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Evening star., 1926-03-07
Back to the Bible.

Religion and science will unite to
control the future of mankind" This
statement from Prof Henry Fairchild
Osborn, one of the outstanding
scientists of the world is strikingly
significant. In a memorable address
delivered in New York recently he said:
Il am a strong advocate of restoring
the teaching of religion to our public
schools. l would like to see all the
religious men of this great city of
six million souls. of this great country
of a hundred million souls. get together
and agree upon simple, elemental
teaching of religion. Why not brand
! upon the minds and upon the hearts
of our girls and boys such elemental
imperatives as Thou shalt not Kill,
Thou shalt not steal'?"
The distinguished professor realizes
that the drift of our time Is such that
1t needs the establishment of GER
tain checks and balan to restore its
poise and to insure to us more
wholesome life.
simultaneously, distinguished Jew
iSh rabbi urges upon ProtestantS,
Catholics and Jews that they unite
their forces for the religious education
Of their youth. He believes that there
which these divergent bodies might
meet, and that through cooperation,
each group according to it's own es-
| tablished customs, there might be
! eliminated the hatred and prejudice
that exist today.
! Martin ConbOy, expressing the
| viewpoint of the Catholic Church, de-
! clared that church had always con-
| sdered the religious instruction of the
| child a duty and that we in the Cath
| Ollie Church compel the performance, of
| this duty"
A justice of the Supreme Court
+ Thomas e.. II. Grain, declared the
! churches are potent instrumentality
| In completing Christian character. l
can think of nothing more likely to
! start IA boy or girl Alright than to have
| them walk with their father and
mother TO the church door and sit in
| a pew between them" Significantly,
! he added. unfortunately, the seat
! that ought to be occupied by the man
Is frequently empty"
| The above quotations, coming from
| representatives of the leading religious
| bodies, supplemented by the point OF
| view of the jurist and the man of
| science, cannot he taken lightly or re-
| garded as superficial observations. In
! creasngly today we are coming to
realize that our ethical and moral
standards have suffered serious, II
| not grave. impairment. While there
has been much discussion about meth
DDS Of interpreting the Bible, there Is
a consensus of opinion concerning its
supreme importance as the guide and
inspiration of our moral and spirit ua |
life. Neither funda mentaliSt nor mod
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A High-Pressure Object Lesson

Early Friday morning a fire occur
city which. spreading rapidly. envel
oDed several business houses and re
quired for it's eXtinguishment the
| services Of practically every piece OF
apparatus in the department. While
it was under way, though fortunately
when it was under control fire broke
out elsewhere, calling for several OF
the engines. Had a third fire devel
oped at the same time the city would
have been in serious danger
With a high pressure service, send
ing water from the river direct to the
scene OF the downtown fire. there
handling 1t, and at the same time af-
fording ample protection to the com.
munity In the event OF several other
outbreaks.
This situation may arise at any
time. BY rare good fortune the city
has been spared a general confiagra-
ton. But during the many years that
have elapsed since the high-pressure
service plan was first broached and
urged for adoption enormous losses
have been suffered that would have
been prevented had the city been given
this additional and more effective
means OF fighting fires. The city. fur.
thermore. has increased greatly in
population. and the business section
has both concentrated and spread
Most of the serious fires that occur
in any city are in a restricted area. oc-
cupied mainly by business. The pro.
posed high-pressure service would
cover only such an area in Washing
ton. 1t would release for service else.
where large number OF engines,
whose services would not be required
in the fighting OF fires within that sec.
ton. With such an installation Wash.
ington's protection would be increa sed
by more than 100 per cent.
Eventually this service must be in.
stalled. 1t will be cheaper now than
ever again just as it could have been
installed at the time Of it's first pro.
posal for about one-fifth of the prese Mt
estimated cost.
Apart from the value OF the high.
pressure service for fire protection. il
is urgently desirable on the score of
saving water in fire fighting At pres
ent every gallon of water that is
pumped at a fire must be taken from,
the reservoirs which are fed bv the
| filter plant. The installation of an ad
ditional conduit will relieve the CITY
from the possibility Of a water short
age for some years, but the time will
surely come when the use of the Al
tered supply for fire fighting will be
again disproportionate as it Is now
On that consideration likewise the in.
stallation of the high pressure service
Is desirable. IT will yield a greater
degree of protection to property. and
it will lengthen the period in which
the water supply will be adequate for
local needs.
Evening star., 1926-03-07
Towns and Their Names

