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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-11
WALL STREET NOTES.

NEW YORK, February II IT,
Stockholders of the American Bosch
Magnetic Co. AT their annual meeting
April Is will he asked to approve the
proposed sale of the company's start
ing. lighting and battery ignition sys-
tenn TO the Electro Lite Co.
Production of slab zinc in the United
States January increased to $3.50
tons from 1874 tons the month be-
fore. Canada's output was 4,597 tons,
against 4.166 tons.
The .AmoskeaG Manufacturing Co. is
adjusting additional looms in its mills
for contemplated increased production
of n Won IA hricS
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QUARTER OF NET PAID
IN TAXES DURING 1923

NEW YORK. February II LP.--
incorporated business enterprises in
the United States during 1929 paid out
more than a quarter of their net in.
come as Federal, State and local taxes
the National Industrial Conference
Board announced yesterday. The
boards survey showed that the enter
prises in 1929 reported an aggregate
net income of 1929 900 900 and paid
out 81 .572 ,00O, 900, or 27.f per cent, in
taxes. ...
The amount paid in taxes was near,
ly two-thirds Of the amount paid to
stockholders in cash dividends.
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SENATOR DILL LAUDS
NEW BUSINESS SPIRIT

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE. February l1.-Co-
operative spirit in business is contrib.
uting more than ever before toward
the progress Of the country. Senator
c. G. Dill Of Washington State. de.
clared in an address here before the
Traffic Club Tuesday night.
The finest example of this. Senator
Dill pointed out. Is the step taken by
railroad presidents and heads Of the
labor unions In proposing a treaty
of peace" TO be embodied in new law
dealing with railroad labor disputes.
He praised the cooperation between
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RAIL MERGER MAY
d.
HIT ANOTHER SNAG
C. e. O. Preferred Stockholders
Ready to Act if I. c. c.
Fayors Combine.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. February IA new
contest against the proposed Nickel
Plate merger, sponsored by the Van
Swerinsens Is reported in the finan-.
cial district to be under consideration
by the preferred shareholders of the
Chesapeake and Ohio RAILROAD in the
event that the decision of the Inter
state Commerce Commission is fla
vorable. Wall Street expects the
commissions report will be ready
i'm about four weeks. The contention
it is said. will be based on the ground
that the preferred stock, which has
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weaker; Cuba. pepper crates, fancy,
fair condition. 5.O0a5.5O
Wberries--SupplieS very light;
demand light account weather, mar
ket fairly steady; Florida. pony re-
friSerators, best, mostly 90, few high
or. per qt.
Beets-Supplies very light: demand
moderate, market steady; Texas. hu.
baskets, ordinary quality, mostly 800.
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GASOLINE ADVANCED.

NEW YORK, February II R.-
An advance of one.half cent gallon
In the price of railroad tank car gaso-
line at New York, Philadelphia and
all Atlantic Coast terminals was an
nounced yesterday by the Sinclair Re
fininE Co. The new price Is 1917
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officials and employees Of the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad and said other roads
could profit by using the same meth
DDS in dealing with employees.
The Washington times., 1926-02-20
DR.. FRANK CRANES
DAILY EDITORIAL
Character


FEyHERE things In nature which apparently
simple but which really compounds.
One of these is air, which is compound Of nitro
oxygen and hydrogen.
There spiritual compound which corresponds to these
in the substance call character.
Character is simple thing depending upon what IS
born man. of what is his nature, but is compound
of two things
There is the thing that happens which call
his environment the hand and the nature IS the
the other.
These things mix and form the combination called
character.
him. but is combination of what happens to him and
is born in him. N
For instance Turk killed himself and the whole bunch
his the other day because life seemed ntolerable
without them Isadora Duncans ex-husband shuffled
off this coil because he could live without
Isadora
The world the contrary filled with people who under
various stages of bereavement live heroicaly.
The best that is is called out by danger by de-
privation and disaster When calamity to
it them to greater effort while others sink
beneath it.
In the there combination of the event and the
make splendid compound of heroism. In the
other it is though there much hydrogen
nitrogen and the result deeterious compound
blow-up.
There doubt that circumstances have something to
do with mans destiny and there is doubt also that
mans destiny largely what he makes it. Practical
perence however, demonstrates that destiny really
is combination of the two things-the circumstances, and
the spirit with which he them This results In that
apparently simple compound call character.
The Washington times., 1926-02-20

