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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-30
AROUND THE CITY
BY MAMIE LANCASTER.

I nobleman, so they said; but, anyhow,
went to a ball there as gypsy. and
| one Young woman who took the char
acter of the Dauphin of France-black
velvet trunks, black silk hose and jew
eled slippers-caused such a scandal
among the guests, many of whom
threatened to leave, that Marini had to
put her out--and all because the cream
lace ruffles on her trunks showed silk
legs halfway to her knees. Indeed
you would have found it awful-both
of you" And Grandma treated both
girls to merry little chuckle AS she
crossed over to the market door. and
out of the story.
And that is all there is to it, except
that the own mothers of those girls
may one day have walked that very
street in basoues. whaleboned and
hooked and squeezed into laced-to-
death corsets to make their. waists
look small Also Queen Fashion being
of temperamental turn, the first
thing those girls know they may be
wearing that same.
You never can tell-not where styles
are concerned.
ON a recent excursion-about month
~ ago, If details will help out - q
steamer at the Seventh street VIVA. f
was packed with excursionists who
wore badges, blue with silver-gilt
fringe. The whistle was footing a
warning to late corners. and A man
was making his last round on deck
with a tin waiter heaped with tiny
punches of flowers. iostled together in
pink and lavender blooms.
A family excursion seems not to be
a profitable field for floral sentiment
for the vender was about to descend the
companionway. when one Of a group
of skittish youngsters concluded he
wanted a buttonnole bouquet. He was
obviously the leading spirit Of his crowd
for when the vender, pitifully elated
went wharfward. six young gentlemen
we're sporting clusters of sweet peas,
fastened to their lapels by purple glass;
headed pins.
That's the way the money goes"
The man who sermonized looked as
if it wouldn't seriously have hurt his
financial standing If he had bought a
bunch of flowers for his plain dresseCi
wife, who sat on a camp stool beside
the armchair she had nabbed for him,
but some men are like that-as you
may have noticed
Il bet I'm going to be wearing one
bunch, anyhow, on the home trip"
A girl who was promenading the
deck with another girl both of them
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-30
TOURS.
MEDITERRANEAN CT. cEs,s Sc

MEUIIEKKANEAN $500 an
% "Transyivania" sailing Jan. 40
Clark's 26th cruise, 6s days, including Madeira,
Canary Islands, Casa blanca. Rabat, Capital Of
Morocco. Spain. Algiers, Malta. Athens Con-
stantinople. Is days Palestine and Egypt Italy.
Riviera. Cherbourg. ParisD. Includes hotels.
guides, motors. etc.
Norway. sditsrFanoaa. Juas -, 1879, $500 up
Oher's SIS. d. Tourist Agency, 142H Fl s.. NV
Frank G: Clark, Times. Bids. New York.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-30


made the wearer conscious of her bark
back, until two girls came along And
of course. they giggled and giggled---
And it CHANGED that while they were
having their fun an oldish woman cot
out OF her car, and was Immediately
hailed as Grandma"
Grandma, followed by her colored
driver bearing basket. was also GO
ing to market, but the girls held her
no long enough to call attention to
the freak jacket. and then giggled some
more. For which they were not to
be blamed, of course. since youth can
no more help giggling than 1t can help
the tears that come later on Still
that people have ears. And they might
have seen. by the sudden sagging of
the wearer's step, and by the nervous
way she clutched at the frill of the
basque, that the blow had fallen!
Grandma remedied the situation by
Eaying-loud enough for the other
woman to hear:
II certainly am glad to see basque
again-I think they are lovely"
The two girls exchanged glances
. that seemed to imply that something
had gone wrong with Grandma. and
the one who personally owned the old
IdaV put IN an eJaCuIaJl0n:
Why Gram'ma! You never wore
Q thing like that. did you?"
Dozens OF them, dearie-I was mar
RED in one-white brocade,s with go
hooks down front and 18 whalebones
fastened to the seams with blue en-
broidery silk to carry out the some
thing blue that bride must wear to
the altar" '.r
NBut. Gran1'ma! How queer you
must have looked. Must have been
awful to live in those days"
well, dearie, I reckon you would
have found it awful if you had dressed
as you are now. One time I went to
a masquerade ball given by Marini, the
dancing master-on E street-most
stylish classes at the Capital-Presi-
And Marini, himself, was an italian
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-30

