Evening Star Newspaper, March 15, 1928, Page 8

8 . THE EVENTING _STAR. WASTINGTON, D. €. THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 1928 Atlantic is an uncompromising enemy of land-plane fiyers and its billowing waste has evidently clasped two more humans to its bosom. If these two are lost, the list of un- successful ploneers of the westward ‘m:'.h( will reach the alarming total of seven. Nungesser and Coll were the first. to be followed by the Princess Lowenstein-Wertheim and her crew of two. None who has started out from Europe with America as the goal has ever been able to tell of the ap- parently insurmountable dangers that balk success. All have started hope- THE EVENING STAR With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. THURSDAY.....March 15, 1928 e City, th S0c ver morth | Wav. but there the story has ended. mm!\\'iv‘lhrr it has been plane failure, copy | motar falure, head winds, formation " lof ico or any of the known perils of flying cannot be told. No one has lived por m ke | fully and have been reported on their | | $400: 1 mo. | Member of the ed Press, | tional Aeronautic Association, Washington's Steady Growth. An e by the the District of Columbia | 000. This is based upon | of growth as indicated | which the bureau | -enumeration counts. The nts in the Dis- { the present estimate is sound the gain since 1820 will by the fir July have been 114.500, or at the rate of 14.300 a vear. If that rate is main tained to the end of the census decade the population of the District will in the next decennial enumeration be ap- proximately 580,000 It is not the ambition of Washington to become an enormously large city. In the first place, there is no space herc for the comfortable accommodation of such vast numbers as are included in the municipal boundaries of the larger cities of the country. There is not the industrial organization here to support such a great population. Those bound- aries cannot be extended. They are fixed and definite and if there is an overfiow, such as is even now in evi- dence, it will be into the neighboring States of Maryland and Virginia, which il get the enumeration credit of the growth that actually pertains to the Capital. But the steady increase in the strictly local population, confined as to resi- dence within the boundaries of the Dis- trict, is a remarkable phenomenon, in view of the lack of industrial opportu- nities. The newcomers are attracted here by the superior residential ad- wantages of the city. The Government's forces are no longer increasing at the abnormal rate caused by the war-time emergency. They are rather in a state of depletion, having fallen from the war peak of 120,000 to between 60,000 and 70000, as against the pre-war maxi- mum of less than 40.000. Certain advantages of residence are manifest here. Students are coming here to enjoy the educational facilities of the Capital. Researchers engaged in studies on technical and historical lines are making this city their home. National organizations are establishing their headquarters here for administra- purposes, bringing numbers of workers who make Washington their permanent dwelling place. These ac- cretions increzse the demand for serv- ice. Retail business increases in keep- ing with this demand and gives em- ployment to larger numbers. Thus the city is “growing upon ‘its growth” as the phrase goes in respect to population increases after a certain point of de- velopment. This steady, wholesome increase in the number of inhabitants is of the character to be welcomed. There is no boom. The growth is of & kind 1 con- The Washingtonian is proud of the quality rather than the quantity of its population and proud als0 of the equipment that is furnished | i to tell it, and the westward path re- mains unconquered by man. Some day 1t will be accomplished. but the roll of tragic figures is already too long. and the next attempt should be surrounded with every safeguard. to the end that mystery may be removed from the haz- ards of western heavier-than-air flights. e Out of Order. Porter Adams, president of the Na- is evi- dently going long out of his way when he undertakes to rebuke the backers of he Hendershot fuelless motor for secrocr concerning the invention. In a! statement issued yesterday, Mr. Adams says that “public interest in aviation at the present time demands that the value of any development of this char- acter be thoroughly demonstrated be- fore extravagant statements are made regarding it.” and added that because certain persons have been reported as connccted with the motor “it has been given a standing in the public mind which is highly improper unless the engine is a proper and legitimate development.” This rather scathing criticism of persons who are distinctly minding their own business and calling on no one for aid, in either a financial or a publicity way. appears to be decidedly out or order. If the inventor of the motor and his backers choose to keep details of the engine away from a curious public, it is certainiy affatir but their own. In so far as “extravagant claims” are concerned, there have been none. and it would scem that the promoters of the inven- tion are taking a particularly graceful course toward an ultimate public demorstration of the perfected engine. Whether or not Hendershot has really hit upon a successful plan for fuelless | propulsion is beside the point. If he | . details and demonstrations will be | given in due time to an acclaiming public. If he has not, the idea will die a natural death. When it is realized, however, that while in this country patents can be applied for within a period of two years after publicity, but that no such bar exists in foreign countries to ‘“grabbing off" patent rights it would seem that the wise course regarding any invention would be to nurture it unostentatiously among the selected few who have been chosen to promote it. This is exactly what the backers of the Hendershot motor have | attempted to do, and while it may lead to envy