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Evening star., 1926-10-08
Change the Opening Hour.

AS n solution to the problem OF how
to decrease the traffic dangers to
which Washington's children are to-
day subjected on their way to school.
The Star offers 70 the authorities con
cernec the following suggestion:
That tho regular opening of the
kindergartens and grade schools Ire
set az so instead Of 8, their closing
hours being set back n compromising
half hour.
sources of danger to the younger chill
dren--and it will lie noted that high
school pupils are excluded from the
proposed alteration on the ground
that they are infinitely more able 10
look out for themselves on the streets
is that their daily approach TO
school Is synchronous with the rush
traffic on it's way downtown for the
opening OF the departments and bu-
reaus.
Adequate police protection at traf-
fic intersections throughout the city
IS impossible of achievement ut this
time, for the danger involved is not
confined to the immediate vicinity OF
tho schools in question. but extends
along the entire route travelled tu
school by each individual child. Warn
ing signs to motorists in the school
zones are similarly ineffective. Efforts
to organize the older children for the
protection of the younger have not
hitherto solved the problem. nor
would it seem that they are likely to
do so In the future.
The Condit ions faced by the local
authorities are in one major factor
unique. IN other cities, of CONNER
cial nature, the morning rush Of traf-
fic, bearing aEultS to their daily work
is largely over 10y half-past' s, owing
to.the difference in the opening hours
of commercial! and governmental Of
fees. In Washington the heaviest
flow occurs between $50 and Q, or
precisely at the time when our chill
dren start schoolward.
It is this abnormal fact which
would. in common sense, warrant in
the National Capital an alteration in
what has come to be accepted as the
normal hour for opening kindergarten
and grade school classes. II may be
confidently assumed that the local au.
thorities concerned, aware Of the cor
rectly emphatic demand that Wash
ington school children he better safe
practical steps to the desired end. The
step herewith suggested. if not al
ready under consideration, is offered
for their careful scrutiny.
Evening star., 1926-10-08
Sees Protests Ignored.
Writer Traces Speed in Traffic
to Its Earliest Stage.
To the Editor of The Star: !:

To the Editor Of The star:
In the Evening Star, October 4. j.
w. Smith protests against the dan-
gerous speed with which automobiles
are driven in this city under certain
conditions. His conclusion Is that
the city fathers will have to con.
slider reducing the speed limit to 16
or Is miles an hour. with half Of that
while passing safety zones or loading
platforms"
Mr.. Smith, and many other. would
hold the automobile to moderate
speed, because, according to their
view, the price of high auto speed Is
death But in so thinking they fail
to consider the traffic problem in re-
lation to 1.-The long results Of time"
1t may be that the first resourceful
savage to mount and ride 81 wild ami.
NAL made himself unpopular as he
dashed through the Cro-Maenon
camp in mans first proud outbreak OF
speed mania. But he was one of the
chief fOrerunnerS OF civilization.
Following him came the horse.
drawn sledge. rude cart and war
chariot. "expediting traffic" In fact.
from the start the speeding-up of
intercourse has had an important,
perhaps the most important part In
human development.
Those unfortunates who are
physically and mentally handicapped
amid the hurry -burly of crowded
streets should not forget that the
price paid for civilization Ihas ben
high in personal sacrifice. The loss
of individual freedom, painful toll,
indigestion, appendicitis. stoop shoul-
ders. bald heads, fiat feet, bobbed
hair, jazz. synthetic booze are some
of the items in the account; and,
broadly speaking, the progress of the
past is an epic of pedestrian defer
ence to the man on horseback.
1t is hardly likely. therefore. that
the protests of the fretful pedestrian
will have any great effect, against
speed at its present rate, and its
future increase on city streets as
we'll as everywhere by land and sea
and sky.
WIN. Upton TALBOT.
Evening star., 1926-10-08
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

