Evening Star Newspaper, October 8, 1926, Page 8

THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTOM FRIDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1926. B D. C. THE EVENING STAR With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. FRIDAY.........October 8, 1926 THEODORE W. NOYES. . . . Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company Business Office: 11th St. and Pennsylvania Ave New York Office: 110 East 42nd St. PurChicags Office: Tower Buildinz. ropaan Office: 14 Regent St.. London. England. The Evenine Sar. with the Sunday morn- e adition. 1a delivered by carciers within tha eity at 60 centa per month: daly onls. 45 cents per month: Sundaya otz 20 centa onth. Orders may b kent by mail o olephana Maii 5000, Colection 18 made by carrier at end of each month. Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. | Maryland and Virginia. 1. 2200 1 1vrenoni 1 1y’ 8300 1 mi [ Batiz & Sinday All Other States and Cznada. Em\- and Sunday 1lr~_n~m 1me. €10 ally only yr. €200:1 mo. et unday only 1% $100° 1mo Member of the Assoclated Press. ‘The Assoriated Pres 1o the use for republ atehen credited to it o ited in thie paper and nublished her of epec e Aln the fghite of oo Change the Opening Hour. As a solution to the problem of how | to decrcasa the tratlic dangers tol which Washington's children are to-| day d on their way to schaol, Tra Star offers to the authoritics con- | oerned the following su; That the opening kindergartens s *h be | set at §:30 nstead of 9, their closing hours be "k 2 compensating, half hour. Certain) the prineipal mources of danger to the vounger chil- dren-—and It will be noted that high school pu re excluded from the proposed alteration the a that they are infinitely more able to look out for themselves on the streets :!u»l regular 1nd nz set b on e —is that their daily approach to school s synchronous with the rush traffic on its way downtown for the rtments and bu- opening of the d reaus. Adequate police protection at trai- fic intersections throughout the ety 15 impossible of achievement at thi time, for the danger involved the schools In question. but extends along the entire route traveled to school by each individual child. \Warn- tng signs to motorists in the school gones arc similarly ineffective. Efforts to organizo the older chfidren for the protection of the vounger have not hitherto solved the T would it seem that they a do 80 in the future. The conditions faced by the local authorities ave fn one major factor unique. Tn other cities, of a commer. clal nature, tie morning rush of truf. fic, bearing acults to their daily work, i3 largely over by half-past: to-the difference in the opening hours of commercla! and governmental of hler, likely to nor 8, owing fices. In Washington the heaviest flow occurs between 8$:30 and 9, or precisely at the time when our chil- dren start schoolward. It is this abnorn fact which would, in common sense, warrant in the Natfonal (%pital an al what has come to be mormal hour for opening kinderparten | and grade school classes. It may be confidently assumed that the local au- thorities concerned, avure of the cor- rectly emphaiic demand that Wash- ington school children he botter safe- guarded, will shortly apply the most red end. The it practical steps to the des step herewith suggested, it not al- ready uncer consideratior The prosecution licked funds to bring certain witnesses and Aimee McPherson offerad to pay their way Almes may have her faults, but it cannot be denied that she is a good sport. | . Base hall depends on and yet there are moments when real purpose of the game appears be the glorification of Babe Ruth. . Henry as a Colossus. Legal briefs are usually dry uninteresting dbcuments, with little in them to thrill the reader. They rarely depart from the traditfonal style of plain statement and explicit exposition. « brief just tiled in & railroad with the Interstate Comme! Commissfon furnish an exception to this rule and over hints at an important prospeciive de- wvelopment of interest to others than | the partics to the immediate case. | This brief is filed by the minority stockholders of the Detroit, Toledo and Tronton Railroad, which Ienry Ford, the motor magnate, proposes to | consolidate with his previously ac quired Detroit and Ironton line. So deeply moved ure these protestants by what they regard as a trespass upon their rights that they engage, through team work: | ' and Bu oS ! cated to | deeply. T motor car cheaply within the public |ous; that the ground swell of the sea | reach. He bought a rallroad to give |is high and that weakfish, frostfich ! him cheaper and more dependable freight service in the course of the manufacturing and marketing of his wares. Now he wants to add to it by consolidation. Is he, indeed, aspirant to the role of a colossus, master of the transportation of America? The briet just quoted cer- tainly hints at such an ambition on his part. — e Failure of the Sesqui. Failure of the Philadelphla Sesqui- centenntal from a financial point of view is acknowledged by the heads of that great enterprise, the mayor of { Philadelphia and the director general. The former states that this failure has been due to the lack of a sup- porting attendance, less than 5,000,000 persons having passed through the gates, while the turnstiles should have shown a total to date of no less than ,000,000. The latter says that the | exposition is running behind by from $25.000 to $40,000 a week in operating expenses, and that unpaid clalms of contractors for construction and other | work aggregate more than $3,000,000, These blg “fai arely, if ever, pay expenses. The money lost in pro- moting them is to be regarded as ex- penditure in advertising the cities which guarantee or promote them. As a rule the ultimate results in business development and population srowth have been satistactory. But in Philadelphfa a situation exists which makes it doubtful whether the loss will ever be recouped. In the first place, that city has little to gain from mere addition to its census, and its industrial development does not depend upon the publicity to be se- cursd