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Evening star., 1927-10-02

Y f you look right hard, you can
still see a horse on the street,
now and then. One ran amuck
i the other day. He was a gaunt
old fellow with, seemingly. more
ibis than nature allows for, and.
maybe, he was thinking Of the home
pasture, where he could eat and eat,
Evening star., 1927-10-02

hers the more elegant figure. but 1t
was not the popular opinion. The
night I accepted your dear grand
father-my eleventh proposal to your
aunt's third--I wore a tea rose like
that one. in my har-on the left
side below the ear. All thought us
an extremely handsome young pair.
81 bet you were a peach, Grammer,
and, if it wasn't for the looks Of the
thing, I'd shake you right here on
the street for not handing down your
good looks to- the best grandchild
YOU got to your name. Come along,
honey, there's lot more things we
got to see"
The jolly, youngish woman piloted
off her little wlsp of grandmother
and another observer Of the flower
show in the shop window paused to
consider the magic power of a white
Kid bloom that could so cOnjure up
youth. beauty and the f1irtatious
vanities that go with youth and
beauty-for an ancient, bent little
woman, whose walking depended upon
loving arm and a good, stout gold
topped can that. doubtless, once be.
longed to the last century gentleman
who had helped to make the other
half to an extremely handsome young
pair.
Isn't memory a jollier? Except
when it is a scourge.
X X X \
NEITHER of them believed in war
and they didn't mind IL every
passenger in the car heard them say
it, which they did
lie said that only the men who be-
Evening star., 1927-10-02
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PIEDMONT LGDtF-i.o,airl ~ b"lrfiftI
Picimnnt Va po2t Ke<wielt Hurtinc ri.iing
and hnnting Va ooo&inE Mrs Arnu
Bowrock keswitk. Va. -
Evening star., 1927-10-02

owners that had left them at their
country cottages. because hunting
dogs are not adapted to town'--and
feeling all right as TO their disloyalty
because hunting dog can always
retrieve his food-without giving a
thought to the ice.bound Winter that
follows on the heels Of Fall.
Greetings both in Spanish and in
English" from another dear fellow
worker brought to mind the memory
of another church; its altars ablaze
with candles in priceless chandeliers;
its auditorium packed and jammed
with fervent devotees. The woman
recalled her own pilgrimage to
churches, to ancient Castle MORO. to
gay, sunny places where Havana loves
to laugh and dance-and to that sin.
lister tumble of wreck, in the out
side waters. that had once been the
good ship Maine.
A small shoal of other cards testi.
fled to frolic times at seasides and
mountain tops and, for the latest ar
rival, glimpse of Lancaster, n. H.
from Mt. Prospect" with its mes
sage:
Il have never seen the foliage in
the White Mountains more beautiful
than right now"
Though she had never been there,
the woman could vision the glory of
that high-up region just as Summer
was kissing Autumn good-by-and the
kindness of an observer to pass that
glory on.
All of which is long way of say
ing that vacations, like most things
in life, are just state of mind.
X ae
she had lodged Father Time in the
~ same fashion that a hcre-and-
there daisy-top escapes the farmer
mans scythe. And she was standing
before a showcase with n jolly, young
ish woman who had her in tow.
Il used to wear a tea rose like
that in my hair, to every ball l
went tom the left side, below the
ear. All thought ii most becoming
Your Aunt Elizabeth wore flowers to
match the colors Of her dress, but |
never appeared in anything but white
tarlaton flounced to the waist-with a
tea rose in my hair--on the left side,
below the ear. Your grandfather
thought it most becoming. All said
we were an extremely handsome
young couple. Your aunt considered
Evening star., 1927-10-22
MRS. CHAMBERLIN
HEADS WELFARE BODY
Succeeds Jellef as Chairman of In
dorsement Committee on
Charitable Group.

