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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-21
Three Touring Helps

Beware the long, steep hf1l that fol
lows a steep hill, if you are taking
them doWngrade. The first hill heats
up the brakes, the second one sery-
ing TO burn out the Innings. Such
dual hill causes so per cent Of the
drivers to have brake trouble in
certain locality. An excellent rule to
follow when touring is TO drop into
second gear when descending the sec
ond section of such Il steep decline, If
one has been SO improvident as to
rely upon the brakes alone on the
| first part of the decline
For long-distance touring keep a
list of gas tax rates in the tour book
so that it will he possible to take
advantage Of the lower tax, or no
tax. whenever possible. Often, lust
before crossing a State line, 20 or
| 80 cents can be saved on a purchase
of 10 gallons of gas because of the
tax differential
| II there is a possibility that the
garage will disregard a request not
| to put the car on the washstand until
the hood and radiator have cooled off
| why not save the order for a wash
until later in the evening, phoning 1t
from the hotel? n
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CHIEF TRAFFIC PR OBLEM SOLVED
IN LARGE CITIES, OBSERVER FINDS
Police Officials Believe Only Minor
Changes Will Occur in Rules-Regulation
Measures In New York Commented Upon

ing nights and hectic days is largely
due to the man in uniform.
ITO the Detroiter. for example. Man.
hattan's signal light system must
seem almost primitive and the number
Of easily-read directional signs pitiably
meager. lie IS pleased to learn that
New York has not infrequently applied
to Detroit for instruction in traffic
management. but regrets that the pu-
pill dropped the course just when he
was beginning 10 derive benefit
from il.
when. however. one hears a pa
tient explanation of the problem. the
obstacles in the path of solution and
the frank acknowledgment OF only
partial success. one is willing TO ad-
NIT that the town has done very we'll
under the circumstances.
with but half dozen main north
and south arteries to carry a tremen-
dous volume of traffic: with Long
Island, Brooklyn and Staten Island
each day emptyinC their teemng
| thousands into these thoroughfares,
| New York is hampered as few other
cities in the world. An island city
may expand to the waters edge and
| there il must stop. Thenceforth ii
may widen and straighten arteries
| but there can be no extensions and
no new creations. There may he talk
of double-deck streets and underground
roadWays, but in the blunt language
of a New York police captain these
are as yet pipe Dreams things safely
to be left to a city plan commission
| for realization in 80 or 100 years, but
hardly offering an immediate way out
Prepared for Congestion.
with nothing more than few un.
fortunately-placed signal lights on her
principal north-south thoroughfares
| the insistence of east-bound traffic
keeping to eyen-numbered streets and
west-bound to odd. New York Is pre-
| pared to handle the most closely con-
gested area in the world.
"One drives along famous Fifth ave-
| nue. or Broadway straining to see
| signal which may be placed half n
| dozen blocks ahead. New York's ideal
| is a signal at every main intersection
! but it has little present prospect OF
attaining that ideal. Only the 16 prin-
| cipal north and south streets are pro-
vided with signals, set on iron stand
| ards at the curb, 30 feet high and
with short cross-arm extending over
the street. An art commission prohibits
overhead wiring and the suspension of
| signals over the center point of the
| intersection. In heavy fog or driving
snow it will, of course. be impossible
| for the motorist to see the signal even
| one block distant.
Function Of Signals.
Then follow the traffic ahead Of
you, he is CURLY told. The suppose
| ton that one may. even in New York.
sometimes head the line of traffic is
not considered. Not only must the
signals regulate the drive on the main
thorOughfare but they must also guide
the driver coming through an inter
secting street, which may lie between
signal points. There is a S25 penalty
for failing to stop at the building line
and execute a series of contortions
which will enable one to determine
Continued on Sixth PageO
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Inverted Forks Confuse.

Inverted forks in the road are like.
ly to throw you off your course when
retracking your treads over q road
you think you are familiar with. AS
you first cover the road you do not
notice that any roads lead into 1t
from the right or left. for your at.
tention is on making your choices of
forked roads leading in the direction
OF travel. Coming back over this
same road 1t is an easy matter to run
off into one of the unrecorded in.
verted forks. thereby getting hope.
lesslg lost.
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Equipment Storage Stressed.

