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Praises Modern Girl
For ResOurcefuIness

TO the Editor OF The Star:
The word f1apper which originally
signified a young bird that could not
fly but only flap it's wings, has come
to be sarcastically applied TO the
young woman of today. And now,
when the term is used, the mind i'm.
mediately conjures up a picture of an
immature female who wears her
dresses above her knees, rouges her
cheeks, smears something sticky on
her eyelashes. plucks her eyebrows.
INDUCES in petting parties and smokes
cigarettes.
While this letter is not intended
exactly as a defense of the fiapper Ito
defend her would be superfiuous. as
she Is entirely capable of fighting her
own battles). yet it may not be amiss
to suggest that she has a few redeem
ing qualities; although her more
puritanical elders would not concede
even this much She may shock her
dear old grandmother. worry her
mother, and force her father to pace
the floor those nights when = and 3
o'clock strike before her key is heard
in the latch; but she is likely to know
how to take care of herself in any
emergency.
She resorts to none Of the sly deceit,
one of the by-prOducts of ignorance
so often practiced by the girls of 80
and 40 years ago. She is dubbed
bold" and the possessor of more than
her share of nerve" because she dis
cusses sex with the utmost frank
ness. However, matrimony and the
steps leading thereto do not consti-
tute her only interest; nor does she
60 into a decline when some admirer
proves false--the common practice in
her mothers youth. She Is keen for
all kinds Of sports, is a good student
and an excellent judge of human
nature.
In short, the young woman of the
present generation Is healthier, hap
pier and, withal, her knowledge more
wholesome than those who have pre-
coded her 1t is a well known fact
that she settles down, often at an
early age, to a useful career as wife
and mother. Perhaps her frivolous
years lead her TO appreciate the more
worthwhile things when they finally
come to her. Out of the diversity of
her life she apparently develops a
philosophy, an ability to analyze and
discriminate, that may prove helpful
in rearing her own children.
CLARA HANDKERCHIEF.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-28

rings hand bell which is the final
call to cease talking. Should the mem
Der continue even then, the hand hell
goes on ringing until order is restored.
The device is ingenious but it lacks
perfection. There should he an auto
matte extinguisher or gag that could
he clapped over tho mouth OF the tres
passing speaker. effectually choking
off his utteranCe That may come.
This procedure cannot he installed
limit there. When member Of that
body gets the floor he has it. save
under some special rule adopted to.
ward the close Of general debate,
antil the end of all eternity II he
should wish SO 20 exercise his peroga-
tive. He may talk all day and all
night. hour after hour He may read
from any book that was ever printed
to exc out his own ideas. He may
have the reading clerk spell" him by
reading extracts from documents or
newspapers while he retains the floor
technically. though he may rest mean
while. No yellow light and no red light
can stop him when he Is under
On the House side. where speech
making time is doled out by the min
ute. tap Of the gavel and the utter
ance by the Speaker or the admoni-
ton The gentleman g time has ex.
pired. quiet the debater He may
beg few minutes more from the
keeper of the time on his side of the
question. but he never exceeds his
stint. The forensic traffic is per.
fectly we'll regulated in that body.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-28
Sympathy and Justice for China.


