davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1924-03-29
WELDING THE
FRAGMENTS
BY JOHN CARLYLE

Are you one OF those people who
believe that their particular troubles
are unlike those of anybody else?
Do you look with something like
envy on some of the known troubles
friends? You think you could stand
up well enough under their troubles.
You think their griefs are simple.
You think their ills are durable. You
think their burdens are bearable.
But you fancy that you have been
singled out for unique grief. There
is no trouble quite so sad as yours.
There is no burden quite SO heavy, no
shoulders quite so bowed.
This is a mistake of thinking COM
mon to most of US. Let us under
stand that what we bear, others bear.
What we suffer, others suffer. Our
problems have been faced by others
and solved by others.
The main thing in the struggle
not to evade burdens. 1t can't be
done. There is no escaping life.
The main thing is not to be over
come by our difficulties. The thing
we must not do is to sit down by the
side of the road and cry.
There is no achievement in the
world without mistakes. No mis-
takes, no progress. No blunders. no
achievement. No missteps, no for
ward steps.
After every disaster there are frag-
ments to be gathered up. Our job,
then, is to weld the fragments to-
gether into a new whole. We learn
to be strong by doing what we can
with little. Often the new plan, the
new life that we shape from the frag-
ments of the old. lis bigger, finer
thing than we had Before Often 1t
is bigger and finer than anything we
could have. made or done If the mis-
take had not been made, If the dis
aster had not overtaken us.
A blind man comes. sometimes into
my office. HA'is not an unhappy man.
ON the contrary, he is a singulariy
contented man. He misses the sight
of the world, misses 1t sorely. For he
| could see up until: a short time ago.
But he has picked up the fragments
| of his life and he is making a fine,
useful, new life. "a,
II is up to you whether you will, sit
down and mourn for what you have
lost. or whether you viii make up
your mind to be happy with what you
| have left.
when you have made that decision
and made it right you are on the way
{ TO true contentment.
Copyright, l924.}
Evening star., 1924-03-29
SHOOTING STARS.
By PHILANDER JOHNSON

The Square Deal.
I'm Crimson Gulch,' said Cactus Joe
1--WE amt so very strong
Rememberin' all the words that go
With ritual an song.
But through the years that 90 an
come
This motto we respeck,
There amt no good in dealin' from
The bottom of the deck
I'VE can't recite the Golden Rule
Nor the commandments ten.
Like people does in Sunday school,
But every now an then
We sort o sense their total sum:
This warnin' none nesieck,
Don't never git to dealin' from
The bottom of the deck
Though our instruction may be small
In morals old or new,
I reckon maybe, after all,
We1l manage to pull through.
Though shifty folks may call vnu
dumb, e-.
Your play will be correck
If you avoid all dealin' from
The bottom of the deck
Evening star., 1924-03-29
Bicycle and Anto.

The number of mishaps in the
streets to boys on bicycles seems
large when one reflects that there are
not many boys on bicycles in the
streets, but the bicycle-auto collision
makes a rather common news item.
In pedaling his way along a crowded
street boy takes chances. He can
not keep close to the curb because
OF parked cars and he rides in the
runway and goes slower than the
traffic stream. Often his old-time
wheel wobbles. He swerves right and
then left in the path OF cars behind
him. The autoist watches him with
fear lest he swerve in front Of the
car. 1t is perhaps only question
Of time when the horse-drawn vehicle
will be ruled of certain streets and
1t may come to pass that the foot
power bicycle will not be ridden on
uain traffic ways.
Evening star., 1924-03-29
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE

In demanding Daugherty's resigna-
tion from the cabinet, Calvin Coolidge
climbed down from the horns of the
gravest dilemma of his whole political
career For many weeks the Presi-
dent. has been; the storm eentsr of
two contending groups of republican
advisers. There were "actionists''
who urged that the. Attorney General
should be retired out Of hand, investi-
tion or no Investigation. They were
men like Lodge, Pepper and Borah,
who saw salvation for the G.. o. P. in
1894 only in summary dismissal of
Daugherty. The other group consist
ed of 'inactionists." who insisted that
not only the dictates of fair play, but
party expediency as well. required
Daugherty's retention till he was
proved guilty Republican stall
warts of the wheel-horse organiza-
ton type were among the "inaction-
lists. They have lost the day. The
President has taken the leap. Whether
1t was in the right direction, polit-
1cally speaking. remains to be seen.
The air at Washington is heavily
charged with. divergent views on that
score.
Men are saying that the. Harding
element" of the G.. Q. P. is now hope
lessly estranged from the Coolidge
cause. In very essential sense,
Harry Daugherty incarnated the
Harding legacy" which, President
Coolidge inherited. Here and there
fears are expressed that Dsugherty
and hir Ohio epnportars y,ay uraa k
revenge upon Coolidge and, either
through knifng or passive resistance,
turn the pivotal Buckeye state into
the democratic column in November.
That is not Harry Daugherty's way.
He is an organization man all the way
through. Bolting is not in his polit-
ical lexicon. He fought the bull moos-
ers tooth and nail in the ill-starred
Taft campaign of 1912, But his party
regularity this year. under all the cir
cumstances, will hardly be marked by
old time enthusiasm. That would be
asking little too much of political
human nature.
One of the men who must have been
eating their hearts out throughout the
Daugherty crisis is William Howard
Taft. The Chief Justice of the United
States was elevated to the Supreme
Court mainly at the instigation Of the
man just ousted from the attorney
generalship. The suggestion that Taft
should be named TO succeed White did
not originate exclusively with Daugh-
erty. Practically the whole Anne erican
legal profession was a unit in wish
ing for .Taft's appointment. But il
was Daugherty who, assured that ii
was almost universally desired. made
to President Harding the representa-
tions that directly led to Taft's nomi-
nation. Taft and Daugherty were
comrades in the rough and-tumble of
Ohio state and national politics for
the better part of a generation. In
the chorus OF condemnation that ac-
companies Harry Daugherty into po-
litical oblivion. it is certain that the
voice of the Chief Justice is missing.
Representative Fred A Britten of
Illinois, who discovered in Cuba that
Americas good name is falling into
disrepute abroad, needn't worry. Euro
pean history, made since Britten was
Evening star., 1924-03-29
Grabbing a Park.

+. New York is having another fight
against the conquest Of Central Park
by buildings. There seems never to
be time when there is not some pro
posaf to take section of public park
as building site. Generally the pro-
ponents of these plans insist that a
park will not only furnish the best
building site, but that the building
win improve the park. Just now the
plan supported by important infiu-
ences is to establish a music and art
center in Central Park. The projectors
say that only six acres will be needed,
while the objectors say that six acres
is large plot Of land; that II six
acres be yielded now sixty acres will
be demanded later, and that the best
use that park can be put to is as
a park. A great number of people
will say that il the New York demand
Evening star., 1924-03-29
Health Week.

We will hear more than usual about
sickness and health during the week
of April 27-May 5. 1t will be called
Health week, and arrangements are
being made for its observance by the
Washington Council of Social Agen.
cies. Perhaps the week will result
in benefit to some who are. sick and
ii ought to be an instructive week to
those who are in health. It would
seem that persons in good health are
often negligent of that health. They
may have had no direct personal
knowledge of the inconvenience and
sorrow of sickness. They hear the
complaints of others, but these com
plants are uninterestiIfg. If they
are healthy and polite they will say
to their sick friends: I'm sorry
you're not feeling well' and Il hope
you will be feeling better soon," but
perhaps in their minds and TO other
friends they will put the blame for
being sick on the sick person and per
haps that may be just. They may
not take care of himself as l do" 1t
may be charged that he eats too much
or does not eat enough, that he works
TOO hard or that he has not enough
to do to keep his mind engaged. He
may sit around the house too much
or it may be that he strays too far
from home and keeps wild hours. The
healthy person who says these things
will have them said about him when
he falls sick.
Good health is a priceless posses
sion, but it is hard for the healthy
man to understand it. There is to be
a public urge that healthy persons
keep themselves in good health and
there is to be plenty of professional
advice and instruction for the sick as
TO how they may hope. to become
healthy. There will be a great deal
OF discussion of hygiene. Tens of
thousands of persons will be told OF
the value OF cleanliness, exercise, rest,
good air, sunshine and of the ad-
vantages of plain water as a drink.
There will also be a good deal of
discussion about disease and the best
way of combating it. 1t is said that
the general purpose of Health week
lis to promote better teamwork be-
tween existing health agencies in
Washington, to stimulate public inter
est in local health resources and needs
and to sponsor in Washington the
program Of the National Health Coun-
Gil for an annual examination as a
health measure for every individual
in the city" Sickness is generally a
depressing topic, but u week given
over to talking about health and
thinking of it ought to help many
Of US.
Evening star., 1924-03-29
COURAGE
II am the master OF my fate,
am the captain of my soul"
-HENLEY.

