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Trusting First Impressions
BY BRUCE BARTON.

w YE had invited some
M friends to spend the
v v evening with US; and
when they arrived, he
was with them. Rather
short, and almost bald he was,
and his hand, when he offered it,
was soft and ladylike. Alto
gether, he seemed to me about
as insignificant bit Of human
ity as had recently encountered.
| rather resented the fact that
he had come along to destroy
the balance Of the party; and
for some time we quite ignored
him in the conversation. Then,
out Of common poiiteness, we
addressed some question to him
about the recent war. And an
amazing thing took place. The
little man spoke up with an
amount Of information and
calm confidence that were as
tonishing.
We led him on from point to
point; and always he answered
nnodestIy. but with facts that
sripped our interest. From that
moment the conversation Of the
evening centered about him.
"Who is her" l asked my
friend in a whisper as they pre-
pared to go.
And he answered: "Why. don't
you know? That is Jones, one
Of the greatest chemists in this
country. The Government sent
for him when war was declared,
and he probably knows as
much about the real inside his
tory Of the conflict as any man
in the United States"
I only hoped. as I bade him
good night. that he had not
guessed. from my earlier atti-
tude. how very insignificant and
unworthy Of attention ! had corr
sidered him.
Once upon a time an efficiency
expert boasted to me that a Sin
tCoprri
Evening star., 1926-10-10

AOCdI SONCi ilIllCI1CL
is $500,00O,O00 an
nually.
Between 1919
and 1924 the Fed.
eral Government
sa we'd the taxpay.
ers $685., 900. 900,
but State and To-
cal governments
devoured this re-
lief b V increas.
ing their taxa
ton $4,000, 900
burned up the say
ings of the Fed.
ei'al Government
and added $544.'
900, 900 more to
t h e taxpaye
L,,,rIAnc
Evening star., 1926-10-10
BY DR.. WENDELL c. PHILLIPS,

BY DIR. WENDELL. c. PHILLIPS,
Former President American Medical Asso-
citation.
The Interna t'oneI Congress on
Cancer Control Just held at Lake Mo-
honk for the purpose of considering
the prevention and cure of cancer
from practical standpoint. has
gone far toward stabilizing the sub
ject of cancer, both for medical men
and the laity. 1t has accomplished
what no other meeting has heretofore
II called together the famous cancer
experts from many countries in an
effort to impress in language the fun
damental ground work of facts and
opinions upon which the collective eff
fort now being made in the United
States and other countries for the
control Of cancer should be continued
and extended.
ference was the absence of any ref
erence to the vicious Quackery
methods employed by widely adver
tised "cure-alls" of every character.
The purpose of the congress seemed
to he to preach up the right, rather
than to condemn the wrong.
Rut the fact was stressed that the
cancer problem has reached a magni.
t,ide greater than tuberculosis: that
fession must ne aroused to its vital
importance.
World Federation Urged.
One resolution of the conference
was the forma ton of an international
federation with more frequent meet
ings TO consider the cancer problem.
The second resolution states that the
present state of cancer knowledge is
well enough established to furnish a
sound working opinion concerning the
diagnosis and treatment Of cancer suf-
fcient to save many lives. providing
this information Is carried properly
into effect. The following We're the
most important points agreed upon:
The causation of cancer is not COM
pletelv understood. but 1t may be ac-
cepted that for all practical purposes
cancer ia not 10 be looked upon as
contagious or infectious.
Cancer itself Is not hereditary. al.
though a certain predisposition or
susceptibility to cancer is apparently
ira nsmissible through inheritance.
This does not signify that. because
ones parent or parents. or other
members of the family have suffered
from cancer, cancer will necessarily
appear in other persons of the same
or succeeding generation
Advises Seeking Advice.
Persons who have cancer must ap-
Nv TO competent physicians at suf-
hcientIy early stage in the disease in
order to have fair chance of cure.
This applies to all forms Of cancer. In
some forms early treatment affords
the only possibility of cure.
Cancer ir some parts Of the body
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CONTINUED on Fourth Page.)
Evening star., 1926-10-10
Cities Could Save Billions i'm Taxes

N0TE--This is tie first Of a series Of
important interviews ip ,chich ndiionuiiY
hn0,rn business men discuss the QUes-
fiOn Of tar ,educfiOn
Evening star., 1926-10-10
BY WILLIS j. BALLINGER.