and pique on the part of out- siders it certainly cannot be used as the besis for charges of “extravagant claims’ and “improper standing in the publiz mind.” Post-Flood Disputes. Closely following the San Francisquito Dam disaster, which has taken perhaps four hundred lives, come recriminations against the City of Los Angeles from residents of the area afflicted by the flood. At a meeting of residents speak- ers chargrd that the municipality, which built the dam as part of fits water system, was responsible for the tragedy. Residents of the Santa Clara River Valley have always maintained that Los Angeles had usurped the water rights of the valley by diverting the flow of the river, and legal suits to test the disputed points are still pending in the courts. Intimation is given that claims for the damages incident to the such threats and expressions of mur- derous purpose to report them, and thus perhaps to stop the exccution of a malevolent design. Human life is regarded lightly in these times and' is wasted wantonly. It is easy for a grievance-nursing person to obtain a deadly weapon. The laws against individual armament for crim- inal purposes are so slack that any one can get a gun without difficulty. In this case a valuable Iife has been sac- riticed through negligence on the part of those who heard the threats and in consequence of the opportunities which the laws aford for murderous prepara- tions. faii v—ors Eastman's Narrow Escape. After an adventurous expedition through the African wilds, George Eastman, the American manufacturer of photographic materials, who has a fondness for travel in remote land: and for exploration and natural his- tory studies, had a narrow escape from death in a modern sleeping car in Fgypt. It seems anomalous that he and his party, after traversing some of the most perilous regions in the world, escaping grave dangers, shouid meet their most serious menace thre the medium of a strictly modern mean: of transportation. A hot-box started a blaze which enveloped their car and | they managed to get out with their lives, though with the loss of their small baggage, The first reports of this peculiar ac- cident mndicated that Mr. Eastman had lost all of the valuable photographic films which he had secured in the course of his expedjtion. This would have been a serious misfortune. But later account gave reassurance on this point. The films were in the baggage car of the train, which was not af-| fected by the fire on the sleeper, and | so the records of this great camera hunt in the African forests and plains remain intact. assuring a rich contri- bution to the study of wild life and Instruction to a countless number of people. oo — ‘The early robin will soon be due. He Is the bird who sings of Summertime | and catches the early worm without any assurance that he will enjoy the big square meal of the nppmachlnx! - Dam construction should perhaps be | studied in Holland before an attempt ! is made to pursue it in this or other It is casy to “hop off.” The safe ar- | rival is the consideration that really | counts. — e Aviation s the new unfathomed art War experts are wondering whether it can be made safe for the world. e When another plane departs, friends hesitate as to the propriety of singing | “Say Au Revoir, but Not Farewell.” S — It remained for Albert Fall, devoted | to his ranch, to make “farm relief” | pur:ly a personal matter. ! - Reference to Herbert Hoover as an “efficiency expert” looks like an insidi- ous effort to damage his popularity | with every white collar man who has to punch the “time clock.” —steee There is a cynical proverb to the! offect that there are no ills which money cannot cure. Investigations fre- quently result in showing its fallacy. - The comic opera refrain, “A police- man’s lot is not a happy one,” occa. tionally has its local application. SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Call to Relief. What can you do, friend? you do, When disaster is sweeping a nation anew? When turbulent waters have swept to their doom The dwellers in sunshine, which now turns to gloom? ! What can | | very startling sight. Here goes!—Come | May 1 | irresistible, even as a mother cat, THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES J. Henry Gearshift had to smile quietly to himself as he cased into his little bed on Sunday night. What would the record of the day's activities look like in print? Henry consoled himself with the fact that, although the journal would be enitirely godless, perhaps it would not differ much from that of many of his neighbors. The idea so appealed to Gearshift that he got ont of bed, wrapped his bathrobe around him and sat down with paper and pencil to enregister the duues of the day just passed. When he had finished, it was long past the hour when he normally went to bed, but he had the satisfaction of | putting the thing down in black and white and the smug feeling that even | Samuel Pepys could have been no more honest. The log of his Sunday ran something as follows, with the -reflections which the various activities gave rise to: “6 am.—Got up. “This being the only day in the week | when I might sleep as long as I pleased, I found myself wide-awake and pining to arise at this hour. “On week-day mornings I invariably hear the alarm clock, then turn over and go to sleep again, to wake up ju: in time to make me rush through sha ing, breakfast and catching the bus. “Today, however, I wake up bright and early, having nothing particular to o but I will have plenty of time to do it in, evidently. “6:15—Start to wash face. but do not Why wash one’s face on Sunday? It is all wrong, of course, not to do so sim- ple and pleasant a thing and, no doubt, one should be quite as scrupulous for one's self as for others—but, honestly, how many persons are? *6:20—Start to dress, but do not. All physicians rccommend at least one day | of rest a week, and many go so far as | to prescribe complete rest in bed for thns}: who have worked hard during the week. | | | | Wk