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Lemon and Soda.

A simple home prescription being
used with increasing success by doctors
everywhere is still too little known to
the mass of the people who are fighting
colds, the grip and "au" with all the
means at their disposal.
Lemon and soda, as it is being used,
is rather a preventive than a cure.
It's use is based on the fact that GER
tain type of cold begins in the stomach,
the germs multiplying when an acid
condition of the intestinal tract
prevails.
The use Of bicarbonate Of soda to
alkalinize the stomach has been known
widely and favorably for years. 1t is
one of the standard home remedies.
During the past decade the lemon and
the orange have come into high
favor with both physicians and the
general public. 1t is now known that
these acid fruits have an alkaline re-
action in the system and that instead
of acidifying the blood they tend to
create just the opposite condition.
The combination of soda and lemon
seems to be highly favorable to dis
rupting those colds which begin in the
stomach and which, if left unchecked
might turn into that type Of the infiu-
enza of which a prominent symptom
is nausea.
The dose is a level teaSpoonfui OF
soda and the juice of half lemon
mixed in a glass of water. Three such
doses are to be taken half hour apart
thus placing three teaspoonfuls Of soda
and the juice of lemon and halt
within the stomach In exactly an hour
Those who, not having tried this
mixture, imagine that this is bit toe
much of good thing will be surprised
at how we'll their lemon soda" agrees
with them. 1t is probably true thai
nine out of ten persons suffer from
acidosis in some degree, which condi.
ton is held by many to be the breeder
of more diseases than almost any othel
one state.
He who drinks this beverage by al
! means sheuldAaveid the temptation ,tS
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moulding Washington into the beautiful
city which. as the Nations Capital, 1t
should be. The beauty of public build
ings and parks of the city may be
marred by unsightly structures adjoin-
ing them. The Shipstead law would
gradually eliminate this condition"
The Endorsement Of other organiza-
tons and groups has already been OBJ
tanned for the amended Shipstead bill.
Instead of being feared as dangerous
encroachment by Government by rea-
son of the regulatory powers conferred,
it is now generally regarded as con-
tanning valuable safeguards for the pri-
vate builder as we'll as to the taxpayers
whose investment is represented in
Government buildings. There seems no
good reason why the Shipstead bill
should not be favorably considered and
of by Congress at this session.
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WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE

The "Levinson plan" for outlawry of
war was printed as Senate document
exactly seven years ago this month, at
the instigation of Senator Borah. with
whom the Chicagoan has continuously
worked along the lines of the Kellogg
pact. Mr.. LevinSon is a law partner
of Senator Otis F. Glenn, Republican,
Of Illinois.
AS far as anybody can remember.
there's never been time until the
present when at one and the same
moment the President of the United
States, the President-elect and the only
living ex-President were all residents
Of the Capital. Warren G. Harding
came to town for a day between cleo
ton and Inauguration. in the course of
a trip to the South. But the Coolidge
Hoover-Taft situation is unique, at least
In modern times.
X X X \
MOST of the anti-KelIogg pact fight
ing in the Senate has been conducted
by three men who are on their last
senatorial legs-Bruce of Maryland and
Reed of Missouri, Democrats, and Nc
Lean, Republican, of Connecticut. Sem
ator Borah, who has stood the entire
brunt of the heckling and shipping to
which treaty foes have resorted. shows
signs of strain as the long winded de-
bate approaches its end. Ever and anon
Borah sits at his desk in an attitude of
unmistakable fatigue, elbows resting on
his tabletop and head bowed between
his hands.
X X X
This observer was an earWitness of an
amusing episode at luncheon time In the
restaurant of prominent Washington
hotel Somebody asked, who is the
gentleman at the next table with his
napkin tucked under his cnln?" He was
a member of the cabinet.
X X X X
Former Representative John w. Lang
ley. Republican, of Kentucky. who re-
Gently was pardoned by President Cool
idge after serving a Federal sentence
at Atlanta, appears to be on the verge
of paying his respects to his enemies.
At any rate, word comes from Lexing-
ton that Langley is writing a book
which is going to spring some sensa-
tionS regarding men and matters con-
nected with his convection for VIOLA
ton Of the prohibition law.
(Copyright. 1920
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The Shipstead Bill.