through the holding of a great entertainmnent. It has been the experience of ex- position managers that the average daily attendance should be the equiva- lent of one-tenth of the population of the city in which it Is located. Thus the Philadelphia show, to maintain this average, should each day have drawn no less than 200,000 paid ad- missions. The actual dally average has been less thaun -40,000, and this hus meant many days with less than $0,000. Just why the people have thus | tailed to patronize the exhibition is somewhat of a mystery, and yet there are certain evident reasons. In the first place, the show was not ready for the- public when it was opened. The grounds were still rough and most of the huild:ags were unfinished. In fact, some of them are not yet com- pleted today, less than two months from the scheduled close of the gatet Many of the exhibits are still un- boxed. For weeks the workers were «almost as numerous as the visitors. Word of this condition, of course, spread widely and gave pause to many thousands of peopie who wero plan- ning to attend the big show. They decided to postpone their trip, and it would seem that most of them went elsewhere or remained at home. Then the people of Philadelphia themselves failed to patronized the exhibition, as it would naturally have been expected they would. There was at first the dispute over Sunday opening. There were keen controversies over the man- agement, and some’ political friction developed, with charges of misadmin- istration, and even of impropriety in the letting of contracts. The ‘“short and ugly word” graft was heard. All this tended to dampen the enthusfasm of the people of Philadelphia. They did not boom their show. Recently one of the “da; at the fair was dedi- the Philadelphia business men, and the total attendance on that day, counting the usual run of out-of- town visitors, wus only about 40,000. Yet as it now stands the exhibition is a worthy one, with a show that well repays a visit. The total loss will bs borne by the city. Thiladelphla can stand it though the taxpayers may grumble But the really serious effect of this failure will be in the discour- agement of other enterprises of a simi- lar character. These great falrs are educational and valuable. They per- mit a mingling of the people from all the States. They should be held peri- odically and on a large scale. Phila- delphia’s unlucky experiment in re- peating the success of 1876 may put & damper on the enthusiasm of the ex- position promoters, with the result of a lapse of a considerable period before another of the commemorative indus- trial shows Is undertaken. ————retr—s. Conditions have changed since the quest of long distance constituted one of the charms of radlo experi- ment. The program, formerly a la carte, s now strictly table d'hote. Prophets. That many prophets did no honor to their calling in a recent prize fight does not disconcert prophets in gen- eral. This season is & busy one for prophecy, and the political fortune teller, cold-Winter soothsayer and the their attorneys, in eloquent language rarely to be found in the types of formal law papers. Here is a stirring passage The financial colossus. perhaps im- he bestrides the world, is these pygmies dare to question his assumed right of the power of eminent domain, by the confiscation o their holdings. They should, he maintains, be grateful that he throws them as largess $104.27 per share, because in former times the stock was worthless. What matter that the investments of these minority stockholders were made with the hard- earned money of early manhood and that they were investors in his prop- erty years before Henry Ford had reached affluence” This presents a picture of the De- troit motor maker, now railroad owner, that differs somewhat from public conception. Henry Ford as a “‘colossus” is not exactly according to the general judgment of the man, epart from his business. True. he. Bas lately been seeking to corner his- toric shrines and literary relics. He has been going in somewhat for air- plane making. He may be contemplat- ing the role of universal provider, But the idea of him as a railroad con- solidator, ruthlessly sweeping into his bag of pers 1 ownership line after line of ros is @ new one. Henry Ford is tremendously wealthy, made so by his genius for organiza- tion and his fidelity to a type o production that put a practical 1 base ball haruspex are in good voice. Older oracles read the future from the fiight of crows and the crooked °| flashes of lightning, but many modern oracles are not so painstaking. The cold-Winter prophets are staking their reputation on fish, squirrels and wild geese and are to be commended for their industry. The political prophets and mossbhunkers came to the coast early. Everybody will understand that frostfish and mossbunkers are danger signals. ‘Winter in our latitude is not as ‘Winter in Maine, New Hampshire and Dakota, but sometimes we get Winter weather which would be creditable to those States. The chances are that our Washington Winter will be of the usual kind. There will be many clear days, some warm and others crisp. There will be a number of gloomy days with snow and rain. There will be some street car tle-ups and a few days of skating on the Lincoln pool. The Weather Bureau may say that last night was the coldest 15th of February which Washington has had in nine years.” In February there will be cold winds and ice may form on the pavements. Some man will find the first blooming hepatica and the song of the first robin will be heard. Early in March the crocuses and peach trees will bloom and men will leave overcoats at home and talk of the delights of Spring. Then snow will begin to fall and the North wind will blow. A great many household thermometers will show that it is 10 degrees colder than it s, but men and women will be walking to office be- tween the car tracks because the snowplows have blocked the rest of the street and the cars are not run- ning. B A Wise Decision. The decision of the superintendent of police to station u full-time traffic officer at the dangerously con- gested intersection of