Evening Star Newspaper, November 18, 1927, Page 8

THE EVENING STAR __With Supday Morging Edition. _ WASHINGTON, D. C. | FRIDAY......November 18, 1827 THEODORE W. NOYES....Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company Business Office: 11th St. and Penneslvania Ave, New Fork Sfite: 110, Eart sand st Chi o ower Buildink. - The Evening Star with the Sunday morn- ng edition I8 delivered by "carricrs. within ‘he city at 60 cents il 45 cents o Furopean Office: - ‘London, Englan per month: 1‘ Jop moauhe Orders may m sent lephons Main 5000. Collection is m carrier at end of cach month. on! cen i1 or by Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. Paily and Sunday. aily only. Sunday onl: aily and_Sund: aily only undas only. Member of the Assoclated Press. iated Press s exclusively entitled R A e pubiication of All news dis- the ‘u o1 L or mot ntherwise cred- stches tedited fo It or Bot ntherwise ciod of poblicatio 0 reserved. n inis nane B upeelal Slepniches A Staggering Blow. This section of the country as a rule s secure from the visitations of high- velocity twisting storms such as oc- caslonally devastate aréas to the west, but vesterday proved that there is no {mmunity here from happenings of this kind. The tornado which swept over the Capital from the southwest and tore a swath through the south- ern and eastern sections of the city was of the nature of that which re- cently scoured a path through St. Louis. That it took only one life was & matter of the greatest good fortune. The property damage inflicted, how- ever, was severe and today hundreds of people are homeless, their dwell- ings having been wrecked to the point of being uninhabitable. The sufferiags of these survivors of the storm will be promptly relieved. Indeed, the agencies of succor were started in action immsdiately upon the passing of the tornado. Those who. were hurt were cared for at onco and shelter was provided for those who had been driven from the damaged and wrecked houses. But there have been cruel losses in prop- erty. Many of those harmed in this manner carried no insurance against such an occasion. In any case, the sufferings incident to the storm can- not be fully compensated. Yet there may be means of lessening the burden that has been thus inflicted, and as- suredly they will be applied, through public generosity. A strange feature of yesterday's visitation was that in many parts of lay the ground for harmonious action in their national convention. They may declde to hand the Romination for President to Al Smith on a platter. But such a possibility seems still in the realm of fairy tales. When wets and drys, Catholics and anti-Catholics agree, the millennium will not be far distant. The last Jackson day dinner was held in 1920. At that time several of the prospective candidates were pres- ent and spoke, one of them being Gov. Cox of Ohio, afterward the standard bearer, and the late William Jennings Bryan. The breach in the party, which widened in 1924, had not then become so notigeable, though Mr. Bryan did not take kindly to the nomi- nation of Gov. Cox. Another Demo- cratic dinner, held in Washington in 1912, brought together a great galaxy of Democratic talent, including Wood- row Wilson, Champ Clark, Joseph E. Folk, Willlam Randolph Hearst, Oscar ‘W. Underwood and William Jennings Bryan. An avalanche of oratory was let Joose which did not cease until the small hours of the morning. Out of that mass the speech of Woodrow Wil- son shone like a sharply cut diamond. Mr. Wilson eventually was nominated for the presidency in the Baltimore convention, after an historic struggle. Perhaps the Democrats will make no mistake if they take the Jackson day dinner in January as an occasion to put their presidential possibilities through their paces. ———— An American Pronouncement. President Coolidge, addressing the Union League of Philadelphia, pic- tured a progressing America. The people, he said, through their industry and the fostering policy of the Govern- ment have provided themselves with incomes sufficient “to raise their standards of living to a position worthy of a free and enlightened people.” The result, he said, has been due to a carefully thought-out policy and not to accident. & Mr. Coolidge looks forward to a still greater era of prosperity and develop- ment for the American people. But he warned in his address against the dangers of prosperity. In a measure he asked the people to consider whether America can stand pros- perity, calling attention to the failures of great nations in the past to stand the insidious influences of wealth and luxury. Adversity and struggle have been the strengthening conditions, history shows, in the development of peoples. Too much ease has led them to their downfall. The President did not take a pessimistic view of the future of the American people. Far from it. Its tasks are by no means completed. He called attention to the great internal projects for which there is demand. He pointed to the $18,000,000,000 public debt growing out the city there was no appreciation of the destruction that had been wrought. The general conditions were unpleas- ant and even such as to cause some epprehension. But Washington has passed through many such experi- ences, as have all other communities, escaping with only slight injuries, and to the residents of the greater part of the city and the adjacent suburban regions the black clouds and pouring rain and high wind meant no more | than on numerous other occasions. To those in the path of the cyclonic storm, however, the attack was like that of an onrushing army, with a fury that has never before been known in this section. It lasted only a few minutes, but those minutes seemed as hours to those who were caught in the path. Unlike most other disturb- ances of this nature, it came in the course of a general storm, and not individhally and distinctly. This was 2 strange phenomenon, a storm with- in a storm, as it were, and it was this fact that caused the calamity to be comparatively unnoted by those who were not within the area of de- struction. It was a blessing for which Wash- ington is supremely thankful that in all this mad sweep and swirl of wind and rain, which crushed