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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-30
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.
startling purple tone and blend with al
creation.

! startling purple tone and blend with all
creation.
There are good greens, indifferent
| greens and poor greens in the generous
assortment of tints with which nature
has clad her fields, meadows, hedges,
plants.
The green Of California privet is one
of the best. Here Is another humble
plant which cannot be eXcelled. If there
is any better hedging material we have
| not seen it,
We have yet to see a barberry hedge
which strikes us as pretty and capable
! as one of privet. If any particular
hedge is not good the chances are it is
because the owner did not prune it back
severely enough in its first year of
growth to secure the bushy growth
which is necessary If the individual
plants are close together.
There is another method Of planting
priyet as hedge which is good, but
which one does not see so often. In
stead of placing the plants 8 inches
apart or whereabouts and striving for a
trim, ose-clipped, square-cut hedge,
one may place the plants 3 or feet
apart and permit them to grow into
great individual specimens, but speci-
/
giving the effect of a great natural
hedge.
There is one such hedge to be seen on
Massachusetts, avenue (south side) as
one turns into 1t from Twentieth street,
and it is beautiful sight. perhaps or
feet tall, its branches seeming almost
like SO much green water, so smooth is
the flow.
y X X n
Many a gardener with rows of stately
flowers would not admit to himself that
he likes them better than his sturdy
petuniaS.
He even finds in his heart a real
place for the burdock, classed by many
as weed. Yet he can show you a
passage in book by Prof. Liberty H.
Bailey Of Cornell. one of the country's
great horticulturists, in which the lowly
dock is hailed as a fine plant to grow
by ones doorstep.
A weed after all is a plant. To hear
some speak of weeds the amateur gar
dener might think they were endowed
with horns and tail AS matter of
fact, many of the weeds which grow
in vacant lots are really BEAUTIFUL
plants.
The interesting dandelion beloved of
children and many of their parents,
is considerable of a nuisance in a lawn,
it must be admitted, but can be con-
trolled easily by persistent removing
of its spraying leaves
And who would willingly miss its
shining face in the grass. or the curious
spectacle of its cotton head of seeds,
which float away so gayly on the
breeze?
AS for the buttercups. childhood's
favorite. We have never been able to
see thing against them. Sir Arthur
Sullivan immortalized them when he
named one of his most charming melo-
dies in their honor. His Dear Little
Buttercup" is as honest and sweet
a waltz melody as music affords.
A flower ceases to be common, or
mean, or trivial the moment a gar
dener becomes interested in it. Every
amateur finds this out for himself,
but many beginners do not know it,
and here. as elsewhere, knowledge is
mostly wholesome.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-30

Did you ever write letter to Frederic
j. Haskin? You can ask him any
question of fact and get the answer in
a personal letter. Here is a great edu-
cational idea introduced into the lives
of the most intelligent people in the
world-American newspaper readers.
1t is part of that best purpose of a
newSpapsr-service. There is no charge
except cents in coin or stamps for re-
turn postage. Address Frederic j.
Haskin, director, The Evening Star
@. When was the first foot ball game
broadcast over the radio?-M. NJ.
A. The National Broadcasting Co.
says that, SO far as it knows. the first
foot ball game that was ever broadcast
was the Princeton VS.. Chicago game on
October 49, 1922, which was described
over the air by station WEAF.
Q. Has the Tacna AFRICA dispute been
settled?-C. L. E.
A. An agreement has been reached,
by which Chile yields to Peru an area
of over 10000 square kilometers with
10000 inhabitants.
@. What school in New York City
occupies several city blocks?-C. K.
A.. 1t is the new Dewitt Clinton High
School. Nine thousand pupils can be
accommodated.
@. How many Seminole Indians are
there in Florida?-S. A.
A. 1t is believed that there are about
400.
Q. How is the word "docile" pro-
nounced?-L. S.
A. In the United States it is pro-
nounced with the short sound of o and
!. In England both vowels are given
their long sounds.
@. What is living rock?-E. P.
A. 1t is rock in its natural state
rock which has not been quarried.
@. In the time of Shakespeare how
many people used the English language?
"A. T.
A. In the time of Shakespeare Eng
lish was spoken by fewer than 5000
900 people. At the time of the Revolt
tionary War more people in the world
spoke French, German, Spanish or Rus
sian than the English language.
Q. What body of water has a name
Meeting the Indian Ocean and the Red
Sea. 1t separates the southeastern part
of Arabia from the Continent of Africa.
Near the African coast are the volcanic
islets, Eight Brothers. The strait offers
so many dangers to small vessels that
the name meaning gates of sorrow was
given to 1t.
@. What portion Of the population
of the world is Christian?-H. C. j.
A. The total number of Christians in
the world is estimated at about 682,7
100000. about one-third of the total
population.
@. Who sank the convict ship Sue
cess?-l'. S. L.
A. The convict ship Success was
sunk b. the Australians, who wished
to blot out the memory of the penal
methods of the past. The ship was
subsequently raised to serve as an object
lesson in prison reform. The Austria
liam government has planned to take
the ship over and station it in Sydney
Harbor as a permanent floating
museum.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-30
Lincoln Memorials
Preservation Urged