The Zoo In every American city probably every city
the world Is run BY the people Of each city fully controlled
By them
The Washington Zoo BY legislation by
which Washington people usual ignored by Congress
under the control Of the Smithsonian Institution Federal
body.
our District Commissioners nothing do with Zoo
except that Washington taxpayers with
sufficient funds for its support Right here too it be
which gives barely enough to keep in existence But
for the patriotism many wealthy Americans who love their
fine Capital City, the Zoo would be cheap affair." These c
present the Zoo with specimens OF animals collected
in every part of the world. There virtually public
funds to buy anything
The picture reveals Just how the Zoo Of stepchld
in the municipal affairs Of the District and may induce the
Fine Commission to take hand in muchneeded
Identification.
hs entrance Avenue opposite of the
most imposing apartment houses In the city The entrance
should worth SEEING to the helpless people Of
Washington The building the right Of the entrance is
peanut and soft drink establishment In the center
Of the driveway is small waiting shed.
The whole should be changed and given appear
ance in keeping with the vicinity and in harmony with all the
plans for Washington Identification.
Zoo is in Rock Creek Park one OF the 1ne9t parks
the world This park principally maintained from
funds paid by District people but the District government
has no control the expenditure of funds for it.
park in control of Federal officials The Park Com
mission soon to changed the National Park and Plan
ming Commission formulates all the plans for the park and
tells Congress what the appropriations for extensions and
additions should be.
This Park Commission today actually has power to go into
MARYLAND and Virginia and buy property for parks to be
deveIoped outside the District with District people paying
the money through taxation.
As already pointed out here ONE BONA FIDE resident
of the District be member of the commission and ONE
ONLY There to be eight other members.
Congress keeps taking away the authority and power
of District Commissioners In controlling local matters
the Board of Commissioners may well be abolished and
siOns fourfths of the members of which would be
residents
The Washington times., 1926-02-20
POSSIBILITIES of hooking up
L motor and rail lines with air

DOSSlBlLIIlES or hooking up
L motor and rail lines with :tir
transport and the progress already
made in that direction are pointed
to by the Chamber of Commerce
of the United States, as one rea-
son for the prompt enactment of
legislation to regulate air traffic.
"Air transportation" says the
chamber in a communication to
it's members, lean readily, and
to a large degree, be co-ordiuated
with the present forms of trans
portation, including railroad, ex-
press, interurban electric, motor
bus and truck facilities for the
collection and distribution or
goods in territory surrounding
Prince Charming in their eyes!
Yea, they shall follow after him,
and hang garlands upon his door.
and invite him to dinner and
offer him d-embroidered sus-
penders and monogrammed bill
The Washington times., 1926-02-20
Thoughts and Suggestions on
Washington's Identification
By BILL PRICE

United States engineer officer has attractive plans
for the Identification of the water front along the Wash
neon channel of the Potomac and the Anacosta branch
Of that river.
These plans are endorsed by the Fine Arts Commission
composed largely residents taxpayers Of the
District of Columbia
Ultimately the plans viii be recommended to Congress by
the District Commissioners and money will be appropriated
for themmoney paid by the taxpayers of the District The
work will be done the direction of officials
neced with the and the cost paid under
their direction.
Just so Identification Of the region mentioned finally
made as should be- the main point The fact that Dis
people win furnish the money and have nothing to say
how anything to be done is of consequence
Bridges the branches of the Potomac
of the plans connecting with East Potomac Park the
with the development of the park along the Anacosa
stream These bridges should have been built long ago
accommodate District people, but the welfare and comforts
taxpayers again second consideration to beau
cation of this splendid city Federal garden spot
this peculiar situation which ignores the people pay
the bulk Of the funds to do all these things lets include this
concerning the main entrance the Rock Greek Zoo the
photograph Of which win be familiar to readers Of this
paper:
The Washington times., 1926-02-20

