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Evening star., 1925-11-01
HOWARD j. GREETS
VISITORS TUESDAY
Large Audience of Students
and Faculty Addressed by
Rev. w. c. FairChiId.

One of the largest audiences Of stu
dents and faculty that has assembled
at Howard University this year greet
ed relatives Of former presidents and
other visitors from the National Coun-
Gil Of Congregational Churches in
Andrew Rankin Memorial Chapel
Tuesday.
The principal address was delivered
by Rev. Wynn &. Fairfield. graduate
of Howard University. who is now
serving as missionary in China. He
spoke of his experiences AT Howard
from the early days Of youth until his
graduation from the preparatory de-
partment.
The Choral Society under the direc
ton of Miss Lulu V. Childers. rem
dered the 'Hallelujah Chorus" from
Handel's Messiah" Lester Dorsey
sang Going Home" as baritone solo.
At the conclusion of the services the
student body sang the Alma Mater. -
Following the Alma Mater" James b.
Cobb. member of the senior class, led
a voCiferouS yell.
The visitors We're shown about the
campus after the chapel services by
special guides under the direction Of
the office of alumni and field secretary.
Third Annual Honors Day.
!
third annual honOrs day Of Howard
were held in Andrew Rankin Memo
rial Chapel Wednesday. Honors daY
was inaugurated during the school
wear 1923 as an incentive to higher
scholarship among the students of the
university The program included mu-
sic by the University Orchestra. roll
call of honor students by DR.. J. Stan
lev Durkee president of the univer
W
professor of history. and Llewellyn w.
Davis. president Kappa Mu honorary
society. and the singing of the Alma
Mater
The grade y students for 1924-25
whose names were read on honorS day
follow: Theodore y. Austin, Britton
c. Baskerville. Katherine H. Bingham,
Ruth c. Brinkley, Charlotte Corbin,
Llewellyn W. Davis. Melva B. DER,
Elijah II. Fitchett. John H. Farmon,
ir. Pearle II. Johnson. Raymond A.
Lemon. Glendon L. Logan. Genevieve
L. Lomar. Miriam \. Muldrow, Percy
F.. Newbie. Nolan a. Owens. Enola V.
Pettigen. Carrie s. Shane, Clarence NJ.
Smith, Asa r. SpauldiHg, Marion NJ
Thompson. James f. Walker, Hazel |.
Washington, Walter Winters, A. B.
Charles, Damon 2. Young. Frederick
Watts Uleda Woodbridge, Dorothy NJ.
Wright and Edward Cheek
DIR. Durkee made the announcement
that two professors of Howard have
been awarded the degree of doctor of
philosophy during the past wear, Prof.
Martha MacLear having received her
degree from George Washington Uni
versity. and Prof. Charles Wesley.
from Harvard University.
Walter j. Upperman, a student. in
behalf of the Kappa Alpha Psi Frater-
nifty, presented silver loving cup to
the university. 10 be awarded each
wear to the freshman student attain
ing the highest scholarship that year.
The name of the student winning this
honor each year will be engra we'd on
the cup. 1t was announced that Gler-
don l.. Logan of New York City was
the winner of the cup this year.
Evening star., 1925-11-01
Extradition Is Granted.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. October 81
P).-Gov. Martin today announced
that he had granted the requisition
for the return of W. l.. Marks of
Miami to Estill County. Ky. to an
swer to a charge of converting stocks
and bonds to his own use. The al
Legged embezzlement. the reouisition
states, amounted to 1920.
Evening star., 1925-11-01
PACT OPERATIVE SOON.
German-Itdian Trade Treaty May
BE Effective December 16.

ROME, October 81 LP).--The Ger
manhattan treaty of commerce and
navigation, just signed, will become
effective as soon as ratifications have
been exchanged between the respec-
tive governments. December io has
heen set s the date for the exchange
and the new treaty then will begin
TO operate December 16. Meanwhile
the rnodus vivendi concluded January
1c. 1924, will remain in force.
Evening star., 1925-11-01
Annual Women's Dinner at H. U

Howard University's fourth annual
womens dinner will be held in the
dining hall of the university Friday
More than 500 undergraduates. alum
nae and women faculty members are
expected to attend. Arrangements
are being made by Miss Lucy u.
Slowe, dean of women.
Evening star., 1925-11-01
Squirrel Hunter Is Killed.