e “6:25—Go downstairs, door and see milk bottles, but no paper. What, no paper as yet? One may get along without milk on Sunday, but surely not without the Sunday paper. “6:26-—Shall 1, or shall I not, secure the milk bottles by stretching. or shall I calmly walk clear out on the porch? Well, T guess most people have seen a gentleman in a bathrobe—surely not a open front here, you quart! Ah, there you are! “6:38—Take a look at the furnace. Well, it ought not to be long now; if this ‘good weather holds out, maybe I | can let the furnace go out in April. The experience of the past five Spring however, tells me that I will be luc i 1 can stop running the furnace by | “Why, one year I ran it clear up to | June: “shoveled coal for eight solid | months, October through May. What | has happened to the old-time Springs | when it got warm in April and stayed | warm? “The tulips think it is Spring: even the rosebushes are getting anxious to go: let us hare they are right. Cer- | tainly the world longs for Spring, genu- ine Spring, at this time of the year. “Spring is not so much a season or a time as it is a state of mind. It lives in the heart of mankind and warms | humanity to renewed life year after year. ‘The Spring poems do not tell the | half of it. H * K ok % ! “6:45—Well, T am ready for break- | fast. What are we going to have for breakfast this morning? Popovers! Great, I like popovers! Don't get the | BACKGROUND BY PAUL V. An American-born young lady has) become “converted” ‘to the Hindu | religion, in order to marry a lame- duck maharajah—a “has-been.” She | professes to be more eager to cmbrace Hinduism than her flance, but which | Hindu sect she espouses—the cat or monkey sect—Is not yet made clear. | | Most Americans belleve she has made a monkey of herself, for the sake of title. It would not be polite to call| her a “cat.” H Quoting from “The World's Living| Religlons,” by Robert Ernst Hume, Ph. D.: “There has been sharp controversy between the worshippers of the Hindu deity Rama. The north school teachce: the cat doctrine, that divine grace is of her own will, carries a little Kitten | away from danger. The south school teaches the monkey doctrine, that the human will must co-operate with divine grace, even as a little monkey must ! hold onto its mother in order to be | carried out of danger.” | What more can one ask of print, or TRACEWELL. coffee too strong. Coffce is a pecullar brew—a drop too strong and it runs a chance of becoming weedy. Real Sun- day really begins for most moderns with the big Sunday paper. We have an incurable urge to know what is go- ing on. We want to read about the plays we won't go to and the sporting events we never saw. “8 o'clock —Breakfast, one of the high spols of the day, without a doubt. Maybe it shouldn’t be so, but it is. We hate to confess to the Great Public that we eat in bathrobe and slippers, | but we imagine a large portion of the | aforementioned Great Public do exactly the same thing—or less—so we should worry. Honesty is a great virtue, and when should one be honest if not on Sund: “9 o'clock—This battery needs charg- ing, so the radio set will have plenty of pep for the church service. This charger was one of our best radio in- vestments—it charges to a fare-you- well. It is an old and antiquated model, but it still works, with a most cheerful gurgle. Some of the new chargers make no noise at all, but after one has listened to this type he never feels that the others are doing any good. Thus one sees that a little noise while working is a good thing. “10 o'clock—Here we have been read- ing the paper for another hour. We have amassed a great deal of informa- tion, some usc it is true, but it is all interesting, and some of it helpful. what more can one get out of a book? * ok ok ok “11 o'clock—We particularly like the organ during the broadcast of the church service. We suspect that if it were not for the organ—well, anyway, we like to hear the or 15 the preacher referring fo us when he says that he hopes th sound of his voice will redeem some sinner somewhere? We hope not. Anyway, we don't like the way the loud speaker is perform- ing today, so we turn the set off. The service vanishes, We feel conscience- stricken. Surcly one should go to church—more is this true today than ever before, “11:15—But_there is that room to varnish, Surely it will do no harm to varnish that room. It must be done, and here is plenty of time, so get out the can, and pry up the lid. “11:20—Something new in varnishes —dries In_four hours, so they say on the can. We will sec. “1 pm-—Dinner, while the string quartet and the Soprano furnish us th Beethoven while we eat. Music while you eat ought to be soft, soothing music. Jumpy, jerky music makes for indigestion. “2 o'clock—Where is that book? Oh, here it st Well— “5 o'clock—The varnish is dry! Even the cat walked across it without so much as a sniff. Where is that stor Oh, all right! Tl finish this story by supper, or bust. “6 o'clock—Now we eat again. No doubt a person ought to go out on Sun- day afternoon, but when it rains, that is another matter. “6:30—An_inspection of the garden in the gloaming shows that a few more rosebushes would not come amis Several Claudius Pernets and at least one Mrs. Carofle Testout. The former is the beautiful yellow rose, the latter the time-tricd pink that made Port- land, Oreg.. famous among rosarians “8 o'clock—Here I am about ready to go to bed—the first time. Il jot it down and see. “9 o'clock—To bed at last. Oh, hum!" OF EV C()I.LI.\ST_‘ pride, for she is not permitted fn the dining room when “hubby” eats. She swears not only to love, honor and obey his lordship, but she really has to do ‘fust that, in' a most literal sense She is only & woman! He is lord and master! All Hindus recognize four castes. Quoting again from “The World's Liv- ing_Religions™: “There is one, and only one, men- tlon fn the Rig Veda (the Hindu Bible) of the four castes of Hindulsm. In this earliest document of Hindulsm, perhaps 3,000 years old, the four main Kroups in human soclety represent the suceessively lower organs, or functions, of the primeval person: 115 mouth became the Brahman, “His arms became the Kahatriya. 