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Building Heights.

resolution adopted by the Com
ference of City Planners. in session
here, calls on all State and local au-
on the height of buildings when
excessive heights would prove a
detriment to the orderly development
of the city. 1t noted as especially
necessary such limitations in the
National Capital. where the dignity
and impreSsiveness of public build
ings may be injured unless appro-
pirate standards for the development
of private property are set and
maintained"
This resolution expresses a preva-
lent feeling that the eagerness to
secure greater use of square footage
may make American cities monstrosi-
ties, not merely disflguring in ap-
pearance but creating conditions OF
congestion which will become dam
gerous in time.
II is obvious that the higher the
buildings rise the greater becomes the
number Of people housed in a given
area. Those people in the business
district must be moved twice daily
at least. If a. hundred thousand
workers are concentrated within the
space of a square half mile their
transportation needs are twice as
great as though they were distributed
over square mile. If by the increase
OF building heights the same number
Of people can be concentrated in a
square quarter mile, with similar
concentrations close at hand, the
transportation problem is made cor
respondingly more difficult of solu-
tion. Recently an enormously high
building was projected for the central
portion Of New York City, structure
so high that it was estimated that
| its occupants would for speedy tran
sit require the services OF at least
Ave subways.
There Is no occasion in Washing
ton, at least, for such an intense
concentration Of population in the
business area. There is abundant
space over which the daily work of
the city can be spread. Conditions
do not justify the centering of all of
the nom Government activities within
"a small radius through the increase
Ebf building heights. The transporta-
Etion problem is difficult here at pres
llent. Street congestion presents a
serious problem now and it would be
much more serious If q. policy Of high
constructions were adopted, concen-
trating the urban workers still more
closely.
I On the side Of the appearance of
Washington it Is undehiable that the
limiting OF building heights to rea-
sonable bounds is desirable. This is
primarily a city Of Government serv-
ice. Its major and significant struc-
lures are those provided for the
transaction Of the Federal business.
They should not be dwarfed or rem
dered insignificant by the develop
ment OF private constructions rising
to great heights.
Mistakes that have been made in
the past do not justify continued
projections beyond the skyline Of
proper proportion. The District zon-
ing law has not operated to prevent
excesses through special dispensation.
j The recommendation of the Confer
ence of City Planners should have
weight with Congress and with
municipal authorities to prevent fur
lther trespasses and to insure a strict
observance Of the rule of reason in
determining the height OF private
structures.
Evening star., 1927-05-12

When the Chinese men cut Off their
cues, they set new pace in hair.
dressing-one that is not compared in
significance with the decision OF many
Chinese ladies to adopt the boy bob.
Evening star., 1927-05-12

A movie star is embarrassed in court
when compelled to appear in a divorce
case. A true comedian includes q
show of embarrassment as part Of
his regular artistic technique.
Evening star., 1927-05-12

s'The" circus is now mentioned.
Gone are the days when "a" circus
was mentioned as an incident OF the
season. Even frivolous amusement
falls under the influence Of capitalistic
Evening star., 1927-05-12

In spite Of the immense amount Of
time rivers and harbors discussion has
occupied, Congress has not been able
to fortify the Mississippi for a real
emergency.
Evening star., 1927-05-12

A discredited American movie star
is going to Germany to make pictures
under the name of 'Will b. Goodrich. "
The first three syllables indicate re.
pentance. and the final one a hope.
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Service,

An artist could not turn the trick
OF effort sad or funny,
He learned to lay row Of brick
And earned himself some money.
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Found His Match.

From the Boston Herald.
The man who would steal the cop.
pers of the eyes of corpse has a
rival in the thief who stole the bronze
markers from the veterans graves in
Hanover.
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Completing the Job.

From the Cleveland News.
Bar association request that jurors
names be drawn from poll lists ex-
clusively must be intended to do away
with the last vestiges of the voting
custom.
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Hindenburg. President Of Germany,
is seldom mentioned. A competent
statesman must know when II is time
to be an efficient spotlight dodger.
Evening star., 1927-05-12

A criminal gets his picture printed
along with important celebrities. It is
publicity without value. The electric
chair is too great price to pay.
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Crook Experience Fails.