CHERRYNILLE, y. G.. October 81
LP). Rev. a. 7. Banks. aged about A..
pa stor of the PRESBYTERIAN Church
here was instantly killed late toda =
by the accidental discharge of shot
gun which he was placing in an auto
mobile preparatory To returning home
after squirrel hunt two miles from
town
Evening star., 1925-11-01
~prin.

Tho birds arc singing sweot.E.
The grass i turning green.
The farmers their seeds are sUVlnE.
And the plants viii soon =" seen.
The I,e on the river IS ment,mG'
The arr Is turning warmer,
And the WInter-tlme Is past.
And tha sEv i clesr and blue.
The world is &c freshpd hy = little rresZe
And the spirit Of hfe = m me and you
Now Harry Val poet-on-the-way
isn't letting his mind he diverted from
old masters. such AZ one. Horace,
whose "Ars Poetica" has heen the go
pei of poetic disciples for centuries. hN
the modern trend in this Jazz age. lIc
leans toward The classical and con.
seryative themes and meters. even
though for = few wears Vet his style
viii be cramped by classical eurdi
tion. Although he has not had the
time and guidance To delve deep into
the culture Of ancient Rome and
Athens. their spirit is upon him Mark
his conception of.
\ Roman Lullaby.
lwutten before he wa@ 10 year old
Tho night = "9ld; the ~lnd blow
You are stril small
Do you hear me call
With bappiness and rest
Near mothers breast.
Your father Will soon come home.
From tho hsttlefelds ot Rome
sleep. my child. for my heart overfoVs
These are but samples of Harry
Walls colorful dreamings. and of his
versa tility OF subject, form and eN-
preston. and his fluenCy in writing.
He just cant help writing" when his
feelings are touched. and they seem
To he quite susceptible To subtle
thrills"
Evening star., 1925-11-01
Knew Her Species.
From the Edinburgh Scotsman.

From the Edinburgh Scotsman.
Mrs. Brown rejoiced in her first
banking account. When she was pay
ing in for the first time she came to
the word specie on the slip. She
thought for a moment and then en-
tered against it-"Female"
Evening star., 1925-11-01
Spring Impeis Harry. Too.

knowing fun we'll from poetic lore
that No one can ever make any pre-
tense 10 being a rhNmestcr, much
less = poet horn. until he has indited
a few uuaTtrains on Spring under
whose aeGIs a new crop of versiflers
are annual born. Harry turned mis-
mind on this old theme and finished
strong after IS minutes Of VisioninG
and word iuglery. He makes YOU see
the picture OF world reNiNiiied and
refreshed as he reCites these lines:
Evening star., 1925-11-01

bookkeener ~ s. On0 nosition BY our tralh-
ing and through services of our Free Ns-
tional Employment Bureau. Day aho "
nins classes nearly filled l6 weeks course
Call quickly am. to nm: lnVcsnEa,e
Then decide Lewis Hotel Training SCHOOLS
Pennsylvania Avenue at 23rd st.
Evening star., 1925-11-01

Norway has business depression,
and thousands Of men are out Of work
Evening star., 1925-11-01
HotelAccountants
WANTED
Clerks. Bookkerpers
Accountants Prepare
Qnick for Big Paw

Great scarcity of men and
women trained in this branch
Of accountsncy. Salaries are
high-up to $3.50 month,
often with free living. on
portunIty to rise to man
ager AT even greater salary.
J r. Johnson. photo above
rose from = S1n week
Evening star., 1925-11-01

South Africas diamond production
In increasing.
Evening star., 1925-11-01

Honeymoon shoes" are seen in
Paris.
Evening star., 1925-11-01
Columbus {

Twas October the twelfth. ~ a..
Land was sirht"d by the spanish CROW.
The natives stared With oocn eyes
For IN his v4u-ed canU", thought Ia. 3.
The Il Glt. man flee.
Columbus clsinef III the name
or Spain. this land 10 which he safely came
' II. = port uf Asa. he told hl- WcH.
We n tourney uWard and We n hnt Then
tItles of marble aud mines Of Eulj
But his men wOuldnt listen tn what he tod
For. unlike their admiral they weren
Evening star., 1925-11-01

