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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-28
U. S. Voices Friendly Welcome
To MexicO's New President

Americans are interested in seeing the
ballot SuperSede the bullet south Of the
Rio Grande and a stable, honest, repre-
sentative government established there"
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That such a government Is slowly riS-
ing out of the ashes Of discarded revo-
lutionary methods Is the belief of many
editors. One important fact is pointed
out by the st. Louis Times when it
says: THE vote cast is believed to have
Appropriated q million larger total than
that Of any contest at the polls preVi-
ously held in Mexico. PaScual Ortiz
Rubio will assume ONCE with the cleo
torate behind his triumphant car" OF
the newly elected president the Detroit
News says, He has the civilian mind
and temperament, yet he Is not lacking
in military background, a fact which
guarantees for his administration q de-
Sirable degree of permanence." The
Scranton Times notes that President
elect Rubio is, like our own President
Hoover, civil engineer. He was for
merly governor Of Michoacan" The In
dianapolis News considers Rubio well
fitted for the high ONCE to which he
has been elected, calling attention to
the fact that he has served Gin two of
his nations cabinets, as governor Of one
Of the states, and in the diplomatic
service"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-28

character as to be of value to the
country In time Of war.
When o hitch arose some time ago
over the award OF the mail contracts
authorized by law, there was genuine
regret that the plans for building up
the merchant marine should be threat
ened. Now that the interdepartmental
committee on ocean mail contracts has
adopted program, it should be put into
effect as speedily as possible. If it re-
quires modification, that is something
the Government and the ship owners
should attend to promptly. It is not
the part of wisdom for the Govern
ment to make excessive demands of the
ship companies. On the other hand, it
would be reprehensible for the shipping
companies to seek to obtain from the
Government BENEFITS in the way of mail
contracts and at the same time not do
their full share toward building up the
merchant marine.
A revolving fund amounting to some
$3.50. 900 Is authorized by law to be
loaned to the shipbuilders at q low rate
Of interest to aid in their building pro-
grams. This fund and the large ocean
mail contracts are the instrumentalities
adopted by Congress to bring about an
upbuilding Of the merchant marine. It
would be misfortune If they were not
utilized. -
The shipbuilding program now pro-
posed is an important link in the chain
which the administration has planned
to keep industry and labor at work in
this period of readjustment following
the recent .upheaval of the stock mar
ket. If the program is carried through,
1t should supply American shipyards
with a tremendous amount Of work.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-28
Advance American Shining.

Ocean mail contracts, paying the
contractors 100000 annually, are
soon to be awarded If the plans of the
Post once Department and Of the
Shipping Board are carried out. In
volved in the contracts is the construc-
ton Of many new ocean liners, all to
be operated under the American nag,
and all to be built in American ship
yards. The American shipping indus
try is at last to be given the impetus
which it has awaited since the close
Of the World War.
The award Of these mail contracts
has been held up for several months
pending a thorough canvass of the sit
uation by the Government agencies. The
Government, 1t Is announced, Is ready
now to proceed. It should proceed with
as little measure Of delay as possible.
Further, while the Government is justi-
fed in laying down conditions which
will bring about the greatest possible
development of the American overseas
merchant marine, it Is clear that 1t
should not lay down conditions which
might make impossible the fulfillment
Of the contracts because Of demands
for too great OUTLAWS on the part of the
shipping companies. The hope may be
expressed, however, that the representa-
tives of the Government and the ship
ping companies will be able to reach
satisfactory agreements.
According to reports, a demand has
been made upon the owners of the
United States Lines, Inc, for the con-
Struction of three giant liners Of $4,000
tons each and the construction Of foul
20000-ton liners with speed of twenty
knots per hour, and, for the American
Merchant Line service to London, four
more liners of $4,000 tons each with &
speed of eighteen knots. Protest has
<-ec&: NJ oe. It Is saio. by the represent
G::Vcs or the lines TO the Government:
demand for such large outlay. The
purpose of the Government obviousl!
is II bring about the development Of a!
fine an overseas merchant marine flying
the American fla as may be had. Thi
is patriotic purpose. The United State:
should never allow itself again to b
without a merchant marine adequate
10 carry its share of the huge oversea
commerce Of this country and Of sucl
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-28
Answers English
On Colonial House

