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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-28
CHURCH SESSION ENDS.
Lexington Presbytery Closes With
Acceptance Of Pastors Resignation.

Ao01H5 IOH 1 Ho7"J 001S
Acceptance of Pastors Resignation.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
STAUNTON, Va, September %
The final meeting of Lexington Presby-
terry, in session at New Monmouth
Church, near Lexington, which yester-
day brought to close its 286th semi
annual meeting, was marked by the
acceptance of the resignation of Rev.
DR.. A. M. Fraser, pastor of the First
Presbyterian Church, this city, for the
past SO years.
Herbert j. Taylor, this city, present.
ed the resolution of the church already
published, and expressed the high re-
gard of the church for DR.. Fraser.
Charles s. Hunter also spoke and these
two with Thomas Hogsnead represent
ed the church.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-28
Voting Registrar Named.

ALEXANDRIA, Va, September %
Especially John j. Kiger. assistant
cashier of the Alexandria National
Bank, was chosen registrar for the new
Rosemont voting precinct at meeting
of the city electoral board last night.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-28
E. M. Woody Elected Tiler.

IYNCHBURG, Va, September %
.EpeciaD.-E M. Woody has been
elected tiler for the Lynchburg Lodge OF
Elks to complete the term for which
the late Pelham McGehee was elected
Mr.. McGehee held the office for a
period of % years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-28

The High Court of Judiciary of Scot
land has decreed it a crime to steal
automobiles for -ioy-ridinR.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-28

In bowling match at Dunoon, Scot
land, recently talking and "contortions'
were banned,
The Washington times., 1929-04-23
Government Salaries Too Low
To Maintain Families

Ptifullv Small Retirement Annuties for the Old.
The Washington times., 1929-04-23
ALL UP IN THE AIR
by Herbert Kaufman

ERLrN Sons "a are displaying their line Of spring
lVl SAMPLES Among the novelties Of the slotted
devices which automatically take the machine out q an
spin and eliminate Of the prime menaces Of skrdng
Another smart invention is the jenkins radio eye ore
ated exclusively for the military trade This latest appnc
ton Of televon enables scouting pilots to wireless Dos e
views of enemy movements actual batesthus forecast
ing the day when board Of strategy will lo at desks acro
seas and direct from the War Department ITSELF the moss
minute operations of field forces.
The culinary division of Grand Wizardry also begs TO M
form the public that travellers flying out OF Chicago to We
Coast points will be served by overhead restaurants Of
the Fred Harvey System.
Kiplings Might Mail in which the novelist stretched his
imagination until it creaked, dismal flop prophet
That noted flight of fancy momenariy ranked with THE
Sleeping Beauty and snbad the Sailor" simply goes to
text books of the next-and very poor ones, to boot
Even Kpng couldn't anticipate half the developments up
stairs navigation has already adopted.
Submarines also sproung Italy is building one
with accommodations seapane And journalism could
peep shoulders of all the naval designers might
hear that the other powers have secretly met Mussons
move and gone him a few better.
All portents indicate the thorough and immediate
on of the heavens company has been organized to insure
professional avator against death and
mishap Henry Ford is burning midnight oil in his mpaence
to put little skim into mitless quantity production
And General Motors not to be outdon has few rocs
eggs Matching in its vast nest, too.
The stock market has been pronouncedy minded tor
several years.
Bankers felt that their regulations couldn't afford to
attend the Wright brothers, bidding for
control Of traffic and finance corporations estimating
how many billions the next decade will require for landing
fields community hangers and instalmenold machines
You think that you'll fly just father swore
that he wouldn't risk his precious life and limbs in auto
mobile.
And you will remember how after that he at the
wheel overakng the chucking meanwhile at grand
pa Is "reminiscences about the first railroads.
History few old timers recall the general fear
of the locomotive at 90 miles hour that you feel at
thought of ranscontnental cloud trip between
But familiarity always grows contemptuou of first squeam
hness Example breeds confidence The crowd spirit
hang back We all eventually follow the lead of
friends.
The greatest salesman earth is the family door,
So start reading the cataogue-begn study the definitions
If 10y sticks altimeter and banking gauges and get
medical once over.
Henry and orville expect sell trmotor, at least
flying zzy to somebody your block within five years
likely not, you.
by the Daily Miroran Herbert Kautm
The Washington times., 1929-04-23
.MEDITATIONS
OF A WIFE
BY Helen Rowland

