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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-17
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United States, Abraham Lincoln, whose
birthday We celebrated only few days
ago.
** X X
RAILEYS is about as cherries look
~ ing place as any similar place
would be about this time of the year,
though undoubtedly it is a beautiful
section of the country at least for
eight months of the year.
The direction signs at the cross
roads tell the traveller that Falls Church
is miles to the northwest; Fairfax,
10 miles to the west: Alexandria, 5
miles to the southeast, and Washing
ton S miles to the northeast. To be
more exact, 1t is not more than half
mile to the other side of the old
District of Columbia line which ex-
listed until that portion of Virginia was
retroceded by Congress in 1916.
The place itself is similar to thou
sands of crossroads in Virginia and
throughout the country, with the usual
grocery store, a gasoline station, and
formerly-and even now sometimes
blacksmith shop. Here, a day or two
ago, I found two grocery stores, one
kept by Irving Payne and the other
one by L. T. Dowden. The automo-
bilist can be easily supplied, for here
are no less than three gasoline sta
tions, one Of which is conducted by
E. H. Oliver. Baileys old store, not
now in use, occupies one corner. while
an old, abandoned blacksmith shop oc-
cupies another. Nearby, and In the
distance. are several well kept homes,
in which, no doubt, reside some good
sociahle Virginians, could I have had
the time to meet them.
oh t,N+n n,,I
here are the Seminary road, which
runs to Alexandria. the Falls Church
road, which runs through that village
and ends also at Alexandria; the An
Mandate road. which runs to the viii
lage Of that name. and the Columbia
road, which leads to Washington. All
Of these. except the Seminary road,
are good automobile highways.
AS already indicated, Baileys Cross
Roads gained its greatest reputation
during the early part of the Civil War,
when, for a time at least, the main
body of the Army of the Potomac was
recruited and drilled here, and which
Of course at this period went, in adj
0ition, to make up partial line Of de-
Tense for Washington.
The place was well fortified and pro-
tected, nearly all the country traversed
by the Seminary road. which led to o
large seminary building for educa-
tional purposes near Alexandria, being
covered by abatis. a few fortified points
being visible at long distances.
Thousands of troops were here en-
camped, and when Mcclellan was given
supreme command of the troops after
the debacle of Bull Run of July 81,
1861, he found an army fairly well
trained for the three years and a half
more Of war still to be fought.
n X y II
NT TITLE MACK" as he was affec-
tionately called by his men, was
strong on reviews. He seemed rather
to like the spectacular side of military
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-17
Jester, Who Has Tasted Fame Understands Real Life

II am not angry with the world" he
explained In one of his rare serious mo-
ments, therefore am tolerant. Mis-
takes In modern living do not make me
bitter, but noncommittal. You see. hav-
ing been business man myself, en-
ploying hundreds in the greeting card
industry, and being still a writer who
essays to criticize his compatriots,
write from good angle.
Unlike the biting, angry, con-
temptuous type of author who hopes to
change Babbitt by a wallop. do not
write from the outside looking In. And,
unlike the interpretive young author, I
do not write Of a dream world which /
would wish to come true In my time.
Thus, neither do pursue my craft from
the inside looking out"
THE truth is that he writes from the
eide lines, looking both in and out
with reality and a rich comprehension
Of what might be.
This theory he embodied In the most
poignant play Of an indigenous theme
that has been written in this country.
God Loves Us" was pronounced by
critics as fine modern impressionistic
play of American business life. The
title itself indicates the type-not so
much satirical as sad and amusing.
The story dealt with a middle-aged
man In the greeting card business who
worked steadily and faithfully in the
hope OF achieving an executive fob with
his firm when an ultimate change came.
Alas, when the vacancy occurred, a
younger man was chosen to I'LL It.
The tragedy of the average man OF
average ability who hopes for some sort
OF security with firm after long serv-
ice only to be despoiled of his vital en-
ergy by time here Is simply but strik-
ingly expressed.
The progression of his plays Is given
here chronologically in order to show
the DEVELOPMENT 81 ths personality OF
Prof. McEvoy's child prodigy since he
first puzzled out what Z stood for-and
Y. He's stu making meanings IN SYM
bols so subtly spilled upon the Ameri-
can scene that We grow but slowly
aware Of them.
But though he sees tragedy keenly.
he Is not tragic; though he knows the
disintegration despair can visit upon a
soul, he Is never himself despairing--
for, as intimated In the beginning, his
Is robust. rollicking nature which gets
honest fun out Of FOSTERING In the very
scene In which he sees infinite defects.
He Is all gayety and no gloom, though
he sees deeper into the real American
consciousness and has his finger more
firmly on the national pulse than your
young man.
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CS Homeyh GdebW KinIyS
Successes il Many Ln@ inHn Record Youthful