Forcthought should be used in stow
ing equipment into the car. Remem-
Der that at noon only a comparatively
few articles will be needed, so place
them in such a way that they are ac-
cessible without disarranging the rest
Of the equipment.
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Hatchet Useful to Campers.

Among the articles which are neces-
sary to the camper and tourist, a good.
serviceable Ratchet will take a place
in the first rank. Aside from its
obvious uses. 1t is likely to prove very
important as defensive weapon
should the camp be attacked
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Learn Poison Plants.

In camping out in the open it is
advisable to learn to distinguish plants
such as poison ivy and nettles. If the
camper knows them by sight. he will
be able to take care when picking
berries along the way, or walking
through forest and field.
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members of the city police force is
greatly moderated. Frequently it
happens that motorists only per-
sonal contact in a community which
he visits is with the police. He may
stop TO ask an officer for directions
or he may be unfortunate enough to
receive a reprimand for overstepping
the municipal ordinances.
How motorist is treated by the
policeman under any circumstance
will mean a great deal in the forma-
ton of favorable or unfavorable
impression OF the community as a
whole. If the officer is courteous,
even thought he is enforcing the law.
the average m0torist is certain TO
carry with him pleasant memories.
II. on the other hand. a reprimand is
administered with unnecessary gruff-
ness and incivility, the visitors i'm
preston OF the entire city is going
to be anything but laudatory.
An illustration of this point was
evidenced recently by motorist who
drove through southern Virginia and
into North Carolina. He returned
from his trip deeply impressed with
the courtesy accorded by the uni
formed forces OF towns and cities
touched in his tour In one town
in North Carolina, despite the fact
that inadvertently he had passed
over the stop" line painted on the
street. the policeman stationed at
the intersection merely called the
motorists attention to the infraction
and then went 10 great pains &c
direct him To his destination.
In Norfolk. this motorist also
noted extreme courtesy and then
learned from a police sergeant the
reason. 1t seems that mcmbrs OF the
department there are urged con.
.tantly to show the greatest con.
sideration in dealing with strangers
They arc instructed also in case q
direction is requested which require.
considerable turning to follow, tc
ask permission to be allowed to ride
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Coffee Aids Driving.

At breakfast time fill up the
thermos bottle with coffee. This is
especially advisable on a damp. rainy
day as after few hours of driving,
good drink Of hot coffee will be re.
ViVifying and warming
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Traffic Rhythm.

"a leisurely conversation with any
OF the experts attached to the traffic
division of the New York Police De-
partment should convince one that
New York is seeking to do all in it's
power to alleviate a condition of al
most continuous congestion. But that
will not mitigate the fact that the
visiting motorist. till he catches what
might be termed the rhythm of the
thing, will thread his way through the
wOrld-famed streets with jangling
nerves, straining eyes, hands that
flash from wheel to lever and feet that
play q devils dance on clutch and
brake and acceleratOr pedal.
And if one has been unfortunate
enough to enter the worlds second
city. say, from the direction of the old
Boston post road, about IL o'clock on
the night Of the Dempsey-Sharkey
fight, emerging into the cyclonic whiri.
pool about the Yankee Stadium. he is
likely to carry away an experience
that will tinge his after life though
it bleach his hair.
The worst night in the history Of
New York. say Lieut.. Louis Rosen-
field and Lieut.. Jay J. Mcdonald of
the sixteenth traffic division And to
top it off. every street light in the
neighbOrhoOd suddenly went out.
There they came, S to 10 abreast. blow
ing their horns and trying to get
through. Luckily, we We're working
in uniform. and the headlights picked
up our white caps and brass buttons.
We felt if we were due to get it,
we'd get it, that night
Officers Are Efficient.
THAT the night ended without ia
talities and little more than smashed
radiators and crumbled tenders was
due in no small part to New York s
police officers on traffic duty. And
that New York manages to keep her
masses moving through all her seeth-
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Traffic divisions attached to the
various police departments of Amer
iCa's great centers of population may
differ in principle or detail as to the
regulation of automobile transporta-
ton. but on this they are agreed
that their particular codes are en-
tirely adequate for their particular
cities, and that while the problem of
rapid transit has not been wholly
solved, nothing but minor changes
NAV be henceforth expected
Thus writes Allan Shoenfield Of the
Detroit News staff. from New York
City. where he studied the handling
OF rattle in the American metropolis.
Continuing, he says:
"Belying this evident satisfaction.
however, is n manifest eagerness to
learn how other cities are turning the
trick and n willingness to consider any
novelty, however fantastic, which may
accelerate the movement of Tehicular
masses through the city streets.
New York is no exception to the
rule. It's traffic heads are conscious
of the titanic nature of their prob
lem. They admit that they are ham
pered by the city's topography. by
political influence, by the demands of
merchants and trucking companies and
taxiCab riders and by the general Gus
sedness of human nature, either afoot
or aWheel.
, 1927-05-28