Bunkers on the Course Of Love
A WOMAN always asks herself.
"A Have I the heart for this
love affair."" A man asks him
self only, Have 1 the time-and
the inclination?
Most of a mans follies come
from weakness of the will or soft.
ening of the brain: most of a
woman's from softening of the
heart or weakness of the vanity.
The old-fashioned woman was
always begging a man to "ex-
plain" things; the modern woman
shoots him first. and then let's the
psychoanalysts do Sthe explaining.
Any man is still so much Of a
child at heart that he would
rather have you admire him than
adore him, amuse him than i'm
prove him, and play with him
than idealize him.
In a married mans opinion, no
woman needs a course in memory
training; what she needs are a
few good. effective lessons in the
gentle art Of FORGETTING.
Many a good husband will
sacrifice himself to provide for his
wife's future, who won't even
sacrifice a Saturday afternoon
ball game in order to brighten up
her present.
The tyro wastes his time tell
ing woman how pretty she is;
but seasoned diplomat improves
his by telling her how much
prettier she is than some other
woman. ,.- -...
The modern woman isn't worry
ing about the women who try to
vamp her husband; she's saving
her energy until he meets one
who "sympathizes" with him.
A woman spends half her time
shopping for the clothes she'll
need IL she goes anywhere-and
the other half thinking UP some
place to go.
Somehow, these whirlwind love
affairs always end either in q
stormy divorce or a dead calm Of
mutual apathy.
The Washington times., 1929-04-23
Enjoy Your Health

Is there any real reason why
you should be so spiritless?
You have had troubles, your
health may be not perfect.
Discouraging experiences have
come to you.
Few people are free from all
these things.
But post men and women do
rot permit difficulties and un-
fortunate circumstances to con-
troll their lives.
They expect drawbacks.
~, Unfair sailing may have tossed
you h1ther and yon, but there Is
no reason for giving up the shin,
There is so much in the world
that should interest you and pro.
vide an incentive to you to keep
on struggling and trying that it
Is foolish to give up.
Thousands have heavier burdens
than you.
Yet they are hopeful and en-.
thusiastic.
They see in life much that is
worth while.
Brighten up and get a more
cheerful perspective.
Unless you are seriously at.
flicted in a mental or physical
way YOU have much to make you
happy.
The world Is full Of things
which cost nothing but can sf.
for much snjoyment.
The Washington times., 1929-04-23
ONCE-OVERS
Learn to Budget


II you would lower your stand
ard of living a little you might
be relieved of much worry.
Aren't you travelling a pace TOO
fast for you?
OF course. you want to asso'
ciate with those who are con-
genial.
And that is laudable in itself,
but what about the windlup?
Where will you be then?
You cannot figure, so far, any
possible increase in your income.
To reducing your expenses you
have not given enough thought,
perhaps.
You might reduce them without
denying your family necessities.
You might relieve the tension or
living beyond your means II you
would shave some unnecessary
expenses and yet enjoy much the
same pleasures. and even luxuries.
1t might be worthwhile to get
some expert advice, even, on now
to budget your income so as to
keep within the circle you wish
and yet not suffer mentally as
you do now, trying to keep up TO
a standard too lavish for you and
yours.
After all. it is the state Of mind.
rather than the material posses
sions. that makes man and MS
family happy. r
Temper your expenditures 70
the proper MEASURES.
The Washington times., 1929-04-23

made uhsaF for our women
folk. / am thoroughly con-
vinced that the great mass of
our people are in favor of the
elimination of this type of place
in our county and that those
who are against prohibition and
are known as vets are behind
us in this effort"
The Washington times., 1929-04-23
LISTEN WORLD!
If Only He Could Haze Another Chance
By Elsie Robinson