Formal Endorsement by the Operative
Builders Association of the District OF
Columbia of the Shipstead bill, giving
the Commission of Fine Arts jurisdic-
ton over the appearance OF the eX-
terror Of private structures facing or
AUDITING on certain Federal areas in
Washington, is significant Of growing
approval Of this measure. The Opera
tive Builders Association, composed Of
builders who do more than half of the
private building in Washington, will
probably be more directly affected by
the terms of the Shipstead bill than
any other single group. Yet this organi-
cation goes on record behind the bill,
without suggesting or asking for any
reservations.
The amended Shipstead bill would
give the Fine Arts Commission jurisdic-
ton over the architecture, height, ap-
pearance and color and texture of the
materials of the exterior construction
of buildings which front or abut upon
the grounds of the Capitol, the grounds
of the White House, the portion of
Pennsylvania avenue extending nom
the Capitol to the White House, Rock
Creek Park, the Geological Park, the
Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway,
Potomac Park, the Mall or AUDITING
upon any street bordering any Of said
grounds or parks" Thus the bill is re-
stricted to certain definite areas, where
the protection it seeks is necessary, and
the danger, contained in the bill as
originally written and which lay In its
sweeping application to every foot OF
aforementioned land in the District
is avoided.
The builders declare that their In
dorsement of the Shipstead bill is basec
upon their recognition that the measure
Twill Certainly be aastrong factor .tr
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put sugar in 1t. To do so would be to
defeat the purpose Of the mixture. It
will be found that the sizzling Of the
lemon in combination with the soda
makes the mixture palatable. The first
effect of the three doses, as outlined,
is to make the drinker feel empty"
leaving him quite hungry. More i'm
portant, however, is the fact that the
stomach and its tributaries have re-
ceived a concentrated, easily handled
dosage of alkaline materials which tend
at once to put a damper on the COM
mon cold. In this day and age of
respiratory diseases anything which
helps toward such a result is nothing
to be sneezed at, no matter how simple
it seems.
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Listening.

The late Vice President Marshall
after serving four years as presiding
officer of the Senate, described himself
in a brief address to that body as the
greatest listener the world has seer
since the Sphinx sat himself down II,
the Lybian Desert" Washington's latest
listener is the President-elect, Herbert
Hoover. For two solid days Mr.. Hoover
has heard a steady stream of talk, adj
vice and recommendation for appoint
ments to Office. The stream still con-
tinues. So far, 1t is believed, Mr.. Hoover
has not talked back, unless it be in
the case Of Secretary Mellon, lunch
con guest yesterday. The implication
is strong that Mr.. Mellon has been in
vited to sit as Secretary of the Treasury
in the next Presidents cabinet.
Mr.. Hoover occupies strategic posi-
ton at this particular time. No one
can blame him for saying nothing and
keeping his own counsel. When he was
a candidate for election to the presl-
dency. he was called upon to speak on
many subjects. He had to lay his views
before the country. He was criticized,
it is true, in certain quarters, for not
saying more than he did. But Mr.
Hoover is not inclined to say more than
he need say to make his position clear.
At present Mr.. Hoover is the President
elect. He feels, naturally, that it would
be an infringement upon the preroga-
tives of the President if he undertook
to dictate what should or should not
be done while Mr.. Coolidge is still in
the White House. If Mr.. Hoover I'M
dertook to express his own views as to
pending legislation, Immediately he
would be criticized for pushing himself
forward, unless, indeed, President Cool
idge should request Mr.. Hoover to make
himself heard.
But even under those circumstances
Mr.. Hoover might be embarrassed If he
undertook to deliver his opinions re-
garding pending legislation. He is not
the Chief Executive; his is not the duty
to approve or disapprove finally any
legislative act of the Congress-, The
legislative situation must necessarily be
guided by the man who holds the reins
of power until March 4.
So the President-elect continues to
listen and no one may properly criticize
him for withholding his own views. In
good time he will announce the ap-
pointment Of his cabinet. In good time
it will be made known what his plans
are, If any, for special session Of the
new Congress. Mr.. Hoover came to
Washington, it is said. for information.
IF he fails to get it, it will not be Mr..
Mowers fault, nor, apparently, the fault
of the myriads of callers at his head
quarters, who talk and talk while Mr..
Hoover listens.
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Among the books which we have be-
gun during the past few years but have
never finished we recall offhand the
following:
Leonardo the Florentine," by Ra-
chel Armand Taylor.
1.-THE Intelligent Woman's Guide to
Socialism and Capitalism" by George
Bernard Shaw.
Van Loon.
THE Man in the Iron Mask" by
Alexandra Dumas.
"Olympe de Cleves," by Alexandra
Dumas.
"The Divine Comedy" by Dante.
Memoirs Of Napoleon" by Bour-
rienne.
"Pickwick Papers," by Charles
Dickens.
outline of History" by H. G.
Wells.
Essays" by schopenhauer.
Kittens" by Fleuron.
BEL Ami" by Guy de Maupassant.
v X X X
1t is an interesting list ranging from
great fiction to great philosophy, in
GLIDING some of the readers favorite
authors. so it may be realized that there
must have been variety of reasons for
laying the books aside unfinished.
Perhaps it should be stated pointedly
and at once that leaving book unfin-
ished is no reflection upon work or its
author. There may be a number of
causes, such as outlined previously here,
which lead any reader to discontinue
reading before work has been COM
pleted.
No doubt the common belief that a
book once begun, should be finished
at all hazards, had its origin in school
days. when teachers strove valiantly to
inculcate good habits" in youthful
minds.
1t may be admitted that, theoreti-
cally at least, it is good thing to
persevere through book If such per-
severance takes the form Of mere blum
dering through.
Experience teaches, however. that
many theories, while correct enough
in life, when the spell Of schooldays
has passed away, and one suddenly
wakes up to the fact that this, this
very day and hour. Is as much living
as one will ever do.
When that illumination strikes a
man, whatever his age may be, he
makes resolve. oftentimes hidden
(even from himselD, to use the COM
mon sense method of reaching valu-
atoms. hitherto accepted on the au-
thority of others.
Thereafter one becomes his own au-
hority.
In no sphere does this resolve take
more striking form than In relation
to books and reading IN general.
The emancipated person realizes that
the books of the world are open to him
to read. He knows now that there are
so many of them that neither by
logged work nor good luck will he ever
be able to finish the half of them.
Literature henceforth must be sam
pied by the trial and error system.
If one enjoys, If one profits. if one
is entertained even while prof1ting,
then the book is for him.
If for any one of number of
valid reasons book must be laid
aside, to be finished later, or, as the
case SO often happens, never to be
finished, then let there be no moan
ing at the bookshelf. 1t is better thus.
All good works may be soothed in
their pride by the reflection that the
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Exit "Russia Z"

