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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-09

II they won't love you without gifts
they won't love you with them.
Big girls or little girls, they are al
the same.
Love is something which cannot bt
coerced: he who thinks to purchase the
butterfly finds he holds only cocoon.
n any one wishes to try a labora'
tory experiment in human affection
he should select child. Children are
so much more honest
Then he will discover. on small
scale, what thousands of men have
proved over the years. in the presenta'
ton of costly gifts to women.
A gentleman infatuated with chorus
girl Is the classic instance of this sor'
OF thing.
He gives her beautiful diamond
pin. 1t is greeted with raptures.
Soothed by the smiles Of the cfIarmer
he gives her fine necklace, twice a.
expensive AS the pin, He gets smiles II
proportion.
Each time he must 60 forward. There
Is no standing still nor going backward
At last he comes to see that ne Is val
ued only for his gifts ,,, :,
when he admits that to himself. u
he has any sense at all, he cuts OUT the
Santa Claus role forever.
"
What he never admits to himself y
that 1t was ell his own fault. She loon
his presents, didn't she?
Yes, but he gave them.
He induced her to look upon him
favorably by what he gave her, not lot
what he was in himself. He drew
smiles and thanks from her lips as
magician pulls Dummies out OF SIX
hat.
The rabbits come forth. not because
they want to. but because they are
compelled to- The would-be love ma
gician takes an unfair advantage OF
the lady. by forcing her to thank him
for something she never asked for.
Led on by his inducements. after
awhile she begins to hint gently for
more presents, Then he resents what
he has taught her.
Such Is the inconsistency OF man.
X *
Parents often discover that to bring
children something from downtown"
every time they go shopping Is to run
a great risk
They find out that little May runs
forward. not to greet them. but to well
come the candy or the toy which she
hopes they have brought.
The longer this state of affairs con-
tinues. the worse 1t gets. Small Johnny,
who at first was delighted with penny
toy. becomes more critical.
He takes to issuing orders.
He asks for so-and-so. and II it is
not forthcoming, he Is very much upset
about IL.
Soon Mamma finds that she Is simply
a high-class messenger girl for de-
partment store.
Daddy discovers that II he wants to
retain the love OF his young hopefuls
he must continuously bring them big
ger and better gifts.
So Mamma ard Daddy suddenly cut
down on all gifts whatsoever.
Santa Claus comes but once a year."
they state, decisively.
Good old Uncle John, not believing
word that little Mays parents say.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-09

the mammoth dry breakfast given by
the united prohibition forces on the
roof OF the Rice Hotel But for some
unexplained reason the lady from West
Virginia didn't show up In the conven-
ton city. Her paper was read by Mrs
Jessie w. Nicholson. the uncrowned
queen of the Democratic Sahara sisters.
The Corn Belts problems may be
solved by the scientists and not the
politicians. If recent revelations before
the American Chemical Society pan out
In other words, the society has Just
been informed by one Of its shining
lights. George M Rommel, that ways
and means have been discovered for
making lumber out of cornstalks. Thus
If the idea is workable. Tie Corn Belts
troubles will be ended by turning its
surplus" into planks for sawfnills in
stead OF planks for party platforms
CornStalkS. the chemists are assured.
contain fabulous wealth in cellulose
The discovery was made by investiga-
tors OF the Department of Agriculture
at Washington. From cornstalks, 1t
appears. not only lumber can be made
but also paper and rayon. Even ex-
piosives-the real thing. not the sort
that may reverberate in the Middle
WEST OH november o HcXt--AFe alleged
to be producible from cornstalks, too.
The great national Jewish organiza-
ton, the Independent Order of Bnai
Birth. will dedicate at Asheviile, NJ. c.,
on August 10 the monument erected
In honor OF the late zebulon B. Vance.
former governor of the Tarheel COM
monwealth and one Of Its United States
Senators from 1879 to 1894. Vance
was celebrated advocate of the
Jewish race. What Jewish leaders call
his immortal grafton" on 1.-The scat
tered nation" lis still acclaimed by them
as the greatest weapon against preju-
dice and bigotry toward the Jewish
people ever forged In this country"
The recent district convention OF the
B'nai Birth voted to join the local
lodge at Asheville In defraying the en-
penses OF the Vance Memorial. At the
dedication next month Gov Mclean OF
North Carolina, Rabbi Stephen S. Wise
and Alfred NJ Cohen. president of the
B'nai Birth Grand Lodge. will speak.
tCopyrisht. 1921
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-09
A Manager in the East.