wiSp OF a woman
who was so bony
that instead of
canning her in
whalebone the pat
tern wrin k ! e d
loosely like a
blouse.
Women with a
memory for past
glories must have
had their humor-
Gus smiles for a
resurrected style
that shows up to-
day ike a strait
] ack t, W h os e
hooks and bones
allow for breathing
at half-rates only
hut No naSSarlnu
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-30
Public Whippings Wanted.

Whether to restore the CATO mine
tails punishment for perpetrators of
serious crimes is being discussed by the
city council of Armidale. Australia. The
sentiment is strong for such treatment
in an effort to stop the wave of raids
bv gangs of rowdies and of heinous
crimes that has been strong in that
part of the country. Success with the
cat" in New Zealand and of steriliza-
ton in the United States we're men,
tened at recent council meeting.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-30

r AIDES with the magpie habit of
hiding their belongings could.
doubtless, dig out from some
IL trunk or back shelf thing that
fashion, in by-gone days, used
to call a basque Also one of them
must have been donated to recent
rummage sale. for 1t went to market
the other morning on the back of a
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-02-10
The Pillars of the Temple.
fNew York Times

It almost looks if the Senate fixed a day for voting to revise the tariff when it knew that President Coolidge would be out of the country. He could hardly have borne the vote of 54 to 32 in favor of immediate downward revision if he had been by when this sacreligious step taken. For to him. to tfe straiter sect of the high protectionists. the tarin has been the very Ark of the Covenant, for loi these many years. To speak of it with anything but awe the magic source of all national bless ings has seemed impossible in the pure air of Republication. Yet fewer than twelve Re- publican Senators voted wekedly not only that the farif is oppressive to the farmers. but that it is filled with excessive rates which ought at once to be cut down. The tariff never be quite the thing again. Like the Equator, of which Jeffrey once heard to speak dis respectfully" it has lost caste irrecoverably. No one can hereafter get up in a Republican con without danger of provoking laugh The posi- tive vote by the Senate brings the question down out of sacred mysteries into the realm of business and common
 No supposes that the Senate will follow up it's audacious action by introducing bill or bills to correct tariff abuses That must be pr- marily the function of the House of Represen- tatives. And it shows inclination to enter upon a tariff discussion But the main thing is that the fatal words have been spoken No less than ffty-fo Senators have struck at the very pillars of the Republican temple. No one of them fell dead in the act The gain is not sight, for none is in sight. but in the relief of the human mind from portion at least of the superstitions which have for long been con nected-with. the protective tariff People may now say what they think about it without being accused of blasphemy.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-02-10
LAFOLLETTE UNDULY EXERCISED.

Senator LaFollette's resolution by means of which he seeks to put the Senate qn record as opposing third term candidates for the Pres- dency is unique in the annals of Congress It is frankly aimed at President Coolidge and at tempt to conceal its purport is made Even if passed it would constitute no legal bar to third term candidates Qualifications for candidates for the Presidency are clearly set up in the Constitution and they cannot be changed by a mere resolution But the passage of the reso- lution would inevitably prove to be political bar far Mir. Coolidge is concerned.
 The for the Wisconsin Senator's action in pressing the matter at this time is appar- ently found in the situation that has developed in certain Eastern States, notably New York and Massachusetts. Somewhat uneasy the pro gress of the Hoover boom, which has made deGn- ite headway in the past few weeks. Charles D. Hlles New York leader and some of the State organization leaders, and William M. Butler Republican National Committee Chairman, of Massachusetts, have seemingly to the con clusion it endangers their plans for having a big bloc of Eastern delegates sent to the Kansas City convention uninstructed and unpledged to any candidate. With such bloc headed by the big delegations from New York Massachusetts and Pennsylvania, Eastern politicians would be in position to demand important concessions from the convention. As they apparently view the present situation, the only way in which the
 
