Evening Star Newspaper, December 24, 1927, Page 6

B THE EVENING STAR With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. SATURDAY...December 24, 1927 THEODORE W. NOYES. The Evening Star Newspaper Company Business Ofice: 11 St ana_bennssivama Ave New York Office: 110 East 42nd St Chicaco Office” Tower Runliing. European Office: 14 Resent St.. London. Enctand. «Editor ‘The Evening Star with the Sunday morn- Ire edition te delivered by carmers within the oits 3t 60 centa per.month: dailv only. 45 cents ner manth: Sunday Ter month_ Onders may telenhone Main 5000, > carrier at end of sach m v nt he ma Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. et €200 1mo. T8 1§ All Other States and Canada. pek wnt 1o, $1.00 I on o m Db reited 1o it or s Daner and also the Bamin. ATl tchts of m The Brookings Institute. Washington's exceptional advan- tages as an educational center are again demonstrated by the organiza- tion, just anncunced, of a national re- search institution for advanced work in the s 1 sciences. The organiza- tion is to be effected through the amal- gamation of three existing establish ments. the Institute of Econom the Institute for Government search and the Robert Brookin Graduate School of Economics and Government, and will ba known by the name of the founder of each of them, Robert S Brookings, whose philanthropic enterprise has given them already a place of inction and usefulness. In a statement issued in explanation | of this new movement are cited the | exceptional facilities and source ma-| terials available in this city for re. search work and study in the field of | economics and government. The Na-| tional Capital, it is set forth, is ni “vast repository of materials bearing | upon ecomomic, political, historical, | social, administrative and legal prob- lems.” The Library of Congress, the various department libraries, the rec- ords and files of the administrative offices, all are of utility. The Supreme Court of the United States, the Fed: eral Reserve Board, the Federal Trade Commission, the Bureau of Agricul- tural Economics and the Interstate Commerce Commission constitute a ‘vast storehouse of materials of an of- ficial character. Of unofficial agencit of value to the student and researcher there are such as the Chamber of Commerce of the United States, the Bureau of Railway Economice, the American Federation of Labor, the In- ternational Labor Office and the nu- merous trade organizations having their national headquarters here. For a number of years there has| been in development the establish- ment at Washington of the directing centers of American industry, trade, finance and economic organization: They have come now to constitute a wvery substantial body of representa- tion compassing the business and so- cial activities of the people of this country. To the student who is pre- paring himself for professional service, ©r to the researcher who is engaged in the study of problems for practical solution, this composite of the Na- tion's enterprise and progress is in- wvaluable. It is to utilize the wealth of material that the Brookings Institute | 3% 10 be created, both for the conduct pecific studies for definite purposes snd for the training of students. The science of government will be advanced by such a work as this that % projected under favorable auspices and with a liberal endowment assur- ing adequate support and future de- velopment. et The Christmas holidays bring no | relaxation so fas as political discus- | sion s concerned. A busy statesman has to wait for a nationsl conven- tion date to see what Banta Claus brought. ————— Hastening a Decision. Passage by the House of the Elliott bill for acquiring remaining property | in the Mail-Avenue trisngle will ne. eessitate an early cholce by the Bouth- ern Raliway between the alternativ of removing 18 headquarters 1o some other ity or providing new housing facilitien and reétalning its headquar ters in Washington. The Southern has evidently anticipated its future and made 118 plans accordingly, but so far thers has been no definite snnounce- ment of what these plans contemplate, There have been recent ‘indications, however, that the Bouthern will keep 16 hezdquarters in Washington. 1f the indications are correct, and If this ix the decision Wushington i grail fied, for the Bouthern Rallway in one | of would for in the 8n4 grown mauy 1r one of 1 = inmti The Lilte House and the pro paseage by 1he Kenste jn Snta effert itx oldest Inhabitants. The ety n resident youe years it hus lived hus won i and extablished iaelf e city one pumsage regrer Joslng such the Capital 3t by the of Jis earl miy putiing Luw been known for Wi tirne 1o e the plans of thowe bullding contenplate Pederal Buia ¥ Aa Join ehsige of the Governments progran P " These plane purchnse by the nment ot the Districr g I8 requiring the municips $te neighbor, 1he yonting. Under plans T hirmenarduball wireel The District Bullding fro ®rn Bullding. would be 1w mructures Jolned, the front of the Tiericr Botlding r SUTSET RIS T ond & new marble (ront erected acrons the fure of the Fouthern Mullding Borh Eroup of new bull far south the ectu The Kouthern. in house Arawn e s vt the Bouth wed, wnd tise now b ke watending ull SURITE Of INdependent ofces und of ' Ftailway " the edge of \he ton Ieunents of the Government Fout) ohle 101 on went lase Bt by se i1p choice of & new home 1n M ta the faet uthern eitien, ncluging thiat aeyeral k-ml. ang Chariotte, have offyred & rallioad tangivie inducements to nt wddin g in| itldinge would form units of » | favor them with ita headquarters, the Southern has had to consider whether it would be more advantageous to con- duet its business from a point more centrally located in relation to the area covered by the system or to con- tinue its long-established headquar- ters at the northern terminus of the road. Another factor has been the problem raised by the 2,200 employes of the Southern wha live in and near Washington, who have established their homes here and whosé lives are firmly rooted in this sofl. Moving them and their families, or replacing them with new personnel, is an eco- nomic problem of no small dimensions. 