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Evening star., 1927-10-15
Borah and the Progressives.

Senator William E. Borah, had he
remained a citizen of his native State,
Illinois, might have been a presiden-
tial nominee long ago. When he
picked Idaho. with a minimum almost
of electoral votes, as his residence, he
made it geographically difficult for a
national political party to select him
as its standard bearer. Few men in
the Republican party have been more
prominently in the public eye than
Senator Borah. since he entered the
Senate of the United States years ago.
Few men have been blessed with as
great ability.
The Progressive Republicans of the
West are seeking candidate about
whom they may rally in 1928. They
desire a man of the West, with a full
knowledge Of Western problems. They
seek man who can lead the Progress
sive. sentiment of the country. Some
of them are particularly anxious to
have the Senator from Idaho assume
this leadership. So far no encourage
ment has been given by Senator
Borah to this suggestion, but that
has not deferred his friends and ad
mirerS. '
Evening star., 1927-10-15
President. Making

President-making has become a pop
ular pastime OF the Senate. So far it
is seeking to accomplish this end by
the group system. The Progressive
Republican group is out to force the
acmination OF Western Republican
with Senator Norris of Nebraska as
a stalking horse Southern Senator's,
led by the veteran. Senator f. NJ
Simmons of North Carolina, are lining
up to prevent the nomination by the
Democrats OF Gov. AL Smith of New
York. Senator Edwards of New Jer.
sey, still intent upon making Jersey
as wet as the Atlantic. is heading an
other group of Democrats. which is
bent on naming Al Smith AS the party
standard bearer Probably other
groups OF United States Senators vii.
prefer other candidates The Curtis,
for-President bloc. the Hooyer.for-
President, may yet develop.
The effort of the Southern Senators.
or some Of them. to stave off the nom
iaation of Cow lAl Smith was to be
expected, 1t is important to them to
Evening star., 1927-10-15
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

Jimmy appear ed at work, If not ex-
actly q fashion plate, then the next
best thing to it,
One morning, however. M:ddleburg
| decided to don cport shirt with col.
lar attached.
It was a yellow shirt, Of a hue not
at all becoming to the complexion or
disposition of James Middleburg,
Just how it came to be in his ward
robe he did not know, but there it was,
| daring him to wear it.
Perhaps he had purchased it In one
of those odd moments which beset
most male beings when they enter a
| store to buy wearing apparel.
| One goes in with an impression that
he wants o. plain white shirt, but
! leaves after a few moments of gentle
| clerkly persuasion with a yellow one,
| or a mauve one, or sometimes pink
one.
| This must have been the way it was
with Jimmie.
| Anyway, he put on the shirt.
After tnat anything might happen
and did.
tie tied a bright red tie to go
with sana.
Ihe I, ...bination was startling.
| Jimmie was in a bolshevistic mood
|
stop to look at himself. He was used
to taking himself for granted. One
can do that, of course, when one usu.
| ally dresses well.
On mornings of alteration, how.
ever, something more is needed.
| X
Jimmie Middleburg knew something
would happen from the moment he
| first really saw himself in the elevator
mirror as he was ascending to his
place of endeavor," as some call 1t.
Lord" he murmured in sort of
modern prayer. II hope 1 don't have
to go out to see Mrs. Smith"
The estimable Mrs. Smith was a
| very rich customer of Middleburg S
| firm, who had to be handled with
gloves, as her patronage was worth a
| great deal. Middleburg usually was
selected to represent the firm in her
| palatial home.
| The morning wore away with no
| demand Tor the representation Of the
house by jimmie Middleburg. He for
got all about his yellow sport shirt,
with its yellow collar too low for his
style Of beauty, and it's enwrapping
cravat of startling red.
| Jimmie thought he had escaped
when it happened!
| He had to go,
| He had Known it; he had known it!
! There was no time to rush to store
for new shjit and tie. He had to make
the best of 1t.
| He hoped out Of his car in front of
the imposing edifice of white stone, 46
| rooms and rs servants.
He rang the doorbell
Shortly, he knew. the butler would
| open that door and survey him coldly,
as il he mad never seen him before in
| his life.
| The effect Of the shirt and the tie,
alas would lie more, Jimmie thought,
than any respectable butler should be
called upon TO stand.
You will have to go to the rear,
he could hear the functionary saying
| with a SNORT of outraged dignity.
Then the door opened, and there
stood Mrs. Sm lth herself!
why, Mr. Middleburg" exclaimed
she, seizing his hand. "Jervis is so
slow sometimes / have to answer the
door myself. Come in. am so glad
| tC see you.'
Evening star., 1927-10-15

