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8 THE EVENING STAR majority of churchmen remain firm in | decade instead of a mere _seven days With Sunday Morning Edition, WASHINGTON, D. C. TUESDAY....November 13, 1928 THEODORE W. NOYES....Editor The Evening Star Newspaper Company Business Office: t. and Pennsvivania Ave. fMice: 110 East 42nd St. Chicago Office: Tower Building European Office. 14 Regent St.. London, England. ier Within the City. ... .. 45 per month Sunday Star .. 60¢ per month Star ... 65¢ per month ‘The Sunday St iohs 5c_per copy Collection made at the end of cach month Orders may ent in by mail or telephone Main 5000. Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and ‘;‘;‘fl:fll‘. o " : vr. $1000: 1 mo.. 85¢ Bali? anfySundav--§ v *600: 1 mo., sac Sunday cnly $400: 1 mo. 40c and Canada. 12.00: 1 mo., $1.00 £8.00; 1 mo., 75¢ §5.00: 1 mo.. 50c All Other State Dally and Sunday..1 §T..$ g- y only .........1 ¥, unday only ay Member of the Associated Press. The Assoclated Press 18 exclusively entitled se for republication of all . ews dis- patches credited to it or not otherwise fed in this paper and also the .ocal ews published hereit. All rights of publication of Special dispatches herein are also reserved. A Stadium for Washington. Many cogent arguments have been advanced from time to time for the erection in Washington of an athletic stadium, comparable in size to any in the country. Back of all these argu- ments has been the feeling that the National Capital should logically be the location for national sporting events and that the building of a sufficiently commodious stadium, capable of ac- commodating from fifty to eighty thou- sand persons, would naturally attract the cream of athletic contests of all descriptions. That this view is shared by others outside of Washington and that even without a stadium of the size proposed the District is held in high esteem for events of this character is shown by the statement of Comdr. Jonas H. Ingram, director of athletics at the Naval Academy, who, in express- ing disappointment at the indifferent attitude of Baltimore toward the Navy- Michigan game played last Saturday, said, “I am afraid that we will have to cancel our plans for playing Notre Dame in Baltimore next Fall and take the game to Washington.” Baltimore is known as the home town of the Navy. Each year one game is played by the Academy in Venable Stadium, which has a capacity of sev- enty thousand persons. Only thirty- five thousand tickets were sold for the Michigan contest, and the lack of patronage brought forth a general in- dictment of Baltimore as the site of the Navy competition. ©Of course, Comdr. Ingram’s statement may have been made for the purpose of reminding Baltimoreans that there is nothing permanent about their ar- rangement with the Navy, in order to stir them to greater interest, because ‘Washington at present has no stadium canable of accommodating many more than the number which attended the Navy-Michigan game. Regardless of the reason for his statement, however, and its possible results, it does show that Washington is always under con- sideration and that there would prob- ably be a great rush from all parts of the country to “sign up” if a stadium of sufficient size were erected. Particularly for the Navy games, but for all others as well, the National Capital is the logical site. In hotel accommodations, in transportation fa- cilities and in general enthusiasm for all sports of all kinds, there is probably N0 community better adapted than the District. It is the hope of all residents here that the time is not far off when plans will be pushed ahead for the erection of a stadium which will serve to attract athletic events ranging from foot ball contests to the Olympic games. r———— ‘When other nations depend upon loans from this country the principle is asserted that a good banker has the right to inquire what a large borrower intends to do with the money. —————— Life Adjustment Clinics. A notable experiment in religion is to be undertaken by the Mount Pleasant Congregationalist Church. The church the belief that there is something in the human character which transcends all these, and that the individual is the molder of his own destiny, Yet nobody would deny that the others constitute tremendous handicaps and tremendous advantages. l The life adjustment clinic will en- deavor to consider the character as a whole—not as purely a religious prob- lem, but as a medical, psychiatric and social problem. It will bring to the service of broken characters not only the consolation and elevating influence of prayer, preaching and musie, but the | services of the physician and the psychologist. After the physician has regulated the body of the patient to the best of his| ability the individual ‘fll be passed along to the psychiatrist, who will probe into those subtle, unrecognized experi- ences which, boiling in the subconscious, admittedly have such a profound ef- fect on the life and habits of the in- dividual. In addition there will be so-! cial workers to deal with the present environment. Last of all, but perhaps most impor- tant, will come the diagnosis of the in- dividual’s religious problems and the application of the curative forces of religion. There are few problems of our time more obscure or more important than those which deal with the interaction of mind, soul and body. Here is an honest effort, at least, to make progress in this direction. It seems likely to serve a pur- pose which would not be served by a medical, a psychiatric or a religious clinic, each working alone. —— e Wanted—A Hyde Park, D. C. Members of a group of protesting paraders, outraged because their coun- try is capitalistic, imperialistic, anti- socialistic and a lot of other terrible “jes,” are. arrested, tried and either fined or imprisoned. That is exactly what the members of the group hoped for in the first place. Otherwise they would have applied for the necessary permit to parade, and, upon receiving a polite denial of their request, gone their worthy ways in peace. They were not arrested for carrying banners or saying unkind things about poor old} Uncle Sam. Th3y were arrested for a violation of ths Jaw that requires a permit for paraders. But because they have been arrested the Nation will now be treated to a series of heart-rending stories setting forth the fact that a group of hungry workers have been seized by the police, dragged into court and bustled off to the bastile, there to