1t. in the light of rapidly accumulat. ing assurances that the Southern building must make way for the Gov- ernment, the Southern Railway an nounces its intention to remain in Washington, the eity will feel honored, but at the same time will extend | congratulations to an old friend for having chosen wisely. ——r—— Sympathy Taboo. Lest maudlin sympathy be aroused for the perpetrator of California’s | most atvocious crime on the score that Hickman was a model youth, and that this was his serious misstep, it might | well to point out that the confessed Kidnaper of Marian Parker is an ac- | complished young criminal and has | been for several yoars. His arrest for bank forgery was the first time that the law succeeded in laying its hands upon him, but previous to that he has admitted that he traveled the country over in stolen automobiles, with holdups at the point of a gun fur- nishing him with means of support. Sentimentalists will inevitably set up a wail and ery about the youth of | Hickman and probably about the pos. | sibility that an accomplice actually | did the kiling of Marian Parker, but | this type of svmpathizer will do well to “lay oft” the Hickman case. He will find few who will share his views and is apt to become embroiled in se- rious arguments with those who do not. 1t is nauseating to lsarn that Hick- man is wondering whether he will get as much publicity as Leopold and Loeb. the two youths who are his only rivals in the commission of ghastly crimes against children, and who but for miscarriage of justice should long ago have been put beyond the land of the living. It makes red-blooded men | clench their fists when Hickman boasts that his “deeds ought to back Jesse James off the ma The rant. ings of a boastful boy. Yes! But the language of the confirmed criminal, the argot of the underworld. Hickman may as well make his peace with God. Eventually he will come throush with the full story of his crime. No one believes that he had any one to work with him in its per- petration and his own admission that the body was dismembered to muke it easier to carry furnishes damning evi- dence against him in that he was liv- ing in a well tenanted apartment and constant association with a young girl would have aroused suspicion, The entire world will watch Cali- fornia justice grind out the only ade- quate punishment for this fiend in human form. And the world will breathe easier when “finis™ is written by society on the career of William Edward Hickman, Italy Holds the Altitude Record. Lieut. C. C. Champion, Jr., U. 8. N, should “break out” his powerful Apache plane and go after the world's altitude record with which he has had but a passing ac- quaintance. Champion, last July, in a death-defying flight into the skies, reached an altitude of 38474 feet. Callizo of France at that time held the record at 40,000 fest. MacReady of the United States was second with 38,704 feet. But Callizo branded a faker and an error was found in Mac- Ready's mark and, a few weekn ago, Champlon was acclaimed the highe fiyer of them all. Now, however, after he has for a few short days held undisputed supremacy, Renato Donatl, an Italian, has soared to the official height of 35,792 feet, putting the naval flver bhack into meeond plac While the world's congratulutions will g0 to Donati for his triumph in bringing to ltaly one of the five cov- eted records of aviation, condolences | wyl ‘be extended to Champlon, who has not known from one day to an- other whether he occupled firs ond or third place in the race to | reach the “celling” of lighter-than- alr machines. Now that MacReady has left the Army, Lieut. Champion is the only remuining exponent of altitude fly- ing in the United Btates. The coun- try will naturslly look te him to | bring hack ita lost honors, and there A% 8 universsl wish that on his next | Might he will have easler salling than | on his last snd that the new record | will be o much higher that all un- i:orv.m will he removed from the mind of the holder of the world's al- ttude record, - | n Bulifghting ix a national wport | Mexico. Lindhergh recognizes it such and permits the impression to wink i that after all a toreador takes chances comparable with tho faced by the Aviaty na B | Grade-Crossing Jumpers. A tatal gradecrosuing socident Jum oeourred nesd T umbue, Ohlo, h ew of The fatelition ut level Inter of highways wnd ruilicad P wo motor cars hud stopped selig to walt for the pass A thitd driver w L, but tried 1o the crossing, passing sround the standing machines. On reaching [ the tracks b waw the wpproachl came frightened und tiied 1o {drive down the vull Hne ahesd of Wt He fulled and four persons died in conmeuenee Wustrates the cintine st of wections | ke the o1 “fa ng timin Liratn, | Tk e wn extieme exi fall s vatleomd g i the of drivers i the mutter of cion ke N "l aw entablished thit praecally Al U victs of grade crosligs gie wny e has | THE chance on the road. They are the type of people who cause accidents on the highways by trying to beat some other machine, either crashing into it from behind or being caught in a pinch on the approach of a ma- chine traveling in the opposite di- rection, 1t would seem that there have hLicen enough warnings to persuade these chance-taking drivers that they are engaged in & losing game. But they continue to ruxh the crossings, usual- ¥ without stopping (o note the