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Supersal esmanship.

The American automobile msnufac-
tufer needs new markets.
The industry is geared for quantity
production. The economic machine is
not adapted 10 slow movement. Yet
over its chimneys, like an ominous
shadow, hangs the constant threat Of
a slump In the domestic market. News
sales outlets must be opened as safety
valves.
But when the automobile salesman
goes abroad ne encounters a difIicult
problem. Without roads the automo-
bile is useless In a land whose high
yavs are deep-rutted, narrow passages
for primitive wagons the populsce is
nsrd 10 convert 70 the gospel Of the
great god Gasoline. Roads are expen-
sive A poyerty-stricken. conservative
country is not likely TO build them UNI
less strong public pressure is brought
70 bear.
Good roads have been built in the
United states because the automobile
owners demanded them. The better
the roads the greater has been the de-
mand for automobiles And every car
sold has increased the pressure for still
better roads. We nave had benev~
olent. progressive circle of cause and
effect The same has been true, 10 a
lesser extent. In Great Britain. France
and Germany
But the creation Of such progressive
circle depends upon peculiar conditions.
Prerequisite is an energetic and pros"
porous people eager TO spend money for
luxury and comfort rather than 10
hoard IL. Otherwise vicious, deteriora-
i've circle is created. The roads be-
come poorer The poorer the roads the
less ig the demand for automobiles.
Such is the condition American auto
mobile statesmen have encountered IN
Eastern Europe. II has been Impossible
| ~ sell automobiles without good roads
! H. has been impossible "a secure i'm
proved roads without creating de-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-11

An American Museum OF Natural
History expedition has found some
usunmies Of "stone-age men" on an
uninhabited island in the Aleutian
chain.
There il danger Of drawing unjusti-
6ed differences from the announcement
Of such q discovery.
In the first place. the National Mu-
seun has had similar mumnies-they
are little more than bundles Of dried
human bones-frorn the same locality
for the last 20 years.
In the second place, they oY no
means indicate the existence Of really
"ancient' man In America. These
~ynurmies" probably are comparatively
recent in times They are quite recent
in type. Men Of the same race and the
same physical characteristics stif may
BE- found on the AIeutisn Islands.
They we're. in sense, stone age
men But "Stone-age men" stiA are
living In the world The stone age In
trIdes quite boldly into the iron age. 4
stone age man simply Is one VINO has
not learned the use Of metals and uses
tools and utensils. often ezquiEitely
modelled. made Of stone. He may be
really superior fellow, with compli-
sated and high-grsoe culture, and stu
not use iron or copper 70 ans great ez-
tent
The men whose mummies are found
In the Aleutisn caves by 10 means we're
the original migrants from Asa "
North America They belonged to
later age The diScnSeries, Interesting
- they may be- from an ethnologica
standpoint have no effect ~hsLsoeyei
on ne current snthfopologicsi opinion
or the length Of time man has exister
Dr. the New World.
There is q persistent EFFORT 10 pfo"ld'
America with an ancient" human his
lory-to produce remains which vii
rompare with those Of keandertta
man In Europe Every year OF 20
discovery" Is announced which. upoi
Investigation Turns out ~ be Of no oon
seoueurs Most evidence IN date point
10 tha conclusion hat man Is rom
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-11

parativeiy recent arrival on this con-
tinent.
Just at present anthropologists at the
National Museum are interested in
some arrow heads found imbedded in
rock with the bones of an extinct bison,
and in some human bones found ASSOC
ciated with extinct animal remains In
Florida. But IL the evidence In these
cases stands up 1t can be interpreted in
two ways-either that man existed in
North America earlier than has been
thought or that the animals survived
longer.
Announcements that remains Of an
cient man" have been found in the New
World always should be taken with a
grain of salt. Some day an important
discovery may be made. This has not
been the case up to the present. On
this complicated question the opinions
Of experts should always be awaited be-
fore jumping TO conclusions.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-11

