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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-14
Nations Breed Ills,
Not Spots Sun Shows
.on, tha Elmira star.Gazette.

From the Elmira Star-Gazette.
Most of our major ills, says a Mos
COW professor, are due to sun spots.
These spots, he adds, run in cycles and
have so profound an effect on man.
kind that wars, revolutions, famines,
social and political upheavals of all
kinds follow in their train.
The sun spot business apparently
is something that science hasn't quite
made up it's mind about yet, and the
ordinary man is entitled to believe it
or not, as he wishes.
It's q comforting doctrine, in a way.
1t relieves us of responsibility.
When some one mentions the World
War or the present uprising in China
we can blame these terrible tragedies
on the far-distant sun, which can't
answer back, and absolve ourselves
and our generation of all blame.
But somehow it seems just little
bit too easy to be true.
For all we know, the sun spots may
as it is claimed, have a profound
effect on all of our activities.
Yet we might as well remind our
selves that all of the sun spots be-
tween here and the pole star would
never bring about a World War II
mankind had not already planted the
seeds.
The World War, to cite a single
world upheaval, was the crop of the
seed that many generations had sown.
It was the fruit of blind greed. and
autocratic self-seeking and narrow ma
tionalism and bitter trade rivalry AS
the world had planted, so did it reap.
We may talk about sun spots until
we are blue in the face, but that will
not enable us to look on the World
War as something for which no one
was to blame.
Nor will it enable us to sidestep
responsibility for what may be ahead
of us.
What we, as Nation, are now will
determine what Is going to happen
to us in the near future. If we are
blind and reckless and selfish and
materialistic, as the nations of Europe
were before 1914, we may rest assured
that we will garner a crop similar to
the one they garnered.
Fortunately, on the other hand. if
we make justice our daily ideal and
work forever for the establishment of
the kingdom OF righteousness. in it's
broadcast sense. we can rest assured
that certsink tragedies will be spared
us. But, either way, we mustn't try
to blame t4e sun spots for all Of it
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-14
New Public Utilities Commission.

The new Public Utilities Commits
sion is now appointed, confirmed
sworn in, organized and functioning
1t has two new members, who have
been approved as capable and we'll
ntted for the positions, who can de-
vote all of their time to the work
There is a Peoples Counsel-an
attorney whose duty it is to prepare
the peoples case for presentation to
the commission and the courts and
whose undivided attention can be
paid to the work of seeing that the
best interests and rights of the peo-
pie served by the public utilities are
presented and fought for.
The most important aid to the new
Public Utilities Commission is be-
heved to be the law that has just
passed Congress giving authority for
the commission to assess the utility
corporations for funds with which to
make valuations of their properties
on which rates will be based.
Effort is now being made to find
out just what limitations the con-
troller general will place upon the
use of these funds.
Unless the controller general in
terposes some objections, the public
will for the first time be put on even
terms with the public utilities cor
porations in presenting each case to
the commission and to the courts.
The first job being tackled by the
new Public Utilities Commission is
the Chesapeake and Potomac Tele-
phone Company rate case--but this
is not a big problem. They are
merely to bring the valuation up to
date. The valuation was made as of
December 81, 1924. This was taken
to court and Justice Mccoy is ready
to render his decision.
The first real test of the new
Public Utilities Commission comes in
the Gas Company valuation case.
Work on the new valuation will be
started soon. The commission is now
preparing its organization, prelim-
mary to the hearings.
The public is watching the han
ding Of this first big case before the
new Public Utilities Commission with
special interest.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-14
Toadstools.

