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Evening star., 1927-03-28

If YOU will carefully watch a person
eating popcorn you will see that he
| never allows his mouth to become
empty.
Just why the popcorn consumer
feels compelled to keep stutf1ng in
the crunchy white kernels is "A mys-
terry that has never been successfully
explained.
Perhaps the eating of this standard
American delicacy is as near as the
average person can ever come to a
continuous performance" along gus
tatory lines.
This may be why popcorn is such a
favorite in city. small town and coun-
try alike. During recent years the
consumption of this foodstuff has
grown In Washington until today
more persons are eating it than ever
before in the history of the National
Capital.
If any one asks us how we know
this. we reply manfully. Because we
started eating it ourself this Win
ter for the first time in years. We
have enough conceit In our system
to believe that what we do, others
are doing, too; that if we take up
something. hundreds of others have
preceded us in It.
Our irrefutable authority for pop
corn statistics, therefore, is none
other than ourself. The making of
statistics to suit ones self is another
one of these Indoor sports" you hear
so much about. Surely popcorn is as
susceptible to this process as the next
article.
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consumers.
Say, we had some popcorn around
at our house last night" he begins
II started to bring you a bowl, but
thought maybe you wouldn't want
tt"
Wouldn't want it!' you declare,
your mouth beginning to water
already. Now, you had not given pop
corn thought for years on years.
In the dim past, you recall, you pur-
chased a bagful from a street vender
and walked along eating surrep-
titiously.
Now at the mere mention of hot
buttered popcorn your mouth begins
to water. Suddenly a vision of child
hood days filings into the mind. There
was a big bowl, sort of yellow color,
with blue lines around 1.-THE great
concavity was completely hidden by
a mound of fluffy white corn
And that smell!
If there is an appetizing odor in
the wide, wide world. it is the aroma
of freshly popping corn. This smell
would make a dyspeptic eat. 1t would
lure a hungry man from beefsteak
and potatoes, or draw a flapper from
her ice cream soda with whipped
cream on top.
A favorite diversion Of young man
In past age was to secure such a
huge bowl. lie down on the rug in
front of the fire and share the bowl
with the four cats and one dog of
the family.
All ate as they pleased from the
bowl, d!verting. an interesting, an
appetizing sight to visitors.
No, this was not ourself. We were
too f1nicky. We preferred our bowl
of popcorn all by ourself.
You got more that way.
Evening star., 1927-03-28

DR.. Frederick A. Cook, after serving
a portion Of his sentence as a promoter
of oil stock frauds, and with a con-
troversy raging over parole for him.
continues to be viewed as picturesque
figure, just as in his days Of uncon-
firmed explorations. To the world In
a monstrous lie which prevents press
and public from taking him very
seriously, even as a criminal.
"That part Of the public which has
not invested in any of DR.. Cooks oil
promoting schemes holds no animosity
against him. according to the
Charleston Daily Mail. "but it dis
trusts his excess of imagination and
his apparent propensity to chase the
pot Of gold at the end of the rainbow,
along with his seeming power to In
duce others to join him in the fanc1ful
quest" The Mail, however, empha-
sizes the very important question or
the setting of a precedent In DR..
Cooks case, that may make the parole
law merely another scheme to empty
the jails as fast as the courts. working
slowly, laboriously and with costly
efforts, can send offenders there"
There are some folks in this coun-
try" asserts the Charlotte Observer,
"who yet believe that so famous
man as the discoverer of the North
Pole has been languishing in prison
vile these three and half years past,
and who will be inclined to praise the
Judge that gives him conditional
liberty" That paper. however. calls
the process through which the
famous prisoner is liberated for five
wears of q curious sort" and anttct-
pates the doctors return to prison.
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But we cannot forgive DR.. Cook" {"
says the Cincinnati Times-Star. "By
his lie about the North Pole he caused
an acclaiming world to become ridicu-
lous and almost put q cloud on the
title of a real explorer, Admiral Peary,
to being the discoverer of the North
Pole. OF course, Munchausen lies
such as Dr. Cook told have their hui
morous side. They have the quality
of the exploits of the Duke and the
Dauphin in Huckleberry Finn But
they have their tragic side, too. You
cannot fire a world with enthusiasm
and upon the lie being exposed not
expect a reaction of pessimism as to
human nature. DR.. Cooks belongs in
the same category as the White Sox.
The world hates a man who throws a
game. That is what DIR. Cook did"
Assuming that the doctor was 'sent
to prison for a stiff term as an ex-
ample to other Frauds" the Grand
Rapids Press argues in opposition to
the parole: knowledge that such
terms could be commuted whenever
the judge pleased would take all the
starch and significance out of them.
The vigor and dignity OF the law are
Of greater importance than DR.. Cooks
Evening star., 1927-03-28
SHOOTING STARS.
By PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Lack of JJndersfani1in,

