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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-02

A garden that will bcwitch
vou-for there are so many
different flowers scattered here
and there. Flowers for your
frock--your coat-~your hat
For this is the age of Flowers
for Trims e. you know.
Fiowers--Street Floor
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-02
Also Kimonos, S3.95

Bewitchingiy fashioned Of a soft,
lovely crepe. In just those delightful
boudoir shades that fastidious femininity
admires.
Negigees-Third Floer
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-02
Wool Challis
COOlie Coats
For Beach or Home
1895

Just slip it into your "over-the-
Fourth" suit case-and YOU will be
amazed at the number of uses YOU
will find for it In the morning it
makes a charming negligee-the
afternoon, a beach coat-and smart
at evenings for a wrap. Colors
galore!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-02

You can't feel really festive on the
glorious Fourth unless YOU have a new
frock Here's selection that shows the
newest modes for the seashore-the country
club--the motor trp-thc bridge-anything
that YOU should choose to do. These frocks.
in themselves, will give YOU cause for cele
bration!
Dashing ensembles Of rajah-with hip or
three quarter length jackets Softly fiat
tering chiffons and georeettes. many gayly
patterned Chiefly tailored frocks, too, that
you just KNOW will be suitable wherever
you go! Both Misses and Womens sizes.
Womens and Misses Dress shop-second Floor
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-02

Tailored i'll a mastery
manner Of splendid pure Bel
gian linen, gray linen crash
or gay linen plaids. Oyster
white and olive drab khaki,
too, in this group of regula
ton golf Knockers. Sizes Z
to Is wears.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-26

than the park have been considered,
both of them west Of the White Lot,
and the conclusion has been reached
that they are too far removed from
the high value area. Furthermore, a
position south OF the Mali has been
likewise rejected as even more remote
The problem of the emplacement OF
fire companies in the heart Of the city
is admittedly difficult. but 1t would
hardly seem that the solution lies in
putting such installations in the park
where they would be disfiguringly con-
sp:cuoIs as the only occupants. In
these days Of motorized equipment dis
lance is not so vital factor as In
former times when horse power pre-
vailed. 1t may be questioned whether
the difference OF two or three blocks
involved in the location Of these COM
panies south or west OF the reservations
would add appreciably to the peril Of
destruction by fire.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-26

September 20 until November IL the
Americans were moving forward. They
we're held up at times. Divisions were
grabbed from the front and sent back
to breathe. while fresh divisions were
rushed to take their places and carry
on. But the battle of the Meuse-Ar-
eonne went forward with unrelenting
fury until the armistice On that day
Gen. Pershing and his American Army
had justified themselves in the sight
OF the world.
On September 2 Gen. Pershing and
Gems. Foch and Petain decided to
strike, with the general purpose of sew
ering en- important German artery OF
communications and supply on the
western front by taking Sedan, and
then to drive the enemy from the val
liable Briey iron basin. The task was
no easy one. The land to be covered
contained the tangled forest OF the
Argonne, almost impenetrable, and
countless hills, valleys, streams, swamps
and the high banks of the Mouse. The
territory had been held by the enemy,
and fortified strongly, since 1914. 1t
was the key to the German system OF
defense. The First American Army,
which included the 18th French Army
on the right bank of the Mouse. and
with the 4th French Army on the
left flank Of the Americans, were to
turn this key.
In the interval of fourteen days be-
tween ST. Mihiel and the Goth one of
the outstanding feats of the war was
accomplished. Two hundred and twenty
thousand French troops were moved
out OF the area to be occupied by the
Americans and six hundred thousand
American troops were moved in. This
transfer OF nearly a million men was
accomplished In cool. rainy weather and
under cover of darkness. 1t was ef-
fected without the enemy's knowledge
OF what was going on. Until the first
line Of defense was crumbled by the
artillery on the morning Of the 26th
the German thought an attack was
to- be delivered either as a continuation
OF ST. NIihiel or on the east bank Of
the Mouse. He was unprepared for the
blow that came-a blow struck ten
years ago today. which sent him reel
ing, fighting bravely and couregeously,
but Keeling to the end.
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Park Site for Fire Companies.

