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Evening star., 1926-05-31

1a02.04, and the later expeditions of
\ordenskiold. Shackleton. charcot,
Amundsen i'm the Fran, I3lO-19l2,
and the Scott exploration Of 191l.l2.
There is room for exploration In the
South Pole region because land Is
there---perhaps million square miles
of it, In those mountains and beneath
those plains what treasure may lie!
Perhaps beneath the ice, gravel and
rocks is proof that man. once lived
there and that the polar region was
as warm as our Equator region. Going
To the South Pole Is not picnic. The
climate there IL no better than at the
North Pole. Indeed there is testimony
that II is the worst climate on earth.
comdr. Byrd, discussing in I.ondon
the South Pole, said: "A man lat the
South Pole Is 1.0OO miles from any.
where, while at the North Pole
was only CSC miles from my flying
base. The trip to the South Pole will
have to he in all probability non
stop flight, almost as long az across
the Atlantic from eland To New
foundland. Rigorous climatic .condi-
tiuns will have to lie faced. There
will he the constant risk Of things
freezing"
Ii Is said that down yon,ler,". in
the goth degree of latitude south of
the Equator, blizzards spring out Of
nowhere and last for long time
and 1t is believed that the South Pole
blizzard has no equal. There are
mountains ten thousand feet above
sea level and on the top of those
mountains 1t must he very cold at
Winter midnight and not balny at
Summer noon.
Evening star., 1926-05-31
Great Expectations.
From the Fort Worth Star-TeIegram.

From the Fort Worth Star-TeIegram.
Some homely philosopher of bucolit
habit once expounded a formula 70,
avoiding disappointments in life. l,
was simply. Don't expect too much
But since application of this formula
imposes an appearance of humility
which is not compatible with modern
ideas. the usual procedure to meet
the situation caused by the inevitable
ness of disappOintments i'm life is to
build on each disappointment even
more Wanting expectations of the
future.
Our amiable and retiring municipal
neighbor, Dallas, supplies a recent
case in point. Upon the fact that
the new Federal public buildings bill
provides at least possibility of an
expenditure during the next fiscal
year Of as much as 5000, zoo in a
single State, the hope springs up III
Dallas breast and is succeeded in a
few minutes by certainty as far as
Dallas is concerned that $4,000, 900 is
to be spent In that city for a new
post Office. The Dallas News Of Thurs.
day points mysteriously to the fact
that lit would be within the discretion
of the Secretary tof the Treasury to
use all of the first years allotment of
$5.000,00O In the erection of a new
post Office building in Dallas" This,
In the Dallas view. Is sufficient to set
at naught the claims Of other Texas
cities which have had the audacity to
look forward to new Federal build.
ings while the expectations of Dallas
were unfulfilled.
How quickly figures 20 to ones
head! Under the new public build.
ings law, the sum Of 500, ,OOO, 900 is
appropriated for q term of years, with
the provision that no more than SIS.
100000 may be expended in any one
year. A further provision stipulating
that no moro than $5.000,0O0 shall be
expended in a single State in one year
is designed merely to keep one State
from hoggtng all the years available
appropriation. With 48 States, a few
territories and the District of Colum.
bia clamoring for public buildings, it
is hardly probable that so much as
IS, ,000. 900 will ever be allocated within
a single State during. a single year.
Yet Dallas not only accepts such an
ALLEGATION as accomplished, but forth.
with appropriates the whole sum to
one city!
In all probability Dallas will have
to be satisfied with considerably less
than $5.00O,O0O this year. Fort Worth
and Houston are mentioned as other
Texas cities needing new post ofFices,
and there are reports by post offfce
inspectors on file I'm Washington
showing that the housing facilities at
Fort Worth are less adequate to needs
than at any other point In the United
4tA4eo.
Evening star., 1926-05-31
The Real Issue.