| A man should be properly grateful
! il would seem, for not being one of
these persons who must be working all
the time to be happy.
Work, Of course, has the worlds
sanction.
He who would arise to question the
value of 1t would be branded as a fool
radical who desired to undermine the
props of the Nation.
He would be held up to scorn in a
thousand after-dinner speeches, this
unwise fellow who should dare to say
work we're unnecessary and unwhole-
some
He would deserve 1t, too
Work is both wholesome and neces-
sary, as every one knows who has tried
not working for any particular length
of time.
In time. If ones task is agreeable.
work becomes pleasant habit so much
so that men rush back to their jobs
after the Summer vacation in a sort of
panic, although they never admit so
much even to themselves.
Work Is SO beneflcent 10 most people
that even those who are not forced
by economic necessity to do so gladly
tie themselves down tmore or leSs) to
desks and other office appliances. happy
to be a part of the great work-a-d day
world
* &&
Yet this sort of working Is not the
sort spoken Of in our opening sentence.
There is vast difference between this
good work and the unwholesome busy
ness which allows no place for play,
recreation-iust plain loafng, call 1t
what one will
Every one knows some PERSONAL
most always a man--who insists that
he is not happy unless he is forever
working.
He prides himself on it. of course,
We always do, of things which we
cannot help. The mind of man easily
applies the salve of self-approval to
every action and thought. 1t has been
said of England, for instance. that she
invariably finds some sublime reason
for. covering every necessary action in
Statecraft.
We forget who said this, and it makes
no difference; its application to the
individual case alone is pertinent.
Your average man who finds himself
miserable without some task beneath
his hand invariably prides himself upon
his tirelessness. his persistence, his
pep"
He feels that every minute of the
day must be given over by him to un-
diluted action In the line of what ap-
pears to him to be Immortal Self
Progress
The tough part of 1t is that he wants
every one else to be just like him. That
is where the rub comes.
II he were merely content to stay
up until midnight. grinding out a few
extra pennies for himself and his. with
out insinuating that the rest of us are
lazy, we would not mind him bit
What we do resent nightly. how
ever, is this fond belief on his part that
any other person who dares TO enjoy
quiet hour--who knows how to enjoy
quiet hour. let us SAYS fit for trea-
son, stratagem and spoils.
We have a correct notion. we be-
lieve, that If he had the power to do
so he would issue an edict compelling
all lazy persons--so he would brand
them--to keep their noses to the grind
stone 20 hours a day.
Magnanimously he would allow four
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-11
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKlN.

@. What became of the three snsr-
chists convicted Of completely In the
Newmarket riot of 1886?-E. z,
A. They were psrdoned by Gov. Att
geld of Illinois.
O. Where is the highest inhabited
place in the world?-N. ID.
A. The highest Is a mining district in
Chile. 8.480 feet above sea level; next.
o mining district in Peru, 1920 feet;
then. a monastery in Tibet, 1920 feet.
The highest home of man in the United
States is the Pixies Peak Observatory
in Colorado. over $4,000 feet above sea
level.
@. When was the song Ben Bolt"
written?-D. T.
A. The words we're written bY
Thomas Dunn English in 1912. and were
set to the music of an old German air
by Nelson Kneass.
@. Who was zenobia Of Palmyra?
H. S. II.
A. Zenobia was Queen Of Pslmyr;
and wife of Odenathus. who had beer
recognized as King of Palmyra by the
Roman Emperor. Gallienus, 265 AID
Upon the death of her husband Zenobla
attempted to extend her domain, but
was defeated and brought TO Rome
prisoner by Agricols
O. Are diamonds conductors or in
sulstors to electricity?-H. T. r.
A. There are no absolute insulstOrs.
Diamonds have very small quantity
of Conductivity.
O. Have any Egyptian sepulchres,
/ other than King Tut's. been found I'm
| disturbed when opened?-H. NJ.
| A. In modern times King Tut's tomb
| Is the only royal one that has been
| found intact All others had been
more or less extensively plundered by
bandits
@. How many calories are there in
/ a cake of yeast?-F. P. G.
/ A. 1t contains 20 calories.
@. Was Sarah Bernhardt a sculptor?
| IS. E. H.
! A. Nine. Bernhardt was versatile
/ person She was a painter and sculptor
of merit. wrote plays and volume Of
/ memoirs, and was acknowledged as the
/ first actress of her time.
! O When was tennis invented9-B. NJ
/ A. The origin Of the game is obscure.
/ 1t was played by the ancient Greeks
and Romans and was popular in France
as early as 1900.
/ @. Why was a palmer so-called?-
| r. C.
/ A. In the middle ages a pilgrim re-
I turned from the Holy Land was en-
titled TO wear a piece of palm IN his
/ hat. He was. as a result, sometimes
called palmer.
1 @. Should both hands be put in
/ finger bowl at once?-W. r.
| A. The fingers of one hand at time
should be dipped lightly into finger
bowl.
/ O. 8, what branches 81 the Army can
women enlist with a prospect Of gain
[ ing commissions M. T.
/ A. The Army Nurse Corps is the only
/ branch of the military service 10 which
women are eligible for commissions In
/ the United States Army. The head nj
! the Army Nurse Corps at the present
time holds the rank OF major.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-11
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

