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Evening star., 1926-06-18
THINK 1T OVER
What We Owe the State.
Bv William Mafher Lewis.
President George Washington University

II. G.. Wells has defined education
as 'the preparation of thet individual
for willing and intelligent partici.
patton in, the affairs of the world"
a state or city which provides op-
portunities for the education Of it's
youth has a right to expect such par
ticipation in its affairs; has right
to expect returns on its investment
in the form of intelligent and de-
voted citizenship.
1t is the shame of a nation dedi
Gated to the principle Of universal suf-
frage that we lead the world in stay
at-home voters. Reliable statistics
show that at the last two national
elections only fifty per cent of the
American voters expressed their
choice for President at the polls.
while in Great Britain, at about the
same time, seventy-six per cent OF
the electorate voted. and in France
seventy per cent voted. The citizens
Of Canada exercise the right of suf-
frage more generally than do we. And
in the United States the largest pro-
portion of non.voters is found in the
best educated group.
If the republican form of govern.
ment is still an experiment, it is in
great measure due to the fact that
those who can best understand its
possibilities and dangers take no in
terest in it's proper functioning. 1t is
because we refuse to think in political
terms.
We have stressed the thought Of
what higher education offers the in
dividual What the educated indi
vidual offers the community which
has made it's opportunities possible is
quite as important.
An enduring republic cannot ~
,rected on the mire of indifference
fcopyrishI 1875. ----.ss--ss e...ss
Evening star., 1926-06-18
The Districts Wishes Needed.

Adoption by the House yesterday of
the conference report on the chill
dren's aid bill. already approved by
the Senate, completes this legislation
and insures a system Of public assist
apce in the maintenance of homes.
by the people Of the District has been
followed, with the administratio ton of
the system OF aid vested in the newly
created Board Of Public Welfare in.
stead Of in a separate orga nization.
It Is provided that applications for
relief shall be made to and considered
by subcommittee OF the board, in
order that this class of benefcia ries
shall he in a measure separated from
others who are subject to the bounty
and care and supervision Of the Dis
trict Government. This so-called COM
promise between the District plan and
that urged by proponents of a sep
arate board is in fact only an express
Sion in the law of the natural course
Of procedure, and is in nowise con-
trsry to the principle which underlay
the measure proposed by the Commits
sioners upon the recommendation Of
their public welfare commission and
supported by practically all District
citizens.
The crga nization Of the Public Wei
fare H8srd has not yet been effected.
The UenmiaG1oners are preparing
Evening star., 1926-06-18
The Champion Speller.

The word "cerise" will probably be
significant to thirteen-year Pauline
He'll for the rest Of her life 1t was
the medium last night Of her rise to
faime as the best speller in a national
contest. Educated In a oneroom
&C hool building In Clarkson. KY.
Pauline carried away the honors
with ease and eclat when confronted
by "cerise." her last remaining op-
po,ent having been eliminated by
spelling it "cerease."
Pauline evidently learned her spell.
ing lessons well In the little Kentucky
school And lessons we'll learned are
never forgotten. From the beginning
of the contest she showed the results
of steady and conscientious work by
spelling the difIicult words without
hesita ton. Her ultimate victory
was predicted long before the bee"
was finished.
Pauline will never regret the study
which made her Il good speller. In
whatever she undertakes to do as
she grows older the beneficial effects
Will he felt. If she enters the busi-
ness world her command of words
and spelling will stamp her as an ex-
ceptional employe and will tend to
push her stesdily upward, while IL she
chooses to be just a plain wife to
some deserving man she cannot only
help him in his probably deficient
spelling, but her letters to her friends
will be charming examples of what
the well educated woman is writ.
ing"
So, gold medals and cash prizes
aside, Pauline last night won great
honors. and the stimulus of winning
will carry her far along the road Of
life's work. Good luck to her and
may she never spell a single word
INCORRECTLY as long as she lives.
Evening star., 1926-06-18
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEFELL.

