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Evening star., 1927-05-08
FOUR IN GOVERNOR RACE.
Cats Among Candidates for Nomi-
nation in Florida.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla, May LE),
Former Gov. Sidney J. Cats of
Detuhiak Springs was among four
candidates, who today formally an
nounced their intentions to seek the
1928 Democratic gubematorial nOmi-
nation. Other candidates 10 announce
were state Senator John $. Taylor OF
Largo; DR. W. A. Mckenzie Lees
burg. a member of the State House
of Representatives, and Dyle Carlton,
Tampa attorney.
Good roads and a business admin
lstration were planks in all the candi-
dates platforms, while Senator Tay-
lor pledged his continued opposition
10 legalizing racing in this State
4 bill for that purpose is now pending
in the Senate.
Evening star., 1927-05-08
Airship Back at Hangar.

LAKEHURST. y. J.. May { R).--
The Navy dirigible Los Angeles re
turned to the air station at 7:1O
O'Clock tonight from a flight to Wash
ington
Evening star., 1927-05-08
PAN AMERICANS PAY
HONOR TO WASHINGTON
AND UNKNOWN SOL DER

Continued from First Page)
teenth, which crystallized In this
continent in the emancipation of the
people and in the declaration of the
rights of citizens, which is the foun-
dation Of our political constitutions
Among the great men who have
directed and led this movement for
liberty, Washington stands forth. His
public life, always ruled by the pureSt
principles, is an example to all Re-
publican peoples.
"Washington's memory is yenerated
equally throughout all the Americas
and therefore, we, the delegates to
to third Pam American Commercial
Conference assembled to seek a bet
ter understanding and the develop
ment Of our economic interests. place
this offering at the tob of this great
hero"
Welcomed i'm Alexandria.
In Alexandria, the first stop after
leaving Arlington, the delegates were
given welcome by c. Fred Cook on
behalf of The Evening Star, at an old
fashloned Virginia dinner in the
George Mason Hotel There was fried
SAAA~iASAA elAAN ' IA AliAt pbp-ONGlS, new
to the taste Of most of the visitors
from Latin America
Responding to the welcome Senor
DR.. Don Angel Morales, Minister OF
the Dominican Republic, declared that
the exchange of views and friendships
between the representatives of the u
Pan-AmeFican republics not only
would contribute to the material hap.
plness of all the peoples who claim to
be sovereign and exercise their in
alenable rights to self determination
throughout the Western Hemisphere
but also would serve TO advance the
principles Of Pan Americanims.
DR.. Morales address on behalf of
his friends was as follows:
A great honor has been conferred
upon the delegates Of the Dominican
republic in being selected to reply
IN the name of our fellow delegates
to the Third Pan,Ameriean CONNER.
clal Conference with frank and sin
cere expression of our gratitude to
this homage of cordial sympathy that
Lne Washington Star. that typical
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-03-10
A DOG NURSING THREE LION CUBS

This sight recently interested visitors to the Geological
Garden in Berlin oness unable her three
supplied nourshment the little beasts that by now could
and probably WOULD strike off their fostermohers head
with one blow of well-aimed paw.
This wslmeaning little dog is not the first sample of un
WISE dangerous nursing.
Nations goryng the achievements of their conuuerors
and nursing them along have been made their slaves.
The United States has nursed and built up gigantic
poraons and trusts that subsequently have proceeded to milk
their benefactor energetically and systematically
This dog looking at the three cunning little lion cubs says
to herself perhaps Poor little things they never would
hurt anybody glad to supply them with milk" How
surprised she would be she could them full grown the
male lion able to seize heifer in its mouth and with jump
q wide ditch.
Young ladies and gentlemen that take foolish habits
you might also find moral in this picture.
Many today nursing habit that will treat them later
on ais these lions would treat the nursing dog
As for miserable victims that allow themselves nurse
drug habit they nursing serpent of the most deadly
poisonous kind.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-03-10