LIST Member for Frederiksted Country
District (BJdcEWo0d) took his seat.
3rd Member for Christiansted Town
(Fd5i0): Mr.. Chairman, | Just want to
inquire whether the notion made by Bird
Member for Frederksted Country Dis
trict (AnderseD) was seconded.
The Chairman: Ii is not necessary that
the motion be seconded.
3rd Member for Cbristiansted Town
(F0bjo): Mr.. Chairman, second the mo-
ton made by Bird Member for Frederic
sted Country District.
The Chairman. According to the Rules
on mess it is not necessary to have
such a motion second I'd.
The Chairman gut TO the vote the mo-
ton made by 3Td Mem0er for Frederjk-
sted Country District Andersen) with
the result that IL mem1 rs voted Tor
none against.
The Chairman remarked: Tn eiec-
ton Of the committee will take place -
ter the recess.
LIST Member for Chfistiansted Town
(CaaegQta): Mr.. Chairman, | want to
ask a question. ] ann perfectly 10 favor
of a demonstration farm but / cannot
see why it is necessary for this Munich
palltY to conduct 1t and not the Eape-
riment Station. / cannot see why we
should be called upon to spend our mo.
ney while we have q Station.
Despatching Secretary (Sbumey) re-
marked: MIR. Chairman, the reason why
this matter has been brought to The
attention Of this Municipality is because
the funds appropriated for the station
are not adequate; and for them to get adj
ditionaI funds is impossible for at least
ore year. Whether we should have a
demonstration farm this Council is TO
decide. AS to sending this matter to a
committee | want to say that he seeds
must Be ordered and the ground broken
in time. lals matter was sent to the
Municipal Committee q long time ago.
I believe that this proposal is rather a
simple one and does not require much
investigation, because it is a matter
which people living on this island have
knowledge about. There was something
said about growing fruits. 1t is not The
intention 70 grow fruits. il is the intcu.
ton to grow vegetables. Tie result
might be that we might not make any
profit, as we'll as we may make a great
deal Of profit.
4th Member for Frederiksted Country
District IA. ". Ske0cb) remarked: Mr..
Chairman, ! agree with the last Honor
able Speaker. The Experiment Station
at Annals Hope" is there for the bane-
fir 0f fha island 0D1 If ic tho JDt7 Of Tho
, 1927-05-28

