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Evening star., 1927-05-19
Economic Talk ''Bunk,'
Mother of 10 Claims

From the Ann Arbor Times-News
The wife of the man who was pre-
sented to President Coolidge as a
championship father asserts that this
modern talk" of economic pressure
brought about by large families" is
bunk and tommyrot."
Mrs. Gentle of Atlanta, Ga, Is the
mother of 19 of the champions" 20
offspring. And she isn't worried a
bit about their upbringing. She is
raising the boys and girls to be self
respecting and useful citizens" and
feels none of the effects of the much
discussed economic pressure. But
Mrs. Gentle admits that looking after
her family is a fair days work. Take
the item of darned stockings, for in
stance. This mother who doesn't
worry makes no mention of the
item, but you can imagine what 1t
amounts to.
We should say, offhand, that Mrs
Gentle must be considerable of an
optimist, and that her case might be
classified as isolated" There are a
lot of folks who would feel the eco.
nomic pressure and be driven almost
to distraction by their responsibilities
and the worries arising from similar
circumstances. All Of which leads to
the question Of how much RESPONSE
bility, if any, the Government should
recognize in the way of assisting the
parents of large families.
1t might be argued that the Nation
Is not concerned seriously with the
necessity of increasing its population,
and indeed many authorities on the
question are frankly worried over
problems that seem to arise from the
too high birth rate. Nevertheless, the
children are born, there are large fam
lilies and there is the economic pres
sure.
Suppose Mr.. Gentle We're dead, and
his widow were an invalid. And sup.
pose, instead of 20 children, there
were only 8, none Of them old
enough to earn a good living, The
economic resources of the Gentle fam.
lily are increased, it would seem. by
it's very numbers, and perhaps that
explains the absence of pressure. If
the circumstances should be like those
we have supposed" where would
Uncle Sam step into the situation, or
would he do so?
Obviously help should not be eX-
tended in a spirit of charity. Few
families would accept that. But
SnOulu lneE0 Ilol US SoFIrulleltdi uld-
chinery to assist such families on q
systematic basis-from purely selfish
motives? Don't forget that the mem
bers Of the Gentle family are being
brought up as "self-respecting and
useful citizens" and if the Nation is
not interested in that phase of the
situation it is not concerned with it's
future welfare.
Surely good citizenship ought to be
a matter of as much concern to the
Nation as a whole as to an individual
family. 1t doesn't seem entirely logi-
cal to build prisons for housing the
poor citizens without doing something
constructive and comprehensive to in
sure the production of more good ones.
Evening star., 1927-05-19
Stub-End Street Car Terminals.

Recently the Public Utilities Com
mission announced certain changes in
the routes Of local street car lines.
The Brookland cars, now running
from the Brookland starting point By
way of G street to an Eleventh street
terminus, are to proceed by way of
G and Fourteenth streets to the
wharves, replacing in the latter por
tion of the route the lie Droit Park
cars. which are to end their in-town
run at Fifteenth and G streets. The
Anacostia cars are to replace the
Brookland cars on the Eleventh street
run.
These changes are doubtless justi-
fed by the traffic conditions and re-
quirements. But in one respect they
are subject to question. Is 1t good
policy to add to the number of cars
using street-end terminals? The con-
ditions at the corner of Fifteenth and
G streets are already difficult, with the
City and Suburban cars ending their
route there. 1t has been heretofore
proposed to remedy this situation by
establishing loop, perhaps at Four
teenth street, in order to prevent the
accumulation of cars on the block
between Fourteenth and Fifteenth
streets on G, especially in the rush
hours, when numerous cars must be
assembled at the terminal point in
order to furnish the required headway
to care for the traffic. With the lie
Droit Park cars added to those already
using this block-long stub Of track
the situation will become even more
difficult.
A stuh-end terminal in the heart of
the city is far from desirable. Only
a short time ago a two-line terminal
existed in New York avenue, at Fif-
teenth street, where the cars of both
Annapolis lines made their starts for
the eastward runs. The congestion
was serious and had to be relieved by
the establishment of an independent
l0TIilIildI 1OE TIE bdllLIilOIC-AIlIld)O )OtlS
cars a few blocks to the east, taking
the standing cars off the street. 1t
would seem to be going backward now
to add to the number Of standing and
switching cars in this busiest Of Sec
tions, where the ordinary traffic is at
all times heavy and the use of the
street for switching puts serious
burden upon the capacity of the high
way.
The stubend terminal in the heart
of the city is a poor arrangement at
best. It should be regarded as a
makeshift, to be remedied whenever
practicable, and there is consequently
cause for surprise that the commits
sion has, in the rerouting Of the lines
just decided upon, moved to increase
the congestion instead of lessening it..
Time remains before the new routes
are put into effect to consider whether
better arrangement cannot be made
that will give the desired flexibility Of
service without adding to the street
blocking and the danger involved in
mid-city stub terminals.
Evening star., 1927-05-19
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