From the Champaign News-Gazette.
"On the record of thy years
"Abr'm Lincoln's name appears-Illi-
nois."
The name of Abraham Lincoln,
martyred President, always will remain
on the records of Illinois, but the mate
rial things that bound him to the State
are disappearing rapidly. The latest
movement is the sale of the Postville
courthouse to Henry Ford. Postville
was an early town in Illinois, later des-
ignated as Lincoln and now known by
that name. Abraham Lincoln Chris
tened" the town. and in a bantering
tone declared that nothing named Lin
coin would ever amount to much" The
residents of Lincoln no doubt will insist
that Lincoln erred in that statement,
but will accept 1t as a jocular remark OF
a self-conscious man.
But the point is that every commu-
nifty should retain the landmarks that
associate its illustrious sons and link
the past with the future. 1t may be
that Ford will permit the Postville court
house to remain at Lincoln and make
1t shrine. Again, he may rae 1t and
reassemble 1t at some distant point,
forever lost to Illinois and to the city
of Lincoln. That would be a calamity.
Every community needs its landmarks
for the influence they have on the
younger generations. 1t is all very we'll
to read of tbs high ideals of those who
are gone. Much that is good can be
absorbed in this manner. But how much
more influential is something Of
physical nature! The child may read
of Lincoln, of Washington and other
American heroes-and forget. But
there is little fear of his forgetting once
he has said. II stood where Lincoln
Stood" or II was in the room where
the first American flag was made" The
child who has touched the Liberty Bell
in Philadelphia or has seen the Con-
stitution of the United States under its
colored glass covering in Washington
is better able to grasp the significance
Of these landmarks of liberty than the
child who has merely seen the pictures
Of them and read the descriptions.
No doubt there are numerous COM
munities in this part of Illinois which
have physical memeptos of Lincoln.
Each community should search out such
landmarks and preserve them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-30
Desires of American
Life Ever Increasing
From the Sioux City Journal.

