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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-06-22
THINK 1T OVER
There's Still q Chance
BY William Mat'.er Lewis,
PRO sident George Washington University

II wish 1 had lived in the good old
DAYS when America was being de-
veloped, when railroads were being
built and the telephone and auto
mobile and everything else was be-
ing invented. There's no chance to
do anything now"-so spoke a col
lege boy.
Has everything been done? A Brit
ish periodical under the title, whats
Wanted recently listed some untitled
needs. Here are a few of them: A
method of conveying speech directly
and readably to paper, Harvesting OF
the suns magnetic rays, a noiseless
airplane, instantaneous color photog-
raphy, and so on down a long list.
Has everything been done? Note the
unsolved traffic problem in our con-
gested city streets. We need motor
roller skates on which we will be
quickly transported from home to- Of
fee, and which we can hang on the
hook with our hats.
Has everything been done? One
hundred thousand people will die, from
cancer In America this year. Countless
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-06-22

sicians are located in cities and towns
Of 5000 or more population.
q. Are railroad cross-ties made OF
anything except wood?--R. s. M.
A. The Bureau OF Railway Eco
nomics says that there are various
kinds of substitutes for wooden cross
ties being tested daily. Steel and
other substitute ties are used In
Uganda and other parts Of Africa
where wooden ties cannot he used
on account of ants and other insects.
O. How long has sos been the
universal distress csll?-A. 3.
A. 1t replaced COD in 1911.
O. How does the number Of banks
comprising the Nav. York Clearing
House Association compare with last
year?-B. 3.
A. The number was reduced from
40 to Sc in the year ended September
80, 1925.
Q. Is pure iridium used for foun-
ia In pen points?-C. ~. 3.
A. The division Of mineral tech
nology Of the Bureau of Mines ssys
that pure iridium. as far ~ IT knows.
/ Is not used on fountain pen tips The
sxact percentage used IL trade
secret with individual ma nufs cturers;
some may claim to use very high
percentage. However, IL is mostly
used as an alloy. II is employed in
combination with platinum and pal
ladium.
O. How and how soon does sun
spot affect the earth?-E. ID. A.
A The Naval Observatory says the
connection exists between sunspots
and magnetic storms on the earth.
such storms generally. though not
always occurring when there ia
large spot near the central meridian
of the sun. These storms frequently
recur AT intervals Of 27.3 days. which
ia the period Of the suns synodic
revolution. The average time of the
commencement of a magnetic storm Is
about 30 hours after the passage Of
| the spot over the central meridian of
| the sun.
| @. How long has the Western
Union borne that name?-.I. r.
| A. 1t was originally the New York
G. Mississippi Valley Printing Tele-
| graph Co, having been formed in
April, 1851. In November, 1855. an
agreement between this company and
the Erie & Michigan included a
change of name to Western Union
| Telegraph Co. On April 4. 1856, the
New York Legislature passed an act
| cha nging the name.
| Letters are going every minute from
our Free Information Bureau iD
Washington telling readers .arhnteUe~
they rant to knoW. They are in an
srer to all kinds Of queries on 1U
kinds Of subjects. from all kinds Of peo-
pie. Make use Of this free Seruice tchicb
The EUeninO Star is maintaining for
you. Its only purpose is to help you
and ire rant you to benefit from IL.
Get the habit of trritinD TO The Ere
ming Star Information Bureau. Fred
eric J. Hdskin. director, Washington.
d. e.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-06-22

Long ago a novelist created .
splash in popular interest by printing
the blunt query. rs Marriage a Fail
ure?" The question has now been
put in milder form. Should Mar
rage Be Abolished?" There seems
to be no answer that will give univer-
sal satisfa ction. Young people. how
would require a highly ingenious
form of law enforcement to prevent
them from pledsins their devotion
according to one form Of ceremonial
or another.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-06-22

realtor William Penn might have been
loath to lend his name to the style of
political morals for which "Penn's
Woods" has recently become promi-
nent. Even during his lifetime he
had difnculty in securing a loyal and
intelligent administration of the af-
fairs Of this region so prominently
associated with the events of Ameri-
ran history. Pennsylva MIA states.
ma nship might do well to study and
initiate the Father William of it's
early development instead of the
Father William of alice of Wonder
land"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-06-22
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHnANDER JOHNSON.
Song of the Suburbanite.