20 Dem Golden Slippers ran the
one-time minstrel song.
The sight of baby's house shoes.
held aloft in public vehicle by a
proud father. brought to our mind
the whole subject Of slippers.
slippers ought tn be worn more than
they are. by more people than do, ON
more occasions than one.
To take the strain off the feet and,
by reflex action, off the brain, there
is nothing quite so good as an easy
pair of house slippers.
Yet how many persons insist on
wearing their leather shoes from the
moment they hop out of bed until the
second they pop back into It:
Their number IL more than legion.
AS result, men and women are
afflicted with all sorts Of foot evils
including the unromantic but pain
ful corn, callus. bunions, arch trou
bles etc
All OF these cannot be laid to the
door OF failure to wear slippers in
doors. but no doubt this is a common
cause of some OF them. especially
when they are practically forced by
ill.htting shoes, shoes too small and
lack of hygienic care Of the feet.
Get yourself a pair Of comfortable
slippers and wear them in the house
and watch your foot Ills take wings.
Few persons seem to know that
wearing loose slippers every moment
possible while at home will do much
to Danish corns.
Experts In these matters say that
no one would have a corn II he went
barefooted. The sure way to end
them Is to go without either shoes or
al n l. huf q a nf n fnd
a rather impossible prescription. the
next best thing In to wear slippers.
One can get today slippers that are
so good looking that one can almost
wear them when company" comes,
but, IL one does not care to go that
far. he at least can don them in the
privacy Of the home.
Thus the stress and strain are
taken off the feet, not only mechan
ically, but also in relation to air. The
foot Is a sort OF breathing organ. 1t IL
very sensitive to lack Of oxygen,
which fact any one may test for him
self by taking off a hot. tight pair of
shoes and letting his faithful old feet
breathe" for q few moments. In
many instances 1t is more refreshing
than a water bath.
Loose-fitting slippers allow air to
circulate around the feet. and offer
practically no points or friction. the
cause of corns. The result Of wearing
them is feet free from this common
cause OF misery.
TO get the feet of the brain. as
some one has phrased 1t. is very de-
sirable thing. for no man can call
himself truly happy in this world II
his feet hurt. or woman. either.
Perhaps more chronic ''grouches" re-
suit from sick feet than from any one
cause. Many a child has received
spanking simply because mothers
corn hurt. The child's behavior was
the reason given. OF course. but the
real one lay concealed in mamma's
pretty 3AA shoes.
When a person gets fat. and has
foot Ills thrown in for good measure.
the cup Of ordinary physical affliction
Evening star., 1926-06-18
Gen. Fries Urges Need
For School Hour Change

To the Editor of The Star:
In The Evening Star of June IA
on the editorial page there Is printed
a letter with the headlines "A Parent
Protests Long School Hours"
In this discussion Of a reasonable
number of hours of daylight study
under supervision versus night work
without supervision, 1t would seem
very necessary that the utmost frank
ness be observed 1t is also believed
that parents with children in the
schools are the only ones qualified
to express an opinion on daylight
study under the supervision OF teach
ers. as opposed to haphaZard night
work.
The writer of the letter referred
TO above states that he has educated
three children in the schools. He
omitted to state that those three chill
dren are now teaching in the schools
of the District of Columbia. One
wonders IL q parent who has sons and
daughters teaching in the schools Is
entirely impartial in considering this
question.
The writer mentions the shortening
of the hours of labor. He might have
stated that teachers are working Is
to IS hours a week on an average,
while the day laborers are working
a.. The writer might also have
added that the day laborer after work
ing hours a day, excepting Satur-
day, must come home and supervise
the study of his children's lessons for
the next day II the laborer does
not do it his equally hard-working
wife must do 1t, or the children study
without supervision.
I will admit that l am partial
am partial to the child and opposed
to anything or anybody who does
not treat that child the best 1t can
he treated. 1 can't see how making
a child study at night without su-
pervision. or with poor supervision.
is as good for it as allowing it to
study in daylight under proper su-
pervision. Night work in factories
is forbidden by law.
/ would resent. equally with the
teachers any insihuation that non
supervised study Is as good as study
supervised by the teachers Of the
District of Columbia. In the vast
ma jority of cases our teachers are
excellent. but they can't teach when
they have not the time. Further.
more, the great amount of paper work
placed on the children by night work
means a vast amount Of night work
those papers. OF course. the teacher
who throws the papers into the waste
paper basket, or does not correct
them, is not the teacher Of whom I
am talking. That occasional teacher
has no place in the school system
anywhere.
| have vet to see how trying to
give a child an hour and a half more
on the streets in daylight compen-
safes for stealing two to four hours
of it's sleep at night and the injury
that will come to eyesight and gen
eral health from study under artificial
light. AMOS A. FRIES.
Evening star., 1926-06-18
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