1is thighs are the Vaisya. “I'he Sudra are produced from his feet.” | Just as it is impossible for a human foot to rise and become an arm, much less @ mouth, so it 13 impossible that a | man or woman, born into one caste, can ever rise into another caste. Hin- flood may be made upon the City of Los Angeles, which would, of course, We do not inquire, in rhetorical fray, add to the litigation. | As to what you may think, friend, or Investigations are in progress as to | what you may say. * ok Kk x It is so rare an event for an intelli- gent American, reared to maturity in a Christian_atmosphere, to turn to an | duism s & religion of hopelessness and | absolute selfishness, <o far as this life {1s concerned, though if one sins here, the may be penalized in his reincarna- tion by being reborn Into a lower caste for 1ts housing and its accommodation }lhl cause of the disaster. The residents and its service. With equitable treat- |of the valley contend that it was due ment by Congress in the matter of |0 faulty construction. Los Angeles au- taxation end appropriations and with | thoritles insist that it was an unavoid- poiftical equity in the matter of np-'-ble accident due to some slip of the resentation in the law making and tax- | €arth It is evident that a protracted boty, for both of which the citizens | controversy will preval as each side of the Capital are now striving, m,;]'»r.dnvnn W establish its claim. Efforts tdeal American com ty, | to reconstruct the dam, v renew this e particular contribution to the water Brperts agree that Herbert Hoover | supply of Los Angeles, will be resisted. s & pretty g d in t res - r:m: e Iy;rAq :ux.nr.q;"uf’mlhg New York play producers quarrel up 15 whether he can hold it. with the theater reporters. It stimu- .- = : | lates publicity, bringing benefit to the The Westward Air Trail. { producers and leaving the . e .| With a sense of duty honestly per- Despite encouraging reports from per-| oo 7 eome who claim W have ween or heard{ the Hinchliffe - Mackay isatiantic plane efter i reached the North Amer- cen looks very much as i two daring fiyers have paid with - Pt w0 biaze the westward alr Since Jeaving tne Irish comst o ) morning mo suthentic word & w & waiting world of Walter Hine #0d E caug pmerice Cue v rewsh Ne Verday mory. — Threats to Kill. Bome three years ago a young physt- cian at Beranton, Pa, participated in an operation on & youth named Comin- skie, Involving the amputation of & leg Dr. Gerald Kelly, widely known and highly respected, after treating the young man, concluded that this opera- Lo was essential b save his Iife. Since then the patient has nursed & grievane: against the physician wions he has threatened reve attention was paid 10 his words, werday he went 10 Dr. Kelly's home, vialted seversl hours for him and final- 1y, om his appearence, followed him into Liix privete office and shot and killed [ bim_ escaping through a rear door, A few hours Jater he was arrested in a muving picture theater, He had two revolvers on his person, one of which b trted W pull on the officers who ook b in curtody | This tragedy 35 an flustration of the wndency W oregard lightly threats of wireless, or e Genilaf | yengeance uttered by persons who nurse yegion where i ur 1 young men, it would Farry Mewker i bis brave sUempl appear, made no secret of his enmity v rewn Eoglend from Newloundiend | wud bis murderous intention, bul ep I the eurly duye of wviation, 1l 36 | parently nobody regarded Wis remarkes e see when neer bie goul, wes res- | seriously, snd he was allowed W go on Cand by & Behing cchuooner wnd 1evurned | and W srm bimself snd fnally W carry & week lster W & world that bad given out his threst o take the phystclan’s Bim tor Juth Elder snd | Jife Capt George Haldeman bud & 1 Phrests o kill are often heard, snd Jous escape from death when they were | aye ususlly paseed over af insignificant Pickes up neer Ve Arores by B elemmer | Inow 10 Jurily of cases Lhey sie mesn “Tiese two incidents lend encourage- [ingless. mre slmply the thoughtiess ex pient o tie belief thet perhaps Cept | pressions of enmity. But there s al Jneniifle and Mise Mecksy have b 8ys & chance that they may he serlous | ad | spyuias vurn of gt Sorbine, it ufi nd L behooves everywdy who hears . o me 4 war hero Aaring aviatriz and 1 in theyr They were 1org f their gasol with fivers wiready more hours Jaw ” vUmism. end a they © et the tragic five other breve spirit tie westward trip ne sup- Aaring four i replacing op- mirarle oreurs fate of the vho ess the 1 than twenty pessin anie Of course, $ thet th keq lunden communiestion prmsible heve bren ap by 8 rhip without n oW | grievances up Lot reporters | | There's big work to be done by a man | strong and true. Bo, what can you do, friend; what can | | you do? | Serving the People. “Republics are ungrateful!” “Worse than that!” exclalmed Sena- tor Sorghum. “If you happen to get jout of key with current politics a re- | public may be positively vindictive | Serenading. | The troubadour once sang his lay, And touched his lute with facile hand. The troubadour has wealth today, And merely hires himsell & band. | Jud Tunkins says & prize fight Is a { #hort combat, but a long, hard argu- { ment, Hard Work. “I am & hard-working man!” “IIl say you are! 1 have seen you lon the golf Jinks.” The Discreet Response. | “What would you do i & man ques- | tioned your veracity?” “If he happened to be a trafc cop,” sald Mr, Chuggins, “I'd simply say Thank you kindly, sir/ and f you | please!” “A good workman,” xald HI Ho, the | sage of Chinatown, “who tries fo be his {own boss may find himself with but & foolish overseer” { = Combination, My radio! My radio! As mergers now 1 look up, 1 sean the printed page to know Wit 1 the litest hook-up. Inudequate Description, 1 saw u wicked play!” “Whet was b lke?" |00 