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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-11
Speaks i'm Defense
of Driving to Left

To the Editor of The star
I have just been reading in your
valuable paper of Sunday the article
Driving to Left Wastes Streets" by
William Ullman. AS one of the vio-
lators / wish to say few words in
our defense.
Every word of Mr.. Ullman's article
is true, but Mr. Ullman has not said
one word as to the probable cause of
the violation. The very streets men,
toned by Mr.. Ullman are in bad con-
dition on the sides.
Pennsylvania avenue northwest from
First to Seventh street is very rough
and full of holes on the sides. Massa-
chusetts avenue northeast from Sixth
street to Eleventh is not fit to drive
on except in the center, sherman
avenue northwest is very rough the
whole length and hardly fit to drive
on in the center. Florida. avenue from
Seventh street northwest to Fifteenth
northeast is not only rough but has
holes enough to wreck car. Even
between the tracks 1t Is hardly mt to
drive on. Eleventh street southeast
from East Capitol street to- Pennsyl-
vania avenue is only fit to drive in the
center There is a hole in the street
at Pennsylvania avenue near Four
teenth street southeast which has
been there about year,
l think you will find this the cause
of the violation you refer to more
than anything else. As a rule, motor
lists pull to the side when another
blows for the road.
GEO. p. SMITH.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-11

Plans are being carried actively
ahead to lay the groundwork for the
erection of permanent state buildings
in the National Capital for the expo
sition in commemoration of the two
hundredth anniversary I'm 1882, OF the
birth of George Washington A hear
ing was held recently before the
Commissioners and the importance of
the undertaking to Washington finan-
cially and to the whole country educa-
tionaily' was discussed from every
angle.
AS the first step to bring about the
elimination OF this desirable project
the President of the United States
will be asked to invite the governors
OF the various States to Washington
for a conference this Spring. II this
meeting takes place the governors
win be told exactly what the estab.
lishment of permanent buildings in
the National Capital will do for the
welfare and advancement OF their
States and win be urged to request
the state Legislatures to appropriate
funds for their erection.
Each building would feature tbs
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-11
Kensington Crossing
Solution lis Offered
To The Editor of The Star i.

10 the EdltOf OF Inc star.
Taking chances" has always been a
favorite American game. Rather than
spend few dollars in properly main
tanning railroad crossings, railroads
will retain a corps of lawyers and risk
frequent damage suits, to say nothing
of anti-good-will Rather than be a
little overcautious, the motorist and
pedestrian will try to beat fast train
across an intersection, risking injury
or death. stop, look and listenp' is
not always enough.
A few dollars spent for a red warn
ing light and q hood for the bell at
Kensington would make for a safer
crossing by travellers. A warning out
fit that can be frozen up is a poor
safeguard. So is one that cannot be
heard above the din of modern life and
the weather Reconstruction is the
main reason for railroads not being up
TO date in caution devices, and prod.
ding is often necessary.
A comparatively inexpensive solu-
ton of the kensington crossing is to
bridge the railroad at Connecticut ave-
nue. and make a decent road to the
Wheaton pike on the north side. The
proposed route would be n time-saver
for the bulk of the traffic and the Is or
20 seconds lost by the rest is more
than offset by the present necessarily
cautious approach. Until the bridging,
which must come eventually for other
reasons, is done. the freight cars should
be pushed farther back on the sidings
and Waterman with stop sign and
light be on guard both day and night.
The usual damages allowed by courts
for an accident like that of last week
would have kept q Waterman there
for 70 years or more.
w. E. ALLEN.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-11
Lauds Entertainers
of Hospital Patients
To the Editor of The star:

