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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-05-10
EVANGELICAL LAYMEN
PLAN NATIONAL GROUP
General Committee of 500 Named
to Work Out Details of Ex-
tension Movement.
~ the Associated Press

~ the Associated Press.
COLUMBUS, Ohio, May 9.-Plans
for a Nationwide organization of lay.
men OF evangelical churches was com.
pleted today at the first conference
of the Laymen's Church League. The
: organization will be known as the
Mems Church League, the name hav-
ing been changed SO that ministers
may be taken into the movement.
A general committee of upward of
500 members of executive heads of
all denominational and interdenomi-
national laymens associations in this
country and Canada was created with
authority to complete working plans
for the extension Of the movement.
For the present the organization
will be voluntary. with no paid sec
retaries; the committee was given
authority to decide when paid heads
shall Be employed. Officers will be
selected by the committee.
Joseph M. Steele, Philadelphia,
named chairman of the league at the
first meeting In New York last Fall;
DR.. j. Campbell White. New York,
'hnd others, representing virtually
every section of the country, are
Among members of the general COM
mittee.
The conference will conclude tomor-
row.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-05-10
''GL00MY DEAN" NAME
ALONE IRKFD INGE HERE
Otherwise Well Pleased With Visit,
He Says, Sailing-Goes Home
Second-Class.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, May 9.-Very Rev. w
r. Inge, dean of st. Paul's Cathedral
in London. ending a three-week's lee.
ture trip in the United States, sailed
for home in second-class quarters on
the Samria.
: Dean Inge's only grievance while in
the United States, he told interviewers,
concerned the constant use of gloomy
dean" as q sobriquet applied to him.
He expressed satisfaction with his
visit. saying that he had been over.
whelmed by the generosity and solici.
tude of his hosts.
Discussing fundamentalisIn. he re-
marked that it had been his experience
to find that fundamentalists were Of
ten very silly people. Il have been
for the greater part with university
people," he said. land they are highly
Intelligent. Naturally, they would de-
spise anything extreme on the part of
the fundamentalists.
The Zionist movement, he thought,
might with wisdom transfer it's ac-
tivities to New York, rather than to
Palestine. because of the large Jewish
population here. An expressed op-
ponent of prohibition. he said that he
had survived it for three weeks, but
that he would be glad to return to his
cellar.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-05-10
.KASHMIR GIVES WELCOME
Hospitality Offered to Roosevelt
Party on Expedition.

KARACHI. India, May app
The hospitality of Kashmir will be Of
fered to Col. Theodore and Kermit
Roosevelt and members of their expe.
dition into central Asia, Sir John
Barry Wood, British resident of Rash.
mir, announced today.
(The Roosevelts are heading an ex-
petition for the Field Museum of Chi
cago to secure specimens of unusual
animals in Turkestan. e. X. Cherrie,
naturalist, who accompanied the elder
Roosevelt on some of his exploring
Atrips and who lisa member of the
present paxtys led BIZ the sformer Presi.
Gently to make advance preparations
for the trip)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-05-10
81 Delivers Any Congoleum Rug

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terms. Our special price,
oHiy
Genuine Gold Seal Congoleum
Rugs. in 9x12' size. with en- or
out border. variety of pat ~'S~
terms. Our price. only. 49,.
6N9 Gold Seal Rugs, in floral
and small patterns for co 70
the bedroom. Beautiful ~
borders. Priced at only
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-05-10

Okla Gold Seal Art Rugs. with
borders. Oriental de-
signs for dining or liv- SIC IN
ing room. Priced at I0
only
Gold Seal Congolcum by the
yard i'm variety of designs. or
Two OF three yards wide. H9C
: Price. per square yard.
Genuine Marin Inlaid Linoleum
in quiet colorings. Two 81 50
yards wide. Per square
YARD
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-05-10
When You Clean House

AS you clean house this spring make mental in.
Ventory OF the undesrable pieces of furniture In
home-pieceS Worn away of style. possibly
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS that good give
throw away and still not good enough harmonic
with the balance of your furnishings ,s..
Then think of Exchange Department Plan. We
will accept any all of these "undesrables"
part payment furniture You
than the regular price for the new 1t is Service
render. Your used furniture is overlaued and
placed on sale in Exchange Department where it
is bought by people who feel they afford
furniture
The Exchange Department is business entirely
separate from regular stock and is located In
the basement of store.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-05-10