~ UR State and local govern
ments are more than $11,-
100000, 900 in debt. Their in
" debtedness has grown 1000
per cent in 36 years, and not
once in that time has a single nickel
been taken off this Indebtedness. Our
State and local governments have had
36 years of triumphant Indebtedness
without single attempt at retrench-
ment.
Today the interest charge alone on
the Indebtedness of our State and
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By Angelo Patr'i

The invited playmate may not have
as good manners as you could wish.
No other child in the world has such
good manners and such all-arOund
grace as our own, but take that for
granted and welcome the stranger
child. He has much to offer yours.
despite his lack of culture. Short Of
deprayity. everything goes In the back
yard. II there are swear words"
tickling the youngsters tongue, better
let them out, even though you wash
his mouth out with soap and water
later you want to put him In the yard
and leave him there until you are free
to 20 again and collect him? You
want peace for q few hours while he
plays In safety2 I'm sorry, but you
cannot have It.
When you undertook this Job Of
child rearing you enlisted for 24.hours-
arday service for about 81 years. Now
and then you may get q spell Of re-
lief, when he Ii in the classroom, may
be, hut you cannot count on them.
The only way the child truly learns
something IL to be put face to face
with it--nobody interfering, no moth
ering, no fathering, just the task in
hand and the child. The more expe-
rience he gets through personal con-
taCt Will pCOpAo dEu lEllHSS, the great
err power he stores against the day
when he win stand alone at the crisis
Of his life.
The backyard Is the first stage Of
the child's career. It is not enough to
equip 1t with slides and trees and
tools and animals. It must be peo-
pied, and with people Of his own class,
intellectually at least. a grown-up
person will not do as q companion to
q child. It must be another child mind
that iIlumines and prompts that Of the
lonely child If there Ii none about,
he will run away to find Il.
lCopyright. l920.l
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LITTLE BENNY
~ LEE RAPE.

II went errand for ma this after
noon and wen came back ! sed, Hay
ma. Is 10 q unlucky number?
Its Supposed to be, ma sed.
Well do you bleeve It u? sed.
Wen, I hardly think Id choose FRI
day to be married on, but then mas
mulch assI don't ixpect to be married
agen suppose the question viii never
come up, ma seq.
Well how about Jest the number -
by itself without Friday or enything.
Is that unlucky, ma? "A sed. !.
IL had Is children who all asked
az many questions as you Id certeny
consider myself unIucky. ma sed.
We'll then you do think 10 is UNI
lucky. don't you, ma? sed.
I'm not superstishiss, II that's wat
you meen, ma sed. hate to brake q
mirrer, admit, but then az FAR a.
that goes, don't injoy breaking eny-
thing. What is all this about Is, envy
way. you seem to have II on the
bFane, she sed
/ Jest had q ideer, sed. 4
mite OF known something was
coming, ma sed, and sed. Well I've
Jest got ixactly IS cents change Of
yours and had e. ideer II you thawt
- was unlucky you mite not want to
take It. but don't mind 10 eny more
than eny other number, 50 OF cOrse /
wouldent mind keeping It Il that's q
way you feel SS
Wat, the whole Ia cents, well that
may be brite ideer but have q
brighter one Of my own. III let you
keep q cent so III ony han to take 10
and you'll have the unlhcky 18th one.
ma sed.
Being how we did It. being pritty
good eel Of werk for q cent.
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Oui, Children
The Lonely child.

r y ~ +. & (. =.
my little boy runs away. He has
a fine backyard. fitted with everything
q little boy can use in his play, nut
he leaves it all and runs out on the
street There is nothing for him to 40
there and It is dangerous. What can
be done about it,
Get him a playmate, q child close
to his own age, who win share the
backyard, make the game alive. Il
takes two to enjoy anything. A ball
once thrown has to be caught, else
why throw it? The hut built under
the tree must be shared with q friend
or it is not human habitatton. Her
mits are outside the boundary OF hui
man living Normal children have not
the instinct for isolation. Theirs Is an
instinct to herd.
or course, there are quarrels in the
backyard when more than one child
plays there That Is normal. too. II
one child possessed the whole intelh-
gence of the group, Il the whole group
were so fiat that no one among them
had an outstanding idea, they would
be in a sad plight. Human growth de-
mands leadership and struggle and
victory, and that means hub-bub Of
some sort
You can't expect to raise children
In an atmosphere of serene peace.
The nearest approach to that atmos-
phere is through the graveyard, and
inasmuch as we are devoting all our
efforts. the other way, that viii
scarcely do as goal. Make up your
mind to a little noise now and then, e.
sharp controversy and few fisticuffs.
Let the best man win. If anything
else happens. the fight will have to
be won all over again. Children sub
NIT only when they personally expert
ence defeat-not when 1t is forced
upon them.
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What Tomorrow Means to You
BY MARY BLAKE.