Assuredly q better site for the locs-
ton Of the two Fire Department COM
panies No. Three Truck and No.
Sixteen Engine, which are to be
forced out of the Mall-Avenue triangle
by the Government building work, can
be found than one on the public park
on Fifteenth street A recommendation
that they be placed on the park has
been made by the chief of the depart
ment to the Commissioners and is now
being considered by the latter. Such a
site, Of course, cannot be chosen and
secured without the assent Of the Gov
szrment by act Of Congress. That
there would be opposition to the pro-
posed emplacement is assured.
It is, of course, highly desirable that
these two fire companies should be es.
tablished as near as possible to the
large group of public buildings alread,
in being and soon to be erected and tt
the business area which they in suci
great measure protect. From the poin
OF view OF proximity to both the public
cfices and the business establishment
the proposed site on the white Lot" i
ideal, save that Engine Company Nc
Sixteen would by such location
be removed nearly three blocks ava,
N-~.a tAs baAsinAss esntAs. cthar site
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-26
UNITED STATES
IN WORLD WAR
Ten Years Ago Today.

The 1st American Army attacked
this morning between the Mouse ard
Aisne rivers on a front of 20 miles,
smashing through the Hindenburg line
for an average gain of Z miles. The
prisoners counted thus far number 5000
and IL towns have been captured
The Infantry attack began
northward at $50 in the morning after
three hours of intense artillery prepare
ton. Despite the stubborn resistance
OF the crack Prussian Guard. Kansas,
pennsylvania and Missouri troops
stormed four towns. Tanks cooper
ated splendidly. and Yankee airplanes
had full supremacy in the air.
The Germans were taken by surprise.
for 1t Is known that they expected the
attack on the st. Mihiel sector and had
rushed troops there. For many of our
men 1t was their first time In battle.
French troops, cooperating
with the Americans. attacked on the
Champagne front. and at certain points
made an advance of 4 miles. =
Because of an epidemic of Spanish in
huenza In army camps, Provost Mar
shal Gen. Crowder cancels calls for the
entrainment of $4,000 draftees to
training camps. Four hun
dred and sixtv-two casualties are on
LIST published today: 24s killed in ac-
ton. e6 dead Of wounds, 80 wounded
severely and 70 missing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-26

Happy the man whose wish and care
A few paternal acres bound,
Content to breathe his native air
In his own ground.
Whose herds with milk, whose fields
with bread,
Whose fiocks supply him with attire,
Whose trees in Summer yield hnn
shade,
In Winter fire.
Blest. who can unconcernedly find
Hours, Gays and years slide soft away,
In health OF body, peace OF mind,
Quiet by day.
Sound sleep by night; study end ease
Together mixed; sweet recreation;
And Innocence which most does please
With meditation.
Tins let me live. unseen. unknown,
Thus unlamented let me die,
steal from the world, and not stone
Tell where l lie.
Alexander Pope.
The above poem, written by the poet
at the age OF II years while living IN
WINDSOR Forest, expresses tnou2nC
held by most persons at some time CT
other in their lives.
If it. were not known to have oeen
written in youth, the suolect-ma.Vei
would brand it Tor the prouuct on OF a
Young man. for the idea 1t contains 10
essentially immature. =.
Age brings with IL the knowledge VI
the imposslpility of any sucn laNlii1
existence except for very lew peop,l ~"
Not only does the. very croWolng ol C.,0
world prevent 1t, the desires OF human
tI,u-Nrt Silph a WISH,
Young poets have ever given express
sion to such essentially juvenile IDEAS
Ralph Waldo Emerson, in his Farewell
Cruel World" called for renunciation
of sidewalks and street lights ana tne
superficial friendships of the city.
4 4 Il 4
The very living of life, however,
brought them TO the realization ina.
there is no getting away from lie except
by the towards path.
One does not nave to be a poet to
come to the same understanding. Yet
the wish will persist, especially at times,
to be able to live and TO nave no one
pay any attention to one.
One OF the genuine pleasures oil living
in a great modern city is simply TINS,
that one may live there free from the
trammels of the spying of the small
towns. He who has lived in an average
American small town needs no expiana-
ton: the city-bred man or woman may
perhaps be told of the petty brand o.
complete knowledge which every one
has of every one else.
Lest this gossipy knowledge be
thought to be a small town character
istic solely, it may be added that indi-
vioual communities in large cities know
exactly the same sort of thing. The
woman who lust happens" to be at the
window when something is going on has
her city counterpart.
As a general thing, however. the city
does allow one TO live his own life, Ii
he minds his own business and does not
violate the police rules and regulations,
at least not to any great extent.
One of the charms OF such place as
Atlantic City. for instance, is that one
is lost in the crowd" This resort
plcases NEST people because it gives
almost any temperament what it wants.
II one desires to show of" he can do
so, provided he has the money OF
course. On the other hand, II the visitor
wants to live a monastic life. in line
with the precepts of the youthful Pope,
he can do that, too.
II u
Surely every one knows the feeling.
II only at times, OF desiring to be let
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-26
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WiLLlAM VILE.

