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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-15
$4,000 MILL FIRE
AT BERRYvILLE, VA
Clarke Company Plant Destroyed
by Flames of Unknown Origin.
Firemen Reinforced.
snecial Disnatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BERRYVILLE. Va, July 15.-Fire
Of unknown origin last night destroyed
Che Clarke Milling Co. building and
contents, at a loss estima ted at $4,000
The property was insured.
Discovery was made at 9:15 by a
pede Itrian, who notified the Berry.
vile truck company. Charles Town. II
miles away, and Winchester. 10. miles,
sent fire companies to the scene and
by ii o'clock the flames were under
control. The building contained
large quantity Of wheat. some of which
had been delivered from the fields
within the last few days. FL. Aylor'
president of the company, is under
stood to be planning reconstruction.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-15
Going to Baltimore.

Lieut.. Col William Taylor, Judge
Advocate Generals Department, has
been relieved from duty at the War
Department and ordered to head
quarters, Third Corps Area, Balti
more, for duty.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-15
Forced to Restore Liquor.

In his statement, Mr.. kirkpatrick
admitted having purchased 20 cases
of Scotch whisky within the two
months preceding the seizure. have
always understood this was direct
violation of the prohibition law, but
nevertheless, Mr.. Hamlin ordered me
in the name of Mr.. Andrews to re-
turn the liquor at once.
telephoned from Washington to
Commissioner SommerS, who agreed
to dismiss the case against Mr.. Kirk
patrick. | also telephoned to my men
to return the liquor. l did both
things against my wish and only at
what / understood were the express
orders of Mr.. Andrews, as conveyed
by Mr.. Hamlin.
My men promptly returned the
liquor to Mr.. Kirkpatrick. and as they
obtained a receipt for it from his
lawyer, who supervised the return. /
thought l was through with the case.
A Washington investigator named
Harrington turned up in my office a
few days later and said he was inyes-
tigating a complaint that all the
liquor had not been returned.
Claims Liquor Missing.
Mr.. Kirkpatrick, who had made no
complaint about the alleged missing
LIQUOR, came to my Office once more
with his lawyer, r. K. Blanchard. Mr..
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-15

Before we visited his home ! called
Mr.. Kirkpatrick into my office and
he readily admitted the purchase OF
the liquor, but would not ay it
came from the Kilmarnock. He ac-
companied my agents to his home
and we did all we could to avoid
unnecessary harshness in making the
seizure.
Andrews Orders Return.
Gen. Lincoln Andrews, Assistant
Secretary of the Treasury. in charge
of prohibition enforcement, tele-
phoned to me and ordered me to
return the liquor. | protested that
he should first hear my side, but the
telephone connection was broken and
our conversation was uncompleted
and unsatisfactory.
l then te!egraphed to Mr.. Andrews
asking him to wait until all the facts
were before him and | suggested
that ] 20 TO Washington for con-
ference. This was followed by re-
ceipt of a telegram from Deputy
Commissioner John +. Jones order
ing me to return the liquor, but later
that day | was ordered to report TO
Washington.
Not until months later did l learn
that on the day before l was ordered
TO Washington, Philip Hanlin, chlet
of the investigation unit. had himself
gone to New York and taken state
ment from Mr. Kirkpatrick about the
case. Mr.. Hamlin read me this state
ment in Washington. but l under
stood him to say Mr.. Kirkpatrick
had visited Washington and made 1t
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-15
ANDREWS RETURNED
ATTORNEYS LIQUOR,
REEVES CHARGES

Continued from First Page.)
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-02-27
FRENCH PHONE USERS
ARE URGED TO
CUT POLITENESS

PARIS Feb. 26 R-"Don't be too
polite,' is, roughly, what the French
telephone user is being, told.
The frills and formaLities of parlor
procedure are blocking progress, the
French telephone engineers have dis
covered after general dissatisfaction
with the service here caused critics
to compare American telephone speed
with French lack of it. And polite
ness must go.
A well trained Frenchman of the
old school usually asks for his num-
Der along these lines:
"Will you have the kindness,
Mademoiselle, to give me communica-
tion with the number Passy seventy
eight twenty -eight?" Or:
'T would like to speak with the
number eighty-four, ninety-two, if you
please, Mademoiselle."
What the modern efficiency person
here wants is for the telephone user
tic take down the receiver, wait
quietly and say "Wagram forty
sixty" either with or without please"
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-02-27