East Execu- tive and Pennsylvania avenues «ill be enthusiastically approved by Washington motorists. Maj. Hesse, for some time aware of the need for traffic control at this and other busy intersections in Northwest Washing- ton, has been seeking to establish the best method of meeting o difficult problem. The choice had to be made between leaving the intersection un- guarded or detalling to its control one of the regulur patrolmen of the number one precinct. The Star be- lieves that the superintendent's choice was wisely made and assures him of its continued support in the effort to obtain from Congress po- lice appropriations adequate to meet the legitimate and naturally increas- ing needs of the Natlonal Capital. - Afrplane accidents are more con- spicuous in attention than railway or motor accidents. There is no mode of transportation that is abso- lutely safe. Even the old mule is liable to pause in a tantrum and kick the spring wagon to pleces. o It required a defeat in the ring to make Jack Dempsey feel like fight- ing. The old philosophers have fre- quently pointed out the advantages of an occasfonal reverse in fortune as a means of stimulating ambition. ———— Washingtoniang were honored at the Philadelphia Sesquicentennial exhibition. The present Capital of the Nation took pride and pleasuro in paying its respects to the ancient and honored place of Government. s A professional entertainer is said to have made President Coolidge laugh. It is a pity that the entire public cannot be permitted to share enjoyment of what must have been a joke of extraordinary excellence. vt The liberal compensation favored by Henry Ford is likely to make many a Government worker wish he could have had a chance to apply Detroit methods to Washington, D. C. — e 0ld John Barleycorn has always been a figure in politics. Even pro- hibitlon laws do not prevent him from “determined activities in lining up the voters. e The Weather Bureau has been help- ful, although it has not yet succeeded in establishing a date when the straw hat s logically out of season. r—o— SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Large Money Involved. Prosperity is surely here And hearts are all aglow; No ticket ever is too dear For those who like the show. A tennis match, a base ball game, A contest in the ring; Rewards of fortune and of fame May liberally bring. And as we wait for the report ‘Which tells of favoring chance, ‘We wonder if it's truly sport Or only high finance. From Welkin to Home Town. “Some of your speeches used to make the welkin rin “1 don’t know what a welkin is, answered Senator Sorghum, “but I'm pleased to note that some of my re- ‘marks elicited favorable response from our political ring.” Blaming the Woman. “Why did you forget that errand?” she inquired. “It's all your fault,”” he answered. *“You forgot to tie a string around my seem not to have such substantial bases for prediction, but Democratic prophets are giving plenty of en- couragement to Democrats and Re- publican prophets are rooting for their party. There are prophecies that Wagner and Wadsworth will win in New York, Willis and Pomerene in Ohlo, Brennan and Smith in Iilinols, Wilson and Vare in Pennsylvania and Butler and Walsh in Massachusetts. And some of those prophets are right. Many persons give more concern to hard-Winter than to political prophets. Politics is very interesting on elec- tion night, but interest in a hard Winter lasts longer. It involves many questions, one of which is coal. It is to be noted that some coal men predict 'a hard Winter, and that is ominous. A news note says that New Jersey fishermen have taken their stand as hard-weather prophets. They say that no bluefish appeared on the coast last Summer; that gulls have = by s oot rom | AL o finger.” Modified Kilts. The styles in skirts today ‘With frowns are contemplated, But there is this to say, The Scotch are vindicated. The Workless Day. “Is he a clock watcher?"” “No. He doesn’'t stay awake long enough even to look at the time.” “Few men,” sald Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown, “are as good as they pretend to be or as bad as they would be if they dared. “De lazy man,” said Uncle Eben, “allus has friends, while de industri- ous man gits into de competition an’ makes enemies. One Eye Open. From the Louisville Time Mayor Walker of New York is sald to sleep only 4 hours in the 24, Musiclan’s music and listener’'s music are not necessarily the same thing. Lack of such discrimination on the part of those who provide concerts for the American public perhaps ac- counts for much boredom. Honestly, now, haven't you bored at some concert? No matter how well educated, musi- cally, one may be, he is bound to yawn a few times when the distinguished violinist plays three movements from concertos in successfon. We know it is great music. world long ago agreed upon it. for so much as one second would we attempt to take away from the com- poser the honor which is due him. But why not:play the “Old Refrain,” too? Again, we have sat at orchestra con- certs where thrills undoubtedly would have played up and down our spine had we not met the foe of human hap- piness tracked to its lair by Schopen- hauer. . Only one gentleman of our acquaint- ance ever had the courage of his con- victions. It was during a concert by an eminent bandmaster and his band They were indulging in a 30-mjnute “fantasy,” the program called it. upon a popular song of the day. The bandmaster-composer no doubt had an excellently good time writing the thing—but he had forgotten that an audience wouldl not have any fatherly interest in it. Tt w SUD posed to be humorous, too—and wh is more deadly, in musie, than the at- tempt to be funny? After our courngeous friend had listened for a solid 15 minutes to tootles by the bass horn and trills by the clarinet and thumps on the big drum, the effects of which were sup- posed to set him and the rest of us into convulsions, he firmiy stuffed his program into his left coat pocket, grabbed his hat and left us to hear the thing through. ® F % % Who that loves wmusic but has writhed, at some time or other, at the endless