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Evening star., 1925-11-22

would be nobody to dig the bitches
dishes.
The meniaI work of the world will
always be done by mental menials-
that is, those who are below par in
intelligence, who are not gifted men
tally. who are without capacity to
improve their social status. 1t does
not follow that all those who are do
ing menial work are in the moron
class, high grade or otherwise. Many
are doing menial work as makeshift,
or as the only immediate means or
earning a living. They are to be
honored and praised for doing it. III
there were no ambitionless, incapa BILE
people all this line of work would be
done by men and women who are as
piring to get into other works, who
would as quickly as possible leave
their tasks.
Machinery has done much to re-
lieve humanity of the more burden
some and onerous menial tasks, but
there remain many things to be done
that human hands alone can do. The
greater part Of this work will be done
by those who scale relatively low in
the intelligence tests, those who have.
as DR.. Moore says. the minds OF chill
dren Of from ten to twelve years-in
other words, the high-grade morons.
1t is. OF course, unfair and untrue
to characterize all menial workers as
morons. But 1t is also true that high
grade morons get into higher works
through chance, through accidents of
They fail. as rule, in these tasks. If
they have no financial foundation they
slip back into the humber roles. to
do the work of helpers who are guided
and "bossed." the simple tasks that
do not require intelligence.
In this country are countless in
stances of people who have risen out
of menial works into positions Of com
mand and great Importance in the
social scheme. The other day a man
was elected president in one Of the
largest industrial corporations in the
United States who had his beginning
in the field OF menial labor. He has
left behind him hundreds, perhaps
thousands, Of others with whom he
has from time to time been associated,
who lacked his quality, though not by
any means all morons of any grade.
His was the genius OF advancement.
Theirs will be the reward of fidelity.
Evening star., 1925-11-22
The Queen Mother.

Deep and sincere is the mourning OF
the people of Great Britain for Alex
andra, Queen Mother, who passed on
Friday. For sixty-two years and more
she had been part Of the British life,
always adored, highly respected, ap-
preciated for her gentleness, her un-
derstanding and her lovable person
ality. Alexandra went to London in
March, 1863. as the wife of Albert Ed
ward, Prince of Wales. She was then
eighteen and a half years of age. her
husband a little more than twenty-one
Her beauty instantly captivated the
people Of her adopted land. Her hus-
bands mother, Victoria, had then
been reigning for twenty-six years,
and was to reign for thirty.eight years
longer. During that long period Of
nearly four decades Alexandra held
the respect and the affection Of the
people as Princess of Wales. AS the
Queen advanced in years Alexandra
occupied a more and more prominent
part in public affairs, but tactfully
never intruded upon the royal preroga-
tive. maintaining her difficult position
with a charming skill. She was al
ways greatly interested in works and
enterprises for the benefit of the peo-
correction of ills affecting them. She
lent her presence to countless occa-
sions Of ceremony for the sake Of ef-
fective appeals to the generosity Of
Of years she became Queen Consort for
that pitifully brief reign of nine years
there was no change in the sincere
esteem. of the people. She was still
their good friend, their benefactor,
their standard of purity and character.
And then came widowhood and her re-
tirement to the honorable role of
dowager. But with characteristic good
taste the public by preference called
her Queen Mother" She helped her
son to bear his own burden Of royalty
and her daughter.in.lav to carry on.
as the English say. in her own new
role. And yet not obtrusively. AL
ways with the same exquisite tact she
had shown during the long years OF
her reign as Princess Of Wales, Alex
andra remained in the background
and found for herself a line Of duty
that did not trench upon the prerog-
ative of the new rulers. 1t has been
said that never once in her sixty-two
years and more Of association in royal
position with the British people did
Alexandra make a single error of tact
in speech or action. So now it is that
she is mourned by millions as have
been few women who have taken part
in the lives of nations.
Evening star., 1925-11-22

sidered their enemies. The same ap-
plies in somewhat less degree to
plants, flowers and trees.
Big American universities embrace
almost every conceivable activity,
from libraries and classrooms to beau
tifully kept stock farms and apiaries.
They pride themselves alike on their
technical schools and on their courses
in the liberal arts. Nature is the
foundation of all the arts and what
could be more liberal and at the same
time more beneficial than giving Ma
ture a chance? The day may come
when every American college, large
and small, will possess a sanctuary
like the one planned up in Connect
cut, some of them with running or
with quiet waters wherein waterfowl,
fishes and aquatic plant life may breed
and teach their great lessons.
New Haven is already a big city,
and Connecticut is fast losing its rural
LUX ct Neritas" Qight and TRUTH, may
one day be in the position of having
established and maintained a little
lost world" wherein America. almost
as the Pilgrim Fathers found it, may
be studied. The big tract of which this
preserve is part was the gift to
Yale of Mrs. Sarah Tompkins of FL
mira. N. Y, in memory of her hus
hand an old gridiron star
Evening star., 1925-11-22
Mastodon Bones.

