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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-11-25
UNITED STATES
in WORLD WAR
Ten Years Ago Today

Government official spikes sensa.
tional rumOrs that American EXpedi-
tionary Force is not properly equipped
with rifles and says there are five
rifles for every man overseas.
Three American naval airmen. lost on
submarine hunt. are picked up at sea
by a French patrol after drifting at
sea for 60 hours. Germany, fight
ing desperately to maintain air SUI
premacy to offset Americas entry into
war. has esta blished 80 new factories
to make airplanes. knights of
Columbus raising a fund of $4,000 900
to provide recreational facilities at
all environments for all men, regard.
less of creed Emergency Fleet
Corporation announces that a start
has been made on 400 vessels of all
types for use in battling the U-boat
menace. Many of the larger ships
will protect transports carrying
troops. New bulkhead arrangement
makes three hits necessary to sink
the ship. Training Camps Asso-
citation submits plan to Secretary
Baker for a continuous supply of
drilled men. Suggest that Reserve Of
ficers be sent to France for a time
and returned as instructors.
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stone retaining wall. Is as sound as
though it stood on a rocky height
The Washington Monument, which
rises from a slight natural elevation
which perhaps in very early times
was an islet in the widely expanding
Potomac, likewise goes down by spe.
cial foundation to hard pan far below
the old river bottom"
1t does not require antiquarian re-
search to bring back the vision of the
Pennsylvania avenue stretch under
water. For during the lifetime of
many Washingtonians that historic
highway has been submerged, as the
Potomac waters have been backed up
on the city by the choked channel,
veritably damned by the old Long
Bridge, the piers of which caught and
held the debris of freshets. And there
are many still living who remember
the old canal which flowed. sluggishly,
along the line of B street, north of the
Mall. from the west front of the Capt.
tol to the river, a foul. pestilential
waterway little better than an open
sewer, but sufiicing to cut Southwest
Washington off from the main body of
the city and to cause it long to be
known in popular parlance, as it once
was, in fact, as the Island"
These underground streams, occa-
sionally broken into by the shove's
of the excavators, are reminders of
time happily past. time of Capital
making against difficulties and with
Inadequate means and without con
sistent and faithfully followed plan
ming. When the present project OF
Federal building throughout the Mall
Avenue triangle has been completed.
and the northern side of Pennsylvania
avenue is redeemed. with a municipal
center occupying large and conspicn'
ous portion of that area. these souFe'
Mrs of the prehistoric times will cease
to appear.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-11-25

The pivotal scenes in our grade
school career, as we look back upon
those memorable days, were three:
|. When we were beat up" by a
boy smaller than ourself.
.. When we did the same to COM
panion larger than ourself.
3 When we were Inundated by the
largest girl in the class.
The high points of those eight years,
the outstanding events in the first
part of our life, thus resolve them
selves clearly and plainly into con-
flicts.
The social contacts remain in re-
membrance after the names of the
tea chers have vanished. after the good
work which they did became a part
of the very life of the children.
How much one owes to the teach
ers of his early days is impossible to
estimate. Perhaps they gave more
than one realizes. perhaps
Who knows?
1t is fairly certain, however, that
the contact of pupil with pupil. the
mental touch of playmate upon play
mate. left the largest impression in
the plastic gray matter of those days.
We cannot recall now the rules of
grammar we memoriZed so painfully,
certainly we could not solve, in this
year of 1927. the problem about how
many square yards Of carpet it would
take. ETC., etc. But who cares?
The fateful day we were beat up"
by a companion plainly our junior,
both as to years and size. may or
may not have been a sunshiny one.
That is a detail we have forgotten.
Our keen recollection is simply that
the day became a very gloomy one
from the moment Percy bloodied our
nose.
Think Of the ignominy of having
ones nose poked by a left-hand jab
administered by n chap named Percy.
When one is Z or 8 years old, the
bitterness of defeat is quite as bitter
as at any later time in life-lndeed,
the tragedies of childhood often loom
larger, in n sense.
A child has had so little expert
ence that he has no standards by
which he may make comparisons.
There are few, il any, relative values
i'm the life of the child, because he
has nothing with which to compare
any event, person, slight, injury or
whatnot.
Think of the better position OF the
older person. who, upon receiving a
nasty word or two from another,
NAV truthfuly and calmly say, Il
have been insulted by experts!
He has something to go on. some
standards of comparisons: but the
Young child is in the position of one
strollng along a deserted sea beach.
He sees in the distance what appears
to be a wreck thrown up on the shore.
He goes forward hopefully. only to
have it come down at last TO an
empty soap box.
X X X X
Percy met us in the recess hour.
and. after several preliminary punches,
soaked in the decisive blow.
1t wasn't the battle of that century,
nv any means, and it didn't last very
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-11-25
The Cat" and the Fence"