To the Editor Of The Star:
The comment Of Richard B. English
that 1t was his purpose merely to &C.
qutre an example Of early Colonial
architecture for Mr.. Ford Is not in keep
ing with the articles published in the
washington newspapers Of November a.
in keeping with Mr.. English'S assertion
that he had no desire to acquire an
Alexandria landmark. One or more Of
the newspaper articles specifically mem
toned the Ramsay house, ct the corner
Of King and Fairfax streets, and the
Carlyle House, in which George WASH
ington received his first military COM
mission, as having strong appeal to Mr..
Ford.
If these reports were incorrect Mr..
English should have taken steps to cor
rect them. However, at q late hour last
night he had not done so.
It is all very well for Mr.. English to
brand the laudable efforts Of Virginia
citizens to safeguard the antiquities Of
the State as a publicity stunt. This is In
keeping with the character Of the an
nouncements published In the news.
papers, but let Mr.. English settle upon
his example Of Colonial architecture to
transport from Virginia to Dearborn
and it will be possible for him to ascer-
tain the extent to which my remarks
on the subject are indorsed by others.
He will find that IL the structure select
ed has much In the way Of historic as,
sociations 1t will be difdcult for him to
accomplish its removal
JOHN B. GORDON.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-28
War ON Two Fronts.

Yesterday, by either accident or de-
sign, American and British women,
conducting the eternal battle for equal
rights" between the sexes. cleared
simultaneously for action In new fields.
At London all woman members Of the
House of Commons except the Duchess
of .Atholl addressed "Mr. Speaker" in a
more or less vehement protest in con-
nection' with the famous distinguished
strangers gallery. The lady M. P,'s OBJ
ject to its reservation, as 1t has been
immemorially reserved, exclusively for
mere men,.
In Washington, while this blow was
being struck by and for the newly en-
franchised sisters, Mrs. Florence Bayard
Hilles of Delaware hit out at an an
Gent sex discrimination in the United
States. Mrs. Hilles, who is vice chair
man Of the ,National Wonaan's party.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-28
The Southern Bridge Approach.

Virginia'S apparent delay in. deciding
upon plans for constructing its highway
approach to the Arlington Memorial
Bridge has been generally blamed on
the State. But the conference a few
days ago between Virginia highway
officials and Col. U. s. Grant, Sd, sheds
new light on the subject. It develops
that the real stumbling block is. not
Virginia's indecision, but the military
reservation at Fort Myer. AS matters
now stand Virginia may be forced to
start construction Of the new Lee
Boulevard from the Western boundary
of the reservation, leaving to Federal
officials the task Of providing a con:
Meeting link with the bridge or giving
virginia's Highway Commission the
right to provide such q connection.
Last Spring Virginia attempted to OBJ
tain from the War Department o rev.
ocable permit for constructing q por-
ton Of the Lee Boulevard through the
Fort Myer reservation. The law does
not permit Virginia to build a road
on land to which it lacks title. But
Virginia's intention was to obtain the
revocable permit and then to seek leg
islation from Congress that would make
the permit permanent.
The War Department, however, re-
fused the permit for military reasons.
A plan to skirt the reservation by o
new route involves difficulties in Sc
curing an adequate right Of way. Col.
Grant has suggested informally that
there might be compromise, however,
with Virginia .dedicating to the Federal
Government 9 portion of land equal to
that required for the highway construc-
ton through the military reservation.
This matter Is now being given con-
sideration.
Work Is progressing rapidly on the
bridge. Within q few months there
should be definite decision on the
Southern approaches. AS this is q joint
undertaking between Virginia and the
Federal Government there should be
little difficulty in finding a practical
compromise.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-28
Merchants Give Furs
Their Proper Names