@. How much money Is spent by
the States on roads and waterways
B. NJ.
A. 1t Is said that during 1925 the
payments of States for highway and
waterway construction amounted to
S1iS. S.S60,22S.
Q. Who is the recognized wrestling
champion of the United States?-H.
A. Ed (Strangler) Lewis is recog-
nized as the heavyweight wrestling
champion of the United States.
Q. How many women teach in uni
versities?-F. +.
A. Women teaching in universities
and colleges are as follows: Prepara-
tory departments, 1868; collegiate de-
partments, 6,469. and other depart
ments, 1899.
Q. VIII you kindly give me some
information regarding Ernest II. Ball.
the composer?-S. w.
A. Ernest r. Ball was born In
Cleveland. Ohio, July p, 1878. His
musical education was obtained at the
Cleveland Conservatory. He frequent
ly goes on vaudeville tours.
@. Does q Pullman car on the Bal
timore and Ohio Railway have wheels
partly made of paper or fiber?-R.
B., jr.
A. Train wheels are made of steel
and iron. Paper was tried out In the
manufacture of passenger car wheels
some years ago, but the results were
unsatisfactory. Paper has been sue
cessfully used for making fiber abra-
sive wheels, pulley wheels and skate
wheels.
@. How did the term "gob" origi-
nate?-F. d. w.
A. The appellation "gob" is of Chi.
! nese derivation, from the Chinese word
meaning sailor" The word came into
use when the fleet was in the Far
East.
! Q. When was the last negro legis-
| lator elected to Congress from the
State of North Cerolina?-P. T. T.
A. The last negro to be elected tC
| the United States Congress was
George II. White Of North Carolina
| He served in the Fifty-fiftl and Fifty
| sixth Congresses from March, 1897, 10
1901.
O. Who first started to teach art
by correspondence?--J. A. G.
A. The first correspondence course
| in art was feature of the old Chau
| tauqua course and was taught by
| Frank Fowler in 1S801o5S.
| O. What city has been termed the
Wrist Of the South" p. ID. *.
A. Gen. Sherman frequently dc
scribed the strategic position OF Al
lanta by comparing it to the Wrist
of a hand whose fingers reached the
five principal ports OF the Cult ana
south Atlantic coast.
| @. What is papier mache?--S. Is.
A. Papier mache is substance
made OF paper pulp or paper that has
been reduced to pulp. Pulp is mixed
with oil, glue, paste. resin or some
other sizing to make it hold together
when dry. Coperas. quickllme oi
white Of egg is added when 1t is oe
Evening star., 1926-10-08

motor car cheaply within the public
reach. He bought a railroad to give
him cheaper and more dependable
freight service in the course Of the
manufacturing and marketing Of his
wares. Now he wants to add to 1t
by consolidation. Is he. indeed,
aspirant to the role of a colossus.
master Of the transportation OF
America? The brief just quoted GER
tainly hints at such an ambition on
his part.
Evening star., 1926-10-08