Bones believed to be those of
mastodon We're found by men digging
a dam at Monroe, N. Y. Work was
stopped pending examination OF the
bones by a paleontologist. The relics
were found In the bed of an old spring,
and teeth and bones of the head were
found in black mud two feet below the
surface. A man skilled in fossils has
been sent from the Museum of Ma
tural History at New York, and he
will direct the work of uncovering the
rest of the skeleton. Bones of eX-
tinct species of animals are often
found in the Eastern States, but not
SO often as not to be interesting. Re-
mains OF extinct land and sea crea-
lures have been found. and will con-
hood of Washington. The species are
extinct, but surviving species in this
part of the country and in other sec
tions show relationship to them
whose kind is not only extinct, but
that lived on the earth SO long ago
that no record made by man seems TO
name them. The finding of these
fossils in the marls. sands and harder
formations near Washington brings
a realization that we live in a very
old part of the world. These bones
supplement the story of the rocks In
a way the average man understands.
The story of the rocks can be read
by few men, but the bones tell a
story for every man. This was an
old part of the world unnumbered
thousands of years before the first
European trod it, perhaps three or
four or five hundred years ago; no
doubt thousands of years before
Indians were here. and very likely
long before any kind of man lived
In the country we call home.
Evening star., 1925-11-22
The Yale Nature Sanctuary.

Yale University. always progressive
and humanitarian. has again done
something new. something to be en-
ulated by other institutions Of learn
ing not too urban in their situation
and surroundings. She-for Yale best
loves the title Mother Of Men''-has
set aside two hundred acres Of a tract
she owns near the new college golf
course as a preserve for New England
plant and animal life for all time to
come.
This acreage is not imposingly large,
but the idea behind 1t is. The tract
will be used as q sanctuary for native
animals and plants and az a field
laboratory for the botanical. geological
and forestry departments. Those who
have observed how quickly little ami
mails, and even rather large ones. ap-
preciate q safe place are authority for
the statement that the number and va
riety Of furred and feathered and
scaled denizens that two hundred
acres will support, In a style even bet
ter than that to which they have been
accustomed. is surprising. There they
can pursue their ways, open or de-
vious. embarrassed BY man and open to
careful study BY those usually con.
Evening star., 1925-11-22
EVERYDAY RELIGION
BY THE RIGHT REV JAMES E. FREEMAN, D. D.. IL. d.,
Bishop OF Washington.

Disclosures since the close Of the
World War have increasingly empha-
sized the interdependence of nations
and peoples. Conferences upon world
problems held here and in Europe
have made 1t evident that what affects
the interest of one affects the in
terests of all.
The recent conference at Locarno
may prove in it's results to be one
of the most significant and effective
ever held. The plan that issued from
this conference is the result of the
calm and dispassionate judgment of
those who have come to realize that
the interests of one sovereign state
cannot be considered apart from the
interests of other sovereign states.
We are hearing more and more of in
ternational conferences and interna-
tional agreements. What America S
part is to be in the fulfillment of
Christ's plan is not. as yet, clearly dis
closed, but let us believe that 1t is to be
characteristic of our generosity and
clearness Of vision. The preservation
of Christian civilization as well as the
preservation to us of those things
that are nearest and dearest in life
await the fulfillment of that which
the petition sets forth, Thy kingdom
come, Thy will be done on earth as
1t Is done in heaven
Amicable human relationships and
ordered and orderly society may not
be secured to us through legal CON
tracts, gentlemen's agreements or dip
lomatic understandings. Behind these
must reside the will to peace that
grows out of the recognition of Christ 3
sovereignty as the worlds supreme
y1,. I~S- Il
too much in terms of methods and
mechanisms. We are leaning too hard
upon the genius of man. These have
failed us so often that we have learned
to distrust them. We are coming to
realize that the security of the indi-
vidual, as of the state. is to be found
in the principles laid down by Christ.
His plan of human salvation has not
yet been tried. We have rev'erenced
Him. We have worshiped Him, but
we have not obeyed Him. why call
ye Me Lord. Lord, and do not the
things that l say might well be His
condemnation of a world that is strug-
Cling out Of the morass created by a
World War. blindly seeking for new
ways that will secure to it peace and
happiness.
We have thought too much of a fu-
ture kingdom, of some far-off, divine
event" and too little of present
kingdom wherein Christian principles
are made the inviolable rule of Chris
tian peoples. The petition Thy king
dom come" has a practical and impor.
tant bearing upon those large human
concerns that are today disturbing
and distracting the world If we be
lieve that the plan of life given to
men by Christ is the noblest that the
world has even received, let us seek
to practice il by recognizing that
God hath made of one blood all ma.
tions of men for to dwell on the face
Of the whole earth"
tCopSrRht. 1a25)
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THY KINGDOM COME.