To the Editor of The Star;
Washington has many Characters
tics that are distinctly it's own, and
most of these have been discussed so
frequently that 1t may seem there is
little left to add. Yet in a. place where
there may be found an unusually large
number of hospitals and homes, some
mention of the amateur entertainers
who help to relieve the moneto-
nous hours of the patients and in
mates confined therein seems peril
nent. They go from one institution
to another, giving programs of music,
vocal and instrumental, that are both
carefully selected and well rendered.
In fact, the numbers are given with
lack of ostentation and a quite ap-
parent regard for the taste of the au'
dience not always found among profess
SIGNALS, while the talent and training
displayed are surprisingly good. OF
course, the entertainments are free,
given solely with view to relieving
the tedious If not painful days of the
convalescent, blind or infirm, as the
case may be. 1t is only necessary to
observe how the wan faces light up,
as the music carries them far away
from their sufferings to a realm where
there Is neither pain nor sorrow, to
realize how much 1t means to them.
In an unobtrusive way these people
are doing great work, and it would
appear only just that they receive
some commentator.
CLARA HANDKERCHIEF.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-11

products of its particular state and
would be constructed, in so far as pos
sible, from native stone. Every build
ing would have it's own assembly han
and quarters for the governor and his
staff in case he should visit Wash.
ington.
Naturally enough, present plans con-
template only Endorsement of the gen.
eral principles of the undertaking, as
two hundred and fifty acres of ground
would be needed as a donation from
the Federal Government and each
State Legislature must appropriate
for the buildings and their mainte'
nance.
There could be no more fitting time
than the celebration of the two hun
dredth anniversary in 1889. of George
Washington's birth. for which Con-
gress has already made plans, to COM
plete the permanent State building
project. In all probability each State
would erect a temporary structure for
the exposition and 1t would be only a
short step further to establish perma-
nent exhibits. With care in the archi.
lecture of the various buildings and
thought to the general landscaping,
forty.eight States would be repre-
scented in a striking manner in the
National Capital with benefits to both
States and Nation and with whole
some satisfaction of patriotic pride on
the part of the individual citizen.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-11
A Warlike Sport.

II has often been said that Ameri-
cans take their sports too seriously
They play hard. They go at each
contest as though life depends on the
outcome. Whether in the lines of
professional or amateur sport they
are concentrated on victory, and some
times they do not take defeat as
philosophically as they should.
Golf has been regarded as a placid
game In which good sportsmanship
must prevail, and, although American
golfers have gone at the ancient
pastime with characteristic ardor,
they have until lately respected its
traditions and have allowed each
nine-hole or eighteen hole match TO
settle itself without dispute. Each
player has been on honor to keep his
score correctly and fairly.
Now comes new manner of
golfing, and 1t is not On agreeable
one. The other day in California
two golfers Quarreied so bitterly
about the count that finally one of
them drew gun and MORALLY shot
his opponent and then took his own
life. Such thing was never known
in the homeland of the sport and,
doubtless. the golfers of Britain are
aghast at the American ferocity on
the links.
1t is with some sense of relief that
the latest instance of golfing tenn
permanent is viewed. 1t Is reported
from Orlando, Fla, where two play
ers, disagreeing about the score,
agreed to settle their differences in
duello manner. each taking a num-
Der of clubs and balls and driving at
the other at fifty PAGES. Some direct
hits were scored before the law in
tervened in the person of constable,
who effected a peaceable settlement
before serious damage was done.
The duello with clubs and balls Is.
of course. far better than with the
pistol. But even that mode of ad-
justment leaves an unpleasant sense
of recreancy toward the fundamental
principles of golf. Good faith and
mutual confidence are the basic rules
of match play, and the golfers who
cannot trust one anotheR to keep
score squarely ought either to eschew
the game or seek other playing mates.
BY all means American golf should
not be reduced TO the level of war
fare. Disarmament is the present
cry in international affairs, and the
golf links should not become the
battle-ground of American sport.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-11
A Part of Greater Washington.