Lack of Understanding.
When to the Tower Of Babel came
All different kinds Of speech,
In words a simple thought to frame
Meant gifts beyond our reach.
Interpreters we must employ
When we communicate, ...
And lexicons reduce the Joy
OF reading or debate.
When money undertakes to talk
All men can understand:
Sometimes when brains begin to balk
The dollar takes command.
Sometimes at last, too tired to guess,
With understanding slight.
A few men say in weariness,
Lets start another fightw
Evening star., 1927-03-28

schools and other places likely to be
visited by sightseers.
Familiarity breeds contempt" Also
1t breeds tolerance. When one is
closely associated with given bit of
ugliness he fails to note 1t, but the
visitor sees it Immediately. Perhaps
the less he says concerning it the
more he thinks.
Unnecessary ugliness Is, above all
others, the unforgivable sin in build
Ing construction.
Evening star., 1927-03-28

An analysis of the votes cast last
year in the senatorial primary and
general elections, made by Simon
Michelet, president OF the National
Get.Out-the-vote Club. proves conclu-
sively that the primary Is Of great i'm
portance in the selection of the States
representatives in the Senate. Sena.
torial contests last year were deter.
mined IN primaries Of seventeen out
Evening star., 1927-03-28

It used to be tacitly understood that
a prince was pretty sure to win when
he rode a horse race. His acrobatic
style Of horsemanship makes the mat
ter difficult to arrange in the case Of
the Prince of Wales.
Evening star., 1927-03-28
The Likable Doctor.

From the Ohio State Journal
We have not word to say against
our great medical specialists, but per.
sonally we like doctor who looks at
our tongue, feels our pulse, says it's
nothing organic and gives US some
thing to cure II.
Evening star., 1927-03-28

Having been appointed acting pro-
hibition commissioner, Mr.. Roy
Haynes doubtless hopes precautions
have been taken to prevent his Job
from being in any respect q sinecure.
Evening star., 1927-03-28

Cherry blossom time has intro
duced a touch Of poetry into the
Washington, D. c., calendars. 1t is
an agreeable reminder that the month
OF March is not remarkable entirely
for its cold-wave threats.
Evening star., 1927-03-28

Pennsylvania cheerfully admits that
If one selected official does not prove
eligible to service in Washington she
has plenty more men in line that she
can send along.
Evening star., 1927-03-28
Those Big Yaks.

From the Baltimore Sun.
Enormous yaks have been discov.
cred in Tibet with skulls that shed bull.
let's. Wouldn't they make splendid
bootleggers!
Evening star., 1927-03-28
In Doubt

What Is your opinion OF prohibi.
tion?'
Il haven't made up my mind" said
Senator Sorghum, whether 1t has
brought new spirit Of reform into
our affairs. or whether 1t has only
introduced new variations into poll.
tics"
Evening star., 1927-03-28

'Tell 1t to the Marines" is becoming
a significant piece Of advice to coun-
tries that have trouble on their minds
foreigners.
Evening star., 1927-03-28

While looking forward to renewal
OF the glorfes of ancient Rome, Musso-
lini continues to advocate the fashion
Of black shirts instead of tunics and
togas.
Evening star., 1927-03-28
Some of the 24.OOO.OOO.

From the Louisville Times
America now boasts $4,000, 900 auto.
mobiles, but some of us aren't boast.
Ing about those we are driving.
Evening star., 1927-03-28
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Evening star., 1927-03-28

From the Boston Herald
With six women on the Ford furry
the verdict is not likely to be adopted
without adequate discussion.
Evening star., 1927-03-28
A Versatile Statesman.