Recently a series of burglaries has
occurred in Washington, of a nature
to cause great uneasiness on the part
Of the householders in a wide area of
the Northwest. These crimes bear
the signs of having been committed
by the same person, who, by reason
of his noiseless approach and his deft-
ness Of operation, has been dubbed
the Cat" 1t is, OF course, not as
sured that one man has been thus en-.
gagged. Indeed, it is quite likely that
several providers have been plying
their lawless trade. and that public
imagination has attributed their deeds
to a single operative. All burglars
are, or try to be, silent in their
entrances and their exits and their
gathering of loot. 1t is the bungling
amateur who makes a noise.
Some romantic tales have been told
Of encounters with the Cat" One
is to the effect that a prominent
clergyman found him in the act of as.
sembling his plumber and addressed
him in such moving terms of re.
proach that the marauder quilted the
premises without his pelf. A later
account tells of a chance meeting of
the "Cat"-it is always supposed to
be this same silent operative-and
another clergyman, whose sudden
entrance caused the intruder to plunge
headlong through an open window to
escape.
| II these late thefts are by single
worker It is fairly well assured tina,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-11-25
PHILOSOPHERS
GLENN FRANK

There lies on my desk as 1 write a
prospectus of course in science Of
salesmanship.
There are. of course, certain tech.
nical matters that underlie salesman
ship, and these may properly be
brought together into a science of
craftsmanship; but, in a larger sense,
craftsmanship must ever remain more
an art than science, just as it is in
accurate to describe the physicians
immediate ministry to the patient as
the science" of medicine; the print.
tive phrase was better-it is the "praC-
tice'' of medicine.
l saw the other day display of the
art Of craftsmanship. 1t is common
place that the greatest art conceals it's
art; this Salesroom incident lived up
to this principle.
l went with friend to two galleries.
In one of these galleries this principle
was applied, in the other it was
ignored.
The display room of the first gallery
was hopelessly and distractingly clut.
tered with a hundred and one sorts
and sizes of pictures; the salesman
fluttered about and finally lifted one
picture to an easel, and then began
explaining to us the good points of
the painting. He gesticulated cease.
lessly, and half the time stood between
us and the picture.
We left the gallery with a blurred
memory of the visit.
The display room of the second gal
lery was conducive to the contradic.
tory moods of relaxation and concen.
tration.
The floor was covered with gray
velvet carpet: the walls We're hung
with gray velvet draperies; there was
not picture in sight.
The salesman directed us to chairs
at one end of the room.
He quietly took his place behind our
chairs. as he asked two attendants
to show us certain picture.
The attendants walked to the other
END or the room, and drew aside the
velvet curtains that covered the end
of the room.
Behind the curtains the picture was
on display easel.
And in parting the curtains to dis.
close the picture. the two attendants
stepped behind the draperies as they
drew them.
The picture was perfectly displayed:
neither the attendants who handled
the picture nor the salesman who
talked about it were. in our line Of
vision as we let our eyes play over the
general effect and the particular
values of the picture.
The salesman was hid in the
servant.
The art of craftsmanship concealed
It's art.
Copyright. Mcclure Newspaper syndicats)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-11-25
The Folsom Prison Revolt.

