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Evening star., 1926-05-05

friends are hopeful that his record
during the present Congress on this
subject will aid him.
In Wisconsin lively fight has de-
veloped for the Republican nomina-
ton for governor. which may have
importa mt bearing on the political
line up in the State later. Gov.
Blaine is a candidate for the sena
tOriai nomination against Senator
LenrOot. lie is therefore. out Of the
picture in the governOrship race, eX-
cept that he is supporting Attorney
General Ekern for the nomination, as
is Senator La Toilette. Secretary Of
state Zimmerman, who has been a
progressive and a La Toilette follow
or, but who Is a political enemy of
Gov. Blaine, also is a candidate for
the nomination for governor. There
are two or three other ca ndidates
for the gubernatorial nomination.
There have been intimations that the
stalwart Republicans in the State
might throw their support to thinner
man. II that were done. then the
race would be hotter than ever.
IL Zimmerman, with
such support. should be nominated for
governor and later be elected to that
office, it would probably have q con-
effect upon the State pclit-
ical machine. 1t is scarcely consid-
cred likely that Zimmerman would go
so far as to throw his support to
Senator Lenroot in his fight for re-
against Gov. Blaine. That
Senator l-enroot II facing the most
difficut fight in his political career
In freely admitted by observers in
Wisconsin, and some Of them insist
- w hs dsfketed. .e.s.
Evening star., 1926-05-05
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES Z. TRACEW ELL.

! Who is greater bore than the
too-cheerful individual?
The neverserious man gives us
! several assorted pains. and we make
| no scruples about admitting 1t, either.
The world has suffered from this
happy person long enough; some one
ought to sit upon him, once and for
| all.
In writing this, we have no idea
that we are to be that some one.
Perhaps there Is no person in the
/ felIow--like Mr.. Tennyson's brook,
he goes on forever.
You meet him in 4 the elevator,
where he pokes you in the ribs, and
inquiries, "How's things"
His grammar is horrible. and his
manners are worse, but you manage
to work up smile In return. ana
nine times out of ten say some silly
| thing Yourself
III YOU do not, You simply put your
self In line for more and more OF the
| same sort of treatment. From pa st
experience. with the fellow. YOU realize
that the only way TO treat him Is to
give him the same az he sends.
Try to be ordinarily serious with
him, he shes like colt a nd ends by
making q few personal rema rks about
the cut Of your hair, Or the color OF
your necktie.
Nothing is sacred to this simpleton.
Life, to him. is a perpetual carouse.
and the bright dictionary of his youth
contains only hilarious words. mainly
of one syllable.
When we think OF his use OF the
English language, we are almost
tempted to revoke our pronounce
zf 1<rIA
"a axon words.
He is suffering with a bad case OF
ingrowing optimism, which harasses
him continually, 40 that he n all the
time saying or dOing some cheerful
thing.
The very sight of YOU strikes him
as humOrous--Or at least it so seems
TO you, as day by day you find his
face wreathed in smiles at your
approach.
Perhaps he has evolved, out Of ,he
rich stores In his mind. some nick
name for you, such as Johnny
Noodle" This Is one Of the fellows
pet tricks. You have never been
able to see much sense in his nam
ings. and perhaps he himself could
give you no reason for them.
better. Usually, however, there is
some sting In the name somewhere.
Take that Johnny Noodle" for in
stance. Now no one cares TO be
termed noodle.
Our bright friend. of course, knows
that as well as YOU do-perha Pr that
is why he persists in his wsyward
course.
Hello. Johnny Noodle he halls,
with his broadest grin. 1t makes no
difference to the ninny that YOU are
in company with the two eminent
executives. who are giving YOU the
once over" for the big job that
threatens to pay $4,000 year IL you
can mea sure up to the Requirement
Hello, Johnny Noodle" he sings
out, and the eminent executives. who
strictly fulfill all the American Maya.
zine standard requirements for execu-
tives. pretend as IL they had not
heard him.
SO do you. But 1t is no use. Every
one has heard him. How could any
one not hear him?
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All. happy, loud.mouthed fellow.
| IL now and then ne would be seri
GUS, we believe we could like him
! after all. Sometimes. when his mood
chimes in with ours, we find Ourself
tolerating him.
Then we think we have done him
much wrong, to regard him In the
light we have, to feel that he Is a
nuisance at best and bore at worst
The next time we see him at a dis
ia nee, we determine 10 make up fol-
all our past suspicion. The milk OF
human kindness wells in our heart
"How.dee do"' we vociferate.
why. hello, Johnny Noodie"'
Our eOod resolutions vanish at the
| sound OF that hated name. II is not
so much the name, after all, as the
insuffersble way II is spoken that
irks us. The fellow is too cheerful!
His easy condescension rubs us the
wrong way.
WIN he never say, at is nice
day." ls 1t impossible for him to dis
| cuss the League of Nations, the latest
congressional investigation, or some
other light little topic?
Decidedly. 1t is. The world. to him
Ia something to gibe at, and ne Is
hcNCt hopPS chtGpt WUCH CIiV
wonders what the private life OF this
idiot is like. In the bosom of his own
amily Is he so darn cheerful? Does
he awake with smile. and go to
sleep with his silly face split from ear
TO ear with a broad grin?
Just between us, we believe that he
Ia the worst crouch in the world at
home. Probably his poor wife tremble
to hear his footstep on the walk, a nd
his children run and hide.
We have seen his sort before.
~ x+
After all. life Is not entirely a holi.
day.
Dec tn, nick ness a nd sin. and q few
other unpleasant things, actually do
exist, or at least most people believe
they do. The newspa pers devote
much space toward chronicling their
results. anyway.
We should not always be cheerful.
With many modern tendencies
aking for pensimism, those who
have stood In the trenches and led
the battle for happiness have done a
good work. We have only praise for
them.
The world should and does think
kindly OF them.
There IL a serious side to life. how
ever. that is az happy. In it's way. as
the cheerful phase. One can be opti-
mistic when thinking seriously, per-
haps even more SO than when utter.
ing some absurd thought.
The professional humorist does his
stunt and quits. The funny fellow"
Of the stage Is usually q most solemn
man a home. These exceptions prove
the rule.
The too cheerful individual. on the
other hand. the never. serious man. fs
cheerful at the wrong time, and In
optimistic In a wrong way. He tries
to make life vacuum, as far as
seriousness ia concerned. and he fails
miSerabIy. Even his own conscious
ness must realize 1t.
There is happiness TO seriousness
that cannot be sainsaid Every one
likes to be taken seriously. Those
who will not accord one that due
simply make themselves disiiked. al.
though it may he, and most often is,
q secret III will they win.
Evening star., 1926-05-05

