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Evening star., 1928-10-30
Millions Will Vote This Year
Through Automatic Machines

preaching. They are In widespread use
and thoroughly satisfactory in other
communities, The argument of
some opponents that they are too me-
chanically intricate for voters to use
intelligently Is not entitled to be con-
sidered too seriously In the past few
years there have been great improve
ments toward simplicity Of operation
In Vote-recording devices"
y \ y
The Bangor Daily Commercial. never
theless, feels that the objections are
worthy Of consideration and, referring
to the desire held by many voters
OF personally marking their ballots"
oners the comment: "PerhapS this is
an old-fashioned idea. but many peo-
pie regard the franchise as a personal
privilege that would lose somewhat of
its Importance If they pressed a button
rather than marked their ballot In
the big cities, with hundreds of thou
sands of voters. the machine Is a near
necessity. In the smaller places there
Is no such need of its installation"
Although the machines have been
in use years." according to the Indian
apolis Star, "the average voters expe-
r1ence with them is so limited that he
mas Strange Dut nevertheless real fear
OF losing his vote by reason Of error
in manipulating the levers Many enter
the booth with the predominant thought
that their time is extremely limited.
When they close the curtain and are
confronted with the long rows Of levers
they become panicky.". The Star OBJ
serves that Officials concerned have
acted wisely In deciding to install
voting machines in designated places
where voters may practice operating
them"
Evening star., 1928-10-30

cessities and luxuries In the form of
| manufactured articles. wasting the
cargo space of the then small ships of
the time with such heavy, shifting and
expensive cargo7 One can as we'll pic
ture them importing long-leaf pine or
tobacco or maize. Moreover, brickmak-
ers were among the earliest immigrants.
Paul Wilstach, in his authoritative
book. Potomac Landings" explodes
the pleasing, but improbable, conten.
tion that this, that or the other house,
hall or church, was built Of imported
brick. "A careful search among his
toric sources" states this author, Ito
discover how extensive was the impor-
tation of brick for building on the
Potomac uncovers interesting informa-
ton. It is, of course, not to be pre-
tended that brick were never brought
from England. There is evidence to
show. that there were such isolated inn
portations Archives of the Maryland
Historical Society as to the entire num-
Der of such importations show that
these totaled but three, up to 1859, In
that State, and the largest was of
5000 bricks, or about enough for one
good. big, old-time chimney" The
late Moncure D. Conway, author and
clergyman, who was intensely and
actively interested in the antiquities of
his native State, once declared that he
did not believe there was standing in
all Virginia any building made of bricks
from the home country.
The secret seems to lie in the fact
that during colonial times there were
current two descriptive trade phrases.
English brick" and Dutch brick"
Their meaning was easily mistaken by
those who later delved into old rec
ords. But the simple explanation is
that these words refer to types or sizes
only. Dutch brick were large; English
brick of smaller size. The patterns
may have come from across the water.
but the clay, the kilns and the work.
men we're all on this side. Those per-
sonally interested in maintaining this
pleasant fiction about importation will
probably persist through generation
after generation, but the logic and the
available facts are all against them.
Evening star., 1928-10-30
More Thrill Murders.

Two Southern college youths, mem
bers of prominent families, have been
indicted for participation In an orgy
of hold-ups resulting I'm the mur-
der Of two storekeepers who re-
sisted their demands, and with the
wealthy families of both boys scurrying
around to secure the finest legal talent
that the country can offer to defend
them, 1t looks as If the public must
again endure spectacle such as that
presented In the famous Leopold-Loeb
case in Chicago. One Of the boys was
reported to have confessed that he was
the wielder Of the gun in the thrill"
hold-ups, while the other Is alleged to
have driven the automobile used in the
escapes. The elder Of the two was ar
rested at the college after 1t was
learned by police that he had been
treated for bullet wound In the hip,
received when one Of his victims re-
sisted in the course of a robbery.
Short Shrift should be given to these
two scoundrels If they are convicted
when they come to trial. 1t will be
many years before the people Of this
country can forget the miscarriage of
justice In the famous Chicago thrill
murder, and 1t is likely that no such
lucky break will be the portion of these
latest examples of wanton killers If
their conviction is secured The State
of Georgia is presented with golden
opportunity, in this case, to dispense
quick justice, which may serve as a
model for the entire United States.
Evening star., 1928-10-30
Constitution Hall.

