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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-13
THIS AND THAT


smoke a pipe with the tobacco cram
| med in SO tight. Here is the way
to do it.
"Only fill your pipe half-full at first,
otherwise you will never get a cake
at the bottom" So said a third.
Bunk" advised the fourth. 'Ffll
her all the way up"
Jones soon saw that on the much
charted sea of pipe smoking he
would have to set his own course.
Having definitely given up the fra
grant A Mixture, although with re-
greet, he passed to B Mixture
"A perfect blend for the discrim-
mating smoker" said the writing on
the package. That's me-" grinned
Jones, with more appreciation than
grammar.
One puff Of b Mixture and Jones
was through. He tried to give 1t
away to a friend, who viewed the
gift with such suspicion that Jones
finally threw it into the waste basket.
The next he tried, the c Mixture.
had been on lengthy sea voyage.
having been born in Virginia, shipped
to London, mixed and shipped back
again. One had to pay for all that
travelling, of course.
Jones cut the lid off the fancy can,
filed up and pulled with satisfaction.
Pretty good" he said-and then the
famous c Mixture began to bite his
tongue. He had sensitive tongue
a tongue he prided himself on.
So he turned to the famous D Mix
ture. This is q perfect blend for
the discriminating smoker said the
wrapper. Jones still admitted it, so
he filled his pipe, by this time having
the vestiges of a cake" in that i'm
portant implement.
mot bad" he said, but at the same
time his sensitive tongue knew the
worst
1t bit. They all bit Tobacco is
tobacco, no matter under what fancy
name one sells It, So Jones thought
to himself. Somewhere, he unused,
there must be q perfect tobacco, how
ever
At the end Of the nicotine rainbow,
he said, will be a tobacco jar, and
in it will be the true perfect blend,
fragrant, tasty to the tongue, yet
without a single bite.
So Jones persevered. He tried an
other London mixture, E Mixture,
this time. 1t was worth its weight
in gold, and was good-but was not
kind to the tongue, either.
Jones decided to try a popular
brand at a fourth the price of the
English manufacture" He smoked,
gave his verdict, Might as well
smoke hay" Perhaps Jones was not
fair to the F Mixture. However that
may be. he purchased a package of
G Mixture.
"a perfect blend for discriminating
smokers
Temptation Jones thought, for an
instant, that he might be too discrim-
mating. Yet he knew that all pipe
smokers went through the same trials
and tribulations. He got some H
Mixture. 1t was o X, not as
fragrant as A. but bit less, and stayed
lit better. And yet
Jones had fair cake in his pipe
by this time. His tongue was getting
healed up. and his coat pocket smelled.
The cat looked at him in astonish-
ment every time he smoked at home,
as if asking the world, Has he any
brains?"
Jones had learned two things. how
ever. First. that it doesn't make
much difference what tobacco you
smoke. since they are all perfect. "
Second, that the "oldtimers' can't
taste anything, and that newcomers
only find that-tobacco is tobacco
after ALL
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WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS

the crowd, as they expected the Presi-
dent to speak. When he did not do
so the crowd, smiling, yelled Speech
The President smiled also, but shook
his head. The people looked at those
tightly closed lips and knew it was
useless to beg words which Calvin
Coolidge was not inclined to utter"
Then, according to the account, the
women and girls in the crowd rose to
the occasion and began to sing Cham
plain" official song of the University
of Vermont, and Mrs. Coolidge joined
in the singing" The veracious re-
porter concludes his story with this
detail President Coolidge noticed a
number Of photographers lowering
about the car and inquired, Picture?
This was the only word spoken by the
President. He then touched Mrs. Cool
idge on the arm and they posed for
the photographers"
X X
Framed and autographed portraits
Of Calvin Coolidge and "Al" Smith
hang side by side above the desk of
Jefferson Myers, Democrat, of Port
land, Greg, the newest member Of the
Shipping Board who arrived in Wash
ington this month. Fine men, both, 4"
says Myers, land both my good
friends" The new commissioner de-
clares he is strong for economy and
believes that with economy the Gov
eminent can operate its fleet at a
profit. But I favor higher wages to
American seamen," he adds, "and the
preservation Of the American standard
of living on Shipboard." and he stands
for more brains and less bottles in
the captains cabins" At present he
is devoting himself almost exclusively
to compilation of the navigation
laws. which he describes as an i'm
portant and monumental task never
before undertaken, and which he
hopes to have completed before Con-
gress convenes in December.
** X X
John Marrinan, another son of
Massachusetts, and a former news
paper correspondent, landed the post
of executive secretary of the newly
created Railway Mediation Board.
The extinct Railroad Labor Board,
which the Mediation Board succeeded,
maintained its headquarters in Chi
cago. but the new board proposes to
make Washington it's base of opera
lions and has installed itself in a
downtown Office building here. Mar
rinan owes his selection to his long
time friendship with Samuel E. Wins
low, former Congressman from
Worcester Mass, who is chairman Of
the new board. For the past half a
dozen years Marrinan has been in the
Department of Commerce-first in the
foreign trade division here, and then
in South America. More recently he
served as personal aide to Secretary
Hoover.
Copyright. 1920
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-13

sible bone OF contention that may
split their ranks in serious fashion.
Senator James w. wadsworth, avowed
enemy of the eighteenth amendment
and the Vo1stead act, the big boss Of
New York republicanism. is UP for
denomination and reelection. 1t Is his
hope, and that of his supporters. that
the Republicans will name a candi-
date for governor who takes the same
position on the liquor question. DR..
Nicholas Murray Butler, president of
Columbia University, has already been
prominently mentioned.
The Republican drys, and there are
plenty of them, particularly upstate,
are alarmed over this situation. Some
of them are ready to cut WadswOrth
in the election. offering him as a sacri-
fee on the altar Of their devotion to
prohibition. The New York situation
contains dynamite for the Republi-
cans, and an unwary step at the Madi-
son Square Garden convention may
cause an explosion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-13
Holds Wars Are ''Made.' -
Writer Declares Conflict Is Prod
uct of Ambitious Politicians.

To the Editor of The Star:
Your recent columns tell us that
Gen. Foch is among the prophets. He
has sounded the alarm, War may
come at any time, Unexpectedly from
any quarter"
One might suppose from this that
war fell from the skies, and was as
unacceptable as are cyclones, tornadOes
or thunderbolts.
And, if we permit war to come, it
will doubtless partake of the nature
of all these three; for it will be chiefly
fought in the air, with every devilish
device for the wholesale poisoning Of
peoples and holocausts Of cities that
modern science has made available for
military purposes. That this is no mag
mary picture, let it be remembered
that in the report Of our own Chem
ical Warfare Service it is recorded
that Congress in 1918 had allotted
as, 900 men and appropriated 500. 000,-
600 for the use of that Chemical War
fare Service. Sixty-three different
poison gases were used in the late
World War, 90 classed as 'lethal," or
deadly. "Lewisite," a gas discovered
later, is about three times as deadly
as any used in that war.
But if, instead of being an alarm
list, to magnify his calling as a mill
tarist and induce increased expendi-
ture of hard.earned cash on unpro-
ductive militarism, Gen. Foch would
inform the world Of how, whence
and why wars come" he would do
poor humanity far greater service.
over half century ago an American,
Abraham Lincoln. did the world a
far greater service in setting forth
90
cannot fight always, and when, after
much loss on both sides and no gain
on either. you cease fighting, the
identical old questions as to terms Of
intercourse are still upon you"
Wars do not come" until crafty
politicians, ambitious Of power and
prestige. send for them. and fool the
people into paying for them by death
and taxes. Each return of war spells
heavier harvests Of death and debt.
Let US say by the Never again" Of
1918, and let them that make the
quarrel be the only ones to fight.
EDWARD BERWICK.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-13
THINK 1T OVER
TIME.
By William Mather Lewis.
President George Washington University

