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foreign substances sometimes found
in ordinary commercial ginger.
canada Dry" therefore, is bet
ter, finer ginger ale because of the
purity and quality of its ingredients
and the perfection of its blend. 1t is
not mere superficial favor to tempt
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Also Italy recently has drawn much
closer to Rumania by recognizing the
latter's annexation of Bessarabia,
while Bulgaria and Hungary are In
such a mood that Jugoslavia feels 1t
necessary to strengthen her defenses
along their borders. War in the Bal
kans right now, even a very tiny war
at its inception, might easily become
conflagration.
1t is reported there is alarm IN
League of Nation circles at Geneva.
There we'll may be. Hostilities in the
southeast Of Europe would put the
League to a supreme test as a pre-
server Of the peace, and the League
is not yet ready to face such a trial.
Given another 10 years for building
up its power and prestige 1t might
hope to function successfully in the
role, but 1t cannot yet coerce the first
class powers. Should war with Italy
threaten the territorial settlements by
which Jugoslavia was created and
should France intervene to preserve
those settlements, as she is committed
to do, the League of Nations might
as well be cssEsEEing Canute forbidding
the tide to rise.
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A wealthy resident of New York
and Philadelphia recently paid SOL ,ooo
for a letter with the autographs OF
five signers of the Declaration OF In
dependence. This is said to be the
record price for an autograph letter.
A luxury, as distinguished from a
necessity, is worth exactly what any
one will pay for it. If man has
plenty of moncv. and wants a thing
enough, h" will pay what to others
might soela a tremendous, even
foolish. price.
To the average man a letter con-
tanning the signatures Of John Han
cock and four Of his co-signers would
be q matter OF interest, but perhaps
not worth--to him-more than So,
unless he saw a chance to sell 1t for
profit.
The connoiSseur makes the value.
Persons first looking over the cata-
logue of a prominent gladiolus grower.
on seeing a new bulb listed at 500,
are very likely to snort with indigna-
ton.
The bulb, of course. is not meant
for them. 1t is new, there are only
a few OF them in the world. and only
the man who believes he sees a future
demand for the particular variety has
any business paying the price.
The man who is only an amateur
gardener would be somewhat of fool
to invest 500, when for Is cents he
may purchase an older variety which
is perhaps more beautiful, but is so
popular that wide demand has lowered
the price, according to the well known
law.
There 10 a cynical, but popular, say
ing to the effect that a man is worth
what he can get. Much the same may
be said of all objects of art, rare OBJ
jects, old manuscripts and so on.
Each of these is worth just what
any one is willing to pay for it. This
is wide, wide world, and what would
be q fortune to one man is only a
bagatelle to another. Values are their
own excuse for being.
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THE FLOWER GARDEN.
BY FREDERIC J. HAsKIN,

that will blossom this year" This is
especially the case with people who
have just moved into a new home
and find that their contractor has not
been considerate in the matter of sod
ding the yard. They want flowers to
brighten up their new corner of the
universe. and they want the brighten
ing done in a hurry.
Here again the best tip to all such
is to get advice and information from
neighbors and experts who are &C.
quainted with local soil and climatic
conditions. In general it is stated,
however, that Zinnias, marigolds, mas
turtiums, four-o' clocks, japanese
morning-glories, periwinkles, sweet
alyssum, petunias. hollyhocks and
sweet peas, in addition to roses. which
have already been discussed, will sup
ply the most satisfactory and the most
immediate results in most sections of
the United States.
Petunias will grow in almost any
soil with plenty of sunshine and
enough water. After the ground has
been prepared the seed is sown on the
surface and raked in. After the plants
come up they should be thinned out
Petunias Will bloom almost all Sum-
ner, as will Zinnias. The latter are
very satisfactory garden flower. as
they are riot of color, and when cut
and taken into the house for decora-
tive purposes they lend themselves
readily to artistic arrangement. Mari
Colds are not so easy to raise, but
the French and African varieties bloom
profusely over long period. Scarlet
sage. which is attractive for table
decorations. is best started in a box
and then transplanted.
There are differences of opinion,
even among experts. as to the grow
ing OF sweet peas. All are agreed as
to spading the ground in time for it
to go through the process of freezing
and thawing. but as to how deep the
seeds should be planted there is an
argument. One authority saws at
least four inches. so as to insure pro-
lection against change of temperature
and give the plants plenty of roots
before they appear, while another saws
plant to two inches and then cover
and recover the plants as they an
pear.
One of the big things about flower
gardens Is the friendly rivalry among
neighbors they stimulate, each striy-
Ing to be first with his blooms, or to
excel IN some other direction.
Another thing to be remembered is
that cultivating garden is one of
the very best forms of exercise there
is for reducing weight.
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Architecture and Civilization.

