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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-28
FOX-"The Cock Eyed World"

"The Cock Eyed World" a talking
sequel to What Price Glory" will be
shown at the Fox Theater Saturday
Embracing further adventures of Flage
and Ouirt, it has the same principal
PLAYERS, Victor McLaglen and Edmund
Lowe: the same authors. Laurence
Stallings and Maxwell Anderson. and
1t was produced by the same director,
Raoul Walsh. The only change is their
newest flame" This time it is Lily
Damita. The picture is now in its
fourth week at the Roxy Theater, New
York City, where it has broken all
records for attendance.
The story opens in Russia, with the
United States Marines about 10 be re-
turned to the United States. 1t finds
Capt. Fiagg back to his regular Army
status of top sergeant and Harry Quirt
his still fighting buddy. Their struggles
for the love of the fair DANES as
they term them, carries them through
their stay in tho United States and
southward to the tropics, where the
Marines are sent to quell an uprising.
There they meet Mariana and the fun
starts. ---.d- ~ ,z4-- s+.s-s@4s-a - =
The cast includes Ell BLENDED of the
vaudeville headliners, BLENDED and Bert;
Solidad Jiminez, who will be remcm-
bored for her performance as the
Spanish mother in I'm Old Arizona
and Irving Linow. A Roxy prologue will
preccde the picture. go. a..
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-12
Harvard Intellects
Hold Championship
from the Rnickerbocker Press.

From the Knickerhocker Press. Sc
Harvard has not had much to boast
Of for some years past IN the way Of
athletic conquests. But last year. when
a fund was established to finance an
nual brain contests between Harvard
scholars of exceptional brilliance and
those Of intellectual proweSs from other
universities, the Crimson seemed finally
to have found its own ground. Yale
went down to defeat in O competitive
examination in English literature. and
Harvard alumni again held their heads
high.
But. looking about this year for new
intellectual worlds TO conquer, Harvard
discovers a singular apathy among the
sister universities with regard to inter-
collegiate brain matches. No one rises
to dispute her championship. And this
in spite of the fact that the offer was
extended on the broadcast possible basis
Scholars from foreign universities were
eligible. It was even stipulated that
the examinations need not be con-
Quoted In English. They were ready
to meet all Corners In any branch of
learning-literature, philosophy, science
or any other subject their opponents
might choose. But there were no
corners. There will be no intercollegiate
brain match this year.
Harvard may explain this on the
ground that there Is genuine fear Of
the intellectual might of the Cambridge
giants among the eligible contenders,
and thus continue to take pride In
her undisputed championship. But If
among the intellectual contenders there
had been nursed q secret hope that
prize scholars would in time shove the
foot ball captains and the rowing cham
pions of their pedestals. the collapse Of
the brain matches must be sorrowful
thing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-12
Finds Way for busting
Inside Electric Lamp
BY 3. Z. FREE. PH.D.

busting the inside of an electric lamp
to make II brighter, as easily Is
housemaid dusts It's outside, Is the latest
accomplishment of the lamp develop
ment laboratory Of the General Electric
Co. at Cleveland, Ohio, headed by w.
l.. Enfield.. Ever since the invention Of
the modern electric lamp having
glowing filament made of metallic tung-
stem, lamp experts have been seeking o
way to cure the blackening Of the inside
Of the bulb, due to tiny particles OF
metal which ny of from the hot MA
ment and stick TO the inside OF the
bulb. The development OF talking
movies increased this need, for the old
fashioned arc lamps used IN earlier
motion picture studios cannot be used
for the ''talkies." Their hiss gets into
the sound record, and the audience Is
apt to hear the honeyed words Of the
hero above what Naunds like q chorus
of angry snakes. fncandescent lamps
thousands of times more powerful than
ordinary household bulbs have been
developed to replace the arcs, but these
giant lamps must have thick tungsten
fllaments heated to very high tempera-
lures, all of which increased the trouble
from blackened bulbs. To dust this
black deposit on the glass without
opening the bulb or destroying the
lamp, the Cleveland engineers have now
devised q simple expedient. Inside the
bulb when the lamp Is made they place
Q small handful Of metallic tungsten
powder. To dust the bulb all that Is
necessary Is to shake this loose powder
around inside, like . dust cloth OF
metallic sand. This rubs the coat Of
black dust instantly on the glass.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-12
Local Option on Time
Question Is Endorsed

