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Evening star., 1927-10-24
Aviation at It's Best,

Col. Charles A. Lindbergh, that re-
markable young disciple of flying, has
just hung up a record for reliability
in aviation that matches his record
for the transoceanic crossing. "Lindy"
has just completed a twenty-two-thou-
sand-mile air tour of the forty eight
States for the Daniel Guggenheim
fund for the promotion of aeronautics.
The famous Spirit of st. Louis was
his vehicle. He visited eighty-two
cities and was late only once, and this
could have been avoided had he cared
to leave his precious ship uncuarded
for night in a field. He flew two
hundred and sixty hours in all kinds
Of weather, made thirteen touch stops
and sixty.nine extended ones. During
the tour he attended sixty-nine din
ners, made one hundred and forty.
seven modest speeches to boom avia.
ton. and was seen, it is estimated, by
thirty million people.
Col. Lindbergh attained world
fame when he zoomed over the ocean
from New York to Paris. At that time
there were many who thought that
his spectacular exhibition of airman-
ship was tinged with luck. Veteran
charge, and one we'll known aviator
summed it up this way: For .Lindy' to
have stayed within fifty miles of his
course to Ireland would have been
luck, for him to have stayed within
twenty-five miles would have been
good navigation, but for him to have
kept within flve miles Of his course
was sheer genius"
And so 1t is with 'Lindy's'' air tour
that has just been completed, which
refutes, if refutation is necessary, the
belief that anything but skillful pilot
ing. cool nerve and unerring judgment
made the youthful colonel one of the
foremost flying exponents of the day.
'Lindy" is supreme in his field and has
done more for aviation than any other
single person. His tour is in it's way
just as remarkable as his transatlantic
fight. 1t is seldom that such a blend.
ing of skilled airmanship can be found
in one person. On one hand there Is
spectacular overseas trip, requiring
the highest nerve and ability, and on
the other hand the exhausting city.
to-city flying, day in and day out,
which h tablished a new record
for reliably in the annals of avia.
ton. "Lindy" has done both. He is
spectacular and he Is methodical.
What a combination
Evening star., 1927-10-24

sion OF making q mistake that will
later be formally reported by the col
lector of internal revenue, with q de-
mand for additional payment. Rarely
does the taxpayer make a mistake in
favor Of the Government, it would
seem.
Perhaps with all the simplif1cation
that may be worked out in the lam
guage OF the law and the form sub
mitted to the taxpayer few persons
will venture, for tAs present, to ex.
pertinent in self-computed tax returns.
But 1t will be helpful to have the mat
ter clarified. At the worst no actual
harm can be done to the fiscal inter.
ests of the Government to have the
blank bill which is submitted to the
Treas rs debtor framed in plain
terms
Evening star., 1927-10-24
Writer Raps Choice
of Fire Engine Site
To the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor of The Star:
"Why do they do it? Why do they
do things which harm our city,"
This questioning by a Washington
resident a year or more ago related
to things done in Washington and
inevitably making parts of our city
INDEPENDENTLY ugly.
During four years l have resided
and now reside on Allison street near
Sixteenth and Webster streets. Now,
reading The Evening Star, on a
train leaving Washington. l learned
for the first time that it is proposed
to- place a fire station at the south
east corner at the intersection of those
two streets; that indeed the land has
been purchased. I at once recalled
those words: why do they do it.?
Why do they do things which harm
our city,"
Why do they propose to do what
will permanently harm Sixteenth
street, which is up to the present
time the least injured street in Wash
ington?
Many, nearly all, other residence
streets have been invaded and de-
prived of their residence character.
Fourteenth street is an example. On
that street, at one place, and then at
another, building or an activity out
Of harmony with residences has depre-
ciated rental or sale values OF resi-
dences to such extent as to lead
owners to go to the ZOning Commits
sion with requests to have their
properties classed as commercial"
Then actual changing use of those
properties harmed other nearby resi-
dences. That process has continued
until practically all residences on that
street have been reduced in sale and
rental value and commercial and slml-
lar buildings are in excess of needs.
Shall the same process destroy Six
teenth street as residence street?
Only a little way south of the pro-
posed location of the fire station, on
the same side of Sixteenth street, is
a gasoline station. That makes near
by land undesirable for residences.
1t Is to be anticipated that the own
ers of those lands will ask for COM
mercial zoning. That will extend de-
probation, which will call for 1urther
commercial Zoning.
If the fire station Is located as pro.
posed, that will cause residence de-
probation, which will be taken as
justification for asking change In Zon-
ing. The owners cannot be expected
to hold improbable property.
Then the transition already under
way on other streets will be under
way on Sixteenth street. Then eX-
tension of that transition cannot be
prevented. In addition to decided
local depreciation, there will be gen.
eral depreciation throughout the
length of the street. Then from scat
tered places will come demands for
reZoning.
And such transition on Sixteenth
street will reduce property value near
Sixteenth street. And all such de-
probation will reduce valuation for
taxing. That feature should be noted.
There Is absolutely no reason for
supposing that the experience of Six
teenth street will be different from the
experience of other Washington
streets.
Clearly, manifestly. the fire station
should be put elsewhere. and the gaso-
line station should be removed by pur-
chase or condemnation.
CYRUS KEHR.
Evening star., 1927-10-24

