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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-06
Good gingerbread.

Beat four tablespoonfuls of fat with
one-fourth cupful of maple strip. one
beaten egg and half cupful OF sour
milk. Sift together one and one-half
cuDfuls Of -four, five-eighths teaspoon
full of baking soda. half a teaspoonful
of salt. one-fourth teaspoonful of gin
ger and one teaspoonful OF cinnamon.
Add to the liquid ingredients and beat
until thoroughly mixed Spread In a
large shallow pan, sprinkle with CHINA
mon and crpful of walnut meats
chopped and bake in slow oven for
about IS minutes. When done. cut out
In squares, heap high with whipped
cream to which dash of cinnamon has
been added, and serve. The maple strip
gives a delicious flavor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-06

One Mother Says:
For rainy days or days of sickness
always keep on hand several sheets OF
bright colored paper. which may be
purchased at any printers office; DO,
of straight. hollow macaroni. pair OF
scissors and q needle and thread
With very little help the children
soon learn to fold into small squares
and cut into pretty designs the paper
which when strung alternately with the
macaroni makes very pretty chains. My
little folks have their room festooned
with these chains, which are changed
each rainy day.
fCopyright, 1871
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-06

If you have lot of music that needs
repairing, buy roll of i-inch paper
tape containing about 800 feet, such as
is used to secure packages, and you can
repair all your torn music. You can
also Use 1t TO label fruit jars and Jelly
glasses and to seal packages. Get a
roll, and you viii find many uses for
1t daily
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-06

&Aah NaNMa
First lady--How's
va arm?
Second lady -
Saw right. I broke
it IN two places, but
saw right. ! should
worry.
First lady Still
gotci1a dog?
Second lady
Got two dogs, a cat
an a sand pile for
the kids. Hate
sand. Gets In your
feet, but ] don't
worry. Bobby fell
OF a fence Tues
day and broka lee.
But I'm too lazy
tn WaFrsv
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-06

~ VA IA &6AE 0e&s
] tried 10 sell my
self to the head of
a great corporation.
I got as far as an
interview with the
presiding executive,
who suggested that
! go out and get a
reputation before
he could consider
me. ] aid. The
other day ! was
his guest at a
house party. where
he practically told
me 70 name my
own price to join
his company.
He is a gifted
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-06

No what Summer is In full swing.
everybody wants to be out of doors
and motoring whenever the opportunity
presents; autos are as thick on road
WAYS as plumS in the proverbial Jack
Horner pie. 1t is no easy matter to
thread ones way through the maze
Of machines that are headed toward
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-06
The Sidewalks of Washington
By THORNTON FISHER.

Il have just had a peculiar expert
ence." said young Washingtonian. who
has achieved distinction in his profess
sion, which happens TO be engineering
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-06

countrysides or beaches, on Saturday
afternoons and Sundays, especially.
Other DAYS are not quite as bad. but
at any time the attention of the man
or woman at the wheel has to be CEN
tered on the job of successfully run
ming the car. While it is he or she
who is responsible for the driving. It
often happens that the occupants Of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-06

Table Slobbery.
There Is kind of grown-up COOP
Who's always sure to spill his soup
Whose vest Is always decorated By
gravy, all coagulated.
Whose whiSkers carry little meSSes Of
egg-and such ugliness.
(Cnnvrirnt 1927
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-25

eustomarily presents proposals to amend the ~constitu-
ton in the form Of joint resolutions with one pre-
posed amendment in each resolution. In the instance
Of the two educational amendments, however, both are
included in a single document, House Joint Resolution
No. IL. Furthermore, actual technical grounds for
making the error are furnished by the resolution itself,
which, after listing the two amendments in separate
sections, refers to them in the singular, that Is, as
"the foregoing constitutional amendment. In two
other places the plural Is used, but unfortunately the
word amendment" appears in the important section
giving the date of election.
Indeed, according to the strict wording Of the rcso-
luton, it might be open to question whether the in
tention was to submit one or two amendments. Reason
seems to be on the side Of construction as separate
provisions, however, for the proposed changes pertain
to different sections Of Article Z, and il is hardly prob
able that the legislature had in mind that the two
should stand or fall together. The secretary of state
interprets the resolution as two amendments and has
so notified officials having in charge. the printing of
the ballots. Apparently the matter has not been called
to the attention of the attorney general. .
II will be recalled that confusion arose two years
ago because the amendment to abolish the state board
of prison commissioners was submitted to be voted
upon Tuesday, Nov. 5, 1926" whereas Nov. J was
actually wednesdays, not TUESDAY, and the general elec
tion was on Nov. =.
Il is not amiss here TO suggest that IN the iuture
the legislature should not permit itself to become 70
engrossed in weightier matters that il overlook the
decidedly essential process Of simple copy reading
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-25
Timely Views
TRAFFIC PROBLEMS DISCUSSED

