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* 4 i THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, SATURDAY, JUNE 5, 1926. N ORATORY BEING REVOLUTIONIZED MW HOUSE GIVES HEARTY OVATION TO VISITING ORATORY FINALISTS | | 1 Suspends Business to Cheer National Winners in Gal-| lery Yesterdas ~Begg Has Champions Arise for Honor. Hearty recognition such as seldom : victorious in the oratorical contest has been accorded there, was tendered the seven national finalists in the ational Oratc 1l Contest when they sited the House of Representatives vesterday afternoon. Spying % vouthful orators in the allery 1¥ning intently hating members, Representati to Congress, o sent to suspesd ness. P the orators “Mr. Speake: House. We hi noon in the gailer: and gentiemen who lemen of the this aft some young 1 have just been to the de- that has heen conducted throughont the United States, and tonight thes voung people are to compete in the Avditorfem in order to ascerta which one of them is the hest orato 1 ap- 1t th chamber az point of the of the eounty the ese you ligry and we micht get an ins hen the young people arose and {nowed they were given an ovation by the members of Congress on the floor. THE WINNING ORATION THE CONSTITUTION BY HERBERT WENIG, Hollywood ¥ From the beginning of record:d time the force that has propelled civiliza- tion onward has been man's desire for freedom. When that desire fails the wheels of progress cease their turn- ing, and when most active civiliza- tion makes the greatest advancement. Born beneath the Greece, nurtured in E empire by those who an unwilling roy: and the Magna Charta, America by those loft) guided our revolution to sus most baffing problem was those men who, in May, 1787, city of Phi » the work of consolidatt 1 perpetuating the fruits of v For the crown consummation of freedom march was the American Constitution. Look with me at that group of men who in four months wrought out of the chaos and confusi tion for all time. fostered in pirits that . its by Into that Co: dom of F Washington, the and the legal learning son. It had as dash and vigor of the 1 Lexington and Concord, in the battery smoke of Dunker HilL the prayer: t Vulley Forge, and the patriotic sacrifice in the ice and snow along the frozen Brandywine. For the fi time s e ments had been instituted men that Constitution provided ior a government whose base was in the bedrock of the God-given rishis of the Individual: « time a government had been formed. w hich guarded its <t eneroich ments of cl power; for the first t for freedom found complete fulfilli the Con United § In its check and balance system sate- assured. In idential mes. ge and P resent clarifica constitutio: its amendatd senatorial review for nd finally in , the Con- arni 1o’ the United America the greatest writ- for law making and poten- < ever devised by the hu- And almost part of e and for- - 1ife, lib- undisturbed ex. of law c-uine y zton took that Constitu- hund y-nine year: onal blessing to Ame t immortal men of L ymen: Only an ho knows our h the sacred symbolism tution; only one whose the spirit of the i old meeting the throb he constitu- stand. i monz 1d who often, all too often, come to off 1 wuse they do not understand. And heve is our duty, here is our obhligation too, for those who do not know must be enlightened: and those who do not care must be tial pros: man mind the coven: ever ins anteeing. and propert One hu passed_sin tion. One of constitu is the My fello American, tory, can of that Co tlonal fathe What soler teach the foreign shores. from the bill of rights | . | there | it we are to hand down to poster h School, Los Angeles, Calif. taught to love our institutions, and the Constitution by which they live. And for those, who come with hat- red in their hearts, ladies and gentle men, no words of mine could fully ex- press the indignation that should rouse every true American heart, to stand on guard as they did on Con- cord Bridge, who gave to us our flag, our country, our Constitution. For this flag, for this country and this Constitution, Webster's volce still veverberates in the old Senate | chamber. For this Union and this Constitution Lincoln wept, prayed and died. The flag.” says Justice Holmes, but a bit of bunting to one who insists on prose."” | But its red | stars our world, its { It owns our land. {away our lives Without the Constitution there would be no flag with its beautiful symbolism. There would be no united { country: no Supreme Court to safe- guard our liberties; without the Con- | stitution there would be no* American lite blood. its blue our heaven. At will it throws is our ! | republic founded upon equality; there wded upon law; presentation free would be no justics ¢ would e v | founded upon thv ballots of H people. Was there ever a document like (his? Was there ever such a chal- lenge to intelligent citizenship? Was there ever a martyrdom so sweet as death for its perpetuity? The past has given us