SOnk OI THO SuVUVW6Nuc.
I'm goin' to town in the, mornin-
so it's good-by, Mary Jane.
I'm givin' you solemn warnin'
That we may not meet again.
For the coppers will be in waitin'
TO arrest me when I park.
And the taxicabs will be ratin'
A collision as just q lark.
The cost of the gas has risen
10 where 1t Is now no joke,
And If I don't go to prison
I will probably be broke.
All danger 1 must be scornin',
For it's useless to complain.
I'm goin' to town IN the mornin',
So, it's good-by, Mary Jane!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-06-22

How to Get All the BENEFITS OF
Golf Course at Home" might be q
good title for tOday's paper IL we dlo
not have a scrupulous regard Tor the
truth.
Such being the case. however, we
must take another title. which shall
be How to Get Some OF the Dement'S
OF Golf at Home"
A garden. of course, Is our answer.
For that peculiar modern creature
the sedentary man, there Is no sport
in the world quite like the backyard
garden.
Doctors galore have deplored the
sedentary fellow, the ONCE worker
who cramps his lungs and style over
a desk all day long. the executive VINO
orders his car to ride two blocks, the
business man who never sees the sun.
A variety of exercise has been pre-
scribed for the sedentary man. 1t
ranges from golf, the best of all. to
morning setting-up exercises, which
undoubtedly have their place.
The prescription takes in long
walks, which very few indulge In. but
which many start out to take with
right good will, only to find that the
spirit Is willing but the flesh weak.
Thousands Of men have taken UP
golf, with benefit TO their physical and
mental health. The tan on their
cheeks Ia but an outward sign OF in
ner gains. Although we have never
had a golf club in our hands, we take
off our hat to the golfers.
In the meantime, what are all we
sedentary workers to do who, for one
reason or another, have not taken up
golf?
The answer has been given.
Go in for gardening, and get some
of the chief benefits OF the golf links
at home.
The two main gains from golf, az a
non. golfer sees II, are constitutions
exercise and sunshine. A close third
is fresh air
The latter two are to be had at
home in the garden almost az we'll AS
on the golf course. The fifst. cOnsti-
tutionai exercise. is better secured at
the ancient game OF golf.
Yet because gardening is not 20
strenuous as the great American game
may we not cali golf thatC it Is
therefore better in some respects for
certain persons.
There Ia a type Of mind which does
not take kindly to travelling several
miles to the links and the same dis
lance back again. This specimen OF
sedentary worker wants to take his
exercise near the old dinner bell.
TO such a one. the garden has a
legitimate appeal. Perhaps-whC
knows?-the garden Is but the pre-
liminary step toward the golf course
In general. there liz no question but
that gardening is a good exercise OF
a particularly mild type for certain
persons. IL one goes in for garden
construction. such as pergolas. ter
races, etc, the work can even become
strenuous.
We have in mind a certain Army
man who has spent his leisure hours
in his garden with great benefit. He
ia true husky" a superb specimen
of manhood. who demands real exer-
else, and evidently gets it in his
garden.
Gardening in ordinary fashion, how
ever. has many benefits for the strict
ly sedentary person, the man or WON
an who undoubtedly does not take
enough exercise.
This statement remains true, OF
course, only II the gardener actually
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-06-22
Romantic Story of Hawaii
Recalled by Dole's Death

