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Evening star., 1926-11-25
Press Rather Skeptical About
EdisOn's Dream of Future City

OF human nature than 1t IS of bricks
and steel and mortar and gasoline
The Star asserts that the SOciOlOgist
would Shrug his shoulders COnsidera-
bly, at Mr.. Edison's serene picture o.
human efficiency" The Utica OBJ
server Dispatch, however. admits that
Science has already built cities very
different from what they used to be-
and there Is no question that the
future metropolis will be just as diff
ferent from the present one
i X = X
Nevertheless, with the whirl Of
change" advises the Omaha World
Herald, there are still some fixed
principles which it will always be ad-
visable for mere human beings To rec
ognize. Whatever may be the prog
reSS of invention and whatever the
contrivanCes to amuse. facilitate and
employ during business and leisure
hours there is the age-Old relation of
the human mind and heart to the
procession of change. No achieve
ment in science or advancement In
what we call civilization will change
the position of the human heart
Science may make our way of living
universally easier and more interest
ing, but our capacity for genuine hap
pineSs, which has nothing to do with
the noise of advancing civilization, i
the thing to consider
Mr.. Edisons belief that increase
noise will he permitted to lead to
general deafness among the people
is challenged by several newspapers.
The st. Paul Dispatch declares the
idea that deafness is an advantage
will not be readily accepted" ana
asks, What will become OF his
phonograph or the radio or music
in general. when most persons can
not hear?" The Morgantown New
Dominion wants to know whether
engineers soften and deaden the
racket more and more hereafter
along lines already started ?" The
Harrisburg Telegraph asserts that q,
great majority of American people
have reached the conclusion tha'
there is no reason for useless noise
and that it must be stopped" The
Pasadena StarNews also argue
that with due respect to the great
inventor, 1t is not improbable thaf
science will find ways and means To
make the city of the future less
noisy than the city of today-by
muffiing paving: by envelopes upon
wheels of vehicles to deaden sound
by ways that perhaps now are not
even dreamed of. yet which may be
wholly practicable and effectual a.
science achieves marvels In many
ways, 1t may be able to evolve the
silent city, with noise extracted by
scientific. workable processes"
Evening star., 1926-11-25
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

Q. who played Iris Storm in THE
Green Hat" in London?-M. n. N.
A. The American. Tallulah Bank
! head, played the part.
Q. How many foreigners live in
China?-G. f.
A. Peking has about 1000 foreign
ers in it's population of 100000. In
the entire republic there are said to
b., 324 947 foreigners. OF these 201.7O4
are Japanese, 1856 Russian, 14,775
British and 1856 American.
O. What State had the first large
we'll developed State-owned park that
was accessible to q large population?
F. NJ.
A. The Palisades Interstate Park,
in New York and New Jersey, was
the first to be developed. Work
toward it was started as early as
1895.
@. Who was called "the father OF
the postal savings bank in Ameri-
ica"?-H. l.. T.
A. This title was given to the late
Victor f. Lawson, owner of the Chi
cago Daily News. Through that
paper he inaugurated and for many
years maintained campaign for the
establishment Of a Government saw
ings bank.
Q. Do Eskimo women have many
children? Nv. W.
A. Stefansson, the Arctic explorer.
saws: 1T is a fact that there are few
Eskimo women who have many chill
dren. Four children is considered
large family"
O. Why is It easier to swim from
France to England than from Eng
land to F1ance?-L. ID.
A. There is a difference in tide.
The shore contour on the French
side results in an offset tide that
helps the swimmer toward England,
but retards one coming toward
France.
O, BY comparison with the length
Of life Of animals after reaching ma
turity, how long should man live
L. J. +.
A. An article in Hygeia says that
man should live 125 years instead or
70. This figure is based on study or
he relation Of maturity to life, 1t being
contended that "other mammals live
about five times as long as it takes
them to become mature. as determined
by the Justification of their bones. A
man Is mature at about 25 years, and
at the same rate should live to be 125.
This 7O-year plan cramps him so. He
has barely raised his family by that
time"
Q. How long is q, mad-doG bite In
incubation before being effective in an
animal? If COW has been bitten, is it
safe to use it's milk?-T. w. ii.
A. A mad-dog bite is in incubation
anywhere from three weeks to three
months before having effect. The Pub
lie Health Service says 1t is lnadVls-
able to use the milk of a COW bitten
by a mad dog at any period.
O. How Is olive oil made?-W. s.
A. Olive oil is prepared from the
fruit Of the olive trees. The olives
are gathered just before the period of
maturity, then they are crushed in a
mill; expressed in a hydraulic press.
then filtered. The best edible oils are
not heated.
@. What is the smallest book in
the world?--C. E.
A. What Is believed to be the small
est book in the world Is Bible four
and one-half centimeters in size.
owned by the Chicago Historical
Society.
@. Who coined the expression
Every inch a kim" "?-W. M.
king Lear"
O. Can silage be fed as soon as 1t
is ready?-D. T.
Evening star., 1926-11-25