this Con- titution, let us guard with hallowed hand our inheritance and transmit it to the generation vet to come with no blot from our neglect and no biemish from our misdeeds. The of indifference which ex- sts tod toward aur governmental institutions must be replaced with a spirit of interest upon the part of an intellient and courageous citizenry We must exercise that “eterna ence” which is the “price of liberty. If our Constitution is to remain a ital living organism of government. a and_better be- Constitution stronger cause we have lived under it, you and I must stand sentry at the gate of constitutional promise guarding our citadel of freedom against the insidious plans of would-be reformers. For real dangers are appearing on the horizon. To disturbing re- ports reached us of the activities of organizations seeking to teach the necessity for a new national docu- ment. e are asked to destroy our Constitution and to replace it with another made to satisfy the personal and selfish desires of cla Ladies and gentlemen, if ever such a call comes, may every true citizen et his face, “like flint” against the change and with universal voice let us fing back the answer, “Remove not the Ancient Landmark Which Thy Fathers Have Set.” The pages of this sacred document are fast crumbling away. but their meaning and their significance are carried in your heart and it gmine. Raptized by our fathers’ blood, con- secrated by our mothers’ tears, dedi- cated to immortality bv a free people, may our Constitution ever stand as the emblem of “Peace on Farth, Good Will Toward Men,” the sacred embodiment of the soul of the American people. ORATION WINNING SECOND PLACE America’s Contribution to Constitutional Government. BY MYRTLE POSEY, Eastern High School, Washington, D. C. Let me open for you a book, the uidebook, the nations' text- age-old book with well.thumbed leaves. And yet the ink of the last few pages is still fresh, and the hook lies unfinished, and people call it the science of gov- ernment. Through its pages 1 have sought the beginnings of constitutional gov- ernment_and democracy, and found them: First, in the city republics of ancient second, in the medieval ot Switzerland; third, in the England of the Middle /)ges; and fourth, in the United States 4t America. vhich one of these w: that finally revolutionized the governments of the world? Was it those tiny G n republics? Was it They lived znd died in a d: Was it those ancient Swiss eantons? No. Remote from other countries, and under conditions peculiar to them- selves, they drew no attention. Was it the isiand of Great Britian? Yes, partly. These three were forerunners which prepared the way- for another; one which caused the greatest politi- cal upheaval of all times, which fired France to rebel, which stirred the principles of liberty and freedom in the many peopies of the world, S0 that they never forgot, which shook old forms of government to their depths so that they were finally dis- lodged. “And which was this?* You ask. None other than our own world’ book, a musts America; America, who awakened the world; America, who through the ex- perience and guidance of those others, has laid the foundations of modern constitutional government; America, who today has become the inspiration and guide to newer and upstruggling democracies. And what are those solid principles and unique features which so startled the world and make up America’s contribution tu constitutional govern- ment? Probably the greatest is the theory and practice of the written Constitu- tion. When our Constitution, a writ- ten contract resting upon the author- ity of State and people, was brought forth from that little Philadelphia meeting house the world laughed. But scorn turned to admiration and confidence, and the written Constitu- tion became an ideal that took Europe by storm. Paper plans of government spread over the continent like the waters of a flood. When the waters receded, and the nations dropped their hasty and fil-considered documents, here and there was a constitution that remained figed. Such constitutions stand today pemstically as uuy,,eu created. But nations, like individuals, must learn by experience, and so it is that years have spun their never-end- ing cycles and nations have fallen and risen again. And today 34 countries of the world stand as witnesses and monuments to this principle, the the- ory and practice of the written con- stitution. Another contribution that deserves very special attention is that combi- nation of Federal and State govern- ments which has been so successful in practice now for 150 years. These two authorities, each supreme in its own sphere, are limited and defined one by the other. Each modifles the other and equalizes the distribution of power in both. The nations had sought for such a balance of power for many years, and they seized upon America’s idea with eagerness. Cana- da and Australia, though colonies of England, changed their