Senator Borah's speech before the
Presbyterian General Assembly mt
Baltimore yesterday puts the prohibi-
ton question before the American pe0
pie In a manner to define the Issue
more clearly than during recent times.
The great question is the capacity Of
the American people for constitutional
government. Senator Borah puts that
question with variations:
Shall We live up to and enforce that
provision of the Constitution (the
eighteenth amendmenU until in the
orderly method pointed out by the
Constitution we see fit to change Il?
Can we enforce the law which we
have deliberately made? The supreme
test Of a free government Is the right
of the people to write and unwrite It's
constitution and it's laws. The s,,.
preme test Of good citizenship ia to
obey the constitution and the laws
when written. To disregard our Con.
stttition. to evade it, TO nullify 1t.
while still refusing to change 1t, is to
plant the seeds of destruction I'm the
heart OF the Nation---is to confess be.
fore the world that we have neither
the moral courage nor the intellectual
SlurdlnesS Tor sell government.
it is well that this issue should be
20 clearly stated in these days Of d.
gression upon details of enforcement.
disputes about expenditures by dry
and wet organizations and forces, Of
proposals for referendums and other
means Of notification without directly
fa aCiuu tho iSSna nf cnnsttt ,ti.,r.l ,,e
Vision.
There Is in existence an organiza-
tion Of opponents Of prohibition which
styles itself the Face the Facts" Com
mittee. 1t holds annual banquets in
this city, at which the facts as. alleged
of, rrehihition enforcement are re.
o1e6 GsA szDaa3tak Eaeuk,any cen,
Evening star., 1926-05-31
Nothing Vulgar in
Use of Hotel Name
TO the Editor Of Tho Star:

TO the Editor Of Tho Star:
In reference to article published in
The Star Of last Friday. cannot for
one see where there Is anything vul-
gar In naming the Hotel Mayfiower
just because our Chief Executive uses
a like name for the American yacht
he s0/ delights in cruising upon. The
Maynower Hotel probably was named
in commemoration Of the ship by that
name which landed on our shores
years and years ago. We should look
into such things before casting such
aspersions as the vulgarity Of such.
There is the Hotel Lincoln, called
such in honor Of our illustrious Presi-
dent. There Is the Hotel Dewey, the
name OF which was taken in memory
OF one of our greatest admirals. Then
again In the City OF Philadelphia, the
oldest hotel, the Bingham House, in
honor OF Maj. Bingham. I might go
on indefinitely. J. II. ALLEN.
Evening star., 1926-05-31
Retirement Maximum
Compromise Proposed

To the Editor of The Star:
Although both houses of Congress
passed the bin liberaiizing the an
nuities, it's fate is still in doubt. We
know the President would not be
opposed to raising the maximum to
$1,000, and as both houses Of Con
gress thought it should be more, and
passed 1t at $1,000, there should not
be much difficulty experienced In
reaching a compromise.
Make the ma Ximum 1850, using
81 400, instead of $500. as basis
for calculation; all salaries above
81. 400 to be rated 81 400; then multiply
the average basic salary for the last
10 years by the number Of years OF
service, not exceeding 80, and divide
by 40, this will give the annuity thus:
Evening star., 1926-05-31
The Nations Tribute.

ifty-eicht years ago an order wa.
ISSUED to the posts of the Grand Army
Of the Republic to strew with flowers
on the 30th of May the graves Ol
the soldier dead. then freshly green
Today, with the ranks of the Ora nd
Army of the Republic thinned nearly
to the point of vanishment, this Gus
tom is observed by the Nation, IN
memory Of the dead Of three wars.
Since that order was issued in 1865
closer union than that for the
preservation of which the War OF the
sixties was fought. 1t has grown
not only stronger in its unity. but
in defense from the very conflict
which was then waged, section
against section. 1t is today. in Its
observance of the custom of paying
respect to the men who gave their
lives In three wars. a patriotic unit.
To-day. on countless fields. gather
the American people TO pay tina;
tribute which grateful appreciate of
end West. they assemble, with cere-
monies in most places, without ritual
or program elsewhere. to place on
the graves of the men who fous,ht in
the three wars in which this ,Suntry
has engaged since 1861 those tokens
Of love and respect that custom has
decreed I" he most fitting.
Two-thirds of a century ago the
nation was riven with strife that
menaced its existence. Today those
wounds are healed, the breach Is
closed. the union is cemented. Nearly
thirty years ago the country went
forth to battle for the right Of a
reiehboring people for an In
dependence which had been earned
by selfdevelopment and which was
To- he denied only by the exercise of
en- aut"cratic, arbitrary power. Nearly
ten years ago it entered great
world conflict in defense Of it's ma.
tional honor and in aid of the victims
Of freedom-crushing tyranny OF
force.
Such is the record of these sixty
hve years of military service and
sacrifice. which Is marked today by
the ceremonies and the patriotic rites
at the burial places where rest in
their last sleep the men who fell in
those wars
All these men were actuated by the
same motive, devotion to the prin-
ciples Of American government. Those
who fell in the Sixties had two differ.
ing points of view, which were not
TO he reconciled save through the
issue Of battle. Their successors in
tho field of valor. who fell in the
war with Spain and in the Great
War. came from the whole country
from both sides of the great schism
Of civil conflict Today the flowers
Of memory and grateful appreciation
Of the highest service man can render
to his country fall on all the graves
alike. the tribute Of comrades In arms
and of posterity.
Evening star., 1926-05-31