houses, up- rooted trees, tossed motor cars about like toys, filled the air with debris, only one life was lost, and that fatal- ity was due to a stroke of lightning. . With so much flying material, such force of alr, it is miraculous that “many were not killed. ‘Whatever may be done in succor and relfet for those who suffered—in sgme cases the loss of all possessions ~—will assuredly be done. Physical suf- ferings have already been allayed, but they do not constitute the heaviest burden of the tribute paid to nature. Ald must be given to those who are bereft. ————————————— Finance is so dominant an influence in affairs that some of our wisest statesmen are tempted to suspend diplomatic advice in order to give tips on the market. Wanted—A Dove of Peace. The Democrats are to make a bid for harmony at a Jackson day dinner here in January. Chairman Clem Shaver of the Democratic national committee, after conferring with party leaders, announced that the dinner will be held. Andrew Jackson in the flesh was scarcely a dove of peace. As one of the patron saints of the party it is hoped that the influence of his mem- ory will be for party unity—unity in the battle against the Republican hosts. The Democrats are always ready to fight at the drop of the hat. Their great trouble during the last four years has been thelr readiness to fight each other, of the World War, which has still to be paid. The need of continuing .private initiative in all forms of busiress was stressed by Mr. Coolldge. He believes, he said, that far more can be accom- plished in that way than through Government action. If the Govern- ment enters business, no one can compete with it. The result is a paralyzing monopoly. He is strongly opposed to continued Government ownership and operation of the over- seas merchant marine, as violative of the policy of private control of busi- ness. Under such a system, he be- lieves, the people control the Govern- ment, not the Government the people. He defended the protective tariff, under which American industries have been buflt up. He renewed his alleglance to the administration’s policy of gov- ernmental economy, declaring that tax reduction was possible solely on ac- count of such economy. He added an epigram, typically Coolidgesque; “Any- body can spend the money somebody else.has saved.” The President’s address was 2 plea for faith in America and American ideals. In conclusion he said: “This is our country. It is solid, sound, secure. It 8 for us to put forth sufficlent effért to keep it so.” Mr. Coolidge was at his best in Philadelphia last night. He preached again the common sense doctrine of America, but without losing sight of the spiritual and the moral obligations of a great people to itself and to the rest of the world. Whether the address was 80 intended or not, it may well be regarded as a keynote for the Republican party in the coming na- tional campaign. —————— A man who has the roof tern off his house has to be a hero as he scrimps to repair the damage. He gets no medals. He is a hero just the same, All Wedding Bells Sound the Same. The recent wedding of an heiress to great wealth was described in dis patches as the most sumptuous in the history of her native city. A tem- porary structure for the entertainment of a thousand guests was erected at an estimated cost of one hundred dol- lars for each guest bidden. Artificial moonlight, filtering through lofty win- dows in a forty-foot-high dome, chal- lenged the bleak November weather obtaining outside. Costly rugs, tapes- tries, pictures, mirrors and even fres- coes, ient to the interior an air of af- fluent permanence. A hundred tables were set to the last detail lald down by the books on etiquette, while sep- arate decorative pagodas accommo- dated two orchestras. The wedding gifts were valued at a breath-taking sum, while doubtless all the aspects of the ceremony itself, the trousseau and the wedding journey, were on the same scale. Needless to say, “a good So Smith and McAdoo, Reed and Ponahey, Waleh and Ritchie, Heflin end Brennan are to be bidden to the | dinner, And the man who starts a row will bs about as popular as a Boche in France in the year 1914. How these gentlemen or their friends are t0 be heard from without some suspi- eion of disagreement isa matter which 3s still being prayerfully considered by | the promoters of the dinner. It is ., even suggested that while these party leaders and prospective candidates are to be invited to attend, they may re. main away, or if present may remain o silent. 1f they fail to attend the din- } mer or to speak it may be a quiet af- fair. ¥ The Democrats may surprise every , including themselv They may time was had by all.” There is this nice thing about a wed- ding of young people: one is exactly fine as another. ‘Whether the bride needs twenty wardrobe trunks to transport her trousseau or a patent leather suit case; whether the honey- moon is on a liner-sized steam yacht or on an excursion train; whether the guests number a thousand or half a dozen; whether the ceremony is held in a vast cathedral or before an imi- tation fireplace, the bride is precisely as happy and the groom exactly as proud. Trick them out as you will, something spreads an equalizing hand owver them all. A wedding is a wed- ding; a bride is the happiest girl on earth and a groom the happiest man. The superlative is not susceptible of wedding amhiversaries succeeding one another through the years, the chances for happy memories some- times seem in direct inverse ratio to the eclat of the original performance. This does not mean for one moment that gorgeous ceremonials and hospi- talities spell future unhappiness. It does mean, however, that such guar- antes nothing in the way of momen- tary joy or enhanced future happi- ness. Nor would the participants in the great affair wish it otherwise. ——————————— Rev. Joseph Johnstone Muir. A long life devoted to the service of humanity closed yesterday when Rev. Joseph Johnstone Muir, for nearly a quarter of a century the occupant of a pulpit in this city and for several years the chaplain of the United States Senate, died suddenly. He had been active in his church work up to the eve of his death, having addressed