provinces into states when they established their commonwealths, and brought about the same system of two governments, merged one with the other. A third contribution was the idea that governments derive their power from the consent of the governed. Government of the people, by the peo- ple and for the people -is a phrase that, when incorporated into the con- stitutions of nations, has raised their peoples from slaves and subjects to free men and citizens. Closely bound to his principle of democratic_rule are the guarantees of personal liberties to the common people; life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, religious freedom, the writ of habeas corpus, the home in- violable, equal taxation, equality of all men, safeguards of property—all conceived for the common people and dedicated to oppressed humanity. Turkey and Persia are among the latest converts to a government by the people, in which the liberties of the people are carefully protected. Tifth, I would enumerate the sepa- ration of church and state with reli- gious liberty for all. This was in- deed a new doctrine which America gave the world, & right for which our ancestors fought, suffered, and. left their homes, a principle which laid the foundations of a great na- tion, our Nation. Many countrie notably France, Poland, Czechoslova- kia and Jugoslavia, have followed our example in divorcing the civil and religious powers in the interest of freedom of conscience. ‘The separation of powers of gov- ernment into the legislative, execu- tive and judicial departments is otill another famous principle of our Con- stitulion. The limits and checks which the law imposes upon thes three departments have been found| invaluable in securing better govern- ment. Its most distinctive, original and most American feature is the Supreme Court. This was a complete depar- ture from any known judicial prac- tice, and has proved to be one of the most successful principles of our Con- stitution, of which it is the sole in. terpreter. | As the Supreme Court is the final authority in our political system, the Constitution is the supreme law of our land. Other ons have been careful to establi; s rule, to guard their freedom and insure internal peace. And our Constitution, a docu- ment of liberty, order and self- restraint, stands with but one inter- preter, the Supreme Court. These eight great pillars of our Government, the theory and practice of the written Constitution, a combi nation of Federal and State govern- ments, a government deriving its powers from the consent of' the gov- erned, guarantees of personal liberties to the common people, separation of church and State, with religious lib- erty for all, the principle of the sepa ration of power. the Supreme Court, and the Constitution as the supreme | law of the land, are all American | principles which have been embodied | in governments in both hemisphere in every continent. 4 | And I close the time-tried book of government with its white unfinished pages, and I think with a fierce pride and a high heart how glad I am that I am an American. one of these mil- lions who live under a Constitution that has imparted so much to the| world; one of those millions who live | in a country which shines as a bea- | con light to far-distant lands. And I bring the challenge of duty to all who are Americans to carry on as others before you have so nobly carried on, to watch that lizht with ardor and tend it with devotion, to keep its flame pure and its lamp unsullied. And Lincoln and th BY HEL. The Declaration of Independence stands for the just and reasonable | rights of a free people. The Constitu-| tion is a guarantee for the fuliliment and granting of these rights to a Na- tion. The United States of Americ was the first brave and clear-sighted Nation ever to embark on a i sea in such a ship as the Constitution. And, in spite of the situdes through which our country has passed; in spite of her present difference from the little Nation of 1789: in spite of the apparent simplicity of that docu- ment, the Constitution still is today the most stalwart and important in- stitution in the United States. To form a more perfect Union, to establish justice, to insure domestic tranquillity, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare and to secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity—these are what promoted the shaping of our Constitution. And it is for this cri- terion of the American people that we honor our Constitution, revere the men who formed it and esteem the men who have upheld it. 5 To every great leader of our Gov- ernment has come a struggle for the Constitution. The most outstanding and arduous struggle any American has ever had for this Constitution is that of Abra- ham Lincoln. Abraham Lincoln, the man who crossed the stage at the country's most critical moment; the man to whom was given the lead in the great drama of the Civil War; the misjudged hero who gave his heart, body