self follow her own example IL
she were living now?
The writer of the following
letter says she wouldn't. She
says that if Grandma could be
transported to 1926, she'd never
bet let in for all that struggle
and grief, and for grandpa's
shiftless ways. No, she'd save
her money and not marry until
she could marry with comfort
for herself and reasonable pro-
vision for her children.
This letter is an answer to
that vast multitude who are al
ways yanking Grandma out Of
her well-earned rest and setting
her up as an example to the
"mercenary" young ladies Of the
day. It is not going to be a
soothing answer. 1t is going to
give rise to loud. wrathful snorts.
But l. for one, will not snort.
For l believe that e. d. D. is
right.
Dear Elsie:
Help me to solve this problem,
please.
Are American girls mercenary?
A discussion was held between
my uncle and myself. He is a
man of so years, married and
father of five children. He had
to struggle most of his life for
some of the worlds goods and
is at last comfortable. When he
married 20 years ago, his wife
was willing to do so, although
she knew he had nothing but a
$15-a-week job. She, as most
women do, bore the most sacri-
fices, what with raising five chill
dren on so little. But remember,
Elsie, at that time women were
not in the business world and
had very little independence.
Suppose she could have had as
much as the women of today
would she have done it?
Now, / am girl of % and
have been going with young
man of 70 for the past three
years. He has a good position
which pays fifty per week, and
slow but sure advancement
ahead. ] am also working
girl, earning a fairly good sal
airy, living at home, and we both
The Washington times., 1926-02-20

In going from W to V" Venus
describes the angle W s W.;
which is the same as the angle
A S e. Now this is the angular
diameter of the earth us seen
from the distance of the sun; or
it Is twice the SUMS horizontal
parallax. for the parallaX is reck-
oned from half the earth's diam
eter, i. e., it's radius, Therefore,
the motion of Venus in it's orbit,
when observed in this way at the
time Of transit, gives us at once
that long-sought, fundamental
unit, by reference to which all
distances in the solar system are
determiner, viz, the suns paral-
lax.
The observations being made,
this is the way the value of the
angle at IS" may be calculated
from them. AS already said. it
takes Venus about 11R minutes
to describe the arc WV. Dividing
that into the total number Of
The Washington times., 1926-02-20
By ELSIE ROBINSON

worry about every little cent and
struggle along and have children
that cannot be taken care of on
so little.
1 have seen my mother all her
life struggling to do the same
thing and now that she can have
a little comfort she is too tired
to bother after her long uphill
fight. When / can wait another
two years and have a fair
amount of the worlds goods,
isn't it worth waiting? Remem-
Der, do not ask for wealth, but
just enough to be comfortable,
to live, not to merely exist.
cannot truthfully feel am mer-
cenary. / am simply putting my
coming marriage on a sound
business basis so that it will
last until death do us part.
Sincerely,
d. D. D.,
373 East 14Sth ST.,
Bronx, New York.
I've prefaced your letter with
solid Endorsement, E. d. D.,
nevertheless I'm going to side a
little with Gramp in his answer
to your particular problem.
l admire your determination to
provide decent furniture for your
home but I do not think that
$50 per week is the mere plea
yune you consider it. 1t is far
more than the average com
Portable" young couple have to
live on. You could, without fear,
start married life on that amount
if you have the right spirit. And
if you haven't that spirit an ex-
ira $25 or 500 a week isn't
going to put your home on a
Sound business basis"
1t might be useful in this con-
nection to know that the aver
age married man with a steady
position" earns less than 1925 a
week in these United States,
Laborers, Of course, earn less
than that. Countless clerks,
agents. editors and teachers and
other professionals never pass
the $40 week mark, while $50
a week is far above the average
and should spell comfort in any
American home today.
The Washington times., 1926-02-20

