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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-25

The franc fell about 80 points on
Monday, in reaction to the fall of
the BRAND ministry. On Tuesday 1t
fell is points in reaction to the form.
alton of the Herriot ministry. reach
ing another lowest point, 1.93% cents.
On Wednesday, 1t rallied to 2.20 on a
rumor that the Herriot government
would be superseded by national
200 on an adverse rumor. On Thurs
day 1t rallied in reaction Of Poincare's
designation for premier. rising to
2.241a. On Friday 1t rallied further
to 2.34h. The highest point Of the
franc in 1926 was $50 cents on Janu-
airy Z. A year ago 1t was quoted at
about Ats.
1t is understood that our Govern
ment has given assurance to the
French government that the bonds of
the French debt will not be marketed.
It is to be noted how latterly de-
cline of the franc was coupled with
increased buoyancy of stock on the
Bourse. An unhappy parallel is found
in what happened in Germany when
the mark went slithering down.
The French trade balance for May
was favorable by 100000 francs,
but tho balance for June was un-
favorable by $4,000, 900 francs.
Reports from Syria are meager; but
apparently the French are slowly
achieving complete military mastery.
y Ek*
Germany.-German industry is not
pleased by the prospect Of deprivation
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-25

TN HERE is some danger in England or so
clarifying sport that 1t is becoming
kind of religion which we are all ex-
pected to worship.
Our national heroes are not men who serve
their country by intellectual qualities and noble
character, adding to its store of knowledge or
beauty as scientists, artists and scholars, but
professional foot ball players, tennis or goir
champions. jockeys and athletes
The worship of sport in al its forms is en-.
couraged and elevated into matter of faith
by our public schools. 1t is, I'M fact, regarded
as heresy, almost as blasphemy, against the re-
ligion of sport for any boy or man to suggest
mildly that life may have other interests than
regulation games and that some minds may
legitipnately prefer afternoon with a good
book or some hobby, like science. wood carving,
watercolor sketching, fishing or butterfly col
Letting
Not to play foot ball is to let down the honor
of the school. Not to know the names of the
professional champions Is to acknowledge an
ignorance more shameful than any lack or
knowledge in history, geography or English
literature, Of which a snattering is enough,
provided boy can do well in athletics.
Aren't we going rather too far in this glori'
fication of games?
am not one Of those who despise sport or
have no interest in games. On the contrary.
/ am inclined to waste a lot Of time in playing
about with a little round ball, whether 1t is on
the tennds court, the billiard table or the ping
pong board.
But it does seem TO me that we are making
ourselves rather ridiculous and tending to avoid
much more serious and valuable interests of
life by this adulation of Drawn and muscle.
this exaggerated reverence for a quick eye and
q deft hand, this almost religious belief that
there Is something in sport--any kind OF
sport--which makes for nobility Of character.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-25
By THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
pror-,.r A.s,s.ar, c.,ratarr nf th. ns.vv

We never can get the doctrine. that
useful work is the prime aim of our
existence generally accepted in this
country until we solve our unadJusted
problem of the relationship of capital
and labor.
The short-sighted man endeavors to
temporize with the situation. He
meets things On a day-to-day basis.
Governmentally or otherwise, when
dealing with large problems it is the
trend over the years that counts. not
simply the immediate present. Our
work must be against the need we
know that lies behind the centuries"
What we must do Is to adjust the
relationship of capital and labor in
such a manner that the adjustment
will hold through the years to come.
To do this we must strive for some
type of partnership relation. Logically
such q condition should exist For
example, to build chair two ele-
ments are necessary First, the CAPT.
tai that Is the means of obtaining
raw materials, machinery and build
ings. Second, the labor, the actual
making Of the chair. Neither can by
itself do the job. Both are neces-
sary. Therefore, In the last analysis,
each stands to the other on a partner
ship relation. 1t 10 this partnership
relation that we must recognize in
our businesses IN the country.
At the present moment, in tho
large majority Of instances. this -
not recognized. Capital and labor
are treating with one another as II
they were two separate countries.
Contracts are made between them
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-25
New Linen Processes
Announced in Belfast

