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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-06

or the Smith cabinet---as the case may
be. If Smith wins, will John w. Davis
be Secretary of State? Will Jesse Jones
of Texas have q cabinet post or an am
bassadorship? Will Franklin u. Roose-
welt be Secretary of the Mayor of
War? And so on. II Hoover succeeds
Coolidge will Secretary Mellon stay in
the cabinet? viii BaScom Slemp be
Postmaster General--the post to which
he has aspired SO long? One of the
specially difficult problems confronting
the Hoover cabinet slate-fnakers Is how
to dispose satisfactorily of Col. william
l.. Donovan. Assistant Attorney Cen
eral, and Ogden l.. Mills. Undersecre-
tary of the Treasury. both hailing from
New York State, both of cabinet caliber
and cabinet ambitions and both stand
Ing in high esteem with Secretary
Hoover. 1t Is taken for granted that
New York State may not have two
places In the cabinet. II Mr.. Hoover is
puzzled by this problem of the rival
claims OF Donovan and Mills. the UNI
Official slate-makers have solved Ii for
MIN. They put Donovan in the cabinet
as Attorney General and send Mr.. Mills
as Ambassador TO the Court of ST.
James.
Congressional speeches are pro-
verbally heavy but it Is something
OF shock to discover that the daily
output OF reprinted oratory-~princlpall
excerpts from the Congressional Rec
ord--now being dumped into the mail.
postage free under congressional frank
averages close to Ave tons in weight
rms Is the current estimate OF the
maillng room In the House Office
Building, which Is approaching the
busiest season 1t has ever known
me I'VE tons day Is only a starter.
1he mail handlers expect 1t will be
running ~ tons a day month from
now, ana more than that in>October.
The peak load during the 1925 con-
gressional campaign was % truck loads
per day--and this Is presidential year.
Representative Tom" Blanton of
Texas, whose senatorial ambitions were
rudely squelehed In the Texas pri-
maries week ago, sent out approx
mately IL tons of "franked" mail In
his recent campaign. This is a rec
ord not likely to be soon surpassed.
Even In peace times Uncle Sam has
70 puy pretty stable quantities of
foodstutfs to feed hts soldiers and
sailors--that skeleton army and navy
which there is so much talk about when
Congress Is In session Right now the
Navy Department Is in the process Of
purchasing l.i55,000 pounds OF canned
peaches, 100000 pounds OF pineapples,
100000 pounds of figs and ga0. 900
pounds OF apricotS. Fruit-growers In
Florida and California are engaged In
some lively competitive bidding to land
this huge contract.
lCopyrisht, 1927
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THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES f. TRACEWELL.

| When Gearshift saw that he had
only gentleman clerk to wait on him,
he knew he had lost the first round by
big margin.
The question was, would the jumping
| jack win the second.
II want jumping jack" said Henry
Gearshift, hoping that the gentleman
| clerk would understand.
"A what?" asked the clerk, wither-
ingly.
| "One of these things that jump out
Of a box placidly retorted Gearshift.
| The gentleman clerk looked highly
| displeased.
oh" he said, just like that.
That's it," said Gearshift, hopefully.
! The clerk drew himself to his full
height of S feet inches.
Children don't play with those any
more" he said, loftily.
! And he turned on his heel.
I Being dismissed from the precincts
| In this fashion. Henry Gearshift be-
thought himself of another store where
he might run some chance of picking
up things that children don't play with
any more.
AS he walked along the hot street he
| thought of the toys that children used
to play with but which Time has put
| out of business
He recalled the diabolo--to use but
! one Of its names-Cne round piece OF
wood whirled on string between two
sticks. and thence cast into the air, to
be caught upon said string by the ex-
| pert.
He thought of the elaborate compo-
| sition building blocks of his own child
hood, with which he had built what he
| regarded as a good copy Of the Post
| Office Building Since those days the
clamor against the building has left
| him cold. He still regards 1t as beauti-
full,
! Just as he was mentally rescuing the
| building on the southwest corner of
Eleventh street and Pennsylvania ave-
nue. from ill-deserved scorn, Gearshift
came to his place of research.
| He went in.
Il am looking for jumping jack"
! he said. humbly.
Two gentlemen clerks and three lady
clerks looked at him pityingly.
| jumping jacks?" asked the leader.
doubtfully.
Yes, one Of these jiggers that jumps
out OF the box and says boo when you
open the lid"
Have we got anything like that,
Mabel?" commanded ehe leader. as he
| sighed heavily, and began to look over
sheet of paper which he held.
I'VE Ravens had anything like that
| for Is years. said Mabel. with sheer
When she saw the disappointed look in
| the would-be customers eyes, she with
drew the sheer instantly, much to her
credit.
THE children" she explained, don't
| play with them any more"
oh" said Gearshift. THANK you"
| When he got back to the Office,
| Henry got out his biggest dictionary
and turned OVER to the ~ section, He
| thought he ought to be in 1t himself,
maybe. He read:
jumping jack--A toy figure of
| man. joined and made to jump or
dance by means of strings, or sliding
stick"
Illumination striking him. he turned
| back and found: Jack in the box
A child's toy. consisting of box out
of which, when the lid is raised, fig
ure springs"
Henry Gearshift thought maybe he
had better go jump of the Monument,
after all
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Sea Microbes Carry
Gold About With Them
BY Z. L. FREE. PHI. ID.