Winchester. Va, has Just done some
thing for which il deserves to he wide
y congratulated. something that
might he initiated to advantage in
many parts Of these United States. II
has changed the name of it's principal
thorouGhfare from Main street to
LoudOun street. 1t went even further.
and changed Market street to Cameron
street and Water street to Boscowan
street. poo long have American
towns suffered from state, Front,
Water. Broad. Elm and other bromide.
cally labeled highways duplicated In
nomenclature all mp and down the
land.
Not only is there a world OF oppor-
,unity for the rpchristening of streets.
but thousands Of towns in this country
might With propriety and advantage
take the plunge and rechristen them.
selves. A priceless heritage of names
sometimes historic and romantic. some
times euphonious. and often combin.
ing both qualities. has been frittered
away. The mountains. lakes. rivers
bays and brooks have Jared fairly
well. but the land ahounds in "villes. :"
'burEs, functions corners" ;"
flats" and "hollows" which might
we'll he swept into limbo and replaced
with names either of Old World flavor
or Of musical Indian origin.
Run through list of towns of two
adjacent Commonwealths, Virginia and
Maryland. Is not Albemarle preferable
To Alum Ridge. or Gretna to Grundy Z?
-Touid one not. other things being
equal. rather be resident of quaint.
sounding Bachelors Hail than of Big
rock BoydtoWn or Burkeville? Even
harsh sounding Chincoteague is more
intriguing than one of many dozens
of ClarkSVilles.
In Maryland the contrasts are as
many and as marked. Compare Aber
deem with Adamstown Junction, Fruit
land with Frizzelburg. Glenarden
GLENCOE Glenartney and Gallant
Green with Greenshurg and Grants
vile: Seneca and Sherwood Forest
= m Sca~-srillc. cuantico with Ounce
Orchard Micomico and even Meip
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was reorga niZed and those police Of
ficerS who were not deemed efficient
under the modern idea have been
replaced with new men. A large per
centage of the members of the police
force are former Marines, the city
believing that they are particularly
well qualified for this work. There
are mounted police assigned to duty
in the suburbs and outlying dis
tricts. and motor cycle police for the
apprehension of traffic offenders. A
new patrol wagon has been bought
and a modern fingerprint system In
stalled.
The Fire Department has been
equipped with modern motOr-driven
fire apparatus and its personnel has
also been "jacked up" The Public
Health Service is said by the State
Board Of Health to be one of the most
efficient in the State. This service
is now turning it's attention to the
sanitary conditions in the city and
up-to-date sewerage systems are being
installed.
The Potomac freight yards on the
outskirts of Alexandria are among
the largest railroad yards in the Fast
ern part of the United States. These
yards are the terminal for five rail
roads. 1t is here that all cars bear
ing perishable products are re-iced on
their Journeys from the South to
Northern markets. During the busy
seasons 1t is said that these cars
have been reiced at the rate of one
car minute.
New Projects.
Recently q new and modern hot el
has heen opened in Alexandria. 1t is
believed that 1t will prove q great
boon to the city. since ii ia consd-
cred to compare favorably with hotels
of similar size in any section Of the
country The need of such hostelry
has long been felt. Up until now the
hotels of the town have been only
those which appear to have been mod.
ern about the period when George
Washington was a familiar figure in
Alexandria.
A project which bids fair to rival
Christ Church as an attraction to Wis
itors is the $4,000. 900 Masonic memo.
rial to George Washington. The
corner stone was laid in 1923 and il
will take three or four years more to
complete this structure. One of the
features is the series of terraces from
the main structure to the street. The
memorial itself is being built on hill
and overlooks the principal street. 1t
is intended as a. rendezvous for the
Masons of the Nation who wish to
pay homage to Washington. the
Mason.
. Alexandifans are proud Of what
has been accomplished in the last few
years and believe that there is no
reason why with continued efforts
George Washlngton's prediction may
not come true in the fullest sense.
Evening star., 1926-03-07
A Rich Straphanger.
From the Boston Traveller