Secretary kellogS indicates rs the
essential prerequisite Of an equal
treaty with China. displacins our pres
ent unequal treaty, the existence OF
& government for negotiation purposes
which can speak suthoritatively for
China and which is able to carry out
China's pledges Of protection and i'm.
partial justice. which the new treaty
will contain.
The demand of the Cantonese gov
eminent that America and Europe
cancel at once the unequal treaties.
surrender the protection of extraterri-
toriality and abandon control. direct
or indirect, of the tariff rates on i'm
ports, is. under present conditions.
naradoxical and ssrdonic: for there
has never been a time when foreign
ers so Enthusiastically needed the pro-
lection of extra terIitoriality privileges
or when anti-foreign mob violence was
80 feehly controlled by the nominal
central government And in respect
60 the increase of tariff duties on i'm
ports, the Cantonese government in
the same breath inconsistency de-
mands the increased tariff duties, and
protests against the British offer to
put them into immediate operation.
Canton confesses that it wants no in
creased revenue from tariff duties un-
til it can handle the increased revenue
Itself. 1t wants no money to go 10
Shanghai to furnish the sinews Of
war to it's enemies. Consequently. it
demands and protests against the
same thing in the same breath.
Decisive victory of the South China
army over that of North China in the
great battle now impending may meet
Secretary Kellogg's requirements con-
corning q representative Chinese gov.
ernment with which to negotiate. If
there is real prospect of China uni
fed politically even under Rolshevik
Influenced Cantonese government, and
that government shows the power and
the purpose to control the mobs AND
LtlG WAI,lOIuS anu Tie UdIus OI OIL Aicu
mercenaries that infest and dominate
China today. Americans will eagerly
cooperate with that government, ask
ing no special discriminatory conces-
sions. privileges and powers. and in
hearty sympathy with China 9 struggle
for unity under the inspiration of the
spirit Of nationalism will exchange
with that government and will fully
carry out pledges of justice and amity.
Such action will be In accordance with
Americas traditional policy of friendly
and relatively unselfish helpfulness to-
ward China, which has been repeated
~ and consistently in evidence of
record.
Or if the south shall not conquer
the north and two governments re-
main each effectively controlling its
own area the United States will make
treaties of Justice, equality and friend.
ship with both.
This thought is elaborated In edito-
rial correspondence printed else.
myhere In The Star TODAY
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-28
Charlotte's Position in "Crazy
Quilt of History" Recalled

The death in Belgium of Charlotte.
the mad empress" who for a brief
period ruled with Macmillan over
Mexico, recalls to the public one or
the most tragic and romantic incl
dents of history.
What a crazy quilt of history,
says the st. Louis Post Dispatch. is
the shroud Of Poor Carlotta,' dead al
last. after 60 years in the shadowy
exile of melancholia! GhOstly figures
stride or totter out from royal ana
princely graves to be seen q moment
in the gray cortege. First OF all, her
beloved consort, Macmillan, whose
brief, imperial canter in Mexico ended
before a firing squad. CRrlottas fu.
tile uncertainties in the courts or
Europe will ever remain among the
haunting tragedies of that silken,
laundering, amorous episode. the Sec
ond Empire.
THE feeble Napoleon. sponsor of
the fatal adventure, appears in MS
perfume and perfidy. brutslly ordering
the helpless woman out OF FRA nee.
Franz Josef. it shame has found MIN
In the tomb, hides his treacherous
face az he scorns the pleading wife of
the brother who was a burden to his
penurious soul. What part Eugene
may have had in the folly and the
BETRAYAL was expiated in the penitencc
that followed the thunders of Sedan.
And Bismarck, glazing at the puppets
he thrust aside, may find in the spirit
of Carlotta a companion to laugh at
the ashes of the Hohenzollerns and
Hapsburgs. Requiescat."
1T was the tragedy of the Empress
Carlotta not only to survive her gen.
Grafton. but also to Outlive her name, :"
declares the Richmond News Leader,
which points out that she was lone of
the few royal women of her day to
have q marriage of love" and that
paper recalls that when she was
raised by fortune and French bayo.
nets to the uncertain throne OF Mexico,
il pleased her to be styled Carlotta, in
rhythmic syllables. rather than Char
lotte 1t was as Carlotta," continues
the News Leader, that she hurried
back to Europe. the eyes of all the
world following her, to plead with Ma
poleon III for assistance in support
ing the throne his ambition had set
up. 1t was as Carlotta that sympa-
thizinR women saw her turned away
by that strange conspirator. 1t was
as CarIotta that she went under the
cloud from which she never emerged
with fun mentality. But now. when
Napoleon III Is only q misty name and
the Empress Eugene Is dead. and
men have almost forgotten there ever
was an empire in Mexico, the cables
click off her name as Charlotte once
again In the brief announcement of
her DEATH"
X X
1.-THE world had forgotten her pres
ence and whereabouts, almost her
existence" remarked the Hartford
Times, until the news came OF the
end of her tragedy, For pathos. heart
throb, thrill. grandeur OF historic
pageant. living commentary upon the
spirit OF Mexico and the nature of des-
tiny. what more dramatic theme than
the lives and deaths of Ferdinand Jo-
seph Macmillan and Marie Charlotte
Anaelie." The 2peka Daily Capital
also refers tE@khe Mexican inriSsent as
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-28
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.