the association of the Baptist denom- ination only a few hours before. No happier conclusion of a career of de- votion to the cause of religion could have been wished. Dr. Muir endéared himself to Wash- ington in the course of his long duty as pastor ‘of the Temple Baptist Church. He was active in his min- istry, and yet he broadened his in- terests to all matters pertaining to the welfare of the community of which he became a member upon his assignment to that church, and with the advancement of which he was identified. A quiet man, modest and conservative in his methods, he was nevertheless felt as a force, even be- yond the scope of his immediate min- istry. It was fitting that this elder of the church should be chiosen as chaplain of the Senate. He served in that capacity admirably, and he became in a measure a national figure through that service. His daily invocations at the opening of the sessions of that chamber of Congress were models of expression and breathed a spirit of faith and confidence in the triumph of righteousness. His passing will be sincerely mourned by his official con- gregation, the Senate, as it is by all unofficial Washingtonians, by whom Dr. Muir was greatly beloved. e The fact that a man has attained political position is not just at present preventing him from flourishing as 8 picturesque figure from the under- world. No audience of “tired business men” is entitled to so much sympathy as a grand jury. ————————— In addition to the perils of sky and ocean, an aviator must brave the ban- quets. However important the brain may be, the stomach always asserts itselt as a powerful consideration in human affairs. ——————————— Presidential candidates are nu- merous. Some of them have loyal pro- motion, and yet are slightly hindered by the fact that adulation does not al- ways ring true. No man is a hero to his publicity valet. ———— The U. S. A. is prosperous. The coming generation is confronted with the problem of administering great wealth; no less serious than that of accumulating it. ———————————— Sclentists say that insects are threatening to assert themselves ‘as foes of humanity. The moth ball be- comes an important weapon of de- fense. —————.—————— A Thanksgiving proclamation is never expected to go so far into detail as to discuss the question, *“What price turkey?” —_————————— ‘Mexican politicians continue to ig- nore the local supply of trouble and reach across the border for more. —— et e SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON., Lessons. I did not learn my lessons well. The boyhood hours went lightly by And only found the time to tell The story of a butterfly; Or else the story of & bee That hastened where the blossoms grow— The school room leseons seemed to me Astonishingly strange—if true. ‘When rainbow colora touch the sky And sweetest fragrances unfold From you, Friends Bee and Butterfly, I learned a lesson very old, The toiler or the idler brings A force mysterious to rule; And we are governed by the things That we can never learn at school. Back to the Scrap Book. “Have you decided on your topics for speeches in the next Congress?” “No,” answered Senator Sorghum. “In my extended career I have made #0 many speeches that I feel confident of finding one to it any topio that may arise.” Shifting Ideals. ‘We gained the end for which we pined. . ‘We served our fellow men, With wrinkled brow, And bade the world admire. ‘We do our best; and next we find That what we wanted then Is not what now ‘We really desire. Jud Tunkins says so fur as he is concerned there ain’t no kind of filv- ver nor airplane that kin duplicate the thrill of a plain old-fashioned sleigh ride. “He who always speaks the truth,” sald Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown, “shows wisdom if he speaks but seldom.” Progressing. “How are you progressing in your musical study?” “Very well. T feel sure I can cor- rectly pronounce the name of the man who will lead the next symphony concert." New Music. The cats and dogs set up a fight, The pigs and cows joined in. Let's have another merry night— ‘When does more jazz begin? “When you's bettin’ on de hoss, de jockey, de traiper and de owner,” said Uncle Eben, * see how ‘ & Deacetul dinner and thaggney, comparison. And whea i 220 49 tha Ry, Qs kin ba Jese da B to one* t ¢ Y . THIS AND THAT Quietown lies so close to the Na- tional Capital as to be a part of it, yet the visitor may be forgiven for imagining himselt miles away from any metropolis. It s not so much that there are giant trees and wooded glades, pasto- ral fields and sighing win: it is rather the rural simplicity of the place that wins his heart. Who is there who has not enshrined n his mind forever a picture of some country town, where life goes on to the peaceful tune of happy neighbors, unbroken by the jarring discords of too_close contacts? % The penalty of the cities is an ex- acting one. For its glamour one pays; for its excitement one pays again; for its entertainment one pays two-fold. One pays in broken sleep for its crowded living conditions. One pays with strained nerves for-its noise and hurly-burly. Its smooth paved streets and non-stumbling sidewalks exact a tribute from muscles which lose tone. As magnificent as the city is, the toll it demands from its votaries is a large one, unnecessarily large, many persons are beginning to think. Especially is this tax unduly severe upon all those who by nature seem unfitted for conjestion.” It is undoubt- edly true that some persons live better in crowds than to themselves. Confusion is their meat. These are the true “people of the cities.” Others constitutionally find them- selves suffering mentally and physical- ly, since each reacts upon the other, trom the buffets of the herd, from crowded living conditions, from the noises incident to city living, from the hundred and one phases of metro- politan life. They find themselves wanting to “get out,” yet also realize that the city has left its impress upon them. Its convenience is a real factor. So is its nearness to business, stores, enter- tainment. Is Quietown the solution? * kX Only by actual living in the place will the city-harassed person ever know whether it is or not. ‘We hold up Quietown as an