that spoke volumes. They were drawing
UP the tariff plank. with Its near ap-
proach 10 the protective principle. "Al"
did not write the plank. but he insist
emily approved It. There must be no
shock to business in our PLATFORM" was
his sententious statement
Robert J. Grant. director of the mint
is one of the few men In Washington
who knew Herbert Hoover in the Repub-
lican nominees days as a mining en-
gineer, A member OF that profession
himself. Grant worked under Hoover in
Australia in I904-05, 10 years before
the Californian blossomed into a
world figure. Grant says he never
knew man with such a genius for or
ganization as the then 30-year-old
Hoover displayed. The master of Uncle
Sans hard-money manufacturing inSt-
tuition is Nova Scotian by birth, but
has lived in the United States since
early manhood. He was a mining en-
glneer In Mexico, as well as In Aus
tralla, and in many of our Western
States. Grant came into Hoovers ken
during the war when serving as execu-
tive manager OF the Food Administra~
ton in Colorado After the war he was
director OF the Denver mint
For use above the Bronx, the Al
Smith board of musical strategy intends
rewriting the governors Manhattan
Island anthem and make the refrain
run. Upstate. downstate, all along the
line!"
Labor railroad brotherhood organ to-
day gives the facts" about Hoover's
reported (and denied desire for Senator
Norris as running mate Here they are.
Senator Brookhart and others
conceived the idea that Norris would
make q strong running mate for
Hoover Borah agreed and announc-
ed his willingness To nominate Nor
ris in the Kansas City convention.
Secretary Hoover was consulted,
and, 1t was said, declared Norris
would be satisfactory to him. How
ever he did not communicate with
Norris, as some OF the correspondents
allege.
when the scheme was laid before
Norris he instantly rejected 1t and
insisted that message be sent To
Borah directing him not to present
his name,
1T was after that, the story goes.
that Borah urged the nomination OF
Curtis of Kansas and had his way,
much to the disgust of the Eastern
leaders"
The late George r.. Chamberlain,
former Democratic Senator from Ore
gon. was a great crony of Warren q
Harding Sitting In the newspaper
shack near the Marion front porch the
night before election In 1920, Harding
remarked to correspondents: Fellows.
there's Just one Democrat | hope will
win tomOrroW~--George Chamberlain.
out In oregon. He's big man aud
fine fellow" The Oregonian was caught
in the Harding and Coolidge landslide
and failed OF reelection,
tCopyFight, 1921
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-11
UNITED STATES
IN WORLD WAR
Ten Years Ago Today

