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Embonpoint?

MY dear. am getting so fat it is
simply terrible. Actually, have gone
from one hundred and ten to one hun
dred and fifteen. just hate being SO
plump, but must admit l feel better
for It," Thus might speak any fash.
tonable young lady Of 1927, and an
overhearer of her plant, noting her
as about as skinny as ever, might well
give a quiet laugh.
President Coolidge moved recently
in q special recommendation to Con-
gress, to build up the United States
Army from Its present "skeletonized"
state. He asked for an added appro.
priation for the War Department, a
part OF which, Gen. Lord, director Of
the budget, explained. would be used
to pay--hold your breath---an Army of
$4,000!
The present strength of the stand.
ing Army of the greatest and one Of
the most unpopular nations on earth
is 10000. The flapper's imaginary
gain in flesh, cited above. is accurately
proportionate. II 10000 is a "skele.
ton," what can $4,000 be called?
It is thought that both American
fiappers and the American military
establishment might be the bet
ter for a slight enrichment of their
sustaining diet. Could not the United
States have one competent and well
equipped soldier for each thousand of
its population and still fail to be con.
sidered a saber-rattling nation2
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Grade Crossing Tragedy.

The shocking Embarrassing tragedy
at Kensington, Md, in which fve
persons, all the occupants or one
automobile, were killed, must again
turn public attention to the PROC
lem presented by the junction or
railroads and wagon roads at the
same level. The problem has been met
at Washington after years OF discus
sion and many fatalities by the aboli-
ton of street and railroad grade cross
ings. The problem now affects those
suburban and interurban sections
which we used to call the rural dis
tricts." Many country roads now carry
more traffic than most city streets
carried when the Embarrassing dan
ger first came under discussion. Some
much used rail- and wagon road cross.
ings near Washington have been made
safe and it is proposed that others
shall be made safe. Some closely PEG.
pied, rich and progressive States. no.
tally New York, have this matter of
road and railroad crossings under con-
sideration and it is planned to abolish
grade crossings, not only In cities, but
in villages and along automobile roads.
where funds are available for the
work.
Probably cautious driver can pass
over railroad tracks and live, but
fatal mistakes are made every day
and the auto.road; and railroad grade
crossing is a danger that must sooner
or later be removed. Traffic on auto
mobile roads is growing and.n0 doubt
will grow for an indefinite time. One
great peril in any community is the
grade crossing and every community
should exert itself to have that dan
ger removed.
Washington will take to itself the
warming Of this tragedy.
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The Royal Razor-Strap.

