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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-14
Salacious Magazines.

The campaign in Washington and
New York for the elimination of the
salacious magazine and pamphlet
from newsstands is bearing fruit,
Determined to sweep the city clean
of this type of literature and pic
ture, The Star, more than a year ago,
began an intensive drive which soon
showed its effect on the type of
magazines sold at the various stands.
Almost coincident with the beginning
of similar campaign in New York
recently the first conviction was had
in the local courts. when news
dealer was fined 500 for distributing
lewd publications. This conviction,
coupled with renewed activity on the
part of The Star and the authorities,
is expected to purge the city of
literature which is harmful to young
and old alike.
In Investigations which have been
conducted for a period of more than
fourteen months by The Star it has
been shown that school children were
the especial prey of this kind of
newsdealer. Sex magazines, pictures
masquerading under the misleading
title of art. and stories of alleged
experiences" have abounded near
the school buildings and have found
a ready market in the younger ele-
ment of the city. In other cases.
where a magazine or pamphlet was
too offensive for public view, an
under the counter bootlegging
transaction would take place for all
the youngsters Gin the know"
1t can be seen that it makes small
difference whether a salacious mag
azine is sold openly or under cover,
more vicious. To pollute childish
minds by lewd stories and pictures
is an offense for which the penalty
cannot be too great. The immature
mind is particularly susceptible to
suggestions of this kind, and it is not
beyond the bounds of probability that
the trend of many lives has been
changed by easy access to this type
of literature.
Warned in an effective way by the
recent convictions of a dealer for
distributing suggestive magazines,
newsstand proprietors will be chary
in continuing this vicious practice
District laws provide Jail terms and
heavy fines for those who persist
in destroying the morals of boys and
girls of high school age, and through
The Star and the local authorities
every effort will continue to be made
to wipe out-all business of this kind.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-14
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

| Dear Sir: Why don't you write
some more about scrapbooks?-I re-
member once quite a long time ago
you did. You see old Santa brought me
a nice big scra pbook and one part of il
Will be for your articles. You might
| have some good suggestions about
| making one, so will hold off starting
mine till l see If you will write some
thing on them. Most respectfully,
r. Fl. j."
In order that our correspondent may
| be no longer delayed in the pleasant
occupation of keeping a scrapbook.
we shall endeavor to jot down here
some personal ideas on the subject
MOdeSty keeps us from saying that
the young lady has the right idea when
she determines to include us in her
new book. 1t may interest her to
know. however, that in doing so she
will find two important factors in her
favor:
!. That other persons are doing it
2. That the size of This and That"
in double column arrangement, is ideal
for scrapbooks.
1t is with sense of pride that the
writer of this column realizes that
many of his articles, now this one.
now that, are cut out and pasted away
If we write about dogs, the friends of
these animals cut out the article
If some phase Of human nature is
discussed, those who find something
in common with the ideas hasten to
seize their shears. Those particularly
interested in literary subjects put such
articles away for future reference.
To he read is the greatest apprecia-
ton any writer can have. When
there Is added to this the treasuring
of what he has written his cup of joy
Is overlooking. and he would not trade
places even with II. G. Wells.
X X
The keeping of scrapbooks is older
than the hills, as the saying is. No.
body knows who first began them.
Probably Moses did when he came
down off the mountain bearing his i'm
mortal tablets of stone,
Perhaps the Egyptians antedated
him. as they did so many others, and
kept scrapbooks of a certain kind on
the faces of stone walls, in pyramid
and temple.
Lest any one get an idea that the
word scrap" has any derogatory
sense, we quote from the Standard
Dictionary:
SCRAP: A small piece cut or
oAOhSH UcldCH6u pOI-
ton; a fragment of anything
written, printed or drawn, especially
one cut out for preservation"
The scrapbook, then, not only has a
long and honorable history, but is, in
itself. book of treasures, since each
collector makes 1t so. One may differ
with his idea of what is a treasure, but
to him what he has collected is such,
and there Is no final judge in such
matters.
To one man, one interest-to an.
other, another.
The world is big place. Each one
of its millions and millions of inhabit-
ants Is somewhat different from every
other person. There can be no quarrel J.
therefore, as one man is especially in
terested in one subject, another in an.
other.
This is what makes the world go
round.
The scrapbook, with its intimate
appeal, shows forth the mind and
heart Of the collector more than any
other sort of book in the world can
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-14