| Out of Moscow comes an announce
ment of vast historic interest. The
executive committee of the Soviet gov
ernment has prescribed the use of the
word Russia" and all its derivatives in
administrative and judicial organs of
the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
Henceforward Russia" and all words
/ sprung from it will be replaced by
Soviet" and its derivatives. The world
is hidden to speak in future exclusively
of 'the Soviet" people. language and
institutions, and not the Russian"
AS u. S. A. denotes the United States
Of America, u. S. S. R-the Union of
Soviet Socialist Republics-will stand
for what mankind for ages has known
as Russia. The Moscow decree is in
some respects the most revolutionary III
character yet to issue from the Com
muniSt oligarchy, although it follows
logically such changes as rechristened
Petrograd "Leningrad." Newspapers and
book publishers. under penalty, may
hereafter use Russia" only as the term
is employed ito refer to the defunct
cZarist regime"
Interesting facts and figures are adj
vanced in justification of the abolition
of Russia" The U. S. r. r. census of
December, 1926, showed that the Soviet
state contains 152 different nationali-
ties, using 149 languages and dialects.
Great Russians proper form only So
per cent of the population. The other
nationalities, according to Soviet con-
tentions, had been forcibly "Russified'
at the point of the bayonet under
czarism for centuries, during which
every effort was made to stamp out
local languages and cultures. Following
the revolution these nationalities re-
fused longer to maintain an exclusive
" Russian culture within their terri
tories, and protested vigorously against
being called Russians. The 100000
of Ukrainians formed particularly i'm
posing bloc Of protest. Soviet Russia
became the U. S. r. r. in 1928.
In the ninth century certain Finnish
tribes occupying territory between Lake
Ladoga north of the present Lenin-
grad) and the headwaters of the River
Dnieper (about $50 miles south Of
Leningrad paid tribute to tribe of
Norsemen, or Normans, said to have
been from "the land of Rus" which is
commonly supposed to have been q part
of Sweden. In the year $50 the Finnish
tribes expelled the Norsemen, but, find
ing that they quarreled among them
selves, invited them three years later to
return, restore order and rule over the
land. 90
Three brothers, princes Of Rus.
named, respectively, Rurik. Sineus and
Truvor, accepted the invitation, estab-
lished a capital at Novgorod Oiterally
New TOWN., about 100 miles south OF
the present Leningrad, and founded a
dynasty. The new rulers Immediately
began to conquer the surrounding coun-
try in all directions, until in the next
two centuries their descendants were
masters of a large empire. The new
country took its name from their sup
posed land of origin, and the inhab-
itants were called Russians.
On the basis of this origin, Prussia"
makes its exit from international
nomenclature after a history Of more
than 800 years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-09

The position Of the sun records the
fact that the earth has resumed the
journey toward Summer time. Weather
forecasters, however, cannot ignore the
fact that the really hard part of the
Winter season is still ahead.
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the South and the West and the ignor-
ing of the East and New England.
Perhaps he recalls that Woodrow Wilson
in 1916 won with such an alignment
and he hopes that history will repeat
itself. The Far West has President
elect for the first time. Kansas has pro-
vided the Vice President-elect. II the
incoming administration deals fairly
with the West and its problems. the
hopes Of Mr.. Box may be delayed for
some years to come.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-09

