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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-06-24
SHOOTING STARS.
By pHILANDER JOHNSON.
Standardization.

Standardization.
Each day we hear about the game
Our statesmen boldly play.
Each day the news is mueh the same
As that Of yesterday.
And II We may believe the text.
The solemn prophet frames
The news we viii be hearing next
VIII merely change the names.
Efficiency we take to heart
with conscience all serene.
Each delegate becomes a part
That fits In the machine.
And II he ratties or he squeaks
Before the work Is done.
The Big Mechanic promptly speaks
And gets another one.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-06-24

In the wild old days Texas used to
be regarded as headquarters for form
Of liquid violence known a. 'red-eye."
Now It is famous for prohibition senti-
ment, and Is one Of the last places In
the world where a militant wet" con-
vention would be expected.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-06-24

National prosperity can never become
so secure as to protect the man who
imagines he has found in the stock
market the inexhaustible purse of For
tunatus.
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fence that stood around these grounds
He remembered their dilapsdated con-
dition. and hooking ct them now he
would have 10 be courageous 70 say
that there was no Improvement.
Tho Senate seemed 10 agree With
MeSsrS. morrill, and Window. as the
amendment Of Mr., Beck 10 strike eat
the appropriation vas defeated hy
vote q rs 10 as
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The Democratic delegate from New
York is expected to preserve an austere
demeanor and pretend he never heard
OF such a place as Madison Square Gar
den.
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Farm Relief.

.'Cincinnatus was summoned from
the pillow TO take charge Of the govern
ment"
81 have heard OF the incident" an
swered Senator Sorghum. His idea OF
farm relief was TO get back into active
politics for while"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-06-24

The much-admired action Of Gov.
Ritchie does not dispose of emphatic
opinion that making a nomination
unanimous cannot be undertaken as a
one-man job.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-06-24

Al Smith Is a self-made man. The
same claim stands, without dispute. on
behalf of Secretary Hoover and Senator
Curtis. A young man stiil has his
chance to grow up with the country.
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Tragedies of the air have become so
numerous that they are now discussed
with little show OF emotion. Repres-
sion has become necessary. as part
OF mental training for the entire world.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-06-24

In circles Of political prophecy the
one thing that can be said with abso-
lutte confidence is that Calvin Coolidge
IL going fishing.
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another hundred dollars or so he will
probably hold on to 1t. He has learned
his lesson end doubtless hopes that
others may learn from his experience.
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Even the lavish propaganda. Unfit
encing education. cannot dispose OF the
tradition that teachers are expected to
be content with small pay.
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The Associated Press Is exclusively entitled
- tire use for republication OF sill news dis
PATCHES credited 10 it or nrt othelwtSe cred
i'es il tnis naper and also the ,"ca! news
T,,Nlsshed herein All RIGHTS of n''h'icattHn 81
soecial dispatches herein are also reserved,
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Well Kept Pron0un

Well Kept Pronoun.
Our country we shall savei"
Exclaimed the statesmen brave.
A long day through.
Our glories stiii expand
They say they'll save the land
And always do!
Jud Tunkins says his idea OF a sue
cessful man Is a great aviator VINO can
be supremely popular without being
tempted into politics.
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Prominence.
"You have succeeded In attracting
some attention In the country"
"Yes," answered the professor. i
have sought fame. And I may nc least
claim that there is not q financial
sucker list In the country that does
not include my name"
Most philosophers have known"
said Hi Ho, the sage Of Chinatown, ARE
men who sought to make words take
the place of personal toll"
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Far From the Crowd.
My radioi My radiol

My radioi My Tadios
Proceedings ! shall hear,
While no one steps upon my toe
Or bellows In my ear,
Religion" said Uncle Eben, lis mo
powful dan politics. A party conVen'
ton gathers up lots o. big men. But
foh genuine speakin' talent NJ can't
ccmpars VIII a camp meetin.'@
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The bill to provide a permanent form
of government for the District of Co
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Editorial Comment
LO, the Poor Man!
EST. Louis Post-Dispatch)