Senator, when usually you're irregu-
lar?" somebody wanted to know. The
Idahoan replied that he was for the
regular q. o. P. nominee because Hoo
yer is so ideally equipped.
In Smelling the Harding Coolidge
administration record with his heaviest
artillery AL Smith Is turning his back
on the tactics to which John w. Davis
adhered in 1924. The Democratic
nominee OF that year, it was generally
understood, stuboornly declined to drag
Calvin Coolidge into the oil scandals
and other nauseous affairs of the same
era on the ground that the President
could not personally be implicated in
them. Gov. Smith insists that the
party and the administration to which
both Coolidge and Hoover belonged
cannot dodge responsibility. The Demo-
Gratis found Teapot Dome ct al pretty
poor campaign pickings last time But
their battling 1928 leader approaches
them from a different angle. It's Just
possible that the country's reaction"
may be different, too.
II President Coolidge goes to Fred
ericSsburg. Va, in October to launch
the movement for. a new national park
to embrace the adjacent battlefields,
he's sure to visit the James Monroe
shrine. The little law office in which
the author Of the Monroe Doctrine once
practiced was recently restored by one
OF his descendants. Laurence Gouver-
neur Hoes Of Washington. Many mo-
toring patriots stop at Fredericksburg
to inspect it. The other day an old
couple f1ivvered up, and, being well
coined by the Virginia lady who func-
tons as hostess at the shrine, the fc-
male OF the species asked reverentially
Have the honor of speaking to Mrs.
Monroe?"
Maud Younger. congressional chair
man OF the National Woman's Party, Is
its Hoover-and-C Curtis campaign man
aGer. She comes naturally by her sup
port OF the California standard bearer,
being native of San Francisco. In Or
der to familiariZe herself at close range
with the problems of workingwomen
Miss Younger got herself a job as a
waitress and eventually became presi-
dent OF the San Francisco Mattresses
Union. then the largest in the country
In her day she has run the whole
orSSACe va WAC AIlAIlbdub 1CAllIllSb IlUNC~
ment. having proudly to her credit ar
rests both tor picketing and striking
Miss Younger Is the guardian OF the
famous Woman's Party card-index.
which contains the low down" on every
Congressman's suffrage record.
william Dawson, chief instructor Of
the Foreign Service School at the State
Department since its establishment in
1925, has just been promoted to be con-
sul-general at Mexico City. More than
hundred OF our present foreign service
career men" in posts ell over the world
have passed through Mr.. Dawson's
hands. A Minnesotan by birth and
holder of degree from the famous
LEcole Libre DIES Sciences Politiques at
Paris he has just completed 20 years in
the foreign service, including many
stations abroad.
tCopyright. 1927
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-26
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