The snow lying the ground.
And the whIrllug round
The Winter world was very slili.
All pEiet III vale and MI.
Rv Their fraplace~ the pcupie ~at--
Th"v laughed and sdu- ard had cha'.
While outside. IN the WINTER ar.
The leaves W"rs gone aud the trees were
bare
And the wind was howhng wistfuily
On Columbus day little Harry
similarly heard the muse calling, and
80 crowded some historical facts and
his own vivid fancy Of scenes 433
wears ago INTO the following lines,
while admirers in his fathers tailor
shop marVelel:
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-18

and my Mama makes them wear
caps and aprons. She says she
doesn't think there's anyone worth
while in this town, but she doesn't
Fave to 'sociate with the ladies on
this block, anyway"
Little Lucy White, parrotting
the Snug, snobbish talk of her ed
ers, might just as well have cut her
little throat as far as any social life
i'll the neighborhood was concerned
the. children hastily catalogued her
as "stuck-up,' that most horrible
quality of badly raised childhood,
and from that day on she was an
outsider.
No doubt her wish and more
tactful mother would have spanked
her well for this ridiculous outburst.
But the mothers of SNUG little girls
rarely suspect what sort of impress
sion they are making, and how ac-
curately their companions and
teachers are able to judge the family
from its small representative.
WHICH IS SILLIESTS
Children reflect the attitude OF
their parents, and while Mother sits
in the drawing-room, pleasantly OBJ
serving to callers that her aunt is
a French Countess and her family
can be traced back to the time of
Henry /, congratulating herself on
the side that her brother is said TO
be the cleverest boy who ever went
through Yale, and that she never
has any trouble with moths or
measles-that her ginghams never
fade, and her children can cat Gu
cumbers with shrimp sauce and re-
main perfectly we'll
While Mother is doing this, little
Mary is out in the back yard boast
ing. too.
"Ill bet my father could fight
your father-my uncle's a policeman
my Grandmother had a rattle.
snake under her kitchen floor, AMI
my baby brother had seven spaz-
Gums! And when my cousin Dan
broke his leg they had a nam
bulance"
Which is the silliesti
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-18
Noted Writer Condemns Trait of Self
satisfied Boosting of Ones
Private Affairs
BY KATHLEEN NORRIS

fisent place in New Orleans
they've been making piles of money.
and they have the loyeliest home and
children! And then we'll make the
rest Of the trip in Mr.. Smoth's pr
waite car-isn't that lovely:"
Now if. while you're gone. there's
anything / can do for the chill
dren-" one offers.
IMPULSE TO SOCK"
"Oh, my dear, thanks a thousand
times. But Miss Wilcox asked to
have them in school-asked, mind
you. Wasn't that a sweet little com
pliment 10 my chick a-biddies; She
said that Joan was such a little gen
tlewOman.-Wcll. Joan is-she r.
minds me so much Of my wonderful
old southern great-grandmother. We
children stood in awe Of Grand
mother Porter. She used 70 have a
little wooden tub brought 10 the
breakfast table, and wash the glass
and silver herself, after breakfast,
although they had lots Of servants.
a one time ] know my great-grand-
mother had twenty house servants.
General Lee and President Madison
used 10 stay at the hOuse-it was
one Of the show places Of the south.
Ny grest-uncle Richardson Porter
has it now-you know about Sena-
tor Porter?
And so on and on, until ones
overmastering impulse is TO firmly
but fatally "socko" little blonde.
chattering Amy once and for all.
REALLY IS ENVY.
Because, we all say, returning
disillusioned and ruffcd 10 the
everyday home, those children DO
sneeze, and forget their knee-caps,
and whose adored Granny says
"exty" and pours her tea into her
saucer, and whose maid not only
takes her regular days off but
does a sod deal Of audible grumb-
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-18
PERIL TURNS TO REALITY.

In Western China Indian and Thbetan army is believed
TO be in formation It's destination is obvious America Eng
land and France (ahough France possibly limited partner
in the enterpre designated potential antagonists the
secret clauses of the treaty The Yellow Peril predicted
years ago has arisen in grim reality.
Moscow will surely labor, tooth and NAIL Bolshevize
China The Sovets hope have the Chinese their
disposal in time for their final invasion of Europe and the de-
srucion of its hated civilization. The Orentas cute
toners with their weather eye open. They lost time Joining
hands while their future antagonists, France, England and
America, were busy trampling upon Germany
Even the Entente Powers page and itreat my
try instead Of equppng and revivng her speedily possible
for the defense of Europe and white civilization against Boshe
vism and the Yellow Peril.
Lord Fisher, in his memoirs admits that he twice advised
his king Copenhagen g. destroy without declaration
of war; the German fleet Today according the experts
the British press France if she DESIRES and her bomb
ing airpanes Copenhagen" all London.
The failure to evacuate Cologne in defiance of spu
aton is detrimental to Great Britain Engand hope for
peace rests solely upon the balance Of power Europe weak
and darmed Germany continental foil las Prince Bsnark
said: "Festlandsdegen) for Great Britain.
The maintenance of peace Europe depends upon the
revival of Germany This is possible only if the peace treaty
scrapped know what saying for kept the pe-ce of
Europe for Is England is present prepared
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-18

