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Missouri Primaries Leave
Some Questions Unsettled

Results Of the Missouri primaries III
Republican and Democratic parties
/ have been considered largely in relation
I To their bearing on the prohibition QueS-
tion. and much emphasis Is placed on
/ the fact that senatorial candidates Of
both parties are dry. II Is agreed that
Senator Reed was loser through the
defeat of his candidate for the United
i States Senate The effect on the pros
poets of Gov. Smith is a subject Of de-
bate.
We have the anomaly" according Ia
the ST Louis Times Republican,, of
HAY, as an avowed prohihitionist. walk
ing 70 victory by half hundred thou
sand votes as the Democratic nominee
for United States Senator. and Wilson.
on the same party'S ticket. rolling up
four times as many as the candidate for
governor without once declaring he was
dry, That sort of thing Is pugzling to
the seeker for party's position"
An interesting and very important
phase of this years August poll 1t is
pointed out by the Kansas City Journal
(Republican). lis found in the fact that
party lines are So entangled relative to
national platform utteranceS and in
dividual opinion that no clear idea re-
garding possible party strength is OBJ
tainabie. There must have been couSid-
cradle crossing OF party lines I'm the
primaries, It is impossible not To be-
iieve that much more ot this will re-
suit In the November vote The Sioux
City Tribune independently holds that
HAYS victory can be construed as mod
flying the supposed wet strength in
that Safe, but The numerous croSS-cur-
rents make analysts rather difficult"
The belief that HAY won the Demo-
cratic nomination for United States
Senator despite his 0ryneSS" Is expressed
by the St Louis PeSt-DiSpateh tinde-
pendenb, which concludes that the re-
suit is probably very little indication
OF what viii happen in November, and
the Springfield Republican tinde-
penC = feels that THE person who
can discern IN the results the least trend
showing how the State will vote for
President Is very penetrating" The
Kansas City star independently SAYS
There can be no question that both
parties made the best selections open 10
them for Senator as welt as for gov
ernor,"
Barring un,ooked-for events. Mis-
souri, will continue a doubtful State up
Ia the evening Of November s." declares
the st, Louis Globe Democrat tlnde-
pendent while the New York Evening
World asserts that there Is no reason
10 interpret results as a slight To Gov
Smith, who took no part In the pri-
mary" The Rene Evening Gazette tin
dependent Republican,. referring to the
defeat OF senator McCawiey. author ot
the Missouri dry law. for the Demo-
cratic guhernatcrial nomination by rs
ESQ votes argues THE contrasted Vie
tory Of A dry man for one nomination
and the defeat nt an equally dry can
didate for another, all within the same
political party can mean only that the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-20
Scrap the Street Cars
and Reduce the Noise

ID the Editor nf The star
A letter which made plea for
quietude. printed in your paper of the
18th instant suggests the question
Would not the same number OF motor
busses better meet The needs OF the
public than the street cars, and do It
with less noise and less inconvenience
arising from tearing up the streets 10
repair defective tracks~~Which seems 10
be about every four months III some
places and less expense and dtscom.
fort to the public arising from widen
ing the streets, cutting down the shade
trees. tearing up paVements, front steps,
pnrches and less traffiG iiiflcultlcsP
LESLIE MOVES COMFORT,
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SHOOTING STARS.
BY pHil.ANDER JOHNSON
Standing ky.

Standing BY.
We longed for the f1ow'rs--thoss bios
sonine how'rs
Depicted in colorings rare
In the catalogue neat, or, embroidered
complete.
To be hung on the back of chair.
But August viii try to be worse than
July.
And September Is still far from snow;
We ere waiting to hear later greetings
Of cheer
From the Isles where the Icicles grow
When elections are through and the
turkey anew
As big bird Of freedom draws nigh;
When the trees we behold clad In pur-
pie and gold
AS they borrow the tints from the sky,
When the window pane's lost in the
fairyIand frost
And the drifts like a tide ebb and
flow
We will stand ~ til then, when well
hear once again
From the isles where the Icicles grow
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-20