exam-, ple, not as a mecca. It simply happens to be the place we have seen last. A quict adventure, for a quiet person, is this personal inspection of subur- ban places. It allows the mind an outlet as well as furnishes some physical exercise to the sedentary. To climb the hills and dales of Quietown, for instance, is to secure real constitutional exercise. Even the proud gentleman who boasts that you “cannot wind him” will find, after even a leisurely en- trance into the village, that he is sporting a heart beat far in advance of his normal rate. The element of surprise plays a large part in Quietown. As the vis- itor gets off the street car, he sees nothing at all except trees, and a pav- ed_street leading between them. ‘Where is the town? * kX K Hopefully he walks on, in the ex- pectation of rounding a bend, sudden- Iy seeing Quietown before him, as if set upon a hill, with a spotlight play- ing upon it. There is no spotlight in Quietown, however (and thank heaven). Here to the right is a substantial, homelike house, somewhat in need of paint. ‘Why should the owner doll it up? Whao, will care it he doesn’t? BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. A second look shows that the wood is very well covered, that the owner knows what he is about, that he does not worry because some city gent is walking along making covert notes as to the need of his establishment for paint. He minds his own business and hopes the smart city fellers will do the same. The visitor continues his pleasant amble, past another house, much like the first one; past a third a great deal like the second, until the realization dawns upon him that— ‘This is Quietown. This quiet street, shaded with great trees, these old houses, these yards 8; | that stab him with memories of the old home town a thousand miles away. This is Quietown. He was in it and he did not know it. He was upon the sacred streets and knew it not. He drank of the crystal chalice and thought it a cup of plain water. * ok ok ¥ It is midafternoon, but there are no cries of children, no shrieks of laugh- ter, no ladies flipping tea parties, no grinding brakes of automobiles, no roaring radios, no resonant phono- graphs. Even the dogs are sedate. Whereas in most places collies snort out at one, intent on implanting two large and dirty paw prints upon one's fresh- ly pressed trousers, in Quietown the dogs lie peacefully at ease in front yards and sagely inspect the passer- by, as it much interested to see a new soul within the precinets. A thin, black cat saunters down the walk to extend the welcome of the fe- line population. Surely a cat knows a good place to live. The house cat comes by his title honestly, He prefers a_home to the outdoors as a place to live, and has shown his good judgment by heartily selecting houses” built by hands. His old friend man builds neat houses, the cat says, homes fully equipped with soft cushions, warm rugs, everything to delight the heart of a fur-bearing animal. And then, best of all, a house always has a re- frigerator. “And do you know what a refriger- ator 1s?" asks honest Tom, smacking his lips. “A refrigerator is a cold place filled with an inexhaustible sup- ply of fresh meat. “I have a suspicion that the grocer boy has something to do with the sup- ply, but as to that I do not bother, any more than I do about the cost., I find that a few well directed meows, seconded if necessary by a hind-leg stand, are all that is required to bring forth the meat in its season. “Tie up with a house, my friends, and live on the fat of the land. Be true to your ancestry—establish your- self in a home of your own, as soon as possible, and be well thought of in your community. Meow!” * k ok k After this address by the black cat the visitor moves on in Quietown, drinking in the hometown beauty of its hilly back yards, its old houses, its great trees now clothed with yellow leaves. The absolute quiet of the place—this is_the memory he carries away with him as he bids Quietown a re- luctant good-by. Tt is so close to the roaring city and yet so quiet. Once nwia,\l' it seems a dream—and maybe it is! WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. President Coolidge's church, the First Congregational, in Washington, will be turned before Christmas into a motion picture theater. It'll remain a house of worship, but be open seven days and nights a week as a movie besides. No entrance fee will be charged. Admission will be by card, and anybody who likes the show can make a free-will offering on coming out. Dr. Jason Noble Pierce, the Pres- ident's pastor and fellow alumnus of Amherst, hasarranged to install as fine a projecting apparatus as money can buy. Programs will have orchestral accompaniment and include up-to-the- minute news reels. No competition with “legitimate” movie houses is con- templated, but high-grade pictures will be shown, blending comedy, drama and history with the religious note, “I believe God intends that His children should laugh, enjoy music, have enter- tajnment and be informed on the day’s events,” said Dr. Plerce to this ob- server, summarizing the plan. Situ- ated in the heart of the downtown dis- trict, he thinks Washington’s first church movie house will speedily achieve popularity. x K ¥ How our transoceanic flyers have linked the hearts of the nations, while spanning the seas that separate them, was exemplified at the recent National Geographic Soclety’s function in Lind- bergh's honor. Sandwiched among the herolc American men and women of the air who crowded the stage of the Washington Auditorium, when Presi- dent Coolidge hestowed the Hubbard gold medal on Lindbergh was Fraulein Theat Rasche, the German aviatrix, now in this country. She shared the feminine honors of the historic occa- sion with Ruth Elder. Later in the evening a picture of Baron von Richthefen, the dare-devil German fly- Ing ace, who was brought to book only after he had long been the terror of the British and French air forces, was thrown onto the Fcreen. His was cordially applauded—a at American audience’s tribute to a war- rior even though he was once an enemy. * k¥ % Imminence of the Washington of- ficial season draws attention to the fact that the diplomatic