Women, 'tis said, may have harder
shedding in the foreign service than
they might have had, due to the pref.
erence Of Miss Lucille Acherson for
matrimony rather than a diplomatic
career. Miss Acherson has resigned
from the service, after four or five
years, for personal reasons" which
turn out to be romantic in character
An Ohioan, Miss Acherson was the
first American woman to qualify for
the foreign service. After three years
in the State Department, she was sent
to Panama. The department is quoted
as being little peeved over her resig.
nation, and there's unofficial talk of
making woman candidates for diplo-
macy take the pledge of single blessed
ness. The Standard OIL Co. has a for
eign service training school of it's own.
Young college men who enter it must
agree not to marry for three years.
X X y X
Whatever his status as a speech
maker may be in White House quar-
ters. Maj. Gen. Charles p. Summer
alls rep" as an orator stands ace
high with the American Federation of
Labor. Just before the, chief of staff
was ordered home from the coast, he
made at the A. +. of l.. convention in
Los Angeles what was dubbed "a
pretty good labor speech" In it the
general said:
II don't believe there is any.
thing advocated on this floor, or
anywhere else in the organized
bodies of labor. that is not hon
estly intended to be for the better.
ment Of great numbers of people,
for the creature comforts, to which
men have a right to aspire; for
that estate in progress, in stand
ards of living, in educa ton, in
skill of the hand or mind that
make us more progressive and
more efficient people"
II Earl Carroll had been interned
In the new and handsome Federal
Prison for Women-first of it's kind in
America-at Anderson, w. Va, he
mightn't have been so anxious for
liberty Anderson is described as the
last word in penitential luxury and
comfort. The prison has no walls
around 1t: windows are without bars;
inmates never called prisoners) walk
about the grounds unescorted, and
they will eventually inhabit II fire.
proof bungalow cottages. Highly pol
ished hardwood floors are adorned
with rag rugs. Each inmate has a
dresser. mirror, individual kimono and
bedroom slippers. A nursery is pro-
vided for inmates with dependent chill.
dren. There are 4 acres of recrea-
ton grounds. More than so per cent
OF Alderson's population" are there
Tor violation OF the narcotic laws.
fCopyright. 1927
Evening star., 1927-10-24

"There is no likelihood Of the nom-
ination and the possible election to the
presidency of Senator Reed" accord
ing to the Altoona Mirror Gndepend-
ent). The New York Evening Post
independently "can hardly conceive
Mr.. Reed as a real presidential candi-
date, although there have been post
war upsets as surprising in other
countries" The st. Louis Times (Re-
publican) says that 'fault-finding,
criticism and personal invective will
not carry Jim Reed or any other cam
didate. Republican or Democrat, into
the White House."
Senator Reed doesn't play pussy
foot; he hasn't anything catlike and
creepy in his approach to such a SUBJ
ject as the maladministration of pub
lie affairs" declares the Philadelphia
Record independent Democratic), and
the Richmond News-Leader Gnde-
pendent Democratic) feels that ''he
will command a certain following, par
ticularly among those who believe that
denunciation is the chief weapon of
reform, but he can hardly become q
formidable candidate for the nomina-
tion." The Seattle Daily Times Gnde.
pendent Republican, refers to his lat
est speech as "a characteristic attack
on everybody and everything"
X X X
The Fort Worth Record Telegram
Democratic) comments: AT the pres.
ent time .Agin G. o. P.-ism" is about
all the clarion call he has in his
vocabulary Practically all the calling
he has done heretofore has been that
variety used in trying to drive some
thlnS out of somewhere or in heaping
sarcasm upon something somebody
was trying to do. Watching him try
to gather all those loose ends into one
mantle of leadership will be a liberal
education in political legerdemain.
The Washington Courthouse Herald
independently sees only abusing his
opponents, and the Worcester Ga
zette independently calls the Senator
an idol smasher," with the sugges-
ton that every Wilsonian Democrat
and every dry Democrat has ranking
memories of Reeds words"
minimizing the effect of the Sena-
tors criticisms on economic grounds,
the San Bernardino Sun Republican)
contends that there is only one thing
that might win the election for the
democrats. and that is if the dry
Democrats are keen enough for party
power to accept a candidate wet
enough to attract the vets of the Re-
publican party" The New York Sun
independently comments upon the fact
that Senator Reed, "erstwhile the
most outspoken of the wet Democrats,
made never mention of the eight
eenth amendment, the Volstead act,
modlhcation or anything else pertain
ing to rum"
Evening star., 1927-10-24
UNITED STATES
in WORLD WAR
Ten Years Ago Today