all the Coolidges on the continent. II
Alfred F. Smith is the next President
Of the United States, the compiler OF a
Smith Family In America has man 4
size Job ahead.
IS
To those of Gov. Smiths critics who
profess 10 believe he can have little first
hand knowledge of the farmers problems
because his experience has been largely
limited to the confines Of the State OF
New York his supporters pertinently
point out that two-thirdS of the area
of the State is farm land The farm
population of New York State aggregates
three quarters Of a million persons, and
the capital employed In farm lands and
farm equipment within the State APP
proximates two billion dollars New York
ranks eighth in the State list In total
agricultural production. and first In the
production Of potatoes, hay, sweet corn
md many market vegetables; and second
In dairy products, apples and grapes,
n
Though Better and More Careful
Mailing has been slogapi1ed by every
post Office to its patrons. the fact re-
mains that the aggregate number vt
pieces Of mali which reach the dead
letter Offices has reached the Stupen-
douS annual total of 2S0o0,000, and
shows no tendency to diminish. There
are four dead letter districts, with head
quarters in Washington and branches
in New York Chicago and San Fran
cisco The money found In dead et-
ters is also on the increase Last year
the Post Oft1ce dead letter division re-
ported Sd 0n0 money Enclosures aggre-
eating s1l3,000 $4,000 drafts, checks
and money orders which at face value
totaled about $4,000 600. and loose post
age stamps worth S29e44 A fine rec
ord is being rnadr however In locating
senders or unknown addresses. OF the
$4,000 in loose money in dead letters
last wear. $40 lo5 was returned to the
rightiui owners
feminine reader Of Washington
Observations" has propounded a simple
question which proves n poser Why
Is t." she writes that we address
President Coolidge as Mr. President
and Mayor Walker as Mr.. Mayor and
Secretary Hoover rs Mr. Secretary.
but when we start letter to Gov Smith
We do not say Dear ny Governor but
rather MY dear Governor? And like
| wise we never say Mr. Senator" Gus
tom has settled the usage and any one
who wrote MY dear President" with
/ 0ut the insertion of the Mt" would be
guilty of an obvious social impropfietv
And MI Governor" is an impossihle
, combine 'ion Rut why It should he so
is q riddle
tcopvrirht ie2a>
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-20

different localities. In Washington, for
instance, the chief OF police has recon-
mended that parking lights be abol-
ished In New York the commissioner
of police apparently gives his tacit APP
prevail to police vandalism in enforcing
what at best Is a minor regulation
Surely there must be A logical. sensible
and sane middle ground, Motorists as
A whole will neither approve OF the
Hesse plan. which involves danger TO
moving traffic. nor Of the New York
ulan which countenances reckless de-
struction Of property for no good pur-
pose
Parking light regulations In every
community should. Of course. be en-
forced. II Is necessary from the stand
point Of safety. There is no occasion,
however, IN the effort to enforce 1t, to
use picks or axes or dynamite on the
-ars OF recslcitrant motorists. Parking
Hght viOlators are probably the easiest
10 catch of all motorists who are dis
obedient To regulations. II requires no
gun play, no detective ability and no
common sense To tell whether car
standing al the curb has lights on IL
or not. A ticket on the steering wheel
N a warrant TO be served at a con-
venient time is all that is necessary to
bring tbs motoriSt 10 book. Any other
procedure is vandalism. which, as far
as the police of any city are concerned,
will not be tolerated by an outraged
pubhc
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-20

The old Prohibition party might be
power in affairs today If 1t could have
realized more fully what pull its Ideas
have with the people.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-20

For some mysterious reason, an
acmiring public appears to regard a
divorce By theater artists as Of far
more serious Importance than the actual
principals in the transaction
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Room for Improvement.

From the Harrisburg Patriot
An Ohio steel millionaire Is going to
t,nanee lot OF public Improvements
TOR the town az rugwash, IN Nova
Scotia. While hes about Ii ae might
buy the place new nams.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-20

One Of the difficulties In European
affairs appears to lie IN the fact that
none of the leaders ever find time to
relax and go fishing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-20
lust Plain Shavers.

