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Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-06-10
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Denominational cooperation as
cxenplified in Excelsior Springs Is
lelated thus in The Standard:
Glen w. Reed, Excelsior Springs
foremost lyric tenor will sing in the
mass at the Catholic church Sunday
morning, in the Methodist church in
the afternoon, and in the Presbyter,
ian church at night.-Florida Times
Union.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-06-10
Office Etiquette

You were speaking much too long
on the phone just now, Miss Ponson-
by
But it was a business call, Mr..
Jones'"
Well, please don't address any OF
our clients as 'sweetiEins' IN future!"
london Opinion.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-06-10

First Man: Is your wife econoni-
cal?
Second Man: Well, she is wearing
less hair and fewer clothes, but ]
can't see as my expenses are any
less.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-06-10
Aerial Laundress

A small fire on Friday at 423 East
Gordon street was caused by sparks
from the chimney, occasioned by a
colored woman Who was ironing
clothes, falling on the of.--Georgia
paper.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-06-10

| Flappcr Daughter: Sitting up daddy,
with the sick son 9t the sick man
| you are always telling mother you
sat up with.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-06-10
ONE rs ENOUGH

ONE IS ENOUGH
Mussolini says that his successor has
not yet been born. There are those
who hope that he never will be.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-06-10

Angry Father: Young lady explain
yourself. Where have YOU been all
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-06-10
POWERLESS

POWERLE LESS
What's the use of being q Dry Car
when there are so many Wet Grand
Dukes?
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-06-10

Host ITO small boy): What part OF
the turkey do you prefer, Bobby?
Bobby (passing his plate tinlicliy>
I like the meat.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-06-10

He: We're coming to a tunnel are
you afraid?
She: Not if you take that cigar our
Of your mouth.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-06-10
New Brand

Two hundred dollars and costs and
three months in county jail was the
sentence handed Monroe - by
Judge Edward 1. Gleszer in the munl-
cipal court here today OH a charge
Ct operating an automobile while unz
der the influence OF quor-Portland
>Me) paper
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-06-10
DeadIy Decorat tion

Radiator caps should be more
artistic The caps prominent fea-
! tire"
"Yes, it's about the first thing that
strikes you. American Boy.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-06-10
Stick This ON Your Mirrnr

Stick This on Your MirrOr
Marriage is that part Of a girI's life
that comes between the lipstick ana
the broornstick.-Alva (Okla) Daily
Review Courier.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-06-10
Sweet Harmony

Loving models are used by mem
bers of the o. A. e. Art club ut their
Tuesday night meetings. Oregon
Agricultural College Daily Barometer.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-06-10

Marie: I hear you got mad at Jack
on Decoration Day; wnat did he do?
Ruth: Nothing, that's what made
Tne mad
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-06-10
Poor Scenario

my objection to real life" says
the heroine OF a Scotch novel, rs
that it isna true to the moving pic,
ture. Boston Transcript.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-06-10

Billy: My family is bettern yours,
we had forefathers, we did.
Robby; Snucks, that's nothing MY
aunt's had four husbands.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-06-10

Polite Youth: You acted awfully
we'll.
She: The audience didn't applaud
a bit when went off the stage.
Polite Youth; Oh but I'm sure
they were awfully pleased.
Evening star., 1927-04-23
The Modern Coliseum,

Five days were required to secure
a jury for the trial Of a man and a
woman accused In one Of the boroughs
Of Greater New York of the murder
Of the husband Of the latter. 1t was
necessary to summon and examine
800 talesmen before the thirteenth
man was chosen, one Of those pre-
viously accepted being excused on the
ground that he was not married, and
therefore might not have a depend
able attitude toward such a case. 1t
is now expected that the trial viii last
a month.
There is apparently nothing in this
case to justify so great a protraction
OF the proceedings. The male defend.
ant was examined by alienists pre-
ceding the opening OF the trial and
had been pronounced sane. The cir
cumstances are practically .estab
lished. The accused were engaged in
a liaison, and the unsuspecting hus
band, whose life was insured for the
benefit of his wife, was slain, ap
parently by the man. The sole ques
Evening star., 1927-04-23

