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Evening star., 1926-06-17
MERIT TEST FAVORED
FOR Welfare BOARD
Appointments to Membership
Without Consideration of Sec
tions Urged on D. C. Heads.

Selection of members of the newly
created Board of Public Welfare
solely on a basis of their qualifica-
ton for the office, without considera
ton of sectional representation, was
urged in a letter to the District Com
missioners from the executive COM
mittee of the Monday Evening Club.
drafted at meeting of the committee
last night.
Intimate knowledge of the social
problems to be faced and a proven
interest in their solution along lines
which have been most effective in
public welfare administration are. we
believe. the most important qualifica-
tions to be sought" the committee
said. The committee submitted the
names Of IL persons as being among
those citizens of the community 1t
believes most capable of performing
the service required.
Those named were Coleman Jen
nings, Milton j. StraSburger, Whit
man Cross. Arthur {. Moses. John
Ihlder, George A. Kicker, Rev. John
A. Ryan, Mrs. Coralie F. Cook, Mrs.
John c. O'Connor, DR.. Louise 7. Jones.
Dorsey w. HYDE, jr.. and Mrs. Lyman
b. SwormStedt.
Evening star., 1926-06-17
LYON VILLAGE Wins
ARMY BAND ISSUE
Secretary of War Says Music
Could Have Been Furnished
for Civic Fete.

Secretary of War Davis today as
sured .he citizens of Arlington County,
Va, that they are as much entitleu
to military band concerts as residents
of Washington, and he indicated tnat
the commanding officer at Fort Myef
miscorstrued the law when he re-
fused to let the post band play at the
recent Lyon Village carnival
In a letter to the secretary or the
Lyon Village Citizens Association,
Secretary Davis explained that 1t Is
the policy of the War Department 70
permit military bands to play at ON
cial or charitable functions or Tor
public concerts of d civic nature, ana
that, under this policy. Col. Hamilton
s. Hawkins, commanding officer at
the fort. has authority to let the Fort
Nycr Cavalry Band render free con-
certs for the residents of the county.
Replies TO Resolutions.
The action of the Secretary was in
response to formal resolutions of the
LYON Village Citizens Association
'deploring" cancellation of the band
concert scheduled for the closing night
of their civic celebration and asking
if Arlington County was to be 0lscrln'
mated against in the matter OF mill
tarv band concerts.
The ruling of Secretary Davis Is
said to be the first definite pronounce
ment OF policy laid down by the War
Department with regard to the ever
recurrent problem of competition
with civilian bands.
The Lyon Village matter arose from
a protest sent to Secretary Davis oy
the Musicians Protective Union, al
;eging that the proposed carnival con-
cert would be in competition with
civilian bands. This the association
previously had denied in letter TO
Col Hawkins. The president OF tne
union refused to recede from his
stand. however. declaring the inu.
sicians' organization was against
military bands playing OUTSIDE the
military reservations at all.
Oral nrotests of the citizens to the
War Department in an effort TO save
their concert were futile. however, and
the resolution of the association toi'
lowed.
Settles Moot Question.
Secretary Davis. in his reply, set
tied the moot question, raised pH 1oi.
Hawkins as to the legality OF nlln-
tary band playing off the reservation
for anything but purely omclai
function, the military regulations
reading: . 49,.
Hereafter no enlisted man III lIS
active service of the Army shaii
he detailed, ordered or permitted TO
leave his post to engage in any pur.
suit, business OF performance IN ciVh
life for emolument. hire, or otherwise.
when the same shall interfere with
the customary employment and regu'
lar engagement of local civilians IN
the respective arts. trades or profes-
sions. Insurlng compliance with the
spirit of this prohibition. in SO far
as it applies to Army bands, nelther
the mere assertion that 1t is not IN
tended to employ other musicians. nor
the fact that the Army bands are 10
furnish music without emolument,
should be accepted
A copy of Secretary Davis letter
outlining the department policy was
eent TO Col. Hawkins.
Evening star., 1926-06-17
French Keen on Publicity.

