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Evening star., 1928-12-21
Community Kitchen
Is Bad News for Men

From the Columbus Dispatch.
The vast majority of American hus-
bands will not greet the prediction Of
Miss Katherine Blunt (sic), chairman
of the department of home economics
of the University Of Chicago. that the
kitchen is doomed, with any great burst
of enthusiasm, such as tossing Of hats
and parading through the main
thoroughfares at high noon.
Miss Blunt declares that the time
will come when all cooking will be done
in community kitchens, families will
file their orders week In advance, and
man will call after the meals to cart
away the dishes. The eight-hour day
is at hand for the housewife, and the
idea that homemaking is "a brainleSs
task" is passing out, Miss Blunt says.
Homemaking Is to be ''dignifed" and
placed on a scientific basis.
That the kitchen Is undergoing some
sort Of evolutionary process Is very ap-
parent to the younger generation OF
husbands. 1t and the dining room have
shrunk, in our up-to-date apartment
houses, until only their furnishings dis
tinguish them from the clothes presses.
One can still tell it Is the kitchen by
the shelves of canned goods and the
can-opener hanging on the wall. But
we cannot believe in the community
kitchen prognostication. Woman has
been emancipated. to a large extent,
from household drudgery through the
efforts of science. but We prefer to be-
lieve she will seize upon these new i'll
lie down on the job entirely. AS for
dignifying homemaking, the average
American wife already has too much
dignity to allow herself to become q
mere useless ornament. And what
part Of homemaking, pray. is more
important than the preparation nf
wholesome and appetiSing niealsl
Evening star., 1928-12-21
Program for Calendar Reform
Attracts Attention of Public

in the calendar. That was In 1882 when
the Julian calendar established by Julius
Caesar was discarded for the present or
Gregorian calendar. II Mr.. Porter sue
ceeds In giving us o still greater. I'M
provement he viii have made . place In
history"
"The plan is winning increasing sup
port in many countries" according TO
the Ottawa Journal, land while no
doubt it will be opposed vigorously py
those who look upon even daylight saw
ing as unwarranted human interference
with celestial arrangement OF hours
and days, there seems to be considerable
ground for optimism"
AS to whether the advantages offered
by the new system Of reckoning time
would offset the possible disadvantages
Is a question, in the opinion Of the Ann
Arbor Daily News. Looking into the
future. and considering 1t In connection
with the present, one might readily say
that the reform ought to be undertaken:
however. the present, and likewise the
future, have definite connections with
the past, and in instances where dates
are Importantly involved the change
easily could cause confusion. Students
of history. for example, might well md
reasonable objections"
1.-THE subject Is challenging more
attention and interest every year." con-
cludes the Atlanta Journal. I'VE are
now told by its advocates that 1t Is
their hope to have the nations Of the
world agree on q 13-month-year by
1888, when January / falls on Sunday.
With this end in view they are striving
for an international conference.
While the calendar reformers are at
work, it is respectfully suggested that
they might amend their program by
provision that al holidays should fall
on Monday. 1t might be well. too.
if the number of holidays were mate
rally reduced"
Evening star., 1928-12-21
Discrepancy Claimed
In Parachute Figures
To the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor of The Star:
My attention was directed to an edi-
torial which appeared in your paper on
December last with regard to the
Caterpillar Club. After touching on
the escape of Test Pilot James Collins
from a disabled plane through the use
of the parachute, the editorial goes on
to say that the Caterpillar Club is said
to have membership of lot out of 112
who have left their planes in midair,
and, further. Even the small percentage
OF failures detractS none from the value
OF the parachute, as it Is probable that
in most, or perhaps all, of the cases
OF the five flyers who met death the
jump was either too close to the ground
or the aviator was unable to get free of
the ship"
It Is quite evident that the writer of
this editorial labored under a misap-
prehension. AS a matter of fact, there
is no instance of record in the Air Corps
where the parachute failed to function
once the jumper cleared the airplane
and pulled the rip cord or releasing
device. At the present time the roster
of the Caterpillar Club bears 10
names. although 116 emergency para
chute jumps have been made. The dis
crepancy between the number of lives
saved and the number of jumps made
no doubt led the editorial writer to as
sumo that lives were lost. This discrep-
ancy in figures is due to the fact that
Col Charles A. Lindbergh made four
emergency jumps and Capt. Frank O'D.
Hunter, Lieut.. E. H. Barksdale and
Sergt F. p. Miller, Air Corps, each
made two Jumps,
In order to correct any erroneous i'm
preston which may have been caused
among your readers as to the efficiency
of the parachute, will you not kindly
set the matter straight in your valued
paper.
Very truly yours,
IRA LONGANECKER.
Major Air Corps,
Chief, Information Division.
Evening star., 1928-12-21