/ around, believe you are not al
that is here,
believe that much unseen is also
here"
Is there a person who has not felt
this sense OF something yet unexpress
| ed, as he walked along the way on
| bright Spring day?
A child plays in the sunshine. the
rays glitter upon its sunny hair. Is
| this all we have here, a child in the
sun?
No, something else Is there, that
no writer in all history has ever sue
| ceeded in putting into words This
marks the limit of writing, of what
words can do. To find this out, one
must live,
Il think heroic deeds were all con
ceiVed in the open air, and all
free poems also,
I think / could stop here myself and
do miracles,
/ think whatever I shall meet on the
road l shall like and whoever
beholds me shall like me,
think whoever / see must be
happy"
His happy doctrine, the viewpoint
Of the "red blooded he-man," gets
down to this fine couplet:
81 am larger, better than I thought,
/ did not know / held so much good.
ness"
Who expressed the healthy opti.
mism Of modern American so we'll?
We Of the United States no longer
feel that we are miserable worms of
the dust, born to be cut down like
the grass of the field.
Children are taught to feel that
they are better than they thought,
that actually they did not realize
that they held so much goodness.
This Is in line with the latest find
ings in psychology. So it may be said
that Whitman was about so years
ahead Of the procession.
Now | see the secret Of the making
Of the best persons,
"lt is to grow in the open air and
to eat and to sleep with the earth"
Here is the test of wisdom,
Wisdom is not finally tested in schools,
Wisdom cannot be passed from one
having it to another not having 1t,
Wisdom is of the soul, is not suscep-
tible of proof, is it's own proof"
We come to the following:
why are there trees l never. walk
under but large and meIodious
thoughts descend upon me?'
The happiness of the rude earth is
what he calls the reader to share:
ito see nothing anywhere but what
you may reach it and pass It, to
conceive no time, however distant,
but what you may reach 1t and pass
it, to look UP or down no road but
it stretches and waits for you, how.
ever long. but it stretches and waits
for YOU"
One should know the universe, he
says, as road. as many roads, as
roads for travelling souls. "All parts
away from the progress of souls .
all falls into inches and corners be-
fore the procession of souls along the
grand roads Of the universe"
This man, we think, was gloriously
drunk with words He concludes
with the memorable lines on COM
rades:
"Comrade, I give you my hand!
/ give you my love more precious
than money,
I give you myself before preaching
or law;
Will you give me yourself; will you
come travel with me?
Shall we stick by each other as long
as we live?"
Evening star., 1927-04-23

thing. Despite the religious and wet
issues. there seems little doubt that the
governor can go into the next Demo
cratic national convention with a
greater array of delegates pledged to
him than any other candidate. The
Smith people are inclined to laugh at
the suggestion that the governor take
himself out of the race under such
conditions.
The fact is that the issues within
the Democratic party itself have been
Joined. and joined so strongly that
even the elimination of the two presi-
Dental aspirants typifying the oppo-
site sides Of these issues might now
fail to bring the peace and harmony
which is so much desired. The Cath.
olic Democrats of the North and East
feel strongly the ban which the Prot.
estant Democrats of the South and
West seek to place on the man they
regard as the outstanding figure in the
party today. 1t is no secret that many
Of these Democrats may prefer a Re-
publican at the polls next year If they
believe they are being Disseminated
against merely because of their re-
ligious belief. The wet Democrats of
the North and East are little likely to
be willing to drop the anti-prohibitton
issue at this stage, when the vets have
become stronger than at any time
since the adoption of the eighteenth
to the Constitution.
The issues in the Democratic party,
religion and prohibition. have been
dragged into the open and into public
discussion more than year before
the national convention. Possibly the
early consideration Of these issues
may make it easier for the party to
adjust those differences. Possibly the
present discussion may make these is
sues more and more difficult to deal
with.
With the party divided on the wet
and dry issue. how will it be possible
to find a presidential candidate who
can please both factions; to find a can
didate who will be dry in one part of
the country and wet in another?
Evening star., 1927-04-23

