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Evening star., 1926-04-29
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

longing to either class. Yet there re-
mains the general tendency, which
any one may observe.
Many think nothing at all OF spend
ing two or three hundred dollars n
year on theater tickets, yet would hold
up their hands in holy horror IL ad-
vised to purchase $50 worth Of paints
and enamel within a period Of 365
days.
Others will spend nobody knows how
many dollars on cigars and cigarettes.
only to frown with righteous indigna-
ton II one Is 80 bold as to suggest that
they loosen up for 81 for gallon or
so Of paint to cover up the nakedness
Of their tin garage.
This attitude. 1t may be admitted,
runs back to psychological depths.
Ordinarily we find both money and
urge to do what we want to do. The
fact that one man spends $500 on thea
ter tickets simply shows that he loves
the theater. The fact that he will
not buy $40 worth Of paint shows that
he does not like to paint.
The man who purchases nobody
knows how many cigars a year dis.
plays to the world at large that he
really likes to smoke. while at the
same time does not give a rap him.
self how gray and bleak his garage
looks, and not half rap how the
thing jars on the sensitive nerves Of
the nelghbors.
The neighbors, according to him,
are cranks, nothing more nor less.
They ought to take up smoking and,
under the soothing influence Of per.
fecto, rapidly get back to normal.
when such minor details as unpainted
garages would vanish In the general
mist.
Emulation, however, often will do
what nothing else can or will do.
Happily. there are many persons SO
constituted that what they will not do
themselves. they will do when they see
the man next door doing 1t.
This is sometimes called keeping
up with the Joneses." While this striv.
ing is generally confined to emulation
in regard to making a show, having
what the others have, putting on the
the thing works both ways. 80 that
when one keeps UP with the Joneses
or the Smiths In the matter OF paint.
ing and upkeep Of homes and grounds
every one is benefited, not only ones q
self and ones immediate neighbors, but
the entire city, in an indirect way.
There is no lack Of paints on the
market--indeed, their very profusiOr
undoubtedly holds some back from
this essential form OF cleaning and
decoration. To the amateur. there is
something of mystery in the subject
Of undercoats, priming. etc, yet q
little investigation and study will solve
most of 1t.
Washington is peculiarly blessed
with a large number of paint stores,
| where all the nationally advertised
products may be secured. with brushes
and all other necessary implements.
Those who go in for painting. either
| in a small or large way, this Spring
ought to make two resolves: To take
proper care OF their brushes, and to
set aside a place in the basement for
proper care of leftover paint. Much
paint is wasted every year by care
less handling. and brushes are left to
get stiff and useless simply because
there has been no forethought in this
matter. II one has to buy a new
brush every time he gets a can OF
paint. painting becomes unnecessarily
expensive. Thrift Is as advisable here
as in most matters.
Evening star., 1926-04-29

lem Of Americanizing the community
Of isolated Washingtonians cannot
much longer be avoided.
Either they must be taken into the
American system as national Anieri-
cans, In some such way as we propose
in our constitutional amendment, with
retention by the Nation Of control Of
its Capital; or this control, except of
the area covered by public buildings
or necessary for national purposes,
must be surrendered, and the remain
der OF the District retroceded to Mary
land or made into a full-fiedged State.
Or this community must be distn.
tegrated as @ political entity and its
people as national Americans divided
as voters among the States, Maryland
taking all who cannot be placed politi-
cally elsewhere through claim of resi-"
dence in another State.
Such of these proposals as involve
the disintegration and political dis
persal Of the Capital community will
be resisted to the end by organized
Washington. which has developed into
civic consciousness and civic pride and
must be reckoned with as an entity.
Whatever the actual solution may
be, the problem must be solved of the
status-political. judicial. industrial.
material-of a populous and intelli-
gent American community, living at
the National Capital, but politically
outside Of the Nation: and this prob.
lem is fast becoming. with the notable
growth Of the class Of isolated Wash
ingtonians. one Of the most important
and urgent which confront Congress
and the American people.
Evening star., 1926-04-29
The War Against Crime.