We build ourselves in stone. Even
the literature of a people does not
give more enduring distinction to
their traits and characteristics, their
ambitions and hopes. than that which
they leave behind in the way of en-
during buildings. This is conspicu-
ously true concerning those monu-
mental structures that still endure
to witness to the high spiritual aspira.
lions of a people. Frederick Harri-
son once said that the Parthenon
of Phidias Is as sacred as the Had
OF Homer, the Giotto Tower in Flor.
ence as the Paradise of Dante. the
Abbey Of England as immortal as the
Hamlet of Shakespeare"
Architecture literally interprets
and preserves the spirit of an age.
The greatest as well as the Oldest
of the buildings that still stand as
witnesses to the genius of the past
testlfy In a striking way to the re-
lgious aspirations of the people that
builded them. They are the i'm
perishable witnesses Of mans highest
and hottest aspirations. Robert Louis
stevenson once said man was never
so happily inspired as when he was
building cathedrals." Our age, more
man any other, has been dis
tinguished by the rise of great cities.
In the matter of architectural splen,
dor, especially as it relates to our
industrial and commercial enter
prises, 1t has no parallel In the his
tory OF the world. One sometimes
wonders as he notes this amazing
growth and development what future
ages will think of the civilization
that produced the cities of the pres
ent time. Once religion and the arts
reared their noble temples and made
them the outstanding features of the
community in which they were
placed. Once the things of the spirit
articulated themselves in such forms
of beauty that they outdistanced all
competitors.
What are we producing today that
shall speak to succeeding generations
OF the spiritual aspirations and hopes
or our present age? Two discriminate
ing visitors from England recently
observed that the most outstanding
architectural features in this country
were our railroad stations and banking
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MEN AND AFFAIRS
BY ROBERT T. SMALL.

on for another period of similar eS
tent.
Some of the minor goddesses Of
Hawaiian mythology are credited
with wonderful dancing ability.
Hyaka, sister of the famous Ma.
dame Pele." Goddess OF the Volcanoes,
was one of them. She was taught
by Hoppe the oldest hulas known
among the Hawaiians until she ex,
celled in all the beautiful motions Of
the human form, says one Of the
popular legends.
Hawaiians Of the 'KamaaIna"
school. or old timers" will tell you
that the modern hula Is nothing at
all compared TO the dance OF the Olden
days. They sniff. too. at the accom-.
pauiment of the ukulele and steel
guitar. The old music was played on
hula drums and there was always the
chant or 'olioli mele."
The fear of the old-timers that
modernity is sounding the knell OF the
hula will be seen To be well grounded,
for the writer. one moonlit evening In
Kailua on the lava rock shores OF
the Island of Hawaii was watching
particularly adept hula dancer OF
that far-away land when suddenly her
compan Mon, strumming on the ukulele,
broke into a fox trot. The slow-mov.
ing rhythm of the body, suddenly was
transformed into as wild and intricate
Charleston" as could be seen in
any production of jazz palace the
whole distance of Broadway. The bare
brown feet fairly twinkled The
effect of the dance was heightened by
the swaying hula skirt of grass and
the bright yellow leis hanging about
the neck.
Very soon there will be no seclusion,
no romance, left in even the most out.
of-the-way places.
Esther, the dancing girl. had seen
some of the "haole" school teachers
from California and other Western
States doing a Charleston in a mo-
ment of recreation.
The native talent of the Hawaiian
girl was quick to assert itself, although
she modestly protested she could not
dance that Charleston" at all.
If any one thinks that Honolulu is
not an integral part Of the great
American Union the briefest of
sojourns in that captivating city OF
the d-Pacific would dispel the last
vestige of doubt. For in Honolulu,
as in New York and Keokuk, the
paramount problems Of the day are
parking and taxes. Honolulu is
damned with automobiles. and Homo
lulu residents insist they are bur
dened down with taxation. In add.
ton to the Federal income tax, there
is territorial income tax. and. worst
Of all, real estate is assessed at it's
full value. the rate on this full value
being S3.37 a hundred. Yet, despite
the taxes and the lack of parking
space, all the kings horses and all
the kings men cannot pull a single
Honoluluan away from the old home
town. Honolulu gets in the blood and
stays.
(Copyright. 1927
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the first, not the last, critic in the
world.
In the Atlanta case the element of
suggestion was perhaps enough to
convince the listeners-in that the voice
they heard repeating certain words at
the command OF detectives was the
identical voice they had heard on the
night of the staying. asking for the
residence of the victims.
WAS this the voice you heard?"
Such a leading question would in
f1uence at least eight out OF ten per-
sons, in all probability. to say yes"
The voice test is interesting, but until
the average human being becomes
more exact In his senses, 1t is a ques-
ton whether such Identification will
play any important part in crime de.
lection.
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Balkan War Clouds.

