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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-26
Hoover Ban ON Propagandists
Meets With Popular Approval

ton Of propaganda of all sorts Of ideas
and notions concerning which public
opinion is widely divided. not only Is an
abuse Of the office. but has cheapen-
ing effect on it as we'll" in the opinion
OF the New Orleans Item. which adds,
so We hope that Mr.. Hoover will adhere
rigidly to this rule announced by his
secretary, which It is pleasure to
commend" That paper. however, up
holds the reservation that ut is quite
obvious that If the rule In question Is
to commend itself to the respect Of the
country, it should be applied in each
case as rigidly to one side as to the
other"
The Syracuse Herald. on this point,
holds that "of course. President Hoover
was not discriminating against any one
to Blue Laws. It was explained that
he was determined that the White
House no longer should be used for
propaganda. There is no good reason
why advocates of Sunday blue laws
should take up the time Of the Presi.
dent one day. and that he should oe
required to listen to the foes OF oiue
laws on the next day. No INDIVIDUAL
though he may be known as the ma.
chine of the White House. Indefinitely
could stand what Mr.. Hoover has been
experiencing during the first weeks OF
his administration. 1t was time to call
halt"
TT is hard to know just where 'propa.
ganda' begins and legitimate discussion
of an issue leaves Off" remarks the
Bellingham Herald, but that obviously
is for the President to decide, so far e5
he is concerned. Propagandists Of ell
kinds try to lombard the Executive
Mansion night and day, in the interest
Of their causes The present admin
istration apparently has added a propa-
ganda bouncer to its pay roll
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-26
Value of Penny Cited
By Street Car Patron

To the Editor of The Star:
Why don't you raise the price OK your
daily paper to cents, thus relieving
the reading public Of a goodly annual
sum as we'll as slight annoyance at
having to handle pennies?
NV husband rides the trolley car so
seldom he generally pays cash fare. as
tokens. like fountain pens. are 1nVarl-
ably in the "other suit" He is not con-
temptuous of pennies, but would not OBJ
iect to a 1O-cent fare, provided service
would be better. All right-if the per
nanent resident who rides occasionally,
as we'll as the transient who doesn't
want to be bothered with buying tokens
and who does not object to 1O-cent
cash fare-is that any reason why the
regular token user should be penalized
by raise in car fare Ito save the an
noyance of. handling pennies? They
are already dealing in multiples OF 10,
where is any argument there?
My husband and were once dining
in a restaurant, where q modest tip
seemed to be the rule. A piece OF silver
and some pennies had been left on
table by some conscientious diner. In
picking UP the change q coin or two
slipped from the waters hand. With
fine gesture Of contempt, the waiter
raised his hand and dashed the rest OF
the coins to the floor. The
average person cannot afford to be SO
theatrical about their pennies.
n ,a.3.l N n 800 a. I. JONES.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-26
Human Eye Can't Stand
Still, Research Reveals
BY E. E. FREE, Phi. ID.

The habit of the rowing eye is not
confined to gentlemen f1irtatiously in
clined. 1t is an attribute of every hui
man being so long as he or she Is
awake. So finds M. Serge Yourievitch,
whose Investigations Of the continual
voluntary movements of the human eye
were presented recently to the Academy
of Sciences in Paris by the distinguished
French physicist and physiologist, DR..
J, A. d'Arsonval.
Placed in a quiet room, in which
nothing moves, every normal person i'm
mediately begins, M. Yourievitch re-
ports. a continual back and forth move
ment of the eyes. For an instant the
ewes remain at rest. Then they make
quick movement, sometimes UP or
down, sometimes to one side or the
o,l1er. In the course OF few moments
these movements result in the eyes COW
ering successfully the entire field OF
view in front of the head.
A curious fact is that the frequency
of these movements is nearly constant
for different individuals, equaling about
100 movements each minute. The
rhythm Of the eye seems, M. Yourie-
witch suggests, to resemble that Of the
heart, for the hearts of average people
beat at about the same rate for all races
and characters OF men and women Al
though M. Yourievitch does not suggest
It, It is a reasonable assumption that
the cause of these involuntary rowing
motions of the eye is habit inherited
from our animal ancestors and fixed by
the necessity Of being continually on the
watch for enemies.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-26
The Tennessee Vacancy.