THE weather says "warm' from So it's
guess you'll taking the
and hear the hou.eman beating the back yard To clear
racks of all samples that have for incom
ing shipments Housekeeping
Monday Morning o'clock Come early and remember the place
Phillip Levy'., 635 7h ST. NV. Welcome to Credit
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-01-23
- SCIENCE -
TURKEY

GoCIoLOGY Is one OF tho youngest
- sciences I, deals with relations
between men. groups and nations.
Bolshevism in Russia and other mass
tendencies Of different peoples Of
Europe. following the war, offered In.
tcrcuing material Tor schoolgirls.
Tho matter nov Of mos, interest 10
them II the apparent reputation Of
Mohammsdanism By a large part Of
Turkey.
Mohammcdanlsm hold. sway over
the lives and mental processes Of un-
told millions In Asia and Africa. but
Turkey always has been the heart
Of this religion Schoolgirls arc
wondering whether this break with
Islam means death 10 Turkey or n
new freedom which win place her
among the productive modern PEG.
pies. At present Turkish contribu-
tons TO science are negligible.
The Mohammedan religion started
to lose its power In Turkey when
many women Joined n movement TO
discard the veil. This disregard for
the teachings OF the Koran was fol,
lowed by regulations OF other time
honored customs.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-01-23

How much of my sins would have been
as awful as hers had succeeded in themg
How much of the latent evil that know
was in me descended TO my child. TO warp
her view and burst into accomplished
deed?
She is my ehild-of me.
When the world turns against her,
when scorn and shame are heaviest upon
her, when her misery is exploited and she
means and eringes in the presence of a
frightful act of rage-then will | stand
by her, with every dollar and word of
comfort and hope that | commando
"All hope abandon We who enter here
may speak from the entrance of Dante's
hell Ii was not written there by be-
neficent and just God. II is not in the
heart of n humane and just father, will
stand by and hope for my erring, for
saken child, come what may,
II was not she, but they who now abhor
and would punish her who permitted the
dance hal. where young girls met strange
men. whore the sensuous jazz, aided by
prohibited liquor. aroused all the pas
sions Of mere children.
My child is in the abyss, with all the
world against her. In the deepest, vilest
pit there is always a gleam of hope.
will show her that, with the aid OF the
God who forgives even when the world
does not
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-01-23

O. VIVA, was the first American
rlty 10 establish the commission
form OF government
A. Galveston. TcTus.
O what does '"Tippecanoe IN d
Tyler. too" mean7
A. This ,ras a raliWHg CRY for INo
,ohlc; On the campaign Of 1879. Inc
phrase trds the frat HHe 81 NC
chorus Of popular song. ItpP.-
rnaoes ,ras popular name j0r
,;en. Harrison. tho iohiJ nominee
bcstotccd vpoH him eecaEss Of y"
hattie tciih The Indians on inc
Tippceanoe rircr. and Tyler Ess
fhe nominee for the rsee proficiency
Q. who wrote: 81,
eNo, the heart that has truly low d
never forgets,
hut as truly loves on TO the close I.
As the sunflower turns on her god
when he sets
The same look that sho turned
when he rose
o. Thomas Moore. In "Beltere NE
n An Those Endearin0 YoHn o
Charms"
O. How can rust be removed from
1netals7
A. A 10 per cent 20 IS per cent
.sola,ioH Of ammonium citrate con-
.talning some free ammonia iciH re-
more iron rust toithout seriously al
tackfug the base metal. The solution
should be heated and left In contact
trith the metal for ~ TO ~ hoHr'
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-01-23
Gail for q White Hope

THE recently-retired governor of Kan
L sas faces the charge at law Of hay-
ing trafficked in prison paroles.
The son OF the governor is likewise ac-
cused and il is alleged he was caught
with the goods"
Carl J. Peterson, bank examiner of the
state, is alleged to be the last and most
convincing word in this sale of paroles.
A newly-elected justice of the peace ut
Emporia has been caught stealing. coal.
At Elkhart, a state game warden, en-
gagged in n feud. shot man and got him
self all fatally shot up.
Why is William Allen, the white hope
of the suffering state; loafing around the
effete East, eating pie and oysters and
talking morals. while all this is the mat
ter with Kansas?
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-01-23