Gen. Pershing, in the midst of the
French attack on Aisne front, pene-
trates through shell fire to second
ferman trench line. His GOODNESS made
A big hit with the French Army.
Announcement is made that
only onc-tenth of necessary 10000 men
for avia ton branch have thus far been
recruited. Navy takes over
all Of the Army's transports and will
man them with fighting crews. Deci-
sion in favor Of such a move believed
to have been hastened by recent sink
ing of the transport Antilles, which
was manned by civilians. Ad.
ditional loan Of $30.000.000 to Great
Britain made today. President
Wilson buys $4,000 worth of second
Liberty loan bonds. Nationwide re.
ports indicate that nearly three bill.
lions have been subscribed to date.
Food administrator arranges
10 obtain 100000 tons of raw sugar
from Louisiana producers to end short
age in large Eastern cities.
Evening star., 1927-10-24
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN.

consin. Rock, Iowa. Des Moines, Kas.
kaskia, Meramec. st. Francis, Yazoo.
Large rivers entering the Mississippi
River are: Illinois, Missouri, Ohio
White, Arkansas.
@. Why is a man who cuts hair
and trims boards called barber =
r. T. b.
A. The word is derived from the
Latin "harba." meaning beard"
Q. Why are the gold mines in Africa
called the Rand Gold Mines"?-E. Fl.
A. Rand" is a Dutch word meaning
border or edge" 1t is used in South
Africa to describe the low rounded
range of hills. 1t is specifically used
as an abbreviated form of the name
"Witwatersrand," an elevated ridge in
southern Transvaal. The Rand is
famous for its gold-bearing reefs and
the word is often used as a synonym
for the mining industry carried on
over a great part of the area; also for
johannesburg. the city which this In.
dustry created.
O. How many oysters are taken
| from the Chesapeake Bay regiOn?-
5. E.
| A. Out of the total OF 21.000,0G0
| oysters taken annually, 10000 are
found in this section.
Q. Will some appliances function on
both direct current and alternating
current?-M. MEG.
A. Many appliances have universal
windings and can be used on either
! kind of electric current.
! O. Nav live animals be sent
| through the mails?-J. B.
| A. The postal laws and regulations
! state that harmless live animals hav-
/ ing no offensive odor and not likely
| To become offensive in transit, may
| he sent in the mails to points that
they may reasonably be expected to
reach in good condition. They must
| he properly prepared for safe trans
mission and containers must be
labeled "Perishable and note Of
their contents marked thereon.
@. Where was the territory of the
Moabites?-M. NJ. s.
A. The ancient territory of the
Moabtes is in modern Hedjaz in
| Arabia.
O. Where was the first free public
library established?-G. L.
A. 1t is impossible to determine
which was the first library in the
| United States supported by public
funds and wholly free to it's users.
The earliest recorded gift Of books
to a municipality is that of the Rev.
John Sharp, who in 1900 bequeathed
his library to the city of New York
for the benefit of the people. The
town library of Peterborough, n. H.,
formed through the efforts of the Eev.
Abiel Abbot in 1888. appears to have
been the first free library which has
continued to the present day.
O. When was the first section OF
the Welland Canal put into use?--
NJ. B. III.
A. 1t was opened November q,
1929.
| What do pou need to knOUf Is
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Evening star., 1927-10-24
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Gone to the Movies.