have Democratic control of their re
spective States continue unchallenged
They see in the nomination of Smith
A real menace. even the danger of a
break In the Democratic solidarity OF
the Southern States. They fear that
Smiths nomination would estrange
thousands of Democratic voters in the
South, because of dry sentiment, anti
Catholic sentiment and anti-Tammany
sentiment in their section of the coun.
try.
In North Carolina the Republicans
are far more numerous than in other
States of the South. The State goes
Democratic by 100000. But that is
no great margin, the Democrats say
who fear the Smith candidacy. Fur
thermore, some of them believe that
within a short time after the nom
ination of Gov. Smith an independent
dry 'and Protestant Democratic nom
inee for the presidency will arise to
plague them still further. With the
Democratic vote split in North Caro-
lima, for example, the Republicans
would have an excellent opportunity
to carry the Tarheel State.
The great difficulty the Smith can
didacy must face is the opposition
which comes from States which are
sure or likely to go Democratic in the
1928 campaign provided the wet and
dry and the religious issues are not
raised. The same kind of opposition
to the nomination of Smith, which
now comes from North Carolina, is
deep-rooted in Indiana, where the
Democrats believe they have a Won
derful opportunity to carry their State
ticket next year, with any other NOM
inee for President than Al Smith.
The dry Southern Senators now
rallying against Smith are not unnat-
urally considering a candidate with
whom to oppose the New York Gov
ernor. They look rather favorably
upon Gov. Vic Donahey of Ohio, who,
like Smith, has been elected a Demo
cratic governor in a Republican State
for several terms. Donahey is Prot
estant and he is acceptable to the
drys. He may be their rallying point.
Evening star., 1927-10-15
Latest Truce i'm Coal Fields
Reviewed Without Enthusiasm

by the ineXorable process through
which coal mining is passing"
X. X X
Probably it would be difficult and
an ungracious task to undertake to
suggest that about one-half the miners
might find it to their advantage to
look about for some other occupa-
tion," observes the Altoona Mirror,
but that paper is convinced that con
tinuous employment at a moderate
wage should be as profitable as uncer-
ta:nty even at high rate" The va
kima Daily Republic sees "a clear
demonstration that the bituminous
coal mining industry in the United
States is Cvermanned and overcapital-
:Zed and must be reorganized along
sensible lines The Springfield Re-
publican expresses the hope that 1.-The
prolonged strike has resulted in the
establishment of large numbers of the
miners in other occupations and the
closing OF some of the less productive
Mines"
The Indianapolis News, taking ac-
count of the greater output of unor-
ganized mines" would inspire reason
ableness on both sides when it comes
to making a new contract next
Spring."
Congressional action, with compul-
sorry arbitration, has appeared to be
inevitable" concludes the MilWa ukee
Journal. "It still may be, since the
return of the miners in Illinois NAV
have no final national effect. But Fed
eral action will not have to be so
broadly invoked If the coal industry
Will really try to put It's own house in
order"
Evening star., 1927-10-15
Three American Girls / a., lc}
With Young Rumaniali =

derstands thoroughly but he is beEn'
ming to acquire some RulnInian. at
is the intention of his mother 10 edil-
cate him entirely at home with the
aid of private tutors.
Luncheon is served to the little King
AFT noon, after which he usually has
nap of two or three hours. He is then
free to play for the rest of the day. To
see him racing, dancing and screech-
ing across the palace lawn. dressed in
the simplest of American blouses, a
pair of Buster Brown "lInickers" and
dollar sandals, no one would believe he
Is royal sovereign.
His simple and modest mother.
Princess Helen, does not want Mickey
for the present to feel that he is an
exalted parsonage. She still calls him
Baby and does not hesitate to
spank him If he is mischievous or
fractions.
II want him to te just a simple.
sweet, likable boy" the princess
says. "I don't wan him to. put on
airs or to become. spoiled. He will
realize his responsibilities as King
soon enough. l want him first to have
real childhood. and ali the laughter
and JOY he can get out of life. Sor-
rows and tears VIII come to him later
in life. / suppose. as they come to all
OF US.
Evening star., 1927-10-15

