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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-06-23
The President For An Airport
For Washington

The Presidents willingness to cooperate with the District
Commissioners the establishment of modern airport here
will be appreciated by Wangtonians evidence Of the
Chief Executives interest in this city.
Just what aid the President will give in the airport
proposition viii be developed plans shape themselves His
attitude may at least result in of the Governments air
fields here being put the temporary disposal of the air.
here
Il seems reasonable that department Of the Govern
ment should cooperate with another in caring for arma
machines until permanent municipal airport finally pro-
vided.
Washington must have an airport If we had municipal
government which could proceed to act promptly in all
other American cities there might be unreasonable delays
Our local government do nothing however without the
sanction Of Congress.
conjunction with reaestate activities by those willing to
take some risks for the good Of their city.
is stated by aercnauca experts that the chief cost of
air field the land Here in this National City, where every
foot of land becomes valuable each year. nobody would
stand to lose investment Of this kndcertainy
great amount.
Experts declare that arplane development going
swiftly that an airport would become seltsupportng In
short time Commercial airpane and pleasure planes would
surely airport here
What the Commissioners and Congress may decide upon
yet to be determined Congress might be willing the
Commissioners spend all the money they desired but would
likely limit the expenditures to District thus
saddling all the expense upon District people
Shod the District finally provide municipal airport Of
It's that would be tantamount to Government ownership
very thought Of which usually produces many spasms
Congress The speCter OF supervision and control
any kind Of transportation will loom up in this matter.
II the District must buy lands and construct airport,
there will at least be the satisfaction that the lands pur
chased will become valuable each year, offsetng
Sbe operation losses for few For that the
site eventually selected it is belong the municipality
should be within the District and not outside
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-06-23
MORE SPEED

THE greatest today have
to do with rapid communication. either men,
goods ideas.
OF the America United
takes the lead furnishes constructing
and wheels.
Then there the great railroad like the Southern
Pacific and Pennsylvania the New York Central and the Union
Pacific.
Along with these the American Telegraph and Telephone
Company and the General Motors Corporation also the Ford
Company
They all have do with moving people and ideas goods
faster.
Civilization rapdy transportation and
the great today future is to be made by cora
panies which increase the speed of traffic.
Almost all OF these companies American The word which
characerzes America is speed We be getting
where compared with the Of the world going
faster Backward for wheels
1t has been said that China will it gets of
the ground At present. their cabs
roads miserable When their get riding
mobiles and trains than they China will
civilization.
The best symbol civilization inventions
Of consisted of 20
faster.
Intecommuncation Of country another produces
beneficial effects It not only commercial
of each country but it unhealthy natonasm
to reduce ngoism.
The realizes that other citizens Of other
than his and
the better citizen of his country and the world
We need sound and internaionalsm not
neglect loyalty to ones family, should
others
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-06-23
QUESTIONS OF
ETIQUETTE
LBy Cornelius Beeckman-
A Charming Spirit
lEAR MRS. REECKMAN:

nEAR MRS. BEECKMAN:
~ /. A girl in this city Is about
TO be married, and l should like
to send her gift. She did not
send me wedding invitation, and
my brother says she would think
were limiting for one if l did
send the gift. Do you agree with
him or me? She and / were
schoolmates, and in class. she used
to sit by me and tell me of her
good times, and so forth. These
conversations were extremely en-
joyable to me, as / never had
many happy times myself. So,
now that she IL to be married, 1
feel that I should like TO show my
appreciation for the happy mo-
ments she gave me.
z. What name should I have
on my visiting cards? l mean
should have Mary Jane Connors
or Miss Mary Jane Connors?
r. A. M.
DLESS your heart, you are
ID right. 1t was extremely re-
freshing to me TO have this point
of view set forth, for usually peo-
pie take the point of view that
wedding presents are obligations
rather than friendly gestures in
dicative of friendliness to the bride
or groom. This bride would, if
she knew your point of view as
you have been kind enough to
show it to me, be very proud of
your feeling of friendship for her,
or at least she would be, IL she had
any kind OF spiritual appreciation.
To show my appreciation of The
happy moments she gave me-
what q dear girl and a dear friend
you are. BY all means. send this
girl a wedding present, and of
course, it need not be an expensive
one. Your spirit will be happier
for so doing, and if, as your
brother says, she will misunder-
stand your beautiful impulse and
your fundamental friendliness for
her-well, so much the worse for
her. A fine person like you will
never be bothered by such a mar.
row spirit in another person.
Don't allow your brother to inflict
this little-minded point of view on
you. All your life keep your point
of view, il you can, giving gen.
erously of such spiritual grace,
and holding your head high in the
knowledge that you have at least
given your own heart a good time.
And by doing this, you will, in
your enjoyment of your own sweet
spirit, make up for the social good
times that you may miss or have
missed, Hold on to YOUR apnrecia.
tive, sensitive point of view. and
let hardness pass you by as much
as possible.
2, On your visiting card have
the title-Miss-engraved before
your name. It is bad taste to omit
it.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-06-23
COMMERCIAL AIR
SERVICE