From the Utica Observer Dispatch.
A community once fell into violent
contention over the simple question as
to whether the inner bark Of a certain
tree which was used as the basis for a
popular ointment should be scraped up
ward or downward as 1t was removed
from the tree.
Finally, just as war was about to
break out, an old man suggested that
as it didn't appear to make any differ
ence in the curative properties Of the
ointment which way the bark was
scraped, why not satisfy each individual
by making both upscraped and down
scraped ointment and let each user
choose for himself. And so they did,
and peace was restored.
Now, why can't this same policy be
followed in the everlasting wrangle over
advanced time or standard time for the
five open months?
For a time, during the war, the bark
was all scraped in one direction, and al
though complaint was voiced by some
(and, of course, there has never been a
proposition Of wide extent upon which
everybody agreed) we got along very
nicely. But when the war emergency
had passed, the division increased, and
so the State law was changed and each
community was given the privilege OF
following its own preference.
This system has been followed for a
number Of years, and people have be-
come accustomed to 1t. There Is no
hardship connected with 1t, and 1t is
not to be charged with great losses or
trouble Of any nature. Those who de-
sire to commence work earlier In the
morning and have an extra hour in the
afternoon and enjoy the long daylight
standard time and, take the morning
hour In bed are also accommodated by
the local-option provision Of the legal
rule
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-12
Varying Opinions Aired About
Latest Wisconsin Wet Gesture

per cent beer under Government super
vision"
at Is protest against the kind Of
prohibition we have" says the Milwau.
kee Journal. ITO this result almost all
the incidents Of enforcement have
counted. The violence Of Federal en-
forcement against the small offender In
the face Of its evident failure 70 do
much with the big offender, the invasion
of homes, the disregard of life, the ex-
alting Of one set of laws above the
hard-won safeguards Of human liberty"
The Baltimore Evening Sun states:
The returns show that the people Of
that State, like the people Of many
other political units, are strongly OPP
posed to the law and the evils which
have grown out OF II"
Agreeing that the nature Of the vote
will stimulate agitation" the Phila-
delphia Evening Bulletin. nevertheless.
concludes: 1T cannot be interpreted
as significant of that general change OF
opinion toward prohibition which must
develop before there can be any sub
stantial amendment Of the law" The
Davenport Democrat feels that wis
cousin will probably get along about the
same, with or without"
The Middle West" as viewed by the
New York World, has its hard. prac-
tical sense and its distaste for bunk and
shams no less than its occasional cru
sading enthusiasts. When the process
of education and disillusionment has
gone little farther we shall hear from
that plain-spoken region in . palmer
way"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-12
Royalty's Pomp Fades
In Modern Concepts

From the ChicaEo Tribune.
In Norway a young and royal Olaf
has married Princess Martha, and the
misty land Of fjords and stormy Vikings
stands on its toes to watch them. The
great shows pass and new ones take
their places as time moves on. Bar
NUNS no more lumber gayly through
American imagination, and the royal
ties Of Europe are . fraying, rather
faded lot.
As the Crown Prince Of Alabama,
Olaf would have more meaning. As o
Princess of Illinois, Martha would rep
resent greater power and property.
Royalties In Europe are small and worn
leftoyers Of q bygone age. Once they
swept massively through European in-
tereSts and emotions; now their tea
parties and weddings and small place
outside of the society column.
Kings. kaiEers, emperors made the
funeral Of Edward, King Of England,
overwhelming in prestige and pagean-
try The Gear Of all the Russias, the
Emperor of Germany, the Emperor OF
of Italy, the kings and emperors OF
represented there, lin solemn, gorgeous
procession. Today the death procession
would have q different color. The Car
OF all the Russias, q plain black box
where q dismembered body lies; the
Emperor of Germany, Herr Hohenzoi-
lern of Doom, walks by; the Emperor
of Austria, an exiled boy, hurricS
down the street; the King Of Spain, .
harassed and timid man, fearful OF his
people, comes; the King Of Italy. .
little futile man, appears behind the
burly Mussolini; and SO they go.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-12