From the New York Herald Tribune.
Mussolini Is doing well enough.
maybe, but what a magnificent motor
cop he would have made,
Evening star., 1927-03-28

Deportation would enable overen
thusiastic participants in tong en-
counters to go back to China and get
into q real war.
Evening star., 1927-03-28
No Love Lost,

From the Boston Herald.
Our English sparrows must have
about the same feeling for great
northern owl - the Mexicans for
uTncle# Sam.
Evening star., 1927-03-28

The early robin has been heard from.
The late blizzard is still expected.
Evening star., 1927-03-28

"De drummer in dat jazz band"
said Uncle Eben. was plucky. He
staid right on de job, although he was
shakin' all de time like he had chills
an fever"
Evening star., 1927-03-28
Two Source:

Our literature Is worried some
AS fiction lifts it's banner;
Our authors must from London come
Or else from "Injianner."
Evening star., 1927-03-28
Musical Pen.


A gentle song Is in the air.
It softly soothes the senses
And bids the listener prepare
For vernal moods and lenses.
Sweet melody salutes the ear
And then it takes q tonic
A blizzard hits the atmosphere
With ragtime saxophonic.
Jud Tunkins says it looks like the
quickest way nowadays to get famous
was to kill somebody.
"war," said Hi Ho, the sage of
Chinatown, sis always a sad confess
sion of incompetence on the part of
those who assume to conduct argu-
ments."
Familiarity.
"You know everybody in Crimson
Gulch?"
Everybody" answered Cactus Joe.
"Then why don't you run for of.
fice?"
II couldn't put on no airs OF au.
thority. Everybody knows me-
Evening star., 1927-03-28

Q. Why do the wires on a power
line cross one another about every
mile?-W. W. III.
A. Live wires are regularly trans.
posed to reduce their inductive effects
upon neighboring wires, especially
telephone and telegraph circuits.
Evening star., 1927-03-28

Q. Is there year o between 1B.C
and ADJ. V. NJ,
a. There is no year reckoned as
Evening star., 1927-03-28

@. What lis the live stock disease
that has caused so much damage in
the Philippines?-W. E. D.
A. Rinderpest. For many years
this had depleted the number of
carabaos, which are the Filipino's
only draft and farm animals. Re-
Gently a notable improvement in the
preparation of rinderpest vaccine has
Evening star., 1927-03-28
The Feminine PRIVILEGE.

Copyright. 1927
Evening star., 1927-03-28

Q. Why is "Chequers." the country
residence Of the British premier, 50
! called?--P. V. F..
| A. The name appears to have been
| taken from the office of ''Radulphus,"
clerk or the exchequer. who owned
the place under Henry II.
Evening star., 1927-03-28

Q. What is the population Of The
Hague?-E. A. r.
A. 1t has a population Of about
400, 900.
Evening star., 1927-03-28

Q. What is the difference between
burns and scalds?-k. +. G.
\. Burns are caused by dry heat
of 140 degrees Fahrenheit and over:
scalds by moist heat of over 120 de.
greeS Fahrenheit
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-08-10
TWO BURIED BY
GAVE ms DIE

Three Of the five men trapped
under tons Of earth and gravel
IN construction accidents yesterday
win recover. The other two are
dead.
The dead:
JAMES BROOKS, colored, ST, Of
Vienna. Va.
LOUIS HOLLY, colored, is, Of $50
Fifteenth ST. s. E.
The injured men are:
Charles Z. Glasseock, 65, of
Ralph LemOre. Is. Of oaktOn.
Va.
Joe Taylor, colored. 30, Of Vienna.
Holly, who was employed BY the
district as laborer on the new
filtration plant on Conduit Road, was
killed when caught under q falling
mass OF debris. His death was
caused BY a rock weighing nearly
Two tons which fell square on his
The other accidents occurred ii 4
gravel pit on the estate Of Robert T..
Wright. on the Columbia Pike near
Alcova Heights, Va.
"A crew Of men under the direction
OF W. w. Ryan, foreman. had placed
q charge Of dynamite shortly after
20 o'clock yesterday morning. The
charge failed to go off and gang Of
laborers were instructed to re-
move 1t.
They were digging at the charge
when, with a deafening roar, the en-.
tire side Of the gravel bank let 20
and came laundering down on the
trapped men.
Brooks, who was nearest the bank
was buried three feet deep and
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-08-10