and soul to his love—America. Thero i8 not a more sublime or in- spiring personality in history than Abraham Lincoln. He stands out as the great peace lover, plunged into the horrors of a war where man killed his brother. He is known as the pro- tector of the negro, the promoter of equality, the preserver of the Union— and, besides all that, he is universally recognized as one of the noblest char- acters in the world. This is the man to whom was given the Constitution to guard in the days of the Nation's great crisis. ‘When Lincoln came into office the condition of our Nation was so grave that any but a strong man would have been stunned. The country was divided. A Confederacy who had broken away from the Constitution was set up in the South with Jef- ferson Davis at its head. Buchanan, Lincoln's predecessor, had all but recognized the South as a nation. The slave question lay before the coun- try like an open wound, ready to bleed when touched and seemingly unhealable, The eyes of the world were on Lincoln. The people of his own country watched him with open curiosity, quick to criticize, unwllling to trust and eager to attack their leader at a moment's notice. The situation was like the few tense mo- ments when the angered bull in the arena paws the ground and eyes the ‘waving red cape of the matador before rushing on to kill or be killed. No wonder Lincoln said, “A duty devolves on me which is-greater than that which has devolved on any man since the days of Washington.” And it is true. No other President had ever faced the pecullar difficulties that he was calied to face. To him was given to solve the prol lem that had been the main issue before the Government since the days of the old confederation. That is the question of Nation versus State. It is true, those who preceded had laid the foundations for his great decision that was to alter all future history of the United States, but Lincoln could look to no definite precedent, the Cnstitution guve him no direction. It was through himself that he achieved victory, through his own sense of right and wrong. Thus we find that Lincoln disre- garded many old constitutional checks upon a President. He realized ) ORATION REGARDED THIRD BEST BYLL Wadleigh High School, New York City. 1 know that o sure as there a past, so sure as there is a present, | just so sure will there be a future And our America, which has given | 50 much in the past, which'is doing so | much in the present, will in the fu- | ture pass on the light to vet other | nations until throughout the earth, | everywhere, north, south, east and | west, shall glow eternal fires of free- dom. e Constitution D, that it was wiser to sacrifice to save the whole. Tn justify his actions he said, “Life ‘and limb must be protected. A limb may be amputated to save a life, but a life | is never given to save a limb. 1 feel that measures otherwise uncon- stitutional might become absolutely | indispensable to the preservation of the Union. T have in every case thought it proper to keep the in- teg of the Union as the primary object of the contest on our part.” | But what Lincoln did to gain hi: ends is not the paramount issue. It is what he did through his means. It is his victory for the Constitu- tion that he was forced to wring out of the blood and tears of a divided Nation. Tt is the preservation of unity which remains today the su- preme ideal of the land. Knowing as we do_ of Lincoln’s purpose to save the Union, we can understand his constitutional theo: on slavery. In the midst of Civil War he wrote to Horace Greely and explained brilliantly, “I would save the I'nfon. I would save it in the shortest way under the Constitu- tion. If I could save the Union without freeing any slaves I would do it. If I could save it.by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would do that. What I do about slavery and the colored race I do because it helps to save the United States. And what I forbear, I for- bear because I do not believe it helps to save the Union.” It is not what Lincoln did directly to the Constitution. It is what he did for the Nation to preserve the Constitu- tion. His direct passing of the thir- teenth amendment and his indirect in- fluenco on the passing of the four- teenrh and fifteenth, gave at last “the blessings of liberty” to all. The Civil ‘War won through the emancipation of slaves, settled finally and forever that the Federal Government was supreme, and was so through the Constitution. Abraham Lincoln more than any other man has succeeded in giving to the Constitution its rightful place, the place that Washington, Jefferson, ;lnn‘ulton, Marshall, strove to secure or it. “To save the Unlon” was Lincoln’s creed—his ideal. Putting all other things aside, closing his heart to all volces of criticism, he walked onward with a firm step toward what his heart and soul told him was right. He reminds one of the immortal lines of Walt Whitman: “Dearest thou now, O soul, walk out with me