In their natural state. II means an un-
derstanding Of the fact that the real
beauty Of the bloom lies In It's environ
ment, in the heart of the woods or on
the edges Of forest srowths. The dog
wood fourishes best beneath the shade
Of larger growths. 1t is not trce for
the open field. It needs shelter. How
much, then, the blossoms need the ssis-
tenance Of the parent stem. On which
they are glories. and without which they
speedily shrink into blackened mock
eriOsl
The motoring party, driving along the
road. should slacksn speed to observe
the loneliness Of . full-howering dog
wood tree. Such spectacle ID worth o
pause for appreciation. But no member
Of the party should ever alight, per-
haps climb over o fence, enter the wood
and cut or twist on branch. In the
car, perhaps for many miles, . branch
thus savagely broken from it, stem
hangs - . mute reproach for the
cruelty thus practiced. After an hour
or 30 1t Is more than likely to be tossed
aside, a. rubbish. Once 1t was beauty,
now it Is something ugly.
Let there be the right sort Of flower
that which appraises the
srowths at their real valuation,
which appreciates the fact that certain
shrubs and plants must not be despoiled
Of their blossoms, and that the dog
wood ID one Of these. Then will their
beauty remain, season after season, and
delight all who come in after years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-12
Drastic Mexican War
Methods Are DeplOred

From the Flint Daily Journal.
The brutality and inhumanity which
has appeared in the Mexican revolution
Is almost beyond belief. A large force
Of rebels which was trapped by clever
ruse on the part of the federals was
cut to pieces. Those who sought 10
surrender were shot down without
mercy. No quarter was given. Eight
hundred bodies of the slain were piled
up along the railroad track, soaked with
gasoline and incinerated.
War is never pleasant thing to con-
template, but war Of this sort seems
worse. Countrymen fighting against
their own countrymen Is horrible
thing. The federal commander pro-
fessed regret that circumstances COM
PEELED him to kill his own countrymen
In such q ruthless manner, but he de-
Tended himself by saying that 1t was
for the best. as . quick ending Of the
revolution now would save lives later.
From o purely military point Of view he
was probably right. War to the hilt
seems to be the only code that is under
stood In Mexico.
Mexico deserves the pity rather than
the censure Of the world. Justice Is by
no means entirely on the side of the
federal forces. Those who are leading
the rebels are in no sense Of the word
exclusively political adventures who
are trying to grasp the power to ad-
vance their own selfish interests. They
feel there are real grievances andsfeel
that the sword Is the only. means of
redress.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-12