Some Of the microscopic living crea-
lures which exist by billions in sea wa
ter must use gold for food or must carry
1t about with them for some other rea-
son, as human beings carry pocket
books. Only In some such way. says the
distinguished German chemist, DR.
Fritz Haber. Ia 1t possible to explain
remarkable variations which he has
found In the amounts of gold In the
sea water from different parts of the
ocean, even within distances OF only
few miles.
That gold exists In sea water has been
known for many years and numerous
efforts have been made to extract 1t
commercially, Five years ago DIR.
Haber himself directed one OF these
efforts, hoping To find source of
precious metal TO help pay tha German
PREPARATIONS, The commercial project
proved impossible the average quantity
nf sea gold being less than two-hun~
dredths OF grain In a tom OF water.
In few places. however. the water
was found To contain much more gold,
In other parta OF the ocean the gold
was almost completely absent At the
opening meeting OF Q recent ocean,
egraphie conference held In Berlin,
Prof, Hahar described these variations
and reported his attempts ~ explain
them nA enllEed ~ tile 6nl4finn az NN2n
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acteriStically enthusiastic. But his
jaunty bearing is somewhat jolted by
certain publications anent his return,
from sources which are usually friendly
to him politically. One OF the organs
of his party. in its news account of his
tour of the West. somewhat inconsid~
erately, and, from his point of view,
needlessly. recites the fact that this va
cation. just concluded. is the seventh
the mayor has taken since he took Of
fee in January. 1926, his total vaca-
tion absence from duty covering a
period of l49 days. This is almost the
equivalent Of two months in each year.
which is somewhat more than the aver
age person requires for the maintenance
of balance between work and play.
Perhaps Mayor Jimmie feels that his
absence from duty was not all play. and
that he can render good account of
his vacation on the score OF selling
New York to the country at large. He
has made a number of speeches and
they have all rung with the note of
loyalty to the big concretion of boroughs
that constitutes the country's greatest
center of population. He has pro-
claimed the virtues of Gov. Smith and
has explained Tammany in terms of
sweet persuasion to numbers of hearers.
True, these addresses have not adj
vanced the solution of the numerous
problems which face the people OF
Greater New York. those of transporta-
ton, health, education and public Sc
curity. But they have given outlet to
a feeling of intense devotion which may
prove to be helpful in the November
crisis.
Mayor Walker is a Joyous figure III
the national view and it is to be hoped
that his vacations will not be limited
hereafter by any obdurate sense OF duty
to the Job to which he has been as
signed By the voters of New York. de
is always welcome guest at any gath
er,ng and as welcome on any rostrum.
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Mayor James Walker-~Jimrnie 10 his
intimates and 10 many others-~has re-
turned 20 New York from what Is usually
styled well earned vacation. Leaving
Houston immediately after the adjourn
enent Of the national Democratic con-
yention, he hied himself to The great
spen spaces Of the far West and for
several weeks he has been bssking in
the refreshing airs of shore and noun
tain. In that wonderful region where
men are men. etc, He has gone back 10
the scene Of mis- occasional municipal
iabors greatly refreshed In bodA and
spirit and confident that the WsAt Is
bent uoon electiaz las tfisfld ana 81
utrlet oalcer. Gov. 8D,slla 40 President,
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SHOOTING STARS.
BY pHILAspER JOHNSON.