stability than the present or any
other proposed type, operating
without any perceptible unpleas-
ant motion. They will be
operable in the vertical plane
without the necessity of valving
and losing the valuable helium
gas with which they will be
filled: nor will they be required
to carry ballast, as an unprofit-
able mo pay" load.
Their steering in any direction.
up, down or to either side, will
involve none of the aerodynamic
stresses and speed-retarding eff
fects involved in the steering of
Zeppelins. Finally, they do not
use gasoline nor any other highly
inflammable fuel for power gener-
alton.
The writer, designer Of the
airship just described, has a olan
under development and we'll ad-
vanced for the establishment of a
second trans-continental air line,
over a southern route parallel to
the New York-San Francisco air
mail line, and operable every day
In the year. AS soon as this
route, which will extend across
the country from Baltimore to
San Diego. Calf, is opened up,
other connecting air lines will be
rapidly established, and within
a very few years we shall have
a network covering the entire
United States. Airships will be
used for the longer distances, and
connecting airplane lines for the
transport of mail and express
matter, for the shorter routes.
For O time at least, the carry
ing of passengers will be con.
fined to the airships, and passen.
gers will be fully insured against
accident while in transit. Pas
sengers that may elect to travel
in the connecting airplanes may
do so, at their own risk, and will
be required to relieve the operat-
ing company from all RESPONSE
bility for injury or accident, as
il the present practice in Europe.
Given the airports, we can have
this nationwide service within
five years.
WALTER LINK,
Aeronautical Engineer.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-06-23

editor, The Washington Times)
I ET'S develop commercial aero
II nautics in the United States
before giving much consideration
to it's transoceanic development.
1t can be done, and can be done
nowi
1t could have been done several
years ago-but for the smothering
tactics pursued by those whose
interests, as they saw them, neces-
STATED suppression of all efforts
TO carry on in this line-and who
will define this statement as
destructive criticism
Having said this much, however,
we feel it incumbent on IFS to give
the reason for our opening state
ment implying that we may have
commercial air transportation i'm
mediately, If the public are ready
for it.
The airship. not the airplane,
will make this possible, though
the airplane will have it's place
and play an important part
When we recall that. so far
back as 1910, seventeen years ago,
German dirigible airships demon
strated, beyond any question of
doubt, that they afforded the SAT-
est mode of transportation yet de-
vised by man, despite the fact
that they used both hydrogen gas
and gasoline in their operation and
because it Is possible today to
eliminate both Of these dangerous
fire risks, it may very properly
be a. source Of wonder to the lay
mind, that the airship has had so
little place in the current discus.
sions relative to aerial Transports
ton.
The All-American Commercial
Airship, though it lie not of the
Zeppelin or German type, re-
tsins every good feature they pos
sess with a number of major inn
provements that must of neces-
sity appear in the practical mod
ern airshtp. Without entering
into technical detail, we cite a few
Of them as follows:
They will''have sufficient speed
to meet the requirements Of the
Post Office Department for mail
carrying: viz, ninety miles per
hour. They will have greater
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-06-23
NEGOTIATIONS
OF A WIFE
BY Helen Rowland
This UnrOmantic Decade