usually ] take the omnibus-so
airy, and none Of the annoyance
Of car. While my husband lived
it was different. but now say
it doesn't matter" There was
refined little laugh. what does it
matter II / am n Dash of Dash
vile, cay! Ny few friends know
1.-THE rest don't matter. / have
wonderful friends-Mrs. Tom Ban
gleton--like sister to me. And
my dotter has a wonderful hus-
band-doesn't know how rich he Is,
they say. Children have ponies
governess-the little girl speaks
French like a native!"
ALL so USELESS.
She rambled on this way for sev-
eral minutes. When the lights were
up, however, in the jam about me
] did not try TO identify her. j
knew che would be a faded old lady
with discontented eyes. bound to
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-18

ling in her regular days on-we
return, / say, asking ourselves in
dignantly what on earth Amy
Wilson thinks she has TO be SO
arrogant about: Isn't she just a
small town housekeeper like all the
rest Of us, with one maid and one
car. and gold bands on her little
girls teeth, and furnace and coal
and schooling problems just the
same as our own?
Yet she is always so sickeningly
self-satisfied. She even carries it
10 the point of trying TO deceive
her friends when things DO 20
wrong. to the point of pretending
that it was all ones Imagination,
that story Of the motor car bump
on Saturday night, or that John
really hasn't a cold at all.
Under all our relations with her
there turks a smouldering resent
mont and envy. She DOES seem
TO have everything, she DOES seem
more fortunate than the rest Of US.
Her children, detestable little prig,
though they may be, DO dance
prettily, and play duets together;
she IS really efficient and popular
in an irritating sort Of way.
WORLD FULL OF EN-.
The poor Amys Of this world, We
lose sight Of them, as the years 90
by, and we fancy-whcneyer we
remember them-that they are GO
Ing on from height to height, al
ways superior and enyiabIe and
perfect. But as a matter Of fact.
life always catches up with them.
and the Boosting grows less and
less confident, and one hears less
and less Of the claims Of the i'm
peccable family.
The world is full Of them, gentecl
old ladies in boarding houses, still
gallantly abiding 10 the glories Of
the great-grandfather in Carolina,
and the brother in Detroit; but the
faultless Joan is married 10 an IN
successful musician now. and never
writes 70 her mother, and the per-
feet little boy somehow didn't turn
out TO be at all a perfect man.
One night ! was in a subway
blockade, a Blockade whose difficult
ties were frightened BY the fact
that it was the crowded hour, and
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-18
Mrs. Norris Says

We can love the slattern, the spendthrift, the
gad-abou the fiirt But is there any neighbor quite
hard deal with ehartably that plentiful type,
the smug the complacent woman?
That placidy Boosting little self-sa:7ficd Amy
Wilson, how she does Jar the whole block the club,
the church, the dinner table!
The poor Amys of this world, we fancy that they
going from height to height, always superior
and enviable and perfect. But a matter of fact,
life always catches no with them, and the Boosting
grows less and less confident.
And when such woman does get her turn, she
gets small sympathy with it. Everybody is just bit
willing to see her suffer. We have been wishing"
trouble upon her, just because she is insufferably
SNUG
There is something disarmng about simplicity
and humility.
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Complacency One of Worst Faults Says Kathleen Norris