From The Akron Beacon Jnurnai
A Chicago barber shop was wrecked
by bomb The strange element Of the
crime IA that the BARRIERS weren't OF the
masse &c and -tonic selling variety,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-20

democratic party IN missouri paid more
serious attention 20 other issues"
ANY attempt TO blacklist good Demo-
Gratis who are also good prohibitionists
would be course of stupidity ard
folly. leading to certain disaster in tire
end. suggests the Omaha World
Herald independently. with the con-
tention that the Democratic party Is
neither wet nor dry" and the Spring
field Illinois State Journal Republic
am thinks the liquor question has not
vet become the paramount issue Ia the
exclusion Of other subjects affecting the
welfare Of the American people; that
the Missouri primary ough, % en-
tighten the fanatics Of both sides of
this issue"
There Is ground, certainly. for the
deduction from this Missouri episode
that the amount of oratory devoted 70
attacks ON the 'dryS regime affords no
convincing evidence of the state OF pub
Tic opinion" thinks the Manchester
Union independent Republican,. while
the columbus Ohio State Journal Re-
publican. and the Boston Transcript
independently draw the conclusion that
there is offered new evidence Of Sharp
difference between the CITY and me
country districts in their respective At
titudeS on the liquor question
Both parties will make hard NghJ
for MISSOURI states the Eeilingham
Herald independent Republican, which
assumes that no doubt the Smith or
ganisation, which was promised active
support by Senator Reed is wondering
now much II can count on the tn7u-
enee or the fiery SCION In his home
state The lincoln state Journal n
ftffARnNHnf haf ~
the Senator could have pcilsd many
more votes for himself had he beer IN
the race interpretS the results rs show
ma that Reeds support of Al smith
IN missouri does no, insure y smith
victory In that state"
Evidently Senator Reed thought hs
could change the whole opinion ot his
state, which two years ago voted down
by 27A000 plurality proposal tc repeal
the State enforcement act comments
the Grand Rapids Press Independently,
while the Chattanooga News unde-
pendent Demoeraticl remarks, of
course, Senator Reed spoke truly when
he said that the Democratic party could
not nominate MIR. Hay without Inn.
periling the ticket Obviously he meant
MIR Hays nomination would cause Gov,
smith TO lose Missouri What else could
Senator Reed have meantf"
The Buffalo Evening News (Repuh-
lcanA asserts that the Smith candidacy
has handicapped itself by becoming
100 closely Identified With the faction
of Senator Reed while che Rochester
Times Union tindependenO AYERS that
the vet stand Of Gov, Smith seems
likely 10 prove handicap for the Dem-
oerats In Missouri +" and the Santa BAR
hara natlv News tpemocfaticl inter
prets the Missouri vote as indicating
that the West will not accept Smith.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-20
On the Inside

From ths TerFe Haute star
II begins 20 seem as II General Mo-
tors might gel the contract for M
Democratic band wagon
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-20

Police officers are required to give
attention 10 so many capabilities OF
varying degrees that they are in dan
ger of becoming confused A burglar
may get by because ne is so much
harder Ia catch than multitude of
minor offenders against traffic rcgula-
lions
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-20

The dime novel" Is obsolete. Yet in
some instances its literary merit was
quite equal to the present tvo-dollar
novel
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-20
I,indv's Big Thrill.

From the Florence tAjsi ttetsld
At last Lindbefph has had real
thrill He got ride IN the cab OF q To-
comotiye
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-20

One form Of active farm relief is in
the nature Of an effort TO relieve the
corn producers Of moral responsibility
in connection with illicit beverages.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-20
The Difference

Prom the DanbuFy EVeninK News.
You can eaEily tell the modern mother
and her daughter apart. The mother
Ii the one who looks 50 young.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-20

The orator used TO begin Friends
and fellow citizens" Now he says
Ladies and gentlemen" and may be
under some restraint 10 avoid initiating
the vaudeville monologist who says
"LsdieS-and What Came with you"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-20
RehearsaIs.

