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8 "THE EVENING STAR ___ WWith Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. .June 19, 1028 The Evening Star Newspaper Company Bu;lntps: 0!3‘« ey ey, 3 l“’l' llll; b‘y‘\fl St. Chi Office: Tower Bulldine. !ur;pm(:\"smu 14 Revent St., London, England. Rate by Carrier Within the City. The Evening Star.... 45c per month The Evening and Sunday Star (when 4 Sundars) Eveninz and Sunday Star 58) i The S TSP Ter eapy ‘o] tion made at the end of each month. S Matl or telephone 60c per month 65¢ per month Arders may be Main 5000, tates and Canada. .1 ¥r,$12.00: 1 mo., 1 S800: 1 mo., + $3.00; 1 mo., All Other S Daily and Sundi b o s0c Mcmber of the Associated Press. The Astociated Press is exciusively entitied 1o the iee for repudtication of all news dis- Tatches credited 0 It Ar IO otherwise cred- Tl (s paver and aiso the local nevs Jidlled hersin. Al Tiehts I Ritnat Shes herein are RIS reserved The Wet-Dry Issue at Houston. Building a platform on which Gov.| Alred E. Smith of New York, if nom- inated for President and squarely is likely to tax the in- genuity of the Democrats at the Hous- ton national convention next week. Gov. Smith has a wet record. He is re- garded by the supporters of prohibition es & wet and by the opponents of pro- | hibition as a wet, which should make it unanimous. The Democrats can leave | prohibition and law enforcement out of their platform entirely. They can write in a dry plank, they can write in a wet plank and finally they can write in a plank that seeks to straddle the issue. For campaign purposes it would be expedient for the Democratic national ticket to run “wet” in the East and dry in the West and South. But such a can stand firmly | Houston, with its fifty-mile ship chan- nel to the Gulf, is living on glory bor- rowed from Galveston. If they were able to travel further afield they would {find that Port Arthur, up the coast from Galveston, is already the leading port for the export of oil, and that {to quote its ship trafic figures with deep pride. Down the coast, at Corpus | Christi, the newspaper men would learn | that the first cargo of cotton left there in an ocean-going ship last Fall, and that Corpus Christi has hopes of be- coming the outlet for most of the cot- ton grown in the valley regions of | southeast Texas. These newspaper men have lots to {learn. They know little more about the | almost limitless extent and resources of | this vast land than the majority of | their poorly informed fellow Americans. | Some of them, from New York, who, it is understood, have more than once | wired the editors of Galveston papers |to send them word of what is going on |in Mexico City, having some vague notion that the cities were possibly |adjacent, will turn to their geographies and study them with interest. Th will be impressed with the healthy com- mercial rivalry between the leading cities of Texas. and with their phenom- enal growth and prosperity and civic consciousness. They will return North and East with a new respect for the! solemn responsibility which rests upon [the shoulders of the Government- makers here in Washington who ad- { minister to the national wants of this great territory as only a small part of their other duties o The Farmer's Chance. | the national clection will be in the past. Farm legislation. however, will still be in order. but the reasons which pre- vented the passage of any farm bill | which President Coolidge would have | | been willing to sign, in all likelihood. will not bs so potent as they were in the session not long since closed. Per- | Beaumont, not far away, is beginning | When Congress meets next December | THE EVEN known cause for the attempt upon the life. of the Porto Rican leader. He is one of the most popular men In the {island. devoted to the cause of a larger degree of autonomy for Porto Rico, lib- j eral in his views, active in all works for | the advancement of the people. Since the American occupation of | Porto Rico in 1898, thirty years ago, the | development of the island has been rapld. Successive administrators named ‘b_v the President have wrought for the betterment of the condition of the people. the spread of education, the abatement of disease, the improvement of communications, the enlargement of | the agricultural and industrial resources of the country. As a resilt, Porto Rico, densely populated and highly cultivated. | has steadily gone forward in prosperity, health and intelligence. The trusteeship of the United States over the affairs of this island, taken from Spanish rule in the settlement fol- | lowing the war of 1898, has been faith- | fully discharged. Successive enlarge- | ments of the franchise and the privilege |of self-administration have brought the | people into close association politically and have given them a dominating share in the conduct of their own af- | fairs. There have been movements for statehoed, which have not advanced far because of the difficulties of amalgamat- ing this insular organism with the con- tinental system of government. Re- cently petitions have been made for the privilege of electing the governor. It has not been the judgment of the Gov- crnment at Washington that the time has come thus to depart, in this single instance, from the territorial basis under | which the executives of the “distant pos- sessions™ are named by the President of | the United States. | 1In this period of advancement and in | the evelution of a harmonious political spirit on the part of the people of Porto Rico, “Don Antonio” Barcelo has been A consistent co-operator with the au- thorities at Washington, though espous- ing the cause of those who wish for a larger degree of autonomy. He is