Evening Star Newspaper, June 6, 1926, Page 46

THE EBEVENING STAR With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. SUNDAY June 6, 1926 THEODORE W. NOYES. . . . Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company Business Office and Penn Office a0 O European Office England 1th st Tha T ith the Sundas mor- ed by carrier within X her month: daily oniy 45 ceits per ma Sunday_on cents [ month - Orders may T sent tir mail or [Flephone Main 5000, Collection 13 made b carrier at the end of each month ing Star i< ‘delive the ity 3t 60 o th Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. Sunday 1y 1 3.00: 1 mo. $3.00: 1 mo.. All Other States and Canada. 1P, $12.000 1 mo. £8.00" 1 mo. 13r $100: 1 mol b Member of the Associated Pres: The Associated Press 1s exclusively entitled urlication of all news dis » 1t or not otherwise cred- and also the I herein. ANl rights of puhlieation 1spatehes herein are also reserved. Radio and Oratory. “Ir his remarks at the National Ora- torical Contest in this city on Friday night Viee President Dawes stressed @ point with regard to the relationship hetween oratery and radio that de- thoughtful consideration in times of universal use of “wire- The radio, he = as cffected a change in gra- tovical style. In former times the speaker addressed his hearers direct- vl his personality and manner o€ delivery wrought their effect upon them. Crowds of people assembled to hear an orator were affected by intona- tions, inflections, gestures and the psy- chological influence of the speake'. ITe appealed to their emotions rather than 1o their and judgment. Tte swaved them vather than per- »snaded them. Now, with the audi- eyce in the greater part separated from him and the members of it sep. arated from one another, the orator ing the radio loses the effect of di- yect contact and must rely upon rea- #on to reach and influence the judg- ment of his Ko widespread fs the use of the radio 4y that. for every one who hears a directly there are hundreds, thousands perhaps, who him tifrough “the air.” His audience has been multiplied many times by this wonderful device. Last night, for ex. ample, in addition the thousands who sat in the Auditorium in this cit and heard the seven young speakers discuss the Constitution in v pects. there probably who heard them by radio. Yet, in all probability oratorical stvles will not change materially. Whether a speaker talks directly to aw audience or through a microphone 15 a multitude of unseen hearers he will remain true to type, he will use his voice to its best effect, will phrase his sentences for climaxes, will dwell upon harmonious combinations of syl- tables. Nor will plane matter-of-fact utterances, the most profound truth, be effective over the radio as the eloquent form of statement. Figura- tive language, classical allusion, sug- gestion of familiarity with history and poetry will remain the stock in trade of the speaker, whatever his medium ©of communication. IThere is one advantage, however, which the radio offers. The person who has a message to deliver, but who has no oratorical qualifications, who cannot “make a speech,” can read his words before a microphone and reach the understanding and perhaps evoke the sympathies of his h There are me who cannot their feet” before whom the a Y fiaces in front is paralyzing, whose tongues cleave to their mouths when they rise to “make a' few remarks.” They have sound thoughts, they have perhaps vitally important things to say, but they sim- Pl cannot express themselves before those visible hearers. They cannot establish sympathetic connections with their auditors. Before the microphone they are not embarrassed by the Argus eyes focused upon them, and their facts and their logic go forth to their unseen listeners without impedi- ment or imrairment by nervous inhibi- tions. Oratory i never die alway serves the: 185" communication. and reason earers. to. eaker hear rious as- were millions arers. alk on | an audience, to| not a lost art. Tt will It will be always with us, potent, whether supple- mented by radio or not it will remain a powerful influence in the affairs of men. The radio may cause some change of style, but will not still the silver tongues of those who are by nature blessed with this rare gift, R <An investigation may prove so long 82 to cause a statesman even to weary of the spotlight. 4 ——om Pieces of Eight. The Associated Press carried a stoy a day or two ago from Demopolis, Ala., which probably struck mere re- sponsive chords in the bosoms of 125,000,000 Americans than any other, sentimental, tragic, comic or aspira- tional, could have done. An excavat- ing gang uncovered an actual, real, honest-to-gosh buried treasure; mnot one of a few odd dollars or trinkets, l"!,xt $200.000 worth of genuine gold coin. Breathes there & man, or a woman, of especially a boy, with a sou! so dead that he or she has not fancied himself as the discoverer of valuables long interred or hidden? Some psy- chologist might be able to give a good guness as to how far back that dream dates in our mental history, and why. 1t is plenty far, anyhow. Ancient writings are sprinkjed with references te buried treasures and rumors of treasures. Primitive men, like their canine and feline companions and ene- mies, must have been in the habit of tucking valuable stores of current ar- ticles In safe hiding places, and once in a while other primitive men must have come across them. The folklore of all nations and all tribes is replete h tales of hidden treasure. What visions this find conjures up! Cryptograms. Diagrams. So many pices this way and that way. Poe's and op’s Hostel” Who has not thrilled over such stories, and enjoyed similar day dreams and night dreams? Many have tried to make those dreams come true. If all the money spent in hunt- {ing buried treasure could be counted it would probably overmatch all the money and all the other valuables laid in Mother Earth since the first one of her man-children dug a hole for that purpose with fire-hardened stake or pointed rock. The Alabama case published in the daily press was one where the burier, hiding his wealth from the Union forces during the Civil War, left a key to his son. Wotking according to its directions, a gang