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The Wolf Point herald., 1926-01-14

Yale leads the college world
in ownership of realty. Its
holdings are worth $30,228,000.
Evening star., 1926-06-16
World Auto Fatalities.

Eighty per cent of the worlds auto
mobile fatalities for the year 1926 Oc-
Cured In the United states, according
to figures released bY the American
Road Builders Association. More tina n
50. 400 persons were killed and S6S,OOo
we're injured In automobile accidents
during the last year. statistics gath
cred by the associationts show.
This enormous toll off human life is
blamed partly on road CONSTRUCTION by
association officials although 1t Is con
ceded that reckless and incompetent
driving is responsible for most of the
accidents. In order to formulate plans
to make all highways as safe Az hu-
man ingenuity will permit, a special
session Of the next convention of the
organization will be devoted solely to
safety easures.
When ii Is realized that in the
United states are more than eighty
per cent of the worlds automobiles,
these fgures are not quite as startling
as they at first appear. Congestion Of
vehicles and accidents are synony
nous. Therefore. although il is not a
record TO be proud OF by any means.
America should not he made the scape
soal in the matter of automobile resu-
Iations and accidents.
Evening star., 1926-06-16
Pennsylvania Avenue.

While il is highly desirable that a
through way be established betw cen
the heart OF the city and the new
Arlington Memorial Bridge. 1t Is not
desira bic that such q highway should
replace. as the principal thOroughfare re
Of Washing ton. Pennsylvania avenue
in its stretch between the Capitol and
the Treasury. The plan to extend
nd widen B street from the Capitol
Grounds to the bridge approach
meets with general approval. 1t is
essential that q street of width equiv
alent TO that Of the bridge should be
crea led TO insure the free movement
of ira affic crossing that viaduct. How
ever. it Is not to be supposed that In
ordinary circumstances all the ira ffic
flowing over the Memorial Bridge
will pass into the city by one route
or pass from the city by a single
route to the bridge. Ii Is the natural
trend of ira f11c to diverge at a point
of exit and to converge from various
directions to a point Of approac ch.
Pennsylvania avenue has from the
beginning cf the history Of Wash
~ e<oa ,.ha0sA f9.nN rneSt,na aA<DeaRAInnDAn3
Evening star., 1926-06-16

marches, ragesA1ts and impressive
displays. II ahtlld noi he releTated
To the position tof side street in
This respect RSstreet. widened and
extended .as pr.A'"sed may become
an impressive boundary boulevard
for the north fla,kl uf the Mall. hu. 1t
should not De az the expense of the
cit!s most ia aluuS thoroushfare,
which links the iles sislative and the
executive bra ncistes at the Govern
in-nt in its central stretch of mile
aud "a half.
In The placement of public build
inss under the new law, which has
provided for Il broad program OF
it ES contemplated 10
utilize sites Within what Is known
as the Mali -Aven,As triangle between
Second and Fifteenth streets and b
street and Pennsylvania avenue.
The Government now owns part Of
that land on the western flank. Two
public buildings alIteady stand within
the remaining area. Another site
has just been designated. for the
Archives Building. There are build.
ing needs sufficient to absorb all the
remaining space. They should be
located within the Nriansle. both foI
the public convenience and for the
cure OF unsishtly Conditions that re-
nect sravely upon the National Cap
ltal.
If B street is to he widenej and
extended there should he no lessen
ing OF the program OF building
placements within the triangle. In
other words, the wider B street
should not he regarded as the bound,
AIRY Of the conbined pubiic buiiu-
ing site and public park.
Evening star., 1926-06-16

The greatest Teacher of all time
once said. "Ye shall know the truth.
and the truth shall make you free"
lie despised thought Journalism
and dogma. Today certain Zealots
are trying to create an issue which
does not exist in fact. There is no
conflict between science and religion:
only between certain men in the field
of science and certain ones in the
field of theology.
:, Whether the earth was created in
six literal days or In six ages should
he of little spiritual concern to him
whose religion Is a personal and
living thing. The problem of whether
his ancestor was an amOeba or a rib
does not engage mich OF the time
he devotes to religious thought.
He is wise if he accepts the hand
writing of the Almighty on the strait
fled rock of the eternal hills, IL he
deciphers alike the papyrus record
and that first autograph written when
Ger the wet sands an insect crept
Ages ere man on earth was known.
And patient Time. while Nature slept.
The slender tracing turned to stone.
He will attempt to learn the law
of nature rather than attempt to re-
press such knowledge by man-made
statute. knowing fun well that one
might as well attempt to sweep hack
the Atlantic with 4 broom as tn block
mental ipdepe ndence by legis'a tion.
we shall know the truth. and the
truth shall make you fres."
iCopyrirht. 1e2eJ
Evening star., 1926-06-16
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES Z. TRACEK ELL.