great- | Iv beloved by the people, and this wick- haps At last a serious effort will be ed assault upon him, fortunately fu- made to give the farmer a constructive, | tile, will cause him to be even more | constitutional measure, which will be highly hemered and respected than be- { calculated to ald him, even if it lacks | fore. Porto Rico has shown lts capac- the quack. cure-all advertisement which | ity for Ameorican citizenship in its de- has been given to the McNary-Haugen | velopment of such men, whose loyalty bill. [to the flag that now flies over the feat is difficult of accomplishment. It 15 impossible to carry whisky on one shoulder and water on the other. ‘These Democrats who wish to nom- inate Gov. Smith for President, and at the same time appease the prohibition- NG STAR. THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. Backing out of one's opinions as gracefully as one may is an interesting habit tending to disappear from soclety, as modern training puts a premium upon a frank stdtement as distinguished from a polite one. It fs almost possible to tell the age | of A man or woman today by the ease ‘with which they change their state- ments in an effort to coincide with the opinions of others. This trait no doubt led in its crudest form to the now well known “yes-yes" man, the individual who alwevs takes hiz cue from the speech of others, never daring to say his soul is his own if only another says it is not. There were many pleasing qualities to this trait, however, as witness its effect in any conversation between one or more persons, among whom it makes for true gentleness, calm sanity of thought and real breeding. A group of conversationists, each member of which should insist strenu- ously on actively combating every idea advanced by another with whom and with which he did not agree, would | {nreum a spectacle anything but pleas- | ing or soclal. | ‘The nearest approach to such a group is a gathering of small bovs of the new | vintage, each one blissfully unaware of | etiquette, each intent on disagreeing WASHINGTO D o TUESDAY. M . TRACEWELL. frankness of speech among young peo- ple of both sexes, the diftusion of wit and the sham boorishness which passes for wit, the spread of sophistication and the reluctance of parents to place any inhibitions upon their children, “I was held down in my childhood; Johnnie shall not be!” is the slogan, un- spoken and spoken, of many a father of today, with the result that little John is allowed to smear his hands over the wall paper, so the walls are painted: he is permitted to break dishes, 50 the family plate is of cast iron, or 50 it seems; he may tug and pull at curtains, so there are no curtains; he is able to break anything at will, so the whole treasure of glass and other inter- esting fragile objects are barred from the home. Is it not natural under such a regime that Johnnie grows into a little boor, utterly unable to comprehend the old-time courtesy which makes it man- datory on one to listen politely to the opinions of others, especially older peo- ple, and not to “contradict” them ex- cept when necessary? ook x Why did the old-fashioned parents put such stress upon that? For a child to openly contradict its parents or other seniors was a major with might and main with his com- panions on any topic under heaven,| and especially upon this earth, | 2 ik We of the older generation flatter ourselves that backing out of one's opinions in the face of opposition in | order to be polite is simply common sense. Why should one wrangle over | nothings? And most opinions. as ex- pressed by most persons in everyday | life, are simply nothings, no matter how sagacious they seem to the holder. | Two members of this older ;enen-| tion were walking down the street, | when one of them happened to notice | a girl wearing one of the scarfs now so | popular with the womenfolk. The scarf is a square of colored silk usually folded into a triangle and draped over | one shoulder, generally over a sleeve- less dress. “What do you think of those things?" asked the firs' gentleman. “T don’t think much of them.,” said the second. “Silly-looking to me. “T like them.” said the first “Well, they are not so bad, the other, Now that is what we call backing out | of one's opinion as gracefully as one! may! amended *xen ; Sometimes or: will hedge over a book, or a play, or almost any other| crime: surely the oldsters must have had some reason for such a belief. It could not have been sheer caprice which | made them stand Bllly in the corner | e 50 much as dared to say “'Taint | so! i We may believe that parents then| realized the necessity for everyday po- liteness to a greater degree than the fathers and mothers of the present era. This country has come out of a period in history marked by conflict with nature and men. As n con- comitants there were many crude habits in the land, abuses frowned upon by the polite world of Europe. Courtesies of speech began to ‘“come in.” We mean, of course, for the large majority of the people. Always had there been sections of soclety in which conversa- tional politeness held sway. There were large blocks, however, in which raucous laughter answered to impure specch. The gentler feelings! which make mankind a group of hu- | man beings rather than a herd of ani- mals wers unknown. | The swing of time brought about an era, vaguely known as the Vietorian (even in this country), which put a premium on the niceties of life and liv- ing. We did not go as far as the Eng- lish during a certain period when elab- orate ways were conceived to call every- thing by a pleasant name, but we did JUNE 19. 