corps—around which Capital ety mainly revolves —is at this time larger than in all previous history. The State Depart ment blue book, or “Diplomatic List,” ?.! it's formally known, tabulates 55 forel| embassies and legations. by far the highest number on record. It includes unusual names, absent before the war, like Albania, Canada, Egypt, Irish Free State, Latvia, Lithuania and Luxemberg. ~Turkey is the only pre-war country still unrepresented. Russia_continues to appear, with a “financial attache” tabulated as its emisgary—a hold-over from the Keren- sky regime. Altogether, the Washing- ton diplomatic corps totals a personnel of about 350 men and women. They're the only persons in the United States who can bring in all the liquor they please and be within the law. * K K % Chairman Green and his colleagues of the House ways and means commit- tes expect to hammer away at the néw revenue bill without cessation, in order to have it ready when Congress convenes on December 5. It is the program to pass the bill in the House before Christmas and in the Senate not later than February. That will its provisions applicable to the first quarterly tax payable March 15, 1928, on 1927 incomes. The several millions of individual income tax pay- ers will not receive any of the benefits so substantially accorded them in the three previous revisions of 1921, 1924 and 1926. In those years corporations got no slice of the tax reduction cake, This time the stock companies of the land are to be the only ones which will profit from the revenue law. The Democrats will fight to keep the cor- poration-tax cut to 10 or 11 per cent, but they’ll be out-voted, and Secretary Mellon’s 12 per cent proposal wiil probably be written into the bill, * Kk ok X The automotive division of the De- partment of Commerce is much inter- ested in the announcemept that the Fords are to begip work an a $1,000,- 900 piast 1n Japgp dn the outsiits -atpmmipg the Tet ut-uu-. of Yokohama and fronting Tokio Bay. Its site is one of the first pieces of property acquired by foreign interests in Japan after enactment of the re- cent law permitting alien ownership. The factory will embody the latest principles of earthquake and fife-re- sistive construction. The main build- ing will be equipped with an insulated roof deck, to provide cool working space during the hot-humid Summer months—an entirely new departure in industry in the Far East. The Yoko- hama plant by August, 1928, will be turning out 200 Ford car and truck units a day. *x ok x A distinguished foreign visitor said to this observer the other day that Washington is complete in all respects save one—the lack of first-class illus- trated post cards which do justice to the architectural and landscape glories of the City of Magnificent Distances. The foreign guest calls the cards pur- chasable here “cheap and tawdry” compared to_the quality available in capitals like London, Paris, Berlin and Rome. *x Kk U. 8. 8. Mayflower, the President’s yacht, has been nicknamed “the peace ship” by Army folks sirce its most re- cent week end cruise. The guests of Mr. and Mrs. Coolidge on that occa- sion included Maj. Gen. Charles P. Summerall, the chief of staff, and Mrs. Summerall—a symbol that all who run may read as indicating that if there ever was a hatchet to be buried be- tween the general and his Comntander- in-chief, it was interred in the waters of the Potomac and Chesapeake Bay. Significance, too, lies in the inclugion in the same Mayflower party of the senior Senator from Virginia and Mr: Senator Swanson is th ranking Democratic member of the foreign relations committee of the Sen- :é.*lnd'hthe D:HCLHI{ contact officer be- n the minor o iy y party and the (Copyright. 1927.) The Retort Logical. From the Ohio State Journal. If President Coolidge had a vin- dictive nature we suppose he would announce occasionally that he is com- pletely in Senator Fess' confidence and 't“"“‘;flult‘:a Slhlt the Senator won't run for the Senate § S In 1928, even —_—————— Education Costly Nevertheless. From the Boston Herald. The $2,000,000,000 which we now spend yearly in the United States for public schools is a vanishing fraction ot what thelr discontinuancs would cost. UNITED STATES IN WORLD WAR Ten Years Ago Today Site for the American military bal- loon school has been selected and course of instruction will be speeded up to have American observation bal- loons ready to co-operate as soon as American army takes over its own battlefront. * * * Gen. Pershing visits the graves of the first Americans killed in the World War., * ¢ *© President Wilson, cabling Col. House in London, states emphatically that the United States Government con- siders that unity of plan and control between all the allies and the United States is essential in order to achieve a just and permanent peace. He says that this unity must be accomplished it the great resources of the United States are to be used to the best ad- vantage. * * * President’s message is expected to create one of the great- est international sensations of the European struggle. ® * * Secretary Baker reports news from Italian front as much more encouraging. Austro- German forces attempting to out- flank and crush Italian armies along four different fronts, but Italians are A few weeks ago, In the market. place of Pawsey In North ‘Wiltshire, “the anclent and fllustrious company of town criers of Great Britain” held high carnival. Lovely reminder ot more lelsurely days, one of the town criers appeared in “patent leather shoes with sllver buckles, yellow sllk stockings, black plush breaches, blue cutaway coat with velvet lapels and collar, & golden epaulet over the right houlder, and a three-cornered hat.” The town crier was an active figure in New England for more than 250 years. It was only a little while ago that San Antonio abolished the office of town crier. 