laying the corner stone today for Con-
stiution Hall, the o-million- dollar
auditorium which the Daughters of the
American Revolution are adding to
Memorial Continental Hall, marks an
other step toward the completion of
that great plan for the Capital City en-
visioned by Washington and LEnfant.
It also attests the growth, not only in
numbers, but in material resources, of
one Of the oldest and most valuable of
the patriotic orders in America, for the
construction of this hall has been made
necessary by the increasing attendance
at the annual d. A. r. conventions, and
was made possible by the ability of the
organization to finance the undertaking
Ia record breaking time.
The new building, which will be COM
pleted by April IS next, in time for the
Thirty-eighth Congress Of the D. A. R.,
VIII seat 4,500 delegates, in addition to
providing space for a library and mu-
scum. It's architecture will be a COM
bination of the Grecian and colonial, so
ably shown in the design of Memorial
Continental Hall. The structure will
conform not only to the Continental
Hall, but to its surroundings of fine
buildings, which constitute one of the
most beautiful groups in the world,
group now including the White House,
the State, War and Navy Building, the
Corcoran Art Gallery, the Red Cross
Memorial Building, the National Re-
search Council, the George Washington
University buildings, now beginning to
take form, and the Pan-American
Union. Il was just such a group as this
that those who planned Washington
pictured as eventually bordering the
broad sweep of the Mall.
The corner stone laying for this new
building comes at time when the Fed
eral Governments own building pro-
gram is rapidly taking shape. And in
this connection the D. A. RS expert
ence with increasing values of property
Ia the Capital Is evidence of the fact
that the Federal Government could not
well have afforded to delay much longer
its acquisition of building sites. Eight
cen years ago the D. A. r. bought its
land and built the present Memorial
Continental Hall for c,mething less
than 100000. Today Its new building
win cost $2,ooo,ooo, and the value of its
entire investment is said to exceed
45,0oo,oo0. Eighteen years hence the
Federal Government may find that at
tractive sites in its own city are UNI
available because of prohihitiye price.
washington is the growing capital Of
growing Nation. It has become the
headquarters not only of the Govern
nient. but of nearly every organization
Of national Importance. Every year
brings 1t nearer to full expression of
the "soul Of America"
Evening star., 1928-10-30
Mrs. Brighteyes specialized in keeping

Mrs. Brighteyes specialized in keeping
her husband jealous.
In this curious and pleasing task
curious to others. pleasing to herself
she was aided by natural equipment
augmented by experience.
The charming Mrs. Brighteyes had
been studying mankind, by her own
confession, since she was q child, and
now had the sex charted to a man.
In any possible situation she knew
exactly what s man would do. One
any given specimen would roll over and
beg.
Mrs. Brighteyes amused herself with
them much as a cruel scientist would
stick pins In bugs, laughing at their
antics.
She had a pretty contempt for all who
fell for her. yet continued to help them
over the precipice by subtle arts and
sciences; II they landed with a crash.
she was quite indignant that they had
messed up her landscape.
Somehow the careful observer gath
cred the impression that most of her
pretense was bluff: that actually and
in fact she was very fond of the male
sex. although she would have been the
last one In the world to admit II.
Mrs. Brighteyes chief delusion was
her pet theory that any woman could
make monkey out of any man.
What she forgot was that men like to
be made monkeys out Of!
1t is game two play at, this monkey
business.
Mrs Brighteyes, however hugged the
pleasant delusion that the thing was so
one-sided.
She saw herself as a ringmaster
cracking the whip, while mere males
jumped through her hoop one after
the other. She fancied she made a
rather pretty picture-as. indeed, she
outstanding in the center of the ring,
putting the animals through their PAGES.
What curious animals they were, to
be surel
II one of them so much as looked at
her for a second time, he was falling
for her charms. If he said he liked
her, he was in love. II he carried her
pocketbook tafter she had asked him
to-, he was about ready to ditch the
wife Of his bosom.
She made the rules for this game
and was the sole referee. so that If any
miserable specimen dared ignore them
he was beyond the pale of conduct.
part of her scheme had to study the
rules and abide by them, else he was
in danger of being cast into outer dark
ness, which was everywhere except
where she was; Of course.
X Y u
Let new male acquaintance so much
as cast that we'll known second glance
at her-and most OF them considerably
more than that--immediately she began
to build up the fabric of a crush"
All men are fools, and all women
cats, she said. Not only did she tell
Friend Husband that she feared Mr.
Dub was getting a crush on her."
usually she told Mrs. Dub the same
thing.
Imagine how nice that made Mrs.
Dub feel!
Poor Mrs. Dub began to wonder If
the faithful Dub was going back on
her after all these years. She had
heard about those terrible home wreck
ing women, but she had never met one
before. The set she moved in had been
composed mostly of pleasant women
like herself, who somehow had allowed
Irritation to go by the board. They,
too. might have made goo-goo eyes at
gentlemen--
Evening star., 1928-10-30
Another "Greatest Telescop., .