From the Cleveland News.
st. Louis lawyer failed to leave the
city, as a bandit gang demanded, and
was found riddied with bullets. His
legal training couldn't have wsrned
him. X
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Chances for a Good Man.

You can't keep good man down"
''No," answered Senator Sorghum
that is, il he'll stay out Of politics
and attend to his regular business"
Evening star., 1927-05-12

Collapse after conviction Is a com.
mon evidence that remorse is likely, to
be inspired by physical peril.
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II the homicide news maintains its
present pace, it may be necessary for
husbands to organize for protection.
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Laugh Market.

Philosophy is solemn chaff
That adds unto our care,
The fellow who can make us laugh
Becomes a millionaire.
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GnIdAn HtiilnAaa.

"Silence is golden" said the ready.
made philosopher.
yes" answered Uncle Bill Bottle.
top. IL you want to fool with that
sort Of thing, there il a lot Of money
to be made out of a STILL"
Evening star., 1927-05-12

Jud Tunkins says a beauty parlor"
is nothin' but barber shop with fash
ion magazines in It instead Of the Po.
lice Gazette.
Evening star., 1927-05-12

@. Who was Don Caesar de Bazan?-
B. r.
A. Don Caesar de Bazan is a char
acter in the novel by Victor Hugo,
"Ruy Bias" It Is also the title OF a
French comedy founded on this story
and of a comic opera by Massenet.
@. The cylinders Of many Of the
airplanes that have been making long
Evening star., 1927-05-12
Rural Finance.

How do you expect to pay the mort.
gage off your place."
Don't expect to pay it," answered
Farmer Corntossel. "All I'm llopin' is
that the Government loans will pro-
vide some way for me to get further
into debt"
Evening star., 1927-05-12

THE friend you can trust complete.
~" said Hi Ho, the sage of China.
town, sis one whose business interests
are identical with your own"
Evening star., 1927-05-12

"a man dat loses his temper" said
Uncle Eben, seldom does 1t when de
one he's mad at is bigger dan hisself." )"
Evening star., 1927-05-12

=. The Evening Star. with the Sunday morn.
ing edition. is delivered by carriers within
The city at 90 cents per month";: daily only.
40 cents pee month: Sundays only. 90 cents
per month Orders may be sent by mail or
Telephone Main 5000. Collection is made by
carrier at end of each month.
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The Peoples Counsel.

The President has withdrawn Mr..
Blaine Mallan's appointment as peo-
pies counsel.
The affirmative requirements and
the negative limitations imposed upon
the President in making an ideal APP
pointment to this office are of wide
range and peculiarly exacting. Not
even the sweeping requirements of
the law concerning eligibility to APP
pointment as Public Utility Commits
sioner suffice to fix the conditions and
the exactions of the gauntlet which
the candidate for peoples counsel
must run. The Public Utilities Com
missioner. performing judicial func.
ton, must be clean, able, fair.minded,
capable of dispensing even-handed
justice between the small section of
the community which supplies to the
city transportation, light, heat and
telephone communication and the
vastly larger comparatively morgan
lied section of the community which
receives and pays for these public
or. semi-public services. The peoples
counsel must not only be clean, able
and fair, but he should have the max
imum Of strength through successful
experience in court battles to fight Of
fectively as the advocate and sincere
champion of the users and consum-
ers' rights in controversy, in and out
of court, over public utility issues. He
is the advocate and not the Judge.
The duties of the peoples counsel
will be performed under critical eyes
In the blaze of pitiless publicity. The
President is properly applying in ad
vance the intense light of searching
publicity to the fitness and prepared.
ness of his appointee as peoples coun.
sci,
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Washington's Airport Need.