Cheaper, simpler processes in linen
manufacture with a finished fabric
less likely to fade are the results of
the year announced at recent meet.
ing Of the Linen Industry Research
Association at Belfast.
Since the making of linen involves
many laborious and complicated pro.
cesses, calling for the services Of from
four to six times as many workers as
the production of an equal amount of
cotton. any simplif1cation is extremely
desirable.
A superior new strain Of flax of Rus.
sian origin, more than a, ton Of which
has been developed from single seed
planted is years ago, is calculated to
yield a plant of even growth, a very
valuable quality, since the element of
waste in the field has always been a
decided factor Of loss.
The spinning operations have been
considerably simplified, while the diff.
cult aspects OF bleaching and dyeing
have received much attention with a
view to diminishing the excessive loss
in weight and changes which affect
the dye absorbing properties of the
fibers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-25
SPORT AS A RELIGION

If that were really so, American base ball
players, German university students. profess
sional foot ball players in this country and the
racing crowds that go to Epson and New
market ought to be the noblest specimens Of
humanity in good nature, the spirit of fair
play and Christian idealism Suzanne Lenglen
ought to be the most beautiful type OF woman
hood. Our golf pros ought to be leaders of
the Nation I'M times of political crisis.
1t is possible, and indeed probable, that all
these people have many excellent qualities but
sport alone is not enough to carry nation to
the goal of human happiness to create per-
fection in an individual.
The character of our people has undoubtedly
been influenced by it's love of games. But that
sense of fair play, with which we pride our
selves, justly to some extent, was, l believe,
learned on the village green rather than in a
vast foot ball crowd watching professional
gladiators.
AT the present time one would imagine to
hear some people talk that. with the coming
of fine weather, the whole Nation is delivering
itself up to festival of sport and that we are
all going to be very happy and jolly If we can
rush away from the drudgery of work to watch
professional or semi professional athletes per.
form for our entertainment.
1t gives a false impression to foreign ma
tons, who imagine don't take life seriously
and that all our talk about unemployment, bad
trade and high taxation is mere propaganda
with but little basis of reality. This sport Is
kind of dope to prevent us from thinking and
facing hard facts. 1t Is myth carefully cul
dvated soothing balm to the mind of the
people 1t is also pandering to national vanity.
encouraged to think that there can be nothing
wrong with us, as long as there great
crowds at the Derby, beautiful women at Ascot
lovely frocks a sunny day at Maidenhead
and jolly good sportsmen everywhere.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-25
Partnership Plan Is Called Solution
! Of Industrial Strife i'm United States

as treaties are made between ma
lions. Indeed, they treat one another
as potential enemies. This is because
their common interest is so indirect
that it is difficult to see 1t.
In general the employe has no di-
rect interest in the success Of the
business beyond it's mere solvency.
and has as his objective giving as
little as possible and getting as high
a price for the labor as the business
can stand. In general, the employer
has as his underlying motive paying
the smallest wages that he can, in
order that he may get for capital
the largest return possible. Neither
Is to blame for this attitude of mind.
1t Is human nature in both instances.
But no lasting solution is possible as
long as the aims of both are so con-
Trajectory.
History shows that in so far as ma
tons are concerned, It is only pos
sible to have continued amicable re-
lationships where their respective in
terests lie parallel. Not long ago
we called a limitation of armament
conference in Washington, and
brought IL to a successful conclusion.
This was possible because all coun-
tries concerned felt 1t was to their
interest to limit ornaments. What
holds true among nations holds true
between capital and labor
The solutto0 wherever possible is
some type q partnership relation.
This may - proslt- sharing, some
form Of group work, the Leach plan,
or something Of q like nature. The
mechanics by which the end is APP
preached are Of small moment. It
is the ideal which must be preserved.
(Copyright. 1921
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-25
BY SIR PHILIP GIBBS