We are delighted to see the ladies
going in for large hats again.
Anything the girls choose to do
In the main. il all right with us. but
We have regretted their lack Of faith
In the large picture hat"
Lady Gainsborough was wise in her
day and generation.
She knew when "a hat looked good
upon her, and wore it In the pOrtra 1t
| that has carried her amiable face
down 10 posterity.
Women of 1926 have at last, though
as late as June. put the seal OF their
charming approval upon Mrs. Gains.
borough's choice.
Upon every street and wide avenue
OF Washington the appreciative be
holder may see girls young and Old
waiting along under large black hats,
some with droopy crowns, others with
hoppy brimS.
Men unanimously applaud them in
this. their latest fancy, realizing that
the changes of fashion are not what
they used to be, knowing fun we'll
that women are no longer the slaves
Of fashion" in any real sense.
Fashion, while still very much
alive. has lost some of it's old tyranny.
Women have discovered that they
have about as much brains as most
men, If not just a little bit more. and
they are beginning TO use them in
their choice of wearing apparel.
If any one doubts this, let him mere.
ly look over some pictures of no longer
ago than 1898. The fact that 1898
was then" and 1925 is nov" utterly
fails to explain the contrast
ent large hat vogue is not just mere
whim OF silly Fashion. but IL an ex-
preston OF Intelligence on the part Of
women.
We are seeing a veritable revolution
in women's thought in regard to
clothes, an evolution going on right
under our eyes, in which women are
evolving from creatures dictated to. to
thinking beings calmly selecting such
articles Of wear as look best upon
them.
No doubt, some reading here will
be inclined to feel. at this point, that
we have too highly evaluated the
proposition. The large hat vogue,
such doubters viii scoff, Is simply an.
other instance of women being led by
their pretty noses.
Put the big hats in the windows" ,"
such a one will grin. they buy big
hats. Then put the small lids back
they will adOrn themselves with hats
no bigger than thimbIes"
The careful observer will note, how
ever. that plenty OF small hats are
still to be seen everywhere. and we
have no doubt in the world that they
will continue to be seen
There Is no reason why two types
of hats should not be stylish" at the
same time. We believe women are
getting around to that point in their
thinking on the subject OF clothes.
1t all resolves itself down to the one
big point:
What looks good on Ine?"
There are more women looking at
clothes from that angle today than the
world ever saw in a dozen generations
before. 1t Is hardly necessary to
admit that there are still thousan Is
upon thousa nds who do not. of course
one sees them everywhere, over
Evening star., 1926-06-16

tied by people educated to tn" virtue
pf pure water and plenty of II. They
know the da niger Of spring and well
water In neiehborhoods that are being
Ia pidly settled. They know the dis
appointment that often comes from
a water service depending on water
pumped from wells INTO tanks. Here
ras Il proposition that All that Ar
liHHt.n County had 10 do WAS Ia con
meet h.: u IRA anSriNer conduit with d
water system built at "a cost OF many
m!!h"n, Of dollars and without 1t ii-
r@ci charge upon the county of one
Potomac Wa'er plant would have
cost more money ihan the county
could pay. The plans for impo,inding
the water of creeks and for pumping
water into high reservoirs for gravity
di>tt'ih,t!nn called for large cost.
With The srow;h Of settlement in the
count. ii would he impossible to keep
the WaterShe dS of The creeks free Of
I,,i!utiou.
Arlington county is destined To be
come d city, OF which Rosslyn. Clar-
endon, Fast Fails Church and Del
Ray will be neishborhoods, as Mount
Plea SAINT and Columbia Heights are
neig hborhoods of Washington. Lay
Ing The foundation for Il countrywide
Potomac water system viii proba bly,
hasten the rate OF popu,ation growth
and will save the people millions OF
dollars that would have to lie spent
al a future time for water mains.
Evening star., 1926-06-16
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PBILANDER JOHNSON

A Terror.
Have a care. it is time to be cautious
and prim.
Unless you are willing to yield to
your fear
And fee to some spot where the
shadows are dim.
A place where the sunlight but
seldom draws near.
II your coat doesn't Mt or your knees
are not straight
Or your facial expression 10 harsh
in it's play.
Take heed, lest tho world know your
sOrrowful state
The man with tho cameras coming
this way.
He loves to creep up and catch un-
That grin so inane that you some
times assume;
He will wait at the foot as you tum-
BILE down stairs,
And snap you in transit. to lessen
life's gloom
For all who behold his malevolent
art
Seek not to defy him; escape while
YOU may:
Don't pause for fareweils. IL you're
smart yOull depart!
The man with the cameras coming
this way.
Evening star., 1926-06-16
Arlington County Bond Issue.