(St. LOUIS POSt-DlSpatch)
| An English writer who has just visited the
United States is in tears about American men
He says they are falling behind in our cviliza.
ton at rate which we do not ourselves real
ize.
American women, however, are going for
ward. This Englishman observes that al
Cherbourg, where the great army Of Amer;-
cans which goes to Europe every year embarks
for the home voyage, one sees 20 women to
one man. He notices the same inequality over
here in all cultural respects. Is there a SYM
phony concert, an enlightening lecture, good
book, an art exhibition? Twenty women, one
man. The result is that an intellectual gulf
is opening between the sexes The man comes
home from his office and eats his dinner with
out looking up from his plate. There is moth
ing his wife cen talk to him about, and he
knows it. All he knows is the market. The
world? Well the market, or the office, or
the store is ell he knows or can talk about.
Thus an abyss opens in the home and the
nation. Father is becoming robot. He is
kept, SO this Englishman says, only for money
making and breeding.
What life!
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erected for the protection Of liberty,
property and life" The executive
war power becomes transcendent;
Congress realizes that it can't make
quick and secret decisions.
Lincoln, Selling the war power,
had to fight the supreme court and
later, Congress. His most far
reaching exercise of power was hi !,
Proclamation of Emancipation, ad-
mittedly war measure. When he
attempted to reorganize the states
Of the Confederacy, he had to fight
Congress-, which accused him Of
usurpation. He might have won
had he lived, but Congress ok it
out on johnson, who nearly lost his
job. just as big men like Borall,
Reed, Lodge and johnson blocked
Wilson's attempt to enter Us IN the
League Of Nations, so Zig men Of
the sixties like Senator'S 1'haddcua
Stephens and w. p. Fessend IN
fought Lincoln and licked Johnson.
just as Wilson lost when the is.
sue between the two branches went
to the people in 1918 and 1925, so
johnson lost in the congressional!
elections Of 1865.
Obviously, the post war liquida-
ton Of the executive war power
causes trouble, but some Of the &C.
quired prestige and power of the
presidency is bound to adhere to the
White House.
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IN NEW YORK

New York, April 2.-The grin,
specter of poverty and want, either
hidden from or ignored by the mil
lions who walk the luxury-lined
lanes, frequently hobs up its horrid
head in q manner intended to startle
and awaken.
Thus, the other day, fur-coatcd
fashionably clad and well-pursed
shoppers in Fifth Avenue were
stopped short by Il sight Of a man
wearing a sandwich sign which read
on one side: "All I'm asking is q
chance to work." A grim challenge
that, to the SNUG ladies stepping
from limousines. But the tragic
significance was driven home with
greater effect by the words on the
back Of the sign: IT have a wife
and family. l need a job!"
All that one might write about
Bob HASTE, the man who carried
this sign, grows q bit weak in the
face Of the terse terror written be.
tween the lines. Here was Fifth
Avenue in mid-afternoon, just Al
the turn Of spring.
Here. was Fifth Avenue at ita
most crowded, most fashionable
hour. Here were the shop windows
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displaying gowns and wraps and
baubles, the price. of any one of
which would have kept the jobless
chauffeur's family in food and shell
ter for many month.
Here were bespatted men, swing
ing yellow canes and wearing af-
ternoon top hats, hurrying toward
their clubs or their tea appoint
nlents.
Here were monoerammed and
crested automobiles driving up to
the fashionable emvoriums and let
ting out beautiful women whose
silken calves and ankles glistened.
And here, like the ghost at the
feast, STROBE the symbol Of all Man
hattan's poverty-a man driven to
such desperate means Of appeal by
. hungry wife and baby in a tiny
apartment where only = candle fur
nished light, and q crude stove fur
nished heat.
Such methods of driving home to
SNUG, complacent, prosperous New
Workers. . picture Of 1.-THE other side
Of life" are not uncommon. Not
long ago, "Mr. Zero" humanitar-
ian who runs "the Tub" for the
hungry and jobless, built an auc-
tion block at central point in the
city and offered jobless men to the
highest bidders, even 90 slaves were
sold "down the river"
Here, as we gathered, stood .
well-groomed, clean-shaved man; q
rather, handsome man, with the
dark eyes, lashes and mustache Of 4
foreigner. A Rumanian, / later
learned he was. A man Of back
ground, education, and good social
presence. A "white-collared guy
! believe they called him. for he
had held good professional posi-
tions. And, it seemed to me, there
was more shame and terror in his
eyes than there was hunger in his
stomach.
It is not often that these scenes
leap over the top and open fire up
on the city's complacence. But
when they do it is to remind one
that just back Of the lights of
Broadway and the style nasrts OF
the Avenue Turk more tragic dra-
mas than will ever be written, or
even imagined.
GILBERT SWAN.
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Revenue and Appropriations
New York TimeSl