1t is good to play the game. believe in It.
1t would be a bad day for this country II we
lost our interest in sport and especially that
form of sport which is played on village
green, in suburban back gardens, on the conn
mon where the grass wears thin, on a. tennis
court behind a row of suburban houses. on q
golf course which the city man can reach on a
Saturday afternoon and in the Fairgrounds OF
our public schools.
1t blows the cobwebs out of our eyes. keeps
our nerves steady and our tempers sweet and
is the best cure for the drudgereS of life.
But the worship of professionalism is a bad
sign of the times. and when sport becomes
tyranny, as In the case of compulsory games,
the spirit goes out of it.
Sport is not religion. 1t is a healthy amuse-
ment. When It becomes the purpose Of life
instead Of a recreation, 1t is weakness rather
than strength, a folly rather than virtue.
\ \ X y
Unfortunately, and alas, men must work be-
fore they play, and school that puts its games
before its studies. some of schools are
doing, is not producing men who will be able
to compete with the intelligence and knowledge
OF other countries. who take a. more serious
view Of life.
It is thisSelevation Of sport into a national
religion which is producing kind Of levity in
the public mind, that they are Indifferent
to grave issues, careless Of perils ahead,
tent to live in FOOLS paradise so long as they
can take chance on a horse, or watch a cup
tie match. or get excited over some profes
sional game
Let US at least acknowledge that the sports
man, however fine his qualities however wide
the pattern of his tweed, however long his
cigars, is not necessarily the noblest work OF
God and that there are other types of man.
hood-the doctor, the artist the scientist the
scholar, the singer-who are as much worthy
of public recognition.
(CopyrGht. 1921
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-25
Glass Common in Egypt, as Makers
We're Imported From Euphrates Valley

AS long ago as $500 BIC. the in.
habitants of the Euphrates Valley
were making glass and little later
were selling it to the Egyptians.
Then, about 1900 BE-, some person
age unknown had the bright thought
of importing glass makers. Fifty
years after the advent of the Syrian
artisans into Egypt, according to
Sir Flinders Petrie in recent lee
ture before the members of the So
ciety of Glass Technology at Uni
versity College, glass was of as rela-
lively common occurrence in that
country as 1t is on the Decent store
counter of today.
There is no question that the ladies
of ancient Egypt loved adornment,
for beads, popular then as now,
formed the principal use for glass.
They were made, not from liquid
glass, since giass-blowing did not
come into practice until the Christian
era. but from glass paste. They
also used it for making weights Of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-25
Returning Famous Elgin Marbles
To Athens Debated by Scientists

The Elgin marbles, which are the
pride of the British Museum, the re-
greet of Greece and the despair of all
sculptors who ever saw them, are
again in the limelight. The Greek
government is setting up the columns
of the Parthenon again, using for the
most part the ancient segments which
have been lying near the temple ever
since the Venetian shell blew it up in
1889. And agitation has been started
as to whether the British Museum
should not now restore to Athens
bas-reliefs that have been in England
for more than a century.
In the opinion Of DR.. r. ". D.
Magoff1n, president of the Archaeology.
cal Institute of America, the Elgin
marbles should find their ultimate
home in Athens. DR.. Magoffin said:
'It has been the artistic world rather
than Great Britain which has insisted
that the Elgin marbles remain In
London In the first place, they were
safe, and, in the second place, many
more people could and would see them
there. The propriety of having the
marbles in Athens is, of course, un.
questioned. The willingness and
scientific ability Of the Greeks to CARE
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-25
Federal Farm Loan System to Expand
Under Guidance of Albert C. Williams

