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Evening star., 1928-12-27
INSTALLMENT Xxx.

INSTALLMENT Xxx.
r. LORING'S sleeping powder
was . boon to Yvonne She
woke early in the morning re-
49, freShed and rested Quietly
she got out of bed and went
Evening star., 1928-06-13
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES 3. TRACEW ELL.

/ does. 1t isn't human to like cold water
played upon the spine. Any physician
will tell you that at one point near the
neck the vertebrae come very near TO
the surface. and that cold water or
cold air applied at that point is heroic
treatment.
Reaction Is the pet word of the cold
bath advocates. If you react" enough,
you will benefit. j. Henry Gearshift
finally had to admit to himself that
his powers OF reaction must be decidedly
negligible.
It wouldn't have been so bad II he
had ever got used to 1t: but at the end
of eight years he met his cold shower
| with exactly the same grimace OF dis
taste with which he had greeted MS
first one.
Two years ago he evolved system of
his own which made no such large de-
mands upon the powers Of reaction.
The old-fashioned but omnipresent
wash rag took the place of the shower.
Gearshift took what, In homely par
lance, was called the rag bath IN
million country and small town homes
in his youth, and, which is no doubt
still so called.
A sma'l bit Of cloth sopping with cold
water might be deftly applied to several
square inches of cuticle with none OF
the breath-taking qualities OF the flood
pouring from the shower.
Yet such a BATH, adequately done,
gives one a nice reaction. The skin
glows uniformly upon the application
of towels.
There is but one fault to be found
with 1t:
The water is still too cold!
n
1t was a red-letter day in Gearshift's
ca ndar when this solid citizen deter
mined to forswear cold water once and
for all
I'm getting tired of freezing myself, "
he announced. Prom now on l take
nothing but hot baths"
1t was really remarkable how much
better Gearshift felt after those words.
A load seemed to drop from his
shoulders
mental incubu3 which he had been
carrying for decade vanished as COM
pletely as one of these completes" are
supposed to do when the psychoana-
lyst succeeds in dragging 1t from its
hidden lair in the mind.
He was happy. care-free.
Life suddenly took on new zest.
Picture Gearshift in his first sizzling
hot bath of his grand, new era.
Clouds of steam Kissed into the air
and amid them sat our hero, intent on
enjoying, for the first time in years, the
feeling of comfort which he knew in
his childhood days. before the unlucky
hour when he read somewhere that one
ought to take cold baths.
He retoiced in the heat, in the calm,
happy spine. soothed by the ministra-
ton OF millions Of invisible heat units.
What a fool he had been. he told
himself, to make himself uncomfortable
on somebody else's word
From now on, life would BIZ different.
The morning bath, at least, would be
warm. as befittinL a -blooded
creature.
He might finish UP with lukewarm
water, but the main portion Of the
bawth would be hot.
THE hotter the better" said emanci-
pated j. Henry Gearshift
Evening star., 1928-06-13
CONVENTION OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLiAM VILE.

pet aversion should achieve the goal
Of his ambitions right here under
Reeds nose, AS 1t were.
Entertains Mrs. Blair.
A Kansas City paper printed an
amusing item to the effect that Sena-
tor Jim" is entertaining Democratic
friends who are attending the @. o. p.
convention, among them Mrs Emily
Newell Blair Of Missouri, vice chairman
OF the Democratic national committee
1t has IL that the fair Emily and the
virile Jim" are deadly enemies. Reed
maintains, nevertheless a healthy re-
spect for Mrs. Blair's political capacity
That woman can raise more he'll than
any 40 men I know!" was the tribute
he once paid her.
The Hanford MacNider- for Vice
President boom has bounded b,Ioyantly
into the convention picture. The for-
mer Legion commander and Assistant
War Secretary Is personally conducting
It. His pulchrltudinous wife motored
down from Iowa with her DYNAMIC
young husband MacNider pergontfies
assets the politicians are not scornine
this year. He is one OF the cuuntry's
most famous and most beloved World
War service men and he halls from
disahected Iowa. Representative A.
Piatt Andrew OF Massachusetts,. once
custodian OF the Fullerton President
campaign, Is putting in licks for Mac
Nider.
Evening star., 1928-06-13
The Speed of the Lexington.