you, mother"-surely it should
have been SO easy to say those
words, or write them, or telegraph
them.
They were in his heart to say
but he'd grown self-conscious-he
didn't know how to say them.
I'D feel like e fool talking like
that" he'd say to himself. Per
haps tomorrow night I'll sit down
and write her a good, long let
Tor -
So he kept putting 1t off.
+ Then one day, when he was
5000 miles from home, a wire
came. 1t said:
Mother, not all well. Come as
soon 3 possible"
And suddenly, the most terrible
need to say those words fell upon
him.
To say them while there was
yet time.
To put his arms around her and
lay his tired head on her breast
and say over and over again-"1
love you. mother
To make her know, before she
went away, how much she had
meant to him ali through the
years.
Did she know? That was the
terrible question that went
through him like a knife. Did
she know? He had taken it for
granted that she knew, but in all
these years he had never told her.
Did she really know how much he
loved her?
Did she know how the very
thought of her had been like
water in the desert-like a light
in the storm?
Oh, he wouldn't feel like q fool
If he could say those words now.
They were the greatest words on
earth-the loVeliest gift q man
could give In return for his life.
But there was 80 little time LETT
perhaps no time at all.
1T ONLY HE COULD HAVE
ANOTHER CHANCT.
The Washington times., 1929-04-23

LIE wak a travelling man.
IL He had been a travelling
man for such a long time that 1t
was hard to realize that he had
ever been anything else.
But of course he had. Once he
had been a little boy back home.
A little boy with warts and freck-
les, who snitched cookies and
belly busted" down slippery hills
and dug pirate caves and tracked
in mud. And who was, at all times,
the apple of his mothers eye.
Every night. after he had be-
come a great, big. clumsy creature
with a squeaky, changing voice
and stray hairs that would some
day be a mustache, his mother
had come to his bed to tuck him
in and pat his rough, tumbled
head. often, after he slept, she
tiptoed in again. In her woolen
wrapper, and stood looking down
at him with a prayer turning and
turning in her heart.
For she couldn't realize that he
wasn't baby any more.
Indeed, she was never able to
realize that he was anything but
a baby
And strange to say, in the Sec
ret depths of his heart. he WAS
her baby.
Many a time, when things went
wrong, he longed to bring her the
hurt to kiss away.
Many a time, when things went
well, he wanted to run shouting to
her as had done when he was
a little lad, and throw his arms
about her and tell her how he
loved her.
But he couldn't.
The years had done something
to him.
They had put a duco finish on
him that he, himself couldn't
break through.
Often at night. sitting in some
hotel room in q strange city, he
longed to call, her up and say, II
love you, mother"
Just four short words-'I love
The Washington times., 1929-04-23
Hearst Papers Advocate:

/. An agreement Of Engksh-speaking peoples to pre-
serve peace among themselves and to promote the
peace of the t0orld
2. Proportional representation In the United States
Senate, no State to haze less than ttOo Senator's
Legislation to enforce prompt constitutional reap
portionnsent Tn the House of Representatives
8. separate Department of the Armpg, of the Navy
and of the Air Forces, all united under Secretary
of National Defense.
Federal action to the limit of Federal povers to
abolish dteracy in the United States under Secre-
+ tGry of Education.
s. Election of Congress In November. Installation on
the LIST of January foILosOing Inauguration of the
President 1st of January neat after November
election.
The Washington times., 1929-04-23
SECRETS OF
HEALTH
BY DR.. Louis E. Bisch-