An American general pins the Dis
unguished Service Cross ON 81 Ma
rlneS IN an historic ceremony on
the banks of the war-famed Marine
or the more than hundred cited Il,
receive crosses for deeds OF exceptional
bravery, the remainder are either dead
or lying IN hospitals, The
American forces use mustard raS for
the first time, and break up concen-
tration OF enemy troops west of Cha
teau- Thierry and north of the Msrne
Allies have lust evolved a method of
making IL in large quantities
A large German patrol which attempt
cd to raid the American trenches ON
the Marine this morning Is broken M
and routed IN confusion.
Gen PerShing issues an order deelar-
ing BaStille day. July IA, a general
holiday for all the A. 4. u. not actual
~ engaged with the enemy.
One hundred and three names on to-
days casualty list brings the total cas-
uaitieS TO date for Army and Marines
10 li.aaS, French troops again
make a successful attack IN the Long
pont region, gaining complete posses
sion Of the town of Corey = The
Italians, continuing their offensive in
Albania, advance about IS miles over
q S0-mile front and now command the
mountain heights dominating Berat
CITY. The AuStrianS suffer heavy lAsSsS
and ptllage the country as they retire.
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THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES &. TRACEWELL.

hours for sleep, eating, recreation, etc,
and would begrudge every minute OIL
them.
What an ass he is, after all!
He has missed the wise and healthy
division of life into work. play and
sleep which has come down TO us by the
unanimous consent of millions oil man
kind. departed men and women VINO
tried every conceivable way OF living.
and gave us not only these natural dlvl.
sions, but that immortal saying. All
WORK and no play makes Jack dull
boy"
we feel sorry for Jack.
All such Jacks we have known never
seem to get very far, despite their
ceaseleas grind They work day and
night. they labor far into the morning
hut still they run small car OF popu-
lar make. still they live in small houses.
still thev own few books and still they
annear poverty-stricken when 1t comes
to the riches of the spirit
They are unhappy, they say unless
they are working.
What really makes them unhappy Is
that they are missing something vital
out of life, which they suspect, oot 90
not recognize, and so try 10 moe from
themselves.
They are missing Life.
All The masters of living testify to IT,.
Moses. thousands Of years ago, In the
first great recorded speech, spoke with
the tongue of an angel when he said
Life is more than bread.
The s,IblimitieS of the Sermon on
the Mount repeat the same story.
Life is larger than officious work
The ant, as appropriately as it serves
to, point a moral for a story to prod
children into diligence, takes its true
place in the ladder OF life when con-
trasted with an upright modern who
lives according to the science OF the
centuries.
Does any one think this mysteri-
Gus science, clouded with white magic.
cluttered up by obscure rules and
incense, dripping with formulate hot
from the fount of law?
No such thing!
Life is to be lived according 10 the
happy rules of common sense. which
tells every man. woman and child that
play" supervised play" If you Willis
an essential part Of living.
Perhaps one had better be forever
chasing rainbows than perpetually
tying ones self down to money-grub-
bling on the plane of the too busy ant.
After all, if money is what one is
after, the wisdom of the ant will not
suffice. Money is not to be got by end
less LEG work" such as the ants en-
ploy. but by using the brain of man.
Those who have the most money have
the most time to play. and he who has
the most time to enjoy life as he goes
along often has the least money. At
bottom, the hobo and the millionaire
are blood brothers.
True enjoyment of life is not de-
pendent upon money above a certain
amount Even disease cannot trample
out the playful spirit OF investigation
which enjoys the inspection of the
malady. which considers this unwanted
thing as part of the life which is
ones own.
At the home OF the we'll or ILL., the
wealthy or poor, Life stands at the door
and knocks. and woe upon him who
answers, Go away, Life, / am too
busy"
The wise man says. Come In. Life:
sit down and let's enjoy ourself for a
while!'
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@. What Vice Presidents died in
office? w.
A. The men who died while holding
this office were George Clinton Elbridge
Gerry, William r. King, Henry Wilson,
r. A. Hendricks, Garrett A. Hobart and
James 8. Sherman.
@. Can an elephant swim?-W. N.
A. The elephant swims more easily
than it walks It simply stands upright
and treads water.
O. How many kinds of rays does
radium give off?-N. H.
A. Radium gives off three kinds OF
ravs Alpha rays. or rapidly moving
| of electricity, and gamma rays, similar
| to x rays,
O. What is Trader Horns real
| name?-C. b I.
| A According to news dispatches, it
is Alfred Aloysius Smith.
| O. Is tobacco grown in the blue
grass section of Kentucky?-L. II.
A. The blue grass counties of Ken
lucky are noted for the production OF
tobacco, especially the light or Burley
variety. Lexington is the largest loose
| leaf tobacco market in the world.
| @. When was the lighting of streets
| inaugurated?-A. M. O'C. -.
| A. Some form of artificial light must
! have been in use for domestic purposes
| from the very earliest times, but though
! large cities and high state OF civillza-
| ton existed among the Egyptians
| Greeks and Romans, the systematic
/ lighting of streets was unknown to
! them. From the writings OF Libanius
| however, who lived in the beginning
of the fourth century after Christ, we
may conclue that the streets OF his
| native city. Antioch. we're lighted by
| lamps, and Odessa. IN Syria, was sim
| ilarly illuminated about AID. 500. OF
modern cities Paris was the first to
| light It's streets In the beginning OF
| the sixteenth century 1t was much in
| tested with robbers and incendiarles,
so that the inhabitants were ordered,
In 1924, to keep lights burning after 9
in the evening, before all houses 'front.'
| ing a street.
| @. An ancestor of mine was
| matross in the artillery during the
F.! Revolutionary War. What is a matross?
k Men
! A. A matross was one of the soldiers
| in a train of artillery who were next
| to the gunners and assisted in loading.
| firing and sponging the guns. A ma
! tross carried a firelock and marched
with the stone wagons as guard and
assistant.
@. How much does horse sleep out
! of each day?-H. T. G.
I A. A healthy horse averages from 8
/ TO 10 hours sleep daily
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Annual Report of Treasury
Stirs Debate Over Surplus