For two days past the National
Crime Commission has been in session
In this CITY, This agency for the study
Of the crime problem in America, or
ganized about a year ago, has reached
the point Of decision that the work to
be effective must be conducted along
State lines rather than National, and
that its function is to stimulate, direct
and coordinate the proceedings in the
States. Already practical advance has
been made. Several Of the States have
organized crime commissions, and
others will soon do So The present
hope is that next Winter, when more
than forty of the State legislatures
will meet, they will all pass laws to
this same end.
Crime is war against society. Or
ganized crime is organized war. That
crime is organized in this country is
evident. It is not a universal, country.
wide organization. 1t takes the form
of gangs. These gangs are indirectly
| related. They have regularly retained
representatives. bondsmen and legal
advisers and defenders.
If foreign power should strike this
country in offensive warfare the whole
people would rise in defense. They
would present themselves for military
service. or for industrial service to
maintain the Army and the Navy. To
man and to the last dollar the coun.
try would be enrolled. Yet now, with
a war of offense raging against So
ciety in the form of deliberate profes.
sional crime, only a few of the people
concern themselves. They look to the
courts for protection, and the courts
tied and hampered with laws that
have been enacted in evolution of a
! complex system of Jurisprudence. are
unable to cope with the tide of crime
The safeguards for the protection OF
the innocent, unjustly accused. have
been multiplied and amplified through
the provisions for appeals and in the
protraction of trials to the point OF
protecting the guilty rather than the
| innocent.
Public opinion has at last been
aroused to this dancer, and there is
throughout the country today a de
mand for speedier as we'll as surer
justice. Various bodies of members OF
the American bar have been studying
the question for some time. The Ma
tional Crime Commission seeks tc
! hasten the work Of law amendment
procedure revision and more effective
police protection to the end Of winning
the war against crime.
This work cannot be accomplished in
q single season. Law amendment and
procedure revision to be effective must
be substantial and sound, and to in
sure this requires careful study. 1t is
especially to be desired to make uni
form the practices in all the States
and hence the proposal that this work
shall be carried on simultaneously IL
the States through commissions that
| will after research recommend to leg
islatures the enactment of corrective
laws.
Evening star., 1926-04-29
Murder by Machine Gun.

Mystery surrounds Chicago's latest
gang outrage An assistant States
attorney and two companions, mem
bers Of the underworld, We're killed
while riding in an automobile on the
border line between Chicago and
Cicero. The method of attack was
new in crime annals. Pulling up
beside the car containing the attor-
ney and his friends. a; gangster auto.
mobile unloosed whitening machine
gun fire which almost instantly killed
the three men. Two other men, oc-
cupants Of the victim car. are
thought to have escaped, but have
left no clue to either the motives
of the inurderers or their own
identity.
Just why the murdered States at
torney was consorting with criminals
is not explained, except that he is
said to have had a lifelong friend.
ship with one of them. He had made
a reputation as Chicago's hanging
prosecutor" with a record of seven
death verdicts in eleven months, but
this only adds to the mystery Of the
entire affair. Many theories are ad.
vanced as to the reason for the
attack and more than one hundred
men have been arrested, but as long
as the other occupants of the States
attorneys car secrete themselves
there appears to be little hope that
any real light can be thrown OF,
either the killers or the motive for
the crime.
One thing stands out, however. and
that is the ruthless methods and un
tagging determination Of the under
world in settling an alleged grievance,
The spectacle Of a machine SUI
Evening star., 1926-04-29
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON
Contradictions.

