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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-21

:, But are there no police in your vii.
lager" we asked, wonderingly.
My young friend" smiled the Old
Fogy. There Is one policeman to
patrol an area of a mile wide and
miles long. What can he do?"
X X \ Il
The point of the whole thing is, &C.
cord1ng to this old-fashioned fellow,
not so much the violation of the pc.
lice regulations, but rather the desire
on the part of the boys to destroy the
fun of July by being stale when the
day. arrives.
The Old F'ogy says that they are 80
used to having their own way in
everything that they simply haven't
the will power to resist the lure of
nrecrackers, and so begin firing then,
off weeks in advance.
When Independence day dawns, the
boys are fed up" as they say, on the
whole thing, so go swimming, or to
the movies-probably the latter.
Thus, instead Of seeing the village
properly observing the day we cele.
brate," said he, with fervor, I'VE are
treated to the spectacle Of real boys
gaWking at the love antics OF girls
with pretty faces and pretty boys in
fine collars.
Some of these boys make us old.
timers WONDER" continued the Fogy.
What do you suppose four boys OF
this village did on Lindbergh day:
Here was the greatest boy.hero of
the century, actually come to Duasu.
plese to receive the greatest honors
which could be bestowed upon a hui
man being.
'lf G. A. Henty had written of such
character as Charles A. Lindbergh,
the world would have laughed at his
boy-hero, and declared 1t another
fabrication Of the man who believed in
boys
Here, however, was real boy,
a true hero, one who stirred the hearts
of men. women, girls aid boys. and
he was no fiction character, whom one
must picture in imagination only, but
a real-sure-fire young fellow, swooping
down out of the night into the cut.
stretched arms Of a great city.
And now. miracle of miracles, he
had come home to his own people SO
that all might look upon him, and see
with their own eyes the one the world
had read about.
Would there be a boy left in the
residence sections Of Duasuplese that
morning? I, Of course, thought not,
If I had been a boy, I would have
been downtown at z am. Even laid
up with the rheumatic. I scarce could
contain myself, but wanted TO hobble
down to pay my tribute to Indy.
What, then, was my amazement
to see these four young boys, about is
years old, calmly refraining from go.
ing downtown!
"Sophistication, of course, Is the
only answer. To display an interest
In Lindbergh would be to smack too
much of the boys of yesteryear! We
up-to-date fellows, Of course, cannot
afford to he regarded as in the same
class with the old-fashioned boys, who
thought that a. fellow ought not to
fire off firecrackers before July 4!
We'll. sir, / was completely dunn.
founded. II am old-fashloned, thank
God for it! I never expected to see
the day when boys would not have
gone downtown to get a glimpse of
this boy-hero, Charles Lindbergh.
Maybe, the boys of Duasuplese
need to fire off firecrackers for three
weeks. Yes. maybe month would
not be too long a time"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-21

the alteration of the constitution or
the power Of the House of Lords.
The Parliament act of 1911 was put
through under Liberal ministry, with
Asquith at it's head. II was the cul.
mination Of a long struggle by the
Commons to prevent a conservative
House of Lords from. pigeonholing leg.
islative acts of the Commons Only
by threat to appoint enough Liberals
peers Of the realm and members Of
the House of Lords was the then gov
eminent able to force the House of
Lords to sign its own political death
warrant as legislative body. Today.
the Conservatives are in the saddle in
Great Britain. While the governments
proposed reform does change the con.
stitution of the House of Lords from
the old hereditary basis to one that is
comparatively representative of popu
lar demands. at the same time it does
seek to make effective the second or
upper house, To that extent will it be
vigorously fought by the Labor party,
as evidenced by Viscount Haldane,
speaking in the House of Lords yester-
day for the Labor party.
To Americans a proposal to lop off
half the membership of a house of
Parliament through mere legislation
will cause surprise. a proposal to
eliminate half the membership of the
Senate. and to change the basis upon
which the remainder was selected,
would require an amendment of the
concurred in by three.
fourths of the States, before it could
become effective. The British are more
direct. Yet the British Parliament is
the oldest legislative body in the
world. For more than 600 years it
has legislated continuously. 1t con.
sists of the King. the House of Com.
mons and the House of Lords. With
the passing years. the real power has
been grasped more and more firmly
in the hands of the House of Com
mons, elected by the people. Whether
the present British government will
in reviving and reconstruct.
ing the House of Lords as a legisla-
tive body remains to he seen. Prob.
ably not without terrific struggle.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-21
UNITED STATES
in WORLD WAR
Ten Years Ago Today