ton involved would seem to be that
OF conspiracy to murder. Was the
wife guilty In any degree of the crime
itself, or was she merely passive
witness?
The ascertainment of the facts in
this case should not require four or
five weeks. Under proper procedure
Of taking testimony, with the ques.
tions and cross.questions reduced to
the point of bringing out the truth, all
the ground could be covered in few
days. Arguments over points of law
are not necessary to the extent of
hours of delay. Forensic efforts by
counsel for the two sides are not eff
fective merely because they are spread
over several days. The jury Is seldom
swayed by such deliveries in any case.
1t Is decidedly in the interest Of jus.
tice and the public security that such
q trial as this should be shortened to
the minimum essential to the dis.
closure of the facts. The prolongation
OI Il SGdIIdIOuS recital ii great
opportunity FOR the sensationalist
writer's, the sob squad" the amateur
psychologists who flock to such a pro-
ceeding by the dozen and fill col
umns with pernicious twaddle. But
1t renders no service to justice or the
public.
Such a case is the more shocking
because of its character, given it by
the unfortunate practice of a certain
type Of present-day journalism, of q
public entertainment. The gladiatorial
fights in the arena of ancient Rome
and the unequal pitting Of martyrs
with wild beasts. for the delectation of
a bloodthirsty populace. were no worse
than these spectacles of human misery
and wickedness staged for the diver
sion Of the morbid-minded public. It
is time that the courts be purged of
this wretched business of catering to
pruriency
Evening star., 1927-04-23
Shows Up n. S. Parsimony
rom the Philadelphia Public Ledger.

From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
Canada viii not be deferred from
housing in fitting manner its repre-
sentative in Washington by any feel
ing of resentment at the failure Of the
United States Government to make a
corresponding provision for its repre-
sentative at Ottawa. A large building
on Massachusetts avenue has been
purchased at a cost said to approach
half million dollars. There the Cana
dian diplomatic envoy will be quar-
tered with his staff. One Of the Do
minion newspapers recently pointed
out the contrast between the policies.
in this respect, of the Canadian and
United States Governments, the Amer
lean representative being obliged to
content himself with rented rooms in
an office building in the Dominion
capital. Happily, the Canadian gov
ernment was not Influenced by this
complaint. Perhaps some day the
Washington lawmakers will awake to
the anomaly Of their present parsi-
mony in the matter Of embassy and le-
CATION buildings in foreign capitals.
Evening star., 1927-04-23

Poor old Johan Most was held up to
the world as a terrible anarchist! He
made wild speeches for the reason
probably that he preferred being So
cially mathematical to not being
noticed. He was finally taken from a
hiding place under his bed and deliv.
cred to the authorities for punish
ment in which ridicule played the
largest part. He would prove a genial
relief if he could come back and dis.
place our soviets, bolsheviks, com.
munists and all the genus.
Evening star., 1927-04-23
One WAY 0ut2

"How happy could l be with either,
with t'other dear charmer away" does
not apply TO that political triangle,
Miss Democracy, Gov. Smith and VIII.
liam Gibbs McAdoo. The party, it ap-
pears, can be happy only with both of
these charmers out OF the picture. At
least this is the view of prominent
Democrats in the West and the South.
They would be willing to declare a
public holiday, If these two old antag.
onists should withdraw. Now comes
Il report that round robin, signed by
party leaders, may be circulated, re.
questing the Governor of New York
and Mr.. McAdoo voluntarily TO step
aside in the interest of harmony.
7 Mr.. AIcAdoo's political star is on the
decline. if the comments Of some of his
old friends are to be credited. But
Gov. Smiths star today is a different
Evening star., 1927-04-23

President Coolidge's appeal to the
country for contributions to the Amer
lean Red Cross flood relief fund should
. bring immediate results. He presents
the case in a most effective manner.
Eight States in the Union are suffer
ing one of the most extensive foods
in the history of the country. BY a
most conservative estimate there are
now more than $4,000 refugees who
must be cared for by the Red Cross.
This emergency will continue for
weeks, during which these people. and
perhaps more as the number grows
with the advance of the inundation
must be fed, sheltered and clothed
and their health protected Should
the floods rise to the predicted high
levels in the next few days the num-
ber whose most primary needs must
be cared for will be doubled and
trebled "The situation is indeed
grave"
Since the Presidents proclamation
was issued the flood conditions are re-
ported as growing worse. Persistent
rains have swollen the tributaries of
the Mississippi and the crest of the
flood is yet to come Thousands of
square miles are rapidly being added
to the area of inundation. The mum.
her of refugees is increasing. A ma
4iopaI diSa s+ar Is az hand
One of the most highly efficient or.
.ganizations in the world is at work
to render aid to the unfortunates. Its
local branches have been engaged
since the first hours of the flood. but
their resources have been exhausted
and there now is need for a Nation
wide contribution. Enormous quanti-
ties of supplies must be provided.
Food. clothing and materials for shell
ter are imperatively needed. These
people are not only in flight from the
advancing waters to save their lives,
but they are destitute Their homes
have been destroyed, their means of
sustenance is gone and they are now
the wards Of the country. They must
not be left to suffer, perhaps to die.
No amount is stated as the immedi.
ate need. The call is issued without
limit. The devastation is so wide
spread that possibly several million
dollars viii be necessary to prevent
the death from starvation and disease
of many hundreds of people.
Time is the essence of this situa-
ton. If relief is not extended to the
refugees promptly an epidemic may
develop that will take lives by the
wholesale. Let the call be answered,
therefore, swiftly and generously to
the end that these unhappy victims of
one Of the greatest torrents the coun-
try has ever known may be assured
Of Succor.
Evening star., 1927-04-23