the latter was repaid on Q basis Of
fifty-fifty.
There is much to commend In the
Cramton bill. In general purpose the
| proposed legislation is wise and far
| seeing, and anticipates and promises
grand results. In securing parkland
now it is wisely economical. In omit
ting interest charge on the suggested
advance it is Justly liberal. The exist
ing park commission law, as construed
| by Congress, not only gives power to
collect from District taxpayers all of the
national pennies due one year from
every American. but authorizes the ex-
penditure of the dollars thus exacted
without their consent from the District
taxpayers for the purchase Of land in
Maryland and Virginia. The Cramton
bill corrects one of these inequities. 1t
,, shifts to Maryland, Virginia and the
National Government in specific pro-
portions the park development outside
of the District.
Why not make of the Cramton bill
an all-around measure of justice and
wisdom? Why not define specifically,
as in the case of Maryland and Viz
ginia, the District taxpayers percentage
of contribution to this primarily ma
tional project? In fixing this per-
centage equitably why not recognize
that the use of District dollars to con-
vert taxable real estate into parks
which are exempt from taxation I'M
poses a double burden. since the erect
is not only to reduce current resources
but to strike millions from the Dis
tricts tax list, to reduce the Districts
tax-raising capacity for the future and
to increase the tax burden upon the
real estate remaining subject to taxa
ton?
And finally, in making definite the
fiscal relations between Nation ana
Capital why not recognize the mon
strous un-American injustice of permit
ting the national partner in the Capital
making partnership to expend without
limit and irrespective Of the wishes OF
the local partner the money exacted
from the latter in amounts increasing
every year, both relatively and aoso-
lutelv. and of empowering the national
PARTNER to impose upon the local
mariner the entire burden Of Capital
maintenance without permitting the
latter to participate in taxing itself or
in spending the taxes exacted from 1t?
Evening star., 1928-12-21
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

never been shaved before. What a
relief 1t is" the Congressman calculated,
Ito get into one of these places where
no women comel" His shave was fin
ished and the barber had swathed his
face and forehead in hot towels. When
the towels were removed and the Con-
gresham set upright, two bobbed-haired
apparitionS confronted him. Into chairs
on either side Of him middle-aged flap
perS had just taken their places for
hair cuts. Representative - Is now
of that tonsorial parlor, too.
***
Chalk up another noteworthy honor
for the woman in public life. Repre-
sentative Florence p. Kahn, Republican,
Of California, has just been made q
member of the House committee on
military affairs. She Is the first of her
sex to achieve such distinction. The
House cheered when Representative TIL
son, the Republican floor leader, pre-
sented her name in special resolution
providing for new committee assign
ments. Mrs. Kahn's colleagues see
poetic appropriateness in her accession
to the committee Of which her late hus-
band, Julius Kahn, was the most famous
SAAOAA A34oAA Az CbCA A4dNts x1Ao WOAA IA oC-
curing passage Of the draft law Is an
important part Of World War history.
Mrs. Kahn, always the coadjutor of her
husband in his public duties, long has
had sympathetic familiarity with the
Army and its needs.
\ y II \
The Republican members of the
Massachusetts, delegation in Congress
have just helped one of their colleagues
Representative Allen T. Treadway Of
Stockbridge, to liquidate an election bet
The bet was made in the immediate
presence Of PreSident-elect Hoover al
Boston on october Is, though the G.. O
p. leader didn't know it. Mr.. Tread
way wagered Edith NourSe Rogers OF
Lowell that every Bay State Republican
Representative would be reelected or
November by his normal majority
No single one of them achieved such 9
record. So Treadway, who staked a
wild-duck dinner for the delegation on
his hunch, has just played host in ex.
piation of his optimism. William r
Whiting, Secretary of Commerce, the
only Massachusetts man in the cabi-
net, was a guest of honor at the feast
Copyright. 1921
Evening star., 1928-12-21
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