We are in a period when the anna
teur is in the ascendancy. when every
one feels qualified to assume leader
ship in any field, to pass judgment
on any system Of philosophy. to pre-
sent a panacea for the worlds polit-
zeal and economic ills. We are. In
other words, in the era OF self
expression. It matters little whether
we have an idea to express or not.
We must be vocal.
Standing in the presence of all the
noisy agitation of our time. there are
those who have the temerity to be
lieve that there are not as many great
statesmen, writer's or philosophers as
were produced in an era when the
current Of life flowed more slowly.
The natural superficiality Of ma
chine governed age has been increased
by the cataclysm of war which left the
world in a state of nervous excite
ment. which has been slow in subsid-
ing. To do something quickly, to
obtain results, to change the old or
der-these are the waves which strike
us in the backwash of a great con-
f1ict. We dread being classed as con-
servatives. We spend our lives, like
the Athenians Of Paul's invective,
either hearing or telling of some new
thing. From college rostrum and
from pulpit and from soap-box the
clamor arises. History-away with it!
Ethics-it is superfiuous! Logic--it
must not hamper us. This is the
cry of the multitude. But above the
clamor. more and more there is aris-
ing the small still voice of sound
scholarship and calm thought, calling
educated men and women back to
habits of reflection and research.
And when the call is answered,
when the imagination is again tenn
pered by the wisdom of experience,
we will appreciate how surely the
world proceeds along those lines Of
orderly evolution which have ever
marked the advance of civilization.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-13
i. S. Press Still Is Divided
In Its Appraisal of Shaw

is delightful" says the Beacon, with
the further comment: "And so Shaw
admits that he is not great. The
world will go on calling him great.
over his emphatic protest He has
used abundant material for making
himself great. But he has so depre-
Gated the idea of greatness that he
has insisted upon undermining his
own structure of greatness by wor-
ship of cleverness. And so his public
will just have to permit him to have
his own way about it,
The Kansas City Post advises that
the Government would better have al
lowed him to rave on. No mere gov.
eminent can prevent G.. 3. S from
raving,' that paper believes. The
LynchburS News regrets that Mr..
Shaw. in acknowledging German felici.
tations, should be stupid enough 10
lay bare to the world the hurt to his
self-pride, and intolerant enough to
lash out Unexpectedly at those who
cannot accept him at the value he
places upon himself. A few years
ago." continues the News, the dis.
play would have been dismissed with
shrug Of the shoulders as a bid for
publicity, but today ii is almost i'm
possible. so much publicity has he re-
ceived. to grant him even that need
of charitable extenuation for his out
break"
"He has the supreme qualification
Of the critic" acknowledges the SpO-
kane Spokesman Review-'the ability
to shoot shafts of ridicule at men and
women of infinitely greater under
standing and ability, who bear grave
responsibilities, and in the bearing
OF necessity make mistakes, or to the
uniformed appear to make mistakes
that are later seen not to be mistakes
after ALL" The San Francisco Bulle
tin maintains that for his wealth che
must credit his genius for advertis-
ing; in his own and graphic words he
has never heSitated to stand outside
his own tent, banging the big drum or
blowing the bugle." The Kalamazoo
Gazette finds that "the nervous cen
sors at London" contributed to the
Shaw advertising. for they have
caused his birthday witticisms to he
read by any number of persons who
would never have tuned in on their
receiving sets that eventful evening.
and have given his speech the most
effective international advertising pos
sible"
Perhaps the British Broadcasting
Co. has given the humorist q good
laugh as a birthday present" sug-
gests the Louisville Courier-Journal,
while the Pittsburgh Sun calls atten-
ton to the fact that their action
only made the public more curious"
and the Chicago Tribune recalls that
experience has shown that it IL
neither necessary nor wise to forbid
speakers and editors to enter upon
controversial matters" The st. Louis
Post Dispatch concludes: 1T was the
master dialectitian who charged the
government with insulting me by pro-
posing that l should do a thing which
no Englishman can do without betray-
have lxnouu hH1fer 4hnnla1 ~ - -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-13
Against Market Change.
Present Site Declared Best for
Public and Farmers.
TO the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor of The Star:
1t would be a great mistake to at
tempt to establish n retail market on
any extensive scale in any outlying
section Of the city. You can locate
a market any place you please. but
you can't make people go to it. When
a competent retail merchant picks a
site for q large department store he
does not choose one alongside of some
railroad siding or wharf in some out
of-the-way section of the city, because
he knows the people would not go
out there to buy from him.
Every business man knows that
people like to buy where they can
have wide selection at competitive
prices; also people save time and car
fare and gasoline when they can do
their shopping within a limited area.
1t is for these underlying economic
reasons that in every large city the
large retail stores are found grouped
comparatively close together.
The same principles that govern
the marketing Of other forms of mer-
chandise apply also to the marketing
of provisions. The Center Market,
the retail provision market on Louis
lana avenue and the farmers market
have grown and prospered very large
ly because of their location near the
business section Of the city. If they
are moved to some outlying section
the result will be that the trade that
now goes to these central markets
will be split up among neighborhood
stores or will go to some new mar
ket centrally located, which will be
established by private enterprise to
take care Of it, and both the buying
public and the farmers will lose in
the shuttle.
If the Department Of Agriculture
is real friend of the farmers here.
about, it will bestir itself to see that
they are not forced out into some out
lying section of the city, where they
will have plenty of time to twiddle
their thumbs, but will make few sales.
We have a municipal fish market
now, which is located on the river
front. and I doubt whether one out of
twenty housewives who buy fish in
Washington ever know the place is
there.
The relocation Of this central re-
tail market group is matter that
concerns the interests of the people
Of Washington more than the loca-
ton of a building to house a govern
ment bureau. The location of the
latter concerns at most the conven.
fence of a few bureau chiefs and q
few hundred clerks, who could be
taken care of just as we'll on a score
of other sites which the Government
owns and which are now occupied
by temporary wooden buildings. Bet
ter let the market stay where it is
and reserve additional space for ex-
tensions and move the Government
building. P. BOLSHI.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-13
Republicans to Try Their Luck.