do. This is it's charm, this its reason
for being. One may be fascinated by
bears, and buy the finest bear book on
the market, but 1t will be another's
work. The scrapbook kept on bears.
with bits of information on bruin col
lected from every part of the world,
soon assumes an Importance to the
bear fancier far greater than that of
the expensive work"
X X X X
Every one of us thinks better than
he acts.
The scrapbook is the place where
we are at our best
We speak, of course, only of the
proper sort of scrapbook. The other
sort is so rare that 1t deserves no con-
sideration.
In the true scrapbook the collector
shows forth the best that is in him,
for in 1t he pastes what has struck
him as true, good and beautiful.
Trueness is the first test for what
goes into your scrapbook.
That's good, / must cut that out"'
is the exclamation of the keeper of a
scrapbook upon reading something in
the paper.
sense of true, almost invariably. This
the truth? 1t may be a small truth
about a small thing but so long as
it is true he desires to cherish it.,
there is SO much bunk in the world, so
much blah-blah going the rounds.
The second test is whether the
thing strikes him as being good, in the
proper sense Of that much abused
word.
Scrapbooks the world over contain
articles that have impressed their
readers as setting forth the highest
ideals Of the human mind.
We are all creatures of convention,
too often ashamed Of our best senti-
ments, afraid to own them in public,
but only too glad to treasure them in
our scrapbooks.
Therefore it comes about that ones
life and ones scrapbook are often at
variance, and this usually strikes
superficial observers as strange, but
there is no queerness in it, after all,
but only great deal of human nature
So one finds that a person with a
wrecked life often will have collected,
in scrapbook, choice sentiments of all
ages and chimes, dwelling on virtue
and that sort of thing, simply because
these were his ideals, his dreams of
personal perfection which human
frailty made impossible of realizat ton.
There is, in the third place, the mat
ter Of the beautiful, too often held up
to scorn and ridicule in this day and
age, as no doubt 1t was in every other
age and day. else Longinus would not
have found it necessary to write a
treatise upon it.
The expression Of any quality of the
human mind in printed words calls for
certain quality in the writer: and If
he possesses some technical skill in
his craft, he will often be able to
realize In his work something of the
quality known as beauty of express
SION" Often enough this comes to
him not as the result Of hard endeavor.
but as sort of extra quality, which
he regards with no less wonder than
do his readers. This is what some call
inspiration
These are some of the qualities
which every keeper of a scrapbook
should look for, even in keeping scien-
tific scraps" in which good writing
ought to be no less a desideratum
than in purely literary work.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-14
Two Thousand Hours in the Air.

A record of two thousand hours
through storms and fair skies has
won Shirley =. Short, air mail pilot,
the Harmon trophy which was
awarded yesterday by the Interna-
tional League of Aviators for the
best performance In 1926 of an
American aviator. In taking this
signal honor Short triumphed over
Comdr. Richard f. Byrd and Floyd
o. Bennett, who startled the world
with an airplane flight over the
North Pole last Summer. The COM
mittee, In Investigating the records
of the various American aviators,
decided that Shorts accomplishment
was a more serviceable feat than
the North Pole fight.
Pelletier D'Oisy, the famous French
flyer. who has made many long dis
lance trips, is now conceded to be
the only rival of Short for the
Lafayette Escadrille Memorial trophy
which is soon to be awarded. If the
peerless air mail pilot should win
this trophy also, it is probable that
his unique achievement will stand
for a long time.
To the layman a hundred hours in
the air sounds almost like a life
time. and probably more action is OBJ
tanned in a hundred hours in the sky
than in five hundred on terra firma.
But to the present-day aviator, and
especially the mail pilots who fly
day and night in the discharge of their
duties, a flight of a few hours is
commonplace. Short had no serious
accidents in the years work, which
attests not only his luck but his
skill and close supervision Of his plane.
He richly deserves his reward and
Americans as a unit will be pulling
for him to win the Memorial trophy
from D'Oisy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-14
Says Wage Farmers Buy
On Installment Plan