The eating of toadstools continues.
Word comes that four persons in San
Francisco were poisoned by eating
toadstools which they mistook for
mushrooms.
Although authorities declare that
the edible mushrooms are easily dis.
tinguished from the poisonous fungi
popularity called toadstools, it is un-
questionably true that the average
person is no Judge.
All the characters of these queer
creations of Nature must be taken to.
gether in determining which fungus
q person has discovered. The place of
growth. the size, the nature of it's
flesh and whether it changes color
when broken, the ''frill," the "gills, -
the spores-these are some of the
characteristics which have to be con.
sidered.
1t will be readily seen that the aver.
age city resident in the country for
q holiday is no At judge of which are
mushrooms and which are toadstools.
Even country people, who believe
themselves thoroughly familiar with
the characteristics of both, make mis-.
takes v
While the tastiness of the mush.
roonas may be admitted. the deadly
character of the fungi usually Jumped
oft as stoadstools. in the vernacular
must also be taken into consideration
Deathly sickness. or even death It,
self. may result from too ready as
sumption that one knows his mush
rooms when he sees them. In this
matter, as in many others. it is bes,
TO play safe" Know before you eat
DO not guess.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-14

Q. Is it possible in Southampton
England. for the tide to appear TO ebh
and flow more than twice in "a
hours?-J. Fl. G..
A. 1t has two extra tides. The tide
of the English Channel gives it high
water first by way of the Solent and
two hours later by way of Spithead.
Q. How many foreign consulates
are there in New York City?-R. f. NJ,
: A. There are 81.
Q. In the manufacture of electric
light bulbs, are any made primarily TO
give heat instead of light?-P. p.
A The Bureau of Standards says
that large carbon filament lamps are
probably still made in small quantities
for heating purposes. They are used
in so-called "cozy glow" or radiant
glow bathroom heaters. Wire resist
ance units are now very generally
used instead of lamps. Such lamps
are called heater lamps"
q. For what purpose was the star.
ling brought to American. b.
A. The starting was introduced into
New York City in 1890 It's food habits
are on the whole beneficial and the
birds possess great capacity for good
in that they feed to a large extent on
insect pests.
Q. Which of the Protestant demon.
nations maintains the most mission
aries abroad?-W. w. L.
A. The Protestant denomination in
the United States which is sending
the greatest number of missionaries to
foreign fields is the Presbyterian, re-
porting in the Federal Council of
Churches Year Book, 1926, 1882 Amer.
lean missionaries. with 1850 native
staff.
Q. How can isinglass in automo.
biles be cleaned?-W. X.
A. Isinglass in automobile cur
tains may be cleaned with vinegar.
Q. In what locality I'm the United
States does the thermometer fall the
lowest?-J. o. G.
A. The lowest recorded tempera.
ture for the United States proper is
65 degrees below zero, which was OBJ
served near Miles City, Mont, in Jan
uary, 1888.
O. VIII the World War ex-service
men who are receiving $50 a month
for arrested T. B. get it all their
lives?-W. l..
A. A World War veteran receiving
the arrested tuberculosis compensa.
ton of $50 a month will do so as long
as he lives.
Q. I hard-boiled some eggs and &C
cidentally let the pan boil dry. The
eggsheiis exploded; why was this?
j. o. p.
A. The eggshells broke after the
eggs had boiled dry because the mois.
ture inside Of the dry shell expanded
and burst the shell.
@. OF what kind of paper were the
paper suits made that Germans wore
during the war?-E. E. Nj.
A. Cloth made of cellulose yarn
was used to make the so-called paper
suits worn in Germany during the
war. The cellulose is transformed
into paper and cut into strips and
these strips are spun. The waste
from other fibrous materials such as
cotton and fax is introduced to make
a thread in the manufacture of the
yarn.
O. When is the best time of year
to dig up and reset evergreen trees?-
v. II.
A. The Bureau of Plant Industry
says the best time to replant cedars
and other evergreen trees is March
or August.
@. Where is the largest lake in
Europe?-A. S.
A. Lake Ladoga. on the border be-
tween southeast Finland and north
west Russia. is the largest. 1t has a
surface area of 1904 square miles.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-14
An Audacious Hold-Up.

For sheer audacity no hold.up in the
annals OF crime exceeds the high.
way robbery recently Of the heavily
aimored pay car of the Pittsburgh
Terminal Coal Company. Obviously
planned weeks in advance this dar-
ing coup Melted one hundred and two
thousand dollars. Leaving Pitts
burgh about noon with money for
the pay rolls of several mines Of
the company, the armored car and an
escort car guarded by Ave employees,
were unrnolested at the first two
branches that were visited. On their
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-14
SHOOTING STARS.
BY pHILANDER JOHNSON.
An Assurance.