KANY say that the country has gone football crazy -
VH They point out the fact that Rome's downfall was
preceded by the gift to the people of games and
bread
The parallel between the bloody amusements of ancient
times however and the football of today very close
Football clean sport and the energy people put
out sport of this strenuous kind the less energy they will
be disposed to spend in war.
Football calls for the last of physical strength
together with intellectual alertness
Recently there attendance of $500 the game be-
tween Stanford and Southern California Fftyfve thou
sand Harvard play, 10000 watched Ohio State and
about $4,000 sold for the o. S. C-Notre Dame
in Los Angeles Many applicants rejected for
lack of space
The attendance of large groups football games is good
and those who gather from this that the country
going to the dogs mistaken.
One difference noted between other countries the one
hand and England and the United States the other that
Engands people play Sport is institution and to be
good sport is synonym of having good disposition
The children Of France and Italy and Germany need to
be taught how play for play is the outlet Of
youthful exuberance and the nation plays inte
gently the better off it is.
One of the excellent efforts of the Y NJ c. A. and similar
organizations abroad has been organize the boys and girls
into play groups Play of children abroad to take
destructive tendency movement has made consider
able Roadway in the United States have teachers upon the
Fairgrounds and to instruct the children in healthy sports as
well the three Rs
Altogether play good thing and should be encouraged
The more the principles of fair play introduced into
business the better off for business and the business
becomes sport the more it will attract followers.
tcopyrsht 1891 by The Mcclure Newspaper syndcae)
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-03-10
Crime at the Roots

in the District JAIL awaiting sentence for the greatest
crime-murder-are three young men.
Who and what these boys who make easy living
robbery only end their brief in the electric chair?
the thinking citizen might well ask
Cardinal Hayes of New York. has just published report
ON twoyear investigation conducted for him into the
of crime.
Crime the report stated is problem Of youth Don't for
ret that fond and doting parents.
Boys become criminals because they GROW UP NEGLECTED
AND UNFRAMED
spiritual moral atmosphere broken homes without father
or mother, both.
Keep that in mind you mothers who applaud the assertions
Of child experts" who condone peng parties and the like
as youths 'self- expression"
Cardinal Hayes solution Of the problem through re-
Mobilization faith children especially during their tender
formative years.
Policemen curb crime They doing right here in
Washington
But the only thing that is going to REDUCE CRIME is the
bringing up Of boys and girls in the right way.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-03-10
CAVERN OF
ICE

EESTooNED with glistening
] icicles that are believed to
have formed 10000 years ago.
when all northern Europe and
Russia were enveloped in ice, a
cave twenty.six miles long has
been found in the Ural noun
tains.
1t abounds with grottoes Of
extraordinary beauty; the roof
is a mass Of snow crystals that
reflect the colors Of the rainbow.
and there. are wide corridors. at
the bottom Of which a subter-
ranean river probably flowed
many years ago. says Popular
Mechanics Magazine.
About a mile from the entrance
to the cavern Is a small lake,
near which were found several
objects dating from the time of
the Persian King Cyrus. and
military Qualifications probably
built during the fourteenth CEN
tury were unearthed near by.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-03-10
The Banner Membe rship Among
Citizens Associations

