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Evening star., 1926-02-21
Wholesale Murderers.

Recently series of atrocious crimes
was committed in the city OF Toledo.
several women being brutally attack
ed, some OF them diving. In every case
the victims We're savagely beaten with
clubs. These crimes We're attributed
Ia the same person. some unknown de
generate of fiendish disposition. No
trace was found. however, of the as
sailant, who invariably attacked from
behind and usually at night. Irregular
intervals elapsed between the crimes.
Several weeks have now passed since
a recurrence has been reported.
Just at present another series of
mysterious crimes is in progress at
Omaha. where several men have been
shot. two nf them fatally. by mys-
terious assailant, who. il would seem,
uses small-calibered rife with a
silencer. The latest shooting occurred
at Council Bluffs. Iowa. across the
river from Omaha, and is attributed to
the same person who has killed two
and wounded another
NOUbclN Is ~ iutntlt lot ine IIlollNc
in these crimes. The victims have
been allowed to lie where they have
fallen without further interest in them
by the slayer. That he is a maniac is
deduced from these circumstances.
Such cases have occurred from time
Ia time in the past. Homicidal mania
has not infrequently developed and
led to wholesale slaughter. Sometimes
the slayer runs amok" and kills
and wounds many at one outburst of
rage. Again, with craft and diabolical
ingenuity. he plots his crimes one by
one and continues for a long time
Some imaginary grievance against
humanity inspires him. He may be a
religious or A political fanatic. He
may be simply a degenerate with a
lust for blood or for the sight of suf-
fering. These crimes are rarely, il
acter was always practiced.
In the case of Jack the Ripper" F"
Evening star., 1926-02-21

God. The same came for tCitness."
1T Is not so much by ideas as by
personalities that God sets the world
forward" Thus speaks a great scholar
and student OF human affairs. He
recognizes the fact that history is
made by certain outsta nding' men and
women. who, in their persons. incar-
nate some great principle. The late
DIR. Lord calls these people the ''Bea-
con lights Of history and to them
he traces the forward movements of
the race. Max Mueller maintains that
the true history of the world must
always be the history of the few"
One is sometimes amazed to discover
how outstanding epochs seem to find
their focus rs well rs their inspiration
In some singularly gifted person.
These outsta nding personalities carry
conviction to an age by reason OF the
TACT that they incarnate in themselves
not only some mighty principle. but a
sense OF authority that makes 1t pre-.
vail.
Some one has said that they "are ap-
pointed first Of all by Almighty God
to stand for "A fact They not only
compel attention. but they resist and
overcome opposition. because men
recognize in them an authority that
IL irresistible. They seem to be con-
scripted 10y God for Il divine service.
They NAV be criticized and condemned
YES. even martyred-but the thing
they stand for ultimately prevails. II
reminds us of striking sentence that
came from the lips Of one of our great
Presidents, where he said, Il would
rather go down to defeat today in a
cause that shall ultimately triumph
than to triumph in cause that will
ultimately know defeat" The great
est refOrmations that have swept over
continents have been projected by
those OF whom il may he said that
they were sent from God" and that
the same came for witness" No
sense OF loneliness. no hardship or suf
fering of any kind has hindered them
in their course.
Savonarola. hated and despsed by
the gentry Of Florence. dared from
the duomo to inveigh against the pre-
vailinE sins Of his generation. They
thought they had made an end of him
when they burned him at the stake in
the piazza, but his mighty spirit could
not be conquered, even in death.
When the little monk in Wittenberg
dared to nail his theses TO the door OF
the church. he hardly realized that ne
was giving men II new charter OF lib
Evening star., 1926-02-21