con- ditions, considering the danger signals as of no impottance, figuring on their peed to carry them across, even when train is In sight. And the roll keeps on mounting higher. The only cure for this is to tha grade of the highw: carrying it above or helow the tracks, This is an enormousiy expensive remedy, but it must be applied, even thouzh only a mall percentage of road users take these deadly chanc The great mis- fortune of the matter is that in al- most every case innocent people are killed in addition to the 1isk-taking driver. It is for the protection of the motor passengers primarily that grade crossings must he abolished in the areas of heavy trafiic, ———— onably be regretted that the submarine might not have been neglected in practical mechanics and left to the pages of fiction in which Jules Verne recorded the fascinating adventures of Capt. Nemo. Our myths are often more satisfactory than our realities. R et death hange s A number of statcsmen “do not choose.” Calvin Coolidge said it first. A few words can be highly important in a campaizn and aspirants are left floundering for a phrase, 1t is perhaps the first time that a negative assertion has attained such positive significance, S say they Camera men call upon famous pei sonages to halt and be photographed They invariably do so. In every human breast there is the hope of rivaling relgning movie stars either for grace or comedy ———— Peychoanalysts are prepared to concede that the more intelligent a criminal is, the better his cha are for winning in an atrocity con- test. e The U. §. Senate may be pardoned if it regards the suggestion of some- thing more to investigate as a mis- taken effort to confer a favor. e At least civilization has progressed to a point where there are no cruel tests of physical endurance. A beauty contest is after all better than a six-day bieycle race. N Black shirts are advocated by Mussolinl. As a fashion dictator he has no influence over the pajamas at the Lido. e Lindbergh could easily stop a bull fight; thereby making thousands of enemies and securing no assurance ‘whatever of the friendship of the bull. e Those who have attended Mexican bull fights invariably drop the hint that the Carmens are far more danger- ous than the bulls. e Crowded shops call attention to the fact that good old 8. Claus ix one of our leading business doctors. ——— e An elaborate mechanism, the sub. marine, in peace or war, remains the means of bringing only bad news. et SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Mythology. In daya of old we used to say That Santa was an eif 8o guy. But now the facts we reason with, And vow that Santa is a myth. And yet the juvenile acclaim Clings 10 old stories, just the aame, And Santa still seemn all sincere, While as a “myth” looms Father Dear. And 8o It goes, from day to day. Imagination holds its sway, And he who tolls and does his best In 4im obscurity may rest. Self-Congratulation. “You have sald many wise thingi remarked the admiring constituent, “80 1 understand,” sald Senator Sorghum. “I have not read them, but 1 feel myself fortunate in having a very clever mecretary." Winter Cheer. The Christmus cards that 1 admire Deplct a glowing chimney fire— And not a radlator neat, Which makes us tenants beg for heat. Jud Tunkine mays he belleven In avolution, though no monkey ham progressed high enough In the wcale of intelligence to own his own hand organ. even ® throw our prayers 1o u Jos sald HI Ho, the sage of Chinstown, “and hope on, even though he files them away aa unfiniahed business.' Nupervising the Brew. “1 wholl cast this priceless nto the cu tra. “Walt & min ed Mark | Antony. “See If there in & prohibition peart agent present.” of & Nuburbanite, Home duy | know That | shall score A proper hit In Baltimore, Aw buck wnd forth The lettern speed, Bome dny from doubt 1 shall be freed Home day, secure, 1N paume o bk Homu duy 11l get My Neenss tag. A | okt [ty w wikn dat Lrent of uw Uncle e i e you It you's humun like de il win mistahe, o Dlwme for the sccidents by reas of thelr dmpatience, thelr inattention whriings, thelr dosire 1o make wpead wnd perhio g o some cenes (hal Aisposition Lo take & venturesuing Viom the Pt $ilinine A diwputeh telin of o | ook the vest of the day o Dig 80 foor bue 00 ol wheiher he wis docked boat on the way down, waplefack who wftey fall. weo wlate the i lits purposes without EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 24, THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. “He fs not such a fool as some peo- ple think he is,* sald one man to a second, indicating a third, ‘The latter, when informed by the second as to what the first had sald, expressed himself much pleased with the compliment. Later he fell to wondering just why these left-handed compliments, as they are sometimes called, possess the power to soothe, rather than rufMe, If one has a grain of humor in his system, he cannot help but be de. lighted with such back-handed slaps, meant in 1l serfousness as tributes. The encomium that recognizes hoth fault and merit at the same time is better. evervthing else being equal, than the pure panegyric. Undiluted commendation, while often leaving the recipient exultant, sometimes causes the feeling, upon reflection, that such i mmonly termed The tribute that carries a sting with it leaves no doubt in the hearer's mind of its sincerity. He knows that the speaker really meant it. * ok x “He ix not such a fool as he looks,"” “He is not su a fool as some peo- ple think he is." Here is a brace of compliments any man may take to his heart h pleasure. The man so distinguished may feel sure that he is being praised for the qualities which he has, but which some persons, iess discerning, have falled to recognize, man goes through life on a hed