Although the business men of the
United States are given credit for be-
ing good publicity planners. the
French manufacturers are more dar-
ing and ingenious. Recently the
Peugot firm of famous auto makers
released a thousand balloons, three of
which contained certificates for cycles
or an automobile. 1t was judged as
one of the most successful publicity
stunts i'm years. as great crowds gath
cred and chased the balloons. which
were blown into all manner Of shapes,
to aid the wind in their distribution.
Evening star., 1926-06-17
Will Give
Flowers as Tribute
To Passage of Law

The public school teachers or
Washington will present flowers to
Senator Capper, chairman of the
Senate District committee, and to
Representative Zihlman, chairman
of the House District committee,
this afternoon as a mark of appre-
citation for the efforts Of these two
leaders of District affairs in Con.
gress in obtaining enactment of
liberaliZed retirement law for the
teachers at this session.
The presentations will be made
by a delegation from the Teachers
Council, who will call on Senator
Capper and then go to the office of
Mr.. Zihlman.
Evening star., 1926-06-17
Smallpox Quarantine Lifted.

HONOLULU. T. H., June II R).--
The board of health of Hawaii lifted
the smallpox quarantine regulations
enforced with respect to vessels ar
irving from the Pacific coast yester-
dav. following receipt of reports of
improved conditions on the mainland.
Evening star., 1926-06-17
An Old English Beauty Recipe
''Howards Buttermilk Cream y
Says It's Nothing More Than Old
Fashioned Ordinary Butterinilk in
the Form of a Wonderful Cream.
Is Guaranteed by Peoples
Drug Stores and all Good
Drug and Department
Stores.
Big Demand for new Dressing
Table Package Amazes Druggists

The first application of Howard's 8
Buttermilk Cream will astonish you.
II creates beauty almost like magic.
The most wonderful thing about 1t is
the fact that while it turns the dull.
est, most lifeless complexion to ra-
diant beauty and makes red and
rough hands or arms snowy white.
yet there is not the slightest sign of
I its use after application. 1t actually
vanishes from sight and the most
ceated atmosphere will not produce
the least shininess or greasiness OF
the skin.
No matter whether you are trou-
bled with a poor complexion,
wrinkles, puffiness around the eyes,
freckles, crows feet or lines around
the mouth, ugly finger nails, or just
a simple roughness of the face.
hands or arms caused by wind or
sun. you will find that any or all OF
Evening star., 1926-06-17
Easy to Gain
With
Yeast andIron
New Combination Of Yeast with
Vegetable Iron Builds Up Weight
in Three Weeks

L his new com .
bination of yeast
vitamines w i t h
vegetable iron,
renews the action
of sluggish blood
cells. drives OUT
dangerous body
poisons, increases
energy and en-
durance and sup
plies the system
with [ h e vita
mines that build
up weight.
For years yeast
has been known
as a rich vita
p,;pe foCd h,,t
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-24
\ b G.. from WIdc world

Lieut.. Col. Thomas ]. Dickson, u S. A.
recently elected president of the 1st Division
Society of Washington. He was chaplain of
the 9th Field Artillery, the regiment which
fired the first shot for the United States in
the World War
Evening star., 1926-08-22
A Signaling System.
From the Lincoln star.

From the Lincoln star.
The American Automobile Associa-
ton has interested itself in another
campaign of importance to the car
drivers. 1T Is urging uniform sys-
tenn of hand signals throughout the
entire country.
Whatever system prevails now is
largely matter of individual inter
pretation. No general code has been
approved or adopted. In making
turns. most drivers have been able to
signal their intentions by extending
their hands. That serves sufficiently
when trafic is not congested or heavy.
but II hardly fits the needs when the
highways are crowded.
The automobile association proposed
the following signal code to replace
the varied ones which now exist
Left turn-extend the left arm hori-
zontally.
Right turn-extend the left arm up
ward above the horizontal.
Stop-eXtend the left arm down
ward below the horizontal.
1t is not of real importance what
particular signals are selected to make
known the intention of the drivers.
The main need Is to secure d uni
versal system. understood by all and
put into practice in all sections of the
country. The proposals of the asso-
citation are simple and easily under
stood. If they were universally adopt
ed. 1t is safe to say some of the auto
mobile accidents which result in loss
of property and life, would be avoided.
Evening star., 1926-08-22
Sunday Base Ball.