sired to make the substance resist
water, and the addition OF borax and
phosphate of soda renders It fireproof-
Papier mache was probably first
manufactured in India. China and
japan. 1t is nodded into masks. dolls
heads, trays. picture frames, buttons.
boxes, etc.
O. When and how should wslnuts
be planted so as 10 grow trees lronl
them?-V. w.
A. Walnuts should be sown In the
Fall of the year in the burrows WneIe
they are to grow. The seeo VIII ser'"A-
nate in the Spring.
O. Does Long Island have more
storms than any other part OF wow
York State?-M. s.
a. Thunderstorms are more IRE
ouent in the Hudson valley and over
Long Island than in other parts OF the
State, the average number being ABOUT
20 to 80 annually. They are also IRE
quent along Lake Erie and Lake On
tario.
@. Are the pawnbroleers OF Great
| Britain usually Jews?-A. Il. +.
A 1t is said that although jews
were the almost universal usurers or
money lenders during the Middle
! Ages, It is now very rare to find
Hebrew pawnbroller in England.
O. Is It possible for n plant to sub
| stst entirely on air and water inden'
| nitely?-J. o. s.
| a. The Bureau of Plant INDUSTRY
saws that sometimes plants like span.
| ish moss subsist entirely on air and
water.
O How was the Devils Tower in
| wyoming formed?-G. w. Il.
| 4. The Geological Survey says that
tho Devils Tower of northeastern
| Wyoming is a small part OF q once
extensive domelike sheet of igneous
| rock which was once molten ana was
| formed below the surface. IRE rock
when molten flowed upward through
| a neck that is probably below tne
| tower. and as 1t cooled Off and hard
| enod il shrunk and cracked into SIX
| sided vertical columns of rock. Dur
| inc the many millions Of years since
! the cooling Of the igncouS rock
| streams and other processes OF erosion
| have lowered the surface OF the Iand
and have not only carried away most
| of the. rock strata inclos.nE the dome
! like sheet, but have also carrleu
away most of the sheet ltseH. me
| only mart that is left is the bold. pre-
| cinitous tower, the sides OF which are
! strongly iluted by great stone COL
| umuS.
| Find ont 1rhdtcrrr you 1rdnt ~
! L-uO1r There is no room JuT f1H"f""t'
! in This 1usv qrOrld. The person Tho
! 1ascc o7,+ is the one 4rhO gucsSeS Inc
Dcrso1, rho gets on is oI,rdys the one
frho acts upon rclicble informdftoh'
Tbis DaDer n,ploys Frederic j. Has
lin TO conduct an information bureM
in WASHINGTON for the free use OF the
pubzic. There is no charge ercept
cents in stamps for return postage.
write to HIM today for anu facts gou
desire. Address The EreninQ star an
| formation Bureau. Frederic y. HdSh'"'
director. Washington. u. {.
Evening star., 1926-10-08

juices Of the digestive system the CEN
ter Of the stage and all the spotlights.
The gastric juice idea has something
about it that is extraordinarily fasci-
mating. But those juices are not the
whole show, by a long shot. Now
comes DIR. J. Shelton Horsley. an emf
nent specialist. who says that at least
so per cent Of stomach troubles are
due to faulty motor mechanism and
not from affection Of secretion. He
asserts that most stomach troubles
come from nerves. made supersensi-
tive from anxiety or other psychic in
fluence. He sounds like a man who
is talking sense. The shortest road
to health with a lot Of people is to
cut out. first. anxiety. which is pretty
hard to do. and second. surplus food.
which Is no trick at all.
Evening star., 1926-10-08
Stomach Mere Problem
for Humans to Guess AT

From the Wichita Eagle.
In connection with that Nebraska
judges experiment with diet Of
bread and water. in an attempt to
quiet the complaint of bootleggers
restricted to such a regimen for Ger
tain periods, the thought bobs up that
the mind has a heap to do with the
mill which we call the stomach. Man
knows little about his brain; he doesn't
know much more about his stomach
Between them they keep the average
human being guessing. For years
such rudimentary knowledge of the
stomach as the average person can
pick up has put emphasis on the
function Of digestive secretions.
Whenever the average person contem-
plates his own stomach he gives the
Evening star., 1926-10-08

Airplane accidents are more con-
spicuous in attention than railway
or motor accidents. There is no
mode Of transportation that is abso-
lutely safe. Even the old mule Is
liable to pause in a tantrum and kick
the spring wagon to pieces.
Evening star., 1926-10-08

the Philadelphia Sesquicentenniaf
exhibition. The present Capital Of
the Nation took pride and pleasure
in paying its respects to the ancient
and honored place Of Government.
Evening star., 1926-10-08

A professional entertainer is said
to have made President Coolidge
laugh It is a pity that the entire
public cannot be permitted to share
enjoyment Of what must have been
a Joke of extraordinary excellence.
Evening star., 1926-10-08