of roses. Many first-rate and capable men are misunderstood, The history of the world is full of them: and the roll includes some of the greatest. \We are concerned, with the gzreat figures of antiquity, but rather with the generality of men, such as walk the streets of the Rreat cities and hop the clods of the farmlands. ‘These men have faults and virtues, the former of which are easier seen and comprehendasd by their associstes than the latter. Life does not bring such intimacy that all men are in position te know all men, The man with a hundred friends is rare, while he with 200 such i« un- known. Even the most hale.fellow- well-met scarcely can count quaintances by the hundred. It is given to few men to he inti- mately known to more than a few per. sons. Perhaps his wife knows him well. - Maybe his mother does, Certainly his other relatives do not. One’s associates commonly recog- however, not nize the apparent good points, not the | hidden on»s; and more easily spy out one's faults than one's virtues, S0 the best of men are often mis. Judged. L A What ecan be said, then, for him whose qualities run outside the chan- nels of the average? He will be almost totally misunder- atood, except for that kroup who may be attracted to him, for one reason or another, and which also includes those of quicker appre clation, who are able to see good points where others see only super- ficlalities. These compriss employers who push a good man along. much to the amazement of those who do not his ac- | exceptional | clate make no man and understand app who the snid good effort to v curse and they damn, in th» honest convietion that they are right, when all the time they are very ng and are only standing in their own light. Their better hulin em ployers, whose business ability is large, look to essentlnls, They are not fooled by eccen Ities, but get down to essontinls, and, once there, know for a surety thut the man has the stuff, The channels of the avel be sald. include the great virtues of mankind in the Jarge. There are other virtues, however, which mostly are possessed by the man of whom it apt to be said, “He is not such a fool as he looks."” How the world loves to poke fun! Somatimes the observer f« inclined to think that civilization would have been many centurles further prog- ressed Dy this time if this one trait of humanify had been weeded out of it. 1t fs 80 easy to find fault with some trivial something that makes no dif- ference. while at the same time so convenient to overlook the subject's reul merits. This soothes the incapacity observer and tends to level out inequalities, a state of mind eminentl: pleasing to mankind, and one which finds its highest statement in the famous sentence “All men are born free and equal. * % % age, it may “He is not such a fool people think he | Of course not—he never is! That is the encouraging thing. The “some people” have not done quite as zood a job at observing, appre- ciating, as they have at thinking. One may think furiously—and be all wrong, Equally, one mav think tepidly, and vet think correctly. The heat of thinking has Jittle to do with it so long as the thinking is of “A No. 1" quality. One of the world's most foolish mis. takes ix to believe that thinking is thinking. Thinking is good thinking with one man, bad thinking with an other, Thinking Is straight crooked in the second. Tt Is heavenly in_one mind, helllsh in another, There are more brands of private thinking than there are heads in which thinking is done, and too often the brews are overripe, or under- done. The discerning man through imperfections to the heat qualities that any one possesses fs thinking to a purpose, for he not only raises the other in his pwn and other people’s estimations, but also he raises himself in his own opinion and also in the opiniona of others. So, wherever you go, take heed of the man of whom some one says, “He is not such a fool as some people think." Such a statement means that hesis brainy enough to have opinions of his own, and honest enough to state them. 1t you want the truth, he fix the man to go to. As long as mankind values intellectunl honeaty, as well an other sorts of honesty, he will be valued, and all finally will come to uee that, indesd, “he is not such a fool as some people think!" as some in one head, who looks Naval Building Program of U. S. In the national debate over the ad- ministration’s naval building program newspaper opinion divides on the ques. tion of to what extent, if at sll, Amer- ican policy has tailute of the th conference. Many program simply will provide the sea force needed by the United States for regard o w any other nation may Others e in it a proper answer to the refusal of other governmen's i> entcr into a reazonable limitation agreement, and still others Insist that 1 proposing ultimate expenditures « £ teorly a bil- lion dollars the country has gone into a competitive bullding race “Those who feel a_iense of =urprise’” are advised by thy Boston Transcript (independent) that “we have discov ered that the prevailing I idea about disarmament Is other fellow shall do the disarming,” and that “the American pollcy, as ex- preased in this bullding program, is In no wenwe a policy of menace; it is sim. ply one of effective malntenance of our country's relative position—and that position Is an entirely defensive one." The Chicago Dally Newa (Independ- ent) declares that “the unfortunate fallure of the Coolldge three power conference on limitation of naval mament did 1 adi change In the Presldent's naval plans. Additional crulsers and other auxilfary ships,” continues the Chicago puper, “are noeded by the American Navy, as ev one admita. The new naval appropriation bill contempluies a rea- able building pro ram adapted to national