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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-17

Davenport and Forty first streets.
First commercial 40-foot G to resi-
Dental 40-foot A restricted. the first
commercial strips on both sides Of
Eighteenth street between Otis street
and Bunker Hill road northeast.
Residential 40-foot A restricted to
first commercial 60-foot G, parcel 'front.'
ing on Mills avenue about 100 feet south
Of Rhode Island avenue northeast.
Secolld commercial 40-foot d to resi-
teenth and Sixteenth streets southeast.
First commercial 40-foot G to resi-
Dental 40-foot A, the first commercial
strips on both sides of Sheridan road
southeast.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-17
Lady Victoria Haig Engaged.

LONDON. April II C4D.-Announce-
ment was made yesterday of the en-
gagement of the late Earl Haig's sec
ond daughter. Lady Victoria Haig, to
Claude Andrew Scott Mr.. Scott is the
son OF Lord Herbert Scott, president
of the London Chamber of Commerce
and holder OF distinguished record
in the British military service.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-17
Births Reported.

George F. and Marion L. Pollock, FL.
Harold NJ. and Mary E. Bowling. 81.
Otto r. and Doris Stranley. girl
Clarence G. and Mary L. Colcord,1rl.
Linwood and Opal G. Willis. girl
Franz A. and Dorothy L. Bergma girl,
William E. and Marjorie l.. Curngham,
10Y.
John and GLADYS l.. Bowen. boy
Thomas and Katherine Carter, ~.
Albert and Fay Gelfand. boy
Harold e. and Myrtle E. Richaison, boy.
Max A. and Anna E. Sorg. boz
Henry NJ. and Johanna Pucketfboy.
Leon and Esther Brusilof. bo.
Clement and Della Lindsay. 81.
James r. and Helen r. Smithgirl:
Andrew and Florence Colemas girl.
Samuel T and Mildred Sweefy, boy.
Charles o. and Garda S. Sag boy.
William and Mary Barber. 81.
John S. and Alma M. Wilkiion. boy.
Theodore and Lena Straffor boy.
James and Sallie Williams boy
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-17

few York is the native State of IS
D: cent of the students of Williams.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-17
TO MEET
HERE TOMORROW
Chains Of Newspapers, Sun
day Editions and Other
Topics on Program.

Newspaper men from all over the
country will gather here tomorrow for
the opening OF the seventh annual con-
vention of the American Society of
Newspaper Editors at the National
Press Club. The convention opens at Q
o'clock tomorrow afternoon with the
address of the president, Walter M
Harrison of the Daily Oklahoman and
the Oklahoma City Times, and con-
tinues until Saturday night. when there
will be banquet at the Willard Hotel.
There will be morning and afternoon
sessions Friday, a morning session Sat-
urday, followed by shop talk luncheon
at o'clock. and then an afternoon off
for the editors. President Harrison will
be the POSTMASTER at the banquet.
Speakers at the banquet have not been
announced by the committee.
A larger turnout for the convention
this year is expected because of the
Associated Press meeting in New York,
beginning Monday
Program Is Announced.
The program Of the convention fol-
lows:
Thursday-President Harrison's adj
dress: greetings from E. Fl. Butler pub
aAsALCh Vi Vic buklulO .1NCN0 anu DtESl-
dent of the American Newspaper Pub
fishers Association; reports of officers
and standing. committees and discus
sions thereof, and speech by William
Allen White of the Emporia Gazette
on The Newspaper and Its Influence
in National Campaigns"
Friday morning-"The News and
Public Utilities" talk by Boyd Cur
ley of the Indianapolis Times. followed
by a discussion led by George B. Parker,
ditcr-in-chief of the Scripps- Howard
newspapers, and United States Senator
Henry j. Allen of Kansas. rs the Edi-
torial Page on the Way Out?"; two
talks by Senator Arthur Capper of Kan
sas and Hamilton OWNS, editor of the
Baltimore Evening Sun. followed by
discussion led by Paul Bellamy of the
Cleveland Plain Dealer; "Ghost Writ
ing" a talk by TX Shuman, executive
editor of the Brooklyn Standard Union,
who, as reporter for the New York
Times, travelled with Col. Lindbergh
through Mexico, Central America and
the West Indies.
Chain Papers Subject.
Friday afternoon-"The Business De-
partment and the Editor" a talk by
Louis Wiley business manager of the
New York Times. followed by dis
cussion led by Henry d. Bradley of
the Bridgeport Times-Star;; rs the
Chain Menace to, American Journal
ism?" talk by Col. Frank Knox. GER
eral manager Of the Hearst newspapers.
followed by a discussion led by Roy
Howard, chairman of the board If the
Scripps- Howard newspapers, and w E.
Bowman. editor of the Newark Star
EQ0lns HFTha Prifich Tacf 81
nalists," talk by Percy S. Bullen,
American correspondent of the London
Daily Telegraph. followed ly a dis
cussion led by Casper Yost, of the st.
Louis Globe-Democrat and C. NJ. Nor
rison of the PHILADELPHIA Public Ledger.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-17
OAR skin =.
the dsttb Of
Jour beauty
PROTECT 1T!