affixed to his car he INDUCES in the
fond hope that the State will be kind
to him at the forthcoming senatorial
primary. The tag bears the legend
AL" For several years Shortridge
has been assigned the first number
issued in the State. He came to the
conclusion 1t must be a lucky num-
Der, because his car was stolen not
long ago and was recovered promptly
with no greater damage than the
blurring of his tag number. The tall
sycamore of the golden gate faces
some stiff primary opposition. but feels
that his fences are in good order, and
that he will avert the fate that has
overtaken other administration Sena
tors this sad and sorry Summer.
There's a Gen. Villa I'm Washing
ton, but he's a gallant Italian soldier
and not the Mexican bandit chfet
OH whom the United States once
set a price. Gen. Augusta Villa who
is an honorary aide-de-caInp to King
Victor Emanuel. has represented the
Italian army in America for the
past two years. He not only looks
like a tall. outstanding American
fighting man, but says he feels him
self at least 33 1-3 per cent Yankee
because two OF his brothers have
been prominent in business In this
country for many years. With them
he spends much time. One of them
is married to a former Miss Lippin-
colt of Philadelphia. Gen. Villa was
on duty in Cyrenaica, one of Italy's
northern African dominions. when
his country entered the World War,
but later saw active service and
made brilliant record in the Carso
campaign against the Austrians.
X X X \
Representative Emanuel Celler,
Democrat. of New York. has re-
minded Senator Thomas J. Walsh Of
Montana. .proponent of a statue of
Albert Gallatin in Washington, that
Jefferson and Madison are still
without statues in the Capital City.
The Brooklyn Congressman thinks
they're entitled at least to the recOg-
milton it Is NOW proposed to give
Gallatin. To that end Celler has
introduced a bill in the House pro-
jecting that ''all three of these giants
that fIourished at the birth of the
Nation be honored by signal monu-
ments to their memories in Wash
ington-Jefferson. Madison and Gal
latin
Disfranchised Washington is short
ly to appeal to the more fortunate
citizenry Of the United States to
support its plea for national repre-
sentation. A certain distinguished
Federal official was recently asked
to be the Fourth Of July orator on
the steps of the Capitol two weeks
and a half hence. He declined on
the ground that it was inconsistent
for Washingtonians to celebrate the
independence they don't possess!
(CopxriRht 1921
Evening star., 1926-06-18
School Lighting Too Poor
For Heightened Hours

To the Editor Of The Star:
In reading Gen. Fries letter to The
Star i was very much interested in
what he said about the defective
vision of the children in the schools
of this city. I have two children in
the graded schools here, both with de-
fective vision, not caused by the
lighting system at home, but without
doubt by the poor lighting system of
the schools. I'D
I would like Gen. Fries to visit some
Of the rooms in the graded schools
some Winter afternoon about 3
o'clock. / have, and / could hardly see,
let alone study. There was no artificial
light of any kind to help out. I can't
lima agine the condition Of the children's
eyes if kept in these poorly lighted
rooms until 4:30. The lighting system
of some of the schools of this city
is a disgrace to the Nation.
MRS. w. G. PETERSON.
Evening star., 1926-06-18