repetitions in some of the great master works? Interminable “little birds, and waving blades of grass, or subjects of a similar nature, cause us much mental anguish, especially since the composers have mot man aged to evolve a real melody between them. A fashionable trick in the song-com- posing world s to_call a dull piece of music an “‘art soig.” theory s that if a thing is “art,” it may be dull without offense. As a matter of fact, the serfes of “short little songs” is i misnomer, since each such song has three or four verses, growing duller in se- quence. To simply holler on the last note will not save them. been songs” about Every one in the audlence is hoping against hope t the singer will slip in just one really tuneful song. The classical world of music is full of thera. Schubert and Schumann and Wolfe and others demonstrated once and for all that tunefulness apt goes with greatness. “The Two Gren- adlers” is a great song, and there not a_ duli moment fn it. The flow of melody keeps pace with the theoret feal construction. The climax would make a wooden Indian wave his wooden tommy Yet what Something about Sally and her beaux, with con- struction valiantly trying to be “cute” and musical at the same time, and with melody nowhero in the song picturo. President Coolldge is facing : class row with the bureaucrats of the Army and Navy over the aviation pro- gram. Congress has lald out the pro- gram. Authorization was made for large increases in planes and flying personnel extending over a five-year perfod. The money to pay for this program has not~ yet been appro- priated. The first installment is to be included in next year’s budget, to be presented to Congress in December. Mr. Coolidge offers no objection to this program except in one important particular. He insists that if more money is to be spent for aviation, le: must be spent on other “arms” of service. He opposes any increa: the total expenditures for the Army and Navy. Obviously the Army und Navy people in various branches of the service are “dead set” against any cut in their own particular field of operations. The aviation branch argues with considerable show of plausibility that Congress intended the cost of an enlarged program for the Air Service to be defrayed outside the regular expenditures for the War and Navy Departments. The hundred or so miilion dollars that will be spent for aviation during the next five years was intended as an “extra.” An en- larged Air Service at the expense of the other branches of the service, which is what the President in effect demands, meets with violent opposi- tion from within his own official fam- ly. * X K ¥ Charles Evans Hughes, ex-governor of the State of New York, ex-Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, ex- Republican nominee for President and ex-Secretary of State, is done forever with office holding, but he is still ready to serve his party, ex officio, when summoned to duty. The summons has been issued and Mr. Hughes will speak at Baltimore on October 23, in ald of Senator Weller; in New York City on October 28, and in Rochester, N. Y., on October 29, in aid of Senator Wadsworth; and in Boston October 30, in aid of Senator Butler. If these beleaguered Repub- lican Senators cannot have Mr. Cool- idge himself on the stump in their be- half, they will at least have the next best bet. In this case they figure it is Mr. Hughes. * K kK The Post Office Department, under the business administration of Post- master General Harry New, plans another business wrinkle, charging “demurrage” in true raiiroad fash- ton, a per dlem storage charge on parcels which the addressees fail to remove from their local post offices within a reasonable time. The gen- erally prevailing notion is that all persons are anxious to get their mall matter as promptly as possible. Such, however, is not always the case. C. 0. D. parcel post matter piles 'up in post offices waiting for those who should call and pay for it. Under present regulations 30 days are al- lowed from date of notification of its arrival in which to claim it. Many avail themselves of the full time limit, and the Post Office Department reports that its storage facilities in many Western city post offices are sadly overtaxed. The proposal is to reduce the time to 20 days and add a storage charge. * K x X For the first time in several vears a negro has received provistonal ap- pointment as a West Point cadet. He is Vance H. Marchbanks, son of a warrant_officer in the 10th United States Cavalry at Fort Huachuca, Ariz. He has been named to the Military Academy by the President as a candldate ‘at large. If he fs suc- cessful in the entrance examinations next March and qualifies in the phys- ical tests he will enter with next yvear's class. The War Departmant vouches for the statement that only three negroes have graduated from West Point and served in the Army. One of these, the late Charles Young, reached the grade of colonel. [EER] ‘The ancient record book of the Masonic Lodge of Fredericksburg; Va., Fvidently the | | BY CHARLES E. TRACEVELL. | The great trouble with all this sort of thing is that the musician, whether he be conductor, singer or pla has forgotten the distinction betw musician’s music and listener’s music. When one is actually making mu- sic he is able to appreciate and really love the intricate patterns that some great m an has woven for him. The olinist who has practiced hours, da; years, upon theoretical exercises amounting to fine music in themselves s naturally enough in a splend!d position to appreciate the most intricate works that may come under his bow. The man who in any line of mu- sical performance has made a _life work of music will not be bored by a- program held a tremendously high musical level. He might play the deepest master- works for hours at a time, reveling in the wealth of theory put into prac- tice by the world's greatest com- posers. In music there is a great deal more than just tune. There is pat- tern, a broad term for the whole theory and practice of the art, and one in which we include counterp: and all the other difficult br. of which the jazz composers