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Evening star., 1928-12-12

supply a beautiful stained glass me-
mortal window for the magnificent new
chapel which now adorns the campus
of old Nassau. Reed, Princeton 700,
plans to dedicate the window to the
memory of his late father, James III.
Reed OF Pittsburgh, who was the holder
of an honorary degree from Princeton
and longtime patron Of the uni
versity. Twenty-Five years after Sena-
tor Reed won his B. A. there Princeton
made him an LII. D. At present he's
the only Tiger in the Senate,
"The Forty and Eight" as all the
can Legion that the Mystic Shrine does
playground of the organization. Out
at Charles City, Iowa, the other night
the local branch of 1.-THE Forty and
Eight" listened to proposal from an
enthusiastic fellow Hawkeye to make
Herbert Hoover an honorary member.
When the comrade was asked to justify
the plan, he declared that as 40 and 8
was the score in the electoral college
on November 6, the President-elect
ought to be eligible. The suggestion
went over big, but was not adopted
because THE Forty and Eight" bars
politics and politicians.
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Mrs. Hoover is certain to invite some
Stanford University girl to be her secre-
tary in the White House, If she adheres
to the system she has practiced in
Washington for many years. Almost
annually it has been the custom of the
First Lady-to-be to engage some Stan
ford alumna to spenu year in the
National Capital as her right-hand
woman. The purpose was to give the
lucky girl an opportunity to learn and
like Washington life, and, IL she de-
sired to remain here under influential
auspices.
Washington's newest name Is the
City of Books. It's suggested by the
fact that the Capital has no fewer than
200 Libraries with 100000 volumes on
their shelves. The Library Of Congress
is, of course. the daddy of them all.
with 3,625,0O0 books. Some of the
other libraries which run 10 big figures
include those attached to the Army
medical branch Of the War Department,
the Department of Agriculture, the De-
partment of Commerce, the Department
of Justice, the Government Printing
Office, the Department of Labor, the
Pan American Union and the various
universities In Washington.
Copyright. 192S.)
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City Oklahoman believes that "of all
the men who at any time in four cen
tur1eS saw any part Of Americas max
ing, it was given to Ezra Meeker to see
more OF it than any one else"
When he was born there were "a
States in the Union; when he went
West in 1852 there were 81; when he
flew. East in 1924 there were 49," re-
marks the New York Sun, in measuring
the flight of time and the progress of
America during his lifetime, and the
Detroit News pays its tribute to the
West and to the pioneers: "All that
vast land arrives in this age to make
the greatness of our country, and out
of the Sunset pierced by the MeeKers
steps today new President of the
United States. Twas the Meekers whit
made tbs Nation the giant it is"
Every American city," suggests the
Champaign News-G Gazette, should ereci
a statue to the pioneers. And across
well be chiSeled that chant Of the
frontier man, I'm not ready to die yet
I've got too much to dop" The words
OF Meeker's last days are quoted also by
the South Bend Tribune, with the COM
ment, May that breed never pass
from America!" The pioneers query,
Why should any man call labor a bur-
den?" inspires the similar question
from the Fort Wayne News-Sentinel,
Wouldn't all of us get more out of life
If We followed Father Meeker's philos-
ophy-if we thought more of labor and
less of pleaSure?"
mo other 81 years of history have
ever been so worth living as were his"
observes the Fort Worth Record-T -Tele-
gram. ''No other similar number will
be able to show the contrasts that
opened before him. His was q full
measure of life" His recent service is
lauded by the Salt Lake Deseret News
in the words, "He performed with af-
fectionate devotion the task of perpet-
uating the various landmarks, camping
sites, fords, passes, ferries and dugways
Of the original trail. and. as result of
now appropriately marked for the in
formation of future generations"
"He became the living symbol" ac-
cording to the Pittsburgh Post Gazette,
"of the OK teams, the camphres, the
melees with Indians, the hunting
parties and all the countless features
of pioneering existence" So also the
Elmira Star-Gazette holds that he
was more than pioneer; he was a
symbol of the long, long trail TO the
Golden West" The Sioux City Tribune
ayers that he els a type to be remem-
bered and revered as long as trace
remains of human gratitude"
''His years were crowded with ad-
venture, which the pioneer of the
prairies relished keenly and eagerly
sought" says the st. Louis Times. "He
was brave and tenacious old man
and deserves a monument, which the
free-hearted people among whom he
lived, and who loved him, doubtless will
erect" The Kansas City Journal-Post
asserts, "He represents the end of an
era which, within few years, will not
be personally remembered by any living
human being"
Another Ezra Meeker will not be
seen, for the mold that made him and
his compeers has crumbled." Is the
tribute from the Spokane Spokesman
Review. and the Boston Transcript
that "to the sculptor his was
q figure that may we'll furnish in
spiration."
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Buying a Home Site.