1 felt a pang as I read of the pa sing of perhaps the last town crier in the United States, not because the town crier, as a combination of human timeplece and spoken newspaper, is actually needed in modern and mech- anized America, but because his pass- ing is an unhappy symbol of the increasingly impersonal character of American life. The insatiable news hunger of the race, the eternal appetite for the new thing, called the town crier into being, as it later gave birth to the metro- politan newspaper that has put Puck’'s girdle around the globe and given to news the speed of light. Society has never been able to get along without the reporter; and his story is fascinating, from his crude functioning in the Stone Age, h helpful warnings as the tower watch- man of a walled city, his service as King's herald or town crier to the masses, down to the nervous busy- ness of the bustling sleuth of modern news. The business of feeding the human appetite for news grows increasingly impersonal; the town crier was fits most personal form; then came the era of intensely personal journalism under the Danas, the Greeleys, the Bennetts and thy Wattersons; and now the vaster and Thore impersonal news organizations. But it is not journalism alone that has grown impersonal. As the machinery of modern society has become more complex and more difficult to manage, it has become in- creasingly difficult to keep life in mately human, more and more diffi- cult to sound the note of individuality. Industry wages an uphill fight against the impersonal. Education wages an uphill fight against the impersonal. The magnitude of modern opera- tions menaces the individual. The town crier’s bell is silenced, but we need to keep alive his memory as a protest against the increasing de- personalization of American life. (Copyright, McClure Newspaper Syndicate.) ———————————— North Carolina Holds Lures for Sportsmen To the Editor of The Star: A rare opportunity to visit eastern North Carolina from new angles, its strange life and its strange beauty suggests itself at this time of the year. The sportsman who lives in the shining political circle of those great achlevements men have made. would here discover a Winter and Summer playground, a veritable sportsman’s paradise. This section excels most others as a paradise for the huntsmen. All man- ner of game—bear, deer, turkey, quail and many other varietles—are found. Like a glant awakened to his vast po- tential strength this territory is be- stirring itself and realizing its great attraction for the man who has be- come tired of civilization’s madness, lltu pile of buildings and its streets of ron. This is a choice selection for your care-free, Autumn vacation, which will afford you perfect peace and tranquil- 1ity. Here isveal frost gn the meadows, leaves turning—a nip in the air, the open road: With your worldly needs upon your back and your face set toward the distant hills you are your own master, free to go where and when you will. Attractive for the adventurous soul, who prefers the alluring trail and a sense of freedom to the crawling rib- bons of concrete or automobile equip- ment. Twenty minutes to sunrise—and the duck blind is across the lake. It's & great morning, just nippy enough. Aren’t you. going to answer the. call? Perhaps, like many of us, you've been putting off that hunting trip for years. Get away to the great woods. This year shoot your deer in eastern North Carolina and bring home for the holi- days your big buck or your string of canvasbacks or quail. JOHN T. WARING. Wright Witnesses Honors to Lindbergh From the Boston Herald. We wonder what thoughts must have occupied the mind of Orville ‘Wright as he sat on the stage in the presence of a vast audience in a great auditorium in Washington and nessed the presentation by the Pre dent of the United States of the Hub- bard medal of the National Gmflphlc Society to Col. Charlées A. Lindbergh. ‘We surmise that Orville Wright thought of his brother, Wilbur, the devoted and sympathetic friend with whom his intimacy had been as close and fine as ever are human contacts in_this imperfect world. ‘We fancy his memory went back to Kitty Hawk and its lonely sand dunes, where with his brother he had wrought out patiently and undauntedly the problem of human flight, where he and his brother had tossed a coin to decide which of the twain should first adventure into the air with their frail and crude plane, and where year after vear they studied and made trial flights while the world, all unknowing and indifferent, smiled indulgently over the meager reports of their ex- periments which occasionally filtered out from the Carolina coast. ‘We assume that the ceremony at the Capital of the Nation_meant more to him than to any other person pres- ent excepting Col. Lindbergh himself. The wonder of it all! A little bicycle shop in Ohio, a few coast guardsmen on the Atlantic shore, and how all Paris had feted his brother and him- self and they returned home to be recognized at last by their own coun- trymen as the true pioneers of the air. And now a flight true and fast from New York to Parls! If only Orville Wright were not so taciturn what a story he might tell of that scene in Washington. ——————— Deer Hunting by Plane. They are going hunting in airplanes in Colorado this year, says a dispatch from Denver. Harry C. James went to his favorite duck hunting grounds at Barr Lake in a plane, arriving there in 1114 minutes from the time he left home, instead of the 12 hours by pack train the journey formerly required. John C. Mills, sportsman, has returned from the hills via air. plane to his home here, bringing with him what is probably the largest deer killed in many season It _weighed 375 pounds, but Mills’ chauffeur-pilot says he could have handled several such of his employer's trophies. v Saying Too Much. from the Boston Herald Admiral Magruder is at least re- minding other public servants how hard it is to say much without say- ing too much. ———t—————— Near Sighted, at That. Prom the Boston Berald, | 2 cally LT ANSWIERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN, Q. How can one judge how much shelled popcorn to buy to make a cer- tain quantity?—M. D. P. A. If popcorn is in first-class condi- tion and the heat properly applied ope pint of unpopped corn should make 15 to 20 pints of popped corn. Q. Has England a firm which stands in their automobile industry as Ford does in ours?