Mrs. John Trumbull, wife of the Gov
ernor of Connecticut and mother OF
Miss Florence Trumbull. whose marriage
to John Coolidge will be social event
of Thanksgiving strongly approves the
young couples determination to start
married life with what they have and
to be content with it. She recalled the
experience of her husband and herself
IS years ago, when they were married.
John and Florence, she said. would have
little more than had the governor
and his wife, but in those days money
went farther than it does now. Then:
And people didn't want so much
there wasn't so much to want"
Indeed, Mrs. Trumbull made a wise
observation when she said that. Never
before in the history of any civilization
has there been so much to want as
there is today. In this country espe-
cially are the desires of life and living
the greatest ever known to humanity.
Moreover, the end does not seem to be
at all close. Every day new things are
produced and offered. Within the in
dividual is thus created new desire
for more comforts, luxurieS and the
like.
A generation ago the desires Of life
in America were comparatively simple.
At the close of the nineteenth century
people got on very we'll with horses and
carriages. They had no motor cars or
airplanes then. Radio was unheard Of.
Motion pictures were just getting
started. Rapid transit was confined to
trains and street cars. Travelling was
done in more or less leisurely fashion
The rich had luxuries, Of course, but
the great mass of humanity here was
content to have enough to eat, enough
to wear, shelter and the chance to
accumulate some kind Of estate.
What change in 80 years! As Mrs.
Trumbull SO wisely said, there wasn't
so much to want" then. Today trade
has created wonderful, alluring things
that stimulate the desire for possession
and use. We live in luxury, all of us
in greater or lesser degree. We must
have homes thoroughly modern, APP
pointed with a view to the greatest
comfort and ease. We must move about
quickly, and we refuse to ride in the
old jolt wagon. We must have auto
matte heat control and automatic re-
frigeration. We would not do without
the telephone nor electric lights. We
would not buy and carry the things
home. We must have them delivered
We are not content to sit in the family
circle OF nights at home. We must go
to the theater or to a dance, or some
where else for high life. More things
to want in these days! The desires of
life have greatly increased And with
It all has come happier, fuller, richer
existence. Life is more worth living
now. Not only are there more things
TO want but more things We may have.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-30
Diplomatic Row Over Servants
Discussed With Mock Gravity

would keep Cornelius. So Mrs. Miles
Poindexter has her publicity and her
disappointment for her pains and Senior
Prada stands erect. possessor of his own
soul and of Cornelius. Right has con-
quered might"
THAT a Peruvian charge dafaires
in Washington" says the Brooklyn
Daily Eagle should have to resign his
lob because he refuses to return to a
former United States Minister domes-
tic servant imported from Peru When
the Minister resigned, is notion novel
to the Anglo-Saxon mind The Eagle
holds that the man servant. SO far as
we cam see, under American law Is free
to get a Job where he can"
Acquiring one another's servants,
concludes the Memphis Commercial APP
peal, "ls a great American household
game, requiring no little finesse and
often immeaSurable patience. 1t IS
game confined to no particular class
and one in which every American wom-
an at some time in her life has lost.
Senior Gonzales Prada may not have
been able to estimate the American
value of a servant, but be certainly has
shown he possesses rudimentary knowl-
edge of below-stairs' intrigue"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-30
Governor Signs Bill
For sGreater Atlanta''

From the Savannah Press.
With the bill having been signed by
the governor allowing Atlanta to take
into its corporate limits a goodly Sec
ton OF North Central Georgia there is
no doubt about the greatly increased
size OF the Georgia metropolis.
In point of area Atlanta, with its
new city limits, will have only four
cities with greater coverage of ground.
These are New York, Chicago, New
Orleans and Los Angeles.
Atlanta'S remarkable growth in area
is partially responsible for the fact that
1t will shortly be in the neighborkood
of New Orleans in total population.
The Louisiana city has always MAIN
tanned its title of the Largest City in
the Soulful" but there is some doubt as
to whether this slogan will be MAIN
tanned with the greatly increased size
Of Georgia's capital city.
There is one thing sure, however, and
that is that Atlanta will have outdis-
tanced its former population rival, Bir-
mingham, whose city limits allow the
town only 100000 population. 1t is con-
ssrvatively estimated that Atlanta's to-
tai will exceed 100000 and possibly
equal the grand total of New Orlo"ns,
with $4,000. Another Southern me-
tropolis is Memphis, with possible
215.000 persons.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-30

picture altogether. But If his as
sistance is required, it would be wise
to limit 1t to administration, leaving
the actual assumption of liability and
the writing Of insurance to the COM
mercial companies. This would not
bring the Government into competition
with private business. It would leave
organizations Of employees, through
their representatives. free to accept the
most attractive offers from commercial
companies, using the Governments
machinery to make the collections from
individual employees and to pay the in-
surance to beneficiaries. The expense
involved through this administration
has not been estimated. Certainly it
would not be great. nor too large con-
tribution to expect from the Federal
Government toward making some plan
effective.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-30
Federal Group Insurance.