languish in durance vile because they claimed the right of free speech, How long, one wonders, is this sort of thing to continue? Why not create @ Hyde Park in Washington, a nice, roomy, open stretch of land, where all the protestants against the established order of things may parade and speechify and hurl threats to their heart’s content? If it were not for the permit law the streets of the city and its parks would be qver- run with a continuous procession of Toms, Dicks and Harrys who wanted either to sell something or to complain (1) because the United States will not recognize the Russian Soviet; (2) be- cause the Marines are in Nicaragua; (3) because the Marines are in Haiti; (4) because the Marines are in China; | about the Hoover-Smith campaign, The —assuming that the still missing raft THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. TUESDAY. \ NOVEMBER 13, 1928, behind us. A great shipwreck usurps the front pages. Even the plans of the President- elect for an epochal expedition through Latin America enlists, but by no means monopolizes, public interest. For four momentous months Mr. and Mrs, Aver- age Citizen took time out to attend to the knitting of their Uncle Sam. Now they have gone back to their own needle- work. It is the glory of America that this is so. It speaks well for the moderation, the self-control and the common sense of the world’s most populous democracy. There is much to forgive and forget Nation has promptly set about the ‘wholesome business of doing both those things. e Radio and Sea Perils. Once again the radio serves man- kind at sea. A ship suddenly overtaken with misfortune and placed in peril by some as yet unknown cause sends forth its call for help, with water pouring into its hold and its decks listing more and more dangerously. Its passengers and crew are finally put into small boats, and just before the vessel is abandoned a final despairing call 1s broadcast over the waters. Meanwhile | ships are hastening to the rescue. Be- fore they can arrive, however, the doomed steamer is engulfed, and for some hours the rescuers scour the sea for traces of the survivors. Then, boat by boat, the scattered ship's company are picked up, all, according to the latest reports, but those on one raft, and these may soon be reported with the others as saved. But for the radio in this case the company of the Vestris would have perished. Wireless, of course, could not save the ship. It would seem that she was doomed from the start, whatever the cause of her trouble, whether the shifting of her cargo or the failure of her structure, or some explosion within the hull. In this case the steamship was stricken in a most favorable position for rescue, only about 240 miles from Sandy Hook and the same distance from Cape Henry. This placed her within short steaming range of a number of vessels. But even so, at this season of the year, when the seas are ordinarily rough and may at any time be lashed with storms, exposure for only a few hours in open boats is fraught with the greatest peril to passengers and crew. Even minutes are precious in such a situation. It is impossible to compute the degree to which seafaring has been rendered more safe by the radio. There are but few places in the great expanse of waters where a stricken ship cannot make known its plight to shore or to other ships through the air. So nu- merous are the craft that ply the waters, and with very few exceptions equipped with wireless, that veritably the sea- farers are almost always in communica- tion. ‘With the company of the Vestris safe has been already or will soon be picked up—interest centers in the question of how the ship came to grief at sea. She has had a somewhat sinister record of misfortune, yet was rated as staunch and dependable. Responsibility for the disaster will, of course, be dg- termined, and the hope is that (5) because the United States has a Navy, or (6) becauSe the Navy is not big enough. But there should be some open space in Washington where any citizen with something on his chest may go and get it off. There, under the protection of the poliee, the soap-box orators should be provided not only with soap boxes, but with megaphones; the Army Band, the Marine Band, the Navy Band and the Boys' Independent Band should al- ternate in providing martial airs to en-~ able the marchers to keep in step. As it is now, these forbidden parades are terrible things to witness. Nobody keeps in step. There are too many stragglers. Worst of all, there is no grand marshal and no band. With the open place suggested made available for paraders and orators, this business of making martyrs out of ‘those who want to be martyrs and of feeding them on food paid for by hon- est taxpayers would stop. If, instead of parading on their own parade ground, they sought to parade in the will operate over an experimental period of three months this Winter a “life adjustment clinic,” the object of which will be to co-ordinate the forces which influence personality and character. ‘The experiment has no precedent n ‘Washington, and it may represent a pioneer effort in this direction in the United States. The social justification of churches depends on the success of their efforts to raise the standard of human char- acter. This is entirely aside from what- ever theological justification may be in- herent in the various creeds. They all have recognized their sociological func- tion in promoting honor, charity and cleanliness and battling selfishness and crime. For centuries the clergyman was the only sociologist. Pioneering outside of his own special field of learn- ing, he developed the first crude so- ciological methods in dealing with crime, poverty and bestiality. But the world now rapidly is coming to the conclusion that the problems of human character are infinitely more complicated than they have been con- sidered in the past. The emotional ap- peal of religion remains a powerful fac- tor in all social problems. This in itself requires a specialist. It is the particular province of the clergyman. He needs the assistance of other specialists in other fields in order that the church may operate with anything approaching the efficiency which the world has come 1o expect from it. The first specialist assoclated with the clergyman was the musician. The efficacy of the emotional appeal of music was recognized early in the his- tory of Christianity. Then came the artist and the builder. Much later still, within our own times, came the athletic coach