 revival of the Coolidge draft proposal. Unques- tionably such program is under way at this time.
 Very probably it's sponsors do not themselves expect that MT. Coolidge will consent to be drafted. His ''I do not choose to rum statement last summer and it's amplifcation at Washington in December is definite notice, and so charac- terized by MT. Coolidge, to the National Com mittee and other Republican leaders that the President will not consent to be candidate. But that does not constitute bar against a movement to draft him if the would-be drafters can make their program stick. If it be made specific enough to block the committal of Eastern delegates to any particular candidate, regardless of whether the President chooses to recognize it. the plan will have served it's purpose.
 MT. LaFollettes resolution has the virtue Of novelty, at least. It seems. to be unnecessary and, if adopted by the Senate, of no particular value Third term candidates are so unpopular to be altogether unlikely. If third term can didates do appear the electorate is in position to deal with them at the polls far more effective ly than any pronouneement made by the Senate possibly hope to do
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-02-10
The Toll of Blindness.
Washington Post. ]

The frightful toll of blindness resulting from industrial accidents gives pause for sober thought According to the announcement of the National Committee for the Prevention of Blindness, in dustry is responsible for 15 per cent of the blind population of the United States today This despite the fact that the experience oi many plants proves that most industrial eye acci- dents preventabe"
 The report seems the more appalling because of the gratifying progress made against blind ness resulting from infant diseases. In the twen- ty years work of the national committee, blind from this source has been reduced by one half. When one reflects upon the enormous number of babies who either born blind or become so shortly after birth as in the case of that superb Helen Keller, realization of what this work means to mankind dawns the mind. That it should tbe offset and rem dered in large degree nugatory by carelessness in handling industrial appliances seems tragic indeed; that it should be spoiled by improper or defective machinery seems too horrible to think about
 Yet it must be thought about. The blind population of the United States. according to the latest census. is 52,567 Of this number 15 per cent, or 7.SS5, owe their afliction to industry.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-02-10
THE WHY OF BIOGRAPHY.

John s. Sumner, of the New York Society for the Suppression of Vice, in recent address sharply criticised "iconoclastic biographies of famous Americans which tended to dispute some of the traditional and accepted protraits taught for many generations. He argued that it was good for the school children of the country to be inculcated with the idea that George Wash ington and other founders of the country were made out of clay superior to that of ordinary men. If we differ from that conception of the mission of biography, it is because we feel that biography has intimate connection with the record of the ages than has conventional history Incidents that may hot be considered essential in the writing of the latter certainly have a place in the former.
 It may make difference in the history of the United States that George Washington was still owner, but certainly biographer who took his task seriously would omit that fact That his temper of the hair-trigger variety and rather than less violent on provocation need not enter into his capacity a leader of seemingly forlorn cause, but most assuredly any biography which failed to take it into account would not be trustworthy. We are con vinced that truthful delineation Of all of the personal characteristics and traits of Washington Jefferson. Lincoln any of the other great figures of America does not tend to strip them
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-02-10
JAPAN AND SUFFRAGE.

Japan's new suffrage law, under which r. 00o,00o men were given the privilege of voting, will operate for the first time February 20, when a general parliamentary election will be held following the dissolution of the Diet. Under the suffrage law, sef-supporting meg of 25 years of age or more permitted to vote Politicians of all parties uncertain what the voters will do ill the electon--the first in which the male section of the public as whole will have a vote.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-02-10
That Lost Art.
(Kansas City Post.)

(Kansas City Post)
 Those who complain that have lost the art of conversation sadly mistaken if they think people can't talk intelligently. The trouble is that there are no listeners now as there were in the old days.
 It is the art of listening we have lost, and it undoubtedly is due to the fact that in this day everybody takes newspapers and magazines and each citizen is we'll informed that he wishes to do great deal of thinking Even when others in the company have the floor he is not listening, but is turning over in his mind the things he will say when it is his turn to talk
 Good listeners are so rare today that when you meet one and notice that he is paying strict attention you are embarrassed The nov city of being listened to causes you to wonder whether you are saying anything worth while
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-02-10
Ho, Hum!
More or Less True