the traffic to and from Arlington and
Fairfax and other more outlying coun-
ties OF Virginia has long been accus'
toned TO passing to and from the Dis
trict by way of the Chain Bridge. Its
closing which safety factors made i'm
perative. has thrown practically the
entire burden of this traffic upon what
was already an overburdened highway
that leading from Fairfax through
Cherrydale and thence to the Key
Bridge Motor traffic upon that road
is today tedious. nerve-racking and
dangerous business. Yet it is along
that road that the diverted stream
must pass.
Indications at the District Building
are that the necessary repairs upon
Chain Bridge cannot be effected until
next Spring. If this is true the best
must be made of a bad situation dur
ing the Winter. But If there is any
way in which the job can be expedited,
If any means can be devised whereby
the already over-protracted delay can
be ended and rush job done, that
way and that means should be taken.
Evening star., 1927-10-15
The Travellers Aid.

The financial campaign of the
Travellers Aid Society, whereby the
sum of $4,000 is to be raised in Wash,
ington during the next week, has
made an excellent start. On the first
day upwards of one-tenth of the total
needed was subscribed through the
vigorous activities Of the men and
women engaged in bringing home the
needs Of the society to the local public.
That fine early response should be,
and no doubt will be, continued with
increasing momentum until the neces-
sary funds are fully subscribed. For
the Travellers Aid Society performs a
welfare function in the community of
very high value. Cooperating with
1900 other cities in a Nationwide
chain Of service, it exists for the pur.
pose of assisting the great travelling
public which visits the National Capt.
tai in event of distress, trouble or
emergency Of any kind. Without dis
tinction of condition or creed the so.
ciety stands ready, day and night, to
aid any traveller whose trail in Wash
ington is crossed by trouble. What
this service means to aged men and
women, women with children, chill
dren and young girls travelling alone,
immigrants and strangers who do not
understand our language, victims of
accidents and sudden illness, the blind,
the penniless, the bewildered, the
friendless, is a theme which needs no
ornamentation. Last year 10000 in
dividual cases were handled; cases
calling for the ingenuity, skill and
patience of a highly trained personnel.
This is the fundamental and obvious
function Of the society, and work Of
unquestioned value it is. Yet as one
thinks of the secondary significance
Of that work the return upon each dol
lar spent in it's accomplishment be-
comes greatly enhanced. Picturing a
condition of affairs in which the So
,ciety was absent from the setting we
get a glimpse Of what its existence
means to the community. Thirty
thousand individuals in varying con-
1itions of trouble and distress
strangers within our gates. A greatly
increased burden upon the local police,
the local hospitals, the local missions
and lodging houses. An augmented
list of vagrancies, accidents and of
unprotected girls taken advantage Of.
Scores and hundreds Of those whom
the society today reroutes to a hap
pier journeys end admitted and ac.
cepted as burden and charge of the
community and its social welfare
agencies.
Every dollar spent by the public
spiritedAcitizens of Washington in sup
port of the work to which they are
this week invited to contribute is
double investment. For it buys skilled
aid for the stranger within our gates
who stands In need of it. and it buys
that prompt and efficient. action which
can alone save the community the
vastly increased expense of the help
less when once installed in our midst.
The local public, aware of these facts,
cannot fail to accord the appeal of the
society that whole-hearted support
which 1t so richly deserves.
Evening star., 1927-10-15