wis shocking enough, Bt noth- {ing lke ss bad ws the press pluggers represented 1" “Money kin cure & hesp o' troubles,” suld Uncle Eben, “but 11’ slways Hahle 1o start some more -, . Frog Carrvies the Record, Jomn e anitasilin Coaurler Juviind ‘That ‘Texns horned toad (hal was Valive when tuken out of & corner stone after being burled for 81 years ts not o remarkahle Many a nlln'm&n han & frog In his thvat for & long 1od | brings home to us the | of our Christian missionarl Astatic religion that the shock to one's | sensibilities may be useful in giving | Christians a ronception of what it | means in an Indian or Chinese com- | munity, for one who has been matured among milllons of bellevers in Hindu- | ism or its offshoots—Buddhism, Jain- | Ism and Sikhism-—or i Confuck | and other “isms A break | away from thelr doctrines and customs | and believe the religlon of Christ. It ‘mous task Fven at the risk of having some Phidias adjure a layman, whether a cobbler or “journalist, not “to go b yond his " this column today s going 1o discuss theology—even without hymns or contribution box. It will point out some of the outstanding dif- ferences bet n Hindulsm and Chris- Uanity- some of the reasons why there will be no stampede of American givls into marrtage with depored maharajahs Our girls may like kittens, and mod- ern flappers have a hablt of making monkeys of themselves when chaperons nod, but, like Gelett Burgess and his purple cow, they'd “rather see than be one.” | | | ok The essence of Hindutsm 15 that there 15 neither sin nor righteousness n-any act other than & violation of custe. 1t i the prime duty of all humans not to worry over the acts of the flesh. Brahma will take care of all that, and if one ds his caste here in this life he will be rewarded with an equal or higher caste in the relncarnat has no to his fellow men. The greatest Hindu virtue les fn utter self- centering complacency and indifference to the welfare of unybody else, espe- clally of a lower caste ‘That Is the great contrast with the falth and doctrine of the Christian the Golden Rule, the Ten Command- ments and the obligation to love one another even us ourselves ‘The Hindu has no “nelghbor™ lenst none outside hiv own Mrast 15 the Chrlatian st “And Jesus answered him, ‘The first of all commandments s, Hear, Q Isracl; the Lord our God 15 one Lor “And thou shalt love the Lord, thy God, with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, wnd with all thy m'd, and with all thy strength. ‘This s the first commandment “And the ond Is ke, namely this, ‘Ihou shalt love thy nelghbor us Thern 18 none other command er than these And who 15 my nelghbor?” The parable of the good Bumaiitan, who, apite of caste I bsruel, helped tie needy wounded man, b Jesus' definition, o roh s many & bride, even In Anierica, to hear that her cooking Is not equil 1o that of her mother-in law, dnd to note that "hubby' sniffs Al her table but I one by w Hindu bride she never hias that stab ab hey It smaits next time It is tabu for a Brahman even to accept a glass of water from a low- caste Sudra, but if a Sudra leads a true Hindu life in India now, according to his caste, and the Brahman sins, their castes may be reversed, next century, i some future birth The American bride mow marries into the Brahman_ caste, but, like monkey, she may slip and fail to hold that caste in her next reinearnation, and then will wish herself back in the land of the brave. There is ns wide a division between the status of a Hin- du man and a Hindu woman as there | is between the castes, LR B R ] “Indla’s Problem; | Krishna or C 1" by John P. Jones: & lord and’ husband has been taught, from time immemorlal, to kee her in’ obseurity, and to surround he with the sereen of fgnorance and nar- row aympathies, She has never aspired to realms not granted by her lawgivers The modern aspiration of the ‘new woman' of the West does not appeal to her, She nsks only to be let alone in | her narrow i, to her, all-sufMclent | sphere.” ‘That deseribes Hindu woman, b no other asmosph tnnes . But, after all we have sald or can say of the power of woman in Indin, SC st remains that, i no other land. Bis she suffered such marked disability | and decper Injustice, T€ her goodness | has shone out of her darkness, it has only served to reveal, the more, the wdness of her position, She bears in g condition the shgns of her bondage and humiliation. The evils of the land have heen attributed to her; and man too often aseribes his own degradation and sin 1o the curse breathed upon him by woman “The proverbs of a country are the truest test of Ats sentiments Whnt have these to say of the woman of Indin toduy? “Whiat polson 15 that which appears Hke pectar? Womnn* “What s erael? The heart of w viper, What 1 more ¢ “The heart of & womnn. What is the most eruel of all? Tho heart of u soulless, penii- Tens widow.* “He ds n fool who considers his wite s il frlend ! Clducating & woman s ke putting W knife Into the hunds of @ wonkey.’ “These proverbs do ot necessarily veveal the depravity the Hindu womin; but they do testify unmiatak - ably to the estimation In which she s held by man The fmorance of woman there 1y dense, and s probably a fact which alosely connects her with (he proverhial oxpresstons concerning hev. Hev diit eracy Is not an ineldent i Indlan ¥l Quoting from not an American- A native who knows ©.. The author con- | tor Walsh cons PHILOSOPHIES BY GLENN FRANK We shall hear much of paramount is- sues as the next campaign begins to take form. ‘There is, after all, but one paramount issue in American life, and that is the quality of thinking the average Ameri- can brings to his participation in popu- lar government. I once watched the pettifogging tac- tics of two shyster lawyers in a police court, each battling for victory, each obviously manufacturing and manhan- dling evidence in a feverish pursuit of a favorable verdict. 