of tod: are largely {gnorant The listener, however, has his own carpoint, if one may put it that way. Ninety-nine out of every hundred in any cultured musical audlence are simply lovers of the art, and only practitioners in a mild sort of way. Their appreciation is greater than their_technique. Performers ought ' (o realize that even the hest intentioned listener has put no such ereat amount of time upon the master works as he has. ®i 8w It is the duty, therefore, of every musician to so vary his programs as to eliminate, as far as humanly e ant of boredom sible, the cle Only recently we heard over radio fa wonderrul concert. It opened with a great—and long—number by the pur- violinist and soprano. poses of this concert, of musiealiy uneducated per ing In, the repetition after rep might properly have been omitted. This was followed by three long vio- There was no let-down plane of this concert. songs by the soprano followed. Tha violinlst played a cou- ple more great violin numbers. T whole repertoire of Kreisler's light, melodious numbers W open to him, but the player did not delgn [to streteh a point. It was now 9:30 p.m., 1 when the bland announcer told us were to have the pleasure of istening to the soprano sing four more “short” s we turned off the {set. And we knew that if we, who | have had a life-long interest in music, i we | went off the air, hundreds had pre- | ceded us. And we couldn't blame them a bit! { The listener, in concert hall or {home, has a v to ask for con- | siceration. Prog should not be | made from the mu standpoint, {but from the Istener's. the man or ]\vnm'\n who has to foot the bill, in the last analysis. We would not ask for a “popular” { concert, hut simply for the use of dis- { ertmination, and a bearing in mind, {on the part of the musician, that the {one who listens is a human being, and not Cailiope, the muse of music. WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS of which Ceorge Washington in early manhood was a member, just’ been dressec and rebou the Ciovernment Printinz Office in manner calculated to last forever. The restoration was accomplished by M sonic bookbinders of the printing office, who gave their own time and money to the work. In place of the battered covers and torn and faded leaves is a heautiful morocco- bound tome, hand tooled, the torn pages picced out with fine ledger paper dyed in coffee to simulate age, and every leaf covered with a fine, almost invisible silk veiling which will preserve the pages for eternity. The recofds cover a period from 1752 to 1771. Among the entries is the pay- ment by George Washington of £2 3s—his initlation fee entered apprentice, November 6, 1 * ok Kk ok When Congress reconvenes the President will renew his efforts to secure Senate confirmation of E. B. Broussard and Sherman J. Lowell as members of the Tariff Commission. The Senate failed to act on these nomi- nations at the last session, due to dissension over the make-up of the commission and dissatisfaction with its policies and_progress—or lack of progress. Mr. Coolidge stood pat and promptly gave Messrs. Broussard and Lowell recess appointments. They are holding effice, but, by virtue of a ruling of Controller General McCarl, have been unable to draw their salaries. Thomas P. Marvin, chairman of the commissfon, has just returned from a Summer survey of European condi- tions with a warning that American manufacturers will find stiffer compe- titfon in the future in foreign markets as a result of recent European indus- trial combinations. ERE For a short and snappy definition of where he stands on the wet and dry e, the palm is hereby awarded to Louis W. Stotesbury, nominated by New York Republicans for the seat in Congress vacated by Representative Ogden L. Mills, who is running for governor. Asked his opinion of the eighteenth amendment and the Vol- stead law, Mr. Stotesbury declared: “I hate prohibition.” * K Kk % . Vashington will be the scene of the “finals” in the International Oratorical Contest and President Coolidge will grace the occasion with an address of welcome. It will be held October 15 in the Capital's new Auditorium. Rep- resentatives of England and France will join with champion schoolboy orators of the United States, Canada and Mexico in the final round, com- peting for a silver loving cup and the title of world champion orator, The “finalists” and the subjects of their orations are as follows: Herbert Wenig of Hollywood, Calif., “The Constftu- tion of the Wnited States”; William M. Newton, Liverpool, England. “The British_Empire”; Henry Rubidon of Paris, France, “The French Govern- ment”; Jose Munoz Cota of Mexico City, Mexico, “Bolivar and the Latin American Peoples’; Herbert Moran of Toronto, Canada, “Canada’s Part in the New World.' (Copyright, 1926.) Stomach Mere Problem for Humans to Guess At From the Wichita Eagle. In connection with that Nebraska judge's experiment with a diet of bread and water, in an attempt to quiet the complaint of bootleggers | restricted to such a regimen for cer- | tain periods, the thought bobs up that the mind has a heap to do with the mill which we call the stomach. Man knows little about his brain; he doesn't 'know much more about his stomach. | Between them they keep the average human being guessing. For years such rudimentary knowledge of the stomach as the average person can pick up has put emphasis on the function of digestive secretions. Whenever the average person contem- plates his own stomag¢h he gives the Christian Science Not “Faith Healing” To the Editor of The Star | In a recent issue of your paper un- |der the title “The Library Table" there appeared a quotation concern ing Christtan Science from a book that was being reviewed, which needs correction. I wish to acknowledge the kindly intent of the authors as well as their air-mindedness in discussing the sub- ject of Christian Science, and it is therefore not in the spirit of reproof, but rather for the purpose of enlight- enment, that this correction is made. In attempting to explain the reason for the many healings accomplished in Christian Science, the authors make the common mistake of