tai disturbances are lacking and
that he should play light. hi'iiia nj
music"
Experience Also Required.
Experience is another essential TO
success az a motion picture organist, &,
according to this authority. In fact
he says il IS decidedly difficult for an
orSantSt to get 4 job unless he has
had experience Just how an aspiring
artist can get. experience without first
getting q job Is not so clear To the
layman. but perhaps back of this
somewhat anomalous requirement of
the profession lies the explanation Of
why the ranks of the organists are
not being overrun with recruits.
Most of the well known motion pic
ture organists are former movie and
orchestra pianists. Church organists
IL is said, rarely break in. and as a
rule they do not make good movie
orga nists. They seem to find it hard
TO develop a diversified repertoire and
do not adapt themselves readily to the
jazz and other light music that are
so essential in movie accompaniments.
The movie organist. it should be
known. does not always sit and let
his fingers wander idly over the KEYS
playing at random whatever occurs to
him "a appropriate To The scene on
the screen. With each feature film
that is to he shown in his theater he
gets a cue sheet, which indicates the
music which the picture producer
thinks should he PLAYED from the be
ginning TO the end of the film. and fire.
quently he has a pre-view of the pic
ture in order that he may see how
the cue sheet music does fit i'm and de-
termine whether or not he should
make any changes in 1t.
Large Salaries Paid.
AS to the financial rewards that
may he reaped by the successful or.
GaniSt, the figures that are quoted
will be an eye-opener to most patrons
of the cinema. Not all the big
money" in the motion picture husi-
ness goes TO the screen stars. directors
and producers. or to the owners Of
the popular theaters.
An assistant orga mist in an aver
age city motion picture theater will
start at salary of $50 week. it is
stated. From that up. the sky is the
limit. An average good organist who
proves that he has showma nship
ability finds 1t comparatively easy TO
garner from $4,000 to $15 900 a year.
and when one gets into the star clas
and Is in demand for concert work he
may enjoy an income that rivals that
of the President of the United States
SO, 900 a year. And these incomes
are real. be it averred, and are not the
dreams of highly imaginative press
agents.
That it is an attractive profession
is further attested by the fact that a
Washington school teacher makes a
weekly trip to New York to take a
lesson from one of the great pipe or
gan artists of that city.
Evening star., 1926-02-21

December, but generally marks time
until after the holidays The Decem
ber part of the sitting virtually is
lost.
: Under the present system a Repre-
sentative or Senator defeated at the
polls still serves for an entire session
OF the Congress Under the new sys-
tenn a defeated man would be out
forthwith.
The present arrangement OF long
session Of Congress one year and
short session the next lends itself I"
the art of filbustering during the short
session, and it has been employed
many times to defeat legislation. Tn
der the Norris amendment ConGress
would meet each year the first Mon.
day in January and would have III"
entire year before ii in which To tram
act the Government business.
or course, there are those who in
sist that the short session Of CongTeSs
is A blessing, because ii gives the
country breathing spell every other
year. With no limits placed on the
sessions, however. there is general
belief that Congress would speed up
and not spend as much time in Wash
ingtOn as 1t does a I present
II used to be said 1t was good
thing for a member OF Congress :"
have the 13 months before taking Of
fce in which 10 "cool off =" The diff
Guilty is that he generally gets too
darned cold Issues seldom last in
this country for 13 months. so thai
a Congressman elected on one set 81
facts or conditions may face an en-
tirely different situation by the time
he gets the Speakers eye-if he ever
does in his first few terms.
Senator Norris has shown himself A
constructive statesman in framing and
pushing his amendment, and Wash
ingtOn as whole il hopeful that this
year he will succeed.
Representative Albert Johnson Of
Washington. Chairman OF the House
committee on immigration. has been
watching the case of the Countess nf
Cathcart with no little legislative in
terest. II there are 10 he any change
in the section Of the law which caused
the Department Of Labor to bar the
countess. Mr.. Johnson will have to
frame them. Thus far he is entirely
ION -committal on the subject. But
pressed for some sort of statement on
the controversy he made the some
what cryptic remark:
Well if the countess had emulated
the example Of a scion Of the British
nobility some two generations 90 and
lied like gentleman about her al
fair with the earl. she probably would
have been admitted TO the country
without question
All Of which brings up rather in
teresting and hitherto overlooked
angle of this amazingly interesting
case If il he the proper thing for
gentleman To lie when Il ladv.s mann
is involved. why, under the new
equality of the sexes. should not :"
lady do the same handsome thing by
the gentleman in the caser
Here is Il poser for the militant
members Of the National Woman
Party What do they say?
uCopyrixht. l426.t
Evening star., 1926-02-21
Utica Observer-Dispatch.

r TUui IH0 UIE'd OUstTVeT-D DIsVdtCU
Well, the airplane is making prog
ress. When people begin to complain
about newfangled thing becoming
a nuisanc it is sure sign that it
Is getting on. The automobile didn't
fairly get started until folks kicked
beause they scared the horses and ran
over the chickens.
Here are the people Of Alexand
Bay who think that the noise of air
planes going over their Summer
homes daily is an outrage. So the
chamber of commerce is circulating
petition to urge people not to rent
docks to the owners Of the seaplanes.
In the regular course of events we
may expect the residents Of the river
village next to be looking for parking
places for their own planes.
Evening star., 1926-02-21
Immunities CntoIerated.