An old man died recently at Amble.
side, England, who. as Il boy, listened
to a countrywoman while she gave a
tongue.lashing to the late King Ed.
ward VII, who. with a young com.
panion rejoicing in the title of Earl of
Cadogan. was chasing the sheep be-
longing to the sharp-tongued village
character.
IF knew who your mothers were"
the woman shouted wrathfuily, &C.
cording to the recently deceased
ancient. IT would write and tell them
to give you the strap. You are very
badly brought up boys" The curious
thing was that both mothers were,
OF course, well known to her. although
She did not realize this, and that
Albert Edward, Prince Of Wales, was
by no means badly brought.up boy,
but quite the contrary.
It 10 related that when the woman
,Sia lean that Queen YiataEaa VIA
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real estate men believed that the land
was worth more without the house
than with 1t. The construction was
Of steel and granite and every other
material in the house was the best
of it's kind. It would seem that the
junk value OF the house would be
very great, yet a realty operator is
quoted as saying he would be viking
to give the building to any one VINO
would tear 1t down and cart 1t away
A 81 zoo. 900 cooperative apartment
house is planned for. the site. There
has been a deal of adverse remark
about the design of the Clark house.
but it has. also been defended.
A new house may grow old rapidly
The growth OF cities, spread OF nus1-
ness In them, the rise in the price
Of land, the increase in the wealth.
o. people. the changing styles III
housing, the improvement and inven-
ton of luxurious accessories tend to
make house fall out OF date as II
did not In past times. one sees III
Washington scores OF houses that In
the eighties and nineties seemed TO
be the last word In dwellings now
being pulled apart and taken down.
Natives and visitors used TO NOOK at
these big red brick. bow-windoN, ga
bled and angled houses and WONDER
at the riches Of man VINO could own
such q place. He Is millionaira@
A million dollars was about as high as
most men could think in money. bat
a man in the eighties and ninet1es
might be a millionaire" if he had a
couple of hundred thousand dollars.
Now we see these new-old houses COM
ing down. They do not sell well as
residences. People want modern
dwellings, with everything in them
up to date. Many Of these fine houses
are giving place to stores. office build
ings. hotels and apartment houses
but here and there one is being torn
down that modern home may stand
on the site.
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for the great feast. This suggests the
query as to how the word is passed
along among the wild things concern.
ing such an opportunity Do they
have secret code, some wireless sys-
tenn or their own? Kipling describes
the imaginary relaying of messages in
the jungle among wild creatures in his
Mowgii stories. Judging from the
showing made in Kern County, Calf.
his description may be correct, after
ALL"
The Ohio State Journal tColumbus),
seeing In the mice forewarning of
danger, declares; "Some scientists
think that the human race is going to
be destroyed some of these days, if
not by mice, by insects, because civili-
cation is rapidly killing off the natural
enemies OF the pests. But we have a
good deal of faith in mans ingenuity
in general and in rat specialists and
insecticides in particular. Necessity
ts the mother of invention, and we
simply mustn't let the mice or the in
sects get US" The Lincoln Star is
convinced that ''the plague will be
stamped out as a result of scientific
knowledge and methods representing
the accumulations of centuries of
patnstaking study and research. The
ancient Egyptians did not know how
to combat their pests, and could only
wait until each had run its course
Our generation is ahead of theirs only
because we have piled up more prac-
tical knowledge in our storage houses
of wisdom during the intervening cen
turieS." u as nz
s X n n X ar iris
''Let It not be forgotten" suggests
the Aberdeen World. that, as the in
w stigation also would seem to have
shown man invited the visitation and
has. himself mainly to thank for it.
Man has upset the balance of nature
In his inceSsant warfare in recent
times on coyotes, hawks, wildcats and
predatory beasts and birds that are
the natural enemies Of rodents The
Reno Evening Gazette adds that 'it
may be that these little rodents. il
they have been imported, will prove
to be as dangerous to farmers in the
United Staes as the English rabbit has
been to the farmers of Australia"
''The lethal trenches dug by trac-
tors in wholesale fashion and contain
Ing poison bait" according to the Los
Angeles Times, "have checked the ad-
vance Of the host of rodents. 1t will
not be out of the trenches by Christ
mas for these luckless mice. Long
before Spring millions of them will
have given up the ghost, as well as
the idea Of freeing frightened ladies
on the chairs and tables OF Bakers
field"
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ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKlN.

Q. In playing cards should one say
Hearts is trump" or Hearts are
trumps" TX. CT.
A. In playing cards it IN correct
to say either Hearts are trumps" or
The heart Is trump"
Q. To what depth can a submarine
be submerged?-C. L. T.
A. The majority OF submarines are
designed to safely withstand 200 feet
operating depth The collapeing
strength In so per cent greater.
@. What f. the nickname given to
natives Of the State Of Nebraska?-
G.. w. A.
A. BY act of IT'S Legislature April
4. 1895, tho State Of Nebraska was
styled Tree Plauters' State" How.
ever. references we have consulted
also include the following nicknames:
Antelope" BLACK Water" and Corn
Husker." II would seem that the only
two names that would be suitable to
designate a resident OF Nebraska
would be either Tree Planter" or
Corn Husksr."
Q. What are the balls made Of
which are used as Christmas tree
orrlaments?-G. b.
A. The decorations used on Christ
mas trees are made from various ma
terials. The colored balls are gener-
ally made from very thin glass.
@. How does 1t happen that the
eldest son Of the King Of England is
always known as the Prince Of
Wales"?-W. E. G.
A. When Edward I, King Of Eng
land. annexed Wales in 1882, he con-
ferred the title of Prince Of Wales"
upon his son Edward. who happened
to be born at Carnarvon In Wales
during the pario1 of occupation. 1t
has since been customary to cs9 this
title for the Kings eldest son and heir
to the throne.
@. What Office or position was
Emnit Scott appointed to by Secretary
of War Baker during the World war
and for how long?-R. G. N,
A. EnnInit Scott was appointed by
the Secretary OF War to occupy the
position of special assistant to the
Secretary of War. It was Mr.. Scott g
duty to advise in matters pertaining
to negro soldiers. He held this posi-
ton as assistant to Secretary of War
Baker from 1917 to 1919.
O. In the fight in which Joe Cans
won on a foul from Battling Nelson.
could you inform me in what round
the foul occurred?-C. w. c. r. c.
A. In the 18th, Gath and 32nd
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BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

