question of fact yoW may 1cdn' to
knoU and you aCW get an immediate
reply. Write plainly. inclose cents
| in stamps for return postage and dd-
| dress The EreninO Star Information
Bureau, Frederic j. Hdskin, director,
| W'o-shin 0tOn u. G.
Evening star., 1926-06-01
Nursery Relics for Ford.

From the Allentown Morning Call.
Henry Ford, who has been buying
relics of all kinds up New England
way, now possesses three corner
stones in the schoolhouse at Sterling.
Mass, attended by Mary Sawyer. the
child concerning whom the poem
Mary Had Little Lamb" was writ
ten.
The schoolhouse now is in dilapi-
dated condition, but all Ford's agent
wanted was the corner stones for
which he was willing to pay IS, which
appeared a goodly price for few old
building blocks.
While Mr.. Ford is making such
collection it would he interesting to
have him locate and buy the "house
that Jack built" the tuffet on which
the timid Miss Muffet sat when the
great big spider sat down beside
her. the stile which the little
pig would not cross until the whole
procession OF animate and inanimate
things had gotten started into action
like train, and host of other in
teresting objects dear to all who learn
ed the most famous rhyme Of all. that
Of the nursery.
Evening star., 1926-06-01
Fort Foote.

The War Department will offer
Fort Foote for sale again. Sale of
the fort was authorized in 1923 and
the property was appraised at c.498.
There was strong protest. and the
Secretary of War withdrew the prop
erty from sale before the bids were
opened in order that Congress SHOULD
have the opportunity to reconsider it's
decision. The War Department an.
nounces that it will offer the fort
ing on the theory that the military
reservation is not to be Incorporated
in the park system of the District of
Columbia
War defenses of Washington and oc-
cupies a bluff and plateau on the
Maryland side Of the Potomac about
Ave miles below Hains Point. If the
Civil War forts of Washington are
to be reserved by the government
Fort Foote should not be sold. There
is as strong reason for saving this
fort as for saving Forts Washington
and Hunt.
General Barnard engineer in charge
of the defenses of Washington in his
report for 1865. wrote that Fort
Foote was built for the purpose of
defending. in connection with Battery
Rodgers below Alexandria. the water
approach to Washington. He said:
1T commands the channel as far as
Fort Washington, three miles below
The river front Of the fort is SIS feet
long. The rear of the fort is
parallel to the water front and
Fashioned and armed with field and
siege guns for land defense. The
parapets. which are exposed to naval
attack. are from twenty to twenty.
Ave feet thick. The armament of the
water-faces is arranged in sections
of two guns each. with intervening
traverses rising seven. feet above the
crest and having a thickness at the
top Of twelve feet
The building of the fort was be-
gun soon after the beginning of the
CIVIL War and was finished in 1868. A
garrison was kept there until the
mid seventies. and after that it was
left in charge of a succession of fort
keepers. Probably the first of these
was Ordnance Sergeant Rowley.
whose grave Is in the post cemetery
and Is marked wS74." One of the
old keepers was Sergeant Van Dusen.
He was a retired sergeant of artillery.
was on duty at Fortress Monroe when
Jefferson Davis was taken there
prisoner and was sergeant Of the
guard which was set over him. When
Sergeant Van Dusen died, which was
close on twenty years ago. he was
succeeded by the widow of Ordnance
Sergeant Tucker, and she was given
publicity as the only
woman fort keeper in the United
States. Before the World War the
fort reservation was used by Engi-
neers from Washington Barracks for
training and during the World War
troops were trained there.
Evening star., 1926-06-01
The Will to Peace.