Ii Congress really wants to- inveS:
tigate something, why doesn't 1t take
up the question of unsightly radit
antennae lon Washington house tops
There are more ugly, disreputable
looking antenna inStal lila tons through
out the residential section than any
amount of utility would warrant.
AS "A matter of cold fact, the
slightly antenna Is usually the most
efficient, everything else being equal
50 that there remains little excuse fol
bare poles, and cOnglomeratiOn Ol
guy wires. ...,
Radio Is such IA new thing, to the
average citizen, that at first blush
it might be thought the matter OF {;
few poles, more or less. on roofs
might he inconseuuential.
So. indeed. IL is, IL one Is able tG
forget the mission of the city oi
Washington To set forth the highest
types of municipal government
architectural beauty and park love
liness to the Nation.
This being the seat of Fedora
Government, there Is no reason VIII!
Washington cannot be the finest and
most beautiful city In the United
States. This Is the high determine
tion of all those who have the true
interest of the city at heart. as II even
has been the ideal of those able t.
hook beyond the minute and hour.
From the idealistic standpoint, any
thing whatsoever that initiates
however slightly. against the beauty
Of the National Capital, is something
that ought to be ended.
xx*
A poor antenna installation, 1t
might he thought by some, IL purely
Il personal matter. In this we agree
heurtity--but not In the way some
might suppose.
1t Is IA personal matter to the extent
that the person that owns 1t ought to
be responsible to the rest Of us for Its
appearance It's efficiency Is solely
his own concern.
We cannot demonstrate with the
owner Of the unsightly antenna as to
it's "bringing-in" qualities, but wher
1t offends our sense OF the seemly we
have a right, as citizens Of a great
city, to let him know that 1t Is an
eye-sore.
The needless ugly antenna Is an
abuse that has grown up simply be
cause the whole science and art OF
radio broadcasting Is new, and every
one has been so interested that few
have stopped to consider the various
phases.
We recall having seen flag mast
used as an antenna pole. the antenna
wire itself thus being above the flag
when service regulations require that
nothing be placed above the national
emblem except the church pennant
which Is flown there during divine
services.
1t is hardly necessary to say that
this double use Of the flag mast was
not on Army or Navy territory. IL
was, no doubt an unintentiOnal, al
though q thoughtless usage.
We have no doubt there are many
reading here who would shrink with
horror from using the flag for wrap
ping or cleaning purposes. yet who
can see no particular misuse In the
case above cited.
This feeling would only go to prove
our contention, that the average an
tenna installer does not give one soil
tary whoop about the looks" OF his
poles, wires. etc.
We know one pretty residence sec
ton, where the houses are small, In
which a radio enthusiast has erected
an antenna that probably carries on
the prize for unnecessary ugliness.
On the very front Of his rather low
Evening star., 1926-05-31
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC j. HASKIN.

@. Why wasn't a sea-level canal
built across the Isthmus of Panama?
M. D., w.
A. The possibility of a seaclevel
canal at Panama was discussed, but
deemed unwise The sea-level canal
projected would have been a narrow
channel winding in and out the hills.
too narrow for half its length for the
largest ships to pass. Currents
caused by the Chasres River and by
the flow OF other streams into the
somewhat dangerous.
q. In what States are women drawn
to serve on juries?--F: T.. Il.
A. According to the records OF the
National Woman's Party. States in
which women are. impaneled as jurors
compulsory in some States. not in
others) are Arkansas. California
Delaware, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas,
Kentucky, Louisiana. Maine. Michi.
gan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey,
North Dakota. Ohio, Oregon. Penn.
sylvania, Washington. Wisconsin and
Utah.
@. What price stamp will the Sesqui.
centennial Exposition issue be?-E.
A. III.
A. It Is q two.cent stamp.
O. What does 1t cost to go from Lon.
don to Paris by air and how many
people travel in this fashion?-B. W.
A. In 1924 the number Of passengers
travelling by the British air route be
tween London and Paris was 13,47S
The fare one way Is 40 francs or IS 5s.
The round trip is Is francs or f10.
@. When a man has a fur farm. are
the animals he raises considered do
mesticated animals?-G. f. +.
A. Fur bearing animals bred and
raised on fur farms are considered
wild animals in captivity and not do
mesticated stock in the ordinary use
of the term.
O. When was the word sweetheart
coined?-P. +. n.
A. The term sweetheart was orig
inally written in the form of two
words. 1t is found in literature a.
early as 1899, though there is no rec
ord showing by whom 1t was frs
used.
Q. Why is Spencerian writing Sc
called?-N. A. n.
A. For Platt r. Spencer. a penmar
of such excellence in his time that h,
was selected to set the copy in schoO
copy books.
Q. Does an eel have scales?-M
s. {.
A. The eel does have scales en-
bedded in its Shiny skin. They are
arranged in little groups set obliQuely
and at right angles to one another.
Q. Is a debt really a debt before II
Is due?-W. w. A.
A. A debt exists when a certain
sum of money is owing from one per.
son to another. and a debt is not the
less owing because it Is not yet due
Q. How many people die in the
world every year?-H. w. r
A. The worlds death rate is esti
mated at 6s a minute. 1890 a day, OF
35, ,740. 800 year.
Q. How did hollyhock get it's name:
IT. III. S.
A. Hollyhock is the garden mallow
(AnglO-SaXon hoe mallOw). 1t is
called hOllyhock or holyhock from the
Holy Land. where it is indigenous.
@. Where is the Roof of the
World" e. S.
A. The Pamir Plateau is so known
q. Was the tomato ever consid
cred to be poisonous?-P. O. D..
a. This plant. because of its rela =
ton to the nightshade family. wa.
for long time held in disrepute by
gardeners and people generally Fol
at least century after the tomato
was more or less familiar to botanists
Evening star., 1926-05-31