To the Editor of The Star:
I cannot agree with Senator Couz-
ems in his article regarding buying on
the installment plan. Mr.. Couzens
lays the blame on the buyer, and that
buyer is the wage Garner. The wage
earners support this plan because it
is the only way In which we can have
things. Otherwise we would have to
do without.
We know we have to pay han
ding charge" or, If we buy q home,
6 per cent interest, yet how many
wage earners could pay cash for a
home, or even a radio or piano or
washing machine to help the house
wife, or anything amounting to few
hundred dollars that would help him
to enjoy the fruits Of his labor? How
many wage earners make enough to
live on decently and save enough to
sign checks amounting to $500 or
less?
When we get an increase in wages.
which Is not very often, bread will
jump a cent a loaf, or coffee or some
other necessity which we cannot live
without. If Senator CouZens would
introduce bills to see that these prices
are not raised without just cause, in
stead Of writing articles condemning
us for something we cannot help, we
might be able In time to pay as we go.
I am, skilled worker and the
average wage is around $40 per week
Now figure it out, on a budget or
any other plan, and see how much
man can save. For instance, take a
man buying home. feeding and
clothing a family of four, trying to
give the children an education, pay
ing taxes. gas and electricity bills, in
surance, and then squeezing out
enough to go to movie. How much
is left toN save. and how many get
$40 per week?
GEO w. STERLING.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-14
Women in Wall Street.

Steadily onward presses the cause Of
feminism. Women have become active
participants in all the professions, in
industry, in commerce. in politics.
Now 1t is proposed that they be ad-
mitted to the New York Stock Ex-
change, that holy of holes of mascu.
line activity.
Upon the first hint that an applica-
ton for membership might be made
by woman there was a hurried
search of the rules governing that or
ganiZation, and it was found that the
constitution of the exchange inter.
the gentler sex. The qualifications for
membership are merely those of re.
sponsibility, character and citizenship.
When the general regulations relating
to membership were framed there was
no thought of the possibility that
others than men would ever seek &C.
cess to the floor
During recent years women have
become active in the stock broking
business. They are efficient sales
men," handling all sorts of securities
capably. They are partners in nu-
merous financial firms. But until very
lately none has ventured to approach
the threshold of the sanctuary of the
great financial game, and Wall Street
has racfnd no0fanf with tho onpo rant
recognition of an unwritten law that
the actual dealings on change"
should be conducted by men only.
Now comes the test. Will the women
gain admittance if they have the cash
to pay the high price of seats?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-14
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE

the Federal courts, especially of the
United States Supreme Court. ought
TO avail themselves of all suitable Cd.
portunities for mixing" with their
fellow citizens. There appears to be
one member of the Federal bench who
believes. that there's little virtue i'm
wandering from his own judicial fire.
side. He is Judge Andrew M. J. Coch.
ran OF the eastern district of Ken.
lucky. Judge Cochran appeared be-
fore the judiciary committee of the
Senate not long ago, to give testimony
on the bill increasing judges pay
In the course of cross-examinatior
the Blue Grass jurist startled Senator
Norris and the latter's colleagues by
saying that his visit to Washington
was the first time he'd been out of his
own jurisdiction in rs years.
x X y
reports persist on Capitol Hill that
II the Lausanne treaty with Turkev-
endless theme of discussion in execu.
tive session of the Senate for the
past fortnight-is ratified thereu he
concerted effort to make it a prece
Gent Tor recognition of Soviet Russia
Inat may explain why Senator Bora h
chairman of the foreign relations com.
mittee, Is enacting the wholly unusual
role or favoring something the State
department. wants. Borah is a con.
slstent and persistent advocate of es.
tablishing diplomatic contact with
Moscow. Other Republican pro
gressivesss as well as some Democrats
are or the same mind. If these ele.
ments join with the bipartisan
coalition that may put over the Turk
treaty by slender margin, it is re.
garded more than likely that a sim.
liar combination may soon be ont
in front prodding the administration
not to be partial in keeping company
with autocrats. In other words, II
Will be argued that what is sauce
Tor the Ottoman goose should be
sauce Tor the Russian gander.
* x
Vincent Massey, who Is to he Can.
ada's first Minister to the United
States, is half American" like that
other distinguished British statesman
Winston Churchill, and on the same
account. That is to say, Mr.. Mas.
sey's mother was a native of the
United st ates-Erie, Pa. She was a
Miss Vincent and the Dominion din.
lomat got his Christian name from
hers. Mr.. Massey's American rela.
tons include the late Bishop John II.
Vincent, the famed founder of Chau.
tauqua, and the latter's son, George
E. Vincent, president of the Rookie.
Teller Foundation. So his excellency
from Ottawa will not come to Wash.
ington quite a stranger in a strange
land.
X X y
Padrick Colum, Irish poet, who has
been lecturing In Washington, paid
us Americans an unusual tribute
1.-THE trouble with most Of the Irish, "
he said, sis conviction that we know
all about everything. / have found
the distinguishing trait of the Ameri.
cans I've met to be their intellectual
humility" Columns view doesn't
dovetail with the observation Of Gel.
ebrated European who opined that
you can tell an American any
where, but you can't tell him much"
Copyright. 1927
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-14