of workmen la- bored for a week and finally came across the hoard. Not only was the amount satisfactory, but it was in the form most in accordance with one’s visions—splendid yellow twenty- dollar gold pieces, all minted before 1850. Nine heirs have put in claims for varying amounts. Even if all are paid, the individual increments, after deduction of expenses, should prove highly gratifying. There must be a lazy streak in all of ws, for while some love industry more and others less, and while some have more wealth than others, and a few more than they know what to do with, it can safely be said that any person who would not thrill at the thought of ob- taining an unearned treasurc buried beneath either earth or water is not a normal human being. —— b Albert Gallatin. A Dbiil passed the Senate the other day appropriating funds for a ped- estal for a monument to Albert Gal- latin, to be placed at the north front of the Treasury Building in this city, corresponding in position to the statue of Alexander Hamilton at the south front. The final enactment of this bill should be had at the present ses- sion, to insure tardy but deserved honor to one to whom the country owes a heavy debt of gratitude for valuable services rendered in the early days of the republic. Albert Gallatin, like Hamilton, was a native of another land. He was born in Geneva, Switzerland, and came here at the age of nineteen, making America his home for the remainder of his long life. After teaching in Harvard College he re- moved in 1786 to Pennsylvania and became @ member of the State Legis- lature. He was elected to the United States Senate, but was declared in- cligible. From 1795 to 1801 he served in the House of Representatives. In the latter year he was appointed Sec- retary of the Treasury, and for twelve vears he held that post, demonstrat- ing himself to be one of the first financiers of the time. During those twelve years Gallatin was confronted with many problems of the greatest difficulty. The American financial stem established by Hamilton as the first Secretary of the Treasury was in straits. Gallatin's judgment was sound, his methods were con- structive and conservative and he met crises with courage. A deep student, he always sought for causes and builded upon his sure knowledge of the fundamental economic laws. In other than financial matters Albert Gallatin rendered important services to America. He took an im portant part in the negotiations for peace with England in 1814 and sign- ed the treaty of Ghent. From 1815 to 1823 he was Minister at Paris, and in 1826 he was sent to London as Ambassador extraordinary. Thus dur- ing thirty-two years he was in the service of the republic. His fame rests chiefly upon his financial labors, and it is appropriate that his statue should rise in front of the institution over which he presided for twelve vears, and in the development of which he was so important a factor. N It is unreasonable to suppose that | people are at all worse than they used to be. But candor is asserting ftself in a manner which compels everybody to admit that he knows that new ideas and old prejudices are in uncompro- mising clash. The new idea is impetu. ous. The old idea is obstinate. There must be a conciliation between the two. Neither the irresistible force nor the immovable object has succeeded in asserting supremacy in physics or economics. s On his eighty-seventh birthday John D. Rockefeller says he is still trying to spread a little sunshine; but the price of kerosene continues to rise. o Active Constables. “The Hardway” comes into the news again through being raided by law officers of Prince Georges County. There was an unusual feature in the raid, in that when one constable and his posse arrived at the place another constable was there, who declared that the honor of breaking up the dive belonged to him. It is sald that one constable assaulted another, and that there was such a conflict of authority and even blows between the raiders that Washington police were sum- moned. When two officers, dispatched on a misunderstanding of the occa- sion, reached the place they acted as “unofficial observers.” Law-keeping ' people of Prince Georges County and Washington are pleased that there is rivalry among county constables as to which shall enter a place in which it is belleved the law is being violated, but it is unusual that two sets of officers should collide in the exercise of what each side believes its duty. Such keenness in hunting out law violators augurs il for evil-doers. When the question of the raiding honor was set- tled at the portals of “The Hard- way, the raid was carried out. Mrs. Morris, justice of the peace at Hyatts- ville, and Mrs. Balley of Bladensburg, secretary-treasurer of the Prince Georges County Law Enforcement League, came upon the scene. The for- mer set up a courtroom in the gam- bling house, improvising for the pur- pose some of the crap-shooting tables on the second floor. That was sum. mary justice. There is evidence of an increasing zeal in dealing with gambling places in Maryland near the District bound- ary. For a long time it eeemed to need a good deal of pressure to prompt. county law officers to act against such THE :SUNDAY: STAR, raid, but very hard to keep sup- pressed. Generally a place of that kind was run by a Washingtonian and supported by Washingtonians. As long as the place did not break the rest of people the law of the county was not much agitated. In the past— for at least fifty years—there were ugly stories thut a Washington man renting a place on a quiet road or In a patch of pines and taking money from visiting Washingtonians had a certain influence with one or a few of the county constables, but it need not be believed that such suspicions were justified. But surely there was gossip of that kind in the country around ‘Washington. There is a notable decline in com- plaint against over-the.line drinking and betting places, and it is believed that there is abatement of the evil. The action of the constables and the Jjustices of the peace in the latest mat- ter of this kind is gratifying to re- spectable people in Washington and Prince Georges County. ——————————— The Heatless Summer. Even though the Abbe Gabriel did miss out in his forecast of a Winter of the bitterest cold for many cen- turies, he certainly is in a fair way of winning on his prediction of a heatless Summer for the year 1926. The weather of the past two or three days has been of the kind to make everyvbody take off their hats to the Parisian priest-astronomer. Yesterday morning the temperature dropped to forty-eight degrees in this city, the lowest June temperature recorded since 1913. 