The death of Joseph Pennell brings
universal res liza ton of the definite
place In the hall of fame which be-
longs to this artist.s uthor who found
beauty and poetry in the industrialism
of his age.
He may be called the artist of
modern American industrialism," &C
cordins to the Louisville Courier
Journal, for his etchinss Of the steel
mills of Pittsburgh and the steam
shovels and giant cranes in the Pan
anna Canal are instinct with the life
of titanic machines. Not modernist
in any sense. he wss perhaps the
most modern in his appreciation of
the artistic values of the smoke OF
factories. the glare OF furnaces. the
structures Of steel in towers and
bridges and the noise and movement
own phrase, the wonder of work. "
The Detroit News comedies TO Pen
nell a place as "one of the foremost
illustrators Of his time and the su.
preme interpreter of the power and
romance and beauty of modern in
dustry" He gave us" continues
the News. more than any other
artist a new sense of the bigness and
ma jesty and poetry of the work and
workers Of America today. He was
an intimate of every great artist
of his time and of genius generally.
He walked with these kings. yet never
lost his taste for the working world"
There Is In the skyscraper struc-
lures OF lower New York City" says
the Columbus Evening Dispatch. "an
element Of ugliness virtually nnavoid
able. and that ugliness is all that
many can see in buildings of this
type. PeDnell saw in them elements of
beauty which are there also: and per-
haps one of his greatest services has
been TO teach thousands Of others.
who study his etchings. how to find
this beauty" The New York Evening
World adds it's testimony that "he
saw the. poetry in material achieve.
ment. The skyscrapers of New York
the furnaces and the smokestacks of
the steel industry as seen through his
work" continues the Evening World
take on beauty and ma jesty that is
lost to the unseeing eye. He was a
realist. child OF his age and a credit
to his times"
Nobody in his time contributed
more 10 making for America a place
in the art world" declares the San
Antonio Express. which recognizes
that mo artist worked at his calling
more industriously or covered a wider
range Of subjects than did Pennell
Referring to the artists studies Of
European life. the Express finds that
Ito all these works Pennell brought
Evening star., 1926-05-05