The Rhode Island Avenue Citizens Association claims the
banner membership among strictly civic organizations in the
District had 1206 padup members January i and its
officers and members take pride in maintaining maximum
enrolment
The record Of this association all the more ccmendabe
when it is known that suburban community which
its organized citizenship few hundred members constituted
the organization less than twenty ago and that number
represented the bulk Of the adult citizens Of the community
The total today tells its story Of rapid development and
great increase in community population.
all citizens Of the District felt do those the Rhode
Island Avenue neighborhood and organized themselves
thoroughly for community benefits the growth and upbudng
Of the District would be general in its nature particular
section would stand out others construction activities
and desirabiity
An active citizens association applying itself strictly
community needs grated with its successes and
point with PRIDE to what it has accomplished.
The District Commissioners have come to look to citizens
associations for recommendations for public improvements
their respective baiwc These recommendations are always
given careful consideration
Many Of the associations already engaged in making up
schedules Of their community needs for presentation the
Commissioners who will enter upon the preparation Of
budget estimates for another fiscal year The community
which fails to press its requirements upon the Commissioners
Is negligent Of its opportunities The citizen fails to join
association in his neghborhood negligent its worth and
Of his interests especially he or expects
10 be one.
Aside from the possible material benefits Of belonging to
citizens organization there the element of civic and social
contact with ones nehbor and the enlightenment that comes
from discussion Of municipal and community propositions
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-03-10

draw a geometrical picture illus.
trating the situation. Let the
large circle inside the square rep.
resent the earth's orbit around
the sun, and the eight small cir.
cles the earth itself. Let the
upper side of the square indicate
fixed direction in space to which
the rotation Of the earth with re-
gard to the stars is referred.
The earth goes around the sun
and at the same time turns on
its axis as shown by the arrows
at the bottom. The sun Is at the
center of the figure. The small
letter "a" on the circumference of
the earth indicates a fixed meri.
dian, say that of Greenwich,
Now, when the earth is at "a"
at the bottom of the figure, the
straight line from the center of
the earth through "a" and through
the sun comedies with the fixed
direction in space to which the
rotation of the earth with regard
to the stars is referred. Here sun
time and star time start together.
But when the earth has moved
from "A' or "B" its rotation on
its axis has brought the point
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-03-10

1t today. Wherever you look
women are being Disseminated
against. If they stay, in the
homes they lead the lives of
dumbwaiters. If they 20 into
business. they have to accept
half the wages which men re-
ceive. Don't you think it about
time that women really had their
rights, Elsie?''
I do indeed, lady. But what's
hindering 'em?
AS far as can see, women
have just about one hundred
times more rights now than
they're using.
No, I'm not talking about votes
or wages. I'm talking about the
vital. fundamental rights which
come before these superficial con.
cessions-the basic rights. by the
use or abuse of which we de.
termine our position in society.
The right" to act like a civ.
ilized human being instead Of an
impulsive, unbalanced, unreason.
able mammal.
The right" to be tolerant.
The right to make sensible
compromises.
The fright" to keep ones eyes
open and ones mouth shut.
The right. to adapt ones own
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-03-10

rights. Perhaps you haven't
thought Of them in that way?
Perhaps you. have thought of
them as tiresome and difficult
obligations. which lucky, clever
person could eyade. They're not.
They are priceless privileges and
no one can attain any real. last.
ing power unless he avaiIs him.
self Of these rights
That's something women need
to understand.
Women can't attain rights by
an act Of congress or the ruling
Of an Industrial Commission.
Men can't emancipate women or
give them equality.
The only rights which will win
recognition or power for women
are the rights which they estab-
lish in their own characters.
Votes won't give them power
over the tribe. They will only
win that power when they learn
to play with the tribe and work
with the tribe and endure the
tribe-when they have ceased to
think in the singular and have
learned to act in the plural.
When they have learned to do
that. they will have real equality,
real suffrage, and no one on
earth can take It from them.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-03-10
NEGOTIATIONS
OF A WIFE
BY Helen Rowland.
The saxophone Decade

