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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-30
SPECIAL NOTICE.

THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE
Woodbridge -Langden Sayings and Commercial
payable on its capital stock to its share
holders of record June 30. 1927; The books
for the transfer of stock will be closed on
June 80. 1927. and remain closed through
July Is. 1927. 30e
WASHINGTON ANIMAL RESCUE LEAGUE
offers free of charge for the Summer TO poor,
disabled horses and mules. good pasture on
a farm near Silver Spring. with running
Hater Innnire $40 Maryland ave. s.w.
Evening star., 1927-05-03

the world. Enterprise is now mani.
fest in Central and South America to
develop resources hitherto only partly
advanced, to increase the riches OF
their yields. The United States, with
it's own products almost beyond COM
putation. is nevertheless absorbent of
an immense quantity of the goods of
other lands. This country desires the
prosperity of those that lie to the
south. To the extent that they ad.
vance in wealth and culture, it pros
pers through their use of its products,
supplementing their own.
There are many problems affecting
the commercial relations of this re-
markable group of national entities.
Adjustments must be made. considera-
ton given to local requirements and
limitations. laws and preferences. BY
means OF such meetings as this now
In progress these problems viii he
solved to the end of an all-American
prosperity as well as allAmerican
peace.
Evening star., 1927-05-03

The present suggestion OF the Fine
Arts Commission is decidedly meri.
torious, whether it Is adopted as 1t
stands or merely in principle to the
extent OF utilizing the triangle space
as whole practically without regard
to street lines. There is one obstacle
to the execution of such project. the
present Post Office Building. which
would not fit into any scheme of archi-
tectural design in building emplace.
ment. only by the complete revision
of its front, il not it's razing and re.
construction. would 1t match into a
harmonious scheme of structures.
Opportunity is afforded by the pres.
ent plan TO take the entire triangle to
produce a result In building design
and emplacement uneaualed In the
world. 1t is desirable, therefore, that
all plans be considered with that end
in view. Time taken to make full
study OF such possibilities will not be
lost. 1t is assured that the funds for
the execution OF this project viii he
available, whatever the total that may
eventually be required.
Evening star., 1927-05-03

| We confidentially expect to retail
| this orange ice, in our homely mar
ratives, at 81 per serving before the
Summer lis out.
| Now let 1t be repeated again: The
| writer has the greatest love for the
| truth. His boosting of the number
of tulips and the price of the water
Ice has been done despite his best
| efforts to hold the. numbers at their
correct level.
This exaggeration. indulged in by
ninety.nine persons out of a hundred.
may be said to be against the will. 1t
was tho late Emile Coue who stressed
the Importance OF the imagination and
! its ability to overpower the will in q
| fair contest.
| Here is good example Of IL. Most
| persons, 1t is well known, add a little
to their story to make it more inter
estlnE both to themselves and to their
audience and to impress the latter.
| Perhaps the effect of impression Is
really the big reason. Every one
knows before he starts personal
story that the other fellow viii be
| Interested In 1t only by an effort of
HIS will.
| Most persons are interested in their
own tulips. but have only theoreti-
cal interest in yours.
The fact that you were soaked 40
cents for 10 cents worth of Ice cream
does not register on their conscious
| ness one.tenth as well as the fact that
they have to buy new tire for the
left hind wheel.
The narrator--the average teller
knows this perfectly well, either con-
sciously or unconsciously. Yes, man
kind acts often enough on information
of which it may be unconscious. Ex-
perience has taught us much.
So when some one walks off with
20 flowers in the back yard. ii makes
the tale more exciting and impressive
to the listener If you say two dozen
tulips" Yes, sir, walked right off with
two dozen, "a, tulips, right under my
nose' Can you beat that! Took 26
tulips, all told; I'd give some good
money to know who it was. It's pretty
tough to lose 28 tulips at one clip.
Some morning expect to see the lamp.
post gone. Think of it, 80 tulips
swiped overnight! What's the use of
trying to grow flowers?
This form OF exaggeration does no
one any particular harm and adds to
the general gayety of life. Perhaps
its worst effect is that 1t makes for
careless observation.
Those addicted to 1t make notoriously
poor witnesses. instead of two men,
they saw four, and each one, instead
of having been runt, was brawny
fellow full 6 feet high. IL not higher.
Many children draw upon their
imagination to boost their deeds to
heroic size. In the extreme, such
story telling becomes plain lying, and
parents do well to correct 1t as early
as possible
The simple, harmless exaggerations,
however, give a tang to otherwise fat
narratives, and enliven both the mar.
rator and the listener
The curious thing is that, in the
flush of conversation, one finds him.
self slipping in a few extras, and
wondering, while he Is doing it, Just
why he does it.
Oh, yes! We gave Otto four quarters,
and got in exchange a tremendous
bow, a gracious smile and a grand,
'Merci, Monsieur" We felt better,
and so did Otto. (Honest, four quar-.
ters-four--count 'em.l
Evening star., 1927-05-03
The Good Will Reception.