While there appears 10 be- some diff
ference Of opinion over his title. Sen-
ator George Moses Of New Hampshire
is and will continue TO be the Eastern
manager OF the Hoover campaign. HI
will be manager Ia fact as well as In
name, for no other arrangement could
possibly accord with the dominant per
sonality of George Moses. On Saturday
night Mr. Work announced that the Sen
stor would be director Of plan and
policy" on the campaigns advisory
board" But yesterday IN New York
Senator Moses made IT clear that hf
considers himself the Eastern mat
ager and will direct the political f1ghl
IN the East from the strategic point oi
.1sew York City. although The mechsn'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-09
"I1l Show You -

Pride In ones athletic achievements
Is a natural human trait. And if a per-
son has really done something unusual
In the way Of sport and his ability Is
questioned the general reaction is TO
have him say I'm show you!" Such
was the case of Ray Woods, st. Louis
swimming star. when his jump OF
Brooklyn Bridge was received with
skepticism. The newspaper men Of New
York and the public adopted the I'm
from Missouri attitude. although Ray
was the only one actually from Mis-
souri,. So the other day this determined
young man called up the newspaper Of
fees, told them at what time he would
repeat his performance and promptly
at the appointed hour. clad in chest
protector, diving helmet. bathing suit,
shirt and trousers, dived backward of
the bridge, one hundred and thirty
three feet, into the water below
The same thing happened to Mer-
cedes Gleitz in her English Channel
swim Observers of the feat were not
present in sufhcient numbers TO make
the world believe that she had actually
accomplished IT, While Miss Gleitz was
not successful in yindicating herself in
the waters Of the Channel, because
when she tried again TO show them
she was unable 10 make IL, she did later
swim the Straits Of Gibraltar, which Is
suflcient yindication for any one. So
here are two athletic stars whose
achievements were questioned, but who
were forced through added labor TO
make the crown sit tight upon their
heads.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-09

The duration record for airplanes
has been broken again. and all of Ger
many Is acclaiming Risticz and zim-
norman. who brought their machine 10
earth on Saturday after two and half
days In the air. For more than sixty
five hours the seemingly tireiess pilots
shuttled their plane hack and forth be-
tween Dessau and Leipzig. When news
was spread that the duration record,
| which was created a few months ago
by Capt. Ferrarin and Maj Delprete,
the two Italian flyers who have Just
completed the sensational nonstop
jump from Rome TO Brazil, had been
exceeded by more than an hour. great
crowds gathered 10 be on hand TO con-
graduate the avistOrs. Five hours later
the Germans brought their machine
gracefully TO earth, after being aloft for
sixty-five hours and twenty-one min
| utes. Enough gasoline for two more
| hours Of flying was left In the tanks of
the single motored plane. but as dark
ness was coming on Ristiez and Zim-
norman decided that discretion was the
better part Of vslor and that a landing
| should be- made
The duration record Is one OF the
| i've coveted titles of aviation, the others
being speed, distance, altitude and
| closed-course distance in duration fly
ing. Through their great flight the
Germans now hold the duration and
closed course distance record They
flew more than five thousand miles,
but confined themselves To course
which at no time took them far from
! their airdrome. The Italians. whose
duration record they broke. hold be-
cause of their Brazilian trip. the air.
line distance record In fiying the
fofty-five hundred miles from Rome "a
Brazil they exceeded the distance mark
Of chamberlin and Levine by nearly
seven hundred miles.
A glance AT the holders OF these
ma ior titles should give no particular
satisfaction 10 America. the birthplace
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-09
THIS AND THAT


