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In quiet sort Of way. Although
they had lived side by Side for sew
erals months, Rita had scarcely ex-
changed word with her neighbor,
The gossips said he did not like
women because OF some old heartache.
An ancient aunt kept house for him
and she did not cultivate the ac-
quaintance Of anybody.
"Hello!' the doctor said, seeing
streak OF paint on Rita's blue serge.
'.WelI, Bob, what has the young
woman done to You TO- make you
glover like that?
Cant you see, Doc?,' dema nded
Old Crusty. ..She knocked down me
ladder and me with Ii and upset four
dollars worth Of paint"
but you landed neatly on your
feet. see" the doctor said with a
smile and a touch on the shoulder.
$50 the young lady has the worst Of
1T. Look at her car top! And her
dress! say, Bob, get a hustle on
you and clean up the car for her, win
your
with handkerchief he himself
rubbed the spot on Rita's dress.
Maybe the sight Of the anguish in
her eyes touched him. "A fresh worry
had seized her.
IT shall be late to work" she mur-
INJURED, realizing that lit would take
some thing to get paint of the car.
"I will take you In my speedster,'
the doctor said, and he hurried toward
his own garage.
Within two minutes he was back
with his high.powered car.
oh, / can't put you to any more
trouble" Rita protested. She was
fumbling at her purse and she ended
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In bringing out d crumpled bill.
What's that forg' demanded the
doctor, cycling her.
why, for The paint and the dam.
age. She lifted her eyes TO his.
RitA's eyes were certainly compelling.
Put 1t back" commanded the doc
tor. I'LL settle with Crusty-tor try.
ing to put such q color az that on
my house, mean. Good thing the
pail was upset.
He scarcely spoke again an the way
to woodruff, but he delivered Rita at
Horizons exactly on time.
What time are you OUT" he asked.
I'm going to be around here all day
and I'll pick YOU up"
Rita had been thinking she must
catch a ride b-ck or walk, and she
was grateful.
q VI have to stay until s." she said.
you needn't bother, but thank you,
just the same.
When at S o'clock she came out
of the store, hot, tired and with her
worries piling mountain high, there
stood the smart Handicapped car.
The doctor was waiting for her.
lust made It," he said, glancing
at the watch on the service board.
IT had to hustle, too--all the way
from Candor."
From Candor:.'' gasped Rita, look.
Ing at him. Why, you have been
to a lot of trouble. I am sorry.
There was the briefest silence.
"But it wasn't trouble; 1t was a
pleasure, really said the doctor. with
a boyish touch OF color In his clear
cheeks. ira have come great deal
farther IL / had had to"
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a mile farther on he added, to
Rita's intense bewilderment:
You see, I have been trying my
best to get acquainted with you for
all tile four months you have lived
there I thought maybe you would
call me in for your mother or some.
thing. Old Crusty' and his ladder and
his paint came about very oppor.
tunely."
old crusty was just gathering up
his materials to 30 when they entered
the driveway.
Huh ne said grufiy. II put a.
coat of varnish on your car top. 50
you can't Ese It tomorrow either,
miss
THAT Is all right said the doctor
blitheIy; II win see she gets to the
store. am going that way myself
again
AS Rita was trying to thank the
old man Crusty looked at her with
comical grin.
II ain't mad bit about your
knocking me on my ladder this morn.
Ing, miss, J." he said And you needn't
waste your breath excusing yourself,
either. But I've got one thing 70 ask
YOU"
''What is that?'' Rita asked. won
deringly.
The outer corners OF Old crusty's
left eyelid Kicked
That you and Doc ask me TO your
wedding" he said.
lThe End
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SESQU| BUILDINGS
/ DAMAGED BY rain
Some Are Flooded, Founda-
tons of Others Are Under
| mined in Severe Storm.
r. the Associated Press.