return flight East with the mail to
New York. The board warned that
flying was not safe on this night.
]. d. nevertheless pulled on his
weIl.worn leather helmet. and q few
minutes later the roar Of his plane.
was heard as It went mp into the
fogbound night.
This was in the days before In
strument flying. Somewhere be-
fore reaching the Allegheny Noun.
tains ]. DIS watch stopped. Fly.
ing a little better than 100 miles
an hour, J. d. knew that It usually
took him about an hour and 20
minutes to pass the danger zone
above these ridges. Because Of the
sleet. he was flying above this layer
Of density and was unable to per-
ceive any sign which would show
him when he would be out Of dan.
ger territory. He did have an APP
proxinlate idea when his watch had
stopped.
TO save himself and plane. J..
D. hit upon a novel idea. He re.
memDered that by letsurety SmOk-
ing 1t usually took him 40 minutes
to finish his cigar. He smoked
one and then q second, and when
he had blown the last puff Of
smoke from 1t, he dipped his plane
down through the strata OF fog
and sleet and made a blind, but
safe landing on the field at Easton,
Pa. From there he took on another
load of gas and carried the mail
on to Hadley Field, New Bruins.
wick, N. j.
The boys all cali J. d. q human
homing bird. There il something
about him that reminds you Of a
quiet animal whose place Is in the
air.
It was back In the winter Of 1926
when j. d. was flying eastbound
from Cleveland. On this night there
were low clouds, made Of snow and
ice. and there was freezing tenn
perature. After vainIy trying to
fight up out Of the low clouds, j.
d. found himself trapped between q
low layer Of fog and sleet in a
narrow valley in Central Pennsyl-
vania. There was no passage lead
ing out insofar az he could find
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-08-10

Sometimes have counted the
stars by the hours, and then when
the final star has been counted !
have started all over again. It
used to be I could mark 10-minute
intervals by counting 80 stars. and
$50 stars would be an hour.
The flier who holds a unique rec
ord for telling time without the aid
OF watch is J. D. Hill. my Co
pilot on the New York-Rome ven.
ture. II was on a night two win.
tiers ago when the weather reports
were extremely bad. fog and snow
being reported almost along the en-
tire stretch from Cleveland to New
York. Particularly was the weather
bad over the Allegheny Mountains
the toughest stretch IN the New
York to Cleveland air mail route.
High Altitude Necessary
In this section there Is 200 miles
Of distance over which person
must fly at an altitude OF not less
than 5000 feet. Flying at night, in
addition to the hazard OF fog and
snow. g man does not dare to drop
below this altitude for fear Of
crashing his plane In among the
ridges.
Bad weather seldom stopped J.. d.
from carrying the mail. remem.
Der J y. coming onto the field at
Cleveland and CHANGING ct the
weather board preparatory to his
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-08-10

crushed beyond recognition. The
others were on the outside and man.
aged to avoid the fun force Of the
.cave-in.
The three injured men were taken
to Emergency Hospital for treat
ment. Lemore ana TAILOR were re-
leased today. G1asscock, who has q
scalp laceration, win be released
soon.
An inquest On Holly's death win
be held today.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-08-10
Bertaud Calls Hill
Human Honaing Bird
BY LLOYD BERTAUD

Of he Most 'Fners
Perhaps people wonder what do to while away the
time when are flying the night mail alone Sometimes
have already said whistle and is always safe to sing
because up there no one can get to you 81
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-08-10

We guarantee every watch we sell to give
satisfactory service, or q new movement free
reliable timepiece on our new plan--ask us
about it!
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-08-10

Our new stock Of diamonds Is now Ii, and
affords a most unusual opportunity to select
the fall rush. small deposit viii reserve any
articlel
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-01-19
PNEUMONIA
is FATAL TO
CHARLOTTE

CONTINUED from page one) II
seriousness and slept fitfully until
death came.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-01-19
PAGE THI:EE

ed guilty, as did Floyd r. Collins Of
st. Joseph. Mo-. who is charged with
forgery over the cashing Of several
forged checks in the city recently.
Those preferring to stand trial are
Amos Olson of bismarck, charged
with desertion and non support, and
George Christensen of Bismarck,
charged with keeping and maintaining
a common nuisance in violation. Of
the prohibition law. Olson is at IL
berty on bail bat Christianson is in
Jail. The men cannot be tried until
the next jury term Of court here,
which will be in June.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-01-19

