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of his life than
cit h er President
Won Hindenburg or
# or eign Minister
q ust av Strese-
mann.
And less precau-
ton In taken to
ECU ard him
than either OF his
h / & h er ranking
contemporaries.
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capped a y n a ssins'
bullets which killed
X arl Leibknecht
during the revolu.
ton. but since his
so n . a tional De
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tell. because it's
done so natural.
ly, so evenly.
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at h o m @ is
mussy and trou-
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only rs cents
you can buy at
any drug store
the ready-to-use
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$50 Threatening
Letters Ignored
BY Scheidemann

by the Associated Press
BERLIN. March 17.--Philip Scheide.
mann. Socialist leader. who proclaimed
the republic from the steps OF the
HeichstaR in 1918. lives I'm greater peril
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OARKEN GRAY HAIR
BY USING SAGE TEA

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Sage Tea and Sulphur. no one can
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BLOSSOM PAGEANT

Continued from First Paeel
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dictivc cartoons against Cleveland for
the pages of Judge, the Republican
rival of Puck, at the same time that
he was producing his own "tattOOed.
man pictures.
The vitriolic cartoons of the Blaine
Cleveland campaign apparently eX.
hauSted American caricature'S venom
Gus attributes. For no candidate since.
that time mas been aSsailed in so fierce
or personal Il manner.
After this bitter campaign MIR.
Blaine lost all interest in the presi'
lency His name was brought uD
before the Republican conventions Of
| l""S ana 1892: but quite independently
Of his own wishes.
X X y X
THE next presidential candidate to
u become famous i'm American cart
cature was ::cnjamin Harrison. whom
osition artists delighted TO draw
in ''Grandfather's Hat" This con-
ceptlon also appeared first in Puck,
but was generally adopted. 1t has
the real comic spirit and suggests
nothing more deroSatOry than that
Mr. Harrison was relying on the
popularity of William Henry Harr
son c'Tippecanee') and that he wasn't
great enough to live up to it.
David IL. lin. Democratic Governor
Of New York in the late sos, desired
most earnestly to reside in the White
House. lie spared no effort to ac-
quire the Democratic nomination and
toured tn ''Solid South" in order to
impress it with the fact that though
he was from New York he was in
sympathy with Southern Democrats
principles and aspirations.
This tour vastly amused gifted
artist then residing in New York. who
had enjoyed an excellent education in
art. studying first i'm Boston. his birth
l.lace. and later i'm Paris Under Leon
l:onnat. The artist was Charles G.
Bush who was at the time of Mr.
Hills candidacy one of the United
States leading illustrators for liar
per's and other publishing houses.
lie had never cssayed cartOoning.
But in 80. inspired by reports from
,he South. he drew comic sketch of
Mr.. Hin on donkey, clad in military
apparel, with an inSra tiating smile on
his face and n dimlnutive hat perched
upon his head. trimmed with gi.
gantic plume. labeled. II am a Demo.
crat." The picture was entitled LAS
Went Marching Through Georgia"
Mr.. Bush tentatively submitted II to
Bennett, editor Of the New York Eve.
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been no room for trees. In few To-
cations more favorable, however,
property owners had done some plant
ing to beauty their own homes. Such
work was not regarded as part OF
Government expense.
When, therefore, Gov. Shepherd
appointed IL committee consisting OF
William II. Smith. head of the Botanic
Garden; John Saul and William
saunders, experienced local horti-
culturistS, to give advice on tree
planting, no salaries were paid. The
venture Of placing trees In ciIN
streets was n novelty. Members Oi
the committee fun" realized that. N
order to make their work popular
they must produce results quickly.
Consequently they advised that the
most Suitable trees" were those OF
rapid growth
The public heartily approved and,
AS a result of the policy of planting
quick growers. there were IL years
later 81 miles of silver naples. 10
miles of North Carolina poplars. 10
miles Of ash leaf naples and q miles
Of Norway naples in 81 miles of
planted streets. Along 33 other miles
OF curb there were 10000 trees of 81
varieties. The beauty and needed
shade thus supplied was appreciated.
Many Of these trees. however. proved
to be of brittlo soft wood and to be
surface rooters which raised pave
ments and curbs SO that in tine they
were replaced by hardwood varieties.
1t was for these reasons that the
beautiful, glossy leaf North caro- :
lima poplars which nouriShed so until
about 20 years ago, have been re-
placed. In 1886. when they were in
the heyday Of their fame. these trees
met with great favor and tree plant
prs considered themselves fortunate
in having discovered so desirable Il
tree that could withstand the smoke
Of the city.
Evidently tree growers were de-
lighted TO be able To make any
variety flourish away from it's natural
environment. the forest. The Amer
lean eucalyptus was planted In
marshy sections Of southern Wash
ington and the alanthus tree, called
by the Chinese the tree Of heaven
because Of its immunity to the at
Evening star., 1927-11-06