p the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA, July 16.-Small
armies of workmep were engaged to-
day in repairing storm damage at the
Sesquicentennial Exposition. where
yesterdays heavy rains flooded num-
Der of buildings and turned the
grounds into sea of mud.
The palace of fine arts, Russian
pavilion. palace Of liberal arts and
palace of agriculture were the hard
est hit. Water flowing in from road.
ways and from leaky roofs was 4
inches deep on the floor of the palace
of fine arts. Lakes and lagoons over.
flowed their banks and the founda-
tions of several of the smaller build
ings were undermined. Water from
one of the lakes seeped into the Rus
sian pavilion in such volume that the
fires in restaurant on the lower bal
cony had to be extinguished and the
Kitchen abandoned.
t Valuable Exhibits Safe.
Officials today were unable to esti-
mate the extent of the damage, but
they said all of the valuable exhibits
had been saved from damage.
Three minor employees were dis
charged, and the four others of the
seven arraigned yesterday were fined
on charges of violation of the State
Sunday-closing law in connection with
the Sabbath opening Of tile eXposi-
Iion.
Fines of 81 with $3.50 additional
costs were imposed on Arthur Ken
nedy, Frank ,Kilfoy, Miss Anita Man.
lin and Miss May Cowchok. Two as.
sistant city solicitors, appearing in be-
half of the defendants, said they
would appeal the cases of those fined
on grounds of illegality, owing to the
erroneous naming Of one of the de-
PENDANTS.
Cases Were First Test.
The Methodist Mems Committee of
One Hundred, which is protesting the
opening of the exposition on Sundays,
announced it's determination to make
test case in order to settle tho stand
ing controversy In AN orderly and
lawful manner.
Those opposed to Sunday opening
contend that such action violates the
ancient blue law. passed in 1894. as
well as an act passed by the Legislar
ture last year appropriating $55U, 600
for the participation of Pennsylvania
in the celebration, under the stipula-
ton that the Sunday-closing laws
would be observed.
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SHIP SUNK IN COLLISION.

LONDON, July is P).-A Lloyd's
dispatch from Valentino, off the Irish
Coast, reports a collision between the
British steamer, Gaelic Prince and
the British steamer Trelawney, the
latter vessel being sunk. The crew
was rescued.
A wireless message from the Gaelic
Prince said the collision occurred dur
ing hazy weather.
The position given by the Gaelic
Prince is several hundred miles of
the Irish Coast.
The Gaelic Prince, $3.50 tons. sailed
fronns Newport News. July 4, for the
United Kingdom. The Trelawney,
2,479 tons, was last reported from
Kristenstad. June 10. for Barry.
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NEXT ALTHER LEAGUE
SESSION IN ST. LOUIS
Delegates Adjourn International
Convention at Baltimore After
Setting 1s27 Date.
b. the Associated Pre.s.

BY the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, July 16-The~ inter-
national convention of the Lutheran
Walther League came to close
Yesterday with the selection of st.
Louis as the next convention city.
Yesterday the 5000 delegates closed
their sessions with a business meeting
and devotional exercises.
A report that more financial support
is desirable in the Lutheran mission
field was delivered to the convention.
DR.. George Romoser, a director of
the Concordia Collegiate Institute at
Brownsville, N. ", defended modern
youth in an address to the delegates.
The body visited the STATE Capitol at
Annapolis.
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tears, whipped out or the
house and ran to the old barn
il where she kept her car. The
machine was waiting as
patiently as If ii knew what was
wanted of It, Rita stepped in and
began the series of maneuvers neces-
sary to getting the engine started.
A. slender. dark tsirl was Rita, and
attractive even in her own dark.
serge. Every morning at 8 o'clock
she drove into the adjoining town,
where she had employment during
the day as saleswoman in Horizons
drug store. 1t was dull work, but 1t
brought in fair income during the
Summer months when she was not
teaching and gave her mother many
extra comforts. Mrs. Fancher was
not well and her iii health made life
just that much harder for Rita,
though it was already hard enough.
The old car spit and rumbled, but
finally, being checked" into loconno-.
ton, began to back out of the barn
along the narrow, twisting lane that
led between the Fancher house and
that of DIR. Burnside next door. Rita,
leaning far out over the fender, fol.
lowed the movements of her left rear
wheel as well as she could. She must
avoid mothers delphiniums and the
little horse chestnut; once she had
barked it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-16

The historic bell in the capitol at
Rome, silent since the POpe's loss Of
temporal power Sc years ago, was
sounded again during q recent reli-
Rioug celebration
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OLD CRUSTY.

. TIA FANCHER, blinded with |
tears. whipped out of the
house and ran to the old barn
where she kept her car. The
Evening star., 1926-09-18
The Tennis Championship.