Il understand that Crimson Gulch
Is going to have radio broadca sting
station"
mo, sir" rejoined Cactus Joe. THE
fellers in this community is exacting
in their art. They don't want no per-
formers around that they can't throw
things at, in case the act fails to
please
Evening star., 1926-02-21
Move the Tourist Camp.

A recommends tion has been made
by the Commission of Fine Arts 10
the director of public buildings and
public parks that no permanent
structure he erected in the tourist
camp in Fast Potomac Park. and
furthermore that the tourist camp be
removed to a more suitable loca tion.
The commission declares that the tour
ist camp cannot he regarded as a
permanent feature in any city de.
Nelopment. but must he always sub.
ject to repla acement 10 accommodat t.
the growth of the city.
Unfortunately. an appropria ton has
already been made of S50.00O for the
construction of n permanent building
IN the park for the accommoda ton
Of the motor tourists visiting Wash.
ington. Work. however. has not
heen begun and it is still possible
10 correct the mistake that was made
when the fund was granted for this
purpose. The site designated is
within the area that has been laid
out In plans for public recreation
center in East Potomac Park IL a
permanent building were erected
there II would be directly in the
way Of this larger and more impor-
t'tut project. which is in keeping
with the objects TO which this res.
crNalion is To- be devoted
located in East Potomac Park as a
ntak-shiit accommodation for the
great number of people who were
coming 10 Washington by motor
most Of them in transit north or
south according 10 the season 1t
was a bad select ion for this purpose
But inasmuch az that portion of the
I'ark was being used for war emer.
EencE buildings no particular objection
was raised and the establishment was
permitted to remain after the urgent
occasion for its cation had pa ssed.
II has always been "A blot on the
landscape. BY no possible means can
such place be made attract
There is furthermore question
whether parks should ever be used
for such camps. They are practically
free lodging places. unfairly com.
peting with the hotels and boa riding
houses that are maintained at large
expense for the accommoda ton of
visitors to the city.
In other cities these tourist camps
are not situated conspicuousiy az this
ON" is. directly within the vision Of
all persons entering or leaving town
hy the southern lines. They are
usually hidden from view. They do
not need to be central. for their Oc-
rupants have their own means Of
transportation and are just rs we'll
accommodated on the out utSi;irtS of
the CITY as III a central situation
Certainly this particular site is The
least suitable of all that could ba
found in the District for such a pur-
pose. and the recommends tionS of the
Commission Of Fine Arts should he
Irneded by Congress in the form Of a n
amendment directing whatever per
ma nent constructions are. necessary 10
he located elsewhere, so that the de-
velopnent of East Potomac Park can
proceed without check or emba rra ss-
ment.
Evening star., 1926-02-21
This and That
Bv Charles Z. TracepeH.

Jack Spratt. house cat. had gone on
veal strike. holding out for ground
meat instead of in the slice.
Jack had become heartily tired Of
gnawinE away al slab of veal. Ihe
eyertion of rending the fibers bored
him.
Give me-" he seemed TO say. give
me ground meat. or I will not eat. A
a matter of fact. / am not very hun
gry. and can get along we'll enough
you know.
A slice of the very best veal offered
no temptation TO Spratt. Before il
was put on the paper which serves
as his tablecloth. it seemed very de
Sirable.
Standing on his hind legs. Jack
meOwed vigorously, in his plea 81 NJ
ma nner, varying the intensity "f pitch
on occa sion. CThis he does, TOO. from
meal TO meal. so that his vocabuiar"
always proves interesting to listeners
When the meat was thrown on III"
paper. Jack took a couple Of good
sniffs at it. and proceeded to eat +"
few bites.
This vas too much work. however.
SO he raised his head, and quit the
paper not ceasing to meow for his
dinner. 50 that those who We're not
acquainted with him might have
imagined that he was not hungry.
There was not hit Of truth in thai
superstition.
Jack is always hungry.
He always has peak appetite
When A mere child. he could eat more
than most full-grown cats. With the
passing months his hankerins for
food has never grown less.
What he was holding out for was
ground meat
Jack. as kitten. was we'll satisfied
to get his meat in any old form. lust
so he got it. That was the big proh-
lem.
At first he preferred round steak.
but later gave the preference 70 vel
outlet. Once he ate a dozen raw oyS
ters. but has never seemed to care
much for them since, for some strange
reason.
Baked beans. peas, cottage pudding
these he once ate. but now has lost
his taste for them. Sardines in olive
hits the spot.
His standard meal at present is veal
This. too. upon its first appearing,
was acceptable in any form.
After awhile Jack grew more par
ticular. and dema nded that his veal be
cut up with u knife. This made easier
eating, it seems. and Jack. being EN-
gagged in sedentary occupa tons, pre-
ferred the easiest way.
For several months the cat tgl
Grated his veal in this fashion, but
at last grew tired of so much work.
He refused to eat, 80. in an unwary
moment, the cut meat was put in the
sa usage grinder and reduced to small
bits.
Jack Immediately fell to with gusto,
showing his pleasure in every one of
his stripes. Licking his chops after
wards. he fairly dripped satisfaction
+@2
Thenceforward Jack Spratt would
eat nothing but ground veal. True to
his name, he would eat no fat, care
fully picking over the fatty portions.
Operating a meat grinder, however.
is not always the most convenient
thing In the world, so at one meal
Jack was forced to take his veal In
big slice.
He would not eat 1t. however.
Grind 1t up. Mister. or l will not
eat a bite" threatened Jack Spratt.
You either eat that, or go hungry.
Meow" He stalked off into the
living room, switching his striped tail.
Pretty soon he heard the sound of
the sausage grinder in operation.
He pricked up his ears.
The strike was over,
Evening star., 1926-02-21

