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cialist. His first subject was cleanli-
ness.
He did not embarrass his listeners
by asking them to show him their
powder puffs. He said he knew what
they looked like without seeing them.
He had taken a powder puff used by
girl who was scrupulously clean. or
50 she considered herself He found
it contained 10000 bacteria-some safe
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-09-15

Mrs. G. R--A powerful astringen,
is made from diluted white of egg
one part egg and six parts'water if
intended as a special treatment where
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Have You Been Stung Yet?

Some men have to get stung good
and hard before they learn to he eau.
tious in making investments. Before
you invest-investigate!
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Husbands who lose the last train
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CURB LIST SHOWS
SLIGHT ADVANCES
Operations for Rise Make
Progress on Limited De-
mand-Market Features.

NEW YORK, August 27.-Opera-
tons for the rise made further head
way in the curb market at the close
of the week, although the demand was
not as urgent as on previous days.
This might have been due in large
part to the desire to even up specula.
tive accounts over the week end,
which naturally involved profit taking
Glen Alden Coal crossing 1873 sold
at a new high record Its strength
was due indirectly to the recent void
ing of contract in the original issue OF
Lackawanna securities. The sole as
set of the Lackawanna Securities Cor.
poration will consist of the S58,5O0 900
Glen Alden Co. 4 per cent first mort
gage bonds. Under the first plan this
security, together with the bonds of
the Morris < Essex Railroad and the
New York, Lackawanna & Western,
were to make up the assets or the
holding corporation.
The upward movement in Durant
Motors which followed the recent
optimistic statement Of w. c. Durant
kept on today. The stock was almost
point above the Friday final.
Auburn Auto and MarmOn Motor
were in demand again. Shares OF
merchandising and distributing COM
panies continued prominent, with all
classes Of metropolitan to so cent
stores issues at new high prices. Mel
willie Shoe suddenly came to the front,
rising points. L. S. Freight, still
discounting the improvement in
earnings, was bid up almost points
further.
Public Utilities were for the most
part slightly higher. Oil shares did
little one way or the other. Heavy
| realizing following the spectacular
rise earlier in the week in Johns
Manville shares carried the shares
down to 112h, as against the high
IF 12OA
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EVERYMAN'S
INVESTMENTS
ny GEORGE +. HUGHES.
Investment. Trusts-The Holding
COMPANY.

In these DAYS Of the popularity OF
the investment trust, 1t Is timely 10
recall that there Is more than one
class Of stock which has some OF
the principal characteristics OF this
seemingly new idea in investment.
For instance, fire insurance com
panies are heavy holders of all KINDS
of investment securities, bonds anu
stocks. In fact, much of their income
comes from their security holdings
instead Of from the premiums the
owners Of the fire insurance policies
pay. Moreover, the insurance COM
panies are shrewd judges of the mar
ket. They know values, and their
buyers are seldom deceived.
The result is that the shareholder
in the insurance company has an in
terest in many other enterprises the
securities of which are in the lnsur-
ance treasury. Then in sense any
holding company Is an investment
trust.
The holding company Is very COM
mon in the public utility field, and 1t
diversifies risk by spreading out its
operations over a large geographic
field Here, too the shareholder IN
the utility holding company dement's.
True, there is only one kind of dlVersl-
incdtl0n mere, Indt Oh InleIeStS III VII
ferent parts of the country, but many
of the recently organized investment
trusts are similarly limited by their in
yestments in only one line of industry.
Finally, many individual corpora
tons are large owners of stocks in
other businesses. Probably the best
example of this in the railroad list is
the Union Pacific. This railroad has
heavy holdings of stocks in the Balti-
more & Ohio, the New York Central.
the Illinois Central. the Chicago Il
Northwestern and other roads. Union
Pacific stockholders are not dependent
entirely upon the prosperity OF that
road itself. Much interest was taken
in the announcement the other day
that the du Pont Co. had purchased
United States Steel stock to the mar
ket value OF some 100000. With
already extensive interest in General
Motors, the du POnt shareholders en-
JOY the advantage Of a restricted in.
| vestment trust.
| There Is one serious drawback to all
| these forms of investment trusts and
| that is the comparatively high price
! of the stocks involved. The invest
ment trust proper Is generally low
priced On the other hand, all these
stocks we have been discussing have
| a ready and active market something
that all the new investment trusts do
| not have.
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B. & 0. NOT CONCERNED.
Plans for $eO,OOO,ooO Potomac
Power Project Merely Formative.