Bird Member for ChTstIanSted Country
District (B8rg): remarked: Mr.. Chair
man, there is one remark the last speak
er made which | want to make rely to.
If he will read the weekly report in the
Porto Rico Progress" he will see that
Porto Rico ships to the Caited States a.
great deal Of fruits and c0c0anuts. The
demonstration farm may 90 in as time
wears on for growing such things as
oranges and other fruits. 0m In favor
of this proposal. If it We're POSE.
the Experiment Station to experiment
on plots OF land at various points on the
island it WCulG be even better. The Des-
patching Secretary says that the Direct
or at the Station has promised to bring
an expert on packing and shipping down
here. We had q very good man here
some time ago, DR.. Perry, but he was
moved TO ST. Thomas. This | regret very
much, ana | hope when we get another
he wouldn't be shifted to st. Thomas.
/ hope the Government will see to this.
lit is questionable whether ST. Thomas
will ever be an agricultural producing is
land. 10 the days Of slavery st. Thomas
was The first island on which cane was
planted; at that time they had free labor,
no taxes to pay, and land donated free,
yet they failed to produce. So you see it
is doubtful as to whether ST. Thomas will
ever become an agricultural island. |
hope my remark will have some bearing
on the ho~rticulturist remaining on this
island.
Bird Member for Frederiksted Country
District (AndeTseu): Mr.. Chairman, in
view of the fact that there are a great
many details to be g0n4 into before we
decide on a demonstration farm, and be-
cause of the fact that Wa have not cot
sufficient Iahorers on the island, l move
that this bill 20 to a committee.
LIST Member for Iredeuksted Country
District (BIQcElUo06) remarked: Mr..
Chairman, il is saId that Porto Rico is
doing much in regard 10 growing vegeta-
bies. | want to say that after the Anne
rican occupation of that island the lands
beyond Mayagu-z went out of c|uItiva-
tion and the settlers started to grow
cocoa and coffee. After q while Emeri.
can capitalists went down there and in
vested millions OF dollars and today the
planters are growing on that land forty
to tJrty-GVe tons of sugar an acre, while
we are producing only ten to fifteen tons
to the acre. 1t is impossible for Us to
compete with Porto Rico. II we had an
irrigation system here We would be able
to produce twice or three times as much
as we are producing today.
The Chairman drew the speaker S at
tenti0n to the Rules Of Business, where it
says: Whenever a proposal is made for
, 1927-05-28
PROCEEDING
OF THE
COLONIAL COUNCIL
Or ST. CIR ok.
,1outiuuod fro0I yesterdays AUis)

tO0HtLtU66 jfOh4y 6SJefU0Y s HUtS)
5th Appointed Member (Arm8tr0Hg)
remarked: Mr.. Chairman, l have listen.
ed with a great deal Of interest to the
last speaker and a thought has occurred
to my mind. How is it that Porto Rico
with such wonderful SOIL, ample labor.
good steamship facilities to the United
States and cold storage system. has not
gone into the vegetable business, and we
without steamship communication, no
laborers, and adverse dry weather condj-
ton want to 90 into? Take Jamaica, for
instance, where much bananas and fruits
are grown, although weather conditions
are favorable and they are having other
facilities they don't seem to make a pro-
ftable business in this line. [ think the
scheme is fine, but we are not going to
get anything from it, It is alright to
talk about increasing taxes, but how
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THE EVENING STORY

which she afterward learned was a
cotton factory. Round the mill were
dozens of houses small, all alike, and
without shade trees or yards. She
looked for a mansion with piazzas and
lawn, but there was none.
There are no Cathcarts here, of
course?" she asked the station master,
more as an assertion than a question.
NO; guess not. Never heard of
any Be you lookin' up some?"
Yes, 1 thought 1 might find a rela-
tive here. When is the next train?''
Not till tomorrow"
She drew a long breath. rs there
hotel near?"
Factory boardin' house; but I
guess it's pretty full. Be you lookin'
for a job? / hear they're needin' two
or three weavers. That's the only
Job I know of unless it's old Tom
Farrars. He's been man o. all work
round the mill ever since I don't
know when. But he's been sick now
for a month or so. But of course We
don't want that job-still, oh, say, I
did hear this mornin' that the woman
doin' nussin' for Tom goes off this
mornin'. Mebbe We could get the
job
So when the boarding house keeper
grimly informed her that there was
not room, Mary smilingly inquired
her way to the home of Mr.. Farrar.
There she found middle-aged
woman.
That's what 1 call a special provi-
dencer she exclaimed, on learning her
mission. You see, I've got to go, for
my sisters sick. But I've been hatin'
to leave old Mr.. Farrar. The very
ncf + t.N1y Of ffV1f
neighbours little girl, only IA, to come
in"
rs he very ill?" asked Mary, as
she went inside.
well, no: not so very. He's get
tin better slowly. The doctor says
he'll begin to sense things in another
week. An, oh yes, he told me when
| fust came that he could pay only
So week, for he had other expenses
to meet outside. But it's a nice place
to stay, an 1 think you'll like it."
She was right; Mary did like it.
She began to understand what she
was fitted for. She could be a good
nurse. Perhaps she could also be
good at other things: but she had not
found that out.
What surprised her most were the
books in every room, some of which
even she looked at with awe. They
all showed signs of usage as well as
loving care. Tom Farrar's hands were
rough and calloused, as befitted man
of all work about a mill. But for all
that, he was evidently a scholar, and
Mary felt she could read proof Of it
in the strong brows and dreamy eyes.
One morning when he was strong
enough to sit up in bed he looked at
her wistfully, with something of Won
nation
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"You are a new nurse?" he asked
Mary.
yes"
81 knew it, of course. II have
been trying to get my mind clear. I
thought as got stronger my mind
would get better. but it doesn't. I'm
afraid it's getting worse. Well, l
suppose I'm getting old and"
Mary stroked his hand softly. "You
cannot get we'll at once, Mr.. Farrar.
You have been very sick, you know.
But you are growing stronger gradu-
ally"
you don't understand" he an
swered gently MY body is stronger
but my mind doesn't seem to gain. 1t
made you out to be somebody else
from the first and has persisted in
the hallucination ever since. How
long have been sick?"
Il do not know. / have been here
only two weeks. 1t is now the 18th Of
July"
He looked startled. $50 later" he
gasped. "Why, I've got a little girl
off to school who ought to have been
written to long ago. VIII you bring
pen and paper from the desk?"
But he could not keep the pen from
trembling.
Let me- she said, taking the pen
from his shaking fingers. How shall
1 begin?" But he remained silent.
looking at her doubtfully. "I-I-you
see ! don't write to her directly" he
said. at length. hesitatingly. There S
an old friend in New York who acts
for me-" He was silent for some min
utes longer. Then he went on, des-
perately
THE letter must be written, and
suppose it will be best to explain
things little. You see, when / was
boy I had a strong notion for col
lege, but there were reasons why I
had to work hard year after year.
When at last was fixed so I could
go felt I was too old. Besides, was
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THURSDAY JUNE 16 1927