cana" theater curtain, done by the in
genious RUDE Goldberg, who has lately
brought his inventive genius to bear
upon such mundane matters IN the
theater.
Ones amusement deepens when Nc
Evoy leaves the precincts of his private
Office to look after some dignitary with
Life goes on; forget just why"
And, finally, when he whoops into
some side-splitting sally, one goes the
gamut to the good old bcisterous laugh,
thereby completing the cycle.
ct p" swears that he was not nursed
by a consuming ambition to be-
come writer, but that his career is the
result of going through the wrong door,
entering the city room of the South
Bend News. where he was hired as an
office boy at the magnificent salary OF
81 week.
Fifty cents of this meager wage he
sent home to his mother, the widow OF
Prof. P. @. McEvoy mathematician OF
Trinity College Dublin. She lived alone
on the little farm in New Burnside, ILL.,,
where Prof. McEvoy had settled and
taught school when he came to this
country.
u. P."-short for Joseph Patrick
was, as a result Of his fathers home
tutelage, a child prodigy.
Prof. McEvoy, a rigorous Irish scholar
to whom meticulous equations were not
less romantic than metaphors in poetry,
taught his only child with great devo-
ton in the hours after he had dismissed
the classes of country boys.
After his fathers death, when he was
IL, young McEvoy decided to seek his
schooling outside New Burnside. and
took himself of, eventually entering
Notre Dame at l3. Here he shaved as
the slave of slaves" as he now says,
meaning that he waited upon the stu
dent walters when they found time for
their meals after serving those Of the
student body sufficiently Independent to
pay for their board For this mental
service he received food. His tuition
money had To come from other sources,
so he took the aforementioned office boy
job.
One night when the South Bend
News critic of all cultural matters had
q cough that prevented him from full
filing his duties, the active ONCE boy,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-17
BY NELLIE REvELL.