to completely disioipe the rust
The metal parts should then BE-
rinscd ihoroiy trith udicr. ~ GH-
nonium citrate n not available. "
map BE- made bV HeulraiistHg cifric
acid rifh strong au'moHia tcaicr.
q. Where can one get copy of
the national bankruptcy hct7
A. From the superintendent 81
documents. Government PrtHting Of.
flee. Warrington. u. O.. for rs cents.
Remittance must Be made bV money
order.
O. How many women members
are there Of the house OF com
mons7
A. -Four: Lady Asior. the dachess
Of AhoU. Mrs. Hilton Phiipson and
Mis- Z. Wilkinson.
O. What was the most destructive
war OF history
A. ~ von refer 70 human NE. the
,corid tnar, beginning IN 1911.
claimed the most piciims--a grand
totei Of e.99s.T7f.
Q. Does the United States or Cam
ada own Lake Erie7
A. According 10 a treaty bctineen
the United states and Great Britain,
signed IN 1888. the boundary be-
,ircen Canada and the United States
runs thru the middle Of Lake Eric,
O How many persons OF Irish
and how many Of German birth are
there In the United States7
A. According 10 the 1920 census,
Trish birth. f0s72J4i German birth,
1856. Jos.
q. What vessel holds the trans
atlantic speed record7
A. The Haurcidnid. ,chioh IN Sep
TENDER rent from Not1 York 10
Plymouth IN ! days. 81 hours and
81 minutes.
q. What is the latest discovered
comet7
A. FinslcT's.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-01-23
Just Who
Said So?

To which the irreconcilables
reply that European authorities
DO no, 30 understand H. II
would add to the clarity Of the
discussion II they would quote
these aileged European authori-
ties corrcctly-but that is not
the way OF senatorial debate.
No European statcsman has
said that we have made any
such commitment. or are under
any such obligation.
No European statesman has
even said that in his opinion
our interest in the payments is
such that when the Germans
default we viii probably then
decide to Join with our fellow.
creditors In enforcement meas
urcs. European newspapers
have said thgt. and they may
or may not q correct. but no
representative OF any European
government has said It.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-01-23
Difference in the Pride
DRTIA Donna JERIT2A is suinl

DRIMA DONNA JERITZA is suing a
i Vienna publisher who gives 10 the
world her career from chambeImaid 70
metropolitan opera, and is thus exhibiting
the difference between the pride of man
and woman.
Ran pin into the self-made man who
has risen from office boy to bank presl-
dency. or from bootblack to railroad
presidency, and he'll ooze pride in
which he glories. leritza RACES over the
idea that the crowds who worship at the
shrine of her talent will remember that
once she made up beds, shook the rugs
and swept the dirt into the corners, a
common ehambermaid. And yet, an hon
est chambermaid is one of the nobleSt
works of God.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-01-23
SMOKING ROOM
STORIES

T,HE smokers were talking about
i the ladies on the Mccoy jury
and deriding their knowledge of jury
duty. Never mind" said the lawyer.
smoker. these ladies' that now fire.
auent tho courts of Justice are wiser
than they used TO be, and that IL
saying something. Why, I remember
the story that was told me by fell
low-lawyer. A young woman was n
witness in the case. She was 80 dumb
that the exasperated court finally
asked her II she had ever appeared
az a witness in suit before.
Eyes. sir. she answered promptly.
"'what suit was it?' queried the
court.
MY blue serge, she answered
convincingly.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-01-23
The Father

DOUBTLESS thousands of fathers of
u daughters turnout the land have
been watching to see the final attitude OF
Ellingson, father of the l6-year-old matri-
eide, whose shooting of her mother is be-
ing discussed everywhere. The father
has now come to the aid of his child.
How many of the fathers interested IN
this case would have hesitated so long?
How many are thinking thoughts like
these;
! She is my child She is of my blood.
How much of my early weakness and
recklessness may she not have inherited?
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-01-23

followed. is said to be a permanent
cure.
The treatment begins with steam.
ing the face. Narrow strips of court
plaster are then applied TO the
wrinkled portion, after the wrinkle
has been stretched out smoothly
with thumb and foreflnger.
The Treatment must be followed
for a long time before results are
seen. and even then II must be done
twice n day.
Another wrinkle cream is made
from spermaceti and white wax.
each one-half ounce: melt and add
to them two ounces OF oil of sweet
almonds and one ounce each OF
lanolin and cocoanut oil.
stir this In an ounce OF orange
flower water and 10 drons OF tine
turo Of benzoin
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-01-23
hat Folks
Are Saying