fall varies very much according !"
whether the snow is dry snu powdefN
or moist and partly water. However.
as a general average II is considered
that the ratio IL about | to le-tha'
is. about inch of water should be the
same as 10 inches OF snowfall.
o. Who or what were the Barn
burners" 20. S.
A. Barnburners was nickname ~
the progressive faction of New York
State Democrats from 1874 TO 49,,
which. in turn. called the opposins
faction Hunkers. About 1852 the nick.
names were changed to "Softs' and
"Hards.'' The origin of the name
Bsrnburners is usually attributed To
the familiar campaign story OF the
man who burned his barn in order To
free II from rats.
Q. What does DalecsrIia mean
V. &.
A. Dalecarlia is q form Of the Swed-
ish dslarne. which simply means the
dales.
=. II message were broadcast at
certain point Rnd received half wsy
around the world--lS0 degrees-wo'bd
the message coUe from both direc-
tions?-J. W. j..
A. The Looms Radio College says that
the signals, in the interesting situation
which you describe, would he received
just once-simulta neously from all di-
rectiOns. This has actually been done.
The ira nsmitting station was the Mar
conf station at Carnarvon, Wales. On
September %. 1918, they sent a sigma
completely around the world, for the
first time. The receiving station was
Wahroonga, Australia, not exactly
but nearly opposite on the globe. AT
this time the entire surface OF the
earth was traversed by the electric
waves passing between the two points.
and the signals at Wahroonga came
from all directions at once.
Q. When did people stop bowling
when meeting on the street?-W. S.
4. Many people still incline the
head slightly when speaking to ac-
quainta noes on the street. The deep
bow. or curtsy. of women and the
waist deep bend Of men had been mod
flied 10 great extent by 1850.
Q. How many churches are there in
the United States. and what is their
property Worth?-C. &. v.
a. At the last enumeration there were
237 $50 churches. with communicates
numbering 46,142.210. and with min
listers and priests numbering 213.329.
The estimated value Of religious prop
ertv in the United States ia 81
760 217,0 ,06l.
We are sure that edch reader of
The Ereaino Stdr could he benefited
bg the serUice offered by our free
Washington Information Bureau. ~
he kneU the scope aud resources Of
this bureau. Gire rs chance TO br
Of help iva your problemS. Whethcr
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see that 1re are kept busy. Send
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EreHinO Star Information RHreoB.
Frederic j. Hdskin. director. Wash
inUfoH. ID. T..
Evening star., 1926-05-05

The term strike" as at present
employed i'm London, is given "A more
serious significance than usual. 1t
evidently carries meaning rather
beyond the determine ton to stop
work while demanding an increase
OF pay. A business proposition to
cease delivering the goods when the
profit is deemed insufficient becomes
national crisis when 1t threatens
public welfare and political chaos.
Evening star., 1926-05-05
SHOOTING STARS.
By PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Hello. Scout!

Hello, Scout!
Hello, Scout! Give us your hsnd
You're the hope Of this great land,
With eyes so clear and thought so true
Lots of problems you'll see through
Which perplexed us many a day
Loving woodla nds and the sky,
Kind when helpless things are nigh;
Gentle always, yet alert
That true pride shall feel no hurt
Ere we leave you in command,
Hello, Scout! Give US your hand!
Evening star., 1926-05-05

In the presence of BOlshevists,
Communists. radicals and the rest of
reminded by Uncle Joe Cannons =
birthday Of the reliance which, after
all, may always be placed in the
wisdom OF the plain people"
Evening star., 1926-05-05

Many an investigation reveals de-
plora bic conditions without infiicting
very serious punishments. An in
vestigation that leads to correction
of defects for the future is likely to
he regard by posterity as sue
cess.
Evening star., 1926-05-05