Let a man come to the Office TN
shaved-that is the very morning ne
will be called into an important con
ference.
The thing has never been known tc
fail.
LindberSh can fly across the ocear
with no more certainty than that the
usually immaculate shaver will have
failed to perform that important toilet
action on the morning he needs i
most.
Now. a clean shave to a man is as
important as silk stockings to g
woman. Just as the lady of 1927 does
not care to appear on the streets ir
cotton stockings, so the man of the
same year prefers to be clean-Shaven
There is about shave, too, great
deal of satisfaction, although most
men commonly conspire to speak OF
shaving as a nuisance necessary
nuisance, if you will.
The satisfaction of smooth skin
however, is real one, what with the
Improvement of safety razor blades
and the large selection of shaving
soaps in various forms which may be
found in the shops. ~
Almost any man, no matter how
tough his heard, by investigating the
various implements and toilet articles
can find d combination which will give
him that desired thing--"a good
shave"
Probably no two men will agree
upon the merits of any razor or any
soap-that is how they all get by
The main thing Is to secure results; to
wit. clean shave with minimum OF
skin abrasion.
{o ohol, haf
discover by the time they have shaved
several decades that cold water does
the trick the best of all.
X x y
We turn, however, from the joys
of shaving, which may be discussed at
length later, to the topic under dis
cussion---the strange persistence with
which one gets called into confer.
ence" of some sort the very morning
one fails to shave.
Poe wrote story, THE Imp of the
Perverse," or rather an essaystory
in which he told of the seeming per-
verseness in human nature which i'm
pels man to blurt out the very thing
he most wants to conceal.
Tell it! Tell it," urges the imp,
according to our first master short
story writer. There Is a deal of
psychological observation in this. If
IL were not for this streak in human
nature, more crimes would remain un-
detected than do.
1t is a somewhat similar imp of the
perverse which makes the conference
be called on the one morning in the
week when one has not shaved.
Why couldn't it have been yester-
day?
Then one had cheeks and lips as
clean as Il whistle, however clean that
may be, with that ruddy look far
famed among masculine beings as de-
noting the great outdoors"
So prepared. one might have walked
in on a conference of Henry Ford and
Alfred Pritchard Sloan with the best
will in the world.
X X
Jimmy Middleburg was good
dresser.
Jim always wore the latest in good
suits, conservative, yet with certain
amount of snap" to them that de-
noted both cost and chic" as the
ladies say.
On practically every day of the year
Evening star., 1927-10-15
PHILOSOPHERS
GLENN FRANK

Thousands of our sons and daugh-
ters' have been in college and univer-
sity now for about a month; their
Inconsistencies and heartaches have
filtered back to us in their letters.
For many of them this is their first
definite breaking away from home and
goinS in on their own.
A month ago they left that most
human of all human institutions, the
home, TO go to universities, the very
size of which makes difficult those
simple, direct, personal and warmly
human relations that gave q touch of
light and loveliness to their homes.
The readjustment they have faced
and are facing is no easy matter. !
know, for l have been through it.
But this difficult readjustment is
part of the price they must pay for
growing up.
They expect this change to challenge
their capacity for adjustment and
achievement.
This is not a skylarking expedition
upon which they have embarked.
Beneath their cB1e.free laughter
and bantering they expect ii to be
working expedition.
And, big and necessarily impersoual
as the modern university Is in manE
ways, it is after all very human
place.
A really great university is not given
to coddling it's students, but it is con
siderate
Figuratively speaking. university
cannot undertake to tuck our sons or
daughters in at night and see To IL
that they wear their SOloshes on wet
days; ii must assume that they have
gone past the governesS stage, but IL
is, in most instances, a very human
place.
1t applauds them in their strength
and assists them in their weakness.
Two things mark the. life of students
in great university-freedOm and
discipline.
The university can see to it that
they have freedom-freedom TO grow.
freedom to think. freedom to question.
freedom to differ and freedom TO doubt
the stock opinions of their time.
The university can grant freedom,
but our sons AMI daughters must
achieve discipline ~ themselves.
Discipline is not something imposed
upon our sons and daughters by the
university; that sort of discipline Is
simply the minimum necessary police
A discipline imposed is
not discipline: it is RECOMMENDATION, and
rom the RECOMMENDATION of minds the
rue university fees as from the
plague.
Education is not something the uni
verslty does TO our sons and daugh'
tiers; it is what our sons and daughters
do in the university.
Copyright Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate.l
Evening star., 1927-10-15
UNITED STATES
in WORLD WAR
Ten Years Ago To-day