1928. PHILOSOPHIES Y GLENN FRANK blems offer a choice Vb r alternative between two ¢l “Professor,” sald_a_puzzled student one day to Borden B. e, “T didn't quite understand. Did you say it was this or that?" “My son,” said this wise old philoso- pher, “the longer you live in this very puzzling world, the more things you will find about which you cannot sa either this or that, but about wl yg: must learn to say both this and t e problem of oll offers just such a ma to American statesmanship. ce the middle of 1926 the petroleum industry has been suffering from over- production. In 1927 the output of crude petroleum o h e total 584 of oil on hand now - 000 barrels. At the opening of 1927 the oil pro- ducers of the United States faced three uncomfortable facts, viz: Staggeringly large stocks of ofl on hand. Production proceeding at a swift tempo. ;thun low. 0il resources of the Nation are too precious to leave to anything less than the wisest possible husbanding. The public interest of the Nation as well as the private interests of the pro- ducers demand that the existing anarchy of the ofl industry be ubjected to the scrutiny of industrial and social statesmen. A committee of the Federal Ofl Board .’.’" sald that the Nation's oil supply should be drawn upon without waste 2nd in orderly response to the economic needs of the country. Neither of the: reached now. It is national insanity to permit anarchic ofl production, a tumhul;ne. ofl market. and a feverish advertising and sales effort to get the accumulated ofl yet there is no assured way to check production as new ofl neluxynre opened up—one man drills his wells and the nearby owners must go and do like- wise lest their ofl be drained off, What shall be done about it? Shall the Nation take over the pe- troleum industry and, innocent of any profit motive, dole out the ofl as the Nation’s needs may require? Shall the Nation reverse its theory of monopoly and legislate permission for the gathering of the total oll business of the United States under one wing of one great oil monopoly that could act without the conrum. elements of competition In its considerations? ail [ objectives is being 8hall the Nation and the oll-pro- | ducing States revise the anti-trust laws |l " accommodate a fraction of such re- quests. The answers published are ones that may interest many readers, rather than the one who asks the ques- tion only. All questions should be ac- companied with the writer's name and mmmdzmuineflnwnum_rz for reply. Send ir to Evening Star Information Bureau, Proderlec.l. Haskin, director, Washing- ton, D. C. Q. How many people play golf on the links in Potomac Park?—J. F. A. In May, 1928, 31,415 persons used the courses. On the east links, 19,963 played: on the west, 8,936; on the course for colored people, 2,016, and on the practice course on Polo Field, 500. On Sundays about 2,500 play; on weekdays, | 700 or 800. Q. What State is planting the larges | acreage of green peas for canning’ P. . P A. Wisconsin leads with an intended acreage of 100,800 in 1928, with New York second with an intended planting of 29,120 acres. Q. What is Conan Doyle's address?— w. . A. B, y A. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's address is Windelsham, Crowborough, Sussex, England. P.R. 8. A. Shakespeare used the line in “Mac- beth.” The death of Cawdor is re- ferred to. . Does coffee evaporate more rapidly h\q- percolator or in a coffee pot?— W. F. N. A. It evaporates nmevnpld!y in a percolator. Q. What hon: are known as “thor- oughbreds”?—J. B. u:‘ “Thoroughbred” applies accurately only to the breed of running horses eligible to registration in the General Stud Book of , the American Stud Book, or affiliated stud books for thoroughbred horses in other countries. ). Dick Grace killed while Ll ed?—A. A. | | | “Wings" was being flims A. The Photoplay Magazine says while “Wings” was being filmed Dick Grace, & famous air stunt man, had his neck broken. He recovered from this accident and is still flying. . Were tage stamps used for moqn y durmwt’l‘u Civil War?—J. W. H. . Who said “Nothing in his life so | beckme i ke the leaving of $t"7— | ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC ). HASKIN. Q. Has Finland a na tlu“ nnmnmn'n':h‘:'m ships. The e are, in addition, four n=u'n| boats, two torpedo boats, four mine layers, two minesweepers, some motor launches and one old submarifie. There are three regiments of coast artillery. Q. Are any members of President McKinley's cabinet still living?—R.G. A. A. The last surviving member, Lyman 7. Gage, died in January, 1927. . I nunufi duty on fruits ship- %egfrm! the Un! States to Brazil?— ; January 27, C. A. Under s of 1928, fresh fruit m‘flu United States is exempt from duty, as Brazil has & commercial treaty with the United States which was signed in Washing- ton in 1923. It was stated that this exemption from duty will be extended to other countries giving reciprocal privileges to Brazil. as the “Bread Q. Who are known and Cheese Folk”?—M. D. M. of the Q. Which State is called the “Mother \ of Sulv&"7—-., N. Q. Is it true that there are enough automobiles in the United States for gezh;‘k Ppopulation to ride at once?— A. More than 23,000,000 automobiles were registered last . All the cars would have to hold passengers, with an occasional one taking six, in order to transport the entire population simul- taneously. Q. Was Robert P. Poster, the card | ;uflumty. born in the United States?— . 8. A. He was born in Edinburgh, Seot- land, May 31, 1853. He has lived in this country for many years. his present home being in Brookiyn, N. Y. Q. When was the Fairbanks' house Dedham built?>—B. . 