Made familiar with the terms Of
modern astronomy by recent Develop
ments in apparatus, and through them
the solving Of numerous problems per-
tanning to space and the universe, the
lay public will not be particularly as
tonished by the announcement Just
made by the California Institute Of
Technology that it is about to build
and set up another largest telescope"
by means Of which more marvels of
creation will be revealed. This instru-
nent will consist of a 200-inch reflector,
being just twice the size of the present
largest telescope, that installed on
Mount Wilson, Calf. This doubled di-
ameter, 1t is stated, will have four times
the power In terms of light rays and
revealed dimensions of the stellar fea.
lures.
Great as was the advancement from
Galileo's simple telescope to the 100
inch reflector at Mount Wilson, the
progression from the latter to the new
proposed 2oO-inch glass may be regard
~ as even more important in terms of
the information yielded. But the
foundations for all the work with this
great new glass have been laid by re-
searches heretofore made with the
smaller reflectors. Indeed, astronomy is
now going forward at a pace never be-
fore attained as successive enlargements
OF mirrors, together with data already
obtained, permit intimate studies on a
scale which generation ago it was not
believed could ever be secured. And the
marvel Of the matter is that there is no
positive limit to the future enlargement
Of the means of astronomical study.
These repeated advances in the di-
Iaensions of telescopes have themselves
been made possible by the remarkable
achievements Of physicists working IN
laboratories and in factories in the per-
fection of methods Of glass moldinc
and polishing. The lay public has but
little conception of the infinite pains
required in the preparation of these
immense slabs of glass, which must b'
cast without the slightest flaw or tht
tiniest bubble of air, and which mus
be cooled by slow degrees to preven
strains and cracks, and which mus
Evening star., 1928-10-30
Fiction in Bricks.

Gratifying progress is reported In the
manufacture Of "old bricks" for the
extensive restorations enterprise where
by Williamsburg, Va, is to be changed
back, as far as practicable, into the
old colonial capital it was a century
or two ago Preliminary work has
been in progress for four months on a
farm near Williamsburg, where. out
Of a special blackish-gray clay, hand
made bricks of a truly colonial size
and appearance are said to have been
turned out most satisfactorily.
There is no reason why bricks to
match anything in the line of colonial
architecture in tidewater Virginia and
Maryland cannca be made there today,
for that is where practically every one
OF the original brick we're manufac-
tured. 1t is country rich in a va
riety of suitable clays, and only time,
money and labor are necessary to du-
plicate anything previous efforts accom-
plished. The fiction of bricks brought
from England"-for fiction IL Is in the
minds of the best informed-is a most
persistent one and probably will linger
on as long as the almost ineradicable
belief that porcupines can throw their
quills. 1t Is an intriguing idea and
one dear to the hearts of those whose
family or civic pride goes away back
But the chances of the truth Of q
declaration that an edihce in either
State, or in the District of Columbia
is, or was, constructed of bricks i'm.
ported from abroad are almost nil un.
less backed up by absolutely irrefutablt
proofs.
In the first place, there was no neet
to import bricks. The earliest reports
sent back from Virginia in 1907 refel
glowingly to the good red clay "fitt To-
bricks" The clay was and is here il
abundance and in variety. In tn
second place, can one imagine colo
nists, urgently desiring all sorts Of ne
Evening star., 1928-10-30
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