Gone to the Movies.
Where are the lads who used to be
The leaders in the game?
Where are the girls we like to see?
Their charms are still the same.
But, like the boys, their talents sough
A field which would allow
More scope for beauty and TO
thought
They're in the movies now.
o Tom and Dick! o Peg and May!
You've Joined the crowd SO vast,
Forever going on its way,
Where films are being cast.
The prospect now I must bemoan
OF some sad moment hence.
When I may find myself alone
To be the audience.
Evening star., 1927-10-24
Business Optimism.

With the New York stock market
in strong reaction that has carried the
average of prices down to effect, II is
estimated, a shrinkage of values TO the
extent of nearly four billion dollars,
feeling of uneasiness prevails in some
quarters lest this sudden change may
signify a definite and serious slacken-
Ing of business in the United states.
The stock market is regarded as an
index to general conditions. 1t does not
however, always follow that spasmodlc
movements in the stock lists are in
dicative of unsound conditions in
trade.
Evidence that the sharp stock reac-
ton of the past few days is not looked
upon as a barometric indication is af-
forded by the sentiments expressed at
Houston, Tex. by delegates to the an
nual convention of the American
Bankers Association, which begins to-
day. A compilation of interviews with
these delegates regarding the prospect
mism. In the language of one dis
patch summarizing the statements,
''the present prosperity of the United
States is based on sound and lasting
foundation; 1t is not prosperity as
bounteous as that witnessed last year,
when industrial activity was at its
peak, but more persons are participat-
ing in it and it holds little threat of
a major recession either during the
rest of 1927 or in 1928"
Among the favorable factors cited
by the bankers as indicating continued
prosperity are the enhancement of
agricultural purchasing power, due to
the recent advance in the price level
of farm commodities: the freedom of
all business from inflated inventories;
the generally sound financial condition
Of The banks of the country; the sanity
with which Government finances are
being handled; the prosperity of the
railroads, and, finally, the actual evil
dences Of expanding Autumn trade.
Prophets of gloom are always quick
to seize upon casual happenings
to predict depression. Unfortunately,
there are many persons who are so
timid in their business transactions as
to give heed to these forecasters rath-
er than to others whose relation with
the business world is intimate and who
see no signs of the dissolution Of the
fabric Of prosperity. Genuine and gen.
eral depression may follow from curtail-
ments by only few in the beginning
but multiplying through trade rela-
tionship. Anxiety may cause the very
peril that everybody hopes to avoid.
The shortening of orders to prevent
a possible overstocking may alarm
manufacturers and lead to reduction
of working forces. The dismissal of
a few thousand artisans in any indus
trial community seriously affects it's
buying power. The process is cumu-
lative. The recession of trade gathers
force. In few weeks prosperity may
be replaced by severe depression, with
thousands out of work, mills idle and
merchants bankrupt.
There is, happily, no reason to look
for such phenomenon now. AS long
as the buying power of the country re.
mains high, confidence is maintained
by manufacturers and by vendors, and
upon the faith of these two factors in
the economic equation rests the struc-
ture Of prosperity.
Evening star., 1927-10-24