1Tn all the records of the Weather. Rureau the lowest June temperature was forty-three degrees, registered on the second of the month in 1897. Abbe Gabriel put his pre- diction in terms of centuries, a range beside which the Weather Bureau records are but the tiniest span. A year ago this part of the country was sweltering with the heat. The maximum temperatures for the first five days of June in Washington were, respectively, ninety-four, ninety- seven, mninety-nine, nine ine and one hundred degrees. In New York five persons died from the heat dur- ing that period and thirty-four were prostrated. Today furnace fires are being kindled in many homes in this clty and overcoats are the common wear, Severe frosts have occurred in dif- ferent parts of the country during May and it is possible that serious damage has been done the fruit crops. Should the Summer be a season of generally low temperatures such as those already experienced the effect on the crops would be serious indeed 1t Abbe Gabriel's “heatless Summer is an actuality not only the farmers but the consumers of the farmers' products, may need relief before Win- ter comes. ] Mr. Underwood might have hoped for rather more support, although he could have cherished no ideas of hold- ing the Senate as completely spell- bound as he held the Alabama delega- tion at Madison Square Garden. ———— et ‘The charge of perjury puts a New York showman under a penitentiary sentence; thereby curbing a growing impression that an unrestricted Ananias license is a natural perquisite of the theatrical producer. - An investigation of District of Co- lumbia affairs becomes burdensome be- yond ordinary human endurance when it involves inquiry into such compli- cated subjects as trafic regulations and telephone service. —————— 1t the Senate proposes to codify the rules of draw poker for the country at large, there is no doubt about the necessity of unlimited debate. —————————— Love of adventure proved so strong in both that Harry Thaw and Evelyn Nesbit could not keep out of each other's society. ———— et One point an investigation has dif- ficulty in deciding is where to draw the line at mere neighborhood gossip. —.—————— SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. The Straw Hat. The roses bloom in glad array. The peonies make sweet the day. And yet the season leaves me flat. T cannot wear my new straw hat. To the “metrollopus” T float. I have to take an overcoat. The weather man {s standing pat. 1 cannot wear my new straw hat. The flow'r 1 long to imitate And top off with adornment great. I halt and find in sorrow that I cannot wear my new straw hat. As Times Change. “Aléxander longed for more worlds 'to conquer.” “Times are different,” answered Sen- ator Sorghum. ““A great political lead- er looks around and wishes for some- thing new to investigate.” $ Absolute Muslic. “Um-la-la-1a” by the band Doesn’t mean a thing. Yet 1t permeates the land ‘With the tunes that cling. So I shall not rail anew And resent the noise. Here's my best applause unto ‘The Um-la-la-la boys! Jud Tunkins says mighty few men are sufficlently successful in life to deserve all the obituary writers print about them. Shifted Responsibility. “Do you design your own gowns?"’ “I take what the stores insist on selling me,” answered Miss Cayenne. “I'd never think of being so immodest as to design them myself.” 4 Bath De Luxe. The bathing season now draws near Along the ocean shore, And we will gladly persevere 1n good old ways of yore. There, for a bathtub we'll employ The beauteous, bounding main. Salt water we can all enjoy. ‘We won't request champagne. “Readin’ de Bibls,” sald Uncle Eben, ““makes some folks unum.ya -and | “Goldbug”—"a good glass.in thesBish dplaces, They were sasy-ghoush to lothex Solks Quatrelsome,” 'WASHINGTON, D. EVERYDAY. RELIGION BY THE RIGHT REV. JAMES E. FREEMAN, D. D., LL. D., Bishop of Washington. Trusteeship. First Peter, iv.10: “As every man hath received the glft, even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.” The world's enrichment has come from those who have been conscidus of their trusteeship, as the holders and dispensers of the gifts committed to them. Tt has been the men and women who have been dowered with rare qualities of mind and heart, and who have used them for the benefit of their fellows, who have been the true benefactors of the world. 1t is inconcelvable that any one who is the possessor of unusual talents should use them for himself. The world's art galleries, its conservatories of music, its libraries and its labora- tories, all witness to the fulfiliment of the ideals and responsibilities of trusteeship. Pasteur, working long and persistently in his laboratory, has but one end in view, namely, to give to mankind the results of his experl- ments. Issuing from his laboratory, he brought to the world a great gift. Angelo, the master artist, lving upon his back, paints the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel and gives to succeed ing generations the priceless treasures of his mind and brush. The teacher, patiently instructing day by day his pupils, comes at length to know that his trusteeship of learning has pro- duced scholars equal to or surpassing himself. The mother of the family circle, who through sacrifice and stern self-discipline rears her children and makes them valued and useful mem- bers of the community, makes a con- tribution without which orders and orderly society would be impossible. In every sphere of life it is faithful trusteeship, the ready and willing dis- pensing of gifts and talents, that serves to ennoble and enrich the race. After all, there is no greater maxim of life than that which the great Master gave, “Ile that loseth his life shall find i Tt is a demonstrable fact that the glad and generous dis- pensing of our gifts