In the revolt of prisoners at the Foi'
SON, Calf, Penitentiary, which at the
latest accounts had cost the lives OF
nine persons, is to be seen the result
of the moderation of methods OF IN
generation of criminals during recent
wears, This attempt to escape. when
it is believed was started by ABOUT
four hundred of the Kiss prisoners,
was evidently plotted with some care
and with preparations. Guns and am
munition had been Struggled into the
prison. probably by TRUSTEES who
had access to outside sources OF arma-
ment. The plan was to overwhelm
the guards at an suspicious moment.
to obtain from them the keys to GER
tain outlets. and then to escape in a
body through an unwalled section,
fronting on the river. across which the
convicts might find shelter in a wild
country in which pursuit would be
difficult. 1t almost succeeded. But
for the chance that the desired keys
had been transferred to others than
the usual custodians it would perhaps
have gone so far as to void the prison
of several hundred, possibly all, of the
inmates.
The situation is still dangerous. The
convicts are herded into certain spaces
within the prison, without food, but
provided with ammunition. They hold
as hostages six of the guards, whose
lives they threaten to take IL they are
not granted surrender terms. A prison
physician has been admitted to their
stronghold to care for the wounded
men, and he reports that there is a
desperate disposition on the part of
the beleaguered convicts to slay every
man Of the hostage group if the siege
is not raised. A large force of police
and national guardsmen has been as
sembled. with heavy armament. pre-
pared for pitched battle.
The smuggling of arms into places
Of detention is difficult to prevent, but
it can be stopped by stricter methods
of observation. Some time ago bat
tie was fought in the Tombs prison
in New York City, in which several
persons were slain. Guns had been
tossed over the wall by confederates
on the outside, indicating slackness of
guarding and even collision on the
part of the prison force.
A tendency toward easier conditions
OF confinement has prevailed through
out this country for some years, and
in most Of the large penal institutions
diversions and privileges have been
provided and granted that have in
large measure weakened the safe.
guards against revolt and escape.
Much of the prison administration is
assigned to TRUSTEES, prisoners who
have made satisfactory records of good
behavior. Repeatedly, however. these
TRUSTEES have proved faithless.
Folsom prison has been the scene of
frequent attempts by individuals and
small groups to escape, some of which
have succeeded in part. The last pre-.
vious general revolt, however, occur.
red thirteen years ago, when five con-
victs were killed in dash for freedom.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-11-25
Anti-Fraud Legislation.

Senator Capper. always a trusted
friend of the District in Congress-
promises to renew his efforts at the
coming session of Congress to secure
the passage of his bill designed to pre-
vent fraud in the sale of securities
here. That he will be successful is of
utmost importance to the Capital.
The time long since has passed when
''blue sky" or anti-fraud legislation
was merely desirable for the District.
1t is now necessary. 1t is matter of
growing concern that action by neigh
boring States, designed effectively to
protect residents Of those States from
fraudulent security vendors, has
driven many of these dangerous fell
lows into the District. While it is evil
and tragic, it is at the same time
ridiculous condition which finds sales
men, denied the right to sell their
stuff in bordering States, openly at
work here in the District, where no
law can stop them unless they are so
crude that their Misrepresentation is
plainly evident, and crudeness is not
characteristic of their methods. The
Better Business Bureau, the banks
and respectable dealers in securities
have actual knowledge of many OF
these statesmen and of the utter worth
lessness of their wares. But they are
their thumbs and complain, for proof
Of actual violation of existing laws Is
a most difficult thing to make stand
up in court, especially when the vic.
tins of unsound schemes are apt to
be the most unwilling witnesses,
dreading as they do publicity which
tends to hold them up to ridicule.
Senator Capper's bill is considered
by many to embody the most effica-
cious methods of dealing with the sale
of fraudulent securities. Instead of
attempting to set down a standard
which must be met before any Sc.
curity is offered for sale in the District,
his bill simply places the burden Of
proof that the security is sound upon
those who offer it for sale, a proof
that must be produced upon demand.
In addition, his bill provides for the
registration and license of dealers and
statesmen, the fees being nominal, but
the system furnishing the authorities
with the names, at least, Of those en-
gagged in the business-information
which at present is unavailable.
No one possessed Of common sense
will believe that any legislation. how.
ever drastic it may be, will stop the
sale of worthless securities. There is
ample legislation against the sale of
dope, yet plenty of dope is sold. But
that innocent and inexperienced per.
sons with little money should be
left entirely at the mercy of any clever
and wheeling salesman who comes
along. and that no one legally may
question the foundation for his smooth
talk, brings about condition which
should be and must be remedied with.
out further delay.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-11-25