which believes that vigorous oppo-
nent Of the pioneer. Senator Morrill, of
Vermont, ''if he could have foreseen
future conditions Of Hawaii and fu-
ture development in means OF COM
munication, might not have been so
pronounced as his utterances show
him to have BEEN" The Pittsburgh
Gazette.Times holds that to Dole
must be ascribed the vision OF the
proper destiny of the Islands, for
Through his efforts the crossroads
OF the United States" and the Ameri-
can flag is there to stay
The Newark Evening News says "he
lived to see his dream come true, but
that Ibis long life also Witnessed the
passing of the Hawaiian natives.
almost to the point of extinction, and
the making of the islands the home
OF many races. predominantly vel
low" The News observes that there
Hawaii stands today, still problem
that has not been entirely worked
out"
With the expla natory statement that
''Mr. Dole was pre.eminent as law
yer and citizen of responsibility in the
kalakaua and Queen Liiuokalani.'
the Springfield Republican tells of his
inspiration. "He carried along the
Hawaiian republic like patriotic
American outlander. awaiting the OPP
portunity to bring it under the Ameri-
can flag. Hawaii. as an independent
state, was incapable Of self-defense
against any naval power without
American support. and Japan was
very much feared by the small white
minority in the islands. Whether Mr..
Dole made a complete job Of the an
nexation to the United States no one
can say positively even now. Hawaii
is at the crossroads of the Pacific
and it's fate will always depend on
the nature of the peace In that ocean
or, whenever war comes, on the power
. that can concentrate the strongest
naval force in it's waters. AS an en-
pire builder, in a small way, Mr.. Dole
brought US a liability rather than
finality."
I'm Hawaii in slate years says the
Detroit News, she has taken on the
attributes of founder. and in time,
no doubt, his tradition will become
that of a sort of George Washington
of the islands. He was type neceS-
sarily rare among the generality of
Americans, a business pioneer with a
flair for colonial government. The
magnitude of his place In Hawaiian
annals Is not readily appreciate mere.
In Honolulu his passing is regarded
as great loss"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-06-22

@. Why was the Arc de Triomphe
built?-N. II.
A. The Arc de Triomphe was erect
ed to commemorate the victories OF
Napoleon. He commenced the con-
struction of the memorial in 1906. 1t
was completed by Louis Philippe in
1896. On it's inner walls are inscribed
the names of ss of Napoleon's great
est victories during his period OF
glory.
@. Was the Liberty Bell ever in
New Haven. Comb. r.
A. The Liberty Bell. mounted on a
passenger truck with passenger plat.
forms at each end and surrounded
with ratings Of iron and nickel. pa ssed
through New Haven in June, 1903. on
its way to Boston in celebration Of
the anniversary of the Battle Of
Bunker Hill.
@. How long have shepherd dogs
been known to live in the Rhine dis
trict?-C. NJ. r.
A. Cornelius Tacitus, the historian.
refers to the 'wolflike dog" Of that
district. The breed has been known
in Alsace for 900 years.
Q. What Is the total circulation of
all the newspapers in this country and
Ca NADIA p. L. p.
A. The estimated aggregate circu-
lation of all daily newspa pers UNITED
States nd Ca ma da), 1926, is 33 900. 900.
O. How can sealing wax be made
at home?-k. ID.
A. Equal parts of shoemaker's wax
and resin make good sealing wax.
1t will not tempt mice and insects as
pa raffin does.
Q. What is the difference between
sherbet and musse?-G. a.
A. Sherbet IL a waterloo to which
small amount Of gelatin or egg
| white has been added. Frappe is a
waterloo frozen to the consistency of
mush. Mousse is made of heavy
cream beaten until stiff, sweetened.
| favored and frozen.
Q. What IL the yield Of crops in the
Rio Ora nde reclamation area? a. d.
A. The Department of the Interior
says the total gross yield Of crops
| during the past year on the Rio
| Grande reclamation project in New
Mexico and Texas, including lands IT.
rigated in the Republic of Mexico
| totaled $l2,6O5 900 Based on the an
nual crop report just completed the
Elepha nj Butte and FL Paso districts
| produced crops last year valued al
| SIC, $50 900. This is an increase of
approximately 81 .000, 900 over crop re-
turns of the previous year in spite OF
| a $500. 900 crop loss due to floods
along the Rio Grande.
! Q. What percentage of doctors in
| the United States live in cities?-R F
| A. The United States Public Health
Service says that. taking the country
as a whole. SO per cent of the ply
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-06-22

While able minds have been en-
gagged in controversy about what peo-
pie ought to believe, a great deal of
confusion and uncertainty has arisen
in the practical relationship of man.
kind. One honest days work Is worth
more than a volume of abstract opin-
ions,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-06-22