toward the unknown regions, Where neither ground is for the feet nor any path to follow.” SUE FOR $45,800. ;l‘wo Women Seek Damages From Capital Traction Co. The Capital Traction Co. was sued for an aggregate of $45,800 damages ‘yesterday in the District Supreme Court by Lulu K. Perry and her cousin, Frances Perry, for alleged per- sonal injuries. Lulu K. Perry says she was injured and her automobile damaged in a collision with a car of the company at Calvert street and Woodley road, September 29. She wants $35,000 for her injuries, and $800 for the damage to her car. The cousin, who was a_ passenger in the automobile, asks $10,000 for her injuries. Attorneys Walter B. Guy and Frederick B. Warder appear for the plaintiffs. e e e i Sweden is just taking to the idea of electric hot-water heaters for apart- Upper: President Coalidge greel Wenig of Hollywood, Calif., winn Joseph A. Mullarky of Augusta, of Minneapolis, Minn.; Mis Helen Byl s the young orators. Left to right: Herbert I’!honla! P. Cleary of Philadelphia, P : Pres dent Coolidge, Miss Guita Bearm: lund of New York, third choice; Miss Ann Hardin of Louisville, Ky., and Miss Myrtle Posey of Washington, D. C., second choice. Center: Vice President Dawes and orators selected for prizes. Left to right: The Vice President, Miss Helen Bylond, Herber Wenig and Miss Myrtle Posey. Lower: Vice President Dawes presenting the loving cup to the victor. CALIFORNIA BOY FIRST IN NATIONAL ORATORY CONTEST (Continued from First Page.) his largest hearing, has destroyed his power to arouse the emotion of his audlence except through an appeal to their reason. Instead of reaching the mind through the emotions, he must, when speaking over the radio, reach the emotion through the mind it he is to reach them at all. This all means that the orator of the future to hold and impress his audience must largely abandon appeal to emotion and confine himself to reason, forcibly expressed and logically arranged.” Mr. Hammond Speaks. John Hays Hammond, internation- ally famed mining engineer, who pre- sided, in a brief introductory predicted lasting prominence for the Oratorical Contest in the following words: “I do not think it fanciful to pre- dict that as the years go on and this annual gathering becomes firmly es- tablished the youth of this country will come to Igok forward to it much as the youth of ancient Greece an- ticipated the great games, which, in their way, also glorified an ideal.” Walter A. Strong, publisher of the Chicago Dally News, in a talk on “The Newspaper and Citizenship,” saild, “The_first duty of citizenship is the honest support of our country's laws and an_unfailing allegiance to those principles which promote our country’s welfare.” Go to Mount Vernon. ‘With the battle on the forensical fleld over, decisions accepted with charm end gratiousness, the young orators in chummy fashion today be- gan a two-day rotind of entertainment in - the Capital, during .which they will be the guests of the Washington Star, except for tonight when they will be the dinner guests of John Hays Hammond at his home. Through the courtesty of Secretary ‘Wilbur of the Navy Department the youngsters today set sail down the Potomac on the secretarial yacht, the Sylph, for Mount Vernon, where they will pay their tribute to the father of their country and the great apostle of constitutional government which they have so ably defended during the perlod of the contest. Luncheon was served aboard the Sylph. On their return to Washington this afternon the party will prepare for the Hammond dinner tonight. Tomor- row morning they will be shown the historical places of interest about Washington, a tour only to be inter- rupted at noon by & special luncheon in their honor at the Willard. The Unked States Naval Academy Or- chestra will furnish music for this occasion. Late Sunday afternon the young- sters from out of town will rush to their hotels and with their escorts and friends leave for their distant homes. All will reassemble in New York ear! next month for their three-month So- journ in Europe. NOMINATIONS CONSIDERED Senate Fails to Take Action on Tax Appeals Board. The 16 nominations for appointment to the Board of Tax Appeals in the Treasury Department were consider ed by the Senate, in executive session yvesterday afternoon, but action was not obtained, and_ they may be fur- ther considered today. Objection has been raised to some of the appointees on the grounds that their previous service in the Internal Revenue Bureau would disqualify them from deciding appeals on cases which they had handled there. ADAM A. WESCHLER & SON, Auctioneers. Trustees’ Sale of Valuable Cor- ner Business Property, Three- Story Brick Building, Corner Florida Avenue, 4th Street and Rhode Island Avenue N.W. (389 Rhode Island Avenue). By \'lflllo&l a cert: deed of trust, dated November 19, 1025, and recorded November 23, 1925, instrument No. 98 of the land records ot the District of Columbia, and at the