Contradictions.
read O. book till grew tired,
In search Of fats that I desired;
And when, at last, they all seemed
clear,
I felt a sense Of gentle cheer.
But when / turned page or two
Somebody says they're all untrue.
I hear a lecture very good.
Some things at last are understood
Which puzzled dull intelligence.
NV satisfaction is immense
Until some other speaker strong
Shows that the first one was all
wrong.
Life is a song. the poets say
Yet everything that leaves me gay
I am assured, in kindly taste.
Is rather questionable taste.
I half suspect, mid discomfort,
That life is just an argument.
Evening star., 1926-04-29
BACKGROUND OF EVENTS
BY PAUL Y. COLLINS.

and was succeeded by his son, Mo-
manned Ali. who. although sworn to
uphold the new constitution, ignored
it and ruled with old-time tyranny as
we'll as with extravaganza and in
competence. BY 1949 the Nationalist
party. opposing the absoluteness Of
the Shah, were able to compel him to
reorganize his government and recog-
niZe the constitution.
In the meantime Russia and Great
Britain had divided the country into
zones Of influence, Russia taking the
northern and Great Britain the south
ern parts. Great Britain gave the
Shah an ultimatum that unless within
three months he brought order along
the southern routes to India British
police would be introduced and would
be paid out Of the tariff revenues Of
the ports Of the Arabian Sea.
In 1910, at the request Of Persia,
President Taft sent w Morgan
Shuster to take charge Of Persian
finances and, within six months. Mr..
Shuster changed the chronic deficit
of the treasury into a surplus by
tax collection system. Russia, Jealous
of American interference. drove Mr..
Shuster out. and the old struggle be-
tween Russia and Great Britain to
control Persia was renewed.
y y x =
In the World War, although Persia
declared her neutrality, she suffered,
especially in Azerbaijan, from fighting
between the Turks on the one side
and the Russians and British on the
other.
In 1920 a bolshevik army invaded
hn Ar
ernment until driven out in 1921
Since 1921 Persian finances have
again been under the management of
an American, DIR. A. G. Millspaugh,
formerly of our State Department,
with a repetition Of the Shuster sue
cess, though complicated by finan-
cial dispute between Great Britain
and Persia, since the British are ad-
vancing $11 1.0O0, 900 a month and call
ing it O. loan. while certain Persian
statesmen call it a subsidy requiring
no repayment.
The mob murder of the American
Vice Consul Imbrie in 1924 illustrates
the depth Of Persian superstition and
fanaticism, since it was connected
with a fanatical report that Mr..
Imbrie in photographing holy shrine
was poisoning the sacred well.
A movement toward republican gov
ernment began in 1924, and had the
support Of Reza Khan, who was min
lister Of war and prime minister. and
the actual ruler, while Ahmed Kajar,
the Shah, persisted in staying in Eu-
rope. 1t was the hope Of Reza Khan
that he might become president Of
the republic. but it is said that. seing
the incompetence of the tribes to
comprehend the responsibilities Of re-
publicanism, he has reluctantly con-
sented to become Shah under the con-
stitution Of 1906. The republic was
especially opposed by the Moharl'
medan clergy.
* X x K
There is a three.sided conflict Of
interests in oil claims-the American
| Standard OIL Co., the Anglo-PerSian
| Oil Co. and the Russian Soviet claims
which threatens trouble for the new
regime.
Copyright. 1926. by Paul v. Collins.l
Evening star., 1926-04-29