Wichita Beacon, ''have all contributed
to the remarkable result of this record.
breaking flight" and that paper sees
"10-days-around-the-earth consum-
nation" as by no means an idle
dream" The Charleston Evening
Post, however, feels that ''transoceanic
flying is not feasible yet in the fullest
sense" although ''if the plane which
Is to try the New York Paris flight
can perform on such voyage as it
performed on the trial flight, there
will be some substantial advance made
toward practical air navigation across
the Atlantic.
The San Francisco Bulletin recalls
that five out of the worlds seven
history-mal1ing nonstop flights have
been made by Americans" and de-
clares that when the pinch comes
Uncle Sam Is always in evidence"
The Champaign News-Gazette, also
emphasizing American achievement,
says that America, If it will, can
build and man airplanes which can
keep other airplanes from reaching
this country, or keep warships of other
countries or transports of other coun
tries from American shores.
Evening star., 1927-04-23
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS


Q. How high is 1t possible to build
an office building?--D. G. T.
A. Engineers have computed that
on plot OF ground 200 feet square 1t
would be possible to carry a building
UP 1000 feet and comply with build
ing laws.
Q. How many negro periodicals are
published in this country?-F. A. T.
Ayers Newspaper Annual and
Directory lists 1S1.
@. When was the first pre-an.
nounced public airplane flight?-P
S. M.
A. On July 4. 1908. when Glenn
Curtiss flew his June Bug.
Q. Has England always had a
standing army?--P. Z. H.
A. In the early days there was no
English standing army. Every man
in England was compelled to carry
arms or bear his proportion Of expense
Of maintaining soldier.
@. What caused the disappearance
of passenger pigeons?-S. NJ.
A. The Biological Survey says that
market hunters are probably the di.
rect cause Of the extinction of the pas
senger pigeons. These birds were So
called colony birds" and nested In
great quantities in certain vicinities.
This made it possible for hunters to
wipe out great numbers with very
little effort. There are many tradi.
tions accounting for the extinction Of
these birds, one being that forest fires
in woods where they roasted destroyed
great numbers.
O. How many pounds Of rolled oats
win 100 pounds Of whole oats make P
G. E. NJ.
A. About 60 pounds.
0. What was the first theater in
tI:fs country, what was the first show,
and who were the pIayers?-B. B.
A. Regularly organized companies
of players existed in New York as
early as 1892. Addison's cato" was
given in Philadel"hia in August, 1I49
The first permanent theater in the
United States was the old Southwark
Theater, at South street above Fourth
In Philadelphia. opened to the public
November 21, 1866. The first play was
the tragedy douglas" followed by
Garrick's version of Catherine and
Petruchio" The actors were Hallam
Douglass, Wall, Morris. Mrs. Harman
Mrs. Douglass, Mrs. Wall and Miss
Cheer.
O. Who signed the first treaty
drawn up in our Central States?--l
G. r.
A. Archer b. Hubert answers this
question as follows: Washington
signed the first treaty ever drawn ul
i'm the Central West with old VAR
Braam and villiers in a misty rain at
Fort Necessity"
O. How long has Alexander Ora
ham Bell been dead?-P. NJ.
A. Bell died August 2, 1872.
O Where did Hell Gate" in New
York. get it's name?-P. ID. IL.
A. Some writer's say that the name
"Heu Gate" is derived from the Dutch
word "Hellagate." which means q
gate of hell. "Others say 1t is derived
from "Horligat." which means tine
whirling strait" The place was named
ON account of the whirlpool. when
made navigation dangerous. The same
historians cali attention to the origin
of the word Manhattan" One grouT
Evening star., 1927-04-23
A Marathon "Dance. I"