Not only has Tennessee lost a dis
tinguished son and the Nation faith
full servant in the death Of Senator
Lawrence Davis Tyson, but the pass
ing of the junior Senator has set the
political caldron boiling again In that
State. Had Senator Tyson lived, II
was expected confidently he would
have been a candidate to succeed him.
self in the Upper House next year
for his term Of office would have ex-
pired March 8, 1881. His death, how
ever, has thrown open the field to
Democrats politically ambitious in
Tennessee and perhaps has given the
Republicans more hope Of electing q
Senator in that State than they have
had in the past. The Democratic
Governor of Tennessee will appoint a
successor to Senator Tyson, to serve
until after the next regular election
in November, 1880. The new Senator
will of course be Democrat. The
democracy Of Tennessee has been torn
with internal strife in recent years
and the campaign for the senatorial
nomination next year may be a Bit
ter one.
The appointment to the Senate
which will be made by Gov. Horton
may indeed have an important infiu-
ence upon the situation, If he selects
as a successor to Senator Tyson ar
outstanding figure in the anti-Smith
faction last year. The bitterness which
threw the State into the Republican
ranks In the presidential election O
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-26
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKlN.

@. For whom was the city Of
Augusta. Ga, named?-N. @.
A. The name was selected by Gen.
James Edward Oglethorpe, British
colonizer Of Georgia Augusta was
named In honor o: the daughter Of
George II.
q. What does the expression "'Twas
caviare TO the general" n1ean?-H. r.
A. Hamlet says this Of play, mean
ing that 1t was above the taste Of the
common people.
@. What Is cat ice?-B l..
A. 1t Is thin ice from under which
the water has receded-shell Ice.
Q; Where is Downing street in Lon
don?-H. e. s.
James Park and Whitehall In the West
End Of London. In it are the foreign
| Office and other government Offices and
so has come to be a synonym for the
British government. It was named aft
er Sir George Downing, who died in
1884.
Q. Is the ground floor Of a house
and the first floor the same?-R w.
A. In America they are the same
but In England the first floor Is the
floor above the ground floor.
Q. What Is the smallest gold piece
that the United States has issued?-
q. A.
A. The smallest gold coin issued By
the United States Government was the
81 gold piece.
Q. Who can belong to the A. A.
U. W.? What is its purpose?-E. G.
A. The Association of American Uni
| l. = f.
pose Of promoting the welfare end adj
vancement of college women. One
must be graduate of university be-
fore becoming an active member in the
organization, although the require
ments are less strict for associate men,
bers.
Q. How far is Sixteenth street TO be
extended?-E. w. v.
A. Sixteenth street is to be extended
to the District line. This will probably
be done this Fall Maryland is build
| ing a street to meet Sixteenth street.
Construction on this has been started.
O. Have monks and priests added
much to science in the way Of inven-
| tions?-P. P. C.
A. In the Dark Ages, not only were
religion and education kept alive In the
monasteries. but the sciences were nur-
| tured. Gregor Mendel became famous
for his experiments with plants: Monk
| Guido d'Arreze invented scales and
| rules for music harmonization; stained
glass windows are attributed to
monk: many devices in hand printing
and engraving had their origin in mon
asteries; astronomy and seismology owe
| much to monks and priests. while spec
| tacles. watches. compasses, automatic
devices for stOpDinQ trains radio enlliD-
ment have been invented or improved
upon by these religious recluses.
O. How much money Is spent in this
country for burglary insurance.
d. J. P.
A. There has been a tremendous In.
crease in the burglary insurance bust.
ness in the, last decade. In 1927, pre-.
miums totaled $32,250,00o.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-26