THOMAS JEFFERSON. actor:
MY father promised never TO ap'
near in a play to which he was
ashamed TO take his own children.
i have kept the same vow.
HUGO GERNSBACK, editor Ra'
do News: The remedy for the
theater as against the radio lies in
two directions. First, the price OF
admission must be reduced to n
sane level. Second. by playing to
capacity audiences at So a seat the
producers can make money II a
show runs long enough. The radio
will fiji their houses to capacity"
r. GUY DAVIS, Advertising ex.
pert: 1.-THE advertising man must
have a picture Of his medium II he
is to make the best use Of news
papers. He must realize that a new
world Is presented in newspapers
each day, with changing conditions
described in every edition. The
newspaper is one of the greatest IN
dustrial dramas OF the day"
TYRUs COBB. baseballist: There
Is more Satisfaction. ! find. in see
ing a recruit develop under the ad.
vice ard training you give him than
in accomplishing something your.
self"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-01-23

Mr. Firii: Last niphi attended
q banquet OF rhich there ,rcro ttco
or three aficr-diHEer speakers. 4
man sitting bV me inaA ehctetHg q
highiv-srcHicd chcWin1 gum all
thru the spcreh-making. ~ ~ got
on nv nerves that I could not listen
70 nc speakers what can BE- done
Nth a man Ike ihar
J. c. n.
No doub, tho man did this thought
lssniy. or Il may be he did not know.
There In no Law against his Of.
Tense. but ls; US hope that he viii
read this and forswear gum chewing
In public places
Mr.. Fixit: Las. year Chicago
dhiribuiiHp agency sold the same
territory for IS 10 each Of rs men
iha. knoe Of IN seattle. THIS
matter tras taken up tciih the Bet.
ter business bureau. bat ~ have
heard nothing moro from IT, The
distributing agency u teaniinD
another IS for this pears dues.
what cnH BE- doHef n.
Better Business bureau reports that
they asked the group OF men who
thought they had been defraudcd 10
como In and make affidhvits In tho
chss. but that they did not do so.
However. tho matter was taken up
with tho National Better Business
bureau. and was turned over 10 the
post office authorities for investiga-
ton. No report has ye, been made.
Mr.. Firit: I hare observed on
several occasions that street cars on
Second are. going south do not
carry "dcpot' signs. OFTEN hare
heard strangers ask n the car went
TO the depot. DO pou call this good
municipal scrUicef w. r. W.
All cars that go TO the depot are
supposed 10 carry front signs so
stating. Any time you see one that is
not properly labeled. put Il down as
oversight or carelessness on the part
of the conductor. and either call his
attention 10 II. or report II 10 Super
intcndent Henderson.
Mr.. Firit: wan vou please find
out mhv rddto station RJR
fNorth,pca Radio Service Coz docs
not cooperate icith the other local
stations bv closing dotcn on Thurs
day cpcninDsr j. l.. T..
o. r. Redfern. radio inspector for
this district. might be able to bring
this about Phone him, MA in-b02s.
and ask IL there is anything he can
do.
Mr. Firit: on the northwest cor
ncr Of eith duc. and Spring ST. is a
pile Of fallen brush aud rubbi,n
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-01-23
All Set for the Fray
IITATCH your step. enemies.

IITATCH your step. enemleS'
wv No matter If our warship guns
are not elevated; no matter if we are not
equipped with bombing planes no mat
ter il we are short of submarines; no
matter if we have but small army and
meager supplies Of war-still we are
ready.
Gaily caparisoned, gold-braided from
heel TO highest hair, booted and spurred
and full panoplied-we are ready.
The new governor of MlsSourl-the
state that shows and must be shown
has Just appointed % colonies on his Of
fetal staff, and the CANNES of carnage
had better take notice.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-01-23