PERU, Ind, Feb. 26 tPl-The ele
phants ear muffs are more than
a wise crack here, where the big
tops flutter to. earth after the circus
season ends.
Every elephant. of the several cir
cuses which winter here has his
own ear muffs, for the ears of the
shuffling beasts were not designed
to withstand the rigors of an alien
climate.
Moreover, the elephant has his own
galoshes, and small fortune awaits
the garment maker who will devise
protection for his trunk.
The elephant, despite his thick hide,
is an easy target for the ills of
winter. Few circus animals contract
pneumonia so easily When he lopes
into the stall which is his winter
home, his "heavies" are the first
thing to come out of the mothballs.
The ear muffs are tailored to each
ear. They bear the name of the
elephant, and are designed of heavy
sateen lined with a quarter inch
layer of flannel. The galoshes are
of leather and canvas, and the blanket
! is of the same material as the muffs
| The elephant requires protection
| from the wintry winds because he
LEAVES his sail each day to go through
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-02-27
Travellers Form A
Tramps Club While
On Ocean Voyage

SOUTHAMPTON, England, Feb. 26
(R)-The "Ancient Order of Tramps"
society just formed with headquarters
on an Atlantic liner had for it's OBJ
ject the relief of monotony on sea
voyages.
Several cabin passengers and stew
ards during a dull voyage conceived
the idea when passengers generally
were ignoring the existence of each
other One of the stewards sug-
gested if they were tramps on the
high road they would soon become
friends.
Let us make them tramps," said
one of the cabin passengers and the
society was formed in a few weeks
with the motto "Good Will and
Good Fellowship and good Tramps
make good sea-mates.''
Each member wears badge in
the shape of a scarfpin representing
the battered bowler hat, red handker-
chief, boiling pan and stick of the
road tramp surmounted by initials
"A. o. T.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-02-27
Idle Women Are Not
P PopuIar In England;
Are Changing Much

LONDON, Feb 26 R-A blanket
attack on idle women made by Sir
William Arbuthnot Lane has aroused
a controversy over all the country.
Women's societies have taken up
the charge that women spend too
much time in card playing when
they should be in the kitchen or
the nursery, and the well known
surgeon has been forced to retaliate
Sir William has not modified his
accusations, and has not only re-
iterated his previous remarks that
women generally spent too much
time over the tea cup or at the
bridge table, but has countered with
details of other excesses of which
certain city nonstop" women We're
guilty.
"The fact is that, beneath the
undergoing the greatest change in
history" declared the surgeon. "The
women are in a state of fluX-in
crucible of revolution
Sir William goes on to say that
an extraordinary amount is talked
about women nowadays, and that
they get scare headlines in the news
papers and that their dress, habits,
pleasures and occupations are de-
bated as vividly as though they were
new race.
''No such storm of criticism ragged
about the women of 100 years ago,
and why now?" he asks. "Out of the
cauldron certain definite types are
emerging. One, which I am afraid
is all too common today and increas-
ing, is the nonstop woman--the
woman who whirls along on a giddy
career of pleasure, who has lost all
sense of proportion and is making
hay of. her health because she has
forgotten how to call 'time.''
| Sir William blames the city woman,
contending that she takes the lead
in the nonstop" race for pleasure,
but that their sisters in smaller
towns re only a few jumps behind.
! "There probably never was an age
in which women were guilty of 50
many excesses as at present" asserted
Sir William. Cocktails, bridge,
dancing smoking, all lend a gaiety
to life in their proper sphere-in
moderation; it is when they are
carried to excess that the damage is
done. Idle women who indulge too
much in bridge playing only touch
the fringe of the problem 1t extends
to every walk of life, to every kind
of pleasure and amusement"
/ Sir William is president Of the
/ New Health society, the aim of which
! is to pervent sickness rather than
cure it.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-02-27