Great excitement over report that
a large number of Germans from a
sea raider, either sunk or captured
at sea, were brought into IAN Ameri.
can port" today by a British steamer.
Confirmation of report lacking. I"
Red Cross fund to date totals So ,000,-
600. Germans accuse Ameri.
can bankers of an offensive" to de.
press value of mark. News
dispatches indicate that United States
destroyer fleet is getting big kick"
out of hunting U-boats. - Ger
mans in Mexico try to buy support
of newspaper that has favored end
Of Mexican neutrality. House
rejects food bill changes in spirited
debate, during which administration
is dashed and bill called "idiotic." Pros.
poets bright for compromise on bill
in the Senate. Woman's Party
pickets roughly handled by crowd at
White House gates. Senate
finance committee votes to accept
House increase of so per cent in first
class postage rates. Russian
envoy in Washington says Russia will
strive hand in hand with America to
make world safe for democracy.
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Another Reminder.

Two more persons have been in.
jured, one seriously, in the mad strug-
gle of Washington drivers to dispute
right of way with ambulances and fire
engines. 1nasmuch as previous acct.
dents of this kind have appeared to
receive no more than passing notice
by the police department., there is no
reason to believe that remedial meas
ures will be undertaken after this one.
1t would seem to be a simple matter
to send a motor cycle policeman with
fire engine or ambulance run to bag
few of the stupid motorists who re.
fuse to give right of way, to take them
to court and to urge while there a
heavy penalty for violation of one of
the fundamental traffic regulations. 1t
must be, however, that it is not re-
garded as a simple matter and that 1t
will take almost a wholesale slaughter
to rouse the department to action.
With monotonous regularity am.
balances on emergency calls must
stop after collision with motorists who
demonstrate conclusively that they
have no right to have drivers per-
mits. and make return runs to the
hospital with fresh patches of victims.
In the meantime. the persons on
whose behalf the calls have been sent
in are without medical attention.
1t may be, of course, that motorists
figure that If they do not get out of
the way of an ambulance everything
is all right, because they will get the
promptest kind of service-that is. if
the ambulance is still able to run after
the accident. With fire engines, how
ever. the same reasoning does not
hold true, because they are not as
easily handled and cannot turn around
in their tracks to take victims to the
hospital. 1t may even be necessary
to send an ambulance along with the
fire engines on an emergency run.
Then If either one of these vehicles
which have absolute right of way
over all other traffic is unable to avoid
collision with motorists who play deaf,
dumb and blind there will be at least
a mathematical chance that a doctor
will be near to minister to the in.
jured
1t would seem obvious that a motor.
list who does not give right of way to
an ambulance or fire engine should
be instantly deprived of his permit to
drive. He is placing in jeopardy the
lives of the firemen or the occupants
| Of the ambulance. He is deliberately
disregarding universal and impor-
tant traffic regulation. In short. he is
a person who demonstrates clearly his
utter impotence to handle his car in
such a way as to make him anything
but menace to the community. And
involved as the procedure may appear,
that Of arresting a few of this type
Of motorist, it certainly seems logical
to believe that if few permits were
revoked the deaf, dumb and blind
motorists would soon regain their nor
NAL faculties when the fire engine or
| the ambulance clangs down the street.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-21
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN.