1t required defeat in the ring
to make Jack Dempsey feel like fight
Ing. The old philosophers have fire.
quently pointed out the advantages
as a means Of stimulating ambition.
Evening star., 1926-10-08

The prosecution lacked funds to
bring certain witnesses and Aimee
Mcpherson offered to pay their way.
Aimee may have her faults, but it
cannot be denied that she Is good
sport.
Evening star., 1926-10-08

Conditions have changed since the
one Of the charms of radio expert
ment. The program, formerly a la
carte. is now strictly table dhote.
Evening star., 1926-10-08

The liberal compensation favored
by Henry Ford Is likely to make
many a Government worker wish he
could have had a chance to apply
Detroit methods to Washington,
d. c.
Evening star., 1926-10-08

Base ball depends on team work:
and yet there are moments when the
real purpose of the game appears to
be the glorifcation Of Babe Ruth.
Evening star., 1926-10-08

Old John Barleycorn has always
been a figure In politics. Even pro-
hibition laws do not prevent him
from Determined activities in lining
up the voters.
Evening star., 1926-10-08

The Associated Prrrs ia exclusively ertit,ed
N the use for republication OF all news n's
patches credited 20 il or rot otherwise crel-
TIED IN this oaper and also tn. Local s' I'ews
published herein Az rights Of puhlt"aiion
OF special dispatches herein are also reserved
Evening star., 1926-10-08

The Weather Bureau has been help.
full, although It has not yet succeeded
In establishing date when the straw
hat is logically out Of season.
Evening star., 1926-10-08
The Workless Day
One Eye Open.

From the Louisville Times.
Mayor Walker of New York Is said
to sleep only 4 hours in the "a.
but there never was q time when the
political assailants OF the mayor Of
New York slept that long. Y
Evening star., 1926-10-08
SHOOTING STARS.
BY pH1LANDER JOHNSON.

Large Money Involved.
Prosperity Is surely here
And hearts are all aglow:
No ticket ever Is too dear
For those who like the show.
A tennis match, a base ball game,
A contest in the ring;
Rewards Of fortune and Of fame
May literally bring.
And as we wait for the report
Which tells OF favoring chance.
We wonder II It's truly sport
Or only high finance.
From We1kfn to Home Town.
Some Of your speeches used to
make the welkin ring"
IT don't know what welkin is."
answered Senator Sorghum, but I'm
pleased to note that some Of my re-
marks elected favorable response from
our political ring"
Blaming the Woman.
"Why did you forget that errand?"
she inquired.
Its all your fault" he answered.
you forgot to tie string around my
finger"
Modified kits.
The styles in skirts today
With frowns are contemplated,
But there Is this to say,
The Scotch are vindicated.
The Workless Day.
"Is he a clock watcher?"
mo. He doesn't stay awake long
enough even to look at the time"
Few men," said Hi Ho, the sage
Of Chinatown. ARE as good as they
pretend to be or as bad as they would
be II they dared"
DE lazy man." said Uncle Eben.
"allus has friends, while de industri-
Gus man gifts into de competition an
makes enemies"
Evening star., 1926-10-08
Rate by Mail-Payab:e in Advance.
Maryland and Virginia.
Am Other States and Canada.
Member of the Associated Press.

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Evening star., 1926-10-08
Modified kits.

The styles in skirts today
With frowns are contemplated,
But there Is this to say,
The Scotch are vindicated.
Evening star., 1926-10-08
The Evening Star Newspaper Company

The Evening Saar. with the Sunday morn.
tnE edition. is delivered by carriers within
s sna city at go cents per month daS s,it: "niS:
per month: Orders may be sent by NAL or or
telephone Main 5000. Collection Is maze oy
carrier at end of each month.
Evening star., 1926-10-08

@. What is papier mache?--S s. X.
A. Papier mache is a substance
made OF paper pulp or paper that has
been reduced to pulp. Pulp is mixed
With oil. glue, paste. resin or some
other sizing to make it hold together
when dry. Coperas. quicklime or
white Of egg is added when 1t is de-
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-01-16
Noted American Sculptor
Returned To Hospital For
Insane; Said To Use Dope