Four months ago ten of the Army's
best aviators set out to cement good
will between North and South Amer.
lea. Five amphibian planes took off
and were lost to sight as they sped on
their mission. Yesterday eight of the
aviators and four of the planes settled
down on Boiling Field with more than
twenty thousand miles of air travel
behind them. The two aviators who
were missing at the impressive cere.
monies We're those who had preceded
their comrades home draped in Ameri.
can flags. Their tragic death was the
only unhappy feature of an otherwise
perfect trip.
Bronzed by wind and tropical sun
each of the eight survivors received
from the. President of the United
States a distinguished flying cross,
the new award authorised by Congress
for meritorious feats in the air. They
well deserved the award. They had
carried the message OF good will be.
tween the Americas to the south,
With courage and stamina they have
demonstrated the true spirit of fellow.
ship of men in their daring trip
through the clouds.
AS accustomed to enthusiastic recep-
tions as these flyers must have be-
come, they were surely touched
by their welcome home yesterday.
Headed by the President, the members
Of his cabinet and high-ranking Army
officers the great gathering was con-
spicuous by the gracious presence of
diplomats from all the South and Cen
trail American countries from which
the aviators have just returned. 1t
was an occasion that will live long in
memory.
Evening star., 1927-05-03
Pan-American Business.

Evidence of the community of in.
terests between the nations of the
Western Hemisphere is afforded by
the meeting of the third n-American
Commercial Conference in this city.
This particular gathering is called for
the purpose Of discussing the business
welfare of the nations represented. It
is merely the latest, however. of many
such assemblages of representatives
Of all the countries embraced in the
Pan-American Union from the Cana
dian boundary of the United States to
the Straits of Magellan.
This organization of the pan.Amer-
ican countries into a conference union
has effected incalculable benefits for
all participants. 1t has made for
closer understanding, for mutual ap.
probation, for development and prog
ress. 1t has been an agency Of peace.
1t is now in this present meeting an
agency of prosperity.
Though 1t Is necessary for the con-
duct of the conference now in session
to use four anguages-English, Span
ish, Portuguese and French--there is
no lack of understanding And stead
lily there is a lingual meeting as the
people Of the different countries EN-.
braced within the Pan-American Union
acquire the languages of other coun.
tries, In commercial lines particu
larly this Is the tendency.
The natural markets of the pan
American countries lie in this hemi
sphere. 1t is to the best interests OF
all OF them that they regard one an
other as their main purveyors and
purchasers. The vast stretch be
tween the limits that encompass the
Pan-American Union embraces prac.
tiealjy ali varieties Of ths predues Of
Evening star., 1927-05-03
Treat the Triangle as a Whole!