best.
No man is satisfied with doing 81
well this year as last. No firm is con
tent with a sales record as good a:
that Of last year
No athlete feels that he has done
MS lsest unless he betters his owr
record.
Ia the personal affairs of every
onSs life. this has a larger applica
tloh than Is commonly reckoned, Il
one may Judge from the SNUG salts
best.
Everywhere one sees men reading
cheap stories, smoking cheap tobacco
listening TO cheap music. Now there
IS place In the world for such
stories, such tobacco, such music.
The point is that there Is ne
progress. They are perfectly satisfied
with these things. and rather resen.
any one Daring to affirm that there
is anything better.
Tney quote the old saw, What is
one mans meat is another mans
poison and firmly believe In the OLD
crack about There Is no arguing on
matters of taste"
he who has never appreciated any
music better than the popular fox
trot Will not hesitate to pronounce
ms judgment upon a symphony by
one Oh the masters. a work which one
must study to really appreciate.
1et this judge will. after hearing
Sucn muse for the first time in his
lie, confidently declare, "Rottenw
They are SO sublimely ignorant of
the fact that there Isl anything in the
world but what they know. To them
all else is absurdity.
IneY are satisfied with their brand
or srdoking tobacco, and if you dare
TO nnoke better In their presence
tnzir remark Is always, What is that
stun you are smoking-leaves?"
The reply that it costs $40 a. pound
and Is. therefore, undoubtedly differ
emit from the average tobacco that
costs 30 cents makes no more impress.
sion upon them than water upon a
ducks back.
You are not only a fool for daring
TO try the best, but the stuff really
smells atrocious-wby. the brand they
smoke Is just as good. Who says so?
Why, they say so.
And thus once again is shown the
tyranny OF words. One of the saddest
things in all this old world is that
there is no hallmark OF truth In state.
ments. The man with the loudest
voice wins.
Perhaps some day, in the immortal
whir1 OF the earth in the heavens.
there will be promulgated a new law
and a new order of things. when
words OF truth will have a different
tone to them. or perhaps send forth
emanat tons of light.
Then there will be common words.
and gloritied ones. The true speakers
Will not be as other men, who are con.
tent to use the ordinary language of
every day. but viii speak In letters
OF fire, and every man will know
them.
There will be no clustering, then,
and no resort to the tone of author
ity, for even though they buster
with the tongues of angels, If they
have not the inner conviction, their
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Representative Funk's valedictory.