Arlington County has voted nine
to one In favor OF bond issue of
37Se 600 for connecting with the
crea. Falls Wa shington water system
At Daleca rlia reservoir and laying
mains in Arlington County. Nearly
the full voting popula ation Of rhe coun-
tv cas-, hallo,s for the bend issue, and
the size of the ma jority, 1884 10 2T5,
shows the temper Of the people on
the water question. Each of the three
districts, Arlington. Washington and
Jefferson, turned in a ma jority and
the returns show that all the towns
Arlington. Rosslyn. Clarendon. Glen
cariyn. Fast Falls Church. Cherry
dale. Virginia Highla nds. Del Ray
nd the others-cast a ma iority vote
for the water bonds:
There was little doubt hat Arbng-
ton County would approve the hond
rrcpc2l. That county. ccntainins
scores K washington suburbs, is seE-
Evening star., 1926-06-16

started in. wv, W.. W., double o
double. r. but that's as far as he got
"Oh. you go to the devil.' came from
the opposite end Of the line, which
thought it was being spoofed.
President Coolidge tells callers at
the White House that the only kind OF
military drill he got as a school lad in
Vermont was given with the aid OF
dumb bells. That sent an lInmistak
able litter around the semi-circle OF
his visitors. 1t is not customary OF
these occasions to engage in unseemly
repartee with the Chief Executive
But more than one Of his interrOga
tors was burning to ask II MIR. Cool
idge doesn't find himself even in these
days compelled to work with u good
MANY dumb bells.
Representative Robert l.. Bacon Of
New York, who wants the United
States to rescue the Moro provinces
from Filipino rule. visited the Philip
pines last year aud heard at first ha nd
the story OF the Moros' ancient hos
tility to their overIords at Manila.
Not many people know that Moro is
spa niSU loi' MoOf. nc lSidHuS ttInt
the race inha bits were found to be
peopled with natives Of the MOhsm-
rnedan faith. SO when the Spa niards
took possession OF the Philippines
many years ago they chrfstened the
residents OF that group "Moros," or
Moors. because of the Mohammeda n
religion Of the denizens of northern
Africa. The Moros, when they sur
rendered to the Americans in 1899.
said that we were the first ones who
had ever conquered them. The Span
iards never subdued them. So from
the moment we placed the Moros at
the mercy Of the Filipinos they re-
mained resentful and rebellious.
They ask only to be placed exclusive
ly under tho yoke to which they bent
the knee in 1899. 10 accommodate
them is the purpose Of Represe nta-
tive Bacon's bill introduced in the
House last week.
Representative Oscar L. Keller.
Progressive Republican, OF Minnesota.
says the Harry Daugherty forces are
pursuing him and determined to pro
vent his denomination in this years
congressional primaries. 1t was
Keller who made the first move look.
ing to Attorney General DaughertN's
impeachment in 1922. The House
committee on judiciary. then headed
by Representative Volstead. Of prohi-
bition celebrity. did not act upon the
evidence submitted by Keller. But
the gentleman from St Paul thinks
he has proof that the "reactionariee'
who sympathized with Daugherty are
after him and, II he succumbs In the
Gopher primary on June 81, his
friends will be inclined to attribute
his defeat to their opposition. Keller
was trlumphantly reelected in 1924.
But this time two candidates have
been placed In the field against him
and he is admittedly in danger. Or.
sanized labor especially railroad
labor. has gone heavily to hat for
Keller.
Copyright. 1920
Evening star., 1926-06-16
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN.