Contented Eskimo.
do not know OF any Eskimo
Who does not stay at home, up in the
snow,
While we who dwell In hot or temperate
zone
Long to approach those Icy realms un-
known.
1t Is related that In times gone by
An Eskimo decided he would try
A journey far into the South--his tale
OF sultry Summer made his friends turn
pale.
80, let them comet" exclaimed the
Eskimo.
|. But let US not, In turn, exploring 60.
A chilly air means comfort all complete
But why should we go out and hunt up
heat?"
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Another Sea Rescue.

Another remarkable rescue OF aviators
has been made at sea. For the second
time in a week flyers who have been
forced down In the heaving ocean
wastes have been snatched from death
by fine seamanship on the part OF the
captains and crews of ocean liners. Yes
terday's rescue of the two Polish myers
who set out to make nonstop east
lowest crossing of the Atlantic was
even more remarkable than when Capt.
Courtney was picked up few days ago
after drifting helplessly for ten hours
in his flying boat. Majs. Idzikowski
and Kubaia did not possess either radio
or pontoons to bring them aid and to
keep them afloat until succor arrived.
Furthermore, the Polish airmen appar-
entity had become lost while in flight
and were headed back toward Europe
in a desperate attempt to reach land
before their fuel was exhausted. To
have ship handy to rescue them at
the critical juncture when their gasoline
line broke after thirty-six hours In the
air was nothing short of miracle.
Until more detailed accounts Of their
unsuccessful attempt are gathered from
the airmen themselves, it will not be
known why they few almost half way
to America and back again instead Of
coming straight ahead to their objec-
tive. Thirty-Seven hours had been es-
timated as the time necessary to make
the trip, yet at the end Of thirty-six
hours they were back within sixty miles
of the Portuguese coast. This mystery,
however, fades into insignificance COM
pared to the fact that they were
snatched from watery grave when en-
CINE trouble developed.
Harry Hawker was, so far as is
known, the first transatlantic pilot to be
rescued when his land plane came down
in the ocean. He was taken aboard
fishing vessel. which did not carry wire
less, and for more than week was
given up for lost. Nearly ten years
elapsed between Hawker's rescue and
the saving OF Ruth Elder and Capt
Haldeman when fuel trouble. in their
flight last year. caused them to dive
into the ocean by the side of an oil
steamer. These two escapes and that
OF the Polish flyers constitute about
the only sea rescues Of land plane avia-
tors on overwater flights. Many others
who have essayed the same kind of
hazardous journey have not had the
luck Of these three expeditions and
have never been heard from again.
Inasmuch as 1t has been repeatedly
demonstrated that present-day planes
must be loaded to the breaking point
TO carry fuel sufficient to make the At
iantic crossing, that failures are more
frequent than successes and that the
victorious flyers must possess ability of
high order plus the smiles Of fortune,
It would seem TO be about time TO call
a temporary halt in these aviation ac-
tiyities. The goal that the two expe-
ditions Of the past week sought has
already been attained and nothing of
scientific value can come from further
dice throws with death. However, fame
and fortune are still coveted by per-
sons in every walk of life and 1t is
probable there win be no cessation in
attempts TO secure them
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must readiuSt themselves. Progress
cannot be checked nor change prevented
| by mere stubborn reaction. It
| is not unreasonable to suppose that
I talking pictures will enlarge rather than
eurtan the market for harmonious eff
| fort"
As TO the possibility that owners will
dispense with orcheStras in individual
theaters. the Rochester Democrat and
Chronicle remarks; The theater own
erS doubtless would welcome this limo
| Walton, for the item OF music is one Of
the coStlieSt which the theaterS, es-
pecially the small ones, have TO meet
The owners, 1t may be supposed would
grasp eagerly for a chance to hold the
whip which the musicians, through their
powerful organizations, have held In
the past. but neither the thearer men
nor the musicians viii have the final
decision. Unless the talking
movies can produce a substitute for or
ehestra music which will be exactly as
good as the original, the public Is not
likely to tolerate the complete elinaina-
ton OF orehestraS from motion picture
theaterS."
1T will only be when the great re-
eording orcheStras are reproduced so
perfectly that their music Is far superb
or TO that Of lesser aggregaionS that
these lesser organizations win lose cut"
argues the Milwaukee Journal. and the
Spokane Spokesman Review. giving at
tention to the cultural advantages ariS-
ing from the employment of oreheStras
brought TO "a pretty high level" de-
clareS: There have been times when
the cultured ticket buyers have found
the orchestra more enjoyable than the
pictures. which Is high praise. indeed.
Into this cultural atmosphere the talk
ms movie has intruded By mechani-
cal miracle. 1t projects both music and
the agitated likeness OF the musician.
Arttstically, We are right back TO
the electrical piano that ground out
Spring Song by MendelsSohn. In the
infancy Of the pictures. Menace is not
too strong word"
Voicing general sympathy for the
professional musicians. the DAYTON
Daily News, AZ the same time, advises
them that, "in these Kaleidoscope times
no occupation, no business. Is free from
peril Of change which viii cali upon
its utmost wit, AT such times. It Is
quick readluStment TO new conditions
or die. In the case Of the musicians.
the change 70 the talking movies prom
lseS to be Slow enough to give time 10
find new footing"
I'm the end" states the Toledo BLADE.
"the newer and cheaper methods az
the manufacture of music, or bottles. or
shoes, or automobiles always win. Old
are tossed aside like fiimSy
ruins of froSt-hitten plant, but
new occupations are opened TO new
generations" The Hamilton, Ont. Spee~
tasor remarks that "the great disturb
anceS ot the Industrial era were long
N rightpg themselves. and with every
fresh advance new gruups Of workers
are compelled To adapt themselves Ia
changed conditions"
The Memphis Commercial Appeal
concludes that apparently old king
pnnule has cossAa faslh aaAIlt. nlacsd
'ass 5hEqae ~ The <ezShnte xna Nased
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Fight Over Mechanical Music
On Stage Regarded as Futile