requirements, but not di- rected agninst any other power “What Is moderate and what extrav- of course, vague terms to those average Americans whose knowl- edge of these matters is ren 4 cording to the ‘minghan (Democratic), which, however, tfinds “thera {s among Americans the er wplrit of patriotism which would have this Government keep ity dignity and strength among the mem. bers of the international fumily. This Government, If It maintaine any wem. a merchant fleat, should whores 1 vly’ policed. Yet In ndopting this huge pro- gram econtemplated by Mr. Coolldge and hix advisers in the Navy Depart. ment Congrean would do well to keep thin country out of the attitude of he ing & contender for naval supremacy,” e The Philadelphin Bvening Bulletin (ndegendent Republican) describes the project an one which “fta within the woheme of reasonable pr thers in 1o ba al strength,” und addw reane In caplta! shipw the atandard of reasonable prepared nean n lowered by a new internationast agreement, the program will he modt fled 1o AL the new standard. ‘There is wurance that the cost will P wpread over a werlen of years thut (he hudgot will not b unduly burdened, It n not i big Navy project. “The United states In warranted 1y proceeding with modeiate, halanced building. Han Anton) Drean (Indel atic), und the Bluefield Telegruph (dependent Hepubllcan) contends that "It the Unitud Ntatew undestukes i naval pro wonmn of thin klind 10 will e dotng wo antirely on its own unt without Intending o equal AR the nteength of any other power.' ‘The Lansing Wiate Journal (ndepsndent) alwo holds that the progiam “ix not for w worldawing force, not an at. tempt o galn the supréme mastory of the seas 1 In not o swishhuok Hou westure “Whit e Malelgh News crutic), the Nuvy thit My naval prokan within u few years Tha wathority o une notural” asks (he and Observer (Demo Heoretary ublisher, 't W approve (he Joaks (o equality O o socuning e canaressinnal el e Hritsh i fo 0 the navion of the (wo wationa? * Wa do not expeet o ke all of (e Th ahiim asked for by Meorety Wilhur oonsteucied, 1 may he nevos w0 ley dowin some of them o con vinve Britaln of (he deteimination of Hies s this country to have a Navy as strong as the navy of that country, 1 neces. {sary power for it to meet the 1espon- sibility of the richest world power, not for offensc, hut upon occasion to do fta full part in preserving the world and securing for ‘ts«If and | every other nation, great and small, |that freedom of the seas without which | there will he no equal opportunity of mmerce and trade.” % ox ““The unwillingness of Great Britain, France and Italy to enter into a rea sonahle supplementary agreement for the further limiting of naval construc- tion drove the United States to this actfon,” asserts the Spokane Spokes man Review (Republican). ™he N Orleans Tribune (Democratic) explains: £ all work is started within the vear, will be the biggest program the Nation ever puld for. But.” coninues the Tribune, “without a time limit the construction could be spread over many years, making the program elther & gesture or a thing of sub- stance. 1t might he diplomatic to wet no time limit, but still to authorize construction. ‘Such an_approved pro gram would give the United Rtates a high card in future disarmament or limitation conferences.” Recognizing the need to our present naval strangth” for pre tection, the New York Times (inde. pendent) neyertheless argues that “from that @ a great program fixed for a perfod of years and costing a bil. Iton dol or more {8 too long a jump for to take." and the Roanoke World-News (Independent Democratic) says: “Mr. Coolidge has taken much credit for economy to which he was hardly entitled. He seems now determined to tie the hands of his successor with a program of expenditures such ax the Natlon in peace time has nev before consid ered.” “The upshot of rivalry to the iast dollar has always been catastrophe,™ staten the Des Moines Tribune Cupital (independent Republican), while the Columbus Ohlo State Journal (Repub- llean) In of the opinion that tha p.o- Kram “appe cholly unnscessary and {nadvisabl W the Appleton Post-Crescont (Independent), condemn Ing the added tax burdes thin back breaking tank worl UNITED STATES IN WORLD WAR Ten Years A0 Today round out Raker and Danfels send Christm greotings (o Army and Navy purta of the world, volelng the 3 anfidence i thele ability meanire up N every way, ¢ ¢ Nectetary announces approval by President for the promotion of LU meludes 12 now * Ot Red Cioss mbership of 13,000,000 W resill of A vecpnt diive, S ¢ @ Five milllon deadwelght tonn s Ship Pik Moard's extinate of 1S autput Lol shipping, based on builders' veports Which show the Governm Kram of N24008 tonw dx 1N on A way to completion, Heoratury Haker, .in hix weakly Viow, warne country not to let man’ propek for peace Amerlen's war preparations, Titonse alvplane aotivity on Weatern Allled pllots engame In 100 combita und biring down 18 German Planes. Rombing planes drop neavly tons of projectilen behind the ene: my'n i o AN gne point toward Qovernment contol of - vall wonds very soun " aom- One Universal Word. U Des M w Eventog Trihmne Capial Lindy should Know what “Hlooray ™ Ao Hke T every lwnsiage by this i [0 . the 186 choek e e [ R Porennial, Coom the Ban Antanio K Novey wory mrahahly will pot Dome Ntigation, andehililien ot the 1927, THE LIBRARY TABLE By the Booklover If all churchgoers habitually kept their thoughts to the single track of the preacher's discourse, how greatly would ba increaxed the spportunity for purposetul leadership! The White- onk family, as they appear the Atlantic Monthly pr novel, “falua, by M:zo de la Roche, have errant minds Leyvond the average. Thelr ckurchgoing Is an established family habit. “At Jalna there was an