request of the party secured the: the undersigned trustees will offer for by &uhlic auction, in front of the premises, on VEDNESDAY, THE SECOND DAY OF JUNE, 1026, AT THREE-THIRTY O'CLOCR P.M., the following described Jand and prem- ises,"situate in tho District. of Columbia, to wit: Lot 65 in Ina A. Merrell's combination of Tots in block 9. “Le Droit Park,” as per plat recorded in Liber 16, folio 24, of the records of the surveyor's office in the Dis. trict of Columbi. at_the date hereof said land and premis ire designated on t' books of the assessor for the District Cojumbia as lot 53. sauare 3005. Terms of sale: Property will be sold sub- fect to a prior, deed of trust for §5.000 at 7%, due July 20, 1928, interest semii-anni ally} balance cash. A deposit of $1.000 re- quired of purchaser at time of sale. A smaller denosit will, be accepted from respon- ble_purchaser. All conveyancing, record- ing, revenue stamps and notarial fees at cost of purchaser. Terms of sale to be complied with within' forty-five days_from day of sale. otherwise the trustees raserve the right 10 resell the property at the risk and cost of the defaulting purchaser, after five days' advertisement of such resale in some news. paper published in the city of Washington, N. 8_WEI X BuNRy TR Trgutcos. THE ABOVE SABE 1S POSTPON WEDNESDAY, 192 Ao-g i JUNE 9th, 19; ) That oratorical methods in America had changed and that the radio has | been one of the responsible agents was the declaration of Vice President | Dawes, who spoke at the tional | | Oratorical Contest last nig! He said: | “The third National Oratorical Con- | hich takes place this evening, | has'in"the spice of thr s grown from n local or tion in southern Califory participants until { this year y 2,000,600 of Ameri- can vouth have taken part. \WWhen we consider that 2,000,000 young people have entered a contest involving, not the survival of the fittest class, but the survival of the fittest one, it is evident that this evening we are pres. ent at an occasion entirely unique, the only similar occasions approaching it in degree being the two national con- tests whica have preceded it. ‘To add to its great interest seven voung men and women speak to us tonight under eircum stances which fmpel them to adont the modern oratorical method Nothing is more cel n than that the changed the foundly affected the evolution of ef- fective oratory the world over, and especially in our own country. Radio Changes Conditions. 'he great increase in the demands of an industrial civilization upon the time and attention of our people, the accumulation of wealth making pos- sible most varied and numerous forms of entertainment and amusement, the fact that in the moving pictures, at- tended every night by millions of Americans, the appeal is chiefly to | sentiment and emotion rather than to the higher mental qualiti had ready placed old-fashioned oratory at a disadvantage: but the fleld for it which had alrexdy narrowed has re cently been almost obliterated by the radio The radio in rgcent years has in- terposed itself between the orator and our larsest crowds—crowds whish run into the millions in number, while the exceptional human voice, unaided by this device, can make itself heard at the best by only from 5000 to 20,000 people. But a fact of immense significance is that each man of the larger number listening to an orator over the radio listens as an individual thinking man and not as one of an impressionable crowd. As scientists of people addressed is in the physical presence of an orator and under the spell of his eloquence and personal | magnetism the emotions can be so aroused as not only to interfere with individual mental activity, but at times absolutely to destroy it. The amal seem: to create a living organism | possessing a definite character and definite mental _attributes, one which is the almost total lack reasoning power. Cites Mob Psychology. “We all know what mob psychology means, and how, under the influence of strong leadership and effective oratory the mob may be led to com- mit deeds indescribably more hase of self could be pursuaded to do; and, on the other hand, may e led to acts of heroism and self-sacrifice to which, again, no individual member of it by himself could be persuaded. i “The brilliant writer, James O'Don nell Bennett, once pointed out the difference in the attitude of the crowds in Madison Square Garden at the last Democratic convention as they listened to the orator within their sight and hearing, and the at titude of the crowd, fully as large, gathered in Union Square outside the building listening to the same ad- dress through the lound speakers of the radio. When the crowd inside would be aroused at times to frenzy of applause and excitement the silent crowd outside made no outery and indulged in no applause. The audience inside listened as a crowd with aroused emotions but dulled intellects. The audlence outside listened with unaroused emotions thinking