First of allied officers, assigned to
Camp Wadsworth to train. troops, ar
rive after delay due to U-boats. -
Marshal Joffre spends entire day with
American forces near western front
and gets big ovation. Govern
ment may decide to have Gen. Per-
shing attend the allied war council de-
iiberations to be held in Paris this
week. d Department of Justice
agents arrest as spy man who visited
marine bases as naval officer.
Government seizes 500 ocean steamers,
but owners will still continue to op.
crate them. Germany has ex-
tended military service to men AZ years
old, and is calling up those who have
heretofore escaped service on account
Of military unfitness. President
sounds call for mobilization of all the
Nations gold reserves under super
vision of Federal Reserve Board. Says
it will aid effectively in a vigorous
prosecution and successful termination
of the war" Caproni Brothers
predict air age with journeys made
from continent to EDntinent.
Evening star., 1927-10-15
Street Signs for Boston.

From the Boston Transcript.
THE sign brings customers. said
La Fontaine. But what shall the signs
of many merchants avail, when
strangers have no signs to guide them
to the streets where those merchants
keep their shops? 1t is well. 1t is
cheering, that the city Of Boston at
.ast has arranged to make it's street
names known, for motorists, pedes.
trians and all who run to read. Month
upon month, indeed. year upon year.
this decision has hung fire, without
resulting in action. Now, however,
assurance comes that a contract in
the considerable sum Of $34,164 has
actually been let. and that deliveries
are already beginning. AS one by one
our street corners become inscribed
with clear and legible markers, the
new convenience will be so great that
many Of us .Bostonians will hardly
know what to make of it But visi-
tors will know-not only tourists, but
thousands Of people coming into
Boston daily from the suburbs on
missions Of business. shopping and
pleasure--and they will be much
gratified by the improvement.
Evening star., 1927-10-15
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

fucius' family are buried in the Con.
fucian family buying ground9-N
o. A.
A. The burying ground is a 10000
acre plot. Seventy-eight generations
are buried there.
q. DO men In Federal prisons wear
striped Clothes?--A. q.
a. Federal prisoners do not wear
stripes.
O. How does the oxygen content OF
the air In heavily wooded mountain
districts compare with that Of the air
in Pittsburgh?--R. NJ. 5.
A. The Weather Bureau says that
the dinerence is very small. too small.
indeed, to be Of any special Importance
This is owing TO the more or less con
tinuous and vigorous stirring and mix
ing OF the atmosphere by winds, con
Vection. turbulence and diffusion.
@. What were the Federal expendi
lures 100 years ago?-A. ID. ".
A. In 1880 they amounted to $24.
| $4,000. In 1925 they were 1851,
900, 900.
Q. How many eggs do the hens Of
this country lay in year?-D. p.
A. They lay 1000. 100000 dozen
eggs a year, or about 76O eggs a
second.
Q. How many schools are there in
Mexico. and how many children at
| tend?-R. L.
A. There are said TO be about $4,000
schools, attended by 1,250,000 pupils.
O. When viii the Welland Canal be
finished, and what will it cost?-J. f.
A. At a cost Of $115.000, 900 when
finished, Canada has three-fourths
completed shipway from Port Col
borne. on Lake Erie, to Port Weller,
on Lake Ontario, with seven locks.
having a lift of 4613 feet each, 80 feet
of water over the siils, $50 feet long
and 50 feet wide, with canal section
2GO feet wide and 27 feet deep. One
| fourth of the mileage is now in use by
ships One-half of it will be in service
within another year, and three-fourths,
| il not all of it, will be in service in the
| year 1929. but will be finished at the
latest in 1880.
Q. Has Japan many motion picture
| theaters?-C. Z. NJ.
A. There are now about 5000 mo-
ton picture houses operating in
Japan.
=. How much of the original weight
| is lost in cutting a diamond?-A. p. NJ.
| A. At the Kimberley mines the av.
| erage loss is from one-half to three
| fifths of the weight of the stone. The
| loss depends on the nature of the
stone and style of the cut.
Q. How many brands of cigars and
cigarettes are the.e?-C. A.
| A. There are about 5000 brands OF
| cigars, about 1000 brands of cigar
cites, and Approximately 1000 brands
OF chewing and smoking tobacco.
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