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Bridges Of Signs.

The District Commissioners have
asked Controller General McCarl to
determine whether they can legally
authorize by day labor instead of
by contract the work of repairing the
Highway and Klingle road bridges.
Bids have been asked to undertake
this work by contract, but were
either considered exorbitant or in
sufficient in number. In event that
the Controller General authorizes the
desired method, 1t is planned to use
the repair personnel under the en-
gineer of bridges and to purchase
necessary material under competitive
proposals.
1t is to be hoped that Mr. McCarl
will say Yes" and that the Commits:
sioners can say. in effect, Lets got"
The situation on the Highway Bridge
is considered hazardous in many
ways; those who have occasion to
traverse ii I'm any sort of vehicle will
subscribe heartily to this opinion.
While not in quite such deplorable
shape as 1t was several years ago.
when its repair came under the
category OF emergencies, nevertheless
it takes slow driving and super
steering safely to meander ones
motor car through the pattern of
wide and deep holes which dot its
roadbed from one end to the other.
It is a long bridge. and a wide one.
and is used by many persons. Its
surface conditions should be as near
ly perfect as possible, and should be
kept so.
AS long ago as May 10, 1925, an
editorial was printed in The Star
on the subject of the condition of
the Klingle Bridge which was entitled
Ordeal by Nails" It discussed the
worn-down condition Of the boards
ykorming the surface and the collec-
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ton of projecting spikes therein
which spelt possible destruction to
many fair and glistening tire. One
nail at that time was of such
colossal height that the approaching
motorist could scarcely be blamed
If he mistook it for a hardy weed
rooted in the moss and mold of the
ancient planking.
In March, 1927, 1t is probable that
the more awe-inspiring of these nails
have been removed. On the other
hand. other less noticeable pieces of
hardware have gained new free
dom and prominence. The motorist
using Connecticut avenue still passes
over the same venerable boards. A
regulation restricting the speed over
this bridge to fifteen miles an hour
has, in the interim, been passed. 1t
is observed in a manner that must
be gratifying to the police au-
thorities. For while an occasional
daredevil or devil-may- care fellow
will pass another car thereon, or beat
a street car across, the great ma
Jority have too much regard for
their tires and too much considera-
ton for the skeletons that God gave
them to cross at any pace faster
than the one prescribed.
THE subject of widening and
permanently surfacing this bridge
has been preached and favorably
considered. Doubtless it will be done
in due season." stated the editorial
of last Spring. If late March or early
April of this year should prove to
be the due season then prognosticat-
ed, general rejoicing would follow.
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Beneficial Bonfires.