Tomorrow's planetary aspects are
adverse and exceeding caution should
be exercised. as failure and accident
are presaged by the omens. Nothing
out of the ordinary should be at
tempted and, II possible, travel should
be avoided. The signs denote the
danger Ii present and the best way TO
avoid It ID by pursuing the even tenor
Of your way. and striving to conquer
the desire to do those things that de-
sire win bid you to do, but which your
subconscious mind will advise you not
to do. Borrowing or lending money,
during the prevalence Of such infiu-
ences, will only entail distressing con-
sequences, and as little activity a. is
compatible with your ordinary vocae
tions Is recommended.
Children born tomorrow will, IL
their alimentation be properly regu-
lated, escape most OF the ailments OF
infancy, but, according to the signs,
viii, just prior to the attainment Of
adulthood, experience an illness that
viii justify alarm and anxiety. They
will be willing students, and their
thirst for knowledge win need q lot
OF quenching. They win derive very
little pleasure from outdoor recrea-
tons, and. in order to secure the best
results for them, their inclinations
should not be forced. They viii be
more sentimental than practical. s
IL tomorrow is your birthday, your
outstanding feature 10 what you call
"tenacity Of purpose" Your friends,
and those who know you best, call 1t
"stubbofnness or pigheadedness."
Even though It be patent to one, that
the plan on which you may be work
ing is complete and an utter failure,
you cannot see this, and continue to
waste your energies on something that
cannot naterialize.
You are rather intolerant: to you.
right ID right and wrong u wrong,
and you never overlook any devia-
ton from the straight and narrow
path. You aim to do everything very
correctly and precisely-a by no
means unworthy ambition. Lou expect
all others to do the same-a rather
futile hope. You are prone to criti-
CHE and And fault-but never with
yourself.
You have D. very limited number Of
friends, as your very strict views do
not leave any room for ordinary hui
man frailties. Your home life, unless
you are mated with saint, il not pro-
ductive Of either happiness or con-
tentment.
Wen known persons born on that
date are: Mira. Mary Baker c. Eddy,
Christian Scientist; Robert B. Potter,
soldier: Eben e. Rexford. author;
Thomas Allibone Janvier Ivory
Black, author; Charles M: Dewey,
artist.
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$50 YEARS AGO TODAY.
~ JONATHAN a. RAWsON, JR.
Story 81 The z. $. A.

The passage OF the enemy ,yarships
up Hudson's River three days ago,
threatening Washington's communica-
tions with the Northern Army and It's
headquarters at Albany. led to today's
action. From the ease with which the
ships passed the American shore bat
teries, 1t is feared that the Howe
brothers. one with his army and The
other with his navy. might land q
powerful force on upper Manhattan
Island ana completely surround the
Continental forces. 81
The generals chief reliance against
this danger is at present HIS line Of "a
redoubts with 121 guns, III Of which
are on Manhattan island from Cham.
bers street on the North River, around
the Battery and UP the East River to
Hell Gate. There are seven redoubts
near the water front In Brooklyn, two
on Governors Island and one on Pau.
lus Hook, on the Jersey shore. The
cannon. 30 Of which are 32-pounders.
the largest siege gums now In use,
came from the capture at Ticonderoga,
from the seizures Of the navy In the
B anas, from enemy ships captured
at sea, ana few were made In Anneri-
can foundries. A formidable array, In
deed. except for two thingg-the bad
condition OF many OF the cannon and
q great shortage of ammunition and
sfeonyrieht. 1921
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-15
PERSONAL HEALTH SERVICE
By WILLIAM BRADY. M. D.