An Assurance.
Still we sing the same old song;
There is surely something wrong!
Wrong with what we eat or drink,
What we say, or what we think.
What we play, or what we sing
wrong with everything"
Then a mockingbird drew near.
With assurance sweet to hear
OF the skies once more SO blue,
As the blossoms smile anew.
This Is the burden Of his song:
Life goes on; there's nothing wrong"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-14

Moving Is the order of the day" ir
the rural communities, we see from
perusal Of the old home town paper.
Thousands of Government employees
weekly open with pleasure the old
paper. which tells of the everyday
life of everyday folks.
They may laugh, now and then. at
some of the naive statements which
pass therein as news" but it is a
laugh tinged with understanding.
The small communities out in the
country. such places as Busy Bee and
Pious Chapel, Brooktown and Chal.
mer, Highview, Meadley-these and
many others live the basic life of the
United States.
1t is a matter Of importance in such
places that those who rent farms are
moving, changing around, every one
trying 10 better himself
The correspondence from Longview
sums up the situation as follows:
There has been many changes In
the neighborhood the past week. Cy
Chisman and family moved from the
Rowe Farm. near the Rowe Bridge,
to a farm near the old Dutch Church,
about IL miles from Busy Corners,
and Archie Dusenberry and family
have moved to the home vacated by
Mr.. Chisman.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Celeb have
moved from the Allen McClintock
Farm, at Hisman, to a part of Mr..
and Mrs. Lem Conrad's house. Mr..
Celeb Is farming for Mr.. Conrad.
"Mr. and Mrs. James Coop moved
from the Heinrich Farm to farm
in the Pious Chapel neighborhood,
and Mr.. Dulin and family are NOV
ing from Rev and Mrs. Balls farm
to the farm vacated by Mr.. and Mrs.
Coop.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Bugler are
moving to the Square Grove neigh
borhood, where he will work in
blacksmith shop"
News? Certainly it is news.
When L,wis Hasterly begins work
ing on last Thursday for Howard
Brewster do not all the residents of
Longview want to know about it?
They most surely do, just as much
as the residents of the District Of
Columbia desire to learn of the APP
pointment of the new Public Utilities
Commissioners.
Longviewiaps get just as much
kick" out of hearing that Mr.. and
Mrs. Leonard Frost and daughter
were Sunday guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Lea and baby as any Wash
ingtonian does from the social items
of this city.
THE Headley Aid Society will meet
this Thursday for an all.day meet.
ing at the church. There will be
work. The men will also cut wood
in the grove"
Picture the ladies knotting com.
forts and making quilts. See the
sturdy gentlemen of the community
cutting wood in the grove. There Is
a pure picture of rural life, and let
him sneer who has become SO "citi-
fed" that he cannot appreciate.
The rest of us will go on to read
about the good time the Literary
Circle had the other day:
THE Literary Circle met with Mrs.
A. d. Boomerang last Wednesday aft
ernoon. A. large number of members
and guests were present
AT the close of an interesting pro.
gram a delicious luncheon was served
and radio music enjoyed"
City newspapers might emulate the
brevity Of that notice with much good
to their readers. The duh papers
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-14

Should conditions interrupt the
custom of egg.rolling in
the White House grounds a charming
tradition will be threatened with ef-
facement. There has been a certain
pleasure in the idea Of contact by the
President with the youngsters whose
parents fully expect them each to be
President some day.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-14

War can be long postponed, IL not
entirely prevented. II there can be an
ironclad gentlemen's agreement that
there shall be no armament activities
while the subject Of disarmament is
under discussion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-14
Kate by MaiI-Payable in Advance.
Maryland and Virginia.
All Other States and Canada.
Member of the Associated Press.