Q. What is the difference between
a postal card and a post card?-J.
E. S.
"A. We are informed that a postal
card is card made by the postal
service, whereas a post card is made
by a private concern.
@. Were napkins used in the days
of the ancient Greeks?-G. r. B.
"A. In place of napkins. small pieces
of bread were used. They were then
thrown on the floor for dogs to eat.
q. Is it correct to include 1.-The Star
Spangled Banner" in a medley of
songs?-G. J, s.
"A. The leader of the Marine Band
says The Star Spangled Banner
should never be played as a medley
with other songs. At least two bars
must elapse before playing THE Star
Spangied Banner" There are no off
clai regulations regarding the playing
OF such hymns except in the Army
Navy and Marine Corps.
Q. Where Is the largest sign on
Broadway?-M. W.
A. The Wrigley sign atop the Put.
nam Building, New York. is the larg.
est and most elaborate sign on Broad
way. There are 1926 lamps, which
are burned at a cost of S10S,000 q
year.
q. VIII you kindly advise me as to
whether or not the Valley pike in the
Shenandoah Valley was ever owned ol
! controlled by a Northern syndicate
Has 1t not always been owned and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-21
A Courageous Act.

A brave man yesterday saved Wash.
ington from being completely para.
iyzed from a stoppage Of light and
power. A short circuit in the cable
carrying 5000 volts caused a fire in
the underground conduit. Crawling
into the smoke-filled tunnel near Four.
teenth and B streets, C. B. Gardner
foreman of the Potomac Electric
Power Co. construction gang. severed
the cable which was blazing a few feet
away from wires carrying all Of the
power for downtown Washington
When Gardner started into the tun.
mel he did not know the extent of
the blaze, but he was determined to
take all Of the risk himself. II the
fire had spread while he was under.
ground the chances are great that he
would never have emerged alive. II
was brave act and Washington takes
pride in congratulating a courageous
man.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-21

controlled r. the State of Virginia.
E. P.
A. Between 1895 and 1910 that part
of the Valley pike between Winches.
ter and Staunton was made turn
pike at cost of nearly one-half mil
lion dollars, three-fifths of which was
subscribed in stock by the farmers
i'm the valley and twofifths by the
State. Tolls were collected until mid
night August 81, 1918, when the State
took over the road.
O. Who first said Man doth not
live by bread alone? What is
bread and butter letter?-V. 3.
A. A bread-and butter letter is one
which a guest writes to her hostess to
express her appreciation of hospital.
ity that has been extended. For the
source of the quotation about which
you have inquired we refer you to st.
Matthew, fourth chapter, fourth verse,
and Deuteronomy, eighth chapter,
third verse. The line should read
Man shall not live by bread alone. "
Did you erer tcrite letter TO
| Frederic J. HdsEin? You can ASK
| him any question of fact aud get the
dns,cer in q personal letter. Here is u
great educational idea introduced into
| the liueS of the most intelligent people
in the tcOrld-Americdn newspaper
readers 1t is part of that hest pur-
| pose of q ne,cspdper-SerUice. There
| is no charge except 2 cents in
stamps for return postage. Address
Frederic J. Hdskin. director. The
| Evening Star Information Bureau,
WdShin 0ton, d. c.
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Carnival Shows and Disease,