ton Of the page, q normal Individual
can scarcely suffer any injury to
health from excessive reading. ] said
normal individual. This does not
apply to invalide or persons with I'm.
paired health. They should have their
|physicians advice about reading.
An individual who becomes such a
b0okworm - the reader describes can
not long remain normal. The physi.
clan pronounced this bookworm Cor
| ganically sound, !" although she sufb1re
from headaches and emotional depres-
sion. May not the apparent neglect
Of Open-asr exercise be responsible for
the bookwofm's impaired health?
Wouldn't It have balancing steady
ing effect If she developed the health
habit Of taking q few miles Of oxygen
on the hoof every day? Or any other
form Of exercise to chase the .Willies?
believe an hour OF outdoor work or
play win antidote any eva influence
q reader may suffer from I'VE hours.
Of reading. Outdoor exercise 10 better
than indoor exercise because outdoors,
one gets plenty OF vitamin x. some
vitalizing influence which comes from
sunlight.
A good reading light falls from
above and slightly behind the readers
field Of vision, from frosted, ground
glass or opal globe, q clear soft light
without glare. The lamp or window
should never be within the field Of
vision when one IL reading or doing
any kind Of fine or close work with
the eyes.
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Rainy-Day Styles as Seen Abroad
BY MARY MARSHALL.

to suit the weather, but she won't
change her shoes. She VIII don o.
waterproof wrap, but nothing win In
duce her to wear rubbers like the
Americans, nor to don heavy shoes
like the English. The idea is absurd.
So she pattefs about ins rainy weather
In shoes that are better suited to q
ballroom than to city streets on s
rainy day. and, Of course, she con-
tinues to wear her lght-coiored
stockings.
It has recently been observed that
when fashionable young women 50 to
the races on rainy days they carry
an extra pair OF stockings In their
handbags. But these are of g0ssanler
weight and take up practically no
room. On very rainy day two extra
pairs Of stockings may be necessary
for even when one walks carefully
mud will spatter and show It's un.
slightly stains on fiesh-colored silk.
Our grandmothers might have felt
esonne rnisgivinEs about making this
change, but the up.to-date French girl
can turn the trick in the back seat Of
q motor car or In some shadowy cor
ner OF q stairway.
In. England Queen Mary has set an
example as an interchangeable umbrei-
la carrier. Sometimes Americans have
smiled o little at this-but they are
all following suit. After all, even the
brightest morning there may bring
forth showers. ana the new umbrellas
are hard neither to carry nor to be-
hold. The important thing IL to have
them chosen to harmonic with ones
costume as well as ones other acces.
series.
The black and white color scheme
for rainy weather IL considered quite
smart in Paris at present. Il is not
difiicult to achieve II you can find an
umbrella Of black silk with q white
black and white han.
die. Then your raincoat may pc q
black with white lining, your hat Of
black and other accessories Of white.
Copyright. 1e26.)
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''Pazz1;cks' Z

There was q young lady from IL
Who always said just what she -;
People said: She's 80.
So unique, 80 1870
But they Stunned her by common
i. County in Southwestern Eng
land.
2. Intended.
8. Term Of endearment.
4. Genuine.
3 s. Agreement.
Note-If you'll note, that's the. way
they treat most people Of that sort
slun them by common -. The
reason will be clear when you've com.
pleted the limerick 81 by placing the
right words, indicated by the num-
bers. In the corresponding spaces.
ThereIl be another "Puzzlick" here
tomorrow.
Yesterdays "Puxzliclx."
A noble young Roman named Caesar
When calling on q maid tried to
squeeze her;
But the girl with q blush
Said the Latin for Flush,
You horrid young thing, let ma be,
Copyright. 1920
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One mother says.

One mother says.
One Of my difacult problems with
the children always has been to teach
them the relative values of pennies
ana dollars, and to make them under
stand Just little Of the hardship en-.
tailed in replacing things lost or de-
stroyed. The ice-cream cone pointed
q way, for the nickel that buys one
is 9 ready unit for the child's idea
Of money. When my son deliberately
destroyed q new 26.cent article, /
made him save up fve whole nickels
TO replace 1t. which might otherwise
have purchased cones. That seemed
an eye.openeri Now he estimates
nearer to an appreciation Of the fact
that money does not grow wild.
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How Bookworlns ct That way.