knowledge and love throughout the
world. The first congress owed It's
history to Bishop Castor de SeEur
and was held at Lille, Fra nee. June 2l.
1881.
q. What is floss silk?-C. L.
A The term floss silk has been
in use for long time az a ma me for
fine but tangled waste silk. forming
the outside of the cocoon and which
cannot be reeled also, for the yarn
made therefrom.
@. Is it true that manv of the
original settlers of this country were
criminals?-J. c. A.
A England shipped many political
| prisoners to the United States In the
| Colonial times. Some of these were
sent over here for life. others for a
few years. The ma a1ority Of these
spent their sentences in Virginia and
| Georgia.
@. The stop signs have worn oH
many Of the streets. Must auto
mobiles still stop there. q. l..
A. The local Traffic Bureau says
that the stops which had signs paint
ed on streets must still he observed.
as the regulation reads that all cars
must stop at boulevards and ar+ertal
highways.
O. When did this Prince of Wales
and King Edward VII MS Prince NJ
Wales visit Washington?-W. n. e.
A. King Edward VII when Prince
of Wales visited Washington in 1880.
The present Prince of Wales was in
the city in November, 1919, and in
August, 1924.
Q. How many shut-out games has
Walter johnson pitched?-H. y.
A. Walter johnson in 10 years q,
his career, from 1907 to 1925. hsy
pitched 110 shut-out games This is.
the greatest number Of shut ont "a mes
pitched in either league.
o. What becomes Of the part of n
tree that DECAYS and makes a tree
holIow?-A. r. McC.
A. The Forest Service says that
the rotten wood inside hollow tree
decays and disintegrstes and goes IN
the bottom of trunk of tree, evert'l-
ally going into the soil.
Find out rhdtefer you Tnnt ="
knoIr. There is no room for to-
noronce IN this busy Torid. The
person Tho Ioses out is the one
1rho Ouesses. The person rho gets
on is ditrdus the one tcho acts Dpon
reliable information. This popSr
emplops Frederic j. Hdskin ~
conduct an information bureau IA
Wdshinot for the free use of th~
| pu bic There is no charge e1cept
| . cents in stamps for return post
| age. Write to him today for nnv
| facts you desire Address The Ere
| Frederic J. Hnskin, Director Wash
] inOton. ID. e.
Evening star., 1926-06-16

, stepping the golden mean. There Is
no need to go into details. Every
woma knows when another woman Is
viola ting common sense-and so does
almost every man.
The large hat las the advertisements
will tell YOU sOftens Irregular fea'
lures, and makes pretty girl look
something like Il flower or an angel
we don't know exactly which.
What the "ads" do not tell YOU
ladies', is that the secret Of the big
, hat Is solely:
temininity.
And we suspect that the secret
behind the secret the dream within q
dream, Is that many centuries nave
put the seal of their approval upon
| the large hat.
Though we try, we cannot alto
gether get away from the influence of
| the centuries.
hundreds upon hundreds of years
, have left their marks upon us. espe
cialIy in regard to our outlOoks, our
Viewpoints, our ways of looking at
things"
Those girls who thoughtlessly insist
on violating the commonsense pro.
prieties in dress are utterly forgetting
this important fact.
10 get back to the big hat-we
believe that it might be proved that
the picture hat is not only acceptable
because 1t has the approval OF the
years. but also because it architec'
turaiiy harmoniZes with the lady. il
YOU get What we mean.
From the viewpoints of pure ma the
matics, nay. even geometry, anu. we
doubt not. calculus also, the big hat
blends in with the scenery. 1t Is
nathematicaliy correct.
1t forms suitable background for
such facial charm as the wearer pos
sesses, and strikes the senses as pro
portionate. in harmony with surround
ings, at the same time toning down
and softening,
Any hat that can do all this is GER
tainlv a headsear worth retaining in
Ny I.ady's wardrobe:
SO dressed the Vatican shepherd
esses. whom the ladies of France at
tempted to initiate; and those who
have seen portraits of those festive
scenes will remember the big hats.
The big hat is inescapable.
The ladies' had TO come back to 1t.
Their universal adoption. despite the
cries Of some. was another instance OF
brains on the part Of the women OF
America.
Women are eminently practical and
logical, if YOU give them half a
chance tnany men WON'T. and they
chose the close efitting chapeau be
cause 1t harmonized with bobbed hair
and sport clothes.
The little hat. however. can never
have quite the air Of the big one; we
mean the properly selected big one.
The latter has dressed up look
that women and men alike appreciate.
1t labels woman unmistakably as
woman, and thus gives her a pleas
ingly assertive feminine chara cter.
Having now rushed in where even
the angels might fear. to tread, we
hasten to rush out again. with just
one parting word:
Don't wear 'em too big.
Evening star., 1926-06-16
Sesquicentennial Appeals
AS Milestone of Progress