Ask the average person If he
believes in superstitions ana he IL
likely to reply with an emphatic
no.
wo1..en are more apt to admit
that they are at least little more
superstitious than are men. They
are more honest than men in this
respect.
In the last analysis, however.
few people are absolutely free
from all superstitious beliefs.
And most of US won't take any
chances when a superstition is at
issue.
You don't believe that Friday is
a bad luck da for instance. But
suppose you have an important
thing to do and can choose an
other day-won't you quite natu
rally not take chances?
Perhaps you claim that it's all
bosh about the number l3 being
foreboding.
But honestly, would you not
rather occupy a seat at the thea
ter numbered IL or IA? And
would you not prefer to have your
office on a floor other than the
thirteenth or even prefer a hotel
room the number of which does
not contain No. 10?
Break a mirror and notice your
reactions?
Isn't it rather difficult not to
think that it might just be your
luck to have seven years of hard
luck?
1t pops into your head, at any
rate, and sometimes it continues
to pop in and gives you an uncer-
tain, IL not creepy, feeling.
And are you not perhaps har-
boring many private little super
stitions that you very discreetly
keep to yourself and would never
like to admit?
Have you the courage to walk
under q ladder?
Do you walk across the street
between the carriages Of funeral
procession?
What woman would have the
temerity to wear green at q
wedding?
1t is said that hundreds write
each year to State automobile
bureaus requesting that they be
given a license tag in which Is
will not appear.
Indeed, people are even afraid
Of numbers made up of combina-
tions Of 1S, such as 81, rs, 49,
etc.
A superstitious belief is an
obsession.
1t is a form of compulsive
thinking that, no matter how
ridiculous you may believe it to
be, nevertheless compels you to
give way to its demands, else
you feel uneasy, or a vague sense
of dread overpowers you.
That's why you subscribe and
adhere to superstitious cere-
monials at the expense of your
better Judgment.
But fight your superstitions!
Go right after them and try
them out!
: You may feel uneasy at first,
but soon you learn that nothing
happens-except an increased re-
spect for your own courage and
common sense.
The superstition obsession may
become so marked that it influ-
ences a persons entire life. There
are those who live in constant
dread because of it.
And, generally speaking, super
stitions pile up one on top OF
the other. The more supersti-
tious yous are the more super.
stitious will you become.
If, therefore, you find yourself
complying with superstition, no
matter how trivial 1t may appear,
eradicate Il from your thinking
as quickly as possible.
The Washington times., 1929-04-23

THAT the salaries of big majority of Government
workers. here and elsewhere insufficient to maintain
small families demonstrated beyond question by long and
careful survey made by Government organization, the
Bureau of Labor Statistics
The conclusions reached by the bureau sweepngy
convincing greatly strengthen Congressional advocates
of better pay for underpaid civil service workers.
Salaries of $4,000 per year will not support most families
consisting of husband wife and dependent officially
held The cost living such that unless the husband
wife finds other to supplement the salary income
there is deprivation accumulation of debt
The average Government salary in Washington $2O17
and there you the why many families incur
of their incomes and living far ahead
of what they make.
It most unweicOme picture that is presented from
thenc Government and applies well to families
outside the civil service as to those in it.
mighty Government though should be the first recog
the grevious conditions and the first to place its
workers abasis Of comfortable living should be the
first insist upon prosperity for workers we'll for
all other classes Of American citizens.
Prosperity is fine thing if be equtably spread
among all classes"
The situation as it exists makes almost impossible to
enjoy family He known in this country. Wives
go to work to help their husbands Children must
be put to work sooner than necessary or wise
Nothing but the closest possible scmping will enable the
good housewife make $4,000 all expenses in family
Of three The statistics reveal that Government salaries of
$4,000 constitute but Is per cent Of the family income in
some cities.
submitted Congress that the Government of the
United States far from paying the great majority of its
workers a LIVING WAGE, or anything like such wage.
These statistics too make ptiably small the retirement
annuies faithful workers for the Government The
age retirement annuity is below $7o0 per year The
maximum but $1,000 Large numbers OF retired employees
get below $4OO year. The MAJORITY of annuitants re-
ceive less than $500 year
of 10 is retired He has aged wife; most likely
another dependent How does that family live on such an
annuity regarded by former President Coolidge "gener
ous although paid from the pockets Of active Government
workers? It is inevitable that the family must help
from direction. u. -
When Congress- do in both &beSe
ters? How it keep from doing the right thing with the
truth before it?
The Washington times., 1929-04-23
DO YOU KNOW
THAT

Ethylene glycoL common base
for many antifreeZe solutions, Is
used in the United States Army to
replace water as an airplans en-.
gine cooling fluid. The fluid, clear.
colorless and odorless, boils at 3S7
degrees Fahrenheit.
Training schools for matrimony
are conducted by the Val tribe
of Liberia. The course prepares
boys and girls for marriage. Girls
enter the Bundo Bush. or school
for girls. to prepare for this
event when 10 to IL years old.
Boys enter the Porro Bush about
the same age.
A railway engine which is ex-
pected to revolutionize steam rail-
way engines the world over is
now under construction in En-
gland. 1t Is said that the size of
the cylinders at present in use
can be reduced by one-quarter,
and that wastage of steam by
condensation and back pressure
in the cylinder upon the advanc.
ing piston viii be completely elm.
mated.
The Washington times., 1929-04-23
The knowledge Test for
Readers of The Times