Mrs. William F.. Chamberln OF the
Women's City Club was elected chair.
man Of the Endorsement Committee
on Welfare Organizations. which was
appointed by the District COmmiss.
toner's to protect the public from un.
worthy charities, yesterday afternoon
at the annual meeting of the organi.
zaticn in The Star Building. Mrs.
Chamber rlin succeeds Frank r.. .ielleff.
Edward ID. Shaw of the Mercha nts
and Manufacturers Association was
elected secretary and +. +. Brandstedf
was elected treasurer.
The committee. composed OF repre-
sentatiyes Of local civic and business
orga MIA tiOns, investigates the various
welfare organizations operating in the
District of Columbia and publishes a
list OF those deemed worthy of pub
lie support. This approved list. for
the sake of convenience, is published
on page 20 of the classified section
Of the telephone directory.
The members Of this committee are
as follows: i. NJ. Bealer, Miss Mabel
Boardman, Thomas w. Brahaney, r.
Mrs. William r. Chamberlin, NJ. o.
Chance, DIR. Arthur G. Christie.
Charles Clagett, Charles w. Darr. G..
F. Donohoe, I. l.. Goldheim, r. G..
Graham, c. F.. Hood, Frank r. Jell-
eff, Rudolph Jose. DIR. William J. Ker-
by. Mark Lansburgh. NJ. A. Leese,
Mrs J. Jerome Lightfoot. Judge Mary
O'Toole, Edward ID. Shaw, A. e. Shoe
maker, J.. A. Simon, Edward Stafford.
Mrs. Lyman r. Swormstedt, j. G..
Wineman and G. III. Winslow.
Evening star., 1927-10-22
FALL FIELD TRIALS SET.

Special Dispatch TO The Star.
FAIRFAX, Va, October 22.-The
National Capital Field Trial Associa :
ton will hold its fifteenth annual
Fall trials for quail on the Center
VILE run in Fairfax County beginning
on Monday. Headquarters will be
established at the Tavern in Fair
fax and the drawings for the trials
will be held there tomorrow evening
at 8 pm. Entries closed on Octo-
ber IT.
Two stakes are to be run. the
members derby and the members
ail.age competition, open to point
ers and settlers owned by club
members and handled by amateurs
only. Handsome trophies are to be
awarded for first, second and third
places in each stake.
IN the members derby all en-
trants must he registered in the
American Kennel Club and must he
wheIped on or after January ], 1925.
Dogs may be entered in the members
all.age stake regardless whether they
have won in previous meets or not.
In addition to trophies for the first
three winners, the first leg on the
w. Frank Burrows Master Ben X
trophy will be awarded. This must
be won three times for permanent
possession.
Evening star., 1927-10-22
LIGHT RATE CUT
/ PROMISED BY HAM
Reduction, Amount Unde-
cided, to Be Made on
January I, He Says.

Another reduction in electric cur
rent rates In the District will be put
into effect January /, William F..
Ham. president of the Potomac Elec-
trio Power Co, announced last night
in a radio address broadcast by WRC
In connection with the electric night"
program IN observance of the forty.
eighth anniversary Of the invention Of
the incadescent lamp by Thomas A..
Edison.
Mr.. Ham. however, gave no indica-
tion of the probable amount of the
reduction. This will be determined
by the earnings Of the company above
7H per cent for the current calendar
year. oneh half Of which will he applied
10 the reduction through the profit
sharing arrangement the company has
with the Public Utilities Commission.
The forthcoming reduction will be
The fourth in az many years. The
combined reductions in last three
years has amounted 10 371z per cent.
The first cut was from 10 cents 10 ia
rents a kilowatt hour. The next re.
duced the rates to cents, and the
deduction put into effect last January
j brought the rates down TO tht
present Ga cents.
Mr.. Ham reminded the radio audi
bnce that the decrease in the cost Oi
sslectricity in Washington in the last
few years has been much greater
shan in the average Of other cities.
Evening star., 1927-10-22
K|DNAP|NGS SPREAD
PANIC IN SHANGHAI
Abduction of 20 Merchants.
Bankers and Profess
sionaI Men Reported.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
SHANGHAI, China. October IA
reign OF terror has swept ths wealthy
Chinese district Of the international
settlement during the last - hours
Chinese merchants, bankers and pre-
fessional men.
The authorities have been unable
to cope with the situation, because
the families OF the victims, fearful
Of reprisaIs, refuse to supply any in
forma ton.
From what can be learned Of the
activities of the kidnapers, 1t appears
that the bands have organized a per-
feet intelligence service" Their vic.
Tins are bled OF all available wealth,
sometimes on the installment plan, a nd
then instead OF being freed. are sold
from one gang OF kidnapers to
another.
The secretary OF the Nationalist
Minister OF foreign affairs said this
morning that many wealthy Chinese
are fleeing to Darien and Tientsin
with the result that the Chinese banllt
ing business has decreased so per
the resulting situation was very seri-
Gus.
The tendency In Shanghai II to at.
tribute all the unrest to Communist
activities and one report was that
the gangs OF kidnapers are devoting
their spOils to Communist propaga nda.
The Communist General Labor Union
is carrying out vigorous propaga nda
and serious unrest exists among the
milihands, dockworHers and coolie
labor generally.
1t is even declared in Chinese cir.
cles that at a secret meeting OF leaders
of the millhands resolution was
| adopted calling for the organization ot
| a special assassination corps for the
| murder Of all reactionaries. .
kuomin, the Nanking Nationalist
| official news agency, yesterday stated
| that 1T had received private dispatches
| from Nukden, Manchuria, saying that
two British firms have lent $50. 600. 900
| (Mexican) to Marshal Chang Tso-Lin.
the Northern dictator. in return for
exclusive rights to build a railroad.
The names of the British firms were
not given in the adyices, which said
that the railroad was to form an inn
pOrtant link across the Province of
Chihli connecting the Tientsin-Ts ng.
cHoW-INaHklHR llne III tne east Wild
the Peking -Chentow- Han nkow line in
the west, both main traffic arteries in
the province.
The Marking authorities have de.
! nounced Gen. Tang Sengchi. the Han
kow dictator, as a traitor to the Ma
tionalist cause. charging that he has
| allied himself with Chang Tso-Lin.
Sun Chuan-Fang and Chang Tsung-
Chang, the main figures In the
Northern alliance, seeking to over.
throw the Nanking government.
Marking forces proceeding up the
Yangtze River toward Hankow have
had clashes with Hankow troops and
the latter are reported Withdrawing.
Evening star., 1927-10-22
SECRETARY OF WAR
ANSWERSPAC|F|STS.
Challenges Charge of Excess
sive Expenditures for Mill
tary Establishments.