and the social worker. Now it is unquestionably true that a man’s personality and character are in- fluenced profoundly by his thyroid glands and his liver, by his adrenal glands and his arteries. They are in- fluenced by what he eats for dinner. They are influenced by the enormous weight of the combined environments of his past. How far these are the de- ! ciding factors between success and fail- ure, honesty and dishonesty, selfishness 3 streets, & convenlent patrol wagon could escort them to the parade ground and turn them loose. If they refused to parade there the fault would be clearly theirs. Nothing could add more to the glory of free America than the spectacle of impassioned orators, declaring what is wrong with the country, or of paraders, bearing insulting banners, orating and parading under the protection of the police. As it is now one is inclined to believe that the paraders have suc- ceeded in making heroes of themselves, though all they have done is to go to jail, and any fool can go to jail. ———rar—————— European politics would be easier if new popular ideas could be as easily arranged for as new cabinets. R ) Business As Usual! Americans’ capacity for emotionalism is exceeded only by their ability to get over it. Events of the past week amply justity that tribute to Yankee re- siliency. The most thrilling presidential elec- tion day in modern history was Novem- ber 6. Here is November 13, and the placid surface of the national waters is as unruffied as if they had never been churned by the most tempestuous cam- paign of our time. During the World War our British cousins popularized a slogan designed to symbolize John Bull's imperturbabil- ity amid the tremors and turmoils of the strife. “Business As Usual!” it ran. “Business As Usual!” is today America’s motto, though the tremors and turmoils of 1928 have belonged to the ages oniy a week. Indeed, to judge by yesterday's record-breaking volume of transactions on the New York Stock Exchange “More Business Than’ Usual!” would seem to be the accurate epitome of the situa- | tion. Tonight Gov. Smith, over a Nation- wide radio hook-up, will temporarily restir the political waters, though in no controversial spirit, when he delivers “A Message to the American People.” But for all practical purposes the hectic memories of the late unpleasantness have faded into the limbo of the forgot- - and unselfishness, no man knows. The ten as completely as if they were & itself a radia” closure of the cause of the misfortune may through correction contribute to even greater safety at sea hereafter. ——————————— War has always been regarded as THIS AND THAT BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL. “Unfortunately, one of the disad- vantages of goodness of disposition is that it is far less amusing than® wit of an ill-natured character.”—Dumas. Who is there who has not noted this? People of good dispositions are some- what dull, while those who are not held down by consideration for the feelings of others pass as intercsting persons. It sometimes seems as if one must be an ill-natured person, if he wishes to shine as a wit. There are, of course, as there always have been, people who remain fascinat- ing and good-natured at the same time, but it must be admitted, in the general- ity of cases, that he or she who reck- lessly wounds the sensibilities of others often proves the most interesting. The same thing remains true all along the line. Newspapers prove more inter- esting when they contain stories of dis- asters and wars. Novels which deal with intrigue and startling adventure commonly have more appeal than soft-spoken books dealing with “sweetness and light,” as Matthew Arnold called those qualities of human nature based on civilized feelings. * Kk K The question gets back, in the last analysis, to whether or not any one should {ry to be amusing to others all the time. One of. the disadvantages, Dumas said, of goodness of disposition is that it is far less amusing than wit of an {ll-natured character. The whole thing hinges on the word “amusing.” It ulhis‘z word was the keynote of the sentence in 1850, it is even more SO today, when nations seem to be amuse- ment-mad. ) Those engaged _professionally in amusing others reeds must think first of their powers of amusing, but those not so engaged perhaps had better ask themselves the plain question: Is it really a disadvantage, after all, to be less amusing than some one else? Fascination, alas, too often is based upon meanness! Perhaps this is nowhere so well shown as among the so-called gentle sex. A good-natured, simple woman, who minds her own business, shows to poor advan- tage beside an ill-tempered, forward creature who insists on telling every one else what they ought to do, how they ought to do it, and when they should function. Yet the latter will only shine in her own environment. After the tumult and the shouting dies, when those who have been fascinated by her have time to think it over, they will sce what they missed before, that all she said and did was based solidly on ill-nature, as Dumas called it. * koK K And such ill-nature, say what one il in its favor, remains ill-nature still. A loud-mouthed woman may monopo- lize the conversation, but what man among those who flock around her to hear her “shoot off her mouth” (so goes the vernacular) would care to hear the same voice over the breakfast table every morning for the rest of his life? ‘Thercfore, by a simple reverse process which is at once the life of truth and the truth of life, one may change Dumas’ aphorism as follows: “Fortunately, one of the advantages is far less amusing than wit of an ill, natured character.” Such ill-natured wit is a thing of the moment. It registers a “hit” for a second, then demands another of even greater force. So the unfortunate pos- sessor of this species of mind must ever and always go forward. If he—or she—offends some one for nothing one day, he—or she—is under an_even more imperative necessity of walloping them again the next day. Thus the path of progress becomes a circle of meanness, all the more mean because 1t is circular, all the more cir- cular because it is mean, the one run- ning into the other, without beginning or end. ‘The person of good disposition, on the other hand, does not labor under this advantage of being forced, whether or no, to live up to a role which de- mands incessant sparkle. Human beings, even the most effer- vescent, find some difficulty in spar- kling! To live up to what is demanded