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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-06
UNITED STATES
in WORLD WAR
Ten Years Ago To-day.

American and French troops pursuing
retreatlng Germans have reached and
occupied the heights which dominate
the Aisne River. Franco American
troops keep a constant pressure and
the Americans are meeting a stub
bornly fought rear-euard machine
gun action in the many ra-
vines between the Vesle and Aisne.
but no encounters in force are taking
place. American engineers face a
perilouS task in bridging the Aisne to
permit following the retreating Ger
mans. Over a front of nearly
80 miles, from the American posts on
the Aisne to the breaches in the Hin
denburg line before Cambria, the all
lied forces today continued to advance
on the heels Of the fleeing Germans.
French forces take Ham and
Chauny and the British press forward
and occupy many villages on a 12-rniIe
line beyond the Sonne. The
big American troopsllip Mount Vernon
formerly the KronprirzesSin CecIe> IS
struck by torpedo 200 miles OF the
French coast while horsTard bound.
but Is able to return TO port under her
own steam. Five hundred and
seven names on casualty list given out
today. including "a killed in action, $50
wounded and rs missing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-06

Hoover In this fight, and similarly the
ether pulses with the news from the
Republican camp.
And there are many f1oppers whose
names do not get into print groups OF
them, cohorts of them. societies anc
congregations of them. They are jump
ing both ways, like grasshoppers in an
mdisturbed field Nobody proclaim;
them. unless they hold meetings and
declare their new fealty There is no
music for them. No songs are sung, no
bands play. But for the big cnes, the
eminent converts, there is much ado.
Surely there should be song for them.
to be sung into the microphone by Sc
lected vocaliSts.
If the radio hook-ups of the two cam
paign committees permit there should
be a daily service of conversions, pei
haps with musical accompaniment.
Possibly the two committees can get to-
gether and agree upon hours and upon
the respective songs to be sung when
ever a conspicuous person crosses the
line
There is much talk just now about
whispering" Much rancorous feeling
is being manifest Let the campaign be
developed upon more harmonious lines
with incidental music. Be the fight
however bitter, let soothing strains &C
the joyous outcries of welcome
as the political sinners repent and seek
their true homes
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-06
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEHELL.

They say she fiirts, but they are
wrong
Flirting is a cheap thing. done in a
cheap way.
Flirting-or what in others would be
called so-with her must be called
something else.
She recognizes the eternal truth, thai
man is a lethargic creature,
Somehow she has sensed the sad fact
that. left to himself he would do moth
ing at all, preferably, or next to It,
which would be little enough,
She knows. although many of her
sisters may not, that what he needs Is "A
dpft prodding
So she prodS.
This flip to the spirit Of man t.
given through transtrience ot her
energy along subtle avenues as yet IN
traced.
She does not have to touch ahe
just looks
Where imitatorS may resort lo hand
holding. etc. she contents herself with
gray-cyed glances.
She rules with an mpcrlous hand
because she was put into the world to
do that
t1clS Is Il IllUSltlN III lIllIitl bNfI '''t
This is her glory, that her stlmulh~
ton is more n thing OF the mind than
of the body.
In securing this effect. she wakes up
with wise words that may sting.
Yet in the very hurt the recipient
recognizes that there Is something tonic.
healing.
Hep, drink this" she seems to say,
and If YOU are man enough, you why
get benefit from it
No r$orc right always than any ono,
her very WronGncss has something IN
conScquentially right about it,
The fact is, she makes her happy
victims forget to be afraid This Is one
of the two great services she renders
to those who know her. The other Is
a rescue from possible misanthropy.
To know her is to fall i'll love with
mankind again. She takes those VINO
have erred in concentrating on the
faults of mankind and helps them 10 a
subtle realization that the errors are
only errors. after ALL whereas the gOod
points are more necessary to be Known
to those who should know them.
Knowing no basic fear herself, she
intlSes something Of that faith IN 9TH
ers. She may have horror OF insects
or field rats, but when 1t comes TO the
great beasts Of mankind She is Singu-
larlV unatraid.
The little worries of every day form
no part in her mental pictures, which
are clean from foreground to deptn.
Those who look with her even little
way find themselves becoming fatallsts
those good fatalists who face facts.
She rescues from overdreamlng.
So those who fall under the sway OF
this modern siren must be her slaves
always. since something actual OF her
has been transferred from her to them.
This is permanent gift-that is why
those who receive it are permanently
grateful.
They carry around with them some
of this infusion, and though they may
fail signally. still the best thing in
their lives is what she has put there or
helped arouse.
Love her?
Not in the ordinary way. The more
her friends contemplate her and her
magic, the more they realize that both
she and her energy are part of some
thing great and vast which uplifts and
cradles the planets and all the stars.
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,Sing a Song of Floppers.