Congress soon will be asked to
provide for the development of com.
mercial and civil aviation in the
District of Columbia by taking initial
steps towards the establishment of a
municipal airport, to which brief ref
erence was made in these columns
Saturday.
The District of Columbia Chapter,
National Aeronautfc Association, an
organization which initiated the
movement in earnest last August,
and which is the logical agency to
speak for the air needs of the Capital,
Is making final plans to present the
matter to the legislators within the
next week or two.
With the rapid expansion of com.
mercial and civil aviation throughout
the United States, airports are being
opened up in the principal cities, and
any project now afoot for the estab-
lishment of such a terminal will have
10 be consummated sooner or later.
The necessity for a municipal field
Is rapping at the doors or many city
treasures, and Washington is in.
Guided in that number.
Airports are difficult to acquire,
principally because large areas. with
clear approaches from at least two
directions. are not always available.
In the Districts case, no stretch of
ground is ideal except one. and that
is at present under a foot or two of
water. The proposition is, therefore,
to All in that submerged area. which
lies between Hunters and ,Gravelly
Point, and locate the airport there.
From every viewpoint This site
once filled in, would make the airport
n model for other cities. 1t would
possess two sterling characteristics. q
short distance from the center o.
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business and governmental activities
and adaptability to four.way landings.
All of the area need not be filled in
at once, but a field sufficient to meet
the present needs could be estab-
lished with the privilege of charging
as time goes by.
United States engineers are unof-
ficially enthusiastic over the plan, as
the building of land in the designated
area is in line with their plans for
the future development of the Poto-
mac River shores.
Today Washington is unable to
offer any inducement to commercial
or civilian aviation interests because
1t has no facilities to house them.
Boiling Field, a military reservation.
cannot make repairs on private air.
craft, furnish fuel, hangar space, nav
igational aids, and lacks for public
accommodation numerous other fac
tors that make up a modern airport.
College Park, Nd, and Hoover
Field, Virginia, the latter adjoining
the amusement park at the south end
of Highway Bridge, are in no wise
adaptable to n permanent airport
because Of their distance from the
center of the city in the first in
stance and the apparent impossibility
of expansion to meet present as we'll
as future needs.
The Federal and municipal govern.
ments have afforded facilities for
every form of amusement and sport,
golf links, bride paths. bathing pools.
tennis courts, base ball diamonds and
foot ball gridirons, but nothing is
available for civilian flying. Doubt
less there are many persons here who
are anxious to purchase aircraft for
pleasure or for business purposes, but
to do so now would be to take long
chance on finding no space for the
use Of such an equipment.
Within a short time, conservative
aeronautical authorities predict, aerial
mail, express and passenger lines will
be considering Washington on their
routes, but they will be unable to
make this u port of call If there is
no port to enter.
Every State in the Union except
Delaware and North Dakota has at
least one municipal airport. In the
State Of California there are thirty.
eight municipality owned airports,
while Texas ranks second with TWEEN
ty-eight and Arizona third with
twenty-six
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Passing Urban Glory.

Carmel. n. Y, basking for a few
hours in the spotlight of public at
tention, owing to its selection as the
scene. of a sensational separation
trial. lapses quickly into obscurity
as a change of venue Is ordered and
the suit. is shifted to White Plains,
thirty miles south. Carmel had pre-
pared itself for a big time. Its hotel
accommodations were all engaged
and boarding houses were taking In
guests in numbers never before
known. Extra telegraph wires had
been run into the place to carry the
load" OF news reports. Photog-
raphers were camped at every point
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THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