No amount of cosmetics will make your
complexion really beautiful if il is not in
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remove all trace of rouge or powder by
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today have the added convenience of a
perfect shampoo in the original Cont
quality. Use both for your health and
for your beauty.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-30
Names of Towns Show
Nature of Settlers
BY E. E. FREE, PHI. ID.

BY one look over an ordinary map an
experienced geographer could be sure
that New England had been settled by
farmers, that Northern New Jersey was
laid out by or for city people, and that
the mountains of Tennessee had been
originally the homes of ignorant and
unimaginative backWoods men.
This could be done even if the maps
showed nothing about farm land or city
locations; for example, If New York
City was omitted from the New Jersey
map and if the geographer was ignorant
of the city'S existence. How the trick
is done is disclosed i'll an account of the
importance of place names in social
geography submitted to the American
Geographical Society in New York City
by DR.. John Kirkland Wright, librarian
of that organization.
The map of New England gives promi-
nent place, DR.. Wright points out, to
names like Pennington, BerkhamStead,
Hartford and others which show both
farming influence and the memory of
Old England. In Northern New Jersey,
on the other hand, town names are
typtfied by Bloomingdale. Maplewood,
Wildwood and SO on. These may be
called 'real-estate" names, given by
subdivision agents to attract city buy
ers. Such names indicate the neigh
borhood of some large city. In Ten
nesSee the imaginative poverty of the
first inhabitants is indicated, the New
York geographer points out. by such
common, everyday names as Aunt, Bee,
Fly and Gum.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-30
Naval Parity in 1886.

Great Britain and the United States.
according to apparently authoritative
accounts published today, are at length
at close grips with regard to the long
discussed naval understanding. Each
government is now in possession OF the
others viewpoint. They are described
as in complete agreement on the ques-
ton of submarines and destroyers. Their
exchange of idea6 has revealed that the
problem of limiting these categories OF
ships presents no insurmountable on-
ficulties.
It is cruisers which arc now engaging
the earnest attention of London and
Washington. The protracted interview
which Ambassador Dawes had with FIRE.
mier Macdonald in Downing street
Yesterday probably advanced the cruiser
discussion to point approximating
agreement on that more thorny issue,
too. The Associated Press reports that
IAN accord on the principles and basic
factors in the problem Is hoped Tor
within a few days" 1t adds that "all
indications on the phase involving TIE
setting of year for the attainment OF
parity between the two nations point TO
1886"
Rome was not built in a day. 1t has
become plain that an Anglo-American
limitation entente is not a matter OF
overnight. construction, either. If six
more years are to elapse before the par
ity period is achieved. 1t can only mean
that the United States will proceed 10
carry out it's 15-cruiser program, at
least in large part.
For this and other details of the i'm
minent understanding with Britain, the
American people are content to rest in
patience and confidence. They nave
President Hoover's assurance that his
conception of parity with the British
Navy is 1.-The complete defense OF the
United States in any contingency"
It is we'll that this is SO, and it is
enough.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-30
An Inadequate Police Force.