of them, they must have recourse to liquer and such things in order to throw .. the inhibitions which centuries of living have imposed upon even the most reck- less. (We speak, of course, of civilized beings; uncivilized persons form an- other category.) Ly The person of good disposition will discover that one of his real advan- tages is precisely that ome which at times he is disposed to regard as his enemy. He will see ill-natured men make tem- porary gain through use of their ability to “get the laugh” on others. He will note also, if he sticks to it, that these people are more feared than loved. They are listened to because most persons find it easier to listen to them than to seek refuge from the sound of their voices—their voices carry too far! The very advantage of a good dis- position is that it is far less amusing than wit of an ill-natured character! ‘The handicap of too much wit is that it hurts. Good disposition, though it may gather no applau: sticks in the memory the longest. In the quieter moments, which come even to the most boisterous characters, there will be a keen realization of the inherent ‘decency of the person of good disposition. Even the most caustic will admit, at such rare intervals, that interesting and amusing others is, after all, a most pre- carious undertaking. One basks in the sunshine today, only to fall into disfavor tomorrow. Such ill-natured wit is of the moment, its little good points vanishing with the time and occasion which gave it birth. Good nature, however, is always the same. i If it is less amusing, it is more last- ing. If less attractive at first, it is more charming in the long run. When the wit of an ill-natured character is forgotten, along with the hurt that it brings, the honest decency of goodness of disposition shines in th> mind like the sun in the sky. Such goodness enriches and blesses. It is the beautiful rose blossom in the garden of life, where ugly thorns prick and tear. The thorn is forgotten, but the rosc remains a beautiful memory of goodness of disposition is that it always. Differing Ameri can Views on Machado’s Unopposed Election Cuba’s election of President Machado without opposition and with an extraor- dinarily large percentage of the eligible vote polled impresses many American observers most favorably. Others see in it proof that no real democracy exists on the island. The attitude of the critics of the un- opposed election is represented in com- ment by the Chicago Daily News, which asks, “Is there no opposition party in Cuba?” The Daily News quotes some observers as alleging that “there is considerable opposition to Machado, but freedom of agitation and discus- outlawry. It has been hard since the days emerging from mythology to make old Mars know his place. ——————— Thomas Edison may be pleased to go without sleep, but none of his distin- guished Republican associates are going without it. e ‘What Italy needs is some great engineer who can find a way to harness the lava power. SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Keep Movin'. Got to keep a-movin” ‘To find another spot. Perhaps we are improvin’ And maybe we are not. Motors faster goin'; Airships gainin’ speed; There is never knowin’ ‘What new move we’ll need. Stations old we're leavin'. New ones we must know. ‘We keep movin’, even On the radio. Game to the Finish. “Have you ever thought of taking your ease and retiring from public life?” “Yes,” answered Senator Sorghum, “But never without a shudder.” Jud Tunkins says politics is the great national blessing. It keeps people try- in’ to argue, instead of talkin' scandal. All Confused. Men are confused. They ask anew ‘What names their minds shall labor with. Some say, “Al Hoover,” and a few Keep on repeating, “Herbert Smith.” Friend and Umbrella. “I lent my best friend my best um- brella.” “Did he return it?” “Not yet. I am hoping that the next rainy day will exercise some sympa- thetic influence and lead that old um- brella to return me my best friend.” “He who shirks the present trouble,” sald Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown, “finds himself at a disadvantage as he is turned to face trouble with which he is less familiar.” Luck of the Distribution. ‘Thanksgivipg day Is on its way, With joyous acclamations; And brings no fear, From far or near, Of campaign declamations. Yet preference Shows might immense, The carver is the wizard. To me he'll fling A scrawny wing. « A favorite gets the gizzard. “De man wif de loud voice” said sion has been abolished by the govern- ment, which, in_fact, though not in theory, is an lute dictatorship.’ That paper concludes, “The quiet— much too quiet—election which has taken place in Cuba and which has given the present regime a new lease of power may well cause a certain amount of anxiety among the friends of the island republic.” Similar _criticism comes from the Brooklyn Daily Eagle, which remem- bers that “during the Pan-American Conference early this year a delegation representing the anti-American mi- nority of Haiti was not even permitted to land in Cuba to present ils case at Havana.” The Eagle adds: “It is ridiculous to assert that Cuba has a democratic government except in form. In real democracies there is always an sition party which presents a_can- didate at the national election. Cuba, like other Latin American countries governed by dictators, has the kind of government that fits conditions. It satisfies us because it works with us. The time we become excited about wicked Latin American dictators is when they are unresponsive to our special in- terests.” Surprise that the Cubans voted as extensively as they did in view of the conditions is expressed by the Savanlxlx}h Morning News, which exclaims: “It was declared that about 75 per cent of the eligible voters participated in this election in which there was no opposition to the Machado ticket! Those Cubans do vote! If the election had been as hotly contested as the one in this country there might have been two or three hundred per cent of the vote polled.” Cause for rejoicing at the absence of casualties is found by the New York Evening Post. “No candidate and no party sustained defeat,” says the New York daily. “No scars were left in th body politic. The word ‘overwhelming' is altogether too mild to apply to President Machado's majority. All in all, it was a_just-about-perfect election, ‘| and if everybody in Cuba is not happy it may be because politics, even when it approaches perfection, does not always bring