country, you sap! just got done tell
ing va"
"You didn't make yourself quite
plain. But go on; after you left the
first big city
II passed through the second one,
over that way. not very far from
here, the one you motor over to, you
know, and then / arrived at the sta
ton in my destination"
You mean-
sure, the city where the Govern
ment holds forth, on the banks Of the
river that runs along by the house
that the father of this country lived
in"
"a great man"
Yes, he was. / came to this city
to shake hands with his illustrious
successor"
Meaning
1.-THE man who was elected by the
people of this country to be at the
head of the Government. 1t was on
the day popularity called the initial
day of the year succeeding to the pre-
vi0us one.
"You have me somewhat confused;
there are several men at the heads of
things here"
Sure, but this man is at the head
of everything. The fellow with the
sandy hair and the pleasant smile,
when he smiles, only he doesn't smile
very much"
"Oh, you mean the man who has
spoken over radio about the fore
fathers of this great republic.
Yes, that's the man. Well, on this
initial day, / stood in line in front OF
his house-say, you ought to see that
house-it's white, all over, with wings
and things-some house all right"
And after l had been standing in
line for several hours, 1 got chance
to shake his hand at last, and after
1 had done that l got back on the
train, and passed through the first
city, and then arrived at the biggest
city, the one with the most people,
and walked up the avenue that is the
fifth, in rotation, and so home"
\ X X X
Such would be a typical converse
ton, if there were no such thing as
proper names.
Such naming is one of the little
regarded triumphs of mankind.
Language is a growth Of centuries,
carrying with it, like the ship of
state, all the hopes and fears of the
people.
Every atom of humanity that
comes into the world is given name,
often a very long and imposing one,
in order that it may be distinguished
from others, that it may benefit by
the very dignity of name.
who is that?"
"Why, that is Bill Jones'-and Bill
Jones it is! A name is as immemo-
rial as the pyramids. 1t is the one
thing that survives the grave. The
smiles of loved ones gone remain
only in memory, but their names may
be, and should be, pronounced often.
Even pet animals have names, and
assume a new Importance the mo-
ment they get them. This is Fido.
this is Rover, and no one mistakes
the one for the other. Years pass,
and Fido goes to the place where all
good dogs go. and only a worn collar
remains, but it is still-Fido's collar.
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The Cape Nav Mystery.

The mystery of the death of Miss
Mary Clarke of this city at Cape May.
N. j.. ten days ago remains unsolved.
This case has puzzled the authorities
OF Cape May. 1t is alleged that the
investigation was bungled by the
State police. The body was found on
the beach in a frozen condition, with
evidences of foul play. A dispute
arose between the police and the
coroner on the point of whether death
was by natural causes or by violence
The dead woman. though known to
be possessed of considerable means.
was without funds. and Jewels that It
was known she carried with her were
missing. Other valuables which it is
believed she carried to the shore re.
sort have also disappeared. There is
every superficial evidence Of crime.
An autopsy reveals no indication of
poison or wounds. but certain bruises
suggest violence. There are no clues
to the perpetrators Of this crime. It
is altogether one Of the most battling
problems of recent times. II death
came from natural causes a robbery
was committed afterward. But the
presumption is that the robbery pre-
ceded the death. Jersey justice"
long famous for its certainty and de-
pendability, recently failed In a cele-
brated case, and may now fail again.
though apparently effort is being
made. latter a loss of very valuable
time through misunderstanding and
wrangling, to unravel the mystery
and identify the. criminals
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Play jury or Censorship?