AT the present rate of political Shift
Ing it will be in order to suggest that
the two national committees in charge
of the conduct Of the presidential con-
test adopt as the Joint campaign SONG
an adaptation of an old and once IA
rnllar tune. with the new refrain
strike Up the Band, Here Comes
Flopper" Not The Sidewalks of New
York" nor Iowa Iowa Out Where
the Tall Corn Grows" will quite fully
serve 10 describe the situation of this
remarkable competition for votes. Or
perhaps they might agree upon The
Floppers Are Coming Hurrah. Hurrah!
giving a Caledonian touch TO the situa
tion.
This suggestion is inspired by the
daily reports of acccssionS 10 the rarks
of both Smith and Hoover supporters
A notable person whose name Is known
throughout thu land, decides to chanst
allegiance after long fidelity to the Re-
publican cause and writes 2 letter or
gives an interview or makes e personal
call at headquarters and the fact Is
Broadcast immediately With speclf1Ca-
tons of the reasons Or. contrarlwise
Q lifelong Democrat" elects to supNa<i
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-06
Investigation After Loss.

Before you invest investigator Is
q slogan of warning that has been
sounded repeatedly during recent years
in an effort To prevent unWary persons
from throwing away their money in
worthless schemes. 1t was framed and
circulated primarily TO reach the mex
perienced, those with small amounts of
cash to place in enterprises and or
carnations in the hope OF substantial
returns in dividends and interest. But
occasionally it develops that the warn
ing is disrcgardcd. not by the lneXpcri-
crtod. but by persons who arc sup
30. dly well informed IN matters OF
business and finance. Such a case
comes to light In Boston, where pro-
ceedmgs are under way to f2thom the
operations Of the promoter of banking
and loan schemes that, in falling, h2Hs
cost investors at least sl,50o0o0 The
contributors of this cash we're no small
fry or amateurs. They were all sup
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-06
She is not polite.

She is not polite.
Elemental forces never are. The sea
knows nothing of apologizing because it
washes a ship on the rocks, nor the hur-
ricane because it wrecks a hundred
| homes.
Elemental things do as they please.
People with a certain quality say
what they think.
Such a person, if woman, wins the
approval of discriminating men at all
times and places
Such woman was Cleopatra, bar
barouS but charming.
Helen of Troy must have possessed
the same power
History is filled with accounts OF
women. beautiful or otherwise, who
were able to Irvine mere men around
their fingers.
Some of them were good women
some of them bad, but, however the
world may have judged them. they all
possessed alike a certain magnetic quail
itv lacked by the average human being
either male or female.
Todays slang calls this "it," but It
is vastly bigger.
The secret lies in a quantity of
quality, namely, the possession of physi-
cal and mental energy, and the ability
to infuSe it in others. That is the Sc
cret behind the secret.
Men and women who possess this
magic quality are universally liked al
though those who admire them may
not have the slightest idea OF the rea-
son. They even may aSCribe the rea-
70 Il
which may or may not have anything
at all to do with the case.
It will be found in practically all
such persons that they have an album
dance of physical energy. of which their
mental energy is part and parcel. Yet
one must be extremely cautious in
ascribing the effects of their power
merely TO physical emanations
The type of which we speak far
transcends the appeal of mere sex. 1t
is, as stated, felt by practically all per-
sons who come within their scope.
There is a certain gaycty felt in their
presence which seems to have nothing
at all to do with the actual physical
beings.
1t is impossible to hold that the mere
proximity has anything to do with the
effect such persons have upon Others
1t is rather Il feeling that here, "a;
last, even the most ambitious may find
a power plant of ambition
1t is rather the feeling that here
even the most energetic may lind al
impelling force
However great may be the qualities
held by any one, let him come in con-
tact with one of these unique char
acterS, his whole being seems to ex-
pand.
He is, as Emerson said, a child play
ing with children again in wide field
of flowers.
All the inconsequential gayety of lost
years comes back to him in a flood,
when he feels the probe of those eyes
y K X X
Our charming lady may or may not
be totally unaware of the energizing
quality of her glanceS.
Hypnotism and all the brood of queer
magnetisms play in the pupils of her
eyes
She has nothing to do with it at all,
in one sense although all her conf
panions may ACCUSE her of knowing
exactly what she does.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-06