herald recognizes that 'the law serves
to keep criminals behind the bars, de.
spite the best efforts of criminal law.
yers to get them out"
In getting control Of it's crime sit
uation New York will be envied nv
other cities, even if it's example Is not
IoIloWed. asserts the PHILADELPHIA
FuDnc Ledger, while the Youngstown
Vindicator states that the law thus
upneio VIII have terrors for the gang
sters. who realize that there is no way
of escape" The Sanduskv Register
argues: Executive cIemencv and the
prerogatives of the jury should be
sumctent to prevent injustices from
the enforcement of the law. But what
eXtenuat1ng circumstances could de-
mand clemency for criminal who
mas been convicted four times for
felonies?"
1t Is to be hoped that the DAYS of
pussyfooting with crime are over"
exclaims the WATERFOWL Daily Times.
with the conclusion that when the
courts fall down and when prosecut-
ing oniclals fail to do their full duty,
then they fall to give society the Drn-
lection which they are sworn to
give"
The Newark Evening News finds
that. In the appellate court 8 opinion,
permanent isolation of confirmed
criminals" is mo more arbitrary than
for murder" and it suggests
that New Jerseys Legislature, fac
ing this year similar need, can we'll
afford to give careful study to this
decision"
THE report of the first six months
of operation of the Baumes laws"
says the Worcester Evening Gazette.
indicates that they have been highly
efficient on the whole. With the whole
hearted cooperation of the police, they
have reduced the crime total tremen-
dously. The impression grows that
as we'll as other States,
would do well to consider their adop-
tion."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-14
Tells Uses of Poison
Gas During Last War

To the Editor of The Star:
ITO be or not to be, that is the ques.
toni" or rather these are the ques-
tions-Why poison gas? and Why
next war? Few people realize the
poison-gas facts of our last war.
Listen to a few taken from United
States Government publications.
In 1918 our Congress appropriated
500, 100000 for the expenses of our
Chemical Warfare (gas) Service, and
allotted $4,000 men thereto.
Sixty-three poison gases were used
in the war, of which IS were classed
as lethal deadly. Our Edgewood
Arsenal was turning out weekly SIS
tons of gas-producing compounds,
against 410 tons made in Britain, 3S5
tons in France and only 210 tons in
Germany. Edgewood and auxiliaries
were almost ready to produce $4,000
tons monthly One of the Edgewood
staff told me the stuff was so hurtful
that for only six actual workers in the
mustard" gas section there were 90
in the hospital, gas disabled At the
time of the armjstice the c. w. Serv.
ice was engaged in IS major research
problems, including eight gases more
deadly than any already in use.
L VI SOIilc reason, unknown TO
me, Gen. Fries, who, as Col. Fries,
was head of the C. w. S. in war
time, has published a statement that
there was no gas discovered more
deadly than those already used. Prof
Lewis informs me differently. and
claims that the gas he discovered
'LewiSite," Is nearly three times
(2.9) more deadly than any previously
known to the service.
One airplane can carry enough ma
terial to destroy all life in a strip of
territory 100 feet wide and seven
miles long. A few dozen such could
wipe out any metropolis regardless of
entertainments. fortresses, or mil
lion armed men. No wonder alarmed
politicians would prohibit it's use
But small effect prohibition would
have; for when in war a nation is
crowded to the wall all such agree
ments become mere scraps of paper"
Moreover a far simpler method is to
outlaw all war. in any shape. If one
form of warfare can be effectually
outlawed all warfare can be outlawed.
EDWARD BERWICK.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-14
Shipping Entrance View
Of Judge Is Endorsed
To the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor of The Star:
l have vainly looked about for the
increasing tide of public indignation
sweeping the city," as your
editorial has it tonight, anent Judge
McMahon's recent decision on the
No parking, shipping entrance"
1t seems to me that there Is no
justice in the fact that business
man can appropriate to his own use
a portion Of the streets for parking
his delivery trucks, most of the time
at an angle to the. curb, thus further
delaying and endangering traffic.
while a property owner, and there
fore a taxpayer, cannot usually find
parking space for his own private
car in front Of his own house.
Why should not these business
houses provide their own private
parking spaces? 1 have noticed that
both stores, Woodward Lothrop
and Palais Royal, have loading plat
forms on their own ground. Why
should the city of Washington supply
Washington business houses with.
parking grounds at the expense of the
general public?
ANDREW T. DUPONT.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-14
Give the National Guard a Home