Not only is the military establish
ment not responsible for IS per cent
of all expenditures by the Government,
as the pacifists charge. but in reality
IL might fairly be credited with paying
dividends at the rate Of $40, 900. 900, 900
a year-the national income--as go
ing concern, Secretary Davis of the
War Department says.
He cites the cost of our wars as
$40, ,000, 900. 900 and the wealth Of the
United States as S400, 0,000, 900, 900 in
striking a balance sheet of the colossal
investment that In secured by the
Army and Navy and defended by them
against a cOvetous world.
in an authorized interview in the
Magazine OF Wall Street with Theo-
dOre NJ. knappen. Secretary Davis
argues that $500 900 900 a year is not
too high price TO pay for prepared
ness as an insurance upon our ma
tional wealth. approaching $500 ,000,-
000, 900, emphasizing that the purpose
Of our military ganizations is to pre-
vent wars as well az to fight them
when they come.
Service Of Army and Navy.
He also points out how the Army
and Navy have aided in the develop
through non-military tasks. as follows:
ITO their credit as victor in all our
wars there is to be added n great score
of essentially civil, directly productive
and huma ntarian work. About one
third of the annual cost OF the Army
Is for n0n-military functions. From
the days of Lewis and Clark to this
age Of aviation, the Army has been the
Nations pathfinder and explorer, engi.
neer, geologist, road builder, surveyor,
Investigator in medicine and surgery.
rescuer in fire and flood, repressor OF
civil disorder and the ready means of
meeting Il variety of emergencies.
almost every railroad built in this
country before 1855 was located, con.
structed and managed by Army engi.
neers. Among them were the Balti.
more & Ohio, the Northern Central
| TIE Erie, the Boston & Providence, the
New York, New Haven e. Hartford
and the Boston a. Albany. Practically
| all the continental lines were projected
| by the Army. IT built the Erie and
| Chesapeake & Ohio canals and the
great national highway from cumber.
land, Md, to st. Louis. The bounda-
| rieS of the United States and most OF
| the State boundaries were surveyed
and marked by the Army. Most OF
our lighthouses were raised by the
Army. Our harbors and sea channels
| and our inland waterways everywhere
bear the impress of the Army. The
| Army completed and the War Depart
ment Is associated with the admins
| tration OF the Panama Canal. The
foundations of government were laid
| by the Army in Alaska. laval. Cuba
Porta Rico and ihe Philippines.
THE Signal Corps OF the Army laid
shs eionser telegraph lipes throuG hou
Evening star., 1927-10-22