Mai Henry G. Pratt's annual report
portrays the Police Department as a
municipal agency that is tagging be-
hind the growth of the city and is
sadly in - ID of extensive improve
ment and enlargement. With an area
of about 10 square miles to patrol and
population of about $4,000 persons
to guard, the police officials must meet
this task with about 176 men available
for duty at one time. This seems a
disproportionately small number when
the total uniformed, regular force is
composed of 1862 men. But the one
day off week. special details. officer
personnel and the division of the force
into three eight-hour shifts leave
very small group available at any one
time to perform the regular day-by-day
tasks of the department.
Maj. Pratt has compiled his figures
to present convincing argument. But
another lies in the fact that Washing
ton is growing rapidly, the character
of service performed by the department
Is becoming more complex, and there
has been no material increase in the
force since 1926. The last three. APP
preparation bills have provided for
adding only three men to the police
force. 1t is time for another increase.
If it is impossible to provide the 238
additional policemen this year, the in
crease should be spread over the next
two or three years.
The Police Department has grown
in personnel by nearly 80 per cent since
1918 but the duties 1t is called upon to
perform are keeping ahead Of the avail
able force. More than once Inspector
Shelby has emphasized the inability Of
the Detective Bureau to make any
Roadway in giving attention to any but
the more serious complaints. He and
Maj. Pratt have also called attention
to the fact that an inadequate per-
sonnet has led to the virtual abandon
ment of any systematic and sustained
course Of training for recruits. These
recruits are so much needed that they
are put on patrol duty almost as soon
as they acquire their new uniforms.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-30

The longer one gardens, the greater
his admiration becomes for the humble,
Hold fashioned flowers which have been
every gardeners standby for genera
tionS.
Consider the morning -glories. These
are the commonest of vines, growing
any place at all, seen in such profu-
sion that one ceases to regard them.
We Spurn the common and the low,
the usual and the commonplace, in a
hopeless search for the new and the
fastidious, the novel and the unusual,
the dapper and the fashionable.
1t is with flowers as with art; one
wearies of the ordinary everyday vari-
cites and seeks for the new thing
which one hopes to share only with
few.
This is the rank snobbery which
invades the garden and tends to make
it in unsatisfactory place.
No garden can be all that any gar
den might be until the owner shakes
out of his heart and mind this kind
of horticultural snobbery.
When he Goes so, he will see what
he should have realized all along, that
there is no small flower prettier than
the buttercup, and no vine more grace
full than the morning-glory.
A flower which has the common
sense to bloom in the morning is dear
to the heart of humanity.
Every one loves to look out the win
dow on bright morning and see the
blue glories on the fence.
Even the experienced gardener some
times is surprised by the sheer beauty
OF these August-floWering vines. They
come late, these rampant growers, MAX
ing up for their commences by pro-
fusion Of bloom and reliability of ef-
feet.
After all, there is no such thing as
a common plant. Even the weeds have
as much right to growth as any. 1t is
only because human beings tend to
carry over into other kingdoms their
preJudices and opinions that the world
has come to regard some flowers as
mean, others as glorious.
The truth is that the so-called COM
mon things, such as the daisies and the
buttercups, the morning -glories, the
weeds, the grass, the dandelions, arc
every whit as fine in their way, as
the fluff of asters. the glory of iris and
gladlolus. the sheen Of perfect roses or
exotic charm of orchids.
X 4 x
The morning glory is an annual. but
Self-Seeds so persistently that 1t amounts
TO a perennial in effect
1t belongs to genus Ipomoea The
common garden variety is I. pupurea
This tender twiner has been improved
by the introduction of Japanese strains.
SO That the japanese morning glory is
the usual one in American gardens.
One Of the most beautiful sights in
many Washington back yard today is
the sometimes despised and neglected
morning-glory twining up a clothes
line post.
Clothesline posts ordinarily are not
things of beauty. They shine because of
their utility. Yet such a post, clothed
in morning glory, may become a thing
OF pure beauty for the time being.
An ordinary wire fence bearing one of
these vines is something more than
mere fence, especially in the early
hours of the morning. when the dew is
up and the sun is shining.
Then the glistening flowers, with
their background Of good green, lose the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-30
Democratic Tariff Attacks.