Many practical people are interest
ed but not convinced by Thomas A.
Edison's dream Of the future city. The
inventors suggestion that science will
take the place of politics in municipal
management Is considered debatable,
and his idea that general deafness
eventually will be a defense against
noises stirS no enthusiasm.
THAT is strange, but not un-
believable, picture of the city of the
future that Thomas Edison paints"
says the Jersey City Journal. 1T is
a picture Of a giant city. its rumble
and roar Of noise increasing; it's build
ingS large, but not as tall as might be
expected; it's congeSted streets made
passable by expert allotment of traffic
time; crime decreased with the coming
Of the scientific policeman and its pop
ulation half deaf. Strangest of ALL
perhaps, is the inventors additional
prediction of low taxes" On the sub
1ect of scientific management, the
Journal believes 'it is only natural
that eventually the people who live
in cities will come to the conclusion
that politics, although now a vital part
of city makeup, costs too much money,
and that cities should be run not as
toys Of politicians, but as business
corporations. dealing with millions of
money and millions of people each
year, are run"
"The fact that some American cities,
including large ones hike Cincinnati
and Cleveland, have cast out the Fed
eral system OF Government and erect
ed another system on a scientific
foundation" in the opinion of the In
dianapolis News, proves only that,
II well led and honestly educated,
American people can be induced to
apply their business sense to munich
pal problems. 1t does not prove that
the Federal system is wrong. for some
cities are we'll governed under this
system. Nor does it prove that the
business management plan is right,
for a well organized political machine
can take over city government under
any charter that leaves the choice of
the responsible governing body to the
choice Of the voters" The News con-
cludes that the problem is not one
of business management, but of party
life; that 'it will disappear when
party organizations in cities can find
something to live on besides city
jobs
Conceding that there will be great
physical changes In the cities of the
future. and these changes naturally
will be in the direction of time-saving
and efficiency" the Terre Haute Star.
nevertheless, reminds its readers that
human nature has changed very lit
tie sinee the dawn of recorded his
tory, If 1t has changed at all. and the
modern city Is composed much more
Evening star., 1926-11-25
and it Is not surprising that trouble

and it Is not surprising that trouble
so often develops.
Each one of these failures, however,
means progress in the development Of
the perfect motor. Each one teaches
which can be found in no other way
The art of flying is still in its infancy,
but human ingenuity will devise the
aviation comparable in safety and re-
liability to other means of transporta-
ton.
Evening star., 1926-11-25
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Back to Earth.

Back TO EarTf1.
The clothing advertisers book
Brings gloomy ruminations.
I know that can never look
Like those smart illustrations.
My motor never will appear
So polished and imposing
AS that which pictures, calm and clear
Are cleverly disclosing.
My house will never be as fair
AS catalogues have hinted.
My flowers cannot be as rare
AS those in pictures printed.
| fain would hustle with hoe
And toll as seasons vary,
And let pictorial prospects so
With lectures literary.
Evening star., 1926-11-25
The Nations Gratitude.

