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Evening star., 1935-07-08
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

some wight, Win queer sense OF numor,
scares them to death.
The loading platforms have added
immeasurably to the mental comfort of
the people. Jones hoped that even the
ultimate abolition of the street cars
and tracks would not entirely do away
with platforms. The need for them
on such boulevards as Connecticut and
Wisconsin avenues will be greater than
ever, as these thoroughfares are turned
over entirely to the tender mercies of
motorists.
Vast increase of automobile traffic in
recent years made platforms necessary,
as they brought to the fore one of the
street cars inherent bad points, that the
passenger must come to the center of
the street to get aboard.
The fact that a bus can and does
take the passenger on at the curb, and
let him of at the same comparative
safe place, is surely one Of the greatest
points in their favor
If, under the new diSpensations, busses
are permitted to stay in the center of
the road. instead of pulling up to the
curb, there will be cause for lament.
Some MidweStern cities are using q
form of hybrid-bus which has a trolley
and pole, but no tracks. The purpose
Of this is to permit the bus to draw up
to the curb. The lack of flexibility of
this arrangement, however, is apparent,
in that If there developed a blockade,
the queer buSses could not take some
other route, but would have to remain
on their tracks" until the block was
ended.
This points to one of the major gains
Of buSses, that in case of necessity they
can be rerouted, or the driver can reroute
himself at any time necessity demands.
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AS his car eaSed down Fourteenth
street Templeton Jones wondered what
would become of the motormen.
Since childhood he had preferred
motormen to conductors.
Perhaps this was somewhat Of a
slander on the latter. At any rate,
Jones had warm spot in his heart
for the old fellows.
He wondered how the gray whiskered
man at the controls would do. driving
a bus. He wondered If he would be
asked to drive bus.
Bus driving is something for young
fellows, right of the farm, Jones
thought. If he could judge from some
of the specimens of driving given him
recently by red-cheeked farm lads, bus
driving was inclined to partake of those
gods of the modern, speed and heed
lesSneSs.
A graybeard at a bus wheel would
look queer, would he not?
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Templeton Jones looked forward TO
the day when the last street car, as we
know them, would be run on any line,
anywhere.
No doubt 1t would be q ceremony,
with officials in high hats and carna-
tions. and brass bands, and speeches.
This trip today was no ceremony, but
somehow it partook of such to the
imaginative Jones.
ride, TO him, for he seldom took the
cars, having foresworn them for busses
years ago.
Still they had past. And there
always would be some of them, he felt
sure. since they seemed to fill a need.
AS long as they filed it, they would be
retained.
The bus, as form of public trans
port, would have its day.
And after that. what? Templeton
Jones did not know. 1t was comforting
to him to think no one knew.
Evening star., 1935-07-08

Emperor Halle Selassie's attempt to
induce the United States to interfere in
the Ethiopian squabble under the
terms of the Kellogg pact about COIN
cides with the sixth anniversary Of the
pact's formal proclamation. That event
took place under colorful circumstances
in the east room of the White House on
July a. 1929, with President Hoover
playing the leading role. The diplomatic
corps in full regalia graced the occasion,
as did former President Coolidge and
former Secretary of State Frank B.
Kellogg, co-author of the pact. The
ceremony was marred by an incident
which induced superstitious souls to fear
for the pacts future. Through some
mishap the radio microphones into
which President Hoover was to deliver
the address of proclamation were not in
place when he began to speak, and, in
order not to disturb proceedings, they
were not rigged up. The projected
worldwide short-wave broadcast of the
affair therefore did not take place. Soon
afterward came the first Kellogg pact
fiasco-Soviet RuSsias curt rejection OF
Secretary Stimsons effort to settle the
Chinese Eastern Railway conflict. A
little later Japan turned down Col.
Stimsons invocation Of the pact in the
Manchurian affair. Now comes Abys-
sinia's ill-starred venture to utilize the
o3-power multilateral treaty for its
purposes.
On all hands Secretary HullS terse
note to the AbySsinian monarch is con-
sidered q masterpiece of diplomacy. 1t
astutely indicates the United States
determination not to burn it's fingers
in an international mess which Is OF
no American concern, while at the same
time reafirming our devotion to the
anti-war principles of the Kellogg pact
and to the cause Of peace generally.
The notes references to the League OF
Nations are also acclaimed as keen
statecraft. They constitute, without di-
rectly saying 50, unmistakable notice to
Mussolini that this country disapproves
of his defiant refusal to settle Italy's
quarrel with the Ethiopians through
Geneva's peaceful machinery.
~ ~
Just as soon as Congress is of his
hands - prospectively, around about
Labor day, sooner or later-President
Roosevelt is expected to go TO the
White House microphone for another
Of his fireside broadcasts on the state
of the Union. If he does not take such
an occasion to air his views on the
stirring history Of the past six months
Supreme Court decisions, congressional
insurgency and all the rest Of it-poli-
ticians think he Is sure to do so In
speeches on the swing to the coast.
which he still hopes to make. They
will, in effect, be the opening guns in
his campaign for reelection.
= -
Former Budget Director Lewis w.
Douglas Is about to make comprehensive
confession of his political faith in
book entitled 1.-THE Liberal Tradition"
The young Arizonan divides his dis
cussion into four sections, entitled, re-
spectively and significantly, "The Sins
of the Past" "A Planned Economy and
the Oppressive State" Dictatorship and
a Fiscal Policy" and "A Free People
and q Free Economy" Douglas con-
tinues to be honorably mentioned as q
vice presidential nominee on some con-
servative ticket. either independent
Democratic q straight Republican.
Evening star., 1935-07-08