Never before, perhaps. has Wash.
ington seen so much painting as Is
going on this Spring.
Along almost every street one can
see householders on ladders, painting
porches and trim, putting deft touches
to window boxes, giving iron rails ap-
plicatiOns of black.
On roofs of the tin variety big
buckets of thick maroon.color paint
are being applied, while in the rear Of
homes amateur painters are giving
the backs Of houses the "once over. !"
Professional painters are to be seen
in the downtown sections, giving bust
ness houses new coats. These gentle.
men elso have their share of the
strictly residential work.
Hidden from the public eye. but
yvery active, nevertheless, men and
women are painting away in their
homes. 1t Is wonderful what a can
OF paint or enamel will do for q kitch-
on or a bathroom.
Often enough housewives might
better devote their Spring cleaning
to painting, securing at one applica-
ton both beauty and cleanliness. a
tight coat Of fresh paint Is a surer
seal of germs than almost any amount
Of soap and water.
a colony OF germs definitely placed
beneath two coats of paint, or q lay.
er OF undercoat and one Of enamel, Is
put In storage forever. AS for
smudges, they suffer the same merited
fate.
Women, by reason Of their patience,
often do better painting Jobs than men.
1t is one thing to begin a piece of
painting and another to finish it. Men
are prone to start with flourish, and
end with a smear.
Women, on the other hand, do their
best work in the delicate places, such
as on the Dashboard along the wall
paper, or on the window trim. There
Will be less paint where it does not be-
long, and more where it should be
placed, when woman paints, than
when a man does the job.
We speak here, of course, Of anna.
teur work. Professional house painters
and interior decorators are as careful
as any woman could possibly be. and
more often attain greater surety of
touch.
We have often wondered why women
do not go into the house painting bust.
ness. Especially in painting interiors.
both woodwork and walls, women
ought to shine. They have, as pointed
out' HOt Only iIlOIc patience, out also
a more certain satisfaction in the
cleaning end of paint.
This latter must never be forgot
ten. The primary purpose of paint is
to protect. After this comes beautifi-
cation through the color. Last, but
not least, must be considered the
feature of cleanliness.
1t Is this latter phase of painting
that appeals so much to housewives,
whether they apply the paint them
selves or delegate the task to their
husbands, who. nearer to the monkey
stage, are better climbers.
* !; 4
In considering topics relating to the
home, one often feels a desire, almost
a necessity. to divide mankind into
two broad divisions-those who love
their homes, per Sc. and those who
only regard their homes as places to
eat in, sleep in, and then get away
from as speedily as possible.
Between these two extremes there
are many gradations, so that one may
never certainly put a finger on any
one and definitely brand him as be.
Evening star., 1926-04-29

@. Should canned tongue be cooled
before being used?--C. NJ.
A. The Grocer's Encyclopedia says
that dealers should never sell a can OF
tongue. or OF any meat or fish, during
warm weather without reminding the
buyer that it should be cooled thor
oughly before opening.
@. How long did the Reign Of Terror
In France last?-T. II.
a. That period Of the French Revo-
luton known as the Reign OF Terror
is generally considered to have extend
ed from January 81, 1793-the date Of
the execution of Louis XVI-to July
28. 1874, when Robespierre and other
sanguinary leaders were guillotined.
Q. How ,nany Rhodes scholarships
are there and what is their value?
M. NJ.
A. The system Of scholarships found
ed by the will of Cecil Rhodes provided
In perpetuity for the support at Ok
ford University. for q term of three
years each, Of about 176 selected schol-
ars from t he British colonies, the
United States and Germany. The
scholarships have an annual value of
81 ,250 to $500.
@. When did Josephus write the
histories of the Jews?--O. T. b.
A. Flavius Josephus. whose Jew
ish name was Joseph Ben Matthias,
was born in 81 AID. and died about
| 100 AID. THE History of the Jewish
War" Jewish Antiquities" an
Apology Of the Jews Against Apion"
! and an Autobiography seem to have
| occupied him from about the year 20
| until the time of his death.
4
Q. How many Germans, French.
Italians, Irish and English have emf
grated to America ". J. D.
A. Alien arrivals previous to July
| ], 1898. were not reported by race or
| people. Since that time up to July
1, 1925. the total number of Germans
admitted was 1.370,S29; French, 43S,-
484; Italians, 3.828,2s2; Irish, S51,423;
English, 1,11s.239.
@. Is it true that the prime min.
lister Of Italy gets salary Of $4,000
a year?--L. NJ.
A. The Italian embassy says that
the salary Of the prime minister of
Italy is $4,000 lire, equivalent to
about $1,000, plus rent allowance of
1900 $4,000. A bill for the increa sc
of the salary Of the premier to 150,.
900 lire $50 900 being representation
expenses) is at present under study
| in that country. Before the war the
prime minister received a salary OF
5000.
Q. How long was the Leaning
Tower of Pisa in the building?-E
f. c..
A. It was begun in 1874 and com
pleted in 1850. 1t is built in the
Romanesque style. 1t has an obli
| quity of 13 feet in height Of 179.
Q. Who wrote Tramp, Tramp
Tramp"?-P. S.
A. The words and music were
written by George f. Root. Prior to
the Civil War he had written songs
which became very popular. Wher
the war began, DIR. Root, says one
writer, was deeply affected by public
events and produced many war songs
@. Where is Monomotopa?-P. F. p
a. Monomotopa was a former ma
tive kingdom of East Africa in the
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS region. 1t wa.
visited by the Portuguese in the six
teenth and seventeenth centuries
Nothing very definite is known con
corning It.
@. How much does granite weigh
ii. r. l..
A. The weight Of a cubic foot Of
common granite is from $50 to 170
pounds.
@. What is the largest non-naviga
BILE river in the United States and ir
the world?-T. w. f.
A. The Platte River and its north
Evening star., 1926-04-29