France has had her tennis revenge.
Defeated by a wide margin in the in
tsrnational Davis Cup matches, her
players have vindicated themselves in
the singles championship now being
PLAYED at Forest Hills, n. Y. by elimi-
waiting from the tournament every
American star. Thus the United States
must sit back and gaze upon the un-
usual spectacle of an all French fnal
in the American championships.
Only twice before has foreigner
reached the finals of the singles. f.
r. Doherty, British star in 1902. was
defeated by W. A. Larned. an Ameri.
csB, but the next year his brother.
n. L. Doherty, won the singles cham
pionship for the first and only time.
The French players accomplishment
in staging their own finals in the coun.
Try that prided itself upon its tennis
supremacy is therefore a notable feat.
Big Bill" Tilden. winner of the sin
glss for six consecutive years, fell first
before the onslaught. Little Bill
Johnston. rated as one Of America s
inest. succumbed shortly afterward.
These defeats left the chances Of this
country TO remain In the tourna an,ent
Evening star., 1926-09-18

first British subject bettering the time
of Gertrude Ederle, fourteen hours
and thirty-one minutes. Michel made
the crossing in eleven hours and Ave
minutes, and that record will probably
stand for the season. The year 1926
has seen successful Channel swim
ming by an American girl. a Danish
American woman. German. q
Frenchman and an Englishman. 1t
has been a truly international season
of successful wave-breasting Al.
though the novelty Of crossing has
been dimmed. there is still mark
which swimmers Of all lands will prob
ably try to reach next year. That is
the mark set up by Michel. A ten
hour swim Is yet to be attained. II
this seasons accomplishment are any
indication the remaining gap will be
closed in 1927. And then the swim
mers will probably keep on trying for
a nine-hour swim, and even that will
not content them.
Evening star., 1926-09-18

solely on the shoulders of winnie"
Richards. He. however, was unequal
70 the task. and SO Jean Borotra and
Rene La Coste will fight it out this
afternoon to decide which one of them
will take overseas the huge bowl en-
blematic of victory IN the tennis
classic for the second time in it's his
tory.
America, however. intends to be just
as good sport in losing as it is in
winning. The flush of victory in the
Davis Cup match has now been super.
seeded by the sting Of defeat in the sin.
giles. But America congratulates her
opponents upon their skill on the
courts and wishes them the heartiest
OF good luck in their voyage home,
carrying as they will the most coveted
cup in American tennis champion.
ships.
Evening star., 1926-09-18
Hail Britannia!

British sensibilities are ameliorated
by the successful swim of an English
man across the Channel as the climax
Of season marked by four triumphs
over that stretch of water by swim
mers Of other nationa,ities. 1t had be-
gun TO look as if Great Britain was to
be distanced, although it was an Eng
lishman who made the first Channel
swim. Capt. Webb. in 1875. Yesterday
Norman Leslie Derham, a mattress
maker Of London, made the crossing
in thirteen hours and fifty-seven min
utes. Although he did not make the
record established by Michel few
days ago. he won a prize of $1,000 Of
fered by q British publisher to the
Evening star., 1926-09-18
Success and Endeavor.

From the Baltimore Sun.
Miss Clara Barrett, whose attempt
to swim the English Channel was de-
feated by fog when victory was almost
in her grasp, is returning to this
country as a third.class passenger
saddled with debts of $4,000 incurred
In training. II had hoped to sue.
ceed," she said on leaving England,
and thus to gain money to train my
voice. / was concert singer for
four years, and singing means more
to me than swimming. But now I
must go back to teaching to pay of
my debt
Miss Gertrude Ederle, the first
woman 10 swim the Channel. is now
reported to have received publicity
offers aggrega;ing almost a million
dollars s a result. Hers was a mag
nificent achievement. but she was in
the water seven hours less than Miss
Barrett. is said to have swum less dis
lance in consequence of better tidal
help and made the crossing by the
France-to- England route, instead Of
the much more dif7icult reverse course
attempted by her unsuccessful rival.
Success in life 10 generally deserved.
1t does not follow that those who fail
are necessarily the less deserving.
though that conclusion is cold comfort
Cor those whom good luck passes by.
Evening star., 1926-09-18