In a spirit of profound gratitude
the Nation pauses today to give
thanks for blessings enjoyed during
me year. Despite disasters that have
ffiicted parts of the national COM
nunitv The twelve months have
brought an exceptional measure of
bounty. The year has been marked
by general prosperity, by advances
both material and spiritual. 1t has
furnished additional reasons for belief
that the American people are espe-
cially blessed by Providence.
The spirit of thankfulness is at
tended by sense of responsibility.
There are duties to be performed and
obligations to be met. Problems
..ffectin@ the social organization of
the millions comprising this Nation
await solution. The work of nation
building is not complete, although in
progress for a century and a half.
II is indeed an endless task, reQuir-
ing constant devotion on the part
Of successive generations to the prin-
Ciples of government which were
established at the beginning and
have been maintained faithfully dur
nag this long time.
On Thanksgiving day it is meet to
recapitulale the exceptional ad-
vantages enjoyed by the people of
this country. They occupy a land of
rich and varied natural resources,
extending through a wide climatic
range ideally adapted to the devel-
opment Of a great civilization. Far
enough removed from other lands of
possible enmity to be secure, it is
yet within range for purposes of
peaceful trade and intercourse. It's
surface varied. and yet in no place
offering an insurmountable barrier to
use and communication, 1t affords
Il maximum of opportunity for cult
walton. Its rivers and lakes are
channels Of commerce, it's hills are
filled with precious minerals. it's
forests have given great wealth. it's
plains have borne the richest har-
vests. Through skill and diligence
the waste spaces have been brought
into utility.
The story Of the conquest of this
great area from its native wildness
is one of the epics of mans existence.
The richest heritage ever bestowed
upon the human race has fallen to
the American people. They are
trustees for posterity in their en-
joyment and administration. They
have been wasteful and prodigal but
are learning and in some respects
have learned the lesson of conserva-
ton. Millions of newcomers have
been absorbed and have contributed
strength as well AS some weakness
10 the body polite. Industry has
marked the decades OF this great de-
ve!Opment. In many matters a pace
has been set for the world in science
and in business and in thrift. Out
of these material activities has come
Il cultural advance. Education has
spread until it is now universal. The
standard Of living is higher here
than in any other land.
Ii is we'll then that once a year
The thought of the Nation should
turn to its blessings in gratitude and
thanksgiving. The losses and suf-
ferings that have befallen the peo-
pie are the more bravely borne for
his annual consideration Of the
hounties and the progress and the
happiness that have marked the year.
The Nations thanks are the more
fervent for the realization of the
sorrows of others.
Evening star., 1926-11-25

Several sensational regulations
have recently been made by authors
who wrote books on subjects Of
which they plainly knew little about
In literature, fact is often esteemed
valuable only as a stimulus to
imagination.
Evening star., 1926-11-25
Minister Pavichich Denies
Intervening in Contracts
To the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor of The Star:
My attention has been drawn to
dispatch from the Belgrade CORE
spondent of your journal regarding
the question of awarding certain
municipal contracts to Mr.. Charles
B. Mcdaniel. In this dispatch it il
alleged that I have interviewed in this
matter in a fashion hostile To Mr.
Mcdaniel.
There is not the slightest founda-
ton for the statements contained in
the dispatch. l have never interviewed
in any shape or form in such q
matter.
DIR, A. TRESICH PAVICHIcH.
NTlvist,.t.
Evening star., 1926-11-25
Getting Back to Facts.

What are you going to investigate
next?"
I'm going to stop awhile" answer
ed Senator Sorghum. sin order to get
the data on the investigations I start
ed years ago."
Evening star., 1926-11-25

The Associated Press is exclusively entitled
I" the use for republication of all news dis
pitches credited to il or not otherwise cred
lf"d IN this paper and also the local news
- bliShed herein. All rights of publication
% special d spatches herein are also reserved
Evening star., 1926-11-25

The Hall-Mills case, demonstrating
that truth is stranger than fiction, is
evidently equipped to develop serial
story that can go on for years and
years.
Evening star., 1926-11-25

The American eagle, being nom
edible. bows in Difference to the
American turkey. In spite Of exalted
sentiment the utilities are still con-
sidered
Evening star., 1926-11-25

Official "reminiscences are almost in
variably tempered by a habit of dis
cretion which leaves most Of the SEN
sational work to be done by the pub
licity promoters
Evening star., 1926-11-25

Paris dressmakers say that skirts
will be longer. This announcement
was made some time ago, but F
street evidently has not heard the
news.
Evening star., 1926-11-25

4 French franc Is disdained as a
tip in a Paris night club. Foolish
money is beginning to perplex the
wise f1nanciers.
Evening star., 1926-11-25

In spite of the sudden prominence
regained by Loie Fuller, people are
neglecting The classic dance and are
~till doing the Charleston.
Evening star., 1926-11-25

Homeward- bound Queen Marie may
miss serenelv admiring attention as
she faces the prospect of political vi
ciSSitudeS.
Evening star., 1926-11-25
Hopeless Pleb.