Outdoor Sport.
Don't want kickerbockers,
Nor stockings gayly wrought,
Hanging in the lockers
Where merry golf is sought.
Clouds are thickly drifting,
A message moist to tell.
Until they are lifting,
Gimme my umbrell.
Take away the sweater
OF Navajo design.
A bathing suit is better
AS showers fierce combine.
The climate is unsparing,
In patience l must dwell.
For fashion I'm not caring,
Just gimme my umbrel.
I do not ask a driver,
Nor yet putter neat,
To serve as a contriver
To bring joy complete.
Behold! The Weather Bureau
Fond hopes must now dispel.
Rain is due for sure-oh,
Gimme my umbreil!
Evening star., 1927-05-19

that otherwise would have been sacri-
feed to his murderous scheme. Per
haps he was in too great haste in
making his wire connections, or may
be the explosion disarranged some of
the connections and left part of the
heavy charge intact.
1t does not yet appear to have been
disclosed where and how the man got
such a large quantity of dynamite
without drawing attention to himself
He must have been plotting this crime
for some time. accommodating his dead
ly materials. The maniacal criminal
is crafty and shrewd and therefore
more dangerous than the sane law
breaker.
Had this wretched man sought to
wreak his vengeance upon those re-
sponsible for the imposition of the
taxes of which he complained there
would be little cause for wonder But
he aimed his blow at the innocent
children and their teachers. AS a re-
suit of his diabolism at least forty
one are dead, thirty-six of them pupils
in the school, and five others, includ-
ing the murderer himself, who fired a
rifle into a box of dynamite in the
tonneau of his motor car and exploded
it. killing three others.
The man with a grievance, develop
ing into a sense of persecution. is
dangerous person. The delusion that
others are in conspiracy against him
may become acute mania. This is
recognized as one of the most difficult
and menacing forms of insanity. The
man at Bath furnishes a terrifying ex-
ample of the pernicious effect of brood
ing upon wrongs, real or fancied.
Evening star., 1927-05-19
UNITED STATES
IN WORLD WAR
Ten Years Ago Today
MAY 19, 1917.

MAY 10, 1917.
Secretary Daniels announces that
regiment of Marines. 1900 veterans OF
many hard campaigns. will go with
first American Expeditionary Force
under Pershing. Total force
now designated totals nearly 10000
men. All details are kept Sc
cret as Pershing's command is hur.
riedly made ready. Thirty
five thousand men now training inten-
sively at officers training camps
throughout the country.
Thousands apply for enrolment In
Naval Reserve Flying Corps.
Senate passes urgency appropriation
bill of $3,342, 100000 without a dis
senting vote following White House
conference between President and Re-
publican Senators Lodge, Knox and
Gallinger. Russia spurns
separate peace. Nicaragua
breaks with Germany. Presi-
dent, chafing over congressional delay
In adopting food control legislation,
places facts plainly before American
people. 80 Names Herbert Hoover
as man he wants for food administra-
ss4
Evening star., 1927-05-19