Jan Christian SHUTS was born on
a lonely farm in South. Africa, and
while attending nearby school
worked in the fields and roughed it
on the veldt. When sixteen he en-
tered Victoria College, in Stellen-
bosch, and when twerty-one won a
scholarship that took him to Cam
bridge, where he achieved extraor-
binary honors in law. ...s
Back in Africa, when twenty-five,
he practiced law. England was un-
popular there and he made speeches
in her defense. Then came the Jane
son raid. and IL was like an act of
treachery to Smuts, but little heed
was paid to the pale-faced. hungry
looking youth, until Dom Paul Kru-
ger appointed MIN state attorney for
the Transvaal. and in 1899 took him
with Miner that resulted in the Boer
war
Entering the conflict against Eng
land as a private, he distinguished
himself as q guerrilla strategist and
became. commander-in-chief of the
Boer forces, only to see his country
defeated. In the following Vereenig-
ing conference he fought for peace,
and, as colonial secretary of the do
minion government, he united his dis
couraged countrymen; then, in 1906,
went to London and secured self
government for the TransvaaI Botha
was made prime minister of the new
Union of South Africa, and Smuts, as
minister Of the interior and of de-
fense, aided him in guiding the new
ship of state.
l. Then came the world war; and he
suppressed the revolt set up by Gens
de Wet and Deventer, then broke
down German resistance in East
Africa Summoned to England to act
as South African representative in the
cabinet. his sagacity and military
genius took him into. the inner war
cabinet" and honors were poured
upon him. In the Paris peace con-
ference he signed the treaty, but
filed a protest. ~
When Botha died. in 1919. SHUTS
was made prime minister in South
Africa. Botha's political enemies had
a majority in the South African par
lament, but by clever craftsmanship
Smuts united other political parties
and now at fifty-three is stronger in
power and esteem both at home and
In England than ever before.
= Copyright. is24l -,
Evening star., 1924-03-29

born, has been full of national polit-
ical scandals as maIodorous as our oil
affair. France has an entire litera-
ture dealing with the corruption that
accompanied the De Lesseps Panama
canal project. Two CT three years be-
fore the war Great Britain was rock ed
from Lands End to John o'Groats by
the Marconi wireless telegraph case,
involving cabinet ministers of the en-
ineat rank of David Lloyd George and
Lord Reading (then Sir Rufus Isaacs)
In Germany, about the same time. the
directors of krupps were publicly
charged with, bribery of war depart
ment officials for the purpose of in
ceasing sales of armament. Another
group of German munition makers
was implicated In systematic subsidiz-
ing OF the Partisan press in order to
keep Frenehehatreds against Germany
afame.4 Uncle" Sans adventure in oil
has reflected no new glory on the
Stars and Stripes. but neither has 1T
led abroad into temptation along
new paths
Sir Esme Howard, the new British
ambassador at Washington, observed
in his recently arrived London papers
that there died in Ireland the other
day the descendant Of the man who
commanded the British forces at the
battle of Bladensburg. in the war of
1917. His name is Col. John Ross, to
whom there had come down from two
generations the surname of Ross of
Bladensburg." 1t was conferred upon
his paternal ancestor by the King of
England as reward for his martial
prowess at the gates of Washington
in August, 1914. Bladensburg, which Is
just across the District of Columbia line
in Maryland, was once a famed duel
ing ground. Nowadays it is chiefly
known because of the automobile pike
named after il.
- x =
Senator Thomas Sterling OF South
Dakota, just defeated for renomina-
tion in the republican state primaries,
is winding up his second term in
Congress. Probably his reputation as
too stalwart republican organiza-
ZIONIST at Washington proved his un-
doing, as it proved the undoing of an
other Dakota senator, McCumber of
North Dakota. These are not the
times when oldtfme party loyalties
mean anything in the region of the
great open spaces. Labels count for
little az against policies and panaceas.
Hence, Ladd, Frazier. Shipstead and
an Ohio lawyer by origin. He was
dean of the college of law in the South
Dakota State University when elected
TO the Senate in 1912 and may return
to the teaching profession in 1925.
4 :;
If Senator Borah backs his new
project for an international disarma :
ment and economic conference with
the same enthusiasm he applied to the
triumphant proposal for the Washing
ton conference, his friends are certain
he will again be a trail-blazer. In De-
cember. 1920, the Idahoan introduced
his Senate resolution in favor of a
naval limitation conference. In July,
1921, 1t was called. By February.
1922, ii had become history. Borah is
persuaded that Europe and Asia. as
before, only await an American lead
When Washington's thoughts can be
attuned TO other things and other
themes, Senator Borah plans to go to
BAT vigorously for his new conference.
Downright, 1924
Evening star., 1924-03-29
MacD Donald and Labor.