thinks to win the little ladys affec-
tions forever.
He brings her a stick of chewing gum
This goes over so well that the next
day he brings an "all-day sucker" one
OF those gobs OF CONCEALED sweet on a
stick.
May is appreciative.
Sweet May smiles upon Uncle John
in her best winning manner
She truly loves him.
II old Uncle John only had sense
enough to quit nowl But Uncle Johns
never have any sense.
They are between the devil of really
liking the children. and the deep blue
sea of riveting the real affection of
the child for them.
The next time Uncle John sees May
he produces a toy, something with
class to it,
May Is aWe-struck.
The delighted look in her blue eyes
completes the rout Of Uncle John.
He forthwith buys May doll. ALL
little girls like dolls She receives 1t
with appreciation.
She has been taught. In almost no
time at all that there is some deep. OBJ
scure relationship between Uncle John
and the bright colored things Of child
hoods dreams.
And Uncle John takes sincere pleas
ure In fostering that delusion. Yes,
nam. he Is friend of Santa Claus
To tell the truth, he Is almost Santa
himself.
The first doll made such a hit that
a second and bigger one is required.
Much to Uncle Johns amazement, May
the gift this time.
He is forced to ask her what she
would like to have May casts around
In space. Well nova ring!"
The first thing May knows. she is
sporting a real gold ring. Where is
the necklace" she asked
Uncle John had forgotten that he
had said something about necklace
some time or other.
He honestly feels that he has done
enough on the ring proposition, so asks
If something else won't do.
Well, then. fountain pen"
Uncle John could go to the ten-cent
store and get very large pen. but
Uncle John doesn't operate In such a
fashion.
He gets May real pen. and gets for
himself quite kick as he sees the genu-
Inc look Of appreciation in her beauti-
full eyes.
Honest with himself, although 1t
hurts, Uncle John realizes that he Is
spelling" the child
Instead of looking upon him as a
human being the child has been led
to regard him as a bringer of gifts.
Whether she wanted to or not. she
has been forced to think Of him solely
In terms of presents.
Poor old Uncle joint
He finds himself tur- | into a gold
ring one day and into nifty fountain
pen the next. The affection tina: mighs
have been his has vanished In the rustic
of dollar bills.
What a fool you have been, Uncle
John! Big girls or little girls. If they
won't love you without presents, they
won't love you with them
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-09
ot.Weather Rules.

Now that Summer has brought t.
Washington a taste of what It can do
1t behooves every resident to take tir
from Southern practices.
It is said that as soon AS the Demo-
cratic national convention ended al
Houston, the people Of that great city
at once went back to the siesta. period
of rest during the afternoon.
While Washingtonians are not called
upon by the weather to so to that ex-
IRENE, every person may put into eff
feet a modified siesta. and particularly
may observe such other health rules as
hot weather demands.
Some of these rules the average per-
son follows through necessity. One OF
these is the increased drinking which Is
automatically imposed on human be-
ing when the thermometer shows 90
degrees and above in the shade.
Certainly the water should be cold
America was sold" on ice water long
ago; common sense, on the other hand
saws that the water ought not to be too
cold.
Take the hot days as easily as pos
sible Even the athlete may tone down
his muscular demands In really hot
weather. As for persons In lesser
health, or those over 35 or 10 years of
age. again common sense instills GER
tains notifications.
Dress as lightly AS possible. Remem-
Der that the light OF the sun---even a
very hot SUMS healing. Do not ex-
pose the nape OF the neck too reck-
lessly. as the spine is very close to the
surface there.
Above all, be willing to modify the
usual recreational requirements. If they
call for crowding, pushing and other
wise adding 10 the chances for heat ex-
hauStion.
Light diet, finally, will allow almost
any one to go through the really hot
DAYS, which are not many in the Dis
trict OF Columbia, with a minimum of
Ill effect.
Remember that practically no food is
needed for heating the body--Nature
takes care of that In q more obvious
fashion! Eat lightly. drink sanely.
dress as comfortably as possible. and
take life as easily as circumstances per-
nit, and one has every chance of going
through heated spells In health.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-09
Standardization of Traffic Rules.