List to the mournful ballad:
From social life / pass.
l do not care for salad.
l hate a demi- tasse.
List to a mournful ditty:
l am, mid social scenes.
BY rights, thing for pity;
l long for pork and beans.
Jud Tunkins says good advice is like
good medicine; very frequently bitter
TO take.
Evening star., 1926-11-25
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Evening star., 1926-11-25
The Evening Star Newspaper Company

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i}S edition is delivered by carriers within
ne city at so cents per month: daily only.
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Evening star., 1926-11-25
The Card Table.

The Card Table.
do you object to being your wife's
opposite?"
Yes" answered Mr.. Meekton.
Let's make it a whist game; not a
family quarrel"
Life would be much finer" said
Hi Ho. the sage of Chinatown, "if ii
were as easy TO forget enemies as il
is TO forget friends
Unequal Distribution.
Thanksgiving day brings solemn stuff
AS plants our hearts will touch
From those who didn't have enough
And those who ate too much.
High Notes.
lis he q great tenor singer?''
No doubt of it
How high can he sing"
Clear up TO four thousand dollars
a night"
FIN what 1 hears said Uncle
Eben, II Judge dat hip-pocket licker
is wliss dan de bootleg stuff"
Evening star., 1926-11-25


argued that majority Of those who
visit museums today prefer those of
a modest, gazing sort" His ideal of
an art museum is one which Is IAN
effective factor for more wisdom and
happiness in its community" What
could be- better?
art" says Mr.. Dana. ''is not in a
museum save in relatively unim-
portant quantity: art Is where 1t Is
seen and not merely where self-con-
stituted experts have placed it." 1t Is
on this theory that the museum under
his direction proceeds. For instance,
in the Newark Museum one may come
across an exhibit of everyday art
ordinary household objects, a glass
Of water, a copper kettle. a cup and
saucer, so placed in the light and in
relation to its surroundings that 1t
evinces beauty-the beauty which at
tracts the painter to interpret 1t pic.
torially. The painter opens the eye
of the sensitive observer to beauty.
Mr.. Dana would have these objects
sharpen the vision Of the visitor not
only to beauty in the museum, but un-
painted beauty in his or her surround,
ings. IF you look at an object" he
says, anu 1eeI LHdI IL lS 10 you, as
you look at it, beautiful, you have at
once an esthetic reaction. which means
that your whole body Is little stimu-
lated, your heart beats little more
vigorously, your breath is a trifie
deeper, you are for moment exalted
and probably have a cleaner and
broader view Of life" What an ex-
cellent summing up of the joy which
a work of art engenderS in those who
have seeing eyes!
X y X
Undoubtedly appreciation in this
field In retarded by o constant misuse
and misappIication OF the word art"
New Britain herald., 1926-01-22
I.C t. MEMBER IS
 OPPOSED 10 PLAN
Eastman Objects to Enforced
 Railroad Consolidation

Washington, Jan. % tP-Disap- proval Of any plan of forcing rail road consultations was expressed to the senate interstate commerce com- mittee today by Chairman Eastman of the interstate commerce commis- sion.
 Speaking, he said, for a majority of the commission, he favored a plan which would permit gradual and natural consultations under the guiding hand of the commission, He added that there had been a tenden- Cy 10 eXaggerate the possible ad- vantagcs of great railroad consolida- tions.
 "The country ought not 10 be led into the belief that great Consolida- tions of railway properties involve any probability that the general level of freight rates may thereby be sub stantially reduced" he said. "Econo- my and efficiency of operation are much more than a matter of size.
 The chairman's statements were made at the committees hearing on the Cummins bill, which would give the railroads three years in which to effect voluntary consultations, and would make consolidation con- pulsory after that period.
New Britain herald., 1926-01-22
LAKEWOOD HAS ITS 2STH
 FIRE IN THREE WEEKS
This Morning school Dormitory Is Destroyed With Loss of
 S75.000,