Sturso, whose book, Italy and Fas-
cismo," translated by Barbara Bar
clay Carter, has just appeared, re-
lates how Mussolini. while still call
ing himself a Socialist, saw that boil
shevism, with it's center of influence
and control in Moscow, was becom-
ing epidemic in Italy. He, therefore,
turned the weapons of the bolsheviki
against themselves and replaced So
cialism in Italy with his own abso-
lutte dictatorship. That may have
been pure patriotism, or, as claimed
by the anti-FascimO, it may have
been shrewd self advancement. In
either case, there remain the Won
derful ancient standards of accom-
piishment to be now unearthed in the
long preserved Herculaneum and
POmpeii.
What organization in SO AID. con-
trolled municipal art? VIII our own
art commission take note? Who
made the width of streets fit their
chariots, when we have not yet made
our streets fit our automobile traffic? ?
Answer: District commissioners!
What inspired their architecture,
guided their artists hands and imagi-
nation in their wonderful paintings
and mosaics? How did the world
lose touch with all that beauty
throughout the Dark Ages, and sub
stitute the crudeness of the ''primi-
tives" in art. after it had known
the perfection of Phidias and PraX-
iteles?
In no case can the achievements
Of ancient Rome. nor of Greece, nor
the tyranny of modern Communism
nor Of Fascismo (both demanding
every sacrifice of personal prosperity
and pleasure for the state) dim the
luster of the American ideal of
government of. for and by-not a
dictator-but the people.
Perhaps Americans are not living
up to the message Of our liberty en-
tightening the world, but what race
of Europe is living up to its own
professions? Test the ideal under
fire or water, WHICH shines as an
ideal with untarniShed 1uster?
lcopyright. lea7. by rsul ". collinssA
Evening star., 1927-05-19

A woman condemned to the electric
chair gives out information as to how
she sleeps, what she eats and what
she thinks about things in general.
Vague doubt arises as to whether she
is pathetic sacrifice to Justice or the
belle Of the ball"
Evening star., 1927-05-19

When the price Of gas goes down
a little the motorist is justified in
wondering how much it will go up
later on in order to recover tempo
rary sacrifice of profit.
Evening star., 1927-05-19

Germany is preparing to show in
films the poverty that has resulted
from the war. The successful nego-
tiations conducted by the former
Kaiser will prevent a showing of him
as a pathetic closeup
Evening star., 1927-05-19

Western farmers are inclined to
hold radio responsible for excessive
rainfall. A more or less scientific
theory is no relief in a practical
emergency,
Evening star., 1927-05-19

One of the outstanding disclosures
Of archaeology is the fact that ancient
Egyptian kings were inordinately fond
of jewelry.
Evening star., 1927-05-19

When President Coolidge takes a
vacation, an admiring Nation is pre-.
pared to offer him fishing inducements
ranging anywhere from trout to tar.
pom.
Evening star., 1927-05-19

Chinese have proved efficient laun-
dry men here, but have a big order
on hand in an effort to clean up in
their own government.
Evening star., 1927-05-19
Knows His Jefferson Thoroughly

From the st. Louis Post-Dispatch.
Richie describes himself as a po
litical fundamentalist, meaning that
he knows his Jefferson from kiver to
lid.
Evening star., 1927-05-19
In Favor of 1t.

What is your opinion Of evolu-
tion?"
'It's good thing" answered Sena-
tor Sorghum. "It enables people to
indulge the inclination to hold debates
without calling up the really serious
matter of congressional appropria-
ti0rS
Evening star., 1927-05-19

"Woodman. Spare That Tree"
should be included in song programs
in view Of the disastrous flood results
now in evidence from deforestation.
Evening star., 1927-05-19
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