BALTIMORE. August 81 (SpeciaD,-
Plans of the Potomac Power Corpora
ton for the development of 100000
900 power project ON the Potomac
River are In formative stage and
do not concern the Baltimore & Ohio
Railroad at this time, according to
officials of the road.
At a hearing for preliminary
license in Harpers Ferry Wednesday.
officials of the power company assert
ed that one plan for the development
involved the relocation of the Balti-
more 4 Ohio's tracks near IIarpers
Ferry.
Officials of the railroad explained
that present proceedings would per
nit the power company to make a
survey only. Not until a definite plan
has been adopted and an application
for permission to begin construction
has been filed with the Federal Com
mission will the railroad be in a
position to intervene in the case. it
was asserted.
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BAR SILVER PRICES.

NEW YORK, August q R).-Bar
silver, SAY; Mexican dollars, Al.
LONDON. August q R).-Bar
silver, Is 3-16 per ounce; money, IN
per cent; discount rates, short and
three month bills, 5-16 per cent.
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CHICAGO GRAIN MARKET.

CHICAGO, H.. August q LR.-
Early gains in wheat We're lost in the
late trading. Weakness was due to
an absence of buying orders more
than any particular selling pressure,
as offerings were entirely Of realiz-
ing nature.
Wheat closed weak at a net loss of
" to INC: corn was unchanged to sc
down. oats unchanged to "a G off, and
provisions INC to zoe advance.
After starting unchanged to Il
higher, Chicago wheat scored slight
additional gains. Corn opened 1s to q
up and later advanced a little more.
Oats were firm in line with other
cereals and provisions sympathized
with hog strength.
Harvesting in the Canadian North.
west is making rapid progress and
with 10 days continued warm weather
will become general. Unsettled
weather conditions in continental
Europe with showers in Germany and
generally unfavorable for harvesting.
is doing much to encourage export
business on this side of the Atlantic.
Winnipeg reported a goOd-siZed export
trade yesterday and said business
would have been better il freight
space had been available, as many of
the European countries were in the
market for wheat because Of the de.
layed harvesting abroad.
Freight rates and the upturn in
premiums served TO limit offerings to-
day and checked foreign buying to
some extent.
Oregon, Washington and Idaho have
raised more than 30.000,0O0 bushels
of wheat, according to reliable crop
authority on the West coast. This is
% ,0OO. 900 bushels more than the Gov.
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Money to Loan

Secured by first deed OF trust 0n real estate
Prevailing interest and commission
Joseph |. Weller 'H Hls W"s 9TH / + r NW
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Baltimore Markets.