A plan has been submitted by the
Commission of Fine Arts to the Sec
retary of the Treasury for considera.
ton in connection with the general
park and planning survey of Wash.
ington for treatment of the Mall
Avenue triangle in the erection of
public buildings quite different from
that heretofore contemplated. 1t is
suggested that the new structures
fronting on Pennsylvania avenue and
the Mall be practically continuous
from Third street to Fifteenth, with
arched openings for the streets-in
other words, an almost unbroken
facade and sky line for the mile
stretch Of the Governments eventual
holding. It does not appear that the
commission specifies the size OF the
architectural units, but the evident
purpose of the proposal Is to effect
harmony in the constructions that will
be placed within the triangle, and at
the same time to permit transit be.
tween the two sections Of the city sep
arated by this vast series of buildings.
This proposed treatment of the Mall.
Avenue triangle is in principle pre-.
cisely that which was urged by The
Star years ago in it's advocacy of the
acquisition of the whole area for Gov.
ernment building purposes. 1t was
then pointed out that the best results
could be secured artistically and eco
nomically by treating the triangle as
a whole without regard to street lines
thus permitting the placing of build
ings in park settings. The Govern
ment, however, took on only the ''five
squares" at the western end OF the
| triangle, having previously acquired
| and used a site for the Post Office
| Building. Later site for the Dis
| trict Building was chosen somewhat
TO the west of the latter. All of these
purchases were by squares, with rigit
regard for the existing street lines
| The two buildings erected completely
filed the sites. Had the whole trac
been taken at the time the five-squar,
purchase was made it would have beer
possible to place new buildings in th'
area with opportunities fer expansion
Evening star., 1927-05-03
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

@. What is a natural monopoly
G. A NJ.
A. 1t is a monopoly resulting from
ownership of the place from which the
subject OF II, an a mineral, Is derived
q. What does Omar Khayyam mean
by from Nah 10 Mahl"?--w. ~
4. Nah" In Persian mythology was
the fish, regarded as upholding the
universe. Omar speaks Of Nah az fiIs
foundation of the created world, which
extends from Nah 10 "Mahi'--that Sc.
from the hsh TO the moon.
q. To what species ~ plants dosS
laurel belong7--R g. n.
A. In the United States n - sp@.
cies Of evergreen shrub of either ~
two genera. kaifnia and Rhododsn.
dron. Mountain laurel IL RhodDdsn.
dron maximum.
@. when was pornrio Dlaz presl.
dent Of Mexieo?-B. u.
A. He was TN offce from 1917 until
1880 and from 1884 untn 1911, ghsn
Ne was deposed by the revolutionary
uprising
q. What II a -Elass2--D. &.
a * lA fAU 0F}HHlHR glass
marked with horizontal lines 20 indi.
cate the amount 10 he taken In re.
aponse 20 a toast Such glas wera
much used IN Germany IN the eight.
eenth century.
u. How many times has Mae
Murray been rnarried?-F. T.. p.
A. Four Her first husba nd was
William Schwencker. her second. Jay
O'Brien; third. Robert Leonard. and
fourth and present. Prince David
MDivani OF Georgia. in Transcau-
casia.
The dH5lCeYS 10 questions printed
here each day are specimens picked
from the mass Of Inquiries handled
bD the great Information bureau
maintained by The Evening star ia
Washington. ID. G. This fdluubIe Sert-
ice II for the free use Of the public.
ASH any question Of fact you MAJ
1Cdnt TO knotr and yOu ciH oct an
immediate reply. Write plainly. in
close 2 cents IN stamps for return
postage and address The Evening
star Information BHreau. Frederic J.
Hdskin, Director, Washington. ID. C.
Evening star., 1927-05-03
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES 3. TRAcEwELL.