This UnrOmantic Decade
LIVERY now and then I burst
II into a loud. wild wall for
the charming old-fashioned ways
and days.
But there are lots of things
about this uncompromising saxo-
phone decade that 1 do secretly
ENJOY!
I have no desire to display my
knees. Most knees are either
shin-bones or fat monstrosities.
But it IS a comfort not to go
through life in the agonizing
fear that some man may catch a
glimpse of your ankles, and 10
be able to pass a windy corner,
and not care.
Promiscuous kissing nauseates
me. Now, that the significance
has gone out of a kiss, all the
"kick" has gone with it. I miss
the tender gesture, the compt-
ments, and the way men used to
kiss your hand. I should much
rather be called Beautiful Lady"
than Sweet Old Thing" or Good
Old Scout
But 1t Is refreshing. this frank
quick camaraderie, this modern
habit of calling man by his
first name at the second or third
meeting! 1t removes the frost
and the stiffness, and makes you
friends and pals from the start.
All this frankness about sex"
and this talk about Freud and
psychoanalysis and free love bore
me to tears and give me NAL de
ner.
But it Is a luxury not to feel
that you must blush every time
a. stocking or a scandal or the
cats new kittens are mentioned.
Chalk-like noses and cheeks
like headlights arouse my 'mirth.
But it is a relief to be able to
powder your nose openly and
frankly and not to care whether
a man knows that you rouge Or
not--instead of having to sneak
off and put it on carefully" so
that nobody will suspect you are
fast"
I miss the old.fashioned devo-
ton! But after all, it is a treat
not to have to yawn through
seven evenings a week with the
SAME man, just because you are
tentatively engaged to him; when
you know perfectly well that the
moment he has clamped the seal
of matrimony upon you, he will
be Juggling at the leash to get
away from you, most evenings,
I think that girls who run
after men are congenital IDIOTS!
But it is a wonderful relief to be
able to be cordial and friendly
to a nice man, and not to have
to PRETEND indifference, for
fear that he may think that you
have matrimonial designs on
him!
Yes, it is comfort not to
have to be deceitful, any more
to lose that false sense of mod.
esty, which cramped a woman 5
style and made her feel that it
was necessary to appear 'in.
suited" every time q man acted
humanity and naturally.
II was NO easy thing. standing
On q pedestal and trying to keep
+ your halo on straight.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-06-23
"See the Other World"
General Mitchell's Suggestion.

General william Mitchell put out Of the Government
flying service he told truths unpleasant to those that
make profit out Of bateshps and fortunately free
speak his mind without asking permission of batteshp builders
or Cabinet members
suggests that the saying Join the Navy and See the
World" should be changed to Jon the Naval Aviation and
See the Next World
This Government may not be rich enough to make its flying
fleet ADEQUATE but it might at least make it SAFE
The army navy of the worlds richest country and all
the power and wealth of the Government behind them ought
leave it st. Louis boy show that American
machine fly across the Atlantic Ocean.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-06-23
BOOtlegger-U Undertaken
Not Far Apart

proud Yankee has his feelings hurt seeing picture
Of George Washington hanging in dull light indoor
running track His bitter comment was That's VERY
apprOpiate-iust the picture to make Engshman
faster
New York city bootlegger alleged to have discovered
something equally APPROPRIATE in the way of delivery
wagon. The important thing is NOT TO ATTRACT AT
TENTIoN. So the bootleg gentleman has undertakers
wagon drives up quietly delivers the goods and retres
Nothing could be appropriate for the modern boot
lsgger usually just ahead of the undertaken you
zee one you will soon see the other.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-06-23
WISE SAYINGS

Life is not so short but that
there is always time enough for
courtesy.-Emerson.
Title and ancestry render a
good name more illustrious, but
an i'll one more contemptible.-Ad
Olson.
In the lose Of an obieGt We do
not proportion our grief to the
real value Il bears, busS.o the
value our fancies set upon IT.
Addison
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-06-23
ONCE-OVERS
Let Your Style Suit Your Personality