Trafic problems Of major Importance
were subjected TO close scrutiny ana
study by the experts who gathered III
Washington for the meetings Of the
model municipal traffic ordinance COM
nlittee of the National Conference on
Street and Highway Safety the past
week. Members of this important
committee had been ct work for many
months in an endeavor to draft
model set Of regulations 10 apply
tl,roughout the Nation. Their meeting
in Washington was To complete the
comprehensive report on traffic safety
and Standardization for the use Of
every municipality. The value of the
work of the conference and its conf
rnittees can be appreciated when it is
realized that ten States have adopted in
the main recommendation of this body
and twenty more are considering adop-
ton.
In addressing the committee Friday
Secretary Hoover. who is chairman of
the conference, paid high tribute to its
work. He told the committee that
''headway is being made" because of
the intelligent preparation and presen-
tstion. The Secretary Of Commerce
told the members that he appreciated
their work and recognized its Difficult
ties.
With more than twenty-five million
cars in the United States and vast
new army taking up membership in
motoring circles each year. the task of
eo-ordinating, standardizing and SIM
plifying traffic regulations assumes an
Importance second TO none in the wei
fare of the Nation. Congestion on the
highways breeds accidents. and acct
dents cause the loss Of human life. 1t
is to urge such sane and fundamental
rules Of traffic that the dangers of con-
gestion viii be lessened that the con-
ference committee has set as It's goal.
Whether there shall be three signals or
two at automatically controlled inter-
sections, whether motorists should be
6iBNSu 70 pden ou e1taiSL ciuC WHICH
overtaking another vehicle. or whether
a hundred and one other regulations
are reasonable and sound constitute
the problems with which the commit
tee and the full body have TO deal.
washington's traffic code in many
respects is modelled after conference
recommendations. The National Cap
ital is exceedingly fortunate in pos
sessing a set of traffic regulations that
are fundamentally sound. Speed Is
recognized here as prerequisite of safe
trafnc, because speed lessons congestion
and clears the streets. washington
win not find itself compelled to make
any radical changes TO conform with
the ideas of these experts from all parts
Of the country, but there are hundreds
Of cities which might well study the
opinions of the men who are en-
deayoring TO safeguard human life.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-09
The Occupation of the Rhineland.

Germany continues her undismayed
efforts to persuade France to abandon
her indefinite occupation If the Rhine
land. AS the new chancellor. Herr
| Mueller. recently took over the reins Of
government. he seized upon the occa =
sion to voice new appeal for with
drawal. Stresemann, Won Hindenberg.
Loebe have each pied eloouently in
the past year TO the same end. The
thorn testers in Germany's side.
No adequate answer has been given
by France to these pleas. 1t is OF
course true that, under the terms of
the Versailles treaty, she is entitled to
keep the Rhineland garrisoned by her
troops for the next seven years. But
it is truth accepted both by her and
the world at large that her security
against a possible German attack was
the basis for this provision of the
treaty. and there is today no evidence
which warrants the belief that such a
course on Germany's part Is dreamed g
in that nation. Germanic and French
relations, thanks to disposition on
the formers part sincerely to perform
the heavy obligations Justly incurred
under the Versailles treaty and to the
economic interdependence of both ma
tons in postwar Europe, grow more
and more anlicable. The serious ale
cations in last years Guillemat report,
which represented Germany as in the
course of secretly arming. have been
examined into and found without SEM
blance Of adequate basis.
Just why. these things being true,
France should persist in her course of
maintaining her troops on German
soil is difficult, upon the surface of
things. to understand. The policy TO
which she is apparently welded is an
expensive one and France is far from
being in position to conduct herself
extravagantly. 1t is patiently opposed
to the uphuilding OF good will between
her and her neighbor. and France is
vigorous In her protestations that she
desires that good will But one need
not dig very deeply beneath the surface
to understand the genuine factor in
the case.
France is today occupying the Rhine
land for only one reason. which Is that
she figures that her evacuation thereof
has a substantial bargaining yaiue.
Hard pressed to make both ends meet,
she knows that Germany would pay
cash to be rid of the humiliation OF
the presence Of her troops In the CO.
blenz area, and intends to make the
most Of that fact. German bonds,
fioated in America, would supply Ger
many with the asking price. and the
American dollar so obtained could In
the end be used to pay Frances obii-
cations to us. So France figures. And
who, under the circumstances, can
blame her. And as the time grows
shorter and shorter until January /,
1885, and the thorn of the French oc-
cupation grows more irksome to the
German republic--we may expect to
see negotiations along the indicated
lines opened in the not too distant
future.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-09
PHILOSOPHERS
BY
GLENN FRANK