and talents only’ serves to increase them. Paradoxical as his statement may seem to be, he was right who said. “What 1 kept T lost; what T gave away, I kept." Lowell in his great poem of “Sir Launfal,” maintained that “the gift without the giver, is bare.” Tt is the combination of the two that lends both distinction and value to that which is imparted. There is no higher form of trusteeship than that which consclousiy recognizes that spiritual gifts are given for unselfish use. Too many of us think of our religion_in terms of a profession of faith, the acceptance of a creed or system. We think of it as expressing our alleglance to something. Too few of us think of it as being some- thing. The profession of a religious faith and the benefits that accrue thereto, have their value in the use we make of them. The enrichment of character, the result of a pro- found religious conviction, caimot he confined to plous expressions or to an unctuous Sunday profession. Christ made this clear in His parable of the talents, He excorfated the man who selfishly and for self-use wrapped his talent in a napkin. His praise was only for those who use their talents in the world’s market places. There is too much that is inarticu- late about our religious habits and professions. Donald Hankey discov- ered this in his contacts with the British tommies. His chapter on “An Inarticulate Religion” s strikingly suggestive. If we believe that we are the recipiénts of supreme gifts given us through the life and teach- ings of the Master, then it follows in- evitably that in all our contacts with the world we must dispense these Bifts to men through deeds of selfless service. The world may not be great ly interested in our Sunday profes- sfon, it mightily influenced by our week day practice. Nothing is more convincingly irre sistible than a life demonstration of the faith we hold. Controversies and discussions are silent in the presence of one who by his life demonstrates his faith. Emerson had this in mind when he said, “What you are speaks 8o loud T cannot hear what you say.” To truly live our religion calls for something more than the tacit recog- nition of those great principles of life that Chfist enunciated. They were not given for self-appropriation; the: were given for the betterment of hu- man society. We are not depositorie we are clearing houses, We grow in character by enriching the character of others. “No man liveth to him- self,” and it is equally true that no man belleveth to himself. Jesus said to one whom He had healed, “Go home to thy friends, and tell them how great things the Lord hath done for thee.” This means stewardship, trusteeship, the solemn obligation of every one who has heen the recipient of the ministry of Christ. An articu- late faith is ever greater than an in- articulate. Week-Ending From Washington BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. Few visitors to Washington, and comparatively few of the residents of the Natlonal Capital, are aware of the many delightful week end trips that may be made from this city by motor or by boat. Of the steamer trips there are two—to Baltimore via the TPotomac and Chesapeake Bay. returning by train or interurban, and to Old Point Comfort and Norfolk via the Potomac, returning likewise by boat. The latter is fairly well known, but the former, which is in many respects the more 'interesting of the two, is relatively unknown. Both are well worth taking. Of motor trips there are no end, all with the attractive features of excellent roads, good hotels, beautiful scenery, and way-stops and objectives that are rich in history and replete with tradition and romance. Ranging up through Maryland, the motorist will see some of the most picturesque and richest farm land in the United States and visit historic Frederick, Braddock Heights, the bat- tlefield of Gettysburg, or quaint old Harpers Ferry, or a dozen other points of interest. Southern Maryland. To the south he will pass through the first settled section of the State, with almost every village and town | all the way to Point Lookout pecul- farly interesting because of its age and the stirring events associated with it, and with the added attrac- tions of fishing and bathing at nu- merous resorts along the lower Po- tomac; or he may go via Marlboro down to where the Patuxent empties into Chesapeake Bay, finding there the charming, somnolent village of Solomons Island, or up to Annapolls, and then across to the famous East- ern Shore country, where a day or a week may be spent in delightful browsing about, as it might be called. Short tours tthroushd V:r‘;g‘::“h}.' :l"la ually attractive an - ::Prou%l' and varied. Take the Chain Bridge route to Fairfax, thence to Aldie, to Leesburg, to Bluemont, through the Blue Ridge Mountains by Snickers Gap to Berryville, .and then to Winchester, returning by the more direct route, crossing the moun- tains at Ashby Gap, to Middleburs, to Falrfax, and into Washington by Falls Church and Rosslyn and the new Key Bridge. 4 Or take the direct route to Win- chester, striking thence into West Virginia_ through Martinsburg, cross- ing the Potomac at Williamsport inte Maryland, to Hagerstown, to Brad- dock Heights, to Frederick, to Rock- ville, and then into Washington. or from Winchester drive to Berryville, to Charles Town, to Harpers Ferry, to Frederick, to Mount St. Marys, to ‘Emmitsburg, to Gettysburg, to West- minister, to Baltimore, to Avmnzoll!l. to Mount Zion, to Marlboro, to W ‘ash- ington. Shenandoah Valley Trip. . Winchester also is the gateway for the trip down the beautiful and fa- mous Shenandoah Valley through the proposed new Shenandoah National Park. This trip offers such a ‘wealth of historlc and scenic _attractions, with alluring side excursions, that a week {s none too short a time to make the most of it, but much may be cov- ered in a week end with a good (;a‘: and an indefatigable driver. Wit Staunton as b: turning point, 'k may made B:fou:h the mountains at Rockfisl Gap to Afton, to Charlottesville, to “Waldrop, and then to Orange, to Wilderness, to Chancellorsville, to Fredericksburg, to Washington, ;r from Waldrop to ‘Montpelier, . to Aa! - Jand, to Bowling Green, to Fredericks- ‘burg, to Washington. Ashland belndg but & short distance from Richmond, the Virginia upital may also be in- this route. d‘;“"xrr:flsuumon. too, the trip may well be extended on down to Roanoke, but that uktu;u beyond the possibili- of week-ending. "‘egl\et Saturday-to-Monday trip. there is that offers perhaps more in the way of historic interest than can be ancompassed in the same length of time and with the same mileage in any section of the United States. Pro- ceeding via Alexandria, Occoquan, Fredericksburg, Bowling Green, and Ashland, a fairly early start from Washington makes Richmond reach- able by midday, without fracturing the Virginia speed laws. Three or four hours permit of luncheon and viewing much, of what is worth while seeing in the seat of government of the State of Virginia, and then two hours a-foad 20 for one short streteh. and you are in Williamsburg, the main objective. Arriving there, yvou probabiy ready for dinner and a good night rest in the very comfortable hostelry which that little city affords. and in any event vou cannot do much sight- seelng after dark., and you will want 10 Acquaint yourself with what there is {0 be seen on the morrow. And you will want a good night’s rest, for the morrow avill be a busy day. Historic Virginia Peninsula. You are now well toward the point of the historic Virginia Peninsula, be- tween the York and the James Riv ers, that is known as the “Cradlo of the Republi The beginnings of Williamsburg date back to 1623, but it was not until 1633 that a palisade six miles in length was built connect- ing small tributaries of the two rivers and on the ridge close to the palisade a settlement, called Middle Plantation was made, later to be known as Wil- liamsburg, in honor of King William. The seat of government of the enl- ony was then. and for more than half a contury thereafter, at Jamestown, but in 1699 the General Assembly di rected the building of 4 new capitol at Middle Plantation. seiting aside 283 acres for a city, the main street of which was named Duke of Glouces- ter street, in honor of Queen Anne's eldest son. Middle Plantation, or Williamsburs, remained the capital of the colony and State of Virginia until 1780, when, through the influ- ence of Thomas Jefferson, newly elected governor, the seat of govern- ment was changed to Richmond. Old Williamsburg. Bearing in mind these dates and the fact that Williamsburg is the site of the College of William and Mary. the oldest institution of learn- ing in the United States except Harvard, its charter having been granted by King William and Queen Mary in 1693, and you can start out in the morning knowing that you will get a genuine treat at every turn. You will view the site of the Colonial Capitol, first occupied in 1706 and where Patrick Henry offered his resolutions against the stamp act in the House of Burgesses in 1765; the site of the first theater in America, built in 1716; the Po: der Horn, an octagonal brick dwell- ing erected in 1714 as a powder magazine; the old colonial jail; Ba: sett Hall, the home of President John Tyler; the first printing office in Virginia: the Palace Green. a na row park that in colonial day fronted the Royal Governor's Palace, a residence that was more than a hundred years old at the time of the Revolution: the houses that were occupled as headquarters by Wash- ington and by Lafayette: the college buildings, and Burton Parish Church, built in 1715 on the foundations of the former church that had been erected in 1683, the oldest church in America to have been used continu- ously for religious services. This church alone is well worth the trip to Williamsburg. After lunch a side trip of 8 miles is made to Jamestown, where the first perpanent English settle- ment in America was made in 1607 and where the present day tourist can but feel that he is treading hallowed ground. Then back to Willlamsburg and on to Yorktown, 14 miles as the road goes and half that as the crow flies. There you are on the scene of the final struggle between the armies of the Colonies and Great Britain, cul- minating in Cornwallis’ surrender, and there, after another crowded hour or two of sightseeing, you will dine and spend the night. First U. S. Customhouse. ‘There, among other things, you will see the first customhouse built in America in 1715, a hotel that is but 10 years less ancient, a pre-Revolu- tionary church, a house that was built in 1619, and the Nelson house, which Cornwallis seized and used as his headquarters, and which today, with its magnificent gardens, is one of the finest examples of colonial archi- tecture and landscaping in existence. Another day and you take the ferry across the York River to Gloucester Point and then head up the Tidewater Trall for Fredericksburg, pausing briefly there for more sightseeing if you are not satiated—and you will regret it if you are—and thence back to_Washington. You will have covered some 450 miles ‘in distance and more than three centuries of history, and you will have had thrills that you can never forget. Settling Down. From the Numn-'lmlnn i One sign of the times is that the seizure of illicit alcohol worth $100,000 gets four op-five lines on an C.,. JUNE 6, 1926—PART .2. Capital Sidelights Two great inspirational poems of the World War—the famous “In Flan- ders Fields” verses of Col. John McCrae which voice the despairing cry, the resistless appeal, of the dead and dying: and the answer by Prof. B. Galbreath for 4,000,000 American soldiers who were pressing forward to the theater of war, resolved that the graves of the Flanders dead should not be desecrated by the presence of a victorious: foe—have been placed in the Congressional Record by Senutor Frank B. Willis of Ohio, that they may re-echo down the corridors of American history. Col. McCrae had seen on the west- ern battle front great armies grad- ually melting away in the red whirl- wind of war. As month after month and the year passed, with the awful toll of death and no decisive victory, he came to believe that the ultimate result must be the mutual destruction of the contending armies. With this thought and possibly the premonition of his approaching death in Flanders flelds, he wrote his immortal appeal that moved mightily our khaki-clad legions who took up arms to rescue a menaced world. He wrote: In Flanders fields the poppies hlow twren the crosses, row on row. That mark our place: and in the eky The larks. still hravely singing. fiv. Scarce heard amid the guns below W are the dead Short davs ago We lived, felt dawn, eaw sunset glow. Loved and were loved. and now we lie In Flanders fields [Take up our quarrel with the foe ! To you. from failing hands, wa throw The (o1 Be vours to hold 1t high! . 