4ChHACtOA OOIlCo l1CNCI tklOu6hv AC
would live to see the day when he would
be sentimental about street cars, but
here he was, riding across the old CAL
vert Street Bridge, not exactly with
tears in his eyes, but Just imagining it
was the last street car.
He was on the last car he thought.
After this there would be no more.
Nobody would ever see a street car
again.
The pleasant broad aisles, plenty of
room dt was on the morning of July
and everybody else but Jones seemed
asleep in bedD, the clickity-clack of the
rails, the slam Of the door, the clang
of the bell
All these struck our passenger as
something happy and not to be forgotten
lightly.
Soon he was bowling along down
Eighteenth street, the newly widened
Eighteenth street.
How different and how much better
the thoroughfare looked.
A somewhat drab street, In the mixed
change from former residence to not
yet complete business, 1t yet had two
of the best features, q hill, and q
blocked vista.
The slight turn in the street, just north
of U, cut off the view to the South. So
much has been said of the advantage
of vista that sometimes one may think
it has been overdone.
The famous element of surprise may
be attained even in a crowded city, II
the straightaway is not too straight.
It was many years ago, in the city
by the Potomac, that our friend Jones
made his first acquaintance with street
cars.
1t is the fashion, Of course, to talk
about horse cars, and the like, when one
goes into "reminiscences of this type, but
Templeton Jones remembered the cars
much as they are today.
He will never forget the time when
he stepped blithely of the rear end Of
a Fourteenth street car, holding very
heavy suit case in his right hand, and
how the weight of the baggage tumbled
him all over the street.
The memory of it is painful yet.
The worst feature, however, was the
gawking carload, the solicitous conductor,
who asked him II he were hurt.
Hurt.
The small Jones picked himself up
quickly, held himself at his full height,
to show that he was not hurt in the
least.
He admitted to pain in his pride,
but it was not until he got around the
corner that he put down the suit case
to rub another portion Of his anatomy.
As long as Jones could remember,
street cars and the National Capital had
gone along together. With all their
faults, including noise. they had their
good points, not the least of which was
safety.
This had grown with the years, until
the old street car had become the safest
place in some very unsafe streets.
The loading platform, frowned upon
by some as unesthetic, nevertheless has
managed to make standing and waiting
and boarding comparatively safe for all.
In hectic traffic these plain wooden
platforms have eased the minds of
countless thousands of people. To many
such persons it is almost as bad to be
afraid of getting run over as to be run
down. AT least that is the way they
feel, at times, as they manage to get
themselves caught somewhere between
two lines of onrushing trafic. Then
Evening star., 1935-07-08

History has often shown instances of
moral charges that complicate political
purposes. Ethiopia may as well be pre-
pared for accusations Of atrocities of
which the general world was hitherto
unaware.
Evening star., 1935-07-08
A Rhyme at Twilight
By
Gertrude Brooke Hamilton
City Lights