1t is hard for most Of us to con-
ceive how any one who owns a million
dollars could voluntaril continue to
ride in crowded subways. But John
r.. Andrus of Yonkers, n. Y, keeps
right on doing 1t. even though his
neighbors whisper he. is worth $780,
000. 900. 80
What commentary on the futility
of income tax publicity-now happily
abandoned-if the possibility remains
that the second and third richest man
in the country has escaped discovery.
There is that possibility; nor does IT
imply that he concealed anything the
Government asked for. He simply in
vested in securities taxed at the
source.
Now it is evident that straphanging
had a good effect upon Mr.. Andrus. 1t
gave him that human touch and SYM
pathy which helped him to select a
superfine method of distributing near
ly half of his huge fortune. lie says
he will devote 45 per cent OF 1t to
charities in Westchester County. in
Guiding the establishment of home
for needy and sickly children.
There must be much OF the do
nor's personality and affection In such
bequest. 1t seems more meritorious
than the casual leaving of millions to
an art museum in which one has
never taken any real interest during
his lifetime.
Evening star., 1926-03-07
Washington's Industries.

In promoting an annual Industrial
eXnosition the Washington Chamber
Of Commerce renders valuable serv-
ice to the community The second OF
these expositions has Just been opened,
with most creditable showing OF
local industrial enterprise. 1t be
hooves the people of this city to at
tend. and it is to be- hoped that there
will be many others who will go I"
witness these tangible signs Of the
healthy commercial and industrial
growth of the Capital.
In his remarks at the opening of
the exposition. President Leese OF the
Chamber of Commerce said:
There are few. the chamber be
1ieveS who realize that the products
of local industry and business con
Germs had an estimated value of $So,-
600 600 in 1925 Furthermore. and !
believe this figure will be even more
startling. there are approximately 700
industrial firms in Washington giving
gainful emploNment to thousands OF
persons whose loss. if they were forced
to go elsewhere to find work, would
he distinct loss to this city. Among
those who are being held here are the
graduates of our excellent school sNs-
tenn whose education we have paid
for and by whom we are being repaid
as they enter the employ of local con
Germs.
1t is vitally essential to Washington
that this movement in the industrial
development of the city should he con-
tinued and accelerated. At the same
time it is not desirable that Wash
ington should he made into Il strictly
industrial city. for its character as
the Capital of the Nation, set apart
from other American communities for
distinction and for permanent artistic
development. imposes a limit upon its
enterprise. Yet it has been proved
possible. as this exposition shows. to
establish and promote industrial enter
prises that not only supply its own
needs, but that give employment to its
own people,
WashnCton's chief industry is the
Government service, which gives en-
ployment TO about $4,000 persons. It's
own inha bitants. however. are, by rea
son OF the inequitable apportionment
of offices law, practically barred
from this service. The young men and
women OF Washington, in order to Sc
cure appointments as Government
workers, must so elsewhere to gain
residences" subterfuge which is
distasteful and which is not always
successful.
The commercial and professional oc-
cupations afford opportunities to GER
tain percentage of the younger Wash
in%tonianS to establish themselves in
sustaining occupations. But these
have in the past been overcrowded
Now there is reason for the warmest
conSratulation in this industrial de-
Nelopment which is so vividly demon
strated in the exposition now being
held and which proves that Wash
iuston is at last giving it's youth op-
p"rtunitics for employment and useful
service Without. yielding from the
standard uf artistic development which
the citN'S distinctive character i'm
poses upon it.
Evening star., 1926-03-07
MEN AND AFFAIRS
BY ROBERT r. SMALL.