1f 3o break faith with us who die. We shall not sleen. though poppies Frow In Flanders fields. Prof. Galbreath's son, Capt. A. W. Galbreath, commanded the 12th Engi- neers, who went overseas on the same ship with Gen. Charles G. Dawes, now Vice President Capt. Galbreath was with the first American troops to march through London; that served with the British operations against Cambrai in 1917, and in the great German drive of the following year. He had active service until the close of the war. The poem of Prof. Galbreath was written on February 10, 1918, and has since been published from Alaska to Coblentz, Germany. It gained wide currency in the newspapers in the ummer and Autumn of 1918, With McCrae's poem it was set to music by the well known composer, Mentor Crosse. It has since appeared in six series of modern school readers, issued by leading schoolbook bublishers of Philadelphia, Chicago and Indian- apolis. 1t has been included in a num- ber of anthologles and serial publica tions. Hundreds of thousands of school children daily read this poem in their school readers, as follo I\H 7’)’2?;1»‘\'\flfif¥’h ll"w‘:‘am:mv i’wmm And fitiul flashes Light the gloom Wiile Site hote Tike eSdien fis The fierce destroyers of the sky Wi stains the ecarth wherein you lie Is redder’ than the Dopby bloom. In Fianders fiald; Sleep on. ve brave! The shrisking shell, The auaking trench, the startled yvell, The furs of the battle hell Shall wake vou not: for all is well Sieep peacefully, for all 1s well e bear heart an oath we kwear Keep the faith, to fight 1t through crush the fon Br tleep with $ou In Flanders fields. e Heart throbs moved the National [ House of Representatives to a unique demonstration on Thursday, when during a bitter filibuster on the rivers and harbors bill a brief respite was taken during which Mrs. Edith Nourse Rogers, congresswoman from Massa- chusetts, known as the “Angel of Merey" at Walter Reed Hospital, paid the following tribute to one of the Lovs from “Over There,” who is mak ing a most valiant fight against ex- treme handicaps resulting from hi heroic services, and with most grate- ful feelings toward the Govermment: “There is in the gallery a World War veteran, Mr. Carl Bronner, who is a constituent of our distinguished Speaker. (Applause.) Carl Bronner cannot see us, because he lost both of his eves. He not only gave his eyes for us, but he gave both hands. As if that were not enough for him to suffer, last vear he had sleeping sickness for three months. In spite of all that, he graduates in June from the University of Maryland as a lawyer. (Applause.) “When he was discharged from the service he had only a seventh-grade education, so we can realize what this boy has accomplished. One can | imagine the pride of his mother, who is now sitting beside him. I do not believe any human being in the world has accomplished more for us than has this boy. The other day T told him I thought he had had a hard time. He said, No: that the Gov ernment had done so much for him; that it had taught him to read and taught him to write. He uses a type- writer and T have never found a mis- take in one of his letters. He also sald the Government gave him an in- structor with no hands in order that he might learn to use his hands. “I think there is nothing that we can do or say to show our deep grati- tude to this boy, who is carrying on under terrible handicaps with a cour- age that beggars description; there is noemark of respect or of love too great to pay him. (Applause.) T am extreme- Iy grateful to him, and T know, Mr. Speaker, what pride you have in your constituent. (Applause.)” THINK IT OVER ‘What the Real Teacher Can Do By William Mather Lewis. President, George Washington University | (Applause.) A teacher is one who teaches. This seems to be a self-evident proposi- tion, and yet a great many members of educational staffs do not measure up to this standard. It is one thing to assign so many pages of reading or so many problems to a pupil and then to ascertain by rule of thumb what his record is for the day. Tt is quite another thing to lead the student through the pages or the problems so that he knows what it is all about. Some so-called teachers boast of the large number of pupils who have failed in their work. They forget the sound educa- tional principle that “where nothing is learned nothing is taught.” A distinguished clergyman once said, “I have instructed the sexton that when the congregation goes to sleep he shall wake up the minister.” When the average of failures in a class is abnormally high some one should wake up the teacher. ‘The most influential member of any community is the real teacher; the teacher who stimulates curiosity, a love of learning, real mental control and high ideals. Many a successful man looks back with affection to some teacher who quickened into life his best qualities, who led him away from absorption in the petty and the com- mosnphce d:; the !::H? of vision. iome ‘we get a from the policy of building :h.bownu and ornate school buildings—show places that flatter local pride—and devote the major part of our educational fund to decem remuneration of real teaohers, real: that in the hands of our teachers Ils the business and social and political fortymes of future yeal (Copyright. 1926.) ——— Modern Flora McFlimsy. . Pf;.l {he Grand Rapids Press. neighbor girl has about. 15 but she always seems to be Mh.-fit'. 