With new speed records being made
in the air and on the ground, particular
interest attaches to the remarkable
water record being made by the air
craft carrier Lexington, as the thirty
three e-thousand-ton vessel cleaves the
ocean on her run from San Pedro to
Honolulu. On June Q, shortly after
noon. the Lexington pulled up her
anchors and got under way. For the
next twenty-four hours she averaged
twenty-nine and two-tenths knots an
hour. Running along through smooth
seas the next day she boosted her speed
to thirty knots, while in the last twen-
ty-four hours she has been rushing
through the water at thirty and nine
tenths knots. The result OF this un-
precedented pace has been that for
two consecutive days the sleek vessel
has broken the world speed mark tor
ships. doing seven hundred miles and
seven hundred and forty-two miles, re-
spectively. The best previous record
was made by the light cruiser Omaha
in 1928. when she reeled of six hum
dred and ninety nautical miles in twen-
ty-four hours, and the Mauretania in
1911, which logged six hundred and
seventy-six knots In the same period.
With plans already under way to fur
nIsh a four-day transatlantic service
with thlrty-knot ships. the mark being
established by the Lexington takes on
added significance. For three days the
aircraft carrier has maintained the rate
OF speed proposed for the passenger
liners in the new service so that here
appears to be reason to believe that q
new era in ocean travel Is about to be
realized The Mauretania has for years
been able 10 show her heels to the ma
jority OF ocean liners and she has been
probably one of the best moneymakers
for the Cunard Line. It is evident. there
fore, that should the plans for the At
lantic service reach fruition, the public
will glady patronize ships of the sturdi-
ness of the Mauretania and the speed
of the Lexington The four-day trip to
Europe is an alluring prospect In these
times of fast transportation.
Evening star., 1928-06-13
Science VI. Publicity.

Two women, with their pilots and
crew, are waiting In Newfoundiand for
favorable weather TO make the Atlantic
hop. One. Mabel Boil. arrived at Har~
Dor Grace after an eleven hundred
mile flight from New York yesterday
in the naonoplsne Columbia. which car
ried Clarence chamberlin and Charles
Levine TO fame last year IN fight To
Germany. The other. Amelia Earhart,
has been waiting In Trepassey Bay for
several days to get away on the twenty
three -hundred-m ocean night. Both
women have able pilots and good ships,
and 1t appears very much as II the
first Atlantic air race Ia history IL
shortly 10 take place.
OF the two expeditions, Miss Ear
hart's N by fer tbs more sensible. Not
oniy is she an Accomplished aviator,
but her plane. the Friendship, " multi
ngot0Ted and carries pont0ons for land"
ing on water. Miss Boiia plane has
proved It's msttls. but single~enginsd
land planes are not the type Of ship
" give confidence In q successful over
seas hop, Besides this factor, there
appears " be q difference In ths atti~
satds OF tks two women In regard 70
thA night. Mia EarhaEt, while assu-
rally desiring 70 be the first woman "
cross the Atlantic BY air, IL actually
testing out a practical plane for such
trip for scientific reasons. Miss Boil
On the otfsr hand, evidently IL making
the journey IN a hazardous. manner
merely 70 satisfy her desire for ths
publicity which win result from being
the first woman across
Either the sesDiane on the smpbibiaH
plane win be ths standard for future
overseas flying, an6 II can readily bs
seen that Mlee karhart's stt1mpt N
get her heavily laden ship into tn
sir for sight 0f more than two thou
sand miles has direct bearing On DE-
yelopmeDt@ IN this type Of craft. NJ
nonstop flight across the ocean hal
yet been Rads In plane capable o
landing on the Water should the en-
alpse 4sa. On the contrary, seysEA
Evening star., 1928-06-13

flights have been made with single
engined land planes, so that nothing
new or nothing valuable can be gained
even II the Columbia is sturdy enough
to make its second successful over
water flight
1t is devoutly TO be hoped that both
women succeed in their mission, but
Miss Earhart's effort will be watched
with far more scientific interest than
will Miss Boll's. The world is little
fed UP with publicity seeking, regard
less of the courage OF the individuals
who seek it, and consequently the tri-
motored Friendship will draw more at
tention on It's scientific expedition than
the single-motored Columbia. which
has already gained fame enough in the
world of aviation.
Evening star., 1928-06-13
UNITED STATES
IN WORLD WAR
Ten Years Ago To-day.

