Evening star., 1926-09-30

Mature alternately smiles and
frowns on man. With her malignance
she can and does undo in breath
all that the beneficence of her smile
encourages and makes possible. There
is no rule of reason or any other rule
cogniZable by the human mind that
governs or affects her moods. she
is at once his mother, his lndlspen-
sable friend and his fearsome, unspar-
ing, reckless and lndiscrlmlnatlng
foe" Thus reflects the Omaha
World Herald on the disaster at Mi
ami, striking the keynote Of most or
the newspaper comment on this trag-
edv. which, the World-Herald con-
tinues. is 1.-The tragedy of humanity,
a story told over and over again IN
every age and clime," and yet the
glory that will follow the tragedy rs
the glory that crowns the whole hu-
man tragedy. Man cast TO eartn
rises reinvigorated by the contact
and upon the ruins of what mas Deeh
DESTROYED he builds more stately man
sions. And in the process OF slrile
and defeat. and beginning again, ne
progresses from weakness to strength
from ignorance to enlightenment.
miami and environS, wonderfully
beautiful section, the pride of Flor
ida" comments the Sarasota Da!ly
,Tipoes 'ihas been sorely stricken by
the fierce West Indian hurricane.
The work of years of effort of men
has been, within a few hours. crum-
pied and razed by the raging winds
of the dreaded hurricane and out
of this mass of WreCkage, out or TINS
mass of broken and crushed brick,
stone and timbers will arise that
greater and more glorious Miami anu
enyirons. for those who brought IL
to where it was, the pride of Florida,
orc builders and are still
builders ready to repair the damage
Mighty windstorms seem to come
like Hamlets sorrows, not as single
spies. but in battalions, observes
the Atlanta Journal. Nothing or the
kind in recent decades is comparaple
to the misfortune of Miami and the
adjacent country" The Pittsburgh
Chronicle Telegraph in describing the
hurricane, which caused such VIDE
spread disaster along the southeast
ern coast of Florida, says: 1T was OF
the distinctively tropical KIND, pecul-
lar to that region. and one OF Ma
ture's most destructive manifestations
Of it's power. It's marked character
istic is it's duration. With an IN
tensity equal to that of the cyclone
which visits more Northern climes,
II Is even more terrible, because IL
NAV continue for hours before 1s
fury is spent. l.
The Salt Lake Deseret News de-
nlores the news that magnlnceht
cities we're leveled by hurricane anu
that hundreds are dead ana many
thousands homeless. and says: 0uch
a disaster, especially when IL occurs
in our own land, killing, manning ana
az tnrt,,,inq our own countrymen,
arouses with our sympathy for the
stricken a sense of horror and dread.
Florida. of course, will rebuild ahu'
in 80 far as it can, repair the damage
done. but no reconstruction can Drlng
hack the dead, and no rebuilding VIII
completely wipe out the vivid mem
ory of these tragic days.
Great disasters, such as the hurri.
cane which swept southern Florida,
declares the Seattle Times. bring out
the spirit of humanitarianism or the
AMERICAN people" The Sacramento
Union takes occasion to note that 1T
is a highly gratifying thing that the
Nation is organized and prepared TO
aid any afflicted area in its first hour
of grief. There is in this not only
practice Of the humane impulse, but
safety to the rest of the country
against plague, typhus and other dis
ease epidemics."
The New York Evening Post be-
lieves "the most pressing needs of the
storm stricken sections Of Florida
have been met with admirable swift
ness. Supplies sufficient to meet i'm
mediate needs are on the ground, COM
munications are being restored rapid
ly, refugees are being cared for. and
the thousands of injured are receiving
attention. The Red Cross is in charge