present name means fortress Of
Peter" The soldiers for the first
Crusades were collected there by Peter
the Hermit The name was given to
the place because of this circumstance.
Q. How old was Wayne B. Wheeler
at the time Of his death?-M c.
A. Mr.. Wheeler was 81 years Of age
when his death occurred at Battle
Creek. Mich.
@. What is the term used to mean
Interpretation of dreams"?-K. 3.
A. Oneirocritics means the "interpre-
tation of dreams" oneirotechnics is the
analysis of dreams"
@. Is AL Smith lawyer?-L. z. T.
A. He is not lawyer, but has a
wide knowledge OF legislative pro-
cedure and legislative history. He was
vention Of 1915 Of the State Of New
York.
@. Was there ever heavyweight
boxing champion who retired unde-
| feated?-N. H.
A. Gene Tunney is the only man
| who has this record at present. In
| 1905 James J. Jeffries retired, but re-
turned to defend his title against Jack
Johnson In 1910. He was defeated by
Jack Johnson.
O. How fast can cigarettes be made
by machinery?-E. I. D.
A. The editor of the Tobacco Leaf
says that the maximum production Of
| cigarettes by machine Is at the rate
OF about 400 per minute.
| @. What nations have owned Mas.
| Ne Tel AS0
c. H. M.
A. 1t was founded by the English
In the seventeenth century. 1t was
destroyed by the French and Spanish
in 1908 and rebuilt in 17lS. It is still
an English possession.
Q. Are many people conveyed In
ambulance airplanes?-F. NJ.
A. During the fiscal year 1928 the
three Army Air Corps ambulance planes
in commission transported 20 patients
to hospitals. The distance covered
totaled 3,755 miles. the flying time, IS
hours. and the time saved. $40 hours
20 minutes.
| @. Was Horace Greeley . delegate
from New York to the Republican
convention which nominated Abraham
Lincoln?-A. G. w.
A. He was a delegate from Oregon
to the 1860 Chicago convention, his
own State refusing 10 send him. He
was influential in bringing about the
nomination Of Lincoln.
@. Does an ivy vine growing on
brick or stone houses loosen the mortar
and make the walls damp?-R. I. Z.
A. The American Flower Garden
SAYS It does not make a house damp.
for there Is always a free circulation
of air under the leaves: its aerial roots
do not weaken walls in spite of pop
ular notion to the contrary. In fact.
the vine strengthens them. Many Q
ruin in England would have tunlbled
to the ground years ago had not the
branching tenacious ivy bound together
the bricks or stones from which the
mortar had crumbled away.
O. Are there as many men sailing
the seas now as there were 20 or 80
years ago?-A. F. F.
A. At the present time there are
more men sailing the seas than there
were 20 or 80 years ago. although there
are now fewer sailing vessels. This
decrease is more than made up by
the increased number Of steamers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-26
September %, 1918.

This is the tenth anniversary OF a
day that is outstanding in the history
of American arms. Unlike the anniver-
saries Of the battles of Cantigny, Cha
teau-Thierry and st. Nfii1iel, it passes
unobserved. But in significance it out
ranks any of them. Cantigny, Chateau
Thierry and st. Mihiel were glorious
stages In a period of training American
troops for battle. On September Is,
1918. the training period was ended.
On that date the First American Army
took its place with the armies OF the
allies and struck blow that foreor-
dained the end on November IL. The
American troops did not win the war
But it fell to the Americans on this day
ten years ago to bear the brunt OF a
concerted drive that did not end until
the signing of the armistice.
Ten years ago at S o'clock this morn
ing nine American divisions-the 71tn'
2sth. 35th 91st, 37th, 10th, 4th, Soth
and 33d-lay. in the dew Of smoky
dawn. stretched across front line that
ran from La Harazce, in the Argonns
! forest. on the west, to the bushy banks
of the Mouse on the east Behind them
2.7oo guns were roaring as one and
splitting long streaks OF yellow flame
Starting at 1870 o'clock the night be-
/ fore, these guns had been barking at
intervals until 2:30 o'clock. Then they
commenced a whitening fire Of destruc-
ton aimed at the strongest line oil
/ fortifications the Germans ever built
first. the Hindenburg line. comprising
acres of tangled barbed wire and rein
forced concrete; the Hagen line and
the volker line. At $50 barrage be-
gan to creep forward, and closely fol.
lowing 1t went wave upon wave Of
Americans.
In the next four days those waves
thinned. and sometimes dashing them.
selves to pieces against machine CUR
and artillery fire, advanced to depth
of twelve kilometers through the strong.
est position on the western front ane
sent to their rear as they went alont
some 5000 prisoners and large guam
titles Of material, including 100 guns
But that mas enly ths hes.nn,nS. FTez
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-26