A reader asks about the physiologi-
cal effects OF the bookworm habit.
The bookworm In question. nearly
thirty years Of age. has been an In.
veterate reader since childhood. Her
reading has been without supervision.
She has grown up ON cheap fiction, but
has learned to discriminate. though
she sim reads fiction chiefly! She
reads evenings, often late into the
night, and all day Sundays. She is
moody, irritable, absent minded and
pessimistic, nervous and perenniaiiy
tired, She has frequent sick head
aches. Her physician reported after
q recent physical examination that
she Ii organically sound. The ocultst
finds she has unusually good vision.
Is her temperamental state the result
OF too much reading? She finds no
other form Of recreation or pastime
congeniaI In the small community in
which she lives. May she enjoy q
normal emotiona1 life and perhaps bet
ter physical health by substituting
other interests for much OF her read
ing and cultivating q social spirit and
more social habits2
Before ] attempt to pass upon the
uyBtenlC NlQ0 OF Inc prOUlc1nS AcI uAc
explain what q crude conception ]
have Of fiction. Al professor Of Eng
lish told his class that the novels. Of
one Of the best six sellers Of the day
are trash. I'd go further and say
that all fiction IL trash. although ]
have an Unsuitable appetite for good
murder yarns and envy and admire
the knack, genius or skill Of the au-
thor who can invent q plausible plot
for such a story-and carry It through
to q satisfactory finish. It seems to
me there IL one feature which takes
the curse on from the habit OF indulg-
ing in this class Of fiction--no one
takes the mystery tale seriously; it IL
purely amusement or pastime. Not
30 with ordinary fiction. classic or
contemporary. Such yarns are sol
EMMY discussed a. conveying "a
philosophy OF life, - a slice Of life,
propaganda, moral or. immoral les
sons. and all that sort OF holSum. 1t
seems ridiculous to- take an avowed
lie a. seriously as that.
Provided there II no uncorrected
defect Of vision and proper illumina.
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Shall N. \. Be Abandoned /

WHITE PLAINS, N. II, July 49,
1875. The New York convention re-
solved unanimously today that Il Gen..
Washington should think 1t expedient
to abandon the city Of New York and
withdraw his troops to the north side
OF Kings Bridge the Congress would.
cheerfulIy cooperate with him In
every measure that may be necessary
for that purpose.
Such 3 withdrawn would give the
enemy immediate possession Of New
York City, Long island. Isovernor'ss
Island and the Jersey shore on the bay
and opposite Manhattan Island. Con.
sidering the extent OF the. works al
ready raised for the defense of this
highly important section, the general
Ii not likely to favor the withdrawal
at present. Such q move has been
considered for several weeks. but has
been opposed on the ground that it7
would embolden the Tories ttlT ough.
out the section and lead TO discourage
ment and loss of confidence through.
out all the States. Today's resolutions
is not recommendation that the city
be abandoned, but It is formal notice
to the general that New York Ii will
ing to abide by his decision. so that
he may be free to act quickly ut any
time without awaiting the opinion Of
the convention.
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Spanish String Beans.

Chop fine two pounds of green
beans. Put into the frying pan one
tablespoonful OF lard, one onion chop
ped fine, and half q dried red pepper
cut fine. Let the onion and the pep
tomatoes cut fine, and stir in one
tablespoonful Of -four. Add one
quart OF cold water. then the chop
ped beans, with salt and pepper to
taste. Let the beans cook until
tender, adding water as needed 80 as
not to let them get too dry.
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scalloped Peppers.

Chop six medium-size green pep
pers and two large ripe tomatoes to-
gether, add one teaspoonful Of sugar,
q large lump of butter melted, one
fourth cupful Of sweet milk or cream,
cupful Of scraps Of any kind Of tender
meat. Mix well, cover q buttered
baking dish with toasted bread
crumbs, and alternate with the mix
ture until the dish Is full. Lastly
cover with crumbs. Bake covered
until a rich brown.
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Meat Pie.

Cut thin slices of any cold meat
Roast beef. mutton, or chicken are
good. Slice thin one onion and two
size OF an egg. Place in q baking dish
and cover with broth. gravy, or milk,
and season with black pepper and
salt. Cover with rich pie crust and
bake slowly for hour.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-15

Automobile accidents win be reduced
in every community when there n
real working partnership Of both the
authorities and the public. predicts the
National Safety Council.
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Ham Loaf.

Unjoint ham bone where the meat
has been cut away in frying. and
soak over night in water with one
tablespoonful OF salt and one tea
spoonful Of soda. The fresh salt will
draw the brine salt from the meat and
the soda helps to clean and makes
tender for cooking Trim and rinse
well. Boil until perfectly tender. re-
move the meat from the bone, and
grind in q meat chopper. Season
well with any preferred meat season
ing. Red pepper. sage and mustard
and vinegar may be used. Grind a
second time and mold in cake. Slice
for trse
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-15

CHIFFON AND LACE UNDER
THINGS FOR EVENING. THIS
SET ISrOF MAUVE AND CREAM
COLOR.
Summer may mean lean pickings Tor
the iressmakers and millinerS, II
means good business for the makers
OF raincoats and the umbrella dealers.
The Partisan may change her frock