administrations handling of the coal
strike in 1919. In 1924 organized labor
supported La Toilette for the presidency.
but after the election (although it had
polled 100000 votes) the movement to
maintain third party was denounced
bv Matthew VOL, vice president.
In 1906 the paid-up membership num-
bered asa 200; in 1914. at the outbreak
of the war, it was 1852 12. In 1920 it
reached the peak of 4078, TAO. Since
then it has been decreasing. so that In
1926 it stood at 1908 966. Nevertheless
it remains the strongest labor organ:-
cation which has ever existed in Amer
lea, though not to be compared with the
British Labor party in political power.
Both Herbert Hoover and Gov. Smith
are rated by labor as having good labor
records" President Gompers, in his au
photography, says, "HOoverS personality
impressed me with his sincerity and de-
pendability," and it was GomperS who
first urged HooVerS appointment by
President Wilson as food administrator
during the war. Hoover is credited by
labor groups with having had great in
tiuence in the elimination of the r.
hour day in the steel industry and IL
preventing coal miners strike, in 1914,
by obtaining for the miners all of their
demands.
Gov. Smiths record has been confined
to State legislation in New York. amcli
atOry to the condition Of labor.
The executive council of the A. F.. Of
L. decided last month upon a policy of
neutrality IN the present campaign,
which decision after vigorous hght by
Daniel j. Tobin, treasurer and Jacob
Fischer, fourth vice president on be-
half of Gov Smith, resulted IN their
resignation, hence the decision Is rated
as a very distinct labor victory for Mr..
Hoover.
lcopyright. 1928. by Paul Y. Collins.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-06
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. H4SKIN.

the people of America to commemorate
the Tooth anniversary Of American IN
dependence. 1t was dedicated on Octo-
Der %, 1886. The figure itself IS 303
feet ii inches above mean tide. The
statue is made principally of iron and
copper The material for the base on
which it stands was provided by funds
raised from the American people for
the purpose.
@. Who was called the Flying Par
A. The name was given to Ber-
nard w. Maynard. He was killed in an
exhibition flight.
O. Are the votes cast in the Novrm-
Der elections finally sent TO Washing
toni. A. S.
A. The popular ba!iots are not sent
to Washington. The official count IS
made in each State.
@. Where was Limburger cheese first
made?-W A. j.
A. This is a soft cheese made in the
Belgian province of LimburC. and usu-
ally not eaten until the curing has dc
veloped a peculiar and, to many people,
unpleasant odor.
@. Who was Dismas?-N r. T.
A. Dismas is the legendary name Of
the penitent thief CruCifed with Jesus
Christ He is also sometimes known
as Demas and Dysonas.
@ What is meant by the twilight Of
the gods?-D. L. l..
A. In Morse mythology this eXW.n-
sion refers to the final destruction Of
the world and the regeneration Of gods
and men.
O. Please give the number in a lat"
graduating class at Harvard, Yale and
Leland Stanford-D, F. L.
A. The number Of degrees conferred
! for the year ending June. 1895 a.
Yale was o94; Harvard 1880; at Lelar
Stanford 8o3.
Q, Is the accordion an old instrn-
| ment?-.W. d
A. The accordion was invented in
1927.
@. Is velvet to be much worn this
/ Winter?-C. B.
| A. Fashion writer's say that It will
printed fabrics.
@. Would Alfred E. Smith take Tho
oath of office OIL a Catholic Bible if
elected to the PreSidency?-J. T. S.
A. The choice of the Bible on which
| Gov Smith would take the oath Of
office should he be elected to the Presl-
dency would be a matter for his per-
SOnal decision Many Of the Presidents
have used family Bibles, to which they
were attached: others have taken tn"
| oath on Bibles furnished by organize
| tions of which they were members.
@. How many households are equip
ped with gas ranges and how man"
with electric rangeS?--H. l..
| A. The House Furnishing Journal
saws there are 1O.83O,0o0 homes served
with manufactured gas and $3.50 600
homes served with natural gas. making
| total of 4.560.000 homes in this coun-
try with gas facilities. In these homes
there are 1877 900 gas ranges. There
are. in addition to these. 100000 coal
and wood ranges. 100000 Oil ranges
and 100000 electric ranges.
O. What proportion of the population
J of Montreal is of French origin?-B. S,
A. About rs per cent of MontreaIS
| population of 100000 is OF French
origin.
@. Was Alexandria. Egypt, founded
by Greeks or Egyptians?-H. w.
A. Alexandria was founded IN So
BIC. by Alexander the Great. He in
| tended it to be a Greek city, acting
as port for Greek goods to be dis
| tributed through Egypt. and Egyptian
goods gathered to be sent oversee
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-06
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON

As Fashions Change.
Old-fashioned carriage and bosses
Old-fashioned boy on a bike
Grief for our picturesque losses
A sorrowing strain bids us strike.
A sky ship the cloud foam is spraying
Our wonder we cannot conceal,
While Fancy is still fondly straying
To the old-fashioned automobile.
1t uses the methods most clever
Devised by publicity men.
The stout locomotives endeavor
Comes into the picture again,
And joins with our swift aviation
New records of speed to reveal
While we hold in polite contemplation
The old-fashioned automobile.
We heartlessly tax it and tag it.
The officer holds it in line.
Nearby the police court we drag it,
While some one imposes fine
We strive to protect it from tarnish,
To show the affection we feel.
In spite of the paint and the varnish,
It's An oldzfashioned automobile
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-06
Tennis Ruling Against Tilden
Stirs Row on Amateur Problem

"There are couple of dozen well
known ways N which amateurs acquire
comfortable living according TO the
Fort Worth Record-Telegram. THE
powers that be who preside over the
destinies of sports and Sportsmen know
that the participants in sports must
have had shelter and sustenance to be
in condition for tournaments. II they
profit by the tWeedle-dee route. all Is
we'll. But if they get few dollars by
the sale and barter Of something listed
as tweedle- dum-they are IN the midst
of bad fix
x x X x
Finding a parallel in golf, the New
York Evening World remarks that
while Bobby Jones blasts par almost
with a wave of his arm. he also writes
about golf for newspaper syndication,
and not a soul breathes a suspicion that
he is other than an amateur" The
Bangor Daily Commercial looks upon
the whole matter as rather far
fetched and argues, 1T does not ap-
pear for the best interests of the game
to prevent players from aiding their
incomes in legitimate ways, which
would tend to confine tennis amateurs
to the ranks of the wealthy"
Now. of course" satirically remarks
the Portland Oregon Journal, lit doesn't
matter that the public might want to
know from Mr. Tilden what occurred
in match in which he took part.
1t doesn't matter that the public might
want to get the details and his beliefs
from Mr.. Tilden. 1t doesn't even mat
ter that an amateur might need to
make a living as we'll as play tennis.
That is all wrong. 1t is a grave offensc
for an amateur to write He must no
longer play with other amateurs. That
would be tragedy. The Lawn Tennis
Association says so. What neXt?"
The tennis authorities have much 10
learn from the golfers in the iudg-
mcnt of the ST. Joseph NeWs-Press.
which protests against arbitrary regll-
htions.' and the Haverhlll Gazette calls
the Tennis Associations position more
than a bit ridiculous The Kansas
City Journal observes, in view of the
temporary permission to Tilden to play
in France Our condolences to Bill.
Our largest Sympathies. however, to the
and once peerless Mr.. Finne-
gan. whose ability at getting off and
on again now is vastly surpassed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-06
Friend of Rescue League
Makes a Suggestion
To the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor Of The Star:
( hope it will not be amlss for a
lover of animals to suggest through
YOUR columns an apropos. though per-
haps unorthodox, bit of treatment for
certain of your recent contributors.
The suggestion is simply that a few
citizens anywhere from rs to so, say)
collect the stray dogs, puppies. kittens
and cats that have been thrust upon
their neighborhoods. carry them gently
and deposit them tenderly on the door
steps of the silly sentimentalists who
have been volunteering criticism Of that
humane and common organlza-
ton, the Animal Rescue League. l
venture to guess that series OF such
donations. in all the different stages OF
disease and starvation encountered
constantly by the league. would give
the aforesaid sentimentalists a new
point of view on slaughter houses in
general and the Animal Rescue League
of washington in particular.
JOSEPHINE B. TIMBERLAKE.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-06