In his Memorial day address at Ar
ltngton Yesterday. at the graves OF
men who fought and perished in one
of the greatest wars of all history
President Coolidge made peace his
theme. And il was fitting that he
should do SO. The men who struggled
In the desperate conflict between the
States. whether they wore the blue or
were clad in gray, did not march to
battle in any lust for martial glory,
The men of the North and of the
South were inspired by the belief that
they were doing that which was best
calculated to achieve and cherish a
just and lasting peace among them
selves, and with all nations" And in
proof that they were not warriors
from choice or inclination, when the
descending curtain at AppomattoX
brought the tragedy to an end, the
hosts OF Grant and of Lee rejoicingly
put aside their arms and melted into
the body of peaceful citizenry.
There was a will to peace" in
America in 1865, and though twice
since then the Nation has been called
to arms as a last resort to adjust
grievances no longer tolerable. the
American people still are lovers of
peace and haters of war. and stand
ready at all times TO cooperate with
all other peoples who are sincerely
5Ar,t- %
war and tightening the burdens Of
ornaments. In emphasizing that this
Is true, the President cited the sue.
cessful Washington conference for
the limitation of naval armaments,
and then turned TO a discussion of the
preliminary arms conference now sit
ting at Geneva under call of the
League of Nations.
With full and sympathetic under
standing of the many difficulties
against which Europe must contend
and which do not veX America, the
President still is optimistic that where
will he discovered, and he pledged
that this country will do all ii can
wisely and helpfully do to assist other
countries which are less fortunate in
their circumstances. He believes the
League of Nations can be made USE
full in helping to solve problems which
are peculiarly European, and that the
Court of International Justice at The
Hague can be of inestimable value to
all peoples who seek peace and are
content to abide within the law
Evening star., 1926-06-01
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN.

q. What are the most famous mill
tary bands in England?-C NJ
A. Probably the Grenadier Guards
Band and the Coldstream Guards
Band.
Q. How many immigrants were ad-
mitted to this country during the last
six months of 1925?-R. H. A.
A. During the six months ended
December 81. 1925. 243.961 aliens were
admitted to the United States OF this
number 1886, or Sc per cent, enter
ed the country at the port of New
York; 1873, or 81 per cent, at the
border-land ports, and 30,482, or 13
per cent, at the other ports.
q. How many colleges and normal
schools train teachers?-L. g.
A. In 1923 there were 382 institu-
tions engaged in training teachers,
having an enrolment of 418.533.
Q. When was the tangerine intro
duced into America?-R. r.
A. 1t was introduced into the
United States from India in 1888. 1t
was produced in America from the
mandarin orange.
Q. Which was the last letter added
to our alphabet?-C. l.. G.
A. The letter j. 1t was distin-
guished from 1 by the Dutch scholars
in the sixteenth century and intro
duced into the alphabet by Giles Beys,
printer of Paris, in 1850
Q. What does the word fake" mean
in connection with the coiling of Il
rope?-C. d.
A. One complete circle of rope in
coil. A number of such turns make
a tier. or sheave, and several tiers.
superimpOSed, IL coil. Ito fake line"
is to coil it down carefully, in opposi-
ton to coil" which is to perform the
work loosely or hastily.
Q. When was insurance first en-
ployed?-H. T. b.
A. The origin of insurance is un-
known. Suetonius ascribes it to the
Emperor Claudius in AID. 43. Marine
insurance was in use at the beginning
Of the fifteenth century. In 1874 Rob
ert Chandler. under q patent granted
him by Queen Elizabeth, established a
chamber of insurance in London. The
earliest life policy of which particu-
lars have been preserved was issued
on the 18th of June, 1888. at the ''of-
Evening star., 1926-06-01

Neither the prayers of the funda.
mentallsts nor the scientific explosions
of the modernists have produced any
reliable method of making rain. Very
few abstract arguments have proved
rewardtng in tangible results. In the
meantime the humble peasant remains
willing to revere either the medicine
man or the meteorologist if a cloud
happens along to relieve a drought.
All that the wisdom of the plain peo,
Pile" tsalutations to Uncle Joel dc.
mands is Results. The question of
credit is. after all. minor considera
ton.
Evening star., 1926-06-01
S1 ~

War is a fierce game. Europe has
arrived at the twoo clock in the morn.
ing stage, when it will be necessary
to borrow more chips or else come to
already out
Evening star., 1926-06-01
Reasonable Inquiry.

What are you going to investigate
next?"
"Evolution,' answered Senator Sor-
ghum. There has been so much dis
cussion Of the subject it's time people
got chance to know what they're
talking about"
Evening star., 1926-06-01
Working Our Literature.

From the Butte Daily Post.
Who says this generation isn't
thorough? First we read a story in
the magazine, then we read 1t In book
form, then we seek it in the movies,
ing about Il.
Evening star., 1926-06-01
Juvenile Crimes.