NEY YORK, Jan. Is. William
Ordway Partridge, NOTED American
sculptor who was returned to the
state hospital for the insane at Cen
trail Islip, l.. l., despite his protests
that he was being "railroaded," was
described by physicians as suffering
from the accumulative effects of
four or five drugs"
DR.. Menas S. Gregory, head of the
psychopathic ward at Bellevue hos
pital where Partridge was confined
for a time under the name of "Por-
ter" said that the sculptor was
Committed to the use of all kinds
of drugs" and suffered from the in
tense emotional life he had lived to
the age of 64."
Partridge appeared in a police
court and declared he was being re-
turned to the institution after being
out on parole" by physicians who
desire to get control of my fortune.
DR.. Jarvis Coffin, who said he had
seen Partridges physician for some
time, said that the sculptor's condl>
opiates for chronicS insomnia result
ing from stomach trouble.
DIR. Coffin said he confidently ex,
pected his patient to recover mental
ly.
For many yearsus Partridge was
recognized as one bofo the country S
most skilled workers in marble and
bronze. His statue of Thomas Jeffer-
son stands in front of the school of
journalism at Columbia University.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-01-16
PICTURES ENTERED
IN STATE CONTEST
READY FOR OWNERS

First prize in the Arizona photo
graphic contest which closed late last
fall and in which about 20 Douglas
folks entered pictures, went to Earl
A. Foreman of Jerome, the Arizona
Industrial congress has notified the
local chamber of commerce.
Hundreds of photographs depicting
the scenic beauties of the state were
submitted and the judges forced to
devoted much time to choosing the
winners. Approximately 40 views We're
sent to the judges by the Douglas
Chamber of Commerce and Mines and
several of them were highly praised
by the prize-awarding body. All
these pictures have been returned to
the chamber here, but those who
piled for them. They may do so at
time.
M. r. Wells of Phoenix, took the
second prize in the contest, Mrs
Caldwell of Tucson, gained third
place, and j. C. Clark of Flagstaff,
was forth Cash awards were given
these entrants. The letter from the
congress states that the winning
pictures have been published in many
of the Arizona papers as well as in
the El Paso Herald and the Los An
geles Times.
1t is also announced that the In
dustrial congress plans a bigger and
better contest next year for the state
and that the cooperation of the vari-
Gus chambers will again be sought.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-01-16
Mrs. Valentino Expects
to Have Divorce Within
Period of Three Weeks
CRv Disnateh A. p. Wirel

PARIS, Jan. Is. Within two or
three weeks it is expected that Mrs.
Rudolph Valentino will secure the
decree of divorce she seeks from her
husband, the moving picture star.
The case passed smoothly through
the first part of che procedure Tues
day. The customary effort to re-
concile the parties to the action haV-
ing failed by the n-appearance Oh
either Of them, the court heard tes-
timony showing the grounds on
which Mrs. Valentino claims the
right to be divorced and also the
legal grounds for divorce in her ma
tive state, and decided that French
tribunal was. competent to try the
case
Further evidence in proof of the
grounds set forward by the plaintlft
will be heard in another sitting OF
the court at an early dya, and as 1t
is anticipated there will be no op-
position by Valentino, the decree OF
divorce probably will be granted
within two or three weeks.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-01-16
Fine Pictures Shown
In P.-D. Store Window

Have you noticed those beautiful
show window of the Phelps Dodge
pictures in the background of the
store?
They are from Captain G. w
Spoerry's collection. Each and every
one was made from his negatives and
his family may be seen in many OF
them.
They show the marvellous culture
of the ancient Chinese people ano
after seeing them one cannot but
wonder if the term "Heathen Chinese
is not a bit out of place.
The frames are all of gorgeously
hand Hu Mu cred wood), hard
and heavy as iron.
You would do we'll to look at them
all. School children in particular
should study every one.
On January 22 in "Humor OF
China" at the Grand theatre, Captain
Spoerry will show on the screen 12C
pictures, including these in the win
dow and will explain them in detail
at the same time telling you of the
grotesque and comical doings of the
Chinese people.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-01-16
CASE AGAINST RAILROADS
DISMISSED BY COMPI