The gentleman who Is pleased to con-
f1de to you how successful he Is ought
to be informed that all kindly listeners
discount what Is told them at least so
per cent.
Being Of a kindly nature surely has
Its drawbacks. It exposes one. before
all else. to the boaStings of the pleas
private affairs to themselves.
II those given to personal condolences
could realize how their words go in one
ear and come out the other, and how
in the process they shrink at least half
in size, esteem, etc, they might be
willing to keep their mouths shut.
AS 1t is. they buttonhole a kindly
man or woman. and thereupon proceed
to pour into a long-suffering ear a
rapid recital Of triumphant career.
Napoleon himself did little better, in
nonarchs of the modern business world,
or art world. or whichever world it Is
in which they are so dazzling.
Napoleon had his Waterloo, and worse
was the luck. but these efficiency ex-
pertS on a generous scale see no pros
pect Of disaster. II they do 1t is the
one thing they keep to themselves.
They never talk about that!
Here is j. Robert MacDoodle, who
has done very well for young man,
and everybody is glad to admit It..
MacDoodle's thousands Of friends thrill
| with natural pride at the rapid strides
made by j. Robert in the business
world
The only fly in the ointment, from
j. Roberts viewpoint, is that some one
or other Of those thousands of friends
will have missed the rapidity Of his
climb to such dizzy eminences.
Such thought is more than he can
bear. In confidential mood. ex-
panSive as the sunshine, which warns
life into more life. he bears down upon
you, intent on placing you in touch
with the latest developments.
A kind of shrinking takes place
within your heart. mind and blood
as you see the portly j. Robert head
ing In your direction. He has bearded
you in your den before, so you know
exactly what you are up against.
1t was the last time he got a
raise" It was an increase in pay
such as few men in the history Of in
dustry had ever received. He came in
and told you all about 1t, dropping a
| few neat remarks to the effect that
pleased with him. and that the raise
| better pay increases
y y
When MacDoodle drops in with his
pleasant smile. you know without ask
| ing who or what is TO be the total sub
| ject of conversation.
You may think you have not. done
so bad yourself. for young fellow
but the blitne MacDoodle is not in
terestcd. You may have under your
hat the knowledge Of a substantial in
crease in pay received only yesterday
but MacDoodle is not even mildly
concerned with 1t.
II you were to tell him about It,
which under no circumstances would
YOU do believing such matters purely
personal, he would receive the big
news without a culver. with only a
non committal THAT 500" to relieve
| the tension.
He wouldn't even congratulate you
You, for your part. are expected NOT
only to congratulate. but to admire
to sing the praises Of. to laud' 70
magnify.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-26
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

You are expected to be whole gal
lery of applause, a mighty unit Of com.
mendation, an entire theater full OF
handclappers, all for the avowed and
express purpose of applauding the
mighty deeds and signal achievements
of one J. Robert MacDoodle.
II J. Robert wouldn't put his pay in
creases so high you might believe them
but all Of his emoluments are made out
Of rubber, evidently. When Mac gets
done stretching them for your innocent
benefit, they are so attenuated that they
look rather fiimsy.
Something In their appearance cries
"phony." and you Immediately cut
them in two, to bring them nearer tc
, the truth. This is a good rule. One
may cut the other fellows salary in
crease IN half with a certainty of being
somewhere near the truth, for an homes,
man never tells his.
This is one of the curious points OF
the j. Robert MacDoodles OF this world
They bore the rest Of us. but never
realize that they bore. They tell oil
their affairs, but never seem to realize
that we never tell.
They boast. but apparently do not
notice that their victims do not boast
They tell tall ones" which they
couldn't believe themselves II they
heard them from the mouths Of others
but they never seem to wonder why
others scarcely ever regale them with
such wild bursts OF fancy.
The wonderful j. Robert MacDoodle:
Of this terrestrial sphere are always on
such intimate terms with the boards OF
directors, and with the presidents, arc
with tho rho irypoon nf thu hnQrdC that
one wonders how the boards. and the
chairmen and the presidents manage
to hold their jobs.
If we were a president in j. Roberts
company We would begin to fear fol
our nice big job. 1t would be extremely
dangerous to permit such a ''go-getter'
to come within striking distance of the
throne.
MacDoodle indicates that something
OF the sort is in the air. You cam
hold good man down, you know
There is something magnetic in men o.
success. and everybody Of lesser stee
had better watch out when they gel
their eagle eyes fastened on something
Robert admits. careleSslike. that he
has his eye on the Big Job, the Bigger
Job, the Biggest Job. but the time ISM
ripe yet. This is in confidence, yol
know. His voice takes on a mysteriou'
quality, until you can positively see
Growth taking place all around.
Whole movements come into being
grow, and recede again into nothing
as the mighty MacDoodle waves hand
He could do 1t. If he wanted to, thu
time isn't yet ripe. but the board Ia!
its multiplex eye upon him, and vol
and the world must watch out, in ordel
not to be caught mapping.
He is Just letting you in on some
thing before it happens. see? This sl0,'
900 increase in salary is only a starter
Ordinary fellows might regard 1t a:
quite bit. or even as pretty good pay
all by itself. but j. Robert MacDoodl'
simply dismisses 1t.
Yes, sir, with an easy wave Of hi!
hand, he bids his nice new $4,000
increase take a seat in his pocket, ane
wait little while for the more that Il
sure TO follow. 1t won't be long now
One is worth just what one can get. ane
the MacDoodles are strong on getting
at least, so they say.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-26
Direction Signs Help to Mar
Observation-Disclosures Pike