Back in the years prior to 1914.
newspaper headlines announcing "War
Clouds in the Balkans" used to
rival the bluebirds as harbingers of
Spring. The war scares came along
with the regularity OF the vernal
equinox, and frequently there were
wars an well as scares. When the
young mans fancy elsewhere was
turned to thoughts Of love. In the
lower Danubian Basin the Spring
fancy was for war. or. at least, for
a bit Of raiding on the fiocks and herds
across boundary line.
It may be only an evidence that
Europe is returning to nornnaIcy that
again this Spring there is a war scare
in the Balkans; but sight should not
be lost of the fact that 1t was in the
Balkans the spark was struck that
set the world afire. We are told In
cable dispatches that Jugoslavia is
concentra ting troops and munitions
on the Albanian border. and that Italy,
in turn, is making preparations for
conflict in case Albania is invaded
1t has an ominous sound. JugosIavia
Is the ally of France and relations
between France and Italy are strained
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EVERYDAY RELIGION
BY THE RIGHT REV. JAMES E. FREEMAN, d. d, LII. D.,
Bishop OF Washington.

institutions. Indispensable as these
may be, they hardly bear consistent
witness to our spiritual ideals as
people. When Henry James visited
our Nations Capital over so years
ago he observed the noble character
of it's buildings erected for administer
ing the concerns Of the Nation. but
he sadly observed that he saw nothing
in the Nations Capital that bore wit.
ness to our finer spiritual hopes and
aims. 1t is true that for centuries
past little effort has been made 10
erect in our great cities monumental
buildings such as cathedrals, that by
their very magnitude and majesty
would stir the religious emotions ana
aspirations and make their peculiar
appeal to the imagination.
AT the present time not only mere,
but in England, a fresh interest has
been disclosed in this type of archi-
lecture, and at the present time there
are in process of erection several OF
these buildings, and more and more
their value and utility are being recog-
nized. They are designed to stand
through succeeding ages to witness,
not only to the artistic genius ana
skill of the present time, but, more
important still, to tell the generations
That follow that this age was not lack.
ing In its recognition of the things or
the spirit.
Those who have visited England.
irrespective of their religious affilia-
lions. must readily recognize the In
comparable value of her great cathe-
drals. What they have effected in
the life of England it would be i'm
possible to say, but that they have
stabilized and strengthened her people
and been mighty factors in days of
peril and crisis is clearly evident.
1t would be perilous thing for us
today to disregard those large spirit
ual values which great temples of
worship stand for. What cannot be
conveyed through the human voice,
however eloquent, can be transmitted
through the long-drawn aisles and
fretted vaults of some noble building
that, by it's very magnitude and dig
nifty, speaks of the majesty of God and
suggests His immanence in human
analrs. 1t is literally true that we
build ourselves in stone, and through
our architecture more than through
all else we reflect our tastes and apti-
tudes, our hopes and our aspirations.
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The hula dance of Hawaii is
known around the world but is I'M
derstood virtually nowhere. New
England missionaries who went to the
islands more than a century and
quarter ago tried to win the natives
away from their worship OF Hula,
Goddess of the Dance because they
knew that false gods were bad
for the people and because, like so
many others, they did not understand
the spirit of the dance.
The Hula has been vulgarized In
