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Evening star., 1925-08-28
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

The trouble with most reference
books Is that you practically have to
know what you are looking for before
you can find 1t!
Who has not had that experience?
One first inclines to blame all works
Of reference. then chiefly himself. then
finally rests with feeling of dissatis-
facion with most such compendiums
of wisdom
1t is true that ones own lack of
knowledge is often at fault. in failure
to find what is being sought in ref
ence book; but in the last analysis
the blame rests squarely with such
works.
Their very name and place in the
, world OF books connotes some system
whereby the learner can find what he
wants. II person Of ordinary in
telligence cannot refer to them with
any satisfaction. why should they be
called reference books?
I speak OF the whole tribe of en-
cyclopedias. dictionaries, books of
quotations and the like. compendiums
OF fact and fancy which no man since
Time began could possibly carry in
his head, and would be a fool to do
even IL he could.
Education has been defined as the
ability to be able to find the facts one
wants. not the knowledge Of them in
the head. This being more or less
true. more attention should be given
In schools to the practical use of our
books of reference.
Take that huge library in itself, the
unabridged dictionary Even the
scholar is nonplussed now and then,
AT the great array Of learning which
confronts him, and the difficulty of
finding what he wants often deters
MIN even from opening the big book.
AS Tor the average person, who per-
maps makes no claim of being a
scholar in any sense. he simply lets
the unabridged" alone. Anyway. its
stand is always busted"
AS simple illustration of what /
am talking about, let me relate q per-
sonal experience. A friend came to
me with request for "the word that
means the science of treating eyes"
Sounds easy. doesn't it?
The word, however, did not pop
onto my tongue as it should have. and
1 do not believe one out of a hundred
persons will know 1t, either, or that
that one will know how to spell il, un-
less he Is an oculist.
The only word that came to my
mind was "optometry," which l in
stantly set down as not the one we
were seeking. Looking up this word,
however. to be reassured. we found 1t
meant the measurement of the range
of vision
We looked up "oculist," then, after
stumbling around over two "Cs," the
word only having one, as we knew
only we were somewhat confused by
this time.
There was not the slightest refer
ence under the definition for "oculist." :"
which was defined as "one skilled in
the treatment of diseases of the eye"
Now. would not one imagine that
here was the very place for a cross
reference to the technical title for
'one skilled in the treatment Of the
diseases of the eyer"
One surely would, and one still
does,
We had got so far in our search,
but there was no reference to help us
in this truly great work of reference
No. we had to know what we were
looking for. or we could not find it,
In vain we looked up EYE" Perusal
Of the explanation of optics" as that
branch of physical science which
treats of the nature and properties Of
Evening star., 1925-08-28
The Traffic Turning Rules.

beglnn1ng tomorrow the EngllSh
rule of passing on the left instead of
the right for automobile traffic will be
put into effect in Washington
Such an edict from the traffic di-
rectors Office would be no more revo-
lutionary than the proposed change
in the right and left hand turning
regulation which the director has an
nounced he intends to try on the hap
less Washington public.
There are two salient reasons why
the traffic director should let well
enough alone, the first being that
Washington motorists are satiated
with new regulations and expert
ments. and the second that. regardless
Of how many times it has been used
in other cities, it is contrary to one
Of the fundamental rules Of traffic,
that rule which is blazoned high In
the sky of driving instruction-never
turn into through traffic; always keep
out OF the way.
There are many more reasons, such
as elimination Of much of the valu-
able downtown parking space; delay
to motor traffic in execution of the
necessary contortions to enable 1t to
make a left or right hand turn; con-
fusion to the individual driver. and
the fact that the public does not
want It.
The director has announced that the
proposed plan is to be merely an ex-
pertinent. Experiments are all right
They make for progress. But funda-
mental rule Of the road is not a At
subject for experimentation. 1t Is too
big to tamper with, and it concerns
too many people.
The present universal turning rule
universal is used advisedly because
there are few exceptions, and these
exceptions are at policed or signally
controlled intersections only-is prac-
tically foolproof. Individual judg-
ment is almost eliminated. That is
why it is successful and has been
used from the beginning Of automobile
travel.
The same cannot be said Of the
rtght-hand-curb left-turn plan, because
except at congested centers where po-
licemen are continually on duty there
is bound to be jockeying between the
driver attempting to turn and the
through traffic behind him, inasmuch
as through traffic has right Of way
and the driver making the turn Is
blocking it. With the present rule
the intention of the motorist about to
turn is clearly evident, through traf-
fic passes smoothly to the right and
he completes his turn at the first
opening.
Whether the motorist is driving in
New York or San Francisco or on the
open road between he understands
that he should make a left-hand turn
in the accepted way, and he is only
confused when required to change his
tactics because Of contradictory traffic
regulations in some of the cities.
II modification Of the present left
and right turns In Washington at GER
tain congested points will not suffice
for protection for unregulated pedes
TRANS, eliminate the turns at these
points altogether, but do not change
the method of making the turn.
At Broad and Market streets in
Newark, N. J., no turns of any kind
are permitted. and in Philadelphia
left-hand turns are prohibited in many
places. Some such arrangement can
be judiciously worked out for Wash
ington traffic without conflict with
practice accepted throughout the
United States.
Evening star., 1925-08-28
American Public Opinion Brands
Coal Struggle as a Suicidal Affair