Must the whole world set itself to
the task of re-estimating Woodrow
Wilson? Was there no such thing as
''Wilsonism." after all? If the great
war President was swayed this way
and that in the hands of his illustrious
and willing advisers. won't page after
page of the Congressional Record have
to be expunged and all references to
this strong, stubborn, self-willed
man" be stricken from the historical
archives?
Statesmen. living and dead, must
feel ashamed of the manner in which
they f1ayed Wilson for policies which
were not his own, which were thrust
upon him by his guides. counselOrs
and friends. What has become Of the
"superman" of the White House? The
result of the great and solemn ref
erendum" of 1920 was recorded as a
rebuff to wisconsin and to the idea
of superman at the head of the
Government
If ever a man was blamed for any.
thing in this world Woodrow Wilson
| was blamed for the League of Nations.
Yet now when the league seems to
appear in n little more favorable light
in the world of affairs. Mr.. Wilson is
stripped OF his league coat and left
standing stark and naked without an
international idea in his pedagogic
head.
IT Is small wonder that friends of
the dead President in House and Sen
ate have spoken in resentment these
last few days. Col. Houses book, in
its final published form. is an amazing
addition TO the Wilson lore which has
poured from the printing presses since
death sealed the Wilson lips two years
and more ago.
The world knew that Col House
held a particularly privileged position
with Mr.. Wilson. But it generally
supposed that Mr.. Wilson was using
| the tall Texan as an agent. as eyes
and ears which could go to the far
corners of the world where President
might not venture. The world had no
idea that Col. House, as would seem
to appear from his intimate papers, .
was really formulating the policies Of
| the Wilson administration.
| The colonel. it would seem. took the
| lead in the matter of a Federal re-
| serve law, a reduced tariff. prepared
ness, peace. the League of Nations
! and American participation in the
| war. The coloners narrative has been
carried only TO the beginning of that
participation in the war. He has not
! yet claimed credit for the IA points
| The colonel, however, wishes to con
ceal nothing. He takes full responsi
bility for putting Mr.. Bryan in as
Secretary of State-Mr. Wilson being
pictured as very reluctant to make
| the appointment.
! Washington is a little bewildered
| by all the revelations" and still is al
loss to reconcile all that was done
! 4,
Ambassador Page at London. for in
stance. the ready letter writer, who
was advising the President as To al
| that should be done and should not be
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done in the critical days before and
during the war. 1t is apparent, how
ever, that Col. House regarded himself
as special Ambassador far outrapI-
ing the gentleman accredited to the
Court of St. James.
And there must not be forgotten
the good advice given to the war
President by his faithful secretary, Jo-
seph Patrick Tumulty. Mr.. TumultN
published his memoirs while Mr.. Will
son was still alive and keen. II must
also be remembered Of Mr.. Tumulty
that whatever he did was with the sole
idea of giving assistance to his chief.
He thought of no personal reward or
f-aggrandiZement. If ever one man
! wOrshiped another. Joe Tumulty wor-
SHIPPED Woodrow Wilson. 1t may he
! that Joe was really worshiping Col
House. although he knew Mr. Wilson
| long before the Texas colonel came
upon the scene.
In any event there appears TO have
been glory enough and policies enough
| for all in the Wilson administration
and the end is not vet.
There resides in Washington a
small bov-a boy Of <. He is unlike
most other boys-and girls. too, for
| that matter He lives in a Confec
| tionerv shop-a very fine uptown con
| fectionerv shop. Day in and day out
| he is surrounded by pounds upon
hounds Of candy. cakes. ice cream and
y everything. He constantly moves IN
land of childhood dreams-the land
| of lollipops, caramels and cream
puffs.
''How in the world do YOU ever
manage it?' the proud father of the
1 boy was asked one day.
'It is all very simple" he replied.
1--WE have worked it all out. The hoy
is entitled to one piece of candy and
one small cake each day. When II
comes to selecting that piece of candy
| and that cake, it is a ceremony. The
| whole shop is nventoried. When Al
| last the selection is made there is no
| tea sing. no whining. The system is
ada amant Naturally it has to be"
| Just the same it must he hard To
| have the scent of new candies and
new baked cake entirely surrounding
one these long Winter days. Maybe
the boy is lucky; maybe he isn't.
| Apropos of the flood Of publishing
that Is going on-the publishing Of
| confidential notes and whatnots--a
solon on Capitol Hill has recalled the
admOnition OF an old fellow out West:
publish anything you want to on
me-" he told an editor-enemy, except
| that am horse thief. haven't
got horse
The Dawes volcano is dormant once
more. IT looks as though the rules
| fight had been given up for this ses-
sion There is long Summer ahead.
! however. and the general will have
lots of time to travel and talk. lie
enjoys talking about changing the
rules even If he knows it can't he
| done.
[ iConyrisht 1926
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Holland has developed a religious
discussion as to whether the sernent
actually spoke to Eve. Those who have
attributed backwardness in scholarship
to Tennessee may properly be remind
ed by that State that dissensions he.
tween science and religion may arise
In the most enlightened societies. Hol.
land Is one of the most cultured ma
tions on the map.
Evening star., 1926-03-07