Citizens of Arlington and Fairfax
Counties and the city of Alexandria
are awake to the possibilities inherent
in their proximity to the National
Capital. AS a part of the Greater
Washington" of the future they ARE
on the verge Of an early development
which. IL wisely directed. will confer
untold benefits upon this neighboring
territory and result in one of the most
attractive residential sections adjacent
to any city. The chambers Of com.
merce Of the two counties and of AL
exandria city. in association with other
organizations and individuals, have
issued an attractive booklet for free
of this favored section are set forth.
The territory has had a gratifying
growth during the last few years, but
with the building of the Memorial
Bridge and the improvements which
will be incident to 1t this growth Is
bound to be greatly accelerated. A
good start already has been made
upon a system of improved highways
and others are projected for early
building, chief of which is the boule-
ward to Mount Vernon, which is to be
Federal undertaking. There have
been some differences of opinion and
good deal OF spirited rivalry over the
location of other proposed highways.
but there has not been engendered
any bitterness that is likely to stand
in the way OF wise and beneficent
solution of the questions at issue.
The people of Alexandria and the two
counties have too much good sense to
let personal opinion or even immediate
personal interest stand In the way Of
a program that promises so much of
benefit to all. They know 1t would be
folly to permit minor rivalries to reach
a point where development would be
delayed, for there can be profit TO no
one in a dog-in-the-manger attitude.
One OF the matters in controversy
has been over the location of boule.
ward to connect the south end OF the
Memorial Bridge with the Lee High.
way at or near Falls Church. Two
routes have been proposed and each
of them has earnest champions.
Either Of the proposed routes would
serve the purpose admirably and
eventually both may be built. But
work on both of them cannot begin at
once and 1t is necessary that de.
cision between them shall be made
The Virginia State Highway Commits
sion has agreed to survey the two
routes with q view to determining
which is the more practical. When
this survey is made and an opinion is
rendered all parties undoubtedly will
get behind the project and support it
earnestly. Once this boulevard is
definitely routed the location of other
roads to serve all parts Of the terri
tory will follow as matter of course
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-11
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES Z. TRACEWELL.

Proper packing of bread into the
glass was no less essential tnah the
right sort of good, sweet mix anu
real good bread.
If too little bread was put into the
glass, the resulting mixture was ilkely
to be soppy. The proper conslstehSy
was to be reached only when the
bread was crumbled very finely, ana
then literally packed into the glass.
Using this method, 1t was amazing
how much bread a glass would hoiu;
For the true glass or breaa anu
milk" the glass was innntely SUI
perior to the bowl, despite TRADITION
for the latter. if so crammed WIN
crumbs, invariably spilled over the
sides. whereas the straight sides or
the tumbler prevented this catas4
trophe, especially II room were az
lowed for the milk.
Professional consumers of "oreao
and milk" knew to a quarter or an
inch Just how much milk would De
required for just how many sllces OF
bread.
Thus properly packed, the bread
remained, if not almost dry, at ieasI
in a fair condition of dryness, OWING
to the impossibility of one glass OF
milk spreading evenly over so mucn
breadstuff.
The consumer, even at the bottom
of his glass, still had the proper taste
as his reward, that fine taste than
which, under heaven, there is nothing
finer to really hungry boy.
1t so happened that, with this
method of filling the glass, the last
few spoonfuls in the glass were al
ways the fastest. OF what other
dish can this be said? 1t seemed as
though the very essence of milk was
concentrated in the bottom OF the
vessel, to be mixed with the cream,
as 1t were, of bread waiting there so
smilingly.
Connoisseurs would pass from
bread and milk" to crackers and
milk" with such variations as
graham crackers and milk" oyster
crackers and milk" and "cornbread
and milk
Little did any one know. in those
days, that milk was rich in vitamln
B, and contained lime for the growing
bones of childhood. Nor did they
realize that bread and milk" was a
balanced food" or that 1t made
for better and deeper sleep.
1t was simply something to fill IN
the hunger gap between dinner and
breakfast, a cheap dish that satisfied
the little ones, and sent all hands to
bed in happy frame of mind, since.
the condition of the mind is so de-
pendent upon the frame of the
stomach"
In those days ice was not in such
general use as 1t is today, especially
in small country towns, so ice-cold
milk was not known except in Winter
time, when Nature cooled the fluid
to, it's best temperature.
This best temperature is pot ice
cold, but about midway between freez-
ing and warm. At this certain point
milk is at it's best for the reception
of bread or crackers.
To come in. on a cold Winter night.
and regale ones self with a cold glass
of crackers and milk, the GOODNESS
tempered by the warmth of the
crackers, fresh from the pantry shelf,
is to know all that life has to offer
in the way of pleasurable taste.
Try it, some night, when you are
tired and hungry. and are fed up"
on the elaborate foods of the daytime.
Eat a bowl or glass of crackers and
milk" the nectar and ambrosia of
US earthern gods.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-11
uses. has been effected with aifsiculty