PHOENIX, Jan. Is. complaint
by the Mutual Cotton and Oil com
pany of Phoenix, attacking intra-
state rates on cotton seed, cotton
seed meal and other products of cot
ton seed, was dismissed by the Ari-
zona corporation commission today at
the instance of the complaining cor
poration. The order for dismissal
was issued after the cotton COM
pany officials had filed an applica-
tion for such action. The dismissal
petition followed, granting a new
rate schedule by carriers in Ari-
zona, in keeping with schedules set
some time ago by the interstate
commerce commission in a case
brought by Oklahoma interests.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-01-16
Oklahoma Woman "GOes
East" and Joins With
Antitrust Attorneys
(By Dispatch A. p. Mirel


NEW YORK, Jan. 15.-Reversing
the slogan which bade her father
and mother, Go west and become
pioneers Miss Crenna Sellers has
come east from Oklahoma to do some
pioneering as the youngest woman
trust buster in the country.
She is the second woman-and the
youngest-to join the antitrust diYi-
sion of United States Attorney Buck
ner's staff She has found she said
today, that the pioneers craving for
new fields can be satisfied by ex-
ploring a sphere hitherto almost de-
void of women, as her parents salts
fled it by going to Oklahoma whel,
that country was still Indian Terri
tory
Though convinced woman can
carve a career out of even 50 COM
pleX branch of the legal profession
as the anti-trust division, Miss Sell
lers is not the modern woman" in
some other ways She does not have
bobbed hair and doesn't intend to,
She does not smoke. She does not
preference lis cooking, Shakespeare
and literature.
But she said, "if other girls
want to wear their hair short and
smoke cigarettes l think they should
be allowed to. Morality has nothing
to do with bobbed hair or women's
smoking, you know"
She was graduated from the Yale
law school last September, a year
ahead of schedule, was the only girl
elected to the Order of Golf in the
school, and was one of the editors of
the Yale law journal
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-01-16
100000 Years Ago in
Minnesota, Says Scientist

MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi, Jan. 10,
The Minneapolis Tribune says that
evidence that life existed in Mime
sofa 2OO,OOO,OOO years ago has been
discovered by Professor John w.
Gunner of the geology department pf
the University of Minnesota. This
discovery tracing life farther back in
the worlds history than has ever
been done before, ante-dates all pre-
vious evidence of life by at leas
100000 years, according to the
Tribune. The evidence consists OF
microscopic forms of plant life
known scientifically as algae, which
were found imbedded in iron forma-
tions of the vermillion range near
Lake Armstrong, between Lower and
Ely.
DR.. Gunner's discovery shows that
life began to flourish on the earth
Immediately after it's temperature got
below the boiling point which traces
the existence of plant life on the
earth as far back as is possible to
do so.
''IumOr in China by Capt. SpOerry.
auspices X. of II. Grand Theatre,
Jan, 22..-AdV.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-01-16
Card Party Monday.

Arrangements have been completed
for, a card party to he given under
the auspices of the Douglas Wom'
ans club, on Monday afternoon at
2:30 o'clock at the home of Mrs.
Gerald Sherman, 90 E avenue. In
vitation is extended to all club mem
pers and their friendds.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-01-16
In New Mexico

III new MeNICO
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Reed of 11a2
lSeventh street, left Thursday morning
by motor for New Mexico. Reed will
attend meeting of the Coca Cola
company in Deming, and during his
stay there Mrs. Reed will visit friends
in Lordsburg. They expect to be
Iaway for several days.