It is beginning to seem a warranted
suspicion that the labor unions in
Great Britain are taking advantage of
the fact that a labor government is in
office to push their claims for wage
increases farther than the circum.
stances warrant. They are putting
Premier Macdonald. in q position
where he may have to appear either
to turn his back on his labor following
Or risk defeat in parliament, which
either would force a general election
or bring liberal or conservative gov
ernment to Office. In other words. in
its quest Of golden eggs, labor may
foolishly kill the only political goose
II has ever Matched in Britain.
Macdonald may keep industrial
Evening star., 1924-03-29
Memorials That Help
Humanity Advocated
To the Editor of The Star.

10 the Enltof or The Star.
While in Washington a few weeks
ago, I heard q rumor in regard 10
erecting another monument to Lin
coin. / just want to say a few words,
and make some suggestions, hoping
l may find a. goodly following who
agree with me.
l don't believe Washington. Lincoln,
Leo and other great men, who have
had many cold stones erected to them,
If they could nave been consulted,
would have chosen the monuments
erected to them. Their greatness was
due TO the fact that they loved the
other fellow. They were modest to
great degree, and did not care for the
pomp and vanities of this world: they
were not rich.
Now, / would like to suggest MT
ting monument, and one l think Lin
coin would highly approve of, and
Mountain children of Virginia l am
also thinking of the great man of to-
DAY, who has just passed into the
Great Beyond-Woodrow Wilson.
There is going to be erected E1onu-
ment to him. I would suggest the
same cause for this monument also.
He loved humanity, and had a won
derful idea for the peace of the world,
but the world was not ready for ~
/ don't see why we can't do for our
great men the things they would like.
and that would appeal to them as
they lived.
Christ's most wonderful monument
is the Bible and the most costly
Bible could be bought, many times,
for the cost of the Lincoln Memorial
These great piles of stone, that cast
so much, do not stand for greatness,
and instead of our young people get
ting inspiration for higher ideals.
they seem TO. disregard the real
meaning of them. Young and old OF
today. when they stand before a Won
derfully costly monument. ask How
much did 1T cost?" When told the
value, Some make. no reply. Others
say, How much good that money
would have done, If used in the cause
OF humsnity.'
Mr.. Corceran's beautiful monument,
."rhe Louise Home" stands for a Won
derful spirit. ] believe in monuments;
but, in my opinion, they should al
ways stand for the helping hand.
Let's raise our standards and get on
the right side of justice. goodness ana
truth! NJ. L WOOD.
Evening star., 1924-03-29