The Office of Public Buildings and
Public Parks Of the National Capital is
busy on good job that is almost as
long as it's title. This consists of a
thorough cleanup of underbrush,
trash. undesirable trees and other
enemies Of beauty, utility and safety
and impediments to progress in the
principal extensive and largely nat
ural parks in which the residents of
Washington rejoice and which form
a feature Of civic beauty and desira.
bility enjoyed by few great cities.
In Rock Creek Park, for example,
the professions of forester, of land
scape expert and of trash man for
some time have been combined by the
force of this governmental branch
with marked success. Through the
mild Winter and early Spring the
blows Of axes, the smoke of burning
rubbish piles and the low hiss of un.
desirable vines and bushes leaving
their chosen homes have marked a
SN~U~y am q - alAS itib pIpETGSS III lnG
right direction.
From the Connecticut Avenue Bridge
on down Rock Greek to Potomac
Park, through the newly acquired
connecting parkway. the "Brushwood
Boys" are slowly forcing their way,
leaving order, beauty and safety in
their wake. Out at Fort Davis, at
the head of Pennsylvania avenue and
Alabama avenue southeast, another
crew is making this old reservation
now a public park. accessible and
pleasing to the public. Another
cleanup Is planned in the area be.
tween the Military road traversing
Rock Creek Park and the public golf
course maintained in that region.
Only by those who pass through
this big park at frequent intervals, by
motor or on foot or on horseback, or
in all three ways, can the proportions
Of this long-overdue job be realized
The benefits will be reaped during the
coming Summer and Autumn by al
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! To be doing a work against which
| one inwardly revolts is going around
| In circles" In life.
This is something worse than just
a bad headache, which throws one out
OF gear for a morning. merely. This
is fundamental, so much so that thou
sands upon thousands of workers
never seem to realize that it really
exists
Think of this huge world of work
which we call American business. One
man makes chewing gum, and an
| other automobiles, and another soap.
Hundreds of thousands toll putting
words on typewriter paper Others
sell. Others bottle soft drinks or
perfumes. Others knock balls with
unusual success to far corners of lots
popularity known as diamonds"
And every last man Jack of them
is simply earning his living, from the
millionaire down to the lowliest JAM
tor in the land. All these wonderful
products simply represent, reduced to
the lowest denomination, the result of
the search of man for his daily bread,
even as the lions roar and seek their
meat from Cod
In this huge welter Of work, is 1t
strange that environment, circum-
stances, pride. and a hundred other
factors often lead men askew?
IT man has a love of flowers, for
instance, but has to devote his lie
to soap. how can he be happy?
If another has a strange yearning
after cleanliness. and longs to manu-.
facture better and bigger bars of soap
for the dirty millions, how can he be
cheerful puttering around in green
house?.
The happy men in this world, no
matter what their station in life, are
the men who are doing what they
genuinely love to do, in accordance
with the dictates of their own minds
and hearts and innate abilities.
If you have ever seen photograph
Of Thomas Edison or of the late
Luther Burbank you will understand.
X X
Burbank was a sublime potterer.
Suppose he had been forced, by n
strange ironical destiny, to become a
political boss"
There is little doubt that he would
have become a good one. The same
qualities of mind that led him to be-
come one of the worlds greatest plant
breeders, working hand in hand with
creation, would have enabled him to
solve the petty trickeries of politics,
the necessary arts and wiles of han
ding men.
Yet all the time, despite his honors
in the public eye, he would have been
vastly unhappy man, whose hands,
although unknowingly, would have
longed for the touch of soil, and whose
eyes, although unwittingly, would
have looked in vain for the glorious
unfolding of his dream flower.
X X X
No man can be what he wants to
be if all the time he is trying to be
somebody else.
He may be success" but at the
same time he is "going around in cir
cles" and doesn't know 1t.
Happy is the fate that will kick
him into himself at last.
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Shanghai Falls.

Cool heads are needed in Shanghai.
"A single spark, struck off in the
night, might lead to the slaughter of
the remnant of foreigners scattered
through China and even endanger
those who have taken refuge in
Shanghai The foreign settlement at
Shanghai is believed to be amply pro-
tected by military and naval forces
assembled by the powers for that pur.
pose. But outside Of that settlement,
the situation is vastly different.
Shanghai, the native city, has
fallen. The Cantonese. the southern
Nationalist, have taken over that
great port. But between the looting
of the victorious southerners and the
unchecked activities of some of the
retreating northern soldiers. there is
ample opportunity for injury to for
eigners and their property which
might lead to open conflict between
the Chinese and the international
forces.
Hope is found in the statement is
sued recently by the general of the
Cantonese forces, declaring it was
not his purpose to attempt to take
the foreign settlement by force; that
the Cantonese would not seize, but
would protect, foreign property.
There Is good sense in his advice
that foreign troops be kept inside
the foreign settlement and that for
eigners observe strict neutrality.
The fall of Shanghai before the
victorious Nationalist of southern
China may be forerunner of poll
tical events of tremendous impor-
lance in that country. China for
the ChineseT" is the slogan of the
Nationalists. 1t has sounded over all
China, and has struck responsive
chord among the Chinese of the ter
ritory into which the southerners
have penetrated. Much will depend
upon the ability of the present Ma
tionalist movement to hold together.
II It fails. it will be because Of dis
sensions among the Chinese them.
selves. 1t has been difficult for
Westerners to visualize a China
united in purpose and aroused. For
scores of years, the Chinese have
been played, one faction against an
other. Even now, Red Russia and
White Russia are deeply implicated
In the contest waging between the
forces of the south and the north.
The fall of Shanghai is hailed in
Moscow as an event of vast signifi-
canoe, rightly or wrongly, for the
proletariat. But no one can now pre-
dict with certainty how far the Chi
nese will travel along the road to
sovietism or communism, or whether
the Nationalist movement will wend
Its way toward democracy like that
Of the United States.
The immediate problem in Shang-
hal, however. is the protection of
Americans and Europeans, assembled
there in great numbers, and at the
same time the avoidance of killing
Chinese by the foreign troops. The
last would infiame the whole of
China. Massacres. followed by a real
war of great international significance,
might be the result
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-22