City Lights
In the long dusk, town windows come
alight;
Come one by one In buildings far and
near
AS luminaries in the sky appear;
Yet all these starry windows in their
glow
Seem but part of some fantastic show:
Colorful, f1aring, restive. overnight,
Their beams bring little heartease to
the sight.
And, suddenly, above the electric town,
Like a great silver globe, q moon shines
down.
Gods lantern swung aloft in the blue
night.
Dimming each trivial shaft Of human
Light.
Evening star., 1935-07-08

Letter carriers have always been sub
jects of solicitude. In order to get his
full quota Of sympathy at present a
letter carrier must also be an airship
pilot.
Evening star., 1935-07-08

A potato war in Southern Maryland
is serious matter. Farmers have
caught the idea Of gaining higher prices
by rating a product as luxury rather
than q necessity.
Evening star., 1935-07-08

AS public goes deeper into debt some
adjustment seems necessary of the re-
lationship between the high power sales
man and the credit man.
Evening star., 1935-07-08

Will Hays was most capable factor
in the Warren G. Harding campaign.
Exigencies may arise to suggest taking
him out of the movies and putting him
back into politics.
Evening star., 1935-07-08

Fortunately, there is no limit to in
tellectual endurance. Every little thing
that happens threatens more work for
the United States Supreme Court.
Evening star., 1935-07-08

A shake-up in the police force should
never dispense with the experience that
knows how to deal with gangsters who
make business of shaking down.
Evening star., 1935-07-08

Baton Rouge is reported by Louisiana
as headquarters not only for some
ancient traditional Red Stick, but as a
modern custodian of political big stick.
Evening star., 1935-07-08

Even those who do not know how to
score a tennis game are again giving
three cheers for the kind of photograph
Helen Wills Moody takes.
Evening star., 1935-07-08
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Evening star., 1935-07-08

Several world statesmen have been
shown to favor only as much of the
League of Nations as they can use in
their business.
Evening star., 1935-07-08

There is one satisfaction in sports. A
tennis racket or q golf club is never
likely to be used as an implement Of war.
Evening star., 1935-07-08
Italian Years.

From the Saginaw Daily News.
Longevity in Italy has doubled IN the
past IS years, statistics show. Mussolini
may ask the statisticians to skip the period
o6 the Abyssinian unpleasantnees.
Evening star., 1935-07-08

When Mussolini predicts war in Africa,
nobody doubts his ability to make
dreams come true
Evening star., 1935-07-08
TheOrizing.

When Einsteih theories
In his own delightful way,
He shows US new surprises
Where the stars are on display.
OF billions he discourses,
We can listen and relax,
For his figuring never forces
Payment Of an extra tax.
Evening star., 1935-07-08
Undaunted Though Frivolous.

"Your enemies conspire to bring your
gray hairs in sorrow to the grave"
They haven't chance" said Senator
Sorghum. IT am bald-headed and
don't wear whiskers."
Evening star., 1935-07-08
Rapidly.

Rapidly.
Our prodigies grow up so fast
That if they study ways of sin
Before their infancy is past,
Their thoughts of racketing begin.
And as the time grows more perverse
SO swiftly on their way they trudge,
They scarcely murmur Good Night,
Nurse!"
Before they say Good Morning,
Judge!"
"Some men," said Uncle Eben, "gets
de reputation Of bein' smarter dan
others, simply because dey has been
luckier in dodgin' consequences"
Evening star., 1935-07-08
C1oa;no In

Closing In.
From the Topeka Daily Capital.
New York police announce that they
can now identify fngerprints left on
cloth. The net is slowly closing about
youthful jam purloiners.
Evening star., 1935-07-08
Mustv Legislation.

Prom the Charleston Is. o. Evening Post.
Some of President Roosevelts must"
bills will soon be getting musty II Wash.
ington heat waves exert the expected in
huence upon Congress. -
Evening star., 1935-07-08
The Great Taxer.