Commercial enterprises long since have
recognized the importance and the
value of making group insurance avail
able for their employees. One of the
interesting projects to be discussed at
the next meeting Of. the 1nterdepart-
mental Board is to make some group
insurance plan available for the half
million or so employees Of the Federal
Government. There is every reason
to favor the plan in principle. The
difficulty lies only in deciding upon the
proper procedure and the resulting
necessity of setting up adequate
machinery In the Government.
The question Is timely, because its
discussion has revealed that a large
group of Federal employees in Washing
ton, amounting in number 10 about
$4,000, already have group insurance
with q private concern, and indications
are that the number will grow and the
employees in other departments will
find favor with the plan. One pro-
posal made to the Interdepartmental
Board is for the Government to enter
the group insurance field to the extent
of underwriting blanket policy and
authorizing deductions from individual
salaries as supplemental to the retire.
ment fund and administered along the
same general lines. And in this con-
nection there has been mentioned the
possibility that the war risk insurance
act might be amended to include some
form of group insurance that would
be made available to Government
employees.
The plan is one that will require
congressional action, unless the employees
decide to leave Uncle Sam out Of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-30

dining room, has been moved to the
hallway, and in its place has been hung
the famous White portrait of Abraham
Lincoln, which formerly occupied a
Swallowed spot in the long corridor
The official portrait of Woodrow Wilson
has been moved to place just at the
entrance of the State dining room.
Mr.. Hoover, a profound Lincoln student,
is said to have a tremendous admiration
for Lincoln'S character. The President
Is an admirer also of Woodrow Wilson,
with whom he had long and intimate
contact during the war years.
The Society Of Sponsors OF the
United States Navy, composed of
women who have christened ships of
war for Uncle Sam, is a furnishing
organization which meets annually
here and brings many distinguished
visitors to the Capital. Now it is pro-
posed to establish a companion organ
ization, the Society of Sponsors Of
Airplanes. Mrs. Hoover would be
eligible. So would Mrs. Coolidge. Mrs
F. Trubee Dawson, wife of the As
broke bottle over the prov of a
Curtiss Hawk. Mrs. James Wadsworth,
jr., Of New York is another prospective
charter member of the new society.
X X X
Something new in guns, q semi
automatic rife that will fire 10 car
tridges distance of $500 yards with
out requiring the marksman to move
the weapon from his shoulders, is be-
ing considered by the ordnance board
of the War Department. This gun is
the invention of a Czechoslovakian,
Emanuel Holek, who has come to this
country for the official trials: His gun
is one Of four under consideration. It
is the only one of foreign inventors.
The main feature Of this rifle is that
it will enable the shooter to take aim
after each shot, but without requiring
him to stop to reload after each dis
charge. Also the rifle weighs 834
pounds, while the weight Of the regular
automatic is about "a pounds.
Copyright. 1927
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-30
Wants Cats Licensed
ssThe Same as Dogs
From the Oklahoma City Times.

From the Oklahoma City Times.
Certain benefits would be derived and
Government would approach nearer JUS
tice If cats were licensed the same as
dogs, a course urged by woman orni-
biologist. A wall would 60 up from the
cat fanciers, should such policy be
adopted, but dog owners who must be
quite as numerous, would feel there is
balm in Gilead.. Dogs and cats are fine
pets, and popular with the families that
maintain them, but frequently rate as
pests among the neighbors. Cat licen-
ses might irk the dogs, too, assuring
fewer cats to chase, but birds would
be delighted, and 1t would be hard to
find city that doesn't need the money.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-30
SHOOTING STARS.
BY pH1LANDER JOHNSON.