The Goal.
And here we are agin,
Back to the Christmas Treel
Life with our fellow men
Seems what it used to be
In gentle days of youth
When singing and a smile
That spoke affections truth
Made living seem worth while.
We've Travelled round the earth,
We've journeyed through the sky
And viewed with tears or mirth
The seasons passing by,
Still knowing how and when
Wed meet in honest glee-
SO, here we are agin,
Back to the Christmas Treel
Evening star., 1928-12-21
Justice for All.

Some of the opponents to pending
legislation looking to such revision OF
the Army promotion list as will correct
a grave injustice done to certain emer-
gency officers of the World War at the
time of their taking their places on the
Regular Army lists present variety Of
arguments in favor of their position.
They assert that because majority
of all officers on the present list prefer
their present status to the proposed
change the change should not be
made. To The Star this seems tanta-
mount to arguing that If a patent injus-
tice benefits majority the rights of
the minority adversely affected should
be neglected. Such a position is un-
tenable
They assert that the officer who
failed to interpret that clause of the
act under which the injustice was
worked as the War Department has
interpreted it has no one but himself
to blame for his present predicament
To The Star this seems tantamount to
arguing that, granting, for the sake OF
argument, the literal correctness of the
War Departments Interpretation Of the
phraseology of legal clause now helc
to involve a gross inequity, that
clause should not be so corrected BY
interpretative legislation as to correct
the inequity involved. In other words
that Congress, having unwittingly passed
legislation susceptible of an interpreta
ton which fouts justice. should not
now that that injustice is established
so legislate as to correct matters. Sucl
a position is untenable.
They denounce the proposed altera
tions as "class legislation" implying
that because it is designed to right tn
wrongs of specific group it should b
branded as unjust to the balance Of tn
Army. To The Star this appears merel
to be the employment of hackneyet
catch phrase to becloud the real issue.
The phrase could with equal inappro
priateness be applied to any Legislation
dealing with a group less than tn
entire population of the Nation.
! All of these arguments seem to Th
Star, by their very weakness, to benef
the chances of the prompt passage {
the legislation under consideration. Ths
they should be resorted to, rather tha
that the energies Of those advancin
them should be directed TO the entirel
plausible task Of persuading Congres
J not to work a new injustice while COZ
Evening star., 1928-12-21
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

@. Should one say, II differ with you,"
or Il differ from you"?-w. W. T.
A. One differs with person when
he does not agree. To differ from
not to have similar physical character
isticg.
O. When was the first almanac pub
lished in this country?-C. B. McC.
A. The first almanac in this country
was published by William Pierce OF
Cambridge in 1889.
O. What is "kyphosis" as applied to
an ex-soldier?-E. L. H.
A. 1t designates curvature OF the
spine.
O. Are the annual rings in wood
wider some years than in others?-
E. E. S.
A. The Forest Service says that when
weather, moisture and soil conditions are
good the rings on trees are wider. ana
there is higher proportion OF Summer
wood in the ring.
@. Who was Paul Bunyan9-R. G. A
A. Paul Bunyan is the mythical hero
of super-lumberjack.
@. How were the boundaries between
the United States and Canada estab-
lished?-E. j. M.
A. They we're established by treaty.
@. If ship tows another in response
to an S o S, must 1t be paid for the
service?-T CT. C.
A. If a ship in midocean sends out
an s o S call and is towed to shore
by relief ship. compensation Is due
the ship giving the service, unless 1t Is
done by the United States Navy. The
exact amount of compensation depends
upon the value of the cargo and the
cost to the ship providing assistance.
@. What is the third degree"7-
D. B. H.
A. The practice commonly known as
the third degree" has long been used a.
means of obtaining information from
persons under suspicion of crime. An
eminent Chicago lawyer recently de-
scribed this practice as follows: THE
third degree is popular phrase, mean
ing a superlative degree Of pressure ap-
piled to accused persons and persons
detained as witnesses to compel them
to confess or to give evidence such as
the prosecutor desires-whether true or
not. 1t Is the general practice through
out the United States for police officers
or prosecuting attorneys (usually the
former, Immediately upon the arrest
of a suspect and before the formal
| inquiry Of a magistrate, to undertake
an informal investigation for the pur-
pose of procuring a confession OF crime
or such information as will make It
possible to secure a conviction"
@. Where is the original Of the well
known picture of Countess Potocka7-
A. s. P.
A. The celebrated pastel Of the
Countess Potocka is in the Berlin
Gallery.
@. How many sailors are there on .
battleship?-F. G. w.
A. There are approximately 1,400
sailors on battleship.
/ @. Is it hot at the bottom Of the
ocean?-F. M. A.
| A. It is not hot on the bottom Of the
ocean. There is . rapid decrease In
temperature of the ocean until depth
of about 400 fathoms Is reached, after
which there is a gradual lowering to
the bottom. Here the temperature re-
mains practically uniform at from 80 to
35 degrees Fahrenheit, and Is independ-
ent of latitude.
@. OF what kind of wood are the
railroad ties Of South America made?-
r. A.
A. Species Of the quebracho tree are
used. The name may be translated as
"aX breaker" and the hardness Of the
wood makes 1t ideal for railroad ties
Evening star., 1928-12-21