Perhaps the most significant article
in any American magazine this month
is Gerald w. Johnson's THE Rise OF
the Cities" In Harper's Magazine.
It strikes an overlooked note in the
current discussion of the coming war
fare between city and country In the
American future
Mr.. Mencken has long denounced the
boob from the country and defied the
boulevardier from the city; Andre
Siegfried, whose America Comes OF
Age" is perhaps the best book on
America since Bryce's American Com
monwealth." has brilliantly sketched
the decline Of the rural folk and the
of America
The satirist has everywhere poked
fun at the ''hick" members of State
Legislatures as the authors of an end
less round of legislation that would
hObble science. hamstring culture and
reduce the brilliant life of our city
civilizations to the barefoot boobery oil
hill -billies
The ruralist, wherever he has held
the balance of power in Government
has been accused Of exercising a
tyranny over the urbanite. compelling
the city man to swallow whatever the
country man thought was good for him
In 1890 only one-third of our popu-
lation was urban
In 1900 about 40 per cent of our
population was urban.
In 1910 little less than as per cent
was urban.
In 1920 over 81 per cent was urban.
In 1890 two-thirds of our population
was rural and one-third was urban
but 80 years later. in 1920, the urban
population was in the lajority and
the rural population in the minority.
Mr. johnson thinks Il not improbable
that by 1880 the urban population Of
the United States may rise to so per
cent of our people--three city men to
every two country men.
What will happen then? Will the
city men use their majority power un-
selfishly and wisely where, as the city
used their ma jority power selfishly and
unwisely? Or will they seek to impose
their notions upon the country men as
the country men have sought to impose
their notions upon the city men? Mr.
johnson thinks the latter is more likely
to happen.
May not the city man impose on the
country man daylight saving despite
the fact that 1t may be good for the
business operations OF the city and BAD
for the farming operations OF the coun-
try at one and the same time?
May not the city man impose on the
country man a labor code. the pro-
visions of which will ut admirably the
needs OF city workers. but run counter
to the unavoidable conditions that sur
round the seasons Of planting and har-
vest on the farm?
May not the city man impose on the
country man all sorts Of hygicnic meas
ures that are imperative in crowded
streets but idiotic In the open country?
These minor matters but begin a
longer list of more important matters
In which city may tyrannize over coun-
try after the balance Of population tips
heavily to the side of the city.
Can we not evolve craftsmanship
that will prepare in advance for this
coming OF rule by city men. setting the
stage for a new era in which the dis
tinctive needs Of country and city alike
may be met?
Copyright, Mcclure Newspaper syndicate.'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-09
Sugar From the Air.
am the Great Falls Tribune.

From the Great Falls Tribune,
What will the chemists promise the
world next? We now hear that German
chemists are experimenting to find q
way to make sugar from the air. This
sounds preposterous. II certainly has
the symptoms OF very fanciful fairy
tale, for whoever would think that sugar
could be made out of so thin and I'M
uonderable substance as air. II
sounds like the widest dream of the
imagination.
But 1t Is not only possible, say the
chemists. but II has been done II
occurs In nature every day. Plants
have been making sugar out of ali
and water since the beginning OF
things. so TO speak. For sugar, as any
chemist will tell you, Is nothing but a
compound of hydrogen and oxygen
(which all water Isl plus carbon.
This, furthermore, is exactly how II
Is done, according to the New Inter-
national Dictionary: Sugar OF some
form appears to be the first carbohy-
drate formed by green plants through
photosynthesis. which Is the process OF
constructive metabolism by which car
bohydrates are formed from water vapof
and the carbon dioxide OF the air In
the hlorophyll-~containing tissues OF
plants exposed TO the action of light.
Chlorophyll Is what makes the leaves
of plants green.
II plants can do II. the chemists as
sert, so can we. II We can only find out
how 1t Is done.