distance It would subtend an angle
of that size. It comes out about
$4,000 900 miles. More accurate
methods Of obtaining the suns
parallax have been employed since
the last transit Of Venus. but
they depend on similar principles.
The first nearly correct measures
were obtained by the transits.
TT II true that no measure of
time Is exact. No clock or chro-
nometer runs with perfect accur
acy. There is reason to think
that even the rotation Of the
earth, which furnishes our funda-
mental standard Of time measure
ment. is very slightly variable.
The Washington times., 1926-02-20
SAYINGS OF
MRS. SOLOMON
BY Helen Rowland

WOman'ss Sacred Vanity
MY son, I charge thee. remem-
4V1 Der a woman's vanity, to
keep it sacred.
So, shalt thou walk safely in
the paths of filtration, and thy
feet shall not stumble, nor thy
tongue betray thee.
For 10, the vanity of woman is
a jealous tyrant, which saith.
Thou shalt have no other con
siderations before me!
Thou shalt sacrifice upon my
altar, all thoughts and visions Of
other women, and cover my way
with compliments and roses.
Chou shalt not stab me with a
look of indifference, nor offend
me with a side-glance at a young
er and prettier woman: for, am
an Argus-eyed deity, and light
ming is not quicker than my
vengeance.
Thou shalt take me seriously,
even when / am foolish: and
cherish me tenderly, even when I
am full of wrath.
Thou shalt remember always.
the dress which a damsel wore,
when first thou didst meet her;
. and the new hat which she
weareth for thy delight, thou
shalt fail to notice it, at thy peril.
Thou shalt not praise blue
eyes in the presence of brown,
glances at blondes, in the pres
hair in the presence of golden
locks.
Thou shalt FEED me con-
tinuously, and not in half-portions
nor in lukewarm phrases; for I
can swallow canned compliments
whole, and flattery undiluted.
Verify, thou mayest break
woman's heart. squander her
fortune, and betray her trust; but,
beware how thou offendest ME-,
her VAN1TY-for my punishment
upon thee shall be swift and
terrible!
But, unto him that cherisheth
me, and studyeth to please me,
am generous with my rewards.
For 10, though a man have the
figure of a Caliban, the face of
the missing link, the mentality of
a goldfish, and a character dark
,er than a chorus girls eyelids,
yet. if he but knoweth how to
stimulate and delight the vanity
of women he shall be always a
The Washington times., 1926-02-20
HOOKING UP LAND AND AIR

air terminals. The present In.
dications are that these facilities
can be utilized to advantage over
a radius of 80 to 500 miles, de-
pending on the locality.
IAN increasing number OF land
ing fields are being established ny
municipalities along the air lanes,
as the cost of providing these
fields would generally be too great
for commercial air line to I'M
dertake, and 1t would be prac-
tioaliy impossible to limit their
use to the owners in case they
were privately established. In
diana, Kansas, Pennsylvania and
Wisconsin have passed laws al.
thorizlng municipalities to acquire
and maintain landing fields"
The Washington times., 1926-02-20
BY Garrett r. Seryiss
Noted Astronomer and Writer on
Scientific Topics Of Popular

4AABGEEDee
How is the taking Of Venus
paralIax in accordance with the
sun performed? Also, is it true
that no time is exact?--C. d. A."
VOU refer to the use of tran
j sits of Venus across the suns
disk as means of measuring the
SUMS parallax, and so its dis
lance from the earth. This
method is very interesting as an
example Of the astronomers in
genious ways of getting around
obstacles, and also for it's historic
Importance; but the latest chance
to apply it occurred in 1882, and
there win not be another until
2004.
The gist of the subject may be
understood with the aid of our
little diagram, where we see the
disk Of the sun, as seen from
the earth, on the left; the earth
itself on the right, and Venus at
two points in its orbit between
the earth and the sun, at W and
""
Now suppose that Venus NOV
Ing IN her orbit In the direction
indicated comes exactly between
the sun and the earth. so that
she is visible from the earth like
a round black dot moving slowly
across the sun. Let a. and "B
be two stations near the earth's
equator, but on opposite sides Of
the globe. At these stations OBJ
servers are ready to watch the
transit
1t is evident that the observer at
"a" will be the first to see Venus
just beginning it's transit at IS"
But not many minutes later
about liz in fact the observer
at "B" will see Venus at "S."
Each observer carefully notes by
the same standard time the mo-
ment of the apparent contact OF
Venus with the suns edge. They
also knew in advance their re-
spective longitudes on the earth
so that their distance apart in
a straight line can be calculated.
The Washington times., 1926-02-20
Our Own Embassies