r TIE was born with bon mot in
his mouth-so he became, sue
cessively, Americas highest
i i paid greeting card rhymer.
short story writer for popular
magazines, pithy columnist, sprightly
novelist. playwright and producer-all
before he reached the ripe age of SO.
J. p. McEvoy, the humorist. who gets
real hilarity from his own writings,
gets also royalties which now enable
him to Join the ranks of Broadway's
producers and stage his own satirical
revues. He catches the cotemporary
scene so we'll In his present best seller,
SHOW Girl" that 1t is to be featured
as musical comedy by Florenz Zieg-
field this Spring and broadcast on the
radio before production. 1t already has
been filmed by First / ,..sional with the
famous Gentlemen Prefer Blondes"
cast.
Just as this breezv novel brings the
spirit Of Broadway brightly to jaded
and new New Workers alike, so his
kindly but satirical Americana" reyues
gently criticize the spirit of the times
In brief but telling sketches.
Underneath McEvoy's hilarity-spon-
taneous stuff Of life as 1t CLOVIS in him.
as his stories proves a genuine un-
derstanding of the mortals who make
UP the cotemporary scene. Perhaps he
Is best known for the tale Of the home
~ "Potters," which reached total Of
50,000000 newspaper readers through
the country.
On approaching the Offices Of this
young author turned producer, one grows
mellow at remembrance OF his famous
ditty, which comes once year to al
most every household:
Eve had no Christmas,
Neither did Adam.
Didn't have socks
Nobody had EN-. s
Never got cards
Nobody did.
Take this, and have it
On Adam, old kidd"
The same insinuating insouciance
emanates from an alertly animated fig
ure, q name Of black hair, small black
mustacne, big black cigar and rakish
black fedora OF felt; which component
parts can be identified as those Of the
joyous jester anywhere near the sancti-
fed Algonquin retreat where he makes
his home while In the city.
Here is a playboy of the show world
who revels in the high-lights Of the
passing show, infallibly making those in
his presence succumb to good-natured
laughter.
Almost involuntarily one starts to grin
when he lifts drawing for an "Ameri-
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took place here In Washington at the
close of the war.
Regarding this great event. the first
edition of The Star of November 90,
1861. has this to say:
up to noon today the crowd pass
| ing tA3 Long Bridge to attend this
| review was immense. Perhaps 10000
citizens and others went over from
Washington. No business to speak of
was transacted in either executive de-
partment this forenoon, nearly all be-
ing away at the review, except clerks
whoA could not leave their desks. We
for todays Scond edition Of The star. .
In the second edition of The Star We
are told that:
! Everybody in Washington went over
today to see tss1e great review at Baileys
Cross Roads, but owing to the length
! of the route prescribed (via Balls Cross
Roads, and the narrow passageways at
the Long Bridge draws and the stock
ade, it was half days work to get to
the point of review. Many who went
were sitting for hours in their vehicles
at the bridge waiting for the slow cur
| rent to move On.
staff and escorted by several regiments
Of Cavalry with full Cavalry band,
| proceeding by the same route Uong
Bridge, Balls Cross Roads and Munsons
HID, did not reach the ground Nntil
quarter past I'm.
| ION his arrival he received a salute
and salvos by battery, and as he rode
along the line In review the roars of
cheers that were sent up from the
| $4,000 Threats of his army were nearly
as deafening as the thunders of the
artillery.
1.-THE scene at this time was imposing
| In the EXTREME scene to be remem-
bered for lifetime--as Gen. Mcclellan,
with his full staff and accompanied by
President Lincoln and Secretaries Cam
eron and Seward, on horseback, dashed
rapidly along, passed the immense
extending for miles in the open fields
between Munsons Hill and Baileys
Cross Roads.
Following upon this review, the
marching review OF the troops would
take place, not probably to be finished
until nightfall, such were their numbers.
| 1.-THE divisions of Gems. Mcdowell,
Mccall, Heintzleman, Franklin, Blenker,
Smith and Fitz John Porter were on
the ground, including 80 regiments of
Infantry, of Cavalry and 20 batteries
Of Artillery: altogether in the neighbor-
hood Of $4,000 men,"
|
THE following day The Star, In speak
= ing Of the review, prints this news
item:
I'm the course Of the review yester-
day. the practiced ears Of hundreds of
officers present detected the sound of
heavy and irregular firing from the d.
rection of Fairfax Court House. 1t
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Record Herald. He had made up his
mind to capture the attention Of the
sporting editor there. A fine old fellow,
who said he was fully stated.
Whether his stony persistence wore
away the editors indifference or a quip
called his attention to the young mans
merits, he at length capitulated. u. p"
burst into genial grin of delight when
he heard that his salary henceforth was
to be $40 week.
He wrote pithy and pungent COL
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-17