American public opinion is leaning
strongly toward the theory that the
anthracite miners and operators are
persistently so antagonistic to public
interest as to threaten suicide for the
industry.
"Gouge" is the word used by the
Buffalo News to describe the situa-
ton. Already dealers are complain
ing of a shortage" observes the
News. although the anthracite mines
are turning out more than 100000
tons a week" Referring to the abun-
dance of substitutes. the Buffalo paper
suggests that "if the public sits tight
and refuses to be stampeded into the
yond reason, it may win its first vic
tory"
Let them go to it and commit in
dustrial suicide, If they please" says
the Birmingham News. up to GER
tain point, 1t is simply family af-
fair, which should be fought out
within the family, without calling in
the neighbors. True, a general strike
| is bound to affect the welfare of the
East-but mostly 1t will hurt the an
thracite industry" The WillamSport
Sun adds that "the demand for an
thracite in the United States in a
| few years has fallen. off 40 per cent
because of the high price Of the ar
| ticle and the uncertainty of a steady
| supply on account of periodical
strikes"
Every present user of anthracite
who is forced to find a substitute fuel
4 ,,,tlI . - 10 he I'D a
monopoly by that much" remarks the
Sioux City Tribune, while the Provi-
dence Bulletin thinks another un-
called-for strike undoubtedly will i'm
press upon others the deSirability OF
letting Pennsylvania keep its anthra-
| cite"
THE quiet determination OF thou
| sands of householders to be done, for
good and all. with fears of strikes
| with eyer-rising prices. with peren-
| NAL anxiety and uneasiness" is rec
ognized by the Philadelphia Public
| Ledger with the further comment:
They have come to the limit of pa
| tience AMI pocketbook. and are turn
ing to substitute fuels so rapidly that
well-nigh one-third of the anthracite
users Of 1923 have disappeared within
| two years"
Taking up the organized efforts OF
| New England governors to meet the
| crisis, the Hartford Times suggests
| that while 'it Is hard to believe New
England could be persuaded to burr
soft coal in a household furnace. yet
other sections of the country do II
iand are satisfied" The Times asserts
that certainly the parties to the an
| thracite dispute would do well to con
slider that possibility as something
more than an empty threat" A warn
ling that "if there is another long-con-
tinued coal strike, 1t will be the last,
/ is given by the Albany News, with
| the explanations: When a whole
section of the country. made up OF
the New England States, where Win
ter is real Wipter. organizes to begin
Evening star., 1925-08-28

A cut In the price of gasoline offers
a chance to economize. If the motorist
will put the difference between what
he has been paying and the reduced
price into the baby's bank. the young.
ster will soon have a nice little nest
egg, which by the time he is of age
will be worth investing-that Is, un-
less the price goes up again and com.
pels the motorist to shake all the pen
MES out Of the bank.
Evening star., 1925-08-28
SHOOTING STARS.
BY 1HILANDER JOHNSON.