O. What was the nationality Of
Annette kellermann's parents?-M. j.
A. Her father was native Aus
tralian, and her mother. Alsatian,
French.
0. Can sawdust be used repeatedly
for packing ice?-B. +. B.
A. There is no reason why saw
dust cannot be used year after year
for packing ice. 1t will undoubtedly
become discolored with age, but so
long as ii does not become mixed with
dirt or other foreign matter, it's use
fulness as packing material will not
be affected by repeated use. Saw
dust decays very slowly. especially
when used for ice packing, where
conditions are not at all favorable to
fungus growth. The dust is not only
cold during use, but is constantly wet
factors which prevent or at least
greatly retard the development of
Notwithstanding fungi.
O. What was the first legislative
measure providing for the emancipa-
ton of the negro in this country
G.. f. A.
A. William Wander Weyde says
Thomas Paine's draft of the Act of
Pennsylvania Abolishing Slavery"
adopted on March /, 1880. was 1.-The
first of all legislative measures for
negro emancipa ton"
O. Can hollow pickles be fixed over?
M. G.
A. They cannot be made solid, but
may be used in making chopped
pickle or relish.
@. What percentage of lead can be
alleged with copper?-E. II. G.
A. The Bureau of Standards says
that copper and lead may be consid-
cred as not forming alloys, the
amount of lead that copper will hold
in solution being exceedingly minute.
Such mixtures of copper and lead as
are used should be considered as me-
Chanical mixtures and not as alloys.
@. Is water harmful to linoleum?-
L. W. f..
A. In order to get the best service
from linOleum it must be laid over n
smooth floor i'm such a way that it
does not buckle and should be cleaned
with a damp cloth wrung out of suds
made with mild soap. Alkalis. strong
soap, or the use of too much water
Will ruin llnOleum.
@. What were the dimensions of the
Circus of Romulus of Maxentius?-
S. H.
A. This Roman circus, built in 81
AID, is the most perfect circus sur
viving. 1t is 1880 feet long and 260
feet wide. The outer wall remains
almost complete. and the central
spina. S92 feet long, can be traced
throughout. At the west end, be.
tween two towers, are the chief en-
trance and II pens (carceres) for COM
peting chariots; the cas-. end is semi
circular.
@. Are Molly O'Day and Sally O'Neil
rela ted?-A. S. B.
A. They are sisters, their real names
being Suzanne and Virginia Noonan.
| Their father was Judge Thomas f.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-11-25
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDEK JOHNSON.
Freernen.

Freemen.
Are we freemen, brave and bold,
Like our ancestors of old?
We feel certain that we are
Till we start the motor car.
Says the cop, with voice so hard,
where's your registration card?
Where's your license that will state
You know how to operate?
Are your numbers all o. k?
Proper lights do you display?
What's your age and where's your
phone?
Are you teeth and hair your OWN"
Though in comfort now we dwell,
And the world seems going we'll,
There appears this question grave:
Are we freemen, bold and brave?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-11-25

One way to keep a crime wave
'plashing is to describe every sneak
thief in language calculated to make
him feel like a hero of underworld
rOmanca
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-11-25

Objections are still made to "The
Star Spangled Banner" A govern.
ment conducted by music critics would
have considerable historic interest.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-11-25
Stern DisapprOval.

do you believe in the use Of money
In elections?"
NO" said Senator Sorghum. "It's
immoral. And what's more, the rules
of the game appear to have changed
so that nobody can get away with it,
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-11-25

An aviator '"hops off," The great
ness of his achievement depends on
whether he can be back home in time
for the banquet.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-11-25
A Poser.