The Dark Angel, whose coming
Mad Empress Charlotte awaited for
more than half century, has visited
her at last.
With her death passes the one en-
press the North American continent
ever sheltered, and the world loses
one of it's most glamorous. dramatic
figures.
The secret Of "Mad Charlotte's"
crazed years goes with her. too. No
one ever will know whether peace en-
tered the old woman's heart in her
last cold hours Of life--the peace Of
realization that her lover and hus-
band Macmillan of the long ago was
dead before her. and that she went
to meet him now. =,
Daughter Of Sorrow Y
It perhaps is more probable that
Charlotte died hitter at death as she
went bitter through much Of life, be-
lieving that her husband still was
held hostage there in Mexico and
that no one would give her aid for
him.
The story Of Charlotte begins in
the year 1840-alinost q century ago,
when the map of the world was not
tho, map of the world ,today--long
before our own Civil War and the
fame Of Abraham Lincoln.
1t was in, 1910 that a daughter was
born to King Leopold Of Belgium
WEEDS 1t Seventeen
The story skips II years then. to
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-01-19

an appropriation of $28.1OO to pay
the salary. travel expense and mis-
cellaneous items of the state trans
portation officer for the biennium
but several members demurred at the
$4,000 salary item when this was
brought up several days ago.
A committee was appointed to in
vestigate the matter and reported this
morning. with the recommendation
that the salary be reduced to So. eco.
This was done and the bill recon-
mended with an appropriation of
$27,70O.
House bill SO appropriates $4,000
for the biennium to provide funds
for the state emergency commission.
The fund is to be known as the state
contingency fund.
House bill 81 appropriates 81 900
to defray the expenses of the commits
sioner Of agriculture and labor or his
agents in carrying on work to eradi-
cate bee diseases
House bill 9. making IN appropra-
ton of $4,000 for salaries and wages,
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-01-19
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 49, 1927

delays on construction and the Incl
dent embarrassment to the contrac-
tors. Our engineers are now engaged
on that work and it will be necessary
for the, federal engineers to make a
field inspection before they can APP
prove the plans. Most of these in
spections cannot be made before
spring so that lettings cannot be fire.
quent before Apr; or May aud will
continue on through the season. We
find that contract prices are more
stable when the lettings proceed
along somewhat uniformly. When
contracts are grouped at one season
there is sharp incline of prices as
the contractors become loaded up with
work.
Expenditure Justified
eve have completed the first year
of maintenance by state employees
and our aim was to do somewhat more
intensive work than had been done
heretofore. The results have justified
the expenditure. The cost of the
general maintenance for the year was
$685., 100.44, or approximately 1882
per mile. A depreciation charge on
equipment is yet to be figured into
the cost per mile. which will slightly
increase it. The detailed maintenance
costs had not been calculated in
time for this meeting. Our depart
ment for this work handles other ac-
Invites not strictly maintenance, such
as reshaping, regraveling, road mark
ing and stock piling on new gravel
contracts. The total expenditure by
the maintenance department was
$50l ,09G.24. This will increase year
by year as the mileage is added to
end as traffic increases. In scanning
the average increase of gasoline
taxes for the L. S. since the year
1919 l find that they have been in
crasing at the rate of about cent
u gallon evely four years. Such a
rate Of increase in this state will APP
proxffnately offset our anticipated in
crease in maintenance. The main
tenance department will be required
to use calcium chloride and oil treat
ment Of gravel on the sections of
dense traffic and some experimental
work will be undertaken in 1927.
"Road marking renders more SER
vice to the travelling public per dol
lar expended than any other item of
Highway work. This may we'll be not
&c by the county commissioners. Some
of your strictly county roads now
warrant marking somewhat along the
lines the states use. When you un-
dertake this task, and believe it
should be started now, you will do
well to adopt some sort of county
marking system for the state, a uni
form style of marker for all counties
and distinct from the state markers
Since the state uses numbers the
counties might we'll use letters. You
might confer with the commissioners
Of adjoining counties and carry the
same letters through several counties
similar to the plan the states are US.
ing with their federal numbering
The public pays for this, if they dc
rot have it, in time spent inquirine
and retracing. A county marking
system would be valuable adjunct
to the state system and we woulc
like to add it to our state maps to
make them complete in road infor.
nation"