Orders have been issued that here.
after no permit shall be granted for
outdoor public entertainments of any
kind coming into Washington from
outside unless they maintain medical
staffs. This action Is made necessary
by a recent outbreak of smallpox fol.
lowing the appearance of a carnival"
show. Twenty-three cases are now un-
der treatment. all being traced to a
single source. one of the employees of
this show which exhibited in Washing
ton several weeks ago.
The larger tent shows that tour the
country have their own medical IA
cilities and are not to be regarded as
menaces to the health of any com.
munity which they may visit. The
smaller shows, however. have no such
safeguards. They have in the past
brought contagious diseases into
Washington, leaving a trail of sick
ness and in some cases of death be-
hind them. They are barred from some
cities on that account. Washington
has not been rigid heretofore in their
inspection, but hereafter, it is to be
assumed from the nature of the order
just issued. will be strict in the re.
quirement that no show will be allow
ed to set up for business that cannot
show clean bill of health on arrival,
and that is not itself properly super
vised
1t is only fair to the community
thus to check a possible source of dis.
ease. These shows are of no particular
benefit to Washington. Indeed there is
a feeling that they might better be
kept out altogether. They attract noisy
crowds, and, providing a very poor
form of entertainment, are an un.
wholesome influence. Perhaps the re.
quirement regarding medical super
vision will result in the exclusion of
some Of them. which will not be a loss
to Washington.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-21
Reforming the House of Lords.

Reform of the House of Lords, max
Ing 1t a real legislative body, is pro-
posed by the British government. For
sixteen years the Second House of Par
lament, as it is called, has existed
IN state of innocuous desuetude. The
Parliament act of 1911 effectually ham
strung the noble lords. It restricted
the veto power of the lords in regard
TO money and other bills. 1t provided
for a popular or representative basis
for the House of Lords instead of an
hereditary basis, and reduced the life
of a Parliament from seven to five
years. Steps to alter the constitution
of the House of Lords, however, have
not yet been taken. The proposal of
the government now tackles the make.
UP of that body.
In brief. it proposes that the mem.
bership of the second house be cut
from 740 to $50; that a number of
hereditary lords be retained and that
they elect a certain portion of the
house. A third part of the house
would he elected by the voters at large
and fourth part would be appointed
by the ministry in power for the dura
cion of the Parliament.
Besides changing the makeup Of
the upper house, the government pro
poses to give it more real Legislative
power than it has had since 1911. Il
would he accorded a share in classi
flying the finance bills. which originate
only in the House of Commons. /
would give the House of Lords power
to deal with matters affecting loca
rates, and would prevent the Hous'
Of Commons from passing any act 70!
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craft under the water at such a high
speed and what kind of memorial
services would Bugatti and his crew
desire after the attempt at diving un.
der the ocean at seventy.five miles an
hour? With all due credit to the
genius Of the constructor and his
brave crew, It Is not believed likely
shat Bugatti will show up in New
York in his semisubmarine fifty hours
after he leaves the French coast.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-21
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Same Old Story.

Same Old Story.
She's here anew! She's here anew.
The lady who with holiness great
Her fond relations swiftly slew
With poison or a window weight.
Found from dissension a relief,
And. from a distant friendly cloud,
Welcomed a messenger of peace.
But habits still their hold maintain.
To earth we come. We quit the air.
The lady claims our thought again
Who flirts with an electric chair.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-21

Should the custom Of using worms
for trout bait become established the
manufacture of flies" will meet with
serious Encouragement. Certain
branches Of the feather working in
dustry should arise and defend their
occupation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-21

There is no adequate protection for
the man who suddenly becomes IA
nous against the use of his name for
advertising purposes. Many ad writ
ers are brilliant, but few have no
sense of the absurd.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-21

Ambassador Herrick sails from
France to America for his annual holi.
day. His action is a cheering contra
diction of the idea that the holiday
route is from America to Paris.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-21

Even in the midst of modern avia.
ton development, old.time battleships
retain certain importance. They are
at least something to talk about.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-21

kidnapping movie star is a serious
enterprise. The average movie star
is a determined person and more OF
less pugnacious.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-21

Communism might make more prog.
ress in China If the warriors there
could suspend hostilities long enough
to find out what it is all about.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-21

Something to Be Thankful For.
From the Terre Haute Star.
Serbia and Albania do not speak.
which ut least is better than calling
each other names. 49,.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-21

The ovations are over. and, as the
committees adjourn, many a Prince
Albert coat may be welcomed back to
the mothballs,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-21

Awakening of interest. In aviation
has caused the demand for airports
to take precedence over consideration
of the need of motor parking space.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-21

That But"
From the Harrisburg telegraph.
If you are willing to admit that
somebody Is "all right but"-the
chances are he Is all right.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-21
Query.