classi- tying Christian Science with mind healing and faith healing, also the mistake that the healings in Christian tion. Christlan Science has nothing whatever to do with mental sugges- tion, nor are its healings accomplished in any manner similar to those of mind healing or faith healing. Chris- tlan Sclence is founded on the teach- ings of Christ Jesus as revealed in the Bible and is the result of the opera- tion of the one Mind, or God, over the human or carnal mind, which Paul says “is enmity against God. It is :ccomplishing the same results in healing the sick and sinful by the same method as in Jesus’ time. At- tempting to explain the healings in Christian Science by attributing them to mental suggestion is falling into the same error that the scribes did in accusing Jesus of casting out devils by Beelzebub. His reply is applica- Dbie in this case. “And if I by Beelze- bub cast out devils, by whom do your ‘hildren cast them out? * * * But if 1 cast out devils by the spirit of God, then the kingdom of God is come unto you.” Iiealings in Christian Sclence will always appear “iliogical” to the hu- man mind, because it, the human mind, must become evangelized before it can understand the natural opera- tion of divine law. On this subject Mrs. Eddy says in Sclence and Health th Key to the Scriptures (paze 482): risttan Science is the law of iruth, which heals the sick on the of the one Mind or God. It can in no other way, since.the hu- man, mortal mind, so-called, is not a er, but causes the belief in dis- s PHILIP KING. Christlan Science Committee on Pub- lication for the District of Columbia. — e Sees Protests Ignored. Writer Traces Speed in Traffic to Its Earliest Stage. | To the Editor of The Star: In the Evening Star, October 4, J. W. Smith protests agalnst the dan- gerous speed with which automobiles are driven in this city under certain conditions. His conclusion Is that “the clty fathers will have to con- slder reducing the speed lMmit to 16 or 18 miles an hour, with half of that | while passing safety zones or loading } platform Mr. ith, and many other, would hold the automobile to a moderate speed, because, according to view, the price of high auto speed is death. But in so thinking they fail to consider the trafic problem in re- lation to “the long results of time.” It may be that the first resourceful savage to monnt and ride a wild ant- mal made himself unpopuiar as he dashed through the Cro-Magnon camp in man's first proud outbreak of speed manfa. But he was one of the chief forerunners of eivilization. Following hiu came the horse- drawn sledge, rude cart and war chariot, “expediting traffic.” In fact, from the start the speeding-up of intercourse has had an important, perhaps the most important part in human development. Those unfortunates who are f physically and mentally handicapped nid the hurly-burly of crowded streets should not forget that the price paid for civilization /has ben high in personal sacrifice. The loss fof individual freedom. painful toil, indigestion, appendicitis, stoop shoul- ders, bald heads, flat feet, bobbed hair, jazz, synthetic hooze are some of the items in the account; and, broadly speaking, the progress of the past is an epic of pedestrian defer- ence to the man on horseback. It is hardly llkely, therefore, that the protests of the fretful pedestrian will have any great effect against speed at its present rate, and its tuture Increase on city streets as well as everywhere by land and sea and sky. WM. TIPTON TALBOTT. ————— Early Iron Furnaces. First Said to Have Been Operated By Gov. Spotswood of Virginia. To the Editor of The Star: In your very interesting editorial recently on ‘Early Iron Furnaces" you say that it has been set down in history that the first suc- cessful iron works were established near Lynn, Mass., in 1643, and then, after mentioning several early Mary- land furnaces, you add, “There is a record of the opening of mines and the building of a furnace by Gov. Spotswood of Virginia at Germanna, a few miles ahove Fredericksburg. The Germanna furnaces were long fa- mous in the celonies,. In 1732 Col. Willlam Byrd of West- over, on the James, the most promi- nent man of his day in the colony of Virginia, writes most entertainingly of a visit to Gov. Spotswood at Ger- manna, and in recording particulars of a conversation between himself and his distinguished host says “I let him understand that besides the pleasure of payving him a visit I came to be instructed by so great a master in the mystery of making iron, wherein he led the way and was the Tubal Caln of Virginia. He corrected me a little there, saying that he was not only the first in his country but the first in North America who had erected a regular furnace; that they ran altogether on bloomeries In New England and Pennsylvania until his example had made them attempt greater works.” Gov. Spotswood had at this time four furnaces at work, which, he said, circulated a great sum of money for provisions, etc., In the adjacent coun- ties. “He told me,” records Col. Byrd, “that he had iron in several parts of his tract of 45,000 acres of land, but that the mine he was at work upon was 13 miles b2low Germanna.” Gov. Spotswood evidently belleved he had the first iron furnace in North America. and Col. Byrd and myself both belleve he was 1ight. The refer- ences above are from Slaughter's “St. Mark’s Parish,” pages 4 and 5. MRS. BERKELEY G. CALFEBE. —_———————— juices of the digestive system the cen- ter of the stage and all the spotlights. The gastric juice idea has something about it that is extraordinarily fasci- nating. But those juices are not the whole show, by a long shot. Now comes Dr. J. Shelton Horsley, an emi- nent specialist, who says that at least 80 per cent of stomach troubles are due to faulty motor mechanism and not from affection of secretion. He assefts that most stomach troubles come from nerves, made supersensi- tive from anxiety or other psychic in- fluence. He sounds like a man who is talking sense. The shortest road to health with a lot of people is to cut out,first, anxiety, which is pretty hard to do, and second, surplus food, which is no trick at all. | Sclence are brought about by sugges- | their | Latest Teapot Dome Decision | | !when dry. {and ordering canceilation of the Tea ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. Q. How much money Is spent by sired to make the substance resis’ the States on roads and waterways”— | water, and the addition of borax and B. M. ! phosphate of soda renders it fireproof. A. It is said that during 1925 the |Papler mache was probably first and | manufactured in Indfa, China and It is molded into masks, dolls’ picture frames, buttons, payments of States for highwa waterway construction amounted to | Japan. $148,860,223. { heads, trays, I boxes, etc. Q. Who is the recognized wrestling champion of the United States?