@. From what events did the Greeks
and Romans reckon time?-J. G.. G..
A. The Greeks dated everything
from the so-called Olympic Register,
a traditional list of the victors OF the
Olympic games, starting with the year
Il6 BE. according to our reckoning
The Romans counted time from the
founding of their city. 75S BIC.
@. Ii | spoil an envelope bought
ready stamped, can / cut out the
stamp and paste 1t on another en-
veiope?--M Mem.
A. The Post Office Department SAYS
that embossed stamps cut from EN-
bossed stamped envelopes are not ac.
embossed stamped envelope may be
redeemed at postage value when pre-
sented by the original purchaser.
o. What gives radishes their pun
gent taste?--W. S. y.
A. The Department of Agriculture
says that the pungent flavor of
radishes is due to sulphur. similar to
the essential oil in mustard
@. What is cost plus" contract?
ID. +.
A. A cost plus contract is one In
which the contractor agrees TO sell
certain things or render Il stipulated
service at the actual cost of produc-
ton or cost of the service plus an
agreed percentage of that cost as his
profit.
Q. Where do flies go in Winter
G.. r.
A. Tt has been proved that most
flies die in Winter. 1t is likewise GER.
tain that some few of them find places
of warmth and protection, live through
the cold season and start new gener.
atoms in the Spring. If these few
could be killed, the millions that fol.
low them would not be born. This
idea is the basis of the campaign for
killing flies in the Spring. One fly
killed in the Spring may mean mil.
lions fewer in August.
@. What was the disease known as
"the Kings evil"?-C. e.
A. This was the old English name
for scrofula. 1t was derived from the
belief that the disease could be cured
by the royal touch. The faith in its
efficacy was widespread, surviving
several centuries. Both the English
and French kings practiced this rite,
originated by Edward the Confessor.
Q. How long will 1t be before the
9-foot stage Of water the year around
in the Ohio River will be an accom-
plished fact?-G. F.
A. 1t will take approximately five
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-22
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

New Celebrity.
The villain whom we once would hiss
Now ambles on at ease;
AS he attains to glory's bliss
He does not have to please.
The heroine. with sweet regrets.
The hero. in his rage,
Appeal in vain--the william gets
The center Of the stage.
some crime wave splashes on the
map,
No matter where you turn.
Forgotten is the comic chap
From whom new jests we'd learn.
Arson or murder, frauds or fakes,
Must now our minds engage.
In real life the villain takes
The center of the stage.
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ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