8. A. The house was built by Jonathan in Dedham. Mass. | |in ‘' / ists of the West and South, like to re- fer to the governor as an enforcer of the law, all laws. The fact remains, however, that he signed the law re- pealing the State prohibition enforce- ment act of New York. He is not in One of the most significant things | ancient capitsl is an invaluable asset that happened in the Republican na- in the advancement of the “Gate of tional convention in Kansas City was Riches." | the decisive defeat of the farm plank | - | put forward by backers of Lowden and | Dawes for the presidential nomination. | A. Unused postage stamps, with faces | protected by a layer of mica, and in- dnm in metal alll commer- cial advestisements, were sity money. This was patented by J. Gault, August, 1864, and passed as currency from 1861 to 1865. | Q. Is the slik hat. or high hat, a article ot“an-?—l K. ' thing that has an artistic side. One Make it a social misdemeanor to baldl will crawl out of a previously expressed | contradict & person to his face over opinion simply in order not to anger |something that was more or less a 1another. ifle, or at best a matter of opinion, of g | This is a negative sort of action. ad- | Which there are as many as men, A woman can cross the Atlantic as|mittedly; but it saves a world of wran~ | Hence thousands of persons still exist gling in a universe in which mental |in this country who belleve that back- to the extent of permitting groups of ofl producers to act in concert to limit drilling and produetion when overpro- du;t‘lo;; is fl:‘mtened? ch of these and similar proposals raises a score of almost qunpswenhle - questions ARTIASS " SaRRERTARTT Y - arap ATt sympathy with the national prohibition laws and doubtiess would repeal that, 0o, if he could. The talk now in Houston is that the Democratic convention will declare for law enforcement “and let it go at that.” Smith, they say, can stand on that platform. It is not a platferm that will satisfy the prohibitionists. especially in view of the remarkably dry plank which was inserted in the Republicans’ na- tional platform at Kansas City last w2ek. But it may fill the bill so far as the Democratic national convention is concerned. The convention also will probably nominate a dry from the! West or South to run on the national ticket with Smith. But here again the Democratic ticket will fail to please the drys as well as the Republicans, for the Republicans have placed two drys on their ticket. Hoover and Curtis. The Democrats may undertake to name Cordel! Hull of Tennessee or George of Georgia as the vice presidential candi- | date to run with Smith. Or they may pick Woollen of Indianapolis or Dona- hey of Ohio, or some other Midwestern candidate, all dry. They would be far more consistent if they should name Eenator “Jim" Reed of Missouri, a wet, | to run with Smith, provided, of course, | Senator Reed, a candidate for first i | The vote in the convention stood 800 | plus to 200 plus against the plank. For | the first time in a strictly national | | Republican gathering, the issue of the | cqualization fee was put to the test. There were no Democrats present to | vote for the measure to embarrass a| | Republican President or a Republican | | candidate for the presidency. Had it | | not been for a large measure of Demo- | cratic support in the Senate and House | |in Congress, the McNary-Haugen bill | would not have been passed at all. { Many of the Democrats who voted for | the bill had in mind raising a ruction | among the Republicans rather than any | idea that the bill would become a law. | They hoped to make the Republican farmers of the Midwest split from the {G. O. P. in the coming election. ‘These same Democrats are to have an | opportunity when their natianal con- | vention meets June 26, in Houston, to determine whether they will put into) the Democratic platform the (lrm} plank which was turned down st Kan- | sas City. They will be faced with a real problem. If they are to nominate | Gov. Al Smith of New York for Presi- | dent, as seems likely, they must decide how the adoption of such a plank will | help him in the great States of the East, where the main battle is likely to take | place. place on the ticket, would consent to play second fiddle to the New York ' 8o far as the Midwest is concerned, the Republican convention indicated | | flelds of actual governor. They might even choose Gov. Albert Ritchie of Maryland for Vice President and go the whole way. Tour years ago. meeting at Madison SBquare Garden, the Democrats placed th: following “law enforcement” plank in their platform, largely at the insist- ence of the late William Jennings Bryan end other Western and Southern drys: “The Republican administration has failed to enforce the prohibition law, is guilty of trafficking in liquor permits and has become the protector of viola- tors of this law. The Democratic party Ppiedges itself to respect and enforce the Constitution and all laws.” | pretty plainly that that section of the | country is by no means so bound up | | with the McNary-Haugen bill as the | | public has been given to suppose. Take Nebraska, for example, where a ma- jority of the delegation to the Repub- lican convention turned its back on the equalization fee plank. There were | other Midwest Republican delegations | | which took a stand against the plank, | among them Missouri and Kansas. Senator McNary of Oregon, one of = | the sponsors of the farm bill in the | last session of Congress and before, has | declared that he is willing to let the | equalization fee slide and put through | The Houston convention may adopt a | & bill without the fee, He believes that | dry plank in the platform, and Gov.