Despite years of effort and the sug-
gestion of some of the most able and
prominent men in public life that the
tariff be removed from the realm of
politics the tariff is still a paramount
political issue in this country; further,
it is an issue that is likely to cause
lot of trouble to ambitious party poll
ticians. For example, the Democratic
party carried Massachusetts and Rhode
Island in the last national election. The
industries in both these New England
States have been developed through the
aid of the protective tariff, sponsored
by the Republicans. Since the present
Congress took up the consideration of
the tariff revision bill, drafted by the
Republicans Of the House, there has
been a constant series of attacks direct
ed against the increased duties pro-
posed for the industries of the country.
Among the duties attacked are those
for the cotton and wool and leather and
shoe industries and certain other manu-
features of New England. These at
tacks, it appears, are not making friends
for the Democratic national committee.
which sponsors them, :. Massachusetts,
and Rhode Island. There are protests.
both vigorous and loud, from Democrats
OF these States, it is reported, as well as
from independent voters and Repub-
licanS, who claim that the national
committee is selling out to the Southern
and Western wings of the party.
Possibly the strategy of the Democratic
high command is to sacrifice Massa-
chusetts and Rhode Island in this tariff
fight in order to regain or to win other
sections of the country. 1t may be ex-
ccllent strategy, but it is not likely to
give the Democrats any added House
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-30
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

Q. Have the Sinai tablets been de-
ciphered yet?-C. v. T.
A. These tablets, discovered seven
or eight yeare>>aga.,5eef-' tine base of
Mount Sinai, have been only partially
! declphered. They appear to be the
complaint of Semitic laborers brought
10 work in the mines in that locality
and addressed to the Goddess HathCr.
O. What is the origin of the word
spad on French planes?--E Mem.
A. Spad on French military planes
refers to Societe Pour Aviation ct scs
Derives.
O. Is there a committee on calendar
simplification in the United Statcs?-
p. A. l..
A. The national committee on CAL
endar simplification was organized July
Q, 1928. The Office of the chairman is
i'll Rochester, N. Y.
O. What is the name of the boy who
won the Edison contest?-E. H. T.
A. The winner of the contest is Will
Der Huston.
@. Please give a short sketch about
fanS-I. D. l..
A. Customs of Mankind" says that
Fans have an interesting history. The
first fan was probably a palm leaf or
some other natural device appropriated
by man to keep away flies or gnats, per-
APPS even TO cool the fevered brow in
tropical climates, We know that in
Egypt, 1000 years ago, fashionable
hosts had special servants to stand be-
hind dinner guests and fan them with
huge papyruS fans. In France the fan
reached the height of its development
under Louis XIV. We read that Fans
are invariable accompaniment of FEM
mime costume and that they are Of rare
beauty, exQuisiteIy painted and mounted
on sticks of carved or painted wood,
mother-of-pcarl, carved ivory or gold.
There are over 500 makers of fans in
Paris and they enjoy special privileges
accorded to them by the KING.
O. How long has veneered furniture
been made?-E T. B.
A, The use of veneer on furniture or
on wood or metal surfaces transcendS all
historic data and comes into notice
with the earliest known furniture of
Egypt. 1t has been freely used by all
civilized people.
O. Where is arrowroot produced In
this country?-W. A. L.
A. Domestic arroWroot has been OBJ
tanned from the Zamia or Wild sago
grown IN FLORIDA.
@. Where is the Linehouse district
in London?-V. A. NJ.
A. Limehouse is a district in London
located at the East End, in the neigh
borhood of the docks.
@. How long should galvanized wire
cable be used before it is painted
]. w. F.
A. The Bureau Of Standards says
that paint will not hold" on GAL
vanized zinc surface unless it mas
been roughened, either as a result OF
weathering or by some chemical solu-
ton. e. G., copper acetate. The length
of time the surface should be weathered
will vary according to the atmosphere,
being decidedly less in heavy indus
trial atmosphere than in the open
country, for example. A years time
is perhaps good average for ordinary
condition.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-30
Is Named
AS Minister to Holland