tack of insects and it's divine odor
was in decided evidence. The fra
:Iancc OF the tree proved It's undolhG,
for to occidental noses it was ="
ubnoXious that. as time went on, us
planting was banned under health
regulations.
Today's city forest would not he as
large or as beautiful if city authori-
tie; had not been wise enough during
the last so years to learn more ana
more about the kind Of trees best suit
ed to curb planting. Among the street
trees OF yesterday which are missing
today are the locust, sweet bean.
paper mulberry, sweet gum. tulip pop
lars and cataipas. 1t is interesting
to be told by some authorities on city
landmarks that the old clmS which
arch New Hampshire avenue and
some on New York avenue, as well as
some of the sycamores on Eleventh
street, and some lindcnS in the
vicinity Of Congressional Cemetery.
are Living monuments to the regim"
Of Gov. Shepherd.
or all the soft woods, the silver
naples are the last To survive in great
numbers. Today there are $4,000
along the curbs. Though they are
attractive because OF their dainty. fin
gered, silverbacked leaves and their
graceful boughs, yet they too are
doomed to go i'm time. 1t Is said that
they require more moisture than is
provided in city streets and that they
are short lived. The wreckage
wrought among them by storms is
only too we'll known. for their brittle
wood cannot Withstand the wind.
Clifford l.anham. superintendent OF
trees and parking who is compelled
to guard the tree budget in order to
stretch the fund to pay for the most
necessary expenses. reports that as
the cost Of caring for the % 900 sill
yer maple trees is as great as the
amount used In caring for $4,000
hardwood trees, the NAPLES must
eventually be replaced by hard woods
in the interest of economy.
According to Mr.. I4anham, a few
of the eXacting requirements which
must be met by three eligibles in
the city forest are that they shall be
long lived, resist decay, be immune
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Capital Appears Green to Airmen