A NAN is not getting old until
"A he begins to think of his
heart as a physical organ instead
of as an emotional index.
The dangerous age" of woman
seems to- have dropped. all Of
sudden, from AZ to II! But the
dangerous age" of man continues
to run along from so to the wheel.
chair decade.
Knock.knees and a vaccination
scar never worried girl, 10 years
ago. Now they are the two great
est calamities that can darken her
life.
Most mems love-making is as
left-handed and unconvincinT as
the first performance of an anna
teur play by the Sunday School
Junior.League.
"All women are alike" signs
the Cynic-and then proceeds to
make love to one woman after
another. 'just for the sake of
variety"
At 20 man is acutely aware
of his heart: but at so he realizes
that he has also a digestion, a
liver. a full set of nerves and
blood count. Still. as long as his
"knee-kicks" are normal he sees
no reason why he should settle
down and watch his STEP"
y y ~
Nowadays. the only way a girl
seems to be able to keep a mans
mind on her. is by using the fol
low up" system, and reminding
him at regular intervals. by tele-
phone or letter, that she is still
on earth.
Marriage is the miracle that
transforms a kiss from pleasure
into duty. and a lie from lux.
ury into a necessity.
~
Love is what makes a man call
a 200lpound woman "Toots." and
a, woman think of a mans bald
head as mice and clean and intel.
lectual looking"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-03-10
By Garrett P. Serviss

"a" around again to the original
direction in space; in other words.
the earth has made one COM
plete rotation with regard to the
fixed stars, but because of the
change in the position of the
sun produced by the earth's
movement from "a" to "B," It
has made only seven.eighths of
a rotation with regard to the
sun.
And when the earth has gone
on from "B" to "C'' it has made
two complete rotations with re.
gard to the stars, but only one
and three-quarters (6-S), with re-
gard to the sun. Then, trace It
all around the circle and you will
. find that by the time the earth
has come around again to "a" it
has made eight complete rota-
tions with regard to the stars,
but only seven with regard TO
the sun.
Now, II instead of showing the
earth at only eight points in its
orbit, or at intervals Of a little
over six weeks, we had made
the drawing to show it every
day in the year. the difference
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-03-10
MEASURING DAY : = By Gar

will you please say how
many revolutions on its axis
the earth makes in a complete
revolution around the sum-"
w. w. S., Needham, Mass.
TT depends upon the point Of
i reference for the length Of the
day, since the day is the measure
of one rotation of the earth on
its axis. We have to consider two
ways of measuring the day. viz,
by solar, or sun, time and by side.
real. or star, time.
To save words. or to give point
to our words, let US Immediately
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-03-10
ONCE-OVERS
Be Tactful in Your Dealings With Others

Are you blunt and brusque and hearess in your state
ments to those you employ and even to your friends
outside?
Do you pride yourself fearing to express your
opinions, irrespective of whom they Affect
Do you want to be known person who means and
thinks and expresses without reservation
is the prompting of vanity, rather than truthfuness
that dictates your harsh truth.
To please your vain streak you don't hesitate to hurt
those who not free to answer you
is possible for have strong opinions and stand
back OF them without presenting them with sting
In our lives, experience many unavoidable things
which cause mental pain.
IS regrettabe that those in position to do add
our pam by such reconsideration of our feelings.
1t Is likely that you need tact and consideration your
dealings with others
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-03-10
DR.. FRANK CRANES
DAILY EDITORIAL
Football

RHANY say that the country has gone football crazy"
IV They point out the fact that Rome's downfall was
preceded by the gift to the people of games and
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-03-10
LISTEN, WORLD!
By ELSIE ROBINSON

personality and
prejudices to the
larger, imper-
sonaI program.
The right to
assume respon-
sibility even be-
fore one is as
sured of safety
or profit.
The right"
to fight on,
W h e n on e's
q r. Z III , n T .
shattered an d
ones pride Is In
the dust.
The right"
to suffer-and
It hen SUITE
some inore-for
a cause.
All Of these
things are su.
premely import.
ant and preci.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-03-10


has "a hours to the day, like
solar time, but its hours. like its
days, are each a little shorter
than the solar ones. But you
see that the absolute time, elapsed
in going around from "AS, back
to "A" again is independent Ct
the measures applied to 1t. BY
the sidereal standard it includes
1864 turns Of the earth on its
axis, but by the solar standard
only 1854 turns. From a uni
versal viewpoint the star meas
ure is the true one. but for peo-
pie generally the important thing
Is the return of the sun to the
meridian every "a hours. and so
we habitually measure the yea
j., solar time units.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-03-10

would have been numerically
the same, |. g., we should have
found that it had turned $3.50
times with regard to the fixed
direction In space, and only 1866
times with regard to the sun.
So it Is evident, as l said at
first. that your question may
have two answers, depending
upon the point of reference.
Sidereal time, which Is used only
for certain astronomical purposes,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-03-10