1t will be many long years before the
municipal government. vacating the
present District Building to make way
for the Federal Governments housing
program, will be able TO move into new
quarters such as those planned in the
group of buildings to be known as the
civic center. But the Commissioners
are to be commended for taking steps
to secure the site of the buildings now.
They hope to obtain from the Treasury
q loan of possibly 100000, which
would be used in buying the triangle
north of the Avenue and south of the
courthouse. A permit is now being
sought for the erection of hotel on
this property. i the District does not
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Nations Debt to Its Pioneers
Recalled i'm Meeker Tributes

Tributes to Ezra Meeker, pioneer,
dead in his ninety-eighth year, record
again the Nations debt to the men and
women who toiled across the continent
to carry the spirit and civilization of
new America to the last frontier, and
summarize the amazing developments
within the span of this one mans life.
Ohio, Indiana, Iowa and Washington
were Meeker's "home States" "He had
become, especially in recent years. al
most national institution" says the
Indianapolis News, noting that "the
enthusiasm that marked the spirit of
the pioneer was strongly marked with
him to the last" The Lafayette Journal
and Courier feels that "it is impossible
to compute the debt we owe to those
who, like Ezra Meeker and his brave
consort, gave their best years to the
opening of the empire which today is
the source and substance of our tower
ing greatness as a Nation and as peo-
Pile"
1.-THE death of Ezra Meeker." declares
the Seattle Daily Times. brings feel
ing of sincere regret to the people OF the
Pacific Northwest. He possessed in
abundant measure the qualities of the
men and women who settled this region
courage, vision and restless energy.
His spirit was unconquerable: until his
last illness he was planning for the
future, preparing the groundwork for
new adventures. His life COM
prises the whole period of our great in
ventions and material and social prog
ress. Louis Napoleon was made
Emperor of France in the year that he
started westward in his OK team. The
Crimean War was started in the year
that he opened store at Fort Stella
COON. He was "a when Commodore
Perry opened the ports of Japan. He
had watched Seattle grow from cluster
of cabins to a great city"
In similar vein the Harrisburg Tele-
graph states: when Meeker started
out over the old Oregon Trail. Abraham
Lincoln was struggling country law
yer Gen. Grant was eking out a mis-
erable living not far from Meeker's
childhood home. Chicago was village,
Denver a spot in the wilderness. Edison
had not been born" The Oklahoma
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Democrats made no such attempt dur
ing the last four years. The conse-
quence was It was necessary to build
up all along the line once the recent
campaign got under way. Furthermore,
there Is the question of the 1900, 900
deficit which confronts the Democratic
national committee and Chairman
Raskob. All these things may require
consideration and action by the nation
al committee. The Democrats, it is
said, saw the folly of letting things
drift and waiting, like Barkis, for
something to turn up, during the last
four years. Nothing could be worse
than what has happened during the
recent campaign, it is declared, and 1t
is time to try some real planning.
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The results in the New York elec-
ton were surprising in more ways than
one. A final count shows that Gov
elect Franklin D. Roosevelt defeated
his Republican opponent, Ottinger, by
a little more than $4,000 votes. Mr..
Hoover had a plurality in the presi-
Dental race over Gov. Smith of more
than 100000. Mr.. Ottinger received
q larger vote IN the election than did
Gov. Smith.
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SHOOTING STARS,
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

Playing Santa Claus.
For little while you pause,
Youthful hours again to view.
When you're playing Santa Claus,
You have started life anew.
Christmastide! And here we are
Where the story was begun!
Better is the gift, by far,
Than the bargain shrewdly won.
Every human heart Is gay,
Pure affection wins applause,
When, awaiting Christmas day,
All are playing Santa Claus.
Evening star., 1928-12-12