Classical orators rehearsed their
competition with the roar Of the waves.
"Rehearsals are worse at present"
commented Senator Sorghum. There
deep but a microphone simply gazes at
you In Gull implscable silence"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-20

The farmer may be pardoned for a
certain cynical Skepticism as to posi-
oility Of sitting all the methods for his
relief in one brief presidential CAM
paicn.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-20

Election Sport.
The patriot neglects his Task
And o'cr his duty mods
When he Is only moved to ask
What are the betting odds"
.Jud Tunkins says II you want real
applause for a hard luck story, spare
your friends and tell II to your enemies
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-20

non partisan campaign" wound
introduce in politics hopes OF bringing
about a more tremendous merger than
any that has been accomplished in
finance.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-20

While the expressions 50 far have
been eloquent and convincing. Gov
Smiths admirers are frankly certain
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rhe Evening Star Newspaper Company
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Th. Real Considevation,

The Real Considerable
What do YOU think of the claim
that Bacon wrote Shakespeare
I don't think Of IT," replied Miss
Cayenne Il have none too much time
Ia study the plays. let alone the con-
troversy"
In order 10 love our neighborS, said
HI Ho the sage OF Chinatown, we
should avoid familiarity which leads to
acquaintance with shortcomings.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-20
Obstinate Auditor.

He hears the orators who say
This worlds the best or worst place,
And then proceeds 10 vote The way
He meant To in the first place.
Everybody has worries. said Uncle
Epen. "A man dat always looks good
natured In one q dehe optical illusions :"
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1928-08-10
THE BREAD AND BUTTER ISSUE

More and more American elections
seem to be determined by bread and
butter issues. If work has been
abundant in the factories and if
wages have been good, then there
is a general tendency among the
wage-earners to support the admin
istration in power. If business has
been profitable, the business men do
the same thing. If the crops have
been good and have brought fair
prices, the farmers support the
same ticket.
If these conditions have been bad,
then many in all these classes vote
for a change. In this point of view,
they are Influenced in an irrational
way. Many farmers, for instance,
would vote for an administration if
they had fine crops due to good
weather, and against that admins
tration if the crops were poor ow-
ing to bad weather.
Hence more than half of the po-
litical augmentation at election is
devoted to efforts by one side to
prove that business and industry
and agriculture have been prosper
Gus, and while the opposite side
tries to prove that they have not
been prosperous.
In a way this is a perfectly natu-
raj argument, because if business
conditions have been bad, people are
affected in every aspect of their life.
They find that money comes lard.
they are forced to economic, and
cut off expenditures that they need.
But prosperous times are not all
caused by any political party. M
are the unprosperous ones created
in the same way. Many causes out
side of politics lead to these CON-
tions. And the question Of the
amount of money circulating is not
the whole thing. We need also to
ask whether the laws have been or
will be enforced, whether honest
government is being promoted,
whether high standards of conduct
are being set. The money motive
alone makes too materialistic
point of view.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1928-08-10
OoG
THE VACATION HABIT

The custom of taking a summer
vacation has become a quite general
enc, although many people do not
get one even yet. The farmers are
putting in their heaviest ticks about
now. Millions of hard working PEG
PIE feel it necessary to work while
there is work, as they may be idle
at times owing to dull business, so
they may get more vacation than
they need. And there are millions
of folks who can never see enough
money ahead so they can afford to
so on any wanderings.
But as the American people grad
ually grow more prosperous, the
number who go off on trips and out
ings constantly increases. Many of
the older people regarded such jour
neyings as wasteful and extrava-
giant. But times have changed now,
and people have an intense desire
to see the country.
A reasonable amount of money
spent on vacation trips is never
wasted. People get ideas from such
travels. And they work better after
getting back from such rest. Even
if they return tired physically, yet
they are not tired in the same way
as when they went off. The things
that wore on their nerves have been
absent, and they have had chance
to recover from the. grind Of their
daily toll.
But people should exercise some
judgment on these rest periods. The
indoor workers who attempt to climb
a high mountain or walk 20 miles
the first day of their outing, are
likely to pay quite a price for the
effort. Those who
keep going every minute of the
time may return more exhausted
than when they went away.
The best part of vacation is the
rest from toll. When a hard work
ing person spends many hours in
quiet loafing, the time is not wasted.
those idle hours, new en-
ergy is accumulated that can b.,
drawn upon later.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1928-08-10
Political Clean Hands
(As Seen by q NosO Castle COmntjan)