ton turns from $50 years of unde-
feated valor. of unparalleled progress
and spiritual leadership to a future OF
eadership sanctioned by the univer-
sal opinion of its aged competitors, and
II thus turns with all due homage
To a sacred and holy past" The Port
la nd Evening Express quotes Patrick
Henry's words, I'VE can only judge
OF the future by the past. and AYERS
''it is also true that by remembering
the past and impressing upon our
minds the lessons therein taught, the
future ca IN be rendered secure"
The progress TO be noted at e1-
positions" it is pointed out by the
Kansas City Post. reflects the pace
of the world. The Sesouicenteunisl will
surpass those expositions that have
gone before. just as in turn it will he
surpa Ssed by those that come after
it," The TeXarka ma Gazette empha-
sizes the fact that there is rea son for
tha nksgiving that independent Ameri-
ca came into existence" and remarks
that the crea ton of the republic and
its growth and development have ex-
erted great influence throughout the
world" The Topeka Capital. viewing
the progress which the exposition cele
brates, asks. With equal achieve
he when Philadelphia opens it's bi-
centennial exposition in 1852" Even
now. as 1t appears TO the Elmira Star
Gazette. so many wonders have
crowded their way into our lives sinoa
1876 that we are no longer impressed
by marvels and beautiful productions
of human skill and invention" Such
"a tourist trek as none of our Eastern
cities have ever seen" is predicted by
the Morgs ntow New Dominion ~ 4
result of the exposition.
-
The San Fra ncisco Bulletin, recall
ing the great Pacific Coast exposition
OF 1915. expresses it's wish for the arc-
cess OF the Eastern enterprise, and
declares it Ia "a creditable undertaking
to celebrate in this manner the t5nth
anniversary of our Independence
The Atlantic City Daily Press pays
the tribute that "Phila adelphia did her
self proud in the ceremonies that
launched the Sesquicentennial and
opened the way for a temporary n1i-
grafton of half of the United States to
one focusing point 4 visit To the
exposition. the Syracuse Herald ad-
vises. is "a pilgrimage that no patri-
otto American should fail TO make"
"A century and a half" concludes
the Philadelphia Bulletin. lis but
little while In an era Of civiliza tion.
Only the first cantos OF the epic OF
America have been written. But in
that time there has been here a CON
ception Of national life. a continuing.
progressive development and achieve
ment that are without psralleI in his
tory. II has made its impress. with
lasting henefit, upon all civilizs ton"
Evening star., 1926-06-16

With the opening Of the Sesquicen-
tennial Exposition at Philadelphia. the
country Is impelled to take account
OF stock and to review the progress
that has been made I'm the $50 years
since America declared it's freedom
from the Old World. The exposition
is regarded as an appropriate express
sion OF the Nations material advance
ment and spiritual influence.
THE city Of Philadelphia itself"
saws the Newark Evening News. '1s
a veritable treasure house Of Ameri-
"a history. and ii will be its pleasure
and pride TO exhibit those treasures
to visitors 1t contains what has been
described as the most significant
single structure in the United
States-lndepen ndence Hall. The
home of William Penn stands in its
lovely F'airmount Park. and through
out it's extent there are other shrines
OF early America nism hardly less Sa-
cred" OF the exposition. the News
empha sizes exhibits in plenty from
countries struggling to their feet after
well.nigh mortal wounds" which have
been placed within the vast buildings
dedicated TO manufactures, the liberal
arts, machinery, mines. meta alhursy,
transportation, agriculture and other
industries"
ut goes without saying that this
Is our greatest national exposition
according to the Cincinnati Times
Star, though San Francisco set
high mark in 1915 with It's Panama
Pacific. Those who attend will see
the representative art Of the world;
manufacturing processes skillfully ar
rayed so as to bring out the dra ma
that is in them; the noble. il ephem-
eral. architecture of the exposition
building groups, and the amuseme mt 9
of all nations" The Huntington Ad
vertiser believes that the celebrst ion
should be of imense value to the citi-
zens of the United States. 1t does
any people good" continues the Adver
tiser, ito be reminded from time to
time of vital moments in the history
of their country. TO have their atten-
tion fixed upon the beginning Of
nationhood and the heroic men In
whose hearts and minds the struc-
ture was conceived
'On July 4 Philadelphia will be-
come a sort of Mecca for hundreds
Of thousa nds of Americans" observes
the Birmingham News. Referring TO
the Declaration of Independence as a
pronouncement which was a great
spiritual event in the life OF the
world" the News suggests that those
who will remain In their towns and
cities on the anniversary should hold
local gatherings lin some simple
fashion to hear the reading of the
American Magma Charta." The Co
lumbus Ohio State Journal speaks of
the boy and girl prize winners OF its
State who will be taken to the expo
sition and remarks: There is value
and Importance in bringing the boys
and girls near the historic things and
places OF the Nation. An interest in
is aroused and the young
become more fully informed concern.
ing American history" adds the State
Journal; 1.-The State will reap a real
advantage, have something of value
and importa nee for the money II
spends in cooperating with the ex-
position
THAT which was done at the open
ing of the Sesuuicentennial.' declares
the Erie Dispatch. Herald. constitutes
new world movement. A mighty Ma