Laboratories bring new anxieties
Microscopes reveal multitudinous germs
and what was once dismissed as bad
cold" is now an influenza" The germ
has been disclosed as an insidiously
migratory, though infinitesirnal. creature
and as economic thought develops,
may yet become the subject Of interna-
tional inquiry.
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The Dawes melody still fingers with
delightful Kreislerian reminiscence-a
composition worthy of an accomplished
violinist Should the retiring Vice Presi-
dent decide to devote himself to musical
composition, the world may be enriched
by a genius as influential in art as it
has been in statesmanlike endeavors.
Evening star., 1928-12-12

The law is more generous than his
companions toward a bootlegger. The
law does not settle the entire affair by
arriving with taxi and taking him
"for ride"
Evening star., 1928-12-12

No ccod realtor viii clearly under
stand why brave explorers will venture
into Antarctic regions, where q demand
for corner lots cannot possibly ma
terialize within a present lifetime.
Evening star., 1928-12-12

Wall Street is like big department
store. Stocks that appear psychologically
shop-worp go back on the bargain
counter.
Evening star., 1928-12-12

Ocean travel still has its narrow
escapes to encourage the air pilot in a
belief that he has not become q
monopolist of peril.
Evening star., 1928-12-12

Radio arrangements create alarm re-
garding the apportionment of facilities
for old friend Mike" Apparently, there
Is not enough "air" to go round.
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The Associated Press is exclusively entitled
20 the use for republication OF all ews dis
patches credited to it or not otherwise cred
tied IN this paper and also the local news
published herein All rights of publication qf
special dispatches herein are also reserved.
Evening star., 1928-12-12
A New Start.

n NCW 6tdEts
people are finding fault with your
grammar"
Maybe we'll have to start this politi-
cal game all over again." said Senator
Sorghum. leaving out the conference
and the caucus and starting with a
spelling school"
Jud Tunkins says politician may
feel obliged to know when to lose
friends as well as how to make them.
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Distribution Of Holidays.

Christmas comes but once year."
We humbly thank the good old rhyme
If it came oftener, we fear
We should shop early" all the time.
Evening star., 1928-12-12

"Many strange perplexities arise" said
Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown. because
each man is disposed to take the world
too lightly and himself too seriously"
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Extensive Pet

Mary had a little lamb.
She thought he was joke.
He went into the stock exchange
The family is broke.
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Rate by Mail-Payable in Advance.
MafvIaud and Virginia.
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"A long sermon on Sunday" said
Uncle Eben, lis relief to de man dat
staid awake late Saturday night and
needs de SleeN,"
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tIth st. and Pennsylvania Ave.
New York once: ITO East 42nd St.
Chtcaeo once Tower Building.
European Of1ce. IL Regent ST.. London.
England.
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Entirely Different.

"a parachute looks like an umbrella. y
"It's very different" said the avia-
tor. mo sensible airman permits him
self to be embarrassed in an emergency
by the discovery that he has lent his
parachute to a friend.
Evening star., 1928-12-12

Senator David A. Reed. Republican,
Of Pennsylvania, has just notified
Princeton University Of his desire TO
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The Evening Star Newspaper Company

THEODORE W. MOVES. Editor
Evening star., 1928-12-12

Chairman John j. Raskob's plan for
q meeting of Democratic leaders in
New York, including members of the
national committee and Senators and
representatives, has met with a cold
shoulder here in Washington. Too
many OF the Democrats, especially
tnoSe from the South, fear that some
eHort might be made to commit them
again TO the banner of Gov. Smith.
one thing appears pretty certain; the
Democrats of the Southern States gem
orally are against a denomination of the
New York governor in 1882. They feel
tnat II Gov. Smith were nominated
again the solid South would be irrevo-
cabiy shattered. They hope to bring
their people back to their old adherence
20 the Democratic party during the next
year or TWO. but they do not believe
that second nomination of Smith
could do aught but break down the
party permanently in some of the
southern States. They prefer to let
things drift for while, fearing that a
meeting OF Democrats from all parts
OF the country might bring recrimina-
tions rather than harmony. Not few
OF the Democrats who were active in the
support Of Gov. Smith in the South
have already joined the II told you so'
club, and are pointing out how they
had advised against the New Workers.
nomination and had warned their coll
leagues that he would be disastrously
defeated.
\ X +
Notwithstanding this feeling on the
part of Southern Democrats, there is
desire in some Democratic quarters
to build up q militant Democratic or
ganiZation without waiting for another
national campaign to roll around. The
Republicans are keeping their organ
ization In working condition, though
skeletonized to some degree, right
through the years, whether there Is an
election Immediately ahead or not. The
Evening star., 1928-12-12