Carrying ones hat in the hand, in
a careless manner, allowed one to
run the gantlet with only a few
smokers leveled at him. SO it was
customary for brave souls to carry a
hat or cap If they wore it not.
Following the war. many injured
veterans were instructed to go with
out hats, and no one dared laugh at a
soldier. of course. Seeing this, many
took heart, and initiated the veterans.
Prominent men took up the fad"
Today one may wear a hat or not,
just as he pleases. 1t is a personal
matter-just as it always was. not
every ones business along the way.
Nowadays one may go without a
hat in Winter without attracting any
clared healthy, not only to hair, but
also to the general system.
Large advertisements of recent
weeks have spoken up for curtains
and other hangings all over the house
in Summer.
This is something "new," but we
know a house where it has prevailed
for at least 10 years.
Our idea always has been that a
house without rugs or window cur
tains is a bare house, no less so in
Spring and Summer than in Winter.
The old idea that rugs and curtains
make q house look hot" always
struck us as the veriest sort of bunk.
It is not rugs and curtains that
make home look hot" it is simply
the heat. When it's hot, it's hot,
that is all there is to it.
II curtains make a home look more
homelike in Winter, they perform the
same service in Summer, and ought to
be used just the same, whether the
outside temperature is 80 degrees in
the shade or 10 below in the sun.
What looks more bare than a win
dow sill? The old-fashioned way of
going with naked sills all Summer, on
the theory that their use made every
thing look so hot" has given way to
the better fashion of using different
hangings or the old ones.
AS for rugs, a wool rug does not
make a home look any hotter than
any other sort, and the modern
vacuum cleaner renders their con-
tinued use not only easy but pleas
ant.
X X II
Bright-colored furniture and hang.
ings are much in vogue for the sum
mer home" By the term is meant
color in good taste for the particular
setting. This ideal is in line with the
methods of interior decorators, who
are now going in for exterior decora-
ton. too, as one may see in various
sections of the city
Color, and plenty of it. is the slogan.
Common sense must rule, of course.
There must be no savage daubing on
OF color, but a tasteful application ac-
cording to the best practice of the art
and science. The use of color is both.
as every one knows who has tried to
do any painting, either interior or ex-
terror.
Colors may be used in harmony with
the dictates of taste, yet achieve a
daring effect. For instance, there is
a new house going up in this city
with stucco of rick-red, with sky
blue shutters. Sounds odd, Ell? Well.
it is, but pleasing at the same time.
Evening star., 1927-05-19

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to the use for republication OF all news dis
patches credited to il or not otherwise cred
tied IN this naper and also the local news
published herein All rights Of publication
of special dispatches herein are also reserved
Evening star., 1927-05-19

AS a Fascist, Mussolini is not afraid
of being rated as a man who consid-
srs himself bigger than his party.
Evening star., 1927-05-19
The Poor Weather Man.

From the Baltimore Sun.
The French oughtn't to waste any
time getting mad over the weather.
Leave it to the Weather Bureau. .-4.4-4.
Evening star., 1927-05-19

dable one. In 1924 Mr.. Taggart pro.
posed Senator Ralston and the con-
Vention was tending very strongly to-
ward that HooSier when he took him.
self out of consideration. Now Mr..
Taggart is ready for Mr.. Woollen."
The Times concludes it's discussion
with the statement: Doubtless Mr..
Taggart would give a great deal to
see Mr.. Woollen nominated for Presi-
dent. He would probably be glad TO
see him land the vice presidential
honor. And unquestionably he is not
insensible to the desirability of Great
ing situation where all the other
leaders must come and see him."
1--WE have an idea that Woollen.
whatever his merits, will not get very
far in his candidacy for the big
place" says the Nashville Banner Tin
dependentl, and the Savannah Press
Democratic) states that nobody be-
lieves that Mr.. Woollen could be
elected if nominated" while the Wor-
cester Telegram Republican, asks:
But who-pardon-is he?" That pa
per suggests memories of 1852. when,
as it records, Democrats sailing the
Mississippi received news of a nomina-
ton and threw up their hats with
wild cheers for Franklin Pierce, but
likewise inquired. Who is hep" The
Admission Star Democratic), believing
that Mr.. Woollen would make a very
formidable candidate" notes that Mr..
Meredith will also be put forth as a
farmer candidate; that cit is prob
able that there will be a few candi-
dates from the South" and concludes:
"All of which is very interesting, as 1t
indicates that the party as whole is
by no means inclined to hand the nom
ination to Al Smith on a silver platter
or to tolerate another Smith. McAdoo
stalemate.'
Observing signs Of another Smith
McAdoo battle, the Indianapolis Star
independently says: THE next ques-
ton is TO get neutral, we'll known,
and satisfactory candidate on whom
all may unite. Indiana does not pro-
pose to be caught mapping when such
an opportunity is in prospect. It is
getting in on the ground floor, so as
to give the rest of the country time to
realize that it is offering a man worthy
Of favorable consideration
Evening star., 1927-05-19
FOresees Famine for Moths.