iron rule that every member of the family should attend morning service unless sedering from extreme physical dis- ability. Belng only half-sick would not do at all. One must be prostrated.” This is hecause, as young Wakefield says, andfather Luilt the church, and he never misved a Sunday till he died. * * * And the rector and the farmers and other folk about count us every Sunday, and if one is miss ing, why, it doesn’t seem like Sunday te them at all.”" But once settled in their two prominent pews, thelr duty fs done and their minds begin to wan- der hither and hither, according to the controlling personalities, ndmother looks at her grandsoen, Renny, reading the lesson, and thinks: “A" perfect court! Look at that head, will you? My nose, n.y eyes.” Then she sucks A pepearmint and falls as'eep and her thoughts become dreams. CEew Old Uncle Nicholas, with a past of his own, thinks: “Renny's vasted here. Ought to be having a gay time in London. * * * When I was that ag " Uncle Ernest, nearly as old, Jear boy, how badly he Still, his voice isx arresting. 1 do hope there will not be plum tart for dinner. 1 shall be sure t it and sure to suffer.”” Plump, mplacent, elderly sister Meg think “Really, what strange things the Bible says. But very true, of course. How Aweet Wake looks! So interested. He has the loveliest evelashes. He's get- ting ready to kick Finch on the ankle.” And Meg leans over and lays a_restraining hand on Wake's leg. Eden thinks, looking at his brother’s young wife: “Strange I never noticed before how lovely Pheasant is. Her profile—— Piers thinks: I wonder if_that piece of land needs potash. 1 believe I'Nl try it. Don’t see what the dickens can he wrong with the sick * * * Must have the vet to see Let's sea—14 and —owe Hhxter Ph ow big and brown Plers’ hands always look on Sunda lar fists. 1 like them that I wish Eden wouldn't star perfectly well lLe's thinking how dowdy 1 am heside Alayne. Oh, dear, how hard this seat gets! 1 shall never get used to churchgoing—I wasn't caught young enough. My whole char- acter w smpletely formed when 1 married” (at 17 Wakefield thirks: “I do hope there’ll be plum tart Yor dinner. If there isn't plum tart, | hope there’ll be lemon tart, *.* * But Mrs. Wragge was in a terrible temper this morning. How glad I am 1 was in the eoal cellar when she and R had their ro Why, he called her a—hold on: no. I'd hetter not think of bad things In church. 1 might be struck dead —dead as a door nail. the very deadest thing.” Finch thinks: “Tomorrow is the algebra exim. and 1 shall fail—I shall fail. - If only my head did not get contused! If only Renny! Nothing in the world will ever tempt me to stand up behind the | cializes on the birthday of Christ and ' stincts a lectern and read the lessons beastly mess 1'd make of Ala~ny thinks: “How strange his brogues look under his surplice! 1 noticed this morning how worn and how polished they are—good-looking brogues. * * * How can I think of brogues when my mind in torment? An. I growing to lo shall T do in that case would have to leave Jalna." L A The Gerden of Eden chosen by John Erskine for his satirical—and flirpant—novel. ting in modern guise of char. ra of legend and tradition is a fleld which, ance discovered, can be worked indefinitelv. This seems to be the opinion of Mr. Erskine. First Helen of Troy, then Galahad, now Adam and Eve—the first undou clev the s nd less so, and and Eve’ dis.nfssed by some crities as boresome. The mythical Lilith is in- troduced to provide a triangle and a contrast for Eve. She represents rad fcalism and bhohemianism: Eve con servatism and conventionalism. “ e Though, as a matter of policy, she was determined not to marry, Queen Elizabeth of England was not averse to the “sport of courtship.” Edith Kichel in her hook. “The Later Years of Catherine de Medici,” tells of the determined efforts of Catherine, the ¢ of France, to make a match’ between one of her sons and the English Queen. Fisst Charles IX was presented as a_candidate, thoush 10 years younger than zabeth, but nothing came f the project. Some vears Inter the Duke of Anjou, after ward Henri ITI, was suggested, and Elizabeth was flattered because of his handsome appearance, accomplish- nd military prestize. though nere yvouth and she nearly rebelled and refused to marty a queen whose “age and ughiness” made her unattractive and whose manners and morals had been the subject of :0 much comment. The third =on brought forward by Cath erine wax the 16.year old Duke of Alen. Ellzabeth considered the pro. posal more or less serfously and made Inquiries about his helght and gen eral appearance. Finding that he was small and pitted f nicknamed him “my little frog." kotiations over this match dragged on for some time, and Alencon pald two Vinits of courtship to England. Eliza- beth gave him a ring and “brought beef tea every morning to his bed side,” but finally doclined narry him. “She stzbed and satd sadly thag her heart must he sacrificed to her reaxon. ¢ ¢ ¢ Soon after she gave hm a loan of money and ordersd Leicester to excort him to Antwerp.” CECE N Not nw subtle a plece of literature as Browning's “Fra Lippo Lippl” i it arature ut all, “The Jovous Friar." by A J. Anderson, at least succeeds in causing to live agaln the lawless Car melite friar who was one of the fa mous painters of the early renals. sance. 