The Germans this morning launched
an attack against the Americans In
an attempt to retake the town OF
Bouresches, the assault following a
neavy artillery bombardment of our
positions Americans repulsed the at
tacking force and either killed or cap
tured every German Ameri-
cans In retaliation attack a hill north
OF the town and bring IN Al prisoners.
The two encounters lasted three hours.
Having failed 10 hold Belleau
Wood with their crack troops. and hav-
ing iost eight out Of eight fights with
tne Americans around Chateau
fhierry, the Germans brought up a
large force Of artillery and for 10
hours poured some 10000 high ex-
ploslYes and gas shells into the Ameri-
can positions Some losses. but the
american didn't give an inch Of
ground, and their morale, after IL days
Oh iightinK. is excellent French
make successful counter~attaek
against the German center on the
MAtZ, throwing the enemy back across
the river The Germans launch
powerful counter-attack from Cour-
celles 10 Merry In All attempt 10 regain
u9e ground lost In the past two days,
put the French resist stubbornly and
the assaulCing columns are forced
Dack with heavy casualties.
Foch parties vital thrust when Won
Hutier's drive toward CompieRne Ia
stopped by the French left and center.
The fevefihh haste with which the
enemya attacks are multiplied as the
Held OF offensive Is enlarged speaks
eloauently Of the conscious need 10
Dflhg the battle 10 q speedy climax.
Evening star., 1928-06-13

OF being lost at night In the air, the
Mexican flyer wisely decided to come
to earth. In the glare of automobile
headlights he made a perfect landing
at Mooresville. After nap and bite
to eat and check-up OF his motor. the
Mexican aviator climbed into his ship
gave it the gun. and. ct hundred
mile-an-hour speed, 2oomed into Wash
ington yesterday afternoon, bringing a
message of good will from his country
to the United States.
The National Capital welcomes the
aviator from the southern republic and
compliments him on his daring fight
No credit can be taken from Capt Car
rama for his stop en- route. On the
contrary. it demonstrated qualities of
airmanship which. II possessed by
other flyers, would have probably saved
many lives. The courageous man
knows danger. The fool goes needless
ly on because he lacks that rare IN
stinct and judgment which should vain
him to stop. Capt. Crr'anza in reach
ing his decision to Ne to earth, de-
spite the fact that 1t would mean the
end of his cherished ambition to make
a nonstop flight, showed qualities that
could well be emulated by airmen all
over the world.
Col Lindberghs flight to Mexico City
and Capt. CarranZa's journey to WASH
ington have done much to link the two
countries in the spirit of amity. There
is something thrilling and dramatic In
the sky messenger who scars over
mountains and plains day and night TO
bring fluctuations from another coun-
try 1t touches the heart and stirs the
imagination and it is matter of pride
to both Mexico and the United States
that such men as Carranza and Lind
bergh are the standard bearers OF
friendship and good will
Evening star., 1928-06-13
A National Guard Armory.