@. Can child born of JapaneS
parents in the United States be con-
sidered an American citizen?-B. G.
A. A child of any parentage who ID
born in the United States is citizen
thereof.
Evening star., 1928-12-12

@. Please give the names of the
States which do not prohibit the use of
public school funds for parochial
Schools-P. C.
A. The States which do not in their
constitutions prohibit the use of public
school funds for parochial schools are
Vermont, Maine, Rhode Island, West
Virginia, Arkansas, Maryland, North
Carolina and Iowa.
Evening star., 1928-04-05
BEAUTY CHATS
As You Grow Simmer.

Mrs. H. @. writes me and says she
would rather stay fat and look 40 than
grow thin and look at least so because
her face says and wrinkles. I can as
sure her that II she reduces to what
she ought to weigh and gives her face
certain simple daily treatments. the
chances are that she will look and feel
30-10 years younger rather than 10
years older.
It is quite true that reduction means
taking away flesh from under the skin,
but that doesn't mean that the skin is
going to hang in baggy folds around
the body. 1t is amazing how the skin
can stretch or shrink without showing
it-after all, consider how the skin
stretches when woman is pregnant.
1t leaves little marks after the birth of
the child, and need leave none, and in
this case the shrinking is not done
gradually, as 1t is with reduction diet.
The face, neck and chin should be
rubbed every day with a good cold
cream, for the skin may become a little
dry, since so much fat is taken from
the diet, and it should be rubbed with
ice for at least 10 minutes every single
Evening star., 1928-04-05

and halt continue to carry their
crutches.
The difficulty for the "almosts" is
that what is wrong with them is not
so clear. They can't realize that what
prevents their minds from moving on
and covering ground as does the pro-
cession of the successful human crowds
at work Is something which affects
their whole makeup. They can't make
the grade. and the pail of haZiness,"
or however they describe their obstacle,
is just their name for being an "al-
most"
"Almosts" fall into groups; and 1t
isn't easy to place all specimens. Some
are light cases of mental defect; others
are victims of circumstances that de-
mand too much of them. The treat
ment is to plan a whole course of life
which will require only simple tasks.
and avoid the minds weak spots. Do
ing what we can do is an encourage
ment. When properly directed, al
mosts" become moderately useful human
beings Just because they are al
mosts" or near normal, they can be
helped over the steps that separate
them from the common average of
common men. What may be the diff
Guilty with this particular reader can't
tell. am explaining in terms Of many
cases why cannot reply more help
fully to this one.
(Copypight. 1p2B.1
Evening star., 1928-04-05
KEEPING MENTALLY FIT
BY PROF. JOSEPH JASTROW.

lot as it comes Imperfection Is the
rule, and we must learn to live within
our limitations.
The last thing any one wants to
say to any one else is. There's no
help for you" Yet often We cannot
help. The class that appeals to mind
doctors as much as it puzzles them
are the "almosts," the people just the
other side of the neutral zone which
divides the mentally fit from the men
tally unfit.
The Almosts" is the title of book
which deals with those who almost
but don't quite make good. 1t ap-
plies particularly to those with minds
below par, partly defective; but the
term may be extended to include a
much larger class of nearfaf,ures.
whom. like the poor, we shall always
have with us. There is no cure-all
for poverty. and none for poverty of
mind.
Happy would be the mind-doctor
or the mind-minister who could fill
his pockets with prescriptions for doing
away with mental poverty. and dis
tribute them to all who apply. All
Evening star., 1928-04-05

We can hope for is to devise measures
or relief, to help others to help them
selves.
Now this particular reader gives one
very little to go on: but when you put
his case alongside of many others you
get a familiar picture There is usu-
ally the feeling that one is fit for some
thing better, perhaps for a profession
which calls for good mind. And
there Is usually complaint which
singles out one symptom or handicap
that stands in the way of success
That Is the "almoSt"-the one obstacle
that needs only to be removed to make
everything right. Here 1t is the COM
mon inability to concentrate and con-
centration becomes a blessed word be-
cause we all suffer more or less from
lack of 1t. and 1t is natural to think
of 1t as an impediment which has only
to be removed to bring a cure.
But concentration, so far as we can
teach it, is the whole doctrine of men
tai fitness. If cripple told you that
he would be all right If only he could
walk, you would agree heartily: but
does all your good will help him to be
like other men? There are hundreds
of causes and cases of crippling and
the same is true Of crippled minds
Thousands OF doctors are devoting their
lives to helping cripples, and some they
help to put almost on their feet. But
there are no miracles; and the lame
Evening star., 1928-04-05
Lamh-Potato Border.