Agricultural. interests have been en-
couraged by the appointment OF AL
bert c. Williams as Federal farm loan
commissioner to expect sound expan-
sion of the Federal credit systems as
well as the extension Of deserved
credit to farmers and stockmen. for
whose benefit the system was estab-
lished. Mr.. Williams has shown an
interest in seeing the banks operate
on q sound basis, which will protect
and encourage investment in their Sc
curities and stocks and enable them
to render constructive aid to agricul-
ture.
Adoption of strong and progress.
sive policy in the administration of
the Federal farm loan system is conf
IDENTIFY expected, and Mr.. Williams APP
pointment seems to confirm rumors
that have been current for some time
that the administration has felt that
the system was not adequately meet
ing the needs of agriculture.
Has Much Significance.
From the point of view of the agri-
cultural industry this action is deemed
of considerable significance. Both the
Federal farm loan and the Federal
intermediate credit systems are of
vital Importance to American agrtcul-
ture. Although the Federal farm loan
system has been in operation less than
10 years, the Federal and joint stock
land banks up to the present time
have made loans of approximately
81, 600, 900 900. These loans have been
made at very reasonable interest rates
and for periods which permit farmers
to repay them from their earnings. In
the even shorter period of their ex-
istence the Federal intermediate credit
banks have served agriculture in an
effective way by making loans for ag-
ricultural purposes .aggregating over
$500 900, 900.
Substantial though the progress of
the Federal systems has been, there
nevertheless remains large field for
further development. AS a matter of
fact the system Is in its infancy and
a, great deal can be done to expend its
services in the interests of agriculture.
Increasing land values, more intensive
methods Of cultivation. cooperative
marketing and other factors have
greatly increased in the last several
decades the credit needs of agricul-
ture. In addition, special credit diff.
culties have grown out of the agricul-
tural depression and special credit
needs have developed with the rapid
expansion Of cooperative marketing.
The appointment of Mr.. Williams at
this time is therefore regarded as very
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-25

properly for them is admitted. The
chief question remains, has the DO.
litical stability of the Balkans reached,
the point where there is no possl-
bility of war in which Athens might
be shelled?"
DIR. Magoffin believes that Lord FL.
gin did both Greece and the artistic
world a service when he salvaged the
marbles from the ruins of the Parthe-
non in 1902 and carried them to Eng.
land. Had they remained in Athens,
many of them would have been de-
stroyed and the rest would certainly
have suffered from weather or un
scientific handling" he said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-25

fortunate. He brings to this position
a first-hand knowledge Of agriculture
and sympathetic interest In It's needs.
He has been closely associated with
the live stock interests of the country
as an official of the Texas and South.
western Cattle Raisers' Association, as
president of live stock loan company,
as a representative Of the War Finance
Corporation in handling agricultural
loans and in other ways. Mr.. VIII
liams is a firm believer in cooperative
marketing and he has taken an active
part in organizing co-operatives among
live stock men. Since his appoint
ment to the board Mr.. Williams has
spent a great deal Of time IN the field
studying the credit needs of farmers
and stockmen and how the Federal
credit agencies can be made to serve
them better.
While Mr.. Williams thus has a
thorough and sympathetic understand.
ing Of the credit needs of agriculture,
it is also pointed out that the system
under his administration will be de-
veloped along sound and permanent
lines. This, Of course, is of the great
est importance in developing g. favor
able market for the bonds and the
dabentures Of the system,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-25
Diseases of Old Age
Are Treated at Clinic

The ills Of the old need as much
attention as those of the very young
is the contention of the Czech medical
faculty at Prague, where clinic that
treats exclusively the diseases of old
age has just been opened. according to
recent advices received by the Ameri.
can Medical Association.
Prof. r. Eiselt of the medical faculty
OF the University of Prague, who is in
charge of the clinic, stated in his In
troductory lecture that two groups OF
diseases would be studied--those that
are peculiar to the old, and those that
present a different aspect when they
occur during old age.
This clinic is Of particular interest
tc the Republic of Czechoslovakia on
account of the system Of old age and
inyalidity insurance that is going into
effect on July /.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-25
Subterranean GrottO
Novel Scene of Dance