|the rest of his bill would aid the llm-I Bmith, in his speech of acceptance,|€rs and wants to try it out. If the| may—as some believe he will—write his | Republicans elect their national ticket own platform. When it comes to writ- | in November it is a foregone conclusion ing into the national platform a dry | that the old bill containing the equali- plank, pledging the Democratic party | Zation fee will have no chance of be-‘ to the support of prohibition, and at | coming law, certainly not for another | the same time nominating Gov. Smith | four years. | for President. the convention, if it fol- | Farm aid has been made a foot ball| lows that course, will give the country | Of Politics for years. It has been uud: at least a good laugh | to bolster up the candidacy of various fiin it Sandpis | presidential possibilities, These have | | now faded out of the picture. Some of Even the broker says “Don't gamble.” | 1o oo radical Republicans are hint- But his advice never prevents the lamb 0 aiready that Frank O. Lowden of from producing the required MaTgIn. | nunots who declined to submit his | " | name to the national convention for | the presidential nomination, may un- dertake to lead a farmers’ party in the | coming election. There is little rlmni eulogy here, But the Bouthern hos- | U0 believe, however, that if Mr. Lowden | pitality experienced by the army of should venture so far he would bes:ny newspaper men, who, having conquered | more successful than was the late n-I Kansas City, are waiting at Houston for | 810 Robert M. La Pollette of Wiscon- s battle there, is of & newer and more | 0 in 1924. The La Follette undlduy‘ up-to-date brand than the sort identi- | in the end was & material benefit i fied with the old Bouth. This latter | N regular Republican ticket. Beveral brand rings of the new South, It com- | O the radical leaders of farm organiza- | bines the warm and courteous welcome | HOn® in the Midwest are Democrats. | of the Boutherner. They want the | This is another factor which may have newspaper men, st the same time, to had something to do with the ll:llnn; tell the world what a fine place home, |©f the Republican national convention. | in Texss, really is. These writers have | FATmIng the farmers for political ad- | been experiencing a change, after the | YSntage has had a jolt. Perhaps now | hectic task of describing political | the farmers will have a real chance for | maneuverings, that must be as refresh- | onstructive ald from the Congress of ing s the salt-laden breezes that blow | the United States. ] | in from the Gulf of Mexico. They have | RN S B S R been introduced to Dallas, which in the Chinese affairs are suggesting reason- | last few years has become the financia) | 8ble requests not to slam the open | center as well as the jobbing and many- 40or | facturing center of the wide domain A of Texss. They nave heard in Dallas, | The Attack Upon “Don Antonio.” no doubl, the clalms thal the Blale| A murderous mssault upon Antonio | as & whoie revolves around that brisk | garcelo, President of the Senate of metropolis of skyscrapers and white | pory Rico—"Don Antonio,” the people buildings, but have lived 0 learn thal of the island fondly eall him—fortu- st Houswon, where the Democrats are | nately failed of its purpose, although gathering together, Dallas s only sec- | the assailant was desperately, perhaps ond best, and that Houston is the resl | fatally, wounded after his arrest, This center of the universe. ¥From Houston | attack occurred at San Juan, the capi- they have gone down to Galveston, 10 |tal, upon Mr. Barcelo's arrival from find there that Galveston still ranks as | New York, where a few days ago he the second port of the United States|had received an honorary degree from 13 point of velue of cargo, and that Colymbia University, There was no | e e———— The Discovery of Texas. Southern hospitality is, of course, traditfonal and needs no praise or| | not utilized to easily as a man. This discovery might {have been expected. Aviation de- pends on nerve and endurance as well 2s intelligent patience in training. Even the acrobatic arenas as well as the battle have shown through the centuries that physical danger means no more to women than to men. An element of novelty is introduced. Herbert Hocver selects the back porch instead of the front porch as the place for interviews. In Washington, D. C., a front porch is likely to be architec- turally austere. It is the back porch that overlooks the scene of privacy amid blossoming fragrance. ————— vt | Ths modern biographer is, in many | cases, apparently a man who knew many interesting things, but did not have the nerve to say them when they would eount. R Many an extravagant citizen is likely to welcome a substitution of a dime for an eight-cent fare, feeling that it is worth two cents to save the time lost in fumbling for the copper change. It must be admitted, without loss of admiration for Gertrude Ederle’s lead- ership in a rough voyage, that Miss Earhart's achievement makes Channel swimming seem like child's play. e ———— SHOO' Pyrotechnics Enough to Go 'Round. We have displayed extensive caré In fireworks demonstrations: And still we'll have a few to spare Since Hoover celebrations, With joy to scintillate, forthwith, "Mongst Democratic forces, To cheer the popular Al Smith— Or some one he indorses, And when July the Fourth rolls ‘round, We'll have a surplus ready To show. with zealousness profound, Our patriotism steady. Our admiration long must last, Told with such lavish splendors, For numerous statesmen of the pas Likewise for new contenders. Delicate Consideration. “You made a hit with your few re- marks.” “Yes," answered Senator Sorghum. “It was a kind-hearted crowd that seemed anxious to applaud enough to keep my feelings from being ton much hurt when I found nobody was going to take my advice.” Dwelling, With Modern Imprevements. Why should a