From the Elmira Star-Gazette.
To end an ambiguous, II not I'M
ethical, situation the furriers of Boston
have agreed to name all furs from what
they are-muskrat, skunk, rabbit, mole,
etc. This at once gives to valuable
peltS an added value, and diSsolveS the
fog which har &c over a business where
fancy names g. likely to delude the
unwary.
The Better Business Bureau Of Bos-
ton, in announcing this departure and
adding praise to the furriers for their
traightforward stand" calls attention
to a considerable modern movement
toward truth in advertising and selling.
Al-wool today means exactly what it
says. Linen is now linen, and not cot
ton. Rayon is no longer fiber silk. And
SO on.
The one-price system and the plain
marking Of fabrics and furS have done
much to place merchandising on a high
plane and to facilitate business trans
actions.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-28
Crime Law, Traffic and Stocks
Aid Raise in Pay for Police

but It complexities and hinders police
work In the pursuit Of criminals and
Fire Department work at fires. In the
snarl OF automobiles and with denser
crowds on the streets the chances Of a
criminal escaping are greatly increased.
This situation alone loaded the depart
ment with endless hard work and
brought to the front the necessity for
. wage which would attract courageous
ana reSourceful men.
1t was inevitable that congestion I'm
great cities, great concentration Of
wealth, and the general quickened pace
IN the drive Tor money making should
tend to stimulate disorder and crime
But, II habitual criminal statutes, like
the BaumeS law, are invoked to check
this tendency, and the jails are filled I'D.
ana other more or less desperate de-
IenSlVe measures are taken, the burden
IallS hrSt OF all on the police, IL all
means increased difficulty and danger
lor them, and our stand has been that
the city could not continue to get men
OF Surnclent capacity and courage to do
Gnls work unless it paid them adequate
~. with the $4,000 minimum, the de-
partment has been filling the list Of ap-
pncanCS as 1t came up each wear. That
is bad situation. When there are more
JOBS IMAM applicants, it is impossible to
get the best men,.
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"All these events of the hast few
years have brought an increased pres
sure on individual policemens charac-
ter and behavior. My own view Is that
the New York force has quite measured
up to the general public standards Of
conduct, which 1t must inevitably re-
meet. In policemen, as with Others.
there Is inevitably a regard for public
policy as well as law. I do not believe
that any such municipal problem rs
this should be considered apart from
the general problem of prevailing public
sanctions. be vote of last Tuesday
shows that lhe citizens indorse our
view that our men are doing their
work as faithfully as uosStble under try
ing conditions.
We began our appSAsS ~ referen-
dum to the voters back in 1928. At this
time this was an unusual procedure
and the Legislature passed the referen-
dunn bill with considerable misgivinR.
1t was this measure which brought the
pay to $4,000, and many adjoining
cities in New Jersey and New YorS
quickly followed. including Jersey City,
Newark and Hoboken,
ut is quite possible that had the raise
ip pay been a partisan issue In the citv
election We would not have obtained it.
1t would have been open to seizure by
one candidate or the other and we
would have drawn partisan hostility
which we happily avoided by going d.
rectly to the voters. In my opinion.
other cities, having the problem Of get,
ting sufncient pay to attract Competent
men to their fire and police forces, NAV
proht by our experiment. Our real
gains came when we divorced the issue
from partisan politics"
(Copyright, 1927
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-28
The Water Front Plan.

Artistic development of Washington's
neglected water front has been urged,
without appreciAble progress, for many
long years. It is with real satisfaction,
therefore, that one notes the tangible
efforts revealed by the report on the
water front plans prepared by the United
States engineer for this district and
approved by the Chief OF Engineers.
Undertaken at the request of Congress
in 1925, the completed plans should now
take their place as one of the major
features in the great program for
adequate identification Of the Capital.
The plans have already been APP
proved by the District Commissioners
and the Director Of Public Buildings
and Public Parks. Their effect would
be not only to make WaShington's
water front attractive, but to provide for
q commercial development along the
river and harbor that would stimulate
industry without marring the schemes
Of our park and parkway planners.
The lack Of such plans has made the
city's water front the grotesque tumble
that 1t is today. Industrial develop
ment has been encouraged on the one
hand, but criticized on the other for
its possible conflict with haEy' and III
formed park projects. Industry has
been willing enough to cooperate, but
there has been nothing very tangible
with which to cooperate. 49,
Whether or not the immediate fu-
ture will, see the adoption Of Mai
Somervells water front plans, the plans
at least exist and have been approved
by the proper authorities. II few
years intervene before work begins to
carry them out, there is at least q
guarantee that no positive action will
be taken that does not conform.
. Equitably sharing the cost between
them, it is to be hoped that the
Federal and District governments can
afford to begin work on this long-de-
layed project within a. short time.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-28
ThankHDtutng.