I begins TO overflow, for the fatness
makes for inertia and the corns re-
strain one from walking. so an eVll
circle Is begun one that Will he ended
only by the use of brains ana VIII
| power.
| 1t may he stated az proposition
| that no one will like the joyous art
and constitutional exercise of walk
| ing unless he Is foot loose, winch
simply means free Of corns, etc.
Famous pedestrians take as much
| care Of their feet as great musicianS
do of their hands. 1t is necessary IL
| one is TO do much walking. Mucn
| the same treatment is required II
, one Is to do any walking. one reA'
son why so many weil'to-do Ioik USE
! the car to ride two blocks IL one smai
| corn. which slows them up OUT vi "''
proportion to It's size.
,rhe common sense view of feet has
made great progress during the past
| 90 years, with the result that shoe
| ma nufacturers are giving the puo'''
good looking vet comfortable shoes.
| WOmens shoes. in particular. are
better sha ped than ever-more sehsi'
BILE. as they say. Even the most sensi-
BILE pair Of shoes. however, was not
! made to be worn IS hours q day.
/ Those who are experiencing dlH1-
Guilty with their feet and nave not
| tried the slipper cure owe II to them
selves to give it a lengthy trial.
| Check over your personal habits IN
regard to footgear and see you
might not slip out Of your shoes into
| slippers more than you do.
Why sit all rugged up in walking
shoes when you are reading, or hsteh
| ing to the radio, or doing any one or
the pleasant things one may 90
around a home?
Man is the only noisy walker in the
world.
Other animals GO softly. except
| where provided with shoes by man.
az IL the horse. The silent tread OF
the cat is proverbial among US.
The misery Of unnecessary noise
is another demerit against the In
cessant wearing Of shoes indoors.
Nothing is more provoking to the
tired. the nervous. the sleepy, than
the thump Of shoes on bare floors.
except 1t be. perhaps. the slamming
Of the old screen dsor.
If all the force put forth by pound
ing shoes on uncarpeted hoors and
steps could be turned into horsepower.
no doubt the public utilities OF every
great city might be run entirely from
this source.
Then we would say. New York In
city Of 7.000.000 footpower. Wash
ington is a city of half "a million foot
power" etc.
AS it Is. this ceaseless friction an
noys others, and tends to jar the
spinal cord of the FOUNDERS.
Why not. dear friends. give the old
hoofs a rest?
Emulate Pussy, with her soft pads.
lima gine yourself an Indian. and 60
In for moccasins. Realize that noise
is only the ideal Of the vulgar.
You will soothe your feet, your
nerves your brain and your neigh
bors at the same time, and be able
to sing with rejoicing. 20 Dem Golden
Slippers
Evening star., 1926-06-18

their children to go to school for longer
because 1t affords a good opportunity
to throw the responsibility OF caring
for the child on the teacher.
can find no good reason. whatever.
for lengthening the school day and
week. I am in the second year Of
high school. and even in that grade
1t is very hard not to look at the
clock frequently when the school day
nears its close. With the day length
ened 1t would be almost unbearable.
So when a person of my age grows
restless las l observe that / am not
the only one who looks at the clock),
the younger ones would naturally be
almost impossible to handle.
Furthermore, as 1t Is at present, the
average student learns all that IL re-
quired Of him, SO why make him
suffer because some others do not
learn as quickly as they should?
AS for the eyes, naturally the chill
dren in the primary grades have better
eyesight than those in the grades
above. as they can't read we'll enough
to enjoy it. They would rather be
read to. When children get older
they read more. doubt very much
tndC the ldTSc pcItcitoSc VI UShCich'
eyes Is due to studying at home at
night. 1t is more than likely due to
too much reading for pleasure at
night.
Also, children need recreation. IL
they don't get it in the day time,
they're bound to get it at night. What
the lengthening of the school day
would do would be to make a lot Of
night providers.
Even children have things they
want to do, and Saturday Is the only
time they have to do them. So. why
take that away, too? One afternoon
goes like a minute; we need a whole
day.
The school day and week is all right
a. it is. So why change it? That in
an excellent moral: Let well enough
alone CAROLINE CLIFF.
Evening star., 1926-06-18
High School Girl on
Longer School Hours
, the Editor of The Star:

IT, the Editor OF The Star:
AS this is free country. I see no
reason why Ghe opinion of the student
should not be given some considera.
ton in the problem of lengthening the
school day and week. No one knows
better the weight of school work than
the student, with, perhaps, the excep-
tion of the teacher. Yet the opinion
of neither of these is taken into con-
sideration. What do people working
for living know about school! Alb
solutely nothing. At least, what they
do know about it is what they knew
when they went to school; and schools
were different thon.
The majority Of parents who want
Evening star., 1926-06-18
An Obtrusive Smoke Stack.

Consideration is being given by
District oficials to a protest by resi-
dents of the region in which the new
Technical High School is to be erect.
ed against the location Of the power
house at position on the site which
will bring it unpleasantly into view
from the main approach to the build
ing. 1t is understood that a survey
Evening star., 1926-06-18

In connection with the listing by
the engineer department of four new
bridges for the District comes to mind
the remark of a Washingtonian
showing some friends over the city
and suburbs. You are now going
over" he said, 1.-The only bridge
which. so far, no one has gone
through"
Evening star., 1926-06-18