Fill each blanks
Our present system Of arihmetcal notation
is the official language of Brazil.
8. Jacob his son Joseph -. -
d - court has the final decision Interpreting
U. S. Constitution.
g. 6- Is the capital Of Texas
Do you know:
What modern President revived the of Washington
of speaking in person to Congress?
z. In what movement Susan B. Anthony pioneer?
What nomadic tribes Of the Arabian and North
deserts called?
s. How did Socrates die?
10. What the American huors Charles Farrar Browne
known by? ;..-... .....
IL What the Of the Confederate military prison in
Richmond during the Civil War?
H.. Who is the hero Of Moliere's "Misanthrope?"
13. What is meant by the expression bon mot?
IA Who is the heroine Of Shakespeare's "Othelo? ?"
ID What generally considered the greatest Goehes
dramas7
Answers Fiction Page
The Washington times., 1929-04-23

"Speakeasies create half of
the crime in this county. The
atmosphere of profanity, i'm
morality and drunkenness reaches
beyond their walls into the
neighborhOod until real estate
values are lowered, highways are
made unsafe for motor vehicle
traffic and the sidewalks are
The Washington times., 1929-04-23
All About the Speakeasies
ALI True. But What Will Be Done About TT

ELvN N EDWARDS District Attorney of Nassau
Il County New York sends out by radio description of
the speakeasy and its evils beautifully accurate and compre
hensive. 4t
The District Attorney the country clubs, many Of
which are also speakeaes of thousands of private
houses.
We live in land Of illicit distilleries home breweres
public private speakeasies law breaking clubs and Con-
Ehtutiondespising responsibilities.
But there is no getting excited about the speakeasy
bootleg hacker, hodup situations You might as well get
excited about the fact that you bped. That's what
you ARE, so what Of it9
Nassaus brilliant District Attorney broadcastng gives
this interesting description of a speakeasy
The Washington times., 1929-04-23

to the Federal Government my
evidence and witnesses for ac-
ton under the Jones law.
Il am going to break up all
combinations between the speak
easy and the police or any one
purf orting to speak for the pO-
lice, If that is humanity possible"
The Washington times., 1929-04-23

'aTo you all l want to say that
your days are numbered and
that the line of demarcation be-
tween the liberty you enjoy and
the Imprisonment that will be
yours from now on is very mar.
row. In the most fragrant in.
stances I am going to turn over
The Washington times., 1929-04-23

"speakeases create half of made unsaf for our
sas atmosphere s%s d this profanity that tn.
Bsond h Ms into the o this type place
neshborhood until in and that those
values lowered highways who against prohibition and
made unsafe @ for % motor vehicle ar are 4Sn @ " vets are behind
After describing the speakeasy the District Attorney
ured his that ninety per cent Of the police are
doing their duty.
That District Attorney Edwards sincere nobody
doubt He warns the speakeases and all prohibition law
yiolators thus:
all S y s n % s F sn rs:.s.. ot %
t s' I @ . tn2 % sss S.s Sfis
your. from and The police
% II @ s ros %H t'sn' @ %
"F that is humanity possible" There's the rub. Is it
humanity possible?
men are determined to drink can you STOP them?
Can you prevent secret distng which be done with
IN iron kettle piece Of copper tubing little sugar and
rnolasses?
Can you change the habits Of human beings running
thousands of years. suddenly and AGAINST THEIR WILL?
History says you CANNOT.
Mohannned said 'Dont drink" but nevertheless Omar
Khayyam his Rubayat to prove that drinking wine
Is about the only thing worth while.
What will the Government the public, those that respect
the law do about District Attorney Edwards excellent de-
scripton Of the modern speakeasy7
Will they do ANYTHING? -
Very doubtful
Why not retrace few foolish steps, go back to
sense let the people have light wine and beer which many
nations have used for centuries without wipe out
saloons and speakeases boh classify whskey gn brandy
and the other strong liquors with cocaine and morphne7
Some men might get drunk" you say? Thousands get
drunk NOW, and in addition commit murders and hodups
bribe public officials and generally disregard public rights
and decency.
when you find you have made mistake why not undo it