You have a reputation for brevity.
Short cuts have been your particular stunt.
You have faculty for shedding superfluous things
You to grasp essentials.
But you would like to be different.
You have to admire certain grace which is
long drawn out than your style.
You think and to the conclusion that you
too short and blunt
But when you try initiate these crcuous methods
you get lost.
You have a penchant for quick, snappy thought.
Involved reasoning well involved statements twist
the real thought right out of your mind.
Then why try change your style something that does
not suie your personality
Power and charm come from being forcefuly natural
Too few are gifted with brevity, so keep IT,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-06-23
Germans and Russians
Germany Dislikes Murder

young Russian nineteen years DID, murdered the Russian
Minister to Poland Thereupon "a warning the Russian
executed twenty supposed to have plotted
against Russia
The German Boersen Courier says Russian justice since
yesterday is being administered by hangmen
German newspapers generally denounce the Russian pro-
Of official killing warning" and advise Russia
BUILD UP RUSSIA instead Of trying to tear down the gov
errments Of other nations
Germanys attitude pleases Western Europe which since
the has realize again that German power is still
the barrier between Russia and the Allies that recently
bined to defeat Germany.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-06-23
Dinlples Questionable
But They Will Come Back

Dmples have gone out you told The modern girl
SLIM thn hard And that irons the dmples
face and knees Knee dmples would show these days. had
they not been put out Of fashion
Dlmples will back, however, and fluffy skirts with
blue and pink sashes And curly rngets will drive out the
boysh bob Woman may realize it. but she lives and
strives to please man. and what man likes is femnnty not an
Imitation Of masculnity
Providence for its reasons sharp contrast
tween and and what II WANTS is what happens
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-09-23
MARTIAL RUPTURE
7 PRECEDED Staying
lIIiendahI's Small Son Re-
veaIs Alleged Frequent
0uarreling Over Man.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
HAMMONTON, N. j.. September
2S.-The stormy marital life of DIR.
A. William Lilliendahl, which drove
his wife frequently to spend slecpless
nights in her small sons bedroom, is
the latest revelation which detectives
said they had gained in their efforts
70 unravel the mystery Of his Staying
at the wheel Of his automobile week
ago.
Under repeated questioning, the s.
year-old son of the couple is said by
detectives to have told a story of the
frequent quarrels of his parents, dur.
ing which the name of man now
under police surveillance was brought
out as being at the root Of the domes-
tic disturbances.
Widow Sticks to Story.
Repeated questioning of the widow,
who is under $25 900 bail as material
witness, has failed, police said, to
shake her original story that two
negroes shot her husband to death.
In an interview granted yesterday,
Mrs. Lilliendahl became highly
aroused when confronted by the point
blank question:
did you or did you not kill DR..
Lilliendahl?"
She jumped to her feet and an.
nounced angrily:
This interview is at an end, alb.
solutely at an end"
Married Life Harmonious.
During the interview Mrs. Lilliendahl
maintained that her married life was
thing Of peace and harmony, and it
was not until detectives questioned
their young son that they received in
timation that the couple had fought
over the attentions of man to Mrs.
Lilliendahi.
The quarrels began about two
months ago, the boy said. according
to police. Comparatively mild at first,
the ruptures grew in intensity, police
said the boy explained, until they be.
came so bitter that his mother had
frequently gone to bed weeping con-
vulsively. She would on these occa-
sions get into bed with him, he said,
and sob into the pillow.
She told him Daddy and I have
been quarreling," according to police
quotations of the lads story.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-09-23
DISTRIBUTION CENSUS
MAY BE ASKED BY HOOVER