From the New York Herald-Tribune.
Moths eat only all-wool clothing. A
lot of them must be going hungry.
Evening star., 1927-05-19
No Equal Division.

A Communist met
With a grim Soviet.
They talked about things economic.
Some poker they played.
Each of loss was afraid
Which seemed just little bit comic.
Jud Tunkins says you've got to ad-
nit that size doesn't always count;
especially when an influenza germ
goes after a prize1ghter.
Evening star., 1927-05-19
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Evening star., 1927-05-19
Barkers.

Barkers.
"You like dogs?"
Yes" answered Miss Cayenne
'They are conversationally restful.
When they bark, you know they are
not trying to sell you something"
I'VE worship our ancestors" said
Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown, land
feebly hope that they who come after
us will do the same
"Dar amt nigh de money spent in
politics dat dar once was" said Uncle
Eben. "A good politician knows how
to make handshake and a pleasant
smile do de real work"
Evening star., 1927-05-19
Delicate Question,

What time is it?"
What are you trying to do" in.
quired the irritable citizen, start an
argument about daylight saving?"
Evening star., 1927-05-19

@. Is whistling of any actual value?
Il. B.
A. 1t is used in some schools in
remedying speech defects.
Evening star., 1927-05-19

Q. How many Boy Scouts are there
in the United States?-W. B.
A. There are now few more than
750 900.
Evening star., 1927-05-19

Q. Was it possible for the Egyptians
to mummify an adults body so that IL
became the size of a child's?-J. J. J.
A. The body of a mummy is inclined
to shrink. In some instances the body
Of an adult has been found to be ap-
proximately the size of a child's body.
Evening star., 1927-05-19

Yet vast accumulations of erudition
and art will be unearthed in substan-
tial, tangible preservation. The crea-
tors of beauty leave their beautiful
creations, though they become vacuity
themselves. Through all the nine.
ten centuries. those yacuous holes
Evening star., 1927-05-19

@. What is the age limit for play
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The Washington times., 1927-10-20
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ing-the qualification Of the appe-
tite-but good, well-being In the
highest and noblest forms.
''The Joy that springs from OBJ
legations discharged, from duty
done, from generous acts, from
being true to the ideal, from per.
ception Of the beautiful in nature,
art and conduct.
''The happiness that is born Of
and gives birth to poetry and
music. that follows the gratifica-
ton Of the highest wants.
Happiness is the result Of all
that is really right and sane"
This Is logical and to the point.
Yet there are many who, reading
It, will say, But" And ad.
vance theories entirely different Of
what happiness is and how to at
tain If.
The Washington times., 1927-10-20
By Lucy Lowell

DEoPLE. 1t seems to me, are
= all essentially alike, since all
work toward the same goal. Every
one. however, has a different idea
Of how quickest and most salts
factorily to reach this goal, and it
is these various ideas, put into
practical execution, which give to
every human the appearance Of
being radically different from his
neighbors.
The goal. Of course, is happiness;
1t would not be complex matter
excepting that because all move
toward it from different directions
no two agree upon just what it is
like. Therefore 1t has coma to be
regarded as an intricate and some.
times a vague thing. Some even