fused and did not deny the accuse
tion. This much, members of the
committee will disclose. Further
than this. however. they refuse to
communicate. IT is said by congress
men not of the committee that so
overwhelmed was the Secretary hy
the evidence Of his guilt that in the
most impassioned way he sought IN
keen the disclosure from the public
promising Ia promptly reeiEn or make
any geparauon within his power"
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The United States immigration au-
thorities are doing much to cancel the
old impression that America Is always
ready to rush with open arms to wei.
come every foreign title.
Evening star., 1926-03-07

National prosperity is again proved
by the fact that it Is impossible to
supply the demand for high-priced
tickets to really sopd foot ball game.
Evening star., 1926-03-07

In way. the horsema nship of the
Prince of Wales is something TO be ad.
mired. His style requires peculiar
courage and persistence.
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SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHnANDER JOHNSON
Not So Perfect.

Not So Perfect.
The gentle poet goes his way
And says, Lets all be light and CAV,
This world is crowded with delight
And things are perfectly all right
Oh, gentle poet, it's shame
To spoil mood so free from blame.
Yet you should sometimes change your
style
And read the papers for awhile.
Evening star., 1926-03-07

So many grand opera debuts have
oeen scheduled that New York's Metro.
politan may yet find 1t expedient to
designate an amateur night.
Evening star., 1926-03-07
Something to Give Up.

From the Saginaw News Courier.
Those New York port authorities
might consider giving up for Lent
their practice of supplying the city
papegs with scandal material
Evening star., 1926-03-07

Before entering the League of Ma
tions Germany is careful to ascertain
exactly what kind of politics her mem.
bership will permit her to play.
Evening star., 1926-03-07

Economy advice from a government
that is willing to curtail it's own re-
celpts for running is entitled to es-
pecial respect.
Evening star., 1926-03-07

ATussolini has shown the world that
y man can be influential with the
Italian public without being either an
opera singer or poet.
Evening star., 1926-03-07
AdapfabilitY,


How do you stand on the prohibi-
ton question:"
ITS a matter Of geographical stu.
alton" replied Senator Sorghum. "In
a region annoyed by overmoisturs
my sentiments are dry. In one fretted
by drought, I'm wet"
Evening star., 1926-03-07

"A heap o. greatness goes unre-
warded." said Uncle Eben. Noah
built de big boat an manned it an
saved it an didn't even git de title of
commodore
Evening star., 1926-03-07

Instead Of resenting big business"
the public apparently is favoring the
motto, The bigger, the better"
Evening star., 1926-03-07
From the Saginaw News-Courier,

from the SAklnAW NtWs-NUUFItT,
Ponzis hearing in Florida is set
for the birthday anniversary OF those
who handed theii, funds to him for
iuvestment-April i.
Evening star., 1926-03-07
An Inducement.

From the Nashville Banner.
Another fine way to keep the boys
on the farm would he tn pass good
stiff law prohibiting them from stay
ing there.
Evening star., 1926-03-07
Opinions.

Opinions we will offer free.
Forever we're declaring 'em.
If they were worth much, would we be
So generous in sharing EN-?
Evening star., 1926-03-07
February and March.

Life ~ fun Of strange regret
Caused by some contrasting thrill.
Now Valentine you get
Next a Tax Collectors Bill.