many quarters, just as other dances
have been, but in it's essence 1t Is
the giving OF expression to fairy tale
and folklore.
The hip movement of the dance is
but the background. The arms. the
hands, the face tell the story and it is
only when one is told what the dancer
is trying to express that the true
meaning is understood. There is, for
instance, the hula of the little girl
who was badly treated by her step
parents. She ran away into the woods
and became lost. Hunger and thirst
drove her to look for tiny streams. for
nuts aHG herbs. The animals came
to look at her and eventually to help
her build a house. In this house she
lived FOR quite a while until a fairy
prince came along. discovered her and
took her away TO his castle where
they were married and lived happily
forever after.
The favorite hula of today through
out the Hawaiian Islands is one which
tells and depicts the beauty and grace
of good Queen Liliuokalani, the last
Of the reigning royalty of the islands.
Captious persons might be inclined to
say that Queen Liz when she visited
the United States was rather inclined
to zen bon point" Others who have
viewed the many beds about the
islands where the Queen is said to
have slept during her royal travels
might say the same thing, for one inn
keeper avows that he has put as many
as five travelling school teachers into
one of these beds at once and all had
plenty of elbow room.
But the Lliuokalani hula tells an
entirely different story. 1t depicts
figure of flowing. willowy lines, hair
of raven beauty, face of ineffable
charm and q manner living up to the
best traditions of royal descent,
wherever the blood might be found.
Hulas have been created to mark
historic epochs in Hawaiian history
such as the Hula of the Lifted
Tabu," when the Tabus. or prohibi-
tions, placed upon all womenkind,
were removed and womenfolk were
permitted to eat with their husband
and other male members of their
family. "Tabu" is a good old Poly
nesian word which has been adopted
into English and generally spelled
taboo" The Hawaiians are Of the
Polynesian race. but just where they
originated no one as yet has been
able to tell. A commission has been
studying the subject for the Bishop
Museum in Honolulu for the past five
years and has been authorized to go
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Voices.

A dispatch from Atlanta told OF
the holding of murder suspect on
Identification of his voice made by
neighbors of the victim.
Laboratory frogs at New Orleans
we're recognized by their bass voices,
much deeper than those of relatives OF
neighboring marshes. according to
word from that city.
The Identification of the stolen frogs
perhaps was more sure than that OF
the murder suspect. since there were
other frogs present whose voices
might be used in comparison.
That neighbors might conceivably
identify a stranger by his voice, once
heard, is possible. but the chances for
error are tremendously larger in this
case than In the other.
Any one who has ever faced the
difficult task Of Judgment on tones
whether of musical voices or radio
ioud-spesker quality. knows the iiabil
ity of the human ear to err.
Perhaps not one in ten persons ha.
the ability To differentiate one speaker
from another. except in relation Il
high and low. Such subtle distinc
tions as timbre are unknown to them
This inadequacy is all the more
confusing, since very few persons, in
deed. will admit any lack in theil
ability to hear, and thence TO pro
nounce judgments.
A man who has never heard 6
symphony orchestra in his life will
eftse the first hearing. immediatei!
spreuounae his opinion, as If he wer
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YOUR CHILD
in SCHOOL
BY DR.. Frank ". Ballou,
Superintendent of Schools. Washington
ID r.
instrumental Music in the Public