UEuhup&Ss
Grandpa in the Charleston step,
Tryin' to show off his pep,
Singin' all the ragtime stuff
In voice that's jest a blum;
Looks to grandma for face
With cosmetics kept in place.
now, 1t seems to me,
Are not what they used to be.
Ora ndpa used a tale to tell
OF the fairy folk who dwell
Where the stream of fancy winds
Maybe, mostly in our minds.
Like a cannibal he sings
OF Hot Babies" and such things!
take it, friend. from me,
Are not what they used to be!
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-28

Base ball without Ban Johnson will
hardly seem the old game to Con
slant Reader" although it will go on
about as usual for the boy In the
hleaehers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-28

The phrase third term" usually in
wolves a certain arithmetic distinction
involving a study of fractions.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-28
Embarrassment OF Riches.

"Who are your financial backers?"
II haven't any," answered Senator
Sorghum. "A financial hacker used to
be an asset in politics. Now he's a
liability
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-28

A cold wave is comparatively lenient
when it let's the thermometer scatter
the bad news and does not call for
the snow shovel.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-28

So far as serious public interest is
concerned the Peaches" crop is def
initely rega rded as a failure.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-28

A seat in the United States Senate
In likely to prove far less comforta BILE
than the old office chair out home.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-28

What was once called unpleasant
notoriety" is being occasionally
sought as piquant publicity.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-28
No Need Of Importation.

/ dreamt we mortals, here below,
With Mars could talk by radio.
Mars tuned us out and made it known
That he had scandals of his own.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-28
Al Wrong Move.

From the San Antonio Evening News.
Former Texan, denied clemency by
Louisiana Pardon Board, must hans. =
why did he feave the State To commit
the murder?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-28
Hard Guessing.

From the Wall Street Journal.
"Cherchez la femme" becomes diff.
cult With these mannish hobs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-28

Jud Tunkins says a man who talks
about himself is usually trying to
make a mountain out of a mole Hill,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-28
That Right of WAY.

From the Boston Herald.
Remember that the loaded trucks
momentum may be more decisive than
your right Of way.
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Deadly Doses.

Deadly Doses.
Are you In favor of prohibition
Certainly answered Miss Cay.
enne. Even should we forget the
eighteenth amendment we must re-
spect the law that makes suicide a
crime"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-28

Il am opposed to war" said Hi Ho,
the sage OF Chinatown. so am ! OPP
posed TO thunderstorms and billiards.
But they happen just the same
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-28
Amenities.

Amenities.
Diplomatists cannot agree.
POliteness still is due;
And so we write "R. s. V. P"
Upon each Il. o. IT,
"Dar Is two kinds - music" said
Uncle Eben. One kind makes life a
q burden
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-07-23

for Wilmington Del, at Ais this af-
ternoon on the first leg of q hurried
trip to Los Angeles. He was accom-
panied by Leo p. Flynn, his manager
and several friends:~
Process servers, camped close on the
former champions trail, are believed to
have prompted the surprise departure.
The sheriffs failed to serve papers up
on Dempsey for a suit brought against
him by Teddy Hayes, former member
of Jacks camp, for alleged back pay.
The former heavyweight champion,
who scored spectacular knockout over
Jack Sharkey last night in the first
step of his comeback campaign plan
ned to board train at Wilmington,
for New Orleans shortly before mid
night. Flynn and the party will return
here by automobile after seeing Demp-
Sey aboard.
Even members of Dempseys own en-
tourage here knew nothing of Jacks
departure until he was due in wal
mington. Then a hurried message Or
dered his secretary and other members
of the staff to leave New York at Oils
on the train Dempsey will meet at
Wilmington.
Dempsey decided on the hurried trip
to California after a conference With
Tex Rickard today during which all
details for the championship battle
with Gene Tunney in September were
completed
Dempsey refused to see newspaper
men before leaving and through his
manager would merely say that after
three weeks vacation he expects to
return to the site of the Tunney con-
test in September to resume training.
Jack expressed the belief ttlut. the
fight will take place in Chicago, Sep
tember 15
AS Dempsey hustled into the auto
mobile from Flynn's home in the out
skirts of the city, where he has been
living since arrival here from the
training camp at Saratoga Lake. No
signs of the battle with Sharkey last
night appeared on his face. There
were no dressings on the two tiny cuts
he received under the eyes.
Because of warrants held by Penn
sylvania officials and calling for
DempSey's arrest on charges preferred
by Philadelphia woman, who al
leges she was struck by Dempsey dur
ing a melee at the Ringside of the.
Tunney fight last fall, the former
champion on two trips through
Pennsylvania within the past month
had shrouded his movements in Sc
crecy. Coming here from California
four weeks ago to sign with Rickard
for the Sharkey and Tunney matches.
Dempsey dropped off the train at VIII
mington and motored to New York to
evade officers.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-07-23
National League