—H. W, Q. When and should walnuts he planted so as to grow trees from A. Ed (Strangler) Lewis is® recog- them?—-V. W. nized as the heavyweight wrestling | A. Walnuts should be sown in tho champion of the United States. I of the vear in the furrows where = hey are to grow. The seed will germi it nate in the Spring, Q. How many women teach in un!- versities”—F. R. A. Women teaching in and colleges are as follow Island have mors Q. Does Long other part of New niversities | storms than any Prepara tory departments, 1,568; collegiate de- | Yor te?—M. & partments, 6,469, and other depart-| A. Thunderstorms are more fre ments, 1,239. | quent in the Hudson valley and over { Long nd than in other parts of the | State, the average number being about 20 to 30 annually. They are also fre- quent along Lake Erie and Lake On Q. Will you Kindly give me some information regarding Ernest R. Ball, the composer?—S. W. A Erieat 1T "Bz]m was born in | tario. Cleveland, Ohio, July 21, 1878. His o musical education was obtained at the | Q. Are the pawnbrokers of Great Cleveland Conservatory. He frequent- | Britain usually Jews?—A. B. I y . vaudevill urs. A. It is said that although Jews [rsics omsen were the almost universal usurers or Q. Does a Pullman car on the Bal-|money lenders during the Middle Ages, It is now very rare to find a Hebrew pawnbroker in England. Q. Is it possible for a plant to sub- sist_entirely on air and water indefl nitely?—J. O. 8. A. The Bureau of Plant Industry ays that sometimes plants like Span- sh moss subsist entirely on air and water. Q. How was the Devils Tower in Wyoming formed?—G. W. B. A. The Geological Survey the Devils Tower of nc Wyoming s a small part of & once extensive domelike sheet of igneous rock which was once molten and was timore and Ohlo Rallway have wheels partly made of paper or fiber>—R. B., Jr. . Train wheels are made of steel and fron. Paper was tried out in the manufacture of passenger car wheels some years ago, but the results were unsatisfactory. Paper has been suc- cessfully used for making fiber abra- sive wheels, pulley wheels and skate wheels. Q. How did the term ‘“gob” origi- nate?—k. D. W. A. The appellation “gob” is of Chi- nese derivation, from the Chinese word meaning “sailor.” The word came into use when the fleet was in the Far i formed below the surface. The rock Q. When was the last negro legis- | Wher molte: !lo“'wl"m-\‘ rd ’J\!;nu:‘ Tator: Sloctod. ta. Coniftess from. the|® neck that s probably below (he State of North Cerolina’—P. T. T. tower; and as it ccoled off and hard A. The last negro to be elected to|ened it shrunk 3 1_!!"’1,;1\ the United States Congress was | Sided v EEICK S b George H. White of North Carolina.|ins the S n'":' He served in the Fifty-fifth and Fifty- sixth Congresses from March, 1897, to 1901, Q. by correspondence A. The first corres in art was a feature of the of tauqua course and was taught Frank Fowler in 1550-1588 i u Q. What city has been termed the | “Wrist of the South”> D. R. A. Gen. Sherman frequently scribed the strategic position of lanta by comparing it to the w of & hand whose fingers reached the |0 con ko gefs five principal ports of the Gult and |5, aets wupon soutix Atlantic coast | This paper. empi Q. What is papler mache? K. | kir ‘1_4, (Yr‘nfti'lyu;L :;“xr| : Papler mache is a substance il ""mzy'l“:—‘r- Horthe fred wiadE e made of paper pulp or paper that has | public e (s no cllargo (eses il T redeod to pulp. Pulp s mixed | cents in stamps for Tetin FOCicy with oil, glue, paste, resin or some | to him today for any facte Vo white of egg is added when it is ¢ Washington, D. €. Who first started J. A of the sheet itself. s left is the bold, pre- which are stone col r wou want 1o de-{ raon ri At-1 iy this busy world. The pe SUY 1ases out is the one who quesses on is always the one rel 1 formation sus Frederic J. Has- rmation bureeu free use of the Find what out Tnere is no room f norance Approved by Press of Nation The action of a Federal r\p[v’]h!l; | finds s r vt; ,’,‘.'."}',',m?;‘:h::l:t 3 overruling a lower tribunal | nesse ad 1 silence E Bt ing will count in an honest court as wrongdoing The Monitor (independ ¢ it should not be ius accused of $0 £ a public_trust to of adm pot Dome ofl lease has heen received *hristian S With universal approval by the press of the country. The words of Judse Kenyon in condemning those withheld testimony during the t who | | sertous a bre | invoke |4 the mal privilege of the case are found to be e > : A 4 i & siten On, admire the COUrage Satisfactory, and demand is made that | silenice. Ome may ACLCTE (O8 CCEIE those who were guilty in the transac- tion be punished. The decision s viewed by the St. Louls Post-Dispatch (independent) as “a historic instrument, a ringing human document; above all, a search- f sly in an honest effort to estab. i1 innocence against overwhelm- | ing odds. But no such svmpathy goes | out to those tows whom the learned lappellate court, after mature delib- eration of all the evidence appearing ing and complete survey of the whole Ll hiden. o miserable project. Judge Kenyon has | f{ln“':}* record, points an accusing revitalized the doctrine of equality | ""KCT 0 40 who were gullty of before the law in a bugle blast,” con- cludes that paper. The Denver Post (indepehdent) proudly proclaims the fact that it “first called attention to the iniquitous provisions of the lease given Sinclalr