Query.
From the Saginaw News Courier.
Radio flash from Lindbergh, ANY
more oceans to CROSSE"
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fne edition is delivered by carriers within
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45 rents per month: Sundays only. 20 cents
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-21
The EpiCurean Angle.

Don't you think man has a right
to make homemade wine?"
Speaking as an epicure," answered
Senator Sorghum, IT Do Not"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-21
Going Tn.

From the Waterloo Tribune.
Illinois has put the speed limit up
to 40 miles. At the rate they are rails
ing the limits they'll soon be where
people can't break the speed laws.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-21
Relief.

The living problems bring us grief
AS men their fates deplore.
The farmer prays for some relief
The city man wants more.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-21
Uninfluential Straw Hat

1 don my old straw hat with glee,
IT seemed so timely and so fit.
The old thermom. I'm panied to see.
Unwilling to agree with it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-21
Defeated Vainr

Were you never tempted to marry
a man with title?"
NO." answered Miss Cayenne. 1.-The
crowd was always so dense that was
never able to get near enough to sug-
gest the idea"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-21

Jud Tunkins says the champion
writer Of pure fiction was the one
who invented the line. They all lived
happy ever after"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-21
PersuasiOus.

"You can't get something for moth.
ing"
THAT proverb was invented before
business established schools for sales
manship."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-21

Power" said Hi Ho, the sage of
Chinatown, becomes burden for the
wise man and play toy for the idler."
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The Evening Star Newspaper Company

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New York Office: 10 East 42nd st.
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DE man who insists on maxim
trouble" said Uncle Eben, always
runs his factory overtime, regardless
Of de loss"
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-12-17
CHANGE IN TARIFF WOULD HARM MORE
THAN AID FARMER, JARDINE BELIEVES
Time Approaching When Tar.
if Protection Will Be More
Important TO Agriculture
Than 10 Industry, Secretary
Of Agriculture Says in
Speech

New York, Dec. 17.-bRj-A
change in the American protective
lalnl would harm the farmer more
than it would aid him, w. M. Jar.
dine, secretary Of agriculture, told
the Republican club today.
The time is approaching" he
said, when tariff protection will
be more important to agriculture
than to industry in this COUNT :
since agriculture is becoming less,
and industry more. depc ,dent on
foreign markets"
Agricultural productions, he de-
clared, have been for many years a
diminishing part of Americas ex-
ports. and agricultural exports arc
becoming a diminishing percentage
of the country's total domes tic pro-
duction in agriculture.
Value Of Farm Exports Increases
The total vale of agricultural cx-
ports increased 122 per cent for the
period 19OO-19O4 to the period 1922
26, he said, while the value of all
other exports increased 1888 per
cent.
"Since agriculture is becoming
less, and industry more, dependent
on the foreign Market" said Secre-
tary Jardine, 1T is becoming in
creasingly important to agriculture
that protection should be maintained
against foreign competition in our
markets.
"Thosc who, unthinkinglv or in
spirit Of political revenge, would
wreck our protective system in the
alleged interest of agriculture,
should stop to think what it woul.
really mean. Competition Of for
cign agricultural products in our
markets would be keenly felt bv our
farmers and agriculture would sure
ly suffer with the rest because Of
that instability of commercial rela-
tions which drastic tariff changes
would create"
Another factor essential to a fair
appraisal of the tariff policy in its
relation to agriculture, he sale, is
that the United States today is the
worlds largest free trade market.
He pointed out that in this country
there are no trade barriers -uch as
exist in Europe.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-12-17

More than four million copies of
the song, "A Perfect Day." have
been sold.