BOSTON, July % R-The Ma
tional league leadership today changed
hands for the fifth time in as many
days when the Pittsburgh Pirates de-
teated the Boston Braves, to 2,
while Philadelphia downed Chicago.
Triples by the Waner Brothers in
the seventh inning we're big factors
IN tour-run rally that brought vic
tory to the Pirates. Foster Edwards,
former Dartmouth college star, was
driven from the box in that inning.
Paul Waner played a brilliant game
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-07-23
AS TO WHETHER
SHARKEY WAS FOULED BY DEMPSEY
DEVELOPS DIFFERENT VIEWPOINTS

third man in the ring, says:
Il was right on top of the boxers
preceding the knockout. Dempsey
brought up sweeping right FOL the
body 1t was low punch but it was
not a damaging blow. 1t landed on
Sharkeys left thigh and swept on up
| warned Dempsey to watch his punch
eS. Sharkey grunted in pain and bent
forward. If Shrakey was fouled, how
ever there appeared no official evi-
dence OF injury to support his claims.
Examination by the commissions Off
cial physician, DR.. William Walker, af-
ter the bout disclosed no injury or
appearance of foul. Sharkey's handlers
on the other hand, declared the. fight
er was in pain most of the night and
ministered to with ice packs on his
groin. Sharkey himself said ne was
suffering some pain and slight swell
ing in the groin,. but he left at 1875
p. m. for Boston appearing outward
ly at least, TO be in good shape.
Whatever the merits of the contro-
versy, the decision stands, James A.
Farley chairman of the state athletic
commission, indicated, also pointing out
that the boxing solons had never re-
versed ruling of any official in the
ring. Fairly while avoiding any per-
sonal expression of opinion, asserted
O'Sullivan made the decision las ne
saw it, and referred to the referee as
one of the most competent and eff
cient" on the commissions list.
Farley declined to say whether the
commission would consider any phase
of the fight dispute when it meets
next Tuesday.
Meanwhile Rickard went ahead with
plans for a return title match the mid
ole of September between Dempsey
and Gene Tunney. The general under
standing is that the promoter has de-
cided to stage the battle in Chicago
around September Is to 20 and will
make a definite announcement 20 this
effect next Monday. He declined to-
day, however, to say where Il would
take place and limited that Philadel-
phia also was possible battle-ground.
With Soldiers Field in Chicago Of
fering a site capable of housing about
100000 spectators, and top prices of
probably $50 the gate" for a return
Dempsey Tunney match, observers pre-
OACU Will S1ilelo14 oil 1CCO1NO StA1O SO NC
yond the two-million dollar mark
Al report popped up late today that
Dempsey, not yet satisfied he had come
back fast enough to be ready for Tun-
ney in September, was anxious to put
off a return title fight until July
1928, engaging in two or three more
test fights in the meantime. This ru-
NOR came from those close to the for
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-07-23
BY ALAN j. GOULD
associated press Sports E6itor)