| to attacks of disease and insects ana
| he structurally strong. Having these
| points in mind, as Weil as many
others, the tree superintendent has
for some time carried out his policy
of planting American lindens, Amer
! lean elmS. red oaks, pin oaks. sugar
naples and Norway naples along
| the city streets. The sycamores are
still planted i'm business sections ana
! the ginkoeS on narrow streets. Nhen
| vacancies occur in the ranks OF the
| Towering horse chestnut on Thir-
teenth street. new trees of like kind
are supplied for these trees are the
more beautiful because of their con
tinu.ty.
Perhaps visitors are more surprised
at the number of oak trees i'll WASH
incton than of any other variety. for
these trees have long been regarded
as such slow growers that they would
onl, furnish shade after many
years. Mr.. I.anham declares that
experience in the city has proved that
red oaks and pin oaks grow more
| RAPIDLY than hardwood naples. lie
regards them as the most popular tree
now on the city streets. Their stall
wart growth. Their immunity to insect
attack and the rich coloring of the
Autumn leaves. 'as well as their re-
sistance to storm and lack of trim
ming needs, are all points i'm their
favor.
Though more than 1000 new trees
, have been planted along the city curlS
during the past year the city has only
about 400 more trees than it ever had
before. During the fiscal year just
| ended over 300 trees were removed
or the 500 which We're dead 202 were
killed by storm and J, by insects.
Escaping Illuminating gas, automo.
hiles and salt water from ice cream
freeZers claimed many tree victims.
OF the nearly | 500 tre which were
not dead when removed only about 80
we're decayed and dangerous. Most
of the others fell in :. losing battle
against the natural progress oe the
G. v in tie widening of its streets. the
laying Of It's sewers. water mains and
electric wires and in other building
operations. Tree damage by building
is becoming q 4more serious matter.
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colors, it was so effective that the
'tattuOed man continued TO figure in
Puck's PAGES. The savage cruelty Of
many of the series goaded the candi.
date to frenzy. for the spread of the
idea undoubtedly brought about his
downfall Elaine was on the point Of
prosecuting the publishers. but was
finally dissuaded from such action.
y final ironic phase of the "ta;
tooed-man' episode is that Gillian
himself was a confirmed Republican
an admirer of Mr.. Blaine and voted
for him on election day, 1t would he
difficult to find a more striking ex-
ample of divorce between an artists
personal convictions and professional
obliga tions. However, during the
campaign, Gillian was suggesting vim
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authorities there, not being able to
read English. perhaps. misinterpretcd
| two ailegorical figures as such in "a
late Mast cartoon Of Tweed. kidnap.
| ing, was probably the only crime Of
| which Tweed was innocent. But he
| was sent back to New York. and died
| five years later in Ludlow Street Jail.
| Prior to this amazing denouement
/ the elections Of 1871 proved n tre-
mendous triumph for Mast. The Times
credited him with the major share
| in the victory. Letters and kilograms
poured in from all over the country
one from the Vice President said:
with heart full OF joy over the
magnificent results of last Tuesday.
| write you again. as / did in the
Fall Of 1868. to recognize the large
share you have, had i'm it's achieve
, ment." Even the London papers
were full Of commentator. And at
this time the artist was only 81 years
old.
Throughout the Tweed campaign
Mast had, OF course, given his atten-
ton on occasion to national and inter.
national affairs. His career as a carl.
caturist continued for another 80
years.
Only one more Mast campaign can
be mentioned herein-that against
Horace Greeley, in 1872. This other
wise most worthy man was so anxious
to become President that he fought
his own party for renominating Grant,
was independently nominated by other
anti.Grant Republicans, and subse-
quently indorsed by the Democrats.
whom he had previously condemned
to the extent Of his ability. Nast's
ridcule of him in a series of cartoons
contributed heavily to his downfall.
Greeley died u month later from over.
| work, heartbreaking disappointment
over his failure. and grief over the
death Of his wife. This depressed
Mast to the point OF extreme melan-
choly, for he felt partially RESPONSE
BILE and, being personally sympathetic
and generous.hearted. never wished
for such tragic conclusion to can.
iidate's ambitions.
NfASTS most powerful rival i'm the
cartoon field during the 1SS0s
was Joseph keppler, artist and actor,
born in Vienna. who came to this
country in 1869 and founded the Illus
trated weekly Puck, first printed in
German. 1t began to appear in Eng
lish in 1877. keppler, himself car.
some of the best artists OF the period
for his staff. Puck reached the high
water mark as an influential mouth
piece OF the Democratic party during
the ClevelandBlaine campaign Of
1884.
This campaign incidentally estab-
lished record for the purely per-
sonal abuse OF candidate by car
toonists in this country. James G.
Blaine was "a presidential candidate
for "a longer period than any one
else save Henry Clay and, subse-
quently, William j. Bryan. Mr..
! Hlaines name was first before the
Republican convention i'm 1875, again
i'm 1880. 'S4 'SS and '92. He was nom-
mated in 1884. Cleveland's excellent
record as mayor Of Buffalo, and suE
seauently as Governor OF New York,
furnished stout protective armor
against possible caricatures. But
Blaine was victimized almost by ac-
cident, as it were. in powerful series
Of cartoons which appeared regularly
before election day. all through the
Fall Of "a.
Bernard Gillian, Keppler's ahlest
Evening star., 1927-11-06

!" WEIR since men have flown like
l. birds through the air they have
taken special interest in the ap
IL pcarance OF large city from
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by VICTORIA FABER STEVENSON.
action constituted a