New York Republicans are not SUI.
perstitious. Madison Square Garden
spelled ruin for the traditional enemy.
tho Democrats, in 1924. But does that
deter the Republicans from staging
their convention this Fall in New
York City and in Madison Square Gar
den? 1t does not. 1t is a new Madison
Square Garden. to be sure, removed
from the old by many city blocks. But
the suggestion OF another Democratic
convention in a New York Madison
Square Garden, new or old, would
send chills down the spine of almost
any Democrat outside Of New York
after the cyclonic affair of two years
ago.
The Republican State committee has
set September 81 for the gathering OF
the clans in New York City. New
Workers still nominate their Candi-
dates for the United States Senate and
for governor in convention, though
the primaries on September Il Will
see the nomination of candidates for
the House and lesser State Offices
The Democrats. in their fateful ma.
tional convention in New York City in
1924. were riven by the McAdoo.Smith
conflict and by the Khan and anti
Khan strife. The Republicans meet
ing In State convention next month
have no such problems to fear. But
thu met ana dry fssf,e rises n n ms.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-13

George Bernard Shaw, upon whose
merits the world has never been able
to agree, continues to be a subject of
controversy, inspired largely by the
British censorship on his speech when
he observed his SEVENTEEN birthday
are to be found on both sides of the
question of Shaw's greatness.
Bernard Shaw has stimulated and
invigorated even those he has
shocked" in the opinion of the
Rochester Times-U Union, which ac-
cords him the distinction of being "a
healthy force in literature and in the
intellectual life of his time. That his
philosophy has mellowed and sweet
ened, become kindlier and more SYM
pathetic with the years" adds the
Times Union, twas to be expected Of
every one but Shaw, and yet it has
happened with him" Referring to the
author as one who is described as
the worlds wealthiest literary man.
the San Antonio News acknowledges
that "he boasts perhaps its most
famous set Of initials. To countless
readers" continues the News, C.
B. s. can mean but one thing-the
master among cynics--but there are
many other evidences that Shaw ar
rived long ago. The average person,
and even many q successful author or
great statesman, freely will set forth
his opinion on any subject under the
sun, and generally feels fiattered when
asked his views, but Shaw is more
canny. He offers to tell the reporters
what he thinks, for a price"
SHAW stands high as an earnest
thinker who, for all his mischievous
wit and saturnine delight to shock"
remarks the Norfolk Ledger Dispatch,
deals conscientiously in the stern
stuff of human life" The New York
Evening Post declares that "he has
been one of the greatest forces in our
own time making toward open-minded
tolerance, willingness to face the
truth wherever it may lead and a
recognition Of the many sided aspect
Of matters which had too long been
accepted as fixed and finished" The
Waterbury Republican adds its tribute
that times have so changed that
thousands nod assent when Ivor
Brown writes in the London Saturday
Review that Shaw has done more
good for the British name than the
foreign Office and the young Etonians
in the embassies have done harm"
Brown adds: We have no more valu-
able export than the plays Of Shaw.