—C. R. A. W. R. Morris is an important facor in the English automotive world. His plants now turn out about 60,000 cars a year, which is about three-eighths of the total output. He speolalizes in light, low-powered cars and it Is said that his employes are paid above the average wages. Q. What Is meant by low hu midity?>—E. M. G. A. This term means the same as “Ilittle humidity.” When we say that humidity is low we mean that there is very little water vapor in the air— that the air is quite dry. Q. when referen Bible?—M. N. A. The so-called Wicked Bible re- fers to an edition of the Bible, printed in 1631, In which the word “not” is omitted from the seventh command- ment. A copy survivesin the Bodleian. Q. Are there any States which do not have mottoes? “What is the motto of the District of Columbia?—W. A. J. A. Indiana, New Hampshire and Texas have no mottoes. The motto of the District of Columbia. is “Justitia Omnibus” (“Justice of Al"). Q. What plant is known as the queen of ferns?—W. F. A. This term is applied to the lady fern. Can you tell me what is meant e is made to the Wicked Q. How large was Pompeli>—M. P. A. It covered about 180 acres. Q. How does the life of a wooden sailing vessel compare with that of a steel steamship?’—A. C. C. A. The erage life of a wooden sailing vessel is about 30 years; that of a steel steam vessel about 20 years. Q. What is an air pocket?—H. W. A. It is a place of some unusual and unexpected movement of the air. that causes an airplane to drop to some ex- tent. Usually it is a place where there is an appreciable descent of the air. They are of little or no danger to an experienced aviator with a good machine. There also are nearly ver- tical rising currents at certain times and places. These, too, are of little danger, though they make flyink bumpy and disagreeable. 2 Q. What is a staple shoe?—A. C. T. A. Staple is a general term applied to shoes embodying such features of style and make-up as render them sub- ject to repeated demand from cus- tomers, as distinguished from the nov- elty, the freak, or the specialty. Q. Is there a tendency toward tak- ing out shade trees along Washington streets?—J. S. A. The division of parking, which has complete charge of street trees for the District of Columbia, says that, generally speaking, where streets are widened or repaired for trafic (main streets), the old trees are taken down, but new ones always replace them. It is difficult to transplant the older trees; therefore. it is necessary to use young ones. g‘ (V‘Vhlt does A. A. A. A. stand for? A. It is the abbreviation for Ameri- can” Association of Advertising Agen- cles. Q. How many families in the United —C. W. M. A. Figures as of October 1, 1927, Indicate that 7,096,655 familles in the United States are served on rural mail routes. Q. Who wrote the words for “Thais”?—T. M. E. A. Louis Gallet. Q. How many Jews are there in the world>—W. R. 8. A. The total number is about 14, 780,000. Nearly two-thirds of the Jews live in Europe and aBout 26 per cent in the Americas. The number of Jews in New York City is estimated at 1,643,000. Q. Where is the Continental Di- vide?—O. S. G. A. The Great Continental Divide is the name given to the elevated ridge of land in the United States where oc- curs the parting of the waters which flow to the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. The Great Divide, is now com- monly applied to a broader extent of country than the Continental Divide, or watershed proper, a region in Mon- tana and Wyoming where many large rivers have their sources. Waters flow from this region to the Gulf of Mex- ico, the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans and streams rise on its eastern bor- derland. ' whose waters flow to the Arctic. The term divide as used in North America is synonymous with the word watershed. Q. I have a kitten only 4 months old whose teeth are dropping out. What causes this?—F. G. 1. A. Probably pyorrhea is the cause of your cat's losing its teeth. This is probably due to the mouth of the cat not being properly exercised. Its food should consist of hard matters as well as milk and so.: foods. Q. What 1s the purpose of the Kuomingtang mentioned so frequently as operating in China?—D. L. A. The English transiation of Kuomingtang is as follows: Kuo means country, min means people and tang or tong means association. The whole word is interpreted: Association to bring the country into the hands of the people. The association is halt patriotic, half political. Q. What_countries now have die- tators?—L. L. T. A. Poland has a dictator in the per. son of Marshal Pilsudski; Turkey, Mustapha Kemal Pasha: Spain. Gen. Primo de Rivera; Italy, Benito Musso- lini. Q. Why are the ancient cities of Babylonia buried under such huga mounds of earth? Where does all the earth come from?—N. R. States get their mail on rural routes? | ti A. All this earth comes from mud bricks, the building material of the Babylonians. There was no native stone in that country except what was imported. Q. Where is the artichoke most ex- tensi\'e}ly grown?—L. E. H. A. 'he artichoke is most exten- sively grown in France, where about 300,000 acres are planted annually. The tubers there are used for feeding cattie and sheep. . Has a rabbi ever been invited to occupy a Christian pulpit in Europe? . 0. N. A. Rabbi Stephen Wise recently spoke in the American Church in Paris. He was the first Jewish rabbl to be invited to occupy a Christian pulpit in Europe. . Q. Who_issued the Decree of the Trianon?—M. H. A. In 1810 at the grand trianon Napoleon I issued this edict, which placed an import duty of 50 per cent on colonial products. Q. How long did Hilaire Belloc serve in the House of Commons? What is his full name?—W. A. D. A. Hilaire Joseph Peter Belloc, English writer and illustrator, was a member of the House of Commons for Salford, south division, 1906-1910. Q. 1Is the ultra-violet ray treatment successful in the purification of water in swimming' pools?—C. C. C. A. The use of the ultra-violet ray treatment for purification of swim- ming pool water is very effective, but it is more expensive to install and maintain than some other methods. An efficient filter must be, provided to clarify the water and care must be ex- ercised to prevent the accumulation of scum or sediment in the apparatus, as this renders the treatment ineffec- ve. Q. In what part of the United 3!3: s is cancer least prevalemt?