" WEIR since men have flown like
l. birds through the air they ha We
taken special interest in the ap-
IL pcarance OF large city from
an airpane. Aviators who
have an eye for color regard some
cities as white, red or brown. accord.
ing to the predominating colors of
their buildings. Washington is said
to appear green to those who fly above
it, becatise of the trees along it's 500
miles Of city clrbing and the estimat
cd 500. 900 trees in the parks within
anf around the city. The park trees
alone. ii is said. would reach from
New York to Los Angeles.
This yeritable forest has given such
ia me that visitors from all over the
world have formed lasting impressions
of the Nations Capital as "A city dis.
tinguished by its verdlre. The world
wide reputation for wooded streets IL
shared by but one other city-Paris.
Figure Of 1900 credited the French
capital with S7.2S2 street trees. many
Of which are said to have been de-
stroyed during the years Of the World
War. Unless Paris has planted many
thousa ndS OF trees since then. the
l05.i23 trees Of WashinGton's streets
far outnumbcr those OF the Europea n
! city.
1t is obvious that such forest has
| not grown overnight. How many
/ years. then. has this growth taken,
| and 10 whom is America indebted for
the green city? Usually forests are
vcneratcd for their age. but in this
curb forest Of the city. where every
| tree WAS planted by man. no tree IL
over - years old and many OF them
| less than half that age
| II was not until 1872 that tree
! planting became u definite part of mtl
! nicipal Improvement Then Washing.
| ton. under the administration of Gov
| Alexander r. Shepherd. was begin
ming 10 be a modern city. Eoa.lwavs
were narrowed AMI street rarkinpS
! formed Before these changes pave.
, nlents were laid so close to the houses
| that curb lines In many instances
: were but TO 10 feet from the build
ings. Under such conditions there had
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cartoonist on the staff of Puck, con-
eeived AN idea for circus cartoon
i'm which each Of the many candidate
should appear as a sideshow freak
for the public. There We're giants.
dwarfs. wild men. etc. and the car
toonist suggested that one candidate
Davis, be depicted as a tattOoed man.
The editor of Puck liked the idea
immensely. but considered BlIine the
logical tattooed man. Thus Gillian
drew him. in running trunks, his
whole BODY hideously tattoos / with
such words as corrupt" lobby,
bonds" etc. and ''bribery," the last
ltioned in particular being most
offensive to Mr.. Blaine. This cartoon
was skillfully drawn. for Gillian was
a gifted artist; and, printed in bright
Evening star., 1927-11-06

severe blow for 1Tarper's. But the
| owners determined to carry on the
| fight at all costs, though the odds
| against them were rendered still great
| er by the active abuse Of their co.
temporary publications subsidized by
| Tweed.
At length fate sent powerful allies,
Samuel j. Tilden. motivated by presi-
| dental aspirations. and his political
| friend, James O'Brien, who had been
| sheriff under the ring, and had tried
| TO undermine Tweed in the elections
OF 1870. OBrien, still oStcnS.bly a
friend of the ring, managed to secure
proofs of the inconceivabIe financial
frauds, which were given to the
Times in July, 1871. A total of
5000 900 900 was (many years later the
careful estimate of New York City's
losses due to the Tweed ring. Pub
lication of the figures startled the
ring. and gave Mast fresh impetus
His new cartoons, based upon known
facts, were more powerful than ever
before. They enraged Tweed to the
point Of exclaiming. Lets stop them
pictures. | don't care so much what
the papers write about me; my con.
stituents can't read. But they can
see the pictures" Letters began to
threaten Nast's life. and tough char
acters haunted the vicinity of his
home. But he had a loyal friend in
A police captain. who was vigilant
guardian.
Then Tweed tried his hitherto best
weapon. Mast was offered 500, 900 to
go abroad for rest and study Of art.
Mast said he couldn't afford to do so
for that sum. Could they double it?
They could. lie experimental further.
Could the ring give him a half q
million, and so enable him to retire
for life? Certainly! Mast then stop
ped playing this grim game. lie re-
fused their offer, as he wished to put
certain thieves behind bars.
"A Group Of Vultures" was one OF
the strongest of his pictorial broad.
lssdes. as was also the famous brains
of the Ring" showing Tweed with a
mOney-bag for head his features
most ingeniously formed by the dol
lar mark. This small caricature is
one of Nast's best known, and is held
by critics to be equal in clever in
genuity to any of the celebra ted
| European caTicatures, such aS Phil.
pon's conception OF Louis Philippe as
| pear. Tweed's long nose, close-set
eyes and heavy jowl lent themselves
most leilcitOuSiy 10 being drawn as
money-bag, the inner character and
outward form being thoroughly in
harmony. But it took a Mast to per
ceive this.
X X
NEWSPAPERS and individuals be-
gan TO align themselves with Mast
and Jennings. Two days before the eIec
tiOns OF 1871, Nast's most famous car
toon, The Tammany Tiger Loose"
appeared, masterpiece fit to rank
with the greatest caricature OF all
times and all nations. incidentally,
Mast originated the Tiger symbol for
Tammany. as well as the Democratic
donkey and the Republican elephant.
Election day found the Tweed ring
too frightened TO stuff the ballot boxes
or to throw out the honest votes. Con-
sequently, their defeat was overwheim-
ing. Tweed and many others Of the
ring fled to Europe. Some We're cap
tured and sent to Jail But Nasts car
toons of Tweed had made his ugly
face familiar throughout Europe, and
i'm 1873 he was captured in Figo,
Spain. on the charge Of kidnapping
! two American children" The Spanish
Evening star., 1927-11-06