Secretary of State Kellogg has recommended appropria
Of 900 for the purchase Of sites and the consruc
ton of consular buildings embassies and residences for the
use of United States diplomats in foreign countries
Such buildings sadly needed by this nation We the
richest nation in the world but the magncence of wealth
somewhat dimmed by nggardness in regard to keep
ing up foreign embassies
has TO be byword in the diplomatic service that
who is not millionaire afford to take foreign
post for the United States.
is high time the Government did something up
holding its dignity and position in the diplomatic establish
ment.
The Washington times., 1926-02-20
LISTEN, WORLD!

mix with a set
of boy a n d
girls OF moderate
means. In short,
I am the aver
age A m e r ! c an
girl, making a
living, liking nice
clothes, theaters
and dancing.
e a c h w e g X
this young man
and l put a
small a m o u n t
a w a y for the
nome we lnLend
to build. Now
here is where
the d j s C u ssion
comes in. My
uncle claims l
am m e + C enary,
like most Ameri-
can girls. He
says / am not
willing to live in
HI HTk
The Washington times., 1926-02-20

WOman's. Sacred Vanity
MY son, / charge thee, remem-
4V1 Der a woman's vanity, to
keep it sacred.
The Washington times., 1926-02-20
IT o w alb ut
II Gran d m a

LII Gran d m a
w/o brought up
her seven babies
in a five-room
shack without a
re frig e ra t o r,
vacuum cleaner
or washing ma
chine, did all her
own sewing, bak-
ing and washing
and w ore the
same old best
black silk" for
eight years run
ming?
Was hers a
noble, prai / S e.
worthy sacrifice:
Or was it a
noble abuse Of a
fine woman?
Should we try
to emulate her
example?
Would she her
The Washington times., 1926-02-20

minutes in 5S4 days, the time that
Venus requires to go once around
her entire orbit. we get a frac-
ton which is the same as that
obtained by dividing 400 degrees
by the angle at S. This shows by
The Washington times., 1926-02-20

the approximate figures chat we
have used, that the angle at s,
or twice the suns parallax, Is
about 17.6 second Of arc.
Knowing the diameter Of the
earth we can calculate At what
The Washington times., 1926-02-20

folds, at Christmas imep'
For, verify. verify. in a wo-
mans heart, the tenderest spot
and likewise the strongest. IL her
Vanity
SEI~A
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-03-17

william G. Bruce, who was an
|necessfnl candidate for the
I OF Robert M. LaFollette in
y. 8. senate, born in Mil
kee, 10 years ago today.
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Is Town Talk

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MOTORS ON CREDIT
ESTIMATED THREE
BILLION DOLLARS

NEW YORK, March 16.-More
than $4,000, 900, 900 worth of
new automobiles were sold on the
installment plan during 1925, it
is brought out in survey pre-
pared for the American Bankers
Association Journal by C. C.
Hanch. general manager of the
National Association of Finance
Companies.
On the average 75k per cent
of all motor vehicles are sold on
credit, he says, about $4,000
100000 representing the total
amount Of deferred payments on
new cars on which there were to-
tai cash down-payment of ST.
600. 100000
The total deferred payments
on used cars, he says, was $780,
100000, and he estimates the to-
tai amount of automobile paper
outstanding at given time at
81, 500, 600, 900.