From this 1t will be seen that all
classes Of annuitants would get a sub
stantial raise, and although it is not
as liberal as either the House or Sen.
ate would like to make it, yet. mas
much as 1t meets the President s
views and satisfies the annuita nts
Congress should not hesitate to pass
IT, especially as failure to do so will
leave number Of retired Govern.
ment employees in a very distressing
situation. EDMUND MURPHY. :
Evening star., 1926-05-31
Limiting the 0iifIay,

/ do not wish for wealth so great
That folks would pause and wonder,
I've no desire to agitate
An interest in my plunder.
My angry urges / resist.
I can't afford the fury
That needs q psychOanalyst
To save me from the jury.
Evening star., 1926-05-31

Mussolini is not In favor Of disar-
mament unless all nations can he com.
PEELED positively to disarm. Which
sounds fair enough. Italian diplomacy
Is skeptical and may he relied ON to
calculate the difficulties OF disarma.
ment enforcement among nations as
being in proportion to the difficulties
OF law enforcement among citizens.
Evening star., 1926-05-31

Investigation Of the affairs Of the
District of Columbia invariably reveals
the fact that, for a town Of its size
aud prominence, Washington, u. c., Is
remarkably well conducted COM
munity.
Evening star., 1926-05-31
Member Of the Associated Press.

The Associated Press is exclusively eftitls'i
~ the Use tor reuu"icatioa # alI news di.-
patches 're'iited To il or not otherwise 'tr'i-
ited in this paper and also the local news
published herein All rights of publication
OF special dispatches herein are also reserved.
Evening star., 1926-05-31
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

Arctic Reflections.
Thinkin' bout the Northern pole,
While waitin' for the smilin'
OF Summer skies that soothe the soul
With beauty so beguilin'.
Thinkin bout the Arctic Sea
Where zero always rules you;
Where all is cold as cold can be
And Junetime never fools you.
Evening star., 1926-05-31
Appreciation.

appreciation.
Didn't you appreciate the kindness
and consideration at the peniten.
tiary?"
II sure did," answered Bill the burg.
'Then, why did you relapse into
your old ways?"
II had to do a little somethin' to get
back in again."
Evening star., 1926-05-31

A young man who tries to get by
an examination by stealing the aues.
tfons i'm advance is fortunate in being
found out early. The method logical
iy pursued Is one that insures q.
tragic failure in life.
Evening star., 1926-05-31

A Texas statesman used to be ex.
''fire-eater." At present he is COM
PEELED to he more or less busy with
the water wagon.
Evening star., 1926-05-31
Civic Duty.

From the Watert0wn Daily Times.
The Detroit woman who started to
serve on a jury and forgot to turn
off the gas realizes that citizenship
has it's responsibilities.
Evening star., 1926-05-31

Prohibition experts remain a little
doubtful as to whether 1t Is possible
to make a Sherlock Holmes Of the
village policeman merely by pinning
another badge on him.
Evening star., 1926-05-31

Great events are stirring, but none
OF them are great enough to over
whelm the eternal sympathy with
love and youth. The report of the
wedding is still the big news.
Evening star., 1926-05-31

Paris, once dictator Of fashion, Is
now trying to adapt herself to the
dominant creations originating In
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and Coschocton,
Ohio,
Evening star., 1926-05-31

After years OF labor and adventure
Trotsky has ut last achieved the un.
deniable distinction Of being a really
interesting editorial writer
Evening star., 1926-05-31

Even II you do not care for the
radio musical program, the humorous
contrast afforded by the advertising
announcements must bring a gentle
glow Of genial appreciation.
Evening star., 1926-05-31
Prejudiced.