most torrid hot dog Of an ardent uni
The raisers Of the temperature Of
dogs" are no more insistent. however,
than the wayside farmers who seem al
most unanimously to have turned from
being producers of crops to accommo.
fiators of tourists. Their doormatS Of
welcome to the wayfaring man are held
aloft on sign posts and on fence gates
and on veranda cornices with little
cessation at any point between the two
cities.
All the directions and advertisements
so far mentioned have to do directly
with travel and with its necessities and
luxuries. They succeed in Transforming
travel from Washington to Baltimore
into just nothing but travel. All 1ts
old Accomplishments Of incidental amuse-
ment Of observation are thoroughly op-
scured.
Barely 100 yards Of the whole distance
of 40 miles from Washington to Balti.
more is free of multitudinous cluttereo
warnings and advices on how to travei
and how to keep on travelling. The one
thought that can successfully survive
in the travellers mind Is that ne Is on
his way and that both sides OF the ROAD
are conspiring to get him there.
Only A Frenzied Funnel.
The countryside used to be sum-
mons to loiter and live. Now afong
such a road 1t Is nothing but an urge
to proceed to destination. IL Is a
frenzied funnel between an urban
frenzy behind and an urban frenzy
ahead. ,..,u,,
are the billboard advertisements OF the
manufacturers of products having noun
ing Immediately to do with traVel--
products of apparel, OF health, OF mousse
hold Punishment, OF non intoXlcatlng
drinking, of hygienic smoking. inese
commodities are sometimes tnougnC 10
furnish the bulk OF the disngu:ements
of our countryside scenery. They Ger.
tainlv furnish their quota. Any casual
count will indicate, however. that 1t IS
travel itself and the directions and the
s,innlies for travel that give us the
overwhelming majority of the sigrIsost
and billboard impediments to traVels
delights. IT,.
Here, surely, Is problem that every
motoring society and every commercial
association In the country should en-
deayor to attack and to reduce. The
directions for securing safety In travel
cannot be eliminated. but they can be
in many respects mitigated. The other
incessart adjurations to travellers Will
be diminished in precise proportion as
commercial unpopularity assails them
Barring some such development OF COM
mon sense and of sense OF beauty, there
presently will not be through route
| In the United States that will not tempt
the motorist to stay at home.
(Copyripht, 1927
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-26
SHOOTING STARS.
ny PHrLANDER JOHNSON.
Labor and RepOse.