Seed-time and harvest and the earth's increase
Fruits gathered in and fields still glad with gold
For these and all Thy great gifts manifold
Others will praise Thee, Lord without surcease.
fam would thank Thee, for man of peace
Who humbly wears Thy mantle-who would hold
His stewardship, an emprise to release
Man from Fears dark-gar5sd ghost, untamed of old:
Letting Light rend their garments piece by piece
He would keep lit the blaze of Truths whise oAra
To fall unsoftened on Wars hideous head:
He would have Love be valiant to dare
Fulfill the vision Of our proud young Dead
And that we more may thank Thee this I'd ask
Help us to help Thy steward in his task"
LEWIS COLWEIL
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-28

| J.. Jefferson Jones was q Sedate
middle-aged gentleman who sported q
trim white beard, gold eyeglasses and
| cane
He invariably held the door open
! for everybody else. In permitting him
self the pleasure of entering last he
| played no favorites.
Unlike some polite men, who fail to
take off their hats when old colored
Jones rather took his off for that sort
first of all.
A telegraph messenger boy got to go
through Jones-held doors quite as ex-
peditiously as bank president. Rank
or its lack made no difference to him.
It was the action itself which pleased
him, and those of his friends who knew
his innate honesty Of mind knew, too,
that he made no display Of it.
Some who stood so ScrupulouSly while
others entered doors might have been
accused Of ostentation, but no one who
knew j. j. Jones could have thought
the action anything more than a part
Of his character, strictly in line with
the trimneSS Of his whiSkerS.
1888
Mr.. Jones had several deep-seated
aversionS of which he spoke little, be-
cause he was kind-heaterd man, as
might be suspected, who had rather
suffer himself than cause others cbagrin.
Legitimate protests against what he
considered plain nuisancea more often
than not brought anger rather than
chagrin.
Chagrin is something which connotes
certain willingness. on the part of
others to be criticized. Jones had dis
covered, as the result of several years
of consecutive living on this sphere, that
criticism of any nature to many human
beings was like waving the well known
red flag at a bull.
Jones had read somewhere that it
was not the color which aroused the ire
of bulls, but rather the disconcerting
action involved in the hand waving
itself.
Criticism of humans offered no such
complications. It was no sooner spoken
than the one attacked aroused to re-
pulsion, no matter how justified was
the complaint. -
In fact, the more truth there was to
1t, the larger the resentment and the
more vigorous the counter attack.
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J. Jefferson Jones Rugged close to
his heart his secret annoyance at
children.
He realized that the welfare Of the
race demanded them, but sometimes
he wondered to himself If it demanded
quite as many of them as it got.
In the neighborhood where Jones
lived it seemed that no one could
move in without ticket or two Of this
character.
The result was that Jones often
fancied himself living in a play
ground.
From sunup to shutdown there was
perpetual roar in the air, a combina-
ton of screams, yells, wagon wheels,
roller skate wheels, bouncing balls.
Jones admired the straight limbs of
the little ones, and their ability to 60
hatless in any weather, but sometimes
he wondered why they made so much
noise about 1t.
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Dear little rascalS,'' said Jones to
himself. They kick tin cans as
siduously because they want to be
famous halfbacks when they grow up,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-28
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEwELL.