by AhlhOk w. EkNESFOhD
President of the American Engineering Council.
(Arthur ". Berresford was born in Brooklyn in
1872. He studied electrical engineering at Cornell
university and was graduated in 1898. Be~rresford
has worked along lines of electrical engineering
with various companies. lie served as vice presi-
dent and manager of the Iron Clad Resistance Co.,
at Westfield, n. j., from 1898 to 1900; as superin-
tendent from 1900 to 1905, and general manager
since 1905. He also is connected with various
other engineering concerns. Berresford has been
president OF the American Engineering Council
since 1921
The principal reasons why signals 10 control street
%trfafic should be installed are to increase the safety or
pedestrians and vehicles at eongested intersections, TO
facilitate the movement Of traffic with a minimum or
delay at congested intersections, to provide for the
continuous movement Of traffic throughout a heavy
route, and to interrupt a heavy traffic stream At in
tervals 50 as to afford opportunity for cross traffic TO
move.
The most generally effective mechanical device used
to increase safety and to facilitate traffic at intcrscc-
tions on city streets is the automatic traffic control
signal. but there is a tendency to use traffic control
signals unnecessarily.
Some are installed unfortunately, without a
thorough analysis Of the conditions md Of the prob
able effects OF their installation. Many arc installed
and operated where and when their use is not justified.
1t is clearly obvious that some cities arc making two
fundamental errors in installing street traffic signs,
signals, and markings. These errors are:
First, placing traffic control devices without ade-
quate study of the conditions which their use is in
tended to improve, or of the evil effect produced at
some intersections resulting from the attempt to cor
rect undesirable conditions at one particular intersec-
ton.
Second. employing traffic control devices at places
and times not justified by the conditions.
If these tendencies continue, the inevitable result
will be a public recognition of the errors, and a conse-
quent neglect or unfriendliness toward street traffic
signs, signals and markings.
This neglect will lead to the ultimate defeat Of
useful and effective methods Of traffic control. Such
fundamental errors can be avoided BY obtaining expert
engineering advice before any system Of street traffic
signs, signals, and markings is establishde.
In most cities the responsibility is placed upon
some branch Of the police department. No standard
official organization handles questions relating to traf-
fc signs, signals and markings, and this defect is per
haps one Of the most serious features Of the presen.
condition.
AS there is great variation in the state laws regard
ing signs and signals, il is obviously impossible 20
make recommendations thta can be universally adoptei
until many sucn laws arc amended.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-25
The World and All
AMATEUR RuRALISrr
BY Charles Z Driscoii