Weather permitting, professional
base ball game will be played in Phil
adelphia today for the first time in the
history Of the city. This innovation
results from a decision rendered yes.
terday by a Judge of the Court OF
an injunction against the playing OF
the game in advance and held that the
court could not restrain the sport
without a showing that it constituted
a nuisance and an infringement of the
right of the people to quiet and un-
disturbed religious worship under the
law of 1894. In other words, a nui-
sance must be committed before it
can be abated. Thus today's game
will be a test of the applicability of a
statute one hundred and thirty-two
years old to a form of public enter
tainment which did not exist at the
time of its enactment.
Sunday base ball is now played in
all the cities of the two big league
circuits save Boston and Philadelphia.
1t was started in Washington during
the war period as means of provld-
ing entertainment for the great multi
tude of people gathered here for war
work. In consequence of the lack of
Sunday ball" in Philadelphia and
Boston, the schedules of the two
leagues have been difficult of arrange
ment in order to provide for an equal
number Of games for each of the clubs
in the two circuits. If the innovation
prevails in Philadelphia there will be
but one of the eleven cities which
maintain major league teams in which
Sunday ball is prohibited.
Should Philadelphia permit Sunday
base ball an effort will undoubtedly be
made to establish it in Boston. Oppo-
sition to it in that city is as strenuous
as it has been in Philadelphia. But
public sentiment in the matter is
changing, and the example of Phila
delphia will undoubtedly have an eff
feet in the Massachusetts capital. 1t
is not yet assured that Sunday base
ball will be established in Philadelphia.
Should the game today, if the weather
permits it to be played, be adjudged
nuisance in the subsequent court pro-
ceedings, which are practically certain
to follow, d permanent injunction may
be secured against it.
Evening star., 1926-08-22
Stacker Citizens and Corruption.

In his dispatches from Canton re-
lating to the Mellett murder mystery
Ben Mckelway. staff correspondent Of
The Star. notes the fact that the peo-
pie Of that city have been slackers in
the matter of participating in mu-
nicipal elections. Only one-fifth of
them went to the polls on the latest
occasion to vote for local officers. The
citizens of that community are there
fore to be held accountable for the
conditions that have developed there
against which Mellett was crusading
in his newspaper when he was as
sassinated.
This is not an unusual situation.
Indeed it is characteristic of American
towns and cities. Too little attention
is paid by the people to the selection
Of candidates for office and to the con-
duct of officials when they have been
elected A complacence prevails gen
orally until disaster occurs, until crime
and corruption are so fragrant that
they must be attacked.
1t has been often said that the
weakest feature of democracy is the
failure of the people to exercise the
right of suffrage in the choice of their
administrators. In national elections
never more than fifty per cent of the
total possible vote has been cast. The
percentage has risen steadily but slow
ly during the past century, but at the
highest point attained in 1924 less
than half of the possible voters went
to the polls. In local elections, save
on rare occasions when hot contests
occur, the percentage of participants
is even smaller.
Bad government results from this
condition. Corruption thrives in such
circumstances Crime is bred and toll
Grated through either inefficiency or
complacency on the part Of public au-
thorities charged with the enforce
ment of the law and the maintenance
of honest administration of municipal
affairs. Canton is no exceptional case
1t merely happens at present to be
strikingly in the public eye because of
the murder of d man who undertook
suffering.
Evening star., 1926-08-22
EVERYDAY RELIGION
BY THE RIGHT REV: JAMES E. FREEMAN, d. d., ILL., D.,
Bishop of Washington.