Washington, D. c., used to close up
when Congress adjourned. Now the
Nations Capital proceeds with bust.
ness regardless of the Congressional
Record and the weather report and
demonstrates it's right to rank not
only as the home of the Govern.
ment, but as a metropolis capable of
thriving on its own resources
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-06-22
Somebody sent President

Somebody sent President Don
mergue a beautiful piano from this
country on which a considerable duty
becomes due at the customhouse.
it was one Of those mistaken com
rlments to which fame is frequently
subject. 1t would have been more
suitable to send the piano to the great
Polish patriot, Paderewski
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-06-22

Critics Of the Nationals, who are
over their present poor
showing in the American League
race, are prone to forget the thrills
they enjoyed from the winning of
two successive penna nts.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-06-22

Free use Of money In an American
election may give rise to a mista ken
assumption in Europe that any money
paid in debt settlement might be
merely wasted In riotous voting.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-06-22

Representative Madden Is abetted
keep Congress in session until its
work is done.~ But he may be be-
trayed by his ally any day.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-06-22
Rate by Maii-Payabie i'm Advance.
MARYLAND and virginia.
Nemhcr of the Associated Press.

The Associated Pross Is exclusively entlt"'
~ the Use for renubl'r4tIo1 of All news ms
patches credited Ia il ~ not otherwise ''e''-
lied IN this paper ard also the local news
nv hlished herein All rights OF hli:atton
~ spectral dispatches herein are ais" reserved.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-06-22

thousa nds will die or be incapacitated
by the white plague, tuberculosis.
Some one must find the remedy.
Young man. don't he pessimistic.
Get to work. There il plenty still to
fCopyriEht laa0A
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-06-22
reasonable Prediction.

"when I was a little boy" remark
ed Senator Sorghum, my uncle told
me 1 might be President Of the
United States some day"
do you think you have a CHANGER"
one of those Iong-shot gamblers who
are always short on their DOPE"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-06-22

Doubts are being expressed as to
whether Pennsylva mia has been hav-
ing an election or a game Of politi
cal freeze.out with white chips at
hundred thousand dollars apiece.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-06-22

In addition to his various other
humiliations Newberry now suffers
the indignity Of being referred to as
a piker.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-06-22

When demagogues so strangely plan
And pyrotechnics whizz,
What a relief to hear some man
Who seems to know his Biz!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-06-22
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

@. Are any heavenly bodies consid-
cred in the solar system besides the
sun and the planets?-S. &.
A. The solar system includes the
sun, the planets and their satellites.
the planetoids, the comets and the
meteOrs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-06-22

"when Noah built de ark" said
Uncle Eben, ''he missed his cha
II he had managed dat collection Of
animals right. he might have been de
original 2 7. -9arnnna." 50
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-06-22

builded better than he knew" de.
elares the Burlington Free Press,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-06-22

Gardening in ordinary fashion, how
ever, has many benefits for the strict
ly sedentary person, the man or WON
an who undoubtedly does not take
enough exercise.
This statement remains true, of
course. only II the gardener actually
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-06-22
Iuner Conscjous Er,,dit;ou.

Imner CONSCIOUS ErUU1t1On.
do you understa nd Einstein's the.
ory?"
Certainly" answered one of the
few.
How do you explain it,"
Its very complicated. II I were
to try to explain it. you might be
tempted to suspect didn't thorough
ly understand it,
Jud Tunkins says he's still waiting
to hear where daylight saving has
saved anybody a cent on electric light
bills.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-06-22
Summer SOM

summer SOUBs
Knee Deep in June"
Wrote Riley, long ago.
We nearly changed the tune
TO run, Knee Deep in Snow!"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-06-22

O. How long has SOS been the
universal distress call?-A. 3.
A. 1t replaced COD in 1911.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-09-30