BALTIMORE, August 81 Especially
New potatoes, barrel, 1.50a3.25; bushel
LOCALES; sweet potatoes, barrel, LOU
az. 90: vans, barrel, 1.50a3.00; beans,
bushel. LOCALES; beets, 100, 2.OOa3.OO
cabbage, 100. 2.00a4.00; carrots, 100
3.O0a4. 90: celery, crate, 1.75a2.50; corn,
dozen, 15a25; field corn, dozen. 10a15i
cucumbers, basket. 50a6O; eggplant
basket, 40a60; lettuce, crate, 3.SOa4.0o;
lima beans, bushel, 1.00a1.5O; peppers,
basket, 25a30; tomatoes, basket, 4Oa
so; packing stock. bushel, oOaooi
squash, basket, 30a4O.
Apples, bushel. 1.O0a1.55: blackber'
ries, quart, 12a15; cantaloupes, bas-
ket, 25a5O; damsons, basket, 6Oa75
peaches. bushel, 1.00a2.00; plums. bas
ket, 60aT5; pears, bushel, 1.2oa2.o0i
watermelons, each, 15a40.
Hay and Grain Prices.
Wheat-No . red Winter export,
1.461a: No. 8 red Winter export,
export, 1.401a; No. red Winter gar
licky, export, 1919.
Corn-No. 2 yellow, domestic, 1.29;
cob corn. old, $50 per barrel nominal.
Oats-No. white, domestic, So;
No. 3 white, domestic, 81. New oats
selling 21a and bushel under old
oats.
Rye-Nearby, 1.05a1.15.
Hay-Receipts, 40 tons. New hay
is arriving in only limited quantity,
and in somewhat irregular condition.
1t is. therefore, not being officially
graded and sells strictly on its merits
within range of 1850 to 1900 ton
for timothy and clover grades.
Straw-No. l wheat, 10.50a11.0 90 per
ton.
Dairy Farm Products.
Live poultry = Spring chickens
pound, 24a2S small. 20a24; old hens
2Oa26: Leghorns. 15a17: ROSTERS, Haas
ducks, 1Sa22; old, 12a15; pigeons, pair
20a30; guinea fowl, each, 75a1.00.
Eggs-Receipts, 617 cases: native
and nearby firsts in free cases; 81
dozen, current receipts, 80.
Butter-Good to fancy. creamery
pound, 41a46; prints, 46a4S; blocks,
45a47; ladies'. 35a36; rolls. 3la34; store
packed, 81; process butter, 39a4O; dairy
prints, 32a34.
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BUSINESS STRENGTH SEEN
Dun's Report Makes Note of Favor
able Factors.

NEW YORK, August q P).-Dun's
will say today:
Beneath the surface irregularities
in business. appearing both in demand
and prices, several elements OF
strength remain clearly visible. These
constructive factors. prominent among
which are the practical absence of
speculative excuses in trade and the
relatively low state Of unsold sup
plies, minimize the possibilities of an
abrupt reaction. and tend to sustain
confidence. Hoped-for gains in some
lines have not yet materialiZed and
conspicuous activity is nearly every
where lacking, but the latter phase is
one that usually prevails at this
period. With the change in seasons
that is not far off. an upward turn
should normally occur. although no
rapid expansion Is probable, and re-
suits in different quarters may he en-
pected to vary considerably. Weekly
bank clearings, $S,341 ,005,00O
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE.


NEW YORK, August 81 LR.-For-
eign exchanges easy. Quotations lin
cents):
Great Britain-Deman nd. ass 1915;
cables. 4S6 7-32; 60-day bills on banks.
AZ 1916. France-Demand. 1915: ca
bles. 1929. Italy-Demand, 539k
cables. $40.
Demand-Belgium, 1914: Ger
many. 23.77; Holland. 4O.O3; Norway,
25.9S; Sweden. 26.S3R: Denmark,
26.76; Switzerland. 1928; Spain.
1891; Greece, 1909; Poland, 11.20;
CZechoslovakia. 2.96A: Jugoslavia,
1.76: Austria. 1909; Rumania. go; Ar
gentina, 1880: Brazil. 11.S1A: Toxic,
47.31A:l Shanghai, 60.6212; Montreal,
100.07 1916.
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WEEK END TRADING
IN BONDS QUIET
Market Dull and Only Small
Changes Registered
in Quotations.
Special Dispatch TO The Star,