Color, as in no season in the
history of the clothing industry
promises to be the greatest magnetic
force in the sale Of suits and top
coats for spring.
When the buxom Cadillac-the con-
servative, staid Cadillac blossomed
forth with $500 color combinations"
and registered new peaks of success,
the day of color had arrived.
When conservative, tradition-tied
London tailors present tlustrous cedar
wood or mixtures of old plum and
gold,", the days of dull blacks and
dead shades are gone!
Color In Everything
When color runs riot in furniture,
home furnishings and motor ears, in
footwear, pajamas, underclothing and
suspenders and countless other com
modities, the day of color is definite
" here-and color can be harnessed
as selling proposition.
The lifeless blacks, drab and dull
grays are not potent in their appeal.
Man lives not by utility alone, but
is motivated by beauty, by color.
For spring the light, bright sun
burned colors are predicted to rule.
New Blends Are Offered
Tans and sand shades, browns and
grays in entirely new blends, en-
riched with sheenful threads are
prominent.
All Of which promises to make this
spring one of the most colorful
seasons in scores of years.
While color will take the spotlight
style, of course, hasn't been over
looked. The tendency in suits is
toward three-button models-the
looser effect The double-breasted
suits have seen their vogue They
will sell only sparsely in spring-and
then confined mainly to blues. This
is according to salesmans reports
for the larger clothiers.
Of course, the two-button suits,
the old standby of many years, will
continue in favor with a certain class,
particularly the business man.
Short Coat for COIIegian
The college type of suit, with its
short, straight, boxy coat, six-button
vest and wide straight trousers, will
continue to intrigue the younger man
and if predictions mean anything
there should be an unusual sale of
such clothes. For this style oxfords
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-02-27

and blues will share favor with the
cloud" strange designs.
Among the patterns herringbones
are expected to prove extremely
popular, specially in the wider ef-
fects. Glen Urquarharts and plaids
will be in considerable demand.
Stripes, while they promise to inter-
est a great many, probably will not
be as popular this season as here
tofore.
TWISTS are going to enjoy con-
siderable headway, as are also chev-
lots and worsteds.
Notch Lapels Favored
Notch lapels (square and rounded
notches) will be almost unanimous
favorites. Peaks are gradually
passing out of the sartorial picture.
In topcoats it is expected that the
regulation button through model will
be the prime favorite, but there are
indications that the fly front will
be demanded in limited numbers by
the younger dressers.
Another style-the raglon-is COM
ing and coming with greater force.
There seems to be feeling in well
informed quarters that raglons will
register their real success in the
higher priced ranges
Straight Tubular Models
Most of the coats will be trifle
shorter than heretofore, with lengths
from 46 to 4715 inches, with most
models straight and tubular
Tweeds, herringbones, overplaids
and homespuns will hold the center
of the stage and there will be,
marked tendency to the brown and
tan shades.
AS they say in financial advertise
ments, these forecasts are not guar
anteed, but were taken from sources
that are deemed dependable.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-02-27
Medical Students Will
Study Oriental Drugs

MINNEAPOLIS, Feb 26 R-Re-
search work in Chinese drugs will
be undertaken at the University of
Minnesota under the direction of DR..
K Tsiang, Chinese graduate student.
Drugs known to the Chinese for
thousands of years, but never studied
in medical institutions of this country
wilk be brought to Minnesota by DR..
Tsiang, a student in pharmacology
He will leave in March for China
to supervise transfer of the drugs.
Disnatch TeIennones-21 and 81
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-02-27
HAS CIGARETTE HABIT

LONDON, Feb. 26 P)-Sir Austin
Chamberlain, secretary of state for
foreign affairs, attributes his cigar
cite smoking habit to the influence
of the house of commons.
"You know they howl you down
in the house," he said, 'if you pull
out a pipe or cigar and try to smoke
either. SO parliamentarians are sort
of inevitably thrown back on the
cigarette
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-02-27
TEACHERS WITHDRAW