Because | was reared on a Kansas farm and rode
horses and milked cows and dug potatoes throughout
the periods Of childhood and adolescence, | am often
saddened BY the rather lamentable ignorance Of my two
small daughters in matters touching farms and farm
ing. One Of the girls is eight and the other Is seven
or whereabouts. Two years ago | was shocked when
Mary, the older one, passing through a rural country
on a train, asked to have the difference between a
horse and a COW explained to her. since there were GER
tain animals in the pasture that might, she thought.
be either horses or cows, depending upon the point
Of view.
Today Patricia informed me that her teacher wants
her to cut a picture of a COW out of a magazine AMI
take it TO school to paste in ascrapbook.
Its got to be a brown cow she said, with a farm
er or something milking it,"
So we started to look for a suitable COW. We turn
ed over hundreds of pages of the New Yorker, Vogue,
Delineator, House and Garden. Vanity Fair, Harper's.
and Bookman, but we found no cows.
Finally, Patricia said. well, you were a farmer,
wernt you, daddy"
Eyes"
"Well, then, let's get the magazines you write for;
there1l be cows in them"
But search as we might, there were no cows to be
found in American Mercury, McClure's. Nations Bus
mess Then / found Farm Life, for which / have been
writing a long and rambling autobiography for ever so
long, and there, sure enough, were a few COW pictures.
None came quite up to specifications, however, and at
length Patricia chose a fine colored cut OF the bold
head OF a Hereford bull.
"Therel" she said. "This will do, IL 7 can get
some more farm pictures to 20 with it. / want that
picture Of a farmer hoeing his hay"
Really, these city children seem sadly neglected
as to their education. ] am glad there are a few cows
in Central Park. ! must take the children down and
make them acquainted with cows. And somehow ! must
show Patricia that farmers don't spend their time hoe
ing hay. Meantime, | hope the teacher won't chase
that Hereford bull out Of the schoolhousc.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-25
The Tariff Commission

Herbert Hoover objects to Governor Smiths pro
posal to take the tariff out Of politics and treat it as
a business and economic problem.
The democratic candidate stated in his Louisville
speech that II favor a tariff commission with ample
facilities aud resources, with broad powers" TO this
Mr.. Hoover replies: 1.-THE American people will never
cosnent to dclegating authority over the tariff to any
commission. : There is only one commission to
which delegation Of that authority can be made. That
is the great commission Of their own choosing. the
congress and the president"
The republican standard bearer is expressing the
views of the protected industrialists. who for the past
half century have fattened under the obsolete, ineffi-
cient tariff system Of the republican party. He is not
expressing the views of the millions of American farm
ers. the millions of consumers and the thousands OF
small industries, the victims of the republican refusal
to equalize tariff benefits.
The American people for twenty years have de-
manded a tariff commission with broad powers. The
present tariff commission, which is virtually power
less. was created TO meet the demand that the tariff be
removed from politics. The republican majority IN
congress, fearing that the farmers, the workers, the
small industries, would be granted protection equal to
that accorded the so-called captains Of industry,
hamstrung the tariff commission before it was created,
and retained the tariff for a political football, to the
great satisfaction Of the manufacturers who have
reaped millions in profits from the farmers and work
ers Of the United States.
The republican majority has consistently refused
70 eoualize tariff benefits. In view Of this fact, why
should the American people hesitate 70 delegate to =
non-partisan commission the duty Of establishing tariff
schedules upon a basis which will accord the farmer
the same measure Of protection the manufacturer en-
lows? II would be impossible for any commission 70
matter how formed or appointed, TO impose upon the
American people a tariff law more unjust than that
;mposed by the republican majority in congress, which
Hoover characterizes "the great commission Of their
own choosing" I,
Conditions in the agricultural areas OF the United
states are an complication Of the intfhciency OF a
rspublican-controlled congress as a tariff making
hodv. And no better evidence could be found OF he
recessitv that exists for the creation of a tariff COM
mission with broad powers, and which can equai'Ie
tariff benefits for the farmer as we'll as the industries
now the sole beneficiaries.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-25
TEXAS DAILY PRESS LEAGUE
Trying to Appease the Vets