The District appropriation bill
passed by the House yesterday is the
yaledictory of Representative Frank
Funk of Illinois, chairman of the SUBJ
committee on District appropriations.
It is the largest appropriation bill ever
reported to Congress, and during con-
sideration Of it in the House fewer
changes were made than ever before
In a District appropriation bill.
Mr.. Funk did not sing his own
Swan song"-he did not need to. His
colleagues on the subcommittee. Rep
resentatives Simmons. Griffin and Col.
Inns; Chairman Zihlnan Of the Dis
trict legislative committee and Repre-
sentative Thomas l.. Blanton. acting
ranking Democrat on the legislative
committee, individually paid tribute to
Representative Funk and emphasized
the excellence of his last legislative
act for the District In putting through
such an excellent District budget.
Mr.. Funk has taken a very earnest
interest in his duties as chairman on
the District appropriation bill and has
sought persistently to disclose the real
facts regarding appropriations asked
for and the need Of carrying out the
projects proposed. At times he has
differed squareiy from District officials
and from civic leaders who have been
interested in particular projects, but
he has been sincerely trying to give
the Capital City an adequate budget.
thoughtfully allocated, and has met
with a large measure Of success.
District leaders, both those in ad.
ministrative positions and those repre-
senting local organizations and the
citizens body, are regretful in seeing
Mr.. Funk go. They wish him an
early return to Congress and that he
may continue to hold the interests of
the National Capital close to his heart
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words will stand forth to all men as
| the fakes that they are.
The truth speaker. on the other
tongue, will speak. and his words win
thrill forth like searchlight across the
sky of darkness, and men and women
everywhere will delight to listen to
| them, for they will know, even as
they have no way of knowing today,
that he speaks as one who Is
authority.
The lure of the best leads men to
the farthest corners of their own
minds, no less than to the utmost
ends Of the earth.
For every man who dares the
North Pole, there are countless hun
dreds who sail forth every day in
quest of the best In literature, In
music, in painting. in architecture. in
service to mankind, as well as for
the best in everyday life.
1t Is not solely a question of money,
by any means. A poor man with a
cheap violin may still play the best
music that the mind and heart Of
mankind has yet produced.
A boy may have but few pennies to
spend on books, yet that which he has
may go into @ book that Is really
worth while.
1t is true, on the other hand, that
money does. indeed, simplify the mat
ter. Yet the taste for the best is not
confined to the rich. Their oppor-
tunity simply is greater.
Each one of us must have the best
that we can, at the time that is
called now, and be content to let the
future take care Of itself, believing
that as opportunities increase, tastes
will grow with them.
X * X y
THE little lambs play, they know no
better,
They are only one times one"
So wrote the poet. Unconsciously
she drew the picture of all those who
are content with less than the best.
They know no better.
The trouble Is that they so often
don't want to know any better.
Ask the social worker
Yet everything finds its level. There
is a place for every product. no mat
ter. how exquisite. Show the average
man a 10-cent tunbler and a beauti-
full piece OF rare glasswork. IN
hesitatingly he will select the former
at 10 cents rather than the latter at
$500, not because he hasn't the price
but because he cant see anything
In IL.
He has never given a seconds
thought to the history Of glassware,
he knows absolutely nothing about it,
yet does not hesitate at all In calling
any man an ass who would pay $500
for the object of art
Then along comes a man with both
the taste and the price, and he sees
what the other does not see Out does
not know that he does not seel and
he willingly pays the price to crafty
his taste.
You and I, kind reader, may not
have the price, but, at least, let us
keep our minds free from the bonds
OF prejudice that would hold us down.
Let us keep firmly in mind that life.
II 1t Is anything at all with meaning,
Is search for the best. And unless
we. have open minds upon all subjects
and are willing to appreciate, how can
we ever find the best?
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rounds of the bout between Joe Gank
and Battling Nelson, which occurred
on September 8. 1906, Nelson deliver
ed blows palpably below the belt. but,
as no damage resulted. Siler, the
referee. ignored them. In the 42nd
round Nelson struck Cans q vicious
uppercut that sent the negro Keeling
to the floor and Siler disqualified Mel
son and declared Cans winner.
Q. What II the ',Noctnrne IN Black
and Gold"?-T. d.
A. The picture by whistler called
''Oid Battersea Bridge" ie alluded TO as
the, "Nocturne In Blue and Gold" Il
was the source of one Of the artists
most famous wittictsms. The oppos-
ing counsel In the suit for libel which
Whistler brought against Ruskin in
1873 ELECTED the fact that the picture
had been painted in two days and
then asked: THE labor OF two days;
then Is that for which you ask 200
guineas7" To which Whistler re
torted with dignity: mo: / ask it for
the knowledge OF a lifetime" This
picture sold two years later for 1.oon
gJlineas.
@. Can you ten me which Is Ghs
largest geological garden In the
world. as to area and also as TO
number of Inhabitants ?-F. L.
A. The London Geological Park.
which comprises "a acres of Regents
Park. is known to be the largest
geological garden I'm the world. IL
exhibits over 1000 animals.
@. What is the smallest gold coin
ever made by the United States Gov
ernment2--S. e. T..
A. The gold dollar is the smallest
denomination which the United states
Government has ever coined In gold,
There have been private Issues OF
smaller denominations, bat thAse ara
not redeemed by the Government
Gouernmemt statistics bring out thu
fcct thGt the wHedwcGted man has
onFu 1 chance tn 800 to attoip dSsttac-
ttora There 70 no reason tclbU any one
srould tfre under sHch o handicap In
these ddvs OF, free schools md free
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Commissionership Compensation.