a. The Associated Press is exclusively entitled
patches credited TO il or not otherwise cred,
ns sb iR th paper and also the Local ne%s
OF special dispatches herein are also reserved.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-14

The abundance of beautiful Irish
melodies so conspicuously In timely
evidence calls attention to the fact
that St. Patrick. among his many &C
complishments, included that of the
musician.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-14

Crime waves have become so numer-
Gus that in some communities a police
whistle has about as much chance as
a toy horn in a brass band.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-14

A st. Louis girl bandit changed her
hat every time she held up a res.
A feminine hat hides the
features sufficiently to make a change
Of headwear a complete disguise.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-14

BY an exceedingly audacious demon.
strauon Louis Borno has at least
called the attention of a previously
Indifferent public to the name OF the
President OF Haiti.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-14
In the Spotlight.

From the Topeka (Kans.) Capital.
Sun spots may account for the cpl
demic of student suicides and of fist
fights In Congress. No other theory
seems to be satisfactory. ~
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-14

It is being alleged that Philadelphia
retains among its interesting land
marks, specimens Of the old-fashioned
saloon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-14

1t is entirely probable that the
Haitian government has the capacity
OF a United States Senator for start.
ing trouble In a new place.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-14
ManipuIating the Market.

manipulating tTI6 VIHTkCC.
"How Is Crimson Gulch progress
ing?"
Fine" answered Cactus Joe. 1--WE
now have real estate boom. Look
at this map"
"But why have you put all the
streets so close together"
"So's to get more corner lots"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-14
A Suburbanite's Wish.

From the Los Angeles Daily Times.
A suburban man says he's heard
lots of people speak harshly of kid
napers, but he wishes his would nap a
little late on Sunday morning.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-14

Florida will stop racetrack gambling.
The real estate game can take care
OF all the loose change available.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-14
Puzzling Problem.

From the New York Sun.
The Kansas State Bank deposit fund
is bankrupt. Who shall guarantee the
guarantor?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-14
Fail to Practice Safety First

From the New York Sun.
Mayor Walker holds that drunken.
ness is always an accident. There are
a good many convivial persons who do
not practice safety first.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-14
Our Modern Mas.

From the Baltimore Sun.
Terrible anxiety is suffered by
daughters these days over where their
mothers are spending the evening.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-14
Rules.

Rules.
your friends say the United States
Senate needs new rules"
Either that" answered Senator
Sorghum, "or a little more respect
for the old ones"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-14
Music and Commerce

MUSIC HHu OOHlm6rC6.
My Radio! My Radio!
Your tunes l can't forget,
Although the source from which you
flow
Is the Switzer Cheese Quartet.
de man dat plays VIII loaded dice"
said Uncle Eben, lis sure to win once
or twice. an jes' as sure to hit trouble
befo' he quits"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-14

Prisons Outstanding Needs.
From the Ohio State Journal.
The most discouraging fact is not
that the prisons are so overcrowded.
but that they ought to be more SO.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-14
Measurements.

Our bootlegs In their measurement
Have made change complete.
For holding gallons they are meant
Instead of merely feet
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-14

=. The Evening Star. with the Sunday morn,
NE edition. Is delivered by carriers wlI air
ely city at so cents per month, v da p6 cents
FER month Orders may be sent by man b 6r
telephone Main 5000 Collection Is maoe o'
carrier at end of each month.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-14

Jud Tunkins says a man who gives
a traffic cop an argument is one of
the people who might get justice If
they were not looking for trouble.
Envy" said Hi Ho. the sage of
Chinatown, sis to be feared; yet 1t is
something We must all seek to de-
serve"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-14

Gen. Dawes was right" observes
the Albany Evening News Gndepend.
emit Republican,. (Which adds When
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-14