campaign leader ride Afar, in individual pride, When motion pictures can display His features to the world each day? Milllons of radio sets speak clear. ‘The microphone is walting near, What candidate need seek to roam And leave behind a pleasant home? Jud Tunkins says men now mature early. Boys begin playing golf and handling airplanes so soon, they hardly have time for marbles and kites. No Longer an Audience. “Does your wife lecture you as much as she used lo?" asked the Inquiring relative, “She would condescend to waste her words,” answered Mr. Meekton. “8he 15 so highly successful that a lec- ture from her is worth at least five hundred dollars.” “A fight,” sald Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown, “cannot take place when opinions seek logical expression and are ask a struggle for selfish advantag: Retribution. When some one hurts me with a sneer, T'll mutely stand and hold my tongue, And think of those who held me dear I hurt so oft when I was young. “Dar is s0o many folks smilin’ whether dey feels like it or not” said Uncle Eben, “dat I kind o' preciate a man dat is willin' to own up to an honest grouch,” : . conflicts already are far too many. Life is too short to go through it constantly | fighting for one's little opinions. At | certain times and under certain condi- | tions such a course of action is neces- | sary, but surely it is not so when merely | discussing something with a friend or | acouaintance. Then politeness becomes incumbent | upon both sides to the talk, and if such ordinary courtesy is tending to disap- pear today one may well think that it | is so much the worse for today. The world, going through incessant change, | tends to come back time and time again | to politeness in social life and to recede | from it. Many believe that today is a period of recession. They point to the BACKGROUND OF EVENTS BY PAUL V. In the coming presidential campaign there is more than one provision of the Constitution which mav come under discussion, inclusive of the first amend- ment, no less than the eighteenth. That first amendment forbids Congress from enacting any law affecting reli- gion. but it does not foresee a campaign in which such extremes of ritualistic and non-ritualistic faiths may be con- trasted. Could there be a wider diver- gence than that between ihe faith of Gov. Smith and that of Friend Herbert Hoover? One is expressed almost solely in ritual, the other is absolutely without ritual or other fixed form of ceremony. It is quite outside of the limits of this column to discuss the merits of any religion, but today so little is really known, popularly, of the Quakers that a cursory outline of their history and characteristics will be found timely. Comparatively few Washingtonians, | perhaps, have ever attended a meeting | in the little church of Quakers, to | which Friend Hoover belongs and which he attends regularly, Certainly the general conception of what the sect really and what are its character- ‘Thomas Hood called it sober, silent, serious sad- just as if he knew Her- bert Hoover himself. * ok o ox Memory of the present writer con- tains two experiences in line with the Friends, one of which came some years ago when visiting the “First Quaker Meeting House built in America"—or rather a successor to that first house— crected by a supposed ancestor of the writer—at Burlington, N. J. It was a Sabbath morning, and enter- ing the meeting house somewhat early, before many Friends had arrived, the visitor and wife were ushered into sepa- rate sittings—the goats apart from the sheep—on opposite sides of the aisle. A few minutes later, as the people be- gan to gather, a venerable gentleman came in and he had gotten half way to the front when he sensed the presence of a stranger sitting near the rear, an hastily returned to invite him to “come up in front.” “Thank you, 1 had better remain here,” was the response. “No—no,” urged the Friend, “come up in front; thee is first, and entitled to a front seat.” Finding the visitor too retiring to accept the injunction to. “come up higher," the white-haired Quaker seated himself upon the h seat”—a tier of scats facing the ly of the church. There were two or three others also upon the “high seat,” facing, but never seeing, the assembly. ‘There was no singing, no preaching, and not even a word from any one moved by the Spirit. Not & word was spoken, as the hour. s by, Once A bird flew through a gallery window, but only one pair of eyes was raised to glance at it as it flew about the church —~cyes of a demure malden- which were quickly dropped again. After an hour of meditation and silent prayer, the white-halred man upon the high seat suddenly shook hands with a young Friend seated beside him, and then everybody did likewise with seatmates, as a signal that the sservice was over, 8o the young man came down from the high seat and opened Bunday school, of which he proved to be superintendent. But there were no children in that Sunday school. Where are the Quaker children today? o ow o Bome years later, with the recollec- | tion of the tradition that Willlam Penn | had sent that ancestor of this writer | Across the waters to bulld the first Quaker Meeting House in New Jersey, before Penn himself crossed the ocean, the writer had a wonderful day in visit- ing Windsor Castle and nearby Stoke Pofls. England. where Gray wrote his “Elegy in a Country Churchyard.” Il was just the right time of day! when I arrived at the latter shrine, and Gray's description fitted the occasion: “Now fades the {llmmerlnl landscape on the sight, And all the air a solemn stillness olds, ave where the beetle wheels his dron- ing flight, And drowsy tinkling lull the distant folds,” d | wandered from village