uses. has been effected with difficulty.
Objections to the measure were con-
tinually interposed whenever 1t was
brought up for consideration. 1t was
only through patient persistence that
concurrent action was obtained, and
the fact that eventually the bill be-
came law is an encouraging sign
that the urgent need of stringent
restriction Is recognized by the man
ufacturers of small arms as well as
by enforcement officials. The
procurement OF uniform state laws
putting license limit upon all sales
will be difficult, but the same per-
sistence, with the same cooperation
by the manufacturers just manifested
in the case of the pistols by post
law, will surely bring results.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-11
Press Praises Bacon Mind.
Despite Life Elixir Theory

The DECIDING and translation from
the original Latin of Roger Bacon's
famous work, "Opus Majus," has dis
closed to modern eyes the medieval
philosophers formula for the ever
sought elixir of life. Fantastic in
deed is the formula, but in the pages
of "Opus Majus" modern observers
find a. foreshadowfng of present-day
science.
The work of the medieval Arts
totle, who set before himself the task
of compiling all the knowledge of the
world up to his time" according to the
Louisville Courfer.Journal, marks an
epoch in the development of thought.
even though in that dark period of
history alchemy and astrology consti-
tuted what was then known of science.
When the elixir of life and the phil
osopher'S stone were the chief objects
sought this thirteenth century Fran
ciscan monk led the way toward a
new day. He had a clear conception
of chemistry long before it emerged
from alchemy. He perhaps discoy-
cred gunpowder Independently of any
knowledge from the East, for a for
mula for making it is included among
his manuscripts. He was the first to
establish experimentation as a means
of arriving at scientific knowledge,
rather than through unaided deduc-
ton and speculation. I'm
mersed in the darkness of his time, he
caught a CLEAN of the light that was
to be, and helped to further science
and invention which were to come to
full flower six centuries later
Zone has but to obtain the ingredi.
ents" the Providence Bulletin ex-
plains as to the elixir; refined gold,
ambergris. pearls. a portion or the
Tyrian serpent, dragon flesh, rose
mary and aloe. Mix them and let the
invigorating mischief work! But the
portentious distiilation acts best when
carried through the eye directly TO the
brain. In the stomach 1t is apt to
cause perturbed dreams. The brain is
the only place, for these ingredients
are objects around which nyely<fan-
cies have forever played. Pearls have
always been mysterious drops holding
captive the fleeing colors Of the sea;
anibergris is the spirit of Summer liv-
ing In the wind: rosemary, the lowell
ness of Spring; aloe dust, a love
charm, and cooked dragon flesh. the
gamey "Reminiscences of dark, sulphur
Gus caverns on the dim borders of the
unknowable. Could anything but po-
tent fumes rise from the charmed caul-
dron in which these elements stew and
boil? The awed stiFrer Of the pot
might well await in fear the vapors
to issue and roll into genius above
him. But peace to the good
monks restless spirit! He should have
lived in this later day."
\ y \
"Such bosh as this" declares the
Cleveland Plain Dealer, should not
condemn Bacon as a quack and char
latan. He may or may not have be-
iieved all he wrote, for it is true that
throughout his long life he was con-
stantiy under suspicion of wizardry
and heresy and frequently subjected
TO persecution What is significant Of
The work OF Bacon Is laet he was a
.pioneer In experimental AeaAnce, and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-11
Ford Would Eliminate
Household Drudgery
From the Flint Daily Journal.