(NeW York lln1eS)
Secretary Mellon is holding back the official
figures Of the tax payments on March Is, until
he goes before the senate committee mex:
Tuesday. This is both cautious and polite
BY April the tabulations Of revenue should
be full and exact, and the senators will be
pleased to have the first official announcement
made to them direct. Yet the treasury makes
no conccalment of the fact that the estimated
surplus for the fiscal year is not going to prove
large enough to warrant tax reduction to the
extent provided in the bill which passed the
house. Off that measure the senate finance
committee will have to cut something like
500, 100000 on pain of bringing down on its
head veto by President Coolidge.
The chief difficulty arises less from shrink
ing revenue than from swollen appropriations
The latter threaten to upset the balance of the
executive budget. Already the surplus has
been eaten into by bills carrying more money
than was budgetcd for, and we are yet to learn
what sums congress will vote for flood con-
troll, farm relief, Muscle Shoals and other
measures lining up at the door Of the treasury.
The plain fact is that with every week that
passes the likelihood of large tax reduction
diminishes The public purse is p,ethori1
enough to endure heavy drafts upon it, but
there is limit even to it's capacity, and Pres
ident Coolidge is determined to see that it is
not entirely en1ptied. Congress cannot have
it both ways. 1t processes to want generous
tax reduction as we'll as generous appropria-
tions, but the "demnition figures" of income
and expenditure show that it will have to
choose between the two
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WASHINGTON 81
LETTER SKI

establish censorship as 1t dld IN
Nicaragua.
The Treasury Department handles
hundreds Of millions in tax re-
funds with secrecy, delves into our
private affairs by demanding in
come tax returns, regulates public
morals through its prohibition and
customs services and partially SUI
pervises health through the Public
Health Service.
The Justice Department main
tains an espionage system which
has in past times led to abuses and
has other drastic powers used in
recent years.
The Postoffice Department can
censor contents Of mail and labels
on envelopes, which it does.
The Commerce Department took
over control Of radio and aviation.
The other departments have i'm
portant and far-reaching regulatory
or semi-regulatory powers. It's not
that any Of the departments have
necessarily usurped authority, but
executive power and its patronage
system have grown with the nation,
which constantly presented new op-
portunities or demands for its use.
The presidentially appointed and
controlled commissions such as the
Federal Trade, Tariff and Inter-
state Commerce Commissions, along
with the Federal Reserve Board,
must also be. included in the cita-
ton. So should the fact that the
supreme courts members are also
presidentiAlly appointed.
It is interesting to observe that
the two most famous rebukes hand
ed the executive by the Congress
followed our two most serious wars.
Woodrow Wilson and Andrew John
son were the victims, each being
accused Of usurping the rights of
the legislative branch.
In time Of war this government
becomes a virtual dictatorship AS
John Quincy Adams told the House
in 1886, there are in the authority
Of Congress and the executive, 1.-TWO
classes Of power, altogether differ
ent in their nature and often in.
compatible with each other-the
war power and the peace power.
The war power il limited only
by the laws and usages Of nations.
This power 10 tremendous; It is
strictly constitutional, but it breaks
down every barrier SO anxiously
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On April 9, 1865, a silver-haired, courty
gentleman in q gray uniform sat in country
courthouse at Appomattox, Va, facing grim.
jawed man in blue, and surrendered to him the
gallant army with which, for four years, he
had made history.
The surrender was complete. The soldiers
were to lay down their arms and disband. All
artillery and munitions were to be given up
The cause was lost forever. The letters &c
S. A" on the buttons of the gray-clad officer
now meant only memory and not an lnde-
pendent nation. When Robert E. Lee put his
signature on the articles of surrender he knew
that his defeat was complete.
On April 9, next, 63 years after that sur
render, gigantic stone figure will be unveiled
ct Stone Mountain, Ga. It is to be gigantic
memorial to the man who was beaten; an
heroic stone monument to the defeated leader.
Of q lost cause.
What is the meaning of this word defeat
ed" anyway? What do we mean when We
say Lee was beaten? Why do we build me-
mortal to the man who surrendered to the fed
eral government So years ago?
There are various kinds of defeat. There is
the kind Wilhelm of Germany suffered, fol-
lowed by ignominious flight over the border
and there is the kind that leaves the defeated
man hero. Lees defeat was of the latter
kind. Appomattox brought to an end his mill
tary career. But Lee himself was kind OF
victor on that occasion. Appomattox did not
dim his fame. 1t did not prevent the entire
country, north and south, from enshrining him
as a hero afterward.
For true greatness can never be really beat
en-. Ard Lee was not only great in military
sense; he had that inward serenity and lofti-
aess that set their posscscor apart from ordi-
nary men, and make him an influence for good
long after he has passed on. Lee stands today
with his fame more secure than ever before 4
constant inspiration to the men of his country.
We cannot do without our heroes. We must
have our tradition Of great men. Lee takes
his place in Americas roll of honor; we feel
that we are better men, and better country,
because he lived. The Stone Mountain me-
mortal is, in way, our public avowal of that
fact.
Lee was beaten on the field of war. Yet he
was victor in the broader, deeper sense Life
could not overcome him. He faced it squarely
and bravely, and came out forever triumphant,
leaving name like blazing star to shine
down the path Of our history.
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ENERvATlON AND BOILs