might possibly need in any emergency.
The Times believes that this fiscal year
might readily undertake further par
ing of that remaining 10 per cent in
come tax on corporations, which was
cut 3la per cent by the present Con-
gresS."
There seems to be no OCCASION in
the Judgment of the Columbus Ohio
State Journal Republican,. for con-
tinuing to overtaX this generation for
the sake of cutting down the indebted
ness with more rapidity than the sink
Ing fund provisions call for If the re-
suit of the war made the world safe
for democracy, as We hope, the next
generation will profit by ii just as much
as this one, which bore the brunt of the
war burden. Unnecessarily high taxes
retard business development. increase
the cost of living. indirectly as we'll as
directly and are generally diScouraging.
Moreover. a surplus in the Treasury
temptS to extravaganza in expenditu: :
And war debt, as long as it is big
enough to be felt by the taxpayers, is a
strong. practical argu lent against get
ting into another war IL We can honor
ably help 1t. We do not believe that
taxing. for SURPRISES is just or wise
policy"
What would have brought 10 the
American taxpayers larger measure of
happiness than an annual surplus I'm
the Treasury would have been for those
IN power to content themselves with
collecting no more than the necessities
of government called for" says the
Huntington Advertiser tDemocratic).
The New Orleans Tribune tDemocratiel
considers the source of the surplus and
the method of its collection" as imuor-
tant to the public as any other feature
of this report.
On the other hand. the New York
World independently. looking back at
the tax arguments of 1927 recalls that
Mr.. Coolidge was proposing 10 use the
big surplus ahead by giving income-tax
payers 3 cut of Is per cent" and some
Democrats were proposing a heavy per-
manent tax reduction calculated 10 pro-
duce even deficit in the next fiSca!
year" The World feels that, "fortu-
nately. neither Mr.. Coolidge'S first happy
thought nor Democratic willingness 10
force campaign year tax change was
needed: fortunately. the common sense
of both parties rallied TO program OF
continued heavy debt reduction"
The Baltimore Sun tindependent
Democraticl conmendS the Mellon plan
for 1.-THE refunding of various issues of
the public debt and the decrease In the
interest rate" while the Akron Beacon
Journal tReuublicanl says as 10 debt
re 1uction Many would have poSteritv
let in for a share of the burden, They
should not worry, For at least a cen
fury poSterity will shoulder pension
list "