From the Flint Daily Journal
Eve must take the drudgery out of
housekeeping and set women free to
develop" Henry Ford is quoted as
saying at Wayside Inn, Sudbury,
Mass. THE old-fashioned mother is
out of date
Ford made his remarks as he sat
in the tap-room of the ancient inn,
built in 1856. Od-time kitchen uten.
sis and a spinning wheel, signs of a
day when women were little better
than household slaves, inspired the
manufacturer remarks Ford her.
aided synthetic days in the kitchen, a
future without the messy and bother
some beef, pork, lamb and chicken
a day when foods will be made by for
mula. In the laboratory at Dearborn,
Ford experts already are working on
synthetic foods, and Ford says they'll
be ready when the people are.
Trips to the Arctic, where men have
lived entirely on canned foods, help
sustain Ford's belief that laboratory
production of food Is feasible from the
consumption as well as the production
standpoints.
There vanishes. as Ford speaks, the
vision of the old fashioned mother who
moved with such grace among the
steaming kettles and pots or sat long
hours at the wheel, turning out home
spun for mans comfort, In Wayside
Inn her ghost must have lowered
before Ford as he made his prediction
"a wrath of beautiful woman hold
ing a steaming roast beef. trimming
flaky pie crust or spinning as she sang
the old songs.
Even now her ministrations live
largely in memory, this oldfashioned
mother and there must be DAYS when
man, however scientific he has be-
come, however he has mastered the
preparation and digestion of synthetic
foods, longs for that old-fashioned
mother with a longing that will not
be stilled. There is little corner in
a mans life that synthetic food cannot
fill up. OF course, We'll change; of
course, We'll progress. But how we
dread it,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-11
No More Guns by Mail.

Congress has just passed and the
President has signed a bill which
forbids, under severe penalty, the use
of the mails for the transportation
of pistols and other firearms capable
OF being concealed on the person.
Exception is made with respect to
conveyance of such weapons for the
use OF officers of the Army, Navy and
Marine Corps, the National Guard
or Militia of the States and 10
officers of the United States or the
States whose duty II Is to guard
property and to preserve order. 1t
is also permitted that the mails shall
be used for the supply of bona-fide
dealers in firearms. Otherwise, the
post is closed to the deadly weapons.
This is an advance toward the
point OF disarming the criminal. It
goes far. shutting off an easy source
of supply. 1t prevents the mail
order" equipment of the road agent.
the hold-up man, the gangster. the
murder plotter. 1t stops the abomi-
nable business Of sending cheap but
efficient weapons by post, the re-
oeiver paying the price and costs of
transportation to the postmaster. 1t
takes Uncle Sam out of business as
an agent for the criminal armament
of the iawbreakers.
But this Is only one step and,
though important. it is not sufficient.
Il should be followed by others. The
other day committee of the Ma
tional Crime Commission, sitting at
Chicago, rendered report urging
that uniform State laws be enacted
to prevent promiscuous personal
armament for criminal purposes. The
outline Of such law was presented,
including the vitality important fea-
ture of prohibition Of the sale of
such weapons to persons who are not
bearers of permits Ito secure them,
issued by appropriate local authori-
ties. That is precisely the sort OF
law The Star has been seeking for
long time TO have enacted for the
District Of Columbia, the only kind
of law that will shut of the arms
supply Of the criminal.
T. Closing the mails TO the weapons
traffic. save for strictly Legitimate