Where Traffic Roars.
AS the election time draws nigh.
Wen lift q word of praise
And mention with q wistful sigh
What men call good old days"
A President his horse would stand
Beneath nearby bough,
While Congress placed him In Com
rnand--
He couldn't do so now.
A statesman up the Avenue
Would take daily stroll.
For vehicles were then quite few
And easy to control.
Though one might wish to 90 along
And friendly words allow,
While mingling. with the humber
throng,
He couldn't do so now.
Evening star., 1928-10-30

then be polished and formed to The
most precise lines and mounted with The
utmost nicely in manner that admits
Of no error In movement.
1t is idle to attempt to foretell the
results of these continuous triumphs Of
science in the enlargement of the field
of human vision and understanding. Al
ready many of the mysteries of the
skies have been solved, but even so there
is no answer to the greatest question of
all. the nature and purpose of the uni
verse.
Evening star., 1928-10-30

In a few days the elephant" and
donkey" will pass back into the
Noah's Ark that waits to accompany
the Christmas tree. Party emblens are
the most expensive of all human toys.
Evening star., 1928-10-30

A large registration that cannot be
identified on party lines, is attributed
to the woman vote. Woman, in spite
of old sarcasms, knows how to keep a
secret.
Evening star., 1928-10-30

Professional clowns have found little
encouragement in the present cam.
paisn. A discreet candidate prefers to
exercise his own Judgment in SO deli
cate q matter as comedy relief.
Evening star., 1928-10-30

1t has not been whispering CAM
paign." More vociferous demonStra-
tions could not have been hoped for
Evening star., 1928-10-30
Who's the Dictator?

From the Albany Evening News.
SPANS dictator says he is going to
give women the vote In that country.
Even a dictator isn't so much OF dc
tator when 1t comes to women.
Evening star., 1928-10-30

Orations are equipped with ampli-
fiers, but arguments are not yet suf-
f1ciently provided with simplihers.
Evening star., 1928-10-30

Radicratory has succeeded In develop
ing the fact that words, after all, may
be more important than the music.
Evening star., 1928-10-30
Without Anv Trouble.

From the Omaha World-Herald.
Engineers have SO suggestions for
Standardizing traffic control. Man IN
the street can beat that any day.
Evening star., 1928-10-30

Second thought Is most reliable.
Changes of opinion between November
s and November may regulate the
deStinies Of a Nation.
Evening star., 1928-10-30

Hold-up men have an unpleasant
method of reviving the old grocery
store invitation, IF you don't see what
you want. ask for it."
Evening star., 1928-10-30
The Whispering Habit.

From the Richmond Times Dispatch.
The whispering campaign may indi-
cate nothing more than national habit
acquired In the speak -easy.
Evening star., 1928-10-30

II remained for the Summer of 1928
to prove that even the tariff can be
made popularity interesting.
Evening star., 1928-10-30

Passenger rates on a dirigible make a
ten-cent carfare scarcely worth think.
ing about.
Evening star., 1928-10-30
Toots and Cusses.

From the Toledo Blade
He doesn't expect to clear the trafic
jam by blowing his horn. It's his way
Of swearinn.
Evening star., 1928-10-30
DirigibIe Fare.

Dirigible Fare.
Quoth I, 20, Cap'n, what's the price?
long to sail in your device"
The cap'n paused, and thought lot,
And said, "Just how much have you
rot Q"
Evening star., 1928-10-30
The Rest.

A rest in music will convey
A strange and subtle charm, they say
And soon November we'll reach,
With silence sweet instead Of speech.
Evening star., 1928-10-30

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Business once
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New York once: ITO East 42nd st.
Chicago once: Tower Building.
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Evening star., 1928-10-30

Historic Value.
What made you pay such q price
for the poor old horse?"
Because Of It's value, SIR"
"1t has no value that / can per.
ceive."
1T has historic value. It is one Of
the horses that the Prince of Wales so
Spectacularly dismounted."
Evening star., 1928-10-30
Comprehensive OPINION.