Income TAX exemption for the Presi
dent of the United States implies a
courteous attitude on the part Of ID
grateful public. In some OF the old
ia shioned autocracies the head Of d
government not only exempted him
self. but appropriated most Of the
taxes
Evening star., 1926-02-21
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHlLANDER JOHNSON.
Authoritative Value.

Authoritative Value.
We're the wealthiest Nation on earth
We don't ask what anything's worth,
But hasten to pay any toll
Yet We couldn't buy anthracite coal
We've billions al ready command,
A nd more to be got from the land.
Yet through methods of commerce
control
We went shy on our anthracite coal.
With money so perfectly free,
A Twenty's what Five used to be-
So, the fact still perplexes the soul
That we couldn't buy anthracite coal
Away with your dollars and dimes.
They're behind in the trend Of the
times.
New currency let us unroll
That Is based upon anthracite coal.
Evening star., 1926-02-21
getting on a wrong car and paying a

getting on a wrong car and paying a
double fare.
There are at present Sc cars on the
road. which number is to be increased
by Z, 3 of which will be placed
on the short section from the west
front of the Capitol to the Baltimore
& Ohio Railroad depot and transfers
will he issued to passengers to and
from the through Avenue line. Thus
there will be 40 cars running TO the
Navy Yard instead of Is as at present
Running all the Avenue cars through
to the Navy Yard will have a salutary
effect in diminishing the time"
Evening star., 1926-02-21
Tia JuanR.

The hosses round the track will run
At Tia Warmer.
Unless Your Wagers you have won
You are q goner.
Yet 'monsst IL, critters who infest
The place, as you apply the test,
You vow the hoss is decentest
In Tia Wanner.
Evening star., 1926-02-21

Every now and then a member Of
Congress makes a speech which offers
comparison calculated to attract ad-
miring attention to the silent. indus
trious and ill-paid Government clerk.
Evening star., 1926-02-21
Futurist Art.

FROM the Detroit News.
Dumb Dora, says a futurist painter,
is one who may be painter at some
time in the future.
Evening star., 1926-02-21
Rate by Nail-PayabIe in Advance.
Maryland and Virginia.
I'm Other States and Canada.
Member of the ASSOcjatpd Press.

The Associated Press Is exclusively entitled
In the use for repuhlicatIon of all news dis
patches credited 10 II or not otherwise cred
lied IN this naper and also tho lo""1 nnws
published herein. All rights Of publication
Of special dispatches herein are also reserved
Evening star., 1926-02-21
No Terrors in Store.

From the Jersey City Journal
German biologists are beginning to
talk about another glacial age.
Americans. having lived through the
present Winter, will take the discus
sion quite calmly.
Evening star., 1926-02-21

Earnest arguments are offered by
English writers to show that the man
agement OF a rubber monopoly does
mot involve an elasticity Of national
conscience
Evening star., 1926-02-21
Practical Application.

A facile brush the artist wields,
With purpose grave or comic.
1t Is the whitewash brush that Yields
Results most economic
Evening star., 1926-02-21
Crowding the Corners.

From the Albany Knickerbocker Press.
Numerous persons are figuring on
how more than four filling stations
can be built on four corners
Evening star., 1926-02-21

The reduction Of taxes will enable
many citizens to agree with Judge
Gary that the present Congress has It's
excellent points
Evening star., 1926-02-21

England boosts the price Of rubber
In one column of an official gazette
and presents an eloquent argument
for free trade in the next
Evening star., 1926-02-21
Shifty.