It has become a well defined prin-
cipal of Judicial Ethics that the liti-
CANT plaintiff must come in to Court
with clean hands. The departure
from this principal as applied to the
political situation in Delaware, has
reached the point Of farcial amuse-
ment. It may be all right to ques-
ton the party side steppings of some
person who have not always swal-
lowed without question every dose,
no matter how vile, that certain
party concoctionists have seen fit to
compound for the brainless and
Ithoughtless party voter. But, are
these political apothecaries Of clean
hands? Have they a sort Of Divine
mission to keep clean the Republic
can "Egean Stables"
Delaware is small state and its
population is Homogeneous rather
than heterogeneous. Then too the
great bulk of those who have taken
active interest in it's political ups
and-downs for the past thirty or
more years are possessed of fairly
good memories. at hardly behooves
any of us to say very much about
the rest Of u.s." There are so many
that have been dwelling in glass
habitations that it will be darn I'M
safe and decidedly inconsistent to
hurl brick-bats at the other fellow.
We might knock a hole in our own
roof.
One thing that is causing many
an unexpressed smoker to chase up
and down the political spine of the
New Castle Countians, is that some
self-constituted spokesman gave it
out at Rehoboth last Sunday, that
the voters Of New Castle County,
would not support thus and so"
from Sussex County, even if they
were nominated by the Republican
Convention.
The Republicans of Sussex Coun-
ty, who have heard such stuff can
rest assured that no man from New
Castle County, is possessed of a Ii
cense to deliver any such message
on behalf of the voters of this coun-
ty. It is a creation without an an
cestory. It is a hybrid incapable Of
If the Republicans Of Sussex
County are wise to their own politi-
cal interests they will go ahead
with their own political ship build
ing in their particular way and pay
little or no attention to squalls that |
may blow from New Castle County.
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belong in place and want to make
friends, it is a great help to buy
house and own it, Then people con-
clude that you like the town, and
will stay there, and they seek your
friendship more earnestly.
RDe@
PEOPLE SOMETIMES complain
because they do not make any i'm
preston on the community into
which they have moved. One rea-
son why some of them do not, is that
so many people are moving around
from one rented home to the next,
that the people who live in town
get the idea that such folks are
transient residents, and will prob
ably go away before long, so they
do not make much effort to cultivate
them.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1928-08-10
Home Education
THE RUDEST BOY IN TOWN
Willis and Lenora Bailey

would you believe it, Mrs.
White had the nerve to tell me that
David is the rudest boy in town.
said Mrs. Elliot, who was taking
Mrs. Shirley out driving in her new
car. After a few minutes silence
due to traffic demands she contin-
ued, But I'm not sure her beloved
little Jack is any better"
She had forgotten how frank Mrs.
Shirley was until she heard her say
ing: 81 do not agree with you in re-
gard to Jack. Mrs. Whites children
are deservedly called the most
courteous in town"
ooh, dear! 1 know David is bad,
but 1 don't thank any one for telling
me so. We try to make him mind.
know we punish him enough"
THAT is true, Mae, but at the
same time you frequently say in
David's presence that you cannot
control him. You call him incorrig-
ible, yet when David can't get along
with the other children at school
you listen to his story and uphold
him while you censure the others.
Then when he played in the little
band, he really was the cause of its
because the other little
boys would not come to practice and
be roughly and rudely treated by
David. You listened to David and
felt sorry that all the boys dropped
out without good cause when Mr..
Wood did so much for them"
Mercy me! is that all true, Lois?
know have always tried to see as
much good as possible in David for
his faults are so big and glaring
couldn't fail to see a great many of
them. What shall 1 do with him?
I'm sure 1 am trying"
"You are indeed, and if furnishing
is trying you try hard for you GER
tainly do punish him very severely
but 1 fear 1 cannot say it is al
WAYS iudiciously."