"No man is bigger than the place
in which he lives" this was the state
ment of one whose provincial habits
compelled him to think of the world
in terms of the community in which
he lived. Perhaps his statement is
true concerning many of us, but 1t
is not true concerning those who
realize that the world within the past
generation has been made one vast
neighborhood.
Most of us live so closely within
our own little sphere of service that
we fail to realize the bigness of the
world about us and our obligation
to 1t. Even the great washington
advised his country against foreign
entangling alliances Only within
recent years have we of America
broken away from our habits Of proud
isolation and blended our interests
with those of the peoples of the Old
World. Perhaps we have come to
realize, for the first time in our his
tory, that our interests are bound up
with the common interests Of other
nations and peoples near and remote.
y x x X
In times of crisis or calamity our
sympathies overflow our borders and
take no cognizance of either race
Toxic has an immediate and generous
response. BY ties of trade and COM
merce we are vitally related to every
part of the civilized world and the
comradeship of those who trade and
barter becomes more intimate year
by year. In view of conditions that
are rapidly bringing the peoples of
the earth closer together, is 1t posi-
BILE for any nation. however proud
or powerful 1t may be, to regard
itself as independent and separate
from world responsibilities and prob
lens? 1t Is ii striking fact that in
the great prayer given by Christ a
phrase occurs that definitely suggests
His conception of human obligations.
Among the great religious teachers
He stands supreme as the author of
plan of universal salvation. To Him
and His followers there was neither
Greek nor Jew, barbarian, Scythian,
bond nor free"
The two great commandments that
Jesus stressed had to do with the
recognition of the fatherhood of God
and the brotherhood of man. 1t has
taken nearly 20 centuries to make His
second great commandment effective
IT is realized today. as never before
that Ills IDEAL OF a universal kingdom
is becoming more prevalent. The
progress of the race together with
modern methods of communication
have forced upon the consciousness
of the world its essential unity and
solidarity. To pray Thy kingdom
come" and then to think of life in
terms of self or community interests,
with no vision Of world obligation, is
to do violence to the cardinal prin-
ciple laid down by the Man of Naz-
areth.
Evening star., 1925-11-22

inquiry and to ascertain the facts.
1t was the privilege of this writer
just back from the war, to assure
the former President that he woIld
receive the first word of his SONS
tate from the German flying corns
itself. In few days the word cane
dropped over the line. giving the
exact spot of burial, photographs or
the funeral and the grave.
1t must not be assumed from all
TINS that there was any "softpess,,
aloft during the World War. Tho
hshtlng above the lines at times was
as bitter as any on the ground. When
TWO aViators engaged in battle # wa
almost a certainty that one or tho
other would die. But death was SUD.
deh ana picturesque, and until II
came Ile living men We're kings in
thelr own right. They were vikings
OF the air They had to endure none
or the filth and stencil OF the
trencheS-Where men died man
oeaths before they ever went wesf
| for keeps.
Eddle Rickenbacker, American ace
OF aces and witness before fhe
mltchell court martial, ASKED rlpon
one occasion If he ever was afraid
replied frankly in the affirmative s,d
ADDED that whenever he felt that w.
ne would return to his airdrone and
slog ON foot to the front line trenches
10 spend d few DAYS with the in
ldntry. After his experiences fbern
ne sald the air would hold no terrol.s
| for him. %
On the occasion Of one of these
visits TO the front line Eddie Vas
accosted by Il cOlored cook named
sam, who allowed that some dav
before he got bumped off" he womb
llke to take ride in an airpI;ne
fIddle arranged with the conlpauv
captain 10 let Sam off a few dave
later and then followed the great
ceremony of strapping the colored
SoIdler INTO Il tWo-seater. \ big crowd
OF doughboys gathered around to sna
the fun. Eddie fixed a phone to his
passengers ears SO they could talk
While aloft. During the 45 minutes~
which followed the American ace did
all the stunts he knew. Finally he
nose-dtved right at the crowd of on
lockers and, barely missing their
heads, zoomed up into the air again.
Sam" said the pilot through the
telephone, 10 per cent of those foI,
lows down there thought we were
going to crash"
"Humph." said Sam, so per cent
OF us up here thought we was"
* X x
And now America must hail a new
crop of widows. They come to join
the golf widows, the radio widows.
the lodge" night widows and the
poker widows. The latest editions or
additions TO the fascinating sisterhood
are the Florida widows. whose hus-
bands have been caught UP in the
new gold rush to the land of Ponce
de Leon and are not able as vet TO
find suitable abodes for the girls they
left behind them. Later the Florida
widows will descend Ell masse upon
the temporary bachelors, for they
admit to you even now that they
do not like the idea of friend husband
spending too long a time drinking al
the proverbial fountains OF eternal
youth. Then, too, it is none too re
assuring for the widows to tune in
on a cold and stormy night to one
of the Florida stations and hear the
jazz bands blaring and the announcer
recounting what a gay time is beinG
had by all.
Just wait" say the widows some
what ominously.
Copyright. 1a251
Evening star., 1925-11-22
The Health of School Children.