For many years efforts have been
made to secure a permanent home for
the National Guard OF the District of
Columbia. They have been uniformly
unsuccessful. The Guard has been
moved about from place to place, oc-
cupying temporary and makeshift quar-
tiers in various structures, none adequate
in size and appointments. At present
temporary buildings erected by the Gov
ernment during the war are allotted to
the organization and these will soon
be razed in the development Of the
Capitol Station plaza. Where the Guard
will go next. II no provision is made
meanwhile for a permanent home, is a
problem.
During the past twenty-five years ap-
proximately s400 900 has been spent for
the rental of armories for the District
Guard, a sum suffcient II expended
twenty years ago to have acquired a
site and constructed a suitable head
quarters building. In that period large
additional sums have been expended
in the upkeep and renovation Of these
rented buildings. more in fact than
would have been needed TO maintain
District-owned armory.
There Ia now available no privately
owned building suitable for armory
purposes, and private interests win not
undertake to provide such building ex-
cept at q rental that would completely
pay for 1t In ten years. 1t Is therefore
proposed by Mai. Gen. Anton Stephan,
commander of the District Guard. that
Congress be asked 10 appropriate
s1oo. 900 as the initial contribution for
half-million collar structure, to be
used as the permanent home Of the
Guard. He has asked that this item be
included In the estimates Of the Com
missioners In the budget for the fiscal
year 1880.
There Is scarcely city In the United
States without National Guard armory
Washington, practically alone Of all
American municipalities. lacks such q
feature, although the District Guard
hes on every occasion Of national need
proved a dependable and valuable fac
tor Of defense. It Is an exceIlently
manned and oficered organization. It
Is maintained In accordance with the
law It's members give their time and
services eagerly despite the heavy han
dicap under which the Guard has suf-
tered during practically its entire ex-
istence as a unit Of citizen soIdiery. 1t
is assurecly due to them that they be
given home. suitable In location. In
size and in appointments. This esti-
mate Of 100000 should receive favora-
be consideration by the Commissioners
and should be supported by strong
recommendation when the District
budget is submitted TO Congress.
Evening star., 1928-06-13
A couragseas Flight.

Lesyih ths fact that he wss forced
90 land four hundred miles ffofg bss
Rcai because ~ unfayofaole conditions,
ne figiat ~ Capt. Emilio carfsnzA,
Msxicos Eying ace, ranks bigS al me
years aviation accomplishments. II Is
twenty-one hundred 1aties fran hezico
CITY 10 Washington ard Capt carraD-
IA. 10 return tle compliment psid ~
COi. Charles A. LlndDeFgh on ilis recent
Hieflt 10 the southern republic, was DE-
tegmiHed " emulate the World i1eTo aild
c0snplet< . non~stop tr1p, Fof sppfoz'
fnaaAely seventeen hundred miles of tiie
distance he few ~ high speed and
shaved rare navigation abiIity. Over
NORTH Carolina, however. he sneosla-
tered inpenetFabIs fog, the nsuss1 of
eMnmem. NAns1 vita ths GTsss 1seS
Evening star., 1928-06-13

J. Henry dearshift has forsworn the
cold bath.
Ten years and more had he froze
himself every morning for the sake OF
hygiene.
once he read somewhere that the
| cold shower was the salvation of man.
! kind. especially in regard to immunity
from the common variety Of cold"
On sort of homeopathic plan OF
| fighting like with like. Gearshift had
stuck consistently to cool and cold
| water
He had never liked it. but had
attempted to fool himself into believ-
ing that he did.
How many Of US try the same plan!
In regard to people, foods places, occu-
pations. arnusements, we tell ourselves
we like them when all the time we do
not.
Such, brethren, is human nature.
n X
Gearshift then believed that the cold
| bath had virtue in it. He accepted the
pleas of its advocates In their entirety.
Surely, he told himself--this was 10
years ago. remembsr-surely cold water
VIII close the pores, bring the blood to
the skin. and keep one clean at the
game time.
Regular "he-men" are able to plunge
bodily into lakes In Winter, cracking
the ice to dip their manly frames be-
meath the waves
He had seen pictures of them doing it..
Every one has.
Usually the sap is posed dripping wet
on cake of ice. smiling and glowing at
one like the idiot that he is.
1t was this unknown bozo that j.
Henry Gearshift set out to initiate in
mild way Gearshift had no lake
handy. so perforce had to be content
ed with home bathtub.
At first he tried the plunge method.
Beglnners at cold bathing usually
fall for this horrible procedure.
Let those who will recommend the
tub filled with icy cold water. any
one who is strictly honest with himself
and the world knows that 1t Is a fizzle.
Even horse could not stand 1t.
the hippopotamuS would curl up
and wither away in water Of the tenn
perature advocated by the cold-bath
cranks, while the more ornate croco-
ollie would calml' pass out of the pic
ture at the first touch of so degrees
Fahrenheit
If these great aquatic beasts are
unable to take . cold plunge, what
cnance mas man OF getting away
with it?
Doctors will tell you that frozen
llvers" and other calaE1ities wait for
those who insist on so showing their
physical hardihood to the world.
Gearshift long ago gave up the cold
plunge for the cold shower. He found
the latter easier on the system, but
still leaving lot Of comfort to be de-
sired.
Gearshift was willing to be uncom-
Portable for five minutes If ne secured
real he..efits from the fit of martyrdom
He was eager to make his backbone
shiver for awhile each day If such
shivering brought him immunity from
colds.
The shower. however. turned out to
be almost as severe as the plunge. 1t
was all right until the stream of water
hit the spine, when the dickens was to
pay. Gearsh!ft told himself he was
enjoying it, but he wasn't. Nobody
Evening star., 1928-06-13