recting IN old one, Is deeply to be re-
gretted.
Yet it should b noted that there Is
danger Of doing Just that thing. This
new injustice would involve company
oficers-that is, captains, first lieuten-
ants and second lieutenants of the
Regular Army at the time of the COM
petitive examinations in 1920.
Many of these officers held rank dur
ing the World War considerably higher
than the permanent rank to which they
were denoted prior to the examinations
in question. There were on the Regular
Army lists hundreds of men who had
held company or even higher command
during the war, but who in 1920 were
permanently ranked as lieutenants. And
none of these officers was permitted to
compete in the examinations of that
year-those examinations being re-
stricted, by War Department order, to
the so-called emergency officers"
For those seeking to right the wrongs
of the emergency officers adversely af-
fected in the final makeup of the pro-
motion list to neglect the just claims
Of these Regular Army officers would be
entirely unfair.
There can be no doubt that some
method Of melting out justice to all
concerned can be devised. Proponents
OF revision will weaken their case unless
it be genuinely based upon the demand
that this be done, Opponents to revi-
sion would do we'll to abandon tactics
which discredit their perfectly proper
insistence that they be not wronged in
the quest for what they cannot but
recognize is justice to the ex-emergency
officers.
Evening star., 1928-12-21

A son hastens to the bedside of his
father in days of dangerous illness.
The public is profoundly and sympa-
thetically interested, as it would be in
any case Of human stress, even though
the father was not King and the son
a prince. The English monarchy has
shown a rare felicity in keeping close
to the hearts Of the people.
Evening star., 1928-12-21

An Inauguration may be very modest
so far as the new President is con-
cerned. The matter is out of his hands
when it comes to a spontaneous express
sion of popular enthusiasm.
Evening star., 1928-12-21

Reporters find it difIicult to ascertain
what President Coolidge is going to do
after the Fourth of March. Possibly
Mr.. Coolidge himself shares their doubts
on the subject.
Evening star., 1928-12-21
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Evening star., 1928-12-21

A so-called Tame duck" has usually
acquired reputation in public service
which will serve as pretty good crutch
in a journey toward responsible private
employment.
Evening star., 1928-12-21

Countries that have nursed quarrel
through many years find it dificult to
turn their pet infant over to an au-
thority that undertakes scientific
training.
Evening star., 1928-12-21

Polar exploration tends in a way
to turn the world upside down. Arctic
exploration has yielded comparatively
little interest. Antarctic research PROM
ises disclosures of untold value.
Evening star., 1928-12-21

Every time the New York police
paddock a night club they obligingly
permit it to be known what its next
address will be.
Evening star., 1928-12-21

Law and medicine represent the two
great professions. King George has
been fortunate in his medical as well
as his legal advisers.
Evening star., 1928-12-21

The high cost Of prohibition enforce
ment is taking rank along with the old
question, repeated through each genera
ton, Of the high cost of living.
Evening star., 1928-12-21
Not Even Santa.