In our personal narrative to friends
Of the theft Of 20 tulips from the back
yard, we have noticed that despite our
best efforts the number has increased
to 80 tulips, when we tell Il now.
Our regard for the truth is OF the
highest. We had no intention what
ever OF boosting the number, but Ii
sounded much better to say two
dozen" than to pin 1t down to mere
20 flowers.
In Il moment OF enthusiasm, we
Increased the number to 30 tulips,
and, no one protesting, 1t has re-
NAMED 80 ever since.
At the present rate of increase, a
full 100 tulips will have been taken,
if we keep on telling this tale for a
year. Perhaps we shall have forgot.
ten about IL by that time.
We hope so~~and all our friends do,
too.
Take that matter OF the dish of
orange ice. We got 1t at what is
commonly known as Il swell hotel.
There was French waiter, called
Otto. or something, and flowers and
music, and fancy grub.
otto, or whatever his name was,
would have had duck fit, as we say
back home, IL we had openly spoken
of his food as grub"
AS 1t was, he eyed us with vast
suspicion. Perhaps some of this was
In our own mind. but here is what we
thought Otto was thinking, as he bent
over stiftiy at the waist, making
perfect right angle:
This fellow is not used to this
hotel.
"I'll bet he wouldn't know a souffie
'"The size of tip / will achieve from
this bozo is extremely problematical.
We'll, | must wait upon him, as
much as ii offends my esthetic sense
Here goes
X
Just TO spite Otto, we picked the
most expensive things we could find
on the bill of fare, knowing a little
French, and ordered up a hot dog
meal, as the boys say.
AS we recall 1t, the chicken a la
King came to S1.50, and the straw
berry shortcake to rs cents, and
well. the American people don't care
what they pay for things, just so they
are good, do they?
1t was the orange water ice, how
ever, that proved too much. 1t came
to 40 cents for a small sherbert glass
full.
We have personally superintended
the making OF two quarts of the finest
orange ice that it is possible for
human beings to construct.
Our own homemade water ice, with
the best oranges, and some cream to
give it that light. effect, came to ex-
actly so cents for two quarts.
Let us get that well in mind: Two
quarts, so cents.
Allowing 10 servings to the quart,
this would mean 20 glasses full, or
$8.40, which, minus so cents, makes
$3.50 profit.
Not SO bad, Otto.
u X X X
We didn't mind the chicken or the
strawberry shortcake so much, but
that water ice, as stated, was bit
too much for our frugal soul.
In telling about 1t afterward we
found ourself unconsciously hitching
the price skyward. First it went to
45 cents q serving and before week
was up we had the price at so cents,
beating Otto by 10 cents already.
Evening star., 1927-05-03

been said that the boy or girl who
goes to college nowadays for an edu-
cation is decidedly old-fashioned.
If there were nothing to the
modern college but hard, plodding
study. most OF the students whom
President Faunce has in mind would
be doubtless ready to agree with him.
AS it is, the social inducements at
tached to campus life nullify his sug-
gestion. One cannot censure youth
because 1t loves pleasure. Educators
only regret that college has to be the
goat"
The Providence Journal agrees with
DIR. Faunce that "the first object of
college training is horizon and the
second mastery" and its conclusion Is
that this combination of high attain.
ment and broad outlook is the pledge.
not only of power, but also OF a life.
times intellectual interest and salts
faction
The Hartford Times quotes a state.
ment from Prof. Whfttlesey Of Prince.
ton that perhaps Abraham Lincoln,
Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin
and Grover Cleveland would have din.
Guilty In satisfying the requirements
for a degree at most modern American
universities" which. he says. are
gauged to the mental capacity OF the
quick ready-to.wear, ed.hot.with.
mustard type of mind" But, replies
the Hartford paper, there Is nothing
to suggest that the environment Of
our larger universities and many of
our more interesting colleges would
cramp the style of either of these
founding fathers"
The Spokane Spokesman.Review re.
fers to a statement by DIR. Hadley of
Yale that democracy in education
can be carried too far" and makes the
comment: There is the broader edu-
cation Of life. OF contact with indus
try and business. Fortunately, that
can be had, with a cultural education,
too, outside of college, or even outs
side Of high school,"
Evening star., 1927-05-03

Q. Is monument to be erected to
commemorate the invention OF the air
plane7--F. p.
. A. on March 2. 1927. Congress au.
thorized the erection of a monument
at Kill Devil Hill, Kitty Hawk, N. C..
i'm commemoration of the first sue
cessful human attempt in all history.
at power-driven airplane flight,
achieved by Orviiie Wright. December
II, 1903,
Q. Are there more paupers I'm the
United States than In Great Britain?
-~C. w.
A. In 1924 the number Of inmates
OF almshouses i'm the United States for
every 100 900 population was 7i.5. In
1924 the percentage Of paupers In
Great Britain was 3.57 and in 1925
3.i1.
q. How many children did Martha
Washington have 2~-.B. l..
A. AZ Mrs Daniel Parke CuHsis.
sha was the mother Of four children,
two Of whom died in Infancy. The
other two, John and Martha, accom-
pa MED their mother to Mount Vernon
when she married George Washing
ton. Martha died AZ the age Of II and
John died at the close Of the Revolu.
tIon. His two youngest children.
Eleanor and George Washington
Parke Custis. were adopted by Gen.
and Mrs. washington.
O. How can an old file be renewed? :?
w. G. II.
A.. The Bureau OF Standards says
that to renew or restore an old fsle,
carefully clean IL with hot water and
soda and dip for 40 minutes in nitric
acid al degrees b.; wash 1T OF, dry
and oil.
O. For whom was "Hains Point In
Potomac Park. Washington, ID. c.,
named?---H. l.. G..
A. "Hains Point" was named after
Gen. Peter G. Hams. who was the off,
Ger in the Engineering Corps who
dredged out the channel of the Poto-
mac and built up Potomac Park and
the section which is now called 'Hsins
Point"
O. Was old.fashioned book muslin
material that is now known by a
different name?--T. NJ.
A. 1t was practically the same as
the modern organdy.
Evening star., 1927-05-03
UNITED STATES
in WORLD WAR
Ten Years Ago Today