1 suspect that that police court and the tactics of its lawyers, concerned more with victory than with veracity, 18 2n uncomfortably accurate symbol of | the kind of thinking most of us do saye | when we are on guard against our- selves. ‘The passion for truth is a distin- guished passion. With most of us, thinking is not an act of discovery. With most of us, thinking is an act of defense, And we common mortals are not alone in this sin of the mind. George Santayana has this to say even of the philosophers: “Every philosopher says he 13 pur- suing the truth, but this is seldom the case. “Professional philosophers are usually only apologists. . “They are absorbed in defending l<(rl1mt: vested fllusion or some eloquent ea. “Take lawyers or detectives, they } study tae case for which they are re- | tained, to sce how much evidence or | semblance of cvidence they can gather | for the defense, and how much preju- dice they can reise against the wit- nesses for the prosccution. “They do not covet truth, but vic- tory.” ‘The thinking habits of most of us might, I suspect, be aptly summarized by ing: He does not covet truth, but victory. A political campaign is on; an fissue that holds the hopes of men in its sound solution is to the fore; two par- ties take the field with two vivid and versatile candidates. Does a study of the competing cam- paign literature disclose a disinterested search for truth or a determined fight for victory? A great university s considering a fundamental readjustiaent of its work to bring it more closcly to grips with the needs of its s :nts and the social order it is professing to serve. Do a study of the faculty discus- sions disclose a disinterested search for truth or a detcrmined defense of the various departmental interests in- volved or threatened by change? Wherever we turn we find thought diverted from an interest in truth to an interest in victory. We grow only as lice court mind. (Copyright, McClura Newsnapsr Syndicate.) outgrow this po- UNITED STATES IN WORLD WAR Ten Years Ago Today ‘The total casualties among . the American Expeditionary Forces, as an- nounced by the War Department, reached a total of 1,722 today with the addition of the 62 names contained in Pershing’s latest casualty list. One hundred and sixty-two have been killed in action or died from wounds and 35 have been captured or are missing. * * * The statement is made tonight on the highest authority that Ameri- can-built battleplanes will be in France by July in sufficlent quantity to insure adequate air protection of the sectors then held by American troops. * * * French win back trenches in the Prosnes region in Champagne which the Germans captured on March 1, and the Germans admit defeat. * * * Cana- dian troops carry out another success- ful raid near Lens. * * All-Russian Congress of Soviets, meeting at Moscow today, ratifies the peace treaty with the central powers by a vote of 453 to 30. Russfan collaps~ makes America’s task so much the hirder, and official Wash- ington s determined to bend every effort to win the war, Reed May Not Discuss Walsh as Competitor From the New York Times. Senatorial courtesy will probably pre- vent Senator Reed of Missouri from saying what he really thinks of the de- n of Senator Walsh of Montana to enter the Democratic presidential pri- mary in California. He must at least have stirring thoughts about it. For one thing, it puts three candidates in the fleld in Celifornia. Senator Reed announced a aay or two ago that he was ready to “fight it through” as against the Smith delegates 1 that State. Now he may be inclined to think that not even a Hercules like himself can avail agamst two, Furthermore, he will be very apt to see In the entry of Senator Walsh a verdict that his own campatgn has been, and promises to be. failure. ‘The anti-Smith board of strategy at Washington and in the South apparently has had its eye on Mr. Reed and concluded that he won't do.” So, in unother effort to prevent the w York governor from getting a two- thirds majority in the national conven- tion, Senator Walsh has been persuaded 10 go out and see if he cannot pick up w small block of delegates. We shall doubtless see more moves of the kind In itself, the Walsh candidacy s to be spoken of with respect. 1f Senator | Walsh came from a larger State, and | one in & more strategle position politi- | cally, he would have been prominently mentloned for the presidency long ago. | He has made & name for himself in the | Senate and latterly has impressed the country with his skill and tenacity as | A prosecutor of officlal wrongdoing Whether he has at the same time dis- played other qualities more desirable in a President than mere abllity to run down thieves muny doubt. But it is not y s I detall & candi- dney which is obviously Intended not to succoed excent in (he sense (hat it muy to hend off another man. The Southern Democrats cannot be expected o be very enthuslastic for one who, though u dry, §s alio a Catholie. Bo 1€ remembered plo that 1t does not re- quire u two-thirds vote fn the Demo- cratie national convention to adopt a platform, 1 the wels find themselve i a majority, they may conclude to adopt a plank about prohibition on which 1t would be fmposaible for Sena- tently to stand. R Surplusage, Com the Nashville Ranner. ‘The fellows who are giving Lindbergh medals these diys must be deacondants of the chaps who used to earry conls o Newcastle, - v —oe The Other Fellow's lnit Antontn Exprens. of prominent eltizens stve wart Eusy 15 ulways that waged by ative, From the S A committ defines = enought e the onemy, ent time anly one woman fn 200 can vend and write o that ‘land of prog- resn' + I anclent tmes theve wis 1o to tearn i India, apart from relighon; but 1t has been the striet Jnetion of thete Shastras and veliglous Iatinetors that no man shall, under Jenalty of hell, tens h his wife o daneh- or the Vedus which are the purest and best part of Hindu Horiptuves. Any form of useful knowledge was constdered dungerous i her posseasion ™ That shows (he ‘kind of soclety futo which the American-dtindu bride has 10 has heen thiough (e conturios. setiled poliey of the lmulr tthe press h thrust herself, L Y T R I R DRI ANSWERS TO DId you ever write a letter to Fred- eric J. Haskin? You can ask him any questlon of fact and get the answer in o personal letter. Here Is a great edu- cational idea Introduced into the lives | of the most intelligent people in the | world—American newspaper readers. It is a part of that best purpose of a newspaper—service. ‘There Is no charge except 2 cents In_stamps st Address Frederic J. ; Director, The Evening Star informa- | tion Bureau, Washington, D. C. Q. How many students attend the | land-grant college: J. H. A. The land-grant colleges of the United States have a total annual en- QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC ). HASKIN. Ing to the oath of allegiznce?