1t has been demonstrated that mo-
ton pictures can talk 1t may yet be
possible for a candidate TO remain on
his front porch and still deliver what
is to all intents and purposes a personal
appeal to the public.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-06

Making landing is the most difficult
feat in aviation. Lindbergh, in his
spectacular career, has given a most
encouraging example of the high flyer
who knows how to get back to earth.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-06

A man feels most confidence in the
kind of travel to which he is accus-
toned. There are probably aviators
now resolved never to take another
chance on a trip in New York subway.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-06

Projects for retaining the Sahara
Desert offer new hope to those whose
fortunes have not yet been made. If
expert realtors take this enormous area
in hand, there will be unlimited oppor-
tunitieS for investment
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RepOse for the Artists.

Are you going to have great deal
of music when you go speechmaking?"
Not too much" answered Senator
Sorghum 1.-The last time l went on
tour I was made to feel that l was
merely filling in time between the jazz
band selections"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-06

Maine enjoys an advantage somewhat
similar to that of Alabama in a roll
call. There is a certain Importance in
being mentioned at the beginning of
the list.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-06

Words are changing their meaning
through the influence of colloquial
usage to which photographers fire.
ouently refer. Racket" used to imply
a loud noise. Now it implies loud
noise with bullet accompaniment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-06

The adage "the pen is mightier than
the sword" may be influencing Trotsky
to hope that the typewriter will prove
mightier than the machine gun.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-06
Complex.

From the Bangor Daily Commercial
Work will minimize the worries Of al.
people except those who worry because
they have to work
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-06

Motorists are at least agreed that the
copper with flashlight is less to be
feared than the one with a gun
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-06

There are few hereditary titles in
the U. S. A. Wisconsin points to
Fighting Bob" as one of them.
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Some Don't Come.

From ths New Castle News.
You cant Judge man By the COM
pany he invites, bat by the company
that comes.
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Rate nv Carrier Within the
Rate nv Nail-Pavable in Advance.
Mainland aud Nirminia
Am Ofhcr Slates and Canada
Member of the Associated Press

The Associates Press IL exclusively entitled
patches credited 10 1t or not otherwise cred
tied ir this paper and also the tocal Jews
published herein All rights Of nunIt alton RI
SPECIAL dispatches herein are also reserved.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-06

Transportation is now prominently
concerned with two considerations
how fast you can get 10 Chicago and
how soon you can get back home.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-06

Jud Tunkins says he wants farm re-
lief, at least enough to let him do as
much lOafin' as the hired man.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-06

Great men," said Hi Ho, the sage
of Chinatown, ARE not remembered in
history so much for the happiness they
attained as for the sorrows they en-
dured."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-06

Baffied Mathematician.
Astronomers are holding out
Their measurement sublime.
/ cannot even figure out
This daylight saving time"
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Are you well acquainted with the
young woman you so often mentlon?'
Rather"
Where did you meet herr
Nowhere. But / have seen photo
graphs taken Of her in half dozen
swimming pools
Tobacco's VindicatiOn.
Tobacco is filthy weed"
We heard from Little Robert Reed.
But Robert spoke just as a Joke
Mamma had not yet learned to smoke.
"Chillun," said Uncle Eben, Ought
to obey DER parents wifout asEln'
whether de family was obedient to de
J.
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Q. Who was DismaS?-N. r. T.
A Dismas is the legendary name Of
the penitent thief crucifed with Jesus
Christ. He is also sometimes known
as Demas and Dysonas.