Expressions of popular enthusiasm
may be restrained, perhaps, for a day
Historians contemplating the momen-
tous subjects now demanding thought
and decision will hesitate to refer to the
event on next Fourth of March as q
simple inauguration"
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Nonstop experiment is particularly
valuable in providing aviation data. A
long-distance flyer will be able to know
exactly what he can do before he starts.
The word reckless" should soon be
eliminated from the aircraft vocabulary.
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Many faults are found with prohibit
ton. Yet there is little doubt that it is
a success for those who consistently re-
spect the laws pertaining to it.
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Member Of tine Associated Press.

The Associated Press is exclusively entitled
patches credited to It or not otherwise cred
tied in this paper and also the local rews
Special dispatches herein are also reserved.
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Suspicious statesmen are constantly
Influenced by fears that the League OF
Nations will try to enlarge its prestige
by employing mons de plume.
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Widespread gratitude results from
the fact that King George is progress
ing so we'll that news of his illness is
reduced from a column to a paragraph.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-09

Peace progress. has often found OBJ
struction in the inclination Of some ma
tons to cherish recollections of pet
war.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-09

Scientists who talk Of inventing a
new religion do not accurately repre-
sent true science which studies facts
and accepts Faith as one of them.
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Splendors revealed by ancient tombs
give evidence that taxpayers, even in
the remote past. had difficulty in i'm
pressing the importance of economy in
government.
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A good efficiency system in politics
will enable Mr.. Hoover to select cab
met ready-made, if the forecasters have
done their work with skill.
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The thermometer, like the stock
ticker, cannot be expected to go on
forever recording balmy attitudes.
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Interest in aviation cannot falter.
There is always some new kind of a
record to be broken.
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A frequent reward of the racketeer is
a magnificent, though rather premature,
funeral.
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Permanent Occupation.

Permanent Occupation.
care you reformer?"
Certainly" answered Senator Sor-
ghum.
What have you reformed?"
Nothing. The beauty of being a
reformer is that you're always certain
of a life job"
Jud Tunkins says an outlaw Is sub
ject to hard discipline. He may defy
the police, but never his own gang.
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Discomfort.
His was a way of discomfort.
Altar he sought to roam.
When to distant cline he went,
He longed to be back home.
When to his home he had returned,
A very little time
Elapsed before again he yearned
To seek a distant cline.
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SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

The Big Telescope.
Well have a larger telescope,
Surprising the most sanguine hope,
When gazing yonder into space
The orbits of new suns to trace,
Accompanied by strange worlds, per-
haps,
Unmarked in our celestial maps.
Into the depths this glass will peer,
Revealing many a sparkling sphere:
Or else, faint and misty glow
An infant universe will show.
Well have a greater telescope
Through our own world we dimly grope
To learn what Science has to tell
OF Forces which about us dwell;
Of subtle enemies or friends
Where might incalculable sends
An epidemic through the night
A song upon the waves of light.
Well need this greater telescope.
And yet, at present, we must cope
With matters on our own small sphere
Which every day are drawing near.
And solve for sea or sky or land
The problems that are just at hand.
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Optics and Romance.

Optics and Romance.
do you believe in love at first sight?"
EYES," answered Miss Cayenne. II
also believe in permitting your affec-
tons to look off once in while. to
avoid getting near-sighted."
1T have said many wise things" said
Hi Ho, the sage Of Chinatown, for it
is the custom of leisurely inclination to
make speech take the place OF per-
formance.'
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Faith in the Future.
Maybe we'll sing; maybe we'll sigh.
Well trudge along toward the BY.
and-By,
Waiting for what the Year may bring,
Faithful, whether we sigh or sing.
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heard good Uncle Eben say: Crap
shootin'-tain' much in it, You makes
good wages in day an lose em in q
'Ininute."'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-09

WAS NC TO N, D. c.
WEDNESDAY. January 9, 1929
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-09

@. What will keep a turquoise from
turning green?-W. H. w.
A. There seems to be no way to keep
turquoise from truning green. 1t Is
the result of chemical action.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-09

@. Where was artificial ice first made
for commercial purposes?-F. S.
A. The Italians in the sixteenth CEN
fury were the first to manufacture arti-
fetal ice for mercantile purposes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-09

Q. OF what is bakelite made?-L. w
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NOVKsJ Z ! . INV 1o2'
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Estimators say that more rubber
goods will be exported from the United
States in 1929 than In any previous
wear,