iuOf v VI @OoS "
 Love doesn't always fly out of the window Sometimes it's drowned in the dishpan or burned to death over hot stove.
 The old-fashioned woman who dropped powder in her hu9- bands coffee to try to cure him of the tobacco habit now has q daughter who drops one in her daughters for the same reason.
 A wife knows that if she dies the question of whether her hus. band always will remain widow CT or marry again won't be an swered by him, but by somc widow in the community.
 You don't find many women these days who would rather take Tn washings than get a divorce
 There is no doubt about it being the real thing if the groom stiil 2an love his bride after sh, starts feeding him spinach anl carrots for his health's sake.
 Casting pearls before swine isn't any more foolish than put ting expensive silk hose on som legs.
 Probably the reason man wants clothes that cover him up is because as scenery his figure is scream.
 The automobile has its good points, but the love made on the old, hair-cloth sofa usually held a couple together until death dif em part.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-02-10
Comma Makes Difference

If it's written Something smoking hot" you know it's something to eat.
 But if it is written-"S Something. smoking, hot you know it is Il flapper.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-02-10

of any of the glamour which surrounds them and their immeasurably valuable services to the country No hero springs full panopled from the brow of love Each of them has suffered the same temptations of lesser mortas some in even greater degree. And it is in the fact that they were able to surmount them, to overcome these handcaps and rise superior to the ordi- nary run of humanity that has set them apart from the herd. Only when we come to know of their weaker side do we truly appreciate the heights of greatness to which they mounted
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-02-10
That Was Different

Blinks: He says he calls a spade a spade"
 links: Well, he must call that shovel he borrowed from ms gift"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-02-10
Sour Grapes

OOUT 0TdpCS
 One of our ambitions is not t) be rich enough to receive a ghost letter demanding 5.000.-Johnny Spencer, Macon Telegraph.
 We'll, when you reach a certain age things cease to be exactly ambitions, especially with column writers, but the desire is still there, and we'll bet Johnny wouldn't shut the door in Lady Luck's face if she happened 10 call around after all these years
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-02-10
The Ananias Club

Daughter remembered 10 ge, the baking powder l needed, but forgot to get the face powder she needed" said her mother.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-02-10

It appears that MT. Willis hope of securing the preferential primary vote unopposed in all of Ohios districts is doomed to disappointment With an active Hoover movement launched in the State, 0hio's senior Senator may come in for some dtsllusianmeut-
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-02-10
A Foolish One

The tulips never do get kissed, But notice, if you please, That though the lemon has 10
 waist,
 Twill often get a squeeze.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-02-10

Prohibition chiefs complain that Civil Service examinations were too tough for the agents of the Dry army. Which. suggest sets new record for toughness.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-02-10
Ask Dad, He Knows

Gosh, but that's a short skirt his wife is wearing"
 That probably accounts for the long face he's wearing"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-02-10

With 25 candidates to pick from in the April primary election. the Republicans in ttis Division should urge holiday April 24 So they will have time to digest the primary ballot
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-02-10

The movement for birth control of dogs in London might not be without profit were it adopted in Juneau.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-02-10
ALONG LIFE'S DETOUR
 By SAM HILL

You Can Try It if You Want To There's something that can cure
 a cold,
 l do not doubt, But I am betting 'tain't the juice Of sauerkraut.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-02-10

Hooyer's greatest peril is that some fool friend will burst out with the declaration that he is the nations slickest efficiency expert Milwaukee Journal)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-02-10

Greater love hath no Al Smith supporter than that he lay down his paper only after finishing the Governors S5,0O0-word message Detroit News)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-02-10

MT. Trotzky is getting some of the medicine he compounded few years ago, and he doesn't like the taste of it hit-(Detroit Free Press
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-02-10

Moreover, Houston has her ship channel handy to throw contestng delegations into.- (Dallas News.)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-02-10

It would be nice to have such an effective army and navy that nobody would have to think about national defense.-( Detroit Free Press)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-02-10
Fetch and Carry