Q. What is the national flower OF
Hawaii?-N. F.
A. The hibiscus was made the Off
cial flower Of Hawaii by joint resolu
ton of the Legislature.
@. What percentage Of the blind
population lost their eyesight due to
industrial occupations?-G. r. IT.
A. The National Committee for the
Prevention of Blindness says that
such occupations are responsible for
Is per cent of the blindness. A per-
sistent campaign is being carried on
to induce all workers in industrial
plants to wear goggles.
Q. How many giraffes are there in
the United States?-D. w.
A. Only an estimate Is available.
There are between 90 and % living
in this country.
q. What tree does soapbark come
from and where does it grow?-C. f.
A. The soapbark tree (Quillaja
soponaria) belongs to the family Ro-
saceae. 1t is a native Of Peru and
Chile, but is cultivated in other
countries.
Q. What is the origin OF the word
"hOOdlum"?-N. |. +.
a. An explanation of this has been
given in the following tale: Out in
San Francisco great many years
ago there was man named MuldOon,
who was the leader of a band of hoy
ruflians. A reporter who had been
assigned to a story of this gang
attempted to coin n name for them
AMI transpOsed the name Muldoon,
90 IT1g
setter mistoOk the letter IN" for n
and made the word "hoodlum." 1t
passed the proofreader and became
a recognized word.
@. Is it improper to offer to serve
as pallbearer at the funeral of a
neighbor?-J. s.
A. An unusual situation might
prompt the offer Of such a service
but it is customary to wait until
asked.
@. What was the first book printed
IN English in England?-A. r. B.
A. What is believed to be the first
book printed in England is William
Cations "Recuyell of the Historye OF
Troye." published in 1474 a transla
tion Of Raoul de Fevre's work. How
ever, Cations ''Dictes and Notable
Wise Sayings of the Philosophers,
printed November Is, 1477, is the first
book that can with certainty be main
tanned to have been printed in Eng
land.
Q. What is the amount of damage
suffered by the railroads in the Mis-
sissippi flood area? How long was op
Grafton suspended?-S. T.
A. According to an estimate made
by committee of the American Rail
way Engineering Association, the ac
tual physical damage caused by tn.
1927 Mississippi flood to the railroads
| including the cost of protective
measurers, is approximately $40, 900,
| 600. Operation was suspended for from
| 10 to 120 days on 5000 miles of rail
ways.
| @. How can our paper currency b.
| kept from cracking as it grows old
E. E. E.
A. The paper is so prepared tha
| the bills do not crack in time; old bill
show wear but not cracks.
Q. What rivers empty into tn
Mississippi?-M. M. o.
A. Medium rivers entering tn
Mississippi River are: Chippewa, wis
Evening star., 1927-10-24
LOngfellOw Tribute
To Authors Recalled
To the Editor of The Star.

10 the Editor Of Tha Star:
Your quotation this evening on
arbitrary age limit for workers"
interested me and brought to mind
Longfellow's 'MOrituri Salutamus,"
delivered at the fiftieth anniversary Of
ms class at BowdOin College, in which
ne refers TO the great work done by
cato, Sophocles, Simonides, Goethe
ana others when past so, and Theo.
phrastus at 80, giving to the world
literary masterpieces which time can
not destroy. Then he finishes his
salute with:
For age is opportunity no less
Than youth itself, tho in another
dress,
And as the evening twilight fades
away,
The sky is filled with stars invisible
by day."
All of which applies as well today
as when Goethe wrote Faust,
Sophocles his "Oedipus'' or "Chaucer
his Canterbury Tales
J. A. MacMAHON.
Evening star., 1927-10-24
Chicago's War Against Britain.

Mayor Thompson of Chicago is run.
ming into snags in his drive against
the pernicious literary and historical
influence of Great Britain in America,
and particularly in the Windy City.
His proposal, through a deputy who
of the Public Library of the city, to
burn all the books in that collection
that SAVIOR of anti-Americanism, has
been challenged on the ground that
the law under which the library was
founded does not give the authorities
in charge of the institution the right
to destroy any volumes. They may
withdraw them from or deny them
circulation. on the ground OF public
morals but they cannot throw them
into such a bonfire as Mayor Thomp-
sons proxy proposes.
And there is another fact in this
connection that has just been brought
to light that tends to give pause to
the plan to make a holocaust Of the
''pernicious" prints in the Chicago
Public Library. 1t is now recalled
that after the great fire Of 1871, which
wiped out the library, the collection
was renewed largely through the as
sistance Of British friends. Thomas
Hughes. author Of tom Browns
School Days" initiated a movement
IN England which resulted in the gift
of 10000 volumes. Queen Victoria
Gladstone, Disraeli. Tennyson and Car
Iyle and hundreds of other British
literary men contributed to the fund
for the restocking of the Chicago in
stitution. 1t is now pointed out that
u Mayor Thompson's crusade agains,
British works which In any manner
Evening star., 1927-10-24

There may be very earnest effort
to compel President Coolidge to run
again. His popularity has increased
amazingly since he said 'I do not
choose" Blessings brighten as they
take their flight.
Evening star., 1927-10-24

Old-time business regarded success
as depending on the amount of money
that could be claimed from the public.
Reduction in Hight and power costs
will rank as another of the miracles
wrought by electricity in modern
business.
Evening star., 1927-10-24

The number Of banquets Charles
Lindbergh has survived shows he has
not forgotten the lessons Of youth
He knows better than to believe all
he hears or to eat all that is set be.
fore him.
Evening star., 1927-10-24

Florida has not been as prominent
as formerly for real estate booms
The period Of quietude will no doubt
give the genuine values chance to
assert themselves on rational terms.