From the Flint Daily Journal.
The naming of Gerrit j. Diekema Of
Holland as United States Minister to
the Netherlands is the first major ap-
pointment which has come to Michigan
under the Hoover administration. It
is an interesting coincidence that Mr..
Diekema, himself a son of Holland
parents and former mayor of city with
large Holland population, should be
named to that country. He certainly
will feel very much at home there, and
his appointment is not only a tribute
to Mr.. Diekema himself, but to the
thousands of Holland people who form
such a fine body Of Michigan citizenry.
There are thousands of Netherlanders
in Western Michigan, many of them be-
ing attracted there several years ago
by the furniture industry which grew
up around Grand Rapids. They have
invariably proved themselves to be
substantial and worthy citizens and a
decided asset to the community in
which they chose to make their home.
Mr.. Diekema himself is fine example
of this type of citizenry and he is one
of the leading citizens of the Western
portion Of the State. He has had ex-
perience in both the State and National
legislative bodies and has served his
home community as mayor, city at
torney and as a member of the school
board,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-30
Long Branch Precedent
In Seashore Development

From the Asbury Park Evening Press.
The decision of the voters of Long
Branch to authorize the leasing of a
public park for hotel purposes estab-
fishes precedent in Seashore develop
ment. A lengthy battle, marked by
heated debates between opposing fac
tons, preceded a vote, and the final
action indorsing the proposition comes
in the nature of substitute for other
means of development
Even the most enthusiastic support
ers of the project must realize the
dangers involved in leasing public lands
for private use over long periods. but
they saw no other means of profit
ably utilizing the property.
Like other shore communities, Long
Branch desires progress and expansion.
In meeting this condition it
obviously faced a stone wall. 1t had
the property, but it could find no means
of developing 1t. So the community has
decided to do the next best thing and
virtually give the land away with the
provision that the beneficiary erect q
modern hotel designed to stimulate
business and encourage the institution
of other enterprises.
From a financial point of view, the
policy is questionable advantage. It
allows for loose practices, q minimum
of compensation, and private control Of
what might be a public asset Never
theless, under careful supervision it
may solve a problem that offered many
obstacles. AS an experiment holding
favorable as well as ominous possible
ties the action of Long Branch in grant
ing this lease will be carefully studied
by other communities. The dangers
involved may be offset by cautious
management and full consideration Of
the public's interest.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-30

or Senate seats In New England in the
coming congressional elections. During
the last campaign former Gov. Alfred
E. Smith of New York, the Democratic
nominee for President, in his addresses
gave assurances to the industries of the
country, including those in New Eng
land, that there would be no disruption
of industry, II he were elected, through
tariff tinkering. He said that 1t Is true
that the tariff would not be written as
matter of special privilege, and doubt
less he meant it. But every protective
tariff is special privilege and designed
to build up a special industry or to keep
it alive in this country. The New
England Democrats see in the assaults
now delivered against the proposed
duties on their industries by the Demo-
cratic national committee wide
divergence from the program which
was proposed by Gov. Smith and some
of the other Democratic speakers during
the campaign last year.
Massachusetts and Rhode Island
went Democratic last year, not because
of the Smith attitude on the tariff or
the attitude of the Republicans, but for
a different reason. 1t is possible that
the Democrats realize that in another
campaign they may not be able to con-
solidate or hold their gains in these
New England States and for that rea-
son they have determined to throw
them into the discard. The country,
generally speaking, is prosperous. The
volume of business is enormous. While
the workers and employers of labor en-
gagged in industry are strongly inter-
ested in the tariff bill now before Con-
gress, they are not aroused as they
would be If times were hard.
Outside of the newspapers and the
statements issued by the politicians,
there is very little said by Mr.. and Mrs.
American Citizen regarding these sched-
ules. If the bill is written into law and
there is no perceptible change in the
cost of living to the run-of-the-mine
citizens, the fulnlinations of the poll
ticians OH this issue are likely to prove
of little avail But should conditions
change. should there be real eleva-
ton in the cost Of living and should
there be halt or falter in the employ
ment now general throughout the coun-
try, different story would be told.
The people are quick to react politi-
cally to hard times, or the approach Of
hard times. 1t is because the Repub-
licans have faith in the protective tar
if system and in the prosperity which
now engulfs this country that they are
anxious to get the tariff bill through as
promptly as possible and to give the
country time to adjust itself to the new
law before the congressional campaign
opens next year.