to village teach- ing out of an opinion in order to be polite is a good and expedient thing to do. They do not want to offend. They would rather run the risk of bejng called namby-pamby than subject them- selves to the accusation of being boor- ish. A crude, boastful bounder in a striped bow tie seems to them some- | what lesser citizen than the upright, de- cent man who refrains from argument over small matters. To back out of an opinion gracefully is. after all, something of an art. It takes skill, tact and regard for one's neighbors. and to the extent of those good qualities earns the cammendation | of manl“ad in its quieter, thinking moments, COLLINS, There, indeed, came the sound of the “drowsy tink] ," and one involun- tarily at the “ivy-mantled tower” and the ancient yew tree and the 4 : elmln x - thm for Il “‘moping owl.” but, in the absence of th:© venerable bird, the guide pointed |out the home of William Penn half a |t mile away, and within the little church through the brick wall ‘close to the ground beside which lepers used to lie outside the church to listen to the serv- ices. for they might not enter and con- taminate the well ones. So here was the spot whence spi th: migration engineered by Frien Penn which founded Quakerism in America—New Jersey and later all of Pennsylvanis By this reference it is not intended to say that the little country church Wwas & Quaker meeting house, for it had a pulpit and no “high seat.” Perhaps it was an orthodox English Church, and | Penn became a convert to George Fox | at a later date. | * o ox o i It is four centuries since (1624) | George Fox, founder of the “Society of | Friends,” was born. In 1643, at the age of 19, he attended a fair with some companions who proposed that they all drink one another’s health. That propo- sition so disheartened him—Fox—that he ~vithdrew from these dissipated young men and spent the night in prayer for their reform. (Yet in the face of that history the Senator from Idaho later felt it necessary to ask Friend Hoover how he felt about the Volstead law!) George Fox heard a message from the Lord: “Thou seest how young people go together in vanity and old people into the earth. Thou must forsake all, both g:unr nd old, and keep out of all, and a st T unto all.” * So at the com- mand of the Lord, George, on the ninth day of the seventh month, 1643, left his relations and broke off all familiarity or fellowship with old or young and ing purity and righteousness. Years followed without visible results until 1649, when he heard the bell of the “steeple house” and entered in the midst of service. There he “lifted up his volce against the preacher's doc- trine and declared that it was not by the Scripture alone but by the divine light by which the Scriptures are given tha® doctrines ourht to be judged.” Fox had a loud and penetrating voice. From that time he was frequently im- prisoned, but he made converts of many notable followers, including Penn. ook ow ‘The ideal of perfection brought early conflict with other ts, notwithstand- ing Christ's behest, {r also perfect, even as I am perfect.” It brought great fear and emotfon and a sense of im- ror(ettlnn and shortcomings, so that he most devout “quaked” in fear— hence the name “Quakers.” LRI They have no preachers: the Spirit moves the laymen, including women, to think and speak the right thoughts in munlm{ and wisdom. Not until 1666 was there any ordered form of discipline, and then the pumued form until nea: L Vs met with ovrumun close of the century. So strongl: the doctrine pressed that the ‘inner spirit” would guide that, in the eight- eenth century, the value of the Scrip- tures was counted as non-essential, but In the early vears of the nineteenth cen- tury the Friends in America well as In England, divided upon their appre- clation of the Bible, They still r;ldv upon direct communion with God, rather than upon the Scrlptures writ- fen under similar inspiration many centurles ago. to fit other conditions. The orthodox Friends use peouliar languages, saying “thee” and “thou™ rather than “you. myuuulng\mlhr B e, | iy 4 Wi opn.l'inlh with the falrs of life ‘The “George Foxes” no T soparate from the young contaminated. "Nor s prejudics held by other seots Wwhich Dfl"vll#,d Amflnlx the early Puritans an 3 resence of Quakers, the Bible nuuoml\nh&pdn ) resulted in ol para A the | {8ith e ans b‘il‘:-edm;yybe '.r"ihe issue will sef ng to choose this or that—maybe we rmfm say both this and that, maybe the way out lies l:‘c; combination of elements of saveral (Coprright. McCiure Newspaner Syndicate.) . Psychology Gauge Applied to Homes BY E. E. FREE, PH. D. The “rate yourself” idea, applied re- cently by so” many unmhngu tests ;‘v‘dtg‘e.”mm't hs; been extended Y department of psychology of Colgate University, headed bmfof. Donald A. Laird. to the rating of homes as well as of A list of 1 1 questions prepared b, ;(#::m; %; the demen!?r u’a‘ne’: thmz Ralph Harrington, tells t Answerer whether his or her home rates mnt:h:c low in comfort and convenience on psychological questions asks, for example, whether hot water can be obtained at once from &e proper faucet or whether the user annoved by waiting. Anothe: - tion asks IMM% . ?:uio placed that private conversations are possible. ~ A third asks for toe-room under all the cupboards in the kitchen. her questions deal with noise, dark and unpleasant rooms, cooking odors in other parts of the house, steps to trip ov'rhhnetmn nmms bad tilati other common househol inconveniences. B To show that bodily comfort is not forgotten, one question asks whether or not every inmate has a warm place to dress in on cold . Students in the afirmative every Harrington's list possess who can answer Qquestion in Mr. Q. nels?