mark life's transition is because we
are seeking for them apart from our
normal and everyday habit or rou-
tine. To believe, that
The daily rounde the common task
May furnish all We ought to ask
and that out of the monotOnous com
monplaces we may hear call that
bids us to higher services. seems to
most of us altogether impossible. We
do not have to go to times remote nor
to characters unusual to discover how
the careers of men and women have
been nodded and fashioned. These
turning points often appear like acci-
dents that shift the whole course of
life. We like better to believe that
they are only demonstrations of how
men and women find themselves and
their place in the great scheme of
things. Frederick Robertson. greatest
Of English preachers. struggled to en-
ter the army. Disappointed in his
quest. he discovered in himself an
aptitude hitherto unknown and con-
secrated his life to the ministry of
Christ. Dwight Moody would be a
man of business and while apprenticed
to his uncle in Chicago, learning a
trade. he, too, heard the higher call
and became the great evangelist of
his generation. LincOln'S soul was set
af1ame in his early manhood when in
New Orleans he saw a mulatto girl
sold on the block, and from that hour
he dedicated his life to the abolition
Of slavery. Gladstone had an aspira-
ton to enter the ministry of the
church and, while at all times ii de-
voted and loyal member of it, he an
sWered the call of the law and became
the foremost English statesman of his
time.
1t is great thing when man dis
covers in himself a latent talent and.
discovering it. calls it into being.
These great transitions are almost
inevitably associated with further
revelation of the ming of God s
relation to us and our relation to Him.
This was expressed by one who said,
Il find within me the God whom find
everywhere about me-. One some
times wonders whether there can he
any true self-discOvery without a
larger recognition Of Gods purpose
and plan concerning us. Nathaniel,
ca He'd as a disciple. was amazed when
Jesus gave evidence of His knowledge
of him. There was something in the
tone of confidence that the Master eX-
pressed that made Nathaniel feel that
a new opportunity for life had been
opened to him.
To he called away from habit of
life that renders us inSular and selfish
to one that unfolds to us higher and
hoier CAPACITIES of service is to come
to a turning point where we can say,
T silent and dreamed that life was beauty.
woke and found that life was duty.
Evening star., 1926-08-22

AS we trace the course of our life
we are bound to discover that 1t has
been marked by incidents or expert
ences that have Immediately affected
it's point of view and outlook. These
turning points In our career cOnsti-
tute it's greatest epochs. From them
we have marked a distinct departure
from old practices and habits and our
emergence upon a new field of en-
deavor and service. AS we study the
lives of the good and the great these
epochal experiences that constitute
turning points are clearly marked.
Frequently they are characterized by
a radical change in both outlook and
habit of living.
Among the great figures that sur
mount the rotunda Of the Congress
sional Library is that of Moses the
emancipator and law.giver. The story
of this mans career is colOrful and
fascinating. Born in lOwly circum-
stances, reared among an alien peo-
pie, the petted favorite of a princess
in his childhood. he came by strange
processes to be the master statesman
of an enslaved people and subsequent
ly their emancipator. The record of
his great transition Is recorded in the
third chapter of Exodus. Pursuing
the lowly task of shepherd. he comes
one day to witness a strange phe-
nomenon, a bush that famed with
fire, but was unconsumed. Arrested
by the strange sight, he turned aside
and in turning aside he experienced
that which hanged the whole course
and tenor of his life. Modest and
seemingly unequipped for leadership
he received assurance of the high
character of his mission. together
with the promise of divine aid. From
this strange highway experience he
went forth to accomplish a seemingly
insuperable task, and ultimately came
to be the emancipation of his people.
We like to feel that strange as the
circumstances were attending this eX-
perience, it came to the man on the
open highway of life's service. The
connection between his lowly oCcupa-
ton as a shepherd and that of the
leader of people out of their bondage
is intimate and immediate. However
we may interpret the phenomenon of
the burning bush. we may not dispute
the Irresistible influence of an expert
ence that changed a shepherd into the
masterful champion of an enslaved
people. A great English poet with
glowing vision says. Every common
bush is af1ame with God" Possibly
the reason why so few of us seem to
have these epochal experiences that
Evening star., 1926-08-22
Republicanism and Prosperity.

Republcanism and prosperity. the
slogan adopted and announced by the
leaders Of the party in the senatorial
and congressional campaign, has an
enticing tinkle and more. 1t has a
sound of stability. 1t should impress
the voters. The condition of a mans
pocketbook has much to do with his
political leanings.
More seriously, however. the Repub-
liCan leaders have chosen well in de-
termininG to ring the changes on
prosperity under Republican rule.
Nothing succeeds like prosperity, in
politics or elsewhere
Prosperity in America today scarce
~ needs to be advertised. 4 golden
era. more widespread than ever be-
fore. is upon the country as whole.
Out of the period of postwar depres,
sion the country has emerged trium.
phant. Agriculture, which suffered
severely during the depression. is in
creasingly prosperous. Fortunately
for the Republicans. the recrudes,
cence of prosperity in America dated
from 1921, when the reins of Govern.
ment passed from the hands Of the
Democrats. Republican leaders in.
sist that prosperity has come because
OF Republican rule in recent years. At
the least. the Republicans may be
credited with having fostered condi-
tions under which prosperity has in.
creased They are responsible for the
protective tariff law. for the curtail-
ment of immigration in the interest
of American labor. for a reduction Of
governmental expenditure and Of
taxation.
Senator Phipps of Colorado, chair
man of the Republican senatorial
campaign committee. speaking in
Chicago for the campaign leaders
generally. has urged the voters 10 re-
turn a Repuhtican majority in both
Senate and House, so that President
Coolidge, who has led in the Republi-
can procession toward prosperity, may
have a Congress which will supNrt
Evening star., 1926-08-22
Compromise on Radio Control
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

