Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-02

Ex-Gov. Frank o. Lowden of Illi-
nois, who, his friends claim, still
cherisheS presidential aspirations and
whose name is most frequently
mentioned in connection with 1928, Is
Just back from a two-month sojourn
abroad. He is emphatic in his pub
lie assurances that he is out of poll
tics. He does not add 'at present, J"
but others supply this qualifying
phrase. He has been visiting In Ger
many and Denmark and says he was
much impressed with cooperative
marketing methods in vogue in the
latter country. He Is going to tell
the American farmer about them
not by a speaking tour-but by the
more leisurely and dignified method
Of a series of articles from his pen.
When he finishes Lowden and coop
erative marketing will be pretty well
linked together in the farmers mind.
The interesting thing to watch will
be how the Lowden cooperative
marketing plan will differ from the
Coolidge cooperative marketing plan.
Incidentally the Illinois gentleman
farmer is quoted as saying on his
arrival in New York that overseas
countries have found way to make
a protective tariff serve agriculture
equally with industry and that I'VE
must find some way by which that
can be accomplished in the United
States" Surely there win be no dis
agreement between him and Mr..
Coolidge on this score.
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Assistant Secretary of the Navy
Edward p. Warner, head of the
newly created aeronautics post in the
Navy Department, will do more
cross country travelling these next six
weeks than any other official in
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. travelling, because
he will be travelling faster and will
be able to cover more grpund. He
expects to do 1t all by the air route
He set out a week ago and his tim
erary takes him all over the North
eastern States, south to Florida, then
through the West to the Pacific
Coast, up and down between Seattle
and San Diego, and back to Wash
ington September 81. Just as radio
has annihilated distance when Off
cial talking is to be done, so the air.
plane has annihilated distance when
official inspection tours are to be
undertaken Secretary Warner. VI
sions the day when every cabinet Of
f1cer will have at his disposal his per-
sonal airplane, just as he now has
his personal automobile, to take him
about the country on Government
business.
The United States Patent Office is
one Government bureau which knows
no dull season. New patents at the
rate of more than thousand week
are now being issued, with the total
output climbing steadily. Radio, auto
and airplane devices by no means
monopolize the weekly lists. Wheel
barrows and rubber boots, egg.beaters
and bathtubs, ironing boards and
toothbrushes, fly traps and umbrellas,
clothespins, rattles for the baby ana
other familiar household articles are
still being patented by hopeful in
ventors.
Here Is the recipe for newly
patented hair tonic. for which the
Patent Office gives credit to Nike
Kulicky. Kenosha, Wis: IL ounces OF
melted salty bacon, 10 ounces OF pure
lard. 8 ounces of grain alcohol. 4
ounces of powdered lilac blossoms
and / ounce of perfume. The dig
nified and judicial recital Of the spec
iflcations of the tonic contains no
statement OF the precise virtues which
such tonic might possess, and the
patent decree carries with It no guar
antee Of the tonics efficacy whether
1t be intended to prevent falling hair.
to cure badness. or as islickum.
Anyhow. it may fairly be suspected
that Mike Kulicky Is q tonsorlal
artist.
Taking heed perhaps Of the rsarnpus
raised hy the decision of tho War Dc.