Labor and Repose.
Waitin' until Labor day
Summer loafln's through.
Throw the tennis ball away
And beach the old canoe.
Hurrying on through happy scenes
That We have admired
Has been pleasant, but 1t means
We are kind O. tired.
Waitin' for the office chair
With its cushion soft,
Where the elevators bear
Those who toll aloft.
Summer hardship slips away:
Life seems at its best
As we wait for Labor day,
When we'll take a rest.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-26

His fear Of q return Of liquor ir
America leads Henry Ford to consider
the idea of taking his manufacturing
activities abroad. He has already
selected Ireland as factory location
with possibilities Of living up to hi
requirements as to total abstinence.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-26

Assertions are made that TEX" Richard
left an estate amounting only to about
five thousand dollars. Many an en-
thusiastic individual has been willing
to pay that much for q few ringside
seats.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-26

Every tourist who visits Washing
ton. d. c., looks the historic city over.
and begins to hope for residence here.
The possibilities for the city's growth
are natural, and. so far as can now be
foreseen, without limitation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-26

The Graf Zeppelin by sailing around
the world few times may be able to
remind impetuous politicians that war
represents brand-new experiment with
resources about which very little Is
known at present.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-26
How Did He Guess 1t?

From the Indianapolis News.
The original refueler was the man
who ate q hamburg sandwich with one
hand and drove the car with the other
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-26
Size and Worth.

You cannot Judge things by their size
The currency will bring surprise.
The big bill rates one dollar small;
The little one for ten may call
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-26
Breweries Doing Share.

From the New London tConn) Day.
Announcement has been made that
old breweries in Milwaukee have been
converted to the manufacture Of pad
locks. Who says that the former liquor
interests aren't doing their share in the
problem of prohibition enforcement
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-26

A dirigible can sail over the North
Pole with ease and provide accurate
reports Of what is to be seen. The
romance Of Arctic exploration is gone.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-26
Regulating Air Travel

Well all be angels, folks agree,
Above these earthly things.
At least a day we soon may see
When trafic cops have wings.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-26

Radio and airships are influences for
peace. AS people become better ac-
uuainted, they are more easily enabled
to adjust their differences.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-26
Adaptability.

"You have said some things which
do not regard as highly intelligent"
said the old and critical friend.
when you get before an audience
out my way" said Senator Sorghum,
you've got to be careful not to assume
airs of mental superiority
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-26

It is apparently as difficult to regu-
late speculation on Wall Street as 1t is
to curb the sporting tendency to bet on
horse races
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-26

Dificulty naturally arises in paying
up for q war which, it is freely admit
ted, was no pleasure to anybody.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-26

The Associated Press is exclusively entitled
20 the use for Republication Of all news dis
patches credited to it or not otherwise cred
tied in this paper and also the ioeai news
epecial dispatches herein are also reserved.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-26

Who can keep an eye out for daisy
or a blue-bird while hypnotized by
watchfully awaiting the happy moment
when 1t viii be Gully two miles TO the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-26
Old Mistakes Rare.

From the Toledo Blade.
People rarely make the same mistake
twice. There are too many possibilities
tor making new ones. .3Ts
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-26
Not a Blow at Movies.

From the Springfield tMo) Leader.
st. Louis has prohibited the construc-
ton of custard pies during the Summer,
which is a move In the interest Of
health and not q blow directed at
movie producers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-26
A Bit Too "Snooty."

From the Atlanta Constitution.
A snooty fellow In the East went
too far. Instead Of marrying his en-
ployer's daughter, as q college professor
advised, the snob ran away with his
boss' wife. ~ - ~ Z
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-26

when I hears a man braggin' bout
hisself." said Uncle Eben, Il listens IN
silence cause I ain got de heart to
disturb o beautiful dream"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-26
That's a Thought.

From the Louisville Times.
What the world needs even more tnan
a good scent cigar 10 fruit havors Ia
baTbey,s lathaRs
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-26
DELAYED Expression.

DeAyOW EAPEcSSrVHs
Does your wife always say what she
thinks?"
Always" answered Mr.. Chuggins.
Even to a trafic COPE"
mo. She reserves her opinions OF
my driving until we get where am her
entire audience"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-26

Jud Tunkins says you can't always
blame the saleslady for actin right
naughty. Mebbe she was a winner
in the last beauty contest.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-26

"F1attery," said Hi Ho, the sage OF
Chinatown, 'is the praise Of rogue
for an intended victim"
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