PHOENIX. Feb. II H).-Formal an
nouncement was received today of the
withdrawal of the Northern Arizona
Teachers college from the informal
tournament which opens here tomor-
row. leaving five teams entered. They
are Gila Junior college, Phoenix Junior
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-02-27
ELEPHANTS FROM
COLD Is REAL BIG PROBLEM

his tricks, lest he forget them by
another circus season He is taken
occasionally to nearby cities for in
door circuses, and must be dressed
warmly for those trips
His trunk still presents problem
to the elephants haberdashers, for
it gets cold as quickly as his ears
and toes, and cannot be covered so
readily because he breathes through
IT, Until some protection is devised
he elephant is keeping his trunk
warm in very human way: He
sticks it in his mouth.
The average French smoker con-
siders matches too expensive. He
uses a briquet, or mechanical lighter.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-02-27

Dlspatch Te1epnones-81 and 90
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-09-02
ROADS THROUGH
FOREST RESERVATIONS
New York Timesl

In New Jersey the Essex County
Park Commission has asked the
Highway Department not to invade
the reservations set aside for re-
creation. In Essex Park, a wild
forest three miles long by one wide.
signs tell the people that the woods
and waters are theirs, and they are
requested not to build fires and not
to injure trees and bushes. But
the Highway Department viii make
no promise that roads viii not be
built for the use Of motorists.
Major Sloan, the State Highway
Engineer. announces that it will
probably be necessary to run roads
here and there in the parks. The
Legislature has directed the High
way Commission TO construct roads
between given points by the most
direct lines practicable. All rea-
sonable efforts have been made to
avoid encroacffng on park lands,
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-09-02
SURELY A PURPOSE

Not long ago man with a repu-
tation as a scientist said:
Presently this world viii perish,
and all upon it viii be as though it
had never been; the planet itself a
dead einder drifting through space,
with memories Of Washington and
even Of the apostles, the prophets,
the martyrs, and Christ, the great
leaders of the past no more than
dust in the stellar spaces of d care
less universe"
That is not long view. It is a
short view. A purposeless universe
and purposeless life are unthinl.
able.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-09-02
LET THE BOY TALK

When William Pitt, the younger,
astonished his hearers in parlia
ment by his skill in debate, an old
man said:
How on earth did he gain that
power?"
The answer was: Because his
father, the great Chatham, always
permitted young William Pitt to be
himself"
Fathers will do well to note these
lines. Let your boy talk. Encour-
age him to express his opinion.
Take him seriously. He will gain
strength under that treatment.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-09-02
CAPACITY FOR CHANGE

Some Of the ablest men in the
British. Empire fought for years the
demand of women that they be al
lowed to vote. Now millions Of
women in Great Britain are en-
powered to vote. What has hap
pened? Nothing. England has
shown herself capable of weather
ing storms but votes for women
brought on no storm. Old-time
statesmen Of many countries, ii
they could return to the scenes OF
battle, would find many Of the
things we struggle for or struggle
against are not worth the battle.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-09-02

Just what | try to tell the girls,
pal" Glad to have you speak up
for the boys.
tot
/ have this mans name and adj
dress if any Of my readers can do
anything for him:
eDear Mrs. Lee: | read your col
umn daily and am wondering il any
of your readers have work OF any
kind for a niddIe-aged man who is
an all-round mechanic, but who is
willing to do anything honest and
honorable. | would consider any
thing either with or without home
as have no home and am rooming.
| am looking ahead for the winter.
ALEC"
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-09-02

but in certain cases to do so would
involve too large an expenditure of
money.
There are avenues near some of
the parks that viii soon not be able
to carry the maximum Of traffic.
The trouble with this alternative is
that traffic on the roads through
parks cannot fail to be heavy.
There will be an end of seclusion
and a positive injury to the reser-
vations if their areas are to be
used by heavy trucks as well as by
automobiles.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-09-02
Living alld Loving
~ BY NRS NPGltMA LEE ~
COMMENT