The Great Taxer.
From the Winston-salem IN. CO. Journal.
While running for ofiice the politician
taxes your patience. If elected he taxes
most everything you have.
Evening star., 1935-07-08
Intuition.

do you depend on womans intui-
tion?"
NO" said Miss Cayenne. when
have important responsibilities I look
for some one who knows more than I
do and take the benefit of as much
tuition as possible"
"Most of my ancestors were good and
patient men," said Hi Ho, the sage of
Chinatown, but, alas, am compelled
to confess that the little fortune I re-
ceived came from those who con-
descended now and then to be just
little wicked"
Evening star., 1935-07-08

point OF view. IL IS 0lmcult TO hit last
pace and keep it up through lot Of
similar conferences. AS at Springfield,
the Republicans are to talk publicly only
about party principles and issues for
the next campaign. There are to be no
boosts for presidential candidates. None
of the would-be candidates for the presi-
Dental nomination are expected to at
tend. A year from today, however, the
Republicans will have nominated their
candidate for President. The G. O. p.
National Convention is expected to take
place in June of next year. 1t seems
entirely unlikely that this old custom
for national conventions in that month
will be abandoned. Despite the fact
that the time is drawing comparatively
near the presidential possibilities in the
Republican party continue to be mere
shrinking violets In the political garden.
If they don't step out before long, they
may find that some one has outdistanced
them-left them at the post.
There is one Republican, however, who
is frankly and openly seeking the presi-
Dental nomination Representative
Hamilton Fish of New York. Mr.. Fish
served as captain and major during the
World War, overseas. II the veterans
are to demand q candidate who is him.
self q veteran of the World War, Mr..
Fish. who has served in Congress for
number of years, is ready. He has just
come forward with petition to dis
charge the Ways and Means Committee
from further consideration Of a joint
resolution which provides that the vet
erans' bonus be paid out of the $4,000
OOO, 900 work-relief BILL Mr.. Fish says
he believes that If this huge sum OF
money is to be expended, 1t had better
be used to liquidate the countrys debt
TO the veterans.
Evening star., 1935-07-08

@. Please give the cost of Boulder
Dam Reservoir, the American Canal,
and the Los Angeles Aqueduct-H. P.
A. 1t is estimated that the dam
Reservoir will cost s70,6OO 600: that the
American Canal will cost S38, SOC, 900, and
the Los Angeles Aqueduct will cost
$220,000,000.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-04-05
A Blouse at Back Is Worth Two of Any
 Other New Fashion

For somethi1lg that really and truly looks new in dresses, choose one with bloused bodice in back. Last fall one of the most famous of Paris couturiere introduced this silhouette into several of this mod els. It was shown in only a few expensive models, but it was too smart a fashion to remain unseen. And this season it promises to be one of the up and coming styles.
 When the fullnesS is centered at the back, something happens that makes every other dress with per- fectly straight back lines look old.
 There is nothing about this sil- houette that is unbecoming to the figure. It does not make woman appear larger. The waistline is def initely defined with a belt, and with the fullness above. the waist naturally looks simmer than 1t would if the back remai ne d straight. It is one of the revivals that are causing the most interest this spring.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-04-05
It's Open Season
 for Gay Scarfs

Thank heaven, the joyous time of the year is here for scarfs. All winter they have been very serious affairs, employed in the act of hugging throats and keeping them blisSfully warm but covered up so that they never saw the gleam of sunshine. But that's over for some months, now, and scarfs are feeling pretty gay about it.
 There are as many shapes and sizes and types as there are ladies in circus, for scarfs have become one of the important members of the wardrobe. One night go into the pastine of scarf collection, there are so many beauties.
 Triangle Triumphs This is one triangle that is pop ular with every woman. They love 70 tie them at the neckline ot every dress where they will be ap- p. opriate. They are knctted at back or front knotting at the front ~eems newer looking and is smart. The tr.angles are to be had in many sizes from that not much larger than handkerchief, to the very huge one.
 Square scrafs which are folded over gre also in the picture, giving the same effect as the triangle. They are not quite so important as the single triangle, for they are bulkier to knot. There is ann ost no end to the number, of materials in which you will find this fashion executed
 Foulards and dull silks are also excellent for this fashion. They are even to be had in acetate. Having a collection Of them will change a dress in a jiffy, and al- low you to continue wearing the little winter-weary number, which without the good old triangle would have had to be given to your favorite mission.
 Yarn Scarfs
 A new development is the long yarn scraf. It is soft and almost twine-like in it's open mesh lacey weave. It shows generous fringe and has @ very important look l@cIt it. Ycu can have it in those 4--e-t ting pastels that can be worn ,.-cL ev.-yth-ng.
 fs4-cy Perfection
 h line with ,Ae fashicns Tahi- tian, c-me revival of Paisley s9al-s. They a.e seen in squares and long ssaris, and are srand @-eA odd coo ;. Iey i1o.- es- p-~.A.ly vel when worn wila ...-A~---le suts.
 -a e.. .c7rss wl ke jsy- ous news to young things who 4--.J.e vo tle tneln unaer their chin.j in pussy cst fashion. They come il p.aids and prints which are simply delights. Six tyils are also iaa .ured in novelty prints. Alpacas represent still another type and all are especially good when flying in the breeze with a grand spring suit.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-04-05
TostefulIy Chosen Je,velry
 Derelops Frock Personality
Many Spring Dresses Show Their Own Jewelry, but
 It Is Smarter to Buy Your Own