Efforts on the part of the American
Federation of Musicians and the Actors
Equity 10 limit the use of the talking
motion pictures, on the ground that
they are a menace TO the arts of the
stage, gain little favorable response
from the public
1T is the age-old struggle between
the man and the machine. which the
machine has always won." says the
Chicago Daily Tribune. Labor, for the
most part, recognizes that virtually
nothing can be attained by fighting the
machine. and much can be lost If in
telligent perception does not suggest
the necessary adjustments to new con-
iitions. If they are undertaken In time,
there Is a labor make-oyer which does
not entail much distress. A delayed
adjustment sometimes does mean Seri-
Gus disturbance of living conditions.
The rule Is that the machine wins, and
In that Is one reason for general Amer
lean success
Fears that the number of competent
musicians will decrease and that the
quality of music will deteriorate are
discussed by the Worcester Telegram
1t Is conceded by that paper that las
the means of distributing music by
mechanical means improves. II Is likely
that smaller number OF producers
Will be able to meet the demands of the
customers. But the peSsimistic predic-
ton may be the wrong one" continues
the Telegram Mechanical progress
may prove more OF n Stimulant for
musicians than Is expected. The fear
regarding the quality of music seems
groundless. There is no reason to be-
lieve that the human voice VIII deterio-
rate because of mechanical progress.
IL Is natural TO exDect that
progress in instrumental music viii be
forward not backward"
That the musicians ARE unduly
alarmed" Is the conclusion of the Kan
sas City star. which directs attention
to the fact that the movies themselves
'have provided for more orehestras than
ever were known before" and that me-
chemically produced music creates
musical taste reflected in hundred
WAYS In the wider spread of musical
education" The Star adds Music
didn't originate In the movie shows and
won't end there, Beethoven never heard
of n movie, When another like him
comes along. he will give nrChestraS
for thousand years-~and
where win the movies be by that timer"
Attempt to limit the talking motion
pictures on the ground that they men,
ace art ON the stage" according 10 the
New York Herald Tribune. ''lS inst as
sensible and will be Just as effective as
would he q protest by am association Of
painters against the extension Of pho
Biography. What the COMPETE
tion of the mechanical production OF
plays will do Is TO force musicians and
actors to give such good performances |
that they cannot be successfully iIni+ |
tated by mechanical means"
Contempt was shown for the first |
screen productions. The speaking |
stage frowned upon the nevelty,s ~
calls the seattle Daily Times, and |
would have ii, fhina 10 do with 1t, Talk. |
lnR pictures. - any other innovation, u
'nslSt as.gId teF saeeesa ulao,s innai1I
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-06