— "A. There is less cancer reported in our southern States, and in southern countries generally, than elsewhere. Have we had the pleasure of serv- ing you through our Washington In- formation Bureau? Can’t we de of some help to you in your daily prod- lems?, Our business is to furnish you with authoritative information, ofi:w invite you to ask us any question of fact in which you are interested. Send your inquiry to The Evening Ster In- formation Bureau, Frederic J. Haskin, Director, Washington, D. C. Enclose two cents in stamps for return post- age. Detroit Election Is Studied As Straw in Wet-Dry Fight American comments on the election of a new mayor of Detroit indicate somewhat hazy views, but there are some editors who see in the defeat of a wet mayor, John W. Smith, in a supposedly wet city, a significant development. ‘They wonder if it is typical of unsuspected sentiment in the Nation's (ifin:!l"’l ho! cnopuln.ln;:. As the mayor-elect, John C. Lodge, is a relative of Col. Lindbergh, the lat- ter's reflected popularity is considered in a few comments. The Detroit News, with the home- town point of view, is impressed by the fact that the election shows how «“g citizen well known to the people can be nominated and elected with- out any effort on his part; how he can be drafted for nomination, how his name can be placed on the pri- mary ticket without action on his part; how without a ‘speech or even a statement he can be nominated; how without a campaign, and in the face of a bitter effort against him, he can be elected. John C. Lodge becomes mayor by & popular movement; spon- taneous, unorganized. He made no promises, is responsible to no in- dividual, clique, faction or party. but to all the people of Detroit. He is free to act as he thinks best, checked only by the popular verdict after his administration is tried and judged. Is mot that‘ tl: sort of mayor good citizens desire? “It is possible that the wet issue was raised only in an attempt to overshadow local {ssues,” suggests the Houston Chronicle, while the St. Joseph News-Press finds evidence of “jasues confused by cross-currents of local sentiment.” The Columbus Ohio State Journal is of the opinion that “Mayor Smith has been a good or and it looks as it Mr. Lodge, who is a granduncle of Col Lind- bergh, a fact which probably did not hurt him at all in his silent cam- palgn, would be another good one. His declaration of independence of professional reformers and the Klan crowd is particularly encouraging, though it must have depressed some of his most e;ge‘r :up:orterl. “An odd character in American politics” is the verdict of the Youngs- town Vindicator, which, however, says: “May his tribe increas South Bend Tribune remark zens of Detroit who believe prol bition will see in Mr. Lodge’s sensible statement (against professional drys) vindication of their good judgment, On the other hand those who do not approve of prohibition, but believe in law and order. are also gratified by the outcome of the election.” The Adrian Telegram adds: “It was not a dry victory in the sense that the drys had a program and got a mandate from the people to carry it out. Instead the wets had a program and they failed to get a mandate to carry it out. It was a positive de- feat for liquor, a_negative viotory for the drys—a ra + but & real one Times quotes the The _Asheyille statemeqt - that i the mayor-elect & her fine distinction, | Tim “thers will be no snooping” and feels that it “should not be taken as arf in- dication that he will not strive to uphold the law in every legitim: As to the non-partisan charac the election, the Albany Evt::lno: News remarks: “Some day, perhaps, all cities will discard partyism and elect their mayors solely on the ground of their fitness. And if that is done, the very best men in- all cites mav be persuaded to take office. The Flint Daily Journal “despite the indifferent citizens who apparently did not. ob- Ject to their city’s being pointed out as the wettest and one of the most lawless in the country, the majority showed that it had tired of such malodorous distinction and desired to set {tself right befors the country.” * ok ok ok The reported pre-election assertios of Smith’s partisans that in Duro{: "an{d sort of alliance with ‘drys’ would prove most disadvantageaus” impels fle. Atlanta. Journal to‘po!m to Lodge’s plurality and to add: “We Would not argue, by any means, that this settles the natlonal prohibition issue, but we do feel that those who guessed so far short of the mark in Detrolt might well revise their con- Jectu concerning the country at large.” The voters’ response to “an undisguised proposal to defy the pro- hibition laws” is.eoupled by the Rich- mond News Leader with the state- ment that “Detroit’s judgment, in the opinfon of this newspaper, is that of the entire country.” “The Detroit vote is a straw indi- cating the present ‘flow of ' public opinion in the Nation, even its big cities,” according to the Altoona Mirror, while the Charleston Evening Post says the result ‘“contradicts many of the conclusions which have been drawn as to the popular attitude toward prohibition, especially the at- titude of the working classes.” The Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette believes that in the coming administration ‘the more interesting phase would be developed if Mayor Lodge were to undertake. the task of making De- troit dry and law-abiding." Telegram, certain proportion of Mr. Lodge's Support may have been drawn from Detroiters who don't like the prohi- bition laws, but aren’t hothered by them.” The Chicago Tribune agrees that “Detroft, lying opposite wet ‘Windsor in. Ontario, may have re- flected that it was doing very well and why make a noise about-it? Its habits are not required to follow the election returns, but rather the trail to the ferry.” A different conclusion 18 that of the Harrisburg Patriot that “it may well be that Detroit voters from that vantage point saw enough of the effects of booze not to want the effects icloser than the opposite side of the river.” The Hartford es looks upon the city as per! thirsty, but “apparently not to advertise its tolerance of speak: et