Subscriptions for Liberty Loan pour
into Treasury at rate Of more than
a million dollars an hour
President asks power to place all
foods and fuel in control Of Govern
ment Viviani and Joffre
welcomed at House session
French mission leaves Washington for
tour of Middle Western and Eastern
States Herbert Hoover, back
from Europe. says GERM ms can't
be starved out 'erts our
task is to feed Allies Anti
censorship tide floods House
Chilean Minister to Germany demands
his passports ] lckefeller
Foundation announces appr priations
OF $875,000 for purposes in nnection
with war, medical research, humani'
tartan aid, ct cetera Govern.
ment assumes complete control of
fiscal agencies in this country for
Allies, as applied to Allied credit, and
purchases of munitions and supplies
Department Of Labors EN-.
ployment agencies find $4,000 skilled
shipwrights who will build new
wooden merchant fleet Gov
ernment will aid France first in trans
portation by sending 10000 railway
workers. also caraSaud track. -
Evening star., 1927-05-03
Five Million More Needed.

With six million acres of land in
undated, with the crest of the flood
still seven days from its outlet to the
Gulf. with SOC. 600 persons involved in
the inundation and probably many
more to be added to the 200 900 already
under the care of the American Red
Cross, President Coolidge has called
upon the country for an additional
SIS .O0o 900 in contributions for relief
AS he did so the top" of the first five
million was reached and passed, ten
days from the issuance of the original
call.
Every dollar OF this fund will be
needed to maintain the refugees who
have been driven from their homes to
fight disease, TO prevent deaths by the
thousands. Perhaps much more will
be necessary TO re-establish the fugi-
tives in their homes, or at least upon
their former places of residence, and
it may be to supply them with means
for the replanting of their fields. For
the present the necessity is of funds
for the provision of food and shelter,
clothing and medical supplies.
The immediate task of the country
at large is to care for those who have
been rendered shelterless, some of
whom have been driven far from their
homes. Fortunately an agency of ex-
ceptional efficiency is available for the
distribution of the supplies and the ad-
ministration of the relief work. The
money is likewise available in the
form of public subscriptions. In that
respect the country is fortified against
a terrible disaster.
Eventually will be required the
means of enabling these several hun
dred thousand people to carry on, after
the waters have subsided and they
have been restored to their former
places of residence. Their Spring
planting has been washed away. Their
live stock has in many cases been lost.
They have no money to buy supplies,
seed and stock, no means to rebuild
their houses and farm structures that
have been swept down the torrent.
In the cities and the towns and vii
lagos of the inundated area business
has been suspended. Store stocks
have been ruined. There will be little
salvage from the flood. No one can
estimate with any certainty the extent
by the waters. Not even after the
recession of the flood can there be a
full inventory of the cost of this vast
inundation.
For the present the need is plain, to
provide the funds for the rescue of
the newly beleaguered people, to care
for them and those who, already saved
from the waters, are still in charge of
the Red Cross. Ten million dollars
must be had, and at once.
Those who have already given may
give again. But there must be many
who have not yet given. They have a
further opportunity in this second call
for funds. Be the sum five million,
or ten million, or twenty million, It
must be provided. These hundreds of
thousands Of helpless ones must not
be permitted to suffer, perhaps to
starve and die of preventibIe disease,
for the lack of dollars from the pockets
of the more fortunate Americans who,
living in security, know of the great
necessity only by the news reports
and the pictures and the living word
of appeal over the radio.