When Congress Comes.
We know we must hear
An eloquent flow
That burdens the ear
With accents Of woe.
We know that some speech
VIII sound every day
Intended to teach
New forms of dismay.
Words gather about
And dodge to and fro
Until we're in doubt
On which way to go.
The future is sad.
New sobs we rehearse.
The jay walkers bad:
But the jay takers worse.
Evening star., 1925-08-28
Scandinavians Fear
Increase of Divorces

Scandinavians are proud Of their
marriage and divorce laws. which are
world. Yet in Sweden some uneasi-
ness Is felt over the quite rapid in.
crease in the number of divorces. A
quarter of a century ago divorces in
this country never reached 500 a year.
BY 1910 the number of 1,o90 year
had been exceeded. Last year the
total was 1882 or a threefold in.
crease In 25 years. Economic distress
Evening star., 1925-08-28

Every distinguished English visitor
has expressed a high opinion of Amer
lean institutions. but none of them has
gone SO far as to suggest introducing
base ball occasionally instead Of
cricket. No matter how broad a coun-
try may be in human sympathy, each
is inclined to be rigidly convinced of
the superiority of its own favorite
sport.
Evening star., 1925-08-28
Looking for the Motive.

JOSH" said Farmer Corntossel, IT
appreciate kindness. but / don't want
to impose on nobody. I've been kind
o. down.hearted lately. but that
mustn't spoil the comfort of Others"
Whose JOY did YOU think you were
killing?"
yours. I want you to tell me
frankly whether you are wearin' them
new-fangled clothes because you like
'em or because you're tryin' to make
me laugh"
Evening star., 1925-08-28

Fame is its own reward. The real
prize for swimming the English Chan.
mel, or for the much greater feat Of
reaching the North Pole, is a first
page article in every newspaper in
the world.
Evening star., 1925-08-28

In spite. Of all the improved voting
machinery and the facilities for mod
ern communication, it takes a long
time to get the Iowa senatorial ballots
counted.
Evening star., 1925-08-28

Citizens who are giving Mr.. Ell,
dridge the go sign will remain un-
needed so long as the D. C. Commits.
sioners continue to display the stop
signal.
Evening star., 1925-08-28

1t might be cheaper for the con-
sumner II the price of coal could be
raised from time to time without the
expensive formality of strikes to pro.
vide an explanation.
Evening star., 1925-08-28

Before entering the League Of Ma
tions Germany may be moved to re-
quest assurances that there will be no
rough play in the initiation.
Evening star., 1925-08-28

When Mr.. Darrow calls Judge
Fsaulston a publicity seeker, it is only
fair to remember that the Judge did
not travel away from his own home
to seek his publicity.
Evening star., 1925-08-28

Hindenburg is adding to his reputa-
ton as man of force and discretion
by the unexpected manner in which
he has succeeded in keeping the
Hohenzollern family in the back
ground.
Evening star., 1925-08-28

- A great deal Of base ball history has
been written since the days when
Washington and ST. Louis were con-
sistent contenders for last place.
Evening star., 1925-08-28

Chinese residents are earnestly re.
quested to discard the hip sings" and
try for a little genuine harmony.
Evening star., 1925-08-28

Chinese bandits desire to be admit
ted into the army, where the fight
ing is expertly supervised and the ra
tions more regular.
Evening star., 1925-08-28
Chopping EXPENSES.

A helpful hint We truly prize,
So, we would fain economize.
Go, tell the coal folks, If you like,
We can't afford another strike.
Evening star., 1925-08-28
Self Appreciation.

What would you do if your constit.
uents failed to re-elect you?'
'Inasmuch," replied Senator Sor
ghum, ''as I have been chiefly instru
mental in putting my section of the
country conspicuously on the map, ]
should regard my constituents as
having deliberately retired to private
life"
Evening star., 1925-08-28

Jud Tunkins says automobiles have
made big difference. 1t used to be
regarded as disgrace to get arrested.
Now it's regarded as merely unlucky.
Evening star., 1925-08-28