NEW YORK, August o7.-Small
changes were registered today in n
dun week end bond market. Aside
from moderate volume of trading in
Pressed Steel Car convertible IS
around yesterdays high level, a sharp
rise in Dawson Chemical 612s. recov-
cry of a good portion of the decline
which occurred in United States Treas
ury long maturities and slight ad-
vance in number of the foreign is
sues. there was no distinguishing fea-
ture during the session.
A further slight recession occurred
in n number Of the new high grade
railroad bonds which reached their
best figures in last weeks advance.
There was also softer tone to the
good industrials, which went up along
with the new rails. This reflects more
the absence Of demand than profit
taking. as trading in nearly all of this
group has fallen off to minimum.
American Smelling & Refining IS
showed fair gain. More activity has
developed recently in Consolidation
Coal IS. which have long been selling
on a 6ia per cent income basis. A
curious incident of the French group
is the premium OF half point that
has held for the last two days on the
city of Bordeaux Gs over those of
Lyons and Marseille.
This weeks new issues of $120 600.
900 are the largest i'm over two
months. due to the two $40 900, 900 Of
ferings. 1t Is expected the coming
week will he quiet from the standpoint
of new issues.
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FLOUR PRICE DROPS.

MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi, August &c
P.--Flour, 10 cents lower; in car
load lots. family patents quoted at
7.75 to 1855 barrel in 9S-pound
cotton sacks. Shipments, 46.40 bar
rels. Bran. 2s.0Oa2S.5O. Wheat, No.
Der. 1874; December. 1.407s; March,
1.437s. Corn. No. 8. yellow. 1.1Oa
Ill. Oats, No. 8, white, 44A a47A
Flax. No. /, 2.21a2.23.
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Showing by General Motors.

In the first 81 Xmonths of 1927 Gen
eral Motors produced Al per cent of
all the automobiles and trucks sold
by the industry, according to a study
of the company's operations just
completed by HOrnblower Weeks,
investment bankers. This figure is
the climax of an unbroken growth
from 1924, when the company's per-
centage of the total automobiles sold
was l6 per cent as compared with a
- per cent total in 1925 and one OF
IS ner cent in 1926.
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"SmaIl Size Dollar" Under Way.

A new prediction that the small size
dollar bill may be ready by February
1928, instead of the Fall of the same
year. as previously expected, was
made by Assistant Secretary of the
Treasury Dewey, in charge OF the
Bureau of Engraving and Printing.
A definite date. he said, could not be
fixed. but the hope now is to distribute
the first bills to the public early in the
year.
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NEW YORK CURB MARKET
Received by Private Wire Direct to The ster Office

Following is the list Of bonds and
stocks traded in on the New York
Curb Market today:
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DRY GOODS ACTIVE.

NEW YORK. August &c OF). Sales
of cotton goods this weak are run
ming we'll up to current production
in print cloths. sheetings. and mapped
goods. Larger business has been
done on colored goods than last week.
Prices are advancing. Mems wear
agents handling fancy goods for the
Spring season are obtaining Il very
fair volume of advance business on
new showings made this week. Raw
silk was quiet and silk goods were ir-
regular. Burlaps were higher in Cal
cutta and firmer here. with some
sales of goods available slightly
under Calcutta quotations. A further
advance was announced in heavy and
light weight knit underwear.
The broad ax., 1927-02-26

the world and give me Jesus" has been
our motto for sixty or more years. But
the white folk haven't developed this
far yet.
Our white friends, of course, will
have no trouble with the God First"
part of the motto. The concept of God
as a spirit takes care Of the situation
nicely. "A spirit can't put up a factory,
pay low wages and work children long
hours. This same spirit would find it
impossible to organize spiritual army
in Heaven to grab parcels of land from
weak nations or organize disernbodied
political cliques to stuff ballot boxes at
election time.
Not only will this spirit God not do
any Of these things, but to date He has
never interferred with the doing of
them by white men. Hence our Nordic
brothers are always willing to put God
first.
However, when il comes to putting
"Others First" that is another story.
II isn't done. And "SelF' is never
last. The preacher who puts out this lit
tie piece Of bunkum knows that such
things are not done. He doesn't want
any such assinine situation as this to
exist. The building Of fine cathedrals
and the paying of fancy salaries are
possible because men put Self first. BY
ali sorts Of financial scheming and
triekery; by unethical industrial man
agement and squeezing, we make large
profts. Then to salve our conscienees
we turn over large part Of these
profits to the church. This we call
putting God First"
The broad ax., 1927-02-26
MICHIGAN GOVERNOR RE
FUSES EXTRACTION
preston News Service)