1t telly the story of the break Ik of thelr vows for love of each ather of Fra Filippo Lippt and the nun Lucroela de Hutl of the Convent of Santa Mavghetita of Prato. ‘The nun wererln wan frlar artist's model for w painting of the Virgin Mary, and the two ran nway and Hved together fo svme time, hecoming the parents of the painter Filipping Lippt The 4 Dy the ot altogethe asart (n v “Lives of the ainters " without giving to the ap i P the benent of any doubis arks Ing from uncertain records. My An dersen in more kindiy and presents the ont favorabile evidence, With perhans s lded whitewash LR What a it And But Another pleasant mixtuve of romance and realiam by Susan Hite, not by any weans ux good ax CMadane Claive, DUt camparing favarahly with * and CAfter Noon s “Now Kast Went " Gevrge and Althen G A comfortable, not ton subtle. Amerl cun couple, g0 to Burope with a con Bination of motives business, golf, cultuve. soclal climblng They make Xome acquaintances whose nfluence n not assint In Keening el e VRS TINIINE Soathly, but Miss Evts 5 10t o (e trasedy w0 she dy o et WHOW Ehese A R aences (o ko 100 fun e Georse it ARRen et o the Vit States sttt el wafely Q. Is thera a memorial Kilmer in Pennsylvania?—N. M. A. The Joyce Kilmer Public Camp, I’nfon Ce Pennsylvania, where he spent his boy- hood, ha# been named for the Amerl can poet who immortalized himself by the poem ““Trees €. How many varleties of Adomestle duck are there, and which is consid- ercd hest for 3 A. The Biolegical Survey says that the wocalled Peking duck s popular for edible purposes. Most, if not all, duck are derived from the wild mal- lard, the muscovy and possibly one or two of the Asiatic forms that have been domesticated in Japan and China. Q. Can a whispe a loud clear voie A. Amplifying se be amplified into i can he made that desired, hut they will tima amplify such extraneous sounds as are alwavs present, &0 that the result is anything but clear, Q. Where was kumys first used?— H. H. A. Kumys originally was the name of the fermented mare’s milk used largely by the Tarta Tts thera- peutic values became known, and it is now prepared in the United States from both cow’s and goat’s milk. Q. What did Egyptians use for heads, and what for jewel settings?— G. 8. A. Iron, gold, silver, copper, glass and brass were used for both. Q. When Aid the originator of the —B. F. A. Platt Rogers Spencer was horn in 1800 and died in 1864, v many lectures upon penmanship in various of the country, and his work was influentinl in causing the sstablishment of business colleges. Q. of the eves called which are known as myopia, and hypermetropf A fraction condition nf which the ravs of light accurately and without to a fo vision is perfect. Q. When a motion i= made, then an amendment to the motion is offer- ed, which should receive first consid- eration”—G. E. A. When an amendment to a mo- tion is made and seconded the smend ment should receive discussion and & What iz the normal condition the deviations from astigmatism, a?—C. E. M the eves, in are brough! undue effort | Tomorrow will be the anniversary | | of the greatest event in ail histo | Perhaps there could not be found a topic that is triter for discussion in newspaper than is Christmas. Wha new thing can be said of Christmas’ * were more like| What can be said of it that will not be nalias—very merry | better told by the puipit, which spe- the development of His Influence upon | civilization? | Contrasts will be drawn by the | Christian preachers between the | ideals of the world 1927 years ago |and those which are professed today Then, t0o. there will be men whe scorn the traditions of Christmas, for | “the fool hath said in his heart, therc 1 no God.” DR Jacques—-Good | quoth 1 “No, sir.” quoth he, all me not fool till sent me fortune.” And then he drew a dial from his poke, And. looking on it with lack-luster eye Sayvs very wisely, “It is 10 ocloc Thus may we see.” guoth he, the world wags. “Tis but anour ago since it was 9; And after one hour mora ‘twill be 1t And so from hour to hour we ripe and ripe, And then from hour to hour we rot and rot; And thereby hangs a tale.” When 1 did hear The motley fool thus moral on the time, My lungs began to crow like chanti cler toots should templative LR morrow, fool, Heaven hath how That be so deep con Perhaps it is safe to await fortune before taking the full measure of any “fool,” whether individual or national Few men can stand prosperity. Di- vorces incresse in proportion to en- hanced wealth: crime waxes greatest in the republic which today boasts the greatest prosperity ever given to any nation. Heaven hath sent for- tune, and forthwith we look upon our statisties of the most eriminal people in all civilization. Our an- cestors struggled against great odds —savage red men, savage nature in| the forests and flelds unbroken. And they were pious and humble follow - ers of Him who had not where * lay His head. even while He was bringing good tidings to all the! worl “Call me not fool until—" test tries me. CEE until the Christmas | Upon the very eve of relling the news sickens the he an innocent child by & devil incarnate who wanted money to finish his edu- catlon in college. 1t ix a repetition of the Chicago murder of & child by | two enllege bovs who had no motive Pt w morhid thicst for a theill— “Kick.” Has education been me--an inspirer of And & clear-cut answer to that query, e Prof Hrnest R bou al Problems and K ton 1y shows, for example, acy among colored people has axed from 1880, when 10 per rate, to 1920 when cont were confessediy unable to tead or write. Vet colored convicts I prisens increased. per 100,000 population. tn the Northern States from 77 m 870 o i} 1910, and in Southern Statea from 136 fo 3°% In the same pertod. The tor the education, the greater the n modifter o nobler tdeals® that Iminality seems (o be the show g | Chis trend (s not at all & peculiavity | (he negro. In & hook, fust tssued “The Elewments of Crime by Bans Brasal. M AL former prasecuting at torney of the St Petersburg Supreme | Court. the author savs i CTHe alma WA ter i ene dey i e tonger i reserini of moral i .,..n' sckal Vities Inmany Buropean countries, and perhaps even wore so I