individ In other word the radio, which gives the speaker his Jirgest hearing, has destroyed his puwer to arouse the emotion of his audience except through anm appeal to their reason. Instead of reaching the mind through the emotions he must, when speaking over the radio, react the emotions through the mind, if he s to reach them at all. Must Be Logical. “This w1l means that the orator of the future to hold and impress his audience must largely abandon appeal to emotiom and confine himself to rea- son foreibly expressed and logically arranged. Jt means inevitably that the oratory of the future is to be the oratory of canderised reason, as dis tinguished from demagoguery with its appeals to prejudice and emotion. This fact is fraught with tremendous significance to the future public wel- fare. “In my judgment, in the contest this evening these young men and women will give of the new oratorical re to | conditions of modern life have pro-| al-| have pointed out, when a gathering| mation of people into crowds| of than any individual therein by him-| BY BROADCASTING, SAYS DAWE Vice President Declares Old Type Appealing to Mobh Psychology Is Giving Way to Speeches Pre- pared for Listener’s Intellect. method perhaps its best exemplifica? tion. In their short speeches there wi be little appeal to our emotion, to prefudices, to our sentiment, but the will address our intellects, our highes selves and our nobler impulses In my judgment when this audi ence teaves the hall it will be with- the sertse that the “peakers, although allowed only 10 minutes cach. have well covered their important subject.” SONS OF AMERICAN REVOLUTION CONVENE Many District Delegates Go to Philadelphia for 37th Annual * National Congress. | ! Many delegates from the District of { Columbia Society Sons of the Ame: an Revolution are leaving for I adelphia to attend the thirty annual _congress of the Nation: ciety, Sons of the American Reve tion, which opens in city { morrow and will continue thro | Wednesday. The convention he: quarters are at the Bellevue-Stratford Hotel. The local delegates George Tully Vaugha Rear Admiral George W tice Josiah A. Van O | C. Bryan, | :s. John Paul | Ely, Henry Whit ck, Kenneth Albert D. inciude Dr president Baird, Jus el, Col 2 William Draper, Wales, Dr Spangter Mar} | Her'ri | Every State in the Union is sending | delegates and an attendance of more | than 500 is expected ‘omorrow afternoon the delegates | will attend services in Christ Church | Philadelphia, when the pew in which | George Washington oncef worshiped will be occupied by Judge Harvy F temington, president general of the tional Society, Sons of the Ameri. can Revolution, and members of his party. The opening session Monday morning will be held in Independ- ence Square, where the deldkates will {be formally welcomed to the city by PARLEY RED CROSS PRAISES WOMEN |Rio de Janeiro Chosen for Next; Meeting as Pan-American | Sessions Close. The | Cross Tted second Pan-American conference closed fts | plenary session here today with a | tribute to the achievements of Amer- {fean womanhood. Amid applause | that nearly made the speaker's voice | inaudible, the conference adonted | unanimously a resolution dec “the extraordinary and fruitful re- obtained by the American Red | Cross” to be due fundamentally to ! ‘co-operation, abnegatign and devoted love of the American wom- an.” Rio de Janeiro was selected as the seat for the third Pan-American Red Cross conference. The motion to select this city was made by the delegation | from Chile and, much to the gratifica tion of the conference, was promptly seconded by Peru. Throughout the conference the delegations of Chile and Peru have never lost an opportun ity to pay each other the courtesy of approving each act committeed by one another, and this final demonstra- tion of friendliness between the oniv two American nations that have ser fous differences was recognized by the other delegations present. Before closing, the conference adopted resolutions of felicitation and thanks to Judge John Barton Payne, president of the conference; Miss Mabel T. Boardman, secretary of the American Red Cross, and a score of other persons, places and_organizi- tions, for courtesies shown the visiting delegations throughout the conference. This afternoon the delegates will spend their time visiting places of interest in Washington, including tha Capitol, where they will be received by Vice President Dawes and the Speaker of the House. Tonight they will be the guests of Judge Payne and the board of governors of the Leagie of Red Cross Societies at a farewell din- ner at the Pan-American Union. ing Former Belgian Envoy Dies. PHILADELPHIA, June Paul Hagemans, former Belgian co sul general én the United States, died Thur Reminders—sad You own— literally monthly rates as low Worthless Rent Receipts ‘What 'earthly good a reminders—of dollars gone wrong. Dollars that might home. 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