1.-THE kind of a home a woman
would love-and the family would
enjoy" characterizes the new house
designed and built by Henry Ii. Nc
Nance, 2O3 Board of Trade Bldg, at
450S n. Delaware st. Designed on
Italian lines, the new house is COM
plete and delightfully."- artistic.
The cream stucco Of the exterior,
the dull red Espinol tile roof (made
by q J.. Miller & Co., Indianapolis,
the Pompeiian green tints of the
metal window frames and cornish,
the rich cream wooden shutters, the
open porch entrance with its colorel
cement floor rectangles, the big
Etruscan urn containing an ever
green on the pront porch, all com
bine TO make an attractive exterior.
On the south side extends a full
porch with arched openings at each
end and the floor finished in the varl-
colored cement rectangles to repre-
sent massive tiles.
An entrance hall with a large
clothes closet in one end admits one
to the front living room. the walls
Of which are delicately green-stipplel
over cream. The woodwork and cell
ing are finished in dull ivory. Two
large French doors on the south side
open out upon the porch, while an
other French door opens out to the
west entrance. A beautiful italian
fireplace, with blended color tile fac
ing and hearth and a plain ivory
tinted mantel, lend richness and tone
to the room.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-09-30
'COTTAGETTE IS
NEWEST PRODUCT

Business has been excellent this
summer for the La G.. Brightmire
Company, 1101 n. Capital Ave, ac-
cording to Brightmire.
In supplying sectional garages,
regular and special built garages,
"cottagettes" and dining.car restau-
rants and lunch wagons, the COM
pany has developed an extensive
business throughout the city and
State.
The company makes a "cottagette"
which has become very popular with
many home-owners who are unable
for financial reasons to complete n
home Of large size and who live in
the "cottagette" until they are able
to build a larger house. This cot
tagete" can be converted easily into
permanent garage. 1t is an at
tractive looking building, built of
special lumber and very warm in
winter, Brightmire explained.
The company also manufactures an
attractive dining-car which is port
able. 10 by "a feet in dimensions,
and capable Of feeding thirty persons
at one time. Modern restaurant
equipment is provided in the car.
One of the latest models is at 336 N.
Illinois st.
The company plans to extend its
business next year.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-09-30
HEATING OF HOME
G|VENATTENT|ON
THESE FALL DAYS
PeninSuIar Furnace Com
pany Has Easy Pay
ment Plan.

One Of the most cheerful feelings
comes when one is welcomed into a
well-heated house, according to A. A.
Ellig, local manager Of the Peninsu'
lar Furnace Company, S64 s. Nerd
ian st.
During the coming seven or eight
months, the paramount issue Of
housekeeping is going to be the heat
ing problem he asserted.
MANY wise housekeepers already
have given the heating plant proper
consideration and have seen to 1t
that 1t was put in excellent condi-
ton for fall and winter. 1t should
be a first-class plant and carefully
looked after if the real value Of the
plant is obtained.
Under a plan we have, home
owner may replace an old and made
quate heating plant with a modern
Peninsular furnace with no down
payment for sixty days and then pay
for 1t with monthly payments. This
will mean an actual saving Of money
in the long run. 1t may mean the
saving Of doctor bills and other ex-
penses IL some member of q family
should become i'll, due to poor heat.
ing facilities, since respiratory dis
eases, which cause the largest part
Of the deaths and severe illness in
the winter, often are due to improp-
erly and inadequately heated
houses"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-09-30
BELL ASKS PURCHASE
Would Buy Stock Issue of Clay
County Company.

y Purchase of 81 per cent Of a
$1O4,300 stock issue Of the Citizens
Telephone Company Of Clay County
by the Indiana Bell Telephone Com
pany is asked today in a petition on
SAfe with the public service COM
mission.
The Bell Company now holds a
proportionate amount Of the COM
pany's $64,300 stock outstanding.
The Citizens company operates in
and about Brazil.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-09-30
ORDER PAY INCREASES
Boosts Authorized by Legislative Fl
nance Committee.

Several salary increases for State
officials have been ordered by the
legislative finance committee after
sitting at it's last meeting as a regu.
larry constituted body. These in
creases were ordered: State High
way Director John d. Williams,
$4,000 to $4,000; o. II. Greist, secre-
tary Of the teachers retirement fund,
$500 to $4,000 maximum State Sc
curities Commissioner David II. Jen-
nings, $4,000 to $4,000 maximum.
The committee also approved a IS
monthly increase in the pay Of State
house Janitors and authorized an adj
ditional Inspector in the office Of
State fire marshal at $135 month.
Transfer of $4,000 from the State
highway maintenance fund to the
motor transport fund was approved,
along with a number of smaller
changes.