"a reckless driver" said Uncle
Eben, "gets so he thinks he's doin'
purity good to land in a police station
instid Of q hospital"
Evening star., 1925-08-28
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Evening star., 1925-08-28
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Evening star., 1925-04-10
Prefers Bowling
To Bride or Beans
Won on Bet to Wed
Ne,U Jersey Man Spends
First EUening of Honey.
moon WHh Pins.
By the Associat ted Press.

by tne Associated iress.
METUCHEN, N. j., April 10
Metuchen was agog today at the
sight of a bachelor who. having won
a bride, a bet and a beanery. spent
the first evening of his honeymoon
bowling and showing no inclination
to collect the bet.
Philip Kreps, owner of three taxi
cabs, wagered his machines against
the restaurant operated by william
A Eichbaum that without having
any particular girl in mind he could
secure a bride within 36 hours.
New Jersey laws require that As
hours elapse between issuance of a
marriage license and the ceremony.
Not to be corcumvented Kreps and his
bride. Miss Aga Estelle Hollis of
Highland Park, went to st. George,
S. l., where the ceremony was per-
formed yesterday morning.
The newlyweds returned home last
night. kreps spent the evening bowl
ing, showed no interest in the restau-
rant, declaring he knew nothing
about the serving of beans, and Mrs.
Kreps could not be located.
Evening star., 1925-04-10
INDUSTRIAL DEATH
RATE IS HIGHEST
~urvey Shows Non-Indus-
trial Worker Far Ahead,
Chemists Say.
- the Associated Press.

- the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, Md, April 1O.-The
ath rate from accidental causes
"mong Industrial workers is about
'Wo and one-half times that of the
rnn-industrial group. the committee
"a occupational diseases and hazards
- the chemical trades of the Ameri-
n Chemical Society declared in a
+ port to the Spring meeting of the
'rCiety here today. Pneumonia is
vice as high among industrial as
nong on-industrial workers, the
i"port added, continuing:
Tuberculosis is more important
than accidents for a loss of between
Eighteen months and two years in
the longevity Of workers, and indus
t"ial employment is probably the
lost important single factor in the
tuberculosis death rate.
In similar manner. conditions as
r"rebral hemorrhage. BrightS disease
nd organic heart diseases show
.trikingly the effects of industrial
'vposure. The death rates are two
on-industrial groups during the ac-
tive working years of life.
LAS regards the hazards inherent
to exposure to certain industrial
roisons it is believed the number of
nmediate deaths is probably not
urge; but the indirect effects can be
roted in the curtailed efficiency of
work ers in these trades, in long
periods of illness and disability"
Greater Care Is Taken.
Care of trivial injuries is receiving
~reater attention from the industries.
ihe report said. Over 1000 cases of
Infection were noted in a group of
80, 800 workers during single year,
md of this number only 20 had re-
eived treatment prior to the appear
ance of the infection. These facts
were ascertained by group of
physicians in industrial concerns en-
ploying between 100000 and 100000
persons.
investigation among insurance
rolicy holders disclosed that the
.verage loss of working time was
light days per annum for gatnfully
. mployed men. 1naSmuch as illness
oes unrecorded. the actual loss, 1t is
believed. is much heavier.
The committee urged nationwide
survey of the dangers which lead to
nccupa tional diseases in the chemical
industries.
Cell Nucleus Found.
Science is nearer an understanding
of the chemistry of life processes.
according to a report by Prof. Treat
B. Johnson of Yale University, who
announced the finding of new COM
pounds in the nucleus of the cell.
Prof. Johnson's report was one of
series submitted to the division show
ing rapid coordinate development of
chemistry and medicine in attacking
disease.
The minute cell, Prof Johnson ex-
planned, is the fundamental unit of
al living matter, and it is within the
nucleus of the single cell that all
vital force is centered.
once the chemical behavior of life
processes is understood, it was point
ed out, the conquest of disease may
be found comparatively simple. 1t is
even possible, it was said, that the
riddle of life may be solved first
through the conquest of tuberculosis.
Evening star., 1925-04-10
RETRIAL PLEA DATE SET.
Bennetts, Convicted of Murder, to
Appeal April 1S.