@. How long has New Orleans had
a Mardi Gras festival?-N. G..
A. II has observed the celebration
for about 20 years.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-11-14

monument in memory OF Jesse. The
movie is called Jesse James," and
an effort has been made to keep it
cut of the 1920 and 30-cent class of
thrillers. Thompson makes Jesse at
first a good fighter in the Civil
War, and when the war is over
turns bandit and bad man for re-
venge when some citizens of his
home town attempts to run James
and his mother out of town be-
cause they were friendly to the
South.
Thompson makes James a good
rider and a fearless fighter He
also has a certain sense of honor
when he dealt with women and chill
dren. Thompson has attempted to
make James rather honorable at all
times, even when he was most bad.
Of course it has been necessary
to point out that such a career
leads only to the grave because
Jesse James was all wrong toward
society" because it would be a bad
influence to glorify a bandit and a
bad man.
One becomes rather tolerant and
even sympathetic toward Jesse
when certain good citizens" at
tempt to frame him at a supper
party.
His death is not shown in the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-11-14
Who Is Your Skinny
Friend, Ethel?

Tell him to take McCoy's Tablets
for few weeks and get enough
good, healthy flesh on his bones to
look like a real man.
Tell him that the whole country
recognizes McCoy's as the one great
flesh builder.
Tell him that thousands of men
and women once just as thin as he
are now proud of their well-knit,
attractive figure.
One thin woman put on Is
Pounds in six weeks.
Mccoy takes all the risk-Read
this ironclad guarantee. If after
taking 4 sixty cent boxes of McCoy's
Tablets or 2 One Dollar boyes any
thin, underweight man or woman
doesn't gain at least pounds and
feel completely satisfied with the
marked improvement in health
your druggist is authorized to re-
turn the purchase price.
The name McCoy's Cod Liver Oil
Tablets has been shortened-just
ask. for McCoy's Tablets at Hooks
Dependable Drug Stores or any
drug store in America. Advertise
ment.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-11-14

ter Of soap king. And of course
they live happy ever after, these
two-the hero and the heroine.
There is comedy scene devoted
to an attempted fight of sea plane
to Hawaii. The plane sinks out of
sight into the water in place of ever
getting into the air. This movie is
light entertainment, but it does
have it's clever comedy scenes. And
the subtitles' are clever. 1t Is light
fun.
Interest in "Dixieland" centers
on the Kentucky Jubilee Choir OF
colored singers and Joe Penner, an
eccentric comedian who was last
seen here in the Greenwich Village
Follies. Penner is funmaker who
relies upon his manner of delivery
more than upon his material. He
gets his laughs with great ease.
The Jubilee singers are used in
several good numbers, especially
when a large watermelon is cut into
two pieces, revealing the choir.
Among the individual artists ap-
pearing are Edith Griffith, Morris
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-11-14
A CLEAR COMPLEXION
% N. Pennsylvania

Rudy cheeks-sparkling eyes-most
women can have. DR.. F. NJ. Edwards
for 20 years treated scores .of women
for liver and bowel ailments. During
these years he gave his patients a sub
stitute for calomel made of few well
known vegetable ingredients mixed with
olive oil, naming them DR.. Edwards
Olive Tablets. Know them by their
olive color.
These tablets are wonderworkers on
the liver and bowels, which cause a nor
NAL action, carrying off the waste and
poisonous matter in ones system
If you have a pale face, sallow look,
dull eyes, pimples, coated tongue, head
aches a listless, no-good feeling. all out
of sorts inactive bowels, you take one
of DIR. Edwards Olive Tablets nightly
for time and note the pleasing re-
suits.
Thousands Of women and men take
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets-now and
then to keep fit. 15c, 30c and 60c.-Ad-
vertiSement
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-11-14

medicine. Now | am a house
keeper with six children, and
I have taken it before each one
was born. I cannot tell you all
the good l have received from it.
When l am not as we'll as can be I
take it. l have been doing this for
over thirteen years and it always
helps me. I read all of your little
books I can get and l tell everyone
I know what the Vegetable Com.
pound does for me."-Mrs. Frank
Sellers, $40 TIL Avenue, vinton,
Iowa.
Many girls In the fourth genera
ton are learning thru their own
personal experiences the beneficial
effects Of Lydia e. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound. Mothers who took
it recommend it to their daughters
as a dependable medicine.