preston News Service)
Lansing, Mich, Feb. 25.-A sheriff
from Georgia came to Detroit last week
asking for a requisition for an alleged
Negro criminal, whom he stated had
committed murder in the State Of
Georgia ten years ago. The southern
officer was not quite sure as to the
identity of the alleged criminal, but
said that he thought that the Negro in
question was the man wanted
The alleged criminal denied having
ever lived in Georgia, stating that his
original home was in South Carolina.
He produced witnesses to this state
ment. He also proved that his name,
which had never been changed, was
not the same as that Of the man want
ed in Georgia.
Governor Green reviewed the case
carefully, comforting with the best
legal talent of his official personnel in
the matter. In reviewing the case, the
lack Of positive identity, the alleged
criminals attested denial Of having
ever lived in Georgia, coupled with his
ten subsequent years excellent record
as a citizen, constituted prepondering
weight of evidence in his favor.
Governor Green, after an intensive
review of the case, refused the requi-
sition and the Negro was released from
custody. Atty. Robert J. Willis repre-
sented the defendant. Governor
Green's decision shows him to be an
executive Of rare ethical culture.
The broad ax., 1927-02-26
Curiosity Has Played
Big Part in Progress

From time immemoriAl women have
been branded as being more curious
than men. Now we are told by Lon
don clergyman that men far outnuns
Der women I'm the Inquiries they ad-
dress TO him during the Question
Hour" he has instituted at his church.
One cannot say that one sex II more
curious than the other, but they are In
terested In totally different matters.
Feminine curiosity Is lighthearted, and
less searching than masculine Few
women are ashamed to admit their de-
sire to know the cost Of a dress, but
the majority would be reluctant to adj
init their ignorance Of some important
event In history. The opposite Is the
case with most men. They feel it In
bad taste to be curious about personal
matters. but they rarely mind asking
for information about public affairs
Curiosity often becomes vice with
some people. Most Of rs are familiar
with old maids and bachelors who
spend all their time probing into the
affairs Of others. Such people are an
object Of terror and dislike to the 9TH
er Inhabitants, and the originators OF
countless petty scandals and quarrels..
Lack Of any real occupation drives
them slowly, as they grow older, into
indecent prying into their neighbors
concerns /
We are apt 10 condemn curiosity as
an unpleasant quality, and few Of N
win acknowledge that we are led and
tempted by It. We forget that II In an
instinct which Is one OF the most valu-
able and beneficial assets Of humanity
In the battle OF Life. 1t Ia the driving
force behind the work Of all scientists,
doctors. and explorers. without 1t the
world would still be In state Of bar
barism.-Vancouver Province.
The broad ax., 1927-02-26