Lakewood, N, J.. Jan. 22 Rl-Hu- bert Hall, dormitory of the New man School for Boys was destroyed by fire today at loss Of S75,00O, The origin of the gre has not been determined, This was the twenty. eighth fire in Lakewood in 2l days and the fourth serious fire in that period,
 Two lives were lost at the same period from suffocation when the hotel Lorraine was destroyed
 The school building accommodate ed 35 students between the ages Of l2 and IS, all of whom were reused from sleep by the flames.
 When the Lakewood fire depart ment arrived at the scene, the/build- Ing was practically destroyed.
 The dormitory was the former home of Sheppard k. DcForrest, wealthy New Yorker and was locat' cd q short distance from town.
 The fire started n the basement and the students who lived in the building lost all their personal ef- fects, They were given accommo- dations in the Lakewood hotel.
New Britain herald., 1926-01-22
MAY CUT DEBATE
 ON WORLD COURT
Rule to Be Invoked Unless
 Agreement Is Reached

Washington, Jan. 2? N9 -- Sup portcrs of the world court aga'h showed signs today of rcsorting 10 heroic measures to bring tho issue to vote in the senate.
 While the courts opponents Kept tho floor with an oratorical mara thon covering wide range Of in- ternatlonal problems, s"nator ROD inson, the democratic leader con tcrrcd with other friends of the court and announced that q rul" limiting debate would be inVok"i tomorrow. unless there was an agreement meantime fixing th" time for roll call.
 The burden of the fight against the court was taken up first today by Chairman Borah of the forcing relations committee, who held the floor for one of the longest speeches in his senate career while Senator Reed, democrat, Missouri. Senator Nye, republican, North Dakota and others were marshall ing data with which to continue the battle later in the day.
 Arguing against the use 0: force to carry out decrecs Of the court, Senator Borah said such a step meant "war." At the Versailles peace conference. he said, Presi- dent Wilson wanted q league of na- tons founded on moral sanctions. but Premier Clemenceau wanted to preserve the old balance of power. The versailles treaty. embodying the league covenant, was the re- suit.
 Mir. Wilson believed that in time the covenant of the league would operate to modify the terms of the treaty" said Senator Borah. "M, Clemenceau believed the operation of the treaty would In time result in changing the covenant"
 This led the foreign relations chairman into a general discussion of the league. during which he re. peatcd at length the arguments he had made many times before In the senate.
 After quoting a statement by Ariside Briand of France, Senator Borah declared that eleven men now arc the sole arbiters of war or peace, constituting a "hideous combination of power" He argued that the world court is regarded abroad as q part of the league.
 Mrs. Woodrow Wilson today heard the senate debate the world court She occupied seat in the senator's private gallery, While Senator Borah was arguing against American adherence to the court, and assailing the league Of nations.
 Mrs. Wilson was the guest of Mrs. swanson, wife of the senator from Virginia.
New Britain herald., 1926-01-22
ST. LOUIS IS RAW !. FUR MARKET PLACE
Trading There Continues After
 i6t Years

st. Louis, Mo, Jan, 22 Rl-- Changing fashions and the steady re at 'o wilderness frontier have spread the seal oh for pclts for Milady's fur coat to the .ou corners ot the earth but after lGl years oI trading, st. Louis still is the lcadinp raw fur let of the world.
 Tho annual North America" catct is again beginning to pour into warehou as that stand where Pierre I.aclcdo and his band of followers traded beads for deer skins with ,a Indians. on heb. l6. lT64 the day af, the C, ' was foun'~d, Today. the fur sales annually involve more than s25,0O0 900, with buyers f"orl the leading markets of the world attending,
 Laclcdo and his party came up fl om New Orleans after obtaining . permit to trade h f rs. Where th' first transactions were made, the Louisiana orrchase papers were signed in 1894.
 The first trading was local. In n Nroucht In by the native ln- dians and trappers living in the set tlement. There was a gradual widen ing of the district from which the fur was obtained and fur companies were established from time to time For a long time the furs were used as money and later were taken in trade for household supplies,
 After the passing of the fur com pany which Lacledc himself organi2- ed, the Missouri Trading Company began operation In 1794. Next was the Missouri Fur Company, which, it is claimed, kept the British from obtaining a trade foothold which might have given the entire section into British control This firm later merged with one established by John Jacob Astor
 In the first five years the value of the annual trade voluL climbed to $500 a year. The business has exp: adcd steadily and now the orld's fur prices are established at St. Louis
 Through the 25 fur houses here all the seal skins for the United States government and for other nations are handled. The catch comes here for dyeine and is later sold at auc- tions held twice year.