Sunshine Mary" veteran news.
paper vendor, who for years made her
stand at the corner of Thirteenth
street and Pennsylvania avenue. where,
known for her cheering smile, she
became familiar figure 10 the
throngs who passed each day, died
Yesterday in her seventh-fourth year
from pneumonia caused by exposure TO
cold rain.
Her real name was Margaret ID.
Bailey and she lived at 1881 & street
with her daughter, Mrs. Murlel b.
Hull. Wednesday of last week she
returned home soaking wet from the
rain in which she had stood smilingiY
selling her papers throughout the
whole day.
Refuses Medical Aid.
"Sunshine Mary" was cold and her
chest was gripped with pain. Smii
ing still, she would not complain, ana
when her daughter suggested that abe
call in a doctor she refused. believing
as she had always believed that ahe
could not be sick az long as ahe made
up her mind to he cheerful,
But Sunshine Mary had not reel
oned with the years, nld aye had
laid an snfecbling hand npen her, and
the cold which she might onee have
thrown or was leading her 10 the
grave,
Refusing to listen te her daughter =
advice, she returned la her post Thurs.
day. hut although she smiled. the
familiar voice that called star" had
Evening star., 1927-10-22
SUNSHINE NARY SMILES AS EYES
ARE CLOSED BY GRIM REAPER
'Mother" of Newsies, Familiar to Wash
ingtonians for Years, Is Victim of Cold
Contracted While at Work.

grown weaker and betrayed her i'll,
ness.
Early Friday morning when the
daughter went to her mothers room
to awaken her she found that her
heart was barely beating. and before
physicians could reach her the little
old woman had passed away.
And the story is told that this voice
which had grown SO weak once was a
beautiful lyric soprano that led her to
the threshold of an operate career.
Sunshine Mary had been church
singer of note in san Fra nciSco. and
had sung i'm Gilbert aud Sullivan
operas when the care Of an invalid
husband and n tiny daughter had
forced her to abandon her career.
Married Sea Captain.
She had been a pioneer to the West.
where. after arriving there in a
prairie schooner with her grand.
parents, she was adopted by wealthy
fruit grower of san Jose. Educated
In convent. she married a sea cap.
tain, Samuel Rally, who took her 10
san Francisco. where her daughter
Was born,
The mlsfortuneg that followed
weuid have crushed n less courageous
srttlt. Almost 20 years ago Sunshine
Mary came To Washington and he
rame "mother' tn her fellow newsies
and a friend To all who bought her
papers, Only once had she left her
corner for any length OF time, and
this was In the Summer Of 1927 when
she suffered = sun stroke and for
weeks hosered near death.
Evening star., 1927-10-22
new ENGLISH COURSE
OUTLINE is GIVEN
Teachers of Seventh and Eighth
Grades Are Told of Aims
of System.

The recently instituted course IA
English for the seventh and eighth
grades OF the elementary and Junior
high schools of divisions 10 to 10 was
interpreted and it's features outlined
by Miss Otelia Cromwell, head OF the
department of English in those divis-
ions, at a meeting OF teachers and
officers in the Frankli School Admin.
istration Building yesterday after.
noon.
Under the supervision of G. G. VIII
kinsOn, assistant superintendent in
charge of the schools in those divis-
ions, the meeting was held and the
Interpretation given i'm order that each
teacher who will present the course
might have a uniform understanding
of it's aims, in common with other
teachers of the same class.
The course was approved by the
Board of Education last May as an
assurance that pupils still working
under the old elementary school plan
in the seventh and eighth grades
will have the same course of study
which those students now in the
Junior high schools corresponding
grades. 1t was installed in the schools
this semester for the first time.
Evening star., 1927-10-22
MOROCCANS KIDNAP
a FRENCH CITIZENS
Members of Resident Generals 8
Family Taken Into Atlas
Mountains.

By the Associated Press.
CASA BLANCA, Morocco, October
22.-Four members of the family of
Theodore Steeg, French resident gen
eraI i'm Morocco. have been kidnapped
by Moroccan dissidents and taken to
the foot OF the middle Atlas range
200 miles south of Casa Blanca.
Adyices reaching here state that the
four missing persons are Mr.. and Mrs.
Yves Steeg, nephew and niece of the
resident general, and Mr.. and Mrs.
Jean Maillet. who are distantly re-
lated to him.
The aba ndoned automobile in which
the four had been riding on a hunt
ing trip in the foot of the Atlas
Mountains has been found. bullet rid
den, with two hunting dogs, which
accompanied them. dead in the bottom
of the car, their throats slit.
1t is hoped here that the four per-
SONS escaped injury and that in view
of their prominence they will be held
for ransom.
Evening star., 1927-10-22