Although the time left for action at
this session Of Congress is compare
lively short, the project to increase
the compensation Of the District Com
rnissioners should be pushed vigorous
~ to its logical and just conclu-
sion, with no weakening OF eHort
until success is attained. The Com
nlissioners, upon whose shoulders
rests the responsibility for the well
fare OF city of five hundred thou
sand persons, are, in equity, en-
titled to a substantial increase over
the seventy.flve hundred dollars per
annum that they are now receiving,
and the move to raise this salary to
ten thousand dollars has met with
large measure of approval.
The city heads are the direct repre-
sentatives of the President Of the
United States. Their functions range
from the executive to the semi
judicial. In the legislative and semi
legislative field they enact police,
building and other municipal regula-
tons; they take the initiative in
preparing the estimates for appropri-
atoms; local measures are submitted
to them by the congressional commit
tees for their approval or disapproval.
and they are the legislative agents OF
the District, representing the Capital
community before the congressional
committees. Their many duties are
complicated and exacting. They are
the only officials of the National Capt.
ital Except the Public Utilities Com
n1ission) who must be bona fide resi-
dents Of the city, and their knowledge
of the community needs and COM
n1unity conditions must be absolute.
To undertake and perform satisfac-
man or woman should be particularly
we'll equipped Such q man is able
TO command a comfortable living in
some other line of endeavor and he
should not be compelled to make a
heavy financial sacrifice to serve his
fellow citizens in a public and highly
responsible capacity. There is even
now q movement on foot 20 increase
materially the functions and powers
of the Commissioners, but regardless
OF action on this score the fairness
of the plan to dignity the Commission
erxhip with adequate compensation is
well established.
Washington is constantly growing
and expanding it's activities. It needs
and demands men of high ability. clear
vision and progressiveness. It does
not want a twelve-hundred -dollar-a-
year man in ten-thousand-dollar
job. but 1t does want the best
qualified man to look with favor upon
the salary of District Commissioner,
and to realize that q heavy financial
sacrifice is not necessarily demanded
OF him in case he should be appointed
by the President.
Excess of economy in the salary
paid to the occupants Of important
public positions is never a wise policy,
and considering the duties and respon.
sibiiities Of the local Office, there ap-
pears to be no reasonable ground for
failure to provide adequately for the
Commissioners OF the National Capital.
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The Old House.

There is a lesson in the sale of the
very costly residence which the late
Senator William A. Clark built in
New York City about twenty-five
years ago. 1t is said that the cost
OF the building was S6,0000 900 and
that was when construction expenses
were perhaps half what they are now
This property has been bought for
Ss.eoo, 900. and half OF that was the
,yalne pi thu lad. - q said thak
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Court procedure involuntarily re-
lates so closslly to publicity that a
judge is warranted in suspecting that
he is being ussd to further the plans
Of some misguided press agent.
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The Universal Performer.

From tho Lynchburz News.
Italy Is to have q national theater
Probably will not be long before Mus
solini will be the impresario, prima
donna. tenor, baritone. soprano and
chorus.
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Many molten picture stars are en-
titled to protest that they are not
nearly so bad as their press agents
have painted them.
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Revival of thu splendors of ancient
Rome brings Mnssolinf face to face
with an effort to enable the jazz dance
to rival classic demonstrations.