CHATTANOOGA. Tenn, April 10
Judge Floyd Estill of Criminal Court
yesterday assigned Saturday, April
IS, as the date for arguing the motion
for a new trial for w. II. Bennett and
wife. Mae Bennett. recently convicted ID
of manslaughter in connection with
the death of Miss Augusta Hoffman
and sentenced to 10 years in the peni-
tentiary.
Evening star., 1925-04-10

NOTED REFUGEE BURIED.
Son of German Baron, Exile, in
United States SO Years.

NEWARK, n. J.. April 1o.-Phillip
Lawrence Jacquith Herschenrader.
son of the late Baron Won Herschen-
raider and Lady Julia Won Gunzen-
bach, of Offenbach. Germany, was
buried here yesterday.
Only the four persons in his funeral
cortege knew of the dead mans dis
tinguished lineage They were his
wife, Mrs. Gertrude Herschenrader
a daughter and her husband, Mr.. and
Mrs George S. Wilson. and friend.
Herschenrader came to this country
5S years ago, and was disinherited
for his refusal to return to Germany.
He had been an invalid for the past
eight years. The family lived in
squalor, Mrs. Herschenrader working
as janitress.
Evening star., 1925-04-10
Heroic Engineer Dies.

PEORIA, Ill, April 1O.-Paul Stuart
well known locomotive engineer on
the Chicago and Alton Railroad, who
won nationwide fame recently when
he prevented a serious wreck by leap
ing aboard a runaway engine after his
hand had been cut off while oiling it
from beneath, died at Lawndale, III.
Death was due to heart disease.
Evening star., 1925-04-10
Indiana Debaters Win.

KANSAS CITY, April 1O.-University
of Indiana debaters won unanimous
decision over the University of Kan
sas here last night. The Hoosier team
advocated congressional power to
override Supreme Court decisions
Evening star., 1925-09-16
G. o. p. NOMINATES JUDGE
FOR KEYSTONE STATE
Jesse E. B. Cunningham of Harris
burg Only Statewide Candi-
date on November Ticket.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA, September 16.-
Republican voters of Pennsylvania
yesterday nominated Jesse e. b. Cum
ningham of Harrisburg as their candi-
date for judge of the Superior Court,
the only Statewide office to be filled
at the November election. His Demo
cratic opponent will be William A.
Mcclure of Cambria County, who had
no opposition for the nomination. Mr..
Cunningham, q former deputy attor-
ney general, defeated State Senator
Albert Dutton MacDade, Delaware
County. and James J. Regan, jr.,
Philadelphia. Available returns indi-
Gated that his plurality would be large.
Outside Of the Superior Court con-
test interest in the primary was
chiefly local. Interest in Philadelphia
centered largely in the contest for a
Municipal Court judgeship. Early indi-
cations pointed to the nomination Of
Leopold G. Glass over Judge Benja-
min H. Renshaw, Democrat, who was
appointed to the court to f1ll va
cancy. Glass had the support Of the
regular Republican organization, while
Renshaw waS backed by an indepen-
dent movement. United States Sen
ator Pepper announced last week that
he would support Renshaw on the
principls that an efficient sitting Judge
should not be opposed
Evening star., 1925-09-16
put him In the ash can," and there
were even stronger phrases.
PARTY MEN WIN.

ALBANY. n. Y, September 18 CP).
The machinery of party organiEa-
tion appears to have functioned well
In yesterdays primary election for
nomination to the assembly.
Although returns from Q Demo
cratic contests in New York City
were lacking this forenoon, tabula-
tions for the remaining IA contested
districts throughout the State show
ed that only one candidate was sue
cessful against the choice OF the
party organization. This sole excep-
ton was Yates County, where Harry
r. Brate. backed by the Republican
county committee, was defeated by
Edwin c. Mutt.
Mark T. Lambert and Frank 8.
Hall, representing the first and Sec
ond Niagara districts. respectively,
were renominated. Both assembly
men were opposed by alleged Ku
Klux Klan candidates and until Sat
urday night 1t was supposed that the
Klan was behind the political activity
of the opposition. Klan officials,
however. suspended three Of their
members. including Frank w. Stay
ley and Ralph Casselman, the alleged
klan candidates. on the ground thai
they had used the hooded organiza.
ton to advance their political for.
tunes.