Comprehensive Opinion.
What is your positive opinion
about"
Friend" rejoined Senator Sorghum,
you need go no further. My opinion
at this time about positive opinion is
that 1t is likely to be somewhat risky
business"
Jud Tunkins says man who at
tends strictly to his own business must
make some sacrifice. He's bound to
many gossipy anecdotes and funny
stories.
Evening star., 1928-10-30

"It's better to lose a little money on
an election" said Uncle Eben. dan to
keep on arguin' an losin' friends"
Evening star., 1928-10-30

"A favor that hopes for reward. "
said Hi Ho, the sage Of Chinatown, lis
not an evidence of friendship so much
as an effort at bargaining"
Evening star., 1928-10-30
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Evening star., 1928-10-30

@. On which syllable IS the name
Dolores" accented?-C. F. M.
A. 1t Is accented upon the second
syllable.
Evening star., 1928-05-07
FRANCE AIMS TO UPBUlLD
HER NATIONAL FINANCES
Premier Poincare Indicates Main
Purpose of Government in Next
Session of Parliament.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BAR LIE DUG, France, May THE
restoration OF Frances finances will
continue to be the main aim of the gov
ernment in the new session of Parlia-
ment, Premier Poincare intimated in a
speech before the departmental council
of the Meuse today.
At the same time he said that the
government would devote itself with
equal concentration with the work of
economic redressment, the development
OF agricultural and industrial activity
and to necessary social reforms, always
within the limits of budgetary re-
sources"
The premier. referring to Communist
activity during the recent general elec-
tion. said that the country had plainly
showed that Its social ideals have
nothing In common with Soviet con-
ception." and that 1t "is not disposed
to receive political lessons from abroad"
Evening star., 1928-05-07
FORMER WIFE ASKS
HALF OF: MILLIONS
Declares She Is Legal Widow
OF Late Marshall Burns
Lloyd.
By the Associs,ed Press.

ky the Associated press.
MENOMINEE, Miche May THE
divorced wife of the late Marshall
Burns Lloyd millionaire baby carriage
manufacturer, sought in Chancerv Court
today to gain half of his wealth on the
ground that she Is his legal widow.
Mrs Margaret Isadora Lloyd of Los
Angeles contends I'm the action set for
hearing today that the divorce granted
Lloyd in 1920 on the grounds OF de-
sertion was illegal because she did not
desert him but rather was forced TO
leave. She further contends that proper
notice of the action was not served.
Estate Over $4,000. 900.
Mrs Henrietta Lloyd. who married
the manufacturer and inventor follow
ms the divorce, was prepared to fight
the suit of the first Mrs, Lloyd, saying
that the family history would be made
public II necessary 1t Is her contention
that Mrs. Margaret Lloyd's conduct led
to the divorce.
1t is contended by Michael j. Doyle.
counsel for the Los Angeles woman,
that payment of his clients claim to
half the s2.I50000 estate would not
deprive Mrs Henrietta Lloyd of her
share Of the estate.
SAYS She Was Sent Away
In her bill Mrs. Margaret Lloyd re-
cites that for Is years she worked as
secretary, chauffeur and general as
sistant TO her husband denying her.
self necessities many times In order
that Lloyd might have funds for the
development of his inventions. When
success came to him. she charges. he
sent her to Denver. That was in 1917,
she said. During the months she was
away and up to the time of the divorce
she received $50 month, according to
@cr bill.
Evening star., 1928-05-07
FOUR DEAD, 5 WOUNDED,
IN DANCE HALL FIGHT
Gun Battle Opens When Deputies
Arrest Man--Relatives
Come to Rescue.

BY the Associated Press
PRESTONsBURG. KY. May Pour
men were killed and five others wounded
in dance hall gun battle at Ligon,
Floyd County Saturday night.
The battle started, Verlie Banks. chief
of police at Garrett. said, when James
Bush and Greer Gibson, deputy sheriffs,
endcavored to arrest a member of a
family named NewSon. Friends and
relatives OF the man attempted to free
him from the officers after he had been
arrested Banks said. and fight fol-
lowed.
Bush was shot tn death and Gibson
was wounded. The others slain were
Alex Newsomc. p. l.. Miner and c. Rey-
nolds.
No arrests have been made Banks
said
Evening star., 1928-05-07
Plan Air.Railway Service.

.Switzerland's two aviation companies
are working on plan for the transpor-
tation OF merchandise by air from any
European country to any point OF desti
nation. To do so, they are seeking
contract with Swiss railways so that
should a plane be unable to complete
the delivery the railway will do so with
out additional instructions from the
shipper Whenever possible frontiers
Evening star., 1928-05-07
Fiber and Reed
Furniture

Many new floor samples are included at
reduced sale prices. Complete Suites OF
Reed, Fiber and Willow Furniture Settees,
Chairs, Rockers, Tables, Ferneries, Chaise
tongues.
Porch Garden and Lawn Furniture at
sale prices.