happiness.” As viewed by the Charleston Eve- ning Post, however, “it is an excellent thing that conditions in the young republic, established under the aus- pices of the United States and guided through troublous periods by its great northern neighbor, should have reached so stable a political state in the 30 years of its national life. The Cubans have shown,” in the opinion of the Evening Post, “capacity for self-govern- ment, sensible appreciation of their in- timate relationship to and measurable dependence on the United States, and there is no reason why they should not share with this country the prosperity and peace of a long period of years. Denial that it is a case “in which opposition was overawed by despotic power” is made by the Columbus, Ohio, Evening Dispatch, which holds that “Machado has had nothing of the despot in his handling of the presidency. The people of Cuba,” in the opinion of that paper, “scem to be tired of revolution in favor of ambitious politicians, and they are thoroughly satisfied with the era of peace which has attended Machado’s administration. Therefore no opposing ticket was put up. All this may be strange to us, but 108 years ago no candidate was put up against Presi- dent Monroe.” The experience of President Monroe is recalled also by the Boston Tran- script, which offers the explanation of the recent Cuban election: “One thing that all parties in Cuba are well resolved on is a disposition not to provoke an- oiher intervention by the United States. Such an intervention would oceur i there were disorder in the election, and Uncle Eben, “used to have most of de advantage, but now brains goes an’ gits th> Cubans are well aware that such disorder might result among them in a bitterly contested election. President Machado’s administration has been characterized by good feeling toward the United States. The feeling of the United States toward President Machado is certainly good. Cuba has been well and discreetly governed. Manifestly the great majority of the people of the island are well satisfied with the situa- tion. Cuba is about the calmest spot in Latin America. If the island is ‘oppressed’ by the Platt amendment, the people do not know it. The country is prosperous and rapid progress is being recorded.” The San Antonio Express states that “Machado’s conciliatqry attitude toward political opponents moved them to in- dorse his nomination by the Liberals,” and points out that “his second term Wwill run for six years, in accordance with a recent constitutional amend- ment.” “President Machado is deeply interested in developing the island’s domestic and foreign trade, communication lines and natural resources. He aims to lessen the dependence on sugar by encouraging crop diversification and industries. * * * The nation has done well to re-elect President Machado, and his second administration doubtless will be even more successful than the first.” Commending the “habit of orderly, stable government,” the New York Times concludes: “The longer this con- tinues, the less the likelihood that the need for again invoking the Platt amendment will ever occur. In time, no doubt, another treaty will be signed be- tween the two countries which will guarantee the benefits of the Platt g;r;‘e‘;:ammt vlvlixfl;:zut imposing on Cuba lons which are irk: national pride.” T e Big Cities Cleaning Up Municipal Corruption From the Columbus Ohio State Journal, Failures in municipal government have been numerous and startling at times during recent years. Some aof the greatest cities of -the Nation are in the limelight now with sensational failurs: on display in the courts. It has been pretty much the same human weakness that has been in view, no matter which has been a moral breakdown shown high places and in humble station, ’l‘l’; temptations were met and honor and good name were sacrificed for money. New York, greatest of the cities in the Nation, has watched the trial and conviction of one who was formerly president of one of her most important boroughs, has listened while other trusted men here openly confessed thair guilt in a huge conspiracy to steal money from the taxpayers, Philadelphia has been shamed as the story of her dishon- est police officials was detailed in court. {hat great Centennial City has ‘more -third of her i officials under susp('nsi:‘l:l:ltmu‘ng e Chicago has had & continuous crime revel for vears, reaching such propo tions that the city fears public sen {ment will oppose her plans for a na- | tional exposition a few years hence and with business men complaining that the ‘Pr?dh\lllsnmeesso;i!het:t]lut’ is costing heavily s verted to noorious for erime iR e sburgh is floundering in of indictments that mcmfie Sc:r::a:[; | men of business and official station. Po- '{gsx::;ln:md (;Lhcr oimcials have been ers of orga; i hflFVe :hnred in thg lt“:ot?d Sy i Fortunately there have 2 Who wero clean Snd honest.wio Ly become partners in crime and they have ‘mken charge of the criminal machinery &2‘ t;xnzuc ecr;tf;:rcel ]Eenzltk-s on the crooks, es these offici abundant pubii¢ supporrtr?flals R ———— Consolation for Al From the Hamilton (Ontario) Spectator. Well, Al Smith has the consolation, janyway, of knowing that the people will always remember the name of the man who ran against Hoover. That's more than can be said of a lot of Democratic aspirants for the presidency. ——rr———— How About Kuba? From the Savannah Press. The Express also comments: | ¢he particular city one might select. There | * Railroad Given Credit In Honoring Jackson To_the Editor of The Star: I was intérested in an Associated Press story in The Star for November 11, 1928, regaring the Jackson shrine, near Fredericksburg, caption of which reads ‘Stonewall Jackson Is Held in Memory.” This story says, in part, “The little house * * * has been re- stored to its original condition by the United Daughters of the Confederacy as a shrine to the famous Southern leader.” Part of this is correct and part is so incorrect that, in justice to those concerned, I take the liberty of ! calling your attention to the error. The Guinea House, where Gen. Jack- son died, was dedicated as a shrine in his memory on October 12, 1928. The house and the surrounding grounds are owned by the Richmond, Fredericks- burg and Potomac Raflroad Co. The| house has been restored to its original condition by the railroad company, the present executive head of which is the son of the Confederate Gen. Hunton. The railroad company asked no finan- cial help in this