From the Murcic Morning Star.
That Chicago bandit who kisses his
feminine victims has not made 1t clear
whether he is trying to recompense
them for financial loss or merely add
ing to the general unpleasa ntness.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-11-25
Justified.

From the Terre Haute Star.
One can hardly blame Ruth for side
stepping the dishraG. if the dishes
have been accommodating in the kitchen
sink ever since she hoped off.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-11-25

o. How many railroad cars does the
Ringing Circus have?-J. b. II.
A. 1t has 100 railroad cars.
@. When were the Army. Navy
and Marine Corps orGanized?-
c. Fl. III.
A. In June 1875, the Second Cont
mental Congress resolved TO take
troops at Boston into the pay OF
the United Colonies and as a resolu-
ton dated June IA, 1879. these and
other troops raised pursuant TO the
resolution referred to were deslg-
mated the Continental Army, the
first standing Army. George Washing.
ton was appointed commander OF
chief of this Army June II, IT'S. The
first general organization of the Army
under the Constitution was pursuant
mated the continental Army" the frst
recognition OF the Army after the
adoption of the Constitution was the
act of September 20, 1888, which laid
the foundation of our existing Army.
The first definite provision for naval
establishment was the act of Con-
gress of october 10. 1775. The pres
ent Marine Corps was established IN
1898 There were Marines prior TO
the establishment of the Army and
Navy, but they were not part OF
an organization.
@. In what year was Godey's Book
first printed and when did 1t go out
of print?-H. ]. a.
A. G0dey's Ladies' Book was pub
lished between the years 1880 ana
1898.
O. How should bicycle tire be
stored for the Winter?-J. :.
A. In storing a tire for the VIM
ter YOU should wrap it well in paper
so that the air will not get to 1t and
keep it cool in a fiat place. 1t would
not he advisable to lay it on con-
crete or anything damp.
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Still Raging.

From the Charleston Daily Mail.
In spite of all armistice conferences,
the wars Of words still continue.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-11-25

Several nations are endeavoring to
decide just when a man ceases to be
bandit and becomes a patriot.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-11-25

Occasionally publisher Of more or
less radical literature is found who
appears to believe all the things he
reads in his own books.
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A Solution.

From the Passaic Daily Herald.
An end to all wars? Yes, when
somebody evolves a way of making
the fighters pay cash in advance be.
fore each war is fought.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-11-25

Q. In names such as Frederick
Dhu," what does "Dhu' means. d.
A. "Dhu" means black.
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Sunshine and Snow.

Although the present hour is set
Where skies are all aglow,
Some day, my boy--do not forget
You'll have to shovel snow.
Although each passing smile Is gay
Where pleasures come and go,
Do not forget. my boy, some day
You'll have to shovel snow.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-11-25

Q. In heraldry, what is an empale-
ment?-P. NJ.
A. 1t is a display of two separate
coats of arms side by side on one
shield, as husbands and wifes
or the private and official arms of a
head of a college.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-11-25

Insurance men now gain applause
Among the merry friskers,
When they insist that Santa Claus
Shall wear asbestos whiskers.
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Discreet Hesitation.

"SVfVVt IIt5tdtIUIIs
Are you engaged to be married?"
mo" answered Miss Cayenne. Il
should, Of course, require an intelli-
gent husband. But mother agrees
with me that the views Of the aver.
age man today on the subject Of mar
riage are socially cratic"
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