A dance In a subterranean ballroom.
decorated in manner SURPRISING the
most fantastic inventions Of the Arab
architects, was the novelty offered Wis
itors to the Grotto Of Posthumia on
May %. The grotto. unquestionably
the largest in the world and by some
considered the most beautifulsis being
widely advertised by the Italian gov
eminent. In addition to the dance,
visitors on this occasion found bar
and band concert.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-25

vcse-Rndvard Fiplin0. al,odvs more
greatest masters OF En0liSh prose. has
tRcentiv been awarded tie gold medal OF
Me Royal Society for Literature. re-
Meredith and Hardy. As has been the
case toith most classic eCriters Rtpiin0S
fame IrGS comparatively sEoD G-b0rni11.
NOT been for the artistic appreciation
and commercial acunen Of man toho
sftu remains anonymous.
Exclusively for The Star and the North
Asnsricon Newspaper Alliance by. Edtc0rd
3. Long this anonymous 6enefdctor OF
hUmdnifY tells the romantic but 0dthoFt-
t0tiUe StoTD Of his discovery OF one Of
fhe men lrhO hdVe added enduring rich
nesS to English literature and the t0oTIdS
literature.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-25

Working under a subsidy granted
ger, freight and mail airplane service
will be established between Antilles. =
Ajaccio (Corsica), Tunis and Constan.
tine (Algeria).
Two hundred musicians in moving
picture theaters of Edinburg. Scot,
land, have been on strike following
refusal Of theater managers to grant
an increase In wages.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-25

conside rable accuracy, said Sir
Flinders. three of the same denomi-
nation having proved on testing to
agree within one two-hundredth of
a grain.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-25

Development Of coal, which is be-
'lieved to be found on nearly every,
island of the Philippines, has been
started on the Island Of Cebu, Batan
and Zamboanga.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-25
BY HENRY w. BUM.

. HE following is a brief sum
mary Of the most important
news of the world for the
4 seven days ended July "a:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-25
BY EDWARD e. LONG, c. B. e.

~ UDYARD KIPLING has sold
- into many millions of copies,
and his copyright to his Amer.
l. lean publishers alone has been
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-25
BY WILLIAM ULLMAN.

n N ALPHABETICALLY at least,
M ore cut of every II natives
w in the heart of Africa should
4 own an automobile. The
Evening star., 1926-12-10
INVENTORS
BUST IS UNVEILED
Tribute to Alexander Graham
Bell Is Placed at Smith
Sonian Institution.

A bust Of Alexander Graham Bell,
inventor OF the telephone, was un'
veiled at the Smithsonian Institution
at the annual meeting of the regents
yesterday
Mrs. Gilbert Grosvenor, daughter
of Mr.. Bell. unveiled the bust: waiter
s. Clifford of the American Telephone
& Telegraph Co. made the presenta-
ton and Chief Justice William How
ard Taft accepted for the Smltn-
sonian.
The occasion for the presentation
was the fiftieth anniversary Of the
birth of the telephone. In his ad-
dress, Mr.. Clifford said: I'VE of the
telephone, which he invented, ask the
privilege. Of seeing to it that. as ms
memory will always remain here with
you who were associated with nlHl
in the conduct of this great institu-
ton. so also his face and the spirit
that always actuated him shall con-
tinue to be familiar to those VINO
come in and out of this bullding'
whether as workers, as students or
simply as visitors. ~
MIR. Clifford recalled the Smith
sonian's part, in the person OF its hrst
secretary, Joseph Henry. in the inven'
ton of the telephone. He quoted from
a ,etter written by Bell at the time
"When I was in Washington. Bell
wrote. II had a letter of introduction
TO Prof. Henry, who is the Tyndali o,
America. l had found that some OF
the points I had discovered in rela
tion to the application of acoustics T.
telegraphy had been previously dis
covered by him. l thought / would
therefore, explain all the experiments
and ascertain what was new and what
was old"
The letter went on to say that Bell
had demonstrated all his experiment
to Henry and that Henry had sale
he thought Bell had the germ of
great invention,' Bell told Henry tha'
he felt he had not the electrical knowl
edge necessary to overcome the diff
culties in the way Of perfecting thf
invention. His laconic answer was,
Get itv 1 cannot tell you now much
these two words have encouraged me, :"
adds Bell.