Connolly got % per cent each Of all
the graft (the ARA ngement being their
secreD, the remainder being divided
between the others and on through the
varioGs ramifications.
In the records Of those tainted were
some Of the city's richest and most in
fiuential citizens whose taxes were
rendered very slight affairs through
the friendship of the ring Tn. vast
ma jority Of the metropolitan press
was in the grip OF the ring, either
Evening star., 1927-11-06

defra uded the city of $50 900, 600, left
the treasury as bare as Old Mother
Huhbard's pantry and increased the
public debt more than $50 1000. 900.
which was still heing paid by New
York's taxpayers 35 years later
The rings" methods were simple
A few items from the public expendi.
lures reveal the story. For instance
40 odd chairs and tables for a new
courthouse cost the city S179.729: nor
were these antiques" being sold at
some sensational auction. Thermom-
eters cost the city 81, 500-plain ones,
without jeweled mounts a certain
plasterer was most handsomely re-
warded for his services by the city
S2.S1o,46 for few weeks work.
Needless to say, Tweed and his gang
got most of the money. Tweed and
Evening star., 1927-11-06

Fall elections, however, the respect
able voters were too timid or too few
to count and the ring was again tri-
umphant, intrenched with cunningly
written laws and all manner of trick
political machinery.
A cartoon by Mast, early in 1871.
showing Tweed and Sweeny handing
out small sums from New York S
trea sury to their poor hangers s-on, and
Surreptitiously setting aside mann
moth amounts for themselves, angered
Tweed to action. He ordered the
Board of Education to turn down all
Harper bids for school books and to
destroy those on hand more than
$4,000 worthl, tn be replaced with
books from a printing company owned
by himself
This primitive action constituted a
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bought or inundated. Tweed asked
"ontemptuously of all who protested:
What are you going 10 do about it,?
NAST'S work began 10 how effects
early in 1870. whc.. a ring bIll
was presented 10 the Legislature con
tanning a protest aud AN t.ndeavor to
stop the work of IAN artist encour.
aged 10 send forth in paper that
calls itself Journal of civilization
pictures vulgar and blaSphemous. etc.
About this time the New York Times.
then Republican organ. joined Har
per'@ Weekly in It's lone fight against
the ring. The Times opening shot
waA mplimentary editorial on
Nast's work. George Jones of the
Times Waa offered 1900 900 to be 81
lent, but be was not for sale. In the
The Washington times., 1927-01-05
LEVITZKI PLAYS SUNDAY
EVE AT JEWISH CENTER

When Mischa Levitzki, pianist,
plays at the Jewish Community
Center next Sunday evening, at $3.50,
as the third artist in this popular
concert course. that is open to the
entire public, he will return to us
after a triumphal tour Of the Orient.
Levitzki has what many pianists
/ a k-versat fifty OF expression,
Beethoven he plays with breadth,
understanding; Chopin with elegance,
grace, charm; Schumann with sub.
tlety, delicacy and fidelity to the un
usual and fascinating; while his
List Is superb.
Still youth. for on this his tenth
tour OF America, Levitzki is but 2S
he has been compared with Hofmann
In many ways. Both have come tc
pre-eminent place in. the music
world at an early age. Some people
call LevitzlSi the successor Of Hot
mann.
Every musical artist" writes the
Australian BystandsR 'iia identifies