restoration; which was actually accomplished under the direc- tion of a committee of ladies, wives of certain of the officials of the railroad company. While it is more than possible that these ladies are all members of the i United Daughters of the Confederacy, yet I think the daughters would be the first to acknowledge the very wonder- ful work done by this railroad company, and would want to give honor where honor is due. . In the house, which is located about 15 miles below “Fredericksburg the Historic,” is the 'bed in which Gen. Jackson died; one of the blankets which were on the bed at that time, lamps and a clock, still running, which were there at that time, as well as many unusual pictures and other articles connected with Gen. Jackson. The viewing of this collection will amply repay a pilgrimage to the shrine. The railroad company pays one of its old retired employes to take care of the shrine, to which no admission is' charg- ed. Verification of these details can probably be had by addressing the president of the R. F. & P. R. R. Co., Broad street station, Richmond, Va. OSWALD E. CAMP. o James Monroe’s Vote In Electoral College To the Editor of The Star: Your recent editorial as to the un- toral college majority overlooks the fact that in 1820 James Monroe was re- eleted President by the electors with only one dissenting vote. That was a delegate from New Hampshire who thought no one else should ever stand in Gen. Washington's class, and be a unanimous choice. EDWARD STAFFORD. ————— Pure-Blood Colored Men Classed as “Highbrows” BY E. E. FREE, PH. D. ‘That pure-blooded American negroes are highbrows, literally if not meta- phorically, appears from measurements made by Dr. Ales Hrdlicka, distin- guished anthropologist of th2 United States National Museum of Washing- ton, D. C., and published by the Wis~ tar Institute. Twengy-five years ago, when Dr. Hrdlicka first went to Wash- ington, he planned to use the large negro population of that city, he re- ports, as material for measurements of the bodily form of American negroes as compared with whites, with African negroes and with other races. To his surprise, however, he has been able to find only 26 individuals un- questionably of pure negro blood and who were willing to permit the detailed bodily measurements which anthropolo- gists require. ~Even for this small group the results disclose, Dr. Hrdlicka reports, interesting bodily comparisons with a larger group of white persons of old American stock whom Dr. Hrdlicka also has measured. One of the differences is that the negro forehead, contrary to popular idea, is even higher than that of the average old American white. This does not indicate, Dr. Hrdlicka is careful to state, any necessary difference in brain capacity, or even in the shape of the skull. He believes it due merely to a tendency of the hair to grow a little higher on the fdreheads of pure-blood- ed American negroes than it does on the foreheads of white descendants of old American stock. —_— e Commercial Air Line Service Takes Spurt From the Kansas City Star. When air mail operations began through the Southwest and other parts of the country the move was regarded widely as something of an experiment which should be supported on civic as well as business grounds. Doubt of both the permanency and value of this new form of transportation now seems pretty well removed. ‘The commercial air lines steadily have been extended not only in the United States, but into Mexico and other for- eign countries, the volume of mail handled has mounted heavily, espe- cially since the recent reduction in rats, and there are numerous plans for expansion, particularly in the carrying of passengers. The present situation is illustrated in some figures provided by the American Air Transport Association. They in- Clude the following: “This year American mail planes will fly nearly 17,750,000 miles, or about 2,500,000 more than in 1927. The dis- tance covered each day now is more than 25,000 miles. “The total mileage this year will be more than one-half as much as that covered last year by the combined mail, express and passenger planes of all Eu- ope. “Mail planes so far this year have completed 94 per cent of the total mile- age scheduled for them. ‘On time’ ar- rivals of planes on the Eastern half of transcontinental service compare favor- ably with train performance in a similar area.” Other points enumerated are the safe handling of mail by air and the in- creasing private capital available for use in commercial aviation. Altogether, it is an impressive showing. UNITED STATES N WORLD WAR Ten Years Ago Today. Lloyd George pays tribute to Amer- ica’s aid in tll;‘e flgll'. Says nothing con- tributed more to the final victory than America’s prompt response to his ap- peal for American help in the critical days. * * * Demobilization of our Army and Navy will be carried out largely on a basis of the ability of trades and occupations to absorb the men. * * * President has under consideration the appointment of a reconstruction com- missior to develop a comprehensive program for the Nation's conversion from a war to a peace basis. Considered probable that President ‘Wilson will go to Europe. Lloyd George and Clemenceau said to have asked him to attend the peace conference. * '+ s ‘Germany again appeals to the United States for food and assuf- ances are given that the matter will be taken up with the allied natlons, and that this country is disposed to undertake provisioning if the new gov- Bolshevism is spreading fast through Europe, and the most serious question of the hour is just how far Europe is infected with . * * ¢ American casualties in th> World War are esti- mated at 100,000, vith 30,000 names yet | The Ku-Klux in Cuba is to disband. 1 They couldn't get everybody %o spell Cuba with a “K,” we imagine, unpublished. ' ¢ Cosnalty lisy Te- leased today con!~' - 1089 nemes, with 482 killed in acti 1 and dead from wounds and disease, and 409 wounded. precedented size of Mr. Hoover's elec- | F'. ernment maintains public order. * * * | Gq ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BY FREDERIL J. HASKIN. Have we had the pleasure of serv- ing you through our Washington In- formation Bureau? Can't we be of some help to you in your problems? Our business is to furnish you with author- itative information, and we invite you to ask us any question of fact in which you are interested. Send your inquiry to The Evening Star Information Bu- reau, Frederic J. Haskin, director, Washington, D. C. Inclose 2 cents in coin or stamps for return postage. Q. What is the steamer record for a day’s run?