And in all probability we shall hear
from the playwright himself that
Britain's tardy appreciation Of him is
the most trying experience he has had
to endure"
"It is gratifying to a large part of
the world testifies the Providence
journal. that he reaches his seven
tieth birthday with no perceptible
abatement of his energies. Appar-
emily he may continue for many years
yet to delight.the multitude Of SHAY
ian adherents With his own inimitable
brand of mental food" The Wichita
Beacon, however. remarks that he
positively will not take hiznself serious.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-13

Templeton Jones could tell no CO.
herent story of how or why he took
up pipe smoking.
After a life more immaculate than
that of the Seven Sisters, Jones sud
denly appeared one day smoking a
pipe, to the establishment of all who
knew him.
Questioned closely. he said that 1t
was puff of the famous A Mixture
blown into his face by a sailor, that
set him off.
Some maintained, however. that 1t
was an advertisement that did it,
the one running as follows:
Pick a ptpe-smoking man every
time says Ina Claire"
Maybe it wasn't Ina Claire. but
Gilda Gray, or some other such au-
thority. Anyway, no sooner had
two or three of these lads" appear
ed, than Templeton Jones blossoms
out in public with a large pipe!
Then his troubles began.
Jones declared that he had the
only unspoiIed taste for tobacco in
Washington, that he could tell good
tobacco from poor with one Whit,
that his tongue was refined and un-
perverted, and that he knew exact
ly what he was after in a smoking
tobacco.
He started off with colors flying,
buying briar and quantity of
the famous A Mixture as smoked by
the sailor.
A Mixture Is the stuff women stop
you on the street to ask it's name.
One scarcely dares walk down F
street with a freshly lit pipe Of it.
as a matter of fact.
What is it," asks a fair damsel.
You know Immediately that she is
asking about your tobacco, not you.
so you give her an extra puff square
on her rouge for good measure. and
reply, calmly, evenly:
"a Mixture"
Jones thought that his tobacco was
settled for life, as he puffed his first
pipeful Of the mixture-and the var
nish in the new pipe.
He was mistaken.
"Whew"' said several. What
that stuff?'
Don't smoke that around here, ~
said another.
Temp Jones insisted on smoking It,
though, until his tongue was raw.
"You will get WISE" said an Au-
thority, after awhile. (All pipe smok-
ers are Authorities, when they are
not Experts. Ask any one of them)
How Is that?" asked Jones.
THAT is good tobacco for the other
fellow to smoke"
Jones had to admit there was some
truth in this. He had begun to get
fed up on A Mixture already. 1t takes
hardy, seafaring life to fit man to
smoke A Mixture. The puny breed of
the CITIES is not virile enough.
"A mans smoke was the way
they advertised A Mixture.
Sadly Jones knocked out his pipe
He was going to give up A Mixture
He was going to try something else
He was not a Man!
Don't knock out your pipe on your
heel" advised another Authority. at
is bad for 1t. Poke the ashes out with
a match"
Never put a match into your pipe
like that" warned an Expert. al
ways knock it out on your heel"
* X X \
Two more Pipe Authorities appeared
You don't pack your tobacco in
firm enough" said the first. LET me
show you"
He doesn't know what he is talk
ing about" said the second, as soon
as the first was gone. Nobody can