—E. L. A. The Naturalization Bureau says that it is not possible for an alien to be naturalized without taking the oath of allegiance, as this is part of the natu- ralization proceedings. Q. What is meant by marinating a falad?-G. D. A. This means the pouring of a ng over a salad a half hour before thus allowing the flavor of ingredients to blend. A French dr ing—two parts oil, one part. vinegar or lemon, salt and red pepper 5 used for marinating. T! E drained at ng time and a mayon- naise dressing added. roliment, including Summer sessions, of ! - - close to 200000 students. They have Q. Which is the oldest ectton-pro- al income from all sourc an $100.000,000, of which | nearly $4.000,000 comes from Federal grants. They represent a total inv ment of approximately $325,000,000. Q. Have the raliroads ever aver- aged 1,000,000 carloadings a wee C. M, A. ' Tn 1926 the raflroads reached this | average for the first time. In 1927 the | average dropped slightly below this mark, with 51,714,302 carloadings for the year. Q. In what foreign countries are there American chambers of commerce? | —=Co G A. There are American chambers of commerce in Buenos Aires, Argentina: Brussels. Belgium: Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo, Brazil; Valparaiso, Chile; | Shanghal, Harbin, Mukden, Peking. Tientsin and Tsingtau, China; Havana, | Santo Domingo, Dominican Re- | Alexandria, Egypt: England; Paris, France: Berlin and Frankfort, Germany: Milan, Genoa, | | Rome, Naples, Turin and Florence, | Italy: Mexico City, Mexico: Warsaw Poland: San Juan, Porto Rico: Lisbon. Portugal: Johanneshurg, South Africa; Barcelona, Spain, and Constantinople, Turkey. Q. What causes the thundershowers in _Florida during the Summer?— F.LT A. Thundershowers of the kind usual in Florida in the Summertime are due | to the rapid uprush of warm, humid air. | ‘This is caused by strong heating of the | surface of the earth when the air is| humid—conditions common in Florida during the Summe public; Q. What service does an agricul- tural engineer render?—S. G. A, The objective of the Agricultu engineer as outlined by the Amer Society of Agricultural Engineers is To develop individual and group lead. ership based on higher efficiency, greater productive capacity and better | operating practices among those en- gaged in the production of raw mate- | |rials for food. shelter and clothing | through the gineering principles in the industry of agriculture, Q. Who is Toti Dal Monte?—A. R. | A. Toti Dal Monte is a Venetian by | birth. She is one of the greatest color. atura sopranos in modern Italy. Q. For whom Bechamel sauce named?—C. G. C. A. It is named for Bechamel, maitre d’hotel to Louis XIV. He is| {said to have created many new and | | tempting dishes. | Q. Is it true that a mind works at |'ts best when & person is tired?— | lw. w. w. | A. It is generally agreed by psycholo- gists that the threshold of highest mentality is reached at about 11 am. One authority says that tests made in | various colleges prove that the mind | Is less active when fatigued. i Q. Where was Edwin Booth, the trage- | dian, born>—T. D. W. A. He was born in Bel Alr, Md. Q. Why is the diamond usually se- lected for the stone in an engagement ring?—M. R. | A, Its beauty, costliness and dura-| | bility are some of the reasons, but! there are other stones which would fill these requirements. In the Middle Ages the belief was current that the diamond was A peacemaker between husband and wife. Q Where was Goliath, the glant, born?--D. K. A. Goliath was born in Gath—one of | l}'le five confederate cities of the Philis- | tines, Q. What is meant by the expression “Paddy’s hurricane”?—N. E. L. | A. When there is no breeze and a | pennant hangs against the mast, it is sald that “Paddy's hurricane is blow. ing,” or that the “wind is up and down the mast.” | Q. Is it possible to be naturalized as an American citizen without subscrib- | | the Pacific?—L. London, | | | death? ture in life. st ducing country?—B. T. A. India, where cotton has been fiber manufactured for the oldest cote a popular name of Hawali, des, and othe of the South Q. Are Inmates of asylums and prisons counted in the population of their homes or in the cities in which the institutions are located?—P. B. W. " are counted in_ the places where the institutions are located. Q. Ts the Atlantic Ocean saltier than A. The Geological Survey says that here s practically no difference in the saltn of the two oceans. Q. Where did “Limburger cheese” gt name?--D. R. A. The cheese bears the name of the town in which it was first made— Limburg, Belgium. Q. What was the use of the mercy | seat, described as part of the Ark of the Covenant?—P. E. G. A. The mercy seat was a golden plate on top of the ark. on which was sprinkied the blood of sacrificial ani- mals. Q. From the standpoint of form, hod does Masefleld's new “Tristan and Iscult” differ from Robinson’s poem?— w. C. A. Masefield's poem is written in form. Edwin Arlington Robinson's work is a long narrative poem.. h peoples have the largest t active alphabets?>—E.R.N. Dr. F. H. Vizetelly says that this nction belongs. respectively, to the Q. What were the words that Charles Frohman sald as he went to his death Lusitania?