9% avery, one of them, MEN AND AFFAIRS BY ROBERT T. SMALL. He hit the golf ball as far and as straight down the course as a pro- fessional. No one would ever have guessed he was an aviator and spent most. of his time in the clouds. “It's great!” he exclaimed, half to himself. “What?" asked the writer. “It's taken 10 strokes off my game, I'm sure.” “What?" repeated the writer, in dire need of subtracting even more than 10 strokes from his own per- sonal game. “Lost both wings to my plane a thousand feet up,” replied the golf- ing fiyer as we trudged along the greensward. “Got m up with one.” ho continued, the old parachute was late in opening. Re- sult, a busted left ankle.” “Go on.” “Well, when your ankle's busted you've got to favor it. I don't press any more and my game is better than it ever was in all my life." This somewhat drastic method of improving one's golf game s not set out here for the guidance of either the young or the old. The chances are that many persons will improve thelr game without ever resorting to it. The intriguing part of the situa- tion was the opportunity, it gave to learn at first hand the thoughts of a man brought suddenly face to face with possible deati—the passing of one’s whole life before one's eyes, like a panorama, the vain regrets, and all that sort of thing. And so the question was put to Lieut. E. H. Barksdale, a son of Misgissippi, and one of the best train- ed and most skiliful pilots in the service of Uncle Sam. * ko x ‘What did T think ahout?” the aviator repeated. “Ohy nothing much. I remembered, I guess, that the last time I crasfed, my companion in the machine was killed. Then I got to wondering if I was high enough. Yon see, you have got to have a cer- tain height or vour parachute won't help very much. “I had plenty of warning that the old ship was going to bust up. Both wings began to wabble. 1 shut off the throttle, but by this time ‘the fuselage was being shaken like a dog would shake a rat. Then the wings broke off. T got a bit tangled up with one of them, but in a moment or two 1 free. My thoughts at this time were purely mechanical. T began to reach for the ring which would release the parachute tled to my back. It was on the left side juct above the waist line. At first T couldn't find it. By this time I was going down pretty fast, 1 guess. The third time T fumbled for the ring I found it and gave a thankful pull. There was a wild flapping of canvas for a second or two and then the parachute filled and broke my fall. So here T am with just a warped ankle—and a wonderfully improved game of golf. Tonight T start flying again.” S0 there was nothing at all about the past life, the sins of omission and ssion, or anything?" “No, 1 was just thinking all the time about’ saving myself—nothing about death at all. It made me angry afterward to have forgotten one of our first instructions, which is al ways to put your right hand over on vour left shoulder and let it slide down the body until you reach the parachute ring. In that way vou can’'t miss it. T grabbed for mine like an amateur.” * k% % Lieut. Barksdale seemed a litile worried about the effect of his nar ration when the writer flubbed drive for about 50 snappy vards not knowing the writer's normal game. “You mustn't think of flving as %o dangerous,” he explained, “and vou mustn't_think that all airplanes are apt to lose their wings a thousand feet up. This particular plane wis the only one of its kind in the world We were testing it. I happened 1o get it when it decided to give up the ghost.™ Nevertheless it can be said that the work of the test pilots at McCook ield is just about the most hazardons which comes into the brief life of the aviator. The pilots are called upon to make all manner of experiments. They must try out every new idea. Instead of sailing softly and gentiv into the air and then sailing back again, they go up each time in what virtually amounts to an attempt t break the machine to pieces, Thex must abandon all the accepted fdeas of safety. With them it is truly case of safety last. And yet the ground work generally is done so weil that the test pilots seldom average more than four falls a year. When the old parachute is on its good be havior these falls don't amount te much. When it is not—the work of testing and flying goes on the next day just the same. The conquest of the air must never la, (Copyright. 1 Fifty Years Ago In The Star Half 4 century ago the sawdust, or green goods, game “'ns‘ml;lrh pmrnca{x by swindlers, with The Sawdust would-be sw ndlrflrs_r]as E 3 their victims. n he Swindle. GiZ o May o9, 1576, is the following ahout one of these rascals, who got into court by a pe- culiar procedure: “A fellow belonging to the class known as sawdust swindlers was tried in New York on Saturday, the indict- ment charging that he had used the United States mails for the purpose of perpetrating a fraud in offering coun- terfeit money for sale. It was his wont to propose to sell to parties in different parts of the country, whose addresses he obtained, certain amounts of such bogus money for a pecunfary consideration, the latter, of course, be- ing paid in genuine greenbacks. If the parties addressed took the bait, he would send them, instead of counter- feit money. a box of sawdust or shav- ings. One of the rascals who l’!ad lost money in a venture of this kind had the unblushing effrontery to sue the sawdust man. “The counsel for the defense took a peculiar and yet not an altogether unreasonable view of the case, argu- ing that his client belonged to a class of persons who did more to suppress the circulation of counterfeit money than even the Secret Service Division of the Treasury Department. If the complainant in the case, he argued, was dealing with genuine counter- feiters, he would do more toward flood- ing the country with this kind of money than the principals themselves, but after being once bitten by a sharper it is impossible for the dealers mentioned to have dealings with them. These persons would have flooded their sections with counterfeit money, and the defendant, instead of being sent to State prison, should receive a reward for the continuance of his business from the Government. In conclusion, he said his client had kept a record of those who were willing to reeeive and circulate counterfeit money and that the list of names reached nearly 10,000, including con- gressmen, elergymen and others. De- cision in the case was reserved. Un- doubtedly, the law should make the would-be purchaser quite as guilty of the crime as the sawdust swindler himself, and both ought to be made to serve out a long term in the peniten- tiary i