a drab boarding house, ready TO
bore the other old ladies with in
terminable Boosting, turning every
subject toward herself, and making
immediate and SNUG disposition
Of it.
Is there ONE Of us, one wants
TO ask these boastful women, is
there ONE of us who HASN'T an
eminent ancestor-an uncle who
was a judge, or a grandfather who
was a general? Is there ONE Of
our babies who hasn't his good
points, or ONE of our servants
who isn't human at times, if not
always? eOf course not. You have
an old Colonial sampler, I have n
Chippendale chair, a third woman
has Gilbert Stuart portrait Of
her fathers great-aunt. But the
fourth woman has none Of these
things, HER great-grandmother was
French Huguenot, and she is just
as proud of that as If it reflected
a direct and personal credit on her.
She secretly looks down on all
American families.
TRAIT is CHILDISH.
How silly and childish it all is,
all Boosting, whether it is based
on truth or untruth. The time
comes when the perfect servant
gets married, and goes off in the
middle Of a formal dinner party,
and the time comes WHOM the per-
feet children get nose-colds, and
the perfect brother gets mixed in
a political scandal. And then how
cheap the little boaster feels, how
much less consolation she has than
the woman who has regarded her
entire domestic group as human,
and who has made allowance for
faults.
Indeed, according to our modern
metaphysical ideas she draws more
than her share Of trouble TO her
self, because she is constantly
arousing hostility in her neighbors.
"She1l get her turn yet" they
mu9mur among themselves, smart
ing under her complacent mono
logues. And when she DOES "get
her turn" she gets small sympathy
with it. Everybody Is just a little
bit willing to see her suffer. We
have been "wishingr trouble upon
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-18
"The Yellow Peril Overhangs Not Only
Europe But All Western
Civilization" He Feels
BY THE KAISER WILHELM

a statement gi1en at Doorn Holland, to GEORGE SYL-
JESTER VIERECK, for publication in the United SateS
" HIRTY years ago, called Europes attention to the
Yellow Peril. Europes leading statesmen would not
listen. Today the overhangs not merely Europe,
but all Western civilization It threatens the United States
less than the British Empire International capitalism, foe
dangerous international Bohev and working parallel
lines blind the OF the world TO the fact that
white civilization itself is in jeopardy.
The fact that the long foeseen and expected Triple Al
lance in Aso only against Europe but against the white
primarily the Anglo-Saxon Bloc has become reality
Its program is 'ASIA FOR THE ASIATICS."
If serious difference with any European AngloSaxon
nation, group OF nations arises China TO
ceive primarily from Russia and perhaps also from
Japan According press reports hundred thousand
in the of Moscow armed and equipped by Japan said
be held in readiness for China in of emergency Russo
and Japan press dispatches insnua decided establish in
great naval base in Vladvoso counterstroke
against the English in Singapore
OF Japan, Russia and China though allies,
eless have many conflicting interests and occasionally may act
independently of each other Just the powers OF the Entente
Cordale occasionally opposed each others interests.
Japan is building ships desroyers and submarines
for herself well for the Russian government 1t pos
sbe that China has agreed raise and actually preparing
raise standing of eight hundred thousand trained
and commanded by Russian and Japanese officers only Euro
pean American officers being excluded.
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probability that Germany is e face of the East turned to-
ward the West, that the Teutons Fasteners"
India, Burtnah, IndoChina Egypt London, all alike
menaced The existence of the British Empire itself at stake
The Hedas Kingdom is In Syria the Arabs are
rising
This catacysm that threatens the white and western
civilization changing the face of the world Europe and ASIA
certain to have sinister if fatal consequences to the
prosperity and safety of the United States America
times forge that both Japan and Russia her neghbor for
the days of aerial navigation stretches of ice
longer divide nations JAPAN backed by Moscow and China
is formidable antagonist.
If London Paris Washington, sincerely desire to avert
this catastrophe they have only choice They must
Germany and put her her feet again united Europe plus
Germany thwart Bolshevism. If Germany excluded from
the European 'front.' all is lost
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-10-18
PASSAGE LEFT OPEN.

Where is the European line of defense Balkan States
the left Balkan states the right. Between them nothing
Germany the of the European line of defense is elm
mated She has neither army She is dsmantled
fortress With about million open and Bolshevistic
sympazer in Germany who would join hands with their Rus
sian colleagues culture religion civilization threatened with
extinction from the Volga to the Rhine.
Poland and CzechoSovaka nterpose serious resist
Both will be swamped serious Who then
holds the broken line of defense?-
The opinion has become obsolete that the Teutons by
and tradition Weserners Recent studies point the
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acknowledge the facts France the other hand prepared
for every emergency She said be establishing strong air
base the Rhine against both London and Berlin She
American money for ornaments
The Bolishevists propose Europe such know
today with the help of the cored The backbone of
Europe is Germany Hence Germany must be destroyed Ger
many their calculations. constitutes breach in the
wahrough which the Boshev and their Asiatic allies
pour their yellow hordes for final onslaught Europe
The emascuaon of Germany by Great Britain and France
opens the passage for the BoevAsac armies through the
line of defense which England and France intent upon
building without Germany against the Yellow Peril plus
Rnshersn1