by Albert B. Fall, and lter, after the United States Senate, |, acting on information furnished by | nlika be exposed in their shame and the Post, had ordered an investigation | p,de exampl * Similar declara- of the lease, it gave the committee the | tions are m: by the Oklahoma, Cits evidence which resulted in the expose | Times (Democratic), Brooklyn Datly of the whole sorry mess.” The Den- . (independent Democratic), Bos- ver paper hails the court decision as | ton Transcript (independent Republi- the fruition of its efforts. . can), Knoxville Sentinel (independent The “blistering language” of the [ Democratic) and New York World (in- dectsion impresses the Binghamton | dependent Democratic). The Fitt Press_(independent), sazette-Times (Republican) re that_“the public, while waltins s “We are in a fair way of wit- the United States Supreme Court to | ing complete vindication of jus- pass upon the legal aspects of ti which President CoolidZe has in- case, will find some consolation for shall be had. ‘Let no guflty the Toss of its ofl reserves in knowing ape,” was his order fitting in what one Federal court thinks of the [ with righteous public demand.” men who got away with them.” The | “It will not be enough ta regain the decision i3 described by the New loot” according to the Philadelphia Orleans Item (independent Demo- | Public Ledger (independept). — “If cratic) as ole-hearted enough to | there is gullt it must be personal, and be satlsfying,” to which it adds “re- | it is the business of thecourts to gret that it is not final.” for the “law- | find and fix it if it exists.. It Albert guard of the spoliators of the people | B. Fall sinned he did not. sin alone. will have another long season in the | Getting back the oil lands is but half Supreme Court.” The Newark Eve- | of the Government's job. ‘The guilt or ning News (independent) remarks innocence of those involved ‘must be “plain speaking was indulged in by determined. Meanwhlile the Govern- the Tnited States Cireuit Court of | ™ it's victory in the Teapot Dome wrongdoing in the izinal transac- tion, the Holiywood Citizen (independ ent) asks what will happen to them, and adds that “the honor of the Na- tion is involved.” The Columbus Ohi State Journal (Republican) de- that “the bribed and the briber case will be halled with natlpnal sat- Appeatsy ety | tsfaction.” ot The Davenport Democrat (Demo- eratioy notas that “it 15 wenl for the | " THINK IT OVER atmosphere to he cleared by a_de- cision like Judge Kenyon's, whi e R proves once more that transactions | g growing out of unfaithfulness to a | Fooling the Children. public trust cannot s c, and that malfeasance in publi is no longer condoned by the > The Quincy Herald-Whig (independent), ex- pressing satisfaction at the outcome of the case, states that “left to a| Phillips Brooks, the great preacher. popular court, little time would be |loved to tell of the predicament in lost in deciding there was fraud.” which he was once placed becauss “Judge Kenyon's decision puts the| of his liking for children. ~Going By William Mather Lewis, Fresident Georgo Washington Untwereity whole situation square to the | along the street one day he saw i legal department of the Sta little fellow on tip toes trying Government,” in the opinion of the|ring a bell. Observing that the e fort was unavailing, Dr. Brooks went to his ald and gave the button @& vigorous push. Hearing the bell jan- Stoux City Tribune (independent), and the Sioux Falls Argus-Leader (Repub- Hean) feels that it is “likely to pave | the way to the discovery of previously | £l¢, the boy ran down the steps unrevealed facts concerning the Tei- | Shouting, “Come on, mister; we have pot Dome negotiations.” The Schenee- | to run “like thunder! We have been tady Gazette (independent Democratic) | fooling them!” adds that it will “encourage the G Usually on our city streets it is ernment counsel in carrying on their case to a successful conclusion; the knowledge that judges have been im pressed with the strength of their arguments will make them more ready to continue the battl The Rockford Star (independent), noting that the persons concerned “are all out of public life now,” is impelled to recall “the mills of the gods” that “grind slowly.” ‘No worse public scandal has de- veloped in the Nation's history,” de- clares the Santa Rosa Press-Democrat (independent), while the Morgantown New Dominion (independent) refers to it as a “shameful chapter of adminis- trative corruption at Washington,” and the Rock Island Argus (inde- pendent) says that “the case is one that smells to heaven. * kK ¥ Denunctation of the position taken by those who withheld testimony is widely commended. ‘“Honorable men charged with erfme,” avers the Balti- more Sun (independent), “do not evade; they seek a prompt hearing.’ The Bangor Commercial (independ- ent) suspects that “absence of these ‘witnesses have been an influenc- ing factor the late court decision."” The Kal City Journal (Republican) not the children who fool the adults. The grown-ups decefve the children Instt vely little folks trust their elders implicitly, feeling that those of greater strength and wisdom will pro tect them. One suspects that this faith is misplaced when he learns that last year on the streets of New York City alone 381 children were killed by automobile: Ninety of these unfortunates were under 5§ years of age. And, in addition to this, according to_a member of the City Club in New York, “the wounded ran Into thousands. Lit tle maimed bodies, crippled for life, when life was barely begun. They will hobble about New York for as long as you and I live, and longer, handicapped and hurt to the end of their twisted days.” Entering the City of Albany, N. Y., one is confronted by the sign, “Al- bany loves her children. Drive care- fully.” That Is a good slogan. Chil- city has areless, reckless, and stupid drivers are among its greatest labil- ities. They are the ones who decefve the children. They take for their motto the admonition of Phillips Brooks' young friend, “Run like thunder! We've been fooling them! (Copyrizht. 1920.) dren’ are the greatest asset a