Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-12-19
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Der tho story printed recently regard
ing tho legends carved above the main
doors At the Washington city most ofy,ce
nave asked for like ssrvics ~ regards
similar writings above Union station.
Benumbed fingers and a cinder in one
eye. as the result OF standing in thu
cold with upIfted gaze. resulted in the
following legends. The reading. in let
tsrs q foot high. above the east portion.
runs as follows:
Let all the ends thou aimst at be
thy ,country's. thy Gods, and truths. BE
noolo ana the nobieness that lies in 9TH
ei men, sleeping, but never dead, will
rise IN majesty to meet thine own"
At the west end of the station the
writing Is as follows:
Hs that would bring home the wealth
OF the Indies must carry the wealth of
tne indies with him. So It is in travel
ing A man must carry knowledge with
him II he would bring home knowledge. !"
These are. undoubtedly. fine senti-
ments. but thousands go in ana come
out OF Union station every day who
never even glance at them-in fact ii
Is doubtful II hundreds Of them even
snow they arc there. craven in i'm
perishable stone.
Thousands Of people 90 a-traveling
with nothing In their pockets but money
ana little in their heads except what
the journey has to hold for them. 1t is
quite true that X one would bring home
the wealth OF the Indies one must carry
the wealth OF the Indies with him, In
deurative sense. Those stoney writings
constitute 4 fne argument against those
who bewAii the fact that some men
preach better than they act. It makes
no difference that Thousands 60 travel.
ing without knowledge. The wealth of
the Indies Is not what they are after,
BY my side ~ was copying down the
legends.
"who wants to bring home the wealth
OF the Indies, anyway" he asked.
I'D rather bring homo the bacon"
How many people never had .
Christmas tree?
This is something like asking how
many men never went fishing. In a
recent group Of four successful busi-
ness men three confessed they had
never gone fishin' in their lives.
Tradition similarly has 1t that only
poor children. have to 20 without
Christmas trees. but It 10 nearer to
the truth. perhaps. that hundreds Of
persons have never ''had q Christmas
! tres" simply for the reason that they
never have. that's all.
II never had q Christmas tree in
all my lifs." said Q government scien-
tist, q man Of wide repute. the other
day, - he viewed display Of trees.
7 don't know why It was. NY
family always had plenty Of money.
and We enjoyed Christmas a. much
e anybody. even to placing stock
ings by the hreside when we were
mas tree" '"1 .
Ssiden N. Ely. prominent school
man Of Warrington. and president of
the Monday Evening Club. outlined
clearly the aims Of the club at it's
annual banquet last week. Since this
organization has achieved something
like national prominence. what Mr..
Ely said proved interesting.
Mot IN any political sense. but In
IN SItfutetie sense. the club stands
s Ey sa % n2 ana 6r no %sn dSwn
purify At the bottom 40 well az to
hsal Ct the top. It works primarily
to help those not In position to help
themselves: but It labors as well to
assist any worthy cause or group
whom such cause represents social
uplift Or the group 10 striving for
higher standards
"The organisation affords . medium
for conference and discussion Of well
fare problems. Having reached con-
illusions. the club renders constructive
assistance by framing measures and
championfng legislation for the pre-
ventioh and amelioration OF social ail-
fHARI.EH Il. rRAcEW1aI.