Secretary Hoover is considering the
feasibility of having the Census Blu
reau undertake national census of
distribution, with the aid of industrial
bodies and governmental specialists.
An experimental census Of the kind in
several different territories has been
taken with the aid Of local trade bod
les, the latest being at Baltimore, and
the results have been sufficiently valu-
able to enlist widespread commercial
attention.
I'm the experimental work done"
Mr.. Hoover said. 1.-The volume of each
commodity going into distribution in
the trade territory studied has been
determined, as we'll as other valua BILE
facts, to the labor costs and ratio of
labor costs to value of products dis
tributed. The proposals now pending
are to make the census national in
scope and either to have it in connec-
ton with the 1880 census or possibly
at an intermediate date"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-09-23

reening. The car, driven by Evange.
list Berry, formerly of Takoma Park,
and occupied also by Mrs. Berry and
another woman. caught on a barbed
wire fence and was thus prevented
from going over the ledge. The trio
remaining in the car were not hurt.
The accident was caused by truck,
which was ''hogging" the narrow road
as it approached from the opposite d.
rection. A through train was stopped
near the scene and Mr.. Martin was
brought here early yesterday morning
for surgical treatment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-09-23
YOUTH HELD FOR JURY
ON AUTO THEFT CHARGE
John Brooks Accused Of Taking
Out License on Machine
He Had Stolen.

John Brooks, colored, 10 years old,
1920 Twenty-fourth street, was ar
raigned in Police Court yesterday on a
charge of having stole the automobile
of Howard N. Brock, 3039 Q street. He
entered a plea of guilty and was held
for the action of the grand jury, bond
being fixed at $4,000.
Brooks was arrested at Warrenton,
Va, earlier in the week and surren-
dered to Detective Eugene Davis. who
returned him to this city. 1t Is charged
that Brooks assumed the name Of
Russell III. Jones and obtained license
tags here before driving to Warrenton.
Numbers given by the prisoner when
he obtained the tags do not correspond
with those of the machine, accord
ing to the police. showing how easily
a license may be obtained for the pur-
pose of getting by police of other jurjs-
dictions and make it appear that alleg-
ed joyriders or thieves are rightful
owners of the cars
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-09-23
LEE HIGHWAY FETE
TO BE NOVEMBER 10
Warrenton Prepares for Celebration
to Include Motorcade, Planes
and Speakers.
Special Dispatch 10 The star.

WARRENTON, Va, September %.
The committee appointed by the
Warrenton Chamber of Commerce to
make arrangements for a public cele-
bration here Of the opening of the
Lee Highway between Washington,
d. c., and Warrenton has selected
November 10 as the date for the cele-
bration. conditioned on the work on
the road being finished October 20, as
expected.
Among the features announced for
the day will be 20 years of automobile
progress, illustrated by a series of
models from 1907 to 1927. This motor
cade will come from Key Bridge over
the highway and will be escorted by
State police and a squadron of air
planes. The governor and his staff
and other State officials, the chambers
of commerce of this section Of Vir'
ginia and many organizations from
Washington will be invited to take
part in the ceremonies.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-09-23
SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST
LEADER IN AUTO CRASH
Rev. w. r. Martin, President OF
Conference, ffers Broken
Leg in Accident.

Rev. w. F. Martin, president of the
Potomac Conference of Seventh-day
Adventists, with headquarters in Ia
koma Park. is in the Washington San
itarium with double fracture of the
left leg received Tuesday, when the
automobile in which he was a pas
senger was crowded off the road in
the mountains near Roanoke, Va.
Mr.. Martin was hurt when he
jumped over a steep embankment
toward which the automobile was ca.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-09-23
UNDERWOOD REITERATES
SUPPORT FOR AL SMITH
ALBANIAN Endorses Governor for
Democratic Presidential Nom
ination-Sees No Other.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Endorsement of Gov. Smith of New
York for the Democratic presidential
nomination was reiterated yesterday
by Oscar w. Underwood, former Sena
tor from Alabama and a prominent
candidate at several Democratic ma
tional conventions.
Gov. Smith Is the only candidate
the Democrats have and / firmly be-
lieve IL he is nominated he will be
elected" Mr.. Underwood said. 81
don't see that the withdrawal Of Will
liam G. McAdoo has changed the
situation at all. I never have seen
any one else as candidate for the
nomination next year except Gov.
Smith,"
Mr.. Underwood called on President
Coolidge to thank him for his appoint
ment as member of the French
American Arbitration Commission,
and expressed his views regarding
Gov. Smith to newspaper men as he
was leaving the Executive Offices.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-09-23

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