Have we had the pleasure of serving
you through our Washington Informa-
ton Bureau? Can't we be of some
help to you in your daily problems?
Our business Is to furnish you with
authoritative information. and we In
vite you to ask US any question OF fact
in which you are interested. Send
your inquiry to The Evening Star IN
formation Bureau. Frederic j. Haskln.
cents in coin or stamps for return
postage.
@. What is the meaning and origin
of the expression Tell 1t to the Ma
rines"?-C. d.
A. 1t carries the idea that the
speaker Is incredulous. 1t is supposed
to have originated with seamen who
| considered Marines landlubbers, and
therefore easy to fool.
O. How many big railway stations
are there In London?-S. T.
/ A. London is served by lS great rail-
| way stations.
@. Why do storms in West Virginia
and Ohio usucify come from the west?
w. r. B
A. The Weather Bureau says that it
| is because the general drift of the
atmosphere in middle ATTITUDES is from
the West. and that In turn is owing to
two things-the circulation of the at
mosphere between the heated eoua-
torial and the cooled polar regions. and
the rotation of the earth from West to
East.
@. How many people visit the Pan
American Building in Washington
B. S.
A. Approximately 10000 persons pass
through its portals each week.
@. Are tunnels of ancient origin?-
M. c.
A. Tunnels cut through solid rock
with the aid of simple hand tools were
built by many of the ancient civilized
nations, including the Egyptians, Assy-
rians, Greeks, Aztecs. Peruvians and
natives of India The oldest known
tunnels we're used as the entrance to q
royal tomb or for religious purposes
but by 500 BIC the Greeks we're using
tunnels for mining.
| Q. Is hydrochloric acid found in the
body?-S. P.
A. A smell amount of very dilute
hydrochloric acid is formed in the
stomach and assists In the process Of
digestion.
| @. What was the original name oil
Z; Raphael's painting 1.-THE School OF
! Athens"?-H. o.
A. 1t was first called PHILOSOPHY"
! @. Who was president Of the Louis
lana Purchase Exposition?-B. S.
A. David r. Francis, public officia
and diplomat, was president Of the
, Louisiana Purchase Exposition in 1904.
@. What are Tex-Mex?-B r.
A. Texas-born Mexicans sometimes
are known locally as "Tex-Mex."
l.. @. What is meant by central In
Cvba?-D. B.
A. A central is sugar mill. Some.
times it is called "ingenio."
@. Do the pits of wild cherries con-
! tain a poison?-B. w.
A. The pits Of wild cherries contain
traces of prussic acid. They should
mot be used for edible purposes.
@. What is the origin Of the name
Peterwardein?-A c. T.
A. This town and fortress Of Jugo-
Slavia was once Rowan fort. The
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-26
Nation Crieves Over Tragedy
In Wake of Great Hurricane

uopulstion that lived off its soil. there
was no waste OF sDace. Even the steep
slopes of the lovely hills carried their
precious burdens Ct bananas and pine
apples. each plot as carefully cultivated
as the truck gins the commuter
sees from his train"
mo matter how much may be done
in the way of assistance" according 10
the Elmira Star-Gazette. there is fear
that economic ruin will be the result
in Porto Rico. What was expected to
be a prosperous return in fruit. sugar.
tobacco and coffee crops is now ex-
pected to be nearly failure.
Because of loss Of crops and failure OF
revenue 1t Is probable that restoration
will be most difficult and may not be
accomplished before the lapse of years"
Hurricanes are particularly destruc-
tive to coffee plantations, as the growth
is comparatively fragile" the San An
tonic Express explains. wholesale
replanting will be necessary, as in 1899.
Citrus trees there also have been
broken and blown down as never before:
the tobacco has been damaged heavily,
and sugar production will be impeded
by the destruction of numerous mills"
The Express also states that Porto
Rico's forests are inadequate to supply
It's own needs of building material under
ordinary conditions
In estimating the destruction. the st.
Paul Pioneer Press points out that
these tropical cyclones are often con-
fused with the tornado. peculiar to the
United States. much smaller in extent
and marked by its black, funnei-shaped
cloud which extends downward to the
eartf's surface" and that paper. quoting
the statement that the tornado is the
most dininutive and yet the most
violent and destructive Of all storms"
adds: But it does not cover the ter.
ritory of hurricane. nor does 1t last
for days. The hurricane delivers de-
struction wholesale: the tornado handles
it in retail lots with dazzling speed"
This Is peculiarly a charge upon the
people of the United States" concludes
the Charleston Evening Post. Porto
Rico is an American possession, acquired
as consequence of the war with Spain,
and became a permanent part of the
American system. 1t has never had
from this country the care and consid-
Grafton to which 1t should have been
entitled. in the opinion Of its people,
and 1t has not enjoyed the prosperity
which some OF its neighborS in the West
Indies have had. That is a question of
national policy. the justice and wisdom
OF which are. perhaps. debatable. But
the present stricken condition OF thu
island is humanitarian consideration"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-26
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Exemplary.

Exemplary.
They say this thought can't escape:
My distant forbesr was an ape.
He dwelt among the trees so tall
And never tasted elcohol.
On bosses he would never bet.
His gals ne'er smoked a cigarette.
He kept his babies safe and warm
And shielded them against the storm.
In reverence I'll bow and scrape,
Saluting that Ancestral Ape!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-26

A campaign committee chairman
often appears to have something to
learn from the station announcer who
makes his remarks as brief as possible
In order not to keep the audience wait
Tag for the chief attraction.