The man who has ideas Is above the common rout; But ideas bring in nothing Unless they are carried out,
 Boston Transcript. But ashes are another tale, As you have learned, l do not
 doubt, For they bring you lecture when
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-02-10

It happens they're not carried
 out.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-02-10
He's Around Now


 Pa" said Clarence, what is d pessimist?"
 Hes fellow, my son." replied his dad, "who cant enjoy thinking of the coal he's saved during the mild, spring-like days of January because he's sure he'll burn three times as much as he's saved dur ing the cold spell he knows will follow them"
 Ho, Hum! I'm glad I have only one wife to learn to drive a car" groaned Smith.
 Finding it expensive, eh?" laughed Jones.
 Expensive doesn't half tell it," replied Smith, so far I've paid for replacing one fireplug, six telephone poles, three fences and fifteen ruined lenders on other peoples cars"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-02-10
That Awful Noise Is Parents
 Laughing
 (Headline) OUR THRIFTY YOUNG

Don't Do Anything for Themselves
 Anymore Although this is leap year. The girls will, we suppose, Now sidestep that job, too, And make the men propose. Sam Hill, Cincy Enquirer. Since this Is leap year, men, Why wouldn't this stunt do To let all of the women Do all the working, too?
 Norman Ralston.
 Naturally Brown: "Yes, surely was ta ken in"
 Black: (Which means, of course, you're out" fF ff
 SA
 Passing Observation A rolling stone may gather no moss, but if cartoonists have the right dope rolling pin can gath CT lot of hair.
 Man's-Size Job With all the sins there now are to cover you hardly can blame Charity if it gets kinda discour-
Seward daily gateway., 1928-01-06
INSTALLING TELEPHONE
 SYSTEM KUs|LOF RIBBON

From the Alaska Packers cannery, at the mouth of the Kusilof river, a telephone line is to be installed by the fox ranchers and residents of that district, reports Al Hardy, fox raiser, who was in Seward last week. It is planned to connect up all the ranchers along the river all of whom are stand ing their portion of the expense. y
 This inovation not only means a great saving of time, in the matter of communication, but lessens the risk of serious sickness, or possible death. for assistance in time of need will be obtained at short notice.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-01-06
PENINSULA FUR CATCH
 N0T UP EXPECTATIONS

The fur catch throughout the Kus- ilof district will not come up to ex- pectation this season, say Oldtimers who have recently been in town from that area, for though there seemed to be ample signs around the forepart of December following the opening of the season, all signs appeared to vanish in air.
 The usual amount of mink seemed to be about, in fact in certain DOT tions there was an overabundance of signs which would indicate there were more of these little animals than one would expect.
 All through the country down there trappers are every where, a great many whites but the majority, natives
Seward daily gateway., 1928-01-06
THREE TNO- STORY LOG DWELLINGS BEING BUILT
 FOR KUs|LOF FOX FARM

Perry A. Cole, one of the directors of the American Fox Breeders Asso- citation, and probably one of the best known of fox men in the world, who is embarking upon a fox ranch busi- ness on a large scale in Stewards "backdoor'', the Kusilof river country, Kenai peninsula, has taken lease on a chain of lakes, and also taken up homestead.
 It is said, by fox rancher from there, Al Hardy, that MT. Cole pro poses to create one of the largest fox ranches in America and in the spring is sending in two families, from the States, as we'll as his own family. Mink, as well as fox, will be raised.
 MT. Cole is said to be the largest fox raisers, at the present time, in New York State.
 At the present time his son is on the job building three, two story log dwellings, each 2S 30 feet in size, and anticipates having them com pleted by spring. Also, this winter, he is getting out sufficient poles, and other timber, for the building of 50 pens.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-01-06
COMMITS SUICIDE

CHICAGO, Jan. 6. (P)-James M. Nelson, head of large advertising firm, committed suicide in his office after carefully selecting cigars which he left as tip for the policeman who found him.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-01-06

Seattle Tee Cream at Schallerer Alaska Shop. q
Seward daily gateway., 1928-01-06

URBAcH'S have coming on the next boats 200 late books for their circu- lating library.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-01-06

Latest Brunswick pnonographs and records. Schallerer's Alaska shop