McEvoy, was shunted to the task Of
covering a local concert, wherein the
mascots of the towns music teacher
displayed their talents. Or "talons," as
he now would say.
Returning from the music hall, he
wrote steadily for two hours, while the
staff rocked with merriment at his seri-
Gus preoccupation. Next day his piece"
appeared. It had been cut to just six
linesl
His writing career thus definite
ly launched. he wrote mos or less
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came from the enemy, and was set
down simply to an effort to create
the momentary impression that our out
posts had been attacked in force some
where, and thus to throw the review
into confusion. 1t may be added that
our pickets were considerably strength
ened along the lines yesterday as q
precautionary measure in case the
enemy should attempt any mischief at
the time of the review"
Alfred L. Castleman, who was a
surgeon in the Civil War, records his
recollections of this event as follows:
This morning we received marching
orders to Baileys, to have a grand re-
view Of the whole army. Very few had
any confidence in that part of the order
announcing the purpose review. All
believed 1t was to take Fairfax, and
then perhaps to move forward on
Centreville and Manassas but all were
disappointed. 1t was a Grand Review,
very grand one, such as I doubt
whether this continent ever witnessed
before. 1t may never witness the like
again. There were about 100000 men
In battle array; not in one long line
stretching far beyond the reach of
vision, and leaving the imagination to
picture what we could not see, but all
in sight at once, on an immense plane,
in squares and columns, marching and
counter marching, charging and re.
treating.
1.-THE President was there: Gen.
Mcclellan and the Prince de Joinville
were there; and all the elite were there
But to the poor soldiers IL was q very
hard day. They marched heavy, with
knapsacks and all the equipment of a
soldier. They started early, marched
10 miles, were then several hours under
review, and then marched back to camp.
Many gave out and were left by the
wayside, to come UP when they can;
the rest of us are back in camp tonight,
worn out and heartily tired of grand
reviews. hope the crowding Of my
hospital is not to be one of the results
of the overwork"
On November % The Star gives us a
more definite idea Of the location of
the review grounds, east of the Capitol,
previously referred to. when 1t says:
AT ] pm. tomorrow all the regu-
lar troops, light Infantry, Artillery and
Cavalry, now on this side of the river,
are to be reviewed upon the usual re-
view grounds on East Capitol street.
half a mile east Of the Capitol grounds. !"
~ 4 +
TN connection with Baileys Cross Roads
= property where the Grand Review
took place the writer wishes to acknowl-
edge the helpfulness of Mrs Jessie A..
Moore. who, with her husband, Willard
j. Moore, makes her Summer home on
the old Bailey property AS Mrs.
Moore's communication is so interesting
1T will be given in its entirety. She
says
THE abstract of title Of the Bailey
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arduously, but mostly Inore-first news,
then sporting events. Soon he became
sporting editor of the paper.
When he was II he decided to enter
the newspaper field in Chicago. IN
fortunately, it refused to be conquered
by callow youth. Since even modern
Alexanders must eat, ~. r." took q job
with o mercantile establishment.
However, every night after the work
which kept him going at 50 a week, he
went to the Offices OF the Chicago
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his race has profited to any great
extent by being kidded along once
every four years.
In 1928 there was an excellent
chance to break both blocs at one
blow. The northern Negro vote
might have been captured by the
Democrats, while the Republicans
were taking the south. Here Smith.
or his advisers, were too tinid. If
smith had been willing to make
even the most general statement
against lynching and to say some
thing vaguely pleasant about equal
rights he could have captured New
York state and come much closer to
illinois, Indiana and Ohio.
Next time it may be different
eventually the south is lost to the
Democrats. I've never met a south
erner who was not at heart a per
jet Republican. We of the cities
should make no fast alliance With
the Bible belt.
Let rs bid instead for the support
OF Coo 5 Chillun, all of whom have
wings and do not want them clipned
70 make soft couches for the blue
nosed.
Copyright 1929, for The Times)
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-03-30

Organized prohibitionists suffered notable defeat
in Michigan when the state senate voted to amend
the states habitua criminal law prohibition viola
tors will not be included -offense prisoners
who must be given life terms. Since the lower cham
Der already has approved the change, and the Gov
ernor advocated it, the fight is ended.
Dry leaders sponsored the measure in the beginning
and since have defended it. They used all their
strength in an effort to influence legislators to vote
in favor of retaining the "feZfora pint" provision.
Public sentiment for stronger than the
demands of the reform lobbyists Michigan people,
although in the state has voted dry, realized the
absurdity of CHASING the sale of drink with murder,
arson and similar feIonies
Meantime, other state legislatures are evincing
an unWilngness to heed the dry leaders, to join
the movement for more cooperation between states
and the federal government in enforcement
New York voted down a state enforcement law.
Wisconsin votes next week repeal of its enforce
ment act, at a popular election The Rhode Island
legislature proposes attack on the legality of the
eighteenth amendment. The Illinois house reversed
its judiciary committee and ordered placed on the
calendar bill to take the state out of the enforce
ment business Dry bills introduced in the Maryland
legislature could not get beyond committee.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-03-30
NOhOnsA bOMtFOOd fOrExbeCtantMOther

