Evening star., 1923-04-30

only safety then. will lie in our wear
ing nice dark purple goggles, with
side binders Of mauve and orange,
and a veil of sea-mist gray to softeh
the ensemble. One firm alone is gdr
ing to spend $4,000 on decorating TIE
roof of it's building. and the Avenue
from the Capitol to the State, War
and Navy Building will be like the
front line of the armies, from Swift
zerland to the channel. on armistice
night. 1t will be not a great white
way" but GLORIOUS spectroscope"
in which Mr. Hoover's standardized
color scheme will be illustrated in a
thousand bejeweled sunbursts. which
have exploded and besplattered every
thing.
Secretary of War Weeks has called
| for conference of Army chaplains,
to be held at the War Department
June to S, with the view to consult
ing how to give more intensive moral
| training to the soldiers. All denomi-
| nations will be represented, and the
Secretary asks all to be prepared ts
advise how to strengthen the re-
ligious program for the Regular Army
Young men who enter the various
trainings"
There are still some people who
think that to be a good soldier one
must be hard boiled" and tough:
| but the world war demonstrated that
| there is nothing in religion that tends
| to make man facing the realities
less of a manly man and d dangerous
| soldier for the enemy.
A chaplain of long experience at the
front relates how he was speaking tor
i a regiment which was about to go
| into the trenches. On the last even.
| ing before the forward march. he
asked the men which they would pre-
cussion of religion. 1t was a rough
| crowd, so far as appearances went.
| but he was somewhat surprised at
the response his question drew, when
man in the rear called ont: To
hell with the movies, we want the
| truth"
y &
! That demand won immediate ap-'
! plause, and the chaplain-who was
himself a mans man-preached to
| them the most earnest sermon in his
/ power. Tt Is evident that the Secre-
| tary OF War-an Annapolis graduate
and a rear admiral of the Navy
knows that, after all, the men have q
serious side and that they want the
| truth"
x * X X
/ The same men who in the A. Z r
/ enjoyed the knock k-out boxing stunts
! of the Y. NJ. C. A. came to periods
F., when they would say, quite as pro-
| fanely, I'VE want the truth" and tht
| kind of chaplains who were fit to be
I chaplains appreciated the emphasis
! of the profanity though it had not
| been taught in the theological semi
nary.
! X X
| DR. Thomas p. Green. director of
! the national speakers bureau Of the
Red Cross Society, says that AT per
| cent of the worlds wealth lies. in the
! United States, which makes it very
! important that all possible measures
! be taken TO teach preparedness for
| self-defense against the forces that
attack the nation from within as well ,
as from outside.
| There is to be dam of the Susque-
! hanna river between Perryyille and
| Conowingo. Nd, which will develop
| power available to Philadelphia
! Washington. Trenton and Whining
| ton. according to an application filee
! last Friday by the SusQuehanna
| Power Company. 1t is estimated that
| the dam viii develop 100000 horse
| power. Water will come from a
drainage area in Pennsyl vanta COW
power as that will relieve the output Of
| many coal mine by its substitution
of so much white COAL
fCopyrirht 1928 by p v Collins