House conferees, led by Mr.. White,
may be agreeable.
When the bills were passed it was
said that President Coolidge dld not
want any bill passed creating any
new commission. This was taken to
mean that the Dill bill would proba-
bly be vetoed if enacted. Senator Dill,
however. had strong support In the
Senate for his measure, which IN
cllIdes. besides the question of station
control, regulation for payments for
broadcasting copyrighted materlaiS'
and other radio legisla ton.
Vital Factor i'm Politics.
Members of Congress have been
very cautious in approaching the sun
.ject of radio legislation, partly be
cause hroadca sting is vital factor
in political campaigns, and there mas
been constant suspicion on all sides
that the other party or the other
candidate was getting the best OF IT.
This gave strength to Senator Dill
idea for a nOn.partiSan or bipartisan
commission to control the ALLEGATION
of station rights and wave lengths
Mr.. Hoovers statement indicates that
he is in agreement on this point, and
does not want himself or any other
individual vested with sole authority
to grant licenses. This indicates that
the best minds on radio control are
getting closer together and Will prob
ably effect a meeting before the next
session of Congress is finished.
The Department of Commerce eXer-
cised supreme control over brOadca st
ing for so long that few people real
lied that this control was not based
on law. 1t was based, in fact, on
a court decision in the District of
Columbia local courts, interpreting
the 1912 wireless act. a law having
basicly to do with wireless telegraphy
A Chicago court last Spring reversed
the District of Columbia opinion, and
when Congress adjourned with the
Dill and White bills yet in conference
Mr.. Hoover asked the Attorney Gen
eral to inform him where he stood
The latter offered the opinion that
the Department of Commerce never
had any legal right to license broad
casting.
This was the decision which. it was
predicted, would bring about chaos
in the air. Apparently good sense
and common decenCy have been able
to control the situation almost as well
as the force of an assumed law. This
has been especially true since there
will almost certainly he a radio law
next Winter, and any unfair ad
vantages assumed during the next
few months would merely react un
favorably upon whoever should seize
them.
Secretary Hoover is not plannine
another national radio conference this
year. since the previous meetings et
broadcasters, manufacturers and the
public have thoroughly outlined what
all these elements desire. They have
all had time to study the Dill and
White bills, and to make their repre-
sentationS to Congress, and help to
work out Il satisfactory radio-contro
law.
Evening star., 1926-08-22
Sartorial Statesmanship,

4 Partisan tailor has started some
thing that may, like other Paris fash
ions, lind it's way to the United States,
with decidedly interesting results. He
has made an offer to one hundred
members of the chamber of deputies
to furnish each with two free suits of
clothes made of the latest English
fabrics II they will allow him to use
their effigies in his window displays
clad in the latest models of male at.
tire.
The plan will work to double eff
cheney 1t will attract attention to the
window displays, and with this proof
Of Endorsement by specified persons
their own wearing of the clothes fur
nished free will supply walking mod
els on the streets and in places of
public assemblage to the extent that
the deputies are known to the people.
American statesmen may not be
particularly susceptible to such prop
osition. however. They have their
peculiarities Of dress. Many of them
are noted rather for their avoidance
OF the modes than their observance
of them. There have been numerous
instances of legislators who have gain
ed much prominence by sticking TO
certain styles not in keeping with the
mandates of fashion. Some are still
adherins to that relic of long past
day. the old "statesman's coat" which
once was known in polite parlance as
the Prince Albert"
Suppose some Of our national legis
lators were to be beguiled by the offer
OF free clothing into serving as models
for the latest styles. Would they be
open to inquiry on the score of con-
gressional ethics even as some have
been challenged on account of TAX
ing fees for speeches in advocacy of
certain policies? Washingtcn's
shopping streets would be enlivened
by the effigies Of public men clad in