Rev. Joseph IT. Lee, MRS. Julia Chris
tian Collier. Rev. H. I. Medford. Rev.
Alice v. ]. Winston. Penn; Rev. X. A.
Taylor. Rev. John B. Pharr, Conn.,;
Mrs. M. d. Butler, Miss Henrietta
Nicely, Mrs. John Saunders. Mrs.
Peachie Colbert, Rev. J. l.. s. Hollo-
man, Miss Bertha Kelley. Miss Irene
F. Davis, Rev. r. A. Young, Rev. 5.
A. Young. Prof. George A. Parker.
Rev. w. r. Moorehcad, Rev. r. Alvin
Farley, Rev. Canon c. S. A. Dreckes,
New York, Rev. Nortis DeVere Stuart,
Ri. Rev. r. G. Barrow. New York,
Rev. S. S. Robinson. Rev. c. c. Som
erville, Mass.
Senate Delegation
Rev. w. H. Jernagin, chairman;
Prof. George "A. Parker, secretary;
Mrs. Mary Church Terrill. Rev. T. S.
Harten, New York; DIR. George Frazier
Miller, New York; Rev. II. i. Med
ford, Rev. ]. L. S. Holloman. Rev.
Alice Winston, Penn; Rev. c. c. Will
liams, Rev. F. T. A. Young.
House of Representatives Delegation
w. Monroe Trotter. chairman, Mass;
Rev. J. U. King, secretary; Rev. c. c.
Somerville, Mass; Mrs. Katie Jack
son, Mrs. Julia c. Collier, Mrs. Melissa
Saunders, Bishop Reginald Barrows.
New York; Rev. George S, A.
Brookes, New York; Rev. Hartin ID.
". Stewart, Mrs. Marion Butler, Miss
Henrietta Keely, Mrs. Peachie Colbert,
T. III. R. Clarke, Maurice w. Spence,
Prof. w. H. Ferris, A. M.
The broad ax., 1927-02-26
II LIBERIA EDUCATION DISCUSSED BY
MISSION BOARDS AND SOCIETIES
Conference at Hampton Brings Interested
Agencies Together to Shape Con-
structive Program

A textbook for Liberian children,
now being prepared, was presented to
the conference for criticism. The chill
dren of Liberia have never had a text
book Of their own. On account of the
numerous dialects, none Of which has
been reduced to writing, the prepare
ton Of textbook has been problem.
The books imported from the United
States, according to the conference, are
entirely foreign to the needs and even
the imaginations of the Liberian chill
dren. Special emphasis Throughout
the conference was placed on retaining
much Of native culture, and the build
ing up of an appreciation of native
resources, rather than to impIant upon
Liberia an American culture without
regard for the values inherent for hun
dreds of years in native civilization.
Firestone Attends
Liberia has reached turn in the
road economically" said Henry L.
West, president of the American Col
onization Society, "due to the advent
Of the Firestone Company. The reason
we welcome Firestone is that out of
the revenue Liberia will get, she viii
be turned from a bankrupt country to
one that can pay its debts. We are
going to get country that will make
education a certainty. With economic
development comes religious develop
ment and educational development.
This is Liberals test--if Liberia can
stand this prosperity and absorb this
new blood she will enter into new
era. II will prove to the world that the
Negro, when thrown on his own re-
sources and given chance, can assure
himself of place among all nations"
Harvey Firestone, Jr., was guest
of the conference and gave assurances
that his company was interested in the
social welfare and permanent develop
ment Of the Liberian people. Mr.. Fire
stone took no active part in the con-
ference discussions, but used the OPP
portunity afforded by the conference
to become acquainted with workers in
that mission field and to further his
plans of cooperation with those inter-
ested in the welfare Of Liberia by a
closer knowledge of the problems dis
cussed.
A number of secretaries and repre-
sentatives of interested boards visited
the conference. Among these were
Representatives from the Protestant
Episcopal Church, Lott Carey Society,
Methodist Episcopal Church, United
Lutheran Church, African Methodist
Episcopal Zion Church, Phelps-Stokes
Fund, Slater Fund, General Education
Board, and the American, New York
and Boston Colonization Societies.
The broad ax., 1927-02-26
IN the Glacial Age

It Is impossible to say how long a
period the glacial waters OF Lake
AeassIz covered the greater parts Of
Manitoba, Saskatchewan, North Da-
kota and Minnesota The lake, from
its earliest measurements, appears to
have been 10000 square miles, with
a length of 700 miles, width Of go
miles and a depth of 700 feet Besides
the reclaimed land now known as the
Red River valley there remains still
Of Lake Agassiz the shrunken rem
nants constituting Lakes winnipeg.
Manitoba, Rainy lake, Lake OF the
woods and Red lake