Midmorning-A cereal with milk,
no cream.
Luncheon-Bread with an egg, or
soup, or salad.
Midafternoon-Orange juice. tea,
or bouillon and crackers. 4
Dinner-One chop or the equival-
ent of some other meat; two
vegetables, in moderate quantity and
without second helping; a simple
desert, preferably fruit.
Such q diet includes approx
mately 1000 calories and meets the
patients needs Five hundred
patients who followed this method
were studied. It was found that the
average gain in the mothers weight
was 1872 pounds and the average
weight of the baby IA pounds.
A Well-known European physician
suggested that the size of the baby
could be limited by limiting greatly
the diet of the mother. A careful
investigation has shown that the
babys weight cannot be wholly reg
ulated by the mothers diet.
Besides the food the mother corr
Sumes, other factors enter into this
question. Careful dieting does pre-
vent extraordinary overgrowth and
to this extent it may lessen the
hazard to the mother.
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termine whether or not there is a
gain of weight is to weigh the pa
tent regularly.
Women who take on weight eX-
cessively are likely to have more
difficult time than those who re-
main fairly close to their usual
weight.
A normal increase of weight
wought be approximately twelve
pounds, which would cover the adj
ditionaI weight OF the child and the
accessory surroundings.
If additional allowance is made
for the changes in the mothers
body associated with prospective
nursing, another three pounds may
be added, making a total gain of
fifteen pounds as a normal increase.
The tendency of many mothers is
to put on excess weight as a sort
of reserve.
DR.. Slenons recommends elinlina-
ton of candy, cake, pastry, pie and
other rich desserts from the diet of
the prospective mother.
Milk may be taken at will in the
early months, but is eliminated in
the second half of the period. Dur
ing the second half DR.. Slemons
recommends the following program
Breakfast-A cereal with toast
and very little butter.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-03-30

perature is everywhere the same-about 100 degrees
below the Fahrenheit scale.
The third layer is at height of about thirty-sX
miles. 1t is known as the region of meteors because
it is in this region that meteors become visible because
Of their friction against the air
The fourth layer is at height of about fifty miles
1t is called the Kennedy Heavisde layer honor of
the two scientists who advanced theories about its
behavior. Radio fans familiar with this layer for
it is the ionzed or electrified layer which reflects
radio waves.
The fifth layer is known the auroal layer. 1t
extends from height of about sixty miles to one Of
ABOUT 200 miles. 1t is thin that it is almost the
equivalent of vacuum.
1t is in this layer that displays OF the aurora
borealis or northern lights takes place,
Inc sixth LAYER is one of even greater thinneSs or
rarehcation than the fifth. 1t extends from height
OF about 300 miles to of 6o gradually trailing off
into the perfect vacuum of empty space. 1t has been
called the Enlpyrean layer
MeteroiogStS are interested in all six layers Of the
earths atmosphere They are even becoming inter-
ested IN the sun and threatening to invade the field
of astronomy.
For 1t is certain that our weather has its begin
nings IN the sum- since it is from the sun that the
earth receives its heat
The rotation OF the earth also has much to do With
the weather, since it is undoubtedly responsible for
the direction OF prevailing winds and cyclones.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-03-30
Delay in Justice

A SINGULAR phase of the
L A charge against. Congressman
M Alfred Michaelson consists in
the fact that it has been allowed
to remain dormant for six months
Is that an example of the laws
general inefficiency. or was it due
to desire to forget and. perhaps,
forgive.
1t is not the first time in history
that a warrant was allowed to go
unserved for six months, but in
most cases of the kind there was
good reason for delay.
In this case, no good reason is
apparent. Compared to the charge
on which the warrant was issued, it
may be of no great consequence
whether it was served Immediately,
but suspicious people will form their
own opinions.
Indeed, the z whole prohibition
problem has become infected with
episodes which more than justify
suspicious people in forming opin-
ions.
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Market Obligations

nRESIDENT CHARLES E. NIT
IL chell of the National City bank
OF New York is causing the federal
reserve board some worry.
The federal reserve board, you
will recall, issued a warming some
time ago which resulted in the
rapid advance of call, money.
When call money reached 20 per
cent, and the stockmarket suffered
an alarging break, Mitchell in
timated his willingness to throw
$25, 100000 into the pot.
Naturally he borrowed that $25.-
bank which showed not only his at
100000 from the federal reserve
titude, but that the federal reserve
board had not closed its doors to
solvent borrowers.
At the time the transaction was
of such a character, as to suggest a
divergence of opinion, which sugges-
ton was enhanced, if not confirmed
by Mitchell's statement, 1--WE feel
that we have an obligation which is
paramount to any federal reserve
warming, or anything else, to ay.rt,
so far as lies without power, any
dangerous crisis in the market"