is fatal to success" he said '"The
Government should only regulate and
never manage private business in its
rela tions with the public"
Life today is a happier experience
for the average man or woman in the
United States. Mr.. Edison declared,
but he could not plunge into his own
history and bring up the lone hap
piest moment" in his life. The thrill
OF success in each new invention, he
said, brought it's own great satisfac-
ton, but lie never lost time in digging
into another and awaiting the next
great moment.
Productivity Depends on Work.
Hard work never shortens any mans
life if he likes the work, the inventor
asserted, and most great inventions
may be attributed to young men be-
cause their youth gave them greater
energy and will 10 work Any man S
productivity. he said, depends wholly
upon his health, ambition and will to
work.
Mr.. Edison's interview was part OF a
program that included an address by
DR.. John w. Lieb, vice president of
The New York Edison Co. on the his.
tory Of the incandescent lamp. and a
talk by Gerard Swope, president of
the General Electric co.
The interview with the inventor
took place in his own library at his
laboratory in West Orange, n. j. Tt
was "cut in" on hoOk-up of AZ sta.
tons, programs on each of which in
cluded addresses by industrial leaders
IN the vicinity of the local stations
from Boston to honolulu.
Evening star., 1927-10-22

the West, The Army has led in the
deyelopment OF aviation and the radio.
It even founded our great steel indus
try through it's requiem and
specifications. =,
"The practice OF making standard
interchangeable parts, the very es'
sence Of mass production. was orlRl
mated by the American Army in the
:, anufacture Of rifles - long ago as
1898. The greater part or the enSl'
neering work of the Federal Power
Commission in administering the
water-DoWer resources of the Govern
ments falls To the Army eng gineers'
Tie Weather Bureau began In the
Army. The Army doctors conquered
yellow fever and learned how the
white man might master the heat ana
diseases Of The tropics.
Our Army and Navy have ever
been great schools for success in clVii
life. During the first century OF It's
existence West Point alone contrib
uted c,371 men to eminent positions in
civil life--men who took a great part
In creating our national patrimony.
The ranks of the Army are a vast
trade school which annually sends
thousands Of trained and disciplined
men back into civil life. The disci,
pllned Army veteran is the preferred
policeman and State trooper. and an
honorable discharge from the Army Is
the best introduction a man can have
TO a job.
Taking 1t altogether. the Army and
Navy can well stand the debit of all
the billions and billions our wars and
pensions, compensation and insurance
have cost us. if they must be charged
to men who did not incur them. AZ
against the credit that must likewise
go to them for the unbroken record
OF protection OF the largest and hest
paying investment In the world the
United States OF America.
Evening star., 1927-10-22
LEACH TAKESLEAD
IN GOLF TOURNEY
Finishes Third Round in SO
Shattering Par by z
Strokes.

Willie Leach of Overbrook, Penn
sylvanis, took the lead in the Middle
Atlantic open golf championship AT
the Indian Spring Golf Club today
with a score of 221 at the end OF the
third round.
Shattering par by two strokes
Leach was around in SO this morning
to finish the third round one shot in
front OF Fred Mcleod of Columbia
and Glenn Spencer OF Baltimore, who
are tied for second at the end Of the
ffty.fOurth hole with totals of 222
Mcleod and Spencer were tied foI
first place over the first 36 holes yes
terday with cards of 146. Both reg
istered rs for the third round this
morning.
Leo Diege1 of New York. the defend
ing title holder. forged into danger
0us position over the third round
registering 90 to finish with a 81
hole total Of 224. Thomas ID. Armour
Of Congressional, the national open
title holder, who was tied for second
place yesterday, took IS this morning
and is in fifth place, with 225.
Other totals follow: Craig Wood, Bal
tusrOl, New jersey, 150-75225; George
J. VOigt, Bannockburn. amateur. ISL
1926; Robert T. Barnett, Chevy
Chase. 151-75-226; James Thompson,
Richmond. 153-76-229; Il. G. Mckim-
mie, una ttached. 150-79229; Harold
r. McMaster, Baltimore, 155-7b-230
Mike Turnesa, New York. 145-7S-E32;
Eddie Towns. Indian Springs. 1878
235: Alex Armour, Congressional,
157-79-236.
While Mcleod and Spencer were
fighting for the lead, Leach was out
in "a, one under par. and back in 35.
also one under par for his card OF 50.
Diegel, out in 81. played four consecu-
tive holes from the twenfth in brides,
registering 3.2.3.4