ENERVATlON AND BO1LS
Boils are produced from causei
both inside the body and from out
side infectious influences. When
the body reaches Z certain stage Of
acidosis, and the system becomes
enervated through any bad habits
the outside flesh Of the body offers
suitable soil in which the staphy.
lococcus bacteria grow.
A break in the skin occurs some
place, such as around the collar
band, or where the garters pinch,
or q tiny scratch with the finger
nail, microscopical in size, will
break down the epidermis, or skin
covering, to such an extent that
these microscopical staphylococcus
find q place to enter the tissues
underneath the skin, burrowing
down into the warm flesh which
contains material to assist them in
multiplying. Millions are produced
in few minutes, and whole col
ony is soon created, causing the skin
to swell into what is called boil.
The swelling continues and fever is
present. with usually great distress
and pain.
Such degeneration of the skin
takes place that the boil will usual
" open and discharge its contents.
In some cases, when the boil is
located high up on the neck or on
the face, it 10 well to lance it be-
fore the surrounding tissue is so
permeated with the poison that the
brain is affected by it. In most
cases, however, it is wise to wait
until the boil - oaks, perhaps en-
couraging it to soften by repeated
applications Of hot towels or .
steady compress made Of boiled
flaxseed meal.
A carbuncle is simply multiple
boil with three or more openings.
The openings discharge pus the same
as a boil. Each opening usually
contains core Of fibrin, which is 4
yellowish, green lump formed from
the fibrin Of the blood.
Lowered vitality can probably be
cited as the main cause Of both boils
and carbuncles.
If you have ever suffered from
tucoC dllIICIIOHSs YOU Will ISCHll that
each boil started after you had be-
come too tired from over-work,
over-excitement, or over-indulgence
Of some kind.
In addition to this trouble being
caused by enervation, it is also pro-
duced by the use of too much rich
food, such as cream, pancakes, sau-
sages, candy and all other material
out Of which the body builds up a
condition Of acidosis, which is
favorable to the cultivation of boils
and the planting Of staphylococci,
the irritating cause.
If boils continue to occur, it is q
good plan to have your urine exam
ined, as you might discover tina.
you are suffering from diabetes,
which is caused by continued ener-
walton, and some of those same
agencies which produce boils.
In addition to correcting your
dietetic habits, it il important that
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-04-02
If Things Would Only Last Longer!
Baltimore Evening SUM

Baltimore Evening SUM-
Life would be SO much simpler were it not
for the natural tendency Of things to give out.
From early morn to dewy eve mans construc-
tive efforts are impeded by the dire necessity
OF restocking and repairing.
If it isn't tobacco then it's matches, and if it
isn't matches it's the typewriter ribbon or the
tor the car. Or it may be shoestrings, clean
collars, stamps, ready cash, batteries for the
flashlight, bulbs for the electric fixtures.
washers for the spigots coal for the range and
wood for the open fire.
The housewives problem is no simpler. She
can think of the meat and two vegetables for
dinner, the lettuce for lunch and the break
fast relish. But how can she be expected to
measure each day the available home supply OF
salt, sugar, flour, coffee, soap, butter, ETC. +?
And 50 she finds herself trudging back to mar.
ket for household ammonia and returning only
to be informed that there isn't drop of vanilla
in the house.
The tendency Of things to give out is in
furious to the moral fiber, for it leads to the
unfortunate habits Of begging, borrowing and
stealing. No telling how many great poems
have been lost to the world through the poets
nomentary pause in the midst Of his inspira.
ton to put new point on his pencil. How
many women have been carried off for rest
cures because their cooks exhibited a chronic
failure to advise them Of the lack Of vinegar
md oil for the salad dressing until the guests
were at the door?
| The world 10 full Of great marvels of con.
Experimentation, skyscrapers and what not
But most marvellous Of Oh il the fact that men
had time 70 build them while keeping them.
selves supplied with matches and other things
that are forever giving out