Take a look at the next chic woman that you see. What is it that makes her so smart? Her dress is stark simple Your own and dozen others have far more individuality than her dress, and yet there is a fine look about her costume that the others do not have. Analysis will probably show chat the carefully chosen jewelry s the answer.
 ,Cn Many Dresses
 This past winter season has seen a great vogue among makers of dresses to put bits of jewelry on their garments. Clips have been the biggest favorises. There have 3een many very ornate helt buckles, and some entire metal belts that are really bits of jewelry
 Buy Own Jewciry
 The dress trimmed with jewelry S NS-ANN- Il 04Ay 1AllI4 U AJAO III HINDU eases, if women would remove the lewelry already on the dress and 5uSstitute some Of their own, the effect would be better. That is the chic woman's answer. She adores her very simple dresses. She sticks to them. and them exclusively. But she knows that ornamentation is the keynote of the day.
 Metals Important
 Every guise of metal jewclry is important for spring. Silver is com ing stronger and stronger and is being seen in large, massive styles which are so very rich locking. If you see silver which locks old, snap it up, 1t is the smartest you can find anywhere. Silver brace lets worn singly or in sets are very interesting.
 Good as Geld
 That's how good gold is. If you
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-04-05

There are no set rules to follow
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-04-05
Iahitian Gloves Are
 a New Inspiration

Those brown skinned maidens from the is.e Of Tahiti have start ed something, their colorful parus having been adopted by the most daringly smart of our American beauties. They were seen this win ter in the smartest American re- sorts, and it will not be surprising to see them coloring the local beaches this summer.
 But the fashion isn't confining itself to the beach. The newest departure is in glove and scarf sets developed of the same type Of cottons.
 It is not to be questioned that these gloves are smart. They look their Lest with white costumes, so they will undoubtedly not gain popularity until summer, when white and the softer pastels will be worn.
 In most cases the hand of the glcve is in the printed cotton, and the wide cuff is of white or a con- trasting color. The cuff is usually lined with the print Sometimes the palm of the glove is of some Knit fabric to make them fit bet- ter. Of course, it is needless to say that these gloves are washable, for there is scarcely a cotton that IS not, these wonderful days.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-04-05

The correctly gloved hand rules when it comes to the court of fashion. This season it attains greater prominence than ever be- fore fer there arc several distinct types each designed for par tieular made in the spring picture, and timed with the day. Let's con- slider them properly.
 Fer Tailored Gloves
 Bright and early the first spring day you'll probably tear into your row tweed suit, overioyed that the weather is fine enough to warrant your wearing it. Now, just any old glove that happens to be in your glcge ca5e won't do. 4 good suly deserves the proper glove. T. is an unforgiveable fashion crime to wear anything but a perfectly taii- ored glove with tWeeds. This sea son it is new and extremely smart to wear the short one-button glove. Sometimes you will find it slightly flared, but even then i5 comes just over the wrist. You will probably be delighted with those that fast en actually with one button and make you think of the gloves you wore as a child. Depending upon the tweed of your suit, you may choose it dark or light. T. is ever so much smarter to effect a con- trast rather than to match.
 Season for Knits
 Knitted and crochet string gloves have become tremendously popular. Their smartness goes on this spring. There is no end to the colors they may be had in. It would be wise to get a wardrobe of them to have on hand when summer rolls around, for they are the ideal hot-weather glove. These gloves show a great deal of cuff detail which is an important note, especially for sum- mer when sleeves are short and there is no sleeve interest.
 Evening Gloves
 There are no set rules to follow