Evening star., 1921-06-05
HEARD AND SEEN

Perhaps the power Of the human
voice has not been demonstrated bet
ter in Washington for a long time
than by DR.. Schmafya Levin. when
he spoke at the mass meeting last
week in the interest of the Palestine
restoration fund.
Although DIR. Levin, who is a noted
Hebrew scholar and writer, spoke in
his native tongue. his address was
intensely interesting to one who
could not nderstand a word he said.
At first thought this seems i'm
possible. yet it was the consensus
| Of many In the audience who under
stood English only that they had
heard scores Of addresses in English
| which they have not enjoyed half as
| well.
DIR. Levin possessed such control of
! voice quality that it carried con-
viction. and made his talk really in
| teresting to those who could not un-
1 derstand what he said What they
did catch was that here was a man
| very much in earnest, a man VINO be-
| lieved utterly in what he was talk
| ing about. a man who was sincere.
| in other words.
Combined with this quality DR.. Le-
vim used very appropriate gestures.
although original ones. A particu-
larly striking gesture was one made
with the right hand describing a
sort Of spiral movement.
Would a dog rather ride in an
automobile or eat beefsteak?
II any schooiboys are looking
for a real topic for an annual debate,
1 recommend the above question to
them as one deserving attention.
Affirmative and negative would be
put to it to prove each side, for there
are many dog fanciers who believe
that a dog would be placed in the
quandary of its life if personally con-
fronted with the problem.
Suppose the dog is invited to ride
| on one hand. and on the other a
| freshly broiled. juicy steak is prof
fered him. Surely any red-blooded
canine would find the decision hard.
For IL there is any one thing dog
likes to do it is eat beefsteak. il it
| isn't to go riding in an automobile.
The strange fascination of fast
auto travel for dogs is a mystery
many fine dog lovers and good writ
ers. The one thing certain is that
the dog likes to ride even better than
his master.
Perhaps the average dog. il con-
fronted with a ride and beefsteak
at the same time. would resemble
that well known immovable force
meeting An immovabie object.
My idea is that really smart dog
would grab the beefsteak, bound onto
the running board. and consume the
steak in . twinkling.
Perry desired me to put forth a
challenge to all other ten-month
babies to a stair-climbing contest
He has an idea that he is about
the only youngster in Washington
who can climb stairs at his age, and
perhaps he is right.
Placed at the foot of a pair
of stairs, he took to them like
a duck to water. going up hand
over foot, and foot over hand. in
that elusive fashion that babies use
when crawling.
when 4 young fellow is not yet
able to walk, the ability to negotiate
n case of stairs successfully is quite
q. feat At any rate, that is the way
Perry feels about 1t.
**
Lois recently heard her mother
lament the fact that age creeps on
apace.
IT am getting old" the mother told
her husband. half jesting.
But the little girl took the remark
seriously. Looking up into her moth
er's face, she said:
why, mother. you're not DID,
you're new
CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.