instrumental Music in the Public
Schools.
Singing usually has been in.
corporated as a part of the program
of instruction in the public schools
throughout the country. The old.
fashioned singing schools. conducted
usually at night in the schoolhouses
In the rural sections of the country.
are but evidences Of the very general
and very genuine interest of adults.
as well as young people, in choral
singing. Today. singing is part of
the program of studies prescribed for
all up-to-date public schools.
Within recent years increased at.
tention has been given to instru-
mental music in the public schools,
supplementing singing and thereby
enlarging the scope of musical in
struction. AS a rule this develop.
ment has been more general i'm the
high schools than In the Junior high
or elementary schools. Orchestras
are to be found very generally in the
high schools in the larger cities Of
made up Of boys and girls who have
acquired proficiency in the playing of
the different instruments, largely as
a result Of private instruction.
This program of instrumental music
in the public schools of Washington
has been extended to include the
junior high schools and the ele-
mentary schools. Glasses have been
organized, made up of pupils in the
elementary schools or the Junior high
schools, who may have acquired a
limited proficiency in mastering an in
strument, or who may have had no
training in instrumental music. These
pupils are taught in small groups by
a teacher regularly employed in the
music department.
This provision for giving initial
instruction in instrumental music has
proved very popular. 1t provides the
pupil and the parent with an oppor-
tunity to find out at a minimum cost
whether it is worth while for the
pupil to undertake to master a must
cal instrument. After he has demon
strated his proficiency and desire to
do so, he is encouraged to take private
lessons.
tCopyriEht. 1879
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A Stanch Advocate.

A Stanch Advocate.
Tn his vigorous and wholesome ad-
dress concerning District needs ana
hopes before the Voteless League OF
Women Voters, Senator Arthur Cap
per of Kansas predicts serious consid-
GRAFTON in the next Congress OF the
proposal to provide national represent
alton for the people of Washington.
One of the last official acts of the Sen
ate District committee, the Kansas
Senator told his listeners, was to re-
port out the Jones measure which
gives Congress the power to grant to
the District voting representation in
the Electoral College, in the House and
Senate and the right to sue and be
sued in the Federal Courts. Senator
Capper summed up conditions here I'M
der the present system and urged the
righteousness of the plea of local resi-
dents to be represented in the body
that legislates for them in the follow
ing words:
IGrIAlnly IneT6 JuSANI Az SsC
present system which subjects resi-
dents Of the District to all the duties
and obligations of citizens, including
the payment of taxes and the call to
arms in time of war, but denies them
any direct participation in the enact
ment of legislation affecting their daily
lives.
Senator Capper is one Of the stanch-
est advocates of enfranchising the
Americans of the District, the only
Americans in the world who are
barred from all representation, both in
their national and local govern
ments. AS the faithful, just and SYM
pathetic chairman OF the Senate Dis
trict committee Senator Capper has
brought sound Judgment and notable
energy to the benefit of the District
In his handling of the vital legislative
problems affecting the National Capt.
tai, with which his Craftsmanship has
thrown him into intimate contact.
Concerning the problem of American
ling the washingtonian, Senator Cap
per has reached a true appreciation
of the inequities of a system Of gov
ernrlent which sends men to war,
but denies them American representa-
ton In the councils which decide upon
peace or war and which creates here
one of the few spots in the civilized
world where there is, in this enlight-
ened day and age. taxation without
representation.
There is undoubtedly a growing
sentiment throughout the country and
In Congress to right the wrongs un-
der which Washington Is laboring. A
large percentage Of the past indiffer-
epoe to conditions here has been due
to the fact that persons living in the
States are unaware Of the un-AIner
lean form of government under which
residents Of the National Capital are
forced to live. When this condition
has been made known amaZement has
been expressed that more than five
hundred thousand Americans living at
the seat of the Government have less
rights in some respects than aliens.
The advocacy of such men as Sem
ator capper in remedying the evils of
such a condition is bound to bring re-
suits. Washington should have rep
resentation in the legislative body and
its Just appeal cannot long be denied.
-%A~s-&--
THE afafamauf that Mr. Ford uavar
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SHOOTING STARS.
by PHuANDER JOHNSON.
The Audienc,

The Audience.
Some men can play the violin
And some can beat a drum;
And some can talk to conquer sin,
Describing bliss to come.
A few in poetry or art
May do a work immense.
But most of us must stand apart
And be the audience.
So, IL the march you cannot lead
Along a glorious way,
Be happy. since you're here to heed
The toll of those who may.
Your share is honorable still;
For where would be the sense
OF so much industry and skill
without an audience?