coverlet, his eyes unobservant,
dreamy, reminiscent.
Mary had risen, her eyes shining.
"Why didn't you write to her, di.
rectly?' she breathed.
Why" in surprise, "she was col
lege girl. with a college girls no.
tions. I like to think of her as my
girl and plan things for her. If I'd
written to her directly tit might
have been different. You see, I'm just
a man of all work in factory.
don't know much about girls" he
went on, but I want to think of this
one as mine, and I can't bear the
fhnatUhk Of har. nNar----O
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His Girl.

TINE: great week was as over. and
girls who had filled the college
Il building and campus with
their bright. earnest life, not
more than q dozen remained. and all
but one of these had their trunks
packed for speedy departure. This
one was Mary Cathcart, who did not
know where she could go if she did
pack.
This morning she was standing
near the entrance of the lecture hall,
wondering what she should do. For
10 days she had been looking hope
fully for a letter, but none had come.
None seemed likely to come now.
She had not specially fitted herself
for anything, and she rather looked
forward to coming back after the Sum-
mer holiday to take n post graduate
course, when. if it seemed best she
would study for one of the half dozen
callings which many of her school
mates were entering upon. 1t depend
ed on the letter, and the letter did
not come.
A girl but little older than herself
had come briskly from the building
1t was the French teacher. and she
was going now straight to the station
to take the next train for home. Mary
looked at her a little enviously.
AS the teacher reached the foot of
the steps she smiled and nodded. Not
gone yet, Miss Cathcart? When do
you leave?"
A second before Mary had not even
thought of packing her trunk. Now
she answered promptly. "On the aft
ernoon train"
THAT is nice. Where do you go?"
ITO Longely." The answer was un.
premeditated, but, oddly enough, with
1t vanished the listlessness and dis
content and doubt from the girls face.
She walked across the campus, ran up
the steps into the building which had
been her home for four long years,
and on up the steps to her prettily
furnished room. To Longely? OF
course. That was the place from
which she had been expecting the let
ter. Whom should she find at Longely?
Should she even find anybody? A let
ter which had come after her mothers
death, more than four years ago, bid
ding her to enter upon a course at
this college and stating that money
would be sent to her from time to
time. was all she had to go by. The
letter had been postmarked "Longely."
Before that money had been sent to
her mother from banks in New York,
Boston and other cities, but never
twice from the same city. During her
college course it had been the same.
At length, Longely was reached.
and Mary rose and hurried out to the
little platform.
AS she looked about her heart sank,
There was long, implanted wooden
building, with many small windows,