or monuments and the naming OF
sons for fathers are traced to this
superstition by some writer's. May
MS name perish" was the anathema
or an enemy.
Q. What is meant by the big four
in radio?-B, N. G.. 4
a This term is sometimes apnIied
to the American Telephone and Tele-
graph Company, the Radio Corpora-
tion OF America, the General Electric
Company and the Westinghouse EIec-
trio and Manufacturing Company.
Q. How many members did ths
churches gain last year?-G. K e
A. The Christian Herald saws that
there was gain in 1923 OF $50, 600
This brings the total membership u6
to 45,457,366.
@. How many matches are used in
the world? d?-F. o. NJ.
A. About 7,5oo,0O0.000 matches ara
used daily. The daily output of tws
match districts in the United States
Is about LOCO, 100000 matches.
@. Who was the challenger in thu
Burr-Hamilton duel?-c. F.
A. aaron Burr in the year 1901
was federal candidate for Governoi
or New York and would probably
have been elected but for Hamiltona
opposition. This opposition aggra-
waited by certain uncomplimentary
epithets which Hamilton is alleged to
have applied to Burr gave rise to
quarrel which eliminated in a duel
July z, 1904, Burr being the chal-
lenger.
Q. Where was the saxophone in
vented?-W. H. O.
A. The saxophone was invented
about !S4o. 1t was introduced Off
cially into the French army bands
on July 81, 1845, and registered by
Sax on June %. 1916.
Q. would like to know what
KIND < Z. OF rock Plymouth Rock'' Isl
A, Plymouth Rock is granite
| boulder.
Q. Where did geraniums coma
from?-A- z. NJ.
A. The ordinary garden geraniunns
are species Of pelargonium, which
| are natives of South Africa
Q. Why is the region of Mesopo-
| tamia, once so fertile and productive,
| now barren desert?-C z.
A. In the early history of the
world Mesopotamia was an important
populous country Certain small
| more arid regions were made to pro-
duce by good systems of irrigation.
As the land of the country declined
these systems fell into disuse and the
country became more and more of a
desert.
Q. How long does it take an ice.
berg to melt?-H. B.
A Icebergs last for different
periods OF years, depending upon
their size and construction. Icebergs
have been known to take as long as
26O years to melt
Q. What are the floating gardens
or Mexico City?-A r. C.
A The La Viga and other canals
connect the City of Mexico with
Eumpango, -Xaltocan. San cristobal,
| Texcoco Chalco and Xochinilco
lakes. On these waterways so many
| flowers grow that. they are called
| floating gardens
Old gon ever tDrfte q letter to Fred
eTso j. RGskInf You can ask our In
| formation Bureau any question of fact
GHd get the onStoer in q personal latter
| This is q part Of thGt best purpose Of
| this ret1SpdpeT-SERVIC There Is no
| charge eTcept cents IN Stdnps for re-
| turn postage. Get the habit of oSstn1
questions Of Frederic J. HGskIn diyector
The Stdr Information Bureun, 1920
| North Coptol Street.)
Evening star., 1924-03-29
Conservation and Reforestation.

Gov. Pinchot Of Pennsylvania, recog-
nized as one of the leading advocates
Of conservation in the United States,
addressing the Senate committee on
agriculture yesterday held that the
most important single economic prob
lem now facing the nation is the adop-
ton of a national policy which will
make the United States permanently
self-sustaining in its timber require
mentS.
Whether it is the greatest problem,
it is undoubtedly among the most
important. It has engaged the atten-
ton of statesmen and far-seeing bust
ness men for many years, and reams
upon reams have been written upon
it., disclosing, of course, varying and
contradictory opinions. At the present
time it is engaging the attention of a
select committee of the Senate com
mittee on agriculture. This committee
recently visited all the principal forest
regions of the country and held extern
sive hearings -,---
The McNary- -Haugen reforestation
bill, now pending before the commit
tee on agriculture, deals with approx
mately one-fourth of the land area of
the country, and has two main pur-
poses; first, the extension Of public
ownership, both forest and state, of
forest lands and lands suitable for
forest growth; second, to encourage
reforestation of lands in private owner
ship. Senator Capper also has a bill
upon the subject. s
With the material in hand and the
data of the special committee available
it ought to be possible to work out a
plan and enact it into law at this ses-
sion of Congress.