Notwithstanding the ingenious plea of the defendant’s counsel in this case, he was eventually fined $500 and sen- tenced to serve 13 months' imprison- ment. § s The Senate on the 29th of May, 1876, voted, 37 to 29, to proceed with the N . trial of the im- Trial Despite peachment S 2 3 brought against W. Resignation. w”'Geiknap, former Secretary of War, notwithstanding the fact that he had resigned that position and was no longer in office. The Star, in its issue of May 30, 1876, says: “The settlement of the matter of jurisdiction establishes a highly im- portant precedent, the first of the kind in American history, viz.: that a pub- lic officer be amenable to trial by im- peachment for acts done as such offi- cer notwithstanding he resigns after Stuch acts were committed. The ques- tion whether Gen. Belknap resigned to escape impeachment does not seem to have received the special considera- tion of the Senate, which lald down the broad principle that a public offi- cer is liable to impeachment even though he be no longer an officer of the Government. While justice to the defendant in this case demands that he should have a fair trial, the inter- ests of the country require that the trial should be carried on without any unnecessary delay, in order that the important legislative business now be- fore Congress may be transacted be- fore the end of the present fiscal year." * * * Half a century ago the most inter- esting political development in -this Blaine and country was the in- ‘\;suum;md\’ by the S o' ouse judiciary com- Mulligat. ittee ‘into the con. nection of James G. Blaine, then a member of the House of Represent- atives, with the issuance of the Little Rock and Fort Smith Railroad bonds. James Mulligan, a witness, had pro- duced certain letters written by Mr. Blaine, and on the 1st of June, 1876, Mr. Blaine appeared as a witness him- self in consultation with one of them who told a fluent story about Blaine going to him and dropping upon his knees and offering him a consulship if he.would let up on him, with a threat to commit sui if Mulligan refused. The Star, in its issue of June 1, 1876, says: - “Mr. Blaine rebutted the allegations 8-the WiLAR: WiLL KIcasDEAIDLDOMS This and That By Charles E. Tracewell. Bozo and Dozo, cats, have little regard for the wit of Gozo, dog, since they outguessed him so neatly one day last week. 20, according to Bozo and Dozo. is little better than a mechanism on four legs, run by chemical processes which at no time attain the dignity of being termed brain power. It happened in this way: Gozo was standing on his terrace. looking the landscape over, when he espied the two cats comfortably seated in a back v if there is any sight in the world that arouses the ire of a dog it is that of a comfortable cat. Cats, from the canine standpoint, were put into the world to worry dogs. Cats—if you should listen to Gozo —are good for nothing in the world but to cause him. Gozo, any amount of trouble and perturbation. It is impossible to see one of the sly creatures, so sleek, so comfortable looking, without being aroused to re- sentment. Is not, Gozo might say—is not the ideal of life the “peppy,” high-strung dog, the creature of mettle, of dash and, vim? Certainly it is, fellow dogs—and let me further say that no created thing. nat even excepting our friend and master, Man, has as much vitality much push, as much “go,” as the do; (Barks.) Let us therefore, fellow dogs, ex terminate every reprehensible cat that comes in our way. (Tremendous barks.) % ¥ In the meantime, Bozo and Dozo, the one a black cat, the other light gray and white, sat at their ease in the back yard, keeping a wary eye in President, of a concentrated 42 _hresds him, -down.” the direction of Gozo, their ears pricked up. “The smell of that creature is offen- sive,” declared Bozo, with high disdain. “His habits are uncleanly,” added Dozo. “He hasn't as much brains as a bumblebes,” smiled Bozo. “An ant is a Master Mind compared to that fellow,” grinned his com- panion. “Shortly he will begin to bark," went on the first cat, “and then he will start running this way. He thinks he can run, too. Of course, his long legs do fan the air considerably, but I have never experienced any diffi- culty in getting away from him.” “Watch out, Bozo,” purred Dozo, switching his white tail. “He is wind- ing up.” Sure enough, Gozo had made up his mind to start. Barking tremendously, the Airedale cut across the terrace in two leaps, and in two more was at the gate. Bozo and Dozo, however, were swift- er than he. The cats leaped the low{ dividing fence of wire, and cut down the path next door, past the climbing rosebushes which hid them from the sight of Gozo. By this time the dog was in a furi- ous state of excitement. The short dash had whetted his appetite for cat chops for dinner. With a bound he, crossed the yard to the fence, Oxg) which he had seen the cats disappear. “Woof! Woof! Woof! he barked e Gozo stood on his hind legs, (ore:’ paws on vine-clad fence. 1951 Thorns pricked through his tougin pads, but he did not regard their- hurt. Where were those cats? .lig: and down the path he looked in vais Now what could have becomne: of.- those cats? 12 The truth of the situation was that. while Gozo had been bounding acroas - the yard Bozo and Dozo had sneaked out the back gate and had. crossed the alley to safety. 5 =8 Every one but Gozo could eee.the tip of Dozo's tail at one side of a small hole in the high board femce,. Squarely inside the holo crouched- Bozo, his yellow eyes gleaming. 20 Even if Gozo could have comprest hended their maneuver, the two ‘cata~ knew that he neither could get ower: that fence nor through that hole. ;i'« s e e e———— and directness, and there would seefii now to be a confliot of statement be- tween the two requiring corroborative’ testimony on one side or the other enable impartial people to reach 's'¢n" clusion. The enemies of Mr, Haine are undoubtedly greatly elat and do not hesitate to declare'that Hif aspirations for the presides ? been effectually killed by tl mony of Mulligan. On the otherRafiff:’ his friends say that the Mulligan "y will result as all the other scandaly put out against Blaine have resultéd< ' in giving him greater pmh.m with n]w-lnx to AR ey