very meaning OF the word garden pre-
supposes an inclosure Of some sort.
"Those who garden without fences do
so ut their own risk. How can one hmve
any heart in planting seed II the seed
lings are TO be trampled just as they are
getting q start?
There ought to be q law to compel
fences for every residential neighbour
hood and to require that they be at
least 6 feet high. preferably topped with
several strands of barbed wire"
There are some fine bushes In bloom
In the District this week, notably a sort
with magenta -colored blossoms. It is o
very common bush, but we don't know
the name Of 1t.
Its flowers are distinctive and, since
there is little else in bloom, do not
clash" with any other color. The
honest gardener will wonder II this
business Of "clashing colors" isn't
grossly overdone by many flower lovers
Nature takes care Of such matters
very well If left TO herself; she seldom
gives the magenta tint without plenty
Of dark green, either Of shrubbery or
grass. to Offset it.
Magenta would make something Of q
conflict, to be sure. with salmon pink
but why put salmon pink nearby?
There Is great deal Of bunk, 1t would
seem, about the whole subject of colors
in the garden. There Is nothing that
the amateur gardener worries more
about and nothing that should less &C.
cupy his mind.
about, when there are many real garden
worriesl Instead Of being 50 precise
about colors. the average gardener had
better turn his attention to the insect
pests and various blights which will
prevent any color at all II left to them
selves.
The neat little question of fertiliza-
ton Is much more important than that
Of color matching, yet many gardeners
talk necessarily Of the latter, who
never think to give their plants q
square meal at any time. 1t is an un-
fortunate fact that the question Of
color looms SO large to the amateur.
1t catches his fancy when he first be-
will Of his own he will fall real vic
tim to this craze. One would say
nothing against color schemes" as
such. They have their place in flower
dom. What is prettier than q vase Of
blue and yellow flowers, say larkspur
and snapdragons? Yet not one person
In a thousand has any sure sense of
color values and combinations. so why
should the other 999 bother about the
subject?
If you think you are the one in q
thousand, 60 ahead and fuss around
over colors, but II you are content to
be simply one of those who knows what
he likes, although he may not be en-
tirely sure why he likes It, the sensible
thing to do is to grow what one pleases.
and see II Nature doesn't know q thing
or two herself about color schemes"
We have never yet seen an ugly
garden. and we never expect to see one.
They are all more or less beautiful. 1t
only takes one apple tree in full bloom
to make any yard fine. As for real
fragrance. is there any more pleasing
than that which watts from such q
cluster? This Is one greenish-white
blossom which is pretty; but apple
green is an Incompatible green. after
all. To discriminate between good and
bad greens is to have real eye for
! color
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-12

the matter Is that left-hand turner's
should not be allowed ct any time or
any place to turn from the outside,
where they must cross two streams Of
trafIic, one at the rear, which they can
not see, when It is only necessary that
they cross one, and that one facing
them. Amy time q motorist making a
left-hand turn attempts to do 1t from
tie outside he Is violating q fun
damental rule of the road. and traf-
nc oficials, in forcing tneir plan on
washington, are promoting driving
practice that is pernicious N the ex-
IRENE.
The other factor, congestion Of trafhc.
Ia not o. serious as injury or possible
loss Of life, but iiasmuch as congestion
is what all trafie authorities seek 70
avoid, It has It's serious aspects. On
their tour Of the city, which should be
made at the earliest possible date, this
party of ofSicials may possibly attempt
to make Washington's outside left turn
behind . bus ut the intersection OF
Twelfth and X streets. II they do they
win undoubtedly wait for four changes
Of lights, g do most Of the motorists,
unless they intend to block the street
entirely. Or the party, believing that
Twelfth street, because Of its narrow
ness, is an extreme case, might try. In
early morning rush trafAc, the left
hand turn on wide Thirteenth street at
z. II they succeed in disentangling
themselves from o conglomeration Of
buses they may indeed congratulate
themselves upon having more luck than
Mr.. Average Motorist when he attempts
to do the same thing.
30 the net result of Washington's ex-
pertinent with the left-hand turn that
violates the driving practice Of every
intelligent operator of the motor car Is
that instead of being safe" turn, 1t
is fraught with terrifying possibilities
in the way of personal injury and death.
and succeeds only in congesting trafic,
when the crying need Of today Is to
keep trafic from being congested. The
Commissioners and the trafiic ofhcials
will indeed have much to account for to
the people Of washington If they per-
sist in continuing q plan that is both
unsound and dangerous.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-12
Washington's Bridges.