—L. D. M. | A. The pineapple kernel is .t‘he fruit which we now call “pin . formerly customary to this manner. | @ Have the Federal reserve banks |any agencies outside of the United | States?—S. T. A. There is one agency located at | Cuba. | | Havana, b | Q._How much building was done in | the United States last year?—C. A. L. | A. The Associated General Con- tractors of America placed the value of all types of construction in the United States in 1927 at $8,000,000.000. What is meant by pineapple ker- | It was | | Q. When a box appears on the front page of a newspaper to the left of the | name of the paper, what is it called’— | | The selection by President Coolidge fourth American member of the Perma~ nent Court of Arbitration at The Hague meets with the hearty of the generally. bathroom ven- | js Root and John Bassett Moore on such a tribunal. “An idcal member of The court.” says the New York World (independent), which points to the advantage. he and Dr. Laird be- iy lieve, of a home well nigh perfect psychologically. Other homes decrease in ‘hol 1 sui d'&'n logical suitability for human by just the degree in which | been Questions in the list must wered in the negative. sl Burton Explnin:fi;is Of Political A Prom the Baltimore Evening Sun. Representative Theodore E. Burton Ohio told the graduating elnnn“n u?: University of Maryland that it cam- paign expenditures are by the i claims miay b prapely pomcenen i ] t the electorate mdp&u ferent ang la: :‘owmw:« ‘:l 80 (0 ‘m polls. e blame for tic . apathy squarely on the 2ot the A and indifferent” voter. But that doesn't end the inquiry. remains the question of what makes the voter lazy and indifferent. This same voter, when he s sitting in & SUft poker &m or bet on a Tace, or ing a fiyer the stock market, isn't lazy and indifferent. On the contrary, he watches the outcome Wwith great, often perfervid, interest. He doesn’t miss a move. He is strained, intense, often tremendously excited, be- cause he knows that he stands to win or lose. In the ordinary political contest, how- #ver, who really believes that he has a chance to win anything? We are only :?:B well aware h:h“ we may lose, but iere seems to be nothing in particu'ar that we can do about that, since we are xo:a to lose anyhow, no matter which te is elected. Ca and the candl- the course of ation, all things men, which really means nothing to anybody. To put it another ‘way, political issues are usually so com- Pletely divorced from reality that tew voters care anything about them. And the reason for that is not the lasiness and indifference of the voters. but the timidity and shiftiness of politicians, et Hard on Ananias. e Hillsboro News-Herald. There are times when we think Ana- nias could have taken lessons from the pald publicity agents of candidates for » 052 laws cutting off the ears of such folks, and upon repeated offense in persistent Invasion of Massachusetts some were hanged, for the good of pure religion. Charles II, not too devout, stopped the hanging of Quakers, but’ when those Friends to lbollhn slavery the val. pathy | shoulders of the pe sons who, hating war and loving peace, vul-muzmummw ive no quarter un ue - gl‘ded. but who then will heed the dic- tates of common sense and strive for durable peace,” observes the Harrisburg Patriot (independent Democratic). The Columbus Ohio State Journal e ow Referring to the assoclation on the court with Hughes, Root and Moore, the Toledo Blade confidence. They have ripe expe | and an exalted sens. of justice. Some- | times there is talk of the Nation's lack | of statesmen. Here are four that will | give their country distinguished service | and hold their own in any company the | world can assemble.” “As a member of The Hague panel he will invite the confidence of foreign governments, in view of his character mey look forward to a period of able service as one of our delegates to The Hague.” “It ought to be remembered.” advises the Worcester Telegram (independent), “that the war which went on Ih'I:‘o M. more than that number on ti * * * He is a citisen of and ahl.:\eum. of broad an ring fessional attainmen ,m;‘-mmu Root, . K e ent) says: ‘He is at :na h::::‘hm in :7:‘0 jormal based and pleasing In pubitc sive and most human and congenial in private associations. democratic ‘hey | rather than as applied to painting, as works of the devil—and surely sometimes they might wv- it, too. Yet some- times now w moves them to sing & hymn, wi t instrumental ac- companiment. v _contributor of that _w) lu; :I.Ih.ih“net. the Society of nf or fends will be under seru this lllmmr.llllluh\:uhmu Il to be es) A * " (Coperieht, 1098, by Paul V. Colling.) genuinely broad and times and places. torward-looking." Presdons o 'tho | has of Newton D. Baker of Ohio as-thel Baker as Member Hagu ' Gets Hearty Approval of Press News _(Democratic o o ) i t that “it clous act of it independen Was & gra- 0 name -who succeeds the late Oscar S. Straus, has special fitness for the high honor. He is a lawyer of ability, and has that not associated with such world-1 Of all the men who served in the cabinet of Pres- ident Wilson, Mr. Baker came nearest to a the Wilson point of questions. He is in world peace and the substitution of arbitration for force in settling international disputes: | he has positive enthusiasm ro- | found conviction behind his for | - e | _ “Mr. Baker's acceptance ol this high distinction L C It will Land D efforts agEzs it " fitted for the posi- tion, as well as deserving of the honor.” is the conelusion of the Newark Eve- ( UNITED STATES IN WORLD WAR ! Ten Years dzo Today | | Torty thousand Germans. attackims on a l4-mile front on salieat of which City of Reims Tnn:\ (R' y the i EFH ilgi ] - .