years before all the locks and dams
on the Ohio River are completed so as
to give a 9-foot stage of water the
year around All the locks and dams
are undergoing construction except
the one at Mounds City There are
nine to he completed. On July l.
1926, the stage of completion of the
eight under construction varied from
% per cent to SO per cent.
@. What is American broadtail?
r.. r. H.
A. Fur known as American broad
tail is South American lamb, sheared,
pressed and dyed.
Q. When was Jack Dempsey born?
$ Nj.
A. On June %. 1895.
O. What can be put in soap suds
40 that little folks can blow bubbles
easily?--A. r. L.
A. If a few drops of glycerin are
added to soap suds. soap bubbles will
| not burst so easily.
Q. Where is sulphur produced in
paying quantities in the United
| States?-W. G..
| a. 1t is produced in commercial
quantities only in Louisiana and
| Texas.
Q. How high is the Lincoln Me-
| morial?-E. G.. r.
| A. 1t is 10 feet in height from the
| top of the foundation. 1t is POI feet
| 10 inches long by 1872 feet wide, meas
uring at the bottom step.
@. II the soil of China is so fertile.
why does a drought cause a famine?
IS. S.
| A. The soil of China, while ex-
| tremely fertile. is too porous for sue
cessful irrigation, and the crops de-
pend entirely upon favorable rain
| fall.
Stop minute and think about this
| fact: You can ask The Evening Star
| Information Bureau any question of
| fact and get the dnSlCer back in u
| personal letter. 1t is a great educa-
| ti0naI idea introduced into the Hires Of
! the most intelligent people in the
! 1COrld--Americdn newspaper readers.
It is part OF that best purpose of
| elOSpdper-Seruice. There is no
| charge eTcept 2 cents in stamps for
return postage. Get the habit Of dSk-
ing questions. Address your letter to
The Epenfn0 Star Information Bu-
redu, Frederic j. Hdskin, Director,
Washington, ID. C..
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for Underwood
Is Expressed as He Retires

Congress In respect of intellect, states
manship and the qualities going with
these to make sound leadership. His
retirement Is sincerely regretted,
therefore, by Americans of all sections
and of all shades of political belief. -
The Admission Star, acknowledging
that it has "often differed with Sena-
tor Underwood on public issues" de-
clares it has never failed to admire
the man for his moral courage and his
political integrity. He has remained
loyal to his convictions" continues
that paper, when to have compro-
missed might have given him the presi-
dency Certainly 1t would have en-
abled him to hold his seat in the Sen
ate as long as he desired without ma
terial opposition"
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Turkey claims to have a woman 100
years of age. Her escape from the
cruelties Of harem life indicates that
she must have been very good,
though perhaps not very beautiful.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-22

Detroit has provided Senator Reed
OF missouri with enough controversial
exercise to keep him in Summer prac.
tice. even without the Pennsylvania
election Investigations.
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Bolshevist influence is held largely
responsible for the trouble In China.
Like most bolshevist demonstrations,
the object lesson inspires no conf.
dence whatever.
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Annual Custom.

What though the sky be blue and
clear.
While balmy is the softened gale.
we pause In fear, for every year
We think the fruit crops going to
fail.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-22

In few weeks Judge Lands will
be able to turn the responsibilities of
making decisions in the great Ameri.
can game entirely over to the UNI.
pires.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-22

Farmers subscribe to Henry Ford's
paper, which Mr.. Ford himself nee,.
lects to read. One Of the problems of
agriculture is created by an avalanche
OF all kinds of persuasive literature.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-22

In addition to anxiety about the
fruit, March brings to the District of
Columbia certain amount of solicit.
tude concerning the cherry blossom
crop.
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Musical Advantage.

"USICdI AuVHnTdge.
Are you. fond of music?"
admire it," answered Senator
Sorghum. 1T enables a man with a
good voice to gather up all kinds of
applause without risking his future
on any kind Of an opinion whatso.
ever"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-22

Hints are dropped by counsel that
Henry Ford's publication was not rem
dered sufficiently interesting to make
him read it himself.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-22

Jud Tunkins says some people re.
gard the Ten Commandments like the
parking regulations. and never miss a.
chance to beat EN- IL they can.
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when 1t at all promotes the progress
of the story, becomes invisible" A
touch for romance from this amazing
outlook upon the true essence of
literature, and upon the true essence
of life as wen
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Biography OF Great Riches.


His wealth clothes his daughters In
raiment ornate;
He wears his suspenders in primitive
state.
The other intent on rich viands may
be-
The doctors restrict him to crackers
and tea.
He goes to no parties, he joins in no
dance;
For such things his lawyers won't
give him a chance.
The most he can do as through life
he must trudge
Is face the grand curry or say,
''Mornin', judge!'
"A days work." said Uncle Eben,
don't allus git de consideration it's
entitled to as friend in need"
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Almost in Fashion.