Yep.
Old Graf Yep
Travelin' along
Pace it KEEP
Mighty swift an strong!
Now we fly
Where we only creep
Sail the sky
With old Graf Yep!
Old Graf Yep
Standin' hitched, at last,
Still. with pep"
To a landing mastl
Far from gay
Till you gained your rep
On our way
With old Graf Yep!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-30

Jules Verne still has little the best
Of the woodworking record. Even the
Graf Zeppelin cannot duplicate the
spectacular glories which the kiraiIy
brothers bestowed on Phineas Fogg as
the hero of Around the World IN
Eighty Days"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-30
Mr.. Schwab May Err.
from the Roanoke Times

from the ROANOKE TIMES.
Charles M. Schwab declares that no
people in the world are as free from
class feeling as the people Of the United
States. Mr.. Schwab evidently has never
spent month at one of our exceed
ingly exclusive Summer resorts.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-30
Possibly This Is True.

From the Canton Daily News.
A recent murder trial in Ohio empha-
sizes the fact that you don't have to
fear censorS If YOU put on your show
where the admission Is free.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-30

Every commercial city plans for an
airport. Washington, D. c., is not a
commercial city. 1t will have a great
airport, nevertheless, as the due OF the
capital of a great Nation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-30

New actors are being developed by
the "talkies." There is still an element
of permanence. They depend largely on
the same old press agents.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-30

Traps for Japanese beetles bring in
dication of a low intelligence on the
part Of insects who do not appreciate
opportunity for a good, comfortable
home.
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Maybe They're the Colonels.

Fiom the Indianapolis News.
Kentucky finds that it has 10 per
cent more lawyers than it needs, but
seems TO have compiled no statistics on
the surplus Of colonies.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-30

However nations may attempt to d.
minish the glory of Snowden as big
time" performer, England will never
cease its admiration for him as a local
star,
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Often Never Revealed.

From the Adrian Daily Telegram.
They always attempt to keep the plot
OF a new play secret until the opening
night. And they often keep it secret
afterward.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-30
Should Have Rehearing.

From the Sioux Falls Daily Arsus-Leader.
A cigarette was blamed for fire on
the fairway OF golf course at Pierre.
But the Investigators probably were not
familiar with the heated language Of
the links.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-30
Along With the Bankroll.

vrom the Montana Record-Herald.
What goes up must come down. What
bafiles stock spectators Is trying TO de-
termine which b coming next.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-30

The hardest part of the zep's trip
comes when Eckener is called upon to
place himself at the mercy OF innu-
merable toastmasters.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-30
The Pace,

The pace is going very strong;
A record speed is set.
Then something else will come along
And travel faster yeti
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-30

Soviets warn the Chinese Of probable
disaster. Communism habitually begins
with a promise and ends with a threat
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-30

A New York police commissioner may
go far in affairs. Grover Whalen shows
a keen sense Of values in managing his
publicity.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-30
INTERRUPTION.

For peace We have yearning strong,
Yet when the world seems most polite
Some. smaller nation comes along
And wants to start another fight!
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RESPONSIBILITY.

nGSpUhStDhtys
"Do you drive your own carp"
mo-" answered Mr.. Chuggins. Il
take orders from the back seat and
hold the steering gear while assuming
the chance of being the one who gets
arrested"
IT worship my ancestors" said Hi Ho,
the sage of Chinatown, "even though as
time goes on they show no political in
fluence whatever"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-30

Tain no use tryin' to make trouble"
said Uncle Eben. "A trouble factory Is
one branch Of industry dat never was
known to pay"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-30
Dry Facts.

"Why are you a dry?"
II am a politician" answered SEN
ator Sorghum. I'm the old days con-
vivial gatherings were influential; but
now the drinks no longer control the
votes"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-30

Jud Tunkins says he has no great
pull in politics. The fact that his
numerous relations got to quarreling
spoiled the solidarity Of his influence.