Letters printed in this column
often are read by those who have a
similar problem. These latter can
sometimes give a word or warning
or helpful suggestion to my cor
respondents. The two letters fol-
lowing are in answer to some prin-
ted recently, and | hope the origi-
nal writer's will read them and take
heart.
The first is answer to a girl who
wrote that she was SO consumed
with jealousy that it was making
both herself and her fianee miser-
able.
Dear Virginia Lee: just ran
across your article on Love and
Jealousy and it affected me very
much,fo am bride of six months
ard | married the best man in the
world, and he is simply wild about
me and loves me entirely, but oh,
God knows how very unhappy he
is making me By the same sort Of
feelings that Jealous has. II she
can kill those feelings she had bet
ter do SO for he will at first feel
sorry, then, after awhile, resentful,
and in the end lose all regard for
her. She should just make herself
smile and joke when these feelings
| come over her if she does not want
to have him finally see that such a
love is very selfish and wicked. |
surely know and hope she will try
| and that she will ask him to help
her overcome it as my husband has
asked me to help him. Otherwise
/. would not be with him today.
ONE IN DEEP PERPIEXITy''
Mercy" says Shakespeare, is
twice best, it blesseth him that
gives and him that takes JeaI
| ousy might be said to be twice
curst, as it certainly curses him Cor
herr that is jealous and the one
that is the object Of it.
10
a young man rises up in defense
of his sex in answer to the girl
signing herself Little Dream Pal,
who thought herself disillusioned Of
men. He says:
"Mrsa Virginia Lee: Ny opinion
| differs from that Of Little Dream
Pal when she states, that in this
day and age there are no true blue
boys who can be a pal and FRIEND
and not false lover. There art
| just as many boys who do not care
for petting as there are girls. i
Little Dream Pal will have pa
thence her dream win come true
and she will meet her true blue
boy
! PAL"
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-09-02
Son8s o 9. Al Housewife / IS {'yw
SOUNDS ON OUR STREET

IF you should happen down our street
1, These summer evenings, you would hea
Neighbor-sounds from far and near,
And busy neighbor-feet.
You'd hear dishwashing, finished quick,
You'd hear the playing children shout,
With ice-cream being ladled out,
And late lawn-mowers' click.
You'd hear the jenkins Ford drive in,
And Jones' old Airedale trotting home,
You'd hear boys whistling on comb,
And radios begin.
You'd hear folks chatting at their doors.
And Sal, the gossip, make her rounds. !.
These are the streets 5. same evening sound
You hear, think, On yoursl
Copyright. 1897. ELS
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-09-02
The Wdy
of the I
World
PREVENTING CRIME
BY GROVE PATTERSON

fRE VEN ING ChlM (
Europe deals with crime through
prevention rather than punishment.
This is the word Of DR.. Louis Rob
inson. Here we punish harder, but
over there they punish greater
number. Over there they rely on
the police more than On the jails.
Their effort is to keep crime down
BY NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. than to de-
pend so much on punishment.
The world tomorrow will see lit
tie improvement in ways OF punish
ing. It is to be hoped it will see
much improvement in prevention
and cure.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-09-02

If we must have signs on the
rear of cars, why not something
constructive, like this:
IF you like my driving, ten
others; if not, shut up. Louis
vile Courier-Journal.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-09-02

The more you study, the more
you know. The more you know,
the more you forget. The more
you forget, the less you know; 50
why study.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-09-02

George" MA, il baby was to eat
tadpoles would they give him
bass voice like a ffog?' Mother
Good gracious. no, They'd kill
him." Georgie-.'W Well, they didn't
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-09-02

Il beg your pardon" said the girl
tinidly. Would you care to help
the Working Girls Home"
Sure tnlng. said the avenue
ornament. "Pll take them in my
car. Where are they2e
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-09-02

Issae-"You should pull the cur
tains down ven you kiss your wife.
/ saw you last night" Abie-s'The
choke's on you; wasn't home last
night"
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-09-02

Policeman-@No, it isn't clear at
all. Your Identification card says
you were born in New Orleans.
But being born in New Orleans is
not being born is Tours" Tourist
-"All right" Policeman-"Why
then did you tell me you We're a
Tourist2"
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-09-02
WHAT WOULD HAPPEN?

A Yale professor asks what would
happen in industry if every employ
er acted on the principle that every
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-09-02
Stanley

Hop-.1n guarantee you I've got
the funniest second hand car you
ever saw Pop-"Don't doubt II,
but then why?" Hop-'Tt runs.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-09-02

Judge" Were you ever in trouble
befofe?1 Prisoner W. ELL -er
kept library book too long. o1sSs
and was fined two cents. Life