-. ,epuohean attitude toward prohibition is so
80 N""' I" can be moulded to fit public sentiment
!" al parts Of thee country. In Texas and other so,,p
~ states, where sentiment is stronglv :, .vo =.
n'oi'ion' the voters are being warned that coyerpor
'" VIII Immediately seek repeal Of the eighteenth
amendment IN the event he IS elected president. and
ina hquor In limitless quantities will again flow In
the United States.
an the north and east where sentiment Il onposed
= prohioiton the voters arc being informed that IL
the prohibition laws are changed. the peopIe must lool
. the republican party to change them, and that the
democrats In congress will be opposed to any change,
thereby rendering impotent any effort Governor Smith
might make in that direction.
Literature sent out from the state republican head
quarters in Ohio for distribution in the cities and other
wet sections Of that state, gives the following ilIumi-
mating figures and declarations, under the caption:
Figures Showing Why Governor Smith, IL Elected
President, Would be Unable to Change the volstead
Law"
House of Representatives (Seventieth Congress):
Republicans 237, democrats 1876. farmer-labor ,. social
list 1: total 435.
"The number of democratic congressman who would
vote for the repeal of the volstead law. listed by
states, are as follows: California ], Colorado /, Illinois
4, Louisiana 2, Maryland 5, Massachusetts 3, Missouri
/, New Jersey 3, New York "a, Ohio 9, Pennsylvania l.;
total az.
"of the 1916 democratic congressman 126 reside
south of the Mason-Dixon line. Out of the 126 only
elght members, two from New Orleans, five from Mary
land and one from st. Louis. would dare to vote against
the Volstead law.
Owing to the fact that out of a total of 1875 demo-
cratic congressman 12e of them reside south of the
Mason Dixon line, it can be easily seen that the south
ern democracy absolutely controls the democratic party
in congress. Under no circumstances, or at any time.
would the lis dry members from the solid south vote
against the volstead law. So there is no possibility Of
the democratic party changing the Volstead law. II t
is ever changed it will have to be changed through the
republican party Of the north"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-25
MAKES DRIVE
ON II.LITERACY
All of Russia Must
Read, Write BY
Year 1884

ASSOCIATED Press Correspondent
MOSCOW. Oct. 25.-Fl-The Rus
sian government has decreed that ev-
eryone in the Soviet republics must
learn 60 read and write. The order
stipulated that illiteracy must be en-
tirely suppressed by 1884, at which
time compulsory education would be
introduced throughout the vast do
main stretching across Europe and
Asia.
DEGREES seldom accomplish all they
set out to do. and il isn't likely that
the white-whiskercd old peasants and
their wrinkled wives. who have got
along through sixty, seventy or
eighty a Of existence without
bothering their heads over Russia's
eclectic alphabet-part Latin. part
Greek and part Slav-are going to
take il IN now. But their children
and grand children are going to be
compelled TO learn their ABV's-
there being no G sound in Russia's
alphabet. There is a c character. but
it is way down the line and Is pro-
nounced IS"
Government statistics put the
number Of illiterate Russians at
$4,000. 600. mostly ono But sta
tistics have 2 habit Of varying from
facts. and the actual number Of
people who can neither read nor
write in Russia il probably much
higher.
Lenin's widow. Madame Hadeida
krupskaya. has taken the lead IN the
new campaign. She followed up the
wwwv~n I.~-n~ ~.#AN ws-g~nwu
appeal for organizing n "Down with
IlIiteracyr committee in every town
IN the Soviet union. Out in Siberia
there are thousands Of children who
live scores Of miles away from any
school. Just how they arc going 10
learn to read and write has not been
explained. but the government de-
cree made no exceptions.
Meanwhile. next 10 the schools, the
Red Army IA the greatest single
educational factor in Russia. Several
hundred thousand young men are
drafted into its ranks each year for
their period Of compulsory service. a
high percentage Of them cannot read
or write. All Of them can do so be
fore they are discharged into civil
life. Then the down with Hitter
acy Society" has branches in most
provinces, but they are operated on
a voluntary basis and are scarcely
efficient by Western standards.
The government would like 10
help them, but il is busy with run
ming the country, trying TO collect
crops and carry out grandiose
schemes for making agricultural
Russia a great industrial nation.
Various cities have adopted meas
ures of their own to compel all in
habitsnts to learn the written Ian
guage. Leningrsd. for example. re-
Gently agreed with military author
tiles that each militiaman. and they
are many in Russia. would supply the
names and addresses Of all illiterates
in the section Of the city under his
beat.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-25
Xiv