and get their pictures in all the pa
pers. It is something in the modern
world to be able to kick a ball farther
than any one else can kick 1t.
They scream so, far into the night,
because they want to be able to broad
cast cheap popular songs for $4,000
a night when they grow up. Who
wouldn't? d.
"Who am to hamper them in their
careers? And yet sometimes it seems
pretty tough, as they would say, that
I have to put up with this racket day
after day, when all I want is to be
let alone"
So Jones came to the conclusion that
the easiest way out would be to move.
He had been around to other COM
munitieS, and had never seen so many
children, nor heard one-tenth as much
noise in them. Surely there was balm
In Gilead!
SO he decided to move to Gilead and
On repeated visits he had not seen a
child.
The house he selected was set back
well from the street, with q nice yard
In the rear, and neighbors none too
close on the sides.
Jones inspected the house personally
several times. and each time was
amazed by the utter quiet which pre-
vailed.
After the hullabaloo, which existed in
Noiseville, Gilead offered a startling
contrast. There we're three or four lit
tie girls across the street, Sedately play
ing with dolls, but when they saw Jones
they stopped still, and looked at him
without making a sound.
Jones thought he would get along very
nicely with the quiet, well behaved little
girls.
GOOD morning. he said, with his
blandeSt smile.
Good mornin' yourselfl" said one.
"Ah!" exclaimed j. Jefferson Jones'
Jones ought to have taken. warning,
from that innocent greeting, but he
was kindly, a polite man, as we have
indicated.
He was so sure that there was peace
and quiet in Gilead that he went back
to the house he had about selected, In
order to take a final look at it before
signing on the celebrated dotted line.
It happened to be Saturday morning
but Jones had forgotten that, If he had
ever known 1t.
AS he went up the street, the birds
were singing in the trees. and playful
y
"As quiet as farm" breathed Jones
to himself, delight playing tag on his
features. Listen to the little birds
sing"
CraShl Bangl
AS Jones opened the front door he
heard the merry clatter Of feet. YellS
and screams greeted him.
Down the staircase. smearing dirty
hands along the fresh wall paper, came
pack of youngsters.
The four quiet little girls, led by three
boys, ran merrily past j. Jefferson
Jones.
mo, we won't get out, either" said
one, as the prospect asked them to
leave. You don't own this housed"
When Jones returned to Noiseville, he
admitted to himself that the children
were right. He not only didn't own the
house, but he rather suspected he never
would. If one had to be noisy to be
happy, one might as we'll do 1t right in
NoiSeville, where life was one grand,
loud song.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-28
Hitchcock's Death Ends
Unique Stage Career

To the Editor Of The Star:
The passing Of Raymond Hitchcock
brings to close musical comedy star
unique in yesteryear theatricals. His
unique personality, rather than genius,
made him one of the most popular stars.
Always surrounded by beautiful women,
he had little dificulty in holding the
spotlight by line of extemporaneous
repartee or quips that fitted the temper
of his audience. This was probably the
principal reason for his success, since
he was never a student of stereotyped
lines and would nightly convulse his
company as well as his audience with
remark that had nothing to do with
the plot Of the play. He used to play
an annual engagement with us at the
Columbia Theater In such successes as
king Dodo," THE Yankee Consul"
The Man Who Owns Broadway"
"Httchy Koo," ETC., and passing through
the lobby leading to the stage to make
up he would drop in the box once for
the hundreds Of mash notes" he daily
received as well as for q chat.
Lines were never written for "Hitchy"
and we would ask him what he was
oOAAS W soy OOLA6AAOs 44Ao ACPAy Woop
II don't know until the time comes"
and then he would spring new one
on his company as well as his audience
which never failed to 60 over.
When he first became q star he was
compelled to share the honorS with his
wife, Flora Isabelle, an outstanding
beauty of the brunette type, who acted
as foil for his wit. I was more than
surprised to read that, whatever else
he might have been, and as an excep-
ton in the theatrical business, they
chung together until death do us part"
since he expired on the shoulder Of his
wife at the end of an automobile ride.
Flora Isabelle was an Armenian and
her father, Rev. M. M. ManaSSarian,
conducted the funeral services. after
which his wife took his ashes to be
placed in an urn at CanandaiRua,
N. Y, where he was born.
Before he went on the stage
"Hitchy'' was employed as q clerk in
the Wanamaker store in Philadelphia.
He had been fired several times, but
talked his way back, until eventually
the break was final. After he had be-
come q Broadway star, Thomas B.
Wanamaker sought q stage introduc-
ton to him, saying: II remember you,
Mr.. Hitchcock. You used to work for
me-" eyes," returned Hitchy, "I re-
member you. You fired me-" After he
went broke in 1921, he said: "a. true
artist always goes broke. That's the
reason I'm a true artist"
w. j. DIVER.