Where are you from" asked the
restaurant proprietor, as the tanned
guest paid his check.
Cook County. M said the
stranger. with evident pride.
A man of the city standing there
smiled. held out his hand and said,
I'm from Harrison County, Ind.
The two shook.
Thus the Middle West meets often
in Washington, d. &. In this town
YOU can never be sure whether the
man over there is from California or
Maine, or whether he has lived all his
life in the District of Columbia.
AS the United States is the SO.
called melting pot" of the world, so
the National Capital is the place
where the extremes OF our own
country mix.
The Government personnel helps
along in this good work, for it is pro.
rated among the States. There are
at all times, therefore. representatives
of every State in the Union living in
Washington.
While it is perhaps true that there
IS no large city in the country that
does not contain natives Of every
State and Territory within the city
limits, certainly there is a difference
here, inasmuch as these persons are
here to carry on the very Government
itself.
Government. in essence, is the peo-
pie.
The people here doing Government
work come from the very fiber of the
Nation at large. They represent the
rank and file of the United States in
peculiar way. If the little red
schoolhouse on the hill'' has func-
toned as 1t should. the Government
workers in Washington are distinc-
tive contribution to the Capital City.
Therefore, the occasional attacks
made upon the Government workers.
whether by magazine writers or mem
bers OF Congress. are felt by many
thoughtful persons to be in exceed
ingly bad taste, to say nothing of
being essentially unfair and untrue;
This thing Of attacking a class is
absurd. for in doing so the attacker
creates in his own imagination a com
poslte monster that does not exist
and utterly overlooks the component
parts, the real human beings, each
with his or her many good points,
as we'll as some bad ones.
Attacks upon whole classes OF per-
sons seldom, If ever, have much status
In the intellect. except in the one in
stance of the unfettered mob. The
mob mind" is something that de-
serves to be condemned. In huge
physical aggregations commonly
known as mObs the individual mind is
lost, and in it's place arises a strange
thing, herd mind, usually bent upon
but one objective, the wreaking of
bloody vengeance.
Even the individual members of
this sanguinary mob are men. each
one with home, and little children. .
and some portion of love, at least, in
his heart.
How much more so. then. may we
say the same thing of members of
the good classes. such as "the Gov
ernment workers." Put in this light.
is it not absurd to attack men and
women in the mass, when each is a
citizen of the United States?
Thank heaven. the individual still
rules in America,
We are still individuals. not merely
numbers in a procession. We still
have pride in 'where we came from -
The man in the restaurant says. Il
Evening star., 1926-09-18
Sites for the Commerce Building

TWO views regarding the proper 10.
cation of the new home for the De-
partment of Commerce have been
lately expressed. The Fine Arts Com.
mission, the opinion of which is ad-
Vlsory and rot conclusive, favors the
western edge of the Mall-Avenue tri-
angle on Fifteenth street The Secre-
tary or Agriculture, whose opinion is
likewise merely advisory and is even
less def1nitive than that of the Com
mission OF Fine Arts, ia yors the Penn.
syiVania avenue site now occupied, in
part, by the Center Market and the
wholesale commission houses.
Evidently the purpose to place the
new Commerce Building in the Mall
itself has been abandoned. President
Coolidge has expressed himself decid.
ediy against further use of the Mall
space for building constructions. Those
now charged with the duty of locating
this great addition to the Govern
ments housing equipment will pre-
sumably follow his judgment and pro.
ceed to look elsewhere. 1t would seem
assured that the site will lie within
the MaNAvenue triangle.
Inc Government now owns the Ave
squares" site at the western end of
the triangle. That land is available
Tor use on short notice. 1t is emf
nently suitable for large construc-
ton such as that proposed for the De
partment of Commerce. In the ten
tative plans of the Public Buildings
Commission, however. it has been al
located to the new buildings for the
departments Of Justice and Labor. If
Commerce Is placed there those others
Will have to be situated elsewhere
There is ample and suitable snace
within the Mall-Avenue triangle for
them.
Ihere is hope that the advice Of the
Secretary of Agriculture on this mat
ter may be followed and the Depart
ment of Commerce located on the
pennsylvania avenue site between
Seventh and Tenth streets. He is in
terested officially in the solution of the
market problem, which has been pre-
cipitated by the necessity to remove
part Immediately and soon the whole
or the open-air farmers market to
make room for the new Internal Rev
enue Building. He feels that the i'm.
mediate taking of the Center Market
site would compel an early decision
upon the question Of the future estab
ilshment of the market UNITS on a per-
manent site. Furthermore, Secretary
'jardine recognizes the desirability Of
the early redemption of Pennsylva mia
avenue from its present backward con.
dition through the immediate utiliza.
tion OF this Mall-Avenue space.
with Commerce placed on the old
mA:ket site, extending westward TO
fei tin street. and with Justice and
Ia or placed on the five.sauare site
on Fifteenth street, as first planned
theGe would remain of the MalI.Ave
nui triangle but little to be acquired
for buildings not now aliocated to pos.
sit Is positions within it, Its complete
utilization would be matter perha ps
OF o. decade more.
Evening star., 1926-09-18
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