Lew Davidson learned about Tony
HulIs production almost as soon as
Tony did about his. He had heard
rumors, from friends, that the lat
ter was trying TO raise capital to put
Jane Dare out in a new picture, but
this had not troubled him much, for
he had also heard that Tony's at
tempts had been failures. But when
il came to his ears that the big
Sun-Art studios had been leased. he
grew suspicious and made il his
business TO find out what was going
on.
A girl usher from one az the
theaters in which he was interested,
a s~trikingly good-looking blonde,
was sent for. Lew laid a yellow
backed bill on his desk.
miss ~Cavanaugh." he said. edo
you want 10 make fifty dollars?r
III say | DO" the young woman
replied. grinning.
"All right. 60 to the Sun-Art
studios near Tarrytown. Train from
Grand Central. Today. Apply for
a job rs extra roman You may not
get II. but that won't prevent you
from hanging around. Find out what
they're doing up there-what sort
Of picture they're making. Then
come back and tell me. The cash
Ter will give you some money for
expenses"
"All right" The girl gazed re-
flectedly at the bill on Davidson's
desk. And when do l get the
fifty?'
"When you return with the infor-
nation"
AS a result. Miss Cavanaugh spent
the day at the studio. ard found out
precisely what Lew wanted to know.
She could not learn the name Of the
picture. No one seemed 20 know IL.
The castle sets, towering gauntly
over the high board fence. were no
more to her than a maze of scat
folding. AT the office she was told
that no extra people would be want
cd for another week. But. from nm
impressionable young stage carpcn-
ter whom she met on her way back
to the railroad station. and prompt
~ vampcd. she heard a weird story
Of q funeral barge with a supposedly
dead woman on IL. floating down the
river in charge Of a black-hoodcd
dwarf.
Nut stuff the young man de-
cIared. his eyes on Miss C~avaraugh's
pink checks. II amt seen IL, but
helped work on the funeral boat.
Used to be a hiring launch. out NJ
Yonkers. Say. | get in town orcc in
a while. What's the matter with our
having a party
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-25
NV CHARLES p. STEWART,

Wy 0AAAtAALAC H ami
WASHINGTON, Oct. ga strike
service-not in the ranks OF ouI
amateur diplomats. but our profes.
sionals-the services permanent
backbone as il was intended to be.
The trouble is IL wants TO be too
permanent.
This will be a queer strike If IL
occurs. Instead of quitting. like dis
satisfied toilers in other lines Of in
dustry, our professional diplomats
propose to refuse TO quit.
Originally all American diplomatic
appointments were given by the ad-
ministration in office to politicians
10 vas under obligations 10.
Big campaign contributors got the
swell embassy jobs. Posts as minis
tiers. not quite so classy. wen "a
more modest claimants. Still hum.
bier party workers had 70 be con
tented with secretarial commissions
first. second. third and 80 on down
when a rev administration came
In. an these functionaries were e
pected 70 resign.
Other countries diplomats, fol-
generations. have been in the bust
ness for life.
Naturally these professionals have
run rings around our amateurs.
IL has been n weakness in Amer
ica's diplomatic system which, final.
INV. even Washington began TO recog-
Hize.
Hence. in recent years. has grown
up the custom Of letting the secre.
taries hang on indefinitely.
AT last they have become n pretty
permanent cnrps-"career men," ms
they are neutrality-suspicious. diplo-
mats. doing the real work Of our EN-.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-25
WASHINGTON Letter
BY CHARLES r. STEWART

bassies and legations under success
sive nominal bosses, who. quadren-
nially or thereabouts, still come and
The bosses. indeed. continue to
change. Their places remain in the
class with political plums.
At least. this was true until Prcss-
dent Coolidge's day.
Calvin has modified the rule Pine
what. He actually has promoted 9
good many "career men, to minis
terisl positions-about 20, all told.
Maybe he would have made some OF
them ambassadors, but generally 10
costs an ambassador four or five
times as much to live as he draws
in pay. The embassies are mostly as
ultra-fashionable capitals where Dip
lomatic expenses are terrific. But
there are some snug little countries
where a minister can do very COM
fortably on his salary.
The career men," knowing their
onions, almost invariably have
snapped up these nice little legations
whenever possible.
And now. with the Coolidge term
drawing to n close, the question 10
suddenly raised
Will career men, who are serv-
ing ~ ministers. like all the rest %
our ministers and ambassadors. TO
expected to offer their designations
following the next presidential in-
augurEtion day?
a. high an authority as President
Coolidge expresses the opinion that
that c~vertainly will be in order.
DO we hear n howl from that jeop-
ardized score Of career men?"
We do. We hear. in fact, that
they are framing up an agreement
among themselves with n view to q
Joint refusal to resign.