An effort to secure from the
Public Buildings Commission a rul-
ing that the National Guard armory
the construction program now in
hand has failed. the commission de-
Gliding that it does not lie within the
scope of the project for the housing
of the administrative branches for
which appropriations have been au-
thorized. 1t is therefore necessary to
obtain specific legislation authorizing
the construction of an armory, and
steps to that end are to be taken
at once.
For many years the District Ma
tional Guard has been in urgent need
of a suitable headquarters. 1t has
been shifted around from pillar to
post, never in an adequate home, and
lis development and proper training
have been hampered seriously in con-
requence. Yet it is a recognized part
of the organization of national de-
tense. 1t has rendered valuable serv-
ice in times of emergency. When
over called upon it has responded
tally and has served effectively.
Recently an effort was made to
secure for the National Guard the
Use of the old Pension Building, on
Judiciary Square, vacated by the
Pension Bureau. That failed, be-
cause the space was needed for one
OF the other bureaus of the Govern
ment. Perhaps it was fortunate that
this was the case, for had the Guard
been housed there it would probably
have continued in that location for
u long time, and the structure would
have been merely another make
shift whereas the organization
should have a building of its own,
designed for its needs.
Now the matter comes to a point
IN the decision of the Public Build
ings Commission that the immediate
program cannot include the required
construction. The necessity of OBJ
tanning a special act of Congress to
IUlS emu Involves SOIH0 QSldy anu
perhaps considerable trouble. But
the outcome should not be doubtful.
for the case for properly designed
and suitably located Guard armory
Is strong.
In most of the larger cities of this
country the National Guard armories
are buildings of distinction. Great
pride is taken in them by those COM
munities. They are regarded as es-
sehtiaIs. Washington practically
alone of the large cities has never
had such a structure and equipment.
and it is surely time that it be so
provided, in recognition of the splen-
did record of the District National
Guard and its imperative need of
a home in which it can develop prop
erly, as BELTS the national defense
unit of the National Capital. The
special act authorizing the construc-
ton should be passed at this session,
short though the time may be.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-14

milk toast. And then again it seems
impossible that a man who would risk
twenty-five thousand dollars on food
alone could, with his peculiar tastes.
live to the age of sixty-seven, when he
would begin to get a little interest on
his investment, because it is certain
that he would try to eat up as much
as he could in the meantime. Any way
you look at 1t this London food pur-
veyor is a good business man.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-14
Straining at Gnats.
From the Boston Transcript.

From the Boston Transcript.
The Staunton. Va, chief of police
who orders a Santa Claus into court
for violation Of the anti-masking law
matches up very we'll with the prohi.
bition enforcement officer who threat.
ems to prosecute garage men for dis.
playing alcohol signs which do not
also include the words Completely
denatured."