—H. B. A. The record for a day's run for steamships is 676 knots, made by the Mauretania. Q. Does Finland belong to Scan- dinavia?>—A. E. A. Finland is not included in the term “Scandinavia.” Scandinavia in- cludes Sweden, Norway and Denmark, strictly speaking, but some geographe: include the adjacent islands and Ice- land. Q. If radium is well packed will it lose any of its value?—S. S. A. Radium loses half its value in approximately 1800 years, no matter how it is,packed. Q. What town is closest to Boulder Dam?—C. H. W. A. Las Vegas, Nev, is the closest town to Boulder Dam. It is located 40 miles from the dam site. Q. Has an airplane gone faster than an automobile?—F. S. A. An airplane has traveled at a rate of almost 300 miles an hour, while the automobile record is a little better than 200 miles an hour. Q. How much does the electricity cost in operating an electric radio?— H. M. "A. The cost would vary according to the electric light rate. It amourfts to about three-tenths of a cent an hour. Q. What is the lifting power of he- lium and hydrogen?—C. J. A. A. The Bureau of Standards says helium will lift 0.066 pounds per cubic foot under ordinary conditions. Hy- }irogen will 1ift 0.071 pounds per cubic oot. Q. When the West Point cadet bat- talion leaves the academy to aftend a foot ball game in which their team is nlagna who pays the expenses?— ‘A The expenses are paid by the United States Military Academy. Q. How many Fascists are there?— M. T. A. Figures recently compiled show that there are 6,814,703 enrolled mem- bers in various Fascist organizations. Q. Did President Wilson sign the Vol- stead act?>—A. D. Q. Is the water in the Great Lakes higher this year than it was last vear?—I. D. C. A. The United States Army Engi- neer's Office says that the water in th> Grea! Lakes is higher this year than it was last year. Q. What is considered to be the most dangerous fish>—C. M. M. A. T’ is generally believed that the shark is the most dangerous, but the barracuda, a large savage pikelike fish of the tropical seas, is more apt to at- tack man than the shark. It is almost as large as a 12-year-old boy and its mouth is such that any bite is likely to result in permanent injury. Q. How did the strength of the army of the Central Powers compare with that of the Allies?--J. H. A. The estimated number in the mo- bilized armies of the Central Powers during the World War was 19,500,000; the Allies, 40,256,864. Q. What per cent of the eligible voters have voted in this country since 1900?—E. L. A. In 1900, 77 per cent voted; in 1904, 67 per cent; in 1912, 62.8 per cent; 1916, 70.5 per cent; 1920, 50.9 pzrtcem; 1924, approximately 50 per cent. Q. ‘:{hat is meant by the Stone Age? A. The Stone Age derives its name from the fact that during that age man manufactured his tools and weapons chiefly of stone These implements con- stitute the earliest known cultural traces of the human race. Q. What was the Great Wall of China made of?—A. C. A. It is the opinion of experts that the Great Wall of China was built of reund boulders and earth, the differaat sections’ being repaired as they fell into ruin. Only in the_ valley bottoms and on the passes it composed of ma- sonry or brickwork. The Mings re- built certain sections of solid masonry. Q. How long have the Cook's Tours been in existence?—H. T. A. This system of travel was origi- nated by Thomas Cook in 1841. In June of that year a large meeting was to be held at Loughborough in England | and in connection with this movement Cook was struck with the idea of get- ting the Midland Counties Railway Co. to run a special train from Leicester for the meeting. The company con- sented and this is believed to be the first publicly advertised excursion in England. Cook was subsequently urged to organize similar parties. Q. In which of 3hakespeare’s plays Elroes the character Corambis appear?— . R. A. In the quarto edition of 1603 of A. He did not. The Volstead act was passed over his veto. “Hamlet,” Corambis was the character atferward ‘called “Polonius.” BACKGROUND OF EVENTS BY PAUL V. COLLINS. “Don’t mention my name, but do you know that the American Red Cross So- clety requires 65 per cent of its gross income to cover overhead expenses, and only 35 per cent goes to the relief of veterans? Now, don’t you indorse the Red Cross, nor any 8rganization except the Salvation Army, for the relief of veterans.” He spoke confidentially. It was supposed that the invention of a “whispering campaign” had been in- cluded and outlawed in the Kellogg multilateral treaty or the Hoover-Smith argument;” that it could persist in the period of good will between Armistice and Thanksgiving day seems too pre- posterous. How did that whisperer remember that -all the Army and Navy fell in love with the Salvation Army during the war, and how could he forget how the Red Cross performed prodigies of relief in ways that no other organization couid undertake? The absurdity of the whispering cam- paign as to alleged inflated overhead is disclosed by the fact that the organiza- tion is part of the Government of the United States, that the President of the United States is the actual president (not a figurehead) of the Red Cross So- ciety, and Chief Justice Taft is vice president, and that two auditors of the War Department are assigned to sit in the Red Cross Building and make a daily—or hourly—check on every cent that is paid out. The society under its charter must give to Congress an an- nual detalled report of all receipts and expenditures. * It may be true that the general di- rector’s or chairman’s salary might be clipped, except for the fact that Judge John Barton Payne, the chairman, when he left the office of Secretary of the In- terior under President Wilson. and ac- cepted the responsibility of this great organization, which would take all his time and require much traveling and the solving of many problems with the organization of relief in tragedies of world-wide importance, accepted upon the express condition that he be permitted to serve without salary and pay all his personal expenses. And that set the stvle for several other chief officials, although of course the subordinates and the clerks are paid ordinary wages—and earn it. All readers who are in favor of re- ducing such “expenses” will say “Aye” —and get out and hustle from now un- til Thanksgiving day in doubling the membership. The “aves” are too timid —the “nays” have it! * ok k% This is just like the “whispering” as to the great “graft” some one was sup- posed to have had in feeding all Europe after the World War, until it was proved that that world-host was working, organizing and distributing without salary or commission, or any rake-off whatSoever, and was paying his own expenses while doing it. “Mal soit qui mal y pense!” This is a mighty good world after all, for there are so many really big, unselfish humans in it! That does not include all the “whisperers” who would sweep the multiplication table to get a grain of justification for some sordid thought. Yet some of the “whisperers” are only misled—they themselves are noble and upright. 