The Luck of Music.
Johnny took lessons with patient at
tention
Upon we'll tuned violin.
The neighbors arose with a plea for
prevention.
They said that the noise was a sin.
Though Johnny the classics with
fervor was playing,
Beethoven and Haydn and such,
The friends and relations were con-
stantly saying,
This noise Johnny makes is too
much'
SO Johnny at last made away with
the fiddle
And got him a banjo instead
He ploddingly plunked 1t both ways
from the middle.
To jazzy distinction it led.<
The neighbors who nageed have cur.
tailed their complaining. IL
They vow that his tunes will en-
trance. Is
And Johnny a fortune is steaaily
gaining
They pay him to listen or dance.
Evening star., 1926-09-18
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES Z. TRACEWELL.

am from Cook County. ILL.," and the
stranger. though no stranger In
citizenship. replies. Il am from Har.
rison County. Ind The pride of
community. the pride of home, is
larger than the stultifying influences
which would make a huge, however
we'll organized. mob of this land
The National Capital. then, is per
haps the best place in the United
States to study Americans as they
are. Nor is one confined to the
clerical class, If he SHES from regard
ing these earnest workers as repre-
sentative.
Here one sees, every day, in hotel
lobby. on the streets, in the various
eating places, in the theaters. In prt.
vate homes, the men, women ana
children of the States, who come mere
all Spring and Summer to visit their
Capital.
thousands here have forgotten
with what reverence, amounting 10
awe, the people Of the States regard
Washington. %. c.
In the States a trip to- Washington
means something. 1t is held out TO
school children as a reward. never
forget that, easy-going citizens. as
you see the boys and girls trooping
along Pennsylvania avenue. !,
OF course they are having good
time, But do NOT make the mistake
of thinking they fail to get the
National Capital.
They are not missing thing.
They stand at the tomb of Wash
ington and a thrill passes along the
backbone that will never be forgot
ten. The peak of the Monument Is
burned into their memory, the great
dome of the Capitol becomes theirs
to have and to hold. D..
X y X
"rhis is your city" we tell them.
We mean it, and they believe 1t.
The sentence is no mere empty
phrase. something that sounds well
but signifies nothing. 1t is an essen
tial truth. for this is the Federal CITY:
founded by the people as their seat OF
Government.
Those who come here. then. come
TO their own The community, as
community however, has life or It's
own. with it's own peculiar problems,
since the inhabitants thereof are IN
dividuals, too.
This twofold Washington comprises
one Of the most interesting metropOll-
tan areas in the world. Visitors to
Washington are beginning to find this
out: the result will be seen in future
years.
On our streets parade men and
women, like ourselves, with the Vir-
tues and vices of humanity. 1t will
not do for any group to sneer at any
other group or to do aught than to
try to understand the other fellow S
viewpoint.
This country was built on attempts
to understand. and upon intelligent
compromise. and the pathway OF
greatness still lies in that direction
Tolerance is the watchword, as given
by the President.
AS for us, we feel reasonably sure
of the destiny of the United States
An incident on a street car, trivial
thing, perhaps, but fine in it's way,
makes us sure.
A prominent man from one of the
States got aboard with an unknown
Washingtonian. The latter could find
no fare in his pockets. In this di-
lemma the nationally known figure
forked for dime, dropped it into the
box and smiled.
'"rhank you very much" said the
Washingtonian.
Don't mention it," replied Mr.. Ware
Of Pennsylvania.