The crime chronicles would show
some interesting touches Of novelty II
a few examples, once so numerous, or
the penitent burglar or the remorse-
full thug could be pointed out. Every
nrominent criminal is now busily en-
gagged in keeping a stiff upper lip ana
posing for the camera.
Evening star., 1926-04-29

mounted in an automobile for use
against citizens in this supposedly
highly civilized country is revolving.
Chicago should rid itself of it's under
world haunts and its underworld
characters, and no steps should be
too drastic to accomplish this most
necessary cleanup.
Evening star., 1926-04-29

Chinese have been caught smug-
Cling rum into this country. China
discovered everything centuries ago,
even the vices of international COM
merce.
Evening star., 1926-04-29

Mussolini admires American motion
pictures. The grandeur of ancient
Rome when restored will no doubt be
equipped with all modern improve
ments.
Evening star., 1926-04-29

Twilight and Dawn.
"Just song at twilight"
On the radio
Not the little love song
Of the long ago.
When the band begins to play
It conveys a warning,
And in Jazz time seems to say,
Wont go home till morning!"
Education teaches man to read
an write" said Uncle Eben, 'but it
can't guarantee to keep i'm from
doin' both foolishly."
Evening star., 1926-04-29

Chicago's crime wave has become
large enough to overflow into the
suburbs. If it increases it may be
sufficient to start a back-to- -the-farm
Evening star., 1926-04-29

Galleries tend to disclose an impress
sion that points in a congressional in
quiry may be decided by applause like
a beauty contest or an old-time cake
walk.
Evening star., 1926-04-29
Language Of the Present.

"You did not go to the theater
much last season."
"I had to quit" answered Senator
Sorghum. "As a debater / am some.
what emotional and some of those
plays threatened to ruin my vocabu.
10 aY.r''
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Late Starters.

From the Springfield Daily News.
All the ball teams are playing now,
but It seems that q good many Of
them viii not really start the season
until about the first Of July. as usual.
Evening star., 1926-04-29

In the matter of congressional in
Just at present, every day
Is District day.
Evening star., 1926-04-29

In spite CT new problems, old ones
persist. The work of fighting forest
fires is as dangerous and urgent as
ever,
Evening star., 1926-04-29

Beer for medicinal purposes appears
to be a failure. Evidently it tasted
too much like real medicine
Evening star., 1926-04-29

The gun on the hip is proving even
deadlier than the flask and as difficult
to prohibit.
Evening star., 1926-04-29
Back ON the Field.

From the Detroit News.
Military item: The Illinois National
Guard is holding the usual Spring
encampment in Herrin.
Evening star., 1926-04-29
Evolution.

From the Los Angeles Times.
A Nebraska man has a cow with
wooden leg. This is one way to
Sat q planked steak.
Evening star., 1926-04-29
Everything Goes.

From the Des Moines Evening Tribune.
Even hitting in the clinches isn't
barred in this years senatorial fight.
Evening star., 1926-04-29
Critical Comment.

what did you think of the Rus
sian ballet?"
Artistic, but impractical. It's a
terrible thing to have to take along
an interpreter every time you invite
a. dancer to supper
Evening star., 1926-04-29
Art With Information.

So many lovely ads abound
TO Danish every care,
My radio begins to sound
Like billboards in the air.
Evening star., 1926-04-29

Jud Tunkins says truth is stranger
than fiction, but it's getting harder
and harder to wind UP a news story
with the line, 'They lived happy ever
after"
Evening star., 1926-04-29
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