Increased automobile traffic has made
the task Of keeping Washington's many
bridges up to date and in repair one Of
the most important, as well as one Of
the most expensive, problems at the
District Building. The advent OF Spring
brings with 1t renewed activity by the
Bridge Department The Park Road
Bridge over Piney Branch, which was
refioored . few years ago, Is to be re-
fioored again and . new asphalt sur
face laid on ANIMATED planks, while
curbs are to be raised to prevent auto
mobiles from crashing through the slen-
der rails and dropping into the ravine
below. A concrete floor is to be laid
on the Anacostia Bridge, at . cost Of
one hundred and twenty thousand dol
lars and the long delayed work of COM
pleting Improvements to Chain Bridge
will be resumed later in the Summer.
Meanwhile, the steel work to support
the M Street Bridge, which will replace
the old structure that grew decrepit and
weary with age, Is taking shape. The
bridge does not conform to the ideals
Of the Fine Arts Commission. 1t is be-
ing erected with the expressed disap-
proval Of this advisory body. The en-
gineers contend that with limited APP
preparation beauty must be sacrificed to
unadorned utility. But the bridge will
continue that interesting contrast which
marks the bridges now spanning Rock
Greek. The old Calvert Street Bridge,
with its ugly skeleton of steel work. re-
mains IS q companion to the Connect
cut Avenue Bridge; the ramshackle p
Street Bridge, by reason Of its proximity
to the @ Street Bridge, teaches an in
teresting lesson In the old and new ideas
Of bridge building. while the M Street
Bridge, another structure of steel. will
carry out the same thought in its re-
lation to the Pennsylvania Avenue
Bridge, q stones throw away.
Within the last few years the Calvert
Street Bridge, the Klingle Bridge, the
Pennsylvania Avenue Bridge over the
Eastern Branch and the Highway
Bridge have been reSurfaced and COW
cred with concrete, better to Withstand
the pounding Of heavy truck wheels
and the constant load Of automobile
traffic. TRAFFIC lanes on some of the
bridges have been fenced with rails and
netting to repel the attack Of anything
on wheels.
The life span Of some of the older
bridges is already measured. Concrete
and resurfacing are stimulants taken
in the face Of emergencies. It will not
be many years before q great bridge
building program confronts the Capital.
When the program Is undertaken, the
then completed Arlington Memorial
Bridge should be used as a model and
the Capital should become q city OF
beautiful bridges.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-12
Dangerous and Unsound.

Despite the growing volume Of protest
by civic organisations and individuals
an appalling number Of miraculous
escapes from serious injury or death
on the part Of motorists and an ever
increasing congestion of trafic, the
Commissioners and the traffic officials
apparently are remaining adamant in
forcing upon Washingtonians their pet
scheme of making the left-hand turn
One other city in the United States is
similar to Washington in It's regulations
governing the turn. All other cities
are different from Washington. Yet in
the face Of this overwhelming majority,
local trafic officials insist that the fun
damentally wrong outside turn shall be
continued in the National Capital.
If the trafic officials or the Commits
sioners would put themselves in the
place of Mr.. Average Motorist and oper-
ate an automobile in rush-hour traffic
for few days, their experiences would
soon convince them that the inside
left turn, prescribed by the Hoover con-
ference on street and highway safety
and used in such heavy trafiic centers
as New York and Chicago, is the rem
edy for q situation which at the pres
ent time not only breeds accidents Of
the worst type, but congests trafic to q
marked degree.
On their trip around Washington
these officials would see numerous
cases Of speeding motorists attempting
to make crossings on the amber light,
but. miscalculating. finding themselves
unable to get through before the out
side left-turn movement starts. The
left-turners, broadside to the or-rush-
ing car, furnish almost unmisSable
targets for the rushing drivers who
think they will be able to cross the In
tersection before the red comes. Traffic
ofIicials, when they see one Of these mar
row escapes from death Of motorists
who are making the left turn according
to the Washington idea, win undoubted-
" argue that the speeding driver had
no business to attempt to make" the
light, but that argument is as futile ~
| to say that there should be- no parking
overtime. Drivers viii attempt to gel
across an intersection before the light
goes against them and they win speed
I'D to do it. There Is no known way
to change human nature. The nub o.