—W. M. F. is last words, said to a friend by e: “Why should we fear the most beautiful adven- his’ side, It Q. Where did the prairie schooner, or covered wagon, originate?—A. V., A. It originated in the Conestoga | Valley of Pennsylvania, and was called a “Conestoga wagon. Q. How many kinds of icebergs are there?—T. H. A. Ice observers recognize two types of ieebergs—solid bergs and drydocks. The solid type is what its name im- plies. It lies low in the water, its sides are rounded by the action of the water and it tips slowly from side to side. The drvdock type consists of two high sides h a low passage between. It sails along as mafestically as a ship. Q. Should one say “per week” or “a week"?—L. M. Per” should be used with Latin forms, such as “diem,” “annum.” “‘cen- tum.” It should not be used with the word “week." Q. What was_the name of Buffalo Bill's rifle>—F. T. A. One of Buffalo Bill's rifles was ! called “Lucretia Borgia.” probably be- cause of its murderous qualities. "With this gun Buffalo Bill killed 4.280 buf- faloes In less than 18 months, 69 in one day. \ Q. Was Saturday made the school liday in deference to the religion of he Jews?—E. L. A, Miss Freygang of the New York City Department of Education says: It is my understanding that the origin of S: y never began in the cities, but in the rural sections of our country. It is my understanding that it origi- nated in the C days, when there were very f s in the community. 1 believe Saturday began as & holiday in sch because the ¢ en on the fan d to help with the work, so at_Sunday might be observed by the . They had to bring in provisions for the Sabbath and help in the home ¢ they might start t0 the near est church which was usually mil away. | portation by land and [ 1e Keenest Interest in “Fuelless” Motor Shown All Over Nation Willingn to be shown marks the public attitude toward the announce- | ment of a Pittsburgh man that he has invented a fuelless motor, Neither the skepticism of scientists hor the long | p list of failures in the search for pers petual motion checks the play of imagi- nation let loose through speculation the possible effect of such & discos The ‘strengih on all human activities. notwithstanding Perhaps this IS the moment; more | 4lso impresses the Indian: obably 1t i not, s the New York observes: “If the ening Post, while = conceding that AACPRIRERE o8 wat the miracles which e occurred in the fleld of electri ince the begin- ning of this century Justify us in being prepared to hall the new king of trans- though when . H; motor pu are arranged. could be as! be noted no | valve, light! apol motor free enersy e, reduild the e and social structu the co 1t mark man's pver physical toil, and no ma: e that tha been don s ! tpped of & job." The Ro however, ren “it t be said th inventor appears ready to subr machine to proper test | xR ox % n ment.” The adv leads the Dulut} it hadn't been fo that experts sald couldn’t be done, the world would still be back in the prim tive state 1t was fn when the fust ex- pert, scowling s whely as any ow solemaly satd that it couldn’t be done chiefly, 1t would appear, beeause never had been done.” Speculation upon “the kind of world | ne 14 be if an unfailing source of [y \ gy could be made avatlable by |y, merely Winding magnets i w new way” is enlled by the Hoston Transcript “ascinating gan and that paper adds: “Were Jules Verne living, he ! might use 1t I a romance, not of a | trip to the moon, but of a journey along the Milky Way, Kipling might see in it chance for tmprovement on (he idea of the elusive ray which figured t his story of the iMght mail 1t may vet | Susely be reflected In Irid tales of the nest | ‘e W, war. Whether or not 1t s & suecess | I faet, 1t may be glorious i fietton” LR mystery d on the Tlmes-Un It ts for no man to be more than fous.” advises ashville Ban- with the ade of recen bt to bet ) | sometn nounced.” We might that the wonders al- shed in the twentfeth not be given 8 more testimontal than the sus- with which most in- ricans await further tfor- orted discovery so W perpetual motion t elle sees in the re- | ported devica a priv which “is near | enough to perpe otion o its con- | templation o fuduce headaches™ | Such devices, howe n the optaton of the Seattle Daily nes, “stir our Presently are torgotten (et Uiy pAper continues. o sreat discovery' vothe end we on the wnltlon TS, pressing elec- g sicam throttles, fakes {8 plaece Perpeinal-mation The Ann Arbor Daily News empha sizes the polnt that “we haven't beyg 10 harvess the power that les cotpa atively dovmant all about us never gob aveal good atart, tndeed continues that paper, "t g wll the sourees, About the thne they hat ness the Totating earth, somebody Wit dismtegrate e atom and release wi CIOFIOIS BeW SUpply of never-ending | with the numerab energy " The Fargo Forund points out | devices which up the Patens that, 1 successful, this motor 15 the | Ottee he Kalamasw Qazette, reattentlon, I w very great measure, of | defending skepticham, divects attention What cortalin prophiets have been prom= | (o (he tact that “seltstylod discoverers g e fime” bt vecalls that fof perpetual motion have perpetrated 1 would come from | many & hoax i the past, and Hender- Srating atoms Shot st expeel o encounter the same P IAY oL K0 Al Ehe wiy with | sort of questioning which s always (he fuventor,” suggests the Athanta | rnised agalist new and batfing demaon- Journal, “when he speaks ghibly of l!\r‘.nl ALV force that pulls the needle of the coms | The conclusion drawn by sy avound, and adids, There 15 noths | neapatis Teity 1 U Phat lavman will g mvsterfous about that' Others | proty OV MOSE prudent wha may be pusaled fatnty aver what, pre- | openiv shates the doubts of the when- Chely, & magneto fleld ts, or true north | Hists, but wha silently and apthmistioalty Bat they ave equalty Sea At the feancedes to My, Hendershol & fightin exavt uuu'll\un\\\l & cam shaft, or & chance b ‘ v prived, but (1 our automobile mot e butty The “wonder engiu the Min.