Economic conditions become so
asitating abroad that they threa en-
TO take our minds off such great
annual questions as, who will win
the base ball pennant?" or Who will
secure the beauty prize at Atlantic
City,"
Evening star., 1926-05-05

Jhe apple blossom festival is a
gladstone occasion. The failure of
khe fruit crop To fail becomes a mat.
ter cf especial ara titica ton at a time
when horticulture produces limit
less varieties. but finds no new way
bf protecting the buds from climatic
Eicissitudes.
Evening star., 1926-05-05

The District Of Columbia demands
the right to vote. Recent experiences
have emphasized the impression
that, as the great political center of
the world, Washington is entitled to
some politics Of its own.
Evening star., 1926-05-05

The farmer frankly intimates, like
most people in financial difficulty,
that he needs some one to indorse
his notes, and there could be no
more relia BILE indorser than Uncle
Sam himself.
Evening star., 1926-05-05

Conditions have become SO serious
whether even G.. Bernard Shaw will
be able to find anything funny in
them.
Evening star., 1926-05-05

The affairs of the League of Ma
status which prompts the radio an
nouncer TO request his public,
Please stand by"
Evening star., 1926-05-05

With so many world questions
prise that people should ever have
become so excited over a compa ra-
lively little thing like evolution.
Evening star., 1926-05-05

Mussolini has arisen to great
power Yet he maintains q discreet
conservatism and permits no suspi-
cion Of any idea on his part of dis
charging the King Of Italy.
Evening star., 1926-05-05
N0n-CensOriOus.

DO you favor a censorship of thea.
ters and movies?"
mot much" answered Senator
Sorghum. Every time you try to
censor something you present it with
a bundle Of free advertising whose
value is beyond anything money could
buy"
Evening star., 1926-05-05
Illxury Of the Label.

There Is laughter in each system
That is longing for release.
Ideas some folks twist 'em
Till sarcastic moods increase.
So, IN gladly spend my money
For some Stiffness intense
When at something labeled funny
can laugh without Offense.
Evening star., 1926-05-05

In London just now, the reliable
indication of big news" Is state
of affairs which permits no news to
be printed.
Evening star., 1926-05-05
A Definitions.

From the Baltimore Evening sun.
4 village is q place whore the way
to settle an argument about anything
10 to ask Central.
Evening star., 1926-05-05

From the Dea Moines Evening Tribune.
Naturally the wet and dry situation
will bring out q lot Of gumshoe poll
tics.
Evening star., 1926-05-05
OF the Streets.

FROM the Miami Daily News.
Safety conferences attended by au-
tomobilists really benefit the pedes.
trian while they are in session.
Evening star., 1926-05-05
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. MaryIau and Virginia.
An Other States and Canada.
Mcuher of tho ASSMjated Press.

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Evening star., 1926-05-05
Told Him So.

II told you soy exclaimed the wife.
what did you tell me?r
mot to dabble in stocks. They've
gone down."
made couple of thousa nd dollars" Z"
81 told you SO. You shouldn't have
dabbled. You should have plunged" )"
"a real patriot" said Uncle Eben.
lis a man who remembers his duty
no brass bands and rasadAk"
Evening star., 1926-05-05
Shivery.

From the Hamilton Spectator.
Well. 1t was \ real nice Summer
while ii lasted. Nox for = crisp Au-
tumH. u -.
Evening star., 1926-05-05

Jud Tunkins says finding fault with
the Government Is largely a pastime
for people who don't do much to help
the Government along.
Evening star., 1926-05-05

Don't be impatient IL a man insists
on telling you his troubles. It's to
his credit il he can tell 'em to a
neighbor instead of the grand jury.
Evening star., 1926-05-05

= The Evening Star with the sunday R1orn'
Ar stitior IL delivered by carriers wltnln
vee city ut so cents per month: dalE oni!
II cents ner month; sunday only. 20 cents
per month Orders may he cent bS niali or
telephone Main 50a0. Collection - n'a"e ~
carrier At the end OF each month.
Evening star., 1926-05-05