ASSOCIATED Press Sports EGltOr)
NEW YORK, July %, tH1--Jack
Dempsey's comeback today developed
one of the most hectic controversies in
heavyweight ring history, with 8 bitter
debate swirling around the question of
whether the former champion fculed
Jack Sharkey before knocking out the
Boston sailor in the seventh round of
their battle last night.
The dispute ragged among newspaper
men, officials and fighters with as
fierce intensity as the battle ragged
within the ring last night Instead of
being finished, the fight, it seemed,
had just begun. After day of heated
post-mortelns, in which Slow-motion
pictures and broadSide of official
opinions we're brought to bear, the is
sue was no nearer settlement than
when yells of protest came from
Sharkey's corner at the finish of the
bout in the Yankee stadium
The motion pictures, it had been felt
would be a final arbiter, but three
showingS before a group of experts
left opinion as widely divided as it was
at the ringside. To a majority, per-
hapS, it seemed that Dempsey landed
two or three dangerously low rights to
the body just before connecting with
the left hook to the jaw that toppled
the ex-Sailor. These wallops appeared
to be low, but not foul, in the opin-
ion Of Tex Rickard, as well as Oh many
other observers.
Nearly as many more, however, chief
among them Johnny Buckley, Shark
ey's manager, insisted that the pictures
proved Sharkey had been fouled at
least twice and that Dempsey should
have been disqualified.
One of the two official Judges,
Charles F. Mathison, sided with those
claiming foul, but Jack O'Sullinan,
the tall, veteran referee whose decis-
ion settled the matter in the ring, de-
clared unqualifiedly that Dempsey's
blows were fair, although low and close
enough to the border-line to prompt
warning. Both fighters, however,
O'Sullivan added, landed low punches
at various times Dempsey on three or
four occasions and Sharkey twice
but none of them was regarded as
damaging by the official.
There goes the right. 1t land; in the
pit of the stomach. The blow as / see
it is fair. Now thesleft goes to the Jaw.
That's the knockout. All very plain.''
A few feet away, Buckley, sur
rounded by Sharkey adherents de-
clared:
There it goes. Foul! Dempsey fouls
Sharkey twice as plain as day"
Then here's what O'Sullivan, the
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-07-23
American League

/ 81. LOUIS, July Il ttP)-AlChOugn
outhit, the ST. Louis Browns won
both games of double-header from
the Washington Senators today,
to and to 2, Washington got Is
hits and St. Lol1is 8 in each game
The Browns pounded the veteran
| Walter Johnson 1or seven hits in the
first three innings IF the first game
and drove him from. the mound
Ballou and Crowde:, formerly with
Washington, pitched for st. Louis
mer champion, after he had conferred
with Rickard, but the promoter spiked
it with this. That's what he came
back for. He's under contract to me
and will fight in September. He wants
the date put back as far as possible SO
that he can have all the time he needs
for conditioning but he will be ready
to fight the middle of September"
Rickard, it was understood, settled all
financial terms for the coming fight
with Dempsey. The promoter has a
/ conference scheduled with Tunney to-
morrow morning.
At the same time, Buckley, Srarkey's
manager declared he had an under
standing with Rickard under which the
! Boston sailor would substitute for
! Dempsey or Tunney in the Septem-
Der battle, should either of the latter
be unable to go through with the bout
for any reason.
"Sharkey isn't discouraged" Buckley
said. "He feels and SO do I, that he
lost on a foul, a chance shot. Jack did
MT fight as he should have. He didn't
follow instructions properly but never
theleSS I am convinced he is q better
man than Dempsey We would accept
return match with Dempsey for no
thing to4proYe. .it.n ..,
There were other angles to today's
aftermath of the battle beSldes; the
lowbroW controversy. The somewhat
mysteriolls process by which the bet
ting odds, at the last minute, shifted
from Sharkey'S favor to DempSey's
was viewed significantly by some news
paper commentators. Others profesSed
to see "a business advantage to all
concerned, with Sharkey still young
and ripe for lucrative comeback;
Dempsey certain of reaping another
rich financial harvest for a So 900, 900
return bout with Tunney; and Pro-
moter Rlckard facing an attractive
slate of sbig money" bouts lasting
through next winter and summer.
Financial details of the bout came
in for their share of dispute Treasury
officials in Washington disclosed re-
ports placing the "gate" at $685., OPT
with an attendance of 1928, but Tex
figures were 81 ,083 ,529.70 for |
a paid attendance of 81 900
The fighters purses also were var !
iously figured but it was understood |
Dempsey received considerably more !
than his advertised percent cut" of |
This boosted the total purse
to the principals above $550,000. With
taxes and expenses deducted, the pro-
fit to Rickard and his 1900 Millionaire"
stockholders in the. Madison Square
Garden corporation was figl:fsd. at
around $250,000.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-07-23
AMERICAN LEAGUE

Washington, 90; ST. Louis, 7-3.
New York, 4; Chicago, z.
Philadelphia. /; Cleveland, l
Called end second account rain).
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-07-23
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION

st. Paul, 6; Minneapolis, 4.
Kansas City. /; Milwaukee, 10.
No others scheduled.