From the Des Moines Tribune-News.
Prince Carol apparently has mind
Of his own. but It is of the chanseable
variety.
Evening star., 1926-02-21

Italian statesmen find it expedient
to inspect Mussolini's policies more
and more closely with reference to for
eign entanglements.
Evening star., 1926-02-21

Jud Tunkins says music is great
source Of happiness, because it enables
a. lot of people to holler at the top of
their voices without bein' held person
ally responsible for what they're
sayin'.
Evening star., 1926-02-21
Results.

You have participated in many in.
vestigatiOns?"
Many" agreed Senator Sorghum.
Have you succeeded in calling pub
lie attention to anything Important"
Yes. 10 myself as an investi-
gator"
Evening star., 1926-02-21

An inquiry originally announced as
probe" usually turns out to be a
pO,iltice.
Evening star., 1926-02-21

may often he forgotten, but the cherry
tree fable will never die.
Evening star., 1926-02-21

Most Of our trouble said Uncle
Eben, consists in imaginin' whut
might happen, but whut never does"
Evening star., 1926-02-21
SENT FROM GOD"

at. John. is. Z: A man sent from
God. The same came for a tCitness." !"
Evening star., 1926-02-21
Fifty Years Ago
In The Star

Charlotte Cushman. the actress. died
February Is. 1876. AT the Parker
House in Boston. She had been suner-
ing from cancer for a long time, hut
Evening star., 1926-02-21

that Senator Reed had failed To make
the most Of his point. The Senator
from Missouri said that the Vice Pres
ident knew how long it would take. to
come from the White House to the
Senate" volunteered Senator Hefiin.
Il want to ask him how long it would
take to go from the Vice Presidents :
chair to the White House,"
That depends entirely upon the act
of God and the fortune of politics"
retorted Senator Reed. I'm this day
of topSy- -turvy. of jazz politics. God
knows what will happen. nor who will
get there. nor how he will get there.
few moments later, when Senator
Reed suddenly turned his sarcasm
from the Vice President to Senator
Hefiin, there was renewed laughter in
the Senate chamber.
During the time that we have had
this question before u.s." said Reed
there have been some discussion ir-
relevant to this matter very interest
ing discussions. very Illuminating. but
not on this question, and the Senator
from Alabama has done his share of
that kind of talking"
II was doing that to relieve the
Senate and the people assembled here
from the monOtOny of the other de-
bate" Senator Hefiin suggested. while
some of his colleagues chuckled.
This served to bring the Missouri
Senator nearly up to his first-class
ironic pitch, as he brought forth
couple of rounds Of laughter with this
reply:
IF the Senator Is Offering himself
as an oratoricaI soporific, he has a
strange conception of his effect upon
his audience. But / am making the
point seriously; the Senator from Ala
bama and myself can never talk with
out joking. and nobody listens to him
with greater pleasure than myself,
particularly when he quotes Scrip
ture."
And thus it usually goes on the Sen
ate floor when two such different
types as Reed and Hef1in start using
the privilege of debate for a game of
pitch and toss.
Evening star., 1926-02-21

From time to time efforts have been
made to change the nomenclature of
Washingtons streets and avenues.
Some of them have succeeded. while
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-11-29
Chicago Livestock

Hogs-Receipts. $4,000. Market,
steady. Top. s11 80: bulk. s11.250
11.sO; heavyweight. $11.5O@11.sO;
mediumweight. $11. 4O@11.S0: hight
weight, $11.a5@11.SO; light lights,
81. 25@11.75; packing sows, $10.250
IL; pigs. $11.25@11.90.
Cattle--Receipts $1,000. Market,
15@25c lower. Calf receipts, $500.
Market, steady. Beef steers, good
and choice, $9.50@10.75; common
and medium. S7@9: yearlings. $40
Is. Butcher cattIe-He:fers, $500
III: cows, $4.5008: bulls, $4.5O07.50:
calves, $10Q12; feeder steers. 500
SIS; stocl1er steers, S5.5O@S.50:
Etocher COWS and heifers. $4@6.50.
Western range cattIe--Beef steers,
s6.90@8.50; cows and heifers, 81
OF.
Sheep Receipts. 10000. Market,
Csc lower. Medium and choice
lambs, $12.5O@14; culls and com.
mon, $8.50@10; yearlings, $9911. so;
common and choice ewes, 1907;
feeder lambs, $12@13.25.