An honest, open appeal to public
opinion on the question of play CEN
sorship bes been made by the district
attoI There are several plays now
runnA which have been severely
critich d. at least one has been in
spected and passed by the play jury.
But people continue to protest against
it, and against others which have not
been examined. What ought to be
done about it?
Criminal law provides a penalty
for the production of a play which
might corrupt the morals of youth
and others. But enforcing this law is
a slow and clumsy process. The play
jury, which was intended to speed up
the elimination of salacious plays, has
been satisfactory to theatrical people
and the public generally, but there
has been enough opposition to it to
raise the question of finding a better
method If possible. The protest comes
from those who feel that the play
jury is not condemning enough plays
and that an individual in whom all the
powers of censorship were vested
would be more rigorous.
If narrow severity of Judgment is
all that is required of stage censor
ship, solitary judge would certainly
do the job better than a group of
twelve representative citizens. For
no matter how sound the Judgment,
how catholic and delicately balanced
the taste and how honest in intention
the censor might be to begin with,
the weight of responsibility would al
most certainly warp his freedom.
A consensus of opinion of a dozen
people, none of whom has any actual
authority alone, is more likely to re-
suit in an unbiased decision. II,
against such a judgment, there are
still objections from dissenters, they
may console themselves with the
thought that there is as yet no law
compelling. them to witness a play
which Is not to their taste.
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of vantage. Automobiles lined the
streets. The parking problem sud-
denly became acute. Carmel was on
the map. Then came the crushing
blow when the case was shifted.
White Plains is a larger town with
is close enough to New York to per-
NIT Committing" during the trial. 1t
will not enjoy the same advantage
that Carmel would have had IL the
trial had been continued in it's for
mer setting.
A few months ago the little town
of Dayton, Tenn, came into promi
hence through the holding there of
a celebrated trial, that of Prof.
Scopes, charged with violating the
State law forbidding the teaching of
evolution in the schools of that COM
monwealth. For weeks Dayton was
the center of national attention, and
even international notice. It's towns
folk became public characters. 1t
was photographed and filmed and its
scenes were shown on thousands of
screens to millions of people. The
trial came to an end and Dayton
passed out of public thought as do
the SHOWS of yesteryear. 1t is even
difficult now to remember the name
of the town.
Thus do small communities gain
public attention. Somerville, n. j.,
had its period of refulgence during
the Hall-Mill trial. Sometimes it
is a crime that focuses the eyes of
the country, sometimes again merely
the aftermath of crime. For short
while these little cities and towns
profit by their notoriety. Curiosity
seekers go there and spend money
for board and lodging. A certain
sense of pride fills the breasts Of the
inhabitants. They rejoice in seeing
the names of their towns heading
the news dispatches in the big city
papers. But the reaction Is hard to
bear. Business slumps. The streets
Or street-intensely crowded for a
few hours or days, become vacant
again save for an occasional f1ivver
or perhaps a buggy or an OK cart.
The post office forum is attended by
only the town seers and prophets
and philosophers who "reminisce"
over the case and who for months,
perhaps for years after, become ex-
Founders of the law. The town has
had it's thrill.
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Sometimes proper names strike one
as strange.
This little creature with golden hair
and blue eyes is called May.
Why should she be called May?
Simply because she was named May
once, she is May forever.
There Is no escaping this tyranny.
Washington is Washington, New York
is New York, Calvin Coolidge is Calvin
Coolidge.
A rose by any other name would
smell as sweet, the poet tells us, but
there is every reason to think that he
was mistaken; that names mean some'
thing in themselves, that time and
growth play important parts, that
what is once named cannot be un-
named.
We would find ourselves sadly at
loss if it were not for the proper
names given to creatures, places and
so on.
Imagine a man telling about a trip
from New York to Washington, If
there were no such thing as names.
Grant that life would be just the same,
that great cities would exist as they
had never named anything.
II left the city," he would begin.
What city,"
ooh, the great city on the river"
What river?"
ooh, the river discovered by an ex-
plorer-"
What explorer"
"Oh, he came from across the
What sea-"
1.-THE great ocean that rolls be-
tween this land and that land"
Eyes, yes; go on"
well, as I was saying, left the
city last night, on the railroad"
THE railroad?"
Eyes, the railroad that hauls more
passengers and carries more freight
than any other railroad in this coun'
try
* X
what country?"
THE country founded by a brave
group of men, at the initial state of
which the embattled farmers fired the
shot heard round the world"
"Oh, I see! And what did you see on
your way DOWN."
II passed through two large
cities"
don't understand Wnlcn cltleS----
THE first one was founded by man
who believed in brotherly love, and
who treated the original inhabitants
of this country squarely."
Original inhibitants?"
Yes, the men with copper skins,
who smoked tobacco and scalped their
enemies"
"And what country did you say?"
"Oh, our country, the one discovered
by the man with the three funny-look
ing little ships; you never saw such
ships. you would be scared to go out in
them nowadays. But they weren't"
Where did he come from?'
He came from a land across the
water The queen"
What queen?"
"Oh, the queen of that country,
she helped him out
Helped who out?"
1.-THE man who discovered this