'sWoNNr,1i. 1T. you y
good stron &
articel on this
farce Of won.
ems rights'?''
says Edith.
''I admit I'm
a feminist - a
red hot one
and 1t certainly
makes my blood
boil to see the
way women are
treated. Some
We ars since,
men made a
great fuss about
giving women
their rights
but what did It
all amount to?
Women have al.
ways had the
Hard end of
t h n g S, and
they are having
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-03-10
WISESAYINGS

Law is the embodiment of the
moral sentiment of. the people.
Blackstone.
Live this day as IL it were the
last. Bishop Kerr.
Greatness Of any kind hes no
greater Zoe than the drinking
habit walter Scott.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-27

Admiral Frank III. Schofield and VIII
liam Knowles Cooper, general Secre-
tary of the Y. NJ. c. A. the latter Civ
ing brief summary of the plans and
purposes Of the Young Mems Christian
Association.
In the vollev ball contest, the Y. NJ.
c. A. staff team won three out of four
games from the Lions For their eff
forts they received a huge tin cup
The lineup of the team was as fol
lows: Lions--Charles f. Hillegeist.
William Craig, William Yost Henry
Heine. Arthur Smith, Dr. Guy Lead
better and X. +. Myers, while the
Y. NJ. c. A. staff team included T. NJ.
Etchison. Wilbur Bailey, Harrison
Brann, G. E. Fleming, Robert Morgan
and Nelson Blake
Austin s. Imirie. with Il score Of 316
for three games. was high man in the
bowling contest. while Arthur Heaton.
with 1S9 for three games. was low.
The luncheon was served by the
ladies of the Y. NJ. G.. A. under the
leadership of Mrs. William Knowles
Cooper. Thomas w Brahany, presi-
dent of the Lions Club, presided.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-27
TODAY'S ADJUSTMENTS.

National-"on Approval" comedy,
at $40 pm.
BeIascO-"Wild Man of Borneo, =
comedy. at $50 pm.
POlfs-'The Student Prince" OPP
eretta. at $50 pm. Matinee at 2:2o.
Keith's-Helen MacKellar, vaude
vile, at 2:15 and SIS pm.
Earle-"The Midget Follies of 1927, "
vaudeville. continuous, 1870 to IL pm.
Strand Broadway Brevities." mu-
steal presentations, continuous. 1880
to II pm
Gayety-"Mr. Battling Butler" bur
lesque, at 2;l5 and SIS pm.
Mutual Pretty Babies" burlesque,
at 2:20 and $50 pm.
Columbia THE Scarlet Letter" at
l0;45 am. 12:45. 2:45, AS, Gas and
S:45 pm.
Metropolitan summer Bachelors, :
At 1855 am, 90. 3:55. 5:55, 100 and
955 pm.
Palace STRANDED in Paris, Irene
Franklin. at IL am, 1925, 2:25. 4:30,
300. 7:55 and 9:55 pm.
RialtO- tSecond week)"The Night
of Love" at 1880 am. 80. 3;35, 500,
1:25 and 9;35 pm.
TivOli- Stepping Along" at 2:25,
4;l5, 6. $50 and $40 pm.
ambassador Millionaires, =
at els S and $50 pm.
Wardman Park-"The Treasurer"
at and pm.
Central - Paradise" at 1890. ,.
$3.50, ), $50. s and $40 pm.