No matter what the new Tammany"
may do TO extract the teeth Of the tiger.
it appears that a large number Of
skeptics will refuse to accept him as
a household pct. The majority Of those
who comment upon Judge George w.
Olyany's testimony before the Senate
committee that his organization Is
patriotic and charitable. rather than
political. are prone TO be satirical Some
rise to doubt the statement that George
Washington ever sat among the
sachems.
The Reno Gazette Republican, places
this claim to historic respectability in
the class Of picturesque but doubtful
legend 1t says THE Society of Tam
as q popular rival of the Society of the
CINCINNATI. as he proposed to array the
democracy against the Cincinnati's
aristocracy. In other words, 1t was
bitterly opposed to the very organi-
cation of which George Washington was
the principal founder. This makes 1t
extremely improbable that Washington
had anything to do with 1t and the
story that he ever was a sachem ap-
pears TO be In the same class as that
OF the cherry tree
While the San Francisco Chronicle
independently Is willing to concede that
the Father of His Country was probably
for time a chieftain when there was
honor and not reproach in the name
Of Tammany," IL explains that when
Aaron Burr first discovered its political
possibilities" he used Tammany and
its fine names In the schemes that
sent him fugitive, to die in exile and
disgrace" and the decent people then
hastened TO cut loose from an organi-
zation that had become OF dubious
character"
As 10 the functions of the society the
New York World independently feels
that Mr.. Olvany has exhibited rather
Aompous pedantry" In describing them.
His purpose In denying the existence
Of a political Tammany" says the
World, I'VE assume. was to clear Gov.
Smith OF any connection with the past
SINS OF rammany. Such purpose Is
achieved not by the niceties OF Language
which MIR Olvany employed, but by
examination of the record OF Gov
Smith at Albany TO discover whether
that record Is not competent. honest
and courageous"
Every stripe on the sides OF the
tiger shook with merriment" when he
was classified as "philanthropic" in
stitution says the Kansas City Journal
tRepublican). "Tammany active in
politics." 1t exclaims. who ever sur
missed such thing? II is true that
Tammany could not give any figures.
II Is an ancient tradition that the
treasurer keeps no books. and reluctant
witnesses about Tammany affairs Use
the substance. II not the exact words.
OF Big Bill Devery. when under exami-
nation as to his corrupt practices as
chief OF police. 'Touchin' ON and APP
pertaintn' to that matter. diSremem-
ber'"
IF Tammany plays no part in poll
Evening star., 1928-06-13
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILAHDER JOHNSON.
Leader Of the Band.

Leader Of the Band.
We're celebrating with will
Musicians show splendid skill,
And memories Of Patriot Pride
With Art are standing side by side.
Prom this convention at X. G.
We hear big thoughts in accents free
Then there re-echoes from the arch
A good John Philip sousa march.
Though many MUSES. vent their ways
In those far-on Victorian days,
Life still an inspiration gets
Prom rhythns of High School Cadets" !"
The pulse with honest fcryor bounds
When STARS and Stripes Forever"
sounds
Saluted. 'rn0ngst the crowds that mill, "
John Philip is leader stillI