A good way to use scraps of leftover
lamb is in a potato border. To two
cupfuls of well seasoned mashed po-
tatoes add the yolks of two eggs and
beat the mixture until 1t is light and
creamy. Form the mixture into bor-
der on round. fat baking dish and
score the top Have ready two cuptuls
Of chopped lamb. or any other kind OF
meat, seasoned with one-half tea
spoonful of onion juice obtained by
pressing the cut surface of an onion
against a crater and moving ii slightly.
salt and pepper to taste. and one tea
spoonful of finely chopped parsley. Add
enough stock. milk or gravy 10 moisten
the mixture well and turn it into the
hollow of the border Brown delicately
in the oven and serve hot.
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/ that at this interesting moment blow
descended with a whack.
Sir Guy started upon his feet. Bea-
trice Grey started upon hers. but a
single glance TO the rear reversed her
position--She fell upon her knees and
screamed.
The knight too, wheeled about and
bcleld sight which might have turned
bolder man to stone. 1t was the all
but dead Lady RoheSia--there she sat,
bolt upright. her eyes no longer glazed,
but cleaning like flint and steel. while
in her hand she grasped the bedStatf, a
weapon OF might, as her husbands
bloody bald spot could well testify
Words were vet wanting. but the
strength and rapidity of her breathing
augllred Well for future eloQuence.
A husband often makes the best
physician, says an old proverb, and so
it was in this case Lady RoheSia was
revived by her husbands early quest to
Supplant her. and was thereby restored
to bless him many years. Heavens what
a life he led!
Evening star., 1928-04-05
BY EDNA KENT FORBES

day This draws up loose skin in an
almost magical fashion, makes the mus
cles frmer, acts like strong and In
vigorating tonic on the skin. Particu-
lar attention should be paid 10 the
under part Of the chin, since a pocket
Of ugly flesh usually forms here. This
will melt away If you reduce, and Il
you rub this part with ice the skin viii
tighten as fast as the disappearing flesh
allows it to, leaving you with young.
firm chin line and a profile that viii
be years and years younger and In
finitely better looking.
Cold cream and ice-that's positively
all you need to preserve the youthful
appearance Of your face ghile your re-
duction diet is preserving the youthful
appearance Of your body. Ten minutes
or so a day is not too much to give
when the benefits are so marked Even
II you're not too stout the ice rub win
preserve youthful chin line for you.
Evening star., 1928-04-05
REPLIES TO READERS.
The AlmnStS.

81 am studying how to concentrate.
and when I try TO study a haziness
comes over ms and my eyes begin to
droop. / have sufficient sleep. ] have
left school in the eighth grade because
l was discouraged with myself shat l
cannot concentrate. especially in mathe-
mates ] have ambition and love knowl-
edge. am healthy. and ! knows / am tit
for profession. but cannot study
Please reply. READER"
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AND THEIR CHILDREN.
One mother saws

One mother says:
When 8 little one is convaleScing
one looks for anything to entertain
him. 1 amused my child each morning
with dancing water Place a saucer
or bowl Of water in the sunlight and
watch the water dance upon the ceiling.
II often reflects pretty colors and in
variably amuSes a child"
Copyright. 1881
Evening star., 1928-04-05
Reply.

Reply.
This appeal, like many another, sug-
geStS an explanation rather than re-
ply-an explanation of why there is SO
little to say and yet so much. OF all
the great and glorious feelings the
most satisfying is to help somebody
in distress. The most human of all
cries is Help! Help" and 1t stirS
the great human army of helpers
whether they wear a red cross or not.
But there are so many cases where,
with all good will, one can't help. as
there are likewise so many cases OF
failings with the excuse: II just can't
help It," We must accept the human