A local pedagogue has been chosen
as the model American school teacher
and she will be rewarded with trip
to the SesQuicentennial. Without
knowing anything about or even con-
sidering the winners personal ap-
pearance, it can safely be said she
wins the most beautiful OF all beauty
contests.
Evening star., 1926-06-18

The Roosevelt boys brought back
q number Of sheepskins from Asia,
but the collection Crown Prince
Gustav Adolf will take back to Stock
holm bids fair to be enough to cover
n bass drum.
Evening star., 1926-06-18

The Associated Press il exclusively tue"
70 the use for renthi"stirn Ct a'i rows ot,
patches credited to II or not 0the-wis. cien-
itei in this naner end also the tor2, hr"s ;~..
puhlished herein All rights OF nuhhrauo"
a. sDrciaI disratphes herein aya also reserved
Evening star., 1926-06-18

Premier BRAND is becoming expert
at the manipulation of the revolving
door ministry game. His repeated ex-
it's and entrances have qualified him
beyond any other living Frenchman.
Evening star., 1926-06-18

A fourteen-year-old girl announces
she Is out to convert all New York.
She has just as good a cha nee as
anybody else.
Evening star., 1926-06-18
A Real Trouble Zone, Then

From the India apols Star.
Think OF the trouble this world
would have II Bulgaria and Greece
happened to be located alongside Chilli
and Peru.
Evening star., 1926-06-18
III. Evening Star Newspaper Company
Rate hy Mail-Payabie In Advance.
MARYLAND and Virginia.
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Evening star., 1926-06-18
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHnANDER JOHNSON.
Conservatism.

Conservatism.
A wise man sought to WOO lass.
He talked to her of history;
Told, how some things had come to
Which had been wrapped in mys-
terry.
He showed her what mistakes and
Had tempted nations, furious.
To needless strife in ancient times.
She smiled and said, How curious!
To his great mind he sought to prove
That nothing was inscrutable.
He told her how the planets moved
By schedules quite immutable.
He showed the consolidated sky,
Where pictures astronomical
In mighty pageantry pass by.
She simply said, How comical.'
He told her then her starlike eyes
Might tempt him to hostilities,
Like those of old, were she the prize
ana SuCu ling ClYlilticS
Which swains have used since days
long past.
With purpose most ostensible,
He offered her. Quoth she, "At last
1 find you talking sensible
A Primitive Community.
Have there been any improvements
in Crimson Gulch since I was last
here?"
Yes answered Three fingered
Sam. I'VE sent away two Of the worst
men in the place."
did you send them to jail?"
mo, we didn't have any Jail, 50 we
had to elect 'em to the State Legisla-
ture."
Evening star., 1926-06-18
Scarcity.

zone has very few friends in this
life" said the misanthrope.
"Yes," answered Miss Cayenne, 'I
suppose that is one reason why a
friend is so likely to be overworked."
Evening star., 1926-06-18
Conquering Difficulties.

my daughter says she is deter
mined to conquer every difficulty that
her musical studies present" said Mr..
Cumrox.
'I understand she has become in
terested in Wagner"
"Yes, it sounds to me as if she had
tried kindness in vain and was re-
sorting to violence
Evening star., 1926-06-18

Senator Samuel M. Shortridge isn't
addicted to the rabbits foot cult Or
~ other favorite indoor supersti-
- But every time he squints at
-taD-fstfornia automobile license tag
Evening star., 1926-06-18

@. Do all frogs come from tad
poles?-H. NJ.
A. Certain frogs, az a tree-toad
of Guadeloupe. West Indies. where
Evening star., 1926-06-18
The Ball Player and the Umpire.
The pantomime APPEARS to be

But just too far away to hear.
Expressive Of a mood severely
It's well we're close enough to y4e,
Evening star., 1926-06-18

@. Are poplar and Balm Of Gilead
trees of the same family?-S. l.. p.
A. The Forest Service saws that
poplar and Balm of Gilead are not
of the same family; the former is Of
the willow tree and the latter of the
dogwood family.
Evening star., 1926-06-18

@. Where was the first oil we'll
In OhiO?-W. w. II.
A. Near Caldwell. In drilling for
salt water in 1914 a small flow of
oil was struck. The we'll is said 10
be still in evidence.
Evening star., 1926-06-18

Q. How long has the United States
been exporting cotton to Europe?
N. i. r.
A. The first bale Of cotton ex-
ported from this country to Europe
was shipped from Charleston. s. G..
in 1884.