America, the averuke colloge un dertakes (o prepare 4 young man for Nix profesaton (i as shove a tme as posaille * * On the other hand, there tx much ineredulity and seofing At telsion, not because of their al Tl W bnduay, Bt cather (I deapite | ncurable banality. * ¢ * No L that many college grad. | enter the ranks ol soclety. al | houkh WIK some amount of wental | Panipent but with ne soud i ciplen or e woral convictions * ¢ ¢ However, previsely because of the | eduminance of the materialistic and mechankeal Jealoky i oue sysiom of | PAUCRTION. A Bobw i hstanding o | CA00 thint (i the Vit Ntntes. at least T BEOWLN A0 WA (e A prosperiny s 1 (he st devades s hoen astound L T Vol aF s (it on aind NoNeEAl ventloasness the sum total of | The American Tarmoil, From the Onialia Eyowing Worki Hersid Things certalnty are mixed China, but Just leok at Oklahona, moral wivichediess and wenial Whery . tag ¢ WITR (e epldeniie of Atk ORIy and the aliming apread o puroressional ceiinality o nty, in the mountains of | will amplify a whisper to any extent | the same Spencerian style of handwriting live? | He gave | | Emmetropia is the normal re- usg upon the retina so that the | of the flendishness of the murder of | % | mighey ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC. J. HASKIN. to_ Joyce|vote be taken upon it hefore the vo |in taken on the o iginal motion Q. What Ix musical instriumen A. The piceolo pitched musical instrument, | How many different . plume. peaches, and G A it af froit ¢ York agr Kkindx of pears ¥ . 1300 kindw 16 highest nf e5 are rietiey enmpiled of i | p > out of of 192 vy's pilot tests Q. added A According | radio has added words to the Engiish lang | Q. When Is the hes | pini trees for maple «ir | A Tt is good policy in the season in order tn earlier runs of sap, " are g lally the sweetest a | best sugar producers, Al | makers are familiar with | weather.” 1In gener | ready to open dur last part of Februa sections and later the ones, when the dave are warm. the temperatura zn 32 degrees F., and the nights are | fros: | el N How to man the Q. Did Gertrude | the public schoolz?—Af | A, Mrs. Atherton wa private schoo!s and under Jwrnn., Q. Mrs. A. 1905. Atherton ziter F edueated How long have Praside Coolidgs heen married” & They were married Oct | Take advantage of this free cors { It wou are not one of the tian L1rho kare patronised the bureay s |its extanlishment ire wrant | nowe. This is a service maintained for the benefit of the readers of The Fre. | ning star and vce yeant y share of bemefit from it p questions to s Inciose tira cent {xtamps for return post 7 {The Evening Star Information B Frederie J. Haskin, Director, Lington, D. €. BACKGROUND OF EVENTS BY PAUL V. COLLINS. are assuming the propeiions of & ! ealam Heaven hata | sent me fortun i * = | Even the Romans had thet In fact, ifference between traditions far les and moderns than is often as | There was pure reifgion in the anc | home. long before Christ was |and the ideals of sentials were not whoily re ary, aside from His insistence up | the importance of their daily practice Christ emphasized love as the prime factor of right living. Most of the virtues wers known prev ly to b | such, although toe often ignored, and | penance substituted for purity eminent French the r 1t ansport | thought to those ancient generatic men. we find in each house a altar. and around this altar the family assembled. The family meets ever: morning to address its fiist pravers to the sacred fire, and in the evemins to invoke it for a last time. In the | course of the day the members ar once more assembled near the fre £ the meal, of which thev par:ake ly, after praver und libation.” | The Hebrews believed the: chosen peovle i e come the Mess Christ was bor Twelve Patriar Hebrew. and in it was this very Chr tian doctrine “Love ye one ano heart; and it a mar speak peaceably soul hold not xu und o tor, deny it. do not get him. lest, catching jthee, he takes to thou sin doubiy it and vet have a sense of reproved. give over rep For he who denieth may not to wrong thee agiin also hono:r thee and be {thee. Rut it he be persist his torgive him avenging.* the swear And t in Wrongs and v Does that take b s and the pagans® Rather doss ft show that though the Jews their own concept ons. wers & there was & wwn G t was not limited o was u The w Jew. Paul thes ians T As 1 pasend By and behe'd \ o devotions, [ fourd an ption. “To the Whom therefore vo ship. Him declare 1 unto yon CEEREEY et as or were the Jews al forwand through the cen coming of & Messiah JOb Was not 4 Jew he was a € yet he declared ty MidsE of his tribl my Rodeemer liveth The -lassic guads of Olvmpis sensual wnd temperamental thraushout all ages of history CQreeks there has been the Qod™" of whom Orphens said ONe ix the welf hegutten 1 derived trom this same One w Ated. no cther s there save Ning ™ Homer how many centu Christ* - said CEasly can Ood far ot save man Thday, there are seholarhy 1os #r8 Who claim to have e vsed by Homer b Versil Ovid and Whe reconted i ciphor puohe the coming of thety Messih WOURE teddven the workt fras Name was hidben in the i MuUst have been s designs the Klentity of the comin. Nings from being traced “h rants of the warkl, fest they o 10 prevent the course of tha Lo Ay Horod attempted, i his massa Of the habes A sacrnl poem of the Hindoes the - “Barta Chastram," wiitte vears RO, contatins (s pi Thete shall be barn o b the vity of Scamditam (Rethiehen Al e Wichnow Jesouton @ Then that whivh s ipossitde other than Hime this Wichae don WAl Bving amens His own raca. shall pise W0 N ners Witk make fwsies Vel Wi el sacion N e ankels sang b the s of Hethlohem. and to baih ton Tentie PORUY b G 1 e Righast ot an L S e R AVSI AL AT, b Bl VL Gl ) Whan wi foutwt & Hasinl \