From the Louisville Times,
Modern Version: "'Twas the night
before Christmas, and all through the
house, not a creature was stirring, be-
cause none of the family had yet come
home"
Evening star., 1928-12-21
Standing BY.

Standing By.
"Your friends stood by you In the re-
cent election"
"They did better than that" answered
Senator Sorghum. Instead of merely
standing by while studying political ad-
vantage, number Of them honestly
voted for me-"
Jud Tunkins says practical politi-
clan is not always as great an example
Of craftsmanship as he is of salesman
ship.
Evening star., 1928-12-21
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Turning to Professional Talent.
"You intend to cross the gentle gyp-
sy's palm with silver?"
"Yes," answered Miss Cayenne. IT
have listened to election forecasters,
stock market prophets and race-track
tipsters. Now I'm going to try a reg
ular fortune teller"
1--WE reverence heroes of the past, -
said Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown. "It
is our duty to prepare men who will be
honored In the future"
Evening star., 1928-12-21
Cand0f.

Though candor all approve, 1t grows
uncouth
And may result in consequences sad.
The man who tells the unlimited truth
Is always liable to be In Bad.
Evening star., 1928-12-21
Too Rigorous.

Liquor penalties shoiitd be made
equal to the cost Of intltcting them.
Evening star., 1928-12-21
Filling Stations. Beware.

From the Butte Daily Post.
An Eastern inventor has devised an
automobile engine which requires moth
ing but water for fabrication. No, the
inventors name is not Volstead.
Evening star., 1928-12-21
Laughter and Tears.

Laughter and Tears.
saw the motion picture run.
almost wept at so-called fun.
Romantic scenes seemed idle chaff
And nearly made me want to laugh.
Evening star., 1928-12-21

II goes to church every Sunday
said Uncle Eben. "I has to admit dat
Old Satan has an advantage wifi a free
hand de other six days of de week."
Evening star., 1928-12-21

@. How were the boundaries between
the United States and Canada estab-
lished?-E. j. M.
A. They were established by treaty.
Evening star., 1928-12-21

@. Who was Paul Bunyan?-R. G. A.
A. Paul Bunyan is the mythical hero
of a legend of the woods. He is kind
of super -lumberjack
Evening star., 1928-12-21

The tollowino is the prize essay In
the competition held By the District
Department of the American Legion
among the high school students OF
Washington, for which Miss Anne
Woodward King OF Central High
School received a gold medal stgnt-
tying her Uictory in the dtutSton IN
Which she competed.
Evening star., 1928-12-21

@. What acids are used in the Treas
ury to clean money?-W. F. G.
A. The cleaning of money, both paper
and coins, in the United States Treas
ury has been discontinued. When
money has become too Soiled and dis
reputable for circulation, it Is destroyed
and replaced with new.
Evening star., 1928-12-21
The Evening Star Newspaper Company

THEODORE W. MOVES. =. Editor
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-02-25
LEGION POST
DEBATES OVER
AMERICANISM

/ In an evening of speeches and de-
+ bate on national and patriotic sub
jects which brought biting sarcasm,
stirring eloquence and humor tinged
with bitterness from the many speak
>ers, Fred Hilburn post of the Ameri-
4 can Legion, AZ nc. regular meeting
last night settled SO far as the post
is concerned, number of big qdes-
tionS
/ There was a short business ses-
1 sion which was followed by addresses
by prominent and eloquent members
of the post. The addresses ranged
from community service to the grow
ing trend toward belittlement of the
great men Of the nation. On the lat
ter subject the staid addresses dis
solved themselves into a public de-
bate participated in by more than
half of the men attending the meet
ing and bringing out a high type
OF patriotism within the organization.
/ The debate continued furiously un
Til nearly midnight but SO intensely
interested were the members that no
one departed until the adjournment
was moved. The decision Of the post
was to guard against the breaking
down of the pedestals on which the
great men of the nation have been
placed, to guard against g weaken
ing moral tone in the country and
to advocate and urge greater pa
triotism and wider understanding
of Americanism throughout the coun-
try and the worlu.