From the Lynchburg News.
Philadelphia reformer says the
world IL growing worse, but nobody
living In Philadelphia could possibly
be q dfsintereSted observer.
Evening star., 1926-05-31

Royalty Is always welcome to
Washington in spite Of the additional
complications it necessarily throws
into the parking problem.
Evening star., 1926-05-31

Some enterprising bathtub manu-
facturer ought to get a good ad out
of the present New York theatrical
sit tuatiOn.
Evening star., 1926-05-31
A Reverse Token.

From the Springfield Daily News.
The horseshoe does not bring good
luck when picked up from the street
by an autcuehils tir
Evening star., 1926-05-31

China proceeds with her war and
absolutely declines to permit foreign
anglements to interfere with It.
Evening star., 1926-05-31

Failure to appoint prohibition dep
uties would mean disappointment to
a large number of enthusiastic badge
collectors.
Evening star., 1926-05-31
Polish Pun.

From the Portland Express.
Peace prevails in Poland. Or the
war has been taken from WareAw,
70. stnxa r. AnethH ny
Evening star., 1926-05-31

The Evening Star. with the Sundsy morn
ms edi ion il delivered hy carriers ",thi'
the city At go cents month daily ONLY
~ cents per month: sunday only. 20 cents
per month Orders MAY he sent 10y mail oi
feleDhOne Main 5000. Collection H. made u
carrier al the end of each mouth.
Evening star., 1926-05-31
Communication.

Communication.
DO you think it will be possible to
communicate with Mars?"
what would the object be in doing
so, II we could?" answered the weary
scientist. people right here on earth
still have the greatest difficulty in
making one another understand pre-
ciseiy what they are talking about"
Evening star., 1926-05-31
Practice,

Practice.
What Is your opinion of prohibi.
tion?"
ITS a great thing" answered Sen
atOr Sorghum.
do your constituents practice it,"
Il think so. But it takes a great
deal OF practice 10 make perfect"
Evening star., 1926-05-31
Offenders,

The burglar, going strong,
With danger safely flirts;
The boob who parks too long
Will get his just deserts,
Evening star., 1926-05-31

de future Is always mysterious" /"
said Uncle Eben. Christopher Co
lumbus discovered America, but he
had no idea whatsomever bout what
was in it,
Evening star., 1926-05-31
THEODORE w. MOVES. D.. Editor

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Evening star., 1926-05-31
Art and the Gamer

HTV dUU IUG VHEN6F0.
Art" In a term that's now confessed
TO be most anarchistic,
And Susan Jane, when quite un.
dressed,
Insists that she's "artistic."
Evening star., 1926-05-31

Jud Timkins says the spotlight of
publicity" Is getting to be a good deal
like an X-ray that shows painful con.
ditions.
Evening star., 1926-05-31
Rate by Mail-i'ayable in Advance.
Maryland and Virginia.

All Other States and Canada.
Evening star., 1926-05-31

W OTIU IL. =.
A. The Pamir Plateau is so known
q. Was the tomato ever consid
cred to be poisonous?-P. o. D.
A.. This plant. because of its rela-
ton to the nightshade family. was
for long time held in disrepute by
gardeners and people generally. For
at least a century after the tomato
was more or less familiar to botanists
Milford chronicle., 1926-09-03
SMYRNA MAN FINED FOR
SWITCHING AUTO TAGS
State Police Pick Up Offender When
Cars Are Stopped For Inspection

George W. Turner, Of Smyrna, was
fined $40 and costs by Justice of the
Peace Hendrixson on Monday morn
ing on the charge Of driving car
on which tags had been switched
from another car. The charge
against Turner was brought by Off
Ger Pusey, of the State Police force.
Charles Hanratty, Justice Of the
Peace at Smyrna, paid the fine for
Mr.. Turner. An explanation of the
changing of the tags made by Han
ratty shows that he had advised the
driver to use the car. He said that
application for a re-registration had
been made and that he had advised
Turner to use the car until he Sc
cured the necessary cards. 1t was
for this reason, he said, that he was
paying the fine assessed against Tur-
ner. The wrong tags were discover
ed when the State Police stopped all
automobiles at the southeastern en-
trance to Milford on the Rehoboth-
Milford highway Sunday afternoon.
Drivers license cards were inspected
and a check+up made to see whether
license cards corresponded to the
car being driven. Although a large
number off cars were stopped only
the one arrest was made.