Four youths and a woman have just
been arrested in this city accused OF
the robbery four months ago of an ex
press company's messenger of $500
The male members of this gang range
In age from fifteen to nineteen years
The woman is thirty.one years of age
This case Is an Illustration of the pres
ent tendency in crime in this country
The ma jority of the criminals in the
large cities are young. In many cases
mere schoolboys are implicated. Some
of them have been professional. or at
least habitual, criminals for several
years. They organize gangs and work
often under the direction of older per
sons who. as n rule, keep in the back
ground and are only rarely caught.
Reformatory sentences are custom.
airy in cases Of Juvenile delinquency.
But 1t may be questioned whether
the present urgent need of deterrent
penalties. 1t is. of course, desirable to
check criminal career and reform
a youth who il starting out on that
line to earn his living. But reform is
problematical. Only small percentage
of the inmates of penal institutions,
whatever their style or designation,
relinquish their crooked ways upon re.
gaining liberty.
1t has been said recently that the
schools of this country have failed in
large degree in their function of proper
education in view of the large per
centage of young people, some Of them
still in school, who adopt criminal
courses for a livelihood. Probably not
one of the four lads just arrested in
this case is at present attending
school. But quite as probably all of
them have lately been under educa.
tlonal guidance. If so, they failed to
learn the fundamental lesson of honest
behavior. Should not the schools stress
more definitely and effectively that les.
son and the penalties for misconducto
Evening star., 1926-06-01

When James, Whitcomb Riley wrote
Knee Deep in June" he must have
been unaware of the present possibili.
ties Of prolonging the SNOWFALL sea,
son into early Summer.
Evening star., 1926-06-01

German movie managers seek to
prevent stars from marrying The
value of divorce as source of pub.
licity is evidently regarded as having
been exhausted
Evening star., 1926-06-01

Portugal is to have a new govern.
ment. The fact serves as an impor.
tant and interesting reminder that
Portugal is entitled to considerable
as one of the numerous nations en-.
gagged in making history.
Evening star., 1926-06-01
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON
Fundamentals and MOdernis

Fundamentalist and MOdernist.
The merit that you can display
AS YOU your life pursue
Depends, in candor | should say.
On this: What Can You Do?
Yet Alteration brings a task
Which makes the thoughtful grieve
What Dogmatists now sternly ask
Is What Do You Believer"
Evening star., 1926-06-01

AS a thoroughly respectable bust
ness the bathtub trust may vet feel
called upon to restrict shipment of
supplies to certain New York show
men.
Evening star., 1926-06-01
Member of fine Associated Press.

The Associated Press is exclusively ertttlcd
70 the use for rrnII'lication &, ( all rnWs dis
patches credited to il or not otherwise cred
tied in this paper and also tho local ncws
published herein. All rights of publication
OF special dispatches herein also reserved.
Evening star., 1926-06-01
BeyOnd Summons.

From the Springfield Daily News
Prolonged fasting may be an aid to
health, but most of those who have
tried it cannot testify.
Evening star., 1926-06-01

Chinese politics refuses to be in.
fuenced by foreign entanglements
Every tong has it's Headquarters
back in the old home country,
Evening star., 1926-06-01

The French franc has reached a
status which calls for consideration of
the question whether the scrap Of
paper is to have Il better defined
status in finance than it has some
times had in diplomacy.
-- S-A1e-S
A Crown Prince is showered with
so many hospitalities that his position
becomes one Of serious responsibility
involving considerations of tact and
endurance. There are no true sine
cures.
1t must be conceded that Washing
ton. ID. c., produces more brilliant and
charming weddings than any other
city on earth.
Evening star., 1926-06-01
A Paradox.

From the Wall Street Journal
Paradoxically, textile manufacturers
might make more Il they made lesA
Evening star., 1926-06-01
Drivers and Debt.

From the Christian Science Monitor.
Many careful driver has to exer-
else additional care not to run into
debt.
Evening star., 1926-06-01
The Evening Star Newspaper Company

The Evening star. with the SUNDAY morn
ms edition. is delivered by carriers within
the city at so cents pcr month. daily only
IS cents per month Sunday only. 20 cents
per month. Orders may be sent by mail or
telephone Main 5000 COLLECTION is made b.,
carrier 1T the end of each month.
Evening star., 1926-06-01

The tenor hath lovely tone.
His larynx. simple truth to tell,
Is like a perfect saXophone
On which he plays exceeding well.