Having attained fame by his daring
flight, Col. Lindbergh now commands
respect by not undertaking to surpass
or even duplicate his own achievement
There is what has been called an AIR
sense"-a large part Of which is only
common sense.
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Promising Career.

Promising Career.
Il remember YOU" said the good old
friend. when you we're considered a
very promising young man."
Yes" answered Senator Sorghum,
land think i have made good. My
hopeful constituents will bear me out
when / say have been promising one
thing or another ever since"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-06

No doubt can be felt that the assassin
OF Obregon Is a hystericaI fanatic.
Psychology is an interesting and i'm
portant science which too often fails "a
get hold Of patient until after the
crime has been committed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-06

Human sympathy Is stronger than
rivalry. In ais present III health Sena-
tor-elect Ware viii find few, If any,
willing to remember him as an antago-
mist instead of only as fellow man.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-06

After vacation in the hills and the
open spaces, Mayor Walker says he is
going to his home town to get some real
rest. Once New Yorker. always New
Yorker
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Farm Mergers Stunned.

Prom the San BsTnaFdino Sun.
Agriculture may be as profitable a.
some economists say IL In, but you don't
notice any capitalists organizing mer-
gers Of farms.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-06

A favcrite comedian should not at
tempt to fy. There is absolutely Moth
ing funny in an airplane crash.
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Invoking Physical Violence.

Invoking Physical Violence.
"our friend the pugilist is going In
for literature"
Grand idea" exclaimed Mr.. PEN
wiggle. Maybe some Of these book
reviewers will get what Is coming to
them"
He who says nothing" said HI Ho,
the sage OF Chinatown, may succeed In
substituting wise silence for foolish
speech"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-06

Introducing the human voice into
motion pictures may retire many a
present star with tendency to say Il
seen it" and "I done 1t"
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Justice must be served: yet 1t seemed
almost cruel in view of the climate TO
interrupt Oil Man Blackmer's Summer
vacation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-06

Perils Of the North Pole are so great
that an adventurer in that region may
risk not only his life. but his reputa-
ton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-06

It has apparently become an eStab-
iished rule to keep a Secretary of the
Interior as well worried as possible.
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Idle Fishermen

A ioafing day fulfilled their wish.
Through streams they did not care To
roam.
What was the use OF catching fish?
They'd left the camera at home.
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Wall Street complains of bootleg
money" as stimulant In gambling in
toxication.
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Rate hy Mail--Payable I'm Advance.
MARYLAND and Virginia.
An Other States and Canada.
nann,har az the Assnniafed Press.

The Associated Press Is exclusively entitiso
% tho use Tor republication OF ali eWS elS-
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tied in this paper and also the loca! news
ot5ilsNec herein. All rights OF puhncation OF
SPECIAL dispatches herein are also reserved
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-06

ences In the sea water or by ocean cur
rents,
Ing life OF the ocean III different areas
can explain, Dr, Hahar asserted, the
variations uncovered by his analyses,
just why the upeansa LIVING MiGfuhas
should carry Geld around With them ~
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-06
Skirt Hangers Older,

Prom the Mobefly. MO. Monitor-Index and
Democrat
A kid haE 10 be big enough to take
ears of himself f0WadaNs hefufe ~
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Law Aids Resiliency.

From the Savannah Morning News
England N 60 remove the restrictions
on export rubber. 1t Is reported, So 1t
viii stretch further. evidently.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-06

Jud Tunkins says man who tries TO
masquerade with another's brains Is
likely TO look pretty much like an Injun
who wears plug hat with a feather
in 1t.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-06

Every campaign diseloses some able
leader whose party views are inclined u
criticism, but who claims credit for not
hoitinR outright
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-06

There is as much eagerness in Arctic
exploration as if the Eskimos had
votes.