3 What a mighty good world this is! Just a few days ago the old French “Tiger,” Clemenceau, the war premier, stopped growling to say how futile is glory, but how beautiful is life in such a world. The meanest vestige of our monkey descent is seen only in chat- tering at others-who are giving their lives far suffering humanity. The mil- lennium will come when everybody does what they are doing. £ ‘There is a chance to start some- thing toward that happy time by join- ing or renewing membership in" the Red Cross, between mow and Thanks- giving day—the period of the one “drive” a year for members. It costs $1 a year to have a part as ember in the work of the Red Cross, bt some members insist on giving value received—$100 or $1,000. When that is the case, the national headauarters receives only the regular share—50 cents per member—and the rest-—$999.50 ner- haps—remains with the local chapt-r: the organization is decentralized to ™~ extent. * K ok ok In 1918, on the eve of the armistice, en. Petain, commander-in-chief of the armies of France, said: “When the war is over, I'm going to the United States. New ties unite our countries, and I would like to see America, but the purpose of my visit will be to thank the American people for what it did for France through the Red Cross. In the hour of our deepest children, and made it possible for our soldiers to fight on by reassuring them about their families at home.” * ok k% “Yes, everybody knew how efficient the Red Cross was during the war, but the war is over.” Is it, indeed, over? That, seemed to be the popular no- tion when the millions who had sup- \ported it during the war neglected to renew after the A. E. F. had come back from France, for had not the soldiers sung, “We won't come back till it's over, over there.” They are back! If the war is over, how comes it that all the Veterans' Bureau hospitals—50 of them!—are overcrowded and the number of veterans breaking down under their struggles with wounds and other war disabilities is increasing? Whence comes this overmanned di- vision of lame and blind and gassed and diseased in many ways? Why are more than half of that miserable parade of war's horrors mentally crippled? Doctors give their trouble a new name, “pneuropsychiatric,” but it leaves the victims’ lives just as sad as if the old name were used still. There are more than 12,500 mentally broken now in the Veterans’ Bureau hospitals; thousands of others at home. * Kk k¥ In every Veterans' Bureau hospital the Red Cross has a welfare worker, & liaison officer and a nucleus of home relief. The families of the hospital patients, as well as the patients, are comforted and helped by the Red Cross, the local chapter, of course, and it is as & member of some local chapter that the people are asked to join. They don't join the National Red Cross ex- cept through some local chapter, and there are 3,500 such chapters covering the whole United States. Some of these are county chapters, with 15 or 20 “branches” covering the county, working under a local head in the county seat. In the decade since the armistice the American Red Cross has expended $65,- 800,000 in veteran relief and $307.458 for the welfare of the men now serving in the Army, Navy and Marines. Its 349 trained workers in liaison work in the fleld or camps and hospitals cost last year, ending June 30, 1928, $1,169,- 795. All that came from the national headquarters treasury, while in addition, through the 3,500 chapters, $1,732,000 was spent for “disabled service.” Much of this work consists in helping the veteran prepare his claim for legal “‘compensation” through the Veterans' Bureau; much more in the “human touch” so needed by the discouraged and seemingly friendless, deserted, lone- some patient lying month after month upon a hospital bed—discouraging no matter how good may be the hospital service. Last year there were in Vet- erans’ Bureau hospitals 32,025 patients who had never been hospitalized before. Some there are who have never risen from a bed since the battles. Even good reading palls and entertainments {x;l:it be provided; the Red Cross does * oKk ok ok Public interest in the Red Cross has partly come back in the recent years, aroused by such calamigies as the Japan earthquake and the Mississippl flood and the Florida storm. The member- ship last year ran up to 4,058.949. It is the hope of the American officials to surpass that, four millions this year— perhaps to dduble it. * K ok ok In close harmony with the work comes that of the refi:{dm mittee of the District American in giving financial aid—especially cloth- ing—to stranded veterans who have come to the Capital hoping to expedite their claims. Washington is a focus for the great army of the disappointed, The chairman of that committee, Charles Cohen, 511 Twelfth _street northwest, is worried, for the District Legion has been obliged to limit his finances so that already the November appropriation was within $20 of being ons of old clothes “t,e!rrll:g.“ 1he reports. W n the six years of his tribuf Comrade Cohen has dlxhl;“rxsed 4"3%'6 overcoats, 5,981 suits of clothes and 7211 pairs of shoes—practically all i given to patients discharged from mfli- tary hospitals. When a convict is released from the penitentiary, he is given a new suit of clothes and $5; when a “war hero” leaves a Veterans’ Bureau Hospital, if he has not been granted a “compensible rating,” he usually goes out “on his own” with not a cent nor a new sock, though his feet may touch the snow. So Chairman Cohen tries to help his buddies, so far as the public coatrib- utes clothes. He is greatly worried anxiety your Red Cross ministered to our civilian population, our women and Y this yeas. (Copyrixht. 1028, by Paul V. Coliins.)

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