Republican nomination for the Senate
against Senator Cummins Is proceed.
ing briskly. Some of the progres-
sive Republican Senators. particularly
those who fought the World Court,
are expected to go into the State be-
tween now and the date Of the pri-
mary, June I, to speak for the former
Senator. Senator Borsh of Idaho, 1t
is reported, will GO to Iowa i'm the in
things so shape up in the Senate as
to permit his being away from Wash.
ington for that purpose. Senator Ia
Toilette of Wisconsin has said that he
will go to Iowa. and Senators Norris
and Howell Of Nebraska and Frazier
and Nye Of North Dakota are also
mentioned as probable speakers fo,.
the Iowa insurgent Republican. Sen.
ator Shipstead Of Minnesota. Farmer.
Labor Senator. will go 10 Brook khart's 3
aid. too.
What the administf ton will do to
aid Senator ClmmtnB In his fight for
renomination remains to be seen. The
policy so far has been hands of in
Republican primary fights. Senator
Mckinley Of Illinois, who was defeat t.
ed recently by Col. Frank b. Smith
for the senatorial nomination, was un-
aided by the administration. Senator
Brookhart, however. has been a vio-
lent anita gonist of the administra ton,
and his success at the polls In June
would be regarded as a. distinct defeat
for the administration - 1t could
scarcely be regarded as anything else.
The World Court issue, it is ex-
pected, will play principal part in
the Iowa. primary campaign, just as
1t did in the Illinois campaign, when
Senator Mckinley. who voted foi. this
court, was defeated by Col. Smith,
who announced his opposition to
American adherence to the court.
Senator Cummins voted for the court.
But particularly is Senator Blookhart
appealing to the farmers against the
administration. He in a supporter OF
the Haugen bin for farm relief. Sen.
atcr Curlmirs. however. has been per.
sistent in his demands that farm re-
nee leg4alation be enacted. ana -
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-12-17
Christmas, MistIetOe
The Kiasinp Cusfe


Since the Christian era, mistletOe
was dedicated to Christmas time.
With It went the custom Of kissing un-
der the white-berried plant, probably
a survival Of the s~aturnalia Of pagan
rites.
But the Christian elders decided
that when the churches were decOrat-
ed with mistletoe, there was too much
kissing going on during the services
and too many requests for the wed.
ding service.
So they abolished mistletoa and
hung up Ia its stead holly. to signify
the dark monotony and many thorns
Of matrim0ny. But the mlstlet0e
stayed In the homes at Christmas, and
so did the kissing custom
Il Is bad luck for a mai6eNs TO stand
under thu mistletoe and not " kissed.
It means that nhe WIN not be married
that year.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-12-17

people Of the town. The GibbOnses
were poor and really never had had a
place In BOulton society. Not recOg-
nized by the Weather families, they
we're too proud to associate them
selves with either the poorest or even
the middle class of the town. Now
that Hilda had been away at a big
eastern college, however, she would
probably be invited to the holiday par
ties Of the Weather set. Either &C
cepting o. declining the invitations
would be a little awkward for her, she
thought, after being spurned by them
for so many years.
And there was that Jack Elklns, the
son Of the richest man in Boulton.
Hilda particularly didn't care to see
him. He was the catch" Of the
county, for, besides being extremely
rich, he was unusually attractive and
had the gracious manners Of a real
gentleman. Hilda had always had a
case on Jack, and the fact that she
had eve spoken to him and was sim
ply not known by him, made it all
the more intense. She used to dream
about him when she was younger, and
plan all sorts of meetings-happy Oc-
casiOns on which she was never at a
loss for a witty phrase and on which
she always completely "vamped''
young Elkins.
And all this dreaming made her the
more Self-cOnsciOus. When she passed
him on the street, for example, she
would feel herself ~stiffening all over
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-12-17
Name ''Santa Claus"
Where It Came From

Santa Claus" is a corruption which
originated apparently in Flanders or
possibly among the Dutch, Of the
name OF St Nicholas, a saint noted for
his love Of children and his bOundless
charity. His "day" was perhaps De
cember 8, originally. but since the dis
placement Of Old Father Christmas,
the British representation Of the
Christmas spirit, he is celebrated al
most universally as the Christmas
Saint.