Public education is developing along
more satisfactory lines since the estab-
lishment of health examinations Of the
school children. Washington has
made some advances in this direction.
but 1t can go further toward the ideal
OF school system that is a conserva-
tor of the health Of the younger gen.
GRAFTON as well as a developer of the
mind. Dedica ton of the new health
school In this city the other day
marked the stage OF the development.
This new building now houses a school
for the teaching of children who are
in poor health. 1t replaces a misera-
Bile makeshift that was actually men,
ace to the health of its occupants.
Yet, notwithstanding the unfavorable
condition of the old building. seventy
five per cent of the children there
housed were cured and returned to
the regular public schools. In view
of such a record the District health
officer, who spoke at the dedication.
was fully justified in his belief that in
the new conditions pulmonary and
respiratory diseases may be stamped
out among the school children of
Washington.
But there remains a further need
for the care of the unfortunate chill
dren who are afflicted with pulmonary
disease in the incipient stage. There
should be, as an officer for the Society
for the Prevention of tuberculosis de-
clared on the same occasion, regu-
lar boarding department for those chill
dren who are not able to attend the
daily sessions. In short. as Mr.. Ufford
pointed out, this present institution Is
but a beginning, and should be re-
garded as a criterion of great things
to come in the line of health conserva-
tion among the younger Washingto-
mans.
Time was when parents resented
and resisted medical supervision over
the children In connection with public
school work. That time has passed. In
the process Of fighting disease through
education the adult members Of the
community have been effectively
taught the lesson of prevention and
early care. There is now no obstacle
In the way of systematic supervision
OF the health Of the school children,
save lack of means for wider extern
sion under competent medical direc-
ton. With a larger force OF school
health inspectors, and with such
further equipment as was indicated
at the health school dedication the
other day, Washington will have an
effective preventive safeguard against
disease among the children.
Evening star., 1925-11-22
One Well Lighted Street.

Washington has at least one prop
In now, thanks to the new lamps in
stalled there. well illuminated. The
drivers of motor cars can see perfect
ly. Pedestrians are visible at long
distances. There is practically no dan
ger save through the recklessness Of
speeders or the sheer stupidity Of
those afoot. But driver turning Off
from that street into another goes
from light into darkness. The other
streets are dimly lit. indeed by COM
parison are not lighted at all. The
change is so marked that the risk Of
collision Is greatly increased.
Every street in this city should be
as well illuminated as Sixteenth
ners. no dim thoroughfares. Such an
illuminat ton would cost money, and in
large sum. But it should be spent as
a means of public safety. Every year
many lives are sacrificed in these
times OF heavy traffic through the lack
Of proper illumination in the streets.
The additional cost Of efficient street
lighting does not compare with the
value of those lives.
In present conditions the infrequent
street lamps actually increase the
danger by causing dense shadows in
the intervening spaces. Even at cor
ners where lamps are stationed pedes-
trians leaving the curb are out OF
vision until the headlights of the
motor cars pick them up" OF course,
1t is up to the pedestrian at night to
watch the traffic and avoid collision,
tut with the almost constant fiow of
srafne during the earlier hours Of the
evening the pedestrian naturally must
take chances in order to get ahead. to
arrive somewhere. He has a right to
be visible to drivers. and in the pres
ant conditions he Is practically in
visible nine-tenths OF the time.
There 10 no more urgent need for
Warrington today than a better sys-
TEN Of street lighting. The hope is
that Sixteenth street will serve as a
standard for Congress to provide suit
able illumination for the entire city.
Evening star., 1925-11-22

1t is understood that Mr.. Scopes is
studying hard in Baltimore. He may
derive an epicurean satisfaction from
the fact that the oyster and the ter
rapin defy ideas of evolution and re-
main about where they are.
Evening star., 1925-11-22
Norons and the Worlds Work.

Rev. Thomas v. Moore, professor Of
psychology at the Catholic University,
made a statement before the conven.
tiori Of the National Council of Cath
ofic Women that will arrest attention.
Society, he says. needs high-grade
rnorons to do the menial tasks: II the
world were made up entirely Of
xsuiusas, Hike Shakespeares and
MichelangeloA for instance. there