capYrisbt 1895. *. o. 4 Esr,irs. Inc
ORANGE. y. j.. Jan. "a
" what do you ray % the
AauiF- was tho neRt question
asked q Thomas A. Edison after
he had srpounasd his theories
on communication with the dead
Il ssc nothing of that sort IN
the individual any more than ia
hive Of bees or IN a city. each
Is only an aggregate % cells or
individuals. aud the community
Itself. aside from the aggregation
and organization % units. has no
existence. Tho hufaan personality
IL no, a thing apart from The Ak
Fregato cells: and az dissolution
Of the cells personality ceases "
Then Immortality Is a myth"
II ssc no reason 10 believe
that the human personality win
be immortal any moro than one
OF my photograph records win he
immortal hut that h not saying
tina, death ends all"
Edlson'a theory Of life. he gays.
II his only thru his acceptance
OF much that has been developed
BY many other minds For some
year. he has been In accord with
the elsmrn,alr Of Darwin. Tyndal
and Huxley He has carefully fol.
lowed the Investigations and con
illusions OF Prof William James.
Prof william n. Hyslop. Prof
y. ". II. Meyers. Or, Richard
Hodgnon. Maurice Maeterlluck
and others. and sifted out % u
All whatever appears 20 be truth
fitted 70 his own thought, For
this reason regarding these ideas
as II they were strictly his own.
Tho prevailing theory that
cells grow anew every seven
years Is not accepted By Edison.
He says he knows the cell II not
20 simple a thing as ihn', and
does not totally pass away In
seven years or necessarily In 10.
There IL. he believes central
substance In the celia germ
piAsm-that never disHipates or
dies during the life OF the body: II
remains the constant receptacle
OF tho psychic. or mental forces
that actuate the brain and body
These ultra. microscopic sub
stances constitute tho real life
essence and. cooperating, form
the seat OF tho psychic activities,
such MS thought. memory. rca-
son. will. hcredity--personnliiy.
Here II the center OF mans indl-
yiduality as well M OF his life.
and Il Ia physical--that II. ma
teriai. II f. this substance that
persists from day TO day and
year 20 year aH personality. and
is transmitted from generation to
generation aH heredlty.
These llfc-esscnce partieles--
are immortal7"
There are indications con.
vincing TO Edison Tint "'he llfo
Of these particles does persist. for
awhile at least. after death. One
Indication lies in heredity. Tho
persistence Of personality In
heredity II one Of tho most
clearly marked facts OF human
life. The win. which Is the basis
OF personality and heredity. In
form Of motion. and there is no
motion except ms Il IL exercised
In some material substance. SO.
tho the will Is material. Il en-
dures after death. but In this
world. not in n next"
Asked II he had as yet pro-
duced any mechanical device that
has 10 any degree registered &C.
tivities or consciousness OF dis
embodied personalities, Edison
only haifrcsponded with lateral
shake Of the head and an enig-
NAUTICAL smile. He talks freely.
however. regarding devices that
have been produced by others.
npd thua rttupcsted the lines and
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-01-23
Here's the
Question

The real question Is vhs.hs
we have also compromised Cd
successors In their freedon !!
choice when. II ever. Gsus-l
defaultA We are to shars !,
the advantages Of the Dave,
plan while II works. Have "
any corresponding rssponsh
ties toward II, II Il ceases =
work? On this. the case ssS-l
conclusive.
So far as we are corcs,z
VIC VIII gladly accept Germans
money so long as she checSs
TO pay. but we viii do ncshias
about Il IL she prefers 70 q
fault. II this is what ne :
reconcilables mean by 'A-sn
canism"-and they say Il =
they have their reward.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-01-23
Edison's VieWS on Life and Death

methods Of inquiry that are going
on. Prof sydney AlrutE Of Up
saia university. Sweden. has Dc
viard a delicate instrument. tho
vplomrtcr. FOR testing the viii
pressure Dr Paul Ialrr of Paris
has produced another Interesting
device. the sirthometer or
pHychic-sirrnK;h meaHuscr There
also is the lskirpmrter. or
psyrhic.cnefgy meter The ululo-
meter n supposed 10 reveal the
presence % any energy, living
or diasmbodled. All Of these In.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-01-23
Irreconcilables'
Point

II is true that Europe has
generally welcomed the signing
OF the agreement as the re-en.
try Of America into the counsels
Of Europe-but. from every
thing but the irreconcilablo
standpoint. that is a very differ
cnt thing.
The irrcconcilahles. who think
we ought not 10 he in those
councils at all. even in matters
in which our interests are en-
gagged. are logical in Directing
TO this agreement not on the
false prctense that Il commits
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-01-23
Why They
Cheer u. S.

Tho real question 6 ~
whether We are involved IN q,
Dawes plan. but whether v. an
committed 10 Join IN forrb.
steps for its enforcement. 3
far as the plan Itself is us.
cerned. we have been In Il fra
the beginning. We PROPOSED X
we made II: We financed 4; a..
our men are now operating !,
IL this paper BgTeemer, Il
last openly Acknowledges VIZ
has always been the fact y
much the better. II Is On tAh
tardy frankness that u. Eus
peans congratulate Us. Arrt
cans-all except the drin1sas
remnant OF irreooncilAhes-nzy
patriotically Join in ihs, set
lneut.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-01-23


Now we enter into "A third
agreement. 20 h. paid out o.
the same collections. now under
the Dawes plan, az the rate of
CO. 900. 600 gold marks a year.
plus "a per cent Of whatever
else Is collected under the
Dawes plan. The advantage Of
thls agreement Is that we shall
actually get the money. 20 long
AH Germany pays.
Whenever Germany stops pay.
ing. the irrecOncilabies insist
that we must not be committed
20 doing anything about it,
and they have their way. We
are not committed.