From the New York Herald Tribune.
Eve could come back today without
suffering great deal OF embarrass-
ment. a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-22

From the Muskogee Daily Phenix.
Art is long. Especially the art of
collecting installment payments.
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Establishing an Ipdustrv

You regard Crimson Gulch az the
coming metropolis of your Slater"
II do" answered Cactus Joe. "we
have all kinds Of influence over legis.
lation. All we need for big local reve.
nue. is a few good divorce lawyers and
a big hotel"
TOO Often" said Hi Ho, the SAGE of
Chinatown, I'VE seek to improve our
fellow men while neglecting to i'm.
prove ourselves"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-22

For the Inventive Genius.
From the Baltimore Sun.
Wonderful things await the genius
who invents woman who goes when
she says she must.
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the use of any really important meth =
DDS of analysis. And no one at all
so completely eliminates dogmatism
and the dictum of the professional
critic as does this man who goes
his way in a bland and innocent
subtlety Of satire that is clearly
unique, the only one of It's kind.
Reading here, ones mind reverts to
"Jurgen" and THE Silver Stallion"
both of which came under the re-
proach of naughtineSs from certain
good people. Beyond Life" throws
these books into a high light which
makes it perfectly clear that Mr..
Cabell is not talking about what
these careful people are thinking
about. So. probably from their point
of view. the reproach is a fair one.
But having read Beyond Life" you
will take up these other two books
in new Zest of appreciation, in q
new fervor of homage to the most
intellectual, to the most subtle, to
the most daring and brilliant writer
that you are likely to meet in many
q year.
And Sophocles said: HE paints
men as they are; / paint them as
they ought to be-" Just to catch the
way of Cabell. read this bit chosen
quite at random: For the Greeks.
who were nurtured among arts mas
terworks, recognized, with much of
that perturbing candor wherewith
children everywhere appraise their
associates, that gracefully to prevari-
cate about mankind and human
existence was arts signal function.
AS a by-product of this perception,
hellenic literature restrained its en-
deavors to embroidering events that
Ill l.
erased the evidence for or against
their actual occurrence; and poets
evoked protagonists worth noble han
ding from the bright mists of an
tiquity Even Homer, the most an
cient of great verbal artists, elected
to deal with legends that in his day
were venerable. In Homer when
Ajax lifts Q stone It is with the
strength OF 10 warriors. and Odysseus,
Evening star., 1927-08-15

ernment, backed by an informed
public opinion. protecting the public
interest by prescribing broad rules Of
conduct?
II am one of those who believe that
our hope lies in the latter form Of
control"
The Secretary also cautioned against
putting more desert and swamp land
into cultivation" and urged adoption
of a comprehensive agricultural policy
that with other things would aim
Ito provide in the country opportu-
mites equal to those offered in cities
for persons of comparable ability"
Evening star., 1927-08-15

labor and agriculture" the Senator
wrote.
Farm incomes have decreas sed ~
per cent in six years. Senator Ship
stead stated.
The total average monthly pay roll,
he said, was decreased more than 80
per cent since 1920. and employment
has decreased more than Is per cent
since 1920. because Of new ma
chinery. Senator Shipstead said, Il
find industry is getting u much larger
production with less employment of
labor and as result income and
value Of industrial corporations have
increased 20 per cent in four years
as revealed by the statistics Of the
Department of Commerce"
Consequently. continued the Sena-
tor, the farmers are feeding the in
dustrial sections of the country for
less than the cost Of production with
an increased income by the leading
corporations of an average of 20 per
cent.
This information" the letter con.
cluded, should definitely kill the
propaganda that has been spread
charging labor with the cause of the
high cost of living"
Evening star., 1927-08-15

try. United states
Senator II e nri k
Shipstead, Farm
Cr.L.abor. of Min.
ncsota declared in
Il letter to T.. G..
Hall. president of
the NJ | n n e sofa
State Federation
Of Labor. which
opens its forty.
fifth annual con-
vention today.
The naladjust-
ment in the social
fabric is to a large
extent due to leg
islatton that has
been passed IA
voring industry at