The endurance dance marathon
which has received much publicity
due to its absurdity. has been stopped
by the health officials of Los Angeles.
Ten couples We're still on the floor
when finis was written on the contest.
They, with three hundred and fifty
starting couples, had begun dancing
twenty-one hours previously in a
Venice Beach ballroom, from which
they danced" the sixteen miles over
boulevard pavements into ballroom
in Los Angeles.
Naturally, this whole ridiculous af.
fair was a publicity stunt for some
thing or other. Tt unquestionably sue
ceeded in that purpose, because the
spectacle Of men and women dancing
in the hot sun on a motor boulevard is
enough to cause the average person
TO stop with surprise, IL not disgust.
Each dancer" is said TO have re-
celved fifty dollars for his efforts.
With Several of the erstwhile steppers
now reclining in various hospitals.
and every one Of the contestants nurs-
ing a tender pair Of feet, It would ap-
pear that there are easier ways to
earn half-century note.
1t is a sad commentary on Ameri.
can intelligence that such lengths
have to be gone to create news. 1t
would seem that the money spent in
prizes could better be used to pur'
chase legitimate advertising, because
people are hardly going to look with
favor on whatever is being exploited
when they realize that such contor.
tons are necessary to secure patron
age.
Evening star., 1927-04-23
Radio Chaos to Cease.

Back fence screeches. piercing whis
ties and the heterogeneous medley OF
noises and squeals which have accom-.
panied radio reception for nearly q
year will cease at midnight tonight, II
they have not already been eliminated
the new Federal Radio Commission
promises. At midnight. the first ten.
tative lineup of wave lengths, giving
due and proper regard to adequate
spacing between stations to prevent
interference of any description, will
become effective. Tt will be the initial
step in a national program designed
to insure the radio listener pure music
or speech. coming through the air on
an untrammeled channel, free from
man-made interruption and machine
produced interference.
Five months ago Secretary Hoover
characterized the situation of that
date as "chaos." Tomorrow, under
the several edicts of the radio com.
mission, chaos will be ended, il the
promises of the commission come
true. Come true they must, for the
commission Is prepared to WELD the
big stick of autocratic power and court
action on any station that does not
play the game fairly and keep from
interfering with other programs.
In effect, the situation after mid
night tonight will become much what
it was prior to July / last, when the
Attorney General ruled that under the
decision of a Federal judge in Chi.
cago the air vas free. The direct re-
suit of that ruling was legislation set.
ting up the Federal Radio Commits
sion, and today the commission is deep
in the task of Strengthening out the
tangIe caused by the ''air pirates, .
who jumped waves used by other
broadcasters at will under the free.
air ruling. Not altogether will the sit
uation be the same, however, for near
ly 200 more broadcasters are on the
air today than there were July last.
Those now licensed to operate. how
ever, must play the game fair or be
penalized.
Indeed some have suffered already
by being placed in a kind Of air PEN
itentiary below 220 meters. This sit.
uation is regarded as a penalty for
wave jumping, and is undesirable be-
ca1,Sa man hroo dna 50 ,>onaiy,ave r.F Ia
day are not equipped to pick up pro-
grams broadcast so low on the wave
band spectrum. Strangely enough,
the station which started all the rum
pus, WJAZ Of Chicago, which filed the
suit resulting in the free-air decision,
Is given a preferred position in the
temporary license Misplaced up at
1924 meters, approximately the same
assignment it had before it jumped to
q Canadian wave.
It will be interesting to note just
how radio broadcasting will react, and
whether chaos will really come to an
end. If the chorus OF whistles ends
tonight all will be well. II it does
rot, and interference still continues on
many stations, the work OF the radio
commission will again have to be done
over. In any event the wave length
assignments Of tomorrow are only
temporary. but even temporary relief
will help a tangled situation. The
station assignments OF tomorrow are
designed to be in the nature Of ex.
perimental affairs, to fit later into q
national scheme Of wave length, time
division and power separation.